The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 10, 1901, Image 8
ITT? UT \ ? 7 V V'? **<J
THE ASTONISHING RESULT CF O ML
ONE DA V OF COUNTING.
An Investigator's "E.isoovcry of Wita
na Eacriuocs ?o:rr?aet OJ ? II ^? Fiow
ers ci F?t?>?e A\?2ors3 tac L>:;?1.
Speech ci" the ?-vcragrc .'A.i.
"Doyen know that av; rage Amer
lean is a hopeless and incorrigible ant
unmitigated liar:" said an amaten'
cynic of Baronne street "I don't VA. a:
lie Hes viciously, but suave mendacity
glides oil the end cf his tongue as
ily as molasses flows freu: a spigot < .
a warm day in summer. II.? dees it u:.
consciously. habitually, ai:
-just as his lungs expand and h..
heart palpitates and his uah- crows
without any special attention from thc
rest of kio system. He does ii because
ac can't help it. The thing has become
a second nature.
"I had all tins brought home to ino."
continued the amateur cynic, "by a
very simple little experiment which.I
tried on myself and a few others no
longer age than yesterday morning.
Did you ever see a pocket counting ma?
chine? Well, it's a littio den ice shaped
like a watch. Whenever you press the
stem the needle on the dial jumps a
point, and it registers in that way ap
to several thousand ou the principle of
a cyclometer. They are used by any?
body making long counts and are very
handy,because they never forget where
they leave off.
"But, to come to the poi:::, some?
thing happened to remind me of our
national vice of untruthfulness as ?
was getting up yesterday, and I deter?
mined to 'keep tab' on myself and as?
certain, if possible, how many actual,
out and out lies I put into circulation
in the course of the day. I chanced to
have one of the little counting ma?
chines I have just mentioned, so I slip?
ped it into my pocket and started out.
"The first lie I told was right at thc
door. Smithson was passing and stop?
ped to shake hands. 'Hello, old man!'
said L 'Delighted to soe you,' when as
a matter of fact I was deuced sorry to
see him. because I owe him ten. I
gave the counter a squeeze and hur?
ried on, but before I got to the office I
had jogged it nine times.
"What did I jog it for, did you ask?
Oh. trivialities, mere trivialities, but at
the same time point blank lies, every
one of 'em. Whenever I opened my
mouth out dropped some confounded
hyperbole. I told Jones the joke he in?
sisted in springing OQ me was the 'best
I ever heard' and then made a double
tally in assuring his wife she was look?
ing remarkably weil when .she was
looking exactly like a scarecrow. I
told another friend I never laughed so
much in my life as I had at something
or other. I don't remember now what,
and still another that 1 hadn't slept a
wink for three nights when I had neu?
ralgia lately-all lies, bald lies, in spite
of their harmlessness.
"When I reached the office and look?
ed at the dial, I was horrified. 'Good
heavens." ? said to myself. *lt seems
to be physically impossible for me to
speak the plain truth in the paltriest
matters. i'll just remain perfectly
quiet for half .an hour and keep check
on Beggs.'
"Boggs is our head bookkeeper and
a pillar in one of the suburban church?
es." continued the amateur cynic. "He
wears rubber overshoes in wet weath?
er, cultivates sandy side whiskers, car?
ries a gingham umbrella, belongs to a
building and loan association and has
all the other marks of severe respecta?
bility. I had supposed him to be the
quintessence of cast iron veracity, but
when I sat down in cold blood to put
him on record I was astounded at the
blase fashion with which he frivoled
with the truth. I pushed the button
on him lot?mes in 27 minutes; then he
got into a whispered conversation with
a caller, and I lost the thread of his
remarks. But I am certain if I had
* been in earshot the counter would have
had hard work keeping up with the
procession.
