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A SKIN GAME OF FIRE INSURANCE. --?-:- ' ! Great Dissatisfaction With the Ad? justment in Norfolk-The Poli? cies Scaled Down. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 13.- The exp?ri? ence of many who suffered loss during the Atlantic Hotel fire who held in? surance policies upon property de? stroyed and the details of the settle? ment of their losses are highly inter? esting to all who hold insurance poli? cies. There is great dissatisfaction among policy holders with the action of some of the insurance adjusters represent? ing companies who had risks. One man who had a policy for say $6,000 on furniture detsroyed, present? ed, it is stated, a claim for that amount. He was asked to produce bills for the articles destroyed, and as the things were bought within a year or so, secured these bills, which, it is stated, aggregated about one-fourth more than the sum for which they were insured. Now he thought that he would, when he made this showing, be paid the face of his policy. He ^erred. The - adjusters are reported to have discount? ed the claim forty per cent, alleging that the property had depreciated that much by usage. This brought the unfortunate's claim for $6,000 down to, say, $3,600. The claimant, a man of compar? atively small means, wishing to re-en? ter business, then allowed the insuring company to discount the bill one per cent, and now hopes to get his money. He had been paying premiums on a $6,000 policy, and"when the loss came received, say, $3.564. He thinks" he was robbed, because he was not able to fight the insurance company in the courts, and is by no means alone in thinking so. Another policy-holder, who held a "blanket" policy, it is stated, was told by the company's non-resident representative that the company would not consider that policy in the settle? ment. The Norfolk agent of the insur i:ag company is reported to have said that the insured had paid $75 for the policy ; that he had "beat. '' And on the spot promised the insured to pay him back the $75 from his private funds. Norfolk business circles ring with these matters, and one of the com? panies, which is charged with "skin niing" afire sufferer to the extent of $1,800, will, business men say, there? by lose a $200,000 line of insurance tiiey have here and probable as much more. Something That Will Do You Good. We know of no wsiy in which we can be ?of more service to our readers than to tell them of something that will be of real good to them. For this reason we want to acquaint them with what we consider one of the very best remedies on the m&rket for coughs, colds, and that alarm? ing complaint, croup. We refer to Cham herlaia's Cough Remedy. We have used, it with such good results in our family so lor g that it has become a household nee ?esaity. By its prompt use we haven't any doubt but that it has time and again pre -ver.ted croup. The testimony is given upon our own experience, and we suggest that our reader, especially those who have small children, always keep it in their homes as a safeguard against croup. Camden (S C) Messenger. For sale by Dr A J China. TICKLISH. Ia redistricting the State for Con? gressional representation the Generai Assembly every ten years (or new census) has a delicate job. Counties or divisions must be placed so as to secure 1 ' compact' ' and 4 * contiguous5 ' territory. The difficulty arises in avoiding putting two incumbent Con ? gressmen in the same District-as one in such case would necessarily have tc? go overboard. Here comes in the ""politics," trading, scheming, and wire pulling. To illustrate-here is a youjag Demosthenes who thinks he eou!:d life the rafters at Washington-in. last campaign, well called "spell-bind? ers"-he agrees with an incumbent to vote*, to fix to suit , him on condition tha$ he retire after a term and throw the weight of his mighty influence in favor of the coming Calhoun. And thus there are a thousand tricks, and maneuvers in the scramble for ploiti c?l place.-Laurens Advertiser. Two Lieutenant Governors. To the Editor of The State. A hundred years ago the lieutenant governor of South Carolina was Col. Richard Winn of Fairfield county. He came from Virginia and was one of Carolina's Revolutionary soldiers. In the famous battle of Hanging j Rock, at which Gen. Sumter so hand somely defeated the British and Tories, Col. Winn was wounded. He became a major general in the militia and was an early congressman from South Carolina. He removed to Ten? nessee, wfc.ere he died in 1812. It is said of him that he "neverused vulgar or profane language." The lieutenant governor of South Carolina at the present time is Col. J. H. Tillman of Edgefield county. Con? cerning this young man I will simply state that he invited Nelson A. Miles to South Carolina. McDoanld Furman. Privateer. Sumter County, Feb. 13. A Southern VYreck at Clifton. Spartanburg, Feb. l-l.