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THS RAILROAD TANGLE IN COTJBT. Northwestern Kost Get Off S. & WJs Hight of Way. Tba or3er of Judge Beset io the ease of the Ssa ter k Wateree River Railroad Company rt. The Northwestern Railroad Compas j of South Carolina and Thomas Wilson was filed io tba off.ce of the Clerk of Court Wednesday. Aa inspection of the order, which is given in fall herewith, will disclose that Judge Benet . Oid not touch upon the question as to the right of tile city to grant a right of way through Dingle Street or any other street, nd the opinion of Haynsworth k Hayns worth, consequently, holds good aod will Continus tc bold good cn ti) some court of competent it a thor i ty sets it aside and declares fte law authoritatively. The order is as follows : State of Sooth Carolina--County of Sumter. In tlie Court of Common Pleas. The S axle; Wateree Railroad Co, plain tiff, vs. The Northwestern Railroad Com pany of South Carolins and Thomas Wil son, defeidan ts. The-case coming before me upon the order heretofore issued by me herein on 28 April, 1899, to show canse why a temporary in junction should nos be iseued as will more fully appear by reference to said order. After bea ring the pleadings, affidavits and papers submitted and the Returns to said Rule and after argument by Ur. Joseph W. Barnwell, for plaintiff, and Mr. E. W. Moise and FitzsiBamons and Moffet for d fendants It zs ordered First. That the motion for tho temporary inj section be and the same te hereby refused. Second. Further ordered that the defend ant, the Northwestern Railroad Company of Sooth Carolina do forthwith remove their crossties and rails from the right of way of the said plaintiff and retrain from in any manner encroaching upon or tresspasing opec the right of way of plaintiff. This order is not intended to prevent the defendant, the Northwestern Railroad Com pany from crossing the right of way ot plain tiff in Main Street if such crossing be neces sary to make connection with tba Atlantic Coast Line. W. C. Benet, Judge 1st Circuit. 2nd May, 1899. Beport of Committee. It Now Bests With the Sumter & Wa teree to Open Pingle Street. The City Council mst last Friday night at 8 30 o'clock at cali of the Mayor. Present. Mayor ,H. F. Wilson, Aldermen Carson, Flowers, Horst, Epperson, Purdy, Boyle and Hughson. Absent, Alderman Balgar. Toe Mayor stated that be bad called the Council together to receive the report of the committee oo railroad matters, and to take action thereon. Alderman Hughson submitted for the com mi ties a written report as follows : Your committee beg leave to report that by request of Mr. Thomas Wilson, they met on Saturday, April 29th, and allowed bim to make a proposition, which being fully dis cussed, was submitted to Messrs. Fraser k Cooper, as follows : Sumter, S. C., April 29, 1899. Messrs. Frasers -fe Cooper, Attorneys for Sum ter * Wateree R. R Co , Gentlemen : Mr Thomas Wilsor, president of Northwestern R. R. Co., haring stated to the committee appointed by City Council to adjust the railroad trouble, that be will con tent to Council revoking all rights of way -for railroads in and through Dingle Street mad its extension, and agree to abide by such action of Council and to remove track of Northwesters R. R. sow laid ia said street and its extension, provided, the Sumter k Wateree R. R. Co. will cossest to such ac tioc of City Council and agree to abide thereby. We would be glad to have you submit toe above propositioc as givens a reply thereto. Respectfully, Jno. S. Hnghson, Chairman. L. S. Carson, A. G. Flowers, H. F. Wilson. Waiting several days, on Thursday, May 4th, the following communication was re ceived from Messrs. Frasers k Cooper : Sumter, S. C., May 4, 1899. To Dr. Jno. S. Hughson, Chairman, Sum ter, S. C., Dear Sir: On Saturday, the 29th ult., we received from your committee a communies tioa suggesting a mode of settlement of the diff rences between the two railroads as to too right of way through Dingi Street We enclosed it the same day to Mr. Joseph W. Barnwell, general cou neel, at Charleston. It could not then be acted opon, because the S. kW. R. R. Company with all toe rights, property and privileges was then passing or had passed to the Southern Railway Com pany. We have a letter today from Mr. Barnwell, representing the new owners of the property, in which be rt quests us to reply to yon, which we do with the following extract from bis letter, via : "I would be obliged if you would reply to the committee of Cosncil and saj that we cannot consent to give up rights io the street which we paid money for, and that wo do not abandon the hope of a union station on tbe other side of Main Street; that at present we have no intention of laying tracks in Din gle Stree!, but we cannot abandon our inten tion to do so, or rather right to do so, io case we desire it." Yours truly, Frasers k Cooper. Your committee would further