Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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$ tor ?<Hattinnan aub ^oaibrtm _^ wc011190av, hay ft, rm. Bleared ?I the Poetoll?e at Sumter, 8. C. M Hrcoiul ( bum Matter. NEW ADVKRTISKMENTS. Nuill O'Donnell?Home? for Sale. *Tbe D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.? Clothing. Th? Farmen" BHnk and Trust Co.? Statement. The Bank of Sumter?Capital and Surplus fiat.000.00. - - ? , . PFJUONAL. Mlee Tnes Atkins, of Columbia, la ?pending eome time In the olty with her ?Itter. Mrs. Oeo. p. McKagen. Mlee Louise Jones, who hau been teaching at Brogdon for the psst year, te In the city visiting her sistir, Mrs. T. A Scarborough. Mr. G. W Chandler, of Charlotte, district manager of Swift St Co., Is In the city for a few days. Mise Julia Schwerin went to Rock Mill Friday Mr. J. B. Auld was In the city Thursday night. Mr. Cecil P. Schwerin returned to Lamar Friday. Mr. I. A. Ryttenberg went to Dar? lington on business Thursday. Mise Copeland Smith, of Lyn hburg. Vs.. spent a short while here Friday morning en route to Bennettavllle. Mfa* Smith has been teaching school at Brogdon this year. v Mr. Frank O'Donnell has returned ft dm Greenville. Miss Cectlle O'Donnell te visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nelll O'Donnell. Mia Stephen Trevost, of Columbia, te vleitlng Mise* Ethel Robb. Mise Netta Leob. the guest of Mrs. Abe Ryttenbery. returned to Charles? ton Friday afternoon, Mrs. Qeo. Caldlcott returned to At? lanta en Saturday after a visit of ee\eral days to her sister, M,rs. O. W. Reardon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Eason left Saturday for Outhrle. Oklahoma, Where Mr. Eason has accepted a gov? ernment poetlon In the engineering department Dr. Abbott Maeon. a graduate * Char Vest on Medical College, Is visit? ing frlende and relatives in the cltv. Miss Cook? Bovkln returned ?o the 1 iiv Friday 'from Cantden. 4* Mr. J Frank Pate, of Fletcher. N C. to in tawn. having beta f?ll?d hero by u, tun**** ot hin daughter \ La Ree J. B. King spent Sunday In r. William Smith, of Charleston, le vlaltlng his brother. Mr. C. Capers Smith. Mrs. J. P. Marlon has as guests, her sisters, Mrs. T. D. Darlington and Mrs. Jones, of Laurens. Mr. Fred Auld, of Eastover, spent Sunday In the city. Miss Steadman, of Camden, Is the guest of Mrs. C. B. Yeadon. Mrs. T. D. Darlington and Mrs. Jones, the guests of Mrs. J. P. Marlon, returned to Laurens on Monday, ac? companied by Mrs. Marlon, who will spend a few days with friends and relatives. Miss Lola Klrkley, of Smlthvllle, Is spending a few days In the city. Miss TUUe Flud, of Stateburg spent Monday In the city. Mrs. R. B. Furman, of Privateer was In town Monday. Miss Lily Bee returned to Charles? ton Sunday after a visit to friends in the city. Mrs. E. N. Frlerson has returned to Stateburg after a very pleasant visit to the Misses Nelsons of this city. Miss Mamie Nelson has returned from a month's visit to friends In La mar, S. C. MARRIED., Miss Mary Adele Dunne, of Me chanlcsvllle, Lee County, and Jdr. Clif? ford Daly, of Columbia, were married at 7 p. m. Friday at the Cath? olic parsonage, Rev. Father Ken? nedy officiating. The marrage was a quiet affair and only the members of the family were present. Mr. and I Mrs. Daly left on the 9:20 train for Columbia. DEATH. John Hamilton Lenolr, two-year-old son of Mr. ar\d Mrs. W. S. Lenolr, died Wednesday, April 28th, and was burled at Dalsell cemetery Thursday. Miss Carrie E. Esdra. of New York city, who has been In this city for the past three months, died Friday af? ternoon at the Sumter Hospital. Miss Esdra was In her fifty-fourth year. She was a cousin of Mrs. Emma H. Harby, Mrs. Isaac Schwartz, and Mrs. C F. McFadden. The funeral services were held at the Synagogue at 6.15 Saturday afternoon. Messrs. E. J. A W. K. Dunne, the at chltects of this city, have been em? ployed to prepare plans and super Intend the construction of a new ?chnr>l h0U?e for lPo?r*r?v*r tp cost $8, 000. WANT! !> To ii horses (and carriage if desired> for the reason kfeat i Will oe out oi the city during the summer. The qualities of my horses are excellent, they are not afraid of automobiles or trains. Will sell cheap for cash or approved paper. Nelll O'Donnell. 5-4-4t. IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH CARO? LINA'S COHN CROP RECOG? NIZED. Official of the National Corn Exposi? tion Asks that this Stute he Placed On the List of Those Competing for Prize Offered by Exposition?State Is Also Placed on List of Those to lie Benefited by Boys' Club Prize Trip. Columbia, May 2.?South Carolina has at last come to be recognized as one of the great corn-growing States of the Union. In a letter to Commis? sioner Watson Mr. W. O. Paisley, as? sistant general manager of the Na ticnal Corn Exposition, the largest or? ganization of its kind in the country, asks that South Carolina be in the list of States competing for the prizes of? fered annually by the Exposition. Commissioner Watson has replied to' Mr. Paisley that he is very much grat? ified that this State has now been