The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 26, 1895, Image 3
June 22.
Xe. Sta?ord .11 iBoyle, ??Ora>?ge
bueg., ?as been appointed to the va
cat*cy tu tiie {United ?Ute? \NVraI
Academyat?nnapolis. Mr.redridge
Bankin, ?who ra?ked second in the
examination was appointed alternate.
Emperor W??Uam named < iheaKeiT
canal, 4'?F&ekaiser Wilhelm Canal.'7
Tbe?tefee ?L Cambridge bas re?
signed his.position <*f chief in com?
mand of tbe.^nmy of^reatiSritain.
Gov. Alkiason. ..?f Georgia,.im- !
pro^e?i-steadilpyeeteit?ay, but .is not
yet out af banger.
Lightning 8tBc?k*a< ?if.namite . mag- j
azi ne -near "Kingwood, W. Wa i last j
nigtot. Several ? people ^were k?iill?d
and a -gienlideaUsf? pre.?er?y ^was; de- j
stroyed. ;
Tibere ?oas *a .^200^00-iifire ID I
Seattle ^yesterday.
T&e National Coi; x3Btion of t?le-j
publican ?i*bs after-a leagtby se??ion j
Tn Clevelaad, ?Ofcio. 'has -adjuiiroed ;
witfc-sut -dor?g aisyihitig.
1 S*&?rge-?: ? Pearce,"--?s*aba co ??e d 1
several-yeai* ago ?with 4>34:,00<).fes- ;
longi-r?gitaibel Planters aadCIerehsstfs j
Insurance Co., ?f Mobile, wilLsar
ren der and ? plead . gos 1 ty.
Tfee report that ?Gen. ^Martirejec,!
Campee bad (been <k&ed by ?a Cubs,:: !
was a ?ase. 6aopos is at -?iautiag* .
and t? ^ood health.
>.oae:3i.
.fi
Tfee SoathemZlnilwas' is oepenatieg
with tfee ?City ?Council of .-Norforik- for
an eatracse to sae ci ty.sud .prscileges ..
? on the wafer *f root, jj.
Sheriff ?Grave,, ef ?Browaerille, ;
Tpe?o., aeeideotal^ .killed his ure o ty- ;
- ?cur year o 14 daughter -Stfcurday.
I It i*: ??cetaUy aenou&Q&d in ?Leedon j
. tftat dh? Liberal i?oaeberrj .?goveras-ent !
"will resigo ?od tb*2t ?Lore Salee&iry i
wi?l be ???*B?oned hy the > Q.ueec to !
foarj a mio?etry ao? bis .cabinstwas*.11 !
proceed writk obe roKtioe .bust ness,cf j
the , House, ??tata prevision*!-.sapa&ss j
and -?ben dtaeoiae Parlkmenu ?
W;. C. Owes?, .wfao-defeatedvW.-C '
. P. Jfeeck io ridge* ?as blue n hy-a- spider
a weet ago and te now .dongem*? ly ill.
. His physicians ?ty that bis arm -wtlt
; have t?i>be aopota&ad tos&se bis/life. !
Three meo were .killel and ?seven j
-, injured ty the barecaeg of a st ea tr. .pipe ?
,on l&e steamer CfefirtOipber tColacbus '
. oo.Jjake ??chig&o.
The S*f?day Ohser&z&ce ?Uague ?t
. re*ted toe member* of tbs Chicago h
tX^eagae seil tea ta yesterday, ?aeb
I maajave bead"'.for -$IGft,
?T?e inscrrecuop ia Maeedoo-ia is
aprej&diog. Sh e M acedoti?a&? are arm - -
ed xi th Marten i-H-icry ri?es and ar e i1
$gh tie g tba T*/?is? troops.
Mr. .-S. C tprake, a prospero**
-farnoer4 of Ridge Spring, was killed by 11
?ightnieg, on Satchel ay.
\ meeting eaxywsed of cae Re- \
ri or cn er asd one Conservative from each ?
township club io Abbeville county was *
.h-sld on ?Saturday. The Reformers
iran ted ri" jive tbe Conservatives two j
dalsgates to ?be Coos?tctioo?l COD veo- |
ti az and they take tee bat the Coo- <
serjr^ives demanded an a^aal division. {
^Totfbiog was ?ione. aod it,was finally j
deeided to eait a Coo veetton to settle i
the matter.
