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Rollie of j&??ite^fkta^M $ [COSH?CCED FS09S SIXTH PAG*.] BRO?7N i: CU?XI>L?R. Tbs business house of Browa Chandler, dealiog exclusively it; g tierney's clothing and furnishing goo was established tu August, 1 SST, i is one of the largest establishments soy special line of business io the ci The building on the North-east cor of Main and Liberty streets, now oe Died by this firm, was purchased I SSS by A. S. and VV. A Brown, a handsomely remodeled, being now rat ed among the most attractive busin houses in the city. Mr. A. S. Brov lae senior member of the firm, is native of Sumter County and wa* e eated in tts public schools, is 37 ye of age and has had a prosperous bu ness experience of more than twe years, is a Director io the Bank Sumter, and is President ot the io branch of the Minneapolis Bui?di and Loan Association. In addition hts business in the city, Mr. Brown largely engaged in farming in t County. Mr. James II. Chandler, t junior partner is also a native cf Su: ter County, received his education the public Behool?, and is 27 yea of age. Mr. Chandler has had an e perience of twelve years in ?he ciothii business with Mr. D J. Winn, whi position he resigned when he became meml>er of the firm of Brown & Chan 1er in 18o7. Both of these geniien* are among Sumter's most genial, obi: ing and progressive young busine men, and have already established ? enviable reputation for themselves c account of their fair dealings and sa isfaciory business methods. A S. & W. A. BROWN. Mr. A S. Brown of Brown & Cbani der is also senior member of the firm < A. S & VV. A. Brown, dealers io dr goods, groceries and general merehar. dise. The latter firm occupies th building to the rear of and adjointe that of Brown & Chandler, and front?n on Liberty Street. Having commence business io the country six years agc the firm has attained a substantial foot ing and tb,9 growth of its business ha this year necessitated its removal to th city. Mr. W A. Brown the junto member, is a man of extensive busines experience having for leo or twelv veers served as a clerk in similar bus iuess pursuits, until the formation o the present copartnership. BULTMANN 6: SEO. Messrs. C. F. A. and C. F. ?? Bultmann, who compose the only exclu sively boot and shoe firm in our city came to Sumter about twenty yean ago, and commenced in a modest waj upon limited capital, the business rebid has steadily and rapidly grown to i position among our leading houses. Ir 1SS2 the firm found that their increas? ing business required more rooms anc they erected tb? handsome and commo? dious brick building which they now occupy. There is co firm name more favorably and e?teas;veiy known ia middle Carolina than that of Bultmann & Bro. ?Bdeed. we know of more than one person who, wherever they go, always keep their foot measure with Bultmanc & Bro , and always send to them for boots and shoes. From such facts it is easy to infer that this enter? prising firm does a large and constantly increasing business. Dealing exclu? sively io sbees, leather and findings, trunks, valises, &c., they are enabled to furnish alajost anything that may be called for in their line. Any article recommeuded by them may 3afely be bought, and if by any accident they should themselves be deceived in it. the customer is not allowed to bear the lo-s. Under such circumstances no wonder that the fir? of Bultmann & Bro. has its host of friends, who grow as the years roll by. A glance st their crowded shelves and coenters behind which po? lite and attentive clerks stand ready to watt on the customer, is sufScient to re? move all doubt from tho mind that tho firm of Bultmann & Bro mean business, first, last and ali the time. Walking to the rear, whence the busy sound of the shoemaker's h?nfner is heard from morn till dewy eve, the place is discov? ered whence emanate those soft, per? fectly fitting, comfortable shoes and boots that are so widely known and sought after. The member* of the firm give thia department their personal attention and care, and heno? tc.e ectire reliability of their work. They are sat? isfied with moderate profits, and lhere ts no place where a customer can find better good? for the money, cr better service while making hi* purchases. 7. C. SC AFFE. Until recently the only niorchat:* ir? i^'jujter who triage <i ^r^eirtity of -roves, tinware. a?.d house-furnishing goods generally. Mr. SsaSfe certainly 'deserves honorable mention among those who have buist wp tho trade of the city. Mr. Seaire came from Dar? lington to Sumter about twenty-five years ago, and hes since made this bis home. i e is a tinsmith of a long and succ^ss'al experience, enlisted in the Ct>B?*e?ler?te service when to.r lad of lo y< arri of age anti continued in the discbarge of active military duty at the front tiii the war ended., when he rame to Sumter and -.rr:- o hts prefect trade, in 1870 bc wen; into copart? nership with Mr. A Hauser, under wh<>m he had {earned !r? trade, and \u ?S72 became solo proortetor o? the business. Fte has since conducted ri,. business without a partner, ile ha? once Jos' nearly everything by fire Ii" employs a large force of hands for hi? out-door work, and has fr'?m three to four employed wubin the wall? ot bl* large and handsomely appointed estab? lishment. In guttering, roofing spout? ing and driving wells. Mr. ScaSFe docs a large business extending over an ntecse region of country Iiis business ia its every line and feature is so con ducted as each year to add to its vol? ume and increaso the number of its friends Mr. Scaffe U now established on the East side of Main street ab< v the business centre of the city, on property owned by himself, where the many articles of household utility tastily arrsoged makd a beautiful and costty display. K I MONAGHAN Brought up from bis early childhood in tne business he now so successfully conduct*. Mr. ii !' Monaghan 'uas re? tained and greatly, increased the num? ber of old customers of his house. The history of this house reaches back fuily ten years before the war. lt was < nab R-hed by Tom