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The following programme was rendered : Music, Miss Talnlah Ramsey ; and Messrs. Spurgeon and Jervey Kolb ; Reading, Mr. Willie Cain ; Music, Messrs. Hampton Ramsey and Alva Kellett; Reading, Mr. Harry Cuttino ; M asic, Misses Una and Nena Wells, Alice Melli champ and Mr. Willie Wells. Mr. Drane ; Tinda! was choeen Vice President io place Of Miss Lizzie Whilden (resigned}. The fol lowing resolutions (prepared by a committee) I io regard to Miss Katie Wbilden, were passed j by thee tab. -Whereas we have been made to feel sad by j tba invading hand of death entering our j midst, and removing trom our Social Circle, j Miss Katie Whilden, one of our fairest and . loveliest members, to join the Celestial Circle above. Therefore be it resolved, That ? v Jst. We bow io much submission to the 1 chastening rod of an ail-wise and merciful j > Ruler. i I 2od In the death of Miss Kati- Whilden j I our Club has lost one of ber brightest and ' most cheerful members, our community j a lovely christian character, our church an j earnest consistent member. As a friend she | was sympathetic and true, as an asseociate ; if peasant and safe. 3rd. Tbat we send a copy of these r?solu- j tions to the bereaved family, expressing to them our deep sympathy in this their sad affictioo, and tbat we insert a copy 00 a page of cor m?nate book. The neat meeting of the Club will be held j at Mr. Willie Cain's on Friday night, Sept. 4. I Mr. William Ardis was buried yesterday. He was about the oldest while man in this township and was about 85. So far a9 we j i know, be was an unassuming, good old man. ; He was a widower. Mr. F. M. Beckham is visiting ai St. Charles. Miss Lilla Richardson, from the State of J Washington, is visiting in the township. Mr. Drane Tindal paid a recent visit to Charleston. Sam Wells, a negro of this township, re? cently killed a rattlesnake that had 12 rattles and a button. Well, Mr. Editor, the county campaign of 1896 is now a dream of the past. We thought of writing a newspaper article giv- j ing some of our experiences during this campaign, but as we can hardly do justice to i the subject in one article, we will not attempt j it here. So far a9 mud slinging by the candi dates was concerned, there was none of it and the candidates were a pleasant, friendly body , of men. The unpleaeaut features of the campaign were far overshadowed by the ; pleasant features and this correspondent feels I much indebted for the hospitality and kind- ' ness shown him during the campaign. We i have learned a great deal about Sumter County, bare formed some very pleasant i acquaintances and in short we had a i i rely I time and will ever remember the county cam- ! paign of 1896 with pleasure. McD. F. ? -i ? ? II^^ Not one complaint has ever been made by j those using Ayer's Sarsaparilla according to ! directions. Furthermore, we have yet to learn of a ca9e in whicb it has failed to afford benefit. So say hundreds of druggist? all over the country. Has cured others, will core you. Wedgefield Letter. WEDGEFIELD, S. C., Aug. 2-5, 1896. Mrs. Martha Hartsoe's remains were interred in the Wedgefield cemetery this afternoon amid a large concourse of friends, Rer. W. H Barn well of the Episcopal Church officiating in the absence of Rev. J. W. Dowell. Mrs. Hartsoe bad been a member of the Methodist Church for a number of years. She leaves four daughters and two 90ns to mourn her loss. The sympathy of the entire commu? nity go out to ber bereaved childreu. We had a refreshing shower last night which will help youug corn, peas aod pota? toes very mucb but too late to do cotton much if any good. Don't, think that your liver oeed3 treating if you are bilious, lt don't. It's your stomach. That is, your stomach is really what causes the biliousness. It has put your liver out of order. See what's the matter with your Etomacb. Sick stomach posons liver and then there's trouble. Shaker Digestive Cordial cures stomach aud then all's weli. That's the case in a nutshell. Shaker Digestive Cordial is no secret. Formula's on every bottle. But it's the sim? ile honest way its made, the honest Shaker herbs and other ingredients of whitch it's composed, that raak? it so efficacious. Any rea! case of indigestion and bilious? ness can be cured with a few bottles of Sha? ker Digestive Cordial. Try it. Sold by druggiats, price lo cents to $ 1 .00 per bottle. Important to Housekeepers. Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme is selling fruit jars of improved pattern at a low price and will continue to do so until present stock is ex? hausted. Freeb Garden Seed for fall plant? ing just received. The Item Election BeturDS. j The returns received by the Daily Item last I night and bulletintd at the book store of H. j i ?. Osteen & Co. were the most complete aod ! accurate received by any one ia this city. I From a number of the clubs reported the only returns received were those of the Item, and j all other bulletins were copies of the Item's ! exclusive reports brought ?D by special mes j sengers. At ll o'clock the Item bad received j full returns from twenty-one of the forty precincts besides tbe partial returns that j were obtained from persons who came in ! from several precincts without bringing j copies of the official returns. The Item never ! fails to distance all competition when it I comes to getting the news, and this fact was appreciated by the crowd of candidates who were in waiting to hear the election news last night. Besides those who were in the city the Item supplied news by wire to a number of candidates and others in various I parts of the county who wired for informa I tton. j The greatest achievement of the night was in obtaining full and complete returns from the remote clubs in the upper part of the county. Never before have the returns from Spring Hill, Bandanna, Rafting Creek, Rattlesnake Springs, Excelsior and all of tbe clubs in the Providence section been obtained with such dispatch. To-day all of the com? plete return3 that have been received are given in tabular form. None of the partial or rumored reports are given, as we prefer to wait until the returns are accurate. Wherever partial returns are given the reports have been obtained direct by wire and can be re? lied on as correct. A Card of Thanks. To the friends who supported me in the primary election I hereby extend hearty thanks. I fully appreciate the honors you would have conferred upon me and trust that I may ever prove worthy thereof. With kind regards and best wishes for you all, I am, Sincerely yours, THOS. E. RICHARDSON. Sumter, S. C., Aug. 26, 1896. S. C. SUNDAY SCHOOL CON? VENTION. Nineteenth Annual Session to be Held in Florence. The Sooth Carolina Sunday School Con? vention will assemble in the Nineteenth An? neal Session io Florence on September 2d to 4tb. The following ia the programme: , Wednesday, September 2nd. 8.30 p. m., the work outlined-(1) Praise service led by F. F. Whilden, Charleston : (2) the conven? tion work outlined by S. B Ezell, chairman executive committee; (3) addre.?B. '"The Field and the Work," by Prof. H. M. Hamill of Illinois ; (4) social meeting. Thursday, September 3d., 8.20 a. m.; meeting of executive committee, 9 a.m.; the work reported-(1) prayer service led by W. A. Fairy of Beaufort, S. S. ; (2) ap? pointment of committees ; (3) report of field secretary, Prof. R. ?. Sams of Spartanburg ; (5) report of county vice presidents : (6) il? lustrated addre-s, "Advance Methode," by Prof. H. M. Hamill. Thursday, September 3d, 4 p. m., the work illustrated-(1) election of officers; (2) a model Sunday school lesson (using lesaon of September 9th) conducted by F. F. Whilden, superintendent; Mrs. M. S. Whilden, pri? mary teacher, and Prof. H. M. Hamill, adult class teacher ; (3) qaestion box. Tbe chil? dren of the town, both large and small, are invited to attend and take part in this ser? vice. Thursday, September 3d, 8.30 p. m., the work emphasized-(1) Praise service for God's work, led by the Rev. Z. W. Beden baugh of Newberry ; (2) addressee, "The Bo8?on Convention," by the Rev. J. W. Shell of Greenville and Dr. T H. Law of Spar Jtaoburg; (3) address, "The Spiritual Force of the Sunday School," by Prof. H. M. Ham? ill. , Friday, September 4tb, 9 a. m., the work projected.-(1) coneecr?tion service, led by toe Rev. W. H. Dowling of Hampton ; (2) miscellaneous (reports of committees, etc.); (3) open conference (field work, Sunday School Trumpet, county vice presidents, county conventions, finance), conducted by C. H. Carlisle of Spartanburg. Friday, September 4tb, 4 p. m., the work tacilitated-(1) Bible reading, led by A. C. Dibble of Orangeburg; (2) normal confer? ence (normal classe9, tbe blackboard in tbe Sunday school, tbe home class, teachers, meetings, primary onions, scbool manage? ment), conducted by Prof. H. M. Hamill. Friday, September 4tb, 8.30 g. m., the work cooperative-(1) devotional, conducted by B L. Beaty of Horry; (2) denomina? tional cooperation (a) "Its Benefits to the Denomination" by J. M. Johason of Marion ; (b) "How Secured" by Prof. fi. M. Hamill ; (3) Parting Words by the Revs. W. I, Her? bert of Florence and D. M. Fulton of Dar? lington. - - i i i - - Notes Prom St. Charles I - ! ST. CHARLES, Aug. 24.