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BIG R?t ft I ULi?, ?. Sternberger Company's Store Burned-Loss Estimuted at $30,000. Special the State. Clio, Jone 17.-One section of this town is smouldering in ruins today. Fire broke out in the general store of the E. Starnberger company at 9 o'clock last night and destroyed the firm's property to the extent of $30, 00?. The lose is half covered by in? surance. This firm does a business of about $200,000 per annum and is today entering another store for continuing fen si ness. The residence of Mr. G. R. Welch, valued at $2,500, and the residence of Mrs. K. C. Chamness-. valued at $2, 000, were also entirely consumed. Their losses are partially covered by insurance. Hester's Cotton Statement. New Orleans, June 17.-Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement issued today shows for the 17 days of June a decrease under last year of 16, - OOO and a d ?cras?e under the same pe? riod year before last of 14,000. For the nine months and 17 days of the season that have elapsed the ag gregate is behind the same days of last year 685,000 ar d behind the same ?days year before last 330,000. The amount brought into sight dur? ing the wefek past has been 2$219 bales against 28,890 for the same seven days last year and 43,478 year before last. : The movement since Sept. 1 shows receipts at ail United States ports to be 7,039,331 against 7,632,442 last year. Overland across the Mississip? pi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to north? ern mills and Canada 904,113 against 1,062,846 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 102,815 against a de? crease last year of 7,576; south 3rn mills takings %721,000 against 1,764, - 785 last year. . The total movement since Septem? ber 1 is 9,767,859 against 10,452,497 last y jar. ? . Foreign exports for the week have been 37,221 against ^7,868 last year, making the total thus far for the sea? son 5,772,322 against 6,520,498 last .year. The total takings of American mills, north, south and Canada, thus -far for the season have been 3,828,437 against 3,842,761 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centres have decreased during the week 33,147 bales, against a decrease* during the corresponding period last season of 37,690. Including stocks, left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 9,935,658 against 10, .667,571 for the same period last year. Weekly Trade Review. "New York, June 17.-Bradstreet's reviewing the state of trade, tomor? row will say : Favorable features this week are the further improvement shown in leading crops and the end? ing of the tie-up on the great lakes. Wheat, oats and cotton have improved, but corn is still backward owing to the cool weather. General trade and industry have remained quiet, and may be said to have "marked time." The notable under lying feature of the entire situation is the feeling that .with at- average crop of wheat and Targe yields of the other cereals and of cotton now in prospect a good fall and winter business is to be looked for. Ballway earnings reflect current <quiteness in business and the de? creases of 3 5 per cent of g rc. ss in May and of 6 per cent, in April net, indicated last week, are confirmed by fuller details Reports as to the cotton crop are al? most universally favorable, the only exception being noted in Arkansas, where a heavy reduction is probable because of overflowing lands. The Texas crop is gow ing finely, first bales being reported nearly a month ahead cf the usual time. The crop in the lower Mississippi valley is making good progress and in Georgia and Ala? bama is reported growing finely. For sick headache tai,. Chamberlain s Siomach and Liver Ta ot-, anda quick care is c-il-L*. For <-<.ic oj China's Drzz .Store. -- Irish potatoes have been a paying crop this year. A gentleman who was. at Voung's Island the other day, says a planter made over $25.000 clear cn that crop alone this year. Are Your Lungs Weak. Does the cough, left by the grippe-r?? the cold, contracted f'u.mg the winter, still bane ou ? Ry dale's Elixir wi J) cur yoor cough ?lid ht-ai your w ak lunt??=. 1 i.ille the germs t^at excise chronic thro*" ?nd lung disease *nd helps nature resto. * .fue weakened organs to health. Trial ?bec 25c Family size 50c. All dealers. Hot Springs, Ark., June 15.