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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25,1897. Extered at the Post Ofice at Sumter, S (?., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Geo. F. Sppersoa-McCormick's Mowers J. RytSeoberg & SODS-To Country Mer* chants. Wants-For Sale-Lodgers Wanted Wanted. H. G. Osteeo t Co.-Cotton Ginoers and Cotton Bayer? ATTENTION. ID ordering your paper changed from 'one post office to another, always, name both offices. Very often we know the post office lit which * suoscrioer has been receiving the paper, bot sometimes we do not ; and when a request to change is dated and mailed at tbe nev office sad the former address is cot named, it requires some guessing and search ing through the mai! list in order to find the name-it ueing necessary to take it off the former list as well as ont it on the new. PERSONAL. Hissey.Bessie and Marie Lee have returned ? home. Mr. W. M. Graham weat to Greenville yes? terday. Miss Mabel Canley, of Summerton, ia vial? ing Miss Alma Ingram. . Mr. G. A. Lsmmoa -ind Mr. J. L Hayns? w?rth retu rned this morning from Kew York. M?38 A. C. Weeks bas TIM urned to tbe city from New??rry, where she has been on a visit; Mr. W. fi. Penningtoc, Wilmington; N. C , ia relieving the A. C L. traia despatcbers for a.few weeks. Miss Pauline Davis, of Rock HUI, who bas bees visiting Miss Ada Wino, returned to her borne thu norning. Mr. Jania* Spann left this morning for .Rock Hill, where be bas accepted a business situation with R. T. Fewell & Co. Capt. Jobo Rr id has returned from New York. Miss Hincia Manheim is at home again from Paw ley's Island, where she spent ber holi? day. Col. W. D. Evatts was in the city yester? day. * I JRev.^Walter ?. Herbert, of Florence, is in the city. fgj-. W. Graham Moses has returned to Ab? beville. Mr. J. M. Chandler has returned from An? derson. Miss Sool? Willeford ia visiting relatives at Smithville, S. C. Mr. George F. Eoperson has retarded from Asheville, N. C. Mrs. C. H. Green, Sr., is visiting, ber son Mr. Joba T. Green. Rev. J. W. Dowel!j of Wedgefield, spent yesterday in the city. : Miss Lynch Dea?, of Camden, is visiting Miss Lucile Hughsoij. Mr. B. R. Sanders has gone to Magnolia to snead a &w days. Mr. W. B Barna bas returned from a busi? ness trip to New York. Miss Cora Milter, of Afcbenlfe, is the guest of Mrs W. P. Fer gason. - . ' Mr. Issac Sch warts and family have return? ed from Way ses ville, N. C. Dr. E. Alva Solomons returned from Sul? livan's Island Monday morning. Ma. M. B. DeLorme, after a month's stay at Dovesville, bas returned borne. Dr. J. F W. DeLorme and Miss Sditb De? Lorme weat to Greenville yesterday. Miss Corrie VcCIang, ot Abbeville, is visit? ing ber sister, Mrs. W. P. Ferguson. W. S. Dick bas returned from Camden, oe spent several days last week. ; Misses Mamie aod Nina Dove, of Doves ville, are visiting relatives ia this etty. Mr. E. P Ri ck er, who has been North for month, ret or ned to tbe city on Friday. Mr. Willie Bnltmao is in New York, buy jag shoes for the firm of Bult mao & Bro. Mr. and Mrs. H. L.' B. Wells returned oo orday from s pleasure trip to tbe north. Mr. Tex. Sibert is spending bis holiday with his friend, Mr. Phil Miller, of Magno? lia. Mr. Joel E. Bronson and family left Mon? day afternoon for Ktogstree to reside for a while Rev. and Mrs T. G. Herbert went to Greenville yesterday to spend a week with relatives. Miss Mamie DoBose bas returned to the city from Bossards, where she bas been spend? ing several weeks. Mr. J. W. Fort bas accepted a position with the Singer Sewing Machine Co , and will go os the road. Mr. D. J. Chandler OHS returned from New York, wb?re be went to parchase goods for the fall and winter trade. Mr. W. P Frier, of tbe A. C. L desnatch og office bas gone to North Carolina to spend bi3 summer vacation. Mr. Edwin Scott, of Wisacky, has accept? ed a position in tbe store cf W. H Scott and bas come to the city to ii?e. Miss Alma McCcwn, who bas been 7-.siting Mrs. Joba T. Green, Jr , returned to her borne in Darlington last week. Mr. R. J. Bland has returned from a stay of five tvecks a: Glenn Springs and in the mountains of North Carolina. Mes3r3. William Auld and Coleman Rharae left Friday morning for Camden, where they intended to spend a few days with friends. Mr. E. 0 ingram, of Abbe/ill?, is in the cjty for K few weeks stay. He wiil go to Georgetown on 5?