The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 23, 1898, Image 3

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Detractive Forest Fires. Carter's Crossing Township Swept by Flame?? A destruct! vei forett fire swept over the . Mannviile section Tuesday afternoon and that night. An immense amount of damage was done to standing ?i- ber and fencing, and a gr??t deal of property was destroyed. Han ?r?ds of people spent the afternoon and a greaw ''-pa*"* o?r *be oight io fighting the flumes, ic the at*euip: to ?are their bouses from destruction Io some cases tbe progress ef the fire was stared bv the greatest exertion and booses w*re saved, bat others whose bornes were in the tr%ek of the fire lost every? tkiog. Tbs following pisces are reported destroyed ClaviQs Boy k;;:, lost his dwelling bo cse and all outbuildings, corn forage sod farta im pjprr-eots. M -3. Fatieore Atkinson, aleo lost ber swelling boose, all ootoaildings and their contents Mrs Martha Bradley's boose sod buildings and COM ten 13 were totally destroyed. Two houses os tbe place of Darling Davis . v"? bornes* Poor otber tenant houses on varions places are known to b&ve bees barned, and it is thought (bat otber booses were also destroy? ed bot have cot been reported. The Bridges & McKeitban Lamber Co., bad several moles horned. . Mr. H. W. Rembert's place bad a narrow escape from tocal destruction and was saved eely by the hardest kind of work of a large force of bands. Mr. B. M. Aman's Rembert place was also in great danger Tuesday nigbt.. Tue sparks were blows, a distance of a quarter of a mile, and bis barns were on fire several times. Re kept a force of twenty bands on guard all night, and constant vigilance alone kepi tbs beddings ca tba placa from barnie]?. Tho aggregate loss resnltinjj from the fire cannot be estimated at present, as full and accurate r^porta ara not. obtainable. It is thought, however, that the tots I loss will be thousands of dollars. PISGAH FIRE 8W?PT. Fnrions Forest Fires In tho Spring / Hill Country. Mr. J. E. DuFre, of Pisgah, was in tbe city Thursday afternoon and from bim an * account of tbe . forest fires that swept over Spring Biil township Tuesday afternoon and .igbt was obtained. Tbe fire started in a heavily timbered section of the northwestern edge of the township and swept across it in a southeasterly direction. Hundreds of aeres of virgin timber land were almost to? tally destroyed and the loss ia that respect alone was very heavy. Tbe fire horsed with iocooceiTahle fierceness and rapidity, fanned as it was by tbe gale of wind that was biow iog. A larger portion ?of the timber faed had not been horned over for many years and tba ground was covered with a heavy coating .f straw, litter and brushwood, which being extremely dry and inflammable io conse? quence of the protracted drought, rendered ali efforts to control the fire absolutely inef fectual. The flames roared through tb .woods with tbs voice of a hurricane, rising toa height of fifty to a bandied feet, while doods of smoke filled the beavens and ob? scured the son until objects could not be dis? tinguished at a distance of a hoadrod feet. The farm of Mr. W. T. Hawk int was io .tbe track of tba fire and three booses with their coote ats were swept away. Ons boose .n the placa of P. M. Hawkins, occupied by 'Henry Scott, was barned also, the occupants barely escaping with their lives, nothing be? ing saved bot the clothes they bad on. Sev eral otber places came osar being burned, bot befog in large clearings were saved by bard work, although a perfect shower of sparks aod narcing .coals fell around them. The ire, aa witnessed from a vantage ground of safety is said to have been appalling and terrific in grandeur ss it swept from bill to bill, ?-ch tall pine be? coming ia ao instant a tower of bkiaeg light, aod tbs underside of the pull of black smoke reflecting the glare of the Same?, tbe whole country appeared to be over? hang by a canopy of fire. A large amount of colton that bus been io storage io this city for "several months was sold and shipped last Wednesday. Tbe greater includes toe lea?. Hood's Sarsaparilla cores bip disease and scrofula sores and it may be depended opon to core boiUfbnd pimples and humors of all kiods Hood's Pills are tbe favorita family ca? thartic. Core sick headache, break op a cold. The Forest Fires Near Ionia. Sisee ear last commooicstioo all this country, for miles around, has beeo visited with the worst forest fire that has ever beeo known her* It occurred on last Toesday, the 15th. There wai fire everywhere, which ceased hands ?o be scare*. Tbe wiod blew from the southwest from ten in the morning no til aboot dark, wheo it shifted and came from tbe norte, which just reversed the fire, and tbe wind wes so high that it was dan? gerous to be in the woods. Bet I have cot beard of anyone being bart from trees fall? iog. To give some idea of the fire : The