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Climate w Crop C n ditioo. U. S. Department of Agricul ture, South Carolina Section. COLUMBIA, S. C , May 16, 1899 The week ending May 22d aver aged nearly 8 degrees warmer than usual, with an absolute range of tem perature between a maximum of 99 and a minimum of 47 degrees. The rainfall for the week came in the form of scattered showers on the 18th, with no rain over a large por tion of the State, and generally very light except in portions of York County, where a heavy shower oc curred. Showery conditions prevail ed at the close of the week over the . entire State, with heavy rains in some of the western counties, that will partially relieve the existing drought. The dry weather was favorable for cultivation, and crops are generally free from grass and weeds In places the ground is too hard to work. Late planted corn is coming up slowly, stands are irregular, and damaged in localities by worms; bottom lands are being planted where the oil is lit to plow. Cotton that is up has not been burt by the drought, but late planted cotton is not coming up well ; con siderable remains to be planted as soon as the lands can be prepared Stands are generally fell and healthy but sm all. Sea island cotton is in very good condition ^ heat is heading low and ripening prematurely in places, the yield will be but but half an average crop Oats haye been severely damaged by the lack of moisture when head ing, and spring sown oats are report ed a partial or complete fail are ; fal! sowc oats will also make a poor crop. Harvesting has begun. Tobacco needs rain both to main taio stands and to finish transplant ing; bags and grasshoppers have injured the plants in a number of counties Bice is generally doing, weil, and preparations are well advanced for late or June plantings. Few sweet potato slips have been set out. irish potatoes need rain, and Colorado beetles are very de structive. Cane and melons are do ing well Pastures and gardens are failing Fruit continues to drop, with indications of a light crop ex cept for apples Truck needs rain, although shipments of seasonable vegetables are heavy. SXTBACTS FROM CORS SS ?0 ND EXT ' S RE POSTS. Clarendon-Pinewood : No rain this week, very dry, bot cotton looks well, and being brought to a stand ; oats are needing rain very much, spring plant fog a failure ; eora looks well ; bottom lauds being planted -R S DesCbamps. Darlington-Darlington : Ail crops except eotton need rain ; tobacco plants dying for want of moisture, and unless raia cornea.soon stands wilt be broken ; small grain aol doing well, needs mois ture ; ground that was cot well broken is getting too hard to work-E R Mciver. Florence-Jeffries Creek : The past week has been fair nd dry, and farmers made considerable progress in working their crops, which are clean of grass aod weeds ; stand of cottoo good ; oom fairly good ; early cats and heat are excellent and will soon be ready to harvest -L S Big ba m. Georgeton-Waverly Mills : Weath er good for crops and work ; boeing of early rice nearly completed, stands fair ; week very warm ; freshst has passed ont of river ; oom doing well ; too dry for oats, which will be a light crop-Ralph Nesbit. Orangeborg-Bowman: The drought continues, but crops are doicg as well as can be expeoted ; some cotton not up, jseeda cannot germinate ; spring oats a complete failure ; fail sown will make little over half a crop ; no potato sprouts set out ; sugar cane looks well with good stands -B O Evans. Sumter-Statesburg : Week bas been dry and hot io tbe daytime, with cool nights ; seme fields of cottoo of first planting preseatgood stands,but be fore good stands cao be generally secur ed there must be rain ; yield of wheat and oats will be out off considerably on account of the drought ; oom is bold tog np well, but is showing the want of rain.-W W A odresoa. Williamsburg-Greeos : Corn is not doing well on account of the prevailing dry weather ; cotton looks fine ; no rain to do any good since April 25tb ; cotton about all pot to a 6taod ; oats almost a failure.