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The Chauge of Books An Important Circular Regard to the Matter Superintendent Mc M ab an, as a cf the State board of education, is ginning to oe harassed with quesi relative to the cbaoge cf books ai the recent adoption, which goes enect oe the first day of Novena and will be compulsory after Juce 3 Some time ego a letter cf informa to county saperiateadeats was scat, gether with five thousand pamphlets distribution. The followiog ad?itii letter was sect out yesterday : EXCHANGE OF TEXT BOO] In Hands of Pupils-Inquiries h been made cf me as to what books to be accepted by the publishers io change fer the books just adopted. ' contract is explicit : "All text book any series or of any edition ia hinds of pupils and designed to be < placed by the text books herein adi ed 99 This applies even to those books that were long since left cf? State list. A child baying a rea can obtain it at the reduced "exebat price" if he offers io exchange for any cid reader, a first for a first second for a second, etc. So of ari metic?, geographies, etc. This rangement continues until Nov I 1901. After that time there ts guarantee that the old books eau disposed of at any price. Yet no sc books can be used in the public achoo since the act of the legeslatore dire the State board of education "to p< scribe and to enforce, as far as pn tic&bie, thc use of a uniform series text books in the free public schools and the State board has now adept a siegle exclusive list, and entered to contract with the publishers to "e force, as a rule for the government the public schools, the following": County Superintendent's Stock. The stock of displaced books in eai county depository, Nov 1, 1900, mc be taken up by the publishers cf tl l.~ newly adopted books on the same sn ject at their cost ko the county superii tendeur. This cost ic clodes freight ac draysge. In short, the school fcc invested in snob books is to remai undiminished Where an old book h; been readopted ac a lower price, tb . county superintendent should noti the publisher of the number in steel and the publisher must credit tb county depository with a sum equal t the difference io the old and new price After November 1st the book must h sold at the new price The State boar postponed the adoption of tex: books 0 ethics and 00 English and America Hter*:ure. Fer the present the ol books on these subjects (sow not prc vided for) are oct included :o the ex cbaoge list. Freigbs co oew books-The publish ers nave contracted to pay the trans portion ca al! bocks, so that the bock .will cost the extra cumber of cent -.printed 03 tbe back of the books, ac< will be sold by the county depositor at thai ex'ra price. Hence the oeaes 'iT- sity of addiog a cent or more to tb< .^priee tc cover oost of treight has beet w\ removed. If you neglect to requin ihe publisher to pay the freight, it w:l . ?he yeer loss. , .'Xba- ao pay wacraat shall be issucc "by say board cf trajeo* cr approved by acy ccucty scperioteodeot of educi tic-n lc foioz of any teacher, who aftei Jase 30 1901, uses io the public sebooi? of ibis State aoy text book t( the fs;IusicG cf the tex: book or booki T. benia ?doprsd on the same subject ' R fierce voa cannot too frtrocgly impress upon the minds of the teachers and thc peop'e i he i-xportasce cf geeing togstb er 0.1: oid text bocks und hsviri^ theo: *U taken up bj tue publishers through tb? coan tr c snp.*:*c*ecd?c;8 or through tt< prive-;* deaiers ia tbs c unties sbor< they <*.o oat sdi books. Jome publish? ers m iy ?bow a disposition to pick and ohoo>e vtfcat book? rr.e; wi?? accept iu ?xeb'A:???5. Bu; a mos: libera! construc? tion of the contract mu?t bc required oi them if the achooi ofiLcer? a?e to bc expec-<rd tc bring about the exclusif: use of the uewiy adopted book?, a en jota td in the contrae: mauc by tbi Stats coard This wi!i 03 at Gist a mes; d:fScuh and thiokles^ ta*k, certainty tbe publishers should cc interned i?? noiug ihe.r part if S'B'e uni: >r rn itv (r qjired cy iaw) it? cot tc be a farce. Too -joblithers are :o pay ail ir.r.ghr. drayug expe&de o? pick io?, e c . coucecteci witt ;&k:cg up oi etd bojk? ic exchange for oew books, which ?irs to cost 0017 the "exchange price"' printed cn th: back cf the books -MB~~ --mm* HUBBARD'S COTTON LET? TER New York, Oct 26.