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THE SECOND PRIMARY. W, H. Epperson Elected Sheriff and Mos? ley Carries County for Railroad Com? missioner. Complete retaras from the primary election held in this county yesterday have not yet been received, b?t a suffi, cient number of boxes have been re? ported to indicate how the conney will go for their were not a sufficient number of votes cast in the unreport? ed dubs St the first primary to alter the result. Fifteen out of the twenty two* clubs have been heard from and they give the following result: FOR 3HERIIFF. W. H. Epperson, 770. C. V?. Stansill, 436. FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. John H. Earle, 499., * KJohn G. Mobley, 682. PROGRESS OF THE FALL FESTIVAL Hi What the Central Committee Has Done and Planned to Do. The central committee was in session jr nearly three hours Monday night, rorking on thespians for the fall fes ival, and everything is now in excel mt shape to begin active work. The ?xt thing in order, and the most im? portant, is to raise the money to ?nance the festival. The committee began . the canvass for subscrip? tions yesterday afternoon, and upon the ^success they meet with will depend the future of the fall festival proposition. ' The committee is unalterably opposed to rushing into-the undertaking until the necessary fends *re in sight, and, if the business men and poperty own? ers, the finahciaJ^mercantile and man? ufacturing corporations that will be beuefitted both directly and indirectly by the advertisement- of the city, do 32ot subscribe willingly and liberally <;he festival idea will ? be\ abandoned without further adoo. Bot the favor with which the festival has been re? ceived already has encouraged the comm i tee to believe that there will be no great difficulty in raising ali the .money needed and that the festival can and will be holli and that it will be a complete success in every particu? lar. AK ATTEMPTED BURGLARY. Mcgrees Attempt to Break into Mrs. Tisdaie's fc'ouse. v In the neighborhood of midnight the residents on Haynsworth street were alarmed by the screams cf a woman in peril. The outcries pro? ceeded from the home of Mrs. Tisdale and the neighbors rushed to her as? sistance. Mr. C. W. Stansill, who was the first to arrive, found Mrs. Tisdale hysterical from fright. She stated that she was awakened by some one trying to open 'her window and that when she asked who was at the win dew the person weat to the door and tried to force it open. Failing there he returned to the window and began to pry it open. Then she cried out for fhelp, and the would-be burglar ran off and made his escape in the darkness before assistance arrived. Mrs. Tis dale did not S3? the burglar, but the tracks indicate that he was a negro RECEPTION AND MUSICAL. Voca! and leetromental Music at Mrs. Teicher's. , Last evening at the residence of Mrs. r', TeicLer on Hampton Avenue, avery -:; enjoyable reception was given in honor of Miss .Cecile O'Connell, of Charleston. The guests were most ? pleasantly entertained by a-series of y-'musical selections, which were render? ed daring the coarse of tr?e evening. The audience was a very apprecia? tive one,- which fact waa attested by W' "--the hearty applause thai; greeted the I efforts of the various performers. About eleven o'clock, the assembled guests were invited iuto the dining room, where ali partook of delightful refreshments. The program : Four piece orchestra-Piano. Miss Annie Teicher; Cornets, MissJFran seska Teicher and Mr. Hugh Hart; Violin. Miss Isidore Teicher. Vocal selections-M?s Isabelle Mays, Miss .Jranzeska Teicher, Miss Annie Teicher. ? Piano Soloe-Miss Katie Moses. Miss Cecile O'Connell. Guests: Mrs J. O. Sanders, of Charleston. Misses Isabelle Mays, Palmer. Louise Moses, Katie Moses; Messrs. Hugh Hart, Dr. Kennedy. Richard Sanders, Richard Parker, Jam?? and Alfred Bryan, Julian, Waverly and George Levy. v A movement is oa foot in Sumter to nold a carnival. The time is not set yet, bat will probably be the last nf November or early in December. It will be a mighty good idea for ?ishopvilie to have a day set aside as Bishopville day and to move on oar jneisfbhor en masse that day.-Bishop - ville New Era. \Mr. W A. Sparks was exiiibiting on -rfcbe streets last Thursday three stalks of cotton that.attracted' general atten? tion. Tiiey were loaded from top to bottom with matured bolls.and an acre of such cotton would easily make one aud a half to two bales. Au application has already bees flied with the fall festival committee by, the manager of a college foot ball j team for tb? privilege of arranging a football game here on Thankksigving day. And tb* letters from the merry go round. Ferris wheel and other similar concerns are beginning to come in. THAIN ROBBERY IN IOWA. Safe in Express Car Dynamited and Contents Taken. Rob? bers Escape on Engine. Special to The Daily Item. Letts, Iowa, Sept. -Rock Island train No. 1 which usually carried a large amount of money was held np near here early today.