state that upon consultation, privately, with prominent citizens-deeply interested in the welfare of our city-they informed us that they had written to the authorities of the S. k W. R. R. Co., and stated all circumstances con nected wah tbe granting of rights of way in Dingle Street sod its extension, and informed them that it was the desire of the business mea of the city-evidenced by a petition largely signed by the business men of Sum ter-that each cf the railroads interested should relinquish ali rights granted them in Dingle Street and its extension. This com munication has not been heard from and your committee suggests that a reasonable time be allowed to bear from the authorities of the S. k W. R. R. Co., before further definite action be taken by Council." The report and recommendations of the committee were unanimously adopted, and City Clark was directed to notify Mr. Thomas Wilton, President of the Northwestern R. R. Co , of ibis action of Council. Dr. Bali's Cough Syrup cures the most stubborn cougbB, colds and lung affections. Even incipient consumption has been success fully cured by this marvelous remedy. Suf ferers will obtain relief after a few doses. Dr. Brill's Cough Syrup will give imme diate relief to a child suffocating with the dreadful croup. Mothers, keep this reliable medicine always bandy aod it will save you macy uneasy boors. It costs but 25 ces ts. -mm i * II -? Pimples, Boils and ether Humors appear wheo tbe blood gets impure. The best remedy is Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Bearing Down Paios indicate Displacement of Womb. Curable quickly by usiog Sim mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets Call, see, and buy embossed or floral Crepe Paper. H. G. Osteen k Co. i Expert's View of Railroad Deal. What New York Financial Chronicle Says of South ern's Purchase. Tho New York Financial Chronicle says of the control of tee Sooth Carolina and Geor gia railroad by the Southern : The lease of tbe Sooth Carolina k Giorgia Railroad (old Sooth Carolioa railroad) to the Southern railway, entered into last week, is an event of importance for a number of rea sons. In the first place it emphasizes the tendency towards the absorption of the small er roads by the larger systems, to which we referred in a special article io our issue of April 15. In the second place it shows that the Southern management are still enter prising and wide awake, for there can Oe no doubt that the South Carolina k Georgia is a desirable acquisition, indeed, in some res pects, as we shall presently show, it was ab solutely essential to tbe Southern railway. Finally, the change means a great deal for Charleston and the State of Sooth Carolina. The Sooth Carolioa k Georgia has had a checkered career. Once a very prosperous road, in recent years misfortune after misfor tune has atteoded it. When the Parsons people bought it at foreclosure sale, a few years ago, it became evident that sooner or later there woold be another more in the game, for these people would buy oaly to sell. It has long been a wonder that a road so eligibly situated and occupying such a commanding position on the Sooth Atlantic seaboard should remain nuder independent control. That its strategic value was appre ciated was made obvious before the recent foreclosure, when the Louisville k Nashville invested a large som in the securities of the old company. But the bard times came then, and it was not deemed advisable to prosecute tbe venture any further ; so the Louis ville k Nashville suffered the loss of the whole of its investment in the property, amouo ag to over a million dollars. Nor did the South ern railway or any of the other systems make any effort at that time to get possession. De spite its advantageous location Mr. Parsons was not successful in adding greatly to its earning capacity, and it almost seemed as if this sagacious operator, who bad been so successful iu other similar ventures, might have difficulty io finding some one to take this property off bis bands. But recently important changes have been going on in the railroad map of that part of the country, and the owners of the South 1 Carolina k Georgia have not been slow to avail themselves of their opportunity.. Thus the Seaboard Air Line changed ownership and passed into the possession of the parties ! controlling the Georgia and Alabama and the Florida Central and Peninsular, and a grand consolidation of these roads ie planned. Tho Atlantic Coast Lice people have also been sbowiog great aggressiveness. They acquired the Charleston k Western Carolina, j Thoo, to solidify control of their system they last year united their roads in South Caro lina and made similar consolidations in other states They a sc- have plans for the build ing of various pieces of road to make their confederation harmonious and complete. The situation now became interestig for the Southern railway. The Louisville and Nash