Monaghan, the father of the present young proprietor, who suc? ceeded to it io 1870 Like the Ur?rp majority of our young merchants. Mr I Monaghan ii- a aatiye or Sumter, . enjoyed at ile beginning of his basie ; career an advantage which docs : oftes fall to ?be share of young met j the succession to a trade and na j already Srm?y established. His edu j tioa io the sfore of which he is now . head, peculiar ly fitted him for t I place, making him familiar with its ! fairs since boyhood. His house j iDHoy friends io this and adjoin; i counties who could not be taken fr ? it-people who have gotten their aji ! cultural supplies and done all th ! trading there for more than a Quartet ! a ceutury and whose trade cannot ! now diverted from it. Like most Su j ter merchants Mr. Monaghan carrie I stock of general merchandise, deals ! fertilisers and buys cotton. His sa ; are chiefly upon the lieu-credit plan, a j have within late years grown fron j moderate business conducted on a pn j table scale to one of immense prop? lions, radiating for thirty miles throug i out this and adjoining Counties. 1' : sides presiding over the business of ti j house. Mr. Monaghan is largely int< j este 1 in other enterprises of the city, j an extensive land owuer, and one 1 the Directors of the Bank of Sumter. ! DJ. BARNETT. Mr. Barnett is now in the fifty-eigh I year of his age, and has been thirty-? years, continuously, in business in tb j county and city. His establishment < j Main Street, in the very heart cf tl ! business centre of the city, is one i the best koowa and most thorough ! equipped bouses in Sumter. Tl j building, a handsome brick structure .owned by Mr. Barnett. Besides < general mercantile business Mr. Ba I uett is an extensive cotton buyer an I sells vasts quantities of commerci; i fertilizers. Iiis chief assistant in h I large business is his so? Henry Ba: j nett, raised up to the work under tb imm?diate tutelage of bis father. Mi Barnett, has studiously kept aloof frot politics, giving strict and persoual al tention tc his business ia ail its detail and has thus been able "to paddle hi own canoe." Tue trade of hts hons raroiries throughout the entire count and every year is adding new customer to a list already !^ng and profitable. DCCKiilt ?c Ii ULT .VI AX. Tr.e copartnership between Messrs George Ducker and E W. A. Bultma has now bees in existence for ove eleven years. Mr. Ducker had previ ously been in the grocery business alone The young partners enlarged their bus iness and made it so comprehensive a to embrace all articles of merchaudis' suited to the market. No busines house ever opened in Sumter caa shos a more rapid growth and can boast o being more wiasly and favorably knowt than that of Ducker ? Bultmao. Al most every succeeding year new addi tioos have been made to the store house They are splendidly situated, nearly op posite the Cours House on Main ?treet occupying their own property in th< middle cf ODe of the best business block; in the city. They employ a large fore? of clerks, to whose number ?.hey are aimosi every senson adding. The prin? cipal or chief clerk is Mr. W. E. Dick who will this year complete his tenth year with them. The members of '?his ?rm are both young men, in tue SOY The proprietors give every detail of the business their immediate personal su* pervis?on and are always to be f: und behind the counters or elsewhere within the establishment. They sell great quantities of staple and fancy groceries, fertilizers, gra n and plantation sup? plies of all kinds, and buy cotton in the fall. The firm being thoroughly inde? pendent buys wherever the best bargains can be made, and thus can orTer every advautagc and opportunity to their cus? tomers. The surname of the junior member is very familiar with the busi? ness public arownd Sumter, there being no less than tbr je brothers actively and largely eugaged in mercantile pursuits io this city. The house of Ducker <fc Butt man bas made au enviable nsrne and place for i:?e:f ir; Sumter, and is one of the solid concerns that has known no backward steps. TV. il. VATES. Mr Yates w::t bom in Charleston in October, ?84*>. but bas spent much the Urger part of hi* life in thia etty, hav? ing moved here in 186-, where be clerked for about one year, and then entered the army. After tho war hf returned to Sumter and was engaged as bookkeeper until ho established his present grocery busings in I SSO. At that time tte was ag'*nt for the Southern K.tpress Co , bul sevfir-.il years later bis budines- ha ving increased to such an ex? tent as to recj?iire his undivided atten? tion, he resigned thc position. Dealing only in groceries, and [saving made Ibis, line a study it :. not remaikaule that bis s?or?; ranks among the first of our city grocer -'? lie i- agent for thc H;.7.ird Powder Co and does a large r:?r* af thc jobbing trade in ibis line tn thc County k ?ch year has shown ;:t: increase in the vnionie of his business, which has been built !,t- from thc ground and now Steeds .*:s a mon on;'')'. ?.:?r and bon est dealings xv. ] a ri adherence :.*. legitimate business principios. Cito.-?AVE! L .?. CO. '? his f:.-:i; occapi s .? brick building f?:s the corner d '/-berty and Main S?ree??. the ve v centre cd thu citv The senior member of the firm is i>. Cros*-.7*?; :> ituriv.w.f t>?rU?2?-oi.. and ts engaged ss a tr^vohng sab-smah. leading the Sumter hj??isc uuder the drre?t personal management ni V. W Cromwell, th* junior p-i-tv-r Mr H. ? ?. Cresswell pr ...->!?> ?K ?oo.'her marked instance of what in n.-tuuliy formed n ..elf m'ide man. havng commenced -:t th.? boUom ro?i*id of h.? ladder ?nd worked !.;.> v.-av -ip to ti;-- ? TI? j." portant j " -1 ' ..ii -o the t oj .dr ?-ss v?"or! j '\ V.. ( !>\HMV< !! has also, l y energy end strict ~??en'ion to business ri-? u froo: K subordinat? ol a cc in -.. ..:-.:..>?. of proprietor ?. -.rt rf on*' of the best grocery; booa*^ ;n th-- .o-y This hou-o h*> been in existence <.:.:?' the short period ?of one year, a nfl a!rr:? 1-, shows *.*:;?. Jstukibb' ?-Vi ? ??ii.'r-C?? ?.j solid growth The grocery is haods'imelA H ppoifi ted ano carri? < ;? i way? rh? </>.