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County Convention. The County Democratic Convention as? sembled io the Court House Monday at ll 30 o'clock, with a full attendance of dele? gates. The body was called to order hy Coun? ty Chairman D. E. Keels aod organized for business by the election of Mr. R. 0. Purdy president, J. W. Broadway and C. L Wil? liams vice presidents, and J M. Knight sec? retary and treasurer. The election of officers was ao index of the feeling pervading the meeting, for there was no question as to the factional affiliation of the gentlemen nomi? nated and there was no opposition to any of them, ail being elected by acclamation. ?g?On assuming the chair, Mr. Purdy made a brief speech expressing his appreciation of the honor done bim and the confidence implied by electing bim to preside over tbe delibera? tions of thebody. He congratulated the dem? ocrats of Sumter coanty in convention assem? bled, that the day of strife and bitterness be? tween democrats had passed, and assured them that be would, as president of the con? vention, and all the other times, use bis best efforts to promote the continuance of the preseojt general feeling io favor of peace and unity. . The delegates and members ef tbe Execu? tive Committee enrolled were as follows : Sumter-H G Osteeo, J D Blanding, R 0 Purdy, R D Lee, Marion Moise. A Mose9, T B Fraser, Jr, P P Gaillard, A P Vinson, John Reid, S F Lenoir, B G Pierson, S C Hayns? worth, W H Commander, Neil O'Donnell, F A Folsom, M C Kavanaugb, H C Moses, T?os E Richardson, B C Bellinger, R W Bradham, W H ingram, T S Stuckey, *A C Durant, A D Moses. Member Ex. Com.-M. Moise. Carter's Crossing-L L Baker, N. Bramlet J E Stuckey, W H Baker. Member Es. Com -N. Bramlet. Bandana-Jas E DuPre. Member Es. Com.-Jas E DuPre. Magnolia. Reform-H V Anderson. E J Goodman. Member Ex. Com-E J Good? man. Shiloh-Daniel Keels, J A Dennis, L A Truiuck. Member Ex. Com -J K McElveen. High Hills-H R Thomas. Wm Sanders. Member Ex. Com.-H R Thomas. Magnolia-T M McElveen, S C Kilpatrick, ! J A Rhame. Member Ex. Com.-J A Rbame. i Atkins-Peter Thomas, W W Player. I Member Es. Com.-Peter Thomas. Gaillard X Roads-C L Williamson, W ? Dick A J Moses, J E Gaillard. Member Es. Com.-C L Williamson. Mt. Clio, No 1-R M Cooper, J J Shaw, Jno. W McCoy. Ex. Com.-Jno. W McCoy. Battlesnake Springs-J M Belvin, J F Mccaskill, J I Boykm. Es. Com.-J M j Belvin. Wells X Roads-H E Mooneyhara, J D Newman, S Nash. Es. Com.-S Nash. Excelsior-J M Ross, J K Mathis, G W Jones. Ex. Com.-J W Wilson. Hampton-C H Dicker, J C Parnell, G. A. Brown. Ex. Com.-G. A. Brown. Zoar-J M N Wilder, T J Holliday, J T Hays. Ex. Com.-J T Hays. Mayesville Farmers-E. L. Wingate, G S McLeod. Ex. Com -S E Shaw. Salem-E W Dabbs, J F McElveen. Ex. Com.-E W Dabbs. Bishopville Democratic-W A James, Jr., W H Stuckey, J L Parrott, J W English Swimming Pens-W S Dinkins, N S McLeod. Member Ex. Com.-W S. Dinkins. Mayesville- J H Wilson, W D Rhodes, B F Wilson, E B Muldrow. Member Ex. Com. -W D Rhodes. Tbermophylae-J W Jones, S E Jones. Member Ex. Com.-L E White. Bishopville Conservative-S Bradley, W R Dixon, W P Basking, J T Muldrow R C McCotcheo. Member Ex. Com-R E Carnes. Rafting Creek-A K Sanders, S Lee Young, J W Young, G W Hancock. Member Ex. Com -A K Sanders. Privateer-J S Dwight, J M Jackson, McD i Furman. Member Ex. Com-J S Dwight. Earle-J L McNeil, J W Broadway, T A Hodge, W G Wells. Member Ex. Com-W G Wells Providence, No. 2-R J Brownfield, W D Scarborough. Member Ex. Com.-W D Scarborough. Bossard Reform-E H Mathis, D L Smith, Member Es. Com -E H Mathis. j Farmers.-L D Jennings. W H Jennings, | Jr., H M Spann, W J Dinkins, P M Pitts; Member Ex. Com.-W J Dinkins. Manchester-R I Manning, Yi R Lackey, j JDOsteen. Member Es. Com.-R I Man-? oing. Manville-N Barnett, J Ed. Stuckey, E J Atkinson, J T Brdwn, Levander Elmore,; J S Brown. Member Ex Com.