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LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHES. O'Donnell & Co. are offering some rare bargai ns in seasonable goods. The thermometer has been climbing up into the nineties the last few days. The Game Cock base ball club, coJ i^ored, will play the Providence club at the ball park this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Crop reports from all parts of Sum ter and Lee counties are very encour aging. Early, corn will not make a fine crop, but all other crops are un usually fine. The date of [the musical and spec tacular play to be given by the Second Eegiment band and Sumter Light . :3&?dCaxitry has been changed from July 22nd to July 29th. Mr. Neill O'Donnell received a monster watermelon from Hartsville last week. It weighed 63^ pounds and was grown by Mi. David Coker _ on his farm at Hearts vi He. . R. A. White bored an artesian well on the "Wentworth DuEant place" belonging to Mr. H. Harby, which fiows 75 gallons per minute and is only 280 feet deep.?Manning,Times. The macadam work on Main street is making satisfactory progress and the raising of the level of the street betwen Liberty and Republican will be completed within a short time. By order of the Postoffice Inspector the lobby of the Posttoffice will be closed, beginning Monday night. 21st inst, at 9 o'clock. On Sunday nights the lobby will be closed at S o^clock. The Natatori urn appears to have re gained its old-time popularity and the crowds that visit it daily are almost as great as ever, even as large as when Natatoriuin parties were the popular rage. * The travel to the summer resorts in the mountains and at the seashore is causing a rushing business at the pas senger deopt these days. It is said that the receipts at the ticket office will average $250 a day. Travelers from Camden report that the Camdeniti-s are still chewing the rag about the defeat cf the Camden Hose Wagon in the firemen's tourna ment. It takes time for a sorehead to recover but the disease is seldom fatal to human beings. The Lee county campaign is now going on. The first meeting was held at Magnolia on the 15th, and the large array of candidates were pn hand ?- bright and early. The meeting is said to have been well attencied and as suc Ipcessfui as such meetings usually are. Mr. Algy Alston, of Hagood, who was seriously injured in a runaway ac cident Saturday night, was still in a critical condition yesterday morning and had not regained full conscious ness. It is impossible yet to tell how serious his injuries ara or what their Sfxesolt. will be. The first, sale of the season was held at the Ma^esvilie tobacco warehouse last Friday. Considerable tobaccojjwas sold and the average price was above that of former years. Both theJ American Tobacco Co. and Imperial Tobacco Co. were represented at the sale by btiyers. There was a wreck 02 the 3 C's road Thursday afternoon and the train from; sCamden did not reach Sum ter until nearly IG o'clock, having been held in Camden until the 3 C's train arrived. No particiilrs of the wreck have been ascertained except that it was not of a serions nature. The next semi-annual meeting of the State Pharmacuetical Association will he held in this city in November. During the meeting of the association * the regu&r semi-annual examination of applicants for license to practice pharmacy will beheld by the State board of examiners. Good rains fell , in several sections of the county Sunday afternoon but as a rule the showers were not. suffi cient to wet the ground. The con tinued cloudiness since holds out the hope that a rainy season is near at hand and that the crops now suffering for moisture will get the rain they need. Mr. George D. Shore received offi cial notification of his appointment as postmaster Thursday and his bond was signed and forwarded to Wasnhington that idght for approval. His com mission will be issued within a few days, although there may be some de lay ovdng to the absence of Pr?sidait Roosevelt from Washington. The police are after the little negro cow boys who permit the cattle they drive to and from pasture every day to stray on the si de walks Stray cows have frightened! timid women and children several, times recently and complaint bas been made to the police, who will abate the nuisance. Several little negroes were before the Mayor today. The Clerk of Court has received the township enrollment books for Con federate veterans, prepared by author ity of a recent act of the legislature, and the township committees that are to have charge of enrolling the names of all men who served in the army and navy of the Confederate States are re quested to call for the- books so as to have the work commenced at once. Supervisor Seale has had the chain