Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ck lUUitkiaii at?) jiott?inra, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1895. intered at the Pout Office at Sumter, ?J '7.. as Second (Jlass Matter NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Joel E. Bruoaou-Vegetable Crates Harby & Co., Brokers-Coosi*rnment. S C. 4 G. R. R.-Change of Schedule. Executors' Notice- Estate of Dr. S. C C. R ^hasdsoo. Personal. Mrs. Pittman, and Miss Bessie Pittman, of ?Gourdins, arein the city. Mr. M. G. Ryttenberg left for New York on Monday afternoon. Miss Bessie Law, of Elliott, is visiting Mi.-s Addie DesChamps. M?33 E*a Baddie, of Charlotte, is visiting bereister, Mrs. Alva Smith. Mrs. Percival Smith, returned to ber home in Georgetown last Friday afternoon. Mrs. John Wolf, who has been visiting tn Orageborg, returned borne Friday afternoon. Miss Addie Auld retorced to Richland) where abe is teaching school, Friday morn ing. Misses Mattie and May Tindal, daughters of ex-Secretary of State James E. Tinda!, are in tba city. Miss Mabel Beckham after having spent two weeks in the city with relatives, returned borne this morn tag. Miss Jolia Mood arrire-1 yesterday morning from M*Doio? to ?pend sometime in tb? etty with her father. Dr. J. A. Mood. Miss Madame Workman, after a pleasant stay of a few days KS the eueat of Mrs. W. B. Barns, b*s returned to ber borne in Camden Mrs. A. E. Hutchinson, after spending two ?eeks with ber daughter Mrs. G. W. Dick, returned to ber borne in Rock Hilt last Friday morning. Mrs. J. F. Lmghrey nod Mrs. W- G. Stubbs left for Philadelphia on Saturday They went via Charleston and to New York by steamer. Tbe latest information from Dr. Bossard confirms the previous reports of bis rapid and gratifying recovery, tie will be able to re? turn bone in a short time. Mr. Mood Brown, who bas been quite iii for several sooths bas recovered sufficiently to be ont, and was in t hecity Saturday. His friends were glad to see bim. Mr. L. I. Parrot bas decided to remove bis family to Darlington where be is in business, j and Mrs. Parrot: aod children will left for that place Monday afternoon. Miss Caro Belser, of Summerton, left Sat? urday for Columbia on a visit. She spent a portion of "Friday in* the city as the goeat of Miss Pauline Gaillard. Dr. aod Mrs. C. C. Brown and Mrs. J. P. Brock arrived on the 8.30 train Friday eight from Hagerstowo, Md., where they baye spent the time since the adjournment of the j Baptist Association in Washington. Mr. Joel E. Branson returned to Kingstree las; Thursday afternoon. He bas been superin? tending the erection, of a large saw mill at that point for the past sixty days, and bas bad time to spend only a few days in Sumter at a time. Mr. Paul J Kennedy reached home Saturday morning from Philadelphia, having success? fully completed the first year's coarse at the Dental College of tbe University of Pennsyl? vania. In the election of tbe Hon Altamont Moses as supreme representative tbe Grand Lodge honored a worthy P. G. C. and se? cured the services of one of the best posted and thoroughly conversant executive officers in the Si atp, a man who will-be a credit to himself and an honor lo big domain.-Py? thian Journal. Messrs. Howard. Dickson and Brainard Wilson left- for Wadesbpro, North Carolina, Monday evening to canvass that State for the ! Home Library and supply Association of New York. We wish these yoong gentlemen good lack, which they deserve, although we regret to see them leave Sumter, even for a short time. Mr. Jack Ragio is jost back from Fort Valley, Ga., which is the center of the peach growing district. Be says that the orchards are the most magnificent be has ever seen. One company bas eleven hundred acres in peaches. The trees are all laden with fruit, and the outlook for an immense crop is ex? traordinarily fine. The Sumter Sash, Blind and Door Factory will make vegetables crates to order. See the adver tissment. Dozier Lee, a son of Col. R. D. Lee, fell while playing at the Graded School Monday morning and broke one of his arms. Delgar Reel Squad had a photograph taken Mondai afternoon of their reel and me team that ran in race last Wednesday. As to-morrow is a