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C|t S??dcbm an m? ? o uiijroii WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13. .?ntcred at the Post Office at Sumter, S. G., as Second Class Matter. ^JSTRW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. F. Gamble-Notice. B. Scott Carson, Sheriff-Sales. Scott Cai son-Lost or stolen. "v*-' #rs. N.'R. Witbe.spoon-Notice to tres? passers. . John T. Green? School Commissioner-Ex? amination of Teachers. Personal. Mr. Wright, of Macon, Ga., brother of Hrs. C. C. Brown is in the city, visiting his sister. Hus Lillie Pate returned last Thursday from Florence where she has been visiting for some time'. * Mr. CT. Mason has moved into the City and is now living at the corner of Graham sad Sumter Streets. ] Mr. A. D. Kicker, Jr., of Chattanooga, Ten? nessee, is visiting bis father, Mr. A. D. Kicker and family of this city. Mrs. T. T. Earle? of Greenville, and Miss Annie Cooler, of Anderson, are visiting the family of Cot. J. H. Earle. Miss Evelyn Benbow, of Summerton, has returned home. She bas been visiting the family of Mr. W. H. Epperson. Mr. Herman Bultman, of Florence, has been in the city since Sunday visiting bis . parents. He returns home to-day. ? Mr.'Andrew M. Davis and wife of Cali? fornia are in the city visiting the family of Gen. E. W. Moise. Mrs. Davis is the daugh? ter of Gen..M oise. The Rev. John Kershaw has returned from bis trip to Florida, and reports himself as quite well. His father also is greatly im? proved by the trip. Mr. Milton Dargan returned last Monday to .-- bis Some in Texas. He was accompanied by Mr. Henry McLanrio, son of Dr. H. J M c Lauri n of this city. Mrs. W. N. Taft, of Charleston, and her sis? ter, Mira Jennie Moses were in the city last week visiting Mrs. Mikel! and family. Mrs. Taft returned on Saturday but Miss Moses is still here. Oe account of a severe attack of rbeums - aaffsm Mr D. B. Anderson, who has been Jiving: North for some time, has been com .pealed to rei urn South. He is now at home confined to bis bed. Miss Annie Blanding returned last Thurs? day from Corstcana Texas. Miss Annie attended school io that city until last June, '*' when she graduated. She was a little girl wbeo she left, and bas returned to us a young !*dy. Mr. John I. Green, a bright yonng repre? sentative of the Charleston World, is in the o&y^Hr. Green represents one of the bright, .newsy papers of the south, one that has become a power in South Carolina.-Atlanta ?OiaitiMtiOH. -Professor W. H. Devon, of Saddler's, Bryant and Stratton Business College of Bal? timore, committed suicide last Saturday by - shooting in Druid Hill Park. Prof. Devon will be remembered by a number of Sumter boys who have studied under bim. No cause ts assigned for his rash act. Rev. Wm. D. Johnson, D. D., colored, of Athens, Ga., called on us some days ago, and presented us a copy of his address on -'The Negro Problem," delivered in Dr. Talmage's Church tn Brooklyn, New York. Dr. John? . con is representing the educational depart ; men* of the A. M. E. Church. ' The rainy weather bas made bestriding and fishing again possible on the savannas of Privateer. -Mr. J. H. Winburn has removed his can vass photographic gallery from* the Court House-square! Mr. C. F. A! Boltman's thoroughbred Hol? stein bull fell into a well at Manning the other "day, but was rescued through the heroics efforts of Mr. W. K. Bell, in whose charge he was. It is understood that about five marriages j will take place within the neat two or three j weeks.. If marriage is a failure, there ap? pears-to .exist a widespread desire to prove it by experience. ?n ?QM Folksy Party" ?is the entertain . men to be given by the Nondescript this even? ing at the residence of Mr. Perry Moses. All ?elderly persons are earnestly requested to re? main, at. home. Several complaints have been entered against our night police lately, but they have ' cot yet taken such shape that we feel called on to make them public. We like the mem? bers of the force and hope they will give as AO -cause for censuring them. Captain John Reid took first prize on . pigeons and Brahma chickens at the Poultry And Pet Stock Show in Charleston last week. As be did not ixhibit anything else, be m*y j be said to have made a clean sweep. Captain j Reid'* taste in poultry and pet stock is j . marvelously accurate and has been acquired i by long study and experience The recent account in the Sunday Kejcs of a white man being sold for a certain period in Arkansas reminds me that white men have been sold in this State; at least there is one .case os record. There ?3 now living, unless iie has died recently, an aged white man named Purvis Rogers, who, forty or fifty ^ears ago, w;is sold in Sumter for vagrancy. ! ' An old citizen of this township told the I writer that be thinks the price paid for Rog- < ;*rs was a dollar and a half.