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<br ?Ratcbiuu ai?) >ci?bxoiu Mima Rpps of Sumter was the* gusnt of friend* In Kingstrea Saturday and 8unday?Ktngatree Rec ord Mr. C. C. Flahburne. of Columbia, was In the city Friday morning. Mr. I* o. L?ak. a former resident of the city, but now having his head? quarters In Auifuata, was in ths city Thursday and lYidey. air. O v Rruner, of Florence, Is In the city In attendance upon court as a wltnee? in th > case of the A. C. L. Railroad Com pi ny agalntt sfra M A. Dawsa. The Hon. T. O. IfcLeod. of B.ah opvllle. was a \isitor to the city Frt Miss Bdlth DeLorme and Miss Ar mlda Moses left Friday morning for Marlon to attend a district convention of tha U. D. C. Mr. end Mrs. J. Ladson Gregorle, formerly of Charleston, but now of Chicago, atopped over In the olty for a few daya with their niece. Mrs. H. P. MeCtellan on their way home ffsan a trip to Cuba and Florida. Mrs. B Archer left Saturday mo n Inf for u visit to relatives at An? derson. Mtss Grace Carson Is spending a few days In the city with relatives. Mr. J. U Ardls, of Mancheater. was In the city Saturday. Mrs. H. A. Will, of Savannah. Ca.. re in ths city flatting her daughter, Mrs, Abe Kytteuberg. Mr. Crawford, who has been In this city for some time with Cross well and Company, haa moved nla family to Latta which will be his home In the fut ire. Miss Hinnah Chrtstlanson was call? ed to her formet home at Albert Loo, Minn.. Saturday by the receipt of a telegram informing her of the ne rlous Illness of her mother at that Messrs. L. W. McLemore and P. A. Wlllcox of Florence, were in the city ' In attendance upon court Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes Richardson, of Hartsvllle. are ti the city visiting raaatreeo. Messrs. Alva Oreen and Robert Purdy are at horns Kress the UM retsity as* South 1 ? for a few y R imyh, whsj waa icr yi4?i?*, out i:ss bse'i In Char rtoa for the past few week*. Is . hlle in the city. iw-ach of Mrs, T. K. Hlnson. Jr. Mrs. T. K. Hlnnon. Jr.. died Monday afternoon at I o'clock. Mrs. Hlnson hud been In 111 health some time but her death today a ehock to ho* many frtenda, who hoped that nhe was on the road to recovery. The funeral took place st the cemetery at 11 o' lock Tuesday morn tog Irs. Hlnson leaves a huaband and children. MI N M VSS MFF/TI N<. hiu> N'nmhtr o| Mm Present nt Men ami Religion Meeting Sunds) Might. / Quite a large r.umber of men were ?nt Sunday r Ight at the first of the meetings In the Intereat of the Men and Religion Forward Move? ment work In this city who listened with the deepest attention to two Very Impressive addressee made by Mr. Q M. Hurst and Judge T. 1?. Praeer. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Rartow Waleh. the (ii.iirm.m of the orsanlsutn.il v bo stated in his few mmark* that It I n decided by th- committee in ch.irgc to rnal'e the Organization a permanent thing in shjmt. r A sasasatttee of one hundred would be appoint >d who should elect an eaee itlvs committee who should have active charge of the *,ork and the plan? of carrying out the MOVS* ment In Humter. The co? nnlttas of '?ne hundred will consist of twelve men appointed from each of the Church*-* it. the city. Meeting will he held not oftener than e? ery three months at the various churches In the city, the meeting** fo be held at th?' CSlI of the . \. ? II I e ' omnilltee. Mr. Hurst apok- on "Religion In the Home." Ilia address MTsM short, but very Impressive. Judge Fr?ser Sf.ok- "fl the mihi'l "Men and Re? ligion. " sboHlng wherein the two were Inseparable. It Is rumored that Mr. A. L. Ja< iv son 's haxlng plans prepared by tin architect for a fifty-room hotel to be erected on the lot i.n Hoath Harvln street, opposite th ? passenger st.itlon greond* which b? purchased from Mr. K. I?. With* rupoon la -t week for fie ooa. THREATENS TO SHOOT DOCTOR. County Physician Huns up Against Siiag When He tioe* to Vaccinate Man. County Physician Lemmon ran up against a Job last week which was not exactly in his line when he went to vaccinate | family living out on the Manning avenue road. The head of the family protested that he was not the man wanted, when the coun? ty physician informed him that he bail come to vaccinate him and his family. He further Informed the doc? tor that he would use his shotgun If Dr. Lemmon tried to vaccinate any of his children. The man la a white man by the name of Webber and it seems from his action that he is much opposed to vaccination. Dr. I .??nun in Saturday morning applied to the Supervisor for Instructions as to what he must do In a case of this kind, being unwil? ling to be shot and at the same time unwilling to allow the persons to go unvacclnated. He was in favor of securing the aid of the rural po? liceman for this district In aiding him In carrying out his efforts to prevent the spread of smallpox In this vicin? ity. A case of