"That relieved my mind somewhat
and later on. when I ms.de a quiet test
of several of the other fellows in the
office, I came to the conclusion that I
was no worse than the average, but the
average was pretty tough. As far as
my investigations went the invoice
clerk held the record. He is a guileless
sort of chap, with modest manners and
a freckled nose, and 1 never supposed
he bad any imagination concealed in
bis peg topped cranium, but he forced
me to push the indicator up exacTly 22
times in 13 minutes. Emring the last
part of the stretch, however, he was
trying to trade off a secondhand bicy?
cle, and that naturally swelled thc re?
turns.
"Of course I soon realized that the
idea of keeping count on my own men?
dacity wa;; entirely impractical and
abandoned the effort but the other
data has furnished me with abundant
food for thought My brother-in-law,
by the way. insists that we would
make a great mistake in trying to
weed these Howers of fable out of our (
daily speech. Ile says we lie continu- 1
ally and systematically because every?
body else lies, and a man who would
start out to tell the plain, cold. raw.
rectangular truth about everything in
life would be little better than ah an?
archist He would upset all establish?
ed standards of value and make it nec?
essary almost to recast the language. ;
Besides, nobody would believe him. '
But my brother-in-law is a doctor." '
added the amateur cynic thoughtfully,
"and maybe r * ; : : r makes a difference."
-New Orleans Times i;- .
.*. n ?N? ?. ..
Jack-That's a liue yon have.
Jim Do you want to seil him?
Jim I"!! sdi him fur >T.;i.
.?a-k- ls !:'. intelligent?
Jim (with emphasis)-Intelligent?
Why. tba11 d< g k:?')\vs as much as i d'?.
Jack-You don't say so? Well, I'll
give you ZO cents for him. Jim.-Ex?
change.
A MOUNTAIN LAKE.
Ol?. ?irr.r.id listener. . :>. your placid soul
An- mingled ::i: the thai; brooks have sun
When j cars and . the shaggy hills amona-,
They babbled of their tr::;Is. with foamy leurs.
Until, ail wearied. ?,UV?:J? reached liioir goal,
You softly soothed their sorrows and their fears.
Like sentinels the stolid inounta?ns
About yon. ores": in par:. <-i gorgeous ?reen;
At early dawn their mirrored shapes are keen
In shimmering cullin-.-, painted by th" sun,
I'pon your face, athwart the uleauii.^T sand,
Xor fade from view until the day is done.
A fitting figure of eternal rest
You typify the changeless .ute of man
When, liaving coursed mortality's brief span
Adown thc hills cf Time, his life shall end,
And all his doings, be they banned or blest.
Forevermore, with other dv.<!.-\ shall blend.
-John A Foote ia Rosary Magazjae.
BUSINESS OP THE SOAKER.
An Expert In PatvnliroUi-ejs Who lian
Iii? Regular Customer?.
In tho neighborhood where pawn?
shops abound the soaker flourishes.
The soaker acts as middleman between
the pawnbroker and his customers, lie
explains his mission and accounts for
his usefulness thus:
"The people down here employ me,"
said he, "not because they are asham?
ed to be seen going into a pawnshop
themselves, but because I can get more
for the goods than they can. There's
an art in pawning a coat or a ring, just
the same as in everything else.
"I've known people to go into a
pawnshop with some old article td
pawn and to look the proprietor over
with a supercilious air. as if they con?
sidered themselves so far above him
socially that he couldn't touch them
with a 40 foot pole. Naturally, for
sheer spite, the broker offers them only
about half as much as they would get
if they approached him properly. Hav?
ing had a wide experience of my own,
I know how to avoid such difficulties.
I am not servile, but I am polite and
respectful, and as those two qualities
touch the most generous chord in the
broker's bosom I get all I want on the
proffered chattels.
"As recompense for my services I
charge my customers 10 per cent com?
mission. I have regular customers,
and then, of course. 1 do many odd
jobs for occasional. There are fam?
ilies down here for whom 1 pawn the
same things over and over again, one
week after the other. On pay day they
take their things out of soak. Three
days later they put them in again, and
the next pay day they take them out ?
again. And so it goes, month after j
month. I canvass the houses just like '
a book agent or corn plaster peddler or j
insurance solicitor.
