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Telegraphic Briefs. July 9 The Queen yesterday signed th proclamation dissolving the British Parliament and fixing August 8 as the date for assembling of the new Par? liament. AH the prisoners in the Hender sonviile, X C , jail escaped last night by breaking locks, cutting a hole through the celling and then tying blankets together and letting them? selves down. Bloodhounds have been telegraphed for. A trolley car in East Liverpool, O , became unmanagabte yesterday and ran down a hill. The motorman was killed and eighteen persons injured. Secretary Herbert has suspended Constructor Fernand and Civil En? gineer Asserson of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Valkyrie III will start for New York on July 18, to sail against the American yacht Defender. Mr. John W. Foster, a counsellor foi China in the peace negotiations with Japan, has returned to Washing- ! ton. He thinks the peace between China and Japan will be permanent. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., July 7.-At I Kiamichi, I. T., to-day, Sallie Har- j kins, a young white woman living near that place, shot and killed John Burgess, a negro who cursed her be? cause she charged him with burning her father's house. The negro ad? mitted the crime and said he was \ sorry she was not in the house when it burned. Miss H arkins replied by j putting two bullets io the negro's head. The opposition to the removal of j the Liberty Bell to the Atlanta expo- j sition has ceased, and the bell will probably be started from Philadelphia i September 15. A terrible rain caused a landslide ? on Lookout Mountain yesterday, i which buried the tracks of two moun? tain railroads. People were terror? ized by the crashing of rocks through the woods on the mountain side. A dispatch from Havana reports that government troops were led into j an ambuscade by insurgents, but j quickly rallied, routing the latter; in- j surge nts loss 200 ; Spanish loss 50. j JACKSONVILLE, FLA., July 8.-"Tell Alexander Simms, to be hung on the 16th. I can't come. Don't ship his remains." The above was the tele? gram received by Sheriff Bowden this evening from Ella Simms, the wife of Alexander Simms, who will be hung Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock for the murder of Policeman.. Minor. Simms' wife lives at Fl om ato n, Ala , and as the doomed man was anxious ! to see her and his child, a collection ! was taken up and money forwarded I the woman to pay her way here. ; She kept the money and sent the ! above telegram. Simms broke down ; when the telegram was read to him. ______________ Tom Dixon on the Dispensary, j NEW YORK. July 7, 1895. Editor Daily Item: I attended the People's Church. (Rev. Tho? 1 Dixon, pastor) this morning, and ns it may be of interest to your readers to know his opinion of the Dispensary Law, I give you a report of what he had to say on the subject. He spoke as follows : "I regret that I cannot give a full account j of the working of the Saloon System, in South Carolina, as I announced on last Sun day that I would do to-day. I could speak for one hour on the subject. It is the most : difficult of all problems to solve. I looked : forward with pleasure to investigating the operation of the Dispensary System in South Carolina. The situation is this : The State closed up all barrooms and open- : ed instead places where all forms of liquors ! could be bought, from the ?nest to the poor est, but none of it could be consumed in the place. Tne officer in charge has no interest in the profits or success of the busioess, as he receives a salary. It was inaugurated and put into effect by the cyclone Tillman, then Governor and now U.S.Senator. It met, with great opposition and the neverest criti? cism: but anything from him would have j been 'he same. I honestly believe that if an - angel had stood on St. Michael's in Charles? ton and said that it was a divine order that :he Dispensary be established, that it would have been the means of keeping the people from the church, such wa9 the feeling agaiost : it when established. Now, I say, without j fear of contradiction, that it is working with I marvelous benefit to the vast majority of people. I spent twenty-four hours in Charleston, \ and went through the roughest portions of the city until one