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WOMAN COMMITS 8UICIDB. Jampa ID a Shallow Well and Drowns Herself. Magnolia, S. C , Jan. 31.-Mrs. Walter Bu Bose, of Shiloh comcrooitj, committed suicide oo Monday aigbt, Jan. 28, bj drowc iag herself io the lot well, which is not deep, bot nearly full of water. Mr DaBose saja that after sapper be walk? ed over to a neighbors, near bj, bot had not bees there long before his little sooti cams for bia to go home, at the mother bad disappear? ed suddenly and coa?d not be found. He went immediately and after a few minores search, fosad the dead bod j of bis wife in the well, which was about 20 steps from the baas?. He said she ate ber sapper as asoal that night, and acted in a natural manner. The deceased is a daughter of o<d Mr. Alex. Lemmoo, familiarly called "Uncle Oho." Her baabaocl is a grandson of the lat? Hr. J. P. or "Jack" Plajer whose son, Henry, -commuted suicide a few jean ago by jump lag into a "lot well." She attempted suicide last fall, by partially severing a rein ia ber arm, escaping death. Tbere are conflicting SB rn ors aboat the tragedy, ai is generally the case No inanest was asked for or held. R. ?. L. I. Prize Drill. At a meeting of the Sumter Light In fan tr j held kat Tbar8day night the committee ap* pointed to 89?g?*t aa entertainment fer the company, suggested a prise dril? among tbs ?embers of the company and a flag drill bj the young ladies friends of the company. The prise drill squad from the companj is alreadj well organised with act less tbaa sixteen mentors. There ?re three medals belonging to the compas j intended to be worn bj the best . drilled men, aa? these medals will to given io the befit drilled mea ia the compas j, first second end third, betide? which tbere will be presentad to the best drilled man ia the com pan j aa individual gold medal. All those member? of tba cumpa ay who desire to enter the prize drill and contest tor the prisas mest be oa head next Taesday ?ight and enroll their aames as members of the squad. After that time ne new members will ba taken into the seuad. A committee of well driiled officers belonging to the militia will be iavited to act as judges at the priisa drill. None of which j ad gee will have any connec? tion whatever with the company. The drill? ing of the squad is ia the immediate ch?rge of Lieutenant* Pisburne and Doar, and Lieu? tenant Piabbarne bas been detailed to drill the squad wheo the contest comes off Tbe sam? judges wiil also pass npoo the merits of tba fl?e drill and the pris? will be awarded to the yoong ladj wno makes the test drill. The yoong ladies, sixteen io number, have alreadj consented to aodertake the flag drill and will meet for organization and drill at the armory hall &t eignt o'clock next Wedaeedaj night A Bill to Fix the Salaries of Coun? ty Officials. Tho joint committee cf the general assem? bly appointed io draft tbs salaries of county officers has reported by bill. Toe salaries bave been graded according to "population and the necessary service required " The following will ba the salaries for the ot? ce ra of Semtex county : Auditor and Treasure $1,125, Sheriff 500, Clerk $375, Supervisor $750, Superin tendent of Education $650, Coroner $200.' The County Auditor shill receive a fee of '25 cen ts for each transferor real estate, sucb fee to be paid by parties making t,r&osfer The Treasurer shall be entitled to Soe each ..delinquent taxpayer $i for each execution made against bim As to Sheriffs, it is provided io section 4 .that these officials shall receive salaries io Hen of ali costs and feed except 20 cents per day for dieting prisoners in C08tcdy, and actual traueling expenses for'himself and prisoners or lunatics conveyed beyond the county. County Commissioners shall receive $3 per day fsr actual service, the number cf days not to ?reeed the namuer fixed by law. The County Board of Education shall each receive $3 per day and 5 c?ots per mile of necessary travel, the number of days cot to exceed 7 The members of the boards of equalisation shall reeeive-$2 per day and 5 cents per mile, the camber of dayt not to exceed toree, ex eept io years when real estate is to be assess? ed, wben the number of days shall sot excted five The township assessors sball receive $1 per day, tb? number of days not to exceed two days, except in jeers wben real estate is to be transferred, when the Damner sball not exceed three. Gib Wilson's Sentence Commuted. Coiambia, Feb 1.