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?Jj J WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1906. Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. O'Donnell & Co.-Wash Fabrics. E. C. Haynsworth, Special Master Sale. PERSONAL. Mr. DeSL Bull spent Saturday in town. Mr. Jehu 1. Br ogdon was in the .city Saturday. ; Mr. J. F. Gaines, of Columbia, was ?n the city Friday. Bev. J. C. Bailey, of Dalzell, spenf *j yesterday in the city. Mr. T. S. Rogan, of Summerton, was in the city Wednesday. : Mr. Fred Strickland, of St. Paul, .came to the city Thursday. Mrs. D. C. Shaw, of Alcolu, was a -visitor to our city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Jenkins have returned from Lexington, Ky. Mr. Riebard T. Yates of Lynchburg, Va., spent Friday in tbe city. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Strauss, _ of JMayesvilie, spent Sunday in the city. Mr. John H. Wilson, of Mayesville, as in the city Thursday on business. Dra. F. M. Dwight and M. L. Par 3er, of Wedgefield, were in the city Thursday. Hon. R. L Manning went to Ander- ] cson yesterday to attend the Diocesan -Convention. Rev. H. B. ?oviugton left Monday .morning for Anderson to attend the .Diocesan Convention. .JJMr. and Mrs. Albert E. Aycock, of Wedgefield, aave been spending a few ?days in tbe city. Miss Gassie Harby has returned s :from Brunswick, Ga., where she vis :ited friends for a month. jtfM Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moses have re turned from New Orleans, where they . attended the Confed?rate Reunion. Mr. and Mis. *7. D. McGrew and Mr. David McGrew spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John R. Dixon at St Challes. Mrs. Sam B. Mitchell has gone to Ridgeway io visit ber father, Mr. J. Kennedy. She was accompanied ty Miss M. M. Benson. Mrs. G. E Smith, who bas been visiting ber sisters, Mrs. L. I. Parrott .and Mrs. Allen Flowers, bas returned to her borne in' Eldon, Mo. Mr. W. A. Edwards, of Columbia, .one of tbe architects engaged in draw / ing plans for tbe county Court House, k fe came to the city yesterday. Hon, R. I. Manning has returned from Washington, where he went to v , attend the Conference of Cotton Grow - ers and Spinners at the request of Mr. K D. Smith. Mr. R. B. Belser has commenced ?tf work on a two story brick store build 'ing on his Court House square lot on - the north side of the Court House. It would be a good idea to suspend . ??r a time the ordinance against the use of slung- shots, provided the small boys would agree to devote their time f^and energy to the extermination of the English sparrows. j A fire alarm system that wont . alarm: is not worth what the Sum W: ter system cost the city. It should be ; put in order, and kept so, or discon i tinned. ^k?j Deputy Sheriff J. B. Raffield, who went, to Orangeburg Thursday to get " Eugene Hogan, Jr., who, he w?s in g?; - formed by the Orangeburg sheriff, had * been arrested, has returned home. He : says that the young man who was held ' in custody did not resemble Hogan and he promptly advised that he be BB released. A park at the mill pond would be useless without a trolley line, but it '}- \ might be a good idea for the city coun? cil to acqiure title to the twenty .acres of land offered, for the trolley ^^line will be built in a few years when the growth of the city renders it a ? necessity. m Mr. J. E. King, who was employed - at Durant's Pharmacy during the first part of last summer, is again in the , city. He is now at Abbott's Cigar -jfafr Store, formerly owned by Mr. W. E. Br Harris. Mr. King is very popular here, p having made a large number of -friends during his short stay in this ^city. The n?m<? of of^cer W. A. T^ebble, who was r*-elected a member of The ?j?^olice force by ch?- City C^u^J at the B^^meeting on Wednesday night, was omitted from the minutes, by an over? sight and in the published repon of the ?council meeting his name conse? quently did not appear. It can be almost definitely stated that Orangeburg will be given the re ^^^rnaining vacant place in the South ? -Carolina State League. With the ad? dition of Orangeburg:. which place al? ways puts out a good team, we will nave here in our own State one of the fastest six-cornered leagues' In the ^ south. 9& Messrs. Walters and Edwards, the j f?