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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a meeting of the Board of Di rectors of the First Naational Bank of Sumter held on. the 23d day of Septem ber, 1902, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted : Whereas, the great Ruler of the Universe in His inscrutable wisdom has removed from the sphere of his earthly usefulness our late President, CoL R. M. Wallace, it is deemed justly due to his "memory that some public recognition of the loss sustain ed by the Bank, by his brother officers and by the community in which he lived,, should be made.- Conscious that fulsome adulation and exaggerat ed eulogy, would find no place in his nature, we content ourselves with a simple and sincer? tribute of respect. Therefore, be it resolved that in the death; of CoL Wallace this bank has suffered the loss of a President, who by his extensive knowledge of finance, his wise counsel, conservative methods and unremitting devotion to its varied interests, has brought the same to a high- position amongst the financial institutions of the country ; organized some fifteen years since under the most discouraging circumstances, con tending in 3S93 with a wide-spread and disastrous financial panic through out the Union, and subsequently fac ing for several years an acute and dan gerous agricultural and commercial depression in our own midst, his firm and quiet; management has rendered it a safe and prosperous banking in stitution, evidenced by the high pre mium commanded by its stock, and has firmly established the same in the confidence and good will of the com munity, as evidenced by its large and increasing volume of deposits. Resolvei, That its Board of Direct ors has lest an able, genial ?nd com panionable officer, unobtrusive in his manner, gentle in his methods, a quiet friendliness of opposition, and a man with unkind words towards no one. Resolved, That in his death the community has sustained a serions loss; coming as he did to this city al most a total stranger and differing with its dominant element in his po litical views, yet he made this- his home ; entered fully into the spirit of progress pervading this locality ; in vested large sums in various manufac turing and industrial enterprises in our midst, and became to be a useful and valuable citizen. ! Resolved That these resolutions be inscribed upon the records of this bank and that the daily and weekly * press of Sumter be requested to pub lish the same. ' CITY COUNCIL MEETING. At eight o'clock Wednesday night Council held a regular meeting, with all members present except Aldermen G. F. Epperson and P. r. Finn who were out of town. Min?tes of 10th, 16th, and 22d inst, were read and: confirmed. Alderman Boyle, chairman of th? corami ttee on fish market, reported th?f his committee did not consider it feasible at this time for .the city to establish" a fish ntarket. He stated alsotfeat the firemen of No. 2. Hose Company protest against the use of the vacant house on their lot for,a fish markeV and recommended that the offer of Mr. H. L. B. Wells to rent the .said house for such purpose be r? fused. Alderman Chandler, for the special commi "ttee appointed on 10th, ins t., recommended that Republican street be changed to Harnpton avenue, in com pliance with petition of citizens. He stated that the proposed change is popular, and tibe lawyers say will not cause serious confusion in descriptions of property. The petition was grant ed, and hereafter 'Republican street will be known as Hampton avenue. The leaky condition of a part of the Opera House roof was again called to attention of Council and the coininit tee of public works was requested to have neocetsary repairs done.. Alderman Schwerin stated that the city needs 'iwo more mules for scaven ger -service, as it is found ne?essa'ry oftentimes to hire extra teams for work that <;annot go undone. At his suggestion the committee of public works was authorized to purchase two mules if they think it advisable to do so. . Alderman Hurst opposed pur chase of mules. He thought the city could get along without them, for the present, and financial conditions de iaand economy in expenditures. Alderman Schwerin asked for a con tribution of $35 to $50 towards a fund ie is raising among the business men of the city for. the purpose of sprink ling the macadamized p?rt of Main street with petroleum. Council was in favor of his measure, but action was postponed to next meeting in order that it may, be definitely understood what sum the merchants contribute. Aldermen Chandler and Hurst were requested to assist. Alderman Schwe rin in the canvass for subscriptions. Alderman Hurst for the finance com mittee reported approval of bills refer red, and that the Clerk and Treas urer's books,, for August had been examined and found correct. He stated thatexpenses forimprovements continue in excess of means and urged Coun cil to keep within limits of prospective income. Alderman Dick called attention to the unprotected condition of books and records of the city: and suggested fire-proof vault On his motion the committee of public works was request ed to consider the proposition and re port at next meeting. The committee of public wqrks was authorized to order terra cotta drain pipe that may be required in complet ing the clay road out Broad street to the corporate limits, the county hav ing offered to share the expense incur red. The ordinance to regulate the carry ing of pistols, in conformity with a recent statute of the State, had its second reading, was adopted, ratified under seal of the city and ordered published. A letter was read from Mr. E. I. Peardon asking for pipe drains in Harvin and Republican streets to take away washings from the city hall and store lots. No action was taken. A request for water proof coats and boots for policemen and firemen was referred to the police and fire depart ment committee with power to act. Request on behalf of the Sumter j Light Infantry was made by Alderman ? Epperson for permission to connect | waste pipes of: theitarmory with the ; cesspool at rear of th? city hall, and referred to the committee of public works. DOLLAR GLOVES -FOR ? 65 Centi. We have received another shipment of regular Dollar Kid Gloves that we sell at Sixty-Five C?nts. They areas good as any dollar glove on the market. ' All shades in stock. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. No. 1 South Main Street, Sumter, S. C. New York Cotton Market. New York, Sept. 30.?A very quiet but steady market with few sellers not withstanding the large movement in advance from the opening was partially lost on the publication of the weekly bureau report on local realizing, but this was quickly recovered. The trade are looking for an unfavoralbe bureau report on Friday as while the in vestigations of the Journal of Com merce shows rather an improvement during the beginning of September, they believe the influence at work will lead the bureau to issue a lower condition than that of last month. Transactions are restricted to small lines and quotations are quickly changed as with no sellers the small demand quickly brings about an ad vance. Liverpool quotations will be changed tomorrow to the decimal sys tem. COTTON FUTURES. New York, Sept. 30.?Cotton futures opened steady : Sept. offered 8.75; Oct. 8.63; Dec. 8.72; Jan. 8.77; Feb, 8.55; March 8.56; May 8.56: June 8.58. Closed steady; Oct. 8.66; Nov. 8.71; Dec. 8.78: Jan. 8.83;' Feb. 8.60; March 8.60; April 8.60; May 8.60. Spot closed quiet; middling nplands S%; middling Gulf 9^; sales 4,383 bales. Columbia, Sept. 27.?Col. J. H. Averill has been selected by the South Carolina commission to the St. Louis exposition to represent this State at the general meeting on the 30th inst, at whch meeting the different States will select the locations for their buildings, etc. South Carolina does not expect to have a building but will have a good exhibit: $?$9 The October Everybody's Infinite variety characterizes the contents of the October Everybody's. The number is full of spirited tales and entertaining articles. Rudyard Kipling's last story. "The Compre hension of Private Cower," follows a picturesque account of "Old Steam boat Days on the Mississippi," by G. W. Ogden. In. "Monstery, Soldier of Fortune," H. S. Canfield tells of a Chicago fencing ma?t?r whose career was as adventurous as D'Artag nan's. "What is Luck?" rby vPaul Latzke, attributes fortune's favors to character rather than chance. "A Croesus of South Africa," by .Chalmers Roberts, records the personality of the immensely wealthy Alfred Beit, who was Cecil Rhodes' partner. E. A. Hamilton sums up the careers of "The Big Bonanza Four," wh? made so many millions out of t?i? Comstock. Miss Marie Van Vorst in "Th? Woman That Toils," describes her experi ences as a working girl in.a shoe fac tory at Lynn. C. Byson Taylor writes of "Vassili Verestchagin. " "A Woman's Victory for Scn?olk," tells of Miss Margaret Haley's successful fight to make the corporations of Chi cago pay their taxes in order to furnish money for school teachers'' salaries. New York, Sept. 26.?J. P. Morgan & Company today notified the share holders of the various companies and corporations for which they act as fiscal agents that they would antici pate October interest and coupon pay ment next Monday, two days in ad vance of the required time. These payments, it is estimated, will ap proximate $14,000,000. Tnis action is taken to help relieve existing finan cial conditions. MAGNOLIA NEWS NOTES. School Opens With Large Attendance? s Personal Mention. i Magnolia, Sept. 29.?The Mganolia Graded School with Prof. Branson, of Florence, as principal and Miss J. E. Clark, assistant, opened today. One of the assistants, Miss Farley, niece of the late Gen. Hugh S. Far ley, has not yet arrrived, in conse quence of the recent death of her mother, but her place was filled by our popular and efficient School Commis sioner, Prof. Baskins, in whom and for whom, even the children here, have the greatest confidence and re gard. The names of over one hundred pupils were enrolled, and the prospects