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Tile State Campaign. The Candidates for State Offi? ces and United States Sen? ate Speak here To-day. A VERY TAME AND UNINTER? ESTING MEETING. From the Daily Item, July 13. The candidates for State offices and the United States Senate, or at least a part of them, spoke here to-day to a crowd of not more thai? three hundred and fifty to four hun? dred at the maximum, while before the last speaker concluded his re? marks there was scarcely a corporal's guard of white voters left in front of the stand. It was dull, monotonous, tame, dry and wearying to the crowd There was no enthusiasm in the crowd, nor magnetism in the speak ers. There was but one definite j idea to be gained from the speeches and that was that the men who were making the speeches wanted the offices. They want the offices and want them badly, and do not hesitate to say so ; whatever else -hey say, is merely to repay, in a measure the crowd for turning out to hear them. If Sumter had to have another bose ot the same sort, we would ali unite in saying call off the campaign, but ae we have gotten bravely over our affliction we shali view with a degree of satisfaction the suffering of our sister counties. The candidates are all clever gentlemen, and Sum . ter will always be glad to have them visit the city if they will refrain from making speeches. Its the speeches not the man that are objected to. There was but one new feature in? troduced into the campaign to-day and the meeting was not different from others previously held and re? ported This new feature was Judge Earle, who appeared on the stump as a candidate for the U. S Senate. He made a forcible speech that was heard with attention, but that elicit? ed no applause, save when he de? clared that he had absolute faith in the honesty of ? R. Tillman, and when he sat down there was a slight attempt to raise a cheer. The greater part of the speech was devoted to a discussion of the financial question, on which he took strong.grounds. He is for free silver at 1,6 to 1 ; and to the demone? tization of silver attributes all the industrial distress of this country and t?e civilized world. Taken as a whole Judge Earle's speech was the best of the day and appeared to make a more decided impression, than any of the others, but the same speaker has made much better speeches from the same spot. Gen. John Gary Watts received a a small quota a applause when he told about getting drunk in Washing- i ton, and this frank admission seemed i to please some of the hearers The remainder of tbe speakers were lis? tened to respectfully but had to be | content with a hearing for they got i nothing more. Mr. Duncan would have nothing to say about the bond deal owing to the absence of Gov. John Gary Evans, who with Mr. W. H Ellerbe, candi? date for Governor, and M. B. Mc-1 Sweeney, candidate for Lieutenant j Governor, did not reach home from | Chicago iu time to attend this meet? ing. G. Walt Whitman made an exhibi? tion of himself and shouted himself hoarse The meeting was called to order at j ll o'clock on the stand erected inj the rear of the Court House. The ; meeting was opened with prayer by ! Dr. N. W. Edmunds. Mr. R. 0. | Purdy, county chairman, presided and introduced the speakers, who ad? dressed the crowd in the following order : M. R Cooper, candidate for Lieu? tenant Governor. Altamont Moses aud J. Wm. Stokes, candidates for Congress ; Joseph H. Earle and J. T. Duncan, candidates for U. S ben ator ; G. Walt Whitman and John R Harrison, candidates for Governor ; R N. Richbourg and .lohn Gary Watts, candidates for Adjt. and In? spector General ; W. D. Mayfield and T. C. Robinson, candidates for Supt. of Education. The candidates for Secretary of State, Attorney General and Treas? urer were not present. The Laurada Off. PHILADELPHIA, July ll.-The steamer Laurad.a which has become so well known as a Cuban filibustering vessel, left her dook to night. She cleared for Port Antonio. Jamaica. Capt. W. W. Ker, counsel for her own? ers, the John D Hart company, said this afternoon that the steamer would stop at Key West for a cargo of ice. When the eaptain said this he wink? ed hi9 weather eye, lay back in his chair and laughed heartily at his joke. Then he said: "We don't admit that this trip is a filibustering expedition. We won't have any Scandinavians in the crew : they can't be Crusted. The captain, two mates and three engineers will be white, but che rest of the crew will be American colored men. They will get extra wages and can be depen? ded on to work, fight and keep their mouths shut. When the cargo of ice is put aboard at Key West, the vessel will steam around the coast of Cuba, so as to give the crew a chance to see what tbe island looks like. Then she will finish her trip, load up and come borne again." Telegraph Briefs. ORAXGEBURG, July 12.