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OVERHEAD WIRES. Among the city nuisances with which the coming years will have to .deal energetically is the cumbering of the streets with overhead wires, says the Springfield (Mass. )jDaily Republi? can. A network of wire is not only ugly in itself but it destroys the beauty of a street. No one who has seen a busy thoroughfare cleared of all this wire rigging overhead can fail to have noted the great relief to the eye, the effect of trimness and large? ness given by the removal of all this cumbersome apparatus, which is as out of place in a public thoroughfare as a clothes line in a parlor. The transfer cannot be made all at once, and it is already going on slowly. It is to be seen to with vigil? ance that there be no needless delay in effecting a change which is imperative on both utilitarian and aesthetic grounds. Here the representatives of the people will from time to time have an opportunity to do good work, not, in an unreasonable spirit but with steady firmness. The ideal not to be reached at once, but some time, is the common great conduit underground, built and owned by the city and giving room for all wires. The mechanical difficulies are considerable, but not insurmountable. Cambridge intends to try the experi? ment, and when there are sufficient data Springfield will doubtless be prompt to adopt a system bringing so substantial relief.-Amer. Press. The Panama Route. I - Now that the Panama Canal com? pany will agree to accept $40,000,000 sentiment is changing in favor of that route in preference to the Nicara? guan. The Isthmian Canal Commis? sion would have recommended it, had it known that it could be bought at such a reasonable price. Here is one of the concluding paragraphs which was" written in the face of the demand of M. Hutin, president of the com? pany, for a sum between $100,000,000 and $110,000,000: ''There are certain physical advant? ages, such as a shorter canal line, < a more complete knowledge of the coun? try through which it passes, and lower cost of maintenance and operation in favor of the Panama route, bat the price fixed by the Panama Canal Com? pany for a sale of its property and franchise is so unreasonable that its acceptance cannot be recommended by this commission. " A Chicago dispatch contains an in? terview with Col. O. H. Ernst, a member of the commission, and now stationed at Chicago, in which he says the commission would recommend that roste if it can get it for $40,000, 000. He said: "The superiority bf the Panama route as a shorter and .cheaper route has never admitted of any question. The first French company spent $200,000,000 on the Panama canal, and the new company has spent possibly $10,000,000, more. But we estimate that we could do ail that has been done for $40,000,000 and that is all we are willing to pay for it. " If the com? pany should come to our terms the 1 commission would probably recom? mend our Government to close the bargain. That is, we would do so if * we vtere asked, for we woald have no right to make a recommendation un? less it was called for. "Oar figures are based on the esti? mates for completing the two routes. "We estimate that we can construct the Nicaragua canal for $190,000,000, and that we can finish the Panama canal for $144,000,000, and that, there? fore, if we could get the Panama canal for $40,0000,00. it would pay us to adopt that route ; otherwise the Nica? ragua route is for us the most econom? ical. 4 4 We attach no importance to the earthquake danger in Nicaragua nor to the 1 doldrums, ' as the calms of the Panama route are called. "We think more of the cost of main tenanee, which will be $3,300,000 for a year for Nicaragua and $2,000,000 for Panama. "These considerations'may yet settle the matter in favor of the route short? er by twenty hoars and affording a deep-sea level, as against the long and more expensive Nicaragua scheme. A great deal of lobbying, however, is probable by the advocates of both routes. "-?Courier Journal. Farming That Pays. The Charlotte Observer prints an interview with Mr. W. E. Crosland, of Richmond county, N. C., in which that gentleman makes it appear that the right sort of farming in the south will pay. Mr. Crosland says that twenty-three years ago he and Captain W. E. Everett invested $10,000 each in sixteen hundred acres of land and farm equipment. A year ago they took inventory of the farm assets and found that after having lived on the proceeds of the farm, educated several children, and after each member had drawn out $10,000 addi tiona] during twenty-two years, there j yet remained, including moneys on ? hand, real estate, farm products un- [ sold, stock, cattle and personal effects, over $100,000 in assets. They now 1 have 8,000 acres of land in a high state : of cultivation, with