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Stores and Hange? Tinning and Hoofing Pomps and Domestic wi^vi JTP TVTTTTTVT Q THE PLUMBER Hi IN Xi. 1 IN O " " " Aism stovi AND STOVE MAN. Well, hasn't that old stove taken all the religion you ever had \ Gladden the trash pile with it and see E. A. Jen kins, "The Stove Man " Food cooked in his stoves never give indigestion, as it is always well baked. The Buck and Floyd Wells Stoves and Ranges are the right kind?on easy payments. Tobacco Barn Flues are one of my specialties Very little Water is enough for some people. How is it with you ? Domestic water works installed by me at reasonable cost. Force and Lift Pumps put down on short notice. Phone No. 27?. Next door to Express Office. N. B?Tinning done by competent workmen. I can save you money. JSTXIVITIICH. S3. O. THE SMALLPOX SITUATION. Health, Officer Reardon Stakes a State sent to Reference to the Measures Taken to Prevent an Epidemic. In discussing the smallpox situation in this city. Health Officer E. I. Rear don said: "We have had four cases to date?three in one house and one in another house near by?all colored. Two adults and one five year old and one eight year old child. AH on Second Bed and White street, Ward No. 4, near the suburbs, but in a very thickly settled section of colored peo ple. The first case was that of a five or six year old boy, which was so mild as to be mistaken by his parents for chicken pox, bat which I diagnosed as smallpox. This boy's father subse quently developed a well defined case of modified smallpox: and his mother % a very virulent case of smallpox; the * two latter undoubtedly being infected from the first case of the boy, showing conclusively chat it is possible for a person to have smallpox so mild as to be taken for chicken pox; yet which can easily infect a second or third per son so that the most virulent type of the disease follows. All of these cases which I diagnosed as smallpox have been subsequently pronounced small pox by Bra. Hofman, Baker and Archie China. A close watch has been kept by the Health Officer on all of the territory of the A. C. Railroad; and also in other sections. Repeated house to house visits arermade daily by the same officer for the purpose of examin ing all suspected places; and vaccinat ing and re--vaccinating the population adjaced to the infected territory. An epidemic is not possible as the popu lation is too well vaccinated; the territory too well watched and all re ported cases looked into immediately; and if at all eruptive; kept under . surveilance nntil its correct nature is found out. A great many people have also been vaccinated in other parts of the city as follows: Colored, 275; White, 125. Making a total by the health officer of 400. Physicians have also vaccinated, estimated about 100; mostly white. So that at least 500 people have been vaccinated. Delay in securing vaccine virus has impeded the progress of totally sup pressing the disease: but we have it under control; and within five days if no more cases appear, it will be safe to conclude that no more cases wiil devel op from the original case. It is possi ble, however, and quite probable that there will be sporadic outbreaks from time to time as long there are any per sons not successfully vaccinated. Sarah Burroughs, the woman patient, has a very virulent case. She has been critically ill and is not yet be yond danger. She is covered from head to feet; with the disease, the pus tules being as large, on an average; as the head of a collar button, and run ning into one another. She suffers agony despite the fact that everything known to medical science has been done to alleviate her suffering. She is better today, but it will be two or three weeks before she is able to be dischaaged.. If some of the "ruthers" who would ** rather have smallpox than be vaccinated" could see this case they would hasten to be vaccinated. Some of the people are in danger of varioloid by mistaking unusually large vaccination pits, which were produced by l%rge ulcerated and inflamed sore arms, for particularly safe vaccina tions. As a matter of fact some of these kind of vaccinations were caused by mixed infections rather than by the vaccination alone. I have seen dozens of persons contract severe cases of varioloid, who had repulsive looking vaccinations. The small or medium sized, well defined vaccination pits are, in the light of our past experi ence, much the safest. Another thing, most people imagine and some family physicians hold that once vaccinated you are immune for life. I have cases in mind of persons who died of viru lent confluent smallpox who had been successfully vaccinated years before. It is perhaps best for every one to have a physician or vaccinating expert examine the vaccination pits or marks. It is much safer and more sensible than refraining from vaccination, and in the mean time substituting burn ing sulphur, and other disinfectants around the house, and dosing children with assafcetida, or hanging it around their necks to keep off smallpox. Nothing but a successful vaccination will protect against or even modify the disease. The new method of vaccina tion with giycerinized vaccine in glass tubes instead of the old time ivory point has, to an almost total extent, obviated diffuse inflamation, and