The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 02, 1900, Image 3
WHY HOT GLOSS EARLY P
Too Fin* Work of the Qenue Fool.
A fool oca do more tojary io 6?e rninutei
tbee Iftj ?im ate esc repair io * month.
It It possible to defeat or elrcomveot tbe
saeohleeiioos of * knar*, Sat the fool it the
oee epecimea of butnenitr against wbom tbe
wisdom of tbs sfss Is of so effect. Tbe
hoove is ?ist ie bis owa war, and bia plans
one bs ssat aod defeated by greater wisdom,
bet Iba fool breaks oat la all sens of ones
pooled places and oo one ceo foraca what be
will or will eot do. Tba fool baa broken
teoss la Hunter, end. aa nsual, be baa played
tie aaitebier, and ibe worot of It, no one
keows wbare to begio to ftpair lbs damage
tbs foe! bas wroagbt.
Tba soly way to treat a fool Is to igoore
hioa sad go sloeg la tbeeeeo tenor of your
way. Do eel digaify tba fool wiib too mach
?elite, for if be once fooiisbly imagines tbat
OS Is aa Important personage be will give
Ci ae rest. Accept tbs coneequeocoe of tbo
I's notice as diepeasaitoos of Providence.
Jost oe yoa woald lbs raselte of a cyclone,
eat promt to rebuild oe tbe fooadatioas of
commas asase aad reasea. If tba fool bowls
aaaaeea be Is Ig sored, let blot bowl.
After soostdsecblc effort tbo agreement to
assail tbe stores at 10 o'clock Sstordav
aifbt aad beta made effectlro, and tvsry arm
ia tewa bad agreed to close promptly at tbs
bear agreed Satordey algbt a week ago
every stars was closed promptly aod e?try
bety wee satiated. Bat baft tbs fool got io
Hsi loo w?rk. There bad been more or lost
halb acooi Tbo Greece oot being willlag w
esses tbetr Mores, sad for a time it was said"
tee* woo l< aet eon sent to abide by tbe
it. Oat ibsy did gtvs tbetr assent sod
proved tbetr eternity Oy closiog promptly at
It a at. 8otarday alfbt ose week ago Tbs
reel was aet satiated wltb ibis, however, aad
aa aet need* adept bis owa method for clinch
albs agreement end foreiog Tbe Qreeki to
? ay it. 80 be sits bias down aod writes
a little typowritteo aaonvaaoas letter which
bo slyly takes to Tbo Greeks' etore, and,
welle pareaaeiog a quart of presets ss brain
feet to repair tbe wear aad tear of bis men
tat Hesse, dropped it where it would bo
feaad This Is a copy of tbat anonymoot
protest of tba fool's literary genius :
"Too moot keep yoar store closed after 10
Satarday night If yoo waat to keep o?en
tbat is yoer boeiaesf, bot we ad?m yoa to
close
"Svtt week will bo organised the Gletk's
L?eget aat yoer name will be advertised ia
tbs paoera.
?THAT H?3T RB STOPPED.
[Stfoet] 'The Clerks of Sumter
"aet Nine-Tenths of Iba Glttaeoi."
Tbc Oreeks did act take kindly to this
threat, ead is ecasiqaeoce did oot close at 10
o'clock Sen "day eight. Tbev bad cloaed
tbe pec*loo 1 Satordey night promptly on tbe
boar act bet for tbio fool's meddliog would
bave closed every Satarday sight. Wbo can
blasse ?hem far meeting a tbroit witb defi?
ance? Tbo writer dooa not for it was tbe
s?est oetoeel thing to do. Tbe Orceks acted
as most moo won Id b?vc acted aad they are
aet to be toasstet- Tbat ouunymono letter
wad aa oedrege aod there was *<? esoosc for It,
Too* wee wrote It choold so ashamed of it
eat of tbemoelvee If bey bad aoy threats
to taakc agatast tbo Orjcks or say otbsr man
er sat of moo tbey cbouid bave bad tba man*
meet sat tbe ?00rag* af their eoovietioas to
go to teem like meo aot coy their say face 10
rase Tact saeak ag aad skclkiog attack
eater cover ofao eoomymeos letter, aiccltbily
droplet la a stee'e premitcs Ic too mach like
tbo w >rk of an assay's to meet wfth tbe ap?
proval of tots commuoif, ssd those wbo
bed bobtad a typewriter to ?ooo*al their
handiwork ar* condemned Icetecd of receie
tag tbo apnlaoce tbey espected.
