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A HUMAN FOREST. Sow Indian Tribesmen Succeed In Escaping tlve Police. Some of the Indian tribes over which ire rule give us a great deal of trouble, notably thc Mahsuds. The Mahsuds, however, are not by any means the worst of the Indian robber tribes, the unenviable distinction probably falling to the Bhils;, who are. the cleverest .conndrels iii the world, both in their methods of acquiring other people's property and in evading pursuit. They are very proud of their skill in pilfering and openly boast of it One of them once told a British officer that be could steal the blanket from under Mm and was promptly challenged to show his ability. That night when the officer was fast asleep the Bhil robber cut a hole in bis tent, crept noiselessly in and gently tickled the hands and feet of the sleeping man. The officer stirred uneasily and turned over. In tids way the Bhil was able to pull the blanket out a little way. By repeating Ms performance he finally succeeded Sn "coaxing" the blanket completely from under the sleeper. When engaged in his nefarious little ?ames, the Bhil, ? wears hardly any clothing, and his Hine body is rubbed with oil to facilitate escape from any would be captors. When hotly pursued by the British troops, the robbers make use of a very clever device. They con? ceal their scant clothing under their small round shields and scatter them about to resemble stones or bowlders; tben, picking up a few twigs-if there ' are any to oe had-they assume all sorts of grotesque attitudes, their al? most fleshless limbs silhouetted against the dark night sky closely resembling the charred limbs of a tree. Absolute? ly motionless, they hold their positions till the enemy has passed them. In this way a British subaltern in charge of a party sent to capture some Bbl Is was considerably startled one evening. The pursuit had completely j lost sight of the robbers, and finally the party drew rein by a clump of gnarled and bent tree trunks, tired and bot from their hard exertions. The of? ficer in charge took off his hat and placed it on the end of a broken limb, when instantly there was a wild scream of laughter, and the tree trunks sud? denly came*to life and vanished in the darkness.-London Express. . -; -HARD TO GET STARTED. Thins* Which Overcome a Writer When Beginning1 an Article. There is a feeling of timidity that oftentimes overcomes a writer when beginning an article. As in writing a letter, it is getting started that puzzles. It is the custom to begin with slow _ moving piston and work gradually into full speed until the flow of words is free, and then the difficulty with some of us is to find the brake valve., Again, a writer sometimes discovers that his beginning is a more fitting ending, and vice versa. The newspaper style is to throw general conclusions up strong j under the headlines, while the sermon izer reserves them until his final cli? max. Thackeray remarked once that he could never tell exactly what he was going to say until his pen was in hand and under motion and then did not fully realize just what he was saying until it was written. There is a subconscious? ness that shapes writing as it does speaking. This, I know, distuibs some well known theories of speaking and writing-as to weighing everything and then measuring it out as a druggist . .compounds a prescription-but my ob? servations ?wre that the preparation ls more in getting ful| of a subject and "*Sien letting the mind work free under in? Impulse of the dominating idea. There are-as many ways and meth? ods in writing and speaking as there ^are individuals, and yet the fundamen -tal law in the transmission of thougnt and speech runs largely in the same jgroove, whether it be the jargon of the Hottentot or the polished periods of the scholar. Human nature has its own primitive impulses that defy all rules of rhetoric and the power of ex? pression-that is, the power, mind yon -is deeper seated than any artificial formula of stylists. - National Maga ??ne. The Congressional Record. To appreciate the value of The Con? gressional Record one must see it used. It is the only means by which members themselves keep informed of the prog? ress of legislation when scores of measures are often considered in a uay. It: is on the desk of the president of the United States and is read by every executive officer, from cabinet to chief of divisiou. Every government In the world envies ours the possession of such a publication, forming at once an indispensable current record and a permanent history of events even more .valuable through the centuries.