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Bare Hills and Flooded Valleys. "Without dwelling on the point at this time, when other features and incidents of the grave situation are pressing on the public attention, it should yet be noted that the general and disastrous floods in the upper counties of the State emphasize in a . way that cannot be disregarded nor forgotten the oft repeated and earnest scientific warnings that have been is? sued in late j ears as to the assured calamitous effects of denuding the mountains and hills and valleys of that region of their forests and forest un? dergrowth. The warning has become too familiar to require to be recalled and explained at length. Is was in substance that the clearing oil the region of nearly all its woodlands would result, sooner or later, as the same course h?d resulted in some Asiatic and European coun tries,Jnotably in Spain, in such sudden rushes of great bodies of water, down the slopes and through the * valleys, after heavy fells of rain, as would destroy immense property values of all descriptions, and even the fertile land -on the* hill sides and in the valleys by washing away their top soil or bury? ing the low land farms under great lepths of sterile sand. The people of Southern .Europe have j experienced such conditions in full ?measure, as the effect of the folly of ieir forefathers? and in recent years ive devoted large expenditure of ?bor and money to reforesting their ids as a measure of future protec ion. In the United States the lesson yet to be learned, but is being set fch yearly, with ever increasing em tasis, in the great floods that deva ite extensive valleys in the Middle ites and the States along the valleys the Mississippi and of its great ibutaries. The inhabitants of tibe ?wer ends of these valley have been expending millions of dollars every in late years, in la bor and con? ation, to protect their farms, Jicmes and cities from floods pouring off the bare hills and plains to the ?th of them, and the work becomes more expensive and more in every year. A moderate es ite of the cost to the region of coun Tected of the deforestation bf its itershed would be of startling pro? tons, and would certainly rise a billion of dollars. The whole lue of the destroyed forests on the sides and water courses would not jpay the damage caused bv their reck dest ruction. The lesson is not wholly a new one is this part of the country. Some of the^reat "freshets" of the last few decades have been quite destructive enough to impress very deeply the peo? ple of the districts affected by them. But here, as elsewhere ii is seen, the evil is of growing import and concern. The experience of the upper counties in the last few days is the worst of . its kind in the history of the "State. .:" 3*he property that has been destroyed by the floods jin one or two counties is reckoned at $02,00,000 in value, many lives have been sacrified, many people have been rendered homeless, and several thousand have been reduced in . a night to a condition of dependence ; on public generosity. ../As we remarked at the outset, we are not disposed to lay too much stress ? >t??p. thisfeature of the deplorable situa? tion just now, when other features are pressing for public attention ; but it ? is'not impertinent to recall the fact that the evil condition from which so large a part of the State is now suffer? ing sd severely has been frequently predicttd-as surely and isst approach? ing, an>l the cause of it as frequently and plainly explained. We are pay ? - ing tho penalaty of unheeded warn? ings, and the part of wisdom is to heed them yat, and do what we can to avoid fntnre end as great calamities from the : same cause. The remaining woodlands on the mountain and hills sides muse be preserved, and the former growth restored as far as practicable-or be al? lowed to restore itself by the slow process of natural agencies-or the great Hoods of this year will be fol? lowed ty others as grea? or even great? er, in future years, and a large area of the State reduced in time to the I stats of like denuded and exposed, dis? tricts in older countries, lt is not a theory of scientific "dreamers," but the eohi, bard practical teaching of the experience of other peoples in other lands.