Tbo writer is iaforiaed by tbe Greeks tbdt
tbey bovo 00 tiepoctiioc to violate the egree
ascot to etoee ot 10 o'clock, nor do tbey wish
to go erector to the eectome of tbe town 10
wbleO) tbey hove ccieOliebed themselvco io
bocieeoo Tbey do not proooce, however, to
eoemtt to tbrotte aod imlmldatioa, for ibey
know tbetr rights aod Snow that tbey will be
protectsd by the lewe which guaranteed these
ngbte Tbe Oreekc coy ibnt they propose to
close ?he?r etoree hereafter at 10 o'clock Sat?
arday algbt, ead ibey so edvertlce in this
poper.
If tbev do oot live op to the eg recount, if
tbev do oot close their store 1 at 10 p. m Set
ertey oigbt cod S p. at. other toys In the
week, If tbey vk?lo!e t ? customs of the towo
mat defy tbo wishes of the people who are a
oott I? favor of s'celng, there Ic a remedy,
bet it Is eot aa aaoo/mous letter Let the
people wee teetaad carlv eloeicg refuse to
?peat a poesy witb t*.e firms tbst refuse to
close ot tbo time spec!Aed, and It will not be
foe loog tbot those trie* will defy public sea*
11 meet Ic a abort time tbey will bo closed
ell tbo time every doy ia tbe week, for no
store cos do business without potrooegc.
Ia addition to tbo aoooymooe letter a
crowd gathered around ibe store of the Greeks
So tarda r eight, aat lacy were snooted by
the comments aat gibes of ibrcrowd, aod tbe
preseeso 0/ tbo police wee accessary to the
prcservotloa of order. This sort of tbiog Is
eotlroly wrong sot It should aot occur again
Public ceoUmoot is 00c thing, a mob ic some
tblag different, cod If this method of proce
tare ss one tin nod poblic seotlmeot will he
creeled for too stores tbat resaeio open aad
tbe eerly closing motcmect will be killed be
)?od tbe possibility of resurrection.
Vieible Supply of Cotton.
Hpeeial 'o tbe Itsm :
Mew York, April ft ?The visibly supply
(if cotton ic tbo smallest since 1890, when
?otteo seit st II cents. Consumption is
shoot 10 per scat greolsr aad eitreme prleee
will a >oo be locvltoble. We shell bo glad if
yoo will give the widet* pocctble publicity to
|hle telegrem.
Priee, MoCormick A Go
Fire Laat Friday
The recidence on eornee of Gslheun end
Heskell 8tr*ots the property cf Col J D
Steading, was boraed lest Pridty efferooon
It was a scveo room bouse occupied or Mr
Seyeclde Tbe value of the dwelling was
about $1,300 end tbe inaorance was SI.000,
wl'b Meotrc A White A 8>n, asjcwN of Loo
too A Liverpool A Ulone. Toe has to in
melee wes oot Urge ss ihoc wes time to
remote, with eld of neighbors, ill household
goods Tbc dlsiaorc from the reel bouses
woe too creet to do more than nave contige
00c dwelllogc, of which 4 or 5 were caught
by einders carried by a brisk northwest wind.
Mr. Mark Reyoo'ds hero end stebles, how
eve, eoold cot he eared. Oo these there was
ee lecorcoee.
Tbe Ire dspartmcct worked coder greet
diflRfoltlec eo there wee but one hydrent with
la reerb of the Ire cod the prewure waa so
lew, owing to tba small siseof th ? weter maio
aet dioteaco from the etandplpr, that only
smell etrearns coolt he thrown on tbe fire.
Rot there been o strong wctcr pressure much
festive work odd beve bwo dooc
frees ?ee to fl nt tbs book
of B. G. Ostsee AOs.
sT falmmlAi ii
Heirs Wanted
The following letter recehed by Sb?riff
Pierson, sod which has been furnished by
bim to this paper, if puolished for the Jenen" t
of tbe par (tea concerned :
Shelby, N. 0 , April 24, l!>00.
To ibe Sheriff of Sumter County, Slimier,
3. 0 :
Dear Sir . There ia in the bands of an Ad?
ministrator io this (Cleveland) county a
small turn of money for Mra. Hester Smith, a
daughter of John W Qtbbooa, deceasjd.
She married William Smith, a native o< your
county, many yotrs ago; they lived for a
time in tbia county and afterward settled in
your county. It is thought that Williim
nod Heattr are both dead. Tbay bad two
daughters, Hannah and Maggie. Hunt:ah
married a White and died after giving hi tb
to a aon. We know notbing more of Maggie
We art aoaioua to know whether there are
any deaceodaota or Heater Smith now living,
aleo wbao William and Hester flied, if deid,
aod tbe ages of the children, If any I vug.
Hester baa an iotereet in a small tract of land
wbich will toon ee barred by tbe statute, if
not already barred.
