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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26.1896. Entered at the Post Office at Sumter, S G., as Second Class Matter. ?KV^ADVEIBTISEMEWTS. W. P. Holley-No Yankee J. G. White-Vineless Yuro:?. Brad6eld's Female Regulator. PERSONAL Miss Nettie Weinberg is visiting io Dar ington. Mr. E. H. Moses has returned from New Orleans. Miss Corinne Lesseman, of Charleston, is \ visiting Miss Ziegler. Mrs. W. F. Carr, of Florence, is visiting Mrs. J. I. Brunson. Mr. Abe Ryttenberg will ?eft for New York Saturday afternoon. Mr. Louis Lyons left last week for Balti? more, wh "?re be will spend several weeks. Mr. A.A. Strauss and family, of Mayes ville, spent Suuday in tbe city with friends. Judge Buchanan went to .Manning Monday night and will hold court there ibis week. Mr. J. L. Haynsworth bas gone tc New York to buy goods for the Sumter Dry Goods Co. Mrs. Frank Wright and Miss Leila Wright, of Gibson, Station, N. C., are visiting their cousin, Mrs. M. F. Pate. Mrs. Belle Poole and Miss Lilly Creech, o. Maxton, N. C , who have t>een visiting in ibis city have returned home Rev. C. C. Brown left last night for Wilmington, N. C., where he wili deliver bis popular lecture on '-Courtship and Marriage 1 this evening. The lecture will be de? livered to ?ssist in raising a fund to "uild a church in Brtoklyo. a suburb cf Wtlmiog- j ton. The private infirmary of Drs. Bossard, Baker and Dick cn Republican stiect, is near? ing completion Nunnaly:s Cundy twice a week by express You always get fresh caody when you buy. j Naanaly's. At China's drug store. Unfortunately for the Graded School chil? dren W.-.shins'on's birthday falls on Satur? day and there is no chance for a holiday. Candidates for county offices are gluing thick in Kershaw county, and the cards of the candidates are filling the colums of the C*mdem papers. Health Officer Reardon reports for the past week the births of 1 white female. 1 colored female and 1 colored male. Deaths, 1 color? ed male and 1 colored female. The Street Commissioner is having some gcod work done on tbe pavements on the west end of Republican Street. The resi? dents of that part of the city are glad to note the fact. Any one wishing any wood cutting done will apply to S. R. Chandler, W. H. Sudc-r, W. C. Hough or J.J W. Smith, as they are now full-fl-'dged members of the Woodmen of tbe World. The last of the big oak trees that stood on the Monumental square, has been cut down. Ten years ago there was a small but beautiful grove on tbe square, but one by one they have diea until i;one are left. Mr. Bartow Walsh is bemoaning the loss of two fat turkeys which were surreptitiously removed from his premises on Saturday night. Perhaps this is an assessment levied for the purpose of promoting iLe municipal cam? paign. Governor Evans bas appointed Dr. J. A. Moed a delegate to represent the medi? cal department of militia of South Caroma at the sixth annual meeting of the Associa? tion of Military Surgeons. The Association will hold its meeting a: Philadelphia, May 12 to 14. John Mayrant and Brown Mayrant, colored, were arrested at Pinewood, on Saturday night for breaking into the store of Stewart & Smith some days ago. Tbey stole a num? ber of articles from the store, which is situ? ated near the A. L. depot, this city, and when arrested were wearing some of the stolen clothing. One of tbem had on a complete outfit of the stolen clothing, every article, except his cap being the property of Stewart & Smith. There was a big cocking main last Thursday between representatives of Sumter and Man- I niog. Tbe battle was fought, it is said about eight miles from this city on the Man- i ning road. Information concerning such ! events is difficult to obtain, as those who' participate in them are not very communica? tive, but it is learned that the Sumter birds bad almost a walk-over. At a special meeting of the city board of heslth Friday morning the section forbidding children who have been exposed to measles and mumps attending school was repeal? ed. The health officer was relieved of the duty of putting up c*rds on the