Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tbe Cotton Crop. Washington, March 16 -The de? partment of agriculture makes the following report of the cotton crop movement bj States from Sept 1, io March 1 : From Alabama, 486,490 ; remain? ing on plantations, in warehouses, etc , 106,878 ; bought by mills, 44, 981 ; total. 638,349 From Arkansas, 365,457 ; planta? tions, etc , 115,964 ; mills 1,570 : total, 482,991. From Floiida, 32,712 ; plantations, etc., 3,103; total. 35,815. From Georgia. 777,632 ; planta? tion, etc., 158.381 ; mills. 142,641 ; total, 1,078,654. From Indian Territory, 52,259 ; plantations, etc., 7,538 ; total, 59, 797. From Louisiana, 398,137 ; planta? tions, etc, 66,618; mills, 1,074; total, 465,829. From Mississippi, 787,136 ; plan? tations, 15S,111 ; mills, 11,66%; total, 956,909. From Missouri, 11.056 ; * planta? tions, 558 ; total, ll,?6 14. From North Carolina, 155,616 ; plantations, 52,700 ; mills, 131,183: total, 339,499. From Oklahoma, 12.902; planta? tions, 701 ; total, 13,603. From South Carolina, 494,562 ; plantations, 80,133 ; mills, 214,270 ; total, 788,965. From Tennessee, 122,816 ; planta? tions, 15,688; milis. 14,412; total, 152,916 From Texas, 1,531,842 ; planta? tions, 220,081 :; mills, 3,204 ; total, 1,755,127. From Virginia, 7.105 ; plantations, 1,294 ; total, 8,399. Total crop, including 40 bales pro? duced in Utah, 6,788,507 commercial bales To the above mill figures should be added : For Georgia, 745 ; Louis? iana, 6,S6"5 .; North Carolina, 565 ; South Carolina, 5,808 ; Tennessee, 2.052. aud to Texas 2,547 bales taken from ports aud otherwise counted in the railway movement, the Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia figures being also included ta the railway movement. The mill purchases by States are as follows : Alabama, 44,981 ; Ar? kansas, 1,670 ; Georgia, 143,386; Keatuoky, 10,415; Louisiana, 7.439; Mississippi, 11,562 ; Missouri, 788 ; North Carolina, 131,748 ; South' Carolina, .220,078 Tennessee, 16, 464; Texas, 5,757, and Virginia, 16,034.; total, 609,766 balee. No deduction has been made of cotton on plantations and at interior points September 1, 1895. Tfee above figures are eabject to revision in the department's fiuai re? port. A Newspaper Changes Hands. Darlington, March 15-The Dar-jj lington News, for ten years past owned j! and edited by Mr Henry T. Thompson, j bas been sold to Mr. A. G. Kollook, of ? the Cheraw Reporter. Mr Kdllock j has leased the Reporter to Mr J, P. Gibson, of ihe Peo-Dee Advocate, and I will take charge of bis new purchase \ on the 23d inst. Mr. Thompson re? tired from journalisai to devote hie en - j tire time to the practice of law His paper was established twenty-five years j ago ?fi*d under bis charge bas beeo a high-toned, ably edited journal, and the retirement of Editor Thompson will be a loss -deeply felt in South Carolina journalism. Editor Kol lock is an ex perieoeed and successful newspaper mao mad is well known here, where a ] welcome awaits him -Darlington Cor. News and -Courier. He was a Horse Thief. Abbeville, March 16.-A small wreck occurred on the Seaboard Air Line road this morning at 5 o'clock, a mile and a half from the city. The cars in the northbound local freight broke loose and ran together break? ing up and derailing about seven cars. None of the train crew were hurt. A tramp riding in an empty car paid dear for his trip. He has both legs crushed and his head cut severely. The doctors say he cannot live. He proved to be one Murray Adams, an escaped jailbird, wanted in Greenville, Anderson and Abbe? ville counties for hor?e stealing He escaped from the Greenville jail about four months ago with Vertier Ray, the Greenwood murderer. A reward of $25 was offered by Greenville county and goes to Pol?cecian J. G. Fisher, who identified 'bim when brought to the city. John Ireland, ex-goveroor of Texas and one of the most prominent mem? bers of the Southern bar, died in San Antonio, after ao iliness of two weeks. Governor Ireland was born io Har; county, Kentucky, in 1827 and went to Texas io 1852 He was a member of the constitutiooal coovention in 1866 and served as representative and senator io the Texas legislature in the earlier seventies Io 1875, he was appointed a member of the Texas su preme court, bat resigned. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention io 1880, and io 1882 was elected governor. He was re-elected in 1884. At the time of his death, Governor Ireland was president of the San Antonio and Gulf Shore railroad. History Making. j ? -i Daring the recent session of the Constitutional Convention a debate arose on some question in which it was desirable to get accurately the number of troops that served from South Carolina in the war of the Revolution of 1776. So imperfec?ly have the records of the State been kept that statistics of a? accurate character upon any subject con? nected with that war are difficult to ob? tain "This, however, is not the case with the Northeastern States. They have chronicled everything, and the con- | sequence has been that the writers j of these States are the historians of j the country, and they have accurate j information recorded on almost every subject, not only of a public but a pri? vate nature. Dr. J. L. M Curry has written a book entitled "Toe Southern States of the American Union," in whioh he seeks to record the part which the Southern States have enacted in the formation of the Union-in the pioneer work of its settlement-and in the acquisition of territory out of which the large Western States have been carved. In this little book Dr. Curry states that in 1790 the white population of Pennsylvania was 110,738 and in Virginia 110,934. while Pennsylvania only furnished 34,965 soldiers for the Revolutionary War, and Virginia 56, 721. The military population of New Hampshire was 531 larger than South Carolina, and she contributed only 14,906 soldiers, and South Caro? lina 31.131. New York contributed only 29,836 soldiers, when it had double the military populado? of South Carolina and 40 per cent, more j of total population. South Carolina ? sent to its armies 37 out of every 42 i citizens capable of bearing arms ; j Massachusetts sent 32, Connecticut 30 and New Hampshire 18. At the North accurate Tolls are kept of every person who eotered the army. The North sent to the army 100 men for every 227 of mili? tary age, as shown by the census of 1790, and the South 109 for every 209 In 1848 one of every sixty-two ol the men of military age in 1790, io the North, was a Revolutionary pen? sioner, and one out of every 110 in the South. Of these pensioners, Dr. Curry says, New Eogtaod had 3.146 more than there were io -all the South, and New Fork two-thirds as maoy, though she contributer] oot ooe-sev eoth as maoy to the wer of the Revo? lution. A recent experience thas shown the writer of this article what a difficult matter it was for soldiers from South Carolina io the Evolutionary War to make proofs of their services io t&at war io order to get the pensions allowed io 1332. tlu looking upa family record as far back as 1833, the papers upon which a Revolu? tionary soldier wa? granted a pen? sion were foucd, and the proofs of this service as therein revealed, were given solely capon the individual's affidavit of service, aod a record of ao account paid by ti>? State of South .Carolina to bim as taten from books io the Treasurer's o&ce of date 6th of -June, 1785 ; certified to bj Colonel Anderson. ho rolls bad bee? kept, aod so diffi? cult was it to prove such service io 1$33 that comparatively few io the State could get the benefit of the pen? sions grao ted trader ?aid act. The materials lor ao interesting ?nd instructive history in Sooth Caro ?ina is abundant, and private fortunes are *o limited that iodividuals have no tie time to devote ta such work, and tbe State should therefore make annual appropriatoos to aesest in doiog the work. The work which ie now bein^pre pared by General Farley to preserve the rolls of the soldiers .of South Caro lioa in the Confederate war is io the rtg&t direction, but should be enlarged so as to have a complete history of SouOh Carolina writteu. The State bas suffered grievously by iiaviBg others than &er own sons to write her history, and that history is a glorious one if it could be faithfully and accurately writ? ten.