Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SI?T STORM IN NEW Ml Fear People Killed by Heat and Mumber of Doaihs Due to the Storm. People Blown Of Thvlr Feet and Dashed Against Wagons or Blown Into the Water. New York, Joly 2.-A terrible storm here today followed a period of intense heat. There were four deaths from the heat today and a score or more of prostrations. Already three deaths, Erectly traceable to the storm, have been reported and many per? sons caught in the fury of the wind were injured. A long time the gale blew at the rate, of seven ty-two miles an hour in the upper part of New York, according to the account of the weather burean. Many places were struck by ligtning, which played continuously for au hour br more. A great, section of the Man hattan Field fence was blown down and there was almost a panic among the thousand men and women who had gathered at the Polo Grounds adjoining to witness the New York-St Iiouis game. The Felo Grounds were flooded with a foot of water, the game was called off and tie attention of the officials and police was directed to getting the half-panic-stricken base ball enthusiasts to a place of safety. NO MORE SHIP SUBSIDIES. Loados, July 2.-During the dis? cussion of the navy estimates in the house of commons today Mr. Arnold Forster, secretary of the admiralty, announced that the admiralty did not intend to renew the existing subsidies ?OT merchant ships which may be used in time of war and that notice would be given April 1 next that the con? tracts would terminate- a year from that date. Many sihips of the International Mer? cantile Marine company will be affect? ed by this decision. The South Carolina College. The South Carolina College is round- ? feg out toe first century of its existence * and will celebr?is Its centennial in Jan? uary, 19C6. Use College was chartered in 1801 and opened for active work in January, 1805. It owes its existence to .a patriotic purpose, the education of all the youth of-the State at a common - center, "in order to promote the in? struction, the good order and the har? mony of the whole community," and it was built from a portion of the pro? ceeds of a reimbursement made by the United States to South Carolina for ex? penses incurred in the Revolution. Dur? ing the century that is closing the Col? lege has contributed largely to the statesmanship, the patriotism, the learning and the high moral standards that have prevailed in South Carolina .and her sister States. The roll of Col? lege Alumni contains the names of men who have become roted in all the pur? suits of life, both in peace and war The exigencies of tbe struggle between the States closed the college in 1863, a*d the buildings were used as hospi? tals for ;sick and wounded Confederates. But as soon as peace was restored the 'institution was reopened by the "Orr government" and enjoyed several years >of success until it was overturned dur? ing the ?Radical regime. Since 1880, how? ever, the college has been continuously open, aad has educated hundreds of young men and a number* of young women, who for some years have been permitted to partake, of its advantages. Originally the College was known as -a literary institution, although from - early times its faculty contained scien^ tists of great ability, but of late-years its courses have broadened out so as to embrace also technical scientific in? struction, instruction in law and a course in practical methods for teach ^President Benjamin Sloan, the head of the Department of Physics and En s .gineering, is a graduate of "West Point, '=^3 was a distinguished officer of ord? nance during _the war between the States. His~~greduates in engineering are now occupying most responsible , -positions in different parts of the United ^."States. Professor Joseph Daniel Pope, -dean of the IAW Department, has had wide experience in government- in the legislati ve balls of the State and in the Secession Convention, and" is recognized as high authority in law and ia equity ^trrispru dence. Some of the other mem? bers of the faculty have had dis? tinguished careers in this College, while -others have brought to it the best methods of colleges and universities "~ ^ewb^xe^ ^ -*?5e most recent and most important . :-addition that has been made to the -usefulness of the College is the estab? lishment of scholarships to be given to one man-teacher in each county who has taught at least one year. This is intended to offer the advantages of pro? fessional training to one who has al? ready gathered practical experience in direct contact with pupils in the school room and realizes the difficulties that most he surmounted. Professor Ward? laws who is at the head of the depa it? 's^ jjftnt in pedagogy, is eminent in his profession both as a student and as a nraq^al teacher and school superin? tendent. . u. aSSr ??ws* 1 *. *fhe College is situated at the capital of the State and affords to the student opportunity for studying the workings of the government in a direct way. it is accessible from ali parts of the State j and is ia a healthful locality. The re? ligious advantages are exceptional be? cause each of the principal denomina? tions has a prosperous congregation in Columbia, 'm Expenses are moderate. There is a- suite of three rooms for each pair of students, warm in winter and well ventilated hi summer, A large campus, a fine gymnasium and an ex? cellent athletic field afford ample op? portunity for exercise. The College is increasing in useful v ness and in prosperity with the in? creased prosperity- of the State, and the prospects are that with the new century this institution- -srill surpass the ad? oairable record it has already made. WANTED. TO SELL-or exchange for Southern Bsoks or Magazines published before 1868: History of the Reformation-Daubigne. Several different Church Histories. Annals of The Persecutions in Scotland. Sir Walter Scott's History of Scotland. The Huguenots, "by 8amuel Smiles." Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. The Writiags of Washington, 12 vois., nicely bound in calf. M?iny other good books. Adate* T. E. RICHARDSON, P. 0. Box 74, Sumter, S. C. . June 9 The Kingdom of the Tobacco j Trust. The year's consumption of tobacco in the United States alone includes seven billions of cigars, ten billions of cigarettes, and two hundred and eighty millions of pounds of manufac? tured tobacco. The one item of smok? ing and chewing tobacco, exclusive of cigars, cigarettes, and snuff, registers an annual over-all value of more? than 850,000,00. In addition, Eng? land smokes six billions, Japan three billions, and China one and one-half billions of cigarettes every twelve months. This outside cigarette-puffing burns up forty-five millions of pounds of tobacco and puts about 84,000,000 into the bank account of the Ameri? can grower, giving the giant balance to the Trust.-Everybody's Magazine. John Wesley's Presence. A small man physically, John Wesley had in a remarkable degree that which we call "presence." Men felt, as they heard him speak, and came under the domination of his personali? ty, that he was a man of power. He did not seem small to them. Indeed, he often seemed more than man. Two boys came to hear him preach, deter? mined to stone him. Their pockets were full of rocks, and they carried stones in each hand. After Wesley be? gan to speak, they s trod open-mouthed, and wide-eyed for a few moments, and then one, dropping his stones, said to his neighbor, "He's not a man ? He's not a man!" After the meeting was over one of the youths stood near a gate where Wesley must go out, and as he passed slowly, the young fellow pinched Wesley's leg through his clothing, and shouted, "He is a man! He is a man .!" Wesley laid his band upon the boy's head, and said, "God bless thee, my lad." Afterward this boy became one of the Evangelist's most faithful preachers.-Rev. Louis A. Banks in Everybody's Magazine. Booker T. Washington and the Florida Colonel. An old Florida colonel recently met Booker T. Washington, and in a bibulous burst of confidence said to the negro educator : "Sun, I'm glad to meet you. Al? ways wanted to shake your hand, suh. I think, suh, you're the greatest man in America." "Oh, no," said Mr. Washington. "You are, suh,' said the colonel, and then, pugnaciously: "Who's greater?" "WelL" said the founder of ' Tuske? gee, "there's President Roosevelt " "No, suh," roared the colonel. "Not by a jugful ; I used to think so, but since he invited you to dinner I think he's a blank scoundrel.-Everybody's Magazine: -.tn * II i.m - Major David A. Bradham, who re? cently returned home from New Mexi? co where he was a commandant of a military school, went to Atlanta to study law, but his health was in such a run down condition that his physi- ; ci an advised him to do open air work to recuperate. 't He therefore returned home to rest up before he undertakes to study for his chosen profession.- j Manning Times. ! HEAVY POSTAL DEFICIENCY. Extravagant Expenses of Free Rural Delivery Assigned as the Cause. Washington, July 2.-Capt. Castle, the auditor of the treasury for the postoflice department, made the official estimate today that the postal de? ficiency for the fiscal year just closed will be $4,617,203. The deficiency for the previous fiscal year was $2,961,170. This big increase is attributed to the enormous increase in expenses for the rurajl free delivery service during the past year. The receipts of the postal service for the year were $134,268,609 and the expenditures $138,895,812. Postmaster General Payne, accom? panied by Mrs. Payne, left on the Congressional limited over the Pennsylvania Railroad this afternoon en route to the Catskills, where they will, remain over the Fourth of July. If a report from Norway is true, the murder of Mr. Phillips and the lynch? ing of Evans can be traced to failure of a community to enforce * the laws and decency-just as as other crimes can be traced to failure of men to do their duty, to exhibition of moral cowardice. Charles and Jim Evans were sons of a white man, it is. said, who has been permitted to live in open adultery with a colored woman.-The State. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUOTY. Court of Common Pleas. Robert N. Owen, Alfred Owen, Themas 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 H. Owen, Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton, Eliza? beth Johnson (of Great Britain), Luke Blumer 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 answer to the said complaint on the . subscriber at his office in the city of Sumter S. C., within I twenty days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, 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 defendants, Margaret Jane Dixon, William H. Owen, Alice 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 Jone, 1903, been filed in the ofSce of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Snmter County, State of South Carolina. MARK REYNOLDS, June 10-6w Plaintiffs' Attorney .Atlantic Coast JLine. Effective May 24, 1903. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter Train 35 Florence to Augusta Leaves 4 40 am " 54 Columbia to* Wilmington " 8 20 am w *57 Gibson to Sumter Arrives 9 40 am " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 50 am " *46 Creston to Charleston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) " 9 50 am " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm u 82 augusta to Florence u 6 18 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson " 6 50 pm tt *47 Charleston to Creston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) " ' 8 20 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia rt 9 30 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *11 Florence to Robbins Leaves 1 00 pm ** *24 Sumter to Hartsville u 10 00 am '? *12 Robbins to Florence w 3 25 pm ? *25 Hartsville to Sumter " 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am ? *?2 Wilson Mill to Sumter u . 