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From the DiHv^^^Jan. 9. Yesterday's Lynchiii; Story as Told by E; fitnesses. The Letters Left by Coop Blasphemous and Reek less ta the Last. Evi? dently Intended to Kill Himself. Statements of Isaac Boyle and I Wilson-Wilson's Story Not i Accordance With the Pacts. After oimoo Cooper was shot doi after coming ont of the boase withot gan, and ?as lying on the ground, writer left almost immediately and turned to town Tba events that cured subsequently wilt be recount as related by the most reliable t witnesses that could be found. His pockets were searched and razor was found in one. Stock iosi of tho frost of his trousers was a p toi and in another pocket was fou the following note : January 8 1897 -Remember thal kill myself. There never was a m that, could take me. Simon S. Cooper. PS. 'Come io to ms aod I will give ye bell S. S. C.' Tn the bouse was found the folio wit notes, which are now io the possessu of John Dargan, the half brother 5tSim.on Cooper. "I have been,killing men for 10 yea and expect to kili them till I die. Simon S. Cooper. Hell and damnation." I am bound for hell hut [ want to se Maggie Cooper and Ever hickson one more before. Re-member that I kill m self know man can take me. Simon S. Cooper. Hell and damnation." Na other papers were found", and n ports of a will telling where he ba money are unfounded. A short t:-me after he was shot he re vi ved slighly from the shock and bs gan to talk in a disconnected manner and this served to inflame the nore pas sionate members of the crowd, wo insisted ou lynching him at once; oth era wanted to shoot him again as be la; on the ground. Some of the eooie and most infiaental men pursuade* them not to put him to death, and tool possession of a chain and a rope wbiel had been procured to string him up The half dead negro was. put on t wagon which was pulled by a crowd o men to St. James Church, a short dis tanoe away, where it was attached t( the rear of a surrey and sent towarc town. It was believed that the dangei of lynching had passed and many ol the party drove on to town. The storj of the lynching told below shows hon sadly they-were mistaken. The details of the hanging and shooting /of Simon Cooper by the mob at . Green Swamp yesterday, when he was being bronght to town in a dying condition, have been diffi? cult to obtain, as no one is willing tc be quoted as a participant. The following fdc:s have been obtained from Deputy Sheriff Gaillard, who had charge of the negro, but was overpowered and taken a short dis? tance up the road by four or five o? the mob while the others hanged him to a tree and then riddled his body with bullets. Mr Gaillardes state? ment was supplemented by a gentle? man of this city who came np to the lynching party while they were en gaged in putting the finishing touch es on their victim Mr. Gaillard says that Cooper was lying in the wagon and was talking in a rambling"8ort of manner from the 'time they left Jake Dargan's house until they got to the swamp At St. Jame's Church some of the party talked about killing Cooper, but he told them that he would not allow it, a3 he was an officer and no one should touch the prisoner. They went on until the swamp was reach? ed and there several men. one man in particular, insisted on killing the negro, and upon his angry refusal to consent to it, hot words passed be? tween him and this man, who was a stranger and whose name he did not know at the time, and it looked as if there would be a personal difficulty between them. While this alterca? tion was going on, some one seized him from behind around his arms and body and jerked him backwards Others seized him and carried b'*m forcibly up the road. The crowd took the plow line by which the wagon was tied to the sur? rey, and after jerking the negro out of the wagon by the legs, put it [around his neck He was dragged across the road to a small tree which one man climbed and put the rope over a limb. Three others held the body up while the rope was being placed over the limb. It was found that the negro's feet touched the ground, so the tree was ascended a second time, and ihe rope pulled up higher and tied The crowd then lined uon the other side of the road and fired volley after volley into the dangling body, untii the rope was severed by bullets and the mutilated remains of the murderer fell to the ground. Some of the crowd seized upon the rope and di vided it up among them as trcr. One man took from a string ai the negro's neck two small i , coins, which he is said to havi j played to a half dozen men wh( j ieturned to this city, boasting 2 ? same time of having put six bi j iuto the negro's heart, j The body was left on the gr by roadside and the crowd disp< and came on to town. Cenoner