-Columbia Evening News. -ip---?-? Elkes Did Break The Hecord. J*acfc?onsville, Fla , Marek 13.-At the Villa Maynard met last Wednes? day of the Jacksonville wfceeltnen, Harry Elkes, of Saratoga, N. Y., rode ten miles in competition in 24. 58. On the strength of this perform? ance it was claimed that Elkes had lowered the world's amateur record j for 10 miles in competition. This claim was, however, subsequently denied, a telegram being received here that the distance had been made in less time than 24.58. This asser? tion, however, is not true, for Chiar-1 man Gideon, of the League ofAmeri can Wheelmen racing board, tele- j graphs to-day that the best time for j 10 miles prior to Elkes's performance j was 25 32. Elke6, therefore, holds the world's amateur championship for 10 miles in competition. Elkos's j performance was the more noticable j because the racers were not paced j for nearly two miles of the distance. London, March 12. - A dispatch to ! the Central News from Bombay says that Samuel L. Clemens ''Mark Twain) is seriously ill at Jeypore. Calhoun and Lincoln. From The State. The article which Mr. D. J. Kootts pub;i:-hed in the Lexington Dispatch entitled '-The Handwriting of God io the Government of Man," a part, of which you produced io your paper of the 6:h inst., referriog to the birth of Abraham Lincoln, is calculated to mis? represent the reading public concerning that important historical fact. Mr. Knotts is responsible for the statement that Abraham Lincoln was the illegiti? mate son of John C. Calhoun. He says that Lincoln's mother was "born and raised a few miles from Mr. Cal? houn's home," aud with poor taste and less truth continues, "poor Nancy Hanks thus ieaves her oative land and maks her home among strangers, with strong convictions uppermost in her troubled mind. Soon afterwards she married a poor man io her western home whose name was Line?lo. He who gave the name of this offspring was not bis father." Mr. Knotts refrains from informiog thc public where he got this wonderful fuod of information aud cities no authority whatever, but seemingly bas invented these unheard-of statements **to point a moral, or adorn a tale " I have taken the trouble to look up the history of Lincoln's mother and give no less an authority than Dr. Cathcart, the eminent compiler of the Baptist Encyclopaedia, volume ?I, page 704. Dr.Cathcart says: "Mrs Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, was boro in Virginia, and wheo quite young removed to Kentucky with some members of her family Io 1806 she married Thomas Liocolc of Hadgenville, Hardin oouoty, Kentucky In (his settlement Abraham Lincoln, afterwards President of the United States, was boro, February 12. 1809." Thus we see Nancy Hanks was not "boro and raised a few miles from Mr. Calhoun's homo," but in Virginia, and that Abraham was born more than two years after her marriage with Thomas Liocolo. Carhcart futher says : "Mrs Nancy Hanks Lincoo was a woman of rare qualities of mind and heart, and though she died in 1818, when her son was ooly nioe years old, she left impres? sions upon him which could never be effaced, aod which directed his whole future movements. "All that I am on earth," said President Lincoln to Rev. A. D. Gillete, then of Washington city, 'I owe to my Baptist mother.' Mrs. Lincoln lived and died unknown beyond a very limited circle, bat her light has been carried over the world by the fame of her illustrious son." From the facts as they appear, Mr. Knotts has either intentionally or through ignorance, slandered the mem? ories of a Christin woman, Carolina's noblest soo aod the greatest President since the days of Washington. Yours for the truth, Burt W. Andrews. Oraogeburg, March 7, 1896 Bamberg, March 1$.