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k TREMENDOUS TRIBUTE. Over Three Millions Paid in insur? ance Premiums. Colombia, April 18.-The comptroll? er general's office is preparing the annual bulletin of the business done in this State by the foreign insurance companies last year. By " foreign' ' is meant ail companies which have agenices in this State and not charter? ed under the laws of the State. There was a great advance in the volume of insurance and in the amount o! premiums, it is a fact worthy of note that the amount of premiums paid by residents of South Carolina to these insurance companies was more than double the amount re? ceived into the State on account of losses. The following advance figures will be of interest to the great army of insured in South Carolina : Foreign fire insurance companies wrote risks of $31,549,428.41. Pre? miums received were $336,350.06, and losses paid were $226,707.07. . United States fire companies-Risks, $58,464,785.42; premiums, $804,517.31; losses paid, $467,153.16. Life companies-Risks, $15,803, - 007.70; premiums, $2,030,480.11; losses paid, $898,677.65. Accident companies-Risks, $21,3i&, 220.49; premiums, $12,308.61; losses paid, $341,165.59. The total volume of risks written by life, fire and accident companies in 1902 was $?27,139,442.02, an increase of $13,883,924.54; the total amount of.pre? miums received in 1902 was $3,294, 656.09, and increase of $403,876.62 or an increase of over 15 per cent ; the total amount of losses for 1902 was $1,626,654.46, an increase of $290,005.80, or over 20 per cent above last year. The following license fees were re? ceived by the State from the insur? ance companies : From foreign fire in? surance companies, $3,6S1.75; from United States fire insurnace com? panies^ $3,222.58; from life insurance companies $13,352.40; from fidelity, ac? cident and surety companies, $2,916.54 ; mortgage company, $100; fraternal societies, $175. This makes a total . of $2S,44S.27. T8? BALKAN TROUBLE. Nature And Probable Consequen? ces of the Uprising. Recent disturbances in the Turkish provinces of Macedonia and Albania, practically amounting to open revolt ' against Ottoman rule, give renewed cause for disquietude in the capitals of Europe over the situation in the Balkans. In Macedonia the promised reforms do not appear to have lessened the activity of the B?lgaro-Maced?n i an revolutionists. Indeed their activity appears to have increased. Their purpose seems to be to compel the Turkish troops to act, presumably with their accustomed bestial barbarity, and so cali for intervention by the powers and a new treaty of Berlin, to erect Macedonia into an autonomous province, as Bulgaria was in 1878. Several instances of Turkish ruthless? ness occurred recently. In one case the Turkish regulars discovered a band of 30 insurgents under two Bulgarian officers in a Macedonian village, and, losing many of their own men in the fight which followed, took vengeance by razing every house in the village with artillery and massacring the in? habitants without distinction. The Macedonians are not content- with force of ?rms ; the have blown up the bridges of two Turkish railways and cut the telegraph wires wherever possible. Thousands of Macedonians have now taken up arms against the sultan. Tbis he could bear with comparative equanimity if it did not provoke European intervention., But, unfor? tunately for his personal safety, Albania is now also in a condition of insurrection. - This ancient Epirus, now known as Albania, bounds Macedonia to the west. Its population constitutes the bravest of the immediate subjects of Abdul Hamid, and hence the body? guard at his palace, the' Yildiz kiosk, in Constantinople, is composed of Al? banian mountaineers who are apt to sympathize with their brothers at home. I4?e all mountain peoples, the Albanians resent ah?r sign of control or interference from the outside world and will hardly continue so fanatically loyal to the sultan if forced by the powers, he imposes reforms upon them which will deprive them of their mili? tary tyranny in Macedonia. Hence several thousands of these lately de? manded the surrender of the foreign gendarmes who bad been enlisted at a town in northern Albania in accord? ance with the reform plans for the re? establishment of the Turkish gen darm?ry. Unable to make a. prolonged resistance, the governor finally sur? rendered the foreigners, who were immediately maltreated