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.a r? c* NW?DNESDAY, JULY 21, 1897. Entered at the Pott O?ce at Sumter, S as Second Glass Matter.. NEW ADVEBTISEMENTS. Winthrop College. The Sumter lostitnte. J. Ryttenberir & Sons-Goods Mast Go. PERSONAL. Dr. George W. Dick and family hare goo? to Rock Hill. Mr. D. Y Keels, of Mayesville, spent Mon? day tn town. Mrs. S. H. Edmonds bare gone to Camden for a brief.stay. Miss Evie Mc Villen, of Camden, is TIB? ti og ? relatives ia this city. Mr. J. Nelson Frieraon, of Stateburg, spent Saturday in the city. Mr. D. W. Cunningham has gone to Wil? liamsburg to visit his parents. Miss Gertie Bond, who has been'Visiting in this, city bas gone to Manning. Mr. Theo Stheie, wife and child are In the city visiting Mrs. J. A. Schwerin. Mr. J. H. Chandler has returned home from Ind ian town after a stay o' two weeks. Mi? Mary H. Girar dean is. attending the Monteagle Chatauqua at Monteagle, Tenn i" Gen. E. W. Moise came up from Sullivan's Inland Monday to spend a few days at home, . Mr?. R L. Wright and children have gone to Pineorfij Ga^ to visit the parents of Mr. Wright > Mrs. James R. Ligoo after a stay of several weeks is Richmond and Washington has re? turned Home. Messrs J H. Burns and R. J. Bland, have gone to Glenn Springs to join the crowd of pleasnre seekers. Dr.' Geo. W. Dick is at Harris Lithta Springs attending the annual meeting of the State Dental Association. Miss Clark, of Camden, who bas been vis? aing the family of her brother, Mr. T. H. ~ Clark, returned home yesterday. Miss Edna Earle, of Anderson, who bas been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Dorant, bas returned home. Dr. B. M. Badger, of Surxmerton, bas re? turned from Ne? York, where he took a post graduate course io rx ed ici oe and surgery. Hon. Altamont Moses went to Col um bia yes? terday ?8 ose of tbe Legislativ? committee to assist ia an investigation of the dispensary books. Messrs. L I. Perrott, W. J McKageo, W. R. Philips and several others went to Bishop* ville last Friday to ^attend the new county picnic. Mrs. A-S. Wifiefcrd and daughters, Misses *???len and Thayer, are spending sometime with Mrs. Willeford's brother, Dr Britton, of Smithville, S. C. Dr. H M. Stuckey and Messrs W. A. Mc? ilwaine, G A. Lemmoo and T. W. McCallom left last Friday for Glenn Springs where tbey wKl spend sometime. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steffens and Mrs. Her* saan D. Bniwinkle, of Charleston, came np t o tbe excursion. Monday to spend the day?with their sister, Mrs. E. I. Reardon. Capt. W. G. Webb had charge of the ex? cursion train which came from Charleston - Monday He spent tbe day in the city with bis Bornerons friends, all of whom were glad . to see brm, for there is not a more popular eosdacflpr in toe Stats than Cap:. Webb. The farmers are sow wanting just a lit tis less tala. . . f The annual cheap ercurtioo to the moon tains will be ron at tbe usual tine and tfcwe will ba a greater rash than eyer. The members of tbe old Fourth Regiment Orchestra are planning to. re-organize aad Sumter may soon have a first class orchestra ?Sam-? J. -ByKesbergv& Sass; bave a sew adver? tisement to-day that, is sews to people wbo arr? Io- need-of gooda ?nd wiab to obtain the bast valses for tbe least moo ey. Yon may bunt the ?or?d over and yon will sot find another medicine equal to Chamber lian's Colic, Cbolera and Diarrahoea Remedy fer bowel complaints. It Is pleasant, safe and relibie For Sale by Dr. A. J Cb ina. Tbe tobacco seasoo io this State will open 'during tba first week of August. Tbe Dar? lington warehouse will opes on August 3rd. The Sam ter Electric Light Co., it said to contemplate an en largesse n t of r the plant so that tbe demand for additional lights in stores aad residences may be supplied. The swimming pool at tbs artesian well bat been completed and it is believed that tbe walla bave bees so strongly reinforced that tbsre will be so more giving when the pool ie filled with water. There has been co kicking to arnon nt to anything against tbe arrangement made by tbe Peoples' Ice Company * for tho delivery of ice ia tbe city. It is gener? ally conceded to be a good move that will increase tbe set income of the company. Why wm yon boy bitter nauseating tonics when Grove's Tasteless Cb Ul Tonic ia as pleasant as Lemon Syrup.. Your druggist is authorized to refund the money in every case where it fails to cure. Price, 60 cents. lit wat mentioned a few dayt ago in the bearing of toe writer as a somewhat strange condition of affairs that bnt two merchants ia this div had ever bad any stock in tbe Cotton vin. Births and deaths reported to Health Officer Reirdoo for the past week, eoding Joly 16th, are : Births--White-One female ; colored Two males and three females. Deaths-Col? ored-One male 10 dayl old, and one female 63 years old. An adjourned meeting of Harmony Pree bys-?ry waa bald in this city last Friday. Tho tendance waa sot large, bot a qnornm wa) present and the business before the meet? ing wat disposed of. Superintendent S. H. Edmonds, of the Graded Scboolt bas accepted an in? vitation from tbe State Board of Education to deliver a series of lec? toras before the Teachers Institute in Florence County. Tbit will not be Mr. Ed? monds first experience in institute work, hav? ing assisted io conducting a very successful ins litote in Lancaster a few years ago. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach tba diseased portion of the ear. There it ooly one way to core deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafaess is caosed by an inflamed condition of the mucous Ho? ing of the ' Eustachian Tobe. When this tubs is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bearing, and wben it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken ont and this tobe restored to its normal condition, bearing will be destroyed forever ; nine cases out of ten are cansed by catarrh, which is nothing'but an inflamed condition of tb* mucous 8nrface8 We will gi?e One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that, cannot be cored by Hali's Catarrh Cure Send for circulars ; free. F. J. CHENEY & Co , Toledo, 0. Said by Druggists, 75c. MABftIAGE. - ! On the 6th of the present month at tbe j home of the parents of tbe bride, io Mont j gomery, Ala , Miss Lncy Billing, one of Ala I bama'8 fairest and most accomplished I daughters, was led to the altar by Dr W. R. Cathcart, Jr., formerly of this city, bnt now a member of the faculty of the Charleston Medical college. After the ceremony the happy couple went to Asheville, N. C., spending the honeymoon at the Battery Park. On Monday evening they arrived here and expect to spend about a month with tbe pa? rents of tbe groom, Col. and Mrs. W. R. Cathcart, on Plain Street.-The State. Married in Wedgefield. Wedgefield. July 16 -Miss Katie DnCom, sister of the Rt*. W. J. Dowell, was married in the Methodist Church, to Mr. William G. Fort, of Mayesville, on Wednesdav evening, the bride's brother officiating. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and a large assemblage of the friends of the popular young couple completely filled the building. t The ushers were Messrs. Alva Mellett and Marion Cain. The bridal party entered promptly at 9 o'clock, to the strains of Mendelssohn's Wed? ding March skillfully played by Miss ?Olive Mellett, the bride leaning on the arra of ber brother, Mr. E. D. DnCom, the groom accom? panied by bis best man, Mr. C. S. Land, Jr., of Fores too, preceeded by the attendants, Miss Bettie Aycock with Mr. William DePass, of Camden, and Miss Bettie DeLoacb, of Camden with Mr. Eugene Aycock. The bride was very sweetly dressed in white organdie with long bridal veil ; the bridesmaids were attired in wbite organdie. After the performance of tbe ceremony the attendants and relatives of tb? happy poir re? paired to the parsonage where a light colla? tion of ices and cake was served. The newly* wedded pair departed the fol? lowing day for their new home in Macsville, where tbe groom is engaged In mercantile pursuits. A large concourse of friends saw them safely aboard tbe train, showering them with rice and old slippers, and wishing them all the happiness io tbe world. The groom's sister, Miss Annie Fort, of Mayesville, attended the marriage Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. The Pic Nie at Bishopville The new county pic nie at Bishopville Fri? day was a great success. The crowd num? bered at least three thonsand it, is said The people came from Sumter, Kershaw and Dar? lington counties, and they were royally en? ter tai oed by the Bishopville people, who spread a magnificent dinner that was more than, sufficient to feed all the ereat crowd. Speeches were made by Col W. D. (Scar? borough, A. B. Stuckey, Esq., Rev. Mr. Elkins trod others The failnre of Senator Tillman to be present, as promised, was a a great disapno?otmeot as a great many went to the pic nie especially lo hear him speak. There waa a great deal of enthusiasm for the new county, and it is said that if the senti? ment of the pic otc crowd is any indication of the feeling in the new conn ty territory Lee Couoty is certain of success at tbe polls on Tuesday, next. Notes From the Health Office. La?t Sunday was quite a busy day with Health Officer Reardon, as he was called to his office four times to issue burial permits. Judy Coot, colored, died of old age, accord ?cz to the physician's certificate, age 67 years. On? colored male child, age 18 mouths, died of teething and convulsions. Ooo colored female, sigh t days, died of lock? jaw, and the little ight-day-old girl of Mr. and Mrs James T. Tisdale died of tetanus. Mr. and Mrs Tisdale's child was interred at Bethel Church. "Last sommer one of