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Clie SEattjn?tini w? Sonta WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1905. |f Entered at the Tost O?ce at Sumter yS G., as Second Glatt Mitter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The D. J. Clothing Co.-Sunday Week is Easter. O'Donnell & Co.-White Goods. The Sumter Dry Goods Co.-Corsets w and Skirts. The DuRant Hardware Co.-Awn? ings, Awnings. Dr. John K. Morse-Veterinarian. The Boer War-April 17. Woolson Spice Co.-lion Coffee. The Minor Store-Millinery Open l ing. C. J. Jackson-Wanted. " Bewley Hardware Co.-Announce? ment. PERSONAL. . Mrs. W. C. Stradley, of Hender sonvilie, visited Mrs. D. P. Kelly ^last week. Mrs. Ferd Levi has returned from a trip to Washington, where she spent two months with her parents. Miss Roberta Williamson, of Provi? dence, is visiting friends in the city. Mr. Dennis O'Donnell, is visiting Mr Frank 0?Donnell at the Hotel Sumter. Misses Mamie Scarborough and Lucy Mood, of Summerton, spent Thursday in the city. Mrs. W. S. Mowry and Miss Mar? guerite Breeden, of Bennettsville, spent Thursday in town with friends. Mr. W. B. Penn, ofEdgefield, was in town Wednesday. Mr. fi.'"L. B. Wells left Thursday for Gold Field, ?eveda. Dr. N. W. Edmunds has improved in health very decidedly during the past two weeks and is able to leave his room. ? Mr. Ernest M. Carson was graduat? ed from the Charleston Medical Col? lege last week and is now a full . pledged M. B. Mr. and Mrs. Allan A. Gilbert, of .Chicago, UL, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Flowers. Mr. D. Jas. Winn attended Har? mony Presbytery which was in session at Hepzibah Church, Mannville, last week. Mr. W. S. Chandler, of Mayesville, was in the city Friday. Mr. P. G. Gourdine, of Kingstree, spent Friday in the city. Messrs. S. I*. Shaw and E. Lu Carnes, of Bishopville, were in town Friday. Mr. J. P. Wade, of New Sumter, was in town Friday on baan i ness. Miss E. Chambers, of Union, is visiting friends in town. Miss Moneta Os teen bas returned from a visit to friends in Dovesville. Mrs. Douglas China and children who have been visiting in North Car? onia returned home last night. Mrs. E. E. Rembert, of Rem berts was in the city Saturday. Mr. J. M. Woodleyxrf DaJzel was in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Irby, of Boy kins, spent Saturday in the city. MissJLottie Wexnges, of R?mberts, xs visiting in the city. Mr. J. H. Rice, Jr., of George? town, wai in the city Saturday on business. Mrs. David R. Coker, of Harts ville, spent Saturday here. Mr. A C. lagon, of Orangeburg, was in town last week. Mr. J. W. Spencer, of MayevsiHe, was in the city Friday. Mr. Herman Schenk, of George? town, is in town on a-business trip. Mrs. W. B. Jeffords, of Orangeburg is visiting Mrs. C. B. Yeadon. Drs. J. A. Mood and S. C. Baker; went to Manning yesterday to attend a meeting of the lunacy commission i appointed by the governor to inquire ! into the sanity of Ned Mack who isl under sentence to be hanged. Mrs. Joseph Walsh, of Boston, Mass, is visiting relatives in the city, Mr. J. M. Lawrence is in the city Dr. R. M. Muldrow, of Mayesville, spent Tuesday in town. Mr. John T. Brogdon was in the city yesterday to attend a meeting of county board of commissioners, but. owing to a misunderstand i cg, Mr. F. E. Thomas was not present and the meeting had to be postponed. :Mr. B. C Wallace left Monday morning and Mr. N. G. Osteen that sight for Anderson to attend the State Convention of Red Men. Mr. J. H. Levy went to Summerton yesterday to install the newly elected officers of the Knights of Py? thias Lodge at that place. Miss Lessie Witherspoon, of York viile, is visiting friends in the city. Messrs. W. D. Carson and A. S. Und,, of S tate burg, were in che city yesterday. ' Mr. M. Manheim, of Marion, was called to the city by the death of his brother. , Mr. Sam W. Gillespie went to . Charleston on Monday to play ball with Welsh Neck High school against Charleston College. Kr. and Mrs. A. B. Holland spent Sunday in Columbia with relatives. Misses Daisy Bowman and Ellen Karrali have returned from Columbia where they have been