-L E Burkett. Guv. cn the Isle of Palm3, We have reuned and are sti!i acing. Most of the o!d boys bare skeeted back to their 4c cotton patches, but we are loath to break the magnetic spell that bas been weaved over us by the kindness and cordiality of our recep tion and treatment since by the hospitable people of Charleston. We've beea here near two weeks and have jet to experience one singh event, one single word, look or act that bas caused the slightest or most transient feeling of unpleasantness, and could this world remain jost as for the past Reunion days we wouldn't accept a ticket to the jas per walled city of the New Jerusalem, but wouid prefer going to the "Isle of Pawms." This southern Coney Island was known ic tbe olden time as Lo s g Island, with Goat Island adjacent, and they were both owned by tbe Swinton fa na il 7, some members of whom we bad in Scatter The shores of these are laved by tbe surf of the broad At lantic and were once only a resort for bunt* ing and fishing. Now from steamer to Mt. Pleasant wharf yon enfer the car of tbe Sea shore Railway and are "electrocuted'' through tbe old town of Mt. Pleasant (mn?h cf which is new town to your scribe) and steam-no, yon don't steam, nor fly, nor sweep, yen glide over the trestle bridge, across tbe cove with a soft, swift celerity, enter Mocltrieville, pass the old historical fortress, pass the big modern Fort Jasper with its immense disappearing goos, which appear sc apparent, the mortar battery, the old Moultrie House, the palatial Atlantic Beach Hotel, the Myrtles (near which a par son once drove himself and family out into the vasty deep and never drove them out any more), around to Breach inlet, a narrow, but deep, strip of water, dividing Sullivan's from Long and Goat Islands, and across which yon speed with comfortable baste, and land on the Isle of Palms (also called Farms, also Pawms. Next ?) wheo the throttle is pulled -leastways the volts are turned loose and yon shoot through the sand doces and among the palm(ettos)_and live oaks with a fearful and wonderful velocity, over a serpentine track that causes you to rock and sway as though you'd took some-lbin' thick and strong. (Hit's a lie, we didn'i.) The im mense 200 foot Ferris wheels looms up and quickly you pass it, the exquisite picnic grounds coder the grand old live oaks, the steeple chase track and poll up alongside the gigantic pavilion under which ia un immense promioade and dance floor with mus'c and refreshments, bathing suits and dressing rooms, ice water, and chairs galore, where yon may sit in quiet and look and listen, or yon may form one of a trio over the mad steeple chase, or for a dima yon may comfort ably seat yourself within a nice large com partment of tbe Ferris wheel and be gently lifted to the dizzy height of 200 feet and view tee grandeur of tbe harbor, tbe limitless ex panse of ocean and ether, tbe broad, smooth shell besprinkled beach of nine miles in length, the white created "breakers" &t tbey targe over the bar, the costly jetties, and all the points of historical interest and from which sheets of fire flooded the scene n the days of yore with the sombre but now silent, Fort Sumter as tbe central figure. You may den a short sleeved suit acid join the rollicking surf bathers, or yon may pream bnlate the level sand and gather bushels of rare ocean curios, while yon take in tbe animating ozone from the salty breezes, or sit and list to music's mystic melodies, or trip the light fantaetic toe. The trip is 25 cents in money and $35 in pleasurable enjoy ment and double that when you're accompa nied by grace aod beauty in the shape of womanhood, ss was our own good fortune. Well, well, we started to writ np the Re union and have left ourself on the Iscle of Palms and you'll cow have to await tb next boat. Guv. Charleston, S. C., May 19, 1889. P. 8. Have we enjoyed ourself ? Well we s bou id give a very broad-guage, wide, wet soi le. Dr. Bali's Cough Syrap it still in the lead. The people seem to like thia old reliable coogb medicioe, and we dont blame them ; it it tbe beat remedy for tbe deep-seated cough or cold, and will effect a care in ene day. Petit Jury, Second Week. J. S. Potts, Lynchburg. William F Smith, Spring Hill. J. K Newman, Concord. J. A Carnes, B^sbopville. Isadore Truluck, Shiloh. A.M. Corbett, Carter's Crossing. E. Alexander, Carter's Crossing. H. B. Hodge, Privateer. W. A. Bowman, Sumter. W. H Brown, Concord. Jo-epb Sanders, Lynchburg. J. Alex. Hickson, Lynchburg. R. W. Muldrow, Mayesville. J. J London, Concord. B J Grier, Sumter. W. H. Hodge, Privateer. Dennis O'Donnell, Sumter. Maxwell Jenkins, St. Charles. R. J. Bell, Carter's Crossing. W. M. din. Middleton. G. W McBride, Goodwill. Sumter Beik, Rafting Creek. W D. Lyoam, Privateer. A. P Vinson, Sumter. N A. Spann, Sumter. Joe Logan, Mayesviile. J. A Schwerin, Sumter. W. W. Dt-sCbamps, Wisacky. Joe B. Scarborough, Carter's Crossing. W. R. DuBose, Jr., Sumter. S. B. Jenkins, Swimming Pens. L F. Kennedy, Sumter. J. E. Anderson, Majesville. Burrell Moody, Stateburg. William McCatbren, Spring Hill. Ed. Salinas*, Mayesville. Story or a Slave. To b6 bound hand and foot for years by the chains of distase is the worst form of slavery Qeorge D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich , tells bow tucb a slave was made free. He says: "My wife has been so helpless fer five years that fha could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work." Tb is supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures neivou ness, sleepless ness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working me J; cine is a godseud to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c. Sold by J. F. W DeLorme, Druggist. 