>,.-.' as well as '?he as ?St v.-r;. stock Chis yoang merchant, to w alike .?? the bosi ue??s ano peopif ol Sun? fer, is 'tit.-ady becoming weii knoivn .:- a Class grocer j? II. \\ ad ni ;? btw Isiat.d the SOD d n ?en [slnr?d o-Mton planter. Mr. Curtis ?-.-ir!v pent to the Porter Academy in Chari''s?on. '?rom which he was gra l?sate?i ?o D . He accepted a position with t!:e < oarics ton Mining and Manufacturing C"m pany, where bc remained i. ? -?:\ years as chief of their mercantile ?lepar?mont Leaving this lucrative position !,<- vv i??to business ot; !?j own ace mot v t'. Magnotia Min-. Tb" inf?uvn.f I malaria, coturnos to that section, bat. i niug to operate deleterious!) OG i coustitutiou, the subject of this ske I fouod it necessary to Lud a beal;! I climate and cai?e to Sumter, i Curtis has been tho recipient of rn: ? political honors in Summerville, wb j town he has claimed as his home, '? has steadily refused the offices freque j ly tendered him. Uniformly suc?es j in business, an experienced gro? ! with popular and competent assi-ta j io his store, Mr. Curtis takes raul; j once with our best merchants. Fon ! ou account of the crowded condition, j the business here to occupy a af i greatly inadequate for the size of j usual business, Mr. Curtis at first e j ployed one assistant, but. soon findi ; that his business required a lar< ! force, engaged another, aud is now ; ? gotiating with a third with a view j placing him. too, behind his counte J Pleasant, affable, eminently social iu ! disposition, well educated and iute! gent. Mr. Curtis left behind him a h< of friends, but we feel cou ?dent, H make quite as many io the home of 1 adoption. Sumter always gladly l< out another link io her belt to take i such additions to her business and so f ety. Public spirited, enterprising a j thoroughly equipped by long expei j ence. Mr. Curtis will make a mark j Sumter, and we coofideutly predict f him a career of honorable prominen and success amongst us. Well drill in the complicated methods of comme oial life, he has that intelligent and cot ! prehensive grasp of his business th : keeps him, like a buoy, always oe tl ! surface, yet cabled firmly in his pla ! io the great sea of commercial activit 1 If thc past eau bc taken as an ernest the future, our expectations of M Curtis are not. over-sanguine. J. FRANK i'ATE. Kora ia Sumter January. 10th 180: Mr. Pate is now in the first fiush i manhood. Ile was educated in tl schools of his native city, but in a< Cition to the training thus received 1 has had the benefit of a business edt cation at one of the best known bus ce^s colleges of the country. The fa'ht of Mr. Pate carried OG a general mei can tile busines here for 28 years uni his death in 1SS-J, and the subject < this sketch, like many others whos brief biographies appear io tbes columns, was accustomed from earl boyhood to regard mercantile pursuit as the business of his future life, ac received valuable practical koowledg of business in his father's establishraeni Mr. Pate entered upon his pr<_ eot busi ness imrr.ediately upon the death of hi father, doing a general business i merchandise, buying cotton and sei?u, fertilizers. The motto of his bous "Upward and onward" has been stricl ly lived up to. Iiis business ha doubled itself every year. J. Y. W. PELORKI".. Dr. DeLorme is one of the ieadinj druggists of the city, and probably tb oldest. He was educated at ?he Sum ter Academy and begau bis apprentice ship in the drug store of Miller & Brit ton io 1802. Afterwards he formed i partnership wi:h Mr. J. M Wilde under the firm 03tne of Wilder & De Lonne, His health failed and he sob: out" to Mr. Wilder. From iSGi to '6;" he gave his services to his country it the 9th S. C. llegirneat, and at tht close cf the war again commenced bus iness for himself, and has, by close ap? plication and a desire to serve every want of the public io his line, built ur. a business of which he may justly b< proud, io addition to his drug stock he handles large quantities of paints, oils, glass and kindred supplies, He has only been ia politics to the extent of having served the town at one time as Warden, and prefers to devote his time strictly to his business. it is gratifying ir. us to state that bis busi? ness in the last twelve months, shows an increase of SO per cent. This is only another evidence cf the growth of Sumter. E. K. K EM BK RT & CO. The above is a new firm, having begun business ou M tun Street in this city just in time for thc fa!! trad-j of ?lu: preseut year. T?eir business, at their main establishment, is that of hardware exclusively, but io additon to this they have a spacious and well stocked de? pository for vehicles of all kinds, situa? ted one square north en the same street.. Both members of the firm bear Dantes which have always been prom? inent in Sumter County. The senior of the house is thc junior in ago. be? ing now only 25 years old. yet can look back from this 6r.it -tage lu iifc over five years of a successful business conducted io another part of the.county Mr. Kiward H. j ve inbiri exemplifies in his person, the splendid business pcs sibilitics; in Sumter C ?uuty open lo young toen passessing the intelligence and integrity which distinguishes him. lt) J.S85, sr;i,n after quitting thc Cita? del Academy if? Chariestou where he received his education. Mr. Rimbert commenced business BI Kember:* this countv, ?. place Damed after bis family, io thc lino of general merchan? dise principally :?. the i;:ir: credit business. Begin niug with small capi? tal business thc first y ?-ar amounted to only ?5,i-0U : this year, the fifth u! bis business career, sh ?ws a volume .>.? trade %f b?e cour-try Ptaud of ??'.!i!'.?I, .jil it??;H !S<; SM tive years -, or ; per c< tit. besides tl;!* nrvs pe "us bu?ifief's Mr lv?iab-:rl as? sociation With Cant, p P. irai Hard established t?o? business in this city under ti,*- firm nano- ?vbich lo-iii? this ?-ketch If Mr Humbert' success of the pnvt be taken as an earnest of hie future we navy reason to expect gs-oat . rb?L?gs of i'<^ ri ".. enterprise in Sumter I i.