^^ftrehitects who were awarded the con f|l||fBact for furnishing the plans and ' ||BFspecifications for the county court house find that the job is a tremen? dous one and notwithstanding the fact that they have given these plans 9?P| precedence over all other work they find that the plans will not be ready f for delivery before the 15th of this I month. Mr. Edwards stated yesterday i that it would possibly be a month later before the contract was let. He thought the n^w building would be M\ - ith?Q >ne year. MARRIED. Mr. Edwin W. Palmer and Miss Madge Keels were married Mondsy afternoon, 5:30 o'clock, at the resi? dence of the bride's parents, No. 216 South Snmter Street, by Rev. P. F. Kilgo, pastor of the First Methodist Church. It was a quiet home wed? ding Mr, and Mrs. Palmer left on the 6:?0 o'clock train for George? town, their future home. Mr. Palmer is a Charleston i an, and is now engaged in the drug business in Georgetown. The bride is popular in Sumter and numbers her friends by the score. DEATH. Elizabeth, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boney, died in Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday night, aged six years, after a brief illness. The funexal was held in Atlanta Thursday afternoon. Mr. Boney, whu made his home in this city last year, has a number of friends here who will hear of his bereavement with regret. Miss Julia DesGhanips, one of the most highly respected and esteemed ladies of Sumter, died Sunday morn? ing at 7.20 o'clock. Miss DesChamps spent most of . her life in Sumter and had a large circle of friends. She was related to a large number of people here, bat leaves no very close kin. [ The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church, Rev. P. F. Kilgo officiating. The interment was at the cemetery. Mrs. Nina McEachern, wife of Mr. Robert McEachern, of Heriots' Cross Roads, died Wednesday afternoon af? ter only a few days' illness, aged 33 years. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. R. P. Weldon. She leaves five children. The funeral was held at St. John's church at 4 p. m. Thursday by Rev. Mr. Phillips of Bishopville. There was a large attendance at the funeral. The beareved family have the sympa? thy of the entire community. Death of Mrs. Floride Hood. Last night at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. W. Lowman, in Rus? sell street, Mrs. Floride Hood passed away after having been ill for some months past. Mrs. Hood, has been in failing health for some time and has been confined to her room for about six weeks. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Baptist church. Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery.-Orangeburg News, May 7. Mrs. Hood was a sister of Mrs. M. B. Randie of this city. Dispenser Windham is carrying out the order? of ths ?*ate Board and is having th request books signed by all who purchase ?iquor at the dis? pensary. Ke is using thousands of the books and turns them over to Auditor Wilder regularly as they are used. There is tiready a large accumulation of these b ks 1;; the Auditor's office, - but no ef" ri has be en made to check them up as the I?,? contemplates and requires.' Auditor Wilder has ail he can do to keep up with the routine work of his office, and has no time to give to the checking up of the re? quest books. He informed the county board of control that he had no time to give to checking up the request books unless he neglect his duties as auditor, and that he could not touch the request books, unless the county board would,provide a clerk or agree to pay the salarv of an additional clerk that he might employ to per from the work. No clerk has been em? ployed and the request books con? tinue to accumlate by the cart load. W. O. W. Fish Fry. If Holly Woood Camp No. 19, W. ! O. W. is more fortunate in one re? spect than in all others, it is that a large percentage of its membership is composed of noble souled and loyal hearted farmers from the surrounding country who are enthusiastically inter? ested in all things that pertain to its welfare. Not the least of these things is the fraternity spirit and generous hospitality that prevals the camp. At the last meeting those Woodmen residing about St. Charles and Os wego extended an invitation to the entire Camp to attend a fish fry at McLeods Mill on last Thursday even? ing. \ At the appointed time about one hundred Woodmen assembled on the scene, equipped with good appetites and anxious for the fray or fry. Fish well yesi fish for two hundred and only one hundred to eat them. Mr. L. L Parrott was there and so was one ot the best fish stews that his skill? ed hand ever prepared. Ninety-seven ingredients some say. Although Par? rott says that is not true. It was good enough to have had one hundred and ninety-seven ingredients. Fish was not all. Woodmen of the neighbor? hood brought baskets laden with good things. Well, we did have a royal time. Mingling together, spinning yarns-among them some fish stories that may not have been good for face value-but then, that isn't expected of fish stories. The chief and unans? wered question ls how many ingredi? ents were there in that stew? Such occasions as that are green spots in the lives of busy men. They should be more frequent. What's the good of keeping from him Any good things you may see, That will lift his load of labor Like Rocky Mountain Tea. -China's Drug Store. Hogers-Andrews. Oswego, May 7.