Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE BEANS COUNTED. fiBaor Store World's Fair Saes si cg Contest Cenciudecf. The Minor Store's World's Fair bean jar was opened Friday night in the presence of Messrs, J. H. Levy, C. L, Stubbs, W. D. Shaw, F. D. ^Ea?ght and fl. G. Osteen who counted the beans and then made a careful ex? amination of the 76,000 tickets, upon which the guesses were recorded, to determine who made the guess nearest to the actual number of beans in the Jar. The task was a big one"j requiring several hours steady work, but itj/was - gone into,carefully and systematically i jerformed so as to prevent the possi? bility of mistakes. By actual count the jar was found to contain^ 6165 ^ beans. Ah examina? tion of the tickets disclosed a great variety of fesses ranging from one bean to 3*?33?333not to mention.sev? eral gnesses stated in terms of quarts and pinte, /Ehere *were quite a num? ber of guesses, within ten of the real nus^r auiJ Jiundreds within twenty ?ve, but nof ^one guessed the correct iiumber. nearest guesses were made by Miss Lillian Moses, 61*59 and Harry Lee. Page? 6161, who therefore tied for the arize. TJndsr the circum? stances The-Minor Store has! decided to divide .theorize-a vound trip tick 3$ to the St Louis Worlds' Fair and S50 iii cash-between the too, which seems to be the-fairest and best solu? tion of the situation. The contest has been a most success? ful and interesting one aad the manag? ers of The : Minor Store have every reason to be gratified by the result. Their customers have evinced great Interest ia the contest and the very large number -of guesses recorded is the very best evidence that the con? test was a popular one in every sense >-e word. SEW CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED. partant Meeting cf Executive Cpsmit j tee of S. C Lumberman's Association. . The executive committee of the South. Carolina Lumberman's Associa? tion; consisting of D- T. McKeitban of Lumber; William Godfrey, ofx Che raw, T. W. Boyle, of Greeley ville, , L. Scarborough of Sumter and H. |J: Mclaurin, Jr., of Sumter, met in "this city on December 30th and revis? ed the classifications of 1883 and 1902 HR4dopted a new price list under au fborization of ?he association, a reso? lution instructing the executive com saitsee to make tbe revision having been adopted at the last meeting of .the association. The action of the committee wii? be reported to the as jiatien at its nest meeting wbich wiU be heldfin Columbia on January ~ "Mr, D. T. McKeitban was appointed to represent the association at a meet Hgof.the Georgia Association which jg to be held this week and to confer Mph said association respecting the adoption of a uniform ckssification by all the lumber associations of the South. The North Carolina Associa? tion already signified its intention to adopt a uniform classification and price list and it is believed that ?goi the Southern lumbermen will subscribe to the new classification a?d HKe Hst and that the lumber business will be put upon a better footing than .as been In years. The -nee??ng was a successful and business like one in every respect and .the work before it was accomplish Hfritb dispatch. Cotton Receipts. The-receipts ol cotton OB this mar? kes up to date nave been larger thai jone anticipated they would be, but they are still considerably short of last H|'s receipts, and as practically all of ^he cotton produced in this sectioi< bas teen marketed there is no proba ? ii??y of tb:e receipts gaining on last year and making good tbe deficiency. The pnkho cotton weighers report 5 receipts to have^ been, from the opening of the season to the close of business, December 31st, 24,107. Tbe receipts last year for the same period H?'28.78i, showing a failing off this year of 4,674. 'When bilious try a dose *of Cbamber i'- Stomach and Liver Tablets and ) eal ;ze for ?rce how quickly a first- CWB up x-dne uit?iciue ?will correct the disorder, sale by Chinas Drue . tore Ladies ciean your kid gloves with the dry cleaner. It is not a liquid, leaves no odor and can be used while gloves are on the hand : for sale only by The Sumter Drug Co. ./. Jan 1- Imo A Prisoner ia Her Own House Mrs. W. H/Layhs, of 1001 .-igne* Ave.. Kansas City, Mo., has for several years been troubled with severe hoarseness and it time;) a hard cough, which she says, r?d;*eep ms in doors for days. I wak for by physicians with no no? ta result*.. A friend cave me *>art of of Chamberlain's Cough itemed j instructions to closely follow the di aud I wish to state that after the day I could notice a decided change "' the better, and at this time after using it for two lweeks, have no hesitation in sayi?g I realize that ? am entirely cured." remedy is for sato by China's Drug m, Dec. 31.