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?EORB.i'S NEW MM] L|W. Full Text of Act Being Enforced Across the Savannah at the Present Time. From Augusta Chronicle. In view of the great discussion going on these days about the enforcement of the Calvin vagrancy law it might be just as well for all persons to tho? roughly inform themselves as to its provisions and operation. The bill provides that certain class? es of people are vagrants now, who under the old laws on the subject, we? never considered as such. Few people know that under the law a con? victed vagrant may give a bond for his future industry and escape punishment on the gang. It would be wise for all people to study the descriptions given in the bill of vagrants. There are many people "described in the measure, who walk the streets of Augusta regularly, and as soon as cer? tain test cases are made they may have to change their methods of life or seek other pastures. The law is aimed strictly at loafers and idlers, and there is nothing indefinite in its pro? visions. There is ho means of escape-the terms are too explicit for that. The following is a copy of the bill in full. TEXT OF LAW. To amend section* 453, volume III, of the code of 1895, which section de? fines vagrancy and declares which class of persons shall be regarded as vagrants, by designating another class of persons as vagrants ; by striking in its entirety paragraph second of said section, lines 14 to 26, both inclusive, beginning with the words "Any per? son may arrest," and ending with the words "For one year," and substitu? tion in 1? 3U thereof a paragraph pro? viding a .speedier method of pointing - out and arresting persons alleged to be vagrants and prescribing a more specific procedure and punishment in all cases contemplated by this, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act section 4o3, volume HI of the code of 1895, be and the same is hereby - amended by designating another class of persons as vagrants by striking in its entirely paragaph second of said sec? tion, lins 14 to 26 both inclusive, beginning with the following words : "Any person may arrest'' and ending with the words: "For one year," and substitution in lieu thereof a para? graph providing a speedier method pointing out and arresting persons al? leged to be vagrants, and prescribing a more specific procedure and punish? ment in all cases contemplated by this act so that said section, thus amended, shall read as follows : Vagrants are : WHO ARE VAGRANTS. L Persons wandering or strolling about in idleness who are able to work and have no property to support them. 2. Persons leading an idle, immoral .or profligate life, who have no property to support them, and who are able to work and do not work. 3. All persons able to work, having no property to support them, and who have no visible or known means of a fair, honest and reputable livelihood. The term "visible and known means of a fair, honest and reputable liveli? hood as used in this section shall be construed to mean reasonably continu? ous employment at some lawful oc? cupation for reasabonle compensation or a fixed and regular income from property or other investment which income "is sufficient for the support and mainteance of such vagrant. 4. Persons having a fixed abode who have no visible property to support them, and who live by stealing or by trading or bartering stolen property. 5. Professional gamblers living in idleness 6. All able-bodied persons who are found begging for a living or who quit their houses, and leave their wives and children without the means of sub? sistence. 7. That all persons who are able to work and *vho do not work but hire out their minor children and live upon their wages shall, be deemed and con? sidered vagrants. S. All persons over 16 and under 21 years of ase able to work and who do not work and have no property to support them and haw net some known and visible means of fair, honest and reputable livelihood and whose parents ' are unable to support them and who are not in attendance upon some educational institute. It shall be, and is hereby made, the duty of the sheriff and tho constables of every county, the police and town marshals or other like officials in ev? ery town and city in this state to give information under oath to any officer now empowered by law to issue cri? minal warrants, of all vagrants within their knowledge or whom they have good reasons to suspect as being vagrants, n their respective.counties, town and cities; thereupon the said officer shall issue a warrant for the apprehension of the person alleged to be a vagrant, and upon being brought be? fore him the said officer and probable cause be shown, shall bind such person over to any court of the county having jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases. If upon a trial by a jory sworn to inquire whether such person be a vagrant or not, the fact of vagrancy be established, the said vagrant shall be bound in sufficient security, in the discretion of the court for his future industry and good conduct for one year. Said bond shall be payable to the court. Upon such vagrant's refusal or failure to give such security the said vagrant shall be punished for a misdemeanor, provided, that it shall be sufficient defense to the charge of vagrancy un? der any of the provisions of this act that the defendant has made bona fide efforts to obtain employment at rea? sonable price for his labor and has failed to obtain the same. Sec. 