Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?__i WHY ARE THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE DISSATISFIED? 0 Anybody interested in i\ < J: this question will learn < ? il a good deal by reading ? ? THE if QUNMAKER OF | ii noscow . i <>. SYLVANUS COBB, JR.'S <I tt: Famous Story. <i Np <? j ? All readers of this pa- | < ? per will have the oppor- ? i>> , < > JJ tunityof perusing it as <?, il we-have purchased the o <? serial rights and the first <> f chapters will be pub- J| <?. lisned soon. <j 1 Do Not Fail || I To Read It J <? ? WQULO WEAR THE WEEDS. Clergraaan Tell? of Amusing Expe? riences Stet With In Work. "My first ^church," says a certain ?lo? quent and greatly beloved Washington clergyman. "was in a small country town, and before I learned the hearts of my parishioners their ways usecUto upset my gravity at the most inoppor? tune time. I shall never forget the first funeral at which I officiated. It was that of a man who had been Stricken down in the prime of life, leaving a widow who bad been an al? most bedridden' invalid for years. The services were conducted at the home of the deceased, and when I appeared I was t^d that the widow was too Ul to leave her bed, so in order that she might hear nay discourse I was ' asked to stand near a half open door which led into lier bedroom. I had admired the "dead man ?or his sturdy Christian Quaiities, .and'erery word of the eulogy I de?rvered came straight from my heart As I went on with my talk I suddenly remembered the widow and tursed toward her door in order that she might bear better. I had not seen her. bot as ?I looked toward her room my eyes fell upon her. and for full half a minute I was obliged to bury my face in my handkerchief. She was lying in oed. herr arms in their white cambric sleeves stretched' out on the counterpane, and on her head was a new mourning bonnet, with a long crape veil. She was not ?.ble to be dressed, but wear a widow's bonnet she could and did. "My first wedding, too. was an event long to be remembered," went on the same clergyman. "It was performed at my house, and the bride and bride groom were .perfect strangers to me. She was fully >sis feet tall and broad in proportion, while his head reached scarcely to her shoulders as they en? tered the room. I learned^ afterward that sbe was extremely sensitive about the disparity in their sizes, and I had good reason to believe it. for as they came forward to take their places and the witnesses began to come in the bridegroom paused and moved a chair forward. The bride looked at me . in great embarrassment Then she seated herself resolutely. " Tm feetrua- faint* said she. *If you don't mind I think YU take it sitting/ "And with as much gravity as I could muster I married her sitting." Washington Post Tlie Way Hume. When the bishop of Truro. Dr. Gott, was dean of Worcester his absent mindedness was so notorious that he earned for himself the sobriquet of "Dean For-Gorf On one occasion he had invited some friends to dine with him. On their ar? rival, a short time before the dinner hour, he suggested that in the interval of waiting his friends would perhaps like to walk through the grounds. After spending about a quarter of an hoar in admiring th? flowers, shrubs end greenhouses they suddenly came npon a door in the garden wall. "Ahr said the dean to his astonished guests. "This will be a much nearer ! way for you to go home than by going back to the front"* And. forgetting bis invitation! he opened the door and bowed them out: AB Offensive Cravat. A good story of Whistler and his pe- j cnliarities is told in the Free Lance j A gentleman went io Whistler with a | letter of introduction and sent up bis I card with the letter. The servant pres I ently brought down the card with :> note in pencil on it-"Who is the great- j est painter?" The visitor promptly ! wrote "Whistler" and ivas imm?diate j ly shown upstairs. Au amusing scene ; followed, arising out of the fact that I ihe visitor was wearing a red neck1, ie i Whistler declared it interfered with the j color scheme nf his room and "put him off" a picture he was pa.?ting in quite a different "key." Finally he obliged him to take off the offending cravat Ix- i fore he wo:;!d ?ondescend to esriJunge another word with him. 1 THE ENUMERATORS AT WORK. Under the power given by council in the resolution adopted at the special meeting Tuesday night the speical committee appointed to further the movement to secure a public building for this city employed the follow? ing gentlemen to take the census of the city : Ward 1-Stansill Smith. Ward 2- W. C. Broughton. Ward 3-W. V. Cauthen. Ward 4-Willis Sanders. The enumerators began work Thurs? day and their instructions were to push the work as rapidly as possible and it is hoped that the enumeration can be completed within a week or ten days. '_ THE CITY~CENSUS. The Enumeration Has Been Completed in Three Wards. The census enumerators^for Ward 1, 3 and 4 have completed their work and have filed their reports with City Clerk Hurst. The report for Ward 1 shows a population of 768 and 166 additional in the suburbs immediately adjacent to the city limits, making a total of 934. Ward 3 ba3 a population of 1,882, and the suburbs have 179, total, 2,061. Ward 4 has 1,955, and the suburbs 206, total 2,163. The total for tiie three Wards is 4,605; the grand total