-Frank Pickens Sam Wilkie, two negroes living Mr. W. Q. Hammond's place near the city, had trouble yesterday and as a result Pickens received a gunshot wound in the abdomen that will like? ly cause his death. Wilkie was captur? ed soon after the shooting and is now in jaiL ; * Cured After Suffering 10 Years. B. P. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle & Mfg. Co., Middletown, O., suffered for ten years with dyspepsia. . He spent hundreds of dolla? for medicine and with doctors without receiving any permanent benefit. He says, "One night while feeling excep? tionally bad I was about to throw down the evening paper when I saw an item zn the paper regarding the merits of Kodol Dys? pepsia Cure. I concluded to try it and while I had no faith in it I felt better after the second dose. After using two bottles I am stronger and batter than I hare been in years, and I recommend Ko? dol Dyspepsia Cure to my friends and acquaintances suffering from stomach trouble." Sold by 3. S. Hnghson & Co. \ Bisnopvilte News Items. Mr. W. T. Welch of Elliott will move to town next week and engage in getting out hard wood for market. Mr. S. H. Kilgore, of Orlando Fla., who has been spending a week with his brother. J. P. Kilgore, returned home last Monday. Dr. and Mrs, Turner of Georgia are visiting their mother Mrs. Rebecca Wilson. 8 Messrs. Spears, Dennis and Herndon have dissolved copartnership. State Constable Ogg with Sheriff Smith got a warrant ont last Tuesday and searched the store of Mr. J. R. Durant and took two barrels of booze liquor valued at $75. The liquor ?vas snipped to Columbia. The Co-operative Grange Store : which was organized some five or six ! years ago by the farmers for the pur? pose of furnishing goods at cost to the stockholders, after a thorough test found ont that the plan is impracti? cable and by a vote of the stockhold? ers have decided to dissolve. -Bishop ville Vindicator. ??. ?> - Unsuccessful Advertising. There are very many advertise? ments that do not pay. . One man has loughly estimated that 75 per cent of all advertisements do not pay, yet the pether 25 per cent pay so well that there is scarcely a business man who is willing to stand idly by and allow his competitors to do the advertising. The expense connected with advertis? ing has increased, the competition be? tween rival firms has become keener, and consequently the demand for good advertising ?as become imperative. The number of unsuccessful advertise? ments are many, and yet the loss in? curred in an unsuccessful advertise? ment campaign is so great that many firms stand aghast at the thought of such an undertaking. Many merchants see the. necessity of advertising ?heir business, but feel unable to enter the arena and Compete with successful rivals. ^ The-day of reckless, sporatic, hap? hazard advertising is rapidly coming to an end so far as magazine advertis? ing is concerned. Although the num? ber of pages devoted to advertiseng^in our best magaiznes has increased dur? ing the last ten years, the number of firms advertising in these same maga? iznes has decreased. The struggle has keen too fierce for any but the strong? est. The inefficient advertisers are gradually being eliminated and the survial of the fittest seems to be a law of advertising as it is of every thing else that develops.-Walter D. Scott in the Atlantic. A Negro Boy Kills His Friend. Orangeburg, Dea 29.--A young negro boy, Elilott Barton, about 17 years of age, came to town today and gave himself up to Sheriff Dukes. He went out hunting birds on Christmas Day with another negro boy. Julian Jamison, and the latter was killed hy the discharge of the shotgun in the hands of Barton. The prisoner says that the shooting was accidental and apparently regrets the affair very much. He says that he started to shoot a bird and his gun snapped. He chen took the gun from his shoulder and was in the act of tak? ing the defective shell from the gue whs a it was discharged. The load of shot took effect in the breast of hu friend and killed him instantly. TJ?P inquest over the deceased was held, by Magistrate Kennerly, and the prisoner says he was -advised U 3ome to Orangeburg and give himself up*to the authorities, which he did fcM?ay. New York, Dec. 30.- At a meeting of the directors of the Seaboad Ail Line today J. Skelton Williams re? signed the office of president of tb? jompany and Vice President Barr wa.' sleeted president and general manager Mr. Williams was eletced chairman o? the board of directors, London, Dec. 30.- Japan this even ing completed the purchase of thc Argentine war ships, Moreno anc Rivadavia. building at Genoa, Italy, for which Russia also was negotiating. Washington, Dec. 30.