Tbe Administrator it anxious to make his
final settlement, aod we are about to bring
an action to eel I tbe land (or partition
Tbeee people were very poor wbeo they left
tbia county,
We take Iba liberty of addressing this Ut?
ter to yoa at your position necessarily brings
yon io contact with tbe people of yoor county
Tbaokiog yoa In advaoce for aoy Informa
tioa yoa may be able to give us, we art
Yours truly,
Oidoey k Q ilno,
Sumter Demooratio Club Meets
Lpli Sumter Democratic Club met in tbe
Court House last Saturday afternoon at 6
o'clock, and was called together hy preiideot
H O Outen, wbo itated tbe object of tbe
meeting Officers to serve for tbe next two
years were elected aa follows :
President?H O Oateen
lit Vice President?T B Prater, Jr.
3d Viet President ?Dr 8 0 Baksr.
Hecretarv-J M Kniabt
Member of Goon:/ Executive Committee?
Marion Moise.
Mietetet were next elected to tbe Couo y
Oooveution. wbich meets next Monday, as
follows: H O Osteeo, Altamoot Moses, H
L Scarborough, Riebard I Manning, B O
Pierson, R L Cooper. B 0 Haynsworth, T B
FrasT, Jr, John M Knight, T M Jones, Shep
ard Nasb, R D Lee, Marion Moil*. RO Pordv,
J H Chandler, J Diggs Wilder, H Frank Wil
aoi, R W Bradham, M 0 Kava.iaogh, B I
Reardon, A R Stnckev, Neill O'Doonell
Harrr Rytteoberg, John Reid. Dr S 0 Baker.
1 Moved and carried that tbe chairman of
tbe delegatiou be aotboria?d to appoint any
alternates that might be necessary to fill va?
cancies in the representation.
Moved and carried that the member of tbe
Couotv Executive Committee request that
committee to change the time of meeting of
tbe Sumter club, to some day otber than Sat
ordav, on account of the inconvenience to
which ibe members ere subjected, aod if it be
oeceetarr to have tbe constitution of tbe
party altered to bring about this change,
tbat sttpe be taken to have this done
Messrs H 0 Motes. O O Rowland. C M
Horst, Jr, Bvrtow Walsh aod M 0 Kava
naugh, togetber with tbe secretary, were
elected a committee on revision of tbe club
roll, after wbicb tbe club adjoorned.
aaSMtl?????"^w*?i
The MtehSDioa aod Laborers Meet.
Toe Mechanics and Laborers Djmocrnth
club tuet in Nerton ball oo last Saturday
afternoon at 0 o'clock, aod was called togetb?
er by President B T. Wlodham who stated
tbe objsct of tbe meeting Officers to servti
for tbe of xt two years were elected aa fol?
lows :
President ?K T. Wiodbam.
1st Vice President?I M Keels.
2nd Vine President?H G Cottino.
Secretary?O B Richardson.
Member of County Executive Committee?
H LB Welle.
Delegatee were next elected to Ibe county
convection wbich meets next Monday ae
followe: R T Windham, H O Cuttioo
H L B Wells, O J Browo, J W Adkit
aod 1 M Keels.
It was moved aad carried tbat tbe chairman
of delegation beeatboriaed to fill aoy vacancy
or vacancies tbat aaigbi occur tu tbe repre?
sentation by appointing alternates.
. Messrs. Char as Thames, J. W. Adkint and
Q. B Richardson wars elected a committee
on revision of tbe clnb roll, after wbieb tbe
club adjourned.
O. B Ricbardeoo, 3cc?ete;y.
? i ?? ? ~~?^ae^aESMSS^?-"*^^a^^SSJSBMaanw^???i ?? ?
Hie Ufo Wan Sawed.
Mr. J. B* Lilly, a pr mio^.a oltiien of Har
albal, Mo., lately bad a aonderful deliverance
from n frightful death. In telling ef it be says:
"I was taken with typhoid fever that ran into
pneumonia. My lunge became hardened. I
was #o weak I couldn't even sit up in bed.
Nothing helped mo- I expected soon to die of
Consumption, when I beard of Dr. King's New
Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I
continued to use it, and now am well and
strong. I ean't say too much in its praise."
Tbls marvellous medicine is the surest and
quiekest eure in the world for all throat and
lung trouble. Regular sises 60 ets and $1.00.
Trial nettle free at J F. W. DeLorme's Drug
Store, every bottle guaranteed. 2
?ssae* ???? -^a^?-? i
THE PHANTOM HOST.
Written by Bay. P. D. Hay, Not
by Father By an.
