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A wfci-f PAS ry CoropKmentary tu < 1?? hosie Price, of tat O-? Weduesdav e?t?oi?a Miss Virginia . Harby-eiegar.tlY e tertaioed ar whist, in honor of Miss Rosi* Pr ire, of Ma rion,. at heT bo e. No 2i2 Chnrch street. The gnests *eie assembled and the game commenced ac 9 O'Clock, and waspiayed nnti! 10 o'clock, at which hoar delightful refreshments were served, and then playing was again resumed. m ? The score cards were particularly novel and attractive, being pen sketches of a Puritan maiden, attired in the familiar costume; the number of games won . was indicated hy ponches on the apren. Miss Alice Moses won the prize, a ~ very handsome silver-back hat brush. A hand painted picture frame, the consoltion prize, was received by Mr. J. H. Levy, Jr. Those present were : Mesdames Da? vis D. Moise, Ansley D. Barby, Misses Hosie Price, Edi?: Foo, Bosie Moses, Minnie Moses, Alice Moses, Marie Moise, Theo Lopez, Adele Moses, Gussie Barby, Mears. Raymond S he? lor, Julian . Lev^r Cliftoa Moise, Graham Moses, Ansley Barby, Waiter E. Hamsr^Davia i?. Moise,- Alex. M. Broughton, H. Barby,-Jr., and Geo. D. Levy. Meeting of the Ladies' Whist Club. Tuesday/ Nov. 29, the ladies Whist Club was entertained by Mrs. Ansley IX Barby. The four tables were de? signed to represent four nations, France, Germany, America and Ja? pan. The scoit? cards were hand paint? ed national flags of the respective countries. Mrs. Agnes Bogin wdn a beautiful lace collar, which was given as the first prize; the consolation prize, a Japanese bon bon dish, was given to Mrs. J>. J. Winn, Jr. v Among those who attended were: Mesdames S. O. Baker, F. M. Spann, Agnes Bogin, Robert Shelor, S. H. Edmunds, D. J. Winn, Jr., Perry Moses, Jr., B. G. Osteen, B. M. Stuckey, Misses Maud Solomons, Edna Pou, Bosie Price, Moneta Osteen, Virginia H ar by and Gussie Harby. la the Magistrates Court The case of the State vs. Charlie Davis, charged with the larceny o? a t pocket book containing $5, a pistol of the value of $10 and with the further crime of breach of trust, was heard before Magistrate H. Barby, Jr., at? o'clock on Nov. 28fcb. The defendant, having entered a plea of "guilty'' to both charges, was sentenced by the court to pay a fine of $50 or to serve at hard, labor on the county chain gang for ? period of thirty days for each offence. The defendant, inx default ct the payment of the fine, was com? mitted to the chain gang to serve sixty days. Graded Schcol Notes. In the Washington Street School first .of December 1895 there were in actual attendance 279 pupils. The reports of '"the superintendent up to the 4th of November of this year, not counting the nupiis enrolled during the month *of November, sbow in the primary and igran^mar srbools alone (grades 1-7) ?an enrollment of 524 ; in actual at? tendance -504. In the High School ^grades 3-10) an enrollment of 80: in actual attendance, 78. This snows a total enrollment in both schools of 604 np to the 4th of November, 1904, as against Uss than 300 in 1895. In adcition to the regular meetings j of teachers Mr. Edmunds oi?ered to the teacbets of the Washington Street Schools the choice of two of three sub? jects: Latin. French and English. Latin and French were selected and these classes meet in the afternoon of Wednesday and Thursday cf each week. The regular teachers' m*?eeting is held OD Monday afternoon of every other week, fa-* - There is no city in the State, and for that matter, ??f its size in the United St8tfs which can .boast of as complete and as grand a success as was the Sumter Carnival last week. It was a week of supreme pleasure ?sd the thousands of visitors came away ameze^ at the tremendous under? taking and its wonderfel accomplish? ment. Sumter exhibited wba* sane business conduct can troduce: her people went i?to the i?*oject with a pull-together spirit, ann i*t is that spirit which JR fast making the city of Sumter one of the foremost in the State, and wb^b makes her an invit? ing fie'd for varied indu* tn* s,. and other aKvtev-making instituting and by the thrift of 'ler cit'zei s. and the wide-awak? and broad minded busi? ness methods the future of that city is ass"vad. To fha rou-rn i trees whic^ had the Carnival in ri arge too moch praise cannot he gi ven : tHev fashioced a grand nroj**** * archer! tts prerv r>. tai!, and hsva everv Teaso" ro feel tbat they J*re titled to the " well done" from evr*bo?!v. Wo einren-ly con? gratulate the city r>f Sumter for being able-to entertain s mnnv people, the committees for the magnificent con? duct of an undertaking of such magni? tude, and South Carolina for having within ber borders a city with such enterprise.