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WEOpSBAY, AUGUST 6, 1902. k?&&rvd at the F tt Office at Sur/iter S <?., at Second Glati Mi?ter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Szekiel Baker?Horse Stolen. O'Donnell &.Co. ?Early Cotton. W. R. Jenkirison?Situation Wanted. W. H..Seale, Co. Supervisor?Quar terly .Report. , Candidate?John H. Clifton, for House of Represen tati ves. PERSONAL. cattered throughout the eastern parts of the State. Mr. J. J. Ragin is spending a few days in town. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Strauss were in . the ciiy yesterday. Mr. D. W. Cunningham has return ed from Dovesville. . Miss Augusta FoJsom is visiting friends in OrangeDurg, Mr.-J. K. CrosBwell has gone to Tew York on business. . Miss Sadie Davis went to Camden last Thursday morning. Mr. W. lu Saunders, of Stateburg spent Thursday in town. Mr. A. A. Brearley, of St Charles, was in the city Saturday. Mr. Shepherd Nash is at home from Ashevi?le, N. C, on a visit Mr. C. C. Fisbburne, * of Colum ia, spent Thursday in town. Miss Lynn Netties, of Florence, is visiting Miss Marie Berwick. Mr. JEL S. Cunningham, of Bishop viile, spent Saturday in town. Mr. Henry Fair, of Spartanburg, was in town Friday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ingram have gone to Manning to visit relatives. Mr. Paul J. Kennedy, of Clifton, is in the city to spend several weeks. Miss Mary Ingram has gone to State burg for the balance of the summer. Miss Anme Thigpen, of Valdosta, G&, is visiting Misss Bessie Ingram. Mr. W. Percival Smith, of George town, is spending a few days in town. Misses Janie Mikeil and Kate Meses left Monday morning for Brevard, N. C. Miss Mamie Chandler, of Summer ton, is visiting Mrs. J. CL Chandler. E. C. Dennis, Esq., of the Darling ton bar, was in the city Friday morn ing. Dr. Edmunds and Miss Mary Ed monds have gone to Waynesville, N. C. Miss Minnie Parker left last Monday evening for Savananh, Ga., to visit her sister. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chandler are visiting relatives in Williamsburg <?onty. Mrs. D. B. Anderson, of Birming ham, Ala., is visiting Mrs. N. G. Osteeii. Mr. and Mrs. L C. Strauss are spending some time at Wrightsviiie Beach, N. C. Mr. T. EL Clark has returned from Glenn Springs, he left his family for longer. Mr. W. E. JBrunson and Mr. Charles Eyl?tenberg went to Bishop ville yesterday. Mr. Ashleigh Mood, after spending a few days in Wilmington, N. C, has returned home. Mr. Isaac Schwartz has gone north to purchase the fall stock of goods for Schwartz Bros. Mr. Jas. . Lig?n, who has been in Ashevi?le, N. C, for some, time, re turned home Friday. The delegates, sponsors and maids of honor left yesterdoy morning for the reunion at Greenville. Maj. Marion Moise and Mr. Alta saont Moses left on Saturday morning for Wrightville, N. C. Messrs. Elisha Carson and Eb Wells left on Sunday for New York, going by steamer from Charlestou. Messrs. W. A. Stuckey, L. L. Baker and W. S. James, of Bishop ville, spent Monday in town. Miss Mamie Alexander, of Camden, will spend the week in the city, the guest of Mrs. R. L. Wright Miss Julia Schwerin left,?n Monday morning for Asehville, . C, where she will spend several weeks. Mrs. M. P. Booth, who has been visiting Dr. E. S. Booth in Ashevi?le, . C, returned home Friday. Mr. E. P. Bicker left on Friday morning on a two months trip through the Western and Pacific States. Miss Josie Weatherly will left on Saturday afternoon for *he Isle of Palms for a few days recreation. Miss Sarah Seay, who has been visiting Mrs. John T. Green, has re truned to her home in Columbia. Mrs. W. E. Jennings, of Charleston, is spending some time with her sister and family, Mrs. A. A. Bradham. Mrs. Lena DeLorme and her daugh ter, Mrs. Louise Baskin, of Bishop ville left Tuesday for Ashevi?le, N. C. Mrs. W. Percival Smith and daugh ter, .erancis, have gone to Angeline, N. C, for the remainder of the sum mer. Mr. Geo L. Bicker, cashier of the Sumter Savings Bank, is off on a two weeks holiday, and will spend it in Maine. Mayor Morgan and Mr.' J. B. Steele of Georgetown spent yesterday in this city, being on their way frcm Co lumbia. Mrs. Donald J. Aulo*, who has been ! visiting Miss Lillie Crosswell, of ? BishopviUe, returned home Friday morning. Miss Annie Graham left Sunday afternoon for East Orange