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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3G, 1902. Entered or ?k? fost O fice at Sumter S . C?.. ?t'Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. : Jenkins Bros.'?New Home Machines. Male Help Wanted?Address P. O. 1371, N. Y. Cedar Rapidi, la., Inter-State Cor. Intst.?Young Men Wanted. ^Candidate?E. I Manning for the Senate. PERSONAL. Mr. J. J. Ragin"was in city Friday. Capt. R. J. Brownfield was iu the city today. Miss Unita' White has returned from Bishopville. Miss Bessie Ingram has returned from Manning. Mr. L C. Strauss went to Man sing yesterday. Rev. J. C. Baily and wife spent Thursday in the city. Mrs. G. U. Graham returned Thurs day afternoon from Hagood. Mrs. M. C. Burgess, of Manning, is visiting relatives in the city. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Hood have re turned from the Isle of Palms. Miss Olivia Ingram, of Manning, spent the Saturday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Cuttino have returned from Pawley's Island. Mrs. D. Jas. Winn and son left last Thursday for West Virginia. Mrs. Geo. D. Shore and children have gone to Waynesville, N. C. Master Oliver Plowden, of Green wood, is spending a few days here. - Mr. D. Jas. Winn returned Wednes day night from Wrightsville Sound. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Green have re turned from their visit to. the coun try. Miss Jenie Reames, of Bishopville, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. Frank Pate, Miss Virginia Stern, of Savannah, is visiting at Mrs. H. Rytten be:?g's. Mrs. W. B. Murray and daughter, Essie, have returned from Henderson ilie, N. C. Mrs. J. Frank Pat? and Master J. Trank Pate, Jr., have returned from Jishopville. Misses Kate and Daisy Pollock are visiting Miss Mamie " DuBose at DuBose X Roads. Mr, Wm. H. Gaillard, of Clarendon, was in the city Thursday. He reports crops good in the Fork. Rev. W. J. McKay, D. D., of Salem, S. C, has gone, to Glenn Springs to spend a month. Misses Madge and Jani e Lou and Mr. Fred McDowell have returned irom s'visit to Bishopville. Mrs. D. H. Wadsrworth and children, ] of Darlington, are in the- city, the guests of Mrs. T. C. Scaffe. Mrs. George E. Bruner arid little son, Evans, have gone to Chick Springs, S. C, for a month. Dr. H. J. McLaurin has gone to Co lumbia to attend th? meeting of the State Board of Equalization. Miss Annie Graham, who has been attending the summer school at Bock Hill, has returned to the city. Mr. Ii. B. DuRant has returned m Hendersonvilie, X. C He left Mrs. DuRant in the mountains. CoL T. V. Walsh was at his office Monday, having returned on Satur day from Harris Lithia-Spriners. Mr. Mark Reynolds, wife and daugh ;rs left last Thursday afternoon for 'opsfield Mass., to visit relatives. Bev. and Mrs. H. H. Covington ad Miss Elizabeth D. Lee left yes jrday morning for Brevard, N. C. Mrs. Frank Boartfield and children bave gone to Augusta, .Ga., where they rill spend the remainder of the sum '. G. A. Lemmon left on Mon day afternoon for New York to buy ioods for the Sumter Dry Goods Com iny. Mrs. ? Fannie Baskins was in the, city on Wednesday and has since gone to visit her sister^ Mrs. M. L Kudnall, Manning. Mrs. H. R. McCown, of this city, visiting her brother, Mr. R. F. ?aynswortb, of Sumter, S. C?Flor ?ee Advocate. Mr. Walter Fqlsom and sister, " ibet, left on last Thursday night for llover, to attend the funeral of their ister, Mrs. S. M. Faires. Messrs. S. W. Stubbs and J. M. Jhandler left on Monday afternoon for le northern market to buy the fall and winter stock for Stubbs Bros. . v Miss Roberta Mack, of St. Matthews, passed through the city Wednesday af ternoon for Florence, where she will spend some time with relatives. Mr. J. H. Sanders, who has been in the city for a while with bis family who are summering it here returned to Green Pond Thursday evening. Mr. J. L. Hancock, formerly of tbis city but who is now located at Augusiia, in the service of the South ern Railway, is at home for a couple of days. Miss Aiford, the sister of Drs. W. B. and Plumer Aiford, stopped in this city on her way from Rock Hill, and spent a few days with her brothers. Hon. R. L Manning is