In tbe spring of 18>6 Mr P D Hay, now
rector ef the Church of tbe Holy Comforter,
theo a resided! of Sumter, cootriboted au
origioal poem, "Tbe Phantom Host," to tbe
Sumter Watchman. This poem, wbich was
a irinote to tbe memory of tbe gallaot Con?
federate deid, struck a responsive chord in
the hearts of the people of tbe sou'h, aod it
wes copied aod widely published li tbe
course of timt* it came to be attributed to
Father Ryan, and recently so well known a
magatfne as the Confederate Veteran, of
Nashville, Teo'i , publ shed an article repro?
ducing "The Phantom Host" and assigning
its authorship to Father Ryan. This article
ha< been brought to our attention, and in
Justice to Mr. Hay we deem it out fair to state
tbat hs aod not Father Ryao wrote the poem
an 1 that it first appeared In the Sumter
Watchman in tbe soring ot 1868
A l'owdwr Mltl Kxploelon
Removes everything in eight , so do drastic
mineral pill , but both a e mighty dangerous.
Don't dynamite tbe delicate machinery of your
body with calomel, eroton oil or aloes pills,
when Dr King's New Life Pills, which are
gentle as a summer breese, do the work per?
fectly. Cures headaches, eeastipation. Only
tat at J F W DeLorme's drag store. 2
Dedication of Kendall Institute.
The dedicatory exercises of Kendall Insti?
tute will be held tonight. Dr Sanders, of
Biddle University, and other distinguished
persons will be present.
Special music for tbe occasion.
Tn* public is cordially invited. Exercises
begin promptly at 8.30 o'clock.
Rev J. 0. Welkins, Principal.
- ? ? e. e?
Mad Dogs at Luoknow.
We were told recently tbat Lucknow aod
vicinity were literally infested with mad dcgs
aod tbat some anxiety was felt on acccuot of
their ourober. Ooe of our correspoodents in
coming from Lockoon toGamdeo last Thurs?
day bad q lite a desperate encounter with one,
aod narrowly escaped bating bis horse
bitteo ? Weteree Messenge'
Mo Right to Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in faoe, form and
temper will always hate friends, but one who
would be attractive must keep her health. If
she is weak, sickly and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritsble. If she has constipa?
tion or kidney trouble, her impure blood will
cause, pimples, blotebes, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. Electric bitters is tbe
best medicine in tbe world to regulate, stom?
ach, liter and kidneys and to purify the blood.
It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth
velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a
good looking, oharming woman of a run-down
invalid. Only 50o at J. F. W DeLorme's Dtug
Store. 2
Sunday School Picnic.
The children of the Baptist Sunday school,
together with tbe teachers aod many of tbe
pareetsend friends, will attend a picnic on
Friday on tbe Southern railway, at tbe Sin?
gleton spring, abont a mile this side of tbe
Snmtcr Junction on tbe Camden Branch of
tbe Southern R. R. The train will leate the
depot at 8 30 in the morning, and tbe chil?
dren most bestir themselves so as to be on
time. Tickets can bs bought tbe day before
et 2) cents for children and 35 cents for
grown persons. It is expected that each fam?
ily will carry a basket of eatables
? ana -???? saw.
At ths last quarterly coofereoce of Magno?
lia Street Ghurcb Messrs. W. P. Smith and
Qeo E. Beaumont were elected delegates r.od
Messrs. J. S. Kennedy aod D. S Moore al?
ternates to tbe district conference, which con?
venes) Juoe 29 in tbe First Methodist Church
io this city.
Volcanic Eruptions.
Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of
Joy. Buoklen's Arnica Salve cures them ; also
Old Running and Fever Sores, Uloers, Boils,
Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Scalds, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Bsst Pile
Cure on earth. Drive i out Pains and Aches.
Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by J. F. W. DeLormo, druggist. 2
Stamp Books.
Tbs pottoffice now bat stamps io books oo
oo sale. Tbe stemps are pot op in small
books with non-adbesive paper between each
sheet of stamps. Tbe hooks are made io
three sizes, to wit :
12 two cent stamps (<<, 25c.
24 two cent stamps (V 49c.
48 two cent stamps (><, 97c
A BIO OX
George D. Shore A Bro. Thursday sold for
ehiprcent to Baltimore tbe biggest ox ever
in tbiecity. Tbe ox wes raised in Privateer
nod wss bought io December. At tbat time
be weighed 1,240 pounds aod yesterday
morning be tipped the scales at 1,672 pounds,
a gain in weight of 432 pounds. The ox is oot
only n mocster specimen of the cow family,
but is bigger aod heavier tbeu any horse in
this city, and the price realized waa more
then is paid for many pretty good specimens
of horse flesh.
Fifty Teara Old.