N. J., where she will visit her sister Mrs. W. L. Brower. Mr. Jas? Culk was called to Lexing ton, S. C, Monday on account of the death of his sister, Miss Dai3ey, from typhoid fever. Messrs. Neill O'Donnell and W. B. Murray left for New York on Saturday afternoon to buy fall and winter goods for O'Donnell & Co. Mrs. Willie McCutchen, of Wisacky who has been keeping a boarding house in Saluda, . C., is quite sick with typhoid fever at that place. Miss Theodore Kohn and Miss Bertha Kohn, of Orangeburg, - and Miss j Francis Sterin, of Savannah, Ga., are j vieitinsr'at Mrs. H.: Ryttenberg's. Mr. A. E. Broadway, an old citizen of Sumter county, who has lived many years in Alabama arrived in the city last Wednesday and went t? Privateer to visit relatives. Mr. John H. Clifton joined the cam paign party at Privateer, yesterday, having filed his pledge as a candidate for the Legislature Monday night. See his card in this paper. Messrs. J. C. Wilborn and A. C. Jepson, candidates for railroad com missioner, were in the city Friday en route from Camden to. Chesterfield. Friday was an off day with the State campaign party and the candidates were Miss Olivia Ingram, of Manning, was in town yesterday on her way to Balti more and New York,, where she will "purchase and prepare the millinery stock for the Horn "Dry Goods Co., of which She will have charge the com ing season. Hon. R. A. Love, of York county, a member of the penitentiary board of directors, spent Monday in town. He is making a tour of the State inspect ing all chain gangs on which State convicts are worked. As Sumte* coun ty leases a number of convicts from the penitentiary, Mr. Love drove out to the chain gang camp and made a thorough inspection of the convicts and their quarters. He found noth-r ing to criticise in the management of the chain gang, th? convicts being well fed and in good physical condi tion. The Greenville female College schol arship, held by the S. C. Federation of Women's Clubs, which is good for for* years of free tuition, was won by MissLillian Earle, of this city. There Were a number of contestants from various places in the State, and some good papers were handed in, but Miss Earle made the highest averages on all the subjects required?mathematics, English, history, and geography. Miss Earle graduated from the city graded schools in June. She is a daughter of the late Senator Joseph H. Earle.?Greenville Mountaineer. liiss Rosa Kee and William Gillespie, of Rock Hill, are visiting at Mr. T. B. Jenkins'. DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN Walter S. Talion, son of Mr. J. B. Talion, of Elliott, died in the Columbia Hospital on Friday, July 25, aged 21 years. "He was operated on for dis eased leg having had blood poison in it, we understand as a result of a pre vious operation. He was buried on Saturday afternoon at Wells' M. E. church. A Sudden Death. Adam Young, ? well known negro carpenter, died suddenly last Saturday morning of heart disease. He was 74 years old, and had been in badhealth for several years, consequently his sudden death was no surprise., CoronerFlow era issued the burial permit after hav ing made an investigation that satis fied him that death was the result of natural causes. First Bate of Cotton. f?The first bale of new cotton was sold on this market last Saturday by Mr. W. A. Bowman. It was bought by Levi Bros, for 9 cents. It was graded as strict middling. The bale of cotton sold by Mr. W, A. Bowman Saturday afternoon was grown on his farm in Providence town ship (the Knox place). The bale weighed 6*20- pounds. This is the earliest bale ever sold on this market so far as the record shows. In 1898 the first bale was sold on Aug. 12, in 1899 on Aug. 9, and in 1900 on Aug. 13; in 19?1 the crop was late and no re cord was kept in this ofBce of the date of the sale of the first bale. Death of T. S. Moorman. Colombia, Aug. 4.?Mr. T. S. Moor man, of Columbia, Librarian of the State Supreme Court, died in Ashe ville, N. C, this morning. He had been in failing health for some months and was in Asheville for treatment. Lecture by President Synder. Prof. H. W. Snyder, president of Wofford College will deliver an address at St. Lukes Church, near Wisacky, on Saturday next at 11 o'clock a. m. Two Negroes Killed by Lightning. . Coroner Flowers was notified this morning, that two negro men were killed by lightning at Law's Mill pond, near Elliotts on Monday night. Their bodies were not discovered until yes terday afternoon, but everyone being satisfied as to the cause of their deatli it was not considered necessary to hold an inquest. The families of the men did not desire an inquest and Coroner Flowers was merely notified so that if he thought the law required it he could go to Elliotts today and make an investigation. Attention is directed to the adver tisement of O'Donnell a Co. It is in the nature of a fall announcement and to those who are now thinking of their fall and winter purchases it furnishes food for thought. Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. W. B. Murray are now in the north buying fall and winter goods, and it is safe to say that O'Donnell ? Co. will have one of the largest and best selected stocks ever bronght to Sumter. The laying of the artificial stone pavement was completed "to the postoffice yesterday. It has not yet been decided to put down any more pavement. The monthly report of the depart ment of agriculture was issued Monday. The average condition of the cotton crop is reported as 81.9 against 84.7, showing that there has been a general deterioration of the crop throughout the cotton growing States. The Northwestern R. R. is running only one passenger coach on the Sum ter and Camden train, and the Jim Crow car law is not in force at present. This condition is only temporary, how ever, and as soon as the coach can be overhauled it will be put back on the run. THE JUVENILE TOURNAMENT. 1 Red Hot Time Among the Young Firemen Thursday Afternoon. The juvenile firemen's tournament on lastThrsdday afternoon was a great suc cess, the attendance being large. The excitement among the boys was at fever heat and'older folks derived the greatest possible amusement from the occasion. The teams contesting were as fol lows: Game Cock, No 1?Dick Scott, Wil lie Jones, horses ; Walter Jones, butt man ; Shelton Reid, nozzleman. Stancill?Yernon Stancill, Allie Ledingham, horses; Reb Bradford, buttman ; Shelton Reid, nozzleman. Red Hot, No. 3.?Julius Seymour, Waverley Levy, horses ; Francis Moise, buttman; Ray Ryttenberg, nozzleman. Good Luck, No. 3.?Hartley Masonic, Waiter Sanders, horses ;-Gregg Wright, buttman ; Boone Burkett, nozzleman. The time of each squad and the prizes won follows: . ' Game Cock, No. 1, 14 seconds ; 1st prize, $1. Red Hot, No. 3, blew off, no time. Good Luck, No. 3, 17 seconds. Stancill, No. 4, 17 seconds.; second prize ; 50 cents. ' Stancill won tie, 18 seconds ; Good Luck, No. 3, 18*4. seconds. Grab Race. Game Cock, No. 1, 14 seconds ; first prized 65 cents. Stancill, blew off. Red Hot, No. 3, blew off. Good Luck, No. 3, l?f? seconds; second prize, 36 cents. Time Keeper. W. R. Delgar. Starter, Eugene Wilder. Judge, fi. W. Hood. The Boy Firemen Had a Big Time Mon day Afternoon. The reel races of the juvenile fire men, held on Main street Monday af ternoon, were attended by a large crowd, many grey heads being observ ed amid the mob of young men and boys. The small boys were gathered together by the hundred and they were all excited and interested partisans of the contesting squads. There were nine squads entered for the races and as the purses amounted to $6 in all there was a lively and de termined scramble for the prize win ning places. Game Cock No. 1, made the best time and received first money ; Jim Dandy, No. 3, was second, and Delgar, Jr., No. 3 was third. The following is a record of the races : Red Hot No. 3, blew off. Delgar Jr., No. 3, lo% seconds. Hot Stuff, No. 4, blew off. Jim Dandy, No. 3, 11% seconds. Good Luck, No. 13, 20 seconds. Game Cock, No. 1, 16^ seconds. Wind Burner, No. 6, blew off. Wide Awake, N?. 1, blew off. Big Six, No. 2, blew off. SUMTER LIGHT INFANTRY ELECTION. Capt. Doar Resigns aid New Officers Elected. At a meeting of the Sumter Light Infantry, held last 1?hursday night, Capt. T. Si JDoar resigned the command of the company and the resignation was accepted with great regret. An election of officers was then held with the following result : Captain?C. B. Yeadon. First Lieut?J. Z. Mims. Second Lieut?R. D. Sanders. First Sergt?L. B. Cummings. Second Sergt.?Geo. Hutcheson. Third Sergt?W. H. Flowers. Fourth Sergt.?Wilton Barrett. Fifth Sergt?Ollie Yates. Corporals?Pat Gallagher, first; T. Flowers, second; A. B. O'Neill, third ; Tom Bradley, fourth. Notice to Confederate Veterans. Dick Anderson Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, desires at an early date to bestow on the Veterans "Crosses of honor." This they can not do until each Veteran fills out a blank, and files with the Chapter, giving his . military record. These blanks can be had (free) by applying to Mrs. Altamont Moses, President of Dick Anderson Chapter, or to Mr. H. C. Moses, Adjutant Dick Anderson Camp. _ _ Delegates to Greenville Camp James D. Bianding, No. 122, Sons of Confederate Veterans, met Friday afternoon and elected the following delegates to attend the an nual State re-union of Sons of Veter ans at Greenville this week : Chas. L. Cuttino, S. A. f?arvin, J. Ashby Dick, Julian H. Levy, Jr., Eugene B. McCutchen, J. J. Britton, Jr., and Dr. B. B. Breeden. The delegation is empowered to fill any vacancies that may occur. Lecture by Rev. Christmas. The mass meeting called by the colored ministers of Sumter at Shiloh Baptist Church on last Friday night was fairly well attended. Rev. L. T. Christmas delivered an able, practical and inspiring address out lining the workings of "the Co operative Missionary Industrial and Education Crusade for the Masses," after which Dr. C. C. Brown gave a short talk and pledged his help in anything that will end to better the condition of the nesrroes in this coun try. By a vote the work as outlined by Rev. Christmas was endorsed by a hearty vote of the meeting. It was the sense of tbe meeting that our peo ple are making commendable ]>roi;ress in educaion. but there is a painful need of skilled industrial advancement and moral improvement. Rev. Christ mas has struck a key note that will be far-reaching along these lines if complied with by the thinking one of both races. J. C. Watkins, Sec. Streets to be Oiled. Mr. J. A. Schwerin has taken hold of the proposition to use crude petro leum for sprinkling Main street and has gone to work to raise the money necessary to purchase sufficient oil to sprinkle Main street between Republi can and Dugan. He is calling on the merchants and other business men on Main street for contributions, *nd has thus far met with gratifying success. With a few exceptions, every one he has called on has subscribed liberally, and if the others yet to be seen follow suit the amount needed will be, raised, | POSTMASTER SHORE IN CHARGE. Of?ce Transferred Last Night. New As sistant And Clerks Appointed. Postmaster Shore has taken charge of the postoffice, Mrs. Whittemore transferring the office to him last Thursday night at the close of office hours. Friday morning Mr. Shore and his corps of assistants were in full charge, and under the direction of Mr. B. R. Sanders, for many years a clerk in the postoffice, are rapidly learning the ropes and familiarizing themselves with their duties. Mr. Shore has made the following appointments : Assstant Postmaster, T. S. Doar. Stamp Clerk, Marion Rivers. General Delivery Clerk, Mrs. J. A. McClure. ? Mr. Richard L Manning, Jr., will be employed in the office temporarily, a month or two and Mr. B. R. San ders, will be there for two weeks. A BARN BURNED. Spontaneous Combustion Probable Cause of Loss to Or. Blanding. A barn belonging to Dr. A. L. Blanding, of Walnut Hill, this coun ty, burned at 4 o'clock this morning being completely destroyed, together with contents, about 850 worth of oats. The barn had just been recently built at a cost of $350. Dr. Blanding says he does not know how the structure caught fire. He can offer but twc theories?one, that it was set on fire, and the other, that the fire was the result of spontaneous combustion. He says that the barn was filled with sheaf oats last Thurs day and that some of the- oats was wet. He believes that the wet oats may have caused spontaneous combus tion. There was no indication in the ruins of how the fire originated. The loss is about $400, without in surance.?Lexington, . Ky., Leader, July 28. FIRE AT ST. CHARLES. Two Stores and Dwelling House Burned. The stores of R. M. Jenkins and McCoy & Smith, and their warerooms and the residence of .Mr. Walter Green and a butcher shop at St. Charles were burned yesterday morning between*land 2 oclock. The origin of the fire is believed to have been from lightning, conveyed on the tele phone wire-rthe fire beginning in