The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 24, 1904, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1904.
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The Suinter Watchman -was founded in
1850 and ih? True Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now bas the com?
bined circulation and in?aence of both of
the old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
REVIEW INO SOMMENT.
What the Generai Assembly Did
and Failed to Do.
A Teta! of237 Acts, of Which Most Refer
to Lees! batters-Biennial Sessions
-Work of Tax Commission "
Thrown Away, as to Foar
fittfes. of It
Columbia, Feb. 22.- There was
nothing of an especially distinguished
character about the General Assembly
of 1904, which 'bas just adjourned.
. It did its work well and was disposed
to do* the right .thing wherever possi?
ble. There was no evidence of hostili?
ty towards anybody or anything, and
altogether the Legislators, who have
finished their two years of labor, ?a've
done' as well as they could.
The make-up of the General Assem?
bly is not as good aa it onght to be.
The primary system ? has not tended
to bring the best men- to the front for
these positions. It is, of course, .quite
true tba$ there are very many nigh
toned, honorable and capable men in
the Genera! Assembly, but what I
mean to say is that as a role, men
who have a great deal of business at
home ard who ate indifferent to pub?
lic honors do not care to enter into a
scramble for a position in the General
Assembly. It is unfortunately regarded
as of too little honor and importance.
This is altogether wrong, and it is
certainly to be hoped that there will
be some concert of action in the va?
rions counties to - get successful men,
men who have property interests, men
who represent something, and some?
body, to nm for the General Assembly
and to keep ont freaks and represent?
atives who do no ' honor to their coun?
ties nor tc their State.
' In the list of ratified Acts that is
published in The News and "Courier it
will be seen that there were 237 prop
ositivms that received favorable con?
sideration. Of this number a very
large proportion relate entirely to
local affairs; in fact, more than a
?hird of all of the bills passed are to
be put nuder the headings of claims
of purely private nature, bills to pro?
vide for bond issues for school pur?
poses, and amendments to present
statutes, increasing or lowering thc
salaries^ of some county officers. As
abmatter of fact, ,the barest fractional
part of all the legislation this year
was of a general character.
There is. of course, a difference of
opinion as to what legislation is of
most general importance and conse?
quence. There can be no doubt, how?
ever, that the most important and far
" reaching action was that looking to?
wards biennial, instead of annual,
sessions of the General Assembly. It
is a very difficult matter with the con?
stitutional restrictions, to accomplish
the passage of a resolution looking to?
wards any amendment to the Consti?
tution, but the necessary legislation
has been enacted by which the people
will, next November, have the oppor?
tunity of deciding whether or not
they wish the 'Constitution amended
seas to-provide for cessions of the
General Assembly every two years
instead of every year.
Next in importance to this \s proba?
bly .tte passage of the bill looking
towards the establishment of a depart-1
naen* of immigration. It is reasona?
bly expected that this department will '
feting about good ze^ults. Tue idea
ir* not a new one, but the State has
gone into the mitter in earnest and,
with a competent- corumissioner, there
is every reason to expect good resultb
asd an influx of new blood.
There were great things to be ex
pteted from the tax commission ap?
pointed at the recent sesi?n of the
General Assembly. The State of
South Carolina has not been, and is
not. operating upon a cash basis, and
the commission was appointed for the
purpose of suggesting plans by which
the State would get oat of debt and
continue to operate on a cash basis.
The tax commission did its work well,
fent the General Assembly did not go
any further than to pass what is
known as the franchise tax bill and
stop there. The tax commission was
sincere in proposing? a series of five
bills and it is, perhaps, unfortunate
for the State; that the*General 1 Assem?
bly should have picked oat the one
bill that was directed against cor?
porate interests and passed it. It is
expected that this franchise tax bill
will raise about $100,000, but, with
the,complement franchise tax bill pro?
posed by the tax commission the State
would easily have had plenty of
funds; but, unfortunately, the proposi?
tion to make the corporations pay
whatever tribute was to be paid be?
came law and the scheme stops there.
Outside of this franchise tax bill
there was no legislation .that might be
called E'S t agoni s tic to corporations, un
less tho bill which places the telephone
companies under the jurisdiction of
the railroad commission is to be so re?
garded, and there seems to.be no parti?
cular objection to this measure.
