Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Flowing Artesian Weils. WHERE LIKELY TO EE OBTAINED. It has been my intention fer some time to give to the pubiic what in formation I have of the geology of Sumter county relative to artesian well prospects, but have delayed in the hope of obtaining data from a few communities where I was uncertain of the exact conditions. In writing this report I purpose to furnish every randowner with information from which he can draw a conclusion of bis chancee for an artesian well, as there are many who do not know if they can get them In KO doing I am folly aware of the fact that many who are very anxious for welis will ?nd certain evidence of their inabil? ity to get them In order to make this report com prehensive, we must first consider the general geological conditions of Sout!i Carolina The whole State from mountain to seaboard is under laid by a solid rock bed. This rock bed is very near the surface in the upper portion of the State and con tinues so to a line extending from Augusta, Ga., to Cheraw, SC It then deepens toward the sea coast, varying in depth there from 1,000 to 2,500 feet In Aikeo, L?xicgton, Richland, Kershaw and Chesterfield counties, and the northwest parts of Orange burg Sumter, DarHogtoo and .Marl boro, we have what is known as the sandhills This stratum consists of gray sands and clays, and covers the whole region from there to the sea, lying directly on the rock bed and varying in thickness from 0 to 1 000 j feet ; but usually about 400 feet, j This stratum lies deeper and deeper j from the surface toward the sea coast, j varying in depth there from 1,000 to | 2,000 feet. This stratum is known as the Potomac sands Next on the sur.ace we have a nar? row ridge of red clay hills, extending on a line f'opi the city of Orangeburg to Society Mill in Darlington county These clay hills extend from the sur face to the Potomac sands, but are only a capping and do not submerge or appear anywhere below the sur face where they are not visible at the surface. This stratum is known as the Columbia clay capping The whole country from the foot of these bills to the sea is covered with red and* yellow clays, sands and loams, except occasionally in creeks, swamps and bottoms Tfcis stratum varies in depth from a few feet to 60 or 80 feet bat is usually of less depth nearer the sea This is known as the Lafeyette stratum The space between the Lafayette and Potomac stratas is, therefore, from 0 feet at the foot of the Colum j bia bills and widening toward the ?ea until it is from 1,000 ro 2,000 feet at the sea coast. This space is filled with blue clays and sands etc , ma tine cretaceous formations and lime, ?bell, marl, etc , eocene formations These include the principal forma j lions of South Carolina with their relative position and general depths. 1 will not uudertake to give here an account of the water conditions and possibilities throughout the State, but will do so for Sumter and relative adjoining communities In the northwest corner of Sumter county we have the Potomac sands cropping out on the surface and un? derlying the whole county in consid? erable depth Borings in different places penetrated these sands for 400 to 500 feet without rinding the bed rock. From Wedgefield io Bishop ville we have the Columbia clay cap ping, varying in thickness from 1 to 30 feet, and lying on the Potomac sands. At the foot of these hills we nave the Lafeyette stratum, covering the remainder of the country coast wards, and where the Lafeyette strat? um begins, begins the marine creta j ceous which increases in thickness toward the coast, being about 250 feet thick at the southeast comer Lying directly on the marine creta? ceous, in 6ome places we find shell msrl (eocene) varying in thickness from a trace to 15 feet thick To obtain sn artesian flow of water we must find a continuing bed of porus sand, walied on every side by impervious matter, except where it is connected to a water supply of greater elevation than the point at I which the well is bored These con ? ditions have only been found in por- ? t?ons of