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THS STATE FARMS. What Mr. DnPre Saw and Heard. I have for some time been wan ti a g to give your readers a bird's eye view of oar State rama, so having a leisure day, I inspected shem, and will let others see them as I did. The DesSanasare place was purchased about tas years ago for $25,000. It was owned before the war by Maj. J. li. DesSaassore, of Uamdeo, a wealthy planter. The soil is red dish clay, aod is sosceptable of great im? provement. The crops this year, are oats a-boot 11,50) bushels, 300 bales cotton, enough eora to do the place, ?eavine bay s-aiScient for two years, potatoes, wheat, &c. Owing to tbe wet season the crops are shorter than last year, except oats. A. good sappiy of hogs, aod cattle for milk purposes. The stock (males), about 30, are in good fix. Th? convicts are wall fed, and seem as happy as each people cao be. Vegetables every day for dinner with bread and meat. Milk, svbeat-bread, meat aod corn-bread, with some tobacco, constitutes tbe diet os both placea for tbe other seals. Toe clothing is comfortable aod the sanitary arran gerne? t good. A large turnip patch of three acres, (turning as large as platee) with peas, supply tbe vegetables. A pair of black oxeo are beasties aod caa draw as much as four large aules The lot buildings, while comfortable, meed replacing, soi if fire should bora ooe they would all go, they are to near each otter. Major McGill is the manager$>f.this farm. He vee absent, bot bis assistant, Mr. Moody, teak me ove? the place and gave me the io formatio? desired". I am indebted te bim for nany courtesies shown. The firm has * gin boote, and also grinds for the place. One hundred aod thirty-eight bales of cotton were on hand, The Reed arm joins, and was purchased stoat hve years ago for about $8,000. The crop this year will be, cotton, 400. bales, cere, 12,000 bushels, with wheat, oats, pota tees and peavine hay to do two years. The oat crop was something over 8,000 bushels. . The bondings are til new and will compare with any in the State for sics and good work. The development of this farm for four y oars years almost passes belief/ Toe stab le, ao immense building, has a passage oo the first floor, and stalls for 40 or 50 bead of stock, potting six moles in a big tall. Next story is for corn and peas, , nod the third it for bay, all belog reached by stairs. The machinery and wagoe building is a large one. Poor divisions on the gonad floor. Io one is a large threshing machine, which can thresh 3,003 bushels per day. It ia ron by an engine attached, and both nott $1,000. Next division is the reapers aod binders; and ti?a the wagons in the 3d, and plow tools ia the 4th. Second ttory it used for oats after they are threshed, and 3d story, a general store honte for Tarions tbiogt. The dairy, commissary, guard's quarters, treaties' boase and prison boote are conven jen s, aod well pat np. A arge boildiag for the milk cowa, aod still another larger ooe for the cattle, wita story above for their feed. A large gin honte, with modero conveniences aod a good blacksmith, chop, aod saw mill where 'the lamber wat saw >d. These buildings al!; have tolid brick foundations. The crick wat made by the penitentiary at Columbia. A quantity of floe hogs to kill, x about 100 head cattle, and 30 Soe fat mulos, ea mp rises the stock. The lands that are cultivated, in the malo, lie on the river, hot are protected by dams from overflow. A ]arge swamp, cot subject to overflow, is being cleared op, and this year made near 50 bush? els corn per acre. The prisoners are well fed, and humanely treated. The manager of this fine farm-?3 Capt. J. J. Cooley, and much of r&eoeeeat stdaettrhia superb management. When be took possession four years ago, there vat sot fifleen-5K>rte farm ot toe place, BOW there it a thirty horse. Ha is a man of greet eaergy,*fioe business tact, and sound judg? ment?