SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Supply Teacher Kleeted-The Flag Issue Again. The School Board heida meet ?n g Us t Frida v afternoon to elect a teacher to suppl? tbe place of Miss Eloise Wilsoo who was re fessed from duty until Jaooary. Miss Agnes Mt~*Ca!tum was tbe unanimous* choice of tbe beard, and she wiii have charge of the sec ood grade from the opening of the school on Itocdsy until tbe beginning of the second sees :oo after the Christmas bolide j c. The flag question was again brought before tbe board by representatives of the Jr. Order of United American Mechanics. Tbe board was rr quested oj this order to grant permis? sion to the lodge to erect a fl ? g staff on tbe Graded School grounds aod to bave the ?nitfd States flag raised every morning Tbe representative of the lodge presented bis request and made zn argumen t in support of it. The board considered the matter fully, and decide 1 that the request woeld not be . granted. Young Men's Christian. Associa? tion. At a regalar meeting of the Y. M. C. A of this city on .Thursday night the following officers were elected to serve until their suc? cessors shall be elected : President-A. B. Stuckey. 1 st Vice President--Wm. Yeadon. 2d Vice President--William Graham. 3d Vice Presiden?-B. Randale. Treasurer-Job B Hayna?ortb. Rec. and Cor. Sec.-j*. J. Rbame. Serious Accident to an Old Colored Democrat, George Graham, the well koowo "Hamp? ton Democrat," of Providence met with ti serious accident on last Tuesday, from which be has been lying speechless ever since. He was assisting io taking down a build? ing when a large timber fell aod struck him on the back of the neck. Cotton Weighing Troubles. Cernpiaints are being made by tho seller of cotton, on account of the delay in getting cotton weighed. JPeop'e are obliged to wait for their turn, which sometimes takes a good while. Others complain of the late opening and early closing hours-which io ?onie cases, necessitate tbe leaving of cotton on the platform from six in the evening on til eig?t next morning. Those, also, who bring cot oa from the Cotton Oi! Gin, and by tbe reads leading into the city on that side think it a hardship that they are obligee! to make the trip np into the city, cell tbe cotton, and then go back before it will be weighed, in? stead of getting it weighed, leaving the cot? ton, and taking a sample by which it will be sold. Merchants also, who bny cotton sam? pled from the wagon, without beir g able to . thoroughly examine it, think that there sbo jid be ac arrangement by which one of the weighers could act as judge or cotton ex? pert: in assessing damage or deduction for mix-packed ?and wet cotton. AH tbese diffi? culties will have to be considered and ad? justed before the cotton weighing system will give general satisfaction. Mechanicsville Items. Mr. Tom J. DcBose, who bas been quite ill for several weeks at his father's home, is re? ported to be convalescing Mrs. T. D. Du Bo se has been confined to ber room several days with fever. Rev. C. H. Richards bas returned from his Bummer vacation. The opera, etTbe Pied Piper of Hamlin," is full ot catchy airs and will be eojeyed by all who attend the performance. The prediction is now not infrequeotly beard that-the conon crop in Sumter County will fall abort of that of last y ear- Not a few of the farmers are beginning to feel blue oyer the outlook. St. Joseph's Academy opened on the 7th for the fall session with a large attendance and the prospects are that ibis will be ose of the most prosperous years io the history of tbe institution. The total enrollment of pupils in the Wash? ington Street Graded Schoo! Monday was 385. This nun ber is large for tbe first day, and the attendance will exceed 3 00 before the end of the week. The ice seaeon fe holding out wei! and the three ice factories have a large demand still. . As long as the torrid season lasts, ice is a ne? cessity and tbe ice manufacturers are kept busy. The factories here bare bad a pros? p?rons season, considering the sharp compe? tition that bas existed betweea them. ? A mad dog was killed one day last week ia the lot io the rear of Reid's store. The beast was undoubtedly rabid for it was mak? ing frantic efforts to bite everything in reach. The condition of the dog was observed by > several persons and it was promptly killed. There is no donbt abott the Atlantic Coast 1 Line issuing orders to agents to receive no more original packages for shipment over tbat line An employee of that system who is io apposition to know tbe facts stated to the writer that the order had been ' issued from headquarters and tbe report io. circula? tion ii supported by facts. The original I package men in the A. C. L. territory are in the soop. TbeY. M. C. A. has toroetfover to tbe Graded School library all of tbe book? form? erly io the Association reading room. Tbese books, or the large, part of them, at ?east, at one time belonged to tbe Sumter Light In? fantry and were given in tru6t to the Y. M. C. A. In the Graded Schooi