Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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One in a Thousand. A Man Who Proves Himself a Man -An Object Lesson. This brief story deals with a mao -that individua! that is rarely met with in these last of century days. He came into Columbia from the low country on Christmas eve at 10 o'clock. He was a locomotive engineer and had come here to spend Christmas with his sisters, two highly esteemed yoong ladies who are earn ing their living here When he alighted from the train he had a raging headache and noticed some, "breaking ont75 on his hands In stead of hunting up h's relatives be sought a police oScer, told bira he feared be was being taken with small pox; that he did not care to endanger any other person and asked the officer to care for him. He was taken to the police barracks, but be would not enter ; instead he went ont into the yard away from ail others and spent that bitter cold night camping in the open air and drizzling rain the night through Though he was sick he remained where he was. It was four p m Christmas day wheo one of the board of health's physicians got to him and found that he indeed had a case of smallpox. Lost in admiration for such a man the physician busied himself in finding shelter for him A tent was secured and this nature's nobleman, whose re? gard for his feliow mao was above his own suffering and risk, by dark occupied it on the canal A kero? sene stove was placed in it. but it was not sufficient for such bitter weather and a coal steve was sent out. Thus with a nurse only to at tend to him, this man has spent his Christmas, and those be was coming to see and all others have been spared the danger of contagion His tent i has been sheltered with boards and he is now up again. He will soon be out The brotherhood, of which he is a member, and which should be proud to have him for a member, has seen to it that he has wanted for nothing The physician ia charge of him was so carried away with admi? ration for the man that be has given him far more careful attention than hs would have accorded any other pa tient, public or private. If ali who get the disease would follow this mao's example, tbe state board of health wou id not be long ia stamping the pest out of the ?tale - The State First Cotton Mill This Year. The first cotton mill Gf the new yea was commissioned yesterday by :h3 secretary of state. It is to be knowe as the DeKalb Cotton mill of Canoden, and th? capital stock is to be ?200,000, payable, according to tbe declaration, "io money v The corporators are E A. ?oykm of Camden. R. L Barstow of Boston, Mass ; R WV Mitcham of Walterboro, aod F M. Zemp aod W. M Shannon both of Camden. In this connection it may be weil to mention that those who are building the BafTalo mills io Union counry have almost completed the grading of their electric railway iioe to Uoioo, a dis? tance cf four miles ; that the brick for the mill i? nearly rpady. aod ibac the company proposes to have the model mill village of the south, equipping it with a park for operatives, a lake acd pablic libraries fer the pleasure of tte | operatives-State, Jan 2 NO MORE SLAVERY. Manila, Jan 2, 6.45 p. m.-A naval ! officer who has arrived here from Guam briogs a proclamation, issued by Capt Leary, navai governor of that island, | decreeing the absointe prohibition and total abolition of slavery or peonage, the order taking effect Feb 22 The prologue of the proclamation declares tbat the Spanish system of j peonage, amounting to slavery, is a j menace to popular liberty and a viola? tion of the privileges guaranteed by tbe American constitatioo. Capt Leary also deported all the Spanish priests for reasons which were sufficient to bim Plague in the Philippines. Washington, Jan 4.