Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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&J)f S?tatdimait ait?i ^>aaii;roiL I WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1905. Sn:a ea ar ttit t u*c Office ac Sumter,S C., as Second Class Mitter SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. D. Harby-Horses and Mules. H. Frank Wilson, Master-Sales. > The First National Bank-State ment. Booth Live Stock Co.-Horses to Arrive. PERSONAL. Mr. James Evans spent Monday in r town. Miss Ansie Holman is visiting rela? tives here. Miss Beaufort Brand has returned from Saluda. Capt. R. A. Brand, of Wilmington is in the city. i Mr. William Banks of the Columbia ? State is in town. * Hr. Frank Burgess, of Stateburg, was here Friday. * CoL J. A. R h ame, of Magnolia, was in the city Friday. Miss Sallie McDonald has returned from the mountains. Kev. H. C. Bethea, of. Hagood was ~ in tbe city yesterday, a. Mr. Matt Moore, of Stateburg, was in the city yesterday. Mr. August Kehn.of the News and Courier is in the city. Mr. Thorn well Parker, of Dalzell, was m the city Friday. Capt. R. J. Brownfield, cf Catchall fefwas in the city yesterday. Mr. L C. Strauss bas gone to Char? leston on a business trip. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh of Orangburg, is in the city on a visit Mr. Chas. Williamson, of Provi? dence, was in town Friday. Mr. Henry D. Crosswells of Colum I bia is in town on business. Mr. W. E. Harris spent Sunday with relatives ic Florence. Mr. Jack James went to Columbia yesterday to visit friends. Mrs. M.S. Burgess returned from ^Sfcateburg on Saturday. Dr. J. W. Tenant, of Lynchburg ?..ame to the city Friday. Messrs. Richardson, of Pinewood, spent yesterday in tbe city. Mr. R. H. Rogers, of HartsvilJe is in the cify today on business. Mr. E. Alesander' of Rural, was in the city CB business Monday. Misses Ethel and Mary Carson have ' returned from the mountains. Mr. E. Wells is at home, after a short stay in Henderson ville Mr. W. O. Cain, of Privateer, came to the city Saturday morning. Mr, E. Dozier Lee has returned from a trip SD Heudersonville. Magistrate Jno. F. IngTam, of Priv ? steer, was in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.*Sain B. Mitchell re? turned Wednesday from Ridgeway. Mr. W. F. Earley, of Darlington spent Friday in town on business. Mr. J. H. Winburn has returned from a business trip to New York. . Messrs. S. J. and J. B. White, of ^Brogdens, were in the city Saturday. Rev. Jacob Klein returned Monday morning from a short trip to Darling? ton. . Rev. H. H. Covington and family have ?etumed from Henderson ville, K. C. v Miss Virginia Cooper, of Wisacky went to Charleston Tuesday after r noon. . * Mr. George L. Kicker has returned "from his vacation which was spent in Maine. Mr. Harry Pate, of Union, is m the city for a few days' stay with his ?r family. f Dr. E. P. Alford bas returned from : a visit to his old home in Marion county. Miss Alice Coben, of Charleston, is . in the city as the guest of Miss Jes? sie Moise. Miss Theo Lopez west to Philadel? phia Sunday, where she will visit . relatives. ! Miss Daisy Pollock left Sunday afternoon to visit ner cousin in New York City. Mrs. C. H. Dorn who bas spent the summer at Slica Rock, N. C., has re? turned home. Miss Emma Schwartz, after a stay of se\ eral weeks in New York, bas re? turned home. Miss Lessie Jones after an extended ' trip to McOoil and i ad?an to wu, have returned home. Mrs. W. H. Scott left for St. Charles Thursday to spend a week with relatives. . Mrs. Gordon Bradley and Miss Mat ?r tie Murray, of Stateburg were in the J? city yesterday. Capt. George Loring, of Florida is in the city on a visit for the first time in several years. Tbe Misses Solomons, who have spent tbe summer at various resjrts are again in at be city. Mrs. B. G. Osteen and children re v turned last week from Gheraw after a stay of six weeks. Miss Etta Brand, ' of Wilmington, N. C., is in the city as the gne.t of her aunt, Mrs. Brand. Miss Estelle Crampton, who bas | been visiting her father at Ridgeway, has returned to the ci*y. ?Mrs. W. K. Cresswell bas returned after spending several days in Sumter -Bishopville Vindicator. Mrs. J. M. Chandler has returned to the city after a visit to Atlanta, Cum? berland Island and Anderson. Mr. A. B. Stuckey and