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?ij? lEatt|in;ra anb ?on?koit. WBBNESD?YTATJGUST ll, 1897. The Sumter ?VaCcti7na?i was rounded ?n 1850 aad the True Southron ia I860. The Watckpian and Soi/ihron now has the combined circulation and in?uence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Samter Irby did not have the meeting <at .Laarens all hie own way It was ad? mitted by those present that McLau rin divided the crowd with bim, not? withstanding Irby and his friends had made great exertions to rally &? great crowd in bis favor to make a showing of strength at home. The probabilities are that Irby wiii not carry bis own county of Laurens. ______ The good road question is agitat ' ing the country generally ; it is a good thing and tbe country needs all of the agitation and all the good roads that; it can get. What Sumter needs is a well developed and able | bodied agitation for good streets, j Tbe streets of Sumter, with all doe j respect and consideration for those i who make them and work on them, ! are not only not good roads, but are i not even up to the average of the j ordinary highway that is no w receiv j ir-g such general and wide spread condemnation. Main street i<? noth- j ing more than a succession of holes j aud rats, over which is spread a coat? ing of mud and an air of general and hopeless disrepute. To drive on Main street is far from a pleasure and j one trip up or down that unfortunate : thoroughfare will do a vehicle more j damage that a month's wear on a first | class macadamized or paved roadway When Main street has been put in I respectible condition, then the cam-1 paign for good roads will b? carried j into the adjacent country, but at j present the country can point to the j most frequently used street in this j city as an.example of what, a road j ooght not to be The cost of paving j Main and Liberty streets in the busi- j ness portion of town, where trafile is j . - i heaviest ?nd where a good raadway j is most needed, would not be exc?s- j sive and the money required could be j raised by imposing a license tax for j that sp?cifie purpose. The tax could I be levied on bicycles and vehicles, j as well as on business enterprises j and professional men, 3cd there j would be bot very little objection j raised by those who woo ld have the j tax to pay. - The imposition of a direct tax to raise the revenue to pay the expense ? of the national government would be | an intolerable burden to the fond j owners of this State. Each farm worth a thousand doiiars would bevi taxed $111 per annum John Gary j Evans is a direct tax advocate and j has committed himself to the policy j that would impose this hardship j upon the people he is asking to vote j for him A direct tax is worse than j bond commissions or whiskey re bates. Lee Couty will be an issue the Legislature ai the next session Sumter County, or at least alii of that portion to be included Ui Lee Conn ! ty, voted in favor of the new county ! by a large majority, and tue Senator j and Representatives of Sumter Coun j ly will be ooposing the wishes of a ! large number of their constituents if j they oppose the formation of Lee | County. _ ! - The claim John Gary Evans pitts out that he should have been ' appointed Senator instead of McLau- I rin is absurd on its face, fie should j have been appointed because a ma- ! jority of the voters of the State re- j podiated him last summer for Joseph ! H. Earle ! That is almost as good a ! reason as none at ail. The Condition of Cotton j Crop. - Washington, Aog. 10.