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FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI. Water Nearing the Tops of Levees ana Still Rising. Jackson, Miss, March 26 -A special from Greenville to the Clarion Ledger says that the river rose seven inches higher the 24 boars ending at noon to day and more is coming. The town, of Greenville, between which and the river there is a protection levee, is now six feet below the level of the water, bot the natives have confidence in their ability to hold the fort. A letter from Greenwood says ; *'I have just returned from StovallV landing, where I walked eyer five miles of the levee, and must say I never saw or expected to see any? thing like it. The levees seem j jstrong, but the water is within nine | inches of the top and rising.'^ A break would mean the destruc- j tion of millions of dollars worth of property in the great delta, where cropsof cotton and corn have al? ready been pitched, and the latter is growing nicely The State is largely interested in farming * opera tions in the delta, having convict i farms there and cultivating about 10,. 000 acres of laud. ! Hundreds of acres of State corn is already ucder water from inland foods,, but a break in the great levees would inundate the whole and cost the State many thousands of dollars Governor McLaurin went up to ; ?reenviHe this evening in response to a telegram from his brother^ war? den of the penitentiary, who seems to think a break is inevitable. Warden McLauriu has hundreds of convicts at work strengthening the weak places in. the levees, and but for the assistance there given, it is said that the .structure would have collapsed before this time. Warning Sent From Wash? ington. Washington, March 28.-The fol? lowing special river bulletin bas been issued by the weather bureau : The crest of the flood wave is still at Cairo which shows a stationary guage reading 516 feet for the past mur days. There is great danger yet to come from the flood in the region from Heleoa southward to New Or? leans. The river will COD tin oe to rise for at least 10 days ic the region from Heleoa southward to Vicksburg and to rise during a longer period from. Vicksburg Boutward to New Orleans. If no break occurs before, -levees will be subjected fio the greatest strain about April 10th, io southeast Arkansas, western Mississippi and in Louisiana. Should the levees break the result will be one of the most disas? trous Soods ever known. Weather con dttions now indicate additional heavy rainfall ia the middle and lower Mis? sissippi valleys which will materially intensify the flood conditions. Those ltvtBg io districts overflowed in former years should be on the safe side and transfer stock and movable property to places of known safety while there is j yet time. WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief of Bureau.. : Col. Gillespie's Official and Gloomy Report. Washington, March 29.-General Wilson, chief of my eng mee; 8, received a telegram from Colonel Gillespie, president of the Mississippi river com? mission, dated Vicksburg yesterday as follows : "Gauges aiong river from Memphis to Vicksburg give flood readings vary? ing 1-2 to 3 feet above any previously recorded readings. Feeling every? where one of great uneasiness and all State levee boards are battling against rising fbodu regardless of cost. As yet no widely spread damages have beeo reported, tboagh several breaks in levees above Greenville OD both baoks have occurred. Levees serious? ly strained at all points Commission will give ali possible aid by applying money balances to protection of works. Water rising siowly below Helena." DISHEARTENING. Jackson, March 29-News from the Mississippi river to-day is dishearten? ing not only to the State administra? tion, which has had 650 convicts hard at work on the levees for a week or more, but thc people of the great val? ley of the Missii*iopi who have made saab a heroic fi<:ht against the tnuddv waters, speeding their .uionry freelv and using every means and energy in upbuilding and strengthening the levees, but they broke last night. A special from Greeoviiie to the Clarion Ledger says : The crevasse at Lake Lae is now ahmt GOO feet wide and all hopes of closing it have been abandoned. Levees on Greenville front are still holding and a hard fight ts being made to keep them intact. Weather conditions are unfavorable, however, and at this hour the rain is pouring down in torrents Lake Lee is seven mile9 south of Greenville on the Mississippi side and tbe water from this break is going to flood thousands of acres bf the finest land io the world. It will spread out 40 miles wide and cover the growing corn a depth of from one to five feet and find its way to Beer Creek and thence into the Yazoo river, and through it will finally get back into the Mississippi, but after de? vastating a strip of country about 75 miles long. Railroad Commissioner Evans aod Warden McLaurin, who .peut al! last weak oo the lov?es, has tened back there to-day on', receivin Dews of tbe break and will keep th ooo vieta at work until danger uf fur tber breaks is over. New Orleans. March 29.