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CITY COUNCIL MEETING. All Members Present and Business De? spatched PromptSy-Election for School Board Ordered. City Council held a regular meeting at 6 o'clock Wednesday night. Present, Mayor GPO. W. Dies, Aldermen Barnett, Fier, Haynsworth, Hood, Hurst, Howland, Stubbs and Wilder. Miniates of the meeting of the 11th instan a were read ?ad approved. W. T, Andrews asked that two fire hydrants be placed-one on South Main street and one on Manning avenue-below the railroad. The re? quest was refnsed for the reason that the requisite number of private con? sumers cannot be secured OB those lines, without which the Council has no right to order the extension, v Council ordered an election for City Board of Education. The Mayor was authorized to appoint managers and make all necessary arrangements. The financ? committee reported as follows: "We have examined and dis? posed of all claims; have examined Clerk and Treasurer's report for April -the sase was found to be correct; have examined and approved bond of Recorder. In this connection we re? commend that this bond be changed from a personal to a surety bond, city paying premium on same. We beg to urge upon Co a neil the absolute neces? sity ot economy.*; The report was adopted. . The committee of public works re? ported that they had ordered a light placed at the corner of Hampton Avenue, and Purdy street, and recom mend that the petition for a light at the comer of Hampton avenue, and Reardon avenue be granted. The re? port was adopted, Alderman Hurst opposing the motion to place a light f at corder of Hampton avenue, and Reardon avenue, as there is now a light within three or four hundred feet of that point. r Yt Mr. Haynswoith for the committee on Turkey Creek Canal reported that they had gone over tb3 course of that stream and had concluded to put in a force of hands under direction of Mr. W. A. Tri obie and have it cleaned out, which was all they thought neces? sary. All h?ls on file were referred to the finance committee and Council then adjourned. KERSHAW AND TBE SOLD MINE. iaoes Carsweli Writes Interestingly of ibe Kaile Gold Mine Near Kershaw Kershaw, May 25.-Kershaw on the borders of Kershaw and Lancaster counties, S. C.. and on the Southern Railway, is a lovely town on the level/ with broad' streets and shade trees growing, brick business blocks, and handsome churches* as gc/irds of long lines of pretty homes,-varjed in ar? chitecture and coloring and beauti? fied with floriculture and trim vege? table gardens. . The population is about 1,200 and the prospects are bright for a much larger .'town. Kershaw handles from 8,000 to l?,000 bales of cotton a year, and brings in about 3,000- tons of fertili? zers. - It- has a first class cotton seed oil mill, and a busy planing mill and is agitating for,a cotton ?hill and other humming industries. The Bank of Kershaw just organized, is backed by some of the wealthiest men in lancaster and Kershaw ?ho as a meeting on Saturday (the 21st) decided to erect a handsome brick and stone bads building. A ?510,OCO school house huis been decided upon but the site not o' osen. His Honor tie /Mayor, Captain .james Y. .Welch? has land in the cor? porate limit?, with plenty of the pur? est water, in easy proximity "to the railway, which ile. will deed to a cot? ton milling enterprise and there is thorough entbutsement in building up . ard beautifying the already beautiful town. Kershaw is higher than the surrounding country,- and is very healthy? the physicians making money outside, und by other avenues than th eir " profession. Three ruiles f:om Kershaw are the famous HAILE GOLD MINES Which were discovered in 1829. and your correspondent was the first writer "to glean and to give a correct descrip? tion of the plants and rr o^ns operandi. Just over the line irum Kershaw county, and in Lancet* r, the Haile Gold Mining Compat lands sxtebd, 1,800 acres cf hill and vile, ind virgin long leaf yellow pine. A handsome roadway, with telephone line, leads from the prosperous town of Kershaw, past plantation fields with rich, ied soil, sloping to the valleys, and rising again to green breasts, and grovts and stretches ol forestry. The road rises ged falls, and a ci eek winds its way between the woorig A sonorous sound, like that of a great water fall attracts the ear. It is