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^DfgKDrVVy r?BRUABV5, S9C2. B xt the Fo*t O&ct at Sumter S ix Second (Ham Mitier NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. B. Murray-Eggs. Clark & Parrott-Opticians. O'Donnell & Co-Wish You to Enow. D. J. Chandler-Winter Goods at Cost. JSstate oj/Annie Jane Waiker-imita? tion. Estate Joly O'Cahtey-Administra? tor Notice. J. Ryttenberg &. Sons-TJnd?rwear ana Clothing at Cost. tmammmmmm-mcam??mmi?Mmmmmm PERSSWAL ~ Mr., John Phillips was in the city Monday. Mr.. W. T. McLeod was in the city yesterday: - Mx* EL W. Dabbs was in town last T&ursday. Mr? C. E. Strange was in the city ia^jt weak. ..$frv Herbert, A. Moses, of Columbia was_-in the city Monday. Mr, W- J- Yoting; of R?mbert, spent las* Wednesday in town. MR Charles Bultman, of Florence ?was in/the' city lasi.'week. Capt J. P.; Brocky pf Summerton; spt?nt Thursday in. town. Mrs. &?* & Snfi?npre has returned froin tf -visit to i^rleston, .Miss Sadie MuldrpWj of. Wisacky, is spending a'days/in; th^ city. . ??oju. Henry T. Thompson, of Co lostb??. was in the city Thursday. Oap*.; Anderson? Mills of : Mayesville wa$ ist tpwa -Monday, on business. ]?rX M? Mi Mattison,' of AttSersom was in the cit? ?n busing last "week: Mr. Claude Kharne," now of ^ilmto? tdi?? N. C.', spent Sunday in'; the city. T?iss Augusta Folsom has returned after spending a pleasant week in M??&ing; M'rV WV B. Burgess after a stay of several weeks at Sardinia has returned to the ci ty. Mrs. James H. Daws of Philadel? phia, is visiting her mother Mrs. W. H. Epperson. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Eyttenberg, of New York;-spent several days in the city last week. Miss Helen Willeford left yester? day for Kershaw to "visit her sister, Mrs. J. A. McCaskiH. Mr. Bernard P. Shore left a few days since for Tucson, Arizona, where he will spend sometime. Miss Lou ??te went over ta see her brother Bev. J. Thos. Pate, D. D., in Florence, Friday morning.' - Mrs. C. C. Fishburne and children who have been visiting Mrs. H. I. Ingram have returned to Colubmia. Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Crowder, of Fairfax Co., Va., spent Saturday and Sunday in this city, at Hotel Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Campbell have gone to Charleston for a few days stay where they will attend the Exposition. Mr. Marion Dorn, who was severely gored by a bull a few weeks ago is able to be out again and was in the city. Monday. Mrs. J. A. Schwerin and children and Mr. J. A. Schwerin, Jr., left yes? terday morning for Charleston where they will spend a month or more. Miss Nellie Epperson,- who bas been at school in Georgia, sustained severe injuries from a fall from the second story piazza of the school building a few days ago and has been brought home for treatment. Citizens are not registering rapidly for the municipal election. Valentines of all kinds on sale at H. G. Osteenvife Co's, book store. Attention is directed to the- adver? tisement of Clark & Parrott, opti? cians. Call on them at Hughson's Drug Store. The police who were to duty Monday night say that the cold was more intense than on any previous night of the winter. The weather was too cold the last few nights for the ghosts to walk and those who were watching for them were net disturbed in the least. A handsome tile ?oor is being put down in China's drug store and there has been a crowd around the door each day watching: the progress of the work and seeing that it is done right. No better track for a fireman's tournament could be found than Main Street affords and if the tournment is held here in the spring all records will be broken. D. J. Chandler, the Clothier, ad? vertises today his annual clearance sale of winter clothing and underwear. No greater bargains in these lines have heen offered this season. The merchants who do a time busi? ness are over-run this year with ap? plications for advances. Many farm ?ers who are not accustomed to giving liens on their crops are now forced by necessity to ask for advance. A farmer from the upper part of the county brought sixty bushels of peas to town for saleflast week, and, as peas are scarce"this year, he made a satis? factory sale and is of the opinion that peas are a profitable crop. February 14th will be Woodmen of the World day at the Charleston Ex? position. A delegation of Sumter Woodmen may go down to participle in the occasion. The alarm of fire last Wednesday afternoon was caused by a defective flue at the residence of Mr. Isaac Strauss. The blaze was extinguished without the aid of the fire department, and before damage of any consequence had resulted. The sheriff had no sales to make Monday, but Auctioneer Jervey sold several old horses and mules at auc? tion in front of the court house. Prices for this class of live stock are not high and ten dollars was a big price. Game Cock Lodge will attend the Pythian Day celebration at the Charleston Exposition with a strong delegation of Knights. Interest in the trip is increasing daily and if a schedule can be arranged to suit the knights nearly all of the Game Cock Knights will join the delegation. MARRIED; Mr. Hen:ry C. McLeod and Miss Lottie Young, both of R?mberts,* were