Quite a number of bills were passed
relative to the railroad interests of
South Carolina, but the only bills that
will become laws that will in any way
affect the railroad interests . are:
First, the bill to require the railroads
to transport baby carriages free as
baggage; second the bill to require the
hauling of 2C0 pounds of baggage
free; third, the Coggshall bill, which
places a time limit for the delivery of
freight in this State; fourth-the bill
to allow family use of mileage books.
Of course there were a whole string of
bills proposed, but out of all of them
these were all that passed of concern
to the railroads.
There were quite a number of meas?
ures proposed relative to cotton mill
interests, but there was no disposition
to affect injuriously the cotton mill
interestp of the State, and if there had
been any proposition winch would have
given encouragement to.them it would
probably have passed. Among the
measures killed that were regarded as
being against cotton mill interests
were the McMaster liability bill, the
Davis seat bill, the Johnson anti-strike
bill, the Toole ten-hour labor law
measure, and some others more remote?
ly connected with this large Interest.
The ?only bill that was passed that
could in any way be regarded as affect?
ing injuriously the cotton mill interest
was that ol Mr. Irby, which provided
for the redemption of checks issued to
employees. It is understood that most
cotton mills do not use this* check
system, but pay in '?ash every two
weeks.
:?he dispensary had everything its
own way this time. The only bill
passed that in any way affects the dis?
pensary situation --is the bill to which
is attached the name of Senator Brice.
It is not his bill as it was passed. The
dispensary forces managed to have the
bill amended so as to suit them in
every way and the law, as it will go
on the statute books, is not what Mr.
Brice wished for, but is rather in line
with the policy of the dispensary,
which is that if any community does
! not want a dispensary that it will have
to pay for that privilege. In other
words, the bill provides that a com?
munity can vote an established dispen?
sary out of its limits, but if 'it does
so it must at the same time provide for
a tax of, one-half of one mill upon all
of the property in the county for the
purpose of maintaining a force to see
that the dispensary Jaw is enforced in
that county, and at the same.time it
must forego the advantages of getting
any portion of the surplus fund for its
schools that would ordinarily go to
them from the dispensary profits. The
law says that a county can get rid of a
dispensary if- its people vote to that
effect. But it must at the same time
provide annually by direct taxation a
fund for whatever expenses might be
imposed in the enforcement of the law,
and also be deprived of its share of the
surplus* school fund from the dispen?
sary.
Quite a number of new crimes, so
tc speak, were created by the General
Assembly this year. For instance, it
was made a crime to operate gambling
slot machines: to improperly brand
foods ; to give false names to horses
that entere*3, races, and to ship shad,
oysters and clams out of the State, and
to decline to fill unused wells. Of
course, the General Assembly had to
do something and it was just as well tb
take a rap at the slot machines and the
filing of horses' teeth and the filling
of wells as anything else.
This General Assembly has certainly
broken a record, in that it has passed
i a law that provides for a capitation
ta- of fifty cents on dogs. As long as
Citizen Josh Ashley remained in the
General Assembly the "yaller dog"
was safe, but now that he is in private
life the "yaller dog" seems to be
getting it, and if this law of provid?
ing a fifty-cent tax upon each and
every dog in the State is enforced, as
it ought to be, it should result in a
great deal of uood in eliminating
worthless cars and at the same, time
in raising a fund for educational pur?
poses.
The jar of the session was*incident
to the State House work, lt .seems to
be very mu?h of a mess and I will not
undertake to justify or criticise any?
one. There have already been columna
printed on the subject. Unfortunate?
ly there seems to be a great deal of
I feeling about it.
j The General Assembly, in the last
I days of the session, voted 845,000 with
I which to complete the building, and it
is certainly to bc boped that with this
money the building will really be
"completed "
The disposition in the House this
year was very favorable to education
in every way. A bill was passed pro?
viding for a system of free libraries
and it was based upon the proper the?
ory of helping those who are willing
to. help themselves. The State will
give $5.000 this year for these new ru?
ral libraries and each year $5,000 will
be distributed towards that purpose. -
News and Courier.
Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M.
will meet at 8 o'clock this evening.
The annual banquet will be hold at
the Hotel Jackson immediately after
the meeting of the Lodge.