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that ail laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby re? pealed. Approved August 17tb, 1903. Concerning Vagrants. The legislature of Georgia at its last session passed a vagrant act with strict provisions, and already 2,000 idle vagabonds, male and female, have been caught and put to vrork. Atlanta made a large haul from fugi? tives who had flocked thither from smaller towns. Many idle women have taken refuge in matrimony so as to claim support from their newly found husbands, and the streets are no .longer thronged witii lazy, worthless : and noisy loafers. A clergyman some time ago went down into Maryland tc* study the race question. After long and dispassion? ate observation he declared that the I only hopeful solution of it is enforced ! labor He painted graphically condi? tions existing in Maryland which are realized all over the south. Several railway and other corporations were offering large wages for hands without result, while lazy negro men loafed about depots or lounged about their homes. The housekeepers 'were great? ly in need of cooks, and yet hundreds of women were idle in the streets or around their doors. 'Chis condition, according to him, is getting worse. Idleness is increasing year by year. Of course these views caused much tmfavorble comment along the latitude and longitude of Boston, and in the haunts of philosophic philanthropists, so called. Persons are* always found to cry out against .lovel measures, however wise they may be. But the clergyman has struck the right key. Those who will not work must be made to work. Idlers are not all confined to the negro race. A York vii le corespondent asserts that at almost ?very cotton mill in the State and elsewhere there are strong, able-bodied men who have large families of children, and that these men do not pretend to work at any thing but depend entirely upon the earnings of their families for sup? port. Such cases as these should be brought under the vagrant law, for they are the worst of all offenses against decency. It is not yet neces? sary to make and enforce a general compulsory labor law, but South Caro? lina will lose nothing in following the example of Georgia in enacting and enforcing a strict vagrant law. Just now the farmers are wanting hands for cotton picking and will soon be draw? ing away cooks from city, kitchens to do the work, whereas if all able-bodied persons were made to labor the supply would be ample for iDoth farm and household. Another need in South Carolina is officials that zealonsly carry out the law. Statutes are piled up in the State archives and are not known save as literary curiosities. North Carolina, Jreorgia and Alabama have a way of enforcing law and harassing lawbreak? ers, not with absolute precision it is true, but at least in a way that com? pels respect Every county in South Carolina is demanding goods roads, and every county contains enough of the merely idle class to do a'good deal in the way of filling holes and digging ditches without waiting for a convicton for actual crime. Let the county magis? trates and sheriffs get to work and en? force the vagrant laws we haye, and then the legislature may pass a brand new up-to-date statute next January. -State. _ KENTUCKIAN STIRS THINGS IN BUSSia. St. Petersburg, Saturday, Aug. 22. John Oliver Keene of Lexington, Ky., trainer for the racing stable of M. I. Lazarev, who has been suspended for a year, dating from Aug. 20, for alleged use of some unknown drug, has won 79 races with his stable and over SICK),OOO during the last four or five months. Keene and his friends say that it is the only reason for the ruling against him. Keene was trainer lass year for Henry de Bloch, the millionaire of Warsaw, and won $54,000 with a single horse named Sirdar. He has already ex? ceeded this, though the season is not yet over, with M. Lazarev's Irish Lad, a horse which he das won 856,500 and now holds ajl the three-year-old records for Russia. The success of the stables handled by Keene has been the sensation of Russian sporting circles for a year or more and he has been accused of ruin? ing horse racing in this country, since everybody bet on his entries. When the present season opened Keene select? ed Irish Lad, a three-year-old sired by Saltimore, an English horse pn> cured at a great expense by the im? peril stud, for the great racing events, and Irish Lad won the Moscow and the Warsaw derbys, besides other valuable prizes. Keene's sucess was attributed by tte leading sportng journal of St. Peters? burg to wise training end good riding. The rival stables, however, were un? willing to acknowledge that Keene had won by superior training alene and had for months been trying to prove a case of''doping" aginst him and eventually procured Keene's sus? pension for a year. - - Trial of the Millionaires. Newark, N. J., Sept 2.