o'clock in the morning, and : never saw any city so quiet, except Portland, ! Me., and there the same conditions exist, ex? cept the South Carohna law is a poor edition of the Maine law, where liquor is only sold Dy prescription. In South Caroli?a it i3 sold to any one. The revenue feature of the Dis? pensary Law is its worst feature. I never saw H mao or woman in the city under the influence of liquor. I spent the 4th of July in a city of 80C0 in South Carolina, where half the population is colored, and not an arrest was mad? for drunkenness or disorderly conduct. I did not see one person in the slightest under the ina jeuce of liquor. | They drink, yet, in South Carolina, of course; but as you lessen the temptation you , lessen drunkenness. (Cheers.) They have eight dispensaries in Charleston now instead ' of 300 barrooms, and instead of all the attrac? tions of a first-class bar-room they present DOthing more attractive to the passer-by than tbe plainest hardware store where you buy 10-penny nails and monkey wrenches. ! (Cheers.) Oh no! no one ever thinks of going to a Dispensary on account ol' its at- , tractiveness. You see only the shelves with the goods stacked away on them ?nd a plain bulietin board agaiost the wall giving in de- I tail the latest price on the goods. The blind tigers are running, and just as it always was, any fool that want9 to get drunk can get drunk without going to the ] Dispensary-can get drunk at any time, j (Cheers.) , I believe that South Carolina, with ber ] impulsiveness and her disposition to lead, f bas given to the world, the solution of the ( liquor problem, and that it could be extended ? to the other thirty odd States with advantage j , to civilization. C. P. 0. j ( A Venerable Document The following isa copy <>f a paper dis? covered among his family archives by Mr. J. Singleton Moore, of Sumter, which shows how the Church came to be estab? lished at Stateburg, and how the pew sys? tem stood in those old days just one hundred and twenty-five years ago. The spelling, punctuation, etc., are as in the original : July 1 1770 South Carolina / Psh of St Mark J 5* Whereas The Upper inhabitants of this Parish are promoting a Petition to the Legislature setting forth. That the Paro? chial Church of this Parish is at too Great distance from the High Hills for them to repair there to attend Divine Service, and praying That a Chapel of Ease may be founded for their Benefit at or near the Settlements of the High Hills to be a Free and Public Chapel of Ease to tVe Parish Church of St Mark the same to be under Jurisdiction of the vestry of the Said Parish for the Time being and to be built at or near the place or plantation of Peter Mellett, Which Petition also sets forth ; That Divers Inhabitants of the Said Par- I ish have entered into a voluntary Subscrip taon for the forwarding and compleating 30 Religious and Nectary a Design: ; Now Know Ye, That we whose names are hereunto Subscribed Do hereby promise to ; pay or cause for to be paid into the hands of Some one of the Commissioners as now act under the Powers of an act of the General Assembly of this Province passed ; the 21st day of May 1757 for building and finishing off a Church and Parsonage House in this Parish and their Successors. On or before the first day of June 1771 next ensuing, 4jie Several Sums Set in ; words at length.against each of our respec- ' tive names, towards the founding, for warding, and carrying on the Work of the j Said Chapel, Under the Same Regu? lations. Restrictions and Provisions in ? respect to the Pews of the Said | Chapel, as is expressed in the before- ; forenamed act of the General assembly ; respecting the Pews in the Parish Church ! of St Mark and for all things and Matters ; respecting the Said Chapel to be carried on, as the wisdom of the Legislature shall hereafter appoint and direct : Samuel Clarke, ?25. Joseph Kershaw, Twenty five pounds. John James, Jur., ?10. James Berwick, ?5. Eben'r Hissett, ?2-10. Christopher Gayle. ?10. Peter Mellett, ?15. \ Andrew Rembert, Senr., ?30. Matth Singleton, ?50. Chas. Woodmason, Twenty pounds. Alex'r Campbell, ?5. Rob't. Singleton. ?20. Ishaxn Moore. ?25. Jos*h Hill. ?5. William Moore, ?10. Thos. Knighten. ?10. Wm. McConnico, ?5. Caleb Gayle, ?10. John Knighten, ?5. Rich'd Bradford, ?10. Arthur Richardson, ?10. William Howell, ?5. Daniel Ginhings, ?5. Josiah Gayle, ?20. Edward Lane, ?3. James Clarke, ?5. Jo. Terry, ?10. Saurl. Cook. ?5. Mf.tth. Robertson, ?5. John Pur [defaced and v.nintdliyible.] ROAD WORKING IN PROVI? DENCE. Mr. Phillips Sustained by the Coun .ty Board and His Work En? dorsed by a Special Committee. - i Mr. Editor: At a meeting of the County ' Board of Commissioners some time back the ? board authorized Mr. J. R. Phillips, chair mao ot the Providence Township Board of Commissioners, after working the road hands the time allowed by law, to |jire trie labor and work the road known as''The Red Land" bj Horeb Church, that road being in j a fearful condition. Mr. Phillips immediately went to work, with Mr. W. A. Spann io charge. After the road was completed and the bands paid of, ! Mr. Phillips heard that there was some dis faction in the neighborhood, some persons i thinking that too much money had been j spent, and that charges bad been made to j the Grand Jury. Although Mr. Phillips was sustained by the County Board, and the charges thrown : out by the Grand Jury, wishing to have a thorough investigation, he demanded that a i committee from th-it board be sent to inspect bis work. The following gentlemen from thc board met at Horeb Church on Saturday, 6th, at : 10 a. m. : Supervisor Dinkins, N. S. McLeod, : W. J. McKain, Dr J. C. Spann, with the j township board. R. J. Brownfield and W. S. Burkett. After a careful inspection of the work by the committee, they unanimously decided, on motion, that the work was well ; done and the countv had saved money by ; working the road as it had done. W. A. SPAN.V, Overseer. The Herald and Freeman please copy. Logan Notes. ! - LOGAN, S. C., July 6, 1895. Cotton in this section has made considera- ' ble improvement within the last three weeks. The prospect is hopeful yet. Corn looks well and we are anticipating a good crop this year Many of our farmers are through laying-by ? corn, and some have commenced to lay-by j cotton. Peas, potatoes &i?? rice look well. j Our nrighborhood has a lively and inte- j resting debating club, presided over by T. M. : Pierce at present, who decides all questiouS strictly according to merit. There was a pic nie over in Nesbit Town on the 4th of July, which was a grand success. The geoeral health of this community is good. HAPPY JAKE. - I- Tl - Say ! You Bee-Keeper ! Send for a free sample copy of Root's landsoraely illustrated 36-page, (?leanings in Bee-Culture, Serai-Monthly, (?1.00 a year) md his 52-pages illus, catalog of Bee? keeper's Supplies free for your name and iddress on a postal. His A B C of Bee Julture, 400 double-column pp. price $1.25 9 just the book for you. Mention this paper. \ddress A. I. Root, the Bee-Man, Medina, ! Privateer Personals. PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, July 8, 1805. The following gentlemen wei* nppoiui*-d to represent the Pnvnteer Democratic Club m the Conservative Democratic Couventiou on Friday. Messr.->. W 0. Cain. Seule Melle?, J. Scott Dwight, R. S. Wh?dtn. Sara brad? ford, atid Wither S. Lynam. Mr. Hiott commenced ? protracted meeting at Bethel Church this forenoon. His sermon to the colored people last dight, fit th?- New Bethel Church, was excellent and plain. Among the audience were several white people. The meeting of the Amusement Club at Dr. John H. Furmans last Friday night WHS a pleasant occasion and the exercises consisted of music, a tecitatioo and reading. The next meeting of the club will ?Iso he held at Dr. Furman's-it will uke place Friday night, July 19. Mis9 Mittie Surat, of Williamston, who is liked by our people, and who visited Mr. Hiott's family during the first part of the year, returned with him last week when he returned from his up-country trip. Mies Eva Nettles, of Gourdins, was mar? ried last Wednesday to Mr. J. H. Chandler. She was originally from this community, and many of your readers will second the wish ot this correspondent that her married life will be a long and happy one. Mr. Rollio Kolb, who has been sojourning in the land of flowers, has returned to the township. McD. F. - ??.?-?. Fulton Letter. FULTON. S. C., July 8 1895. The weather during the last few days has been so very pleasant that it reminds us more of spring than July. The rain last night bas revived old corn very much, but even now it will be impossible for it to make more than three-fourths of a crop, while corn planted a little later is doing well. A horse belonging to Rufus Boyier, color? ed, living about two miles from Pinewood, was chopped to death with an ax cr hatchet hy some unknown person about a week ago, while standing in the stable. It is scarcely credible to believe thai one so cruel, barbar? ous and basely revengful could be so near. The pic nie which was to have been given at Weeks' Mill on the 4th was changed to residence of Mr. Frank Hodge, where the day was most pleasantly spent and enjoyed. . There will be a moonlight pic nie given at Mr. David Lide's next Tuesday evening, at which, especially with Mr. and Mrs. Lide as host and hostess, we anticipate a huge time Rev. Mr. Rice, the lately called minister at Calvary, preached at St. James' last Satur? day night and was listened to by a large and appreciative congregation. Bishop Ellison Capers, after a most elo? quent discourse at St. Mark's last Sabbath, confirmed Miss Susan Richardson and Messrs. W. Gordon Belser and John R. Richardson. The ice cream festival given at Packsville last Thursday evening for the benefit of the Methodist Church being built at that place, was quite a success-the neat sum of leo dol? lars was realized. S. B. W. G. Ionia Letter. IONIA, S. C., June 23, 1895. Crop? are email but are looking some bet? ter than a few weeks ago. Cotton is very lousy; but I believe they have their day and then pass ".way. Farmers are about done laying-by corn. Mr. H. L. Boykin and Mr. S. A. Collins, of the Smithville neighborhood, are both sick, and have been for some time. We had the Rev. Murdeh, from Camden, to preach at Salara last Sunday evening. He took his text from Prov. 24 : 30, 31, 32. So you can imagine how some of us felt who had not been turning around. Yours &c, DRY JIM mn - ? ? ? ~ * The Fourth at SpriDg Hill. SMITHVILLE, S. C., July 6, 1895. A very largely attended pic nie was given in the grove near the home of Mrs. W. B. Mathis on the Fourth, ? nd every one of the large crowd enjoyed the day and the occa? sion. There were' not less than eighty per? sons present, who represented this neighbor? hood, besides a number of visiting friends, who were welcome to all. The dinner was a most bountiful one, the good house-wives of the neighborhood hav? ing made their usual provision for the inner man. There was nothing left for those who sat down to dinner to wish for ; the substan? tials and the dainties and nick nacks wero all there in such abundance that when al! had been saiisfied the abundance bad scarcely been touched. In addition to the customary pleasures of pic nies, a photograghic artis: was present and made a number of pictures for the crowd. Four large groups, with 25 to 30 in each group, were taken, and these pictures will serve to commemorate the pleasant day and enjoyable pic nie. The crops in this section are growing fine? ly and with rains and a late season a fine crop wilt be made, notwithstanding the late spring and ali the other set backs the crop had. M. Rev. J. M. Pike who was pastor in charge of the Methodist Church in this city for two years, and removed from this place to Flori? da on account of his health, has been elected editor of the Way of Faith, a religious paper published in Columbia. He will remove his family from Florida to Columbia in a short time. The skipping of Bowen the blind tiyer keeper of Charleston, to escape the sentence imposed upon him by Judge Buchanan, no doubt causes great grief to many Reformers, for they wished for some one to even up th imprisonment of the Constables by Judgr Simon ton. Base Balls and Bats, all prices, for sale by 3. G. Osteen & Co. Bicycle Oil, Lanterns, Graphite, Bells, Pants Guards, etc., for sale by S. G. Osteen & Co's. TH Li PAR'S EXHIBITION OF '900. Everything V. ill Ii" Done Cpo? a. Grand H:KI Immense iair. In the Revue des Deux Mondes Ls a preliminary survey of th?- forthcoming Cosmopolitan exhibition of 1000. It will be held on the Champs de Mars, a great open space on thc south? west extremity of Puris, already con? secrated by the presence <?f many simi? lar fairs. The French government sent out their first announcement of the scheme on July 13, 1S02. and last summer the chamber of deputies voted a prelim? inary grant for the expenses connected with a "best plan competition." The Champs Elysees will be considered part of the exhibition, und there is even a talk of including the immense square "n front of the Invalides. Indeed, the scheme of construction provides- for a broad bridge which will join in per? manent fashion the Champs Elysees to thc quay which runs on the river side of Napoleon's historic resting place. Architects, artists and builders were invited to send in plans and ideas. Every kind of liberty, in theory, was allowed to those who took part in this curious competition. Thus the best scheme did not necessarily require the retention of the Eiffel tower or any other of the old exhibition buildings, with the ; notable exception, however, of the Trocadero. Everything will be done I on an immense scale and if the ideas ? which at present prevail among ; tts promoters aro carried . out the j exhibition of 1000 will gradually absorb the whole of Paris, and even far off Vincennes will be utilized for all j that concerns athletic sports, interna- j tional-matchesand Olympian games. As < is natural, a great point will be made ? of anything relating to the past cen- | tury. and'the exhibition will be in more ; senses than one a centennial exposition. : The army and navy sections will be of j very great interest. After a period of four months those j who had entered their names as being1 ? willing and anxious to enter the exhi- ; bition plan competition were told to ; send in their schemes. Nc one compet? itor fulfilled ali the conditions, sq ? something will bc taken from each of ; the eighteen best sets of plans and sug? gestions sent in. The Seine will play a : prominent role in the esthetic side of the exhibition, for it is proposed to recon? stitute on its left bank a portion of the Grand canal. Venice. CATCHING BIG BASS. How the B'.HCk Monaters Are Caught in Southern California. "It is entertaining to watch Sen Diegans catch sea bass." says a trav? eler. "First, they bait a minnow hook with a bit o? worm, and catch a min? now. Then they bait the minnow on a larger hook, and fish with it to capture a smelt. When they get the smelt they take their heavy sea-fishing tackle, place the smelt on the hook, and go to angling for a halibut or sea bass. After they get their halibut or sea bass, and the bigger either is the better, they bait it on. a hook which is as big as a small anchor with only one fluke. This hook is attached to a line a quarter of an inch in diameter. When all is ready the fishermen whirls uie big hook with the halibut on it several times around his head, and then gives it a toss out into the water. Away it sails thirty or forty feet. "Say. for instance, that this black bass fishing is being done from the long dock at San Diego. San Diego : bay is about the best place for this fishing along the coast, although the fish are plentiful at oilier places. After . the baited end of the line is east the other end is coiled on the dock, and an empty keg or quarter barrel, or some? thing like that, is tied to it. Then the fisherman gets in his rowboat, taking a harpoon with him. and waits for a bite. Seems queer, here in the cast, doesn't it, to go out after black bass? The trouble is, you see. that the black bass of those southern California waters j weigh from three hundred to one thou ,' sand pounds, and it wouldn't be much ; use to go out after them with fly tackle . and an eight-ounce rod. That's what I : said. Thousand pounds. And it's true, every word of it. lt isn't often one as large as that is taken, but they have been, and will be again. I helped j kill one once that weighed six hundred pounds. It took over live hours to do it. but that was nothing extraordinary, for a two hundred pounder will give his captors a good three hours' fight any time. "Sometimes one of these monster bass will be read}' at hand when the halibut or sea bass bait goes sailing through the air and lands with a splash in the water, and will seize it immediately, but more frequently there is more or less of a wait for the big fish to bite. When he takes the bait. true, to bass nature, away he goes with a rush. In? stantly as many persons on the deck as can get a hold on the line seize it and slacken the tremendous fellow's pace if thoy can. If he doesn't happen to be too big they can generally fetch him to. but that is a rare occurrence. Usu? ally the line whizzes through their fingers at a rate that makes more than one of those having hold of the line dro:? it quickly to save their hands from blistering. Thc shore end of the line is soon reached, and it is dropped, for those handling it would be pulled head first off the deck if they held to it. Then the empty keg or barrel plumps overboard, and the water chase is on. The fishermen in the boat follow the barrel as it is towed swiftly over the : surface, and if the fish is a particularly large one it frequently happens that there will be a long, stern chase of the barrel before the boat overtakes it, that being the object of the men in the boat."_ Aceordinjf to Se*? on. Few people realize the necessity ol varying the clothing according to the ? temperature, and many a woman wears a sealskin saoque or a heavy wrap in weather which demands nothing warm? er than a coat of light cloth. It was the duke of Wellington who was cred? ited with possessing fourteen overcoats, from which he selected each day the one best suited to the prevailing tem-i pern-tire, and perhaps his carefulness ; in tli is matter had much to do with the fact that he lived to the advanced age 1 of eighty-four. Headache Destroys Health Resulting in poor memory, irritability, ner? vousness and intellectual exhaustion. It induces other forms of disease, such as epi? lepsy, heart disease, apoplexy,, Insanity, etc. Dr. Miles' Nervine Cures. Mrs. Chas. A. Myers, 201 Hanna St., Fort Wayne, Ind., writes Oct. 7, ISM: "I suffered terribly with severe headaches, dizziness, backache and nervousness, gradually arrow? ing worse until my life was despaired of, and try what we would, I found no relief until I commenced using Dr. Miles' Nervine. I have taken five bottles and believe I am a well woman, and I have taken great com? fort in recommending all of my friends to use Nervine. You may publish this letter if you wish, and I hope it may be the means of saving some other sick mother's life, as lt did mine." _ On sale by all druggists. Book on Heart and Nerves sent FREE. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Biles' Remedies Restore Health. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Sumter, S. C "WGETIMCT?RY7 Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M. Meets Thursday nights of each month, on or before the Full Moon. A. C. PHELPS, W. M H. C. MOSES, Secretary. Beulah Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M. Meets on First Tuesday of each month. H. C. MOSES, High Priest. F. M. SPAK.V, Secretary. Gamecock Lodge, No. 17, K. of PR-. Meets every Monday night at 1 o'clock, except fifth Monday night. H. M. STUCKEY, C. C. B. WALSH, K. o? R. & S. j Sumter Lodge, No. 1077, X. of fl. j Meets every First and Third Mon ' day nights at 7 o'clock. W. F. RHAME, Die? ri. C. MOSES, Rep'r. Fidelity Lodge, No. 251, K. <& L. of fl. Meets every Second and Fourth Monday nights at T o'clock. J. S. HUGHSON", Projector. B. J. RHAME. Secretary. Sumter Council, No. 649, A. L. of H' \ Meets every Second and Fourth j Tuesday nights at 7 o'clock. W. F. RHAME, Com. J. N. CORBETT, Sec. i _ j ; Sumter Lodge, No. 8, I. 0. G. T. Meets every Wednesday night at; 8 o'clock. J. W. DAMEI, CT..; GEORG s M A XOTTE, Sec. Sumter Lodge. No. I, A. O. U. W. Meets every First and Third Thurs day nights at T o'clock. H. C. Mosss, M. W. B. WALSH, Rec. Pocahontas Tribe, No. 16, /. O. R. M. Meets every Friday's Sleep at the i 8th Run. WM YEADON, Sachem. B. C. WALLACE, C. of R. Sumter Council, NQ. 7. .//.. 0. V. A. M. Meets on Second and Fourth Tues? day nights of each month at 8 o'clock. C. L. RHAME, Counsellor. B. C. WALLACE, Sec'ty. All of the above societies hold their meetings at the Masonic Temple. Y. M. CA. Until further notice, the Reading Room of the Y. M. C. A. will be open daily froru 8.30 to 10 P. M. Dailies, weeklies, monthlies, will be found there. Also, the Library from the S. L. I. has been removed to tbe rooms of the Y. M. C. A. BE?s? An earnest invitation is extended to : all to visit tbe rooms and take advan- '. tage of the reading matter^. Harper's Weekly IN 1S95. HARPER'S WEEKLY i-1 :> pictorial history o the time-, it present? every important even promptly, accurately, and exhaustively in illustration and descriptive text of the highest order. 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