-The rivtr has finally reached tbe top ot the levees in this city and this morning began running over into Maudville street, direotly in froot of the celebrated Freooh ?market building. I: is not believed that any damage will occur to property. Aa urgent request came from Algiers, oo the right bauk, this morning for help to strengthen the levees, which were seriously weakened by the high water and the heavy wiud of last night. The river rose s?e.ven teoths of a foot in the past 21 hours and is now eight-tenths ot a foot above the J6 foot mark, which is the danger line. A Colieton Tragedy. Willie Loper Crushed Under His Father's Locomotive. Special to The State. Walterboro, March 26 -Yesterday morniog a sad accident occurred on the Walterboro and Western railroad, in which Mr. Willie Loper, son of Engi? neer S. S.? Loper; was killed The outgoing morning train, in charge of Conductor Westerland and Engineer Loper, was shifting ears at Williams station when the accident oe curred. It appears that the engine was detached from the oars and was several yards away at a standstill, wbeu Wil? lie, who bas been firiog tor bis father, and a negro went under tbe tender to look after tbe airbrakes and the ma? chinery in general. Suddenly the en? gine started forward and Willie was heard to call to bis falber to "hold." This attracted Engineer Loper's atten? tion, who sprang on the engine, but it bad passed over his son and gortco sev? eral yards down the track before be succeeded io reversing tbe engine, this being tbe only alternative as the valves refused to respond to the lever. It was learned afterwards that the valve attachment had given away, cons?quent ly the start. Mr. Lop-r, finding the engine unmanageable, jumped off aod was much shaken up and bruised. Willie was crashed to death when the engine first started, but could not be removed before it passed eyer tbe body tbe second time The runaway engine, at a high rate of speed, dashed over into two freight box cars and a passenger coach, tele? scoping tbe box cars, but doing no dam? aged to the coach, io which there was a passenger. The runaway train went down tbe road at/a fearful rate of speed. Ruf ?us, the next station, five miles down the road, was telephoned' to stop the runaway. When Ruffins was reached steam was aboct exhausted and the runaway was stopped, muob to tbe com? fort of tbe negro, who was assistiog Willie, and had succeeded in staying on the brake cress beam, under the tender, and escaped without a scratch. The jury rendered a verdict of "ac? cidental killing/' attacbiog blame or responsibility to no ose. Wilne was 18 years old, a bright, energetic and a promising boy. The body ?ras interred at the Walterboro cemetery this afternoon. -^m^-? ? - Clemson's Income. The farmers are buying more fetliii zers than usual this year, they say, and the truth of this statement seems to be fully corroborated by the books of the State , treasurer, which show the amount of tbe privilege tax already re? ceived from this source to be several thousand dollars in excess of the total amount received the whole of last year. From the first of January, when the fiscal year begins, up to date ?53,154. 68 bas been paid in on this privilege tax. The receipts are falling off cow, the State treasurer stated yesterday. During the morning be had received about ?200 which was not counted in the above amount. From the first cf November, 1895, to tbe first of Jan? uary, this year, his books showed that ?42,725 37 had beeu collected from the tag tax Already $10,429 31 more bas collected than last year, and the end 5s not yet Of the tax last year $3,000 was received from the first of November to the first of January, making the amount collected this year j exceed that collected for the same j period last year over $13,429 21, and j the fertilizer season is not over. This fund goes to Clemson college, I and will make its appropriation larger ! than ever before. Clemson will have an easy time of it this year, and Mr. j deLoach's bill to put the tax into the gen- \ eral fund, giving Clemson anDual ap- j propriations just as ail other colleges are given, ha9 been helped coesider ably. Hon John Gaillard served 21 years ; iu the United States renate, which was ! the longest service of any one ever ' sent from South Carolina. Gen M. C Butler comes next for iength of service, ; and he was there for eighteen years. --* - ? ? - - Mrs. Muggs : My darter went to all them revival meetio's last week, and she got a husband; reg'lar case of love at first sight. They're to be mar- ! ried next month. Bid your darter get one ? Mrs. Puggs (sadly) : Naw, she didn't get notbio' but religion. i > $ i mern Spring humors, eruptions, hires, boils, pim-' pies, rores, are perfectly and permanently cored by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the best Spring Medicine aod One Troe Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills act easily aod promptly on the liver and bowels. Core sick headache. CUBAN NEWS. Gen. Rivera and Col. Bacalla Taken Prisoners. Habana, March 29.