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Fire at Mannwiilo. Tito residence of Mr. Henry G 8bew at Haonrille, ira? earned oa 8atarday, th? Jab. lt was ssppesad to bav? caught ?a tn Crom tb? ehissaey. AU tb? hoBicbeld sleets wer? lott ?ad abo?; $40? ia eaih Th? boase contained fait? a noraber of ral aaote rebe? which vcr? harte?! alie. The ieseraaee ls nbont $60?, it is said. Sd Trimnal in Jail. Sd Trisaaal WM pat ia jail lest Thsrsdar ?orning: awe'.xiag trial ia tb? Magistrat?'? -roars, oa the charge of Iareeay. ft is ?aid he ?to!? aa erereeat fresi Vagi?? ?ate Wells' ot&ee a f?v day? age, ead, alto, -a pair of shoos fro? a gantlsasea ea whose wagon be wes riding hesse. A rarrest w?s .sworn oat y?terday afternoon ead Sharif Seatboroagh a&d Ceastabl? Disktos weat ?ever to MayesrUla lace sight aad arras tad ??cs. He wat brought beek here ead ?laced ia |ei?. He will tte girec a hearing probably ?a 3sttardsy befar* Kag ?atra?a Walls Tb? orer ?etMU to the property of Ceastabl? Diokias and ?he shoes belonged to Kr. Jassss Andersen. Trisaaal baa a eec? ia eocrt et thc a?zt 4B0?OQ ia whit* h? SUM th? Atleatie Coast Ida? R. K. Go. for $5,?C0 for damages which -ba eeeeired by b?ieg thrown fron a freight trato by a brakemen while he was "beatf?g" .a tide. This is his side of tb? story. Two Children Wander. Two little tots, S ead 4 years old, strayed from the city Thursday aftercooos cad were iee od ?boat dark near Torkej Creek. One of them was the daughter of Mr. W. A Bowman aad tic other his sister's child & seems they waadered from their bom? to {be depot ead around tho easters edge of t?wa until they roached th? country. A search was sad? for them sad after a ion g baot they w?re foaod ?ear Turkey Creek Parents bad better wateb their ebildreu if they will go oa such long exped? titras by themas! res Debater's Contest st S. C. College. The annual debater's and orator's contest between iba Sophrtdian and Clariosophic lit? erary societies of tie S C. Collegs took pleee ta3t Friday night. The orators were slr. L C ?oise for the Supbradiau Society, bis sub? ject being, "Our Mothers," and Mr J. A. Stoddard for the Olariosopbic 8ocictr, bsv? tag aa his subject, "Aa Uncrowned Sing." Sr Stoddard won ;ho decisiso. Tbe query for d?tate wa? "Resolved, That war tc an indication of th? adrancement of eavtliaation " Affirmative : Mettre, ?. W Wait and H H. Withers of the Eupbrsdien Society, and negati r? : UWTB. G. R. Rem bert and R S Caiwile, of tb? Clariosophic .Society. The affirmative won tbe debate The committee on oratory was composed of Prof Geo. McGutehon, Geo Leroy P Tou? rnons and Prof S. L Green. The commit .ree on debate consisted of Col. John Frost, Mr I S Maller aod Rer. M. L. Carlisle. The croat wes said to be ono of tho most pleasant occasions of past years. Another Frutar nal Order. ?amter Council Bo. 209, of the Family Protective Union of Boston, Mass , was in etttated Wednesdar night March 13tb by J. S Hollis, Deputy General and tba following officers were elected : Vice Presides t-Dr H tf Stuckey. Secretary-W J Jennings. Treasurer-W D Lowry. Sergt at Arms- W H Pate. Chaplain-John Lerer ty. Sentinel-W P Williams. Trustees-W H Pa:e, J H Holiday, ? B Price. Medical Examiner-Dr H M Stuckey. The order met in Masonic Temple. The Family Protective Union is an up to data fraternal order paying sick, accident, and death benefits. The order waa organized with about 15 charter members Dinner on Monday. The Ladies Lecture Hall Society will terre d oner on Monday, April 1st MAYOR'S COURT. The following eases wera befors the Mayer Friday:^ Fred Wilson, riding bicycle ia forbidden limits. Pined $2 Martha Dixon, disorderly eondoct, $3 or i$ days. CLARENDON HEWS. from The Manning Tintes, March 13tb. sirs W. Scott Herrin visited Sumter yes? terday. Mr. W. C. Chandler spent yosterdsy io Sumter. Miss Gussie Keels, ot 8c inter, ie risitiog at Mr. Joseph 8prott's. Or J A. Mood, of Sumter, was in Man nins: Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. A. Leri went np to Sumter yesterday for a day or so. Or. W. M. Brockiotoa, secompanied by his wife, carried his ill daughter, Edna, te Charleston last Thursday evening in a prirate ear tendered by Maj G S. Gadsden, president of the Northeastern