-Prompt meas? ures are beiog taken by the offioials here to deal with the bubonic plague in tbe Philippines aod to prevent its introduction ioto the United States An exeoutive order will be issued tomorrow by tbe war department; placing ?be quarantine service of the Philippines io charge of tbe marine hospital service, and officers to manage that work will be detailed by tbe secretary of tbe treasury A speoial set of instructions designed to prevent the introduction of the disease on tbe Pacific coast are aiso io preparation and will be issued 8rou. Passed Assistant Surgeon J. C. Perry of tbe marine hospital service bas been detailed by Dr Wyman to have charge temporally of the quarantine Fervice at Manila. He has been at Hongkong for six mouths, is familiar with other Asiatic ports and is regarded as ao experienced and capable officer The shocking discovery is made j that intemperance is gteatiy on the increase among women in Chicago, j But people who live in Chicago can't be expected to escape everything. Lake Michigan Joins ! Waters With Guif. Opening of Great Sewerage and Ship Canal From Chicago. j Chicago, Jan 2 -The $33,000,000 ! canal at present used for sewerage I disposal, but ultimately to be a ship canal also, is in use today after seven years of hard work by the trustees of the Sanitary District, which is the name of a corporation including the larger part of the city of Chicago and many of its suburbs. What is called the collateral chan? nel had been completed for some time from a branch of the Chicago river in the southwestern part of the city to within 15 feet of the canal Monday night a big steam dredge began to cut away this wall of earth, bat the work had not been finished when the Sanitary District Trustees arrived on the scene this morning Shortly before 9 a. m. a small stream of water was flowing through the hole in the 15 foot wall. Soon the dredge had cut away some more earth and more water came over the dam What had gone before trickled out on the ice-covered bed of the main channel I and the great canal had been open ' ed Tbe dredge continued foi hours to cut away the 15-foot waii of earth Finally the cut in the dam was dis I charging 30,000 cubic feet of water a minute, and the dredge continusd at work all day, so as to make the dis charge 50.000 cubic feet or more a minute About Wednesday at noon it is ex r>cc:ed to reach L^ckport. and about Friday, from the time the flow began, according to the estimate of the chiet engineer, the canal will be full and the water will begin lo run over the siiis of the controlling gates at Lock port, 23 mii?s ii om Chigago Then* it wiii fail into the Desplatas river and then into liiinois and Mississippi rivers, and so finsUy Lake Michigan wiil shake hands with the Gulf of Mexico. Warrant From King George. Gov McSweeney yesterday re ceived from ?V D Porcher of Charleston a valuab'e revolutionary document, which was forwarded by Mr Pembroke Jones in behalf or Mri A L Norrie of Waii street. New i York, who desired that the document i should rest among the archives of j South Carolina lt is one of King George's warrants for the paying of certain parties whose names are set forth "for victualling our forces with? in the provinces of South Carolina and Georgia with ail species of provis ions between the 1st day of January, 1761. and the 25th day of March following, both daies included The document is dated "Court at Saint James's this thirteenth day of July 1761 in the first year of our reign," aud ' George R " appears in the up per left hand corner Gov Mcsweeney wiii 3cknowIege the receipt of the document in a let ter to Mr Norrie.-State, Jan 4 Six Hundred KiUed. Ss Petersburg, Jan 3.-The latest reports from Acbaikalek, io the govern roeot of Tiflis, show? that sis hundred lives were iosc during the earthquakes which visited that district Monday. - mma- -- ? Jackson, Miss, Jan 3.-Tbe Demo ? eratic caucus here tonight unanimously ! Dominated ez-Governor A J. McLau ? rio for the long term of United States senatorshin. It has not yet beeo j decided wben the eleotioc of the sbort i term senator wiii be brought before the j joint session. I London, Jan 4 -A dispatch from I Bristol announces ihat the British ?.steamer Borghese, of Glasgow, found I ered off Cape Finisterre last Friday j during a hurricane. Twenty-two of j the crew were drowned The survi? vors, niue io number, have just arrived at Bristol. Hamburg, Jao 2.