-The re? taros for cotton to the department of agriculture indicates an average con? dition of 86.9 on Aug 1 as compared with 86 0 on July 1, an increase of nine-tenths of one point. The aver? age condition Aug. 1, 1896, was 80.1 and the average condition on Aug. 1 for the last 10 years is 86.1 . There has been a decided improve? ment in Georgia, North Carolina and Sooth Carolina. The conditions have advanced, ten, seven and six points respectively. In lower Mississippi Talley the improvement is mach less ? maiked and in Texas there is a de ! cline of IO points. ] The average of the States are as fol I lows : Virginia, 99 ; North Carolina, 97 ; ? South Carolina, 92 ; Georgia, 95 ; j Florida, 88 ; Alabama, 88 ; Mississip ! pi. 85 ; Louisiana, 90 ; Texas, 78 ; ;: Arkansas, 90 ; Tennessee, 84 ; Mia j souri, 85 ; Indian Territory, 94 ; ! Oklahoma, ?6. i V \ Weekly Crop Bulletin. COLUMBIA, S. C , August 10, J 897, I TEMPERATURE. ' The first of the week was bot and ! sultry, with desiccating winds, bat on j the 6th there began a decided fall io ; temperature with generally cloudy and j rainy weather fer the remainder of the j week ' The mean temperature for the week j averaged over one degree per day ?above the usual, the weekly mean hav? I ing been 81 while the normal for the j same period is approximately 79.5. ! The oormal temperature from now oo i will decrease at the rate of about coe degree per week for the remainder of the month. The maximum tempera? ture for the past week was 100 report? ed from Beaufort oo :he 6:h ; the mini? mum was 58 reported from Fiorence on the 7th. PRECIPITATION. There were scattered showers OD the 2nd accompanied by high winds aod some bail in the eastern portions, and on tbs 6:h a gsoerai raia *ct io which covered the State from Oconee to the sea, geoerally light over the western counties and heavy over the central and southeastern counties This rain washed some lands badly in Barnwell. Saluda aod Newberry. Niueteeo places reported measurement for the j week of less than an inch, 14 of from j I to 2 inches ; aod 17 of over 2 inches, j tho average of ait measurements being j 1 56 while thc normal for the week isl about 1.46 The rain of the latter portion of the j week was geoerally needed, nod as it ? was followed by cloudy, cooi weather j will prove highly beneficial. The greatest amount reported was 4 23 at Charleston. There were several winds notably oa the 2nd at Charleston and on the 6 h at various points in the northwestern counties, the latter blowing down coro, breaking fruit trees, etc. Haii fell on the 6th at Greenville, Saluda and Laurens; 2nd io Bamberg; 1st in Niwberry, doing but little injury and that confined principally to cotton. The weather during the greater por tioo of the week was nearly or quite clear aod generally cloudy ou the last two days, the average per ceotage of sunshine for the week was about 79; which is considerably above the normal. CROPS The greater portion of the week was hot and dry, and crops over the eastern portions of the State lost condi:ion ver? fast, but the general rain of the 6:h came opportunely and greatly re? vived ail failing vegetation and a - ? though the weather bec i tn o unusually \ cool, the temperature beg?a to rise again before any damage r?-uitei. Young com had beg un to fail rapid - !? bur aside from the slight check io its bentofore rapid growth its condition wi.- not matemiiy impaired. Some leaves were sunburned aod damaged as fodder Fodder pulling is making rapid progress. Cern i- apparently filling out quite well, although there are a uumber of reports of the ear?- be? ing smaller than usual. The first of the week was too hot and dry for cotton which iost condition, due to excessive shedding of leaves, square?, and in a few instances, nf youog bolls. The<piaot turned yellow, and appeared to be dying. The great est injury occurring in Hampton, Dor? chester, Colletoo, Berkeley, portion? of Williamsburg, Orangeburg and Sum? ter counties, but reports ot like deteri? oration came from the eastern portion of the State generally and from many sec tioos of the western portion. Premature eveoiog wa3 also reported but this was largely checked by the timely rains and cooler, cloudy weath? er. Picking has begun actively io the : extreme eastern counties, but will not i be geoeral over the State for some time I to come. In EJgefield county black I spots have appeared on the bolls, bav : iog thc appearance of rot, and affecting ; the Hot and seeds. Thc disease is ?JCW ' to the region, and is as yet no* very ; prevalent. There are many reports of exces j sive '"weed" without a corresponding proportion of fruit, while small cot I ton is generally heavily fruited. Tbe July crop is fully up to an average