-Privateer Cor. j Jiae* and Courier. j Mr. Rogers is living and appears to have little thought of dying tor twenty years. Needs Cleaning. "The Sumter Cesaetery has lately become so overgrown with ?eeds and bushes that it bears more the appearance of a wilderoe^ than a resting place of the dead. Maj. J. W. Dargan, who bas in the past done such faith .fol work, has long been ta failing beaith, and of course unable to at:end to the Cemetery, .and this may be one cause for its present con .dition. -- -i A Narrow Escape. - On .Saturday last, Mr. John T. Green, the "School Commissioner, met a rabid dag on .Calhoun Street, and was sarngelv attacked bjyi:. In the scuffle Mr. Green's hat fell off xod the dog caught it. This gave the owner of the hat time to escape. Rarely has a hat ?done better service. The dog belonged to Mr. J. N. Corbett and was killed, it. is not known that anything was bitten. Victor Barbot Honored. Capt. Louis J. Barbot received yesterday a telegram from his son Victor, who has been pursuing his studies at the University of Maryland, in Baltimore, stating (hat he had been awarded yesterday the ?rst honor uni? versity medal. Yoong Barbot, who has received this dis? tinguished honor from one of the first col? leges io the United States, is a Charleston PIgh School boy, and also a former ?t'.aent of the Citadel Academy, having boen one of the first to enter after its reorganization. Graduates of the dental department of the University of Maryland are required to attend j sessions of the university school of medicine prior, to presenting themselves as candidates; for the degree of doctor of medicine. Mr. Barbot attended the full course ?od has been awarded the university prize meda! for perfect examination in the various studies of the university.-Charleston Budget Mr. Barbot has many frieuds here and his npcftB will of coarse please tbem. Anima! Election S L. J. At the annual .election of officers ni the S. L. I. last evening the following were elected : Captain-R. A. Brand. JstLieutenant-A. C- Phelps. 2nd Lieutenant-B. Walsh. 3rd Lieutenant-W. W. Farrish, lat Sergeant-F. M. Spann. 2nd Sergeant-B. R. Sanders. 3rd Sergeant-W. A. Mcilwaine, 4th Sergeant-H. M. Sanders. 5th Sergeant-R. S. Hood. Color Sergeant-W. r\ Rbame. Secretary-E. H. Rhame. Treasurer-Wm. Yeadon. Chaplain-Rev. Joo. Kershaw. Surgeon-Jno. S. Hughson. Drummer-B. L. Spann. The Company propose to build a five thou ?and dollar armor/, with stores ia the base? ment story. The funds are to be raised by paeans of a stock company. The shares are $25 each and are to be paid in 10 monthly ! installments beginning next September. The j /Company took 10 shares and quite a number bave been taken by others. A committee mW be appointed to ?ap rag?. I Married. Oo the 13th of Feb., at the residence of the bride's mother, Clarks Hill, by the Rev. J. P. Mealing, Mr. J. J. Muldrow, of Su-mter, S. C., and Misa Louise Merri wether, of Clarks Hill, Edgefield County, S. C. Married at the residence of Dr. W. J. Pringle, on Sunday, March 10th, by Rev. C. C Brown, Miss Nora Hickson and Mr. A. G. Whitney, all of Florida. Death. Mrs. J. Duncan Shaw, of Bishopville, died the 1st inst. Mrs. Shaw leaves a hu*band and several small children to mourn her death, to whom we extend our deepest sympa? thies.- Water et Messenger. Religious. The Rector will conduct services at the Church of the Holv Comforter on Sunday morning at ll o'clock, and in the evening at 7.30. The Academy of Music. The Prescott and McLean Company gave a good performance of Ingomar to a remark? ably large matinee audience last Saturday afternoon. Richard III was billed for the evening performance, but .after the characters bad been made up for thestage, circumstances over which the company had no control, ren? dered the proposed play an impossibility. Pygmalion and Galatea was substituted. This play is quite simple as to plot, and does not depend on scenic effect. It is an ancient story with a moral which has not become threadbare during all the centuries which have elapsed since it was woven. Through the impious prayers of the Sculptor, Pygma lian, his life-like statue of Galatae* is chang? ed by the gods into living flesh and blood. She is then the embodiment of human inno? cence, and there can be no juster criticism of human life, as it io, than the consternation produced by that innocence. Cruelty is ex? posed, jealousy is diagnosed and the exist? ence ot that wonderfully scarce sentiment, Platonic love, is alleged. These and other morals are framed in a light Scroll work of humor, that 13 really exquisite to one who bas been surfeited by the broad and sugges? tive "rot" (excuse the word) of the average tra veli og stage. Mr. McLean's Pygmalion left nothing to be desired. He would certainly make a won? derful Anthony or Virgiuius. Miss Prescott, as Ga?atae*, probably intro? duced too much of the statuesque into her rendition of the character. This can scarcely be called a fault, but is rather an overdose of correctness. Notwithstanding the suddenness with which the program was changed there was but one slight drawback to the perfect production of the play One of the minor actors did rot know bis lines. This was scarcely notice? able, except to those nearest the stage, aud did not mar the general effect. The Prescott, McLean Company is by far the best that has visited the city this season, and is composed of actors who Heed not shun any stage where good acting is wanted. Mr. Thomas R. Perry, advance agent of the Pete Baker Comedy Company, was in the city oo Saturday. His bil ls ate up for a per? formance of "The Emigrant" ea next Friday evening, March 15tb. The costuming of this Company for the performance of this comedy ii said to have cost an immense amount ot money. Those, therefore, who go out on Friday evening will probably see something gorgeous in the way of stage raiment. As to the play, it has been reconstructed by Mr. Baker and is now 61!ed with new and popular songs, and is well received, if we are to judge by what people say of it. Mr. Baker