THE BIGGEST COTTON DAY RECORDED. More Than One Thousand Bales on The Street Thursday. More cotton wa3 sold io Sumter last Thurs? day than ever oefore io the history of the town The cotton wagons began coming in soc after daylight aod from then on there was a con tionous stream of wagons coming in ca every road leading into the city. Bv 10 o'clock Maia and Liberty streets were blocked with . wagons and the line of w?, Hc "weighers platform to Lee & Moise's oSce. For the greater par,- of th;s distance, core than three fourths of a mile, there was a doable line of wagons In addition to tbis line of cotton wagon3 tbere was another line extending frojj the weighers' platform in the * other direction for several squares The public weighers worked hard ail cay but * were unabte to weigh all the cotton before dark. The oldest inhabitant never saw so mach cotton in Sumter at one time, nor was there ever sucb a blockade cf cotton wagons on Mein street Tbe regular export buyers were not eager for cotton at Sumter prices, end tbe mer? chants bought the buik of it. They held k ap the prices as high a3 possible in the face or a rapidly declining and weak New York market. 1 he result was that the cotton eell ers gGt netter prices than they would have obtained otherwise and tte cerchams had a big Io: of cotton cn band that cost them more than they ccuid sel! it for that night. The farmers are doing tb?ir utmost to rush every bale possible to market at once, and toe consequence wili be tba: ?he price will decline racidly and ten cents cotton w?i be out cf the question un'il next spring. ?r The bulls har.- *ad thing? their cwa way ia the conon merke: recently and have sent prices un by leaps and bounds toll cents, out the bears are having an inning now, &nd with tbe help cf the farmers woo are rushicg tbs crep to market and piling up the receipts enormously, they will pull the prices down justas rapidly as it went up. Cotton so:d Thursday ror less tuan 10 cents. If the farm? ers do not want to see tbe maiket demoral? ized now is the time to market slowly. FOURTEEN HUNDRED BALES. Great Receipts of Cotton Thurs day-High Prices Bring the Cotton. The receipts of cotton Thursday as report? ed by the cotton weighers were as follows : Wagoa receipts Sl?, railroad receipts 350 ; lotal receipts at weighers platform 1,160 This, however, dees not include all of the cotton marketed ic this city yesterday for ibe rash waa so great at tbe public weighers platform throughout tbe day tbat a great many persons could not get their cotton weighed acd they stored it in lots and ware bosses until this morning, and this cotton, amounting to more than a hundred bales, perhaps more tbao 200 bales, was weighed today and counted with today's receipts It is therefore safe to say that the total actual receipts Thursday aggregated fully 1,350 to 1,400 bales. This is by far the greatest num? ber of ba'es ever marketed in Sumter in one day and it will stand as bigb water mark * for some time to come. The heavy receipts are due to several canses, 6rat and foremost of which ia the high price paid for cotton io Sumter, while all neighboring markets have been from an eighth to a half cent lower day for day. Another cause is the dry and bot weather of the past several weeks which made cottee opec prematurely and more rapidly than ever before. The weather bas been favorable for gathering the crop and it has been picked ont and ginned with ooexampled rapidity. Tbe high price and the fear that the market would dec?oe bas been an incentive to the farmers to make unusual efforts to gather .sod market the crop as quickly a9 possible The Jbeavy receipts do not indicate a large crop for the fact is quite to the contrary. Sumter aod adjacent ^counties bave produced the ama! i es t crop for years, aod wheo the present rush is over the receipts will fall off to a minimum amooot. Sumter is unquestionably the best ccttoo market io the ceotral portioo cf tba State, if not io tbe eotire State, aod it pays to ship cotton here by rail, the price paid being so mach greater in Sumter tbat the seller real? izes a profit over and above the price io otber markets after payiog freight. Sumter's wagon trade is iocreasiog also, for maoy farmers who heretofore have sold their cotton io otber places io this aod adjoining counties sow find it to their advantage to haul it a greater distance and sell in Sumter. Last year Sumter was the best market throughout tbe season and the receipts were heavier m consequence, and tb 13 year in spite of the short crop the year's receipts are sure to be equal to if not greater than last year's Sumter is drawing cotton from territory that has been considered tributary to other places, aod at the end of b- season it will be seen that other places