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BREAD AND BEIDES. THE PARTS VIANDS PLAY IN MAR RIAGE CEREMONIES. Sweetheart Cakes of a Dutch Dam sel - r-syptiaa Bridegrooms Mast Work For Their Supper-Wine Ia China-Married hy Candy. The important part which different Tiands play in marriage ceremonies makes rather an interesting story. For exampie, the Swedish bride 511s her pocket with, bread, which she dis? penses to every one she meets on her way to church, every piece she gives away averting, as she believes, a mis? fortune. On the threshold of her new home a bride in Servia is presented with a plate of bonbons, one of which she and the bridegroom, .share between them, . the divided bonbon signifying that no bitterness shall c?vide them. A sieve cf wheat corn is also given to the bride. Of this she takes three handfuls, throws it over her head, emptying the sieve opon the ground. The scattered corn denotes that the bride brings joy and prosperity into her new horae. The bride is still outside the door, nor can she enter until she has placed two Joaves of bread beneath her arms and taken a bottle of wine into her hands. With these emblems she at length crosses the threshold of her future home. At the first meal of tho newly married pair bread and wine must be taken by both to denote that thence? forward all they have shall be equally divided between them and that their married life shall be passed in unity and fidelity. A Russian wooing culminates in the betrothal feast, at which the bride elect in return for a long tress of hair which she has given to the fcrdegroDm re? ceives bread and salt and an almond cake. In Holland if a young man is in love 'with a girl and wishes to ask her hand in marriage he buys a small sweet cake and, wrapping it up in soft paper, proceeds to the house of his inamorata. He is ushered into the midst ot the family circle. Without a word he ~walks up to the young lady and lays the cake on the table before her, The rest of the family affect not to notice anything unusual and continue their work OT their reading. The. young man turns aside and talks to the father or mother on some very ordinary subject, beeping his eyes eagerly fixed on the girl while he is conversing. If she ac? cepts his offer, she takes up the cake and eats it. If she is a coquettish damsel, she tortures the young man by turning it over and playing with it be? fore she decides to taste it and then en? raptures him by eating it to the last crumb. If, on the other hand, she wishes to have nothing more to do jwith her admirer, she puts it back on the table. The young man takes up the cake and, with a "Vaarvoal byza men," leaves the house. The matter is then kept a profound secret by both families, and the outer, world never bears of it In place of a wedding cake in Holland wedding candies are given -"bruid zuikers" they are called. They are passed around Ly children and are served in flower trimmed bas? kets. , Bride pudding is the name o? the piece de resistance served at a Norse peasant wedding. This is not brought on the table until the last day of the festivities, three or fiv? days being given up to feasting and merrymaking. The appearance of the bride pudding is the signal of dismissal, and at the close of the feast the guests say fare? well, presenting at the same time their gifts, which consist of cash. This the bride receives, the bridegroom present? ing each donor with a glass of wine. ? Partaking of two tiny glasses of wine ' Ss all the ceremony necessary to make a marriage in some Chinese provinces, provided a quantity of fireworks are set off. These are to wake the "great Joss" from bis sleep that he may wit? ness the ceremony. At a Hebrew wedding man and wife sip from one cup of wine, symbolizing participation In the joys and pain of earthly life. The emptied goblet is placed on the floor and crushed into a thousand pieces by the bridegroom, who thus shows that he will put his Joot on all evils that may enter the family circle. At an Egyptian wedding feast moat 3s not eaten because of the belief that