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KORE ABOUT SUMMERTON. Thumb Nail Sketches of the ?en Who are Making The Town 6row. - i Summerton, April 3.- W. H. Shirer j who has been railway agent at Sum- ! merton for about 10 years is through impaired health incapacitated from duty for a time. W. C. Marks from Spouts Springs, N. C., has taken charge for a few weeks. Johnny Reb. Drake of Darlington is sojourning at Summerton. He is i District Deputy of the w. of W. and I ? he is tobacco buyer and auctioneer in the season of soothing weed sales, and for vacation he rushes the busi-? ness of the International Harvester Company, and he always keeps office parlor and dining room in good humor. Summerton has two daily mails by rail excepting Sunday and a rural %? ' route 25 miles p. d. H. J. White has been postraatser for b?? years and is always a pleasing and prompt official. The physicians here are fine gentle? men and have extended practice. They are Dr. Thomas J. Davis, son of Senator Davis and Dr. W. R. Mood, son of the formerly well known M. E. Wm: clergyman. Dr. George W. Smib, D. D. S., is also building a wide practice in i?ental Surgery and is very popular. E. Capers, Jr., who is well known in educational circles having been pedagogue for 15 years is managing partner of the Capers & Co., pharmacy K, in Summerton with a capital stock. -.' V The gentleman was born in Green? ville, S. C., and studied and graduated in pharmacy but owing to impaired . health, retired from the practice and took to teaching. He was Superin? tendant of Education of Richland county for four years, and principal of % the Georgetown Sommer Normal and . having established a pharmacy at Summerton he discovered he had better manage it himself. Mr. Capers isa very patriotic Summertonian and believes in beautifying it at every opportunity. J. E. Tennant the salesman for the E. A. Tindal Furniture and Under? taking Company has been Notary Public since 1894- and is a member of the A. F. and A. M., and W. of W., and a conservative business man and pleasant, gentleman. For 5 years in different capacities he has been with Mayor T. S. Rogan who vis managing partner of the Tindal company. D. H. Meldaugh failing to secure a lot on Main street has a well stocked furniture store neraly half a mile away yet his business capacity draws trade. \ H. A. Tisdale, host of the Old Re? liable Hotel Summerton is having a good trade, and he and Mrs. Tisdale deserve it they conducting a real snug and well supplied hostelry. Their only son Ernest M. Tisdale, an exceptionally fine young gentleman who has been railroading 3 years as disciple of Morse and clerical duty, has been called to the Seaboard Line, reporting at Raleigh for duty. Be? sides the hotel Mr. Tisdale is cotton seed buyer for'the Southern Oil Com * pany and handled 40 car loads last j season and officially he is alderman and like the other citizens here he be? lieves first, last and all the time in Summerton. He was born in Sum? ter county and Mrs. Tisdale was Miss Carolina Lesesne, a prominent family j of. this region descended from the Hugenots. Besides the advantages mentioned in my former Summerton letter it is well to add that bream and other fine fish are plentiful in Scott's Lake and Prince's Pond and I would suggest that a hardware store and lumber yard combination would pay the investor. James Carswelll. HA600D NEWS NOTES. Farm Work Wei! Advanced-Corn Plant . * ing Finished-Personal Notes. v As news items are scarce will give ray version of the Eastern war. When I was a boy I sometimes caught the boss rooster and held him while his weaker foe gave him a sound drub? bing, and this was done sometimes , without his being aware of it. Rus? sia's success depends en tedium, if she makes haste she is whipped al? ready. I wonder if Japan ever read the fable of the blind doe? Russia's blind side is the sea; Japan's, if she has one is the land. Let us all hold our breath while we await the con? sequences. To the God of battles let us commit the cause. Farmers are planting corn and pre? paring for cotton. There is ranch complaint among some of them that they can not get their soda. What about it when you have paid for it and hold the receipt, Mr. Editor. I am needing my soda, which I paid for loug ago, to put on my small grain, and I am not alone. Mrs, G. H. Lenoir of Camden has been visiting relatives on the penin? sula. Miss Angelia Cranford of Dalzell is visiting Miss Courtenay