-to direct? I have it that the crops for fear yeera have paid for the place, the im? provements on it, the expenses, and machin? ery purchased, fcod cleared a surplus, which ia indeed a fine showing. It looks aa if thia way of working the convicts has solved the problem for their keeping, but for them io their native element aa farm banda, and for toe Sate. Now for a little criticism : The State should insure these buildings, for if one catchet afire yo 2 could oot ose the convicts, fer in the excitement they might get away, and the proximity of each might cause them all to ?boro, which woold be a total loss to the State. Tbe directors should employ out? side help to gather the cotton in time and not let it stay in the field until it is blue. This woold not interfere with the near planters, for there iff enough surplus labor io reach to gather it ali. Thousands of dollars have been lost to the State io this delay in gather? ing tbe crop. The governor did right to Teto tbe bill 00 the subject I have written this from memory. If it will give any in? formation to your oumerous readers about this commoo property to all, my ask in writiog thia will be amply rewarded. Pisgah, Dec 13. J. E. D. Dr. Ball's Cbogh Syrup ia unquestionably tbe moat remarkable remedy ever produced for tbe cure of throat and luog troobiea. It baa cored tboaaanda, aod bas dona wonders io many eaaea of incipient cooaomption. The I*ee County Cane. The final argumenta in tba Lee County casa were made before the Snpreme Court Mon? day Metars. S. E. Dargan and S. W. Shaod represen fed the petitioners aod Messrs L. S Yoemans, Moorman and R. O. Pordy for the respondents. Tba court heard the arguments aod took tba cate nader adviaemeot. Tba decision it oot expected to ba delayed aoy length of time aa it is of the utmost im? portance that tbe matter be finally settled without farther postponement. Paios ia the chest wheo a person bas a cold indicate a tendency toward pneumonia. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamber? lain's Pain Balm and bound on to tba chest over the seat of paiu will promptly relieve the paio aod prevent tbe threatened attack of pneumonia. This same treatment will core a lame back in a few boors. Sold by A. J. .China. Wedding Bells at Wedgefield. Wedgefield, December9.-Mr. R D. Zim? merman, of St. Matthews, was happily mar? ried to Miss Frezile Thomas, of this place, ia the Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon. The snn abone brightly and cheerfully The church bad been beautifully decorated by Miss Bettie Aycock as supervisor, whose artistic taste was evident on ever j hand. A magnificent pyramid of Sowers bad been arranged in front of the pulpit, and a beauti? ful arch bad been made, under which the bride and groom stood when the nnotia) knot was tied by the Rev. J. C. Bailey, Jr. Two pretty little flower giris-Bessie Ay cock and Julia Thomas-preceded the bridal procession op the aisle aed strewed flowers along the way. Tbe ushers for the occasion were Messrs. A. C. Caraoo and Charles Dupont, of Wedgefield, and Charles Whetstone and Hunt Pauiling, of St. Matthews. The at? tendants then rr arched in as follows : Miss Annie Richboarg, of Summerton, with Mr. F C. Cain, of St. Matthews. Miss Minnie Dukes, of Branchville, with Mr. P. J. Tate, of St. Matthews. Miss Sadie Caldwell, of Wedgefield, with Mr. Caldwell Thomas, of Wedgefild. Misa May Cantey, of Summerton, with Mr. W. F. Buyck, of St. Matthews. Miss Blanche DeLorme, af Darlington, with Mr. E. R. Panlding, of Oracgeburg. Miss Ella DeLorme, of Sumter, with Mr. John Jones, of Bamberg. These cooples marched np the aisles and took their positions os both sides of the chancel. The bride, on the arm of ber maid of honor, Miss Mabel Cantey, of Summerton, and tbe groom, opon the arm of his best mao, Dr- T. H. Dreher, of St. Matthews, then marched np tbs aisles and met under the floral arch. Mendelssohn's Wedding March was happily rendered on the organ by Miss Bettie Ay cock, of Wedgefield. After the ceremony the bridal party retired, , aa the bridal choros from **Loheogrin" was rendered by Miss Aycock, and repaired to the elegant borne of Mr and Mrs. R. H. Thomas, where a splendid repast was spread to the invited guests. The bridesmaids were elegantly dressed io white organdie, with white ribbons and white slippers. The bride, Miss Frezile Thomas, looked especially beautiful in her handsome gown, with white en traine.' She is the daughter of Ex-Railroad Commissioner R. H. Thomas. Mr. Ruase! 1 D. Zimmerman, the groom, is one of the wealthiest and most successful young farmers of Orangeburg County. Mr. and?.Mrs R. D. Zimmermao left here last night on tho Atlantic Coast Lioe for Charleston and other placet. Was it Bill Mack t f Sumt r ? On Novemoer 15th a negro, named Bill Mack, was killed in Augusta, Ga., by police man Murphy. Mack was on a drunken ram? page, and bad undertaken to clean out a negro house into which be forced his way. He shot at a woman and attempted to get a shot at ber brother, bot be escaped by the back door and sought tbe protection of policeman Mur? phy, wbo was on bis beat oear by< Police? man Murphy went to/the boose with the negro with the intention of potting a stop to the rcw