gang working on the Mayesville road recently and that highway is now in better condition than ever before. It is now one of the best drives in the neighborhood of the city. Mr. Seale will move the gang eoon " to the State burg road and will oegin where the city left off and. carry on the construc tion of a first class clay and sand road way for some distance into the coun try. The Clerk of Court's office recorded an $18,000,000 mortgage and a lease for the Southern Railway last Thurs day. Within the past month railroad mortgages aggregating more than 8100,000,000, have been placed on re cord in this county. The Atlantic Coast Line has recorded two, one of $5,000,000 and one of $80,000,000, and now the Southern has given one for $18,000,000. The fees for recording these mortgages amount to several hundred dollars. The tobacco business is booming in all the tobacco markets of the State and money is circulating freely in all lines of business in thocse towns in consequence. The tobacco warehouses are having large sales daily and the season is just opening. Tobacco of all grades is bringing the highest prices in many years and the tobacco plant ers who have large crops will make money this year. Sumter, as a tobac co market, has dropped out of the race, and there is not the least probability of the warehouse being opened this season. This condition of affairs leads some of pur citizens to ask, ' ' What has become of the new Black River road and the wonderful influence^ it was to have exerted toward making Sumter the tobacco market of the State?" The order of the Postoffice. Inspector requiring the Postmaster to close the lobby of the postoffice at 9 o'clock every night in the week and at 8 o'clock on Sunday night will not be popular with the patrons of the office, for there seems to be no necessity for it. Quite frequently a business man has occasion to mail an important let ter or to procure his mail from his lock box after 9 p.m., and- the clsoing of the lobby will prevent his doing so. The county campaign opens in about three weeks and there are scarcely sufficient number of candidates in the field to fill the offices. As yet there is no candidate announced for the Sen ate, only two for the three seats in the House of Representatives, one for Judge of Probate, one for Auditor and so on through the list. I There is of course, at least one avowed candidate for every onice, but they are very backward in placing their cards in the papers. John Stuckey, one of Mr. A. B. Stuckey's sons, was painfully injured Tuesday afternoon of last week by being thrown from a buggy and striking his head and face against the buggy wheel. ? long gash was cut, extending from the forehead, across' the eye brow and diagonally across the check, and the skin and flesh torn loose. The family is spending the summer at Providence ; and it was several hours before a doc tor could be sumnioned from this city. The Second Regiment Band gave the I regular weekly concert on the Graded School Squ&.re Friday afternoon, j Quite a crowd assembled to hear the music but recently it has been notice able that the attendance at the open air concerts has not been as large as heretofore. The falling off in attend ance is difficult to understand, for the band always gives an attractive and enjoyable concert and the programme is never the same. The band appre ciates a large attendance and the people of Sumter should give them encouragement of their presence. Th? strength of Congressman Lever in Sumter is surprising and those who have been working for his reelection have reached the conclusion that there is no material to work on be cause the sentiment is practically solid for his return to Congress for the full term. Unless his opponent suceeds in developing great strength elsewhere in the district he will be buried beneath a regular landslide of Lever votes. Everybody hereabouts concedes Lever's reelection and the only matter in doubt is the size of his majority. The police have been instructed to rigidly enforce the ordinance against throwing trash and refuse of all kinds ?watermelon rinds, garbage, etc?on the streets or in back lots. It is Un lawful to throw garbage.