6 Fisgan Happenings. The drought of near a month here, is broken by a rain this morning. While the oat9, wheat aod gardens baye suffered, and the setting oat cf tobacco and potato draws, ms beea delayed, the farmers have had a fioe time to chop out their cotton and it is in fine order. The health of ourcommnnity is compara tively good. A mild type of dv-seatery bas prevailed, bot it is about passed off. Every now and then we have a death or so to chron icle which is aatural, as people have to die. Mrs. Elizi Baker, quite an aged lady, died here recently and was buried at Pisgah Cburch, after funeral services, by Rev. J. Walter Kencey. Mr. J. Wesley Wilson, of Rafting Creek, lost a little child, and it was buried at New Hope Church, after funeral services, by Rev. H. C. Bethea. We have heard with profound sorrow of the death of Rev. T. W. Mellichamp. He preached near here for several years, and was universally loved for his high Christian char acter. His language was elegant and fault less. A gentleman of fine literary attain ments, said he had never been able to detect the slightest error in bis speech. He was one of the few men who has lived without the slightest blemish on bis character as a minis ter. Such a record ii a godly heritage left to bis fellow-man. More precious than rubies or great riches. When you compare the life and work af such a man with the grasping millionaire who oppresses the peo ple to get bis ill-gotten gain, the grandeur life of the one, shines with more magnificent splendor. Pisgah, May 22. ^ i $ i - - Dr. Bull's Coogh Syrap is a great rredicine of intrinsic worth. It removes a coogh or cold quickly and cares severe throat ac luag affections io an astonishingly short time. Sold by all droggists for only 25 cts. Fire at Pinewood. The fornitore and residence of Mr. R A Lawrence, near Pinewood, was destroyed by fire last Friday. No insurance. The effects of the Grip are overcome bv Hood's Sarsaparilla which pnerifies tbe blood, tones the stomach, strengthens tbs nerves and makes the whole system vigor os aod healthy. A vegetable cathartic that can be relied upoa to do its work thoroughly-Hood's Pii:s. CONDITION OP COTTON. Washington May 23-The weather bureau's crop report issued to day contains the following: Cotton is doing fairly well in the Carolinas, Georgia and Texas, being clean and weil cultivated. Over (he central portion of the cotton belt in sects have caused serious damage, and over the southern portions of the golf States and Florida rain is much needed. Tobacco is suffering from drought in South Carolina and Florida Transplanting has made rapid pro gress in Virginia and some have been transplanted iu Maryland. S. C. AND G. AFFAIRS. Mr. Parsons, son of the owner of the S. C & G. railroad, recently leas ed by the Southern, and one of the heaviest stockholders io the S. C. & G. Extention, was in town Monday and had recorded a mortgage on the old Three C's line and rolling stock to secure the issue of $1,800,000 worth of the bonds recently voted at a meeting of the stockholders in Black8bnrg The Continental Trust Company of New York is named as trustee. The mortgage was the most heavily stamped paper that has yet been recorded in York county, being covered with nearly $900 worth of revenue stamps It bas been generally understood that this road was occuring this loan for the purpose of building across the mountains of western North Car olina into Tennessee and thence in Kentucky on the Ohio river, connect ing up its disjointed linea and giving a through line long looked forward to, from the Ohio river to Charleston or Georgetown by way of connections at Camden or Sumter, but one of the provisions of the mortgage is that it shall not be a lien on any portion of the road that might hereafter be built beyond Marion, N. C , or below Camden S. C. Provision is made for the use of a certain portion of the issue for what is known as the Spartaoburg division aod for what is termed the "Charlotte division." whatever that may mean. It may be that the road bed as at present will be bettered, as portions of it are now in very poor condition. -Yorkvilie Yeoman ----- Victoria, B. C , May 21.