everything needful for successful farming. Their exhibit shows a profit of 33 1-3 per cent, in round numbers per annum. Mr. Crosland says that no man can make a success of the farming indus? try if he pesists in confining his ope? rations to one crop, be it cotton, corn, tobacco or what not. In his opinion the only practical way to make farm? ing pay is to rotate the crops and di? versify the industry. Mr. Crosland is evidently a good business man as well as a good farmer. In carrying on his farming opera? tions he has worked with his head as well as his hands: he has been guided by the well recognized rules of busi? ness, in short he has conducted his farm as a manufacturer condacts his factory. We believe that ali farmers who follow that rule will make a suc cesss of agriculture. Richmond Times. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the rf, SjS/?+-?u~ Signature of L?vzf7Zf&?C?uM A Government Telegraph. The gossip that the government may be induced to buy up the telegraph companies and put them under the control of the post office department is now taking definite shape. It is re? ported on authority, according to a Washington telegram dated December 25, that Senator Mason will soon offer a. bill providing for a postal tele? graph. He would give no particulars, but he is a member of the old senate committee on postal affairs. The new postmaster general is said to favor the system and to have selected Mr. Ma? son to inaugurate the legislation. It is supposed also that the president favors the scheme. The existing tele? graph companies will be bought up out of a fund raised by selling bonds. These bonds are to bear interest at the rate of 2 or 2% per cent., run twenty-five years and be made availa? ble for use by the national banks as a basis for currency. A sinking fund is to be provided out of the earnings to pay them off at maturity,, and the telegraph service is to be extended ul? timately to all the post offices and the rates cheapened so that everybody can use the wires. It has long been a favorite scheme to have the government take over the telepgraph and telephone services and manage them as an adjunct to the post office department. When John Wana? maker was postmaster general he recommended that this be done. The proposition was always resisted by the late Dr. Norvin Green of this city, when president of the Western Union, on the ground that service through private ownership was cheaper anr fuller. The telegraph service is unded government control in Great Britain and the telephone service has been municipalized to a very large extent, but the territory is small and easily covered compared with our immense distances. The matter could be easily arranged if it were desirable. By an act of congress of July 24, 1866, it was stipu? lated that in consideration of the right of way of post roads through government lands and under or across navigable waters the United States should have the right to purchase these lines at a price to be fixed by arbitrators, one to be chosen by the government and one by the telegraph company to be bought, these two to select the third. L It is said that all the telegraph companies now in exist? ence have filed their written accept? ances of the agreement, so that all the Government would have to . do should it decide to purchase would be to exer? cise its option.-Courier Journal. A Profitable Investment. "I was troubled for about swen years with my stomach and in bed half my time," says E Demick, Somerville, Ind. "I ?pent about $1,000 and never could get anything to help me until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken a few bot? tles and am entirely well." Yon don't live by what you eat, but by what you digest and assimilate. If your stomach doesn't digest your food you are really starving. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stomach^ work by digesting the food. You don't have to diet. Eat all you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures ali stomach trou? bles. J S Hughson & Co. LUCKY IOWA. Some of the friends of Secretary Wilson, of the department of agricul? ture, have been apprehensive lest the entrance of Governor Shaw into the cabinet might be followed by the retirement of Secretary Wilson, as they come from the same State and it has been seldom that one State is allowed two cabinet officers. Presi? dent Cleveland had Daniel. Manning and William C. Whitney, both of New York, in his first cabinet and President Harrison at one time had indiana men for his secretary of state and his attorney general, but such instances are rare. It is gratify? ing to know that there is no prospect that Secretary Wilson is to retire. He has proved himself an admira? ble official. A practical and very successful farmer himself, he has managed the department of