-Gen. ELeraan jdez Velasen, while operating in the hills of Pinar del Rio yesterday, en? countered at Cabeza de Rio Hondo a party\of rebels 100 strong under the insurge?! general, Ruiz Rivera The rebels occupied a strong position and fought stubbornly, but after an hour's engagement they were defeated and dispersed. Ge:? Rivera, suffering from three bullet wounds, and his chief of 6taff. Col. Bacalla, were taken prisoners, and Lieut Terry of the insurgent party, who was badly wounded by a fragment of a shell, was also left in the hands of the troops. The rebels carried some of their dead with them, but left 10 on the field that they were unable to re? move. The troops lost one man kill? ed and one lieutenant and 24 pri vates wounded The prisoners, Gen. Rivera and Col. Bacalla, were brought to San Cristobal, but Lieut Teny died on the road. DR.. LUIZ SENT TO PRISON. Baltimore, March 29 -Dr. Joseph Luiz, who was on Friday last found guilty in the United States district court of conspiracy, and of sending an armed expedition against a friend? ly nation, was sentenced to-day to 18 months in the Baltimore jail and to pay a fine of ?500 Counsel for Luiz argued for two hours for a re? trial ; this being flatly refused by Judge Morris, they devoted their at? tention to an effort to have the judge suspend sentence and admit the Cuban patriot to bail pending an ap? peal to the supreme court, but all to no purpose. DAY "W3LL HUNT LIGHT. Washington, March 29.-It is stated that John R. Day of Canton, Ohio, will go to Cuba as the duly accredited representative of the gov ernment. His especial mission will be as an envoy of the President to examine into the report and true state of affairs on the island. / Judge Day was offered and refused the post of solicitor general. He came to Washington Saturday last, but did not until to day accept the Cuban position tendered him. He returned to Canton to night but will return very soon and go to Cjba. A CORRESPONDENT KILLED. Washington, March 29 -Consul GeneraPLee has sent the state de? partment the following telegram : "Habana, March 28.-Mr. C. E. Crosby of New York, representative of the Chicago Record, is reported killed while watching with field glass a combat between Spanish and insurgent forces near Arroyo Blanco, close to the boundary of Puerto Principe and Santa Clara. Came to the island Janury 30th. Said to have been graduated at St. Cyr, France." Rumors in Key West. Key West, March 26.-The city is full of rumors of an expedition. The City of Key West came in last night and reported seeing a large steam tog anchored near Bahia Honda, 20 miles from here. At noon yesterday, a large steamer passed through the harbor, geing ont through the northwest chan? nel. It is reported that she came to locate the United States revenue cut? ters and get them to pursue ber and thus throw them off the ssent. The steam tug Geo. W. Childs took on a large quantity of coal last night between 8 aod 9 o'clock aod left the harbor to the northwest. It ts stated that the coal was intended for a filibuster steamer that did not oome into the harbor. The cutter Winona left this morning fo; Bihia Honda, it is stated also that meo aod arms were on the keys north of here ready '/or shipment. The people of Kansas are i ri a quan? dary. That bill to enact the ten com? ments into a law failed to pass the Leg? islature, and now they don't know i whether the fen comrnandmenss are bindiog or not. The Trinity river rose forty feet on j Sunday and yesterday continued to rise j at the rate of a foot an hour. A dispatch received from Habana, in reporting toe capture of Gen. lluiz Rivera, the insurgent leader and his chief of staff, states that both of the prisoners will be tried by a drum-head court martial, which meaus that they will certainly be shot. Henry Clay Evans, who has twice been the Republican candidate for gov? ernor of Tennessee has been rewarded by appointment as commissioner of pensions. The Republicans wish to put thc new tariff law ioto effect on April 15:h, .