and expelled. After Sois the Albanians surrounded the neighboring town of Mitrovitza, demanding the removval of the recent? ly appointed Russian consul. Meeting with a refusal they attacked the town,, but were repulsed with heavy loss by the 3,000 Turkish troops garrisoned there. These incidents indicate that not onlj in Maceodnia, bnt also in Al? bania, the continuance of the sultan's .overeignity will depend upon his ability to- sternly put down revolt, which is likely to be no easy task. If he is unable to do this, there will be serious ground for the intervenion of the powers. The Balkan war cloud is indeed threatening. The Continental Tobacco Company his arranged to grow a lot of White Barley tobacco under canvas in sev? eral counties in Kentucky this season to test the question as to the superiori? ty of such tobacco over that grown in the open air. Two acres of this to bac:o will be raised on the Hun. James E. Cahill's farm, near Lewisburg. The company will furnish all the can? vas and other material for covering the ground. The canvas is heavier than the ordinary canvas and will be sup? ported on a framework of scantling at a height of nine feet. There will be entrances to admit the teams and bands engaged in the cultivation of the crop. It is said the covering alone will cost $160 an acre. M^. Cahill is to look after the cultivation of the crop and the Continental has an option on the output at ten cents a ponni-<-madfi ELKS H?VE H?VE HAD SH ELEGANT TIME. They Persecuted Thirty-Seven Unfortunate Candidates in Sum? ter For Seven Hours. j The Elks drifted into town yesterday I morning tired out from their trip to Sumter, but teeming with stories of j a glorious time. They were all lock-1 ing for sleep and got it last night for j the first time since they arose on Fri day morning, for Sumter was an all ! night town on the 17th. From the dis- j connected tales which the local Elks j .disclose it was gathered that they ar- j rived in the Game Cock City bright ? and early Friday morning. During j the day they met the prospective can- | didates and those who were to enter? tain them. The initiation started at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and continued, with an intermission for supper, until 2 o'clock. The Elks relate with satisfaction and a ghoulish glee that they crowded more erne?, persecution and harrassing tortures upon the innocent victims in i that time than has ever been seen in the local lodge rom. Verily the fixing of the antlers seem to be a terrible process. Thirty-seven novices crossed the sands, that .awful desert gleaming with an iridescent heat. Bounding alone and "stepping high" each time he raised a foot, the unfortunate was led into the glories of Elkdom and. finally became one of the "Best Peo ? pie on Earth." Three distinct street parades were given by the candidates and their su? periors. Songs with band accompani? ment were a feature of this part of the day. The traditional banquet was given at the mysterious and always evident hour of II o'clock.-The State, April 19. The Automobile-Not a Toy. In connection with the very general movement for the improvement of the public roads it is interesting and in? structive to note what has been done to perfect the automobile and make it available for tho popular service. In an article in the World's Work for April Mr. Henry Norman gives some highly encouraging information on the subject. In the last year cr two, he says, the machine has been so changed and so greatly improved and so much reduced in price that it is "no longer to be considered the rich man's toy," but a val aa b^e possession for men of ordinary means. A little more than a year ago it was "a noisy, costly and unreliable machine-a public nuisance. Today it is silent; is within the reach of a man cf modest means: and is as little liable I to break down as any other product j of human ingenuity." A car of 20 horse power, carrying four passengers ?forty miles an hour can hardly be heard by them. The most silent cars are now expensive, but even moderate? ly priced cars can be had as silent as anybody ought to desire them. Im? proved methods of construction and lubrication have practically abolished offensive odors. Pneumatic tires-once the bane of the motorist's life-now, with luck will run a thousand miles without mishap, several thousand be? fore they need be repaired or replaced. They may finally be dispensed with altogether. Gasoline costs 25 cents a