-Burt Spen? cer and Emmet Dibble are missing from their hornee and the parents are io deep distress. A nrte informing the families of their leaving, and stating further that all efforts to discover their where? abouts would prove fruitless, was found at the home of one of-them. Efforts have been made, however, but no clue has been found. The boys are each 19 I years of age, the former 5 feet 7 inches, red Jbair and florid complexion ; the latter 6 feet, fair complexion, very J slender, stoop-shouldered. They may j be very ordinarily dressed to avoid re- j cognition. Search is still being made. ATLANTA, July 12.-A two year-old | ohild named Spears drank an ounce ot potash in solution to-da^y and died. Its mother was using the potash for some domestic purpose and as she turned to ; attend ro something else the child swal? lowed the poison. CHICAGO, July ll.-Senator Jones, of Arkansas, was elected chairman of j the national committee to-night and Hugh Wallace, of Washington, son-in law of Chief Justice Faller, temporary chairman. CHICAGO. July 12 -A pic nie train on the Wisconsin Central was wrecked at Altenheim, 10 miles west of this city this evening. Five persons were killed and six injured. LONDON, July 13.-The Valli of Crete recently consented that the Brit? ish consul at Cacea, assisted by the commander of the British fleet there, should be allowed to distribute British subscription for the relief of Cretan sufferers regardless of creed. The Ger? man, Russian, Austrian and Italian diplomats at Constantinople objected to the distribution, and Lord Salisbury j has instructed the consul to abandon j the work of relief. - - .. -- The Notification. CHICAGO, July 13.-Hon. Wm. J. Bryan reached the Clifton house at j 9 30 o'clock tb is morning from the t residence of Mrs. Lyman Trumbull, j where he and Mrs. Bryan spent Satur day night and Sunday. He looked feesher and brighter after his day of uninterrupted rest, and wore the air of a man who had just experienced a bath and shave In the lobby of the Clif? ton ^ Mr. Bryan met Seoator White of Colifornia and the other members of the sub-committee of the committee of noti? fication, who bad come by appointment to have a chat about the arrangement for giving formal notice of Mr. Bryan's se? lection by the Democratic convention. Mr Authur Se wall, the vice presiden? tial candidate, was also present, and after Mr Bryan had finished shaking bands with the score of people who gathered about him in the lobb}, he and others went to room No 1, where the presidential candidate bad his head- i quarters during convention week. The sub-committee spent an hour with Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sewall, and the re? sale of all their talk was a determina? tion to postpone the date of notification until some time after July 21, the date first named. The members of the sub? committee said after the meeting that , the date would undoubtedly be during i the second week io August, and that New York would be thc place. It waa I Mr. Bryan's suggestion that the notifi j oaton should be in the metropolis, and everything indicates that co change should be made. It was found that the sub-committee could not well make any j definite arrangement for notification in ? view of the absence of details. Mr. I Bryan told the committee that he want I ed to change his plans and would like to go -to his home in Lincoln as soon as possible. Just after the meeting ad? journed he expressed his intentions on this subject to a Southern Associated i Press reporter : "I am going to Salem, Ills., my oid j home," he said "and will remain there | ! two days. From Salem, I will go di- I I rect to Lincoln, probably by the Mis j souri Pacific, and will stay there and ?D j j Omaha until the arrangements for my notification are made My plar.9 arc uncertain yet." Mrs. Bryan will accompany ber hus j band to Salem and Lincoln. VICTORIA, B. C , July 12.