-Liverpool recov? ered sharply on our action of yesterday and cur market further advanced to 9 coots for January From this point a slow reaction set in on the better weather reponed by the govern? ment and the absence of aoy cold ave co the weather map. Oar local trade look for the movemeot m the Atlantic States to ba lighter on the holding by planters on the recent decline. On this theory they have bought freely dering the past few days, bat there has been DO increase in the outside demand. The weather has bee a so good for the past seven or eight weeks that crops are being placed on a higher level, but the loeal trade does not expect any sefere break, while the deoline oheokod the offerings. The reaction has caused the demand to fall off for prompt ship? ment. Hubbard Bros ? Ct. COTTON MEN M A QUANDARY. THE TOP CROP IS EXCIT j ING MUCH INTEREST. From Augusts Chronicle While the cotton market is on a slow decline, there are those who ? still have faith and argue that the price will advance. The bears are pinning great faith to the top crop as a further depressing agency on the price and are acting in accordance with this view. Some samples of the top crop, gathered in this vicininity. are now on exhibition in this city and it is claimed that, if the top crop through? out the cotton belt is as good, it will have the effect of increasing the total crop about a million bales The time of the first heavy frost also exerts a strong influence on dealings in cot? ton. A late frost is taken to mean a much larger crop than is now figured on and the reverse is looked for in the event of a killing frost before Nov 10 Mr H J. Lamar, of Macon, whose letter appeared in the Chtonicle of Tuesday still clings to his belief that cotton will sell at 15 cents before July. In another letter to the 6ame gentleman in Augusta he says : "Dear Sir :-If China were fully in the market now for our cotton and cotton goods the price would now be 15 cents. When it does come in later the price will be that and more This question not being answered by me in my letter io you today, by an oversight, I beg to submit the above "Since writing you I have seen s notice to the effect that Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural depart? ment at Washington, has slated that the cotton crop is three million bales short, and that the new cotton schedule to be gotten out by Novem? ber 15th by the department would give a true estimate, which would knock sky-high the commercial esti? mates made for speculators, and for the bear element at that "He says : /Tbe commercial esti mate is perverted for speculative pur? poses A nearly accurate estimate is obtained, but the public is misled for speculative purposes The crop this year is short and the price should rise. The plan of the speculators is to bear the market until cotton passes from the hands of the producers.' "The department is now 'working to bead off the fraudulent estimate, which is a fraudulent ene, gigantic in proportion, and made to cheat the farmers out of their just rewards of their year's toil : "H. J Lamar.3' Undaunted Missionaries. New York, Oct. 25-Rev E B Rice, of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary society, today received a letter from Bishop Frederick R. Graves of Shanghai. The bishop said that St John's college, five miles from the city, had been reopen ed and. to the surprise of all, with an increased number of students The Protestant Episcopal missiona-ies were also, in many cases, returning to their posts Some had gone back to Wuhu, to Nankin and to Hankow j The Presbyterian board has been | informed that the Hainan missionaries j had left Hong Kong and returned to j their posts ??i ?! --. STRIKE CALLED OFF. j I Hazle ton, Pa, Oct 25 -The mme j workers' strike has been declared eff as to all companies which have com- j plied with the strikers' demands, and j the strike wit! be continued against! those companies which have not j granted the Scranton convention's df.