severe nlceration of the vaccinated area does not usually result, if the proper precaution is taken. I have been instructed by the Board of Health to visit every house in Sumter to examine vaccination pits and to re vaccinate all whose vaccinations I think did not take. I hope that the citizens one and all will realize that this precaution is for their good, antf\ co-operate with me in carrying ont1 this order satisfactorily. I do not re ceive a cent extra pay for this vacci nating, and it is costing the tax pay ers considerable for vaccine vims. So that it is wise to see that successful vaccination eventually will stamp out smallpox and save the people money. As a rule the people who do not have smallpox, because they are safely Vaccinated, are the people who pay the taxes. There are exceptions, however, to this rule, but comparatively few. I will vaccinate all who have not been successfully vaccinated within five years. In the mean time all persons are at liberty to have themselves vacci nated by any physician; it will save the city treasuiy that much money. Nearly all of the public school pupils have been vaccinated. But in the mean time to have one person pass upon all vaccinations will systematize the work and give better results. There will then be no differences of opinion and no confusion." MAYORS COURT. There were three offenders before the Mayor last Thursday: J. N. Edens plead guitly to riding a bicycle at night without a lighted lantern and paid the customary fine?$2. The other cases were: Swinton P. Jones, drunk and disor derly and resisting arrest. Swinton P. Jones and Sam Weeks, fighting on Main street. Under the first indictment Jones was found guilty as to drnnkness, the Mayor stating that in his opinion sub sequent actions were incidental to and resulted from the drunkenness. The fine was $5. Under the joint indictment Jones was adjudged not guilty, while Weeks was found guilty and required to pay a fine of $10. The circumstances of this case ren der it somewhat more interesting than ordinary. Jones is a son of the Edgar Jones who was arrested last Saturday by Officer Weeks and pretty roughly handled at the time. On Monday he was tried and the charges of drunken ness and disorderly conduct preferred against him by Officer Weks were not made out to the satisfaction of a jury and he was dismissed. On Tuesday Jones swore out a warrant against Offi cer Weeks before Magistrate Folk and had him arrested and bound over for trial at the next term of court. On Wednesday Swinton P. Jones, the son of Edgar Jones loads up with liquor and goes up and down the street cursing Officer Weeks and making threats against him to every person, except the police, that would listen to him. The police on duty heard of his talk and kept an eye on him. Sam Weeks, a son of Officer A. H. Weeks, also heard of Jones's talk, and when he met him on Main street he asked Jones if he was hunting his (Week's) father. Jones replied that he was, and applied a vile epithet to Officer Weeks. Sam Weeks thereupon knocked Jones down and got on him, but the prompt arrival of Officer Sey mour saved Jonfcs from a worse beat ing. + When Jones wa3 knocked down, an open knife flew out of one hand and a flask of whiskey fell from his pocket. The circumstances appear to large ly justify Weeks for knocking Jones down, and the fine imposed was'pretty heavy for the offense, the provocation being taken into consideration. Weeks was at fault in accosting Jones and thus precipitating the difficulty, but the reports he had received of Jones' threats against and abuse of his father, Officer Weeks, furnish a rea sonable excuse, for the provocation was great. The Mayor was too severe both ac tually and comparatively. Judy Sanders the notorious, was up Saturday for public drunkenness and disturbance of the peace in Harvin street She was convicted of the charge and required to pay a fine of ten dollars. A Heavy Loss. Mr. John Terry of Concord, the burning of whose barn was reported last week, was interviewed Monday in regard to the occurrence, and reports that the fire was discovered about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Janu ary 31. He succeeded, with the help of some hands and neighbors, in sav ing his stock and in preventing the burning of other houses, but the barn and entire contents of corn, peas, cot ton seed and forage, were destroyed. He has no idea of how the fire origi nated. It being in the day time, and there having been no one at the barn for several hours and no fire near it. His loss is heavy at this time. Whil*; he has not appealed to any one for help, he mentioned that he has re ceived through the mail some checks from a few sympathizing friends, whose kindness is much appreciated. A fresh lot of Dennisons crepe paper just received?10c. per roll. Osteen's Book Store Feb. 3. Z PISGAH NEWS NOTES. Pisgah, Feb. 9.?The wet weather will retard plowing to some extent. Much rain fell here Saturday and in the night. Very little cotton-seed will be used under cotton this year. The high price recently moved about all that was left. The negroes sold all they baa" last fall. The whites held theirs and swapped for meal, 23 hundred lbs. of seed getting a ton of meaL The potato crop which was fine through here, has rotted badly. Some have lost nearly all they made. Oats