-J Ed. Stuckey. Wedgefiid-E E Aycock, John Singleton, j Frean Mellett. Member ex. cern-Freaa Mel- i let. Lynchburg Straightout-T G McLeod nod Member Es. Com-T G McLeod. Providence-T P Kilgore, L R Jennings. Member Es. Corn-J B Rafneld. Laborer.? and Mechanic?, Sumter-G P McKageo, D J Mims, J M Wingate, J L Nun namaker, J L Strother, G J Browu. Mem? ber Ex. Com-G P McKagen. The first resolution offered was by Mr. A. j Mos3S providing that a committee consisting j of one from each club be appointed as a com i mittee on platform and resolutions. Thea being opposition to this resolution, it was I withdrawn by Mr. Moses The first business was the election of a i member of the State Esecutive Committee. Mr. J. L. Parrott nominated Mr. Shepherd Nash, who was elected by a unanimous vote. The ?lection? of twelve del?gales to the | State convention was nest taken up. On j motion of Mr. W. H. Ingram, a committee of ten from each faction was appointed io name, respectively, six delegates. This was doue and the following delegates selected, who were elected by the convention by an undi? vided vote : T B Fraser. C L Williamson, R j M Cootie/, R Y McLeod, R J Brownfield, W j D Rhodes, Shepherd Nash, H T Abbott, H R j Thomas, D E Keels. W A James, J E DuPre. Mr. Thomas E. Richardson offered the fol- ! ?owing resolution which was adopted : Resolved, That we wish to impress upon j every democratic club in this county the im? portance cf taking immediate steps to have every member of their respective clubs and all j,ouog men who have just become of age I or who are to become of age before the nest ? geNeral election registered at once, afjd that ! each cj;b be requested to immtdiately ap- ; point committees to attend to ibis matter. Mr. H. G. Osteen, neting under iustruc- j tion.s from the Sumter Democratic Club, pre- j seated the resolutions adopted by tbe club at j the meeting on Saturday night. The r?solu- i lions wili be found in the re.-ort of the pro- j ceediugs of tte cluo meeting. On motion of; Mr. R. I. Meaning the resolutions were j amended by substituting the word "conven- j tion" in place or llc.ub" where it occurred, j and the resolutions were adopted by the con- j vention by a unanimous vote, several ^romi- i cent members of both factions expressing their hearty aoproval of them. Several resolutions that would have had the effect of biodicg the delegation to the j State convention to the support of particular policies were laid on the table without dis? cussion. Mr. C. L. Williamson offered the following resolution;?, which were adopted by a rising vote : Whereas, we have beard with profound i sorrow, of the death, on April 30tb, 1895, of i Hon. Frank Meliett, late representative of this county, in the General Assembly, and we, his constituency in convention assembled, desire to give espression to our sorrow at his death and sympathy for his bereaved family, be it Resolved, That in the death of Hon. Frank Mellett, our county bas lost one of its most devoted, patriotic citizens, a conscientious, energetic aod capable legislator ; the choreo a pu re-h eur ted, zealous Christain and a faith ul soldier in Christ's church militant--so- ; ciety a gentleman of unimpeachable charac? ter, and '-road minded chanty, and his friends a Staunch KU? ujanU comrade. Resolved, That these resolutions be fur? nished to the county papers for publication, and a copy ne forwarded, by the secretary, to tbe widow of the deceased, with our sym? pathies. The resolutions received seconds from all parts of the hoase and Col. J. Harvey Wil? son took occasion to pay a brief but very j feeling tribute to the memory of his departed friend and colleague. A few remarks in sup- ; port of the resolutions were also made by Mr. j H. R. Thomas. Oe motion the convention then adjourned after a most harmonious and business-like ; session. Immediately after the adjournment of the { convention, the County Executive Committee j assembled and organized, by electing Mr. R. 0. Purdy, chirman and Mr J. M. Knight secretary and tre?rsurer. Routine business j was transacted in a very brief session. Sumter Democratic Club. Sumter Democratic Club met in the Court House on Saturday night at 8.30 o'clock for the purpose of'reorganiziog for the campaign, as requited by the County Executive Com? mittee. In the absence of the r resident and vice President, the meeting W8S called to order by the