12 30 Pm ". *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm . *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 55 am u *73 Sumter to Wilson M?l M 3 30 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pm Trains marted * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective June 21, 1903. Read down Read up No 42 No 40 No 41 No 43 2 15 pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 15 am 4 00 pm ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 30 am 11 35 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 7 00 an: 6 10 am 8 15 pm Ar Atlanta Lv ll 45 pm 11 45 am 5 33 am Ar Birmingham Lv 4 10 pm 8-30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12 35 am 3 10 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 25 pm Ar Greenville Lv 9 40 am 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 am 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 am 4 15 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 7 00 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 10 50 an 9 20 pm Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 am 7 40 am Ar Washington Lv 9 50 pm 2 00 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pn Trains 42 and 43 make close connection at Sumter Junction with 17 goinj? Norl via Camden and Rock Hill. Traine 40 and 41 make close connection at Ringville for Columbia and at Colum bia ?lin solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Car?, Pullman Compart ment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cars to and from Flori da points. Fer full information or reservations apply to any agent or address : S. H. Hardwick, C. H. Ackart, General Passenger Agent, J. R. Clack, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Agent, Washington, D. C. W. H. Tayloe. Sumter, S. C. R. W. Hunt, Assistant Gen. Pass. Agent, Division Passenger Agent Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. What Duke's Salary is For. James Buchanan Duke is president of the Consolidated ; also be is president of the American and of the Continent Companies. His year's salary is $50,000 from each of the two tobacco cmpanies proper. Once a shareholder, turning sullen, asked Mr. Duke what he did for these salaries of an aggre? gate one hundred thousand dollars. "I'm not paid those one hundred thousand dollars," said Mr. Duke, "for what I do, but for what I don't do. I'm paid for the mistakes I fail to make. ' '-Everybody's Magazine. The hammocks being sold by H. G. Osteen & Co., haven't a superior in Sumter, at the price. f-s?? HINDIPO 'g?8*\ BESTORES VITALITY ?Ops5 Made a ^^SIv3 W?? Man THE ?SSr of Me. GREAT _ ?RENCH REMEDY produces the above result in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility. Impotency. Varicocele, Failing Memory. Stops all drains ana losses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In? sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man? hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in the vest pocket. Price rn i*TC 6 Boxes $2.50 ry mail, in plain pack-?Jil |> g $ age. wi tr britten guarantee. DR. JEAN CHARRA, Pari? China's Drug Store. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. THE EXAMINATIONS for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col? lege 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 10th, they will be 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, Bock Hill, S. C. May 12-July 9-law - - - 50 YEARS' EXF*ERIENCE PATENTS PM limgtr ; RADE MARKS fraagSR^* DESIGNS r77fi^^ COPYRIGHTS &C Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent frea, Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through 31unn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, In the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir? culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a year : four months, $L Sold by ail newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36,Broa*"*?- New York "Branch Office. G35 F St^ Washington, D. C. WHISKEY $14? GALLON We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey as low at Sl.lO per gallon, and mind you, distilled whiskey-not a decoction of chemicals-but, of course, it's new and under proof. "Casper's Standard" IO year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! 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 your 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 ANO WAREHOUSES : Nos. 1045-46 Liberty and 1,3,4 and 5 Maple Sts. WHISKEY Si GALLON. GLENN SPBI 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 immediate relief from indi? gestion. For sale by J. F. W. DeLorme, The Sumter Drug Co., A. J. China, and the Sumter Phar? macy. Ma7 27 SPECIAL LOW WEEK END RATES From points on the Atlantic Coast Line to Seaside Eesorts, ll 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. C., ?3.85 ; Isle of Palms, S. C., $o.-85 : Sullivans Island, S. C., S3 85 ; Waterloo (Harris Springs), $3.95 ; Georgetown, S. C , ?3 : Glenn Springs, S. G., ?4.10 ; Greenville, S C., $4 65 ; Spartauburg, S. C., $4.10. For full particulars, rates, etc., call on Ticket Agents, or write, H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Up To Date And convenient Optical Parlors kept open the year round over De Lorme's Pharmacy, 21 S. Main Street, by ! Bl I.?. BUIR, Eye Specialist. ! All difficult repairing promptly done. j ' Feb 4-0 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, _ STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Capital.$ 75,000 00 SorpiQ8 and Profits .... 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders io excess of their j stock. 75,000 00 ? ? Total protection tc depositors, $175.000 OS Traosacts a Genera! Backing Bosicess. Special attention eiven to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits'of $1 and upwards received. Is terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annom, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $300, payable quarterly, on first days of January. April, July and October. A. J. CHINA, R. L. EDMUNDS, President. Cashier. 'OOH AHO 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 Lib?rty street, two doors from Osteen's Book Store. K a BRAD WELL. The Largest and Must Complete M??MI Senti Geo. 3. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, Sing, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTONS S. C. Pnrcfease oar make, wbich we guarantt superior to any sold Sooth, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Blass 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, for 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 Morocolin?, Hair Cloth, Mohair Plush, or I may find a Car? riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and gi v? you a set of harness free, or paint the buggy for five dollars and no gift. Buggy tops $9.00, fitted on Wheels, 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 ^lain street. H. B. CURTIS. Thone 196. I paint signs.