THE MUSIC OF TBE GOLD MINE MILL. Through the woods the road curves around, and suddenly appear smoke? stacks of mills and mines and lovely villas with sloping gardens and um? brageous shade and between the hills a stream mas gurgling by. Trim cottages and painted barns peep through the trees, and a little engine and cars carry ore from the mines to the mills, which are Lives of industry ijhe present company has operated thoi mines for a quarter of a century. The deepest workings are now 480 feet, and with shafts, drifts and tun? nels there are over five miles "under? neath the ground." The company has an electric diamond drill for pros? pect work for a 1,000 feet hole, and have used it from 1C0 to 500 feet, and are waiting the arrival of an oil well drilling outfit capacity 1,000 feet with which they will prospect extensively with the hope of finding ore bodies of workable nature at greater depth. The machinery shows 500 horse power with eight boilers operating four engines cf from 10 to 150 horse? power, and there are seven hoisting engines from 10 to 50 h. p. two air compressors for the development of the mines-being one four and one twelve drill capacity respectively. One 30 stamp mill (50 pound stamps) which can drop 90 times a minute and crash 150 tons of rock every 24 hours, and the stamp mill runs from Monday morning at 1 a.m., till Saturday night ll p. m. There are 16 improved .Wi!- ' frey concentrating tables, separating Taine from non-value; then comes the Theis Chlorination process for Ihe treatment of concentrated product. The Chlorination plant consists of leverbatory roasting furnaces which have floor space of 600 square fee ; roasting capacity 3 tons every 24 hours reducing the sulphur in the concen? trated material 40 to 45 per cent do vn to less than Kalf of one per cent From there the treatment is by the Chlorine process-the gold dissolved -and bleached out from the roasted concentrates by addition of water, in the form of chloride of gold, and from that it is thrown back into met il lic state by use of Ferrous Sulpha ;e, then collected, cast into bars-ship? ped to Uncle Sam and then Eagles f y. The Halie Gold Mining Company have two mines of which the forego! ag is mention and they are the Cross aid Begnelln lin honor of two of the di? rectors. The works outside and in are lighted by electricity and a num? ber of the houses which also have tee phone connection. The big handsome store carries from $6,000 to $7,C00 worth of general merchandise, a: id the Haile Mine Post Office, has ie ceived hew furniture, with 64 adi and. lock boxes, and about 150 mm are on the mine office pay rolL Tie fires of the entire camp uss over 7,0)0 cords of wood-people outside of ti ie mining property receiving ?2.00 per cord therefor. Tbe machine shop is very complebe with lathes, planers, shapers and wood and iron working tools, and machinists come to visit it from af *r off. Captain A. Theis who has made a success of the mines and been man? ager for 16 years has resigned in favor bf his son E. A. Theis, and will re? tire to his new and lovely suburbe n home in Charlotte, N. C. He was bom at Frankfort-on-th? Main-and came to the United States in 1856, locating at the Ducktown Copper Mines, Tennessee. He return? ed to the Fatherland-got married and took his bride to Ducktown. Thev came to South Carolina during th? war, and Captain Theis was engaged in mining and the extraction of lead for the Confederacy. Thereafter he operated gold mines in the Dahlonega district in Georgia ; then to the Stone Hill Copper Mines, Alabama, and thereafter was for 10 years the successful manager of th a Phoenix Geld 'Mines, near Concord, N. C., then for 16 years made tin Haile Mines prosper. E. A. Theis, now general manager, served his apprenticeship with hi 3 father, studied at the University of North Carolina, then the Washington University St. Louis, and followed Knowledge further at the School o : Mines, Denver Colorado. Oregon attracted him j with prospecting and mining views and then he interviewee! Mexico, and worked in copper, silver and gold mining there'for five years. Thus equipped he became assistant manager with his father ai the Haild Mines six years ago, and has beer active manager since April 1904. A born and educated American, E. A. Theis possesses the modest traits of his Teutonic race, and the concen? trated abilities of good education and experience with good head and heart. Practically he does the surveying, en? gineering, assaying and the managing. . Another gold mine, nine miles north of the Haile, is the Blackman Mine, on which $15,000 have been spent in machinery and development work. Operations began in January 1903. The location is near White Bluff Post office, S. C. James Carswell. KERSH A W'S PROSPEROUS ENTER? PRISES*. ' Kershaw, S. C., May'26.