woods nave not beeo burned eince Mr. Budd burnt it off for turpentine purpose?, aboot 15 years ago, and tbe trees have been worked off nod on oe'.ri V ever since. Nearly half of the timber bas died from boxing, cod every thing was as dry as a powder boose, which made it impossible to stop tbe fire. We bad raked aod fired against it, aod thought that if the wiod would stop, we could keep tbe fire from spreading. Bat wheo tbe wiod abifted, and came from the north worse than ever, all that we cou id do was to try aod save the b Gild? ings, wbtcb a great maoy failed to do. It is useless for me to attempt to give you tbe names of all that lo9t houses. Bot two fam? ilies in this immediate neghborhood lost every building they bad, with all or nearly all the contents, besides numbers of teoant hoares. Some saved tbe dwellings and lost outbuildings. I will sot try to give you bat a faint idea oow, as 1 am not over tbs worry aod excite? ment yet I am so thankful that it was no worse iiy Offing np all oigbt, aod with tb? help of w fe, I saved all except one teoant boase Yours, Ac , DRY JIM. loni*, S. C., Eeb. 18 Freak Sherwood was down towo to-day the <6rst time since he bad bin tussle with cbo era morbos. He siys bs drove thirty miles after be was takeo^and never came so near dying io bia life. After this wheo be goes out io the coon try be will take a nonie of C?amberlaio's Colic, Cholera and Diar? rhoea Remedy with bim -Missouri Ya H ty (iowa) Times. For sale by Dr. A. J. China Death of Mrs. J. E. Wingate TI?MOM8V1LL?, S. C . Feb. 21.-Mrs. J E. Wiogats died yesterday morning after five mont ns ii loess. She waa interred this moro iog. Rev. H. F. Oliver conducted "the fanerai services. Mr. P. T. Jones, Jr , of the Baooer Ware boose, isjspendiog some time ia Virginia. Mr. Minor Morris returned from Florida a few days ago, S. B. T. H WIFE ??SELLING. A Practie* Which was Followed ?aif & Century Ago. Mr. Editor : Among the practices which bare passed away was that of selling wives, Mr. Jim Ario, ao old citizen of thia township wbose name I bare already meotiooed in these columns, caking of bis younger days, said ia "'hat day sod time it was a commoo thing for meo to eell their wives." Mr. Avin knew three iostaoces where meo did so, one of these meo tired io what is BOW Privateer Township sod be sold his wife, as well as Mr. Avio could remember, for "a gallos of whiskey, a pound of tobacco and a pair of shoes." Tots event occurred fifty odd years ago. Tb? sale appears to have oeea, to a large extent, merely nominal, still it was a sale. Times bave cbaoged sines theo and changed for the better: Nc white man would dare sell bis wife now and I hardly suppose a negro would undertake such a job. McDonald Forman. Ramie j, Privateer Township, Feb. 21, 1898. Meteorological Eecord. The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past week, ending Feb. SO', 1898 : Temperature, ss p M S 3 5* a. 53 Condition. 3 16 IT 18 19 20 69 Tl 52 55 62 55 67 42 48 32 33 46 4T 49 55.6 59 5 42 44. 54 51. 58 j sw sw sw vs HW va .00 00 00 00 .50 00 .34 Clear .Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy ?Cloudy ?Partly cloudy. Dente smoke bas filled the atmosphere mott of tbs week, from forest fires io all directions Dense fogs accompaaied and followed tbs raia of the 18th, without removing the smokiness, wbicb, however, was entirely cleared away by tbs heavy shower and wind Sunday evening, the 20th. Sinking Fund Commission Finally Crosses the Bridge. The State sinking food comission, tinder tbe provision slipped into the new sinking fnnd commision act by the free conference committee in the last days of the recent session. Has cancelled the mortgage given by J. W. Alexander on the agricultural hall property and marked the $10,000 document "satisfied,'7 thus making the purchaser a present of a clear ten thousand dollars in the effort to head off Mr. Lyle? in his fight to have the federal courts pass upon the validity of the Blue Kidge scrip. The State a few days ago gave a statement of the status of the case, showing why it was considered abso? lutely necessary to do this in order to prevent Mr. Lyles from ?rcing the State into court in a case raising directly the main issue as to the valid* ity of the script It was thought then that the State would take such action. When Mr Lyles was told that this seemed to be the next move of the State in the rather interesting and exciting legal game, be remarked that this was the only sensible thing for the State to do ; then be smiled and added that "it seemed to bim that it came too late " It is known that the papers in the case referred to have. been filed for some time It was said last evening that Attor? ney Lyles had left the city in the afternoon, bnt wither he went is not known. He does not seem to be raf* fled by the apparent knock ont blow, however., His next move is not even gassed at yet. Yesterday all the members of the sinking fond commission were pres? ent at the meeting. The meeting continued for several hours ; the en* tire matter was discussed and gone over in ali its phases ; finally the board reached the decision to cancel the mortgage, mark it "satisfied/' and return it to Mr. Lyles as attorney for J. W. Alexandar A resolution, to this effect was adopted, so the beard announced, but a copy of the paper could not be obtained, owing to the usuel amount of red tape that has to be gone through in order to find out what the commission has done.