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The Ohauge of liooks, An Important Circular in Regard to the Matter Sa per t?tend? at Mo'iehau, oe agent of Iba State board of edooetioo, ia be gieoiog to Oa baraased with questions relative to the obaoge of biokn oeder tbe rteott adoption, which goes ioto effeoi oo tbe first day of November, tod will be ooeapolaory after Jooe 30th. Soeas time ago a letter of information to oooty superintendents was seot, to? gether with fite thousand pamphlets for distribution The followieg additional letter wan aeot out yest rday : RXCHANGK OF TEXT BOOKS. It Haode of Pupils ?Inquiries have bees made el me as to what books are to be aoespted by tbe publishers io ex ebeoge for the teoke jost edoptsd. Tbe etttraet is explicit: "All text books of aey ssrtee er of any editioo to tbe hood* of popile sod deaigoed to ba die* pleaed by tbe text books herein adopt? ed *' Tbie applies eveu to those old \ beaks that were loo? sioee left off tbe 8aate list. A chile* beyiog a reader eaa obtain it at ibe redoeed ? 'exobaoge priee" if be ofare io exohaage for it aoy old reader, % Iret for a trat, a eeeood fee a see oed, etc 80 of erttb ateno?, geographies, sto. This er rttfSBoei 000 li sees eotil No? 16, 1901. After thai tice there is 00 Swaraatce that Ibe old books eao be is posed of al aoy priee. Yet 00 sooh books oeo be teed io the poblio sebools, aitee ibe aei of tbe lagsslatare directs tbe State board of edesatioo "to pre eeribe and to eoferee. as far as prao tieable, too ose of a uniform ssrica of 1 asx% books io tbe free pebiio schools,'' aed tbe State board bae oow adopted . a siegle exeitoivs list, and ottered into eottraoi with ibe publishers to "eo levee. aa a reU for Ibe government of tbe public schools, tbe followiog": Coeaty Btfortoteodett's 8took.? Tbe stook of displaced books io eaeb etttiy dspoeitory, Not 1, 1900, aioat be tekao op by ibe publishers of ibe ttwly adopted book? 00 the sane sob jtot at their tool to tbe eototy sopcrto tttdeor. Tbie tool iwelodes freigot aod drayags Io short. Ibe sebool feed It footed it awe a becks ie te resaait wtdimioished Where at old book bee beet read opted at a lower priee, tbe . eetety etterttlewdeoi sboad eoti'j ? Ibe ptbliiher of ibe 0ember it stoek, tt*J tbe publisher meet eredit tbe eetety depository witb e sum equal 10 ? ? Ibe difference it tbe old aod new priee. After Noveaiber 1st tbe book most ba eeld at ibe eew priee Tbe State beard ttotpooed tbe adoptioo of text books oo ethics aed 00 Kagliab aod American Klevatero. For tbe preseel tbe old bttka at tbsee stbjeots (oow oet pro? vided for) ore oof leotoded io tbe ex ebatge lie! Freigbt oe tew books?Tbe publish era bavs ceotraoied to pay lbs troee spoetattoo oe all bockt, so that ibe books -will ceil ibe extra number of oeota weis ted oe ibe book of tbe books, aod will be acid by tbe eoooty depository tl Iba; ex ra priee. Heoea tbe oeoes Ott* af addieg a eeet or more to tbe .prat* to eever cost of ireight baa been reeioved. If yoo oogUet to require tbe cobli?ber 10 pay ibe freight, it will aba yoo 1 lose 'Iba* eo pay warraat shall be is?ucd %y any beard of irus'eo- or approved by asy oceoty superioteodeot of eduot Iset to favor of eey teacher, who after Jooe 30 1901, ties io the publio eeboots of ibts Stale aay text book to tbe tislteiet of tbs tax: book or booka ban to adapted on the itaio fubjtet " Heuoc yoo osooot loo stroogly impress upon tbo ssiod? of tbe t-achers sod the people the iwputaoos of ftC'.tiog togeth or an old text bocks aod bsvin,j ihcm lakeo up by lbs pabiisbers ihroogh the oeootrt top?noteodooie nr through tee priv dealers 10 tbi I italic* whore ib" ? 10 nr. sell booki ?'orae publish 1 e>?r abow a diepoM'.iuo to piok aod oo?? ?bat books tt.ey will ao9?pl io ?iah . u Bot a most liberal coostruo tiou of ibe oocdaot mo*i Co required of ibeos if th school ?fintr* are to be exp >o d to b'tog about tbe exoloaivo taw >l lbs wewly adopted biotf*. 0* ^OjoiO'd io lbs eootrso: made by the 8ia<s i.o%rd Tbi% will 0 1 at beet a OSes' dAfCjb ?ud ibausitM leak* Old e^v-^vlf tbs publisher* ?uju d be i#tsfted in do.ug the.r part if S^ata soi-' mity (r q met! Oy law) 1? 