-The State Democratic convention today in? structed for Judge Alton B. Parker of New York as the choice ol the Arkan? sas Democracy for presidential candi? date. The vote was: Parker 258^>; Hearst 12834; John Sharp Williams, ?. Nervous Dyspepsia Cured by Rydale's Stomach Tablets. Mr. R. E. Jones, buyer for Parker & Bridget, whose large department stores are located at 9th and Penn Ave., Wash ington D. C., writes, under date of April 14, '04, as follows : Last February one yeer, while in New York on business for my house, I caught a severe cold, which laid me up for severr.l weeks and left me wesk and r ei-vous. ? had little or no ap? petite and ray digestion was very poor, my physician* could not get at the cause of my trouble as my digestion seemed so much impaired. I decided to try Ry dale's Stomach Tablais, being assured by a friend they were good dyspepsia medi? cine. After using them for a few days I began to realize that I was getting better. I gave up the doctor's prescription and have gained 20 pounds while using two boxes of these tablets. I never felt better in my life, and accredit Rydale's Stomach Tablets with having cured me. I can re? commend them most heartily, to sufferers from nervocs indigestion and general run? down conditions of the system. All dealers. AMUSING O?MME mi An Orangeburg Casa That Was Fun for Ail Save the Litigants. The following report by the News and Courier's Oraugeburg correspond? ent of the trial of a damage snit at the i recent term cf the Orangeburg court gives a mere outline of one of the ! most ridiculous damage suits ever j tried in -this State : "Unusually interesting and amusing ! testimony was given in the suit of ! Capt. J. 6. Livingston against Mrs. j Missouri I. Collier for $5,000 damages Ifor injuries received from a buggy whip in the hands* of Mrs. Collier. The jury found for plaintiff one dollar damages. "Capt. Livingston and Mr. David L. Collier, the husband of defendant, were what might be called '.cronies. ' They had arranged a fishing trip on May 24, 1902 ; Mr. Collier was unable to go, but insisted on the Captain's taking Mrs. Collier's horse and buggy and carrying another friend with him. "Capt. livingston returned to de? fendant's house with the buggy just after dark, and, driving into the yard, was met by Mrs. Collier with the whip, which, he says, she applied freely, striking him in the right eye and causing blindness. The other fish? erman, who had gotten out at the ! gtte, says he heard the lashing and [heard Mrs. Collier say: "I prora I ised to give you a whipping and I've done it" "Mr. Cottier testified that Capt. Livingston was instructed to return the buggy at b o'clock and promised to do ?0. Mrs. Collier wanted the buggy about that time to go down? town. "Mr. O. R. Lowman, who runs a buggy house, testified that she came there during the, evening looking for the buggy, and threatened to whip or punish the Captain when he returned. "The defence contended that the in? jury to plaintiff's eye was the result of a fight with Mr. Collier last Septem? ber, arising cut of a discussion of the suit which had then been filed, in which both men were badly battered and bruised on the face and head. "Mrs. Collier admitted the whip? ping, but claimed that the Captain brought her horse home in bad con? dition from over-driving, and cursed and abused her when she took him to task for it, finally attacking her with a plank. "This the Captain denied. On the other hand, he claims that the attack was unprovoked and began while he was unhitching the horse. "He testified that Mr. Oollier came out and asked his wife to stop, and she put the whip on him, too, and followed and struck the Captain again as he was leaving the yard. "Mrs. Collier was asked if it was anything unusual for her to whip her husband, and replied that her domes? tic troubles were her own business."' He Took Brooms. Two old fellows in New Hampshire j were the sharpest things in the way of bargaining. Cy Pettingil made brooms for a living and Ezra Hoskins kept a store. One day Cy came in with a load cf brooms and the dicker? ing began. Cy was a man who could see a bar? gain through a six-inch plank cn a dark night, and Ezra could hear a dollar bill rattle in a bag of feathers a mile off. Well, they began, and their conversation was something like this:. i "Ezra, I want to sell you these brooms" "All right. Cy, I'll take them." Cy said: "I don't want any store bargains, I want cash for them." They tallked and gadded a while, and then Ezra said : "I tell you