will appear in the double role of "Lud? wig The Emigrant," and "Aunt Jeremiah." "Lizette" will be played by Miss Earle Rem? ington, who has quite a reputation as a vo? calist. ? ?mm ? ? ? marni - Exerting a Bad Influence. The University of the State of South Caro? lina eeems to be au institution calculated to further the best ioterests of the State to a ,-ery small extent. The Trustees go North to elect Republican professors to instruct our young men, and these instructors are making their influence felt. We have io the South ; some of the finest instructors in the land, yet the claims of our t! oroughly competent and loyal Southerners are ignored and radical Republicans put in the University to instill Yankees ideas into our young men's heads, and to foist in ocr own sons such principies as to make them enemies of the State. An evening paper of Columbia which is showing decided Republican proclivities, pub? lished last Monday two addresses delivered by two of the S. C. University boys, iu a public debate before one of the literary socie? ties connected with the University. These speeches contain sentiments and allege so called facts, that are disgraceful to the State -to every white Democratic citizen of the State. It is just such a speech as might have been expected from some hot-headed Massa? chusetts Republican. If the University confinnes to develop such evil sentiments and doings in the future, as in the past six months, it vould have been far better had the University never been resur? rected. It is time for our legislators to take the matter in band, and see that the State be not compelled to foster in its own bosom a veno? mous reptile that will endeavor to destroy it. It is time for the people to rise in their might and denounce such an institution.-Manning Times. Hired Men to Kill His Father. DABLISGTOJI, S. C., March IO,-In the James murder case, Joseph W. Jamei, white, and Lewis Williams and Robert Arthur, col ? ored, have been couvicted of the murder of ? James's fischer. THB HISTORY 0? THE CRIlii. In the Spring of 1888 Joseph James, Sr., a j well-to-do farmer of Darlingtpu County, was i shot from ambush in the \ard of his own j dwelling. He was killed at once. It was j supposed for some time that he was killed for ! the purpose of robbery, but this theory was I soon dispelled, and it came to be believed that I the old man was murdered by his eon. j Young James was arrested, and William i Scott, Louis Wibiams and Robert Arthur, ; colored, were also arrested as his accomplices j ?D the murder. The four were indicted for ! the murder of old man James ! The verdict seems to have been reached ; through the testimony of Wm. Scott, who j turned State's evidence. He testified that Joseph James, Sr., was killed by Louis Wil ; liams, and tha! Williams used his (Scott's) ! gun io do the killing, and that Scott and Bob ; Arthur were present during the killing. The : pl ?ti for this murder was arranged by Joe : James, Jr., son of the murdered man. He ' offered to pay these three men $600 to kill his I father. The subject had been talked about . between them for some time before, a year or j two. At first he (Scott; was afraid to have j anything to do with it, but Louis Williams j said that he could not kill the old man wiih I out a good gun, so that he (Scott) had prom i i*ed to lend his, which be loaded for tji* i purpose. The plan was to go up to the j hoc- where the old man lived, and, when he i came out on the piazza, just after supper, to ! kill him. Joe Jnmvs was to stay in the bouse* ; so that no one would suspect him. The gun ! was carefully loaded with buckshot aud two I 38 calibre bullets. The wadding used was a ! piece of checked homespun, cut from a piece ; which Scott's wife had bought. The three i men - Williams, Arthur and Scott-met HS ' agreed upon, two of them, Williams and Ar? thur, going into the yard near the house, and ? Scott, the witness. Staving outside. Arthur had his gun. Williams bad Scott's gun, w ith which the shooting wa-- 'rone. When old man Joe James came ojt he was instantly killed aod the three men ran off. Scott became frightened and tried to run off. He was arrested before he could get off, and he at once confessed all he knew.-News and Courier. Clarendon News. Condensed from Manning Times. Messrs. LaMotte Lesesne and Eddie Briggs bad a difficulty last Saturday, at the residence of the former, in which Mr. Briggs received a 8everecut from a knife on the ? hin. The par? ties then agreed to meet privately and fight a duel, but friends came iu aud cooled their hot blood. . Mr. Furraan jenkinson of Panola was at? tacked in the road Ia3t week by a negro with a razor. The purpose was robbery; but, as rt happened, Mr. J. also carried a razor. Re? sult: Negro reported dead from loss of blood. Last Saturday morning Mr. W. WT. HoIIa day and wife, of Summerion, were on their way to Manning. Wheo near Mr. A. W. Thames' a dog scared the horse, causing him to ruo. The buggy was ruo up on a bank of earth, throwing out both Mr. and Mrs. Holla day. Mr. Holladay was seriously burt, sus? taining concussion of the brain. He was un cotecious for several boars. CAPT. DAWSON MURDERED. The News that Shocked Charleston Last Night. JVciTi and Courier, March 13. About half-past 3 o'clock yesterday Capt. F. W. Daveson, Editor of the Charleston News and Courier, left his office Some time ago it had been brought to his attention that one of bis domestics, a stranger in America, and one for whose conduct, being employed in an educational and fiduciary eapacity, he was responsible, was conducting herself in a man? ner that demanded his immediate attention. As will appear elsewhere Capt Dawson bad the best of reasons for calling upon Dr. McDow, which be did at probably about twenty minnies to four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Capt Dawson, on reaching the office of Dr. McDow, alighted from the street car and entered. He never returned alive. The whole truth of the history of what really occurred in that office and in the few fateful moments of the tragedy will lie buried in the grave of Capt. Dawson. The revelations only partially made last night indicate that the death of Capt. Dawson was not only com? passed in a brutally murderous manner, but that a futile effort had been made io bury the body and the act as a secret forever. Dr. Mc? Dow, Capt. Dawson's assassin and murderer, was called upon last night in Jail and asked to explain the circumstances of the trcgedy. He at first declined to make any statement, but eventually said: "Here it is in a nutshell: Capt. Dawson entered roy office, used abusive language and knocked me down with bis cane. I got up and he was about to strike me again when ? shot him." Dr. McDow thee went on to say that Capt. Dawson was not killed in? stantly. That he remained alive from a half to three-quarters of an hour, during which time he, Dr. McDow, remained in the room with the man whose life was fast ebbing away, making up his mind what to do. But there is the strongest and most convincing proof that Dr. McDow remained in the room at least an hour after the death of Capt. Dawson, planning bow be might dispose of the body. At a dis? tance ( a few feet from the back door of the office, at the end of the passage way, is a half door opening into a recess under the stairway which leads to the second story. As was natu? ral and to be expected from the coroner and his jury, a vhorougb examination of the premises was made with a view to the fullest investiga? tion. It is the belief that Lieut. ForrJhara made a startling discovery while this exami? nation was in progress. On the half door above referred to there were noticed some spots of fresh blood. This was of course an incentive to further inquiry, and the ex? amination was extended to all parts of the closet. Drops of blood were found on the floor up to a space where the flooring termi? nated and the earth of the foundation was ex? posed. Here another horrible and startling revelation was made. The mould was no? ticed to be freshly turned up and to a depth which was only limited by a quantity of bricks and other impassable material to the spade or whatever instrument was used in the attempt to dig a grave. Such certainly is the conviction of all those who saw the upturned j earth and the blood spots on the floor and door. This closet door was found nailed tip last night, although it had evidently formerly been laid up against the opening into the closet. It is, therefore, almost absolutely | certain that the assassin endeavored, during his long occupancy of the room with the mur- ? dered man, to dig his grave, and thus forever { bury all proof of eis crime with his victim, j Certain it is, however, that Dr. McDow, after finding his efforts futile, on account of the j character of the soil just noted, determined to set up the plea of self-defenre, and went out and delivered himself to Private Gordon. It was stated that, before being taken to the Central Station, he was permitted to visit one or two lawyers. Dr. McDow said that be was standing up when be fired the fatal shot, and that Capt. Dawson was about to strike bim a second time with his cane. Three things are. there? to: 3, quite remarkable: One, that Capt. Daw? son could have been shot where the bullet en- ; tered ; second, that if Dr McDow had been j knocked down, he can exhibit no marks of soch implied violence, and thirdly, if it were self-defence why the tell-tale grave beneath .the stairs. Dr. McDow reached the Central Station at 6.51 P. M. and surrendered to Lieut. Heidt. He was immediately transferred to the County Jail. Coroner De Veaux was promptly noti? fied and went up and viewed the body, on which a post-mortem tx (initiation was held by Dr Middleton Micfcel. Coroner De Veaux immediatelv impannelled a jury, of which Mr. Geo. W. Williams is foreman, and which having viewed the body, adjourned until to? morrow morning, at 10 o'clock. The body of Capt. Dawson was removed to his late residence last evening about half-past i ll o'clock. Dr. McDow when seen last night in jail bore j all the evidences of aman affrighted by the j consciousness of a crime without an excuse. He was ashen pale, trembled visibly and the perspiration was thick upon his forehead and face. Among other things, he desired it stated that he killed Capt. Dawson in self defence. CHIEF GOLDEN'S STATEMENT. Capt Golden, the chief of police, said to a Reporter of the Noes and Courier last night j i that the first information that he had received of the murder of Capt. Dawson was about j 6 30 P. M. Being asked if he knew anything ! that might account for the murder. Capt. Golden said that hedoubted w hether it would be correct to publish in advance of the in? quest wtiat he knew about the matter, but finally made the following statement : "On Friday of last week," said he, "Capt. Dawson asked me to come to his office, say ing that he desired to ask my advice and assist? ance. I went to see him, and he then told i rae that be had a French or Swiss maid ser ? vant and that he had heard that she had been I detected in disreputable company. He asked j me to detail a man to shadow her and find j out if the reports were true or false, saying i j that he did not desire a servant about his j I household who was not honest and upright. ; j "I accordingly detailed Sergt. Dunn, who, | j under my instructions, went out yesterday ? j (Monday) morning. Sergt. Dunn reported j in writing that the maid had taken an up- | ; town car at Flutletlge street and that he had j i followed her; that Dr. McDow had also ? I boarded the car and had ridden with her to j j the upper terminus; that the two had got: j out of the car there and had strolled around ; I the unfrequented streets in the northwestern j j section of the city. All the details were | ' suhmitu-d by me to Capt. Dawson this morn- I ? ing. I also told him that he must be careful, ? ; that Dr. McDow's reputation was not of the j I best and that it would be, perhaps, as well to j : take no notice of him. '.This is ali that I know of the case. This ! ! afternoon, about 3 o'clock or a little after, ! ! while I was riding the rounds, a policeman < j on duty in trie West end of the city told me j ! that somebody had heard the rep ?rt of a pis- j ! toi shot in Rutledge street, near Bull street, j It occurred to me that perhaps something j ' was w rong and I rode around, rang the bell j ' of Dr. McDow's residence and ask?-d if any- i thing was the matter. I was told that lhere ? was nothing the ruttier and then went off. j "Thinking that there was something wrong ' I rode down to the office of the News and j Courier to see Capt. Dawson. Then I found | tlvat he had left for horne shortly afier 3 P. M. ! I a^ked one cf theclerks to telephone to his residence and ask if be had readied home ! The answer wad that Capt Dawson had uot j yet come home. "Tins rendered me still more suspicious, j and I immediately went up-town again. Ar- : rived at the Station House I found that a j report had been sent in ihn there wai trouble i in Rutledge street. I at once communicated j with the Maypr, telling him that I suspected j foul play and received orders to enter Dr. i ?McDow's office and ascertain the truth of the j matter. j "In the meantime, about G.31J P. M., Dr I McDow had come to the Station House and surrendered himself, saying that he had shot Capt. Dawson." THE FUNERAL TQ-DA%'. The funeral of Capt. Dawson will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the Cathedral Chapel. The interment will be made in St. Lawrence Cemetery. BIOGRAPHY OF l?R. MCDOW. Charleston World. Dr. Thomas Ballard McDow was born in Camden, Kershaw County, 36 years ago. He j was primarily educated in his native county, and at a matriculating age entered the Cum? berland University, nt Lebanon. Tennessee. There be pursued a. course of medical study, and graduated with the first houor of his class in 1874. Subsequently he came to Charleston, and j became a student at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, located in this j city, and graduated with considerable merit, j being the Valedictorian of his class, composed of bright material. H ts standing in the lege entitled him on graduation to a posi as one of the physicians of the city hospi and there he served until his term pired. Afterwards he established h self io this city, and has been practit here ever since, aud waa getting i professional business. Some years ago married the only daughter of Mr. C. A bree s, the well to do retired grocery n chant of King Street. One child is the rei of the marriage. He is about five feet seven inches high, i weighs, probably, 130 pounds. He is a r nette, and has features somewhat stron marked-the nose being slightly incline( Roman. He wears a deep brown mustac cut close to his lip. His manner is decid and not without the graces of good ori and culture. He is a son of Dr. R. S. McDow, who practicing physician of Lancaster, in 1 State. His attire is in keeping with tastet professional requirements. Last night he telegraphed to his father, questing bim to come to the city. Mrs. McDow and her children, soon al the fatal occurrence, went to the Wave House, King Street, where her father reeid "Black Death, or What?" [From the Kew York Herald..] Dixo.v, Webster Co., Kr., March 10.-T little town, the centre of one of the m prosperous agricultural regions of West? Kentucky, is in a state of terror from the p ages of a mysterious and extraordinary fa epidemic io neighboring localities. So ge ral is the alarm that business has been foti ly suspended here and a mass meeting v held to devise measures of relief. No ca have appeared here as yet, but the terror the plague has gradually seized upon t Many citizens have left their homes alreac and the first appearance of the epidemic h would depopulate the town, as has happer in the affected localities, although the pbv ctans declare, strange to say, that the e demie is not contagious. This town is it state of practical quarantine. Piles of bacco stem9 are burned every day on 1 streets as a disinfectant, prayers are offer daily for the sick and subscription lists I the relief of the suffering are in circulatic A large number of people have already 1 the town and others are going daily. The local physicians are not agreed as the precise nature of tbe disease. Th unite in saying, however, that it is identh with the disease which swept through t New England States a few years ago, killi so many people lhat it was called "the bia death." It appears to be an exceeding virulent form of cerebro-spinal meningit and is accompanied with most remarkal characteristics. None of its victimB ha survived its attacks, though a few, blind a helpless, are still lingering on the edge of t grave. The epidemic showed itself first in its pn ent form on January 6, when the young si of Harvey Ascber, a farmer living Dear t town of Free Union, four miles from Dixo was attacked. Ile first had a slight chill, fi lowed in a very short time by high fev< This subsided somewhat in about sixte hours, when the muscles of the boy's ne became alarmingly rigid, contracting ai drawing back the head into an agonizii position. An eruption broke out on his bod giving it a peculiar mottled appearan< Thirty-six hours after the disease bad begi the boy died of collapse and heart failure, 1 neck drawn backward and the muscles tense and rigid that it was with great dil culty that the body could be straightened o sufficiently to be placed in a coffin. A few hours afterward a little sister w taken ill with the same diuease. Her sym toma were almost similar to those of h brother. There was gr*>at irritation of tl stomach. The spine became extremely rig and w?9 bent so far backward as to form complete bow. In thirty hours the little gi wa* dead. A day or two later another chi also died from the disease. Mr. Ascher lives near the Crabb Orchai Flats, a body of lowlands lying in Crat Orchard Creek. There are 138 families in tl I neigborhood. The following week seventet cases of the plague developed among the and fourteen ?oon di^d. Two of the sn rv vors are stone blind and very ill and the thii is at the point of death. The people gre i much frightened, but after a few da)s tl I plague somewhat subsided. On February 1: however, one of Tom Baker's children wi attacked and it died in a few hours, with tl same symptoms. Another case and anotht death followed in the same family, and in ! few days there were several cas*s scat tere along the lowlands on the creek, within tl radiue of a few miles. Deaths occurre daily, and then the panic began and the pei pie fi? d to Dixon and elsewhere on hight ground. After another lull the plague again, broi out in the Deer Creek bottoms near by. Tt victim was a ten-year-old girl, and she die three days later. Several other cases the j broke out in other localities, the whole cour ! try became panic stricken aud the Ora Orchard fiats were >oon deserted. The flight has been so precipitated that i many instances live stock has been left behin and numbers have perished. 0?>e man, Je ! .Malone, departed in such a hurry that he foi got to take his wife and children. Mrs Malone became sick afterward and she was i a wretched condition when found by a relie committee from Dixon. The neighbors ar greatly excited over Malone's conduct am were it not fur their terror he would be drivel out of the place. A great mai.y poor families were unable ti get away, and as their members, in man; case?, fell victims to the disease they wer soon in a deplorable condition. When intel ligence of this state of affairs reached Dixoi a mass meeting waa held and their want were attended to. Although most peopl were afraid to venture near the sick George James and Taylor Price and Miss Julii Curlee at once volunteered their services The Prices have lost a brother, and Mis: Curlee's mother, adopted sister and two o her brother's children have died from tin epidemic. These volunteer nurses have al ready accomplished great good. Tbe physicians have be<*n heroic io theil efforts, but the fatal nature of the disease has prevented them from doing more than com? forting the dying. Drs. J. O. Dixon, J. P. Campbell, G* W. White, J. T. Bethel, J. M Morehead, Dr. Stewart and Dr. Price have al! pHid especial attention to the disease. Dr. Dixon thinks the disease is due to local mias? matic influences, to which the other physi? cians agree, though all differ HS to the axact cause. Dr. Dixon classifies the disease into simple inflammatory and malignant cerebro spinal meningitis. The first symptom isa chill, U'en either Hn increase or decrease of temperature. A malignant type of high fever invariably follows the ch-ll, then pros Ualion and then de?th-all in the course of a few hours. When the illness lasts over ten hours there is generally an eruption.. The joints become very sensitive and any effort to move thc head will cause great pain. The discus?' is fri rpi?ntly complicated with arthritis, pneumonia or hydrocephalus. Dr. Dixon thinks there is serious effusion into the ventricles of the brain and it.io the arachnoid, congestion o' the meninges, inflammation around the base of the brain and a change of tissue. The disease ts mainly confined to women and children, and so far HS ktmwn not a single uegro hus been attacked. The blind? ness that results from I he disease is a most I terrifying feature lo the simple country people. Thero are reports that the disease is spread? ing at:d the alarm is general. Four cr live j deaths have occurred in twenty-four hours. I bast Wednesday there were four: Thursday, j five; Friday, ino; Saturday aro! Sunday, one J each. About thirty-five more cases are known : to exist, but reports from the interior say j thirty or forty deaths are occuring ?ailv. There are doubtless wild exaggerations, how ? ever. The chief points nt which the disease now exists are*Free Union, Shiloh, Liberty, Deer (.'reek, Tilden aud Hickory. Mr. Curloc has lost four members of his family from the epidemic. No authentic record of th* denth? can be obtained, as there is no local board of health, but it is known that about sixty patients have died. --? -? *- ? --. "Uh ! I wouldn't bother about all that. Cure your neuralgia with Salvation Oil." Price 25 cfs. Lovers of honey will be gratified to learn that Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup is a much sweeter article aod much better fot a cough. Trice -5 eenie Miss Besaie H. Bedloe, of Burlington, Vt*, had a disease of the scalp which caused her huir to become very harsh and dry and to fall so freelv she scarcely dared comb it. Ayer's Hair Vigor gave her a healthy scalp, and the hair beautifully thick aod glossy. TRIBUTE OF REJECT. At a quarterly Conference of the Sumter Circuit, South Carolina Conference, M. E. Church South, held on the 19th day of Jan? uary, 1889, the following Preamble and Res? olutions were unanimously adopted : Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in his wise providence to remove from our midst our brother William F. DesChamps, there fore, be it Resolved, 1. That in the death of Bro. DesChamps the community has lost a useful citizen, and the Church a faithful and much valued mem? ber. 2. That this Quarterly Conference feels deeply the loss of one who had long been a most zealous and efficient officer in the Church. 3. That our heartfelt sympathy is hereby tendered to the bereaved wife and family of our deceased brother, and the protection of our heavenly Father is invoked in their be? half. 4. That a blank page in our journal be in? scribed to his memory ; that copies of these resolutions be furnished to his family, and forwarded to the Southern Christian Advocate aod the Sumter papers for publication. ---ma^?- -^M^^ TERRIBLE FOREWARNINGS. Cough in tke morning, hurried or difficult breathing, raiding phlegm, tightness in the chest, quickened pube. chilliness in the evening or sweats st night, all or any of thcxe things are the first stage? of consumption. Dr. Acker'* English Remedy for Consumption viii cure these fearful symptoms, and is sold under a positive guarantee by J. F. W. De Lorine. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the cbild, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 25c a bottle. - -?+??? - Sole Agent for the celebrated Farmer's Girl Cooking Stove for Sumter County is at T. C. Scaffe's. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Mch. ?3, 1889 COTTON.-Receipts 75 bales. The mar? ket steady. We quote: Good middling 9? ; Middling 8|. CHARLESTON. S. C., Mch. 12, 1889. Cotton-Sales, 200. Quotations: mid? dling, 10J. WILMINGTON, N. C., Mch. 12, 1889. SPIRITS TCRPENTINK.-Sale? at quotation. Market opened firm at 50 cents per gallon. ROSIN -Firm at S2h\ for Strained and 82? for Good Strained". CRUDK TUKPKNTINK.-Yellow Dip, $2.50; Virgin $2 50, Hard $1.40. COTTON.-Sales, 113 bales. Market firm. Quotations are : Middling 9|. O. and O.TEA The Choicest Tea Ever Offered. ABSOLUTELY PURE. A MOST DELICIOUS BEVEBAGE. TRY IT. 7? Till rover ?o 227 ether. Culity aever vari?e It is the HIGHEST GRADE LEAF, picked from the best plantations and guaranteed absolutely pure and free from all adulterations or coloring matter. The packages are hermetically scaled and warranted full weight. It is more econ? omical in use than tho lower grades. Oriental & Occidental Tea Co., L't'd:, Head Office, 35 Burling Slip, yew York. For sale by A. A. SOLOMONS, Sumter, S. C. CKOSSWELL & CO., Sumter, S. C LOOK HERE ! We have some beautiful DRESS GOODS -IX Attractive Styles, AND We have some beautiful Black Silks. A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF JERSEYS, Handkerchiefs, Hoisery, SHOES, ETC. Ladies "who buy of us ?AYE money. The store is full of pretty things. FOE MEN, WE HAYE CHOICE (?OODS. CLOTHING-, HATS, SHOES, NECKWEAR, Etc. IN GROCERIES. REMEMBER WE ALWAYS KEEP TH JE BEST. ALTAMONT MOSES. Sept 26. J. ?. CRAIG, Furniture Dealer and Undertaker, SUMTER, S. O.. Begs to call the attention of the people of Sumter and surrounding country to the fact that he still continues business at the old stand, MAIN STREET, CORNER OF CANAL? where he has been established for more than 30 years, and is now better prepared than eyer before to supply al! goods tn his line, at as reasonable prices as any house in the State can offer. All furniture carefully fitted and packed free of charge-and delivered only Ih thorough order. We take pleasure in showing goods. Don't buy elsewhere, until you call and see our stock and prices on Wood and Marble-top, Walnut. Ash and Poplar Bed-room Sets, handsome Parlor Sets, Marble and Wood-top Tables of all kinds, Lounges. Chairs and Rockers of many styles, Bedsteads, Buieaus, Washstands, Mattresses and Pillows, Pictures, Picture Frames. Window Shades, Curtain Poles, What-nots, Brackets and anything kept in a first class furni? ture store. Agent in Sumter for sale of "Acme Pine Fibre Mattings. A large stock of Window Glass always on hand. In connection with my Furniture Siore is a Cabinet and Repuiring Shop* wbefe Repairing, Upholstering and Mattress-making is done in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, at reason? able prices for good work. Special attention is called to the Undertaking Department, which is full and