-- r'uuitcr bm ines- is under th': im m.-diatv por.snnaj charge ot Capt !' p. tiH:llxrd ?.me of i.i >-t vvoi-lv known and jmms.'ar c;t ?z-tn ;': Sotater CottUTV. ('apt. f?a?ii>*r.j. |?;r !??-S i.' :>.:?!..'.'. is an alumnus of '">, ? ( ijadcl ..f C?iai.lestivn. from w h's ch !i?.s::'i?ti?n be was called iu :v<> ! for the mo? stirring scenes of war A ??er dot tig hi>- fuji duty ;is a soldier, h< . li'.-- many "?'isri*. returned front inc army bro ken m fortuno. ?? ml engaged in the pursuits ol .'.J Cti'lurC *-. ? i * : 1 ! v ': e.lii. ii" moved :.> rmu.tei und filled th ? th te ot P-puty S?..-r?f?. Ju !?*'. he ?ai ejected to tb? ottic( o! .e.iiy I'reasurer which <.!.'.:. he h>- acccpt'tbtv a is d ably }?!.?! (ii nee Iii :?f?i'i -t. to th?; h on/rs ct fSe I reat? riry ??ice C.-?p' <i.ii!Urd occu]i:cs th? euvtahie ot .' 'ru'?tv '? tiatruian ?.! h?s pv'littcai p-?'v ? k??n f-.Tuia ti.?!! -I tin- piCHeirt finn "\ h. iv Kern heit ? I'M . Ci{.;. (J-iiUnrd cut-ted upon trie ;?C?tVe dutt'S Ot thc t?-'-: ot |::iri o'"' i'.iN ...u-i'ies> ?o aduitlotj to I : i c pribitC fut?C?iotis I li> firm has ooo c?reid-V Witt? o; ?titving SUCCCs'? ?r' 3 !a?"gJ :'.':'l A. WHITE & SON - ' The Insurance Agency of Messrs. : White & Son was commenced hy i senior member of the S rm in 18< ! with one company, the "Security" ' New York. ID ISSI Mr. A. Whi j Jr., the present efiicieut cashier of t Hank of Sumter, was as&o dated w bis father. By energy, activity an; constant attention to the interests of I assured, their business has stead ! grown, as time bus passed, until tb j now represent twenty drat class com? ! nies, and have a patronage effendi I through the counties of Sumter, Clari j don, Williamsburg and Darlingtr where their reputation as careful a intelligent underwriters is well ests lished. Among the companies repi sented by them are such well knoi and solid corporations as the Liverpt j and London and Globe, the Nor j British and Mercantile, the Norther I the Lancaster, of England ; the lion I the Germania, and the Underwriters. New York ; the Hartford, the Sprjn field F and M., and the Connecticut, Now England; the American, and f Fire Association, of Philadelphia ; ai the old and popular "Georgia norm ; of Columbus, Georgia. We doubt any city in the State can show ; agency with as many companies of fit rate financial ?tanding It is a matt of congratulation and pride with the gentlemen, that in the twenty-tbr years of their work, uo one has ev lost a dollar by the failure of a com pat ia their agency. WILSON ?- SPANS, is the name of a new insurance bus ness recently organised and start* ! here. The senior. Mr. F. N. Wilsoi j resides in Manning, but does an extei I sive underwriters iifc insurance busine I in Sumter. Clarendon, <_}racgeburg ar j Williamsburg Counties. Mis bea j o??ice is at Manning. Mr. J. & j Spann, the junior partner, is a native i j this county, a young man, and has bee i prominently identified with the businei ! of Sumter for the last ten years. ? I addition fo the insurance business ( ! this firm at this placo Mr. Spann r< presents the Express Company !>s thei agent in Sumter. I i Ik Doctor of ?j&ate nns. BOSS A RD ?- BAKER. The oldest practicing physician i Sumter aud one of the most eminent i: the interior of the State ts Dr. J J Bossard, senoir member of above firm who has been a resident here bioce LS-?? lu the Summer of . tl year he wa graduated from D - -TOO College. N C., and two years ia . from the Sou tl Carolina Medical Couege. at Charles ton. Dr. Bossard at once entered upot the practice ci bis profession here, soc has beeu continuously engaged in thu work ?ince, except during ..; period o four years services in the army as sur geon. Though a native of Georgetown Br. Bossard has been identified witl the people aud hillery of Sumter since his eariy manhood, serving twice a? lutendcut and once ss warden on thc town council, ile was the first Presi* dent of the Agricultural Society o? Sumter County, and in ISSI was elected a member of the State Seuate from this county, succeeding the lion. T. B Fraser who had been elevated to thc Bench. Dr. Bossard served as Sena? tor three years, ile is now engaged in the active practice of bis, professi .-n. His young partner Dr. Chandler Baker was born in Sumter County, and is an alumnus of the same college from which Dr. Bossurd was graduated, having taken his degree of A. B. in tue class of 'SO. Alter leaving college Dr. Baker t-pent two years teaching as prin? cipal ol the Ridgeway High School. Afterward took a course of studies at tho University of Virginia, where he took his degree ci M. D. ReturotQg to South Carollua be practiced for a short time in the country, mo?ed to the city, Nov. 1st, 1 SSS, and formed a co? partnership with Dr. Bossard. Their ofiice is ou Matu Street over Bogiu's old store. bli. J. S. ?iUGHSON, one ci Sumter's leading physicians and surgeons, was boru in Camden, S. C. His birth is ail that Camden can claim, for he i? now and hus been for many years wholly our own. Dr. FI ugh soo was educated af. Furman University. Early in life Dr. H. entered the Con? federate service at thc beginning of the war, and served with thc Hampton Legion in Virginia during the whole war. Upon the cessation of hostilities young Hughsoo ?aid aside the ftwerd which he had worn wi?h distinction and honor to take up the scalpel, sud bis career as a surgeon and physician bas been no less honorable than timi as * soldier, fu March I$07 he graduated from the Medica! College at Charleston, and at once begao a laigc and success ful practice cf his profession ;;.f Sumter Dr. Haghson's practice extends over a large scone of country, and be ia one of the busiest men in the .'tty Besides giving strict attention to matters purely professional he \z r. public spirited citizen and takes a koren interest in all enterprises calculated te. be ne tit bis citv ?ind neopie Ile is especially prom? inent in secret, ph ; ::oif hrct.de, religious and i nsu rn nee fraternities. He has servid us Errand Dmta'or of tb? ti rt? nd : r,'?dj?e Knights -\ Honor <>f South! Carolina and har r:t(endc.i twice ns a delegate, to Supreme Lodge "Iv. of lt I". S a';:! "."