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.WEDNESDAY, MARCH ll, 1903. -!-! Entered at the Post Office at Sumter.S (?., as Second Glass Mitter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr. Z. F. Highsmith-Don't Frown. The Sumter Savings Bank-A Sign of Prosperity. D. J. Chandler-Good-Fitfeing Trous? ers. J. Ryttenberg & Sons-Spring Styles Now Ready. China's Drug; Store-Doan's Kidney Pills F tee. American Cigar Co., Charleston Girls Wanted._ PERSONAL. Col. J. R. Maldrow spent Friday in town. Sheriff Scarborough ha* returned from Walterboro. Mr. W. J. Rees, Of Statesburg, was in the city Friday. Mr. S. W. Young of Remberts, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. D. B. McLaurin of Wedgefield, was in town Tuesday. Mr. Neill O'Donnell has boen in New York since last Wednesday. Mr. E. B. Muldrow. of Mayesville, was in the city Saturday. Mr. Warren Dickson of Manning; spent Sunday in the city. Mr. L. L. Baker, of Bishopville, was in the city last week. Mr. J. L. McCallum went to Co lumia Saturday on business. Mrs. Kate B. Grier is spending a few days in Manning with relatives. Mrs. T. A. Cook of Columbia is on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Phillips. Mr. D. James Winn who has been on a business trip to Washington, returned Monday. Mrs. W. A. Buckner and Mrs. Julian E. Harby left Friday for Tuskegee, Ala., to spend some time. Mrs. J. B. Daws, who has been visiting in the city returned to Char ? leeton Monday afternoon. Misses Ella DeLorme and Moneta Osteen have returned from a visit to . the Misses Dove at Dovesville. Mr. ired P. Brand of the Locomo? bile Co., is in the city today at the Hotel Sumter and will be here for the nest two days. Master Oliver Plowden of Connie Maxwell Orphanage has spent several days in the city, fie came to see his sister. Messrs. C. ' M. Hurst, R. & Hood and Marion Dorn left for Pensacola, Fla., Monday morning to atttend a meeting of the head camp pf the Woodmen of the?World, of the south . em jurisdiction. They will represent Hollywood Camp, which is one of the largest camps of Woodmen of this di? vision* Mrs. Abe Weinberg, of;Camden, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd. ^E***?? - \ " - ?I: "'^ ' - Miss Sudle Daggett, of Georgetown, has accepted a position in the dress? making department of The Sumter Dry Gooda Ca Mr. J. V. Wilson, inspector of < agencies for the Aetna Life Insurance Co., who has made this city his head * quarters for several months, left this morning for Columbia where he will be stationed for some time. Sumter's cotton receipts are nearing the 35,000 mark. They say there hasn't been a fair Saturday since Christmas. War i8fliable to break ouS in Grooms town any time without warning. The oat crop throughout the county is reported to be unusually promising. The Graded school library is indebt? ed to Mr. McDonald Furman for a monograph by CoL Jas. G. Gibbes, "Who Burned Columbia?" An effort will be made to organize a first class base ball team here this season and give the ball cranks a series of fine ball games. Mr. Tom Bradley, the Postal Tele? graph Co's operator, has resigned to accept a position with the Atlantic Coast Line as night opeator, and "Dick" McKagen has succeeded him at the Postal office. J. Ryttenberg & Sons have received a large part of their extensive and carefully selected stock of spring goods, x and are now offering new and stylish goods to their customers. See the new advertisement today. The petition with reference to new school building has been very general? ly signed. There has been an almost unanimously favorable response by those who have been seen thus far. Turkey Creek is booming. The water rose above the danger line Sat? urday and the low grounds have been flooded since, but no serious damage has been done. Extra trousers at special prices are advertised today by D. J. Chandler, the old reliable clothier. See what he says about the large and carefully selected stock he has just received and note the prices quoted. The library of the Washington Street Graded School Library is indebted to Mrs. M. Pauline Cordes for the fol? lowing books : Romola : The Search of Basil Lyndhurst; Thaddeus of War? saw; The Reproach of Annesley; Ichabod and Other Poems. The building boom continues in this place with unabated vigor and the number of new houses now in process of construction shows that Sumter is growing and improving more rapidly than at any time in her history. B.The plan to macadamize Main street from Hampton avenue to Calhoun street and Liberty street^ from Harvin to Washington is* being 'agitated and discussed again. Some members of council favor having the work done this spring. Work has been commenced on the addition to the Sumter Telephone Manufacturing Co's, factory. The new building will be much larger than the factory now in use and the capaci? ty of the factory will be about three times as great as it now is wften the addition shall be completed. MARRIED. In Charleston, S. C., March 4th at noon, Miss Margaret C. Enslow and Mr. M. De Veaux Moore, of this city. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Alexander Sprent at the residence of Mrs. William Hard, sister of the bride. Relatives and close friends only were present. The happy couple have arrived in the city, and are house-keeping on W. Hampton avenue. DEATHS. Mrs. Jane Byrd died at her home on Calhoun street, this city yesterday afternoon after a long illness at an ad? vanced age. The funeral was held at 3.30 this afternoon and the interment made at the Hoyt burying ground. She was one of the oldest residents of Sumter. Wedgefield, March 6.-Mr. W. W. Moore died this morning about 8 o'clock, very suddenly of some heart trouble, in his eighty-fourth year. Mr. Moore was one of our oldest and most respected citizens. He was a Mason and it was the desire of the family that he be buried tomorrow with Masonic honors, but it was im? possible for the order from Sumter to attend in a body. Mr. Jeff D. McElveen, formerly of the Privateer neighborhood, died in Columbia on the 4th instant, after a long illness. He moved to Columbia with his family about a year ago. Public Meeting ot United Charities. The Executive Committee of the United Charities Association of Sum? ter held a meeting Friday afternoon at which it was decided to call a pub? lic meeting in the Opera House Sun? day afternoon, 15th inst., at half past 5 o'clock. Two or three short address? es will be made by prominent speakers of the city. The president and secretary were i appointed to arrange a programme I which will be published in advance. The manager of the Opera House^has ? kindly consented to allow the use of the building free of charge, and a , general invitation is extended to the public to be present. The secretary will render a brief re? port of what has been done by the So? ciety, and what it desires to do in the future. All persons feeling an interest in this work should attend the meet? ing and give encouragement and sup? port to those who are sacrificing time and comfort to carry it on. Barn Burned. The barn and stables of Mr. J. D. McLeod, of Rembert's, were bumed .between 1 and 2 o'clock Monday morn? ing, causing a loss of about $450. The origin of tfee fire is unknown, but is supposed to have been the work of a fire bug. When Mr. McLeod was awak? ened by the fire the rain was falling in torrents and as there had been a great deal of rain Sunday afternoon and during the early part of the night it was impossible for the fire to have started from a spark from the house chimney. Mr. McLeod succeeded in saving his twp horses, but one of them, was badly-scorched before it was liber? ated from the stables. Everything else in the buildings waa lost. County Supervisor Seale has now re corvered both of -nie escaped convicts and has them confided in the jail. Bailey and Thompson are both long term convicts who were leased from the Penitentiary by the county, and they will be returned to the Peniten? tiary instead of being returned ,/to work on the gang. j It is stated on good authority that [ the city school board will buy the I Joye house and lot on Hampton ave? nue, adjoining the Northwestern part of the graded school square and will there erect the new school building after having the dwelling house re? moved. Stokes, who killed Galloway near Bishopville a few months ago, has been returned to the Sumter county jail to await trial at the next term of court to be held in Lee county. His trial was set for Wednesday, last but when the time for the case to go to trial arrived it was decided to continue the case until the next term. Shelton Reid met with an unusual and painful accident Friday afternoon, and is still confined to bed with a broken leg. He was roller-skating on the sidewalk near the Presbyterian Church and tripped up and fell to the ground. In some way one leg was twisted under him and the bone was ! broken just above the ankle. He was I alone at the time of the accident and i he remained where he fell until found by a passer-by and taken to the in? firmary. There is money to be made in rais? ing fine poultry. A resident of this city purchased last spring $5 worth of eggs from thoroughbred fowls and suc? ceeded in raising a large number of fine chickens. .During the fall and win? ter he sold between $35 and $40 worth