WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1901.
Eater ed at the Fost Office at Sumter S
O., ax Second Glass Milter
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Schwartz Bros-The Lowest Prices.
Estate of Wm. J. Stone-Citation.
D. J. Chandler-Your Fall Overcoat.
Bon Marche-Pleasant to Listen to !
J. Byttenberg & Sons-Lest Ye For?
get.
PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jackson are in
the city.
Sheriff H. W. Scarborough returned
Monday from Bishopville.
Misses Zoe and Murr Hall have re?
turned from Richmond, Va.
Mrs. E. F. Larousseliere has gone
to Charleston to visit her relatives.
Dr. J. A. Mood returned" Monday
night from Marion after a few days
stay.
Mr. B. P. Shore left on Saturday
for New . York to remain several
weeks.
Mrs. A. L. Lesesne, of Manning has
been on a visit to her mother, Mrs.
E. A. Cuttino.
Mr. W. H. Epperson returned from
Greenville Friday night, where he has
been visiting his son.
Miss Lucy Graham has returned
from visiting her sister, Mrs. W. L.
Brewer, in New Jersey.
Mrs. Henry Stuckey and Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Sembert, of Bishopville,
were in the city Friday.
Miss Eva Raffield left last Friday
for Winthrop Normal and Industrial
; College, Rock Hill, S. C.
Mr. David Moise returned to Sa?
vannah last week, where he is
employed by the Solomons Company,
druggists.
Mr. H. W. Cooper, who has been
quite sick for sometime, returned to
the city Thursday from his home at
Mayesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mi ms have
returned from Tucson, Ariz., where
they have been for the past several
months.
Mr. S. F. Parrott, editor of The
Laurens County News, passed
through the city this morning from
Darlington.
Mr. B. J. Grier, who has been
suffering from rheumatism at his
home for a year or more, has returned
greatly improved after a three months
stay in Camden and Smithville.
Mr. L. L. Thomas, of North Caro?
lina, who is visiting his son, Mr. T. E. i
TChomas, of Wedgefield, spent Monday j
in town. He has resumed the posi?
tion of collecting and soliciting agent
. for the Watchman and Southron, and
our friends throughout the county can
look out for him. We ask that they
help him in the good work and send
him on his way rejoicing.
Mrs. C. W. McGrew left this morn?
ing to visit relatives in Orangeburg
county.
Mr. E. E. Woodham and Mr. Banks,
of Savannah, Ga., who will perform
at the organ recital tonight, arrived
this morning.
Mr. Adolphus Manheim went to Co?
lumbia this, morning to install a Kit?
son Light' plant : for L?rick & Low?
rance. He will also appoint agents; for
the company.
The lecture by Rev. Sam Jones will
attract a big crowd to Sumter on tho
sight of November 1st.
It is reported that Robinson's circus
will be here on Nov. 7. The country
will surely be drained this fall by the
show people.
The first white frost of the season
appeared last Saturday. It was quite
cool in the early hours and felt like
winter was really here.
? bad complexion generally resal?s from
inactive liver and bowels. In all snch
cases Dewitt's Early Risers produise grati?
fying results. J. S? Hnghson & Co.
The Mayor had one culprit before
him Saturday. The offense was public
drunkenness and resisting arrest. He
was fined $5 or ten days imprisonment.
The dinner to be served by the ladies
of the First Baptist Church during
next court week, will be served on
Tuesday, Nov. 5th. Place will be an?
nounced later.
For sprains, swellings and lameness
there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by Dr. A. J.
China.
While waiting for a train on Satur?
day night a negro woman took a fit at
the depot and fell heavily "on the plat?
form. She was taken into one of the
waiting rooms aand recovered after a
short time. j
The dust is becoming almost unbear?
able on the side streets. It is a pity
the water sprinkler cannot visit the
other streets, besides Main and Liber?
ty. It is to be hoped rain will come
shortly.
The piles thai annoy you so will be
quickly and permanently h?aied if you use
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of
worthless counterfeits.-J. S. Hughson <fe
Co.
Street Commissioner White has very
nearly completed the job of putting
down large terra cotta drainage pipe
in the big ditch extending from Wash?
ington Street to Cemetery Avenue.
On Monday night, 2Sth inst., the
ladies of the Magnolia Street Metho?
dist Church will serve the first oyster
supper of the season in the armory of
the Sumter Light Infantry, over
Durant's hardware store. Tickets 25
cents. The public are invited to
attend.
