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Pullman Porter Appeals Qotjftkm of Trnnjtportin? Lift uor Got* to Supreme Court tifjAtM. July ?.?An Interesting mar. Involving the transportation or pHakey Mi >'uli. i <? .1 from one ?tat* <?> ,? I? ioii? urtttH ?>efon IhaJ'aded Minie? iii?nH com ot >M, p. if*. whuih beam* mm ?ummtr m Hon tu Aeheviih Wedneadu) the case ImMiir th?t or Henry J. Preyer, a l-otniiftn ?i?r p..ri*r plaintiff In error, against Ho- l*ntted all ite? I i<lc H. % M fhnlth. of i hirlwton pa * -i thrnasii Columbia Tueada) ift?Thcon <oi ht? *u\ A*li? \ to si; on Hit* I ceurt. thnuuh Jedsje limit h will not ! ?It on the prayer eu*e. this h.ivimr; been argued Iwifnrc him In Ihr dUlric; I court I Py-vm wan .11. siw| at EMltori on' octotwr 10. lots, h> Constable w. r.\ Kk*n*Iber ger. ? stale ?-onatabl?. ami was charged trlth trnnapnrtnttnK h Ma>f. Frey? t was a porter on a i'.iii tnaat oar heiAv< n V w York and T:im? Iai. Id (Vfte hundred and three' pint* of whl*ke> ivi-if neixed "ii thu ("nllllian ru Tin.- riinst'tl.h' ered some of th?? t \ id* in ?' against ?*v*yvr In the ruHnmn linen ? lovet and * hum ? .ntakmu* <puirt.s ?rnat (\iund uhdei one of the Pullman aaata Mtill othei hottle? wir? found In the .?inok ng room A eerdlct Wim found in I he ease tSalr ?o Pn ?er. hut th. ruse wmh - **ahd. on the ground that the liquor ?Ph* being transported] i" another elate and that flouth Carolina was *Ot its destination, m l that he did not have ?n> Interest in it The ease In the l ulled States dis? trict court ?aas tried in Columbia. J. Watt?? VVaihiK. aaajlaiia I nited Hintes Plain, r Attorney, will argue the gov? ernment's sldu of the case in Ashc ville. t<ond<?i. Jut) IS The PoHah armies which are stniKKllnu lo stein the ad vunee of the Ihdaheviki on Houthern front have taken th?* offensive neat Korno Either South tin Uolahevlk i ar? ohntinuinu their drive ?iicc??*sf utly The Right of Search tan Federal Revenue A gents Sea re h Premises For Evi? dence? Columbia. July Us The tpjCMtmn of whether a federal revenue officer ha! lihc riahi to s.-mh prent lese for evt (>!?<??? .tanlnal Suspected violators of f??<1tMit! bqiror Inas, without Immun? mmho" with march warrants, is to lie petthad in ? Bantu Carolina oneh now before th* I'nltrd States Supreme Court. hrotiKht against Lawrence Amo*. of Stint'??, whti was charged with hu\ ink" violated the federal sta? tute against the munufncture of whis? key Ihl case has heett tri* d in the [federal dis'rtct e??urt and Amos wa-> convicted. Vtv appealed to the I'nlted Si ??? s supreme court on the ground that federal otticers ntt< red his home without an arrha! warrant, ohtntfred evidcnct that result**! in his v >ilVlo tion J. P Coleman and C. A. Kectoi, ls??h of CohtmMt. federal revnnue uf flcers. mud* the raid nn Amos' place. Tins entered his Imme and found an i apparatus for the manufacture oi h <i'i?.r. and allO thrtos bottles of whis kt y, TIh? officer* were not armed with warrant. a* is often, i? is said, the practice of f?deral officers. it is stated that the qoeethMi of whether if.r.r.;1 officers have the right to search premises without /.nrrants has h* en surrounded with some doubt, but that this ca*e now pending will settle the question. Considerable interest at lathes to its outcome. The origina cuff was tried in the I'nited States t'imri for the Eastern District for South Carolina. i t World War Reunion Visitors in Birmingham From All Parts of Union Birmingham. Jfcty 12?A thousand '?isitors from all parts of the country I re present ;it lite reunion of the Naln Imw division of World War Veterans. Twm hroaze memorial tablets are to be unveiled. %> * K*+ " ' i REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF ?To, 904HO. -llescrve District No. D The National Bank of South Carolina. At Homier in the ?Ist? of South Carolina, at the citato, or tltislness u i .inte? Jio. Ilrso UKSocKCfcS: I. a I>hum and discount*, including rcdtsco u n t h. (except those shown in h and o. .