PANAMA TREATY RATIFIED.
End of a Long Contest in the
United States S?nate.
Washintgon, Feb. 23.-The United
States Senate has ratified, without
amendment, the treaty with Panama
for a canal across the Isthmus of
Panama by a vote of 66 to 14.
The result was a foregone conclusion
and the inerest in the matter was in
the division of the vote on the Demo?
cratic side, which was not definitely
known until the roll was called. As
was expected, all the ^Republicans
voted for the ratification or were pair?
ed that way. Three Republicans, who
were absent, and Senator Foster, of
Washintgon, were those who did not
vote.
Fourteen Democrats voted for ratifi?
cation and fourteen against. Two
Democrats-Clark, of Montana, and
Stone, of Missouri-were paired in
favor of the treaty, and three Demo?
crats-Overman,' McLaurin. and Mar?
tin-were paired against it, so in the
total vote sixteen Democrats were for
the treaty and seventeen against it.
The vote on the . ratification of the
treaty follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Alg?r, Ailee, Alli?
son, Ankeny, Bacon, Ball, Bard,
Berry, Beveridge, Burnham, Burrows,
Clapp, Clark, of Wyoming, Clarke of
Arkansas, Clay, Cockrell, Cullom,
Depew, Dietrich, Di?lingham, Dolli
ver, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, Fo
raker, Foster of Louisiana, Frye, Ful?
ton, Gallinger, Gainble, Gibson,
Hale, Hanswbrough, Heyburn, Hoar,
Hopkins, Kean, Kearns, Kittredge,
Latimer, Lodge, "Long, McComas, Mc
Creary, McCumber, McEnery, Mal?
lory, Millard, Mitchell, Money, Nel?
son, Penrose, Perkins, Platt of Con?
necticut, Platt of New York, Proctor,
Quarles, Scott, Simmons, Smoot,
Spooner, Stewart, Taliaferro, Warren,
Wetmore-66.
Nays-Bailey, Bate, Blackburn,
Carmack, Culberson, Daniel, Du?
bois, Gorman, Morgan, Newlands,
Patterson, Pettns, Teller, Tillman
14. ?
RUSSIA INDICTS JAPAN.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 23.-Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff sent the following
circular yesterday to Russian repre?
sentatives abroad :
"Since the rupture of the negotia?
tions between Russia and Japan the
attitude of the Tokio Cabinet has con
! stituted open violation of all customary
laws governing the mutual relations
of civilized nations. Without specify?
ing each particular violation of these
laws cn tbe part of Japan, the Im?
perial Government considers it neces?
sary to draw the most serious attention
of the Powers to th? acts of violence
committed by the Japanese Govern?
ment with respect to Corea. The in?
dependence and integrity of Corea, as
a fully independent Empire, has been
fully recognized by all the powers,
and the inviolability of this funda?
mental principle was confirmed by
Article 1 of the Simoneseki treaty, and
by the agreement especially concluded
for this purpose between Japan and
Great Britian on January 30, 1902, as
well as by the Franco-Russian declara?
tion of March 16, 1902.
The Emperor" of Core? foreseeing
the danger of a possible inflict be?
tween Russia and Japan, adressed ear?
ly in January, 1904, a note to all the
Powers, declaring his determination
to preserve the strictest neutrality.
This declaration was received with
satisfaction by the Powers, and it
was ratified by Russia. According
to the Russian minister to Corea, the
British Government charged the Brit?
ish diplomatic representative at Seoul
to pres?nt an official note to the Em?
peror of Corea, thanking him for his
declaration of neutrality.
/'In disregard of all these facts; in
spits of all treaties; in spite of its
obligations, and in violation of tbe
fundamental rules of internticnai law,
it bas been proved by exact and fully
confirmed facts that the Japanese
Government first before the opening
of ^hostilities against Russia landed its
troops in the independent Empire of
Corea, which had declared its neutral?
ity : second, with a division of its fleet,
it made a sudden attack, onJfFebruary
8: that is, three days prior to the de?
claration of war, on two Russian war
snips in the neutral port of Chemulpo.
The comrdanders of these ships had
not been notified ^' the severance of
diplomatic relations, as? the Japanese
maliciously stopped the delivery of
Russian telegrams by the Danish cable,
and destroyed the telegraphic com?
munication of the Corean Government.