whar I'll do, Cy, I'll give you half cash and half trade." Cy took a fresh chew cf tohacco, pulled a straw cut of one of the brooms, and said "That'll he all right, Ezra." After he bad put the brooms ic the store, Ezra said ' ' Here's your money, Cy, now what do you want in trade?" Cy looked around for a spell, cocked his eye up to the ceiling, stuck his cud ic his cheek and said : "Well, if it is all the same to yen, Ezra, I'll take brooms. ' ' Driven to Desperation. Living at an out of the way place, re? mote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in case of accident, resulting in burns, cuts, wounds, aleen?, etc. Lay in a supply of Buckleu'3 Arnica Salve. It's the best on earth. 25c. at J fc. W. DeLorm?'s Drug Store. The State veterinarian of Oregon has ordered that the thousands of wild horses which roam the unfenced langes of that State shall be shot down. This is to be done to prevent the spread of mange, which is commu? nicated to cattle and other live stock. An Alarm Clock for 25c. If you want to get up early and feel good all day take a Littje Early Riser or cwo at bed time. These famous little pills relax the nerves, give quiet rest and re? freshing sleep, with a gentle movement of the bowels about breakfast time. W. H. Howell, Houston. Tex., says "Early Risers are the best pill made for constipa? tion, 6ick headache, b liousness, etc." Sold by O. B. Davis. The Boston Architect of May 28 said: "Rio do Janeiro has abolished its old-fashioned quarantine regula? tions. The cause of this change is dee to the head of the new board of health, Dr. Cruz, who secured an appropriation of a million and a quar? ter of dollars for a war on mosquitoes, which was so successfully waged that there were only nine cases of fever last year, as compared with 275 the pre? ceding year." A Strong Heart is assured by perfect digestion. Indiges? tion swells the stomach and puffs it up against the heart. This causes shortness ! of breath, palpitation of the heart and general weiknes*. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures indigestion, relieves the stomach, takes the strain off the heart and restores it to a full performance of its function naturally. Kodol increases the strength by enabling the stomach and digestive organs to digest, assimilate and appro? priate to the blood and tissues all of the food nutriment. Tones the stomach and digestive organs. Sold by O. B. Davis. SUMTER'S GREATEST NEED. The Timely Suggestion of a Friendly But Critical Visitor. Editor Item: The writer is too fre? quent a contributor to the columns of the press not to know the value of space, especially when one is seeking room in a daily journal, but despite this he wants to use the Item as a medium to say something aDont your thriving little city, which, by the way is not quite so little after all, as the writer found when he had to ride a mile from the Court House to find ! some of his friends. The growth of Sumter during the past two years was very noticeable and unless it has some backset some the beautiful residences on Main street will have to be torn down to make room for business houses, and ! thi3, in some respcets, would be very reg retable, as these elegant houses, with their well kept grounds, are a great ornament to the city. But, however much the writer could and would like to say about Sumter, he must stop because the main object of ! this article is to call attention to something that the city needs, and the lack of which detracts very much from its beauty. and attractiveness. This need is a public park where the people can resort in warm weather and find some relief from the heat and dust of the streets. Some writer has very i aptly called the parks the lungs of the city, and the expression is a very true and forcible one, for outside of the pleasure they give, they add very much to the health of the city. Then, too, as people advance in culure and refinement it is but natu? ral that they should feel a longing to surround themselves with beautiful things. In fact, without the love and culture of the beautiful, civilization could not eixst. Whatever is useful, as has been truly and beautifully said, will encourage itself, but we should fill do our utmost to encourage the beautiful, for this is one, almost the only one, of the visible signs that il? lustrate, or show our attainments in civilization. The ignorant man may not be able to appreciate beautiful things, but