The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 25, 1900, Image 7

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Tea Men Indicted For GoebePs Murder. Six Principals and Four Ac? cessories Named by Grand J arv Frankfort. Ky , April 17 -The Franklin connty grand jury this after noon returned indictments against 10 persons, charging them with com plicity in th? murder of Wm. Goebel The principals named are Henry ? Yonlsey, James Howard, Berry Howard, Harland Whittaker and ?'Tallow Dick" Combs (colored) Those indicted as accessories before the fact are Secretary of State Caleb Powers, Capt John T. Powers, W. fl Culton and Wharton Golden in the indictment, relating to the alleged accessories, three other men are indirectly referred to as accessories, though no indictments were reported against them. They are Gov. W. S Taylor, Green Golden and Capt John Davis. Henry E. Yootsey, who is men tioned as the first principal, was a clerk in the office of State Auditor Sweeney. He formerly lived at Newport. Yootsey was first named in the case by Wharton Golden, the star witness for the prosecution at the examining trial of Caleb Powers. Jim and Berry Howard are cousins and mountaineers of note in connec? tion with the old Howard feud. They were with the men alleged to have been brought here by the Pow? ers brothers, Finley and others on the "excursion of mountaineers " Harlan Whittaker lived in Butler, Gov Taylor's home county, and is alleged to have been in the room in the executive building from which the shot was fired. Dick Combs, the uegro, lived at Beattyville, and aiso came here with the mountain men. Caleb Powers is the Republican contest?e for secre? tary of state, and John T. Powers, another of the defendants named as an accessory, is his brother. Charles Finley was secretary of state under tbe former Republican State adminis? tration when W. 0. Bradley was governor. Chas. Finley is now in Indianapolis, having gone there just before the warrant charging him with complicity was sworn out, six weeks ago W. H Culton was a clerk in the office of Auditor Sweeney. Whar? ton Golden was a member of the Tay lor State guard, and claimed to torn State's evidence on the stand in the examining triai of Caleb Powers, when be recited what be claimed to be the inside facts relating to the alleged conspiracy to murder Goebej and enough Democratic members of tbe legislature to give the Republi cans a majority. It is stated that the commonwealth will at once nolle pros the indictment against Golden in consideration of his testimony The Subjugated Filipinos. Manila, April 17.-Twelve hundred Tagalos attacked Casey's bat ta lio o headquarters of tbe Fortieth regiment at Cay agaa, Island of Mindanao, on the 7th. The American* had 15 carual ties, while of tbe attacking force 50 were killed and 30 wounded or takeo prisoners. The enemy, numbering 150 riflemen, the remainder being bolomen, arobers tod mounted spear? men, swooped down in a bowling mass, at daylight, surprisiog and killing three of the sentries. They swarmed the streets io small parties, some bear? ing ssaliog ladders, by means of whiob they attempted to eater the hoases. The Americans tumbled out of the barracks and formed in tbe plaza aod companies began sweepiog the town. The subsequent street, fighting lasted 20 mioutes. Twelve of tbe wounded Americana are BOW on board the hospi? tal ship Relief. The enemy withdrew to the moun? tains in great confusion. SE ABO ARD *AIR LINE. Portsmouth, Va , April 17 -Pres? ident John Skelton williams, of the Seaboard Air Line system, today made the following announcement : "Our plans for the formation of the Seaboard Air Line system, em? bracing between 2,500 and 3,000 miles of road have been successfully completed. "Tomorrow night we fioish track laying on the new line from Rich mond via Petersburg to Ridgeway, N. C., 103 miles, and Saturday wiil witness the completion of the ninety mile extension from Chefaw, S. C , the present southern terminus of the S A. L , to the junction with the Florida Central and [Peninsular rail road south of Columbia. 8 C , thus completing a new all-rail line from Richmond, Va , to Tampa, Fla.'' Story of a Slave. To be bound band and foot for ye:?rs by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery George D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He says: "My wife bas been so helpless for !:ve years that shs could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bettles of Kiectric Bitters, *he is wonderfully improved and abie t? d > ber own work." This suprern? remedy f->r femaio diseases quickly cures nervousness, s'eeple-s ?iess, melancholy, headache, hacka-die. fainting tine', dizzy spells. This miracle working med. cine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only ?Oe. Sold by J. F. W* DeLorme, Druggist. 