-At the re quest of the Governor of North Caro lina. Brig. Gen. Carle A. Woodruff, U. S. A., retired, has been orderer to report to the Governor at Raleigh for duty, with the organized militia ol the State of North Carolina for period ot four years, unless sooner relieved This detail is made under tb? provi? sions of the Dick militia bill, and while serving under it Gen. Woodruff will receive the full pay and allow anees of his grade. ^aved From Terrible Death. The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbitt, oi Birgerton, Tenn., ??aw her dying and wert powerless to ?ave her. The mort skiilfn physicians and every remedy used, f?iler?. jrhile consumption was slowly but. rorelj taKing her life. In this terrible hour Dr King's* New Discovery for Cousumptior. ironed despair into joy. The first bottle brought immediate relief and its continued use completely cured her. It's the mosi certain cure in the world for all throat and lung troubles. Gaai anteed Bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial Bottles Free at J. F. W. De? onne's Drug Store. The city council of Columbus, Ga., has voted funds to erect a memorial tablet to a negro laborer. The colored man who is thus honored in a South? ern city was "Brad" Smith. When the city superintendent of public works, Robert L. Johnson, was buried by a cave-in on September 3 last, Smith made a brave but unsuccessful attempt to save the superintendent's life, and in the effort sacrificed his own life. The council not only provide this monument to Smith, but investi? gated to ascertain if he had any rela? tives dependent on bim for whom the city could provide. This was not in Boston, where they praise the negro, but refuse to allow him to bold a job, but in a typical Southern city in the solidly democratic South.-Anderson MaiL - - M ? f9T Found a Cure for Indigestion. I use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion and find that they suit my case better than any dyspepsia remedy I have ever tried and I have used many different remedies. I am nearly fifty-one years of age and have suffered a great deal from indigestion. I can eat al? most anything I want to now.-Geo, W. Emory, Rock Mille, Ala. For sale by China's Drug Store. Bristow's Training for the Min? istry. It was in northeastern Kentuckey, near Fleminsburg, that Mr. Bristow was born, forty-five years ago, and there he lived until he attained man? hood: but, deprived of many school privil?ges, he had acquired almost no education. Then he turned his eyes to the West. He emigrated to Kansas and settled on a homestead among the hills in the southern part of the Sun? flower State, and there, with his young wife, he settled down to the life of a Kansas stock-raiser. In edu? cation, he was probably not the equal of half the farmers around him. He was untutored and unlettered, but he became ambitious for a wider sphere than that of the farm. He wanted something higher; he desired to achieve something. Realizing that he was handicapped by his lack of educa? tion, he remained on his farm only long enough to accumulate a few hun? dred dollars, and then he moved his family to Baldwin, the seat of Baker University, the largest Methodist col? lege of Kansas, and started at the bot? tom, wijbh a determination to complete the college course and become a Meth? odist minister. And he did go through college ; but before he entered the ministry other duties demanded bis attention. It meant hardship and privation and grit and determination to spend so many years in;college with a family to sup? port, but he accomplished it. Hs de? veloped a leadership in college, and secured his first political training in college politics. Associated with him during his college days were three other prospective Methodist preachers, and together they formed a quartette of college leaders. The other three were William A. Quayle, an Irish farmer boy ; Don S. Colt, the son of a pioneer preacher; and Edward Ran? dall, another farmer boy. Quayle be? came president of his alma mater, but resigned after a few years, and is now one of the most distinguished Method? ist ministers in the country, located at Kansas City. Colt is pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Baltimore, and Randall is pastor of a large church of the same denomina? tion in Seattle. This is the sort of environment that surrounded Mr. Bristow during his college career. From "Joseph L. Bristow: The Argus of the PostoflBce Department," by Clarence H. Matson, in the Ameri? can Review of Reviews for January. Some vice-Presidential History Writing to the New York Evening Post Edward C. Wade of Los Angeles, Cal., who states that he has voted the Republican ticket in every presidential election for many years, says : William Henry Harrison died, and 1 saw'John Tyler become the President of the United States, and I also saw him turn the government over into the keeping of the Democrats, because he had failed to receive the nomination. Zachary