Sumter county underlaid by | the marine cretaceous ciay?, where, i after penetrating them, water is j found in th<i first bed of* Potomac j sands ; and the m^ny borings in i different paris of the country prove j conclusively that flows above the surface will never be obtained in , comraunitiei where the cretaceous i clays are not found, except possibly ; :n a few places by boring in a very j low place The southeastern portion of Sumter j county is underlaid with the marine ! cretaceous clays, varying in depth j from the surface from 40 to 90 feet. I Their northwest limit is at the foot j of thc clay bills There they are j very thin, soft and irregular in iorma j tion Toward the southeast they j thicken and are more solid and abso- j lutely impervious and unbroken - lo ? the southeast of a line beginning j Bear where the C S. & N. Railroad : crosses Lynch's River, and thence to Sumier city, and thence on a line I extending to the Clarendon county j lice at a point a few miles w< st of the Centrai Railroad Lyi:><r jo6t beneath these cla7* is a porcina gray . sand, covering a most the entire crea i designated above This bed of sand j is the first stratum of the P ?tomac i sands and are supplied with water from the suifaco waters in the mid j die portion of the county The water in this stratum of sand j is hemmed in sufficient to rise above ? the surface at nearly all points r-ss: j of the city of Sumter, a: d ris^ to within three feet of surface a t?;.? j Court House ; the country west of'j cumter b*-ing generally higher a j fi >w can only be obtained by boring j near a creek or in a valley In the vicinities of Pinewood, Privateer and Tindals these coudi tiona do not exist or any other condi tion which would allow a higher water pressure than can be obtained j in wells 20 or 30 feet deep The Potomac sands will not furn ish a flow any where else in Sumter county except in a very low spot Their basal beds are either drained by Wateree river or Lynch's river, or have an outlet into the sea, which cannot be determined until more borings have been made in George to wo county After passing through the Potomac sande we wccld find the bed rock, in which water is seldom lound, and never to rise above the surface io any weil yet bored throughout the Atlantic coastal plain region The height to which the water rises above the surface in welis drawing from the same supply, of course, depends upon the relative height of tue surface at the different wells The amount of fl JW depends maiuly upon distance of the outle? from the point to which the water will rise. A well usually furnishes about one gailon of water per minute for each foot from the outlet to the highest point to which it will rise There arc other influences including the nature of the water bearing stratum, the diameter of well, and the casing and developing The water supply in the southeast ern portion of Sumter county is usually abundant, but the flow ob? tained is much ?ess than could be, from the fact that the weils are not cased far enough A number of them have failed entirely on this account, and others will eventually This is all the known information on this subject of sufficient public interest to command space in your newspaper, and I give it to enable those desiring wells to act more intelligently, and to give ail who are less informed au opportunity to learn something of the make up of "Mother Earth " Geo S Jackson. Sumter, S. C., March 15, 1900 Snow Falling m Several Gulf States and in Virginia. Birmingham. Als, March 15 - Snow fell herc all day. It is said to be the heaviest fall in recent years. The thermometer hovered around 33 degree? most of tho day. Utica, Mis?, March IC -Considera ble gnow fell herc today. In all probability the fruir crop will he {rreatiy damaged, as the trcc9 are in full bloom. Arcadia, Li, March 15 -Scow fell ! here today frem early morning to coon. Richmond, Va. March 15.