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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1899. Entered at the Fost Office at Sumter, * Second Class Matter. KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. Harby-The Last Chance. W. T. Hu -New San io Town. The Cash Grocery Store.- . Card. Estate of Wm P. Plnmmer-Citatioa. PERSONAL. f Mr. W. J. Yoong, of Ressert, was in the city yesterday. Hr. H J. McLacrio, Jr., is in the city for a few day8 tay. Mr. Jos. C. Scott, of Charleston, wes in i tba city last week. j .. Mr. John Montgomery ot St. Charles, spent Friday io tows. Mr. George M. Stuckey, of BiabopT Ie, was IQ toe city Friday. : Mr. Fraak Player, of Williamsburg, was T ia the city last Friday on business. Mi Sallie Jones after visiting ia Georgia has returned to ber home at S rogdon. Messrs. B E. Canes and J. Ed. Stackey, of Bishopvilte; spent yests day ia town. Miles Louise Baltmas bas gone to Darling ton on a visit to ber aunt, Mrs. Geo. Brauer. Mr. A. G. Kollock, editor of the Darling ton Newt, was in the city last Friday after noon. ' Mt*. Thomas Wilson, president of the Wil son & Snmmerton B. B. was in the city Friday. Mr. Frank O' Don nell, who bas been located in Columbia for several months, is in tbe city. Miss Lou Vase, after a weeks stay with Miss Moneta Oafeen, left Saturday -morning for her borne ia Abbeville. Mr. W. Ed. Dick arrived io the city MOa 1 day afternoon and spent yesterday here. He left this morning. Messrs. W. J. McKain and Ionia DesCbamps left last Wednesday afternoon for Florida, where they will make a stay of sev eral weeks. Bishop Ellison Capers and Ber. W. E. Evans t D. h., of Columbia, spent last Thursday is the city. They were en route to Summerton to attend tbe dedication of the Episcopal Church a: that place. Dr. I. N. Boyd, of Salters, was ia the city yesterday. Dr. Boyd was a resident of this city some years ago, and has many friends keira who are glad to see bim. Mr. 3. P. Shore, who bas been in Kew York under treatment for sevend weeks, re turned borne Saturday night. He waa much feeoel ttsd by bis stay ia New York and bis Aj and complete restoration to health is cow boped for. ' Dr. Walter Cheyne bas opened an effice in -.bis city, in the Levi Store building, and will be-there once a week on Mondays. He will continue to reside st St. Charles, bat with telephone coonection, is in call of bis patients -a* any time. Tbe city baa received a large shipment of terra cotta drainage pipe tor ose io tbe drains and ditches that are now open. Ac effort is being made to ind ace the State Board of Control to grant a permit for the establishment of a beer dispensary in this city. - . The weather of tba past few days bas been a credit to tbe sonny south, and would de fight the blizzard-wearied residents of the north were they bera to enjoy it. Dr. Boll's Gough Syrup corea the worst old in a day ; stops tbe running of the nose; breaks the fever and banishes all tendencies toward pneumon a. It is the quickest re liever and corer of throat and lung diseases. Tbe number af cases of smallpox in the country between this city and Mayesville ls growing larger each week, tb negroes disre iptrdiog tba simplest and most ordinary asesas of preventing the spread of the dis WWI Dr, Belt's Coogb Syrup invariably cures ig"promptly al! catarrhal affections. This woa g| derful medicine performs to day, and bas per formed in the past bait century, tbe speediest cores of colds in tbe throat, chest and lungs. Dr. W. T. Smith, the well-known colored physician who bas been practicing bis pro ^-fcssiois here for a number of years, removed ' to Greenville not long since. Dr. C. W. Barney, of Charleston, bas succeeded to bis practice here. When you ask for De Witt's Witch Hazel Sarve don't accept a counterfeit or imitation. % Thens are more cases of Piles being cured by ..his, than all ethers combined.-Hughson Ligoa Co. There will bo a beavy docket to be waded through at tba approaching terna of court, and the session will not be leas than two jig', weeks in length. Measles and wboopiog cough are both prevalent in this city, and tbe children wbo liars not had either or both diseases have considerable experience ahead of them. A cough is not like a fever. It does not ^ hare to ron a certain, coarse. Cure it quick ly and effectually with One Minute Cough Core, the best remedy for all ages and for the roost ge vere eases. We recommend it because it's good.-H^ocon-Ligon Co. Sobing, bealing, cleansing, De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve ia the implacable enemy of sores, baros and wounds. It nevar fails to core Piles. Toa may rely upon it.-Hugh 533-Ligon. Tao thousand tons of fertilisers were de ?swairoyed on Tuesday night, February 21, vbon the Globe Phosphate wp-ks were burn ed in Colombia. Will the fertiliser mao re gard tba loss ss aa excuse to advance prices ? AB old negro woman was burned to death last Frilay afternoon at Mrs. A. S Brown's puses, about fear miles from tots city. Tbs y woman, who was 97 years old, weat oat iota a Sold near ocr boase where tbe hands were barning inst, and ber dress caught afire Stfore soy oas could reach bar sod extin guish ber blazing clothing sba was barned so severely that death resaltad within a short tSSSS. T. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro, 0s , waites as follows : "Ia tbs past eight years, I bare sold more of Dr. Pitts' Cirminative than all tbs soothing syrops, etilic drops, and other baby medicines com feinedV' Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. Tbe clerk of tb Coan ty Board of Commis si sers ss daily io receipt of complaints con cerning tbe bad condition of the roads and bridges throughout tue county. The roads are foll of boles and are almost impassable io places, canaways have been washed away and ridges have beeo destroyed by the whole The sooner a coogb or cold is cored with out barm to the sufferer the better. Linger ing colds are dangerous. Backing coogb is distreising. One Minute Cough Cere quick ry*cnre3 it- Why suffer when such a cough core is within reach ? It is pleasant to the ? ste-Hoghson-Ligon Co. t ^Sbn^llpox bas broken out io the country >w Magnolia and the appearance of the lase bas caused much uneasiness among i e bite people of that section The negroes appear to have little or co objection to hav ing tbe disease and take no piecaotioos against contracting it. j DEATHS. Mr Hugh Cheyne, he father of Dr. Walter Cheyne, of St. Cbar!e3, died at his home in New York city on February 20th, aged 76 year* Mr. Cheyne was treasurer of the Siagei Sewing Machine Company, a position he ba-3 occupied for 43 years. Rosa Mabel, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Wedekind died February lltb, aged 2 y sar and 7 mooths. Tbe infant child of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Williams, died on Saturday niebt afte? a brief illness The funeral services were held at the gnre and the interment made yester day afternoon. James Levan, colored, died Saturday night of pneumonia. He bad been sick for about two weeks, following an attack of grippe. James Laran was a son of Joseph Leran, who is a well knowe in Sumter County as any man, white or colored, who lives in tbis city. B has conducted a barber shop here for forty years or longer, except during the war. wheo fae was at the front with the Sem ter Yoi ac teers. He bas been a life-long dem ocrat, bas always roted, that ticket in muni cipal, state and national elections and has been a nerober of the Sumter Democratic dub since 1876. His SOBS have followed in his footsteps, hare been consistent democrats and hare always enjoyed the respect, con fi* dence and friendship of tbe white people to an unusual degree. The deceased, James Leran, w,s also a barber and was associated in business with bis father for a nnmber of years. The funeral services were held in the A. M. E. Chnrcb Sunday afternoon and the interment made at the colored cemetery. The bice birds which were almost if not entirely exterminated in this section of the country by the blizzard sereral years ego and were just beginning to re-appear io numbers, were again frozen to death last week by the hundred, and it is said tbat few if any were left alire. None bare been seen s'ace tbe freeze, and it ia feared that none escaped. A. J. GHI. Jr., Scotia, S. C , writes: I hare used Dr. M: A. Simmons Liver Medicine ia my famUy 10 years. It baseured Indiges tion. Dyspepsia, Constipation, and many other ailments. A fifty ioom hotel with all the modern im provement 3 and conveniences and comforts would be f* good thing for Sumter. It is re ported that a few progressive business men bare the matter under consideration and may3 decide to pnt some of their money in the enterprise. Ftiirm work bas beeo almost at a standstill for more thaa two weeks, and the farmers are complaining that less bas been accom plished in the way of preparation for tbe year's crop than they hare erer known at this time of the year. The public road to Proridecce is in a par ticolarly bad condition about four or fire miles from this city. There are said to be holes in th road that are dangerous to all who travel the road. A mao on horseback got into on*s the other day and both be and his horse ure said to bare had a narrow escape from drowning. Late to bed and early to rise, prepares a mao for his home in the skies. Bot early to bed and a Little Early Riser, the pill tbat makes life longer and better and wiser. Hughsoo-Ligon Co. Tbe advertisement of W. T. Hall, who has opened a blacksmith and wheelwright shop on Liberty Street, appears to-day, and a share of the patronage of the people of this city and county is solicited. He bas bad many years experience and is sn expert workman. He makes a specialty cf shoeing horses, and guarantees his work tc gire satisfaction. He bas the recommendation and endorsement of & number of tbe prominent citizens of Cam den who were his patrons for sereu teen years, and ali that be asks is a trial, feeling confi dent that his work will be his best recom mendation. Mo :bers, we call your attention to Pitts' Carminative, It acts