Jua? .25.
The aeaiversary ?of the ?e-zth of
PreMdeot Oarnoc was officially .ob?
served yesterday. President Fas-re,
with <he mipieters and eivil and rsiiii
tary o&eials visited tbe crypt aod !
placed wreathe ?pon the tomb of the j
martyred pr?sid?e t.
The post exebaoge at tke Presidio !
military reservation, Colorado, wag;
burned yesterday by incendiaries; the j
second toeeodiary 6re in thc post
within a week. The sailer was prob?
ably fatally barned.
The United Press yeaterday added !
another link to its leased wire, giv?
ing full service to the Kansas City
World.
Opponents of Cuba's cause io W?sb
iogton report that the President*? pro- j
ciamation has bad a depressing effect
opon frieods of thc rebels in the Unit- i
td ?tates.
A number of negroes in San AP- !
tonia, Tex., were arrested yesterday
for attempt on several occasions to
wreck trains. They ail wanted to turn
State's evidence.
Hubbard Smith, of Indiana, a
treasurer clerk, and author of the songs i
"Grapevine Swing" and "Tale of !
Woe,'' having passed the highest exam?
ination, will be appointed a? consular
clerk, a life position-the only ODe out?
side of the judiciary in the Federal ser- '
vice.
A fifth dividend, five per cent., has
been declared io favor of the creditors
of the People's National Bank, of
Fayetteville. N. C.
The trial of Bob Fitzsimmoas for
killing Con Riordon in the riog at
Syracuse, began yesterday. Only five
jurymen had been secured at adjourn?
ment.
John Frey, a young white man, and
a member of a gang of fire bugs, was
caught firing a house yesterday ic
Gretna, a suburb of New Orleans, and
was hanged by a mob.
Think of Tbis. Hood's Sarsaparilla is tbe
only true blood puriSer prominent!*- in the
Jiblie eye to-d?y. lt cures disease when ail
others fail, because i: makes pure blood.
Weekly Weather-Crop Bul?
letin.
The following is the report of the
South Carolina Weather and Crop "Ser?
vice, J. W. Bauer, Observer, tor the
.week ending Monday, Juoe.24 'rSS?.:
COLUMBIA, S. C., June 25, -I$95.
As to sections, crops are the best
in Greenville, Picken*, Union. (Lau?
rens, Newberry, Fairfield and por?
tons of Spartauburg and For-k ?Coun?
ties, where they are Hp to a ?high
leverage cooditiou, especially oottom;.
Williamsburg County has apparently
t?e poorest crops, and ike .prospects
tfcere are characterized a? gisotuy.
??Grasshoppers, in large ?outn-beFS,
beve appeared io the *pper part of
Newberry Couoty, ae? hawe bee?
mest destructive to cor? fields;: the
tobacco worm ts troublesome ic por
tioos of Floreace Coaety; corn oo
loir lauds has been damaged somerby
?ceins in Chesterfield Ceaoty- injury
to cotton by lice is ?ported from
X)r?agebarg Coaoty.
tibe highest temperates report
dur?t?g the week was on che .22nd
at &l?ack7?Ue ; the lowest reported
was ?2 on the I8tn at Liberty, Green?
ville and Cheraw; on the ?2th ar
:Mayfceld and Greeoril?e. T'he mean
temperature of tae week fer the State
was ?bout 78 5, and the normal for
the sara?, period ts approximately 3.
The -weather was injuriously dry
over a large pectic? af the "Stele'BCtil
the _ ?Sad, ?Sat?c?i*y^, wheo showers
.were qoke gener*$ over the western >tnd
oentrai postions ; by tl?e 2f>r<d?8uoday,)
,:he sfcoirery conditions reached the
coast, aod on the 24fie {Monday,) t?here
A?ere eecrry showers in ?the central
4>ouuties" hut) it is cot known at the
antral el&ce how geaeca? or eztended
<i*sy were.
The hearest raiofaM was reported
.fs&m Stacesljurg, ?riere 2 -S'S inches
fe?! on the 2$4~: oo dte 23d t fc9 felt
a;: tCamdea. The arerage af ?8 re
poqfo of ra?cra-i for tie week -is O.T?j2
(io this the raisa of ??wi'day are only
parally represented. auwl ?be cains
of ?J&coday oe>t??.t,all); tue s-orina-: for
the aame period is ap^oximaiely
Tj25,weiug L^C .iu the eastern por?
tion aaa? 1 00 ?a ??s. centrai ?od jweet
ernitp?a:ioos.