it would lead to future bickerings be? tween them. Eggs, fruits and sweets are served. The first meal in the now bouse cannot be touched until, after every device known to the bridegroom, the bride has been at last induced to speak. Once she utters a word, be dc.ps his hands, and supper is brought to them. Married by candy is the plan in Bur? ma. Of all marriage rites this takes the palm for conciseness and sweet simplicity. Here the dusky lady takes the initiative. Seeing a youth who pleases her, she offers him a sweet. If be accepts her proposal, he promptly eats the token of affection, and they are thereby made man and wife. In the act of eating alone this most prim? itive rite consists. If the youth be not favorably disposed, he remarks with all gallantry that that particular candy is not to his taste, and the matter is * ended. In Mandalay three weeks after a marriage kinsmen bring the bride? groom a bowl of rice, a vessel of wine and a fowl, much of which collation is sacrificed to the spirits of ancestors. A Bagoda bride-in the Philippines if she be good looking and the daughter of a warrior, is sold by her father for ?bout $30, which sum is not given in money, but in vegetables and chickens. One way of estimating such things is at the price of a brass gong- Such a gong is worth thirty silver dollars, and ? ?t is a valuable maiden indeed who will fcring two brass gongs.-What to Eat | The best typewriter ribbons fer all standard machines for ?ale by H. G. Osteen & Co. DEPARTURE OFTRAINS 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 RobbiDS, 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 Hartsvi?le, 10 a. m. No. 59-Sumter to Charleston, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 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, a 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. 84-Sumter to Camden, 3.30 p. m._ '_ Atlanta, Gav March 20.-"Bobby." Waithour of this city made his first ap? pearance at the Coliseum tonight since his accident 10 days ago. Four thou? sand people saw him defeat Johnnie Lake, of Staten Island, N. Y., by winning two straight five-mile heats of a motor pace race. Walthour's time for each of the two heats was 3 min? utes 19 secon*ds. j The strained relations between Sen? ator Vest, of Missouri, and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, are well under? stood by those who * ' know the ropes' ' in Washington, Leslies' Weekly says: " The story is told of a new Senator who had been offended by a colleague and who approached Senator Vest, and said: "Isn't Jones the. worst ass that ever broke into public life?" The frail and venerable statesman from Missouri is rpeorted to have replied : "I can't say. You know I am pretty thoroughly committed on that proposi? tion to Morgan. THE JAPAN CURRENT. Knxo S i TV o Piles Great Loads of Driftwood on Alaska's Shores. In one sense the Kuro Siwo, or Japan current is the most interesting in the. world because many oceanographers believe it was the direct means of peo? pling America. This much at least is certain: If a boat were to be set adrift on parts of the Asiatic coast and sur? vived all storms, the Japan current could be depended upon to carry it across the Pacific and deposit it on thc American shore. Such a thing has happened. In 1S32 nine Japanese fish? ermen were left derelict and unable to find their way back to shore. They went with the current, and after a drift ^lasting during several months they were carried to Hawaii. Trees torn by storms from the banks of Asiatic rivers frequently float across the Pacific to the American coast. Be? tween Kakatag and. Kyak islands, about 1,200, miles northwest of Seattle, enormous piles of chis driftwood cover the beaches. There can be no question of the Asiatic origin of the timber. They are the trunks of the camphor tree, the mango and the mahogany. Logs 150 feet long and eight feet in di? ameter are frequently found. Many of them are seen floating shoreward, with fantastic roots standing high above the waves. In places the logs are piled twenty feet high. They