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SOUTH CAROLINIAN A. Nt ws lu ms cf lotetest Frcm State ' Exchanges. Lee Reed and his wife, who live on Capt J C. Foster's plantation near Riveiside, went to a prayer- j meeting, last Friday night leaving j their ten month's old baby in charge of an old colored woman?who lived j with them. The baby began crying j shortly after the parents left home j and the old woman, who habitually j used morphine, concluded to give | it a little to quiet it She ran her j finger down into the morphine bottle I - and stuck it in the child's mouth j In about fifteen minutes the child ^went lo asleep^ and it never awoke hom that sleep The coroner s jury I found a verdict thal the child came to its death from an overdose of mor? phine.-Lancaster Ledger^' Tbe South Carolina Holiness Asso? ciation, of which Rev. T C Ligon is president, will meet at Leesville, S C , next Tuesday. The Simpson\ille ginnery and cot? ton seed oil company made a start last week. They have in posit iou three 70-eaw gins, but .owing to a lack of power are now running only one of thew A d* lay has arisen in th? arrival <.. the remainder of the _ needed machinery which was order? ed some months ago, but it is expect ed that all of it vviii arrive soon, and by December the making of cotton seed.oil is expected to begin The ""?-ginning outfit will be complete in all its details and will include ail the .laborsaving appliances 'of the pres? ent day -Greenville Mountaineer. The deficit of Treasurer Keels, of Sumter, is $7,164-far too large a sum to be accounted for ou the theory of "bad bookkeeping." It is a case of bad morals Keels is a criminal. We, ask the attention of honest "Reform?is" to the fact that Keels and his son were among the pioneer "Reformers" of Sumter county, fully endorsing Tillman's obarges of corruption in former ad ministrations and seeking office in order to set things right. The last we he?rd of the son hs was np for forgery, and now the father has em? bezzled $7t000 of public money. Mora! : Don'i trust everybody that howls for "Reform "-The State. Mr J. D Roper, formerly of Edge .?eld,'*died in Columbi. Wednesday He was found dead in bed. Leoan Morrow and one Milling made an attempt on Tuesday night j to assassinate lion. N W Graydon, of Abbeville They fired four shots at bim Mr A (? Davis has been appoint? ed clerk of court to fill out the unex pired term made vacant by the death of his father -Manning Times. Hon E. R Lesesne, of Williams? burg was in town last Monday, and j while here he informed us that he would be an applicant for the posi tion of sergeant ai arras of the State j Senate Mr Lesesne has served; several terms in the legislature and is quite popular with the old mern- i hers cf the general assembly -Man j Ding Times. M i ss Lavada Hensley, a more or! less comely looking white woman, is charged with the heinous offense of engaging in the retail of spintous liquors in the neighborhood of Well j ford The allegation is that she has j been driving a good trade in booze, and owing to the close proximity of Tucapan mills to her secret rendez ous and the mouniains as a base of supplies she has grown and pros? pered in this nefarious calling. Dep ! utyMarshal Miller, however, on in? formation, yesterday brought the lady down and carried her before Commis? sioner Calvert, who bound her over for a preliminary trial which will be held in a few days. She gave bond. -Spartanburg Herald Prof Lucius S McSwain, who will be igmembered by our older cit izen8 as the youngest son of the iate Rev. W, A McSwain. died at his home in Seneca, S. C , on Monday > last k This vrill be sad news for hie many friends in this county who knew and loved him in his young manhood. Mr. McSwain was a teacher by profession, having aban doned the law for the schoolroom, and was a most excellent andgsuccess- j full teacher, 88 his many pupils in I Georgia and South Carolina will cheerfully testify ; and he was a thor? oughly consecrated Christian A good man has gone to his reward and his rest. Iiis remains were buried in Oak Hill cemetery last Tuesday afternoon in Seneca.