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NEWS ITEMS.
Darlington, S C , has voted for a
$20,000 Opera House
A little more than one-sixth of the
pension appropriates comes to the
South.
The expeases of Harvard University
are exceeding its iocome, the deficit
amounting to ?40,000 this year.
Birmingham is preparing to bold an
International Metaliio sod Industrial
Exposition in 1904.
The American Phosphate Company
of Columbia, Tenn , has made an
assign meet.
Judgs Hasan, of Topeka, has put
Mrs Nation under a $2,000 peace
bead.
* The government majority ia the
boase of commons on Monday vas
v reduced from 130 te 45
Tva bara burners were lynched near
Macon, Miss , oa Monday.
The cigar makers7 strike it Tampa
has been declared off.
Eievea States have laws prohibiting
cigarettes from being* sold within their
borders.
Wilcox, the Hawaiiac delegate, ?ii!
retain his seat ia congress.
Dr Geo. Kirby, superintendent of the
insane asylum at Raleigh, is dead.
The dispensary question was defeated
10 Cumberland County, N. C, on
Feb 19.
Mrs Natioo is behind the bars and
refases to give bond. She will act as
aer own attorney.
The building of the Manufacturers
011 and Grease Company of Cleveland,
Ohio, was destroyed by fire on Feb 19.
The Southeastern Freight Association
met at St Augustine, Fia, on Feb 20.
There were eight murders in
Fairfield County since the last term of
court
The city of Newberry bas bad its
limits extended, tsking io High Point,
a suburb.
County Superintendent of Education
for Spartanburg County, J. M. Bailen
ger, died on Sunday last, before enter?
ing oe his duties.
The passengers on toa quarantined
steamer Alpha at Savannah, were
rather badly treated by the fumigation
process as applied to their clothing.
An effort was made in the senate
yesterday to repeal the section of the
post office bill which authorizes the
payment of $171,288 a year for neces?
sary and special facilities on trunk lines
from New York anet Washington to
Atlanta and New Orleans. If this
appropriation ts withdrawn the South
will be deprived of quick mail service.
Mrs Carrie Nation says she wiil edit
The Smasher's Mail, a paper to be run
in behalf of negroes. She says also
that she has declined tempting offers
from theatre managers. '
Army officers and other American
effise holders in Manila and a lot of
reconstructed Filipino held a bsnquet
ia honor of Washington's birthday os
Thursday eight. Gen MacArthur made
a speech chock foil of rot, of which
the following is a specimen : "Ucder
the American flag injustice and oppres?
sion are impossible."
Secretary of the Navy Long bas
announced that hereafter Pensacola,
Fla, will be the regular winter bead
quarters of the North Atlantic squad?
ron.
Thomas Vital, negro, was lynched at
Fenton, La, Thursday for rape. Sam
Maddox, who attempted to defend
Vital, was shot to death.
Architect Gilbert, of tae Charleston
Exposition, bas prepared the grouod
plans and elevation for the proposed
Slate Buildiog to be erected with the j
appropriation recently made by tie j
State.
At the meeting of the premium Hst
committee of the South Carolina Agri?
cultural and Mechanical Society held in
Columbia on Wednesday some import?
ant changes in the premium list was
decided upon. Last year, the premiums
amounted to, io round cumbers,
$7,000. This year the Hst will carry
?8,500. Increases will be made ic the
cattle, sheep and swine department.
A young colored man by the name of
Rufus Low was shot and instantly
killed last Saturday night a few miles
from Society Hill by another negro msc
by the name of Cain.
A company with $15,000 capital has
been organized in Spartanburg to
manufacture soap.
Now tbat tbe sut: pass law bas
been repealed judges will be allowed
to accept passes from the railroads if
they see fit. Think of a judge who
is liable at any time to have import?
ant railroad cases before bim travel?
ing with a pass in bis pocket. The
idea 13 preposterous-Darlington
News
Amsterdam, N. Y, Feb 18 -
Three trainmen were killed today in
a freight wreck on the New York
Central near here. The engineer
failed to stop the train at the sema?
phore signal, proceeded to the next
block and crashed into another
freight.