Theoe were ?ac?! -high wiads *?o
campasyiug chaoderstorni.? ri*t .wece
??ore .or. ?ese descreetvTe to er-0?*\, hat
ey hereof limited .?Stent.
Cottoo has wceadily improved .?a
?tadirion, and is .pt?te satis fstetary
.generally., chough it .continues sazaM,
wita .some .exceptio?? do the eeacral
anti pastero co un tie.?, wthere its eos?di'
?iou is reported very $QQV and <?<e
ter toca tin g. "?The pUat ?.b&iZ .started to
make .a-iast growth, ha? c ?good color
andriftir stand? Earlr ^lasting bios
sotnin?. iliice tave aleiost disappeared.
Crop.generally clean
.Con-Looks .ve?- protB??i?g .oser the
entire r&ate, it ?kaviog a goo? .color.
b*t the .stolk is generally report?t to be
low yet rtfcick. riUrly planting -?being
laid by. ffiie crQp clean and -SF?1I .cul?
tiva ted.
?triag <tc? middle.of the wee<k rfc?e
g-rc us ? ?becaote too tard and dry co
plant ?i#bble ?ands to coro, bat this
work will be resumed cow that faire
hare fallen, ??casshopfiers destroying
corn ie dewberry Couoty and worins
in Chesterfield.
Wheat tarves* nearing completion
with fa ?ri y Aa?w?a?elory yields, be ia g
io m a Dy. ioiUo-ces tetter etan antici?
pated.
Winter oats'dxHit &?l h arvecced with i
somewhat less toao aa average yield.
Spring oats ?eiog eatza? the yield gen?
erally poor.
Pisas have improved greatly, aklumgo
lields that have been sown wi this the
past three weeks bare been slow to
germinate.
Melons are doing weft lately and pro
sise a large crop.
{Tobacco is & very fine crop generally,
but reports from Darlington Coaoty in?
dicate that the dry weather iojured the
crop somewhat ; worms numerous in
portions of Florence County.
Ki ce ie doing exceedingly weil and j
is tu a satisfactory condition wherever j
its cultivation ha9 been attempted in
the State.
Peaches H.al are ripening now are
generally small and disappointing. It
is said the reason is that the trees are
overloaded. Thia can be remedied on
later varieties by freely culling each
tree if needed. It ts believed that the
?tme and labor required would be well
repaid.
Gardens have been seriously impair?
ed by the dry weather, bat, it is be?
lieved, not entirely ruined except in
rare instances. The favorable rains of
the last few days will revive them to a
largee xtent.
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A Blast Fired by Lightning.
KINGSWOOD, W. VA., Juoe 22.-An
explosion took place at the Buckhorn
stone quarry last evening. Lightning
struck the wire on the electric battery
and fired a blast before the men could
get away. Adolph McVicer was prob?
ably fatally wounded. Stephen Ringer
was badly shocked by the lightning
but will recover. There was no indica?
tion of a storm, the lightning breaking
from an almost clear sky. A large
quantity of dynamite nearby exploded,
wrecking several buildings and stun?
ning everybody for miles around. The
quarry is owned by the Standard Stone
and Lime Company of Ballimore.
??lill- .... -mm? -
Hood's Pills cure jaundice, biliousness,
sick headache, constipation aiiJ a!l ?iver did.
Choice writing Paper ten cents per
cox at H. G. Ostcen & Cc7s.
Locals m Brief.
The "torage warehouse of Harby<qfc Co., is
.poi??i np* with a rush.
There *re only four persons in jail now who
.we charges on the county, and oe ly-six all
, told; including two United States prisoners.
Th? residence of Mr. Moses Green on the
corner of Republican and Church Streets-will
be both handsome and comfortable when
completed.
'The oat crop in the immediate vicinity of
t?e-citv bas proven to be much bett?,-than
.ay one anticipated after 'he fre?:e in the
-early spring.
.Mr 1'?.. :H.? fasque, of St. Charles, brought
a wapon" load of onions to town last week
[ and-sold out at-good prices in lessi-faan an
hour.