-rnand The strikers will return io work Monday at the places where! the ti* up is ended. This announcement was conveyed j in a statement addressed to the j miners and issued tonight by Presi dent Mitchell ana other oScers of the United Mine Workers The repeated rfooes's from various '1 A r conn ies that Jucge J H. Hudf-cn be j appointed to hold epeciai terms of court j are e vivence of bis high standing as a! gentleman acd jurist, ace giro occasion j for the observation tba: the legislature ! could ?u much woree ?ban tu put tho judge <?n tbc bench again io O?H old piaoe. He was shoved off because bc wuulo not "fiend the pregnant binges of the koo?\'' but now ali that is ?np pose-a to be over -State. - - Ml - London, Oct 25 -The war office announces today that Lord Roberts hopes to leave South Africa for home about Nov 15, and that Gen Lord Wolseley has consented to continue to perform the duties o? commander-in chief of the army until the end of November. Chancellor Johnson bas sold his Donoho plantation to Mr. A. L Cal? houn, of Clio, S. C This valuable property is perhaps one of the finest plantations in the state and brought as much as any of its size in South Carolina.-Marion Star Slips of tarred pasteboard arc used for shingling roofs io Japan. They are said to be as satisfactory a.- wooden shingles aod muob cheaper. The State W. C T. U convention is to be held io Marioo November 1 to 3 Progress of the Campaign. ! Dooley Wants One Place io ! Vote For His Prioeipies AND ANOTHER TO VOTE FOR HIS CANDIDATE. ! "How's tb' bettin7 OG tb' ?iction Mr Hennessy p.frkcd " *Ti= got:.' OD spiir;did!y," paid Mr Dooley,7' aa' befare ?oog tney7ii be some mosey pa>: up At tb1 -prhhxt time tb' parties is ooahic Fr to agree. Richard Croker offers to bet th' north wind again tb' fiii iv L'ncoin Paik with cz3ne that Bryan's to' enan, but he wants too much odds Qa th* j stook exohaege yesterday a wei! known broker that's supposed to be actin' Fr James R. Keene offered to wager th' contiotsiv a ba!oon again a iacg full iv smoke that ?dack7il carry I:way Tb' other party to th' wager rayfused tb7 offer an' tb' two spoorts compromised OB a bet iv th' dhrinks that Shakespeare wroto "To Have an'To Hold." ? was oomin' up in th7 ca-ar tonight an' there was ?wo !a ads discussin' tb' sir. uation. '? bet ye a millyon dolare,' says wan iv tkim, 'that McKinley carries Kansas' 'What odds'll ye give ?' says tb' other. 'Two to wan,' says th7 la ad. 'I take ye,' says th' other. 'By th7 way did ye buy that eewin' machine Fr ye'er wife V " 'Tis a quare campaign, Hinnissy io th7 first place there ain't anny is? sues. 'Ye can usually scare up an is? sue ia a campaign, but in this wan, no wan is goin7 to vote th' way he believes. Says me friod Biojamio Harrison : "Th' oooduet iv th7 administration has been little short iv bellah. Th' idea that this gover7mint sbud 6>od out throops to murder an7 pliage aa7 elope j with th7 sthragglin' races iv th' booch oos Ph'lippeeos, makes me blood bile almost to th7 dew point I endorse ivrytbing Wilium J. Bryan says on th7 subject an7 thought goes bard f7r me to say it, life long Raypublican that I am, I exhort tvry follower iv mioe to put inmities aside, fr get his prejudice? an' cast bis vote fr Willum McKinley.7 Says me friend Olney, tb7 wan that thranslated th7 Monroe doctrine into Eoglieb : "No crime cud be worse thin tb7 demoopytization an' digradation iv th7 dough we ali wurruk so bard, fr, onless it wad be th' interference iv polluted arnych'.sts with tbim thrusts that has dayviloped lb' resources iv th'profission iv whioh I am a dasarvin' mimber i But fr these vast combinations iv oapi tal an' icdusthry they wud be no security io this counthry that th7 banks wuddeo7t take. An7 with th' growth iv th7 thrusts our couathry expands an' increases an7 gets larger till tbey7s hardly a corner iv th7 wurruld where th7 inhabitants ain't afraid we7 .? -jomin' in. I hop3- fr to Jive to se^ .r day whin th' glories iv our civilization an'* thrusts an' syndicates aa" soacd money | an7 little tv that, will pinetbrare the dieoiate piaoes tv th' earth, an7 th'star? an' stripes will wave over a wurruld ayether,7 he says, 'free,7 he says. *or dead,7 