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MEETING OF THE BUSINESS LEAGUE Tbe Business League of Sumter held it* regular mon tb ly meeting in the Y. M. C. A. Bail last Wednesday evening at 8 o\clccs. President Altamont Moses io the chair. The presided announced mat be had writ? ten Mr E Borden, superintendent of traBS portation of the A. C. L.. with reference to a passenger coach on the freight train from Florence to Sumter, and that same bad beta put on in accordance with tbe request, ihoagh Mr. Borden wrote that such service in tbe past bad not proven satisfactory. With ref ereoce to the schedule of the Bisbopviile train, be wrote that tbe changing: of it would disarrange otber schedules oow ia operation, bot that be would do tbe best he could to comply with the wishes of the Busisess League io tbe matter. Tbe president also stated tbat be was at the A. G L. depot on a rainy night not long since, and tbe painful lack of comforts and accommodations caused him to write a hiter to General Manager Ken ly, of the Coast Line, relative thereto, asking for a abed and dry walk, eo that ladies and children could take tbe train witbont getting wet and mad? dy as ts now tbe caee To this letter be bas not yet received a reply. Boa. R. I. Manning, of the committee ap? pointed at tbe last meeting of tbe League to investigate charges of loss of weight in cot? ton, c ade the following report : Tour committee beg leave to report : That they have gone into the examination of tbe marers complained of with open mind and tbe desiri? to correct any thing which worked any hardship or injustice on ba vers or sellers. Your committee examined personally tbs scales used by tbe Public Weighers and they can see no cause of complaint there. Tue scales are frequently tested ; and were foo cd *. to be correct and accurate. Your committee further examined into the matter of allowance for damp and wet cotton, and, while in each a matter there is abso? lutely no certain or positive rule, by which tbe weigher can be governed, they found by comparison and test tbat the Public Weighers have been fair and just and have done all in their power to arrive at honest weights. Yoor committee further examined into the specific matter complained cf by jar. Hyman. By comparison o; weights of cotton weighed abcot the s a ene time as the cotton named by Mr. Hyman, your committee found that the average ioss in weight was pounds per bale. While this loss was not as great as that complained of by Mr. Hyman by 1? poaods per bale, yet the comasittee after con? sidering that sampling was done after the weighing, and sampled again ia Wilmington, probably before weighing, they ara forced to the concludion that tbe loss was only what was reasonably to have been expected. T?e weights by which Mr. Hyman bought tbe cotton wete the weights the cotton was orig? inally bought at at different times during tbe ?eason-some dating ?aek to early ia Sep? tember. Hence, your committee reports that they haye found cctbkg wrong in the manner of weighing, the scales osed, or in the way the work is done by tbe nnbhc Weighers (Signed) Neill O'Donnell, Ciro, Abe Ryttenberg, R. I. MacciDg. Capt. A. W. S?der and Mr. W. E. Cook, of the Sumter Tobacco Warehouse, were present and discussed the opening of a new road from McBride's to Brogdon's, which would decrease the distance that persons jiv? ing in tba tobacco region would have to hau! their tobacco to get it to Sumter, at ?east eight miles, making the distance 12 miles in? stead of 20, as it now is. Capt. Suder show? ed bj the map tbe advan?age that such a road would be to tbe peop;e, and discussed the benefit it would be to the trade of Snrcter be? having not only tbe tobacco, but all tbe marketable products of that rich section cf country br?ugbt here. He was followed by Mr Cook, wbo said be bad been all through that section of country, and that tbe people were unanimous in favor of the road, that they want to come to Sumter, as tbey say it is the best place for them to ouy goods, but tbey are kept from doing so on ?ccouot of the distance and four miles of heavy sand at Rocky Bluff swamp. All this will be obvi? ated if tbe proposed road is opened. Eon. R. i. Manning said that be thought it due tbe people of that section of tbe county to be put into closer, touch with toe county seat. After otber discussion participated in bv Messrs. M. G. Ryttenberg, H J. and J. E. Harby, it was moved and carried that Mr. Cook be solicited to get up a petition from that section asking for the opening of the road, as is