Friday fifty years ago, oo April 27 th, 1850,
tbe first issue of the Black River Watchman
made its appceraocc. For fifty years the pa?
per has appeered regularly except for a short
time immediately after Potter's reidere occu?
pied Somter aod left tbe office o wreck The
name has heeo altered bot twice. Shortly
after the establishment of tbe paper Ibe name
wej changed to tbat of the Somter Watch?
man, aod io 1881 it was coosolidotcd witb
the True 8outhron aod tbe ncme wes changed
to tbe Watchman aod Sootbrou. The foun?
ders of the paper were Alleo A. Gilbert cod
John F. DeLormc The present proprietor ot
the paper, Mr. N. O. Oeteeo, entered tbe
Watchman office as an appreotice io 1855,
aod except for o period of five years?1861-68
??has been identified with tbe newspaper
bus-ness io Somter.
A Coincidence
A somewhat remarkable coiocideoce oc?
curred et tbe Redbone Church, in Privateer,
on Sunday. It was tbe doable burial of two
double first cousins oatned Smiliag, wbo died
near together, aod whose families lived near
each other. McD. F
Memorial Day.
The Dick Anderson Chapter Daughters of
Confederacy held a meeting at the residence
of Mr* Altamont Moses oo Monday, 23d.
The following officers were elected :
President?Mrs. Altamoot Moses
Vice Precident?Mrs. J M Koight
Treasurer?Miss Mane D. Lee
Corresponding Secretary ? Miss Edith De
Lerne
Recordiog Secretary ? Mis* Ano.i Gra
hum
The following are the committees appoint
id to arrange for the Memorial Day exercise?:
Committee on arrangements?Mrs. Hogin
and Mrs. J. M Knight
Committee on collections?Mrs F Spann,
Mi9* I . )uis i Mo9e9, Miss Julia Schwerin
Committee oo children?Misjis Virginia
Anderson. Jessie Molee and Flora Moses
Decorslin? church yards- Si. Lawrence -
Miss Alien Pool and Mis Breooau. Presby
teriao?Miss McCalltim.
Decorating mooumeot?Mrs S. C. B-iker,
Mrs. Heory rtp*nn aod Misa Arabella Moses.
?s ?ee? sow
Hsm x.ocks at H. O Os'eeo A Go's
Bise wall goods at H. G Ojteeo A Go's.
H. G Oateen A Co bave oo hand a large
stork of bass ball Roods?including caps aod
belts?wbicb will be sold at pleasing prices.
B*te ball players should visit the store of
H. G. Usteen A Oe. before baying tbeir sup?
plies.
Pythian Memorial Service
Tbe threatening clouds and a shower of
raio Monday evening prevented m-?ny per?
sons from attending the memorial services of
Gamecock Lodge, K. of P , in honor of the
deceased members of that ledge
Tbe ritual work was solemn and Impres?
sive. Thirteen chairs arranged in triangular
order, on eachot which whs placed a knight's
helmet, spoke silently, though elcquently of
the departed, who in otber days occupied
these seats at tbs sessions of (heir lodge
After tbe opening ceremony the choir sang
an appropriate hymn, followed by the Pre?
late's invocation and selections from tbe
Bible. Another hjran was sung, and Past
Grand Chancellor, H. F. Wilson delivered
the address of tbe occasion.
Fervently and eloquently be paid a broth?
er's tribute to tbe dead. Extolling tteir vir?
tues, and over their faults and frailties cast?
ing the mantlo of charity.
He briefly reviewed tbe origin and growth
of tbe order, which was born amid scenes of
fratricidal strife more than thirty-five years
ago. Beginning with a few noble men who
bad in their hearts a feeling of genuine fra
tercity for their fellows, tbe order has spread
until tbe tri-colored baooer has beeo unfurled
throughout the globe. Six tboosaod lodges
with more tbao bait a million of knights are
quietly doing a grand work and digsemioa
tig tbe bigb principles of Pythiaoism
At the close of Major Wilson's address tha
third hymn was sung. Theo tbe officers of
tbe lodgo assembled around tbe altar and de?
posited upon tbe large wreath of erergreeo,
sprigs of myrtle, tbe emblem of undying
frieodship aoo remembraoce. Following the
cflicers, each knight io turn approached tbe
eltar and placed tbereon bis evergreen token
of brotherly love.
Tbe closing prayer was made by Dr
Browo. Tbe good oigbt ode was sang, and
tbe services ended.
Tbe music of tbe occasion was well tender?
ed by a cboir consisting of Measre. S. H.
Edmunds, A. G. Flowers, J. L. Hayoswortb,
0. L. Cuttino, B. Waisb and B. L. Scar?
borough. Rev. J. I. Ayres served as organ?
ist, and Mr. R K. Wilder as coroetist.
Mannville Lodge No. 107 K of P
Tbe 107th Lodge K. or P. of the Grand
Jurisdiction of. South Carolina was instituted
ny Deputy Grand Chancellor R Frank Wil?
son last Friday night at Mannville.
