Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cijr ?ftp? ?mir jioii?jpn. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,1906. Intered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Bank of Sumter-Statement. O'Donnell & Co.-Bagging and Ties. Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Statement. PERSONAL. Mrs. W. S. Shaw has* returned from jKbrth Carolina. Miss Marie DuPre has returned from to the mountains. Mr. G. A. Lemmon has raturned ? com Chick Springs. Mr. John S. Jackson bas returned to Sis home at Elloree. Mr. D. J. Chandler has returned irorn Glenn Springs. Mr. and Mrs. C.. W. Stansill have &*one to Saluda, N. C. Mr. Douglas China bas gone to At? lanta on a business trip. Miss ?jeila Myers spent Sunday at "Providence with relatives. Mrs. George Hutchinson has re? turned from the mountains. Miss Clara Cook has gone to New ? berry on a visit to relatives. Miss Virginia Harby is on a visit to .friends in Wilmington, N. C. Mrs. Lucius B. Durant has returned home from Sullivan's Island. Miss Jude Joye has gone on a visit to relatives at Johnston, S. C. Mr. George "Warren has returned from a trip to North Carolina. Miss Florence Gordan spent Suncfeay .with friends at Foreston, S. C.. Mr. H. W. Harby has gone to Hen? derson ville for two weeks' stay. Mr. Edward McCallnm has gone to '?Chatham, Va., to visit relatives. Miss Susie Jackson left Sunday for ? ;a visit to friends in Charleston. ! Miss Camilla Kilgore has returned from a visit io friends in Florence. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Stubbs have returned from Myrtle Beach, S. C. Mrs. J. H. Leasia and children j have returned home from the sea? shore. Mrs. J. B. Moffet is visiting her sis? ter, Mrs. J. J. Team, on North Main .Street. Mr, and Mrs. H. J. Harby and Miss -Aline are back from Wrightsville iBeach. Dr. W. W. Sibert returned Sat? urday morning from a business trip to Atlanta. Mrs. I. B. Keels is in Georgetown -on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. E. vW. Palmer. Miss Arr? Smith has returned from .Oran^eburs:, where she has been visit? ing friends. Mrs. Georgs P. Booth and children chave gone to Clyde, N. C., for several - west's stay. Miss Louise Hendrix, of Charleston, :is visiting Miss Ella DeLonne on Hampton Avenue. Miss gallie Ellis has returned to the ?-city after a very pleasant visit to rela? tives in Florence. Miss Daisy Bowman has returned to ; fthe city after having spent one month j i on the Isle of Palms. Mrs. Ruth McLaurin and Mrs. ? 'JD. X. LaFar have gone to Da* is Sui- j jphxLT Springs, N. C. ^Messrs. A. D. Harby and J. D. ! "Blanding have gone to Ocean View for ! a ten day's vacation. | Messrs. Robert M. Warren and Sam Dowan have returned from a pleasure trip to Hendersonville. Mr. J. P.. Lopez, of Charleston, is in the city Visiting his sister-in-law, MTS. August Schilling.' Mrs. A. D. Harby left for Wrights? ville Beach Tuesday to spend the remainder of the summer. Miss Ella DeLcrme is again at berne, after having spent some time with friends in Spartan burg. Miss Lois Ballongh and Miss Gay . nell Collins have gone to the Isle of Palms to spend a few weeks. Mr. Louis Rhame has returned to ? the city from a pleasant trip to the ^mountains of North Carolina. Messrs. S. W. Stubbs and A. H. ? Wilder left on Sunday for Hender i-sonville for a few week's stay. v Mr. Marion Scott, who has been in Wilmington all summer, ls at home : for a few days witn his family. Miss Cornelia Kingman has return . ed to the city after hading spent two . weeks with relatives in Savannah. Mrs. Kate B. Grier ana daughter, Miss Augusta Folsom, have gone to -Glenn Springs for a few week's stay, j Mrs. Theodore Scarborough has re- j - turned from a visit to Newberry. She was accompanied by Miss Jennie . May Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moses, Misses Adele and Rosie Moses and Mrs. J. W. Brunson and" children have returned from Wrightsville Beach, where they spent the summer. Mrs. Cora Rossignol and daaghter, of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Flora Bethea, of Latta, S. C., aire visiting Mrs. T. T. Hamilton and sister on Washington street. Mrs. Geo. D. Shore has returned from McClellanville, where she has visiting her father for several weeks. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Jennie Doar. ELECTION MA NAG El IS. The managers of election at Oswe go precinct on the 2Sth inst., will be Messrs. J. I. Lesesne, J. H. Robert? son and W. D. McLeod. The names of the managers for this precinct were omitted from the pub? lished arvertsement because their .names had not been furnished the county chairman when the advertise? ment was made up. The County Democratic committee will meet at the court house on Thursday, .August SO, at 12 o'clock DEATH. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eu? gene Petite died Monday afternoon, after a brief iliness. aged IS months. Mr. Jno. A. McCutchen, formerly of Manville. Lee county, died at Hender sonville, X. C.. Monday morning. The funeral services were held at Hep zibah church. Lee county, at ll o'clock today. Mr. McCutchen re? cently moved to Hendersonville and purchased a home there. On last Sunday afternoon death en? tered the borne of Mr. and Mrs E. D. Zimmerman and robbed them of one of their brightest children, claiming the eldest daughter, Frazile. Soe had been sick only a few aays with fever and was getting along apparent? ly very well until she was seized with a congestive chill. She was 6 years and ll months old, was a bright and affectionate child, and loved by every one who knew her. Her sorrowing parents have our heartiest sympathies in this sad affliction, and we can only point them for comfort to God who doeth all things vcelL They can have the consolation that there are little beckoning hands Heaven bidding her loved ones COL. . She was buried at the M. E. Church on Monday after? noon.-St. Matthews Advocate. Mrs. Zimmerman was Miss Frazile Thomas, of "Wedgefield. Di the Recorder's Court. Amos Mack and Legrand Davis were brought by Officer Weeks before Re? corder Hurst for trial Thursday on the charge of leaving their horses un? hitched at the Atlantic Coast Line passenger depot. They plead guilty and were fined ?1. Shadrach Tindal one of the negro ice wagon drivers, who has been col? lecting twice ,for one delivery of ice, was put on trial Wendensday in the Court of Recorder Hurst for making a double collection from Mr. J. H. Devy- The defendant plead guilty j and was given a sentence of $5.00 or 10 days. Officer Tribbe made the arrest Officer Barwick arested Gabriel Robinson on complaint of Charles DeLorme for larceny of a saw The defendant was convicted and made to pay a fine of $2.00. Charles DeLorme was required by the same officer to appear for trial on the charge of cursing on the streets of the city. The testimony was inadequate for conviction, and the case was dis? missed. The case of the city against V. H. Rhiles, arrested by Officers Galla? gher and. Clyde and charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. I was first taken up by Recorder Hurst on Monday. The defendant paid $3.00 without going to trial, and the fine was so entered upon the docket. Jake Valentine's case was inext con? sidered. The charges against the de? fendant were public drunknness, cursing, fighting and resisting arrest. Officers Owens and White made the arrest. The nature of the charges against the defendant were of a very ! aggravated kind, and after hearing the testimony, Recorder Hurst im? posed-a sentence of $20 or 30 days for the first two Offenses named, and a like sentence for the last two $40 was paid by the defendant, and he was released. A. R. Johnson, arrested 'by Officer Owens, plead guilty to the charge, of riding a bicycle on a sidewalk where there was a paved street As this was his first appearance in court, and owing to his ignorance of the or? dinance, a fine of $1.00 was imposed, which was duly paid. I*AXE STATEMENTS. Tlie Sumter Banks Have Heavy De? posits Even In Dull Season. From the Daily Item August 18. The Bank of Sumter, Farmers' Bank and Trust Company and the Sumter Savings Bank, the three State banks