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C|t l&?tjjman ra? ^ontjjron ?y end Satarda?. PUBUKBISQ COMPANY. ?umtjuu a. a ILM pST annmnv-tn I tast-gom.$1.01 UiwrtSoa.. .is Out* months, or a reduced rates, M WtdOA SUD tglsrssui HB bo charged tri sates of rejpeet h tornad? tt? Ifae aoothron In e^Wfc ?aw Waasstaasn and Booth roc vti? lat faa sossataiil olreulatlon and et Um eld papers. aTTRJKET PAVING SCHEDULE, The "tentative" schedule on which ?treat paving will be taken up earned out was outlined by City 1 at a special meeting yester? day afternoon. A report of the pro? of the meeting/la printed in eolumn, and all who are in? to the subject of street pav flsr which the ta (payers voted a t of' $m.e?>o, should read * Um pavrag programme outlined by ?e*?ca with care. ' \ It was) known and understood at sntsat that the bond Issue would ytetd sufficient money to pave all ssrssds for which petitions ware I w?k City Council, but it will be at a glance that the programme Sy Council sill disappoint a many mors of the paving pe? titioners Urins; on stiictly residential . Streets than was anticipated. The de? cision of Council to, pave Manning Avenve and Broad street to the city Ilaalt? Saat Liberty to the railroad ) rrssaljig; East Hampton to Green street will consume no much of the , available funds vhat other streets loyr $ Sf down on ths list stand an excellent of being left out sltogether. plan. It is stated, is to pave as far as) geisalMs, the main thoroughfares leading dmt of the city, but the sched? ule does dot conform to this plan In '?Vary particular. If that Is the. domi? nant idea, than why not pave West Liberty street to the city limits. North Main street to rl>y limits and East v'Mihuun to the city limit*" Why cut off Waat;Liberty at Wandln? '.' Why pave on$. a short section of Halen? avcenoe between Liberty and Oak* lead7 Why pars Wast Uberty to ?tndJng and cut ott West; Calhoun ausd Wast Hampton al. Church? tf oil asphalt Is a eomprativsly Sjsw paving material and has not been In use long enoujrh to hare stood the teat of time, wir/ try an ex? periment to save a I5ew cents per square yard on the original cost and run ths risk af havinr to replace it within a taw years? Peanut*. Ths Birmingham Age-Herald pre thai. Alabama this year will pro nearly as Isrge a peanut crop as the entire South fifteen or twenty ago. Peanut oil mills. It is stat 'ave becoming as common in Ala as cotton seed oil mills." The peanut seems likely to prors ons of the very best substitutes for cotton With the boll weevil scheduled to ar? rive in lass than three years. South Osrollaa farmers havo very little time left in which to acquaint themselves with its culture,?Charleston News au Courier. Ths Rook Hill office of the Equi? tably life Insurance Society Thursday morning resolved a check for a quar? ter of a million dollars with which to pay claim arising out of the death of the late Lewis W. Parker, of Green? ville, H. C. The life Insurance con? tract In this Instance Is known as a Corporate Policy, and was payable to the Parker Cotton |Mltls. This policy, personally written by Manager W. J. Roddy, was the largest life Insurance contract ever made In South Carolina, and the present death claim arising therefrom represents the largest sum of money ever psld on one life by the Equitable or any other life Insurance company In the State of South Caro? lina.?Rock Hill Herald. Howard Clark, tvho with several other convicts In the State peniten? tiary, escaped two weeks ago, and who since that time has been chased through two counties up Saluda river, was brought to Columbia yesterday, having been captured at Chappells In Newlerry county. Clark was shot thrss times before he was taken. His wounds are from blrl shot and arc not regarded as serious. San Francisco, April 25.?One thousand South Hea Islanders, the pick of Polynesian young manhood, are on their way to hluropo to Join entente forces, according to H. A. Illchirds, British consul at l*aoeete. Tahiti, who has arrived from tho fioutb Seas on his way to London. FOR COTTON WAREHOUSE SYS? TEM. J. A. Ranks Issues Call to Members of Organization, Saying Life is in Dan gcr. To the Members of the State Ware? house Association: The State warehouse system has reached a crisis in its life. Our ene? mies are strong, organized and pre* P 1 red for its destruction. 