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, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, IS03. Entered ai the Post Office at Sumter S 0.% as Second {Pass Mitter NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. E. W. Dabbs-Berkshire Gilts. G. W. Westbrook-Strawberry Plants. A. J. Moses-Furniture, etc., at Re? duced Prices. D. J. Chandler-School Begins Next Monday. J.. Ryttenberg & Sons-Howard Bats. *>; Estate of Ellison Colclough-Cita? tion. PERSONAL. Mr. Henry Moses has gone to Clem? son College. > Mr. D. Bull, of Stateburg, was in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Wilson have returned to the city. Mr. T. D. DuBose, of Sumter county, was in the city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Neill O'Donnell have -returned from the North. P Mr. Waiter Levin, of New York, is visiting at Mr. H. Barby's. Miss Aretas Bradford spent Siinday at Wedgefield with her parents. Mrs. W. D. Shaw has returned from ? a visit to her parents at Winnsboro. t Mr. Walter I. Barby, of New York, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city. Miss Evie Wilson has returned from Glenn Springs after a stay of two ?ks. [r. T. B. Jenkins, Jr., went to irlington Thursday night on busi ss. Mr. B. G. Gibson who has spent the summer at Stateburg has returned to ie city. pt A. N. Freeland formerly a resi t of thi? city, spent iast Friday in f?town. Mr. S, E. Chandler of Beulah, Florence county, was in the city yes-, terday. . j Dr. and Mrs. N. G. Osteen, of Dar? lington, were in the city Monday and ^Tuesday. Robert McFarland, Esq., of Darling? ton spent Friday in the city on pro? fessional business. Mr. W. M. Cain of Privateer has accepted a situation in Mr. L. B. Du Rant's hardware store. ? Miss Lillian Bernice Wilder of St. Stephens is visiting the family of her uncle, J. Diggs Wilder. Miss Lil' Harvin of Manning and Miss Marguerite Tindal of Clarendon were in the city yesterday. Mr. W. A. Stuckey, of Bishopville, "sas been elected Superintendent of the Newberry Graded Schools. "Mrs. J. S. Villeneuve has returned from St. Augustine, Fla., and is stay? ing at Mrs. Walter Durant's. Mr. J. Frank Pate and family have returned to Sumter after spending the entire summer at Fletcher, N. C. Rev. C. C. Brown will return home this week and will conduct the regular prayer meeting on Friday evening. Messrs. Hugh Phelps, Ed McCutchan and Guignard Jones left on Saturday for Clemson College, and Messrs. Lew Hoyt and Robert Graham went yester? day. Mr. Mark 'Reynolds was called to Camden yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henry L. DeSaussure who died suddenly in Atlanta yesterday after? noon. Mr. Louis . Lyons spent Sunday in Columbia, returning next morning. He witnessed a part of the big fire which was still burning when he left to take the 7 o'clock train. Misses Julia and Silema Lawrence have returned to their home in Darl? ington after a pleasant visit at the home of Mr. M. R. Wilson on Broad street. Mr. W. G. Stubbs has returned from the North, where he has been to purchase the fall and winter stock of clothing for the Sumter Clothing Co. Mrs. Stubbs accompanied him from ? Pittsburg. Mi*. R H. Mason returned to Green? ville, Texas, hist week after a very ; pleasant visit to relatives in the city, ?.he was accompanied as far as Augusta by his sister Hattie, who expects to spend sometime with her brother, Mr. J. M. Mason of that city. Mr. Th os. E. Richardson, of Sum? ter, a golden hearted gentleman, spent yesterday in the city. Mr. Richard? son is a bibliopole and a book lover as well, for not only does he collect rare prints, but he reads them for the infatuation they contain. To him books are more than covers.-The Stat?, Sept. a Mr. R. B. Belser, whose headquarters ia ve been at Summerton, since leaving Sumter, was in the city Thursday. Be had just returned from a trip with a party of friends *to Pawley's ?land, where they went on a maroon of over two weeks. The party went by private conveyance with their own teams, carried a cook and rented a house for the time. The party was made up of the following named persons: Miss Mary Anderson, Summerton, S. C., Miss Emmie Tindal, Summerton, S. C., Miss Helen Tindal, Summerton, S. C., Miss Mabel Field, Charlotte*, N. C., Mrs. G. M. Belser, Summerton, S. C., Mr. W. G. Belser, Columbia, Mr. R. B. Belser, J. E. Belser, Hugh Belser, Irvine Belser, Summer? ton, S. C. Misses Olga Britton and Marie De Lorme returned yesterday from a two week's visit to friends in Providence. Miss Nora Wyndham, of Charleston is the guest of her cousin Miss Eliza Chandler. Mr. Harry Williams who has been in China's Drug Store for several years, has resigned his place and gone back to Chester, where he has accepted a stuation in a drug store. . Dr. A. C. Dick