married on Thursday evening, January 30th at the home of Mrs. Mary Young, the bride's mother, near Remberts, this county, the Rev; Mr. Smith per? forming the ceremony. Ministerial Association. The Ministerial Association held its regular meeting Monday at 12 o'clock, at Mr. Satterwhite's residence. All the members of the body were present except. Dr. C. C. Brown, who whs absent from the city. The objec; of the Association is to promote the common interests of the city, to encourage all true' efforts at reform and in every way to build up and strengthen the moral tone of the community? The social, intellectual and moral features of these meetings are given prominence and act as* a stimulus to th? pastors in their work: Through this happy medium it is h?ped much good" will result to the -churches The meeting- Monday was one of peculiar?nferes* and profit. Owing to the-limited seating capacity- of the Lutheran and Bart lette Street Baptists Churches, it was decided to- open these two '? churches for worship the first Sunday:hight'iiiMarch', that be? ing the regular ' night for union ser? vices. ; Dr." N~ W: . Edmunds will preach', in the Bartlette Street Baptist Church and Rev. W. A. Fairy in th?" Luther? ai* Church. The nest'meeting of; the Association w?fl be he?? in the parlors of th? First Baptist C&?rehV Monday after'the 1st Sunday in'March, at 120'c??ok. Secretary. . The .?nntB? meeting of the stock? holders' of v the ' Sumter.' Telephone Manufacturing Comply was held last Wednesday: ? The action taken' by the board of directors at a meeting held previously;; mention of. which has be?n made, was "confirmed and the" meeting was of a merely routine character. . An effort will be made to haye the annual meeting of ;the State Firemen's Association in th?s<aty in the spring, and hold at the same time the biggest Firemen's Tournament eyer held in South Carolina. The idea is an excel? lent one and should be encouraged by the business men and citizens general? ly. The Association and Tournament would bring a largp crowd to the city and liven up things considerably. Money could not be more profitably spent than in converting the sandbeds that make ail the roads entering this city so extremely heavy into hard clay and sand turnpikes. Five miles of hard clay roadway on each of the public roads leading into the city would facilitate travel wonderfully and the business of the town would be benefitted more than by the construe- . tion of another railroad. A thousand dollars a year for five or six years would put the principal roads in first class shape. President Hyatt, of the Goods Roads Association, has invited Mr. G. W. Reardon to attend the Good Roads, meeting in Charleston for the purpose of laying before that body his pian;for the construction of good roads in this state with convict labor" under State control and direction. The invitation resulted from correpsondence in which Mr. Reardon outlined his ideas on the subject Mr. Hyatt writes that the plan is so excellent that it should be brought to the attention of the Good Roads Association. The Southeastern Tariff Association promises to make material reductioss in insurance rates in-this State if the law forbidding the association to ope? rate in South Carolina is repealed. A list of towns and the reductions in rates proposed has been published, but there is no mention of Sumter in this connection. If a reduction is to be made the property owners of Sumter feel that rates should be lowered in this city if anywhere. A great deal of money has been spent and every effort made to give protection against fire, and if our water system and fire de? partment does not entitle this city to lower rates, the money and efforts ex ; pended have been in vain. A nail, a string and a piece of rosin, in the hands of a practical joker, can be made to produce a nerve rocking variety of mysterious noises that are, to the uninitiated, altogether inex? plicable. The string and rosin jokers have been out on a raid several nights recently and have been detected in the act at more than one honse. At one place visited they abandoned the nail and string, leaving these ghost raising implements attached to the weatherboarding. It is at least possi? ble that these facts may suggest a rea? sonable explanation of the ghost story that has been causing so much talk and discussion during the past few days. The suggestion that the anneal meeting of the State Fireman's Asso? ciation be held in this city and that a big firemen's tournament be arranged for the same time meets with almost unanimous approval and if the firemen will take hold of the matter at once there will be but little difficulty in making a success of the Firemen's Week. The two hose companies should hold a joint meeting and ap? point committees composed of business men as well as firemen to work up tho tournament and make all necessary arrangements. The sooner an organi? zation is perfected and committees put to work the better chances there will be for making a great success of the undeitaking. THE LEE COUNTY "RE-SURYEY. Maj. W. Loring Lee who has been engaged in making an accurate survey of Lee County was in the city Saturday ? for the first time in several weeks, j He