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DRY WELL ORDINANCE. Council Meets, Hears Protesting Committed and Adjourns With? out Voting. Tbe City Conoc?! held a special meet ins at 7 o'clock list night for the purpose of adopt? ing ao ordinance forbidding the use of dry j wells, and an ordinance providiog for the j establishment of the dry- earth closet system Present, Mayer Stuckey and Aldermen Boyle, W. H. Epperson, Fion, Hurst, Purdy and Rowland. It was brought to the attention of council j that Dick Andersen Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, had invited the Daughters of I the Confederacy of the State to bold the next j annual meeting in Sumter. The council j endorsed .ha invitation. The following committee of citizens were present tc protest against the adoption of the proposed dry well ord i o ance : Dr. J. S. Hugbeon, Dr. A. J. China, Dr. G. W. Dick, Rev. C- C. Brown, Neill O'Donnell,H. Harby, W. B Bares, Altamont Moses, J. W. McKeiv er, 8. W. A. Bultman and J. H. Levy. The ordioaoce was presented and read as follows: An Ordinance Relating to Privies and Dry Wells or Cesspools in the City of Sumter. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sumter, io Coaocil assembled and by authority of tbe same: Section 1. That for preservation of the public health, and to prevent contamination of water used for drinking and domestic pur? poses, it shall be unlawful, on and after tbe 20th day of February, 1901, for any person to construct, maintain or use in the City of Sumter, any dry weil or cesspool as a recep? tacle for privy or water closet deposits, foecal matter, urine, bath water, kitchen slops, or any other kind of refusa matter or impure liquid. Sec. II. That OD and after the 20th day of February, 1901, it shall be unlawful for any person in the City of Sumter, to cause or allow any privy deposits to fall, lie er remaio upon the ground, or to be buried in the ground ; that all such privy deposits or foecal matter shall be received or placed in boxes or other convenient receptacles which shall be raised or? platforms or timbers to admit ven? tilation At least once every day all deposits io said receptacles shall be covered with dry earth, ashes, dust, charcoal or lime in suffi? cient quantity to k?ep such boxss or other receptacles dry. No slop9 or liq aid filth ebali be permitted to go into such boxes or recep? tacles. g?Whec:ever euch boxes or other recep? tacles, may become fell, the cooteots shall be j removed beyoad the city limits and disposed of there. Provided, however, that at least once in every month the contents of all each boxes or receptacles shall be removed a3 here? in above required. Sec. III. For the coovenieoce cf citizens and io order that this method of disposing cf privy deposits may be as inexpensive as pos? sible, it shell be th? duty of ?be Health Officer to havt suitable boxes mide, W?ich be will famish at ac-cal cost of manufacture to ail perscQS who desire them. Carts sba!: also be provided under control cf the said Health O Seer for the purpose of removing the cou- j tents of such boxes or other receptacles ; aad for sscb service reasonable fees shall be col? lected by tbe Bealth Officer, and by bim paid into tbe city treasury for the purpose of de? fraying the expenses of this system ; and if there bea surplus, then such surplus shaK be used for other necessary purposes as the City Council may direct. The fellowing fee3 snail be charged and col? lected for use of the carts a* aforesaid : 1. For each residence, with not exceeding five (5) inmates over ten years of age, 15c per mo For each additional inmate, 3c extra 2. For each store or factory the ? charge shall be reckoned at the same rate? viz : For the first five perso33, 15e per mo 7oT each additional intrate or employee, 3c per mc For hotels or boarding bocses tbe fees shall be the same as for stores and factories. The num? ber of inmates to be determined from tbe number of regular em? ployes plus the daily average number of names appearing up? on tbe botel register. Sec. IT. That a committee of three mern- j hers of Council sfeall be appointed by the j Mayor, empowered to enter into contract I with some person or persons to receive end ; cispose of all such matter a3 may bs removed auder this ordinance at some place within j t?ro mites of the C^urt House : on socb terms as may be reasonable and proper. The Si'd contract ebal! be reported br the com? mittee to City Council for approval cr disap? proval i Ssc. Y. That any person wbo may vio- ? .ate any of the provisions of this ordinance, ?bail npoa due