-Tho bu i Dees portion of the city of Dawson was destroyed by fire on April 26, oaasiog a loss of $4,000,000 Io all 111 buildings, Doiodlog the Baok of Brit ish North America, were burned. Washington, May 20 -lt is believed that whatever difficulty bas existed as to the disposition of tbe weapons held by tbe Coban soldiers bas been removed by tbe action taken by Secretary Alger (oday. He bas instructed Geo Brooke to begin at once tbe payment of the $3,600.00 set aside for the payment of the Coban soldiers, being entirely satisfied with tbe provision made by Gen. Brooke for (be safekeeping of tbe arms that canst be surrendered by tbe Cubans in consideration of receiving a thara of the money. YOUNGEST VET BK AN AT EE UNION. Perhaps the oldest in years and the young est in heart was Col. Jas. D. Blanding, cf Sumter, S. C. He would possibly weigh about one hundred pounds. Raven black locks, straight as a Cherokee chiefs, drape his shoulders, tie marched throughout the whole parade and was as spry as a colt. This man, a colonel of tbe Confederacy, was a member of the Palmetto regiment in the Mexican war, and was one of the very fore most in the storming of the City of Mexico. -Sock Hill Herald. Medical Association Meeting. The Sumter County Medical Association met in annual session last Friday in the directors, room of the Bank of Sumter Dr. J C. Spann, the retiring president, deliv ered his annual address. The subject for discussion was "Neurosis of the Heart." The discussion, which was opened by Dr. Walter Cheyne, was general and practical in notore. The election for officers was held with the following result : President-Dr. S. C. Baker. 1st V. President-Dr. H M. Stuckey. 2d V. President-Dr. Walter Cheyne. Sec. and Treas.-Dr. C P. Oflteen. Bennion Cigars. Mr. B. M. Lebby requests us to state that he has about 150 "Moro Bella" Reunion cigars left on band, and be will take ple&sare in giving a free sample to anyone who will call on bim at the store of the Lokeos Lum ber Company. These cigars will be put on Bale in this city within the next thirty days. Struck by Lightning. The residence of Mr W. B. Boyle was struck by lightning Monday. No seri ous damage was done to the house, but Mrs Boyle received a severe shock and several of the children felt the effects of the electricity more or less severely. None of them were seriously iojured, bnt Mrs Boyle is still con fined to bed from the effects of the shock. The lightning struck the telephone wire near the house and ran in on the wire. Mr. J. C. C. Brimson to Lsc tare on Tobacco. While in Columbia last week, President Henry HartZDg of Clemson College, requested Mr. W. F. Clayton to suggest a man thor oughly acquainted with culture, curiog and marketing of tobacco, so that be could engage him to lecture on tobacco, to the Farmer's Institutes to be held this summer. After consultation with merchants and tobacco meo, Mr. Clayton will name Mr J. C. C. Bronson of this city, one of tbe best tobaoco farmers io this section -Manning Times. Kendall Institute Commencement. The commencement and graduating exer cises of Eeodali Institute, Rev. J. C. Wat kins, principal, were held last Thursday night. The following was the programme : Music. Invocation-Rev. M. M. Meczon. Hosie. Oration, with Salutatory-"Our Duties to Others"-Marion F. Bradford. .Esiay-"Oar Privileges"-Martha Can tey. Class History-Isaiah Pogue. Essay-"Self Reliance"-Edna Singleton. Music. Oration-"What Next? '-Warren Nelson Essay-"Points of Vier*"-Mary C. Van Bnren ?Oration-"Stepping Stones to Higher Thinga"-James E. Greene. Music. Essay-"Advantages of Education"-Lucy McCoy. Cla83 Prophecy-Estelle Greeo. Orat:OD, with Valedictory-"Things We Most Need"-Welburn F. Wright. Music. Presentation of Diplomas and Certificates. Clss3 Song-By Middleton Nelson. Addre-s to Graduates. Music. Benediction-Rev. J. M. McCoy. ?Excused from speaking. Davidson College Commencement. SUNDAY, JUNE 4. 11 a. m.-Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. R. Howerton, D. D., of Charlotte, N. C. 8 p. m.-Sermon to the Y. M. C. A., by Rev. W. B. Arrowooi, of Laorinburg, N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 5. 8 p. m.-Reunion of the literary societies. Several addresses. TUESDAY, JUNE 6. 10 a. m.-Meeting of the Board of Tras tees. Ila. m.-Address before the literary socie ties by Hon. R. B. Glenn, of Winston, N. C. 12 tn.-Laying of the cornerstone of the Martin Chemical Laboratory. Address by Dr Pani B. Barringer, of the University ol Virginia. 5 p. m,-Alumni Banquet. 8 p. m.