-It is ru ? mored here that 13 Victoria sealing j schooners are among the missing craft j OD the coast of Japan since the big ; tidal wave of a few weeks ago. An i effort has been made to communicate j with interested parties in Japan upon : the subject, but so far without result j and the greatest uneasiness prevails here. After measles you should bave simpjy a j feeling of comfort and satisfaction. You I should not feel any special indications tfcmt ? digestion is going on. If you do, you have ! indigestion, which means not-digestion. j This may be tbe beginning of so many j dangerous diseases, that it is best to take it j in hand at once and treat it with Shaker I Digestive Cordal. For you know that indi J gestion makes poison, which causes pain and i ?sickness. And that Shaker Di.estive Cor-I ! dial helps digestion and cures indigestion. I Shaker Digestive Cordial does this by pro- I : vidiog the digestive materials io which the ! sick stomach is wanttng. It also tones up! and strengthens the digestive organs and j makes them perfectly healthy. Thia is the j rationale of its method of cure, as the doc- ? tors would say. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to Si-CO per bottle. H. G. Osteen <fc Co., make a specialty of paper, and now have the finest and most complete selection of paper ever in Sumter They sell more paper for the same money than 3an be bought elsewhere. Store on Liberty street, next to the Watchman and Southron office. Big Tobacco. - Mr. H.H. Evans, of .Spring Hill, brought .i tonacco lett 'o ihis office 1 ms morning Umt is a curiosity. lt measures 37 inches in. length and 20 inches in width. Mr. Kvans j has twelve acres of fine tobacco, but he is too j modest and truthful a man to say that the j leaf brought is one of the smallest he could j find iti the field. It was the largest to be found, and was selected as a curiosity. The middle leaves of bis tobacco average in size about 24 to 30 inches in length with a pro? portionate width. The Spring Hill section is j ono of the coming tobact-o regions nf the Stale, and nearly every tobacco man who has travelled through the Spring Hill section has predicted that in time better tobacco and more of it will be grown there thr.n in Pud ding Swamp. - nw ?????*? Mfcw - KILLED WITH AN AXE. Robert Lowry Mortally Wounds his Wife and Shoots Frank Preston. Information was lodged in the sheriff's of? fice Wednesday afternoon of a bloody tragedy at Scottsvillr, about six miles below Mayes ville. On Tuesday afternoon Robert Lowry, col? ored, became eu raged at his wife, Rose Lowry, and attacked her with an ax. v*ith murderous intent. He struck her in the head with the ax, inflecting a what is thought will be a mor? tal wound. Discarding the ax, after she bad fallen to the ground, weltering in her b'ood. be drew a koife and ?ttempied to cut her throat, but Frank Preston, the step father of the woman, interfered and prevented the consummation of the murderous deed. Lowry then got his gun and 9hot Preston in the face, tearing away a portion of his cheek. Preston escaped without further injury, al? though it i3 said that Lowry fully intended killing him, as well as bis wife Lowry left the neighborhood at once and has not been seen sine*?, although efforts have beer? made to apprehend and arrest him. A warrant for hi3 arrest is now in the sheriff's hands, and no efforts will be spared to bring him to justice. The latest information received yesterday was that Rose Lowry was still alive. Sheriff McKagen's Bondsmen. The bond of Sheriff George P. McKagen, which wai filed wifb the Board of County Commissioners and approved at the last meeting, is a strong one. As lhere has been j "some inquiry as to who are on it as sureties, ! the names of those signing it are given as fol- ! lows : W. K. Cro33well, N. B. Scarborough, J J. M. Moneybam, John C. Shaw, J. M. Woodbam^Yv . S. james, D. A. Stuckey. Dr. Archie China left on the 9 45 a. m. train for Acton to attend a man who was found yesterday morning lying seriously in? jured by the side of the railroad track. The telegram summoning Dr. China contained no information, but it was ascertained over the wires that the man was supposed to have fall? en from one of the early morning trains It turned out to be a colored train band, from Charleston, and his hip wa3 broken. A Competitive Examination. SOOTH CAROLINA COLLEGK, June 29, 1896. A competitive examination for the Normal Scholarsbios of the South Carolina College will be held by the School Commissioner of each County in v.hich there