The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 31, 1900, Image 2
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."
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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.
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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