-Argo- j. nant Cigars and Tobacco. There are between 1,500.000 and 2,000.000 brands of cigars sold in this country, and your average smoker thinks that every brand means a differ? ent kind of tobacco. As a matter of fact 150 is an outside estimate of the different kinds of tobacco that can be procured from all sources, and even ex? perts can't tell some of these apart. His Propensity. 'I never forget a joke that I once bear," remarked Borem. ?"No." rejoined Guyer, "and you don't .give any of your acquaintances a -chance to."-Chicago News. Her Decision. "Whatever my daughter decides upon, sir, I will abide by." "Good! She has decided that she W?I marry me if you will supply the aeans."-Detroit Free Press. Many a man goes around looking for trouble, and the minute be meets it he nas a hurry call ia another direction. 43ti?8?0 News. MAKING BONELESS HAMS. Housekeepers May Do It as Well as a Professional Butcher. Little though one may think, the process or naking a boneless ham is quite a fine art and one that requires no small degree of skill in the under? taking. In fact, it is not every one who can "bone" a ham successfully. In xhe event a housekeeper unfamiliar with the art of removing the bone from hams were to undertake the job j she would be almost certain to begin j operations by first of all splitting the j ham open and endeavoring to carve out the bone by cutting around it. The re ; suit would be failure and vexation of the worst sort, to say nothing of a ruin? ed ham. The proper way to remove the bone would never suggest itself to the average housekeeper. The operator stands the ham on end against a supporting block and pro? ceeds io carve around the bone from one end as deep as it is possible for him to run his hand and knife down into the flesh and around the bone. Having reached the extreme limit (as far, in fact, as it is possible to extend the knife), he reverses the ham and begins cutting around the bone from the other end, cutting downward until he reaches the point that he attained in cutting from the end on which he began, the entire operation being sci? entifically correct and on the principle ol' skinning an animal The bone then slips out clear and smooth, free from any adhering flesh. As soon as this is done stout twine is wrapped around the ham and drawn tact, completely closing the aperture left by the removal of the bone. The twine Is thus made fast and the ham laid away for a day or two, at the end *>f which time the hole has closed so neatly that in slicing the ham, it is difficult to determine the exact spot j from which the bone was removed. This is the proper mode of making boneless ham, and with a little prac? tice any housekeeper can leam to do the work as well as a - prof essional butcher. They witt observe that first ( of all the bone is surrounded by a tis? sue, and by starting the operation from the ends they will be surprised with j what facility this tissue, dividing the j bone from the flesh, peels loose from ihe former. Curious Old Custom. In one cf the suburbs of Paris a wealthy merchant died the other day, and on the evening of the funeral his neighbors witnessed a curious cere? mony. An hour before the body was to be taken to the cemetery the relatives of the dead man, five or six in number, went out into the garden adjoining the house and walked solemnly and silent? ly around it. Each carried a lantern and kept his eyes fixed on the ground, as though he were looking for some? thing. Finally they all halted in front of a large pile of' stones and, laying aside their lanterns, proceeded to throw down the pile. After every stone had been removed they examined minutely the spot on which the pile had rested and then slowly and with bowed heads returned to the house. This is an old Norman custom, and it is observed in this instance because the dead man was a native of G ison. There is a tradition in Normandy that before burying a body all the ground around his dwelling should be searched in or? der to make sure that the soul has not hidden itself somewhere. At one time every family in Normandy faithfully observed this tradition, but now only a few pay heed to it. The Year ISSI. The year ISSI was a chronological oddity of the oddest kind, besides being a mathematical curiosity seldom equal? ed. From right to left and left to right it reads the same. Eighteen divided by 2 gives 9 as a quotient: SI ^divided oy 9 gives 9; if divided by 9, tue quo? tient contains a 