family and Mr. H. W. flood and family returned Friday from Blowing Rock, N. C. Miss McCutchen, of Kingstree, was in the city Wednesday on a visit to her brother, Dr. W. L. McCutchen. Mrs. Edwin Boney and children who have spent the summer at Wrights ville, N. C., have returned to the city. Mr. John T. Mehan editor of the Carolina Citizen, of Cheraw is in tbe city attending th', meeting cf the Dis pensaiy investigating committee. _ Miss Eunice Bradham left Thursday for a week's visit to Miss Nellie ?cker io Anderson. I Mrs. E. N. Frierson and her daugh? ter, Miss Bettie, of Stateburg, were in the city Thursday. Miss Maud Bradham, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Strauge at Me cbanicsville this week. Mr. S. W. Gillespie has retruned to the city after making a base ball trip with the Florence team. Miss Sate DuRant, of Sumter, is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. B. F. Kelly-Bishopville Vindicator. Mr. Richard Monaghan went to Bel? mont, N. C., last Monday to enter upon his duties at St. Mary's College. Miss Emma Mood, of Sumter, is spending a few days with Mrs. W. R. Scarboroago-Bishopville Vindicator. ???Rev. N. W. Edmunds and Miss Mamie Edmunds have returned to the city after spending sometime in Rich? land cou u ty. Miss Emma Mood bas retnrned from Bishopville where she has been visit? ing her sister, Mrs. W. R. Scar? borough. Misses Sudler, of Rock Hill, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs. Stevenson, returned to their home Monday. "Mr. W. F. ?Shaw returned Wednes? day from Sain da, N. C. Mrs. Shaw will remin at Saluda for a week or two longer. Miss White, who has been visitin? Miss Roberta Muldrow, has returned to her borne in Sumter.-Florence Times. Miss Mamie Richardson, of Pine? wood, stopped in tbe city with Miss Bessie Ingram retarning home from the mountains. Mr. W. H. McCaw, the well known newspaper correspondent of Columbia, is in the city reporting the dispensary investigation. Miss Edna H cg h sen, after a visit of several weeks to ber sister in Knox? ville, Tenn., returned to tbe city Thursday. Mr. R. L. Kirkwood, of Bennett? ville, has accepted a position as cot? ton buyer with O'Donnell & Co , and is now in the city. Miss Theo Gregg returned to the city Thursday after having spent two months at several summer resorts and with friends. Mr. Jim Jones, who spent the sum? mer at C?talo Springs, retnrned Sun? day to the city to resume his duties as night clerk at the Hotel Sumter. I Mrs R. W. Speer has issued in? vitations to a Lolto party, on Tues? day atfernoon in honor of Mrs. J. M. Chandler of Sumter.-Anderson Mail. Hon. R. L Manning bas gone to the University bf the South, more popularly known as Sewanee. to visit his sons who are sudents there. Rev. J. P. Inabnit, cf Sum er, va? tted relatives near Mann ir g last week and preached in the M^tbo?isr cbcrch last Sunday morni.e.- Manning Farmer. Miss Mattie Dupont, who retruned from an European trip in July a- d who has been visiting in Greenville returned to the siry Sunday after? noon. Mr. J. M. Riles who enlisted in the United States Navy four years aso ar? rived in the city from Manilla on Wednesday, having completed his term of service and received his discharge. Marion Scott, of Sumter, who has been visiting Chas. Muldrow, left this morning for Clarksville, N. C., to take charge of bis position as com? mandant of tbe Clarksville .Military Academy. Mr. Scott is a graduate of the Citadel, having completed bis course last session.-Florence Times. ? Work on the macadam pavement on East Liberty street has been com? menced. The receipts of cotton are not yet large, but the public weighers have something to do every day. The rush of fall business will be on at the dry goods and clothing stores within a week or ten days, and even now they present a busy appearance. Secretary Reardon, of the Sumter Fair Groands Association, was exceed? ingly gratified by receiving sever? al voluntary and large contributions from farmers of this county. This go^s to show that the interest manifested in the enterprise is not confined within the city limits. A large bam of Mr. E. C. Hayns? worth on the old Heriott place, about three miles from town, was destroyed by fire Friday night at 7 o'clock. All stock were removed before damaged by the fire, but the building, which