Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tha Sumter Military Academy and Fe? male Seminary. TSe Sumter Military Academy and Female Seminary was chartered by the State of South Carolina June 21, 1901. The doors were opened for the recep? tion of the-students Sept. 12, 1901. The first term closed Dec. 18, 1901. - College duties will be resumed Jan. 2, 1902. About six months ago the manage? ment of the institution decided that Sumter is the place for a strong col? lege. We recognized that Sumter is one of the most progressive cities of the State, , with rich counties backing it up, with superior railroad facili? ties, with pure water** and a healthy climate, and occupying a central posi? tion in the heart ox eastern South Carolina. This section from Colum? bia to the.seaboard, outside the city of Charleston, is .without. a single collegiate ? institution, while western South Carolina boasts of many strong established, oolieges... Then, in place of tae argument that students must go to the mountains for health's sake, we argue "tkat students should remain during the scholastic year where they are climatized. Also, it is cheaper provided they can secure at home the same educational advantages. These reasons, coupled with the securing of handsome, ...well-equipped buildings, and the unanimous,.. whole-hearted welcome tnom the city and county de? cided the,matter of location. , A capable faculty of college and uni? versity bred men,, and women were secured. .They have thrown their lives into the work, and the class of instruction. given, is on a par with that of any.. similar institution. The college at once offered a complete Cur? riculum leading to degrees of B. L. and A.. 8., and full;courses in Art, Music, Exnression, Commercial branches, and in Military: Science. The college has been a success, j First of ' all, it has been a financial! success and; is now on a solid basis. Our wish should not be a hope for success but for a continuance of suc? cess. It has been an educational scu cess. Owing to the iaet that a strong student body, came with the president, students who. have been with him for several years,... the Sumter. Miltiary Academy. at. the. beginning can boast of class organizations from, junior preparatory through the senior class. The instruction has been of a. superior class and sWdants have worked hard in their respective, departments. ,T The student organizations have ac? complished much for the. members and for the college* .Two Literary Socie? ties, Y. 31:C. A., Y. W. C. A., ?Col? lege JousoaJ, Tie Sumtoaian,. Athletic Associations and Etiquette clubs are well officered and enthusiastically con? ducted. In point of attendance the institu? tion for the .first. yeax~ has surpassed the expectations of the. management. In all departments, one hundred and fifty-twoscuden'ts have-been matricu? lated and. more? than fifty applications , are in for the- New Year, and the Faculty ^ill ,spend the. holidays ip aggressive" :Campaigning. The object . at first was to enter one hundred : stu den ts the . first year. Now we expect to make the number two hundred. Some pojints of interest for the New Year may ,be mentioned : Dr. Van Teiburg-Hofman will be added to the faculty and will deliver a course of lectures on Physiology and Hygiene. "Piot C-. E. Chase, a graduate of CSmpbell Normal University, Phono? graphic Insitute, Cincinnati, and Spencerian.College of Penmanship has been added as Principal of the Com- ? me rei al Department, and will offer i courses as complete as those offered by any business college. On January % the Science Depart? ment will be equipped with Physical and Chemical apparatus. The Department of Mathematics will add to its .Course Calculus, Me? chanics, .Analytics, Civil Engineer? ing and Surveying. , The college can boast of a well or? ganized Hospital Corps and a well ? equipped hospital. On the morning of February ll, the college will go to the Exposition, participate in. the military parade, and return on the 13th. ? The students, after an enjoyable Christmas .reception in the parlors of the Seminary, have gone to their homes for the holidays, wearing ther attractive uniforms and working for their school. We thank the people of Sumter for 1 their generous support. For the New ] Year we ask for increased patronage, that the college may rise to still high- . er height's. Respectfully, Clarence J. Owens, President. ] Health azd Bsauty. A poor complexion is usually the result . of a torpid liver or irregular action of the bowels. Unless nature's refuse is carried ' off it will surely cause impure blood. 3 Pimples boils and other eruptions follow. 1 Th:* is nature's method of throwing oil the poison* which the bowels failed to re? move. Dewitt's Little Early Risers are world famous for remedying this condi? tion. They stimulate the liver and pro% mot? regular and healthy action of the bowels, but never cause griping, cramps ' or distress. Safe pills.