-Gov McSweeaev jester day commoted to 10 jeers the life teotaoce of Gib Wilson, colored, convicted io Scatter - county of murder in 1891, and sentenced to ?death. Tnssenteace later being commoted to life imprisonment by Gov Tillman. Tbe term uadtr the eommotatioo will expire next Jl?rcb T?ry ftrong petitiont were filed by the jurors and many others Solicitor W??SOD says the conviction wa? tecboic?lly correct, bath? has ascertained that the man'? wife wa* untrue to b m, and ander the dream it'nees be thinks a pardon proper ; the prov-, ocat:on to kill, be says, was great Other asea, such HS former Direcor T. O. 0-it.d?rs, and present Director A. K. Sanders ffCimmeaded a pardoo. The governor thereupon granted the com? ma talion IA Gripps Quietly Cured. "2a the winter of 1898 and 1899 I was taken down with ? severe attack of what is called Li Grippe, ' eays F L Hewett, a prom? inent draggist of Winfield, 111. "The only sediciae ? asei was two bottles of Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the eo!d and stopped toe coughing like magic, and I bave never since been troubled with grippe " Chamberlain's Coagh Remedy can always be depended opon to break up & severe eold and ward o? any threatened attack of pneumonia. It t* pleasaat to take, too, which mekeo it tbe most desirable and one of the most popn lar preparations io ose for these ailments. For sale by Dr A J China. State Bar Association. The State Bar Association was reorganized in Colombia Monday night. The following officers wete elected : Col G W. Croft, of A'ken, president ; Mr. J- P. Thomas, Jr , of Colombia, secre? tary ; Mr. William Melton, of Columbia, treasorer. Almost 50 lawyers from different parts of tba State were present. Columbia's New Building Colombia is to have a tes storj effice baudin?, costing $185,060. Tbe betiding Will be built by the Me?s-s Roberteoo. It wilt ocenpr the present site of the Kendall Building Tbis building, will bave a steel frame and will be one of the largest, tallest, sod finest office buildings ia tbs Sooth. BishopTille News Items. Bishopric, Feb 6 -Miss Fancie Williams returned to ber home at ExstoTer yesterday, after spending tome time with relatives and friends in town. Mayor W K. Crosssell it oat again after being indisposed for several day?. Bisbopville is soon to have a nice Opera House. We bear that tbe town officials have jost purchased tbe Seignons let on Mate ?treet and will erect in tbe near furore a handsome twoetory brick building. Capt. W S James and Mr. L. L. Baker are spending tbe day in Sumter. The store of W. B Carnes caught fire yes? terday afternoon. The bucket brigade rc eponded quickly ta the alarm, and soon extinguished the flames. Miss Daisy Pearce, a bec-uttfnl young lady from Cypress, is visiting at the home cf Mr J M. Hearoo. Tbe most successful dance of the season was held ber? last Friday evening. The fea? ture of tbe occasion was a contest among tbe daneer* for a prize offered to the most grace? ful dancer. Ten couples contested, but it was sooc apparent that Mr. R. L. Hearoo, of Sishopvills, tito Miss Daisy Pearce, of Cy? press, as bis partner, would be the winner of the prim. Miss Pearce is one of the prettiest and most fascinating dancers ever seen in a dance ball in this town. Pneumonia Csa be ?rebated. This atseaae always