A negrvo reported to the police last
Wednesday that he bad been held up on
the Green Swamp road sometime that
morning and that the highwayman
had relieved him of 835 which belong?
ed to a merchant in the city.
It is easier to keep well than get cured
Dewitt's Little Early Risers taken now
and then, will always keep your bowels in
perfect order. They never gripe but pro?
mote an easy action.-J. S. Hughson & Co.
J. Ryttenberg & Sons have devoted
their entire space this week in adver?
tising their grocery department wbich
is one of the finest and largest in the
city. Thev call special attention to
the" Palsto? Health Foods which have
been so widely advertised, and so high?
ly recommended by all who have tried
them.
MARRIED.
Dr. Charles S. Britton, of Smith
ville and Miss Mamie Tiller, a dacgh
ter of Mr. Henry Tiller of Chesterfield,
were married on Thursday, Oct. 17th.
Warned in Florence.
The marriage of Mr. Marx Edwin
Cohen and Miss Marie Bacot which
was solemnized last night at the home
of Dr. Peter B. Bacot, is one of _ in?
terest. It was a very qaiet wedding,
only the family and one or two friends
being present* Rev. H. S. Thomas
performed the ceremony.
Miss Bacot is a most attractive young
lady and has numbers of friends in
Florence.
Mr. Cohen came to Florence two
years ajro irom Sumter, taking a posi?
tion in the Coast Line shops. He is
a young man of worth and merit.
Mr. and Mrs. Cohen will reside at
Mrs. E. Williamson's.-Florence
Times, Oct. 17.
A Coming Marriage.
Z The marrige of Mr. E. A. Jenkins,
of this cipy, and Miss Bertie M. San?
ders, the" daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
O. Sanders, is annuonced to take
place at the home of the bride's pa?
rents, 243 Ashley Ava., Charleston, S.
C., October 30th. No cards.
DEATHS.
I Mrs. Pauline Gaillard Kennedy, wife
of Mr. Paul J. Kennedy, died last
Monday at 10 o'clock at the home of
; her father, Capt. P. P. Gaillard, this
city, after an illness of only ten days,
aged- 26 years.
Her death brings sadness to many
hearts, for she was a favorite in this
city and was beloveld by ali, irrespect?
ive of ties of kindred, who had known
her from childhood and had come
within the influence of her bright and
attractive personality. Day after day
her friends had looked forward with
anxious hope for tidings from the sick
room that the crisis had passed and
that she would soon be restored to
health and strength, but the hope was
futile. She passed away peacefully and
calmly, stepping as it were from the
threshhold of an earthly life through
the portals of eternity into the life
beyond the grave.
The funeral services were held at
the residence of Capt. P. P. Gaillard,
on Warren Street, vesterdav morning
at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. T. B. Rhame died on Sunday
morning at her home near Lynchburg,
S. C. She was a daughter of the late
Dr. J. A. Mayes, of Mayesville. She
was buried this morning at Lvneh
burg, the Rev. J. W: McKay, D*. D.,
of Salem Church, conducting the
service.
John, the youngest son of Mr. Bartow
Walsh, died Saturday night after a
brief illness. The funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon.
General Manager J. 3R. Kenly, of
the Coast Line, arrived last night in
his private car, on the Columbia
train. He left on the Charleston train
this morning.
The Postal Telegraph Cable Co. now
has connection with the Klondike. It
is the only telegraph company to this
part of the world. All important
points in Alaska, British Columbia,
und !the Northwest territory, can be
reached by this company's lines.
Sheriff Scarborough went to Mayes?
ville last night to obtain an insane
colored woman whom he carried to the
Asylum last night. This makes the
second time this woman has been
placed in the Asylum.
"I am indebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my present good kealth and my
life. I was treated in vain by doctors for
lung troubles following la grippe. I took
One Minute Cough Cure and recovered
my health." Mr. E. H. Wise, Madison, Ga.
-J. S. Hughson <fc Co.
Saturday was rather a dull day for
the fall among business circles, but
trade brightened up about dark and
the" streets had quite a busy appear?
ance.. The crowd: was quite dense for
a time on the principal business thor?
oughfares.
One of the negro hands of Capt. Dan
j Moore's section force had the misfor
j tune to have his leg broken last week
afternoon. A heavy piece of iron
fell upon the left leg, breaking it
below the knee.