are generallv without bark, which has been peeled off by the waves, and most of them have become white and heavy from impregnation with salt water. As they pile up the sands drift over them, and gradually they sink out of sight, and new beaches are formed. This process has been going on for ages, and the shore line is being steadily extended. Excavations along the beach show that texture of the buried timber gets hard? er and harder the farther in you go. until in some instances petrifaction has taken pince. Other excavations show logs that have turned to coal. The presence of Siberian driftwood on the shores of Greenland convinced Nansen that his idea-of drifting across the Polar sea in the Frain was logical. Great quantities of the wood are an? nually cast on the coasts of Spitz? bergen and Nova Zembla, and there are tribes of Greenland Eskimos who depend for sledge runners and other wooden implements on the drift from Siberian forests. For years they de? pended for iron implements on thc hoops of casks which caine to them over seas.-Theodore Waters in Ains? lee's. The Willincr Worker. "Why is it," asked a modest young breadwinner, "that when I stay at the office after hours to voluntarily do an extra amount of work somebody who i3 in charge pounces upon me as his justi : ?able victim and gives me still moro to do? "That has happened to me time after time in my business, and at each repe titlon I have taken a vow that if I am ever in charge of an office I shall give any ono of my subordinate who sits down and does work which isn't specif? ically required of him credit for what he does do and let it zo at that with? out adding insult to injury, as it wore, by giving him something further to do. "Of course it's an old saying that tho man who does the most work is the man usually 'worked:' but ifs discour? aging, don't you think? Strangely enough, though, he goes ahead and lets himself be 'worked,' with only a weak objection to ease his feelings."-New York Mail and Express. IMPERIAL VS. AMERICAN TOBACCO. Attempt to Boycott American To? bacco Company Defeated. London,?March 20.-Ogdens (Limit? ed j as the local representatives of the American Tobacco Company are known today gave notice of their intention to give their entire net profit and ?2C0, 000 yearly for the next four years as a bonus to their customers. This is the American reply to the Imperial Tobacco Company's attempt to boycott American goods. In a cir? cular, Ogdens (limited) pointed out that the Imperial Tobacco Company's offer to distribute a bonus amounting to ?50.000 can be compared with the bonus the retailers will receive if they continue to trade with the American amalgamation. The-American Tobacco Company's bonus scheme is the sensa? tion of the day in the tobacco world of Great Britain. "Unparalleled," "stupendous," "amazing," are some of the adjectives applied to this bomb? shell. The anti-monopoly rule assum? ed by the American side has brought them the adherence of a number of influential retailers who were opposed^ to the Imperial Tobacco Company's boycott and already one firm, owning many stores in the metropolis, has posted notices of its refusal to exclude American goods and of its intention to discontinue selling Imperial brands. .Ogdens (limited) today sent out 10, 000 telegrams from their Liverpool headquarters, carriyng the announce? ment of tifeir offer to every tobacco tradesman in England. The fact tnat Ogden's business in 1900 amounted to nearly ?966,000, indicates the enormity of the sum they are expected to expend in business. The London tobacconists immediate? ly called a meeting for tomorrow, to consider their future action. Aiken's Northern Sabbath Break? ers. Charleston dispatch of Sunday to toe New York Sun: Bitter feeling" has been stirred among the fashionable element at Aiken by the crusade now being waged by ministers of the town ! against Sunday sport. It was announc? ed yesterday that as the local authori ; ties had failed to stop golf, polo and other games, the minsters would preach special sermons in which the