--This morn? ing the fast passenger train which pre? cedes the vestibule about one hour south-bound over the mainline of the Southern railway, ran into a siding at Clifton, and smashed up a number of box cars. Nearly every one of the coaches attached to the passenger were also derailed, but none were turned topsy turvey. Fortuntely no one was seriously hurt, the colored fireman of the passenger train being the only person bruised up badly, and his injuries are only temporary. The tender of the locomotive was derailed some distance from the spot where the coaches were thrown off the track, and the engine was demolished. About 150 yards of the roadbed of the track was badly torn up, thus imped? ing traffic for a considerable length of time. As the train was going at a high rate of speed, the wonder is that some of the passengers were not killed outright. SECRETARY HAT TO OOH. Unable to Follow Policy of the President. Chicago, Feb. 12.-A Washington telegram to the Chronicle says : Secretray Hay's retirement from the Cabinet is believed by persons who are familiar with recent diplomatic events to bea matter of only a few weeks. The Secretary is known to ^ be chagrined over the proposed trip of Prince Henry of Prussia, noi; only be? cause he was not consulted before President Roosevelt indicated to the German Ambassador that Prince Henry would be extended a cordial welcome, but because he regards the whole proceeding with discontent. The President has done many things since he came to Washington last September that have been displeasing to Mr. Hay. He has developed an independence of thought and action which are all the more remarkable be? cause the Secretary of State was not taken into his confidence beforehand. The President has adopted new lines of diplomacy that diverge widely from those followed by Mr. Hay during the last Administration. He has exhibit? ed a tendency to extend a cordial friendship to the representatives of all the Powers and not confine those at? tentions to one representative. The Secretary's influence in the Cabinet for several months past bas not been equal to his position for the reason that he has not been able to get in touch with the President's policy. It is believed that his retirement will be announced before the close of March. His friends are agreed that he is ready to step out whenever the President is ready to fill his place. In view of the proceedings which were observed in the cases of Secretary Gage and Postmaster General Smith, it is not improbable that Secretary Hay's resignation is now in the hands of the President. The recent wedding breakfast episode in which all his col? leagues of the Cabinet figured to their own disadvantage has seriously strain? ed his personal relations with those colleagues. There is another reason why the Secretary is believed to have a desire to resign. Who his successor will be is largely a matter of conject? ure, but the general belief in Wash? ington has been and is that Secretary of War Root will be promoted' from his present position, to the State portfolio. Secretary Root is in complete sym? pathy with the President's policy. Coming into the Cabinet, as he did, after the war with Spain, he possesses none of the preiudices or dislikes which grew out of that period. He was, perhaps, the only member of the Cabinet aside from Attorney General Knox who was taken into the Presi? dent's ^confidence about the coming visit of Prince Henry, and it is known that he fully approved the President's plans. Mr. Hay, on the other hand, is believed to regard them with disap? proval. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy for a number of years and have no hesitancy in saying that it is the best rem? edy for coughs, colds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express my confidence in this reme? dy.