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and is yearly increasing in power was organized by Harmony Pres tery, May 29th. lS2?, at the icq ofJoseph B. White. Henty Brit . ?Jwini Knox, Mis J. B. Morse ?1 rs J. R Barbour. Rev. J. Barbour, who had come south f New England, wns the- lit st pas Kev-. Uunald McQueen timk charg? the pastorate tn 1837 Tiie mein ship, at that time-numbered only lie remained in charge lor a rem; ably long period-42 years, ami d in a good old age, having won esteem and confidence of thc wi Community lie was succeeded RfV N- W. Edmunds, who was stallt d October -3, 18^0 Our Doctor Edmunds* pastorate, ?I b? been admitted tc tire church upor profession of faith. The members now numbers ItiO, and tiie church in possession of a handsome prope valued at eight or ten thousand el lars As ?li successful enterpri. .aie best judged by their fruits, may mid that the contributions oft church for all purposes, yearly, ran i on? fifteen hundred to two thousa dollars The congregations are }arj? the Sabbath School wei! ?.Uend? ?nd the church bears every matk progress. New settlers in our mi? will find a warm place atid a true ? howship among their Presbyteri brethren. THE METHODIST CSCRC4I. The Methodist Church is a body enterprising ?en ao-d women. T earliest record of t-beir work in th section is give? by Bishop Asbur ?ho preached at bradfords, a mile ai a half from Sumter, ko ^he year 178 Near that spot tire ?rst Church h?-u was built. Awoe?: the ifirst meti.be were Robt. Singleton and RicLai Bradford In 1827. it was *?eved the bite now occupied by <ebe Caihol Church. The u?eajber>hip at that titi was forty five, but was made up prit cipally of persous resid? rig in the *< jaeeat country. lu fact, at that tia lt would have been hard for anyone t tell where the town ended and th country began, lo 1840. a new built; ing was erected-the same that wa toro down last year to give place t the excellent and attractive brick boos now in use. lo 18?1, the Church wa ma<i? a station, and has so remained t thia day, wich varying experiences c prosperity and adversity ; but wifh steady upward :teodeney, all the time The ateinbersbtp at ;preseut is thre huodrH and twenty, and the Confer eDce property in the town, consisti?< of Church aod ;parsooa?e and distric parsonage, is valued ?at twelve frbou saod dollars. Toe ?regtfkr annual coo tribotions average between ?fteeo huo dred aod two thothjsnd dollars. Th? Sunday School has 21 officers am teachers and 371 scholars, under th? 8uperiitteodeocy of Mr. HE. A. Trade well. Oo the ?board of stewards an some live and -energetic men, end then is oo reason wh?, uoder the leadership of Rev. K T." -Hodges, the Churcfc should not oory 'keep paee with th? ' spirit of progress, but also force its wa) to the lead. TUE ?EPISCOPAL-CHURCH, under the name of the **Churo!i of the Holy Comforter," was organized ttl - 18?8, under the ministrations of the Rev. Thomas <r ?Pav?a, ?then .rector ol ." Grace church, ?Camden. The present church edifice was used ?for the Hist time August 19. 1858. The cougre - gation was very small, - consisting of ' not more than thirteencommunicants and a whole numberof -souls not ex? ceeding thirty. ?During the war, a large number of refugees from the low country came ?to Sumter, and matty of them being ^Episcopalians, the little church -wus attended by large congregations. When these re? turned to their homes after the war, it left but a handful again to carty on the work of fehe-ptsvisii. The church had its ups and ?downs under various ministers for -some yeats following, until the Rev Qi. ft. Porter came in January, 18*??, becoming rector of this church and"St. Mark's,Clarendon. In 18*3 the-pr?sent rectory was built at a cost of u$>l,8"0v and the church prospered under his administration. Mr. Porter ?was succeeded ty the present rector, the Rev. John Ker? shaw, May 1, i8v>. Since his com? ing repairs to the amount of $800 have been put on the chureh property, v h ich is valued now at five thousand dollars. Ti?e chinch is situated on lower Mai? street, and is a very pretty gothic struct me, capable ot seating 2?0 people. In rear of it and tn the caU. fronting ?>n Ha* vin street, is the rectory, making a most cou ventent and compact piece of church property, 'lite statistics for the y eur ?dosing May, 18V9. are as follow?: Families, 28, whole number of souls, 1 oft; communicants, ?4- conti ?butnor* f.?r aH purposes,^?42 4o\ The rectoi is niuo in c*harge of the church at Statebtug arel St. Mark's, Ciaren don, holding services at each church one ?tiuday in every three. On Sun days, w lo n he is absent, lay t? ad;ng is maintained. A Sunday school is regularly kept ut?, a bible ciar-s is taught, and tie- ladies have their Aid S"cietv, which* in a mat et tal help U> the pal ifh The people of the three combined churches expect soo i to procure the set vitres of an assistai t minister, when the number of church ?services will be la:g?-iy h-ei eased ard additional Iii** infused into <ie- c n gregation. Cltrmately the congrega? tion expects to procure a mnnsier s whole time, when our booming litt e city shall have so increased its popu? lation as to double the present incite bership, which it is expected lo do : within the next five or s x years. THE CATHOLIC CHCRCII. This Clutch is situated toward.