-News and Courier. As Seen By Mothers. "Ii you want to find the real senti? ment with regard to the dispensary," said a leading physician of York ville * to the reporter a few-days ago, "you go around and talk with the mothers of families in the country surround? ing. As a rule they dM not have a great deal to say while the agitation was going or;. They seemed inclined Jo jhldi to the argument that the -dispensary was better than the blind tiger. But within the past year many mothers have noted liquor effects that ?they did not see while the business was confined exclusively to tee tigers. Many of them are having to contend With drunkenness in their homes and knowing that, the dispensary is entirely responsible, their views have becomo definite and fixed. If the ques? tion of doing away with the dispensary and restoring old conditions were left to the mothers of this vicinity I do not think there would be a great deal of doubt as to the result. "-Yorkville Enquirer. Peace in Venezuela. 2 Willemstad, Island of Curacoa, June 10.-Gen. Matos and the generals who supported him in the revolutionary movements in Venezuela have return? ed here, The revolution against Presi? dent Castro is ended. After the disastrous defeat of thc revolutionary forces at Pedregal Gen. 3?atoa, the revolutionary leader, was obliged to flee with his generals, Rie? ra, Penalosa, Solagnie and Perdomo. They left Venezuela in a small row boat and landed early today cn the Island of Curacoa. The Government troops captured nearly all of Matos's army. Despite the destruction of the Paco iet and Clifton properties, the state? ment that they will rebuild has caused many to attempt to buy their stocks ?A a bargain. An offer was made in Charlotte to buy 850,000 worth of Paco Jet and Clifton stocks, half and half, at fifty cents on the dollar, or $25,000 -for the whole. MEXICAN COTTON COLL WEEVIL. Government Entomologists Discre dit the Report that the Pest Has Appeared in Mississippi and Alabama Cotton Fields, BUT THE MATTER WILL BE INVESTI BATED. Washington, June 7.-Representa? tive Livingston, of Georgia, lias call? ed the attention ef the agricultural department to reports that the Mexi? can cotton boll weevil has made its appearance in three counties in Mis? sissippi and in one county in Alabama. The reports will be investigated by the department, but the Government entomologists are confident that they will be found to be founded on errors. For some years past the department has received reports of the presence of the weevil in other States besides Texas, but in every case it has been found that some other insect has been mistaken for the cotton boll weevil. The officials of the department are con vinced that it is only a question of i comparatively few years until the weevil overruns the entire cotton belt, but they do not believe that it haB yet crossed the Mississippi River, nor do they -expect it to do so this year. It is admitted, however, that it is possible that a few of the insects ha ve been carried across to Mississippi and Alabama in cotton that may have been shipped from Texas into those Statesand that new centres of infection may have been started. g No reports have yet been received from the field agents of the depart? ment as to the spread of the weevil in Texas this year, but it is expected that the infected area will be found consideraby larger than last year and that the weevil will be found further north and further east than ever be? fore. Dr. L. O. Howard, the chief entomologist of the department, is DOW in Texas making a personal study of the situation. When he returns fco Washington about July 1 it is probable that he will be able to throw more light on the rate at which the pest is spreading and the extent to which this year's crop willi be dam? aged. The experts of the department will continue the study of the insect throughout the present season in Texas ind will make further investigations as to the best method for combating Lt. They have contracted with the owners of several plantations in differ? ent parts of the infected regions for :he practical test and illustration of methods of combating the weeviL CJnder these contracts the agents of the department have the full direction of ?foe planating and cultivation of the ;rop. The owner of the plantation plants his cotton just when the agent if the department tells him to, ho uses ;he method prescribed by the depart? ment for planting, and he cultivates it just as he is instructed to. The department gurantees him against loss by agreeing to pay him.the differ? ence between his crop and the average )f surrounding plantations if the nethods prescribed are not success? ful. ' Johnson City, Tenn, June ll.