-The Hamburger Correspocdenz announces that the German bark Hans Wagner, of Ham* berg, was seized by the British at Delagoa Bay Deo 31, and that her j owners have lodged a complaint with j the British foreign office. ! Frankfort, Ky. Jao 2 -After four I years of re?iremeor, former Senator 'Joseph Ciay Styles Blackburn was tchosm tonight by the joint caacus of j the Democratic members of the legisla j ture as the successor of Senator Wm. j Lindsay in the United States senate j Notwithstanding Blackburn's nomina j tion was a foregone conclusion aod bis election morally certaio, the proceed ! iogs uf the caucus tooigbt were enact I ed in the presence of a galaxy of Ken- j ! tucky beauty and a dense throng of Blackburn admirers Washington, Jan 3 -Representa? tive Chandler (?f New Hampshire today offered an amendment to tne 6nancial bill dedaring it to be the policy of the United State* to continuo : the ose of both gold *n<i silver a* [ standard money at.d ro coin both gold and '.iivcr ; providing f- r international agreement cr safeguard <r legislatioo to io?ure maintenance of tho parity, and for the appointment of commission? ers to an international conference No Race Prejudice In This. Gambler Wno Assaulted His Benefactress Lynched. Newport News, Va , Jan 5.?-The death of Wm. W Watts at thf> hands of a mob between *be hoar* f f 4 and 5 o;cl<>ck 'his morning marks the fir*- ^it fing of Judge Lynch in Newport N?ws. Hi* taking off also 8'goa!izes the initial execution, legaily or otherwise, of a wrii-e mao for rape in Virginia. The crime tbsr invoked mob veo geaoco was peculiarly atrocious, being blackened by the basest ingratitude The victim of the wretch upoD whom justice was so speedily visited was the benefactress of ber assailant, having fed him. a stranger, at her door, when he first appeared, begging for charity, tbree weeks ago, after reaching here penniless from Lynchburg, where bis father is a policeman Watts was 28 years old, unmarried, a professional gamoier and comes of a respectable family, with extensive relationship throughout thc S'ate. Yesterday afternooD be visited the house of Mrs. Thomas f?l Simpson, who bad befriended him whee he was in delirare circumstances, telling the lady he was about to leave fbe city and stating that be desired to thank her before geing way. Watts had made a stake at his calling during hi? sojourn here and Mrs Simpson failed to recognize io the well dressed mao the miserable mendicant upon whom she j bestowed alms three weeks befor?. Her ?D?eresr. io rho mao being awaken 6 d, she ooo versed with bim for a frw minutes at rh;; door. When sh - rr-rirrd i to the hallway he io'i'owt!d her, se;zed her by the tbroaf. forced her into the tittling room and overpowered her after a desperare ^rug':!:". Watts wa3 c::p'ured cn beard the special irairj of 0 P. Huntington j wheo i" was 1 a vin ? the ci.'y for R cbmon'i yesterday afternoon, and lodged irj j ii !. Th reo massed m cn rt: te "ed the station house ar 4 o'clock this morning ?-.:. ? torc, ii the jailer, ai rite poi-.- of p^rci:-, to surrender tho keys. Fotr ooror^niens cf the men received Wat ff, -.bru be r-:?* carried out and hu'ried away, first to the bcu-:e of Mrs. Simp? son, who idenuStd bim, at,d the.? o thc outskirts of the city, where a mob of several httcdred i-:fn were coDgre- ! gat:.'.! Hs was boned by thr; wrists to a saplitig IIic body w*s riddled v^ith bullets. It '.tad been intended to bang the n-ao. but the only rip:- w;:h wi:ich the party was provided nrov?d too short to go :ver aoy convenient limb. The rope w;?h which the body of th:j victim was bound was CUT up and dis :r.buted among the on-lookers. The identity of the lynchers is a rr.y? tery, and there is httle prospect r.f any? one cooneered with the affair bei'tg de tected. The poice arc ma?iag tho usual irquiry into the case ?Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightier Hula thing-that ever was mude is Dr. King'.- NCTV Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule ot b ea I rb that changes weakness into strength, listless ne>s into enerby, bairc-fag into mental power. They're wonderful m building up the health Only 25c per box. Sold by J. F. V.\ DcLorrue, j Druggist. 3 S ?me of uar county weeklies are complaining of the great ;?ca sudden rise in tb.'- prico of wn;te paper WTe have reason to believe that ir. wiii continue, and '.br. ?hoy wi? experience Dexc spring a paper famine. Therefore we advise them to contraes for their year's supply without delay ar:d be prepared for it Another thing they ; will do if they are wise-restore their subscription pric-?s if they have been out in the last few yeaas Io many cases they were made too low for profit, and the increasing cost of all ma'eriais enteriog into publishing makes a restoration imperativ.'