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An Ante-Bellum Letter That Got Mr. Perry Moses a Job. In the course of a recent search in the postoffice department at Washing? ton for a document wanted in connec? tion with tiie present postal investiga? tions, there was found in a coal bin of the department an old file of papers . which contained some interesting let te rs. Among them were autograph letters from Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner, Roscoe Conklin and James A. Garfield, generally recommending appointments of friends to office. One of the most interesting papers in the collection, says the New York Sun, is a letter written by one Perry Moses, who lived in that hotbed of secession,' Charleston, S. C. The cir? cumstances surrounding the writing of the letter and Mr. Moses' appoint? ment to a $2,000 office in the postal service are somewhat peculiar. Mr. Moses applied for a place just at the close of Buchanan's administra? tion. He had. prominent backing for the important place he desired, and Horatiio King, who was then First As? sistant;-Postmaster General, wrote him a personal letter suggesting that he send a communication to the depart? ment on the state of the Union. Mr. King selected this subject because it happened to be the first that came in his mind, and the letter from Mr. Moses was desired merely to show the latter's qualifications in the line of penmanship, composition, etc. The following was the result : Washington, D. C., June 15, 1860. Sir: You asked me this morning for an expression of my opinion on the state of the Union-the subject is one of grave and vast importance, involv? ing as it does the interset of probably over 30,000,000 inhabitants. It is at this time engrossing the thoughts of not only every thinking man and patriot, but even women and children-for the interests of all are indissolubly connected by links of the same chain. Our political horizon is shrouded in gloom and darkness and the ship of state hangs hovering on the verge of death ; none can say if she will weather the storm or be engulfed in the awful abyss that yawns around. We hear the breakers and we feel the storm, but God alone who rules the whirlwind can say if she will reach a harbor of safety or be shattered into a thousand fragments. , Section is now unhappily arrayed against section ; November 6, the big day that the destinies of our country and our institutions will decide whether or not we shall pursue the even tenor of our way, peaceful and. prospering, under a Democratic rule, or witness the triumph of a party whose policy it is feared, may be bit? terly, hostile to the South and her in? stitutions; an event which from pre? sent appearances we ha ve but too much reason to expect. New York is new the palladium of .our safety ; may she in her conserva? tiveness, hurl bask the advancing tide of sectionalism and dispel the dark clouds of anxiety and trouble which now lower around us. Should* the fates decree it otherwisev I fear the agitation that will ensue may sever the bonds that now unite us as one people. The state of excitement prevailing in my native State and other sections of the South is more intense than I haye ever witnessed and perhaps upon . the -.first news of Lincoln's election, will induce measures that may eventu? ate dissolution. Whatever the result of the election I . trust in God that affairs may so shape themselves that' the people of the South may find that neither their safety or their honor demand such extreme measures. I am very respectfully, .Your obedient servant, - Perry Moses. Hon. Horatio King, First Assistant Postmaster General. Despite the expressions contained in the letter Mr. King immediately ap? pointed the writer to an excellent place in the Postoffice Department. Post master'General Payne read Mr. Moses's letter the other day when it was brought to him by the appointment clerk, and then looked up the record of the case. When he found that Moses had been appointed to a good place at a liberal salary he whistled and remarked : "'Good Lord! How any one in authority in tbose dark days just pre? ceding the civil war could appoint a man to a Federal office after he had written a letter containing such rebel sentiments as those expressed by Mr. Perry Moses of Charleston, S. C., is more than I can see. Then, if at any time the country needed good and faithful servants, servants true and loyal who would standby the rudder? less ship of state, so feelingly de? scribed by the rebel applicant, until it either ran on the rocks or reached the haven of safety. "But I presume that the letter showed what was desired-that Mr. Moses was an excellent penman, a good composer, a gentleman of feeling and imagination-and that was all that was desired. After reading the Moses letter I wasn't a bit surprised to find on looking up the records in the case that he served a short five months as . an employee of the Post office Department and at the end of that time resigned his position to espouse the Southern cause." Mr. Moses, on leaving the depart? ment, did not forget his Southam courtesy The following is his letter to Mr. King, who admired the pen? manship and wi nked at his sentiments : Washington, D. C., Feb. 26, 1861. Hon. Horatio King, Postmaster Gene? ral., My Dear Sir: In leaving the Post office Department allow me to ten? der my thanks for the uniform courtesy and kindness with which you have ever treated me. I have repeatedly expressed my sense of the obligation to others, and beg to assure you personally that I shall ever hold you in grateful remem brnce. With esteem and respect. Perry Moses. Washington, June 18.