he says 'Thin rally r-roncd our bancer, put yc'r sbouldhers to th' wheel an7 give a long pull, a strong j pull an,7 he says, 'a pull altogether fr ; commercial combinations, expansion, j th' subjygation iv surjygatabie races, i goold money an' th' peerless Willum J. j Bryan 7 "Lord bless me, 'tis enough to make i a man dizzy, Hion'sy. They7se me j frir.d Grover, ? thought, bc hivins, i w-7d becrd th7 last that iv j bim, but fr aa occasional ! groen fr'm tb7 wilds tv Noe j Jarkey A year ago 'twas ; 'Where's \ Cleveland V 4TrV Lord ooly knows or cares Prob'ly dhrivin' a mils wagon.' i Ar.7 how is it today? Th7 shore iv i Borzird's Bav is crowded twinrv deco '< with m*n whoopio' through mega- ; phones. Thfty'ee a stout men 3'ttifi' out ! on thc watber in a iittlc bo?i with a ? jug ia fron', to balance. Ac' 'tis me ! oi'trinc, 'b'lost, tbMefeared, :b'hated j sn' despised tbratcr an7 tyrant, S. j Grover Cleveland. 'Grover,7 f?ays a j Esai ^i:b a horn 'What is it?' says j tbe la ad io tlfboa:. *Ar re ye in I favor iv go ld money V '? dinoaw. j I7ve go- a whale on th7 line 7 Grover.' says another 'What d'ye want- j scarin7 th'fiVn. ?' save Grover Aain't : ye 3gatn expansion?' 'I can't bear yo,' ! says Grover. 'Get back a little- ? about a mile-an' speaks more *low '" ; 'Won't ye come out Pr Bryan V 'I I wuddco7t come out Fr annytbing bu; j fish.' Ar-rc ye a pathrite or a tarai j tor ?' 'I'm nayether ; I'm busy.7 j 'Woo7t ye tell th' people to vote i'r 1 sound money ?' 'Tell them to take anny kind they can get fr their votes. 'Will ye abandon Mark Hanna ?7 'He was an abandooed man befure.' 'He needs no more wurruds thio he has said fr himself.' 'Ye'er countbry is i bein' rooned 7 'Th' fishin' is bein' roooed be ye'er noise.7 save Grover. 'Leader, row me off a mile or two where I oa,n dbrop a book in peace. Manewhile, I'll take a pull at th' bait an' poooer oo bow much pleasanter it is to bc oatchio7 finny ! moo ethers thin dodgin' bricks Gawd help th' land,' he says, ' lingorin' ills a pray,' he says, 'where statesmen mul j tiply,7 he says, 'an7 fishermen deoay,7 I bc says. 'Aonyhow,7 He says. Mhey j didn't know a good thing whin they i had wan, which,7 be says, 'was me.7 "An7 so it goes-Croker an, Carl j Scbooriz, Altgeld an' Oiney, Rosen felt j an' Qaay, Carlisle an5 Stewart. I What's a plain, foolish ao thoughtless i mao like like mesepb to do? Suro thoy j onght to have wan plaoe Fr a oititzeo I to vore f'r bis principias ac' aoother to voti Pr bis candydate y' j "I," said Mr Hecsessy, "Viii vote j as I shot/' j ..With y.'cr cyc< :;hu' said MT ; Dooley i ls ib'oo'y way M ! Wholesale Suicide in China. i ?Announced That Kane Yi Died October 18rb and i i , ' Yu Esien Hes Commuted suicide. ! Washington, Oct 26 -The Chinese \ minister has received a dispatch siat I ing that Kang Yi, a member of the j cabinet, with Yung Lu and one of ? the intense anti foreign ?caders, whose punishment was demanded by the powers, is dead ; siso that Yu Bsieo, the late governor of Shan Si, j who is said to have been responsible j for the death of many missionaries, j has committed suicide Minister Wu j regards this act as the result of dis- j favor which high officials have re- j ceived irorn the throne. The text of the communication is j as follows : j "Cablegram from Viceroy Charg i Chi Tung, dated October 25, states j that governor cf Shan Si has report j ed that Kang Yi died on Oct 18 ; ? that Yu lisien (late governor of Shan I Si) has committed suicide by swal- ! lowing gold leaf ; and Prince Tuan j bas.not been permitted to accompany j the court. "Cablegram dated October 24, from j Director General Shecg, s:ates that j an imperial decree has been issued ! directing Prince Ching and Earl Li j to ?'x and submit for approval the j several penalties to be inflicted on j those princes and ministers that ought to be punished. He adds that Kang Yi has died of sickness, and that Prince Tuan and Prince Cowang have not been allowed to accompany the court (to Shen Si)." The death of Kang Yi is an im? portant event, as he is one of the ringleaders whose punishment was demanded by the powers He held the position of assistant grand secre tary and