* The baggage and express cars were dynamited and the safe blown up and all the contents taken. Officers from here are in pur t of tt.ft bandits who escaped on the gjne which they stole from the THE SCHOOL OPENING. Largly Increased Enrollment Over First Day of Previous Years. Supt. Ed? munds Salary Increased. The Graded Schools opened Mon? day with the largest first day enroll? ment in the history of the schools, and there will be a gradual increase in the attendance for the next few weeks bnt the maximum attendance will not be attained until about the middle of the school year. Supt. Edmunds states that since the close of the last session there has been a marked in? crease in the school population and that one of the most striking facts con? nected with this increase is the sec? tions from which our new citizens come. On one day last week when he was examining children for ad? mittance to the school there were ap? plicants from six different states, the children having last attended school in Massachusetts, Missouri, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia or Alabama. In addition to these there were-quite a number from other coun? ties in this State. The reputation of. the Sumter schools are of the highest and those ??ho have children to educate are influenced by school in making their se? lection of a place of residence, hence it is that so many families have come to Sumter and are still coming in in? creasing numbers each year. The re putation of the schools has been estab? lished bj good work, thoroughness and real meirt, and the maintenance of the standard from year to year. 2 Since the close of the" last session the Board of Education has raised the salary of Supt. Edmunds to $2,400 a year, which is probably the highest salary paid to any graded school sup? erintendent in the State, Charleston, perhaps, being an exception. This action was taken by the board at a meeting held , in July, . when -, Mr. Edmunds seriously contemplated re? signing to engage in another line of work. For some reason the good news that Mr. Edmunds1 services had been retained bv this substantial in? crease in his salary-almost double the amount he has heretofore receiv? ed-was not given to the press by the Board of Education and it was ascer? tained only yesterday by the writer, and in a casual way then, from a gen? tlemen from another part of the State who had heard the good luck of Supt, Edmunds discussed at th? State sum? mer schcol. To verify the rumor appli? cation was made to the secretary of the board for the privilege of inspecting the minutes, and the minutes confirm? ed the statement. - Supt. Edmunds is to be congratulated and will be by his many friends, although the congratula? tions will be somewhat belated now after the elapse of two months, it will be news, however, to a majority of Sumter people, which shows that yon sometimes have to go away from borne to hear news aboat your own a.'Tai rs. Why Facts Were Withheld. Secretary of the Board of Education Hurst states that the City Board of Education directed that their action in increasing Supt. S. H. Edmunds sal? ary to $2,400 per annum be withheld from publication for the reason that, at the time the action was taken in July, it was not known to the board whether %T not Mr. Edmunds would accept the offer to retain the superin? tendency, and they did not care to have'the public acquainted witli the offer made him in the event that it be? came necessary to elect another man to succeed him, inasmuch as it would have been out of the question to pay a new and untried man a salary any? thing like as large as that offered Mr. Edmunds. CATCHALL NEWS ITEMS. Catchall, Sept. 10.-Catchall is not catching many visitors -these days; therefore news of interest is very scarce. The order of the day is pick? ing cotton; though the farmers have bean somewhat retarded this week by the rain. Mr. E. C. Lee has returned from Charleston with a beautiful line of fall goods. Missses Jennie and Mattie Jackson of Dalzell have been visiting here. Mr. Colclough Sanders and Mr. Robert Moore spent last Saturday and Sunday at the former's home. Misses Leila Thompson, of Louellen and Edna Phillips of Sumter visited friends here last week. Miss Lizzie -Lenoir of Hagood is speuding a while with Mrs. Mamie Davis. Mrs. Arthur Jackson left last Friday for Florence to visit her mother. Mrs. Gilbert. . Miss Edna Davis who has been .visit? ing friends near Pisgaii has return? ed home. Miss Emily Lenoir is visiting friends aud relatves at this place. Mrs. McLeod and daughter Lenoea, of Swift Creek, spent Thursday with Mr. and^Mrs. W. H. Sanders. The health of the community is ex? cellent. "X. WHEAT CROP REPORTED SHORT. Chicago, Sept. 12.- " Wheat at S2 a bushel before next May, " was roared by the bulls today on the board of trade. At the opening of the market there was an excited demand for wheat witli few traders venturing to 3*-ll. Thos-; who wished to boy shout? ed bids of 2 cents a bushel above the price prevailing at the close of the market Saturday and tbe quantity that any order would sell even at such a tempting advance was extremely limited. Ot winter and spring wheat pro? duced this year in the United States it was contended there is barely enough for bread and seed if every bushel of it was available, which is lot possible, and the country is there? fore face to face with the necessity of Driogiug in foreign wheat to help seep the wolf from the door till mother harvest shall have been rais? ed. As the session advanced, prices rose itill higher, the demand from shorts, vhich caused the initial spurt being ingmented by heavy buying by comm i s lion houses. At the high point of the lay all deliveries showed a gain of : cents or more, as compared with Saturday's final quotations. The sensa ional strength was maintained np to i he last moment of trading. 