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Tkt ?tttoetr jfomtmoo was touadeu it) 1860 and 14m TVfjt ^trtm in 1366. Ybt wWJUamn e*ai Sommknm aow bat bbt eombteed ?reotattoo ?od tafluoaoe o* bot? of it*tlti ?tttri, aod it mi ot~ wJtily tat Wat advartiatag msdttm it ?OTIC* T^BUMomiBMH? Ii it nt4 tjMHMrjr Cht oe to toml t : > Itaiitinit it ?tot tndrvidnnl ?tb* f*Nber wW it ledebted to 00 for ptieo. tt Ilm labet tbowt tat to ?Meli, took oot litt pe d. itt Diaban oo foot pops* *>d yot trt it), otTttft pistpt etil and Owttle tt joor etHioat aooveoiaoce If it ie not oootpftetJit to otU it psr tot4 t%?aW?r Pf bank drt/t, trad kaJaO* or poet edsee or ei Too amomt* dot by ooob one it bot tbo ?ff reg att tatottt dot !? lorgo, ood tbit ft tbe rettoo %te ofpsol tos eebeeribere to ?Oha aattWaotwto Wo have oerried > of tboto eobaeription ecooeola frooj year to yeor .tt an aoooea ? itioo to ot)r sobotribert, bot wt ?idotolooftf tt thert it oow axetee flbr ooo payment ?Hb oot two toillof for too otott tod over. Billy MeKtetey tot Jobt'-'it Hej ibaviaf tttobla it deUvertag Ikac ly oamoaHated to Jota Btlt at Ota Htmptoo at 81 jtert of aga dear aot?ag tod tpaolt a oast imp ia too f/wede. He ten remark ttaa it aoory rat past, bot to oat af far tke tareegtb etd vigor kt reteiae bat old ago. Hb Meede sad ad rs ooiio io kaoitg tbat bt will ba id far tatot peart to Tka atpafftalrosa loa U a tied 8 totes Iba Pbilnjpasss kta ia arts aid rapidly tie tot pott opt yearn, bot Iba ia asatlt op largely af aoppliaa tbe selottsvotod boor oot) whiskey tanas taotatk. Tba imports are iesrsseitg, bot It it Ott a satttfeo to trotte, far ataoog reseat asrgoes arrive start 1.600 dssd esldiere oo ship and another shipload nf iasaas tt tbo Ilopfciee so apportionment pOtasa to Ooogrtot South Caro will loot too representative, bot are coold oodort aritb t degree of j geetioe, af tbo bill aleo requires tbe etatoa be redeetrioted along sjaog rap htea4 end common ttttt liatt lilt time tt? do away aritb sboeetring I ?ettj gerrymandered dittrictt Tbe Weabiwg ton oorrtspoadeot of H?o Cbieago Cbjoaicle drama heavily ' Ott kta imagination ia Ike effort to five tbv biaiory of J C Wkit taker, oi.ot t ?tad et tt West Point Tbo art idle oooolodet as follows : "II i? sabeet|utot oerear hat demon* aBtat^d thai be was without moral 't rsjtp >naibilitf. for kt aooa developed ! foto t diteopomble character, and r vafteo teat heard from was keepieg t \ gamblmg house on tb?? Meiican bor v '4or " jgL Th- trttb of Ike matter is tbat , Whittaker kta proven i<? be anything bot ? diarepttable oharecter, and if todtv it highly raapsoted aa any #et<<re1 itao io tkta State lie was Ibf i t or eight years principal ot the ?og? ? fct eded #cn<?-?t in thin city, and * Abie (ail resigned tka poiitioa to f Ojto*;>t a f r(?eeeaorakip in the State Csjl .r"d (Uteaja at Orangeberg tie to a g ? h! et* o and a competent v tod 'anUfa' teateor, who won and retain* the r.epect and con6denoe of ?be people of trtie community without j reepect to ?eo? OVSLBTSOei 4fc>WBKKI>. Vee. Afjgu?t VI??ore4iU haa lea] la/feal aele e# eey meoioiae ta i'.?o e ttlttat ??kI4. fo?* Waihare aat ftxaeeetathera aevar ih?>?ght of eeiag aeftSiaf eiao for l??t<ge?tf?a or Mlliooe. f>??4?