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ANOTHER NEGRO LYNCHED. A Texas. Mob Swings the Brute to Tree. Oakwood, Texas, April 25.-Early this morning a negro known as George, 17 years old, was taken from the sheriff by seven men and hanged to a tree near town. The sheriff fired at the men but no one was injured. The negro had stripped himself and entered the home of a widow near town, but was beaten off by the daughter of the widow, who hit the negro with a lamp. His arrest follow? ed, but before the sheriff could get the prisoner to jail he was taken by the mob and hanged to a tree and the body riddled with bullets. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank'J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De? cember, A. D., 1886. (Seal.) A. W. Gleason, * Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, and acts, directly on the blood and muco as surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for Consti? pation. . 417-lm Bamberg, April 26.-Fire which .started at 2 o'clock this morning in the wooden annex of the Bamberg . cotton mill destroyed that building and six or seven other buildings across the street, entailing, a loss of probably $30,000. It is Dangerons to Neglect a Cold. ?How often do we hear it remark? ed: "lt's only a cold," and a few days later learn that the man is on his back I with pneumonia. This is of such j common occurrence that a cold, how- j ever slight, should not be-disregarded. Chamberlain's. Cough Remedy coun? teracts any tendency of a cold to re? sult in pneumonia, and ha? gained its great popularity and extensive sale by its prompt cures of this most com? mon ailment." It always cures and is pleasant to take. *For sale by all druggists. . ?top? H?? GQf?fpt ?nd himaStBtaa&? R. B. BELBER. R. D. EPPS. BM ? EPPS, ?ttorneys and Counsellors a Law Phone 309. SUMTER, S. C. Harby Bldg. Makes fltteacys sod Bladder Sight le Larp? aaa? Mos? Complete Es?ai?M Sift Geo. 8. Hacker & Son. vi('AIJTCKERS OP DQ33S3 SASH, BLINDS; Moulding & Buildin? Material office *ai *Vir??ro<>fna, K'Oti, vppoahe 0?i ?OD Street . CHARLESTON* S. C. ?BT?-\rr. i-^ our (Uitte, which wegutrAC1, <ns-ri)r co sold Soatb. *nH '?v?rf?b- <i7c nio'iev . Window and Paney Glass a Speoialr ORTOS" Laxative Fruit Syrop Pleasant to take The new laxative. Does not gripe or nauseate. Cures stomach and liver troubles and chronic con stipation by restoring the natural action of the stom? ach, liver and bowels. Kef ii so substitutes. Price 50o. DURANT'S PHARMACY. THE UNIONS IN POLITICS. An Outline of the Plan of Campaign Endorsed by the American Federa? tion of Labor. Washington, April 22.-Secretary Frank Morrison, of the American Fed? eration of Labor, says: -The publica? tion a few days since of an outline of the programme whereby the American Federation of Labor is co-operating with Referendum Leagues. Organ? ized Farmers and other organized in? terests that are opposed to machine rule and private monopoly, to not only elect congressmen and Senators who will represent the people's interests but also to systematically question all candidates so as to secure, as the re? sult of this year's campaign, the es? tablishment in the National House and Senate of a new system through wlr.ch the voters can instruct their representatives by direct ballot, is creating unusual interest." "The owners of every private mo? nopoly in the land," continued Secre? tary Morrison, "are beginning to real iz3 that a national battle for the peo? pled rights, along new lines, has open? ed. The programme, though it is new to most of the monopilsts and to many of the politicians and newspaper men is really several years old, and alreadv has won a great number of I victories, with promise of a /pro? nounced victory this year, now that the people's revolt against machine rule has spread so thoroughly and there is an increased interest in our programme and the' further fact that there is no presidential campaign to divert the popular interest." When asked for details Mr. Morri? son said: "The victories referred to are those for the establishment in the people of a right to a direct vote on public questions-the initiative and referendum and the advisory initia? tive and advisory referendum. The establishment of the system transfers the sovereign authority from the par? ty in power to the people. The peo? ple's rights to this fundamental re? form his been wrung from the legis? lature in Deleware,, Illinois, Texas, Oregon, South Dakota, Montana and Utah, with the referendum establish? ed in Nevada; also with three-fourths of the legislature pledged in Ohio, and with a vote in the Massachusetts house of 9S to 2, while success this year is assured in Maine and other States, be? sides the