Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Potash as Necessary as Rain The quality and quantity of the crops depend, on a sufficiency of Potash in the soil. Fertilizers which are low in Potash will never produce satisfactory results. Ercry fanner should be familiar with th? proper proportions of ingr?dients that go to make the best fertilizers for every land of crop. We have published a series of books, containing' the latest researches on this all important subject, which we will send free if voa ask, Write now while you think of it b thfc*?"v CERXAX KALI WORKS Ser Tork-9? S?m Street, or Atlanta, Ga.-22% South Broad Street. 1,000 e y?awi/ yoong Mn TO QUAUrv FOR GOOD POSITIONS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. 800 FBFP SCHOLARSHIPS 0PFEB5D V VV a lt ?? Sm WRITE TC-OAY TO CA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE, MACON. QA WE WANT ALL INTERESTED SN MACHINERY TO HAVE OUR KAM? BEFORE THEM DURING 1905 Write us stating'what kind of MACHINERY you use or will install, and we will mall you FREE OF ALL COST A HANDSOME ANO USEFUL POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS OR A LARGE COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Gibbes Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, S. C. A STOCK OF HORSE POWER HAT PRESSES TO BE CLOSED OUT AT SPECIAL PRICES $100,000.00 Capital. TIE FIRST NATIONAL Bil of Sumter, S. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav j ing approved the increase of the Capital of this Bank to $100,000.00, depositors now have as security for their deposits : Capital, - - $100,000 00 Stockholders' Individual Lia? bility, - - - '00,000 OG Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, - - - 26,000 00 Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00 ONLY NATfOPLA BANK fe CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. y Interest allowed on deposits to a limited ?amount* BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, B. D. LEE, <5. A. LEMMON, JOHN REID, \ E. P. RICKER. R. L. EE MUNDS, Cashier. R. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. J. ??. McCvlium, D. J. Winn, Jr. Oliver L. Yates. FPENNYROYAL PILLS Orfffiaal *"<-; Oaly Genuine. ATE. Ajwmwiyj?uM?. Lm?m?, ?rt- Pm art it fer CHICHESTER** KNGUSH la KZD ?a-I Gola nteuUie box*. Mmiwl irith Ma? ribbon. 1 ?kc BO other. Kef cse P??CW? Svbatlfotlon? ord late?. Slew. Bar cf TOOT or ?nd 4c ia ?"??P? for Partiealur*, Testimonia' ** "ReScT for Latte** tm^r^bTre TamSSsil. KMN'OTiuhoiiohii. Soidbt .,_*.i Dn?cim. ChlcbMter Chen leal C?; THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. ?Capital stock paid in, $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 $1 and upward received. Inter ?est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. L MASXXSG, W. p. RHJLME, vice-President. Cashier. Jan. 31 TIE SUMTER SAVINGS ?AI. HORACE HARBY, President. I. C. STRAUSS. vice-President. GEO. L. BICKER, Cashier. Capital Stock, ? $25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 Every Facility For the transaction of business is afford? ed those who deposit their money with The Sumter Savings Bank, Im portant pa pers can be drawn up and signed in a private room set aside for use of our clients and any information de sired will be cheerfully furnished by the management. Savings deposited here draw interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. $1.00 will open an account and secure a bank SEVASTOPOL DISFIGURED * BOT STILL IN THE RING. Japanese Report that Russian Bat? tleship has Been Damaged but is Still Afloat. Tokio, Dec. 15.-A telegram from Port Arthur announces definitely that the Russian battleship Sevasto? pol, against which Admiral Togo bas been directing torpedo boat at? tacks, bas bee? seriously damaged, but is still afloat. Savastopol Totally Disabled. London, Dec. 15.-Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister, has issued a telegram in which it is stated that the bow of the Russian battleship Sevastopol has* been sunk and her torpedo tubes submerged. Athens, .Greece, Dec 16.-It is re? ported that all vessels of the Russian Baltic fleet intend to return to Pier aeus, Greece, instead of proceeding to the East. Chefoo, Dec. 16.-Seven Russians have arrived here from Port Arthur with dispatches to be lorwarded to St. Petersburg. They are reticent con? cerning conditions at Port Arthur Tokio, Dec 1.-A telegram from Port Arthur states that 'General Stoessel has opened negotiations with General Nogi to obtain protection for the hos? pital inside the fortifications during the bombardment. He has furnished Gen. Nogi with a plan of the forti? fication, indicating the position of the hospital. KUROPATKIN REPORTS -St. Petersburg, Dec. 19.