is a vacacy, on Thursday, July 30. Applicants will be ex? amined on English, Mathematics and History, the requirements in these subjects being the same as for admission to the Scientific Course ot this College. See page 38 of Catalogue of 1895- 96. Further information, if desired, will be cheerfully furnished by JAMES WOODROW, President South Carolina College. PRIVATEER PERSONALS. PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, S. C., July 13, '96. According to appointment, the Amuse? ment Club met at the Furman residence last Friday night and the following programme was rendered : Reading, Dr. Richard Fur man ; Reading, Mr. Drane Tindal ; Music, Misses Talulah Ramsey and Helen Cain, and Mr. Hampton Ramsey; Reading, Mr. Fant Stukes. Next the following officers were elected for the ensuing six months : President Dr. Richard Furman ; Vice President, Miss Lizzie Whilden ; Secretary, Miss Uno Wells ; [ Treasurer, Miss Carrie Cain ; Doorkeeper, j Mr. Rollin Kolb ; Assistant Doorkeeper, Mr. Heyward Ramsey. I The next meeting of the Club will be held at ex-Sheriff John M. Tindal's on Friday: night, July 24. A well known old lady of this township is j Mr3. Cythia Hodge, who was 80 in May. She can see as good as she could ten years ago and ha3 good hearing, hst her health is j not so good at present. She is the widow of Mr. Ben Hodge, who was a reserve soldier in the war and served at Georgetown two years aud then went to Florence. He died in Aug. 1872. Mrs. Hodge has a number of grand? children and two great-grand-cbildreo. We had a long and pleasant talk with heron Saturday and during our visit she showed us a very pretty quilt she was making, and, which, we may remark, would have been highly creditable to a person of much younger years. Mrs. M. A. Hughson, of Sumter, and Miss Kate Nettles, of Wedgefield, are visiting in the community. Mr. Sep Whilden has a very pretty patch i of sugar cane. Miss Grace Mellichamp has returned to Co? lumbia, accompanied by her cousin, Miss Dosia Wells. Mr. Walter Johnson, of Maiming, was on a visit of several days to relatives in the town? ship last week. Mis3 Alma Geddings, daughter of Mr. Friendly Gedding, a leading citizen of Packs ville, is visiting in the community. The Rev. Mr. Gresham will probably preach at Bethel Church next Sunday. This century is certainly one of invention. The current number of McClure's Magazine contains a well prepared and very thoughtful article by Mr. Clevelaud Moffet on the horse? less vehicle. Improbable as the statement maj appear, the time will probably come when even iu this quiet township horseless vehicles will not be a strange sight to the people. . McD. F. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable and do not purge, pain or gripe. All druggists. 25c. Mr. Dupre's Views on Dignity, Mr. Editor: In vonr this week's issue you say Judge Earle should either resign the Judgeship, or get out of the Senatorial race. Why this widespread belief that it is so un- , dignified for a Judge to be a candidate and discuss issues before the people affecting their welfare? ls hi3 office so much more diguified and elevated than other positions that he vio- ! laies a great impropriety by opening his | mouth except un the judicial bench? Or is it ! because he sits on the life and liberty of the I people that he must not descend to their levei? Tnnt it is a disgrace to th-it august judicial \ gown that he roust keep away from the peo- j pie while he wears il. A Governor si's also ? upon the life and liberties of people and he i can go on the stump, and nothing is said about violating improprieties, and jet, when? ever a Judge comes out as a candidate the editors hold up their hands in holy horror at the terrible descent from the bench to the people. A Judge'e duties, as you well know, is largely hemmed in by statutory law, and he only applies that law as he finds it. Where is the starch and dignity of his office j more than other people who hold lofty posi? tions? The President of the United States bolds the most exalted position of any one in the gift of the American people, and yet he discusses issues sometimes with them, either by letter or in his personal capacity. I3 he undignified in bo doiog? All offices are derived from the people, either direct or through their representatives. No officer, is above the people in any shape or form. The curse of the day is starch and red tape. In this respect we have descended