*, the West etrd of Liberty street, and is a compacat<tve ly new structure, capable of seating 300 persons. A few years ?go, the ?dd building Was torn down ami removed, giv'ng place lo the present structure The h??us** j is neat and tastily arranged The j Catholic organization was the last ; among the Churches set up in Sum ! ter lt was organized about lite year . lKf>0. with 50 membeis It tuts now & membership ?d' lib. under the pa? -total Care .4 Rev..A ?. Afc N't* il./who ] has t)ccutk'?'(j ?tin p: esc ni position f<?r ; over 20 year* l ire money contrib? uted for valions p?!pos* s averages about four hundred dollars yearly. Many of lite members of toe Church are active uno? of business, atid of recognized influence Tin* Catholic Sunday School is composed .?( twenty * fi v?* scholars The other Cathodic in? t- rests will be considered under au- ? other bea?!, an?l need not be mention? ed tu ihiis connection. y KORO CHURCHES. j EMANUEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL j CHURCH.-This Church was organ? ized in the summer of IS65 hy Rev. T. Willard Gervis, a missionary sen! to South Carolina hy the late Bishop Edmond S. Janes, I> ?). The second preacher in charge was Rev. Scipio ITKea, a blind man. In 1867, it had ; grown ti? S2'6 members. It now has j-t ld fuH members upon its roi!, willi I 72 probationers, making an aggregate of 513 Its growth has been veiv marked. It has given to the minis? try 15 of her membership who ?ire : now preaching in different sections SOUTH HAST CORNER ?I AI of the State. The total value of prop etty is about $4.000. The Church contributed last year for all purposes the handsome sum of $1,677.62. There is a flourishing Sunday School with SIG scholars. In connection with the Church there is a Grammar and in? dustrial School with 127 pupils. The j pastor in charge is Rev. J. B. Mid- ! dleton. THE BAPTIST CHURCH.-This Church was organized, just after the war, by the negroes who were members of the white Church. They began with j something over 30 members. It j was not long before they purchased a j handsome property on Main street, j and there located their Church. Rev. ; B. Lawson, who died a few months j ago, was a prime agent in bringing ; about the growth of this body. They have over 200 members, ami within the past four years, have erected a new house of worhip, conveniently ? located. Rev. J. ? Harmon has been pastor for two or three years. ; A report of their statistics not being j at hand, we cannot give accurate ; data, nor do we know how their con- \ ttibutions foot np The present building was eaected by the aid of ? loan bom the Northern Home Mis-: sion Society. This debt is now : nearly removed. A Sunday School ! is kept alive all the time, and there is j ?orne spirit of progress and enterprise among ttie people. THE AFRICAN METHODIST Enscoe.AL. CHURCH-This Chursh was organized, ; Aug 15, 1866, by Rev Richard liar-j rey Cain, who afterwards was made J Bishop, and now numbers 300 mern- j l>ers. I t began with 1-5. The .Church I property is valued at $i,?0U, and the j yearly contributions amount to $1 &00. The average attendance iow is 230. A thoroughly alive and j ictive Sunday School is kept up j auder the superintendency of W. J.j Andrews, to whom most of our read- j irs need no introduction. Ile has i jeen in charge for 23 consecutive] rears. This Church was the first j iinong the negro Churches to u e an j ;rgan. The membership is weil to- j io, above the average, the only two j iegro lawyers and the two most en- j ;erprising negro merchants being; nembers here. They have also on :heir roll the name of a practicing physician. Rev. T. T. B Reed, 13. A., lately of New Yolk, is the pastor n charge at present. FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.-Last' rear a Church of this euler was or- ! jan ?zed among the negroes on or near Kicker street. We have at hand no iata upon which to base further re narks. The panter is Rev. J. T. Johnson. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. - For years, tl fact, there never has been a Church >1 th:s ot dei loue among lin* negri os ; jut a neat and substantial house' is iow being erected beyond the depot fleury Cain seems t<? be the pt hue ?over, and in ail probability, there j iviil soon oe u thriving Church. o i BANKS. The benefits and advantages the wu monetary institutions established ti Sumter have born to tin* eily and ty are incalculable. fhey have itfeppfb'i] most ?-t tu?- rash employed ti th?* agriculture of the county. taking the place <<\ the Charleston lao oi<. and have given ;oi ?uiptns?' to irado which ii u?> n< \ - i i> .1 !.. lore, ts weil as in trod ?..?ed toto ? ni hus! ness methods and [ o' bites u mell ?erm to have on <-J<? n<-d u to lite and ictivity ei'ety bianrh ol ;u tus!ry. rHK Stitt>NrI>S NAT!t?NAF. UVNK 1 O' St \; ri Such is ?he na no rd a monetary i.i shlut'Oi ,,1 Sitmlei which h:?s pi'ob ublv d nie rin^rc foi the dev? i pun ni i the trade iut< rests ol ^um . i than ;i v other concet ii in mn nc '? -1. I ? . ll ,\i Wa:!.IC", its piesi nt \ n . I' ' si ?eui and acl ve manager. Son I? i is m a gloat measure indented ! .1 th<- incep tioti <d the b inking bu>ines-s i ei Ile is ju<t'v en! it-led to ah tin1 h mu be rec? ives at the h .: is id the hi|-U ness meit h**te hu having * n?ist -d I he co (-pel al ?on ot lio prominent c I Z'OtS ?d Sumter HU ! viet m ly in the e>tab lishment iii" ii. st he k. and^ h;~ broad and ibera! e indu? t ol the \-.i< j ness - f th banks ova vt h ?se affdta ! lie has presided. This bank, while a totally diff?rent institution, may yet be regarded as the phoenix ft oin the ashes of tho de? funct National Bank of Sumter, es tablished in which did a splen? did business under the Presidency o Col. ii. M. Wallace, until robbed" by its cashier in 18v7 In tin; same year the present bank was organized with a capital stock of $50,000. It succeeded from the start, and in Jan uary, 18*9, owing to tiie gu eat de? mands upon it. had to increase il." Capital to $75,000. In the h*.st eighteen mouths it has N .