president of the civil board and also was one of the six Chinese statesmen making up the privy coun? cil, or cabinet, which is the body nearest the throne. Although the dispatch to Mr Wu says only that Kang Yi "died" on the 18th inst, it is thought that this "death" was the natural result of the disgrace which has overtaken the anti foreign and Boxer element Gov Yu's method of suicide, by swallowing gold leaf, is unique to China. It is a means by which high personages take their life, the gold leaf being representative of their high station The leaf forms a con? gealed ball in the canals of the body and brngs death from suffocation Mininer Wu's advices today also show :iat Prince Tuan has been visited -?itb severe censure from the throne, and to such an extent that it would be no surprise if he followed the course of Kang Yi and Yu He has been prevented from accompany? ing the imperial court to binan Fu, and remains at Shan Si. cut off from further influence on the throne It is expected that he wiii be banished, which, to a prince of the blood, is worse than decapitation, and under the Chinese idea of propriety, suicide ? io iikely to be his end Minister Wu laid his dispatches before Secretary Hay GENERAL HAMPTON. 4 Gen Wade Hampton of Coiucnbia, j 3 C says the Washington Post, j "who has been quite ill for several ! days at the Metropolitan Hotel, is j considerably improved Ile went ! out driving yesterday afternoon with ? his son, Mr Alfred Hampton, who is J employed by the government in the j immigration service at New York.'* j The people of South Carolina will j regret to leam t?at Gen Hampton has been unwell and will wish him a j speedy and complete restoration to ? health. He told the Post reporter : "I am very anxious to see Mr Bryan elected president of ?he United States " This is such a statement as we would have expected from the leader of '76 There has never at any time of his life been any diffi cutty in finding out where Gen Hampton stands on any question Though he has reasons to be disgust ed with the party for which he hss done so much, he is as loyai a Demo? crat as any other, and supports the Democratic principles aud nominees without qualification.-State. Washington, Oct 26 -A snit for S50 OOO damagoe for breach of promise against United Stares Senator WTm V. Sullivan of Mississippi was filed in the Distriot of Columbia court thin afternoon by Miss Lucy Leeton of Oxford, Mias. The piaiotiff io her affidavit alleges tbat she, "ao unmar? ried woman, at the reqaest of the dcfeoddDt undertook and promised to marry bim and thc defendant uedcrrook and promised to marry the plaintiff, which he without causo or right has refused to do." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tits Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of For Infants and CMldren ?Ta?'??-num.? ????? ..n ,n ?gd* n feifsft iP /?v^gcic-bk Prepsr?ilca?orAs- ? j ?i simulating ?iSrood?ciaSegula- ' fin? ilvTj S?osadbs ardBoweis ci fue lid Always ??j Fro?riot2sDig2sfion>C?jeeTru? ? I ! ?-ess ??td ?festGontains neither jj1 Opium /Morphine ncr Mineral. iii iii iii .%r?c cf Old LrQJJUEL P?TCMUl Ptimpk'Ji Seed' siLx.Srn,-:'! * Jioc?uUc S&s - slr? sc Seed. * HjtprrmLit - l^rnSccd - Clari fad Su?ar . U?r?rr.'r&n flava: gi ~TZ-: Ijj Tac Simile Signature of I j C^0Z^. NEW YORK. A perfect Remedy f or Constipa? tion,, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, Worms Convulsions Jeverish nessandLoss OF SLEEK. ?- i .; . Att ?>.7vfii ? ii t H s Vb Jd fi EXACT COPrOr WRAPPEB. THC CENTAUR CC-3MPANY. NCW YORK CITY. FINE TOBACCO AVERAGE I The highest average ever made on j tobacco tho number of pounds beic^ j taken into consideration, wa* made ye?