resalta from a cold ar an attack of tbe grip and may be prevented by tbe timely ase ef Chamberlain's Cough Remedy That remedy was ex iee si rely used during the epidemics of La Grippe of tb? past few years, and not a single case bas ever been reported that did not recover or resulted in pneumonia, which shows it to be a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy bas gaioed a world wide repu'ation for ns cures of colds aod grip. For sale by Dr A J China. Shooting Affair. Last week there was a shooting scrape near tbs railroad yards One negra, GusSta?lej, shot another negro, Jim Job.soo in the bacic, nelow tbe shoulder. He escaped, run ning 8way and leaviog bis bouse open Johnson was not seriously "\ouoded Bismarck's Iron Herve, Was the result of his splendid health. In? domitable will and tremendous energy are not found wbere Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are oat of order. If you want ?hese qualities and the success they bring, use Br King's Now Life Pills They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25c at J. F. W DeLorme's Drug Storo 2 6 The Inauguration The Seaboard Air Line railway announces the following very low rates to Wash:ogtOB, 0. C , on account of tbe inauguration cere? monies on March 4 : For individuals, one first-class fare for the round trip ; for regu? lar organised military companies and bands in Emtorm, in parties of 25 or more, 1 cent per mile in each direction. Tickets will be sold on March 1, 2 aofl 3, good until March 9. Sow to Cure the Grip. Remain quietly at botte and take Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy as directed aad a quick recovery is sure to follow. That remedy counteracts aoy tendency of tbe grip to re? sult in pneumonia, which is realiy the only serions danger Arnosg the tenj of tbou s*cde -xho have nsed it for the grip co: one c??e bas ever been reported 'bat did not re? cover. For eale by Dr A J China. Clarendon Notes. Orange blcesems in Manning next week. ??iss May Wilson and cousin, M'as Mamie Anderson, also Mrs Anderson, Dav- returned from a lengthy visit in Williamsburg and Georgetown Mrs DoBose.rwf.e of Mr Warren DoBose of Shiloh section, while in a temporary con? dition of insanity last Monday night, jomped into a well and drowned herself A unique entertainment known a3 a "Pov? erie Sosbul" will he give? in the court bouse Friday night for the benefit of tbs Presbyteri? an church. Tue town bas sever bad any? thing like it before, anti everybody should get os their beet and go -Manning Times. JUST ABRIVBD Two car loads of fine Moles and Boree3. Come and see them. Prlcts right Jan 30-lw. W. B. BOYLE. Meteorological Secor?* The followiog is a report of oba;rvations of tbe weather taSen at Statebars, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the 31 days ending Jan. 31, 1901 : Temperature. - a. m Condition, 53 47 fO 39 41 35 ?2 32 57 30 it 30 58 ) 33 63 41 70 : 44 70 53 75 60 69 47 47 35 57 32 68 i 42 65 I 47 58 ! 43 43T 55 54 65 63 56 55 53 48 5l -9 46 49 49 23 28 27 38 45 36 42 32 25 42 '/9 31 39 37 5.. 44.5 38 42 43 5 41. 45 r 52 58. 61 5 67 5 58 41 i 44 f 55 1 56 50. 35 41 5 40 t 51.6 54. 46 48 5 42 5 3? i 43 39 38 5 4? 43 i JIB SS SB SB SSS B HW B B ?* SB S ?W BBB S SW s w w w s B-va N-ve SB 8B-V8 W-Tft .aw sw w aw v? w-va w I :?1 1.26 O') 00 .00 00 .00 .00 .00 09 .14 .09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .90 .oe .00 00 Traer 02 .00 .53 .00 .00 .35 .00 .0.1 20 00 (Jiou j y Cioody Cioodv .Jloodr Clear .Cioody .Jloody C?e*r Cie*r Cloudy Condy .Ciondy .Cloudy Clear .Cioody Cloudy Cioady C!e*r Clear CI-jar .Cioody Clear Cl^ar Cloudy Clear .Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cioody Cloodv .Cloudy .Partly cloudy. Killin? fros's and ie-; on ?be 4tb, 5tb, 6:h, 7th, ?4th, I8:b, 19.h and 20th. Tbe tempe? rature doring the taootb w*s much milder than for a number of years pas'., 23 having teen tbe lowest point to which the mercury fell nt any time, though the month was mod? erately eoid and bracing. THE PASSION PLAY. Kev. Father Daniel Berberich ? Lecture Next Thursday Night, Feb 7th, at St. Joseph's Cfc ap ol. ? Tbe Christian world was deep!j interested io tbe wonderful passion play at Ooer Am mergau last summer Thousands from dis? tant lands visited it, and periodicals teemed with narrative and description Father Ber cencb, of Charleston, took the long journey, to bim a pilgrimage, and was a sj mpatbet c observer and iisreoer. fie bas made a special study of the history and character of the play, ?cd prepared a lecture which will em? body tba impressians resulting from hts ob* serration of the performance and bis perso? nal intercourse with the actors and villagers. Moreover he ha? procured at considerable expense, fifty etereopticon views, taken at Ooer Ammergau last summer, for lecture pur? poses. Father Berberich will deliver bil lecture at St. Joseph s Chapel, Thursday night, Febru? ary 7tb, at 8 o'clock, aad a rare treat awaits those who attend. Tickets now on sale at all the drug stores. Adults 25c, children 10c. Weicht by Incite?. "Forty and a half," sung out the cut? ter of a Chestnut street tailoring finn as he passed the tape across a custom? er's chest. Thirty-eight was registered "when the measure girded the custom? er's waist, and then the cutter stepped back and sized up the patron's height as compared with that of the salesman who was recording the measurements. "Your weight is 165 pounds," he said. "One sixty-seven," spoke up the man who was being measured for a coat. "How did you guess it?" "No guesswork about it. I simply compared your height with that of the salesman here, who is 5 feet S inches tall. You are about two Inches taller, or, say, 5 feet 10 Inches. With chest and waist measurements and a man's height figured out I can come within a pound or two of his weight every time, as my close estimate of your avoirdu? pois proves. Of course there are ex? ceptions, notably the man with the very slim waist and wide shoulders, who is invariably much lighter in build than his appearance and measurements indicate. In that case I drop about ten pounds from my figures and manage to come pretty near the mark."-Philadel? phia Record. They Worked on Benches, The dignified dame was not really English, but she had mastered the dia? lect to some extent. ""My nevvew 'Erbert," she said, "wants to marry a schoolteacher! Fawncy! A person who works for a living! To be sure, now that I think of it, that is not always a disgrace. You, my dear, write for the press now and then, I am told, but you don't 'ave to, you know. That is different" "Yes," replied the young person to whom she was speaking, "but I may be said to have inherited a tendency to work. My father and grandfather both worked for a living, and they were not allowed even the luxury of a chair tc sit on. They worked on benches." "Dear me!" exclaimed the dignified dame, greatly shocked. "What did they -ah-work at?" "Well, my father was a judge of the superior court, and my grandfather was one of the justices of the United States supreme court."-Chicago Trib? une. Worth the Difference, In S. L. Powers' story at the Middle? sex Bar association dinner the lawyer tried the case for the complainant. Sne sued a middle aged gentleman for breach of promise. He married an? other girL The jury retired, and the de? fendant also went his way. The jury returned, the defendant did not. The jury found for the plaintiff in $S00 damages. The lawyer met the middle aged gen? tleman a few minutes later in the lob? by of an adjacent hotel. "Squire." said the latter, "how did the jury decide?" "Against you," was the answer. "I didn't think they would do that" said the middle aged gentleman mus? ingly. "What's the damages?" "That ain't so bad!" he exclaimed, on being told. "Squire, there's