-At the trial of the officials of the New Jersey Street Railway compaay, accused of manslaughter in connection with the Clifton avenue grade crossing accident, Frederick Evans, former secretary of Vice President Hobart, and now secre? tary of the Public Service corporation, was called upon to produce the books containing the by-laws of the North Jersey Street Railway company.' From this the prosecutor read selected sec? tions on the duties of the directors and officials, showing how they are all responsible for the carrying out of the rules of the company. Mr. Evans then referred to the com? pany's booka for the year preceding the date of the accident showing the members of the committee under in? dictment were at nearly all meetings. The books were admitted as evidence. W. F. McFarlane, former chief en? gineer of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, admitted that he had objected to the placing of a de? railing switch at the Clifton avenue crossing because it would have held up trains whenever a trolley car cross? ed the tracks. Mr. Lindabury, foi- the defense, moved that the court direct the jury to find a verdict of not guilty. Argu? ment was opened immediately by Mr. Lindabury. ? Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 2.-During a dramatic performance by amateurs at Bessemer tonight, Edwin Neeley, 10 years old, was killed instantly. The play required the firing of a volley of blank cartridges, but a bullet acci? dentally in one revolver caused the death. Wade Rogers, one of the players, snrendered tc the police. AUSTRIAN STEAMER BLOWN UP. i_ j Twenty-nine Lives Lost-Bulga? rian Revolutionists Thought to be Responsible. Constantinople, Sept. 2.-Three ex? plosions occured today on the Austrian steamer Vaskapu soon after leaving the Bulgarian port of Burgas en route for Constantinople, by which twenty-nine persons perished. The vessel caught fire and had to be beached. A telegram conveying this news was received by the agent here of the Hungarian Levant Line, to which the Vaskapu belongs. The telegram said the Vaskapu has been destroyed in the Black Sea. The captain and officers of the steamer and six of her crew were killed, a total of twenty-nine lives being lost. The Vaskapu sailed from Verna, Bulgaria, and after calling at Burgas was steaming through the Black Sea to Constantinople when three explosions took place on board. The deck of the vessel took fire and she had to be run ashore at Misivria Bay, eighteen miles north of Burgas, where she is still burning. The Vaskapu has been leased to the Hungarian Levant Steamship Com? pany of Fiume, Austria, and has been engaged on the Black Sea service. She was built in Newcastle in 1891, and is a steamer of 1,076 tons. She was 260 feet long and 36 feet beam and a depth of 16.9 feet. REVOLUTIONISTS RESPONSIBLE. London Sept. 2.-In a dispatch from Vienna reporting the destruction of the steamer Vaskapu in the Black Sea, the opinion is expressed that the Bul? garian revolutionaries were responsible for the explosions. BOMB EXPLODED TOO SOON. London, Sept. 2.-Special dispatches from Constantinople, published here, describe the destruction of the steamer Vaskapu as a revolutionary 'outrage, j They state that the bomb was timed to burst while the steamer was in the | port of Constantinople, but that owing I to the vessel being twenty hours late in starting from Varna the explosion occurred off Misivria Bay. Among the missing and supposed to have been blown overboard is Herr Lendvay, be? longing to the head office of the steam? ship company. TRYINS TO SAVE ADRIANOPLE. The Porte Sends an Army to Meet . Col. Jankoff. Constantinople, Sept. 2.-According to Government advices Col Jankoff, the insurgent leader, who, with a strong following, is operating south? wards of Demotyka, has been entrust? ed with the task of destroying the larger bridges of the railroad running from Dedeagatch, on the south coast, to Kuleli Burgas, over the Maritz and Aruda rivers, so as to cut off com? munication with Adrianople from the south and delay the troops who are on their way to the threatened city. The Government believes it has taken measures which will bring about a speedy and, it is hoped, decisive bat? tle with the insurgent forces command? ed by Col. Jankoff The palace offi? cials were in constant communication with the authorities at Adrianople throughout Monday formulating plans to master the situation in the vilayet. A WARNINGS TO THE EMBASSIES Constantinople, Sept. 2.-The Porte has sent a note to the foreign embas? sies and legations informing them that, according to police information, the Bulgarian agitators are projecting outrages against the embassies, lega? tions and other public buildings in Constantinople. The note says the Ottoman Govern? ment has taken precautions and re? quests the heads of the foreign mis? sions to do likewise. SENSATIONAL RUMORS IN VIEN? NA. Vienna, Sept. 2.-The Belgrade pa? pers tonight are again spreading sensa? tional rumors that a portion of the town of Adrianople has been blown up and that the other part is burning. No confirmation of these reports is obtainable. SITUATION ttl MACEDONIA. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 2.