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Cjtt SEEtc|mmr at? Smr%mi WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1903. Entered at the Foist Office at Sumter S j 0.\ as Second Glass Mitter NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. O'Donnell & Co.-Only Two Days More. Schwartz Bros.-House Clearance. . J. Rettenberg . & Sons.-Saving Money Time. D. J. Chandler.-Men's Summer Comfort. PERSONAL. Miss Weaver has returned from Jess? up, Ga. Mr. L. B. Durant has gone to Glenn Springs. Miss Flora Moses has returned from New York. Mr. R. Plowden is visiting friends in Foresten. Dr. L. H. Jennings of Bishopville is in the city. Miss Augusta Folsom has returned from Charleston. Miss Lucile Randie is visiting rela? tives in Orangeburg. Miss Belle Brinkiy has returned from a visit to Timmonsville. Mr. D. J. Chandler left Thursday for Glenn Springs to spend awhile. Master Alvin Ferst of Savannah, is visiting Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg. Mr. Albert L. Moise of Philadelphia is spending a few days in the city. Miss Nina Dove returned to her home in Doves ville last Thursday. Dr. W. B. Alford has gone to Dil? lon to visit bis parents for a few days. Cadet Guy Warren is at home from the Citadel for the summer vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. China have returned from their bridal trip to the North. Miss Buford Brand of Augusta, Ga, - is spending a few days with her mother. Miss Anna Bro w:a, of Oca la, Fla., is visiting her sister, Mrs. V. H. Phelps. Miss Lydia Lee is visiting her sis? ter, Mrs. SamueTB. Carter, in Ash? land, Va. Prof. W. A. Buckner has joined his wife at Hot Springs, Ark., for the summer. Mr. E. P. Ricker left on last Friday for Glenn Springs and other points for the summer; Mrs. J. W. Branson, of St. Louis, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moses. Mr. J. A. Epperson of Greenville is in the city visiting his'father, Mr. W. H. Epperson. Mr. B* C. Wallace and. family have returned from a visit to relatives at Norwood, N. C. Mrs. Leila Mayes and Miss Maud Pierson have gone to Glenn Springs for a few weeks. Miss Lena Karesh of Branchville is visiting Mrs. J. G. Rains, 119 E. Liberty street Mr. and Mrs. Brainerd D. Wilson left on last Saturday morning for Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. W. H. Epperson, accompanied by Mis. Annie Simpson, has returned from Spartan burg. Mrs, Lucius and family, who have been away for several weeks, have returned tc the city. Mrs. E. W. Moise and family left Wednesday for their summer home on Sullivan's Island. Messrs. Thos. G. McLeod and F. F. H erndon of the Bishopville bar are in the city attending court. Miss Addie Floyd left on Monday to visit her friend Miss Essie Skinner in Sumter.-Darlington News. Mrs. H. J. Bennies and daughter Miss Alma, are visiting Mrs. A. A. Bradham, No. 6 Broad street. Miss Jennie Barnett has gone to Glenn Springs and the mountains for the remainder of the summer. Messrs. H. J. Harby and W. Gra? ham Moses went to Pawley Island last Thursday to spend several days. Mrs. J. J. Fowler and Miss Nellie Heiser, of Wilmington, N. C., are the guests of Mrs. C. G. Bultman. Mr. T. H. Clark and family, and Mrs. A. E. Kennedy, left last week for Blowing Rock, N. C., to spend a month. Mr. Stewart Mason who has been for several years in Providence, R. I., reached Sumter last week to visit his parents. Mrs. Jacqueline Baker, Misses Emma Baker and Holly Brown left Friday afternoon for North port, L. L, for the summer. Mr. C. D. Schwartz and family left Thursday afternoon for Bridgeport, Conn. They took the New York Steamer at Charleston. Mr. G. B. Holman, a prominent farmer of Cameron, Orangeburg Coun? ty, is on a visit to his uncle, Capt. E. H. Holman, in this city. Messrs. J. T. McNeill, of Shiloh, and F. E. Thomas, of Wedgefield, were in town yesterday attending the county board meeting. Mr. S..H. Edmunds has been elected Treasurer of the Southern Educational Association which was in session in J Asheville, N. C., last week. Dr. Jun i ns Mayes, of Savannah, who has been on a visit of several