for the three Wards and suburbs is 5,156. Ward 2 is the most populous in the city and it is expected that the total population of the city will exceed 7,000. . If any one knows that he or his family have been skipped by the enumerator for his ward it should be reported to City Clerk Hurst at once so that the omitted names may be entered on the census role. _ Turkeys are said to be scarce this year and those who have a gobbler for Thanksgiving will pay for it. Brick are being placed on F.the old Stubbs let, SouttHMain street, for the erection of a large business block. The municipal campaign next spring promises to be about as interesting as any we have had in recent years. Hie Grand Canyon. Once, crossing a little tributary of the Colorado. I found that every drop splashed on my clothes hardened to a lump of mud and that where the wa? ter was but a foot deep my horse was nearly washed away by its force. v That fact Roger Pocock says in an article ia Pearson's, told me the secret of the 'jrraud canyon. Like the Nile, the* Colorado flows through a desert but the river of Egypt meanders softly and muddily over low plains, spread? ing when it is full into harmless lakes, whereas this headlong sluice of run Ding sand, launched at the naked \ rocka, oas the cn tiing powers of a huge steel saw. The country has risen per? haps aa inch a year, but the torrent Instead of spreading out over the-land, has sawed through the lifting rocks. The country has risen to a height of 8,000 feet while still the Colorado flows at the ancient level, only 2,000 feet above the sea. That is the reason of this profound abyss for 600 miles througti the very foundations of the world; In all 56,000,000 cubic miles of solid rock have been ground in this vast mall and burled into the guif of California. flaiaaa Breath and Bees. Bees .are revived by human breath, even when apparently dead. An old writer on the subject describes how, during a very wet May, he discovered a hive which had been working well previously whose tenants seemed to. be dead, but by putting a few- of them into his hand and breathing~upon them for several minutes he at last observed some motion at the second joint of their horns. By persevering ne re? vived them all. "and they became the best hive in his garden. He is, how? ever, careful to remark that those who use pomatum, perfume or hair powder should not make too free with the in? sects during the process of restoration. The secret of course-though at one time the thing was regarded as mirac? ulous-is in" the warmth conveyed: but. besides this, there is no doubt that bees are roused by human breath, to which they have such an antipathy that they are much more easily handled if the operator draws his breath gently and takes care not to direct it against them. -London Standard. * A Stat?* Hint Breathes. If ever a state might be said to breathe, that state is California. It has' a magnificent lung action, says the Sun? set Magazine. Deep and long drawn are the breaths of ocean air taken by the great valleys. And you can almost see this breathing if you will go to the top of any of the hills bordering the bay of San Fraucisco. In general, air move? ment or wind is initiated by difference of temperature. Therefore on sulnmer afternoons while the broad ocean lies tranquilly sleeping at a temperature of 55 degrees F. the inland valleys are basking in the same sunlight, but the air a few feet above the ground is quiv? ering at a temperature of 100 degrees F. In other words, there is a tempera? ture gradient of 1 degree per mile, and this brings about a marked movement of tiie air. the motion being from the eooi lo the wann locality. Glass, Glass Now that cold weather has pet in and you must have all the window glass in, yen can save money by pur? chasing your window glass from us, we bought glass cheap and will sell it cheap, putty and sprigs also China's Drug Store. Nov. 7-tf ^-'(INCORPORATED) >? S CAPITAL STOCK. $30.000.00 Business.-When you think of going off lo i^HHMschool, write for Coll?ge .journal and special offer of tin* Leading Business and Shorthand Schools. Address King's Business College. Raleigh, N. C. or Char? lotte, H. C. [We also t'-arh Bookkeeping. Shorthand, etc. by mail.] Nov i Wedgefield News Notes. - Wedgefield, Nov. 24.-The monotony of our usually quiet little town will be broken this week by the marriage of Miss Meta Mellett to Mr. Early Me?lett on Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist church. Rev. J. C. Bailey preached a strong sermon on intemperance vin the Pres? byterian chruch last Sunday.. The Southern Vaudeville ishows vis? ited us last week but to the regret of many their shows were void of the animal feature? consisting of acrobatic performances. Rev. T. P. Lide, of Pendleton has accepted a call to the pastora te of the Wedgefield and Bethel Baptist churches. Misses Tallulah and Edna Ramsey of Privateer are spending the week with relatives in town. Our town is also besieged by a tin type man, and if some of his subject's photo's are enlarged a ready sale will be found for them next spring about corn pl?nting time. Rev. Louis J. Bristow and family of Marion will be numbered among our visitors this week. Thanksigving will be observed here as has been the custom heretofore. The stores will all be closed and all the shooting irons will be in use that day, and very little