-Mrs. [saac Poore, wife of a Washington Dounty farmer, was criminally assault? ed late yesterday afternoon by Adam Jackson, a Charlotte, N. C., negro. A nob pursued and caught him, and had strung him up when a deputy sheriff md posse arri ved. The negro was taken lown in response to appeals of the posse. He confessed his crime, was bound to Court and is now in, jail at Jonesboro. Mrs. Pcore may die. RESTORES viTAirn Made a We!! Man THE "^?So-^SSgJ* of Me. 3-RJ3AT ' _ ?RSNCK REMEDY produces the above resait in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility. Impotency. Varicocele, Failing Memory, Stops all drains ana ?osses caused by errcrs of youth. It wards off In? sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man* aood and Old Mea recover Youthful Vigor. It gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits a. man ior business or marriage. Easily carried in the vest pocket. Price I" fl l?T? 6 Boxes $2.50 by mail, in plain pack- QU u | O? age, w?t' ^ttea guarantee. DR. JEAN O'HAPRA, Paris China's Drug Store. "aster's Sale! BY VIRT?J? of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of Soath Carolina, in the case of Mark Reynolds against Wade Caper?, I ?ill sell to thfe highest bidder at public auction at the Court House in the City of Sumter, in said County and State, on sale day in July, .903. being the sixth day of of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate, to wit : All that parcel or tract of lani, situate, lying ?ind being in the County of Sumter, Providence township, and State of South Carolina, containing twenty-five acres, bounded on the north and east by lands of Mrs. Teresa M. Spp.nn, south by the neigh? borhood road running between this and lu S. Carson's land, west by land of George E. Martin. The said tract of land being represented on a plat made by W. Lorin g Lee, surveyor, dated November 8th, 1900, and being the same tract of land conveyed to Wade Capers by Mrs. Teresa M Spann. Terms of sale, cash ; purchaser to pay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, June 10 Master for Sumter Cc. NOTICE. To all and Singular tho Creditors of J. 2. Mzaaal, Deceased. You are hereby required to come in and prove before me at my ofiice in the city of Sumter, in the County of Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, your claims against the late J. B. Trimnal, on or before the 20th day of June, 1903, or else be for ever barred of all right to any funds aris- j ing in the case of J. D. TriinnaJ vs. Susan E. Trimnal in her own right and as admin? istratrix of the Estate of J. B. Trimnal, deceased, and others. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. \ June 8,1903. 2t i Wilcox Gets Thirty Years. Raleigh, N. C., June IO.-James Wilcox, the murderer of Nellie Cropsey, of Elizabeth City, will have to serve his sentence of thirty years in the state prison here. He was tried twice; the first time he was convicted of murder in the first degree and sen? tenced to be hanged. He was given a new trial by the supreme court because the spectators at the trial made a demonstration when Wilcox's lawyer arose to speak. In the second trial he was tried in a different county and convicted of mur? der in the second degree and sentenced to serve thirty years in the peniten? tiary. From this judgment Wilcox ap? pealed. This judgment the supreme court today affirmed in an opinion embracing thirty type-written pages. Paine's Celery Compound CURES RHE?M?TISi Rheumatism, which does its terrible work in the muscles, joints, and tissues, is caused by uric acid which gathers in the blood. To get rid of this poisonous acid which produces thc irritations, pains, agonies, inflammations, and swellings peculiar lo rheumatism, Paine's Celery Compound should be used without delay. No other medicine gives such prompt, cheering, and happy results. It is the only medicine that prevents a return of the dreaded disease. Paine's Celery Compound braces the nerves, the blood is quickly cleared of all irritating poisons, tissue and muscle are bink up, and the digestive organs perfectly toned. Do not treat with indifference the slightest rheumatic symptoms; the early use of Paine's Celery Compound will save you weeks and months of suffering. Mr., S. D. Conway, St. Louis, Mo., was permanently cured by Paine's Celery Compound after repeated fail? ures with other medicines and physicians; he says: "I am 64 years of age, and have lived in St. Louis 27 years, and all this time with the exception of three years, I have served in the Engineers' Department as Inspector. Last winter I contracted rheumatism and was laid up. I tried all remedies and doctors, but all failed until I struck Paine's Celery