National holiday-Deco? ration Day-the Post Office will be closed except from 9.20 to 10.30 a. m. The Armory Hall has been in the banda of j a party of young ladies since yesterday who are decorating it for the banquet to-morrow night. Messrs. Irviog A. Ryttenberg and Harry Hood have leased the Bicycle Track for thirty days and propose to have a series of races. The first of these will be held this I afternoon at 6 15 o'clock. The Sumter Gun Club bad a shoot yester? day afternoon, six or eight gentlemen taking part. M8j. Marion Moise made the best score, j breaking 58 clay pigeons oat of 65 sbot3. In case the trade with the Manning Goards for the uniforms of the Sumter Light Infan? try is not consummated, a proposition which has been made by the Darlington Gnards, will be considered by the committee appointtd to wiad up the affairs of the company. The piping for the extension of the water mains on Calhoun Street, from Church to New Street, has arrived and will be put down at once. This extension will give pro? tection to a section of the city that is now without it. The new machinery at the ice Factory baa been set up and tested, and as soon as this cold snap is over and the people get through shivering, ice will ba turned out at the rate of twenty-sevenjons per day. Sam Blakely, a colored barber who has worked in this city for several months, died Sunday from the effects of a 3troke of paralysis which he had a week or two ago. Isn't it about time for the brick crossing oa Liberty Street from the Post Office to Rytteoberg's grocery to be put down ? The brick contributed by the Sumter Brick Works have been on the spot for sometime. Why not put it down ? The President of the Sumter Ice Manufac? turing Company invited the several -choois of the city to visit the factory Monday afternoon, and see the process of making ice by machinery exemplified. All the new machinery is now io operation, and the op? portunity offered the schools was such tom a large number attended the reception. A committee from the Grand Jury, con? sisting of Messrs. H. D. Barnett, C. M. Hurst E. H. Rfaame, J. B. Mayes and E. J. Dunne are busy at work examining the books of the various county officers in order 0- be able to make an intelligent report?t tl npit term of court. DEATH. Mrs. Milis, the wife of Mr W. E. Mills of the Mayesvillesec'ion, died Thursday night, May 23d, at 8 o'clock in the eighty-second year of her a^*-. For the last fifteen yea-* she ha.? ripen an invalid, confined to a roPing chair, from the effects of an injury from which she hud never ceased to suffer. She WHS a woman of the lovelies* christian crwracter ; and her life of p*:ier.t fortitude and cheerfulness throughout th?* lone year? i h J t s.he was .? suffering it'va? lid typified her tann md i>r >ved her char>ic ter. Beloved Uv ??I who knew her, she will be Sf'div missed by a hrge circle of friends. She was >? sister of the lute fir. J. Layton Wilyun, who WHS tor eighteen ye*r- a mis si-viary io Africa atid afterwards Secretary ot the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Four children survive her: Rev. W. W. Milis, of Camden, Mr. L. O Mills, of Mayes? ville, Capt. J A. Mills, cf Greenville and Mrs. Tenny, of Texas. The funeral services were h**ld at Salem Church Friday morning at ll o'clock. RELIGIOUS NOTES Rev. J. Wm. Flinn, of Columbia, preached a very able sermon in th?? Presbyterian Church Sunday morning Dr. Flinn al? ways has a large and attentive audience to bear bim when be preaches in Sumter. Dr. C. C. Brown gave an account SundaT night bofis visit to tbe Convention and his sojourn in Hagerstowa, Md., with Rev. E. E. Ayres Tbe services were exceedingly interesting from first to last. Efforts are vow bein* made to have the race between the Delgars of this citv and the Independents of Columbia pulled off in Char? lotte. Charlot!*? is anxion? to have the race tfke place there and will offer ?onie induce? ment We would like to 9ee this much talk ed-of race come off, bot we don't think the Colombia boys are very anxious. If the Del gars can't do them, we will put Monaghan on them, as their record is 21 seconds. Messrs. Ryttenberg k Hood, the managers of the Bicycl** Truck, hnve h*d a track roller built and hare commenced wnrk on the track. It will he in fin?