placed In her rightful position among the leading corn-growing States. "Heretofore," says Col. Watson, "I did not feel that we should aspire to be placed alongside of certain other States in the matter of corn growing, but there has been such marked de? velopment in the past few years that I now have no fear. We are going to go even further and make South Car? olina known as much as a corn growing State as she now Is known as a cotton State." Mr. Paisely's letter to the commis? sioner states that the Baltimore Sun informed the officers of the Exposi? tion of the interest which is being shown in South Carolina in the culti? vation of corn. "We wish," writes Mr. Paisley, "to have your department work with us In our efforts to further this great problem. Fifty-four thou? sand dollars In premiums are offer? ed at the Exposition for best crops of corn, wheat, oats and grasses. "The South is taking an advanced step in agriculture inasmuch as the farmer* of that section have found that they could raise good crops of other things than cotton, and it means much for the prosperity of our coun? try." The States represented in the mem-' bershlp of the Exposition include the great corn-growing States of the Northwest. The headquarters are lo? cated at Omaha, Neb. When South Carolina enters this field, she will be well advertised as one of the leading corn States of the United States, and will receive that kind of publicity in other parts of the country which will bring residents here. In the local State contests, as provided for by the South Carolina Legislature, the list of entries has been gratifyingly large this year. Thlrty-slx of the forty-two counties are represented, and there are from soven to nine contestants from each county. Boys' Corn Club. ? O. B. Martin, formerly State Super? intendent of Education for South Car? olina, now assistant in the boys* de? monstration work at Washington, has placed South Carolina in the list of States to be benefited by the Boys' Club prize trip to Washington. In thi3 State the counties where the con ttst is open are: Lee, Florence, Clar* endon, Marlboro and Newberry, these counties having been regularly organ? ized in the demonstrative work. The prize is offered by Dr. S. A. Knapp, who is well known in South Carolina, in connection with his visits here in the interests of farm demon? stration work. The prize offered is a trip to Washington with all necessary expenses paid and an oportunlty to meet the secretary of agriculture and the president, see congress,'the capitol and the other sights of the nation's capital. Dr. Knapp also agrees to buy as much as twenty-five bushels of the se? lected seed in the crop produced on the prize acre at $2 per bushel, if the winner desires to sell. The rules of the contest are that the boys entering the contest for the prize must not be over seventeen years of age; must be members of the regu? lar county boys' clubs; must cultivate at least one-half acre under demon? stration methods; exhibits must be delivered to the county superintendent of education by October 16; the amount of the yield and the method of measurement must be certified by each boy and attested by at least two witnesses who are disintersted. In making the State award a uniform basis will be used. The basis of award Is as follows: Greatest yield per acre, 25 per cent; best one-half bushel exhibit of corn in ear, 25 per cent; best book account showing history of crop and all ex? penses, 25 per cent; the best showing of profit on Investment, 25 per cent. } For the information of those who will go into this content It is stated that about forty ears of the corn should be brought to the county su? perintendent not later than October 16. and for the following year the seed should be carefully selected so that each boy may have the best possible showing for the next year's crop. The statesman is yet to be born who Is clever enough to make what our benevolent business interests re? gard as adequate protection walk hand in hand with adequate revenue. ?Providence Tribune. It would be a mean person, of course, who would notice the bag in the knees of your last spring's trous? ers. But, darn it, there are so many mean persons.?Indianapolis News. Twenty people were killed by the cyclone in Georgia Saturday. ^y|y|y|y|y|yimyil Aged, Old Men You may classify yourself anywhere you please, either by years or by your taste in clothes styles; we have Hart Schaffner ? Marx clothes here for you; whatever age or taste you go by. Young men especially will find here the very snappy styles which they like to wear; a little extreme, maybe, but they like 'em. The other more conservative styles are here, too; all-wool fabrics, right tailoring, fit, and style in models. You want these clothes; we want you to have them. Suits $18 to $30. Suits of Other Good Makes $10 to $25. This Store "is the Home of Hart Schaffner 6l Marx clothes. lit d. j. es mm. IJhone 166. Sumter, S. C. )S?3 t?' cflo r>i>> -Xlo ftflfl rili rStn rvO/-. ~r> ^ m?im -n.. - r>- -n- ~ ^ Makes delicious hot biscuit, griddle cakes, rolls and muffins. The only baking Powder