Quite a large number of Knights were in
attendance to participate in tbe ioterestiog
ceremonies of tbe occasion. From Iona
Lodge of Bisbopville wete Knights Wir Law,
J M Herron, Harry Scarborough, Robert
Rcid, Wm Stuckey, J Ed Stuckey. Tyre
Stcckey. Jae Carnes, John Shaw, T C Perrin,
F H Stell, Hugh W Carnes, B L Harris, T H
Harris, J D Kiog, E McCutcben, L L
Bacer, M B McCutchen, T A Baskin, J B
Kilgore, J W Randolph, O W Palmer, H W
Rembert and G M Stockey.
Game Cock Lodge of Sumter was repre?
sented by Knigbts H L Scarborough, H E
Money bum, Altamont Moses, L I Parrot, J
S Uugbsoo, G W Dick, J M Koight, S H
Edmunde, J H Levy, A D Moses, C M Hurst,
Jr, J L Havnswortb, J H Cbandier, C L
Stubbs, W FSbaw, J Edwin Rembert, J W
McCoy, B Walsh, Walter Cheyoe, R M Jeu
kios and H M Stockey.
At halt-past eight o'clock tbe work of
institution was commenced and was com?
pleted at four o'clock Saturday morning.
Tbe three subordinate lodge ranks were
cooferred upon tbe following members of the
Maoovilie lodge: B Alexander, Rev C M
Richards Nat Baroett, J 0 Paroell, I F
Baroett, B F McCutcben, J r' ickey, D L
Shaw, W W Player, J M Player, W F Davis,
G G Tximcal, J L S -oorougb, J R Dixon,
J R Cousar, N Y Alford, Bradford Scarbor?
ough, R M Cooper, 9 T Woods, E F
DesCbamps.
Knights J J Shaw and S J Scarborongb
wire received by card
At midnight a recess was takeo, likewise a
most bountiful and tempting feast which was
furnished by the hospitab.e brethren of Mann?
ville. Nat Barnett's store counters served for
tables. Crockery, tinware and cutlery from
bis shelves were brought into reqoisitu n
Tbe valiaot Knigbts attacked tbe foe, aod
spread havoc all around Even the new
made Requires acquitted themselves like
heroes, and did full justice to the occasion.
Everybody was in a good humor, and will
remember this pleasant event for many a day
as a green spot io life's drehry desert. Nat
Barnett is a mo?t obliging host, aod spared
no paios or trouble to give comfort aod pleas
ore to tne visitors. And the same can be
said of all tbe otber Maoovilie brethren.
After the initiatory work was finished the
following officers were Installed to serve to
the end nf the present year ;
B Alexander, 0 0.
S J Scarbnroogb, V C.
Rev C M Richards, Prelate.
B F McCntcben, M of W.
Nat Baroett, K R aod S.
J 0 Paroell, M of B.
J H Stuckey, I G.
D L Shaw, O G.
Dr 0 P Osteen, M A elect was cot present,
and will therefore be initiated aod installed
by hia lodge.
Tbe new lodge has some fioe material, and
begina its Pythian career under fair auspices.
It is a valuable acquisition to the order,
aod will doubtless do a good work io its
community.
THE WAR RELICS FRE8ENTED
Col Blandmg Brings tbe Flag and
Vase to Columbia.
Yesterday tbe venerable veteran of
the Mexicao aod Civil wars, Col J. D.
Blandmg of Sumter, arrived in tbe city,
bringing with him tbe historic flag of tbe
war of Mexico, aod tbe celebrated Jackson
vase presented to the regiment Col Blend?
ing went directly to tbe governor's office and
turned these invaluable relics, together with
all papers relating to them, over to Gov.
McSweeney to be placed in tbe State bouse
aod there securely kept.
Col Blandmg was as full of enthusiasm
and patriotic fervor as ever yesterday, and it
almost made bi.n abed tears to bid farewell
to tbe old flig and tbe vase.
He has given the State all his title to the
vase, and has written to all tbe otber surviv?
ors of tbe regiment urging them to do like?
wise.
Col Blending ears he has been urged to
bring these precious relied to the Louis ill*
reunion, but he feh that the rencs should be
in the State house and would not delay
His riveting yssttrday with old 1 Uncle
William" Rose, tbe co'.oreii veteran ot tbe
famous regiment, v*ns most affecting.
Col. Blanding says the Mexican war vete?
rans have ubout $9 0 in hand, and it |l now
th^ir earnest desire to erect a monument to
ttie memory of their heroic and dashing col?
onel?Butler? who fell on Mexican 3 iil, fac?
ing the enemy in battle. He proposes to
write the Stato house commission asking that
body, if it has one of tbe marble column?,
now on the State house grounds, left after the
State bouse is completed, to donate it to
form a portion of the proposed mouumeot.?
The Stale, April 24.
