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W1DW1IDAY, JU W * 27,1900 farererfotf tke fott Office at Sumter.S (7.. at Second Clau JTitter. HBW ADVBRTI8BIAB2fTB. Ottadeo Steam Leoi.dry Ool%?v>U iMiNN OoHege WiOmltjM BlM FUat Oli Stove Beordere Waeted at Aehsvtii*, N 0. Sweater Tititti Warefeouee Oompea). Mark Ray eolds, Iterator?Batata 8?la Fat tan Leg?eieiere -D M. Young, Alia meat Meeae A. K. Hawkeo. Optician?la Sumtt.r for Tkree Deyt alter Jely t. FBBBOHAIi. Miee Kata MeOetebea la rttittog at ft edge iaM. Mm. W. H. lagraai bee rataratd lo Co Dr. Was. Mood, of Susaojertoo, wet io tbe etty loot at oak. Mre. Falk* Breaker, ef Colombia, wai la taa alt? Friday. Mr. ft. 0. Baasbeet eeeet aatttal dafa la Oeieaeeie tbat week. Mr Bag* 0. Hey as worth la at hoaie for the eaaMaar veeettee Mice batata lagrea lefl Moadey to flail realises la Maaalag. Mka M. ? Barley raloraed to her bona ta Waraarwere yetwrdey Mre ft. 8. Oaaaaea, of Ktrtbaw, spent last algae la ike etty. Mat Laif Oaaelegbea lefl Friday far bar to WHUaewaarg oooa ty. ? Araalda Meaee tea fane la Nev York, aba will eeead eeeaa time. Men. J. Da??Id aed ebUdree, of Columbia, are tkatlag Mr. aed Mrs. H. Meebeiaa. Mr. Alteaseat Means ead Mies Kaie Moeee frees Seeoi Talle, 8. D. Beak PSelee ie at baste froaa Patrick Mill tatf. fatilbia far raw oeaettr raaattea. Mre. T. H. Clarke a*1 cbildrta lefl laei Tke rode y ajeralag far G.eao Springs. Mr. J. S. Daigbt, af Pnvaieer, nee la tke etty Friday, far tke ftrei Uaae ataee Marek. Miee Jette Bt.leo, af BaetoTtr, ie la tke etty tattiog bar eater, Mre. A W. Oreeewall. Mre. D. M. ftiabarlaaa aad cbildrce, of are ? lei Uag Mre. J. 8. Raberdeoo. Ma Graba? aad Meerer Jaaaee Oaaaaaa beta gaaa to Dae mark fa* a eben Mre. J. B. Maaeea, af Seveenek, Oe , Ie tbe aaaieaar witb Mre. ft 8. Bred Mtaeaa Bdltb aad Floreaae Loryea, fr?re 8i. 8. O , are vieitiag tke Mieeee aae M. A. aad Markee Gtardeae bare taObarleetoa, to ?cjoy tt.i eaa tretet far a etaatb ar ea. Utile Mkjaaa Malik aad Mamie Chandler. afJ|Ma4a^^are visit log tbeir aoat, Maje LeleElogaae aed fatally aoooaaae. by Mietet Glare aed Oeale Hoyt, bare la Preeaaaet far tbe aamaier. Mr. W. B. Oeaeaeadce, wbo baa beta ea* gaged la boelaaae re Oaiaabia for eeaie time, baa aaeeed blj family to tbai elty. MMa Ferrle Keedrfak af Oberlotte, N. 0., afar a pleaaaai van to tbe feally of Mr. J. IMm Wilder, left Iba aaoroieg for a vail a> Oaieabia aad Rock Bill. Oat*, ft. 8. Jeeeioge, af Wteaebero, wbo la a aaadidaia far State treasurer, arrived ie lie eMy Batarday altar oooa aad aae tbe guaat af bet oleee, Mre. Dr. Hofmeo Dr. W. B. A Heed laft Saturday moroiog for Ortet Htriogt ?bare be will spend a weak, Ibea feaeg ta Harris Bprlage to at.aed tbe aaaaal meeting af tbe State Dental Aeteela tftea. Mlat Barak B. Brown, of Atlaaia, G* , aaeeet tleit ta bar parte ta ia tbe baa reter aad boms, aoooateaelod by wbo will epead tom? tiefte m UMa Dick, wko bee baea epeadieg aj_ weeke veeettoa witb rtlatiree bare, Tbareday aigbl ta Belt! snore, abate atafwill eatar bar eaeoad year ae earaje at tbe Maa Beakiee Moepttal. Mka Ada Wlae aae returned from Roek Mill era* eeterel waaka stay with frteedt. Bbe aae eeoeae|aeted by Miee Feeltee Davis a beta aaa ay triced* Ie Seester aill eatead to bar a baarty wekosne. A lettar froaa Lleat. L B. Oareoa states kata be bat baea apaoteted eapuia of tbe Pttt, laoeeetor ef eeetoros ?od revenue col Meat fat tbe ielaad e( M^bate wltb bead tjaartare la tbe city of Boat. Mietet Data, Marie R aad Mary Allot Mi ebaa, all daagbters of Mr. Marion J. Miebau, at Oewago, bava beeo realected ky tbe boards el aaeleee ef tke St. Oberlee, Olyde aed Oeaega eeboole respectively. Tbey etrved witb great eeeaatabiltty dunog tbe paatyaar, aad tbeir mi act too is a tettlaoeial to tbe werk weich tkty