large? ly from the ways of the fathers when they es? tablished this government. Benjamin Frank? lin was the best type of simplicity and dig? nity in his day that I know of. He truly represented what a man should be who holds ao exalted office, and yet he was on a le pel with the people in all their doing. To say thal a Judge ia above the people is in keeping with the sixteenth century. When he is off j the bench, that is, not actually discharging j his duties, he is out of them, and can engage j in anything they do. If the political field is a disgrace for a Judge to enter it, it is also a j disgrace for anv one eise. The principle is j just the same. There is not the least impro? priety ' a Judge to enter politics while on the h. n. Let him conduct himself like a gentleman and that is all that ?3 required of him. Undignified for bim to appear before his peers, because he is a Judge That will do I know. J. E. DuPre. Pisgah, S. C., July ll. ----afl^ Delegates Return. Most of Them Go Home to Get Sleep and Rest. The South Carolins delegation to Chicago reached the city yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock, but instead of Btoppiog over, most of the members boarded the outgoing trains and went to their homes to get rest and sleep. Maj. M. B. McSweeney, Gen. W. H Ellerbe and Governor Evans were the only ones who remained over until to-day. Quite a small crowd gathered in the Hotel Jerome to bear the convention news from the participants in the pro- ? ceedings. Gen. Ellerbe wore the Bryan campaign button aod beside it a small flag of Cuba Libre. He bought the button, so he says, before Bryan's j nomination and had been wearing it ever since. He was as much capti? vated by the young orator as any one and expressed full coofidenee in his success at the polls in November. The Cuban demonstration by Mr. W. D Evans was stopped too quickly for it to have any effect He thought if the chairman had been told before, that it was going to be made, that Mr. Evans would not have been so promptly car? ried to his seat. Maj. McSweeney did not wear a Bryan button, but said he had it all right enough in another coat. He was < sighing for a dav's rest after the excite- ? ment of thc past week, before once more j taking the stumr The convention was j without doubt the most enthusiastic he | had ever attended. Senator Tillman and Mr. McCalla j from Abbeville reached the city last I night at 9 30. They remainend in Chicago several hours longer than the other delegates.-The State. The Downfall of Iratent Eggs. The Ohio state food commissioner j has declared that patent eggs shall not j be sold in tho markets of that state and i has seized a shipment of them in tran sit from the manufacturer in New York to a Cincinnati dealer. The desiccated egg has sold at 45 cents per pound, and j one pound is equivalent to six dozen j eggs. The commissioner's .hemist says ! the albumen in the desiccated egg is ob? tained from the eggs of fish eating birds, which can be secured by the million on the low, uninhabitable islands along the Atlantic coast. They are not fit for food, and the albumen alone is taken from them in making desiccated eggs. I The patent egg is largely used by hotels and bakeries. California has been named the Gold? en State, from the mines of precious metal discovered in 1848, which have j since proved a source of enormous riches | to thar commonwealth. Carriage drivers in France receive $482 a week, in England $5.15, in Ger? many $3.21 and in Italy $2.60. Dangerously Near. Passenger (to train boy)-You proba? bly did not know when you put this j book in my lap that I was the author. Train Boy-Did you write that book? ! Passenger-I did. Train Boy-Then you had better keep j mighty quiet about it. I just sold a j copy to the man back of you.