^on the streets or in back lots or to place garbage in barrels or boxes on the streets after 10 a. m. Garbage" for removal by the scavenger carts must be placed in boxes or barrels on the streets be tween sun set and 10 a. m. Those who are not seeking an interview with the Mayor will do well to ob serve the law to the letter. The negro loafers are making them selves scarce where the police can see them. They do not like work at all, and to chain gang labor they have a positive antipathy. The fate that befell the two vagrants who were tried in the Mayor's court last week has spread terror throughout the army of loafers and they are hunting other quarters. A few dozen of these able bodied street loafers would be a wel come addition to Supervisor Seale's gang just at this time, for there is lots of work to be done on the road,' and it is hoped that the police will keep up the good work. Augusta, Ga., will try oil for street sprinkling on an extensive scale. The first purchase of oil for the purpose amounted to 28,000 gallons. The use of oil for street sprinkling has passed the experimental stage and it has so many advantages over water that it is strange that- it not more generally used. Main street would be far clean er and freer of dust if oil was used oh it and it would be cheaper in the long run than water. It would pay the merchants on Main street to pay for the oil and get rid of the dust nuis ance that causes annually a great loss by damaging their goods. There will be no scarcity of material when the appointments of mail car riers in this city has to be made. It is said that there are already six or eight times as many candidates for the positions as there are places to be fill ed. The applicants will be examined by a civil service examiner and the appointments will be made, it is said, strictly upo a merit, as shown by the examination. The position of mail carrier is no sinecure as the successful applicants will find and they will be convinced after a few months service that they will earn their salaries. Carrying the mail is work, not a soft snap; IT'S POSTMASTER SHORE. President Roosevelt Appoints his Origi nai Nominee. Mr. George D. Shore received noti fication by telegraph last Wednesday that President Roosevelt had reappoint ed him postmaster at Sumter and that his appointment had been forwarded by mail. It will be remembered that Mr. Shore was nominated for this position by the president sometime before congress adjourned and that the senate did not confirm the appoint ment. It was stated in this paper im mediately after the adjournment of consress that Mr. Shore would be reappointed at an early .date and would take charge of the office imme diately thereafter. The information upon which this statement was made is now proven to have been reliable. Mr. Shore will file his bond with the least possible delay and he will probably teke charge of the postoffice within the next two or three weeks. The appointment of Mr. Shore is a decided knock out for the old time Republicans, for Edmund Deas and the other leaders of the organization made every effort to defeat him and it was through their efforts that the nomina tion was held up in committee and his confirmation by the Senate prevented. THE SE&BO?RQ SPREADING OUT. The Ohio River and Charleston Has Been Bought by the Sea board it Will be Extended. Baltimore, July 2L?An air line from the Great Lakes to the South At lantic seaboard is made possible by a deal which has been practically con summated by the Union Trust Com pany of this city. The Union Trust Company has just completed arrange ments to finance the extension of the old Ohio River and Charleston Rail road from the coal fields of West Vir ginia to Lincolnton, . C. It has been decided also, it is under stood, to extend this road northward to Ironton, where it will connect with the Detroit Southern. Samuel Hunt, president of the latter road is also president of the Ohio River and Charleston, which was recently taken over by a new company, known as the South and Western. At Lincoln ton the road will connect with, th? Seaboard Air Line, with which company close agreements for the interchange of traffic have been made. The line will be the shortest from the West Virginia coal fields to the sea and if the extension to Ironton is built, it will give the Seaboard an in dependent and short route to the Great Lakes. THE PHARMACY LAWS. The Governor Will Cooperate With the State Association. Charleston, July 19.?Mr. Julian A. Barbot, president of the South Caro lina Pharmaceutical Association, and member of the State examining board, Secretary Frank M. Smith of the As sociation, and Chairman Edward S. Burnham, of the State board, have returned to the city from Columbia, where they had a conference with Gov. McSweeney relative to the en forcement of the pure drugs and phar maceutical laws of the State. The Charleston delegation called on the Governor, accompanied by Messrs. Owings & Thomas, of Columbia, who are members of the State bc"U"d, and the situation was thoroughly dis ^ssed. Gov. McSweeney assured the delates that he will do everything in his pir er to cooperate with the State assocn tion to have the laws observed in all sections of the State, and immediate steps will be taken, in accordance with the plans and procedure deter mined upon at the conference. Mutual Farm Insurance. - Boston, July 