""Anything to be pawned today?' 1
ask.
"And if there is I take it around to j
some shop and raise the necessary i
dough and take it back and get my j
commission. Once in awhile I conic j
across somebody who abuses me and |
calls me a shark, but I'm nothing of I
the sort. I'm earning a decent living 1
at a legitimate business."-New York ?
Sun.
A Point ct Issue.
Several of the lawyers had told their
stories, some of which ridiculed the
continued use of legal verbiage and the
absurd lengths to which members of
the profession sometimes go in taking
advantage of technicalities.
"A rank outsider." announced the
member (d' the profession who had
been a good listener, "a client of mine,
supplied the best instance of literal in?
terpretation that ever came to my
knowledge, lie was executor under a
will that, among other provisions., re?
quired the payment of an annuity to a
venerable aunt of the testator. But
proof of her being alive must be made
before each payment, and this is the
rock on which the executor struck.
"The old lady proved herself in the
flesh, drew her money and went to Cal?
ifornia, where she spent two years
without putting in her claim. On her
return she went in person and demand?
ed the double allowance due her.
"The conscientious executor got out
the will, studied it, scratched his head
and finally handed down his opinion:
" 'Madam, you are alive now. There
can be no reasonable question as to
that, for I have the conclusive evidence
of my own eyes. But I am possessed
of no 'egal proof that you were alive a .
year ago. I am, as you know, within
the restrictions of the will. I will pay
the annuity for this year, but must in?
sist upon satisfactory affidavits that ,
you were not dead when the preceding
annuity was passed.'
"It took me the better part of a day
to convince him that he should settle
in full."-Detroit Free Press.
Hi? Good Wife.
Gilbert-1 believe in a man being the
master of the house. He should have
the say in everything.
Mason-How about the naming of
that baby of yours?
Gilbert-My wife gave way to- me in
a very proper and wifely manner. She
said s'ae didn't care what name I gave
the little fellow so long as it was Hen?
ry. So that's the name I gave him.
You know I felt, after the hearty man?
ner in which she deferred to me. I
ought to yield a single point merely
out of appreciation of her humility.
Boston Transcript.
Family Pride.
"I suppose you take a great deal of
pride in your business."
"No." onwered Mr. Cumrox. "I used
to take pride in ray business, but ::':?
and th<* girls dont approve 'd' it. Tin*
only thing we take pride in now i< my
daughter's husbahd'spedigree."- Wash
The Conductor's Heatly A::sw>:?r.
Thc Metropolitan Street Railway
company has in its employ a philoso?
pher in the person of a Broadway con?
ductor. It was late in tito evening,
and his car on its up town trip had
roached thc vicinity of thc city hali.
As ir passed ono of Tho tailor ellice
buildings a stout woman, cir.tching
him by the aria, exclaimed:
"Oh. conductor, how many stories
high is that building?*
"'Leven." laconically replied tho con?
ductor, without so much as upward
glance. Thc woman sank back with a
sigh of satisfaction.
Just then a small man with a large
traveling bag rushed in almost out cf
breath.
"I say, conductor," he gasped, "what
time can I get to the Grand Central
depot V*'
" 'Leven," was tho quiet reply.
"That's good," commented the small
man, evidently relieved.
At this juncture another man climb?
ed aboard that wanted to know about
what time the car would reach the
Gilsey House.
" 'Leven," again replied the con?
ductor, with a weary look.
When questioned as to thc uniformi?
ty of his answers, he replied:
"Yes. You see, if you hesitate about
answering 'em, they git worried, but
if you have an answer ready they're
satisfied. Now, about this time of
night I always say ' 'Leven.' It's a
good, handy number, easy to say. Oth?
er times I use other numbers. I. ailus
have a lot of stock answers on hand.
It saves time and trouble."-New York
bun.