A Texas mao bas invented a ma?
chine for tsking the whole kernel
from the cotton seed In this shape
the seed is in greater demand in
France to which large quantifi?e are
shipped because it saves the co6t of
transportation OD the bulls The in
ventor says this wili add to the for
eign demand for the seed and add
considerably to its value
When Shakespeare asked : "What'?
io aaame ?" he hadn't beard about
the girl who msde her sweetheart
change his from Jorgenson to Vogel
bofer before she would marry him -
Chronicle
Adeline Patti has been on the
operatic stage for forty one years,
bot ssys she bas never ceased to
nervous at appearing in pcblic -
Chronicle
Zolfo, Fla, Feb 22.-While trying
to arrest a negro *t Bennett's *till las
eight. Edward Vestal, the deputy
sheriff, was (?hot jost below the heart by
Oscar p8?Be, another negro Vestal is
,not expected to live. A posse is after
tho negro assailant with bloodhounds
aod there will probably be a lynching
if he is captured*
Berlin, Feb 22.-it is announced in
a dispatch from Pekin, dated Feb 21,
that Count von Waldersee bas post?
poned the expedition be planned, a?
Chioa bas oonoeded the demands of !
the powena for punishment of guilty
officials.
Paris, Feb 22 -During an attack a-.
4 o'clock last Monday morniog upon
tho French garrisoo of 160 at Tuni
mooo, Algeria, by 1.000 native
Barbaos, three officers and six men
were killed and 21 men wouoded. The
oatives were repulsed with 100 killed
and about the same number wounded..
Coostantioople, Feb 22 -Fighting
has occurred between a large body of
Bulgarian agitators and a large force of
Turkish troops at a village near
Ghevgheli, Macedonia. Six Bulgarians
were killed and three taken prisoners.
Five of the Turkish soldiars were
killed aod several wounded.
Mr McKinley has selected Hon
Mark Hanna to ride with him at the
inauguration A very appropriate
recognition of Mr Hanna's services
Without him there wouldn't be any
inauguration of Mr McKinley.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE FAST MAILS.
Mr Yest Argues That They
Are Not Subsidies.
Washington, Feb 22.-Two of the
great supply bills of the government,
the postofSoc aod the diplomatic acd
consular appropriation bills, were
pas.-ed by tbs senate today. Dar ic g
the greater part of the session a proposi
tioo to discontinue the appropriations
for fast mali facilities from New fork
to New Orleans via Atlanta, and from
Kaosas City, Mo, to Newton, Kans,
was under discussion While the
debate was not protracted it. was not
particularly lively. By a decisive vote
the senate oontioued tbe appropriations.
An effort was made to obtaio an
appropriation to continue the pneuota
tic tube service io New York, Boston
and Philadelphia, bot is failed. Ag
amendment was agreed to authorizing
the postmaster geoerai to investigue
the question of establishiog a postal
telegraph system and co report his
finding to the next congress
Tillman .Dined With toe
President.
Washington,Feb 19 -Thc president
and Mrs McKinley gave their regular
annual dinner at the White House io
honor of the supreme court.
Senator and Mrs Tillman, Represen
tative and Mrs Rtxey, Rapreseotative
and Mrs Fleming ?Sd Representative
acd Mrs Elliott were the guests.
PRESIDENT GILMAN RE?
SIGNS.
I Baltimore. Feb 22 -The celebra
tien of the 25th annual comm?moration
day at Johns Hopkins this morning was
especially signalized by the resignation
of its president. Daniel Goit Gilman, to
take effact September 1, and the an
nouncomeo; that friends of the uciver
sity hare almost succeded in raising
:he fund of $1.000.000 necessary to
secure the completion of the recent coo
ditiooal gift to the university of a msg
nificsot tract of iaod for a new site fer
the institution. The resigaation of
Prof. Herbert B Adams, who together
with Dr Gilman has served the univer
sity sines its inception, was announced,
based on ill health Both resignations
were accepted with resolutions of regret
and respect
The exercises were marked by an
attendance unprecedented in the history
of Johns Hopkios Hoo. David Jayne
Hill, assistaot secretary of state aod
former president of the University of
Rochester, delivered the oration.
A Negro Scoundrel Caught.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb 22 -Upon com
plaint of Scilla Smith, a negress, I
H. Dickerson, of Nashville, Tenn,
general manager of the National Ex
Slave Mutual Relief Bounty and Pen
sion Association of the United Slates
of America, in default of a $G00
j bond, has been incarcerated here on
a charge of ebea'ing and swindling
It is alleged that Dickerson, who
is a negro, travel over the country
j and sells certi?cates in the associa
j tion be represent? for 25 c^nts and
collects 10 cents per mon?h dues
The object of the association ia said
to have passed in congress a till
pensioning former slaves The SRSO
ciation claims a membership of 250,
000 negroes.
$10,000 IN A DIRT PILE
Unexpected Find in a Store
Room of the Peabody
Museum.