did. Mr. Bartwell M. Ayar, editor of tba Flor. Tuaat, attaadtd tba tampaiga meeting yeaterday. Dr B F. Wlleoo, President of Converse Calkge, aee la tbe aty Moeday. Rat. William Hayotwortb of Pacolst, ia la tbe elty. Mka Wattle Roach laft this moroiog for Sale da, M. 0 , to eeeed Ike summer. Mise Kata Maaaiag, of Columbia, ie visit tog Mrs. Aoate P. Maaolog for a few deys. Mre W. Y. Caeibea aad little Maoolle er vieitiag relatives ia tke city. Mr. F. P Baitaaaa, of Floreeet, is visiting tie oaale, Mr C, Ml Baltaaa Mr. O. W. Baaeetk, wko ie to manage tba 8astar tooacco waraboaae tba ?aar, It la tba city H# Is a stirring mao, and understands tbe lebeeoo beflaaaa, aed ae are glad tbat ae ere ta bava bla bere Mr. Hancock thinks tbat Soattr bat aavaatagee to make it tbe leadiog tobaaeo aarkat In Sootb Carolina, ead ba says also thai fl tail Carolina is atta taia to t*>ka tha lead io growing bright to ewoco Virginia baa fallen tebiod on account of eliaatie sbaogea nod dateriorofon of eeill aad ao lougar holds bar plaea io fie tobacco world, waikSoutfe Caroll'.* toSateo is rec ogoiaad snd sought for as 'ha OMt to be bad Candidates ( arde Hoo. Altaaoat Moaae aooounees today that ba will ba a candidate io tbe primary for .-?-election to tha House of Representatives Hoa. D. M Yoeag is nominated bv "Raft, log Oretb'* fur re-alec ion to Iba Rwusa of Kepreeeoiativea. ?^^??Batt*> ??? sjjsja? Pardoned Jebo Sanders wbo was at tba June 1899 leva of court Hi Soar ter, ron?leted of bon s eeing aad saoaor?d to tbrea years in the poaitentiary, baa bean pardoned by tbe Oovevaor Ha we* ?I work ia the chain gaag aattl talaa sick, and bar bean unable to werk lately Oa app.leatioe for pardon Dr. Cbma si a tea thai ike mio It snfering frost ea taeerablo dletaso aad ikat farther laaeleaeaeat ?III reeali la bie death. Oaaaty otlatsa aaa da tba aaste stateaaaa BURGLARS MARK A HAUL Jenkins' Racket Store Robbed Sun? day Morning. Thestor? of L. W. Jaukioa wag entered t.v i.argUrs Soo-Uy uor log and a large quantity of good* etoleo. Tbe burglate turoed everything upside down and rcatiered goode te all directions They were careful to rankt ^ ;?nerel assortment, and the appea.* enoe c* tbe eiore indicates that they were n >t hurried, not took ell tbe time they wanted to pick out justsuob articles as they wanted Tbvy took jewelry, bate, shoes, fans, toilet soups, socki, Stockings, pants, tohacco, can goods, etc , makiog their selections from ?I perts of the store, oot even tbe sbow windows eecaping bie ravages Thinge are so badly mixed op that Mr. Jeokine cannot make a reliable estimate of tbe amount or value of the goode etoleo. The horglare effected an aatraore by break tag the glase treoeoas ovsr tbe back door and knocking off the iron bare acroes tbe opening. They placed two empty boiee against the heck door aod climbed through tbe broken transom. They first made ao onsucoessulf attempt to eater throogb tbe traoeom over tbe side door to the rear of the store but after breekteg the glaea ceuld not break the iroo bare They oeed o heavy iroo bar to break tbe traoeom, knocking tbe iroo gratiag loose from the door frame. Ao attsmpt was also made to break into 1 F. B. Qrter'o store at the cide door opening oo Republican street, hot It failed, although the bolt at the bottom of the door was broken and the inside hasp of the lovk wes forced loose from the door. Tbe heavy bar acroes the door held firm eod the borglere Java op the attempt Tbc marke oo the oor chow plaioly tbot they medc a deter* noed effort to force the door aod must have made considerable eoiee. Tbte door is ooly any or sixty feet from Mala Street lo full view of ooj ooc petal eg the corner of Main aad Republican streets, for the electric light at the corner Illuminates that part of the street with the brilliancy