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Dr. Cad) 'a Condition Powder*
are just what a horse needs when in bad con
ditiuu. Tonio, blood purifier and vermifuge
They are not t >o<l but medicine, and tbe best
tu use to put a horse in prime coodltioo. Price
55 eents per package. For sale by Dr A, J
China. Dec 30?o
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Married io Georgia.
Mr Editor : We clip the following
local editorial from the Butler (Ga)
Herald, and as it so intimately con
cerns one of Sumter county's best
and most promising former citizens
who has a very wide circle of
"frieDds, relatives and acquaint
ances'' in this county and State, who
will be gratified to read it, we ask a
place in your columns :
"Smith-Cooper?At the residence
of Mr J C Seaiy at 4 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon, occurred the
happy marrisge of Miss Nettie R
Smith to Mr ? Fl Cooper. Rev R
M Wesley officiating Only the
immediate family and a few special
friends witnessed the ceremony This
marriage has been in contemplation
for some time, but on account of tbe
serious illness of the bride, the hap
py event has been postposed until
the evening of the 18th inst, when it
was consummated
**The bride is one of the most ac
complished and deserving young la
dies of this community who for the
past three years has been in charge
of the depot as agent and telegruph
operator here By a faithful die
charge of her duties she has won the
love and admiration not only of our
community but all railroad employees
and officials, who wish for her a long
life of happiness Mr Cooper is one
of Fort Valley's most successful bust
ness men, who has been in tbe cotton
business for the past several years
Thorough his uniform courtesy and
correct business methods he has
made many friends among our people
who congratulate htm and wish for
him a life of perfect bliss, and that
there may never be a bubble on life's
sea to mar his happiness 99
Mr Dwight H. Cooper ia a son of
Capt J. Harrington Cooper of this
place He cast his lot ' away dcn:n
south in Georgia" some four years
since, taking with him only that
prestige which Sumter county is
prone to furnieh the best class of her
young men ; and the above report of
his success in life and?love, should
be very gratifying to his olden
friends and very encouraging to the
younger ones who are so wofully
sluggish in launching their doable
oared life boat on the matrimonial
sea, but are selfishly complacent
and persistent in pushing their mis
erable little one paddle, single seat,
rudderless and keelless canoe
through tbe narrow ditches or over
tbe cheerless mud fiats of life.
We echo the good wishes of the
Georgia psper and people, only we
think a few "bubbles" are necessary
to relieve the monotony, provided
there's not too much ebullition
May their oars pull together. May
their sails be filled by propitious
breezes and their bark, at last, be
gently wafted to "the better shore."
Guv
St Charles, April 30, 1900.
- i? ?M ? - -
Tetter, Salt-Rheum and Kciema.
Tbo inteusti itching aod -martin z incident tc
these dueaees is instantly alUyed by applying
Chamberlain's Eyo and Skin Ointment. M an j
very bad oases bave been pertnanetly cured b>
it. It is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy fur sore nipples, chapped
hands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic sort
eyes. 25cts per box. For sale by Dr A. J
China. Deo SO?o
CUBAN OIL cures Cuts,
Burns, Bruises, Rheuma
and Sores. Price, 25 cts
Sold by Hugbson-Ligon Co
TO DISFRANCHISE NEGROES
Constitutional Convention Is Leading
Issue In Virginia Campaigu.
Richmon d, April 80.?The question ol
calling a constitutional convention it
Virginia primarily for the disfranchise
ment of the negroes has been practically
settled so far as the Democrats are con
cemed. A majority of the delegates tc
the Democratic state convention, which
meets ai Norfolk on May .r>, are in
strueted in avor of making the call for a
convention i party issue. This mattet
is now the absorbing one in Virgin;:)
and the demand for the disfranchise
ment of the negroes and other constitu?
tional reforms has entirely overshad?
owed the original purpose for which the
Norfolk meeting was called.
The keynote of this radical snffrage
reform has been sonneted by the declara?
tion of some of the great negro conn ties.
These in effect insist that the present
political conditions cannot continue in
the Old Dominion. The plan is that the
people are tired of the means which they
nave been forced to countenance in or?
der to retain white supremacy in the
state. They now demand tbat a consti?
tutional convention shall be assembled
and tho negroes removed from politics.
Repeated Sheldon** Kxperlment?
London, April :J0.?Dr. Porker, Lon
don's well known preacher, repeated
this week R -v. Charles Sheldon's To
peka Capital experiment. The paper
put in his hands was Pearson's Illus?
trated Weekly News. The Kanaan jvas
tor seems rather to have taken the wind
out of Dr. Parker's sails and the hitter's
effort are attracting comparatively little
comment or attention*
RefriRcrnteu Fkit".
