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BE??? BF DB J. E . BEMM! -? ?'? " " ? ? A Good Han Whose Sudden Death Was a Shock to Relatives and Friends. Bishopville, Deo.' 1.- The snddeii and nn tocked for death of Dr. R. E. Decnis was a shock to this town and com omni ty La.-t Monday he was en the streets in apparently good health, and j>efcre 10 o'clock that night he was a corpse. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Jcburch Thursday, conducted by: Rev. W. A. Greze and Rev. D. A. Phillips, of the 3?etbod?st church. "The body of tbe church and Jtbe izalleries were filled with a sympathizing: congregation which attested* the esteem in which the deceased was held. The large au? dience, was, j Belted to tears. , by the beautiful and touching tribute to the memory of Dr. Dennis by the venera? ble ex-pastor. Mr. Gregg, as be spoke cf him as . h.is intimate friend aid faithful plrysicidu of , nearly 40 years. His grave was crowned by loving bands with the choicest and most .beautiful flowers. The subject of this notice was in the 6Sth year of hisrage-the son of Dr. John E. Dennis, who was for many years a practicing physician in this town, Be served througbjout the war between the sections in the ranks and afterwards as surgeon la a Georgia regiment. He was a successful physi? cian and practiced in this town for 39 years... Jn February, 1865, he was mar? ried tb Miss Mary G. Green,, whcvdied in March, 1901. His surviving chil? dren are: E. ?J. Dennis, a prominent laywer of Darlington; Mrs. J. D. Hill, Misses Rebecca and Theodora and H. E. Dennis, a young lawyer of this place. Dr. Dennis was an elder in the Presbyetrian church and a Christian who lived bis religion every day and his example and influence for good will be greatly missed. His many acts of charity, which were dispensed in a quiet and unostentatious manner, will be long remembered by those, both whi?te and colored, who were the recipients of his bounty. A faithful friend, companionable in all the so? cial relations of life and above the average in intellectual attainments, his familiar face and figure will te 1 sadly missed upon the streets. Southern Railway I The South's Greatest System, j Unexcelled Dining Gar Service j Through Pata Sleeping Gars on ill Throagb Trains. COOTEtflSKT S322OTLSS Q27 ?LL LOCAL TSAX2T3. "Winter Tourist Sates are nov ia effect td all Florida paints. For full information as to rates, routes, etc., consult nearest South? ern Railway ticket agent,"or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston. S. C. 9?^ o TO ou AU rr FOR coon POSITION s GUARANTEED IN WRITING. I?fi FRFF SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED ??V I il kia WRITE TO-DAY TO ?A.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE, MACON, QA WE WANT ALL INTERESTED lN MACHINER* TO HAVE OU* NAME BEFORE THEM DURING 1905 Write us stating what kind of MACHINERY you use or wilt install, and we will mail you FREE OF ALL COST A HANDSOME ANO USEFUL ? POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS ON A LANCE COMMERCIAL CALENDAR IGibbes Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, S. C. A STOCK OF HONSE POWER M Af PRESSES TO SC CLOSED OUT AT , SPECIAL PRICES $100,000.00 Capital. THE, FIRST NATIONAL BINK of Sumter, S. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav irg approved the increase of the Capital cf this Bank to $100,000.00, depositors now have as security for their deposits : Capital, - - $100,000 00 Stockholders* Individual Lia? bility, - - - '00,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Prof its, 25,000 00 Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00 CNLY NATION LA BANK th CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. Interest allowed on deposits to a limited amount. BO ABD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE, G. A. LEMMON, JOHN REID, E. P. BICKER. R. L. EE MUNDS, Cashier. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. J. L. McC?Hum, D. J. Winn, Jr. Oliver L. Yates. PENNYROYAL PILLS ? __/E.->v _Original ?nd Only Genuine. M^SL tor CHICHESTSK'S ENGLISH ??'Wm?kl1* KZD aa<i Gold metallic box:,. M*1?4 --%tff wUl! b:?? nbbca. Tak? BO other. Refs?? 1*1 .*? NW DatgwwM SwbatStatfon aad Imito. ['I flf MM? Bor ot jw DrBggirt. or ?eo4 4k. ia I w? Bf ?nd "Relief frr Ladle*," in letter, bj A A tara Nail. T??tiaoat?l?. S'Mby I ^-r*;iDrtt?i??. Ch:fhMterCieale?[ea( I N?N Ulis pap? Madia** SC u? re, 1*11 i LA... y A. ' The Closing Day's Events of the Fall F Mi val. CREDIT GIVEN HAR!) WORKERS. Glowing Account From the Hen of a Reddy WtIter. The Fall Festival closed itf a blaze of glory last Friday night, th* final event being the splendid display oi fireworks., ThefoUowing account of rhe day's events is taken from Th? ??ews and Courier, and is the. work of Mr. W. W. Ball, one of the most accomplished members of the staff of that paper L Sumter, So-yl 25.