-Anniversary of the literary socie ties. A medal contest. Wednesday,. June 7th-Commencement Day, (changed from Thursday.) Visitors will inquire for rate3 on the South ern and on the S. A. L. within North and South Carolina. J. B. Shearer, President. Mr. Darby Home Again. Mr Edward A. Darby, about whose ab sence so mach apprehension was felt, return ed to the city with his father yesterday norn iog. He bad been with some of bis relatires ap the State. It was said yesterday tbat be was not well, though io a day or two it is expected that hs wul be all right again. A great many conflicting reports have been published in afternoon papers aboot the ab sence of Mr. Darby. Tuesday morning the News aod Courier stated that Mr. Darby had been located and bis parents notified. An afternoon paper Tuesday reported that Mr. Darby bad returned to tba city. This waa erroneous. Yesterday the same paper made what was intended to be a correction and said that the yoong man was still absent from the city, though this also was wrong, as Mr. Darby reached home before noon yester day. Many sensational reports have gained circulation, but all these have been set at iest by the return of Mr. Darby.-News and Cou rier, May 18 That Throbbing Headache. Would quickly leave y<>u, ii you used Dr iving's New Life Pi!!?. Thousands ofjufferers' have proved their matchless worth for Sick nud Nervous Headaches, They make pure blood and strong Nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not CHred. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. 1-5 DISPENSARY AND SCHOOL FUND. It does not look as if the free school; are to get much oat of the dispensary business this year. It may be that tb< large stock oo band recently talked o is the cause of the small amooot now available, and it may be that th( amount will be considerably iocreasec by the receipts during the last day cf the month, the early portion of thc month, being the disbursing period. A statement of the school fund ae< counts as obtained at the capitol, how ever, ia of some interest. The total amount of profits from thc dispensary paid into the State treasury to the credit of the school fund since the constitutional requirement became effective is 155, 499 55 in round num bers Not all of this bas been appor tioned and paid to the counties as yet The first amount paid out to the coun ties was $70,499 55 ; the next, on April 18 last, was $67 204 25. Feb. 16 last 25,000 was paid in tc the credit of the fund Deo. 31. 1898, the amount in the treasury to the credit of the dispensary was $56,257 67; the $25,000 referred to was paid to the credit of the school fund, Feb. 16, 1899, making the amount on band for the fund $85,00C in round numbers. The payment ol the $67,204 35 on April 18, 1899, wai made out of this. The examination ol the account as it stood Saturday last shows that there was a cash balance on hand on that day of $17,404 70. The sobool fund's balance was $17,795 65. Of this amount by act of the general assembly $5,000 is subject to the ordei of the superintendent of education and the governor. The comptroller general was 'looking over the figures yesterday himself with some degree of interest, and he failed to see where the schools would come in for anything of value to them this yeai unless r,be profits from now on are very heavy There is said to be something over $10,000 outstanding in warrants on the dispensary's oash on hand. It may be of interest to the people ci the State to know that the total amount of cash io the State treasury, iooladiog the eiokiog fond and other funds, oo April 30 was $660,121 63, a ? against $450,677 06 on Deo. 31, 1898 Yes terday the total amount of cash on band to the general fund which covers only the ordinary government expenses was $409.380 27. Of this about $160,000 goes to pay the Joly interest and no borrowing will be necessary - Columbia State, May 23d The Czar's Peace Congress. The Hague, May 20.-The second sitting of the peace conference took place this morning and lasted thirty five minutes. The president of the conference, Baron de Staal, read tbe replies oi the Czar and Queen Wilhelmina tc the telegrams sent to them by the conference on Thursday. The president then addressed the delegates on the subject of the labors before them, and it was decided not to publish the speech It was learned during the day that M. De Staal placed the questions ol mediation and arbitration in the fore front during his speech today. The question of the laws of war render ing war as humane as possible by the extension of the regulations already existing was then touched upon by the president, and be relegated the question of the reduction of arma ments to the third place Tbe indications modify the order io wbich the three points were placed in the circular of the .Russian minis ter of foreign affairs, Count Mura vieff, but it bas the merit of corres ponding more closely to the views ol the delegates and it is now consider ed certain that mediation and arbitra trat' i will have the chief place in jfk of the conference Farther, : the opinion is unanimous that the American and British delegates will take the most important part in the study of this question -^^- ? -<>. Tbe colored miners who were carried from Alabama to Paoa, Iii , last year to take the places of striking miners, are returning home They have