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Frons th? Daily Item, July 5. ' A HOT OPENING. 1 . McLaurin and Irby Have a Tilt That forebodes a Bitter Campaign. McLaurin Appeals to the People on His Eecord as Congressman and Senator. BIS TARIFF VIEWS EXPLAINED. Irby ?tarts the ?ight on Factional Lines. Denounces Sumter Peo? ple as Henchmen. SAYS M'LAURIN Io A POPULIST AND A DISHONEST POLITICIAN. ? McLaurin Calls Him Down-Says no Man, can Coil him Dishonest. Th* 'tty is to-day the Mecca of the politi? cians of Sooth Carolina. Nearly every man of any prominence in political circles is here, irby, John Gary Evans, Barney Evan?, ar .vriv*d last night and were io consultation f until ? late hoar last night It w^s not until ibis morning that it was positively announc? ed that Irby would be a candidate and that Evans would not enter the race. Thee*od'" dates aye McLaurin, Irby and Mayfield, the ?h* others mentioned as probable candidates did not materialize. McLaurin and Irby ure . the only candidates present. The meeting was called to order io the Opera Boase at ll -o'clock, with about 850 people presea t, Clarendon and Marlboro cou o ties bavin jr a number of representatives. Senator Mclaurin was the first speaker. He opened by paying a brief, bot feeling, tribute to his predecessor, Joseph H. Earle. He declared bis purpose to discuss measures throughout the campaigo, and that if the campaign was not conducted on a high place, without Dersooiilities sod indecency it wen ld not be hts faull;. He ' then stated positively that became before the geople. unpledged and independent, a party to no combination, and tbs only pledges that would bind him would ht those- he would male? to the: people. He denounced in a. pointed m an no rr the author of the reports of bis connection with plots and combinations, saying that those who ? made these charges should be dei ven back to their deas of concealment and iniquity where schemes and plots were batched against the people fer tbs beoefit of the schemers. Hs then branched out i pto a discussion of the tariff question, and explained bis posi? tion and his course in the House and Senate. The Senate, he said, is filled with a crowd of old tnoss becka who have bad a mutual ad -miration society for twenty years. They - have seaatori&I courtesy and dignity and lit? tie else. Those old fellows wkb moss behind their ears make the same old speeches year after year, and the others sit around and nod their beads, saying, "That's so, that's so." He told of his fight against a discrimina? tive tariff tbat benefitted the North and op pessed tfce Sooth, going into the details of the tariff on lumber which protected the lum? bermen of the North and permitted Canadian lumber to come in and drive out the pine of the Sonth,the tariff on rice which taxed the rice rised by -.be people at large and admitted free ? ..' millions of pouad* nsed by the brewers, ibe , tariff on cotton bagging and ties imposing a tax of millions boonally on tbe Southern , farmers, and this free binding twine for the wheat planters of the North west, fie de- , nuanced the protective and di?crimnative tariff law as & gigantic and well laid conspiracy , to tas one section and benefit the other. The , more he studied the question the more firmly became his conviction that tbe South was not receiving the treatment that common , honesty and fairness entitled her to receive and he could net sit idlv by and not raise his voice against the robbery!, ' In conclusion McLaoria jrefterated bis statement that be was free from combinations and would make a fair fight an?T5be' left bis casein the hands of the people. . ^ At the conclusion of lir : McLaurin'? , speech, Chairman Purdy read a- -telegram from Mr. Hayfield that he was too unwell to . be present. Col J. L- M. Irby was then introduced Mr. Irby received slight applause. Be-began by sayi"ir that he sympathized with any man who could talk as much about himself as ~ Mr McLaurin while the bell, which bad jost struck high twelve, bad tolled tbe death knell of that man Mr. McLaurin rejoined : "Hark from the tomb a doh fa! sound !" The audience ap phittded uproariously and the building was Siled with eries of McLaurin ! McLaurin ! Col. Irby attempted to con ti use bis speech withoat watting for the appUuse to cease. He seemed to become angered. He said that ire understood the Dian. It had all been Sxed beforehand. Sumter was well known to be tbe bot bed of H as kel lis rr. Republican- ( ism and Independentisra, and the people who were trying to bowl him down were a crowd pf henchmen. Be raised b?s voice to