The Queen and Jenny Lind.
There is a pretty story told of Queen
Victoria and Jenny Lind which shows
how the modesty of two women, the
queen of England and the queen of
song, caused a momentary awkward?
ness which tile gentle tact of the singer
overcame.
It was on a night, when Jenny Lind
was to sing at Her Majesty's Opera
House that the queen made ber first
public appearance after the memorable
Chartist day.
For the great artist, too, this was a
first appearance, for it was the begin?
ning of her season at a place where the
year before she had won unparalleled
fame. It happened that the queen en?
tered the royal box at the same mo?
ment that the prima donna stopped up?
on the stage. Instantly a tumult of ac?
clamation burst forth.
Jenny Lind modestly retired to the
back of the stage, waiting till the dem?
onstration of loyalty to the sovereign
should subside. The queen, refusing tc
appropriate to herself that which she
imagined to he intended for the artist,
made no acknowledgment
At length, when the situation became
embarrassing. Jenny Lind, with ready
tact, ran forward to the footlights and
sang "God Save the Queen." which
was caught up at the end of the solo by
the orchestra, chorus and audience..
Tile queen then came to the front of
her hex and bowed, and the opera was
Why Kond.? Are Crooke-J Z:? (hi?a.
Thc Chinese read is privat?1 property,
a strip taken j rom somebody's land.
This :.; don*- much against the will of
tl.-- i?wner. since he oct univ loses thc
use it. hut also still has to pay taxes
on it.
One consequence is tl:.-;; it is wide
enough for orly one vehicle, and carts
can pass one another only by trespass?
ing cn the cultivated land. To prevent
this the farmers dig deep ditches by
the roadside. As the surface weirs
away acd the (.lust l;lo\vs off it gradu
ally grows tower, ami after awhile it
becomes a drain for the surrounding
fields. A current forms in the rainy
season, which still further hollows it
out. and thus has arisen the proverb
that a road a thousand years old be?
comes a river.
Those whose lands are used for roads
naturally prefer to have the roads run
along the edge of their farms instead
of cutting across them, and this ac?
counts for the fact that Chinese roads
are often so crooked that one may
have to go a considerable distance to
reach a place that is in reality but a
few miles away. This always interests
the stranger.-Church Eclectic
How the Car Got There.
The other day at Twenty-sixth street
an Inspector "hopped" on the front
platform of a Madison avenue electric
car bound down town. He said to the
motorman:
"Where the dickens is this car goin?"
"Why. to the Brooklyn bridge, of
course."
"Get off and look at yer signs."
The motorman did so and discovered
that the sign on the front hood of the
car read. "One Hundred and Thirty
fifth street." the sign on the righi side
Of the roof read. "Second avenue." and
the. sign on the rear hood. "Astor
place." The conductor and motorman
between them having adjusted the
signs, the inspector permitted the car
to proceed.- Electrical Ile view.
Shave? ol' n Lifetime.
Beard appears to grow at the same
rate and to follow the same rules of
personal conduct as the hair ot the
head. So d ;i man hogan shaving when
he was 1(J and lives to be To years old
he will iiave cu! more than a little hit
off the tej). If hi- could keep in posi?
tion all he has thrown away, a head of
hair ."."> feet long and a beard L'T feet
lona, all m om- bunch, would enable
him to travel wit}) a circus summers
and sit in a store window t;> advertise
3 hair restorer m the winter.-Ainslee s
Magazine.
RieJien.v' Soprcraaey..
"So fids. tiiciV. is your husband's new , *:
library Mrs. Mn* hm-:'' Ah. t see he'"
has Dickens and Tiajokeray s de by j ?
side Which do you consider ihr great- i v
er ot i !:?. t -A <>'.-*' i .
**Oli. :::y. Dickens' Joshua paid $l!.-I<)
more them Dickenses than lu- ??ad
to give 1er rhaCkeray^s hooks right at
th<- same shop."-Chicago rimes-Her- j
A Big Railroad Trust.