-The horse races, running and trotting, on Oakland avenue, and a handsome display nf fireworks with a number of striking .set pieces,"'were the leading inci? dents of to-day's Fall Festival pro gramme. Thegeueral assembly of South Carolinians in the streets was not so largely attended on this clos? ing day of the "Cotton Jubilee," as it was yesterday, but thousands of people saw the free shows, thronged the stores, which were open to day. and thoroughly enjoyed che many attractions. In describing a town's carnival it is easy and some times excusable. r?> inflate the story a little before com? mitting it to the cold storage of the printed page. Nevertheless. h**re are some literal fact-. In South Carolina no city has ?it Vii a civic festival in the past ten \ears which attracted so large a ci??rd as this ot Sumter's. There have been such events iii Greenville, Spartanburg. Columbi* Charleston, and smaller towns, but the attendance here yes? terday was larger.than at any one day of them. This comparison, it is to be understood, is not with State fairs and expositions. As what it was advertised to be, an amusement week, a merry-making, an occasion j upon which people ar?- expected to have a good time. Sumter's -'at lo.me to her friends" has benn a success rarely equalled. It is fair to, sa y that in future when Sumter Entertains and invites the public no one will be justified in thinking of the event as a small town's show. The announce? ment ?if a Sumter Carnival will be taken to mean .quite as .much as though it came trom Columbia or Charleston. SUMTER'S TASK Sunder has set for herself a high standard. To "live up to it" will be a difficult task. In this connection a visiting business mau said yester? day: "This affair should not be re? peated in Sumter next year. It is too big to be held annually in Sum? ter. It is too mach to ask the mer? chants and business men of Sumter to contribute five thousand dollars once in each twelve months to pror vide a frolic. Bat similar festivals should take place in the Pee Dee country in 1905. This festival has been a wonderful revelation of the growth and spirit of a fine town and the people of the Pee Dee especially have enjoyed it. N?*xt year should b?- the opportunity of Florence or Darlington or Kenuettsville or Georgetown. In four or five years Sumter can give ato>rtier *p ?ru .'and you may be sure it would prove a higher and better *p<i t\' ilia ti even till* lias b**ei,.'* TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.^ *-Wh?? Vas the moving spirit, the chief worker in this Festival-to whom is most ut the credit to be given as aui*?og individuals?" I ad? dressed the question at different times to edi'ors of two of the news? papers of Sumter. "Emmet I. Rear don." wa? the in>tant response. Others told me the same thing, and later in th?* windows of one of the big stores here I noticed a picture of Mr. Reardon with a placard declar? ing just what the two editors had said. This was a voluntary .and pub? lic tribute from this mercantile firm. Mr. Reardon is a young citizen and M SUMTER S?VIH6S Bli. HORACE HARBY, President. L C. STRAUSS. Vice-president. GEO. L. RICEER, Cashier. Capital Stock, ?25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 Every Facility For the transaction of business 13 afford? ed those who deposit their money with The iSumter Savings Bank. ID-portant papers can be drawn np and signed in a private room set aside for use of our clients and anj information de sired will be cheerfully furnished by the management. Savings deposited here draw interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. S 1.00 will open an account and secure a bank book. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. Capital stock paid iz*, $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, 16,000 00 Individual 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 $i and upward received. Inter? est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. I. MASSING. W. F. RHAUC, Vice-Presidenf. Cashier. Jan. 31 t the health officer of the town. When Mr. rlrG. ?sre^?Tr?ome mom h> ayo suggested that Sumter Ua-v** MH Festival, some m ?ti was nee(|,-.j * lu. would give the und?rjakii.?ii rim? and work. Mr. Reardon was prompt to come forward and since that dav has labored incessantly to make the Fesuvai a great event in the life of the town. Hewaselected secretary . .f the Festival Association. Mr. R. F. H^y o worth, the president of the Association ; Maj. H. Frank Wilson, the vice-president, and Mr. Hubert G. Osteen. the treasurer, as well as the scores of committeemen, includ? ing many of the prominent business men, hav*? ali worked faithfullv-for when Sumter calls the Game Cocks answer-but I believe that what is said here of Mr. Reardon is what all the people of Sumter would gladly say with one yoic?. A GOOD ROADS ARGUMENT. The Festival, in a way-marks an F DOC h-in inaugurating motor car racing in South