-The State. Mrs. WmT Whitney Hurt. Fox Hunting With Large Party Prominent People. Special to The State. Aiken Feb. 21 -This morning about 9 o'clook quite a serions accident occur* ed to Mrs. Wm. C. Whitney, who is spending the winter in Aiken. Mrs Whitney, with a party of friends, was just starting out for a fox hunt wheo tn crossing a covered bridge, one of the rafteres struck ber on the fore? head making an ugly gash about six inches long Sbe fell from her horse unconscious and was quickley surround? ed by tho rest of the party who secured a carriage and brought ber borne, where she in receiving every attention. The reason assigned for the accident was the faoi tbat Mrs. Wbitney bas been riding a very strall bor*? ever since sba bas boen here and passed under thia bridge a number of ti mes. but this morning *be wan on another cud much larger mount, and this brought her bead too high to pass ander in safety. Hon. M. R. Cooper, of Colieton, is in the raoe for secretary of state. The Negro Postmaster at Lake City Killed. Williamsburg Stained by an Atrocious Crime at Lake City. Women and Children Fall Before the Guns cf a Brutal. Passion Swayed Mob of South Car? olinians. Special to The State Lake City, Williamsborg County, Feb. 22 -On the night of the 16th instant the small building just oat side the corporate limits of Lake City, which was formerly a school house and which had beeo converted into a dwelling and postoffice, jointly occu? pied by Postmaster F. B Baker, colored, and family was well riddled with bullets from the guns of un? known parties. Nc irm was done to the occupants of the house This failing to prove a sufficient warning to Baker, was followed this morningjust before 1 o'clock by an? other attack upon the house by a mob which s.?ot it 75 or 100 times, setting fire to the building in the meantime. Five of the children and Baker's wife escaped death, bot all but two children were wounded by gun shots and are maimed for life. Baker was shot down just inside of the door aa he was attempting to come ont of the building. An infant Baby was -hot ont of its mother's arms as she was about pass? ing out of the door. Baker's body and that of the child were cremated in the flames. The building and the entire post office equipment were consumed - by fire, and tbe citizens ef Lake City are without a postoffice. It is certainly one of the most hor? rible crimes ever committed in the State. One of Baker's girls is thought to be fatally wounded. , The corouer held au inquest over the dead bodies this afternoon. The verdict is to be rendered next Satur day. The feeling in Lake City among the whites is one of deep regret at tho horrible deed committed so near the town. The best citizens deeply deplore that they have been plaoed in a posi? tion to receive tbe oensore and bear the disgrace of the awful, tragedy, when it is not generally believed that citizens of the town helped to make op the mob, though as yet the guilty parties are unsuspected. . Feeling is running bigh among tbe negroes sfed trouble is feared to night, as the negroes believe that the crime was committed hy white?. Frazier Baker was a black negro, about 40 years of age, and was ap? pointed and took charge of the Lake City postoffice about six months ago. Ha was a native of Florence county, and never had lived at Lake City un? til he went there to take charge of the postoffice. The people of Lake City protested against the appointment. Twice within the last two months the man has been shot at. This is in line with (be bili of Dr. Wyche. passed by the Legislature of Sooth Carolina, just closed. It is in the right direction and the- congress should be well attended and by men who are competent to sot intelligently on the subjects to be discussed. There is no doubt that much of the food that is sold aad consumed by the people is adulterated. We are particular to have oar fetilizsrs analyzed and to know what kind of food we give our crops, aod lately Sooth Carolina has made mach ado about chemically pare li? quors, but that which we take every day and which is intended to sustain life bas been gulped dowo, so to speak, with otter disregard of what it was. It is of vital importance that oar food should be pare aod wholesome. The patent medicine preparations are on the in? crease and the demand for them most increase or there woofd oot be an increase m the production. This is an impor? tant matter and we hope the congress may resuit io much good.