days to Mayesville and this city, returned home Saturday night. Miss Emmie Whittemore, who has a position as stenographer for the H. M. Day Co., of Charlotte, N. C., is at home for her vacation. Miss Lucy Brinkley has returned home after a visit to Mrs. John Horn at Cartersville. Mrs. T. B. Jenkins, Jr., left for Lexington, Ky., this morning, where she will spend a month with relatives. Mrs. Shepard Nash has gone to Hendersonville, N. C. Mr. D. W. Cuttino and family leave tomorrow for Horseshoe, N. C.,. to spend several weeks. -'Miss Louise Murray has gone to Opelika. Ala., to visit her brother, Mr. Ta bc* Murray. MARRIED. Married on last Thursday, the 25th, it Paxville, Mr. Richard Broadway to Miss Posa Mims. The young lady, we anderstand, is from Sumter, and was 3n a visit to friends at Paxville at the time.-Manning Farmer. DEATH. Mrs. Eliza Tidwell died at Provi? dence oa June 3Gth, aged SI years, and was buried on July 1st. WAS IT MURDER ? A Negro Infant's Mysterious Death Three Children Implicated. On Mr. Brandon's farm, one mile from Barnett's store and six miles from Bishopvilie, Thursday, a six months-old negro child named Boston Bond, met his death, it is claimed, through the carelessness of Walter Branson, a boy nine years of age, who had been placed in charge of the in? fant. As the story goes, Walter, in com? pany with English and Hampton Price, two boys of about 10 and ll years of age, went out to play, taking the infant with them. A dispute arose between them and some other boys, and a rock throwing contest resulted. Walter, who was carrying the baby on one arm during the excitement, let it fall head first on. a log, causing its death after lin? gering in ag?ny until the next morn? ing. Walter Branson and the two Price lads were arrested on the charge of murder, there being conflicting stories as to the real cause of the infant's death, and on Fiiday they were brought to the Sumter jail. Branson was admitted to bail, but the Price lads are now occupying a cell awaiting developments. They ex? hibit much alarm as to what will be done with them, but stick to the story that the child met its death by the fall on the og. This is cotton growing weather. Mr. Eugene Wilder has been granted ar patent on a broom rack for use in stacking and displaying brooms. . Mr. L A. Ryttenberg has purchased the steam laundry and has employed an experienced manager to ran it for him. The Carolina Insurance Company has removed to more ample quarters at No. 10, East Liberty street The usual Saturday crowd was much smaller than usual last Satur? day. This was due no doubt to the supposition that the stores would all be closed. Street Superintendent White with his force have during the past few days done some excellent work on Hampton avenue, and it now compares most favorably with our other excel? lent thoroughfares. The Shaw-McCollum Mercantile Co, of this city has obtained a commission for charter from the Secretary of State. The capital stock is to be $5,000. Judy Sanders has been again detect ecK selling liquor in violation of thei dispensary law. As she has been con? victed before on the same charge this case will probably go hard with her and the penalty will be more severe. The capital^stock of the First Na? tional Bank has been increased to $100,000. The increase was made out of tfce'surplus and the bank still has a substantial surplus on hand. * The following Sumter county teach? ers are attending the State summer school at Winthrop College: Mary Stewart. Branson, Kate S. DeLorme, Hallie Fishburne, Mary Hill, Leonie Jennings. Lucy W. Mellette, L. C. Moise, Katharine Richardson, Agnes Richardson, L. Ida Reames, Mary Alice Mi ch au. Glenn Springs Mineral Water clears the complexion and softens the skin. A Lawn Party. I On Thursday evening, July 9th, the ladies of the Lutheran Church will ; give an ice cream festival and lawn party on the lawn of Mr. E. W. A. Bultman, North Main street. A large supply of Hahn's ice cream has been ordered from Charleston and the ladies will make every effort to make the evening pleasant in every particular to those who