001 lo bf a 1 tree. Tea publishers are to pay oil fre.gbt, draysgo. expends of pack itf, t 1 . ooueeoied witb taking op of1 old b<?uks to rxebaogs for oew books wbiob re to cost oely th* "-s >bao*o prise" printed ou ibe back of the btots mum ? ? ? ? StW ? HUBBARD'S COTTON LET? TER New York, Ost 26\?Liverpool reeov ered abarply oe etr aetiee of yeaterday ?aid oar market fortber advanced le 9 oseta for January From this point a alow reoeiioo eel 10 00 Ibe better weotbar reported by the govern ?so. aed tbe a baa ose of eey eold wove a? the weither map Oer local trade lout for tbe steveeteei it tbe Aitootie Beates to be lighter et Ibe holding by ?setters oe ibe reeeot deelite. Oe this theory tbey bate bought freely dtriog ibe peel few days, btl there has been to 1 sere see it Ibe otteide dsaaod Tbe weatbof bee beet et good for Ibe peel sevee or a if bl weeks that crops ore beitg placed oe t bigbsr levsl, btl teat lefts trade dote eot eipeel aey severe bcttk, while Ibe deelite ebeeked ebt tferitgs. Tbe reaetiot bee eetsed tbe lesend et rail ei for prompt chip Habbtrd Bret ft Ue COTTON MEN IN A QUANDARY. THE TOP CROP IS EXCIT INO MUCH INTEREST. From Augusta Chronicle While the cotton market is on a slow decline, there aie those who still hs?e fsith snd srgue that the price will advance. The bears are pinuing great faith to the top crop as a further depressing agency on tbe price and are acting in accordance with this view Some esmples of the top crop, gathered in this vicioinily. are now on exhibition in this city and it is Claimed that, if tbe lop crop through? out tbe cotton belt is ss good, it will bsve tbe effect of increasing the total crop about a million bales The time of the first heavy frost also exerts a strong influence on deslings in cot? ton. A late frost is tsken to mesn a much larger crop then is now figured oo snd tbe reverse is looked for in the event of s killing frost before Nov 10 Mr H J. Lamer, of Maoon, whose letter appear d in the Chtoniole of Tuesday still ctings to bis belief that cotton will sell at 15 cents before July. In snother letter to tbe same gentlemen in Augusta he ssys : "Dear Sir:?If China were fully in tbe merket now for our cotton and cotton goods tbe price would now be 15 sents. When it does come in later the r-.ice will be tbst and more This question not being answered by me in my etter to you today, by an oversight, 1 beg to submit the above "Since writing you I bsve seeu a notice to tbe effect tbst Secretsry Wilson, of the agricultural depart m nt at Wsshiogton, has slated that { the cotton crop ie three million bales short, and that the new cotton , schedule to be gotten oot by Novem- | ber l?th by tbe depsrtmeut would j give a trne estimate, whioh would ( knock sky-high the commercial eeti- , motel msda for speculstors, and for , the besr element at that . "Be says I /The commercial esti mate is perverted for speculative pur* j poaee A nearly accurate estimate , ii obtained, but the public is misled for speculative purposes Tbe crop this year io short and tbe price ehould , rise. Tbe plan of the speculators is | to beer tbe merket until cotton passes j from the bands of tbe producers 1 "Tbe depsrtmeot is now 'working | to bead off tbe frsoduleot estimate, j which is a frsudnlent one, gigsntic in proportion, snd msde to chest tbe farmers out of their just rewards of their year's toil ' "H. J Lamar." Undaunted Missionaries. New York, Oct. 25?Rev E B Rice, of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary society, today received s letter from Bishop Frederick R. Oravee of Shanghai The bishop ssid tbst St John's college, five miles from the city, hsd been reopen ed sod. to the surprise of all, with an increased cumber of students Tbe Protestant Episcopal missionaries ware also, io many esses, returning to their posts Some had gone back (o Wubu, to Nsokin snd to Hankow Tbe Presbyterisn bosrd has been informed that the Hainan missionaries had left Hong Kong aud returned to their posts STRIKE CALLED 0#FF. Hazleton, Pa, Oct -5 ?The mine workers' strike has been declared off as to all companies which have com