game bagged, which looks as if it is^not the proper way of celebrating the day. Arbor Day. As has been customary for quite a number of years, Arbor Day will be appropriately observed at the Graded School on Wednesday of this week. All the exercises will take place on the campus, as the buildings are so crowd? ed that it would be inconvenient to have the. exercises in the class rooms. Owing to this condition the program will not be elaborate. With accustomed courtesy to the school the Second Regiment Band will furnish the : .usic. There will be an address by one of the clergymen of the city. All of the ministers are requested to occupy the temporary rostrum that will be placed on the campus. The hour is 4 o'clock. The city bell will sound at 3.30 as a signal for the pupils to leave their homes. Program. March by Band-i o'ci?.-k. Prayer. Music-Band. Address. Planting Trees-Music by Band. Benediction. . Music-Band. Public exercises for Arbor Day had to be called off on account of inclem? ent weather. The trees were planted today notwithstanding this fact. The machine shop of the North west? ern R. R. has been completed and the machinery and tools to fully equip it are expected to arrive within the next few weeks. The meeting of the Retail Merchants' Association was not held last week for lack of a quorum. At the ap? pointed hour the president, four other members and a dog were all that were present, and no business could be transacted. The association could be made an influential agency for the development of the city commercially and industrially but if the members take no more interest in the organiza? tion than they have- evinced thus far it will not only fail to accomplish the objects for which it was organized but will soon go the way of the Cham? ber of Commerce, the Board of Trade, and the Business League, organiza? tions that have beu.. formed here at va? rious times within the past ten or a dozen years. They were organized with much enthusiasm, flourished for a brief period each, and died a peaceful death unnoted and unlamented. It is not that Sumter does not need such an organization, for no place could need it more, nor is there a town in the State that could be more benefitted by having an active and well conduct? ed organization constantly at work to develop our natural advantages and to promote trade and manufacturing in? dustries. T .mm.ni. ??W STUDIO I am now settled in my new Photographic Studio, and am better equipped to do fine work than ever before. My patrons of many years and the public generally are invited to call. My work speaks for itseli, and the past is the best guarantee of the tuture. I have just refieived a large and well assorted stock of picture frames which will be sold at reasonable prices. J. H. WINBURN,! The Photographer, IO82 South Main Street, Over * tubbs Bros Clothing Store. nov 17 tf ! Heavy Fines for Peonage. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 24.-In the United States conrt today Edward J. Frank and Wm. McKee of Valdosta entered a plea of guilty to 13 indict? ments charging them with peonage. Jndge Emory Speer sentenced them to pay a fine of $1,000 in two of the cases and suspended sentence on the others. The fines will be paid. W. E. Rawley and J. M. McClellan, who wese also indicted, gave bond for their appear? ance to answer the charges. In sen? tencing the McRees Judge Speer said that in discussing the race question in the south "some talk wildly and ex? travagantly of the shotgun policy, but they do not represent the higher-class? es of the south." BEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BASS, OF SUMTER, & C., At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, Nov. 17, 1903. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $324,788 37 Overdrafts, secured and unse? cured, 30,059 56 U.S. Bonds to secure circula? tion, 25,000 00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds, 406 25 Stocks, securities, etc., 24,000 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3,000 00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 19,134 70 Due from State Banks and Bankers, 14,787 36 Due from approved reserve agents, . 29,204 66 Checks and other cash items, 502 63 Notes of other National Banks, 1,540,00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents. 3,247 91 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz : Specie, 21,415 00 Legal-tender notes, 8,000 00 29,415 .00 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per ct. of cir? culation,) 1,250 00 Total, ?506,336 44 ? LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $100,000 00 Surplus fund, 20,000 00 Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid, 8,894 83 National Bank notes outstand? ing, 25,000 00 Due to other National Banks, 21,915 50 Due to State Banks and Bank ers, 2,713 07 Individual deposits subject to check, 327,813 04 i Total $506,336 44 State of South Carolina, ) gg County of Sumter. ) I, R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier of the abo ?e named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. B. L, EDMUNDS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of November, 1903. GEO. lu BICKER, [L. e.] . Notary Public for S. C. Correct-Attest : A. J. CHINA, ) E. P. RICKER, [ Directors. NEILL O'DONNELL, ) Nov. 25,1903. Dr. E. A. EARLY, DENTIST. Office over Bultman Bros.' Shoe Store. Office hours 8.30 to 1 ; 2 to 5. n<.v2r>-iy N. G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE : No. 104 N. Main Street, (Winbum's old Gallery), SUMTER, S. C. Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2 30 'to 6. C. P. Osteen, M. D. No 104 N. Main Street, (Winbum's old Gallery), SUMTER, S. C. $100,000.00 Capital. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Sumter, 3. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav? ing approved the increase of the Capital of this Bank to $100,000.00, depositors now have as security for their deposits : Capital, - - $100,000 00 Stockholders' Individual Lia? bility, - - - '00,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, - - - 25,000 00 Total Security tor Depositor?. $225,000 00 ONLY NATION*?. BANK IN oiiY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this Bection of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. Interest allowed on deposits to a limited amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vic "resident. H. D. BARNETT, fc. D. LEE, G. A. LEMMON, ?OHN REID, E. P. RICKER. R. L. EC MUNDS, Cashier. R. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. J. L. McCaJlum, D. J. Winn, Jr., j Oliver L. Yates. July 30-3ui Extra Price Inducements. The store proceeds on the even tenor of its way, doing the largest business of its kind in Sumter. But even we have never had so superb a stock. It is emphatically great. It xs over? whelmingly superior to any other. It is abso? lutely lowest priced. Here's evidence of the right sort : En?re stock of Ladies' Tailor Sui^s in short coats. Come early Friday, aa we place on sale about 50 Ladies' Suits. Values $10, $12.50 and $15. Not all sizes, in each style. All fine goods in different styles. They will go quickly. Your choice $5.98. We'll have enough this Friday. On our 10O dozen Manning Hose, all sizes up to last, sale we had not sufficient to go 9*2, Friday.at 8c. around. 2 pieces 36-inch black Taffeta-. Silk at 95c. Another shipment ladies' Kid Gloves, all "io ladies' Walking Skirts of all-wool sizes, black, tan, mode and white, at 59c. material, $4 and $4 50 grades. Select Warm Tjnden,ear forlcMldren-50 dozen from them Friday at $3._ heayy ribbed Vestg ?nd Pant8) all gizee> 25 pieces new dark Mercerized Percales. Price for any size Friday 16c._ Special for Friday at 7^c. , " _.- 75 pieces Torchon Laces, with Insert 5 dozen Bleach Sheets, 10-4 size, worth ings to match, regular 8 and 10c/ Extra 65c, on sale at 50c. j special for Friday all at 6c. 20 pieces extra heavy Canton Flannel, worth 12% cents. Friday 9c. SCHWARTZ, BROS. ?Ulantie Coast JLine* Effective August 30, 1903. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Florence to Augusta Leaves 4 41 am " 54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 20 am " *57 Gibson to Sumter Arrives 9 40 am " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 50 am 11 *46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd'y,Thursd'y,Saturd'y) " 9 50 am " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm " 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 18 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson " 6 50 pm M *47 Charleston to Orangeburg (Tuesd'y, Thursd'y, Saturd'y) " 8 20 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia *4 9 30 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Hartsville Leaves 10 00 am tt *39 Sumter to Robbins " 10 00 am " *11 Florence to Sumter ' Arrives I 40 pm " *12 Sumter to Florence Leaves 3 10 pm" " *36 Robbins to Sumter Arrives 5 25 pot " *25 Hartsville to Sumter " 7 40 pin Northwestern [Railway. Train *70 Camdyn to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter " 12 30 pm 11 '*68 Camden to Sumter ". 5 45 pm " *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 55 am " *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill " 3 30 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pm Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective Oct ll, 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 5 45 pm ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 10 am 11 40 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 6 55 am 6 10 am -8 15 pm Ar Atlanta Lv , ll 45 prc 11 45 am 5 33 am Ar Birmingham Lv 4 10 pir 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12 35 am 3 10 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 10 35 aro 1 30 am 4 25 pm Ar Greenville Lv 9 40 arr 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 an? 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 an 6 05 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 9 15 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 10 55 air 9 55 am Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 am 7 40 am Ar Washington Lv 9 50 pn? 2 00 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pn Trains 42 and 43 make close connection at Samter Junction with 17 going Noi^ via Camden and Rock Hill. Traine 40 and 41 make close connection at Ringville for Columbia and at Colum? bia with ?solid Pullman trains composed cf elegant Dining Cars, Pullman Compart? ment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cars to and from Flori da point?. For fall 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, Samter, S. C. R. W. Hunt, Assistant Gen. Pass. Ageat, Division Passenger Agent Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C.