Atkinson. Miss May Meetz of Lexington is vis? iting ber relative Miss Ians Meetz. Misses-Alice and Mattie James from the Spring Hill section are visiting in our community and the young men are having a fine time. The young people of Hagood, the Peninsula and vicinity had a big pic? nic at Anderson's Saturday. Some wiseacre has said that man is the head, but woman is the neck, and turned the head whither soever she would and I halfway believe it since sseing some things lately. No sick? ness, no deaths. Hagood. Eleven main entrances have been es? tablished at the World's Fair, each being equiped with many turnstiles. Thirty-six bandied and sixty feet of space in the Mines and Metallurgy Palace at the World's Fair will be covered by Indiana's coal exhibit. Bristol, Va., April 4.-The Rey? nolds Tobacco company of this place, one of the oldest independent com-, panies in the south, has been bought i by the American Tobacco company, j and will in all probability be consol- j idated with the Durham, N. C., branch The price paid is not given out. Ben L. Dulaney of Washington owned the controlling interest. Mil ililli o <-?- -^^mmrnm Tampa, Fla., April 4.-As near as can be ascertained the fire which swept wost Tampa this afternoon,- cused a ? Jos? which will exceed the $300,000 ? mark. ' ?imali ??ii'iLitv-.'g&fcigjkSiwag?irw^ v. A STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE. Miss Sophie Kuker, of Florence, Who is Rapidly Winning Fame on the Stage as an Actress of Great Talent. i The people of Sumter will on Wed- ? nesday evening have an opportunity j of witnessing the dramatic talent and j the histrionic ability of a beantifnl j and gifted daughter of their own I State, Miss Sophie Kuker of Florence, j who bids fair to ont rank in the field of drama, the exalted position, so long enjoyed by Clara Louise Kellogg in the world of mnsic. Miss Kuker, who is known on the stage as Virginia Howell, and who is the daughter of Mr. Theo. Knker, of Florence, S. C., will play the leading role in the melodrama "iWhy Women Sin" at the Sumter Opera House, on i the evening of Wednesday, April 6. The artistic merit of Miss Knker shonld reqnire no introduction to the people of Sumter, who less than a decade ago, were wrnng to tears by the wonderful acting of her sister Agnes, then a pnpil at St. Joseph's Academy, in her realistic portrayal of the life of those fated stars of his? tory Mary Queen of Scotts and Marie Antoinette. Those who had the pleas? ure of "witnessing these amateur per? formances will not be surprised to learn that the genins of the older sis? ter has been likewise inherited by the younger, and that Miss Sophie is find? ing an outlet for her talent in the more appreciative and more remuner? ative field of a professional career. Miss Agnes, who perhaps "hast chosen the better part," is now, by the . way, the wife of Dr. King, an eminent physician of Florence. Although having been before the public for less than two years, with wonderful rapidity, Miss Howell, as she is professionally known, has achieved the greatness of being termed a "star," and by her continued suc? cesses has established her right to that scintillating ephithet "Well, you see it was this way, ' ' she said, with a reminiscent sigh, discussing her work in Philadlephia the other day? "I. had my first taste of acting when I used to go over to the con? vent in Sumter to take the part of Dauphins when my sitter Agnes played "Marie Antoinette." It was as you know, produced several times for charity and other purposes. I re? member on one of these occasions my mother had made a little pair of black velvet trousers for my costume. Oh ? I was a very little girl then," she added quickly with a smile. 44 And I was so desperately proud of my boy? ish attire that I could hardly wait for the night of the performance. With uncontrollable enthusiasm I dis? played my outfit to the good sister who had the play in charge, and I shall never forget her look of horrified amazement, as she gazed upon what was really little more than a bifur? cated skirt. ' Yon can not wear those, she said, ' 'whynot?" ? enquired, 'be? cause I do not wish it, ' she answered. I'll go home then,' I retorted. 