library the hooks will be of real service and no better disposition could have beeo made of them. Toe quantity of tobacco brought to this market for sale is increasing aod on several days there hare been large sales at the ware? house. The prices paid for tobacco were sat? isfactory to the sellers who have tried the other markets. Ic ts probable that a number of Northern people will spend the wioter in the city. In? quiries have t een received by the hotels aod others from different parts of the North, ?od it is possible that a wioter colony uay be es? tablished here. If the tide of travel is once turned in this direction the number of tour? ists will grow larger each year. Aikeo and Camden have more winter visitors every year than tue hotels can comfortably accommo? date. Many of the saod traps, wbicb bare beeo placed in the drains in various parts of tbe city within tbe last few years, bold water all the time aod are prolific mosquito breeders. Some years ago moiquitoes were rare in this city, bot at present it is impossible to sleep with aoy comfort without a mosquito net, and there is ample reason for belief tbe tbese sand traps are responsible for the pest. Saod traps, as saod trap? go, may j be very good things, but when tbey bold stag- j non* water all the time aod breed mosquitoes by the million they are not quite sc good. Practise Economy io buying medicines as in other matters It is economy to get Hocd's Sarsaparilla because it contnins more medicinal value than any other-100 doses one dollar. Hood's Pills are the only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Cure all liver ills. CLEMSON OPENS jf - With the Usual Number of Stu? dents. Clemson College, Sept. 8.-To-day is the opening day at Clemson, and fully three hun? dred boys are present to answer to tbeir names at the roll-call. The outlook is far more encouraging than anticipated, as it was feared that the recent epidemic of fever woo!d reduce the attendance greatly. Notwith? standing this, however, the recruits mike up for those cadets who failed to returo, and only the first day bas passed. Many cadet9 and recruits are expected doring the next few days, and it ie estimated that the mem? bership will reach near four hundred bj the fifteenth Regarding the recent improve? ments they are all that can be expected. The entire barracks have been thorough ly cleansed, repainted and furnished. Recent orders published require very strict attention by the students to the sanitary arrangements, The prospects are pointing to a larger attend? ance than last year and very successful ses? sion. W. L. M. Court opeoed ia this circuit io Florene Monday morniag. Judge Witherspoon U pre? siding. This will be the last time, probably, Judge Witherspooo will preside in this cir? cuit, as it bas been anoonoced that he will not be a candidate for re-election. Advertising in jibe Daily Item yields prompt returns and tbe firms that have been constant patrons of this paper are well satis? fied with the results. The Daily Item is read every day by nine teotb3 of the people in tbia city and if a merchant has anything to sell and . bis prices are right an advertisment properly placed is sure to increase bis trade. If you are not a patron of the peper now, become ooe and reap the benefit. If the Atlantic Coast Line enforces tbe order that no more shipments of original packages are to be transported over that sys? tem, tbe original package dealersio this sec? tion of the State will find themselves in a very awkward predicameot. Tbey will soon dispose of tbeir stocks aod will then, beiog uoable to procure a new supply, have to go out of business. / The regular complaint that Sumter cottoo buyers do not pay as high prices as those cf other places is being made It is learned on good authority that the representatives of a firm that buys a great deal ot tbe cotton brought to this marker, offered more for cotton at Pinewood and St. Charles on Saturday than in tbe city. This sort of thing will not do tbe place any good, and tbe business men should take some action, to keep the Sumter market up to the standard -Daily Item. The receipts of cotton .continue so large and the in creas i from day to day indie* te that tbe crop in the field is opening very rapidly and is being marketed as rapidly as gathered The crop wiil be gathered early, aod the bulk of it w ll be sold at least a month earlier theo usual. Tbe result ot tbe rapid marketing will be a declioe io fhe price, for the heavy receipts **ill apparently sustain the estimates that place the crop at more tba o teo million bales. It is predicted now that should the receipts continue heavy the de? cline will be so great that tbe av-rage prie? of cotton tbroogboot tbe Sooth will be close io the five cent mark. The prospect is not at all encouraging or satisfy it.?; to the farmers who bave worked all through tbe year io hope of securing six and a-half to seven ceo ts for ?heir cotton. The crop in this section of Son tb Carolina will cot he large, aod wheo it'is gathered the