of tbe nooodey son. It la supposed tbot tbe burglary wee com kitted between 3 eod 4 o'clock Sunday morning, for Policeman Weeks says that hs I e spec ted tbe hock doors at 3 o'clock aod foood ao bieg wroog bat shortly after 4 o'clock when be made hie round he die covered thet Jenkins' store had been catered Hauler Bell aod George Devic, both color? ed, were orrceted this morning oo suspicion At a prellarary bearing before Magistrats Welle to day Bell wee discharged and George woe coot op to the higher court. He was afterwards released oa $100. Loot mil I sprained my left hip while beodllog come heavy boxes. The doctor I called oa eaid at trot it was a slight slreio aod weald soon bo well, hut it grew worss aod ths doetor thee cold I had rheumatism It eon tinned to grow woree aod I could hard? ly get aroaod to my work. I went to a drog etore eod the druggist recommended me to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm I tried It aad one helf of o bC-ceot bottle cored me entirely. I oow recommend It to all my friends It is for sale by Dr. A. J. China. The secocd oioe baee ball team of Sumter left Moodey afternoon for Dar'.iogton where tbey played a game yesterday afteroooo From Darlington they went to Florence, where they will ploy today. The city of Somter oeede e direct eoonr-c tioo with the Seaboard Air Line and tbe actioo of the Wionsbcro people is a bint that Somter should act oo. The ice ereaai feetival given by ths Fourth Regiment Baed oo tbe mooaroeotal rquara leet '1 bursday night waa a success Ail re fresbmsots were disposed of, about $2) being tbe net receipts Tbe selections by tbe band were greatly et joyed by those prceeat. Tbe Methodist Sundey School picnic thai wes to bovs goes to Gees Savaoaah Friday, was diverted by the bad weather, aod waa ''polled off'' ot tbe Somter Tobecco Warehouse The children are -sorted te have bad a big time dowo there. The members of tbe Foorth Regimeet Band request The Item to extend tbeir tbaoke ?o tboee who contributed to the Ice cream festi? val aod elded io other ways to maks tbs oc? casion a success Mr. Jollen Raffleid has completed tbe cen? sus In bie district?tbe eastern belf of Ptovi dcaoc township??cd is rsady to send io bli report Be worked 17 deye aod as bs lost no time be wee able to complete hie work well within the month allowed. The 8emter District Coo foresee of the M. I Church, Sooth, will meet lo thie city to* morrow, aod aboot eighty delegates aod min? isters, who are expected to atlead have been provided with homes. Tbe list is published eleewbere Will Simmons, the polite and reliable at? tendant at W. B. Boyle's stable for tbs past four years, died lest Friday Mr. Boyle eeys be wes oec of the most reliable colored meo he has ever bed io his employ, aod bs feels bis loss grsatly Will carried toe keye aod wa.- depended on to look after much of Mr. Boyle'e work. Mr. L J. Myers, who farms oear town, brought lo a load of watermeloos Sstordsy, first home raised of this*season. Georgia aad Florida nelocs havs been lo our market for eeveral days, but Mr Myers' is tbeesrlleet that we kaow of that were raissd lo this vicinity. ? ?? ???? mam Bumter Poetoffloe Raiaod From Third to Sooood Class. Oo J-iy 1st tbe Sumter postoffice will teke poiitioa la the poe(office department es a second class office This ehaoge le made ou account of the amount of businesc done lo tbe office?$8, 000 or over belog the requirement for a eecond claae position There are oot many offices in thie State la tbe eecond claes and we are gled to oote the fact tbet Somter ie potting forth cubetantiel evidence of her growth and claim to raak among tbe leading placeoof tbe Stete. We also coogratolats Mrs Whim more oo tbe cheoge, ae it most of course mean some Incrsase in her pay. ???^mmmm- ea??