-Gen. Ku ropatkin reports that mines laid by volunteers* near a Japanese outpost exploded, inflicting several casualties on Japanese. Artillery fire is ex? changed daily but no engagements of importance. Tokio. Dec. 19.-Offiieial reports from Port Arthur this morning state that the Russians have abandoned the batleships Peresveit, Poltava, Pobieda and Retvizan and the cruisers Pal? lada and Bayau, which have been completely disabled by shells., fired from Two Hundred and Three Metre Hill by Gen. Xogi's guns. PLOT AGAINST CZAR. Manchester, Dec. 19.-A dispatch reports that Russian secret agents' dis? covered a plot against the czar which originated in England. Two of the per? sons suspected of having connection weth the plot have left the c'ountry and it is feared difficulty will be ex? perienced in loting them, due to the great unrest in Russia. L?WSOrS FRENZIED FIANCE. Boston Speculator Pushing Wall Street Operators Hard and Fast. Boson. Mass., Dec. 15.-Thomas W. Lawson issued another so-called warn? ing about noon. It reads : "To my oldfriends in Wall street: I am going to be at gas hearing un? til 3 p. m. In meautime don't miss your opportunity given by frenzied financiers of Amalgamated copper. Remember an opportunity knocks but once, and those who doubt or hesi? tate miss their chance of being in? troduced to the old lady. The time to sell Amalgamated fis when you have a market not when the other fellow has it." Boston, Dec. 15.-The rumor cur? rent in London stock exchange circles this morning that Thomas W. Lawson had been assassinated was without foundation. A Publisher's Press representive saw him this morn? ing. When told of the rumor Mr. Lawson made this characteristic re? ply: "I'm not completely assassinat? ed yet." New York, Dec. 17.-Col. Wm. C. Geene, who had such ? a friendly meeting with Thomas W. Lawson, in Boston yesterday is back in town, fie said, "Everything was smoothed ont, Lawson and I found that we were not liars, but good fellows. Rowell Regrets Shooting. London. Dec. 17.-The bearing in the appeal of the United States against the decision of Judge Caron of Quebec in the case of John F. Gaynor and Benj. D. Greene, who are charged with complicity in the Savannah har? bor frauds was completed before the privy council today. The Privy Coun? cil reserved its decision. Gaynor and Greere fled to Canada when they were indicted and Judge Caron re? fused to grant extradition papers. THREE STUDENTS ARRESTED. St. Petersburg burg, Dec. 19.- Des? patches received today from Moscow state that the casualties in the anti? war demanstration in which 3.000 stu? dents participated yesterday were four persons killed and sixty injured. Three ?Lv.-i. " -* ?t 'H .. ned by the police. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 17.-The steamer Glenn Island which was burned last night, causing the death of nine persons was used for excur? sions and carried 2,200 passengers, when loaded to ibe capacity. Nothing but the fact that there is light traffic now pevented a terribie losa of life. Washington, Dec. 17. --S. S. Kuab enaiiue, of Toledo editor of the Blade has been appointed United States consul at Belfast Ireland, to fill the vacancv caused bv the death of W. W. Touvells. Charleston, West Va,, Dec. 15. The suspension bridge over Elk river collapsed this morning, carrying down a nomber of school children. Three bodies have r?een recovered. Three teams1 were on the bridge at the time. The river is frozen over. INSURANCE IN SOUTH HAROUN!. The Charge that Rates Have Been Raised by the Southeastern Tarriff Association Denied by Insurance Men. ByW. H McCaw. Columbia, Dec. 17.-Well informed fire insurance meu here are laughing at the complaints which have been comings in to the comptroller general to th3 effect that since the act of the legislature allowed the Southeastern ? Tariff association to reenter the State the rates have been raised instead of lowered. They declare that the fav? orable laws which the legislature pass? ed protecting the Insurance people against incendiary fires have resulted in this State getting better basis rates than is enjoyed by any other Southern State with the single exception of North Carolina, which has even more favorable laws. And yet there seems to be little room for doubt that in the case of a number of individual pieces of proper? ty throughout the State there has been material increases "in the rates. For iustance, in the case of a busi? ness building of importance on Main street here in Columbia your corres? ponded knows of the risk being taken at rates as low as half that given in the official rate book. The owner of the building who is a shrewd business man opened the business to competition and he got results. The insurance men explain this by saying that this being a new