plied with the Winkern' demands, und the strike will be continued against those companies which have not granted the ^cranton convention's demand Tbe strikers will return to work Monday at the places where . the ti" up is ended. This announcement was conveyed in a statement addressed to the miners and issued tonight by Presi dent Mitchell and other officers of the United Mine Workers aw? ?????Saas? The repeated r?qoe-"? f'om various sasja ic<* that Judgo J H Hudson be uppoti,<t>d to hold special tartan of court sreevioeooo of bis bi<?b Mandiog as a gentleman atid jurist. Bfid gito occasion for the observation that the Irgiedaturo could do much worse than tu put tbo jsdgc en tbo bench again io his old piaoe. Hs *as shoved off beoauso be wuuto not "neud tbe pregnant hingen of the toe?'." but now all that is sop pos?d to be ovor ?Slate. London, Oct 25 ?The war office anoouocea today that Lord Roberta bopee to leave South Africa for home about Nov 15, end that Geu Lord Wolaelsy baa consented to continue to perform tbe duties of commanderin chief of the srmy until the end of November Chancellor Johnson hss sold his Dooobo plsotstion to Mr A. L Cal boon, of Clio. S. C This valuable property is perhsps ooe of the finest plantations in ths stsie snd brought aa much as aoy of its size in South Carolina.?Marion Stsr Slips of tsrrsd pasteboard are ossd for sbisgliog roofs io Japao. They srs said to bs as satisfactory e? woodeo abiogles sod mask cboaper. Tks Stats W. C T. (J eoovsotioo is to he hsld to Marion November 1 to 3 a i Progress of the Campaign. Dooley Wants One Place io Vote For His Principles AND ANOTHER TO VOTE FOR HIS CANDIDATE. "How's th' bettln' oo |V diction f Mr Honntssy a*ked H 'Tis goto' od ppliedidly," said Mr Dooley," an' before Log they'll bo 3omc money put up At lb' prtsiut time tb' parlies is onable f'r to agree. Riobard Croker offers to bot th' north wind again th' fill iv Lnooln Faik with oione that Bryan's to' man, but he wants loo muuh odds Oa th' stook exohaoge yostorday a well known broker that's supposed to be actio' fr James R Keene offered to wagor th' oontiotsi? a balooo again a lung foil iv smoke that Maok'il carry I .way Th' other party to th' wiger rayfu^ed th' offer an' th1 two spoorts compromised on a bet iv th' dhrinks that Shakespeare wroto "To Have so'To Hold." I was ooroio' up in tb' oa ar tonight ao' there wa* two la ads dieoos.Mn' tb' sit uation. 'I bet ye a millyon dollars,' says wan if thim. 'that McKinley carries Kansas' 'What odds'II ye give ?' says th' other. 'Two to wan,' says tb' la ad. 'I take ye,' says th' other. 'By th' way did ye boy that sewin' machine f'r ye'er wife ?' ?' 'Tis a quare campaign, Hiooissy Io th' first plaoe there aio't anny is? sues. 'Ye oao usually soars up an if. sue io a campaign, but in this wan, no wan is goin' to vote th' way be believes. Says me friod Biojamio Harrison : "Th' oooduct iv th' admioisthration has been little short iv bellivh. Tb' idea that this gover'mint sbud etod out throops to murder an' pllage an' elope with tb' stbrugglin' raoos iv th' boooh oos Pb'lippceoB, makes me blood bile , almost to th' dew poiot I endorse ivrythiog Wiliom J. Bryao says oo th' , subject ao' iboogtrtt goes hard f'r me ' to sr>y it, life long Raypublioao that I ( am, I exhort tvry follower iv mioo to , put iomities aside, f'r get his prejudices , ?o' oast his vote f'r Willum McKinley.' , Seys me frieod Olney, tb' wan that , rhraoslated th' Monroe doothrioe into , Eoglish : , "No orime ood be worse tbio th' , demonetization an' digradation iv th' dough we all wurruk so bard, f'r, ooless i it wod be th' interference iv polluted , arnyohists with tbim thrusts that has | dayviloped tb' resources iv th' profession iv which I am a dasarvio' mimber But f'r these vast combinations iv oapi- , tal an' iodostbry they wud be no ( security io this ooonthry that th' banks , wuddeo't tike An' with th' growth iv th' thrusts our ooonthry expands an' increases an' gets larger till they's bardly a oorner iv th' wnrruld where , th' inhabitants ain't afraid we're oomin' in. I hop* f'r to live to see th' day , whin th' glories iv oor oivilisatioo ao' thrusts ao' syodioates ao' soood moony an' little tv that, will pioetbrate the disolato place? iv th' earth, ao' th' stars an' sthrines will wave over a worruld ayether,' he says, 'free,' he says, 'or dead,'he says 'Tbio rally r-round our baooer, put ye'r shouldbers to th' wheel an' give a lone pull, a storing pull an.' he says, 'a pull altogether l'r oomtneroial combinations, cxpans' " . th' snbj7gation iv suhjygatable raor*. goold money ao' tb' peerless Willum J. Bryao ' "Lord bios? me. 