and family have gone to Pawley's Island to spend ten days. Mr. H. S. Cunninghm, of Bishop? ville, was in the city today on busi? ness. Mrs. Shepard Nash and *fmily, and Miss Bessie Law have returned from Bendersonville, N. C. MARRIED. Mr. Hugn Hoyt and Miss Mamie Teams, daughter bf Mr. John Teams, all of this city, were married last Wednesday afternoon at Rem berts. Mr. Hoyt and his bride returned to this city Thursday afternoon. """DEATH. Mrs. W. H. Dickson died at her home, corner Calhoun and Washing? ton street yesterday. The funeral ser? vice were held at the cemetery this morning at 10 a. m. LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED. If you want to rent, sell or buy a house, try an ad. in the want column. The work On the new school build? ing is well under way. Street Superintendent White has been laying terra cotta drains in the cemetery ditch this week. North Main street, between Hampton avenue and Canal steet is torn up pre? paratory to putting down macadam. D. J. Chandler, is prepared to furnish outfits for school and college boys. See his advertisement. The building boom still continues we hear of four or five new houses to be started within the nest month or iso. The Sumter Cotton Mill which has been shut down for sometime is ex? pected to start up within the next two weeks. Mr. j. E. Jervey has leased the Ing? ram House for three years, with the privilege of five years and will take charge on the 22nd instant. The outlook for business this fall is now believed to be hopeful, bot it all depends on the average price of cotton between now and January 1st. The banks and the postoffice were closed Monday on account oi Labor Day, but everybody else were bard at work as usual Labor Day is not generally observed in Sumter The fall crop of COOK shops is flourishing, and the skin game and flim-flam artists who reap a harvest out of the country coons are in evi? dence. If the police keep their eyes open the chain gang will receive a number or recruits. Lumber brokers say that they find it difficult to get any of the lumber mills within fifteen miles of Sumter to ac? cept an order for shipment, as they have more orders for local delivery than they can keep up with at; higher prices than the brokers can afford to pay. The Sumter Light Infantry received 60 Krag rifles a few days ago and Capt. Yeadon distributed them to the men at the regular company meeting Thursday night. The company is now uniformed and armed as the regulars of the U. S. Army are equipped. The Sumter Light Infantry Ball which was "given Monday nigh* in the armory was one of the most largely attended and most enjoyable affairs that has ever been given under the auspices of the company. The attend? ance was so large that at times the floor was over crowded, the masic was exceptionally good and everybody was in the humor for a good time. Crosswell & Co., the wholesale "gro? cers of this city, have made application to the Secretary of State for the pri? vilege of increasing their capital stock from $15,000 to $25,000. This enter prising firm will have two salesmen out on the road. Sumter is. getting to be quite a wholesale market. The Mayor's court was quite inter? esting Monday. Henry Evlie was on the mourner's bench for publicdrunkenness and carrying concealed weapons. He was found guilty and paid a fine of $5. His dagger-a wicked looking weap on was restored to him. Gus Lewis was fined $3 for careless driving. Elli? son Henderson paid $5 for getting drunk, beating his wife and throwing a flat iron at his stepson. Sam Bracey was up for dodging street taxes. An derson Franklin was up for disorderly conduct, but the case was postponed until 6 p. m. . The improvements on North Main street will increase the value of prop erty, but unless desirable stores are erected for rent at a price that will be an inducement, the business drift will be in the opposite direction. The movement of business to South Main street was started by the erection of new stores and a low rent rate. What North Main street needs is not a dis? pensary, but new and desirable stores and low rents to attract tenants. There is certain to be a hot fight over the sewerage question before it is decided, for there is not a little op? position to it. It may be that the first effort to secure this greatly needed pubiic improvement will fail, but the necessity for sewerage grows greater each year and it is bnt a question of time." when the system mnst be con structed. The physicians who have given the subject most thought are emphatically of the opinion that no time should be lost, that a sewerage system is needed now for present pro? tection and as a preventive of future unhealtbfulness. No city with a water system can get along without sewerage and remain healthy, so the ablest