The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 05, 1902, Image 8

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Tlie Old Man's Adven?ase s, A man past fifty can do with less sleep than younger men. He can en? dure greater steady and prolonged strain. He can bear his burden day after day with less need cf recreation. The young man can "sprint," but he cannot "stay" like the man with brain grown iron and nerves steel by many years of trailing. Elderly men are less temptable. They are of fixed moral habit. Appetite and passion are under control. For better or for worse they are a calculable quantity, with slight variations to be taken into account. Elderly men are more loya 1 as friends if they are friends. Their at? tachment to a cause or a commercial house is less changeable. They have, moreover, given fconds for good beha? vior in the persons of grown families whose respect is to them dearer than Jife. They know the difficulty of re? pairing mistakes. Elderly men actually have experi? ence. The older man best reads char? acter. He is the wisest to select agents. -Washington Times. Nebraska "Bug Eaters." A Nebraska judge was asked how it j was that the citizens of his state were nicknamed "bug eaters." The name is applied to us some? times in the east," answered the judge frankly. "It originated many jears ago in a peculiar way, incident to a speech. Back in 1S74 a swarm of grass? hoppers descended upon our fair state and despoiled everything. Crops were swept away before this army of in sects, and the people were left desti- j tote. An appeal went up for aid, and ] some of our eloquent Nebraskans jour- j neyed east to plead our cause. One of j these eloquent citizens in a flight of : speech declared that the voracious j grasshoppers had even eaten the lires | off wagon wheels and were devouring j the railroad tracks. " 'Why, our people i have nothing but grasshoppers and j "bugs/ was the climax of this orator's j speech !" exclaimed the judge. "And now you have the history of i the sobriquet of 'bug eaters,' " he con- ! eluded.-Washington Post. An Old Superstition. Superstition connected with the sev? enth child of a seventh child is com? memorated by a tombstone in a village churchyard- near Bridgewater, Somer? set TMs inscription rues: "Sacred to the memory of Doctress Anne Pouns berry, who departed this life Dec. ll, ISlo, aged seventy-three years. Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God." Doctress was not merely an epithet but a baptismal name, for she was a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and was therefore credited with powers of healing. She practiced in herbs and charms. For king's evil this was her prescription: "Take the legs of a toad. Bake and grind them to powder with pestle and mortar. Place the powder in a bag around the neck of the suiferer.'V-London Chronicle. Antiquity of Glass. So far as research has been able to determine glass was in use 2.000 years "before the birth of Christ and was even then not in its infancy by any manner of means. In the Slade collec? tion at the British museum there is tae head of a lion molded in glass, bearing the name of an Egyptian king of the eleventh dynasty. This is th? oldest specimen of pure glass bearing any? thing like a date now known to exist. The invention now known as "bleed? ing," the mode of varnishing pottery with a thin film of glass, is believed to .date back to the first Egyptian dynas? ty. Proof of this is found in the pot? tery beads, glass glazed, found in the tombs of the age above referred to. Weeping Trees. The literature of "weeping trees'' is enormous, much of it being plainly mythical, but there is a large basis of fact upon which most of these mar relous stories rest Many travelers nave described the famous 'Tain tree" ?of Padradoca, Isle cf Ferro. John Cockburn in 1735 described a tree at Vera Pas, Central America, from which pure water continually dripped ? from every leaf and branch. Grief and Thrift. Thomas Bailey Aldrich once received a pathetic letterln a feminine hand an? nouncing the death of a little daughter and asking if he would