1 Automobile Prize In IPrizes: Guess how many people will attend the World's Fair at St. Louis, and get an Automobile-The Machines have all been bought First Prize-One Peerless Ton ring Car . Second Prize-One Royal Touring Car - ThirdgPriza-One Franklin Touring Car Fourth Prize-One Woods Runabout Fifth Prize-One Ford Touring Car - Sixth Prize-One Ford Runabout Seventh Prize-One Ford Runabout - >. value S 4.000 value value valus value value value 3,000 1,300 <<:>0 900 800 800 Eighth Prize-One Oldsmobile Ninth Prize-( )ne Oldsmobile Tenth Prize-One Oldsmobile Eight Cash Prizes of S100 each value value value 650 650 650 ?13,700 800 ?14,500 The World's Fair is now in prosress at St. Louis, ft opened the first of May and closes the first of December. How many paid admissions will there be during the entire period? Every customer o? The Royal Tailors-every man. woman and child placing an order with us through any of our authorized dealers, at any time from now until Nov. ]5 next-is enti? tled to make one guess for every dollar (or fraction part of a dollar) he or she pays for Royal tailoring. The man who pays $15 for a suit may make 15 guesses: the woman who pays 810 for a skirt may make 10 guesses: the lx>y who pays ?7.50 for a suit may make 8 guesses, and so on. And every time you order you have the right to make additional guesses. With an opportunity to secure one of our valuable prizes, you should look ahead and see to it that the entire family is provider with wearing apparel, not only for fall and winter, but for next spring as well. Our Automobiles have all been bought and the person who guesses nearest to the total number of paid admissions to the World's Fair will receive that grand machine-the $4.000 Peerless Touring Car; the person whemakes the second nearest guess will receive the su? perb $3,000 Touring Car, and so on until the 10 automobiles listed above have been distribut? ed. In addition to these 10 automobile prizes, we also offer eight cash prizes of $100 each for the nearest guesses made each month, from Feb. 15 to Nov. 15.1904. except that at the close, the time from Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 will be considered as the final "month." In explanation of these cash prizes for guesses during a given month, please l>ear in mind that everv guess has reference to the total number of paid admissions during the entire period of the World's Fair." and that we are not asking you to guess what the attendance will be during any single month or week or day. For instance, it is apparent that during the month of August some one will make a closer guess on the total number of admissions than anybody else does (in Ausist), and while it is possible that this guess may not win an automobile prize, still t he person making it will receive our check for $100. The official report of the Secretary of the World's Fair,showing the total number of paid admissions, will be made immediately after the close of the fair and will determine who are entitled to the prizes. The total paid admissions to the World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1SP3. was 21,480.141: the total paid admissions to the Pan-American Exposition, held in Buffalo in 1901. was 8,295.073. How many will there be at St. Louis ? This grand prize contest closes Nov. 15. and no estimates made after that dato will be considered. This statement is made with the understanding that the World's Fair will ex? tend over the period of time now contemplated. Should the fair officials make any change whereby the time is to be either curtailed or extended we mav decide to change our time limit for estimates, and due announcement will be made of such change. No person will be entitled to more than one automobile. Should'two br more persons make exactly the same guess and that guess be a "prize winner." the value of thc prize will be divided equally between them. Guessing blanks are supplied by all Royal dealers throughout the United States, and cus? tomers must make their guesses on one of these blanks and have it sent to us by the dealer when he sends the order. Upon receipt of guesses we will issue certificates, which will be duly forwarded to dealers, who will deliver them to customers. Get your guesses in early! lhere is nothing to be gained by waiting. There is no prob? lem about it-nothing to "figure nut"-it is guess work, pure and simple, and the figures vou make today are just as likely to be l>e the good ones as those you make tomorrow or next week. And don't forget tliac notwithstanding the immense outlay contemplated by this grand offer, our prices for made-to-measure garments will continue to be always the lowest for'nigh grade individual tailoring service. We guarantee every customer entire satisfac? tion on each and every order-better values always than can l>e had from any other house in America. That's strong talk, and that is just what we mean. Don't Walk ! Wear Royal Tailoring and Ride in an Automobile. For further particulars call on the undersigned ex" elusive resident dealer io Royal Tailoring. No. 1 West Liberty.Street. SOL J. RYTTENBERG. SIGNER OF ORDINANCE OF _SECESSION DEAD. Mri R. C. Logan, of Kingstree, Passes Away ai an Advanced Age in Life. One of the Four Survivors. Kingstree, Sept. 12.