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The Graded Sebooi Com? me neera en t. Tbs Washington Sfrt\?t Schcol is Ra insti? tution which is peculiarly denr to the people * of Sumter, ard io which 'hey fe^i a oricle that is but just. The an', o-u commencement :3 tie event of the year in education*! circles, and the Opera House wh.co is suppose.! tb i; e twenty years ahead of the times, a..d i-eri?r-?l times too iarge fer s city ct ?h?? s?z? of Sam ter, is always too s-.a-l to l-old the crowd that is eager to be preseot Lo.st 7hu:<di> N night every seat wss filled in orchestra, bal? cony acd gallery and stacdirjg room was at a premian?. This ?3 tbe siscertst and zcos' cor.T?ac?Dg evidence o? the place that this ?chool holds ia public esteem, and when it is ?'?id that Bach interest is wei! c,eriteds the simone ?, trata i? stated io the simplest manner. The school has done a magnificent work in the T rea years since the graded schcoi system was organized and each year the school bas grown io nomter3 and in excellence. To? day it is second to none ia the State and ander the efficient maoagement it er>joj3 it >s moving forward steadily to higher ana better tbiags. Tb? exercises la9t night were ia keeping with the school and aa index of irs character and of the systematic, thorough training the pnpil3 b??ve received ia ail its departments Tbe exercises began promptly at 7 45 p. m. with a march by the Fourth Regiment Or? chestra, daring which the pupils of the first, second and third glades marched across the stage in front of toe curtain and oat of tbe Opera House There was not ssfficieot room oo the 5?ege to seat all of the pupils of the school and it was thought best to let the younger chi'.dren co home early. A prayer was effered by Rev J. I Ayres and the program proper then followed. Song by the sencol, (Orchestral accompa aiment) 0, Sten; Oid Lind The Relis of Honor were theo read ; The following is the Roll of Honor for the past quarter: FIKST GRADE. .st Division.-Herbert Bultman, Helen Beaumont. William Beynolds. Iva Weathers, Kathleen Bostick Lucile McLeod, Douglas Edens. Special Mention,-Hart Mason, Clemson Geddings. Bennie Inabinet, Gertrude Knight, Francis Moise, Nonie Commander, Ralph Moise, Gladys Atkinson. Trina Baumgard aer, * William Davis, DeSaussure Hail. Great Improvement.-Albert Carr. Herman Phelps. 2nd Division.-Marie DuPre, Mil? dred Hall. Lucile Baker. John Duffie, Gussie Hood. Eleanor Hughson, Laura Richardson, Mabel Parrott, Joe ?rromberg, Donald Hinson, Cleo Geddings. Special Mention.-Robert McLeod, Sallie Wright. Julian Schwartz, Ernest Rhame. Sarah Richardson, Lucille Ryttenberg. Myrtle Boart Seld, Laurence Folsom, Alva Green. Great Improvement.-Willie Brad? ford. SECOND GRADE. Frankie Lesesne, Paul Bowman, Emma Baker, Wendell Levi, Thomp? son Hornsby. Special Mention.-Juanita Hoyt, Lula Hough, Minnie Hough, Ada Seymour, James Chandler, Walter Jones, James Bradford, Wm. Hayns worth. Great Improvement-Claremont Moses, Jessie Carter, Madge Mc? Dowell. THIRD "GRADE. Jessie Brown, Essie Murray, Ma? bel Welch, Louise Yeadon, Ray Ryttenberg. Special Mention.-Frances Joye, Wyndham Manning, Franzesca Teicher. Ollie Delgar, Maude Brad ham. FOURTH GRADE. Lvdia Richardson, Alma Camp? bell. Special Mention.-Bertha Bult? man, Nellie Mellett. FIFTH GRADE Louise Murray, Mary Lowry, Belle Brinkley. Special Mention.-Bernard Man v ning, Robert Cooper, John Lee, Nannie Moore, Charles Richardson, Lillie Hodge, Charlie McGrath. Marked Improvement-Warren Burgess. SIXTH GRADE. Murr Hall, Edith Lampiey, Katie Moses, Lottie Pigford, Mary Bur? gess, Walter Ryttenberg. Special Mention.-Adele Vinson, Hattie Sanders. Marked Improvement. - Lena Edens. SEVENTH GRADE. Johnnie Rowland, Evie Cunning? ham, Celeste Hughson, Guignard Jones. Special Mention.-Genie Hoyt, Carrie Bradford. (These two were kept from getting on the Roil of Honor by absence, due to sickness). Marked Improvement in Scholar? ship.