brilliant prospects for the national campaign. "The procedure whereby the peo? ple's right to a direct ballot on public questions has been and is being se? cured is primarily through non-parti? san organizations, such as Trades Unions. Referendum Leagues, Granges and Farmers' Unions. They are not only demanding in general terms that the people's sovereignty be reestablished but are questioning the nominees of the party machines and are publishing their replies. This . raises the issue and gives it publicity and the voters do the rest. "Foir example, last year in Ohio the candidates for the legislature were questioned and the Democrats all j pledged favorably while most of the i Republicans refused to pledge and the result was that enough of the Repub? licans scratched their tickets to elect a Democratic representation in the Senate was increased nearly 475 per cent. "This year, owing to the favorable conditions I have outlined there should be unquestioned success: I am informed ?iat representative men among the business and professional interests are organizing themselves in? to Referendum Leagues by counties and it is expected that every district I in the country will soon have its j league. Farmers' State organizations I in at least sixteen States have declared I for the initiative and referendum and every local Grange and Farmers' I Union will unquestionably stand for the time-honored right to instruct -representatives. Heretofore the initiative and refer? endum cause has lacked an important feature that is supplied in this year's program, namely, the initiative system is to he established at the opening of the next congress and of the several legislatures, by pledging candidates to vote "for rules of procedure and statute law. and then some initiative bills are to be immediately file:!. This opportu? nity for an immediate change in the .system of government to be followed at once by majority rule legislation is certainly enticing and it comes at a most opportune time. The coal mo? nopolists are extremely autocratic while the railway and other monopo? lists have combined with the unfair employers to prevent the termination of government by injunction and oth er iniquities. As between employers j and employees they have set aside trial by jury and other provisions of j free government. Organized labor in America expects to be in a position to secure in the next congress the adop tion of bills that have been ignored bv the dominant party in this congress." Sore Nipples. *A cure may he effected by applying Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the child is done nursing. Wipe it off I with a soft cloth before allo wing the [child to nurse. Many trained nuises use this salve with the best results. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by all I druggists. ' Cotton Baling. When a m lltitude of .-ncr are try? ing to improve the industrial condi I tions the ultimate results are quite I sure to be beneficial. j Argument can only convince the doubting ones of the benfits to be de? rived from any contemplated move, no amount of controversy will accom? plish real results. Advances are ob? tained only by the hard work of the plodders, and their endeavors almost invariably result in valuable progress and the bettering of conditions and methods. It has long been the complaint of spinners whenever cotton grown in this country is used, that our methods of baling are shamefully careless. A concerted move now seems to be in embryo to effect improvement and ev? ery betterment will put mdney in the pocket of the grower. He ought then to be the most active advocate of ad? vancement in this direction instead of as he really is, the most apathetic. A recent editorial in Jhe Xews and Cou? rier, of Charleston, S. C., is of in? terest. Our contemporary says: "Eleven cents cotton is a commodi? ty worthy of decent garmenture. as we have heretofore more than once em pasized. The delegation of English spinners now or recently in the South, it is said, have for one of their ob? jects, the awakening of the Southern planters and ginners to the folly of permitting American cotton to be the most slovenly and most wastefully packed in the world. "The New Orleans Picayune directs attention to the unpleasant facts in connection with the visit of the Eng? lish ^en and insists that the loss re? st -g from careless packing must ul? timately, in the main, fall upon the planter. The buyers learn that in our cotton the loss is finally much greater, comparatively, than it ought to be, and the prices paid are influenced by that consideration. The products of India and Egypt, inferior to ours are wrapped with infinitely more care, in a better grade of bagging and with more and stronger