smallpox on the Stubbs place on the Manning road haa call? ed for the services of the county physician and the people in that sec? tion of the county ha\e generally been vaccinated in order to stop the spread of the disease. DEATH OF S. J. JONFK, Fanner of Shlkrii Section Passed Away Friday Night?Funeral Sun? day Morning at Wells' Church. Mr. S. J. Jones, a prominent farm? er of Pie Shiloh section, died Friday night at the residence of his son, Mr. Murray Jones, In this county. Mr. Jones was a native of this county and has lived here all of his life. He was 79 years of age and leaves a number of children. The funeral services and interment were st Wella' church Sunday morn? ing at 10 o'clock. IN THK POLICE COURT. One More Liquor Case Disposed of by the Recorder. Monday In the Recorder's Court one more liquor case was disposed of. Lizsie Moore was tried for selling whiskey and was found guilty, her sentence being $75 or 30 days. H. W. Bennett for reckless driving was sentenced to a fine of $5 or 10 days. D1SINFEC7T MANHOLES AND SAN DTR APS. Property Owners tan Help in Work of Destroying Mosqultoea. Health Officer Darr was engaged Saturday In going around to all of the man holes and sant\ traps in the city pouring In quantities of disin? fectant and oil In order to kill the germs from which mosquitoes are bred. Plenty of the disinfectants was used and It Is probable that Sum t*?r will not be troubled by a great many of the mosquitoes this season If this precautionary measure is kept Hp, .is Mr. harr expects to keep It up every two weeks or whenever It is needed. The property owners can also do a great deal towards preventing mos ?lultoes from breeding by keeping all old tin cans in their yards free of water and by frequent use of kerosene oil, disinfectants and lime In low or wn plate-; on their premises. The Civic league expects to have "clean? up day" the latter p;irt of this week and It Is a good Idea for persons to carry the measure even further and have every day a clean-up day on their premises. In this way much in eonvenlenee from mosquitoes and tiles, and the sickness whieh they ipraadi maj at prevented. Speaking of the Colonel, it is a sham", however, that bis hat in the ring has been used for nothing but ? loot ball and that he is now saying that it was the aal of duty that brought bun out. a willingness to ? ?fr?T himself as ,i sacrifice, but tht etoatl thai duty won while making this call looks mighty suspicious t" htm own elan mam bars, for they do not se.i the neectatty f??r 'he Colonel "fferhig hlmaalf up so dramatically. I inrt re Tim. h. Ths loath Carolins Intercollegiate oratorical ronteet will >??? hold at Rock Hill on April It, It has been the cus? tom for many ytafl la hold the an? nual meeting at fJraenwoodi but tht . leeotrrt committee hai decided lo mors the eoateai to th< York ooanty City this year. i Ladlei be sure end look el my up to-date milliner] before buying Bs b i i hats for vour?eie? M sad rhlldren Tours lo pb ate, Mr* W ? J. Browne No. 7 ? Liberty si. ITaetaira AT WORK OX BALLARIPS HILL. Doing a Work of Much Benefit to Road and Hauling Made Kastor? Road Widened. Supervisor Pitts report.s that ne has heen able this week during the cessation of the rain to continue his work to some "extent on Ballard's Hill. With a day and a half or two more days of work tho grading of the hill will lie completed and a sand-clay road will ho built on top of the soil which has been reached in the grading. Mr. Pitts has opened up and widened the road all the way from Dabsell to Ballards Hill to a width of twenty-two feet, and whereas it was wide enough for only one track for? merly it is now sufficiently wide for two tracks. The job on Ballard'.s Hill, Mr. Pitts states, was not as large an undertaking as one would imagine. The road will be materially benefltted by the grading of the hill and hauling will be made much easier at this point. A FINAL WARNING. J. G, Anderson of Rook Hill Makes a Plea to Formers for deduction. To The Cotton Growers of the South; .'. feel it proper and advisable in me as the one who should be best in? formed as to probable results to be expected under the 'Rock Hill Plan" movement for reduction of cotton acreage, to sound a llnal warning to ?veryone who has signed the "Rock Hill Plan" pledge to adhere strictly to It not only as a matter of person? al honor, but for the sake of his own direct gain and protection. Wttll equal emphasis 1 would urge all, in their own interest, who have not been reached by Rock Hill plan canvassers, or who have declined to sign the pledge, to cut the acreage and cut It deep. My opinion of the judgment of the man who will in? crease his acreage this year is not flattering. Planting time is about on through? out the belt, and the Rock Hill plan work is being closed up in the sever? al States, with an unusually late spring prevailing generally over the