-Mary Anna Jackson, Gracie Randie, Etta Seymour, Julius Schwerin. EIGHTH GRADE. Elma Epps, Isidore Teicher. Special Mention.-Willie Manning. NINTH GRADE. Misses Alice Moses, Ruth Mc Laurin, Leona Jennings. TENTH GRADE. Special Mention.-David Mccal? lum, Miss Armida Moses, Cecil Wil? son. The following is the yeariy Roll of Honor: FIRST GRADE. 1st Division.-Iva Weathers, Her? bert Bultman. 2nd Division.-Marie DuPre. Lu? cile Baker, Joe Fromberg, Donald Hinson, Laura Richardson, Gussie Hood, Mabel Parrott, Mildred Hall. SECOND GRADE. Paul Bowmau, Emma Baker, Wendell Levi. THIRD GRADE. Marguerite McLeod. Essie Murray, Louise Yeadon, Mabel Welch, Jessie Brown. FOURTH GRADE. Alma Campbell, Lydia Richardson, Edna Stack. Excellent, but prevented by sick? ness from bein? on yearly roll : Ber? tha Bultman, Nellie Mellett. FIFTH GRADE. Mary Lowry, Louise Murray, Belle Brinkley. Special Mention.-Bernard Man? ning, Robert Cooper, John Lee, Nannie Moore. Bartow Walsh, Chas. Richardson. 4 Marked Improvement.-L t i l i e | Hogan. SIXTH GRA!>K Edith Lampiey. Muir Hall, Lottie Pigford and Mary Burgess SEVENTH GRADE. Genie Hoyt would have been on the yearly .Roll of Honor, had [she not been absent from sickness. EIGHTH GRADE. Isidore Teieher. The following: pupils were neither absent nor tardy daring the year: 1st Grade, 1st Division.-Albert ; Carr. j 2nd Division.-Murr Hall, Ray? mond Stansill. Oth Grade.-Hattie Sanders. Ver- j non Stansill. 7th Grade.-Henry Moses. St h Grade.-Berta Winburn. 10th Grade.-Miss Amii da Moses. Miss Arroida Moses who won the second honor medal was the 3alntatorisn of the class, and that duty she discharged gracefol?y. Her e?say was well written and the delivery vas excellent, ter enunciation being so clear and distinct that escb word could be heard | ia the remotest part of the bouee Commissioner Marion Moise performed tte ; pleasant duty of awarding the second honor medal to Miss Armida Moses. Then carnea . 'Twilight Song;' by a doubla quarte'te. Mayor Stuckey awarded the Srst honor medals to Messrs. David McCai?um and Cecil Wilson. These young men tied for the 6rst place io the class, and the School Board and Superintendent Edmunds decided that the only way out of the dilemma wa3 to award each of them a medal The tie was not alone on the past year's work, but for eis years their standing in class has been exactly the sane and it wag impossible for their teachers to decide between them. Such a thing has never occurred in the school oefore and it is not likely to occur again. The certificates were presented to the rr-era b;rs of the graduating class by Mr. Ne:!l O'Donnell, chairman of the Schcol Board. The graduates were Misses August-: Folsom, Bessie Gillepsie, Rosa Gdlepsie, Aranda S?oses and Sophie Richardson acd Messrs Rcttrt Graham, David McCaiium and Cscii ? Wihon. Tbe exposition of the class motte-"Labor omnia vincit"-by Sup .t Edmunds was one of tan most enjoyable features cf the emesias. Mr. Edmunds has devoted himself to irs pro? fession wi.h sil of the earnestness and enthu? siasts of an intensely earcest nattre and the subject of his brief ad? dress appealed to him with a pe? culiar force, and bis remarks came from a fall heart and a mind that has been trained by experience. None knows better tbars be the value of patient and consommions work and his precept and example fit tose:ber as th9 complement one of the other Tne resuir bas been seen in bis success as a teacher and in the influence he wields over his pupils. His speech was a gem in thought and d ction and delivery, and the beauty of it all wa3 intensified by the fret that every person io the large audience krew that he spoke only what he felt, that he bas lived up to the high standard he has set for himself, and that bis pupils have been influenced to real? ize that conscientious labor is the only sure road to success. "The New Hail