Taylor died, and I saw Mil lard Filmore become President of the United States, >and also saw him turn the government over into the keeping of the Democrats, because he had failed to receive the nomination. Abraham Lincoln died, arfd I saw Andrew Johnson become the President of the United States, and I also saw nim make an effort to turn the govern tnent over into the keeping of the Democrats. J ames A. Garfield died, -and I sa* Chester A. Arthur become the Presi? dent of the United States, and I als< saw him tarn the government over in to the keeping of the Democrats, be ?ause ail bis efforts had failed to pro ?ure the nomination for himself, anr he could not endure defeat from tbf immortal James G. Blaine. I saw Benjamin Harrison in an effort to procure a renomination for Presiden1 "?ring overwhelming defeat to himseli and party. William McKinley died, and I have een Theodore Roosevelt become the President of the United States. The Cardinars Drollery. It is evident from the will of the late Cardinal Herrero y Espinosa, of Spain, that the dead prelate possessed a certain droll humor of which he was little suspected during his life, This quality is clearly disclosed in a clause of his will authorizing the payment o? a legacy of 810,000 "to the first Span? ish general who will land on terriory of the United States of America with an army sufficiently strong to avenge r.he defeats of Spain in Cuba and the Philippines." The Cardinals' drol? lery is further illustrated in a pro? viso which reads:'"Pending this hap? py event the money shall remain in the Bank of Spain." Thus in a single paragraph the departed Caridnal es? tablishes a posthumous reputation as a joker and adds a substantial sum to the permanent funds of the Bank of Spain.-Army and Navy Journal. Domestic Troubles. Ifc is exceptional to find a family where there are no domestic rupiures occasional? ly, but these can be lessened by having Dr. King's New Life Pills around. Much trou? ble they save by their great work in Stom? ach and Liver troubles. They not or;ly re? lieve you, but cure. 25c, at J. F. W. De Loruie's Drug Store. Ocala, Fla., Dec. 31.-Yesterday af ternon Jailer Charlie Smith was shot by a desperate negro and is probably fatally wounded. He arrested the man in the postoffice, but did not search him. In front of the Boston store the negro halted and fired twice at Mr. Smith, one ball striking him just above the right groin. After be? ing shot Mr. Smith fired three times at the fleeing negio. The negro was finally captured and after having his wounds dressed was put in jail. Rydale's Stomach Tablets. Ry dale's Stomach Tablets are mad J for the stomach and organs of assimilation and are not intended for a "cure all." They contain concentrated aseptic, pepsin, pure pancreatiu and other digestive agents. They contain powerful tonics and mild stimulants that have a specific effect on the stomach, and organs of assimilation and which aid nature in reconstructing the broken down cells and strengthening the flacid muscles of the walls of the stomach and other digestive organs. Rydale's Stomach Tablots are a perfect stomach medicine-they relieve at once and soon cure the worst forms of stomach troable. Price 25 and 50c. a box. All dealers. I i J Railways Planting Locust Trees. "If the Pennsylvania Railroad Com? pany had done, twenty-five years ago, what it is now .beginning to do in cooperation with the United States Burean of Forestry for its future sup? ply of ties, namely, planting 1,COO? DOO young locust trees, it would not have the timber for 5,000,000 ties, worth, say $2,500,000. Similarly, if all other railway companies, as some of the largest systems have now decided to do, had taken tne suggestions of a number of farseeing men of affairs," says the Railway Age, "and had plant? ed catalpa, locust and other quick growing trees along their right of way and on vacant and practically useless tracts of land, they long could have been cutting their own ties alongside their own lines, at a saving of many millions of dollars. A few companies did take advice and started tree-grow? ing on a limited scale, but the majority lacked the wisdom, in consideration for those who should come after them, to plant seed of whose harvest they them? selves might not reap, and so the rail? ways have been consuming the natural forests at a tremendous rate without making any serious effort at replace? ment. The time lost cannot be re? stored or credited back to the treeless land, but it is not too late to s tact a general movement of tree-planting for the railways of the next generation, and it is a matter for congratulation that such a movement is now ' under way. ' ' Gave $100,000 to the Poor. Parral, Mexico, Dec. 26.