in the city after a visit with Mrs. Manning to Atlantic Beach and other Northern resorts. He left Mrs. Manning at ?Saluda, N. C, where the other members of his family are. Mr. C. M. Gregg, the popular and efficient A. C. L. yardmaster, left last Friday for his home at Marion, S. C, to spend his vacation. Mr. J. W. Lamotte, who has been stationed at Columbia, S. ft, will fill his place. Mr. Stuart Mason, who has been in Providence, R. I., for some time is at home on a short trip. He came from the factory of Brown & Sharp in which he is employed to put up a screw cutting machine in the Sumter Telephone factory. The reports from Dr. Algy Alston continue to be favorable. He was doing nicely on Thursday, having en irely regained consciousness. He does t know anything about how the accident occurred and has been unable i to give any account of it. Misses Christine McKagen and Ada Winn have been appointed maids of honor to Miss Gertie Epperson, the Sponsor for Camp Dick Anderson to attend the State meeting of Confede rate veterans at Greenville next week. They will go to Greenville on Tuesday. Mr. Ansley P. Wilson of Columbia, was in tbe city Saturday as special ex aminer for the postoffice department in charge of the civil service examina tion of applicants for the position of mail carriers for this city. Mr. Wil son is a younger brother of Messrs. Edwin and J. V. Wilson, and holds the position of .money order clerk in the Columbia postoffice. The following Sumter personals are from the Florence Times : H. L. Darr left for Sumter last night. Miss Janneiter, of Sumter, is in the city? visiting friends. E. I. Reardon and family of Sum ter, are in the city visiting at the home of A. J. Alexander. Mrs. S. H. Edmunds and family left this morning for Congaree. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Jenkins have returned from Rock Hill. Mr. J. B. Roach and daughter, Miss Lucia, will go to Saluda, . C, to morrow to spend the balance of the summer. Col. J. M. Enight and family went to Glenn Springs last week. The Colonel has since returned, but he left Mrs. Knight and the children there. ???an? ????? MARRIED. Sunday afternoon, at 5.30 o'clock, at the parsonage of Magnolia Street 'Church, by the Rev. W. A. Fairey, Mr. .Earnest S. Wactor and Miss Sadie Reames, both of Sumter. The groom is in the employ of Mr. Boyle, of this city, and is a young man of fine character. The bride is the pretty and charming sister of Mrs. J. W. Dennis. Mr. L. D. Jennings, and Miss Augusta Gwynne Dinkins were mar ried on Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother,, Mrs. . I. Dinkins, in this city, Rev. C. C. Brown officiating. The bride and groom left on the evening train for a short trip to Charleston and the Isle of Palms. DEATHS. Mr. David Moise, who came home from Savannah several months ago, and has been sick with consumption, died on Monday morning. He was next to tbe youngest son of the late Chas. . Moise. The funeral was at the family family residence Tuesday at 10.30 a. m. Alack Jenkins, son of Mr. L. F.. Jenkins, died on last Wednesday at Georgetown, where he. has been at work for the A. C. Lumber Company. The body was brought here last night on the 9*12 train and the burial took place today in the country about four miles from town. He was ? a young man about 24 years old and unmarried. Mrs. Loula Faires, daughter of the late F. A. Folsom, and sister of Messrs. Walter and Todd Folsom, of this city died last Thursday from per itonitis, at her home at Clover, S. C. after a very short illness. She leaves her husband and eight children. Harriet Pinckney, the infant daugh ter of Mr. Thomas Childs died yester day afternoon. ?The funeral was held at the residence at 11 oclock this morning and the remains taken to Stateburg for interment. WILL TAKE CHARGE AU6.1st Postmaster Seorge D. Shore Has Received His Commission. Postmaster George D. Shore's bond has been approved and accepted and his commission issued. He received his commission several days ago and could have taken charge of the post office immediately, but he decided to wait until August 1st to assume charge of the office. House Struck by Lightning. The residence of Mr. C. L. Stubbs was struck by lighting