-Snow fell throughout Virginia today and j varior.s points such at? Lexington, j Y>oodstock and Orange, report tonight j tba* tbs storm is still rasioc. Macon, G*, March 15 -It is rapidly growing colder at this point, whbh is the centre of the Georgia fruit belt. The peach trees are in bloom and grave fears are felt for the safety of the fruit j crop Dr Thomas H. James. Cheraw, March 15 -Our town and community su ff red a heavy lofs today in the death of Dr Thomas H Jame?, j Dr Jame:? was taken down on Saturday j with menegitis and all hope cf his recovery was lost on Tuesday, bur he I lingered on .till 6 30 o'clock tbis j morning. His funeral services will be j held in the Presbyterian Church this \ afternoon at 5 o'olaok Dr James was a son of Dr J A. James of this place j wi:h whom he bas been a partner for ? about sis year9. He was a man of fiac j talent, devoted to his profession and ' exceedingly conscientious in the dis- ! discharge of bis duty, whioh has been | too onerous for thc p^.sl year or tiro. | rle leaves a wife and one child. Scarcely another per?on io town j would bc cs greatly missed and ezrrcs- . ?iona of regret and sympathy are heard ! r*i; cv?ry hand o I ! :sT ION ANSWERED. Ves, August F?owersti?l ba* the largest ? ale j i o? any medicine in the civilized world. Tour ? mother.* and grandin ?thers rio7cr thou ghi of ? using anything eise for indigestion or bilaeus- j cois. Doctora were sis rec, and they seldom ! heard of: appendicitis, nervous prostration <>r ? heart failure. et?. They esed August Flower ; toc'eai out the system and st'>p ferment it;?n of undig sted ? ?" i. regulate thu ?I???KT? I>!' the !:wr. ..:i:sii:'::fe thc nervous :. T.*? orgm lc action I *.! site fystetn. cn 1 t!i.-it i? .-ii! they * . :' when ! feeling, out! sind bad wi:h ba:id:i?-h>; :;?d other ; ach< - '< "ti ''!.?v t ..-c-i .i few d??sc> . ; Ur co's i Angii. t Flower, in liquid form, !<? make \ ou sal- j isfiel there is nothing serious matter with i you, Fer sale hy A J. China. A I A SMALLPOX VETERAN. We take tho following from the M ?ry B ?io win Miscellany a monthly published in Staunton, Va, by the young ladies ol' that ?amwus semi n a i y : r Health certificate ! health cprtifi cate,' called ibe eraaiip<ix i^sp^ctor, entering the car an the train stopped at ??-. a small town in Geor gia, just 3 uto of Chattanooga Tiv.s wars no less than the twelfth time since th? tr ai r> had left Augusta that ail ilitj pnf.sentiers had ?hoWed then neanh certificate to an inspector Smallpox was raging in Atlanta and the system of inspection had to be vnry rigid At every etati n at whicn the train stooped au inspector wouid c;im:j on board and asl? to see each passengers written proof that h? or bhe had not been exposed to sm*ll pox One old gentleman who, after showing his certificate ten or twelve times, became very tired of doing so. determined to play a practical joke on the next inspector The other passengers were verj much interested in this old gentie man Soon after he entered the car at Augusta a townsman of his (Jirk Ragjn) who happened to be on to same car, bad told one of the passen gera that his friend was a veteran o: the Mexican War as weil as a Con federate veteran, and that he was on his way to a Mexican War Survivors* reunion at Nashville, Tenu He had been one of the finest lawyers in -onto karolina, his friend continued, bus had now aimost given up the practice of law T?is information about him had spread ail over the esr. hence the passengers inter?s! Thev could scarce!" beiieve that he j was a veteran of the Mexican W^r j for his long hair was only e-prinkled j with gray and he scarcely looked j moro than 65 years oid 0:?ce -.? lady sitting across the aisle from him had tried unsuccessfully to put her window down and he very courteous ly ioweted it for hsr while the young man behind her sat perfectly still Every child in the car had taken a groat faucy to him and he played "peek a boo" with them from behind his paper At the next station another inspec tor entered the car, about midnight When he got to the old man be found him apparently fast asleep. "Health certificate," the inspector shouted as be got up to him, but the figure did not move at all. "Heaith certificate," he repeated as he shook him somewhat roughly in order to waken him "What'd you say ?'