The details of this dastardly attack are
contained and published in an official
telegram from the Russian minister at
Seoul.
"Third, in spite of the international
law above mentioned, and shortly be
fore^th?* opening Of hostilities, the
Japanese captured, as a prize of war,
certain Russian merchant ships in neu- ;
tral ports of Corea.
"Fourth, Japan declared to thc Em- i
peror of Corea, through the Japanese
minister at Seoul, that Corea would
henceforth be under Japanese adminis?
tration, and she warned the Emperor I
that in case of his non-compliance, |
Japanese troops would occupy the ',
palace.
"Fifth, through the French minister
at ?eoul, she summoned the Russian
representative at the Corean Court,
to leave the country, with the staffs of
the Russian legation and consulate.
"Recognizing that all the above
facts constitute, a flagrant breach of
international law, the Imperial Gov?
ernment consid?rait to be its duty to
lodge a protest .with all the Powers
against this procedure of the Japanese
Government, and it is firmly conceiv?
ed that all the Powers, valuing the
principles which guarantee their rela?
tions, willagree with the Russian atti?
tude. At the same time the Imperial
Government considers it necessary to
issue a timely warning that owing to
Japan's illegal assumption of Power in
Corea, the Government declares all
orders and declarations which may be"
issued on the part of the Corean Gov?
ernment to be invalid."
RUSSIA WILL BIDE HER TIME.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 2.1.- " The war
will end in August or September in
the complete defeat of the Japanese,"
said to The Associated Press a high
auhority in intimate touch with the
Russian war plans, whose opinion can
be taken faithfully to reflect the be?
lief in the highest official, quarters.
He added :
"How the Japanese can hope to suc?
ceed when our army in the east is
strengthened to a piont equal or supe?
rior in numbera to that of our adver?
saries we are honestly unable to com?
prehend. It will not be difficult to
place two, fonr or even six hundred
thousand additional men-in the field,
if necessary. When our forces are con?
centrated and ready they will finish by
driving the Japanese into tb.6 sea.
Frankly, it seems to us that the Japa?
nese either have utterly failed to ap?
preciate Russia's resources, or have
counted on the aid of Great Britian or
the United States, neither of which
ever contemplated becoming involved.
So far as Great Britian is concerned
we don't- believe any hallucinations
existed there. *We think the British
statesmen who did so much to push
Japanese into war, realized that with^
Japans' defeat they would* ; accomplish
two things for Great Britian-first, to
give Bussia a check-for of course,
the war must impede our progress tem?
porarily ; secondly, to cripple Japan's
maritime power, which was begin?
ning to be greatly felt in the Pacific."
It can be said with the utmost posi?
tiveness that Russia will bide ber
time. She will act on the defensive
until she feels confident that her
weight of numbers will leave no doubt
as to the result. Roenfurcements are
going forward at the rate of 3,000 per
day. Probably some time will elapse
before Russia feels fully prepared to
assume the offensive.
JAPANESE OFFICERS HANGED.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 23.-The Japa?
nese wfio were hanged by Russians in
Manchuria for attempting to blow up
the railroad bridge over the Sungari
river, were disguised as coolie;--. They
were arrested.just as they were about
to make the attempt. Inquiry reveal?
ed Jiiat they were Japanese officers of
the general staff, namely. Col. Assia,
of the engineers, and Lieut?. Zone
loaischa and Kaeurta, of the Sappers.
They were at once hanged from the
girders of thc bridge.
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 23.-A special
from Asheville, N. C., says: "A tele?
phone message from Calf Creek, Madi?
son county, ' tells of a tragedy which
occurred there last night. It is said
that a'young man named Hensley elop?
ed with the daughter of Tom Kess;
that Kess sent word to the young folks
to return to his home, and upon their
return last evening he drew his pistol
and shot his daughter, inflicting in?
juries that will prove fatal. ?"After
Kess had shot his daughter the young
bridegroom wrenched the pistol from
Kess' hand, and shot his father-in
law dead."
The strike of the A. C. L. section
masters and trackmen is said to have
been a failure and that a majority of
the strikers have gone back to work.