-? Agreement to Close, July 4tn, 1900 We tbe undersigood mercbatu.7"**"**"*???*>*r hereby egree to cloee our placee of business >n Wednesday, July 4th. Knight Bros, W H Yates, L W FoltoTi, Joha Raid, W B Bur;,9, Bultmaon A Uro, L B LeOrand, A A Strauss k Co, B<trtow Walsh, L ! D.iRnnt, D J Cbaodlor, K ft Mur ray, B J Barnett, U (Jrreo, loOjtCf Dry Goo Is ? o, E A Biltroaon, Mrs (i Atkinson, A Beliter, Pate's Mono House, Um MoDoeold, Kenoedy's Book Store, T. C Scnff-, Wither spoon Bros k Co, Li'i B-ne. l*evy k Motes, Stubhs Bros A Cuttino, II F lloyt, O'DOO? null iOO| OF MrF dden, Schwans Ur s, (/rosswell k Co, Frank B Grier, The OooJl Orocery Store, Tbe Diamond K?rnet Start, H Harby, M M Jenatue, J D Ota Ig Furniture C>. 11 O Offen k Co bbw] ? ? ? ? gee ? A II. Hawker, of Atlanta, tbe celebrated optician, will spend thrre daye in Sumter Joly 9, 10 aod I) eod will meke free rxami oatioo of eyte. Jens 37 ?It Sumter District Conference. The annual session of the Sumter District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will be hold with the First MethodistChurch of this city, commencing nextThurs day morning. ThO Conference will he presided over by Bishop W. W. Duncan, D. D. The committee on homes, consisting of Messrs. L. I. I'arrott, D. J. Chandler, and G, A. Lemmon have made assignments of delegates and visitors us follow?: W. B. Ktirns?Bishop W. W. Dun? can, Rev. \V. M. Duncan, F. M. Zern p. ? Mrs. Clara Reynolds?Dr. W. W. Daniel, Prof. J. G. Clinksoales, C. W. Birchmore, Rev. W. A. Pitts. Rev. W. A. Kelly?Dr. Samuel Lander, Rev. P. B. Wells, Rev. E. M. Mason, J. W. Humel. A. B. Stuckey?Mr. John F. Kel? ly, Rev. J. R. Copeland. Dr. J. A. Clifton-Rev. J. C. Counts, Rev. \V. S. Ifogan. B. C. Wallace-Rev. A. E. Dag? gers, J. P. Folder. Rev. Thoa. J. Clyde?Dr. John O. Wlllton, Rev. J. W. Kilgo, J. M. Wood ley. Dr. J. A. Mood?Roy. O. A. Dar by, D. D., J. 8. Cantey. L. D. Jennings, at Mrs. Manning ilrown's?David Roberts. L. W. Jenkiua?N. S. McLeod, T. D. McLeod. R. (). Purdy?Rev. O. H. Pooser, Rev. Foster Speer. W. A. Brown, at Mrs. Manning Brown's?Thomas P. Smith, Mr. A. J. Richbourg. 0? M. Hurst. Jr.?Rev. J. E. Strick land, W. I. McLeod. L. W. Folsom?Rev. J. H. Thack er, J. N. Jones. J. M. Knight?C. R. Sprott. Mrs. Willeford?C. S. Britton. C. E. Stubbs?Rev. T. B. Owen, T. W. Smith. D. M. Young?Dr. R. Y. McLeod. W. H. Epperson?J. M. Mooney ham. Edgar Skinner?Rev. D. A. Phil? lips, R. S. Beckham. Walter M. Folsom?W. T. Black well. D. J. Chandler, at Lampley House ?J. N. Watt?, R. B. Williams. D.S. Moore?Dr. L. W. Nettles. W. H. Freeman?Rev. J. J. Work? man, J. C. Rollins, Rev. W. A. Betts. W. C. Hough?J. A. Sprott. Mrs. E. L. Kennedy?Rev. W, B Anderson, E. T. Coskrey. G. A. Lemmon?Rev. J. H. Graves. J.B. Roach?Rev. W. C. Power, D. D., Rev. T. H. Law, D. D. Mrs. Mary Barnes?Rev. W. R. Reasonover. . J. E. Flowers?Rev. E. P. Taylor. W. B. Murray?Rev. H. Bascomb Brown, Joseph Sprott. E. I. Reardon?R. P. Stackhouse. L. W. Joye?J. A. Rhame. J. W. Dennis?R. C. Hood, W. J. Turbeville. W.B.Boyle?J.C.Graham, J. M. Strange. E, T. Windham?E. T. Mima. A. W. Croswell?T. M. Crosswell. F. B. Grier. at Mrs. Manniug Brown s?W. H. Golf. Dr. A. J. China, at Jervey House ?R. S. DesChamps, J. Harry Lesesne. Jno. T. Green, atiLampley House? W. J. Young. L. I. Parrott?Prof. W. E. Willis, W. G. King. Mrs. Annie Lowry?Rov. G. R, Whittaker, L. R. Rollings. W. T. Edens?Rev. S. D, Bailey. Tho opening sermon of tho Confer? ence will be preached at 11 o'clock Thursday morning by Rev. W. M. Duncan, of Camden. Tho Missionary and Educational Institute will be held in connection with the District Conference, and will open Wednesday morning next at 9.30 o'clock. Tho following pro? gramme has been prepared and will be observed: MISS 10 X A K Y IX ST ITUT E?M ORXIXG SESSIOX. ?Our Resources and Obligations with Reference to the Cause of Mis? sions."