over a l?rge portiou of the State, find in York, Anderson, and portions of other western counties better than for many years Taking tbe entire State, the present condi? tion, according to special full reports, compares favorably with the crop of recent years at the same date. Tobacco cutting and curing is pro j gressing favorably and is nearing j completion. Worms are destroying ! young tobacco in places. Rice ia heading and earliest is ripening very fast ; harvesting wiii begin during the present week. Rice maintains its average high condition except over limited areas. The late rain wa9 very beneficial to upland rice. Peas are growing very well, al? though injured in places by the re? cent hot weather. Pea-vine hay pro? mises a heavy crop Turnip seeding continues and is favored by the present moist condi? tion of the ground. Early sown tur? nips did not come up to good stands Sweet potatoes are doing exceed ingly weil Complaints of grapes rotting con? tinues. Wine making will soon be? gin in Oconee. Apples are not uniform over the state. Some late peaches are a fine crop Gardens failed rapidly. Hay is a heavy crop generally. Sugar cane looking very promising Peanuts growing well.' As a general thing, minor crop3 suffered less during the week than the staple ones J. VV. BAUER, Section Director. Sherman's idle Talk. Calls Forth Vigor?us Com? ment by London News? papers. L indon, August 9 -Commenting on the interview ot the New York Wond with Secretary ??herman, tee St. James Gazette ibis afternoon .says : "Secretary Sbermau's utterances ai ford no material for denial by his friends bf nie statement tba: he is sa? forint! from *<;uile decay. But, after all, Mr. Sbermao represents America, and we are certain ali international courtesies will be observed *' Continuing, the St James Gazette refers io the Kalnoky incident, when it says, "Austria properly severed dip lom?rio relations with Grea; Britain uotii Mr. Gladstone apologized for bis attack upon dual monarchy." and asks why there is one law io Europe and another in America. Io conclusion, the Sc. James Ga? zette repeats its recent warning that this is a dangerous line of policy to follow, and that ?onie day Great Brit? ain may cali upon Washington to "back up irs bluff Thc Westminster Gazette, referring 1 to the same matter, remarks: "The interview is a fruity example of Sher- j man's saloon ?tyie." The Globe on this subject says to j day : "Secretary Sherman had better : rid himseif of the idea that Uncle Sim , is going to boss the show, either in the i sold fields or io tbs fisheries We are ? uot ready to foilow every quarrel with j blow.-; but when we strike we strike j hard, and the idea of oar being afraid j of a third-rate u?.val power like the j Uuited States could only have occured j to a lunatic or to Mr. Sherman. Judg- : ing from bis latest performances, we , may charitably assume that the rumors j that Mr. Sherman la sutf.*ring from j mental disturbances are correct." The utterances attributed to Secre- j tary Sherm**: upon which ?he comment j of thc Lindon papers U based were as j follows : "England is a great country, but it is not always safe to say that she is ready to follow every quarrel with blows She quarrels oft?oer than she fights. It w:.uld bc exceedingly difficult for her to fight us all about our seal catobing. Russia and Japan are in similar oosit and any quarrel between the Uoited States and England on this score would io all probability involve those other two counties." A northside druggist of Chicago has discovered a method of reducing beef to the form of tablets He is keeping the preparation secret until he can pro teot it by patents. His tablets are about, as' big 88 a nickel, but a trifle thicker, and six of them have sufficed Mr. Fry for his breakfast eaoh morning for thc lasi two weeks He says that each tablet has the sustaining power of a quarter pound of beef. The tablets arc very li^rit, and a man ccuid curry thc equivalent of two entire beeves. Just what the ingredients of the tablets are Mr. Fry declines to tell, but he de? clares that every particle of the con? densed food is nutritive and