*?ptember 1st to buy cotton. Miss Pauline Giillard, Sponsor of Camp Dick Anderson, U. C. V., left for Greenville yesterday wiib" the veteran? to attend the reunion. Mr T E. Hinton, Jr, of Sumter bas moved bis family to Kingtree, into the resi? dence occupied until recently by tr.e family of Mr. P. A. Al3brook.-County Record. Dr. and Mrs J A. Mood and Dr. A J. Cotna arrived home Monday morning frosj New York where they spect the Ust sis weeks. Dr8 China and Mood took a post graduate coors* cf medicine and attended the clinics at ?he various hospitals while in New York City. Tobacco Barn Burned. Mr J- B. Warren, of Salem, lost a tobacco barn by fire on Thursday night. The bare and contents were insuted and the loss will uot be great. Why will you boy bitter nauseating tonics when Grove's Tasteless Chil l Tonic is as pleasant as Lemon Syrup. Toar druggist is authorized to refand the money in every case Where it fails to cure. Price, 50 cents. MARRIAGE. Mr. John Power, son of ?ev. W. C i Power, was married Friday, Aug 20, to Miss j Beulah Harrisof Rock Hill. The marr age was a runaway match and was? complete suprise to the 'amilies and friends of the contracting parties. DEATH Died, at DeBruce, Georgia, August 23. 1897, Mrs Mary S. Gibson, beloved wife of Bently G Gibson, c Rev. D. X. LaFar, of Charleston, who was at one time a resident of this city, died yesterday at Brevard, N. C Mr. LaFar left tbiscity oa Sunday night for North Caro'ioa, and was at that time in excellent health, and the telegram announcing bis death, which was received this morning, was a great shock Mrs J. D. Gerald, ne? Miss Miooie Bates, died at Ea? to ver OD Sunday, August 15th. She leaves her husband aod two small chil? dren to mourn ber death. Mr. B J. Barnett, the well known mer? chant, died at 8 o'clock yesterday morninz at bis borne in this city. Be bad been in failing health for months, and bis death WAS oot unexpected. His death removes tte oldest merchant in Sumter. He bad been con? tinuously ia business m this'county longer than aoy otber man, and bad acquired a large fortune by careful and conservative business methods. He wa? a native of Russfan Poland, but settled in this county many years prior to tbe war For many years be was engaged in business at M ann ville, but re? moved to tbis city aboot fifteen years ago and bas done an extensive business in genera] merchandise. Mr. Barnett was ia his sev? enty-first year, and nniil a year or two aeo was able to personally manage his large business. Tbe funeral services were held from tbe residence at ll o'clock this morning. Mr. J. R. Odom, one of tbe oldest and best known citizens of tbe Wedgefield neighborhood died very soddenly oe tbe 20th of beart disease He bad been in ill health for several months, but was abie to direct his farm work He had been oui; on his farm during ibe morn? ing and returned to tbe bouse but a few minutes, when be dropped dead while sitting on tbe piazza. Miss Mattie Mills, eldest daughter of Mr Leighton G Mills, of Mayesville, died Monday night after a protracted illness with typhoid fever. The death of Miss Mills was a great shock tc ber many friends in this city as the most recent intelligence was that she was im? proving. Miss Mills bas been for several vear?.a member of the faculty of the .Sumter Institute, of which she was a graduate. She h?d a large circle of friends in tbis.cif, all of wbom will learn of ber death with sin? cere grief. She was a woman of gentle man? ners, fine Christian character and possessed a bright and cultured intellect ; she will be sadly missed tn the circle in which she was so generally esteemed and beloved, for ber death at the early age of twenty-seven years is felt to be untimely and even sadder tuan death is at al! times. ?ii ? ? i Death of Dr. DuBose's Daughter. - ? ? ? ? ? r Lynchburg, Va., Augoat23.