- The Cotton j Weigher's Act is being fully and free ; ly discussed and "cussed" by the farm ; ers. The verdict of the jury is that ! the Act be so amended as to take in I the whole operations of the year. Tros I tees or guardians be appointed to see ! their corn, bacon, coffee, and sugar 1 i weighed and that the yardstick be ! thirty-six inches long and their cloth ! measured correctly. Io other words if I a merchant will cheat you when he j : neighs your cotton he will do so in j I everything else. If you proteos the : farmer io one thing protect him in I everthing. j Coogreseman Stokes visited our com i munity last week and was the guest of ' MP. Edwin Wilson. Miss Sadie LaCoste, of Charleston is ; on a visit to frieods here. Mr. Wm. L. Wells and family are ! out from Georgia. Capt. Norwood Wells will bid adieu ? to us this week to atteod the primary election in Tennessee. I attended the meeting of the Exec- ? utive Committee, of the new County, ?D j B?8hopville, on Saturday. 1 tbiok the movement will prove a suceesa. S. D. M. LACOSTE Bulletin. COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 25, l?96. This bulletin covers the weather j and crop conditions for the week ending Saturday, Aug 22, and in its j preparation were used reports from one or more correspondents in each county of the State. WEATHER There was a cessation of the extreme heat during three days of the week just past, but the week ended with ab? normally high temperature. Cheraw was the coolest place with a weekly mean temperature of 75, and Beaufort the warmest with 85. The average mean temperature for the week was 80, the approximate normal 79. Maximum temperature 99 on the 17th at Shaw's Forks, minimum 58 OD the 21st at Che? raw and Elloree. The rainfall was exceedingly light and limited and was almost entirely confined to the coast sections, with a few showers io the interior. The fol? lowing places reported measurements of one inch or over : KiDgstree 1.78 ; Pioopolis 1.33; Chesterfield 1.06. Eighteen other places reported some rain, but the amounts were generally small, the average of all reports was 0.48, the normal for the same period is approximately 1.51. There was a local wind storm near Poverty Hill, in Edgefield, that caused considerable damage to corn and cotton over the area affected. The suosbine averaged 69 per cent, of the possible, which is about a normal percentage ssr the season. The per? centage of possible sunshine ranged from 93 at Waterloo to 50 at Winos boro and Chesterfield. CROPS. There was little change in crop condi? tions as compared with the previous week, but the tendency was still down? ward. While heat had moderated to about normal for a portion of the week, the other adverse condition, drought, became intensified. The effects of the rather copious rainfall of the previous week were scarcely noticeable, espe? cially on the principal crops, and it is the general opinion of the correspond? ents of this service that cotton is too nearly matured to bebenefitted by rain, should it come sooo, to the extent of starting new growth, Late corn bas also passed the stage where rain would benefit it. Other crops, forage and root, would be greatly helped by rain and cooler weather. The last of the late fodder is being pulled from corn in the "up counties," and this work is practically finished io other portions of the State. It is now possible to gain a fair esti? mate of this year's corn orop, and most reports would indicate a full average crop. Thia applies without qualifica? tion to the early oom, but late corn is not so uniform in condition. In locali? ties it is a complete failure and a par? dal failure in others. Take late and early corn together, and including all sections of the State, the yield will fall considerably below an average. The first fodder was saved in excellent con? dition, but that being pulled now is dried and burned or fired. All the reports on cotton for the past week would indicate a decline in condition although not a marked or de? cided one. In a few localities a fresh? ening up of the plant, with a show of j starting new growth is noticed, due to the rains of the previous week, but as a rule there is no promise of any top crop. Cotton continues to open very fast, and picking was very a?t(ve over the entire State. A remarkably large proportion of the bolls are open even after allowance is made for the earli? ness of the season. Blooms are now a rarity io many fields, where in ordinary years there is a profusion at a corres? ponding date. This gives emphasis to the reports from all portions of the State varying io expression but beariog the same teoor that cottoo has done all it will do and that rain would very little good. [There are many reports of dwarfed