-o as to shut out the heavy imports of goods that are r-ow being rushed in to escape the heavy duties imposed by the new tariff. The Peoples Hotel Company of Chattanooga bas obtained a judgment for $16,000 and costs against the Hart ford and eleven other insurance com? panies. mmmw ? . > ' Jmm Many people, with the ootioo that nature ought to take care of herself, allow a cough to plague them for weeks and moo tbs. Whereas, if oature were assisted with a dose or two of Ayer'e Cherry Pectoral, the cure might be effected io a very few days. 1 A Memory of the Lato War. The old BNndford Church at Petersburg, Virginia, WHS built ii 1735- It isa beauti? ful old buiidi'ig, unique io its picturesque ap? pearance aod appealing io its suggestive as? sociations. This old building, that stood 1 before the birth of ot r republic, bas seen this republic strengthen vritb its increasing years until now it stands tie rival of tbe empires of earth. Tbis housi! of God saw and felt ! the convulsions of the war of the R?volu tion ; and in the more recent yare it felt the j shock of the struggle fo civil liberty. In Wordsworth's poem of a man wiihout j an imagination we find the following verses: ? "A tall old bouse wi h windows aim, A tall old house is st: ll to him, And it is nothing more " Of a man of tais kifd we might say : A shell torn church uirh casements grim, An old-time house is still to him, And it is notbicg more. But one wbo is b!e?sed with the gift of an imagination, whose 30u! can be carried r ack upon the pinions of fancy to any age, would see in this "old pile" at Petersburg some? thing tc awaken the tenderest thoughts, the most pleasing imagin ings, and the most pro? fitable reflections A Confederate soldier and officer told rae recently that during the war he had gone into this beautiful old building and was en? joying the peaceful cilm of all within, when bis attention was attracted to a piece of paper on one of the walls On it were written four 8tarza3 of poetry. The verses were so beau? tiful that after reading them over carefully, be began to copy them. He had just finished the first stanza, wbei a shell burst immedi? ately above the old church. What a con? trast ! This perfect peace within this sacred building could not shot out those sounds that so forcibly retreaded the officer of the blood that was flowing elsewhere aod of his duty with bis men. He left with the one Stanza of the poetry that had so appealed to bim, feeling sud to nave been so ruthlessly toro away from th s peaceful old place so foll of beauly and snored soggestions. Last April, when the old soldiers from the whole Sooth met to commune one with the other, this officer ag lin visited the old Bland? ford Church. He found that its old battered walis had been repaired and that the venera? ble boildiog wa9 nursed with tender care. On going withio, ht found that the piece of blurred poetry written with a lead pencil, and signed, "A Stranger," had been trans? ferred to a marble s ab. Its form bad been changed, but its sentiment was the same, and j as that sentiment is so beautifol, we append ' the poem io full for tbe appreciation of our readers : Thou art crumbling to the dust, old pile, Thou art hastening to thy fall, And 'round thee in thy loneliness Clings the iv? to thy wall. The worshipers are scattered now Who knelt before thy shrine, And silence reigns where anthems rose Ia days of "Old Lang Syne." And sadly sighs the wandering wiod Where oft, io yes.rs gone by Prayers rose from riiaoy hearts to Him, The Highest of the High; The tramp of macy a busy foot That sought thy aisles, is o'er, Aod maoy a weary heart around Is still for ever more. How doth ambitioo'8 hope take wing How droops the spirit now, We hear the distant city's dio, The dead are mue below ; The soo that sbooe upon their paths Now gilds their Iooely graves, The zephyrs which ooce fanned their brows, The grass above .hem waves. O 1 could we call tbe many Lack Who've gathered here io vaio Who've careless roved where we do-now, Who ne'er shall meet agaio. How woald our very souls be stirred, To meet the earnest gaze Of the lovely aod be beaotifol Yes the lights'of olher days. Herscbal. Judge Simoni.on has issued a re? straining order against Gov. Russel, of North Carolina, in the railroad case. Gen; William L. Reddy, o. , irgi nia, one of the last commanders of the Stonewall brigade died in Manchester county, Va , Sunday. Mrs. Margare; J. Preston, the well known writer, died in Baltimore Sun? day. A disastrous fire destroyed ?200,. OOO worth of property in Portsmouth, Va., Sunday. The British steamer YaDariva, bas arrived at Glasgow with sixteen of the St. Nazaire, wbo were picked up in an open boat. The Western railroads have begun to cut freight rales. Philadelphia, March 26 -Three men were blot. 3 to atoms and ten oth? ers injured by a explosion of nitro? glycerine at tb? Repauno Chemical Works, near thin city, to-day. Atlanta, March 26.