'Well you may go' she replied, 'but you can not'wear those trousers. ' It is super? fluous to add that I remained and sad? ly donned the little kilt which she had provided. But it was sorry work for the son of a hundred kings to stoutly defy the revolutionists and Jacobites in a skirt!" Locking back it seems a far cry from the tall, womanly girl, who gazes upon the world from the depths of her blue eyes with all the arrogance of a Castillian to the precocious, dark haired child who played the Dau phine with the wonderful irresistable magnetism of which she is still mast ter. But the spark of ambition then ignited has burned steadily on, until today it glows, a's a beacon and lights its way to fame. Miss Howell, while possessing to a striking degree the attribute of beauty, can also boast of that rare and most excellent thing in woman, a melli? fluous voice, so low that there seems no range between it and silence, yet so audible that it can be heard in the remotest gallery of a play house. These qualities make of her an actress for whom a great future is expected and combined with the graciousness of her personality aud the innate re? finement of her nature, mark her as a young woman of rare qualifications. It is to be hoped then that she may draw a full house on Wednesday even? ing, and the pleasure thus derived will doubtless be mutual. 'G. D. E. Philadelphia, April 2. Charleston, April 4.-William Barn? ett stabbed Charles Small, both color? ed, this afternoon on the corner of Inspection and Marsh streets. Smalls, it appears, was laughing at Barnett for some reason when Barnett became enraged and threw a butcher's knife at the negro. The blade entered the negro's side, penetrating the heart and Small fell dead in a few minutes. Barnett was arrested. Sumter county will have its full number of school libraries under the Aull act, County Superintendent Cain having received already more appli? cations for appropriations than this county is entitled to under the law. Three schools have complied with the terms of the act. having raised ten dol? lars each and notified the county su? perintendent of the fact. These schools are the Argyle school, near Sfcateburg, Mayesville and District No. 1, near Gaillard X Roads. As the An!! law provides for but twelve school libraries in this county, nine other schools can obtain a share of the appropriation and as there are more than that number anxious to establsib libraries, Superintendent Cain will enter the applications in the order in which they are made and the first nine that comply with the terms of the act will secure the appropiations this year. Sumter county has always taken a leading place in the front rank of educational progress and it is a pleasure to record that the public school teachers and trustees have been prompt to avail themselves of the opportunity to secure the State appropriation for the establishment of school libraries. The Genera I'M Part. "Say. Jimmie, how many men d'yor s'poso he's killed /" "Aw. g*wan! Don't ver sec liv's n general. Generals don't do no killin*. Dey jest bosses de job.**-St. Louis Siar. Xever make friends with the devil, a monkey or a boy. Xo man knaw.s what they will do next-Rudyard Kipling. GRADUATES IN MEDICINE ANG PHARMACY. Address to the Graduating Class by Gov. D. C. Heyward. Commencement Exercises of the Medical College of the State of South Caro-' lina. The seventy-fifth annual commence? ment of the Medical College of tbe State of South Carolina was held in the Academy of Music last night, be? ginning at 8 o'clock. The occasion, as'always, was notable for the large and fine-looking classes in medicine and pharmacy which had appeared to re? ceive their well-earned diplomas, and for the splendid outpouring of Charles? ton representative citizens and their families to show by their presence their approval of the excellent work that is being done by the College. At the hour appointed for opening the exercises th6 Academy was filled with interested spectators, and on the stage were seated the dean of the faculty, Prof. Francis L. Parker, M. D. ; Major Theo G. Barker, of the board of trustees; the Kev. C. B. Smith, Governor D. Clinch Hy eward, members of the College faculty, repre? sentatives of the medical profession also representatives of the edncatoinal, professional and business interests of Charleston, members of the board of Aldermen, city officials, alumni of the Medical College, the graduating classes and others. The scene was impressive, viewed from either side of the foot? lights. After a musical selection by the orchestra a short prayer was made by the Rev. C. B. Smith, pastor of Trinity M. E. Church. From this to the close of the exercises the fullest attention was noted