ville could afford to be an onlooker, for it has little mileage in that part of the country. Not so with the Southern whose lines grid iron that section. With new combinations being formed all around it, it was in danger of being hemmed in. It will be remembered that the announcement was made recently that owing to the change of the ownership of the Florida Central k Peninsular the Southern had determined to build a new line into Savannah from Columbia, S. C , or Augusta, Ga. Bot it behooved the Southern people to guard agaiBSt danger from another direction. Its lines in South Caroltoa could reach the seaboard at Charleston by only one ot' two routes, namely the Atlantic Coast ! Line or the South Carolina k Georgia. The Coast Line was a rival, the Sooth Carolina k j Georgia was still available ; but suppose, it, too, should be bought up in the* interest of oue ot the neighboring combioatioos? The Southern railway people were quick to see the logic of events, and before outsiders had the slightest Idea of what wai goiog oo, the lease had been made aod the Southern Rail way was eccurelj in possession. The arrangement seems to have given gen eral satisfaction, and there caa be no doubt that it will prove mutually advantageous to the contracting parties. The people of Charleston also seem to be gratified, and weil they may be, for they get what they have so long desired-namely, connections with the Ohio and Mississippi rivers through the rich coal and iron fields of the south With its affiliated lines the Southern controls about eight thousand miles of road, much of wbicb will in a measure become tributary to Charleston. There does not seem to be the slightest iodination to think the process of consolidation will be harmful, which is rather significant, as sbowiog that the peo ple of South Carolina appreciate the benefits ia store for them. The Charleston Nawa and Courier well says, it pays the railroads to centralize, and, what is of more concern, it pays the public to have centralized roads Through rates are lower than joiot rales, aod tetter service and more direct connections are assured by through Hoes. Moreover, the wealthier the corporation the better it cao equip the road and the better the service can be. GA P DICK ANDEBSON, TJ. C. V. The Veterans Who Will Attend The Great Reunion, The number cf veterans who will attend the Reunion from this city and county will be very large. Quite a large crowd went down to Charleston Monday, and many more left at 3.10 yesterday. The following is an incomplete list of tbe members of Camp Dick Anderson, U. C. V., FOO will represent Sum ter County : Wa Reid, J C Soanc, W A Nettles, Col T V Walsh, A M Br ilsford, W J Andrews, R J Brownfield, B S Carson, Jos Caldwell, T H Dick, J F W DeLorme, W W Dick, T D DuBose. Horace Harby, D W Josey, A D Mose3, Gen E W Moise, D Mitchell, Col J Harvey Wilson, H C Moses, Perry Moses, J D Wilder, P P Gaillard, J C Parnell, W T Howell, J S Hughson, W S Dinkies, J Knox Whit?, W M Graham, Altarooot Moses, D A Outlaw, Col J D Blanding, Col J H Cooper, J M Reid, John Montgomery, M T Nixon, E W Rivers, W F Rhame, W C D Stiles, S F Flowers, S G Spann, A P Vinson, Col R M j Wallace, J H Terry, J E Gaillard. Miss Lucy Graham, Sponsor ; Miss Gussie Dinkies, Maid of Honor; Miss Alice Moses. Spring tiredoess is different from the weariness cacsed by labor. The last is cured by rest; the first requires a few bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla to cure it. That distress after eating is cured by Hood's Pills They do not gripe. 25 cents. CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Rkeuina and Sores. Price, 25 els. Sold by Hnghson-Ligon Co. -^--? - Go to H. G. Osteen k Co. for pretty Paper Dolls, ladies, misses and babies. NEWSY LETTER BY GUV. SAINT Charier The above is tba veteran porter, John Windham's style of announcing oar lighting place on arrival of traio, and one would naturally look to jump right into the out stretched W D *S of a hage cannouized and aureoled saint, bot be don't do it a little bit. Bat, Though possessing DO particular para gon of holiness bj the name of Charles, or any other, we'll rentare the assertion that St Charles will not be exceeded by any other Hamlet of ber own weight and S ZP, within a Sabbath days' journey, for quiet energy and varied enterprises. St. O proper might be environed by a couple or more or so of Water bury wa ch springs, but greater St. Charles is about 6 miles in diameter, and is a con geries of suburbs. The past week was quite dull and we were able to deposit only some 8 or $10,000 in the banks of Sumter We'd rejoice to be more liberal in oar weekly patronage cf jour banks bot hope you'll'consider the stringency of the times and try to grind along on this amount more or less, per week, until the business eeason opens, wheo we'll do oar best to improve on the sam nf deposits, j We're compelled to retain a little caah for ! home