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Cse DSk??taian ana S c alka. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23,190C Bittered at the Pott O?ce at Sumter,S (?., as Second Glass Mitter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. Loriog Lee -Surveying. W. D Scaioorough -Seed Peat for Sale. S. B. Dew, Siip't -Bom* Comfort Rangea. EqnrttbJe Society.-A. W Croes well Ap? yoi otad. Winthrop Collage- Scholarship aod Ba? rranca Examination. -^-mmm PERSONAL,. Kr. J. B. DnPre waa io the etty Monday. Hr. W. T. McLeod waa in theeitj Monday. Mr. and M rs. V. H. Phelps bare gooa to .berlotte. Mr Prank M. Spann ii at home for a few days stay. Mr. and Mrs. Con Terse Raid bare retorced to the city. Mitt Mamie Dove, of Dovesville, is visiting ia the city. Col Jobn H. Barle, of Greenville, was in the city lett week. Mr. B. P. Shore, baa returned from Win? ston-Salem, N. C. Mrs. E. A. Branson, of Camden, is in tbs tit j for a few days. Mr. Joel S. Branson, of Kingstree, was ?n the city last week. Miss Bessie Harrell, of Cberaw, is visitiog Miss Annie Con ningham. Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Levi are spending some cime in Washington, D. C. Capt. Anthony White and daughters are spending a few days io Atlanta. Mrs. C. H Green and children, of Boykins, are visiting Mrs H. W. Lucius. Mr. W. G Moses bas been spending a while m New Tork on basiness. Misses Jennie and Rosa Barnett spent seve? ral days in Charleston last week. Mr. aod Mrs. Coleman Rhame are visiting the family of Mr. Chas. L. Rhame Mr. Nehemiah H. Odom and family, of Sennet ts 7 i Ile, have moved to the city. Miss Gertrude Epperson is on a visit to Mrs. L. Arthur O'Neill in Charleston. Mrs M. Pauline Cordes aod Master Sam, ?pent Sunday io Darlington with friends Mr. J. G. DeLorme attended the meetiug of tee Pharmaceutical Association io Chester tast week. Mrs. Chas. C. Fishbarne and little daugh? ter have gone to Charleston on a visit of sev? eral weeks. Mr.; W. R. B?rget?, after a stay of several months at Sardioia, Clarendon Cona ty, bas returnee to tbe city. Dr. H M Stnckey and Messrs. Dave Winn and Elisha Carson bave gone to Charlotte to attend the Meckleooerg celebration. Mrs. R. C. Starr aod little Miss Irene are ia Sumter visiting the family of Capt. J. W. LaMolte.-Florence Daily Times. Mr. Jobo I. Brogdon, of Brogdon?, spent several days in Charleston last week on a visit to bis daughter, Mrs. T. C. Prector. Mr. E. 0. Ingram will If ave for Wasb;ng ton on May 29th to report for duty at toe Census Burean, io which he bas a position. Dr. aod Mrs. Jesse Teague and Miss Rosa Faller arrived io the city Thursday and are fha guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. L. Mar? shall. Dr. Wm. Alford, Messrs. G. A. Lemmao, J. H. Barns, E. S Miller, Chas. Poole, R. A. Jenkins, S. C. Reid, Stewart Mason, R. M. Warren, J. C. Mnnn and Eugene Wilder ?eft for Charlotte Monday night to attend the Meck? lenburg celebration aod the Inter-State Fire? men's Tournament. Mr. A. G. Flowers went to Charlotte last sight. Miss Hinda Manheim has gooe to Colombia to visit her sister. Tbe elect.on for beer dispenser will be held .s Jone ll tb, instead of 10th, as advertised. If yen bare anything to sell advertise it io the Item or Watchman and Southron. Judge Buchanan has not yet filed bis de .cieio^ in the telephone eases. Many bicyclists do not take kindly to tbe proposed special tax of $1 per year on each bicycle. The concert to be given by the Daughters of Confederacy will take place Tnesday night, May 29th. Tbe blackberry crop is beginning tc ripen and a few basketafoil have been offered for sale oo tbe streets. Tbe rain bas come at last and we bear no mote of crops bnroiog np, but listen for the cry of grass. The arrest of vagrants bas beguo aod while nooe have yet been convicted the loafers are troubled in mind. There is once again talk of a large cotton miil for Sumter, and a sn ascription list bas been tn circulation the past few days. An extra commnoicatioo of Claremont Lodge will be held OB Thursday night. The Master Mason degree will be conferred. The Sumter Gao club bas beeo reorganized and tbe members spend several afternoons a week sbootiog clay pigeons at the old bicycle park. Several members of Delgar Reel Squad and others left for Charlotte last eight. They go especially to see the horse wagon races in which the Delgar