\M> LlStKTY S?KtEl'S. ? declared 12 per cent, dividends, placed $7,500 to sn rpi us fund i and put to individual profits $1,058 77. It is the depository ol ! the Statr*. County and City, and is ! unsurpassed in its business manage j ment, having the largest and strong? est correspondence of any interior bank in the State, j At the death of its first president, : Dr. Andrew Simouds, after whom it was named, his son, Andrew Simouds, Jr, succeeded lo the presidency. Mr. Simouds is also president of the First National Bank of Charleston, by which institution, ^the largest and wealthiest in South Carolina, the Simona's National Bank is backed This being a National Bank makes it responsible to its depositors dollar for dollar 'I lie promptness and fidel? ity with which it attends tu all busi- j ness entrusted to it is creditable toi its active officers and clerical force, j who are the following gentlemen : Andrew Simouds, Charleston, Pres? ident ; Ri M Wallace, Vice Presi? dent ; W. Alston Pringle, Jr., Cash? ier ; L. S. Carson, Book keeper ; R L Edmunds, Collection Clerk. And the 'following constitute the Board of Directors : j Andrew Simouds, C. Ed. Sahnas, Charleston, S. C : Col. R. M Wallace, i Dr. A J China, Rich M D. Lee, Hor- | ace Hai by, J ??hu Reid, Sumter. The figuies below 6how the con- J dition of the bank at the close j of business, Nov. 4, 1SS9 : ASSETS. Crtsh on hand, $32,794 89 Loans und Discount*. Si) Isl ll [; IS. Bonds und Premiums, 22,750 O'? Five per'cent, redemption lund, 843 75 Furniture and fixtures, 6' 0 00 Interests, taxes tu.d expenses paid, 2.251 83 Due frota other tanks, 20.194 84 Total, S178,616 42 LIABILITIES. Deposit-, Capital Stock, Surplus fund, Undivided profits, Circulation, Rediscounts, Due to otbel Banks, $71.432 07 75.000 Go 7 50U 00 3 90>J 33 19 Ooo 00 9')0 20 ! 3,817 S2 j -i Si 78 616 42 Total, Mr. W. Alston Pringle, J,-., the present Cashier, cam?; ti; Sumter from i Charleston after the death of Capt James M. Carson, the first ("ashier of the Simouds National Bank. Mr. j Pi ingle had had five years experience j in the First National Bank of ? liarles- i ton and his thorough kuowh dge of his business and his unvarying devo? tion to his duties have contributed largely to the success of thc institu? tion whose ti usted financial ofiicer he is. Col. R M. Wallace, whose pa?trait we present in this paper, under whose active control the affairs of this {lour- j ishing institution now is. brings to I its management tue consummate tact anil expel leuce acquired by a long and successful business in similar nc- | collations. Tue business O? the bank j now futilities tb J otigljotil lilis a:ui lin* ; adjoining counties and is constantly increasing. During the interim bel ween the failure of the National Bank of Sum- i tel* ami the organization of the pres ! 'Mit bank, Col. Wallace kuowi-g the business needs of the community | thiew bimseli .ti the bleach ami con? ducted a p i vate bink itt con neel ion w lb M s .1 C. r-imonds. of Charleston So in?! ."limier, s ! i iee the organiza l ion "t ;ts ?ii -t ba..k in 1 >V-J. has lie\?U been Willi Ul ail inst itut Joli "! lite kind. T? IK i: WK ? - y si MI ru. Tiie otganizal?on ol this bank was . fl? eted 'lin njj the lattei j? ?lt ol' lasl V? at ami il legan bn-.m.-s in lasl Kobruaiv, making :?s age uudei I vv< \ i . months \\ bib- capital bom ahi'oa?! is alw ivs Wi I ?.uned. ami, in fa? t. oagei y de ? I ie?. J ami in vi teil lei?, beeause w e know 1 hal it can be ns?"d in mn ni ?si w uh e?nr;ti ad v;ii tag?* to us atid lb?? parties who ow n i !. yH it is a mattel "I espeeia! complaisance to know t Slat the \\ oik ?I Som! el is 'lis 1; iclivi-lv ;? ii 'lili' I ns! ! I ti I 11 >n . goner i?usiv eini?b?v ng rio? means ol those . ?i i > i ti cit /.ns who have !?.? n lorin nat?? in i ii?' past. i :i pi op:igal ing iii" ti a?lc and c erg-. "?0.1 g t?ue l u um- s -J our county The money has been made here and is being used here. This institution numbers on its roll j names that are honored in ai! the re lotions ol life, and stand as guaran j tees ol good faith ami splendid busi ! ness capaeil y j Its President, YV. F. B I?ayns ! worth, Kxj., lias Iiis place in the col ! limns <>f lins review devoted to the j Bar, in the front rank of which he has long Indd an honored and con spirU'Mis place. The youthful cash? ier. Mr. A While, .fr., is au exam? ple cd the inevitable success and honor which wait on tine merit. His abilities displayed as ihe trusted limmen r of this Ii.mic have fully jus I-lilied the wisdom of his selection to that important office: The Book I keeper. Mr. W F. Rliamc is an expe j rieneed and accomplished accountant. The