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riWO (>? THI BU?lNBSB Luiet of Sumur held it* regales mootkly iniIii Id If* Y. M. 0. A. ?all Net Wedoeeday eeeeieg at ? o)cloc?. frootdiol Altamoot Mn*h 10 ib* ekatr. Tbi |>mi4Mt eoeonoced mat be had writ tee Mr B Berdca, sopenoteodeot of trans perteitoo o( tbe A C L . with reference to a paanaf si ?oacb oo ibe freight tralo from floraeo* to Boater, end that oem* bad boto ?01 oo la aeeordaace with Iba rtqeeo?, though Mr. Bord*o wrote tool such aorvieo in ibt Boat too oot provco eettefaciory. With ref ceeaoe to Ike schedule of tbe Biabopfiite tffwfa, ho wroto that tbe ehaogiog of it would eMaofftoago other eebedu ts aow 10 operation, owl laxi bo would do tba bttt be eould <o asm ply wlik loo wishes of tba Buiiaoaa LfOeTM la too ?alter Too >eso?d*oi a lao elated tbai be waa at taw A. 0 L. oipot oa a relay night oot inog too potofel lack of comfort* aod deitooe eeoord him to write a latter 4 Meoager Keoly, of tbe Coast w vsiattvo thereto, oaklet for a abed aod dry welk, aa tkat todtea and children could toko tke itoie wttkoat getting wei aod mod 4y oo It aow the eooa To thie latter be bae aw? ie? received a reply. R. I Maeolog, of tka eoamittee ap paoaooi ol tke loot aseotiog of iko Uague to swBcwtbjsaie ?karge* of loos of weight lo cot tee* aoee ike folio ?lag report: Tew* esw seilte* bog lea?* to report: Tkal toey Bote gooo leto tke exasoioatloo et Ute laoltora eocaplalood of wiibopeo toiod tka 4eelr? to correct coy tblog which ear kardsblp or iojaaileooa t jytrs aw seels re Tear eeeiaiiitee examined peraooallj tba a Sew By tbe Public Weighers and thev m oo eaeoe of complaint iboro. Tba i ore frtqoeatly looted ; aod wore foood to koearroat cod oeeeroto. Tear eeeaaatttee farther examined into tho geettavisf oltoweaeefor damp aod wet cottoo, aaw, while le attek a waiter there le aboo sweaty so eariaaa or peelilvo role, by wkicb Ike vj einher eoo bo goveroed, tkey found by aawpsrieoo aod teat that *ba Poblie Weighers kave ooto fair aod Jeat aod hare dooe all io Ikoir 04-wet lo arrtvo ot bootet weigbia. Teer coos mitt* fortber examined into tbe efootle matter eomplaleed of by Mr. Hyeaao. Bjr eow|?aneoo af weights of cottoo weighed aawat II* Oasao tlaaa aa lao cottoo named by Ml. Hy.eoc. your commit tea foood thai the oeorofo leea le weight waa 8} pounds per Bole. WblU this leea was ooi aa great a* that eotaploiaod of by Mr Hyaao by 1} poood* act bora, yet Iba aonaiiteo after eoo aids flag tkat aoaepliag waa done ?fter the weigbia i, aod Mm pied ageia io Wilroiagtoo, pvebebl r before voigkloff, tkoy oro forced to law eeotlBiloa Iboi Ike loo* weaooly wbat wea roanoeably o boeo btco expected. The by wkieb Mr. Bysaao bought tbo Oot loo eete Ike weights the cottoo wa* orig ioaily Hoegbt al at different liaifa during lb* taaoaa?some datiag back to early io Sep raaoker Beooe, year owmittc* report* that tho? kovo foe ad ootki g wroog io Ibo manner of wWgBiei/, tbe ec* ee eaed, or io tba way ibe work I* doo* by it? pabhe Weigher* (BtgarS) Neill 0 Doooill, Ch'm, Abo Kyttooberg, R. 1. Moaaiog. Copt A. W. Suder aod Mr. W. E. Cook, of too 8omter Tobacco Warebooo?, w*r* P'osaoi aid d iocs seed the opeaiag of a new road froex McB-ide's to Brogdoo'*, which woold dotr*aoo Me dtatooeo ibal persons llv tag la too loboeoo rogloo woold boeo io boul ?waif tobacco to gel It to Sumter, at east aigat m*'*v. making tbe distance It mi lee in *eoa4 of 20, a* ic aow is Capt. Suder show ai w* tke loop tb? ade an tage that euch a road woold ao o ike people, aod dlecoseed ib* booeti it ooeld to io the trade of Suajter by boviog oot aaly tke tobacco, but all tba wrrketable prodicts of thai rich section of eoootry krtoght bore. Be waa followed by ?r Oook, ivbo aatd bo bad boeo oil tbroogb toot foetioa of eoont y, and teat lb* people were oaealioeoe la faeor of tbe rood, tbot tear wool la aoeae to Bumter, as ibey aoy ii la the Beat place tor tb** to buy good*, but ?key ere kept from doing so oo ?eoooot of tke ileSBBii aod four wllee of heavy eeod at Rooky Bloff swamp All tbia old be obti alee) W too a repose*) rood la opened Hoe B. 1 Mooolog said I bat be tboogbt it too teepoopl* of that aoetio* of ib* county to io pet ??