-Newbery Heaald and Ne*s. They'll Haye More Work. The legislature having passed an act placing telegraph and express companies ander the supervision of the railroad commission, they will thus be directed at the end of ten days when the law becomes operative. The probabilities are that there will be little trouble with them as there is not generally any complaint as tc the service rendered by these companies. But it will add work to that of the commission without any increase in salary and it is not likely that the members of the commission view that act with pleasure. Washington Leiter. i Washington, Feb. 21.-Ho* runoh longer Congress can stand the strain which has b?en imposed apon it bj the action, or rather nou-action of tbe administration opon tbe destruction of j ibe battleship Mtioe and the killing of 250 of its men, in Havana harbor, without an explosion, ia problematical Mr. McKinley has diaappointed maay of his supporters, and nothing bat the unwritten law under which Congress has always supported the Presideotin all questions of policy affecting a foreign nation bss prevented an outbreak be? fore this Inasmuch as there are pro? bably not 50 men in Congress who do not believe that the Maine was blown up intentionally, it is difficult to under? stand why Mr. McKinley and tbe Secretary of tbe Navy should so per? sistently assert their belief that the aw? ful calamity was the result of an acci? dent on board the Maine. The naval attache of the Spanish Lagation, bas publicly announced tbs the same belief, and added that tbe ac? cident was the result of carelessness and lax discipline. Ye gods ! and this meddlesome fool has not been sent after de Lome. It Gould have been auder itood if Mr. McKinley ?od his Secre? tary of the Navy hid laid that they bad no opinion to offer ie advance of tbe finding of the naval court of in? quiry, wbioh has been appointed to in? vestigate the awful affair, but why they should take a position that is a reflec? tion upon Captain Sigsbce and tbe other brave officers of the Maine, is only explainable upon the theory that they are afraid of offending Spain, and tbat in the event of the failure to find direct and conclusive evidence that the Maine was blown up by Spanish treach? ery, Captain Sigsbee is to be made a soape-goat. It was the general opinion in Congress that Mr. McKinley should i have ordered the entire U. S. fleet, now J off the coast of Florida, to Havana har? bor, to remain during the investigation, but so far, not even a single warship has been ordered there-Secretary Long says that one will be. It is not surpris? ing tbat the Spaniards should think and say that we are afraid to seod another warship to Havana. Up lo this time, Mr. McKinley has only done one thing that bas met tbe unqualified ap? proval of Congress, and the indications point to hts haviog done tbat ander compulsion. That was to refuse to grant the request of the Spanish au thoritie8 at Havana, to have a Spanish diver accompany every American diver who made an examination of the bull of the Maine. Just who is entitled to credit for his haviog done that has not yet been ascertained, but it is certain tbat somebody is, as Seoretary Long had stated before the official request reached Washington, but after it was known that it would be made, that it would be granted. Congres doesn't wish the world to know that it differs with thc President ; hence it bas so far done nothing further than to appropriate $200,000 to bo used in saving as mud of tbe Maine and her equipment as pos? sible, but tbe strain is'terrible, and it ic still on. There is a difference of opinion af to whether Senator Mason chose jual the right time to make that red-hot speech of his, and also as to the gocd taste of some of his remarks, whick were certainly not such as would bi likely to increase our prestige abroad but the truthfulness of the following ia fully apparent: Why should the ad ministration now hesitate? Tnt President hesitated because of au tonomy. Why should he not act when the minister has confessed that it is not real, but a fraud and a sham! Autonomy, by the confession of thc Spanish Minister, is a fraud, a delu sion and a snare-a common coon* dence game of a common thief, con fessed out of his own mouth ". Nt one could doubt the contempt felt ty Mr. Mason for Spanish diplomats anc Spanish diplomacy, after he said : would not sit down at the same tab!? with a Spaniard unless I had an iron clad wall between his stiletto and on architecture There is nothing ii Spanish diplomacy for a hundret years which prove them anything but common scoundrels " Nothing yet seriously proposed ii the line of paternalism goep furthei than a joint resolution offered by Rep resentative Lovering, of Mass , pro viding for an amendment to th( Constitution, authorizing Congresi to regulate Hours of labor in ail the