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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25,1895. Entered at the Post O?ice at Sumter, S G.y as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. City of Sumter-An Ordinace. The Banks.-Notice of Holidays. A. B. Stuckey, Co. Auditor.-Tas Returns. Simonds National Bank-Quarterly State? ment. W. F. B. Haynsworth, and ethers-Execu? tor's Sale. PEKSONAL Miss Agnes McCallum ts at borne to spend Christmas. Messrs. H. D. and John K. Cross well are ia the city. Mrs. R. S Cauthen, of Kershaw, is visit k ing in the city. & Miss Nita Auld bas gone to Blacksville to S^vis'.i relatives. nf Miss Adda Winn is at home from Winthrop Ho spend Christmas. W Mr. W. J. McLeod, of Mayesville, spent * last Friday ic town. Mr. Edwin Wilson, of St. Charles, was in town on business on Friday. Misses Mattie and May Tindal are the guests of the Misses Cottino. Mr. R. H. Jennings, of Orangeburg will spend the holidays in the city. Miss Daisy Brown left Sunday evening for Ocala, Fla., ?o visit ber brother. Miss Esther Strau33 has returned form an extended visit to friends in Atlanta. Mr. Harry Mikell is at home fromSewaoee, Tenn , to spend the winter holiday. Mr. Perry Moses, Jr., came home Thursday morning from the Citadel Academy. Miss Connie D'Ancona aud Mrs. D'Ancona, of Chicago, arevisitiug Mrs. Mitch Levi. Mrs. Maria Catlett, of Baltimore, is on a visit to her niece, Mrs. C. W. Kingmao. Mr. Herbert A. Moses and Mr. Vivian Moses are at borne from the South Carolina College. Mr. Henry J. McLaurin, of Charlotte, N. C., ?3 at home spending the holidays with bis pareo ts. Mr. W~?. T. Hurst is at home from Colum? bia to spend the Holidays with his father'3 family. Col. W. A. Colclough, of Gainesville, Fla., is in the city ona visit to Dr. J. J. Bossard. Misses Laura and Julia Mood are home the Columbia Female College to spend the holidays. Mrs. H. M. Sanders went to Winston, N. C , last Saturday to spend the holidays with ber parents. Miss Adele Dunne, who is a student at the Ursuline Convent, Columbia, is at home to spend Christmas. Mr. C. Millard, the last General Manager of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern R. R., is in the city. Miss Agnes Richardson, who bas charge of a school io the Ionia neighborhood, is at borne for the holidays. Miss Essie Dick has gone to her boms at Bossards to spend the Christmas vacation given by the Graded School. Miss Lynch Deas, a student at the Sumter Institute, left for her home iii Camden this morning to spend the holidays. Miss Lottie Farrell, who is attending St. Joseph's Academy, left for home Friday morn? ing to spend the Christians holidays. . Auctioneer Meacbam, of the Sumter To? bacco Warehouse, left on Saturday for North Carolina to spend the holidays. The young ladies who are attending St. Joseph's Academy and the Sumter Institute bave gone to their homes for the holidays. Miss Beulah Rhame, who bas been attend? ing ?be Winthrop Normal College, returned home on Saturday evening for the holidays. Mr. Bennie Sanders, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was in the city Sunday en route to Boykin to spend two weeks with his father, Mr. f. P. Sanders. Misses Olive Hoyt and Reba Stubbs left Monday for Bennettsville where they will spend several days with realatives and friends. Mr. J. L. Dixon, of San Antonio Texas, is visiting in this connty, of which he is a na? tive, for the first time in twenty-three years. He was raised in this city and those of his friends who still live here will remember bim as "J?Kge" Dixon. A burglar attempted to break into the bouse of Mr#B. W. Butler Friday night. Two efforts were made to pry open the front door but each time the burglar was frightened off before effecting an entrance. Cotton sold to-day at 7.20 and the market was in such an unsteady condition that buy were not at all eager to purchase largely. Future opened with & decline of nineteen points from yesterday's closing quotation, and the outlook is such that a further decliue is anticipated. The crowd in town Saturday was large, but while the trade was brisk the total amount was not large, the greater portion of the bueiGees being ?3 Christmas goods and other articles of low and medium price. The trade during the week ha3 been fairly good, bot not as large as many business men anti? cipated. New Street has been opened from Republi can to Liberty street. This street formely extended from Haynsworth to Republican street, and the