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A SUMTES BOY Gain s Promotion and Distinction m His Profession. *** Philadelphia, April 7.-William E. Mikell, a prominent member of ?be Southern bar, waa appointed instructor in law at the University of Pennsylvania, and will enter upon his duties at the beginning of the next academic ?ear Mr. Mike!! was born in Sumter, S C., january 29, 18S3 He gradnated from tbe South Carotina Military Academy at Charleston in 1830, with the rank of heatenant. During the two years immediately succeed in e his graduation, be waa president of the Blackstock, S. G.. Acad? emy. He waa admitted to the bar of Sonth Carolina io December, 1834. After au exam? ination by the Supreme Court he bf??Ro the practice of law at Sumter in June, 1893. THE ANNUAli ADDRESS. Dr. W. E Evans to Deliver the Address at the Sumter Institute. Rev. W. B Evana, D. D., of Colombia, has been invited to deliver the address to th? gradaetiog class of the Sumter Irsiitute at the commencement on Jane 1st, and has accepted the invita ti OD . Dr Evans is one ot the most able and eloquent divioes in the State, and a treat is io store for those who attend the commencement. Card of Thanks. The ladies of Sumter Cst; Mission wish to thank all those who so kindly helped to faro iso and serve the dinner last Mooday. $52.? 70 was realised clear of expenses. Any parties getting wrong articles sn re? turn, or failine to get the ware they sent ia, please call and see Mrs. Herbert, as some arti? cles are missing and she bas a fVw articles not yet elained. T. G H ERB. BT. Johnson's Chill and Fe? ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure* It cures the m ost stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours* Build a New Oourt House. Mr. Editor: It has bren suggested by seve? ral citizens, since the death of - Mr. J. Cohen Wilson, that now a ecod opportunity pre? sents itself for dur County Board of Oom miseiooers ?o purchase the Urge plot of land in front of the. Baptist Cbnrch, on East Liberty Street, and boild a handsome ron rt boose oo a randera plan. Take ?'own the old one before taey spend $5,000 on it, not mak? ing it mach, if any better thao at present, Mach of the brick and material could be util'zsd in tibe erection of the new hording aod the old soon house equare sold for store lots. v I will ventare to say that a 6oe court house can be boilt with the proceeds of the lots and the money they would s^ecd on the old one The courts could be held away from all the clatter and noise of wagons on Main Street. The plot of fand sngzeeted contains about four acres or more. There would be an pie room for nice grass plots around the new court boase, and plenty of land to spare' to sell lots to build lawyers' offices, Ac. It is supposed .that enough lots could be sold io the rear aod one side to pay for at least one half the cost of the new building and lot. TAXPAYER. April 7, 1897. JDid Toa Ever Try Electric Bittere as a remedy tor you troubles ? If net, get a bottle now and get re? lief. This medicine has been found to be peen? liarly adapted to the relief and care of all Fe? male Complaints, exerting a wonderful direct influence in jiving strength and tone to the organs. If jon have loss of Appetite, Consti? pation, Headache Fainting Spells, or are Herr?os, Sleepless, Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spell?, Electric Bitters is the medicine yon need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by its ase. Fifty cents and one do-Iar at J. F. W. DeLom e's Drag Store. Bryan to be Asked. The anona! encampments of the Alliance at Tirzah, ia York county, have long beeo notable events, attend ed by thousaoc^ of farmers from all about the upper portion of tbe State. i* Already the Tirzah Alliance has begun to make the preparations for this year's encampment, which wiH be held some time in July or August; , The committee oo iavitatioos, con? sist i og of Messrs. Elder, Wi I born and -Edwards, bas already extended invita? tions to several promioent speakers Senator Tillman aod Sibley have been <i invited ; so have ail the congressmen from this State. Tbe committee pro? poses to go on to Wasbiogtoo shortly and exteod a hearty iovitatioo to Wm J Bryao, tbe recent candidate for tbe Presidency. They will make every ' effort tc secure Mr. Bryan's attendance. If he comes, the encampment will cer? tainly be the greatest gathering of Alli ance forces ever koo wo io this State. Sanguilly Has Surrendered. Jacksonville, Fl*., April 7.-QeD eral Julio Sanguilly aod Colooel La cbuga, bearing that warrants had been issued for their apprehension oo the charge of aiding aod abetting a Caban expedition, surren cered them reives this afternooo to the United States officials * They, were taken before United States Commissioner Eagao and their bearing was continued until Saturday morning. The informatioo was furnished by Senor Pot?os, Spanish Vice Coo9ul for Jacksonville, aod the affidavit states co I time or place at which alleged offense was committed. He is said to have sworn to the information at the dirco tion of Minister de Lome of Washing ton The prisoners were remanded to the care of J. M. Barrs, who became r surety for their appearance cn Satur? day, "The Poorest Man. Multi . Millionaire John D. Rockefeller Says it is he Who has Nothing but Money. Frota the New York Herald. "Who is the poorest man in the world to-day ? The poorest man I know i? the man who has nothing but money-nothing else in the world but money-ooly money." It was a man with iron hair and an iron gray mustache who spoke tbe words, and be repeated the last ones with emotion. The man who spoke bas endowed the