REPORTS IX NEW YORK
OF A HUGE COM BI N A
TIOX.
New York, Apni 5-Reports that
hu^e rs'lrf.ad cm?ioanons are io pro
c- *8 ;:i fottuai 05 ore widely circulated
tiers red ay. Derailed sfatemeDt? con
cerniog thc JM&? already n.joh.shcd
looking to the '-oa* binn-io rt or a . 1 the
-rear railway synicm* t;t the Uoi?ed
Skates under the control ol ono company
were g'.v-u co:, bur ?s a general rhio?
prominent railroad (ffisiais aod bankers
dpcltoei to d'.scurs the matter. Accord?
ing to all aocounr.- the enterprire
involved the greatest cona birytion cvf r
knowe in tbe history of fioanoo. If
was said the company would be formed
coder tbe law* of New Jersey for the
parp?se of conducting a general freight
and transportaron business throughout
the United States, ?bat the company
would hold a controlling interest in ali
of the great railway ?ys^ern a?d that
tbe management of tbe read would be
vested in the controlling company
Acoording to the proposition eaoh road
would preserve ita identity and corpor?
ate existeoce, but tbe new company
would ooo roi the affairs of all. By
chis policy it was claimed large sams of
money could be paved as a resu<t of
aoooomy io management and the
stoppage of rate cutting The name
of mee like J P Morgan. Wm K Van
derbilt. James J Hill Elward H Har
nmao. George J Gould,John D Rocke?
feller, Jacob H ?S^hifT and Jas Stillman
were freely used Ooe report stared
that the first step io toe proposed plan
would be the securtog of control of the
"tocks of tbe Chicago, Bur!in2ron ano
Quincy, the Erie ibe Great Norrbero
pHCi?c, and that provir-T'O would be
mi-d- for ?he acquisition of cher
properti'9 io tbe immediate future
Discussing rbe amalgamated road
system the New York Pre-s tomorrow
will t-.>y : "All (bri: is aim-d at, accord
mg to (be best achoruy obtainable, is
a eoo?mu?.ity of iocerest. The close
a ft; ligara-it iou oo a ces; mu ci ry or interest
basi* w-is ?f?t brought ab'-ut through
th;- efforts of J Pierpont Moriac As
i refute of this close uainc of intens
rxinous rate wars arc already at ar:
sr.:c?, rot S J many bi?h p'teci (.ffi'ia s
are needed as bcrore and one cao buy
Licker on any trunk hoe io aimosr a: y
me of the large effioes in tbe eines.
However, rnar a single compaoy wili be j
f in ? :i unoer thc Now Jersvy laws to
:?kc nv- r ail the railroads of the coun
r y :s cot cna^idered seriously by well
cf nrted railway men."
l).spatcbes received ic 'his city
?30?gh' frewi Cincinnati stared that a
?iga- sic aoK.ig&marioD or f<'Ur railway
under the guiding hard of J P Morgan
3 is :-:iready tiirec place ill" roadr.
Sieaiiooed were the ?Somocr? Rdiw?y
be Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton,
be Chicago. Indiaoapoiis and L nts
ri ile aod the Cincinnati S:>u:he<n
Relative io ibis particular repor:. Geo
Samuel Themas, president o' th."1 Cbi
:a.go. Indianapolis and Louisville Rail
?cad. tonight said :
' Ai the present time there it) little
;o say about the deal I believe tbe
.cport that comes from Cincinnati, how
;ver, is a little bit premature. I don*
relieve the amalgamation has been
iff-jcted as yet.
"It is true that 9teps are under con?
sideration looking toward a combination
)f tbe roads mentioned I thick it
wili be effected, for ali the interests are
adorable to it It cao saaroely be con
lidered ao amalgamation of the roads
itder the scheme io progress Ir. is
Dorely centralization of Dower lookiog
o ward? the best interests of the various
'0*ds 79
New York, April 4 -It was rumored
oday that a firm io Hoboken, N. J ,
lad ooreered the peanut market, hav
D{i purchased all the outs io the
Chicago, Bostoo aod New York mar
rets as well as baviog secured this
seek 125 carloads' from Norfolk, Ya.