-J S Hugkson <fc 1 Co * Wahted For Harss Stealing. From the Daily Item, Dec. 19. i An officer spent Tuesday night in the city with a prisoner in charge, who was wanted for horse stealing in i Georgia. They left yesterday morn? ing for Georgia. It seems from the , prisoners' story that he had stolen a young girl for his wife in Georgia and had taken a buggy and horse from a livery stable in order to make his escape. He pawned the buggy and horse and they took the train for North Carolina, where he was arrest? ed. While in North Caroiina he was suspected of being connected with the Cropsey case and placed in jail for several days, ile said he knew Miss Cropsey, but had nothing to do with the case, although he did steal his wife. He claims he did not steal the horse and buggy. Slcsr? to Atoas. The old idea that tba body sometimes needs a p wcrfal, drastic, purgative pill ha? been ex ploded; f >r Dr King's New Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse ike system and absolutely cure constipation sad sick headache. Only 25c at J F W De Lorme'sdrug store. 1 PILLSBURY TO RETIRE. American Chess Champion to Be come a Lawyer. It is stated on reliable authority that the professional career of Harry X. Pillsbury as a chess player will come to an end in about two years, after which he proposes to devote himself in earnest to the study of law. Before that happens, however,, some important events are likely to take place, not the least of which will be a match for the championship of the world with Lasker. When the latter was in New York three months ago, he and Pillsbury had a private confab, and the subject of a match between them was touched upon. Nothing defi? nite can be had concerning this inter? esting affair until the American cham? pion goes to Europe, which he intends to do early in 1002, to be gone a year or more. Pillsbury's fourth tour bf this coun? try will be a brief one, beginning about the 1st of September and lasting until Jan. L when he and Mrs. Pillsbury will sail for England. While abroad he will enter all the large tournaments in Eu? rope, including those at Hanover, Monte Carlo and Berlin, and will also tour the continent. When Pillsbury leaves the profession? al arena for good, there will be no one to take his place in the realm of blind? fold chess, for here he has done what no one else ever attempted. His record of 20 games simultaneously without sight of boards or men stands alone, aside from the fact that he is able to combine both checkers and whist with his,blindfold chess playing. The cham? pion has such a mastery over the art that he is confident of his ability to handle no less than 30 games of chess in this manner. It is a feat he is ex? pected to accomplish before he retires. -New York Sun. A Costly Job of Painting. Eighteen years ago, says the Kenney bec (Me.) Journal a Northeast Harbor man wanted to-paint his house. He ap? proached aa Ellsworth mau and told him if he would let him. have $50. to pal?t his house he would give him the deed to a piece of land which -be owned at Northeast. Harbor. It wasn't much good fer farming land, but might be worth something some day. The Ells? worth man gaye bim $50 and took a deed of the land. A short time after? ward he sold a half interest in tbe piece to another Ellsworth man for $1,200. A few. years ago they , were asked for an option on the land at $10.000, of which $2,500 was paid down, to be forfeited if the land was not bought. The pur? chase was not made, and the Ellsworth men pocketed the $2,500 forfeit. ? year or . two later they sold one-quarter of the piece for $7,500. They still own three-quarters of the original piece, and it would take, something like $25,000 to buy it How that Northeast Harbor man must wish he hadn't painted his house I Moat Desirable Home In the World. Stafford House, the London residence of the Duchess of Sutherland, is said to be, taking everything into considera? tion, the most desirable of any home in the world.. You can't express the value of Stafford House in coin any more than you could put a figure cu St, James' palace, just around the cor? ner. Conceiving such a thing possi? ble, Stafford House would bring much the better rate of the two at an auc? tion sale. Although it is not so vast as Buckingham palace, it is infinitely preferable as a place of residence, a fact that the late Queen Victoria neat ?y"expressed on one occasion when she was the guest of the late Duchess of Sutherland, mother of the present duke. "Duchess," said the queen on her ar? rival. "I come from my house to your beautiful, palace." Taine o? a Bee's Tongue. . In the new apiculture the length of the bee's tongue is looked upon as a matter of importance. The longer the tongue the greater is the insect's honey gathering capacity, and a new French apparatus, the glossometer, is designed to aid the apiarist who by judicious se? lection seeks to develop a long tongued race. The apparatus is simply a glass vessel for sirup, with a lid containing numerous small perforations and a floating scale to show the height of the liquid when the bees just reach it. through the holes. It is estimated that the ordinary bee can draw sweets from a. depth of about a quarter of an inch and that selection can increase its range a twenty-rifth of an inch. Expensive Ignorance. The total income of all the colleges of this country is $21,000.000 a year, and the poor people of New York pay annually $10.000,000 into the policy shops of that city. Here is an illumi? nating contrast. The whole country pays $21,000.000 annually for its high? est education, and the metropolitan city alone puts $10.000.000 yearly in a game that only preys on the ignorant. I fancy no college man ever played policy except in the pursuit of knowl? edge and by way of experiment. When ignorance is so costly, higher education cannot be very dear at twice what is now spent on it.