conviction be fined not ex? ceeding tea dollars for each and every of? fence ; or shall be'imprisoned not exceeding twenty days. Sec. VI. That an ordinance of the city of Sumter adopted Sept. 14;b, 1633, and en? titled "An Ordinance to prevent the main? taining or opening of dry wells or cess pools, commonly used as privies io the city of Sum? ter, S. C ," be, and the same is hereby re? pealed, together with all other ordinances or parts of ordinances io cocflict hererewitb Dr. J. S. Hugbsoc, Mr. Altamont Moies and Dr. A. J China of the citiaeos committee made arguments against the enactment ot the ordinance. They stated in substances that the dry wells are not injurious to public health ; that the aatnrai water supply ii not tootacaioated by them, as w*ter in percolat- ; ing throagh the "*rtb penfivt itself within a ! given distance; that the time may com? wheo it will bs necessary to abolish* dry wall but thus far no sickness has besn causal by dry wells; that this being tra? it wosls be a great hardship upon those who hov? incurred great expense to construct dry wells if tb* city council enacts this proposed ordiaaee* ; and that tb? committee, r*p rose? ting a larg* ??taber of citizens, iarg* taxpayer* and pro party owners, protested ^gainst the euac - ment of the ordinance without fatter consider? ation and investigation. When the members of thc committee had con? ceded tbeir argument, A.derman Purd> moved that further consideration of the ordi? nance be postponed until the next regular meeting and that council adjourn. The mo? tion was adopted and the dry weds ordinance was bung up until next Wednesday night. DOES IT FAY TO BUY CHEAP ? A cheap remedy for cough* and colds ls all right, but you want something that will rc lieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What ?ball ycu do ? Go to a warmer and more regu? lar climate ? Jes, if possible ; if not possible for you, then in either case take tbe only rem? edy that has teen introduce? in all civilized countries with success in severe throat and lung troubles, "Boscbee's German Syrup." It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ diseases, but allays inflam? mation, canses easy expector?tioc, gives a good night's rest, and cures the patient. Try one bottle. Recommended many years by all drug? gists in the world. For sale by A J China. B After Railroad Thieves. Mr. Bio ot, B. R. Detective, with Magis? trate T.B Rhame and his constable, J. F. McIntosh, Sr., made a raid yesterday morning on a oezro bouse near Lynchburg ic a search for goods ?oat from the railroad Two ne? groes named McDonald and one named Law who belonged there, succeeded in making their escape, they baviog bean warned br their confederate, Sao tee Wilson, who bas since been arrested and is now in custody. Part of a bag of rico was found bid under some fodder, three demijohns of whiskey were found buried in tbe gardes, and part of a case of whiskey was also found on the premises. The negroes McDonald ?B? Law, escaped to the swamp near by, when Mr. Rhame went to the house. ?antee Wilson is beld io cus? tody for examination It is believed that be is one of the gang that bas been atealing from the trains for some time, or at least tb&t be koowa all about the movements of the gang. Maoy people worry becauee tbey believe they have heart disease. The chances are that their hearts are all right but tbeir stom? achs are usable to digest food. Kodol Dye pepeia Cure digests what you eat and pre? vents the formation of gas which makes the stomach press against the heart. It will cute every form of indigestion. J S Hugb3on & Co. A Soulfeit ir xpression of Gratitude. Kr. Editor : Please permit me to return my grateful acknowledgments and sincere and heartfelt thanks for the substantial aid rendered and the kind and Christian atten? tion and sympathy extended to me and mine, during onr weeks of tribulation and Lfflic tioo, by the "rind friends and neighbors of the commucity at large, and very especially to the people cf Mr. Z:on Church, also to% friends is Dar?ngioo. God bless them, one and ail, is the earrest wish of J. A. Outlaw. St. Charles, Nov. 19, 1SC0. Sumter Berala and Darlington papera ple?S2 copy. HOT SUPPER. The public is cordially invited to attend a Hot Supper at Mr. R H. Tisdale's for the benefit of Lawis Chapel Church Friday night, November twenty-third, nineteen hundred. mm > t ? mmm When you feel that life is hardly worth the candle take a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will cleanse your stomach, toce up your liver and regulate your bowels making you feel like a new man. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Excursion Rates to Charleston. -a The Annual Convention of the Leagoe of American Municipalities will be beld in Charleston, S. C , December 12tb to 15tb and a very large crowd is expected to visit toe cit7 at that time. On account of this con? vention the Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets for one fare, plus $2 Col. Scarborough's House Burned. The residence of Col. W. D. Scarborough was burned on last Thursday. The fire started on the roof from a spark from a chimney and as there was no one at borne at the time except Mrs. Scarborough and Mrs. Lee Scarborough tbe-fire soon gained such beadwav that the wbo'e house w?9 noon In flames. Very little of the household furniture was saved and the los? was almost total. The boase was valued at Sl.fcoO to $2,000 and was insured for $1, O0O The lost on furniture amounted to $40D er more with $250 insurance. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cere biliousness, constipation aod headache. They are eesv to take and pleasent in effect. For sale ay Dr. A. J. Chins. Snartanborg has the haacer fire department of the State for economy. Tbe expenses of the department, paid by tbe city during the pest year, amounted to $146 66 If the fire department of Spartaobnrg bas no other in? come and spent ooly the above mentioned amount it must ne a very sorry sffiir and pot a credit to tbecitr; if it is a first class de? partment and is maintained by volaoteer fire? men, the City Council of Spartaobizrg treats the firemen in a most niggardly manner. Y. M. C. A. State Convention to Meet in Sumter. The following letter to Rev. C. C. Brown is self explanatary : Charleston, S. C., Nov. 15, 190O. Rev. C C. Brown, Somter, S. O : My Dear Sir: At a meeting of the State Committee of the Y. M. C. A. held on the 12tb inst., I was instructed to notify you that the invitation eo kindly extended by the people of Somter for the next Annual Con? vention af our Asfociatioo was unanimously accepted and that tbe convention wonld be held commencing February 14th through the 17th. With kindest regards, I remain respectfully yonrp, James Allan Jr , Chairman State Ex. Committee. -. --^?"??fc? -^aw Executive Clemency William Mitchell, of Sumter cocnty, ha6 beeo pardoned. He was convicted of larceny j io 1893 and seotenced to three years on the j chain graig. The aothorities io Sumter county state that Mitchell is disabled iu one leg and sotirely unfit for work, that he is DOW io jail aid bis condition is bad. Gov. MeSweenty grated tbe pardon on account of tbs prisoner's condition and the petition for tb? ap ?ea I. COUNTY BOARD MEETING. Kervm E. Wells Sues County For ?1,107-Contract For Indexing Records Not Awarded. The county board of commiesiooers met on Saturday, pursuant to the adjournment of the regalar meeting of the 7th instant. Present, Supervisor Darn and Commissioners McNeill, Rhodes, Jenkins and White. Mr. Neill brought to tbe attention of the board a road in Sbilob Township, portions of wbcb io Clarendon County being a public road, and citizens desire tbat the road io Sum? ter County be made a public road, so that ii can be worked by road bauds. The matter ! wau referred to County Attorney Purdy and be advised that citizens must present a peti? tion before action can be taken County Attorney Pcrdy submitted the ma:ter of bis acceptance of service as county attorney in the case of K E Wells vs Sumter County. Tbe board directed the clerk to endorse admission of service on writ and act-on of attorney approved. Mr. Wells bas entered suit against the county for $1,107 for damages suetaiued from a tree falling on him while riding along tbe public road. Tbe complaint alikee "Tbat the damage done to the plainttff by the injury thus received was the loss of 67 days from bis accustomed employment of the v?,lu? ?f 567, the sum of $40 and the ir.jury to bis leg io the som of $1,000." Mr. Wells is represented by Frasers & Cooper Summons was served ou the Board in the case of William Newman vs. Sumter Couoty, suit to recover $99.99, by H. L. B. Wells, magistrate, L. D. Jennings, attorney IS. H. Mathis, foreman of bridge force, re? ported that 99 bridges bad been repaired from Oct. 3 to 31et. Applications from W. A. Tribble and W J. B. Davis for positioa as overseer of chain gaug were read, and no action was taken, overseer having been elected. The bids for iodaxiog records io Clerk of Conn's cffice as advertised for and opened at meeting of 7th instant were then considered, and the board went into a ballot to decide to wt om the