the ! loudest pitch and shouted that be could not , be bowled down, and that he would make himself beard, and be would tell , :hem once for all that he would beat their man out of his boots. The ap? plause WAS renewed with greater vigor and < McLaurin was cheered with a vigor that re called the meetings of 1890. I f Chairman Purdy got no and waved his ! hand to the crowd and silence was restored. . Mr. Purdy requested the crowd to preserve , order and give the speaker a respectful bear- , icg Tben turning to Col. Irby be said : "I , wisb yon to have a bearing, and if you do , not it will be through DO fault of mine, but the people of Sumter and Sumter county are ( nt respectable land a brave people, and I ; ; cannot sit by and bear or permit them to , be spoken of as you bave done." Coi. I , Irby asked what be objected to. Mr. Purdy replied ?bat the characterization of the peo? ple as benehmen was the offensive term. , Coi. Irby retorted tbat he was a stranger and , tbe guest of the people and that be bad been . first i'-sclted. but tbat if those who bad ic- I suited bim would first apologize, be would take pleasure io doing likewise. But he bad i : expressed himself and bad uo desire to re- I ( peat the term. The people knew bis views i He did not attack people first, but be would ! not staod insults. j ; Mr Purdy agaio assured him of bis de- ? sire to see all speakers receive a bearing, and i if Col. Irby did not receive ir, it would not ? ( be tbe chairman's fault Qiiet being restored, Col. Irby resumed j bis speech, saying that the Sumter people gbonld be bis friends for be- bad beec ' ' the best friend tbe best man who- j ?' ever lived in Sumter bad ever bed. He bad j helped to make Earle Attorney General, and i 1 wheo be was against the people aod bad been j ? made to walk tbe plank, be (Irby) had help- j ' ed to make bim Judge aod then Senator, j ; 3e would tell tbe people who were support- j 1 iog McLaurin that if they expected to elect I < bim by socb tactics they would be disap- ! ' pointed, for he had as many friends among j 1 the Conservatives as McLaurin, and the Con servatives would eiect bim, too. The Conser j 1 tives, he said, do not hate me ; they have no j : reason to do so. He h?d never oppressed !:r*H them and when others wanted to rule them ? { out of the primary on account of participa? ting io a bolt, be bad stood firm as their friend, and bad iovited them back into tbe ? ? primary. i ( He went to say that be hsd ao dee're to be j 1 a candidate, would have willingly!;retired to private life, but be could not see tb? reform cause destroyed and betrayed by a combina? tion of ^aeroies and traitors-who b*d batch? ed, the mon d-imaable cousyimcy against the people and the reform faenaos, tor vvnich he bad done so much and worked so bard. He bad entered the contest to prevent ttfe accom? plishment of this parp?se and he was io to the S Dish and meant business. t He came before tbs people *o warn them against ?he dangers of electing any but a tree bice democrat, and to show them what would be the result to the party if a "ringed, streaked and speckled politician" is elected. Referring to dishonest politicians, Col. Irby went on to say that there many things that wooid be brought ont io the campaign, and hs was not the man to be bullied or > -lt dozad. - His record was known to tbe people, and be was an original reformer,and bad been true to the democratic party, bad never gone off after the populists. Others had. Mc? Laurin is eveo reported to have written the populists' platform. Talking of dishonest politicians be wanted tbe people to know, aod to hare it told tbat be bad oeen first at? tacked, and by insinuations referred to as a "dishonest politician " He would say now tbat bad it not beep for Tillman and himself McLanrin would still be a briefless tea cent lawyer In Bennettsville McLanrin had broken more pledges and oetraved more friends than any politician io tbe State. In 1883 he belonged to tbe ring, and was groomed as a smart young fellow by the ring, but wa? defeated by W. D. Evans. In 1890 the Tillman wagon came aloof, and McLau? rin jumped aboard, aod it was surprising bow much Tillman be got inside of bim. He got so mach that be went off after the popu? lists, and was blacklisted oo tbat account ic Washington. Afterwards be went crying and crawling on his belly with his bat in bis band to Butler, begging. to bate the black? list removed." I helped bim, for I did not know bow I was deceivec. - Returning to tbe term ''dishonest politi? cian," wbicb seemed to rankle, be took up tbe dispensary question He said