-In the 72d year of his life Mr. B. C. Logan died bere today about noon after a short illness of one week. The youngest member of the conven? tion was R. C. Logan, a native of Sumter county. Mr. Logan was born about the year 1832. At an early age he lost his parents and was brought up under the care of his grandfather, who gave him private instruction and a comman school and academic educa? tion, after which he learned the print? ing business and has been engaged in journalism the greater part of his life. In *1856 he moved to Williamsburg county and became interested in the establishment of the first newspaper ever published in that county. He soon after bought the paper and con? ducted it with signal success until 1861, when it was temporarily suspend? ed in consequence of the war. In 1859 he was elected by the legis? lature commissioner in equity, an office of much importance ana responsi? bility. In 1860 he was elected a dele? gate to the Secession convention, and was the youngest member of that dis? tinguished and memorable body. In recognition of his youth he was appointed, by its president, cashier of the convention. The death of Mr.' Logan leaves but three survivors of the Secession convention : Mr. E. H. Thompson of Walhalla, Dr. J. H. Carlisle of Spartanburg and Col. Jos. Daniel Pope of Columbia. * While the convention was in session' hostilities began and he repaired with a volunteer company, to which he was a lieutenant, to where the troops were being massed, and did service on the island about Charleston, and subsequently at Georgetown as private and officer. In IS?? he was reelected to the office of commissioner iu equity, which po? sition he held until he was removed by the Radical government. After the war he reestablished his paper and used it with all the ability and deter? mination he possessed in op?osing and exposing the . oppression and rascality of the capetbag dynasty, and was active and aggressive in his efforts to wrest the governmnt from the hands of those who were disgracing its name and civilization. Ultimately he had the proud satisfaction of being present when the usurpers were made to leave the State capitol and the right ! ful owners allowed to take possession of it. He has been prominent and active j in the affairs of his country, but has never compromised or temporized with any party or movement ?bat did not have the sanction and conviction i of his judgment. He has never been an office-seeker, bot has invariably de? clined the use of his name for offices of honor or trust, believing that the position cf an editor was incompatible with that of a professional politician. He has been industrious and energetic in the activities of life, doing ranch for others who were dependent upon him. Among other worthy deeds that might be mentioned was the education and equipment of a younger brother for the bar, who was a district judge j of this State in 1S67, and who became a distinguished lawyer and politician of the State of Tennessee. In 188T> he established the Williams? burg county Record, which he sold in 1895, since which time he has divorc? ed himself from journalistic work. His long connection with the press of the State, and especially with The News and Courier, whose business caused him to visit every town and hamlet in the State, gave him a very large and pleasant personal acquaint? ance. He was married in 1859 to Miss S. T. Scott of Williamsburg county, and bas four living childen, two daughters and two sons. Wedgefield News Notes. Wedgefield, Sept. 14.-With a very got d attendance our graded school opened on Monday with Prof. R. H. Willis, of Inman as principal, and his daughter. Miss Edith, as assistant. The caterpillars have made their ap? pearance on cotton in some palees, t.ut 1 it is not thought they will do much < damage so late in the season. Mrs. A. E. Aycock is visiting r?- a tives in Charlotte, N. C. Messrs. Frank Dwight and Elliott I Thomas have returned to Clemson col- j lege. Very little interest was taken in the Becoud primary, though we polled a 1 larger vote than in the first. ] W?KLY GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. Cotton Shows No Improvement Since Last Week. Special to The Daily Item. Washingon, Sept. 13.-While rust and shedding continue over a large part of the cotton belt, reports of in? jury from these causes are less numer? ous than in previous week.* In central disricts, the weather has been unfav? orable for picking. 