Uoivemty of Chicago with mil lions upon millions of dollars He is John D. Rockefeller, who last night, io the parlors of tbe Fifth Avenue Baptist charoo, addressed tbe young men's Bible cl&ss_ Mr. Rockefeller held in bis bands a cheap looking little yellow backed ac? count book '.This is my ledger " he said. "My first business training was io keeping a ledger. It was at the time when I be? gan to spend ny first earnings in my first struggle to get a footing. "It was a very bard struggle. When I put my bead oo my pillow tbe contents of this little ledger then kept canoing in my mind until I awakened the next morning "Besides the accounts I kept in this book there were memoranda of occur rences. In after years I found it. I kept it more than 42 years ago. In deciphering some writing OB the back of it here. I see that I called it ?Ledger A 7 < I place great value upon tbe little book ". Mr. Koo^efeller's bands trembled as be turned the pages of the 2ittlet volume which he bad taken from a big eovelope in hi? inside pocket. "It was important to me to be par? ticular at that time about items of re? ceipts and disbursements," be contin? ue^ "I hope yon young men are all careful. It believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, get it fairly, religiously and honestly-atfd give away ail you can. .*I would not dare to let you. read tbis book My children read it, and said that I dido't spell toothbrush correctly. I haven't seen this book frr 25 years. You couldn't, get it from me for all the modern ledgers io New York and what they all would bring in. .'It reports what I received aod paid out for several years. Here is an item : Income from December 26, 1855, to January 26, 1856, $50 "And I lived within my income. Out of that I paid my washerwoman, the lady with whom I boarded, and I sa ved a little and pot is away "I see that I paid in the Sunday school every Sunday one cent. It was all I had to give I bad a large in? crease io revenue the next year, lt was increased $25 a month. ' I was as independent in those days as Mr. Aster Bat when I got that in? crease I felt guilty. I felt like a crimi? nal-like a capitalist We bad no trusts or capitalists io those days ' { remember the clothes I brought. I didn't patronize a fashionable tailor. I bought my clothes from a cheap cloth? ier. Tbe clothes were good and such ai I could pay for. Let mc give you all a word of advice; Live within your means '" Curiosity prompted- Mr. Rockefeller here to ask all those to raise their hands who bad come to New York from the country. Nine-tenths of tbe young men raised their bands, to the evident pleasure of the speaker. "City men haven't had the struggles we had who came from tbe county," be said. "Two day s ago I bad a talk with a carpenter who was goiog to make a building comfortable where help were goiog to sleep. There were two big spaces wbioh he closed with miners! wool, so the damp wouldo't come in, he said. Then on the next floor he showed me two spaces he was also going to close with wool So that.' as he expressed it, 'the sleeper there, a house man, woold not have to bear the rain .drops fall upon the roof.' " Thi<? seemed to afford Mr. Rookefel 1er infinite amusement. "Why,'' be ss.ij. "toe carpenter's suggestion tnade me tbink of my own experiences when bleeping under the roof. I know that I heard the rain fall, and when I looked up I could see the shingles, and in one place a big crack through wbicb the sky was visible. It waR pretty hot there ia summer, but. I preferred summer on the whole "I thick I was better for that sort of experience, aod my head is full of sad nes8 as I contemplate (he condition cf a cumber of young fellows that I know in this city. Their fathers have plenty of money, but the ooys have not the ghost of a chance io competing with you who came from the country. They'll go down and" you'll take their places. "What is succ?s*? Is it to get money? Well, is that success? The poorest man I know is the man who bas nothing but money. If I had my choice to day. Pd be a mao with little or nothing but a purpose in life. "It's not the money itself that is so miserable. Money is good if you know know how to use it. Let me give you a little word of counsel. Know just what you receive and how you spend it. Write down just what you do with it and don't be ashamed to let your fathers and mothers Fee what you have written j down. '.In a year or two I managed to save j nearly $1,000. Here is an item as to clothes. My clothing from November. 1855, to Novvemb^r. 1856 cost me jost $9.00. Here is one bit of extravagance which bad quite escaped my memory, .pair of far gloves, $2. ' Here are other items. ? Mittens. 3 shillings Given away, ?&5.58 Missionary cause, Nov. 25, 15 Ministerial student. .10 Night Society. .75 Sabbath school. .05 Present to Sabbath school super tendeo?, 25 "I was living io Cleveland theo, aod I mu9t have felt sorry for New York. Ber is an item : Five Points Mission, j! 2 ceo ts. '.We had a little paper published by the Sunday schocl called the Macedo? nian. I subscribed to that. There was a venerable teaober io my class, a Scotchman, and a great Bible student. He is down for twenty-five cent?. "All these little things helped me to come into sympathy with many un? dertakings, both religious and philan? thropic. My oppioioo is that no mao cao trust himself to wait until he has accumulated a great fortune before be is charitable. He most give sway money continually.11 SUFFERINGS AT THE FRONT. Terrible Scener That Folloxred the Battle of Cold Harbor. General Horace Porter, in "Cam? paigning "With Grant, ' ' in The Century, telling of the the battle cf Cold Har? bor, says: The