-The report published by the Dnevnik of a general uprising in Northern Macedonia is denied both in official and revolution? ary circles. Well-informed persons, however, assert that the report was correct, but that its premature pub? lication disarranged -the plans of the revolutionists, and, therefore, it is denied. According to reliable reports from Monastir thousands of Bulgarians in that vilayet are confronted with fa? mine in addition to Turkish persecu? tion. Peasants, who are continually arriving from Monastir, complain of the attitude of Philli Pasha and the Turkish atrocities. . The news is published here of an eight-hour fight, which ocurred at the village of Smilovo, August 26, be? tween five hundred insurgents and eight battalions of Turkish troops, sup? ported by artillery. Thirty-five insur? gents are reported to have been killed, while sixty Turks were killed or wounded. On the following day the Turks re? turned and burned the village. Seven other villages in the neighborhood are said to have also been burned by the Turks. According to a Sal?nica dispatch of August 30 the Bulgarian insurgents sustained a serious reverse at Smilovo, August 28, svhen 1,000 of them were said to have been killed, while the Turkish losses were insignificant. Admiral Cotton's Fleet. Washington, Sept. 2.-The Admin? istration has come to no decision re? garding the disposition to be made of the American warships which are now sailing to Beirut. Whether the Brook? lyn and San Francisco will remain in Turkish waters will depend entirely upon the report which Minister Leish? man makes concerning the situation in Turkey and the necessity which ex? ists for war ships to protect American interests. It is expcted that the re? port of?Mr. Leishman will receive the consideration of the President before any determination is reached. It is understood that Minister Leishman's complete report will reach Washington about the time cf the arrival of the squadron in Turkish waters. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. Pursuant to adjournment Couai. met at 6 o'clock Wednesday with i members present. Minutes of 28th read and approved Mr. W. A. Bowman renewed his a plication for the privilege of rnnnii a railroad track across H arvin stre and submitted a map showing exa location and direction of the propos* track. On Alderman Chandler's motion z speeches were limited to five minute Dr. Walter Cheyne renewed the pr test of citizens against granting M Bowman's request. Dr. A. J. China said that a tra( at that point would damage residenti .property, being detrimental to pe sonal comfort and making residenc less desirable The street was donate for public purposes and should not 1 blocked for private enterprises. I was favorable to the new company, ai everything that will build up the tra( and prosperity of Sumter. Has a hig] er opinion of Mr. Bowman's judgme] and ability than to believe that failu: to secure the privilege he is seekir will prevent the establishment of th business as other sites may be four that are suitable. Mr. Bowman said the track was e sential. If they couldn't get it, the they would be under necessity of ba ing an office up town and warehoui elsewhere ; making personal supervisic of the business difficult or imposs ble. He does not see how anyboc would be damaged by the track. J would not do to open a banking hom in the country. Everybody agrees th* residences will have to give way t business houses in that section. The why block the first movement to get business established there? Messrs. Schwerin and Chandle moved that the petition be refused. Speeches in opposition to the petitio were made by Aldermen Chandle] Schwerin, Finn, Dick, G. F. Eppei son and Boyle. Mr. Chandler does not think con: mercial enterprises should be encoui ! raged at private expense. The street j should not be used for laying railroa ! tracks except on dire necessity whic. ? does not exist in the present case, a another location may be secured. I is a serious thing to block travel wit! railroad tracks. Mr. Schwerin had given the mate much thought and could find no rea son to subject property owners to sue] inconvenience. He doesn't mean to dis courage the enterprise, as he has som stock in it himself, but desirable site may be had where a smaller number o citizens will be affected. Mr. Finn, looking at the matter fron an unselfish standpoint, sees no neces sity to grant the petition : And think an enterprise of this character can d< little good, except to advertise the city Alderman Dick had made up hi: mind to vote against the petition But new considerations had arisei which put him in a dilemma, growim out of a possible change of location t( Dr. Chyne's property, which woulc be quite as objectionable as the pro posed location. His purposes was t( protect the homes of citizens fron engine smoke, and obnoxious odors. But after all, the ' question narrowi down to crossing a popular thorough? fare and he could not favor it. Mr. G. F. Epperson likes to encou? rage business and dislikes to vote against the petition, but cannot favoi anything that will decrease values anc" be injurious to so large an amount ol property as this proposed track. Mr. Boyle found the question hard to decide, and disliked to talk-as he has personal interest in the new com? pany ; after Mr. Bowman's proposal tc protect the crossing with gates and a flagman the danger seemed small. He would have to vote against