contract should be awarded. After seien ballets had been taken without ao elec? tion tt was decided to adjourn to the regular meeting of Dec. 4tb. Oo motion of Mr. Rhodes it was decided to ailow 12 months io wbicb to do the work. Out of Fifty Members Only Two Were Absent. Col J. D. Frost, Assistant Adjutant and Imipector Gsaer.il, came over on the 5 35 train Friday evening and iuspec ed the Sumter Li?bt Infantry (Co. 3). The company as? sembled in tbe armory at 7 o'clock and the inspection was completed io time for Col. Fr>st to return to Columbia on the 9 o'clock trsin The company bas fifty members en? rolled and there were forty-eight men io ranks fer inspection. Col. Frost stated that the company bad passed ft very creditable and saiisfnctory icspectioo, and he complimented C?.pt. Wilroa and his men on tbe improve mi nt that bas been made ?ioce tbe iastfnppec ticn Be encouraged the men to attend all COB pa ny meetings acd to work faithfully to inprove themselves in the manual and drills. the company -now has fifty members and nc new members ww! oe enrolled or some titae to come. Taer<? n.e at present several applications cn file that will not be acted co or.til some of tbe members resign or the State furnishes additional uniforms. It is believed tbat with fifty well-drilled men the company will be in better condition at all times tt:an w tb a much larger enrollment of members j W!?O do not attend drills, and wiil cot nert j themselves to make tbe companj one of the I best in the State, The company ia now in J excftlent sbap? and a credit to the city and ; tbs State. The Sumter Light Infantry. Mr. Editor: lt afforded me much pleasure to attend tbs inspection last Friday night of the Sumter Light Infantry. It is a fine body of young men of martial bearing and evident? ly have been brought up to a high state, I will not say perfection, both in the manual ar.d maooeuveriog. The promptness in obey? ing and precision io executing an order was remarkable. There were however two or tbree in ranks who would be improved, particularly io attention, by being subjected for a while to the awkward squad. Ex Ciptain Loring Lee and Capt. Wilson and Lieuts. Fisbourne and Doar deserve much praise not only in effecting such good results it matters of detail above referred to, but ol bating infused ioto the body an esprit du corps, which is the first and most essential element in every military organization from tte company up to the corps. The Asst Adjt. Gen. Frost is a military man, every ic ch of bim, and has made a record which will entitle bim to promotion at tbe next general election. My thought however in starting this notice was not so much to speak of officers and men as to throw out a thought ai) to the militia of the State. South Carolina, has certainly made the highest national reputation for patriotism and gallantry io all the wars foreigo and civil in which the TJoited States bas been angaged s nee and even during colonial days. The main reason for this is that the State bas fostered a military spirit among ber citizens by sustaining her military academy, and encouraging military organizations. To evoid the dangers cf a large standing army and the temptation of colonial acquisition by force of arms-the two greatest dangers which now tbreateo our repnblic Each State most niaietain i fficiem volunteer organizations io times cf peace to be readv for times of war. I consider tbi3 to be a duty each State ewes to ber own citizens, as one of her local affairs : and shoald not be committed to the Federal Government. It is too ddn^erous a power to be placed in any other be.nds, when we con? sider the pecuUar race problem which has been imposed upon the late slave-boldicg States by the result of tbe civil war. We bear today from Geo Miles a bugle note, wbicb should be a warning to 03 of tbe south. Ee says tbe regular army must be increased, as tbe militia cannot be regarded tts efficient for even home defence. He bas already forgotten the great lesson taught hy volunteers on boto sides during the civil war. Of course it will require annual appropria? tions to keep up the efficiency of tbe State militia These should be made Dy the legis? lature and with no grudging band. An efficient infantry company at each county seat is an object lesson of warning which is always read by the ignorant and criminal class, and one of protection and security to the defenseless women and chil? dren throughout the country. I will not presume to advise our legislators; but Asst. Adjt. Gen. Frost's suggestion strikes me as one of the best I have beard, to wit, to order 10 or 12 drills io squad and company each .rear and to give to each mao $1 for escb drill be attends, withholding same for each ? be does not attend, and defaulting a certain j member, without sufficient exenee, be be i dropped from the roll of the company. J. O. B -- - -- ; There ls no pleasure in life if you dread [ going to the table to ?at and can't rest at j ogbt on account of indigestion. Henry Wil i hams, cf Boon ville, Ind, says he suffered tbat ! 