not send in his own handwriting a verse or two from "".Babio Bell" to assuage the grief o? the household. Aldrich sent the whole poem and not long after saw it displayed in the shop of an autograph dealer, with a good, round price attached thereto. Quite Proper. *Tm thinking of sending my little girl io the conservatory." said the wo Bian next door, "All those tunes you lit?ar "her playing she picked up by ear." Then she ought to be," replied Mrs. Kostique. "Ought to be sent you mean ?" **Xo; picked up by the es\-.M- Ex? change. What Worried Her. Mrs. O'Brien-Gcod ruarnin'. Mrs. McCabe. An* pb wat makes yez look so bad? Mrs. McCabe-Shure. Dennis was sint to the penitentiary for six months. Mrs. O'brien-Well! Shure. don't wurry. Six months will soon pass. Mrs. McCabe- Shure. that's what's wurries me.-Leslie's Weekly. All !n the Family. Adams-Do you believe ir is a sign of good luck to rind a horseshoe on the road? ?. Johnson-Of course, lt is a sign of good luck for some blacksmith.-De? troit Free Press. His First Year of Law. Young Physician-What is your prac? tice mostly? Young Lawyer-Domestic economy. Chicago News. Tipping: Qnlck Lunch Waiters. Two men sat side by side on the high stools of one of those quick lunch places lined with pale tiles like a bathroom that abound in Philadelphia. One of them said to the other: "In a cafe like this few persons tip the wait? er behind the counter. They think it would be a waste of money, because thc waiter calls their orders down a tube into a kitchen somewhere under ground, and they hold that he has no jurisdiction over the portions and that they are served just the same whether they tip them or not. "Well, they are altogether mistaken. I know, for I have made a study of this matter. The waiter here has two ! tones with which to speak through the ! tube. One tone is for the patron who tips, the other for him who doesn't. Now, watch a minute." The waiker in an ordinary voice now called three or? ders and then in a strange falsetto called that 'of the man who had been speaking. "You see?" said he to his companion. "I tip and those other fel? lows don't" A moment later he added triumphantly: "Look at the difference between my order of roast beef and our friend's over there. I've got a big cut out of the heart of the roast, and he's got two or three little chunks of 'end.' Oh, yes; it pays to tip in these places as well as it does anywhere!" Philadelphia Record. Forcing: a Pension. When Thomas Snodgrass, ex-collect? or of Ganjam, Madras, was expelled from the service of the East India company owing to his extravagance, he applied for a pension, but the com? pany turned a deaf ear to him. Ac? cordingly he arrayed himself in tattered clothes and, armed with a broom, set to work sweeping a crossing in Lead? enhall street in front of the East India house. Immediately all London was agog with the intelligence that an old and distinguished officer of the East India company who had ruled over 100,000 people and reveied in a palace was now reduced in the evening of his life to the necessity of earning his bread by sweeping the streets. The king was thunderstruck and implored Mr. Snodgrass to take himself and his broom away. This he did when the company gave him his pension. Thc Celts and Green. The early Celts worshiped the dawn and the sunrise. It is more than proba? ble, therefore, that their liking for the color green which we see in their flags, sashes, etc., arose from a mistake among those who had lost a thorough knowledge of the Irish language. The sun in Celtic is called by a word pro? nounced exactly like our word "green," and it is likely that theJLrish fondness for that color arose through the strik? ing similarity of the two words. In the same way, when we talk about a greenhouse we think they are so called because plants are kept green in them during the winter; yet it is far more probable that the word is derived from the old Celtic word for sun, because greenhouses are so built as to catch the rays and heat of the sun and store them for future use. Eased Consciences. A well known English dean recently had the misfortune