McCoy & Smith's store. The stores and contents were almost a complete loss, Mr. Jenkins saving some goods and McCoy & Smith sav ing nothing. Mr. Green saved a part of his household furniture. The buildings and merchandise stocks were partially insured. Mr. Jenkins had about $1,*500 and McCoy & Smith S3,000. Mr. Reid McCoy who was sleeping in the store had a narrow escape, be ing awakened by the dropping of hot pitch f?m the fire which was burning over his bed. The residence of Dr. Cheyne at St. Charles was also struck by lightning during the same storm, but fortunate ly was not set on fire. A TELEPHONE EXCURSION. Committee of Council to Visit Savannah as Guests of Bell Company. A special meeting of City Council was held at 6 o'clock Thursday after noon, the meeting having been called by * Mayor Stuckey at the request of H. Harby, Jr., the local attorney of the Bell Telephone Co., for the purpose of considering an invitation from that company to the council to send a com mittee to Savannah, Ga., at the ex pense of the said company, to inspect the Bell Telephone system there in operation and to make an investiga tion in reference thereto. After a rather heated discussion, a resolution was adopted that the invi tation be accepted and a commi tte of three be appointed. The following committee was appointed: Geo. F. Epperson, J. A. Schwerin and E. W. Hurst. The committee will be the guests of the Bell Telephone Co. from the time they leave this city until thoy reach home, and tbey will doubtless receive royal entertainment and will all thoroughly enjoy the trip, for the entire, time of the party will not be given up to the dull and prosaic busi ness of inspecting a telephone sytem. Tybee, with its glorious surf and invigorating sea breezes, is near at hand, and the ' committtee and at tentive hosts will spend not a few pleasant hours on the beach. The regular attendants were disap pointed that the Second Regiment band gave no open air concert on the Graded School square Friday after noon. The time for filing pledges for the Democratic primary in Sumter county expired on Monday, and only those who have filed pledges and paid the assessment levied by the executive committee will be permitted to speak at the campaign meeting. The City Conncil should make an ei?ort to build a clay and sand road way on Main street from Calhoun street to the Mile Branch to join the read built by Supervisor Seale several months ago. There is rot a worse sand bed any where around here than that lying between Calhoun streets and the city limits. Very fine peaches are coming in from Providence and Catch all in small quantities. These peaches always find ready sale and the supply of good peaches is never sufficient to meet the local demand. The Catchall and Prov idence hills produce peaches of supe rior quality and size and it is strange that some of the land owners there do otn go into peach growing on a large scale. The peach growers of Fort Valley, Ga., and Ridge Springs, S. C, have made money rapidly and they have no natural advantages over the hill country of Sumter county. GLENN SPRINGS WATER For the liver. For sale by A. J. CHINA, J. F. W. I'eLORME. A SIXTY ROOMS HOSTELRY. { -_ Georgetown Working for the Erection of i a Modern Hotel?Mr. Pareira to Manage It. The people of Goergetown have just voted $75,000 for public improvements, in the way of waterworks and sewer age. The next step to take should be to erect a modern hotel. "We need it and need it bad. _It is needed as much as the waterworks and sewerage. Mr. Marks Moses, one bf the most patriotic and enterprising citizens of Georgetown, who always sleeps with one eye open, so to speak, induced Mr. A. Pareira, of Sumter, one of the best known hotel men in the State, to visit our city last week. Mr. Pareira is a gentlemen of pleasing and attrac tive manners, and is a practical hotel man. He has made a success of the hotel he is managing in Sumter, and says that Georgteown should have a mod ern hotel of about sixty rooms, cost ing about $30,000. Sumter, ? at one time, was in. the same predicament that Georgetown is. Drummers were being turned away for lack of accom modations. Today Sumter has several hotels and all flourishing. Mr. Pareira thinks that if a sixty room house is built, it will only be a short time before the capacity will have to be doubled. He is also