our grand-children was sick with a sen ere bowel trouble trouble, " says Mrs. E 6- Gregory, of Fredericks to wo, Mo. "Our doctor's remedy had failed, then we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very speedy relief." For sale by Dr. A. J. China. I The Board of Health and City Council. The Board of health tod City Council are Still pulling and hauling Hgaiost each other and from a member of the Board of Health, who volunteered the information for publica? tion, it is learned that the Council is stand? ing obstinately in the way of tbe Board in its efforts to put io to effect measures for tbe improvement of the sanitary condition of the city. The bone of contention at present i? tbe sand trap in the drain on Main Street near the Jervey Bou9e. The residents of tbe j neighborhood sent a petition to the Board j of Health for the removal of the sand trap, I which they asserted tc be ac offensive nui? sance. The Board decided that the said trap should be removed, and recommended to the City Council thar it be removed at once more tbao a month ago. Council did not act on the recommendation at once and it laid over until the meeting of Cooocil on Tuesday night. It was tben taken up end referred to the Committe on Streets and Ditches for in? vestigation. The member of the Board of Bea'th who was talking said be feared it would be a month longer before anything would be done with tbe recommendation, as tbe committee would very probably report back to Council before actionnas taken. The sand trap regains in statu quo and is as offensive as ever to the residents around about. When wioter comes the sand trap will not be offeosive and there will be no need for its removal. Another present canse of friction is a bil! for chloride of lime and other disinfectants that the Board ordered for use when there were several esses of diphtheria in town and au epidemic was feared. These disinfectants were ordered by the Board on its own responsi? bility, without waiting for a meeting of council to approve the action, as the disin? fectants were needed for immediate use. Now Council is making objection to paying the hill out of the city treasury and has re? ferred the bill to the city attorney for an opinion as to whether the council will have to pay it or not. The member of Board of Health cays he will pay for the chloride of lime himself if the Council refuses to do so, Out he don't like the way things are man? aged and wants the people of Sumter to know all about it. Bun Over on the Street. Miss Mary Mason was run over and pain? fully hurt Monday night, about 8 o'clock, by Mr. T. N. Smith who was driving rapidly at the time. Miss Mason was crossing Sumter Street near the residence of Capt. Pierson, wben tbe team struck her, knocking ber down. The buggy wheels passed over her body and she wsa fortunate in not receiving more serious injuries. As soon as Mr. Smith discovered that be bad driven over Miss Mason be started to bring a physician, but when he struck Main Street, his team was 'moving at such a lively gait that the police arrested bim for fast driving. He was before Mayor Bossard next morning, but was dis? missed without fine. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC The streets were filled Monday with a crowd of colored excursionists who came op from Charleston this morning to spend the day. Tbe swimming pool at the artesian well was opened to tbe public Monday afternoon. It is eighty feet long ana thirty-five feet wide. The depth varies from two and a-half feet at the upper end te about six feet at the lower. The water in the pool is kept fresh and po re by a constant stream from the artesian well, aid the owners of the pool and others who patronise it willfind it a means of alleviating the discomforts of a summer in Sumter. County Superintendent of Education DuRant has announced that institutes will be /held for the teachers of Sumter County with? in a short time and all public school teachers and others interested in education are invited to attend The State Board of Education baa secured tbe services of an able an experi? enced faculty to conduct the icsttitates and it is certain that teachers who attend will be able to acquire mach valuable information that will be useful in practical school work. A MODEL FACTORY. The People's lea Factory-The Only One of the Kind in tho State. Tbe thirty day working test of tbe plant of the People's Ice Company was concluded ye3terday aud Mr. J S. Andrews, the representative of the York Manufacturing Co , of York, PH , turned tho fac? tory over to tb Board of Directors. Mr. Andrewa bad charge of the installation of tbe plantand every portion of it was put into place and thoroughly testrd under his personal supervision. After the machinery was all set up and was re-?dy io start work several days were spent in ranking additional and more severe tests to prove