that Mclau? rin bad been reported to be an enemy of (bc dispensary system, bat in Washington be is supporting the Ls ti mer bill which will fasten tbe dispensary on the State for the next four centuries, Turning to McLanrin he said, that is political dishonesty, is it not. Senator McLanrinJumped from his seat, advanced to the front of tbe stage aod said : . .Col. Irby,, we bare been together before and may as well understand each other. I want to say once for jill that yon cannot aad shall not say tbat I am dishonest." Ctol. Irby retorted that be was in the con? test to the 5ai3h and he would bit back every time be was attacked. Mr. Laois Appelt and Mr. C. L. Emanuel also advanced and told Senator Mc Lau ri 3 to sit down. Mr. Emanuel said to Col Irby that no one but a coward would take ad van tape of a man in that way. Col. Irby turned to the audience and said, I "they are trying to get up a row." He theo j returned to the dispensary matter and repeat- ; ed tbe question whether McLaurio's course j was or was not political dishonesty. Mr. McLanrin replied, No ! The cheering tor McLaurin was renewed and several in the audience began asking Col. Irby questions. ? Msj. Marion .Moise arose io the audience and'stated that a mojarity of the audience b?d come out to bear the speeches and be was opposed to the interruptions. He called, on the chairman to maintain order and that be would be assisted in clearing the hall of all disorderly persons by the majority who wanted f?r play and an orderly meeting. Mr. Edgar Skinner got up and said that Col. Irby had brought on the disorder him- j 3elf and bad no one to blame 'but himself. "ThiaCol. Irby denied, saying that be had ? done no more than any self-respecting man ? would do when insulted and the attemct . made to howl him down. The meeting from this time oa was order! v j and the speaker was not . interrupted by j cheers for McLaurin. Col. Irby returned to the question of true j democracy and who represented it, himself, ? or McLanrin. He charged that McLanrin j was not ? true democrat and had never been j beard of as a friend of conservatives until j tbat squedunk letter was written, for wbicb be afterwards apologized. Who is j McLaurio's political chaperone now ? N. G. j Gonzales, a-man.-whb has doce the conserva- { lives more harm than all others, the man who . endorses the protection of a negro rapist, the i mao who organized his paper because the.] News and Courier would not prior ail of bis*! dirty articles against Tillman, tbe mao who i has recently said that his aim in life was the political destruction of Tillman. This is the man who bas taken ap ^c La uri a and is seeking to control and dictate the policy of the State. I admit that Gonzales bas hypnotized the present Governor and now dictates the policy of the administration, but the people know Gonzales and they will not let him dictate the policy of this State after tbe pres? ent administration ts oat of office. McLan? rin is no democrat, for he and I bad a row in Washington because I would not admit that red-headed man from Anderson-not Nea!-Bowden-to enter a conference because be bad run on the Weaver ticket as an elect? or. Bowden wis not a democrat and be could oct come so. McLaurin and I bad a row then and we did not speak for several years. He is the sort of democrat that Gon? zales waots to put into effice, but the true } democrats, reformers and conservatives alike, | will not permit tbe foul conspiracy to sue-! ceed. Col. Irby concluded by saying that it was sn outrage to bold tbe meeting in Sumter at j this time. It was all a part of tbe conspiracy j wbicb be proposed to expose at everyone of the j forty meetings. When Co!. Irby concluded and started to j take bis seat, Mr. McLaurin arose as if to 1 repiy, and Col Irby said that be wanted it j understood that if Mr. McLaurin bad a reply i now be would have the reply at the next j meeting. Col. J. A. Rh&me got un io the audience I md suggested tbat "if Mr. McLaurin replied be should coo?ne himself to statements, but that as far a3 thc present audience was coo :erned there was no necessity of a reply. Mr. McLaurin said that be merely wished to say that any charge tba the was io a com? bination with Gonzales or anybody else was absolutely false and be defied anyone to prove it. Col. Irby retorted that he would prove it. j Mr. Purdy asked State Chairman Tompkins if there were any other speakers to introduce j ir announcements to make. Col. Tompkins j replied that there were not. Col. Irby remarked in an aside, but so that j it could be heard: ''There are no more j speakers but there