New Haven, Feb 20 -Yale Univer?
sity officials in tbe Peabody museum
made a dUoovery last Satarday that
nearly took their breath away. In one
of toe store rooms in tbe cellar of the
mn?euoi herding a workman wbo bad
been instructed by one of the managers
G? tbe building to elean op things was
at work sweeping away a pile of
rubbish. A professor connected with
the museum bsppeoed into the room
and picked out of the dirt a small
glittering piece of metal that he ascer
taiced was a gold ornament. He
ordered the workman to take ever7 bit
of tbe stuff to bis room. Io tbe pile
was $10,000 worth of gold io Aztec
jewelry.
How it came to be there no one in
the Peabody museum can explsio. No
one dreamed there was any snob wealth
lost io the store rooms of tbe place.
There is one theory about it, and it is
this : The late Prof O. C Marsh,
who for years was at the bead of the
Peabody museum, had probably pur
I obased the jewelry in bis travels and
when be returned to Yale placed ic in
ibis store room temporarily.
Then he forgot all about it. The
jewelry ie now tn the big safe io the
museum.
TO MAKE WAR MORE TER?
RIBLE.
A writer in the Philadelphia Poet
says : A new French illuminating
shell bursts in the air and emits a
fiery body of globular ebape, which
vividly lights up a large area for a
considerable time. It is the latest
improvement in a branch of military
pyrotechnics which has recently been
receiving much attention
The idea of the illuminating bomb
is to expose at night the position of
an enemy, or to reveal the character
of bis defences when an attack is
contemplated There sre already
several such projectiles, of different,
varieties, on the market. With one,,
a .shell is fired from an ordinary
csnnon (a mountain howitzer will
serve the purpose, the bombs being
of various calibres), and is so con
staucted as to explode on impact,
liberating a Haming compound
One compound is said to be some?
what similar to the ordinary "blue
light mixture" used in Fourth of
July pyrotechnics, consisting of sul?
phur, saltpetre and a hydrocarbon
It is meant to burn as brilliantly as
[ possible, aod to keep on burning for
at least a minute or two The illum?
ination lasts as long as the saltpetre
supplies oxygen to maintain com?
bustion
Another species of bomb, which
on bursting liberates dense clouds of
smoke, with the purpose of conceal
iug the movement of troops in the
field, uss not yet been introduced in
actual warfare, although both the
French and Germans have beeD ex
perimentiog with it In the "meli
nile" shell the French have originated
a type of projectile not only extreme
ly destructive when it explodes, but
which also achieves an effect similar
to that of the ancient "stink pot,"
inveuted by the Saracens in the
Middle Ages This stifles the enemy
with poisonous gases, and the same
purpose is accomplished by the pro
jectile loaded with melinite.
FERTILIZER TRUST.
A Big Transaction on Foot in
Charleston.
Charleston, Feb. 22 -It was learn?
ed here today that the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company, com?
monly known as the fertilizer trust,
has bought out the Charleston Min?
ing and Manufacturing company
The latter concern owned 2,700
acres of the be6t phosphate land in
the world, located in Charleston.
Berkeley and Colleton counties, and
only recently efforts were made to
induce it to put up a million dollar
plant here
Tbe price paid for the stock of the
Charleston Mining Company was
$130, and the total sum involved is a
million and a half dollars
As lons: as this company was inde?
pendent it was a constant menace to j
the so called trust and now tbat it
bas been bought, the Virginia Caro
lina concern han virtual control of
th? fertilizer situation in the south.
The Charleston Mining and Manu
facturing Company is owned almost
entirely by Philadelphia capitalists, j
It began operations in 1867 and has
perhaps paid more handsomely on i
its original outlay than any other I
corporation in South Carolina
A Pennsylvania soldier writing
from the Philippines to friends at
hom? says the American people hsve
no idea of tho horrors of that war,
and if they had th^re would be n
howl from one end of tho country to
the other to stop it at once. He ex?
presses the opinion that the war of \
subjugation will not end in a gene
ration There are others who agiee
with bim. I
BOOMVILLE HOMELETS.
[Oapyrisht, 15(50, by C. B. Lewis.]
Boomville ought to havo a fire de?
partment. At the present time the
only conveniences for fighting the lurid
destroyer are a stepladder and an old
bucket without a handle. Let ?3 not
wake up when it is too late.
We received a call a day or two since
from Mr. Sam Norton. who lost a dol?
lar on Main street a few weeks ago and
has not recovered it up to date. He
may never recover it. but be bxs the
consolation cf knowing that the dis?
honest finder will not go to heaven
along with the rest of us.
It now transpires that Mr. John Gris
comb's year-old baby did not swallow
a pair of scissors, as stated in our last
issue. What it got away with was half
a dozen tacks and a brass thimble, but
the doctor anticipates no malign re?
sults. Boom ville cherubs have healthy
appetites.