iron or other bands. "The Southern Cotton Association should not neglect its educational mis? sion in this direction. If the farmers can in the course of a few years gain one cent in the pound increase of price by better handling, that one cent will be a permanent saving. That good handling insures better price will not be disputed; the truck grower, the orange grower, the grain grower and the intelligent producer of every ar? ticle of human consumption, know it and act upon it. "In this part of the South the com? ing of the local spinner upon the mar? ket has saved the producers from much loss. Cotton that is hauled but. a few hundred miles, and that is dumped in the cotton mill warehouses without going through the compress will suffer little in comparison with that which is shipped to Manchester. In so far a sthe local spinner is a fac? tor in fixing prices, he is less affected by the condition of the bale when it is purchased, but even his "waste ' is largely increased through the careless methods of the producer. The price of the crop, however, is fixed by the composite demand of all spinners, do? mestic and foreign; hence the wisdom of improving the original handling should be manifest to all concerned of whom the farmer ls far and away the most concerned." The delegation of English spinners who are now in this country are study? ing our manner of handling and baling the staple with a good deal of earnest? ness. They will no doubt have some interesting suggestions to make at the Washington conference on the 1st and 2nd of each month. A more op? portune time to organize a practical scheme to mend our present wasteful? ness will not present itself for a long time to come. For besides the Eng? lish manufacturers there will be pres? ent at the conference representatives of the organizations of Growers. Gin? ners. Spinners and Manufacturers. Government Departments and the ieading Cotton Exchanges. Stomach Troubles. i:Mrs. Sue Martin, an old and highly respected resident of Faisonia. Miss.. was sick with stomach trouble for more than six months. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cured her. She says: "I can now oat anything I i want and am the proudest woman in the world to find.'such a good medi j cine." For sale by all druggists. _ Thc- Charleston Dock Commission met Thursday and organized, with ex Mayor J. Adger Smyth as chairman. The commission is made up of the presidents of the commercial bodies and representatives of city council. Was Wasting Away. *"I had been troubled* with kidney disease for the last five years." writes Robert W. Watts, of Salem. Mo. "I lost flesh and never felt well and doc? tored with leading physicians and i tried all remedies suggested without j relief. Finallly I tried Fol? y's Kidney j Cure and less than tw.? bottles com? pletely cured me and now I am sound and well." During the summer kid? ney irregularities are often caused by excessive drinking ur being overheat? ed. Attend to the kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney Cure. Durant's Pharmacy. Thc Creighton Hearing. Her. C. W. Creighton prints in his pape;', the Christion Appeal, the fol? lowing about the recent inquiry at Greenwood, which resulted in a trial being ordered in the case against Mr. Creighton, arising out of his charges against the presiding elders of South Carolina: We cannot at this time publish the ?.full details of the investigation ol the complaints made by the presid? ing elders against the editor of this paper. We shall, however, publish enough to give the public an insight into the methods employed in that proceeding. Gr. March 21st. last, the committee ? met in the Methodist church in this place. W. T. Duncan, by virtue of his office, acted as chairman: M. E. Kellys served as secertary. In addi? tion. Mr. W. T. Duncan had retained the services of a stenographer-a very competent one. We were accompanied by our coun? sel, Rev. J. W. Daniel, and Rev. A. J. Cauthen. and Miss Myrtle Davis, our stenographer. The committee was composed of Peter Stokes, a cousin of. one of the presiding elders; W. A. Massabeau. a nephew of another presiding elder whose term of office is embraced in the period covered by the criticisms of the editor of the Christian Appeal, and who is also under J.' W. Kilgo, one of the complainants and pastor of Kilgo's family, and also that of Bishop Duncan, who has been active in this matter; T. C. O'Dell, who served on the committee at conference. When the committee met W. T. i Duncan, by an arbitrary ruling, which is contrary to the law and practice of the Methodist church, excluded Dr. Daniel, the counsel of the accused. Rev. A. J. Cauthen, his brother-in law, and then also tried io exclude Miss Davis, his stenographer. The presiding elders made two com? plaints. 