?E. P. Taylor and Foster Speer. "The Missionary Spirit Essential to Christian Character."?D. A. Phil? lips and J. C. Counts. "Our Domestic Missions: Their Needs and Their Claims."?G. H. Pooser and W. B. Anderson. "The Fpworth League in Mis? sions."?W. A. Pitts and J. H. Graves. "The Relation of the Sunday School to the Cause of Missions."? G. R. Whittaker and J. R. Copeland. "Observations and Experiences in tho Home Mission Fields."?S. D. Bailey and J. E. Strickland. 11)U0 AT 10 X A L IX ST ITUTK?IV H XIX(r SKSSIOX. "The Pastor's Relation to the Twen? tieth Century Movement."?A. T. Dunlap. "Our Duty to Our Institutions of Learning."?J. A. Clifton. "Christian Education the safe? guard of the Natiou."?P. B. Wells. "Some Reasons Why Methodists Should Endow their Colleges."?W. A. Betts. "What is Involved in the Twen? tieth Century Movement."?W. M. Duncan. "Education: Church of State? Which?"?W. A. Kolly. Some of the guests maj' bo expect? ed on Tuesday evening?all will ar? rive Wednesday and Thursday. As far as possible the committee desire that the Hosts will meet their guests at the depot. - _-?????? Sons of Veterans Camp Jv.nr.i I) Bunding, No 132, i? bSTSby notified ?p oe present at ths Gr^d School Oolldlog Ibll SVOSiog at 8 SO o'ilock, 10 beef lbs last ore of Ma j, Wade H. Measieg. The ICCtorC ll free -?WSSS> *??? ? Trr.tn Wreck t\z hummertoo Th* log Irein of ihn I nksns Ijtimhor Oo. 011 I wrecked '?l Snnir.-.c-r*ci:i W?'di ?a 1*v The at rldeol was seated bi au npens?.iich * lech re? ! POSn lam ovre-i with tu |O0?S in.known ssitsretot Tbs switch bad not heso used for m loos UBS hii<1 it ts etipnosed that I009C ma I leIon a person ihfew it open on ibe pro? ?rju* night nrd ?h?ll thr loj? tr&iri came Sloog It mn headlong i itO the trap. Thf trarK who toro up ft.r loroo dlstOOCC, the traiti dirailed and h timber ol the trucks wero wrecked None of the train hands wt re if j ited. ?iia> ???>? - Wanted ?4l agent at Sumter tor tbe Cam? den New Steam Laundry, at Csmde?, S. C. June 27 J Will be open for the sale of Leaf Tobac? co on or about July 15th. Opening Sale announced later. We are preparing to handle the farmers Tobacco to a much better advantage than ever before. We are Going to Have a Market, And one second to no other in the State. We are going to do all in our power to merit it. Our Mr. G. W. Hancock, long and favorably known^ as the founder of the Timmonsville To? bacco Market, will have charge of the floor, and will see to it that every pile of Tobacco brings its full value. We have already secured' a large corps of competing buyers having large orders; they will represent all of the leading manufacturers and exporters, and you need have no fear as to your Tobacco bringing less than its full value. Oil sir an teeing you our very best personal efforts in every detail to promote your interest. YOUR FRIENDS, Hancock & Suder, Proprietors Sumter Tobacco Warehouse. Jane 25?v The Cow Case Rounded Up. Percy Miller, tbe cow trader, wes captured in Oraogeborg Wednesday, and wae brougbt to tbia city on Thunday by au officer wbo weot to Orangeburg for bim. Mr 8. E Melton tbe owner of tbe cattle together with his brother and the man who helped briog tbe cattle here, were alio io tbe city awaiting Miller's arrival. Mr. Melton says that Miller went to see bim representing that be wes buying.cattle fur Mr. W. B. Boyle, aod offered $48 for three head that he showed him. Tbe cattle were eeot here in(charge of Mr. Melton's brother aod a negro meo with instructions to carry them back home If Mr. Boyle did not pay the $48 for them. Miller met tbe meo io charge of the cattle, aod directed them to Harby'e lot where the cattle were pot op. Mr. Meltoo claims that be did not sell