*ra ware ??.ret, eo4 tha/ evldaei haar t ml ap^ee>4leUie, aereoan pruetmtiua or aeart '?Lara. e?e. They ueet Amgu?t Flower Io eieaa aui the e#atata m+4 eia* ferreeoieti'ta of ai*ei|(?eta?l l*ot. regelate the aeiiaa af tba Itrer, etiatelate tto ear*aoe aoS orgnttt aetino of ih? tj?tan. aed that ie all (hey took vhen foeliag Soli ae4 had with headaehat end other oot? Yae ooir eeed a few doaet of Uteeo't August Flower, io l?v.iJ forte, to caake yon tit. ieted there U eertiieg eariooe the caatiti with yen. For tale by A. J Chieo. A Florence, Ueo 22 ? Newa was re oaived bare tbit afternoon of the killing of Jack Qrtto by Boyd Petti grow, near Tioutooavillo, in tbit ooaty, tkio morning Tbo two ?og? oot qotrrttltd tbout t worn at.. Ftttigrew, Ot tooo tt ht tkot Green, took to too woodt tod it ttill tt large Both darkies, it is said wort drotk RULE OF THB WICKED, Dramatio Vmdioation of Rev. Leo. O Brought on. Atlaota baa beet a'irred up for some months past otar tba persistent atteoks of Rat. Leo Q Brotgbtoi, 00 Mayor Woodward for drtokoooesi Broogb toe baa beeo mekiog bio oharge? fron Iba pulpit, tod Woodward aod bit frieode bare been ottoring persistent dooiala. A reoeot sermoo by R?f. Mr. Broogbroo ?et med to reflect a poo tbe whole Atlanta polio* beard By imitation of the board, Rat. Broagb low appeared bafore it last Moo der to repeat bit aar son aod to speoiry bit 0 bar get agaiatt Mayor Woodward Mayor Woodward waa expected to bo pre tea I to defend himaelf. Tba Atlan tn Daily Nawa. of Tnaaday, tbot dra metioelly deaoriboe tba maooer to wbiob Re?. Mr Brongbtoo waa eiodi entad: Plota in ooftla nod dramas ware out dooe by a ttraoge aod atrikiog ooioei deooo wbiob ooaorred witbin tba atooo walla of tba eity priaoo. Re? Lao G Brougblon wbo baa paraittontly preaohed agaioat Mayor Woodward in pnlpit aod preis, waa be fore tbo polios board 00 tba oeoood Boor of tbo priaoc, rapaatiag word for word his sermoo on "Tba Role of tba Wicked.M io wbiob bo obarged tba mayor witb drinking at Iba reo.i truck Tba aermon waa oe tbe tagt: Proverbs it is. 2, "wbeo tbo wieked role tbe people mooro 11 At tbo eery eliaat of tbe aermon. while tba mioiater aod hundreds of spectators io tbe ooort room wore wrought tp to the bighett pitob of et ottemenl e?er tbe dramatio eeoue aod tbe sensational oh erg e before tbe board, n street baek atopped at the main en trnooa of tba prison An offioer io blue neiforaa and burnished buttons stepped from ibe book and assisted ao nasteady prisoner to aligbt. Prisoner and offloer struggled op tbe broad atone atept tader toe glare of tbo eleotrio light atd eotared tba prison ofioe "Lei mn go, I tell you." the prison or demanded, It tbiok tooee at tbe desk, "Let me go. I moot gst before tbat poliae board up etaira and make the Igbt of my life " He-rooUd unsteadily eg tine t tbo oft ear. A polieo eenteiu in bins witb gold braid nu baa eleevee, bald a hasty oonfereneo with tba desk sergeaal nnaV them shay eeerohed tan prisoner A brifwa revolver nnet n bwttU of whisky woro>wlled from bra poets** ?'Leek hit} tp," tba oapiaiu ordered They lad. the aiopsfied prieeoer ont of the oftee, np n loog flight of narrow steps and into tbe deteotioo room on tbo name floor where the en io Is tec wan repenting tbo fateful werde of hie sermon As they entered the room there floated out from tbe brilliantly lighted and densely peeked courtroom tbe voioe of the preacher : "The mayor of tbo eity atd the police ?oder bim wbo are a worn to > protoot atd eieewte the law, leviog around the met trunk dtiukiog whiskey-" Tbe iron bouod door olosed 00 the ofieer aod tb* prteooer The words of tbe preaeber eeboed op nod do no lbs long, dark eorridora aod died awev Prom tbe deteotioo room a tbiok voioe broke out at totervele aod raiogled witb other eoboes io the balle : "Let me go?fight of my life? Brong btoo 1" The prteooer io tbe deteotioo room waa