2L?The managers of the Grange Insurance Company are much satisfied with the success of their experiment thus far, though they say that a trial of five years will be needed before the system can be said to have been fully tested. The old Mutual Insurance Company, which did a local business in the northeast corner of the State, is operating all over the State, and its activity is in creasing. The manager of the com pany, Elmer D. Howe, of Marlboro, who was former master of the State Grange, and is now one of its execu tive committee, the business head of the concern, says that since th? open ing of the year the company has done a business averaging $1,000 per day. The loss has been only $17. The rate of insurance upon farm property is about half the rate which is charged by old-line companies. Policies are issu?d only on farm dwellings and outbuildings, and the company does not compete at all for city business in the way of insurirg blocks. Only members of the Grange are admitted to the benefits of insur ance in the Grange Company. Pay ment for insurance varies according to the amount of the policies, the situa tion of the property, and the length of the term for which the policy runs. Policy-holders are not required to make payment in cash, but they give what is called a premium note. They are required to pay the interest on these notes to meet the running ex penses of the company and to enlarge the fund which is being accumulated to meet losses. Should losses occur requiring more money than is in the fund, then the givers of the notes will be assessed to meet the deficiency. But in no case are they liable for more than the amount of their notes. Con sidering the liability of insurers in other mutual fire companies, for an amount equal to the sum of their policies, the Grange managers think that they offer more favorable terms, especially considering the low rate of insurance. The Grange Company has an invest ment committtee to examine the risks, and none but those of first quality are taken. It is not the custom of the company to require collateral to be put up with the notes which are given by the policy-holders, but the finan cial standing of the applicant is look ed into, and none but those who satisfy the committee are accepted. The managers of the company are not boasting much of their success thus far, but the beignning has been so much more favorable than they had ex pected that they are feeling very hap py over the situation. Thus far their business lias been confined to Massa chusetts, but it may be extended to other States, though it will be limit ed to those persons who are members of the Grange. Augusta's Good Judgment. Special to The State. Augusta,, July 21.- -Growing out of some citizens of Augusta having seen the oil bath experimented on in Co lumbia, Richmond county is to have all of its prominent thoroughfares treated in a like manner. A tank car containing 14,000 gallons of oil for road work was unloaded here by Judge Eve this morning. The first work to be completed is a stretch of several miles on the Wrightsboro road. About the middle of the week the famous Sanbar Ferry road, leading to Carolina's most famous dueling ground, will be taken up and finished as far out as the Sa vannah river. Another order for 14, 000 gallons has been placed to follow up the present shipment. Now is the paper hat season. Nice assortment material at H. G. Osteen & Co. JOHN W. GATES' NEXT. Rumor of Another Flyer in Rail roads?Eyes on Vanderbilt Lines. Chicago, July 21.?A New York let ter to the Record-Herald says : John W. Gates has emerged from his whirl in the corn pit looking as f?t as a fid dle, and is scanning the horizon for another world to conquer. There was a rumor on the street Wednesday that he intended to tackle the New York Central Railroad, and has been study ing the city directory to see how many members of the Vanderbilt family he'd have to wrestle with. Another report has him buying the Alton Railroad. He stays in his son's office all day counting the money he has made in the corn deal and at 3 o'clock goes down to Manhattan Beach to cool off, get the kinks out of his pocketbook and wash the. soot of toil from his hands by the sea bath. He wears a big Panama hat and his friends say it isn't big enough by half to hold his winnings in the late agricultural ex periment. Some of the New York newspapers credit him with turning four millions: others estimate his gains as low as a million and a half, while one ribald sheet declares that he didn't make a copper, and would have been buried in a corn crib if he hadn't dropped the deal when he did. However, that is neither here nor there. It is difficult to tell when John Gates has made money or when he has lost it. When he talks about his