society leaders and aldermen would be dealt with severely. William C. Whit ney, who bas a winter home in Aiken, is the leader of the smart set there, and while his name has not been men tioned by the preachers, it is generally known that his friends have come in for the harsh talk. It became known yesterday that the ministers would talk of the Sabbath breakers today, but the sermons were not delivered be? cause a severe storm swept over that place this morning and forced the regular attendants to remain indoors. The good people of Aiken have been shocked by the sporting events which have made Sunday a gala day. On the golf links, at the tennis courts and around the polo players the winter colony has flocked, shouting and laughing. This acts heavily on the provincials. The Sunday games were popular and more* interest was taken in them than cn ordinary days. At a recent meeting of the city council a petition was sent in urging the author? ities to have the Sunday laws against outdoor games strictly enforced. Mem? bers of the board declared that if the ministers were allowed to carry the point, great harm would come and the fashionable visitors wouldn't spend their money where they couldn't do as they pleased. The crusade, how? ever, was not allowed to drop when the council refused to send the police to the links, and other methods have been resorted to bv the ministerial element. The Rev." T. W. Clift, W. A. Kelly, F. D. Jones, Henry Miller and Father J. L. Seidl, representing the Episcopal, Presbyterian, Metho? dist, Baptist and Catholic congrega? tions, and the original signers of the petition, came out in a statement in which it was said that the pulpits would ring with the " wrongdoing of the Four Hunded. " The visiting colony in the town has declined to dis? cuss the affair, although leading mem? bers are severe in their denunciation of the preachers. They declare that it is unjust and simply the work of sensation seekers. Business men of the town are not opposed to the Sun? day sport, although the local authori? ties have been placed in an unfortu? nate position. If the ministers are allowed to have their way there are fears that Aiken will lose its popular? ity, yet, at the same time the church element is so bitter in its crusade that an open clash may result. It is said that Mr. Whitney personally, is dis? pleased, and as he is one of the wealth? iest property owners of the town the citizens are not disposee to incur his enmitv. Bellows Falls, Vt., March 19. Edwerd Green, husband of Hetty Green, known as the richest woman in America, died at his home here today. He had been ill for a long time of a complication of diseases. A congressman whoso parents came from the green isle jokingly remarked to Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, that St. Toter was an Irishman. "Maybe he was," said McMillin. "Any way, he wasn't a negro. No colored man would have allowed that rooster to crow three times." Macon, Ga., March 20.-The Peo? ple's Bank of Americus, Ga., W. H. Simmons, president, closed its doors today as a result of a quiet run for a week. The capital of the bank was $50,000 and the amount due creditors is said to be $30,000 The county had $6,000 on deposit. President Simmons claims that the assets will offset the liabilities. The assignee is G. R. Ellis of Americus. "The Cuban question threatens to become a sword thrust into the vit?is of tho Republican party," Fsays the New Vok Evening Post. The Repub? licans, indeed, are furnishing the Democrats with all sorts of weapons that may be turned against them in the next campaign : the Cuban sword, the. Philippine club and tho ship subsidy bomb. It now only remains for the democrats to get together and make the best possible use of the weapons provided for them by their friends, the enemy. - Savannah News. ?In Season. Do 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 And everything in the Hardware line at reasonable prices. IA. B. DURANT, The Hardware Man of Sumter, Sept 18- x ATLANTIC COAST LINE forth-Eastern R. R. of S C CONDENSED SCHEDULE TRAINS GOING SOUTH Dated No. No. No No Jan 14, 1901 35? 