* condition for the races to?n?qrrow afternoon. Thev have also sent an invitation to Mixon, of Colombia, to come over and make au attempt to break the record It can he put down as a settled fact that the races will be unusually good. A few weeks ago a crowd of loafers were ar? rested for creating a disturbance ai the At? lantic Coast Line depot. For a short time the loafers kept away from the depot ?nd per? sons **rho bad business there were freed from being jostled and annoyed. But the moral effect of the arrest and the subsequent sen? tence to work on the Btreet bas worn away | and the crowd on the platform at train time is as annoying as ever. The patrons of the depot arecomplaiai' g, and the depot officiais are complaining. It is time for another wholesale arrest. James Mayrant, the unfortunate negro, wbo was horsed to death in tbe guard house Son day morning, was a graduate of the Lincoln Graded School, of this city io the class of 1892. The writer was one cf a committee invited to visit the schools dnring the final examinations, aod speaks from a personal knowledge when it is stated that M ny rant passed one of the most creditable examina? tions that be bas ever heard. He gave evi? dence of a thoroughness in his knowledge of the course of study be had completed rarely equalled end still more rarely surpassed. It is a great pity that he did not make a better use of b?9 advantages, and that bis life should haw gone ont in a felon's cell. Coroner Commander returned from Raft? ing Creek Monday night, where beheld an in? quest over the body of Mrs Harriett Yates, who was found dead on Sunday morning. An autopsy of tbe body was made, and from ibis and other evidence the jory coocluded that the death was dne to natural causes heart disease. Mrs Yates was about seventy years old, and lived alone on her farm, near Rem bert's post office. She was said to be a very vigorous woman and to have managed her farm with as much energy aod success as any man in the neighborhood. Extract from the law for the election cf Board of Health is published on sixth page. The Press Association. The State Press Association will convene in the Twentieth Annual Session this evening. The meetings will be held in the Masonic Temple, Claremont Lodge having tendered the use of tbe Lodge room. The first evening the exercises will be pre? liminary to the regular business sessions, and will consist of a welcome address by Gen. E. W. Moise, in behalf of the city, and a response by President E. H. Aull for the Association. Business meetings will be held Thursday rooming and afternoon" and Friday morn? ing. On Thursday evening Hon. Clark Howell, editor in Chief of tbe Atlanta Constitution will deliver the Annual Address before the Association. His subject will be: "The Patriotic Press-May its devotion to the principles upon which our Government was founded ever remain steadfast, may its patriotic impulse intensify with age and may it keep forever alive the fire of American patriotism." Following the address of Mr. Howell, the banquet tendered the Association by the citi? zens ot Sumter, will be served in the Amorv Hall. The several meetings will l?e public, and the people of Sumter are cordially invited to be present. The exerci?es on Wednesday evening will be interesting and the address ef Mr. Howell will be a treat. We trust that the people of Sumter will attend both even? ings. A Beautiful Sight. At 8.50 o'clock last evening one of ihe prettiest meteors ever seen by Columbians passed over the sky in a southeasterly direc? tion from the city. No meteor bas ever been seen in these parts which was so bright and altogether beautiful for at least three or four seconds. Those who saw it were charmed with the lovely sight.- The State. IT FELL NSAR FERNANDINA. FERNANDINA, Fla., May 27.