Secretary, Mr. H. Gr. Osteen. Mr. Alta? mont Moses was elected chairman pro tem., and the reorganization proceeded with. The following ohicers were elected to serve during the next two years: President, H G Osteen ; Vice-Pr?sidents, T B Fraser, Jr. and Dr. S C Baker ; Secretary, J M Knight. Maj. Marion Moise was re-elected the mem? ber ot the County Executive Committee. Col. R D. Lee offered a resolution that: the President appoint, .at his early conven-j ienee, a committee of fife to take charge of the registration of all white Democrats io in Sumter township. It will be the duty of j this committee to see that every member of the club is registered, and that all other ; democrats in this city, as far as possible, 3hall j register without delay. The following delegates to the county con ventioa were elected : H G Osteen, J D j Blanding, R 0 Purdy, R D Lee, Marion .1 Moise, A Moses, T B Fraser, Jr., P P Gail- '; lard, A P Vinson, John Reid, S F Lenoir, j B G Piersou, E C Haynsworth,W H Com- ! mander, Neill O'Donnell, M C Kavanaugb, ; Tbos. E Richardson, B C Bellinger, R W 1 Bradham, W H Ingram, A D Moses. Mr. W.H. Ingram offered the following; resolutions which were adopted, and the j chairman of the delegation, Mr. H. G. Os-j teen, was instructed to present them to the county convention at its meeting on Monday. Resolved I. That this club desire* to put itself on record at this initial meeting for tbe campaign of 1896 as io favor of perpetua? ting the peace, harmony and unity which now distinguish the political relations of tbe lately estranged elements of the party. II. Tba: we deprecate the efforts of all de? signing politicians to re-open the breach once dividing our ranks-and will frown upon all sinister schemes to renew the strife and dis? sensions which ought to be left where they properlv belong, with the turbulent past. III That we do instruct the representa? tives of this club at conventions, on tbe ex? ecutive committse or wherever they are placed as our agents to so discharge their delegated functions as to carry into practical e. "?ct the spirit of these resolutions. A resolution eroDowering the president to appoint a committee on enrollment and revi? sit of the club rolls was adopted. The club then adjourned. The Knitting Mill. Editor The Item : I see that there is a movement on foot to erect a knitting mill by raising money on a monthly installment plan. I am indeed glad that our young men seem to have confidence enough in the future of our city to invest their hard earned money in manufacturing enterprises. It shows ecod judgment on the part of our young men to push ahead and try to build up our city by bringing capital together, and thereby putting money into circulation, which other? wise might bespent foolishly and rio benefit derived. It certainly depends on our young business men to put their shoulders to the wheel ar.d push on to future prosperity ; and this only can be done by confidence in each other and confidence in our city' future. Lack of con6dence i3 the cause of many a failure, especially is it so in Sumter when it comes to starting up business enter? prises. Now, young business men, lets co into the knitting mill with r. view of win? ning and show to cur oldest citizens that we are earnest ar.d mean to succeed in our enter? prises. Factories are what oar town needs, and that badly. Just take for instance, the factory towns anywhere in our State and you will find that there is good cash trade all the year round, and even when there is a bad crop year the merchants get along fairly well, because the factories put money into circulation that they would not get other? wise. Here it is quite different. Just let a poor croo year come and the merchants lose money, the salaries of the salesman is cut and everything 'goes wrong. So let every clerk in Sumter come to the front and take as much stock in the proposed knitting mil! as he can and it will be a means of saving his money, besides helping h im indirectly. We must do something ; we can't remain still. Factories are what we need, ard need badly. Plenty of pluck and confidence and we can build them. Young Business Man. In