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?Cfc Wi ^m at S m jm WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 127^047 Enterr-c at the Post Office at Sumter g O'., as Second Class Mitter NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. H. Bigham-A Revolution. Booth Live-Stock Co.-Second Car. vjB, P Cain, Countv Superintendent -Education-^Teachers' Examination. Fourpaugh & Sells Bros.-Circus, Oct 26. The Sumter Saving Bank-Is Cotton Going Higher? i The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Double Breasted Style. Schwarte Bros.-Schwartz for Vsl Tues. * fCeunty D Bpcratic Executive Cora mi ttee-^ eeting. The Cotton : Buyers-Excessive 33ag isringT PERSONAL. i Mr. 'E. W. Dabbs spent Saturday in .town. Mr. C. L. 'Emanuel was in town Thmsday. Miss^Sadie Meldrew, of Wisacky, is-iu the city. Mr. Connie Gallagher is at hone ;for a few: days. Mr. 'W. --S- Jones has gone to Mar ion on business. Mr. 'S. 3L Coyner went to Augusta jKEonday morning "Mr. <?.- W. Stansill has returned from St Louis. "Miss MannieHSoarbrough, of Bishop ^vilie is in the city. The Misses i'ludi of Stateburg, were in the city Tuesday. ^Rev. J. iH. Thacker, of Latta, was >in the city yesterday. ; Mc. J J> Evans cf Spring Hill was in the city Saturday. The Misses -Singleton of Alcolu* spent Saturday in; town. Mr. John M. Knight left Sunday .afternoon for New York. Miss Mabel fiearon; of Bishopville, was in-the city Saturday. Hr. G. . -Moseley, of Smithville tapent Wednesday in town Capt. B. X ^Brownfield was in the >c rey Saturday on buisness. Mrs. Ida Rollins, of Lake City, is visiting Mrs. H. T. Abbott f W. T3 Aycock, Esq., of Columbia, repent Thursday in the city. Captain S. B. Devine of the A. C. L., was in the city Monday. Miss Olga Britton has' acceped a position at the Minor-Store. Hon. B. Frank, Kelly, of Bishop^ .ville, , spent "Monday in town. 3s r. T. Vogel of "Barnwell, is on a wisit to his son, E. W. 'Vogel. CsL J. A. Shame of ; Magnolia, ?sp h$ the Sautufday in town.; . Miss Rosie Cooper, of Wisacky is riesling at Dr. Geo.- W. JBick\ Mrs. J. A. Mood has returned from 3 visit to ber sister in Clarendon. Snpervisor J. O. Durant, of Lee .eounty, spent Monday in the city. Mr. Frank A. Lytsaam, of Augus ta, is 5n the city for a few days stay. Mr. Robert Cooper spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in Wisacky. Mr. George Dunn left Thursday for St. Louis, where he has accepted a position. Miss Sallie <Glass, cf Golumbia, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stansill, Jr. BL Foster and Mr. L. 35. William son, of Providence spent Tues day io town. Rev. GL C. Brown left'last Monday for St. Ix *s where he will spend week or ten days. Mrs. S. Aagnsfein. of Tan Wert, Ohio, is oe a visit to her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Vogel ? Mrs. Jacqaline Baker, Who spent, the sommer at liongpart, L. I., hts rein rued Ixjme. Mrs. C. W. Hewitt, who has been visiting Mr. S. H Brand Te&uiaed to , Darlington Tuesday. Miss Lennie Scarborough and Sd-rs. Felix Dingle, of Summerton, were in tbe city Saturday. JSMiss Querry, who bas been visiting Coi. and Mrs. J. M. Knight, iias re truned to Providence. Col. R. W. Hunt, Division Passen er Agent of the Southern Railway f-pent Tuesday in town. Dr. E. S. Booth went to St Louis several cta>s ago ou business for the Booth Live Stock Company. Mrs. W. G. Mood and Miss Ne ii lie Mood, of Summerviile, S. C., are visiting Mrs. Sidney Stubbs. Mr. C. G. Reamer, of Columbia, has accepted a position with the Southern Cotton Oil Company. Mr. David Lopez, of Charleston, who was the guest of Mr. H. J. Harby ior several days rstarned home Sun day. , Mrs. Nina Solomons and Miss Marie Moise, after two weeks absence, have returned from the St. Louis Exposi tion. Mrs E W. Moise and Miss Jessie, wbo I ia ve been in New York for the past two months, have returned to the ci ry. Mr. Charles Joye, who has recently established himself in the jewelry business ia Bishopville, was in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Belseer have returned from their bridal trip to California, Colorado and other points of interest in the West. Mr. Val Green, of Bishopvilie, passed through the city yesterday oe his way to attend the Dental col lege in Atlanta. Mrs. R. H. King and Miss Olga Brit ton returned Thursday night from North Carolina, where they have been spending the summer. Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Parrott return el last Wednesday Irvington, Ky. Mrs. Parrott, who has been quite sick for several weeks is convalescing rapidly. Mi?s Marion Croft, of Lake City, wbo was tiie guest of Mrs. M. B. De L rme Sunday, went to Bisbopviile Monday morning, where she bas ac cepted a position to teach. Mr. N. G. Osteen left for New York on Tuesday evening where he will spend two weeks or moie selecting machinery and printing material for the Osteen Publishing Co, MARRIED. Miss Caroline Goodwyn Nelson of Stateburg and Dr. F. H. McLeod, of Florence were married in the church of the Holy Cross, Stateburg, at 3.30 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, October 3d, Rev. W. H. Barnwell, the rector, officiating. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party, which in cluded, besides Dr. and Mrs McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Barringer, Dr. Roberet H. Pearse, Dr. F. . Lake, Dr. T. S. Mann, Rev. Melton Clark and Mr. W. R. Barringer, proceeded direct to Florence. DEATH. Miss Susan Carson died in this city Thursday after a long illness. The funeral services were held at tte Epis copal Church at 4 o'clock that after noon. The deceased was a sister of Capt. E. Scott Carson and Mrs. Pen nell. TH f IRE FRIDAY NIGHT. The Opera House Slightly Damaged fay Fire in a Closet Friday night at about 7.30 o'clock, the fire alarm was se:-i in, and the Opera House was found to be on fire. The prompt and efficient; work of the fire department prevented what might have been a serious loss to the city. The fire originated in a closet ad joining the band room and offices oc cupied byD. G. Zeigler in which papers and trash had .iccumulated for months. The fire spread from the closet to the partitions and, in a re markably short space of time the front part of the interior of the ( building was filled with smoke. As soon as the firemen got the streams playing on the fire, the flames were extin guished quickly. The entire place was flooded with water, which pre vented the production of the play, Shepard's Moving Pictures, which was billed for last evening. The perform ance will be given this atfernoon at 3 .o'clock. The Opera House, with the exception of tie damage done by wa ter and smoke, is not injured, i The water ran throcght the floors and damaged the furniture and fix teures of the First National Bank and the stock of Ducker & Bultman. The total damage however is estimat ed not to exceed $550. The fire is supposed to have beeen the result of spontaneous combustion in the trash in the closet Graded School Notes. In order that the teachers in schools . where the Augsberg system of draw ing is used may haw the proper con ception of the author's ideas the Edu cational Publishing Company has adopted the plan of sending out au ex pert teacher of drawing to present and impress these ideas. Miss Griggs one of their teachers reached Sumter on Thursday morning. On Thursday and Friday afternoon and at 9 o'clock Sat urday morning she met with the teach ers of our schools to impress the au thor's ideas and to present practically the methods of teaching drawing. Miss Griggs spent most of Friday morning visiting the different rooms in which drawing is taught illustrating some of the methods to be' adopted in class room work to quicken the interest of the public in drawing. A Fire With a Pecoiiar Or pn, Saturday night a very peculiar fire f occurred at the residence of Mr. H. A. Lowry, on South Sumter street. Mrs. Bask i ns, who occupied one of the rooms, as a boarder in Mr. Lowry's home, left for Bishopville that night ; and during her absence, a fire originated in the wardrobe in her room. Luckily the flames were discovered, and the fire extinguished before any very serious loss resulted ; but, greatly to the surprise of those who examined the room, they found all the clothes