MURDER AT WEDGEFIELD. A Negro Killed at a Hot Supper. Murderer Arrested. Wedgefield, November 1.-Frank Reed, a negro wno is said to have come from Bennettsvi?le, was killed about 2 o'clock a. m., at the house of John Rollinson, two miles northwest of here, where a hot supper and ne ?TO frolic was in progress. It is stated that a good deal fuss X liquor was consumed during the night and in the early hours of th? morning, when the row started, the negroes were in a quarrelsome hu? mor. Reid was shot with a double-barrel3 shot gun and death was almost in? stantaneous. Rollinson 'fired twice, but not did not hit Reid the first time. At the inquest held this morning loy Coroner Flowers, Rollinson and some of his witnesses stated that Reid shot at him first, but the pistol that Reid was alleged to have had in. his hand when killed was empty and bore no signs of having been discharged. There was positive testimony to the effect that Rollinson fired twice at ^Reid. The verdict of the jury was that ' Frank Reid came to his death from a Sun shot wound inflicted by .the hand "Of John Rollinson. Rollinson has been arrested and is on his way to Sumter to be committe to jail. DON'T FORGET $ne Baby Show and Flower Show November 15 at Armory Hall. All mothers are earnestly requested by the Daughters of the Revolution to get the babies ready for the baby j show. This is an invitation to one J and all. All babies are more than j welcome, Come one, come alli prove useless but really harmful. To send a man from an active business life to one of complete inactivity will often prove disastrous, as much so as to proscribe all food for the obese, says the Medical World. The nervous will complain that they ?lo not feel like work. If left to themselves and told to do absolutely nothing, not even to read, they are /sure to dwell upon their infirmities and grow thereby morose and hypo ehondriacal, thus increasing their in "validsm. The desire for work should be encouraged in all conditions and in all classes. Every available place in the city suitable for the storage of cotton is crowded to the limit of its capacity and the farmers who are holding cot? ton are clamoring for more room. Three sections of the new cotton warehouse are completed save for the roof, and this will te put on as soon as the material can be obtained. It is believed that the new warehouse will be filled with cotton within a few days after it is completed. A wolf is said to be running at large in Anderson county. It is claimed to ?iave killed and devoured two calves. Gov. Hey ward has offered $200 re? gard for the capture of George Campbell, the murderer of James Martin, of Beaufort county. Every Ounce You Eat. .Every ounce of food you eat that fails to digest does a pound of harm, it turns the entire meal into poison. This not only deprives the blood of fte necessary tissue-building mate? rial, but it poisons it. Kodol Dyspep? sia Cure is a perfect digestant. It di? gests the food regardless of the condi? tion of the stomach. It ai lows that organ to rest and get strong again. .Relieves belching, heart burn, sour stomach, indigestion palpitation of the Itt&rt, etc. Sold by all druggists. WANT A SECOND CLEMSON. Another State Fanner's College is Suggested. Bennettsville, October 30.-The Pee Dee Advocate prints the following editorial: The suggestion has been made by Col. Knox Livingstone and R. P. Ha? mer, Jr., that there ought to b? a State agricultural college in the Pee Dee section. This idea appeals to us with peculiar force, and we be? lieve it will meet with the approval of the people of the entire state. An agricultural college should be in an agricultural section. If the ' boys of South Carolina are to be taught to farm scientifically and suc? cessfully, they should experiment with the soil and in the climate where their education is to be applied. They cannot be shown on a bleak and bold hill how to make the best crops in the alluvial plains. It is well Known that the great ag? ricultural region of South Carolina is in the southern and eastern parts of ? (the State. Clemson College is located J just as far away from this region as i jit well could b? to remain in the j State. Its soil and climate are as un- ! like those of the farming belt as could be found in a day's travel Imagine a boy going from Marl? boro to Pickens or Oconee to learn how to grow cotton or corn? No wonder that he becomes disgusted with the idea of farming after view? ing for ? winter or two the barren hillsides of the Piedmont. After re? flecting about the matter, we are not 'surprised that only two or three per cent of the Clemson students take the agricultural course. We believe it would be different if the college were located where the boys could see the crops growing like those in Marlboro. They would take pride in cultivating a soil that would produce so richly and so abundantly. What a contrast between the starva? tion patches and in the little ravines ? of the up-country and such farms as the Cook place, Loudon or the Moore settlement, and what a different ef- . feet they would have on the boy who j wants to learn how to make the ; earth give up its gold. We are not advocating the tearing down of Clemson, or its removal to i the Pee ?Dee. There is work for it to ? do outside of the legitimate sphere of a.great agricultural college, which