-Mrs Pauline DuBose Little, wife of tbe Rev. Lacy L. Little, died at Kamisawa, Japan, July' 25. She was tbe daughter cf Rev. Dr. H. C. DuBose, one of tbe oldest missionaries io China of the Southern Presbyterian Cborcb. -i ? - H?LIGIOUS. Presiding Sider Glyde occupied the pulpit of the Methodist Church Sunday morning, delivering an able sermon. Rev. T. G. Her? bert preached at the evening service Tbe -?astor, Rev. J W.Daniel, went to Wedge? field to assist Rev J W. Dowell. Public Sales. The only public sales advertised for next ja led ay are two levies br tbe Sheriff, viz : One lot IQ Magnolia, Lynchburg township, id join roe estate of K. Pennington, W C. & L R. R. and others, as the property of Mary J. Johnson, at tba suit of tbe State for texes. One trace of 500 acres, more or less, in Spring Hill township, adjoining laods of W. ?. Boyd. A. R. Tate and others, as tbe prop? erty of Caroline Carter, at tbe so it of Levi 3roe. Delegates to the Reunion. At tbe meeting of Camp Dick Aodereoo, J. C. Y , held pursuant to the call of the .omm?Bdant, tbe following delegates were tlecred to represent the Camp at tbe Reunion in Greenville. Delegates-T V Walsh, P P GilUard, B F Wilson, J H Terry, J C Parnell, D J Auld, }eo. P McKageo. Alternates-J W Wilder, W M Graham, Seo. P McKagen, H G Scarborough, Dr. R Y McLeod, SJ. Newman. Miss Pauline GailUird was elected Sponsor br the camp, and by resolution was request id to attend the reunion with '.be camp. The delegates left for Greenville Tue? norning aod will remain in tbe Moun ain City until the reunion is ended. Plummer Johnson, wno was before tbe flavor a few days ago waa adjudged guilty cf 3Ut?lic drunkenness, ?.nd not of wife beating is reported. The Sumter Cotton Oil Mili has been put in :borougb order for the fal! business, and as soon ?3 a supply of seed can be obtained the nil! will start up. The dam at McRae's Mill hts been broken ny the late heavy rains, and persons coming to Som'er from Wedgefield are obliged to take some other route. No further evidence has teen obtained, so far as can be learned, to establish the guilt of Harper the negro confined ic j*il for attempted rape at Forestan. "The rains during the past few days have been general throughout the cotton i>eit, and the pries of cotton b?3 advanced thirteen ? points on account of the damage tho crop in : the field oas sustained. A meeting rf C*.'y Council was called list Wednesday morning, but a quorum could not*t?sobtained and the meeting was postponed until another time In t:?e meir; time the license ordinance is in etatu ooo. The liquor for the originel package estab? lishment in this city h is not ; et arrived and ?he piace was not opened for business on : tbe iOtb, ?s anticipated. Thd mr load of j liquor is expected to arrive this week, should j no obstacles ari.-e to prevent. The tobacco warehouses in, Timmoosville, Mayesville and Darlington are said to ce do-j iog a thriving business, and the outlook is more encouraging thin it has been at this time in any previous ;. ear. This is excellent for the pl ac8 named, out not much comfort j to Sumter. The veterans io large numbers passed through the city yesterday morling eo route to j Greenville. Sumter county ?ent a large de'e- I galion and the Pee Dee section had a le.rge nun ber of old veterans to te.ke part in the Reunion. If other sections of the state are as w^ll represented io Greenville as thia section the Mountain City will be filled with old Confederates. - i j Dr. Dwight Will not Lose His Eye. j i - j WEDGEFIELD Ang 23, 1S97 Mr. E-iitor : Please allow roe sp'.c* to an- j nounce che following to roy friends, from j whom I have received so many messages and letters of kquiry. sympathy, etc , all of; which I appreciate, and for which I thank ? them very much. On the 6tb inst., while opening a bottle of ! carbonated water, the cork popped out before I expected, hitting roe ic my rieht eye and ? wounding the Iris, which caused the anterior chamber of eye to fill op instantly with blood, which of course made me perfectly blind instantly io that eye, in which condi- j t?oo I remained for about a week, when 1 j began to see a little in consequence of tb? j clots being absorbed ? at once realized my ! conditio* and ?elt sure that if there was no j greater irjary than that above described, I j wonld in lime ba7e my sight restored ; but as " ie blow was so severe and the pain so in? tense, I feared ir jury to other parts which might bave resulted in permanent loss of tbat eye, bot am giad to announce that after a toorongo examination of my eye by my friend, Dr. C. W. Kollock, of Charleston, who came up to see me, I have been assured by him that no other parts than above men? tioned were injured, and I would in time have my siebt completely restored. Mr eyes are still too weak for ms either to read or write much, bot am thankful to say I am able to attend to all of my practice. Very truly, F. M. DWIGHT. Fire in