Ai who was some distance ahead of crowd returning to town from capture of Cooper was notified it city'. His constable came on town and summoning a jury retu to hold the inquest The inquest was a brief and fo affair. There were no witnesse be found and none were exami Dr. S. C Baker examined the t and gave an opinion that the n< was killed by the lynching and by the wounds received at the h( of Jake Dargan He informed Coroner that he would have a wri statement later The body was brought to town after having been viewed by b dreds in front of the Court Hoi was ta%en up the street in front Winburn's Photograph Gallery, was then photographed while it 1 held up in a sitting posture in foot of the road wagon During the afternoon the Coro received a telegram from parties Alagnolia asking that the body sent them, and that expenses wo be paid. The body was placed i coffin and seot to the depot to be i warded on the 7 o'clock train t morning Saveral gentlemen came from Mi no!ia on the S 50 p train and brought the int ligence that there was a lar crowd congregated there and that was their intention to burn the bod Sheriff Pierson was informed of tl report and he promptly countermar edithe order to forward the bcd The body was therefore turned ov to the negroes here and it was buri to day. It is but fair to the people of Ala nolia to say in their behalf right he that the rumors may have done the an injustice-it is to be hoped so least-and that they may have hi ?o intention to burn the mangled r mains of the desperado. Sher Pierson acted wisely, for it was n Et time to take chances and be con not afford to permit the body to | to a place where there was the r molest possibility of being burned. During the night rumors came ov< the wires that there were crowds 1 Magnolia and Mayesville and that tbei was talk of oomiog over bere for tl purpose of lyoobing Rob Wilson ao Isaac Boyle who were in jail. It wi ill talk, however, and at 12 o'oloo the operators at those places reporte ?verythicg quiet. Thus ended a day of the most intens ?xcitement through which Sumter bs ?ver passed. Various and sundry rumors have bee afloat concerning the accounts given by Ro Wilson, who WB3 with Simon Cooper Thun day after he killed the Wilson's aod Thun day night at Jake Dargan's bouse, and l9aa Boyle, who was present when the murdet were committed and drove Cooper to withi a ebert distance ot this place. In order tba the readers of this paper and the public gen erally may have the exact facte, the write visited the jail thi3 morning in company wit Sheriff Pierson and wrote down the state men ts of the two negroes, jost as they mad them. They were willing to talk an told their stories with very little hesitation contradicting themselves only once or twic in respect to minor points. They are bo'l still thoroughly scared and declare that the; are certain Cooper would have killed theo bad they refused to stay with bim and di exactly as ba ordered. Their statements are as follows : Robert Wilson : "I was at borne on Mr Peter Thomas' place, about three and a hal miles from the bouse of Wesley Wilson, ant was eating breakfast when Simon Coope: passed in a buggy with the boy Isaac Boyle He sent Stephen Singletary to tell me to corni there, he wanted to see me. I went out with out my hat-, but Singletary told me to gt back and get my bat. Cooper was about t quarter of a mile down the road. When ] got to Cooper he said he wa'.ted me to cr with bim. I told bim my leg was burt and ! could not go. He said yon hare got to gc and pointed a rifle at ms. I got on the back of the buggy. We came pass the brick yard nearly to Turkey Creek. Cooper and I gol ont of the buggy and went into the woods Cooper told the boy to stay there until he came back, that he wanted bim to go to town to buy him some clothes. We steid in the woods until dark and when we came back the Boyle boy bad gone. Cooper would not let ir e tea \ e. He threatened to go back to my house if I dodged bim. We then went around town by the factory and went across the edge of town and got into the public road near a place where some work was being done on the road. We then went on to Jake Dar? gan's. getting there about ll o'clock. Cooper said be was tired and got io the bed, first compelling me to rab bis leg where be had been shot, with spirits turpentine. He told me to sit np and watch. Jake Dargan's wife aod I sat up by the dre. Late io the night Cooper sent Jake Dargan to John Dar? gan's boase for bim to come to him, Cooper. About 4 o'clock Cooper woke up and told me I could go, aa it was nearly time for Jake Dargan to come back with John. He asked rae if I bad any money to pay my way to Mayesville. I te'd bim I bad no money. He gave me a quarter and I came to Sumter and went to Mayesvil'e on the 