Reference to tho Lloyds. Editor lim: In your f-diioml of 29th inst. ; yon mention 0??r names among those who ; had been notified by Mr. W. S. Monteith, to ; place their claims in the hands of an attor- j ney for collection, as that would be the only j way of obtaining anything. We beg lo | state that we hold no policies in Lloyds rep- ' relented t>y Mr. W. S. .Monteith as agent, nor ? bave we been notified by Mr. Monteith or by j anybody e.i?r- to price our claims in the har;d3 j of an attorney. Very truly, R. F. JACKSON, i B. MCLAUGHLIN. May 1. Isaac Dial shot and killed Paul Lin!: yesterday and Fowler Mills kill ed George Clark on Sunday-all in : Laurens county and ali the parties negroes. The McKinley republicans in Ari- i zona have boited the regular conven- ; tion and will send a contesting dele gatton to the nominating convention. . Congressman John Allen, of Mis? sissippi, whose seat has been contest ; ed, will not be unseated, the com- j mittee on election having reported in I his favor. Senator Allen, Populist from Ne- ; braska, predicts that the Republican j and Democratic parties will go to ! pieces within the next few months.| Col F. W. McMaster, of Colum- ! bia, has called a convention of gold ! democrats for the purpose of electing j a contesting delegation to the Chica? go convention. I PRIVATEER PERSONALS. PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, S. C., May 4, '96. Representative Frank Mellett, whose death has already been announced in The Daily Item, WHS a prominent citizen of thi3 town? ship He was a son of the late Col. F. M. Mellett, and was born June 19, 1852. On Nov. 26. 1874, he married Miss Emma, the daughter of Major R. B. Caio. She, with several children survive him. Mr. Mellett was prominent in politics, was twice elected to the legislature, was a delegate to the con? gressional and judicial conventions, also, to ih<? March convention of 1892, which sug? gested John C Sheppard as a candidate for governor. And he was also for twelve or fourteen years the member of the Demo? cratic county executive committee from the Privateer club. In bis political opinion be was always candid and outspoken. A large crowd attended his funeral, which occurred at the Cain graveyard last Friday afternoon. The floral decorations on the grave were nu? merous and handsome. According to appointment, the Amuse? ment Club met at the Furman residence last Friday night. Owing to Mr. Mellett's death, several on the programme were absent and . the programme, as rendered, was rather ira- i proraptu, but very well carried out. The ' next meeting of club will be held at the Al- j liaoce Hall on Friday night, May 15. Ia the absence of the president, a vice president! called the Privateer Democratic Club to? gether, on Saturday, and the following of? ficers were chosen : President, W. 0. Cain ; vice presidents, Dr. R. B. Furman and J. M. Jackson : secretary, J. S. Dwight: Member County Executive Comimttee, J. S. Dwight. At the reorganization of the Earl Democratic Club, the following officers were chosen : President, \V. A. Nettles ; vice president, H. Drane Tindal; secretary, H. C. Cuttino. Member of '.he County Executive Committee, W G. Wells In last week's Baptist Courier there ap? peared a long and interesting letter from Dr. Wyman, in which he spoke most pleasantly of bis congregations. We hope the Dr. wont stop here, but will write articles for the re? ligions papers of th*? North, giving his ex? press ODS o? Souh Carolina. In the same issue of the Courier there is a nice letter from j the Rev. C. M. Billings, in which he speaks pleasantly of his Providence congregation. We are pleased to see strangers writing thus about our Privateer people. Miss Jimmie Brennan, of Sumter. h?.s been on a visit to Miss Beulah Tinda!. Mr. Henry Wells paid a recent visit to Or? angeburg county. Mrs Henry Webb, of Sumter; is visiting in the township. Dr. Wyman organized a prayer meeting at Bethei Church last Thursday afternoon. It bas been suggested to us that it would be a good thing for rbe chain gang to be put at work on the Pocotaligo crossing. A party of four went from this township to the river swamp and in three hours on Saturday morning caught 73 pounds of mud and cat fish. We were recently entertained by an inter? esting account from a negro man about his biding property of his owners to keep it from Potter's raiders- Soon incidents like these will live only in tradition, for the memories of the war are fading fast away. Lauriogton Conyers, a colored man on Mr Willie Cain's place, has always voted the Democratic ticket. McD. F. Letter From Shiloh. Ashton, S. C., May 1, 1896.