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FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI.
Water Nearing the Tops of
Levees ana Still Rising.
Jackson, Miss, March 26 -A
special from Greenville to the Clarion
Ledger says that the river rose seven
inches higher the 24 boars ending at
noon to day and more is coming. The
town, of Greenville, between which
and the river there is a protection
levee, is now six feet below the level
of the water, bot the natives have
confidence in their ability to hold the
fort. A letter from Greenwood says ;
*'I have just returned from StovallV
landing, where I walked eyer five
miles of the levee, and must say I
never saw or expected to see any?
thing like it. The levees seem j
jstrong, but the water is within nine |
inches of the top and rising.'^
A break would mean the destruc- j
tion of millions of dollars worth of
property in the great delta, where
cropsof cotton and corn have al?
ready been pitched, and the latter
is growing nicely The State is
largely interested in farming * opera
tions in the delta, having convict
i farms there and cultivating about 10,.
000 acres of laud. !
Hundreds of acres of State corn
is already ucder water from inland
foods,, but a break in the great levees
would inundate the whole and cost
the State many thousands of dollars
Governor McLaurin went up to ;
?reenviHe this evening in response
to a telegram from his brother^ war?
den of the penitentiary, who seems to
think a break is inevitable. Warden
McLauriu has hundreds of convicts
at work strengthening the weak
places in. the levees, and but for the
assistance there given, it is said that
the .structure would have collapsed
before this time.
Warning Sent From Wash?
ington.
Washington, March 28.-The fol?
lowing special river bulletin bas been
issued by the weather bureau :
The crest of the flood wave is still
at Cairo which shows a stationary
guage reading 516 feet for the past
mur days. There is great danger yet
to come from the flood in the region
from Heleoa southward to New Or?
leans.
The river will COD tin oe to rise for at
least 10 days ic the region from Heleoa
southward to Vicksburg and to rise
during a longer period from. Vicksburg
Boutward to New Orleans.
If no break occurs before,
-levees will be subjected fio the greatest
strain about April 10th, io southeast
Arkansas, western Mississippi and in
Louisiana. Should the levees break
the result will be one of the most disas?
trous Soods ever known. Weather con
dttions now indicate additional heavy
rainfall ia the middle and lower Mis?
sissippi valleys which will materially
intensify the flood conditions. Those
ltvtBg io districts overflowed in former
years should be on the safe side and
transfer stock and movable property to
places of known safety while there is j
yet time. WILLIS L. MOORE,
Chief of Bureau.. :
Col. Gillespie's Official and
Gloomy Report.
Washington, March 29.-General
Wilson, chief of my eng mee; 8, received
a telegram from Colonel Gillespie,
president of the Mississippi river com?
mission, dated Vicksburg yesterday as
follows :
"Gauges aiong river from Memphis
to Vicksburg give flood readings vary?
ing 1-2 to 3 feet above any previously
recorded readings. Feeling every?
where one of great uneasiness and all
State levee boards are battling against
rising fbodu regardless of cost. As
yet no widely spread damages have
beeo reported, tboagh several breaks
in levees above Greenville OD both
baoks have occurred. Levees serious?
ly strained at all points Commission
will give ali possible aid by applying
money balances to protection of works.
Water rising siowly below Helena."
DISHEARTENING.
Jackson, March 29-News from the
Mississippi river to-day is dishearten?
ing not only to the State administra?
tion, which has had 650 convicts hard
at work on the levees for a week or
more, but thc people of the great val?
ley of the Missii*iopi who have made
saab a heroic fi<:ht against the tnuddv
waters, speeding their .uionry freelv
and using every means and energy in
upbuilding and strengthening the
levees, but they broke last night.
A special from Greeoviiie to the
Clarion Ledger says : The crevasse at
Lake Lae is now ahmt GOO feet wide
and all hopes of closing it have been
abandoned. Levees on Greenville
front are still holding and a hard
fight ts being made to keep them intact.
Weather conditions are unfavorable,
however, and at this hour the rain is
pouring down in torrents Lake Lee is
seven mile9 south of Greenville on the
Mississippi side and tbe water from this
break is going to flood thousands of
acres bf the finest land io the world.