6 Condition m Cuba I Shown by the Census. Far Better Tban in Most of the Southern States. TWO WHITES TO ONE NEGRO Washington, April 19 -Gen. Sanger today made public the com pendions results of the Cuban census taken under hi? direction. The figures are very instructive, aod in the opinion of the war department officif-ls, folly justify the decision of the administration to allow muni j cipal suffrage in Cuba at an early j stage. The officials are gratified to find that the native Cubans constitute so large a portion of the population, tbat the whites so greatly outnumber the blacks and that so large a proportion of the native population can read and write ?n their opinion there seems to be no reason for the objection that the proposed basis of suffrage would result in turning the island over to the control of Spain The total population of Cuba is 1, 573,797, including 815,205 males and 757,592 females. There are 447, 372 white males 462,926 white females of native birth. The foreign number 115 760 males and 26,459 femaies There are 121,898 male negroes and 122,740 female negroes The mixed races number 125,500 males 145,306 females. The population of Habana city is 235,991 and of the province of liaba na 424,804 The population of the province of Matanzas is 202,444; of Pinar del Rio 173,064 ; of Puerto Principe 88, 234 : of Santa Clara 356,536 : and of Santiago 327,715 Of the total populatien of the isl? and 1,118,709 are set down as single, 246,351 as married; whiie 131,787 live together by mutual consent There are 85.112 widowed persons Of 'he total population occording to citizenship, 20,478 are Spanish ; 1,296,367 are Cuban; 175.811 are io suspense ; 79,526 are of other citizenship, and 616 are unknown The Spanish by birth number 129, 240 Of the children of 10 years i of age and over 49,414 have attended school Of the total population 443 426 can read and write and 19, 158 have a superior education The table on citizenship, literacy and education is specially important as forming the basis of suffrage about to be conferred. Because so many citizenships are etili in sus pense, and for other reasons, the returns are not quite complete, but the conclusion is drawn that there will be at least 14.000 qualified na tive Coban voters under the propos ed basis of suffrage, aod against this there will be 55,767 Spaniards whose citizenship was in suspense when the censos was taken, less the num? ber who have sioce declared to preserve their Spanish citizenship, and plas illiterate Spaniards, not de dared who are the owners of prop erty It is not believed that there will be aDy great number of the latter class, aa the total number of illiterate Spanish males over 21 is only 17,426 The comparison shows a mocb greater preponderance of Cuban voters thao waa expected. There are 187,826 white adult males who were born in Coba as against 96,083 born in Spain ; 6.794 boro in other countries and 127.300 colored. Males are in excess io the total population, except io Santiago, thoogh the female whites outnumber the male whites, except in Pmar del Rio. Among the negroes and mixed races the females are in excess : while among the foreign whites the males are largely in excess The negroes are in the minority in Cuba, constituting only 32 per cent of the population, being the most numerous io Santiago, where they constitute 43 per cent The native whites constitute more than one-half the population, or 58 per cent. The proportion of children ander 5 years is nnosually small, but the proportion under 21 is nor? mal ; about one half of the popula? tion Only 15 7 per cent of adults were married Nearly nine-tenths of the inhabitants were born in Cuba. Nine-tenths of the children less than 10 years of age do not attend school ; 43 per cent above 10 years are literate Some of the English ourgeons who have "volunteered" for service with the army in South Africa volunteered ! for $25,000. DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP? A cheap remedy for cough? rind colds is ail j right, but you wmt foicstbing that will rc,' lieve and cure the mor* severe and dangerous I repul?s of throat and lung troubles. What j shall jou do ? Go to a warmer and more r*;jij ! lnr climate ? Yes. if possible ; if not possible | for you, then in either caso take the only rem- | tdy that bas '-cen introduced in all civilized . countries with success in severe throat ar.<l | lung troubles, "Bosches*s German Syrup." It ni-? only heals stimulates tin: ::s?u?;s destroy the gera diseases, but allays inSarj 1 mati( n, cause? easy expector?t io:*, gives a z *' '1 night'.- rc.-t. and cures ?he p;ir-vut. Try -.nc bottle. Ri COUmende*.