attend. A general invita? tion is cordially extended to the good people of Sumter to attend the festival ; and help in making it a success. Returned to Coast Line. - i Mr. John McClenaghan, who has for several months been agent for the New York Mutual Insurance company, has accepted a position with the At? lantic Coast line as conductor. Mr. McCleanaghan was employed by the railroad and resigned his position as station master to engage in the insur? ance business. Mr. McClenaghan was a favorite ! among the officials of the road and j they are glad to get his service again. j He is at present running on a freight i train.-Florence Times. - mm i 8 i jil Wake Up ! I A number of prominent business j men and officials of the city in a gen j eral street discussion this morning by I actual comparison showed that Sum I ter could for her size and population j exhibit finer store buildings, a larger retail trade, better horses, more cap j ital, smoother streets, more automo ! biles, prettier women and handsomer j men than any corporation in the State, j Columbia not excepted, and yet, all ; other places were far ahead of her in publishing their advantages and good points, in public celebrations of holi? days, in street fairey and all other de? vices that attract to the place the ! stranger and an influx of money. Wake j up, people and advertise the town in j some solid manner. i Cadet Guy Warren has been appoint \ ed Captain of Company B, Citadel ! Battalion, and Cadet Marion Scott is a sergeant in the same company. Jim McLean was arrested at Provi? dence Monday for having in his i possession an unlawful quantity of j liquor. He was suspected of running j a walking blind tiger and when an j officer undertook to make an investi : gation he resisted. The liquor was j found in his possession and he was i placed under arrest and is now in jail. The Sumter Fire Department will : probably be represented in the fire? men's tournament to be held in An , derson the first week in August. The I tournament is to be one pf the chief attractions of the gala week's festivi? ties that Anderson is arranging for the same time that the State Militia en? campment is to be held in that city. If racinsr teams are sent from this city j they will be in fine trim and will gb I prepared to maintain the record of the Game Cock Citv. i ; There was a stag picnic,at Pocotali , go Monday of which one Bill Jones ! was the presiding genius. There was fish galore, for Bill had had seventeen niggers catching fish for thirteen days, . besides a lot of other delectable dish? es and seasonable dainties. Court ad ! journed in honor of the occasion and the glorious fourth was fittingly ob? served and appropriately celebrated ; on the honorable Sixth of July. All the court officials were present as well j as numerous other citizens of less I note and importance. The dinner was j the event of the day, but there were j various and sundry amusements that j made the day pass quickly and pleas : antly. The sporting event' of the day i was a foot race between Clerk of j Court Parrott and Dr. Breedin, the j heavy weights. The fat and jocund j Clerk won hands down and his backers I are seriously considering putting him in training to break the reeord for the hundred yard dash. That Debate on Immersion. Editors The Courier: Dr. C. C. 3row#(?n explaining the subject to be iiscussed by Dr. Porter and himself n last week's Courier, states that his ride of the question is to show that baptism, performed by a regularly >rdained Baptist preacher, who after? wards backslides and falls into sin to >uch an extent as to class such a one is a rascal, does not invalidate bap? tisms ?crformed before such a person bad backslidden. This explanation 3oes not explain Dr. Brown's side of the question, as he will find when he ;omes before the people at Sumter to liscuss it. If that is alien immersion, sertainly a great many Baptists badly misunderstand the meaning of alien immersion. It seems to me that Dr. Brown is rather premature in open? ing the discussion in the columns of The Courier. I think it will be well for him to