-Pedro Alvardo, the eccentric millionaire of this place, distributed a carload of sil? ver dollars amouning to more than 3100,000 among the poor poeple of Parral and adjacent mining camps yesterday. He also gave many other Christmas gifts to the needy. Accom? panied bj an armed guard he visited the poor families and gave the silver away personally. Anbrun, N. Y., Dee. 29.-Frank White, a negro was put to death in the electric chair at tho State's prison here today for the murder of George Clare, a farmer, . of Seri ba, Oswego county, by shooting. Six contacts, each of 1,740 volts, 7^ amperes, were applied before White was pronounced dead. The country's business outlook is a subject of compelling interest at the beginning of the new year. This fact is recognized by the Review of Re? views, which devotes a large part of its January number to a survey of the situation. "The New Year: Pros I peri ty or Depression?" is the title of i a group of articles in which C. j Kirchhoff, the editor of the Iron Age, 1 nreats of "The Outlook for Steel and Iron." R. W. Martin of "The Prospect for Railway Earnings," Charles M. Harger of "Good Crops and Good Times in the West," and F. W. Hawthorne of "The Promise of 1904 for Trade in General." The same number bas an illustrated article on "The Satus of the Southwestern Oil industry," by Day Allen Willey; an iccount of the long and successful fight waged by science against the Texas cattle^ fever, by Professor Charles S. Potts; and the story of English walnut culture in southern California, by Elizabeth A. Ward. The magazine is also unusually strong in its biographical articles; the char icter sketch of Elihu Root, the retir? ing Secretary of War, by Walter Well nan, is especially noteworthy, while the career of Fourth Assistant Post? al aster-Gene ri Bristow, the investi? gator of the postal frude, is atractive ly presented by Clarence H. Matson, iud the life and work of the late Herbert Spencer, the great English ohilosopher, are sketched by Professor F. J. E. Woodbridge. The threaten? ing war between Japan and Russia claims attention in the editorial de? partment, as does the Panama situa? tion, while the cartoon department ably supplements the editor's para? graphs on current^ American politics. Shiel, the French archaeologist, re? ports that he has unearthed in the Babylonian town of Sippars a most interesting school building, which dates back to 4,000 B. C.' The build? ing contains seven rooms, one of which was filled with clay tablet?, ar? ranged in regular order. Most of these had not been baked and their inscrip? tions could not be deciphered. Several, however, were in perfect condition. They were in Summerian. Some con? tained hymns, while others were prim? ers, grammars and arithmetics. Oth? ers were copy books, which contained the models and then the straggly efforts of some young pupil. All dated texts bore the name of Hammurabi, which shows that the school was used for a long time after its. construction. A Vest-Pocket Doctor Never in the way, no trouble to carry, easy to take, pleasant and never failing in results ar9 De Witt's Little Early Risers. A vial of these little pills in the vest-pocket is a certain guarantee against headache, biliousness, torpid liver and all of the ills resulting from constipation. They tonic and strengthen the liver. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. 1 Kind Letter From a Pleased ? 2 Customer-Unsolicited. S 9 Office of X X Lot; & Moise. X T Attorneys at Law, A X Sumter, S. C. ^ X Dr. Highsmith. 9 ? Dear Sir : Before going north O 2 last summer, you examined my J V eyes and prescribed glasses. Dur- ^ O ing my stay in New York, I con- ? rt suited an eminent oculist, Dr. Reese, ? X who again examined my eyes, and 9 X stated that you had diagnosed them O 2 correctly and had given me Ihe o 9 glasses which I required. .> % X I also take pleasure in stating X ? that the glasses you prescribed for O 9 my son, Harmon, have given him X 0 entire satisfaction. I will be glad * ? to recommend you to all persons O ? who may require jour attention as J rt oculist, as I feel sure that your A ? work will give entire satisfaction. ? Q Yours truly, A 0 Marion Moise. * O+O+O+O*O+O+0+<*K>+O+04O+O+ Cocaine Habit in Washington. In bis annual report to the District commissioners, Major Sylvester de? clares the drug habit within his juris? diction to be vastly on the incraese. "While there has been no general increase in the opium habit," he says, that of cocaine bas ' taken a firm bold on the lower classes. It i? bound to become a destructive agency unless something is done to prevent its sale by druggists. Two years ago the drug was hardly known," he continues, "but the habit has grown, and the wreck of lives which accompanies the use of this deadly drug and its sister drugs, morphine, chloral and even patent medicines, is becoming ap? parent. The police are powerless to raid the opium joints save on the charge of disorderly conduct and the fine for this misdemeanor is inade? quate to check the scourge." He urges the necessity for the prohibition of the sale of these drugs save upon the prescription of a phyiscin?. Wasihnton Post. FOR TORPID LIVER. . A torpid liver deranges thc whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE,_ Dyspepsia, Costiveness ; Ste cnatlsssjj Sallow Skfo md Pies* There is r.o better reused;; io* ti<sx common diseases ibu:: OR. T'JTPr. LIVER PJLLS, as a trie! w23 prove Take Mo Substituter_ $100,000.00 Capital. THE FIRST Mil en of Sumter, S. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav? ing approved the increase of the Capita) 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 OC Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, ... 25,000 00 Total Security tor Depositors, $225,000 Qi ONLY NAT10PLA BANK IS CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. Interest allowed on deposits to a limit?e amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE, G. A. LEMMON, JOHN REID, E. P. RICKER. R. L. EE MUNDS, Cashier. R. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. J. L. McCallum, D. J. Winn, Jr. Oliver L. Yates. Jnly 30-311! f? Largest and Mest Completi Existai M Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF 800RS? SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. oCice sad WtrerooEis, Kin^', opposi?e Ca? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, Parcfcas* car make, which we guarani superior to any sold South, and thereby ?ave money. Window ana Fancy Glass a Specialty \--/(INCORPORATED) V_A-' CAPITAL STOCK, S30.000.00. Business.-When you think of going oft* to -.-?-.???.school, write for College Journal and special offer of the Leading Business and Shorthand Schools. Address King's Business College, Raleigh, N. C. or Char? lotte, N. C. [We also teach Bookkeeping, Shorthand, etc, by mail.] Nov 25 GUN AND 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, ?ewing Machines, &c. Prices reasona? ble, work done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop removed to No. 22 West Liberty street, two doors from Osteen's Book Store. R. S. BRAD WELL. gfr CKICHESTKR'S ENGLISH B r-^ST?b^ ?, .TOriginal and ?nly Genuine. ^./l^VSAFE. Alway? reliable. Ladle?, ask Druririit ??*?oi\ FOR CHICHESTER^ ENGLISH ?f"N^????s?t? ia ?iSI) and Gold metallic boxe?, sealed J? 3^ ?.,th blu* ribb?n. Take no other. Rcfnao ?Tl <rVa I??Mi?erou? Sabatltutlona and I ra Ita tiona. Buy of your Druggist, or ?end 4e. io flump* for Particular*. Testimonials and ''ReHef for Ladle*," in letter, by re tarn Mail. 10.0trOTe?t!jrioDial?. SoM bj all Prugcliti. Cb. lek eater Chemical Co.. Utt?on til* jjap? Hadlaon Square. Pill LA.. PA. Corn must have a sufficient supply of 6 in order to develop into a crop. No amount of Phosphoric Acid or Nitrogen can compen? sate for a lack of potash in fertilizers [for grain and all other crops]. We shall be glad to send free to any farmer ourlittlebook which contains valu? able information about soil culture. <3ERriAN KALI WORKS, New York-9Z Nawtaa Street, or ? Manta So. Broad St. THE SUMTER SAVINGS BANK. HORACE HABBY, President. I. C. STRAUSS, 'Vice-President. GEO. L. BICKER, Cashier. Capital Stock, $25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 TO TAKE CARE OF MOSEY -the savings of all 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 earn? 4 per cent per annum. A small sum will open up an account and secure a bank book. Begin to save now. Interest payable quarterly. TO QUALIFY FOR GOOD POSITIONS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. SOO FREE SCH0StfTTTEED HA.-ALA. Bl/S. COLLEGE, MACON, GA Dr. E. A. EARLY, DENTIST. Office over Bultman Bros/ ^hoe Store. Office hours 8.30 tO 1 ; 2 tO 5. n0v25-ly Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all calis for surveying, platting, terracing hill side?, draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating, <fec. / BANES H. BOYKIN, D. S., Oct 19-o 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 annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. I. MANNING, W. F. RHAME, vice-President. Cashier. Jan. 31. e promptly obtain ?. S. and Foreign PATENTS f Seed model, sketch or photo of invention for t < free report on patentability. For free book, < "SI^TRADE-M?BKS wste: int Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. DeLORflE'S PHARMACY, 23 South Main St. Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. ; Sunday, 9 a. m to 1 p. m. Having consolidated my two stores, I will be pleased to see all my customers at the above stand, where I am better pre? pared than ever to serve them. Your prescriptions will be called for and delivered. Phone 45. Full line of Drugs, Garden Seed and Cigars. "JTour patronage solicited ?ail bell for night work.