required by law, that Messrs. Al? tamont Mo3es, R. I. Manning and R. D. Lee constitute a committee to go before tbe Coun? ty Board of Commissioners at its next meet? ing and present tbe matter fully, showing its necessity, so that tbe board wouid be io pos eession of all tbe facts and in a proper posi? tion to act when tbe petition was presented. Sr. H. J. Harby, of tbe Sumter Compress Company, calied attention to tbe gross dis? crimination of the Atlantic Coast Line against cottoo compressed at Sumter, and after the matter was discussed a committee consisting of Altamont Moses, R. I. Manning and R J. Harby was appointed to interview the Rail? road Commission and iay tbe case before that body at a time when the representatives ol tbe Coast Line could be present. Mr. M. G. Ryttenberg spoke of discrimina? tion io freight rates, and Mr. J. E. Harby said he boped to have a considerable quantity of statistics relative to tbe matter by the next meeting of the League: that be bad not bad opportunity to do so op to this time. On motion tbe League adjourned to meei the first Wednesday evening io December. The Beal Widow Brown The real widow Brown must bave been a grass widow and a pretty tough nut at tbat, if tbe performance last week was a true por trays! of tbe widow's real character. Tb? play itself, if tbat disjointed farce comedy can be dignified by calling it a play, was not so rank, bot the specialties left a dark browt taste in tbe mouths of many of the hardened habitues of the bald bead row. They fouoc the specialties too rank and highly iavorec to suit their epicurean tastes for what if ncque and naughty and some of them coul<i find nothing stronger to say aboot it thar that Duncan Clark's Female Minstrels o odorous memory gave a Sunday School per formance io comparison with the exhibition of tbe Real Widow and ber coterie of big! kickers. Fortunately all of the allusions anc innendoes in tt e specialties fell flat, becaos< they were beneath the comprehension of * majority of the audience. It is such aggre g?tions as the Widow Brown that do the clea, and legitimate drama inestimable harm anc keep many people who enjoy clean show from going to the Opera Hou3e The management of the Opera House anc the newspapers are not responsible for foist iog the Widow Brown on an unsuspectini DUblic, fer the company carne here with gor< credentials and a clean bili cf health. Tb': paper apologizes for ali tnst nas publ:she< ia commendation of the Widow. Bismarck'.* Iron Nerve. Was the result of his splendid health. I TI J.-.initable wili and tremendous ecergy are so found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys ar, Bowels are out of order. If you want thes qualities and the success tliey bring, use Di King's New Life Fills. They develop ever ?ower of brain and body. Only 25c at J. ? W. DeLorme's Drug Store. 2-6 NUT CULTURE IN THIS STATE. How to Protect Young Pe? cans Prom Several Pests. To the Editor ot the News and Courier : I have rpad with interest and profit the letter of Mr /foods on "Nut Culture in this State/' and your editorial on the same I will ask the privilege of giving my experience with pecans, as it may be of some help to those con templating planting, and also ci agreeiug io the main with what Mr. Woods says. We planted our orchard in the spring of 1892. about 15 acres We bought the nuts from Texas in the early winter, and just buried them in the ground, first putting them in a box In February we took ihem up. soaked in water for a few days and planted. I would say we got over 80 per cent to come up I hardly think the plan of eoaking in liquid manure is necessary. The amount taken up by the hard sheli would be but little and if it reached the kernel would probably kill it. The plan we used, as advised, was simply to soak as we would chufas, the purpose being to hasten sprout j ing and not to fertiliza. The hole in which the nut is planted should be made at least two feet across and that deep, filled in with rotted earth from fence corners or the woods Plant the nut three or four inches deep We had fine success with above method By the advice of the man we bought the seed from we put three in a hii!, in order to insure a stand. This we would not do again, as it is a waste. Fut ene in a hilt and where they do not come fill in with trees from nursery or plant again. The spring of 1893 I tock np and set out from the extra ones which came up 75. This is a big job, for. as Mr Woods says, the root will the first year average twice the length of the tree. We read everything we could get