'A'in usefulness of the system has been demonstrated wherever operat? ed; Its possibilities of development for establishing cotton values cannot be over-estimated. It can bo preserved and extended, if its friends unite and work in harmony to this end. You are therefore urged to attend a meeting of the association, to be held in the offices of tho State Ware? house Commission, in the city of Co? lumbia, on Wednesday afternoon, May 3, in order That in tho multitude of counsel a plan of effort may be ag reed on. The meeting will be called to or? der at 2:30 o'clock. It will not be possible, in the short time intervening, to reach the mem? bers by personal letters; but tho meeting is of vital importance, and each member Is urged to attend. Respectfully, J. A. Banks, President. ??Fighting Dick" Anderson. __ Charleston Post. Editor Evening Post. Sir: Noticing in your paper that Gen. C. Irvine WhJker had an article in which it was ?aid that a publication of the life-story of Lieut Gen, Richard Herron Ander*, son, the ranking officer from South, Carolina in the Confederate army, wad In course of preparation, we think it may be well, to say a word as to the), last days with us of that one, who, -bcV cause of his consummate bravery and' gallantry, acquired from his soldiers the sobriquet of "Fighting Dick" An? derson. During tho year 1879 he held the ofv flea, under the State government. ?>*., phosphate inspector, and had big! headquarters in Beaufort, he and his' wife occupying a suite of rooms la? the homo of the Misses Carolina and Sarah Glvens, worthy ladles, who have, since passed beyond. During this time Mr. S. H. Rodger* waa the editor and. publisher of The Beaufort Crescent, a strong Demo? cratic weekly published then in 5 a pro-Republican county and town. A great intimacy grew up between tj ? former *;r*at general and the for? mer humble private of the Lost Cause, for the general spent many an hour In the little newspaper office, where he scanned tho exchanges. The Inter 'course between him and the young editor were certainly a great pleasure to the latter, and of profit, too, for It waa a treat to be in company with a warrior who had made his name fa? mous as a dashing soldier, and was, at the same time the personification of urbanity and gentleness. On the 28th day of June, 1875, an Intensely hot day, the general came in to visit the newspaper office, us usual, and complained very much of the heat He had a package in his hand, and said that ha was on his way home, with lemons and was going to make himself a lemonade, and try to keep cool. In the course of a nhour or two the word came that General Anderson had died from a sudden attack of apo? plexy/ and those who knew him were very much shocked at the news, and several hastened around to his resi? dence to proffer tho widow aid. Mr. BenJ. P. Cuttino, then a resident of Beaufort, but now of Sumter, was among the number, and under his su? pervision the body of our distinguish? ed fellow-citizen was prepared for iho tomb. It was understood that there would be several to sit up that night with the honored dead, but no one came because of some mistake in the order of attendance, except Mr. S. H. Rodgers, who was left alone with the remains of tho one he had only seen a few hours before, apparently in per? fect health. As the hour grow late, and no others came to attend the Ivigil, Mr. Rogers calmly laid himself I on the slats of the bed alongside tho body of his dead general, and napped till morning. The ladies of the house, when morning came, were sur? prised to know that he alone had ?pent tho night with the dead. The next day, June 29, 1879, the re? mains, eoscorted by the Beaufort Vol? unteer Artillery and a numl or of citi? zens wero taken to St. Helena church, and interred to the east of the church, under the shade of tlx; magnolias and oaks, he learned to love so well dur? ing his brief stay In Heuufort, and largely through the in.'rtrurnontnlity of the good women of the Confederacy u handsome stone marks the last resting place of one who was the pass of any man who fought beneath the banner of the Lost Cause. X. Beaufort, April 24. The Plttshtirg Strike. Pittsburg, April 27.?The strikers now total thirty thousand. The West inghouse Shady Side plant has been shut down. INDORSES CLEAN-VP WEEK. Hoard or Hi'alth to Cooperate Willi Other Organizations in Promoting Sanitary Measures. At a meeting of the Sumter Board of Health held yesterday that body heartily enc.orsed the action of the Sumter Civ c League and Sumter Chamber of Commerce in inaugurat? ing a clean-up and paint-up week for Sumter, beginning Monday, May 15. The local health board and health Officer McKagen promised that the health department will cooperate in every way within their power. Mrs. R. D. Graham, chairman of the com? mittee on sanitation of the Civic League and Mrs. E. H. Moses have been appointed a committee to see Supt. of City School, S. H. Edmunds, and Miss YfcLane, supervising prin? cipal of the Washington Street school regarding tlio participation by the boys and g rls of the city schools in the clean-u;* campaign. This com? mittee will also see the directoress of St. Joseph's Academy about the schol? ars of this school