-On Ivlay 2nd at high noon in the home of Mr. W. J. Andrews, father of the bride, Miss Verna leola and Mr. Will Rogers were married by the Rev. E. X. Moore. The bride wore?a beautiful white crepe de chene, over white silk, over which fell a snowy veil looped with white rose buds, and carried a bouque: of bride's roses. The parlor was tastily deco? rated in white and green. To the soft strains' of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, beautifully rendered by Miss Sallie Brown, little Gladys Andrews and little James Brown, carrying a tray of flowers, entered the parlor fol? lowed by the couple who stood on a rug of flowers beneath a horse shoe of white roses, where the two were made or e by the ceremory of the Methodist church. After the usual congratulations and loQking over the lovely presents, the party was invited to the dining room where was spread a bountiful dinner, surrounded with geautifu: flowers and vines. Later in the afternoon refreshments were served, after which the couple left amid showers of rice for a short visit to the nome of Mr. Roger's sister at McColl's. They will then be at their home in Bishopviiie. where he will re? sume his duties as chief of police. Lnc'e Marion. TAX RETURNS. There Has Been a Gratifying Increase Th the Valuation ol Real Estate. Auditor Wilder is still hard at work on the tax returns and there are still two townships to be worked up. As soon as these two townships have been completed the county board of equali? zation will be called to meet. All of the townships except one-Mayesville -show a gratifying Increase in the valuation of real estate, the increase ranging from 15 to 69 per cent, while the average increase by townships is about 40 per cent. Mayesville, the single exception, shows a decrease of 13 3-10 per cent. The banner town? ship is Manchester, which shows an increase of 69 per cent, over the last returns. When the county board of equalization completes its work, it is hoped the returns will be really and truly equalized. THE PARK PROPOSITION. j The proposition of Messrs. Marion I Mo se. W. H. Ingram and H. T. Edens I to donate twenty acres of land to the elly for use as a park ..roused no little interest in ; : mity and has been produc. : .ch inquiry and discussion. The proposition gentlemen is that they will . - acres ad? jacent to the Fir : mi i, the land lying on both sides o: - : ond. Part of the land is now under cultivation and a part is wooded. It is rolling and by proper treatment by a landscape artist could be made into a beautiful park, the centre of which would be the pond. This pond will be cleared of all stumps and trees and the dam built five feet higher than it now is with the result thut it would DC a deep and c:oar sheet of water admv i bly adopted for boating. The site of the proposed park lies within a half mile of the city limits less than a mile and a*half from city hall-and is thus within easy reach of the people of ail parts of the city. It will be* only a short drive to the park and not a long walk. In a large city a walk of a mile and a half is not considered too long for an after? noon or evening stroll; and if the park is established and made as attractive as its natural beauty renders possible, it would soon become a popular pleas? ure resort. The conditions upon which the land will be given to the city are: (1) that the city widen Liberty street which will be the principal approach to the park, and that it be converted into a smooth hard driveway; (2) that the city improve and beautify the land donated by laying off walks and drive? ways and make it a pleasure park, in fact as well as in name. Besides Liberty street there will be two other direct approaches to the park. Oakland avenue and Bartlette street will be exteneded to the park, Messrs. Moise, Ingram and Edens who own the land lying east of the park site having decided to open thse streets immediately that the city ac? cepts the donation of the land for the park on the conditions named. In close proximity to the park site, on the west and about equi-distant from the First and Second mills, both of which these gentlemen own, it is proposed to establish a county club. with a roomy and comfortable club house, surrounded by ample grounds, with golf links, tennis courts.etc. On the high rolling land, both east and west of the park site, adjacent to the park and the country club it is pro? posed to develop a suburban residence section, where those who desire may have their homes surrounded by large grounds and thus escape the crowd? ing and heat of the town. Those who make their homes there will be pro? vided with all the conveniences to be had in town, for the large power af? forded by thc two mill ponds will be developed in the near future and the electric lights will be furnished from the power station which will be almost at their back doors. When You Go On Your VzkC&iion COPYRIGHT IBO? ?f The Fechheimer Fishei Co* MEW Y08X You want to look your best? don't you ? You want to be as comfortable as possible, also. You will find here a dainty profusion of Summer Suits in many fabrics, colors and shapes. Serge Suits in abundance. Blues, blacks and grays, sin? gle and double-breasted, some half-lined to make them cool. Two-Piece Outing Suits of Homespun, Wool Crash, Chev? iot and Serge-open to all the breezes that blow. $10, $12.50, $15 to $22. Negligee Shirts, Summer