7 o'clock train. When I got to Mayesville I told Jim Wil? liams, colored, where I had been and where I left Cooper. I went 00 home, and soon after Mr. Elliott Keels and Mr Jim Thames rode op and I told them where Cooper was "Cooper did not say anything about kill? ing the Wilsons, and I did not know of it until I got to Mayesville yesterday morning, when Wi?lianr s told me. Cooper told me that be wao'ed to go to bis brother, Joba Dargan, and stay with bim until be could get out of the State." "Cooper asked me if I was at Magooliat at the Emancipation celebration and s*w the shooting. I told him i we?. He asked who the people said killed Grant Davis I told him they said he (Cooper) killed him. Cooper did not deny killing Davis." When questioned, Bob Wilson positively asserted that be did not come into town Thursday and buy a sott of clothes, a satchel and two quarts of whiskey for Cooper. Hs also said that they got to Turkey Crerk ? about ll or 12 o'clock IJ-HHC Boyle: 1 Simon came to n>y father' bouse just before dayhgnt. fie told father to i g*-i ?ti jrse Hnd s^i'd turu borne, a nd .toJd u e to get ou tbe ?iurse rebind biro arid go with bim to bri-.g the boree back. He bad n rifle and one pi-toi that I saw. He did not have a satchel nor any whiskey wiib him wheo he was wi-h rae. He had a good many car? tridges tied up in a red pocket handkerchief. | We went to Mr. Wes. Wilson's house Cooper weat to the window ??nd commecced talking to Mr Wilsoo, asking bim to lend him bis buggy to po home. That he was crippled and could hardly get along. Mr. Wilson shook bis head and said, "You can't get it " Cooper shot Mr. WTil$on through the window with bis pistol Mr Wilson fe I, and Cooper went around to the back door and weot in. I beard several shots. Mrs. Wilson wa? screaming. Cooper stayed in the houie ?bout half an hour, maybe not th^t long. Wheo he c*me out of the house Mre. Wilsoo was in front of him He bad his pistol out and his rifle in bis bund. Sbe was in her night clothes and barefooted. Mrs. Wilson brought tbe harness out of the bouse with her. They went to the lot and got the buggy and he made Mrs. Wilson help him hitch op the buggy t was holding the horse. After they hitched up the horse they went back into the house a'.d I heard bim shoot. Cooper came out and met Preston Smith on the road. He told Smitu to drop on bis knees. Smith would not do it, and he shot him with bis rifle. Cooper went to bim and cut at him twice with a. razor while be was on the ground. He then went into the back yard and got an ase, and stuck it in Smith's bead. He shot twice at air. Baker, who was in his front yard across the field. Cooper .theo got into the buggy and went to Rob Wilson's and cot him. "We came on to Turkey Creek and he got out and told me to stay at the road until be came back He did not tell me anything about buying any clothes for bira. He gavj me $5. He said be was coming to Sumter and buy some cartridges and go back to Lynchburg and tben come to Sumter to give up He told me he had killed all the Wilsons and ravished Mrs. Wilson, and laughed about it. He said if he could come to Sumter and get some cartridges he would go back to 1 Lynchburg and shoot the people. He did uot say who he would shoot. "When I was going home I met Mr. Tom Rhame and one other man who asked me if I had seen Simon Cooper. I told them that I 1 did not know anything about him. I told them this because Cooper said if I told on bim he would come back and kill me." . ' Before be lett me in the road he told Rob ; Wilsoa'be wanted him to attend to 3ome bustg , ness for bim." Jake McLeod who was brought over from Magnolia ^yesterday afternoon by a posse of men and lodged in jail, was also seen. He says that be wa3 sent over '1?re for safe , keeping as the people at Magnolia were stir? red up and mad with bim because it was re- : ported thatjhe bad been haboring Cooper wheo be came to the place and bad been sending 1 him messages. Jake says that be bas nt: I seen Siroou Cooper since Emancipation day and does not kaow much about that row as 1 he was too draak to be oat oa the streets ] io the afternoon. _( Rob Wilson, who spent Thursday with Simon Cooper, and stood guard ; while he slept at Jake Dargan's nouee , that night, tells a straight story, but the facts do not bear out bis statements After an investigation, having obtained Isaac Boyle's statement that Cooper i had neither satchel nor whiskey wheo he left the buggy at Turkey Creek, the followiog facts have been learned: About 1 o'clock Thursday Rob Wil? son went to B. J Barrett's store and purchased from Mr. Frank Kelly, a suit of clothes, a bat, pair of shoes and a small yellow leather satchel. He bad a roll of money, and tendered a twenty dollar bill in payment. He left the goods and said be would come for them in a short time. While Mr. Kelly was at dinner. Wilson returned for bis goods and Mr. L W Joye delivered them. Wilson brought two quart bottles of whiskey to the store, and put them in the satchel in Mr. Joye's presence and then left, carrying the goods with him. Both Messrs Kelley and Joye knew Wilsoo, and are positive that he is the person now in jail. To make assurance doubly sure, how? ever, the writer weut to the dispensary, 8nd went through the Thursday sales, and the followiog record was found : Tuesday Dec 7 1897 -Residence Atkins. 