bolls, and premature opening, and correspondents, without exception, j forecast a short crop. Sea Islaod cot- j ton continues to fruit a?d is doiog fair ly well although there are complaints of aheddiog. The first bag of Sea ;; Island cottoo was received in Charles- j ton last week. Rice harvest continues under very favorable weather conditions aad the reports from all rice sections indicate a ; satisfactory crop. Peas have oot done well owing to < the heat and dryness, although their ! condition varies greatly in different lo-! calitiea. ; ! Weekly Crop Tobacco curing ia nearly finished and while the crop wag weli ap tu aa average io quantity the quality was in? ferior. Io portioos of Florence tobac? co is left staadiog io the fields as it will cot pay to cure it. Sugar cane aod sorghum, while io appearance a fine crop, are drying up and promise very little sap. Sweet potatoes would he greatly helped by general raios. The tubers are generally undersized. It has been tor dry ?D most sections for sowing turnips and other fall root crops, and where sown poor stands have been attained. Pinders poor. Grajs for hay not growing well. Cooler, moist weather would make a great improvement in the minor field crops. J. W. BAUER, Section Director. That "Lone Lyncher." Governor Evans Tells Why He Pardoned-The Case as It Is. Governor Evans was yesterday asked about the matter of his pardoning D. C. Reddy, of Barnwell, the "loue lynch ? er," who shot a negro thief through the head after binding him to a tree ! and praying for him. The pardon was granted on Saturday last. He was convicted in 1890 aod sentenced by Judge Aldrich to 30 years in the State penitentiary. Governor Evans states that his rea? sons for granting the pardon were two fold. In thc first place petitioos were presented to him asking the pardon, signed by nearly every man in Barn? well and Aiken couoties. He says that in the second place it was presented to bim that the negro was in charge of two constables on the way to the jail when they met Reddy who was drunk. He says those two officers evidently wanted the negro lyoohed as they made no effort* whatever to interfere, and it ie believed that they put Reddy, in his drunken condition, up to commit the act, lookiog on approvingly, and then turned State's evidence against bim, making him hear the brunt of tbe whole matter. For these reasons he granted the pardon. The record of the case as it appears on file does not say that the men who had the negro were officers. Judge Aldrich who beard the case recites the facts and then says the deed was a bru? tal murder. He says that it is clear rhat Reddy wan druck *??d "or insane; that druukecoess d-es not excuse crime, and it was imponible for bim to recommend the pardon. Solicitor Murphy to whom tbep -r < rs were referred after giving a resume ?f the evidence directly opposite to what tbe governor says was represented to him, stated that io his opioioo there was not a single mitigatiog circum? stance conneoted with tho crime.He also declined to make any recommenda? tion towards the granting a pardon. Tbe State. TIT ????. --. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-Orders have been issued to the four troops ot caval? ry with the mounted band stationed at Fort Meyer, opposite this city, to leave herc for New York Wed ?esday morning by train to take part in the parade in honor of Li Hnng Chaog. BROYLES, Anderson Coucty, Aug. 24, -News has just reached here that two men were killed at Adam's Crossing, near Clemson college, yesterday, and one oegro womao badly cut. They were there attending an "association77 gathering. j Heart Disease Cured By Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. I - I Fainting, Weak or Hungry Spells, Irregu ? lar or Intermittt^nt Pulse, Fluttering or Pal I pitation, Choking Sensation. Shortness of ! Breath, Swelling of Feet and Ankles, aro j symptoms of a diseased or Weak Heart. MRS. N. C. MILLER. Of Fort Wayne. Ind., writes on Nov. 2'.', tS&i: "I was afflicted for forty years with heart trouble and suffered untold agony. I had weak, hungry spells, and my heart would palpitate so hard, the pain would be so acute and torturing, that I became so weak and nervous I could not sleep. ? was treated by several physicians without relief and gave up ever Doing well again. A bout two years ago I commenced using Dr. Miles' K?medies. Ono bottle of tho Heart ('ure stopped ali heart troubles and tlie Restorative Nervino did the rest.a nd now 1 sleep soundly and at? tend to my household and social duties with? out any trouble. Sold hy druggists Book sent free. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Hes' Remedies Rejp*e Health,