Kji^rs become unwholesome when
kept in refrigerators. A fungus forms
in them which is easily found by the
microscope, although it is not noticea?
ble to the taste. The fungus consti?
tutes a danger when we consider how
ninny eggs are consumed by nil classes
of society, and people of delicate con?
stitutions ought to be particularly care?
ful that they cat fresh and not kept
eggs.
DISASTROUS EFFECT
OF OTTAWA FIRE
a
Five Thousand Men Thrown
Out of Employment.
GREAT DISTRESS ENSUES
Fifteen Thousand People Homeless and
Without Food?Supplies Are Being
Forwarded to Stricken tfcfc'es?Ke
llef Fund started at LondoiiX
Ottawa, April 30. ? An estimate is
made of the etfects of the fire in Ottawa
which runs as follows:
Homeless, about 15,000; destitute,
about 8,000; fatalities, 7; thrown out of
work by destruction of industries, Ot?
tawa, 3,000; Hull, 3,000; value of build?
ings destroyed, 12,500,000; personal prop?
erty, such as furniture, clothes, etc.,
$4,000,000. These figures do not include
tue lumber burned.
At a massmeeting of citizens it was
decided to instruct the city council tc
ask the Ontario legislature for leave to
borrow $100,000 by issuing debentures
to aid the sufferers from the fire in Ot
towa and Hull. General subcommittees
were appointed for the purpose of afford?
ing relief. It wTas decided to build two
shelter buildings in Hull. Orders for
blankets, bread and other necessaries
was given. The needs for relief are
pressing.
E. B. Eddy's entire insurance is
placed at $650,000, while his loss is about
$2,000,000. The insurance is principally
in American companies. Booth has only
$158,000 insurance and Gilmore &
Hughes $187,000.
Archbishop Brnchesi of Montreal has
given $500 to the fire sufferers.
The Chinese merchants of Victoria
have wired expressions of sympathy to
citizens of n>e-swept Ottawa and Hull,
with $500, In token of their sincerity.
Several car loads of provisions, cloth?
ing, etc., contributed in Montreal, have
been received.
London Aids Fire Sufferers.
London, April 30.?Lord Mayor New?
ton has decided to-open a mansion house
fund i'or the relief of the homeless peo?
ple of Ottawa, and a Stock Exchange
fund has been opened with several large
subscriptions.
Arguments Heard.
Raleigh, April 30.?Argument for
appeals were heard by the supreme court
in two of the most notable murder cases
in recent years in this part of North
Carolina. In one case the defendant ia
Tom Jones, the negro who murdered
and burned his mistress and five of her
children and who is under sentence to
be hanged here May 11. In the other
the defendant is James Smith, a negro
who cut the throats of two young white
men, one of whom died.
Operator Struck by Lightning;*
Athens, Ala., April 30.?Charles Sar?
ver, night operator of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad at Haye's switch,
I near here, was struck by lightning
Wednesday night during a thunder
, storm and severely injured. He wa$
about to send an order when the light?
ning flashed down the wire and on to
the key upon which rested his hand. He
was rendered unconscious for some time,
but will recover.
Small Cotton Crop Predicted.
Columbus, Gn., April 30.?Colonel H.
* Bussey, one of the. best posted men in
the south on crop conditions, says it is
. practically certain that a large crop of
cotton would net be made this year, fhe
1 I farmers of this section of Georgia and
> Alabama have planted a larger acreage
j of coru and small grain than ever before
I and will have plenty of "hog, hominy
and hay" at home this fall.
i Porter Out of Danger.
New York, April 30. ? George F.
Betts, brother-in-law of George Addison
Porter, gave out the following statement
last night: "Mr. Porter has l>een oper?
ated upon and the operation was en
? tirely successful. We do not care to
give the name of the hospital or the
5 names of the doctors, but you can say
that Mr. Porter is out of danger."
f
\ I No woman can be too careful of
her condition during the period be?
fore her little ones arc b<n n. Neglect
or improper treatment th :i endan
. gers her life and that of the child. It
i lies with her whether she shall sutler
unnecessarily, or whether the ordeal
' shall be made comparatively easy.
She had better do nothing than do
something wrong.
! MOTHER'S
FRIEND
is the one and the only preparation
that is safe to use. It is a liniment
that penetrates from the outside.
External applications are eternally
right. Internal medicines are radi?
cally wrong. They arc more than
humbugs?they endanger life.
Mother's Friend helps the muscles
to relax and expand naturally?re?
lieves morning sickness?removes
the cause of nervousness and head?
ache--prevents hard and rising
breasts?shortens labor and lessens
the pains?and helps the patient Io
rapid recovery.
From a letter by a Shrevcport, La.,
woman: "I have been using your
wonderful remedy. Mother's Friend,
for the last two months, and find it
just as recommended,"
Druggists sell It at $1 per bot lie.
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