the. Country. Tbe residence of Mr. J. S. Diskins, five miifs distant from this city on the Stateburg road, was horned at 12 o'c'ock on the 7th. The house caught from the kitchen chimney. The house was burned to tbe gro'und in a short time. It was insured for $6?0 and was valued at $1,200. The furniture and persooMl property ia the bouse was insured for $200 The dwelling boose on a place owned bj Maj. Marion Moise and occupied by Mr. W. F Gaylard was burned a tew days ago. Tbe place is sitnated about six miles from tbe city. The house was insured for S150. Governor Ellerbe has appointed Marion Dorn Esq , as a del?gate from ?be Seventh Congressional District to the National Road Parliament to be held in Najthviile, Tenn., on September 16, 17 and iS The checks for the Confederate pensioners bave been received, and Clerk of Ccurt Nash has been busy since Monday paying them out. He will pay tbe pensioners as rapidly as they present themselves, and is anxious to finish the work as soon as possible. Wheo a box car was opened at (be depot Friday morning a white woman stepped out with a grip ia her band asd walked off as unconcerned as tbe most hardened bobo She WHS evidently a female tramp on her vay'south to spend the fail a.id winter. I An excursion was scheduled to leave this t city for Charleston early yesterday morning, j 1 bot did not get away until after 10 o'clock. Five coaches were on band to transport the crowd, bot the crowd did not show up, and several of tbe coaches were left behind. Mr Edgar G. Siebles, of Columba spent Thursrday io the city and adjusted the loss on Mr. J S. Diokins' house which was burned Thursday. The policy was ic the Glen Falls Fire Insurance Co, and a check for the amount was drawn as soon as the loss was adjusted. The primary is near at hand, and all resi? dents of Sumter who are entitled to vote shoo ld make certain tbat their names are on tb? club roll. Names most be on the club roll five days prior to the primary, and a ne? glect to ?ttend to tbis at once may cost some men their votes. Births and deaths reported to Health Officer Reardon for past week, ending August 19th. ire : Birth*-White-Two males and one female. Colored-Coe male. Deaths-White -Doe male 39 years old. Colored-One male 10 days old, one male 7 days old, one female 14 months old, one female 22 yeats old. A well known Charleston drummer who WAS in tbe city Saturday says that the blind tiger keepers of Charleston are arl for irby and Evans and are working for them Fbe vote will be about equally divided be? tween the two in the first primary and will ill go to the one that gets in the s.cond pri narjr. Tbe cheap railroad fare to Greenville should induce a great many veterans to at end the Confederate reunion ia Greenville rhcreisnota more pleasant place to visit ban Greenville, and the veterans will be en :ertained most hospitably by the cit ?zeus of .he J ou D tain City, who are making unusual efforts to make their visitors have a gcod time. Tbe merchants of Sumter evidently antici? pate a fine trade this fall, for the goods are tieing received in unusually large quantities. Ibe warehouses at the depot are fud to over Sowing and a number of cars arestandingon the sidetracks waiting to be unloaded The large amount of freight received daily bas j made it oecessaiy to enforce the ru'e iequir- | J iug freight to be removed wrbm twenty-! four hours after receipt to make room for j that jet to come. After every fire there are corotdaicts anout j the crowd that collects and interfere with the { Or?-meo. The people who have co nusiness l nt fires aod go solely to satisfy an idle euri- j ? csity should be rands to keep out of the way j ^ by the police. They not only interfere with j ' the firemen, but rush in.o the Burning build- ; ing aod annoy the owners Tr.e ? * boys are the /worst offenders, but there ??re j . maDy men who should know better woo need j . hoking after as badly as the boys i ] Careless and reckless bicycle riders are pav- ' a i'jg \h? wav by their total ?nd culpable; cisre- j , c?r? ot'tfier'?h:s( f pedestrians for an order by i g City Council prohibiting th? use cfs dewalks j oy bicyclists A gre'it many bicyclists ride ns ? , if they had the right to the exclusive us? of : c f.!l sidewalks and pedestrians are torced to j j take ?o the .