-Lau re ns Herald Co! J J Dargan opened hi? private school lasf Mocdsy morning wi;h fen scholars. He is mach pleaded with ihe good beginning and feels encouraged at the outlook Col. Dargao's night sobooi is also showing up well and bids fair to be well patronized by the young ! men and yoong ladies of tho to^vn. Darlington News On Tuesday of last week a great big raiu fell upon the deep, deep dust, and i said to it : "I am on to jou ; your name j is raud.M The big rain fell io torrents; i and while many other localities were | "H?tricken by wind and devastated by cyclone, Edgefleld escaped uobarmed. We should be very thankful to God, we will have no turnips, but there will be no more weeping and wailing over ex? hausted wells -Edgefieid Chronicle. G?Vi-rr.or Erans has commuted f fine of ?50 or six um?'?? i;npri< ment 'b^ sentence of Alfred M .TO? of Liur**ns county, convicted at recent terra of court of housebreak and sentenced by Judge Gary to months ?>n the chain gang or in penitentiary. Ed Garrison, of Windfb ;ro, kiliet? bv a Southern Railway train Friday while standing on the track rj Columbia. He was under the it flue of whiskey at the time At 3 o'clock Saturday morning ( H. W. Richardson, deputy colKc and J T. Thornton, deputy Uui S'a'es marshal returned from a ri They broke up a still 18 mile? cast Columbia, in the direction nf Camd and eapMirpd two moonshiners-n named Gause -The State. Newberry college has begun its session. There have been 50 t Staden'? enrolled more than at the ginning of ?nv session since the moval of tbe eollege to Newberry nc ly 20 years ago The enrollment to this rime is considerably larger tl the total^ enrollment during the ent session last year. Assistant Attorney General Tov send is now at work preparing proper papers* to be used in makinj motion in ?h<* circuit court in this coi ty to annnl the charter of the fraut lent Citizens' Fire insurance corapa at ?the coming term Mr. Winant 1 yet been unable to give his bond Mr. Summerford, of Brownsvil Marlboro county, while on his way Marion last Friday wi?h a wagon lc of tobacco, fell cut of the wago? a waa ruo over by ir, inflicting very s rions injuries. -im m B .???. - Salem's Little Surprise. The First Application fur New County Election. COLUMBIA, Oct. 6 -The nest th ii to stir up the people of the J?tate v? be the elections ou the new coun propositions It was ihought, win ?he Constitutional Convention g through with the restrictions as the formation of new counties, th it would be a very long time befo any of the projects could materializ in view of the stringent regulation Greenwood", it is generally suppose would be the first town to claim tl rights of being a court house tow but such has not been the case, f Salem County has been the fit et apply for an election ^reenwoc has not yet been officially heat from, but the papers, it is said, a now being prepared lionea Fal also wants to get in on the fir round, and Summerville has shown decided intention of becoming connty seat Salem County is pr< posed to be made up of portion* < Sumter, Kershaw and Dari ig ton, an Mr Parrott, of Bishopville, wt came over to day to 6ee about tr calling of the election, says that til vote in the new territory will t practically unanimous for the ne1 county, but that of course remains t be seen It must be said that th projectors for Salem County hav gone about their work in a syste matic and business like way, and would appear that they have bee counting their votes and thei ground very weil. Mr Parrot brought over with bim this momia the petitions and papers on which h wanted Governor Evans to call th election required under the Act, bc fore the new county could possibl, be established by the General As 8embly. He had the original as wei as copies of the petitions that wer? circulated in the territory of th three counties from which it is pro posed to make up the new county Attached to the petitions were affi davits from two of the three super visors that more than a third of th< voters in the territory were on thc petitions. Mr W S. James, super visor for Sumter, mode the affidavit for Sumter's petition L L Cope land, acting supervisor, for the terri tory involved, made the statement ai to the Kershaw petition. The state ment for Darlington County was not attached, and Mr. Parrott says thal the certificate was not obtained be? cause he did