to the intelligent man they are not only a great help, but at the same time a source of inestimable pleasure Some time ago when the writer saw that the grounds of the Sumter Insti? tute were to be sold, the thought oc? curred to him that the city ought to purchase it and convert it into a park. These things, of course, cost a good deal of money, but the mere fact that a city. Sumter for a good illustration, is growing in wealth and population :is pretty strong evidence that the cost .is not, by any means, an insurmount? able obstacle. As has already been said, there are many beautiful homes in Sumter, and these furnish unmis 1;akable evidence of the refinement of those who own them ; but while it is only right that the culture of the beautiful, like charity, should begin ut home, it also, like charity, should not end there. In this connection, the writer begs to suggest to the cultured ladies of Sumter that they might add very much to the beauty of their city by beautifying the ground around the Court Hou^e. If the town of Sumter had, say twenty-five years ago, estab? lished a park on the outskirts, the city of Sumter would now surround it. lt would hardly take twenty-five years for this now, at Sumter's present' rate of growth. While on his way to the depot the writer noticed some beautiful little trees that had been used for hitching posts and as a natural consequence tad been badly damaged. Such inex? cusable vandalism should subject the offender to a very heavy fine. When a tree becomes establishd it is very val? uable and whoever injures it should te severelv punished. W. D. Woods. Darlington, S. C., June 16. APPRECIATE THE FIREMEN. Witherspoon Bros. & Co. Do the Hand? some Thing by the Fire Laddies. The following letter addressed to Chief of the Fire Department Hood, ii self-explanatory and shows that the services of our volunteer fire depart? ment are not unaprpeciated by those whom they serv?: Mr. R. S. Hood, Chief Fire Depart? ment, City. Dear Sir: We herewith enclose check for $25 00 as a token of appreci? ation of the good services rendered in pieventlng the spread of the fire at our plant on the morning of the 13th in? stant. While you did not have to put ott any fire in our plant it was cer? tainly uncomfortably close by. Any? thing you might want in the future from the City Council please let us kr ow and we will have a good speech to make before that body in your favor. Wishing you the success at every other place that you had at ours, we are, Yours very truly, Witherspoon Bros. & Co. E. L. Witherspoon, President. To be Married in Mississippi. Invitations have been issued by Mr. anc; Mrs. T. Rowin Harney, of Hat-' tieiiburg, Miss., to the marriage of their daughter. Dora, to Mr. John Fri arson Anderson on the evening of Jure 30th, in Trinity Episcopal Church, Hattiesburg, Miss. * MT. Anderson is a son of Dr. W. W. Anderson, Jr., of Summerton, but formerly of this county, and is him? self well and favorably known in this city. Fire at Wedgefield. Wedgefield, June 15.-The barns and stables on Re viresco farm, the prop? erty of Mr. A. E. Aycock of this place and Mrs. F. F Covington of Marion, wera detroyed by fire last night with their contents, which included corn, hay and oats. The cause of the fire is supposed to have been spontaneous combustion. The loss is partly covered by insurance. A Great Ruler. 1 Or e of the greatest of rulers is the liver ! Tt governs the human organism. When the liver is out of order the whole system be? comes diseased. Keep your liver healthy by using Rydalt's Liver Tablets. They euro all liver trouble. They cure constipation. Your money back if th^y do not give sat? isfaction. AU dealers. CRAZY NEGRO SUICIDES. Peter James, Recently Discharged From Asylum, Jumps Into a Well. Peter Janie?, a negro who was re? leased from the asylum a few months ago after ependinfg several months there, committed suicide Thursday hy jumping headforemost into a well on the Manning road in the su? burbs of the city. Ije had been working for Minnie Moore, a negro woman, for several days, and this morning he told her he was going away. Shortly atferwards she heard an unusual noise in the yard and run? ning ont she saw bis coat and hat lying by the well. Going to the well she discovered James straggling in the water. She called for help, but before her neighbors could come to her assistance, James was dead. His body was removed from the well as quickly