23* 53* 51? Le Florence ? Kingstree lr Lanes si Lanes \x Charleston am pm 2 34 7 45 846 3 38 9 04 3 33 9 30 5 04 10 55 a m 9 40 pm li 20 0 45 1120 8 30 1 00 TRAINS GOING NORTH No. No No N _78? 32? 52? 50 am pm am pn ^Charleston 6 33 4 48 7 00 4 0( lr Lanes 8 16 6 16 8 32 5 3? Le Lanes S 16 6 15 6 3! Lie Eingstree 3 32 ir Florence 9 25 7 25 7 0S am pm am pc ?Daily. fDaily except Snnday. No. 52 runs throngh to Columbia 7is Cen ral R. R. of S. C. Traine Nos. 78 and 32 ran via Wilson ace fayetteville-Short Line-and make C1OE( ?onnection for all points Norih. T-ains on C. & D R. R. leave Florence iai'v except Sunday 9 50 a rn, arrive Darling ion 0 15 a ID. Hartsv??le 9 15 a rn, Cherav. 1130 a m, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leave florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p rn, ar? rive Darlington S 20 p rn, Bennettsville 9 1" | ? rn, Gibson 9 45 p m Leave Florene | Sunday only 930 am. arrive Dariiogtor j 10 05 & m Lesve Gibeon daily except Sunday 6 0; . m, BenQsitsvi?l? ? 00 a m, arrive Darling OB 8 00 a m, Ieavj Darlington 8 50 s c, ar .ivs Florence 9 15 am. Leave WadesooTc *aiiy except Sunday 3 00 pm, Chara w 4 4: ) m, Hartsville 7 OC a rn,* Darlington 6 ii J m, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Da' . ington Sunday orly 8 50 a c, arrive Plc . nee 9 i ? a a*. J. R KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE. Ge*j'? Manager. Gen'l SuVtJ H M. EMERSON. Traffic Macaser T U EMERSON Gen1! PMS. Act* t Northwestern Railroad. T1\!E TABLE NO 4 In Effect Wedoeeday, Jao. 15, 1901 BETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUMTES Sou?bbonnd 73 P M 3 00 If 3 03 3 17 3 30 4 05 4 15\ 4 40/ 5 00 5 45 6 00 6 4S Ar Daily ex SBnday Mixed STATIONS Somter Snm Jonction Tindal Paskeville Silver Millard Summerton Davis Jordan WilSODS Mill Northbound 72 p v ll 45 ll 42 ll 10 114 10 20 I 10 00 i 3 3( 9 ?6 9 <Q 8 47 Lv 8:0 BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PAUL 78 75 72 74 Daily ex Sunday PH A sc Mixed 4 16 9 30 Lv Millard Ar 4 20 [9 40 Ar M Paul LT BETWEEN SUMTER AND CAMDEN LU ? h 10 00 4 4 9 50 4 30 68 71 Mixed 68 7C p u 6 25 27 47 05 25 3T 0 CO p v A M 9 4b 9 02 10 07 10 17 10 35 10 40 11 05 .I ?5 A ti Daily ex Sonday ? * AH Lv Samtr-r Ar ? ?5 9 0>'; N f? Junction 5 43 8 it Dalzell 5 13 8 2 Borden 4 f 8 8 CO Rem berta 4 43 7 4(< Eilerripe 4 30 7 3< Soo Kj Juuctior. 4 2j 7 0 Ar Camden Lv 4*15 7 1 0 (S C ? G Ex Dei or) PM & y TH OS. WILSON Prudent fEb CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH TNNYR0YAL PILLS {j^V Original nn?l Only Genuine. *^?J-'\BAFE. Alway?reliable. Ladle?. a?k Drucr:?t i^t? for CHICHESTER^ ENGLISH liP-^jS in IiKl> asa Gold metallic boxes, sealed ^to^J with blue ribbon. Take no other. Refuse ? ^S?i ^angcroiia Substitution* and Imita fjj tlonn. BUT of your Pruj?gUt. cr ><TA 4c. ia ?ir sumps for Particular*. Testimonial? ?Et and "Relier for Ladle?." tn ?errer. h7 re? it' turn Mall. 1O.OOO Testimonial?. Sold by ' all Druggists. C hichester Chemical Co., Mention this paj.er. Madison Scuare. PHI LA.. 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 way of Blank Books, Office Supplies and Stationery. We buy direct from" the manu? facturers; our prices are right and quality guaranteed. H. G. OSTEEN & CO. Liberty St. Kodol 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. lt can't help but do you good Prepared only by E. C. DEWITT & Co., Chicago The $1. bottle contains 2?4 times the 50c size J S HUG-HSON & CO FERTILIZERS For 1902. OUR BRANDS : A high grade goods made from pare materials and guaranteed. Ce r?alit? Top Dressing, Boykin'e Dissolved Animal BoDe, Phoenix Crop Grower, Boykio'e Cereai Fertilizer, Yancey's Formula for Yellow Leaf Tobacco, Boykiia's Eagle Pboephate, BoykiVe Alkaline Bone, Every body ;s Fertilizer, Boyfcin'p Dissolved Booe Pboephate, Horne 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 Felt Chem. Works, Baltimore, Md. THOS. S. SUMTER, AGENT, SUMTER, S C Dec ll 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 Drug Store. atlantic tot ?rn Wm Ompaiy of M Carolina. * Skr ^nTm-^^v" Tr** flf ? fe ? ???3 I IA -*.'