agricul? ture in a most satisfactory manner, and it has been under his direction, probably more useful that-it was ever before. But, while the country is not will? ing that Secretary Wilson should leave toe cabinet, it is impressed by the fact that Iowa has received a very large share of high federal offices. Besides two cabinet portfollios she has the speakership of the house of representatives, an office from which the course of federal legislation is often controlled more largely than from any other station, even the white house itself. One Iowa man is chairman of the senate committee on appropria? tions f-nd another of the senate com? mittee on agriculture. Iowa has for two years past had more important places on the house committee than any other state of its size and her Mr. Hepburn is at the head of the commit? tee on the Nicaraugua canal. The state has fared finely in the dis I tribution of offices by the executive departments, having besides many honors in the other departments. Con? ger as minister to China and several other desirable .and lucrative consul? ships. And if his ''boomers" can have their way. an Iowa senator, Mr. Dolli ver. will bo the successor of President Roosevelt. Her other senator. Mr. Allison, recently received the un? paralleled honor of a sixth successive election to the senate. In fact Iowa is having lier innings in federal favors. It must, be said, however, that she hns furnished a set of strong men for these important places, and if they continue to do well the country will not complain that Iowa has drawn so ninny big prizes. Some years ago Ohio had a bulge in federal favors somewhat like that which Iowa is now enjoying. President. Hayes, an Ohio man was ' succeeded by President Garfield from the same state and between them a brigade of Buckeye politicians got into handsome offices in which many of them are to be found in this day. We doubt if the present invasion of Iowa officials will last so long. Atlanta Journal. - Ml Ul fl I- - The bricklayers of Richmond, Ya., were locked out yesterday by the con? tractors on account of certain disa? greements between them. A big soap trust to be known as the Southern Soap Manufacturer's Asso? ciation, is being organized "in the South. THE FALL OF A TRUST. There is a Nemesis that has worked its revenge on many a trust. The average trust overdoes itself. When it finds that it has a good thing it is apt to push it along at too rapid a rate. It overcapitalizes and piles up obligations that it can? not possibly meet. ,Then the investors whom it has drawn into its scheme by promises of fabulous profits begin to compalin. Finally they realize that they have been made victims of a gobble game for the benefit of a set of shrwed .'capitalists," or that in the exuber? ance of the officers and directors of a common investment they have been led to financial distress while seeking the safe pathway of enormous profits. The collapse of the asphalt trust is a striking illustration of the way of all such flesh. That concern has gone to the wall and is in the hands of a receiver on account of its gross overcapitalization and the very questionable methods it employed. The asphalt trust seems to have been characterized by its bold departure from business methods. It has not only resorted to new finan? cial devices butf has dabbled danger? ously in politics. It used money obtained from the profits of its legitimate operations and from unsuspecting investors in its fatty degenerated stock for the promo? tion of all sorts of old and even reck? less plans of world-wide extension. By this process it built up ar amount of fixed charges which it could not meet and a receiver had to step in and simplify the situation. The moral of the matter may be put in these words : That when trust promo? ters are swayed by greed and not by sound business principles the end of their scheming is a foregone conclu? sion, and in most cases is already in sight. The legislative power of states and the? nation is busy in devising schemes ? to prevent the trust evil. In the meantime it is occasionally curing itself by exhibiting in its own disasters the inevitable results of defy? ing the fixed laws of finance and trade.