-Manning Times. An Emergency Medicine. For sprains bruises, burns, scalds and similar injuries, there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It Boothes the wound and not only gives instant relief from pain, but causes the parts to heal in about one third the time required by usual treatment. Sold by all druggists. Pickens, Dec 1.- The little 18 months-o?d daughter of Charlie Hob? son, who ilves two miles from Pick ens, was burned to death this morn? ing. The father was badly burned in attempting to rescue the child. The family were out early picking cotton and the child's clothing caught from a fire that had been built in the field. CASTOR i A For Infants and Children. The Kimi You Han Always Bought Bears the Signature of THE DURANT HARDWARE C3. An Old and Prosperous Establishment to be'Incorporated January 1st. F With the beginning of the new jear the hardware busine-s of L. B. Durant will be reorganized as the Durant Hardware Co., with the tollowing officers: President L. B. Durant; Vice President and General Manager, R. K. Wilder: Secretary and Treasurer, Perry M. Parrot t The business will be continued at the same stand, and the same sound business policy, conservativ? yet pro? gressive, that has ?esulted in the continuous growth of the business throughout its existence of more than twenty years, will mark its future. Messrs.Wilder and Parrott, who will be associated with Mr. Durant in the management of the company, are young men of business experience, energetic and possessed of the qualities to make any enterprise with which they are connected a success. The Durant hardware business was established a little more than twenty years ago by Messrs. R. W. and L. B. Durant and was conducted under the name of B. W. Durant & Son until the retirement of the senior member of the firm abouf six years ago. At the time it was established it was one of the few excluisve hardware concerns in this section of the State and was viewed as a risk by some people who still held to the theory that the only business that could succeed hereabouts was a general. store carrying a stock of everything from silks to hardware. The Messrs. Durant, jhowever, suc? ceeded from the first and in a few year* bad built up a business that drew trade from several surrounding counties. The success of the past is a guarantee of the future, and the young blood now to be infused in the business should make things move faster and lengthen the strides along the road of prosperity and success. STILL2TALKING FESTIVAL. Prominent Men From all Sections of the State Compliment Game Cock City. Hon. T. B. Fraser, who attended a meeting of a Legislative committee in Columbia Thursday, stated to an It?m representative that he found repre: sentative men from all sections of the Star j still talking about Sumter's Fall Festival and its signal success. At least a dozen or more men of affairs brought up. the subject while in conversation with him and com? mented upon the widespread interest aroused by Sumter's Festival, and the point that impressed Mr.. Fraser most was the fact that not one of those who discussed the Festival with him visited Sumter. These gentlemen seemed to have had their attention riveted by the enthusi? asm that the Festival aroused amongst the people who had visited Sumter ana participated in the festivities. The people all over South Carolina are still talking admiringly of the Festival and of Sumter, and the fame of it grows, instead of fading, now that it is over. Mr. Fraser's statement is but an? other proof that the Festival accom? plished its purpose, and while the Fes? tival itself is past and is becoming somewhat trite as a subject for dis? cussion the people of the city cannot but be gratified to learn that our friends to the farthest confines of the State are still talking of the Festival as a noteworthy success. * Humum? -?<>- ? inn? ' -? THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS. Scotch Mechanics at The Sumter Tele? phone Manufacturing Co. State commissioner of immigration, E. J. Watson, has prevailed upon Mr. F. C. Manning, the manager of the Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co., to give employment to five young Scotchmen, from the northern part of Scotland, in the shops of the factory. The young men are, Messrs. Donald Gor? don, Robert Burns, John McEinnie, Campbell McGregor, and John Mar? shall. They are mechanics, machin? ists and engineers, and Mr. Manning is very favorably impressed with them. Two brothers, Messrs, James Wright and Edward Allen have gone to Ale?? la, where they will very likely be employed by Mr. Alderman. AN INTERESTING MAN. Founied the Town of Tbomasville, N. C. Mr. L. L. Thomas, of Tbomasville, N. C., the father of