disappoiotmeot will be even greater tban many nov anticipate. PISGAH NEWS. Tbe dry weather is playiog havoc with peas aod potatoes. There is oot aoy top cot. ton worth speaking of; the last wet spell roiioed that. The experieoce of tbe last few years has knocked the boldiog of cotton for better prices into pi, and cotton is being sold as fast as gathered. Excursions are being run often, and as a consequence the surplus earnings of tbe cotton pickers go ioto some body's pockets, and when tbe picking is over they will be like they started-with nothmg Mr. S. M. McLeod will teach tbe Pisgah public school this fail. Murray is very much liked by all who know bim and be will do his duty as he understands it Mrs. J. W. Kenoey, formerly of this place, ls critically ill at her borne at New Zion. Mr T.M.Bradley is ruooiog another gin this fall, and will gin the crop of thia sec? tion. He is a pleasant man tc*'do business with. Mr. L. Spann Vinson is doing business at Pisgah Church. Mr. Vinson bas made many friends since be has lived here Our country merchants here have laid ic fine stocks of goods Trade is not as active as last year at this time, but that is owing to the cotton not opening very fast as yet. The health of our eommonky is very good, tho' a few cases of fever is about. Times are dull here ?md not much life in the people The short crops aod low prices for cotton is enough to give them the blues, even io this bright weather. Last Tuesday eveoiog a brilliant meteor fell in the southeast. It was a magnificent Bight, aod one of the largest I ever saw. The sugar cane industry bas gone out of fasbioo. So is tbe plat ting of wheat. Pisgah, S. C., Sepu. 10. XXX MAGNOLIA MATTERS. MAGNOLIA, Sep. 13.-Dry weather con tinues, to the great joy of tbe cotton pickers, bat the feast wili soon be over and the har? vest completed and thea-. The cotton prospect remains unchanged. Potatoes, ppas. rice, &c, are suffering for want of rain. A railroad detective came here last week to try to get eome clew to the robbery of a box car while the local freight train was doing some^hifting at this depot some thrr-e weeks ago. Tbe search resulted in the find? ing of portions of sorae packages, readily ideotified, aod putting & nigger, named Riley Wilson, to the oecessity of Soding "leg bail." which was oo difficult task. There is DO doobt, but tbat there is an organized baod of thei ves just for this purpose, and that the captain is at this place The property lost by the railroad company in this stealing is estimated at $54. Mr. James Henry Hawkios has returned to Charleston to resume bis business Miss Edith McIntosh is quite ill. Mrs. J. A. Rbame is np again after a short attack of fever. An ice cream festival will be giren at Lynchburg to-morrow eight by tbe generous people around for the benefit of the Epworth League. Tbe yooDg folks look forward to the occasion with much pleasure. Come over, Mr. Editor, and help os out a little. An old colored womao, nur6ing for Mr. F. S Potts, was found dead in bu kitchen .on the morning of the 8th inst. The cause of death, as decided by the jury of inquest after hearing the evidence of tbe doctor and one more witness, was from "natural causes." i Sbe had been having chills and fever, and W88 quite old. And now in cbcclusion. Mr. Editor, may the mantle fail on Monroe Johnson to-mor? row, and may Norton need the sympathy of Evans and Irby. OCCASIONAL. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Quivering With Uncertain tv in Haselton. Funeral of Poles Takes Place Without Disorder. Haselton, Pa., Sept 13.-Hasel? ton quivers to night on the edge of a volcano. Uncertainty is the key? note of the situation, and the town is sleeplessly awaiting the dawn of day fraught with unknown and fearful possibilities At this writing troops are march? ing on the mines of Coxe Bros. at Eckley, which nestles in a valley about 18 miles from here. Telegrams to brigade headquarters late this af? ternoon indicate an alarming condi? tion there The remoteness of the situation will make difficult the secur? ing of definite news from the scene before morning The first knowledge of disturbance at the G?xe collieries reached brigade headquarters this morning, when Gen Gobin received a dispatch that 200 miners at Buck Mountain, three miles from Eckley, had gone on a strike and began to march on the Eckley mine. Request was made for a detachment of the military to avert possible conflict, but before the soldiers could be start? ed off to the scene the authorities were reassured by the receipt of a second telegram to the effect that the march had been stopped and no fur? ther trouble ?7as feared Late in the afternoon a third dis? patch changed the situation for the worse. It said that the march had been resumed an^l carried to the Eck? ley mines, and that the men there had been forced to quit work, after rough handling by the marching men. The City Troop, the crack cavalrymen, were instantly ordered to proceed to Eckley. To reach the spot they will have to ride over 18 