....< rh?: Grj-r. (?haocetior . Commander of the L>?dge Knights of Pythias recently organized here. . O' A Ki ?'iE (/IHN \ . Frominent among the young physi? cians (?( S ur*! tc i - Pr Arch je ( hi aa, *..>;; of Dr. A d China. De isa na? ir-., of Sn'mfcr H nd M ii OW ?e. the "2 th i,-rai of bi? ag?; ile received ??ts coo ('h?trles?fm., S. C . graduating from th?t ?nsrit:?'i'?'???? in the class ol 'Mi :S fte? h:s ,\\vUma, Dr. ??.IOA re m rr: HI d thre years long.'f a! the ( ? ; . .. .-s i."c ?if irs hospita] whib ihn tim., pr..secnting his Medical .Jud;'-: o "ncr Dr. Parke, of Caries ..?.i p-,;? ;ittetidl?ig 'lu lectures 't:t So?;:h ? arohna Medical ? '..:?. ?. ;f| that ri fy \:- w>"k li:-1 diploma fr:-::, tl. tl . .'.!'.:?-.. in M;? 'dj of the presen! yeal i' .,,!',e >? '.mee b?ck t" !.:s native citv, he eo?.-rod ib-: ;>e';v'- pr? en ce 'd' rro?'\">t!0), (he Valunbli n:;-!' :?<.:": kn'?Wlcd?4 arijoired ;?i the Ci?adt-d li- -, ?' :? - ..- me-ling ..?>( h gratify? ing suecos? in bis profession. oi;. 1 . .- ?>! ?.".MI*. tc i;-..- j.'-t practicing dent,st in Sum ter Ne lived ?? i 's life in Sumter and has been in the continuous practice di his profession herc for n peno i ?il over forty veara. .'...;:ie> which tim? i.-* JJ ' T* f? ...?.ni'-? a repot a 'ion for skill, kn w/cdge :ml pr Gcien<"v that nothing i ra:; rob him of. There being no dental . ('..!!'g.1 iu the days of his youth. Dr. j Solomons acquired his professional , education in the (dime uf an emioeut dentist of Charleston. DU I) ? MCCALLUM, in point uf agc and experience the second on oar list of Dentists io active practice in Scruter, ia a native j of this County having been born uc-ar Bisbopville. He waa equipped for the work of his vocation at the Baltimore Dental College, having bceu graduated from there in ISoO. In September of j the same year he located here, but his j work was io.turrupted by the thick j gathering clouds of war, and he for I sook tiie comforts of hi? office to cast j in his fortune with that of bis country, j Io the war he heh! the office of captain ' io tba 23d, flegim? ut S. C V io business Dr. McOailam has been suc? cessful and has a large and steady pat? ronage. ; Ll-.. CEO. W. LICK. j It is always a pleasure to chronicle the \ suecos? of a Snmrei boy wherever tho j lines, of his life may be cant, but more especially 13 it pleasant when that suc? cess is achieved ut his native home. The young gentleman whose name ap? pears above is now in the twenty-fifth year of his natural and the fourth year of bio professional life. He was edu? cated at the South Carolina University. Selecting the profession of dentistry, he entered the class of 'S5 at the University of Pennsylvania io Phila? delphia, and after graduating took a special practical course under the world renowned Dr. li ? Noble of Washing? ton, D. C After completing his course he returned to his own town, Sumter, where his zealous attention to his work and thorough preparation are yielding their just fruits in a splendid practice. Three years ago bc was elected Treas? urer of the State Dental Association and stii! holds that honorable position. D Iv. T. VT. BOOK HA RT, was born in Fairfield Couuty in I80?, and received bis eariy ?ducation in the schools of his native County. After leaving school Dr. Dook hart took a special course in dentistry preparatory toeoteriog coll?ge, under Drs Geo. B. and Chas. L Steel, the leading den? tists of Richmond, Virginia. After this course was completed he entered the Dental Department of the Univer? sity of Maryland in Baltimore, from which he graduated in 188$. Return? ing at once to South Carolina be prac? ticed three years in Orangeburg County, whence he moved to Sumter in April last. Equipped with this experience and with one of the most handsomely appointed offices in the State, Dr. Bookbart has met with marked success here. [See Doctors Mood and China on 7th page.] The Ba? of $mW. Sumter ha? never been lacking in legal luminaries. who at home :?nd abroad have ; upheld their reputation and added lustre ; to their country's name. We need not j more than refer to the learned and lament? ed James S. (i. Richardson, so long the ' Reporter of the Supreme Court in its palm? iest Jays : the keen, polished an j. brilliant ? F. J. Moses, Sr., elevated to the Supreme : Bench, and the bright, logical and power- I fol pleader, John X. Green, at one rime a .' judge of our Circuit Coi:rt. These are yet j fresh ia the memory of the living. The j venerable fathers o? the bar have long since ! fallen asleep, and are now lemeinbered ; only by thc older men in whose recollection j these ancient worthies are always surround- | ed hy a soft lunar rainbow of reverence ! and respect. There sacredly embalmed, we j leave them, while we tum to the men who i .?iiil survive. JU1>GK T. t?. F?AS?3. While not. strictly speaking, a member of thc Bar of Sumter now. no notice of it would bc complete without a mention of j Circuit Judge T. B. Fraser, who since 1*7$ j has been steadily r.nd wc!! fulfilling ihe j duties of that arduous position with grear I credit to himself and honor to the Stare j and County. He was bora in Sumter j County in 1525, graduated from South ? Carolina College in 1845, admitted to j the Bar in 1*47. and practiced law here j until placed noon thc bench. He was for : four consecutive terms returned to the j Legislature and for two terms was our Sen- j ator. being calle? during his second term j to nil tiie position of Judge in the Third Judicial District. Kis public services .'ire wei! knowe., end be :< -lill a tower of strength it! tie- community v.her?; all his I life has been spent. mm wm .'. ii. I t.vNlUNO hus bed o or*1 <'". do with set! I em-mi tte.' , ?itv: !..;' p' rue Liri.i'd estates of Sttnrtei C-^'unl; perhaps, ;>.:.? any other living ! man. HoWJTS bont in ?'"httr?estorj it: ;s.i. ; -r:!ow;o.-,; from th" S. ''. College in LM2. j and r?f? -i ai'nd}ing law ? tabiishvd : itt -?eli 1 in Sum ter. wie.Te h?* Kr*s ?- er since enjoyed 1 Ivrge practice. ('.''