- '. " ny^g-^.xLV__ ...v; ?! CONDENSED SCHEDC?r. In effect January 13th, 1901. SOUTH. ii o No *o Nc .35 |5? m& 7 55 Lv Darlington Ar 8 15 8 38 Lv Elliott Ar 7 50 9 19 Ar Sumter Lv 6 50 i O'- Lv Snmter Ar 6 i 52 AT Creston Lv 5 I 5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 9 15 Ar Pregnalla Lv 10 00 5 16 Orangebcrg 5 IC 6 55 Denmark 4 35 7 55 Augusta 2 40 a m a m p m p ?Daily tDai,y except Su? day. Trains 32 and 35 carry throng!) Pulloat Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between Nev Fork ?nd Macon via Augusta. T M EMERSON, H M EMERSON, Traffic Manager (?en'? Pase. Ap? R KEN LT. Gen'l Manager. Sil Camilla and Genni! El? te? B. i Cornau Sefcedul? No 4-Io effect 12.01 ?. n-., 8?? Jone 15, ISO! Bet ^ ser. 'Jcmdca S G . as? B?acssbrrg, S C Read down Read cp. *v3? 33 Eastern tita*. 32 *24 D s-. STATIONS y ni pc 12 50 Czzsc^ 12 25 ?cc 1 li Dekalb 12 02 4 5? 1 27 Westville Ii 50 4 3* 2 O'? ^Serebas? ll 35 4 IC 2 12 fcuatb Surira II 20 3 H 2 37 Lanc^rer IO 56 2 37 2 fO Riverside 10-i-0 2 OC 3 10 Catawba Jonci?or? 10 20 1 30 3 40 Rock Bili IO 00 12 10 4 02 Ttrsab & 30 9 55 4 18 Yorkvi!?e 3 15 s 10 4 34 Sharon 9 00 8 50 4 50 Eickory Grove 8 45 7 33 5 00 Smy rca 3 35 7 < Q 5 26 BlKckebcrp 8 15 7(0 p si a ci a a Between Blacksb?re, 8. 0., sod Marion, N ? R-HO now O Read cp ?ll 33 Bastero time. ?32" IT am pm STATIONS. am p ta 6 45 5 25 Blacksbnrg 7 48 6 #n 7 32 5 49 Earls 7 32 6 20 7 45 5 49 Patterson Spring? 7 25 6 ll 8 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 ? i> 9 00 6 21 Littra ors 6 55 4 V. 9 10 6 30 Hooresoort 6 48 4 40 9 25 6 41 Henrietta '6 38 4 20 9 55 8 59 Forest Citv 6 20 3 SE 10 30 7 16 Rntnerfordtoc 6 05 3 V 12 00 7 60 Thermal City 5 36 2 43 12 25 8 10 , Glenwood 5 15 2 SC 1 00 8 30 Marico SOO 2 0* p m p m a m prc Gaffney Dividion. R*>?d down Read c?? , BA&'l EKN Tl ii ii. l ]? t 13 ! STATIONS. ? 14 { 16 p m a m a m p ii 1 00 6 00 Blacksbnrg 7 50 3 OC 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 2 p m a m amps .Dany except Sunday % 20 minotep for dinner. Trains Nos 32 and 23 are operated daily. Trains Nos 23, 35, ll, 12. 13, 14, 15 and 18 are operated daily except Sunday. CONNECTIONS. At Camden with Southern Ry; SA L and A C Line. At Lancaster with Lc CES. At Ca'awba Jct with Seaboard Air Line. A* Rock H'll with Southern Railway At Yorkville with Carolina ? i ot?h W - ern R H. At Blacksburg with S< u?htrn Railway. At Shelby and Rutherfordton with S A At Marien with Southern Railway. SAMUEL HUNT, President S. TRIPP. Superintendent. E. H. SHAW. A*n'! P??>eo$r*r A**nr The Best muaHBaaananinmDiuaBi Paper Published in the United States for Demo? crats and for all readers is the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal The eqnal 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 wilS ask for them. Write to COURIER-JOURNAL CO., Louisville, Ky. By special arrangement you can get THE WATCHMAN AHQ SOUTHRON AND THE TWICE-A-WEEK COURIER-JOURNAL Both one year for only $2.00. This is for cash subscriptions, only. All subscriptions under this combination offer must be sent through the Watchman and? Southron office. . nov 20 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF S??MTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. P*id uo Capital.$ 75,000 GO Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 0O Additional Liability of Stock? holders io excess of tbeir stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a Genera! Banking Business. Spectal atteatioo ?iven to collections. SITINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 ar>d opwards received. Ia terest allowed at tbe rate ot 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts abovp $5 ?nd net exceed? ing $300, payable quarterly, on 6rst days of January. April, JuU and October. * R M. WALLACE. F. h EDMUNDS, President. Cashier EGGS. I am offering Egg& from a yard of extra fine, large, pure bred Eggs in season $1.00 per sitting! of 13. Or? ders filled promptly. W. B. MURKAY, Sumter, S. C. Feb 5