extension will be beneficial to the public and will enhance the value of the property on either side of the newly opened portion. The youngster was struggling the other night with his Grammar lesson and could not master all the torras of the verb. He was completely stalled on sit and sef, in fact be became so completely lost in the maze3 of the changing tenses that he forget the word set altogether. Then an older brother at? tempted to rescue him, so be asked ; "What doe3 a hen do after she lays a lot of eggs ?" The youngster was evidently au observer for he replied : "She cackles." The Grammar lesson ended. Sheriff Sanders received a telegram Thurs? day afternoon from the Sheriff of Florence County informing him that Grand Davis, colored who ba3 been a fugitive from justice for more than a year was in the Darlington jail. A search bas been kept up for Davis ever since he sold a bale of cotton belonging to another party, appropriated the money to bis own use and fled the county. If the statistics collected by Health Officer Reardon prove anything, this city is a well stocked hog ranch. There are pigs and hogs of all sorts, sizes, breds and ages in every ward of the city. Hogs are to be found within a stone's throw of the City Hail and hogs are found in the suburbs. In fact, Of? ficer Reardon found so n:*uy hog3 h:>d pigs, and so many filthy and offensive pigpens that he has the bog question on his mind all the while. He taiks hog to every passer-by whom he can inveigle into a conversation,and no doubt, he dreams of hogs in his well earned slumbers. He is on the right line, however, and it is to be hoped that he wiil eventually purify toe hog pens and drive the hogs out of thescity, or have them converted into bacon and sausage. MARRIED. At the residence of the bride's parents, i December 18th, Mr. James E. Brimson to j Miss Bertie Seymour, oldest daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. Buchanan Seymour, the Rev. D. I W. Hiot, officiating. Burnt to Death. An inquest was held by Coroner Com ! mander on Monday the 16th instant, in Con i cord Township, on the body of Anthony ; Bradly,7 year old son of Lee Bradly, colored, j who was burned to death at his father's home ! . near Brogdou on the Central R. R., on the j I Saturday before. The child with two j : smaller children had been left in the house, j ! and his clothing cau^tit fire, and burnt en- j : tireiy off The verdict of the inquest was ? that the child's death was C-iused by the I carelessness of ibe parents. J O. TJ. A. M. The following officers were elected at a meeting of Jr. Order United America Me? chanics held on Tuesdny night : Councillor, Sheppard Nash. Vice Councillor, E I. Reardon. Conductor, C. B. Yeadon Warden, Louis Lyon. Inside Sentinel, J. Frierson Reid. Outside Sentinel, C Weston McGrew. Delegate to National Fun ral Fund As? sociation meeting at Baltimore in February, 1896, Louis Lyons. Woodmen of tho World. The following officers were elected Wednes? day night at a meeting of Holly-Wood Camp No. 19 Woodmen of the World, of Sumter: Consul Commander, E. W. Hurst. Clerk, E. I. Reardon. Banker, R. S. Hood. Escort, Sol J. Byttenberg. Watchman, Geo. H Hurst. Sentry, W. A. Tribble. Manager-1 year term, T. B. Jenkins. Manager-3 years 'erm, F. A. Bultmao. K. of P. Election. Game Cock Lodge No. 17, Knights of Pythias, met last nigbt and elected officers for the term next ensuing. The officers elect are as follows : Chancellor Commander-A. G. Flowers. Vice Chancellor-H. B. Bloom. Prelate-C. M. Hurst. M. of W.-I. C. Strauss. K. of R. & S. and M. of F.-B. Walsh. M. of Excb.-H. C. Moses. N of A.-R. K. Wilder. Lodge Pbysiciau-H. M. Stuckey. Trustee-George D. Shore. Organists-R. F. Willeford and G. N. Marshall. The South Carolina College students will be home Monday morning to spend the holidays. There was a cutting scrape Sunday at a I negro church in the Heriots Cross Roads neighborhood. The particulars were not ob? tainable this morning. Several parties were wounded in the fracas, but none were fatally injured. Bishop Capers was in the city Monday aud a conference was held by him with representa? tives from the Stateburg, St. Mark's and Sumter Episcopal Churches It was advised by the conference that Stateburg and St. Mak's unite ia securing a minister, and that Sumter and Bradford Springs unite for the same purpose. Bradford Springs was not represented at the conference. The action of the conference is not final, but advisory. The wife cf Mr. D. Robinson, a