show the wisdom of being planted early. They are all O. K. The price for cotton next fall pro mises to be good. The boll worm in Texas will shorten the crop, and the negro renters who can get all the ad vances they want will not make much for the merchants after the rent is paid and that will shorten the crop. As long as the negro can get a lien, he won't hire for good wages to those who will pay him promptly and who would make good crops, the back bone of the country so to say. Consequ ently the best of farmers have no labor scarcely and what they have is inferi or as a whole. The lien law seems to have outlived its usefulness. If an in surrection was to take place the Govern or could just call out his staff and go to it. He would have all the men in numbers he would want to put down an ordinary one. The State of South Carolina asks more like a child in the matter of col lecting taxes than a sensible person. How some fellow wants to extend the time when we have all the time we want. Tbe only wise way to collect taxes is to open the books a month earlier and close them on Dec. 31st. This will give ample time to all, and what is due will scarcely be missed. The State has coquetted so much in this matter that people have no con fidence that the.books will close when advertised, consequently they are not in a hurry about paying and,the State is thereby embarrassed. The legisla ture mixes things a" great deal, but anything is law now, so it says it is all right over the signatures of the presiding officers according to the de cisions of our August court. Congress has adopted Sunday as the day on which tributes of respect may be paid to the memory of the deceased congressmen. A very appropriate day for so sad an occasion. The memorial addresses are always fine and shows what is good in a man can come out at times. In fact, I did not know so many good men went to Congress un til they died, and read of their beauti ful lives as shown forth in the touch ing tributes paid to their memories by their brother congressmen. Surely there is some good in the land yet, but in the shadow of death all are united, and it is so in our highest law making body. Mt. Pisgah's Thanks. The officers and members of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church return their greatest thanks to both white and colored friends for their liberal assist ance in giving to the many ones who had envelopes. Our church is now completed, hav ing just finished placing our heater. This church was built at a cost of $8000 and within three years, a little over four thousand dollars have been paid, not from northern friends and societies nor by a church extension society, but by the hard earnings of her members and the generous help of her white and colored friends in this city. The pastor Rev. J. C. Williams, desires in this public way to thank the merchants who have again and again aided him from the start to its com pletion, and assures them that our people are very grateful and will show it by giving them their trade. Mr. Sam Franklin, who raised the highest amount on both occasions that we have appealed to the public, returns his thanks. He reported last night $20.53 the pastor. 814.35: Mrs. Har riett Jackson, $9.39; Mrs. Emma An drews, $7.16: Mrs. Amelia Andrews, $5.05: Mrs. R. G. Bernie, $5.0r>: F. L. Stewart, $4.24: Mrs. Lettie John son, $3.00, and others from three dollars down to 25 cents. It is the hope of the pastor and members that the influence of Mt. Pisgah be felt for good throughout this town in the lifting up of men and women, and the making of them better citizens and better Christians. To make them true to themselves, and it will follow that they will be true to all men and true to God. J. C. Williams, pastor. Feb. 9, 1903. After tht* i:xpnlj?ion. Eve?I'm so sorry! Atl:'.ni?Too bad! It was a fool's par adise:- Smart Set. It is a great deal easier to teach un old dog new tricks than it is to make him forget his old ones. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Columbia, Feb. 6.?The House to day spent almost the entire day dis cussing and undoing what it had done. The Pollock bill, as to the dispensary, was, after an all-morning fight, re committed and the fight will be re sumed when the bill reappears. Only one bill other than the third reading measures was considered. There were several pretty word fights during the day. When the House met this morning a number of committee reports were submitted. An unfavorable report was made on the bill to require marriage licenses. The concurrent resolution asking the President to approve the bill to au thorize special courts at Rock Hill and Spartanburg was taken up for consideration. Mr. Morgan showed that it was now too late to pass resolutions, as the President had already acted. The House killed the resolution ap pealing to-the President by a vote of 47 to 35. Work of the Senate. Columbia, Feb. 6.?