It will spread out 40 miles wide and
cover the growing corn a depth of
from one to five feet and find its way to
Beer Creek and thence into the Yazoo
river, and through it will finally get
back into the Mississippi, but after de?
vastating a strip of country about 75
miles long. Railroad Commissioner
Evans aod Warden McLaurin, who
.peut al! last weak oo the lov?es, has
tened back there to-day on', receivin
Dews of tbe break and will keep th
ooo vieta at work until danger uf fur
tber breaks is over.
New Orleans. March 29.-The rivtr
has finally reached tbe top ot the levees
in this city and this morning began
running over into Maudville street,
direotly in froot of the celebrated
Freooh ?market building. I: is not
believed that any damage will occur
to property. Aa urgent request came
from Algiers, oo the right bauk, this
morning for help to strengthen the
levees, which were seriously weakened
by the high water and the heavy wiud
of last night. The river rose s?e.ven
teoths of a foot in the past 21 hours
and is now eight-tenths ot a foot above
the J6 foot mark, which is the danger
line.
A Colieton Tragedy.
Willie Loper Crushed Under
His Father's Locomotive.
Special to The State.
Walterboro, March 26 -Yesterday
morniog a sad accident occurred on the
Walterboro and Western railroad, in
which Mr. Willie Loper, son of Engi?
neer S. S.? Loper; was killed
The outgoing morning train, in
charge of Conductor Westerland and
Engineer Loper, was shifting ears at
Williams station when the accident oe
curred. It appears that the engine was
detached from the oars and was several
yards away at a standstill, wbeu Wil?
lie, who bas been firiog tor bis father,
and a negro went under tbe tender to
look after tbe airbrakes and the ma?
chinery in general. Suddenly the en?
gine started forward and Willie was
heard to call to bis falber to "hold."
This attracted Engineer Loper's atten?
tion, who sprang on the engine, but it
bad passed over his son and gortco sev?
eral yards down the track before be
succeeded io reversing tbe engine, this
being tbe only alternative as the valves
refused to respond to the lever. It
was learned afterwards that the valve
attachment had given away, cons?quent
ly the start. Mr. Lop-r, finding the
engine unmanageable, jumped off aod
was much shaken up and bruised.
Willie was crashed to death when
the engine first started, but could
not be removed before it passed eyer
tbe body tbe second time
The runaway engine, at a high rate
of speed, dashed over into two freight
box cars and a passenger coach, tele?
scoping tbe box cars, but doing no dam?
aged to the coach, io which there was
a passenger.
The runaway train went down tbe
road at/a fearful rate of speed. Ruf
?us, the next station, five miles down
the road, was telephoned' to stop the
runaway. When Ruffins was reached
steam was aboct exhausted and the
runaway was stopped, muob to tbe com?
fort of tbe negro, who was assistiog
Willie, and had succeeded in staying
on the brake cress beam, under the
tender, and escaped without a scratch.
The jury rendered a verdict of "ac?
cidental killing/' attacbiog blame or
responsibility to no ose.
Wilne was 18 years old, a bright,
energetic and a promising boy. The
body ?ras interred at the Walterboro
cemetery this afternoon.
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Clemson's Income.
The farmers are buying more fetliii
zers than usual this year, they say, and
the truth of this statement seems to be
fully corroborated by the books of the
State , treasurer, which show the
amount of tbe privilege tax already re?
ceived from this source to be several
thousand dollars in excess of the total
amount received the whole of last year.
From the first of January, when the
fiscal year begins, up to date ?53,154.
68 bas been paid in on this privilege
tax. The receipts are falling off cow,
the State treasurer stated yesterday.
During the morning be had received
about ?200 which was not counted in
the above amount. From the first cf
November, 1895, to tbe first of Jan?
uary, this year, his books showed that
?42,725 37 had beeu collected from
the tag tax Already $10,429 31
more bas collected than last year, and
the end 5s not yet Of the tax last
year $3,000 was received from the first
of November to the first of January,
making the amount collected this year j
exceed that collected for the same j
period last year over $13,429 21, and j
the fertilizer season is not over.
This fund goes to Clemson college, I
and will make its appropriation larger !
than ever before. Clemson will have
an easy time of it this year, and Mr. j
deLoach's bill to put the tax into the gen- \
eral fund, giving Clemson anDual ap- j
propriations just as ail other colleges
are given, ha9 been helped coesider
ably.