and arresting Mack. As be entered the bouse Mack negen cursing bim and drew a pistol from behind his back, at the same time cursing and threatening to kill any one wbo approached him. As Mack raised the pistol and attempted to level it on the police? man, Murphy drew bis pistol and shot Mack through the bead, killiog bim instantly An inquest was held by the Coroner aod police? man Murphy was exonerated, the verdict being that tb? killing of Mack was justifiable : homicide sad that policeman* Morpby had acted in the discharge of his doty. Mack was a stranger in Angosta aod DO one contd give the authorities aoy informa tion concerning bim, except that be bad said that be came from Sooth Carolina. Shortly before this mao was killed io Angosta, Bill Mack a well known negro left this place to go to Georgia to work. His wife who re? mained here has not beard a word from Mack since he left here, and eaoaot learn anything definite as to bia- present whereabouts from tbe people for whom he wat to work. She bas written aod telegraphed several times, bot tbe replies have been indeSn Ste aod unsatisfac? tory, stating that Mack was thought to be in. the neighborhood. By many it is thought tbs t the man who was killed in Angosta was Bill Mack of this place, and bis people have about given him op for dead. It should be ? matter of little difficulty to establish the identity of Bill Mack, if be was tbe man killed by policeman Morpby, for he was a tall light-colored mu? latto, and bis bead wat to one side by tbe coo traction of tbe m?seles of tbe neck. He wat so marked by this deformity that no \ ooe coul? mistake bim, aod tbe physician who conducted the post mo rt? na examin?t ioo could easily set at rest aoy doobt that DOW exist?, if be wer? appealed to by Mack's wife* i-I ? 9 t ? mum The Flight That Failed. Tbe Colombia train was lat.; Tuesday night Ordinarily that wooid have made little dif? ference to anyone. A few minutes more or less is a matter of little importance, but last oigbv tbe few miontes delay made a very great difference, indeed, to four people. The fail? ure of tbe train to s rr ive os schedule ti me knocked the well laid plans of two men and two women all away and two elopements werejprevented. The two men went to Flor? ida aloue when the train did arrive and the two yoong women at the same time were making tracks for their borne down the sandy road while their irate aod obdurate nareota urged them onward ahead of them. It was a sad ending of a dusky romance. Rosy dreams, and two honeymoons in the Land of Flowers were dashed to tbe ground with a duli thud, sentiment was knocked ont and two romances brought to a sodden end. At traio time there was a large crowd of negroes gathered at tbe depot waiting for tbe traio which was to take them to the torpea tine woods of Florida. There was an even larger crowd of relatives, friends aod acquain? tances on band to bid them adieu. In the crowd were two young negro women decked out in their best clothes and all the other finery that they possessed. They were going to Florida too, for better or worse, with their best boys, wbo bad porsuaded them to steal away from their paree cs,not saying good-by or asking leave. They were jost at happy as ?a nigger knows bow to be and they were talk? ing with ecstatic bliss of "wbea we git to Fluriday," Bot tbe train wat late and the fatet were against them. Jost after traio time, when they th enid have been happy on the way to tbe Laod of Flowers, a big, old black negro woman, her ! dress tucked up around ber waist to give her feet free play as she strode along, a big flop? ping sunbonnet on ber bead and a stick of firewood in her hand, hove ioto view like a furious cyclone. Sbe was followed by a cbuncky black man, who was not quite so formidable looking but equally as furious. They swept into tbe crowd wbicb scattered ' before them. Two of tbe men took to their heels and fled from tbe wrath that was upon tbem. The two yoong women were seized and their faces turned toward tbe borne they bad so recently left, never expecting to see it again. Their backs were turned toward Florida and happiness, and they plodded on their homeward way, the big, black, angry mother and tbe black, chunky, angry father bringing op tbe rear. -? mm * . <-? A beaotifol Hoe cf lok Stands. Popular prices. H. G. Osteen & Co. i Forman University Notes. Bro. R. A. Soblett. wbo bas been traveling for several mombil io behalt of Furmao's Alas?ni Hall, briogs os good news, he reports that be met with grand success wherever he trareled tbroagb tbe Statu-, aod tbat tbe