* many years by drug? gists in the world. For ?de by A .1 Chi'ia. 1'. Washio?ton, Ar-r;l 19 -The senate today f(infirmed Robert M. Wallace to be c'dlpctor of customs for the district of Charleston, S C. li UK Hi What Hanna Stands For In Public Life. BEPBESENTS PLUT00EA0T. His High Place Due to the Use of Boodle. BUT HE IS USEFUL TO DEMOCRATS. As an Object Lesson Ile IM Worth a Hundred Thousand Votes - Con gre.sfunaa Cumniia^s' Eulogy of Richard P. Bland-People Clamor? ing: For Boer Recognition-Leader Richardson Force? Sereno Payne*? Hand-Republicans In a Hole-The Porto Rican Infamy. [Special Washington Letter.] While the Bland eulogies were being delivered in the bouse April 7, Mark lianna strolled imo the gallery with a couple of young ladies, to whom he was showing the sights. Ile cocked his ear long enough to learn what was going on and "then turned iike a craven and lied.*' No wonder! for the bare statement of what Richard Parks Bland was in public life is a severe j condemnation of what Mark Hanna is and what he stands for iu public life. Bland stood for the people. Han- j na stands for the plutocrats and trusts and jobbers. Bland never spent a dol? lar improperly in politics in his life. Hanna's high place is due nearly en? tirely to the unlimited use of boodle. Bland illustrated conscience iu poli? tics. Ilauna illustrates the power of the almighty dollar. Eland's memory j smells sweet and blossoms in the dust, j Mark's will have the sickening odor j of the vaiiey of Gehenna. So Mark ? did well to hurriedly quit the scene j where the simple story of a pure man's j life was being told for the edification j of coming generations. Hanna an Object Lesson. By the way, not lon.u since when I addressed a monster Boer meeting at Trenton, a newspaper reporter repre? sented me as saying that I wished somebody would shoot Mark. The re? porter did not hear correctly. V\*hat 1 did say was this: "President McKin? ley is a gracious, graceful, agreeable, tactful gentleman. I think his uatural inclination is to do right. It would be a good tiling for him if somebody would lead Mark Ilauna out into a sequestered spot and shoot him." I was talking of the beneficial effect it would have on the president's personal and political fortunes-not of my per? sonal desires. As a matter of fact, I would not have Mark shot for any? thing. Xor would I like to see him die a natural death, indeed, If he were sick and none of his retainers and slaves would fetch him a doctor, I would do so myself. I regard him as the most valuable and forcible object lesson Democrats could possibly have in the impending campaign. He is worth 100,000 votes to us. perhaps 500,000. My prayer, therefore, is that he may be spared until the polls close on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Then, if the grim reaper should cut him down, my lachrymal fountains would not deplete them? selves to any astonishing extent. Want Mark shot? Not by any manner of means. I would consider it as a great national calamity-as a sore personal bereavement-if he were taken now. Richard P. Bland. Speaking of Bland-and there is nothing better for a Democrat to speak of-I desire that my readers shall en? joy reading the eulogy pronounced by that big hearted Tammany brave. Amos J. Cummings, on the great Mis? sourian. It is a gem. It is uuique ora? tory. Here it Is in full: "Mr. Speaker, as a representative of the toiling masses of the great metrop? olis of the nation I am here to pay tribute to the memory of one whom they recognized as their unfailing friend and benefactor. "Mr. Speaker, a faithful sentinel of the people was Richard P. Bland. On guard night and day in the venal age of the republic, he never forgot the countersign of liberty and challenged all who approached her camp. He never sought relief from duty at free? dom's outpost, and the grand rounds never found him asleep. Xor for an in? stant did he flinch from duty. Regard? less of personal interests, he stood for the people at ail times and in all places. Be the weather fair or foul, the glint of his musket wai there. "With him there was neither truce nor compromise with those who sought special privileges at the expense of the public, lie was neither dismayed at the rapacity of greed nor appalled at j the audacity of trusts. All Iiis life was he a true disciple of Thomas Jefferson. 'Equal rights for all; special privileges for none.' was his motto. Ile fell bat? tling for the rights of the masses, while exposing tine snares of monopoly and defying the mercenary cohorts that threaten the life of the republic. "Riehard I*. Bland had m.* parallel in j this age. I Hiring his long stay in this J house he had no fellow, ?JO model, no I likeness. In its shifting scenes he | stood alone. Others ini.u'ht change; he j QCVC7 C\anged. Vet he was no block, 1 Co impediment, but an intelligent force, i steadily aiming ::t a goal the attain? ment of which he believed to be :t mosi wholesome achievement and th'- great- : est benefit he could bestow upon his rotmtry. "A vital factor in our return lo spe? ie payment after the war. he had re tored to th-" people the <l?>!k;?