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"fbr Wtotttnnnii an& Soutbron gftiteresl at the PoatoflUc at Sumter. H. ( i4 s?-< oiul Clans Matter. I'l l;s< >n \L Rsv. W. M. Haynsworth of Priva? teer, wm In tho city Tuesday. Mr. II. W. Beall. of Mayesvllle. ?pent Tuesday In ths city. I. W. I>. Srarl..Tough, of l>al/.ell, waa In the city Tuesday. The Hon T. H. 1 rase r went to S; urfanhurg on Tuesday to att? nd the Hi tting of Sunday school work M.-mr* W. sV Se irh..rough, for sner Mayor of Blshopville. and R. E. Muldrow. sheriff of .unty. pass ed through the city on Tuesday on their reti rn from a trip to New York city. itu> Suf.eiwsor Charles E. Ev? ans, of Lee county, was In the city a \*hil <day. Miss Franca Harrington, of Mar h i. has lfm 'I home after a visit to Mrs E. W McCallum. i r and l>r. Archie i Charleston Wednes in the i ntted States court at that placo today In the case of P. P. Klon against the A. C. L. rai'roa I. Repr*-??? ntati.e J C. haskln, of Dlshop\..i?. spent Tuesday night In the city. l?r. L gV Jeiinnus. of Igjshopvllle. was in town for a while Wednesday. Mrs. W. T. Jones .of Columbia, re? turned to that place Wednesday af? ter a visit to her father, Mr. William Jennings. Mrs. H. V. Ueld and little girl went to Elliotts Wednesday to visit Mrs. J. F. Reld. Mr. J. V. Wilson of Columbia, is spending a few days in this city. Mr W r. T.oyle and Miss Emma afg went to Co'um'.'ia Thursday. Ultt s IN I i II? T\ II I I Hollies of It. < . J: ek-oti and W. M. Ri hi. Jr.. Totally l>THtroycd by Fire. News has just been received here that Mr. W. M. Reld. Jr.. of Blshop ville. lost his house and furniture to? day about 1 o'clock by rtre, the whole bains lotatl) destroyed. The ?;.. v? r . .th. .1 al a-e it Ti ? lth) which elth tn. furniture d? etroyed makes tn< h?ss .something ??.wvw. Hire- aiu ?Olli* III awrance on tho house and furniture. Mr. H. C. Jackson Wednesday af? ternoon about S o'clock bad his house with all of his furniture totally destroyed by Are, the loss being somewhere In the neighborhood of $1.000 woo I the Insurance will partly cover. TfVKIiXY AFTIilt NOON. l.lttle Lion* iVfeat Marvin Street In Fu?t OgJM of Rail 3 to 1. In a game of ball requiring 12 In? nings to show the superiority of one te<*m over the other the LI tie Lions beat the Harvln Street team Tues? day afternoon by the score of 3 to 1. The gam* was a good one and was played with vim throughout. The features were the catchh.g- of Hoyt and Barrett. the shortstop work of Brown and the holding of second base by Mason for the Little Lions. Batteries: Little Llona; Bradham and Barrett, Harvln Street: Outtlno. Bowman and Hoyt. PAI.MF.lt CMITF.R ARRESTER. <r Plncwood for Stealing ?*M-Tte Titnls r. rter. a SOOOFOd men, was "day afternoon at Plne - . baling crosstle timber from Mr. If. J. Mel^aurln, Jr., and brought to Homier and lodged in Jail pending trial. The most common cause of Insom? nia la disorders of the stonisch. Cham Ixrlaln's Stomac). and Liver Tablets correct th. ** disorder* and enable you to sl??ep. For sale by all dealers. ? ? ? i . Much Interest Is being taken i.y the teachers of the rural dlstrh Is In the approaching Field D*ff- onteat which will be hoM hots on April It, If you ha\e trouble In getting rid of v >ur . old you may know that you are not treating It properly. There Is no reason why a cold should bang on for *eeks and It will not If you take Chamberlains Cough 1 lemed y. For sale by all dealers. Several more motor vehicle* base ?n registered In the office of the Country c|*rk during the past two two weeks, there bOSggj now 233 such v? hu |gf registered for this county. John W. Slckelsmlth. Oreenshoro, Pa., has three children, and like most children they frer.uently take t I I "We had tried sei eral kinds of rough medtetn*." he ?m?s. "but have getroff found mi ? lid the o j' nu ~> good a* CHesr?nei ill C me? dv." y as s by all deal i DEATH. W. T. Costln died Tuesday night at hla home on Liberty street utter an illness of several weeks at the age of 65 years. Mr. Costln has lived in Sumter for several years and Is well kiinwn here. Mr. Costln was originally irom Wilmington, N. c, to w.