?. fiianjtUm* has dis I iingnishci! hit?.-.elf aside -hoi*: H: prof es . :-;oi?.- having:.Mtrv*??l through ?>oth rho Mr** tenn find Confederate war*-. r;n- f.: v< ir:- a member ot the Le^i-i itme ! .!!.! service to his L>;?mt-< n ? ' 'hm . mali f tho rbmoeralie Kxeruti va Coin hi il* ce from, t- 7,: >:.'. Lar^C hearted ?em*ion? public spirited, a man who ?.?.;.?.. ?he cor? :.<!. and esteem ? ' ali, C .!. fcU.ati 1 : . ?! - 1 h-l practicing nt tornev io th 1 '?.nutv. .-???,] is'.vide?t and?fa-Vt-'rabt*. kn */ j ..: . ? i ;!>?. ..!li?M- Statt v. ? n. I! \ VNSWC?ttTTl .me o' the --ettior memh^r? ot the Sum er B.tr. fror toan'. ya rs associated with :. eminent '"o?!*,Mgue. -?ndge Fraser, the Inn now ''."''!-''. of himself and H. I. looper. Mr S-Iaynsworth, without !.-?vin<j been cm pieuonsJ} a public man, ? :' i d the Couniy sect ptablj as I reasurer 0. ;..:> years, apd i-; well known for ;iConTaV?, ki?owUl?'? Of t>tw; painstaking care, L's judicious administra? tion of public and private trust*, and his Tit ni ia consulted hy nnrneioas clients, who ; repose in-the members of it a confidence . tn.it : ; nt ver misplaced, and a hoi.*; that is j el.h.m di ;i?.....;!::.-.! When the Bank of ; St::-.?L-: was .'. Mr. Kaynsworth was mailed to k.; Presidency; and has faithfully j and iVn-Ccss?u?ly managed its affairs. I was boon in ??reenvide in 1^47, and r?*-eeiv- : ; cd his education at Fnrmah University-. ; ^;-;id.:ai:;:^ fi-O?t: that institution in tZCfi. ; and was admilied i<> the c?ar ti: lS7??. He | began practicing in Sumter in '7. artel from . : the iir.-r gained t he confidence of the com ; m.univj, and has beta steadily advanced j irom on j responsible oublie position to : another, until nov/ Lo occupies the high I position of Attorney General of South Carolina, in widen position Ue ts sonning his second term. Ho ha.? distinguished himself in whatever 'capacity he has served his State and people, but in no relation o? lifo is he more esteemed than as a lawyer. Of the eminent, services of Coi. Kaile, this is not the place to spoak. Suffice it to say his reputation is extended, nmi his attain? ments large, and of his abilities there has never been any question, lie has now as? sociated with him E. O. PUSJ>7, who graduated from the Law department j of the University of Virginia. Juno. ISSI. I In December of that same year be settled I in Manning, S. C., as the local partner of Cob Earle. In I88i?-he removed to Sumter, the partnership continuing. Mr. Purdy has never been in politics, and has no aspi? rations in that line, bur is content to go on doing his duty, highly respected as a man and a citizen, whose legal attainment? ere far above and beyond the average lawyer of his years. w. MOISE. Hus distinguished light of the Bar was j born in Charleston in 1831, and was cdn- j cated there. Ha came to Sumter in 1850 i and clerked for two years. At rh.e age of : 21 he went to Georgi;?, and in 1S56 was ad? mitted to the ?.?ar :it Xaibotton, in that .State. Iii; volunteered from Georgia in IS81 and was elected Captain the next year, i When the war ended he was ic command of j the 10th Ga. Regiment. Young's Brigade, j Butler's Division of cavalry. Geo. Moise i built the dams on Hatcher's Run. Va., to protect Lee's army. He burnt Trie bridge at Smithfield. N. C., in 186?, in front of Sherman on his .advance toward Haleigh, and was the last man who passed. He sur? rendered with -Johnson at Greensboro. Ai the Butler's Tower fight b?'.ow Petersburg, in 1854, Gen. Moist had three horses shut und-;- him in one day. After th-' war he returned to Sumter and l egan tue practica ! of law which he has successfully followed j ever since. liewa.- elected Adjutant Gen-; eral in 1876 and agnin in 1878. and declined i a third election in 1880. ii-, lias kept oat ] of politics fiucc that lime. Gen. Moise j is deservedly conspicuous in two respects j narticulary. viz : as a criminal lawyer, and ? public spirited citizen. Vs a criminal lawyer he has few equals and fewer supe? riors. His fame is .Stale-wide in this re gard. As r. citizen, Oe::. M'use has built more houses in Sumter than any other j mau in it. thereby adding substantially j and even largely io the growth and exton- : sion cf the city. In the enjoyment of s j good practice, and possessed of many j friends, he stands ns the senior member of . the well known firm of Moises ti Leo. a ; prominent figure in legal and business i circle-. n. Kiv .NK wrnsoN. also a prominent younger member of the ! Bar, was born tn !S4i: in this County Ed? ucated at Davidson College; N. G., he taught school several years as principal of ?.he Mr.:.* Bluff Academy, and afterwards of ; the Mayesville High School. Admitted t practice in 18*1. he has continued ....."."ess ; fal!v in his chosen profession ever since Called hv the pe? pie to -erv;- them in *e.c Legislature in 188??; he was re-elected in . 1*88 to thc House of Representative* Inj 1885 he was elected secretar;? md treasurer ? >f Sumter R. and. {.. Association, which office he still bolds. Profession:?Hy he i*= the junior mend - r of the ?rm of tv'sndrng > ,".,,-..' you oe- r i--1 t. o: fue Har r taiid-? -Ioho T. Goad?, ;?irc'iBorn iii ; Lahcrist^T ?od > t ?e.:r?'-.- primary j ehooN of tin* < f.nuiv. W .va g.adonted ! fromWofford ?n rS8\\ tie degree of ? A H Turning h:^ .o om ion to education ni matt? rs. he found'0 Ldsbjon li'.-ti S< hool j in darlington County. wb?n bc remnined j for three t ears iin'i! S-pf ... wb'-n h" wa eh-Cted OidnriiUil o' ?"-.-O?5PUM.MI Mai** A Ca d .uii>. Ourb.tr : ! ; i p?>ri-v? >-e ;?nr->'-ut bi.-, j .e;.;?} studio .'O?d eas admirted to prarfbe in 1887?. nud ie duly. O >'~. he s> 'o<d in Sumter for the jd HCtic^ oi hi* profes ion . Tn r-Ssjs he wi}- el vied School Cemm:<? sionei of this Count ?, the duties ol winch office he fill? with zeal and success who" cotttiji'dug to j>racti?v Iiis profession, K O. ' F''. lt..r?. :-. Snmtev io > 87>0. >ir. bt e . ?.'-. IT cd his edu'"?t;on in thc County schools ?nd .it the S C College. He then studied law and was sdraiticd lo the Oar tn !: since which time bs h : . been a sociated in tho practice <!' bi" profession with the Messrs Moise, tie represented hi? County in the lower house o? ih< General Assembly from ? 