-The Senate to day reversed its position on the Rail way Relief Association and adopted it. Senator Brown, of Darlington, mov ed to reconsider the vote whereby the bill relating to railway relief associa tions had been rejected. This was agreed to. Mr. Mayfield said that a number of Senators wanted to consider that bill and he suggested that further consid eration be postponed until Tuesday, but he withdrew his motion. Mr. Ragsdale said that he was will ing that those voting against the bill last night and who might be absent to be recorded in the negative. Mr. Hood said he had misappre hended the import of the' bill in sev eral particulars last night and would change his vote. On the roll call the bill was adopted by a vote of 21 to 17. Among bills read a second time were the following: To further regulate working of the highways. To provide for a special assessment of real property in Lee county. To fix the time for holding Courts in the 3d judicial circuit. To authorize the Bishopville Graded School to issue school bonds. To authorize sinking fund commis sion to loan money to Lee county. , The bill to abolish the office of phosphate inspector was made a special order for Tuesday. The same disposi tion was made of the bill in reference disposing of dispensary funds so as to aid schools in districts financially weak. After lengthy discussion the bill to regulate the traffic in seed cotton was passed. It provides, as amended, that seed cotton cannot be sold between August 15 and December 1, proyided those who will take out a license and pay $500 and keep records of all trans actions may sell in that time, and sea island cotton is exempt from the pro visions of the law. It took two hours and a half to pass this bill. Senator Brice introduced a pension bill intended to equalize the amounts received by the various classes. Senator Mclver{introduced a bill to amend the law relative to the distribu tion of dispensary profits. THE STRIKE COMMISSION NOW HEARING ARGUMENTS. A Lawyer for the Mines Opened the Speech Making?Six Days of Steady Talking. Philadelphia, Feb. 9.?Arguments for and against the demands of the union anthracite mine workers which will continue before the coal strike commission for the next few days was begun today when the miners, through Daniel J. McCarthy of Hazleton, made the opening argument, Mr. Mc Carthy was followed by Former Con gressman Brumm of Minersville, who made a general argument, and Henry Oemarest Lloyd of Chicago, who con fined his efforts to the question of resolution of the union and yearly trade agreements. The operators will begin their argu ment tomorrow, continuing three days and closing with George F. Baer, president of the Reading company. Then Clarence S. Darrow of Chicago, the principal counsel for the miners, will take up all Friday and Saturday until adjournment in summing up the case and on answering President Baer. President Mitchell, of the miners' union, is expected here during the week. Whether he will address the commission depends upon develop ments. IMPORTANT BILL TO SUPERINTEN DED TS OF EDUCATION. Passes Both Houses--To Discuss a Veto?Debating Ten Circuit Bill in House. Columbia, Sept. 9.?Representative Johnson's bill changing the charter fees was killed this morning in the senate. The finance committee report ed unfavorably on the bill and the re port was adopted. The same committee reported on Governor McSweeney's veto of the bill requiring that the state treasurer write off his books certain bonds (the state bank bonds lost or stolen.) The com mittee recommended that the resolu tion pass, the governor's veto to the contrary. This resolution passed both houses last session and on reassembl ing this session Governor McSweeney sent in a veto. The' report of the committee today was made a special order for Thursday. At the same time I the unfavorable report of the com- J mittee on the bill to allow the receiv ers of the bank to sue the state will be considered. The amount ^involved is about $27,000. The bonds are said to have :been lost or destroyed during Sherman's raid in this state. Some people in Charleston constitute the principal claimants. There are six or eight bills on the calendar relating to pharmaceutical matters. They have been special or ders for a week. They were supposed to have been gotten up by the phar? I maceutical association, but some of them are not. The doctors seem to j disagree among themselves and the senators don't know what it is all about. So these bills are continued from day to day in a bunch and the prospect is that none of them will pass. The general appropriation bill came up in the house today. No items have been increased. The State college ap propriations stand exactly as last year, except that an insurance fund is pro vided for the Citadel academy and for the South Carolina college. The chief items of the appropriation bill are: Governor's office, $10,550: secretary of state's office, 85,550; comptroller general's office, $7,650; treasurer's office, $7,100: superintend ent of education, $5,000; adjutant general, $12,400, including support of militia: attorney general, $5,475; railroad commission, $10,000; state geologist, $3,500; judicial department, $63,050; health department, $15,000; South Carolina college, $28,100; Winthrop, $52,000 and $5,400 for scholarships; Citadel academy, $25, 000; hospital for insane, $139,200; in stitute for deaf, dumb and blind, $24, 000; Catawba Indians, $1,000; water for public institutions, $2,000; light ing public buildings, $4,000: pen sions, $200,000; sewerage, South Caro , lina college, $7,500. Representative Kibler's bill to re j quire county superintendents of edu cation to have a first grade certificate | as a qualification passed the senate, : an amendment being added that these certificates should be obtained from the state board of education. A long debate was had in the house on the bill to increase the judicial circuits to ten. The debate was about evenly divided as to members express ing themselves for or against the bill, lawyers doing most of the talking, quite naturally. No action was taken and debate was continued. Too Smart. "It does not always pay to be too smart," said a lawyer. "At our board ing house a new waitress was employ ed, and a young chap asked her what he should call her. " 'Call me Fearl,' she said. "'Are you the pearl of great price? he asked. " 'No/ answered the girl. 