The labor unions have invaded Sum?
ter and within the past few weeks the
electrical workers, carpenters and
brickmasons have organized unions,
and other trades are expected to organ?
ize at an early day. The negro me?
chanics as well as the whites have
been organized, there being separate
and distinct unions for whites and col?
ored. . It is stated that tho unions
have been organized not for the purpose
of disturbing the labor situation here,
ont to improve the conditions of tho
laboring men. Those most active in
promoting the organization of the un?
ions say that there is no probability of
a strike here in the near future, al?
though conditions are not as satisfac?
tory as the unions desire, but that for
the present all their energies aro di
rected to.the perfection and extens;on j
of their organizations.
The Sumter Telephone Co. has serv- |
o:d notice on .subscribers of an in- ;
crease in telephone rent to take effect :
March 1st. Naturally the users of ?
I
telephones do not take kindly to this j
increase of rates, but they will have I
to submit, since the new rates do not
exceed-only equal-the maximum
rate permitted by the franchise giant- ?
ed hy the City Council.
A MURDEROUS ASSAULT.
Bill Chapmaa Stabbed Mr. E. A. Jenkins ;
sn the Back. ?
Bill Chapman made a murderous aa
sault upon Mr. E. A. Jenkins at th* j
freight depot Monday afteraooa* |
stabbing him in the back with a knife i
and inflicting a painful but fortunate- ;
ly not fatal wound. Chapman is an ix- ?
convict and is said to have a bad re- j
putation in the community.
The assault upon Mr. Jenkins grew I
out of a dispute over a truck which :
one of Mr. Jenkins' wagon drivers- was j
using and which Chapman tried to take j
from him. Mr. Jenkins interfered
and put an end to the dispute by taking j
the truck from his driver and going j
out on the platform where he was
supervising the loading of freight on |
his wagons. Chapman opened his
knife, and placing it. in his pocket
where it would be handy for immediate.
use, followed Mr. Jenkins ont on the
platform and renewed thc dispute. He
made an attempt to take the truck
from him by force and cursed him.
Mr. Jenkins struck Chapman with his
fist and in the scuffle the truck was
dropped to the platform. Mr. Jenkins
stooped to pick it np and as he did so
Chapman drew his knife and stabbed
him in the back, inflicting a deep
wound in the muscles- below the
shoulder-blade. If the other negroes
standing around bad not interfered
and stopped Chapman Mr. Jenkins
would probably have received more
severe injuries.
Chapman was arrested and com?
mitted to jail and will be given a pre?
liminary hearing today.
MAYOR'S COURT.
The following cases were ?ried on
Thnrsday.
John ?. Keels, cursing and fighting,
guilty, $10 or 20 days.
Sydney Morris, drunkeness &nd dis?
orderly conduct, guilty, $2 or 4 days.
Henry Rayford, fighting, not guilty.
Robert Wright, public drunkenness,
guilty, $3 or G days.
Jim Ross, carrying a pistol in viola?
tion of the ordinance, guilty, $2 or 4
days.
Candidate for Mayor.
We haye been authorized to state
that, at the urgent solicitation of
friends, Dr. Geo. W. Dick bas consent?
ed to be a candidate for Mayor at the
municipal primary. He leaves for
Washington this evening to attend the
meeting of the Southern Dental Asso?
ciation, but upon his return at the
end of the week the formal announce?
ment of his candidacy will appear.
Manning News Notes.
Dr. Baker, of Sumter, came down
Friday night and also Suuday night
to consult with Drs. Brown and
Dickson in the case of Mr. Claude
Breedin, who is critically ill at his
home.
Miss Olivia Ingram, after an extend?
ed visit in Manning, left last Satur?
day morning for Baltimore, where she
goes to buy up the new stock of mil- !
linery for the Horn Dry Goods Co. of ?
Sumter.
Dr. I. M. Woods, of Salem, came i
in town Monday and had been taking !
some quinine for a cold, but carelessly I
took the wrong medicine and took
morphine instead. The result came
near being fatal. The Intendant had
him locked up, thinking him to be
under the iniluence of whiskey. But j
the doctor recovered and declares that
a mistake in medicine was made and j
that he was not drunk.-Manning ?
Farmer.