has been hard at work on the sur { vey and would have completed it be? fore returning had he not been com? pelled to discontinue work temporarily by a freshet in Lynches River. He has reached a point some distance be? low Lynchburg and has but a few miles more of the line to run before , reaching his starting point. The sur ! vey has been a long, tedious and difli cult undertaking, as the original sur? vey was inaccurate in many places and the lines stated did not coincide with the points mentioned. The survey will be completed within a few days after the highwater subsides and the sur? veying party can reenter Lynches Riv? er swamp. COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. Report of Regular Monthly Meeting Held February 4th. The county board of commissioners met in regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. ' 4th, with Supervisor Seale and Com? missioners McNeil and Kilgore present. The minutes of January 7th, and 8th and 15th were read and approved. The bond of E. T. Windham, dis? penser at Sumter with C. W. Sfcansell, Archie China, and Mrs. Sophie R. Schwerin as sureties, and L. L.' Baker, dispenser at Bishopville, with W. K. Cross well, N. B. Scarborough and John C. Shaw as sureties, were pre? sented and approved by the board. The board signed a wage contract with D. J. Griffith, Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, oh the part of the board of directors for nine convicts for work on public road for one yeaT from Jan. 27, 1902 at $4 per month each and feed and clothes. A petition for opening public road from Sniloh Church viaPisgah Church io Remberts P. 0., was planted. The petition was granted with the un? derstanding that the road hands withr in four miles open said road and put it in condition and petitioners pay for survey; the road machinery be used i for rounding said road. A petition was granted for opening public road from near residence of T. Scott DuBose to near Hebron' Church hear DuBcWs Cross Roads, with t?'e proviso that the road . be ?pe?ed and Jaept up for 3 years without expense to the county. A humber of accounts were audited and ordered paid. The board'then ad? journed until March. Blown to Atoms. The old idea that the body- sometimes needs a powerful, drastic, purgative pill has been exploded ; for Dr King's New life Pills, which are perfectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the the system and absolutely cure constipation and sick headache. Only 25c at J F W DeLorme's drug store. 1 A Negro Swindler Captured. Policeman Seymour arrested a sharp coon from Texas Monday, and Magis? trate Wells sent him to the chain gang yesterday for fifty days. The negro said his name was Charlie Johnson and that he came from Manning, Georgetown, Charleston or Texas. He had every mark of a thoroughgoing rascal, and if he had not been pulled for one crime the law would probably have got him for another before many days. The arrest was made for swin? dling Charles Vaughn, an old negro man. Vaughan was in town trying to buy a cheap horse or mule and had ?15 with which to make the purchase. . Johnson ascertained this and proceed-' ed to ingratiate himself in Vaughn's confidence. He told Vaughn that he could buy a horse cheaper than Vaughn could, and persuaded him to give up his money. Johnson, as soon as he got the money, gave Vaughn the silp by dodging through the back lots. Later on he was captured by Officer Seymour, but not before be had stolen a dollar from a man who sent him to the dispensary with a ten dollar bill to buy whiskey for him. Two cases were made against him in the Magis? trate's court and the aggregate sentence was fifty days as stated above. On Jellies preserves and pickles, spread a thin coating of PURE REFINED PARAFFINE Will keep them absolutely moisture and acid proof. Pure Refined Paraffine is also useful in a dozen other ways about tho house Full directions in each package. Sold everywhere. STANDARD OIL CO. Ti?? NOTICK. Office of County Board of Commis? sioners. Sumter, S. C., Jan. 16, 1902. The County Board of Commission? ers have placed Licenses for the fiscal year, A. D., 1902, as follows: Hawkers and Peddlers, Stoves, Ranges, Clocks and Lightning Rods, each $50.00 Sewing Machines, Pianos and Organs, each. 25.00 All Peddlers on foot of any goods, not specified, 20.00 All Peddlers in one horse wagon of any goods not specified, 40.00 On travelling Bands of Persons trading in stock or doing a general Bartering Business, 8100.00. Magistrates throughout the county aro specially charged with making arrests under this notice, of parties trading without License. WM. H. SEALE, Co. Supervisor. Attest: Thos. V. Walsh, Clerk. FOR SALE A King Cotton Seed. Oct 9-tf limited quantity of Apply to W. B. Boyle WANTED Hickory. Dogwood and Persimmon Logs. SOT'THKUN HARDWOOD COMPANY, Charleston. S. C. nov 20 4m BOARDING and Lodging. *l per ?lay. Seduction by the week. H. G. Muldfcw^ m Spring Skeet. Charles? ton, & C. Ja*, 82-lm. FOR ?&MtMML?Mim 9 For Men, Boys and Children, Will be sold At Cost? AT CO At Cost* JVo Goods Charged at Cwt Prices We don't wan* to carry over any ?f the present season's stock for next season's selling, hence this sale. Clothier and Furnisher. Sumter, S. C.