Carolina. In this it may mean au impetus to the good road cause. Without disparaging the eloquei.ce of our United States Senator Latimer, I fancy that these races of yesterday will yield more in results than WP can hope from one of hi3 good mads speeches. The as? sembling of forty or fifty of these machines yesterday told the great crowds here that automobiles have "come to ?stay," that they will here? after, along with the bicycle and the telephone and other inventions of re? cent years, have a part, and an in fluence in the daily life of the peo? ple. Good roads are necessaries to automobiling. Automobiles at pres? ent are luxuries. It is the spirit of such enterprise as is illustrated here in Sumter to struggle for the luxur? ies of life, and this Sumter Spirit is spreading all over this rich State. LUXURIES ARE NECESSITIES TO SUMTER. AVeady the Sumter -people have built twenty-five or thirty miles of clay and sand hard roads leading ont nf the city, and they are extending them steadily in all directions. A countryman, brought tip in the red clay hills of the Piedmont, was takeu over the city yesterday in an auto? mobile by Mayor Dick. At times the speed of the 15-horse power machine was forty-five miles the hour. Mayor Dick's friend, after alighting from the machine and carefully examining himself to be sure i Kat none of his limbs had been scattered in various parts of . the suburbs of Sumter, admitted that ?iutomobi?es were indeed flying machines and declared that he would vote for any road tax suggested hereafter in his township. THE EANQ?ET. The banquet to the foot ball teams ^f Washington and Lee and South Carolina College at the Hotel Sum? ter last night, tendered by the alum? ni of the two institutions, deserves more than the brief notice it has re? ceived. The Washington and Lee :eam was unable to remain over for it, and a notable feature of the in? formal speeches was regret for their absence and praise for* their fine searing while in Sumter. Mr. Mar? ion Moise was especially happy in iis references to Virginia and South Carolina, and his sou, Mr. DeLeon Moise, and Major Lot ing Lee, the two latter Washington and Lee 1 tu tn ni, responded gracefully when jailed upon. Governor Heyward was an avowed Washington and Lee "rooter," and lost no friends in Carolina by his loyalty to his own ^ollegf. Mayor Geo. W. Dick's little speech presenting the cane to the Governor, was an uncommonly hap? py effort, even for George Dick whom, by the way. one of the young? er Speaker? alluded to as the "May nr of South Carolina1' and brought Jo wu the house. It's a great thing for a town to have a mayor who is a 2 red it to it in public as well as in private, and such is the Game Cock Mayor. Mayors are selected with care in Sumter. The following from the mayor's presentation speech must have gratified the Governor to the fullest: ..We love you, Governor. We have all watched your career since taking your seat in the Gubernato? rial chair with the keenest interest, and in your many trials have sympa? thized no little. We fully realize that there are matters, especially those touching executive clemency, that at times weigh heavy upon you, but knowing your faith in our One All Wise Guider, and believing tuat your actions in ali such affairs are the results of your direct appeals to His throne of grace and mercy, we may rest assured that nur country's cause is safe in your bands. "Allow me in behalf of my people, the citizens of Sumter, to present this cane, mounted as it is in pure gold, the emblem of that high stan dard of morality and character with which God has blessed you. Re ceive it as.a token of their l<?ve, their friendship, their genuine affection." THE RACES. The races this afternoon drew a crowd of 2,000 people to Oakland Avenue. A beautiful, straight stretch-of half a mile of the avenue was used as a course. While most of the horses were, from local stables and no records were broken, indeed tliH time was not taken, the contests were spirited and developed much interest. Summary: First race, harness, free for all, one mile and a half heats, J. H. McCall's Prince Hal first. W. A. 'Bowman's Goodman second. S. G. Bryao's Pyro Wilkes third. There were live entries. Purse $:tt> and $15. Second race, harness, one half a mile heats, scrub stock, best 2 in won by W. A. Bowman's Goodman, M. M. Brown's Grady second, A. B. Stuckey's Riddle third. Purse $H0 and $15. Third race, running, one-half a mile dash, for thoroughbreds, two entries won by Bultman & Burgess's Emmie MoRoy, T. O. Sanders's Nan? tucket second. Purse $30 and $15. Fourth race, running, one-half a mile dash, free for all, five entries. *'nn by Bultman & Burgess's Emmie McRoy, W. S. Graham's Blue Jay ?econd. T. O. Sanders'* Nantucket third. Purse $20 and $10 Fifth race, one quarter of a mile 1??