* asked the old man, rousing himself op and looking around in in a very bewildered way ' I want to see your health cenifi cate I say," answered the inspector, now fairly shouting at him ??Why-ah," nodding, "what's that ?" "Your proof that you haven't been exposed to smallpox, written prcof Have you ever had smallpox ol . man, or do you know what smallpox is V' questioned the inspector, shak ing him, as he looked very much as if he were going to sleep again. "I guess I ought to know, I've been through the smallpox hospital three times," he answered sieepiiy "Been through the smallpox hos pital three times !" exclaimed the inspector "\am afraid," turning io the other passengers, "you will have to leave this car and go into another immediately " But tho old man seeing the pas? sagers and particularly the mothers of the children becoming alarmed, took something from his pocket and handing it to the inspector, asked, "Is this what you want ?" "Well 1 shouid say it is, but how on earth did you get a health certifi? cate when you've been through tho hospital three times, I'd like to know ?" "The first time I was in the hos pitai was in 1847, in the city of Vera Cruz, when I nursed my brother through a severe case of smallpox The second time was in Charleston. S. C , about 50 years ago, when I was with another brother who had it Then again, about 45 years ago. as mayor of the town in which I live, I had to go through the hospital " By t ti is time the passengers were fairly convulsed with laughter and the inspector, taking the joke very j good naturedly, passed on for the next 'Health certificate " Bot it i proved thoroughly practical, as no other inspector came io and the pas j sengers had three hours undisturbed sleep to Chattanooga. Sar?eorj General vVjrnarj h*s issued j ;i pamphlet C?WJ?? ? complete history :.f ? the bancnic plaina, chowing tba? it hi;- \ reacio* Africa, A-ia sod Eorope a!c."->' from time imm?morial Oae his?crian estimates that one-fourth the ! population of Europe died fro?u i hw ! plague iu t';*? epidcrcwrot the fourteen;*1 j century. Mr Wyman sav? tint the ! ptacuc y?preaas by leap*, ofren ekippiog ! large tracts, cut f ol ?o wt.-j the p.r:?- ol " commerce. He believed the preste*! cara should he e-xerctssd ia thc inspoc ! tien at quarantine ?.? ali veto's ifte j ports c?ne ?ai:ed ?vates l?o tb it; i?, j our (j'jaraonne tcctcous are ;:ci? ; adaptrd to L'ice? CDJ r?: racier," nu? \ '"Nation-.; laws .-houid be Ptren?:then"d *,y c?utzr^s thi? winter" Wo h >jve j o<1 suggestion will oe heeded by present congres? For tito fir.-.? rime iii i 'Lc; history Ot ??o W?i?ij tr.o dise >*-<? ha? i appeared in thr Western Hemisphere, having g?ioci a foothold at several pointa in South America. THE ARCTIC MOSQUITO. It Is About the Mos! Terrible insect l'est Ii? the "World. "Nothing that has ever been written about the arctic mosquito begins to come up to thc real thing." said a guest ; in tho St. Charles corridor the other evening. "I went un the Yukon river in the summer of I SOO", representing the Alaska and Dominion Trading company, and we struck mosquitoes as soon as we got into thc hills. They aro twice as large as our familiar bayou species, and their sting is like the prod ol" a hot needle. They sweep along the valleys in dense clouds, and il' they catch a man unprepared they are liable to blind him before he can escape. I heo rd stories of children being stung to death and can readily believe them. "Whenever we went ashore we wore heavy hat nets and took the utmost precaution, hut were certain to suffer mere or less. One of out- party cut tho tongues out of his shoes, and a narrow line of sock was exposed under the lac? ing. Next day he was bitten there at least a hundred limes, and his feet were so terribly inflamed that the shoes had to be cut oil*. "Another mau, a fireman in the boat crew, got drunk on Alaska whisky one afternoon and lay down io take a uap in a corner of the engine room. I no- I ticed him a little tater and was horri? fied at the solid brown mass of mos? quitoes that.iiad settled ou a small ex? posed section of his cheek and throat. In an hour his face was swollen out ci all resemblance to anything human, he was unable TO swallow and was burn? ing with fever. It was a week before be was able to be about. I saw a num? ber of cattle near Fort Hamilton that had been made stone blind by stings near tho eye. "Tho arctic foothill mosquito is with? out doubt the most terrible insect pest in thc world."