>?? eloeor to Kb with tos county After ether dieeoMko participated in b? M.O Byitooberg, H J and J Barwy, H won moved aod earned tkat Mr. Cook bo Botieieed to get up a pat moo from tka* Sfeiiao oaklof fo' ibe opeotog of lb* ?ea4, ae io rot|oir?4 by low, tkat Meeer* AI losooot Moati, R I. Manning aod K D. Le* eooetUot* o e?eaeilti*o to go bofofo tke Coun? ty Boerd of (lomatoalooero ot lie aeai meat, lag aod preaont tke matter folly, abowiog It* aooeaatty, ae tkot tke board woald be la pof laMaw of all tka Mia aod io a proper peel Maa ta aai wkea ike potlHoa waa prevented. Br. B. J. Barby, of tke Boater Compress Oosopooy, celled otwoiloo to tke groee die OfIsaiaaiioo of the Atlantic Ooeet Lio* ogalost aettoo eompreeoed at dumt*r, aad after tka saalior wa* dtoeoeoed a committee conslstiog of Altosaool Moose, R | Manning aod H J. Haroy waa appointed io lotofVMW lao Rail *aa*J Oommleeioo aod lay tbe coo* before that body ol a lima wboe tb* repreoaaiaiivea of tke Oeeot Uoe could bo precent Br. B. O. Ryiteeborg spoke of diecrlmioa ttoe io freight reise, oed Mr J. K Harb? aatd ko kopod to kovo o considerable qoaallty of atatlatrse reieil?o to tke matter by ik* next Bseettag of tke League; tkat ke kad oot bod opporiaaitj to do ao op to Ibl* time Oo osotioo tke Leagoo odjooroed lo meet tke frei Wedoreday aveolog io Dec-mber Tba Baal Widow Brown Tbe real widow Brawa moat bare boeo a ^widow and a pret'y loogb out at tbot, i par for ma oca loot week waa a traa por? trayal of tke widow's reel character Tb* ploy rtaoff, if tbat dlsbiotod farce comedy ceo ae dtgeiaad ky calling U a play, waa oot so rook, Bel tke apoaialilos loft a dark browo io*ie It tke aoootk* of eaaay of tbe hardened bakttBfO of tke Bold bead row. Tkoy foond tke epeeialtk* too raok aad highly favored to gait ikoir epicurean loatea for wbat is nique aad eeo tkty ood some of them could Bad aotkieg stronger to aay about It tbao ?bat Doooao Clark'* Female Mlostrol* of odorous memory gate o H-nday Bcbool per foe ma oca io eomperteoo with ibe exhibition of tke Reel W.dow ood b*r coterie of bigb krvkere. Foriooa**ly oil of ib* allosiooe ood ioeoedoee la tbe spsciattieo fall lai, because tkey wore bootetb tbo comprehension of a wejorl'y of tbe aodietce. It is socb eggrr gauoas a* tke Widow Brown ibat do th* clean o*d legitimate drama ioeetimeble berm aod beep n??oy people who eojoy cleeo ehowe from goiog to ibe Upere House Tbe mooegemeoi of tbe Opera Houe* and ike o*wspap*rs are oot respooeible for foiat iog ib* Widow Browo on ao unsuspecting poblie, for lb* company cam* here with gord eredsotials aod a clean bill of health. Tbl* paper opologbjgg for ail that was publish'* ta oummendatioo of tbe Widow. lllesBorck'o Iron Nerro. Was thv reeull of bis splendid health. In dcmltabte will end (rem*ad<>us ercrgy are not * m I where 8ioasacb, Liver, Kidneys and Beweis are out of order. If you want these qoelltfes and tbe success Ihsy bring, usa Dr Kie,r'" Life Pills. They detelop eeery pow*,- of brain aa* body. Only lie at J. F. . DeLorote's Dreg Sior* N?T CULTURE IN THIS STATE. How to Protect Young Pe? cans From Several Pests. To the Editor ot the News and Courier : 1 neve reed with interest end profit tbe letter of Mr tYoodn on " Xut Culture in tbis State," and your editorial on tbe ssroe I will ask the privilege of giving my experienoe with pecans, ss it may be of aome help to those con templating planting, and also of agreeing io the main with what Mr. Woods asya. We plaoted our orchard in the apriog of 1892. about 15 acres We bought tbe nnts from Texas in tbe early winter, aod joat buried them in tbe ground, firat potting them in a box To February we took them up, eoaked io water for a few daya and planted I would oay we got over 80 per cent to oome up I bardly think tbe plan of soskiog in liquid msnure is necessary The amount taken up by the bard ahell would be but little and if it reached tbe kernel would probebiy kill it. The plao we used, os advised, was simply to soak aa we would chufaa, tbe purpose being to hasten sprout ing and not to fertilise. Tbe hole in wbich tbe nnt is plaoted should be made at leaat two feet across and that deep, filled in with rotted earth from fence corners or tbe woods Pient tbe nut three or four inches deep We bad fine success with above method By the advice of the man we bought tbe aeed from we put tbree in a