'ray for years, till be commenced tbe use of I Aodol Dispepsia Cure, and adds, "Now 1 can cat anything 1 like and all I want and sleep iioundly every night." Eodol Dyspedsia Cure 'trill digest what you ?at. J S Hugbson & Co. SPIRIT RAPPINGS. A CONVOCAT.ON OF EVIL AGENCIES. The council meeting had barely dissolved on the night of the 14th, when the room was suddenly peopled with a most gruesome aggregation of ? pints, They bad come m to sit in judgment upon the actions of the wise body of city fathers, all of whom had departed to rest in their beds in sweet peace These spirits represented many phases of life and experience There was Hermes Pbl?8megistur and Diogenes with bis lantern, Aldeboran from the realm of shades, St Patrick, Plutarch. Aladdin, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, to I gether with emissaries representing a variety of enterprises. For a time, they sat in silence, as if too timid to give utterance to their minds, and it fell to St Patrick to rap on the floor with his staff, and ex claim : "If any mon have a wur r-rd to spake, why do ye honld yer mouths V* Hermes made answer, "Devout spirits of tbe air, we have come upon a great occasion. We sit in the high hall of the city fathers. They have left their smell behind them. It is a mixture of rose leaf and cinnamon " "What perplexes me/' said the venerable Plutarch, "is the fact that wise men can be so unwise. They are about to precipitate a row upon the people. A great waste of money from the pockets of tbe people will bring down the wrath of the commu? nity upon their heads ? iaw is to be promulgated, requiring the men who have elegant homes to tear up the fixtures they have added with infinite labor and cost, in order to give way to opinions which bave come to us from our neighboring city of Florence. It seems that ont* city in the State is to be taken as an example for all the rest " The good father was going on with his oration, when be was euddeniy stopped by a knock at the door. He asked : "Who is there ?" "Another kindred spirit/' was the answer, and in walked two ghcste - one of them the ghost of the dry well in the rear of the Masonic temple, and the other the ghost of the telephone exchange dry well. "We are the evii agencies which have precipitated this row," they exclaimed in. unison. "It does not seem to have suggested itself to any of the city fathers that we could be abolished without abolishing our whole family. This is but another case of the innocent :?ufiering for the guilty, and we have come to make confession. " "Out with you," cried Aladdin, ewinging hi3 mystical lamp. "You blockheads cannot tell a joke when you see it in the road. Our city fathers are joking.. Within a two month, they met in these same classic halls, and passed a vote, along with all the wisdom that the Board of Health could add to theirs, abolishing certain imaginary nuisances, and forever prohibiting the emptying of slops into the drains. At the very time of this actico, several of the said members were guilty of the crimes they so manfully condemned, aad the evidence goes to show that they are still guilty and unrepentant. This new move of theirs is but a large joke, and they perpetrate it simply to let the dear people see the band of a master mechanic in the law-making business." At this Diogenes came to the front. He was a rotund little fellow, with a long coat and a very short vest. His pants clung closely to his chubby legs, and he bad all the seeming of a veritable philosopher. "Hear me," he cried **?t has become our solemn duty, as spirits of wisdom and prog ress among men, lo visit the bed chambers of the city fathers, and bannt them into righteousness Do j we not recall the fact that at the instance of the honorable council? men, a meeting of the citizens was called to consider a grave question connected with hygienic economy ? The citizens met, the citizens spoke, and said they deferred to the will of the council, and assembled because the said council had asked them to come. They also decreed that these law making fathers should take cer? tain etepn with reference to a sewer? age