-Courier Journal. BRYAN'S COMMONER. - * Mr. Bryan's Commoner will not cease publication, as has been report? ed, says a Lincoln (Neb.) press dis? patch. At no time within the eleven months of its existence has it been more prosperous than now. The paid ! circulation is 10,300, and, as the paper has a good supply of advertisements at big rates, it is not wrong to say that Mr. Bryan will clean up $40,000 the first year. Local publishers say that his profits will not fall below $50,000. Mr. Bryan has no printing outfit, but thirty persons are employed in the business office to handle the incoming and departing mail. C. W7. Bryan, the business manager, said in answer to an inquiry that the report that the- paper would be dis? continued was a foolish canard. ' ' A small percentage of our sub? scriptions, it is true, were for three and six months, but there has not been a single week in which the new. subscribers did not far exceed those discrntinued. We have local agents in most cities in the country and find it a comparatively easy undertaking to push up our list. The year ends on January 22, and. renewals are now coming in by the hundreds daily. " Amer. Press. v Richmond in I90i. The year 1901 was one of the most prosperous years in the history of Richmond. The statistics for 1900 made a most gratifying exhibit of the city's trade, but the reports for 1901 show a substantial increase from all quarters. The capital employed in 1901 in the citv's jobbing trade was $10,285,000,. an increase of $212,500; the sales amounted to $41,375,000, an increase of $2,738,300. The statements of fourteen banks, exclusive of the trust companies, show that deposits increased from $16,100,374 to $18,199,419, being an in-, crease of more than $2.000,000 in a single year. Including the trust com? panies the total deposits are $19,725, 348, being an increase of $7,835,327 over 1898. One of the best signs of the city's prosperity is found in the bank clear? ances for the year, aggregating th? enormous sum of $181,332,345. This was more than $25,000,000 in excess of the clearings of Atlanta and Norfolk combined. But the best exhibit perhaps, is that made by our manufacturing es? tablishments. The number of plants is 1,369. an increase for the year of 51 : the number of hands employed is 27,975, an increase of 2,412: the capi? tal employed is$23,969,613, an increase of $4,843,638. The amount of sales for 1901 was $55,958.105, an increase of 7.096,241. These figures are more expressive than words of the city's growth and prosperity. Our retail merchants have also had a splendid trade and all branches of business have done well. One of tho closest observers and best informed financiers in the city said yesterday that Riehmonders had a made a great deal of money during 1901, and he doubted if the city had ever had a moro generally prosperous year. It is worthy of note that al? though the people of Richmond had more money in 1901 than for many years previously, there was very little of the speculative fever which is so characteristic or prosperous seasons. Some men have?bought and sold stocks on a conservative basis, and we think that most of them have' made money. ]>ut here has been nothing approach? ing a speculative craze, and as fur a land boom, it has not been thought of. Our business operations have been earrie:! on in a business-like way. There lias been nothing like over? trading, no disposition to force busi? ness and no wild-eat schemes. It. was a great year for Richmond. The city made substantial gains in all direc? tions and we believe that there are grander triumphs for her in the year 1902. Richmond Times. A CUBE FOP- LUMBAGO. W C Williamson of Amherst, Va, says : "For more than a year I suffered from lumbago. I finally tried Chamberlain's Fain Balm and it gave entire relief, winch all other remedies had failed to do." Sold by Dr A J China. Mngoism at its Worst. ? _ Soi^e Washington correspondents, who are either unusually excitable j themselves or have been ''stuffed" by ! interested parties are sending to the j newspapers which employ them some of the worst rot that we have ever seen perpetrated upon the public. The first wonder is that these pre? tended prognosticators would dare to ! perpetrate such stuff upon men who j possess facilities of up-to-date in I formation and presumably have at ? least average sense. And yet we see in several papers which usually take a reasonable view of situations a lot of stuff about the inevitability of a war between the United States and Germany. Why? Simply because Germany proposes to enforce the collection of a debt that Venezuela owes some of her citi? zens. There are politicians in both Vene? zuela and the United States who con? tend that the assertion of Germany's force for any such purpose would be a violation of the Monroe doctrine and would provoke the United States to warn Germany not to pursue her well advertised plan of procedure against her delinquent South American credit? or. This is one of the wildest attempts to stretch the application of the Mon? roe doctrine that we have heard of. ? Germany has declared that this debt must be paid and has backed up this assertion by placing a few war ships within easy reach of Venezuelan ports. The force that she has located in this quarter is not formidable to our' navy but quite sufficient to bring Ven? ezuela to terms. The method which Germany seems to have determined upon is not