- j rerday by F. M Rodgers, Jr, ai the j Florence ware house under the manage ; meet of Mr C A. Gregory. There j were two loads nf tobacco, the "lowest > pile sold for 20 cents per pound, ; the highest for 50 cents par poucd This was a straight saio and no fake about it, the average was something i ike 35 cents per pound for i.895 pounds. -Florence Times -mmamt>--^MMmtm^ .'Did you ever eat a prairie! oyster T1 asked a drummer who had returned from Kansas "The prairie oyster is the substitute which the j Kansans have for the real thing To j make it you break a raw egg in a ! cocktail glees, taking C3re to keep the egg whole, for if the yolk gets mixed with the white the oyster is messy and untidy. Then you add a little vinegar, Bait and pepper Care must be taken about the seasoning, as too much vinegar or too much salt spoils all You toss down the prairie oyster quickiy You swallow it whole, as you do with the real kind As a matter of fact, it is a palatable mouthful, and much to be preferred to the Kansas oysters that come thousands of miles in cans lt ia astonishing how many eggs in the prairie oyster form a man can eal I have pciished off a dozen in an evening, and there are Kansans who C3U onjoy thirty or forty one right after another "-Philadelphia Record. S partan burg Review : A rec z m mendation of the grand jury in this county is that all roads be so graded that the gr;?de will not exceed 5 per cent, provided it can be done with? out increasing the distance nzore than 50 per cent This jury is strik? ing in the right direction Thpy have peen A practical demonstration of what u?in be done by having roads scientifically laid out. In the past few years, Sparenburg ha? made a tremendous stride forward in the matter of road building, and while much remains to be done, the first principle in good roads is a scientific survey of the rente - mmW ?? mil" - Newport X;;wrt, Va, Ocr - While addressing the Virginia Presbyterian synod at today's session Rev Dr Craig of Atlanta, Ga , suddenly feil to the floor and in a few moments expired Heart disease was the cause of death Dr Craig was well known in the Presbyterian church throughout the south and held the cSice of secretary of the board of home missions of the southern general assembly. His wife and daughter were attending the synod with bim. ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU FIND THAT THERE ARE M URIS SHEFF PIANOS j l-sed bj people who know a good piano tbat ! any otber make Ita because Sttti? Pianos i are better and cost less tbao other?, j Moving, Tuoing ?na Rephiriog ; Acrora i modating Terms. Catalogue and book of ! suggestions cheerfully giren. ! CHAS. M. STIEFFj WBreroorpg, S Nortb Lit-en* ?irrfi. ? Factory-block ot &. Lat&ytfUe Avt. j Aiken and Lan vale sr reeta. BALTIMORE, MD. Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among otber Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000 Feb 28. CHARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Reraii Commission Dea'er ia Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stall? No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. CoDS?znroents cfCouniry Produce, Poultry, Eggs. Ac , :?re respectfully solicited. Prompt returcs made. Fish packer in barrels aoc boxes for the country trade a specalry. Df-c 6 x "Strongest in the World" THE EQUITABLE SURPLUS means more than ' "strongest in the world" It means also most profit? able in the world : for the surplus is the fund from which present and fu? ture dividends are paid Ic belongs to the policy? holders-every cent of it It means the same to the policy holders that a bank's surplus does to the owners of tho bank. Have you an interest in the Equitable Surplus of over $61,000,000? A. W CROSS WELL. Resident Agent for Sumter and vicinity. Aug Tl 1 MICE TO TAXPAYERS. OFFICB [CY COUNTY TREASURERSUMTERCOUNTY. Sum KR, S. C., Sept. 22, 1900. ^VTOTICE is hereby given thar I will be ia my ctbce in toe County Court House at Sumter from October 15tb to December 3l8t, 1000 includive, for tie collection of taxes for the Saca! year 1900. The levy is as follows : For Srnte purposes, 5 milla. For Couotv pun>o?f6, .c? mills. For Sebool purpcees, 3 mills. Totai levy. Hi mills. Airo th? following ppeciaI schcol ?evies : Sebool District No 1, 2 mill?. School District No. 16, 2 milts. School District No. 18, 2 mills. Scbo?l District No. 20, 3 mills. Mt Olio, 2 mills. Concoro, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 milla. No 5. 1 nil!. No 17, 1 mil!. Goran utatioo Road T*x for liol $100, pHVtihie iron? Oct ? 'th 1900 TO Feb 1st 1901. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter Co. Sept 26-131