the cattle to Miller, bot tent them oo tbe offer of Iba price from Mr. Boj Is ; end tbe men wbo brought the cattle rey that Miller did oot boy or pay for tbem. Miller claimed tbet be paid tbe negro for the c?ttle, aod 6odiog that be bed lost money, be took tbe offer of $40 from Mr. McMeoui sod sold bim tbe cattle. Mr. Wolf, a lawyer from Orangeburg, ar? rived oo tbe Augusta train Thorsday after? noon and succeeded io effecting a settlement satisfactory to all parties. Miller's uncle, wbo lives at Springfield, Oraogeborg County, interceded io bis behalf and egreed to pay tbe coats, Ac , aod on tbe plea of Miller's foutb-rbe beicg scarcely a man. and this btiog bis first offence, be begged that tbe prosecutioo ne stopped Mr McManoi received hii $40, and the oattle were turned over to Mr Melton, wbicb satisfied them; and Miller drew a check on his uncle for tbe costs, and the check being endorsed by Mr. Wolf, Miller was released from custody. s s ? Lewis Larktns Captured Lewie Larkios, wbo has beeo evading arrest for some time, aod for whom a reward was advertised by tbe Govern, r, on account of bis assault upon Stephen Bradford, was ca lured Monday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and is now in jul It was learned that he wes et the bouse of March Dick? on tbe westere suburcs of tbe city, and Mr. Gaillard immediately gut a buggy and with Mr. DtVeiux Moore wont out after him. Mr. Gaillard approached tbe bouse from tbe rear, aod before Larkios k;ew it be was upoo bim. Tbe capture was ?ff?cted without eny resistance on tbe part of Latkios, wbo was tno much surprised to attempt to escape or offer resistance Another rquad composed of Messrs. Remby Smith, Fran* Wion, S*m Reid and Wesley Blending also weot out for the same puroose, und reached tbe front of tbe house at tbe same time Mr. Gnllerd entered at tbe back, thus preventing L-okiDs escape if he bad Pried. Rev. Dr. Brown's Sermon. The sermon of the Rev. Dr. C. C. Brown, of Sumter, before the South Carolina Co-Educational Institute, and our people generally, on Sunday morniug last, was a remarkable one and a very delightful one. Presi? dent 1?\N. K. Bailey, of the Institute, with his usual wonderful and telling energy, had added, apparently, a hundred ordinary chairs to the fixed opera chairs, and had built up au amphitheatre of benches in the gal? lery. Consequently the whole vast and brilliant audience was com? fortably seated. Dr. Brown is notor? iously un original man as well as a learned one. He is also a supreme? ly quick and witty man, and often dangerously satirical. He is further? more a splendid word-painter and an accomplished dramatist, or rather actor. This latter word may seem a strange one to apply to a preacher of the gospel, but it is really a pity that more preachers of the gospel have not the gift. When Dr. Brown painted the picture of old John the Baptist, bare and ragged, "with a leather girdle about his masterful loins," in the magnificent and lux? urious audience hall of the palace of Macheiras, what harm was there that he acted the scene as well as painted it in words? For really he was aware that he was acting. And so whsil Salome took the ( latter with John's head on it to her mother, Herodias. And so when the man who hud been bed-ridden for forty odd years took Satan by the hand and led him lo Calvary and pointed out to him Jesus hanging on the cross. Dr. Brown's text was the 19th, SJOth, 2lst, !Mnd and SWrd vereea of the 7th chapter of St. Luke. His sermon was a noble, earnest, valuable one?and intensely original. Rven his most uncultivated hearere were enchained. And still it seemed to its In* said or Inferrod that John tlx* lluptisl died discontented with nur Savior ami bitter uv?r the latter*i seeming neglect of liim. If bo. we cannot agree