Railroad. This kindness of Maj Gadsden ia tendering the family his persooal aod prirate cor is order that the -C&ild might trarel as comfortably as possible ri greatly appreciated, sot oeiy by Dr. grockiotoa ?nd family, but the peo pie of the entire town. Last Saterday the little sc os of Mr. T. H Sid ge wa/ who lires in the Fork, discorered .a enri?os looking animal ie Lowndes ford and they ?hot it. The animal has something of the appearance of a wild eat, was 5 feet in length from the tip of its bead ta the point of a rery short tail and weighrd 32 pounds. An installation of officers in the Presbyte? rian Church took place Sooday on which occasion Metsrs Joseph F. Roane and X E. dickson were installed as elders and Mr. Lactu* Harria aod Dr. G. L. Dickson ae deacons HAGOOD HAPPENINGS. Hagood, S. C , March 16 -People here nra bo37 bio?ng fertilizar, quite a quantity of which will be nsed. I ara neither a prophet nor thc 30? of ooe, but mark me, we are go iag to get short prices for cotton next fall, uoles* teere it a short crop, which is unlike? ly. The soothem farmer will always be hampered because he has oo y one money crop. Mr. J. L Jackson and hie .Tost excellent wife tinve both been prostrated by grip, bot are i m provis s Our community was risita, by a fine rain ls?3t Sunday. Hail is reported :o ba7e fal ?en above her?. Mr. C. L Emanuel is makio;: a considera? ble addition to his rc-siden.ee : usder?tand that he h.i3 b"5?t a largs paster ir, ?h:eh he will raise cattle and goa^e "oro plaiting hes begun io eoma plscee One fallow s^js be had to plant because his oro w*a cearly oat Mr. Robt Atkinson is reported to be im? proving. We hope to see him a : bis business again. Cms. Oar Country School?. Ia oar lut vt dtteasstd their eoBeolida lion. Wt ?rt fla* to knew that it ii receiv? ing tht ttriooi etaiiteratioa it ?teerrei. ? lamber hart eskt? tht writer, "vate shall thttt laings ht," aad art aozioai that tbt aiatttr ht attinee* ta at nee. Bet befort tbit et? ht dent tfeatively tont Itfitlatiea viii ht aaeetttry. So Itt as ht patitot. lat thtrt ara othtr arils ia the vay af tbt tatette. Baay patraai are poor peopla, vb* lietrally tat hrtai ia tho svtet of threir ?raw Saeh it, erjtetai to ht, thtir eeadition that thor ?est ht thiefij eeaetratd ia "hov" te itt tbtir eve ahreteelegy, "te make bueklt ead toagat Beet " Almost iaveriaely, in tba tolatioa af tail ?iftacalt preblee?, ?her toatlec* to ?aka thtir etildree Itl? kanes, ead that even vhila ia atttadaaea apon school. Thie it * greet miitaze, and taos ?aeelcelaele injury te the child in tht preeeea tioa af its stadias Lat as sappost vt hara iatrodaead tba gradad ajffltem teto ear eoaa trj eehoolr Oee of the first tbiags tbat viii happen in many icboels ia that tba stadias viii ha greatly mal tie-lied i* attar instances ?aether ii tht leesons viii ht increased, aaeh of vbieh viii oeetssitata tht ioerease of tima nteeseary te tht tboroagh preparation! of .aaa If ve ?re to believe many of tba ebildrta ead I coafttf thtrt ii ground for doing so, thty hardly bare timi to Itara vbat ii nov assigned them So jen ate there is some* thing for tht parents te do AS veil as for tba lavmakers. It matters little hov beneficent legislation may bi if ve fail to take advan? tage of it. ? very aabetithy condition of tbingi bal obtained in tba country, and be? fore a batter ean be bad much that nov ob? tains mott ba altered or Itt go al together. Ky contention ii that many, 1 might tay most parenti , do not let a proper estimate upon their children. It is wall enough, lt is proper, to teach them to wort, to love it, but it it vrong, an evil, to set a regard upon them close akin to that they set opon their horse or mole "Hov much vork can I get eat of them ?" It ii related of a certain Roman matron that, vben othsrs were disr-1- * , their jew? ell and gaudy trinkets, e. ?cudly called ber two boys to ber and, ^resenting them, laid "Here are my jewels." No wonder tbey became the jewell of that time at Rome, that with undimmed lustre have shined down the ages. "What France wants jic .mothers." What children want, what they need, ia pa? rents, not masters Another mi3take is a falsa idea of life When a man ?ives for vbat be can get life becomes a paltry