gallon, and a gallon will now run an average car twenty miles, while each new car put on the market runs farther on less oil. One has just run fifty miles on one gallon. Prices vary. The best car in the world can l)e bought for $7,500; one nearly as good, except .only for "unnecessary speed, luxurious fittings and fine workmanship," for $3,500: and a good, high-speed heavy car for $2,500. A light car, good for eighteen miles man hour on country roads, can be bought for $1, 500, and for $1,000 a machine with which one may start on a 1,000-mile journey without fear. There are cheap? er machines still, down to $750 or less, which will do good work, and here an important fact comes in for considera? tion. The lowest priced car, Mr. Nor? man says, "will cost.less a year than a pony and trap and do five times the work." Indeed, "everyone who keeps a horse may keep a car for less mon? ey," and "thousands of people who cannot afford a horse will soon dis? cover that they can keep a small car." The effect of all this on our civiliza? tion is destined to be startling." it will give the ordinary man an area -of activity of nearly 3,000 square miles, instead of the 500 possessed by the horse owner and the three or four of the pedestrian. "It is a revolution in daily life. I With an automobile one lives three i times as much in the same space of years, and life becomes the wider and more interesting. The influence upon the community will be no less. Coun? try districts will revive. The old coaching roads and runs will once more be thronged with travellers. To the automobile owner it is the same thing whether his home is one mile or a dozen miles from his nearest rail? way. This will bring into market, at good prices, a great number of country places unletable and unsaleable today. Th*?re will soon arise, in consequence, an irresistible demand for better roads -probably for a division of road con? trol similar to that of France." The prospect is that the improved and still improving machines will play as important a part in the service of the public and the development of the country in the early future as the railroads have played in the past. But they can serve no part of the public that does not provide reasonably good roads for them to mn on.-News and Courier. Pittsburg, April 19. - Because of an electric brake failing to work a crowd? ed Western avenue car of the Pittsburg Railway Company ran away today on Federal street, Allegheny, wrecked a carriage, broke through the safety gates of the Fort Wayne Railroad, de? railed a fast moving freight train and then went to pieces. Almost all of the forty-five passengers aboard the car were hurt, though only one fatally. Bamberg, April 19.-Gen. F. M. Bamberg suffered a stroke of paralysis late Saturday afternoon and now' lies critically ill at his home on .Railroad avenue. Dre. Taylor and Wannamaker of Columbia were called in and arrived BOXER UPRISING ll CHINA. Mr. Conger's Report On Ust Month's Events in China. Washington. April 19.-Minister Conger reports to the State depart? ment from Pekin, under date of March 12, that an attempt had been made in the district of Yutien, about one hun? dred miles west of Pekin, to reor? ganize the Boxer movement, but was promptly suppressed by the energetic action of the viceroy, the famous Yuan* Shih-Ki, who stood Jike a rock against the Boxers in 1900. Several oldiers lost their lives in the attempt to arrest the criminals. Several of the criminals were killed and ten others were arrested, who are to be beheaded and their heads exposed where the oragnization started. Mr. Conger says only snch prompt and severe measures will prevent organizations in other localities and that it is hoped and believed that Yuan Shih-Ki will continue as he has begun. The native official report on the uprising is as follows: "The Tung Chou Yungfping brigade general, Lian Tang, and the district magitsrate of Yu Tien, Cheng Chin, report : "In the matter of ' Boxers'drilling at Liu-Ho-Tao, in the district of Yu Tien, we sent petty officers to make thorough search and on the 26th of the first Monday (February 23, J903, ". they arrested Kan Lin-Chiang and others, men and women, ten in all, who w?re practicing 'Boxer' arts, and we now ask for orders as to how we shall deal with them." To this reply was received as follows : "The contents of the report have been carefully noted. Proclamations have been issued repeatedly strictly forbidding any revival of the