team will take part today. Tbe iasurance companies have settled with the Atlaotic Cottoo Oil Co., for the loss j caused by tbe 6re a abort time ago, and tbe j damaged machinery is being repaired aa tsp- I idly as possible. Jobnoy Mack aod Henry Davis had a scrap last Wednesday and in the mix-up Mack drew j a knife and went to work on Davis. Davis j was severely, tboogb not fattally, cut, and be will carry the marks Mack made on bia bead as long as he lives. Books of aobscriotioo to the capital stock j of the Charleston Exposition will be opened j in thia city within a few days, and those who j wish to aid in thia good work for the up building ot' tbe State and the city ot Charles- j too will have an opportunity to do so The street watering wagoo is about worn out, the tank leaking so badly that it hardly pays to bother with, and it is but a question of a short time before it will be entirely use lass. If the streets are to be sprinkled an? other tank will have to be provided for the wagoo, and the question is, wno will pay for it ? Can the City Council do so, or will the merchants on Main and Libert? streets who i alone receive tbs benefit club together and j buy a new tank ? The Sumter 6reuten have high hopes of J Delgar hos? wagon ir.im winning a priz? in I Charlotta tod*j. Tbe horses are ia fir.e j condition snd can msk? better time than the ? Delger.' have ever nvide in ? race; the mm are ic trocd training, and barring accidents, will be as swift in their places ?3 the bo??es . are in theirs Tbe Delga rs bave a record to ! maintain and they are in better condition to j make fest time than wh?n they mad? the record breaking time of 39 secocds in Fay- J DEATH OP R?V JAMES WHITS. Tho Old Court Crier Has Gone to His Beward. Rev. Jame? White, the well koowa colored preacher, who beld the position of court crier for more tb?o thirty years, died last Wednes? day, aged ?boat 72 years. He gave up bis position aa court crier on accouot cf ill health and other infirmities of age a few months ago, and since that time has gradual? ly grown worse He was probably one of the oest known negroes of the county, and be bad the respect and confidence of tb? white teople to a marked degree He wa? a good man and a eredit to his race througboot bis long life ; as a slave aod as a freedman be was faithful aod npright and discharged bis duty as a mao should. DEATH. Mr. James Madison Richardson, private secretary of Mallory, died suddealy in Wash? ington City, on Saturday night, of heart dis? ease. Mr Richardson was a young man of far more than ordinary attainments, having a thorough collegiate and basiness education. He bad studied law, and was admitted to tbe ba- at Oaark. Ala, several years ago.but never practiced that profession. He was bora in 6?inesville, Dec. 31, 1868, bis parents being tbe late J. M. and Margaret L Richardson. His parents were natives of Sumter, S. C , bis mother's maiden name being Margaret Fraser.-Gainesville, Fla., Daily Sun, May 15. _ Funeral Notice. The relatives, friends and acqaaintanc.es of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Newman are requested to attend the funeral of their little daughter at their house tomorrow morning at 9 30 o'clock. The interment will be at the cemetery at 10 o'clock. An Israeliten Wedding. Last evening at the ball of the Independent Fire company, which was prettily decorated for ibe occasion, there was an Israelitiah wedding ceremony. Miss Jennie Snetman, daughter of Mrs. Ettie Snetman, nntil recent? ly of Macon, Ga , and Mr. Solemon Segal of of Sumter, were married. Tbeceremooy was performed according to tbe beautiful orthodox rites by Rabbi Schrecbter. Tbere was a good attendance, and dancing followed the wed? ding -Tb9 State, May 17 The vagrant law is in force, and the loafers and idlers and disreputable characters of all sorts and descriptions should make tbsm 8elves scarce in Sumter unless tbey wish to work the streets. The police shoold put out their drag nets and gather tbe vagrants in Major Stuckey will do the rest. Aa old store boase at the foot of Republi? can street, near tbe tobacco warehouse, caught afire iaat Wednesday, and the reel equad8 were called out. Tbere was little fire and tbe damage was insignificant. Tbe house was occupied by a negro family, and it is tbooght that the fire was caused by a defective flue. Tbe building is tbe property or