belt. The movement of fertilizer has gotten a tardy start, hut has put on a mighty gait recently. Those who look to a late spring, the noise of fertilizer reduction, or to the other fellow doing the re? ducing?to any combination of these ?to protect them against low prices ?are apt to be the ones to suffer. The only safe course in the present erl9ls is to cut the acreage and cut it deep. The spring of 1897 is said to be the latest on record. The number of acres planted that year exceeded 1896 by 1,046,375. and the number of bales produced exceeded 1896, by 2,400.000 with the result that prices were low during the fall of 1897. If we are to take 1897 as an example, It will ttOt do to depend or. the bad weither doing the work. We have a four million hale sur? plus hanging over our heads. Im? portant foreign spinners who bought at last fall's low prices for three years ahead, will not be in the mar? ket at living prices this fall. Mill la? bor unrest and world-wide coal trou? bles further militate against us. To play the game properly we should not make more than 12.000,000 bales this year. The courage of those who tlirt with this condition is wonderful, hut their judgment would not do to de? scribe for publication. Let the cry be. "cut tho acreage and cut it deep.1 Corn can be plant? ed f>9 late as July 1st, and the farm? er will he a great deal better off, |f he raises less cotton and more corn, for in the end he will get as much for a small crop as he would if ho raited a large one, and have all his SOrn char. J. G. Anderson, originator "Kock Hill Plan." New York Cotton Market N w York, April 1. Open Close. May. 10.63 10.64?65 Juh. 10.77 10.75?76 Aug.10.;;. 10.74?76 Oct. 10.82 10.82?83 Dee.m.so io.ss?89 Closed Steady. LIVKRPOOL MARKET. Liverpool! April L I M>en. Close. April.599 ? j?600 602 M> April?May . ,6s7fe? 60 1 May?June . . .V.?7 -sMVa tinov? Juni?July . .698?9 ? 599'i July?Aug. . .59 5?96 598 i;, Aug?Sept. . .592?93 Closed firm. Local Market. Rasl* middling, 10.60. This is the time \<> lake slops to exterminate mosquitoes ami tho house By, The baseball game Friday afternoon should attract ? good crowd "i the lovers of the great national sport lo the local park. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM EGYPT. Literary Society Organized?Is:*' Coun? ty Baptist Union Meets?Personal News. Egypt, March 26.?The farmers are all very much behind with their farm work while I believe for the last few days they have been making up for lost time. We are all certainly glad to see this pretty weather. Spring seems to be here in full force and old mother earth seems to be readily awakening. Miss Blanche Love of St. Charles spent the week-end vith her sister, Miss Carrie, at the horn- of Mr. F. G. Peebles. Mr. L. A. White and son, Lawrence, j spent yesterday in Camden. j Mr. H. II. Evans, Sr., is very ill at this writing. Mrs. S. A. White and daughter, Sadie, spe ,? Friday at Bishopville. | Mr. Gliston Huggins and brother j spent the day at Mr. T. M. Grier't recently. j Dr. C. S. Brltton, who has been ! quite sick at his home here, is able to resume his practice. Mr. K. P. Weldon died at his home near Smithville on the twentieth. He was sick only about two weeks and hll death came as a shock to the en? tire community. His family has the | heartfelt sympathy of a host of : friends. i The Egypt Literary Society will meet at the Egypt school Friday \ evening the twenty-ninth. This so- i ciety has been recently organized and needs to make a success with the I community's co-operation. The mot? to is "Ever Upward" and we will strive to fulfill the meaning of our motto. Mrs. F. G. Peebles has been quite s'.ck with lagrippe. The Lee County Baptist Union will be held at Mispah church Saturday and Sunday next. A large delegation is expected and it is hoped that it will prove quite a success. DAWKS CASK DRAWING TO CLOSE From the Daily Item, April 1. With the adjournment of court this afternoon it is probable that the Dawes case which has been going on In the court of common pleas for the past four days will come to a close. The arguments In the case had com? menced today when the court ad-' jrourned for dinner and were contin? ued this afternoon. Only one argument was made by the attorneys for the plaintiff, while three are to be made for the defend? ant. Mr. Reynolds who has been in charge of the case for the railroad up to Saturday was taken sick and was obliged to be absent for some i time. Mr. R. O. Purdy, however, continued the case and Mr. P. A. Will cox of Florence came over Saturday j afternoon to assist. Monday Messrs. L. W. McLemore, P. A. Wlllcox and R. O. Purdy were all present on be? half of the plaintiff, while the Messrs. Jennings, Clifton and Epps still rep? resented the deefndant. I The suit is one brought I y the railroad to recover possession of a strip fourteen feet wide from Mrs. Dawes, of property opposite the pres? ent passenger station. The car i was commenced last Wednesday and * ith today will have lasted five days in nil, As one of the county off! ten ?