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KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. First National Bank-Statement. Schwartz Bros.-Concerning shoes. ' *D. J. Chandler-Boys' Good Cloth? ing. '" PERSONAL. Mr. W. T. McLeod spent Thursday in town. Mr. Fran^ M. %Spann was in town Sunday. Mr. P. G. Bowman, of Columbia is in the city. Mrs. C. W. Hewitt of Darlington is in the city. ~?)r. Haskell Durant of Bishopville is in the city. Miss Lola Kirkley is visiting Miss Moneta Osteen. Mr. L. C. Mills of Mayesville was in town Saturday. Mr. W. Ed. Dick was in the city on business Isst week. CoL W. A. Neal, of Spartanburg, was in town Saturday. Judge J. M. Reid, of St Charles, spent Monday in town. Mr. W. A. Stuckey," of Manning spent Sunday in town. Mr. Robert Shuford, of Georgetown was in the city. Sunday. Mr. McDonald Furman spent several days in town-last week. Mr. J. E. McCutcben of Wisacky was in the city Friday. Mr. R. M. Jenkins of St.- Charles spent yesterday in town. Mr. W. P> Baskin of Bishopville was jn the city, last Thursday. Capt. E. M. Cooper, of Mayesville spent Saturday in the city. Mr. 0< C. Scarborough, of Summer ten, spent Saturday in town. Mrs. J. F. Jenkins of Camden, is visiting Mrs. JT. B. Jenkins, Jr. Mrs. R. A. Brand, of Wilmington, N. C., is visitinig relatives bere. Rev. and Mrs. V. R. Gaston, of St. Charles W9re in the city last week. T Mr. J. 0. Durant, Supervisor of Lee county, was in town Thursday. Supt. ?. H. Edmunds attended the Educational Conference in Colubmia Saturday. Mr. Frank McLeod one of the oldest .citizens of Lynchburg, was in town Thursday. . Mrs. H. W. Sholar, of Tarboro, N. C., is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. 'S. Flowers. Maj. H. F. Wilson has returned irom Savannah where he spent several days this week cn business. Dr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Petrie, of Charlottesville, Va., after a'short visit left yesterday morning for Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Max Cohen and Miss Nettie Cohen, of Washington, D. C., are tiie guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd'. Levi. Mr. J. E. Jerevy who attended the United States Court in Charleston last week was made foreman of the Grand Jury. Mr. Dave Rosendorf, of Richmond, Va., a former resident of Sumter, was in town on business several days last week. Mr. Ernest Carson, who has com? pleted his third year at the Charleston, Medical College is at home for the summer. Judge R. O. Purdy returned to the city Thursday from the upper part of the State whe$e he has been holding court for nearly two months. Kev. Geo L. Petrie, D. D. with Mrs. Petrie, of Charlottesville Va., spent Thursday in town with Dr. and Mrs. Geo. Dick. After visiting relatives at Wisackv they returned to Sumter on Satuiday. Dr. Petrie having accepted an invitation to preach at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. David Wells Alder? man, of A leo lu, S. C., passed through the city yesterday en rente to Duplin county to spend several days at the old home cf Mr. Alderman. They went up last evening. Mr. Alderman is at the head of the D. W. Alderman Sons Co., one of the largest and most wealthy lumber firms ia the Palmetto State, and has achie7ed distinction in his line of business. He was cordi? ally greeted by many Wilmington friends yesterdav.-Wilmington Star, April IL Messrs. Altamont Moses and II. C. Moses left this morning for Aiken, to attend a meetiing of Knights of Honor. Mr. R. F. Strain, cf Darien, Ga., is visiting at Mr. Abe Ryttenberg's. The race for the appointment as Clerk of Court is still exciting much interest. The partial eclipse of the moon Sat? urday night was seen and admired by many people. The plan to organize a local base ball team to give good ball here this summer seems to have come to nothing. The offices of Judge Turdy and Mark Reynolds, Esq., have been en? larged by the addition of three rooms to the rear. The milliners have been working over time on Easter hats for several weeks, and the resnln of their labors will be on exhibition Sunday. The chain gang is yawning for about fifty able bodied laborers, and there are more than enough vagrants loafing around the city to supply the needs of the gang. Mr. A. W. Crosswell has purchased the residence of the late J. F. Laughery on Manning avenue and the two cot? tages in the rear cf it and facing on Graham street. ^ The installation cf Sumter Lodge of Elks will take place on Friday. April 17th. A banquet will be given at the Hotel Sumter Friday night after the installation. The survey of the city for tho sewer? age system was started bright and early Monday morning and the work will be prosecuted vigorously every day, the weather permitting until it is completed. MARRIED. Married by Mr. J. Frank Pate, Notary Public, at his office on Main street last Thursday, Mr. Edward A: Kelley and Miss Julia Walden, of Remini. DEATH. j Mrs. D. E. Hogan the aged mother of Mr. W. B. Boj?o died yesterday at the home of her son. Mr. T. H. Boyle, of Greeley ville, S. C., after a lon? illness. Her remains were brought to this city for interment and the funeral services were held in the First Methodist Church at 10.30 o'clock this morning. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Cuttino died Friday night after several weeks sickness, aged ten months. The funeral was held from the family resi? dence on South Main street at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Frances T. White, the mother of Mr. L. E. White, died at the home of her son, on North Main street, on Sunday at the advanced age of 76 years. The funeral services were held at Mr. White's residence at 3.30 o'clock Monday; and the interment was at the Chandler family burial ground a few miles from the city. Funeral of Shepard Nash. Th$ funeral of Mr. Shepard Nash which was held in the Presbyterian Church at 10:30 o'clock a. m. Thursday was very largely attende'd, there being present to pay a last mark of respect to the memory of a man so universally esteemed, many of his friends from other sections of this county and from Le*e county as well as hundreds from this immediate vicinity The services were brief and simple, Dr. Edmunds confining his remarks to a feeling tribute to the character of Mr. Nash as a man and as a citizen. Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M., attended the funeral in a body and at the grave took charge, and the inter? ment was made with full Masonic cere? mony. The pall bearers were: Active, T. B. Fraser, Dr. Geo. W. Dick Dr. fl. M. Stuckey, W. S. Jones. J. H. Chand? ler, W. H. Yates, H. L. Scarborough and W. F. Shaw. Hono?ry-Dr. I). R. McCallum, W. J. Anderson, J. L. Haynsworth and M. R. Wilson. REMEDY FOR GRAIN LOUSE. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Will Sup? ply Karl Free of Cost to Farmers. ~ The officers of the Virginia-Carolina Co., having been advised by Prof. Newman, of Clemson College that pulverized marl is the best remedy for the grain louse which .is rapidly de? stroying the oat crop in this section of the State, have decided to supply the marl free of cost to all farmers who apply for it and will agree to apply it as directed. Senator R. I. Manning1 has received a letter from the Virginia Carolina Co,, in reference to the offer to supply the marl to the farmers of this section, and he is taking the names of those who want it, and will forward the names to the company. Any farmer who wants to make a trial of the marl can obtain a supply by seeing Mr. Manning, who will ex? plain the matter more fully. PERPETUAL MOTION AT LAST. Mr. D. G. Zeigler Secures Patents on Invention. Mr. D. G. Zeigler has secured letters patent in this country and several for? eign countries on a perpetual motion machine he has invented.- He has se? cured the first patent the U. S. patent office has issued on a perpetual motion machine within a period of forty years, which is a quasi endorsement of the utility of the machine. The United-States patent office has the following to say about the ma? chine: "This invention utilizes the gravitative force of a traveling .weight arranged to move in a circle and dur? ing each revolution to pass towards and from the centre of rotation in a path, to bring the preponderance of weight on the descending side of the rotative support, carrying the same weight, whereby power is generated to perform effective work. Annual Settlement Made. The annual settlement between County Treasurer Scarborough and Auditor Wilder was made yesterday in the presence of Comptroller General A. W. Jones, who came over from Co? lumbia this morning to attend the meeting of the State Board of Health and to make this annual settlement. The settlement was made without difficulty, the whole transaction be? ing completed within the space of a half hour. The books and accounts of both officers were in the most satis? factory condition, and at the conclusion of the settlement Mr. Jones complij mented both officials and stated that there are but few counties in the State that havefas well conducted offices as Sumter, and none in better condition. The annual settlement having been made, Mr. Scarborough will shortly turn over the office to Treasurer Lee, who has had his commission and bond for some time but has delayed taking charge of the office until" the settle ment could be made. THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. A meeting of the State Board of Health was held yesterday afternon at the Hotel Sumter. The meeting would have been held in the morning, but the Seerptary of the board, Dr. James Evans, of Flor? ence, did not reach the city until the afternoon freight arrived from Flor? ence. The other members came in on the morning passenger trains. The board is as follows: Dr. T. Grange Simons, of Charles? ton, Chairman. Dr. James Evans, of Florence, Secretary. Dr. Robert Wilson, of Charleston. Mr. C. M. Reese, of Charleston. Dr. A. A. Moore, of Camden. Dr. J. L. Napier, of Blenheim. Dr. J. A. Nardin, of Anderson. Attorney General U. X. Gunter. Comptroller General, A. W. Jones. THE SOUTH mmm mm ASSOCIATION j THE ANNUAL MEETING CONVENES