sanitary engi? neers and physicians declare The soil soon becomes water-sogged and con? taminated with disease breeding matter and unless a sewerage system is install? ed to remove the unnatural surplus of impure water poured into the sur? face soil by the hundred thousand gal? lons a day from the water system un? sanitary and disease breeding condi? tions are the inevitable result. The Second Regiment Band arrived home about 1.30 o'clock Friday from Kershaw where the}* furnished music for the Good Roads meeting on Thurs? day. Members of the band state that there was an immense crowd present and one of the best barbecue dinners they ever enjoyed was served. The band was well treated and every mem? ber was well pleased with the trip. Them eeting was quite lively at times, there being two shooting scrapes and a cutting affray during the day. These rows were personal affrays entirely, the outgrowth of grudges of long stand? ing it was said. One man was shot tnrough the hip and seriously injured, another was seriously cut on the shoulder and chest, while in the oilier shooting spree none svas wounded, altbongh there was wild shooting and one stray bullet passed through a lady's bat. All this considered, the Blershaw meeting was a stirring affair. Glenn Springs Mineral Water is a safe and sure cure for kidney troubles. ? ^ Mr. Bowman Withdraws His Request for Harvin Street Spur Track. As will be seen from the proceedings of the City Council meeting Wednesday night, the action as to granting the right to run a railroad track across Harvin street was only talk, and that Mr. Bowman withdrew his petition. Not having been able to see Mr. Bowman today, the Item is unable to state whether Mr. Bowman will aban? don the matter or not ; but the talk on the street is that he stated that he would go elsewhere. Also that Cam? den had offered special inducements to his company to locate there, one of the inducements being a site free. An? other report is that Mr. Bossheimer the representative of Mr. Forbes, one of the capitalists interested in Mr. Bowman's enterprise, and who return? ed to Camden this morning, stated that it is the intention of Mr. Forbes to build a fertilizer factory in connec? tion with the proposed wholesale es? tablishment wherever located. ' It is to be hoped that Mr. Bowman may yet be able to make a satisfactory arrangement, and that Sumter will be able to add to her business the capital proposd to be invested in these enter? prises.-Item Sept. 3. DO NOT HINDER THE PROSPERITY OF THE CITY. Mr. Editor: It is to be regretted that the opposition manifested by the residents of Harvin and Main streets, in the matter of the laying of the track into the lot for the Sumter Com? mercial & Banking Co., should have prevailed, as it has possibly prevented the establishment of one of the largest commercial enterprises in this part of the State. I trust that they will see their way clear to withdraw their ob? jections, and not further handicap the city council in their desire to promote the general welfare bf the city's com? mercial interests, and which will be the means of other enterprises being inau? gurated in our city, which will add to the general prosperity now seen in every portion of our growing city. Progress? To Open the Season. The fall season of 1903 promises to be a profitable one for farmer, me? chanic and tradespeople alike. It is in such times that peope want the best of everything the market affords. The firm of J. Ryttenberg & Sons in their advertisement today open this season by making three of their best offerings in seasonable, serviceable, staple articles, that every buyer needs just at this time of the year. Revival of Temperance Work. Mr. Thos. J. LaMotte of Columbia has accepted the appointment as one of the organizers in this State for the Temperance Educational Bureau at Hyde Park, Chicago. The object of this organization *s to established and conduct systematic and continu? ous education and agitation of the various phases of the temperance reform by the judicious use of special? ly prepared tracts and other literature, this method having found to be the most effective way of showing the evil of the liquor traffic and persuading people to work and vote for its destruc? tion. Mr. LaMotte hopes to enlist the prompt cooperation of all friends of Temperance,, and will be pleased to furnish them all information as to the plans of the bureau and the methods of operation. ; COTTON MARKET. Receipts were heavy today, estimat? ed at 75 bales. The market opened at 10.75al0.80, but owing to the decline on the New York and Liverpool ex? changes, the price for spots declined to 10.50al0.60. Quite a lot of cotton was on the. market Saturday. The estimated cotton receipts yester? day were 50 bales. The price paid for