Mr. W. M. Graham. The Bishopville correspondent cf the Co? lumbia State in writing of tbe.recent com? mencement exercises of tbe Bisbopvills Grad? ed School, says : Rev. W. A. Kelly of Sumter, by invitation, preached an excellent sermon before tbs Graded School in the Methodist church on Sunday. Tbe cbarcb was packed to its utmost capacity, and tbe sermon was folly equal to all that waa anti? cipated iron this gifted yoong preacher. Monaghan Hose Co.'s wagoo and horses were moved Saturday to the new boase OB Liberty street, near Karvin, and will occupy only tbe lower floor until the new house is completed on the site of their old boase. Contractor Kavanangb will j begun 'onday morniog to tear down the old brick fire en? gine bouse occupied for several years by Monaghan Hose Co This house was erected a number of years ago by the old Independ? ent Fire Engine Company, and when that Or? ganization passed oat of existence the prop* erty became the property of tbe city. Mr. J. D. McNiell, president of the North Carolina Firemen's Association, is quite anx? ious for Mooagan sod Delger Reel Squads to attend the North Carolina tournament wbicb wil be lbeld in Wilmington in Joly, and in a recent letter to tbe chief of the fire department ?tates that be will visit Sumter shortly and be hopes to obtain the promise of both squads to visit Wilmiogtoo and enter the tournament. Some time ago a committee was appointed by the City Council to communicate witb the Atlantic Coast Line authorities in reference to providing a passenger depot, sufficiently large to accommodate the average crowd ot passengers that assembles at tbe depot and as to furnishing.in connection with the depot the toilet rooms and other necessary con? veniences and comforts that the poblic bas tbe right to expect and demand. If the com? mittee has discharged the duty tbere ia no record of the result on file io the city clerk's cffice. The hope was expressed wheo tbe committee was appointed, that something would be accomplished toward giving this city a passenger depot in the not distant future, and that hope is still entertained. The delegates from Gamecock Lodge return? ed Thursday morning from tbe Grand Lodge meeting in Charleston. They all report a successful meeting and a pleasant time. The next meeting will be held io Spartanborg. Sumter was not placed in nomination, as tbe Grand Lodge bas met in Sumter since it has in Spartanburg or Greenville, from wbicb places nominations were received Mr. L. I. Perrott of this city was elected Grand Outer Guard at the morning session Wedn<8day. New Physicians. Dr Wm. M. Bradlev, of Mayesville, Dr. L. H. Jenniogs and Dr. P. G. M. V T Hofman, of Sumter, were among tbe number of physi? cians wbo appeared before tbe Stute Board of Medical Examiners at its meeting on May 15-lb aod stood successfully the examination for license to practice in this State. There were seventy-nine candidates for license and six ty-six passed th's examination. Tb? board was surprised to discover to? wards tbe close of the examination tbat five of the applicants were using unfair means in the preparation of tbeir answers, and they were accordingly rejected withoui reference to tbe correctness ot the papers banded in. The Band Concert The weekly concert by the Fourth Regi? ment Bend wa3 giren on 'the Monumental Square Friday afternoon. The following WHS thc programme : March-The Maire Festival. Overture-Goleen Hive March-Dunlnp CorrimanGerv. Wtltz-Io Old Madrid March - Hamiltonian 2-Step-Tbe Creole Q ;?en Willie Ii rv an WK? arrested las: Thursday for drunkenness ard reckless driving Ke droves wagon HCroS8 the railroad ?rack i'? ? -ont of the rhif'i'.'g engirt1 ned narrowly escaped caoett?g the horse to be ki:i<.'d ss weil ns hnr. ?eif. The engine struck th.