wait until after the debate in Sumter is over, and then if he wishes to discuss the question in The Courier, I will agree to find some one to discuss it with him in that way. Yours sincerely. D. W. Alderman. Alcolu, June 27. -Baptist Courier. The steam laundry purchased by Mr. Ryttenberg has been placed under the entire management of Miss Ma? mie Kinder, formerly of Columbia. This young lady has had seven years experience, and not only thoroughly understands her business, but takes great pride in her work. Sumter is large enough to support a good laun? dry, and if the people will do as they should and patronize a home industry we think the success of "That Sum? ter Laundry" is assured. A Chance for a Young Man. A scholarship of $40 in money be? sides exemption from tuition and oth? er fees is provided by the Legislature for one young man from each county to pursue a one year normal course in the South Carolina College. Exami? nations will be held on the 10th inst, before the County Board of Education. Applicants should be at least 19 years of age, and preferably teachers. Write President Benjamin Sloan, South Carolina College, Columbia, S. C., for blank on which to apply before the 10th. Besides this valuable scholarship the College also offers to young men in each county two normal schol? arships good for four years and exemp? ting the holder from tuition and other fees. Moreover, teachers, women as well as men, may take the one year normal course without fee of any kind. I. 0. R. M. Installation. At the regular Council of Poca? hontas Tribe, No. 16, L O. R. M., held Friday night the following officers were installed to serve for the ensuing six moons. Sachem-W. M. Folsom. Senior Sagamore-W. H. Pate. Junior Sagamore-J. A. Lewis. Prophet-Eugene Miller. Chief of Records-B. B. Wallace. I Keeper of Wampum-R. S. Hood. GRANGE MEETINGS. Addresses by Worthy Master Jones of National Grange. Bishopvilie, S. C., July 6, 1903. . Please announce in this and next week's issue of your paper that the worthy master of the National Grange, Hon. Aaron Jones, of South Bend, Ind., will address the farmers at the following places on the dates opposite : Stokes' Bridge, Only 21st. Ionia, July SSd. Bishopvilie, July 23d. Lexington, July 21th. Chester, July 25th. Yors truly, W. A. James, Sectv. State Grange S. C. LADIES ! Until further notice, we will place on sale the following" : Our entire stock of ilillinery, in trimmed and untrim? med Hats, one-half off. Our entire stock of Shoes, at cost. Our entire stock of Dress Goods, at cost. Our entire stock of 5ilks, at cost. Our entire stock of White Goods, at cost. Our entire stock of Wash Goods, at cost. Our entire stock of Ladies' Muslin Underwear, also Gauze Underwear, at cost. Our entire lines of fancy Neckwear, Belts, etc., will share the same fate. You all know what Schwartz's cost means, and as cost seems to be the order of the day, it will give you all a chance for comparison as to prices. All Mattings, Carpets, Rugs, Lace Curtains, etc., go in this House Clearance Sale. Sale begins at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. SCHWARTZ BROS. DOROTHY DODD SHOES EXCEPTED. g*t*i$?i$H$r fjtij* ?ft if? *ft ?fti$t*$* tft ij? f|r& Men's Summer Comfort f Fashionable Warm Weather ^ Fixings for Men . m Men's Negligee Shirts % We are showing the handsomest Madras ^ Shirts we have ever been able to offer great variety of colorings and patterns. They have cuffs to match, and are intended to be worn with white collars. Are only 50c, 75c, $1.00., $1.50. V i Men's Belts m These are made of the best of leather, are silk stitched, leather lined, and fitted with handsome, big harness buckles-sizes 30 4& to 48- 25c. to $1.00. m Our Straw Hat Crop *k is at the "picking" stage-your style at ?* your price is here. Straws. 25 cents to ^ $3.00. Summer Derbys and Fedoras. $1.00 M to $3.00 2 If you have any peculiar notions about your Summer Furnishings, come here and see what we are offering. D. J. CHANDLER, Phone 166 - Sumter, S. C. %?jf* 4*4*4*4*4* 4* ?I* 4*4* 4*4*4* 4*4*^ Saving Money Time ? You bettei Come J. RETTENBERG & SONS.