states. Tbe House Judiciary Com? mittee has actually been giving hear ings on that resolution A dele? gation of cotton mill men from tb< South appeared before the Coramittea to protest against the resolution, but they could have saved money by staying at home. We may come to that sort of thing in time, but not yet Only 12 democrats and one pop? ulist voted for the Bankruptcy bill which -passed the House by a vote of 159 to 124. The bili passed is a substitute for the Nelson bill passed by the Senate at the extra session, and it provides for both voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy. The Naval Fighting Strength of the United States. The possibility of serious interna? tional complications, growing out of the recent destruction of our battle? ship Maine, in the harbor of Havana, naturally arouses fresh interest in the fighting strength of our American naval outfit. Of course the frightful disaster which bas overtaken the Maine, whether due to Spanish foul pay or to some internal accident, tends to weaken public confidence in the se? curity afforded by our battleships, and to bring distrust upon the entire white squadron Nor is this to be easily avoided when the country is suddenly confronted with the specta? cle of seeing one of its gigantic iron? clads converted into mere doll rags by reason of some mysterious explo sion. In euch mishaps as the one which now confronts ns, is it not proper to apply the old adage and judge of tbe entire squadron by the power of resistance which the Maine has manifested, or rather failed to manifest ? While this question is bound to arise in the public mind, it is well to note that the Maine, although costing the government somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.000,000, does not appear in the Catalogne of our first class battleships Since its total displacement aggregated only 6,682 tone, its proper designation is that of a second class battleship. Our first class battleships, with the ton? nage in each case, are nine in num? ber as follows: The Kenkucky, Hy 525 tons ; the Kearsage, 11,525 tons; the Illinois, 11,525 the Alabama, ll, 525 ; the Wisconsin, 11,525 ; the Iowa, 11,410 ; the Oregon, 10,288 ; the Indiana, 11,288 and the Massa? chusetts, 10,288. To summarize the fighting strength of the white squadron, it includes nine first class battleships, two sec? ond-class battleships, two armored cruisers, thirteen protected cruisers, three unprotected cruisers, one ar? mored ram, six double-turreted moni? tors, thirteen single turreted moni? tors, ten gunboats, six composite gunboats, three special class gun? boats, twenty two steel torpedo boats, one" wooden torpedo boat, five iron cruising vessels, eleven sailing ves sels, six tugs, eight wooden steam vessels and six wooden sailing ves? sels. In the aggregate there are 141 different naval pieces in the white squadron, only fourteen of which are obsolete and unfit for service in the event of war. So far as the resistive power of our battleships is concern? ed, it is safe to say that in spite of the disastrous experience of the Maine, there is no country on the globe' which can boast of superior engines of war. Of course, such countries as Great Britain and France are provided with more of them, but they are not of better workmanship. But what of Spain' naval outfit. This question is certainly pertinent in this connection. Most of Spain's naval engines are out of date She bas only one first-class battleship which is worthy of the name-the Pelaya-and even this falls consider? ably short of our smallest one, its displacement being only 9,900 tons. One apparent advantage which Spain's fleet has over ours, is in the number of armored cruisers While ber fleet con? tains seven of these cruisers, ours contains only two, viz, the New York and the Brooklyin ; but this advantage is partially overcome by the superior equipment of our cruis? ers. The New York and Brooklyn carry seventy-four monster guns ; the Spanish cruisers carry 208 smaller and inferior ones. On good authority, the statement is made that Spain has no sea-going coast-defense ships, while this country has six, carrying thirty heavy guns and fifty-two light guns. Of non-seagoing coast-de fenders, Spain has only two, while this country ia credited with four? teen. Of protection and non protec? tion cruisers. Spain has only five, while the United States has sixteen. In the number of gunboats and tor? pedo boats available for use in the event of hostilities, the United States is also ahead of Spain. From this hasty review of the two squadrons, it is evident that the United States possesses every advan? tage over Spain, and that if war comes, as now seems imminent, it will be the latter power which will have everything to lose.-Atlanta Constitution A cutting scrape took place about j toree miles below Forestoo last Saturday j night in which William Barrioeau, a white mao, was cut in five places by a EC ero by the name of Goios. Dr. G. L Dickson of this town was called to see the wounded man and be fouod two of the wounds severe, but not necessarily fatal.