healthful. M .... Wi i 113A3d 9 TllUO StNOSMUOf ?WI 'JOHN SHERMAN PLAYING BOSS. ? i _ ?Gossip About the State De I j partment-News Items of Various Sorts From Washington. i i _ ! ? Washington, Aug. 0 -There are j many opinions as to why John Sher ! man should have returned to Wash j ington and taken charge- of the State ; Department at this time. Some say ! that the old mau intends to make a j fight to knock out the Hanna MCEJD j ley plan of kicking him out of the I Cabinet after the Ohio election ; j others that lie has a scheme of his j own to get even with the administra j tion for the treatment he has received ! by getting it into some foreign com plication, but the generally accepted idea is that he is in Washington sole ly to enjoy bossing the Stale Depart ment, a privilege thal is denied him when Mr. McKinley and Assistant Secretary Day are in town. Mr Sherraa 's virtual acknowledgement of his ignorance of the nature of the instructions given to Minister Se wal! concerning Hawaii is proof how lit ! tie he knows of the important part j of the foreign policy of the adruinis j tration. Mr. Day has bad exclusive j charge of all matters relating to Ha i waii and Cuba Mr. John W. Foster, the gentle? man who is credited with having I written the instructions to Ambassa ; dor Hay that were signed by Mr. I Sherman, has returned from his scal? ding mission to Europe. He says it I wa3 successful ; Prof Elliott, of the j Smithsonian institution, says it was j a flat failure Which cf them is ; right will not be known until after ; the international CL?ference. which ! meets in Washington next October, I shall have been held. The Spanish Minister has only to ; tip the wink io thu Secretary of the ! Treasury tu put all the machinery of the U. S. Customs Service to wo?k ? at filibuster hunting His latest was ! au allegation that arms wer? about ! to be shipped from Bridgeport, ?Conn., or therabouts, to the Cubans j Special orders were at ouce sent to . ali the officers of .he Customs Ser I vice in that vicinity to turn them ! selves into detectives lo olease the i * Spanish Minister. ! Of course every man has a right I to have and express an opinion upon ? subjects before the public, and yet j opinions may be expressed in such ? : way as'to make a man appear to be i gloating over the misfortune of some j thing that he opposes, which causes j them to strike mos: people as being j in bad ta6te, or even worse To the j' latter class belong the publicly ex j pressed opinion of Mr Preston, Di ! rector of the U S Mint, on the de? cline in the price of silver With the usual gael of the known it all. Mi Preston tells the public not only that he knew the decline in price : wan coming but that he knows the j decline is going to keep on until it ! gets down to forty cents an ounce, j The belief is irresistible that/Mr j Preston's talk represents his wishes rather than his knowledge on this sub jeer,. Patent office officials have testified j in the disbarment proceedings i against John Wedderburn & Co., j now going on, that practically one half of the near!}7 3800 applications j for patents filed by Wedderburn & j Co , during the past two years, have [ been fer what was nnpatentabie, and that a large percentage ?.f the remain? der, which contained devices that j were patentable, were of such trif? ling nature that it was practically wasting money for their inventors to i paj for obtaining the patent. They also testified th U either knowingly,' or through lack of knowledge that should be a part of the equipment of; every patent attorney, Wedderburn ! & Co , have sought to secure money, and often secured il, from these would be inventors as fees for apply? ing for foreign patents and for adver j tiffing for sale these unpatentablc de ; vices Not a little joking has followed the j naming of the new submarine torpedo boat, which a small party of officials went over to Baltimore to see launch 3d from the Columbian Iron Works. "Teddy" Roosevelt, who is always trying to do something out of the j common christened it the "Plunger." The order just issued by Commis i sioner of Patents Butterworth, pro I viding thlt all attorneys practicing before the Patent Office shall be re? gistered, and precribing the rules which must be complied with in order to get upon that register, is one of the most important ever issued by a j Commissioner of Patents, and reflects I credit upon Mr Butterworth ; both as a lawyer and as j an official. His laudable aim ! ia to raise the tone of the patent bar, which has suffered in credit by the toleration on the part of the Pa? tent Office of loose practices on the part of a few of its members. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Th'; visit of the ofneers aod d'tec^crs of the Ubio Rirer & Charleston R R , to Charleston and a tnp over ;be road ny the satr-;- party within tbs p?st few days roar n-ive rome significance, hut ii coe; not i.-nii ca:e that the road is t ) be completed from CJPJ??R to ChHrleston at un e-iriv ilnre The*? .gentlemen n ail their taik r>tvrr once committed rhemsel ?es to (he assertion ?hat the ro*d would bo built at any tiree in ihr rieur : or remote future. The very best that they said waa 'hat the roid rcight be completed if it was fotfrni that it is needed and ?iii ray HS an investment. ?i is to be hoped that the ro id wi!5 be built some dav. Teer?* h*s r-eeu ; so touch '?ik in ibe pas; sod so Mule per? formance ?bst mosr people ic ?"nmter h.ive qui! thinking anout the completion vt '-i-. ! iQnr\ ~c Charleston ?rona its present tern.; - ns i in Camden except as 02e of the remotest o? I possitiin tit? j If a small octile of ?r-haker Digestive Cor? dial dce3 you no good, cont't t>uy a i-ir^re ! one. j "Prove all things ; holds fest that which j is good." It's not ?rood for every ncdy, oniy for the thia, pale, sick, weaK atc weary j Fer those who ?re srarvir>e tor waot or rti j nested foJd. For those who cannot eet fat or strong, because tbe;r stomachs do 1 ot I work as they ought to, These are the people, millions of thrm; j whom Shaker Digestive Cordi-U wili cure. Foori makes strength, muscle, brain, blood j energy-after its digested. Ir not digested, j it will do you no good at all. ! Shake Digestive Cordial helps your stom i ach to digest your food and cures indigestion I permanently. When you've trite a small j bottle, yon eau te!i. t Sold bv druggist. Trial bettie 10 cents. Managers Pniary Election HEADQUARTERS DEM. EX. COM.,\ StJitTEP. CCUSTY. j" SUMTER. S. C , Aug. C->, ?85T. Following is a list of the Managers ap j pointed r>y the County Democratic Executive j Committee for the Primary Election for U S j Senator, -u i>e held Friday, August 3?st. t 1 SOT, a:?d tor ibe second Primary tc ce h:ld I t?j weeks inter, if said seccr.c Primary ; Election be necessary : ? Atkins-J L Ked?, Ress Nesbitt, J F j Burkett; E ii Du Rant, clerk. Sacdana-J L Giiiis, B G Morris. C W j Young; G W Hatfield, cleik Bisnopville Conservative-H W Scarcor ; ou^h, J A Carres. J P Kiigore : W A Jame.-, j Jr , dei k. j Bishopri c Reform-V7 S James, J C . Roi?in-iS. -S H Gilbert- : J O Durant, clerk j Bossard R-r?:rm-W W Cuomiegs, R P StHctouse, S B Jewkios: W D McLeod, I Clerk Curte:'? Crossing-John Matthews. Wheeler Stuckey, W W Prier; Fi. Stuckey, clerk M f. un vii -D A S luci? ?y. Bradford ?: car? borough. Ror.rrr Cook : N-t Barnett, clerij. j Concord-J M BroeOon, W W Ke::ney. ! Sara Newman ; W G Seymour, clerk En.-;?-J-.'.sei h Ri'- .r?.-ori. J R Weils, D j W Aiiefcrooks ; L r> Jenkins, clerk. ! Farmers-L H J?r;niGgs, B F Burkett. ; Edgar Skinner : M DeVeaux Moore, clerk. ; Gallard's X Ronds- W H Seals. W D j Carson, J B R^mVld ; W S rcvkia. clerk ! BtOipion-J Parnell, G A Brown, T S j DuBose; Wiiji- Friser, t;e:it. j H?gn H?ls-W W Mellett, .J Marion Allen, j D Bul; ; Frank Burgess, clerk Lynchburg Straightour-J F Hawkins, t S W Frierson, J W rodge: W C Pigu;:. j clerk. Lvnchturg Reform-Noel .?en nias tor., T j F Cole, Jui?us Blackwell ; T G McLeod, j clerk. j M*;o?