-tree: or be run over. it ts not , . unusual ':> gee two or :hree bicyclists ri>i-ng I r abreast on ibe sidewalk, and when thev j , overtake or ::u-et pedestrians they rin^ ttteir j ?. bells arii; make not the slightest tffbrt to mve : room for them to piss, bat force them to (.?..-?ir the sidewalk. Tins is *>.)?! enough, in ?ii conscience, but the wors' is yet toi-e told There are more criminal offenders who rt.ic as if iife depended on trifir making a mile a minute, and if any one happens to tret in UM ir way it is al: right ti hs bas agility to jump from the sidewalk escape, out it it:e person happens lo be 1 old or i r fi r TH tte is run over with a cold blooded nonchalance that merits sixty days on ii!?- chain giOL' ?t i .- a s :. A few arrests, followed by heavy fines or imprison? ment, would have a s^ii: *>?rj. tfiVct. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER . I A Davidson Professor Dies. Charlotte. N. C., Aug 20.-WU lian Dan? iel Vinsoo, M. A , L L. D., professor of ror.themAtics at Davidson coliege, Davidson. X. C , died suddenly at 3 a. io. -oday of heart disease. He was 48 t ears cid. He was a native of Richland county. He was a grad? uate of Washington acd Lee university and was formel? professor of mathematics in Austin college, Texas. [Prof. Vinson was a brother cf C*pt. A. P. Vinson of ibis city.-Ed Dailv Dem 1 PROF. VITiSON. A Tribute Prom On? cf His Pupils, j Prof Vinson is dead ! With what sad? ness will this intelligence he noted through? out maoy of tbe Southern States ! Davidson graduates are not confined to any locality and wherever there isa stude.-.t of Davidson College you will find a liviog monument to the memory of Prof. W. D. Vinson. He chose that his epitaph should be written on the fleshy tablets cf bis students' hearts and be chose well ; for no epitaph inscribed on marble could be more flattering or sincere Dr. Vinson was well beloved by bis stu? dents and most ?crdially respected Tbis reepect was shown in a universal attitude of reverence toward bim in class-room and on campus; the love was shown in the endear? ing term of "Old Vinse " :*Ob I Shakes peare, how couldst thou say 'What's io a name?' " Davidson students will agree bat notb'.ng could be more express? ive of mixed veneration and love than the term above as it WAS used among the students on the campus, if tbe boys as a body, ever got into trouble and their deliberations produced no plan of ac- : tioo the unanimous expression wus-always: ' "Let's go to see "Old Vinse," and they were j never disappointed. Prof. Vinson's eyes were so bad that he ?ould not read the largest type without the aid of a strong magnifying glass. He had consequently to rely greatly upon his mem? ory and what a memo-y it was ! The sub j?ct that be taught-Mathematics-was one that fortunately required little reading and be bad never to open a text book on class. All students of bis will rem?robera sceoe of this kind : a student reading examination papers, while Prof Vioson with bis knife as iharo as a razor whittled white pine boards tbat bis students provided for him ; but while be whittled he listened : nothing escaped ?jim. The writer of this article remembers that oo oce occasion be went into the room >f Mathematics to read soma papers to Prof. Vinson. As be approached, Prof. Vinson said, 'Before j ou begin, bear this." and be read ifood one cf the beat of Byran's poem3. I remember bow greyly ?urprised I was to .ee poetry and Mathematics occupying the lame room : but I bave since learned that Dr. Tina?n v.-a s as versatile as be was wise, and I save learned also that one may essily love ihe truth of Poetry and at the same time be a ievotee to Mathematics-the poetry of Truth, in addition to mathematics Prof. Vinson ?equested the faculty to let bim have the :bair of economics, and bis lectures on the tubject of political ecoooxy were a deMgbt o his students. Bis method of preparing bese lectures is interesting. On account of lis defective eyesight he could read but little ind when be wished to prepare a lecture be ook bis strong mignifyiog glass noted in lie text-book the sui j ec t of the lesson, glanced down the pages and saw the beads >f tbe different paragraphs. He then took lis hoe and went into bis garden. When be itrnck tbe List lick bis lecture was crystallized ind it W88 sure to charm bis auditors. Dr. Viosoo was exemplary in his pr? -te tooduct-a fine specimen of Christian j jood, a gentleman and a scholar. His toss s grea^and Davidson mourns