-The federal grand jury which is investigating pos? tal affairs probably will bring in five indictments in a few days against per? sons involved. It is learned on un? questioned authority that the jury has voted to return indictments against \ugnst W. Machen, Diller B. Groff, Samuel A. Groff, George E. Lorenz and Mrs. Lorenz, the two latter being residents of Toledo, O. The specific charge,, it is understood, will be conspriacy to defraud the govern? ment. PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH. The Products ofits Soil and Bus? iness of its Ports. Baltimore, Jane IS.-The import ance of the South, both as a base of outward-bound commerce of the coun? try and as a handler of that com? merce, is revealed in the figures of exports of domestic produce for the eleven months of the present fiscal year, as analyzed in this weeks' issue of the Mnufacturers' Record. The total value of domestic exports of merchandise was $1,299,026,382, an increase over the same period last year of $30,015,314. Of this total nearly 24 per cent., or $308,747,095, represented cotton, an increase of $26, 900,080. Referring to certain classes of exports the Manufacturers' Record says: "The total value of breadstuffs, pro? visions, mineral oils and cotton ex? ported was $739,797,427, an increase over the same period last year of $4, - 189,503. There was a falling off in the value of mineral oils exported of $5, - 268,299, in the value of cattle and hogs of $1,737,885, and in the value of meat and dairy products of $21, 727,097. Against these decreases, ag? gregating $28,733,281, were increases in the value of cotton of $26,900,800, and in the value of breadstuffs of $6, 022,704, a total of $32,922,784. Not only was the value of cotton exports more than 41 per cent of the total val? ue of the exports mentioned, but its increase was within $1,833,201 of bal? ancing the combined decreases in the values of provisions and mineral- oils. "Moreover the increases in the val? ues of breadstuff exports from two Gulf ports more than counterbalanced the total decline in values for all other ports Of the country. ] The decreases were as follows: Boston, $4,264,959; San Francisco, $3,531,656; Newport News, $2,745,091; Philadelphia, $1,212,705; Baltimore, $715,219; Willamette, $715,219; Nor? folk, $552,476; Mobile, $260,568; Chi? cago, $148,237. Total, $14,078,921. "The increases, excepting those at Galveston and, New Orleans, were as follows : New vfork, $2,029,819; Portland, $1, 865,287; Superior, $836,665; Puget Sound, $479,008; Duluth, $152,412; other districts, $691,714. Total, $6, 054,905. "These figures show a total decrease of $8,024,016 for all ports, exclusive of two Gulf ports. The increases there were as follows : New Orleans, $7,043,321 : Galveston, $7,003,399. Total $14,046,720. ** Substrae ting the total decreases for ali other ports from the increases at these two ports leaves an aggregate increase of $60,222,704. The, increases at Galveston and New Orleans were so great as to make the total increase for all Southern ports $9,773,366 while the increases in the group of six men? tioned above were sufficient only to reduce the decrease at ail ports except the Southern ones to $3,750,662. "During the eleven months New Orleans led the ports in the combined quantities of corn and wheat exported, with 31,128,667 bushels, New ?ork being second, with 27,735,177 bushels, and New Orleans showed the largest increase, from 2,031,558 bushels in the eleven months of the last fiscal year to 14,212,026 bushels for the same period this year in exports of corn, Baltimore being second, with an in? crease from 3,898,244 to 16,002,243. PEONASE IN GEORGIA. Macon, Ga., June 18.-In the United States Court today Judge Speer, in his charge to the Federal grand jury, sprung a surprise, fie called attention to the fact that it had been charged that a system of peonage existed in certain parts of the Southern district of Georgia. He quoted Article I, paragraph 21, Constitution cf Georgia, which-provides "there shall be no im? prisonment for debt," and that the Constitution of the United States pro? vides that neither slavery nor in? voluntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States, or any place subject to this jurisdiction. He called the attention of the jury to a case presented to him, where an em? ployee left an employer and engaged with another, and the first employer and others armed themselves, took the employee while at work, tied him, carried him back to his former em? ployer's place, whipped him, forced him to work and he is now being held practically in servitude. He charged the jury to make diligent in? quiry and if it found the statement true, it was its duty to return an indictment against the guilty parties. William V. Shy, Robert F. Turner and Arthur Glawson, farmers of Jasper county, were arraigned tonight before a United States commissioner on a warrant issued by the United States Court, charging them with forcibly deporting William Walters, a negro farm hand, from a plantation in Jones county, to Jasper, whipping and other? wise misusing him. The three de? fendants were held in $10,00 hail to answer. Each gave bond. London, June 18.