system. The fathers sat and listened. Not one of them raised an objection The people came as they had been asked ; a vote was taken, and by that vote it was virtually decreed that the citizens should have a voice in determining the great issue before them. Now the coun? cilmen say the people are fools ; they know not what they want ; we know what they want ; they have asked for one thing, and we must give them another ; if the people are allowed to choose for themselves, they are sure to go to the everlasting bow wows " During this speech, Sancho Panza nudged Don Quixote in the side, and whispered, "Do you remember the wi?draill, master ? Verily a man is a fool to contend against superior numbers and resources " It wai cow Aldeborao's time to speak, and right annfu?j be did it. 'fFaibers aod brethrsn. now that oar people have a thirty thoasacd dollar opera house, what ofrod can there he for anything else ? Dd jou not perceive that money spent for pleasure is more useful than money spent for health ? It bas been suggested that this noble temple shall be humiliated and made into a commoo inn for the drummer and loafer and three card-mcnte man. Let it not be so. Let it remain to beautify the earth aod to proclaim the glory of its found? ers. Meanwhile, the city fathers of today must do something. They don't know exactly what todo; but some? thing they must do. A few oveiflow ing cess-pools ate disturbing their slumbers. Death borers over their bed chambers. Their neighbors are dy JD g. Destruction walks the earth unmana cled. And it is you, ye spirits of disease poiting to the cess pool repre sentatives, "it is you that have wrought thia havoc For you and jour noisome fil'.h.Cthe whole town is to be subverted, a ba?f-hundred bornes invaded, and a whole people put at unrest. Out with you, ye irnos of darkness and Death. Bat for you, olamoricg would never have beeo beard This fiend might have continued his harangue at greater length, but from under the table there crawled another spirit, which proved to be that of Martin Chuzzlewit. He had cobwebs in his bair, and one green goggle over his good eye. The other eye he had lost after he got loose from Dickens. He spoke : "My lords, this is unseemly. You censure harshly. Our city fathers mean well. Oust let them alone, and they will work up a sewerage system. Their sole purpose now is to stir up the whole city oo the subject. The two cess pools that overflow oould be abol? ished, as all nuisances can ; but tbey do cot desire that. Our councilmen are wise. They are thrusting an issue into the faces of the people. They ask for one thing ; but they mean another. They are not fools. They know that an expensive measure, affecting a whole people, like that they propose, cannot well be set in operation without the consent of the people. If the people must vote for sewerage, they should also vote for any other hygienic system. The people are king, aod the council know it. If anything is inaugurated which the people do not like it will be put dcwo, or else the council will be put down. But one town in South Carolina is known to have a dry earth system, while the majority have sewer? age Our fathers are noe going to run io the face of wisdom and experience. I repeat it, ihey are cot fools, and before it is decreed that a dry earth system is the thing, they will send a man farther than Florence to get some facts. I agree with my brother who says their recent ac ion is just a great joke Oar councilmen are fancy men. If there is any one thing they understand better than 3cctber it is how to get c5 a good joke on toe people." At this, Hermes said, "I move 77s adjourn," and the spirits winked at each other, and disappeared. When they meet again, a reporter will be cn band, as bo was 00 band this time. C C. Brown, Reporter for the Spirits SUMTER COTTON JI?ESST. Market steady. Quotations : Middliog, M Strict middling, 9| Mass Meetings of Citizens. A meeting of citizens, who are opposed to tbe enactment of ihe proposed ordinance to abolish all dry wells in the city, held a meet? ing in the Court House Monday morning. Gen. E. W. Moise was called to the chair and Mr. Altamont Moses was elected Secretary. Tbe chairman stated the object of the meeting acd discussed tbs sewerage question at eome length. Remarks were also made by Maj Marion Moise, who offered a resolution that a committee be appointed to appear before Council and request that tbe proposed ordi? nance be not enacted. Tne following com? mittee was appointed : Marion Moise, Dr. J. S. Hugbson, Dr. A. J. China, Dr. G W. Dick, W. B Burns, J. F