Columbia," a song by the school, concluded the first half of the programme. While the curtaio was down tbe Orchestra played an overture. Part II of tbe programme began wi'b a soogfcy the school-Lullaby, by SuPivao. Then followed tbs declamations for the gold medal offered annually Dy Mr. W. F Bhime The declaimers were: Cecil Wilson-"Battle cf King's Moon? bi." Robert Graham-"Miss Flora McF imsey." David McCailaa-"The Black Horse and His Rider." Wben the committee consisting of Messrs. R. 1 Manning, Joo. M. Knight and H. G. Ostceo, retired to decide to whom the medoi should te awarded a mixed double qaartette sang the "Boatman's Good-night." The "Cia?3 Criticism" was read by Miss Sophie Richardson, who amused and en ter? tained the audience with a well written com? me tary oo the characteristics, faults and foibles of br,r classmates. The Deciairaers Medal was presented by Col. Jco. M. Knight, who, in announcing the co-Tcaittee's deccisioa end delivering the medal to Cecil Wilson, the successful com? petitor, made a few happy and well timed re marks. He stated that the committee h&d difficulty in arriving st a decision, and, io fact, the decision was not unanimous and that all of the cororaitte regretted that there were not three medals to award, for they would have liked to give each boy a medal, so weil bad each one acquitted himself. The exercises were brought to a close with a song by the school-"A Miller's Wooing" and a march by the orchestra. Mr. D. L. Rambo, who had charge of the music and trained the children and directed the singing, deserves a separate and special mention for the work be bas accomplished. The school is fortunate indeed in having io the faculty a man who is not only a teacher of ability in class room work but an accom? plished musician, whose work for the school in this special branch, outside of bis regular duty, bas been of incalculable value. He has voluntarily undertaken a work that io many schools a special teacher is employed to do, and he bas done it well. Lincoln School Commencement. The closing exercises of the Li o coi o Gra? ded School were held io the Opera House last Friday oigbt from S to 10.30 o'clock. To Bay tbat tbe building was crowded is put? ting it mildly. One section of the orchestra floor was reserved for white people, of whom there were several hundred present. The exercises were op to the usual high 8'audard, aod oo ooe present failed to enjoy tbe really excellent programme from the first to the last Tho essays were all good, the composition and delivery bring highly creditable to tbe pupils and reflected credit upoo their teach? ers. The "Introductions," or io other words, character sketches of the several members of tbe graduating class, were well written, foll of humor aod kept the audience intensely amused during tbeir delivery. Tbe essays and valedictory were on practical subjects, the subject matter showed tboogbt aod tne com? position was above the average. There was ooe marked feature io all the essays, tbey all showed that the gospel of self-help and self respect so forcibly aod so eloquently preach? ed by Brooker WashiogtoD, Richard Carroll and the colored leaders of that stamp is bear iog fruit, and the leaveo they have so wisely prepared is begining to leaven tbe mass of colored people. The yoong people of their race are takiog their words to heart and they are beginning to see things as Brooker Wash? ington would have them see, to think, to feel and to act as he has io bis o?o life and as he advised bis race to act and live for their own good and uplifting IB a moral and industrial sense. The singing in which the school waoassist ed by a chorus of the best colored voices io Sumter was especially fine There was no feature of the entertainment more generally enjoved, and Prof Whittaker is fortunatein being able to enlist the services of those who contributed so much to tbp success of the exercises