-Fourteen men were killed and thirteen injured by an explosion in the lyddite factory at the Woolwich arsenal this morning. Seve? ral of the victims were literally blown to pieces. The building was completely wreck? ed. The roof was blown off and the interior collapsed. The explosion is attributed to the bursting of a shell. There were many pathetic scenes about the gates of the great arsenal, where thousands of relatives of the em? ployees besieged the officials for in? formation. Six additional men are missing and it is believed they were blown to pieces. Washington. June 18.-The postoffice department has resumed the establish men of rural free delivery routes, which were held up on account of the deficit in the appropriation for that service, and a large number of routes will be put into operation on July 1, the be? ginning of the new fiscal year. The policy of the department hereafter will be to establish routes as rapidly as possible, consistent with the best interest of the service and economic adminsitration. The rules requiring one hundred families on the route, in order to secure the service, will prob? ably be more strictly adhered to and fewer exceptions made. MILITARY RULE DECLARED. The Courts to be Defied-Work on the Galveston to Go On Despite the Injunction. Richmond, Va., June 18.-Judge Grinuan, of the Richmond Chancery Court, today granted an injunction restraining Lieuts Theiss and Groes beck, United States- navy, from pro? ceeding further with the launching of the cruiser Galveston, under construc? tion in the Trigg ship yards here. The injunction was granted on peti? tion of S. H. Hawes & Co, of this city, supply creditors of the Trigg Company, now in the hands of a receiver and re? strains the Government officials and all other persons from in any way in? terfering with any of the property at the Trigg yards, under control of Lilburn T. Myers, the receiver, and especially the cruiser Galveston and the dredge Benyard, under construc? tion for the Government. Lieuts Theiss and Groesbeck were sent here by the navy department to superin? tend the launching of the Galveston, which it was the intention of the de? partment to send to the Norfolk yard for completion. All preparation had been made for the launching of the vessel on Monday next. GOVERNMENT DEFIES THE COURT. Washington, June .18.-It is stated here that proper respect will be shown the mandate of the Courts so long as they keep within their jurisdiction, but that the navy department cannot submit to any interference with its rights. The cruiser Galveston, at Richmond, it was added, will be launched when ready. Secretary Moody is' not at all disposed to act hastily regarding the Galveston, but indefinite delay upon the construction of that vessel in the event of an in? ternational emergency might prove a grave matter, and the department, therefore, feels bound to proceed with the work as rapidly as possible. It is hoped that the vessel will be in condi? tion for launching next Monday after? noon. Secretary Moody was informed to? night of the action of the Richmond Court restraining the Government from further work on the Galveston, but declined to talk on the subject until after conferences to be held tomorrow with the President and the Ajtornej General. Attorney Gene al Knox also was unwilling to be quoted in the matter until his opinion, ren? dered to the President, as to the juris? diction of the Government over the Galveston, has been made public. It can be stated, however, that the At? torney General regards as eminently well taken the contention advanced by Rear Admiral Bowles, chief of th? bureau of construction and repair, that no Court has the right to interfere with work on a war vessel, and that the Government would be warranted in calling Federal troops to protect its agents engaged in such work. Instructions have been sent Lieut. Theiss and Naval Constructor Groes? beck, in charge of the work on the Galveston, to proceed with all possi? ble dispatch in the effort to get the ship ready for launching on Monday. An invitation has been sent Miss Ella Scaley, of Galveston, Texas, selected as sponsor for the vessel, to be present on Monday to christen the Galveston with the traditional bottle of champagne. Capt. Charles Train will act as the representative of the Government. When the Trigg Company failed last spring they also had under construction an hydraulic dredge for the war de? partment and a revenue cutter for the treasury department. These vessels will be taken to the Norfolk navy yard, together with the Galveston, for completion there. Locks, it is feared, may have to be constructed