will be more candidates." Mr. Purdy then announced the meeting closed, and tne audienee quietly dispersed. If Col. Irby bad been better informed as to | the complexion of the meeting he would not ! bave made the charge that Sumter people ' were responsible for the interruptions during bis speech. The fact was that the people of ! Sumter took very little interest in the meet- ': icg and that there was oiily a sprinkling of Sumter people io the crowd. A mhjority of Lbe crowd were from the county and from jther counties. There is another fact that aas been called to the writer's attention, and Lhat is that a very larg-; majority of the :rowd are cr have been memoers or' the .eform faction. Sumter people are taking tait jneniuustastic interest tn the fi^ht, and they ire not exerting themselves to cheer p-id tpplaud any of the candidates uproariously. - .??IT- WM - If You wish to purify yonr otood you b'-uld take a medicine which cures blood Jiseases. No other medicine has such a I ecard of cures as Hood's Sarsaparil.a. Letter From Ionia. loni?, S C., July 2 -We are baring fine wernher for kiilmg grass, and roost of us hnrfr i?, too Cr ?ps itt only tolerable We bad so many heavy rains, wind and bail last mooth that crops were damaged to some ex? tent, and on the 25tb cf last mooth we had a very severe storm, with heavy bail, jast above here tbat did considerable damage, but tbe tail did not extend far. I notice that all newspaper reporters from different sedions report crops as being ?ee. I b??ve fniied to see any that are fice in this section : and we have some fioe land and a few tolerable good farmers. But crops are undoubtedly behind what they generally are at this time of the year. May was* too cool, Jone too wet. So if we make full crops, tbey will have to improve from BOW on. But if we should nave a drought io this mouth after so much rain Ins', corn will be short. Mr. L. A. Lee lost a little babe, saven weeks old, oo last Sunday. Mr. J. H Chewning, Jr , lost an infant, four days old, yesterday. Mr Leonard Britton's wife died last night. Her remains wili be interred at Springhill to-morrow at 10 o'clock. She was ?D ill health for sometime. Our mail carrier :s still trving to carry the mail. Has two old starved horses, and bas to take it afoot some of tbe time. Has failed twice to get back same day. Our neighborhood has been noted for tbe last 25 years for being the best in the county, with few exceptions, bot tbe peaceableness of tbe community was broken last night by a party of men, unknown at present, going to a negro boase on Mr. J. F. Matthews' place, in which one of bis contract bands was living, and with goos and pistols they forced bim to come ont. Tbey tied him, and then gave bim a whipping, after which they turned bien loose. Tbe negro seems to be a law-abid? ing citizen, and no cause for their unlawful act is known. Tbey, however, told him that if ffe did not leave within twenty-four hours, the next time they called tbey would kill him. DRY JIM Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Meteorological Becord, The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W.Anderson, for the past week, ending July 4, 1897 : Temperature. | -5 ! 53 H, ! Condition. 281 91 i 71 81. j s ! .13 Cloud; 29! 91 71 81. ! s i .00 ?Cloudy 20! 97 77 87. i sw j .00 ?Cloudy 1 100 79 89 5? sw j .00 Clear 2 .5 78 ! 88. sw j .01 ?Cloudy 3 97 j 78 I 87.51 s j .00 ?Cloudy 4 95 ' ?S 1 86 51 s i -00 ' ?Cloudy ?Partly cloudy. Temperature has ranged very high during the past week3^nd winds have, much of the time t th day ?nd night, been very light, causing sultriness and oppressiveness of the weather that have not been experienced for several years. Coro and cotton both said to be suffering fren* tbe scorching heat. - - i i tm - Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC_ A Lady Artisan. ' Mary P. Screvec, writing in the Woman's Department cf the Sunday State, speaks of Miss Jessie Mason, of this city, as follows : I shall, from time to time, notice in these columns the ioventioos, mechanical handi? work or other extraordioary achievements of our women, and further to show that we are not an unthinking set of beings given over entirely to thoughts of dress, society and.