Hon John Gaillard served 21 years ;
iu the United States renate, which was !
the longest service of any one ever '
sent from South Carolina. Gen M. C
Butler comes next for iength of service, ;
and he was there for eighteen years.
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Mrs. Muggs : My darter went to all
them revival meetio's last week, and
she got a husband; reg'lar case of
love at first sight. They're to be mar- !
ried next month. Bid your darter get
one ? Mrs. Puggs (sadly) : Naw,
she didn't get notbio' but religion.
i > $ i mern
Spring humors, eruptions, hires, boils, pim-'
pies, rores, are perfectly and permanently
cored by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the best Spring
Medicine aod One Troe Blood Purifier.
Hood's Pills act easily aod promptly on the
liver and bowels. Core sick headache.
CUBAN NEWS.
Gen. Rivera and Col. Bacalla
Taken Prisoners.
Habana, March 29.-Gen. ELeraan
jdez Velasen, while operating in the
hills of Pinar del Rio yesterday, en?
countered at Cabeza de Rio Hondo a
party\of rebels 100 strong under the
insurge?! general, Ruiz Rivera The
rebels occupied a strong position and
fought stubbornly, but after an hour's
engagement they were defeated and
dispersed. Ge:? Rivera, suffering
from three bullet wounds, and his
chief of 6taff. Col. Bacalla, were
taken prisoners, and Lieut Terry of
the insurgent party, who was badly
wounded by a fragment of a shell,
was also left in the hands of the
troops. The rebels carried some of
their dead with them, but left 10 on
the field that they were unable to re?
move. The troops lost one man kill?
ed and one lieutenant and 24 pri
vates wounded The prisoners, Gen.
Rivera and Col. Bacalla, were
brought to San Cristobal, but Lieut
Teny died on the road.
DR.. LUIZ SENT TO PRISON.
Baltimore, March 29 -Dr. Joseph
Luiz, who was on Friday last found
guilty in the United States district
court of conspiracy, and of sending
an armed expedition against a friend?
ly nation, was sentenced to-day to 18
months in the Baltimore jail and to
pay a fine of ?500 Counsel for
Luiz argued for two hours for a re?
trial ; this being flatly refused by
Judge Morris, they devoted their at?
tention to an effort to have the judge
suspend sentence and admit the
Cuban patriot to bail pending an ap?
peal to the supreme court, but all to
no purpose.
DAY "W3LL HUNT LIGHT.
Washington, March 29.-It is
stated that John R. Day of Canton,
Ohio, will go to Cuba as the duly
accredited representative of the gov
ernment. His especial mission will
be as an envoy of the President to
examine into the report and true state
of affairs on the island.
/ Judge Day was offered and refused
the post of solicitor general. He
came to Washington Saturday last,
but did not until to day accept the
Cuban position tendered him. He
returned to Canton to night but will
return very soon and go to Cjba.
A CORRESPONDENT KILLED.
Washington, March 29 -Consul
GeneraPLee has sent the state de?
partment the following telegram :
"Habana, March 28.-Mr. C. E.
Crosby of New York, representative
of the Chicago Record, is reported
killed while watching with field
glass a combat between Spanish and
insurgent forces near Arroyo Blanco,
close to the boundary of Puerto
Principe and Santa Clara. Came to
the island Janury 30th. Said to
have been graduated at St. Cyr,
France."
Rumors in Key West.
Key West, March 26.-The city is
full of rumors of an expedition. The
City of Key West came in last night
and reported seeing a large steam tog
anchored near Bahia Honda, 20 miles
from here. At noon yesterday, a large
steamer passed through the harbor,
geing ont through the northwest chan?
nel. It is reported that she came to
locate the United States revenue cut?
ters and get them to pursue ber and thus
throw them off the ssent. The steam
tug Geo. W. Childs took on a large
quantity of coal last night between 8
aod 9 o'clock aod left the harbor to the
northwest. It ts stated that the coal
was intended for a filibuster steamer
that did not oome into the harbor.
The cutter Winona left this morning
fo; Bihia Honda, it is stated also
that meo aod arms were on the keys
north of here ready '/or shipment.
The people of Kansas are i ri a quan?
dary. That bill to enact the ten com?
ments into a law failed to pass the Leg?
islature, and now they don't know i
whether the fen comrnandmenss are
bindiog or not.