middling was 10.90. The estimated receipts of cotton Saturday on this market were 100 bales probably a few more rather than less. The market was off again in price and 11*4 was the average price paid for middling. The Liverpool cotton market went off 6al3 points today. The New York Cotton Exchange is closed today on account of Labor Day and no quota? tions were sent out. The receipts of cotton on the local market up to Monday night aggregated more than 300 bales. The public cot? ton weighers have handled 293 bales and besides this wagon cotton a number of bales have been shipped in to local buyers over the railroads. So far as can be "learned from reading the news? papers Sumter has thus far had larger receipts than any other interior market in the State. Sumter is becoming headquarters for lumber and building material. There are two big mills within the city for furnishing lumber, using the output of a large number of mills in this and adjoining counties, another immense lumber plant within three miles of the city, and two sash, door and blind factories in the city. All of these establishments are running at bheir full capacity to keep up with orders. They supply the local demand, which has been greater this year than aver before as a result of the extensive building operations which have been carried on this season, and ship to all parts of the State. It is stated in reports sent out from Rock Hill and Yorkville that criminal prosecutions of Southern Railway offi? cials will result from the accident on Thursday. The dangerous condition if the trestle is said to have been well known to the railroad authorities, and their neglect to make needed repairs was criminal. No punishment could be too severe for those reponsible for tiie death and injury of the crew and passengers on the ill fated train. Hobson Not the Man. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 7.-Mrs. W. J. Bryan said today that there was no truth in the rumor that Capt. R. P. Hobson and Miss Ruth Bryan were mgaged to be married. This was in ?enial of a report to that effect from Paynesville, Pa., last night. Where the Best Crop in Three Counties is to be Found. Hagood Sept. 5.-In a trip through j three counties the best crops I saw were in Sumter. Some of the finest I cotton in the county is in this com- I munity, but the best I have seen is that of Lawrence White, of Spring, Hill. It is a big boll which he has planted for twenty-two years, several acres of which will make two bales. I have been doing some figuring on high fertilizing and give yon my de? ductions. Land without fertilizer, one bale to three acres ; Value of crop per race $20; land with. 400 pounds per acre, bale to two acres; value of crop, $30; land with 800 pounds, one bale per acre ; value of crop, $60. In reply | to objectioms to above I say the proof is at my door, and can be seen by any who will. In spite of this you still hear people say it don't pay "to fer? tilize. No ic don't if you go at it like a fool. Farming for profit is a science and the sooner we realize it the better. When one is going to put down manure of any kind he should know what he is doing. No two plants require exactly the same kind of food. 1 have repeat? edly in your columns and elsewhere advocated Farmers' Institutes for the counties and experimental stations at convenient points. These are the just due of the agriculturist, and will contribute to the welfare of the country as well. The health of our community is not good just now owing to the prevalence of malaria. Mr. C. L. Emanuel has a very fine field of late corn. From present ap? pearances it will make forty bushels per acre. Hagood. OUR AUGUST TEMPERATURE. The Difference in Location of the Ther? mometers in Cities and the Country Explained. * During the past month of August the thermometer daily reading in Sumter was invariably from 2 to 4 degrees higher than was reported from Columbia, and in the minds of some persons arose the idea that either the instruments at this point were at fault or that the reports were misrepresent? ed at Columbia in the interests of that place, while others' recognized the tacit that the Columbia instruments were placed on the top of a very high building, which should give a cooler temperature than near the ground. The voluntary observer in Sumter ad? dressed a letter to Section Director J. W. Bauer at Columbia upon this sub? ject and the following is a portion of his reply which explains itself : Columbia, Sept. 3, 1903. " Mr. F. Prescott-Bullock, Sumter, S. C. Dear sir: Your recent letter asking why thermometers are exposed on high buildings in cities and near the ground by voluntary observers, has the atten? tion of this office, and would have been answered sooner, but for a rush of work incident TO the first few