that much difference between the two women." Boston Herald. One of Her Way?. "The ways of the female shopper are beyond the ordinary salesman's ken," said a disgusted optician wno is in business in the shopping section of the city. "A woman came In here the other day and asked the prices of all kinds and styles of spectacles and eye? glasses known to those In the trade. Finally, after a half hour's quizzing, she rustled out with the remark: **Thank you. I expect to get a pair of glasses for a birthday present and I ?ust wanted to know about the prices of them.' "-Philadelphia Record. A Fated Spot. About a mile south of the Michigan state line and near Cedar lake, Indiana, is a small spot of land upon which vegetation absolutely refuses to grow. The surrounding soil, though apparent? ly the same, is very productive. The spot is less thaD 1!0 feet in diameter and Is located in a grove which tra? dition declares to have been the tor? ture ground of the Bawbeese Indians. In every heme there i* trouble Sun? day morning in finding the man's clean underwear.-Atcbison Globe. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tbe Kind Yon Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Obeyed Order?. One of the officials of tbe road had invited a party of gentlemen to take a little pleasure excursion over a part of the line on his private car. Before the appointed day he was taken sick and called in his chef and commissary, j "Eph," he said, "I have asked these friends and can neither go with them nor disappoint them. I want you to give them the best there is in the larder and see that it is served as weir as it would be at the best hotel in the world." Eph scratched his head and looked troubled, but simply said, "Yes, sah." On the return several of the gentle? men congratulated the official upon having such a "man," and one or two intimated that if E!ph ever wanted an? other position he would have no trou? ble in securing lt. Finally Eph reported. "It wa' a great outin, sah," he assured his employer. "Yas, sah; dat's right sah: a stupen dlficious outin, sah. De gem'men all done me proud, and I tells 'em it wa' you, sah." Then Eph showed the bill, and it was a stunner for length and amount. He stood hat in hand until the official said: "Pretty steep, Eph; pretty steep. Noth? ing left out and nothing but the best." "Dat's right, sah. I was rusticated mos' to deaf, sah, but I jes' says to my? self, sah, ?at dey was no greater epicac in de lan dan you is, and I bought and cooked and served, sah, jes' like it wa* you."-Detroit Free Press. The Smothering; Scene. As to stage appointments, there were no plush or velvet curtains or couches draped with satin in early days. The furniture was as unpreten? tious as the costumes. Indeed on one occasion when a lady was playing Des? demona to her husband's Othello a dis? astrous and at the same time ludicrous effect, though of course unrehearsed, had been imminent through the lack of even a nail or two to m^ke an old stool steady. It was the smothering scene, and the couch was made up of two chairs and a rickety stool covered, of course, with the simplest draperies-a red merino curtain trimmed with yellow worsted fringe. Imagine a Desdemona endeav? oring to recline gracefully, all the while feeling portions "of her couch sliding from under her. This is how the scene was played out: Desdemona-Kill me tomorrow; let me live to? night. (I'm falling, dear!) Othello-Nay. if you strive- (Keep quite still.) Desdemona-But half ari hour. (Oh. hold me!) Othello-Being done, there is DO pause. (DI push the stool under.) Desdemona-But while I say a prayer. (Do be quick, Robert, it is slipping.) Othello-It is too late! Which, indeed, it was, for the bed col? lapsed, and Desdemona's body lay up? on the floor, her head upon the sole chair, which stuck to its post faithful? ly.-Gentleman's Magazine. A Dreadful Moment. A conductor on the Park line had an experience the other day that is quite certain to cause him many uncomforta? ble minutes in the future. His car stopped at Spruce street to let a middle aged lady on, and as she took her seat the conductor gave the motorman two bells, and the car shot ahead. When the conductor entered the car, the wo? man in question was looking out of the window and did not see his outstretch? ed hand. "Fare, please." remarked the con? ductor. The woman evidently did not hear him, for she did not turn her head. Neither did she hold out the necessary coin. "Fare, please," said the conductor in a louder tone. But the woman paid no heed. Then the conductor touched her on the shoul? der and in a tone of voice that rang through the car exclaimed: "Your fare, please, lady!" Then the woman turned hastily around and looked at the conductor. The knight of the bellcord gave one gasp and fled to the back platform. The woman was his mother-in-law. Omaha World-Herald. The Two Senators. Congressman Jones of Virginia told this story of his father: Directly after the war Jones senior was sent to the state senate. An old slave who had belonged to him was also elected to thc senate. The two drew adjoining seats. Senator Jones was very courteous and In addressing his former slave always called him senator. The old negro stood it for some time and finally said: "Massa William, I don't like dis sena? tor business. Kain't I come down to yo' house and visit that cook of yourn? I suhtinly would like permission to vis? it yo' kitchen." The request was granted, and while Senator Jones was in his library the other senator was down in the kitchen visiting the cook. They Laed Clean Ones. The head master of a boarding scliool in Sheffield is very particular about the j behavior of his scholars during meal? times. A short time ago the master ob? served one of the boys cleaning his knife on the tablecloth and immediate? ly pounced on him. "Is that what you generally do at home, slr?" he asked sternly. "Oh. no." replied tbe boy quietly. "Wc generally use clean knives at home."-Loudon Fun. Sn perlat I ve. "There's a lucky mau for you!" "How's that?" "Why. he's ?rot a butler so dignified that he even awes the cook into sub? mission."- Exchange. Advice. "Young man." said Senator Sorghum, "if you wa ut to succeed In polities never hreak your word." "But are there Dot times when it is impossible to keep a promise?" "To be sure. But you must make jour arran^ementR so that you don't break the promise yourself. Put the blame on somebody else."-Washing? ton Star. ' Timid Woman, Calions Brute. There is an F street real estate man wlmse pretty home is in one of the pleasantest streets in the older part of town. He is just an ordinary man, with no particular sympathy for the fears of nervous women; he has been married 15 years, and his wife is one of those women who fairly revel in all sorts cf painful imaginings and fright? ful forebodings. She always makes her will when she starts on a journey, and she never fails to forgive all her enemies before she trusts herself be? hind any kind of a horse. There has not been a night in all the 15 years of her married life that she hasn't either smelled smoke or heard burglars. Last week, in the middle of one night, the husband felt the familiar pinch which for 15 years has calloused his arm. He heard the familiar voice say the same old words: "Oh, Charles! Do get up! I smell smoke!" As usual, for after 15 years of that sort of thing even an ordinary man learns not to argue with a woman, he climbed obediently out of bed and went to the window. The street below was full of people, and a fire engine was puffing away at the corner. "Oh, Charles!" called the wife. "Is the house on firer" Fifteen years have made Charles* feelings as callous as his arm. "Yes," said he brutally; "thank good? ness the house is on fire at last. Now perhaps you'll stop worrying."-Wash? ington Post. Daniel O'Connell's Fees. In the National Library of Ireland is the fee book of Daniel O'Connell. This volume, In its 100 pages or so of paral? lel columns, laboriously prepared by the hand of the liberator himself, shows in pounds, shillings and pence his early struggles. O'Connell was called to the Irish bar in 179S-the year of the rebellion-and seven days later he got his first brief, from a brother-in law, who retained him to draft a dec? laration on a promissory note. The only other business he got that year was also given him by a kinsman-a cousin-and it was of the same kind. The fee on each occasion was ?1 2s. 9d. It was in one of his earliest cases that O'Connell made the retort that attract? ed attention to him. He was cross ex? amining an awkward witness, who de? clared that he had drunk nothing but his share of a pint of whisky. "On your oath, now," thundered the young counsel, "was not your share all but the powter?' O'Connell's fee book is an interesting record of his rapid rise in the profes? sion. For the first year, as we have seen, his income amounted to only ?2 5s. Gd. Next year he earned over ?50, and the year after he made over ?400. According to memoranda made in his own handwriting his income in 1S03 was ?405, and in the following years. ?775, ?840, ?1,077, ?1,713. ?2,198, ?2,730, ?2,951, ?3,047 and ?3,808 re? spectively. Anticipated. He was a Scotch minister in a small country parish, and he was sometimes put to it for fresh pasture wherewith to feed his flock. One day, however, he bethought himself that he had never thoroughly exhausted the sub? ject of Jonah, and his heart rejoiced. Jonah and the whale was a sort of tiling whereby you could easily drag out a sermon its allotted two hours. He was in full career and had reached triumphantly the anatomical peculiari? ties ol* the case. "An what feesh do ye think it wad be?" he cried in ' stentorian tones. "Aiblins ye think it wad be a baddie? Na, na. It could nae be a baddie for to tak a big mon like yon in his belly. Aweel, aiblins ye think it wad be a salmon, but I tell ye na, na. lt wad na be a salmon, for deed I doubt ii they ever see salmon yonder. Aweel, aiblins ye're thinking it wad be a big cod" Here an aged and weary voice piped up from the body of the church : "Aiblins it was a whale V" **An the deil hae ye. Maggie Mac? farlane, for takin the word oot o' the mouth o' God's meeaister!"-Lippin cott's Magazine. Condensed Reproof. Occasionally there is to be found a proprietor of a secondhand bookstore who is something more than the nature of his business would seem to indicate. He regards his old and rare volumes rather as a collection than a stock of goods and experiences a pang when he parts with one. A flippant young man dropped into a secondhand bookstore kept by a man of this kind. Taking down several choice old books from the shelves, he Angered them carelessly and replaced them. They happened to treat of abstruse subjects and did not appeal to him. "Are any of these bocks for hire?" he asked carelessly. "No, young man." sharply answered the proprietor. "They are for lore." St. LOHIS Republic Lincoln Couldn't Do Jt. "When I was in Springfield. Abra? ham Lincoln and General Baker, who was killed at Leesburg, Va., during the civil war. made the race for the Whig nomination for congress," said Dr. D. B. Hill. "Both were Whigs, and both were keen fer the nomination. Both had a strong personal following, and If both niii the Democrat would win io the district. So a primary election was necessary to settle the contest Baker won i?oth men were at Springfield when the Dews came. Lincoln was de? pressed. The crowd to cheer him up caih'd on him for a speech. Getting up. he said: 'Gentlemen. I'd like to com ph with your request but 1 can't ma Kt- :> speech now I expected to re eeive the nomination, but I failed. If 1 had won. i know Baker would have got up here and so charmed yon with his eloquence :is to make you believe yon had done him a favor by nominat? ing me. But I can't do iL' "-Argonaut SV2CTEE COTTON HASSET. Strict middling, 9 1-16. 