$1 Clti.049.fiu Vr>tsl nans. . . $ |,| 1C.O49.H0 ts-diut ' .Note* and Mils ledlseonnted with Federal llc ??rv. Hank tothsr than l>?nk acceptances sold) t ?*??? Itesa '>f,a> .45.001^.00 1,571.049.16 <?\m-drafts. sc. ?ored. nous; unsecured . 131.11 Cusfon .?<?*' ||<ihiht\ on account of draft* paid mi ?Ol I ?' 1'? rs of Credit, and for which thia hank has not been i-cirubursed. 27.oijo.uh I . <io\cr u not it securities owned: I' -poof, d to tweure circulation (IJ. 8. bonds par rsluei.i. 200,000.00 I f^dgf-d as collateral for *?tate orother deposits ? r bills pay abba.116.452.7? Owned and* ? npledgsd..150.00 "otal I s Uovsrnmsnt securities . 31?.?02.7* ?. C.thee booth*., securities, etc.: s Securities othvr than 1*. 14. bonds (not includ? ing stork-n owned and unpledged .1,000.00 Total h.o,.i? securities, sic. oilier lhan IT. S. 1,000.00 I. Hti?<K of Federal Iteaerve Hank (..0 per cent of enbs< ription >. ,. 11.400.no l\ h Vain, of banking house, owned and unln ? eoo.t. red. . 33,754.00 b Muulty In banking bouse ... . 83.754.00 It. Furniture and natures. . 1,311.36 la, lawful reserve with F deral Reserve Hank 4o.4a3.04 II. Items with Federal Reserve Hank in process of i 'U-?-ti.?n not available as reserve). 41.Jttti.15 14. Cash In vault and net amounts due from net* lenal bank*. ?S.342.98 IT. Cheeks on Other banks in the *nme city ur town as repotting bank (Other than Item 16) ... ... 2 339.3:; Total of It.-ms 13, 14. II 16. and 17 . 101.98S.46 19. Hedem pi ion fund with i*. 8. Treasurer and du? from T. H Treasurer._. 10,000.00 11. Other M**cts, If any 3,755.00 Totsl.12.123.008.30 MA HI LI TIBS: S3. Capital stock paid In. $2o0.00oto? XI. Muiplu* fund .> . lfcO.000%0 94. a I'ndlvlded profit*. S61.H51.?:; b l^ss SOU Tint expenses, interest, und taxes paid 51.446.07 1 <>. 404.11> 36. Interest and discount collect?d or credited, in advance or maturity and not ear led (approxt mats). 39,986.74 ?6 Amount reserved ior taxes accrued ..V. 6.753.73 27. Amount reserved for all Interes aoerued . 266.7.) 31. Circulating notes outstanding. . . .... 190,010.00 39. Amount <lue to Federal Roasrvi Bank (defer red credits I. 8.536.3?; 3". Net amounts due to National Banks . f,s7.:?l 31. Net amounts due tc banks, bankers, and trust eoYirpenb* in ihe/l'nlted Btate* and foreign coun? tries (other than included in Hems 29 or 30 1 14,437.78 is. Cefified cheeks outstanding. 1.479.38 IS. Cashier's Cheeks on own bank Outstanding . |,ISf.S5 Total of den- ??> ! I 31, .'.2 an"? 3:; 32.669.28 Isrntatal tlrpxwtt* (o.her than bank 6>fMietta) suh Jn?. to VTcsrrxe (deposits pay ible within 30 days); 84. Individual deposits subject to cheek . 1*1,111.11 SI. Certificate^ of deposit due In less than 10 day* to'her lhan for money borrowed). 20,000.00 'It. Dividends unpaid. . 10.o?;r,.oa Total of Semrnd deposits <other than bank de? posit*! sebjscl to Ressrve, items 34, g|, 3?, 37, 36, snd 39. . Iff,ltl.l| Time de|m?aJi? subject to Iteaerve <pa\ahte after 30 dsv* <>i ^ bjsd ;?> II days or more notico, and posts I sav mgs > : 41. Csrtlltcates or deposit 1 other than for money MM rowed I . . SSI.19I.9I II Other time deposits. 489.722 || Total of lime deposits sut.Jc.?serve. Items 49. It, 4 3. snd 4 3 . . IU,tll.l1 4V4. I nlted Male* deposit* (r.ther than postal savlnRsi: ?9. Hill? pays Sie with Federal Reserve Bank 146,450.00 II. tellers o| Credit and T>*Vel< rS1 Clo rk sold fo? cssh snd outstsndlng I7.I00.oq Total .11 . .im 11,031.11 M. a Liabilities ior rediscounts with Federal Reserve Hank (*??? |h re Id) . . 11,000.00 Total raaftlngenl Itsbllltk* iRfl .< i> r, snd d) mot inclndlng Items in gnhsdule 1.1 of report) ll.t.96 HT v Fl 1 r s. .1 PH < -ARin.iNA. Ogejgdy of Hnmter, sa: I. Ksrle Hov?Imu?4| cashier ..r fbe gbgve named hank, do Solsntlil) SWesr Iba? the above. Statement Is true to Ihs best Of niv knowledge and beliaf. kaiii.i: ROWLAND, Cashier gu harrt tied und StSssg to gofor* Correct ?Attest me this 7fh i|?