yesterday after noon. The lightning struck the high est point of the roof and ran down the weather boarding to the ground. The house was only slightly damaged and no one in the :house received injury. A hen and flock of little chickens, which were under the house at the time, were killed. Fire Saturday Night. The alarm of fire about S.30 on last Saturday night was caused by the burning of the house of Mary Ann Singleton below the Coast Line depot. Reel Squad No 2 respond ed promptly and as usual did good work ; but the fire had made a good start before the alarm was given and the building was practically destroy ed. Some of the contents were saved. Rain. The best rain for several weeks visit ed this city and the country north of here Thursday afternoon. It did not extend for below, howeve*, there being very little in Privateer and none at Wedgefield. A good rain is report ed to have fallen at BishopviUe, Mannville, Wisacky, Wells' Cross Roads, St. Charles and Oswego, and also at Heriot and Dalzell. There was only a light rain at Mayesville, and in the western part of the connty so far as heard there was little or no rain. At Stateburg, Smith vi lie and ?oykins there was no rain at all. There was a good rain in the Brog don section, and also continuing down to Manning, where there was also a good rain. There was no rain at Packsville. Tbere was a good rain Monday morning at Stateburg, the best or only rain for the past six weeks. It is still dry at the Frierson place a few miles this side of Stateburg, where it has not rained for about eight weefcs. It is ? still dry also at Wedgefield. . ! Twenty-five Applicants Examined. The examination of applicants for city mail carriers was held in the Court House Saturday, and was in charge of Mr. Ansley P. "Wilson, of Col umbia, special examiner, assisted by Mr. H. C. Moses and Miss Emmie Whittemore. There were 25 applicants, about equally divided as to white and colored. Mr. Wilson says that it will take about a month to examine the papers, as there are other examinations held elsewhere that will require attention also. Out of those who pass the best exam ination the three carriers will be se lected : but all who make an average of 70 will be" put on the list of eligi - bles from which vacancies will be fill ed during the next 12 months. The appointment at first is on six months probation, during which time those who fail to give satisfaction will be displaced and one of the ellgibles will be put in. After six months satisfactory service the appointee is entitled to hold the placet under the civil service rules for life or during good behavior. The list of eligibles will hold good for one year from the date of an nouncement of result of examination, at end of which time another exami nation will be in order. Mayor's Court. Sandy Bradley and Saul Pringle, Jr., colored were charged with disorderly conduct, and a warrant issued for their arrest. The offense consisted of an assault upon Raphael Douglass, also colored for the purpose of captur ing a watermelon which he had in his possession, and which was his own good and lawful property. The pur pose was accomplished. Saul and Sandy enjoyed, the sweets of stolen fruit, while Raphael and two or three chums whose bright anticip??ons," were thus rudely wrecked, meditated revenge. Saul had skipped but the police got Sandy. He denied his guilt and said it was all fun and so forth. The Mayor disagreed with Sandy and thought the offense was more like robbery than fun. After a short lec ture on the sacredness of property rights even to a little negro with a watermelon, he imposed a sentence of ten dollars or twenty days on Sandy and has the same thing up his sleeve for Saul if he is caught. This is the second offense of the kind that has come to the notice of the police this week. Wm. Weaver and John Lazenby two white men were up for drunk and dis orderly conduct on Liberty street Sat urday and paid three dollars and two dollars respectedly for their fun. Hampton James, colored, for enter ing Rosa Mack's house on Divine street, and there raising a disturbance by pummeling Rosa Mack ; $7.50 or 15 days. C. P. Jackson for having a friendly little melee with his Joving spouse in