full roll i f officers consist of the following : W. F 15. Haynsworth, President. Marion Moise, Vice President A. White, Jr., Cashier A S. Brown, Altamont Moses, R. P. Monaghan, L? E Stu nbs. T B. Johnston, M Moise, W F. B Hayns worth, Din etors. Most of these gentlemen are noticed elsewhere with reference to their other and mme private business rela? tions The last official slaloment, of the Bank was made at the close ol the quarter's business, ending Se t. 30. ISS?) and published in our advertising columns. Asthereare hundreds who will lead this review who did not see that statement .we will reproduce it here : RESOURCES. * hours and Discounts. SlO-3 fi!9 84 Furniture arni Fixture?, 1,327 4.r> Due from Hunks HM\1 Baakers, bud cash un hand, 51.815 24 LIABILITIES. Capital s'o.k pnid in, $50 OOO 00 Undivided profit. { net) 3,313 86 Individual Deposits, $60,805 90 ) -, .> - Savings Deposits, J3;4Ul 78 J ~U' bS Rediscounts, 34.n80 39 Due uilitr Batiks, 300 Un $161 962 53 $161.0<;2 5?. This statement, when the youth of the institution is considered, reflects the highest credit on the management and speaks well for the community. The loans anti discounts show that the Bank has thc same degree of con fidence in the people that the latter show toward the Bank in the item of deposits. It is a case of mutual con? fidence, and the Bank does md hoard its deposits but puts them out and into active uses, forwarding legitimate schemes. Adjunctive to the Bank j proper, and under the same manage- s ment is the Sumter Savings Bank, at which interest is paid quartet ly on deposits at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. All doubt as to the success of litis enterprise belongs to the past. As liberal as is consistent with sound : banking principles, this institution i occupies a relation to every interest in Sumter that is as helpful as it is stimulating. ALT MOSES, PRES T BOARD OF TRADE. COMPARATIVE SALES. The following table shows the compara- j tive sales in the different branches of trade for the past two years: : 1*87-88. 1883-89. Cotton'(23.000 bales) sl.ooo.ooo sl.ooo.ooo j Croc*ri's. Grain. Hay! 542.000? 600,000 Dry Goods. iii-ois and Shoes Clothing. Hats, Caps Ha rd wa re? Crocke ry Furniture. Paints. Oils. Drugs and Medicines.. .. Horst's and Mules... W agons. Buggies, ifcc Meats. Fish, ?fcc. Fertilizers.' Liquors. Jewelry. Lumber. Brick. Si ationery. Dooks.. . Millinery. Dress M"k Hides. f -ot :<?n Factory. Miscellaneous. 3?5.0< >o; 1."?7.ooo. 118.000] 48.1001 17.600 30.000! 100.000! 12.000 34.900 69.000 43.0I i0 9.000 115.00OI 14.."?00 4.7(H) 1 I.Si 10 :1.00o 17 "?.ooo "?( ?.( ii M ) 395.O00 176.500 j 125.300 j 51.000 j 18.900 ! 31.500 j loo.ooo j l?.OOO ' 38.300 75.000 "?0.000 I 10.500 I 15* ?.OOO j 16.00!) 5.000 j 12.50?! 3.OO0 j 175.0.00 j 55.000 Total:. si2.yi9.tKH) s:t.in3.500 Increase.$1*4.200 j From reports accurately compiled from j :he books of the various contractors and builders in this *? i?y. the following figures j ?diow amot.::l expended in building for j iradi of the si\ last years : IS83 4 .?42.430 i ss 4 5. ?ss:, 1;. I sse; 7. lss7 s. IS; S 9 . . 31.925 . 2S.567 . :;i 67? . 4 ? 736 . ."li..".00 i". ?229.S??4 1; mus? be borne in mind thal the above ! i gu res-do no: Include what i;r-.s tn-en ex : ??ended in ii.:- erection of m?ay of our !:and>'?ii)t'st and e-?s:liesi brick business li -. which were erected uuinediatel\ j Ot- c iii.- il:>:ist rous ti res occurring previous \ : . ?la- IOU" fio,;: U.':J;!I the-e ligures d ite, j In .>;.:. r io >',t.r?. :hv increase < f values ! U' ?1 ?>, .?'. l\ \\ )..<? i !'.?-(. .- ? traill- .U" Sum- ' Ie::, we ;_-i-..- rdaei- to ??.e following ctilpar- ? alive -:.!..?.!.. j.i ..! n.turns of taxable |>i?>p \ . .?TV !.::.(.:: t: >.;< the County Auditor's . ta:?'. . d IVoi, iii S,', I.!'7' '.L'6.", l?t-aJ Ksi?! e. Personal IV To: al i;. :! leinte. IVis ....ii To &4.9no ts; A2.99?.S9< 1 . I n:..:. 1:. i S 1.990.430 .0 4T.75. i l::?:.7.5 Total .' ? .\ ? I' S i .1 ..\. r >6 S5.1? j ; ::. ; . s sn.945 I s;:-l.oi5! uri LIM Nt; AND LOAN ASSOCIA- ! Tl ONS. < ?n .lum' Sib, 1 *s."?. ihe first Build- i . . i lng and L".in Association was organ? ised in Sumter. At that limo ihe general public though! little ol the enterprise an I oin people were chary atv ?ul 1 isking tl"-.i funds in it To . l iv il is <>ue IM i io- most Hourishing j and popular concerns in this section of the Muto. and another association is ihe l-esull <.! tins pioneer enter? prise. Tie' stork of both associations aie io a demand beyotpl tin ir ability lo supply ami are selling al a pre mium whenever placed on thc market. ! Tin? first organized was The Slim? ier Building ami Loan Association, The average rate at which the l??ans of this Mist company have boen made is '.I'.) per cent., laging f'n?m 25, tiie j h?west tn hi per cent, the highest. 1 he number of loans already made on i the premium plan is 325, most of the ; loans at present being discount ; loans to stoekiioldei'S and others ! The present Value ol the stock is $52 !