and the pleasure of the audience. Barton Levan whose magnificent bass voice has been heard with so much pleasure in pre? vious commencements w&s at bis best last niyht, f.nd sang itt 'he chorus1s and in onesolo with fine effect He ?9 gif'.ed with a vc:oe of Qouscal compase, power *od -5?eernes?, and it ?a a rar- treat to those who tove mutic ior music's Si-Lce to he*r him sing The order was *11 that could be dcsi'ed, and the cooeing exercises of the r??o?t suc? cessful year in the bi3tory of the school re i fi?cttd tb-? grea'em credit on Principal Whit? taker and bi? a:8oci?tes. I The pro^tamin? WHS as follows : Anthem-Life is iike J* troubled se*. ? Invocation-Iv-v I). H. Boweu j Coorus-Friendship^ Love, and Son?. I Esj'ij-A P.pa tor tbe ?iome-Sallie R. I Fie'dr ; Solo-Tbe Turnkey-B. W. L:-Van. I Awarding Fir&t lionor Medal-Annie E. ' Lawson-Mayor Stuckey. Introduction-Our Giris-MaJeiice E. Bowen. r say-Little Thinge-Kate E. Brun?on. (.uorus-The Bind. Introduction-Our Boys-C. Bertha Wil? liams. Awarding S'.CDud Honor Meda!-James Singleton-Col. J ?i. Koigbt E?say-What Can I Du ?-Marv E. Tin? dal. Qaartette-The Auctioneer-(By request). Awarding Dipiomts-Supt. S. H Ed? munds. Paning Song-Class. Awaraing Prizes--Punctuality-James Da? vis ; Improvement io Writing-Naomi Wil sou ; Best Writing:-Mary Tindal. g35ay-Is it Worth While ?-Bessie E. George. Awarding Prizes for Best S?faker and for Beat Introduction-Best Introduction-Ber? tha Williams; Best Essay-Bessie George Dr. J. S. Eughson. Honorable Mention-Sallie R. Fields Maj. Marion Moise. Valedictory-There is So Death-Annie E. Lawson. Chorus-Hark ! 'Tis tbe Midnight Beil. Tue traduettisg ciass, wnich was the largest since the school was established, waa as ioiiows : Madeline E Bowen, Elijah Bradley, George Brunsen, Katie E Bruuson, Mamie Cassel, Jam?s W Davis. Lottie Ii D cks, Loadla A Dew, Betiie E George, Eli Greirg, Sallie R Fields, Charlotte Jobasoi:, Mary E Johnson, An:.?ie P Lawson, Whittier R Parker, Elma L Pe?rrso:, Maggie Pearson, Benjamin A Kiehardson, James M Singleton, t? attie E Smith. Elmore T Stewart, Mary E Tinda!, Jou:i 2 'w ilde, S:ia? J Wilde, C Betcea Wil? liams, Naomi E Wilson. Hi? Life Was Savtd. Mr. J. !?. Lilly, a proiuicent citizen cf Han nibal, Mo., lately had a wonderful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he says: 'T wa? taken with typhoid fever that run into pneumonia- My ?ungi became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even .<it up in bed. Nothing helped m >. I expected soon to ?ie of Consutnp:ion, when I heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it. and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise." This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for ail throat and lung trouble. Regulr.r sizes 50 cts and $1.00. Trial bottle free at J. F. W. DeLortae's Drug Store, ever}' bottle guaranteed. 2 --i-?mmm "Two candidates for the legislature were io The Pres9 aod Banner office, and they were a=ked ?. they would vote for an appropriation fer tbe Charleston exposition They replied trompt y and acreservedy that they would not. Ooe of the candidates a ked this editor: "How will a State appropriation for Charleston hei'p Abbe ville Not being abie to answer, we reep'-ctfully refer the matter to The Evsnirg Posk, The News and Courier and tbe Columbia State -Abbeville Presj and Banner It such a ?el?sh'y is^latiog spirit controls Abbeville, that "cradle of secession''' bad better secede from South Carolina. We might give nure than one rea?on why the Charles? ton exposition would help Abbeville along with the rest of the State-as wo have done before-but Abbe7ille's determination seems to be fixed, cr at least this is the inference from what The Press and Banner says, and it is useless.