for an unusually successful and inter esting term are indeed promising. The principal, Prof, Brunsoa, has won-the esteem and confidence of both children and patrons, and deservedly so. Miss Clark taught last' term, and by her competency, tact kindness and firm knowledge of the nature and dis position of children (which is es sential ?to the successful training of children) soon gained their love and esteem. , / Miss Farley is highly recommended and the trustees, no doubt, in choos ing her made a most saisfactory selec tion. Col. J. A. Rhame, chairman of, the board of trustees, has been untiring in his efforts, to have the school an up-to-date one. Cotton is now nearly all picked out, and placed ion the. market?nothing like a full crop. We need rain, and the early planting of oats is retarded for lack of it. Capt. D. E. Keels is a shade better, but still in a critical condition. Dr. Darby paid us a flying visit last week. He was looking extremely bright and well. Mrs. Dr. Darby went back to Columbia with him, af ter a visit of three or four weeks in this place. Our merchants are all selling lots of goods, which is an evidence that there is a good deal; of money in circulation;, We are cal!Ui?:t&is part of old Sunr ter County* "Lee County, " but don't know how soon] it will becbaagedr back. Mfc?y will be disappointed, a number w$f rejoice, arid some are ut terly indi?fferent?don'? c^e - either way. gjUj .^/..J^^?o?lzL O'Donnefr&C?fc *?b big stare on Main Street is^erowded every day and their trade is so great that it is difficult to get in goods rapidly enough to supply the demands of their patrons. But, ?s th? stock purchased for the fall and winter trade was so large, and in such great variety, everybody wh? has visited the store has been well pleased. See the new advertisement today. The night school at the cotton mill was opened Monday, night with an en rollment of more than 30 pupils, and there are ten or twelve others who will come in during the week. Mr. Cecil Wilson has been employed to teach the school and -he will, with the assured co-operation of a number of the cotton mill employes who have children of school ages, make a suc cess of the school. Schwartz Bros.' advertisement is al-, ways read with interests by the ladies and the new ad. today is no exception to the rule, but it is suggested that the men will also find it a readable business announcement. Lots of our people who burn wood exclusively imagine that the coal strike and the consequent high price of coal will not affect them, but it is predicted that the price of wood will be higher this year all over the South, because the scarcity of coal in the large cities has increased the demand for wood which is already being ship ped North in carload lots." The Home Building and Loan Asso- I ciation of this city, has received from the Secretary of S^ate a commission for charter. The association is to have a capital stock of $200,000. The corporators are Wm. M. Graham. T. B. Fraser, Marion Moise, H. Frank Wilson, L. D. Jennings and E. C.m Haynsworth. Mr. W. Y. L. Marshall, recently of this Sty, is one of the organizers and secretary of the Easley, S. C, Hard ware Co. with capital of $ ,000. Policeman Barwick while on his rounds Monday night ran into a crowd of negro gamblers who were having a I quiet little game on Council Street, j They had a lamp out on the sidewalk I and seated around it on the ground ! the six or eight negroes were playing cards for money. Johnny Mack was captured on the spot, but the others made good their escape by taking leg bail, but Officer Barwick recognized some of the gamblers arid Mack fur nished the names of the others, and they have since been arrested. Pisgah Correspondence. ? * The cotton fields look brown and bare. Very little more is to open. All is about sold that has been picked. Corn is very good and very little will be bought by the white farmers irt-this section. A large oat crop no doubt will be planted; If those from a distance could get their cotton weighed' more promptly without waiting so long for their turn, Sumter, would get more cotton than she does, as your market for trade is good ; but they cannot attend to their business and wait several hours before their cotton is weighed, hence it goes to other places. If you keep up the public system the weighers should be increased during the busy season. No dcubt the weighers, weigh as fast as they can, >bnt it is impossible to weigh so much in a short time, con sequently people are kept waiting for hours. Private weighers in Camden get on all right and I can't see why it can't be so in Sumter. 