- rear <>?' the wngon and knocked it sidewise from th? track. ? SUNDAY Sc??OL ANNIVJSB SABY. Interesting Fxercises at the Mag? nolia Street Church. Tbe anniversary of the Magnolia 8-reet Methodist Church So tide? School were held last Sunday nisbt A large congregation was present and tte church was well filled notwithstatding tbe mass meeting io the Opera House for the purpose of raising funds for the relief of the famine sufferers ic lodi? Addressee were made bj R O Purdy. E H Rbame and T. B Fraser, Jr., superinten? dents of the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyte? rian Sunday Schools respectively. Tbere were also recitations, dialogues and songs by the Sunday School, and the exercises were interesting and entertaining throughout. Tba son? service was particularly good. Tbe Suaday School has grown iritb each year and bas made a marked improvement in every particular equal to the growth in num? bers A collection was taken, half of weich was for the India famine sufferers, which amount will be turned over to the general committee and will be forwarded with the sum raised at the mase meeting at the Opera House. India Famine Fund. Tbe contribution for the famine sufferers, at the Opera House, Sunday night, aggregated one hundred and thirty-six dollars and twen? ty-nine cents ($136 29). Mr R L Edmunds at ibe First National Bank is still receiving contributions, and it is boped the som total may reach two hundred dollars. Any of our citizens who feel disposed to aid in swelling tbe fund may band tbeir offering to Mr Ed? munds. Some few persons put tbeir due bills in tbe bat. These slips are in Mr Ed? monds' bands also. The subscribers can set? tle with bim, as he cannot call on them. A check for the money will be forwarded to New York on Thursday afternoon. What is to be given should be io band ny that time. Of the mooey collected Sunday night, Mr. J. M.N.Wilder banded io $5, a contribu? tion from tbe Graham Baptist church. Trouble in the Dispensary. The dispensary was closed on Monday awaiting tbe ajrival of an inspector to lock over the stock on band. Tbe cash and sales accounts balance exactly, it is stated on good authority, bot there is some confusion as to the stock ; the dispenser's accouot and the inspector's account do not agree, and Dis? penser Reames bas asked tbat tbe inspector be sent here to check over the stock and com? pare the invoices with tbe original accounts oo the State dispensary books. Acting under orders received by wire yes? terday the county board of control omened the dispensary, and business is going on as usual under the direction of tbecoooty board of control. Dispenser Rean es is suspended temporarily, pending the investigation, but cle'k J. B. Baker is on doty. The investiga? tion is practically at a s'aodstill and nothing cao be done until Inspector Boy kio returns. Be was here Saturday and wheo be left stated that he would return Monday. He did not do so and the board of control bas heard nothing from him. Tbe members of tbe board ere in the city wait?og for Inspec? tor Boykin to return and complete tbe inves? tigation and until the investigation is com? pleted they prefer to give out nothing for. publication. Mr E T Windham who was in charge at tbe dispensary yesterday, stated tbat the shortage io etock, eo far as could now be determined, amounted tn about $100, but the figure may be changed wbeo the investigation proceeds further. Mr. E T. Windham resigned from the County Board of Control yesterday afternoon*, and was immediately elected county dispen? ser for Sumter, to succeed J. M. Reames, re? moved. - ? ? mmm The Confederate veteraos commenced a monument to President Davis ; failing te raise sufficient fonds they called oo the Daughters of the Confederacy. The daugh? ters in tbeir various towns, to raise necessary foods for this purpose, are having entertain? ments. On Tuesday, tbe 29th, at the Opera House, tbere will be a concert of "Confeder? ate WarSoogs," tbe best talent in our city taking part. Everyone should go out, as the entertainment will be well worth tbe price charged, 25 cents, for admission, and remem? ber the cause-the Jeff Davis monument. - mm -? ?T* ~-m~ H. G Osteeo A Co. have on hand a large stock of base ball goods-iocluding caps and belts-wbicb will be sold at pleasing prices. Good hammocks cheap-net ones for a little more-at H. G. Osteen A Co'e. Raise Horses. The Nenraska State Journal offers a sug? gestion which may interest some of the farm era in South Carolina A maa who is well qualified to ?peak on the subject, it says, ex? presses the opioioo that every farmer "who wishes to make money in the next few years can do so by raising horses," as tbere are fewer such animal? in the country now than at any time m the past 40 years. "Neoras ka," says the Journal, "may safely mark up its wealth several millions on account of the increase in prices and the certainty that the business of horse-raising cannot be overdone for several ye^rs." Two agents of