>Ut it, "It would have been cheaper for the county to have bought the land and given it to the railroad it the j start." However, as the decision as to ownership of this atrip of land will mean further lawsuits, on all of the , other land along Mary street and the ent.re strip comprising Mary street, If the decision is in favor of the rail? road. Regarding the matter from this viewpoint much interest is taken In the ease by people in the city, es? pecially persons holding property along the southern tracks of the rail road company, and for tnls reason the Verdict of the jury is awaited with considerable interest. The issue in the case seems to be as to where the original track wa ; situated, some of the witnesses Btatlng that it,was at one place farther north and other witness.-- claiming it Wat farther south. When court adjourned for dinner Mr. Purdy had just commenced the argument of the law In the case to the court. Kodaks from $1.00 to $36.00. Films for Eastman Kodaks. McCormac.lt Jewelry <'o. See I >. C, Shaw Co., ad In this issue about the M?lln new improved chain leas and gearleai corn and cotton planter. Everything needed by amateur photographers at McCormack Jewel ry Co. The two holes over the sewer line on Mauser and Salem streets have been covered over with hoards find I atraw so as to keep Hies from breed* I Ina in the sewage which has collect "cd. Baking Powder Absolutely Pure Makes Home Baking Easy With minimum trouble and cost bis? cuit, cake and pastry are made fresh, clean and greatly superior to the ready made, dry, found-in-the-shop variety, and danger of alum food is avoidec1. MB. E. B. FISIIHVItNE DEAD. Former Charleston Resident and Con? federate Veteran Expires. Lancaster, March SO.?Mr. E. B. Fishburne. a former resident of Charleston, died here this afternoon at 4:30, aged 72 years. Mr. Fish burn.? had been a resident of Lancas? ter for the past two years. Durip;* bis stay here he made many friend*. Hta remain* will be taken to Sum marville, via the Southern, tomor? row, where interment will take place Monday. Easter Embroideries. YV ? are showing some very swell things in embroideries and Bouncings for Bester. You must see these to appreciate them. O'Donnell and Co. i Candidates' Cards. Announcements of candidates will I.? printed in this column until the i lose of the campaign for $5. No ear.Is accepted on credit. - r. Mil For Sheriff. Capt. E. S. Carson is hereby an? nounced as a candidate for Sheriff at the ensuing election, having before discharged the duties of that office with promptness and efficiency, we [take pleasure in recommending hhn for said office, subject to the rules of j the Democratic primary. MANY VOTBRS. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Sheriff o Sumter County, subject to the rule* governing Democratic primaries. W. H. SEALE. Capt. Geo. C. Warren is hereby announced as a candidate for the of? fice of Sheriff of Sumter county, sub? ject to the rules of the Democratic primary. VOTERS. For Clerk of Court. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court for Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Demo? cratic party. L. I. PARROTT. The name of H. L. Scarborough 13 presented as a candidate for Clerk of Court for Sumter County In the com* ins D?mocratic primary election. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for Clerk of Court of Sumter county, subject to the action of ths Democratic primary. JOHN R. SUMTER. SEE D. C. SHAW CO?Ad in this is? sue about the Molin new improved chinless and gearless corn and cot? ton planter. MONEYMAKER OOTION MQflP? We hri\e f"u-.d thij VSrtot) superior to any Other, gtvi&Sj ? la'ger yield ' acrd with tv :j trcauucbi* and giving a larger per cent, of ltnt. Our farm is free from blight and other diseases, and the cotton is ginned at our own gin, where ev? ery precaution is taken to prevent mixing with oiher seed. We offer a limited amount of select seed at $1.00 per bushel. C. P. Osteen Co., Sumter, S. C. ^ I WM ? ' r. Buyer. 1! I s. ? our New Moltne Improved Clearless end Chninleee Cotton Bind Corn Planter, equipped aith Runner Sweepc, Covering Blades Bind Bear Press Wheel. The Runner opens the furrow; the Sweep levels the surface, the Blades cover the seed end the Press Wheel completes the operation. Tins wheel is controlled by a lever, which lowers end raises the frame and tinis governs the depth <d" planting. Also a full line of Moline 1-horse and two six.es of 2-horse steel turn plows. Middle Bursters, l. 2. 3 and 4 hores Wagons, Buggies, Surrles and Harness, Also some nice Horses and Mules. Kor Automobiles, See us. Some good second-hand Automobil? i ti Bargain Prices, * ? !L D. C. Shaw Co. in. 12 und 14 SUMTER ST. Phone 553. :: Sumter, S. C.