; ^William Simon, colored, was committed to
j*i? last weekto serve a twenty day-eente?ee
j fer-petty larceny. He was sent dowe by
i Trial'Justice Parrott of Bishopville.
! 'Theijob of removing the weather-stains
jfrom the:monument, re-lettering Hand paint
iig-ibe iron-fence has been completed*by Mr.
i OE MsSCoutrie, and he made a *ery n?e^ob
j of it.
-Sin-ceithe C.--S. & X. track has beec-m-ken
up-from tbe'W. C. k A. Junction to theCen
: tralflcad, there ar? no junction points within
! ihe-cny.limita at which the trains must-stop
in accordance with fhe requirements ?? the
law.
The???? wi 11 -be a.pic nie at Siateburg oe the
-tth oFJuly*which wilt be attended by c very
; large number of people. That it will i>e a
;-?ucce?3 go?s?without saying.
! There-will deafish fry at Cane Sarcon??h
: ?o Thursday night complimentary to y<v?og
??dies visiting in the city.
Dtson ispiving the Taaiasr .' Tiger? rest
. e*n these scorching eui? J , and (feat's
! ?*hy he is a'ble to come S .
Tom Disco's genius is bearing fruit ir; K-ew
jVYork, and bis audiences are Urger than s hoce
of Dr.;TaltttHge. He runs a church of his
; ovo aod belongs to 00 dc nomi nat io ti.
! The newoi.-ater-.main OQ Calhoun Street
been-socnpleted,- and that section of tbe
j -city now bas-ample protection from fire. A
j .8tf6Am 0zweier can be throws as far out as
! Cap-t . John's iiTjeid's residence w?bout d?Si~
!-oulty.
^ife bene?ciax~y scholarshi1;* oSered by t)be
Ai-aein i -Associ?t ?on of the Cund-el is wort-h
? tryict?r for, ao? the boy who win9 it wiH
I aohieve a<disticot:on weli worth the effort,
?for thc place is open to coo petite se from tte
j ent;re?S.ate.
j The bicycle ??-er. evidences, <xo Bigns of
aba^bos-ant in -Sunter. The number of
.wheelmen increases continually, ?-nd severa?!
' of Lkc recent ??eseioas ?re f-faoee whom no
': o?e weald har.-:-suspected of a leaning
;] toward&'M wheel.
Mr..iJ. A..-?rog*v?;:.. of K-ocky Sou nt, X
i*"C?,iiias teen engaged *s saperint?odent of
tte Sujcticu^baccc t?7&rehoQSe. He ns a son
I of ?Ir. ?VT. Brogden,,.of ?fcbmoai, Va.,
. -{CK ?nev I j. O? this. coot: ly, who has n^en en
jig^ged ic -?tte tobacco busiaess for many
! year?
! 'd.M. Ha?.t,?Jr.,-B^r.,: has opened aa office
! in ?ce .Johnston buil^iQ^ in tc? rear eff the
.altee of tbe.^L. C- -Pfceips Co., srith atc en
! trance on tbe'Co,urt BoseeS.cnare. Hisotfice
: is neatly -fit?e? up ?u?I .-?-is ihtagle wiU be
( ihung.aut in tiK; course <cC?:i-few d*ys.
iMr. Willie rCultmaa, ?vho maeaged tfae
' Sumter ?Base BA.ll.clab 1*?C?eason, is organrz
I icg-a -team lo>se compo*edof Icc?: players.,
i afid-e&p4?t? tortore.the ba?-cranks of Sumter
: soeae good ball. He request that those who
j hare unifannis-betenging fe ?e- Samte r Base
! Bait ?lab vir.ill return . them tO-^im at ooce.
Ttw'County Boa?! of Coat?)!, held a qoar
f terly creeling Mood?kV and traiisacted routine
business. jtaeounti were audited aad a
j aettleo2<ant wat .made with lae .county and
'city. Trhe -City of -Siwa ter reoei-ced $502.35
! *3 tts share of rahe dispensary pro?t5. and the
j county reoes-y-ed ? like Amount.