building and there being no association rating of the town the agents got the business at the rates allowed by neglecting to report the ways in which the proper? ty was exposed and thus escaping the penalties. The pracatical result to the owner however was the saving of a neat sum of money. On he other hand I have been pointd to a number of instances in which the rates were lowered by the owners getting the benefits of an official rating. The j matter will doubtless be full}' aired at the coming session of the legisla? ture. It is an important question affecting the pocket book of every city and town in the Sate. The impression prevails in spite of the insurance men, and it is growing stronger, that the Southeastern Tariff Association's r^cenly into the field has been follow? ed by an average raise in the rates, re? solutions of the executive committee of the association and arguments about extra hazards to the contrary not? withstanding. At the stamping office of the asso? ciation here the changes in the basis rates were pointed out to me from the official rate book which carries on the fly-leaf the resolution of the executive committee adopted last April in favor I of reduction in view of the act of the legisature providing for official investigation of fire losses. The dwell? ing rate which has been for years 75 cents in the basis has been reduced to 60 cents for second class towns such as Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Newberry, Sumter, Laurens and the like. Charleston, the only town in the State taking a first class rating, ia in the jurisdiction of the Atlanta stamping office. In third class towns, those which have practically no fire protection, the rate bas been reduced from $1 to 90 cents. On brick and metal buildings in second class towns there has been a reduction of 5 cents to 70 cents, and frame mercan? tile risks in the same cites have gone down from $2.50 to $2.25; while brick and mercantile risks in third class towns have gone to 90 cents from $1, and frame mercantile from S3 to $2.75; in fourth class towns the brick and metal mercantile have been re? duced from $1.75 to $1.50, and the frame mercantile from $3.50 to $3.25. The new rating does not affect spe? cial hazards, such as oil mills, saw mills and manufacturing risks of all kinds, which enjoy the same rates as prevail in other states. "It is not true that the rates have been raised," said Mr. J. J. Seibels, who spoke .in the absence of his brother and partner. Mr. E. G. Sei? bels, who is a member of the execu? tive committee of the associa? tion. Both are thorough insurance men. "On the contrary there have been great reductions. All dwelling and mercantile risks have been reduc? ed in the basis, and any increase in the rate anywhere is due to an increase in the hazard. There has been no other increase and nonets contemplat? ed. "The difficulty with mest individuals who have a grievance lies in the fact that they have various exposure of defi? ciency charges or both, which only they can remedy, and which so long as thev exist will be penalized to cover the additional loss ratio which the companies find that they cause. The average man who constructs a mill of any kind suits his own convenisnce without thought of the fire hazard and the consequences to himself and his neighbors, but rails at the com? panies for rates which were based solely upon conditions as they are found. "One great advantage of the asso? ciation's reentry into the State is this: If a man building anything, from a dwelling to a gin-house, will apply to the association he can get plans and specifications showing that consruction which the experinece of underwriters generally and expert statisticians! in that line demonstrates is best fitted to resist fire either from interior origin or exterior exposure. The office here will also lay out for anyone who requests it a complete system of fire protection or sprinkler equipment, which will enable that builder to get the lowest possible rate promulgated-the basis rate with? out penalty for faults of construction such as inadequate thickness of walls, unprotected openings, stairways, ele? vators and other details. All of this maj* be had for the asking without one cent of ^expense. Today there is in Columbia an expert laying out the fire protection and giving other directions and details for the equipment of a large manuafcturing plant which will secure the basis rate. Plants of like nature costing approximately the same will probably have to pay from 10 to 25 per cent, hicher rat^." By way of illustrating the points be was trying to stress Mr. Seibels point? ed out that the rate on the thirteen storv building he was being inter? viewed in was 50 cents as against a rate of 83-65 