-The Bank of Kershaw has just been rormed with $50,000 capital by the i liberation of the Banking Departments in con? nection with two big Mercantile com? panies. The pro tem quarters are in a neat but small building, to be occupied un? til a structure in accordance with the dignity cf the institution is erected -probably ou corner lot near railroad station and opposite the Kershaw Mercantile block. The officers are Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, president; S. W. Heath, vice president and T. B. Clyburn, cashier. The directorate includes those gentlemen and John T. Stevens and R. L. Blackman, E. A. Thies, J. M. Carson, John M. Hinsoc, R. S. Floyd, L. L. Clyburn. The Bank of Kerst^w will be one of the strongest in a tier of counties. ~ T. B. Clyburn, the cashier has ar? rived. The gentleman was born in Lancaster county near the county seat. After taking a commercial college course he became accountant for the R. T. Fewell Company, dealers in mercandise and cotton factors, .Reek Hill. Officially he became County Auditor filling ont the unexpireef term of bis father, the late Col. T. F. Cly? burn, and from 1898 till 1904 he was in the Controller General's office at Columbia, the latter two years serv? ing nxM acceptably as Chief Clerk. Mr. Clyburn owns a plantation near Lancaster, and will probably invest in zrow.i' e Kershaw, and in financier? ing ability, and social worth "he isa decided acqoisiticn to Kershaw. ^ Lue Stevens Lumber Company at Kershaw is the most substantial, and has the best equipped plants of any enterprise of such nature between Columbia and Lancatser on tbe South? ern system. The present firm is a successor to that founded twenty years agc by that veteran lumberman J. H. W. Stevens, now of Cheraw, and still the head of extensive lamber industries; and the senior of the Kershaw and other mills in this region is his son, John T. Stevens, whose manifold interests and busy life make him one of the best known business men in the Palmetto State, fie is president cf the Kershaw Mercantile and Banking Company director'of the Spring's Banking and Mercantile Company, Heath Springs, president of the Kershaw Oil Company, ($55,000 plant and director of the Bank of Kershaw ($50,000 capital; president of the Stevens Mercantile Company of Bethune, and many other notable enterprises and his commercial j acumen, broad-gauged enterprise and j sterling worth*, are proving of i neal- I eulabie value to the growth and mate rial prosperity of a big territory of country. The Stevens Lumber Company own two saw mills, east of Westville, and get the cut from another, and the planing mill at Kershaw, a very i complete plant with a specialty of factory material turns out 500,000 feet of lumber per month and another planer is being added. With engine of 60 h. p. and boiler 60, propulsion is given to dressing, moulding and turning machinery. The different buildings rear railroad track are conveniently arranged with 20,000 feet capacity dry kiln, and modern auxiliaries throughout. A late order, promptly filled, was for 2,500,000 feet of lumber, partly drees ed, for Charlotte, N. C., and the com? pany owns five million feet of standing long leaf yellow pine in Kershaw county. Leroy S. Davidson, manager and partner, is comparatively a young man of bright ability. He was born in Charlotte, N. C., and is a graduate of the Georgetown University, near Washington, D. C. For eight years he was with the Southern Railway as car accountant, then with the extensive interests of LeRoy Springs at Lancaster, and two years ago became a valued addition to the business force of prosperous Kershaw. H. L. Richey, the accountant has held responsible positions with mam? moth lumber industries in Ohio and North Carolina and is one of the best equipped office men in the lumber trade. W. C. Traywick, the manager of maohinery and planing mill opera? tions, has been here about four years, and has been engaged in such indus? try since youth, chiefly in North Car? olina, and he keeps men and machin? ery in constant harmony. . By the founding of the new Bank of Kershaw the Heath Supply Company takes the place of the Heath Banking and Mercantile Company, with capi? tal of ?30, COO formerly $50,000. The Heath Supply Company carries an immense stock of general merchan? dise occupying in main building 100x100 feet, exclusive of warehouse and sheds, and the cotton department handles about 3, SCO bales a year. S. W. Heath, the president, is also secretary and treasurer of the Heath Banking and Mercantile Company, at Lancaster, member of the Williams Heath Mercantile Company at McBee, vice president of the Bank of Ker? shaw, and vice president of the Ker? shaw Oil Mill Company, then he owns plantations, and real ?state, and is president of the Excelsior Granite Company, the quarries cf which, six I miles from Heath Springs, shipped 200 car loads in the last year, and be is a member of the Heath family, whose commercial interests extend over many counties in North as well as South Carolina. .J. M. Carson and Company of Ker? shaw have various avenues of trade, and their operations are not confined to the immediate locality. Their big mercantile house two stories 40x100 feet carfies about $12,000 worth of general merchandise and last season ttey bought 1770 bales of cotton. They import grain and groceries in car lots, also wagons and buggies. Their naval stores department buys and ships turpentine and rosin exten? sively and they deal in dynamite and all kinds of explosives. Then the members of the firm are also members of the Ashe-Carson Company of Anda? lusia, Alabama, where they have tur pBntine stills and general merchandise, capital stock 825,0C0 with J. M. Car? son as president He was born in York county S. C., and for a dozen years, 10 of which he was accountant with John R. Ashe, in mercantile and cotton mill operations. Mr. Carson came with Mr. Ashe to Kershaw in 188?, gained an interest in 1897, and bought that gentleman out five years ago. Mr. Carson is also director in the new Bank of Ker? shaw, director in the Kershaw Oil Mill Company is a member of the K. of P., and on* of the most pleasura? ble and popnlarbusiness men in this region of country. W. B. Tbreatt was born in Chester? field county and has been busy in mercantile pur-nits for over a score of years, rising by gradation to become member the Carson Company 4 years ago, fizi? Carson and Threatt make a capital commercial team They employ at their Kershaw inter? est 6 able clerks and two, porters, and their trade is extending over several counties. Their accountant. Z. B. Stephenson, is a graduate of the Pres? byterian College, Clinton, S. C., anda fine young gentleman who is, making friends every day. The general manager and treasurer of the Kershaw Oil Mills has been connected with the cotton market during his entire business career. Reference is made to J. S. Gladnev, who was born in Fairfield county, S. C., and after attending Mt Zion College began? active duty with the fleecy King, as cotton buyer at princi? pal points in the State. At Colum? bia, Winnsboro and Lancaster he ber came one of the best known men and after 10 years with Fitzpatrick and brother at Lancaster he became asso? ciated with the Kershaw Oil company1 and is general manager of the plant, and as a business man and gentleman has the appreciation of all classes. J. S. Gladney has never been ambitious politically, but he is an enthusiastic member of the A. F. & A. M., Knight Temnlar, and commercially and so :ially is worth of all esteem and re? gard. James Carswell. WEEK END RATES. Incursion Tickets to Popular Resorts Now on Sale by Atlantic Coast Line. The Atlantic Coast Line will sell veek end tickets, beginning May 28th a nd continuing until August 27th to the following named points. Tickets are limited for return on Tuesday fol? lowing date of sale : Charleston. $3.85; Cross Hill, $3.65; Georgetown, ?3.00: Glenn Springs, $1.10; Greenville, $4.65; Isle of Palms, 83.85; Spartanburg, $4.10: Sullivan's Island, $3.85; Waterloo, $:j.95: Whitestone, S. C., 83.90: Wil? mington, N. C., $3.85. May 28-tf. Tho Good Old Summer Time ! | IQ Vue pood old mummer time, when bi? cycles throng the thoroughfares, and farm animals and roadsters are all kept busy, accideuts to mnn and beast are of fre? quent occurrence. Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment is the most serviceable accident ard emergency liniment in use. lt re- ! litves quickly and heals speedily cuta, j contusions, bruise0, sprains, etc. You get ; ore-half pint for 25c ; and you get your : money back if you arc not satisfied. AH ' dealers. THE GRADEO SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. An Immense Audience Present at the Closing Exercises of a Successful Session. The fourteenth annual commence? ment of the Graded Schools, which was held in the Opera House Thursday evening, was attended by au audience that taxed the seating and standing room capacity of the house to the ut? most limit. It was an interested and sympathetic audience, for every one present was a friend and well wish? er of the school, of which every citizen of Sumter has just cause to be proud. The exercises last night were of a character to please and entertain even a less partial and more critical audi? ence and to fortify and strengthen the good opinion that Sumter people en? tertain of our schools. The pro? gramme had a pleasing variety that relieved it of the monotony that too frequently characterizes school com? mencements and at the same time gave the audience some insight into and conception of the results accom? plished in the educational training of the children who complete the course of study in these schools. The mem? bers of the graduating class who ap? peared on the programme acquitted themselves with great credit and were the recipients of well earned applause. The good results to be attained by the systematic teaching of vocal mu? sic in ali the grades become more evi? dent each year in the improvement in the chorus singing by the pupils. The singing last night was particularly good. A commencement without the Second Regiment Band and Orchestra and Prot Schumacher would not be. complete, and this organization, and its accomplished director, with a public spirit that is ?ruly commenda? ble give their services freely and, as on this occasion, have frequently de- j dined outside engagements that would pay handsomely rather than fail to assist in making the annual com? mencement a success. The programme was as follows : PART L Invocation-Rev. N. W. Edmunds. Song by School-Forth to the Bat? tle. Salutatory-Miss Mary Burgess. Music, Climax Overture-Band. The Sinking . of the Ships-.V. M. Manning. Chorus-Bob White. Declamation, "America," Phillips -L. C. Bryan. Music, Band-U. S. March. Awarding Prizes-U. D. C. Class Memorial-Miss Hallie Jones. Music, Orchestra-Intermezzo. Class History-Miss Lizzie Dinkins. Song by School-Swing Song. Awarding Osteen Essayist Medal. Awarding T. B. Jenkins's bicycle for best composition on good roads. Music, Violin Solo, Feast Polonaise -Prof. Schumacher. Declamation, "A Relenting Mob," Victor Hugo-James D.' Graham. Overture, Wilhelmina Gavottes Band. Curtain. PART II. Song by School-Mystery of Love. Class Criticism-Miss Hennie Brad? ford. Music, Special Selection-Band. Declamation, "Ole Bull's Christ? mas Story"-Hal W. Harby. Declamation, ".Stonewall Jackson," H?ge-E. Marr Hall. Music, Wedding of the Winds-Or? chestra. Awarding Rhame Declaimer's Med? al. . Presentation of Certificates, by Supt. Edmunds to the Graduates: Winifred Atkinson, Hennie May Bradford. Louis '^Cain Bryan, Mary Ann Burgess, Elizabeth * Crosswell Dinkins, James DoPre Graham, Eugene Murr Hall, Harriet Ruff Jones, Vivian Meredith Manning, Allie Lucile ^Randie, Arrie Camilla Stuckey, Leonora Glenn Williford. Music, Band-Belle of the West. Cartain. Military Drill and Awarding Medal. March by Band-Jersey Carnival. The two prizes-$5 in gold each offered annually by Dick Anderson Chapter, Daughters of the Confeder? acy, for the best composition on some subject connected with the War for Southern Independence were won by Louis C. Bryan, Jof the 10th grade, and Hazel Dick, of the 9th grade. The subject this year was The Battle of Gettysburg. The prizes were present? ed by Hon. T. B. Fraser. The Osteen Essayist Medal, given by Mr. H. G. Osteen for improvement in English composition, by pupils of the 10th grade, was won by Miss Hallie Jones. In this contest the members of the 10th grade wrote their composi? tion, each, at inteivals during the session. The committee who read the compositions decided that Miss Jones not only wrote the bsst composition, but that her paper was the best on each fcubject. The medal was present? ed by Maj. Marion Moise. Tne Columbia bicycle, offered through Mr. T. B. Jenkins, for t he best composition on Goods Roads, by Col. Albert A. Pope, President of the Pope Mfg. Co., and the pioneer in the good roads movement in America, was "won by Miss Louise Murray of the 9th grade. The decision of the committee was announced by Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, who read the winning I composition from the stage before opening the envelope that contained the name of the winner, the award having been made by numbei, each I paper submitted being numbered so that no one knew the name of the winner until the committee opened on the stage the numbered envelopes containing the names. The bicycle given as a prize through the influence of Mr. Jenkins, is the handsomest and highest priced Columbia chain wheel made by the Pope Mfg. Co., and is a prize well worth striving for. Mr. Jen? kins not knowing whether the winner war? a boy or girl was prepared to met the emergency by having on the stage a man's wheel and a lady's wheel. As soon as the decision of the com? mittee was announced the lady's wheel was presented to the successful con? testant. The Rhame Declaimer Medal was won by Mr. Hal W. Harby, a special student in the 10th grade, and was pr* rented by Hon. A. B. Stuckey. His declamation was one of the best ever delivered by a pupil of thc Graded School in a contest for the ? Rhame medal. In the drill fur a gold medal by a j picked squad from the school militar}- j company it was impossible to decid j between Vernon Stansell and Hal W. I Harby and Sept. Edmunds solved the difficulty by announcing that a medal woull be given each of them. LINCOLN SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. The annual closing exercises of the Lincoln Graded School, colored, were held in tbeOprea House Friday night, a very large audience being present, among the number being many white people for whom a section of seats in the orchestra were reserved. The exercises were interesting and creditable, showing that good work is being done in this branch of the city Graded School system. Maj. Marion Moise, representing the City Board of Education made a brief address. The programme was as follows : Anthem-Praise Ye the Father. Invocation. Girl's Chorus-Joy Shall be Thine. Salutatory-James W. Shaw. Violin Solo La Tipca Polka-Prof. E. F. Mikel. Oration-Self Culture the Essential' to Success, Julius C. Kendrick. School Chorus-Blaze Away. Essay-Music in the Home, Miss Lillian V. Dyson. Chorus by Club-Victory Crowns the Day. Oration-The Effect of the Panama Canal on Railway Traffic, Thomas W. Bowen. Solo-Mona, Miss Lottie E. Stoney. Valedictory-Miss Mary Lucile An? derson. Chorus bj Club-Away to the Moun? tains. Address by Prof. R.'S. Wilkinson. Chorus by School-Hiawatha. Presentation of Certificates. Coronet Solo-Under the Daisies. Chorus by Boys-Tale of the Kanga? roo. . Chorus-Red, White and Blue. Graduates-Mary Lucile Anderson. Thomas W. Bowen, Jannie E. Davis, Leonora Edwards, Minnie E. Harmon Andrew Dibble Maxwell, Essie E. Sampson, James W. Shaw, Louisa V. Bradley, Lillian Verona Dyson, Corneila S. Hamilton, Julius C. Ken? drick, Willie J. Montangue, Carrie V. Singleton. COURT IN LEE COUNTY. Petit Jurors for June Term Drawn. T. D. Lee, C. W. Hyatt, D. W. Gilbert, W. W. McCaskill, B. C. Par? nell, T. M. Hancock, J. L. Scarbor? ough, A. B. Scarborough, R. E. Mul /drow, L. A. Gardner, W. W. Mc Cutchen, J. T. Fields, W. S. DuBose, W. W. Mozingo, E. S. Brown, G. H. Reid, R. L. Beasley, H. M. Skinner, L. D. Rogers, W. L Vaughn, J. F. Davis, A: J. McCoy, J. W. Davis, Calvin Copeland, S. M. Hug? gins, W. C. Corbett, W. S. James, H. W. Dixon, J. W. McNeil, T. D. Gard? ner, M. L. Beaslev, M. M. Anderson, E. B. Ellerbe, F.