-bringing ou the market ol) to 35 ! per cent premium The prospective I value is $S0 to $85. The Association . has about supplied the demand ? anning stockholders on the premi ? um pian. It has demands hu j more money titan it can supply aldis : count. ? The following weil known business men aie the officers of this Associa i lion : I A J. China. President ; A Moses, j # 7 F j v ice President ; M. Moise. J. S ! iliighson, li Harbv. N O'Donnell. W. M. Graham. R D Lee. R M ! Wallace, Directors; Il F. Wilson, Secretary and Treasurer; and M. ! Moise, solicitor I lt is intended that the Association I will complete its existence during the ! year l>93. The People's H & L Association, the Second incorporated and corn I ineneed business January ll, I *S'9. ! came into existence un Deceinb? r j22d.1*88 The capital stock is one ? thousand shares j Twenty two loans have ben made lat premiums ranging from 26" to 4 i i 2 3 per cri nt. Five houses have been built with its funds ami many repair ed The par value of its shales is ?9.00, with a market value of $11.00 i The demand for shares in this assn j ciation, as in the case of the older j ene, far exceeds the capacity of sup pb-, j 1 he following gentlemen hold the i offices nf I li e association and conduct I its business: Richard I) Lee, presi ?dent, Janus D Graham, Marion ! Morse, John Reid, E. B Lowry, A . B. Shickey, directors; Thomas E Richaids m, secreta?y and tieasurer. LODGES AND SOCIETIES. I Sumter has more than her share of j fraternal, insurance and other kindred organ izat ions j The oldest is Claremont Lodge No. I 04-, A. F M. It numbers on its roll J many prominent citizens of this City ! and County. Organized in 1800, its ! meetings were held at "Obi Manches? ter'' until LS25 lu 1854 it was re ; habilitated and has since always held its month!) communications in Sum? ter. It now numbers eighty mem? bers, with Capt. A. N. Freeland as its ? worshipful master. The next lodge in order of age is that of the Good Templars Sumter Lodge No. 8. ? 0. G T , organized Kobi nary, 1872, by Rev. H. M Mood, and bas been in wot king order ever since. C. M. Hurst, chief templar. Next cann; the assessment insur? ance organizations, of which there are five: Sumter Lodge No. 1077, Knights R M WALLACE V I'. SIMON DS .VAT RANK. of Honor, was organized in May, , 1S78. It numbers on its roll ninety j members, and has paid out $ 18,OOO to ; families of deceased members in Sum- j ter. N G. Osteen, dictator. Fidelity Lodge No. 251, Knights j and Ladies of Honor, Was organized j February, ISSU Membership is now ! fifty, and the lodge has met with a j reasonable d' gree of success It has paid out to families of its deceased j members $3.000. Capt. W. R. Del-! gar, protector. Sumter Council No. GIO. American j Legion of Honor, was organized July ! 11th, 1881, and has had a strong mem? bership fi om the beginning. Tue membership is now 62, and has paid out to families of deceased membeis $6.000. Il Schwerin, commander. Ancient Order of United Work? men. While this Older is the oldest and perhaps the strongest insurance j fraternity in the United Slates, the j local Lodge was not organized here until after the insurance held in Sum ter was already occupied by the Soci eties named, and, therefore, its in- ; crease in numbers has been by no means commensurate with its claims on popular support Its membership I is 2(3. H C. Moses, master work- j man. Knights of Pythias-This mystic] older, which h is an endowment rank ? within its organization for purposes i of life insurance, organized Game Cock Lodge No. IT in this citv six j months ago. hs roil already ii um- ] hers 40. The Lodge is in a most flourishing condition. II. F. V\ ?Ison, j chancclloi commander ELECTRI C Ll G HTS. i Only a lew weeks ago ground j w;?s biokcn for the erection ol the j plant of the Sumter Electric Light Company, and now thc lights are! bm liing. Al Ibis juncture and in connection | with t be exhibit of I be Ci ly's general j business ail.ins. a shot! review of the | leading b alines of lins coinmendatde j eiltelplisC Would bc apropos. Tin* personnel of the company would seem to give assurance that \ the bes! appliances will be used, that the cheapest possible light, for j pi ?vate II>' s will be otlered. and that a i 'i - :i .V i rn ii i ii degree Ol safely will be j ?...euied from tho inevitable dangers .memling their presence. The fol I > . i\ i n 'j are l in* idh cors : li M. Wallace. President ; A. J. I China. Vice President , C T Mason | Jr., Lied i ic ian ; P.J. Auld, (i ene ral Manager, Secretan and Treasurer. j The capital st.-ck is > I 3.000. con sistmg ot 130 shales ol I In? [ear value j of ?100 each I II the plant, locati d in a new building, especially con-I s tr ti cf ed lol them near the Depot, at I the som bern pail ol the City, they J will employ two engines, one of lilly and the oilier cl |! ?itv live horst! power willi a capacity for feeding thirty-live arc and live hundred in? candescent liebis the latter of the Westinghouse manufacture and the futuer aie thc Waterhouse, aie, and ; arc of 2,000 candle power each il t Aenty f . of th.- arc lights now contracted f?r, pr??ve insuHi/ient to properly light lin* City, the r num lei can be increased forty per cent without over taxing the generating power ol i!?" engins s. Tin* income of < jo- eompanv will he derived from ?';r.- (J.ty, which pays $3.0oO per year foi the are lights, and ll'om individuals using the incau descents. Theh limit f()j- ihe latter ?s ;jl)0 ol which 20t) ii.tve been engaged. ! In the three aspects,.-danger ex? pense and protection from robbety and tlo fr. in which tim question oj I electric lights as against keroosene, : &C are to regarded, il is a rccog I liized fael that elect: icily is superior in rn oD'?rt ion to ilo-am-ono! <?