County Commis? sioner F. E. Thomas, of Wedgefield, is making his annual winter visit to our county, and is iu his usual good health, notwithstanding his extreme agp. He will complete his S6th year cn the 18th of this month. The following notice ct him is from a recent issue of the Salisburv, 2s. C., Sun: *4lhe Sun received a'pleasant call this morning from Mr. L. L. Thomas, o? TLcroasvilie. Mr. Thomas built the first house in the town of Tbomasville and named the place in honor-of his father, Mr. John W. Thomas. He claims to be the oldest Mason in North Carolina, having joined this fraternity in 1816. Mr. Thomas now carries the watch which kept the time for the running of th* first trains over the North Caro? lina Railroad. He is an old Confede? rate soldier and was at the Yadkin river bridge with Bradley T. Johnston when the surrender was made. Mr. Thomas is 86 years old, but his looks do not indicate that age. He is an interesting talker. This is his first trip to Salisbury since the surrender." A Frightened Horse, Banning like mad down the street damping the occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every day occurrences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable Salve handy and there's none as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Burns, Cute, ?Sores, Eczema and Piles, disappear quickly under its soothing effect. 25c, at J. F. W. Delorme Drug Store. A Pleasant Pill. No Pill is as pleasant and positive as Dewitt's Little Early Risers. Dewitt's Little Early Risers are so mild and effective that children, delicate ladies and weak people enjoy their cleansing effect vhile strong people say they are the best liver pius sold. Sold by ?. B. Davis. THE CONWAY-SUMTER RAILROAD. Construction, at the Conway End Going Forward and the Entire Plan to Build to Marion and Sumter Will be Carried Out. From the Daily Item, Dec. 2. The Daily Item has received au? thoritative information that the pro jecte?Vrailroad from Conway to this city is a certainty, that it has passed the problematical stage and nothing now remains bat to bnild the read and start the cars to running. In a conversation with a gentleman this morning, who had an interview with Hon. R. C. Scarborough of Con? way within the past ten days, the pos? itive statement was made that the railroad would be built and that there would be no long and vexatious de? lays about it. Mr. Scarborough, who is closely identified with the capital? ists who are promoting and financing the railroad, stated that Messrs. Bur? roughs & Collins have undertaken to build the first ten miles of the road from Conway to Cool Spring, where it will branch, one line going to Marion and the other coming to Sum? ter. They have made ali arrange? ments to carry ont their undertaking and are now actively at work. For the construction of the remainder of the road the capital will be supplied by ouside capitalists of practically un? linked resources, who have agreed to finance the underaking after the first ten miles have been completed. This is news of the first importance to Sumter, inasmuch as it will open up a ?large and naturally very rich, but undeveloped territory, from which we are now shut out, a territory that offers the greatest oportunities for the development of wholesale and retail trade. Beyond and above this, how? ever, the new railroad will give Sum? ter another outlet to the ocean, for the road from Conway is beine ex? tended to Southport via Little River. Southport is forging to the front as a port of entry and when the Sumter and Conway line is completed South? port will at once advance to the rank of a distributing center. With the Sumter and Northern to McBee, which will give the shortest and most direct line to Norfolk, via the Seaboard Air Line, and the Sum ter and Conway, giving an outlet at Southport, this city should, within^ a few years, become the chief interior distributing center of interior South Carolina. If our business men will but rise to the opportunity and sieze the advantges that the railroad facili? ties will afford, Sumter should be a big town within the next decade. THE PAYMENT OF TAXES. County Treasurer Has Taken In More This Year Than Last, But the City Treasurer Hurst Reports Less Receipts. From, the Daily Item, Dec. 2. The prosperous condition is reflected to some extent in the tax receipts of the County Treasurer, the total amount received tc date being conside? rably larger than the total to the same date last year. The following comparative statement was obtained from County Treasurer Lee this mornine: Receipts from October 15 to Decem? ber 1st. 1903, 87,851.30. Rpceints from October 15 to Decem? ber 1st 1904, 89,412.78. Difference in favor of 