to lose his umbrel? la, and he rather suspected that its ap? propriation by another had not been altogether accidental. He therefore used the story to point a moral in a sermon in the cathedral, adding that if its present possessor would drop it over the wall cf the deanery garden during that night he would say no more about it. Next morning he re? paired to the spot and found his own umbrella and forty-five others. Sharks as Gan?C Fish. As game fishes sharks do not, I think, stand high- The most common ofvthem, the dusky shark, when hook? ed, circles round on the surface and usually bites oil the lines and escapes. If so hooked that the line cannot be cut. the struggle* is furious but short, the shark giving up in much less time than a game fish of half his size, such as the channel bass, salt water trout or snapper would do.-Forest and Stream. Two Expressions of Pee!. Was there ever-a more mordant and sardonic stroke of description than that .O'Connell gave of Peel's blood? lessness? "His smile was like the sil? ver plate on a coffin." Less scathing, but less witty also, was his description of a lady of a sim? ilar repellant temperament. "She had all the characteristics of a poker, ex? cept its occasional warmth." The Hardworking: Farmer. "I used to think that all farmers were overworked until I went to the county fair." "And what did you see there?" "They had chairs covered with old postage stamps and lace crosses cut out of perforated cardboard, and one woman had a quilt with 5,000 pieces in it Needn't tell me people like that are overworked unless IL is from choice!" -Washington Times. He Meant All Uig;ht. Miss Smith (io Mr. Dearborn, about to sing)-Miss Jones will play your ac? companiments. Mr. Dearborn. Miss Jones (coyly)-Oh. Mr. Dear? born plays his own accompaniments so beautifully I couldn't murder them for him. Mr. Dearborn (gallantly)-Oh. yes. you could.-Judge. What Ile Did. Cassidy-Oi hear Flanagan called ye a leinr. Casey-Ile did so. Cassidy-An' phwat did ye do? Casey-I did Flanagan.-Philadelphia Press. The Voice of Experience. "Papa." said the small hoy. looking up from his book, ''what is a curio?" "A curio." replied the father thought? fully, "is something that costs ten times what it's worth."-Chicago Post. i The Success of De Blowitz. The secret of the marvelous success of M. de Blowitz as Paris correspond? ent of the London Times is said to I have been due to the absolute and com ; plete confidence with which he inspir? ed the statesmen, thc politicians and the diplomats with whom lie was brought in contact and which he never I betrayed. They all felt that they c >G10 depend absolutely,on his discretion, no matter hew great the temptation from a journalistic point of view to d > other? wise. When the Duke Decades while play? ing billiards at the Qua; d'Crray afiei dinner one evening suddenly received the news of the purchase by the Brit? ish government of the khedive's st ck in the Suez Canal company and. wild with rage, broke forth into frantic threats against the English govern? ment, charging M. de Blowitz to make known ins indignation and the fact that he was bent on retaliation, the correspondent of The Times, who 1::::'. been one of the party present, although he saw the value cf the news, made no use of it. The pext day he met the duke, who had recovered his senses and who. grasping him by both hands, exclaim ed: "I shall never forget what yon have done for us. You have sacrificed journalistic success to your sense cf duty and to the cause of peace." The Tall Grass of Yaentan. The sisal grass of Yucatan is one of the most remarkable vegetable prod? ucts known. It grows in !o7?? blades, sometimes to the length of t?fcr or ti ve feet, and when dry the blade curls up from side to side, making a cord which is stronger than any cotton string of equal size that has ever been manu? factured. It is in m'eat dena:nd :!Juonj; florists and among manufacturers cf various kinds of grass gecds. hut as soon as its valuable properties become known it will have a thousand uses which are nov.