participating. Health lectures will be delivered at the schools by Dr. J. T. Howell, direc? tor of Rural Sanitation of the State Health Board, and there will be a big mass mooting of Sumter citizens next week some time before the clean-up campaign begins addressed by Dr. Howell and local speakers from the Sumter medical profession. It is planned, and hoped that a big clean-up parade of the children of the city schools, and St. Joseph's Academy with the boys' high school military companies, the Sumter band, Ssiness men, ladles of the Civic ague, city school teachers, city of? ficials, physicians, ministers, and oth? er citizens in the parade in automo? biles the fb-st day of the clean-up week. The police, and fire depart? ments will be asked to join in the pa? rade, too. ' Fuller particulars will be given out In a couple of days. It is hoped that Mayor L I>. Jennings will issue an ^official proclamation endorsing clean up week to the citizens of Sumter, and it is believed that he will do so when his attention is. called to same. City Coui ell can always be depend? ed upon to do its full duty for th? gen? eral welfaro of Sumter. UNPLEDGED TICKET CARRIED. New Jersey Prefers Unbound Delega? tion to (One Promised to T!notlvr_ the First. Trenton. N. J., Apri> 2',. - Uetur.ne ^ fr< m the i-rimary election In New i Jersey for presidential ?>Lf;gates today j indicate that In contests in the Re? publican party between delegates pledged to Theodorse Roosevelt and those preferring to go to the Chicago convention unpledged, the unpledged candidates were successful. Thera was no opposition in the Democratic party to tho election of delegates favorable to the renomina tlon of President Wilson. The Progressives did not poll suf? ficient votes in the last general elec? tion to participate in the primary. AEROPLANES RAID ZEBRUGGE. I French Attack German Zeppelin Sta? tion and Destroyer Headquarters, j Paris, April 26.?The official an- j nouncement today states that a j French aeroplano dropped bombs on* j the Zeppelin station at Zebrugge and the torpedo destroyer headquarters at Ostend. Violent bombardments con? tinued all night along the entire Ver? dun front. There were no infantry actions due to the heavy artillery fir? ing. AIR FIGHT AT MONASTIR. German Machine Wrecked and Two Forced to Descend. Saloniki, April 26.?A German aero? plane was wrecked during an aerial be.ttle with the French near Monastir. Two other German machines were forced to descend. FIGHTING WEST OF MEVSE. French Report Repulse of Large For? ces of Germans. Paris, April 26.?The official an? nouncement today states that numer? ous rcconn ottering forces were repuls? ed near Paissis and Troyon west of the Meusc There was an intense bombardment of Avoeourt Wood and tho first lines of Hill 304. The ene? my's artillery is active in the Woevre region. WORST IN TWENTY YEA US. Hal! road Traffic in Northern Mississip? pi Valley Paralyzed. Lacrosse Wsi.. April 20.?Thirty thousand acres are inundated here by j Mississippi Roods, which are the greatest in twenty yeara The Uur llngton road has suspended traffic on account Ol washouts. Train service Is nearly paralysed in the northern Mississippi valley. New York, April 20.?Lieut. Robert Kay and o lnrs will bo tried for con? spiracy to destroy ships with bombs. PRCHASK PAKROTT PLANT. Sumter Koller Mills, Recently Or? ganized Company, Secures Milling Company Building and Kijuipment. Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce announces today thai the Sumter Roller Mills, a recently or? ganized Sumte;* enterprise, has pur? chased the property of the Parrott Milling Company on South Sumter street, this city. The deal carries with the transac? tion the lot and building and such of the storage bins, elevator machinery, and other equipment as the purchasers desire to acquire. The Sumter Roller Mills will Install therein an up-to-date fifty barrel Mldsret-Marvel roller mill, and will also put In ample grinding mills for manufacture of first class meal, and grinding and mixing feed stuffs for animals and poultry. A general milling business will be done. The new milling company will be prepared with ample grain storage and elevator capacity to handle corn, oats, wheat and other grains, and Sumter is thus assured of a first-class grain market at which farmers may dispose of their surplus grain either by direct sale or have same manufactur? ed any way they like. Mr. J. W. Mc? Donald, formerly of Bennettsvllle, an expert mJMer and mill manager ac? quires an interest in and becomes su? perintendent of this plant. The Par? rott Milling Company property Is lo? cated on a side track of the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway in the wholesale district., The latest im? proved michinery will be installed, and there will be corn shelling and oacking facilities to accommodate the patrons. 