1904, $1, 560.48. While there is no rush to pay State and county taxes. Mr. Lee states that the taxpayers are coming in steadily and dischareins their obligations The outlook at present is that there will be fewer delinquents than for many years. At the City Treasurer's office a dif? ferent conditiou exists, and there is no explanation, for it, as the town has shared in the general prosperity of the county and money seems to be as plentiful as last year. The amount received up to December 1st, 1908, by City Treasurer Hurst was $4,260.1)5: while the amount received by him to the same date this year was only $1,896.08, leaving a deficit as compared with last year, of $2,363.97. Mr. Hurst says that within the past few days be bas been busy issuing receipts and be hopes that the end of the month will show that the deficit has more tban been made good. AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Mr. Robert W. Terry Shoots Himself Through the Right Lung. From the Daily Item, Dec. 1. ? startling and well nigh successful effort to commit suicide was made on the piazza of the Mood-Osteen Infir? mary about 10 o'clock Wednesday night by Mr. Robert W. Terry, a youug man ?ell known in this city. He spent last week in the city and remained after the close of the Fes? tival. It is said that he had been drinking steadily for several days, and at the hotel where he was stopping his coudition was observed by several of bis friends. Last night he went to the Infirmary, and, while talking to one of the nurses with whom he was acquainted, who went to the door when he rang the bell, he drew a pis? tol and shot himself through the right lung. The shooting was witnessed by one or more persons who were passing or happened to be on their piazzas at tiie time. Mr. Terry was given prompt atten? tion by Dr. Mood, and this morning he was resting easily and it is thought that he will recover, although at first there seemed to be no hope. There was no cause for the rash act, and the only explanation offered is that he was temporarily insane from tho effects of liquor. The Key that Unlocks the Door to Long Living. The men of eighty five and ninety years of age. are not the rotund well fed, but thin, spare men who live on a slender ciet. Be as careful as he will, however, a man past middle age, will occasionally eat too much or of some article of food not suited to his constitution, and will need a dose of Cnamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to cleanse and invigorate his stomach and :egulate his liver and bowel?. When this is done there is no rea ron why the average man ?hoi'ld not live I to old age. For sale bj all diu^gists. AN EARLY MORNING FIRE. Several Frame Buildings On East Liberty Street Destroyed. A fire of considerable size occurred early Thursday morning beginning at 4 'o'clock. It seems to have originated in one of the old frame buildings east of the building recently occupied by the Freeman, and swept eastward to the house of Delgar Reel Squad. The buildings that were consumed were principally little shacks, which have disfignred Liberty street for a number of years, and the city bas lost no or? nament by their destruction. Since all the property is well insured, it is hoped that creditable buildings will take the place of those that were burned. The firemen,as usual, worked quick? ly and intelligently as well as zealous? ly and by so doing confined the flames to a small area and prevented the de? struction of a great deal of valuable property, for it is almost certain that had the fire been permitted to get across the alley to the west of the building lately occupied by the Free? man office the entire block of stores, facing ou Main street and abutting on the rear on the frame buildings west of the alley, would have been endangered. Mr. Geo. W. Reardon, whose pro? perty lies west of the alley and which was in the greatest danger of destruc? tion for an hour or more, Thursday sent a check for $10 to each of the hose co.npauies in token of his appre? ciation of their work to save his pro? perty. Mr. W. ll. Delgar who ran a re? staurant during the Festival in the building in which the fire is said to have originated lost a lot of chairs, tables and other fixtures, but as he had the contents of the building in? sured his loss will not be great. THE SUMTER AND NORTHERN R. R. The Preliminary Survey Actively Under Way. \From the Daily Item Dec. 1. The preliminary survey cf the pro? posed Sumter & Northern Railroad is progressing as rapidly as possible to bc consistent with careful and accu? rate work. The survey is being made by Capt. Thomas, of Atlanta, Ga., a civil engineer of many years experi? ence in railroad work,and Mr.W.L.Lee, of this