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IKE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. Frei Cairo to New Orleans Dis? aster Threatens. At Memphis the River Yesterday Had Risen Five-tenths of a Foot ra 24 Hours Memphis, Tenn., March ll.-The Mississippi Eiver is rising steadily at ..its point, the gauge this morning marking 32.2 feet This is a rise of five-tenths of- a foot in the past twenty Jour hours. It is believed that the inver will reach a.mark of 38 feet at 3iemphia ^Reports from Mississippi and Arkansas today indicate that the gravest apprehension prevails regard? ing the food situation. In some dis? tricts armed sentries are patrolling the levees. All streams and rivers in :>*Arkansas are overflowing. In North ? Memphis the flood has already begun encroaching at certain points, and it "?Till take but a few inches more of miter to render work impossible at many of the lumber industries in that section of the city. At Greenlawn and 2d streets the backwaters have j reached the latter thoroughfare. The 'occupants of cabins there have been compelled to flee to higher ground. The steamer Georgia Lee arrive from Cairo today and reports all landings to be in a bad condition. The steam? ers' officers say refugees from the low? lands are to be seen everywhere. The -Government engineers have augmented their force and the steamers are car? rying sacks of sand and other supplies to the more, dangerous places in the -levee system. TIE OUTLOOK AT NATCHEZ. A Fifteen-foot Levee Reported Broken-Houses Washed Away. ^Natchez, Miss. March IL-A report reached here today that the Texas and Pacific Railroad embankmnet at Bougre, in Lower Concordia Parish, about thirty-five miles south of Yad alia, had broken, but Shoriff Gilles? pie, of that pacrish, could.not verify the report. This embankment is fif? teen feet high, or three feet higher than the high water stage of 1897, and is a new levee. To aprpeciate the force that would be necessary to break this levee it is stated that the average base of a fifteen-foot levee is one hundred feet through. Officers on the mail steamer Betsy Ann are authority for the statement that frame buildings in the lowlands have been washed away. Residences have been torn from their .foundations. and some have been caught and held by the trees. The owners and occupants were glad to escape with their lives. Deer, bears and other animals have been driven to high lands and are being slaugh? tered in large numbers. The weather is threatening. The river gauge is 46.85, being above the Abinger line and rising. - j . . ?.-??? Special River Bulletin. Washington. March li.-The weath? er bureau this afternoon issued the following special river bulletin : From Cairo to Helena conditions have become siigtly more threatening since Tuesday. The rise is progress? ing at an increased rate and 38 feet -of water are expected at Memphis by Sunday or Monady. A stage of 39 feet 5s not improbable and precautions should be made for that stage. The ' "White Eiver has continued to rise -rapidly, while the Arkansas is also near high water stage, and the effects ot these waters will be felt in the main river within a short time. Below Helena the rise will continue .steadily sind maximum stages will probably be reached as follows : Kans? as City, 51 feet ; Greenville, 46. feet ; "Vicksburg, 50 feet. The Mississippi below Vicksburg and the Atchafalaya will continue to rise for the next three or four weeks, while the Red, below Shrieveport, and the Ouachita will continue to rise for several days. Mr. Simpson, the Apiarian. Mr. H. C. Simpson, the well-known apiarian at Catawba Junction, was in town Monday and remembered to call and renew his subscription to The Herald. Mr. Simpson has been in the bee business since 1880 and has. had a great deal of experience in that very inter? esting industry. He related as a peculiar circumstance the fact that last year he took from his 145 hives an average of ll pounds from the stands, while the year before the average was 39 pounds, and in 1900 the average was 45 pounds. Last year was the lowest ?yield in ten, though not as small as he has known. The yield one season a number of years ago was only four pounds to the hive, while in another year he has received a return of as much as an average of 60. 3Jr. Simpson thinks the conditions in winter . has much to do with the yield of honey-he believes that a winter with long continued rains will affect vegetation so as to warrant a rich supply, and a dry winter the reverse effect. Though the weather conditions at time of flow of nectar lias the greater influence, provided the winter weather has been favorable. Mr. Simpson sells nine-tenths of his honey in Eock Hill. His greatest re? turn was in 1900, when he received 4,000 pounds ,.and that was nearly all sold in Eock Hill *at an average of about 11^4 cents per pound. He is an enthsuiast on the subject of bee cul? ture and in this country is an author? ity on the subject.-Eock Hill Her? vid. What's in a Name? Everything is in the nance when-it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. De Witt & Co., of Chicago, discovered, some yfa~s- ago, how to make a salve from Witch Hazel that is a specific for Piles. Fer blind, bleeding, itching and protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all skin disease?, DeWitt's Salve has no f qu> 1. This has given rise to numerous worth Jess counterfeits. Ask for DeTVitts-the gen -T ft Rr: rr Vi erm & Cn FLOOD SITUATION STILL SERIOUS. The Lower Mississippi River Con? tinues to Bise. The Levees Are Still Holding But the Government Report Predicts a Further Rise in Rivers. Memhis, Tenn., March 12.-There is little change in the river siuation tonight and althongh the rise today has been slight the Southern situation is still considered grave and a stage of more than 38 feet is still expected. The gauge tonight shows [35.8 and ris? ing, an advance of two-tenth s since midnight last night. Dispatches from Caruthersville say that the situation here is practically unchanged and that, the embankments will hold a stage of water three feet greater than at present. These dis? patches are from private individuals and if the government engineers have received advices from Carutersville to? day they have not made them public Capt. Lucas, U. S. engineer in charge of the first and second districts, left today for Helena, Ark,, to personally inspect conditions in the White river district. The government steamer Mercury left today for Helena with sup? plies and men for Assistant Engineer Levasseur, who is in charge of the j levee strengthening work at that point. The Robert E. Lee left today for the south carrying supplies and men for the levee engineers at Oat Island, where the rush of the waters through the 17 mile gap in the levees is causing uneasiness. The James Lee left for the north with men and supplies for the enigneers ac Pecan Point, where strengthening work is in progress on the embankment No news has been received from the area in Mississippi county, Ark, which was reported flooded yesterday by water having percolated through the embankments. The engineers here say that the crest of the rise will probably reach Memphis Sunday unless there are further heavy rains generally over the area drained by th") tributaries of the Mississippi in the meantime. They predict a re? cord breaking stage of water on account of the fact that the levees are all hold? ing against the flood. During the high water of 1897 the river at Mem? phis was-40 miles broad and there were no embankments on the Arkans? as shore to back up the waters and narrow the channel of the river. Should the embankments hold the crest of the rise will pass Memphis quicker than otherwise would be the case and the danger of breaks in the levees be? low this city will be greatly increased. Fjpr this reason the situation below Memphis is now that which is develop? ing most concern. STRENGTHENING THE LEVEES. Jackosn, Miss., March 12.-So thoroughly convinced is Gov. Longino that the Mississippi levees must break tomorrow or next day that he will leave tomorrow morning for Greenville, whence he will direct the work of the State convicts and see to the trans? porting of State property to places of safety. Warden Henry is now .gather? ing convicts from several State farms and hastening by special train to points of danger along the river front. Vote on Canal Treaty Tuesday. ? Washington, March 12.-The senate by unanimous consent today agreed to vote cn the Colombian canal treaty Tuesday. The amendments to the treaty are to be considered Monday. The request for unanimous agreement was made by Senator Frye. The agree? ment is in part as follows : "That not later than Tuesday next, the vote upon the resolution for rati? fication shall be taken without fur? ther debate. That the injunction of secrecy shall then be removed from the speeches of Senator Morgan al? ready printed and submitted to sen? ators, including that to be made by him on the response to the senate re? solution calling for information as to the agreement between the Panama Canal company and our government and they shall be printed in the re? cord, and that the speech or speeches made for and against the ratification of the treaty, during the hour of general debate allowed each side shall be printed in the record in like man? ner as the speeches of Senator Mor? gan." On motion of Senator Gorman the injunction of secrecy was removed from the agreement. Washington," March ll.-In open session of the senate today Mr. Allison of Iowa offered a resolution authoriz? ing the committee on rules to reex? amine the rules of the senate with the view to ascertaining what changes, if any,* are necessary and especially to j make inquiry whether it is expedient ! to in any way limit debate in the sen ; ate and if so to what extent. The re ! solution further provides that the 1 commitee is authorized to sit during . the recess of the senate and is direct ed to submit a report to the senate of j its conclusions as soon as practicable, i after the beginning of the session next ! December. Washington, March ll.-Although the Cuban reciprocity treat}* has not I yet been taken up by the senate com? mittee on foreign relations, opposition to it is crystalizing rapidly among Democrats and the administration is secretly much concerned over the out- j look. The Democrats are now threaten- j ing a filibuster in behalf of their' amendment providing for the ratifica? tion of the treaty by the congress be- ! comes effective. On a strict party vote the minority is able to prevent ratifica? tion. The report comes from Charleston that the guano movement is very heavy. The outlook is for the sale of 400,000 tons. From Wilmington, At? lanta and Kichmond about 50,000 ad? ditional will be shipped to this State. It will take about 200,000 bales of cot? ton to pay for it. Tampa, Fla, March 9.