nego tiating to have a hotel on Fawlev's Island, and run it in connection with the Sumter and Georgetown houses. Mr. Moses was introducing Mr. Pareira to the business men lar Wednesday, and they all seem] to be heartily in favor of the-project. There is no use to wait a minute. Build it now for this winter's use. A sixty room hotel in Georgetown will be the thing we need most now. [ You men who've got the stuff, go do?:n in your jeans and help build the hoteL Thirty thousand dollars is all that is necessary.?Georgetown Out look. CLARENDON NEWS NOTES. A tobacco barn of Mr. G. M. Hicks, near New Zion, was destroyed by fire last Thursday afternoon. Loss about $200. Mr. Scott Harvin is enlarging his hosiery mill. The reputation of his goods is spreading to the ends of the earth. He received a letter a few days ago from a business firm in London desiring to handle his output. This is all very complimentary and we all rejoice in Mrl Harviu's success. What ever builds up our town helps others directly or indirectly. Mr. John Stephen Evans had the misfortune to lose a well filled barn of tobacco by fire a few days ago. His lose was about $75. Friends lent him aid and another barn was soon up. Died at her home near Summerton, Mrs. Lizzie Ridgill, aged 67 years. The deceased was the relict of the late R. Angus Ridgill, who preceded her to the grave just two weeks. The fu neral took place in the Manning ceme tery and the body was laid to rest by the side of the husband. Crepe paper 8c. the roll. Osteen's Book Store. COLT SHOW IN MAYESYILL Will be Held on 19th?Successful Tob?cea Market?Other News Notes. May esville, Aug. L? There will be a colt show here on Tuesday, the 19th. inst. A large number of colts will be entered and several sired by the famous horse, Glen Almore, owned by Dr. C. E. King, will be among the number. All persons owning colts are invited to bring them to the stables of J. E. Mayes. There will be no charges of any kind for exhibiting the stock. The show will commence at 10 o'clock on the above date. The object is to promote the raising of good horses in this vicinity. It is hoped that inter est will be taken in the show and that it will be well attended. The tobacco market here promises to be very successful this season. Good quantities of the weed are being sold every day and the prices are satis factory to all. Manager Birch is an enterprising and hustling man and is doing all he can to please his patrons. The bank of Mayesville is at last about to be organized and it is thought it will be ready for business by Sept. 1st. This has been- a long felt want at this place and will greatly help busi ness in all lines, especially the tobac co and cotton markets. The streets of the town have recent ly been improved by the annual clean ing and working, and the drainage has also been improved. The ever efficient mayor, Capt. J. E. Atkins, and the council are always on the move to bet ter the town in every way. From the present outlook, there will be a large amount of cotton handled here 1;his season. This with the, tobac co sales will make things quite lively for the merchants and others this falL A good number of Mayesville's citi zens e,re away at the mountain resorts. There are a number of visitors in town. G. _ _I 'am ? ' ' IS YELLOW POISON I in your blood ? Physicians call I it Hal?n?l Germ. It can be seen I changing red blood yellow under g microscope. It works day and j night. First, it turns y our com- ] plexion yellow. Chilly, aching j sensations creep down your I backbone. You feel weak and 1 worthless. ROBERTS'CHILL TONIC -1 will stop the trouble now. It w enters the blood at once and g! drives out the yellow poison, m it neglected and when Chills, ? Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen eral break-down come later on, 1 Roberts' Tonic will cure you m then?but why wait? Prevent j future sickness. The manufac- m turers know all about this y el- j low poison and have perfected m Roberts* Tonic to drive it out, j nourish your system, restore I appetite, purify the blood, pre- j vent and cure Chills, Fevers and I Malaria. It has cured thous- 1 ands?It will cure you, or your J money back. This is fair. Try | it. Price, 25 cents. A. J. CHINA, T. 0. CHANDLER. AT COST FOR CASH. Our Entire Stock of Spring and Sum mer Clothing and Straw Hats. J. RYTTENBEfiG & SOI, SUMTER, S. C.