in the wardrobe satn- ; rated with kerosene oil. This might < have caused a very serkrcs fire, if it ; had not been promptly put out. The kerosene on the clothes is an unsolved j mystery, as no one had access to the j room subsequent to Mrs. Baskins' de parture. Board of Control Meeting. The County Board of ^Control met j Monday for the transaction of regular business. The only important matter to come before the board was the election of dispensers for this city and MTayes ri le. Dispenser E. T. Windham was re elected for another year, as were his assistants, Messrs R. A. Weldon and D. W. Owns. Dispenser Geo. P. McKageu, of Mayesville, was also re-elected for an other year. A FJsraJ Parase for the Festival. At a meetingof the Central Commit tee in the office of Hon. ti. Frank Wil son Monday, it was decided to add a flora! parade to the numeror.s attrac tions of the Fall Festival. Twenty-five Dollars will be awarded as the prize for the best decorated two-horse team and Fifteen dollars for the most artis tically dressed one-horse vehicle. The parade will be headed by four heralds, who will be appointed by the chair man, Mr. . H. Levy, and directly fol lowing them will be the Queen in her royal equippage. Automobiles will also add to the attractiveness of the event, which promises to be one of the most beautiful of the Festival. It is sincerly boped by the committee that every vehicle in the city will partici pate in the parade. .ni- <mm -- Attention Farmers. W. B. Boyle respectfully invites yon j to see him before buying any kid of Farm Implement. He has a fine stock of Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Plows, I Harrows, Osborne Mowers, Rakes, tfcc, &c. Sept. 38-3t. OSTEOPATHY Corrects the cause of disease and cures j wlieu pothinic else will. Its eures are per j maneni because Natural. All diseases treated '.>iseas .s of Women a Specialty. >K. R. V. KENNEDY. Office over Bultman Bros." Shoe Store. Sumter, S. i'. - Consultation Free. I DEATH UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUM STANCES. Allen Cohen Found Unconscious Near Rocky Bluff-Dies Without Making a Statement. An unexplainable accident that re sulted in death-Thursday night occur red on the old 0. S. & N. railroad Monday night October 5th. Allen Cohen, a negro, while on his way from Sumter to Lamar received some very violent treatment from parties unknown. He was picked up near Rocky Bluff swamp in an uncon scious condition with a number of wounds on his head and body. He never again recovered consciousness, and after lingering in that condition for several days, he died Thusday night. The attending physcian exerted his utmost efforts to save the man ; but his family refused to allow an opera tion to be performed, so the result was inevitable. Ice Cream Festival. The ladies of Pisgah Baptist Church will give an ice cream festival at the church on the evening of October loth. Ice cream, cake and other refreshments will be served. J. EDWARD ANDERSON GETS BAIL. Released From Custody Upon Execution of a $3,000 Bond. On motion before Judge Dantzler in Manning on Saturday, Mr. J. Edward Anderson was granted bail in the sum of $3,000, and was discharged from the custody of Sheriff Scar borough upon the execution of his bond. Messrs J. P. Booth, C. L. Tisdale and Isaac Strauss are his bondsmen. Local Cotton Market. Receipts last week, 3,536. Receipts Monday, 265. Receipts Tnesday, 334. . Middling, 9.85a9.90. The Ladies Aid Society will give a dinner on saleday in November. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. have an attractive advertisement to day almost as attractive as the fall suits they advertise. Chairman J. A. Schwerin of the Free Street Show commattee has ap pointed the following members to serve with him on that committee, Abe Ryttenberg, H. W. Hood, W. S. Reynolds, W. W. Sibert, B. W. Wilder. Who has not heard that phrase ? Scarcely a household for miles around Sumter that does not kc ow the reliability of goods, the style, the variety, the values to be found here. Mer chandise properly selected-a deteamination to sell none but goods of merit-has given our goods a reputation