The City Clerk's office has been very
much improved in the last few days.
It has been repainted in very pretty
colors and the floor carpeted. Some
changes will be in the furniture also.
This office will present an appear?
ance creditable to larger cities than
Sumter.
A new remedy for biliousness is now on
sale at Dr. A. J. China's drug store. It is
called Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. It gives quick relief and will pre?
vent the attack if given as soon as the first
indication of the disease appears. Price,
25 cents a box. Samples tree.
A full grown hawk was captured in
the law office of Purdy & Reynolds
last Monday. The hawk entered the
office without invitation and the mem?
bers of the firm deciding that they did
not desire a new partner nor to "keep
the hawk as a mascot, turned him
over to the janitor.
The police succeeded in capturing
a small negro who had a stolen bicycle
in^his possession. The wheel belong?
ed to Mr. Geo. T. Burnette, of Flor?
ence, and was taken from the piazza
of the Ingram House one night about
a week ago. Somehow our police
have a way of always capturing bicy?
cle thieves.
When you have no appetite, do not rel?
ish your food and feel dull after eating,
you may know that you need a dose of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Dr. A. J.
China's drug store.
Mr. T. J. Little, foreman of the
trestle force at the Santee River
bridge, near Rimini, was painfully in?
jured last week. Mr. Little
was riding on his crank car
and when he wished to stop
it put his foot on the brake in front
of him. In some way his foot got
caught and he was thrown from the
car. which passed over his body. One
arm was fractured and he received a
number of painful bruises about the
bead and body. He was taken to the
Atlantic Coast Line hospital at South
Rocky Mount, N. C., and was reported
to be getting along nicely at last report.
The Band Concert Tomorrow Night.
The selections played by the Ban
will be (so far as we know) entire]
new to Sumter audiences, with the ?]
ception of two numbers. If they ha\
been heard here it has been while tt
Band was rehearsing. Sousa's "Sen
per Fidelis" march will be one of ti
old ones, and a better selection coul
hardly be made. This is one of Mi
Sousa's very best marches, and th
Band plays it in a very acceptable mar
ner. Among others will be a selectio
from Gustav Luders new Music*
Coraefly, ' ' The Burgomaster. " This i
making a hit everywhere and thos
? who are especially fond of light, dair
ty, catchy music should not miss a
opportunity of bearing it. A descrip
ti ve piece, "Dance of the Goblins.1
One of the best descriptive overture
published for Band, s Concert Gallo
"An Indian Ride" is fine. There ar
always a great many who like an oe
casionl "Rag Time," to supply tha
demand " Happy Mose" negro charac
teristic will be played. This is
splendid two-step.
Miss Hatcheson will play for th
first time in public in Sumter. She i
an accomplished violinist and you wi]
miss a rare treat if you do not hea
her. The S. L. I. will have a pickei
squrad of about twenty of its bes
drilled men, in a'fine prize drill
This feature alone will be worth th
price of admission. A beautiful fane;
drill by fifteen or so young ladies wi j
be one of the principal features Thurs
day, Oct. 5>4th.
Prices, ;50, 35c. Schools and col
leges 25c.
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve should b
promptly applied to cuts, burns and scalds
It soothes and quickly heals the injure<
part. There are worthless counterfeits
be sure to get Dewitt's.-J. S. Hughsoi
& Co.
The students of the Sumter Militar
Academy will present the war drama
"Down In Dixie," sometime nex
month, at the Opera House. Th<
characters will be well selected to sui
the various parts and the play will b<
given with all of its dramatic anc
historical settings. The proceeds wil
be for the tenefit of the chemical anc
physical laboratories.
The game between the two footbal
teams at the Graded School, which
was to have been played on Thanks?
giving Day, has been called off. Il
was impossible to obtain good materia!
and the teams have been disbanded.
It is hoped that the Sumter Military
Academy will put a good team on the
field and give lovers of the sport some
interesting games.
When you cannot sleep for coughing, il
is hardly necessary that anyone should telJ
you that you need a few doses of Cham
berlain's Cou ?rh Remedy to allay the irri?
tation of the throat, and make sleep pos?
sible. It is good. Try it. For sale bj
Dr. A. J. China.