> of Inly, Ii?.?.. IHAAC SCIIWAKTZ. if. If. Tat es. J1 N. F fot .; V. W M BURN*, c c, i;??Wl.AM? Director*. TO MARKET TOBACCO CROP State Association Distributes Thousands of Posters PLANTERS PROTECT THEMSELVES Clemson Authorities To Help Farmers During Coming Season Ploreree S. C., ???'!> lO.-r-PUttint irdo vigorous Operation plans*to nun Iv? el the BOUth Carolina tObaoOO crop this ] yen. kasveral rhtfc?oand xttroettve post f , . have boon printed by the South Caroline Tobncco Association, for ?Iis ? ioniion among the tobacco growers o. .' >? section. Tins?- posters will ?Mstriw. I through the Chambers o? Commerce, hanks, the county* agents, h\ ntail and by tueUing OH trees, I>i11 - beards, fOftCee, posts and ahy other place entere the tobacco growni fatty .<ee them. They earn the foiiowme; ineeaaWe: "Help the tobacco market: 1?Hy leasing your money In your local bank. There is litte help to Vie had front the North on account of the money stringency, so the local banks1 and local tanners must hold up the markets. If you do not leftve money in banks, market is iure l<> lall se? riously. I - Do not rush tobaccos * on the market. Cuiv your tobaccos bright and bulk down till they bleach. Only bright tobaccos will sell good. "3- -If prices fall beow reason, withhold your tobacco from the mark et "i?Join the Kouth Carolina Toi. ic co Association, ami do your part to keep lip the prices." llocognr/ing the critical financial 1 condition of thfS section, .and the Im? portance of the successful marketing of the tobacco crep, two expert or ? gnnivcers have been |jtMgW%d to th's territory, to assist in the marketing at Me coming crop. These two men arc front the 'extension department ? ? Clemson College. They are assigned particularly to the South Carolina To? bacco .\sm?chiti(?n. They have eetah* iVfttted headquarters ft) Florence, where they may be reached by any giowcrs. or section, who desire thei. services. Applications should be made through tire Chamber of t\?inmerce to peach them. Tobacco authorities concur in the ?-pinion thct this industry never be? fore has fac<u such a test in South Carolina, because of the present stringency of .the raomy market. The hidepemlent buyer* are in din? gt i oi I?-mg foroed out of the field, leaving the crop and growers to the ill' ivj Of the two oj three big c.~?m p)unties which constitute the tobacco monopoly, or trust. After an impor? tant conference, and through dis? cussion of the situation, all authori? ties agree that the program outlined in the posters, which have been print? ed is the only possible means of sav? ing the tobacco growers of South Carolina from tremendous losses Iff the coming season. Canada's New Premier Arthur Meigzen Sworn in to Succeed Sir Robert Korden Ottawa. .Inly lt?. Arthur fcfolgCeYit formet minister ot the interior, was swor i in today Mi proThier, succeeding Sir Rotforl B?rdelb who resigned it few dnyi ago. Cox Meets Roosevelt Dayton, .Inly \2. tiovernor Cox went to Colutubus ibis mottling where he has an engagement for the tlrst meetl Ig with Franklin Roosevelt. (he \ i- e presidential ftofhirtco. Fire in California WiloWs. Chi., Moty 12? Fire yester? day destroyed almost the enttre busi? ness section of the city. The loss is estimated at a half to a million dol la re, .lodging front newspaper reportl and eurtont toeatp the idea seems to pre? vail in Manning that Sumter county is making a strenuous drive to induce citizens of Pinewood and Tnrbevill sctlom to vote themselves nut of clar? endon eotontV and annex to Snmter county. This |s enoneuus - the an? nexation proposition came from the cltliens ol'J'larendoit county, and the altitude of Sumter is that of extend? ing a cordial welcome to Clarendon eiti'.ens who deetre to cast their lot with Sumter count . The business it latloni Im t w een Sine er and PlffcOWOOd and Ot TurhevHIe ha\ been close and ? oniiai for niaby years and have grad? ually been growing mote i rtfihate year by year, a condition of affairs thai naturally suggest annexation to sum r county. Old Nime for