- undreamed of. Ropes, cords. lines cf any description and any size may be manufactured of it. and a ship's cable cf sisal grass is ene of the possibilities cf the future. It is almost impervious to the action,of sa.lt water and is not readily decayed or disinte? grated by moisture and heat and will in time prove 0:10 of the m st valuable productions cf Central America. The Antiquity of the Orsa.".. The sorgaa is the mest magnificent and comprehensive of all musical in? struments. While the pipes of Pan. aside from that mythical personage, indicate a very ancient use cf pipes as a means of producing musical s :unds. the "water organ o'f tia- aneients*\fur nishos to the student of organ history the first tangible clew regarding the re? mote evolution of the instrument. In the second century the magripha. an organ of ten pipes with a crude key? board, is said to have existed, but ac c-junts cf this instrument are involved in much obscurity. It is averred that an crgan. the gift of Constantine, was in the possession of King Pepin of France in 757, but Aldhelm, a monk, makes mention of an organ with "gilt pipes" as far back as the year 700. The Tnrqsoise. The turquoise, although not credited with either remedial or protective prop? erties, so far as disease was concerned, was nevertheless regarded as a kind of sympathetic indicator, the intensity of its color being supposed to fluctuate with the health of the wearer. The latte:-, however, by virtue of the stone ho carried, could, it was said, fall from any height with impunity. The Marquis of Yileua's fool, however, was somewhat nearer the truth when he reversed the popular superstition in his assertion that the wearer of a tur? quoise might fa Ll from the top of a high tower and be dashed to pieces without breaking the stone. Genesis of Hie Horseshoe. It is known that the hoofs of horses were protected by boots of leather at a very early period in. the world's history -at a time which at least antedates Pliny and Aristotle, both of whom make mention of the fact. These leath? er boots were s ane?imes studded with metal nails, but more usually worn without extra trimming, the cheapness of that commodity making it possible for the owner of the steed to "reboot" him at any time. Curiosity. "I wish 1 could hit on some scheme," said the merchant, "to make people stop in front ot my store as they pass, if only for a moment. I think it would help business." "I've got it." put in his friend. "Put up a sign 'LcoU Out For Paint.' and PH bet my salary against a penny cruller ninety-nine men out of a hun? dred will stop to see if it's dry."-Bal? timore News. His Latin. "Why do you put so many Latin quo- j tatious into your speeches?" asked the friend. "Pm sure most of us don't un- j derstand them." "That's just the point. Miser; oves company. I want to be sure .-ere is some one besides myself vrhj doesn't know precisely what I am talking about."-Washington Star. Robert Toonil)?' Advice. A lawyer sent to Robert Toombs once and asked what he should charge a client in a case to which Mr. Toombs had just listened in the courthouse. "Well," said Toombs. "I should charge $1.000, but you ought to have $3,000, foe you did a groat many things that I would not have done." Hint Proof. A woman visiting in town complains that she has been moved from the guestroom to a back bedroom and from there to sleep three in a bed with the children. She wouldn't see a hint if it were tied OM her mirror with blue ribbon.-Atehison (?lobe. One trouble with economy is that it is usually practiced by men who do not need to exercise it-Saturday Evening In Season. Do You Run a Gin or Machinery of Any lind ? Then come to us for BELTING, either Leather or Rubber, PULLEYS or other fixtures, Machine Oils, Gin supplies in general. Your attention is invited to our fine line of SADDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS. Full stock of And everything in the Hardware line at reasonable prices. JL. B. DUR Alf T9 The Hardware Man of Sumter, Sept 18-x ATLAN?iC COAST LIKE ^orth-East8m R. R. of S C * CONDENSED SCHEDULE TRAINS GOING SOUTH Dated No. No. No No iaa 14,1901 35* 23* 53*- 61? a m p m am .a Florence 2 34 ? 