promptly, it is pleas ant to the taste, and the children will take it without coaxing;. It relieves promptly and permanently.. If we can get you to <se it, you will get others to do likewise. Your druggist sells it. J. F. W. DeLorme. The Sumter & Wateree railroad will be completed within the next ninety days and will be ready to handle its share of the cotton crcp. This is a certainty, and it is time for something definite to be beard concerning tbe cotton compress which was to be built, it was stated soire months ago, as soon ss the new railroad should be assured. A compress woold gire the local cotton Harket the big gest sort of a boom and would thereby ben efit business, consequently all who are inter ested in Sumter are anxious to bear of some movement to get tfe compress nuder way. Many a household is saddeoed because of tbe failure to keep on hand a safe and absolutely certain cure for croup such as One Minute Cough Core. See that your little ones are protected against emergency. Hnghson-Ligon Co. Called Away for a Few Days. Dr. Browne, the optician, who came here last week and treated a number of cases, was called to do some special professional work in Columbia and Lexington, wbicb will necessitate his absence nu til Saturday morn ing of this week, after which be will be at tbe Nixon Bouse during next week, and pos sibly longer. All who need bis services sboold call early in order to give time for work to be done properly Lenses ground to order io the most scientific manner, and all work guaranteed. Consultation and exami nation free of charge. To restore the Clear Skin, the Bright Eye, the Alert Gait and Sound Health, use Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Rob Childbirth of its Terrors sad Mini mize the Pain and Dangers of Labor by using Simmoos Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. Flashed Checks, Throbbing Temples, Nan sea, Lassitude, Lost Appetite, Sallow Com plexion, Pimples, Blotches, are warnings. Take Dr M.A. Simmons Lirer Medicine A Valuable Overcoat. Mr. John Outlaw who bas lately removed from Kershaw, and is now living on the Ingram farm near the city bas attracted at* tentioo by wearing a Confederate army over coat which be eats be wore during tbe war and has used each winter since. It is still in good preservation, and be bas refused an offer of $65 for it. It bas 00ly one Confede rate button 00 it. He says be gare the others to ladies 10 Baltimore while be was tbere on bis war borne from prison, and replaced them with U. S. button* that be got. The coat shows a bullet hole 00 tbe shoulder, wbere be was wounded while wearing it. Shorten the time of Confinement, Strength en Mother and Snpply Breast Milk for Child by using Simmoos qaaw Vine Wine or Tablets. Constipation of the Bowels may he easily cored by a few doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons Lirer Medicine. Ladies desiring a contented add happv old age sbouid use Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets, commencing at 40 years old and continue during "CbaDge of Life." Wanted :--Cotton seed. Highest prices paid. W. B. Boyle. m a n B outljron 8ITMXKB WATCHMAN, Established April. 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TBUK SOUTHRON, Established Jone,.12^6 Consolidated Avg. '2,1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH ).. 1899. Sew Series-Yoi. XTIII. No. 31 J DG ALDRICH'S PRE AU TION AS TO SMALLPOX. Action of Bar and Board of Health on Suggestion of Judge Aldrich. Judge Aldrich, who Ss expected to preside at the March term cf court having asked the members of the Sumter Bar to consider tbe advisability of postpone the session to a later date, on account of tbe prevalence of smallpox in several sections of the county, a meeting of the gentleiren of the Bar was held Saturday the 25th inst at tbe office of Messrs. Fraser's and Cooper. 7 be question was fully discussed and tbe general opinion was that tbere is no necessity for postponement. How ever co centi e action was taken, as the question was one which belonged more properly to the medical profeessioe, and it W86 submitted to the Board of Health and physicians of the city, who met OD Monday a: the City Clerk's office. The result of the meeting was the followiog letter, which was submitted to the members of tbe Bar, who assembled for tbe purpose at 12 m. at the office of Messrs. Fraser's & Cooper. Office City Clerk and Treasurer, Sumter, S. C., Feb. 27, 1899. To the Members of the Bar of Sumter. Gentlemen : Pursuant to your request the Board of Health aod the physicians of tbe city of Sumter met this moroiog to consider the suggested postponement of the March term of the Circuit Court, on account of tbe existence of smallpox in some sections of Sumter county. The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted : Whereas, The members of the Sumter Bar have asked the Board of Health and physi cians of the citj of Sumter to consider and report to them tbe advisability of postponing tbe March term, 1899, of tba Circuit Court of Sumter county, on account of the prevalence of