February. The old Hrltons gave the nickname "Kildyke" to February, not because It Is e ptfTtteHlWirff wet month, the aver ex?? rain>l! belnfc the l*a*t of anj month Iti the year, but hecnuse th? melting snow on the hllli causes tin river* and dylre* to overflow. Whet there Is a superabtmdance of snow viw mln hi February th?re 1* too much oi what would he a good thing In modern lion, and floods where they are least a sic nine. Take Wlveo' Surnames. In aotoe parrs of Scotland the lisle etiiic-n very frequently call themselves by their wives' sUfnames. Thus .lames fhulth marries Mary lirecu. Ho calls himself, eren In nUitngejl affaire, MJ Mi .as Sim Ith tlrevU." LEFT RECORD AS INVENTOR Emjllth Marqula, Turee Centuries Agg, Had ideas for Project* at That Time Undreamed of. On<? of the most curious hooks In English litcrahire la that which bears the title, "A Century of Invention*," and whose author is Edwurd, marquis of Worcester, who died April S, lr>07. The hook appears ts have beeu writ? ten 12 years before his death, and con? sists of hundreds of descriptions of projects, none of them, however, so explicitly treated as to enable s mod? ern adventurer to carry tUem out In practice. In this hook are to be found meth? ods for secret writing, by cipher or Inks of a peculiar nature; telegraphs or semaphores, explosive projectiles that would sink any ship, ships that would resist any explosive projectiles, floating gardens, a method of fixing i shifting sands, a way to make a boat work against (wind and fide, aud many other curious conlrivances. Nothing cam* amiss to the mechan? ical marquis; r either were his projects mem dreams, for he had worked out In hia own mind t dear conception of g steam engine, and Is believed to have made a working model of one. His es-1 tab? was filled with all sorts of ma- I rhlres for raising water to the top of the great tower by hydraulic power, and during the war he frlghtetted sway a troop of Roundheads by a display of these unknown powers. The, marquis Impoverished himself ? by his adherence to the cause ait \ Oharles I., and when Charles II. came ? on the throne be was neither recum 1 sensed ft>r his leases nor rewarded fof Ills fidelity. Kings' memories are often ?rerr short. MATING ARRANGED BY ELDERS Young People of Java Have Little to I 6ay in selection of Husband or Wife. ? i r Wkirlagt., in Jsva are typical of people la sil rroplcsl climates, in that tiro couples wedi when they are very young. When s girl reaches her elev? en^ or twelfth year, her he rents be? gin to rook out for a s?ltsbl* hushantt, knrl after tb* selection has been made they start long preliminary discussions with the parents of the boy. The fa? ther of the girl then consults the "wise rann" of the village, usually the only literate person in the community, fnr th?r action being taken solely on his stl vice. The wise man tskes the first letters of the names t?" the prospective bride stid groom and draws them together fn various tdmnea, then meditating over the cou bi aatlon which Is to de? cide whether the boy and girl are go-, Irg ts be happy In their marriage. If the drawing suggests in the imagina? tion of the wist nian s tree with many branches, h? warmly recommends the slllarrce between the boy snd girl as the drawing la supposed to T>rom!se j riena prosperity snd, above all, a large family. When the selection Is made to the satisfaction of all concerned, the par? ents begin to discuss the dowry which, In the ggsa of the Javanese, Is sup? plied by the groom, consisting of drosses, food, household goods and' other similar articles.?Detroit News. A Manor House Find. The story of the find of 1,00ft spade Ifnlneas in the press of an old Hert? fordshire (Eng.) manor house Is told In The Bookrpan's .Journal. The house changed owners, and the new pro ?;>rt#tnr, a few weeks after taking pos? session, examined the strich systemat? ically. Tn one of the presses there !he found s hmY.ber of tattered next rained bonks, among them Doctor ?Oroly's "SalatM*!," which he opened in casual curiosity. On a page he pj me across s penciled note, indicat? ing where valuables liad been hidden In tin* house during the crisis of ths *4ft rebellion. Forthwith he had the flooring of ii cupboard taken up, snd there In a cavity lay some thousand spade guineas, a quantity of rarst china and silver, afid first editions of Congreve, Wycherley, Dryden atid cer? tain of the 1st? Elizabethans?all core fully wrapped in silken dresses of that decade. Metals That Csll for Uee. Of the tnelols now known, more than iWi in number, Dr. E. K. Slossons notes that not one-half have chine into common use. The so-called rare ele? ments are really abundant enough, considering the earth's crust as s whole, though they are so thinly scat? tered that they ore usually over? looked and hard to extract. But when? ever one of them proves Valuable it U goon found available. A systematic search generally reveals It somewhere In sufficient quantity to he worked. Who. then. It Is asked, will he the first to discover a use for ndium. germa? nium, lerhlnm, thulium, tsnthsninm. neodyiuium, scandium, samarium and others as mu< h' unknov.'n to ns of to? day as tJmgslOh was to our fathers. Unperturbed. "H*,M exelnltned the client. "You predicted tl e world was coming to an' end s week ago.*' *!>1d I?" replied the soothsayer, dreamily. "You certainly old. Rut We are still Here. Nothing has happened. What have you got to smv for yourself?" ?Must this.' said #he soothsayer. Tin as glad it didn't happen as you are. aiustapha," he ??nnttnftwri. mo? tioning languidly N) Ms vtsrwskinned a**1st*fct. "show the *enI lern*n oht and admit the next seeksr after truth." ?Rlrtulnghatn Age Herald, FINE CITY TWICE DESTROYED Antigua, Spanith Capital ef Central America, tto Victim of Flood, Flrt and Earthquake/ Antigua, the glittering Spanish cap? ital of all Central America, arose high on the central plateau in the beauti? ful valley of Almoeongo. Its places ihhI churches. Ms niunusterl * and hos? pitals, Hs sparkling .fountains and av? enues were unsurpassed in any part of the new world, while above all tow? ered the sweeping outlines of the great volcanoes known as the "Ague" and "Fuego" ("Water** and "Fire") which were destined to be her doom. For twice Antigua was destroyed, the first time In 1Tt4? by a flood Of wwtwr front the Cental of the volcano which was then appropriately called Agua; and the second time In 177S by Are and earthquake from Fuego. ,'l*he Spaniards not being able to remon? strate with the recalcitrant voleanoea m the j*me effective manner that was employed In dealing with the Indians, 1 other means were resorted ha, und these, mountain* were nolvinnly bap? tized "Agua" and "Fuefo," and taken with due ceremony Info the anus of the church In the hope that they would eschew their heathen deities and re? form their uncouth ways. Neverthe? less, as a matter of terrestrial precau? tion, the capital clify was moved 24 miles distant to a safer location, where It Is now situated. Strahl to **y. both Agua and Fuego seem to have Ihed up to their new responsibilities, with but a few half-hearted attempts at. backsliding, until the recent great quakes that In 1917-18 again shattered the fair city of Guatemala.- Andrew Horton Blacklston In the South Amer? ican. MADE THEIR W?Y TO FAVOR W?rde Banned Fifty Years A&6 *re Now by General Consent Reco*, nhted si Proper. Moat newspaper* have an indes en purgatorious In which are Hated all the tempting words banned at .the time of Its compilation as to bad usage, remarks a writer In the Honre factor. It Is atnusing to read one of those lists, drawn up for a New-York nhwspnper 50 years a?0, a long ille re rded list frowning on such words aa aspirant, bogus, cjoHloed, com monced (for begun), employe, endoree (for approval), humbug, Ignore, jeop ardlze, lengthy, loafer, ovation, post? ed (for Informell), predicate. progress* lrrg. rertahl* ffor trustworthy), ro# dleh, taboo, talented and vicinity 4f<?r netgitborhood). 