in the great assemblage. The members of the two classes were seated on the stage, wore the regulation black gowns and mortar-boards and looked very grave and dignified. A very interesting pro? gramme had been arranged, and this was carried through as proposed. The report of the dean was the first of the events. Then followed the presenta tion of the Uollege cup and medals and the valedictory address. Governor Heyward's address to the graduates was the feature of the evening. The bene? diction ws pronounced at the close of the Governor's address and the young doctors and pharmacists made haste to gather in the exquisite bouquets and baskets of flowers that had been showered upon them by admiring friends. THE GRADUATES. Graduates in Medicine-E. C. L. Adams, Columbia; E. C. Addison, j Crunson : William J. Beasley, Ashland ; J. Thomas Carter, Mars Bluff ; John i Gibson Edwards, Abbeville; W. Ker? shaw Fishburne, Walterboro; John Allen Hamer, Clio; T. Chalmers John- j son, Mars Bluff; Theodore Gourdin Kershaw, Charleston ; Robert Vincent Martin, Macon, Ga. ; William M. Moorer, St. George ; Charles H. Pate, Stokes Bridge ; J. Leslie Powe, Doves ville ; Thomas W. Reynolds, Auburn ; Dudley H. Smith, Rock Hill ; Julius G. Scsnowski, Bohiket; Edward H. Sparkman. Jr., Charleston; Lionel C. Stukes, Manning : Robertum Y. H. Thomas, Gainesville. Ga., George H. Walter Orangeburg: Frederick S. Westmoreland, Woodruff: A. Dallas Williams, Jacksonville, Fla. : Willie B. Young, Ebenezer. Graduates in Pharmacy-W. L. Auld. Sumter; Marion L. Allen. Flor? ence; William Wallace Anderson, Sum? merton; Edward R. Brabham. Ninety Six : Hannah Ellen Butler, Charleston ; Jane Wells Colson, Charleston; John S. Dnnbar, Chester; Theodore B. Fant, Anderson; Oscar Fisher, Charleston ; L. L. Gregory, M. D., Paxville ; Laurence W. Haig, Charles? ton; Charles D. Hali, Aiken; Frank M. Harvin, Summerton, John Zim? merman Hearon, Darlington; Frank C. Hoefer,Columbia; John M. Jordan, Florence; Anderson S. Marvin, Jr., Henderson ville; Clarence M. Mobley, Rock Hill ; Henry J. Powe, Cheraw ; Powell E. Way, St. George; Alva Weaver, Lake City; Horace L. Wright, Johnston. Mere "?Irfjiit-;." (Jetting Moni?; ^-*? * i H? ;< ?ni new passion, i From iV' beginn in;: ninet^en-?won tictbs of our American population have bad no other mastering pnrj?ose than to make money. They hare been bread? winners, fortune getters, by the lines of least resistance, without dreams of j success in the professions or in the arts or in patriotic politics. But there lia ve also heen np lo re? cent years a remuant, a select few. a company of enlightened and gifted people, who have put ideals ahead of money getting. There was Agassiz, who refused to lecture at $500 a night because he was too busy to make money. Charles Sum? ner declined to lecture at an j- price be? cause, he said, as senator all his time belonged to Massachusetts. Spurgeon refused to come to America to deliver fifty lectures at $1.000 a night, saying he could do better; he could stay in London and try to save hf ty souls. Emerson steadfastly declined tn in? crease his income beyond $1.200 be? cause he wanted his time to think. Everybody's Magazine. Where They Were Appreciated. The government has with great lib? erality distributed public documents from Washington to the remotest parts of the country. In his book on ' The Overland Stage to California" Mr. Franklin Uoot tells how the overload? ed mails were sometimes relieved. Before the daily mail went into oper? ation and when a stage went to Salt Lake City only once a week some of the boys on the line used to despise a coach almost wholly loaded up with public documents, but such mail mat? ter came quite haudy at times. Occasionally the drivers, as they themselves said, would get stal!?-il go? ing through a bad slough in rough weather and would be unable to move. In that case they were obliged to take out sack after sack of the "pub. docs.." open the bags and pile the massive books from the government printing office iuto the slough and by building a solid foundation with (hem w ere en? abled to pul! the coach out of the mire. A DOG OF UTILITY. T?ie Pointer*? Evolution Front the Bloodhound Type. The evolution of the pointer from what may be described cs the blood? hound type to the modern English foxhound kind hus taken, perhaps, close on 150 years. Ile is essentially, above all others, a dog of utility, and as the pointer has always been looked upon as one