bouses where cases of measles or mumps occur. ; These diseases bare become so widespread in i the city that it is futiie to attempt to retard I their spread, and the board of health has de- ? cided to abandon tbe attempt. Court opens next week, and there is a full J calendar to be disposed of. There are two ! murder cases to be tried, one of which (that I of John Arrants) promises to be unusually ! interesting. Messrs. Lee & Moise will repre- | sent tbe defense and Samuel Melton, Esq., ! of Columbia, has been retained, it is said, to ! assist in the prosecution. A regular topspiuniogfreDZy hasstruck this ! city. Boys and men are similarly affected, and j they are a'l spinning tops as if they had se- I cored regular positions with large salaries attached. Yesterday afternoon a half dozen men, all of whom occupy responsible posit? ions in the business community, were out on ! Maia street spinning tops. And the little i negroes-well, they spin tops and do acsolute- ! ly ootbing else all day long. The roof of Mrs. R. M. Mikell's residence j caught on fire Friday morning about 9.30 : oclock, and the fire department was called j out by an alarm that was promptly given. The fire had been burning but a short time i before it was discovered and wa3 not difficult j to extinguish. The reel squads were all on ' hand, but it was found unnecssary to us? . more than one stream cf water. The dam- I age was very slight, the flames having been confined to a few square fee-, of shingles. A majority ol the voters of this city are ' very well satisfied with the crop of candidates j for Mayor now in th? field, ard arc more in? terested in having gocu citizens agree to eater I the race tor election as aldermen. It is the: concensus of opinion that it is as important to have a board of alderman composed of .' representatives business men as it is to have a good man for Mayor. Unless the Council ij composed of good material the best Mayor possible will be unable to accomplish any? thing for the good of the city. The Western Ur.ion Telegraph Corr.pany h..s improved its service in this city by pur- ; ting in messenger call beils to connect the telegraph office with the leading business houses that patroniza the telegraph company. Ten beils have been putin and others will fol? low as occasion demands. The following firms now have the messenger bells in their ! offices : Shore Bros , Bank of* Sumter, J. ? Ryttenberg & Sons., A. C. Phelps Co.. SimondsNational Bank, O'Donnell & Co., Harby & Co., Purdy & Reynold?. Nixon House, and Jervey House. DEATHS. Dr. Parrott, of Darlington, the father of Mr. L. I. Parrott, a former resident of this city, died Monday morning at 5 30 o'clock of heart disease. His death WHS sudden but not unexpected. Rev. E. H. Cuttino, fnher of Mr. R D. Cut tino, of this city, died Monday morning at 10 30 o'clock at his home io Georgetown, after an illness of several weeks. Mr Cut tino was a minister of the Baptist denomina? tion and w-43 pastor of the Georgetown Church at the time of his death. He was a brother of the lute W. H. Cuttino of this city, and a native of Sumter county in which ne has a great many friends. He wis in his fifty-third year. The funeral services were bHd Ht Ebenezer, Florence county, where Mr Cuttino resided for a number cf years before removing to Georgetown. Mrs. Mary McLanchlin, of Richmond Coun? ty, North Carolina, died on the 20th instant, aged 104 years Had she lived until May she would have celebrated her one hundred and fifth birthday. She was the grand? mother of Mr. W. H. Pate, of this city. Mr. Robert Skinner, of Mayesville town? ship, aged 45 years, d;ed on Sunday, the 16h inst., leging a wife, eight children and a dear old mother a<id many friends to mouro his loss. Died, at his home in Bishopville, on Sun? day, February 23d, 1896, Mr. H. N. Rimes, in the 64th year of his age. He leaves a widow and twelve children to mourn his loss. A precious one from us has gone; A voice we loved is st i ?Jed ; A place is vacant in our home Which can never he filled. God in his wisdom, has recalled The boon his love has given ; And though the body moulders here, The sou! is safe io heaven Executors, Administrators, Guardians and '.Committees" are notified to make their an? nual returns, to the Judge of Probate, with- , out further delay - the time hus aboui expired ? in which, according !