-The dryest April within the writer's limited experience (only 54 years) ha3 just passed, and not many tears were shed at its departure. We will probably now get the rain we so much needed in April, but "netter late than never." Only a small per cent, of the cotton, crop is up in this section. The oat crop is seriously injured. Gardens arc unusually j backward and many seeds bare beer; lying in the ground for a number of days and cannot ! come up for lack of moisture in the earth. Corn, where planted early, looks well. Our j tobacc:) neighbors are having a trying time with their tobacco plants ; it is almost like planting or transplanting in an "ash bed." This correspondent attended the reunion efl ?be old Confederates in Charleston last week, and the courtesies and attention received there will ever be a bright spot in the mem? ory of all the old veterans who were so for? tunate as to oe in attendance Having min? gled with aien from nearly every county in the State, the writer bad afine opportunity to get the sentiment and opinions of the visitors in regard to our reception in Charleston, and they, without an exception, were almost as lavish in their expressions of appreciation and admiration for the Charlestonians as the latter were ia their courtesies and efforts to make it a most pleasant and enjoyable occa? sion for us. Grand old Charleston is truly the "Peerless City by the Sea !" It is to be regretted that so many people in this, and presumably io other counties too, wno have no: the shadow of legal claim or right, are making applications for a pension to the Pension Board. Some of these appli? cations, are endorsed by good men, who did so through sympathy and without having considered the merits of the applicant, having accepted his or her statement as facts. One man in this township, in better circumstances than three-fourths of his neighbors, undtr 00 years nid, fully able to earn a m-a; sui)- ; port, who never receive ? even a scratch in the ?au' '.var, bas or will file an application for a pension. As a great many men, sign petitions, recommendations and certificates without carefully considering the contents, (sometimes just to save further annoyance) wouldn't it be well, Mr. Editor, for the Pen? sion Board to select one good, conscientious man in every section of each township to ?o- : vestigute and report the facts on the merits of the applicants in his section. As the mat? ter stands some who do not absolutely need ; and have no just claim, will get the pension, and some good honest, modest, deserving pensions will miss it. Messr3. Daniel Keels and R. A. Frierson, of this section of Shiloh j Township are good men to refer to. These ' few humble suggestions are contributed through no motives of unkindness or preju- i dice but with a view to justice in accordance ! with the spirit of the statute for the relief of crippled or disabled Confederate soldiers or their widows. OCASIONAL. Washington Letter. _ i WASHINGTON. May 4, 1895. ? Democrats are delighted with what now looks like the certainty of McKio- ( ley's nomination for President by the republicans. If they cant't beat MoKinley they can't beat any? body. Speaker Reed was reported to be so disgusted with the result of the week just closed that it required not a little persuasion to prevent his an? nouncing bis withdrawal in favor of McKiule'y. whom he has abandoned all hope of defeating. The McKinleyites want Reed to take the second place on their ticket, but his mind will have to undergo a great change before he consents. It is said that Mr. Reed feels very bitter towards Senator Proc? tor, of Vermont, on account of his belief that