>lia Reform-J W hilson, J F Mclc j tosh, E J Goodman ; Joseph Stnders, clerk. Magnolia, Conservative-W R Sanders, J F ? McCoy, T E Rhaare ; J I) Clark, clerk. Manchester-R N Owen, J W Ardis, R H Ramsey ; T L Iogram, clerk Mayt3viile- W D Mayes, R F Des Cnaraps, J W Rhodes ; M V Ls?ar, clerk. Mayesviiie F rmers-Geo. McLeod, J W McLeod, J S Hudaon; E D Smith, clerk. Mecbaoics aod Laborers-H L B Wells, J W Adkins, R ? Brad well, Sr. ; S F Leno;; j clerk. Mt. Clio No. 1-J M Reid, J Walton Smith, I N W Donald; A A Brearley, clerk. Mt Clio No. 2-S M Jenkins, C C Reid, I K E Wells: J W McCoy, derk. I Provideuce-L R Jennings, C H Campbeil, : ? S M Mouiey; R M Brown, clerk. ] Scarborough-S W RalSeld. G E Martie, | j J A Boy kio ; J D Myers, clerk. PieaSMOt Grove-Thomas Chandler, Joshu-i ? ' Fiovd. Fraok McElveen; J A Bovkio. clerk. Privateer-J G Tisda?e, R B Cain, D El Wells: J M Koin, clerk. I Raftiog Cree?-W E Alleu, S Li? Youug, ! I J W Wilson: W J Crosswe?l. everk. Salem -R E Mc?iveen, Hiram Poo:e, Wal- I ter Green ; Silas T?cluck, clerk. Spring Hal-ll P Weidou, M L CapsII, Joh.n W Wddou ; W'allaee Ross, clerk Excelsior-W. S. Smith, Elie Hancock. ; Robert Weldon; Dr. C POsteeo, clerk. ! RittiesnaKe Springs-J M Leiviu, Lafay-: ! et?e Boy ki:;, B il IJ Peeoies : J T Kuocerlyu, . clerk Sum:er-J \Jls?s ..?-".sr, T E Ricbirdsoo. ! H G McKagen ; j* V\ Lee, clerk. j Swimming Pen^-Ed Me.this, J 1 Lestsne, I J R Terry ; M J .viicha j,. rlerk. ohilob-H H Pia.1--'-.-, -J iv McElveeo, Wiihe! I McE.veen ; Dick McEivee.?, clerk Tnertnopylae- h.d ;:e Jo -s, B B Seymour, I L M Remurrt ; G VV .ManoL.v'y, clerk. Ta)lors-A H Truluek, A S\< Woods, E T : j Mott ; J D McNeill, c.: r* I Wedgefield-E E A;-cock, H R Strange, J; ! M Caldwell ; Jos C Dawkins. cie.-K. Weils X Roads-H E Muo.-.e; nara, W M ? Baker, J S Blackwell ; ri C i.'e?'Jhamps, ! clerk Zoar-J B White, Jr, J J D*vis, Howard j i Jones ; W M Davis, clerk. Should aoy of the Managers appointed be j ? unable to serve, the memoer ot me Couuty Executive Committee from tbe Club wheie ! such a vacancy in ibe Board of Managers j ? sba'l occur, is empowered to dil it The attention of the Club is called to the i ?following extract from Article VI of the j Constitution of the Democratic party : ''At . j ibis election only Democratic white voters! I \. bo have been residents of the State tweive j j months and the county sixty days preceding j ! the cext general election, and sach negroes 1 j as voted the Democratic ticket in 1876, and I i and has have voted the Democratic ticket j j continuously since, to be shown by the cer-? tificate of ten white Democratic voters, who j I will pledge themselves to support the nomi- > j nees cf such elections may vote, provided j I that no person sha l be allowed to vote ex- ; , cept bii name be enrolled on the particular j j duo ust at which he offers to vote at least j j five days uefore the day ot the first election, j i Each club shall have a separate polliug place j j for primary election. i Tne President and Secretary of e-ich Club . will please look after the revision cf the roll, : the addition of new names, &c. 0;:e of the Managers above named will call on the Secretary of the Executive Committee j on or befc-e Saturday, August 2Stb, to re? ceive the bux and instructions. R. 0. PURDY, J M. KNIGHT. County Chairman. Secretary. Aug. li -3t. CONSUMPTION T.-e im nu ry of Hanry Tind<l f\>r a rernpting to nreak into H r-ou?e for tb*- our? poss of committing ripe </:*$ held by Magi? ; tr-'.e Wei's Wedoesday Tindal w:?? comm;; t:-d to jiil ir default of S300 bend for triaj at .f-zi term of court, lie is HISU under :s .l k-?ruenT- for carr j ?.g cor>cetit-d weapons. ^T?e opening eal? :ir the Sumter Tcheco Warehouse -^ke? to-day. The managers of the warehouse have mace a'j acive c-invc?? fer patronage, and the advantages ?hsu this city has 03 , a marker o vt* r ai! competing points, should ' insure a successful season to the ware-bouse under the prese.*..: m*?{..percent. Th??dra:Ilock in city conoc?!seems toamu.ie ?. good rani>y people '.l?t you meet cc the stree: irj a morning's hunt for news. Tr.ey seem :o .hitk :h?t Council is having a ; SEK? siz-H cirrus c.- picnic aod ibut ifce al :er:?e.; .-.rr? ei>j>yjng Themselves bugeiv ! wbi:e Slt.