ou the less modern build? ing it supplanted. MAKNING-SUMMER?ON TROLLY. Businsss Men of Clarendon Work ing to Secure Advantages of Water Bates. We mentioned last week the prospec tive electric railway from Wright' Bluff through Summerton to Manning. This is no dream, but a stern reality, the progressive business men of the Santee section together with some in Manning, and some outside capital are in earnest about it. On Tuesday of last week a meeting was held in Summerton which was very siatisfac tory. A number who were expected did not arrive, but wrote letters ap? proving the scheme: several of these letters came from prominent business men in Georgetown and Columba. At the snggestion of many of those who could not attend the first meeting, it was decided to hold another tomor? row. At the meeting tomorrow it is expected that a number from Charles? ton, Georgetown, Columbia and Man? ning will be present and it is arrang? ed to take the visitors in carriages through the section proposed, in order that they may obtain an idea of the value of the.country. We would not be- surprised, within the next year to realize an opening to the water route by means of an elec? tric railroad. The men behind this movement know the county and its possibilities, and with the proper en? couragement from those who should be interetsed Manning and the entire Santee section will be unbottled, and put in a position to get freight rates on all merchandise. Every farmer and merchant should feel an interest in this project, as its success means much for them. When we first heard of the scheme we thought like many others that "there was nothing to it" but we are of a different view now, and are convinced that if the people of this section will pull together this railroad can and will be built.-Man? ning Times. A Pleasant Pill. No Pill is a? pleasant and positive as De Witt's Little'Early Risers. De Witt's Little Early Sisers are eomiid and effective that children, delicate ladies and weak people enjoy their cleansing effect while strong people say they are the best liver pills sold. Sold by O. B. Davis. The investigation into the Swayne case shows that forty federal judges have been guilty of excessive charges in traveling expenses as receivers. ! By saving two old papers that looked worthless, Mrs. Helen M. Fulton will receive $2,300 for them by the state of South Carolina. stimulate the TORPID LIVER, strengthen the digestive organs, regulate the bowels, and are un? equaled as an ?NTI-BHJ0US MEDICINE, In malarial districts their virtues are widely recognized, as they pos? sess peculiar properties in freeing the system from that poison. Ele? gantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. MONEY PICKED UPI! BY Writing Life Insurance In The Penn Mutual insurance Go. 1BERAL contracts to live agents ' in unoccupied territory. ADDRESS General Agent, Sumter, S. G. DeLORriE'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 ever to serve them. Your prescriptions will be called for and delivered. Phone 45. Full line of Drugs, GardeD Seed and Cigars. Your patronage solicited. Call bell for night work. ^ W*> promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign PATENTS 'Send model, sketch or photo of iiivertion foi1 free report on patentability. For free book, ' K?reTRADE-MARKS "2" i GA-5N0W. Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. /?Vegetable Pr epara?ionfor As? similating ?ieFoodandBegula ting thc Slomaciis aral Bowels of ^XS/?HIXDKEN Promotes Digestion,Cheerfur ness andRest.Contains neither Opium,Morph?ne nor Mineral. ^SOT NARC OTIC frapc o? OkinrSAIfUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Sca?~ . ?lx.Smna * \ RockellaSc?S- J ??aiseSeett * Peppermint - ) BiCarbonakySoda* HcrrpSeed-- 1 C?mf?dSoMr hb?myreatrJavor. ) ?perfecl Remedy fcrCons?pa Fion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish? ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature oF NEW YORK. Afb monlks old J 5 Dos KS -13 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WR?PPER. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! sn Ilse For Over Thirty Years \ -Hi :rNT?i" eoMMRY. NEW YORK CTY. WHISKEY I MORPHINE I CIGARETTE I ALL DR?C AND TOBACCO HABIT. j HABIT. j HABIT. | HABITS. 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 3? 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, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, PHONE NO. 143. SUJffTEE, S- C. OFFICE NO. 18 S. MAIN ST. Men 9-ly 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. Bought in St. Louis, at the World's Fair, conceded to be the largest horse 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 Carolina Rust Proof seed oats, the heaviest on the market, 65c per bushel. Booth Live Stock Co.