Mayor James G Woodward, ?en +o*p< gap Next Reunion in Memphis New Orlesns, Deo 22?Goo John B Gordoo. eommaudiog tbe U 0 V , bae istued a geoersl order appoiotiog May 28 aod two daye following as ibe lime for tbe neit anooal reunion of tbe Veterans Tbe order reads sa follows : f "Geoeral Order No. 249: 1 Tbe f eoerel eommaodiog auooooeas, ibe de perimaot oommoodere oonourriog, tbst 00 aooouot of tbe urgent request and insistooee of 'our host,' tbe n?xt aooual mestiog aod reooioo of the United Coo federate Veterans, wbiob is to be bold in tbe eity of Memphie, TVno.. will take plaoe 00 May 28. 29 and 80, 1901. Tueoduj, Wtdseedey and Tboreday respectively "2 With prido tbe general oosn caandiog also aooooooee tbat 1,800 campe have now joined ?bo Astoeiation aud applicatiooa reoeivod at these bead quarter* for pepers for over 100 a ore He urgos eetereos etsrywbsro to *eod to ibnss beadqunrtere for organisation papers, form eamps aod j >io ?bin Asse eiaiioo, so ss to sssist in oarryiog out its brosvoleoi, praiseworthy aod patri? otic objects " mal am Murdered by a Drunkard Washington, Dso 22 ?Frank H Moms, of Obio, auditor of tbe war department, wee ebot aod ioalantly killed about 2 10 o'clock this efteroooo by Samuel MaeDonald, also of Oliio, rsoeotly a disbursiog olerk of tbe treasury, io tbe former'? offioo, at the Wiodor botldiog, 00 17th atroei. MaeDonald afterward shot himself und also slaabsd bis throat witb a pen koifs. Auditor Morris was closeted alooe with MasDooald wbeo tbe ahootiog oocur red, aod in iryiog to mske bis escipe MaeDooeld alao attaoked tbe 'ttohtnan, Tboe Cosiek, with the butt of bis revolver. He was arroitod wbilo leav? ing the buildiog. B :Oo bsiog taken ioto ouatody, however, be shot bimielf io Ibe etomaeb aod also made ao u|?ly gaab io bis throat with a smsll (?0 knife. Wbeo Ibe officers arrested him ho waa heard to eielaim : "I did it. I ! koow I am dooe for." 50,000 Horses and Mules. BRITISH ARMY IS MAK? ING EXTENSIVE PUR? CHASES. Kansas City, Mo, Dee 23 ? Captain Heygete, of (he British army, is pur ohtsiog 50,000 oavalry bones end moles for the British army in South Afriea He oame bare more tbao a year ago to buy horses sod mules, bat was ordered home a short lime ego Flow ever, the unexpected renewal of hostilities has made the porehaso of more horses aod moles oeoessary. As fast aa the aoiuials are iospeeted aod bought tbey will be seot to Nea Orleans aod shipped to Capo To wo, Dorhsm aod New Luodoo on British transports, some of which are oow on their way to the United 8tatos One ebip load of the aoimals will be taken to Sooth Afrioa by Lieut David Mobertv, leaving New Orleans soon sfter Jan 1st. Lieut Moberiy said : ?'By the time the boraea aod toulea are lauded in South Afrioa tbey oost the British goverameot $360 a bead That is a larpe prioe for an animal wbiob wHI be fit for serviee ooly six weeks. Most of the animals die beoeuse of the ebaogo in olimate. Tbey must erosa the equator io goiog to South Afrioa aod the beat of the tropios kills them rapidly. The average death rate on shipboard is 82 to tbo thousand. Forty days after a borao is purobased io Kansas City it is landed io South Afriea. So great is the demand for horses at tbo front that it is impossible to givo tbem tbe needed rest after laodmg before puttiug thorn into servioe, with tbo result that tbuy soon die. "Since tbo begiooiog of tho Boer war Eoglaod bas purebaaed over 100.? 