The Trinity river rose forty feet on j
Sunday and yesterday continued to rise j
at the rate of a foot an hour.
A dispatch received from Habana, in
reporting toe capture of Gen. lluiz
Rivera, the insurgent leader and his
chief of staff, states that both of the
prisoners will be tried by a drum-head
court martial, which meaus that they
will certainly be shot.
Henry Clay Evans, who has twice
been the Republican candidate for gov?
ernor of Tennessee has been rewarded
by appointment as commissioner of
pensions.
The Republicans wish to put thc new
tariff law ioto effect on April 15:h, .-o
as to shut out the heavy imports of
goods that are r-ow being rushed in to
escape the heavy duties imposed by
the new tariff.
The Peoples Hotel Company of
Chattanooga bas obtained a judgment
for $16,000 and costs against the Hart
ford and eleven other insurance com?
panies.
mmmw ? . > ' Jmm
Many people, with the ootioo that nature
ought to take care of herself, allow a cough
to plague them for weeks and moo tbs.
Whereas, if oature were assisted with a dose
or two of Ayer'e Cherry Pectoral, the cure
might be effected io a very few days. 1
A Memory of the Lato War.
The old BNndford Church at Petersburg,
Virginia, WHS built ii 1735- It isa beauti?
ful old buiidi'ig, unique io its picturesque ap?
pearance aod appealing io its suggestive as?
sociations. This old building, that stood
1 before the birth of ot r republic, bas seen this
republic strengthen vritb its increasing years
until now it stands tie rival of tbe empires
of earth. Tbis housi! of God saw and felt !
the convulsions of the war of the R?volu
tion ; and in the more recent yare it felt the j
shock of the struggle fo civil liberty.
In Wordsworth's poem of a man wiihout j
an imagination we find the following verses: ?
"A tall old bouse wi h windows aim,
A tall old house is st: ll to him,
And it is nothing more "
Of a man of tais kifd we might say :
A shell torn church uirh casements grim,
An old-time house is still to him,
And it is notbicg more.
But one wbo is b!e?sed with the gift of an
imagination, whose 30u! can be carried r ack
upon the pinions of fancy to any age, would
see in this "old pile" at Petersburg some?
thing tc awaken the tenderest thoughts, the
most pleasing imagin ings, and the most pro?
fitable reflections
A Confederate soldier and officer told rae
recently that during the war he had gone
into this beautiful old building and was en?
joying the peaceful cilm of all within, when
bis attention was attracted to a piece of paper
on one of the walls On it were written four
8tarza3 of poetry. The verses were so beau?
tiful that after reading them over carefully,
be began to copy them. He had just finished
the first stanza, wbei a shell burst immedi?
ately above the old church. What a con?
trast ! This perfect peace within this sacred
building could not shot out those sounds
that so forcibly retreaded the officer of the
blood that was flowing elsewhere aod of his
duty with bis men. He left with the one
Stanza of the poetry that had so appealed to
bim, feeling sud to nave been so ruthlessly
toro away from th s peaceful old place so
foll of beauly and snored soggestions.
Last April, when the old soldiers from the
whole Sooth met to commune one with the
other, this officer ag lin visited the old Bland?
ford Church. He found that its old battered
walis had been repaired and that the venera?
ble boildiog wa9 nursed with tender care.
On going withio, ht found that the piece of
blurred poetry written with a lead pencil,
and signed, "A Stranger," had been trans?
ferred to a marble s ab. Its form bad been
changed, but its sentiment was the same, and j
as that sentiment is so beautifol, we append '
the poem io full for tbe appreciation of our
readers :
Thou art crumbling to the dust, old pile,
Thou art hastening to thy fall,
And 'round thee in thy loneliness
Clings the iv? to thy wall.
The worshipers are scattered now
Who knelt before thy shrine,
And silence reigns where anthems rose
Ia days of "Old Lang Syne."
And sadly sighs the wandering wiod
Where oft, io yes.rs gone by
Prayers rose from riiaoy hearts to Him,
The Highest of the High;
The tramp of macy a busy foot
That sought thy aisles, is o'er,
Aod maoy a weary heart around
Is still for ever more.
How doth ambitioo'8 hope take wing
How droops the spirit now,
We hear the distant city's dio,
The dead are mue below ;
The soo that sbooe upon their paths
Now gilds their Iooely graves,
The zephyrs which ooce fanned their brows,
The grass above .hem waves.