-Harlem j Life, SOLITUDE AND SILENCE. A. Pccal?ar Charm Possessed by South Af? rican Scenery. A peculiar charm which South Afri? can scenery possesses isthat of primeval solitude and silence. It is a charm which is differently felt by different minds. There are many who find the presence of what Homer calls "the rich works of men" essential to the perfec? tion cf a landscape. Cultivated fields, gardens and orchards, farmhouses dot? ted here and there, indications in one form or another of human life and la? bor, do not morely give a greater variety to every prospect, but also impart an element which evokes tho sense of sym? pathy with our fellow men and excites a whole group of emotions which the contemplation of nature, taken by it? self, does not arouse. No one is insensible to these 'hinge, and some find little delight in any scene from which they are absent. Yet there are other minds to which there is some? thing specially solemn and impressive in the untouched and primitive sim? plicity of a country which stands now just as it came from the hands of the Creator. The self surhcientness of na? ture, the insignificance of man, the mystery of a universe which does not exist, as our ancestors fondly thought, for the sake of man, but for other pur? poses hidden from us and forever undis coverable-these things are more fully realized and more deeply felt when one traverses an immense wilderness which seems to have known no change since the remote ages when hill and plain and valley were molded into the forms we s<=>e today. Feelings of this kind powerfully af? fect the mind of the traveler in South Africa. They affect him in the Karroo, where the slender line of rails, along which his train creeps all day and all night across long stretches of brown desert and under the crests of stern, dark hills, seems to heighten by con? trast the sense of solitude-a vast and barren solitude interposed between the busy haunts of men which he has left behind on the shores of the ocean and those still busier haunts whither he is bent, where the pick and hammer sound upon the Witwatersrand and the palpi? tating engine drags masses of ore from the depths of the crowded mine. They affect him still more in the breezy high? lands of Matabeleland, where the eye ranges over an apparently endless suc? cession of undulations clothed with tall grass or waving wood, till they sink in the blue distance toward the plain through which the great Zambezi takes its seaward course.-Professor James Bryce, M. P., in Century. Worms Tha't Live In the Eye. This is not so improbable as it may seem, but only people who live in tropi? cal countries suffer in this way. The worm in question is a mere thread-one of the filar?a-and looks like a very lit? tle piece of vermicelli, but when ex? amined under a microscope it is seen tG have a round head and a pointed tail. It has been found in the eyes of Eu? ropeans who have lived on the Kongo and ir similar countries. The eye be? comes more or less inflamed and swollen until the worm is either extracted or migrates cf its own accord. This migration is one of the peculiari? ties of the '"loa." as it is sometimes called It goes from one eye to the oth? er, passing under tho skin at the back of the nose. It will be seen in one eye for a day or two, then it will disappear, but a few days later reappear in the oth? er eye. It does not always remain upon the surface, in the conjuctiva (its usual j abode), but occasionally makes a tour of j the whole of the organ of vision.- j Strand Magazine. Explained. "The difference, " said Asbnry Pep-; pers, though no one had asked him, j "the difference between a bicycle pump and an anti prize fight law is that one is j used to blow up the tires and the other i is used to tie up the blowers. " Whereupon the serious boarder told him that he ought to go on the stage, or, if the stage were not available, to go on the next train.-Cincinnati Em quirer. The State o? South Carolina,! COUNTY OF SUMTER. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SUMMONS FOE BELIEF Complain\Nioi Served. Sebastian W. James and William J. James, j plaintiffs, against Martha. A. Ferguson, Edith Hogue, Hortense Hill, Ethel Jones, \ Carrie Panknin, Gertrude Panknin and j Mattie ll Panknin, Defendants. To the D?fendante abave named : You are hereby summoced and required to j answer the complaint in this action, which : has been this day filed in the office cf the ! Clerk cf the Court of Common Pleas, for the ; s-iid County, Hod to serve a copy of your ! answer to the said complaint on the sub- ! ecribers at their office in the City of Sumter, ia said Couuty and State, within twenty days j after the service hc-reof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the i plaintiff in this action will apply to the ; Court for the relief demanded in the com- j plaint. Dated at Sumter, S C., July 14, A. D.. j 1896. HAYNS WORTH & HAYNSWORTH, Plaintiff's At'orneys. July 15-6t. SHERIFF'S SALES, j By virtue of an execution, to me direct- ! ed, I will offer for sale at public auc-ion, in j front of the Court House in the