} pleasure seeking ; yet I trust that our women will ever be duly mindful of these and thor? oughly obedient to tbe bigest and best princi? ples of social and domestic ethics My first notice falls upon a Sumter girl, Miss Jessie Mason, who comes from a family of inventors who for generations past bare displayed marked ability in the field of me? chanical invention and ingenuity. I bave before me, as I write, two induction coils, one was wound in Connecticut, by * manufacturer tbere, the other in Sumter ? Jessie Mason, and there is no comparison in the workmanship of the two ceils. Miss Mason's is altogether the better in those es? sentials which give these articles value. Every thread in her coil'ia in tbe right place, while in the other tbere seems a disregard for that regularity io the winding so essential to J efficient transmission. Wben tbe brother cf Mis3 Mason started bis telephone factory at Sumter several years ago, she undertook to supply the works with coils, which she did exclusively with ber own bands, having,an overplus which she found a ready demaod for io the north. Io the past two years, however, the Mason Tele? phone Company bas absorbed her entire pro? duction, and Miss Mason is supplying over 150 of these little mechanisms per week ; her earnings reachiog some weeks over $15 Here is an enterprising young woman earn? ing her own living and saving to her busi? ness community sams 5830 which, but for ber skill, would be sent eff to some remote industrial centre to promote activities tbere. Here we bate an example at once of indepen? dence and beneficence, a young woman earn? ing ber support and belpiog others to earn theirs in the surest and best way. Who can tell but that Miss Mason's superior work is a potent factor in the success of ber brother's splendid factory ? This is the kiod of girl to encourage, for she helps society, more ?til!, humanity. Don't think because you are sick and nothing seen s to give you relief that you can't be cured. There must be cure for you somewhere. If your doctor can't core you, perhaps ne bas mistaken tho cause. Anybody is liable to make a raistKke sometimes. One in three of ns suffer from indigestion, i and one out of three dyspeptics doesn't know it. That is, he may know be is sick, but he blames it to something else. Indigestion is the cause of half our dan? gerous diseases Shaker Digestive Cordi*1, made (rota tonic ; medicinal roots ?md herbs, is the most nat- j ural cure tor indigestion. It relieves th?* ; symptoms and cures the dis-ase eently, nat? urally, efficiently, giving l'resb life, strength health to sick dyspeptic? At druggists. A triai bottle for 10 cents, i Lamp shades wiv-n artistically inaJe c ? crepe tissue are thing? of beauty. If yet: ; want to make shad?3 to beautify your honjf" I H. G. Osteen k Co. can supply the materials ; A large stock of crt-pe tissue in ten foot rolls U8t received. Draining Savannahs by Wells Ramsey, S. C , Jal? 1 -I Doticed in the Item au a<c >uut of Col Duncan's experiment in boring wells to drain a savannah. Tbe late Maj. Cain was working on the theory of tbe underlying quicksand carrying off the surface water, when be had wells sunk to the quicksand in two smail savannahs ; the de? sired resolt3, however, were not obtained. Here is a query, "What use could these s-avanoahs be put to if drained ? " I see but one thing they are good for, namely, pastur? age. The soil is a blue or pipe cUy ?nd un? productive only on margine as fur as 6and has wasbed in. Can some one give a theory concerning these savannahs? If one will notice they are nearly circular. The soil i3 the same io all, no matter where located. As for example, take Bromby's Savannah on old W. and M. R. R., situated in one of the finest farming communities; Wedgefield savannah, one mile from Wedgefield, and Raccoon savannah, in the heart of the sand hills, two miles south of old Manchester. In Barnwell county thej are very aeep and contain quan? tities of fish. One especially famed for its beauty, fish and picnics, is the Clear Pond, situated ten miles South of Bamberg. It bas no outlet, is circular in shape, about one half mile across and very deep. A remarkable fact about it is that there is not a tree io it, but the edge is encircled by a Hue of cypress treas from two to three feet in diameter. OCCASIONAL. "Last sommer one of our grand-cbildreo was sick with a seuere bowel trouble trouble," says Mrs.E G. Gregory, of Frederickstown, Mo. "Our doctor's remedy bad failed, theo we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very speedy relief." For sale by Dr. A. J. Cbioa. The Greenville News in a leading editorial under the caption, "Irby in the Race," says : "In this tussle The News will for the present take no side. The News ia opposed to both, and The News will have its own quiet fan." Notwithstanding this declaration of neutrality, The News proceeds to give more than a half column of what it appears to I consider proofs of Irby's superiority over McLaurin, and says everything in favor of Irby that could be said. , This is, perhaps, The News' method ! of having fun, but we do not know ' whom the joke is on, a9 no one will j take the declaration of neutrality se ! riously. CHAMP CLARK'S WIT. Champ Clark of Missouri is not only ! one of thc wittiest men io thc boase of representatives, bat he "13 one of the best posted on the tariff question. ID ridiculiog some ol the rates of the Dingley bill that to bim seemed subject, to criticism, he recited how a mao of the name of,Goodyear weot be? fore the ways and means committee and secured the tariff be waded by some skillful palaver about thc great statesmen that Maioe had produced Then he said : N "Mr. Chairman, that piece of 'soft soap' made it harder for every poor man in the United States to build a house. Governor D'mgley swallowed the bait as quick as a trout would swal? low a fly [laughter], and nest summer some poor devil oat west, living ia a dugout 100 miles from a railroad sta tioo. who voted for McKinley under the deluded idea that prosperity would come under his administration and who bas not beard of this tariff bili, ciphers it out tbat he can build him a two room cottage with lumber and other building materials at the old rate. He goes to the station to get the lamber and finds that tbe price bas gone 6ky high, and he goes back to his home and says to bis wife.: 4My.dear, I am sorry that we m tufe* stay in the dugout. We can? not build our little house. ? great mao by the name of Governor Dingley has pat tbe price of lamber and other things so high that we oaonot do it, but thank God. he bas left dragon's blood free.' [Laughter.] Next year, when my handsome friend from Iowa (Mr. Dolliver) returns to that fine agri cultral district wbicb be represents, some man who has not been able to buy a coat because of the high price of woolen cloth will say to bis neighbor, 4There comes Dolliver, who pot up the price of woolen goods.' But the suc? cessful candidate for the postoffice io that district says, 'Oh, but Dolliver put divi-divi on the free list I1 And in chorus they sing, 'Dolliver and divi divi forever.' " [Laughter. Applause on the Democratic side.] - IM ^Q.^ A KILLING HEAT IN THE WEST. Chicago, July 4 -The wave of tor- i rid weather undet which the centra States sweltered last week showed no abatement to day. From Pitta burg to Kanaa8 City and from Chicago south, cloudless skies and a blazing sun left a record of prostration and death which has seldom been equalled for the early days of July. Through? out the entire district the mercury registered close to 100 in the shade during the day, and the number of prostrations went into the hundreds Cincinnati, with a maximum of 98 j degrees, showed the highest deat^ j rate, six deaths resulting out of a to- ; tal of 50 prostrations, but there were \ many fatal cases at other points. In : Chicago the mercury registered close , to 90 degrees for the greater part of] the day and there were over a score of prostrations Two men were killed by the heat during the after? noon- Lambert Lndberg, a carpenter. and Henry Behling, a teamster. .Sev? eral other cases are critical At mid? night at severe thunderstorm swept over tite city, sending the mercury down several points and bringing a welcon e relief. i FROM THE WIRES. J. R Nolan, train master of the Columbia. Newberry and Laurens, at Laurene, Ioet his house and furniture by a fire started by lightning Tues- j day afternoon. Insurance on furni? ture, $1,000. Charleston, June 30 -Judge Si mouton rendered his decision to day in the celebrated case of the South? ern railway vs. the North Carolina railroad, which was argued before him several weeks ago. The decis? ion maintains the jurisdiction of the Federal court. It also continues the injunction against the governor, the attorney general and the railroad commissioners restraining them from interfering with the Southern's lease of the North Carolina road. A spe? cial rlaster is appointed to take the testimony relative to the charge that the Southern secured the lease through fraud. The case will come up for hearing on its merits upon the filing of the master's report It is reported that "Vice President of the Seaboard Air Line will leave that system to accept a position with the Canadian Pacific. The ?. S. Court as Asheville, N. C., has rendered a verdict of $8,500 against George Vanderbilt io favor of J. E. Hunt, of Columbia, who was injured by a rock thrown by a blast from the foundations of a building that Vanderbilt was having erected. The Richland county grand jury has thrown out the indictment against John T. Gaston. He and Scruggs are both set free after admitting that they had taken property belonging to the State. Twenty-five thousand men 'em? ployed in the iron, tin and stee mills under the jurisdiction of the Amalgated Association will be thrown out of work by a shut down. Friends of Hon. D. S. Henderson are urging him to make the race for United States Senator io the coming priuiary. Aiken County would en? thusiastically support him to gv mao. Aiken-Jourpal and Review. Madrid, July 4.