have lost what Sumter bas gaioed. High prices and a first c!as3 market are drawing the cottOD, for the farmers are quick to discover where they receive the best price3 and tbe bes: treatment All that Sum? ter asks is a comparison of prices with other markets, tbe people wiil do the rest and tue receipts will continue heavy as long as there is cotton in the country. - - Mr. Baumgardner Goes to Charles? ton. Charleston, Sept 18 -Mr J. H Vaughan, local freight ageM for the Southern railway at Charleston, has baorjed io Iiis resignation ?of the position be now holds and will leave the company's service ia Coober. Mr. Voughao leaves the Southern to accept a po? sition with tbe Pitteocrg and Western rail? road at Pittsburg, his former home No official ancouoceot of Mr. Vaughan's resignation nor fappeintment bas ye*, been made, but it :s understood tbat Mr. B.um gardner, ibe locai agent of the company at Sumter, will be given The Charleston office. .^mmm- .???. mm A Thousand Tonrues Could uot expr?s-* the rapture o? Annie E, Springer, of 1125 Howard St-, Philadelphia! Pa., when the fourni that Or. King's New Dis? covery for Consumption bad cotn;?e;e!y carel her of a hacking Cvugh that for muny years had made lify a bv?r-r lur.g-. Pries : ?Oe and $1. Trial bottle? free ar J. 1 W. ? DeLorme*s Drug Store: every bottle ?r?a. an- ? toe i. M?5S Ka!?- \)zt\'-rt danghter or tu: postmaster at Bareon, Gr;- nvi !c Gout: : ty, has &eca arr?-.- r.??i for tampering with "ho mai!? Tho evidence agaia-y-s : h?r :s strobe 3r,t] ?bs has bovn besad over for trial in October Xh< mi:?i ZBCEi penally is ene year ?r: th< peni- ; 'en?iarv. Statement From Col Hoyt. | The Mountaineer is again in my charge after an interval of three months, a period marked by an onus- ? ual experience and ending in a tem ! porary defeat of the cause represent ed by me It would not be proper j to make 3nj extended comment upon j the campaign at this time, nor is it my intention to dwell at length upon its salient features hereafter, but I ; wish among other things io say now | that there were many pleasing events connected with it, amone: which wa* the renewal of acquaintance with hundreds of friends in all patts of ibe State. The agencies employed j against me were numerous and pow j erfui, and there was a combination o? | political interests that few men have ever been called upon to cope with, but i am gratified to know that the combined enginery of the opposition failed to bring any more damaging ; charge against me than that 1 was utterly and uncompromisingly oppos I ed to tbe dispensary system with all ? its train of attending evils The result of the campaign and its i antecedent circumstances abundantly j prove that there is great danger cl'j the di?p?nsary machine becoming a j monopoly of political power as it is ; now a monopoly o? the liquor frusi ness The State constsbniaiy wa? ; used for all that it was worth in the I election, while dispensers were act- j ive a::d vigilant in promoting the j fortune? cf their favorite candidates | The whiskey distillers were arrayed j as one roan in behalf the dispensary, j which buys the product of the distil j leries. The blina tigers in our io'.vns .; and cities and in rural precincts : were foremost in 1 heir advocacy j of the dispensary candidates, in spite of the alleged '.'unholy ailiauce " j Thus was the combination of liquor I interests made perfect, and it is with- j in bounds to say that the recent primaries were influenced moie directly and more generally by the liquor traffic than any eiection ever held in the State lt is due to truth that this much be said, because many of the people who voted against me were and are in ignorance of the true state of affairs. It is not to my discredit by any means that the whole liquor influence was used to compass the resuit, and thete was nothing surprising in the fact after all that this influence was solid the other way lt is not my purpose to revive the issues of the campaign or to fore? shadow the course of those who registered their opposition to the dispensary, but it is not inopportune to say that the fight against the wbie key monopoly wiil not and cannot be abandoned by those who oppose it upon principle The welfare and happiness of future generations are involved in the decision of this ques? tion, and we m^st not prove rec reant when duty demands our ser? vices to break down an evil which seriously threatens the body politic Expediency and avarice may for a time continue the liquor traffic by the State, but the day is coming when a majority will no longer tolerate this j travesty upon a republican govern? ment James A Hoyt The Manning Times quotes an edito? rial from the Greenville Mountaineer written by Mr James A Hoyt. Jr, tn which the State liquor