bill, in order to insure a stand This we would uot do again, as it is, m waste. Put one in a hill and where they do not come fill in with trees from noroery or plant again. Tbe spring of 1893 1 took up and act out from tbe extra ones which came up 75. Tbia is a big job, for. aa Mr Woods osys, the root will the first year average twice the length of the tree. We read everything we could get about thia time for and againet the necessity of tbe tap root. Oor conclusion was Ibis, that those who have nuts to sell advocate the tap root Those who have trees to sell do not think it necesssry Col W R Stoait, of Mississippi, who, up to now, bss produced tbe fiueat nuts, so.d both, and said either 'xould do The general opinion was, however, tbat seedlings varied so much that it was best to graft or bud tbe trees Tbe pecan has few aod very small lsteral roota Wo were advised tbat it would be well to cut the top root of those we were going to transplant about 18 inches below the surface and let it grow another year, giving tbe laterale a year jo develop Io 1891 we got from tbe depart? ment at Washington the nsmes of those growiog the best pecans Among them were : Col. Stuart, above mentioned, and Dr. 0 0 Faoat, of Bamberg They both sent us sample note, which were very fine indeed. Dr Faust at that time could oot supply os with seed. I understand be has continued with great aucoeaa 1 beord with pleoaore a paper from him on tbe aubject at Clemson io 1898, ood woold advise any one to consult him before going into tbe business. What I atarted out to write spe cially has to do with tbe tree after it comes up ood tell of aome of the enemies to au orchard of pecans as we have found tbem After the little treeo bad abed their leavea io tbe fall of tbe firat year we woold find lolo of tbem cot off "slick" jost above tbe ground ; sometimes tbs tree woold be cot in several pieoee This we laid to aome little negroea at firat, but fouod out it was done by rabbita Tbe aecond year these stumps put up agaiu, as did also tbe roota of aeveral tbat had I opparootly died This put these trees one year behind. Tbat fall toe rabbits did not botbsr tbem, tboogh we took oo preoaotiona The next two yeara we bad to fight o little worm which destroyed the bud of tbe youog twig in tbe spring, couoiog growth to stop, until the youug leaves already pt.t out bad folly grown, then o uew nod would form and tbe limb proceed to giow We were cut oot of nearly a year's growth oo tbis sccoont. The only remedy suggested by the department, when consulted, was spraying before the bud opened and afterwards After tbe second seaeon of spraying tbe trees got larger, aod aa there waa more top tbe worms could uot do so much harm and now we hardly ever eee their effect The worst enemy, however, ap? peared year before last io the shape of the hickory twig girdler This bug begine its work in the summer by laying an egg just at tho root of the leaves on the limb, sometimes beneath every leaf She tneu goes lower down and girdles the limb, causing it to die. The egg turns to j o worm, which feeds on the dead wood of the limb during the winter, coming out in the spring another bug Most everybody has noticed their effect upon luckoiy trees in the woods As llt*y do their wiekodneas with the en of mandrels, and not the mouth pioper, there is no chance to kili them by poisoning with sprays Tue only remedy is to gather these dead limbs and born tbem, destroying Ibt egg or worm I did tbie loot winter end there ie e marked de* create io the injury done thie year I found yesterday that some trees have been out. one tree having six limbs cut off Last year 1 counted as many as thirteen limbs cut from one tree. One tree last year loet every limb. The egg is a full six? teenth of an inch long, the bug is about tbe size of a yellow jacket Where an orchard is surrounded with a forest in which there ie much hickory it will be hard to get rid of them We have fought these discourage meets and still have great faith in the business Our treee sre now seven yesrs old. One tree bloomed tbis year, lots of them should bloom next year. As none have borne we cannot tell about the merits of the tap root treca. I made a chart of the orchard though, and have all trans? planted treee marked, so we can tell later When discusing tbe merits of tbe business with the man we bought from we raised the objeotion of the length of time we would have to wait He replied that he guessed we wanted to wait here tbat long anyhow, and we just as well wait with on orchard coming on as with out We though that was good logic, so sent in our order. I hope others will not be deterred from tbe venture ; they rosy not have the same trouble or aa many. The pecan is a tree of wonderful vitality. It wili 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 ploughmn tore off from the parent system A Plumer Burgress. Summerton. Clarendon County, .Ootober 30, 1899 ? 