'tis enough to make a mao dicey, Hiontsy. Thcy'se mo frind Grover, I thought, be hivins, w- 'd hrerd th' last that iv him, but f'r rn occasional groan fr'm th' wilds iv Noo Jarscy A year ago 'twas ; 'Where's Cleveland V *Tb' Lord ooly koows or carrs Prob'ly dhrivin' a milk wagon.' An' how is it today? Th' shore iv Boczird's Bay is crowded twinty d?cp with m*n whoopio' through mo^u phones. They'se a stout man sMtin' out oo the wither io a little boe.t with a jug io front to balance. Ac' 'ti? me ol'frino, fh'lost, th'defeated, lb'b Sled an' drsp'ucd thrator an' tyrant, S. Grover Cleveland. 'Grover,' says a man with a horn 'What is it ?' says tbo la ad io th'boat 'Ar ro yo in favor iv go Id moocy ?' 'I dinnaw. PtO got a whalo oo th'lioo ' Grover.' says another 'What d'ye want? floartn' th'fiuh ?' save Grover Aatu't yo again expansion?' 'I can't bear ye,' says Grover. 'Get back a little? about a mile?ao' speaks more ?low : ?Won't ye oome out f'r Bryan V *l wuddeo't oome out l'r aunytbing but 6?h ' Ar-re ye a pathrite or a thrai tor ?' 'I'm oayether ; I'm busy ' ?Won't ye tell th' people to vote t'r sound money ?' 'Tell them to take anny kiod they can get f'r their votes. ?Will ye abaodoo Mark Haona ?' 'He was an abandoned man bofure.' 'He I needs no more wurruds tbio ho has said f'r himself.' 'Ye'er couotbry is bein' rooned ' 'Th' fiihin' is beio' roooed be ye'er noise.' says Grover. 'Leader, row me off a mile or two where I oan dbrop a book to peaoe. Maoewnile, I'll tako a pull at th' bait an' ponner on bow much pleasanter it is to bo oatohio' fiony monsthors thin dodgin' brioks Gawd help th' land,' he says, ' lingerin' ills a pray,' he says, 'where statesmen mul? tiply,' he says, 'ao' fishermen decay,' bo says. 'Aooyhow,' He says, 'they didn't koow a good thing wbio they had wan, wbioh,' be says, 'was me.' "An' so it goes?Croksr ao, Carl Sohooris, Altgeld an'Olney, Roseofelt an' Qaay, Carlisle an' Stewart. What's a plain, foolish ao thoughtless mao like like mesepb to do? Sure thoy ought to bsvs wso plaoe f'r a edition to vote t'r his priooipios an another to vet) Vt his candydate " 4,I," said Mr Heouct-sy, "will vote as t *hot." "With y;'er eyes aba* V* aftid Mr Dooley ,4 i is th'ou'y v#i.y " Wholesale Suicide in China. Announced That Kang Yi Died October 18th and Yu H8ien Has Ccmmittc-d buicido Washington, Oct 26 ?Tbe Chinese minister has received a dispatch stat? ing that Kang Yi, a member of the cabinet, witb Y'ung Lu and one of the intense auti foreign leaders, whose punishment was demanded by tbe powers, is dead ; aiso that Yu j Hsien, tbe late governor of Shan Si, who is said to have been responsible for the death of many missionaries, has committed suicide Minister Wu regards this act as the result of dis? favor which high officials have re? ceived from the tnroue. The test of the communication is as follows : "Cablegram from Viceroy Chang Chi Tung, dated Us?tober 25, states that governor of Shan Si has report ed that Kang Yi died on Oct 18 ; that Yu Heien (late governor of Shan Si) has committed suicide by swal? lowing gold leaf ; and Prince Tuan hae^iot been permitted ?o accompany the court. "Cablegram dated October 24, from Director General Sheng, states that an imperial decree has been issued directing Prince Cbing aud Eail Li to lix and submit for approval the several penalties to be inflicted on those princes and ministers that ought to be punished. He adds that Kaug Yi has died of sickness, and that Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang have not been allowed to accompany the court (to Sben Si)." Tbe death of Kaug Yi ie an im portent event, as be is one