O 1 could we call tbe many Lack
Who've gathered here io vaio
Who've careless roved where we do-now,
Who ne'er shall meet agaio.
How woald our very souls be stirred,
To meet the earnest gaze
Of the lovely aod be beaotifol
Yes the lights'of olher days.
Herscbal.
Judge Simoni.on has issued a re?
straining order against Gov. Russel,
of North Carolina, in the railroad case.
Gen; William L. Reddy, o. , irgi
nia, one of the last commanders of the
Stonewall brigade died in Manchester
county, Va , Sunday.
Mrs. Margare; J. Preston, the well
known writer, died in Baltimore Sun?
day.
A disastrous fire destroyed ?200,.
OOO worth of property in Portsmouth,
Va., Sunday.
The British steamer YaDariva, bas
arrived at Glasgow with sixteen of the
St. Nazaire, wbo were picked up in an
open boat.
The Western railroads have begun
to cut freight rales.
Philadelphia, March 26 -Three
men were blot. 3 to atoms and ten oth?
ers injured by a explosion of nitro?
glycerine at tb? Repauno Chemical
Works, near thin city, to-day.
Atlanta, March 26.-James L.
I Logan was to-day appointed temporary
receiver of the Fidelity Banking and
Trust company of Atlanta. There bas
been a small run on the bank, and the
petition for a receiver stated that the
institution owec depositors $15,000
which it could n3t pay. D. H. Liver?
more is president of the bank. Its
nominal assets are ?60,000, but it
! holds ?25,000 of worthless paper.
Cape May, N J., March 26.-Jo?
seph Vance, a farmer living near here,
who last jear raised several samples of
rice and cotton which turned out satis?
factory, will this season enter more
largely on the plan by planting a large
amount of ground in the two .staples.
Owing to the mildness of the climate,
due tc the peculiar insular position of
Cape May. the Southern products, it is.
claimed, will prosper here. A big
New York firm, it is said, is paying for
the experiments.
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Mr. Bryan's ?Dook has sold 6o well
that in the first month $16,000 were
due him from ti e publishers in roy?
alty. Mr. Brys.n at once instructed
them to forward $1,5U0 to Mr.
Warner, $1,500 to Mr. Jones, $1,500 j
to Mr. Allen, and $500 to Mr. Teller,
and certified checks for these
amounts were sent to-day. Ile gives
half the money hereafter to ibe
cause of silver ;?nd has appointed lo j
receive and use the fund a |
committee, composed of the follow- j
ing persons: Senator James K.
Jones, of Arkansas; Senator Henry !
M. Teller, of Colorado ; Senator Wil?
liam V. Allen, of Nebraska; and
Hon. A. A. J. Warner, President of
tbe National Bimetallic Union.
Wedgefield Items.
Wedgefield, S. C., March 30.-Rev. J. W.
Dowell will commence a protracted meeting
io the Methodiet Church on next Sunday. He
will be assisted by Rev A. M. Cbreitzoerg,
of Charleston.
Mr. Ewell Strange got his right band badly j
lacerated, both palm and hack, by a mule
running away with him co yesterday, and
throwing him from ibe wagon. He is resting
comfortably to-day.
Mr. R. L. Wright bas moved from his
firm in the country ioto town, and ia occu?
pying Mrs. H&rvin's old residence, which he
bought last j e.ir.
Mrs. G-orge S. Bryan and her grand?
daughter, Miss Rebe.ca Bryan, of Charles?
ton, are visiting id town.
There will bs services at the Church of the
Holy Croa.-", Statebur^, on Easter morn.
Week day service every Friday morning.
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Captain D. E. Weils, of Privateer.
Mr. David Wells, of Privateer Township,
is receiviog pleasant congratulations on DOW
being "Captain Wells " OD la3t Saturday
the Connor Mounted Riflemen, of Silver,
Clarendon County, eleced officers for the
next tv.o years and Mr. Wells was cbosea to
the Captaincy. This company ie an old and
prominent one, its first Captain was Col.
Brown Manning, who will be remembered by
many of our readers as the brother ot that
courtly and distinguished gentleman, Gov.
John L Manning. Capt Welte is much in?
terested in military matters and it will give
him both pleasure and pride to . fill his new
position.
MY SWEETHEART.