thing, vexations, bot when ht livet for what he caa do lt is noble and honorable. Another ii to imagine our children were created for nt when we we a made for them. Before this letter is closed let it be laid by way of reminder that ve are forced to deny onrselves io other things for our children : a little self-denial here vould give most saris factory resulte In another letter ve viii endeavor to show what some of these may ba. "Hagood " Hagood, S. O JL God Cough 2_sdiciae foi? Children. "I have no hesitancy io recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," says F. P. Moran, a well known and popular baker, of Petersburg, Va. "We have giren it to our children when troobled with bad coughs, also whooping cough, and it bas always given perfect satisfaction. It wa3 recommended to me by a drnggist as the heit congo medicine for children as it contained no opium or other harmful drag." 8old by Dr A J China. McLeod Mill Items. Hiss Wilson's school dosed oa last Friday, aad tht school had a dinner oe Monday. They played gamas and spent the day very pleasantly. The people ia this section are well pleaeed with Miss Wilson and hope te have her next year. Col. J. Harvey Wilson has returned from Colombia. Mr. W. J. McLeod's business ts increasing every day. There has been no more rogess captured in this section. W. N. M. Prof Ivison, of Lonaconing, Kd., suffered terribly from neuralgia of the stomach and indigestion for thirteen years and after the doctors felled to eure him they fed him on morphias. A friend advised the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Oura and after taking a few bottles of it be says, "It bas eored me en? tirely. I can't say too mach for Kodol Dys? pepsia Cure " It digests what you eat.-J S Hegbson k Co. Tba new Mate] Sumter i? a building of which the city should feel proud. The inte? rior is fisiabed in a beautiful manner, bath as ta workmanship and architecture. The rooms are nicely arranged and sufficiently targe. The dining room is particularly beaa t if a I and will stand inspection with &ny to te found elsewhere. But especially pretty and striking; is the papering of the walls. This work was done by our profession*1 paper-baoger, Ur. J. A. 8cbwertn. The rooms ?nd hails are all papered and the pat term are all works of ?rt, some of them being hacdeome enough for a metropolitan hotel. The hotel will probably be opened by April 1. It will be handsomely famished. ! Au Honest Medicine fer La Grippe, Geor?ze W. Waitt, of Sou-h Gardiner, Me., Baye: "I have had the worst cough, cold, ! chills and grip and h?vo taken lots of trash of no Recount bot profit to the vendor. C,,?rab?T?aic'6 Congo Remodv ia tho only thing that has done any good whatever. I have o=ed one bottle of it and the chilla, cold and gnp have all left me. I congratulate the manufacturers of an honest medicine " For sale by Dr A J China. Grey card board for picture mounting at H. G. Osteea k Co's book store. William Henry Thomas Dead. Clarenden, March 18 -Hon Wil? liam Henry Thomas, of Charleston, died today at the home of his father in law, Mr Jas E Tindal, from a severe attack of pneumonia Mr. Thomas will be remembered as a member of the. elate of '81, Sooth Carolina college Alter gradeation he took a prominent part in politics, being a member of the no ise from Charleston He did not stand for re .lectioa last seamer, bat contested for the solioitorship of the First dis? trict and was defeated by Mr R T. Hildebrand by a Barrow margie. His marriage to Miss Tindal oe earred some two years sgo. Shaking Hands Over The Line. City of Mexico, March 17 --The Mexican eonsnl at ?1 Paso, Texas, Mr Mallen, has retained from a three days' stay at Cuernavaca,, where be had an interview with President Dise He says the Pr?sident is in excellent health There continues to be mach talk here about President Diaz going to ?) Paso to meet Presi? dent McKinley wheo the latter ahall make his trip to the Pacific coast, bat there seems to be some doabt as to which Government should take the initiative Each President has a high regard for the other and a meet ing between them would be the first event of the kind. . THE NICARAGUA CANAL. Washington, March 18 -Secretary Hay had a long conference with Sena? tor Morgan