was valued at nearly $1,000, was burned to the ground. The loss is partially cov? ered by insurance. Some of the antomobilists are con? sidering the establishment of a relief crew to be on duty at all times within call of a telephone or messenger, so that it may go at once to the assist? ance of the auto that punctures a tire, breaks a chain,runs out of gasolene or suffers some other mishaps 'way out in the country. The motor enthusiasts ? have di>covcr9d that it is no fan to be stranded five miles from town about nightfall. The cotton crop will be picked out early this year. The crop is short and is opening rapidly. The committee in charge of the canvass for the fund for the Presby? terian college has met with some en couargament, but there has been no outpouring of money for the college Prof. W. S. Schumacher returned from Bishopville Friday afternoon, and spoke of the band, ?vhich he has organized there, in the very highest terms. He has some excellent ma? terial in the organization, and expects to do his utmost to bring it up to the high standard of proficiency attained by the Second Regiment Band. The postoffice department of the government has taken cognizance 01 the magnitude of the business done in the Sumter office, and has honored Postmaster Shore's requisition for a stamping machine. It has arrived in the city, and will be put into opera? tion in the near future. This is an? other evidence of the growth and prosperity o: Sumter. MAXY HEALTH CERTICATES. Health Officer Reardon Had a Busy Sunday. Last Sunday was- a rather busy day with Health Officer Reardon. The news of a case of yellow fever in At? lanta caused some anxiety among the traveling public, and all south bound passengers wanted to know whether it would be safe to go through At? lanta, and some home people who were going to Atlanta and through that place called to ask for advice. All were advised to give Atlanta a wide berth for several days at least or until the several quarantines against the city are raised which the Sumter health officer thinks must be done in a short time. While there is very little, if any, danger in con? tracting yellow fever in Atlanta, still a passenger entering that city would be in danger of being quarantined at almost any point after leaving At? lanta. A number of traveling sales? men just coming south from Balti? more, New York, Philadelphia and other places up north had not pro? vided themselves with health certifi? cates and secured them here. The rule requiring applicants for health certificates to show where they have have been for ten days previous is as strictly adhered to in Sumter as it is at Charleston and other points where the quarantine officers board the trains, and a little more rigidly en, forced here too than at the places where quarantines are in force if all reports are true. Quite a number of home people left yesterday for New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Charleston, Wilmington and other places and all secured certificates. There is a great deal more travel in and out of Sumter and in consequence a*, great many certificates of health are issued. The health of? ficers of the South will be pleased when the yellow fever is over as the various quarantines entail a big re on them in addition to their regular work, and no extra compensation is received for it. THE CITADEL SCHOLARSHIP. An examination for a scholarship at tte South Carolina Military Acad? emy, commonly known as tbe Citadel, was held in the Court House Friday, under the supervision of County Sup? erintendent of Education Cain. Those *ho rook the examination are: Messrs Renel C. McLeod, James Bull, David Lorin2,,. Yann Greeory, Frans Ives ano Colin McLaurin. These scholarships are worth ?250 fer fcur years, and are well worth trying for. There is one scholarship now open in Sumter county and the exaimsaticn today is to fill that va? cancy. The papers will be sent to the Cita? del faculty, who w:ll grtde them and select the winner ??. - mm mm BANNER INTERIOR MARKET. Phenomenal Cotton Receipts-More Than 43.000 Bales in One Year. The books of the public cotton weighers show from September 1st., 1904 to same date '05, that 43,393 bales of cotton, exclusive of all new cotton marketed this year were bandied by them. There are still 144 bales of last year's cotton now in storage, which, of course, must be added tc the above amount in making an esti? mate of the year's receipts. These figures do not include the large amouDt of cctton that is shipped to local buyers here from neighboring towns and again reshipped without being unloaded ana weighed. But, in estimating the standing of Sumter as a cotton market, that cotton must necessarily be taken into considera? tion, and when it is included, the shipments of cotton from this point will reach tbe large total of somewhere between 50,000 and 60.000 boles. jKfli The largest number of bales weigh? ed here prior to this year was several years ago, when the receipts totaled 36,000 bales. The commercial pros? perity of Sumter is noticeably increas? ing lu all lines of trade. Murray's House Burned. The home of George Washington Murray, the negro ex-Congressman, was destroyed by fire Wednesday after? noon about 2 o'clock. The origin of the fire is. at this writing, unknown, but it has been learned that the build? ing w? arntd to the ground. Murray has a ..?icy on his house with the Scruter Insurance Agency. A visitor, observing the number of costly automobiles whizing through the streets became impressed with the idea that Sumter people have so much money that the fund needed to capture the Presbyterian college could be raised in a day if the people really want it located here. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea nev? er fails to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys, stimulate the liver and cleanse the blood. A great tonic and muscle producing remedy. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. To be sure, in exposiug Iiis life, the President only followed the exam? ple of the officers and crew of the Plunger, but it was their duty to do that very thing and it was not tho duty of the President. President Roosevelt has emphasized Iiis personal bravery at the expense of his reputa? tion for prudence. Considering the importance of his office and the obli? gation which he owes the country to keep outside the limits of personal danger, his latest feat might have been ber*~r left, unaccomplished.- Svracuae Herald. A philosopher is a mau who has quit being a fool.-New Orlean Piayune. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION The Conference to Be Held in St. James Lutheran Church. ?The OrangeburgConfersnce and Sun? day School Convention of the Lutheran Church will met with St. James con? gregation of this city cn next Friday at 9 30 a. m.. and will continue three days, including Sunday. This organ? ization includes the Lutheran congre? gations of Charleston, Bamberg, Barn? well, Orangeburg and Sumter counties and also Augusta, Georgia. There will be about fifty pastois and delegates present. The friends of Sunday school work and of this congregation have been very kind in offering to help entertain this convention of Sunday school workers. All these who may be interested in Sunday school work are cordially wel? comed to be present and enjoy fche de? liberations of this body. Below is a programme of the pro? ceedings: Friday at 9.30 a. m.-Conference will convene and delegates will be en? rolled. Then will follow the organiz? ation of the Sanday school convention. Address of welcome by Prof. D. L. Rambo. Response by Miss Earlath Powell, Augusta. Discussion: 1. The Sunday school Teacher-His qualications and duties.-Rev. J. P. Miller and Mr. Herbert O. Smith. 2. "Summer Training School for Teachers'-Rev. J. W. Horine and Rev. P. E Mouroe 3 "Round Table"-Rev C. E. Weh? ner. 4 30 p rn-Missions in the Sunday school and the Sunday school in Mis isons-Rev. M. G. G. Sherer, D. D., and Rev. J. D. Kinard. Saturday, 9.30 a. m.-Devotional exercises reports from Sunday schools. Discussion: L "Music in the Sunday school" Rev. W. B. Aull, Rev. T. B. Epting. 2. "The Lutheran Primary Series" -Rev. Charles Koerner, D. D., and Rev. C. E. Weltner. 3 "Round Table"-Mr. George Haines or Rev. C. E. Weltner. x4. Business of convention and con? ference. Sunday 10.00 a. m.-Short Sunday school addresses. 11.00 a. m., preach? ing service, sermon by Rev, J. D. Kinard. 8.CO p. m., sermon by Rev. J. W. Horine. In the Recorder's Court. There is a very wise ordinance against borading trains at the depot without reason or cause, and McKin? ley Williams, was beter*- trie Recorder on Monday charged with its vi ela? tion. A>=!h defendant had been in ? l<< guardhouse for 24 hours, on request of Oficer Weeks, he was pennitt^d to go without further punishment. Jim Williams, for public drunken? ness and cursing on Main street was sntenced to pay a tine of $5 or 10. days The cash was forthcoming. W. R. Barnes, C. H. Burrows and William Stuttle were *,nea for fight? ing on Main street. The difficulty was brought about by the obnoxious conduct of Stuttle, a colored painter, in Harris' Cigar Store, but he quiet? ed dowD to a considerable extent be? fore h^ was lodged in the goardhouse. Mr. Burrows' hand was badly cut by the negri). He and Mr. Barnes enter? ed a plea of "guilty" and were fined respectively S5 and ?3. Stuttle plead "not guilty," but his guilt in bring? ing about the difficulty was fully es? tablished, and he was made to pay a fine of 810. Chained In His Cell. Andrew Conyers, a young negro, was arrested and placed in the guard house about a month ago on the charge of petit larceny, and before he could be brought to trial, he succeeded in escaping from the pen by removing hr-s clothes and squeezing through the iron bars. Last Friday Officers Pierson, Barwick and McK?gen dis? covered bim in a cotton patch of MT. Tom Edens, captured him, and again put him in the lockup. At eleven o'clock Friday Officer McKagen caught him in the very act of escaping again, and he had to be run down before he would give up. He was tried by Re crorder Hurst that day, and sent to the gang for thirty days. At present be is chained to his cell like a dog, pending bis removal to the road builders, brigade. THE DISASTER AT JOHNSTON. Death of Cashier Outzs as the Result of His Burns. Edgefield, Sept. 4.-As a result of burns received in the fire that destroy - de the ware house and some 700 bales of cotton at johnson last Saturday night, Mr. David Ouzts, cEshier of the Bank of Johnston, lies dead at his home at that place, having died this morning. While the fire was raging inside the building, Mr. Outzts, M. Melvin Norris and J. C. Terrell, editor of the Monitor, entered the office, which was separated from the main building by a thin partition, for the purpose of getting the books. On their entering the flames sudden hurst through the wall, and although the books were recovered it was with the greatest difficulty that the parties escaped from the room alive. Mr. Ouzts's shirt was burned off him and he inhaled flames. Both of the others were badly burned. Mr. Norris to such an extent as io create apprehen? sion as to bis recovery. Mr. Ouzts's untimely end cast a gloom over the county, for he was one of the most widely known and best men in it. His place in the religious, social aod business life of Johnston can hardly be filled. His burial, which takes place to? morrow morning, will be the occasion of a great outpouring of people. News and Courier. The Johnston cotton warehouse was burned Saturday night. It contained 1,000 bales of'cotton. Loss $60,000 and fully insured. An interesting point shown by the statistics of births in New York is the fact that there is comparatively little inter-marriage of the immigrant races, less thar? is generally supposed. T!i?> returns show that out of 49,074 infants of loreign extraction born in the metropolis only 1,871 were of mix? ed foreign parentage, the rf st, 47,293, being progeny of parents of the same nationality.-Rochester Union and Advertiser. Shot Dead By a Neighbor. Spartanburg, Sept. 3.-Friday night, about 9 o'clock T. M. Glenn, aged 65, was shot and killed by P. Had den, a neighbor, neai Wood's Chapel, in the western part of the county. Mrs. Smith, mother-n-law of Hadden, heard a noise in the back yard. She told Hadden, who took bis gun with him, and going out he saw some one running away. He fired and returned to the house. This morning he went out to see if he could find any tracks or solve the mystery. He saw Glenn dead on the ground. He reDorted the matter to Sheriff Nichols and his deputy went out to the chapel today, a distance of 20 miles. An inquest was held, but no report of it bas been received. The cotton growers cf Marlboro will hold a big mass meeting ?D Bennetts ville September 12. The boarding house of Mrs. S. A. Browne of Anderson was burned SUD day morning. Loss ?