2 q ts XX Bourbon ?1.50. [Signed] R. Wilsoo Sold by J. B. White. Rob Wilson most certainly aided and abetted Simon Cooper in bis attempt to escape and made effort to get away from him for he neglected the oppor? tunity for doing so wbeo in Sumter buying clothes and whiskey for him. He should be held and brought to trial as an accomplice after the fact, in the murder of the Wilson family and Pres on Smith. FROM SHILOH From a state of intense excitement, the prime cause uow being a disgrace to "mother earth" we are now forced into a state of indig? nation by tbe unjust and uncalled for criti? cisms by two newspapers we so much admired heretofore, to wit, the Columbia State and the Sumter Item. To say that the people are indignant does not half express it, for we feel that we are insulted, yes outraged. Never was such a diabolical deed perpetrated within the borders of South Carolina by an arch fiend, for whoTi Hades is too mild. The home of the most peaceable, quiet and respectable family ia tbe country was entered just as day dawned, by this bloodthirsty hell bound, the demon incarnate, and every one butchered, nate and female, the latter out? raged first and made to follow this woree than a brute all around tbe premises and then murdered. Not satisfied with the bloody work of bis rifle, which produced almost in? stant death, he goes out gets an axe an d cuts the brains out of a part of bis victims, and left the axe sticking up to the eye in the head of his last victim, a colored man. We who have known thi3 family from childhood and been eye witnesses to tbe bloody scene soon after this devil's work was done, entertain different views from those of strangers. For some of the newspapers to prate about the violation of a truce is ssmply ridiculous. Why, we all know tbe mettle of those editors too well to credit them with the hundredth part of a grain of sincerity in their adverse criticisms. The people simply meant that Simon Cooper should be treated when captured like a wild bear and not as a | human being, and so it was done, and there are no "oologies to make. Miss Viola Kirby, whose illness was rxen tioned ?.orne time ugo, died on the 2d of Jan? uary, and wa3 interred in the Shiloh ceme? tery. Mrs. R. W. Chandler is seriously ill, and the chances for her recovery doubtful. We bear of much sickness around. OCCASIONAL EDITORIAL NOTES. The equipment <?? 'he Sumter Fire Department is now cupiere, Monaghan Hose Company having purchased a hose carriage of the latest model and best workcuiriship. There is but one thiog needed-a supply of :iew hose that will not burst as soon as the full pressure is turned OD at a fire. The two reel squads have done their full duty in purchasing hose wagons and a span of horses apiece and the city should supply then with all the bose required. The General Assembly convened in annual session yesterday morning. The body has a great deal of important work before it and we trust that mat? ters of minor importance: will be laid aside until thc measures of first import? ance have been disposed of. The Dis? pensary system will call for much con? sideration inasmuch as there is a gene? ral demand in all quarters of the State that it be remodeled in those respects that experience has show to be neces? sary. The . Patton plan for redistrict? ing the State should be adopted either as presented or in a modified form that will accomplish the end sought by Mr. Patton and desired by the people' as a whole. The public school system should be strengthened and a scheme devised whereby a continuous improve? ment of the system may be maintained for a term of years until the public schools shall attain the d.e.