1. Falsehood and slander. To sub? stantiate that charge they produced copies of the Christian Appeal con? taining an editorial on "Rings and Results." "How the Scheme Works;" "Clerical Usurpation;" etc. 2. Immorality. To substantiate that charge they produced copies of the paper containing communications signed by "A Pastor," "Jno. S. Moore;" "A Layman;" "An Old Lay? man." and "Chas. P. Hodges." The alleged immorality consisted in pub? lishing in the christian Appeal the communications named. We demanded the right to cross examine the accusers. Finally four of them were put up. During the cross-examinations the presiding eld? ers repeatedly refused . to answer and they were told by W. T. Duncan that if they thought the question "in? criminated" them they need not an? swer, and they did not. On other im? portant matters they answered, "don't remember," and other similar replies. We were only allowed to cross ex? amine four. That concluded the tes? timony. We were engaged until April 12 in this matter, not including the testimony of the witnesses, J. W. Kilgo ?nd W. P. Meadors, as taken by the stenographer was read, they denied it; they were offered the privi? lege to correct it in any particular they pleased; they declined to make corrections, and then refused to sign their testimony! The witnesses had been kept'in the room over the pro? test of the accused and prompted each other during the cross examination. And yet they refused to approve and sign the testimony! We demanded of W. T. t)uncan that he present their testimony to them for their signatures, but he refused and on his own motion ruled their testimony out. That left the committee without a word of testi? mony before them. Not a word. And yet they reported a trial necessary. There is a great deal more that we would like to publish but it is thought a Ivisable not to do a.t present, that a man should be charged with immorality for publishing communi? cations of such men as Jno. S. Moore, Chas. P. Hodges over their own signature and similar communi? cations of A Pastor, A Layman, etc.. will be astounding to intelligent men; that he should be charged with false? hood and slander in criticising meth? ods and practices which have given rise to dissatisfacton and complaints in the church for years will bear but one conclusion by free and libertv loving people; that a trial should be reported necessary without a word of testimony by a committee, the ma? jority of whom are blood kin to the presiding elders and their predeces? sors in office, will open the eyes of the blind and inspire the ignorant. We are not destitute of feeling, but we infinitely prefer to be in the place of the editor of the Christian Appeal with that report against him than in the. place of the men who made it. Best for Women and Children. *On account of its mild action and pleasant taste Orino laxative Fruit Syrup is especially recommended for women and children. It does not nauseate or gripe like pills and ordi? nary cathartics. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup ailis digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritating them. Remember the nano- Orino and refuse substitutes. Durant's Phar? macy. Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought, and wliicii has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per ?45^7^7^ sonal supervision siiii-e its infancy. 7; /<??c??4? 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 Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA 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 Worms and allays Feverishnes?. 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 Bears the Signature of The Kind You Haye Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. Received Tuesday, October the 17th, Two Ca,r Loads OF CHOICE Four Matched Pairs of Horses in the Lot, W. A. BOWMAN, Pres. ABE RYTTENBERG, V. Pres P. G. BOWMAN, Sec. & Treas. The Sumter Banging ercaniile Company, Sumter. EB. G. aonra ^-Capital Stock $509000?^^^? Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ersand Farmers9 Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. Weare prepared to or,ote the very closest cash or time prices on all lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers' Supplies, And invite your investigation before making your arrangements for another year. Cometo see us. We will save you money, and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Sumter Banking' I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C. WHISKEY I MORPHINE I CIGA'F/IJ I ALI, DRUC A KD TOBACCO HABIT. i IIA BIT. ? HA Bil' HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia. S. ('. Confidential correspondence solicite