'v?Farmers in Sumter county and counties tributary to Sumtcr's com? mercial interests will do well to In? crease their corn acreage by plant Ing.oat patch corn. The Sumter mar? ket'will do away with the bugaboo of "no markets for grain." The Sumter Kiftjlor Mills has ample financial back? ing-., and the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and other business inter? ested will see that the farmers are treated right by the new milling com? pany. . ?* The stockholders are Sumter busi? ness men, farmers, bankers, who are members of the Chamber of Com? merce and Retail Dealers* Association who. are interested in seeing the new plant succeed, and give satisfaction to the farmers of Sitmtcr and a^ioin^n" ..o-.'ntics. jfeffij -"~-~ . ? ?? I The fflottlfttj Citt? tt. 1 The banc Of public ohicials is the citizen who lacks even a semblance of Interest in the community or civic wel? fare. And strange as It may seem In a democracy, absence of this interest seems to be pretty generally prevalent In the average American community, a fact that Is acknowledged by many leaders in public life and civic ad? vance. A citizen would have "the city," whatever that name may signi? fy when the great body of citizens Is eliminated, keep the streets and alleys clean, preserve the public and indi? vidual health, eliminate all nuisances, I make everything in town spick and span and satisfactory, while the citi? zen sits back and looks on or care? lessly does his worst to counteract the efforts of public servants to achieve the end he demands. The "clean-up and paint-up" cam pai&n, according to thousands of city and town officials of other places, Is a most potent combatant of slothful citizenry. First, the campaign arouses the de? sire in men, women, and children for homes and towns beautiful and sani? tary. Second, it impresses upon all the fact that cleanliness, thrift, and civic pride are essentials by which they will be able to satisfy that desire. Third, the campaign gives all some? thing to do with their hands and feet and heads for the general civic pub? lic good. All citizens, male and fe? male, young and old are members of one big committee of arrangements for doing something for their town. Fourth, its educational influence re? mains "steadily the year round, and year after year, automatically elimi? nating many nuisances caused form? erly by carelessness or thoughtless? ness. Hears of Brother's Death. Mr. L. W, McLemore was called to AtlgUSta this morning on account of the death there of his brother, Mr. J. o. McLemore. NOTICE j Write nie and T will explain J how I was cured in 4 days of < a severe case of Plies of forty < years standing without pain, J knife, or detention from busi- < < ness. No one need suffer < from this disease when this J humane cure can bo had * < right hero In South Carolina. ? R. M. Josoy, Route 4, l*imar, S. C, j ^???^^??^????????d4wdr llngnoxl Club felecUoiiB. Hagood, April 20.?At a meeting j of the llagood Democratic club held ion Saturday, the 22nd inst*, the fol? lowing officers were elected to serve for the next ensuing two years: President, J. L?. Jackson; Vice Pres? ident, 'C. W. Sanders; secretary, W. J. Sanders. Member of executive com? mittee. A. K. Sanders; delegates to county convention A. K. Sanders and C. E. Sanders. Oswopo C lub Meeting. Oswego, April 22.?The Oswego emooratic rlub was called to order for the purpose <>f reorganising^ t. iW. Andrews was elected president; t. C. Cauthen, clerk. The following delegates wen? elected to the county [convention: B. If. Oliver, S. M. Mc? Coy, and R. E. Brown. Alternates, E. T. Cummlngs and J. F. Moore. 15. IM. Oliver was elected executive com 1 mit teeman. Dodge Brothers MOTOR CAR What owners are thinking and saying the country over col stitutes a higher endorsement of the car than anything we might say about it. The economy of the car, its quality, the remarkable things it does when called upon are comments you hear wherever the car is discussed. The gasoline consumption is unusu ally low The tire mileage is unusually high The price of the Touring Car or Roadster complete is $785 (f. o. b. Detroit.) Canadian price $1100 (add freight from Detroit) In qoe Brothers MOTOR CAR THE SUMTER MOTOR CO. S. Main Si feet Phone 506 It nmmawt The Bailey=Lebby Company Machinery, MiSl and Plumbing Supplies. Automobile Supplies and Accessories f & J. Tires and Tubes YEEDOL Oils and Grease CH?BL.EST01T, S. C. rt?i*?iit*tt?ti?? MAKE USE OF THIS BANK For everything in the way of SAFE BANIRNG. Drafts. Travelers' Checks American Bankers' Money Or? ders. Collections. Discounts and Your Checking Account. No bank will treat you better. The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS"