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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-15
Sumter Circuit Quarterly Confer
ence-ThlrG Session, 1895.

The heavy rains on the 2o'h Of June hav.
ing prevented the attendance Of members OF
the Sumter Circuit Quarterly Conference ap.
pointed for Oakland, the SAID Quarterly Con-
ference will meet in its third session IN the
ci,7 of Sumter, on Tuesday, July 2lst, at J
o'clock a. N It's urged that all members
attend. WM G Power, P. E.
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Section Director
500 in Prizes.

The Post offers prize of $50 fo
the best short story by resident o
South Carolina
A prize of s25 is offered for th'
sscond best.
A prize ofSl5 is offered for th'
third best.
A prize of $40 is offered for tht
fourth best
CONDITIONS.
The competition is open only tt
South OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is residents
of South Carolina
The stories must contain not less
than 5000 words nor more thar
about 10000 words
All manuscripts submitted become
the property of The Post
Manuscripts must be received
by The P not later than August
81
Stories must of course be original
and have never before been publish
ed; but as tc style, whether roman.
tic, founded on fact, ETC., full latitude
is left to the writer's
The prizes will be awarded by the
following judges: Rev. John Kershaw
Mr. Thomas della Tore and Mr.
Yates Snowden.
Contestants are expected to send
in their manuscripts accompanied
by their names, direct to The Post
out are cautioned not to write theil
names on the: manuscripts The
Post will then send the manu-
scripts to the Judges, keeping 3
record of the contributors ahd the
titles of t..eir stories. The names
of the contributors will not be known
to the Judges Address The Post
Charleston, 5 q.
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To make your business pay good health 's
prime factor. To secure good health, The
hlooi should be kept pure aud vigorous ny
the nse of Ayers SArsAparilla When the
vita fud is impure and sloegish. /. there can
be ne,ber health, srreng'h nor ambition.
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Wash Goods Harvest.

Never was y time when these dainty faoT:cS
were 50 cheap as now. Lawns: Cam"r:cS.
Diln:;i.a. Jacoh*ts, Pe.cnles and hHS:s OF
other iYeavcs at ahout loom price.
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FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

hereby announce myself Il candidate for
the office of Supervisor for Sumter County.
f. B. MULDROW.
MAY 20-*
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I hereby announce myself candidate fcc
County Superintendent of Education, at the
approaching election.
June Is. w j. DUHANI.
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hereby announce myself candidate for
the office of Clerk of the Court, scbjec' 10
The Democratic primary.
SHEPARD NASH
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May 20

Mr. Editor: Having been solicited ny
friends, respectfully announce myself ss a
candidate for Clerk of Court for Sumter
County, satject to the action of the Demo-
cratic party Having considerable expert
ence in the office under the late Col. Graham
and others, fstter myself that | can give
general satisfaction, and solicit an earnest
support from the party. Very respectfully,
s. F. LENOIR
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The undersigned respectfully announces
himself caad,date for Clerk Of Col4' ~hd
won appreciate The support Of Ills fellow
Democrats for 1ha' posi- ION.
THOS. +. RICHARDSON,
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- isc new apd original IN tablets at
anCo.'s Book Store. Tablets
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-15
CIalenlnt L9dg9 No. 64 A. + N.

ry7:3E REGULAR MONTHLY GoMMU-
N!CATiUN Of Ciasen:onl Lodge, No.
81. a. T. II. Will he held on Thursday
Evening, July 33d,s at u y. II. Brethren
will take Gue notice anu govern themselves
accordingly.
By crder, T. II. SPANN, VI. VI.
H. c. Noses, Secretary.
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CANDIDATES CARDS,
FOR CONGRESS.
FOR CLERK OF COURT.

Capt. p. P GaillArd is announced AS =
candidate At the ensuing Democratic Prime! !,
for the position OF Clerk of the Court.
June 10.
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Monaghan Hose Co. No. 2

Sumter. July IL, 1896.
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Midsummer Clearing -outSale
Summer Dress StuHs

Talk with nc uncer;aa sound There 5 .
.aoa-v-sav!ng nrerlAea, in every ,lard e:
.htse lots. One dc~sn't have to be :lcn 20
dress we'll: a little money goes y :ony Wa
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NOTICE OI7 APPOINTMENTS.
yPr!cE OF SUPERVISOR OF REGlSTRA-
TIeN OF SUMTER COUNTY,

OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF REGlSTRA-
T1UN OF SUMTER COUNTY,
SUMTER, s c.. April 27 1896.
ry>aE BOARD OF REGISTRATION will
open their oaoks IN
MAlESylLLE, Tuesday, July l..
SHILOH, Wednesday. July l5.
NuRWuOD'S X ROADS. Thursday,
Jul? l6.
LYNCEBUEG, Friday july il
ST. CHARLES, Wednesday, July -.
NJ. Clio. tRs;.j's MI: Thursday. July
30.
CONCORD. <Gordoas AHl9 Monday,
Jaly -.
For the purpose .: registering all qualified
electors.
J D. WILDER, Chairman
j. 81 KNIGHT.
". $. JAMES, Cie,k.
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Such Parasol Selling

A.. we are doing has seldom heen see" in
;h,s socck o. the woods - Had to buy Big
lots ,c get tie msSerS cleanup prices
bit quantity doesn'; friehien us when every
!hius else is righi. These lo;s''I nl!f'Ss
yOa.
81 25 P.1asols row S5 cents.
81 90 Puvasois now 81 80.
50 .O0 Pnra*ols now - .25.
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Ali other wash GOODS III proportion.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12
Storm in Nebraska.

LoUP CITY, June 6.-The worst hail
and wind storm and cloud-burst ever
experienced in Sherman county struck
this place at 7'45 last evening. The
daughter of Jos. Mccoy was drowned
in the flood. The Catholic Church
was blown to pieces. The Baptist
Church was moved forty feet off its
foundation. The barns and out build
ings of Mrs. Bower are strung out for
forty rods, A sixty-foot bridge across
Dead Horse creek was carried 900 feet.
Both the Burlington and Union Pacific
bridges are washed out and it is reported
that half mile of the Burlington track
is gone between here and Arcadia.
Bridges all over the valley are either
torn away or washed out by the cloud.
burst which followed the wind.
At st. Paul the Loup river rose fifteen
feet in few moments, flooding houses,
but did no great damage otherwise.
The country districts suffered the worst,
many families in the lowlands being
forced to flee to higher ground to save
their lives. Much live stock was
drowned near Ord, and dispatch from
that place says there are fears of loss Of
human life. The roads are impossible
and it is impossible to investigate.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12
Cyclone In Alabama.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, June 9.-The
pretty little town of Wyeth City, in
Marshall county, on the Tennessee
river, and some thirty miles west Of
Gadsden, with population of some
300 souls, was completely wrecked at
II o'clock this morning a dark and
threatening cloud came up in the south
west with considerable wind, and all
of a sudden the wind made swoop and
struck the town, almost completely
demolishing it. Eighteen dwelling
houses were destroyed, five being swept
completely away and not stick of the
timber left. The cyclone lasted fully
five minutes, and then passed in a
northeasterly direction. Trees as large
as mans waist were taken down like
weeds, After the storm passed the
the work ofrescuing was commenced,
At this writing it is known that fifteen
are wounded and six of them fatally.
Mrs. Ricketts, and a. man named Bund-
by were badly hurt and will die. Mrs.
Clarke, Mrs. Brown and several child
rem will probably die. A ten-year old
boy was found halfa mile away in a
dying condition. Others are badly
wounded.
The path of the cyclone wss about
100 yards wide and total devastation
marks it. Had the storm struck an
hour later fully fifty people would have
been killed or wounded, as at that time
the operators of the basket factory
would have been atdinner. Fortunately,
both factories escaped.
The scene Of the storm is desolate
one now. The work of rescneing goes
bravely on and every few hours a fresh
victim isfound. The cloud had the re-
gular funnel shape and when it struck
the town there was loud report as of a
cannon, and soon the air was full of fly
ing timbers, trees, houses, animals, etc,
Several persons are missed and it is
probable that they will be found dead.
A meeting of citizens, held at Gunters.
vile, raised several hundred dollars for
the sufferers. Fully one hundred peo-
pie are acting as relief corps.
Ed Long and an unknown woman
were killed by lightning.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12
Dynamite Exploded.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 9.--One hun
dred and eighty cans of dynamite ex-
ploded about a mile below Lilly this
afternoon, with frightful results. One
Slavonian was killed instantly, and
three Slavonians, two negroes and one
white American were fatally injured.
The men were at work on the Penn
sylvania railrod and were getting ready
to make a blast, when premature
explosion followed, blowing up the 1SO
cans of dynamite and burying the
seven men beneath mass of sand and
rock.
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At st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, No., June 10.-The first
session of the Republican National
Committee lasted less than an hour.
Chairman Carter called the members
to order at 12 Is in the club room of the
Southern Hotel. Indian Territory alone
failed to respond.
Each member of the National Com
mittee and the leading delegates on
the ground was furnished this afternoon
with suggested monetary plank for
the platform, drawn up by R. G..
Keetens. 1t reads as follows:
".We believe that our money should
not be inferior to the money fthe most
enlightened nations of the earth, and
we are unalterably opposed to every
scheme that threatens to debase or de-
preciate our present monetary standard.
We favor the reasonable use of silver as
currency, but such use should be to the
extent only and under such we'll defined
regulations that its parity with gold as
currency can be easily and efficiently
maintained.
"As consistent bimetallists, we are
opposed to the free coinange of silver at
a ratio of Is to l, as a measure fraught
with certain disaster to all commercial
interest, destructive to the interests of
the wage-earners and in the absence of
international agreement, sure to lead to
silver monometallism."
Mark Hanna is already taking hand
in the financial fight and has set on
foot a strong movement for a COM
promise.
This afternoon he sent for number
of the Southern delegates who are
known to be friendly to Mckinley and
urged them not to push their demands
for a gold plank. He fears big defec-
ton in the West and the whole power
of the Ohio organization will be used
from this time on to prevent the abso-
lutte overriding of the free coinage
Westerners.
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Severe Storm iu Ohio.

CANTON, June GA heavy storm
passed over Canton and vicinity this
morning The Canton & Massilon
Electric Railway is blocked with a huge
landslide. The Catholic church at West
Brookfield was destroyed by lightning.
Two hundred feet of side. track and
main track of the Cleveland & Lorain
Railway washed out. A number of
houses in Canton were struck by light
ming and two children of Samuel Sell
were badly shocked. Trees innumerable
were uprooted, cellars flooded and
lawns, gardens and streets damaged.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12
LODGES.

Regular meetings Of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. III A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nash and Colds
boro streets on the Ist and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:3o o'clock P M. each month.
]. D. Bullock, W. M.
Regular meetings Of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every end Monday night az 7;3o
O'Clock P. M. each month.
Lat Williams, HI P. Z
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebbnon
Commandery No. 7 are held in the Ma
sonic hall every 4th Monday night at
7:3o o'clock each month.
B. +. Briggs Ei Y.
Regular meetings Of Wilson Lodge,
X. Of HI. No. 1904 are held in theiAhall
over the First National Bank eve
Thursday evening at $50 b clock!
p. y Briggs, Direct
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12

WASHINGTON, June 9.-Secretary
Carlisle to-day directed that 41O0 street
signs, imported at New York for use in
St. Louis, Mo-, be forwarded at once to
that city, without examination at New
York and be examined and appraised
by the custom officers at st. Louis.
The signs will be sent forward in bond.
Mayor Walbridge, in kilograms to the
treasury, states that these streets signs
''are needed in st. Louis before the
Republican convention meets" He
says the need for the signs is "urgent." +"
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12
CHURCHES.

St. Timothy's Episcopal church
Rev. J. c. Wingate, Rector; morning
services II o'clock, evening 7:3e
O'Clock. Sunday School at 3 o'clock
P. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday and
and Friday, S o'clock P. M.
Methodist Church, Rev. T. N. Ivey
Pastor; services at II A. M. and 7:3c
P. M. Sunday School, S P. NJ, J. F
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday night at 1880.
Disciples Church, Rev. D. w, Davis,
Pastor; services on Second, Third and
Fourth Sundays at HOO A. NJ. and
7:30 P. M. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night. Sunday Schoolat 3
O'Clock, P. NJ, Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 5o'clock, P. M.
Missionary Baptist church as follow:
Preaching Sunday morning at II
O'Clock and at $3.50 p. m. Rev. ]. A.
Rood Pastor, Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday
School at S p. m. D. S. Boykin, Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, services
every 4th Sunday and Saturday before,
at II o'clock, A. NJ; Elder P. D. Gold,
Pastor. Prayer meeting each Thurs
day evening at the residence of differ
ent members of the church.
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dettiug Ready at st. Louis.

ST.. LOUIS, June 9.-Sergeant.at-Arms
Byrnes, of the Republican National
Convention, and his first assistant, G..
N. Wiswell. of Milwaukee, visited the
convention auditorium to-day and de-
cided upon a number of details, such
as the stationing of inside door-keep-
ers and assistants and distributing the
force of ushers and pages. Four door,
keepers will be stationed at every door,
two outside to inspect the tickets as the
crowd passes through, and two inside
to tear off the coupons. In this way
the crowd can be handled promptly
Each division will have four ushers.
and they are to seat all comers, or at
least inspect their tickets. There are
forty divisions in the dress circle and
gallery, making a force there of 160 US
hers
The space for the delegates, alternates,
national committeeman, newspaper
workers, and prominent guests has
eleven divisions, and each will be pro-
vided with four ushers. Then there
will be small army of pages and
several hundred sergeants alarms.
Chief Harrigan has promised Sergeant
alarms Cyrnes 200 policemen, who
will be ready to lend assistance if
called upon. They are to take no part
in disputes until requested to by one or
more of the Byrnes assistants. A good
many of the policemen will probably
be attired as private citizens and known
only to the convention officials and
employees.
The work of decorating the auditorium
is about finished. The portraits of
General Grant, Admiral Farragut and
General Sheridan are in place. The
portrait of Lincoln is almost directly
over the speakers stand, and that of
Grant at the centre of the south gallery
opposite. Just above Lincoln's portrait
is that of Washington. Each is sur
rounded by American flags. The
absence of pictures and notices repre-
senting leaders of the Republican party
of to-day is noticeable. The omission
was intentional, the local committee
having been placed uuder restrictions
in this matter. The decorations will be
in place before tomorrow evening, the
time set for the dedication of the build
ing.
A fire company is on duty in tie
auditorium and will be until after the
convention. The building has also a
fire-alarm box connected with the Gen.
tral office of the fire alarm department.
The American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company will have two long
distance telephones in service at the
convention. Thirteen telephone wires
in all will be run into the building.
No solution of the puzzling question
has been reached as to what shall be
done with the negro delegates to the
convention. The proprietors of the
leading hotels deny that they have re-
fused to entertain colored men, but say
that their rooms are all Engaged" and
that they cannot accommodate the
negroes, much as they might wish. A
number Of national committeeman ar
this morning, their views regarding the
treatment Of the negroes by the st.
Louis hoteFand boarding house keep
ers. M. HtDe Young, Of San Fran
cisco, a member of the committee, said
it was not part of the committee to
secure hotel accommodations for any
delegates, white or black. He would
oppose any effort to bring the matter
before the committe.
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Cuban Tobacco Embargo.

New YORK, Sune 9.--Mr. Krohn,
secretary Of the National A Association Of
Cigar Manufacturers, to-day sent to
Secretary Olney letter with reference
to the tobacco embargo laid upon Cuba
by General Weyler. The communica-
tion affirms that if the existing contracts
for the delivery Of leaf tobacco purchas.
ed on the island of Cuba cannot be en-
forced enormous losses will result and
great hardship entailed upon mai11I
thousands ofepployesa i1
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12

J. w. CRowELL, Sheriff,
w. E. DEANS, Deputy,
J. D. BARDIN, Clerk of Superior Court,
w. M. WELLS, Register of Deeds,
w. T. FARMER, Treasurer,
F. w. TAYLOR, Standard Keeper,
DR.. c. E. MOORE, Coroner,
JAMES w. TAYLOR, Surveyor,
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12
STATE NEWS.

On Monday night June list, Miss
Evalina Spicer died at her home
about 4 miles from Rocky Mount, in
the 80th year of her age.
The Stanly cotton mill is progress
ing nicely. The stockholders have
decided to increase the amount of
paid up capital to $4,000 instead of
$5O,OOO.
G.. W. Hinshaw, of Winston in
private letter to r. A. Doughton of
Allegheny says that he is authorized
to state, by high authority, that
the proposed railroad will be built
from Roaring River to Stone Noun
tain.
At Salisbury twenty-nine carrier
pigeons that had been at the express
office there for several days were
liberated Saturday morning at half
past five. After making a circle they
took a direct route for their home in
Philadelphia.
Mrs J. w. Edwards, wife of Rev. j.
W. Edwards, dropped dead at their
residence in Campbellton just as she
was retiring last Monday night at II
o'clock. The coroner was summoned
and pronounced heart failure the
cause of death.
Louisburg was visited by hail
storm last Saturday evening. Con-
siderable damage was done to the
crops around there, especially those
on the South side of the river bank.
Corn and tobacco were beaten down
and almost totally ruined
j. M. Hearne, aged %, and Mrs.
Pethel, aged 4G, were married last
week near Salisbury. This being
wife No. 2 for Mr. Hearne. Wife No.
has entered vigorous protest
against the second marriage by hav-
ing her unfaithful lord jailed to await
the August term of Rowan's Superior
Court.
Thursday a number of prominent
colored men held a meeting in Raleigh
and arranged to hold a State conven-
ton there July 2nd. The meeting
will, it is said, be more largely at
tended than the Republican State
convention. The sentiment of the
committee is strongly against Rus
sell.
For seventy years and more Eas-
tern North Carolina, has never been
seriously damaged by storms, tor
nadoes or cyclones. Our typographical
conformation and the broad expanse
OF our waters accounts for it. Broad
waters attract storm clouds and they
expend their fury where it can do
little or no damage.
The commencement of the North
Carolina College of agriculture and :
Mechanics was one of the
State events this week and was a
marked success. Prof. Chas. D. Nc
liver of the Greensboro normal and
Industrial school delivered the annual
address which was the ideal one for
such an occasion.
Mr.. J. A. Farrell .of Chatham,
visited his old home at Hanks Chapel
last week and saw the goose we are
now writing about and has known
this goose for ~ years. She
is motherly old thing. This year,
36 years old that she is, she laid and
Matched and had seven fine goslings.
Mr.. Farrell caught her and plucked a
quill from her wings as trophy and
gave it to this writer tor tooth pick.
Said goose is hale and hearty and
good for many years yet. She be-
longs to James E. Burke.
Recently two sons Of Treasurer r. 4
{. Dickey ofSAlamance were fishing
near their home north of Glencoe
Ira is the older, and when aY11
moccasin ppked IN hin1
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-12

HAVANA, June 9.-Gen. Casco reports
having met party of rebels under
command of insurgent leader Calixto
Garcia near Veala de Casanova and
again near Bayamo, in the province of
Santiago de Cuba. The rebels on both
occasions occupied strong positions, but
after making strenuous defence were
dislodged. A torpedo which had been
placed in the road by the rebels ex-
ploded upon the arrival of the van
guard of Gen. Casco's column and
eight soldiers were wounded. After the
rebels we'e finally dislodged from their
position, they were pursued by the
troops and dispersed. The lossaf-t1n1
insurgents cannot be ascA1
+ha oo,,rae~ ~nnhnunnnnun
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
w. w. FARMER, Chairman.
PERRY RENFRow, j. BYNUM,
w. D. P. SHARP, VIM. WooDARD, Jr.
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RENO, KEY, June 10,-What is
known as the Regulars" or administra-
tion faction the Democratic party, met
in State Convention here to-day.
Delegates to Chicago were ell
The platform adonto 61
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POLICE

D. P. CHR1sTMAN, Chief.
EPHRIAM HARRELL, FRANK FELTON,,
AMEs MARsHBoURNE.
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THROUGH TRAINS

LOCAL FREIGHT-NORTH BOUND:
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