consomption. We ventured to reserve j 15 cents ourself, and a neighbor bas thirteen U. S. post stamps Oar mercantile business I comprises two stores, Messrs. Jenkins k McCoy, corner Lafayette Street and Railroad : Avenue, and Ur. F. W. Andrews' on West Lafayette. Bath keep fuM and varied stocks of all necessaries and many luxuries; ia the different lines usually found aod needed. Hr. : John W. McCoy is the capable and competent manager of the first named hoose,[and is ably assisted by the courteous Mr. Wm. H. Bryan, j who is not corpulent. Mr. Andrews is * comparatively young mau whose equanimity and affability combined with business judg ment and tact has aided bim much in forging towards the front. Mr. Walter E. Green is the suave assistant io this bouse and is riper tbao bis name. Besides the ordinary trading, cotton seed buying, kc, this point does a considerable cross:ie business amounting to several thou sand dollars per annum. Later, this becomes a large shipping point for huckleberries and many bushels of this popular and luscious production of our woodlands are daily sent to the voracious "North" at paying rates to pickers and packers. We have also a contin uous and unintermittent egg market, and besides the quantities shipped, we supply neighboring villes of greater pretensions. Reid's Mill, in connection with Jenkiss & McCoy, is sawiog and shipping a superior grade of pine lumber. Bricks are also sop plied from this point. There are ginnery and grist mill, saw mill, wood and smith shops, butcher stall in the money season, and also, not by aoy means least, a good school most efficiently presided orer hy the bright and accomplished Miss Dora Michau. Mr. R. M. Jenkins is tbe assiduous mana ger of the farming interests connected with i bis firm. Besides the usual staple and cereal 1 crops, he has two-thirds of an acre in straw berries as a starter; also plants pindars, chufas, rice, cane and other truck, aod raiser fine bogs. He has three phenomenal three mouths-old pigs, which are very freaks of stunners., for size and weight compared with balance of same litter. Tbe different occupatioas and enterprises famish employment and profit to quite a n amber of oar colored people who are docile or more or less industrious. We've bad a high class railroad crossing accident, aod we've contributed one-tenth of Sumter Coun ty's subscriptions to the Yeteran Reunion np to last report. 'Now Mr Editor, this is merely a reaome, c rrente c lamo, of come of the points abont St. Charles and think it merits being put in j type. There are quite a number of folks who have never been here, and perhaps their loss bas been our gain. We hope so. Mr. J. Wm. Harbeck aod wife are visiting | ai Mr. D. L. Shaw's. Mrs. Harbeck and Mrs. Shaw are sisters, and are daughters of Rey. Robt. E. Cooper, formerly of oar coan ty. Mr. H. and family have just arrived from Central America. He id a civil engineer aod contractor and bas been engaged in large government contracts in British Honduras, and is to return shortly to engage ia a vast five years job of deepeBing the harbor to the port of Baliza. He is a gentleman who has evidently been in contact with the great big world, bot of much urbanity of manner, and is a most interesting and edifying conversa tionalist, and bis graphic descriptions of life, aod customs, and laws, and people in the far off Honduras and Belize, causes one to long to see something of onr mad ball, before oar mortal remains become an integral part of the same. GUY. j P. S. We are not au fait io the matter of railroading bot we da wofally fail to see aoy reason for relegating our 'boro to a mere flag station, when the travel and traffic from tbiB point is fully equal to that of other places where tickets are sold and the regalar station powere aod privileges enjoyed. We have to buy oar Reunion rate tickets from Elliotts or pay foll fare to Sumter. V7e don't expect this statement to accom plish aoything, bat it affords ns aa exquisite pleasure to set away back here on the Weenee Swamp and talk sissy at these tig corpora tions when they don't snit as. G. "Weenee", May 9, 1899. ?m.>-<>?- <i ? - Tadgier, Morocco, May S.-The United States cruiser Chicgo has ar rived here to support the claims of the Hutted States government against the sultanate of Morooco. Rear Admiral Henry L Howison and the United States oonsnl general, Mr. Samuel R Gunners, paid a visit to tho foreign minister of Morocco, Said Hamed Benin usa. Germany on the Sea. Berlin, May 8.- The Neuste Nach richten, of (his city, in an article urg ing the immediate increase of the Ger man naval power, confesses that Ger many is "not abie to compete with the United States at sea, quito apart from English intervention." TBE GREAT REUNION. Grand Ovation Given G8n. Hampton by Loving People. I Charleston, Maj 9.