a man. Cut lowe by heart disease in the prime of his nanhood we see much in bis deatb to deplore, ie died indeed with the harness ?rt bis back md he leaves a nameless record. There are nany graduates ol Davidson in this county md they will lay with me the laurel crown ipon Prof. Vinson's grave-a symbol cf bi? rictory in life : a myrtle wreath, tbs token if our tears. S. H. E. Cheap Hates to Greenville. Ticket agent C M. Brand basteen instruet d to sell round trio tickets to Greeoville, >n account*of the United Confederate Vete? an Reunion, for S3 10. Tickets will be o sale on August 24th to 26'h with return ?mit Aug 30th. Tuesday, Not Friday. The Primary Election v.ill be held on Tue3 ay, August 31st, and not Friday, us has een erroneously printed, owing to a ty po? ra pical error, io the fot mer publication of he notice with tbe list of managers of elec ion. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. LECTURE BY PRESIDENT F. C. WOODWARD Literary Influences cf the En? glish Bible. Prof. F. C, Woodward, President of the ? louth Carolina College, b?.s accepted the j nvitation to di-Iiver a lecture before the j 'eachcrs Institute of Sum'er ccuotr on the j vening of August 31?t. The subject of his i pct ure will be ihe "Literary Influences of the j ?nglisb Bible" The lecture will be delivered j n tbe Opera House and the public is invited j o attend. Prot. Woodward is recognized ,s one of the most learned Engish scholars n America and a most interesting and in? trudive sptaker The lecture is on a subject that ?ll ?.re in. j erested in and nn one can bear it without I Staining information of the 5r?t importance, t goes without saying that Prof Woodward ; ri^i be greeted by a targe audience, for the ' ?eople of Sumter who have never had ihe I ileasure and good fortune of hearing him be? ore cannot afford to nrglect this opportunity. ? - ---g-- -a-?-^----? Furvis May go Free. From hif< rrr-nivm ii is Probable That 'nc is X-n the 'Murderer cf Flagman Blackwell. li w?s rumored on the streets !h:s mora? ng that P srvis who is lodged in j ii! in North ?8 roii na charged with the murder of Flag nan Blackwell is an innocent man and thai be murderer bad confesse ?. Rumor further ?-.:d that the murderer's name is Lomax. To elicit Tore definite information (.'apt. J G. Lynch was asked about the matter. J Captain Lynch said that he receiv <i a mes? sage fi oin Vir. Higgins at South Rocky Mount stating that he had caught the black negro'who ?t :.9 wi tb Purvis-at .tbe-time .of the Tiurder acd bat h^ hnd rn mir a full con? cision It looks now ?ike that Putvis can go free, | *hich will he good new? to the members of ii9 fanily in this city. The foregoing is the extent cf the inforroa ion so far received.-Fiori nee Times. ? ESCAPED THE LYNCHERS. j Charles Harper, Who Attempted to Eape a White Woman, Brought H?re For Safe Keep? g. "Vlannitig, Aug. 21.-Charles Harper, a ; negro trump who hails from Georgia, w?s committed to j-Til yesterday by .Magistrate Dickson to await rrial at court for assaulting with intent to rav:sb Mrs. Ricbbourg, wife of G W. Ricbbourg, near Foreston, Tuesday night. He wag arrested here upon a tele? gram by the town authorities. Considerable talk bas been beard of lynch? ing and it was thought by many that Har? per would ne lynched last night, but the crowd did not come. There wa3 a big crowd at the preliminary yesterday and Solicitor Wilson brought out the facts in the case for the State. The evidence is almost conclusive that Harper is the man who made the assault and choked the lady, but failed to accomplish his dastardly aim. Manning, Aug. ??2.-Manning was thrown into considerable excitement last night by a report that a mob was coming from Foreston to lynch Charlie Harper, the negro who as saul ted Mrs Ricboourg. A crowd of "about 75 negroes gathered around the jail and vowed that the negro should be protected The sheriff organized a guard who guarded inside the jail all night Ca account of the heavy rain it is supposed the mob did not arrive and everything was quiet this morning when Sheriff Bradbam sent the negro to Sumter to avoid further trouble. SAFE IN JAIL. Harper, the negro charged with attempting to commit rap?, was brought to this city yes terday corning and turned over to Sheriff Pierson for safe keeping He is now in the nands of Jailor Windham, and will be kept until the sheriff of Clarendon sends for him. There