-Ainslee's Magazine. Sot Clipped. A naturalist says that the squirrel tribe is increasing all over the wooded districts of England.and in the Scottish lowlands. In some parts of Scotland, notably in the north, the little creature is unknown. It is not so long ago that a Scotch judge was trying a case which had to do with the escape of a squirrel from Its cage and the question as to whether it had been stolen. "Were its wings clipped?" he asked a witness. "But, my lord." interposed the coun? sel, "it is a quadruped." "Quadruped or no quadruped." said his honor sternly, "if its wiirgs had been clipped it could never have es? caped." MEN'S VIEW OF WOMEN. Earth has nothing moro tender than a pious woman's heart.-Luther. Remember, woman is most perfect when most womanly.-Gladstone. Lovely woman that caused our cares can every care beguile.-Beresford. Fe that would have fine guests let hixii have a fine woman.-Ben Jonson. A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness.-Lamartine. Disguise our bondage as we will, 'tis woman, woman, rules us still.-Moore. Oil and water, woman and a secret, are hostile properties.-Bulwer Lytton. Women need not look nt those dear to them to know their moods.-How? ells. Kindness in woman, not their beaute? ous looks, shall win my love.-Shake? speare, Raptured man quits each dozing sage, O woman, for thy lovelier page! -Moore. He is a fool who thinks by force or skill to turn the current of a woman's wilL-Samuel Take.. . The most beautiful object in the world, it will be ailowed. is a beauti? ful woman.-Macaulay. If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, the mist is dispelled when a woman appears.-Gay. Laughter Saved the Ship? Humor has been credited with the saving of many things, but perhaps never before has a ship been saved by Its judicious application. In a great storm many years ago a ship's crew were all at prayers, when a boy burst into a fit of violent laughter. Being re? proved for his ill timed mirth and asked the reason for it, he said, "Why, I was laughing to think what a hissing the boatswain's red nose will make when it comes in contact with the water." This ludicrous remark set the crew laugh? ing, inspired, them with new spirits, and by a great exertion they brought the vessel safely into port.-Liverpool Post Aa Ant For a Pet. * One of the queerest little pets ever seen is the tame ant belonging to a well known scientist. This man keeps tribes of ants in nests wmich he has made himself and feeds them with honey or sugar through a tube that connects with the nests. One day he saw that one of the ants kept coming into the tube to eat up the honey in the glass bulb at the end. When he took out. the cork that closed the bulb, the insect came ta look for the food, and he offer? ed it some honey on the point of a needle, says the New York Tribune. The a*at shrank .back, at first, then drew nearer, feeling.about with its an? tennae, until it reached the needle. Soon it learned to take the honey off its keeper's finger, although ants are among the most timid of living things, and a new odor or the least movement outside their nests usually drives these little insects away. This ant is now so tame that it quits the bulb as soon as the cork is removed and goes to find the honey on the sci? entist's finger. When its meal is over, it does not try to hurry away, but waits till its master lifts it on a bristle and carries it back to its nest. Life Saving Politeness. Patriotism and politeness are great virtues, and a. Japanese physician. Dr. Aoyama, owes his life to the fact that he possessed them both in high degree. < He had caught the plague and was dying for the need of the food which, in his delirium, he refused to take. His nurse was in despair, but finally conceived the idea of playing upon his patriotism by filling a glass with liquid nourishment and then offering to drink to the health of the mikado. - This was repeated until, ardent patriot as he was, the doctor felt that he had honored his sovereign enough.. Then his politeness was appealed to, the nurse proposing a toast and re? proaching the sick man for not joining in it In this way the patient's strength 1 was maintained until the delirium sub- i sided and he became convalescent Youth's Companion. When Herrings Were Plenty. In former days herrings were so abundant in Newfoundland waters that the most wanton slaughter of them was permitted without any restriction whatever. Seines were allowed to re? tain 1.000 or 2.000 barrels of the fish untii they perished, and then the net was freed, and the whole contents fell to the bottom to pollute the ocean for miles around. When a poaching smack | was captured, the herrings it had on board were all thrown into the sea. and frequently boatB when chased resorted to the same means to get rid of incrim? inating evidence. The fish then fetched only 50 cents a barrel of 500 herrings, or ten for a cent.