18-8- to )8>'k and v.a member of the Ju dic?ary Committee while there. He served as a member of the Slate Democratic re? tentive Comm::! .. s-ince 1882. He was Ch;.ir;:.:.-: of County Executive Committee from iv;-<: : : ]>. lit; is a Director iii tb? Simonds National h:-:k, and in the F.lec trie Ugh: Co. : President and Solicito? of the People's H. ?i L. Association, and i>i :ec;or in the Sumter 3.J?LAssociation, is also a mc-mb' r of the H.: m ter Cotton Mills Co.. of Board of Commis? si-. >] of the Samite: Cr?ded Sch ads. MA;;."N sro: -E. aged ":. fha :a>u of (len., E. V\*. Mwi-e. ?.v.;? educated Sumter and th? V M. Re? turning home ho studied law and wa-: ad? mitted to practice io 187*3. Ti e nes: ye;-. :i? became jo.nior masiberof the hin ?if MojLs?s.i f.c-e. Maj. Moise was elected to the S?.?:-'- Selia co ir: ; ?So and fills :t?.-.t ofi?ce ;it present, in business circies he is :?..;.-.. a prominent mm, b? .mg Vice Pr?sident o? t?:e Bani: O? Sumter director a.'?o' solicitoj oi the Sa?rs?ec H. and ?.. Association, and director :... People's B. and !.. Association. r>.-k:i :< : : -,. Maj. Moise *s td?0 highly 8: t? em cd. t.ftn.- io? irrst President of the Sumter Ciub, ft social ilion reec-nt ly organ? ized A. DfiOOSS SrCC'K?* waa born at Bishopville, this County, in 1853. Graduated ?.'rom Wofford in 3S77, he studied law under R. V/. Boyd. Esq.. in Darlington, and was admitted to the Bar in 1885. Kc- tlrsi practiced in Timmons- : ville for a year, and then moved to this! city in 1S87. He was appointed Triai ?fas tice as successor to the lamented G. E. j Hayns worin, in January, l*ss. He was a j candidate for solicitor of this Circuit at the j last election, and was second iu the race . with four opponents. ?.. L. coor*ER, whose name appears associated with that; of thc- Hon. W. F. 3. Haynsworth in the j practice of lav;, is a graduate of the Citadel j Academy, class of M:{, and was admitted to ! the Bar about 1J>7O. He was also a mern- j ber of the firm of Fraser. Haynsworths and j Cooper, up to the time that it was dissolved ; by the elevation of the Kon. T. B. Fraser to the Circuit Bench. T. B. FRASES, ?5. is twenty-nine year? of age. Educated at . Davidson College, from which he was grad- ! neted in ISSI. Mr. Fraser was admitted to the Bar in 1883, and has since followed his profession, at one time with Blanding and Wilson, but now by himself. He has never ? embarked on the turbulent sea of polities, ' but has perseveringly adhered to his ches- ! en profession, in which iris diligence will surely bring its reward. He now fills the 1 oitice of U. S. Commissioner for this dis- i trice. WILLIAM H. IXOSAii. son cf the late Dr. John I. Ingram, of Ciar- 1 erndon County, received his education at | the Porter Academy. Charleston, and Union j College. Schenectady. N. Y. He .studied ; law under Isaac Edwards, Esq., author of ..Edwards on Bil's." at Albany. X. Y., where ; he also attended the lav: school. Admitted to the Bar of South Carolina in 1880, and ; though the youngest or a class of 21, was elected President. Removing to Florida, j he practiced law and engaged in newspa? per work until May. 1888. when he return- : vd to his native "State. He removed to ? Sumter in February. 1889, and began the j practice of law with gratifying success. COHN C. MASSING LS among the tatest acquisitions to the Bar ; of Sumter. He is the son of ex-Gov. John : L. ManniDg, and was educated at the Por? ter Academy, Charleston, and Hobart Col? lege. Geneva, N. Y. in 188" lie commenc? ed the study of ?aw with W. Y B. Heyns worth. Esq., and afterwards attended the hu* school of Georgetown Coiversity, T\ C.. wi ile fulfilling the dunc--of private sec > rotary io V. S. Senatoi Butler. Mr. Man? ning oa?sed n brilliant examination before the Supreme Court. f??i which he was highly complimented. These two last-men- . tioned gentlemen have very recen th ;s-o-. ciated together fm thu practice of their . profession, under the firm nameoi rngram A Menning ? . v.' va; -.. ? I! w:\ :\. ..?..-.? '*'.* yc-srs. wa ? bens in Similar. ii57. . te', r. . his finish?^c ed-ic?ticsi ai lvo??ord i "ol!eg'v. H? rca?! l?.r> with Coi. rosoph li. Enrm. rind w-2 ?dmii{ed toihe Kai i the rjnne term o* the Snprenv Court :i l>8) Pe wem We?t m the March fol ?owing, and rot urning to South Carolina in !--e> ii? Ci ?enc- > a-- {av ot?ic in this <"ity D September ??f the current year. Though ; new comer at Btu brr Mr. Har vi it's .titi".mt ?aient:' u/msbC} him t.?* became t ?>. itt bl* chosen profession '"ON ii SK:'),;"' IV.I- born in April, *-*'.?>. \-\ this Com-';" !'.ii-. ':?, M jo the priirmry . thools o? ih* . .-"?.tv h> t- e. ?...>.? the finishing touches ?' {>.. Cn i verity of North Carolina. He .::*.-.( }.\<. fi yr n dmr; tim' "rider Col. b- t phx : - h ard cotnpleted the study \' ;!..?. Cniverst'y of Pennsylvania in ?885. ?\ctnrr>?ng b.ome ' < v- is admitted lo practice ?rnc year, lb bas m~de i specialty of crimimd law tn whic?i be ia* been quite successful. 5IJ>W \ ::i;s v. un . a Sentirr also has two colored lawyers, J. i- >v*hittaker. of A?"st Point fame, and J. ft Edwards. o practice . i dwards ?t Whittaker, an? -eceive a ?ber3- share ci ihe patronage ol theii race. Sumter now lias two newspapers, THE VVATCEMAN AND SOUZBAOX. and THE SUMTES ADVANCE. 'Iii*.- present editor and proprietor of the latter paper. Mr. Horace L. J;?rr. succeed? ed his father, the lats H. L. lia rr, deceased, who founded the pajpor m 1831, and whoso long connection with the newspaper his? tory of Sumie-i is writ known. io fjard to our own jo a ma! we. may be pardoned ? : giving the more extended notice . The BLACK RIVES WATCHMAN was started April 27. 1S:"0. In 1S54 the BLACK RIV 1:2 WATCHMAN and the Sn^tr-:; 3A;;NKE were consolidated and took the name of TEE SUMTER WATCHMAS. 