- New Orleans Times- ? Democrat. T!ie Way O::i. "So you refuse to give me the mon? ey'/" said tho prodigal son. "Not another cent do you get." re? plied the stem parent. "Then here goes."' sai.! thc youth as ho seized a silver mounted pistol from his father's desk. "Unhappy boy!"' cried the old man. "would you trike your lifer" "No." replied the son, "I'm going to loan this to my 'uncle.* Chicago News. I."I? to the Xew Standard. "I understand you are looking for a servant." said the girl. "Oh, dear, no," answered thc lady cf the house. "When I was iirst married 1 was foolish enough to occasionally look for a servant, but I got over that. I'm looking for a general supervisor of the household now."-Chicago Post. The Gallery Answered Martha. Of thc Dublin gallery boys a famous baritone. In his reminiscences, tells some good stories-one of "Faust,'* in which ho played Valentine. After tho duel Martha, who rushed In at the head of the crowd, raised Val? entine's hoad and held him In her arms during the first part of the scene and cried out in evident alarm: "Oh. what shall 1 do?" There was a deathlike stillness in the house, which was interrupted by a voice from thc gallery calling out: ''Unbutton his weskit1.'* BROOM CORN SEED. Tradition Says FranTil?n Planted the i i'irst One In This Country. Every housewife is supposed to know j hov?- to handle a limon!, but it is safe j to say that not one in ron has any j clear idea of what her sweeping utensil ; is made of or how ii i-; made or where j the material came from. Brooms arc | mode from the heads or brushes of ! the broom corn, a lirst com?n to our j common dens cor:;. And ::i this con- \ nection is told :i very pleasant littie ? fairy story concerning Benjamin Franklin. "IV.-r Bichard." by t la way, seems tv) have been about the biggest jack of all trades that ever helped the United States to become the richest and most powerful nation of the world. If this story is true, he is j tile patron saint of ti:" housewife and j the broonimaker. as well as a ki ie- j flier, lightning catcher, printer, pub- | Usher, editor, author, philosopher, statesman and other things "too nu? merous to mention." Broom oom '?rsi grew in India. From there it was carried to Europe. The story goes that Pr. Franklin was ex? amining a whisk broom that had been brought over from England in the days before we had any broom corn of j our own. Ile fourni a sing!-1 seed on j the broom, picked ir off, planted it and j raised a stalk of corn from which is j descended, sn io speak, all of the ! broom corn of the ! "idled States. However i iii'- n;::v he. ! ?: ? J. >.: i corn , grows !n:;<-'i like ii ? lirst cousin, our ? maize. whirls originated ?.er:-. The ; head is larg.-r. hows vcr. ami the seeds grow on the head insten*! of in cars. : Tie heads are eut oi?. leaving neon* , six inches of sta;:;, and tl.-* seeds are j scraped off by a machine. vv?vlrh does I a clean Job ti nd does not injure the pan? icles. The seeds are valuable in a ? way. They ave f? tl :<> o .:>..> and poul try and gr and in:-, m -a! for cattle. ; In the making of the brooms, the coru ) is put around a handle of basswood : or st.ft maple turned :u a latin*. Each layer is wound with twine or i wiro until the desire?! size is attained: For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in i:^..,-r Jan. IT, 1r00. Ko.ll No '\.. r. No ll DaiJj Daily; EASTERN TIME. ^ gjg ?20p rcya Lv . Charleston . 5?8p 7 4?u '. .. Summerville . 72?pj 8 55a? .. ... .Branchville 75Sp 9?3aj *' ... .OrangeburiT-. 8 45p LO L a! .* .. J?ngviLIO .. Ar ?I lOaj 8ir,n . *. I) :<0a? 728a " , 9 lija i ?;0');J " j S-Hat 533p . I 7 5?al 4 *iu . L I 45a Ar .?ll *0a *. . ..Sumter .Lv?. .Camden.Lv!. ... 