city, who is thoroughly famil? iar with the country through which the road will ran. The report that they will file when the preliminary survey has been completed will carry weight not only with the local promoters, but with thc railroad capitalists whose financial aid it will be necessary to invoke when the construction of the road is actually commence/l. The preliminary line has been run for a distance of about three miles from this, city and^acb day the surveying party makes a substantial advance in the direction of Bishopville. it is tbooght that the road will pass through Mechanicsville and Mann ville, but the exact location of the line caunot be known until the final survey shall have been made, for that isa matter that the contour of the country will determine. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS An Enterprise That has Been Planned for the Future. The organization cf the Sumter Foundry and Machine Works, a com? mission for which was obtained about three weeks ago from thc Secretaiy of State, is progressing satisfactorily. All of the stock was subscribed as soon as the commission was obtained, iu fact, the matter of capital was all arranged in advance, and there have been numerous applications for stock in excess of the amount authorized Messrs. Geo. D. Shore, C. G. Row? land and others of this city are inter? ested in the enterprise, but the major? ity of the stock has been taken by men not now citizens of Sumter, Jout who expect to make their home here iu the near future. The first install? ment on the capital stock has been paid in and the company will be or? ganized next week, probably, or just as soon as it is convenient for the out of-town stockholders to come to the city for that purpose. The erection of the buildings for the foundry and ma? chine shops will be commenced within the next sixty days and it is the pur? pose of the men interested in the en? terprise to have the shops completed and ready for business about March or April. These shops will do not only a gen? eral foundry and repair business, but will from the first carry on a line of manufacturing-probably making wood working machinery-and the manufacturing department will be steadily enlarged as the basiness is de? veloped. The promoters of this enter? prise are looking to the future, and their plans contemplate the develop? ment of a big concern that will em? ploy a large force of skilled workmen and will do a great deal to increase the prestige of Sumter as a manu? facturing center. A CH!LD*POIS"?NED. Little Girl Finds Bottle of Carbolic Acid and Drinks lt. The four-year-old daughter of Mr. C. D. Lide got hold of a bottle con? taining carbolic acid Thursday and drank a part of the contents. She be? gan violently ill at once and at? tracted the attention of her mother, who summoned a physician immedi? ately. She recieved prompt attention, and while she is still quite sick, it, is believed and hoped that she will ulti? mately recover. Mr. Lide had recently reinovd to his present residence and ir is supposed that the child Jfound the bottle^ con? taining the acid in the yard where it had been left by the previous occu? pants of the house. The bottle was found after the little girl had drank a nortion of its contents and an exami? nation showed that the bottle contain? ed carbolic acid. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expensive. Occasionally life itself is the price of a mistake, but you'll never be wrong if yon take Dr. King's New Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver or Bowel trouhle9. 'J hey are gentle yet thor? uyh. 25 \ at J. F. W. Tit L ni r's Drug Sto.e. B PTIST STATE CONVENTION. ! -.- i Reports Read on Many Branches of Work of the Baptist Denomi? nation in South Carolina. Chester, Nov. 30.-The first day of j the Baptist Convention witnessed many things for the denomiation in this State. Reports of the boards t were presented and discussed, the Baptist hosts rejoicing over the ad- I vance all along the line as showu by the figures read today. State missions, orphanages, aged ministers' relief, students' aid and every other department increased ever last year. At the morning session the Dorches? ter Association, which for twenty years bas not co-operated with the Convention, applied for membership and was received. The report of State missions read by Secretary Bailey showed $2,000 in? crease over last year. The total amount received was $17,065.10: mis? sionaries employed 117 ; seven women among them. Additions to churches 2,500; membership of mission church? es 9,243; Sunday-schools organized 46; contributions SS,201 ; churches organ? ized 14. Several churches were dedi? cated. The cost of new church build? ings this