respecting Isthmian eanal matters and the advisability of reopen ing negotiations for a treaty with Great Britain on the subject. Tbs secretary is losing no opportunity of acquainting himself with the views of aenatoni on this subject, and the conference today with Mr Morgan is only one of nearly a dosen he has bad oo the same sabjeot with leading senators and representatives sinoe the adjournment of the 56tb congress Halifax, N S , March 17 -A rather serious clash betvreeu ii m perial and Canadian soldiers occur? red in the garrison today Eighteen royal artillerymen took possession of one of the principal streets, creating trouble. A detachment of Canadians came ont to arrest the gunners who showed fight The infantry . were ordered to charge with fixed bayonets One of the mutinous men waa stabbed through the left hand The artillery men were taken prisoners The offenders claim to have been cele? brating the festival of St. Patrick. The usual processions of Irishmen were dispensed with this year Wilmington, N. C, March 18. There was no nomination for mayor in the demooratio municipal prima riee here today, and a seoood bas been called to ohooee between Col Waddell, the incumbent, who led the ticket; today, and Mayor Pro Tem W E Springer, candidato receiving the next highest vote. Gov McSweeney Monday commuted to life imprisonment io the penitentiary the death saet?ese of Lawrence Choice, colored, who was to have been banged for morder ia Greenville on tba 29th instant. Mr Cahill, a Wsst Virgioia farmer, has an elephant on his hands, an ele? phant which be bought at a bankrupt menagerie sale. Bot be and the elepbsst get along pretty well because they have come to an agreement and tb.3 elephant does all his plowing and b8uliog for bim for his board and lodging. Knoxville, Tens, Mareh 18.-A colony of 100 negroes left Knoxville today for Hawaii under a three years contract to the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar company. Tbe party was raised by S R. Maples, an intelligent negro, who goes with the colonists. The negroes are to be used on a large sogar plantation In raising the party an attempt was made to get whole families, for the reason that the com? pany has had difficulty ic keeping American negroes withoat families oo tbe plantations The attempt was par? tially successful. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Ttie Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Estate of Mrs. Armida B? Cohen* "VyOTICE is hereby given that the nuder J_\ signed Executors of'the last Will ard Teaument of Mrs Armida H Cohen, de? cebid, will, on tbs 6rst Monday in May. nex% (A D., 13C?,) spylr 'o the Ja'ice of Probate for Sumter Countr, in the Stat* of Sooth Onroiina, at his office in the Coart Boase for enid Countj, for a 6nal discharge as Executors as a^orppaid J. D. BARBY. SOL EM ANO KL, ALTAMONT MOSES. Mch 20-4! Executors. *i PASO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cou?h Syrup. Tastes Good. CBO in time. Hold by druggists. THREE NEW ENGINES FOR THE A. C. L. R. R. The Atlantis Coast Lice's lew litan shovel, parehaied reeeitly, if a beady and ii txpeeted to accomplish ii a day's tine nearly twice the work ef the old fie. It arrived at the shops yesterday ii sections, as? the mea ii charge are today patting it together The lew shovel is a "Barnhart's Improved A," one of the heit os the Harket. Its Int work wili be en the Maieheitfr nd Aag?ita road it ii said Three lew "ten-wheelers" er "eop per heads" are espeeted to arrive at the shops tedie fros the Baldwin Loeomet?Te Werks These largt eogieei were formerly restrieted te the Roekj Moaot division bit ire DOW being ?sed on nearly all the divisions. On seeoant of the remarkable increase ii the Atlantis Cont Line's easiness on the lines radiating from here wbieh has been ?sry Urge, officials and employes hare been kept ip ander a strain Several additional engines have been seot to this point. Engine 206 has bees turned ont of the shops in i "new" condition. The locomotive was sent here fros the Richmond division.-Florence Times, fcferob 16. 8eattle, Washington, proposes to snpply herself with i new harbor by ootting a eanal eight railes long, from Paget Soand to Lake Washington, wbieh is 20 miles long and 200 feet deep FOR SALE. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS AND SILVER WYANDOTS. All fine and shipped on approv? al. At South Carolina State Fair Oct. 29th, my Barred Rocks won 1st Hen, 1st Cock, 2d Pallet, 2d Pen and tied Biltmore for best exhibit. EGGS, - - $2 per 13 J. A. CULLTJM, Jan SO-4m Ridge Spring, S C Anyone sending a sketch and description may Slickly ??certain our opinion free ?whether aa yention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Tatente tent free. Olde? agency for securingpatenta. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive ?pecial notice, without charge, in tte Scientific Hmerican. A handsomely 111 nitrated weekly. Largest dr? culation of any scientific Journal. Terms. 13 a year ; four montha, $L Sold by all newsdealer* MUNN &Ca.36,Bro>d?'-New York Branch Office. ?25 F SU Washington. D. C CONSPICUOUS BEAUTY ? Withoat the least tooeh of vnlgiri ty ?B a feature of every model in ou display of Trimmed Hats Many novelties are shown in mate? ria!, ornament, shape and mode of trimming. We offer a lino of Hate which are both beautiful in conception and de velopment and rich in material. They cannot be dnpHcated al the money Miss McDonald. Estate of Dr. Juntas A. Hajes, Deceased. ALL PERSONS having claims tgaitst aforesaid Estate, will present same dnly attested, and all persons in anyway indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment to MATTHEW P MAYES, Ja, Feb. 20-3t* Qaalified Kxceater. Life and Fire Insurance. Call on me, at my residence.. Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Ineu' rance. O?iy reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Andrena Closes. Oct 25-o SURVEYING. SURVEYING Rod Civil Engineering work promptly and accaraN'lr done W. LO RI KG LES, Civi[ Eogr. May 23-O _ Land Surveying, IWILL GIVE prompt attention to ali calla for surveying and planing lands. BANKS H rtOYKIN, Oct IO-o Catchall. S. O. SUICIDE AT BENNETTS YILLE. Besnetisvills, Marek 18.-Thomas Troy Breides, a msmber of a promi? nent family, sommttted iiieide early Ihii moraisg, Int tatting his threat ead thea sboetiag himself with a pistol Breeden had beea siek with grip and pseamenia, bot was thoaght te he recovering His ehildreo were also lick aad Breadas had h?seme despaad eat Waes tat physieiao sailed yes? terday he told bia he woald aol be alive when hs esma again today. Mr Breeden is wall sonaested, bat hts aavtr made a saesass. Ha was shoat 55 years old. His home is fire miles from Bsa netts ville. A Strong Fortification. Fortify the bcK?y against disease by Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious? ness and all kindred troubles. "The Fly-Wheel of Life" Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills are the Uv- wheel of life. I shall ever be grateful for the accident that broughtthem to my notice. I feel ?s if I had a new lease of life-? J. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, CoL Tutt's Liver Pills Our Buyer is in the West and will return with 60 Head Horses and fules. There will be some fine Mules among them. Competition being the life of trade we will have to hustle to merit our share o patronage, there being six sale stables in the city. H. KARBY. WEDDING GIFTS ?o+o ?o+c ?040 ?o+o In Fine China, Bric-a-brac, Bropz?, Clocks, American Cut GHags, Mirror Plateaux, Sterling Silver and Fine Plated Ware, etc. Showing, finest line of Goods ever exhibited in Sumter. SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. E. A. BULiTJUAW, Jeweler and Watchmaker, oct 31 MAIN ST??ET. HERRICK SHOI FOR WOMEN Search as you will for the equal of tj&c' Herrick Shoe you'll not find it for equal. money - ? tMrd more is the very least you mill pay! The Herrick Shoe wins, medals everywhere for its superior excel? lence and style. The Herrick Shoe saves money for you-it is a high grade shoe at low gTadc prices -$2.50, $3, $3.50. Only the best of leathers are u.?ed, Calf, Kid, Tan, Pat? ent and Enamel. It comes in high shoes and low shoes and there are fifty-eight different styles to select from. SHOE STQRj^ _ g2?(fs 3.00 THO FEN CARBON LETTER BOOK Copies While Writing. No Press, No Water. No Work No Time, . Any Ink, Any. Paper, Any Pen, Anvwhere. d'. ?I PEEK & CO. Liberty Street, Sumter, S.- C.