teaching this winter. Mrs. Robert H. Jennings of Orange Surg, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Moses. Mr. Frank A. -Little, who has been hi the city for some time, left Monday -norning for Knoxville, Tenn., where he has accepted the clerkship in a large, new hotel. During his stay in th? city Mr. Little's health has great? ly improved. .Senator T. G. McLeod, of Bishop viiiei passed through the city Satur day afternoon enroute to Savannah to attend a meeting of the State Shell Fish Commission which convenes there today. The commission will visit Beaufort and other places on the sea coast to xoake investigation re? specting the shell fish industry in the state. Mr. and Mrs. A. B* Baskin, of Bish opville, are in town today. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hutchinson, of Ferguson, are visiting friends here. Mr. Tod Folsom is in the city for a few days' stay. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Crosswells of Columbia, spent yesterday in the city. A telegram was received Saturday from Mr. Sol J. Ryttenberg announc? ing his safe arrival at Colorado, Springs, Col. A Coming Marriage. Mr. Claude Rhame, formerly of this city, will be married at Cape Charles, Va., on the 12th instant. The follow? ing invitations have been sisueu: "Rev. and Mrs. John W. Hundley announce the marriage of their daughter, Virginia Crozer, to Mr. Claude Rhame, on Wednesday, April 12, 1905." Mr. David Lyda, a recent graduate of the Charleston College Pharmacy, has accepted ' a position at DoRant's Pharmacy. The increase in the retail price of ice annonnced for this season does not give general satisfaction. This additional tax levied upon the public by increasing the price of a necessity makes the cost of living just that much greater. There is said to bea big margin of profit in ice at 50 cents per hundred pounds and the people do not understand the reason for the advance in price. DEATH. Mrs. Mattie Law, wife of Mr. W. R. Law, of Bishopvilie, died Saturday morning- after several months' illness. The funeral was held at the Presby? terian church, Rev. W. A. Gregg con? ducting the services. Mr. Johc Renno died last Saturday at ll o'clock after a illness of several weeks aged about 72 years. Mr. Renno has been a resident of Sumter for fifteen or twenty years. He was a native of Pennsylvania, but came South prior* to the war and served throughout the war in the Con? federate army. He was unmarried and had no relatives in this State. Mr. Joseph Manheim died Monday night at the home of his father, Mr. H. Manheim, on South Main street, after a long and . painful illness, of cancer of the stomach. The funeral was held at 3 30 o'clock yesterday from the residence on South Main street. Mr. Horace Harby died this morn? ing shortly after 8 o'clock at his home on Church street, after an illness of three mouths. Mr. Harby was born in this city January 6, 1846, and was a son of the late A. J. and Octavia Moses. He attended the local schools until six? teen years old and then went to Hills? boro Military Academy for a few months, leaving it to enter the Con? federate army, in which he servved until the close of the war. He was married to Miss Emma H. Solomons, April 1, 1870, who. with seven childrn, survives him. Mr. Harby was one of the most sue* ess ful business men Sumter has known since the war. He acquired by his own exertions a large property and was probably the wealthiest citizen of Sumter. He was president of the Sumter Savings Bank, which he was instrumental in organizing. He had at different times served as warden, intendent, and alderman of this city. The funeral will be h=ld at Mr. Harby's late resident on Church street at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn? ing. The pall bearers will be: Honorary-Dr. H. J. McLauriu, Dr. A. J. China, Altamont Mob^.s, W. M. Graham, Marion Moise and M. F. Hiller. Active-C. W. Stansi.il, Louis Lyons, R. L. Wright, J. H. Chand? ler, Geo. L. Kicker, W. E. Hawkins. THE COMPANY INSPECTION. The Sumter Light Infantry Makes a Fine Showing. The annnal inspection of the Sum? ter Light Infantry was held in the company armory at 