I have a pretty sweetheart ;
Perhaps I'm foolish too11.
I love her more than anyone can tel'. ;
She'll put ber arms aroand my neck,
As only she can do,
And tell me the story known sorrell.
She likes to say she'll keep my house,
And make the children roiod ;
And love me when I'm old and cannot see.
She'll tell of many things she'll do.
I know that she'll be kiod,
For such earnestness you do not often see.
She'll sit apon my knee at times, \
And steal a playful kifS,
Or run her cnuhby fingers through my bair.
Who would not great riches give
For snch a love as this,
To drive away their sorrows and their care ?
She's Dot so old as you may think,
Yet pleoty old for me ;
She sets my poor old senses all awbirl ;
Her birthdays al! together
Are only two times three :
My pretty little bright eyed Mary girl.
-WILL PUTNAM.
Paris, March 28 -Tbe Figaro says
that the government has decided to
ask the chamber of deputies to vote a
credit amounting to 300,000,000
(?160,000,000) "for the purpose of
constructing 45 large warships and 175
torpedo boats, the whole to be com?
pleted within eight years.
Heart Disease Kills
Suddenly ; but never without warning symp?
toms, such as Faint, Weak or Hungry Spells..
Irregular or Intermittent Pulse, Fluttering
or Palpitation of the Heart, Choking Sensa?
tions, Shortness of Breath, Swelling of Feet
and Ankles, etc.
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure,
Cures Heart Disease.
~Mr. Geo. L. Smith, ot* the Geo. L. Smith j
Mantel Co., Louisville, Hy., v. rites Feb. ~C, j
1S54: "For about ye::.'- I v. 5 terri;;:-? sui- ?
fercr iron; heurt trouble, which gos so bad j
I was obliged io si; up in bcd to g< : ny
breath. I had tb abandon business arni
could hardly ern '.ri around. My friend. Mr.
Julius C. Yog!::, one c* our leading pharma?
cists, asked ir.e to try Tr. - lilts' Heart Cure.
I hud used little more than a bottle when
thc pain ceased and palpitations entirely
disappeared. I have uoi had thc .slightest |
trouble since, and today I attending to
business as regularly as ever."
Sold hy druggists everywhere. Book on
Eeart and Nerves sent free. Address Dr.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Kr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health.
Meteorological BecorcL
The following ?3 a report of observations
of the weather taken at Statetuirg, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the past two weeks ending
March 28, 1897 :
Cj Temperature.
50
D'
Condition.
IP, 63
16 52
17 ?0
18: 69
I9| 7*
20^ SO
21 j 83
22| 12
23 63
24j 6>
25! 62
26 58'
27: 61
28! 61
bu
45
44
44
61
61
65
62
51
43
?9
37
44
33
S6 5,
49. !
47. I
56 5
69 5
70 &
67.
64 6,
56.61
50. CI
47 5
52.5!
47 I
ENE
E
E
S
S
SW
SW
S
s w
w
w
W
NW
W
0i>
.33
.00
.f2
.71
.00 I
.00 ?
.06 !
23 !
.CO
.co I
.00
.00
.00 !
Cloudy
Cloudv
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudv
*C!cudy
Cloudv
Cloudy
Cloudy
Ciear
*Clhudv
Clear
Clear
Clear
* Partly cloudy.
Lunar halo o nl5th between midnight and
morning, and a solar halo between 8 and 10
a. m , on the 21st. High winds accompanied
the heavy rain on the ?9th but co thunder or
lightning.
Light fros*3 occurred on the mornings of
th ; 25th and 26th and killing frost oa the
28th.
A great many mee throughout the coun?
try, including plenty of really swell fellows,
have got it into their beads, rightly or wrong?
ly-and we are by no oceans sure that it isn't
rightly-that there is no resson why any
man should pay more thaD $3,00 to S5.00
for a pair of shoes, and to sav the least, the
idea has this foundation in reason, that ex?
cellent shoes are now made for $3.00. To
pay $8.00 to $12.00 for a pair of shoes is
simply tbrowiog away money, and in many
cases this is done to gratify a mistaken notion
that none but your favorite shoemaker is
worthy to adorn your feet. The receot im?
provements in shoe machinery make it possi?
ble, as shown by the well known W. L.