the petition however-though eventually those residences will give way to busines houses. Mayor Stuckey vacated the chair and said : The first great thought that came to him was that, we have a growing city. The sound of the saw and hammer is heard on all sides. We have railroad facilities : our trade will grow-must grow. Our growth must be on Main street towards the rail? roads, as in all other cities. The effect of establishing this banking and comr mercial house will be to start the. movement, and in less time than we think the gap between Mr. Bow? man's houses and the business houses higher up will be filled witli new and valuable business establishments. Resi? dences will give way-property will be enhanced in value. We ought to en? courage that movement by granting this petition. It will be a step in the right direction, the benefits will out? weigh the disadvantages, which are much less than people think. He doesn't want to do anything but good for the community and thinks we should invite Mr. Bowman's company to come in, and give them the track. People could use Graham street and avoid the crossing. - Mr. Hurst had thought over the matter seriously, and an enterprise like this should not be choked off. With rigid restrictions the crossing would be safe and the inconvenience small. There could be no objection to such a warehouse as would be es? tablished from a standpoint of cleanli? ness. The effect upon property would be to increase values. Mr. Bowman withdrew the petition and Aldermen Hurst and Dick moved to adjourn. Mr. Schwerin opposed the with? drawal and the motion to adjourn, and asked for a vote. None was taken and Council adjourned. The New York Herald has received advices from Bogota that the Panama Canal treaty was rejected by the Seate because of the imperative nature of the notes received from Secretary of State Hay and United States Minister Baupr?s. These notes were regarded as offensive and considered highly humiliating, even by the senators who supported the treaty without amend? ments and were friendly to the United States. Under the circumstances, these friendly Senators considered it incumbent upon them to vote unanim? ously for rejection of the treaty in order to maintain the dignity of the republic. This action of the Senate was followed by the introduction of a proposition authorizing the government to ne? gotiate a new treaty with the United States, in which the French canal company should be left ont of consid? eration. It is further said that themain ques? tion now discussed is whether the United States will be willing to enter into new negotiations or let the matter drop. That does not look very prom l ising from Colombia's point of view. Lee County items. From the Vindietor, Sept. 2. Four or five carloads of delayed ma I chiaery for the oil mill came in last j j Monday. Everything is ready to start l the ginnery except the engine and that ought to have been here by August 1st. ? But we all gat disappointed sometimes. Mr. W. T. Baker uncle of Mr. L. L. Baker who left this country and moved to Macon Ga., thirty years ago, is on a visit to his relatives here. Mr. Baker at the commencement of the war was a courier for Gen. Beauregard and at its close was a courier for Gen. Lee when he surrendered. He will be here only a few days and then return to his home in Macon. The little eight year old daughter of Mr. Fletcher .Atkinson of the Ionia section, while making fire in the stove to get dinner last Friday, took the can of kerosene oil and poured some on the fire. As she did so, the flames caught the oil in the can and there was an explosion. The burning oil was thrown all over her and she was so j badly burned she died that night. Her father got his hands badly burned fin trying to smother her burning clothes. She was buried at Cedar Creek church last Saturday, Rev. C. D. Peterson conducting the funeral s?vices. This should be a sad warning to all who use kerosene in starting fires. Two weeks ago we chronicled the illness of two of our oldest citizens, Messrs. William Frasier and Thos. Mc? caskill. In that short time both have crossed over the river into the great unknown hereafter, as has been pub ? lished already. Mr. Frasier was buried last week. This week the mortal re? mains of Mr. Thomas Mccaskill have been laid to rest at cid Concord, the church of his boyhood days. Mr. McCaskill was in his 84th year and his robust constitution literally wore out. Last Sunday evening, Aug. 30th, he peacefully passed away sur? rounded by loved ones and kind neigh? bors. Mr. McCaskill was bern near Concord Church in the Kershaw por? tion of Lee county. He moved to Florida in early life and spent about 30 years out there. After his wife died, he moved back to South Carolina and has lived with his only brother, Mr. K. McCaskill, till bis death. He was an exemplary citizen and those who knew him best loved him most. His nephew, Rev. Kenneth MCaskill, conducted the funeral service, which svas solemn and impressive. - - i ? -i CHATTANOOGA TO ANDERSON. Anderson, Sept 2-W D. Frink and Merrill Skinner, of Blue Ridge, Ga., promoters of the Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina Railway, were here today in the interest of the road, and President Brown called