-A sad drown? ing occurred io the Edisto river last night at 9 o'clock io which a young mao of this place named Charles W. Whetstone, lost his life- A party of young men went up tte river fishing, all using one small boat, and in soo?e way the boat capsized and all attempted to swi-oa to store, though, as was after? words learned, Mr. Whetstone could not swim, and was caught io the cur? rent and carried to a watery grave. Mr. Whetstone was only 24 years old aod was an employee of the Edisto Shingle Company. Parties have been dragging the river all day for his body, but ap to this time it tas not been re? covered Washington, March &2.-George M. Coffin of Charleston, S. C., to-day en? tered apon the duties of deputy comp? troller of the currency., to which po? sition he has been appointed by Secre? tary Carlisle ?pon the recommendation of Comptroller Eckels. He was ap? pointed chief of the division of issues in l886 upon the request of Comptroller Trenholm who transferred him io 1888 to the head of the division of reports, including examiners' reports, in which position he has been retained continu? ously 6ioce by Comptrollers Tracy, Hepburn aod Eckels. The senatorial race in Kentucky is 8 ti ll hot. Policp were statioDed through? out the state use yesterday and all spectators excluded. Democrats scored a poiot by gettiog the chair to rule that only those voting would be counted in a quorum. They hope to get the necessary 70 votes by nest Tuesday, but the Republicans are said to be brewing trouble. - Mil- - - A dispatch from Columbus, O., says that the reason why the platform was silent on the subject of Cuba was that Governor McKinley had received a pe? tition from New York busioess men deprecating any declaratioo on that subjeot. as oalouk.ed to further ioflame the public and disturb our export trade. Word was thereupon sent to the com? mittee on resolutions and Cuba was not mentioned. The telescoping of two cars on a construction train of the Abbeville and Waycros8 railroad near Fitzgerald, Ga., yesterday, killed one colored laborer and injured 6ve. Traffic was blocked a few hours. Pure Blood ?3 the safeguard ot health. Keep your blood pure, rich and full of vital-, i ty by takiner Hood's Sarsiparilla, and you will not need to fear the attacks of disease, i PRIVATEER PERSONALS. PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, March 15, 1836. According io appointment the Amusement Club met at Mr. Willie Cain's Inst Friday night aod the following programme was ren? dered : Music-Miss Helen Cain. Recitations-Misses Nena Wells and Lizzie Whilden. Voca! Duet-Miss Talulah Ramsey and Mr. Rollin Kolb; accompanied on organ by Miss Una Wells. Reading-Miss Matilda Dwight. Music-Miss Olive Mellen. There were also two tableaux. The actors in the first were Mr. Hey ward Ramsey and Misses Nena Wells and Lizzie Whilden. ID the second the actors were Mr. Ramsey and Mi?3 Wells. The next meeting of the club will beheld at Miss Cally Wells's on Friday night, March 27. The Rev. E A. Wyman, the author of "Ships by Day," preached to a large congre? gation at Bethel Cuurcb yesterday. He also made a talk to the Sunday School. Mrs. J. M. and Miss Fannie Wilson, of the Mt. Zion community, are visiting at Dr F. M. Beckham's. Miss Mary White Nettles is visiting at Wedgefield. Miss Eloise Seabrook, of John's Island, who has been visiting in the community bas returned home. It was mentioned in toe Personals not long since that seventy odd fish bad been caught m nets two nights at Weeks's mill pond We made a big mistake-it was 740-odd fish. Last week we attended the closing exer? cises of the Monaghan colored public school, which was taught by Eliza Green. The ex? ercises was held in the Legare A. M E. Church, which is a large building, but such was the size of the crowd that many had to stand. The singing by pupils