of chickens from the lot and still has a yard full of the best that he raised, from which he is selling all the eggs he gets at $1 a setting. It is thought probable that one or more additional letter carriers" will be employed in this city next year. The business of the post office shows a steady growth and the work of the carriers is now a great deal heavier than it was when the free delivery system was established. The city covers so much territory that the three carriers have all that they can do to deliver the mail and make the collec? tions, and it sometimes happens that they cannot complete the delivery in the time allotted for this work by the postal regulations. Four or five car? riers could do the work more satisfac? torily and improve the service. There is much complaint of scarcity of farm labor. This condition is the result of the eagerness of lien mer? chants to extend credit to every negro that can rent a piece of hind. The re? peal of the lien law would be a bless? ing to this country, ;is farming under present conditions is largely a matter j of speculation. If the land owners ! could obtain labor the farming inter- j ests of the country won ld soon be on a better basis, but just as long as the lien law remains in force merchants will be found who will take long j chances on the negro croppers, and la- ! bor will be demoralized just as long as | credit is so easy to to be secured. MORE SHOOTING IN GROOMSTOWN. John R. Keels, Charlie and William Srooms Arrested for Shooting Into a House. Magistrate Wells on Monday issued a warrant, on the complaint and affidavit of Tom Connell, for the arrest of John R. Keels, Charlie Grooms and William Grooms, and the warrant was turned over to the Sheriff's office for execu? tion. Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and Mr. J. E. Gaillard, Jr., went out to Grooms town and made the arrests without difficulty, notwithstanding that the two Groomes tried to escape by taking leg bail at the approach of the officers. The prisoners were brought to town in the afternoon and gave bond before Judge Wells for their appearance at the preliminary hearing today. Keels, Charlie Grooms and William Groom are charged by Connell with going to his house Sunday night and shooting into it a number of times with shot guns or rifles, there? by placing the lives of himself and family in great jeopardy. No one sustained any injury, but the fusilade is claimed to have riddled the house. The disturbance Sunday night re? sulted from the old feud between mem 1 bers of the Grooms family, which has caused a number of long range shoot? ing matches in the past. Connell has identified himself with one of the Grooms factions by marrying into the family and by taking part in previous family rows. Another Convict Captured. Joe Thompson, a. State convict, who escaped while working on the county chain gang last fall, under lease from the Penitentiary, has been captured in Colleton county and Sheriff Scar? borough left Sunday night for Walter boro to bring him back. Thompson and Boisy Bailey made their esape at the same time. Bailey was captured in Colleton county a few weeks agc, and the capture of Thompson followed as a result of Bailey's return to the chain gang. Pisgah News and Comment. Pisgah, March 10.-The almost ces? sation of farm work by the continued wet weather is getting to be quite serious. When the weather will clear up so work can go on is a problem that none can solve. I can safely say that not more than a fourth of the plowing, necessary to be done at this time, is done, and it will be sometime even with dry weather now on, before a great deal of the land can be plowed. The whites are facing the situation as they have always done in like cases with a bold but serious front. The negroes are happy and jubilant. With horses bought on time, and rations in a like manner, there is nothing to hinder them from enjoying life. The question of paying for the same, is a matter of sublime indifference to i them. The editorial in the Item on the lien law is endorsed by every white intelligent farmer of this section. I know of numerous farmers that can't get hands to run their plows, all on account of this law, and consequently can cultivate only a small quantity-of landi" farmers that offered fine wages,: but the negro can get his living ri?w without present pay -and there is no necessity to hire. ; - " It strikes me that the merchants are cutting their own throats by this in? discriminate credit business. Possibly they will realize when too late, the folly of it all It should be a matter of sincere con? gratulation to all the people of this State, that we now have two