In a row at St. Paul Christmas eve j
Frank King shot Dosier Severance and !
pulled ont for parts unknown. Sever
ance lingered with his wound until i
thc 12th of this month when he died, I
and Magistrate Richbourg held an
inquest, and upon its verdict issued a
warrant for the arrest of King.-Man?
ning Times.
Bishopville New* Items.
Town council scooped in $69 last
week from fines for disorderly conduct
and $23 this week.
The strike of the section masters
and road hands on the A. C. L. is felt
over on the Bishopville line. It was
li ard a few days ago to get hands to
keep even the water tank filled. But
everything is working smoothly now.
The many friends of Mr. George
Baker will be glad to know he is able
to be ont again after the sad accident
of losing an arm while coupling cars
?n Charleston two weeks ago.
Mr. Rollie Marsh and Miss Pearl
Hill were married on Sunday, Feb.
1904, at the residence of Mr. IX L.
Davis by Rev. C. D. Peterson.
The blind tigers have beconae so
bold in and around Bishopville that
Chief Constable Hammett has deemed
it necessary to put a special constable
in Bishopville to beat them back into
the jungles of Lynches river. The
funny part is, that Bishopville has to
pay the fiddler $60 a month out of the
town's portion of the dispensary fund
for making the tiger dance.
Judge Purdy will preside at the
next term of court here and we are
told that he will not allow witnesses
and jurors to take np the time of
court by being out of the court room
when their names are called ; nor will
he permit the lawyers to consume time
by uselebs talking. Not having court
here in such a long time, the docket
is a full one, but if Judge Purdy will
do as we hear he does, he can clear it
np in two weeks.-Bishopville Vin?
dicator. /
Church Officers Elected.
The -first Quarterly Conference of
Magnolia Street M. E. Church, South,
was held last Tuesday evennig, Rev.
H. B. Browne, P. E., presiding. The
following officers were elected to
serve during the ensuing conference
year:
Stewards-Geo. E. Beaumont, H.
C. Barrinean, C. S. Curtis, W. T.
Edens, R. J. Kennedy. T. B. Kennedy,
Jno. S. Kennedy.
Trustees-C. S. Curtis, H. T. Edens,
H. J. Hicks, T. B! Kennedy, C. D.
Lide.
Superintendent of Sunday School
and Recording Steward-Geo. E. Beau?
mont.
Very encouraging reports were re?
ceived from the pastor and the official
nfembers, and the outlook at present
seems to be very hopeful indeed.
This city owes it to itself that the
Sumter Light Infantry be maintained,
but unless a greater number of the
business men take an active and sub?
stantial interest ,in the organization
and assist in supporting the company
' by entering their names as contribut?
ing members the burden will soon. be-,
come too great for the active members
to carry. Th? company started cut
with quite a list of contributing mem?
bers, but instead of this list growing
it has dwindled, first one and then
another of our prosperous business
men finding it too great a tax upon
their income to pay fifty cents a
month to assist in keeping alive a
military company that is a safeguard
to the community at all times and is
frequently the bulwerk of our safety.
WANTED-Faithful person to travel
for well established house in a few
connties, calling on retail merchants
and agent?. Local territory. Salary
?20.00 per week with expenses addi?
tional, all payable in cash each week.
Money for expenses advanced. Position
permanent. Business successful and
rushing. Standard House, 330 Dear?
born street, Chicago. Nov. ll
FOR RENT-One storehouse, with
three room dwelling attached, with
necessary out buildings, for five
months. Three and one half miles
from Sumter in the fork of Providence
and Stateburg roads. For terms apply
to R. M. Edens, Sumter, S. C.
Julv 29-tf.
f A. MM', Prest. G. W. BOSIIIER, SM. S Treas.
The Sumter Banking
& Mercantile Company,
Sumter, S. C.
--Capital Stock $50,000
Wholesale Grocers, Fertilise
ers and Farmers' Supplies.
Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil?
cox & Gibbs Fertilizers.
We are prepared to quote the very closest "
?ash or time prices on all lines of
Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers'
Supplies,
And invite your investigation before making
your arrangements for another year.
Come to see us. We will save you money,
and give you a hearty, courteous welcome.
Sumter Banking !
Mercantile Company, '
Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice.
Sumter, S. C.
Southeastern Lime & Cement
COMPANY.
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Building Material of all kinds. High Brade Roofing "RUBEMHO."
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