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Augusta andLv " ?? 20a? 310p NOTE: In addition to the above service trains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Cnarles ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11:00 p. m.;arrive Columbia 6:00 a. m. No. 16 leavtf Columbia 1:30 a. m. ; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m. SJceping cars ready for occupancy at 9:01 p. m. bot h at Cliarleston and Columbia. Theas trains make close connections at Columbia with through trains between Florida pointe and Washington and the east. Connection with trains Nos. 31 and 32 New York and Flor? ida Li:ni:ed between Blackville, Aiken and Au? gusta. No 31 leaves Blackville at 8:48 a. m.: Aiken 9.40 a. rn.; Augusta 10.20a. m. No. Si leaves Augusta 6.;? p. m.; Aiken 7.15p.m.: Blackville S.?5D. m. "Pullman Drawing Room sleepers between Augusta, Aiken and New York. Trains Nos. 6and ll carry Elegant Pull? man Parlor Cars between Chariest on. Summer? ville and Columbia, connecting at. Columbia with the Famous New York and Florida l?n* i ted._'_._ Ex." TSu?T Ex. Sun. oalv.; Sun. Lv. Augusta - Ar. Sandersville. " Tennille. 7 OOai 9 30?; ?0?p!l243p: ?aOp 1250p! Lv. Tennille. " Sandersville. Ar. Augusta. 5 40a 390pj 5 50a 4 OOni O.O?af 7 I0p> Lv. Savannah.[1230a 1255p; 4 30p " Allendale,. 3 45a 355p} " Barnwell. 413a 426pr. " Blackville.j 4 28a 439pj8I3p| Ar. Batesburg.I..... .| Ar. Columbia.,... ? 6 lOa .6:5pj 9 45p| Daily rwi?^Dai'y; ^^?Exs?v 5 2?f s 32p 8 40p 3 10p 3 ?Sp 8% "Mix Ex su S COP Daily Lv. Columbia.jil 30a Lv. Batesburg.j...... Ar. Blackville.fl 10p " Barnwell..[ 1 24p ** Allendale.| 1 55p " Savannah.? 3 05p - I Mix : Daily D^Exsu'exM* ;_i . 115aj . . ; 7 ?Ss? 257a!l9:'4i?i 8 38? 3i2aii?ja ... 3 45a'?! 3Ca?. ... Sfl?aJ ?10 20a Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston...; ?OOaJ 320pj Ar. Autrnsta.jil 5?3'!02l?p M Atlanta.I 820p{ SOOaj Lv. A?kinta. T.JO&pl ii??l Ar. Chattanooga.' 2 l'JaJ i>4S?j 400p S Wp Lv. Atlanta.I.; ?>^?: A lop Ar. Birminjrhm. .??J2n'i?r'?U?p " Memphis, ( via liir'mgam) _? KU."p.; 7 liv Ar. Lexington... j.9 3fa[ .*i?5p: 5 m?\ " Cincinnati.-.J2u'r.{ T3?pj 7 45n Chicago.{ 83oPf 7 I3at 530p Ar. Louisville. St. I?uis .. Ar. Memphis. (viaChatt) J 7*>p| 7 50n j 7 04aj <>00p f' 7 Hi}.' 7 I?N To Asheville-Cincirmati-I*ouisville. BASTBRN TIME. Ly. LT Lv. Ar. Augusta.. ._ Batesburg. .. Charleston. Columbia (Union Depot). Spart anburg . Asheville . Knoxville.. . Cincinnnati. Louisville (via Jellies)_ NOl34?NOt3S Daily Daj^y y?ojii V sup 448pjl20?? "7(Oa,?"l 00? ll 4?at 820n ?3 lOp 1125? ;715pj -2 48p 4 liai 7 3U<' 7 li);.t 7 -?B ... I <> ?JUI To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta.._ " Ratesburg. " Columbia (Uuion D4TpotJ. Ar. Charlotte.. . . Ar. Danville.'. Ar. Richmond Ar. Washington. .-? " Baltimore Pa R. R. " Philadelphia.. " New York. : 3nop; ya),** 4 4Sp'i207? 0 0i\r, 2 laa 920p[ 945? 1251a' 138p 7".fta| 825p S50{> 912a|ll25p llU5a: 25Ki 203p] Ol^f f Daily except Suu<lay. Sleeping Car Line between Charhistou anj Atlanta, via Augusta, making eonu?vt>jns at Atlanta for all points Nort h and West. ( Connection at Atlanta with Chicago and. Florida special, daily except Sunday. Mosi. luxurious train in th? world. Connections at Columbia with through traine ' for Washington and thc Kost: also for Jackson? ville and all Florida l'oints ; FRANK S. GANNON, Third V-P. i<c cien, r.?^r Washingtou, 1). i!. HOBT. W. HUNT. Ifcv. Pans. Agt, <( <:har?cston, S. C- J S. H. HARDWICK. W.H. TAYLOR! '4ea. r.-v-i Afc't.. As?J ?4cn. Pass Agt, j Wasiiington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga. j J. M. CCLP, Tra?Tic Manager. Wasliingtou.D. C