prominent lumberman of Hatwick, N. Y., was sick with rheumatism for five months. In speak ingof it, Mr. Robinson says : "Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the only thing that gave her any rest from pain. For the relief of pain it cannot be beat." Many very bad cases of rheumatism have beeu cured by it. For sale at 50 cents per bottle by Dr. A. J. China. Miss Maud Solomons was run over Wednes? day last by a wild horse and painfully injured. She was riding a wheel on Sumter street at the time of the accident, which was caused by aa unbroken horse becoming unmanagea? ble and dashing down '.he sidewalk. The horse belonged to one of the sale stables and was beini" driven by one of the stablemen, who made every effort to avoid injuring Miss : ; Solomons, but the horse was entirely beyond ' his control. Miss Solomons receivc-d no seri I ous injury and will be able to be out within ; a few days. Mr. W. W. D. Chandler was stricken with paralysis Sunday about neon, and has been in a precarious condition since then. At present his phy&icians are unable to say what the outcome of the attack will he, but they . hope that he will rally and ultimately re I cover. The sympathy of the community is I with the family in the affliction that fell so j unexpectedly upon them. The perennial talk of building another rail? road from Sumter has been started again. This time it is not the plau to build a road ? to Chicago or Cincinnati or to some other far ! off point, but simply to build a short road to j connect with the South Carolina and Geor I gia Railway, thus giviog a connection that j will be independent of the Atlantic Coast j Line. The taik may. on this occasion, as on numerous occasions in the past, amonnt to nothing, but it shows that the people here are restive under the bottled up condition they now endure. It would be more to the pur? pose to talk about building a road from this place to Camden, for the distance is only I about twice as great as to the nearest point on the S. C. & G. Railway, the road would traverse a country that would originate a considerable volume of new business, the timbered resources cf the section of country between Sumter and Camden are valuable and extensive, and at Camden connection can be made with two independent railroad systems, the S. C. & G. and the Ohio River & Charleston Railway These two railway ? systems will afford connections with ihe j North, South, East and West and will make j tbis section secure in the possession of com j peting freight rates. The road to Camden j must of necessity be built some day, and ! the earlier that day the better it will be for Sumter and this section of South Carolina. Health officer Reardon makes the following ? report of births and deaths fer week ending Friday, December 20th : Births-1 white male, and 1 whit? female ; 1 colored male.and I colored female. Death-1 white male, age 43 years ; 3 coiorcd female, age 20 years. Rice Mill. The Rice Mill and Cleaner cf W. E. & J. 1. Brunson is now fully equipped and running al their mill in this city. The patronage of the public is solicited. The mill is of the latest design, which insures perfect work and satisfaction to patrons. Dec. 4-4t. Re-Opened. Mr. W. P. Smith has started again in his o!d business and has rc-opened the Sumter Marble Works cn Main Street, opposite the Episcopal Chur?.h. Tho?e in want of grave monument or aoy other kind of marble work will find him at his nev/ place prepared andj ready to fill ajfcr orders, in his well-know J workmanlike manner, and with despatch, m Hood's Pill? cure all liver ills, relieve c-fl stipation and^ssist digestion. 25c. JH JUDGE FRASER FOR ASSO? CIATE JUSTICE. SU.MTKU, S. C., Dec. 19 1895. We *re pleased to ?ee Judge Fra-'er sug? gested for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, ?be new constitution providing for three instead of two Associate Justices, as heretofore. Judge Fraser i; f?m i nen r ly well fitted for the position. A high-toned, Christian gentleman, of thcrough education, long experience at the bar and on the benet), having been for sixteen y%-?rs circuit Judge, pos-essing at the same time a remarkably clear, weil-ba". .aced r.ud impartial judgment ; in fact, a mind cast in the judicial mould. His elevation to this responsible position would be an act which would reflect credit upon the State, and prove an earnest on the part of ? Reform Legislature that the political intolerance and animosity of thc past is indeed disappearing. Judge