. A dellar a year is too low a price for a good paper with hmited possioiltties of circulation. The people, we think, would prefer j improvement i? quality to the mainten? ance of extreme cheapness -State. Nashville American : South Caro lina is noe far behind her sister State, North Carolina, in the building of cot? ton mills rbis year. During the year 26 cotton mills were chartered in South Caro'lioa with a capital stock of ?5. 650,000 All of the??e millions were nor. furnished by the capitalists from other States, much ot the capital being subscribed by South Carolinians, who have realized that there is money in marketing the cotton orop at home, and instead of shipping thc raw rn? terial to other markets, ship the manu? factured product Io addition to chart eriog new mills, 16 mills already in operation inoreased their capital stock several tniilioo dollars, making the total additional capital invented in cotton manufacturing during the year amount to $9,079,OOO These figures show that South Carolina is steadily and rapidly marching to the front as a cotton maoufacuriog State, and is not ooly making a borne market for raw ootton, but is giving lemunerative oe cupatioo to thousands of her inhabi tants. Another result of the growth of the cotton manufacturing industry in the state is uoted by tho new-papers. It i> the osarioo of immigration from ' South Carolina to the w-^r and -curb j west. Occupation is now furnished to ail who cara to work, ??::d then- ls not tho -a::io inducement a.-> formerly to poll ;;p statics and "Go west The P' i-pl.' of South Carolina aro helping themselves, and doing thin, they find no citBoolty iu inducing capitalists from ctber Slates to l<. d thom a help ing ti a nd Unsatisfactory Answer. Oar Ambassador's Queries About FJour Seizure An? swered Briefly. London, Jan 3 -Tne United States ambassador, Joseph il (-hoare, visit ed the Britiph premier Lord Sail's bury, at the foreign office, this even ing for the purpose of making thp first official representing on the sub ject ot' the Delagoa Bay dour seizures. Mr. Choate received no definite reply, as the premier inform ed him that the British government had not yet arrived at any decision as to whether or not food stuffs were contraband of war But Lord Salis bury assured Mr. Choate that the commercial rights of the United States would be equitably considered arid that a decision In this important matter would be reached as soon as possible The interview was brief Trie Associated Press learns that Lord Salisbury has not only got the attorney general, Sir Richard Web ster, working hard on the quesMon of the Delagoa Bay seizures, but that he ia consulting with the ablest Uwy-ers in Great Britain. It was further learned by a repre sentative of the Associated Press that Great Britain may lay down a new regulation regarding contraband, making a distinction between food evidently intended for domestic por pos:-s and food probably intended for field rations Under the latter head might come certain classes of canned goods c< w Cotton Mill ir. this city people UM? appreciating that rbe i>r;ns must and ?."0 comiog to the e>;,tc:o - The -ucee;-s of tba existing mi.'I and th - c^-t ben ?? this season to the cot? ton r'arco i:s and ali classes of cor com L'ou-i-y emphasizes U:e necessity of ?^r:iii:/g while the rj^::* flrs :iro so pal nible E rgettc and practica! young mao ^:e moving io :he matter and there is ( ve rv prospect of Joe big enterprise succeeding i: i? br-iic-Vfd tba! t,*:e eatire community, cry a d coanJy w?: p a I i ail-together -Laurens Ad'er is er Victoria, B C , January -1- -News has reached Canton that a battle oe curred between natives near Wang Chan? and the French forces station ed there lt is said thal the Chines-1 routed the French whose h:ss was 30 killed Trio Chinese losses are no i stated The battle occurred on trie 10th and i 1th of last mouin. On hearing of the affair the viceroy ?is pctchtd three gunboats with one thousand soldiers to restore order The viceroy also wired Tsung Li Ya man asking what steps are to be taken, as he is quiet unable to carry out delimitation to the satisfaction of the French. The news was brought by the Queen Adelaide, which reach ed nee today Buy Writing Tnr>!eis, Pencils and Paper at O teea'? B:>oli Store Atomos ! Phoio?