-Tbe St3te. Major Rathbone is 6aid to have written to Assistant Postmaster Gen era! Heath : "If I am arrested or molested I will pull down the col? umns of the temple, and allhougb I perish in the temple there wiil be others who will go down with me." This is either a menace which he should be given the opportunity to execute or else it is a bluff which ought to be called.- -Augusta Chron? icle. Savannah, Ga, June 7 -The re finery aud eoap house of the South? ern Oil Company's refining plant, at this place, were destroyed by fire this afternoon. The loss will be up wards of ?150,000, fully insured. The beet sugar industry is attain? ing woderful proportions in various sections of this country. A few yeare ago in some sections of Central New York the peppermint oil crop was tbe leading feature, and brought more money into the bands of the farmers than did the apple crop. But now the peppermint crop is mostly a thing of the past in that section, and the mint stills are kept in operation by the crop of a few acres near them. The beat sugar crop has driven the mint crop westward, for the farmers find it more profitable to raise 6ugar beets. Ten years ago every commu nity iu Central New York had a resident who was getting rich by stilling mint, but these same mills are now failling into disuse. Lyons, N Y , was the center of the mint market of the world, but thi.t honor is now among the claims of distant western cities. The fame of the Wayne county oils was known near and far, and took the world's prize at the Columbian exposition in 1893 The Pan American exposition will bring a new locality into similar prominence in all probability. Thus, the peppermint crop, like the march of civilization, has gone westward Savannah, Ga, June 7 -In the interstate challenge cup yacht races today between the Charleston yacht Maris and the Savannah yacht Dra \ goon, the Maris won by seven min- I utes and 56 seconds, corrected time, ! over a 20 mile course The pace was slow The race is to be best two out of three, and the second event wiil ! occur tomorrow. The Maris, a new boat, showed herself a superb sailer in ail winds. CADET TEACHERS. Columbia, June 7 -The following letter has been received by the State superintendent of education from the superintendent of the Citadel. These young men are required by law to teach in thc public schools of South Carolina fur tvro years, provided they can obtain situations A large num? ber of Citadel graduates have been given positions in the schools cf the State and have proved themselves highly efficient in school work : Hon J J. McMahan, Superintend enl of Education-Dear Sir : I have the honor to submit to you, as re? quired by statute, the names of the ?ollowing young men, beneficiary cadets in this academy, who will graduate on June 25 : D A Bradham, Clarendon county ; K C Brice, Kershaw county ; B Calhoun, Marlboro county ; W S Clayton, Bamberg county ; L M Cochrane, Abbelilie county ; J II Courteney, Edgefield county ; C W DuRant, Sumter county ; W H. Evans, Darlington county ; J H Hayns worth, Sumter county ; A J Hy drick, Orangeburg county ; J W Linley, Charleston county ; J W Moore, Greenwood county ; J P Q.uarles, Abbeville county ; H T Rogers, Marion county ; W II Siigh, j Richland county ; W W Smoak, Col- j leton county ; S C Snelgrove, Saluda i county ; J R Westmoreland, Spar- ? tanburg county. Asbury Coward, Superintendent. A ^??5 CUSAN RELIEF cures Colic. Li.^HjV' ^ .Neuralgia and lootnache m $y$y ii ve mi notes. Sou v Stomach .