Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Colombia. No mark. Colombio. No mark, Colombia. No mark, Colombia. No mark, Colombia. No mark, Colombia. No mark. Colombia. 1-pkgfiediog, 1 bx marble eh ipi, I bax sample books, IS b! pf poota, Ibl^Be. 1 plo* bottom; 4bolbedeodst 6 bdi bed rails, traak books, 2 sit desk, aPlants and Sea Island Cotton Seed. for sale, and now ready for delivery. ^Early Jersey .Wakefield" and -^Wakefield," two earliest sh arpbead varieties and bead In rotation ^'AugqstaTr^er"and^a? the 3 best flat JJnrota?on ast named. Price? : Single thousand* $L50 ; 5,000 and 10,000 tod over, Sf per 1,000. Tenis: Cash with order ; or, plants sent a ' return eh&xgeson money. *>ur plant beds occupy 35 acres on Soath L we understand growing thex i in the open air ; tough, and hardy ; ? cold without, Injury. Plants crated for shipment, weigh 20 lbs. per . ciatlow. rates 1er prompt tram?port?t?on by. Southern Kxpress Co. I r35"H5^'?*l*6*?to I "sell good plants. No cheap "cut' ?ia?arialat.>^^?b>pedrrcmmyfarm. I guarantee those that I ship to be .true to tvpe ?ind grown from high grade seeds purchased from two of the roast relig?le seed houses teBwt gh?te&States. I will refund purchase price JO any dissatisfied customer at era of ^**S8k COTTON SEED. Lm'tofour Long Staple variety of Sea Island Cotton sold this ^fe Ch^urlesto? on Dec. 2; afc3^. per pound. Seo! fL25 per bu. ; tots of 10 bu. and over $1 Shipmen^rue Varieties and Satisfied Customers. I have been > ?lsTand^^ $. C. Printing' Dep ent of the feen PiiMiishing' Co. jto Ifite most Complete and best equipped* Job printing establisment in Eastern South Caro ? lina and is therefore in a p)sition to turn out high class commercial printing at a minimum price. We have every convenience and erny facility for handling work promptly and econom? ically. New presses, new type, perforators, bind? ere, numbering machines and stalled workmen 4o handle these up-to-date appliances. Can, do printing as cheap as any other establishment in the State and if it is a cheap job you want, say so, and we will suit you in price and give better work than you can get else? where. However, we are not catering for cheap work and those who appreciate first eiass work, and can recognize the handicraft of a skilled printer when they see it, wil l be satisfied with the output of our job department. If in need Of printing le t us submit samples and quote prices. MEEN PUBLISHING CO. 18 West Liberty Street - - Telephone No. SO. Sumter, S. C. COSSACK ATTACK BRITISH CONSUL MORE TROUBLE FOR THE CZAR'S GOVERNMENT. Mobs Assault Prisons in the Crimea and Set the Convicts Free. Special to the Daily Item. St. Petersburg, Jan. 30.-It is report? ed that a mob has burst open the pris? ons at Simpherophel in the Crimea and at Reva!, setting ali the prisoners free. The Attack on British Consuls. London, Jan. 30.-The foreign office confirms the report of the attacks on the British consuls, General Murray, and Pro-consul Muchukain by Cos? sacks ast Warsaw. Ambassador Hardi? ng at St. Petersburg has been instruct? ed to make an urgent pretest against these indignities to the czar's govern? ment. . ' \ Martial Law in Warsaw. St Petersburg, Jan. 30.-A minor state of siege today declared at War? saw where the situation became most serious yesterday. DISASTBOUS DEFEAT OF RUSSIANS. GEN. KUROPATBXN"S ADVANCE COST B^L TEN THOUSAND. Japanes Official Reports Indicate That A Big Battle Was Fought On the Snahke River: Frontier. Tokio, Jan. 30.-Further official dis? patches supplementing those received yesterday state that the Russians choose the worst weather for their forward movement and attacks on the Japanesel They relied on their knowl? edge of the ground to enable them to outflank the Japanese. The Russian artillery at the time the dispatches were filed continued to bombard the Japanese left. Gen. Kuropatkin's main force, ,which attacked Chen Chie Pau and Lintiaku have retired to the neorthwest. Russians Lost Ten Thousand. London, Jan. * 30.-The Tokio cor? respondents of the Reuter Telegram Company reports that the casualties in the fighting at Chen Chie Pau and Keikuta to . the south of Mukden last week were, Japanese 3,000 killed or wounded;. Russians 10,000 killed or wounded! . Bomb Throwing in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg,,Jan. 30.-A .dyna? mite bomb "was today thrown at the r?sidence .of the governor of St. Pe? tersburg. The house was partially de? molished. The governor was absent at the time. St. Petersburg Strike Collapse. St, Petersburg, Jan. 30.-The strike is collapsing in all directions. One hun? dred and ten thousand men have re turnedto work in the capital and nine of the biggest factories have resumed operations. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Meetings to Be Held in Columbia and Georgetown to Perfect State Or? ganization. Mr. J. N. Mccormack, of> Chicago, chairman of the committee on organi? zation of the American Medical Asso? ciation, will begin his work in this dis? trict on February 7th by holding ? meeting at Georgetown and at Colum? bia on February 8th. These meetings will be particularly interesting to all doctors. who are interested in seeing the profession organized, and all ar? invited to attend one of these meeting^ Only these .two meetings will be held in this district, mmW ?.?? ? -i NORTHERN SECURITIES AGAEV. Harriman Wins a Point in His Fight Against the Pool. Special to The Daily Item. , Washington, D. C., Jan. 30.-Appli? cation for a writ of certiorari, made by B. H. Harriman and Winslow Pierce, of the Oregon Short Line, for revisi n .ny the United States supreme court of thc decision of the court of appea-s U*r the third district holding that the Northern Securities company is not obliged to return identical, stock de? posited in the original Northern Se? curities pool was granted by the su? preme court of the United States this morning. MR FRASER COMPLIMENTED. An Incident Today That Evidenced the Esteem in Which He is Held. Columbia, Jan. 30.-An incident highly complimentary" to Mr. Fraser, of Sumter, occurred as the house was adjourning today. Mr. Fraser asked to be excused from the special committee on biennial sessions because he had taken a position against the feasibility of putting the amendment into imme? diate effect, and, as one never gets credit for making a mistake in his own-favor, he asked to be excused in justic?to himself if not in justice to the house. Mr. Morgan paid a high compliment to Mr. Fraser's integrity and ability and on his motion the house unani? mously refused to excuse Mr. Fraser. WHY CALL FOB BIDS. County Board of Commissioners Did Not Elect Lowest Bidder^ to Comity Positions. The principal business transacted by the county board of commissioners at the meeting Thursday was the elec iton of county physician, druggist, at? torney, etc. Bids for the foregoing po? sitions were advertised for and the fol following sealed bids were filed. County Physician-S. C. Baker, visit to jail 65 cents to each patient; to alms house $1.10 with an additional, charge of 25 cents for each subsequent prescription in both cases. Dr. Walter Cheyne-Visit to alms house $1.00, to chain gang $1.00, jail 50 cents with an extra charge of 25 cents for every additional prescription. Dr. C. P. Osteen-Visit to alms house $1.00, jail 75 cents, with the same charge as the others for pre? scriptions. Dr. Archie China-$2.00 a visit to alms house, $1.00 a visit to jail of chaingang, with no extra charge for prescriptions, present or subsequent. Dr. S. C. Baker was e?eted. The druggists submitted bids as fol? lows: China's Drug Store-25 per cent off regular, cash price. DeLorme's Pharmacy-33 1-3 per cent, off cash price. Durant's Drug Store-50 per cent, off cash price. The contract for the next two years was awarded to DeLorme's Pharmacy. L. D. Jennings Esq., was elected county attorney. The-members of the board are: Messrs; J. T. McNeill, T. E. Thomas and Supervisor W. H. Seale. FERE AT THE CHAIN GANG. Tlie County Sustains a Loss of About Tv?o Hundred Dollars. Thursday afternoon the trusty, who has charge of the washing of clothes for the chaingang, which is now lo? cated at Gaillard's Cross Roads, finish? ed his work and placed the dry clothes in the cage and went off for a short while; he found on^his return that through some mysterious cause the I clothes had caught on fire, and that all of the wearing apparel, together with the blankets and the heavy can? vas curtain that covered the cage in which the convicts sleep, had been en tirefy consumed. The total loss to the county will amount to more than $200. It was necessary to send to the city for blank? ets and clothing for the men. NARROW ESCAPE OF ROYALTY. King of Spain and Queen Mother Overcome by Gas. Madrid, Jan. 30.-King Alphonso, the queen mother and ether members of the royal family had a narrow es? cape from asphyxiation while dining in thc palace Thursday night. The fumes escaping f*>m the heating ap? paratus partially overca.mc thc royal diners. The palace engineer has been arrested. The censor rebuses to allow the detail^ to be given to the press. 100 Miles in 78 Minutes. Daytona, Fla., Jan. 3 0.-The hun? dred mile Vanderbilt cup race, the star event of the auto race- meet, was run this morning. The race was won by H. W. Fletcher in a Dietrich car in 78 minutes and 24 seconds. Beef Trust Loses Again. Washington, D. C., Jan. 30.-The supreme court today rendered a decis? ion adverse to Swift .