-Special dispatch? es to tue gover ent announce the complete pacification of Philippine Islands and on the strength of these Marshal Primo Rivera, the captain general at Manilla, has been author ized to revoke the order confiscating the property of the rebels.. Blackville. July 3 -Quite a seri otis if not a fatal shooting scrape oc? curred on the street here to day about 1.15 o'clock between Mr. Oscar Myer and Mr. W. Rothrock, in which Mr. Rothrock was hit twice by Mr. Myer. He returned the fire, missing his antagonist each time. The men quarreled about a private matter, which, it is under? stood, involved the name of a young woman. Branchville, July 4-A negro, Ben Drif?ie, now in Aiken but former ly of Walterboro, was shot here to? night and seriously, if not fatally, wounded. Just before the train left for Augusta a white man took a seat in the train. The negro walked to bim and said, "This seat is occu? pied.'' The white man told him there was plenty of other seats, whereupon the negro attempted to strike him, when he drew his pistol and fired, the ball entering just above the heart. The white man left the train immediately and no one seems to know bim or where he went. F< 60 1 Beginning; ? We will offe stocl Summer CI Straw Hat Underweai Shirts -.A Sweeping . We sell goods as can count on a sei ts purchasing from Leading Clothiers, Hs Right Prices You can pay more money for a bicycle, but you can? not secure a nxachine of higher grade than the Cres? cent, or one that will pleas? you better. i WESTERN WHEEL WORKS CWCACO NEW YORK Catalogue free Agents everywhere ELECTION NOTICE. SUMTER, S. C., July 5, 1897. rpBE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS J_ of Election met at tba Court House this date and appointed " the following persons to serve as Mana? gers of Election on the New (Les) County question, to be had and held on Joly 20th, inst : Lyschburg Precinct-S C Kilpatrick, JD Clarke, Wm Tallon. St. Charles Precinct-W E Grenu, RB Wilson, R E Wilson. Carter's Crossing Precinct-H G Shaw, J F Matthews, N Barnett. Reid's Mill Precinct-R M Plowden, A A Brearley, J C Bullock. Spriog Hill Precinct-A Moseley, J C Wactor, J M Belvin. Btshopville Precinct-R O Dixon, JG Gib? son, t. Ed Baskios. A copy of the paper in which this adver? tisement is published will be matted to each of the appointees, which they will acceptas sufficient notice thereof. Thc managers here? by appointed ?re requesting to meet prior to Joly 17tb,aod organize by electing a chair? man, and appoint one of their number to meet the Commissioners at Sumter on Satur? day, July 17th to qualify and get the boxes, &c. ^S?*Tbe law requires that not more than two members of each board of managers shall be in favor of the new County They will organize in accordance with this, by drop? ping one of their number, if any case the appointments are not in compliance with that prevision of law, and appointing another who shall be so qualified and a qualified voter of tbat precinct. Notice is given to voters in Swimming Pens Towoship that the hooks of registration for said township will be placed at Carter's Crossing Precinct FO that they nay have the orivilege of voting at that precinct EDWIN WILSON, Cb*irmao. A. G. WARBEN, Clerk. . Sumter, July 5, 1S97. Soi Carolina Militari Academy. THE FOLLOWING Beneficiary Vacancies exist in this academy : Beaufort 2, \villiamsburg 1, Aiken 1, Orangeburg 1, Sumter 1, Union 1, Oconee 1, Berkeley 2, Edenfield ?, Charleston I. Those desiring to compete will apply promptly to the Chairman of the Board of Visitors at Barnwell, S. C , for information and necessary blanks. All papers properly made out mu3t be filed with the Chairman before August 1, when .the Board will con vene to oass upon the same. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Chairman Board of Visitors. July 7-2t. SUMTER RESTAURANT, Reduced Prices Regular Meals 25cts. Private Dining Room for Ladies. Dec. 30. t m ?illly 1 st, r our entire k of lothing, JXegligee T Reductions. advertised, and you nuine bargain when NO & DELGAR, Itters and Furnishers.