'In portions of Georgia and Florida, where this work was hindered by heavy rains picking is now beginning and also in the northern district. In Texas the crop has improved slightly in a few north? ern counties, but on the whole very little new fruit is forming and the boll weevils are puncturing nearly all new squares in the southwestern, coast, central and eastern counties, as well as in a number of northern counties. Weekly Crop Bulletin. The following is a report of the condition of crops in the state for the past week, as compiled by Section Di? rector Bauer : The week ending 8 a.^m., September 12, had a mean tempeature of 74 de? grees, which is 3 below normal, due to unusually cool nights. The tempera? ture deficiency was greatest in the in? terior. The extreme^ were a mini? mum of 57 at Florence on the 9tb, and a maximum of 90 at Yemassee on the 6th. The precipitation was excessive over most of the southern and eastern por. tions, and it was deficient in the northern and western ones. The rain? fall was confined to the early part of the week, the latter part having been generally clear and dry. In the parts that had excessive rains the amount ranged from an inch to four iches ; the other parts from less than an inch to no rain, the latter in Greenville coun? ty Farm work was delayed early in the week by cloudy and rainy weather over a large part of the state, but it progressed rapidly during the latter portion throughout the entire state. As the season advances, it is seen that the condition of early corn is bet? ter than heretofore reported, while late corn was slightly damaged by ex? cessive rains in the extreme northeast ; the crop as a whole is the best in many years. Fodder pulling is practi? cally finished except from very late corn. ?' There are numerous reports of dete? rioration of cotton due to continued rust and shedding, and, in the eastern counties, from the ravages of caterpil? lars, which have recently increased in numbers to a damaging extent. On clay lands, cotton has attained a too 1 rankgowth, causing some rotting of the lower bolls. Cotton is opening fast in the eastern and central coun? ties, where picking has made good progress, while in the extreme north? west there are but few bolls open and picking has only begun. Sea-island cotton is in oxcellent condition and is heavily fruited. The weather was favorable for hay? ing during the latter part of the week and much grass was cut and cured in fine condition. The forage crops are uniformly good. Sweet potatoes are poor in places, but generally very promising. Rice harvest was inter? rupted by raiD, but latterly made rapid progress; the late rice crop is well headed. Minor crops are, as a mle, very promising. Figures That Falsify. The war between Rnssia and Japan is just getting well started ou land. Japan is getting the best of Russia now as she did on sea. The number of forces engaged and the losses in battle give occasion for comparisons with other wars and particularly with the War between the States. It is a strange circumstance that in these comparisons Southern news? papers take their figures from some Northern source and in that way dis? parage the Southern soldiers. The Atlanta News gives the following fig? ures as to the battle of ?Sharpsburg; Confederate 45,OOO and the enemy 75, MO. Col. Walter A. Taylor, of Gen. Lee's stan" says in his book entitled Four years with General Lee, " that Sen. Lee's entire strength was 35,255 ind Gen. McClellan, in his official repoit, states that he had in action in .he same engagement, 87.164: So the ; S7ews takes 10,000 from tljfcremy and j a'Ids 10,000 to our forces. At Gettysburg the News gives the enemy 94,000 and the Confederate 78, 000. Col. Taylor puts the Army of I the Potomac at 105,000 and the Army j of Northern Virginia at 62,000. So the j difference between the opposing arm I ies was 43,000 and not 16,000. . S neb. mistakes appear in other daily j newspapers and it is singular that the I mistakes are always against the Con j federates. Every daily newspaper should have j an old soldier on the editorial staff to ! keep snell figures straight.-Abbeville i Medium. Cotton Pests Active. -.-'35*" The many destructive enemies of j the cotton plant seem to be more i active this year than ever before, the damage that the crop has sustain? ed has been quite serious already and j it is feared that the loss from this ; cause will be still greater before the crop can be harvested. Blight, or wilt, caused considerable damage in July and August, rust has damaged the crop in some sections and now come reports from various sections that the cotton worm has ap? peared in great numbers and is de? vouring the cotton at such a rapid rate that their is no' hope of a top cop. As yet th? worms 4iave appeared in circumscribed areas, only, in sufficient numbers to cause alarm, but they are mutiplying rapidly. In ether sections some disease or parasite, as yet unidentified, has at? tacked tho bolls, causing them to rot when almost full grown. On Monday Essex Taylor, the well known colored farmer of Stateburg, brought several stalks of cotton to this office to show how this disease 1)2S injured his crop. The stalks were large, well developed and heavily fruited, but nine-tenths of the bolls were diseased. Taylor feared that the Texas boll weevil had attacked his crop, butas he has seen no weevils and the appearance of the bolls is not similar to the" condition resulting from the ravages of the boll weevil, the weight of evidence is against the boll weevil theory to account for the destruction of his cotton. . Stateburg Sayings. fetatesburg, Sept. 13.-The farmers are ''getting a move on themselves'' these times. They are trying hard to get in all the cotton while we have such good weather. Mrs. M. L. Burgess and family re? turned to Sumter last week after a pleasant visit to relatives. Miss Emma E. Barnwell leaves to? morrow for Raleigh, N. C., where she will attend college. Miss Julia A. Holmes of Macon, Georgia is spending her vacation at the home of hpr parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Holmes. Her many friends are glad to know she will be in our midst until October 1st. Miss Anne M. Barnwell spent Sun? day at home. Mis? Janet McLure of Chester who is to teach the Claremont school came on Friday. She is with Mrs. j R. M. Cantey. Miss Lily Holcombe is the guest of her cousins, the Misses Nelson this week. Mr. A. M. Lee's family returned to Charleston last week, after spending several months at their "country home, " Farmhill. Mrs. Thomas Sumter spent a few I days with her mother last week. Mr. George Saunders, of Claremont, spent Sunday with his brother. Mr. W. L. Saunders. Miss Lou Leavell is spending some time in Sumter. Mr. Harry Bull spent Sunday at home. Now, that the ''summer swallows" have taken their flight, our neigh? borhood begins to grow- quiet once more. The college girls and boys be? gin te think of a year of bard work. Coroner Flowers was summoned to the Rocky Bluff Lumber mill Sunday to hold an inquest over the body of Sally Williams, colored, who died suddenly Friday night. An investiga? tion satisfied the Coroner that death was due to heart disease, the woman having been under treatment for more than a year for that disease, . and he did not hold a regular inquest._ HKPOBT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANS, OF SUMTER, S. C., At Sumter, m the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, Sept. 6, 1904. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $367.689 75 Overdrafts, secured and unse? cured, . 19,1C0 Ol U. S. Bonds to secure circula? tion, 25,000 00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds, 406 25 Bonds, securities, etc., 32,000 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures. 3,O0D 00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents), 20,632 69 Due from State Banks and Bankers, 4,390 48 Due from approved reserve agents, 7,551 SO Checks and other cash items, 498 43 Notes of other National Banks, 1,000,00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 3,771 ll Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz : Specie, 25,250 00 Legal-tender notes, 6,000 00 31,250 GO Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 oer ct. of cir? culation.) 1,250 00 Total, $517.540 52 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. $100,000 00 Surplus fund, 20.000 00 Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes \ aid, 13,067 iii National Bank notes outstand? ing, 25,000 00 Due to State Banks and Bank? ers, 2,500 86 Due to Trust Companies and Savings Banks * 173 82 Individual deposits subject to check, 190,898 SI Notes and bills rediscounied/ 90.899 80 Bills payable, including certifi? cates of deposit fer mcnsy borrowed, 75,000 00 Total $517.540 52 State of South Carolina, ) gg Countv of Sumter. ) I, R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. s R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. Subscribed ana" sworn to before me this loth day of Sept. 1904. GEO. L. RICKER, Notary Public. Correct -Attest : A. J. CHINA, ) JNO. REID, \ Directors. NEIL O'DONNELL, ) Sefft. 14, 1904. OFFICE Of County Supervisor, _________ SUMTER. S. C., Sep. 14, 1904. I WILL be in my office at Sumter? S. C., on Friday and Saturday of each week and sales day, to attend to Conn ty busines?, the remaining time will be employed in attention to Roads> Chain Gang, etc. WM. fl. SEALE, Attest : County Supervisor. THOS. V. WALSH, Clerk. Sept. 14-4t Herald and Freeman please copy. Blaster's Sale. BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter Coun? ty in the State of South Carolina, in the case of Moses E. L^pez against Mary E. Hall, Lizzie May Hall, Robert Troy Hall and Rutledge China Hall, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auotiou at the Court House in the City of Sumter, in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina, on saleday in October, 1904, be? ing the third day of said mouth, during the usual hours of sale, the following de? scribed real estate, to wit : All that tract of land in said County and State containing one hundred and fifty icres, more or less, bounded North by ands of Thomas Osteen, East and South >y lands of estate McLeod, and West by ands of Widow Kolb. Terms of sale Cash. Purchaser to pay br papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. Sept. 7 4t