big losses, and he brags both ways, he has a motive in it, but you can always believe everything he says. His na tive modesty and conscientiousness will not permit him to exaggerate or misrepresent. , Mr. Gates is accompanied to Man hattan Beach every afternoon by a serious-looking gentleman, who regis ters at the hotel as Isaac L. Elwood. Some say that he is a clergyman ; oth ers that he is the principal of a semi nary for young women in Central Illi nois. He uses a coil of barbed wire for a belt buckle, and says that Mr. Gates gave it to him many years ago when they were first acquainted. Mr. Elwood is spending a few weeks in the East for his health. He is the guest of Mr. Gates, but orders his own refreshments. Altogether the old habitues of Wall street agree that John W. Gates is the liveliest proposition in the way of sport that ever blew into this town. There was never such a daring opera tor in the stock market. He's a won der to the Eastern plungers, and al though he's been here off and on three years or more they don't understand him yet. I heard a man declare yes terday that Gates was the biggest gambler ever known, and there have been a good many big ones here and elsewhere. So, yon see, the West has more than one thing to be proud of. Gates doesn't care a rap what the game is?whether it's a horse race, or at the poker table, or at the Stock Ex change. He'll offer to match dollars with the Angel Gabriel if he's called with rest of the folks on resurrection morning?it's all the same to him. He takes the biggest chances ever known on the street. He's dropped a large pile now and then, and has survived several jolts that would have broken the purses and the heart of most operators, but he always comes up smiling, brushes the dust off his coat, pokes out the dents in his hat, and never stops to inquire what ran over him. THE FLOOD RECEDES. VT" . ? The Loss Will Approximate Six Million Dollars. Keokuk, la., July 21.?The height of the flood in the Mississippi river was reached today south of here. The river fell an inch and a half at Koekuk today and the fall will reach southern points by tomorrow. But the rise of a foot more in the vicinity of Canton, Quiricy, Lagrange and Hannibal carried the water over thou sands of acres previously uninjured. The highest water is between La grange and Gregory, where the water on Sunday was well below the rails of the St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwest ern railway on the bank of the river. A flood is pouring over the tracks to day and reaching to the steps of the coaches. The roadbed is good and trains are delayed only by slow run ning through water. Farmers report a much greater loss than before, but estimates approxi mating 86,000,000 damage over 75 miles of river frontage will not be changed greatly. The river here is full of debris. South of here the flotsam includes thousands of rabbits as passenger on logs, pieces of houses and other wreckage. ? mmm The King's Insurance. (Tip in New York Press. ) Over 8,000,000 persons in Germany are insured against illness. In Eng land just now the leading insurance companies are considering the advisa bility of returning to what might be called the " legitimate. " It has been said time and again that if the King had died last week the British com panies would have lost $100,000,000. That is an enormous sum, and the statement is undoubtedly a gross exag geration. But it is a fact that the companes issuing policies on his life to Tom, Dick and Harry, in their own interest, have been scared nearly out of their wits. There is no such ihing in the United States as insuring a sec ond person, and if such a line of busi ness ever was thought of by our great er leaders in insurance, the exceed ingly narrow escape of the British com panies has chilled the notion. One of the ablest insurance men in New York tells me that our companies are too wise ever to enter such a field. Possi bly he is wrong. If there is money in it our companies will surely enter it, and on a scale so broad as will cause British companies to gasp. Hamburg, July 21.?The steamship Primus of Hamburg with lS? passengers on board was cut in two and sunk by the tug Hansa on the river Elbe at 12.30 o'clock this mornnig. So far as ascertainable about 50 persons were drowned. Thirteen bodies already have been recovered. JUDGE TAFT BIDS POPE FAREWELL Visitors Were Given Presents Question of Expulsion of the Friars Was Discussed. Rome, July 21.?The pope received Gov. Taft and the members of bis party in farewell audience at noon today. The Americans drove in two carriages from their hotel to the Vati can. Judge Taft and Judge Smith wore evening dress, as prescribed by etiquette; Maj. Porter was in full uniform, and Bishop O'Gorman wore ecclesiastical