disturb? ances of 1900, which were originated by the 'Boxers.' but Kan Lin-Chiang and his party, having no regard for the law, assembled a lot of people to form a band of'Boxers' and drilled them in the dead of night. When they were being searched for by the civil and military officials they dared to resist arrest and kilied and wound? ed several soldiers. Thereupon seven of them were killed, men and women, and.their heads exposed as a warning Ten others, men and women, were arrested and their swords, spears. Sags, pennons, charms and pledges, all proofs of their evil designs, were brought to light. "I shall depute Tac-Tai, Chan Hai and Laun, of the military secretariat, of the regular force, to proceed at once with all baste and make a thorough investigation and deal with the matter according to the regulations already in force. As to the ten men and wo? men already in eustody, let them be carefully tried and afterwards he headed, and let their heads be ssnt to the place of their rebellion and sus? pended as a warning of all and a testi? mony io the rigor of the law. We snail expect also that some plan be devised tu secure the remainder of the band. Let every exertion be made to root it out, so as to prevent further trouble. Dispatch this with all haste.1' The proclamation of Viceroy Yuan Shih-Ki shows clearly the rigor of the measures taken by him to stamp out the Boxer movement. These per? sons are to be beheaded : Those deal? ing in magic spells to befool the peo? ple. Those propagating evil teachings and evil arts. Those banded toegther tj commit violent crimes, Soldiers in sympathy with Boxer societies. Heavy fines and penalties are im? posed on householders who furnish quarters for Boxer meetings: on Box? ers themselves and on those who fail to expose Boxers to arrest. Altars propagation evil teachings are to be destroyed and a reward of 200 taels is offered to anyone delivering up any Boxer found. Smaller rewards are offered for information on which ar? rests can be made. Where Boxers practice the magistrates are to be im? peached. THE LINE FENCE MURDER CASE. Lonnie C. Meyers Found Guilty of the Murder of S. W. James in Williamsburg County, But Recommended to Mercy. Kingstree, April 18.-The case against Lonnie C. Meyers, charged with the murder of S. W. James, near Scranton, in June last, was con? tinued yesterday. Sjorae dozen .witness? es were examined ibr the defence, in? cluding the wife of the defendant and the defendant himself^. The line of the defence was that the dead man (James1? bad been meddling with Mey? ers and nagging at him for some years before the killing, and especially"dur? ing tee year before the tragedy. The defendant himself admitted on the stand that he had told Jame9 that if he put another rail on the fence in dispute he would kill him. That on the day of the killing he had gone to see James to talk the matter over with him to try and settle the matter, and took his gun with him as protection. James bad beat him before with & chair and had run him out of the field with a gun, and defendant was afraid of him. As Meyers walked up to James he stooped down to take up a rail and advanced on him. and Mey? ers fired on him: then turned and ran. James ran after him and caught him, when Meyers turned and struck him over the head several times with the gnn and James fell. The State has made out* a desperate? ly bad case against defendant. A pathetic feature of this case is the presence in Court of the four little children of the defendant, ranging in age from S years to 8 mvnths. Thee arguments having all been made,. Judge Gage charged the law of the case this murnini?. The jury today rendered a verdict of guilty, with recommendation to mercy. Notice of motion for new trial was give... g The educational side of rural free de? livery comes out clearly in the statis tics of one Western ronte, on which there are 108 mail boxes. When the route was established the number of daily papers taken in the district was five. Now the number is 65, ;and most of the papers come from one or the other of two large cities. Manchester News Items. Dark Corner, April 13.-News is scarce as usual: patting down guano and planting cotton is thc order now. We are having fine seasons for cotton to como up and wc have fair stands of corn. Garden^rruek is doing well. Mrs. W J. Ardis has pole beans that have commenced to put out runners, and I have sweet potatoes draws near? ly large enough to set out.' Miss Belie Johnston, daughter of Mr. C. H. Johnston, has been quite sick, but is better. Mr. Joseph E. Johnson. Mr. C. H. Johnson's son-in-law, of Paxville, who is on a visit at his father-in-law's has a very sick child. 