30r.?i ..j 250p /r-'!l'-"J??I Ar_Columbia.T,-; 7 Ida 40;)p 5-'vp; 7 Ova Lv... Charleston ...Ar JJ ioaj ? lap 725pj 9 i?a ...Branchville... 44 ?iV.'a1 800p 740p 9-l?a.j "_Bambers: - " 1 i?-7a 533p 802p 9.*><;.-<. '. . ..Denmark.... " : S 13a 5lVp 82-^? 1007a " ....Blackville." SOM' ">O:?:I 922pjll0?a M.Ai kan." 1 703a :*.">:? lOfteplll 51a|Ar.Augasta>ntt.>I.LT ?' I 6?>aj :; K??I NOT.S: bi addition to th" above st-r;*i?r? truins Nos. 13 and hi run daily between Charles? ton and Columbia, f-arrying elegant Pullman Bleeping ears. No. 13 leave Charleston ll :'X> p. m. ; arrive Columbia G :?rJ a. m. No. 16 leave Co? lumbia i a. m. : arrive Charleston 7 :UO a. m. bleeping ears ready for occupancy at 9:00 p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These trains make close <-onnee;ions at Columbia "with through trains between Florida points and Washington and the east. Connection with trains 2s o*. 81 and 32 New York and Florida Limked bet\vee?i Blackville. Aiken and Au? gusta. 25b. 31 leaves Blackville at S:40 a. m.. Aiken9:29a.m., Augusta 10:10 a.m. No. 33 leaves Augusta G.25 p. m.. Aiken 7.08 p. m., Blackville 7.55 p. m. Pullman Drawing Boom bleepers between Augusta, Aiken and New York._ :Ex. ?Sun. ?Ex. j bim.' only! bun. Lv. Augusta _ Ar. Sandorsville. " Tennille. Lv. Tennille. 5 40a 350p! 3 JOp " Sandersville.I 550a 400p? :i23p Ar. Augusta.?J 9 00a> 7 10p| 8 30p !P?ii-- WIT?^ ;Daily? *Mir. 7 00a! 9 30a; 5 30p 100p:l2 43p; 8 32p 13?p:125jpi 8 43p Lv. Savannah.... j 12 G?a: 1215p.? 410p. M Allendale. i. 6.35a!. 505a '* Barnwell.... 4 o0a! 4 02pi 7 25aj 7 54p 615a " Blackville... ! 4 i5ai 417p 10 15a 8 lOpi 7 45a Ar. Batesburc. !1230pl Ar.Columbi:!.... j COOaj 6 00p'.j 935p.ll 8Ca TWI JTWI J Kir. Dailj Lv. Columbia.iii 30a 1 25a 600a 7 05a Lv. Batesburg....!.. .| 2I5p! Ar. Blackville ...J 112p! :5 05a 1015a 450p? S 32a " Barnwell....! 127pl 32ua|1100a 915p! S iSa " Allendale.j.j lOOp; y4iip! 912a " Savant- r ; h.... ,| 3>0pl 5 15a:.L.!I J'S* Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston.,.i 7ooa: 520p?. Ar. Augusta.ill ola 1030p. " A-Jauta.! 820p 5 00a. Lv. Atlanta.'llOOpi 5 30aj 4 00p Ar. Chati alioota.: 5 t?u,' 9 45aj S iOn Lv. Atlanta. Ar. Birmingham. *' Memphis, {via Birmingham). Ar. Lexington. " Cincinnati. " Chicago_ 5 40a' 415? ll KallO 00p 805pj 7 15a 500p 7 30p 7 15a Ar. Louisville. M St. Louis .. Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga")..I 710p[ 7 40a 730p 704a 5 00a 7 45a 5 30p 750a 600p EASTERN TIME. To Aehevillo-Cincinnati-LoniaTi.il?. |NOl?4?NOl3? DailyjPaily S0?pf980p ? 45p 12 07a 7O0ailH A*. Augusta. " Batesburg. ?.j^J?harJeston. 77.. Lv. Columbia (Union Depot;.ill 40a| 7 5oa Ar. Spartanburg . 3 lOpil 1 25a " Asheville . 7?0p 237p " Knoxville.I 415a! 7 20p " Cineinnnati.! 730p 7 45a .'* Louisville (via Jel?icol.I.| 6 50a To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta. *. Eat?sburg. " Columbia ? Union Depot ?. Ar. Cnarlot?e. - 800p) ?SOp 4 45p 1.2 07a 5 55p 215a 9I0p 940a Ar. Dan vii fe._.?12 51a 158p Ar. Bich) rio nd....... ^ j 600a| 625p Ar. Washington.. j 7 36? 8 50p " Baltimore Pa. I?. B.. 912a ll25p " Philadelphia. .?1135a 256a ?? New York.I 203p! 613a Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at Atlanta for all points North and West. Solid Trains between Uharicston and Ashe? ville. Connections ar Columbia with through trains for Washington a ad the East : also for Jackson? ville and Florida Points. FRANK S. GANNON. .7. M. CULP, Third V-P. ?Sr \-.er.. Mgr., Traffic Manager, Washington. D. C. Washing?ci., D. C USuBGE H. ALLEN. Div. Pass. Ast.. Charleston. S. C. YT. A. TT'R?-:. S. H. HARDWICK, G< n. Pas<. Au'T . Asst. (->'?.!:. Pass. Agt., Washington.D. C. Atlanta. Ca. I Three Papers a Week j 3 -:-5 1 FOR ABOUT Jt]E I I P^2CE Or OME. I ! I This paper and thc Atenta g ?i Twicc^XVcck Journal hr s 4 f 1 $2.00. I "3 tr I Here you get the news o? | < the v.ur!<l and all vour local f 5 nev. s win le it is i resh. paying e j| very little inure than one g I paper costs. Either paper is f j % weil worth $?.00. hut L>vspe- h \ ? ci:tJ arraniremeiit we are en- ^ c al?led to nut in both ot thom, ? I ? . . . * , G * ?rivi?iiT t'iret? papers a "...?.?k ?