Red and White street;.one dollar or two days. Tom Young and Theodore McFaddin for neglect or refusal to perform street duty, or pay commutation tax in lien thereof, were required to pay the tax and one dollar and a half each as penalty. Costly Tax Dodging. Two colored men, one of them a bar ber, in this city, who were notified to work the streets in default of non-pay ment of street tax, thought they could get clear by leaving town. They were located however, one in Florence and the other in Orangeburg, and warrants for their arrest forwarded to proper officers at each plaoe. Returns from each have been received, and the par ties are now willing to settle up, with costs, amounting to over $7 instead of 81.50, the amount of the tax. Thompson's. Canvass. "Ed Thompson, the negro Republi can candidate for congress, leaves the city this morning for Sumter., He will open his campaign there and go in all other parts of the district. Speech es will be made in Orahgeburg, Sum ter, Lexington and all principal points in Richland. Thompson says he is in the race and will make a close canvass. He is the only Republican candidate in the field in anv district thus far."?Sta te, '26th. The Daily Item reporter made dili gent inquiry for the "opening of the campaign*' as abovs stated, but found none of the old time republican lead ers who could give any information. It was finally learned from one of chem that Thompson was one of the applicants who took the civil service examination today as applicant for the position of mail carrier in this city. The party also volunteered the infor mation that "Thompson is pretty smooth, " and that he has already stood for the same position in Columbia. The Raleigh Hose Races. At the hose wagon races at Raleigh on July 23d, distance 200 yards to the hydrant, the time was as "follows : No. 1, Greensboro, 47 2-5. Newbern, ruled out. Eagle, Greensboro, 46 1-5. No. 1, Goldsboro, 34. No. 2. Durham, 42. Rescue, Raleigh, 39 2-5. Salisbury, 42 2-5. Capital, Raleigh, 42. Eclipse, Goldsboro, 32 1-5. No. 1, Durham, 41. It is asserted that this time by the Eclipse beats the record.?Charlotte Daily Observer, July 24. If this race was held under the same rules and conditions governing the race held here on June 26th the Del gars will have to hustle to again beat the record. Jenkins Bro?. have just received a large shipment of ball bearing, drop head. New Home machine?. See them. Under Ma sonic Temple. July 30. GLENN SPRINGS WATER B8st_Rern8 y,?or_Stomach ? Troubles. For sale by A. J. China. J. F W. DeLoraie. LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED. The graded schools of this city will reopen on Monday, the 15th of Sep tember. The police are still looking for vagrants. Supervisor Seale's training school for traant laborers has room for all that the police can run in. An open boll of cotton was left at this office on last Monday. It came from the farm of Mr. E. Hogan, and is of the Improved King variety. Wm. Montangne had an open cotton boll on exhibition Saturday. It was taken from a small patch of about a fourth of an acre in the city suburbs. The large glasses have been put in place in the store that is being fitted up at the corner of Main and Liberty streets for the Sumter Dry Good's Company. - We return thanks to the Glenn Springs Company for an invitation to attend a German to be given at the Glenn Springs Hotel, Tuesday even ing, July 29th. ' The annual meeting of the stockhol ders of the Sumter Compress Company was held yesterday. The stockholders were satisfied with the years business and re-elected the same officers, viz: H. Harby, Pr?sident, and H. J. Harby, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Charlie Smith met with a pain ful accident a few days ago by which he lost the end of his midddle left finger. In handling a large piece of marble, weighing about 1300 pounds, his finger was caught and mashed so badly tbat the end of the finger had to be amputated. A lecture will be delivered by Rev./ j H. C. Grossman at Magnolia Street Church, Wednesday evening, July 30th, at 8.30. Subject: "Anthropol ogy, or Man and His True Eleva ti on.