{r*rh, Autograph and Scrap. H G ?5 eta t:. C<>. CAST For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hays Always Bought Signature of ^^^^^^^??A< Atlantic Con Line Mlreao Company of Sestil Carolina. CON T'EN >ED SCHEDULE. Ic ?Sect NoveraCer 19;h, 189?. SOUTH. NORTH. No No No No ?35 fS7 PS ?32 ? 02 Lr DariiDe?oa Ar 8 05 8 4r> Lr Elliott Ar 7 20 9 25 Ar Seater Lr 6 40 3 56 L> Sumter Ar 6 03 4 59 Ar Creston LT 5 15 5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 8 15 Ar Pre.niil? Lr 10 00 5 29 Oraogermrg 4 48 6 12 Denmark 4 17 amati) pm pm ?Daiiy. f Daily exespt Sunday. Trains 32 ?nd 33 carry throueb Pullraao Pal.nce Buffer Sleeping Car9 betweea New York ?nd Macon via Augusta. TM EMERSON, H M EMERSON, Traffic MaoHger. Geo'l Pa*9. Azt J ft KEN LY, Geo'l Mnn-iaer. Onion Sets AND Garden Seeds. A supply of Onion Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for the season's planting, now cn hand. FULL LINK OF j MEDICINES, I PERFUMERY: and Fancy Articles, j Usually found in a li rsi class j Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully com-, [joulni.';} at reasonable prices. : J.F. W. DeLorme. Oct 2*>. In Egypt thQ custom is for Princesses to hide their beauty by covering the lower part of the face with a veil. In America the beauty of many of our women is hidden because of the weakness and sickness pecu? liar to the sex. If the Egypt? ian custom pre? vailed in this country, many sufferers would be glad tc cover their premature \ wrinkles, their sunkencheeks. their unnealthy complexion, from the eyes of the world with t?ie veil of the Orient. brings out z. woman's true beauty. It makes her strong and well in those organs upon which her whole general health depends. It corrects ail men? strual disorders. It stops the drains of LoucorrhKea. It restores the womb to its proper place. It removes the causes of headache, backache and nervousness. It takes the poor, de? bilitated, weak, haggard, fading woman and puts her on her feet again, making her face beautiful by making her body well. Dru.T.e?sts sell it ior Si a bottle. Send tor onr frc? illustrated book for womer-. The Bradfield Reculator Co., Atlanta, Ga. xii \b xii ?> xii xi; xii xL-\5 ; MLt?tx ? \ ? ib >,i Xii iii -. - ? ?6 & <j? S <J>?\ r\s5\?U a jj S.j; :E or osz. & ! Fhis paper and i!ie A'^rtia g : "... >a/ w cc J 11 S2.00. I j J Kore you. get the news of g j g the world and ail your local | i? news while it is fresh. pirying ?. .s very little more than one | g pa? er costs. Either paper is g i 1 well worth $3??-!. but bvspe- I 3 CUM arrangement we are en- g. x a bled i'> put in both of th tin, ir ii :riv i ? . : : three papers :-. week ? S tor this tow price. Yon can- > x not ccriial this: ?n vwhere eise, S ?? and this-combination is tn? ?? 2 best premium for tho?? who J ? want a great paper and n f ?i home pt?, per. Take these and ?. you will keep up with tlie J 2 times. I 5 Besides cr?nerai news, the s urnai has ~ s Twiee-a-Week 2 much agricultural matter g -I and other articles of special i 2 interest to farmers. Ii has ? 2 regular contributions hy Sam |r ?I Jones, .Mrs. W. Ii. Felton, !. ? John Temple Graves, Hon. g 2 G. El. Jordan and other dis- jr a tinguished writers. | IS Cai! --t this otiicc 2nd ?cave your r. -5 subscriptions fer beth pacers. Ycu 5 ca:. ? ct a sample cccy cf either ca- S ^ per Herc cn appi:c?.:cn. ?. 'ri- fr S?'iD NO MONEY. My new reri-ed eciei:tific werie treati rn: on t-vi-ry weakness und ?titease pe caliurto men iii inst from the press. Everjr mun. no maltet what his occupation or position in life, wi i and this work imliksanythincev^r published. I; ,'i>? vital interns: to the married or unmarried: . n tka healthy and strone or to the weak and broken-down. While the edition lasts I will seed a copy securely sealed in a plain wrapper, post ago prcpsid, ti every man wlir write.- for it. This edition i- limited and those oe.sirini; a copy must write promprlj-. Address B. M. Koss. M. D.. Pub Ifsiiinrj D-rpar.msnt D. 175 Ciark St.. >" Ii. (.'or. Monroe, cuiciso. illinois. ??-'?--.JrSSSitlk "*"T" li? - Pr OOl1DOrt?P? x o Library ^?^? 