-James L. I Logan was to-day appointed temporary receiver of the Fidelity Banking and Trust company of Atlanta. There bas been a small run on the bank, and the petition for a receiver stated that the institution owec depositors $15,000 which it could n3t pay. D. H. Liver? more is president of the bank. Its nominal assets are ?60,000, but it ! holds ?25,000 of worthless paper. Cape May, N J., March 26.-Jo? seph Vance, a farmer living near here, who last jear raised several samples of rice and cotton which turned out satis? factory, will this season enter more largely on the plan by planting a large amount of ground in the two .staples. Owing to the mildness of the climate, due tc the peculiar insular position of Cape May. the Southern products, it is. claimed, will prosper here. A big New York firm, it is said, is paying for the experiments. -??>.??? - - Mr. Bryan's ?Dook has sold 6o well that in the first month $16,000 were due him from ti e publishers in roy? alty. Mr. Brys.n at once instructed them to forward $1,5U0 to Mr. Warner, $1,500 to Mr. Jones, $1,500 j to Mr. Allen, and $500 to Mr. Teller, and certified checks for these amounts were sent to-day. Ile gives half the money hereafter to ibe cause of silver ;?nd has appointed lo j receive and use the fund a | committee, composed of the follow- j ing persons: Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas; Senator Henry ! M. Teller, of Colorado ; Senator Wil? liam V. Allen, of Nebraska; and Hon. A. A. J. Warner, President of tbe National Bimetallic Union. Wedgefield Items. Wedgefield, S. C., March 30.-Rev. J. W. Dowell will commence a protracted meeting io the Methodiet Church on next Sunday. He will be assisted by Rev A. M. Cbreitzoerg, of Charleston. Mr. Ewell Strange got his right band badly j lacerated, both palm and hack, by a mule running away with him co yesterday, and throwing him from ibe wagon. He is resting comfortably to-day. Mr. R. L. Wright bas moved from his firm in the country ioto town, and ia occu? pying Mrs. H&rvin's old residence, which he bought last j e.ir. Mrs. G-orge S. Bryan and her grand? daughter, Miss Rebe.ca Bryan, of Charles? ton, are visiting id town. There will bs services at the Church of the Holy Croa.-", Statebur^, on Easter morn. Week day service every Friday morning. - Captain D. E. Weils, of Privateer. Mr. David Wells, of Privateer Township, is receiviog pleasant congratulations on DOW being "Captain Wells " OD la3t Saturday the Connor Mounted Riflemen, of Silver, Clarendon County, eleced officers for the next tv.o years and Mr. Wells was cbosea to the Captaincy. This company ie an old and prominent one, its first Captain was Col. Brown Manning, who will be remembered by many of our readers as the brother ot that courtly and distinguished gentleman, Gov. John L Manning. Capt Welte is much in? terested in military matters and it will give him both pleasure and pride to . fill his new position. MY SWEETHEART. I have a pretty sweetheart ; Perhaps I'm foolish too11. I love her more than anyone can tel'. ; She'll put ber arms aroand my neck, As only she can do, And tell me the story known sorrell. She likes to say she'll keep my house, And make the children roiod ; And love me when I'm old and cannot see. She'll tell of many things she'll do. I know that she'll be kiod, For such earnestness you do not often see. She'll sit apon my knee at times, \ And steal a playful kifS, Or run her cnuhby fingers through my bair. Who would not great riches give For snch a love as this, To drive away their sorrows and their care ? She's Dot so old as you may think, Yet pleoty old for me ; She sets my poor old senses all awbirl ; Her birthdays al! together Are only two times three : My pretty little bright eyed Mary girl. -WILL PUTNAM. Paris, March 28 -Tbe Figaro says that the government has decided to ask the chamber of deputies to vote a credit amounting to 300,000,000 (?160,000,000) "for the purpose of constructing 45 large warships and 175 torpedo boats, the whole to be com? pleted within eight years. Heart Disease Kills Suddenly ; but never without warning symp? toms, such as Faint, Weak or Hungry Spells.. Irregular or Intermittent Pulse, Fluttering or Palpitation of the Heart, Choking Sensa? tions, Shortness of Breath, Swelling of Feet and Ankles, etc. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, Cures Heart Disease. ~Mr. Geo. L. Smith, ot* the Geo. L. Smith j Mantel Co., Louisville, Hy., v. rites Feb. ~C, j 1S54: "For about ye::.'