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Limevraf er. Limewater has so many uses lt Is hard to classify. It is good to soften water, to sweeten drains, to keep milk vessels wholesome, to make milk itself sit well upon delicate stomachs, to test air for excess of carbonic acid-if there is too much carbonic acid present, the clear limewater instantly crusts over- ( to take out marks left by grease spots 1 which have been removed by stronger alkalis-in fact, for so many things it snould always be kept on hand. Mixed with either sweet or linseed oil to a creamy consistence, it is the very best household remedy for burns and scalds. It costs practically no more than the trouble of making. Tut a lump of quicklime as big as the two fists in a clean earthen pitcher, cover it six inch? es deep with clean cold water, stir with a wooden spoon and let it stand six hours. Pour off the clear liquid | without disturbing the lime, but let it run through double cheesecloth. Put in smaii bottles and tight In using always pour off half an inch from the top of a bottle that has stood Ml????T W?MM.i'fiii'V i .'iiliHIIBiiHI iPM i I i --^^^^^^^P'^- I ^or^fants and Children. i^^^^nlTI,e Kifld Y"? Have fisSS=?l Always Bought ??| tii^?icStoeadisa?dB?vvelscf ||| BOOTS th.6 M\ t Promotes DigeslionCheerfur nessandftesLContairis neither Opium.Morp?iine nor Mineral. TSQT NARCOTIC. /?cipe ofOhLLrSAKUELPlTCJILTi franpicat Seed'' Jbc?ouui * Botkclle Sells jiaiseScetl * f^Bpertr?nt - J?Txaiorvx?eSodct* ClarifUd Sugar Tt?tdayneti flavor. Aperfecl Remedy forCons?pa Fion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish? ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. \ t b rn o n ! h s u l (i J5 DOSKS - ]5Cr\iv EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. orses^iMules. We took in a lot of : Good : Young s Stock s Which have since fattened up, and being acclimated are really more fit for present use than fresh ones. The time approaches when planters are pre? paring for the next year. Come and see them. They will be sold worth the money. HARBY&CO. Deo 18 We are Heady for the Just received our usual Holiday line of Books, Toys, Doll?9 etc. OUR LINE OF Handkerchiefs, BETTER THAN EVER. We have received our holiday Holiday Umbrellas, Sterling Silver Mountings, and they are beau? tiful. Don't miss looking at our stock while out shopping. 1. Sumter, S. C. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the digest-ants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It prevents formation of gason the stom? ach, relieving all distress after eating. Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take. li can't help but do you good Prepared onl y by E. C. DEWITT & Co., Chicago The $L bottle contains 2% times the 50c. size J S HUG-HSON & CO Land Surveying. f WILL GIVE prompt attention to all X calls for sorvevine and niani <? Krds BANKS H BOYKIN, Oct 10-o Catrbal!. ?> C THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. ity and County Depositary Capital stock paid h?, . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders in excess of their stock, 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business : also bas a Savings Bunk Department Deposits of $1 and upward received Interest dlowrd a; the rate ot 4 .er cen? per ancua, pay?c!e sera i-ann nally. W F. B. BAYNSWORTH, President. MARIOS VOISE, W F. RHAKE, Vice-President. Cashier Jan 31. Strawberry THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE WOULD Nearly 100 Varieties. All the choice, luscious kinds for the Gar? den and Fancy Market. Also Shipping Varieties. Also Dewberries, Asparagus Rhubard, Grape Vines, ete., etc Our 120 page S?anualj free.to buy? ers, enables everybody to gre? taemwith success and profit. All plants packed to carry across the continent fresh as when dug. Illustrated catalogue free. Specify if you want cata? logue of Shipping Varieties or Fancy Gar? den kinds. CONTINENTAL PLANT CO., Strawberry Specialists, Zittrell XT. 0. Sept 25-4 TO THE BOOKKEEPER: Do you want a flat-opening, patent, flex?fale-back Le?pr, Journal er Day Soak ? We can supply your needs in these particulars, And also all other needs in the way of Blank Books, Office Supplies and Stationery. We buy direct from the manu? facturers; our prices are right and quality guaranteed. H. G. OSTEEN & CO. Liberty St. Blaster's Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter county, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of Mark Reynolds against Mary Ann Brad? ley Brown, I will sell to the highest bid? der, at public auction at the Court House in the city of Sumter, in the county of Sumter, in said State, on saleday in Jan nary, 1902, being the sixth day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate, to wit : "Situate, lying and being in the city and county of Sumter? in the State of South Carolina, bounded north by lot No. 30, measuring thereon one hundred and two and one-half feet, east by Brand street of said city, measuring thereon Sf ty feet ; south by lot of J. D. Blanding, measuring thereon one hundred and two md on<?-half feet, being the lot purchased from J. D. Blanding, deed recorded in Book N. N. N. 443, for which balance of . purchase this mortgage is given." Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON. Dec ll Master for Sumter County. PURE WATER. [ am sinking deep and shallow Artesian Wells. [n every case giving satisfac? en. References and estimates ?urnished on application. Correspondence given imme? diate attention. Thanking the public for past favors and isking a continuance of the same, I am gratefully yours, L. F. BAMBERG-, OLAR, S. C. nov 13-lm