-Shortly before 8 o'clock this evening an immense meteor passed over Fernandina from southeast to northwest and fell on Tiger Shoal, lt wa3 apparently as large as a tub, gave out a light like tbe ?un, and is said to har*' exploded with a luud rrport as a teil. It was seen t?y many people. (The difference io time be? tween Columbia and Fernandina is oue hour.) The flight of this meteor was witnessed hy several of the residents ot this city and is de? scribed by them as bein;;' of great brilliancy and gave forth a soft, mellow light that was decidedly beautiful. Some ot the more timorous ones weie a little awed by the Budden appearance of this peculiar bright? ness in the heavens, but afterwards appre? ciated the beauty of the spectacle they had witnessed. The meteor seen here and at Columbia could not have heen the one seen at Fernan? dina, and which it is snid fell on Tiger Shoal. Both being reported at about the same time and moving in the same direction, the prob? ability is that the two were fragments of a large one and became sepnrated somewhere in distant space. OUR GRAND CHANCELLOR. The election of Major H. Frank Wilson to . the office of Grand Chancellor of ' the Knights of Pythias of the Sta'e, is a deserved compliment to a gentlemen who i is an ornament to the order and a faithful : practitioner of its precept Whether ns I lawyer, teacher or citizen, Maj. Wilson is M man who rommnnd? the respect ami ad OJ i r ' ation of all who know him, arid in his hanns j the interest? of the great order nf Pr th inn j Knights will be safe Sumter feels her.-eit ; honored in his person, and congratulates j : herself in congratulating him. From Texas. j We hare received from Col. James D. j Blanding the Confederate Reunion Editions j of the Houston Texas, Post, which give a j full account of the proceedings. In a per ? socal letter, Col. Blanding says: "1 h?ve i seen many big gatherings, but this is? the I biggest. Old Confederate patriotism, so long pent up, is overflowing-hand-shaking and hugging of old rets going on all the time. We have gathered uice old Mexican vets, bot only one who served with me from Vera Cruz ro the City of Mexico. The others were on the Rio Grande under Taylor-all too old to take the excursion to Mexico." Another Dry Goods Store. It is given to the public with good author? ity that Sumter is to have another dry goods store this fall. Mr. David C Shaw, of AI colt?, was in the city Wednesday and rented the store on Mainstreet until recently occu? pied by Schwartz Bros. He will conduct, it is said, a dry eoods business strictly. Tbe full scope of the business bas, however, not been fully decided upon, and fuller details can not be given for several days yet. Mr Shaw is a Sumter County boy and at one time was io business bere. For sererni years he has been in business in Alcolu, j where he married the daughter of Mr. D. W. Alderman, the we.I koowa saw mill man and merchant. j Mr. Thos. S. Sumter, the local representa? tive of the Singer Sewing Machine Company has packed up and shipped by express to Nice, France, a sewing machine that be re? cently sold to Mr. D. Martin. This machine ts Sent all this distance as a wedding present to a son of tbe purchaser. Prof. Samuel Scull, who has been a resi? dent of Sumter for nearly five years, left yesterday for Wit chester, Va. He will take his family with him and make bis home in that place. Prof Scull came to Sumter as Director of the Fourth Regiment Band, and it WHS due ?o hts ability as an instructor that this band attained an efficiency that placed it at the bead of the bands of the State. There is nothing like the flood of liquor coming into the State that many people pre? dicted would follow the Simooton decision. Naturally there are a good many people who are ordering liquor in small quantities for their own use, but the numbet of packages that pass this place and are received here is a great deal less than anticipated. When peo? ple know that they are eecure in their rights they are not over-zealous in exercising them. Delgar Reel Squad close! a deal with the A. U. Phelps Co , Thursday, for accident policies for ?1,000 each on all the members of the squad. There are fifteen members of the squad and the contract to write up the policies is considered a pretty good one. The policies entitle the person in whose favor it is written to $5 per week and bills for medica! attention, if laid up by an accident The loss of one limb gives $500, the loss of two limbs Si,000 and the loss