complete. Coffins and Caskets, of any desired style or size, always in stock, at prices ranging from ?3.00 and up for children, and from $5 00 and up for adults. In finer grades, we guarantee better work at lower price than can be bought elsewhere. I have recently purchased a handsome new Hearse, and am prepared to attend funera?s in town or country at from $8 00 to $12 00 in country, according to time and distance, and $8.00 to $10.00 in town. This charge includes hearse and pair of horses, digging grave, and personal superintendence in town, and in country the same, except digging grave. Burial Robes for ladies or gentlemen from $2 50 up-a respectable burial suit, altogether appropriate, and at less than one fourth the cost of such suits as are used generally. Gloves and badges for pall-bearers, without extra charge. I also have a neat Hearse for my colored patrons, at a reasonable charge. Calls promptly attended, day or night. March 6. .PERKINS MFG.CO.*^=^ &SHISGIj;S liUriltINllM?WHi I* ATTENTION! To our friends of the city and country: We have just received a large invoice of James D, Mason's Preserves and Jelly, in five pound pails, and in bulk to retail. Dried Apricots, Peaches and Apples, all fresh and nice. New No. 1 Mackerel, Fulton Market Beefi Pigs Feet, Bologna Sausage and Dutch Herrings, W. P. Harveys' best Hams and Breakfast Bacon. A beautiful line of G-old Band Crockery, Tin Ware, Woodenware, &c, &c. CIGKARS AINTD TOBACCO. Oof?ee and Tea a Specialty. Send us a trial order to be convinced that our goods are fresh and nice. co. WM. M. GRAHAM, DEALER IN HORSES. WAGONS, MULES, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES. ^^TWITT HARNESS. SUMTEE, S. C. JUST ARRIVED THREE GAR LOADS OF FINE HORSES AND MULES. Mules suited for plantation and timber purposes. Horses for drivinp and saddle purposes. Nice lino of Buggies and Photons, also one csu* load of cele? brated OM Ilickorv Wagons, one and two horse. Jan. 2:: I HAVE JUST RECEIVED TWO CARS c NO MULES From Kentucky, which 1 propose to sell CHEA P IT O ll CASH. If you wish io buy a first class Buggy cr Saddle Horse it would be advisable for you to call and look at my stock. ALWAYS ON HAND : A Full Line of Harness, Buggies, Carriages and Wagons. Also. Corn, Oats, Hay and Bran. Respectfully, Feb. 27. '89. - im... - m rv New Advertisements^ TO ADVERT?S?R& A list of 1 OOO newspapers divided info" STATES AND SECTIONS Will be' ?tui'om application-FREE. To those who want their advertising to pi/7' we can offer no better r '-m for thorough and effective work t??h the various section** of our Select Loral LiS*. GEO* P. ROW??/L St CO., Newspaper Advertising Burean', Mar. 6 lo Spruce street. Kew York: _ SUMTE If PUNING MILLS, James H. Sanders, PROPRIETOR. DEALER IN' Door, Sash, Blid^ SCROLL AtfD T?RN?0 BA?8& TERS, 510UL?I?GS; Brackets, Laths, Shingles, fte. Ronni ii Dressed Mer, A?R DRIED. Plato sod Fancy Ceiling, Flooring tuc? Finishing Material? Yard and Office, Mary Street, Stat of* R. R. Depot, S?mter S. Ci E. B. LOWRT, Sept 19 Rosine** Manaffttv _ C. I. HOYT. H. A. Borr* C. I. HOYT & BRO.v Gold and Silver Watched, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, k& REPAIRING A SPECIALTY SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wads and. Everything Pertain ing to Breech-Loading Gans. Feb 1 _ C. 0- BROWN & BRO, COLUMBIA, a a SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, ' CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR* French anfl AmeriGan Window Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES". CARTER WHITE LEAD/ The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Ordertf by Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BfiO^ Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-o BEST AND CHE?P?ST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEES* Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHlPMENTSr io. i mm ? ft% MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE* SALE DEALERS IN DOORS, SASH, BLIPS, MOULDING-, -AND - GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hayne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. - Jan 25 o Notice to Atet 1? The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN THE COURT OF COMMON* PI.EA8. Max Mainthow, Ernest Weinman and Stun url M Mainthow, copartners, as Wt inman <{- Co., Plaintiffs, against John P Moran, Jr., Defendant, SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. TO THE D E F ES DA XT : John P. Mora*? Jr. You are hereby summoned and required to* answer the complaint in this action, which willi be filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court, and to serve a copy of your answer to the" said complaint on the subscribers at their' office on Main street, in the City of Sum? ter, in s?id County and State, withio twen ty days niter the service hereof, exclusive of the' dav of such service ; and if you fail to* answer the'complaint within the time afore sai i. the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded ia th?? complaint. Dated January 7tb, 1889. EARLE k PtTRDf, Plaintiffs Attorneys. To John P. Moran, Jr., the Defendant i* tilt aitove entitled action : Tnke notice that the complaint to the said action has ?his dav been ?Wd it? the ? fibre of the Clerk of the Court of Common Flew for" Sumter County in the State of South Caro* lina. Dated at the City of So ra ter,- &, Cy this the 8th day of Januarv. A. D.,. ?88S. EARLE ? PURDY. Attorneys foi toe PlautUS** Jan. 9