11 oat of rfit-KH are now , quite respei-lable and would have the freedom even of those uewH|mper? which once spumed thctu. Ums, aa ever, do the heresies of today become the g<>si>el of tomorrow. Titus does progress march. rt happens in language. In econo? mies', in poHtles. Tomorrow oonsery* tlves will ha found atohrly riefelt ding the program which yesterday'* radlest? drew up. Perhaps an appreciation of this fact ought to produce a philo sophlc calm, but It la quite aa likely to produce temper. And yet It la abstiHt to swear at the conservative man as It Is to denounce (he dam In tha si ream and the brake on the engine. God* of Anelent Ffeme. "Oolng to Church In Ancient Home* was the title of a lecture'delivered In Philadelphia In Houston hall by Dr. George I>. Hadssits, who showed a number of views of temples dedicated to Jupiter. Minerva, Mercury*and other gods. Tue number of gods became *a numerous tn Home toward the lasr. said the. lerrtirer, that the neople had to refer to a catalogue. *i here waa one for sowing, ope for planting, reap? ing, binding, honseeleanlng and, ,ln fact, for every trivial detal! of life. Ritual and ceremony choked true de? votion, he said, and the sacrifices prayed oxter'by the priests Were made with or wlthont the presence bf any? one els*. Congregational rtevdtlon wat alien to the spirit of ancient Rome. Death of Goethe. When the spirit of Johann yon floelhe passed away, March 22. 18*2. all Knrope took note of th? event and pondered on his last words: "Let thf Light Enter." He was venerable with nge^aiid honors, a wise, mauy-slded mind, and the greatest poet of Oer many. Marek saht of hin) that what he lived was more beautiful than what he wrote; und hl* life, amid nil ft* weakness and all Its sorrows, present? a picture of'certain grandeur ef soul which cannot be contemplated un moved. Growth of Planta Among plants, after the period aft growth in spring and summer there 1* a period of dormancy before the cold weather sate In; und If plants are matoeglneri artificially at a high hew peratnre Mils dormant period persist*. Exposure to cold Is needed to actlvata the plant f%* eaoiher perled of growl a. > Perhaps the liberation of enaymea acts on the stored starches, converting them Into sugars, or the phenomenon may he due to a change in the i*?r meahfllty of fhe cell memhramK Though normally the ettninln* required for a renewal of growth la supplied by cold, mechanical Injury or a perl*! of dry lug may have ths same effect. The process occur* Independently In mux exposed part of a Haut, so that If one iw two branches of a plant he kept continually warm while ilrf? other It Muli|Ml*d to the usual winter Hittl lug. the Eruier will tier develop on he rdurn of summer Ichiporalare thong* fhe latter develops *s usual. SEASON A Very Strong Course I at ranged lor tt3t)-it, Tim course ?>f the Sumter Lj promises to lw? exceptional. The m it tee has spared no p*in* in selecfj ing auch attraction* as will merit support ;<nd approval o| the mt>>\ vrtti legi Tin- nMir.se for \)u< coming ee:?.iiog Consists of three musical numbers two lectures. The price of the is ll.fcl. As the lyceuni is a par*, of the extension work of the high >vho:1 Student* are sold ticket* for the WhOSB course for $ i .50. The Tscharkewsky Quart? t. whiclt gave such great satisfaction last year* will return. Every member of this* splendid organization is a graduate of h European conservatory and deserves the highest tribute of praise. The Crimson Gulley Artist* will Surely delight a Sumter audience. Miss . Crimson Oulley is a p?otege of Ma dame Sohuman-lieink und is consider? ed by this great contra ,10 to be cne of the liest soloists on the lycoum or concert platform. Wrt i her ;* KsroJs, a baritone of the Paris rirsrd opera compaay. This man v as wiMirvtec" is he knee during the * oil \ war and h thus prevented iron taking lifs us? ual pans on the operatic stage, tte ? ihSfttgitld 10 t?e among the best of tM? brilliant