far and wide, and the upbuilding of Sumter's great retail dry goods business. More space more goods, more beauty, more styles, more val ues, more sales. You'll buy these Friday-values surely : . More sensational Silk selling-750 yards, new shades, shot, dash and stripe effects in Taffeta Silks for shirt waist suits these are all pure silk, and not cotton mixture, worth 75c and $1-Friday at 49c. 300 yards black Taffeta Silk, gurratiteed, worth $1.25, Fri day, 95c. 25 dozen ladies' Kid Gloves, all shadeis, on Friday 59c. 100 pieces all-silk Ribbons, Nos 12 and 16, at 5c. Buy a suit or skirt -500 yards 44-inch black dress goods, "Roxana Cloth," worth 60 to 75c, for this day only 47c. 2,000 yards fine 36-inch Bleach, worth 9c, none to dealers, Friday, 7c. 15 pieces extra heavy Canton Flannel cheap at 12 C, Friday 10c. i 50 pieces English Long Cloth, 12 yards to piece, just think of it-Friday $1 ' Josephine," a genuine prime Kid Glove, at $1. You can buy kid gloves anywhere at $1, but for quality such as above, you'll pay anywhere $1.50. Schwartz Bros. CLOTHING. If you are ready for your FALL SUIT, we are ready to show you the newest ideas in colorings, and the latest kinks in the cut and make-up of our Fashionable Clothes, made by the most re liable houses in Ame rica. BUY EARLY. Don't allow the man maki g suits to order to charge you $5.00 to $8.00 more than we do. and then cannot fit you as well. Don't allow the choicest things to slip away from you. Pri ces no higher than the quality justifies. MENS' SUITS $7.50, $8.50? $10.00, $15, $18. $20. BOYS' CLOTHING. We have one of the largest and best stocks in in Sumter. Prices from $1.50 to $7.50. Shirts. Call and inspect our 50 cents line. We also have them at SI.00 and $1.50. Remember When WALK-OVERS go on trouble goes oil'. SUMTER CLOTHING CO. No. 5, S. MAIN STTEET. Double Breasted Copyright 1904 by Hart Schaffner 3 Marx You'll find this season that the double breast ed sack suit is going to be unusually popular ; lots of men will wear them, and look well in them. The reasons for this popularity are easy to find if you look in the right place for them. Just come i here, and see our Hart Schaffner & Marx dou ble breasted sacks ; the cut shows the Varsity style ; we'll show you others. We'll show you the label, too-small thing to look for, big thing to find. That's what everybody says who finds it. These clothes are worth paying for ; they are better than they cost. The D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING CO., Phone 166 Sumter, S. C. IN MAKING- THIS, OUR NINTH Fall and . . Announcement . . We desire to say, that in our attempt to g 3t together the handsomest collection of DRY GOODS ever shown in Sumter, we unhesitatingly de clare that we have this time surpassed all pre vious efforts-Devoting all our energies to the development of our business on a strictly Dry Goods basis. We are better prepared than a great many others to give you very valuable "pointers" when it comes to the question of Dress Goods the newest, Tailored Suits the latest, Millinery the most attractive, and Shoes always reliable. We control the Rough-Not Costume cloth in Sumter, this is a handsome black fabric 50 in. wide and warranted not to spot or get "wooley." We are also sole agents for Cente meri Kid Gloves. This celebrated brand of gloves we now offer at $1.00 per pair all sizes and shades. Ask to see that special line of kid gloves which are now on sale at 65c. We will allow two selections from this lot for $1.25, and will have any pair repaired which breaks. Isn't this unusual? We handle exclusively the "Sanitary, non. Sweatshop" brand of Muslin Underwear. Give heed to the meaning of the name, for all ready made Muslin Underwear is not made outside of the New York sweatshops. We invite you to take a stroll through our es tablishment, and if this is impracticable to our friends out of town, write for samples and es timates on anything to wear, as our Dress Making department is more thoroughly equipped than ever to expedite all orders. We make a specialty of Evening gowns and wedding Trousseaus. Very truly yours, The Sumter Dry Goods Go.