-ired ex? cellence and length of session. There are other matters of equal importance and there will be no excuse for a waste of time over unimportant measures. Jake Dargan, in whose house Simon Cooper took refuge, is entitled to the reward offered by Gov. Evans for the capture of Cooper. Dargan gave in? formation of the whereabouts of Cooper at the first opportunity and aided the posse in preventing his escape. He consented to the proposition that his bouse be burned for the purpose of dis- - lodging the desperado, and although the house was not destroyed it was rid? dled with bullets and his furniture and household effects almost entirely de? stroyed. If he does not receive the reward he should be compensated for his loss and rewarded for bis service, by a purse raised by popular subscription. This will be an opportunity for those who desired the capture of Cooper to prove their gratification in a practical and substantial manner. The Daily Item will give Five Dollars towards raising a purse of One Hundred Dol? lars or more. The men of the Irish race are noted the world over for summing up a vol? ume in a single epigrammatic sentence. The Cooper lynching was thus sum? marized by an Irishman on Saturday night: "I was there, and observed one thing; the foremost in lynching were the hindmost in catching." The Killing of Cooper. The story of the deeds of Simon Cooper is blood curdling. It is enough to arouse the indignation of all men. The people of Sum? ter, those who were instrumen? tal in his capture, doubtless felt that they could slay the miserable wretch without compunction; and, feeling thus, and with the memory of his dastardly deeds full upon them, a few men in the crowd hanged him to a tree and riddled his body with bul? lets, even after his surrender. His crime was black lt was the deed of a devil in-human form-four lives taken in less time perhaps than it takes to tell the awful tale. But be that as it may, it would have been for better had the law been left to take its course Without a shad? ow of doubt the criminal would have gotton his just deserta-hanging by the neck until dead-and the hand of no man would have been stained with his blood. It is useless to multiply words. The details of the killing are given in another column, and those who read can arrive at their own conclusions. Cooper was the very personification ot lawless? ness, and, while he richly deserved death, those who took the law into their own hands, simply added law? lessness to lawlessness, and will in the after days regret it.-Florence Times I The Presidential electors for South Carolina met in Columbia yesterday and cast their ballots for Bryan and Sewall. Mr. T. VV. Standland was chosen to oarry the returns to Washing ton. ?UBI- -*M^-? - Copious rains have fallen in roost of I the famiue stricken districts of India, j but a great deal more rain is needed, j The bubonic plague is increasing at Karachi. Handsome dressing cases at H G. Osteein and Co's, book store. The Murderer Murdered. I Simon Cooper was murdered by bis captors, j 1 have no knowledge who the guilty puties ?re; some cf our good people maybe, for passion is strong, a.d drives good men to commit acts of which they become heartily ashnmed in cooler moments, but repentance does not undo murder, and our people wbo aided and assisted in killing Simon Cooper Stand i efore God as guilty of tbat crime. This killing was worse ihan useless A3 an object lesson to Hie vicious element of the State tt was a total failure. A judicial exe? cution with ibe solemn awe accompanying it will strike more terror into the heart of em? bryo criminals than a drzen mob-law mur? ders It WHS so needless There was no more probability, unless death intervened, of the escape of Cooper from Hie death penalty, if brought to trial, than there is of the sun's not rising in the morning And then to add io the crime committed by our people, the murder was accompanied by breach of faith. I understand from reliable witnesses thHt distinct pledges were made to Cooper of protection if be would came out of the bouse in which be was concealed, and we manifested our bravery hy lying to him and killing him. Cooper d-^erved all the punish? ment he received, and far more, but does cur Smte and County deserve it? Are our peo? ple filing to stand before the world, not only as condoning but participating in mob law and bloody riot? Do such crime? pay? Is lhere a thoughtful roan who reads this that does not know that the bloody drama enacted this afternoon burts society far more lha. Cooper's horrible deeds? Can they not see that our people, especially the young and impressionable, are led by preceot and example to look upon law with indifference, if not with contempt ? Vve are sowing the wind, we shall reap the whirlwind as cer? tainly as effect follows cause. The fact that | other countries are beginning to look upon us as a mob of desperadoes and criminals re- ? gardless of all law bo;h human and divine, though mortifyiog in itself, is of no conse? quence in comparison with the fact that we are heaping up wrath against the day of wrath, and that our children will suffer for the deeds we are conniving at. If we are patriots and love our country, if we desire the prosperity of its people, if we hope to gain God's blessing, then such crimes as were committed