not have time to go to Darlington, but the petition shows 425 names, ?nd this, he says, ie every white voter in the territory with the exception of 13, and he says there will not be the slightest trouble about getting the affidavit from the supervisor of Darlington County as there is no doubt that one third of the voters have petitioned for the election, and Mr. Parrot says they are anxious for the new county. Mr. Parrot, and the special commit? tee charged with pushing the new county of Salem, have attached a summary at the end of tho papers, giving a condensed statement of the claims of the new county scheme, in a lt gal sense Attached to the statement, is the following as to the population of the territory proposed to be put in the new county : From Darlington 5,603, Kershaw 2,299, Sumter 10,400, total 18,302. The property statement as com piled and as shown by the auditor's statements attached to the paperp. is : From Darlington $514,643, Sumter $1,093.305, Kershaw ?259,162, total $1,867,110. The papers were filed with Gov? ernor Evans during the morning, and were in turn referred by him to the j Attorney General's office for inquiry I as to their legality Mr Townsend, ! after looking over the papers, report- : ed that they were complete, except as to the affidavit of the supervisor's j office for Darlington County, and this I Mr Parrott premised to have here by to morrow night so as to make the papers entirety complete, although j he insisted that a glance at the j census report giving the male popu j lation for the townships involved would 6how that the petition had j more than the required number of I voters from that section, but he was | perfectly willing to get the affidavit, j The committee from Salem County j wants to have the election on the ! question held on the 16th of Novem | ber-it cannot be held sooner than that, because of the requirement that there shall be a thirty day advertise? ment of the proposed election. . Bishopville is the present aspirant for the county seat, but there is no certainty aboul the county eeat, as the name and county seat have to be voted upon at the same time as the proposition for the new county Bradstreet Report. NKW YORK, Oct 9 -Bradstreet's ! says : Cold weather, continuing heavy re? ceipts of cotton and wheat, aud other influences have MtoiU?ated demand for staple goods at various pointe, bat the voiu i e of trade remains oioderate, ?sitbout material charges from a week ago The tendency at some ct-ntres is to a s-aalicr volume of trade, but the gene ral out look is for an improved demand afrer the election Except in tbe cot? ton and wheat regious, mercantile col 1 C ?oi.s continue unsatisfiCtery. Trade improvement in reported from Atlanta, Avesta, Chariest! n. Birmingham ( A'a ), New Orleans, and Texas ciries. Flint cloths are lower, as are cotton, sugar and oats. The recent advance in wheat is firmly h??d, as U thar io wool, iron and steel Seme varieties uf pig i on have advanced 25 cents per ton. Iii.her qaot:ti)is have been made for KDPat flour, Indian corn, pork, lard, coffee, petroleum and leather. Bank clearings throughout the Uniter States aggregate ?1.059.000.000 this week, 18 per cent, more than last week, but 8 per cent, less than in the correspond? ing wsek ooe year ago. .. A further decline io exchange to the gold importation point has resulted io reoewed eogagaments of gold in Lon? don, amounting to about $4 000,000. Some fu tber amounts many also have been taken in Paris. Silver has declined on decreased Indian de "mand. September gross railway earn? ings make a belter showing than t ose for last August, although both show smaller tot 1< thsD in the corresponding periods a year ago. The best showings made are in the south and southwest, the coal roads, one Canadian line and the trunk lines. Decreases are found io returns from th? Granger, Central Western and Pacifia roads. There are 291 business failures reported io the United States this week,a declioe of 34 as compared with last week, but an in 'crease of 17 as compared with the first week in October, i895. ?