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W-.. ? !.. > .!--?!ll i.it rhm: r.'> T&it ? -i. s-:- ivfwn. T< 31[H?I HRS -. .Mood*. ? Uiocdotes. t ?riimnioiid*- Addir.-*?-* .. ."...TT.? New subscribers to the WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON*, or old subscribers not in arrears, who poy n:r one year in advance, will be presented with any book they inny sr!t*ct from the above list. The book will be delivered potage paid to any address in the United States, Canada or Mexico. A FINE PIANO. At a High Price Is Easily Fouod, But Fiee Pianos Like the At cur prices are only found io oar ware roonj 5. They present a happy combination of excellence, impossible to surpass elsewhere. Catalogue and Book of Suggestions for the asking. TERMS ACCOMMODATING. SECOND-HAND PIANOS TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. SHEFF, WV.rerooms, 9 North liberty Street. Factory-Block of 5. Lafayette Ave., Aiken and Lanvale streets. TAX RETURNS FOR 1900. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTER, S. C., Nov. 30, 1899. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will at:e- d io person or by deputy, at the iuiijwin<r places cri the days indicated re ?pect:vely, for lbs purpcsr* of receiving re? turns cf Persona! Property, and Poll Taxes for tbs fiscal ye?r commencing January 1st, 1S00: At office Sumter, S C., at all other times up to Feb. 20, 1900, inclusive : Tindall?, Tuesday, January 2. Privateer, (Jenkins' Store) Wed? nesday. January 3 Manchester, (Nettles' residence) Thursday, January 4. Wedgefield, Friday, January 5. Siaieburg. Saturday, January 6. Hagcod, Monday, January 8. Rembert's S?cre, Tuesday, Janu? ary y Galliarc's X Roads, Wednesday January 10. Bossards, Thursday, January ll. Gordon's Mill, Saturday, Janu? ary 13. Moyesviiie, Monday, January 15. Scottville, (>r'cE!veenJs Stort^ Tuesday, January ??. j Shiloh, Wednesday, January IT. Norwood's X Roads, Thursday, ; January IS. Lynchburg. Fr:day, January 19. Magnolia. Saturday, January 20. - Reid's ?.] ill, Monday, January 22. Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day. January 23 and 24. ri?nnviilr, Thursday, January 25. Smithviile, Fiiday, January 26. The law rt quires that al! r,erso':= owning ! property or m anywise bsv-ce charge of i such property, either as agent, husband, j iionrdiao, trr23r.ee, executor, administrator, j etc , return tbe Situe ucder oath to tbe audi I tor, wno rfquest3 ali per?ons to te prompt in I caking their retorns ced s ive tbe 50 per I c?nt penalty which w:i: be added to ihe j property valuation c: al! persons woo fail to make returns within tbe tine prescribed ny ! law. Taxpayers rettiro whst they owo on the I ?rsr day O? Jauu^ry, 1300 Assessors and tfixp-i^ers will enter the first ' given name cf the taxpayer i~ foll, also make ! a sepirare return for each township where ? the property is located and a'so in each nod ; every case the No. of the School District I must be given. Every rm?r citizen between the age of twenty-one ai J sixty ye^rs on the 5rst day of j J.-oaary, 19C0, except those incapable of I earmrjg a sup: ort rV.m beiog mai r ed or from other causer, are deemed t;:;<-?b!e polls, and except Confederate soldiers ?.0 ;,ears cf age, ! on January 1st. IQC'O Ail returns must br reade on or before the 20th Cay of Fcbrue.ry nest, i cannot take returns after that d-ite ?nd ?ll returus made after the 2' th day cf February are sutject to a pana-tv of IO r-er cent. J DIGG;S WILDER, Auditor Sumter Couoty. Sumter, S. C , Dec. 6, 1S99. Life and Fire Insurance. Call on me, at my residence. Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Oniy reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Andrena Moses. Oct 25-0 J. UTE & Si, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH ? MERCANTILE j. HOME, of New York: UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represeoted $75,000,000. Feb 28 DR. Wo B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER. S. C. UFFICE HCGRS-8 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.; 3:15 to 6:30 p tn. Office over the Sumter Dry Goods Co. May 2 -6m Vinegar. 1 have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very fine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be liad. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. If. Cr. OSTEEL.