smallpox io various sections of the county, and haviDg thoroughly and carefully consid ered the matter, be it Resolved, That to the opinion of the Board of Health, and the physicians of the City of Sumter lhere will be no increase of danger by holding court as usual for the following reasons : 1. Tbere :s no epidemic of smallpox in the City of Sumter, and the half dozen cases cow andar treatment are strictly quarantined, carefully isolated, and all convalescent 2. The people of Sumter have been gene rally vaccinated and are practically immune, and tbere is no probability of contagion to persons coming to the city. 3. The commingling of people from all parts of the county, ;n this city, is of daily occurrence, and tbe likelihood of contagion from this cause will not be increased by hold ing court. Resolved, That tbe usual term of court need not be postponed on account of any danger to be apprehended from smallpox. Very respectfully, C M HURST, JR , Secretary Board of Health. The-foregoiog resolutions were approved by the Bar meetiog and a copy ordered to be forwarded to Judge Aldrich. - - III - - J. R. Hill, Packaville, S. C., writes : I have used Dr. M A. Simmons Liver Medicine for Dyspepsia with better results than I bad from a long trial of Zsilin's Reculator, which I found not so good. Never had acy such good*] resets from Black Draught used. Cow Feed for sale at W. B. Boyles Stables. f If you have cotton seed to sell, call cc me I will pay you the highest market place. W B. Boyle. This Picture tells a story that thousands of women will re cognize-a story of monthly suf fering just be fore and during menstruation-a story of aches, darting pains, torture in back, head, limbs and abdomen. BRADFSELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR will cure these sufferers-regulate their menses and drive out all "fe male troubles." Druggists sell it for $1 a bottle. TEZ ERADMELO EEGTJLATOS CO.. Atl*ata. Ga. * I A Card This is to announce to the grocery buyers of Sumter Com ty that We have opened next door to the postoffice, And will be pleased to have them call on ns. On and after March 3d, we will be prepared to serve them with the same line of 6taple and fancy groce ries previously handled by The Ducker & Bultman Co. THE CASH GROCERY STORE, John T Green, Manager. March 1 NEW MAN IN TOWN. Blacksmith and Wheelwright. IHAVE OPENED ON LIBERTY Street near corner of Harvio Street, and solicit any work in my line and guarantee satisfac tion. Herses Shod for 30c. all round, if Eerso is in good condition-Cash or Equivalant. General repair work of all kinds done at correspondingly low priers. I have references from best people of Mayes ville where I workfd the past year and from Camden, where I did business for 17 years. Special promptness given to work for pnysicians and cases of urgeccv. W. T. HALL, Wheelwright and Blacksmith. Feb 21-21 Claremont Loip 164, A. F. M. THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU NICATION of Claremont* Lodge, No <>4, A. F. M.. will be held ca Thursday Evening, March 23, m p.m. Brethren j will take due notice and govern themselves { Hix-ordiDglv B J, RHAME, W. M. Attest-H. C. Moses Sec. Do Yow Boy for Cash ? Then it will pay you to see us before purchasing elsewhere. 300 barrels Fleur Just Arrived. Beat fancy patent guaranteed 100 per cent wheat, $4.65 pr bbl Half patent KO per cent wheat, 4 25 pr bbl Family Fiour, 100 pf ct wheat, 3 50 pr bbl Old reliable Patapsco Superla tive Floor, at 4 75 pr bbl 3 lb cans band packed Tomatoes 90c doz 2 In cans " " " 7Cc dcz Worth new 85c dcz in New York for 3's 65c for 2's, Extra sifted Peas sweet and tender 15c a can Early Jane Peas sweet and tender 10c a can 3 lb cans Bartlett Pears fine at 10c a can 3 lb cans good peeled Peaches at 15c a can 2 lb can9 good pee ed Peaches 10c cao 3 for 25c Heinz Baked Beans with tomato sauce at 20c, 15c and c a can 2-lb cans old Mocha and Java Coffee, 65c Best green Coffee at 9 lbs for $1 Good Rio Coffee at il lbs for $1 Amer. Stan. GraD. Sugar, 17 lbs for $1 Special prices >y the barrel. Best Baldwio Apples 50c a peck Fine California Seedless Oranges 30c a doa Fioe Catawba Grapes et 25c per basket Sweet Florida Beets at 30c per peck MAILLARD'S Chocolates and Bon BODS are the best, put up in , and 1-lb sealed packages at 80c per lb at CROMWELL & CO'S The Cheap Cetsh Grocers. The Last Chance. The season is about clos ing So parties in need of Horses or Mules had better take advantage of this oppor tunity to make their selections, as we don't think the state of trade will war rant our bringing a fresh car load to market. The usual line of Buggies, Carriages, Harness, Hay and Grain and Cow Feeds on hand. U HARBYt March 1, 1899. Wew Spring styles Howard Hats, Are open for your in spection. All the latest shapes in Derbys and Al pines. JUST RECEIVED An entire new line of Nainsook, Cambric, an ! Swiss edgings and inser tions. Ranging in (price from 5c to 60c. We have one lot of Ladies' and Misses Com mon Rubbers To fit sloes sizes 12i to 6. 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