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A GRAND OLD MAN GONE. Gen. Samuel McGowan Peace fully %iPasses Over ina River.'' Abbeville, S. C.? Aug. 9 -Judge Samuel McGowan died this morning at 8.-35 o'clock He passed away without paiu, in the 79th year of his age The funeral services will be held- to morrow at 4 p. m. in the Epis? copal church. Bishop Capers will cffficiate The Confederate Veterans camp 3 from Ninety-Six, Donalds, Doe West, Bradley and Camp Seces? sion will attend in a body. - Judge McGowan served in the Mexican war as captain and quarter? master; was elected a member of COD g ress in 1865 bat denied his seat ; was a member of the state legislature, a brigadier general in the Confederate army and for a long time associate justice of the supr?me court of Sooth Carolina. NEW RAILROAD. * ' The Atlantic Coast Line to Build a Branch Line From ?lrcd to Hub Toe Atlantic Coast Line has decided to build * nev railroad from Eirod, io Sobeaoo county, a point on the Wilson, Shun Cat, to Hub, Columbas county, the terminus cf the Wilmington, Coo way and Chadbourn railroad The dis? tance is about twenty-four miles, and the section to be traversed is ore of the moat fertile cotton growicg regi?os to this part of the country. Sorveyrhave already been made from Eirod to Ash pole and the line will soon be located. Work wit! probably be commenced io the next thirty days.-Wilmington Messenger Smallpox in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala , Angost 9 -The smallpox situation io this city is very mach improved. During the last forty eight boars only four oases have been reported, of a very mild type. The city is in exceptionally fine sanitary condition aod all patients at tbs pest house and the camp of detention are doing well. Every one is hopeful of a complete riddance of the disease ina very short time. Montgomery, Ala., August 9 -The report from Montgomery saying there ?ere a hundred cases of smallpox there is a gross perversion of facts. There : bare only been 30 cases io the pest boose, and 25 of these are convales? cent. Not a white person has been at? tacked. Clemson's President. Governor EUerbe says that the committee of the trastees of Clem son, which bas the selection of a president for the institution, have not many applicants bnt that be presumes the committee will be*/ready to re? port at ?he regular meeting of the board in September If the commit? tee is nojfc ready with the report then Prof. Hardin of the chemical chair will act as president until one is se? lected Court of Inquiry. ., j General Walts has not yet appoint- j ed a court of inquiry and the proba- j bilities now appear to be that the ! protestants will withdraw their pa? per and there will be no necessity for the court. Still the whole matter is left to the discretion of the adjutant general -The New York Observer notes pithily : '-Thomas A. Edison was once asked the reason why he is a total abstainer. He replied, in effect : 'Because I always felt that I had a better nee for my bead than to fog it with liquor!', The world would, in? deed, have lost a good deal if the ! Edison brain bad been confused by intemperate practices. Alcohol adds nothing of inventive quality to the j human mind. Its line is not con? struction, bat destruction " A St. Paul woman broke up a spiri j taalistic seance by jabbing ber hatpin j yinto the leg of a "spirit'' which had I just been materialized. There is oo limit to the trouble that cao be caused j by the woman with a batpio. The Washtogton Post takes the sen - j si bi e view that many southern papers j have takeo It says : "The sorest way to stop lyocbiog is j to cease committing the crime which j incites to talking the law into their hands. This recipe is by no meaos new, bat, it is reliable " Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic \ Cures Fever In One Day. I Stonewall Jackson-Two Es itmates of the Great 1 Soldier The wonderful c-reer of Stonewall Jackson illustrates the force "and effect of the exercise of intensity and integ? rity of purpose, for these were certain? ly prominent qualities io the character of this great mau. Geo. Robert E Lee was superb aod graod io battle, wise in counsel, magnificent io strate? gy, bold accurate and successful in execution ; but, great as he was, he needed the aid ot Jackson to accomplish his purpose. lu 1861 Jaeksoo left a