Rev. H. 0. Grossman is attending
the meeting of the South Carolina
Synod of the Lutheran Church, at
Leesville, S. C. He will report a
most prosperous year in the Sumter
and Orangeburg Churches. Finances
are in an unusually good condition,
debts are all paid to date and money
in the treasury. Sunday Schools are
well organised and supplied with all
necessary literature. Ladies societies
are doing good work. Spirituality
good.
Paul Porteus, the fourteen year dla*
son of Mr/ C. B. Porteous, of New
Brighton, Pa., was accidentally shot
and seriously wounded last week-by a
boy of his o^n age. while they were out
hunting. The shooting*was done'with
a 22 calibre rifle, the ball entering the
left side at about the first rib and
lodged in the muscles of the back.
Mr. C. B. Porteous, the boys father
was for a number of years a r?sident
of this city.
"I wish to truthfully state to you and the
readers of thase few lines that your Kodol
Dyspepsia .. Care is without .question, the
best and only cure for dyspepsia that I
have ever come in contact with and I have
asea many other preparations. John
Beam, West Middlesex, Pa." No prepara?
tion equals !KodoI Dyspepsia Ctire as it
contains ail the natural digestants. It will
digest all kinds of food and can't help but
do you good.--J. S. Hughson & Co.
This evening, at eight o'clock,
Organ Recital, at the First Methodist
Church, conducted by Mr. E. E.
Woodham, of Savannah, Ga., one of
the leading organists of the South.
Mr. Banks, a prominent tenor soloist,
will assist Mr. Woodham, and Everett
Stothart, the boy soprano, who has
made a reputation for himself by his
wonderful rendition of The Holv
City."
An alarm of fire was rung in Thurs?
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. A house
next to the Nixon House, owned by
Mrs. Villeneuve was on fire. The hose
companies responded quickly and very
soon the fire was extinguished. No
damage of any consequence was done
to the building. The fire was on the
roof in the rear of the house. The
hose wagons had a spirited race down
Main Street.
. 'Tor three days and nights I suffered
agony untold from an attack of cholera
morbus brought on by eating cucumbers."
says M. ?. Lowther, clerk of tne district
court, Centerville, Iowa. I thought I
should surely die, and tried a dozen differ?
ent medicines, but all to no purpose. I
sent for a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and three
doses relieved me entirely." This remedy
is for sale by Dr. A. J. China.
The chill in the air in the morning
and evening suggest the coming of
the biting cold of winter when an
overcoat will be a necessity. Even
now a light overcoat is comfortable
at times. Chandler, the Clothier, has
a large stock of overcoats of ali
weights and will supply all who need
them.
The Sumte:: Graded Schools are not
affected by the opinion of the assistant
Attorney General on the incidental fee
question. The matter was taken into
the courts eight years ago when the
fee was first imposed and a decision,
confirming the action of the School
Board in requiring the payment of the
incidental fee was rendered. The As?
sistant Attorney General in explicit
forms states that his opinion does not
apply to schools that are collecting tho
fres undor authority grantod by special
act of the Legislature or undor a
decision of the courts. .Tho foes will
be collected irom scholars attending
the Graded Schools as heretofore and
those who may be led to bel i tu e by
the opinion published elsewhere that
they would escape the payment of tho
incidental fees will be disappointed. j
Tfie Lee County Election.
The Nsw County Wins by Safe Ma?
jorities in Each County,
The following are the complete re?
turns of the Lee county election held
yesterday. Every precinct has been
reported, and as the tabulation given
below shows, the new county has won
in Sumter, Darlington and" Kershaw
counties by more than the two-thirds
majority :
" SUMTER COUNTY.
Bishopville,
St. Charles,
Spring Hill,
Carter's Crossing,
Reids Mill,
Lynchburg,
Yes. No.
343
8
66
78
47
34
16
51
70
31
63
576 231
DARLINGTON COUNTY.
Yes.
\ Ashland, 103
; Cypress, 76
No.
48
29
77
179
KERSHAW COUNTY.
; Yes. No.
Lucknow, 1 7
Turkey Creek, 45 2
Halls Mill, 36 6
82 15
Local Cotton Market.
Receipts light. Strict middling 1%.
About the City Schools.
Supt. S. H. Edmunds makes the fol?
lowing report of the enrollment of
pupils: White schools, 515;-Lincoln
School, 284.
Principal Andrews' report to Supt.