to use this naval force for the purpose of in? flicting injury upon Venezuela, for seizing any part of her territory, or for exacting the concession of a naval station on the Venezuelan coast. The German navy has been merely ordered to enforce the German claim, which does not seem to be disputed, by col? lecting a sufficient part of the duties at Venezulean ports to satisfy it. Where and how the Monroe doctrine comes in here we are not able to per? ceive. If there had been the slightest prospect that Germany contemplated any action that could be considered an infringement it is passing belief that our government would not have dis? covered it before this time. It is impossible to believe that Ger? many would have proceeded as far as she has in this matter against Vene? zuela if she had not understood that she was in no way treading upon our cherished Monroe doctrine. The idea that Germany has sent a little piece of a navy to provoke a row with our government which has a vastly superior force within such easy reach is ridiculous. And yet some very staid old newspapers, to say noth? ing of those whose main purpose is to create an alarm, are publishing a lot of dribble about an imminent war with Germany over a petty debt that the kaiser claims from a second-class South American republic.-Atlanta Journal. "Some time ago my daughter caught a severe cold. She complained of pains in her chest and had a bad cough. I gave her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy accord? ing to directions and in two days she was well and able to go to school. I have ased this remedy in my family for the past seven years and have never known it to fail," says James Prendergast, mer chant, Annato Bay, Jamaica, West India Islands. The pains in the chest indicated an approaching attack of pneumonia, which in this instance was undoubtedly warded off by Chamberlain's Cough Rem? edy. It counteracts any tendency of a cold towaid pneumonia. Sold by Dr A J China. M Carolina ai .Geomh li tension R, I Cosuasj Seb'.dn'e No 4-In effect 12.01 H. n? , Sa Joae 15, 1801. 0amden S C . and Black? oi>v, 8 C Read down, Rend up ?35 33 Eaarern nute 32 a ta p aa STATIONS nm pr. 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 ? 8 50 1 15 f>ka-:b 12 02 4*5 9 20 1 27 Westville ll 50 4 3 10 50 2 00 T.?er$aaw 11 35 4 i 11 20 2 12 beith doringa il 20 3 1( 12 20 2 37 Lancaster 10 5ft 2 37 12 40 2*0 riverside 10 40 2 0( 2 30 3 10 Catawt.s jai;c-.ion 10 20 1 3f 4 00 3 40 ?KS Bil! ?0 00 12 IC 4 45 4 02 Tirsii? 9 30 9 f C 5 20 4 18 Yorkvjile 3 15 M li 5 45 -1 34 Sharon S 00 8 5( 6 05 4 ?0 Hickory Grove S 45 7 3? ?3 20 5 00 Sm?n? S 35 7 ' Q 6 50 5 26 Bteckaoarg S15 7 i? p m p tc a pi a ' tfetweeo Blaaseharg. S C , a d Marice. N R'fid down Reid ut ?I ; 33 freiem finae *32 12 am um STATIONS. a m 6 4") 5 25 Blackabcrg 7 48 SM? 7 32 5 49 G*.-io 7 32 h ? 7 4' 5 49 Pat erson Sprinte 7 ?? o 8 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 s 9 00 *> 21 Latticrcre S I 9 10 6 30 Koco??TC 0 48 9 2*? 6 41 F?eorist?a 6 3S <? :.; 9 t5 6 59 Forcet Vizi 3'? 10 3:} 7 15 R itberff?rftto.i S o', 3 e? I2 0(i 7 50 T.irrroa! Ci*- 5 36 2 4.' 12 2f- 8 10 Gsenwoo? 5 2 2' 1 CO 8 30 Marion 5 00 2 0? P m p ra s zn pr ?aSfaey Division, i PM.? down Re-.d ?; ~?A T S >< N~TJ *i ? 15 I 13 j STATIONS M : U D rn ? m .* tu p i? 1 00 6 oo Blaekstmra 7 DO 3 0C 1 20 6 20 GbeTokee Falls 7 30 2 40 1 40 6 40 Gafifaty 7 10 2 2C p ta a o a tu p zr **D'u:v except San?ay J 20 minores ?or dinner. Trains Nos 32 and aro operate' daily. Trains Nos ZS, 35. ll. 12, 13. 14. 15 und I? .ire operated da'iv except Sunday. ? ON* E< TIONS. At Cnm.icn with boulhcrn Ky; SAL and A C Line. At Lancaster with L ? ORR. At Catawba Jct with Seaboard Air Linc. A? Rock Hill with Southern Railway At Yorkville with Camina ? ? or;h Web? ern K lt. At Dlacksbnrg with S vtbrrn Hallway. At .shelby and Ruthorferd-oji with S A At Marion wirb -outb?rn Railwiy. SAMUEL HUNT. Presides! S. TRIPP, Snperintendent. E. H. SHAW, Gonn Pawner Ke^t Every woman in the country ought to know about liter's fpteis? Those who do know about it wonder how they ever got along without it. It has robbed child? birth of its terrors for many a young wife. It has preserved "her girlish figure and saved her much suffering. It is an external lini? ment and carries with it therefore, absolutely no danger of upsetting the system as drugs taken intern? ally are apt to do. It is to be rubbed into the abdomen to soften and strengthen the muscles which are to bear the strain. This means much less pain. It also prevents morning sickness and all of the other discomforts of pregnancy. A druggist of Macon, Ga., says: "I have sold a large quantity of Mother's Friend and have never known an instance where it has failed to produce the good results claimed for it." ? prominent lady of Lam berton, Ark., writes: "Y/ith my iL-st six children 1 was in labor from 24 to 30 hours. After using Mother's Friend, my seventh was born in 4 hours." Get Mo:her's Friend at th* drag t?.i>re, Si.00 j.er Lotus. TIE BRADFIELD EEGILATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA. $ Write for o^r frei- !Ua>tr*te '? book, "BEFOSE BABY IS b?ntls." irv g ggSSE sase The Best Paper Published in the United States for Demo crats and for all readers is the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal The equal of many dailes and the supe rior of all other semi-weeklies or weeklies. Issued Wednesday and Saturday. 