-Uh place his body W0J taken Wednesday for inte.-meut Thursday morning. Me is survived hy his mother and two hrof Mil of this city. Mr. Cos tiit was married twice and leaves one child and three grown grandchild? ren. Mr. W. S. Smith, of SmlthMlle, dud at his home at that place late w dneaday ? "ternoon, of organic heart disease, alter an Illness of near? ly three years. The end came sud? denly and unexp. et? < I :>* as Is usual in cases of this character and was a shock to his relatives and friends. The deceased who was in his tifty seventh year, was a native of Sumter County and spent the greater part of hla life in Smlthville, where he had i t - it i'11gaged in the mercantile busi? ness for the past twenty-five or thirty ?ft lie is survived hy his wife, but hud no children. The funeral will be held in Camden at 2 p. m. Friday. COURT PROCEEDINGS. A Verdict of $2,.V25.20 for Mr. I^evi in Case of Levi vs. Mose?. The ease of l.evi vs. H. Moses con s .med Bloat of Monday, the' verdict DttaS reader* d sometime about ?? o'clock. The verdict of the jury waa for 12,525.29, the full amount sued for. Tuesday morning the case of H. H. r.lgham vs. H. J. Marby wa? taken up and completed. The case con? cerned the disposal of two balei of cotton which were raised by one of Mr. Harhy's lieners. Judge DeVore ordered a verdict for the defendant. The next case to come up was that of J. P. Booth vs. W. B. Boyle. Mr. Hooth sued for $250 on a cotton seed contract which he had with Mr. Boyle, he being the loser In the transaction because of a misunder? standing of the contract on the part of Mr. Boyle. Wednesday morning was tak? en up in the hearing of the case of J. P. Booth acalnst W ?J Boyle, tr-r suit being-ti? recover |g iQ on ? OOttOV ?ted l 4 < er.tract. The mry short? ly before the reeeae for dinner rea deied a verdict for the defendant The State Board of Health wants the whole State to observe April 10 a* "clean-up-day' and the people of Sumter, if they would not have their city behind other cities, should get to ? ther for a general spring cleaning up. HELD DAY APPROACHING. Preparations For Field Day Exercises Completed Except for Unimportant Details. ah of the plans for the Field Day I exercises have beon completed ex? cept for a few detalli which will be arranged Saturday at the County T< achera1 Association meeting and the preparations which will be made for ths big dinner which will be served on the court house square. Mr. u\ at, Scott, the chairman of the Count) Association, who has charge of the program for the Field l ?a> exercises, is much pleased by the interest shown in the exe rcises by the teachers and pupils from all over the county and he has been kept busy for some time answering letters relating to the Field Day exercises which have bi sn steadily coming in to him from school children all over tin- county. The teachers and pupils l oth seem to think that the affair will he a benefit to them and to the eoiinty and for that reason they have gone into the Work of preparing for the time when they will show the prowess of their school in intellectual and mental, as well as physical, achievement. The letters are from both boys ami girls and tho children of the schools from all over the county have gone to work systematically in order that they and their school may get the prizes offered. There are contest? ants for all the prizes offered and generally the schools seem to divide up their pupils so thai there will be seme contestants for each prize. The interest seems to l?e general among j the schools and among the pupils of j the schools, and now here has any? thing like lack of interest been ex? hibited. Prospects are fair and it is expect? ed that the Field Day program as Carried out will be the b'gyest thing ever done In history of the coun? ty schools. Although similar ' contests have been held before In other counties, it Is proposed to make this the biggest and best of its kind. At present everything shows up line towards the realization of this hope. , Ed