- ! j: i<>r rms low price, loii ean- 5. ? J liol f:?qaa I this anywhere else. | ? 3 and this-combination is the c. j J best premium for tho*e"v.-ho |! j < wain t? ?rreat paper and a 2" "3 . ' . 1 , Ie"! .5 iioaie paper, laice t iv>t* ana s j ?I you will keep up with the ^ I % {W'sitles creneral news. ?he ?~ j % T\vi.-?--:?-\Ve.'k J<-.urp.ai .'ins ? j -3 fnuch ::._.!.!?.!: I; u ra ! matter - ?M ? ?i . ;i-.:<l other arr?eles ol ?peetai s I intern: to : iraierb. li lias ^ t reiralar cotttrn'iiti???s v <am ir ! S Jones, M rs. v. . ? :. fi-! i on, s- i ?iii i , . rr ?- ! ? .icm: . ? miue ' . ! . on. - a C, H. Jordan :utd other dis- '; ! a tiinru: -n? n v, :.: le r.s. r- . i* . . - ?a Gail at t?:s ot::cc ?r.ci :rcvc your ? ?3 subscriptions icr both c.rrcrs. Vcu i it cor? f et a sample copy cl either pa- f i per iicrc cn appiica'icn. j. : ? .-p .fi?i<?; 'p ?i >T> ?r? 5? f?> $ 'i ? . -1 . .? s? r ? r- . T? "." r- 3M? Essaie of John S. Richardson, j DKCEASED. T'i WiLL APPLY ?O theJuugeo: Pro bate of Sumter Cousit ...? April i5 i *9/!', 'OT a final discharge t.s Executors ol j ?Oitste o? said deceased. R. D. LEK. .MARIJN MOISE, ??ar^'j 8-it Executors. ? ?l$? PIANO. At a High Prie? ?t> E>?->?j Focnd, Bot Fice Piases Like toe ??$&> ?BS^s^ r'T.^v sp iii ifp lig gus At c::r pnces are cs ly found in our ware ooms. They presenta hipp? combi< atioo of -xceilence. impossible to surpass e?sewnere. Cat?i-eccp OD?? Booie of ^ozce^tinne for tao tskiner. 'TERMS ACCQ\1 VODATING. SECOwD-S * ND PIANO? TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. STIEFFj Wnreroofcs, P North liberty Street. P c'oo-)i^r.ri' R Lafayette Ave.> Aiken and Lanvale streets. inn i m, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE} HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Oanitai represented ?75,900,000. Feb 28. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AXD COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. ? Paid np Capital.6 75,0.0 CO ' Surplus and Prc?ts - - - - 2i,000 00 Addition* 1 Liability of Stock? holders excess of' tLeir ?roc!-:. 75,000 00-/" I fot?-.l p-ot?cf:or to :C'tj?v'CT<. G?75 COO 00 Traosaci? a Gener?i ?ank;;,^ Boaioess. Sr.ec.fii att??t?co civ-c to collections. SITINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received Ia teres: allowed at the rate ot 4 ppr cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed in? $300, payable quarterly, on 6rst days of January, April, July and October. R SS. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON, President. Cashier. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid io, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 Indindual liability of stockholders IQ excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts & general banking business ; also bas a Savings Bank Department Deposits of $1 and upward received Interest allowed a} (he rate of 4 per ceot. per ana om, payable eembannually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. MARION MOISE, W. F. BEAKS, Vice-Pre8ideot. Cashier. Jan 31 Salesman Wanted Enclose stamp for particular? Will straiten curly aaa kinky hair without injury to the scalp cr hair. Price ^ O C . Per box ANTI-KINE, Endorsed fay the United States Health reports Darragh & Rich, ISFew York. Sole Manufacturers. Feb 14-12c iiion Sets AND Garden Seeds. A suppiy of Onion Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for the season's planting, now on hand. F?LL LINE OF MEDICINES, PERFUMERY * and Fancy Articles, Usually found in a first class Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully com? pounded at reasonable prices. J. F< W. De Lo rm e. Oct 25. Life and Fire insurance. Call on me, al my residence. Liberty Street, for both Lifo and Fire Insu? rance. Only reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No ISO. A&dresia Moses. Oct 25-0. Estate cf Joseph ?ff? Coopcr, Dec'd* J WILL APPLY o rlie Judpe of Probate of j[ Sumter County oo March Ht h lS00,;for ? Fina! Discharge os Administrator C. T/A. of the Patate of stid deceased. GEORGS G COOPER. Feb 14-4t Administrator C. T. A.