ought to be hi the great agricultural ? region of the South. Clemson is now overcrowded with students. It could spare half of its 500, and do more satisfactory work. It receives about $100,000 annually from the fertilizer tax. This is more than it needs and i more than is best for the healthy ? growth of the institution and the : economy''which it ought to practice. ? It is equal to an income, at four per cent, from an endowment of $2,500,- i 000. The larger part of this is paid i by the farmers of the lower and east- j ern part of the State. i Clemson was intended to be an ag? ricultural college, and the farmers were taxed to support it with the fertilizer tax. Since its location and environments has turned it aside from its original purpose it is reason? able and right that at least part of ; the money should be turned into a real farmers' college, and help to build up the section which pays it. Agricultural colleges have been successful where the conditions are : favorable, especially in the fertile plains of the Middle West. But who would expect a farmers' school to succeed in fhe deserted fields of Maine or in the mountains of Xew Hampshire? Harvard and Yale flour? ish in the East, and the agricultural colleges of Iowa in the West. The agricultural college of South Carolina ought to be located in Mari boro, the county that has made the most corn on one acre that has ever been made in the world, and the county that makes more cotton in pro? portion than any other county east' of the Mississippi River. And all of its professors should not be men who have spent their lives in the school room and know nothing ?bout practical farming. The facul? ty should include such men as P. L. Breeden, R. M. Pegues, T. D. Mc? Call, C. F. Moore, J. J. Lane. C. P. Hodges. W. E. Crosland and A. J. Matheson. A citizen of Bennettsville says he will give a hundred acres of land f->r the establishment of such a college. We trust that the legislators of the Pee Dee section will present the matter to the General Assembly an i secure the passage of a bill that will make it possible for this section to get a college of this kind. Let th ? counties compete for it, and Marl? boro will not fear the result. There will be an important meet? ing at Columbia Nov. 15 of lumber? men of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina. Nature Needs But Little. ?Nature needs only a Little Early Riser now and then to keep the bow? els clean and the liver active, and the system free from bile, headaches, con? stipation, etc. The famous little pills "Early Risers" are pleasant in effect and perfect in action. They never gripe or sicken, but tone and strength? en the liver and kidneys. Sold by all druggists. SHiiii S GOLD WOilK. Mr, Allison Points Out the Value of ; the Teaching; of the President ol' the Cotton Association. To the Editor of The Xews and Courier: lc is known to some of the readers of the Lancaster papers thar the tanners and planters of this coun? ty were favored with an address by Mr. E. D. Smith, the president of the Cotton Association of South Carolina, recently at the court house. There was a very respectable number out to hear him, who appreciated what was said. But I wish that every man and woman in the State could have heard that address, lt was simpiy master? ful, and carried conviction with it to every hearei\ In the first place the speaker de? monstrated a thorough knowledge of the cotton question in all its details the amount necessary to meet the de? mand, the supply now on hand, the estimate of the present crop all over the South, how the same is being mar? keted, how the Association is organ? ized in the West, and at what price the great bulk of the cotton ail over the country is now being held by the producer, etc. Mr. Smith discusses this whole sub? ject, with a power, logic and elo? quence that will distinguish him as an orator of the first rank in the South. Ke showed that the raw material is consumed at the rate of 13.000.000 bales per annum; that the present crop will not turn out over 10.000.000 bales; that the supply on hand is now about exhausted; that the cotton be.t of the South has practically no com? petitor; that the fibre of the cotton raised in India, China and other sec? tions and countries is so coarse and brittle that it makes a very inferior fabric; that on a reasonable calcula? tion some three or four million bales will be withheld from the market for many months to come, by producers who will hold for an advanced price, and by speculators who see the pros? pect of making good money. He showed that with these condi? tions and the Western farmers hold- ? ing back their cotton as they are sure? ly doing, if the producer will hold for ll cents here in this section, the manufacturers will be in a week or . two running after the producer., beg- ; gins? for his cotton at this price, and , the sure prospect will be that it will go "o 12 1-2 cents and higher in a short time. - Mr. Smith's appeal tb the producers to stick together and stand firm was ; most powerful and effective. He claimed that cotton was the currency . of the South and controlled thc prie s of other things. And what was pleas- , ant and beautiful, he showed that the merchant, the banker, the manufac? turer,! the professional man-all were interested in putting up the price of cotton so as to