'I guess I am the pearl that was cast before swine.' "?New York Times. Behind the Scenes. "Hurry up. Rowland," called the lead ing lady. "the people are mad because we are keeping thcin waiting." "Then I will not go on at all," storm ed the heavy tragedian. "Why not?" "Because I refuse to play to a mad house."?Chicago News. A Self Evident Fact. "Time was." said the tramp sadly, "when I owned a big plantation." "You seem to have a good deal of real estate on your hands yet," replied the woman of the house, casting a cold and sarcastic eye upon his grimy paws.? Washington Times. He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom and will see the defect when the weaving of a lifetime Is unrolled. COVERED DISHES. The Reason They Were Introduced During the Middle Ages. From the days when our ancestors took their food in their hands and ate it with as little ceremony as a dog gnaws a bone to the, present time of elaborate dinners is a long step, bat a gradual one. It was a number of cen turies before dishes of any kind were used, anjl knives and forks as adjuncts to eating are later still. The fear of poison which haunted the mind of every person of quality during the mid dle ages gave rise to certain curious customs and even to certain supersti tions. When dishes are now served covered, it is understood that it is merely for the purpose of keeping them warm. This was not, however, the principal reason why they were not served covered during the dark ages. It was the fear that poison might be introduced into them surreptitiously between the kitchen and the table where they were to be served to the, kings or the lords or even to persons I of inferior rank. The covers were not removed till the master of the house had taken his place. All dishes afterward served were brought on the table in the same manner. It was the custom originally when the dishes were uncovered for some of the servants to first partake of them, but this custom was after ward in part replaced by the servants touching the food with one of several objects which were regarded as infalli ble preservatives against poison. Barry the Persuasive. It was said of Barry, the player, that he had a voice which might lure a bird from a tree and at the same time an address and manner the most prepos sessing and conciliating. The Dublin theater of which he was proprietor failed, and he was considerably indebt ed to his actors, musicians, etc. Among others, the master carpenter called at Barry's house and was clamorous in demanding his money. Barry, who was ill at the time, came to the head of tfee ' stairs and asked what was the matter. . "Matter enough!" replied the carpen-; ter. "I want my money and can't get it!" I "Don't be in a passion," said Barry. "Do me the favor to walk upstairs, if i you please, and we will speak upon the; business." "Not I, Mr. Barry!" said the carpen ter. "You owe me ?100 already, and if I come up you will owe me ?200 be fore I leave you." Too Angelic. There was a certain young minister in Maine who on his first charge was called upon to preach a funeral sermon over a woman. It was his first funeral sermon, and he laid himself out to make an impression and succeeded. The woman had had her faults, but the minister forgot them. This was to be expected, but he extolled her so highly that the poor bereaved husband, sitting there listening, couldn't recog nize her by the description. Finally, in a glowing peroration, he pictured God and the archangels and the angels and all the hosts of the redeemed joyously forming a parade to welcome to heaven this "one of the very best of all wom en." The husband comd stand it no longer, and, leaping up, interrupted him with beckoning hand, gasping out: "No, no. elder. Not quite that! She was only 'bout mlddlin'." Tbc Black Cap. The black cap has no specific relation to the hanging of a criminal. Its sin ister reputation, its color and the fact that a judge when pronouncing a capi tal sentence always wears it have com bined to attach to it a meaning and symbolism which it does not possess. It is really nothing more than a part of the full dress of a judge.?Genealog ical Magazine. A Rich One. The Visitor?And what are you going to make of him? Mamma?I want him to be a philan thropist "Why, there's no money in that." "But all the philanthropists have been very rich." Forgetful. "Is Bronson as forgetful as ever?" "More so. Why, that fellow has to look himself up in the directory every night before he goes home from busi ness?forgets his address." Reputations which have been forced into an unnatural bloom fade almost as soon ara they bave expanded.?Ma caulay. /