& Co., and other ? companies in the beef trust in their apeal from the injunction of the Fed? eral court for the northern district of Illinois restraining theil- illegal com* bination to restrict competition in the purchase of live stock and in the sale of dressed meats. Senator Carmack's Advice a Puzzle. Senator Carmack tells this story of a colored man who called on him for legal advice at Columbia, Tenn. The elder of his church had advised his wife to get a divorce from him, and the negro asked: *Tf a elder come foolin' roun' you all's house mixin' up trouble, advisin' yo* wife fr to git a divorce, what'd you do?" "Take a shotgun and kill him, most likely," replied young Carmack. Kill him-kill a elder? Den what de law do?" "Oh, hang you probably." For a full minutes the negro was si? lent. Then in great disgust he turned to go.. As he shuffled along down the steps he turned a perplexed eye on the lawyer and said: 'For the Lawd's sake Mr. Carmack, what so't attorney is you annyhow?" Howard Gould has a lrage fo**.une. and doubtless it is well invested, but there is reason to believe it ia not growing very fast. Persons living near his country place, Sands Point, speak in awed tones of the money that is be? ing expended there. The sea wall, they swear, cost him $1.000.000. His cow house, built or stone, cost $250,000, and his chicken house, also of stone, $150,000. The iron fence around the poultry yard cost $10 a running foot. The Kilkarney castle duplicate is to represent an outlay of at least $4,000, 000. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. Committee Appointed to Take Action on Deficient Water Supply. From The Daily Item January' 26. City council held a regular. meeting at 8 o'clock last night with Mayor Dick and Aldermen Barnett, Hayns? worth, Hood; Rowland, Stubbs and Wilder present. Absent-Aldermen Finn and Hurst. The minutes of January 11th and 13th were read and approved. The mayor stated that insurance agencies of the city are complaining because there is no steam fire engine in the service of the fire department, although the city is credited with such a machine, and reduction of 10 cents J on insurance rates is allowed therefor. He further informed council he had j taken up the matter with Mr. Edgar j Skinner, who has had the engine in hand for repairs for some time, and that Mr. Skinner had promised to have j the engine back in service within ten days. The mayor called attention to nu? merous complaints of poor service which the Water Company is provid? ing for fire protection and losses re? sulting therefrom. He presented cor I respondene he had with the company j more than six months ago, in which, he had notified them of the existing state of their plant, and in which they had j pomised improvement Yet no im ! pdovement had been made and council j should take some action for relief, j Mr. Rowland moved that a committee J of three be appointed, of which the j mayor shall be one, to take the mat I ter into consideration, and advise with la competent attorney as to the prop I er course to be pursued. The motion J was adopted and Messrs. Rowland, I Haynsworth and the mayor were ap I pointed. ! An offer from Mr. Geo. T. Burnett J to put a tin roof on the opera house I for $7.00 per square, valleys 30 cents. I per lineal foot, was discussed, but no I * action was taken. j M. D. M. Therrel, representing the I Southern Bell Telephone company, J submitted an ordnance permitting his r company to erect and. maintain a long j distance station in Sumter. Dr. S. Cr j Baker, representing the Sumter Tele? phone Company, stated that his com jpany had offered to handle the long j distance business for the Southern Bell j Company at less expense than they J could operate a separate office, but J they would not entertain such a prop I osition and were evidently endeavor? ing to obtain a foothold in the city and j have no dealings with the local com? pany. The ordinance was read for the j first time, andon motion of Mr. Row I land, referred to the recorder for ad I vice. i Mr. Barnett filed report of lights not burning. He stated that his commit? tee desired to retain Mr. A. D. Owens J on the police force for the present as lit was considered necessary, although the time had expired for which he had been employed. Council decided to J continue Mr. Owens in service as re I quested. I Mr. Rowland, for the finance com I mittee, reported approval of claims j referred to them He suggested that [all purchases for the city should be j made through the clerk, by direction j of chairman of committees and no J others, his orders to accompany bills j for goods and bills should be ren? dered every month, and it was so or I dered. j In'reference to fire department ex I penses in excess of the regular appro? priations ocuncil directed that such J should not be incurred except by its consent, or request of the fire depart I ment committee. I Mr. D. A. Minor appeared to request j council to order a water majn laid in West Oakland avenue for benefit of ci? tizens who contemplate building resi? dences there in the near ftuure. No action was taken. Major Marion Moise on behalf of Kennedy Bros. asked exemption for five years from taxes on the property employed in th?ir manufacturiing bu? siness. The request was referred to the finance committee to consider and re? port. ? Mr. Haynsworth, for the committee of public works, reported that the re? cently acquired extensions of Purdy and Calhoun streets had been com? pleted and the extension of Salem avenue to Oakland avenue would be started at once. Major Moise asked for a franchise for a company now in process of in? corporation which proposes to furnish electric lights and motive power to the people of Sumter. He was requested to submit for consideration of the coun? cil at its next meeting an ordinance granting the rights desired by his com? pany, j Mr. Barnett, for the committee on sanitary, reported that there are now only five or six cases of smallpox in the city and of a mild type. The may? or expressed the opinion that the city should own a pest house, and urged upon the committee that they be pre? pared at next meeting with some rec? ommendation to council. Council then adjourned. Berlin, Jan. 30.