? Dispenser T. ?HT. I#c* having .received
j tnstructioni ff CHE kbeSuie Board of.Control
! now opens the -diiepe?sa-r$- at 5.30 a. and
'close? at 7 ??.?H. Tbis-iew regularon will
! not tend to curtail the sale-of liquors, but it
' is the will of the -State Bo&r-d and coaaiy dis
' pensers must need? obey.
At the meeting of the baptist Sunday
School last Suoday aiterfwo-o^ Dr. Johc S.
! -Eughson, the Su perin tea?ent, awarded pnices
: W> thirteen pupils who had tttended er^ry
? Suaday since the first af tibe year. T6a
,'bo<k:s were suitable for &uafay School
' .prices nod were selected fjr the pupils who
I received them.
The preliminary before U. S. Coataaissioner
| S. AViCorritt, in the case of Ely fl. ffolliday,
i Y&zk laces and Frank Riley, wai coceluded
Ttboraiiay afternooa. York James gare bond
:foch 19-appearance for trial at the next term :
bf tte dotted States Court. Ely ff. Holitday j
aed Fraoi-K.-iley w^re committed to jail in'
default of bell, bat Holliday succeeded tn
giring A satisfactory bond Friday morning j
j ind WAA released.
R. L. Cooper, Esq., has in his possession
I a copy of a plat sf Sumter aa it was in 18! 4. j
There were thea ^uly 18 land-owners? in the i
place, ?nd there wee? only four streets bear- i
i ing namei-Broad. Liberty, Sumter and
: Karvin. The then Broad Street is now known
as Main Street. The plat shows that the:
town was laid off in squares between Harvin ,
and Sumter Streets on the*ast and west, and
betweea what is now Dagas Street and Canal
Street co the south aGd north.
Capt. Allen, Superintendent of the State
Farm, near Hagood, was io town Thursday.
He took back with him that afternoon the ;
criminals sentenced at the recent terra of.
court, and they -Aili serve oat their terms on '?
the fara). There are five convicts to go to the '
farm, as follows: Daniel Ja ra es, 2 years;;
James Dwyer, 1 year: Moses Taylor, 10
years; Santee Wilson, Jr., 6 months; Dol- :
phus Hix, 0 months. Capt. Alleu says
that the crops on the State Farm and 1
in that neighborhood are growing rapid?
ly now, and are as fine ns he ever saw, con?
sidering the very backward season with which .
farmers have had to contend.
The particulars of thc robbery of the ?
Mayesvilie dispensary prove that the person
who stole the State's liquor was a sharp j
rascal and well acquainted with the premises. |
One of the back windows of the dispensary
was seldom used and WHS usually kept closed
and barred. The bar was fastened by a pin ,
which was kept in place by u key on the in- i
side. The person who robbed the dispensary
is thought to have slipped iu during the day j
and removed the key, then ut night he effect- \
ed an easy entrance. He stole about $:;0
worth of liquor, closed the window and re- ?
placed the bar and pin, so that Dispenser
Weils did not discover tiie robbery until
after the lapse of twenty-four hours. As tar
as can be teamed there is no clue to the rob?
ber.
Some of the negroes who live in the vicin- !
ity of the place where Peter Blair was killed I
a few weeks ago, are working up a sensa- 1
tion. They claim to have seen the shade of
Blair walking around the premise?, drawing
watrr at the well and stripping rudder in the I
garden. They will not hear to any reasona?
ble explanation, but insist that Blair's ghost :
i? re-viiiting the scene of his earthly at>ode ?
every night. A few ot' the negroes do not !
take much stork io ttl*- idief.-ar.- of tliesnt^r
stiti"u* crowd, but a majority ot those who
live in toe neighborhood are considerably!
excited over the imaginary ^i.^st. Those
who claim to hav.- s".-n the spirit <>? lii.-.i:
nrws*:.l to rel>it?* v.TV circumstantial stories,
giving a detailed description of hi- appear- '
ance which tallies with his app<-flr.-t:>c- before
death. i
Privateer Personals.
PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, June 24, 1893. I
The Privateer Amusement Club was re- ?
organized Friday night at the Bethel Church !
parsonage. The officers were elected br I
ballot, without any nominations, and ure as
follows: President, the Rev. D. W. Hiott; j
Vice Presideut, M Us Kate Furman ; .Secretary,
Miss Carrie Cain ; Treasurer, Miss Tu?iila'n
Ramsey; Doorkeeper and Alternate Dcor?