- .? ? ' The Georgia Election, ATLANTA, Oct. 9 -Official returns from a majority of the counties of the State show that the Democratic major? ity for the State ticket io Wedoesday,s electioo will run largely over 50,000. Governor Atkinson's majority falls be? low this sevend thousand, but this fact id due to a local fight OD tbe ticket. Later returos make practically no change to the complexion of the legislature. One notable feature ?9 the fact that the Democrats have carried the Tenth district, which is Watson's district and is the closest throughout tbe State. The result io the Ostober electioLS seems to insure the eleotioo of W. H. Fleming io this district and that means a solid Democratic delegation io the low? er h0U9f. Those who believe chronic diarrhoea to be incurable should read what Mr. P. K.Grisham, ! of G*ars Mills, La , has to say on the subject, viz : 'I bate been a sufferer from chronic diarthoea ever since ?be war and have tried | all kinds of me?icices for it At lust I found j a remedy lhat effected acure and that was Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea i Remedy." This rnedicne can always be dc-i pended upon for colic, chclera morbus, dys- j eotery aud di.-trrbcea It ?a pleasent to take I ard never fails to ?ff.ct fi cure. 25 and 50 j cent size for sale hy Dr. A. J. China. The celebrated Jackson Square Cigars fer ! sale by H. G. Osteen & Co. --^-??-^? $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will tie pleased to j ?earn that lhere is at least ooe dreaded disease that science bas been able to cure io ?ll its stages, and lhat ii Catarrh Hall's Catarrh i Cere is the only positive cure known tu the j medica! fraternity. Catarrh being a const!- j tutional disease, requires a constitutional j treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure ls taken ; internally, acting directly upon the blood I and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby j destroying the foundation of :he dir ease, arid I giving the parient strength by building up ! the constitution and assisting nature in doirg ; its work. The proprietors have so much faith : i-i is curative pjw-jr.-, thar they off*r Ol Hundred Dollar fnr^aay case that it tails to ? cure Send for list cf testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist, 75c. - lin -???..- ~?-11 Sewing Machine's and Organs cleaned and I repaired at the Sumter Music House. Bncklt n'a Arnie:? Salve. Th? Best Salvo in the world for Cuts, Br out Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sore?, Tetrei Chapped < ?v.A:- Chilblains, Corns 3n-i a 1 Si n Eruptions, and positively cu:6s Fiies or no piy required, lt is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. .?ric 52cants per *'ix For saie by Dr. J. F. V/.De Lorine. B Ciue sick headache, had taste in the mouth, coated tongue, jins in the stomach, distress and Indigestion. Do not TA-enlicn, l>;it have tonie effect. 2'. cents. The only Fills to take with Hood's Sa'rsaTiarilla. SUMTER RESTAURANT. MEALS TO OBDER AT ALL HOURS OYSTERS AND GAME IN SEASON. Spechil H'tenticn to Lunches for L^die?. Prices Moderate. Yenr patronaSTf solicited. Lihertv Street oenr Watchman and Southron Office. O.-? !2. SALES OF REAL ESTATE, THE EXECUTORS rf A F ?.>us?r, decenstd. will receive propositions for the purchase of the. various trncs of land rf his EstH'e, in nod near Bishopville, in whole or in parcels to suit porch Sf?rs. Good titles will be made, th* ?ttorne.Ts of mortgages consenting JAMES E COUGAR. JOHN E COUS AR, JOHN R CO US AR, Qualified Executors Bishopville, Sep 10, 1896. 9-23-51 STANTON HOUSE. D. J. JOKES, Proprietor, Rates ?2.00 Per Day, SPECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES. Two Minutes Walk From Central Sopot. Chattanooga, Tenn. J ? h 29.. * THE PLACE TO GO. F. H. WARREN, Manufaturer of all kinds of Harness and Saddlery and Dealer in HORSE BLANKETS, LAP ROBES, TURF GOODS AND GENERAL STABLE SUPPLIES. First Class Work and Satisfaction Guaranteed, SEND FOR PRICES. 