{ . 11 ii mi sol III WEST COUXEK 5:A ! nation furnished. j The danger to life so much feared I by some, is extremely improbable, j when we consider that a mau would j have to climb a forty-foot pole to touch i the cable wherein the danger lurks, j when it is cha'ged. j TUE SUMTER COTTON MILLS. Situated in a commanding and con i venient position, between the tiacks I of .he W., C. & A. and the M. &. A. j R I' . the plant, ol' the Sumter Cot i ton Mills forms one (d' tin* great feat? ures ol the city. Originally built in the year LS>2, the conn-any was re? organized in January, 1SS5. Tito ? plant consists of 2,700 spindles with j the necessaty preparing machinery, j and cost ?75.000 It is now being I run 21 hours a day and has satisfac? tory orders for all the double and twisted yarn in skein and warp which it manufactures, and s<-iis mostly in New Yolk. About the mill are the neat Cottages of the workmen and women who number one hundred and thirty, but counting in the children and th-'Se not employed in the factory, there is a population of between three and four hundred. The factory now pays handsome dividends, namely : seven per cent for tin? year 1*<<6, >7, and \SS. besides car rvitig each vear a handsome amount 'o their sui plus fund. The office i s are I) James Winn, Ptesi dent and Supern.tendent, and A Moses, Secretaty and Treasurer. Tim factory takes about 2 600 bales of Cotton every year, which are bought in the city, thin- illustrating the ad? vantages of having a home market, and showing the wisdom of bringing the mills to the cotton instead of car? rying cotton io the mills. Luder the j present active and energetic adminis | lration, the Sumter Cotton Mills have j an assured future before them. Tili: FIRE DEPARTMENT, I consists nf one Steamer, ono Hand en? gine, one Hook and Ladder Trunk, and one ixtra Eland engine for emergen ?tes Abo. 1800 feet of leading hose, ail in g??od repair and ready for active service. There are (?ne white Company coirrdstinj? of 43 members, and two colored wit?) 40 members each The officers nf tlrf I> parttnout aie W. R Delgar, Chief, an 1 W J. Anderson, As.-is*aur, THE WATER SUPPLY, consists of 16 fire wells in different j parts of the City and 5 driven wells, giving an ample and inexhaustible sup pipy for tire purposes. There is also ?ti contemplation a svsteoi of water j works tur domestic ann tire uses. THE SUMTER CLUB. Prominent among the social at- j tractions of Sumter stands the above : organization. It is established as tts constitution declares, "For the pur? pose of social advantages and mutual improvement."" I ts government is by a President, two \ ice Presidents, and an Executive Committee of four mern bois, who, together with a Secretary j and Treasurer, are elected annually. ! The club house is a handsome and . commodious building, surrounded by shrubbery, on the southwest coiner of Liberty and Sumter streets The best magazines and leading papers. XOKTM-KAST CO KN KU M l!> North and South are kept on the j table of the reading room. There ; are pool and card tooms A billiard table and appliances have been or? dered Th<* Club isa strictly moral insti? tution Th" introduction ol intoxi? cants and its twin sister, gambling, aie prohibited No game ot chance or skill is permitted on tin1 Sabbatic Promptly at 12 P. M on week days, and at 10 P M on Sunday, members and guests must depart and the house be closed Ihe membership roll now iiiclmh s hu ly gentlemen. MASON COTTON II AR VESTE H C T. M \S.>N. .1 R. One who has done more to make Sumter known throughout the land, es? pecially the cotton belt ami among man? ufacturers, is ihe subject of this notice He was the first to produce an invention j which practically takes coir?n out ot tin hull with the seeming intelligence ot' a i human being. Thc result of Mr. Ma ! I sou's protracted labors ou this invention ; been ;!;.. for marian of a company I \virb ?Jtoluot. .i ?T;i? composed largely . ?i Charleston mn. atol including Mr', j .). P. Richardson', nt Mississippi, rb. I Igest C?UO.|| planter in Ito- "'? ld. I H? i experimental M?":> are in Sumter. ?nd in point of i xv; !.!-:!(.- and ? :?-r?."?s o* maehinerv. are tin- best Sont h ut Ph il a- ? delphi; Mr. M H rion i- a director'..i ir j ?ht- company. is retained to con- j timi" ;?i?'i direct t-xieu imeofs anti ?ni I p v m eu ts in ti:" Harvt->t?*r. Mr j .V;a*"ii is univ on!) 35 yeats nf ag*?, bn j hi- .ji'U'U'i for i-r?vent-ion has given him a fan?? es] ?y -d by bm ft IV any age jj si hs '\u> C '!t"t? il rt. V*-t-r he ii s i-'l; V? .Ute?: a C =! ton (Jin. I lo: on ! v "? e ! that wi:h t.-.-rh can h?> used M gin ou | IN ANO LIlihKlY si Uh fe. ls j inter-st in this invention to a Com pat! y ! The Harvester is now being manuf*c- i lured io Chattanooga. Mr M..sou 8 j also known among electricians as a rc ! markab!? well-informed amateur ex-j ' pcrimenter ard discoverer in this new i ! turee. The Sumter Electric Light Com- I j pany <i~c under obligations to him for j Ibis valuable p.. in the perfection of j ; their lights, whir are admitted to be ? i among the best : he whole country. j TUE SUMTER PLANING M ILLS, j This extensive enterprise is compara- ? lively a uew euc in Sumter, under the j immediate superintendence of J. F Laugbery. Lukens & Reifsnyder, the proprietors, is a lirm of lumber dealers ? uf Philadelphia and these local mills here are intended to supply their unlls j at that city. The capacity of the ma- j chtnerv of tb-j Sumter Planing M i ?is is : ; over 25.0U0 feet per day The Drying j ' Kiln attached bas a capacity of over i ?U.U?U feet p-r day The dimensions ?il tins kiln is 51 by 85 feet, divid?