THIS MORNING. j An Attendance of Two Huncred Prcmi nent Physicians Looked For. The South Carolina Medical Associa? tion will convene in annual session in this city at 10 o'clock this morn? ing. The sessions of the assccition will be held in the Masonic Temple and the rooms of the clnb on the second Seor will be thrown open to the I members of the association and for use for committee meetings. The officers of the association are: President-Manning Simons. Char? leston. First Vice President-E. F. Darby, Snmter. Second Vice President-P. L. Horn, St. George. Third Vice President-P. G. Elliscr, Newberry. Recording Secretary-T. P. iThaley, Charleston. Corresponding Secretary-A. B. Knowlton, Columbia. \ Treasurler-B. E. Baker, Charles? ton. The association will be called to or? der by the President promptly at 10 o'clock. The following programme has been arranged : Divine invocation. Address of welcome. Executive business. Address of the jjresident. Reports of the officers and commit? tees: Executive committee, State board of health. . State board of medical examiners. Legislative committee. The following are the chairmen of the various committees : On Improvements in Obstetrics-R. L. Edwards, Darlington. Oh Improvements in Ophthalmology -Henry Horlbeck, Columbia. On Improvements in Rhinology and ' Larynglogy-E. M. Whaley, Colum? bia. On Improvements in Surgery-W. C. Black, Greenville. On Improvements in the Practice of Medicine-D. M. Crosson, Leesvil?e. On Improvements in Dermatology and Genito-Urinary Diseases-P. V. Mikell, Columbia. The order of business and the num? ber of and the hours of sessions to be held daily will be decided upon when the association convenes. The annual address will be delivered by Dr. Lewis S. McMurty of Louisville, Ky. . Besides this address 24 papers will be read on various sub? jects relating to the practice of meoi ciine. Special papers will be read by Dr. Geo. Ben Johnson of Richmond, Va., who comes to the meeting as the guest of the doctors of Sumter conntv, and by Dr. W. T. English of Pitts brug, Pa. The banquet tendered the association by the Sumter County Medical Society and the citizens of Sumter will be the closing event of the meeting on Thursday night. The banquet will be served in the ball room in the Masonic Temple, and LO pains have been spared to make it an enjoyable oc? casion, one that the visiting doctors will remember with pleasant recollec? tions. v The indications now lead the local members of the association to believe that the meeting will be one of the most largely attended and enthusiastic the association has had for years, and the people of Sumter trust that the attendance will be all that is expected. The committee of arrangements is as follows: J. J. Bossard, chairman, J. A. Mood, Van-Telburg Hofman, F. M. Dwignt, S. C., Baker, Walter Cheyne, T. P. Whaley, secretary. N Red Men go to Columbia. Mr. J. Frank Pate who ho?ds the highest position in the gift of the or? der, that of Great Prophet of the Great Council of Red Men of South Caro? lina, left Monday night for Columbia to attend the Great Council that meet in that city Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The Order has made the largest gain in membership this year it has ever made in its history. Mr. N. G. Osteen has gone to Columbia to attend the Great Council of Red Men as a representa? tive of Pocahontas Tribe, No. 16. Mr. B. C. Wallace, who holds a position in the Great Council of Red MeD, has also gone to Columbia. A PRIMARY WANTED. Petition Circulated and Generally Signed . Asking That a Primary Election Be Held to Select Clerk of Court. j A petition was circulated Satarday and very generally signed by the voters of this city and by many citizens cf other sections of the county who were in town, requesting the county Legisla? ture delegation to recommend that a primary election be ordered for the : purpose of electing a Clerk of Court I to fill out the unexpired term of the j late Shepard Nash. As far as can be j ascertained by talking with the people j there is a strong and growing senti ? ment in favor of the primary as the i best and most satisfactory plan that can be adopted to settle the clerkship question. It is argued that since Governor Heyward has heretofore re? ferred the appointment of county officers for unexpired terms to the county dele 1 g?tions instead cf exercising his right j cf appointment without the recom I mendation, and that in one or more j instances primaries have been held in i other counties to fill vacant offices he i will do so in this case, and that it may as well be referred direct to the people, ! rather than to their Legislative repre? sentatives. The people themselves may as well be given the privilege of electing the Clerk by vote as to have the members of the Legislature do it for them. THE CUBAN SPY. Drama to be Produced at the Opera House by Pupils of Sumter Military Academy and Female Seminary. The pupils of the Sumter Military Academy and Female Seminary will present, in the Opera House, this even? ing" The Cuban Spy, a comedy-drama, in