- "!' their athens. The Bland dollar was noi >nly tho coinage of the mini, but titi' j roiUage of Iiis brain. Lt rs today j iving evidence of his s?ates:::anshiv>. I Well did Charles A. Dana say of it, "It is the only practical evidence of finan? cial statesmanship evolved in congress for many years.' "Although insidiously deprived of the fruits of his victory. Bland did not lose heart. Having abiding faith in the people, he led a misado against the Saracen. Ile opened anew* the light for bimetallism, it was a persistent and a glorious fight-one not yet envied. All admire the gallant struggle made today for the freedom of the* Trans? vaal. Bland stood as firmly for free coinage. Ile defended every kopje, traversed every veldt and fought with a tenacity that astonished the world. His attacks upon the opposition were so well delivered, strenuous and sus? tained that ai. times he drove his ad? versaries to insincere and humiliating devices. At times victory seemed to be almost within his grasp, at times as hopeless as the search for the phi? losopher's stone. In every vicissitude he was beset by desertions, in every crisis loaded with obloquy. His prowess breasted every difficulty "Like to the Pont ic sea, Whose icy cr.m'iit and compulsive o>;:rs. Ne*er feels retirir.p: ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontie and the Hellespont. Leader of the People. "Think for a moment. Mr. Speaker, of the bright satellites that set out with him on what seemed like a holiday ex? cursion. How many fell by the way! How many turned against him! Look over this house, take a glance at the senate-aye. cast your eyes even upon the presidential chair-and then com? pute, ii* you can. the strength of the mighty tide that turned against him. And yet. undaunted, uii.swervin.tr. un? complaining, he held his course with un tl ev iating li d el i ? y. "Ile was as constant and abiding as the northern star amid a shower of swerving meteors. Defying mutiny, like the great navigator who gave man? kind a new world, his lu ?pe ne'er dim? med, his purpose never changed. How? ever wild the tempest, however strong the bellowing flood of passion, he pur? sued an unvarying course. He was the great political navigator of the people, sailing upon the ocean of destiny, with the Declaration of Independence as his guiding star and the constitution as his compass. "Mr. Speaker, this hall is still ring? ing with his manly words. They were the coinage of lu's convictions. His sin? cerity alone would have made him more than conspicuous: his ability and devotion to the principles advocated so persistently made him truly great. Ho had an academic but no collegiate training. Xor had lie traveled in the realm of metaphysical disquisition, but he had delved in ?lie gold and silver mines of the Pacific slope, had prac? ticed law and fought Indians on the border and. like Cincinnatus of old, had followed the plow. It was a grand training for the role which he was to fill. Born in Kentucky, every fiber of his body, every filament of his brain, every scintillation of his intellect was American. "There was a halo about him at all times that forbade either the charge or thought of selfishness. His life was a chapter of consisten-; and faultless log? ic. Oratory cannot adorn it; detraction cannot deface it. "Sir, memory is a never fading mir? ror. It reflects the scenes of other days. We who knew him can still see that modest but firm man rising here in his place, treading these aisles, stop? ping to meet an inquiry, turning firmly to an attack, leading an onset, never beating a retreat. "Richard P. Bland was a fitting type of the old time statesman, now, alas, fading away. Ile belonged to the gen? eration that produced the founders of the republic. He had the true Revolu? tionary grit. He would have been a worthy colleague of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. He was a builder, not a destroyer. He strove to pull down ev? erything vicious in statesmanship and to raise eveiwthing wholesome to a common level. "Whether on the floor, in committee or listening to chat in the cloakroom, he was essentially thoughtful. There was a rippling strain of humor about him. but his face never lost its cast of thoughtfulness. His friendship was sterling silver; his affection pure gold. Sir. I rejoice in my affiliation with such a man. lt is better than gold and pre? cious stones. He left his imprint upon the legislation of this house. When the seeker after truth comes to study the great men who have shaped the destinies of the republic, he will find Richard P. Bland among the immor? tals. Future historians will linger o'er his name and gladly preserve his fame." WehMter Davis' Ilesii?nation. The Boer agitation in tuk> country is growing hot. In my judgment it is be? coming so hot that the administration J will be compelled to show ?ts hand and show it. willy nilly, for the Boers. ? Hon. Webster Davis' resignation of1 the assistant secretaryship of the inte? rior to take to the lecture platform in behalf of old Paul Kruger and his j brave burghers is only a straw which j shows which way the wind is blowing, j Davis is young. He has eloquence, j brains and a future. Even The ports are taking a hand, j My friend Ripley D. Saunders of St. j Louis has written the following beau-j tiful poem, which I commend to all who see this letter: THE BOER WOMEN. Thou God upon whose name ::.