robes. They were receiv ed at the Great Door of the Vatican by the Swiss Guards, who rendered military honors. At the foot of the State staircase the Americans were met by Monsignor Bisleti, master of ceremonies, who was accompanied by several other dig nitaries of the papal court. At the door of the pontifical apartments the noble guards and gendarmes rendered the customary honors, after which Gov. Taft and his companions were in troduced into the presence of the pope, who welcomed them with marked cordiality. To mark his satisfaction at the suc cess of the negotiations the pope pre sented each member of Gov. Taft's party with a personal gift enclosed in a magnificent Morocco case with the papal arms. Gov. Taft got a gold, goosequill, of exquisite workmanship, with Pope Leo's coat of arms on the feather. To Bishop O'Gorman was pre sented a pectoral cross set with rubies and amethysts having a cameo centre bearing the figure of the Virgin surrounded with pearls. Judge Smith and Maj. Porter each received a gold jubliee medal. The pope gave Mrs. Taft an enamel reproduction of the ancient painting of Saint Ursula sur rounded by Virgins. The Americans were ushered into the private library and so soon as the door was opened the pope went half way to meet them and greeted Gov. Taft with the greatest cordiality. The pontiff commenced the interview by saying he was most satisfied and happy at the results obtained and as confident that the negotiations would be the starting point of a complete and satisfactory solution of ; the ques tion under discussion. He added that the apostolic delegate soon to be ap pointed would be instructed most strictly and precisely regarding carry ing out the idea determined upon be tween the United States and the Vati can, saying: "I will see that orders be given him as. to his work, over which I will watch him personally." Turning the conversation, the pops expressed the highest esteem for Amer ican methods of treating church mat ters. In fact he had more than once pointed to the United States as set ting an example well worth copying. Gov. Taft thanked the pope for the promptness and courtesy shown him during his visit and promised coopera tion with the apostolic delegate in executing the business on the lines agreed upon at Rome. He expressed regret at the fact that the negotiations had been made the occasion for the circulation of false and even calumnious rumors in various papers and by some telegraphic agen cies, which had given rise to unfavor able comments upon the Vatican. The pope also protested against such false reports, but he philosophically de clared that by this time he was accus tomed to that kind of misrepresenta tion. The pontiff then rose with unusual activity, walked with the Americans to the opposite side of the room and > showed them the mosaic which he is sending to President Roosevelt in re turn for the president's present of a box containing Mr. Roosevelt's liter ary works. The mosaic is a copy of Oorridi's well known picture of Pope Leo sitting on the terrace of the Vati can gardens surveying Rome. It was made in the Vatican workshops. The pope then gave Bishop O'Gor man an autograph letter to President Roosevelt. Members of Gov. Taft's party ask ed the pope to bless several boxes- of rosaries and other religious memen toes, which his holiness did most will ingly, adding that his benediction was extended to all their relations and friends. Aftei* an audience of 40 minutes in which the conversation was carried on entirely in French, Bishop O'Gorman and Maj. Porter translating, the pope saw the Americans to the door of the . library. Gov. Taft and his companions then called on the papal secretary of state, Cardinal Rampolla, with whom they exchanged somewhat similar courte sies. ? Later Gov. Taft accompanied by Judge Smith and Capt. Srother, left Rome for Naples. Bishop O'Gorman will sail for the United States next. He will take with him a letter from Cardinal Rampolla to Secretary of State Hay. - mm $ * mm Major Jenkins in Office. Columbia. July 21.?Major Micah Jenkins arri ved in the city today and took immediate charge of the office of internal revenue collector for the State of South Carolina. Inspector George Fletcher was present and saw to the transfer of the office, books and papers that had been in charge of Deputy George H. Hug gins during the interim. Everything was iri first-class shape and conse quently the transfer was a simple matter. District Attorney John G. Capers accompanied Major Jenkins and was in office during the morning. Major Jenkins announced no changes in the office and said that he had no announcements to make at this time. He is attending to the work of the office and has nothing to say. Major Jenkins has the appointment of