: keeper, Messrs. Hampton Ramsey and ifenry j
i Wells.
The club starts out afresh under bright [
i auspicies, a good crowd was out the other j
night and the roll showed a membership of;
i betwe&n 20 and 25. The club will meet !
j i
every two weeks, and an admittance fee of j
: three cents for members and five cents for j
j outsiders will be charged ; the proceeds of ;
I each meeting will be given to tbeHcthel and j
; Wedgefield Baptist Churches.
i The next meeting will be held at Or. John j
i H. Furman's on Friday nigh :, July 5, and a j
j well selected prograanne has neec arranged 1
I for the occasion'. ?
j The Privateer Base Ball Club fcas been or- j
i ganized with the following young gentlemen >
I as officers. Captain, Willie Wells; mana-j
!/ger, Jimmie Whilden,- Secretary and Treas- I
! urer, Ashby Bradford. Next Saturday the;
j club will play a match game with another;
j home club, and it is ready to receive a ebal- j
[ 'enge from any other club.
Messrs. J. F. Masoo, Jimmie Whilden and !
; Ashby Bradford nod Masters Jim and Ro- j
' bert Mason attended the "Children's Day":
j exercises at the Packsville Baptist Church,
a week ago yesterday. They went from Tin
i dal ,epot on a hand car.
.Mr. Dwight Cain receivei the Demorest j
? silver medal for oratory, last -spring:., at tbe j
1 Williston High School.
.Mies Carrie Bradford, of Ser?an, and little ,
; Master Moultrie DeLorme, ci' Sumter, have '
been'visiting in the community.
A unique negro family live or. Mr. Whit- ;
?field Wells' place. The papeete are appa- ;
. rently-.quite healthy, one of the children is'
blind, another is deaf and iujKb.. and an- :
other is affected in the mind.?
Recently Mr. Eddie Pritcha-rd-canght a fish
?which had every appearance erf being blind
?in one eye aod Mr. Zack Trimnal caught a
?clara with a hook nnd line, i don't remem- jj
bcr-ever to hive heatd of a ckim being
?*- ugh td ti -this way before.
M.C?. F.
Shiloh Letter.
SHILOH, S. C., Jcoe^, 2895.
i Jetton do this section has raode consider- i
afak icqprovemeot within the lase'two weeks, i
boc ii: .is ?graatly behind yet, and abe ewss- j
j ho?*j>e?s?re eating it in some places.
! I harte never seen poorer st?DOS-of corn.
The tooti worms, "bil! bugs" cr>? grasshop- '
pers condones lo eat it w;:ta aa unuaual rel
isb. iPeac, potatoes and rice ?re fcevng badly!
damaged <ay the latter insect. I fhave met
with ao ?oae who bas ever seen tbaa2,'(the ;
grasshoppers,) -in -scah large nambersitc this |
- country, ?n? some.peqple attribute therr pr?- j
j sence to abe -absence of the blue birds, ond
! the decrease *n some other insectivorous birds, j
j biit mainly to 'S*e;former, which were alnsost ?
: wholly excermiioaied by that descractiice
j freeze. The nuefi hated little English-aper- :
' row is, in my judgment, alie best Substitute
! for the blue biri ?n the .way of destroying
insects. Jj
Shiloh has a iictiy and ioLeresting deb^t
: ing club, presided orer by .Mr. James L.
'Keels, ac present, wfeo -decides all questions ;
: strictly according to a.?r?.t.
I Liberty Hill Uuioo Sunday-School, ia j
I consequence of it having &u experienced Rad ;
; progressive superintendent, Hr. Daniel Keele, j
' and wide-awake, active teachers, is unu- j
1 snail j weli attended and gloving in j
popularity.
Three Degroes were indicted sad brought
before Judge Keels, of Ashton, for malicious j
trespassed ("striking" or killing fish at
ntgbt in forbidden water) but on motion by I
prosecution, on sufficient grounds, the case I
wa? transferred to Judge Goodman, Lynch- j
burg, who gave one of tbe offenders, Jee
McKay, lodging for 20 days in Sumter jail,
as a iittle change of air, water and scene ;
seemed cecessary for tbe good of the com- i
munity tn which Joe roved. Our community I ^
is breathing easy now. M
We hear it talked around that some one >
found, as wac supposed, a snake egg in Air. \
John K. McElveen's field, and breaking it, j
discovered that it was "packed full of yoong ' i
grasshoppers" which moved off rapidly io i
all directions. When snakes get to laying i
eggs loaded with grasshoppers, as numerous
?3 they are already, things begin to look :
"squally" indeed.