four acts, by Frank Dumont." The cast of characters is as follows: Little Cuba, "Elimora," Miss Al? leen Owens. Richard Carson, a young American aiding the patrols-Clarence J. Owens. Roderig Valdez, S3cretly in pay of the Spaniards-Spann J. Greene. Jasper Gomez, Lopez-Officers in j Valdez Command, Edgar P. Mitchell, j John C. Durant, Jr. Phe?m McNab, Irishman-J. Mc ? Swain Woods. ! Carl ' Weisbeer, Dutchman-Claude McFall. Jerry, Negro-J. fl. Simpson. . Bridget Monaham, looking for Pee? lina McNab-Miss Daisy.Greene. ! Sophie, a waiting -maid-Miss Eula Rogers. f Sailors, Guerillas, Cubans. The play has been diligently rehear? sed and the public is promised a really excellent production by well trained amatures. Performance begins at 8.30 j o'clock. .Admission 25cents; reserved seats 35 cents. Insurance and Telegraph Changes. i I Messrs. Perry Moses, Jr., T. P. ! Lynam and J. M. Lawrence have bought the Sumter Insurance Agency, Mr. I. H. Moses retiring from the business. Mr. I. H. Moses, who has been as ! scciated with the business from its j establishment, then known as the A. ? C. Phelps Co., leaves this evening for New York, where he will open an office as a cotton commission merchant and broker. He is a member of the New? York Cotton Exchange, having bought a seat several years ago. Mr. T. P. Lynam, who bas been manager of the Western Union Tele? graph Office for the past seven years, has resigned his position, the rseigna tion taking effect on May 1st, after ; which date he will devote his entiire i attention^ to the insurance agency. He will be succeeded as manager of the Western Union Telegraph office by his brother, Mr. Frank Lynam, form? erly an operator in the office, but for the past two years an operator in the Augusta offices of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. He is an expert operator and the office : will be in good hands. LEE COUNTY COMMISSION. Meeting Expected to be Held Very Soon. It is expected that the Lee county commission appointed recently by the governor to settle the differences ex? isting between Lee and the surround? ing counties will meet shortly. A let? ter has been sent to Senator Manning, of Sumter, in regard to a meeting and an answer is expected tomorrow.-Co? lumbia Record. Concerning Shoes. That the "Dorothy Dodd" Shoe meets with ithe approval of the critical, discriminating woman is demonstrated beyond question. The ! large number of women wearing them are a unit in their expressions of approval of this new shoe. The Dorothy Dodd shoe is the outcome of a twentieth cen? tury woman's thought. The ideas incorporated in this shoe are those evolved hythe application of a keen, trained feminine in? telligence to ihe study of the requirements of women in the mit ter of footwear. Th'? neme of comfort-the essence of style. To wear a Dorothy Dodd shoe is to know it is superior. Please try a pair. Shoes for intents, children, misses and ladies Schwartz Bros. If in Dry Good?, Shoos or Millinery-shop here. April 15-3m I J^?: ffy? fir? ?ty? ?4? ?4? * Boys' Good Clothes Nowhere can you waste money so easily as on poor clothes for boys We have good Clothes made for the Boys, that run and scramble and tumble and climb ; we have suits that will stay with them. For the big boys we have single and double-breasted two and three piece Suits at $2.50, S3, 3 50, $4.50, $5. and up to $10. For the little boys we have Sailor, Blouse and Norfolk Suits from $2.50 to $6. Ali new and fresh Spring styles. Try our kind of Boys7 Clothes. - 4 * 4 D J. Chandler. Phone 166. Sumter, S. C. % ?I* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* Is showing the handsomest and most varied spring stock this season ? Any nine ladies out of ten will probably tell you (if you do not al? ready know it) that this claim is rightly ours. Regard these pointers : The prominent Fab? rics now being shown are the Black and Color? ed Voiles, Eoleans, Lansdowns, London Twines and Etamines-these are wool. In Silks the race is very even between the Peau De Cripe and Taffetas, while never before have the Checks and Pin-dot Foulards for shirt waist suits been so good. The selling of the soft Madras and white Linen waistings. Mercerized Oxfords, plain and printed Batistes, Zephyr Ging? hams and washable Organdies has been phenomenal, and the secret of their popularity is their beauty of design and reason? able cost. For lovers of nice household Linens we have a treat in Table Damasks, Napkins to match Towels. Hemstitched Lunch Table covers, Tray Cloths, Table Mats, fee. The Hats shown in this Department are foreign ideas, con? fined exclusively to us. and are not obtainable by any other house in Sumter. Every styie distinctly different i* O OB FOOTWEAR The spring selling of our famous Footwear is now on. Queen Quality for ladies, "Bannister'' for gentlemen and "Lit? tle Giant" for children are our specials, and they all have a re? corded pedigree. We will try to make it both pleasant and profitable to you should \ou favor us with a call. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. SUMTER, 8. C.