as possible, but it was impos? sible to recussitate him. Coroner Flowers, who was notified, made an investigation, but decided not to summon a jury and hold a reg? ular inquest as it was a clear case of suicide as a result of insanity. Teachers Elected. At a meeting of the City Board of Education held a few days ago the fol? lowing teachers were elected to teach in the Washington Street School dur? ing the next school year: Miss Lena Kirkley, of Smithville; Miss Laurie Harrell, of Benettsville ; Miss Marion Satterwhite, of Sumter ; Miss Mary Alice Michaux, of Sumter. Misses Hattie Boland, Mary 'Brun son and H. C. Fishbnrn, who taught in the school last session, declined re? election after the Board of Education met and elected all of the teachers for another year. The increased enroll? ment during the last year and the cer? tainty that the school will be still larger next session made it necessary that one additional teacher be elected. MAGNOLIA NEWS NOTES. Magnolia, June 16.-The city of Marion has a just cause to hold an ever lasting grudge against our es? teemed yonng friend Walton J. Mc? Leod, for he, accompanied by his broth? ers, ?ev. D. Melvin, Thos. G., Frank? ie, and Carlisle and Miss Mary Eliza McLeod went over on the train yester? day morning and robbed that nice lit? tle city of one of its loveliest flowers and returned with the prize last even? ing, thereby furnishing a most appre? ciable acquisition to Lynchburg so? ciety, and an ornament to his pleas? ant home. When Walton boarded the train yesterday morning his many friends who witnessed his departure, were impressed with his handsome appearance, but when he alighted from the coach last night there was a lock of astonishment on the faces of the large number of friends who met the train. He did not appear handsome at all. Why? well, we guess it was the contrast. To say nice things about the bride seems uncalled for. The appropriate and impressive cer? emony performed by Rev. D. McLeod made Miss Pauline Mullins, Mrs. Walton McLeod. The old arm chair in the office is; vacant today. The serenade last night was a grand success. The cattle, dogs and chick? ens aiound joined in a counter sere? nade. Walton seems grateful to the serenaders, that Your townsmen, Tommie McIntosh, would have enjoyed it so much. Occasional. Manning News Notes. Manning will soon have a laundry. It will be run by Messrs. Otis Trescott and Jesse Orvin, and they will have all experienced help. The barn and stables of Mr. C. R. Felder near Summerton, was destroy? ed by fire last Wednesday afternoon. No insurance, loss about $500. The Alderman stock farm at Alcolu, is now under the management of Mr. Walker, of Barnwell, a graduate of Clemson, who has made dairying and raising of stock a special study. Last Friday night at the scidder, near Shiloh, in the timber woods of the D. W. Alderman & Sons' Company of Alcoln, Mr. Forrest Collins, the engineer, became involved in a diffi? culty with Lawrence Thompson, a negro hand, and after N some words Thompson advanced upon him with a cant hook, whereupon Collins shot him. Thompson was taken to Alcoln and died in a few honrs. Coroner Smith was notified Saturday afternoon and he went to Alcoln and held the inquest. Mr. Collins surrendered himself to the sheriff of Sumter. Sheriff Scarborough of Sumter came here yesterday with Mr. Forrest Col? lins in his custody, who had surren? dered to him last Saturday for the killing of Lawrence Thompson, col? ored, Capt. Charlie Collins, a brother of Mr. Forrest Collins was also of the party. Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden, speaker of the House of Representa? tives, who bas been retained with Capt. W. C. Davis to defend Collins met the party here and after a confer? ence, it was decided that under a special statute, where a shooting takes place in one county and the death in another, as was this case, the defend? ant may be tried in either county, and as Clarenden is Collins' home, and the county where the inquest WES held, the trial will be had here. Sher? iff Scarborough turned his charge ov<r to the sheriff of Clarendon and Col? lins' attorneys will apply for bail next week at Georgetown to Judge Aldrich, who is now in this circuit.