Made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar The Essence of Economy. Secretary Crowley of the Cattle Raiders' association praised the other day In Galveston, the cow-boy-auto mohlle. "The cowboy automobile has come to jitay," he said. "A cowboy at the wheel can handle a hundred times as many steers as a cowboy In the saddle." "But the expense?" said an English rancher. "It's cheaper In the long run,* 'said Col. Crowley. "I don't believe in cheeseparing on these western plains of ours. Cheeseparing out here, amid this bounteous nature, looks as ridi? culous as the tactics of the St. Joseph miser. "There are, you know, two famous misers in St. Joseph?two old bache lors, of course. The old miser called on the younger the other night and found him sitting in the dirk. He lit up, however, when he found there was a mortgage paper to be examin? ed. Yes, he lit up a small candle But as soon as the paper was read through he blew out the candle gain " 'Why did you do that?' his guest a little offended, asked. " 'Now my dear sir', said the host can't we talk just as well in the dark? Of course we can; and think how savos the candle.' "3o they talked on. Money, money, money. But the host noticed strange sou.ids coming from his guest's chair ?strange creaks and rustliigs?and at last he said: " 'What are you doing there, any? way?' " 'Why* said the other, 'it's dark and nobody can see me, so I thought I'd take off my trousers and save w.sar and tear.' "?Washington Her? ald. the cradle to the grave, and the rail? roads are trying to do the same. Only a short time ag' freight rates from the West were Increased, mak? ing the cost of living higher, and now the freight rate on coffins has been raised, increasing the cost of dying. It appears that it has been custom? ary to ship coffins from the factory in crates, one inside another. Under a new regulation of the railroads this Is to be no longer permitted, each coffin being required to be separately boxed. Of course, this will materially in? crease the cost of shipment, one of the local undertakers estimating this increased cost at three dollars for each coffin. If this be true, then this new rail? road regulation will increase the cost of a funeral three dollars, this addi? tional amount going to the railroads. Certainly this is a great hardship on poor people, and looks like cruel ex? tortion.?Augusta Herald. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Farmers1 Bank and Trust Co., LOCATED AT SUMTER, S. C. At the Clote of Business Apr. 28,1909. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts, Overdraft*, Bank ng House, Forniture and Fixtures. $421,676 68 4,06? 07 18,066 69 2,368 97 Due from Bank? and Trust Co's, 89,165 f 6 Currency, Gold, Silver and oth< r coin, Caecks and Oaeh Items, 4.452 00 265 00 5 936 9 7 1.422 84 The Freight Rates on Coffins. It is said that by a new regulation of i:he railroads the cost of funerals is now to be increased. So it has come to this. Through the protective tarit the government taxes the citi? zen on practically everything from WANTED?All the cotton planters in Sumter County to know that they can insure their growing crops against damage by hail In the Car olina Hall Insurance Co., Main St. G. E. Haynsworth, Agent. 4-20-6t.-eo-d- W & S. 4t. $2.200 TO LOAN?On good Real Estate mortgage, interest at 8 per cent. Geo. W. Waddill, R. F. D. No. 2. 4-27-tf. Total, $498,196 71 LIABILITIES. Capitsl Stock paid in Surplus Fund, Undivided Profite, less Cur? rant Expenses and Taxes Paid, Dividends Unpaid, Individual Deposits, ?nb".ect to Check Ssvings Deposit?, Notes and Bills Re- Discounted Bile Payable, iuc uhog Certifi? cates for Money B )rrowtd Reserved for Tax s Rent 'c: unt, $120,000 00 25,102 34 12,961 44 80 00 2^8 079 04 66 130 68 60,2.5 00 20,000 00 600 00 118 32 Total, $498,T86 72 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) County ? f Sumter. $ Before roe came R. L Edmund*, OstMot of the above named bank, wh > being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing otaumtt t U '? 'rue condition of said Bank, as shoen 1 j he books of said bank. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. S? )rn to and subscribed before me thie 3d dry of May, 1900. O. tj. Yates, * *!a*f I\?lie, S. C. Correct Attest! C . G. ROWLAND, R. J. T LAND, t^LkC SCHWARTZ, a 1909 Directors. THE CARPENTER WORK in erecting a building is greatly faci? litated and cost reduced by prompt delivery of lumber and mill work. The dealer who carries the best and largest stock can save you money by furnishing well seasoned lumber, sash, doors, blinds, etc., that are easily put in place. Place your contracts with us and we will prove the wisdom of it. 1 THE SUMTER DOOR, SASH 1MB BLIND FACTORY. J. W. McKeiver. Proprietor. LIME :: CEMENT HARD WALL PLASTER, SHINGLES, LATHS, ROOFING, Fire Brick and Clay; Stove Flue and JDrain Pipe. . :. Building Material Generally. . :. ^ HORSE, COW. HOB AHO CH'CKEN FEED, j Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as Usuai. We still have some Milch Cows on hand. BOOTK-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C.