macbiae is severely criticised ; and with this as a basis for its argument The Times pro ceeds to say that Mr Hoyt should resign bis position on the governor7? staff It argues that this is ' a position which is j supposed to be held only by close per ! -iona! friends," and appears to have a grievance against Mr Hoyt because he ! .went through the entire campaign j wi b Gov McSweeney's commission in bis inside pocket" while figh iog for j another candidate, his father. This I seems to put appointments to the gov | ernor's staff on the level of bribery, or ? to consider them, at least, as insurance policies against political opposition ; and we are frank to say that we believe tbat thid was the idea and intent of the ? administration in making such appoint j meets We have had it io mind to open a ! campaign for the abolition of these staff ; positions They are useless and occa sionally demoralizing No good end is j served by them Of oourse there is oo good reason why a mao should abandon his political and moral beliefs because be has received the empty compliment of a staff appointment, and i; is absurd rc suppose that Mr Hoyt could or would have been influ i eoced to support Gov Mcsweeney and the dispensary ag*iost his own father ? and bis anti d.si-ensary conviction* because, as The Times says, he h*d j "Gov McSweeru-v commi-sion io his | inside pocket ?" Neverrhee.-s, H?H-T ] this suggestion fron) of the governor'* j closest trii-nds of the purnoo in issuing i these commissions w $ have no doubt,1 that Mr Hoyt w ii I r:\M?A thc dubious ' honor -The State This is not Galveston's first ?nan dation, according t<> t ] j ? - New Y< ;k World. In 1857, when it was a village, the Gulf and the bay joined 1 ?:P;? t uriea it under water ten fee? deep for several hours In 1*>>7 '.\ was almost entirely submerovd, the i water being tre oil' and bore nw<>y j nie ena OJ ?he i?-iand THE MINERS STRIKE. 118,000 Men Have Quit Work. Philadelphia, Sept 18 -The leader j of the 6tr?ke pays at the end of the ! second dav th&t 1155,000 ot the 141, i OOO mine workers in the anhracite ! coal fields arc idh'f. N> represen?a j tive of the mine operators makes ;? : statement for their side of the metier. ; bat individua*! mine owners dispute j the strikers' figures, saying that there I are more men at work than the union i leaders will admit. The first advance in the price of j coal as a result of tho strike was made by the Philidelphia and Read j ing company today. 25 ceats p r ton j being added. This advance was j promptly met by the local dealers. ! who increased the price to consumers ? 50 cents a iou A cloud r-.ppears on the otherwise j peaceful horizon in the shape of a report from Harrisburg that a bitter feeling ts developing between the j union and non union men in the \ Ly kens district, located in the upper end of Dauphin county ned involving about 2 500 mine workers A concession was voluntarily j trraoted the 5 OOO employes o? the : Lehigh Coai arid Navigation company j in tbe region of Muchchaunk, which i will hereafter work 10 hours a day j with an increase in earnings These ; men were unorganized and had not ? presented an}' grievances. Deputy Sheriff? Five Into j Crewels of Men Worner and Children Shenandoah. Pi, Sept lil -A sher iff.8 posse fired o? a crowd of riotous men near herc ?his afternoon, killing two persons and wounding seven others Sheriff Tooie and Deputies O'Don neil and Brenneman were called to Shenandoah today to suppress the mobs that threatened mine workers and colliery property At quitting time the sheriff and a small posse whom the sheriff had summoned on the ground went to the Indian Ridge colliery of the Reading company to escort the working men to their homes The colliery is located a short distance east ol Shenandoah The workmen left for home shortly after 4- o'clock. They walked up the middle of East Centre street and reached the Lehigh Valley railroad station Here bad gathered a large crowd of Poles, Slavs, and Huns, men, women and children, who lined both sides of the street. A shot rang out from a saloon This was followed by a shower of stones Many of the crowd had picked up stones and sticks and were acting in a threatening mauuer Seeing this the sheriff, who had previously cautioned his men to keep cooi and not use their fire arms, commanded them to fire. The order was obeyed with terrible results The crowd pursued the sheriff and his posse to the Ferguson house, where they took refuge. Pretty Girl Arrested by Uni? ted States Inspectors. Special to the State Greenville, Sept 20 -A pretty girl I was arrested ia this county yesterday for tampering with the mails. For some time there has been complaint of irregularities at a postoffice called Bateau, in the upper section of Green ville