-Manning Times. Smallpox in Columbia. Discovered Sunday Afternoon in Negro Settlement-Doc? tors Once Don't Disagree. Tbs State, Feb. 21. At last a welt defined ease of what is supposed to be smallpox has appeared in Colombia, and in aoeordanee with tbe frequent promises made in The State, this paper now gives the public all tbat is known about it and all that the b>ard of health is doing to guard agaicsr. tbe spread of the pes?. Every precaution bas, is beisg and will bo taken to prevent a spread. If tbe case turns out to be genuine smallpox, and the physicians who have diag? nosed it say tbat it is, thc only feature that is at ail threatening is that it was found in a settlement of negroes. Be? fore many read this tbe patient will be on bis way out into the sand hills with a physician to watch over and guard bim through bis illness. He is to be taken six miles away from town. Fortunately the majority of those who have been about tbe victim have been vaccinated. It was about 5 o'clock yesterday af? ternoon that Dr. Knowlton received a call to come to No. 6 in Spring Park, by which from the oluater of some 25 negro bouses running back on the out? skirts of the city from Elmwood ave? nue at the foot of Ball street, is known. He was told that be was wanted to sea a negro who had been sick for a period of nine days io that house. It was not until be went in that he bad any idea of the discovery be was to make. Dr. Knowlton no sooner looked at the man, who is about 48 years of age, than he diagnosed the case to be one of small? pox He says that it is what be con? siders a typical case of this disease, though "there may be a shadow of a doubt aboat it being smallpox." He fouod quite a number of negros around. These be drove away and bad the patient moved into an inner rooom, quarantining him as much as possible until be could report the case to the board of health. The doctor was so busy attending to these details and seeking information as to tbe circumstances of the illness that be entirely forgot to get the negro's name. He says the negro was an ugly sight. When be came back down street be sent Dr. E. W. Gibbes up to take a look at the fel? low. Dr. Gibbes at once confirmed Dr. Knowlton 's diagnosis. The negro first told the doctors that he had been vaccinated two years ago ; then he told them that bis young maussa bad vacci? nated him during the war. It was not known where he came from. Dr. Knowlton, upon having his diag? nosis confirmed, at once called up the ohairman of the board of health. That chicer was out of the city. He there? upon notified Mayor Sloan of the sus* pected case. In a short time Dr A. E Boozer, the acting chairman of the city board of health and Secretary T. T. Talley were aware of the matter. Several police offioers were at once de? tailed to go out and qaaractine the en? tire settlomeut, allowing no one to either go in or come oct. Io the meantime the board and Mayor Sloan acted quickly and well. Dr. Sylvester, who bas bad smallpox himself and bas treated many cases, was engaged to take charge of the case. A tract of land six miles from tbe city, off from cbs Camden road, belonging to Mr, Dent, was secured and Adjutant General Watts agreed to furnish army hospital tents. By 9 o'clock all ar? rangements for taking the patient out of the city early this acroig were oom pleted. If Dr. Sylvester pronounces the case genuine smallpox this morning, the board will likely quarantine the en? tire Spring Park settlement and issue a oomplusory vaccination mandate. Fortunately the bulk of tbe people of the city have already been vaccinated, and it is not considered likely that there will be any spreading of tbe disease. If Hawaii is annexed;, Mr. McKin? ley will have additional opportunities to appoiot colored postmasters.-Edgefield Chronicle. - ?nil? ? ? Tim The sleepy merchant goes to the wall. His wideawake neighbor thrives by keeping goods that are in demacd, and by never of jering customers what he knows they do oct want. Winburn^ -THE eople's, opular, usliing, regressive liotograplier. Doiog the finest op to-date photography Jan 25-tf. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge. WBEREAS, SARAH ANN TUCKER, (widow) made suit to me to grant ber Letters of Administration of tbe Estate of and effects of Rict'd Tucker, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tbe kindred and creditors of the said Rich'd Tucker, ?ate of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear be? f?te me, in the Court of Probate, to beheld at Sumter C. H., on March 9. 1898, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, ?.by the said Administration should not be grao ted. Given under my hand, this 23d day of February, A. D., 1898 THOS V. WALSH, Feb. 23-2t. Judge of Probate.