make it remunerative to the producer, and that there ve? no reason for antagonism between any classes in the South. R. E. Allison. Lancaster, S. C. The Gala Week. Those in charge of the Gala Week co be given by the Sumter Light In? fantry have about completed the pro? gramme for the occasion. It has been definitely decided to have a voting contest for the queen of the grand ball to be given: ballot boxes will be established at all the drug stores and ? at Harris' Cigar Store. The votes will be sold for 2 1-2 cents each. Mr. A. A. Manning will be in charge of the conduct of the contest. The bail to be given by the Sum? ter Light Infantry during their Gala Week will be one of the most eventful social events that Sumter has ever seen. Music will be furnished by the Second Regiment band and the sup? per will be served by one of the best caterers in the city. Mr. Geo. D. L.-vy will be in charge of the ball. The Country Store which will be looted on the Midway, will bc run dur? ing the entire week, and will b:> in charge of members of the company and theil; lacy friends. There will be a game of football played at the ball oaik on Thank. giving Day between two college teams. The managers of several college teams are now being communicate.l with, and there is nb doubt but that the people of Sumter will be afforded an opportunity to see a lively contest on the checkerboard. The Sumter Light Infantry has se? cured a first class midway for the oc cation and everybody can have a good time while "going down the pike." .Mothers every where praise One Minute Cough Cure for the sufferings it has relieved and the lives of their little ones it has saved. A certain cure for coughs, croup and whooping j cough. Makes breathing easy. cut out phlegm and draws out the inflam? mation. Sold by all druggists. Proprietor Samuel F. Wheeler, of the Columbia Hotel, has been arrest? ed on the charge of running a gam? bling room in his hotel during fair week. Chapped Hands. .Wash your hands with warm wa? ter, dry with atowtl and apply Chamberlain's Salve just before go ingto bed, and a speedy cure is cer? tain. This salve is also unequaled for skin diseases. For sale by all drug? gists. A CLOSE ff ALL. Knife Falls From Top of Telegraph Pole Striking a Man's Hat. Mr. Joseph Muidrow, of Mayesyille, while walking on Main street Friday morning had a narro? escape from serious injurv. Just 2s he passed the telegraph pole that stands on the corner "f Main and Liberty streets, j the lineman who was '.-.'viking on the i wires at the t op of the pole, dropped j a large pocket knife with the blade j open. The knife stiuck the brim of Mr. Muidrow's hat and glanced off j without doing any inju.y, but it was j an exceedingly close call. - .?a ? *? ? ? ia?.i SUICIDE IX CLARENDON. Samuel R. Epps Kills Himself With j a Shotgun. Manning, November 1.-Informa- 1 tino has just been received here that Mr. Sam Robert Epps. of the Salem ! section, committed suicide this morn - ing by shooting himself with a shot? gun. He was about 55 years old. and had several children, but his wife had ! been dead for several years. He was j a prosperous farmer, and was highly j esteemed by all who knew him. He j had showed evidence of dementia for j several months, but there was no ap prehension felt that he would take his : own life or offer violence to any one j else. Coroner Tobias will go over in j the morning to hold an inquest. Croup. *A reliable mericine and one that should always be kept in the home for immediate use is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It will prevent the attack if given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears. For sale by all druggist. -ii -rv -nw? i - An effort will be made to pull o" a college foot ball game here on Thanksgiving day as one of the at? tractions of the Sumter Light Infant? ry Gala Week. ' It is a good idea and should be a drawing card. Don't Be Deceived. *Do not be deceived by counterfeits when you buy Witch Hazel Salve. The name of E. C. DeWitt ?S: Co. is on ev? ery box of the genuine. Piles in their worst form will soon pass away if you will apply Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve night and morning. Best for cuts, burns, boils, tetter, eczema, etc. Miss H. M. Middleton. Thebes. III., says: "T was seriously afflicted with a f?ve* ?ore that was very painful. Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me in a few lays." Sold by all druggists. flore Horses and Moles and Better -Horses and Mu?es.========== I Two carfully selected carbads just in. They are right, the price is right and they need s liiii?- badly. A full line of Buggies, Wai o i* and -arness always on hand I sell the celebrated MILBURN WAGON. Rcspec fully, Four Matched Pairs of Horses in the Lot. ?????@09???90?0????0?? I Review of Reviews J Cosmopolitan % Woman's Home Companion ? The Watchman and Southron Regular rice For all to One We are ' erv fortunate m being able to arrange with the publishers of these |3 three weil knov\n magazines to offer a subscription for the coming year at this sensa ? tional price. We have decided to let our readers have the full advantage of the reduc? id tion and to cut the price of the Watchman and Southron as wei!, in crd.r to get quick ?5 ty il large body ? f paid-in-advance subscribers. 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