-Wade Hamp ton was given one of the grandest ovations of his life in Charleston tonight. He was the central figaro of the exercises at the dedication of the aaa kori a ca. Hampton was honored to the fullest measure, and when be was introduced the more l.hao 7,000 peo ple in the audienee rope en masse. The cheering was deafening and men women and children waved their hand kerchiefs and hats in the air, the old soldiers making the oooasion more thrilling with their genuine rebel jells. The ovation was Juli j eqaal to that memorable one at EiohmoBd a ew years ago, and the old hero appreciated it. He had bat a fe words to sa j when he addressed the iiudience. Major Smythe in iotrodueiog bim made ase of the words of Shakespeare : *'I|do not think a braver gentleman" * * is now alive/' He referred to Gen. Hamp too as the noble oitizen of Charleston who honored his people tonight-the man first in the hearts of Charleston i people. Geo, Hampton said he had not come here to make a speech. He referred to the welcome always given him here, and said that this one recalled to his mind the scenes of 1 7Ci and the mea he had commanded, lt was Charleston that had given bim the means to accomplish what was done io 1876 He referred to his childhood memories cfSt. Michael's chime!. There were nc people he loved and valued more than the people of Chariest m. Maj. Barker, speaking subsequentlj, paid a high tribute to Gen. Hampton as a mao, a soldier and a statesman. The Atlantic Const Line special bringing tbe Richland regiment, sup plemented bj the Sumter and Manning Veterans, oame into the oitj at 6 o'clock this afternoon, having made the run from Columbia in exactij four hours according to promise, and with 12 loaded coaches at that. Charleston, Maj 9 - Io ga!a dress of buntiog and festoons of electric lights Charleston, is tonight welcoming the visitors and delegates to the ninth annual reunion of the United Con federate Veterans. All daj the rail roads have.keen emptying hundreds of the men who wore t ie graj and their friends, and the little city whioh heard the first hostile shot oi the war be tween the states is nobly undertaking the task of oaring foi' a crowd, which bj tomorrow threatens to tax its ever j resources. Facilities for 40,000 per sons have been provided, and the pros pect is every cot will be needed. The principal streets are handsomely decorated with banting, the red, white and red of the "Lout Cause" and the Stars and Stripes mingling fraternally ; side bj side flatter Old Glorj and St. Andrew's cross, while the white pal metto of South Carolina gleams every where from its blue field. Most of the more distinguished ex Confederate leaders are already it the city among them being Gens. Gordon, the 00m mander-in-ehief of the association ; Stephen D. L9e, Wade Hampton. Clement A. Evans, Cabel, George P. Harrison and Geo. Hardeo, Gen. Wheeler will arrive tomorrow. The reunion proper begins tomor row, the only official function echedul ed for today beiog the reception of the oruiser Raleigh, whioh was postponed because of the vessel's accident in going aground while coming up to the city this morning. This portion of the programme, however, will be car ried out tomorrow morning. The croiser will be met by the committee headed by Mayor Smyth, who will de liver an address of welcome, a State salute will be fired from a battery manned by navai seserves. Capt. Coghlan and his officers will be enter tained at luncheon by the Carolina Yatch club. Capt. Coghlan has been invited to taire formal part in the n moria! ezercif.es. Tonight the great auditorium erect especially for this occasion was forma! dedicated with impressive ceremon'n Its seating capacity of 7,000 perso was taxed to hold the crowd. On t stage were seated ali of the distingua ed visitors snd many of the leadii citizens of tbe city. superb cht and orchestra famished the musk portion of the exercises and address were made by Mayor Smythe, Ge Wade Hampton, Maj. Theo. Gr. Bark and Hon. T. W. Baoot. The pray was made by Rev. Ellison Caper bishop of South Carolina and a brig dier general in the Confederate army. Tomorrow will be the first di of the occasion and there will 1 also an observance of South Ca olioa memorial day. The parai of the veterans will occur in tl afternoon at the conclusion of whi< oaemo'* I exercises will be held in tl .um Gen. Gordon will presi< and deliver an address. The memori address will be made by Gen. Ge Moorman of New Orleans, adjutat general of the Confederacy, and salute will be fired by. veterans of tl famous Waehiogton artillery and Hart battery. Probably no former reunion of ti Confederate veterans has attracted more general representation from tl veterans and a larger crowd of visito than Charleston promises to have on i hands tomorrow. For several dai visitors have been coming in larg numbers, while the committee estimai that 17,000 persons arrived here t< night and 15 special trains ai scheduled to arrive between midnigl and tomorrow morning. The privat houses of the eity have been throw open with tr ie hospitality, the hotel are packed and for the acoommodatio of the veterans and those who at unable to pay even the moderate tariff! several large warehouses have bee equipped wteh cots and every couver, ience, while tho eating arrangemenl are equally complete. ??Mil > * -- Dewey's Home Coming. Washington, May 9.