county, and yesterday Inspec? tors Moye and Moore went to a neighboring postuffiee, White norse, from which tbey sent a decoy letter addressed to Chicago containing marked coins They tben interrupt ed the mail after it left B.itsou and found the letter had been opened, the coins taken and stamps substitut ed The coins were found in a drawer to which Miss Kate Arnett Carter, the assistant postmaster at Batsou, had the key. She pleaded ignorance of the whole business, but the inspectors claim positive proof against her Commissioner Hawthorne today sent the case up to court in October The minimum sentence for taking; money from the mails is one year imprisonment Miss Carter's father is post mater and if her famiiy is prominent and respected They ure intelligent peo pie, and lier arrest caused some sen satiou. "Cupid's Victory,''' . ?.cw coo^ rtr'ord^ i>f W. Lionel >! i>e ; music Hy M*v QUtre W.lininii-?nr-ul- "v H G Ovrcn A Cn. Digests what you eat. \ tv artificially digests the food audaids Nature io streagtaeuiug and recon? structing thc exhausted digestive or? zn us. J t is T he discovered digest a tit and tonic. >.?> other preparation c;.ii apjjroa- ii it in efficiency, lt ra? lly Ti liev< - r.'.A perriianetitlycures I.: ia, indigestion, Heartburn, b-iatutence; i Stomach, Nausea, ?rc i? Headache. -Gas? ralgia < 'nra ps and alioth :rre>ultsoj i ni pei feet digestion. EriccSOi :,r I.' r : izecontains.2}4 times . i AI.:.- J..-.-- ..?. : J y ..t cjttile??rii? Fiepcrcd c . E. C. Dcir-iTl 6 CO. Cb lease J S KU&HSO^ &CO: A druggist in Macon, Ga., rays: "I have sold a large quantify of Mother's I Friend, and have never known an in- j stance where- it has failed to produce the j good results claimed for it. "All women j agree that it makes labor shorter and less ? painful. " j Mother's Friend ! is not a chance remedy. Irs good effects i are readiiv experienced hy ali expectant j mothers who use it. Years a?o it passed i the exp?rimentai stanze, While it always j shortens labor and lessens the pains of ; deliver-', it is also o" the greatest benefit j during the earlier months of pregnancy. ! Mornfng sickness and nervousness ar: ; readily overcome, and the liniment relaxes the strained muscles, permitting them to I exDandwithout causing distress. Mother s | Friend ttives t;reat recuperative power to j the motlier, and her recovery is sure and j rapie1. Dancer from rising and swelieu j breasts is cone away with completely. . Seid by druggists for $1 a bottk-. THE BRADF?ELD REGULATOR CO. ; ATLANTA, G \. L fffil?l i ?te, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866 Represent, among otber Ccmpaoies : LIVERPOOL t LONDON ? GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. C?pital represented $75,000,000. Feb 28 CHARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer in Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stails No. 1 and 2 Fien Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Couniry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, Ac , are respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made. Fish packe! in barrels and boxes for the country trade a specalty. Dec C x Furman University, GREENVILLE, S. C THE NEXT SESSION opens on the 26th of September, 1S00. Full and thor? ough instruction, leadioe to the decrees of B A., and M A , is offered Boarding io private families moderate ; in the Meas Bal!, exce;ier.t fare may be bad at les3 expense. Correspondence solicited Applications for places in the Mess should not deferred. For full particulars, ipplv to the President. A. P. MONTAGUE, L. L D. Julv 25-2ra THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUiMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capita^ siock paid in, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 Individual liability cf stockholders io eicess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business ; aiso has a Savings B?nk Department. Deposits of Si and upward received. Interest allowed aj the rate of 4 ?er cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. MARION MOISK. W. F. RHAMS, Vice-President. Cashier. Jan 3t. Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. 64th Year Begins Sept. 6. CLASSICAL. MATHEMATICAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, BIBLICAL, COMMERCIAL. Courses Offered for A. S., B. S. and A. . Terms moderate, Location healthful, Laboratories complete, Teaching thorough, Gymnasium eouipped. Send for a Catalogue. J. B. SHEARER, June lo-3m President FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, S T A T E, CIT Y A N D COU ? TV DE? POSITORY, SUMTE?, S. C. Paid ap.Ctp?t&l.$ 75,00e 00 Surp;;:j -nd Profits .... 25,000 00 Ad;:r-::::-.l Li?oil:tj ot S;ock ":.>:. p-?O'c i r. to depositors. 173 i'CO 00 : .. .. .:rr?:' Banking' HK