-Mrs J' A Moore, North Star, Mich. For sale by Dr A J China. DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM SUMTER. The following is the scheduled leav? ing time of all trains carrying passen? gers from this city, including local freights : A. C. L. No. 35-Orangeburg, Augusta and Atlanta, 4.33 a. m. No. 32- Florence and Northern points, 6.19 p. m. No. 9-Local freight, Sumter to Robbins, 6.30 a. m. No. 12-Local freight, Sumter to Florence, 3.10 p. m. No. 54-Sumter to Florence, 8.20 a. m. No. 55-Sumter to Columbia, 9.15 p. m. No. 56-Darlington, Bennettsville, Gibson and Bishopville, 6.50 p. m. No. 24-Local freight, Bishopville, Darlington and Hartsville, 10 a. m. No. 59-Sumter to Charleston, Tuesday, Thursdav and Saturdav, 8.25 a. m. No. 52-Sumter to Columbia 9.25 a. m. No. 53-Sumter to Charleston, 6.13 p. m. No. 35 makes connection at Creston for Eutawville and other points on Pregnal Branch. NORTHWESTERN R. R. No 73-Mixed train-Sumter to Wil? son's Mill, 3 p. m. No. 71-Sumter to Camden 9.45 a. m. No 69-Mixed-Sumter to Camden, 6.25 p. m. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. No. 80-Sumter to Charleston, and Columbia, 6.40 a. m. No. 82-Sumter to Camden, 10.20 a. m. No. S4-Sumter to Camden, 3.30 p. m. For Stomach Troubles. "I have taken a great many different medicines for stomach trouble and consti? pation," says Mrs S Geige: of Dunkerton, Iowa, "but never had as good results from aDy as from Chamberlain's Stomach aud Liver Tablets." For sale by Dr A J China. Two Fan!:?. "You hunt too merl!." said Louis XV. j to the archbishop of Narbonne. "How ; can you prohibit your curates from j hunting if you pass your life in setting j them such an exanifSleV" "Sire." said Dillon, "for my cur;:ter. ! the chase is a fault: for myself it is V.J \ fault of mv ancestors." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the "yjSfcjT Signature of ^AjZr7K7^?cJU/t^ RAMPANT AMERICANISM. ?| Wheeler of Kentucky Makes Sen? sational Attack-Denounces jg Lord Pauncefote. J Washington, Feb. 14.-The mono? tony of a private pension day in rthe house was enlivened today by a very sensational speech from Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky in denunciation of what the denominated "fiunkeyism" to foreign countries. Hejftopk the recent statements emanatingffrom continent? al cabinets regarding the attitude of Great Britain during the Spanish war as a text for a wholesome attack upon the trend of our recent diplomacy. In the course of his remarks he severely scored Secretary Hay and declared that if Lord Pauncefote had sought, as was alleged to circumvent us during the war of 1898 the sooner he was shipped across the seas the better. He also took occasion to criticise the president for his reported intention to send his daughter to the coronation of King Edward and to protest against the official reception of Prince Henry. His speech aroused the house to a high pitch of excitement and elicited from Mr. Boutell of Illinois a spirit? ed defense of Secretary Hay whom he eulogized in high terms. Several oth? er members of the Republican side took a hand and later in the afternoon Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, in a 20 minutes speech, took Mr. Wheeler to task for his "inopportune protest" and ' re? hearsed the visit of the Prince of Wales to this country in 1890 and his reception by President Buchanan. Committee vs. Jim Tillman. In the senate Thursday Mr. Blake ney, for the committee on rules, asked leave to insert in the journal the reasons actuating the committee in deciding in response to a request for an opinion, that "a motion to postpone indefinitely" is open to debate under Rule 14 of" the senate. The presiding officer-replied that ' the committee had permission to insert in the journal all of Jefferson's Manual, Cushing's Manual, or the Marquis of Queensbury rules if it so desired. The committee did not avail itself of this privilege, however, but prepared the following clear and pointed statement, which will appear in the senate journal today : By resolution of the senate, it was referred to the committee on rules to consider and r?port whether or not a motion " to postpone indefinitely" is debatable under Rule 14 of the senate. The committee reported that the said mption is debatable under the rule and this report was unanimously adopted by the senate. Whereupon the president," to sustain the previous rul? ing of the chair, which was at variance with the report of the committee, says in the journal as follows : "The chair respectfully cites the committee to Jefferson's Manual and heartily commends it to the commit? tee on rules for diligent study. . . . Of course the interpretation placed on the rule by the committee on rules will be henceforth observed, however much at variance it may be with par? liamentary law." I *~^*S8 The committee on rules takes no pleasure in antagonizing any ruling of the chair, but it will not shirk its duty in reporting upon any matter referred to it. ~"JV Rule 14 provides eight motions that may be entertained