-Henry Thomas, colored, who attempted a criminal assault on the ten-year-old daughter of Porter Keene, on Friday, was lynched near Parish last night, after being identified by his victim and having admitted his guilt. ALLIANGEMEN WANT RECEIVER. Application for a Receiver for the Farmers' Alliance Fund, Consisting of a Deposit of $16,000 Now in the Hands of the Alliance Exchange. Columbia, March 10.-The Farmers' Alliance fund has gotten into the Courts. The Alliance Exchange has about 816,000 on deposit and snit has now been brought asking for the ap? pointment of a receiver and the dis? tribution of the fund among the in dividaul members entitled to it. The suit is brought in the name of H. E. Brookshire, on behalf of himself, on behalf of the stockholders of the Cash Mill Sub-Alliance, and on behalf of all other stockholders of the "Farmers' Alliance Exchange of South Carolina, limited," who will come into this ac? tion and share the expenses thereof. Plaintiff against the Farmers' Alliance Exchange of South Carolina, limited : A. C. Lyles, J. L. Keitt, J. B. Douth it, J. F. Ashe, S. T. McKeown and O. P. Goodwin : M. L. Donaldson and C. J. Coit; on behalf of themselves and all other creditors of said Farm? ers' Alliance Exchange, defendant. The plaintiff is represented by Lawyers James Verner and Bellinger, Townsend an Haskell. Application has been made to Judge Ernest Gary for the appointment of a receiver, and he has fixed the 21st of Mar.cn as the time for hearing arguments, if there j be oppoition to the appointment of a ! receiver, who is to marshal the assets and distribute the fund, according to the direction of the Court. The complaint alleges that the Al? liance Exchange is not using the money for the purposes for which the fund was collected, and on that account the money should be returned to those who paid it for fear of its being dissipated. The order is brief, but the complaint corvers a great deal of ground and gives the history of the fund. The Court will also be asked to hold the fund in its entirety, as the direct? ors of the Alliance, it is stated, are not now using the fund for the origin? al purposes. lt is further ralleged that there are debts or claims against the fund, which ought to be met, and that some decision should be had as to the validi? ty of these claims. The case is likey to be interesting. ?mm II i wkVM Township Boards of Assessors. The following appointments for Township Boards of Assessors have been recommended by the legisla? tive delegation to Governor Hey? ward : Manchester Township:-W. J. Ardis, Pinewood; E. W. Nettles. Wedgefield; Geo. T. Gedding?, Wedgefield. Sumter Township:-W. M. Gra? ham. Sumter; H. J.McLaurin, Sum? ter; B. P. Stack house, Osw^go. Concord Township:-W. J. Durant, Sumter ; J. I. Brogdon, Brogdon ; R. C. Blanding, Sumter. Privateer Township:-S. A. Har vin, Ramsey ; W. O. Cain ; Ramsey; D. E. WTeIls, Privateer. Providence Township:-R. J. Brownfield. Catchall ; W. S. Dinkins, Rural Route, Sumter; W. S. Bur? kett, Sumter. Rafting Creek Township:-E. E. E. Rembert, Rembert; T. P. Sander?, Boykins; T. O- Sanders, Jr., Hagood. Mayesville Township:-G. W. Mc? Bride, Goodwill ; J. E. Mayes. Mayes ville; W. A. Cooper, Mayesville. Stateburg Township:-J. T. Frier son, Sta,teburg; DeSanssure Bull, Stateburg; Scriven Moore, State? burg. Middleton Township:-E. E. Ay cock, Wedgefield; J. B. Ryan, Wedgefield, J.. B. Crouch, Wedge? field. Shiloh Township:-J. D. Frierson, Shiloh; S. W. Truluck, Shiloh; James Hicks, Shiloh. More Riots. Disturbances of strikers are not nearly as grave as an individual disorder of the system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous tension will be followed by utter collapse unless a reliable remedy is in/mediately employed. There's nothing so efficient to cure disorders of the liver or kidneys as Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful tonic, and effective nervine and the greatest all around medicine for run down systems. It dispels nervousness, rheumatism and neu? ralgia and expels malaria germs. Only 50c, and satisfaction guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. Reduced Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line. Richmond, Va.-Southern Educational Conference.-Tickets on sale from points in Virginia, April 20th, 21st and 22nd. Final limit April 28th, 1903. From all other points, April 20th and 21st, final limit April 28th, one and third fares. April 20. Savannah, Ga.-Southern Baptist Con? vention and Auxilliary Societies.-Tickets on sale from all points at one fare for round trip, plus twenty five (25) cent?. May 4th to 7th.. inclusive. Final limit Muy 20th, 1903. An extension of the final limit until June 1st, may be obtained by deposit of tickets with Joint Agent at Savannah, on pay rr. ent of fee of fifty (">(>) cent?. May 7. New Orleans, La.-United Confederate Veterans* Reunion. Tickets on sale May ICth to 21st, inclusive. Final limit May 24th, 1903. An extention of final limit to June 15th, may be obtained by deposit of ticket? with Joint Agent at New Orleans on payment of fee of fifty (50) cent?. Rate one cent j er mile. May 21 Call on ticket agents for exact rates and any other information and ?-ce that your j tickets read via the Atlantic Coast Line. Approved: H. M. Emerson, W. J. Craig, Traffic Manager. Gen. Pas. Agent. A Remarkable Case. One of the most remarkable cases of a j cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing j pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. : Fenner, Marion, Ind., who was entirely j cured by the use of One Minute Cough ; Cure. She says : The coughing and ! straining so weakened me that I run down ? in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried ! a number of remedies to no avail until I 1 used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bot . ties of this wonderful remedy cured me I entirely of the cough. Strengthened my : lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength.*' J. S. Hugh son & Co. Paine's Celery Compound CURES RHEUMATISM. Rheumatism, which does its terrible v/ork in the muscles, joints, and tissues, is csu>ed i y uric acid which gathers in the blood. To get rid of this poisonous acid which produces thc irritations, pains, agonies, inflammations, and swellings peculiar to rheumatism, Taine's Celery Compound should he used without delay. No other medicine gives such prompt, cheering, and happy results. It is the only : medicine th?it prevents a return of the dreaded ' disease. Paine's Celery Compound braces | the nerves, the blood is quickly cleared of all ? irritating poisons, tissue and muscle are built j up, and the digestive organs perfectly toned. | Do not treat with indifference the slightest rheumatic symptoms; the early use of Paine's Celery Compound will save you weeks and months of suffering. Mr. S. D. Conway, St. Louis, Mo., was permanently cured by Paine's Celery Compound after repeated fail? ures with other medicines and physicians; he says: "I am 64 years of age, and have lived in St. Louis 27 years, and all this time with the exception of three years, I have served in the Engineers' Department as Inspector. Last winter I contracted rheumatism and was laid up. I tried all remedies and doctors, but all failed until I struck Paine's Celery Compound, which has made a permanent cure in my case. 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Among them ca? be found horses of all kinds, Including pairs, single, driving and saddles Also a carload of well broke mules. Full line of vehicles of ail kinds. A Large quantity of Native Rust Proof Seed Oats. Sumter, S. C., Sept. 10,1902. M?OONj GS. SOMTERj 8. 0. ROCKY M&DNT, N. C. Arfope & Whiff G-. E. BICHAR D SON, - - M anager. Marble and Granite Monuments, Head? stones and iron Fencing. Large Stock Finished Work on Yard. You will find our prices much lower than you have been paying. Investigate, call or write j for designs and prices. Special discount for the next thirty days. Office and works 33 E. Liberty Street, Sum? ter, S. C. - Aug ll Don't Frown ! How many fair brows are marred by the ugly wrinkle called a frown ! It comes from trying to fix the eyes on a given point and forcing them to perform task' for which they are incapacitated. A Pair of Good Glasses, such as I fit to your face and your eyes, will make the task easy and drive away the frown. DE. Z. F. HIGHSMITH, Graduate Optician, Corner Main and Liberty streets, in Sumter Drug Co.'s store. Feb 4-0 FIRST NATIONAL BANE OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Capital.$ 75,000 00 Surpius and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175,000 06 Transacts a General Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and npwards received. In terest allowed at tbe rate ot' 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed iug $300, payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. R UK WALLACE, R. L. EDMUHDS, President. Cashier. BUN AND LOCKSMITH. I take pleasure in giving no? tice to my friends and the pub? lic generally, that, having re? gained my health, I have re? opened my shop, and am ready to do any work in the line of Guns, Locks, Sewing Machines, &c. Prices reasona? ble, work done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop removed to JSO. 22 West Liberty street, two doors from Osteen's Book Store. R a BR AD WELL. ls Largest ai 1st Collete Estalffiiiit M Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS. SASH] BLINDS; Moulding & Building Material. . office and Warerooms, Sing, opposite Cac non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Purchase our make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o fl PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years' experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Paints for different use, such as Floor, Roof iron, Tar? nishes. Bronze, Sandpaper, Put? ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso mine, etc. I want some work painting and upholstering. I will paint your house, Kaiso mine or paper the walls cheap, for while at work ? am very apt to lind a Sofa. Rocker, or Sideboard that needs scraping and varnishing, also upholstered. I have some pretty colors in Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair Plush, or I may lind a Car? riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and give you a set of harness free, or paint the buggy for five dollars and no gift. Buggy tops ?9.00, fitted on. Wheels, steel tires, painted and put on ready for road, ?10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint? ed and trimmed, ?2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu? bricating Axles. Office in Curtis Houses, No 326 South Main street. ,H..B. CURTIS. Thone 195. I paint signs. i