senators to represent us in the Congress of the United States. McLaurin has been as silent as a dead man in the session of Congress just close. If he has ever opened his mouth but to vote once or twice, I fail to find it in the record. A man that deserts his party as he has defoe, deserves just what he has receiv? ed from the people of his State. A severe condemnation for his acts. In this connection I wish to say that j Senator Tillman has fought manfully for the rights of his State, also Con? gressman Lever, against a partisan majority. Mr. Crouch preached a very able sermon at Pisgah Church on Sunday. He severely arraigned the dancers, liquor drinkers, and other sins of the day. He is a bold, outspoken man on j what he believes and knows to be ! wrong. Sunday in a good many places has got to be a day of pleasure and trade. The sacredness of it is not taken into consideration by a good many people.' There is nothing new to .report at present. The plum and peach trees are blooming, and that is about all. One of the most important . of the new institutions started in Charleston or in the entire state, is the new plant which the American Cigar Co., open? ed about eight weeks ago in Charles? ton. The Company is employing young women and teaching them the art of i making cigars. They have at present only about one hundred and fifty, but can give employment to five thousand. The work is clean, healthy and easy to learn, and the amount of money that the girls can make is far greater than in any other trade or employment. In six weeks time the young ladies make from $? to $6 and in three months from ST to $10 per week. A very strong effort is being made by the manage? ment to secure only the highest class of young ladies who are forced to earn their own living. The Commercial Club Charleston and a number of the leading ministers are assisting the company by sending them all the worthy young ladies who are in need of employment, and they have given the concern their hearty approval. In order to break the monotony of work a piano is played in the factory every afternoon and the girls are allowed to sing while at work. An elderly lady acts as Matron and one of the leading physicians of Charleston is employed to treat the girls free of charge to them. Of course no negroes are em? ployed and every thine: possible is done to make the work both profitable and pleasant. Good board is secured for girls from the country at very low rates. --tim - For tlie Public Good. It: another part of this paper appears an 1 advertisement worthy the reading, ;?.> it's j for the public good. It tells of ;i free I distribution of Doan's Kidney Tills, a j remedy for Kidney ills Read it. and call ' at China's Drug Stoie Thursday, March j THE FIRE THiS MORNING. The Old Curtis Building Destroyed. The old frame building at the corner of South Main and Dingle street, known as the Curtis building in re? cent years, was burned at 3 o'clock this morning. The building and con? tents were a total loss. The front of the building opening on Dingle street was occupied by Paul Angel as a fruit and grocery store and Jacob Bradwell a meat market. The rear portion was occupied by Mr. John Dorrity. The building which was owned by Messrs. Horace and Charles Curtis, was in? sured for $800. The loss on the build? ing and contents is estimated at ?2, 000. The origin of the fire is unknown but is supposed to have been accident? al. It started in Angel's store room, in the rear part of which he slept, and he narrowly escaped being burned to death. When he was awakened the fire had gained great headway and he had no time to save anything, not even his clothing. Mr. Dorrity lost all of his household furniture and most of his clothing and other effects. Mr. Charles Curtis who runs a blacksmith and repair shop adjacent to the old building lost several new vehicles which were practically com? pleted and others that were on tiie premises for repair. The fire department responded to the alarm as promptly as possible and it was the hard work and well directed efforts of the firemen that prevented the spread of the flames to nearby buildings. The absence of wind was in the firemen's favor, as was also the wet and sodden condition of the roof of houses upon which the sparks fell. The building was originally a hotel and eating house, and its situation op? posite the old passenger depot gave it an advantage over other places of pub? lic entertainment the village of Sum terville possessed fifty^ odd years ago, and it had some years of popularity and prosperity. It was not a new building when erected on the spot were it stood so long, but was re? moved from the corner of