Building Committee will sooo be able* to begin work. The 7. M. C. A. of Forman University is doing a grand work among the boys, it meets every Sunday evening, and diacas8e8 religions subjects which are of great importance to the yoong meo. We have a series of meetiogs ic oar Chapel Hall for several nights, which we belive has dona a great deal of good. Drs. Gardner, aod Key conducted the services, with the assist ance of Rev. W. A. Rogers, Pastor of Bun? combe Street Methodist Cbnrcb. There will be a great "Serata" io tbe University Build? ing, Friday night, Dec. 9. We hope to see maoy of our city friends ont OD that night. Macy interesting things are on the pro? gramme. Dr. Montagne and Prof. Geer attended the Baptist State Coavetion io Darlington last week. We always regret to see the doctor leave os ; bat we know that be leaves os oo ly that be may better advance the cause of Forman University. The boyst io spite of the fact that Christ? mas is approaching, are doing good work. The two literary societies of Forman are doiog a splendid work. We caa see vast improvements over last year's work. The new boys seem take a great interest io the society, and we are glad to see that spirit among them. A few weeks ago the two societies sent delegates to represent them in the convention which met at Colombia in regard to the inter-collegiate contest move? ment. The boys returned to os with glow? ing reports. I believe that we are all lo oking forward to Christmas with pleasure. May she come aod briog us a plenty of good things. Respectfully, W. J. W. December 5. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar? rhoea Remedy cao always ba depended o poo aod is pleasant and safe to take. Sold by A. J. China. / Meteorological Record. The folio wiog is a repor? of obse. va tiona of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the week ending Sunday, December ll, 1898. Nov. 27: Temperatore. sc SB M K a SB S 3 ET 53 9 a Condition 5 6 7 8 9 IC ll 48 55 54 51 40 45 52 32 29 37 31 34 31 28 40 42. 45.: 41. 37. 38. 40. W8W SW WSW E-va a w sw 00 .00 .00 .00 .00 Trace .CO Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear * Partly cloody. A little sleet fell during the night, between midnight and morning, of the 10th. The approach of an area of low pressure, storm centre, is indicated by the steady fall of the barometer on the 11th, continuing to this morning, the 12tb, aod cioody weather with rain probably in a day or two may be ex? pected. FIBS. The cotton boose of Mr. T. M. Moldrow, together with seed from 22 bales of cotton aod about 40 bushels of coro, was destroyed by fire on Friday morning, Dec. 2d. Mr. Moldrow's loss is about $75, with oo insu? rance.-Lee Co. Recorder. Cow Feed for sale at W. B. Boyle's Stables. If yoe nave cotton seed to sell, call on me. I will pay yon the highest market place. W. B. Boyle. About tba Race Troubles. The effort to bring to tbe attention of congress tbe recent race trooblea in tbe CsroIina8?is apparently quite wide spread and determined. Otherwise there would be no occasion for send? ing to congress tbe reports of tbe meetings held in varions parts of the country to protest against tbe invest? ment of negroes in tbe south. One of these reports was presented to tbe senate yesterday by Mr. Turpie, and was a full account ol' a mass meeting of protesting negroes at Terra Haute It was accompanted by a petition for legislation whicb would give the negroes their suffrage rights nuder tbe constitution, and. as the petition and the report of the meeting were referred to the committee on judi- ? ciary, that committee will have reason to consider the question if it shall so decide Senator Money of Mississippi, who bas given tbe negro problem considerable thought, talked interest? ingly yesterday about the situation in his state. "We have had no trouble with the negro for years," he said, "and in fact there is no reason why there should be. It is generally understood that the white men will control tbe state and municipal gov? ernments, and I know tbat the per? sonnel of our colored university, an institution largely supported by the Democratic legislature, votes the Democratic ticket " "Does the educational test result in the disfranchising of the negro ?" "In very alight degree The voter has to read or understand a clause of the state constitution, and very fre? quently the judge of election helps out the voters, both white and colored. A more stringent barrier is the requirement that every would be voter who is challenged shall produce his tax receipts for tho two years prior to the election There can be no evasion of this provision. Either be has the receipts or he bas not ; and if he cannot produce them he cannot vote."