about this time for and against the necessity of the tap root. Oar conclusion w?s this, that those who have nuts to seii advocate the *ap root Those who have trees to sell do not think it necessary Cc! W R Stuart, of Mississippi, who, up to now, has produced the finest nuts, sold both, and said either would do. The general opinion was, however, that seedlings varied so much that it was best to graft or bud the trees The pecan has few and very small lateral roots We were advised that it would be weil to cut the tap root of those we were going to transplant about 18 inches below the surface and let it grow another year, giving the laterals a year 30 develop Io 1891 we got from the depart? ment at Washington the names of those growing the best pecans Among them were : Col. Stuart, above mentioned, and Dr. O ? Faust, of Bamberg They both sent us sample nuts, which were very fine indeed. Dr Faust at that time could not supply us with seed. I understand he has continued with great success I heard with pleasure a paper from him on the subject at Clemson in 1898, and would advise any one to consult him before going into the business. What I 6tarted out to write spe? cially ha3 to do with the tree after it comes up and tell of some of the enemies to au orchard cf pecans as ' we have found them. After the little trees had shed their ! leaves in the fall of the first year we ' would find lots of them cut off "siiek" ; just above the ground ; sometimes : the tree would be cut in several " pieces This we laid to some little negroes at first, but found eut it was ! done by rabbits The second year these stumps put up again, as did : also the roots of several that had 1 apparently died This put these . trees one year behind. That fall the rabbits did not bother them, thoagh we took no precautions The next two years we had to fight a little worm which destroyed the 1 bud of the young twig in the spring, I causing growth to stop, until the ; young leaves already put out bad fully grown, then a new bud would j form and the iimb proceed to grow I We were cut out of nearly a year'* I grrowth on this account. The only 1 remedy suggested by the department, J when consulted, was spraying before i the bud opened and afterwards f After the second season cf spraying the trees srot larder, and as there wag j more top the worms could not do sc 1 much harm and now we hardly evei . see their effect 1 The worst enemy, however, 'ap , ? peared year before last in the shape 1 of the hickory twig girdler This 9 bug begins its work in the sumrnei i by laying an egg just at the root o .* , the leaves on the iimb. sometime* r j beneath every leaf. ^She tuen goes . j lower down and girdles the limb I j causing it to die. The egg turns ti ; a worm, which feeds on the deat j wood of the iimb during the winter '. corning out in the spring anothe . j bug ?lost everybody ha? noticet t their effect upon hickory trees in th< j I woods. As they do their wickedness ! with the set of mar.dn-!s, and nfl tin .. mouth ptoper, there is no chance v y ki!i them by poisoning with sprays . j The only remedy is to gather thes j dead limbs and burn them, destroyin? tbe egg or worm I did this last winter and there is a marked de? crease in the injury done this year I found yesterday that some trees have been cut. one tree having six limbs cut off Last year I counted as many as thirteen limbs cut from one tree. One tree last year lost every iimb. The egg is a full six? teenth of an inch long, the bug is I about the size of a yellow jacket j Where an orchard is surrounded j with a forest in which there ia much hickory it wili be hard to get rid of j th-.-m " We have fought these discourage I ments and still have great faith in j the business Our trees are now ! seven years old. One tree bloomed j this year, lots of them should bloom I next year. As none have borne we j cannot tell about the merits of the tap j root trees. I made a chart of the I orchard though, and have all trans? planted trees marked, so we can tel i later When discusing the merits of tbe business with the man we bought from we raised the objection of the length of time we would have to wait He replied that he guessed i we wanted to wait here that long anyhow, and we just as well wait with on orchard coming on as with? out We though that was good lockie, so 6ent in our order. I hope others will not be deterred from the venture ; they may not have the same trouble or as many. The pecan is a tree of wonderful vitality. It will put up time and again from a dead stock or tree In our orchard