professorship at Lexington, Va.? to take service ?o der the dancer of the Confederacy. He woo the sobriquet of "Stonewall" by his courage aod firmness at Mao as sas io Joly. 1861, and by bis campaign in the Valley in the Valley io 1862 he woo imperishable rea owe. McClellan, with hts ponderous army of over one hundred thousand meo, was steadily ba ai mer tog bis way toward Richmond. Jackson was serit to the Valley to confront tbe armies of Geos. Shields, Milroy, Banks aod Fremont. Qa March 23 he fought Geo. Shields at Kerostowo ; c?o the 8th of May he encountered aod signally defeated Gen. Milroy at McDowell. Fifteen days later be fought the battle of Front Royal ; two days later, oe the 25th, be attacked aod defeated Geo. Banks at Winchester, and no Jone 8 be achieved a brilliant victory over Geos. Shields aod Fremont at Cross Keys, aod the next day, the 9;b, be woo the great triumph of Port Republic. These wonderful victories eoabled Geo. Jackson to withdraw bis forces from the Valley aod basteo to Rich? mond, where McClellan, after many engagements, was confronting Geo. Lee within cannon shot of the Confed? erate Capital. Reioforced by Jackson's troops aod strengthened by the courage, counsel anti example of that offieer. Geo L?e commenced the great six days' cam? paign, beginiog with Mechanicsville, June 26. aod followed by Gaines's Mill or Chickahotniqy, June 27 aod 28, Savage Statioo and Peach Orch? ard, Jaoe 29, Frazier's , Farm, June 30, aod ending Joly 1 with the des? perate battle of Malvero Hill. O n Joly 19 Jackson was with his army at Gordons ville, aod closely fol? lowed by Longstreet, HUI aod Ewell, a movement which so alarmed the Federal authorities that on Joly 26, Commaoder-io Chief Geo. Halleok visited Geo. McClellan's headquarters oo the James River, oear Richmond, and, after return io g to Washington, be, oo August 1 aod Z, ordered the armies commanded by both Burnside aod McClellan to Acquia Creek not? withstanding McClellan's con ten lion that with 35,000 added to his force of 90,000 he coold capture Richmond, the Confederate Capital Geo. Ja?kson woo great distinction io the battle of Sharpsburg, Septem? ber 17, and throughout the Maryland campaigo, aod at the battle of Freder icksborg, December 17, his corps sue esssfuliy resisted, most terrible on? slaughts of the enemy. At Chancel? lorsville Gen. Jackson turned the Fed? eral flaok and very largely C30tributed to this great Confederate victory. He received his death wound on the evening of May 2, and from that date the victories of the armies of North Virginia were not of the decisive na? ture which characterized them wheo this great chieftain was one of the principal actors. Certaiuly io ail the greaten victories of that army Stone wall Jackson was Gen. Lee's right arm. and most trusted subordinate, aod I think history will concede that Jackson's campaigo io tho Valley io 1861. and his operations during August of the same year from Cedar Ruo to the second Macaseas were most superb ex? amples of strategy aod tactics, and ? am confident these movements will be studied by military men during all time; and there can be co question that mili? tary historiaos will place Stonewall Jackson high io the roll of the great? est commanders of the world's history. JOSEPH WHEELER Senior Cavalry General io the Confed? erate Army. Robert Loveman, the Dalton poet, ie the subject of the following para? graph in the Columbus, Ga., Enquirer Sun : Mr. Loveman is a young man of culture and refinement. He is a Hebrew, born in the South and thoroughly in love with her people and ber institutions. He ie a lawyer by profession, but finds time to spend in literary work. Everything that Mr. Lovenun has given to the public is of merit, and while he is not so well known as other Southern writ? ers, it is safe to predict that if his life is spared he will yet be recog? nized as one of the South's most brilliant literary men. mmm ' ? ? - mm Stand at the Head. Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of Shreve? port, La., says: "Dr. Wm. King's New Discov? ery is the only thing that cores my cough, 8nd it is the best seller I havei" J. F. Campbell of Safford, Ariz , writes: "Dr. King's New Dis? covery is ail that is claimed for it : it never fails, and is A sure cure for Consumption Coughs and Celds. I cannot say enough for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is not an ex? periment. It has been trieoV for a quarter of century, ind to-day stands at the head, lt ?B?r>r^Mippoints. Free trial bottles at Dr. J. Rising Rivers. i i be following riv??r forecasts are i furbished bv thc Otitet of tuc Weather : Buie.iu, Washington, D. C., for the j information cf the public : I Charleston, S. C., Aug. 7, Il a. m. j -The Wateree at Camden and the j Great Pee Dee at Cheraw will rise 10 ! to 16 feet during the nest 24 to 36 j boure. j The Congaree, at Columbia, will rise { 4 to 10 feet during the uext 24 to 36 j hours L N JESDXOFSKY, Locai Forecast Official. Meteorological Becord. The following ?3 a report of observations of the weather taken at St&teburg, bj Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past week ending Aogust 8, 1897: Temperatore. < i ? Condition. :2 |3 7 8 92 91 92 93 88 73 81 77 73 71 74 84.5 82. 81 5 83 5 71 , 79 5 ?i j 63.5 63 i 72 Sw sw B sw E E SW VA .00 .00 .co .05 39 .71 00 Clear Clear Clear *Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clouds ?tartly cloudy. Rain came very 'opportunely and was of much benefit to all crops ; without it, cotton would have begun to sbed off. Good News from Bossard. Bossard, S. C , Aug. 9 -We have had fine rain9, and tbe crops are locking refreshed after the hot and dry weather of the oast two weeks. Mr W. 8. Dinkms has the fioest crop that I have seen. Messrs. 7. D. DoBose, Bracey Cummings and Dorn*, all have beautiful co.too, and unless some disaster happens to it, they will be kept busy this fall gathering. ilr. L M. Foxwortb has an extra fine crop. Mr. D. Wells, the efficient and courteous manager of the DesCbarxps mill, was united in marriage to Miss Dargan Morris, at the home of tbe bride's parents, on the evening of August the 5th, by Magistrate Jennings, in the presence of tbe immediate family and a few invited guests. After the ceremony we were invited to partake cf a bountiful sup? per, which was enjoyed by all, and after listening to some 6oc music on the guitar ned mar * o? io, we left for our homes, thinking who would be the next- to get married. R. J. L. Claremont Lodge No. 64, A. F. M. meets in regular communication to-morrow night. The operetta "Penelope," which made each a decided bit when produced io this city a few weeks ago by an ameteur cast under the "direction of Mrs T. H. Dick, Jr., will be produced in Darlington tbis evening by tbe same cast. Tbe contract for the court house at St. Georges, Dorchester couoty, bas been awarded to Mr. J W. McKiever, of this city. The contract price for the building is ?9,COO. The buildiog is to ne of modern design and fitted with tbe be3t and latest fixtures. FILIBUSTERING IN COUNCIL. The LiC3nsa Ordinaries the Bono of Contention-City Business Tied up. City council is dead-locked on tbe license ordinance and there is no predicting when the dead-lock will be broken. lu the mean time'no business of any description can be transacted. Wednesday council met to take up the license ordinance, it haviog been de? cided that it required that the ordinance be read three times before final adoption. The ordinance was read at a previous meeting, j and Wednesday it was read a second ?me j Council then adjourned for ten minutes with j the expectation of reassembling at the ex? piration of that time to give the ordiaaoce tbe third reading. When the ten minutes expired council cov.ld not proceed with third reading because a quorum was not present, tbe aldermen opposed to the adoption of tbe 1 license system having adopted filibustering tactics to defeat the ordinance. A meetic* was called next morning, but no business WL. transacted, for a quorum could not be ob? tained. The fight ?3 on and as both are determined j to adhere to their opinions the contest can be j ke.it up almost indefinitely. The filibuster? ing uldermen maintain-thit the liceos* tax i is not nepessary and the re-enactment of the I ordinance will impose a useless burden on tbe j business and professional men of the city and will have a tendency to encourage extrava? gance in tbe expenditures of ih? city govern? ment. The situation is interesting, and if tbe filibustering tactics are persisted in the business of the city will be tied up, unless the opposmg factions in couocil eau agree to meet for the transaction of business other than the adoption of tbe license ordinance. .???