that every piece of machinery and every pipe in the factory would successfully resist a strain much greater than would ever be put upon it at any time while the factory is m regular ope? ration. After the factory began regular work Mr. Andrews remained to see tbat everything worked smoothly and satisfactorily for thirty days, at the ead of which "time, under the terms of the contract, the York MT g. Co., now turn over the factory to the directors. Tbe, eotite equipment of the factory was furnished by the York MTg. Co., and the directors gave the contract to that company because they bad assurances from experts that ?bere as no ice machinery manufactured sup??r. >r ? hat of the York M'f'g Co. Tbe plat.. jodel of compactness and simplic? ity aaa ,3 operated at the minimum expense The compression system is used, and this is said to have several points cf superiority over other systems; but the comparative excellence of one or the other of several systems is a matter with which the average n.?.. concerns himself very little.' It is the results that speak most convincingly and interest most decidedly. One of the result-" of the com pression system of refrigeration as applied at the People's Ice Factory has been seen already by a majority of the users of ice in Sumter the ice tbat is mad.'. It is unquestionably the clearest and hardest ice they have ever used and it la9ts longer in a refrigerator on accouot of its firm texture and solidity. The water supply is obtained from three four-inch wells, forty feet in dertb, that furnish al! that is required. The wells appear tobe practi? cally inexhaus'ahle, for the pumps have been running steadily for thirty days and nights and the flow of water is as copious and clear ss wheo tbe pumps first started. The water as it comes from the pumps goes, part to the beater where it is raised to the boiling point before passing into the boiler, aod the remain? der to the top floor of the building where it is utilized to cool the pipes containing the liquid ammonia after coming from the compressing I pumps Tbe steam from tbe boilers is passel ioto condensers and tbe distilled water result? ing is then piped into a tank wbere it is thor? oughly cooled. After cooling, the water is run into another tank, known as the r<-boiIer, where it is raised to the boiling point for tbe purpose of removing the last trace of any impurities tbat may have remained. From the reboiler the water goes into a sealed,reser? voir and is again cooled before going into the cans ic the freezing tank. Tbe distillation of the water and the reboiling insures ice cf ab? solute parity and firmness, for all impurities and foreign substances tbat may be in tbe water as it comes from the wells are elimi? nated. The process of refrigeration by means of the expansion of ammonia is probably under? stood by most readers of this article and the merest mention of the process will suffice. The ammonia is received in liquid form, but is keot in this state only by great presente and is therefore stored in heavy iron cylin? ders. From the storeage reservoir the liquid ammonia is piped to the brine tank, wbicb is fille with brine through which a series of pipes pass. The pressure which keeps tbe ammonia in a liquid state is removed just as it enters the pipe in the brine tank anti it ex? pands immediately into a gaseous state The expansion generates intense cold and the temperature of the in the tank is reduced below the freezing point (in the tank in question foe temperature is maintained in the neighborhood of ten degrees above zero). The ammonia is kept in constant circulation and from tbe pipes io tbe brin? tank passes into the compressing machine and is recom pressed into the liquid state, is cooled and re? turns to the stwrage reservoir, from which it ia again forced through tbe system of piped tn the brine tank. The distilled water is frozen into solid block8 of ice by being placed in galvanized iron cans and immersed in the brine tank. The time required to freeze a block weighing two bur-drei pounds ii usually anent twenty four hours, but the time varies with the tem? perature of the brine. The outpout of tbe factory is slightly in excess of six tons every twenty-four hours. And, as the contract calls for but six tons, every requirement is ful?lled. The ice blocks after being removed from the freezing can3 are stored in a warehouse in which the temperature is kept down below tbe freezing point ali the time and the blocks do not melt m the least. Tbe ware? house bas a capacity of about a hundred tons. The factory keeps a stock of twenty tons al? ways in reserve in the warehouse as a safe? guard Hg?in6t future ice lamines in Sumter ' The factory is in every respecta model, and as it was built ny popular subscription ?nd is owned, not by a few but by hundreds of people who use ice exery day, there is no rea? son why it should