when a question is under debate, "the first four of which shall be determined without debate." The motion to "postpone indefinitely" is No. 5 of said motions and therefore comes within the same category as a motion "to amend," or "to strike out the enacting clause." Not being one of the first four motions that are to be decided without debate, the motion "to postpone indefinitely" is necessarily debatable in the absence of any other rule of the senate to the contrary. There is no such rule. Therefore, "expressio unius, exclu sio alterius. " The rule 14 was amended at the ses? sion of 1901 (See senate journal, page 164, ) so as to make the motion in ques? tion debatable to meet the then ruling of the chair. This amendment was necessary, because a motion 1 ' to post? pone indefinitely" is strictly a motion on the merits. Subsequent to the adoption of the amendment at the last session, the present presiding offi? cer of the senate allowed the motion in question to be debated (see senate journal 1901, pages 189 and 385). Now, however, the rule as amended is ruled non-debatable and Jefferson's Manual is cited as authority. Under rule 42 of the senate, Jeffer? son's Manu?! governs only in cases not embraced in the rules of the senate. As shown, this question is so em? braced, but a "diligent study" of Jeffersons' Manual only sustains the report of the committee. It is need? less to quote, but see Jefferson's Man? ual, rule 22, page 148 : also see rules U. S. house of representatives, page 240, rule 26, subdivision 4, under heading "debate." This is also con? firmed on pages 369 and 373, under heading, "postpone." On page 468, we find. "On motion to postpone in? definitely tbe whole question is open to debate." Nowhere in Mr. Jeffer? son's works, as complied by resolution of the United States house of repre? sentatives, do we find that a motion to postpone indefinitely is not debata? ble. ^ W. S. Blakeney, Chairman Committee on Rules. ???I -^t Ee:;t.iK'. v sr**: A barber was j ; : s t linislimg la the;-] a customer and w.is i nking volubly, as usual. "Yes. sir." he Kl id. "there's m> care? lessness allowed by our employer. Ev cry time we cu? s customer's lace wv ure final $1. nnd if we make an t:.u.y gush i; costs ns S-L" Then, picking up RIK! brandish;! z his razor, he added: "''.ut I don** e.?;<' a rap today. I've jr.st won $10." Accounting: For It Obernien Hy. "Il may be merely fancy." remarked Mrs. Seldom-Holme. "but since my hus ban began ?Irinking the water from that iron spring he has seemed to !.?. ten times as obstinate as he used te be." "Perhaps.*' suggested Mrs. Xe:alcn\ "the water ls tinctured with pig iron.' -Chicago Tribune. TROTTER AND PACER. Eleata still has abont $70,000 worth of engagements. The Boston challenger cup race will take place at Cleveland Sept 4. Shadow Chimes won the $3,000 Pan American stake; best time, 2:07%. Schley Pointer, by Star Pointer, 1:59%, has cut his pacing record to 2:1% According to Boston reports an offer of $12,000 has been refused for Ana? conda. The Caro (Mich.) track stables were struck by lightning and three horses destroyed, among them Aethon, 2:19%. Dr. Book, 2:10, has been sold By E. E. Smathers to C. K. G. Billings of Chicago, and will be relegated to mati? nees and speedways. v I. T. Washburn, 2:15?2, by Rupee, 2:11, who has been pacing so well on the New York half mile tracks, was used on a butcher's delivery wagon last year. Little Tobe, 2:19%, the pony trotter, by.Pamlico, 2:10, took his record seven years ago, but still has a great turn of speed, as he worked a half at Balti? more the other day in 1:07. An effort will be made to get Cres ceus for an exhibition at Old Orchard, Me. The kite track there is very fast, and as local enthusiasts think the champion could trot it close to two minutes they talk of subscribing a purse sufficiently large to attract him. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Do not cut the lawn too close in mid? summer. The quince is a great feeder and needs good cultivation. The more cabbage plants are hoed the better they will thrive. Red raspberries and blackberries may be allowed to grow two two and one-half feet high and should then be nipped hack. Cucumber vines should be picked over carefully every day, for in favor? able weather the fruit comes on with wonderful rapidity. Small trees are more easily dug, have better roots, can be packed better, cost less freight, replace more readily any loss of roots and make handsomer trees than large ones. In growing larkspur from seed sow the seed in August, as soon as it ripens, In a pot In the greenhouse. As