000 head of borees aod mules io tbe Uoited States It required 65 ships to carry theo? from New Orlears to 8r>uth Africa. Goveromsnt transports will be kept very busy from now oarrytog tbe horses wbiob Eogland will need in Sooth Afrioa, whioh have been ordered purchased io tho Uoited States Bedeo Powell baa 25,000 mounted poliee aod it is proposed to mount 50. 000 of tbe imperial iofantry. Eoglaod hae discovered that her soldiers moat be mounted to be able to oope with tbe Boere, who get over tbe ooootry with alarmiog rapidity THE ENGLI3H VIEW, London. Deo. 24.?Tbe Times in nn editorial on President McKinley'o deciaioo to submit tbe Hay Pounce fote canal treaty to Great Britain re proacbes him with "shifting a dan gerous responsibility" on the British government und says: "Tbe president most bear tbe re eponaibility for any friction that may ensue Tbe amended treaty is n bar gain to wbiob vre cannot agree und to which no reasonable American who takes tbe trouble to reflect opon oar tide of tbe qaeetion onn expect as to agree "When Senator Lodge announced tbnl Americans expect Europe to 'keep out'' of America be forgets thst England is n great North Ameri can power and means to remain such a power "If the lley Pnuncefots treaty is not adopted in n form acceptable to oe, we shell stand quietly upon cor indubitable rigbte ander tbe Clayton Bolwer treaty, rigbta which cannot be affected by any action the Amen can senate may choose to take " Will Tbere be an Appeal ? 8t Paul. Minn, December 22 ? A auit involving aeveral millions of dollars, the value of the telegraph lines along the route of the Great Northern Railway, from St Paol to the Pacific coaat, waa decided late tbia afternoon by Judge Loobren in tbe United Statea District Court in favor of tbe defendant, tbe Western Union Telegrspb Company Its importance, however, wss not nlone in tbe amount of money involved, for it waa the general understanding that should the railway oompany have won all tbe great railway sys? tem of the country- would, at tbe expirotion of their contracts with the Western Union Telegraph Company have claimed the ownership of the telegraph lines along their right of wsy, and either have operated tbem iodependly or have formed a con eolidation, which would have been a strong competitor in the telegraphic field DEAN WANTED IN NEW YORK Charleston, Dee 20?Edward O. Deao, formerly a reporter oo tho News aod Courier, is in trouble in New X urk A warrant for bis arrest has been iaaued by the oorooer, obargiog him with hav ing cruelly treated an insane patioot io B 'llevuo Ho was dipoharged from the hospital aod when tbe oauso was taken up by tho oorooer. io investigating tbo patisot's death, tbe warrant for the three ourni were Usued Dean'? home ia in Spartanborg Wbon Dean quit tho newspaper bust ooss two ysars ago ho went to Alaska to dig gold and since then has bad a varied experience His friend* here do not believe tbo oharges wade agsinit bim. HAS GIVEN BOND. YoMerday Wm B. Suitb, wh > some t an ago killed Howard Allen hero, being aabf?'queotly graoted bood io the ? um of $2,500 by Jodge D. A. Town ?eod, opoo a primi fioie presentation of (be ee?e by hie attorney, Col P H Nelson, managed to gi?o bit oood nod was relented from (he ooooty jail. He baa gooe to Birmiogham, Alt, to ipeod (be bolidny season with relnti?ei Smith wit n ttrnoger io thia ptrt of tbo eoootry, nod hit frieodt nt borne sent the fall nmouot of the bood io ettb, wbioh wne deposited, seeoriog bis release ?The State ARE YOU' BANKRUPTinhealth. constitution undermined by ex? travagance in eating, by disre? garding the laws of nature, oi physical capital all gone, if so, NEVER DESPAIR Tutt's