days of the month. The question of a proper exposure for thermometers is not a simple affair, especially in cities, for the ideal exposure is near the ground, over sod, and free from all radiated or reflected heat, and also in close proximity to the office, and other outdoor instruments. A little thought will show you that in cities, where most of the regular Weather Bureau stations are located, these con? ditions are impossible, so the best ex? posure for all instruments is selected, which for the rain-gauge is as near the center as possible of a large flat roof higher than surrounding build? ings, if possible, and for the wind vane and anemometer a site free from artificial wind deflections; or wind currents, which also means the roof of a tall building, and for the thermome? ter a location as near to the others as possible. Ordinarily the difference in temperature is one degree for each 3C0 feet in elevation. Now as few stations are more than fifty feet above ground, it means only a fraction of a degree cooler, scarcely enough to be notice? able in many year's record. Now, the object at regular Weather Bureau stations is to get a tempera? ture at each station that is comparable with every other, i. e. that is obtained under the same conditions. This is more for the purpose of weather fore? casting than for climatological pur? poses, although it answers for the latter also, while the reading from voluntary stations are entirely for climatological purpoes and for studying the influence of the weather on crops, for both of which it is best to have the tempera? ture near the ground. Following out the ideas suggested in the last para? graph you will see that there is no in? tention to misrepresent the tempera? ture in either the cities where regular stations are located or at voluntary stations, but that each serves its par? ticular purpose best under the present system of exposures. I trust that this somewhat lengthy, but not exhaustive letter will serve to answer the leading question of your communication, or at least will set the trend of your thoughts in the right direction for an answer, I am, Very kindly yours, J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Mr. Wm. C. Rover, of Atlanta, has come to this city to take charge of the Hotel Sumter, as manager for Mr." Pareira, who has decided to go back on the road as a commercial tourist. Mr. Pareira will continue his connec? tion with the house and will visit here in his travels. Mr. Royer is a Virgin? ian by birth, but has been in Atlanta several years. The Atlanta Journal of Tuesday made the following mention of Mr. Royer's leaving that city : William C. Rcv?r, who has been connected wth the Kimball house for the past three years, leaves tomorrow morning for Sumter, S. C., where he will assume the management of the Hotel Sumter. Mr. Royer has been in the hotel business for about ten years, and is one of the most experienced men in the south. Before coming to Atlanta be was connected with several Virginian hotels. For two summers he was at the Sweetwater Park hotel at Litbia Springs, when tbat hostelry was under the management of Mr. Hickey. Pupils are coming in daily at the Washington Street Graded School for examination and classification. To morow (Saturday) has been set apart especially for issuing certificates to those who have never been to school before. There will be a meeting of the Washington Street school teachers at 1 o'clock Saturday morning, Sep? tember 12, at the Washington Street Graded School building. School Begins = ~~ Next Monday Are you ready, my boy ? If you need a new Suit, we can fix you out in fine shape. . Vacation time is hard on clothes-so much running, jumping, climbing. The old suit must look rather worn, doesn't it ? You want a new one ; a nice, natty, nobby one. We are giving special low prices on School Suits-Chev? iots, Scotch mixtures, Cassi meres, etc., made with all the strength and durability that can be put into a Suit. $2.50, $3, $4 or $5 are moderate prices-and we guarantee the Suits. D. J. CHANDLER, Phone 166, - Sumter, S. C. Bagging and Ties We are now prepared to make contracts for Bagging and Ties for August and September Del i very " Our stock is complete, includes 1 3=4 and 2 lb. Sugar Sack, 2 and 2 1=4 lb. second hand Jute, 2 and 2 1=4 lb. new Jute Bagging, New Arrow Ties, standard 45 lbs. to the bundle. We are not handling second hand ties, as our experience has not been satisfactory with them. Our second hand Jute Bagging is very desir? able, there being no holes in it, all neatly patched, and put up in rolls of 50 yards each. There is no reason why this should not be as satisfactory as new bagging, and there is quite a saving in the price. It will be to your inter? est to see us before buying. O'DONNELL & GO.