soon as the plants are large enough transplant them into boxes. Winter them in cold frames. Trees that have been grafted this spring should be all gone over carefully and all the water sprouts rubbed off, so that the sap will all go to the grafts and Induce a thrifty growth. FISH AS FOOD. The Be?t Kinda to Kat aad the Way to Cook Them. Fish constitutds one of the most val? uable articles of diet for mankind, al? though the popular notion that it is a good brain food because of the phos? phorus it contains is Incorrect. As a matter of fact fish meat in general con? tains less phosphorus than most kinds of flesh meat. But it is good for the brain indirectly, for It Is less stimulat? ing than flesh meat, ls usually digested more easily and causes the production in the system of fewer of the waste products which, if not at once elimi? nated, act injuriously upon thc deli? cate nervous system. The last mentioned property 1? one which renders fish of especial vs lue In the diet of persons suffering from Bright's disease and other affections of the kidneys, from rheumatism, gout, and all those diseases which many phy? sicians regard as the result of excessive formation or retention of uric acid. For convalescents also it is most useful, as it supplies a fair amount of nutritive material in palatable form, with a min? imum of tax on the digestive organs. Among the most nourishing and at the same time, digestible fish are blue? fish, shad, red snapper, fresh codfish, whitefish, striped bass, halibut and flounders. And equally nutritious, al? though perhaps less digestible, are brook trout, lake trout, salmon, mack? erel and eels. Roe is not particularly nutritious, but it is agreeable to the taste and fairly digestible. .The mode of preparation has much to do with the digestibility of fish, as it has with that of all other foods. Boil? ing and broiling are better modes of cooking than frying. The chief objection to fish is its proneness to decomposition, even when kept on ice. It may be free from any taste or odor, and yet it may have un? dergone changes which make it poison? ous. Some fish are poisonous in them? selves, containing in the natural state some substance which will cause alarm? ing symptoms, or even death, if eaten. With some persons fish in any form does not agree, causing digestive disor? ders or skin eruptions. This is notably true of lobsters and crabs.-Youth'?: Companion. _ Tit Por Tal. Slopay- I want you to make another suit for mc Tailor (rel uctantty )-Yes ? Slopay-Yes. Now let me see some? thing in the way of a check. Tailor-Ail right; but suppose you dc the same for me.-Philadelphia Press. Everything (JOCH Wron RT. "Why do you seem to dislike Mr. Simpson. Miss Hopkins?" "Oh, he's ihe man who never comos in your house without putting ni) the broken window shade, sitting in the disabled chair or getting the cracked teacup." -Detroit Free Press. What It Meant. "Flenry, JOW is tbe plot of that ses novel running?" "Well, just at this chapter Vnere is a terrible storm, and the passengers are afraid the boat will go to the top." "Yon mean to the bottom?" "No: this is a submarine boat."-Phil? adelphia Record. MORE COTTON to the acre at less cost, means more money. More Potash in the Cotton fertilizer improves the soil; increases yield-larger profits. Send for our book (free; explaining how to get these results. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. This preparation contains all of the digestan ts and digests all kinds of food. Itgives instant relief and never fails to cure, lt 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. Ii can't help hui do you good Prepared only by E.G. DEWITT & Co., Chicaef The $L bottle contains VA times the 50o. size J S HUG-HSON & CO EGGS. I am offering Eggs from a yard of extra fine, large, pure bred BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Eggs in season $1.00 per sitting of 13. Or? ders filled promptly. W. B. MURRAY, Sumter, S, C. Feb 5 M RETURNS FOR 1802. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY SUMTER. S. C.. Dec. 2 1901. NOTICE is hereby given that I will attend in person or by deputy, at the following places on the days indicated respectively, for the purpose of receiving returns of real estate, personal property and poll taxes for the fiscal year commencing January 1st. 1902. At office, Sumter, S. C., at all other times up to Feb 30th. 1902. inclusive. Tindall's Store, Thursday. Jan 2d Privateer (Jenkins' Store), Friday. Jan 3d. Manchester (Geo T Geddings), turday. Jan 4th. Wedgefield, Monday. Jan 6th Stateburg, Tuesday, Jan 7th. Hagcod, Wednesday, Jan 8th. Rembert, Thursday, Jan 9tb. Smithville, Friday, Jan 10th. Gallard's X Road?, Saturday, Jan Uth Gordon's Millt Monday. Jan 13th Mayeaville, Tuesday,. Jan 14th ?cott6vi!le, Wednesday, Jan l5th Shiloh, Tbnrpday, Jan 16th. No-wood's X Koads, Friday, Jan 17th Lynchbarg Saturday, Jan 18th. Magnolia. Monday, Jan 20ih. Reid's Mill. Tuesday. Jan 21st. . Bi8bopville, Wednesday ard Thursday. Jan 22d and 23d Mannville. Friday, Jan 24tb. Boess d, Saturday, Jan 25th. The law requires that all persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, etc., return the same under oath to the Au? ditor, who requests all persons to be prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per cent, penalty which will be added to the property valuation of :ill persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day of January. 1902. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the li rsi given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each town? ship wileri- the property is located and also in each and every casi* the number of tho school district must be given. Every male citizen between thc age of twenty-one and sixty years on the first day of January. l!H)l. except those incapable of earning :i support from being maimed or from other causes, are deemed taxable pools, and except Confederate soldiers 50 years of agi-, on January 1st. I?H??. All returns must he made on or liefere the ~y>\\\ dav of February, next. 1 cannot take returns after that date and all returns made after the 20th day of February are subject to a penah y of 50 per cent. .7. DICCS WILDER. Dec 4 tf Auditor Sumter Cou ut y. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. I WILL HOLD injtho Court House, Sumter, S. C., on Friday, the 21st day of February, at 0 a. m., examina? tions for teachers' certificates. All persons wishing to stand the examina? tion will please be on hand. W. P. BASKIN, Conn tv Superintendent. Jan. 22 ii. Land Surveying. WILL GIVE prompt attention to all cads for surveying and platting lands, BANKS H. BOYKIN, Oct 10-o Catchall. S. C. MICE TO maka OPK CB OF COUNTY TBEA8?REB SUMTER 00. SUMTES, S. C., Sept 24,190?L 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 ia as follows: For State purposes, 5 milk. For County purposes, 3 mills. For School purposes. 3 mills. Total levy, ll Also thejfollowing special school School District No. 1, 2 mills. School District No. 16, 2 mills. School District No. 18, 2 milla. School District No. 20, 3 mills. Mt. Clio, 2 mills. Concord, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mills. No. 5. 1 mill. No. ?7, 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. li*, 1902. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, sept 24 Treasurer Sumter Co. TILIZERS For 1902. OUR BRANDS : All high grade goods made from pure materials and guaranteed. Cerealite Top Dressing, BoykinJ8 Dissolved Animal Bone, Phoenix Crop Grower. Boykin'e (Jereai Fertilizer, Yancey's Formula for Yellow Leaf Tobacco, Boykin'e Eagle Phosphate, Boyki?'s Alkaline Bone, Everybody's Fertilizer, Boykin's Dissolved Bone Phosphate, Home Formulas for composting Always on hand : Nova Scotia Land Plaster, Muriate Potash, High Grade Sulphate Potash, ^Kainit, Sul? phate Ammonia, Nitrate Soda, Paris Green. All kinds of Chemicals.. FOR SALE BY The Home Fert. Chem. Works, Baltimore, Md. THOS. S. SUMTER, AGENT, SUMTER, 8. C. Dec ll A CARD. Sumter; S. C., Aug. 22, 1901. Crosswell & Co. beg to an? nounce that their business af? ter September 1st will be con? fined entirely to the wholesale trade. We wish to thank the pub? lic and our many retail cus? tomers for their land and gen? erous patronage, and assure them that should we ever enter into the retail business again that it will be our aim as in the past to serve them to the best of our ability. We invite merchants, here and in adjacent territory, to get our prices before making purchases, believing we can save them money. Yours truly, CROSSWELL & CO., PHONE 53. Aug 23 THE BANK IN SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid ia, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 Individual liability cf stockholders m czceiB of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business : also has ?. Savings Bnnk Department. Deposits of Si and upward received interest allowed at the rate of 4 \er cent, per annan?, payable semi-annually. W F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President MARIO* .V?OISS, W.F. RHAMI, Vice-Prea'.den?. Cashier. Jan 31. TURNIP SEED, Onion Sets-leading 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 Drog Store.