-<-~ ORIGINAL PACKAGES ON AU? GUST 20TH. Biuthenthal & Biekart Have Es? tablished an Agency in This City. M. L. Biekart, of the wholesale liquor firm of Biuthenthal <fc Bickan, of Atlanta, who spent last Wednesday in tbe city, closed a contract with H. M an hiern to represent them as local agent. An original package estab? lishment will be opened at Manheinrs old stand in the Tuomey block on August 20th with a fuli stock of all grades wines, liquors and beer. The first car load of stock is ex? pected to arrive nexi week and the agency will be open for business within a few days j after the original packages arrive. Blutbeotbtil k Biekart are establishing ? agencies in all of the important towns of the j State and will operate them in strict con? formity with the decisions of Judge Simon ton. They have retained one of tbe most prominent firms o' lawyers tn Charles? ton to represent them, and if the attempt is made by dispen? sary constables to clo3e any of their agencies they will take the matter into court at once. Bot as only origioal packages will be bandied no interference i9 feared. It is always gratifying to receive testimo? nials for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and when the endorse? ment is from a physician it is especially so. 'There is no more satisfactory or effective ' i remedy than Chamberlain's Cbolic, Cholera ! J and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes Dr. R. ? i Robey, physician and pharmacist, of Olcey, I j Mo.; and as he bas used the Remedy in bis own family and sold it in his drug store for six years, he should certainly knew. For ????? THE COURT HO?S fe) IMPROVE? MENTS. An Authoritative Statement of the cost of the Repairs Contracted For. Cap-. R. J. Brownfield, secretar? of the committee appointed by the County Board of Commissioners to bave charge of repeino? the Court House, was in the city Thursday, and from him a statement of the total cost or ihe repairs and additions now being made was obtained. The statemeot is us follows : Original contract for repairs and addi? tions, 34,900 Additional-Old roof wa* found rot? ten and new tin roof necessary ; fire place and fiues ; taking ont dead wall t-etween Auditor's office and County Commissioners'office ; seats in court room and improvements in Treasurer's office, 502 Furnishings-Steel furniture for fire proof vaults ; 370 patent steel roll? er shelves ; 550 patent compressible steel files ; 2 steel tables ; 4 steel cupboards ; one extra vault door be? tween Auditor's office and vault, 2,550 Total, S7.S52 The last item of $2,550 is payable in three annual installments, at 6 per cent, interest ; the first payment is not due until one year after completion of work. The steel furni? ture and fix tares cost only 30 per cent, more than wooden fixtures would have cost, and the committee considered it best to put in the steel fixtures, which will render the vauit absolutely fire proof. The above statement includes *U improve? ment contracted for and no contract bas been made for re-modelling the front. It is not probable that any change will be made in the front at present. LEB COUNTY LOST. A Great Diappointment to Many Citizens of Sumter and Dar? lington. Darlington. August 4.-The commis? sioners beard the arguments in the Lee Coun? ty contest yesterday and last night, and de? cided against tlse promoters of the new coun? ty. The decision rested upon the votes of Cypress and Ashland. The Ashland poll list showed that the votes there did not aff?ct the result, and it was.aiso decided to throw out the votes of Cypress after examining wit? nesses from both places. The decision, I be? lieve, was unanimous against the new coun? ty. " - ? ? mmm\ The Cotton Crop. Mr Editor : It is U3eless to deny it. The cotton crop is going to be very light. A close inspection of the average crop, shows tbat very little fruit is on it, and now with the prospect of dry weather, there will be no top crop, and very little middle cotton. It is a proved fact that a wet year will not do for cotton, and if August is dry, it will cut the crop at least one-half, For being late, August will be the cotton month this year. Cotton is often deceiving, you may see tall cotton with very little on it, jost like a tall stalk of corn-all shoots, and no ear. 1 hope you will use your paper to correct the eroneous impression that there will be a big crop, becoase the weed is large in some places. The fruit is not there, aod it will prove so. Pisgah, S. C. X. X. X. NEWS FROM PRIVATEER. Great Religious Revival at Bethel -Crop Conditions. Ramsey, Aug. 4.