everyone connected with his office for which he is responsible, except J. H. Johnson who is under the civil service rules. This gives the appoint ment of four clerks in th office and three division deputies.. The office of internal revenue collec tor is one of the most responsible and important in the Government service in this State, and Major Jenkins will find a hearty welcome here, among a people he so well knows. Crepe paper 8c. the rollt Csteen's Eook Store. ? $173,000 S IT To Prevent Consolidation of the Carolina Properties of the Southern. Charleston, July 21.?Papers in a i suit for $173,000 damages have been ^ served here on officers of the South ern Railway by J. F. Maybank, of Charleston, with the idea of prevent ing the consolidation of railroad prop erties in this State. The documents have not been put on record in the Court and the original copies have been sent to the general headquarters of the Southern Railway. The railroad properties mentioned in the suit are the Charlotte, ' Colum iba and Augusta, the Asheville and Spartanburg, the Carolina Midland and th6 South Carolina and Georgia Extension. It is alleged that the Southern has acquired control of com peting lines, which is contrary to the laws of South Carolina. The South Carolina and Georga is th? latest property to be acquired by the South ern, the others having been operated by that system for some time. Richmond, Va., July 2L?An Am herst, Va., special says: Judge C. J. Campbell was indicted today by a special grand jury for felo nious assault upon Rev. C. H. Craw ford, whom he horsewhipped in front of the court house at the Junejterm of his court. Judge Eugene N. Wood of Fluvanna is presiding, and has set the case for hearing on July 31. SEPOBT OF THE CONDITION OF " TIE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER, S. O, At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, July 22,1902. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $277,375 54 " Overdrafts, secured and unse cured, 6,996 91 U.S. Bonds to secure circula tion, 18,750 00 : Stocks, securities, etc., " 15.400 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3,000 00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 3,025 99 Due from Stete Banks and Bankers, 4,189 14. Due jfrom approved reserve agents, 8,383 60 Checks and other cash items, 552 93 Notes of other National Banks, 1,500 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents. 1,974 07 Lawful Money Reserve in.Bank, viz: Specie, 8,342 50 Legal-tender notes, 5,000 00 13>342 50,. Redemption fund with U. S. Treas'r (5 per cent of circu lation,) . 937 50 ' Total, $355,428 18 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, 75,000 00 Surplus fund, . 15,000 00 \ Undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid, 23,150 57 National Bank notes outstand ing 18,750 00 Due to other National Banks, 1,847 52 Due to State Banks and Bankers, 2,782 50 Dividends unpaid, 160 00 Individual deposits subject to check, 171,760 33 Notes and bills rediscounted 49,977 26 Total $355.428 18 State of South. Carolina, ? gg County of Sumter. ) I, R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of July, 1902. , GEO. lu RICKER, [ . s.] Notary Public for S. C. Correct?Attest: R. D. LEE, ) NEILL O'DONNELL, [ Directors. JOHN REED, ) July 23,1902. _ Wofford College. SPARTANBURG, - S. C. . SNYDER, M. A., PRESIDENT. Full College Courses. Favorable sur roundings. The best influences. Necessary expenses from $160 to $175 for the year. For catalogue or other in formation, apply to J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary. Wotford College Fitting School, SPARTANBURG, S\ C. Elegant new building. Ci Nul atten tion to individual student. Board and tuition for year, $110. All information . given by A. M. DuPRE, July 23 Head Master. GLENN SPRINGS WATfR Cures Dyspepsia, For sale by A. J. China. J. F. W, DeLorrne. ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS ! Pursuant to resolution of the County Democratic Executive Committee, county campaign meeting?, at which the candi de tes for county cftices will address the voters, will be held in Sumter county as' follows : Privateer, Tuesday, August 5. Providence, Tuesday, August 12. Shiloh, Tuesday, August 19. Sumter, Friday, August 22nd (night) and Saturday, August 23?;d at 11 o'clock a. m. Each candidate for a county office and for Congress is required to tie his pledge. with the County Chairman and pay the preliminary assessment of $1.50 cn or be fore Monday, August 4. Magistrates will be voted for in the pri ? mary as heretofore. Members of the County Executive Com mittee who have not yet sent in names of three Managers for the primary election will do so at once. JOHN M. KNIGHT, County Chairman. H. L. B. Wells, Secretary, Sumter, July 16.