Ties, Outing Belts, Feather? weight Underwear, Summer Hosiery, Straw and Panama Hats in every correct shape, etc., etc. We can surely hit your fan? cy in Outing Wearables and your satisfaction will be our best reward. Illili Phone 166 wwi Ti J Sumter, S. C. In tlie Recorder's Court. Lewis Burrows was arrested on Sat? urday by Chief J. K. Bradtord on the corner of xV?ain Street and Hampton Avenue for public drunkenness and cursing. Recorder Hurst called the case for trial on Monday. Tbe de? fendant plead guilty and was sen? tenced to pay a fine of $5 or to go tc the gang ior 10 da.vs. He paid the fine. A number of gentlemen from this city attended a fish fry at Haile Creek, on the State farm, Thursday. The fry, which was given by Mr. T. O. Sanders, was attended by a large number of gentlemen from the neighborhood and other parts of the county. An elegant fish dinner, with all the accessories, was served and every man present en? joyed the day and occasion. Middletown, Conn., May S.-Earth? quake shocks were felt early this morning at East Hampton. Connecti? cut. Small buildings reported demol? ished. Just received a car load of extra nice buggy and saddle horses. Car load of cows to arrive next week. A. D. Harby. 5 9-4t South Carolina Sumter County- Court of Com? mon Pleas. Robert M. Cook, William H. Cooke, Julia E. Coleman, Irene T. Lloyd, William C. Ivey, John W. Ivey, Sin? clair T. Ivey, Adeline O. McCoy, J. S. Frierson, L L. Frierson and Lon ney Ivey, plaintiffs, against Blanche Ivey, Annie Ivey, Alice Ivey and Harry Ivey, defendants. By virtue of a decretal order in the above stated case to me directed I will offer for sale in front of the Court House at Sumter, S. C., on the 4th day of June, 1906, being salesday of said month, between 12 o'clock m. and 2 o'clock p. m., the following described premises, to wit: 1st. All that piece, parcel or tract o? land situated in the County of Sumter, j in said State, represented by plat of I. M. Nichols, surveyor, containing twenty-two acres more or less, bound? ed north by" lands formerly of Mrs. Campbell, now of Miller Coulter, east by lands of William Jones, south by lands now or formerly of Phillip Rich and west by the public road leading to Wedgefield, S. C. 21. Also all that lot of land situate in the old Village of Manchester, County of Sumter, in said State, con? taining one-half of one acre more or less, bounded on the north and'east by j land now or formerly of J. H. Aycock? j south by lands formerly of Mrs. Camp? bell, now of Miller Coulter and west by ; the public road leading from Manches- ! ter to Wedgefield. S. C. Term of sale. cash, the purchaser to pay for papers. E. C. HAYNSWORTH. 5-9-41 Special Master. TAX COLLECTIONS. State and County Taxes Collected By Treasurer Lee. County Treasurer Lee stated Friday, in response to an inquiry, chat the to? tal amount of taxes collected for the year 1905 largely exceeded the collec? tions for 1904. The increase was not due so much to better average collec? tions but to the largely increased amount of property on the books. Above the usual percentage of taxes j were left uncollected when the books j closed on March li. The amounts col- i lected in 1904 and 1905 were $62,S75. 49 and $74.049.5S respectively-an in- 1 crease of $11,173.09 in 1905 over 1904. j The metes and bounds of the city of i Sumter are defined by a circle of which "the oourt house" is the center. Will the erection of a new court house on a new site' cause any change or confusion in the lines making the lim- j its of the city? Don't be fooled and made to believ? . that rheumastism can be cured with { local applications. Hollister's Rocky j Mountain Te? is the only positive cure i for rheumatism, 35 cents, Tea or Tab? lets. China's Drug Store. MEDICAL ASSOCL1TIOX. / ' Doctors Will Make Xo Insurance-Ex? aminations for Less Than $5.00. From the Daily Item May 4. The Sumter County Medical Asso? ciation met last night with a full at? tendance of members. The usual rou? tine business was transacted and the special programme arranged for the meeting carried out. The only matter of general interest was the adoption of a resolution endorsing the action of the State Medical Association and many of the county associations in de? ciding the fee for all insurance exam? inations at $5. This action was taken as a result of the concerted effort of the life insurance companies to cut down the examination fees paid phy? sicians. The best advertisement Sumter could have would be the construction of a first class sewerage system with.^ out the issue of bonds to pay for it/ When the baby talks, it is time to give H'oiiislcYs R-oo'ky Mountain Tea? It's the greatest baby fhedieirie kriowh to loving mothers. It makes them eat, sleep and grow. 35 cents, Tea or Tab? lets. China's Drug Store. 4 fS^HT ?S ?Ll ST WILL COST YOU fif MpfMnflll. Bg& ?2 SE grra ja to write for cur big FKEE BICYCLE catalogue O m ??w?k 59 ^fragil H showing the most complete line of high-grade ft ?\3? gE? 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