-A very interesting meet? ing, cooducted by Rev. G. T Gresham, pas? tor, bas just closed at Bethel Church, this township. There were forty-eight accessions to tbe church. The ordinance of baptism will be administered at 10 a. m. next Satur? day. Weare having another week of real bot weather. Crops are needing rain. Early cotton 13 opening fast Mr. S. R. Cain, having completed the pre? scribed course at Massey's Business College, Columbus, Ga , is at borne aeain. A friend of his, Mr. F. R. Cain, of Florence, S. C., stopped over a few day, on his way home. OCCASIONAL. READ ! READ.! NOTICE C c TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. INSTITUTE FOR THE WHITE TEACH ers of the County will be held at Sumter, S C , August 30th to September 4tb, 1897. An abie corps of instructors will be provided by tbe Stats Board of Education. All white teachers in the conr.y are invited, and earnestly reques'ed tc ?ttend. Instruction will be free to all white tacher3. Board can be had in the city at very reasonable rates. Attention is called to the following rule (section 18) of the State Board of Education : Section 18. A First Grade Certificate may be renewed by the County Board from which it was issued. If, however, a Teachers' Institute or Summer School is held in the Conoty, a First Grade Certificate shall not be renewed unles3 tbe holder attends the Insti? tute or Summer School, or shows soare satis? factory reason for not doing so. A Se'cond Grade Certificate, Clas3 "A," shall not be renewed except where the holder I attends a Teacher's Institute or Sumrrer School, and io such case it maybe renewed. By order of County Board. W. J. Dc RA NT, County Superintendent. Julv 12-5t. STAN1 ON HOUSE. D. J. JONES, Poprieior. Rates $2.00 Per Day. SPECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES Two Minutes "STalk From Central Besot* v Liiy White, L:ly White, w2er? have you been ? "Bc-en to the White House-wouldn't let me io." Lily White, Lily White, why back so soon ? "Don't ask me, piper man-too much coon." -Brunswick Times. ilectric Bitters. Electric ?it:er3 :s a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prev?.i!sa when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has oreen averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medi? cine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from malarial poison. Head ache, Indigestion, Constipation. Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c. and $1.00 per bottle at J. F.W. DeLorme'i Drug Store. 1 BIG TOBACCO SALE. Timrnonsville Market Opens for tho Season. ; To The Daily Item. ; Tirzooasvilie, Aug. 5.-To-day was open i isp: day for the Timmonsville tobacco mar i kfct. T?rre was aoout e:gh:y-5ve thousand ! pounds sold here to-day, which is far tbe j mos: ?COMCCO ever sold ia one day in South : Carolinn Both warehouses ?e;e 61!ed to ! their utmost capacity, and then a cousidera ; hie amount hid to be carried over fill to i morrow. The tobacco brought good prices j and everybody seem? pleased with Timmous j ville's market. j The sales lasted all day, and there is tobac j co enough here now, tor a big sale to-mor ! row. The tobacco market here is backed up j by the business men of the place, and Tim j monsville is the leading market of South j Carolina. E. B. T. ' Writing paper 15 cents a pound at H. G. j Osteen & Co's. i Victor Bicycle -FOR $37.50. I have on hand a lot of 1895 Victors that I will sell at $37.50 These wheels are every inch Victors and have as good material in them as any wheels on earth. This is a good oppor? tunity to get the most durable and easi? est whee* )n the market at a very nom? inal price. So give me a call. I still have a fine assorted line of New Home Sewing Machines On hand that need selling very badly, and if vou are in need of such an article, my agent will be pleased to call at your residence, whether in town or country and show them to you. Very respectfully, Sumter, S. C., August 4, 1897. Beginning on July 1st, We will offer our entire stock of Summer Clothing, Straw Hats, Underwear, Negligee Shirts -AT Sweeping Reductions. We sell goods as advertised, and you can count on a genuine bargain when purcnasing from BROWN, GUTTINO & DELGAS*,