the British government, it is added, are now in New York seeking 35,000 bead of such stock for war purposes, and stand a small chance of getting even a fraction of that number. "The country simply cannot supply tbe de? mand." This i; good advice, and tbe farmers of Sumter county should te wise aod follow it. They need horses fer their own use, and they will make mooey by raising tor home use if they raise none to sell. Properly managed it* costs little more to raise a colt than it does a cow, and even a plot; hors* is worth several times as much as a cow. Ir dues not pay to raise plug borse9, however, for it costs no more to raise a blooded horse than a plug Just at this nan these who wish to improve their etock by raising first class stock have an opportunity within their reach. Modoc McEwen, No. 32785, a standard bred trotter of the best strain of blood in America, of fh.e size, speedy, fine action, unusually hand? some and superior qualities, is standing the season in Su m'er. All of hie get closely rreembie bim and show tbe distinguishing tnaiksof the H?tn bletonian-Mambrino blood Modoc McEwen is deseeaded from Harold the 8?re of Maud S. and from Hambletonian 10, the aucestors of nicety-five per c iv of &!l the fomon* trouiog horses tvor rained io America. No betti-r hied horse bas ever oe?ri brought toto South Carolina, and the man who owns one of his coitsi a few years hence ?vii! consider him? self lucky. May 15-3: Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of DELGABS OFF FOB CHAR? LOTTE The Horses sod Bob Wright Left Last Night Tbe horse? sod hose wagon of Delgar Reel Squad aod Robert Wright, the driver, left for Charlotte, N C , test Friday night to be ou band for th; firemeo's tournament to day It wag thought beet to lend the team ahead so that th? horses mignt have time to rest and recover from the effects of the trip aod get ?aro fit condition for the race Mr. W. S. Graham, foreman of the sq aid, left for Charlotte Saturday norning to be on 'he ground to m*ke ali preliminary arrange? ments and look after Ut interesta of bis tquad The other members of the racing team ?eft for Charlotte Monday night Pythian Grand Lodge Officers. Officers for tbe ensuing year were elected yesterday afternoon by the Graod Lodge Knights of Pythiaa now in session in Charles? ton Tbe Graod Lodge is expected to ad? journ today. The officers elect are as fol? lows: Graad Chancellor George F Von Kolcitz, Jr, of Cbarleatoo. Grand Vice Chancellor, Geo M L Bonham, of Anderson. Grand Prelate, Rev J B Thornwell, of Fort Mill Grand Keeper of Records and Seals-Col D J Auld, Suater. Grand Master of Exchequer-Wilson G. Barvey, Cbarleatoo Grand Master at Arms-James B Marshall, Piedmont. . Grand loner Guard-James B Bryan, Seneca.-News and Courier, May 16 Attempted Arson. Last Wednesday, about twelve o'clcck, fire waa discovered under one of tbs rear rooms of the resider,ca of Mrs N. P. Lenoir ou fiarby Avenue. A sardine can with kerosene, and some lightwood splin? ters, corn staiks and other combustible ma? terial was found on the sill, which bad jost begun to born when discovered by the cook. The fire was extinguished without making an alarm, notwithstanding tbe flame bad begun to spread rapidly. A abort and broad track was found under the house when the fire was started, but no other clue so fir has been obtained as to the perpetrator. -? mm? I consider it not ooly a pleasure but a duty I owe to my neighbors to tell about the wooderfol cure effected in my case by tbe timely use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I waa taken very badly with flux and procured a bottle of this remedy. A few doses of it effected a perma? nent cure. I take pleasure iu recommending it to others suffering from that dreadful disease.-J. W. Lynch, Dorr, W. Ya. This remedy is sold by Dr. A. J. China. The Institute Commencement. The invitations to the annual commence? ment of the Sumter Institute have been issued. The ordei of exercises is as follows; Sunday, Juoe 3, 8 p. m. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. C. M Richards. Monday, June 4, 8 3) p. m. Annual recital. Tuesday, June 5, 5 30 p. m. Commence? ment exercises. Literary address by John P Thomas, Jr. The following ladies of the class of 1900 will receive diplomas. Misses Mamie DuBose, Kate McCotchen, Sadie Muldrow, J alia Richardson, Etta Skin? ner and Elma Wilds. MAYOR'S COUBT. Tbe firs', effort to put the vagrants to work on the streets bas resulted in a failure, and tbe prisoners brought before the Mayor Friday all escaped conviction. There were two white mea and three negroes charged with vagran? cy, and all succeeded in bringing proof that they worked occasionally and bad support from other parties sufficient to live. Tbe Mayor decided in each case that there was not sufficient evidence to convict The pris? oners were Wesley Jessie gs and William Cato, white, and Amos Williams, Marion Durant aod William Brunson, colored. Willie Bryant was op for drunkenness, dis? orderly conduct, reckless driving and carry? ing concealed weapons. Tbe sentence was $10 or 20 dave. An Epidemic of Whooping Cough. Last winter daring an epidemic of whoop? ing cough my children contracted the disease, having severe coughing spells. We bad used Cbamberlaios's Cough Remedy very soccesfully for croup aod naturally turned to it at that time aod found it relieved the cough and effected a completo core -John E Clifford, Proprietor Nomood House, Nor? wood, N J. This remedy ia for sale oy Dr. A. J. China Military Trouble. The tronble in the Conner Mounted Rifle camp, beretofote reported in these columns bas not subsided, ncr is it likely to, until eome legal action has been started. A com? mittee of the company went to Columbia, ac? companied by Capt. Wella, and from what transpired in the acjatact general's office the committee c?me back with the assurance of the matter being mettled. Gen Floyd was under the impression that Privateer was in Clarendon, and therefore gave bis permission to Capt Wells to make that point bis muster gronnd, but when ba learned lt was in Sum ter be told the captain that be most not take his men out of the county, and furthermore the money received from the State belooged to the company, and moat be turned over to ?ts treasurer. Capt. Welle still refuses to turn tbe morey over, and a committee came to Menning Mon? day to consult with an attorney. They are determined to push tho matter to a conclu? sion, and before the affiir is ended Capt Wells is likely to have an unpleasant experi? ence. The rneB feel they bava been badly treated by their captain, and they will spt-cd money to recover the funds he ia withholding from tbem, and theo they will use every hon? orable tffort to have him courtmartialed. Manning Time', May 17. The ancients believed that rheumatism wes tho work of a demon within a man. Any one who has h?d an attack cf sciatic cr in fl wmmatory rheumatism will agree that the | ir.fliction is demoniac enough io warrant tte J belief, lt has never been claimed that Cham- j bsrlain's P>iin Balm would cost cut demons, : nu; st wih cure rheumatism, and hundreds' hi'-.r testimony to ?he trutn cf this statement. One application relieves the pain, and this ii ick. relief which it affords is alone rr or th j ra>oy times it3 cost. For sale by Dr A. J. | China. ????> - - Hammocks at H. G. ?9teen A Co's. Hammocks from 50c to $4 at tbs bock store of H. G. Osteen & Co. Home Comfort -RANGES Won Gold Medal at the Chicago Exposition as Tie Frail Rame nf Hie M It woo tbe First Gold Medal Prize over thousands of competitors, tod its superiority was cle*rly demonstrated. These Ranges are sold onlv from wagons, aod ioteodiog purchasers will find it to their tr.'rreit to secare them while the opportunity presents itself. The Wrought Iron Range Company bat arrived with one of its divisions, and will make Sumter headquarters for a short while, canvassing this and adjoining coontie* with the famous Home Comfort Steel Ranges. These Ranges are complete io every particu? lar. Their many advantages for convenience and durability will be thoroughly demon strated by gentlemanly salesmen to all ia teoding purchasers. The following eudorsemeoti are from well known eitzeoB of Hampton aod Williams? burg counties : We, tbe utdeisigced residents of Hamp? ton and Williamsburg coanties, are csiog the Home Comfort Range, and unhesitatingly say it is the best range we bave ever oaed : M B McSweeoev, W J Gooding, Mr and Mrs J F Ke.rse, W M Robertson, J J Gooding, W P Weekly, W H Kennedy, R C Logan, L Stackler, R H Kellehan, Cooper Bros. S. H. DEW, SuT)t. May 23-im? SEED PEAS-Fifty bushels of TJoknown or Georgia Peas for sale by W. D. Sear ouroogb, Scarboro, S. C. May 23- 2t* Mr. A. f. CrosEweQ Appointed. TBS management of the Equitable Society desires to announce the appointment of Mr A. W. Croea well as resident manager for the city of Sumter and vicinity. FOR SALE-CHEAP-FOR CASH OR on credit.-A Ginning Outfit consisting or the followiog: Three 60-saw Loomis Gins with Feeders aod Condensers; Two 60-saw Hall Gins with Feeders and Condensers: One 70-saw Winship Gin with Condenser ; One heavy Winship Cotton Presa; One Acme Cotton Press; One 20-H.P. Liddell Engine; One 25-H.P. Steel Boiler. All io perfect order and with a lot of sbaftiog, polleys, etc. Will sell all or any part. Apyly to W. W. De8Sbamp3 & Co., Wisacky, S. C. May 16-4t._ WANTED TO SELL-One pair Platform Scales, one 20-borse Liddell Eogioe end Boiler, one 60 saw Pratt Gin and Boes Press. Also complete Grist Mill. Apply to J. E Cougar, Bishopville, S. C. Mar 9-4t* SURVEYING. SURVEYING and Civil Engineering work p;omptly and accurately done W. LORING LEE, Civil Engr. Muy 23-6u Estate of Miss Anna P. Burgess, MINOR. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Su rorer County on June 9tb, 1900, for a Final Discbarge as General Guardian of aforesaid Mioor. R. J BROWNFIELD, May 91 --23-30 Guardian. Mrs. L. Atkinson, Fashionable IV?ILLINE R Y. tfev Summer Goods and Novelties Coming in Every Week. Stock of Flowers and all Trimming Mate? rials full now for Summer ose. Daily additions of new designs in Trimmings keep our Trimmed Hat Department continu? ously attractive. The outgoing models are promptly replaced by later ideas of ocr own designing ?od copies of the latest Hats shown io New York. The same exclusiveness characterizes oar exhibit of UNTRIMMED HATS, which com? prises choice selections cf Straw Braids, in white, black and the pastel shades. Prices the lowest in city for equal qualities. Mrs. L. Atkinson, SUMTER, S. C. May 16 MASTER'S SALE. BY VIRTUE or a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Scmter County in toe State of South Carolina, io the case of Mary M. B and against Marion Moise (substi? tuted for James W. Phillips, George E Phillipa. Mary M. Wilson ind Theo docia E Oennis) ; Mary L. Parnell and William B. Phillips, Jr , (an infant un? der the age of 14 years) heirs at law and distributees of W. B. Phillips, deceased ; Raveoi-I S. Bradwell as Administrator of the Estate of W. B Phillips, deceased ; James Thorowell. Silas Hickson, G. P. Rush and Hampton Parnell ; I will sell at public auc? tion, to the highest bidder, at the Coon House in the city of Sumter in said county aBd State, on saleday in June, 19C0, being the fourth day of said mcntb, during the usual h.ure of sale, the followiog described real estate, to wit : "All tbat certain tract of land measuring three hundred and teo acres more or less, situate, lyiog and beiog in ?be county of Sumter, State of Souib Carolina and is hounded on the north by lands of B E Wilsoo ; on the the east by lanas of E J. Goodman ?od J L. Kael9 ; on the south by lands of Jacob Keels, and west by lands of Mrs. Ehzaoeih Wilson, and lies wholly in townsh'p cf of the county afore? said" Terms of sale o"3e-balf cash and balance in ona year secured bj bond and mortgage of purchaser in which thali be provided for counsel's fees in case sime has to be collected by snit, purchaser to have the option of pay? ing a'l cash, H. FRANK WILSON, Wester for Sumter County. May 9, 190D. -JSTEW -HOKEY NEW CO'.:H HONEY in pound sections, ir-c p-r section : 7 sections SI. EXTRACTED HONEY (cr sinned as some prefer :o CR ! ;t) of this srasun's m^-ke now n.'rtdy Vessels sent to roy residence wiil be filled ai 25c per quart. May 3 N. G. OSTEEN. THOSE SUPERB TONES That instantly arrest jour attention, that appeal to roar comical sense bj tbeir sweet? ness, come from Yet they're reasonable in pri?e, and compare with aoy io qoality. Catalog for the asking. Repairing ansi Toning at moderat? prices. Accommodating Terms. Pianos of otber makes to soit the mott economical. CHAS. M. STIEFFj Warerooms, 9 North liberty Street. Factory-Block of E. Lafayette AT?., Aiken and Lan Tait streets. BALTIMORE, MD. CANDIDATES. FOR SOLICITOR. I am a candidato for re-election to the office of Solicitor, and agaio solicit the sop port of the voters of the Tbird Circuit, Bab ject to tbe action of the Democratic primaries. JOHN S. WILSON. FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TITES. I hereby announce mjsalf a candidate for the Bouse