11 ? Municipal Water and Lights Io 1880 the eity of Jaoksooville, Florida, assumed oootrol of its water? works system, aod in 1893 established an electric lighting plant f >r that oity. Bo/jre 1893 Jaokjonvillo paid $8 000 a year for lighting its streets with gas, and now nut of the profits of tbe sale of eleotrioity at 7 cents per kilo watt, it is paying all expenses of operating the plant, including maintenance of plant aod oirooits, is lighting its streets aod public buildings, fire stations, armories, and all hospitals aod oharita hlo institutions, is constantly extending its oommcroial and street lines, is lay ing a'ide a considerable sum for a sinking food, and is oayiog interest on the entire investment at the rate of 5 per cent par annum These facts are taken from the New York Journal Wheo the original oity plant was estab? lished the charge made by the private companies for electric lighting wae 28 cents per kilo watt?wheo the city plant wat put io operation tha oharge was re? duced Io 7 cents, or exactly one quarter of what the pfifatg company obargod for the serviee. The oharge for gaa wee $3 a thousand feet?onder the eity eootrol of the lighting plants the price of gae has beeo forced down to $1 50. The oharge of 2 000 kilo power arc lights to use all night for a uontb was made $7 50. agaioet $15 by tbe old rates Aro lamps burned until midnight were charged at the rate of $6 50, againet $18 old rate The oharge for iooandesoent lamps for illuminating private dwellings was filed at 30 cents per month per lamp, while at business places tbe rate for the sajie servioe was made 75 eeots per lamp lo places where tweo ty five or more iooandesoent lamps were used oo a single installation, tbe lights were put on the meter eystem, aod the oharge was at the rate of 7 cents par kilo-watt. "There has been effected a saving to the people from tbe former oost of lighting, wheo the amooot used ie considered, of 75 per cent." "Tbe aroual saving to the people of-Jack? sonville by the redootioo of pricee for lighting is more tbao tbe ootire oost of tbe plant " Tbe water worke and tbo oleotrie lighting plaote in Jaoksooville are operated eide by side, aod under the same management, aod the experiment of municipal ownership has beeo dis? tinctly to the advantage of tbe taxpay ers of the towo In Cbsrlestoo tbe rate that is paid for lighting the streeta with eleetrio lights is $100 per annum, "running on a moonlight schedule," as against $90 io Jaoksooville The oost of illuminating private dwellings in Jaoksooville, the current being sup? plied by the ei-y, is 30 cents per month per lamp, or 7 eoote per kilo watt. In Charleston, under the private owner? ship of the eleetrio lighting plant, there ie no monthly charge per lamp, bot eoosumers pay for eleotrio lighting at 15 cent-* per kilo-watt, or a litte more than twice as muoh as is paid in Jaok sooviile, not oouoting the monthly "minimum charge" of $3 One of the advautages that the oity will have when the waterworks ivstem has been es? tablished is a more abundant supply o( water at a \ea>* cast, and eventually a oheapcr supply of light, not only for municipal purposes, hut, it is honed, f?r privaie and manufacturing purposes aUo ?News aod Courier. CASTOR IA For Infant r and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the rff t^" Signature of LAdZ^/Z J<bCcJuA/. JEFFRIES KEEPS CHAMPION'S BELT. Sharkey Puts Up Plucky Figbt But Loses at Last. Ringside, Coney Inland Sporting Club, New York, Nov. 3.?James Jeffries retains tbe championship of ibe world. Rifereo George Siler qiv ing him tbe decision at the eod of tbo 25th round, over Sailor Tom