There bas been ao advance io price
rom 70 to 90 cents a bushel lately and
> member of the firm says this ha*
>eeo due to the oorner and expr?s es
?is opinion that it will go still higher.
China has granted the island of Ku
jaog Sn in the harbor of Amoy for
isa as a foreign settlement acder coa?
rd of thc powers.
The great trotting horses Boralma
>esceus and Charley Herr are to race,
jest three beats in fi*e, Sept 6, for a
)nrse of $50.000 The owner of eaoh
lorse puts up ?10,000 and Mr Lawson,
if Boston, owner of Boralma, adds
(20.000
It is reported rbat Gov Alien, of
?crto Rico, will resign bis office.
Z Hicks, a popular and heretofore
eepeoted youcg man, was captured
Phursday night in tbe act cf robbing D
rV Alderman's store at B uiah He ooo
eesed to having robbed the store twice
)efore
Ked Hot From the Gun
Wis the b:ili tba! hit ii. B. Steadman, <>i
iewark^Mieb., in the. Civil War. Ir c:ih-<-<i
a : rib c l'l.-er.? that : <> treatment helped ?'.ir ?
1 I
C veils Then BuckJcn's A * ti: c . Salve <.?:...! j
lim. Cures Cuts, Bruises, l?ur-s. Ii ii:-. ?-'. i .
rs. Cr: s. Skin Erupt ??H.-. Best Pile .ur.
o i*:i r . JJ Ito <rts :t box. t'ur#; jj'iaranfei ?J !
? v .! V IV ;)<.;, rmi-.. I>!i-_'.;;.i ?, ?
??HfcS WHERE ALL ELSE FAiLS. gd
Best < "iii:!i Syrup. Tastes G<HH5. I se Fvjj
Charlotte, N C. April 4 -A I
special to the Observer says that a
general strike of all the operatives ir)
the textile tallis o? the s-.uth wiii be
ordered unless the demands of Presi?
dent Gompers for a ten hour day is j
*cee.3ed jo by the Riverside cadis ai
Danville, Va The genera! strike will \
be ordered on May 1
Frankfort, Ky, April 2-In the
criminal court today the indictment
against ex G ?v A s Taylor, tx
Secretary of State Charles Finley,
B-rry Howard, and John T Powers
for ailegf-d cornpiici'y in the Goebel
ca?e were eddied tut continued, none
of the defendants being in custody,
lue cases o? Cul?on and Green
Goiden, who are out on bond, also
were passed
Washington April 2 -The war
department has received no reply
from Gen MacArthur concerning the
alleged irregularities io the depart
ment of Luz on Although the pecu
lations were said to have been io the
sale of commissary stores, the chief
commissary at Maniia has made no
report It is said at the department
that Geo MacArtur without doubt is
having a thorough investigation made
before he makes a report
Chicago, Aprd 2 -Carter H Harri
900 ban been reeleoted mayor of Chica?
go for the second time aod trill o-xt
week commence bis third term as the
crdef executive of the city H?3 official
plurality over Judge Elbridge flauecy.
the Republican oomioce, is 28,257
vote* Tbe toral vote of the cuv is :
Harrisoo i.;6.852; Haoecy 128,695
In toe last mayoralty electioo the vote
was, HarriPOD. Democrat, 148 496 ;
Carrer. Repubiioao. 107,357 ; Harri
sou's plurality, 41,059.
Loodo:.. April 2.-Dispatches from
Cape Town at?d Bas?is talk of Geo
Botha aod Gen D?Wet joining a garb
. ring of 13 OOO meD for operations
ariose G u Freoch ?D tbe Transvaal,
two Hundred Boars have reappeaied
'(-ar Richmond, Cape Town, aod ibe
to we gu:ird bas beeo calied out to
defend the place
I
. - i II II nm\mm -
Rev John Jasper, the noted negro
Baptist preacher, or Richmond, Va,
died Saturday last at the advanced
age of 89 years Years ago he be
Came noted by his sermon on "The
^un do Move,'"' and other sermons
which showed a sturdy adherence to
the words of the Scriptures and a
defiance of science He was held in
h:gb esteem in Richmond by all j
classes
Eui Fnzwtlii&n ?as thc only ene of
ali *bii members ot tbe two houses
"Utunioncd lo at.'eod tbe op^oiog of
Dari:am;at by King Eiward VII who
was fc-?mcmntd to attend the firft opeo
i g ot parhiaiueot by Q leen Victoria
after her accesi?n in 1827
Io reading the sketches of tbe lives
of tbe ia"e Judges Fraser, Wallace aod
Wi?berspooo, we were interested to
. earn that they were al! graduates of
eh? S< u:h Carciioa College. The col?
lege baa b<co tba mother of many
emuieot. aod useful meo The lives
ind examples of such meo are the
dividends received on the Stated
lovest-ment io higher edacation.
Marion Star.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 00
Surplus and Profite - - - - 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock?
holder ic excess of tbeir
stock. 75,000 00
Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00
Transacts a General Backing Business.
Special attention given to collections.
SITINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. Is
terest allowed at the rate or 4 per cent, per
annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed?
iog $300, payable quarterly, oe first days of
January. April, July and October.
R M. WALLACE,
R. L. EDMUKDS, President.
Cashier.
RUST'S COTTON ROOT AN D
Pennyroyal Pills,
Original and genuine. Always re'iable and
safe. Ladies: Always ask for Dr Rust's
Cotton Root and Penoyroyal Female Pills
They sever fail ana never injure Mailed :o
any address on receipt ot $1 by J F ff
DeLorme, Sumter, S. C.
Gentlemeo, get the new, novei discovery,
PIGEON MILK
INJECTION,
dues Gonorrhoea a*d Gleet in 1 to 4 days.
Its-act?oo is magical, Prt-venis stru'iure Ad
compete. To ba carried in vest pocket
Sure preventative. Sent nv mai! io pl-on
mokine, prepaid, on receipt of price $?
per box; 3 for ?2 50. For sae ir. Sumter by
J F W OeL.crme. 5
Womanly Beauty,
Sparkling Eye's and Slight Faces.
Are tie fruits of sou od nerves.
BIN DI PO ; be g rea t Free ch N i ? e T? .
tic] Y ? ? z r cur?? Nervous b-roatisnon, j
ri ?.-?>: ir.. Drzs?h?s*, Headache, Bsckacna and !
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rs51> ; enbdi GIKlo ??K?SM s tbrooch |
i:. ; v .,4-. ? :.. {r.itii girlhood tc SVoxan- :
v.-..: 6 ii !.? i- ? wonderful rede! r.Mt .
... u I (j."' 3 ?:.ii srretvjribe -c ?h? nervi :, .
r . ?.? :';<? .. md, C tai - t's . brain >t:?d tones
j-l DlboleSVt' ?I? Vi ?}.-. " WCDlnn !--<'? j
: ?uzi? ?nd i young Prue r;e , 12 r-exe? j
Sj :. i i ?.?. ".ii-.i ii? ?nj address. N>id by .
Di J F ?V DeL?rmei S?nder, SC 4 j
1 o produce tne best results
in irait. vegetable or grain, the
fertilize;' us?e] must contain
enough Potash. For partic?
ulars sec our pamphlets. We
serai them free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
ASK YOUR FRIENDS!
YOU FIN'D THAT THERE ARE MORE
^S??P J**
?I?? S ; ;
Used by people who know a good piano that
any otber make. Its because Stieff Pianos
are better and cost lees tbao otbprs.
Moving, ToniDg ?nd RepairiDg ; Accom?
modating Terms. Catalogue and hook o*
suggestions cbeerfully given.
CHAS. M. SHEFF,
W?nvrc';r?s, 9 North Liberty Street.
A ikea ao l idovale streets.
BALTIMORE, MD.
THE SANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depositary
Capital steck paid in, . . $75.000 00
Ucdivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00
Individual .''.ability of stockholders
in excess of their 3tock, . 7?,000 00
Transacts a general banking business ; aisc
bas ? Savings Bank Department. Deposits of
Si and upward received .. Interest al Io wed aj
tte rate of 4 | er cene, per anuna,, payable
semi-annually.
W F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.
MARICE MOISE, W. F. RHAMB,
Vice-1' ref; ideo t. Cashier.
Jan 31.
U Carolina ?M Georgia fr
tension E. E. flip?.
Schedule No. 4-la effect 12 Cl a. m., Sun
December 24, 1899
Between
Camden S. C.. ana Biaek^crg, S. G
WEST. EAST
2d cl 1st c! 1st cl 2dc!
*3-> *33 Eastern time. *32 ?34
pm pm STATIONS pm pm
8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30
8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50
9 20 1 27 Westville 11?0 4 30
10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 io
11 20 2 10 Heath Sorings 11 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35
.1C0 2 JO Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4o
2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20
2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 IO ll OO
3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 110 40
4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00
5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30
6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 5o
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20
6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 Blacksborg; 8 15 6 30
pm pm aman
Between
Blacksborg, 8. C., and Marico, N C
WEST. EAST
2d ci 1st cl let el 2dc;
.ll *33 Bastera time. *32 ?12
am nm STATIONS am pm
8 10 5 30 Blacksborg 7 48 6 40
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20
8 40 5 50 Patterson Spring? 7 25 6 12
9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 8 CO
10 00 6 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 50
10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 48 4 40
10 25 0 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20
10 50 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 50
1115 7 10 Rutberfordton 6 05 3 25
11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 65 3 05
11 45 7 35 Golden Talley 5 40 2 60
12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45
12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20
12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00
pm pm am pm
West. Gaffney Division. East
1st Class, j EASTERN TIME, (let Class
15 I 13 I STATIONS. | 14 J 16
praam ampm
1 00 6 00 2 Blackebnrg 7 50 3 00
1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 240
1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 22C
pm am ampm
?Dany except Sunday.
Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at
a m, making close connection at B'acksbarg,
O, wiih the Southern's train No 36 for Char?
lotte, N C. and all point? East and connecting
with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta.
Ga. and all point? West, and will receive pas?
sengers going East fr<?m train N'" 10, on tbe C ?
N W K K, at Yorkville. S C. at S 45 a m. and
conneets at Camden, S C, with ?he Southern 8
train No 7$. arriving in Charleston, S 17 pTC
Train No 34 with passenger coach attache
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, ?nd con nee tin;
?vt Ruck Hill with the Southern's Florida trar.
for all points South,
Tr lin No 33 leaving Camden, S C. at 12.50
m. utter the arrival of the Southern's Char
.est'Mi train connects ui Lancaster, S C. with
tho L A 0 H it, at Catawba Junction *ith
ilio S A L. ^->inc Ka t, at Rock HUI, S (. with
the Southern's tra?B. No 34. for Charlotte, N
; arr sil points East. Connects at York
. . S c. with : ?in No 9 on ti e C ? N W R
R. (or ( hester, S OJ A? B'.acksbur^ with th?
South? rn's vestibule go;r.i.- East an?i ti e South?
-rv'- tra?o No 35 going We*i; .,:..? connecting
ni M.-..-:'"- N G with the Southern both Eas?, an?
West
SAMUEL HUNT President:
?.. TRIPP. Superintendent.
A.B. Lt:MPKlN Gen'1 Passenger Ag*?nt