of the chief helpmates of the man who loves to take his pleasure behind a well broken brace of dogs, a pr.ir of barrels and straight powder,- it stands to reason that that man has called in all his ingenuity and all his knowledge of breeding to provide him? self with a sporting dog that is best adapted for the sport that is provided for him. Therefore in some places iu America, where the plains are so vast, a very fast and wide ranging pointer is required-one, too, with "bird sense." Where true ranging, a good nose and stanchness on game are to be found embodied in one single dog, there, per? haps, have we found the perfect ani? mal, and a retrieving pointer at that. As in other breeds of dogs, there are all sizes and sorts of pointers. The short headed, cloddy shouldered and often weak thighed and cow hocked pointer has gone by the board. It stands to reason that, although the cart horse can gallop, he cannot gallop with the thoroughbred, the clean neck? ed, oblique shouldered, deep hammed, live racing machine. Half a day of real going will knock up the heavy headed, loose throated pointer. He has had to give way to the more elegant quantity; but even such as he should not be too small.-Illustrated Sporting j News. Evergreens. The leaves of a green plant are chief? ly useful as feeding organs, which util? ize sunlight in building up plant sub? stance from water, carbonic acid gas and simple salts. Deciduous forms and evergreens have been evolved on dif? ferent lines as regards foliage. On the approach of autumn the for? mer withdraw all nutritious substances Into their trunks and branches. A layer cf cork is then developed across the base of each leaf, which afterward falls off, leaving a neatly covered scar, which excludes air and germs. These changes do not take place in evergreens, for these possess tough, leathery leaves capable of resisting frost, which are shed gradually all the year round as they become old and ef? fete. Such plants use sunlight year out. year in, while deciduous trees and shrubs clo during the warm season enly, though they work very vigorous? ly in summer, getting ready tho buds which open the next spring and stor? ing up starch and the like io serve as food till tiie new leaves are unfolded and ready for work. ALONG PICCADILLY. ThtTt- the Tide of Social LonrlOf Flows to the Fallest. IMcc?idiHy seems Void and blatant by contrast as one charges down ii. Yet even heit?. be the sunshine ever so bright, the visitor is crowned in the pearly haze that tones, attenuates, uni? ces, most if nc: ali of London. ;';;)" haze that !::is tantalized and defeated how many artists! Even over Piccadil? ly, even over this the mest mundane <-f all London streets. It throws its savins jriamour. Indeed the whole spIendiO avenue might serve for a studio, no* for its values alone, but for the com? plexity of the types that throng it. It is the quintessence of London, the dis? tillation of ail London humanity, to be studied nowhere so narrowly as from a bus top. Perfect Du Manners in the original approach, pass by and are left behind or stand in groups looking from the club w indows. Phil Mays in the life swarm beneath one, and characters froui Thackeray and Dickens jostle unsuspectingly on the sidewalk. The clubs alone, which never look so thor? oughly clubbable as when hastily glanced at from a passing bus. wi?i store one's memory with a hundred recognizable types. All England, all the empire, indeed, sooner or later linds its way to Piccadilly. Oue cannot pass down it without a sight of some glit? tering, turbaned, alien figure, majes? tically isolated, majestically unheeded. Regent street may claim a grander sweep, and by virtue of its shops a more devoted femininity, but it is along Piccadilly that the tide of social Lon? don flows brim full.