104 copies a year, and you get it for only $1.00 A YEAR. The Wednesday issue is devoted to News Matter, the Saturday issue to Home Matters. A liberal commission to agents. Sample copies cheerfully sent free to all who will ask for them. Write to COURIER-JOURNAL CO., Louisville, Ky. By special arrangement you can get THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON AND THE TWICE-A-WEEK COURIER-JOURNAL Both one year for only S2.00. This is for cash subscriptions only. All subscriptions under this combination offer must be sent through the Watchman and Southron office. nov 20 MCI TO TAXPAYERS. OFF" CE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER CO. SUMTER, S. C.. Sept. 24,1901. NOTICE is hereby given that I will be in my office in the County Court House at Sumter from October 15th to December 31st, 1901. inclusive, for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year 1901. The levy is as follows: For State purposes, 5 mills. For County purposes, 3 mills. For School purposes. 3 mills. Total levy, ll * Also the following special school levies: School District No. 1, 2 mills. School District No. 16, 2 mills. School District No. 18, 2 mills. School District No. 20, 3 mills. Mt. Clio, 2 mills. Concord. 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mills. No. 5, 1 mill. No. 17, 1 mill. School District No. 23, 4 mills. School District No. 22, 4 mills. Commutation Road Tax for" 1902 $1.00, payable from Oct. 15th, 1901, to Feb. 1st, 1902. HT L. SCARBOROUGH. sept 24 Treasurer Sumter Co. CH EAP EXCURSION ?i253r tM&& T??.??? xi Sw im >&jgf&. 'i^ >z*F..j???_'cv: SCHEDULE. LEAVE AKKIVK LEAVE X. C. C. 1 50. S. T. C. 2 00. 0. H. G. 2 ?0 Today on all Fine Whiskey. Special Low Bates N. C. Corn Whisky si 50 per gal Silver Top Corn Whisky 2 00 " " Pride of X. C. Corn Whisky 2 50 " *' XX Anchor Rye Whisky 2 50 " " Old Henry Rye Whisky 3 00 " -i ( Hd Apple Brandy 3 00 " " Old Holland Gin" 2 50 " 44 Send a tri;-.! order and be convinced, as all will have a good time. This schedule takes m the well known Silver Top at $2. Remit by P. O. Money Order, Express Money Order or Registered Letter in ad? vance, as whisky cannot be shipped C. 0. D. Train goes out every day. No charge for jugs. Address all orders to; E. A. LACKEY, Hamlet, N. C. dov 20-3m Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat This preparation contains all of the digestan ts 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. H can't help tout do you good Prepared only by E. 0. DEWITT & Co., Chicago The IL. bottle contains 2% times tbe 50c size J S HUGHSON & CO Land Surveying. IWILL GIVE prompt attention to ali calls for surveying and platurj? lands. BANKS H BOYKIN, Oct 10-o Catchall, 8. C. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 GO Uc divided surplus, . 16,000 00 Individaal liability of stockholders in excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking bneioese : also bas a SaviDgs B?ak Department. Deposits cf Si and upward received Interest allowed aj the rate of 4 ).er cent, per anoom, payable semi-annually. W F. B. HAYNS WORTH, President. WA?2CK ii OISE, W. F. RHAM?, Vice-President, Cashier, Jan 31. strawberry Plants ! THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE WORLD Nearly 100 Varieties. All the choice, luscious kinds for the Gar? den and Fancy Market. Also Shipping Varieties. Also Dewberries, Asparagus Rhubard, Grape Vines, etc., etc. Our 120 page Manual, free to buy? ors, enables everybody to grov them "srita success and profit. AH plan ts packed to carry across the continent fresh as -when dug. IUustrated catalogue free. 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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? uary, 1902, being the sixth day of said month, during t he 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 fifty feet ; south by lot of J. D. Blanding, measuring thereon one hundred and two and 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. EL FRANK WILSON, Dec ll Master for Sumter County. TURNIP SEED, Onion 8ets-!eadin2 varieties. Also assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Segars. Large line of fine Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLorme's Drug Store,