general in chief realized that he was in a swampy and sickly portion of the country. The malaria was highly productive of disease, and the Chicka hominy fever was dreaded by all the troops who had a reccilection of its ravages when they campaigned in that section of the country two years before. The operations had been so active that precautions against sickness had neces? sarily been much neglected, and the general was anxious, while giving the men some rest, to improve the sanitary conditions. By dint of - extraordinary exertions the camps were well policed and large quantities of fresh vegetables were brought forward and distributed. Cattle were received in much better condition than those which had made long marches and had furnished beef which was far from being wholesome. Greater attention was demanded in the cooking cf the focd and the procuring of better water. Dead animals and offal were buried, and mere stringent sani? tary regulations were enforced through outthe entire command. What was most distressing at this time was the condition of affairs at the extreme freut. No ene who did not wit? ness the sights on those portions of the line where the opposing troops were in exceptionally close contact can form an idea of the sufferings experienced. Staff officers used to wcrk*their way on foot daily to the advanced points, so as to be able tc report with accuracy these harrowing scenes. Some of the sights were not unlike these of the "bloody angle" at Spottsylvania. Between the lines where the heavy assaults had been made there was in some places a dis? tance of 30 or 40 yards completely cov? ered by 1he dead and wounded cf both sides. The bodies of dead were festering in the snn, while the wounded were dy? ing a torturing death from starvation, thirst and less of b?cod. In some places the stench became sickening. Every at? tempt to make a change in the picket line brought on heavy firing, as both sides had become nervens from long watchfulness, and the .slightest move? ment on either front led to the belief that it was the beginning of an assault. In the night there was often heavy ar? tillery firing, sometimes accompanied by musketry, with a view to deterring the other side from attacking, or occasioned by false rumors of au attempt to as? sault. The men on the advanced lines had to lie close to the ground in narrow trenches, with little water for drinking purposes except that obtained from sur? face drainage. They were subjected to the broiling heat by day and the chill? ing winds and fogs at night and had to eat the rations that could te got to them under the greatest imaginable discom? fort. Cinco Cigars are made by a firm with 47 years' experience and a reputation for first elisa good* only. Sold in Sumter exclusive ly ny E. G. Oateeo & Co. SPECIFIC FOR SCROFULA. "Since childhood, I have beea afflicted with scrofulous boils and sores, which caused me terrible suffering. Physicians were unable to help me, and 1 only grew worse under their care. At length, 1 began to take AYER'S Sarsaparilla, a n <i very soon grew bet? ter. After using half a dozen bottles I was completely cured, so that I have not had a boil or pimple on any part of my body for the last twelve years. I can cordially recommend Ayer's Sarsa? parilla as the very best blood-purifier in existence." - G. T. REIXH?'KT, Myersville, Texas. TEE ONLY W0EL2fS FAIS 'Sarsaparilla ? Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cares toughs and Colds ? W. L. DOUGLAS $9.00 SHOE Merchants, Bankers, Lawyers, Physicians and all economical men wear W. L. Douglas Shoes because they are the best. For sale by The Style, Fit and Wear could not be improved for Double the Price. W. L. Douglas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes are the productions of skilled workmen, from the best ma? terial possible to put into shoes sold at these prices* We make also $2.50 and $2.25 shoes for men, and $2.50, $2.00 and $J.75 for boys, and the W. L. Douglas $3;50 Police shoe, very suitable for letter-carriers, policemen and others having much walking to do. "We are constantly adding new styles to our already large variety, and there" is no Tea son why vou cannot be suited, so insist on having W. L. Douglas Shoes from your dealer. _ "V7e use only the best Calf, Russia Calf (all colors), French Patent Calf, French Enamel, Vici Kid, etc., graded to correspond with prices of the shoes. If dealer cannot supply you, write W. L DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. * CATALOGUE FKEE. J. 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If you do, call on me and well selected Stock of Buggies, Surrey*!,- Carriages, etc., and wy prices are as G-?o. P. Office at EppersoD^ Stables. STANTON HOUSE. D. J* JONES, Poprieter. Rates $2.00 Per Day. S?ECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES. Two Minutes Walt From Central Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. Garden Seed?? Buist's and Ferry'** just received. All kinds. Most Reliable? Onion Sets. Red and White. DRUGS ! -Toilet Soaps Frostilla for Chapped Hands! Fresh Drugs Every Week. Prescriptions Carefully Com? pounded Day and Night J. MM & GO., DRUGGISTS MONAGHAN BLOCS SUMTER, S. O. Tte Largest ai Most Complete - Ss?al?int Sont! Geo, S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. rffice and Warerooms, King, opposite Cas non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ?3!~ Porefeasp eur n>*ke, which we guiaste superior to soy fold South, and thereby FR ve money. * Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o Carriages. and examine my stock, I have a large low as the lowest. 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