45 9 40 e K ingarree 8 46 ir Lanes 3 38 3 04 pa li 2C e Lanes 3 3S 9 30 ? 46 II 30 ? r Charlton 5 04 10 55 8 30 1 0C TRAINS GOING NORTH No. Ko No ? _78* 32*" 52* r,n a tn pm * ro -, r Charlean 6 33 4 49 7 OJ i 0? \r Lsne? S ?6 615 3 33 5 S? .6 Lens* S 15 S 15 I 3? Kicgstrec 2 32 r Florene & 25 T 2fr . ti - S3 'J as .-. ~? o ; .^D&iJj fDr.iiy.ejcepi S'JUd^v So. 62 runa tbrbagh to Gcta?nhls r?* Or ai S..R.O? 8. C. Traica Nos. 7S ard 32 reo vu. Wils-cc t c ."a-ctieviile- Short Lioe-and x>?h<:< cc& onriectios fdr all point9 Ncrib. T-%ins on C. ? D R. R. Isav? Florene lei'v except Ssnday 9 50 a ?n, arrre Qaclisg :?n 0 15 ?i na, Harta ville 9 IS a ta, Che?** Ll 30 ?, n, Ts adc-sboro 2 25 p ni Leavi florence daily except Sccday ? i;5 p 2, ar .ive D.~,r?iosrtor? 9 20 p a, Bencettsvttte 9.? > E, Gir.8>ri 9 45 p'm Leav2 P?oreoc Sunday ody 9 30 a rr?, arrive Darli:? gio 10 S5 a ra Ler.^i: Gibson daiiy except Scn^ay S C m, ?ennettsviilf ? 00 a -s, arriva DarUsg OB 8 00 r? as, Isa?- Dsr?iog'.on 8 50 a x, ar rs Ploreoee 9 15 a a:. Lc.ivs Wsdbcoc ( ally except donday 3 CO p rx. Ghera ^ . ; ) m, Earlville 7 00 :. a. ?ar!;tigtftr. -J:' > tx. ^rire Florence 7 GO p ta. Le.;. : : :tig?3? Sur.daj only S 50 a z: arrive ! ncc 3 15 3 rx. r r? rrTr.*- I rxr . "TC C ~ V "* "7 ' . '.V 3. r?Ji u i { , J "< ?J B . ii* ?. Gerri Sanager vtex'i !>;if . ? M Ei?SRSON, Trafic Mftnac - T ? 8V. SRSOM f<??nM P.v?.Av t Northwestern Railroad, T1\?B TASLE NO 4 in Effect Wedneeda?, Jar: 15, ?301 ?fiVWEEN WILSONS MILL ANO SUMTE Soctb'ooaod Daily ex Sanday Norths vn. 73 Mixed 72 P u STATIONS p k 3 00 Ic Snmter ll 45 ! 03 Sau Jo^ctio^ il 4; 3 17 Tindal 111; 3 30 Paelisvi!:? ?>4 105 Silver ld 2C '15) u:.r&rd j 10 00 ..?.'0 Soaimerton , 9 2* ' 45 [ ; vi? ' 9 < 0 6 00 Jordan 8 47 ?4S A ^sirens Kill Lv 8 3; 5Si'vV52N MILLARD AK*D ST PAUL 7S 75 Daily ex Sr.c'^y 72 74 PH AK Mi.ted AX i" t. Ila 9 30 Lv Millard Ar IC Ou -: 4 4 20 ^9 40 ir M PHI:! L'. 9 t<0 4 3? BETWEEN SUM TSR ASD - 39 71 ?iscS 63 70 PM A ii Da?ij tx SLr.5ay .> ? /. : 8 "2r> 9 4N. i.v ??rrcjs.er A; 2. J; > ?0. i 27 9 02 K f? Junction : 43 S !.. s 47 io c7 D?'?2e?! r> is s : 7 05 ?0 17 Bo'tccn 4/8 H O' 1 2i 10 SJ Roos ber? 4 43 7 %? T 3*) 10 40 E:ieru?e 4 30 7 ? 7 0 il O?' Sou Tey Jauchen 4 2: 7 gCO I 15 Ar i r.olden Lv 4,15 7( PM AU (S C & G Kx Depo:) pu ThQS V. ILSO.v P?^?*ot CWJCHESTEfi'S ENGLISH Orlchial nnd Or.!y Genuine. \SAFE. AlwaTnrc??li!?. Lndle*. I'rucd^t ? for CHICHIiSTEirs ENGLISH s^asps?^|i" 1?E?> anl iioIJ laetallio boxes. s??a:ei TBr4 with 1>Iue ril,Un- Tnkc no other. KefuMC '?ll? I>anirerom Sub?tltution? and imita t ion?.. Buy of your l'ra^pst. or tnt 4e. ia MiTupu fur I?nrt!culnm, Te?tirnotj:ai* and "Relier for LaiUei>.*,in Utter, hr re? turn Mull. KJ.OOO Tr?tiU3D&iaN. S<-M hy ?31 Drugjittv Chichester Chemical Cn., Mention thli paper. Madlton fMjuare, PlliLA.. PA TO THE BOOKKEEPER: Do you want a flat-opening, patent, flexible-back Ledger, Journal or Day Book ? We can supply your needs in these particulars, And also all other needs in the w?y of B!ank Books, Office Supplies and Stationery. We buv direct from the manu facturers; our prices are right and quality guaranteed, H. G. OSTEEN & CO. Liberty St. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you ?at. This preparation contains all of the digestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives ? nstanfc 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 many4 thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It ! prevents formation of gason the st om- J ach, relieving all distress after eating, j Dieting un necessary. Pleasant to take. J It can't help hut do you good Prepared only by E. C. DEWITT & Co., Chicagr The $1. bottle contains 2% times the 50c. size J S HTJG-HSON" & CO FERTILIZERS For 1902. OUE BRANDS : A high grade goods made from pure materials and guaranteed. Cerealite Top Dressing, Bcykin's Dissolved Animal Bone, Phoenix Crop Grower. Boykuj'e Oerpai Fertilizer, Yancey's Formula for Yellow Leaf Tobacco, Boykin's Eagle Phosphate, Bnykin's Aikalin* 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, Kain it, Sul? phate'Ammonia, Nitrate Soda. Paris Green. All kinds cf Chemicals. FOR S?LE BY The lome Felt Chem. Works, Baltimore, Md. THGSc S. SOMTEl?j ?8?NT, SUMTER. S O Dec ll TURNIP SEED, Onion $ets--ieading /varieties. Also assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Segars Large line of ?ne Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLorme's Drug Store. HE Coil QB Si Ctapy ef Sestil Caroline. WJICTC^I?