-d i tu three separate apartments of equal I uimeusii-ns by two parfitt m walis run I tung longitu?iiually through it. The : lumber is takeu into the kihi oo cars i and not removed from them until sea? soned. Tiie whole plant presents a ver- i j itable little city of machinery. The j ; lumber is supplied in ex haust less quau- i j lilies trim; ihe locai mills near this city j ! fhese Planing Mills are capital.zd at j i ?-?5 OUI) and pay handsomely Thev I i are the most complete in the State Our . . /. . . I forests, ut the Quest timber in the world, j are uracticaliv untouei.e i and rich re- : latus await ?he tuvrslmc?i ot capital lu I this Hue SiLK CULTURE. Among tie.- minor nut most interest? ing industries ><f Suuiter. must be reck? oned the valuable ami persistent efforts ot Mrs Z P. Muses in i he hue of silk I worm eunureaiid propagation, Despite i numerous ob.-?acL?, tiiis lady has au tiered to her experiment with an enthu- ! i slasm wm ?by ut any cause, and in-w has ! the satisfaction of rats ng about io 0U0 | silk worm? every year The proUuet j ot the CocoOUS are disposed of sattsfacto- ! rily, and Mrs. Moses continues her fas- | ciuatiug industry with gratifying results. lt must bf a sou?ce ot grear, satisfaction to her that the State Commissioner ot Agriculture refers to her all ii.quiries coming to hi- department respecting si I? Worms and their cul.ure, a fact ! which means that she is regarded by the ! Department as the most expert persOu in the itate ou that subject. THANKS: KIND FRIENDS. It would be base ingratitude, indeed, wi re we to omit the expression of our profound sense of obligation to many friends in personal and official cou- j nectiou with most of the subjects j treated in our tiade issue, for the; kind and valuable assistance rendered j us bv them in getting at the facts I we needed. To one and all. therefore, I we beg leave to make our sincere ac- i kuowledgment, venturing t?> express the hope that they will be pleased with j the result of oar efforts, though we j are couscous of i's imperfection; but) if any one imagines that we have ! had au easy job, we will only say j "Come and do it yourselves next i time:" While it may seem invidious to men- j tion only one ->ut of many to whom out j remarks apply, yet it is not iuteuded SJ 1 . AND Ll BK ttl" Y STRKK I'S. t* be. win n we say that to Mr 1 en M. Blanding we are indebted for valuable information in regard to K. R matters. Mr. Islanding, though quite a young man. has wen ter himself the high esteem and confidence of the business public. ! 1 is exemplary habits of sobriety and industry, warrant u- to predicting for him a bright and prosper? ous future He is new engaged in the W. C & A. l\ K i th v in this city, where his dudes a- ticket T' *T ? . i I t loing him in c n-ouit e?>i>ta<,t with the public. Hon Thomas F R.yard. ex Secre? tary ?>f St ?te, and Miss Marv Willing Civmer, ?eic married at 1 "'clock last Thursday afternoon, al the re-ldence ot the bride, in Washington C ty : it was iuteuded to be a quiet arl.ir, but there was a large family connection, and many distinguished perseus prisent, among whom were Ex President and Mrs. Cleveland. The newly married couple have g'?ne on a tour to the Nort'iero cities. SPAIO Till- CHILDREN. j DO MOT STU' ~ THE?R HEADS BE ? FORE THEiR BODIES ARE STRONG. ' Ruinous KHW-rs ?.: Rush inj; the Little One? Into SVhool- They ShouM l??* elven Time to Str<:;ii Thrir Um bs-A Warning to Mothers. "But she i-- fice years old, and don't know her letters.' ..W.?. good woman.'' rep?iedourfam ??v doctor, "vour little 5-year-old is as b?o*>n?ing as :? rose- Whynot keep her so f< ?r a lifetime?" Mv wile was sure sin? wosi?d only be too jj.ei to ch. so. But-how? Ti ie wise old man repli-. .!: "Hy keeping her out of th--hot. ?-i'-se school room just as long as possit.?,.-."' The chii.i never en*, red a school house ti:! she was '.t years ?M. She could read at 7. but how she learned no one knows. No effort whatever was made to teach tlio cliiM anything from books. Vet within one year she swiftly traversed ail tune many children are compelled to drag themselves-over in drudgery from five to ten years. Nor is she any more than ordinarily intellectually endowed. She is. however, of robust health, of iron nerve, of great vitality. The physician was right. Timnks to him, the little girl is well launched. Nothing can exceed the unspoken mis? ery of childhood sent into the prison of school before its time. Mute, inglorious buffering. A little fellow of my acquaint ance recently caught sight of a "weeping willow" as we stopped at a railway sta? tion on the Boston and Maine railroad. It stood near a blacksmith's shop. "Why do they call them weeping willows?" asked a lady of our party. "Cause they gen'lly grow n?ar school houses " waa the lads instant reply. The useless grind, as it seems to the child, before any sort of interest is taken in the studios, must appear to him noth-j ing else