-Manning Times. Triumphs of Modern Surgery. Wonderful things are done for the hu? man body by surgery. Organs are taken out and scraped and polished and put back, or they may be removed entirely ; bones are spliced ; pipes take the place of diseased sections of veins ; antiseptic dressirgs aro applied to wounds, bruise? burns and like injuries before inflamma? tion sets in, which causes them to heal j without maturation and in one third the j time required by the old treatment. Cham? berlain's Pain Balm acts on this same | M ir?ci] 1?. It is an antiseptic and when ! ? ; ;>?ed to such irjaries, causes them to | ho .1 very quickly. It also allays the pain j and soreness. Ke**p a bottle of Pain Balm j in } our home and it will save you time: anti money, not io mention the iuconveni- ; once and suffering which such injuries en? tail. For sale by Cn ina's Dru 4 Store. A SUGGESTION FROM THE HEALTH ! OFFICER. I Precautions to be Observed in Dealing ! With Contagious Diseases. Some persons are determined to ex? aggerate the, amount of sickness in the communities in which they live, an. do so with fiendish pleasure in many instances. It is much better to go to the right place or person for in? formation than to believe and repeat every thing you hear about the num? ber of cases of any contagious disease. Some party or parties have circulated the report that there are between twenty-five and thirty cases of typhoid fever in Sumter. As a matter of fact, j there have been but six cases this ! year. For a city of between eight and nine thousand population that is a good showing ; and there is no place in the United States or in the world but that some sickness can be found. It has been suggested by the health officer that in order to suppress the spread of typhoid fever, that as soon i as any person is attacked with fever of j any kind that he be immediatelv no j tified. He will proceed at once to your house and take the necessary sanitary precautions to prevent the in? fection of your premises, and of other peoples' too. Do not wait until the physician has completed his diagnosis of the case, which takes several days to a week some times, as the danger of infection is considerable from the discovery of the fever until the doc? tor bas decided whether it is typhoid fever. If it turns out to be typohid, why the danger of spreading has been done away with. If it is not typhoid, no harm has been done. Flies do more to spread typhoid fever than any other thing, and if the health officer can get to your place at the bginning of the case of fever he will instruct you what to do during the sickness as a sanitary precaution. It is the duty I of the physician also to give these in? structions, which they nearly always do-bnt ic is Ipeculiarly the health officer's duty to execute the sanitary laws, and to assist you to do every? thing possible to protcet other people as well as yourself. If a patient is removed to an infirmary, notify the health officer as soon as the patient is taken from the hoase. As soon as the patient has recovered sufficiently to leave the sick room, notify the health officer who will immediately disinfect the room. In case of death do the 3ame thing. There are certain sani? tary precautions of a simple nature to be observed during cases of typhoid, which it is not necessary to go into detail about, but yon can and will re? ceive all of the information and as? sistance needed from the department of health, if you will only notify the officer as instructed above. If yen have any troubles to tell the health officer about do so at once. Do not wait a long time, and in the mean while go around abusing and "cuss? ing" him out. While you are indulg? ing in the luxury of abusing, and some times "cussing" out that thick skin? ned, "cuss proof" official he could have abated a hundred nuisances in your neighborhood. No health officer is supposed to have any feelings which conld be injured or punctured, so you do not gain a thing by waiting to re? port nuisances. Eepoit the nuisance and abuse him after he has abated them. A PROFITABLE OAT CROP. Mr. Eugene Kogan Sells $166 Worth of] Oats From Three Acres. A fesv days ago Mr. Eugene Hogan harvested and sold the crop from three acres of oats for $166-a gross return of 855.33 per acre. Mr. Hogan says that rbe crop cost him first and last, 821.85 per acre, as follows : Breaking land with 2-horse plow, " ?'2 00 Harrowing, 1 00 Seed Oats, 2 65 400 lbs. fertilizer, 4 20 30 loads stable manure, at 40c, 12 CO 21 85 The net profit per acre was there? fore 833.48. The oats were sold in the sheaf at 75 cents per hundred, and those who saw the