<.. statute, returns should j be ruade. Delgar Squad decided Mooray nigh? at the j special meeting to buy the horse brought out ! by Mr. W. M. Graham, The horse was th? I pick ota ?ot selected for service in fire depart meats, and from the same lor fix horses : were bought by the Macon. Ga., depart- j reen: at a higher price than the Delgar Squad will pay Mr. Graham. The boys think they have secured a bargain, and they are do doubt correct in their opinion, as the horse is a fine animal. The City Council should not delay longer in extending an invitation to the South Caro? lina Military Academy to hold the annual en? campment and commencement exercises in this city, it will be remembered that when the invitation was extended last year Col. Coward, in declining etnted that the invita? tion reached him too late for consideration, as the invitations of Columbia and Camden had been accepted prior to the receipt of Sumter's invitation. If Sumter V. ishes to have the Cadets camp here this year and hold the commencement exercises in this city,an in- I vitaticn should be sent to Co!. Coward at an early date. No business of importance was transacted at the meeting of the stockholders of the Masonic Temple Co. on Saturday. The re? port of the committee appointed to examine the Kooks of the Secretary and Treasurer was submitted and received as information. The j meeting was adjourned until a subsequent j dat? when matters will ne in shape for some i decided action to be taken. There was a ? proposition before the meeting ?bat the prop- I erty be sold, but it was not favorably re- I ceived an ..o action w.is taken with refer? ence to it. - *mi . - It Won't Work. There is more or ]ess talk of the purchase of the water works and electric lightplant? by the city, and the great benefit that will inure to the city are described in such glow? ing terms that the down-trodden and op? pressed tax-payers leek forward toward a roseate-hued future-a future of low taxes, with water and light rentals so ridiculously low that every day laborer may possess and enjoy his own plung bath and swimming pool, lighted by 160 candle power electric chandeliers; when the truck farmer can grow Irish potatoes by electric light and water them with chemically pure city water and yet afford to sell them at forty cents a bushel. This is all very glori? ous and nice and fine and comfortable, andi we would all like to live in some such Utopia even for a little while. But it is all stuff and j nonsense, political clap-trap and torr.myrot, i and very appropriate for an ant: Section diet for gulls and geese, and when the facts of the j case are examined by the cold and impartial j light of practical common sense, thc vision is seen to be but a figment of an idle, but ? gorgeous irnagioauon. Tne contract with the water company pro- j vides that the ci'y may acqune the plant by ! purchase at tue end of twenty yeats from the j acceptance of the system by trie city. The j contract provides also that the purchase price j shall be determined by arbitration. Now at ibis time there are $75,000 ir. Water Com. ! pacy bonds abroad in thc land. These j bonds run for 20 years and bear interest at 6 per cent. The city of Sumter guarantees the i interest on the bonds to the extent of the i water rental due the company by thc city, j which readers the bonds gilt edge security ; j and the first difficulty to fbe immediate pur- : chase of the water works pian: by the city would be to induce the bond holders to sur- ' render their bonds. The next difficulty ? would be the price that would have to be] agreed upon by arbitration. Another diffi-j culty would be the cost cf operatiog the i water plant. When all of these things are considered, it ; will be found that it will cost the city just as ? much to operate the water works as it does ! to pay rental, and at present and until there is a much larger rental from private; users