Mr. S. J. Mims has the finest field of cot- ;
ton that we've seen this year, it is fully knee
hie h all over.
Tobacco chewers or eaters are getting dis?
tressingly numerous. OCCASIONAL. I
Wedgefield Letter.
WEDGEFIELD, June 25, 1895.
The game of ball did not come off on last ^
Thursday, as the Brickbats failed to show up ]
on account of their catcher being sick. We j
do not blame them for wanting to be in good |
trim when they tackle Wedgefield. No day ?
has been appointed as yet for the game.
Mr. W. T. Aycock returned from New '
York last Saturday nigh*, where he has beec
attending the Columbia Law School.
There will be a pic nie of the Presbyterian , <
Sunday school at Miss Mary McLnurin's I
beautiful grove on next Thursday.
The Board of School Commissioners for .
Sumter, in electing Mr. D. L. Rambo ? "rst .
assistant in the Sumter (braded School, have
elected a competent man and teacher, and in I
thus honoring Mr. Rambo have honored j
Sumter. Sumter is truly to be congratulated
on her fine corps of teachers the whole way ;,
through.
As usual, the Conservatives are behind. 1
They did last week what they ought to have ,
don? two mouths ago. We will have to have
at least one more defeat to educate our peo?
ple. They will not ttike hold with thnt bold- 1
russ that is necessary to win. i
Crops are small but otherwise good We j
had a nice rain last Saturday, but mon- is ' ?
Deeded lor planting late corn arid f>"as af;er 1
oats.
Mr. C. C. Singleton has returned for the j
summer from tbe Porter Military Academv.
From LaGrippe.
_? s
How Dr. Miles' Nervine Brought One
of Kentucky's Foremost Busi=
ness Men Back to Health.
Y7 OTiZSEASE bri? ever presented so many peculiarities, developed sc
wj NV I many aggravating symptoms and baffled so many physicians as
rt V? LaGrippe. !No disease leaves its victims so debilitated, useless,
^ sleepless, nerveless, as LaGrippe. It is a disease of the nerves, it
ruses up thc tissue, the vitality, the life-giving nerve force that feeds the brain.
There is --one remedy that will replace this worn-out tissue: that will re?
new this lost,-vitality and restore health. Read what Mr. D. W. Hilton, state
:ag*ait of the Mutual Life laurance Co., of Kentucky, one of the best known
msrrance mea. in the stiuth, and 'whose portrait appears above, says about how
jJz.. Miles' iv ermine Restored Iii m io health when all else had failed.
-In 1859 ?nd ?90 I had two severe attacks of LaGrippe. about eight
:moi?tiis intervening between them, the last, one confining me tc my bed for
four ^months ai*! attacking my nervous system, with such severity that my
.life was despaired of. I bad not slept for more than two mouths except by
1 the w of narctitics that stnpeSfid inc, but gave mc no rest. For more than
eight kong week*'.I was only conscious of intense mental weakness, agonizing
bodily >ain and.lie fact that I was hourly growing weaker.
Wbti: in this.-sondition.it seemed iike a providential circumstance that I
learned cf I>r. M??cs' Restorative Nervine, for in two days after ? commenced
.using it. X began te improve and in one month*s time I was virtually cured,
.and very much to ?ie surprise of everybody wiio knew of my condition: for
none of tlvm believed I would ever recover. I have been in excellent health
since.and ?ave recommenced your remedies tomscyoi my friends, no: ono
o? whom nn*- failed to .thank me for doings, when I have mot these ?gain.
But the best remains to be to*:d. Mrs. Hilton had starred wit?i severe
nervous troubles for thirteen years and had been treated byseVera? physi?
cians, who stand high their profession, without ar.v re-cvptible improve?
ment. Seeing .how the ^ervine had so effectually ?un*! me. she commeuced;
.using it and is IOW in excvilent health. We never fail p> recommend it-"
LOUISVILLE. Jan. 22, 2?t? D. W. HILTON
Dr. Miles' Nervine'
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