not found Illinois at all congenial Indeed, they have found it extremely difficult to earn enough to eat there Illinois is always ready to sympathize with the negro while he is in the South, and to demand for him all sorts of privilege? . and iodulgeooes from the peopio of the i South. But he does not care for the 1 blaok men at close range. i _ __B 11 m_ Heretofore the provision for the pun , isbmsDt of poll tax delinquents has ! always been placed in the supply acts each year, tbis year, upon tbe ratification of the special act covering the case, the provision was omitted, and the supply ' acting holding only for one year the non-prooerty holding delioquent oan simply deoline to pay bis poll tax and he cannot be reached.-The State. Coveraok, May 22 -The situation of Amerioao Line steamer Paris, Capt. Watkins, wbicb went aground early yesterday morning jost off Lowlands Point, remains unchanged. The weath er is fine and olear and smooth and a light offshore breezs ip ' lowing, and everything is favorable for salving operations. Her oargo is being rapidly discharged. Salvage tugs from Liverpool will arrive at the soene ol the wreck tonight. It is believed the next attempt to float the Paris will be made en Wednesday. Everything at present teems favorable to success. THE STEAMSHIP PARIS WRECKED. Going Twenty Miles an Hour She Dashed on Hocks. Falmouth, May 21-The Ameicau line steamer Paris, Capt. Watkins, from Southampton and Cherbourg for New York, struck on sn outlying ridge of the Manacles early this morning at a point half a mile from where the wrecked Atlantic transport liner Mohegan Hes, and five miles from Falmouth. The Paris, which sailed from Southampton yesterday, called at Cherbourg and picked up 50 pas sengers. She left Cherbourg at 6 o'clock last evening. Soon after 1 o'clock this morning, at high tide and in a dense fog, she ran ashore. From the first there was no danger. Life boats and lugs were soon literal ly swarming around the vessel to render assistance. A majority of the passengers, who numbered 380, were brought to Falmouth, where they obtained lodgings for the night. Capt. Watkins reported that his ship was iying comfortably in smooth water and that there was no occasion for any alarmist reports. He reported the passengers and crew all well. SPECIAL COUBT. OFFICE OF CLERK OF COURT, *) STMTER COUNTY. \ SUMTER, S. C, MAY 18, 1839. J UNDER and in pursuance of ac order bj His Honor, Henry McTver, Chief Justice ot Supreme Court of South Carolina, filed in my cffice, April 6tb, 1899, notice is hereby given that there will be a Special Term of the Court of Common Fleas for the county of Sumter, in tbs Court House io the City of Sumter, on the second Monday of Juoe, 1899, for trial of ail such causes as may legally come before it. Hon. W. C Benet has been assigned to hold said Special Term of Court. SHEPARD NASH, May 21 C C C. P. & G. S. Dyspepsia Cure. Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest d iscovered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, SickHeadache, Gastralgia, Cramps, and all other results of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago Ye lale in Sumter by flughson-Ligon Co. STAMM BRED STALLION Modoc, Will Stand the Season in Sunter -AT Boyle's Stables. Chestnut Stallion, foaled May 1892'; bred by! Maj. Campbell Brown, Ewell Stock Farm, Tennessee. "MODOC," sired by McEween, 2.18$ ; first dam Lady Radawa; registered in Vol 12. Americao Stud Book. He is one of the finest bred stallions in the ita te; bred for eizs, Style, beauty and speed. He is of kind and gentle disposition. A sure foal gelter. PRICES REDUCED. SUMTER, S C., May 3, 1893. Ths following j ist received from Overman Wheel Company : "Owiog to the great and increasing de sued for a medium priced bicycle, and the fact that many of our riders are demanding A Victor Soin Roller Cbainless, we have de cided to REDUCE THE PRICE of the VIC TOR od VICTOR CHAIN BICYCLES to 40 00 or, and after this date." We have a few of these OD hand, and now ts the time for you to get a bargain. Clevelands range from 35 to $75. All the above arc the finest wheels that can possibly be turned oat, and you will bear us out in this once you become one of our riders. Happy ridisg meaa3 a happy mount, and a happy mount means your riding one of our wheels. "The repairmen don't Snow them." If you are thinking of buying, let us know and we will show you a few facts. If you want any of the above wheels at th charming prices mentioned, you better come at once as we only h*ve a few left. Respectfully, JENKINS BROTHERS DR. W. B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER, S. C. Ornes He aas-8 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.; 3:15 to 6:30 p. m. Office over Bnltman's Shoe Store. May26-lm