doing business in this city, have pub? lished statements within the past few days in compliance with a call by State Bank Examiner Holleman. For the dull season the banks are in excel? lent shape, particularly insofar as deposits are concerned. The deposits of the three banks are as follows: Bank of Sumter, 8207,171.80; Farmers' Bank and Trust Co., ?349,545.50; Sum? ter Savings Bank, $138,293.01. The de? posits of ?he First National Bank on the same day that the statements of the other banks were made up, ag. gregated $230,247.98, which amount added to the total deposits of the three State banks brings up the amount held on deposit in the four Sumter banks to 8925,258.25. This is quite a tidy sum for this season of the year and shows that the people of Sumter are accumulating I money and that in a few years more, 1 at the pres-nt rate, the home banks will be able to finance the business enterprises of Sumter -, with Sumter money. _ Newport News. Va.. August 21. The large kitchen at the National Sol? diers' Home, near Hampton, was de? stroyed by fire this morning. The loss is estimated to be $?0,000. President Peterson of Orangeburg Collegiate Institute reports that pros? pects for the school arc fine. This is one of the best places to send your children. Jenny-Treatment for pimples and blackheads calls for absolute clean? liness. Pimples show that the body is absorbing poisonous substances and needs Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or Tablets 35 cents. Chi tunity Would you like, to get a good Suit of Clothes, Pair of Trousers, Suit for the Boy, a New Hat or anything in the Toggery line, and to buy it for much less than it's worth ? If you would, Here's Your Golden Opportunity Real opportunity like this knocks at your door but once during the Summer Season. Don't overlook it We're clearing out stock to get in readiness for Fall and Winter trade. We can use the money, but not the stock. -We've pinched our prices as much as it is possible to pinch them. Read just to get an idea of what we're doing here. a a ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii $20 Suits reduced to 318 $16.50 $15 $12.50 $10 50 cents Negligee Shirts now = 75 cents Scriven's Elastic Seam Drawers $3.50 Boys' Wash Suits now $2.50 " " " " = AH $1 Straw Hats now = AH 50 cents Straw Hats now = AH 25 " " " , $13.50 - $12.50 $11 - $10 $ 8.50 $ 6.75 40 cents 60 cents $2.00 $1.50 = 50 cents 25 cents = 10 cents PHONE 166. CLOTHING CO S?ilTER, S. C. First Bale Friday. The first bale of new cotton was sold Friday by W. I. Matthews to Levi Bros. The bale weighed 334 pounds and brought nine cents. The grade was very poor, being green and gin cut. Mr. Matthews farms on the Spann place about six miles east of Sumter. The doctors used to bleed mankind, For every ill that they could find, But now they're wiser, said one to me, And give instead Rocky Mountain Tea. China's Drue Store. Moval. I have moved my Millinery from Mr. Wells' Dry Goods Store into the store next door to the Ten Cent Store, South Main Street, where I hope to have all my old customers and many new ones. Yours to please. Old papers* at this off ce 20 cents per hundred. Miss S a iii r*y, Baseball is a good ti? ter has had enough f and there are few wh rh ?TO ort? no TT) OTP era TT lg D?t sim? son hat THE AL??L% RAILROAD CO. Will offer for sale' every Friday, Satur? day and Monday during June, July, August and September, 1906, round trip tickets over its road at reduced ra^es, gjod to ..eturn until the follow? ing Tuesday. This notice is subject to change or withdrawal - :e. Your patronage is solic Fer ?m> ther information, addr?: K. ;r man, Traffic Manager, ? FOR SALE-5-horse farm, Rafting Creek township on Charleston road, opposite Mr. E.. R. Alston's T. P. Sanders; A chance is still open to the yoong mat of this county to get a Normal Scholar? ship in the University of South Carolin*. An examination-for that purpose bc conducted by the County Superintendent, of Education, Friday, August 31,1908. Write at once for application blanks* to. BENJAMIN SLOAN, President, Columbia. S. C.