^LS*. ..V.V.- {> . OONDBKSJED SCHBDDLf. In effect January IStb, 1901. riO?TH. NORTJb ?io Mo No Nc ?35 T-l t60 *35 7 r>5 L* Darlington Ar 8 15 3 32 Lv Slhott Ar 7 50 9 1? A: Snorter Lv 6 50 I 0' Lv Somter Ar 8 1 52 kr Creston Lv 5 i 5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 9 15 Ar Prevails Lv 10 00 5 ?6 Oranpebarg 5 IC 5 55 Denmark 4 35 7 55 Aueasta 2 40 a m a m p m p .Daily f ?&ily except M. day. Trains 32 *ad 3 . carry throGgb Po??inat ?aUea D:::?" Sleeping Cars between Ni.? i ora and ? aeon vir? A?goe&. r M ?*.fi&??&\ S t? ?r*ft?c Wao*ff?r. Gen'I Pass. Api . RKSNLY. Gen'I Manager. c iii R. B. ll Scbedtils No 4-lo effect 12 Ci a a; a Jase 1% 1801 Between ,aniUeo '6 C . and BUekeou<; , . C Read down *3t> 33 raster- time Read op 32 *:-54* am pm STAT TONS cc: o u. 8 20 J 2 50 Carada: 12 2r, ? Sg 8 50 i ft Dekalb 12 02 4 5C 9 20 1 27 WestviHi U 5C 4 3C 10 50 2 00 ?Serebatv a st 4 it 11 20 2 /2 hi at h Spring? ll 20 3 IC 12 20 2 37 Lancaster 10 5i 2 c? 12 40 2 fO Riverside 10 40 i OZ 2 30 3 10 Catawba JntiCi?on 10 20 i 3D 4 00 3 40 ?lock Eil? i0 00 12 i0 4 45 4 02 T?rzs.b 9 30 9 55 5 20 4 18 Tcrkviii* 9 15 10 ? 4r; 34 Sfcaroo 9 00 8 5G 6 05 4 50 Sicker? Grove 8 4f 7 3} 6 20 5 00 Sun rcs 8 35 . 7 j 6 50 5 26 ?lacks-urg Sit 7(0 P g g m_a c. s :? Between Blaoksbnro; S. C . s< d Marion i? 0 ri.f'^n d'.'wn Read ap ?ll 33 ?HHieii) Uwe. ?32 12 an/' pm STATIONS, am o 6 45 5.25 Blacksburg 7 48 40 7 32 5 49 Earls 7 32 2( 7 4* 5 49 Patterson Borings 7 2* 2 8 20 6 00 Shelby 71; Q 9 00 S 21 Lattimore 6 fir i 9 10 6 30 Mooree c oro 6 ;8 >C 9 25 6 41 Henrietta 6 38 ? 9 ?5 6 59 Forest City 6 20 vi 10 30 7 15 Rutherford ten $ 05 if 12 00 7 50 Thermal Cj^y 5 E6 12 25 8 10 Glenwood 5 15 S 2C 1 CO 8 30 Hanoi, 5 00 ? Of; p m p cc am v<v Gaffney Division. . ajvoi^rii^ iiisbi."; * I 13 ! STATT? ?KS. ' ?4 .<? p m a m a zn rc 1 00 6 00 Blacksburg 7 50 3 0 1 '/O 6 20 Cherokee Fa!?8 7 30 2 40 140 6 40 - Gaffney 7 10 2 2 p m a m s m i> 'Danyescfpt Sunday % 20 minutes for cioner. Trains Nos 32 and 33 aro operated daily. Trains Nos 23, 35, ll. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are cperatcd daily except Sunday. CONNECTIONS. At Camden with Southern Ry; SAL and A C Line. At Lancaster with L ? C R R. At Catawba Jct wi?b Seaboard Air Linc A? Rock H'U with Southern Railway At Yorkville with Carolina & ? orth t' es ern R Ri At Blackebcrg with S- uthf rn Railway At Sh?lby and Rutherfordton with S A At Marion with -'outhern Railway. S A MU KL tl UN I Preside S. TRIPP. Superintendent. E. H. SHAW. G?n'i PuweTjsr-r A*-. The Best Paper Published in the United States for Demo? crats and for all readers Ls the Twice-a-Week Courier-Jouroal 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 i? SOUTHRON AND THE TW?GE-A-WEEK COURIER-JOURNAL Both one year for only . S3 OO. This is for cash subscriptions only. All subscriptions under this combination offer must be sent through the Watchman and Southron office. nov20 FIRST SATI05?L BASK OF SUITER, * STATS, TTY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. p^i-i OD C?pi'a? - ~ - - $ 75.0CC 00 Surplus ?::d Prodte - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders ic excess of their stock. 75,000 OG Total protection to depositors, $175 COO 00 Transacts a General Banking Bo>:cesa Special attention civ?n to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 ard upwards received In terest abowed at the rate ot 4 per cent per annum, on amounts ibove $5 ?nd not exceed? ing $30<:, payaba quarterly, on first days 0! January. April, July ?nd October. "RM. WALLACE R. L. EoMUsns, President Oa!?hi"?r EGGS. I am offering Eggs from a yard of extra fine, large, pure bred Eggs in season $1.00 per sitting of 13. Or? ders filled promptly. W. B. MURRAY, Sumter, S. C. Feb 5