'Mr. O. D. Harvin, of Pinewood, called on me yesterday with a peti? tion for my friend, H. L. Scarbor? ough to be appointed clerk of the county. We arc all very sorry to hear of the death of our friend and brother, Shep? ard Nash. We may get as good a clerk again, but not a better. We have lost three as good men in that office (W. H. Cuttino, J. D. Graham and Shepard Nash) as ever lived in Sum? ter. ( I see that the Confederate crosses of honor are to be given out to the veterans on the 10th of May, which falls on Sunday this year. I would suggest that we meet on the 11th, as that is the day court will convene. There are a good many vets that want to attend from this section. My old Sergeant, D. F. Lide, of Pinewood, suggests an idea-how he found or met and was known by several of his old comrades at a reunion of *U. C. V's a few years ago-which I think would be a good thing at the coming re? union in Columbia or New Orleans. It is just to print thc name of com? pany and regiment on a card or white paper and fasten it on the front of your hat. If all will do that it will be so easy to see who you are meeting. I heard of quite a romantic marriage near here-the parties live in Man? chester. Mr. Ed. Kelly . of Penn? sylvania and Miss Julia Walden were married in Sumter one day last week, going from S. W. Manchester to Sum? ter. Mrs. W. L. Burke, Jr., aunt of the bride, accompanied them. Miss Walden is a daughter of the lato "W. H. Walden, of Manchester. Was glad to receive a visit from your old scribe McD. F. a few weeks ago, also glad to see his last squib in the W &. S. of last week. Hope to see that column of Privateer personals which he says he is agoing to send in soon. Sidra. GREAT DAY F03 THE ELKS. Sumter Lodge Instituted With Forty Members-Festivities Close With Ban? quet. Sumter Lodge, B. P. O. Elks, was instituted, the members initiated and the officers installed with full form and ceremony Friday afternoon and' at night, and the great occasion was brought to a happy termination with an elaborate banquet at the Hotel Sumter in the wee sma' hours o' the morning. The visiting Elks who took part in the institution of the lodge were as follows, the majority of them being members of the Columbia Lodge: E. B. Clark, B. R. Coonee, C. T. Haskell, O. E. Thomas, S. M. Dial, P. D. Brooker, James Clark, J. D. Miot, R. O. Jones, J. M. Can tey, E. M. Ehrlich, T. D. Eowen, Spartan burg, Phil D. Kohn, S. H. McGlands Atlanta, Chas, H. Evans. H. B. Tin? dal, Greenville, Chas. E. Federman, Greenville, J. P. Mathews, Joe G. McCreerev, G. G. Moseley, W. R. Way, J. T. Gantt, J. N. Walker, of Appleton, M. B. McSweeney. The lodge was organized with forty charter members, as follows : Abe Ryttenberg, P. Moses, Jr., Aaron Pareira, J. J. Harby J. C. Huger, F. C. Manning, Dr. Archie China, Dr. Walter Chevne, H. D. Barnett, Ollie Yates, Dr. V. T. Hof man, Ferd Levi, C. D. Schwartz, Ejnest A. Bultman, H. Karby, Jr., willie Bultman, James Calk, Geo L. Bicker, I. C. Strauss, Elisha Carson, J. H. Clifton, W. R. Burgess, D. China, G. E. Hayns? worth, Neill O'Donnell, R. L. Ed? munds, James Copes, C. J. Owens, Isaac C. Strauss, J. F. Glenn, D. Jas. Winn, Jr., T. J. Flippen, H. J. Grover, Dr. Geo. W. Dick, F. A. Bultman, H. D. Moise, Jr., I. H. Moses, J. G. DeLorme W. G. Moses, J. M. Knight. The officers of the Lodge are : Abe Ryttenberg-Exalted Ruler. A. . Pareira-Esteemed Leading Knight. F. C. Manning-Lgcturing Knight. Geo. W. Dick-Loyal 'Knight. R. L. Edmunds-Secretary. L C. Strauss-Treasurer. Elisha Carson-Esquire. J. M. Knight-Filer. ' Trustees-Walter Cheyne, C. D. Schwartz, H. J. Grover, Jr. The banquet was the crowning event of the day's and night's festivities and all who were present unite in say? ing that it was the pleasantest affair of the kind they eyer attended and the jolliest crowd ever gotten together in Sumter. The menu cards which were quite handsome read as follows : I Banquet-In honor of the Grand Exhalted Ruler, Exhalted Rulers, Officers and Brothers of the Visiting Lodges of the B. P. O. E. Tendered by the Sumter Lodge at their installa? tion Friday evening, April 17th, 1903, Hotel Sumter, A. Pareira, Proprietor. "Evening, April 17." MENU. Lynnhaven Oysters on half shell Consomme a la Elkdom