<.>' r-.?], These women ..' the bunrJier strain, Shall they in freedom's battles fal!. Their sacrifice ::? vain? True mothers a freeborn rice Damrhivrs ot men in bl.? made free, !V::r God .'f love and pitying gr?e?. Aro they not heard ot thee": t' nu. ?' world, that ?cost the sight Unknown h foro to mortal km. Still beats thy liwar: untroubled n:ire V?it!:i:i the breasts mer?? Tho horror of it and tho sliame: j Leaves it thy spirit <:.it? anti cold. Tba ; Wt rm r. '!:e ;:i war": <!i Wno seek tin ir bi mes ;.. Then may M. fattier tea ii ! Pr i; :)*:. od'> pride or fi For bo arc d.a I Lemar!: That . i:;< s t>:i ?u< ii a ila; way. Where prim and shameful they are ?airJ On Transvaal battlefields to rot In graves for women made. Spanish War Taxes. To Hon. James D. Richardson of Tennessee, Democratic leader of the house minority, belongs the high honor of having driven the Republicans into an investigation to discover whether the Spanish war taxes are producing a surplus in the revenue. The truth is that since the wrangle over the Porto j Rican tariff bill demoralized them so ! the Republicans have been in a nerv j ous. timorous and irritable frame of ! mind. Most of them are fussy as an ! old sitting hen. They found out that i Richardson was preparing a resolution to investigate the revenues, and Hon. Sereno E. Payne, chairman of the com? mittee on ways and means, whose present frame of mind, notwithstand? ing his Christian name, is by no means serene, straightway introduces a reso? lution of that sort himself, hoping thereby to forestall the tactful Tennes seeau and reap a little glory himself; but the people are not all "natural born durn fools." as was Sut Lovingood's daddy, and they will not be deceived by Mr. Payne's transparent trick. They will give credit where credit is due, to Mr. Richardson, for he forced Mr. Payne lo take the initiative. The probabilities are that the New Yorker would not have moved in the matter this side the resurrection had Richard? son not prodded him up. So. what? ever comes of h. th-: honor belongs clearly and of right to the gracious, graceful, skillful, capable loader of the ? house Democrats. Hon. James D. Rich? ardson of Tennessee. Later on Richardson, to borrow the felicitous language of Dr. William Everett of Massachusetts, "deposited the Republicans in a cavity" by intro? ducing the following resolution: Resolved, That this hot:?e views with deep in? terest the heroic strug-rle of thc republics ot Scui.ii Afri .i to maintain their independence and herein* tenders them our most profound sympathy in their iine.-iul but gallant strudle. That resolution went to the commit? tee on foreign affairs, where it may or may mn sleep. If it sleeps. Richard? son and his friends will want to know, don't yon know, who administers mor? phine i.i it. If it docs not sleep. Rich? ardson reaps the glory. Porto Ilico Throttled. The deed is done. For better or for ? I worse the Porto Rican tariff bill, with j the senate amendments, is now a law. j Republican leaders are in doubt as to . whether tiley have achieved a great parly victory, or digged the party's grave. It passed the house by eight majority, and we may now be said to have become part republic and part ,' empire. It would appear that President McKinley, who. in his December mes? sage to congress, said it was our plain duty to establish free trade with Porto Rico, owes it to a long suffering and expectant world io explain, in a signed statement, just why he flopped. Flop may not be a classical word to apply to a presidential caper, but it is a good, old forcible monosyllabic, which the great body of the people can compre? hend without rummaging through an unabridged dictionary. Yes, flop is the word. Hon. Sereno E. Payne made a poor list of showing why he flopped. Perhaps Brother McKinley could eluci? date the subject more successfully and more skillfully. The thing which appears to be desir? able to a vast number of people is that the Democratic ticket shall be Bryan and Dewey. It is generally thought that they would win hands down. Ask? ed if Dewey would accept second place, a prominent gentleman of large experi? ence said: "Dewey's hatred of McKin? ley ls so intense that he would do any? thing to defeat him fora second term." He also volunteered the information that General Nelson A. Miles and Ad? miral Winfield