8' o'clock Monday night by Col. John M. Patrick, As? sistant Adjutant and Inspector Gen? eral and Col. Ezra B. Friller, ?. S. A., The company mustered for inspec? tion 47 men, rank.and file, Avery creditable and satisfactory showing was made and the company was com? plimented by the inspecting officers. A team belonging to the Electric Light and Ice Company ran away on South Main street yesterday, ran into a buggy in which Ed Hicks and J. H. Abraham, two country" negroes were stting in front of th? Episcopal church. The buggy was smased and the negroes thrown out. Hicks was bit on the head and quite seriously hurt. Abraham had one" leg painfully bruis? ed. Abraham says that he "dont rightly know what hit him or the buggy." He did not see the runaway team until it was almost upon them and they had no time to get ont of the way. T5he Minor Store's Spring Opening of MILLINERY WILL OCCUR TUESDAY i APRIL EIGHTEENTH SCHUMACHER'S ORCHES? TRA WILL DISCOURSE SWEET MUSIC. EACH LADY WILL RE? CEIVE A BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIR. ?PROOF of our splendid gathering of this important line it is not necessary to add anything to our plain assurance that agreeable to this store's policy of deter? mined and rapid advancement this WILL EXCEL all that have preceded it in its magnitude and in its wealth of variety in styles which May be?p?sly : Authoritative. Monday,iApril 17-One Performance, 2.30. THE STUPENDOUS SPECTACLE OF THE AGE. 600 BOER AND BRITISH VETERANS OF THE GREAT ANGLO BOER GEN; Pl ET A CRONJE, The Lion of the Transvaal ! | The Hero of Paardeburg"! IN THE WAR ORIGINAL ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION PRODUCTION. 50c. GENERAL ADMISSION. HALF PRICE FOR CHILDREN, Capt. A. W. LEWIS, Gen. Mgr. Mr. PRANK E. FILLIS. Director. HORSES AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT OF AN ARMY IN 3 BATTLES OF THRILLING INTEREST ! "IT WOULD MAKE A WOODEN HEART 00 PIT-A-PAT! n Attenta Constitution. See the Grand Street Parade Monday Morning. SUNDAY WEEK IS EASTER SUNDAY. Easter is the time for sunshine and for Sowers, It's the tin when Dature smiles and we all take a fresh grip on life. It s the natural desire of every Man and Boy to appear in ne^ garments on Easter Sunday. We're in full bloom of SpriEg display of Suits, Fancy Yest, Hats, Neckwear, and all sorts cl 1 Springy" things for baster. If you are not ready for Easter Sunday we can put you in order in about thirty minutes, and you'll be as well dressed as any man in the Easter parade. D. J. Chandler Clothing Co., Phone 166 - - Sumter, S. C. A Noteworthy Display of Spring' Suits For Men, Youths and Boys jgzm* Noteworthy, because of the magnificence of ?s^A the display, which consists of a great collection %?J& of the most superbly tailored Spring Suits we ^f^P^>\ have ever shown. Every garment is the ar M\V}}L)? tistic production of some noted maker and re iMr+fflw niarkable for the smartness of the style, the Sff?MJ?* beauty ?f tne fabrics and the elegance of finish. ?ji^^^l Consider this a personal invitation to you to J&f^SX come and see the new styles for this season-it m??B\ 'will be a pleasure for us to show them to you,. \2^M and you will certainly enjoy your visit. fy ll Spring Suits for Men and Young Men O ? Are here in so many styles, fabrics and pat ?J Q terns that you will be able to make a selection " that will please you in every detail, and at the "BWutmAoL j price you wish to pay. ci???uf Besides the ever-dressy black and blue fab tiUKtN-T?lAL BJOTMEBSLOX . , ll .1 . 1? 1 ? -T - "-"-J ncs, we show all the new patterns m light, me? dium and dark color effects-many exclusive designs that you will not find elsewhere, npr be able to dupli? cate at our reasonable prices. But come and see for yourself the big values we offer at $10 to $20. Dur Boys' and Juveniles' Clothing for Spring [s attracting wide attention imong thrifty parents. If pou have a boy whom you wish, to dress tastefully at jmall cost, it will pay you landsomely to come here ind examine our showing >f spring apparel for little nen-come at your earliest ?onvenience. Yours respectfully, Sumter Clothing' Co., Phone 170.