miles of rough mountain roads. , The news has created consternation throughout the district and all the collieries are preparing for trouble. Gen. Gobin has been deluged with requests for troops, but declaras that he will send none to any point unless an outbreak really occurs. This is a measure of precaution to keep the soldiers mobilized. To-day has been regarded as the turning point of the situation because of the prohibition issued by Gen. Gobin against the proposed funeral demonstration. A compromise-was effected this morning, however, and the day passed off without disturb? ance. In the meantime the Coxe collieries were being watched with intense anxiety. It was known that the 2,000 men employed at No. T had made a demand for a 10 per cent, in? crease, which was to be submitted to the operators to-day, with the alter? native of a strike. From 5,000 to 7,000 men are employed at all the collieries, and it was understood that such a movement would bring them all out. Whether or not the proposition was formally submitted to-day could not be learned, because nobody would talk The men were all'at work but strike talk was rife and a big meet? ing at Stockton bad been scheduled for to-night. There was a general impression that nothing decisive would be resolved upon at least by to morrow, which is pay day, with two weeks' money coming to the men. The Coxe men's grievance is that they are on a lower scale than that paid by any other company in the region, but the company store feature does not enter into their case. , The first discord between the military and the strikers occurred to? day following General Gobin's order against the proposed funeral demon? stration, he arranged for a conference this morning with the Polish priests, who are 'ooking after the cause of the men. He impressed them with the necessity for preventing any show of a military character and said he would permit no uniformed men to participate except those representing religious socities. Bands of music, side arms, sticks and banners wete also prohibited. The priests promised that all this should be done and the commander, on the other hand, agreed lo keep all troops away from the fun? erals. Somebody stole a march on the general, however, and although he later revoked the clause excluding music, there were men in line wear? ing the uniform o? the Italian army and others carrying drawn sabres. Six of the latter stood in front of the church during the cere? monies within. Learning of this the commander promptly dispatched a staff officer and a detail of men to the cemetery, but when they reached there the services were over and the mourners dispersed. The general stated that he would demand an explanation from the clergymen As a matter of fact there was little change in the programme arranged by the miners for to day's funerals. There were 12 in all, but two proceeded from Harwood direct to the cemetery, without regard to the other 10, who united iu an ex? tensive cortege. Eight of the bodies lay in the shop of Undertaker Boni? in Hazelton, where they were viewed by a great crowd for a couple of hours beforo the procession started. Meantime, the other two lines were ! toiling over the rugged mountain ! roads leading from Harwood. The bands which led the line beat a mourn- I fol tattoo, and following the rugged double file of miners. Wheo the start from the shop to the cemetery waR made, the coffins containing the bodies of the eight Poles were carried, each by 10 miners, in the regalia of the St Joseph's society, and the line proceeded to the church. A crowd of fully 5,000 jammed the streets in the- immediate neighborhood, but there was no disorder of any kind. The platform, originally intended for the street in front of the building, had been erected before the altar and here the 10 coffins were laid while Father Aust and a number of Polish priests celebrated pontifical high mass. In the meantime, a gang of miners in the cemetery were blasting rock to make space for a large circular grave, in which all the bodies were interred There were brief services at the grave and several of the clergy men made addresses, urging the miners to maintain order and to re? main quietly at their homes. General Gobin kept his word, if the priests did not During all of the march and the ceremonies there was not a sign of a soldier Brigade headquarters presented a martial ap? pearance, however, and in the stock yards near the road were stationed a battery and a detacunrent of cavalry ready to move on call. The gravity of the situation is made apparent from the thorough and rigorous manner in which the com? mander is handling his men. The signal corps of the regiments have been stationed on hill tops about Haselton and the surrounding ham? lets where trouble is fear?d. Several are marked by tents, with men on the lookout. The signalling was done by flags and worked successfully. The stations cover a distance of four miles and at the narest point to .Hasel? ton couriers are stationed to carry the reports to the