--" Admission, 10 cents. Re freshments will be served on church lawn after the lecture. Two hotel porters were up before the Mayor today for creating a distur bance at the depot and interfering with passengers. They were discharg ed for lack of evidence, but with ad vice to aet hereafter within the limi tations prescribed by the city authori ties as to hackmen and porters. An examination for a scholarship in the U. S. Naval Academy,' the ap pointment to be made by ?. S. Sena tor McLaurin, will be held on July 30 and 31 at the office of Messrs. Hayus worth and Haynsworth in this city. The examination will be in charge of Messrs. W. P. Baskin and Edgar Haynsworth. Sheriff Scarborough was called up yesterday morning about 2 o'clock by a citizen who bad seen a man, that he thought answered to the description of Jeffcoat, go to a negro house Mon day night on the suburbs of the city. On inquiry the sheriff decided it was a mistake, as the man was described as about 45 years old. The Second Regiment Band went to Manning Wednesday night and furnish ed music at the reception given by the Tobacco Warehouse preparatory to the opening sale there Thursday. There was a large representation of tobacco grow ers and the citizens of Manning at the reception, and a very pleasant time is reported by the members of the band. A. M. Wallace, of Columbia, with whom this city has entered into con tract to build artificial stone pavement on Main and Liberty streets, came over with a force of hands yesterday and is now getting the work well under way. Work was begun in front of Levy & Moses store and will be carried to the corner of Liberty and on Lib erty to the postoffice. It is tho same class of work that has been so much admired in Columbia. The Christian Temperance Worker, is a new monthly paper, the first issue of which was published-this month. It has 8 pages, 3 columns to the page, and is neatly printed, and filled with good wholesome reading, fine selec tions and excellent original matter. Mrs. E. S. Herbert is Editor, Mrs. Joel E. Brunson and Mrs. J. H. White, Assistants, and Miss J. V. Smith, Business Manager. The sub scription price is 50 cents a year. It is printed in Spartanburg where commu nications should be address to Miss J. V. Smith, Business Manager. Th? Sumter firemen say that while they would be glad, indeed, to take, part in the proposed tournament in Charleston, it will be difficult, if, not impossible for them to do so if the tournament is held during the fall. Nearly all of the firemen are employed in stores and it has been a rule with the members of both hose wagon teams not to ask to get off to attend tournaments during the busy fall sea son when their services are most need ed bv their employers. If the Charles ton firemen succeed in their efforts to hold the tournament, and the prize list is sufficiently tempting, the Sum ter firemen may break the rule and send their racing teams to take part in the contest. Detective stories of all kinds at H. G. Osteen & Co's book store. IS YELLOW POISON in your blood ? Physicians call it flalarial Germ. It can be seen changing red blood yeilow under microscope. It works day and night. First, it turns your com plexion yellow. Chilly, aching sensations creep down your backbone. You feel weak and worthless. ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC will stop the trouble now. It enters the blood at once and drives out the yellow poison. If neglected and when Chilis, Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen eral break-down come later on, Roberts' Tonic will cure you then?but why wait ? Prevent future sickness. The manufac turers know all about this yel ?ow poison and have perfected Roberts' Tonic to drive it out, nourish your system, restore appetite, purify the blood, pre vent and cure Chills, Fevers and Ma?aria. It has cured thous ands?it will cure you, or your monev back. This is fair. It. Price, 25 cents. Try A. J. CHINA, T. D. CHANDLER. m/?Jw The balance of our Embroidery stock will be sold at Actual Cost. . Th? assortment is not large, but there are some EXCELLEI Only a few pairs of those 5? cent Oxfords left. If you can find your size, you save SO to 85 cents on every pair* AT COST \ FOR CAS? Our Entire Stock of Spring and Sum mer Clothing and Straw Hats. ITER, S. C.