-It is noi thonght that; if Dewey should so desir he oan leave Manila for home July 1 Rear Admire 1 Watson could read Manila by toe middle of Jane. Dewe; could take a fortnight to tell him th situation and then leave. The depart ment made Watson second in commani in order that he could thus beoom familiar with the situation before takicj hold alone. mmwm i i ir Penitentiary in Good Shape Chairman Cunningham, of the peni tentiary board, states that the sbortagi in convicts is somewhat embarrassing a contracts cannot be carried out bat h< believes everything will turn ou satisfactorily. The hospital for th< insane has not asked for its quota am it is hoped that by the time they an needed the men may be available Winthrop college has asked for itf quota a month or more hence, and bj that time the requisite number can b( spared from the state farm. Since the operation of the new rules the directors are abie to keep up witt the business of the institution more satis* faotorily. The chairman says the peni tentiary is out of debt, contractors are paying up promply every month and ali things are moving along splendidly. -Columbia Reoord, May 9. -- -* ? < mm In New York recently Dr. Ludham, the most noted homeopathic surgeon in this country, while operating on a lung tumor, was at the most critical period of thc operation, stricken by death, and as the knife fell from bis hand it was taken up by his son, who continued the operation, knowing his father was dying. Justas he finished the operation he was told his father was dead. Ga the one Land it was the woman's certain death if be hesitated a moment ; on tbe other, a failure to reoeive the last bossing of his father. The world asks, did he do right ? A BIG BATTLE IS EXPECTED. Fix, no Massed In Large Forces at Mt. Arayat. Manila, May 9 -Major Diggs, while leading a battalion of Minnesota volun teers Coward San Miguel, a mile west of Calampie today was attacked by Filipinos, who fired several volleys from apparently deserted trenches. The Americans charged and repulsed the enemy. One private was wounded duriog the assault. The insurgents are massed at Mouat Arayat in great foroe and a severe, engagement is expeoted there. It is thought that Lawton's and MacArthur's forc-33 all unite before the battle. HE WILL SETTLE. STATEMENT MADE BY COL. NEAL'S ATTOR NEYS. There have been rumors current for several weeks to the effect that Col. Neal was prepared to i le with the state on account of what he ac knowledges he is due. But not until last night were the reports confirmed. Chairman Cunningham says the board has been assured by Col. Neal's attorneys that the shortage will be made good before the board meets again and before the investigating committee assembles again. Thia will be June 13 Mr. Julious E. Bogga and Mr. George S Prince, who are Col. Neal's attorneys, are in the city in attendance upon the supreme court. The details of the settlement have not been made pub lic. CONDITION OF CROPS. The weather bureau makes the fol lowing report for the week : Corn is up or comiug up, to good stands generally, with only few re ports to the contrary where the lack of moisture retards germination. Some replanting being done. Cut and bud worms injured stands in a a few localities. Cultivation has be come general. Cotton where it is up has good stands, good color and is making rapid growth , it ie receiving its first cultivation and is being chopped to stands in places ; planting about com pleted. Cut worms injured stands of sea island cotton. Governor Ellerbe Improving Governor Ellerbe is evidently im proving since be went home. Secretary Evans received a letter last night in which it was stated that he was payiog visits and otherwise showing that bis trip had done him good -Columbia Record, May 9. -mm- -mmmmm Montgomery, Ala., May 8-The State to-day, by a vote of 18 to 13, deoidcd to repeal tho cai 1 for a con stitutions! convention made in Decem ber iast. The house had already voted the same way. A FINE PIANO. At a High Price Ia Ea3i!y Found, But Fina Pianos Like the At oar prices, are only found in our ware rooms. They presen t a happy combination of excellence, impossible to surpass elsewhere. Catalogue and Book of Suggestions for the asking. TERMS ACCOMMODATING. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. SHEFF, Wareroonoc, 9 North liberty Street. Factory-Block of E. Lafayette Ave., Aiken and Lan vale streets. DR. W. B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER, S. C. OFFICS HCURS-3 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.; 3:15 to 6:30 p m. Office over Bultraan'e Shoe Store.