Compound, which has made a permanent cure in my case. I have recommended it to many, and they have used it with the same result." FOR HOME USE AM) EQOffOMY Diamond Me Oil (?3 Loo* Hew T Direction hook and 43 ff \f r^^^ '?y?? samples free. A-^ y WW DIAMOND DYES, & Burlington, Vt. THE ST?T? OF SOUTH GASOLINA SUMTES C0U2TTY. Court of Common Pleas. Robert N. Owen, Alfred Owen, Thomas B. Owen, William C. Owen, Nancy J. Owen, John Robert Owen, Eloise Owen, Flor? ence A. Martin, Mary Burnett Maxwell and Hannah Booth, plaintiffs, AGAINST Margaret Jane Dixon, William E. Owen, Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton, Eliza? beth Johnson (o*f Great Britain), Lake Rlumer Owen, Warren Watson Owen, Ola Owen, Alice Owen and M. Carlisle Owen and all and singular any others who are the heirs at law of John Owen and Hannah Owen, deceased, defend? ants. * SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. To the defendants above named : You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your auswer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in the city of Sumter S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive cf the day of such service : and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesai the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint Dated, Sumter, S. C., June 1, 1903. And the defendant?. Margaret Jane Dixon, William H. Owen, Aliee Parry, Florence A. Newton and Elizabeth John? son and all and singular any other heirs at law of John and Hannah Owen, deceased, are hereby notified that the complaint in the above stated action has this second day of June, 1903, been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, State of South Carolina. MARK REYNOLDS, June 10-6w Plaintiffs' Attorney. iS?t?????J 50 YEARS' '^^?^^^^Ki TRACS MARKS ^llfe^M^ DESIGNS 7^ COPYRIGHTS &C Antone sen??ng a sketch and description mny quickly ascertain ot:r opinion free whether an invention is probnV.y patentable. Communtev tions ?trtetlyconll<4c::ti:il. Handbook on latents sent free. OMest sj??cy for Recuring patents. Patents taken throujrh 'Aw.n & Co. receive fpedslnotice, without cbaryc, la the Scientific Jfierl?' /. hircife?Tnely S'w?mted treeVlv. I "?reest c?r- . cniatio.x v>l ar.v p?-5en?ile Joa-mai. Vemts, $:j a ve ir: four months, $L ??j??lL/:.n newsdealer?. MM I C?.36ICre?i"'-New ioit nr.i"<-n office, irr, F st.. TTasfcinctoi?, D. C. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. THE EXAMINATIONS for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col leg* and for the admission of new stu? dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 10th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than 15 years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July lOih, they will he awarded to those making the highest average at this exami? nation. The next session will open about Sep? tember 16, 1903. For further information and a cata? logue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Kock Hill, S. C. May 12-July 9-law WHISKEY $1T GALLON. We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell .whiskey as low at $1.10 per gallon, and mind you. distilled whiskey-not a decoction of chemicals-but, of course, it's new and under proof. "Caspers Standard" 10 year old whiskey is a liquid joy i It is actually produced by honest Tar Heels in the mountain section of North Carolina by the old time process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in old style copper stills, in exactly the same way it was made by our grandfathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at ?5 to ?6 per gallon, but is not any better than "Casper's Standard." It is the best produced and must please every customer, or we buy it back with gold-. we are incorporated under the laws of N. C., with an authorized capital of ?100,000.00, and the People's National Bank and Piedmont Savings Bank of Winston-Salem, N. C., will tell you our guarantee is good. This old, honest, mild and mellow whiskey is worth $1 per quart, but to more fully introduce "Casper's Standard" we offer sample shipments of this brand at half price (packed in plain sealed boxes), 5 Quarts $2.95, IO Quarts $5.00, Express Prepaid Anywhere in U. S. All orders and remittances (in stamps, cash or by check, etc.,) as well as requests for confidential price list must be addressed as follows : . W. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Salem, N. C., U. S. A. MAIN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES: Nos. 1045-46 Liberty and 1,3,4 and 5 Maple Sts. j WHISKEY m GALLON. ! JOB PRINTING First class work and good material. I do good work 8 s cheap as possible, but do not make a spe? cialty of cheap work. 2?T. G-. GSTEE3SS ' Delightful Beverage, Invigorating, Healthful, Containing the Mineral Ingredients of Glenn Springs Mineral Water. Glenn Springs Carbonated Mineral Water a delightful table water, and positive cure for dyspepsia. Gives immecuate relief from indi? gestion. For sale by J. F. W. DeLorme, The Sumter Drug Co., A. J. China, and the'Sumter Phar? macy. May 27 SPECIAL LOW WEEK END RATES From points on the Atlantic Coast Line to Seaside Resorts, tickets on sale Saturday, good returning including Monday fol? lowing, attractive schedules, un? surpassed service. SUMMER TOURIST TICKETS To Mountain and Seaside Resorts limited for return passage to Oc? tober 31st, on sale until Septem? ber 30th. . The following week-end rates apply from Sumter to points named : Charleston, S. 0 , ?3.85 ; Isle of Palms, S. C., $3.85 ; Sullivans Island, S. C., $3 85 ; Waterloo (Harris Springs), $3.95 ; Georgetown, S. C., ?3 ; Glenn Springs, S. C., ?4.10 ; Greenville, S C., $4 65 ; Spartauburg, S. C, $4.10. For full particulars, rates, etc., call on Ticket Agents, or write, W. J. CRAIG, H. M. EMERSON, Gen. Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. . MACON, GA. SOMTERj S, G, ROCKY MOUNTj N. C, AHope & Whit! ??*9 Gk E. RICHARDSON - - Manager. Marble and Granite Monuments, Head? stones and Iron Fencing, Large Stock Finished Work on Yard. You will find our prices much lower than you have been paying. Investigate, call or write for designs and prices. Special discount for the next thirty days. Office and works 33 E. Liberty Street, Sum? ter, S. C. Aug ll- I There is Nothing In which delay is so danger? ous as in Bye trouble ; when you consider that you can get along fairly well without any sense except sight, you will understand how import? ant it is to take no chances with it. Our Business is to Tell You When You Need Glasses. W e have the proper means of finding ont DR Z. F. HIGHSMITH, ? Graduate Optician. 21 S. Main street (over DeLorme's Drag Store), Sumter, S. C. Feb 4-o FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid op Capital 75,000 00 Surpius and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders in ercess of their stock 75,000 00 Tota? protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a Ge-eral Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. ? SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Ia terest allowed at the rate or 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $300, payable qoaneriy, on r?rst days of January, April, July and October. A. J. CHINA, R. L. EDMUHDS, President. Cashier GUN tm LOCKSMITH I take pleasure in giving no? tice to my friends and the pub? lic generally, that, having re? gained my health, I have re? opened my shop, and am ready to do any work in the line of Guns, Locks, Sewing Machines, &c. Prices reasona? ble, work done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop removed to No. 22 West Liberty street, two doors from Qsteen's Book Store. R. S. BRADWELL. 18 Larpt ai Mest Collete E?istai Mk Geo. 8. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS. 3?Sfi3 BLINDS; Moulding & Building Material. office and VZirercoms, Kipg, cpposite Cas non Street, CHARLESTON* S. C. JS3~ Pr.rrsasf our make, which we garran:* superior to any sole South, and tberefcj .?ave money Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty ; October 16 -o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years' experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Paints for different use, Such as Floor, Roof Iron, Tar? nishes. Bronze, Sandpaper, Put? ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso mine, etc. I want some work painting and upholstering. I will paint your house, Kalso mine or paper the walls cheap, fur while at work I am very apt to find a Sofa. Rocker, or Sideboard that needs scraping and varnishing, also upholstered I have some pretty colors in Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair Plush, or I may find a Car? riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and give you a set of harness free, or paint the buggy for five dollars and no gift Buggy tops ?9.00, fitted on Whee s, steel tires, painted and put on ready for road, ?10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint? ed and trimmed, $2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu? bricating Axles. Office in Curtis Houses, No 326 South Main street. H. B. CURTIS. Thone 395. I paint signs.