9; if multiplied by 9. the product contains two 9s; 1 and S are 9; 8 and 1 are 9. If the IS be placed under the SI and added, the sum is 99. If the figures be added thus-1. S, 8, 1 -it will give IS as the result. Reading to the middle from right to left or from left to right it is IS, and IS is two-ninths of 81. By adding, dividing and multiplying ten 9s are produced, being one 9 for each year to the begin? ning cf the I?.st decade of the nine? teenth century. No wonder the fortune tellers, the as? trologers and the mathematicians weave so many strange fancies around that curious combination of figures. It may have been what induced Mother Shipton to end her prophetic jingle with, "And at last the world to an end shall come in- eighteen hundred and eighty-one." A Wonder In Penmanship. Among the curiosities preserved by the Minnesota Historical society is a lithographed copy of an engrossment of the emancipation proclamation. The engrosser, one W. H. Fratt of Daven? port. Ia.. was so very skillful in* his manipulations of the pen that he suc? ceeded, by careful and exact shading of the letters, in producing a very ex? cellent portrait of Al'rah:: in Lincoln, the author of the famous document, in the center of the copy. In other words, the lettering itself is made to form a portrait of Mr. Lincoln. There were probably a large number of them orig? inally struck off. but copies of it are now very rare. As a specimen of pen work it is certainly very unique. Wood In Ksryptian Stonework. Probably the oldest timber in the world which has been subjected to the use of man is that found in the ancient temples of Egypt in connection with the stonework, which is known to be at least 4.000 years old. This, the only wood used in the construction of the temples, is in the form of ties holding the end of one stone to another. When two blocks were laid in place, an ex? cavation about an inch deep was made in each block, in which a tie shaped like an hourglass is driven. It is there? fore very difficult to force any stone from its position. A CURE AND A FEE. Peculiar Experience of a Doctc With n Business Ma?. In conversation one day -i,out the i peculiar views that commercial men sometimes entertain about professional j services Dr. S. Weir Mitchell told uie j following story: "A very wealthy man from the west came to consult me about an attack of vertigo. He said that he had just re? turned from a trip to Europe, where he had consulted eminent specialists, but that they had failed to alford him any permanent relief. *A physician in London.' he said, "asked me why I did not make an attempt to be cured near? er home. I thought on my way out west I would stop over to see you.' " 'Has any physician you have visit? ed looked into your ears?' I asked. " 'No,' was his reply. "I made an examination of his ears, removed some wax and a substance that appeared to be hardened remnants of cotton wool. I sent him away then and told him to come again iu a day or two. He did so. \ " 'Well.' he exclaimed. 'I am cured, i How much do I owe you?' " 'About $50.' I replied. "As he drew a check he asked. 'Did you know when you first examined my ears that you could cure me?'* "When I told him that I had a very fair conviction that ! could, he said: 'Well, you are a blanked fool. You should have said to me: "I think i can cure you. and I will do so for $10.000. No cure, no pay." You would have got your money without a murmur.* ** *Oh.' I said. *if you feel that way about it there are several little chari? ties in which I am interested, and' " 'No. no.' he interrupted, that is not business. 1 have my cure, and you have the price 3*ou asked. The trans? action is closed.' " Brass In England In Chaucer's Time. A metal resembling brass, but said to have been superior in quality, was known in England as "maslin" as early as the time of Chaucer, and in the reign of Henry VIII, an act of parlia? ment was passed prohibiting the ex? port of brass out of England. Whether the earlier monumental brasses still to be found in our churches were made originally in England is not absolutely certain, the probability, according tc some antiquaries, being that they were of French or Belgian workmanship. Chambers' Journal. An Urgent Case. When the doctor's telephone rang late one night, he went to the instru? ment himself and received an urgent appeal from two fellow practitioners to come down to the club for a quiet game. "Emily, dear," he said, turning to his wife, "I am called out again, and it ap? pears to be a very serious case, for there are two doctors already in at? tendance."