-md Summer < Jomplaints. Price 25c. Sold by Hugbson-Ligon Co. Notice of f?et?stration. Toe State of Sou?b Carolina-Sumter Coun? ty-Office of Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County, Sumter, S. C., February let, 1899. Notice is hereby given that in accordance with an Act of the Genera! Assembly, and in conformity with the requirements of the State Constitution, the books for the registration of all legally qualified voters, and for the issuing cf transfers, e?c,, wil! be open at the office of Supervisors of Registration in the court house, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. ra . and 3 o'clock p. m., on the first M on day of each month, until thirty days before the next general election. Minors who eball become of age during that period of thirty days sbail be entitled to registration before the books are clo.?ed, if otherwise qualified, j The requirements for a qualified voter are that the applicant for registration shall be abie to read and write correctly, or possess in his own name property to the amount of tnree hundred dollars, upon which be pays taxes. E. F. BURROWS, T. D. DuBOSE, J. M. KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. M ch 1 Mrs, L. Atkinson, Fashionable MILLINERY. Summer Goods and. Novelties Coming in Every Week. Stock of Flowers and all Trimming Mate? rials full now for Summer ase. Daily additions of new designs in Trimmings keen cur Trimmed Hat Department continu? ously attractive. The outgoing models are promptly replaced by iater ideas of our own designing and copies or the latest Hats shown in New York. The S8me exclusiveness characterizes our exhibit of UNTRIMMED HATS, which com? prises choice selections of 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 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Capital.$ 75,000 00 Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders io excess of tbeir stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Banking Busioess. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Ia tereRt allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, -per aooum, oo amounts above $5 aod oot exceed? ing $300, payable quarterly, oo first days of Januarv, April, Joly and October. R M. WALLACE, L.S. CARSON, President. Cashier. Onion Set? AND Garden Seeds. A supply of Onion Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for the season's planting, now on hand. FULL 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. DeLorme. Oct 25. in private *] No one but yourselves know of the Suffering you go through. Why do you suffer? It isn't necessary. Don't lose your health and beauty, (for the loss of one is speedily followed by the loss of the other.) Don't feel " weak " and "worn out." Impure blood is at the bottom of all your trouble. ??ffl .Sarsaparilla cheeks. Each bottle contains a ~ ^7Z~ ^ZZZ. ~Z quart> QUART BOTTLES. Painful and Suprcssed Menses, Irregularity, Leucorrhcea. Whites, Sterility, Ulcera? tion of the Uterus, chanee of life in matron or :-naid, all find relief, help, benefit and cure in JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. It ls a rial panacea for headache, pains in tho left side, indigestion, palpitation of the heart, cold hands and feet, nervousness, sleeplessness, muscular weakness, bearing-down pains, backache, legache, irregular action of the heart, shortness of breath, abnormal discharges with painful menstruation, scalding of urine* swelling of feet, soreness of the breasts, neuralgia, uterine displacement, and all those symptoms which make the average woman's life so miserable. We have a book foll cf health information. Yo? want it-its free. _*1 THE MICHIOATT DRUG CO." Detroit,Jgjcjy. Liverette? for Liver Ills. The Famous Little Liver Pills, rsc. J. S. HUGrHSON & CO. dumber 32785 Standard Bred Trotting Stallion, Registered in Volume 15, American Trotting Register. Will stand the season in Sumter at lot in rear o? Osteen's Book Store. PEDIGR JIODOC McEWfiN, 327S5. C55 ^3 ? -r to ic tc 2 0.3 ZC *> O ? K-33 ? rt) JL = .r?E-iHC>.ri?* >-. o c s CS K=-? ? K3 n ?O ra n a 3? 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Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA, S. C, Most thorough Business and Shorthand Courses. Better inducements, and more graduates placed in good posi? tions than all other Business und Shorthand Schools in South Carolina combined. Write at once for a catalogue and full information. W. H. Newberry, President.