of life to $1, 000. It can be said to the credit of the squad that they have acted very wisely in providing against accidents in the future, for it is but natural to expect that in the dis? charge of their duties some of them wiil he injured. It would be a good thing if every member of the fire Department had an acci? dent policy. A negro that can trot along with a good horse for e even miles is somewhat of a traveller, and there are few people who will hear the story related ny Mr. S. Y. Delgar ; and Coroner Commander without taking a j few grains of sali along with ?it. Monday j afternoon when returning from Rafting Creek j they overtook a negro boy who said his name was Willie Montgomery and that bis home was in Salters Town. He had been working for a man ten miles above Camden who would not pay bim, and was returning home. He kept up with the buggy from where overtaken-eleven miles from Sumter -until the city was reached. The distance was covered in one hour and thirty-five minutes, and though the horse wa9 driven at a brisk trot for two or three miles on a stretch, the boy never fell behind. Although he said he had travelled the entire distance from ten miles above Camden to Sumter during yesterday, he went on to Salters Town last night. -mmWmt*-?^-*"? m? -? The Sumter Social Club. The rooms of the Sumter Social Club were opened for the first time on Thursday even- ; : ing with all of the ten members present. j This is an organization of young men who bave united for mutual benefit and pleasure, j and it is, at present limited to a membership of ten. The charter members are: S. R. Chandler, Tom Young, Converse Reid, Wal? ter Folsom, Willie Bultman, George W. Hammell, J. G. R. Wilder, Louis Lyons, Moses Moore and Jas. Ard. The rooms occupied by the club are on the second floor of the store of Bultman Bros , and are comfortable and conveniently Icca cated. The rooms have been repainted and tastefully furnished. A pool table has been purchased, and other features will be added to make the club what it was intended to be -a place where the members may spend their evenings pleasantly and comfortably. Returning Veterans. ! Capt. E. S. Carson and Sheriff Marioo I Sanders are at home again, having come in j on the ^Manchester and Augusta train Fri : day afternoon. They had the biggest sort ot j time in Houston and on the trip generally i until the Sheriff was taken ill and had "a ! slight hemorrhage, and they were forced to ! cut short their stay in Bouston. However, I they saw the best part of the celebration in that city and lett fully satisfied. Two days were spent in New Orleans taking in the Sights of the Crescent City. The entire trip wa9 thoroughly enjoyed, and Capt. Carson s>iys that nu:tiing gave him I more pleasure than meeting with oid com I rades whom he has not seen siace the close of ' the war. The other members of the Sumter con? tingent remained in Houston to witness the close of the Reunion. Several ot the party will go on the excursion to the City ot Mex? ico. Change of Schedule. Thc following schedule on the C S. & N. R. R. went into effect Monday : Trains leave Hamlet 6.15 a. m., Bennetts ville 7.11 a. m., Darlington 8.11 a. m., Sumter i* 43 a m., S urna, er ton 10.40 a. ru., arrive Pregnalls 12.15 p. m. Returning, ?eave Pregnalls 3.15 p. m , Summerton 4 17 p. tn , Sumter 5.50 p. m., Darlington 7.'io p. m., Bennettsville 8.H'- p. m., arriving Hamlet 9.15 p. m. Hood's Pills for the liver and bowels, act easily yet promptly and effectively. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Jam68 Miiyrant Burned tc Death in the Guard House. From the Daily Item, May 27. Mention was made on Saturday that Jame? Mayrant, M colored train hand running on the Atlan'ic Goast Line freight, hid been ar? rested at E-istover for breaking into a box car and stealing several bottles of whiskey, and that he had been brought to this city and imprisoned in th? guard house Un Saturday night Attorney Dejogn arrived in tiic city with warrants for Mayrant. He had an interview with the prisoner ;n the guard house and told bim that the raiiroad company was fully aware that there was a gang that had been systematically robbing freight trains for a long time, and that it Mayrant would give the information that would secure the arrest cf the gang he would be made a State's witness and let off lightly, otherwise he would be prosecuted to the ex? tent of the law. Mayrant did not reply to the proposition, but Mr DpJogu told him that he would return at 7 o'clock to carry him to Columbia. At 1.30 o'clock Sunday morning the alarm ! of fire was given by Armstead Robinson, j whr eps on the second floor of the old en giu /use adjoining ti.a guard house yard, i He w as awakened by bis room being filled; with smoke and faint cries. He ran out and found tbe guard house on fire. Running out | to Main Street he alarmed Policemen Hoi- : man and Gallagher, who were on duty. : One ran to the euard bouse to rescue May rant and the other to ring the fire alarm. . When the guard house door was opened tne j entire interior was found to be ablaze and there was no signs that Mayrant was still alive. The reel squads turned out promptly- j Monaghan }?0. 2, arriviog first-and ex- ? tinguisbed the fire. Mayrant was found to be dead and his ! body badly burned. The flesh was burned from bis face, hand9, feet and legs. I?ater, a second alarm was givtn, tbe fire having broken out again, but this was also ex'in- ; guished without spreading to adjoining j buildings. The suspicious circumstances connected with the fire and the death of Mayrant made necessary an inquest by the Coroner. A jury was accordingly summoned, and the case in vestigated yesterday. Armstead Robinson, Policemen Holman j and Gallagher and Chief Bradford were the j principal witrussps examined. Robinson testified to the facts stated; above. He did t:ot bear any outct. Uom the: guard boose after he left bis room, and those be beard when he was first awakened were not very loud." Policeman Holman testified that he wa9 ; standing in front of th? Opera House when the clock struck 1. Af'er standing there a ! few minutes he went bis regular round of in? spection back of the Opera House, to the guard house and back of Bultman Bros.* store, returning tbe same way. At that time there was no fire at the guard house. After inspecting the rear of the stores, he returned to the street, aDd from the Opera House went to the corner of Liberty street. It was only a i few minutes subsequent to this that the alarm 1 of fire was given. Other witnesses testified j that the bell began to ring at 1.27 o'clock. Chief Bradford testified as to the interview j of Mr. Dejogn with Mayrant. The jury rendered a verdict that the de- j ceased, James Mayrant," came to his death by . burning, the fire having been started by a j party or parties unknown to the jury. The general opinion of the members of the j jury and of the public in general is that the ! guard bouse was set on fire with thedeliber- ! ate intention of causing the death of Mayrant. ! lt is further believed that the guilty parties i are the confede? es of Mayrant in robbiog the freight trains, who, fearing that Mayr?,nt would inform on them, took that diabolical means of patting him out of the way, and ridding themselves of this source of danger of ? detection. Every circumstance leads to ! the conclusion that this belie! is correct j Mavrast had nothing with which to kindle ' a fire, had he desired to do so, even though ' provided with matches. The blankets were ; not burned, but were lying iu the corner of ' the ?ell when the fire was ex'inguisbed. Tbe position of Mayrant's body confirmed, j the opinion that when awakened, be found , the cell ablaze and rushed to the grated win- j dow to which he clung, until overcome with j beat he fell back and expired. Tbe floor of j the cell is burned to a char from the window ? to the door and out ioto the entrance of the, guard house, just as if kerosene or some ioflamable substance had been poured in the window and then ignited, the huming oil, naturally flowing across the cell as ti floor was inclined in that direction. Uni? the fire was started with oil it could not hav spread so rapidly within th' few minute.-; from the time Policeman Holman inspect?-d j the guard bouse and found no fire and when | the alarm was given, for the character of ; the building is such that a fire unassisted by ! an inflamable substance would burn slow.< . There are a few persons, however, * ho bold to the opinion that Mayrant started 't.-e j fire himself, and that it was a deli? berate case of self destruction. The grounds for this belief are but 3iight and do not : weigh heavily against the theory Generally i accepted. The case calls for some detective work of i the shrewdest sort, and it is to be hoped that there will be some means of bridging the guilty wretches to justice. The Commissioner Coming. Hon. Altamont Moses has received the fol- ! lowjng letter from Mr. E. L. Roche, Com- ; missioner for 'he State at Large for the ! Atlanta Exposition : Hon. Altamont Moses, Sumter S. C, Dear Sir :-It will afford rae great pleasure to meet with the members of the Exposition Com? mittee of Sumter County at Sumter on . Wednesday morning the 29th, inst. Will you please advise tbe members of vour committee of this appointment, and oblige, jours truly, E. L. ROCHE, Commissioner. Mr. R?che comes here for the purpose of, making an effort to have this country repre- ; scnted at the expositiou. Sumter so far has shown very little interest in this important matter. The meeting with Mr. Roche will | take place in Mr. Moses's office in Masonic, Temple at 12 m., Wednesday, and all thc : citizens are invited to be present at that time. Mr. W. H. Commander weat to Columbia | yesterday morning fortbe purposeofobtaining ? ?vidence'in the case of Eugene Hogan against the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad. It will be remembered that Mrs. Hogan was placed on the S. C. & G. train several months | ago, and was put off below the junction; j that in consequence of exposure to rain and i cold she was ill for several weeks, and thrt I Mr. Hogan entered snit against the railroad fi r damages. Mr. Commander is employed to obtain evidence in relation to the location of the junction, with respect to the case. A Remarkable Curo of Rheuma? tism. From the (?roton Connecticut Review. David Lewis, who has been atllicted all winter by rheumatism, is out again *nd ni! (ii;e to one of the medicines advertised in our columns. After trying everything possi? ble, he u?ed Chamberlain's Pain Halm, which bas relieved bim of all pron, from which he w.is a constant sufferer and promises to make him tit for duty soon. We kaow David has been a great sufferer and are glad io sro bim around again. For sale by Dr. A. J. China, j SHOOTING IN BISHOPVILLE, Marshal Reeves Shoots a Negro Who Resisted Arrest. Special to the Daily Item. BISHCPTILLK, S. C., May 27, 1895.-On Saturday afternoon Town Marshal Lee Reeves, of Bishop ville, arrested Herbert Isaacs, who was creating a disturbance and Housing his family. Isaac-3 resisted and at? tempted to stan the Marshal. He cut through Mr. Reeves' pants, bur inflicted no injury. Mr. Reevfs was then forced to shoot Isaacs in sell defence. He shot him in the thigh, inflicting a wound or a rather slight char? acter. Dr. McLeod extracted the ball, and it is thought that Isaacs will suffer little ill ef- i After the Grip,diphtheria,pneumonia, scar- ; let fever, typhoid fever, etc.. Hood'sSarsapa- ! rilia is of wonderful benefit io imparting the i strength and vigor so much desired. Success in Life depends on little things. A Ripan3 Tabule is a little thing, but taking one occasionally gives | good digestion, and that means good blood, and that means good brain and brawn, and ,' that means success. 7-25-o The New York Weekly, No. 30, at H. G. Osteen k Co.'s. Typewriter supplies at H. G. Osteen k Co's., Liberty street. H. G. Os'een k Co., make a specialty of paper, and now have the finest and most complete selection of paper ever in Sumter They sell more paper for the same money than can be bought elsewhere. Store on Liberty street next to the Wtlchmm and Southron office. For Sale at a Bargain. A large assortment of Fashionable Tinted Writing Paper9 will be sold at a bargain within the next ten days. H. G. Osteen & Co. EXECUTORS' NOTICE. THE CREDITORS OF THE LATE DR. S. C. C. RICHARDSON are notified to present their respective claims, duly attested, to either of the undersigned ; and those in? debted to bim are notified