but pure cruelly. A tyrannjj that he is powerless to resist fastens l?vm into a seat-for what? He is a reasoi? able little creature and he can see no rea^ son whatever for this imprisonment. There is no motive whatever. Men toil fora motive. The child of five or six years can have r.o motive for the school toil, except to gratify the unreasonable parent. To make a child love school is impossi? ble. To entice Iiis interest forth with skillful effort is possible with almost any child. By eight years old, say, he can be maile aware of the great world into which learning is the window. He loves a story by that time. Ile wants you to read to him as often as you can find time these three or four years past. Now tell him to read to himself. He wants nothing so much as to "be a man like father." Well, what does his father, all day at the office? Ile practices this "hate? ful arithmetic," adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing. You can't be a man, my boy, unless you have whiskers and know the multiplication table. "You are us tall as I am." says his mother; "but 1 am a woman, who can adel and substract. Will you allow mo? ther to distance you? You are head and shoulders above little Tom. Equal him in knowledge: he can speak a piece like an orator." In short, you must and now can easily touch his self esteem. Be? sides, you will not succeed. And if you should succeed, your child would be a sort of unnatural creature, neither in? fantile nor manly. Everybody can be enticed, charmed, led into a good course far better than driven. "Why are not the good things all as lovely as the bad things?" a child once asked me. They are-far more so. Ig? norance is hateful. Knowledge is love? ly. But we are just beginning to pro? ceed on th.is line in schooling. Ah. that old red school house at the cross roads, where many of us begun! Contrast its hard bench, its small windows, its box stove, rosy hot on one side and emitting smoke through a crack on the other contrast it with the new elegance of the modem kindergarten. Think of the mean books, the learning by rote with? out a particleof understanding-the com? mingling of bi_r boys and little, girls and boys indeed: the culture of rudeness by strength toward weakness: and I remem? ber that even the pretty farmers' girls took on bearish manners in the struggle of the promiscuous playground. The world moves. No one thing in this great century deserves more notice than the emancipation of the school child from many of his woes which we fathers re? member. Yet the forcing process remains. Too young, they are sent to school. Hear me, all you ambitious parents! I plead for a little more time to expand the chest, to stretch the limbs, to preserve and strengthe n the yoting eyes, to attune the young spirit with a iure belief that there is such a thing as having a good jolly time in this toilsome world. By every sigh that escapes a weary man's lips: "I wish I were a child again.** By every golden sky that glows on woman's vision as she takes the back? ward look. By the memory of sleep that came as soon as we touched the pil? low, ami a waking as fresh as a new birth. By the echo of joy that conies evi n now as you hear far off the cry of "Iii spy!" and the shout of the victor in. the happy games of the past that will never come *o you again. By the hope of "Saturday, and no school," which thrilled you once asno hope of fortune ever did in later, sterner years. By sweet little friendship fit for the gods alas, how many are broken never to be , restored! By all that childhood even was to the most favored reader of these lines, I pray you see that your child has a happy childhood. And since school is necessary, see to it that the school con? forms to this purpose of yours. Let not the teacher be a bandit to rob your child, not the room a prison. In no one way cnn you do moro to these godly ends than by insisting that your little ones simd not begin prematurely. Give them time. Remember that time is theirs, ll is you who aro hurried, for your time is shortening. A child's time is yet 'one - Hankiev Harker in New York Weekly. Opposed to Mustaches in the Pulpit. By the kindness of two of my nieces, daughters of the late B. B. Hotchkin, D. P.. your former Philadelphia corre? spondent. I noticed a short article in your issue from the pen of the Rev. Syl? vester l'ow les. He says: "Deafness has cottle so that I cannot hear common preaching unless I si* near the speaker and see his lips mow. ami then, if he ia half barbarian ami don't shave his upper lip. 1 can't understand much except words winch have bor p in them that bring his lips together." Now my own ease much resembles his I am two years his junior and very deaf. I usually take a second seat from the pttlp.it. and if the speaker has a clear voice and no hair on the upper lip, I can keep the run of the discourse very well; but if he wears a mustache I get no food. lam phd there is one man who has the courage to bring this subject up be fon? the people. I personally know of cases w here candidates for good pulpits^ have been rejected because of the mus? tache on the upper lip. To many in the house of God it looks cranky, and is distasteful. No minister has any right to despoil his voice by forc? ing it to pass through a lock of hair be? fore it reaches the ears of the audience. - Evangelist.