Spanish Olives White Plume Celery Salted Peanuts Prime Ribs of N. V. Beef, (Clark style) Ring Round Potatoes Saratoga Chips Sauterne, 1888 Old Dry Sherry, 1881 Broiled Spring Chicken with Aspar? agus, from F. B. McEowen's Farm Asparagus Tips Chicken Salad a la Charlotte, Mayon aise Dressing Champagne Cocoanut Pie B. P. O. E. Ice Cream Assorted Cakes Edam and American Cheese Salted Wafers Pousse, Cafe Chase Cafe, Chase Congnac Coffee Cigars Plain, everydav Lager Beer, "Daylight, April 18th, 1903." Committee of Arrangements-Dr. Van-Telburg Hofman, Chairman; Geo. L. Ricker Treasurer: Abe Ryt? tenberg, Horace Harby, Jr., David J. Winn, Jr., J. C. Huger. Numerous toasts were offered and speeches were made bv Messrs. E. B. Clark, J. D. Miot, J. M. Cantey, E. M Ehrlich, G. G. Moseley. Ex I Gov. M. Bl McSweeney, Dr. Geo. W. j Dick, 1. Strauss, Neill O'Donnell, T. J. Flippin, A. Pareira, and others. H. Lewis on Idlers. i Mr Editor Please Allow me Space in your Paper to Put A few thurths of raine in your Paper on Idlers I. Dont love No Idlers but on the other Hand. I Doe love them for one Simple Rea? son and that time and ayain we find that theye are Very useful in many Cases and if you will Read Matthew the 20 chapter and 6-7 verse you. will find. A. fue Idlers in their and He went out A Bout the ll Hour and ficund ethers standing Idle and said un to them why stand ye Here all the Day Idle, theye said be cause No one Has Hired us and we find Idles from the bee gining of the world on tell this Day and the only way that theye can be stop you will Have to try and stop one of God wonderful Power and that is the Sun, bee cause we come Here and found these things Here, and we Will leave theme Here No more to save 1 Remain vous H. Lewis Sumter S C 4-18-1903 Building and Loan Taxes. Columbia, April 21-Messrs W. D. Melton, John P. Thomas Jr., and C. J. Shannon, as a committee represent? ing the building and loan associations, had a conference today with Comp? troller General Jones. The committee went over the whole situtaion with Mr. Jones and explained the position and contention of the building and loan associations, and that they were not trying to dodge any taxes. The com? mittee had another conference in the afternoon with Mr. Jones, which Assistant Attorney General Townsend attended. No announcement is yet ready as to the final determination of the matter, but the expectation is that there will be a perfect understanding as to ex? actly what is taxable and what is not under the building and loan plans. il Sill's Mi First Quarter, 1903. ROADS AND BRIDGES ACCOUNTS. No Claims 1902 1-432 Rivers & Nettles bridge work S 15.00 1425 Ii M Jenkins, lumber 7.00 1-42?) Ii A Chandler, lumber 5.20 1430 .Ino D Porter, lumber 9.53 1431 W Ii Burns, road tools &c 4-0.41 1431 -2 E E H o d pre 1 n m ber 6.0 9 1426 G M Saunders brid&e work 5.75 Total 1902 $88 98 1903 S Rocky Bluff Lumber Co lumber 4.03 0 Wm \Vhite road & brdge work 2.65 IO L W Pritchard bridgework 4.00 12 H Denenhnlv bridge work 7.00 56 W l-l Ellerbe hridge worft 5.00 14 T D DuBose lumber 3.00 30 D M Blandina lumber s.43 .2." I) NV Wells hal due bridge work 12.25 2.? J W White lumber, hauling &c 16.5s 57 Wm Benenhaley repair footways 4.00 32 C L Williamson bridge work / 7.00 31 Abram Ardis bridge work 7.70 71 J A Boykin bridge lumber 23.52 136 McBride & Warren bridge lumber 11.38 '.'3 Screven .Moore bridge work 9.89 154 Sylvester Allen bridge work 3.00 153 \V P, Burns road tools 7.50 158 Svdnev Morris bridge work 7.00 153 JD Beach bridge work 0.00 147 A D McCoy bridge work 8.32 16 \ Mitchell bridge work 11.33 188 G W Bronson bridge work 4.50 Total $209.43 ALMS HOUSE & PAUPER &C ACCOUNTS. No. Claim 1902 v 1427 D .1 Chandler supplies A II S 6.S2 1437 Dishopville Grange Store lix < Confedera te Soldier 3.00 1439 The \Y J McLeod Co collin 4.00 Total 1902 *ioS2 1903 30 Schwartz Bros supplies A H 4.35 S Rocky Bluff Lumber Co lumber A II 22.35 58 B D Mitchell feeding &c Inmates 217.00 73 Dr S C Baker med attention 17.25 161 Von Ohsen & Shirer repair pump 50 60 Henry Morris ex eon fd soldier 3.00 98 O'Donnell & Co supplies 14.50 105 J Ryttenberg & Sons supplies 22.59 95 Levi Bros supplies 24.60 138 Dr S C Baker med attention 16.60 135 B I) Mitchell feeding inmates 106.00 104 1) J Chandler supplies 7.50 203 Bultman Bros repair shoes 1.25 168 O'Donnell & Co supplies 12.73 160 Dr A J China medicine A H & jail 27.88 180 B I) Mitchell feeding inmates &c 201.05 Total $802.97 CH AI NG ANG ACCOUNTS. Xo. Claim 1902. 