- I v. 5 terri;;:-? sui- ? fercr iron; heurt trouble, which gos so bad j I was obliged io si; up in bcd to g< : ny breath. I had tb abandon business arni could hardly ern '.ri around. My friend. Mr. Julius C. Yog!::, one c* our leading pharma? cists, asked ir.e to try Tr. - lilts' Heart Cure. I hud used little more than a bottle when thc pain ceased and palpitations entirely disappeared. I have uoi had thc .slightest | trouble since, and today I attending to business as regularly as ever." Sold hy druggists everywhere. Book on Eeart and Nerves sent free. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Kr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. Meteorological BecorcL The following ?3 a report of observations of the weather taken at Statetuirg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past two weeks ending March 28, 1897 : Cj Temperature. 50 D' Condition. IP, 63 16 52 17 ?0 18: 69 I9| 7* 20^ SO 21 j 83 22| 12 23 63 24j 6> 25! 62 26 58' 27: 61 28! 61 bu 45 44 44 61 61 65 62 51 43 ?9 37 44 33 S6 5, 49. ! 47. I 56 5 69 5 70 & 67. 64 6, 56.61 50. CI 47 5 52.5! 47 I ENE E E S S SW SW S s w w w W NW W 0i> .33 .00 .f2 .71 .00 I .00 ? .06 ! 23 ! .CO .co I .00 .00 .00 ! Cloudy Cloudv Cloudy Cloudy Cloudv *C!cudy Cloudv Cloudy Cloudy Ciear *Clhudv Clear Clear Clear * Partly cloudy. Lunar halo o nl5th between midnight and morning, and a solar halo between 8 and 10 a. m , on the 21st. High winds accompanied the heavy rain on the ?9th but co thunder or lightning. Light fros*3 occurred on the mornings of th ; 25th and 26th and killing frost oa the 28th. A great many mee throughout the coun? try, including plenty of really swell fellows, have got it into their beads, rightly or wrong? ly-and we are by no oceans sure that it isn't rightly-that there is no resson why any man should pay more thaD $3,00 to S5.00 for a pair of shoes, and to sav the least, the idea has this foundation in reason, that ex? cellent shoes are now made for $3.00. To pay $8.00 to $12.00 for a pair of shoes is simply tbrowiog away money, and in many cases this is done to gratify a mistaken notion that none but your favorite shoemaker is worthy to adorn your feet. The receot im? provements in shoe machinery make it possi? ble, as shown by the well known W. L. Douglas $3.CO Shoe, to produce a shoe to-day that will compare favorably in style, wearing and comfort with those offered at $6.00, S8 00 . and $10 00 per pair. See the advertisement of the W. L. Douglas shoe3 which appears elsewhere in this issue. When a person is losiog flesh and wastiog away there ?3 cause for alarm. Nothing so worries a physician. Consumptives would never die if they could regain their usual weight. It fact there woold be no consump? tion if there was no wasting of the system. The cause of this los3 of flesh is a failure to properly digest tbs food eaten. Nine-tenths of all our diseases date back to some derangement of the stomach The Shaker Digestive Cordial will stop this wasting of the body. It acts by causing the food we eat tc b: digested so as to do good, tor undigested food does more harm tbao good. The Cordial contains food al? ready digested and is a digester of foods as well. Evpry mother bates to make her children take Castor Oil. Laxol is sweet Castor Oil. No disputing the fact that there ie no mu? sic more pleasing than that of the Piano, and of all the Steiff takes the lead beyond a doubt. Everything about it is supremely satisfactory. The tone, ?nd every note in the scale frcm the lowest to the highest, ex? emplifies the highest advance in the art of Piano construction. Even after years of eer vice, the Stieff retains i's original tone in spite of age. Write for illustrated catalogue. Term3 to suit. CHARLES M. STIEFF, ' 9 N. Liberty Street, Baltimore. 416 Main St , Norfork Va. Election of Sf er?tei?t of Pd Ira aid Overseer and Gnarfls of Chain Gai OFFICE OF MARION DORN, SUPERVISOR CF SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C , March 18, 1897. The County Board of Commissioners hav? ing organized with its recently appointed members, will, at their regular meeting April ftb, proximo, elect a ?Superintfccent of tre County Poor House, and an Overseer ard Guard? of Chain Garg. Applicants may file tleir bids of npp!icanons with the County Supervisor or Clerk of Board. Right to r*j--ct ai! bids resenf-d. MA PION" DORN, Si; pervi;or Sumter Co , S C. THOS. V WALSH. Clerk. Heb 24. ABE YOU NEEDING AN ?RON SAFE ? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN? 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Douglas ?hoes from your Physicians W?k-'- - ^??.'??^k We use onlv thc best Calf, Russia Calf and all TS??M?'-" (all colors>. French Patent Calf, economical ^?wft>>^%^^^|ll||i French Enamel, Vici Kid, etc., men wear ^S8?f?^'' ''-^?^g^^^K graded to correspond with prices W. L. Douglas ^^^^?k/z/v, <^sN^^lk of tn? shoes. Shoes because they *&SB?f?fr ^f?t^^v - are the best. ^^K^??^ki^^^^k. Ir <1<?aler cannot supply you, For sale hv ^^?SSil????^||?M writ;e y ^^8?*9 W.LQOUGliS, Brockton, Mas?. J. RYTTENBEBG- & SONS.