^usttrrinji. ii is siiu tha? a rnsjoriry of Council are opposed 10 the license system, ; Our that :t rusj iiitv of :ho?e who at'end meet? ings a re in favor of ii ?nd a I*-?? the minority ; cf ibc?e pr?sent ai meetings resort to filibus 1 terin^ aeries ?n crcinaace nut form?e, by a mejjnty of Council will Oe enacted *nd ad I dinoa*; taxation imposed upon rbe propie cf i the ci ry. ! The annual excursion to ''The Land cf the ; $ky'! ?as rou on rh* < lao tic Coast Lice ! to-Gay. Cheap r; are given tc ? ali summer resorts in this State r.nd North ' Caro ina. atd the tickets are good to return j until the 31st instant. Capt. W. G. Webb j has charge of the train to its destina ' lion, and <he hast accommodations that the , road ba* will be furnished. The rate from .: Sumter to Spartanburg, Greenville acd i Glenn Springs is $5.05 ; to Laurens, Abbe j ville and Waterloo, $4 ?-5 : to Walhalla ! and Anderson, $5.30 : to Fiat Reek, $5 95 ; to Becdersonvilie, $3 C5 : to Asheville, $6 Si: ; to Salada, $5.35. Children under twelve and over five vears half fare. ! Glenn Spring? Water will cure ail stomach i trouble-: and ii ver complaints Von C*G get i it ihrou?? W. Ii Deig?tr. Th? gume of r-all between Camden and Sumter reams F;iday afternoon was fr.e ? most idteresting ?nd >:inusine exhibition -bat I has reen seer? cr. a local rji-imond \n m KT-y a ! lone day. ?t .vas. according ro the boys, a real warm cumber. The ?core was not at ali close and the playing was nothing to boast of. bur the arnnsement was afforded by tte ; wrangling ar-d quarrehr g indulged in by the ? player? There were any number of iocipi ? tnt sieging matches during the progress of ; the game ar ? the partisans ot tbe two teams took a hand more than once, while their jaws were going all the t;me. The boys had a gay : and festive afternoon and the spectators were j so h?ghiy euter'siiocd that they are anxious tor the same :earns ?0 make another date for a game A few of t;-.e old time ball players j who "?ero present s?y that ihey were rerhind . ed of 'he?r bali playing d?rs and their youth : was renewed by the soectacle of a half dc2sn : scrap? between the kids. The score was rather mixed before the game ended, s?ut ac i cording to the best information obtainable : the gt me w*s won by the Sumter team by a ?cure of 11 to 4. Our 1897 wheels are stronger handsomer easier running than ever before the prices are right WESTERN WHEEL WORKS CHICAGO-NEW YORK Catalogue free Agents everywhere A DVERTISEMENTS of riv? lines or less wili be inserte d under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. 7AKTED-Tbree screw head blocks. 20 to 24 inches for plantation saw mil;, dre?- "S*w Mill," cs re this office. Aug ll-lt. _ AGENTS WANTED. Male or female ie every county. Business respectable, ?.y om pensa ti on good. No trouble to maire some n,oc?y Address Chronicle, Augusta.. Ga., fer pariiculars. TTTAXTEl)-Position to tescb ?D town cr ff country or io private family by a comoeteDt lady References furnished' Ac dress Miss Kitty Doar. Sum J. orville, S. C. Ju iv 7-ti". TTTANTED-Reliable bard-working zen ff in onr business. Men wbo are will? ing to work for what they j:et, can make money. Apply to The Singer Manfgr. Co. No. 115 Marget Street, Wilmington. N, C. or T. S Sumter, Sumter Street. Juiv 14-3t. Estate of John St Barrett, Dec'd. A LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS j\_ against aforesaid Estate will present Bituie duly attested, and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will make im? mediate pavment to GEORGE F EPPERSON, ?nd MRS. A. PAULINE McKAGEN Qualified Exor. and Extrix. Julv 14-3t. The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER, By T. T. Wohh, Esq., Prolate Judge. TT TH ERE AS, HERBERT F WILDER f f made suit to rae to graut bim Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of JOS. W. WILDER, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and s:rtg;:lnr the kindred and creditors of the said JOS. W. WILDER, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court cf Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., on Aug. IS, 1S9T, nen. after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any thev have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hard, ihis 4tb day of August A. D-, 1897. TH OS. V. WALSH. Judge of Piota'e. August 4-2t.