with him. John the Baptist hail announced Christ, and was thoroughly convinced of his divinity. Many of John's followers) had not yel accepted Christ, and when John sent some of them to Christ with that c ertain message, ha did so in the hope that upon coining into personal contact with the Sav? ior, they might he convinced of his divinity and accept him as the Met? siuh.?Edgelield Chronicle. CROSSWEL.L & CO. Sumter, S. C. Oo account of big advaooe oo eeerything io tbe Grocery lioe We can save you money, if you will see us before you buy. As we bought largely before the advance. Below we give you a list of artioleo that we cao save you money on : 200 Sacks Rice, 2ic to 4c per lb 22 bbls good Carolina Rice 4c per lb Cakes and Crackers as follows : F. 0. B. factory in 5 box lots. Soda Crackere, 8^3 Ginger Soaps, 3^3 Roood or Sqoare Lsmoo Cakes, 4o Nie N aos, 4s Sugar Cakes, 4^3 Molasses Cakes, 4?-o Cream Lunch, 5s Prioes sabjeot to change. Tbeee are low prioes aod yoo eboold take advantage of them. Parroil k Mmkey Beking Powders, $1 60 for caee of 50 10-02 cans. R<x Baking Powders?100 be cans to cage, 50 10c caoe to caee, $3 60 per case. Delivered io 5 case lots Ship direct. Best large Lump Starch, 40 lb boxes, at 3}s per lb Star Lye $3 per caee delivered io 5 case lots, fahip from Sumter, S C. 3 lb etui Tomatces 2 dcz in case, 90: a dcz, 2 lb can Tomatoes 2 doz io case 70c. Big bargains in Tobacco, Cigars aod Cberoots, Cigarettes, Ac. Get our prices on Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, B&cod, Lard, Grits. Meal aod Soap, before you buy. FLOUR we can always Five you at mill prices. The "Roller King" fancy patent is ihe finest oo earth. "AIpire Soow" \ pateot 19 fioe. "Red Star" family $3 15 barrel. Aek for pries shipped direct from mill in 5 barrel lots or more. Crosswell & Co. Phone 53. Sumter, S. O. THE PUDDING SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE CO'Y OF MAYESVILLE. BegS tO announce, that, Having decided to no longer lease its property, it will conduct its warehouse at Mayes ville during the season of 1900 under the management of JOHN W. MILLS. Mr. Mills will be in Mayesville on July 10th, and from that time on will personally look after the interests of our customers. We have Secured a large Gorps of Buyers, with large orders, and promise the best prices, the best atten? tion |nd the largest returns of any warehouse in the State. Messrs Hall & Clement are no longer connected with our huuse, bot Mr. Mills will have an efficient corps of assistants and wiii make every endeavor to please you and metit your patronage Our House will have its First Regular Sale on August 2d, 1900, but we will handle any tobaccos brought to us from and after July 10th. GIVE US A TRIAL THE PUDDING SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE COMPANY. W. D. GAMBLE, A. A. STRAUSS, President. Secretary and Treas. June 27 8 Great Business and Shorthand Training School of the Southeast, Which is endorsed by bankers, ministers, merchants and almost every business and professional man in the city, wants to send catalog and to tell every young person interested in business or shorthand education, what excellent courses and thorough teachers they have in all their departments : also what good inducements they offer those who enter with them. Every graduate who completes a course thoroughly and wants a posi? tion is assisted to one. Letters from business men writing tor their graduates arc on file to prove that more are received than they have graduates to till them. Special Summer Hates otter? ed to those entering not later than September the first. Good hoard for S10 per month. Write at once for catalog and full information. Address COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE. W. H. Newberry, President.