-Washington Post. Corrupt Election Methods. How They do it Across the Savannah River. The foliowing account of how elec? tions are carried io Augusta is taken from tor Evening Berala of that city The contest described was for alderman from the fourth ward. "The scene was a horrible one The negroes were packed there like sardines. They moved and spuirmed like a mass pf maggots. There was that repulsive soaod from that mass of negro bomao ity like the mossing and groaning and bewailing that Lewis Morrison bad presented in the second soeoe of Faust Tho negro voters did not cry out The bum and the whirr told of the crush, trample, smother. "The McAuliffe men paid off in checks. They worked as hard to buy the negro vote as possible. The Clark men paid io the middle .of the green, right io the rear of the voting preoinot. Entrance being from the front toe negro would leave by the west side, and being vouched for, would be given $5 One of the paymasters began pinning the pay money, $5 bills to the lapel of the coats of the purohased voters, and the bought voter went among the crowd with bis pay mooey thus displayed Clark men were more public with mooey thao MoAuliffa men. "Two Clark lieutenants went among the crowd telling the negroes that they "had won the election," "were still giving $5 for votes/' "had the mooey ready to pay them wheo the ballot was cast,'1 "wouldn't pay but $2.50 a little later " A Clark negro with $5 bills io his hands went among the negroes showing the "stuff we give for votes." "Curtains were drawn oo the win? dows aod doors of the beautiful resi? dences of majestic Greene street. There was a hush in these homes. The gates were securely latched. Ladies withdrew to rear rooms of their owo homes and did not dare to ventare to their piazzas, or even to their parlors. "This was true ot homes not only in the immediate vicioity of the booth, but for blocks and blocks on .the grand residence street of Augusta-majestic Greese, the ideal of citizen, the idyl of the victor. "Men turned away in sadness, in anger. There was grim determination on the face of each. They said little, but they will speak out a little later." Estate of Ckas> W. Davis, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY to the Jndge of Probate of Samter Connty on January 14, 1899, for a Final Discbarge as 'Administrator of aforesaid Estate. JOS. B. ROACH, Dec 14-4t Administrator. Estate Mrs* Cynthia H? Hodge, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter Connty oo January 14th, 1899, for a final discharge as Executor of afore? said Estate. T. R. HODGE, Dec 14-4t_Executrix. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (.Complaint Served ) Elizabeth Oliver, assignee, plaintiff against Colin C. Manning, defendant. To the Defendant, Colin C. Manning: Yon are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you. (The original complaint having been filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court on December 13th, 1896, ) and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint oo the subscriber at his office io the city of Sumter, Sumter, 8. C , within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if . you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in j this complaiot. Dated December 7th, A. D., 1898 L. D. JENNINGS, Dec 14 6 Plaintiffs Attorney. The State of South Caroling COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, PETER M. PITTS made snit to me to grant bim Letters of Administration of tbe Estates of and effects of E MIMS PITTS, late of said County and State, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said E. Mtms Pitts, as aforesaid, de? ceased, that they be and appea?- before me in the Court of Probate, to be h at Sum? ter, C. H., on December 28th, 189t, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the fore? noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grant? ed. Given under my band this 14th day of December, A. D., 1898 THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. December 14-21 Good Flour and Good Soda Make Good Cookery m Poor ?rx?a will spoil good flour -while pood soda will make poor Hour better. ANVIL BRAND SODA is a good soda. Not like the ordinary kinds, some? times good and thc next time ]?x>r, but GOOD EVERY TIME. Winburn, . -THE? People's, opular, ushing, rogressive hotogrfipher. Doiog the finest np to-date photography. ian. 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