The editor of this paper, while on his
way to the postofiice the other day,
was picked off his feet and thrust head
first into an empty barrel in front cf
Strong's grocery. The thruster was
Abner Green, who had been drinking
and was in a jokeful mood. We trust
it may not happen again. The position
was undignified.
We are sorry to say that we missed
the item last week about a cow break?
ing through the Looking Glass river
bridge and breaking her leg. but we
are in time to announce that it was her
left bind leg and that she is owned by
Farmer Savage. He thinks be can
amputate the leg and save her life.
Among those who remembered the
struggling but undaunted editor last
week was Mrs. Jason Williams. She
brought us in a pound of butter and a
basket of potatoes, and could she bave
seen the tears in our wife's eyes as we
carried the luxuries home she would
have felt amply rewarded. We love to
be an editor, and we love our subscrib?
ers. M. QUAD.
ITT o Ways of Telling; lt.
Once upon a time a king in bis sleep
drer med that all of his teeth fell out
before him. one by one.
He summoned a soothsayer and ask?
ed Lim to interpret the dream.
The soothsayer said, "0 king, the
meaning of thy dream is that thy fam?
ily and relatives shall di* in thy pres?
ence, one by one. till all are gone."
Tb.e king was very angry at that and
sent, the soothsayer at once to prison.
Then he sent for a not lier soothsayer
and again asked for an interpretation
of the ?dream.
T.'je soothsayer made answer. "G
king, the interpretation of thy dream
is that thy family and relatives shall
die. one by one. and thou thyself shalt
outlive them ail."
With this answer the king showed
approval and commanded that a pres?
ent be given to the interpreter, and
that he should l>e sent home with
honor.-"Persian Tales" in Century. .
"When to Select Diamonds.
"It may appear strange to you,"" said
a diamond expert, "but damp, murky
weather practically kills the diamond
business. No dealer dare buy for fear
of cheating himself. The purest white^
diamond will on one of these dark, fog?
gy days take on a straw shade and to
all appearances is off color. Always
pick out a diamond on a clear day, but
see to it that you have a good light on
the gem, for many dealers tint their
ceilings and walls a delicate hue,
'which gives the stone a bluish tint
which it dees not or should not possess
in a clear light' "-Washington Star.
The Prayer Re Didn't Make.
In a certain parish near Dumfries.
Scotland, a newly made elder was sum?
moned to the sickbed of a parishioner.
Being naturally a bashful man. he was
in great anxiety as to the "prayer he
wad ha'e to pit up" and wished to
avoid going altogether. At length he
was persuaded by his wife and start?
ed on his errand. On his return his
wife greeted him with the-query:
"And how did ye get on, William?"
"Oh, grand! He was deid."
Had a Good Start.
Two colored men on a late Long
street car were congratulating one an?
other. The last to talk was newly
wedded.
"Sam. I understand youse tookin
unto youseself a new woman?" said
Mr. Johnston.
"I'll kuufess I'ze guilty." meekly re?
sponded Sam. his countenance covered
with a broad grin.
"Did you all get a good start?"
Sam was apparently very anxious to !
answer this question and iu a much |
louder tone said:
."Weil. I should say I did get a good
start. I gol an old woman wid eleben
little pickaninnies."
Everybody who heard the remark
was satisiied Sam had really a good
start.-Columbus (O.) Dispatch.
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The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has horne the signature of
and has been made under his per?
sonal supervision since its infancy?
Allow no one to deceive you in this?
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and ChilUren-Experience against Experimente
What is CASTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing" Syrups, It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm?
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend?
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Sears the Signature of
4M
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET. KEW YORK CITY.
Atlantic Cotton Oil Company,
Sumter, Charleston, Camden. Bennettsville,
S. C.. and Gibson, N, C.
Offer for Sale for Cash or on Approved Security, High Gradp
Cotton Seed Meal, Acid Phosphate,
GermanJKainit, Nitrate of Soda,
Muriate of Potash,
Cotton Seed Hulls, in bulk, baled or sacked.
Highest Cash market Price Paid for Cotton
Seed?
Address nearest mill point, or head office, Sumter, S. C.,
PERRY MOSES, Pres.
HORACE HARBY, Vice Pres.
A. C. PHELPS, Sec'ty and Treasurer.
C. C. FISHBURNE, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
Nov 21-4m
THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC
Has Never Been Equalled as a Pulverizer.
I seil these Harrows OD SO little marg?D that my greatest comfort is in the
satisfaction they give rather than the profit I make.
My dooss are open to all-My stock is ready for inspection.
Come nod ?ee me ?D my Dew quarters, corner of Liberty, acd Harvin Streets
FIRST CLASS LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES.
W. B. BOYLE, Sumter, S. C.
July ll
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