-Sydney Urook* in Harper's Magazine. SOCIETY IN IRELAND. A Person Is Judged There Entirely Upon lils Merits. An English scribe gives a delightful j picture of Irish society, in which, she says, there are "no millionaires and no nouveaux riches." Titles there are in plenty, but position counts for noth? ing unless tfhe persons in question are "good sorts" in themselves. Whereas in England one is tolerated prii#ipally for one's wealth, in Scotland for one's birth, in Ireland it would appear ona is judged entirely on one's merits. "The average Irish household differs from the English in being less stiff, more amusing and more hospitable. Possibly the wall paper may be a trifle moldy from damp and the stair carpets not altogether innocent of holes, while your I ?ed room jug and basin may not match, but these are counterbalanced by priceless old priuts. superb bits of old silver and all 'the fun of the fair.' lt is more amus? ing to pay a round of country visits in Ireland than In England. There is no ceremony, hut of hearty, sincere wel? come lhere is no end. There is no anx? iety about an Irish party amalgamat? ing, for guests are all drawn into the family circle, whereas an English par? ty does not thaw out until the visit is nearly over and often only shows signs of exhilaration when the hour of de? parture arrives. It is a mistake," con? cludes the critic, "for the Saxon tc start plans for the Improving of Ire- , land. The Irish standard of morality puts English mriety to the blush." j| Easter at the Episcopal Church. The Church of the Hely Comforter greeted with grea* joy on Sunday, the recurrence cf the high and holy festival of Easter and endeavored by | every possible act of adoration to ex? press its sense of gratitude for that day, the most exalted in its sacred calendar. Many ol' that communion from the country around gathered within its sacred precincts to swell tho anthem of praise to the glory and honor of the Risen Savior. The congregation too was increased by the presence of many from other denominations. The sacred building was dressed with flowers only of pure and spotless white, relieved alone by evergreens. Beautifully and symbolically sugges. tive of the Bride, The Church of Christ and the perpetuity of its Divine and Risen Founder. A few wreaths of white roses were suspended from around the choir railing, these mutely expressed the idea that the whole service was like a crown wherewith to deck the thorn-crowned Nazarene. Easter was the great central theme. Every act of the service like the star which led to the Savior's lowly birth place, now pointed to the Risen King. The rich treasury of the Episcopal ritual yielded from its wealch of worship portions, only appropriated by this great season. The music was most elaborately and feeling rendered. It was soft and tender. Each note added to the warmth of the heartfelt service and to the glory of Him to whom it was all offered. The voice of woman ever present where is praise to the Son of God poured forth in peculiar richness its sweet and loving melody. The following music was rendered : Hymn 116. Christ our Passover-Barrett. Te Deum-Stearns. Jubliate Deo in b flat-Alzamora. Hymn 118. Gloria Tibi. Hymn 111. Offeratory solo "Love Divine." Sanctus-Taylor. Hymn 225. Gloria in Excelsis-Old chant. Nunc Dimitlis-Turle. It was impressive beyond description to hear that large congregation repeat in unison with awful earnestness "And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures. ' ' So vivid was it all through the more than nineteen hun? dred years the eye could see the empty tomb, the angel, and the grave cloths, and one almost hear the angel say, "He is not here. He is risen." By a higher vision of faith the soul cf the christian could almost discern it's acendeds Lord. Amid these inspiring environments the Rector Rev. H. H. Covington an? nounced his text,-"And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." The re? verend speaker stated no fact was more completely attested than that of the resurrection. Even the bitterest enemies of our Lord admitted it. Great men die and are soon forgotten. The memory of heroes who have given up their lives for tneir country pass away, but the memory and work of the Son of God has within it that which must ever live. It was the life He lcd which made its perpetuity easily accredited. The speaker warm? ed with the mighty theme and was most eloquent when he described what this stupendous act had wrought. The closing application of his dis? course was deeply feeling and impres? sive. In the afternoon at the same church there was a children's ser? vice, primarily arranged for the gathering in from the Sunday schcol of their offerings for Foreign Missions. This however was made the occasion of a most interesting service. All to? gether there must have been present nearly one hundred children, as some not members of the school were pres? ent. Hymns suitable to Easter and the missionary cause were sung. The children marched in from the church yard led by two banner-bearers, and singing the while "Onward Christian Soldiers." The Rector gave them a