Main and Liberty street-where the Sumter Dry Goods Co., store now stands. How long the building had stood there and, been used as a travern is not known. The removal was made about the time the railroad was built into town and before it was completed in the early '50s. It was known as the Halr iee House, being named in honor of the late Gen. W. W. Harllee, who was the moving spirit in the building of the railroad, and was the first presi? dent of the Wilmington and.Manches? ter Railroad Company. The hotel was 'owned and kept by Mr. Benjamin Mitchell, who was also the railroad agent for many years. This was then the principal line for through travel between the southwest and north, and the Harllee House furn i sn ed three meals a day to trains. It was abandoned as a hotel many years ago and was used as a carriage factory by the Curtis Carriage Co., for fifteen or twenty years but five or sis years ago the front part was made over into store rooms and the back part has been used as a dwelling. " "Sugar Cane Culture" is the title of a new book just published. It con? tains a chapter about the history of cane, botany, anatomy, cli? mate, drainage, varieties, seedlings, etc., and is nicely illustrated. The pe? rusal of this publication will be of great value to all cane growers, and everyone can obtain a copy, free of charge, by writing for it to the Ger? man Kali Works, 93 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. The Atlantic Coast Line has had a number of oak and elm trees set out on the grounds of the passenger depot. If the depot yard were properly laid off and beautified by the planting of ornamental shrubbery and flowers it could be made one of the most attrac? tive spots in the city. The A B C of lt. A kidney education starts with : Back? ache means kidney ache, lame back means lame kidneys, weak back means weak kidneys, cure means Doan's Kidney Pills. Read about the free distribution in this paper, and call at China's Drug Store Thursday, March 19th. SPECTRE PARTY. On Thursday evening next, class No. ll of the First Baptist Sunday School will give a Spectre Party at the residence of Mrs. G. U. Graham, No. 216 West Liberty Street. An interesting programme of music and recitations will be rendered, after which the Spectres and the Veiled Lady will entertain the crowd. Ad? mission ten cents. Everybody invited. CONFEDERATE VETERAN'S REUNION. New Orleans, La., May 19-22 1903. Th6 Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets to New Orleans at j rate of one cent per milej each way. We have made arrangements for hand? ling this business, and wherever par? ties can be made up cars will be furn? ished. For further information applv to W. J. Craig, G. P. A., Wilming? ton, N. C., or J. T. China, Ticket Agent, Sumter. WANTED. Respectable young women to ?earn cigar making. ?6 to ss per j week can be ?nade in two months time. ; Endorsed by the ministers of Charleston. Board secured for girls from the country. AMtHICAX CIGAR Co., Charleston, S. C. ? ? tin. ntj*ui GODD-FITTIWG TROUSERS. Our Extra Trousers are extra in more re? spects than one. They are extra value at spe? cial prices, and they are extra fine in quality. They are "cut to fit." No article of a man's ap? parel contributes so much to his discomfort or to his comfort as his trousers. We are show? ing a great many patterns in fine cassimere, cheviot and fancy worsted Trousers at $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $5 and $6. Boys5 Pants. Our new Spring Styles are now in stock. Knee Pants, ages 3 to 16, 50cts to $1. A large lot of Knee Pants, of wash ma? terials, ages 4 to 16, at 25cts and 50cts. Long Pants, ages^ 14 to 19, $1 to $3.50. Phone 166 - - Sumter, S. C. Spring Styles Now Ready. We desire to call your attention this week to our Clothing and Furnf?hing Department. We are showing the newest shapes for spring in our well known HOWARD H.ITX. No imitations that are 'just as good" or "almost the same" with another name, but the genuine Howard that you have always bought, with Our name as guarantee. We are receiving daily our stock of Spring Clothing. Showing all the lines we have always carried, including Strouse & Brother's High Art Clothing. We have sold this line unceasingly for over 20 years. You will note the special attention we have given to our Hosiery Department. Fancy weaves and dropstitch goods being again the style, we have laid in a very desirable assortment, lt will be a pleasure to show them to you. J. RYTTESBERG & SONS. In our custom made clothing we have the new spring styles, and sell under this guarantee : "If they fit and are satisfac? tory they are yours ; if they don't, they are ours.''