Proctor betrayed him to McKinley in that state, in the hope of getting second place on the McKinley ticket, and it has been intimated that Reed intends to have something to say about tbe treachery of Proctor, after the meeting of the St. Louis conven? tion. General Fitzhugh Lee is in Washing? ton for the purpose of receiving: his final instructions before going to Cuba as U. S. Consul General. He has had several conferences with President Cleveland as well as with Secretary Olney, and has probably been made ful ly acquainted with thc position the President, intends to maintain toward ! both Cuba and Spain. He expects to j go to Havana this week. President Cleveland will preside over ; the exercises at the unveiling of the ! equestrian statue of Gen. W. S. Han ! cock, on thc 12th inst., and may make ! a short introductory address. Following ; is the formal programe : Prayer, by ! Bishop Satterlee ; "Star Spangled Ban j ner ; by Marine Band ; unveiling of ; statue, accompanied by Artillery salute I fired on the Washington Monument j grounds ; address by Senator Palmer of UL, who was a Major General of vol? unteers ; ''Hail Columbia," by Marine Band ; Benediction, by Rev. Dr. j W. H. Gottwald, Post Chaplain, De I partment Potomac, G. A. R. The military and oivil parade which will precede the unveiling will be under command of Brigadier General Brooke, commanding the Department of Dakota, I who is in Washington on a visit. AU : of thc U. S. ' ops in reach of Wash? ington will tate part in the parade. ! While all democrats regret the wran? gle between Senators Hill, of N. Y. and Tiitman, of S. C., there is almost unanimity of opinion among democrats as to who was at fault and who got the best of it. Senator Tillman's honesty is unquestioned, but his judgment is generally regarded as poor, and I heard one of the most prominent silver demo? crats in Congress say that Mr. Till? man's latest speech had done silver more harm than all its enemies had been able to do it, by frightening con? servative democrats into the belief that ? there was danger in the triumph cf j silver. A number nf silver democrats ; in Congress deny that Mr. Tillman i spoke for them when he declared that I the silver democrats would bolt the ; Chicago convention unless a 16 to 1 free coinage platform was adopted, and ! agree with Senator Hill's declaration i that no man ought to be admitted to ; the National convention who declares in advance that he will bolt if he fails to get everything he wants. Senator : Hill's answer to Senator Tillman's ! claim that the democrats of the South were going to Chicago with only one idea-to get free coinage or to bolt was l^vel headed enough to be ? studied ?by every democrat, in the south as well as elsewhere. Ile said : "No; it will not do for my friend to give that as the sentiment of the south. The democracy of the sooth is not go? ing to that Convention with one idea. The south will go to that great gather- j lng to confer, to compare. It would ? be blind folly for that groat party ro i split, to ilivide nn the financial question. ; There is more in democracy than the oingio question of silver. There are the great questions of paternalism, of; centralization, and the vital question of; personal liberty of thc citizen." Mr. j Hill ended his remarks with this advice i to the party : "In essential* unity, in | non-essentials liberty ; in all things enanty. Senator Allison's reputation as a dodger is as old as his aspirations to be ; the Presidential candidate of his party, therefore nobody was surprised when hr dodged the vote on Senator Gorman's amendment to thc Naval appropriation bill reducing the number of battleships provided for from 4 to 2, but nearly everbody smiled. The amendment was adopted According to the most trustworthy j information which reaches Washington I from Georgia, Ex-Speaker Crisp will | get that Senatorship regardless of the result of the financial fight for supre? macy which is being waged by the sil? ver and anti-silver democrats of that j State. The House passed the bankruptcy i bill Saturday afternoon by nearly a two-thirds vote. --?? ? ? -- The Bermuda