soloists heard in the.French gapltat. The Smith. Spring. Holms Orches? tral Quintet Is a company of svtists Inferior rS none anfi have won fbr themselves great immfH on the lyeeum; and chautauqua platforms. The lecturer wl'1 be at card with pleasure. Russell-11.' Ctonwell needs no Introduction to an American audience. His famous lecture. Acres of Dia? monds." has been delivered to n great? er i cmber of people than any lecture known. The committee ever Vddce its organization has trW?d to get Dr. Ton well and has st last succeeded. Everybody will wish .0 hear Acres of Diamonds. Maynavd Eee t)aggy\ belfitr x much younger man. is not so wert known* b it he has estahieslie! himself ss as 1 ator of the highest order. , The local committee believes thai.it has elected such B course *as hill der light the people Of ftiithter. BisJiopvilte X? Hg U? ui\ Blshopville. S. C, July 12. The raids caMc in the nick Of time to save the com vrop. The early com was seriously injurec, but that p'utiu (?I later will recover from the di ought' Iii part. Tli*' collbn cropfe ftrfc flhf end fruiting beautifully. It the bnU^ I weevil dogs*. int'm-fert . the YsrrrrSts Ssth make se nvuch cotto 1 as they did lasS> 1 year. In my judgment. The farmers are still applying sola to their coltdh i Sut I fear R is too late to get full r%> II urns. ? There in ?real <t?*wi*nd for potato vine* for their potato Crops, and they are very scarce on account of ^he dry weather. Wntevmelivns are now camm? ing in. and are sei ing at $1 for th* same aa I have oft .mi seen sold lor 5 cents. You rarely ? ver see a chicken for sale: frying she bring from ?*>c. to $1 apteoe. ? Vegetrthtes are vee# ecarce. The gardens were nearly all destroyed for want of rain. BishopVtlle lost one of its most charming young ladies when Rotwtf <5riftin of Lynchburg, carried away Miss Mary Perrln daughter ol our efficient county treasurer. We all wish them a long and happy voyagg through life. Mr. WilinrdStucltey and Mis* Oor* ity Wagner were quietly married last week. May they life long and happily together. The building fever continues ia 01 if town and lumber and all kinds of building material, also tabor, is in great demand. I hear eonrn of your town merchsnts brass to share in our proepertty another season. ETiott will have her hands fail 'o entertain our distiict conference, bYJfc no doubt she will measure up to the task. The Methol ist Kunde y -drool enJo>ed a edlightful picnic at Blue Springs last Thursday. Our excellent superintendent, T. K. Davis bore all the necessary aapenseh. NOTICE e By order of the Democratic Exe? cutive Committee of Sumter county campaign meeting? wirl bv heW -at the places named bclovv* on the dates spec? ified far the pimpose of affording ap portunity for the candidates for 01 rice to meet and address the "Democratic voters of the count;.-. All meetings will 'open at 11 o'clock a. m . unless other? wise specified. Tin- meetings are as follows: Privateer, Wednesday. July *J.S. Wcdgeiield. Friday, July 30. Shiloh. FridaV August MayesvHte. Wednesday. August It. Uemhert. Friday, August M, PhtgoW, Friday. August 20. Sumter. Friday. August 26, * p, m. Sumter. Saturday. August 21. The following assessments ha\-% I.ecu levied on candidates,: Cierk of tNuirt. |K0O. BherpT, $?d, A editor. I ". Treasurer. Mo. i orcner. Ueprcscntative. ggg, Magistrate, tat listrict. $5. Magistrate, 2ml district. t~>. Magistrate, Srd district. $?. Magistrate. 4th district. Sfc. Magistrate. ?th listrtct. $15. Magist 1 ate. Mb district. $lo Mag istrate. 7th district. $5. Candidates are required to tile the pledge re.iulred lv the rules of th<* patty and to pay their nsHessmvnt ts the Courty Chairman on or ljs'ore lit o'clock, soon, July i:7tii .1. H. Cttrtaa, ?.'ounty Chalreaaa 5 re Mew sfdj on fsaohg, s fn ?cHewoe. reati, he hrlNfeiatrng *?? nejweat Srorhs; m litetataee. tes'alZ. eet. The Haggle itteratnre I.Trebra WHlern. New hooks rerlea *n* re> dei^rafe old idean; old bhelm *hstsZ Inton^1^'"