of the water, it will cost much more than ! is now paid out on account of water rent. IL. addition to this, the city will have all I of the risk and expense of maintaining the j system, not to mentiou the strife and waste of money it would involve, for it would be a political machine from the day it became tlx property of the city. Some pet of a fac tiou in the city council would be provided with a soft job as water commissioner, and there is no imagiuing how many additional jobs the water department would be made to supply when tire ferule brains of municipal politicians were applied to the tusk. One half of the objections and difficulties in the j waj of realizing all of the bright dreams that arc being ;e;:ounted to the confiding : public from day to day have not been stated j in this paragraph, which has been written ? simply tor the purpose of setting the people to thinking or. *he subject. !>o not Despair because you have tried many medicines and have tailed to receive benefit Remember that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures where all others fail to do any good whatever. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La Grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will cure you iu one day. Does not produce the ringing in the head like Sulphate of Quinine. , Put up in tablets convenient for taking. Guaranteed to cure, or money refunded. Price, 2"i Cents, ^or s i!" by A J China. Nov 20-6m. i The Primary is the Thing The City Democracy Reorganized and a New Executive Commit? tee .Appointed to Manage the Primary Election. The mass meeting held last night in the Court House for the purpose of reorganizing ?he City Democracy, electing officers and an executive committee to serve for the two rears next ensuing was attended by ?bout two hundred people, nearly all of them dem? ocrat, taxpayers and voters. It was in f.*ct a representative meeting and was satisfactory evidence that the men who are most interested in the city government are willing to abide by the rules of the City Democracy, accept the result of ?lie primary and support the nominees at th-1 city election, else they would not have been present and participated in the meeting. The meeting settled beyond doubt lb A the nominee of the primary, whoever he may be, will receive the united support of the true democrats of the city, for all who were pres? ent acquiesced in the actton of the meetiog. The meeting was called to order hy Mr. W. H Ingram, secretary of the City Executive Commute. Chairman A.Moses being absent from the city. The minutes of the last meet? ing of the city democrats, held on March 25th, 1?94, were read by H. G ?steen, who was secretary of the meeting. The cal! under which the meeting a.?sem- ? bled WHS then ren.l by Mr. W. H. Ingram ? Nominations for chairman of the meeting were then declared to be in order. Mr. Neill I O'Donnell wa? nominated, and elec'ed by ac- ; clamation. Mr H. Ryttenberg was elected rice president, and H. G. Usieen secretary. Mr. W. H. Ingram moved that the chair- ' man appoint un executive committee at bis leisure, the duties and powers of said com? mittee being the s.irue ?is prescribed in the ; resolutions adopted at the meeting heid on March 26th, ?894. The motion was adopted without dissent. Mr. A. G. Flowers brought up the question whether the officers elected were io serve dur- ; ing the ensuing two years, or for the meeting only, and whether the executive committee would have power to elect permanent officers in case the officers elected by the meeting j were not to serve until the next campaign ? ! Mr. A. C. Phelps moved that the officers j elected be made the permanent officers of the | City Democracy. Carried. Mr. Marion Sanders attempted to bring up the questions of pi ?mary or no priraarv, and; i . * made a motion that no primary be held, j His motion did not receive a second, al- ? though, Chairman O'Donnell asked if there i was a second to the motion, consequently the ? meeting adjourned without discussing the primary question. Everybody appareutly j regarding the primary as a settled fact. If there were any present who objected to j the primary on any ground they were very ' timid about declaring their position'and neg- | lected an excellent opportunity of {?lacing 1 themselves on record. Hood's Pills are the best family cathar ic : and ?iver medicine. Harmless, reliable cure. ? Paints, Lampsand a -arge stock of Fate; Powder, also Stamps and Posta! Cards Rt ? cost. China's drug store. i.11- o ? -a JURY LIST. Drawn to Serve the Second Week of Court. Henry Woodward, Charles Thames, H C i Moses, W B Goodwin, Howard Jame?. W E Lea, M Reese Mathis, T M Muldoow, John A McCutchen, R T Keels Joel E Branson, Cooper D DesChamps, R A Frierson, j I Harby Moses, W S Thompson, Charles W Boykin, H T Abbott, James M McCutchen, G P Davis, R T Cook, M B Randie. H D G Williamson, R F Des? Champs, S J Newman, J W Fort. J P Booth, D M Michail, John C Stukes, L F Montgom? ery. John B Miller, I L Kirov. W D Mares. J W McCov, J Walter Smith,* J W Allen", E C McCcv. A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAIN j MENT. The entertainment given by the young I ladies of the Sumter Institute last Thursday i evening proved a source of much pleasure and : gratification to the large audience that fi ?led I the large hail formed by throwing the class ' rooms into one by the removal of the folding j doors. The hall was tastefully decorated, and the stage, draped with crimson curtains, : and trailing tendrils of green vines made a j very effective and appropriate background for I the various numbers of the programme. After the programme had been concluded, the hal! was turned over to the young folks I for aa hour or more, and the last part cf the evenicg was not less pleasant than the first. ? The programme was as follows : Instrumental Solo-"Feu Follet" : Du? rand- Miss Edmondson. Voca. Solo-(a) Love's Proving: Lohr : (b) Dutch Dolls : Ostiere-Miss Millar. Recital-The Spanish Gypsy : George Eliot -Miss Theo. Lopez. Instrumental Duet-Invitation A La j Polka, op 115; Bendel-Misses Sanders and ! Strange. Energizing Dramatic Drill : Genevieve j Stebbins-Misses Durant, Ingram, Lopez. I Mill r and Power. Voca! Scherzo-Snow : Parker-Mrs. H. J. , Harby. ! Wordless Poems-Miss Edmondston. j Instrumentalsolo-Polish Dance, op. 17, j No. 4 : Scharwenka-Miss Ingram. .- ????v - Few people know that all plants contain di- ; gestive principles. They cannot absorb their food unii! it is digested any more than sali ma?s can. 1"he Mount Lebanon Shakers have learned the art ot extracting and untiliz- ( ing these digestive principles, and it is for ? this reason that their Shaker Digestive Cor- : dial is meeting with such phenomenal suc? cess ir: the treatment of dyspepsia. The j Shaker Digestive Cordial net only contains food already digested, but it also contains digestive principles which aid the digestion ; ol' other foods that may be eaten with it. A single 10 cent sample (Kittle will be sufficient to demonstrate its value, and we suggest thar every suffering dyspeptic make a trial : of it. Any druggist can supply it. Laoxl is the best medicine tor children, j Doctors recommend it tn place ol ('astor Oil. ? ??ceklen's Arnica Salve. Thc Best Salvo in thu world for Cuts, Bruisee Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Soros. Tether ''Lar-iiCii .i'?r.O Chilblains, Ccrns and ail Ss-n Eruptions, and positively cures Pi los or no p.-.y required. It is guaranteed to givo 'per? fect satisfaction, cr rucney refunded. Prica 52 cen tr n- W v0- -a!" v7 Dr. J. F. W. Pe Lcrrr.p Privateer Personals. PRIVATEM* TOWNSHIP, S. C., Feh. 24, '96. Mrs M. S. Browning, of Coll eton, who has been on H visit io her son, Mr. W. A. King man, at the Bethel parsonage, is soon to leave and a singing was held in honor of h-r at tbp parsonage yes'erday afernoon A num? ber i f voting people were pr?sentant! the singing was done with spirii and energy and so'.ir-ided quite sweet. The occasion was ; muon enjoyed by those who participated. A few week? since Mr. Jessie A vin ran his i hand into a hoHow in search of a mink Something hit i! and upon an i::vrS'iga*ion two rattle-makes were found in thc hollow. We belmv0 tint Mr. A vin has entirely re- ? covered fron) th? accident and w? ur.deretaod i that he says lie thinks the snakes had lillie to do to bile him. The thermometer registered 12? at this ! point last Friday morning. Misses Annie Bradford, of Wedgefield, : and Annie Peavy, of Clarendon, are visiting in the township. Miss Carrie Burkett, of th" Jordan com- : i munity, has been visiting in our community. One of Privateer's former Redbonecitizens, the Rev. P. J. Chavis, is now Presiding Elder of the Beaufort (A. M. E.) District. We have hern requested to mention that the commencement of the Public School at the St. James (A. M. E ) Church will be held next Monda** night McD. F. -.- i ? mi? Logan Notes Logan, S C , Feb 24. 1396. ] We have h id a good deal of rain to prevent the farmers from plowing, until r. few days ! ago; but now the farmers are ?ll preparing 1 for another crop. Some are hauling guano j while some are getting reidy to plant corn. ; and some are doing nothing, as usu il. It seems that the farmers are all going to plant j more cotton this year thin they b?ve for many year?, and a good many of the farmers are goin ? into the tobacco culture this year. Several new barns ar? being built, and I i guess Sumter will be the market, as the farm- 1 er.s were satisfied with the price p-xid them last 5 ear. One of our enterprising neighbors is going to do wanders on a two horse farm this year. Haven't learned all the particulars about that farmer as yet, but next time we write we will give you his view?. Hamp G. passed through this community last week but didn't stop. One of our young men was up before Judge Keels Saturday, for assault and battery with a threat to kill. Dont know how it came out; perhaps the writer from Shiloh will teil us something about it in his next letter. There is a great deal of sickness in this lo? cality at present, consisting of measles, bad colds, cough?, etc. Yours truly. HAPPY JAKE LAMAR LOCALS. LAMAR S. C., Feb. 20.-Mr. E B. Turner, | of Timmonsville, spent last Sunday with j friends nt this place. j Mr. A. A. Brewer; of Pelzer, S. C , is vi3- j ?ting Mr. T. F. Wilson. Miss Maud Atkinson, one of Timmons- | ville"? charming young ladies bas been visit- j ing relatives here. Prof. Murphy's school will close in about j two weeks. The professor is arranging for | an entertainment. Since the snow the weather has cleared off j nicely, and farmers are very busy. There ? will be a heavy cotton and tobacco crop pnt j in. Corn and other provision crops, bow- ! ever, will not be neglected. Mr. W. J Joye ha? opened a store on Main i stiee". Miss Annie Andrews ts visiting her sister, . Mrs. G. E. DuBose. j Mr. and Mrs. S. C Starr are spending a; few davs in Columbia. ! BISHOPVILLE ITEMS. EISHOPYILL?, February 24, 1896.-On Sat- ; urdav mornirg, Mrs. Henry Woodward, : while attending to her household duties acci- 1 dentally caught fire and was severely burned j Fortunately the fire was extinguished and her ! life saved. Dr. McLeod was called in and j pronounced the burn very revere, but not ; dangerot.s. Capt. C. N. Coiiir-?. engineer on M. & A. ; R. R. has moved his family to Bishopville > ??nd they are now occupying the Woodward : residence. The "Captain" as he is called- j having obtaiced the title whiie acting in the ; Capacity ot engineer and conductor when the | road was known as the Bishopville R. R.-is an estimable gentleman ami has many friends wherever known. Dr. Wyman, of Boston, Mass , preached in ; the Baptist Church Saturday and Sunday. : Mr Hubbard Barnes died ten o'clock Sun? day morning. For months he had been con fiued to his ked, but had grown stronger io , the last few vveeks and hope for bis recovery ? was entertained. He had nearly reached his three score and tenth year. Farmers are using a third, perhaps a half ? more fertilizers this year than in '93. It is hoped they will not make the mistake of cal? culating on a basis of 7 and 8 cent cotton and lose what, they gained in the past year. It i seams the secret of last year's success was not so much the higher price of cotton as the , fact that, geni rally speaking, the crop was made on a five cent basis and expenses not : allowed to exceed tins limit. H. i A Household Treasure. D. W. Fuller, of Cannjoharie, N. V . says that he always keeps Dr. King's X-.-w Discovery in the house and his family has always found the very best results follow its; usc: that he would j mir bc without ir. if procurable, t?. A. Dyke man, Druggist. Catskill. N. V., says that Dr ; King's New Discovery is undoubtedly the best Cough remedy; that he has used ir sn his family for light years, and it has never failed to do all ilir.: is claimed for it. Why mit try a remedy so long tried and tested. Tri:il bottles free at J. F. W. LeLonne's Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and Si.00. '?'> --?a> .<><.. ^TT Don't forget Nunnaly's Candy, boys: the girls all like it. At China's drug store. Hawk'" Eye Glasses below cost, at China's drug store. A Distracting Duty, and One 5 Winch Weakens a President. In ri'>t-p of Iiis napers upon ''This Country j of Ours" ima ev President Harrison delivered himsell with such vehemence und emphasis as he has in 'he one in the March Ladies' Home ' Journal ' The President's Duties." He- j sid>-s commending one of Mr. Clevriand's acts ; and censuring Ambassadors for making no- ; i i tica 1 ?speeches, lie talks of Presidential an- ; pointniputs io a most feeling and an almost pathetic way. Upon the latter theme, in ?rivni? endorsement to Civil Service Reform, he in;,--: "In spire of all the difficulties that beset the question of removals and appoint-j menrs it must he c ?needed that much pro? gress if the direction ora betterment of the; service has neen nude. Tue Civil Service Rules have removed a Urse number of minor : offices in the departments at Washington, and in the no-tal and other services, from the ' scramble of politics, and have giver, the Presiden?, the Cabinet officers and the Mem-1 hers of Oo'igresS great relief; but it still re? mains true that in the power of appointment ! to office the President tinds the most exacting, j unrelenting and distracting of his duties. lu the nature of things he begins to make enemies from the 9tarr, and has no way of escape-it is fate: and to a sensative man in? volves much distress ot mind Hi.* only sup- ! port is in the good opinion of those who \ chiefly care that the public business ?hall he well done, and are oot disturbed by the ? consideration whether 'bis man or that mac j is ri o i n LT it; but he hears very little directly j from this ?-lass. No President can conduct a successful administration without the sup- j port of Congress, and this matter of appoint- j ruent?, do wnnt he will, often weakens that snpport. It is for him al wa vs a sort of com- ? promise between his ideil and ?he best at? tainable thing." Sewing Machines ami Or guns cleaned ?nd j repaired at the Sumter Music House. & Pencil and a Pencil Sharpener for j ten cents at H. G. Osteen'.&jCc's. THE GREAT Family Medicine of the Age. Taken Internally, It Cures Diarrhoea, Cramp, and Pain in the Stomach, Sore Throat, Sudden Colds, Coughs, &c., Sec. Used Externally, It Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Sprains, Toothache, Pain in the Face, Neu? ralgia, Rheumatism, Frosted Feet. No article ever attained to such unbounded popularity.-Salem Obgerter. An article of great merit and virtue.-Chou Xnnpareit. V,*e can bear testimony i-o the efficacy of the Pain-Killer. We have seen its magic effects ia soothinirthe severest pain, and Icaow it to bo a good art ide.-Cincinnati Jti'pu'cli. A speedy euro for pain-no family should bo Without iT..-Mon'r*a! Transcript. Nothing has yet surpassed The Pain-Killer, which is the most valuable family medicino now in use.- Tenn. Organ. It has real merit; as a means of ren-ovinp pain, no medicinabas acquired a reputation equal to Perry Davis' Pain-Killer.-Xcicpori (A'y.) Jjailj It is really a valnable medicine-it is used by many Physicians.-Boston Travel 1er. Beware of imitations, buy only tho cenuinj made by "P?.KRY DAYIS." Sold everywhere, large bottles, 25 and Wc. WANT A DVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less w'-1 *'e inserted under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. j T:iF F "ll ENDS Or GEORGE P. McKA I?P..N sro pose to run bim tor Sheri if at : tne c : . election. f?NELESS" YAMS. ! QEF.D POTATOES OF THE VINE t^ NSF, or Bunch, Vam variety for saie by JAMES A. WHITE. Address orders through Sumter Post Of? fice Feb. 20-21. YANKEE! Thark God ! I was born near Edgefield, S. C. I have invented the BEST AND THE CHEAPEST rimnpT/ TT Tin PUP i til a t has ever been invented. Agents wanted, Address W P. HOLLY', Greenville, Ala. Feb. 20th A VERY DESIRABLE LOT at Effing- j j~\ hara, Florence County, containining 4 : actes, lying adjacent to the depot at Effing- j ham, on the N. E. R R. hounded on all i ?ides now or formerly by ?ands of estate of John M. Timmotis, deceased. ALSO 4 TRACT OF 250 ACRES, situate shout XJL niles ?rom Effingham, bounded by ? Lynch's Cieek, the public road and land now j or forerly of Jess*- James. The last named 1 tract of land well timbered, and admirably adapte: for planting and pasturage. Terms' ensv. Applv to ' PURDY & REYNOLDS, Attorneys at Law, Oct. :'.'?. Sumter, S. C. j ^J?Z /-'j s r< '?ff' ' ' r-s /, ly GUARANTEED IS WRITING. Stu? dents complete in HALF the time at HALF the expense required elsewhi re. 'i'- :i to thirty placed monthly. Actual Business Depart- . men! equipped with genuine commercial bank and ethe - fixtures, superior to the equipments ot any other college it) America. Purely practical instruction and daily drill i ti real bank and ellice transaction. Penmanship by the only graduate pen-artisi in Georgia. The only Southern College full; abreast with the spirit ?il progress and teaching Electric Shorthand, the lightning system of the cen? tury. The only college which it is cheaper to attend than to remain idle. Premiums from Four Expositions. Enrollment TOO per ! year. Address at once GEORGIA BUSI- ' NESS COLLEGE, Macon Ga. Nov. 8.-o ! -THE SI01S NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, S. C. SUMTER, S. G., January 29, 1396. BY ORDER ol' the Board of Directors c; this Bank, a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of this Bank, is called, to he held at tije B?nk. in Sumter, at 1 p. m., on Monday, March 2d. 1896. to consider ar. amendment to our Articles of Association, to chalice the name of ?he Bank to, "The First National Bank ot Sumter." R. M. WALLACE, President. Jan 29 4t Claremont Loflge Na. M A. F. UL np HE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMT X NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M.. will he held on Thursday Evening, February 27th, at li p. m. Brethren wil! take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order, F. M. SPANN, W. M. H C. Mosss. Secretary. The Sumter Music House, NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines of the best grade sold cheap for cash or on easy terms Old ones taken in exchange for new ones. CLEANING AND REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY. We also keep NEEDLES, OILS, And parts <>f cverv Sewing Machine. We have some rare bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines, ! M. B. HANDLE, Jan S. Manager. i " ! Tlie Largest anil Most Collete ! Estalilistaeiit South, i ! Geo. S. Hacker & Son. -M A N U F A CT F R E RS O F I DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building i Material. ? Office and Warerooras, King; Opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ! JZ?S' Purchasf our make, which we guarantee Superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty. October 16-0. THE PLACE TO GO.1 F. H. WARREN, Manufaturer of all kinds of Harness and Saddlery and Dealer in HORSE BLANKETS. LAP ROBES. TURF GOODS AND GENE RA L STA B LE SUPPLIES. First Class Work and Satisfaction Guaranteed. SEND FOR PRICES. 223 Meeting Street, Charleston, S, 0, Oct. 16-0 Hardware. Cutlery and Guns, WOODWARD TINWARE, POTWAB?E, AGRIGULTURAL IMPLEMENTS For sale at lowest market prices. . CHARLESTON, S. C. .Oct. 16-x. BOY NOME BUT THE GENUINE, 8.000 Merchants sell Hawkes' Spectacles successfully. Half of them handle other Spectacles without success. Showing the Gi oat Popularity of HAW? KES' GLASSES over all others. These Famous Glasses are fineA to the eve at A. J-?^-" " "~\S, C. Dec.