Douglas $3.CO Shoe, to produce a shoe to-day
that will compare favorably in style, wearing
and comfort with those offered at $6.00, S8 00 .
and $10 00 per pair. See the advertisement
of the W. L. Douglas shoe3 which appears
elsewhere in this issue.
When a person is losiog flesh and wastiog
away there ?3 cause for alarm. Nothing so
worries a physician. Consumptives would
never die if they could regain their usual
weight. It fact there woold be no consump?
tion if there was no wasting of the
system. The cause of this los3 of flesh is a
failure to properly digest tbs food eaten.
Nine-tenths of all our diseases date back to
some derangement of the stomach
The Shaker Digestive Cordial will stop
this wasting of the body. It acts by causing
the food we eat tc b: digested so as to do
good, tor undigested food does more harm
tbao good. The Cordial contains food al?
ready digested and is a digester of foods as
well.
Evpry mother bates to make her children
take Castor Oil. Laxol is sweet Castor Oil.
No disputing the fact that there ie no mu?
sic more pleasing than that of the Piano,
and of all the Steiff takes the lead beyond
a doubt. Everything about it is supremely
satisfactory. The tone, ?nd every note in
the scale frcm the lowest to the highest, ex?
emplifies the highest advance in the art of
Piano construction. Even after years of eer
vice, the Stieff retains i's original tone in
spite of age. Write for illustrated catalogue.
Term3 to suit.
CHARLES M. STIEFF, '
9 N. Liberty Street, Baltimore.
416 Main St , Norfork Va.
Election of Sf er?tei?t of Pd
Ira aid Overseer and Gnarfls
of Chain Gai
OFFICE OF
MARION DORN,
SUPERVISOR CF SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C , March 18, 1897.
The County Board of Commissioners hav?
ing organized with its recently appointed
members, will, at their regular meeting
April ftb, proximo, elect a ?Superintfccent
of tre County Poor House, and an Overseer
ard Guard? of Chain Garg. Applicants
may file tleir bids of npp!icanons with the
County Supervisor or Clerk of Board.
Right to r*j--ct ai! bids resenf-d.
MA PION" DORN,
Si; pervi;or Sumter Co , S C.
THOS. V WALSH. Clerk. Heb 24.
ABE YOU NEEDING AN ?RON
SAFE ?
HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN?
ERAL A G EXT f. - :i*e Alpine Fire
KUO !>ur?:ar ?'r.:;>' S*'- < ( >?. H ny". I ?m
prepared io f ti.-r ?be:?! .? ms to those who
ari? if pef-d of a go??d Ss?te.
For prices *r.d i'-m;3 addre?s
J. A. BENNO,
Mch 2i Sumter, S. C.
^^^P ?7. L. Douglas $3.50, $4,00 and $5.00 Shoes arc fbe
Wi^^M productions of skilled workme-.?, from thc best ma
w?i??^k ? r^Pk terial possible to put into shoes sold at these prices.
w?I IrWk ' ^e m2&e aJso $2.50 and $2.25 shoes for men, and
Wml?rh:: I . ? $2-50' $2,G0 and $L75 for acd the w*
WUS&^k \ @?Sj\ Douglas $3.50 Police shoe, very- suitable for
% ^9//f00^ I letter-carriers, policemen and others having
\ kSfefS^N V I ^3i? much walking to do.
yKM/. ^t?5?A "Weare constantly adding new styles to our
ySfflf'' ; ^^^-^i^i^ already large variety, and there" is no rea
Merchants JS?//V ' A son Why von cannot be suited, so insist on
Bankers ' flip " "\ having VV. L. Douglas ?hoes from your
Physicians W?k-'- - ^??.'??^k We use onlv thc best Calf, Russia Calf
and all TS??M?'-" (all colors>. French Patent Calf,
economical ^?wft>>^%^^^|ll||i French Enamel, Vici Kid, etc.,
men wear ^S8?f?^'' ''-^?^g^^^K graded to correspond with prices
W. L. Douglas ^^^^?k/z/v, <^sN^^lk of tn? shoes.
Shoes because they *&SB?f?fr ^f?t^^v -
are the best. ^^K^??^ki^^^^k. Ir <1<?aler cannot supply you,
For sale hv ^^?SSil????^||?M writ;e
y ^^8?*9 W.LQOUGliS, Brockton, Mas?.
J. RYTTENBEBG- & SONS.