1 have ever found the Sumter^ cotton buyers all right in their weights. h Rev. J. Walter K?nney had the mis fortune to get his knee dislocated some time ago. He was riding in a wagon when the mule ran and in attempting to put bis little boy out lost his balance and fell over the wagon, and was drag ged some distance. Dr. Bri tton set the knee . He has been on crutches ever since, but is doing fairly well. He made a narrow escape from more serions hurts. A large quantity of cotton has been picked this fall by young ladies rather than it should go to waste for the want of labor. All honor to them. Girls of this sort can be depended on like the women of the. revolution, equal to the exigencies of the hour. Mr. W. R. Brown, has built a nice residence near New Hope Baptist Church. He is a man of energy, as his fine crops, grown on old fields, and other improvements, can testify. He is' an active man in his church?which all good people are, or should be. The protracted meetings at Swift Creek and New Hope churches that were to be held, are postponed, until the pastor gets able to hold them. The last primate has proved that the voters of, th? State don't care what a man/.did in t?e. war. Now lot the ^gisist?ve candidate qrrrt wiping their %$f?.'?f?ea?-:sj|?ais?g' af?fcot the "old soldiers,'' boi go to w"ork and help th??Va^the ^fe;.?^' afford. This w?U^^biis?ne^r 'aid ?ot sentiment. , I have; thought; of a'plan to save a great dea* of exp?na? in future cam paigns, and will give it to you. Let all the" candidates, both State, and national, file their pledges with th? State chairman as usual Then let him turn over the list of candidates to the editor of the "State," and he select the State and national tickets. The executive committee can then de clare the result and we have the nom inees of the party without further trouble, thereby saving to i;he candi dates the expense and worry of going over the State to address the people. When McLaurin undertakes to con vert the people of this State to his way of thinking, he will have the biggest job on his bands he ever undertook. It is amusing to see how some men ar rogate unto themselves greatness and you can't convince them to the con trary until the people show them what small potatoes they are. The card of Capt.' Heyward to the voters of the State, thanking them for their support, is like the letter a man would write to his sweetheart, just before marriage, short and sweet. Wonder if the Captain is going to give us in his.official communications the same sweet writing. The population of Pisgah is fast in creasing. Pisgah, S C, Sept. 30, 190*2. Middling cotton sold yesterday at 8.25. The 9.30 passenger-train was nearly two hours late Monday night. J. Ryttenberg & Sons have a special announcement in their advertising space today. Street Commissioner White put a force of twelve hands to work on the Broad Street clay-sand road Monday. The ? majority of Sumter county farmers have picked out fully seventy five per cent, of their cotton crop, but many who have large farms have been unable to obtain a sufficient number of cotton pickers to keep up with their picking as fast as the cotton opened. If Main Street has ever needed a coating of oil it has needed ir during the past two weeks. Why not hurry up the collection of funds for the pur chase of oil? The bank deposits are increasing daily. At present the aggregate de posits of the three banks exceeds a half million dollars. Before November 1st it is expected that this sum will be largely increased. O'DONNELL / . ?n a few months we will have completed our TWENTIETH E%? OF From a comparatively small beginning our business has increased annually, and at present we are numbered among' The largest Retailers in the Siate* 'Tis $ fact of which we feel justly proud that not a year since our organization have we taken a backward step. The dawn of each New Year has brought us an increase of business, and we tried to prepare for it by the building of Olir SyCeixzixxiotli Stores, But already we find they are practically inadequate to accommodate the crowds that daily flock to them. One of our employees remarked on a recent Saturday that it would be difficult for any more people to get through the store without There must be a reason for this, and the only one that we can assign is that we give A BIGGER DOLLAR'S WORTH Than our competitors. We do not mean by this that our percentage of profit is so much less than others, but the volume of business that we do, both v enables us to buy goods in such quantities that we go direct to THE MANUFACTUREES And save to our customers the profits that others have to pay in buying through the so-called jobbing houses. Our two stores are packed to their upmost capacity with j NEW, SEASONABLE, UP-TO-DATE GOODS ! Bought in the leading markets of the country and every advantage thau spot cash could bring^ to bear was used in their purchase. While we bought what we considered our Fall Stock, we have already been compelled to REPLENISH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN OUR HOUSE. In these days of active competition newspaper space commands a premium, and is too es? pensive to permit of our entering into a detailed or descriptive record of the many advantages O?ET3F* STORSS 03P3P*3E3F?. To the purchasing public, and we will rest our cause for the present by extending to our friends a cordial invitation to visit us when we will take pleasure in proving to you that what we have stated here is no idle talk, but Stubborn Facts. ? O'Doiuiell & 0?