of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. TBOS. G. McLEOD. FOR CONGRESS. Hos. J. Wu. STOKES is hereby annoooeed as a candidate for re-election to Congress ia the Seventh district, subject to tbe Demo? cratic primsry. FOR SHERIFF. Believing E. T. WINDHAM to be a suita? ble mao for Sheriff of Sumter county, we hereby ar.pounce bim a candidate for the office, subject to tbe actioo of the Democratic primary electioo. May 9* The friends of Deputy Sheriff JAMES B. GAILLARD take pleasure io nominating bim for Sheriff of Sumter County, sobjact ie the actioo of the Democratic primary Bis long and efficient service as Deputy Sheriff, bis faithful discbarge of every duty devolv iog upon him and bis thorough familiarity with every detail necessary to the proper admiuistratioo of the sheriff's office qualify bim for the position. The friends of HARRY W. SCARBOR? OUGH would respectfully present his nama to the democratic voters of Sumter county at the approaching primary as being a suitable man for Sheriff of Sumter county, feeling assured that be will oe acceptable to tbe en? tire people Tbe voters of Sumter county are asked to support for sheriff William H. Epperson, a true and tried Damocrat, a man who was a gallant Confederate soldier and served four years io the ranks. He is competent and will faithfully discharge the duties of tbe office if elected. COMRADES. CLERE: OF COURT. Geotlemen: I want to be elected to the office of Clerk of the Court for Sumter Coun? ty. No one has asked tte to be a candidate. (I guess they just didn't think of it). I trust, however, you will cot forget me at the Democratic primary election, which will set? tle toe question, who shall be clerk? as far as I am coe cerned. Boping to be yours at the primary, I am Yerv respectfully, J. W. DENNIS. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I bereby annoooce myself a candidate foe re election to tba office of County Supervisor of Sumter Countv, subject to tbe actioo of the Democratic Primary, aod pledge myself to support the nominees of tbe Democratic party. MARION CORN MB. FREAN MELLETT is nominated for County Supervisor, subject to the result of the Democratic primary He i;i a compateat man for the position, a Democrat who de? serves the support of the party, aod if bois elected will render faithful and valuable services DEMOCRAT. To my friends who so nobly supported me before and tbe public generally : I wiab to announce myself a candidate for the office of County Superviso", promising to stand by the action of the Democratic primary. Respectfully, Mch 10* W. H SEALE. FOR CO. SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. Believing that the acquaintance of the present incumbent, J. EDWIN REM BERT, with the dutips cf the effbe, the various teachers, trustees and needs of the several communities of the county qualify biro for the cffi:e of County Superintendent of Edu? cation, and that be is heartily interested io the doiies thereof, we nominate bim for re? election, sobj?ct to the ?ction of the Demo? cratic Primary. MANY VOTERS FOR CORONER. Mr. Elitor: You will please annonnee SAMUEL F FLOWERS a candidate for Coroner for Sumter Countv and ohlige HIS FRIENDS. YR A D. MOSES, who has so tfficieotly filled the position of Corooer during the past four years, is bereby nominated for re e ec tioo, subject to ?he Democratic nriaery. He will receive rbe heartv support of MANY VOTERS. I bereby annonnee myself a candidate for tbe effice of Coroner nf Sumter County sub? ject to the result of the Democratic primary. I am acquainted with tbe duties ??f the effice and if elected will faithfully and efficiently perform them. The support and influence of the Democrats of sbe county is solicited aod will be appreciated. Rrsoecfu?y. THOMAS M JONES. ?Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-! hr.t business conducts* for P./:ODERATE FEES. iouF.orncrisOFPoctTEU. S. PATENT O V.?-;CEJ *u:id weeansecare patent in less time taaa ?iicse' ^remote from Washington. > Scad modci, craw ing or photo., with descrip-j >:ion. We advise, it patentable or rot, free of! ^charge. Oar fee not duo till patent is secured. > A PAM PH LET, 14 How to Obtain Patents," with? ?cost ot saxe i.t the U. S. and foreign countries' {scut free. Address, ?C.A.SNOW&CO. i OPP. PATENT OFFICE:. WASHINGTON. D. C. itf&VVVVVVV^VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV