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The Wilson-Minis Murder, i Facts Obtened bp ttie a quest. The Constable an Accessory, and Allowed Wilson to Escape. Daily Iteoi, Sept. 20. Deputy Sheriff Gaillard went to Lyncbburg yesterday afternoon to investigate the Wilson Mims murder, and from bim additional facts connected with the homicide bare been ' learned. Tbe row which terminated with the killing of Minis occurred aboat four miles from Magnolia near where Wilson and Mims live, while the two meo were returning from Mayesville. How the row originated was not ascertained, but it was stated to Mr. Gaillard that tbe homicide was a murder aod nothing else, although Wilson claimed that be subbed Mime in seif defense. The stab that caused the death of Mims was a terrible one and severed the fourth and ?fth ribs and penetrated tbe heart, causing death almost instantly. : tbe inquest a small pocket knife was produced and Wilson claimed that it was with tbat knife tbat he inflicted tbe wound that caused Mims' death It wks the genera! opinion tbat it was impossible fora wound of the character found in Mims' body to have been inflicted by so small a knife: and this opinion was strengthened by tbe fact that there were no blooi stnins on the knife. Tbe verde: of the jury of inquest empan elled by Trial Justice B. J. Goodman was That George Mim? carne to his death from a wound inflicted ht a chart* instrument in the hands of Samuel J. Wilson Wilson was held in custody and Trial Jus tice Goodman made out tbe papers commit ting Wilson to jail. Wilson wss turned over to Constable McLeod to be brought To this city for commitment to jail. McLeod left Lyncbburg with Wilson in nis custody at 2 o'clock yesterdty. and should bave reached here not later than 7 or 8 o'clock last night. He did cot arrive last night nor ibis morning, aod when he did not put in bis appearance wit? bis prisoner before 10 o'clock this morning the officers at ?be sheriff"s office be came uneasy/and. suspicions, a9 it was ru mored at Lyncbbure yesterday afternoon that McLeod, himself, had oeen an accessory after tbe m?rder. The conclusion was form ed that both Wilson and McLeod had taken leg bail and made good their escape. Later in the day, however, a telegram was received from Trial Justice Goodman contain ing the information that Wilson had escaped and McLeod w?3 accessory to the crime. Prompt measures will be taken at once to apprehend *nd arrest both Wilson and McLeod, and if tbey are captured and lodged in jail there will then be no possibility of their escape. The people in the Lynchburg section are considerably wrought up over the crime, and there was much suppressed excitement there yesterday, but there were no threats of illegal violence. Tbe people were outraged and iodigoant at the crime but desired that the law should take its course. George M ?ms was a man of about 60 years cf age, and bore a good reputation. Samuel : J. Wilson ?3 aboat 30 years ojd, and his re putation is said to be bad. The Constable Who Permitted Wilson to Escape Lodged m Jail?Wilson Still at Large. Daily Item, Sep*. 21. John A. McLeod, constable for Trial Jus- j tice J. E. Goodman* was arrested last night i by Deputy Sheriff Gaillard. Thearrrest was made at McLeod's home, four miles below \ Lyncbburg, on a warrant issued by Trial Justice Goodman. The warrant wus issned j on tbe affidavit of Joseph M. Mims, who 1 charged McLeod with being an accessory to j the murder cf James Miro* aod with wilfully ? permitting Saro'I J. Wiisen to escape when ! io bis custody. McLeod was brought to this city l*sr nigh: end committed to jail. He will apply to . Judge Buchanan for oaii next week, and un- ! less stronger evidence is produced against ! him he will probabiy be able to obtain re lease on bond. Samu?i J. Wilson, who killed James Mims is still a: large and no particular effort is be ing made to apprehend and arrest him. It is tbe general opinion at Lynchburg that Wil- j son is biding in the vicinity of his home aud will surrender when court assembles. He does not wish to go to jai?, but will be on hand for trial. This supposition may or may not be correct. The statement in tbe ?:st published ac count of the killing, to the effect that Mims aod Wilson had been to Mayesville, and were returning borne together, on tbe nigbr of tbe | killing, turns out to be incorrect. Wilson aud McLeod were together, and Mims was not in the party, bat was met with near bis home at tbe home of his son-in-law, Mr. Phillips Henry Williams and William Jackson were ? committed to jail last Thursday to await triai | at the next term of court These negroes are . two o? the gang that has been systematically robbing residences in this city for severa: ; months past. On Saturday night they , robbed the house of Mr. L. W. Jenkiae but were pursued so promptly and diligently that | escape was impossible. The custom of the j gang has been to rob a bouse and go out I into th' caantry and seil tbe stolen articles. ; Toey bad a regular round, extendi?se as far as Wedgeh'eld and Stateburg, and when the ; officers got oo their trail it was not a difficult j maner to obtain strong proof of their guilt. ? Two clocks stolen from Mr. Jenkins were re covered from the parties by whom they had been bought also several books and articles of ? clothing stolen from the Jervey Hous?-. A ! pair of pants and a vest which one of tbe ! negroes had oo were identi6ed by the owner from whom tbey were stolen. There are ? other members of tbe gang still at large and the officers are looking for tbem. Mr. W. H. ? Commander was mainly iosrumental in re- | covering the stolen articles and collecting I evidence against tbe two negroes arrested. Some of the merchants who ship a good ? deal of goods to Bisbopville and other near ? oy points are kicking at the freight rate that j the people at these places have to pay. For ? instance the rate to Bisbopville is fifty cents per hundred, which is very little less than ; :he rate from points ten times ?3 distant. Tbe merchants claim, and with justice, tbat j tbe rates from Sumter are excessive and tbat tbey cannot compete on an equal footine j wito jobbers in other places e?c-j though | tbey boy goods as cheap and can afford to | sell their customers as cheap as any of their J competitors in other places. The excessive j freight rates are more than they can stand, j - mi mi A few nights ago Mr. D. J. Wion heard bis chickens making a noise and thinking a dog or cai was trying to eatcb tbem, took bis ! gai and went out to investigate As be went out there wee a rustle io a clump of bushes, and he let fly in tbat direction wi;h one { barrel of hie guu. He bagged the invader of j his premises, which turned out to be neither j a cat nor a dog, but an alligator about four feet along. No one knows wbere tbe 'gator j came from as there is no stream or pond j within two or three miles of tbe place wbere j be was killed. This is not a fish story. Bond's pills for tbe liter and bowels, act esfilj yet promptly and effectively. SHILOH NEWS NOTES, Crop Condition?The Mims Mur der --Other Iteras. Shiloh, S. C , Sept. 23, 1695. In many fields around, three-fourths of the cotton is open and ready for the nimble ! hand. Forty cents per hundred is the price generally paid. The cane or su^ar millet is unusualiy fine, and while we h?ve not the bosey, no can truly erciaim, "we are in the land of milk (?) and syrup ! Potatoes, pens and rice are badiy injured by the drought. Gradiog tobacco is the principal indoor work. Mr. George Miras, most a harmless and in offensive man living ahont 8 miles northwpst of this place, wea stabbed to the heart, (the blade of the knife penetrating to the cavity, ) from which he died almost instantly on Wednesday night the 18th inst. Mr Sara'l J. Wilson, a near neighbor of bis, according to reports and the evidence at the inquest, did the killing. Wilson has skipped having made his escape from Constable John Mc Leo4, who was returning from Mayee vilie with him (both riding together in a road cart) wben this terrible deed wa9 committed. It ?eems that Mr. McLeod was the only eye witness to the cutting. Depc?y Gaillard, of Sumter, came over to Magnolia on Friday, arrested Mr. McLeod (as accessory, after, if not before, the fact, I presume) aod carried him to jail. There are many reporta greeting the ears on every hand eboot this horrible tragedy, but, until farth er developments, I refrain from repeating for fear of making a wrong impression. Mr. A lonzo Keels, who received a serious injury about bis head while returning from Sumter about ten or more days ago, is ap parently slowly improving, under the skill ful management of Dr. E. F. Darby. The reports as to tbe cac9e of young Mr. Keels' injury are too cocfltcting to repeat, as some injustice might be done. It really looks as if j Satan is turned loose :n tbe land. I hear a great complaint of fever from every section. The doctors are "on thego*' j day and night, and still can't attend to all tbe sick. An unusual number of cases are re ported around and in the neighborhood of Maguo'.ia. Occasional Privateer Personals. Privateee Township, S. C , Sept. 24, '95. Mr. Sam Bradford died on Friday and was buried at Bethel Church Saturday afternoon. He was 43 years old. In 1874 he was mar- ! ried to Miss Jessie Nettles, a daughter of Col William Nettles, who, with several children ! survive him. Mr. Bradford was a deacon of ! Bethel Church. A3 a man he was genial and pleasant, kind and hospitable, with a pleas ant word for everybody. He wili be much missed. Maud, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. Soule Mellett, (wbo now lives in Middleton Township) was buried at the Cain graveyard Sunday afternoon. This little one was a fav orite Among her relatives, to whom her death is a bitter grief. Another recent ?emh was that of Miss Nettie Christmas, daughter ot the late Mrs. James Christmas. She was buried at Bethel _ 1 last Friday. MissCailev Wells has returned from her I visu to Orangeburg County, accompanied by j her sister, .Mrs. MaryiCuttino Miss Julia Nettles is visiting in the Jordan ? community. Miss Gussie Keels, of Sumter, has bees vh- J itiag in our community. Miss Annie Hodee, of tbe Eastern part of the township, h9S returned from a long visit to Georgia. Owing to Mr. Bradford's illness and death there was no meeting of the Amusement Club last week. McD. F. THE COTTON MARKET. The receipts duriDg the past week have been heavy, more than 500 baies having j been received on several days. Tbe market I opened this morning with a strong upward tendency and middling soon jumped to 8 j cents. The quotatiors at 12 o'clock were as fol-I lows : Middling, 8 Strict Middling, Good Middling, Si Strict Good Middling, 8| Middling ^ir, Si Fair, 8| } Market Firm. No stains offered. Messrs. A. N. Freeland and Thomas S. | Rogan have formed a co-partnership for the i purpose of engaging in the wholesale and I re'ail sile of china and glassware. The style of the 6rm will be Freeland & Rogan and the Sumter China Hall will be opened for business in tbe City Hall building ou October 1st. The store now occupied by R. M. Jenkins will oe handsomely refitted for the new firm. A noe line of china, crockery ware, glassware and other goods usually carried in connection with these lines will be handled by the firm. A small boy, a match and the seat of his | pants caused trouble on Main Street about | 3 o'clock Friday. Tbe small boy was walk- ; iog along and etruck tbe match on the seat of I his pants when just opposite a lot of cotton ! on Main Street. The match head flew off and i striking a ba'e of cottcn a fire resulted Tbe i cotton was extinguished before the bale bad j burned to any great extent. The enrollment ic the Graded Schools is j up to tbe average of past years and tbe school j work is now well under way. The session has been begun with the brightest prospects for a successful session. At The Opera House. Peck's Bad Boy will be presented at tbe Opera House this evening by the Atk inson Comedy Company, and a number of surprises are promised. The piece has been entirely remodeled for this season, and many of tbe oid features have disappeared alto- ' gether. and new songs, dances and witticisms have taken their place. The new version is thereby brightened up immensely and well worth seeing. The curtain will rise promptly at 8.15 o'clock. Reserved seats tickets now on sale at tbe box office. Tbe prettiest lot of writing tablets in tbe city at 3. G. Osteen & Go's. Blair'e tablets lead. Telegraphic Briefs. S-l-:?.- 1 ber li J At the annual meeting of the Ken tucky Distillers' Association it was agreed that for the next three years the output of Kentucky whiskey should be reduced by allotting to each distiller a capacity equal to 55 per cent of Iiis average capacity in 1890, 1891 and 1892. Seventy-five per cent of* the distillers have already agreed to this and when 90 per cent have signed the agreement it will be gin operation. The belief is that there will be no trouble in securing the signers. The plant of the Sunlight Oil and Gasoline Company, on 49th street at Gray's Ferry ave , Philadelphia, was presumably struck by lightning yes terday morning and a loud explosion followed, which enveloped the place in flames. The night watchman, Michael Murphy, was blown some distance by the force of the explo sion, and was found with all of his clothing burned off and with hfc body terribly charred. lie did a few hours later. Loss ?200,000. The hearing before Secretary Car lisle, on the motion of Senator Manderson not to send Comptroller Bowler's opinion in the sugar bounty case to the United States Court of Claims, set for September 20, will not come off on that day. Mr. Mandereon is now Chickamauga, Tenti., and has not indicated what day willl be convenient for him to be there. The Louisiana lawyers and politicians interested in the sugar bounty question have not been heard from and it is not known whether they will take any part iti the hear ing. The London Times -day prints a letter from Admiral Penrose Fitzger ald on the dispute relative to the America's cup. In it the admiral says : "When the whole affair is viewed from a broad international aspect there is little doubt that the judgment of history will be against England. Lord Dunraven's action will not stand well as compared with that of Mr. Iselin." . September 23. So far the government has failed to make oat a case against the alleged Cuban filibusters oo trial at Wilming ton, Delaware. To-day is "Blue and Gray Day" at the Atlanta Exposition and the city is reported to be afire with enthusiasm. Goveroors of nio? States will be pres ent. The case of C A. Whelan & Co., against the American Tobacco Co., was begun at Syracuse, . Y., yesterday. When the arguments were concluded it was agreed to put in hiiefs inside of thirty days after a decision by the pe titioner as to what evidence be desired to be put in. Yesterday all Rome was bedecked with banting in celebration of the en try of the Italian troops in the city a quarter of a century ago. It was no ticeable that only the embassies of the ? United State* and Grfat Britain dis played fl'.gs. The Pope spent an hour j io prayer in St. Peter's. Charles Rose, son of Sir John Rose, has seDt a challenge to the New York Yacht Club for a race for the Ameri ca's cup in 1896. Ho will have to change the form of his challenge before it can be acted od. Tbe Chinese government has with drawn its objection to the proposed in vestigation by the government of tbe missionary riots that occurred at Cheng-Tu late in the spring. Cheng- ' Tu is one month's travel from Tien ! Tsin. The investigating American commission will leave the latter city at once. G T. Jenkins, a tobacco drummer, has been arrested in Atlanta charged with the murder of A. Basss three weeks ago The circumstantial evi dence against, him is said to be strong. September 24. Joe Jenkins, colored, was killed at Fort White, Fla., yesterday while ; attempting escape from the officers j of the law He outraged and mur-i dered a negro woman and attempted ! to kill the woman's daughter. A very eevere storm swept Michi- j gan yesterday. Damages amount to J eeveral hundred thousand dollars A very disastrous fire occurred in j Hot Springs Ark., yesterday. The ! Pacific Hotel, Jewish Synagogue and ! other "buildings were burned The work of laying the cable be tween New York and the island of Hayti was commenced yesterday at Coney Island. Pasteur, the eminent French seien- ? tist has been stricken with paralysis, i and both of his legs are useless. Col. Tilman Watson, a well known citizen of Columbia, died suddenly yesterday of heart failure. A negro woman, in the Lexington jail for larceny, gave birth ou Satur day to twins; one was perfectly black, the other perfectly white. Dr. II. S Toun, of San Antonio, Texas, has been arrested at Little Rock, Ark., for drugging and robbing a patient of $96. Yellow Bonnet, a Cheyenne Indian, of Oklahoma, has embraced Christian ity and divorced his four wives who refused to follow him in his new faith. Prairie and forest fires are raging in Kansas and Wisconsin Good For the Old College.1 Fifty Per Cent lacrease for the First Day. The friends of the South Carolina Coiiege, and there are legions of them throughout the State, will rejoice to learn that this time-honored and be loved institution of learning opens its doors at the beginning of the session i of 1895-6 under the most encourasr m o mg auspices. The number of new applicants for admission enrolled yesterday was 48 against 32 the same i day last year, an increase of just 50 per cent., and with such an increase on the first day of enrollment it is safe to ?senme that the average attendance throughout the session will be the largest in many years. Considering the fact that a variety of causes have operated to reduce the attendance of late years, the large increase in the number of new appli cations for admission is a gratifying indication that all of those causes are being rapidly removed and that the old college will soon recover ali of its former glory and prestige The entrance examinations will be held to-day, to-morrow and Thursday. The session formally opens to-day, with exercises in the chapel at 9 a. ra , and ?t is hoped that all old stu dents will be on hand promptly at the tap of the bell ? The State. mm ? ?-^? Drowned in Lake Michigan. Chicago, September 22 ?Five boys and yonog men perished in the lake ! this afteruoon while peeking relief from j the heat on shore. Their deathn were j caused by the heavy sea created by the I strong wind which prevailed ail day, becom?Dg a gale at night. Six ynuog men went out on the lake off Lawreoce | avenue. Lake View, in a boat WheD j three hundred feet from shore all of ! them took off their clothes aod jumped | ioto the water. A big wave came roll- ! ing shoreward while they were swim- ! ruiug around the boat and swf-pt tbem j away and under the boat. Four of j them were drowuerl. Other fatalities occurred at the same j hour off Hopedale avenue, in the same j part of the city Two boys, both aged 11 years, were swimming when a tow- ; ering wave broke on them, carrying j them uuder. Only the body of one j was recovered. Big Thing For Bessemer. I I Birmingham, Ala., Sept 21 ?The Howard-Harrison Iron Company, of Bessemer yesterday, secured a con tract for several thousand tons of S- j inch iron pipe for the city of Hono- j lulu The contract is for a sufficient j I supply to sewer the city ,and the or- I j der before completion is exoected to ? exceed 20,000 tons Mr' T. B. Nicholas, the vice president of the company, returned last night from St. ; I Louis, at which place he represents ; j the Howard-Harrison Company, and i perfected the details of the contract I with the agents of the city of Hono- j lulu. The Howard-Harrison Com- ? pany was iti competition with the world, and this is the first foreign contract of the kind secured by an American Company. It marks a new industrial era. ? mmw ? -?^"-? Sufferings of the Explorers. St. John's N. F., Sept. 22?Full j details. of\ the dreadful sufferings of ? Peary Lee and Henson are now be coming public. It is a cause for wonder how they survived. No other case is Known where Arctic ex plorers deliberately took their lives in their hands and ventured upon a most exacting enterprise with the full knowledge that their supply of food was insufficient and that tiiey would j probably perish in the attempt, j Peary's disappointment at the un- j satisfactory termination of the expedi- j tion is unconcealed, but all admit that he is not responsible for the failure, j No human being could have done j more to make the expedition a suc- j cess Had he had more men or even ! sufficient provisions, he would have j accomplished much. All members of the expedition! leave for New York by the steamer ? Sylvia, sailing from here Thursday ? next. Smashup in Greenville. Greenville, Sept. 23.?While out | riding this afternoon, Misses Annie j and Gertrude Parker of Charleston j met with a serious accident and a ; narrow escape from death. The J horse they wpre driving became i frightened and Miss Annie Parker was thrown out of the buggy and painfully bruised, and it is feared that j a rib is broken Mise Gertrude Par- j ker is badly bruised and her left arm j seriously sprained and it is thought j one bone is broken. Lewis Houston, son of J. II Hous ton formerly of Charleston, was very badly hurt His nose is broken and his face veiy much gashed. The es cape ?rom death of the three young people is considered miraculous, as j the hone was unmanageable and madly ran through a grove of trees, breaking the buggy into splinters. Miss Gertrude Parker got entangled in the lines and was dragged a hun dred yards. The three victims of the runaway are resting comfortably to night. Hill May Enter the Race. The Senator Said to Expect New York's Endorsement. New York, Sept. 30 ?It is ru mored to-night that the Democratic \ State convention will unanimously ; endorse Senator David B. Hill for the Democratic nomination for Presi-1 dent. It is furthermore stated that this is the programme mapped out by the leaders, and that Senator XXill has i given the proposition his approval. Such an action on the part of the convention, Hill's friends claim, will | secure the nomination at the national j convention. It would at any rate! prove a hard blow for the Cleveland Whitney people, for it is an open secret that Whitney contemplated such a move himself. Hill, it is said, wilt receive the support of Richard Croker also, which support, ? even if the former leader of Tammany | does not take an active part will mean a great deal. Senator Hill got into town to-day. This is doubly significant taken in ! conjunction with the arrival of| Croker. Hili and Croker had a long ! conference to-night. The decision I that ex-Governor Roswell Flower! will be permanent chairman helps ? confirm the Hill story. The senator I refuses to talk "Have you came to take an active part in the campaign, Mr. Croker?" he was asked. "I have simply come back to be in plenty of time to vote the Tarn-1 many ticket, otherwise 1 am entirely out of politics." "Do you regard the prospects of i the democratic party as favorable?" "As I have been away for six j months it might be well to wait till I studied the co-ditious here before an swering your question However, everything indicates that we arc go ing to have good times again. If good ! times return and the country is in a .prosperous condition next year the Democratic party will win. As the! party was held responsible for hard times, it naturally should receive the credit of having restored prosperity i On this basis, I expect the next i President to be a Democratic one.'M Further than this Mr. Croker refused ! to talk npon political subjects, except j to say in answer to a question that he did not expect to attend the State convention. Mr. Crcker spoke enthusiastically of his racing in England and said he hoped to do considerable racing there next year ? Washington Post The Cold Wave May Not Reach Us. Washington, Sept. 23.?The ba rometer has risen rapidly over the lake region and central valleys and it has fallen rapidly at Rocky Mountain j stations It is highest over the cen- j trai Mississippi valley and its lowest1 near the N'ew England States and north of Montana The weather is generally clear in all other districts. ? The temperature continues high over the Atlantic coast and it has risen in ; the regions west of the Mississippi It is 20 degrees cooler in the valley, the lake regions and western Tennes see The coo! wave will extend east ward and will be felt on the Atlantic I coast, tomorrow as far south as North Carolina, stter.ded by generally fair ' weather and northerly winds The I temperature will rise slowly from the ! Ohio valley westward to the Rocky j mountains. Awaiting a Challenge. Nhw York, Sept. 23.?Ex-Com modore James D. Smith, chairman o? j the America's cup committee of New ? York yacht club, said this afternoon j that he was momentarily expecting to receive a formal challenge for the cup from Charles Day Rose, the Eng lish yachtsman^ who sent the in formal challenge last week. Ex- ? Comr .?dore Smith said that while he j knows nothing officially as yet of the terms of the formal challenge, he thinks the challenger will be eighty nine feet on the water line and cutter ringed. The informal challenge re ceived by cable on Friday, reads as follows : "1 beg to challenge for the : America's cup next year, the race to be sailed on conditions satisfactory to the committee. Charles Rose, 30 Hill street, Berkeley Square, Lon?? don.'' Hottest on Record. Washington, Sep. 21.?The weath er bureau has issued a special bulle- ^ tin regarding the present hot spell, I showing that it exceeds any previous j records for the second ten days in- ; September. An accompanying table shows temperature of 104 for nine I days at Concordia, La.; of 102 for eight days at Omaha, Neb.; of 104 { for six days at Sioux City, and at j twenty other points temperatures ranging from 90 to 100 for the last: ten days. At Washington, D. C , ? the higheel point was 0C, which has prevailed for four days ; New York 92 : New Orleans 90. _^ ? j m_ 'For years." save Cap?. C Mueller,' have relied more upon Aver's Pills than any- | thine el?e in the medicine chesr, to rep?lale i ray bowel.