year was $13,000 ; 75, COO peo? ple in mill towns; 37 men, 7 women missionaries in 54 mill towns; Bibles distributed $3,107. It was a magnifi? cent report, gratifying to the Con? vention. G. B. Buell, of Charleston, presi? dent of the board of trnst2es, read the report on the orphanage. Eight new buildings have been erected. One cost $12,000. The E. P. McEis sick Memorial Library, presented by ; Mrs. McKissick, is of red brick and | granite, and very handsome. The ? brick office preseuted by Mr. Durst has been completed. The tctal. amount contributed by churches was | about $13,000. One hundred and fifty five children are at the orphanage, from 3 to 16 years of age. Regular secular ano Sunday-school. Not a j death among the children in nine j years. Grand total from contribu? tions, legacies, etc., $35,336.83. , The Connie Maxwell Orphanage is the pride of the State Convention. Su? perintendent Jamison has proved his excellent ability in orphanage work. Scretary Brown read the report of the aged ministers' relief. Thirty eight benficiaris received $3,238. Four beneficiaries died during the year. The Pressley legacy is to be made a permanent endowment fund, and the board is to be incorporated .so as to empower it to bold property. Dr. Brown and A. S. "Winslow, superin- j tendent of the Inman Cotton Mill, I made strong appeals for funds for the board. C. E. Burts read the report on min? isterial aid. Money is 'now leaned, not given, to students, notes payable five years from date being taken. Twenty-five hundred dollars in such notes now in hand. Nineteen men aided last year. One, Edwin Ballen tine, died. Six graduated. One is at the head cf the university class. Four thousand dollars is needed for next year. One of the present beneficiaries j will go to China. J. M. Frost spoke on the work of the Sunday-school board. E. Y. Mullins raised $1,005.50 for Louisville Seminary Several committees were appointed and other routine business attended to. At the night session the foreign mis sion question was considered R. J. Willingham, secretary of the Southern ! foreign mission board, addressed the Convention. W. E. i Entzmineer, missionary to Biazil, told of bis ex? periences. Several people -speke, of the hope that their sons and daugh? ters would go as missionaries to foreign fields and one young lady offered herself. * L. J. B. Christmas Holiday Raies, VIA Southern Railway The Southern Railway will sell excursion tickets between, all points east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, for one and one-third first class standard one-way fares, for the round trip (minimumrate fifty cents). Tickets on sale Decem? ber, 23,24, 25, 31 and January 1, 1905, with final limit for the return.. January 4, 1905. For teachers and students of schools and colleges, one and one third first class one-way fares, for the round trip (minimum rate fif? ty cents) between all points east of the-Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and points in the Central Passenger Association. Tickets on sale De? cember 17-24. inclusive, with final limit January 8, 1905. For further information regarding rates, train service, etc.. consult ticket agents Souhtern K:iil\vay. or R. W. HUN'T.tZJ Division Passenger Agent.?a ?Charleston. S. C. _ ii W* promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign < Send model, sketch or photo o? invention for< f free report on patentability. For free book, < ^?"TRADE-IMRKS GA5N0W& Opposite Ll. S. Patent Office ^JWASm^GTON D.C. DeLORfl^S PHARMACY, 23 South Main St. Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. ; Sunday, 9 a. m to 1 p. m. Having consolidated my two stores, I will be pleased to see all my customers at the above stand, where I am better pre? pared than evento 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 work. GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO. Sells itself. None better. 10,000 tons now offered for sale. Nitrate of Soda, Muriate of Potash, German Kainit. CO. Are Headquarters. Hgsr' Get our prices, please._ DON'T YOU WANT A BUILDING LOT? You are not a full-fledged citizen unless you own some real estate. IT'S MY BUSINESS to sell you anything in that line. Can offer you more than 200 from which to choose. A FEW SAMPLES. 3 lots on Broad street, 832x250. 2 lots 75x420. 3 lots on W. Calhoun street, 87x about 400. 1 lot on N. Main street, 05x400. 8 lots on Winn avenue, 90x250. 143 lots on Liberty street, Wright street, Edwards street, Blanding street and Oakland avenue, all sizes and all prices. Other lots and houses in all parts of the city. Call and see me for prices. It's my pleasure to show them to you. R. B. BELSER, Attorney at Law Real Estate Broker Court Square Phone 12