-New York Times. Left the Bonse. "Leave the house," cried little Binks, making a brave bluff of strength to the ' burglar. "I intend to. my small friend," re? plied the burglar courteously. "I am merely after the contents. When I take houses. I do it through the regu? lar real estate channels." Hooked. Mrs. Newlywed-The night you pro? posed you acted like a fish out of wa? ter. Mr. Newlywed-I was-and very cleverly landed tool-ruck. An Important Qualification. First Burglar - What did yer take that bricky brae for? 'Tain't no good. Second Burglar-'Taint? First Burglar-Naw. I tell yer, Jim? my, if yer wanter make a fust class success in dis business yer got to know somethin' about art'-Puck. That Was Another Question. Pa (from upper landing to daughter entertaining her "steady" in the parlor) -Gladys, what time is it? Gladys-I don't know, pa. Our clock isn't going. Pa-How about George?-Richmond Dispatch. A Correction. Neighbor-The baby suffers from sleeplessness, does it? Mr. Jeroloman (haggard and hollow eyed)-I didn't say it suffered. It seems to enjoy it. I'm the one that suffers. Cheap at the Price. A certain pompous and officious judge in a western town had just fined a young lawyer $10 for contempt of court. After it had been paid a grave old attorney walked up to the bench and laid down a ten dollar goldpiece. "What is that for?" asked the judge. "For contempt, your honor," was the reply. "Rut I didn't fine you for contempt." answered the judge. "There must be some mist:'. 1;e." "Oh, no, there isn't." replied the old man. "1 have cherished a secret con? tempt for this court for a long time, and I'm willing to pay for it."- Chica? go News. Banal. Some years ago at a Mardi Gras ball ' at the Hopkins Institute of Art a man. masked, approached a woman, masked, and asked her for a dance, as is con? sidered right and proper at Mardi Gras. "But I don't know you. sir." said the lady in her most icy tone. "Well, i'm taking as big a risk ns you are." retorted the man. An Interloper'? explanation. "Now. then.'* cried the deep voiced woman, "what has made female suf? frage possible?" "Male sufferance." replied the rude man who had no business to be there at all.-Philadelphia Press. ??n Season. l)o You Run a Gin or Machinery of Any Kind ? 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 3F*AX3SFir?'& AWB OILS A?d everything in the Hardware line at reasonable prices. tr. B. DURANT, The Hardware Man of Sumter, Sept 18-x ATLANTIC COAST LINE Sorth-Eastern R. R. of 8 ( CONDENSED SCHEDULE TRAINS GOING SOOTH Dated No. No. No No ten 14, 1901 35? 23? 53* 51? a m p m a io >e Florence 2 34 7 45 9 4C e Kiogstree 8 46 ir Lanes 3 38 9 04 pm li2( .e Lanes 3 33 9 30 b 45 II 2( ir Charleston 5 04 10 55 8 30 1 CK TRAINS GOING NORTH No. No No. Nc _78* 32? 52? 50* am pm am pc A Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 00 4 CC Yr Lanep 8 16 6 15 8 33 5 Sf -e Lanes S 16 8 15 5 3? .9 Kingslree 8 32 r Florence 9 25 7 25 7 Cf am pm a ai p t .Daily. |Da?y except Snndav So. 62 rans through to Coombia via Ce? al R. R. of 8. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run ri*. Wilson cc :ay3tteville-Short. Line-and mak? c o . onnection for all j|pint3 Nor.b. Trains on C. * D R. R. ieav9 FtoKne ievv except Sunday 9 50 a m, arrve Durlicg on 0 15 a m, Eartavilla 9 15 a m, Chers.v .1 30 a m, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leay; 'lorenee daily except Snnday 7 55 p m, ar ive Darlington & 20 p m, Bennettaville 9 1 ) m, Gibson 9 45 p m Le&ie Florene iun?aj only 9 30 am. arrive Dsrlingtc IO 06 ? ia Leave Gibbon ?aily except Snn^ay 6 0 m, Bennett&villf 7 00 a m, arrive Dalling os 6 00 a rn, leav.- Darlington 8 50 a m, ar ive Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wadeabe-x aily except Sunday 3 00 pm, Ghera v 4 fi > rn, Eartsville 7 00 am, Darlington 6 *! > rn, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Da . ngton Sunday only 8 50 a ras arrive ~k ice 9 15am r. R. KENLEY, JNO F. DIVIN2. Ge*j'i Manager flen't Sar 'J H ii EMERSON, Trafilo Manager T ? BMRRSOKi _<W1 Para Aco-t Northwestern Railroad. TIME TABLE NO 4 Io Effect Wednefday, Jan 15, 1901 BETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUM TE i ?Soothboacd Daily ex SnDday Northbound 73 Mixed 72 p M STATIONS p M .00 I * Samte: li 45 ? 0 ? Snm Jnncticr 1142 3 17 Tindal ll 10 3 30 Paskeville 114 4 05 Silver 10 2C 4 !51 A S ?0 CO * : > Ktilard ' , ,lf s 00 Summerton 9 lb 5 45 Davw 9 00 6 00 Jordan 8 47 6 45 Ar Wilsons Mill Lv 8: 0 BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PAUL 78 75 Daily cz Sunday * 72 74 p if AM Mixed A if p * 4 15 9 30 Lv Millard Ar 10 00 4 4 4 20 19 40 Ar M Pani Lv 9 50 4 30 BETWEEN SUMTER AND CAMDEN 69 71 Mixed 68 70 ? M AM Daik fi Su:.ds7 > k A ? 