-, and those of 'he ship's crew. These pill arr rot severe in iheir action, bat do tbe:rwork thoroughly." Ayer's Sars^pariila is not a secret prepara- j tion. Aoy physician may have tbe formula \ on application. Tbe secret of its euccees as j a noedieioe lies in its extraordinary power to cleanse tbe bood of impurities and care tbe most deep-seated cases of blood-disease. Elliott vs. Murray. Washington*, Sept 23 ?There is some interesting testimony contained in the contested election case of Elli ott vs. Murray in the 1st Congress ional district of South Carolina. Mr. Elliott, the sitting member, who has the Governor's certificat'' will pre sent testimony to show that in spite of the large colored majority in his district he was fairly and honestly elected. lie will also submit testimony to show that a number of colored men voted for him. One of tue colored witnesses for Mr Elliott states that his occupation is ' catching terrapin for Senator Cameron,7' of Pennsyl vania, who owns a plantation down in South Carolina. This contest wiil be one of the most interesting strug gles of the next Congress, as Murray is a colored man who was a member of the last Congress Mr. Elliott has also seen service in the House, hav ing been succeeded by Murray. Many of the colored voters of the district testify that they voted for Mr. Elliott because it was through his efforts while a member of the committee of naval affairs that the provision was made for the construc tion of the drv dock at Port Royal, S. C. ? - The share of the dispensary profits belonging to the city of Columbia amounting to ?898.78 has been with held by order of Gov. Evans. Sir George Neu es, of Loudon, has announced his intention to build a boat to compete for the America cup. W. L. Hurst, a while carpenter, shot himself at his home in Charles ton while cleaning a pistol. ST. VITUS DANCE. A Physician Prescribes Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.: My daughter Matti?, a?ed 14, wns af?icted last spring with St. Vitus dance and ner vousness, her entire rieht side was numb and nearly paralyzed. Wc consulted a phy sician and he prescribed i'r. Miles' Restora tive Nervine. She " '.?: :i::vv; bottles before we saw any certain shrns of improvement, but niter that sLe tecuti to improve very fust and I now thin!-: e::<.? is entirely cured. She bus taken sine bottles of the Nervine, but no othtr medicine ci nay kind. Knox, Ind., Jan. "?. '93. H. \7. Kcstetter. Physicians prescribe Dr. Miles' Remedies because they arc known to he the result of the lone; practice and experience of one of the brightest, members o? their profession, and are carefully compounded by experi enced chemists, in ex ici accordance with Dr Miles.' prescriptions, as user- in his practice. On sale at ail druggists. Write for Dr. Mili s' Book on the Heart nn? Nerves. Dr Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore fiealti. Are rou coming ro the Exposition ? If ?o; stop at the Loading Cotel, where accommo dations are :o be had for 1.000 quests per day The only Srst-c?ft?3 Hotel in fhe Citv charging only $2.00 per day. VICTORIA HOTEL J. W. GOTxUCKE, ilaiiiairer. Nos. 30-32-34 Sauth Piycr Street, Hali Block From Car Shed, Atlanta, G-eorgia. Burglar proof safc tor valuables, cars pass the door ever. rive nnnutes for Exposition Grounds. Everythir.g Srst-dnss. The best beds in the city. Telegraph or w rits r.head for accommodations. Kemember we will treat you right, and charge you Only ?2.00 per day for Board and Lodging. Por'ers at nil trains. Sept. 18 PIANOSuPWGHTSS Are without a rival for Tone, Touch and Durability. The Highest Standard of Ex :el!ence maintained for fifty years. PRIZE MEDALS: Centennial, 1876 ; Paris, 1ST8 : Atlanta, 1881 ; New Orleans, 1884-5 ; Chicago, T^93. Liberal Terms Send for oa'alogue. CHAS. M- STIFF F. Baltimore, r*h i?ttde?ph ??i, Washington, Chicago. Sept. 18. NOTICE. IWAXT every man and woman in tbe United States interested in the Opium and Whisky ! a bits to have one of my books on these dis ?asee. Address B. M. woo?ey, Atlanta, Ga. iox 382. and one will be 6ent yon free. 9 N. Liberty Street. ?204 North rVh Street. 417 lUh Street. N. W. IIS Wnbush Avenue.