Fraser was given a conspicuous place in the recent Constitutional Conven? tion, and in bis quiet courteous, dignified way,exerted a powerful and healthy influence. Placed at the head of the committee on Re? vision and Order, his duties were arduous and required a high degree of discriminating study and skill,and how they brought symme? try and order out of confusion is fully evi? denced by the document which was adooted as 'the Constitution of .our State. Doubtless could the members of that Convention place upon Judge Fraser this bcnor, bis election would be an assured fact. Tbesp are the strongest ol' reasons why the Third Judicial Circuit should furnish the new Associate Justice. It is the ooly one of the eight which has no representative on our roll of National, State or Judicial officers. The First Circuit bas Congressman Stokes aud State Treasurer Bates. Second Circuit, Gov. Evans, Congressman Elliott and Judge Aldrich. Fourth Circuit, Chief Justice Mc? iver. Congressman McLaurin, Comptroller General Norton FifthlCircuit. Judge Gary, Lieutenant Governor Tiramerraan, Con? gressman Talbert, Senator Tillman, and Sec? retary of State Tompkins. Sixth Circuit, Judge Witherspoon, Congressman Strait, Judge Buchanan and Attorney General Barber. Seventh Circuit, Senator Irby, As? sociate Justice Pope, Judges Townsend and Watts, Congressman Wilson and Adjutant General Watts Eighth Circuit, Associate Justice Gary, Judges Earle and Bennett and Congressman Latimer. In the face of these facts, surely no other circuit will be so greedy as to dispute with the Third Circuit the right to name the man for this office, if we have the right man. Therefore having the man we unhesitatingly put him forward. Again, in couclusiou, we nominate Judge T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, Associate Justice, and call upon the members of the Legislature to weigh well the claims of the Third Circuit and the merits of our candidate CITIZENS --^->-.?? II^I THE REV. THOMAS TRACY WAliSK, The Ordination at St. Michael's Yesterday. The ordination of the Re v. Thomas Tracy Walsh and the presence of the Rt. Rev. Elli? son Capers, Bishop of the Protestant Diocese of South Carolina, attracted a tremendous congregation at St Michael's Church yester? day morning at ll o'clock The service began with toe reading of the morning prayer. Io the chancel were seated the Bishop and others of the clergy. The postulant or candidate for holy orders was seated just outside the chancel rail robed in cassock and surplice, but without the stole. The morning prayer being over, the Rev Robert W Barnwell, assistent rector of Grace Church, ascended the quaint old colonial pulpit with its curious sounding board and preached, by the appointment of the Bishop, the ordination sermon. Mr. Barnweil's masterly discourse was de? livered in an eloquent, fervent munner, which claimed the attention of his hearers. Thc sermon concluded with a short address tc the candidate for ordeis, who stood to re? ceive it. After the sermon the candidateSBM presented to the Bishop for ordination as deacon by the rector, the Rev. John Ker? shaw The Bishop then recommended the candidate to the prayers of the congregation, and the Litany was said and other prayers and the epistle for the day -ead. The candi? date then made !-;is vows, and the Bishop performed the apostolic rite* cf the laying on of hands, the stole was put on and the Rev, Thomas Tracy Walsh was a deacon of thc church. The nev,- deacon then exercised his fi rsl ecclesiastical work reading the Gospel for the day. The ordination service was followed by the celebration of the holy communion. The entire service WK s a very long one, occu? pying several hours. Mr. Walsh is a native of Sumter. He has been a student in the theological department nf the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, for several years, where he bas distinguished himself as a student and aj?c as an orator. At the commencement exer? cises of the University last August at Sewa? nee Mr. Walsh was avrarded the Louisiana medal for oratorv over several able com? petitors. Mr. Walsh will bi; assigned work for the winter under the Rev. E E. Bellinger at Yemassee and points adjacent. In March next he will return to Sewanee and finish bis course in the seminary, after which he wi!] return to this diocese and resume such work a? shall be assigned him by the Bishop. JV?ici and Courier. To the aged, with their poor appetitp, feeble circulation, and impoverished blood, Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a boon beyond prie. Its effect is to check the ravages of time, by invigorating every organ, nerve, and tissue of the body. See Ayer's Almanac for. the new year. The artesian well .