a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the afternoon. This is the road that was surveyed from Chattanooga, Tenn., to this place some months ago. Messrs. Skinner and Frink stated in the meet? ing that satisfactory progress had been made in getting the enterprise launch? ed. They have completed the surveys and have obtained rigiits of way for most of the route, but found that in Order to float bonds it would be neces- i sary to pice $500,000 along the line of the road to show the faith and interest j of the people benefitted. They wanted tlie city of Anderson to take $50,000] the money to be paid after the road is completed from Anderson to Chatta? nooga. They stated that the road would be built and in operation by January, 1905. Resolutions were adopted favoring the scheme, and a committee was "ap? pointed to go before the city council and urge that body to order an elec? tion on the question of issuing $50,030 worth of bonds in aid of the road, said money to be paid when the road is completed, and that to be within two years of the date of the election. The Chamber of Commerce also decided to take a page in The News and Couriers Art Edition, to be issued this fall. To Preserve Eggs. Richard Guenther, Consul General at Frankfort, Germany,- writes as fel? lows : "German papers state that it is pos? sible to keep eggs fresh for any length of time by simply immersing them in a 10 per cent solution of silicate of soda, commonly called 'liquid glass.' This produces the formation of a coating which renders the eggs perfectly air tight. The eggs so treated retain their fresh taste for many months. The best proof of the efficacy cf this treatment has been furnished by the fact that such eggs, after having been kept for a whole year, were hatched, and the chickens were strong and healthy. "The preserving solution is best prepared by dissolving one pound of liquid glass in four quarts of cold water. The eggs are then immersed in this soluion, which should be kept in a glazed earthware vessel, and the eggs are kept in the solution for a short time. If one of these preserved eggs is to be boiled, the shell must be first perforated in order to prevent cracking." Atlanta, Ga, September 1.-"Old Uncle Andy" Montgomery, 117 years old, the only negro ever owned by the State of Georgia, died here today. He is said to have been born in South Carolina in 17S6 Tiiere are many evi? dences to establish his great age. He was well known to many newspaper men in the North and East, where he visited several times on lecturing tours. He is oldest son, SO years old, and his youngest, 70 years of age, were with him when he died. Richmond, Va., Sept 2.-Anderson Finch, colored, was hanged at Boyd ton today for an attempted assault on Mrs. C. A. Geogban of Chase City. Doc. Bacon, another negro, was con? demned to die with Finch, for com? plicity in the crime, but was re? prieved by the governor today until Sept. 4, so as to permit further exam? ination into his case. The two ne? groes narrowly escaped lynching at the time the crime was committed. CASTOR ?A Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ? So Tired It may be from overwork, but the chances are its from aa in ? active LIVER.--. With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. it can be kept in healthful action by, and only by Tutl's Pill TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. THE SUMTER SAVINGS Ml HORACE H?RB?, President L C. STRAUSS, vice-President. GEO. L. RICEER, Cashier. Capital Stock, $25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 TO TAKE CARE OF MONEY -the savings of ali classes of people-is the reason for the existence of The Sumter Savings Bank And this duty is performed with satisfac? tion to all concerned. Money is absolutely safe here and every dollar deposited, be it principal or interest earns 4 per cent per annum. A small sum will open up an account and secure a bank book. Begin to savA now. Interest payable quarterly. Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all calb for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating. &c. BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. S., Oct 19-0 Catchall, S. C. THE BANK OF SUMTER. SUMTER, S. C. City and County 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 anaum, payable semi-annua?y. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. L MANNING, W. F. RHAJIE, vice-President. Cashier. Jan. 31. TURNIP SEED, Onion Sets-leading varieties. Asio assortment of Garden ?Seeds. Havana 8egars. Large line of fine Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLonne's Drii? Store, J^~We promptly obtain^^^d^?breign^ PATENTS J Send model, sketch or photo of invention for< free report on patentability. For free book < iSSrmOE-'M?RKS GA5N0W Opposite ?. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. GUN ?ND LOCKSMITH. I take pleasure in giving no? tice to my friends and the pub? lic generally, that, having re? gained my health, 1 have re? opened my shop, and am ready to do any work in the line of Guns, Locks, ??ewing Machines. &c. Prices reasona? ble, work done prompt y and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop removed to No. 22 West Liberty street, two doors from Osteen's Bcok Store. K S. BR AD WELL.