Laugher?, J. W. McKiever, H. Harby, J H. Levy, N. O'Dou. nell, E. W. A. Bultman and Rev. C. C. Brown. -----------n-mmmm*^-? Estate of Mrs. Sarah H. Chan* dler, Dec'd. ALL PERSONS having claims against said Estate will present same duly i attested, and all persons indebted to said I Estate will make payment at ooce to J ROBT. A. CHANDLER, j Nov 21, 1900-31* Administrate:, j MAYOR'8 COURT. Tom Nelson was tried Wednesday morning . for disorderly conduct, and sentenced to work the streets for 6ix days. He was arrested Saturday, bot escaped on the way to the guard house hut was recaptured after a chase Monday. Mr. W. Y. L. Marshall was before the court Thursday for riding a bicycle without a lighted lantern on Republican street last night . He plead guilty and tbe fine was $3. the regulation amount. ? i Better 'Phone Service. The Sumter Telephone Co., has just in? stalled a new switchboard., whicb is arranged for very rapid eervice and makes it necessary for you to study the rules in your book. To the rieger especially : When you call central bold the receiver to your ear until party called answers, cs be will not ring back. Do oot ring back when answering a call, for if yon do the operator will disconnect before the conversation is finished. If you follow the rules yon will htve good service. CONSPICUOUS BEAUTY W iib oot the least too ch of vulgarity, is a feature of every model in our display of Trimmed Hats M soy novelties are shown in mate* rial, ornament, shape and mode of trimming We offer a line of Hats which are both beautiful in conception and de? velopment and rich in material. They cannot be doplicated st the money, 'jj Mis? McDonald. t Fruits Vegetables -AND Family Groceries ; Edmund R. Murray j Invites attention to fresh arrivals, j CRANBERRIES, MALAGA GRAPES, CALIFORNIA FIGS, FLORIDA CRANGES, BALDWIN APPLES. Liberty Street near Masonic Temple Nov 21 Tile State of South Carolina COUNTY OF SUMTER. By Tho8. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judg?. WHEREAS, SHEPARD NASH, as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county, has made suit to me to grant bim Letters of Administration of the Estate of and eflkcts of EDWARD B. MILLER, deceased. Tbese are therefore to cite and admonish a!] and singular tba kindred aad creditors of j the said Edward B Miller, late of said [ County and State, deeeesed, that they be and j appear before me, io the CJOM of .Probate, ta I be beld at Sumter, C H , oo D?cerner 31st j 1900, seit, after publication tbrreof at ll j o'clock io the forenoon, to show cause, if j any they have, why the said Administration ! should cot be granted. Giv.'B under my hand, this 21st day of Novemler. A. D., 1900. TBOS. V. WALSH, Jud"e of Probate. Nev 2! Some Special Bargains. 40-lb boxes Starch, best srade, at 3^3 per lb. Smoked Dried Herrings, 29c per box. New Mackerel, 14 ?rood fish to kit, 90c. Fancy foll cream Cheese, 22 to 24 lbs each, at 13c per lb. Best fancy Elgin Creamery Butter, 60 lb tubB at 24c per lb American Sardines-new pack-$3.85 per case 100 cans. 10 oz Tumbler Fruit Jelly, 3 dos to case, 76c per dcz. 3-lb stand. Tomatoes, 2 dcz io case, 90c dcz 2-1 b staod. Tomatoes, 2 dcz in case, 70c doz. J-pint bottles, assorted Pickles, 2 doz in case, 75c dcz. 1 -lb cans Cove Oysters, foll weight, 2 and 4 doz io case, ?0c dcz. 2-lb cans fancy Maine packed Sugar Coro $1.20 a doz. 2-lb cans fancy N. Y. State packed Sugar Corn $1 a doz. CRACKERS. Lemons f$c, Nie Nacs 5$c per lb. Ginger Soaps 5c, Soda Cr. 5c per lb. Sugar Cr. 6c, Fancy Mixed 6?c per lb. Cream Lunch Biecuits, Vc per lb Oatflakes, 2-lb package: 90c doz FLOUR. Best fancy patent, Best half patent, Best etraigbr, Best family, Salt 100 lbs, $4 35 bbl 4.10 bbl 3 85 bbl 3 25 bbl 57c bag MEAL, GRITS, BACON AND LARD AT LOWEST PRICES. Cigars, Cheroots, Cigarettes and Tobacco. Diamond T Cigar, best 5c seller at $35 per 1,000. Scecess, none better, $35 per 1,000. E L Royal Cigar, good smoke, $25 per 1,000. Try our Leader, $10.50 per 1,000, 60cbox Old Virginia Cheroots, $3 15 per box of 250 Cheroots, 3 for bc. Old Glory Cheroots, $2.90 per box of 200 Cheroots. World's Bzst Cheroots, $3 25 per box of 250 Cheroots, 3 for 5c. Duke's Cigarettes $3.90 per 1,000. Cvcle Cigarettes $2.65 per 1.000. A BIG SUPPLY OF TOBACCO, namely, Schnaps, Early Bird, R.J.B, Mable, Lalla Roobk, Little Fancy, Red Eye and tarious other kiods-prices ranging from 25c, 35c and 45c per lb. Big Drives in Soap* OCTAGON", VICTORY, TI? TOP, ELECTRIC, IMPERIAL: Shoe Blacking, Ink, Blueing, Ac. Sst as, cr get oar prices before you bay. Cromwell & Co. Phone 53. Sumter, S. C.