-it tte electric light power station was completed last week, bul ia this case a flowing well was not obtained. At a debth of 146 feet a stratum of rock was struck. The rock wae two feet in thickness and as soon as the drill penetrated it watei was found which rose in tbs pipe to within eight feet of the surface. A pump was at? tached to the pipe, and the supply was found to be practically inexhaustible. It was a dis? appointment that a flowing well was not ob? tained, but for the purpose required by the Electric Light Co., it i3 just fis satisfactory as a flowing well would have been. Work was commenced this morning on a well at th* Sumter Cotton Mill.. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La j Grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine wil I cure you in one day. Does not produce the I ringing in the head like Sulphate of Quinine. I Put up in tablets convenient for taking I Guaranteed to cure, or money refunded I Price, 25 Cents. For sale by A. J. China ! Nov. 20-6m. It May Do ;t?? 3Iuch For You. Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, T.U.. writes tua ; bj had a .Severe Kidney trouble fur many years j with severe pains in his back and also that hi: bladder was ulfecrcd. Ile tried many so eailei j Kin dey cures bur without any good result i About a yen- v. ? ' <^?B^-: <.!' Khetrii i Bitters '??j?jm^??? lft ''nee. Electra j^^^aJfl^W"^^ffi^!gHSrrrP^ provo cu; MB-fc^ & A ?Lot of Clothing & Y to fee sold at s/ vi Great *v \o Bargains? Sf ??i.ead 1 O/ W ~ - W SUMTE JR, S. C. ^ ! --~-\ - 0 We have been successful in purchasing a few lots of Clothing at greatly reduced prices, therefore we are able to give you an elegant Black Cheviot, well worth ?18, for $12. Five or six different patterns to select from. We can give you an all silk ini? tial handkerchief for 25 cents. Our Clothing we are selling very cheap. Don't forget us when you want to give pre? sents. We have the kind you want. -IN Neckwear. ! I Began December 7tli5 and will continue each day until December 25th. ?All Woolen Dress Goods Will be Sold at I Actual Cost. Remember, we say and mean ! Cost. j Our custom is to carry over as little goods as possible from ! one season to another. We place our entire line of Dress Goods Within the reach of all. I ."- - - ..: j v\._ ... ! Bear in mind-Prices offered now hold good only until December 25th, Come early and get good selections. We include in this sale our entire Une o? Large lines of Christmas r'G-oods, Bric a Brae, etc., Just in. Lively Times have boen the rule in business circles since TIMES the fall season opened and cotton jumped up from four to eight and a half cents. Sumter has been the liveliest piace in the State, and LEVI BROS. have had the BIG liveliest sort of time in their store. Crowds flock there to get a few of the great Bargains They offer in all lines They have a LARGE and complete stock of GEN? ERAL MERCHADISE and the wants of all per? sons are supplied at the Lowest Prices ever heard of. In fine Dress Goods, Trimmings, Prints, anp' Domestics they can defy competition. The Shoe AT Stock is large and the prices right. Try a pair and the only trouble you will have will be in wearing them out. But it is use? less to attempt to enu? merate the bargains or to j i ?ros are well known. A? who deal with them are sure to be satisfied. A large lot of new goods I received this week ; see them before buying. Main Street, Sumter, S. C. Oct. G Ile Lamest ai Most Complete Estal?eit M, Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, S?SH3 BONOS, Moulding & Building Material. Office and Wardrooms, King, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. .^?^r* Purcfeasf our make, which we guarantea superior to any seid South, and thereb; savs money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty. October lo-0. THE PLACE TO GO. Manufaturer of all kinds of Harness and Saddlery and Dealer in HORSE BLANKETS. LAP ROBES, TURF GOODS AND GENERAL STABLE SUPPLIES. First Class Work and Satisfaction Guara nteed. SEND FOR PRICES. 223 Meeting Street, Charleston, S, C, Oct. I6-0 Hardware, Cutlery and Guns, WOODWARK, TINWARE, FOT WARE, ?&RIC?LT?ML IMPLEMENTS For sale at lowest market prices. MARSHALL WESCQAT GO., * 4 CHARLESTON, S. C. .Oct. 16-s,- . . . .