1427 D J Chandler supplies $ 6.82 1434 Geo F Epperson sun dries 7.76 14-28 R M Jenkins supplies 13.50 1432 Thos I) McLeod supplies 5.98 1431 W B Burns supplies 7.38 1434 Good Roads Mach ry Co machine 22.35 1426 G M Saunders supplies 10.20 1438 .las E Maye? supplies 4-.60 1435 L J Brown supplies 2.15 Total 1902 $80 54 1903 I E P Scarborough supplies 14.70 5 J T McNeill supplies 3o.()0 6 W D Scarborough supplies 14.24 II Jos I) Chandler guard 15.00 17 Jack Johnson dfavage 50 18 W A Tribble overseer 30.00 22 Horn Dry Goods Co cape 3.60 23 Peter Anderson supplies 3.50 28 E P Scarborough supplies 7.27 59 Jno T Tru.luck supplies 12.57 62 .los D Chandler supplies 15.00 64 R W Brad ham work 7.00 66 Wm Burdell guard 30.00 63 J R Terry cm ard 30.00 106 J Ryttenberg & Sons supplies 20.25 106 L B DuRant supplies 6.50 99 W B Burns supplies 1.15 99 W B Burns supplies 11.05 70 W ll Seale pd express frt 1.37 77 W A Tribble overseer 15.00 74 S O Penn: D -I Griffith sp hire con? victs and guard pay 58 00 04- Beck BIM m supplies 11.25 75 J H DuRnnt fodder, 2.07 14+ R L Burkett supplies :3.47 91 Crosswell & Co corn 14.72 72 Jos D Chandler guard 15.00 III Wm Burdell guard 20.00 110 H L Scarborough hay 327.06 132 Jno T Hurst guard 10 00 133 Jos I) Chandler guard 15.00 130 \V A Tribble overseer 46.50 134 Paul Wright repair harness 75 153 WB Burns supplies 3.80 124 I) J Griffith sp Penn hire convicts and guard 53.45 175 .1 K D ra kef o rd hay 2.so 109 T C Scaffesupplies '95 165 W B Boyle board mule 12.00 157 Harby & Co supplies2 monfhs 277.23 17S R L Burkett supplies 3.00 170 Good Roads Machinery Co parts road machines 152.25 171 WA Tribble overseer 15.00 200 T c Scaffe supplies 3.95 174 Jos D Chandler guard ihi?? 1 77 Crosswell & Co supplies 'J.25 166 Southern Railway freight ~>.??\ 1S2 M W Cummings repair cart L50 161 Von Ohsen & Shirer'work 5 30 205 Geo !> Shore A- Bro supplies 43.75 20S W A Tribble overseer 30.00 isl Jos D i'handier guard 15JM) 207 DJ Griffith sp Penn hlreconvicts and guards 54.00 Total $1,59C54 PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACCOUNTS. No. Claim 1902. 1434 Geo F Epperson coal C H & J S S2 00 1431 W B Burns lock court house " 65 Total 1902 $82.65 1903 13 K H Jennings State Trs, Sinking: Fund Com r.s. Prem Ins Jail "32.?1 102 T P> .rankins Jr oil heater & oil 5.90 14G <i<-<> F Epperwin coal .">2.50 7*> Edgar Skinner hauling, dry well* 16.20 100 Sumter Klee Light Co lights 5.1<> 103 Craig Furniture Co supplie* jail 14-.05 162 T B Jenkins oil for heat?-;- 0 C 7." 107 Edgar Skinnerhauling D VV 17.00 109 T C Seaffe supplies 2.2." 169 Citizens Ins Agency, Ins prem g b 160 Dr A J China lamp 4.6 ( ! Tnt.-il . $265.15 COUNTY BOAJID COMMISSIONERS ACCTS. No Claim 5 J T McNeill serv and mileage $10-00 (50 .J T McNeill serv and mileage 5.00 155 F E Thomas serv and mileage 3.2o 156 J T McNeill serv and mileage 5.00 200 J T McNeill serv and mileage 5.0o 210 F ? Thomas serv and mileage 3.20 Total $31.40 BOOKS, STATIONERY, ADVERTISING. &c. No Claim. 4- Walker, Evans & Cogswell C books $10."00 s Walker. Evans & Cogswell blanks 34 13 Walker. Evans & Cogswell blacks 3.30 UH Walker. Evans & Coprswril blacks 3.00 19 Wm J McKagen Printing ' 3.50 24 Knight Bros printing and snpplies 19.25 27 Watchman and Son thron printing 14.00 27 Watchman and Southron printing 15.00 101 W J McKagen printing -, . 2.50 96 Walker. Evans & Cogswell pens 1.50 84 Walker, Evans & Cogswell blanks 1.34 85 Knight Bros printing &c 2^.25 8S Watchman and Sonthron printing 22.73 112 Walker. Evans ? Cogswell supplies 10.80 108 Walker, Evans & Cogswell .-file- 7.50 202 Walker, Evans & Cogswell books 56.51 201 Walker, Evans & Cogswell blanks 2.64 Total $202.18 SHERIFF'S ACCOUNTS. No of claim. 65 H W Scarborough, ex covg pris. S 3 54 S9 H W Scarborough, dieting aec. &c. 39 60 90 H W Scarborough, salary 1 mo. 150 00 149 H W Scarborough, dieting acc. &c, 39 CO 150 H W Scarborough, sal 1 na and tel. 151 Ol 160 H W Scarborough, convg convict and lunatic and reward. 5179 163 H W Scarborough, couvy convict and reward and expense. ... 62 S3 179 H W Scarborough, salary 1 month, 150 OD 212 H W Scarborough, dieting ace Sic. 47 SO Total. $695 57 MAGISTRATES' ACCOUNTS. 