Liver Pills will cure you. For sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, malaria, torpid liver, constipation, biliousness and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills an absolute cure. ? THE Standard Warehouse Co., Columbia, S. C. Cotton Capacity, 20,000 bale?. Storage aod insurance 15 e'e. per bale per month, or frnotioo thereof. Special rates on large lots. Liberal adrnooes nt low rate of inter* est oo ootton stored with us. Write to EDWIN W. ROBERT80N, 8ee, or H. L ELLIOTT, Mgr. Sept 19?3 m THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUM TER, 8. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid in, . $75,000 00 Uodivldsd surplus, . 18,000 00 Individual liability of ttoekboldert to excess of their stock, 76,000 00 Traniectt a general backing burineee ; alto has a Saviogs Bank Department. Deposits of SI and up ward received. Interest allowed a* the rate of 4 per cent, per aooum, payable aemi-annnalty. W. P. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. Masjof Mourn, W. F. Rhams, Vice-Pretidtot Cashier. Jan 3' MONEY TO LEND. TT7E are prepared to negotiate loans oo Y\ improved farming laods in Sumter and Clarendon Conntles on lnng time io amounts of $300 and upwards at* seren per cent ictereei, and with no expense to <be borrower exeept a small brokerage commit tioo We can alto otgotiate loaot in any amounts at 8 per ceot on termt to suit the borrower Apply to LBfTc MolSB, Dee 19?3m Semter, 8 O. Master's Sale. BY VIRTUE of n decree of the Coort of Common Pleas for Samter County, in me State of Sooth Carolina, io the cate of Robert B IMnkint, io bit own right and at aimioittrator of the estate* of Williametta Dinkint, deceased, aod Frances L Dinkint, deceased, respectively ; Florence V. Jennings, Ida V. fvet and Sarah R Borkett egaiott Winfield8 Dinkint, Walter J. Dinkint and Mary K Jenningt, I will sell at public ?uc tien, to the highest bidder at the Court Hooie in the city of Bomter, in said county aod State, oo sale day to Jaooary, 1901, Oeing the seventh day of said month, at the usual hours of sale, (be following dttcribed teal estate, to wit : "A tract of fifty-two and one half acrtt cf land in t?:d county, adjoining land of Mark Reynolds Florence V Jenningt, Jane Brown, Paul Reese, Porter Chapman at d lands said to belong to a church ; said tract of land being in Somter Ooooty in said 3tate." Terms of sale cash. Purcbater to pay for papers and reveeus stamps H. FRANK WILSON, Blaster for bomter County. December 18, 1.00. Blaster's Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of Common [*teas for Sumter County, fa toe 8'ate of South Carolina, in tbe case of Jobu V McNair aod Philander Peartoll, co? partners trading as McNair k Pearsoll, agaiis. Berjtmin M Carpenter, Roberson W Cator, William J. H. Wetters, William H Pi?gon# J li. Pagoo and Franklin P Cator, the leot fire trading as Armstrong, Cator and Company and R. W. Hicks 1 will sell at pubic auction, to tbe bigbeet bidder, at tbe Court House in the city of Sumte., in said County and State, on Saledey in January, 1901, t'eing tbe seventh day of sard mouth, at the usual hours of sale, tbs following de* scribed real estate, to wit : "All ibat lot of laud in tbe town of Maye?nlle, in the State and County above written, conveyed by William H. Kembert to the said R M. Carpenter by Deed bearing date the tweuty-ibird day of April, 1897, aod described ns follows : Situated on West Main street in said town, and fionting oo West Main street ai<out twenty ?ve feet (25), a little mote or less, and