not be a financial success and pay good dividends on the money invest? ed. But it is as a convenience, as a means of securing ice at a reasonable price and as a means of obtaining ice at all times, whether or not there i?e an ice famine elsewhere, forc log prices up to prohibitory figures, that the People's Ice factory must be regarded as a most decided and valuable addition to the City of Sumter. An obstreperous cow, which was being driven through Main Street Monday ruorniog, ran into Anthony Bracey's team in front of the Sumter Dry Goods store and started an able-bodied ron away that cleared the street in front of it and filled it with a throng of excited spectators in its wake. The thor? oughly frightened horses ran down the street to the corner of Bartlett Street before they could be stopped. The carriage was par? tially demolished, bot no other damage was done. Bracey was throwo from the carriage and shaken up but not hurt Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Mr. R. M. McIntosh, the well known musi? cian end eoog writer, had large audiences to hear hiT lecture in the Methodist Church Wednesday and Thursday evenings. H^s talks were devoted exclusively to music, and, to those interested in cusic, be was very in? teresting and instructive. Guv Reid was in town Monday, and among other yarns tells that the best crop since 1832 is BO*? growing on the farms of Sumter County. He says be has been all over the county and knows all about what be is talk? ing about. It is to be hoped that it is a fact aod there will be no "swink^ge of the cat fish." ? -sarnoff *oog pire 'o?z f ^ NUOIX?uCjOAO pjOC* ,,'SIAY(T. ? ? ATraa<i " snranoS orri inq ?non ? j 33TBX 'snox^irai jo oxeia^g j ? 'Xipmj^a io XirnTjj3}u? posa ? . -soss^p IIB pBI Bl pms 'JOIISS . & sf sojcraari esorr; y * ?oj. oxttQ sprrifc ?ojeg ?oras y j I \*xp* ll I j 1 4dnoJ3 11 'sdnjBJj 1 | X L--Jw--1 I Mi's Piils Cure AU Liver Ilk A Strong Fortification. Fortify the body against disease by Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious? ness and all kindred troubles. "The FIy=Wheel of Life" Dr. Tutt; Your Liver Pills are the fly- wheel of life. ? shall ever be grateful for the accident that brought them to my notice. I feel as if I had a new lease of life. J. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, CoL Tutt's Liver Pills STUFF A trial of s STIEFF PIANO will leave you in no doubt as to its merit. The rich and elegant cases give an added charm to them Possessing a delightfully sweet and musical tone and clearness ?nd purity which extends to the uppermost note of the scale, is it any wonder that the STIEFF PIANOS are in such demand to-daj. Many pianos are high priced, but none are boperior and few are equal to the STIEFF, if one may judgt> by the uosticted praise from all patrons who have U3ed e. Stieff for nearly a quarter of a century. Terms io Suit. Send for catalogue. CHARLES M. STIEFF, 9 N. Liberty Street, Baltimore 416 Main St., Norfork Va. WINTHROP COLLEGE, SCHOLARSHIPS and ENTRANCE " 'EXAMINATIONS. rpHE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE j award of vacant scholarships in Win? throp College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Conrt House on Aug. 13tb, at 9 a m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after Aug. 13th, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this ex? amination. The cost of attendance, in .luding board, furnished ? room,, beat, light and washing is oolv $8.50 per month. For further information and a catalogue address PRESIDENT D. B JOHNSON, Rock Bill, S. C. T---THE Sumter Institute, Sumter, S. C. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWN, * or MISS E. E. COOPER, Principals. Jolv 21-3m. The Balance of our Summer Stock has Been Marked Down . . . to Good-bye Prices? i You know that our policy has always been to carry no goods over from one season to another, for three reasons : First, It keeps our stock free from old and shop-worn goods. Second, It gives us ready cash to buy more goods. Third, It pleases our customers to get such bargains as our annual clearing sales always put within their grasp. At Pleased Customer is a Merchants best Advertisement* We mention a few of our Bargains : 30 Ladies' Shirt Waists, sizes 32 and 34, 50c, 62c and 75c-Reduced from $1, $1.25 and $1.50. Ladies' Black Silk Skirts, former pri?e $6-Reduced to $4.98. Ladies' Colored Skirts, former price $5-Reduced to $3.75. " $2.50-Reduced to $1.85. Children s Lawn and Silk Caps at big reduction. Ladies' Neckwear, former prices 25c, 35c and 50c-Reduced to 19c We have purchased from a manufacturer a lot of Bicycle Suits, worth from $5 to $8-our price, your choice for $2.50. Also a nice line of Bathing Suits at $1.25. Our Buyers are now in the market purchasing Fall Stock we must haye the room--goods must go? J. Kattenberg & Sons Main and Liberty Streets, Sumter, S. C. J