is growing a little tree about two feet high, which sprouted up from a root, which a careless plougbmn tore off from the parent j system A Piumer Burgress. Summerton. Clarendon County, ! October 30, 1899 s II mmm - Municipal Water and Lights In 1880 the city of Jackson vii ie, Florida, assumed control of its water? works system, and io 1893 established an electric lighting plant ?r that city. Before 1893 Jacksonville paid ?8 000 a yea? for lightiog its streets with gas, and cot? ont cf the profits of the sale of electricity at 7 cents per kilo watt, it is paving all expenses nf operating the plant, including nr-uctenaoee of plas: aod circuits, is lighting its streets and pub?c buildings, fire statioos, armories, and ali hospital* and charita hie institution?, is constantly extending its commercial and street iin?9. is lay? ing aside a considerable sum for a I sinking fund, and is oaying interest on the entire investirent at tho rate of 5 per cent p:r annum These facts are taken from the New York Journal When the original city plant was estab? lished the charge made by the private companies for electric lighting was 28 couts per kilo watt-when the city plant was put in operation the charge was re? duced tc 7 cents, or exactly or?e qrjarter of what the private company cuarged for the service. The charge for gas was $3 a thousand feet-under the city control of the lighting piaots the prioe of gas has been forced down to $1 50. The charge of 2 000 kilo power aro lights in use ail night for a nanto was made $7 50. against ?15 by the old ratea Arc lamps burned until midnight; were charged at the rate of $6 50, against ?13 old rate The charge for incandescent lamps for illuminating private dwellings wa9 fixed at 30 cents per month per lamp, while at business places the rate for the same service was made 75 cents per lamp. Io places where twen? ty five or more incandescent lamps were used on a single iostal'atioo, the lights were put on the meter system, and the charge was at the rate of 7 cents per kilo-watt. "There has been effected a saving to the people from the former cost of lighting, wheo the amount used is considered, of 75 per cent." "The aenua! saving to the people of Jack? sonville by the reduction of prices for lighting is more than the entire cost of the plantV The water works and tho electric lighting plants in Jacksonville are operated side by side, and under the same management, and the experiment of mnoioipal ownership bas been dis? tinctly to the advantage of the taxpay ere of the town In Cbarles'oo the rate that is paid for lighting the streets with electric lights is ?100 per annum, "running on a moonlight schedule," as against $90 io Jacksonville The cost of illuminating private dwellings in Jacksonville, the current beinir sup? plied by the ci'y, is 30 cents per month per lamp, or 7 cents per kilo watt. Io Charleston, under the private owner? ship of the electric lighting plant, there is no u)ontbiy charge per lamp, but consumers pay for electric lighting at 15 ceot-i per kilo-watt, or a litte more (hau twice as much as is paid io Jaok gonville, not counting the monthly "minimum charge" of ?3 One ol the adv??tases that the city will hav? when the wat?rwori?;- scstpm has been es? tablished is a mere abuedant supply o! water at a ies-j cost, ard eventually a cheaper supply of light, not on!y foi municipal purposes, but, it is honed, foi privai^ aud manufacturing purp?3e?? also -Ncw> aod Courier. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of JEFFRIES KEEPS CHAMPION'S BELT. Sharkey Puts Up Plucky Fignt But Loses at Last. Rin^pide, Coney I-iand Sporting Club, New York, Nov. 3.-James Jeffries retaios the cbampioof-hip of the world. Rerer."c George S?er <?iv ins; him the decision at tho end of rho 25th rouod, over Saiior Tom Sharkey, at the Cooey Island Sporting Club tonight. Ic was one of the most marvelous battles that bas taken place, and the greatest crowd that ever garner ed in the Coney Island club witnessed the desperate straggle for supremacy In five rounds Jeffries had the bstter of the figbt, in the first two and in last three During the other twenty Sharkey forced the issue, and like a bull terrier was at bis man with borb hands unceasingly. In those 20 rounds Jeffries' great weight and brawn helped him to hold off the sailor, and in the 22d round he swnog in a couple of vicious uppercuts that made Sharkey groggy. Tom came back again in the 24(h and 25b, but be was weakened greatly by Jeffries' vicious blows. One mioute before the gong sounded to eod the figbt