runs back tbe sa^ne width far sixty feet, a little more or lo*? od is bounded hs follows : On the southeast by We?t Mitiu street to the aforesaid town of Mayesvi le ; oo tbo southwest by lot of Em? ma J Wilsou (formerly J. C. McCall's lot) ; oo the northwest by land ot Hoe Wither spoon ; aod oo tbe northeast by laods ot Roi.ert iSingleiary and Sue Witherspoon." Terras of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for pai ere and revenue stamps. H. FRANK WILSON, Master lor Sumter County. Dec 18, 19C0. Our line of Dolls and Toys are from 6c up, and all we ask is a call from you. Come in and look whether you buy or not ; they are all displayed where you can see them, and perhaps after taking a look you may find a thing or too you need. Buying handkerchiefs ? If so, we have them, a dandy opem work embroidered as cheap as 6c. See our embroidered and hemstitched handkerchiefs at It, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35c. They are the greatest values ever sold for the prices. Take a look at the umbrellas in our windoWj every one * new one, the latest and swellest handles in the market, cover as good as the handles, too, prices very low. Come and see them. Pocketbooks make a very useful present, an article every lady needs. This line is the largest we have ever had, any kind and any price you want here. Look at these, too, whei in the store. ? Perfumery department crowded to its utmost for the Xmta season. We handle all of Colgate's world famed perfume*, soaps, toilet powders, etc. See our 25c bor.es of extracts and soap. This will please the children immensely. Lots of useful and ornamental articles in our Silverware Stock. Sterling Silver goods as cheap as 10c. Every article marked at the lowest notch. May be you are not needing any of the above, but want something else, if so, we have new lines of Towels, Table Covers, Bed Spreads, Napkins, Doylies, Blankets, Com? forts, etc, etc, any of which make the very nicest kind of Xmas present. 50 Nonihaki dolls, the ugliest doll in town, 25c. Come and see them. 250 pieces doll furniture, while they last lc each. Just received direct from Japan, a consignment from Mr I. A. Ryttenburg of China and Japanese wares, rugs and mat? tings, which by saving the Japanese and New York commis? sions we can sell you at less than New York prices. Come early and make your purchases before the choicest pieces are taken. j. S unit er, S. C. JflE*fti?w Shoe The threc grades of quality and workman? ship in the $2.50. $>oo and $3.50 Herrick Shoe are each absolutely as goo-i as monev, time ?kill and thirty eight years of practical experi? ence can produce at the pi ices named. The reputation of the makers stands or falls '?>n the quality. Do you think they'll sacrifice it for a few ernts extra profit? It is the only advertised American shoe exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Comfortable?strich. The Herrick Irmer so:j jives a M cushion crirct" that makes walk? ing a pleasure. I-or Mreet, house or dress occasions. Oxford* .">) ctttt* ft pair Ifss than prices quoted. WALSH'S SHOE STORE. We : hare : the : largest stock of HOLIDAY GOODS We have ever shown and we invite the Christmas shoppers to visit our store anil inspect our line of Hooks, Booklets, Calendars, Christmas Cards, Novelties and Fancy Goods, Standard Books in sets, Popular Novels, Handsome Editions of the Poets. Books for Boys and Girls Toy Books, Writing Desks, Toilette bets, Wedgewood-ware, Cut Glass, Pic? tures, Picture Frames, Etc. E G. Osteen & Co., LIBERTY STREBT, SUMTEBJ&SO,