of tbe ringleaders whose punishment was demanded by the powers He held the position of assistant grand secre? tary and president of the civil board sod also was one of the six Chinese statesmen making up tbe privy coun? cil, or cabinet, which ie tbe body nearest tbe throne. Although tbe dispatch to Mr Wu says only that Kang Yi "died" ou Ibe 18th inst, it ie thought that this "death" was the natural result of tbe disgrace which has overtaken the aoti foreign and Boxer element Gov Y'u'e 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 staiion Tbe leaf forms a con? gealed ball in tbe canals of the body aod brings death from suffocation Minister Wu's advices today also show tail Prince Tuan has been visited ?vith snvere censure from the throne, and to euch an extent that it would be no surprise if he followed the course of ?aag Yi aod Yu He has been prevented from accompany? ing tbe imperial court to hinan Fu, aud remains at Suan Si. cut off from further influence on the throne It is expected that be wili be banished, which, to a prince of the blood, is worse than decapitation, and under the Chinese idea of propriety, suicide ip likely to be his end Minister Wu laid his dispatches before Secretary Hay GENERAL HAMPTON. ? Gen Wade Hampton of Columbia, S C ," says the Washington Post, "who has been quite ill for Reveral days at the Metropolitan Hotel, is considerably improved lie went out driving yesterday afternoon witb his son, Mr Alfred Hampton, who is employed by the government lu the immigration service at New York." The people of South Carolina will regret to learn that Gen Hampton has been unwell and will wish him a speedy and complete restoration to health. He told the Post reporter . "1 am very anxious to see Mr Bryan elected president of the United States " This is such a statement as we would have expected from the leader of '76 There hoe never at any time of his life beeu any diffi culty in finding out where Gen Hampton stands on any question Though he has reasons to bo disgust ed with tbe party for which he has doue so much, he is aa loyal a Demo? crat as any other, and supports tbe Democratic principles aud nominees without qualification.?State. Washington, Oot 26?A suit for $50 000 damagns for breaeh of promise against United States Senator Wm V. Sullivan of Mitossippi was filed in the Distriot of Columbia oourt this afternoon by Miss Luoy Lectoo of Oxford, Mise. Tbe plaintiff in her affidavit alleges that she, "an unmar? ried woman, at the request of tbe defendant undertook aud promised to marry bim aod the defeodaot undertook and promised to marry tbe plaintiff, which he without cause or right has refused to do." CASTOR 1A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Han Always Bought Bears the Signature of MB ASTORIA For Infants and Children. [!| /iVCfc-CH.?V--cPreparationfor As ,, similatingu^ToodaadRcgula ?'? ling i Stomachs andBoweis of l^iiljssss s\!nu You Have rfl Always Bought Promotes Di!*estiop.,CheeTful tiess andltest.Conttuns neither Opium .Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic:. I; Xtrpr cfOMnrSAMUELPIlCJWl I\impkui Seed ' Mlx.Sfruif* * Hostile SalU - Anist Seed. * /bppcrnuar - Jh CurboeteUtSoia/ * Mtr*f Seed - (lorififd Sufit.' ? A perfect Remedy for Constipa? tion, Sour Stoiuacti.Diarrhoea, NVonns .Convulsions .Feverish aess and Loss OF SLE?R Tac Simile Signature of NEW "YORK. At b months old Jj Dosis-35Cents E.XACT COPY* OF WRAPPER. Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THt CKNTAUR C?IMNY, NtW VOU* CITY. _ FINE TOBACCO AVERAGE I The highest average ever made oo tobacco tbo number of poaods being taken into consideration, was made yes? terday by F. M Rodger*. Jr, at the ! Florence waro houae under the manage ment of Mr C A. Gregory. There , were two loads of tobacco, tbe lowest I pile sold for 20 oents per pound, the highest tor 50 cents par poucd Tbt* was a straight Rale and no fake about it, the average was somfihiog like 35 cents per pound for 1.895 pounds. ?Florence Times Hi Fire Insurance Agency. ESTABLISHED 1866. Repreeent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000 Feb 28. ;,I)id you ever