crop before it was cut esti? mated that the yield would be not less than 100 bushels per acre. If these estimates were even approximately correct Mr. Hogan lost money by sell? ing the crop in the sheaf, for oats are now selling for 60 cents a bushel and the straw, after threshing, is worth about 30 cents a hundred. The land on which this crop was grown is only ordinary land aEd con? siderably run down, this being the first crop Mr. Hogan has grown on it. However, the land was thoroughly prepared and well feritlized and the yield was entirely satisfactory. Nev ertheless, Mr. Hogan is of the opinion that next year, with as favorable sea? sons as this jear's crop had, bo can make a still larger crop on the same land without increasing the quantity of fertilizer. The land is now plant? ed in peas, and he expects to obtain a crop of pea vine hay that will be worth almost as much as the oat crop, beside improving the land. Bishopviile News items. Miss Rae DesChamps is visiting in Sumter this week. Mr. R. A. Dixon, of Sumter has been visiting relatives in town. Mr. J. C. Shaw has resigned as general manager of the Oil Mill Co. and Mr. G. Furman Parrott has been elected to succeed him and took charge on June 10. Rev. T. G. Phillips got back last week and resumed his work as pastor of the Baptist church here. He was warmly received by his flock and preached at ll o'clock last Sunday. Mr. T. C. Perrin after mature con? sideration has decided to run for oennty Treasurer instead of Auditor. Senator Thos. McLeod went over to Mariori this week to inspect the sys? tem of water works they have there, ile will also visit Bennettsville and other points having water works, as he with Messrs. J. Ed. Stuckey and R. E. Carnes were appointed a com? mittee on water works to assist the town council in devising plans for the water works. The new rural route from here by Wisacky to Elliotts and back went into effect Tuesday with Mr. Purly Reynolds as mail carrier.-.Bishopviile Vindicator. Vege?ab? PC to bring good prices must have both size andqual itv. Even good soil is made better by the use of a fer tilizer rich in Potash Wc will send our books, giving fall infor? mation about the sub? set, to any larmer vrbo writes for them. GERriAN KALI WORKS, N'ew York-98 Nanao Street, or Atlanta, Ga?-22% So. Broad Sit. THE SUMTER SAVINGS BAWL HORACE HARBY, President. L C. STRAUSS, vice-President. GEO. L. BICKER, Cashier. . Capital Stock, $25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 # / ^ zo ry tilt KT* /?g TO TAKE CARE OF MONEY -the savings of all classes of people-is the reason for the existence of The Sumter Savings Bank And this duty is performed with satisfac? tion to all concerned. Money is absolutely safe here and every dollar deposited, be it principal or interest earn? 4 per cent per annum. A small sum will open up an account and secure a bank book. Begin to save now. Interest payable quarterly. TO QUALIFY FOR GOOD POSITIONS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. SQQ FREE SCH0LAfSEIFS 0FFE?ED GA.- ALA. BUS. COLLEGE, MACON. GA Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, drawing- Mortgages Titles, Probating, &c. BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. Sn. Oct 19-o Catchall, S. C. THE BANK OF SUMTER SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockhold? ers in excess of their stock, 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business; also has a Saving Bank Department. De? posits of $1 and upward received. Inter? est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. L MASSING, W. F. RHAKE, vice-President. Cashier. Jan. 31. We promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign^^ ?WENTS c3end model, sketch or photo o? invention for< f* free report oa patentability. For free book, < ffil^rTRADE-MflBKS "T Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. DeLORflE'S PHARMACY, 23 South Main St. Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. ' Sunday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Having consolidated my two stores, I will be pleased to see all my customers at the above stand, where I am better pre? pared than ever to sei ve them. Your prescriptions will be called for and delivered. Phone 45. Full line of Drugs, Garden Seed and Cigars. Your patronage solicited. Call bell for night wjok. C. P. Osteen, M. D. No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osfeen's Book Store) SUMTER, S. C.