Edmunds will be of interest. The
extract reads thus : The work of the
school has begun with bright indica?
tions of good class work. The pupils
are fully alive to the requirements of
thorough and careful work and are re?
sponsible to a degree that is satisfac?
tory and encouraging to both teachers
and pupils.
Industrial work has been in progress
half of the month. The two lines,
carpentry and sewing, in that depart?
ment are eagerly and enthusiastically
taken up by those required to do so.
There is every reason to believe that
the addition of this new feature to the
school will prove in the highest degree
successful.
Miss Kate DeLorme has been elected
by the City Board of Education as
the teacher of the department mention?
ed in The Item of yesterday. She has
sent her acceptance. .
Manning's First Postmaster.
Mr. Thos. E. Richardson, who has
recently looked up the facts, states
that the postoffice in Manning was
established in June, 1856, and that
thomas S. Coogler, the first postmas?
ter was appointed and received his
commission June 25, 1856.
Accidental Shooting Scrape.
Amos Williams, shot and wounded
Sallie White, Saturday night, in
Farmer's Restaurant on Main street.
Both parties are colored. Williams
claims it was accidental, and from all
accounts it appears to be a case of
criminal carelessness. Williams was
arrested just after the shooting and is
being held to await a hearing of the
case. The woman is not seriously
wounded and is getting on very welL
Dr. China extracted the.bullet.
stimalate the TORPID LIVER,
strengthen the digestive organs,
regulate the bowels, and are un?
equaled as an
ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE,
In malarial districts their virtues are
widely recognized, as they possess
peculiar properties in freeing the
system from that poison. Elegantly
sugarcoated.
lake No Substitute.-*
There's
no reflection so
? dainty, no light so ^
charming as the
mellow glow that
comes from
CORDOVA
Wax Candles
Prepared in many color tints
to ntrxnonis* with ?or
ronndiaj? in dining
room, drewinc room,
? b?d room or hill. Sold
^ .ftrywhoro. Mad* by,
STANDARD
OIL CO.
BAGGING ANO TIES CHEAP.
WE HAVE a lot of good second hand
Badging which we will sell at i}4 cents a
poind, put up in bundles of 30 yards.
Also good second hand Ties at $1.00 a
bundle. No bundles broken. Apply at
SUMTER COTTON MILLS.
Or to Altamont Moses, Secty.
Oct 9-3t
FOR SALE-A
King Cotton Seed.
(?ct ?)-tf
limited quantity of
Apply to W. B. Boyle.
HA.NDS WANTED-Several families
eau ff mi employment at the Sumter Cot?
ton Mills. sept 18-4t
Pl SO'S vGU R E FOR
UURES WHHiE ALL ELSE FAILS.
Best i'ough Sj rup. Tastes Good,
in time. Sold hy druggists.
CONSCTMPTION
2
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Your Fall Overcoat !
How will you meet the new season-in a long, medium or short Overcoat?
Our Fall Overcoat styles this season provide for nearly everybody's ideas.
'Tisn't for us to say what you shall have, but to give you all the styles and
let you select for yourself.
.A/t $6.50 Ol* $8.50 ^e **** pel* ^ou 011 0vercoat ?* good ma
-_-!-_-!-terial, with farmers Satin Lining. Should,
it not suit you can bring it back.
OUT $10 2111(1 $12 Blac^ Brown and Grey Beavers and Ker
<p-_<P- geyg gatjn sieeve lining are surpris?
ingly fine coats.
?
You can*spend as little as $2.50 and get
satisfaction-and as much as $20 if you
want elegance.
? D. J. t fi, r. nt J, Eft
S CLOTHIER AND FURNISHER.
Ramsey & Co.
Palmetto State Chill and Fever Core.
A Guaranteed Cure.
We take great pleasure in placing this sovereign remedy
an absolute antidote for malarial poison-before a suffering
public, and feel safe in asserting it will fill a long-felt want
PALMETTO STATE CHILL AND FEVER CURE
Will cure any and every case of Chills and Fever, no matter
whether it is the product of Malaria, Mal-aqua or the Mosquito.
All we ask is that you give it a trial. Don't wait until you are
broken down in health, but begin right away and see what the
wonderful remedy will do for you. Wo will gladly refund the
purchase price, 50c, for any failure to cure when the directions
are strictly carried out. Mail orders a specialty.
Yours to serve,
RAMSEIY ??3 CO.
July 24-3m Wedgefield, S. C