in the channel leading from the Trigg yard before the Galves? ton can be got out and this work may require six weeks' time or more. The Government has no objection to the supply creditors of the Trigg Company proceeding in the Court to protect their rights, but it takes the position that work on war ship is too import? ant to the nation at large to be delay? ed while private firms are adjusting their financial difficulties with one another. The plan of action decided on is practically unique in the history of the navy department. It was decided on only after the President, the At? torney General and the Secretary of the Navy had given the subject their careful consideration. It is not expected that the people of Virginia will regard the action of the navy department as in the slightest degree reflecting on the sovereign rights of that State. The department feels that it has acted with unusual leniency toward the Trigg Company and regrets that financial embarrass? ments of the company should have necessitated seizure of the vessel. 2 When the Galveston is launched a gunboat probably will be sent to ac? company her to Norfolk. It is not ex? pected that the department will have to resort to a show of naval or military force to execute its orders. Knoxville, Tenn, June 18.-In a fight which occurred on an excursion train returning to Huntdale, N. C., from Johnson City, Tenn., Deputy Sheriff Garland, of Mitchell County, N. C., was shot and fatally wounded by John Williams. Constable Bailey was severely cut and bruised. Williams, who is regarded as a desperate charact? er, jumped from the train and escaped. Washington, June 18.-Maj. Gen. Frank W. Wheaton, U. S. A., retired, died here today, aged 70 years. A widow and two daughters survive him. Death resulted from a general breaking down in health. Do You Enjoy What You Eat? If you don't your food does not do you much good. Xodol Dyspepsia Cure is the remedy that every one should take when there is anything wrong with the stomach. lhere is no way to maintain the health and strength of mind and body except by nourishment. There is no way to nour? ish except through the stomach. The stomach must be kept healthy, pure and sweet or the strength will let down and disease will set up. No appetite, loss of strength, nervousness, headache, constipa? tion, bad breath, sour risings, rifting, in? digestion, dyspepsia and all stomach trou? bles are quickly cured by the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. Story of Ancient Rome. [Translated and applied for the Daily Item. ] Once npon a time an old Roman citizen lay sick nnto death. "Nothing but a thrush can save your life," said his physician. "'Then get me the thrush" said the old Roman citizen to his servants. "But the thrush is out of season, and can be secured only from Lucul lus," was the reply. "Go ask his price," said the old citizen. Now Lucullus was an epicure who raised delicacies of every sort, not for the benefit of his neighbors, but for his own profit-that Js to say, sole? ly for the delectation of his own pre? carious appetite, for tho' he evidently had the only thrush to be found, he never even thought of "offering" them for sale. When the servants of the old citizen set their master's case before him how? ever, he agreed to forego his "con? tract" with his appetite, and did con? sent to sell a few, but asked a very exorbitant price. The servants report? ed, whereupon the old citizen caused these words to be written to the epi? cure. "I must respectfully decline your "offer" to sell me thrush, and shall treat further with you only on condi? tion that you materially reduce your price and promise never again to raise thrush out of season, as such extra? vagance is an offense against the gods. ' ' The epicure read and stood dumfound ed ; he read again, and smiled, a gentle smile; then he laughed; loud and heartily and long, he laughed as the humor of "decline your offer" fully dawned upon him. Now the old citizen could have pur? chased the thrush, and he might have lived had he done so; he declined the "offer" and died. So, the city of Sumter had an oppor? tunity to extricate itself from the dis? astrous effects of a short -sighted policy by which ten years ago it bound itself with hooks of steel to the Ameri? can Pipe Co. In preference to the essence of municipal life-ownership of water, lights and sewerage-it has chosen perpetually to debar such own? ership, failing to recognize that the business of the American Pipe Manu? facturing Co., is to raise thrush not for the cities' benefit but for their own profit; not to sell water plants, but water franchises more valuable, as a city of Georgia found out when i? em? ployed Hon. Hoke Smith, a man of some fame, to '' bust' 'an American Pipe Co's, contract, similar, in every es? sential feature, to the one which binds and will always bind our city to the same company. In effect the Hon. Hoke, we are told, said, "only a thrush will save your life." Two thousand dollars was the price paid for the advice. This, of course, is ancient history. It is recalled now only to cause reflection. Verbum sat sap. Few Farmer Graduates. We print