Sharkey. at tbo Coney Island Sporting Club tonight. It was one of tbe most marvelous battles that has taken piaoe, and the greatest crowd that ever gather ed in tbe Coney Island club wi'uessed tbe desperate struggle for supremacy In five rounds Jeffries bad tbe better of the figbt, in the first two and in last three During tbe other twenty Sharkey forced the issue, and like a bull terrier was at his man with both bands uooea?ingly. In those 20 rounds Jeffries' great weight and brawn helped bio: to hold off the sailor, aod in tbe 22d round he swnog in a couple of vioious upperouts that made Sbarkey groggy. Tom oame baok agaio in the 24fh and 25t.b, but be waa weakened greatly by Jeffries' vioious blows. Ooo mioute before tbe gong sounded to eod tbe fight Jeffries' left glove oame off and praotioaliy the contest was 'er. The referee motioned to c Tries' ooroer; an American flag was Kig around the obampion's shoulders *>d the orowd, outside and in tbe are obeered wildly. The crowd oo It, opposite and in Sharkey's oorncr yelled for Sharkey, and the men were led baok to their oressing rooms. ? ? ???? ? ? CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheuma? tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts Sold by Hoghson-Ligoo Co. Text Books for the Public (Schools. To the Teachers of Public Schools, Sumter County : It bos coxe to my knowledge that soze of the teachers of the public ccboohi of this coooty ate cacsiog to be used in lbs schools of whieb tbey have charge text books oot pre5cribed by the State Board of Education to the exclusion of tbo books prescrioed, tbu9 creanog contusion, defeating tbe plan to secure uniformity io the echool bocks used throughout the county and causing needless expense to patrons of the schools who are force;! to purchase new bocks. I can hut believe that tbij is the result of hck of information concerning tbe rule re? quiring tbe use of tbe prescribed text books io all public schools, except graded schools, not ucder the direct supervision of tbe Coun? ty Board of Education. Tbe prescribed text books most be used, except where other books are now in Ufa, and when new books are purchased tbey are required to be of tbe pre? scribed list. Tbe following is a list of tbe booVs adopt? ed for use in tbe public schools by tbe State Board of Education : Holmes' New First Reader, $ 1ft Holmes' New Second Readear, 25 Holme*' New Third Rtader, *0 Rolmrs' New Fourth Reader, 50 Holmes' New Fifth Reader, 75 Appletoo's Readers permitted and their use to be continued in counties now uBing tbem untii the County Boards order a change to tbe standard. Swintoo's Word Primer, $ 15 Swiotoo's Word Book, 20 Lippiocott's Popular Speller, 25 Reed's Word Lessoos, 25 Tarbell's Lessons in Language, No 1, 40 Tarbell's Lessons in Language, No 2, 60 String's Exercises in English, 45 Hansell's School History, 60 Haosell's Higher History, 1 00 Montgomery's Beginners' American history, 60 Chapman's History of South Carolina, 75 Anderson's General History, 1 60 Maury's Elementary Geography, 55 Maury's Manual Geography, S. C. ed, 1 25 Maury's Physical Geography, I 20 Tildeo's Commercial Geography, 1 25 Robinson's New Rudiments of Aritb, 30 Robinson's New Practical Arithmetic, 65 Use of old edition of Robinson's Arithme? tics permitted where now in use. Wentworth's Scboc' Algebra, $115 Webs'er's Primary Dictieoary, 10 Webster's Common School Dictionary, 75 Webster's High School Dictionary, 1 00 Webster's Academic Dictionary 1 60 Stowell's Primer of Health, 40 Stowell's A Healthy Bod?, 60 Stowell's Kssentiald of Health, 85 Petermao's Elements of Civil Govern? ment, 60 J. Edwin Rembert, Co. Supt. Education, Sumter Co. Tho abovo named, books and all : others used, in tho public schools of tho County, t'er salo by H. G. Ostoon & Co._I t Lote M 64.A.F.E rflHB REGULAR MONTHLY COVMU X KI?ATION of Olaremool Lodge, No fc4, A. F. M will be held on Thursday Bveniof, Noiember lb, at 7jp. m. Brethren will take doe notice and govern themseivpp accordingly B. J, RH A ME, W. M. Attest?H. C. Mosxs. Sec. SEND IIS ONE DOLLAR Cut this ad. out and sendto us wlikBl.Ott, an< *e wilt send you this BBWIBPROVKD ACSK (.H KS PAKLOH OHCUN.by f reifrht CO. U.. eubj?et t**-?rula?iiofl. 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