-Prince Eitel Fred? erick is worse this morning. Hemor ! rhage of the right lung has set in, 'accompanied by extreme weakness. BARBER SHOP CHA The Busy Man's Forum Where Many Valuable Suggestions Are Made for the Good of Sumter. The usual Saturday night crowd had gathered at the barber shop waiting their turn, when a traveling man who makes this city about three times a year broke in by saying: "Sumter is the best town in the state. I make them all. She is always on the hustle. I was reading in the Daily Item a few days ago that the franchise had been granted for an electric railway and power plant, and in the same pa? per 1 read this afternoon that the Ar? mour Packing Company has establish? ed a branch house here. What town in the state is growing so fast as Sum? ter?" "None," said the citizen who be? lieves in Sumter," and I dare say by the time you visit our town again you will see many more improvements. I venture to say that a stock company could be raised in eur city at any time to promote anything that would tem: to build up Sumter. Our citizens who have money also have confidence ir; our town, and will invest in anythir'c that looks good." "It seems to me that some one would establish a gas plant here, as it surely would pay," said the man who had just "been finished" in the back chair. "I would not mind taking stock in a company for that purpose myself and I am satisfied that in. less than twelve months' operation that not a block of stock could be bough-. at par.' "I had not thought of that" said the good listener who was leaning agair.s the door. "But would gas be indemand .?vith two electric light plants pi the city? and as soon as the new electric company starts the price of electricity viii be much cheaper as the monopoly 'cinch' which is now enjoyed w;i! cease." "Certainly it will pay," replied the man who had 'been finished. ''The company would not rely altogether zii rhe lighting proposition, as they could g..?t enough consumers for cooking and heating purposes alone to make it a paying institution." "That al! looks good to me," said a well known hustler in the shop. "But you talk about your paying enterprises Those just mentioned are all right; but what's the matter with a pants fac? tory-there's the best of alL A man could organize a company here among our business men and capitalists in less than a day for a plant to manajfac ture pants, and it would pay a hand? some dividend at. that" About this time Mr. T. 5?: Bradley, the publisher of Sumter's city direc? tory "blowed in" to get a six days' growth of beard chopped (this being his first opportunity as he has been busy)and he was asked if Sumter was growing. In reply he said: "I have about completed the canvass for my directory and tike my word for it Sumter is growing and the best evi? dence of that fact is that the vacant houses in our city are few-in fact they are at a premium." So there you are. Look at the possi? bilities. Let's all get a hustle and lend our energies to the Chamber of Com? merce and help it in every way possi? ble and let's have the gas plant the pants factory" and many other entei prises all of which Sumter will support and above all th ti gs never let a dollar g-o away from Sumter that can be kept in circulation at home. That's goes a I.- ng ways toward encouraging people to invest their imbney in any town. THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN, Over 1.300 Vaccinated Within the Pa? Two Weeks-Health Officer and Chief of Police Strike. With the increased number of cases of smallpox the work of vaccination has been steadily going on under the supervision of Health Officer Reardon. The people have acted with remarka? ble discretion and lhere has been prac? tically no resistance to this necessary precaution to prevent the spread of that loathsome disease. The physicians have vaccinated about 250 persons, nearly all white; the health officer, 453 whites and 575 colored; the chief of police, 50 white and colored, making a total of 1.32S persons vaccinated at the expense of the city. However, serious trouble was nar? rowly averted among the vaccinating force. Dr. Archie China, the city's phy? sician, was insistent in his ..emands that all the good looking young ladies in town be sent to him. to which prop? osition the chief and the health of? ficer were not prepared to accede. Then the trouble began. A compro? mise, agreeable to all parties, except the health officer, was finally effected; and to have his revenge for {?> jury done him, our over-zei : officer attempted to vaco dummy in front of Stubbs I ing store. After failing to this feat he appeared reconciled or