was accom? panied by the teacher on the organ-the music was indeed a treat and some of the recitations were good. Prizes from the teacher were given the following pupils Richard Brogdon, Sykes Gamble, Ida Moses and Wallace Mack. There was one feature of the evening that showed so unmistakably the respect of the negroes for the whites, t?at we can't resist mentioning it here. A few other young white men went with your correspondent; when we arrived at Legare the exercises bad commenced, but the front bench was cleared of its colored occupants sufficient to let us have places on it; in addition to this we were publicly thanked for attending. It is pleasant to record such incidents as these, they show so plainly the kind feeliogs wbicb exists between the races. Fannie Nathaniel, an aged colored mauma, recently of this township, was buried in the community last week. She was the mother of George Burkman, one of Privateer's most repectable negro men. It is indeed pleasant to realize that spring will soon be here and the birds will chant "matin hymns," and the "fragrance of flow? ers," io the gardens and the woodlands, will go "up from the opening petals like sweet inceose to the God of the birds and blos? soms." McD.F. Providence Points. PROVIDENCE, March 13th, 1896. Quite a Dumber from here attended the Karoival of Komerce in Somier last Wednes? day evening, and al! seemed to have enjoyed it very much. The unanimous verdict is that the Sumter Ice Company, which was represented by Miss Lillian Moses, of this place, was entitled to the prize. Your correspondent had the pleasure of atteudiog the closing exercises of the Line School Academy this afteruoon, at 2 o'clock. The following programme was earned out in a manner that would have done credit to any of our colleges : Song-By School. Recitation-Our Future Man-Master Charlie Williamson. Recitation-Maud Muller-Miss Julia Dixoo. Recitation-The Year of Fun-Miss Maggie Weldon. Recitation-Watches by the Sea-Miss Rosie Moses. Recitation-Christmas Turkey - Master Charlie Dixon. Dialogue-An Old-fashioned Teacher-Mas? ters Julian Seale, Charley Williamson, Wal? ter Weldon, Charley Dixon and Miss Mary Gaillard. Song-See Them Standing all in a Row By little boys and girls of school. Recitation-Pictures From Memory-Miss Lucile Kingman. Recitation-After School-Master Walter Weldon. Recitation-Somebody's Darling-Miss Carrie Dixon. Dialogue-Trials of a Colored Witness Masters Jack Moses, William Seals and Eng? lish Williamson. Song-Tell me Where do Fairies Dance Misses Carrie Dixon aod Georgia aod Roberta Williamson. Recitation-OD a Cheerful Village Green Miss Mary Gaillard. Recitation-Boy's Rights-Master Clareoce Myers. Recitation-Little Bessie-Miss Roberta Williamson. Recitatioo-Vacation Song-Master Julian Seals. Blue Bells of Scotland-by School. Dialogue-School Master-Master Eugene Myers aod William Seals. Recitation-Tiny Tot-Miss Cornelia King man . Dialague-Whose Turn-Masters Jack Moses and English Williamson. Recitatiou-How Henry Played-Master David Seals. Dialogue-Good Bye-Misses Georgia Wil? liamson and Julia Dixon. Valedictory-Miss Gertrude Myers. Recitation-Compliments-by Seven Little Girls. Master Jack Moses then introduced Maj. E. F. Burrows, who roade a very appropriate ad? dress. Master William Seals iesponded in behalf of school. Closing Song-By School. Th? teacher, Miss Maggie Myers, deserves a great deal of credit for the manner ?n which her pupils recited. She bas not only proven herself one of the best teachers in the county, but has accomplished what has always been considered an impossibility-pleasing every one. M. F. H. Poisons engendered by food fermenting in a dyspeptic stomach are the direct cause of rheumatism, gout, bronchitis, liver and kid? ney complaints, asthma, pneumonia and many nervous ailments. These results are prevented by the use of the Shaker Digestive Cordial, a remedy dis? covered and prepared by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, N. Y. It is in itself a food and has power to digest other food taken with it. Thus it rests the diseased stomach and finally masters the worst cases of dys? pepsia. It acts promptly, fresh strength and increase of weight soon follows. The first dose, taken immediately after eating, abates the pain and distress so dreaded by dyspep? tics. Trial bottles-enough to prove its merit-10 cents. Laxol is the best medicine for children. Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil. --? Joseph Hendricks, a Clemson cadet, and a son of Matthew Hendricks super? visor of Piokens county disappeared on Sunday last and no trace of bim can be found. IONIA LETTER, IONIA, S. C , March 13, 1896. We hud a pretty ?now this morning, and m-i_v hare more, which put so-ne of na out of the tiotioo of planting corn. We have had such fine weather that we begin to foel very much like planting. From what some old planters say, next week will be the time to I plant, as it will be dark nights. They say j that corn will not grow very tall but will bear much better. I have noticed that corn : grows much taller some years than others, \ j hut do not know the cause I thought that I would plant on the dark nights this year, and take notice to see if there will be any difference. I ara inclined to believe that the moon has something lo do with certain things. I never fail to make fine crop9 of ? peas, and always plant them the dark nights i in June. We are having a good deal of sickness. From what I can learn, Drs. Britton and Osteen are kept quite busy. Mumps are still io the neighborhood, but only know of one new case. But that one is in a large family, whicn will cause others soon. Mr. Editor, I would like to suggest to the proper authorities, that, aa public schools will run longer the coming term, it will be a good idea to teach two months in the sum? mer, July and August, (as children in the country who have to help on the farms are at leisure those two months,) and then finish the term in the fall and winter. If something like that is not done, the schools will not do many of the children much good, ascot many of us are able to fill the place of children with hired labor. So I hope those that have the power to do so will see to it that the schools be taught two months in tbe summer. The days are longand warm, and, I think, '.bat those two months will be much better than when the days are short and cold. Another thing that I advocate ?9 better teachers, even if it demands better wage3 and shortens the term, With all rc.pect to the young ladies, who teach our free schools, my experience as trustee, is that they have been a failure, with very few exceptions indeed. They do very well for about one month, and then they be? gin to sport with the young men, and then the interest for school begins to die. I am candid in wbat I say. If we can't have bet? ter arrangements, instead of lenghtening the schools, it would be much better to abolish the free school system entirely. Yours, kc , DRY JIM. NOTES FROM TIMMONSVL?LE. Tobacco Growers Meet. Personal Items. TIMMONSVILLE, March 16 -The second monthly meeting of the Timmonsville To? bacco Growers Association was held in Trax ler's hall to-day. The attendance was not as large as expected, but it was probably on account of rain. Mrs. A. S. Douglas returned to ber borne in Cberaw to-day, after spending a week with friends and relatives here. Mrs. Lula Byrd is quite sick. Rev. Peele preached in the Baptist Church last night. E. B. T. ?Jl- - -?- ^? - Um - BISHOPVILLE NEWS. Bi8H0PViLLS, S. C., March 13.-The falling snow this morning was no greater surprise to the natives of this community than wa9 Harry McLeod's marriage yesterday. The calm, calculating, peaceful, placid Harry 1 Who would have thought it of him? Who would have thought that Harry would have out-witted the wide-awake, up-to date ca? rious experts of our town. Yet this he did, for not until he, with two trusted lieuten? ants, were well on their way to the home of the bride's father was their mission known. The bride-Miss Julia Myers-is a daughter of the Rev .J. J. Myers, of Providence.. The ceremony was performedjat 3.30 p. m., in the presence of a few select friends by the bride's father, assisted by Rev. W. C. Power. Capt. Stuckey is critically ill. He is our oldest citizen and is well known throughout thecouoty. fl. BisHOPviLLE, S. C., March 16.