*h, scrub stopk. two entries. \V. s Graham's Blue Jay first, W. E. Davis's Williamsburg second Burne H5 and $11 50. The starter* wer* : E. H. Frost, of I Columbia, and W. D. Frierson, of I Stateburg. . C. F. McFadden was r Ungi iii? tr. Th* judges were: A. R. I SHIKI^TH, W. ?J. Saunders and R. M. I Brown. - LEAVING FOR HOME. At this hour the fireworks ?re <>v- r. and th** hundreds nf visitors ar^ pouring out of Sumter on ev?-ry train. Bn'tWHett 6 and 7 o'clock this after? noon, when two trains depart, not less than 1,000 people w*re assem? bled at the Atlantic Oast Linn sta? tion. This will give some notion of the number of visitors on the preced? ing day, of whom at l^ast half spent only the day here. The opening of the stores to-day furnished another explanation of the magnitude of the Festiva!. The casual visitor who fj^^s s ich splen? didly appointed concerns, apparent? ly as big i ri every way as those seen in cities of 30,000 people, begins to understand why a Festival in Sum? ter is not of the size of one expected of a town of 8.000. IN A NAME. After all, there ts much in a name. A city known for a hundred years as the ' Game Cock City'' could catch the inspiration of the name and rise to its demands, even were the spirit not horn in its people. The game? cock spirit is the Sumter spirit. During this Festival the name and the oicture have been **ver and everywhere present. The badges have it. The trades display floats bor** it. The houses, the automo? biles, the carriages bore it and the people looked it. Yesterday it was desired to make an announcement of a change in the rime of the foot ball game. A coal black negro ascended the reviewing stand, in front of the City Hall. It .ASS Fred Wilson, Court crier for Sumter county, chosen by competi? tive examination some years ago from nineteen lusty-lunged appli? catifs. Stepping to the front of the platform, with an evide-itly adequate conception of the demands ol the situation, to make himself heard by a crowd, stretching ??ne mile and a half through Main street, as well as of the fliguitv of his office, a sound or rather, a mighty roar, came boom? ing from Fred Wilson's throat. Possibly it was heard in Charleston. Certainly it reverberated through all Sumter town. When Sumter is ready again to invite the people of South Carolina to be her guests she need only have that marvellous negro to mount the Court House steps and announce it. All South Carolina will hear and will wait fot no second invitation. W. W. B. Charleston, Dec. 3.-Judge Town? send yesterday issued a rule of man? damus to require Magistrate McCoy, of Berkeley, to give a preliminary nearing next Wednesday, at his office, to the men accused of lynching Kitt Bookhardt. Solicitor Hildebrand says he does not think the prisoners will appear personally before the magis? trate at his office, though nothing has been determined upon that point. Tiffs Pil FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE,--. Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu? matism, Sallow Skin and Piles. There is no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTTS 'LIVER PILLS, as a tria! will prove. Take No Substitute. THE ONLY AGENTS V* -IN THE COUNTY THAT WILL INSURE YOU? TENANTED COUN? TRY PROPERTY. ?Let us protect your home for you. COTTON AND GIN INSURANCE IN THE BEST OLD LINE COMPANIES. PIRE, LIFE, ACCID22T? .H2ALTE SNSURAiTCE.Ij The Sumter Insurance Agency, Sumter, S. C. ? Aug 10-J y C. P. Osteen, M. D. OFFICE HOURS 9 to ll A.M. Telephone No. 270. Residence tele? phone No. 25-t. A OrBce at Mood-( )?teen Infirmary, 22 S. Washington Street. F.K.Holman,ri.D. OFFICE No. 124 North Main St. OFFICE I 8:3vj to ioroo a. m., HOURS, f 6:co to ;:co p. m. 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Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited AN OPPORTUNITY. We are now offering the magnificent plantation known as Shady Side, containing 750 acres, situated Z\ miles West of Sumter. This place has a nice 8-room dwelling, thirteen ten? ant houses, and a fine orchard. In fact 'tis an ideal home for you. Better see us about it. WHITE & MCCALLUM; Eeal Estate and Insurance Agents, PHONE NO. 143. Mch 9-ly SUMTER, S. C. OFFI?E NO. 18 S. MAIN ST. The First of the Season. A choice car load of horses and mules just received and need sell? ing. Among them are some extra nice drivers, some good smoothe, full made work horses and a few nice mules. All young and sound. I will appreciate a look from you whether you are ready to buy or not. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. OUR SECOND Car horses and mules due to arrive Friday Oct, 14th. I Bought in St. Louis, at the World's Fair, 'conceded to be the largest hofse and mule market in the U. S. If you want a good selection see this bunch before they are picked over. SPECIAL. Several choice drivers and family broke harness horses. Ten (IO) smooth young mules. South t Carolina Rust Proof seed oats, the heaviest on the market, 65c per bushel. Booth live Stock Co.