* B. McCaskill, J. I. Kirby, J. H. Hopkins. Bishopville News Items. Mrs. T. S. Stuckey with her two little girls of Claermont is on a visit to relatives here. Mr. J. S. Corbett is hauling brick to build a modern postoffice between his department stores and his old store now occupied by Mr. A- M. Krasnoff. Mr. Jas. U. DuRant has torn down his old wooden shop and has broken dirt for the erection of a big two story brick store 25x70 feet. Mr. DuRant expeets to go into the mercantile busi? ness on au extensive scale this fall and we predict for him a successful career. The Bishcpville Dry Goods Co., is incorporated by Messrs. Joye, Hearon and Parrott. They propose to carry a complete and up-to-date line of ladies dress goods and shoes as good as can be purchased any where. They will also have a complete dress? making department. Mr. T. S. Joye will move here this fall and make Bishopville his borne. His long ex? perience in the mercantile business, backed by ample capital will place this firm in the front ranks of our business men.-Bishopville Vindi? cator. SSa? v Music School Commencement. The annual commencement of Miss Ammie Teicher's Music School was held at 20 East Hampton avenue on Tuesday afternoon, May 24, from five to eight o'clock. The pupils from the junior classes entertained until six, after which the young ladies played and sang. The programme was not lengthy. Refreshments of cream, Newport, and assorted cakes were served and the time was most enjoyably spent. The following programme was ren? dered : Narcissus, Nevin-Miss Lois Bal lough. Tarrantelle Beaumont-Miss Sallie Wright. Vocal Solo, Good-bye Sweet Day, Vannab -Miss Francisca Teicher. Adien to Piano, Beethoven-Miss Daisy Munn. Butterflies, Merkel-Miss Mabel Welsh. Trout Dance, Ganschals-Miss Jen? nie Walsh. Violin Solo, Testpolonaise, Hamm Miss Isidore Teicher. Spanish Dance, Sarakowski-Miss Bertha Bultnian. Overture, Violin, Cornet, Piano Misses Teicher. New Rural Mail Routes. The following are the two new rural mail routes to be established on June 1st. RURAL ROUTE, NO. a Beginning at postoffice at Sumter, thence westerly past the Scuffietown settlement to Dr. McLaurin's corner, thence northerly to Stateburg post office, thence northeast and east to R. N. Eden's residence, thence south? east to T. Ede is corner, thence east to j ostoffice. ROUTE, No. -4. Beginning at postoffic?, Sumter, thence northwest on Scarboro road, to Knox place, thence east to Myers' coroner, thence northeast to Brown's corner, thence south to east to Queen's Chapel, thence north to Col. Lee's corner, thence east to Vaughn's X Roads, thence south to White's Mill, thence southeast ?ind east to McCall's corner, thence southwest to Brick Kiln corner thence west to postoffice. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. I is remotved in large quantities from the surf by the growing.of crops and selling them from the farm. Unless the Potash be restored to the soil, good crops can iiot con? tinue. We have print? ed a Ht tie book containing 'rate? able facts gath? ered from the records of accur? ate experiments ia reclaiming soils, asd we wilt be glad tosend a copy free o. charge to any farmer who will write for it* GERMAN KAU WORKS, New Fort-?3 Nossss Street, or Atlante. Gs-22 ^ So. Bro*? fife, THE SUMTER SAYINGS BANK. HORACE HARBY, President. L C. STRAUSS. vice-President. GEO. L. KICKER, Cashier. Capital Stock, $25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 TO TAKE CARE OF MONEY -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 ?very dollar deposited, be it principal or interest earn**- 4 per cent per annum. A small stun will open np an account and secure a bank book. Begin to sav* now. Interest payable quarterly. TO QUALIFY FOR GOOD POSITIONS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. KIM ERF F SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED WU rntfc WRITE 70-DAY TO GA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE. MACON, GA Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating, ?fee. BANKS H. B0YKIN, D. &, Oct 19-0 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 Individua} 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.P. B, HAYNSWORTH, President R. L MANNING, W. F. RHAXE, vice-President. Cashier. .Jan. 31. ) W<? promptly rbtain U. S. and Foreign '?-??.II?! ?r3ecd model, sketch or photo of invention for* t free report on patentability. For free book, < <HowtoSecureT?linr yinvA write < (Parents and S nAUt-irl?flfVO to < GA-5NQW!. 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, ? will be pleased to see all my customers at the above stand, where I cm 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. Your patronage solicited. Call bell for night w.iok. C. P. Osteen, M. D. No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store), SUMTER, S. C.