--Capt. J. W. Stuckey died last evening at 7 p. m. In the death of C ot. Stuckey this community bas lost its oluest and most universally re? spected citizen. He was about eighty-five years old and bas ever lived a live of influ? ence and usefulness. His remains will be laid away in the old Bethlehem cemetery to? morrow at ten o'clock. Miss Maggie Scarborough, of Providence, is visiting relatives in Sumter. Capt. Charlie Collins' Dumerous friends are pleased to note that be makes Bishop vii le bis home on Sundays. They will always give him a hearty welcome. The farmers are well advanced with their farm work, and generally speaking, wear a cheerfol and hopeful countenance. Their prospects are good and they are working with a vim. H. March 13. A severe enow storm prevailed throughout northern New York yester? day. The building of the Pope Mfg. Co. (Columbia Bicycles) was gutted by fire yesterday. Loss $225,000. Four trainmen were killed yesterday by the explosion of a locomotive boiler near Hazleton, Pa. The international hurdle race (handi? cap), run at Gatwick, Eog., was won by DeRotbchild's bay colt Devil. Ten horses ran. The Philadelphia Methodist Episco? pal conference yesterday virtually sanc? tioned the admission of women as lay delegates. The free silver Democratic party of Michigan was formed at Lansing yes? terday at a conference of the free silver elemeut of the Democratic party. The senate committee has ordered a favorable report on the bill to admit New Mexico as a state. The Italian soldiers are said to be deserting from the army in large num? bers. The State Pharmaceutical Examining Board wiil meet on March 25th and 26th. Harriet Monroe has won her suit against the N. Y. World for ?5,000 for printing ber World's fair poem with? out authority. Mr. L. D. Milton made a speech to the Progressive Republican club of Charleston last night there were about three hundred persons present. The organized tailors of Chicago have gone out on a strike. It is esti? mated that 30,OOO persons will be af? fected. The Mississippi Legislature has ap? propriated ?550,000 for the erection of a new State Capitol. Epilepsy 20 Years. Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. A few years ago, Mr. L. W. Gallahcr, was an extensive, successful expert manu? facturer of lumber products. Attacked with epilepsy, he was obliged to give np his busi? ness. The attacks came upon him most in? opportunely. One time falling from a carri? age, at another down stairs, and often in the street. Once he fell down a shaft in the mill, his injuries nearly proving fatal. Mr. Gallaher writes from Milwaukee, Feb. 16, '95. "There are none mere miserable than epi? leptics. For 20 years I suffered with epilep? tic fits, having as high as five in ono night. I tried any number of physicians, paying to one alone, a fee of 5500.00 and have done little ?or years but search for something to help me, and have taken all the leading remedies, but received no benefit. A year ago my son, Chas. S. Gallaher, druggist at 191 Reed St., Milwaukee, gave me Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine, and I tried it with gratifying results. Have had but two fits since I began taking it. I am better now in every way than I have been in 20 years." Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by druggists on a positive guarantee that the first bottle will bencnt or price refunded. Book on the Heart and Nerves, free. Address, Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, COUNT?