Garner, a colored man, well known In this city, died Tuesday af? ternoon after a very short illness, icr was a store keeper and ran a on Manning avenue and one op I the railroad passenger station, it will be remembered that he was tly tried in the city Police court for buying stolen property, but was acquitted as It was shown In the trial that he had not intentionally done any wrong. Ed Garner Dead. People on the street Thursdy had a disagreeable time lighting with the wind and the dust. TO GO TO CAMDEN. Several Horte Deelen of This Cit) Make l int l ies in Camden Moi st Show. Several of the live stock dealers of thia city have taken hoi ses and mules to Camden to exhibit in the hone show going on there Wedn< sday and Thursday. Among those to carry animals for exhibits at the show art' the Klng-Blandlng Live stock Com? pany and Booth-Harby Live Stock Company and w. B. Boyle. The Klng-Blandlng company was successful In pulling Off one of the second prizes offered In Wednesday's contest, and W. B. Boyle won third prise on a pair. in the Police i oint. There were only three asea heard, in the police court Tuesday morning, those being cases for the same old of tenses. Isaac Wright am R. B. Maker were j charged with riding bicycles on for bidden sidewalks. Both plead guilty j and each was fined the sum of $2.00. j Murphey Windham was fined $2 for driving his wagon on the side? walk. There were only a few cases heard in the Recorder's court Wednesday , and these were quickly disposed of. j U Sniper, and M. O. Mradwell were charged with lighting, they having j engaged In a little fracas at the pas? senger station that morning for which they were arrested by Officer lic Kagen. Snipes plead guilty to the charge aad was lined $5, while Brad well plead not guilty and was dis? missed. Moses Johnson was arrested by (>f dcer KfcKagen for plowing up the sidewalk on Salem Avenue, lie plead guilty and was let off with a fine of $3.00. Only four cases came up in the Po? lice Court Thursday and the city was able to realize a small sum of money from the offenders in these cases. Arthur Jackson was fined $1.00 for violation of the hack ordinance. T. F. Burr was given u sentence of $3.00 or six days for leaving his horse unhitched on the street. E. A. Cannon was fined $2.00 for riding his bicycle on a forbidden side? walk. Willie Woodward refused to pay his hoard bill and a warrant was served on him. He paid the bill and contributed $2.35 to the city treas? ury. Some progress has hi en made on th" work on Calhoun street in the past week, one block being ?. ompleted ?sidewalks and streets?except for some leveling, and work having been commenced on the block next in or? der. The Bank of Sumter Are you one of its customers? If not, why not? We'll make it pleasant for you if you will rnme. The manage merit is striving to make it "The Hank" for you. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $146,000.00 Deposits passed the half million mark during February. The Bank of Sumter LIME, CEMENT, (HP A CM E PLASTER. SHINGLES FIRE BRICK. DRAIN L ETC TTotr Proin Rice Flour. Ship Stuff. Bran. Lldy, VJIdlll, Mixed Cow and Chicken Feed. Horses, Mules. iiaurn*!T' an:d. No Order Too Large Or Too Small. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. Seed Potatoes! Seed Potatoes! Strauss* Satisfactory Selling Seed Potatoes Makes for Good Results?Big Yields. EARLY ROSE, IRISH COBLER AND BLISS Direct from Maine. l*uy Your Sweet Potatoes From? A. A. Strauss & Co. PHONE 85. 26 N. Main Street Sumter, S. C. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS. EASTER SUNDAY O MAN will ^want to appear on Easter Sunday in the dulled and dingy clothes he has worn through the Winter. Don't do it. The time is ripe to buy. In one of this season's beautiful Suits a man will be proud of his appearance. Handsome Outfitting for Boys of all Ages. Don't Overlook the Boy's Easier -Outfit. The correct Spring Mats and choice things in Shirts, Tics. Gloves and other Toggery. aeeeeaaaeeeaaeeeaaaeeaaeee The D. J. Chandler Clothing Company, TELEPHONE 166 SUM i ER, SOUTH CAROLINA