eat n prairie oyster ? ' asked a drummer who had returned from Kansas ' The prairie oyster is tbe substitute which the Kausans have for the real thing To . make it you break a raw egg in a cocktail glaee, taking care to Veep the egg whole, for if the yolk gets mixed with the white the oyster ie messy and untidy Then you add a little vinegar, salt and pepper Care must be taken about the seasoning, 11 too much vinegar or too much salt spoils all You toss down the prairie oyster quickly You swallow it whole, as you do with the real kind As a matter of fact, it is a palatable mouthful, aud much to be preferred to the Kansas oysters that come thousands of miles in cane It is astonishing how many eggs in the prairie oyster form a man can eat I have poiished off a dozen in an evening, aud there are Kaneans who can enjoy thirty ?>r forty one right after another "?Philadelphia Record. CHARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Rptaii Commission Dea'er io Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stall? No. 1 aod 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. CoosieDrocnta ofCuuniry Produce. Poultry, Epg9, Ac , ??re respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made Fiab pjckei in barrels and boxea for the country tr&de a sj>eral?y. Dec 6 x Spartanburg Review : A recom niendation of the grand jury in toil county is that all roads be so graded that tbe grade will not exceed 5 per cent, provided it can be done with? out increasing the distance more than 50 per cent This jury is strik? ing in the right direction They have seen a practical demonstration , of what oin be done by having roads scientifically laid out. In the past few years, Sparenburg haa made a tremendous stride forward in tbe matter of road building, and while muth remains to be done, the first principle it) good roads in a scienti'"c survey of the route Strongest in the World" THE EQUITABLE SURPLUS Newport Nt;WH, Va , Oer '14.? While addressing the Virginia Presbyterian synod at today's session Rev Dr Craig of Atlanta, Ga , suddenly fell to the door and in a f?w moments expired Heart disease was the cause of death Dr Craig was well known iu the Presbyterian church throughout the south and held the office of secretary of the board of home miesione of the southern general , assembly. His wife and daughter were attending the synod with him , means more than * "strongest in the world"? It means also mos. profit? able in the world : for the surplus is tho fund from which utiaeftt and fu? ture dividends are paid It belong! to the policy holders?every cent of it? It moans the same to the policy holden that ft bank's surplus does to the owners of tho bank. Have you an interest in tire Equitable Surplus of over ?01,000,000? ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU KIND TH4T THERE ARE MURE STIEFF PIANOS I ted by people who koow a good piano (bat any other make Its because Stuft Pianos are better aod cost less tbao others. Moving, Tuning ana Rtpkinog ; Acrom modating Terms. Catalogue and took of suggestions cheerfully given. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Wareroeme, S Nortb Lmeny Strrei. factory?bloca of & batajatte Ave. A ike (i aod Lao vale streets. BALTIMORE, ML). A. W CROSSWELI, Resident Agent for Sumter and vicinity. Aug vll NOTICE TAXPAYERS. OFFICt 'OF COUNTY TREASURERSUMTERCO?NTY. SuMTsa, S. C, Sept. 22, 1900. ^VTOTICE is hereby given tbat I will be io M| mJ office in toe County Court House at Suroter from October 15th to December 31st, 1900 inclusive, for tbe collection of taiSS for the fiscal year 1900. The levy is aa follows : For State purposes, 8 mills. For Couotv purpose, j mills. For School purposes, 3 mills. Total levy, 11^ mills. Alto the following epecUI tchcol levies School District No 1, I mill*. School District No. 16, 2 mills. School District No. 18, 2 mills. Scboel U strict No. 20, 3 mills. Mi Clio, I mills. Concore, 2 mills, i Privateer, I nulls. No 5. 1 Kill. No 17, 1 mill. ; Coruti utatioo Road Tax for HOI f 1 00, pnvahie from Otf IIth 1900 ?o Feb 1st 1901. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer oumter Co. Sept 26-131