today the list of young men who have graduated at Clemson college this year. It is a splendid list-sixty is the number-and we are sure the young men will reflect credit upon their alma mater, the State and them? selves. We do not want to be understood as criticising or discounting Clemson col? lege. It is in every way a first class college, and is doing a valuable work in educating young men. But in looking over the list of graduates we have been impressed by the fact that so few of them have taken the agricultural course in the college. Clemson was founded prim? arily as an agricultural college, and yet, judging from the list of graduates and the courses of study they have pursued, it would seem that the science of agriculture has a very small place in the curricuium. Out of sixty graduates this year only four have pursued the agricultural course. It is not certain that all of these will become farmers. The other fifty-six graduates have studied for something else. The textile course leads, with engineering second Why is this? Do we not need college graduates on our farms as well as m other vocations of life? Is there not opportunity and inducement for a college graduate upon a farm as well as elsewhere? We have not the statis? tics before us, but we presume that the majority of the boys who go to Clemson college are farmers' sons, and we can? not help but regret that so few of them are to become farmers, too. We do not want to be unjust to the management of the college, but we are forced to the opinion that if the agri? cultural course was made more prom? inent, and that if young men on enter? ing college were impressed with the fact that there are just as good chances for success and wealth for college graduates in farming as in other call? ings, there would be more graduates in the agricultural course, and in a few years we would have a better class of farmers and farming in the State. Anderson Mail. State Lands for Sale. Columbia, June 16.-Some time since the Secretary of State went to George? town county to look after thc State's interest in about 5,000 acres of public lands. He found that some of the land is valuable and he so reported to the sinking fund commission. The land lias been advertised for sale and bids have been asked for it in bulk. A number of bids have been received and the sinking fund commission, when it meets on the 25th inst., will turn it over to the successful bidder. One bidder, in writing, speaks of an inten? tion of setting a colony on the land to raise cranberries on the low lands and sugar beets on the high lands, to which, he says, the land is adapted. The land eould be put at other uses, but this is just one instance showing its possibilities. TJie sugar industry especially is a growing one in this country, and if lands in this State are found available the industry will, no doubt, increase. These lands have been in possession of the State since Radical days and have been practical? ly idle for years. They were obtained by the State by purchase or practical confiscation, owing to the high Radi? cal taxes, and it is only recently that the real value of the tract has become J known. Petit Jury. Charles Pinckney, Stateburg. W. E. Kolb, Privateer. S. A. Harvin, Privateer. Samuel Sanders, Sumter. 0. H. MeKagen, Sumter. W. E. Jennings, Sibley. B. M. Allen, Catchall. R. B. Dinkins, Sumter. J. F. Reid, Sumter. A. C. Thompson, Sibley. T. E. Flowers, Sumter." M. B. Witherspoon, Sumter. T. M. Allen, Catchall. Ernest Wactor, Catchall. W. R. Murray, Sumter. E. H. Moses, Sumter. S. Newman, Sumter, B. Randal, Sumter. W. S. Dinkins, Bossard. E. B. Hogan, Sumter. J. C. Geddings, Sumter. L. W. Folsom, Sumter. C. W. McGrew, Sumter. Peter Jones, Sumter. L. F. Kennedy, Sumter. J. E. Gaillard, Jr., Sumter. F. N. Tomlinson, Shiloh. J. E. Rembert, Providence. A. R. Flowers, Sumter. Li. B. Yates, Sumter. J. J. Britton, Jr., Sumter. L. D. Sanders, Sumter. S. W. Mobley, Jr., Sumter. Noah Benenhally, Catchall. F. B. Grier, Sumter. W. J. Jackson, Sumter. Sumter Methodists Will Celebrate Wes? ley's Birthday. On next Sunday, the 23th"? inst., Methodism throughout the world will celebrate the two-hundredth anniver? sary of the birth of John Wet* .y. The services will be conducted according to the pleasure and judgment of each congregation. The First Methodist Church here will make this a Mis? sionary Rally Day, and every member will be waited upon by a canvassing committee appointed last {Monday aft? ernoon, and a special contribution to this vital work will be solicited. The pastor earnestly desires that every name on his Church register be credited with some amount. Surely every Methodist in Sumter will be glad to make a substantial and liberal contribution to this important in? stitution of the church so providential? ly founded by that great Missionary who struck the keynote of Methodist effort. "The world is my Parish I" Bishopville News Items. Mr. Robert D. Reid, a prominent business man of Atlanta and Miss Eleanor Hazlehurst a lovely young lady of Savannah, Ga., were married on June 11th in the Episcopal church of Savannah by the rector, A. W. Scally. The bride and groom reached