41 H L B Wells, salary one month, $ 23 16 42Richarde Folk, " " 10 41 43 Isaac W Bradley. " " 10 41 44 L R Jennings, " " 10 41 43 W A Nettles. " " 10 41 46 BP Kel lev. " " 10 41 115 H L B Wells. " " 29 L6 116 Richard C Folk. " " 10 42 117 B P Kellev. salary half month, 5 21. lis W J Rees." 5 21 119 W A Netties. " one " 1042 142 L R Jennings, salary 5-6 month, and conveying prisoner, 0 74 140 Geo T DesChamps, salary 6 days, 2 61 133 Isaac W Bradley, salary 22 days. 7 Si 1S3 H L B Wells, salary one month, 2!) 17 184 Richard c Folk. " " 10 41 185 W A Nettles. " " 10? 138 W J Recs. *. 10 41 187 Geo T DesChamps. '. 10 41 Total. y ?232 60 CONSTABLES' ACCOUNTS. 47 W J Dinkins, salary ene month. 16 66 48 J D Jennings, " " lu 41 4!) WC Folk, f " " 10 41 50 K J Mayes. " " 10 41 51 DWAllsbrooRs " " 1041 52 J C Nunnery; " ** 10 41 120 W J Dinkins. " " 16 67 121 Wc Folk. " " 10 42 122 J (' Nunnery. 1 mo sal & con v pris. 12 22 123 D W Allsbrooks. salary 1 month. 10 42 141R J Mayes. " 1 " 10 42 143 Jno D Jennings, " 5-6 " 8 6!' 189 W J Dinkins. "1 " 1666 ISO W C Folk. . 10 41 191J Nunnery. " l " 10 4i 192 DW Allsbrooks. " l " io 41 193 R J Mayes. " 1 " 10 41 Total. $195 85 COUNTY AUDITOR S ACCOUNT. 5* J Biggs Wilder, salary 1 month. > 3333 124 J Diggs Wilder, " 1 " 3=134 197 j Diggs "wilder, *" l '* 33 SJ Total. $100 CO CLERK CO. EOARD COSaCSSIOKESS ACCOUNT. 53 Thos V walsh, sal 1 mo and co exps. 526 50 131 Thos V walsh, s il 1 mo and co ex ps. ?7 90 li':) Thos V walsh, sal 1 mo and CC ex;;-. 27 85 Toral. ?"2 :5 CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS. 19 J K Bradford, sp const arrest pi is. S 2 00 37 wm Ellison, rent polling place. 1 CCK 26 wm ll Seale, co sup. teJgrrn S F corns. 25 s2 H II Smith, sp const arrest prisoner. 3 00 38 L w Gordon, rent polling plaee, 1 OJ 7s Dr Archie China, ox in lunacy. 5 GO 79 Dr S C Baker. ;* '* 0 1500 so Dr H M Stuckey. " " 5 00 si Thos V walsh, j p. lunacy procrigs(S). 15 Ot? S7 E I Reardon, vaccinating lunatic. 5o 80 G U Hancock, ex attention sick prisr. 1 2"> 113 Mrs ES Deschamps.mil k for " " 300 137 T B Jenkins, buttermilk for " " 70 89 Dr M S Kirk, ex in lunacy. "> 00 114 R S Bradwell. repr handcuff and rigs, 2 50 149 Campbell & Co, beef for sick prisoner, 3 30 152 B J Barnett, clothing pris jail. 6 25 106!? L B DuKant, supls c h offices, 3 60 Total. $"3 35 CORONER'S INQUESTS, &C, ACCOUNTS. 40 Saml F Flowers, coroner, sal 1 mo, $20 S3 95 Julian E Flowers, const at inquest, 2 DO 125 Saml F Flowers, coroner, sal 1 mo, 20 S3 196 Saml F Flowers, " " I ** 20 S3 Total. $64 49 COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S ACCOUNTS. 2 wm H Seale, co supr. salary acct* S 10 00 39 w H Seale, co supr, sal acct bal mo. 52 50 86 w H Seale. " inspect Ii R x and R R fare convicts. 2 38 129 w H. Seale, co supr, sal 1 mooth. 62 50 - 172 w II Seale, co su pr. on sat acct, 30 00 194 w H Seale, co su px. bal sal 1 mo, ' 3250 Total. $S? SX CO. SUPT. EDUCATION ACCOUNTS 35 B D wilson, salary one month. $ 66 6? 127 B D wilson, office supls & sal 1 mo, 67 S2 195 B I) wilson, salary 1 month, ?6 G? Total, ?20O 84 CLERK COURT C. P. & G. 8. ACCOUNTS. 3 Shepard Nash, office suppMes. $ ?tf? 207 Shepard .Nash, sal 1st ar&Ofli supls, 109 &> Total. 8154 71 COUNTY ATTOrtNBY?S ACCOUNTS. IG? L I) Jennings, salary 2 months $2T> CK) COUNTY TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS. IOS H Lee Scarborough, salary 1 mo. 12S H Lee Scarborough, " l " 19S H Lee Scarborongb, " i " Total. ?*? COUNTY BOARD OF BDUK??JUU! ICC^SSIBSC 1902. 1440 Ii w McCutchen, service & milage. $38 50:: 1903. 97 E C Haynsworth, srves & mileage. 24 00 . Total, $62 50 11 INTEREST ACCOUNT. 16 Sinking Fund Commission (State). $ 44*i>l*< lf>S First Nat Bank, Sumter. S <", 166 7fi 159 First Nat Bank. Sumter, SC. 43SO Total. $656 62 RECAPITULATION. I'age, 1 Roads and bridges account, $ 269 43 2 Almshouse ano pauper acct, &c, 802 97 3@5 Chain gang account; 1,596 54 5 Public buildings account. 26T> 15 6 Co Board Commissioners account. :;i 40 6 Rooks, stationery, adv. &e, acct, 202 IS 7 Sheriff's account, 695 57 7(??.S Magistrates* accounts. 232 60 S Constables' acco'unts. 19.5 85 9 County Auditor's account, 100 00 9 Clerk Co Board Commissioners acct. 82 25 9contingent account. . 73 35 10 coroner'-s inijuests, &c. account, ?>4 40 10 county Supervisor's account. ISP ss 10 county Supt Education aoe?uut. 200 84 10 clerk Court c. P. & G. S. account. 114 7i 10 county attorney's account 25 00 11 county Treasurer's account, JJ.Q<H) ll county Board Education account 62 50 ll Interest account. 656 62 First qr. I!f03. grand, total, 5,961 32 Total approved claims from ?9p2nercin, $961 ll W. H. SEALE, Supervisor Sumte,- County, S. C. Attest : THOS. Y. WALSH, Clerk.