general. About a dozen couriers on bicycles have also done good work They were selected from among the men accustomed to riding, and the wheels were obtained here. WAS SIGNED "ANDREE. Message Brought by Carrier Pigeon to India Logansport, Ind., Sept. 13 -A car? rier pigeon with a message sigoed "An? dree7* has been captured in this vicin? ity. The writing is in English, but it is thought that the explorer sent out the messages in all languages. The bird was first seen to fly over a small town called Id avilie, near hers, and was next seen wheo it alighted on Farmer Wekwan'8 house in an exhausted con? dition. Its capture was easy, but in getting the bird down it was injured and died this morning. Its right foot had a small ahmioum band around it, on which was inscribed "No. 21" and the letter "A." Under the left wing was a parchment containing some bad? ly disfigured writing, out of which only tbe following could be read : "August 29, Pole," and the next was erased. Then came the signature ''Andree.,J The action of the wing had worn the parchement aod erased the writing. The whole had been tied on the body of the bird and while not loose had evidently been in ail kinds of weather. At first it was thought that a practical joke bad been played but the exhausted condition of the bird disproved that. THE WAR IN INDIA. The British are not Having An Easy Time, Simla, Sept. 12.-News has been re? ceived from the front that Fort Shab akdr is now closely surrounded and that any attempt to reconnoitre beyond a five mile radius is opposed by a de? termined rebel fire. The rebels are still gathering at Hangu. Yesterday while the column of Colonel Biggs was mov? ing along Samana Ridge to prevent an attack cn Shuhukhel fort, the command found that position secure ; but his rear guard was attacked by the rebels at nightfall and a fierce conflict ensued. The enemy was repulsed with a heavy loss. The official despatch adds : 'Our losses are six natives killed and several wounded. Firing can be heard in the direction of the Mohmaod country." Bloody Work at Camp Meet? ing in Oconee. Special to The State. Walhalla, Sept. 13 -Early yester? morning Sheriff Moss was summoned by telegram to quell a riot, the scene of which was a negro camp meeting four miles below Seneca. The sheriff hastened to the scene and began to make arrests and before night had land? ed six negroes in jail. Whiskey, pistols, razors aod negroes got too thick to thrive and as a result one negro is dead, shot through the brain, and four others are dangerously wounded. AH the rioters are from Anderson county and some of the lead? ers escaped and went back toward their homes, but were followed by Deputy B. R. Moss, Constables Kay, Hopkins and Hunnioutt. who will probably bag tbeir game. Each negro arrested bad from one to four pistols on his per? son. As a carrier of messages from ships the homiog pigeon has proved a suc? cess. Now if they can train them to carry messages to the ships a pretty useful and comparatively cheap mail service may be established. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Sept. 13, 1897 -Boss Hanna has all the proverbial thrift of the ver jj rich man. He knows the art of making others pay for what be wants for himself, and be is utilizing it in the Ohio campaign. Although there are no national issues in the Ohio cam. paigo, the Republican National Com- | mittee is taking an active part in it and i is patting ap money liberally to help j Hanna get that coveted election to the i Senate. To all intents and purposes, | Boss Hanna aod bis mao Dick, who are the managers of the Republican cam? paign in Ohio, control tho Republican National Committee and the surplus it bad left in its treasury from the big contribution to the McKinley fund, and fears are expressed on the part of republicans from other states, who had j hoped to finger some of that surplus in the Congressional campaign next year, | that it will all be spent in Ohio this year, and some of them do not hesitate to say that Haonna ought to use bis his own money in his efforts to buy bis j return to the Senate. Boss Hanna is also makiog the Government of the U. S. assist him to the extent of many thousands of dollars, by carryiog through the mails free, under Congres? sional frank, a bulky volume, printed at the Government Printing Office in the form of the Congressional Record, aod containing speeches and compila? tions from public documents. This volume as it first appeared, contained extracts from newspapers and was therefore not fraokable. The revised edition, now being sent out, has left out the newspaper extracts. A new Republican candidate for Senator Gorman's seat has added to republioan confusion in Maryland, andr to the growing belief in the certainty that the legislature will be carried by the democrats. Postmaster General Gary is the new candidate, although tbe an? nouncement of his candidacy was pre? maturely made. He has got the Sena? torial itch very bad, and had hoped by the aid of Postmasters and other fol? lowers t