223 Meeting Street, Charleston, S, C, Oct. 16-0 Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -Agents for MOTT'S CIDES EEL SEAL CIGARS, _AND DOVE HAMS DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, N. P, Sixtieth Tear Begins Sept. 10th. ELEVEN PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS. THREE CU URS SS FOR DEGREES Anjple Cabinets and Laboratories ; Loca? tion Healthful and Beautiful. GYMNASIUM COMPLETE. TERMS REASONABLE. Seed for a Catalogue. J. B. SHEARER, June 24. President. ORDER FRUIT -FROM THE SOUTHERN FRUIT CO, CHARLESTON. S. C. Anti get best value for the money. Orders carefully and prompt? ly filled. W. H. MIXSOX, Manager. Sc pt. 30. Wanted-an Idea HS Protect vour Idea.?: thev may brlug you wealth. Write JOHN VEDD?'i'.eUR.s' ."t CO- Patt-nt -ittor neys. Wpsbii ;ton, D. C.. for their $J.?t?i yrlzs off ; ?nd ltsr )t two hundre-J I;ircatiow v-u'ed. ALL STOCK j Is now complete in every department, and buyers will do themselves an in? justice, if they fail to see us before making their winter pur? chases. It is impossible to do justice, in the limited space allowed us, to the different departments of our store, and we feel that we are well enough known in the territory tributary to Sumter, not to require us to enter into a detailed description of it. Our annually in? creasing business has warranted us in buying The largest stock we have ever bought, And should we be so fortunate as to enjoy as liberal a patronage from our friends this season as we have in the past we will have no reason to regret our purchases. Our buyer paid particular attention to the purchase of Hosiery. Having bought in all nearly XO,000 JP?XITS. In which there are some excellent values. We would call particular attention to one case, 750 pairs, of Misses narrow ribbed, full regular made at 10c per pair. These are regular 15c. to 20c. goods. One case, 900 pairs, of Boys' extra 1 oj?g and very heavy woven seam, at 15c. per pair. These goods retail everywhere at 25 cents. j One case, 1200 pairs, Ladies7 fast black, full regular made at 10c per pair. These goods must be seen to be appreciated. Is complete in every department. Our line cf Dress Goods at 25c per yard in all wool fabrics, are worthy of special mention- Will be pleased to send samples on application. INI Blankets. Those who were fortunate enough to secure a pair of our celebrated all-wool Tarlieel'S ^a8t ^ear ^ear testimony as to their worth, but they are better made this season, and our large contract for them warrants us in selling them at $3.90 pr pair. If these are too dear we will seli you a pair from 45c. up. _+"+_ Well we have a few of them, about 1.000 we should say, and the lady who buy.8 without seeing our stock will have reason to regret it, for she will pay more money. We can sell a good Beaver Cloth in Black or Navy neatly trimmed in fur and braid for One Dollar-goods that sold last season from $2 00 to $2 50. Our stock in this line is better, than ever. We carry no shoddy shoes. Every pair is warranted solid or money refunded -H CLOTHING. Judging from the way our tables are piled we must expect to do some business in this line. If your boy wants a suit we have them from 65c up If your husband wants a suit we have them from ?2 np. Our all wool black Cheviot at $4 50 cannot be duplicated for less than $6 50. HEIDI'S. This is the line we have mada our reputation on, and we are bound to sustain it. Our competitors may advertise sample hats and Job Lots, but shrewd bu\eis who want the best goods for the least money seek us. We will say nothing about our GROCERY STOCK-they are so cheap they are not worth advertising space. Every man, woman and child in Sumter County will need something fer the Winter, and we extend to all an invitation to come and see us. Oct salesmen will take pleasure in showing you through our stock, and if they cannot sell ycu, they will make it very interesting for those who do O'DONN & CO. Sept 23 ?D6 ? 9 Gunning! Gunning! Gunning] STRICTLY HIGH GRADE. The Best is the Cheapest. There is none better than the GUNNING Finest in Finish. Best in quality o^ material and work? manship. Style unequaled. Tool Steel Bearings. Seamless Steel Tuting. Perfect in every detail. We are "GUNNING" for you. Send for Catalogue. klein Sew?na Machine S B?CUCIG 6o, ELGIN, ILLINOIS._ T^) TYT ^Y^TTTViY-Tr ' TXTAXTED-A situation as Governfss by 1TTOR\EY AVT?W ' VV a young lady; graduate of Misses AHOKAfcY Al UW. i Brownfields' school, Summerville, and Con Prompt attention to all business fitrusted j verse College. Best references. Address to him. Office on Court House Square, in j "Governess," care this office. Blandiag office. j (Item and W&S)