most instructive discourse. At the conclusian of which tbe children by classes, beginning with tbe tots, de? posited their Lenten mitc-ehests in a iarge egg r?ceptacle embowered in flowers. It was a most affecting and tender sight to see little children, some of them so small as to be borne in arms dropping from their wee lit? tle hands, offerings to spread the Gos? pel of Him who said, ,; Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for cf such is the Kingdom of Heaven." The quarterly meeting of the Sum? ter County Medical Association was held at the Hotel Sumter last week. The Easter decorations in the Minor Store show windows showed the handi? work of an artist, and everyone who passed stopped to admire. The windows were designed to typify Easter and the advent of the spring season and this idea was worked ont with a success that is pleasing to the eye and that appeals to the love of tbe beautiful that everyone possesses to a greater or less degree. Every school district in this coun? ty, with four exceptions, has voted a special tax to supplement the regular school tax, and County Superintendent Cain is hopeful that these four will fall into line and vote the additional tax for the improvement of the schools. One district that now has a spectel tax of 3 mills has decided to increase the extra tax to 4 mills and the election will be held within a short time. This progressive district is District No. 3, which is composed of the territory in Sumter township lying outside of the city of Sumter. If the four districts that now have no special school tax desire to vote on the question the' taxpayers must take action at once, for unless they do so within the next few weeks the tax cannot be levied in time to benefit the schools this year. The Manning Farmer says: "Small? pox abound in both Florence and Sumter." For Florence this paper cannot speak, but in behalf of Sumter the statement is pronounced untrue. There has been one case of smallpox in this city within th6 past year. A few weeks ago Mr. A. Ross Blakely, a traveling representative of the Chi? cago Portrait Co., came to this city from Georgia and a few days subse? quent to his arrival fell sick and de? veloped a case of smallpox. He was taken in charge by the Health Officer, the house quarantined and those who came in contact with him vaccinated. Mr. Blakely had a light case, recover? ed promptly and left the city on Mon? day. No new cases have developed and there is no likelihood of any, since sufficient time has elapsed for any who could have contracted the disease from Mr. Blakely to have developed a case of smallpox. The assertion that "smallpox abound" in Sumter is a reckless mistatement of facts, evident? ly due to ignorance, for there could be no malicious intent to injure the reput?tion of this community on the part of The Farmer. There is a strong sentiment in favor of Sumter availing herself cf the privi? lege, granted in an act passed at the last' session of the Legislature, of es? tablishing a Recorder's Court for the trial of city prisoners and thereby re? lieve the Mayor of the responsibility and duty cf presiding over the police court. If public sentiment shall have any weight with the new council to be elected on the 12th instant, this Re? corder's Court will be established forthwith and a Recorder elected. It h ?s been suggested-and the sug? gestion is an excellent one-that the duties of Recorder he added to tense of the City Clerk and that Mr. C. M. Hurst be re-elected Clerk and Treas? urer and made Recorder as well. No other man in the city is so well fitted by experience to discharge the duties of Recorder as Mr. Hurst, his long ser vice as City Clerk having given him an acquaintnace with tbe police court habitues that peculiarly fits him for dealing out justice to this class of offenders. Mr. Hurst can act as Re-, corder without neglecting the duties cf Clerk and Treasurer, and to com? bine the effices will be a saving to the city. Southeastern Lime & Cement COMPANY. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High erada Hoofing "fl?BESO?O:' Feb 2 o ?Ool?llPreslT" G.WJlH?l?JeG7?Treas. The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, Sumter, ?3. C. --Capital Stock $50,000 Wholesale Grocers, Fertiliz= ers and Farmers' Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest cash or time prices on an 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 I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C.