5 25 9 45 Lv ' Sumter Ar I 45 9 0' 5 27 9 02 SW Jonction 5 43 8 5f 6 47 ?0 07 Dalzell 5 13 8 2 7 05 10 17 Bo: Jen 4 f 8 S CO 7 2i 10 35 Remberte 4 43 7 40 7 3) 10 40 Eiterte 4 30 7 3 7 0 ll 05 Son Ry Juuctior. 4 2* 7 .0 3 00 :1 15 Ar Hamden Lv 4jl5 7 0 PVAM (SC&GEx Depot) PM A > THOS. WILSON P.-v&ident Eh CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PELLS _/?*V Original and Orly Genuine. '7*^-''T\SAFE. A! ?av? reliable. Ladle*, ask Drurdft *J\ fot CHICHESTER^ ENGLISH ^'N\^^??v^in KE!> an I (?old iiseiallij bosci, scak-1 with blue ri'ilxin. Take no other. Retune '<5N '??? I?aneerou? 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Havana Seg?rs 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 Dniff Store. it un? narnia Company of M Cara?i. CONDBNSSD SOHBDULf. ID effect Janear? 13?h, 1901. SOUTH. - Norm. do Ko Nt .35 f? tW ?33 7 56 LY Darling toa Ar 8 15 r, 3? Lv Si licit Ar 7 50 9 li Ar Sumter Lv 6 50 t 0 Lv Sum ter Ar 6 ; 52 AT Creston Lv 5 I 5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 9 15 Ar Pregnal?s Lv 10 00 5 IG Orangebarg 5 IG 5 55 Denmark 4 36 7 55 Angosta 2 40 a m a m p m p ?Daily, fDaily except Sunday. Trains 33 and 35 carry tbrongb Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between Nen York and Macon via Angosta. T M EMERSON, H M EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pasa. Ag) R KSNLY. Gen'l Manager. SO? Carolina ai GBors? fr B. B. Schedule No 4-Io effect 12.01 a. m., 3as Jane 15, 1901 Between Camden 8 C.. and Blocksberg, S. C. Read do wo Read~up. ?35 33 Bastero time. 32 ?34 am pm STATIONS pm pc 8 20 12 5C Camdin 12 25 6 So 8 50 1 15 Dekalb 12 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 30 10 50 2 00 ^Kershaw ll 35 4 15 11 20 2 12 Heath Springs il 20 3 IO 12 20 2 37 Lancaster IO 55 2 37 12 40 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 2 00 2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 1 30 4 00 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 12 10 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 9 55 5 20 4 18 Yorkville 9 15 8 10 5 45 4 34 Sharon 9 00 8 50 6 05 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 7 3) 6 20 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 7 Co 6 50 5 26 Blacksburg 8 15 7 GC pm pa) _a m a tn Between Blaokeburg, 8. C., and Marios, N 0 Read down Read ap , ?ll 33 Bestem time. ?32 12 am pm STATIONS, am po? 6 45 5 25 Blacksburg 7 48 6 40 7 32 5 49 Earls 7 32 6 20 7 45 5 49 Patterson Soring? 7 25 0 13 8 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 8 io 9 00 3 21 Lattimore 6 55 i bi 9 10 6 30 Hooresoorc 6 48 4 40 9 25 6 41 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 9 55 6 59 Forest Gitv 6 20 3 MC 10 30 ? 15 Rutherford too 6 65 3 1< 12 00 750 Thermal City 5 36 2 4S 12 25 8 10 Glenwood 5 15 2 20 1 00 8 30 Marion 5 00--2 00 p m p m 8 m " ptr Gaffney Division. Read down_. Read c?> 15 j 13 EASTERN TIME, j STATIONS. ! 14 . 16 p m a m a m r a 1 00 6 00 Blacksburg 7 50 3 OC 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 140 6 40 Gaffney 7 lc 2 2 pmam am to .Dany except Sunday X 20 minutes for dinner. Trains Nos 32 and 33 are operated daily. Trains Nos 23, 35, ll, 12,13,14,-15 and ie are cn era ted daily except Scnday. CONFECTIONS. At Camden with Southern Ry; S A L and A C Line. At Lancaster with Ll C R R. At Catawba Jct with Seaboard Air Line. A? 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Ali* subscriptions under this combination offer must be sent through the Watchman ana Southron office. nov 20 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, filTY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 00 Surplus.and ProS'S - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders io excess of their stock. 75,000 OO Total protection to depositors, $175 COO 00^ Transacts a Genera! Banking Busmres Special attention civen to collections. SITINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposit ot $1 ard npwards received Io terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $300. payable quarterly, on first days of January.' April, July ?nd October. R ii. WALLACE. P. 1. EDMUSDS, President. Cashier EGGS. I am offering Eggs from a yard of extra fine, large, pure bred BARRED PLYMOUTH ROOKS. Eggs in season $1.00 ? per sittingjof 13. Or? ders filledjpromptly. W. B. MURRAY, Sumter, & CL Feb 5