$2,000. Tiie total receipts of cotton on the Anderson market for the year 1904-05 were 32,312 bales. James, the little son of Supervisor McBride of Florence was taken to the Pasteur Institute, Baltimore. Saturday for treatment. He was bitten by a mad dog last week. The body of Mack Kennedy, former? ly an operative in the Poe mills Greenville, was found under the tres? tle at Shelton on Spartan burg-Ashe ville branch of the Southern Railway Thursday. Shelton is 46 mz'?es from Coiumbia5 and it is supposed tbat Kennedy, whe had set out several days ago to some other c?ty in search of work, met his death while at? tempting to cross the bridge on his way to Columbia. " What came near being a serious con? flagration occurred in Bamberg on Wednesday night. The store of D. H. Counts & Co., was on fire and it look? ed as if the whole block of buildings was doomed for destruction. Daily Market Report. By Private Wire to The Sumter Cot? ton Exchange. NEW YORK COTTON. O?en High Low Close. Jan. 10*88 10 99 10 50 10 58 March 10 99 11 03 10 66 10 66 May ll 01 ll 07 30 70 10 71 Sept. 10 25 10 31 10 25 10 31 Oct. 10 71 10 83 10 35 10 41 Nov. . ll 77 10 52 Dec. 10 83 10 95 10 40 10 51 Spots 10.75; 20 off. Monthly government report, 72 1-10. CHICAGO MARKETS. Opening. Closing. WHEAT Dec, 81 1-2 813-8 Sept., 79 3-4 79 5-8 CORN Dec, 46 3-4 44 7-8 Sept., 53 4- 52 5-8 OATS Dec, 28 1-2 26 3-8 Sept., 25 - 25 - PORK Oct., 15.12 34.80 Sept., 15.50 15.10 LARD Oct., S.00 7.90 RIBS SH J Oct., 8.75 8.70 Sept., 8.75 8.60 Yellow Fever Report. New Orleans, September 5.-The report issued at 12 o'clock today gives four new cases and two deaths. To Speak in Lancaster. Lancaster, Septembmer 4.-A letter was received here today from Sena tir Tillman accepting the invitation extended him to deliver an address ia Lancaster on the dispensary. He will speak here next Friday. The senator is as strong as ever in this county and he will no doubt be greeted by a large crowd. KEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BASK, OF SUMTER, S. C., At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, Aug. 25,1905. RESOURCES. Loans, and discounts, $269,501 92 Overdrafts, secured and unse? cured, 17,281 57 U. S. Bonds to secure circula? tion, 25,000 00 Premium on U. S. Bonds, 1,300 00 Bonds, securities, etc., 29,500 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3,000 00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents), 1,447 18 Due from State Banks and Bankers, 2.975 33 Due from approved reserve agents, 2,337 91 Checks and other cash items, 953 23 Notes of other National Banks, 1,000 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 1,463 77 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz : Specie, 25,876 60 Legal-tender notes, 1,3*2 00 27,228 60 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per ct. of cir? culation,) 1,250 00 Total, ?383,939 51 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $100,000 00 Surplus fund, 20,000 CO Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid, 22,936 45 National Bank notes outstand? ing, 25,000 00 Due to other National Banks, 136 7<> Due to Scale Banks and Bank ers, 1035 74 njvidends unpaid, 16 00 : Individual deposits subject to check, 184,314 5S Notes and bills redi*counted, 10,500 00 Billi payable, including certifi? cates of deposit for money i borrowed, 20,000 00 Total $383,939 51 i -State of South Carolina, ) gg j County of Sumter. ) I, J. L. MCCALLUM, Cashier of the I above named bank, do solemnly swear that i the above statement is true to the best of ! my knowledge and belief. J. L. MCCALLUM, Cashier. I Subscribed and sworn to before me this ! 1st day of September, 1905. GEO. L. BICKER, Notary Public. Correct-Attest: H. D. BARNETT, ) NE LL O'DONNELL, [ Directors. R. D. LEE, I ) September 6,1905. Horses Slita! Horses i isles ! ! I wish to announce that I have just returned from, the West with my opening load of steck for the season. This load con? sists of a very carefully selected lot of choice lill i ?SI HORSES, and ten well turned and finished mules of assorted sizes. Whether you wish to purchas? or not a call will be appreciated. A full 'and fresh Stock of Buggies, Wagons, Harness etc., om hand. All Stock FulJy Guaranteed. 1 sell the Celebrated MILBURN WAGON. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. CAR LOAD HORSES TO ARRIVE TUESDAY, SEPT. 12. Co.