* OF SUMTER, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. W. Moultrie DeLcrrae, Plaintiff, against Sarah Adams, Lou:\a Gadsden, Rebecca Hamilton, John Adams, Mack Adams, an infant under the age of fourteen years : George Montgom? ery, Mark Montgomery, Aaron Montgomery, and Sarah Montgomery, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal Order in the above entitled action, dated March 14, 1896. I will as Master for Sumter CouDty, sell, on the salesday to wit : the first Monday in April next, 1896, being tbe sixth day of said month, between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the after? noon, at Sumter Court House, in the .City of Sumter : All that parcel or tract of land situate in Sumter County, in the State aforesaid, con? taining thirty-four and one-half acres, more or leps, conveyed *o George Adams, deceased, by James D. Blanding, by dfed, dated 15th March, 1875, and recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Sumter County in Book V.. at page 638: bounded on the North by tbe parcel of land conveyed to John Adams ; on the East by lands, now or formerly, of James D. Blanding; on the South by lands cooveved by James D. Bland, ing, and' West by land formerly of Dr. J M. Pitts. Terms, cash. Purchaser to pay for popers. W.H. INGRAM", Mas'er for Sumter County. March 16th, 1895. Obtained, and ail ; ."> J J-..s .' tended ?<> for .vo/>/.;/?..17**; /. ;..? opposite ttl?- 17. i*. I'ateiit <lillee. tain Patents in less lime litan fin? M ASH i ya TOS. NT..? SK>DI?.. . PHOTO of invention. Wv MJVI'M? abilitv free of rlinrge and wt- mu kr UyLKSS PATEST ls >/.;. i ?:u\ For circular, ?dvir?. tern? ai. ; actual clients in ymir own Stair. < Town, write to ? - ,.\7-..V? >'.ir otb. . i i-. ?.. (lill n li;.?tr t : H7jVi f>> ::- !.. J ia! 'lt AO . HA i ?if 'efWetiOeS tQ .iint\ . Cl! . ?.*. C.A.SMOWaC Opposite Patent Office. Washington, J) C ARTESIAN _WELIS SUNK. YOU HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT the Artesian Wells that have beeo drilled in different parts ot' the country and what a good supply of pure water you get. Do \ou want one? If so, write to F. W. PORTER, Sumter, S. C.,;g He will furnish any information you n?-?u. Feb.13, FOR SALE. The Nationai;Collection Agency of Wash I ington, D. C., will dispose of the following judgments : South Carolina. H F Warnecke, Aiken. ?'477 31; A B Van Wyck,* Anderson; $569 50; J W Varr, B?rn? berg, $390 51; D L Copeland, ?204 62; M 3 Vam, $136 25; Duncan & Hey, Barnesville, $583 26; Scarboro & Bramlet, Bisbopviile, $139 30; J R Durant, Bisbopviile, $33 68; Hearon Bros., Bisbopviile, $104 30; Jndus T Dudley, Bennettsville, 105 54; A F H Dukes. Branchville, $612 68; Israel Myers, Cheraw, $52 54; J A Parham. Cartersv.'ie, $65 81; R W Strieker, Chester, $172 51; J S Wadsworth, Chesterfield. $27 50; J S Wads? worth, Chesterfield, $70 45; E K Plummer, ! Columbia, $13 60; Sugg & Co., Con^>.v, ; $136 25; S Tombacker, Darlington, $194 -)?); S Sahiman, Jr., Darlington, $95 52; S M Walton, Dvson, $173 01; A R WaittS, End? field, $61 23;" J B Hair, Elko. $23? 58; S F. j Hutchins, Florence, $2i 10; Fred Dam -;h. i Graham, $15 35; J D Bartley. Jrbc -,n', I $59 97; Dr. J W Sandell; Lexington. ?445 j 65; F F Jones, Lyncbb?rr. $72 56; M LH: dd, 1 McCormick's, $85 31; B Hartz, Mar >n. j $125 00; G L Tool, Montmorcr.ee, $3S ?7: j D L Copeland, Newberry. $219 00; j W M Wilson. Newberry, $107 10: L? j F Goggans, Newberry $252 00; B T i Battles, Nichols, $182 65; J C Pike, Ora. 10 i burg, $323 45; J L Carter, Parks* le, $283; J W & P Y Dorn, Parksviile, $30 *3: W P Bnrbage. Pregnal?. $33 28: L H I se, Rock Hill, $35 35; R R C'ammack. S-. ra, $246 41; J C Archer, Spartanb?rg, $2 05; J W B Chaplain, St. Matthews, $27o TC: 1) Golson. Si. Matthews, $71 CO: Cietkit & Robinson. S109 10; D G Utsey, St. Gto- ^s, $63 03; Herman Schwerin, Sumfer, $332 15; G D Foxworth & Son, Sumter. $37 10; fl O Edwards, Walterboio, $3ti 03: E Willi? ;s. Wagtners, $59 53; S.tnith & Johnson, \ il? liston, $327 89.} Send bids to The National Collei, on Agencv, Washington, D. C. Feb.*27-4w