city ot Sumter j on the first Monday in AUGUST next, and as ! many days thereafter as may be necessary, . within the legal hours of sale, the following I property : AH that piece, paree! or tract of land sit- i uate, being and lying in Privateer Township, i County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, j containing fifty acres, more or less, and ; bounded on the North by lands of John E. Geddings, E?st by lands of J 0. Geddings, South by land? cf Barnett, and West by lands of McDonald furman, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Jeremiah M. James at the suit of the State for taxes. W. H. COMMANDER, Coroner, acting Sheriff. July 10, 1896. Heart Disease Cured By Dr. Mites' Heart Cure. Fainting, Weak or Hungry Spoil?, Irregu? lar or Intermittent Pulse, Fluttering or Pal? pitation, Choking Sensation. Shortness of Breath, Swelling of Feet and Ankles, are symptoms of a. diseased or Weak Heart. MRS. N. C. MILLER. Of Fort Wayne, Ind., writes on Nov. 29,1394: "I was afflicted for forty years with heart trouble and suffered untold agony. I had weak, hungry spoils, and my heurt would palpitate so hard, the pain would be so acute and torturing that I became so weak and nervous I could not sleep. I was treated by several physicians without relief and gave up ever being well again. About two years ago I commenced using Dr. Miles' Remedies. One bottle of the Heart Cure stopped all heart troubles and the Restorative Nervine did the rest.and now I sleep soundly and at? tend to my household and social duties with? out any trouble. Sold by druggists. Book sent free. Address Dr. Mires Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. WOFFORD COLLEGE, Spartanburg, S. C, Ja?. II. Carlisle, L. L. D., President. Seven departments, Two courses leading to A. B. A new and we'l equipped Gymna? sium and competent director. WOFFORD FITTING SCHOOL, A. G. Rembert, A. M., Head Master. Tbe Fitting School has been moved to the Alumni Hall. The Second Master, A. Mason DuPre, A M., and the Matron liveJa the building. Several of the College professors teach in the School and the students receive instruction in the Gymnasium. Session be? gins October 1. For catalogue, address J. A. GAMEWELL. July 1-* Secretary of Faculty. THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. The twenty-ninth Annual Session of the Sumter Insti? tute will begin September 10, 189 G. For catalogue or any special information address MRS. L. ?. BROWN. MISS E. E. COOPER. Principals. Sumter, S. C. July 1. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, N. C, Sixlieih Year Begins Sept. lOih. ELEVEN PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS. THREE COURSES FOR DEGREES. Ample Cabinets and Laboratories : Loca? tion Healthful and Beautiful. GYMNASIUM COMPLETE. TERMS REASONABLE. Send for a Catalogue. J. SHEA REC, June 24. President. aster's Sale. _?g State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN THE COURT OF COM MOX PLEAS. Charles F. Middleton und IV. B. navenel, co-partners doing business under the hame of Middleton $ Ravenel, plaintiffs, cgainst Martha E. Galloway, Ernest Galloway Haskell Galloway; Thomas R. McGahan and James Dillinghams co partner.-- us Thom? as R. McGahan and Company: George D. Thoxton and James 0. Martin, copartners as Geo. D. Thoxton <j- Company: -Joseph Lonchheim, trading as Joseph Lonchheim ?' Company: William IL Weimer, Howard Watkins, Adison Wright and Henry JJ. Voorhees, co-partners av Weimer, Wright ?j* Watkins, and Daniel G. Crenshav, defend? ants UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of a decree in the above case, dated July 8th, 1896, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House in thr County of Sumter and State aforesaid during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in August neit, (same being the 3d day of said month) the following de? scribed lands in the County of Sumterand State of South Carolina: "All that lot or parcel of land with the store house and others buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Bishopvilie in the County and State afore? said on the South side of Main Street mea? suring and containing on front of said Street eighty feet, same on back line, and ia depth ene hundred and five feet, being the lot of land on which I, the said Ransom S.'Gallo? way carry on business as a merchant." Terms, Cash. Purchasers to pay for necessarv papers. W. H. INGRAM, Master for Sumter C July 10.