3n I?t;? the of?ce was destroyed by Potter*?, raid, bat the paper resumed publication in a few months, ia Jun**. the SUMTKE NEWS was started here. La issi the WATCHMAN was bought by Rev. C. C. Brown and the present pro? prietor. S. G. Osteen, by whom, in August of tiie same year, it was consolidated with the TBUE SOCTHBON. ?hi? latter was th? same started in liJCiJ under the name of THE SUMTER NE./S, a half interest in which had been bought by Mr. N. G. Osteen. soon alter it was started, it changed its title in i.^r.i. from the SUMTES NEWS to TUE Ta CE SOUTHBON. .Mr. Osteen, the proprietor of the WATCH? MAN AND SOCTHBON entered the SUMTKB WATCHMAN o?iee as an apprintice in He became half proprietor of the TB^E SOCTHBON in IS?f?. and therefore dates his connection as employee and proprietor 34 year*, 2:3 years of which in the latter rela? tion. THE WATCHMAN' AND SOCTHBON, estab? lished auder that name in ls^l by the con? solidation of THE SCMTEB WATCHMAN and THE TBUE SOCTHBON, dares its birth throng li the former paper nearly 40 years back and makes good its claim of being one of the oldest papers, in the State. The life of Mr. N. G. Osteen. the present proprietor of the WATCHMAN AND SOCTHBON, is so interwoven with the history of his newspaper that a mention of either without the other is like separating what the sanc? tity of time has made inseparable. Commencing at the bottom rung of the ladder, Mr. Osteen has mounted step by step to ?he position of proprietor of the ?ame journal with which he began las bus? iness career as ofiice boy at the eariy age of thirteen years. At the head of this article we present aa engraving of Mr. Osteen. He is forty seven years of age and is stilt in the active management of his paper, to the success and high etandard of which his own indi? viduality has done so much to contribute. While other papers have come and gone, loomed up and vanished away, THE WATCH? MAN AND SoUTHEON has, for nearly forty years, gone the even tenor of its way with a steady, consistent and generou.. support from the public. It has ever been the ob? ject of the present proprietor to make his paper a necessity to every reading house? hold in the County ; to make it distinct? ively a home paper, while not unmindful of his duties as one of the moral conserv? ator? of the State and country at large, and as a factor in the conservation and devel? opment of the civilization and interest of his people. This policy steadfastly adher? ed to through the changes and vicisitudes thai the checkered history of our State has brought about has secured and retained for the WATCHMAN AND SOCTHBON the respect, confidence and friendship of our people. As our city begins to grow and to reach out into the world for a share of its atten? tion and substantial recognition, the WATCHMAN AND SOTJTHBON steps to the front as the advanced herald of the new dispen? sation. Instinct with this spirit of prog? ress it sends out week after week its crowd? ed columns, telling the world of Sumter, City and County, their resources and ad? vantages. Enterprising in a degree at times amounting almost to temerity, it has never essayed any enterprise in journalism which it has not been able successfully to carry through. If the people -honld call for a more fre? quent publication of the paper to meet the increased demands incident to the growth of the City, the proprietor is ready and willing, with proper encouragement, to supply it. The paper has always been in touch with ihe people and wit! always, nuder the pres? ent proprietor, bv found working side by side with the most progressive and enter? prising oi oar citizens. In tue State the WATCHMAN AND SOCTH? BON holds a deservedly high place among the weekly papers. ITS opinions on all question- of pud die couedic are respected and its course watched with keen and fiat Sering interest, independent in its tone, without arrogance, consistent in its poli? tics, without servility, the paper now has, and will endeavor to maintain a place in the front ranks of thc county papers. Settle in Sumter Because It Is Advancing in every respect. Blest in health and climate. Convenient To all points. North. East. South and West. Doubling its trade and population every ten years. Economical as a place of residence. Free from epidemics and sickness from local causes. Growing, gaining ground but without gush or giddm?. ss. Hospitable, harmonious and happy in its social life. Inviting investigation of its claims and in? voking inspection. Just the place for manufactories, raw mate? rial of eve: y kind being in abundance in the vicinity. Keep- u? with the times in internal im? provements and knows a good Thine ..vie r, it sees it. Load- \ down with opportunities of profi? table investment :u real estate and Matchless for i** good schools, colleges, churches ano other moral motive pow? ers. Noted for it- unsurpassed -ai?way facili? ties, it? exceUent telegraphic and ex? press accommoda* ions. Open to one of the finest agricultural soc tions of the South. Prompt ??.nd e?ic'ent ic fighting the fire :i.?;.<;. from whom it enjoys wonderful immunity . Quivering with n?w life in every fibre, and. quick with energj and enterprise. Rep iv wi:hon.? rashness, resolute without rudeness, ?nd tur^wu^out rusticity. Situated centrally. ?n*ity accessible to Charleston. Columbia, Wflmington, ? Ir seaboard and the mountains. Taxed a- lightly a' any city in the connery and wi?.hon1 ?ny debt to speak of. Unusually well e^pplied with water, wood, shade "ree-, store*, shops, and supplies ot every bind Valuable a place of investment, bas no vacant business bous-. - and residences are so scarce as to be secured only with difficulty. VY- vouch for 'his Winning in its <;tractivenes?. wondrous in irs growth, o- people work and do not 'ord, to*y liv. well. ~av? rooney and die happy Xcelienl as >< plac in which to establish a d'?or. sash and blind factory, a tanyard, H broom factory, a bucket and barrel factory, r. bent-wood factory, a can? ning factory, nod almost every other ?.or: o! factory. Yearly increasing its business, and its fa? ct?.ties for doing business and yields to none t?s R place of residence or trade. Zealous to attain its zenith, though it is :-:ip?ned that the labor of years will only add ?est to that praiseworthy de? sire.