Scott Schley are ex? ceedingly anxious to encompass the un? doing and downfall of Mark Hanna's protege. That is certainly a distin? guished trio to contend with-Dewey, Schley and Miles. Perhaps Mr. Mc? Kinley will conclude that it would have been just as well to have treated those great Americans with generosity j and kindness. lianna Frying Fat. Mark Hanna is beginning in dead earnest to fry the fat out of the trusts -that is. if the St. Louis Republic can be believed. The Republic makes the startling charge that Mark's prelim? inary assessment ou the trusts is $G, 500,0001 Only think of that, my coun? trymen V Six and one-half millions for a starter! If this is done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry? Mark has only one idea iu polities, and that is to boodle somebody, and he is evidently fixing now to eclipse his great boodle campaign of 1SD(>, when people stood ,-ighast at the vast sums expended. So a virtuous senate committee re? ports unanimously that Senator Wil? liam A. Clark of Montana is unfit to sit in the millionaires' club by reason of corrupt methods used to secure his election. It will be a spectacle for men and angels to see such Republican lights ns Mark lianna and Scott of West Virginia vote to unseat Clark because they are afraid of contamina? tion when no fact in American history is more generally believed than that Mark bought his sent and that Scott secured his by an act of Punic- faith utterly "disgraceful in character. And there are others. The same gang who vole to unsent Clark will vote to seat Matthew Stanley Quay. " 'Xough said!" Staying nt Home. \ la?ly residing in Nert ii Columbus meeting a girl the oilier day who had lately been in her service inquired: "Weit. Mary, where do you live now V" "Please, ma'am. 1 don't live no? where," rejoined the girl. "I'm mar? ried."- I nd ia unpolis Journal. Hinton Beauty In Egypt the. custom is for Princesses to hide their beauty by covering the lower part of the face with a veil. In America the beauty of many of our women is hidden because of the weakness and sickness peen 'liar to the sex. If the Egypt? ian custom pre? vailed in this country, many sufferers would be glad ta , cover their p r em atu r e ! wrinkles, their sunken cheeks, their unnealthy complexion, from the eyes of the world with the veil of the Orient. Bradfield s Female Regulator brings out a woman's true beauty. It makes her strong and well in those organs upon which her whole g?nerai health depends. It corrects all men? strual disorders. It stops the drains of Leucorrhcea. It restores the womb to its proper place. It removes the causes of headache, backache and nervousness. It takes the poor, de? bilitated, weak, haggard, fading woman and puts her on her feet again, making her face beautiful by making her body well. Druggists sell it for $1 a bottle. Send for our free illustrated book for women* The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. COURT OF CO"MO?? PLEAS. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint served ) Georze D. Shore and Bernard P. Sbore, co parnc-rs. floing business under the firm came of Geo. D. Sbore & Bro , plaintiffs sgainst Eugene Hogan, defendant. To the Defendant noove named : YOU ARE H ESE BY SUMMONED and re? quired to answer tbe complaint in tbis action, of w'aicb a copy is herewith served opon yon, and to serve a copy of your answer to tba snid coa plaint cn tbe subscribers at their office in the city cf Sumter, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu? sive ot the day of sncb service ; and if joa fail to answer the complaint within the t?m3 aforesaid, tbe plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for tbe relief demanded in this complaint ; and you are hereby notified that tbe complaint in tbe above entitled ac? tion was filed in the effie? of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for Sumter County, in the State aforesaid OB the 23rd day of February, 1900. Dated Feoruarv 23, 1900. PURDY k REYNOLDS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. March 21. * i WHITE & T" Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE] HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. T. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,600,000. Feb 28 Onion Sets AND Garden Seeds. A supply of Ooioo Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for the season's planting, now on hand. FULL LINE OF MEDICINES, PERFUMERY and Fancy Articles, Usually found in a first class Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully com? pounded at reasonable prices. J. F. W. DeLorme. Oct 25. If you want the best Seeds Buy Vick's .J OUR OWN GROWING AND THE WORLD'S CHOICEST The handsomest and most com? plete Catalogue we ever issued sent free, if you state in what you are most interested-Flow? ers, Vegetables cr Small Fruits. JAMES VICK'S SONS, ROCHESTER] N. Y. Feb 7