to make immediate payment to either of the undersigned. W. F. B HAYNS WORTH. Sumter, S. C., B PRESSLEY BARRON, Manning, S. C., Qualified Executors. May 29, 1895-3t. VEGETABLE CRATES MADE TO ORDER AT THE Tie Siter Sasi BM and Door . Factory. For prices apply to Joel E. Branson, May 24-lm. Proprietor. HARB Y Sf CO., Brokers, OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, Keep on consignment FEED OATS, CORN, HAY, COTTON SEED MEAL, DRY SALT MEATS, HAMS, LARD, GRIST, FLOUR, SUGAR. MEAL, ic. .. AGGlNG, ?SUGAR BAG CLOTH, COTTON IRON TIES. Orders by sample for all goods in the grocery lire. May 29 Claremont Lodge No. 64, A. F. I. THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU- I NICATiON of Claremont Lodge, No. 1 64, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday j Evening, June 6th, at TA p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order, A. C PHELPS, W. M. H. C. MOSES, Secreiarv. May S. L mm & SI!, j Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY. N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb. 28. WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of ti ve ii nea or less will be inserted under this bead for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional linea 5 cents per line. _ PIANO FOR SALE-Price $25. Apply at Mr. Moultrie Wilson's Mav 22-2t. WANTED TO RENT-My two story House on Bartlett Street, ?ll necessary Out-Buildings, with bath room ind water works. Apply to B. K. DeLorme or D. CLina. April 3. EMPLOYMENT WANTED by a steady JL? young man. Has had several years experience in Sash Blind and Door Factory work, Glazing and Painting. Address "W," Care P. 0. Box I, Sumter, S. C. FOR S ALE. THE WHOLE OR A PART OF THE MCDOWELL PLANTATION, contain? ing 640 acres, about a miie and a-half South of the City of Sumter. Apply to JAMES MCDOWELL, May 17-ff. Manning, S. C. 1890. 1894. A. C. PHELPS & 00., taral tar? Apis, Sumter, S. C. Fire, Life, Accident, Steam Boiler, Plate Glass, Bonds of Surety for persons in posi? tions of trust, and Liability Insurance io every branch, written in the very best Amer can and Foreign Companies. Over sixty-five millions of capiial repre? sented. Mchl4-o OFFICE OF County Mi of Commissioners, OF SUMTER COUNTY. PUBLIC NOTICE. SUMTES, S. C., April 24, 1895. PERSONS plowing ic the Public High? way will be prosecuted. The person wbo does the plowing is the party who will be prosecuted. The Overseers of roads will be held responsible for such prosecution. Bv order of Board May 1 TH OS. V. WALSH, Sect'y. THE FLORIST AND GARDENER informs bis customers and the public that he is prepared to furnish fine articles in FRUIT TREES, ROSES, AND ALL KINDS OF FLOWER PLANTS, ALSO CABRAGE PLANTS AND OTHER VARIETIES OF VEGETABLE PLANTS. 100 Cabbage Plants 25 1,000 " * 2.00 He offers his services to lay out gardens and put tbera in good shape. Reasonable terms. Feb 10. So Simple. -Arm: M??? Nine times out of ten whenweare out of sorts our trou? bles can be removed by that re? liable old medicine, which for more than 20 years has been curing- many people of Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Ma? laria, Impure Blood, Neural? gia, Headache, Liverand Kid? ney troubles. It's the peculiar combiiiation of iron, the great strensf?h-fifiver, with selected vegetable remedies of true value that makes Brown's Iron Bitters so good for strengthen? ing and purifying the system. It is specially good for women and children-it makes them strong and rosv. ',,-(,?,]'s Iron Eitters is pleasant to t \ r.:vl it will not stain the teeth nor c.:> . consolation. See the crossed red li:; ? on the wrapper. Our book, ,-Ho>. Live a Hundred Years," tells all about ;'.-ce ?- r 2.-. stamp. Snows CHEMICAL Co., BALTIMORE, Farmers, Notice. I take this moans of notifying the Farmers that I have just gotten in ;i ear load of McCormick Harvesters, Hinders. Reaper*. Mowers aud I lay Hakes. It is si known fact, that McCormick's Harvesting Machinery heads the list. And prices arc: very low this season and terras: easy. Write for Descriptive Catalogue aud prices which will be mailed you free of charge. GEO. F. EPPERSON, AGENT. Office at Geo. F. Epperson's Livery Stibles. May 22. Sumter, S. C.