seems to be strong evidence against him, but the proof to establish bis guilt be? yond doubt has not been obtained. A Remarkable Cure of Chronic Diarrhoea. Io 1862, when I served* my country as a ? private in Company A, I67th Pennsylvania Volunteers, I contracted chronic diarrhoea. It bas given me a great deal of trouble ever since. I have tried a dozen different medi? cines and several prominent doctors with? out any permanent relief. Not long ago a friend sent me a sample bottle of Chamber Man's Coi#, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rera&dy and after that I bought and took a '50 cent bettie; and now I can say that I am entirely cered. I cannot be thankful enough to you for tim great Remedy, ?nd r*>commeod it to all suffering veterans If in doot?t write me. Tours gratefully, HENRY STEINBERGER, Allentown, Pa. Sold by Dr. A. J. China. OUR BOYS. Just a Word or Two in Your In ? terest. Young men, practically all cf yon have come to recognize the fsct that a business ed? ucation is approximately a necessity, if you ?re to gain a footbeld in the boniness world, or attain the highest success in it. Doubtless, also, roany of yon are now casting about for a school to attend this Fall; and to these we would offer a bindly word of advice to prepare to enter none until'you have written the Ga Busine s College at Macon, Ga. What ilia doing for the boys and girls ?-f rhe country is really astounding Already during the present year it bas given fully one hundred of them absolutely free scholarships, bas aided more than a hundred others, and through its- Employment Bureau has placed all its graduates-not having one idle The pay students receive a discount of their R. R fare, and low board makes the ex? pense of a pupil who atteods, Jess than it would be if he remained idle at home. Having ?ecomolishee what it bas during all the do'l, hard times, the prosperous con? ditions which are BOW returning everywhere, will enab e it tv do far more in future Young men, youn* women, if you are ?mbinous. take our advice and write the Ga-Ala, Business College at Macon, Ga., ror terms at once. #?*"iinniiiaci?f1<?Kt''????% I Pa?n-Kif?er. (PERRY DAVIS'.) A Snre and Safe Remedy in every case and every kind of Bowel Complaint is Pain-Killer. This is a true statement and it can't be made too strong or too emphatic. 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Prompt attention to all business entrusted , to him Office on Court House Square, in! Bland i ng office 1 A trial of & STIEF? PIANO will kare you in no doubt as to its merit. The rich aud elegant cases give an added charm tc them Possessing a deligbttully sweet and musical tone and clearness ? nd purity which extends to the uppermost note of the scaie, is a any wonder that the STIEFF PIANOS are 'ri such demand to-day. Many pianos are high priced, .but none are superior and few are equal to the STIEFF, if one may judge by the unstinted praise from alf patrons who have used a Stieff for nearly a quarter'of a century. Terms to Suit. Send for catalogue. CHAULES M. STIEFF," 9 N. Liberty Street, Baltimore 416 Main St., Norfork Va. -THE Sumter Institute, Sumter, S. C. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWNE, or, ? MISS E. E. COOPER, Principals. July 21--3m. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S C. Session begins September 28tb. Classical, Literary, Scienti?c, Normal and Law Courses, with Diplomas Special courses, with Cer? tificates Bo* rd $8 a month. Total neces? sary expenses for the year (exclusive of travelling, clothing, and books), from $113 to $153. Women admittfd to a 1 Classes. For further information, address the Presi? dent, F. C. WOODWARD1 " Joly 14. 1 DAVIDSON ?CO QO+ 1 COLLEGE, F DAVIDSON, M. C. 61st Year Sept. 9, 189?. Ten Professors and Assistants. Four Scientific Laboratories. Tbree Courses for degrees. Classical. Mathematical. Literary. Scientific. Biblical. Terms reasonable. Seed for a catalogue. J, B, SHEARER June 23. President. FORMAN UNIVERSITY, GREENVILLE, 8. C. DR. C. H. JUDSON, CHAIRMAN OF Faculty. Session opens September 22(1. Courses leading' to ay academic degrees. Preparatory department in charge nf experienced teachers. Cost reduced to minimum by ness system. Board in private families moderate For further information apnlv to chairman, or to BEN GEER, Aug. 4. Sec. of Faculty. 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