Lands. N. Y. Herald. News of the successful landing of ! the Bermuda on the Cuban shore reached the leaders of the revolutionary j party in this city late last night. The Bermuda sailed from Philadelphia April 23, touching at Jacksonville, Fla., a week ago. Last Sunday night she took on board arms and ammunition in waiting at the Clyde line docks, at Jacksonville, and quietly slipped down to the mouth of the river, where j Brigadier General Leite Vidal and 90 men stepped on board, and the success- | fui filibuster laid her course for the I coast of Cuba. This course, however, was anything but direct. The Bermuda first sailed directly east, crossing the Gulf stream and afterward hugging the western edge of the Great Bahama banks until abreast of Riding Rock, wheo she changed her course to southwest and made a direct line for the northern j coast of Pinar del Kio, where on the j evening of May 1 she speedily lauded j her cargo of men, arras and amrruni- ' tioo. The landing was made in the ! neighborhood of Point Mulata, about 12 miles west of Bahia Honda. Gen? eral Maceo was expecting the Bermuda and had every mile of the north oast i carefully patrolled, so that there could be but little chance of surprise by | Spanish troops on shore. The expedition consisted of 90 men, j most of whom were from Key West and Tampa, Fla Brigadier General Vidal was in command. Vidal is 45 years of age, a veteran of the last revo? lution, in which he rose to the rank of colonel, and distinguished himself not only for bravery, but for marked mili- ; tary ability. He is a native of Santi? ago de Cuba, where he owns several large estates ; but hid connection with the last war compelled him to reside in San Domingo until last fall, when be came to New York and was selected by the Cuban revolutionary party to take command of the present expedition. General Vidal's identity while in New ? York was kept a profound secret, so as j to avoid the attention of Spanish agents, j who made ;t so difficult for General | Garcia to reach Cuba. The Bermuda landed two Gatling ; guns, 1.000 rifles most, of them Mau ser's 500,000 rounds of ammunition, j and 1,000 pounds of dynamite, it is | Vidal's intention to report at General [ i Maceo's headquarters immediately j j Thc ammunition is for Maceo's army, j : and at his request the cartridges are ' designed for the Mauser rifles, with which the insurgents in Pinar del Kio ; are uow very well supplied. On ac- ; j count of their superior penetrating j i power it is Maceo's intention to use j ! them against the numberless ?mall forts j j which Generai Weyler has established ; I along his military trocha between 1 j Mariel and Majana. -ap cjnm - The Publisher's Circular estimates j that in Great Britain the output nf ! books is as follows : "Seimon, one vol i ume a day ; novels, five a day ; edaca ' tiona! books, tw?. a day ; art and science, i two each every week : histories or biog I rapines, six a week : aud law, one ev ! ery two -veeks. !_I j The story is told that a woman had a , ' very fashionable silk waist made, which ; she seut to her sister in a little Western ' Kansas town. She received in reply a I letter of thanks, in which the sister paid ? that she found the sleeves much larger i than her thin arms needed, and had cut ! them over, getting enough out to make ; her live-vear-old girl a dress. "You must have thought I had awful fat arms," thc sister out West wrote. The Kaolin deposits ia Fairfield | county and all the machinery of the i South Carolina Mining Company were sold yesterday by the Master cf Rich? land county, for ?14,000. Senator Morgan who has been' iii for ! several weeks is fully restored to j health. The British South African Company i has asked Cecil Rhodes, the president, i to resign. j The Louisiana republicans have <v.\\t on the question of supporting McKin? lay, i TELEGRAPIC ITEMS. .Maj 4 Washington, May 2 -The treasury officiai circulations statement issued to day, gives all the kinds of money ia circulation, at $1,540.007,082, or ?30-, 000,000 less than May 1, 1895. The per capita circulation based on a pop? ulation of ?71,136,000, is stated at ?21.65. The increase in money in circulation during April, is placed at ?11,377,619 and the decrease ot money in the treasury during the month is stated at $6,572,676. Chatanooga, May 3.