here last Friday and-were tendered an elegant reception at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Reid, where they received the con? gratulations of their many friends. Dr. A. C. Spain, of Darlington, has been in town several days pros? pecting with a view of opening a den? tal office here. A warm welcome awaits all goods citizens like the Doctor. The typos made rather a provoking error in our little write up last week of a ride we took round the ctiy of Sumter behind Mr. Chandler's "fine $100 horse. It should have been 2.10 minutes a mile instead of a $210 horse. The Bishopville Guards have been putting in some gopd drilling for the past ten days getting ready for inspec? tion which took place last Monday. Gen. Frost and Col. Morris of the re? gular army came over and viewed the company and administered the oath to them. Gen. Frost complimented the company upon their fineapperance and said he hoped to see them one cf the banner companies by the time of sum? mer encampment. There were 56 out of an enrollment of 79 that answered to roll call on inspection. Gen. Frost adnCol. Morris, both made short ad? dresses after which Capt. Parrott call? ed for three cheers which was given with a vim.-Lee County Vindicator. WESLEY'S BI-CENTENNIAL Savannah, Ga., June 17.- The mem? orial tablets to be erected in Savannah to John Wesley, in connection with the lr* centennial celebration, June 25-29, are expected in a day or two. One will be placed on the custom house, one on the postoffice and the third on a building on Drayton street, to the rear of Christ Church. The Methodists have completed their arrangements for the celebration of the bi-centenary of the birth of John Wesley. This celebration is unique, as Savannah was the only place in Ameri? ca where Wesley ever lived. Whitfield and Charles Wesley also resided here, and the programme includes a pilgrim? age to Whitfield's Orphanage and ad? dresses on Whitfield's relation to Wesley. Three Bishops, Goodsell, Galloway and Candler, will take part in the exercises. Two leading clergy? men of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Drs. Goucher, of Baltimore, and Thirkield, of Cincinnati, will de? liver addresses; also two distinguished laymen, Judge Samuel B. Adams and former Congressman J. C. C. Black. Machen Charged With Forgery. Washington, June 17.-It is believed that the grand jury will shortly be asked by the postoffice authorities to find another indictment against A. W7. Machen, the former superintendent of the free delivery system. The charge, it is said, will be forgery, based upon the cashing of a check for $369, drawn by the cashier of the New York post office in 1S91 in favor of Henry L. Lorenz, cf Toledo, Ohio. It is claimed that the money was to have been sent to Mr. Lorenz in care of Mr. Machen. The check was cashed in this city, be? ing endorsed by Frank K. Raymond, who says he bad the check. These facts were brought out at a Congres? sional investigation, but Mr. Machen said at the time that the signature was that of Lorenz. Mr. Lorenz has declared that the signatures, both on the check and voucher accompanying it, are forgeries. He declares that he has not received a cent of the money and has no knowledge of the transac? tion. The general impression about the Court House is that the indictment will be returned before the close of the present week, and it is intimated that other indictments will be returned at the ?-ame time. A FACT ABOUT THE "BLUES" What is known as the ??Blues* is seldom occasioned by actual exist? ing external conditions, but in the great majority of cases by a disorder? ed L3VER._ . mm THIS IS A FACT which may be demonstra? ted by trying a course of They control and regulate the LIVER. They bring hope and bouyancy to the mind. They bring health and elastic? ity to the body. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. IKE SUMTER SAVINGS BINK. HORACE HARBY, President. X. C. STRAUSS. Vice-President. GEO. L. KICKER, Cashier. Capital Stock, $25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 The amount grows quickly after the first deposit. Before the account was opened money was spent without thought. Now it is sent to The Sumter Savings Bank where it draws interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. / Savings deposited here cannot be taken by thieves or destroyed by fire. Our mod? ern vaults will resist both. The Sumter Savings Bank has a capital of $25,000, and a surplus of $4,0', 0. The business is conducted on safe lines. Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to ail calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles. Probating, ?fcc. BANKS E. BOYKIN, D. S., Oct 19-0 Catchall, S. C. THE BANK OF SUMTER; SUMTER, S. C. City and Comity Depository. Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockhold? ers in excess of their stock, 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business: also has a Saving Bank Department. De? posits of $1 and upward received. Inter? est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F.*B. H'-.YNSWORTH, President. R. L MANNING, . . W. F. 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