Jeffries' left glove came eff and praotioaiiy tho contest was over. The referee motioned to Jeffries' corner ; an American fhg was flung around the obampion'tf sboalders and the crowd, outside and in the arena, cheered wiidiy. The crowd on the opposite and io Sharkey's corner yelled for sharkey, and the men were led back to their cressing rooms. CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, P* " Burns j Bruises, Rheuma? tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts Sold br Bngbson-Ligoo Co. Text Bocks for the Public Schools. To the Teachers of Public Schools, Sumter County : It bes coze tc ay knowledge that aoze of 1 the te3cber3 cf the public schools of this county aie causing to be used in the schools of which they have charge text books not prescribed by the State 3oird of Education to the exclusion of tbe books prescriosd, thus creating confusion, defeating tbe plan ta secure uniformity in the school bocks used throughout the county and causing needless expense to patrons of the schools who are forced TO purchase new hock3. I can bot believe tbat this ?3 the result ol tack of information conceding the rois re? quiring the uee of the prescribed text books io ail pablic schools, except graded echoo's, not under the direct supervision of tbe Coun? ty Board of Education. Tue prescribed text books must be used, except where other books are now in use, and when new books art purchased they are required to be of the pre? scribed ?8t. The following is a list of the books adopt? ed for use in the public schools by the State Board of Education : Holmes' New First Reader, S IS Holmf8' New Second Readear, 21 Holmes' New Third Reader, 4( HolxfS: New Fourth Reader, 5( Holmes' New Fifth Reader, 7? Appleton's Readers permitted and their us< to be continued in counties cow using then untii the County Boards order a change t< the standard. Swinton's Word Primer, S li Swioton's Word Baok, 2( Lippincott's Popular Speller, 2! Reed's Word Lessons, 2! Tarbell's Lessons in Language, No 1, 41 Tarbell's Lessons in Language, No 2, 6? Strang's Exercises in English, 4: Hansell'9 School History, ( 6' Haoeelt's Higher History, 1 0' Montgomery's Beginners' American history, 6' Chapman's History cf South Carolina, 7 Anderson's General History, 1 6 Maurr'8 Elementary Geography, 5 Maury's Manual Geography, S. C. ed, 1 2 Maury's Physical Geography, 1 2 Tilden'8 Commercial Geography, 1 2 Robinson's New Rudiments of Arith, 3 Robinson's New Practical Arithmetic, 6 Use of old edition of Robinson's Aritbme tic3 permitted where now in use. Wentworth's School Algebra, $1 I Webster's Primary Dictionary, I Webster's Common Schcol Dictionary, 7 ( Webster's High School Dictionary, 1 0 j Webster's Academic Dictionary 1 5 j Stowell's Primer of Health, 4 Stowell's A Healthy Body. 5 Stowell's Hiseentials of Health, S Peterwan's Elements of Civil Govern? ment, 6 J. Edwin Rembert, Co. Sept. Education. Sumter Co. Tho abovo named, hooks and a] others used in the public schools c thc County, icr sale 07 E. G. Ostce: Sc Co. _ Claremont Lorine fis. 64 A. F. I npHE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMT J[ NI CATION of Claremont Lodire, N< C4, A. F. M.. will be held on Thur?da Evening, November 16, at 7J p. m. Bretbre will tnke due notice and govern themseivi accordingly B. J, RH AME, W. M. Attest--H. C- MOSES. Sec. SEMD US ONE DOLLAR r>- ^fjfe^Hl Cut this ad. out ?nd send to us with?l.O?, ami we will send you this yT?^^'isf?^^?^~'r- '^'-'^"'?fBk SEIT IMPROVED /.CBS QtEKJi PARLOR OIWAS. by freight C. O. D.. eubj-Kt /JT^T^T-T--^-^~^^?^y toeiaxiaat;oc. You can examine it at yoi: r nearest freight depot.and f^jL^^^?A?^^^^S^^^???gLBp if you find it eractly aa represent':!:, e<ii:al to organs that retail at Jf n^^S?P??*Ba?ggS^f' -? .'wV^'^X'* <75.C0i'>Sl!;0.OO. the greatest valueyoue.->ir saw awl far hettorthan A ! bS^mi'M-^jam^'i'} ^MTOW?f. organs ?Averti od by others at nore money, pay th? freight ajrent our Q rfsE?fl^tfl W^AM?w???^m .peelAiro dar* oiftr price. 831.73, less theil, or fA.'.h and frel?ht chantes. 9 ?^?i?^ WU?M- h&? %i!';NB??i* ?31.75 iS OUR SPECIAL 90 DAYS PRiCE.^ llH^HS ed by others. Puch an oller was nnver wa>i before. S^"*?!!^ ^i/-- fe^wHiWra THC Jl 0 S rr rtlttCU is or.? of thc most durable nod sweetottoned ?r.- V k= /?K .??SS?wT! Silt Atl&C \?Utt? Etn::nects ever made. From the illustration SfSgW igA:^?U?: W?l^SS? chown, which ? t engrerred direct fron ?? photograph, y>u ?-a:, form (Egg"'-*- ., : '? _^ BlHKh pome Ids? of its beautiful eppearanr". 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