-Probably the heaviest rain fall during the space of time ever known in this section, took place yesterday afternoon. For 20 minutes, the water fell in solid sheets, flooding the streets nearly up to 'he axles of the passing wagons. Several stores were inundated, and the damage will be heavy. It was the first cloud? burst here iu several years. The Herald publishes what purports to be a report of an interview with Cap? tain General Weyler in Habana, where? in Weyler is alleged to have expressed the opinion that it will require two years to suppress the rebellion in Cuba, and that it will be necessary to postpone all political reform on that island until the insurrection is crushed. The Japanese minister io Washing? ton, Mr. Shinichiro Kurino, has reciev ed notice from his government that he will be transferred in the Italian mis? sion. His successor will be Mr. Hoshi Torri, a distinguished man in Japan, and formerly president of the lower house of the Japanese diet. Savannah, May o.-Isaac Williams, colored, was burned to death in the town jail at Claxton, Ga., last uight. Williams is supposed to have fired the building in an effort to escape. Ile was the only occupant. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Ma; 3.-The first experiment in the sending of Ni? agara's power to the electrical exposi? tion, was made last night when power at 200 voltage, alternating current, was sent. To-night the voltage was raised to 350 and again sent. Until the new tranformers of the company arrive, however, it is not expected the best results can be obtained. Niagara Falls, May 3.-In the pres? ence of betweeo 2,000 and 3,000 peo? ple, F. C. Heine, a fisherman of this city, this afternoon made the perilous trip through the rapids above the American falls down to within a few feet of Goat Island, in an ordinary flat bottomed boat. The floating icc in the river made the voyage more than usu? ally dangerous. The late Anthony Waller, in an endeavor to make the same trip three years ago, lost his life by being swept over the falls. London, May 3 -Kari Grey, admin? istrator of the British South African Co . has telegraphed from Buluwayo to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain that the rebellious Matabelee, who were threatening that town have juat retired. He adds that the lines of communica? tion from Buluwayo co Fort Salisbury, Mafeking and the south have been se? cured. The consens:!-; of opinion is that the Matables are preparing for a movement to the north. ST. VITUS DANCE." A Physician Prescribes Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. Dr. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind.: My daughter Mattie, aged ?-?. was afflicted last spr-inc: with St. Vitas dance and ner? vousness, her entire right side was numb and nearly paragon. Wc consulted a phy ^. >3^0%&o :(| " f - "r" ?I ^-?"&''L''',? &S??r&?$i ^-V^^-vv^. X. m v?> - fe ?? V . ^ sic?an and he pres rrlbed VT. Miles' Sestora tive Nervine. She IOU'K thr? .. hoi tics before we saw airy certain r-i.r.:-. . .' improvement, but aire:- that began :?... improve very ?a.-t and J now think she li entirely cured. She has taken nir. ; bottles of thc Norrine, bu: no otiier medicino o? any kind. Knox, lcd., Jan. 5, *S3. EE. W. I i .. 5TSCT2R. Physicians prescribe: Dr. Miles' Remedies because thc;/arc known to be ti:?: result of tho lop.z practice and experience o? cae o? t?:*'e;-:_?ii'- t. i i :-? o? theil procession, :?...<; arc carefully compounded by experi? enced .jheaiists. exae* "crcuricc with . 'v. (>.: p.i oil dru.cvri-ts. Write i<,r Dr. Miles- Dook on tho ilea:, and Nerves. Dr. Mil.-.-- Medical Co., Elkhart; Iud. Cr. Miler Sememes fL&im Health. MACHINERY. re have a larger line this season than ever before. The "Old Reliable7' Cheraw Machine Works full list. DEERING MOWERS and HAY RAKES. We guarantee as low pric2S on first class goods as can be bad elsewhere. \\ ide experience. . 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