to-day by the mob must be mude impossible in South Carolina. W. F. RHAME. Sumter, S. C., Jan. 8, 1897. A CARD. Mr. Editor: In roy article on the murder of Cooper, I spoke of breach of faith on the part of bis captors, aud said they lied to Cooper This statement should rot have been made without an explanation. The parties who were most prominent in getting Cooper to come out of tbe bouse do not lie to any one and your readers know this. They used their icflueiiCe to keep the mob from killing Cooper, but the moo was regardless of proai ises, and as soon a$ the murderous wretch was helpless it shot bim. W. F. RHAME. Jan. ll, 1897. Heart Disease Cured By Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. Fainting, Weak or Hungry Spells, 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. 29,1S94: "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. 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. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. Land Surveying. H. D. MOISE, will give' prompt attention to call3 for surveying and platting land Can I be found at his office, next door to office of Lee and Moise, Sumter, S. C. Nov. 18. D. M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to him. Office on Court House Square, in Blanding office. aaaammmmmuMum Carriages, Hug Horses, OLD HICKOK Buggy Robes, Horse . AI A J FOK S A? Ai i J IP, M. G Feed and ?Sale Stab Jan 13 THE VALUE of a NAME depends upon its r?putation, won bj deeds, not words. The Stieff Piino bas received diplomas and av.-ards. without number. But it stands to day, as it has done for ovtr haifa century, upon its own merits And, whilst this has been true, there bas been no prejudice of the makers against new ideas of real merit. The universal verdict hy ihobe who are the most competent Judges is that it is impossible to i? prove upon the richness of its tone. STANDARD ORGANS. Terms to suit you. Send for Illustrated Catalog. CHARLES M. STIEFF, Baltimore-9 N. Liberty St. Washington-521 Elev?otb St. N. W. Foreclosure of Chattel fflortpp. TO FORECLOSE a Chattel-Mortgage given to the Simond's National Bank (now "The First National Bank of Sumter") oy L. F Montgomery, will be sold in front of the Court House, at Sumter, at 12 o'clock m , Wednesday, the 20:b day of Januarv, 1897 : Five Mules, One Horse, One Two Horse Wagon. Any of the above property can be treated for privately. Terms, Cash. R. M. WALLACE, Prest. First Nat. Bank. 7 Jan. 4, 1897.-4, II, 18-w 13 The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judye. WHEREAS, JOHN N. INGRAM made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration of the Estate of and effect of MRS. EMILY J. INGRAM, deceased.' These are therefore to cite and admonish ail and singular the kindred and creditors of the said MRS. EMILY J. INGRAM, late cf said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Cour-t of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., on Jan. 28, 1897, nest, after publication thereof, at 1? o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 13th day Jan., A. D., 1897. THOS. V. WALSH Judge of Prob Jan. 13-2t. Estate of Rev? Wm* W# Mood, DECEASED. ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS against aforesaid Estate, will present same duly attested, and all Persons indebted to said Estate will make payment without delay to WM. R. MOOD. M. D-.r_ Qualified Exor., - Jan. 13-3t. Ridgeway, S. C. Claremont LoageNo. 64 if. I THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday Evening, Jan. 14th, at 7? p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. PATRICK BURNS Interns bis friends anil the public that be bas opened business in the Tuomey Block, at the late stand of Frai?k O'Donnell" with a stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE a?d solicits patronage. Prices as Low as Anywhere. Dec 23-4t. FOR SALE. 153 Acres of Land, in Provident* ship, Sumter County, near Catchall, owned by Thos. Benenbaly ; ent lease for 3 years. " 70 Acres of Land, in Bisbop-iHe Town? ship, formerly owned by 0. C. Scarborough, near Lynches River. , 63 Acres of Land, io Spring Bill Town? ship, formerly owned by Mrs. Ada E. Eng? lish, being Lot No. 2 in plat drawn by C. C. Haile, D. S. 106 Acres of Land, in Kershaw County, Harbard Branch, forraeriy ownrd by J. Stokes Storehouse and Lot in the Town of B'. opville, formerly owned by R. S. Gallo aod now occupied by R. E. Carne3. ApDly to MIDDLETON & RAYENEL. Charleston, S. C. Dec. 30. JSTOTICE. ALL PERSONS are notified and warned not to contract with or employ one BOD Holliday, and one Aaron Wilson, said parties having signed contracts with me aDd received advances of eight or ten dollars on same. S. D. BURST. Jan. 6-3t. Harness gies. Mules IY WAGONS. Blankets, and Whips. fJW FOR CASH, AT les, Sumter, S. C.