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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05
PRIVATEER PERSONALS.
PRlvA7EER TOWNSHIP, S. c., aug. 4, '9s.

PRlvATEER TOWNSHIP, S. c., aug. 4, '9s.
AS already mentioned in the ". & S. Miss
Katie Whilden died last Tuesday. She was
the second daughter Of Mr.. R. S. Whndsp,
and has just entered upon the arena Of young
womanhood. We have known Miss Katie
since her childhood days, and we regarded
her as oae Of the best and parest young ladies
we have ever met. We don't remember to
have ever heard her say harmful word about
any Que. She was of retiring disposition.
bat 40 one could become acquainted with
her "ithoat app:eciating the nobility of her
character. She was buried ct Bethel CD
Wednesday and in the unavoidable absence
of Sir. Gresham, Re7. j. ". Daniel, Of Sum
ter; officiated and preached al impressive
sermon.
Mr.. Gresham will preach MS first regular
sermon as pastor CT Bethel ca next Sunday.
There was match game of base bali and
a basket pic nic near Weeks's pond lasl
Saturday. Med. F.
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Burned Out.

The severity and intensity of the electric
storm that passed over this city Monday
afternoon between three and four clock can
best be estimated by the effect it had on the
telephone exchange, The electric current
played up and down the wires at an alarm
ing rate, and running ioto the switchboard
at the central Office burned out more than
forty drops, besides number of connections.
The induction coils in number of unplug-
ged telephones in residences and Offices were
burned out and the wires we're broken by
falling limbs in various parts Of the city.
The damaged switchboard is being repaired
as rapidly as possible, and the liuemeu are
hard at work on the broken wires. The re-
pairs will be completed in short time and
the inconvenience endured this morning by
the patrons of the exchange will be but tenn
porary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05

The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a COM
munity Of simple, honest, God-fearog men
and women, have prepared the Shaker D-
gestive Cordial for many years, and it is al
ways the same, simple, honest, curative
medicine that has helped to make the Shakers
the healthy, long. g.lived people that they are.
The Shakers never have indigestion. This
is partly owing to their simple mode of life,
partly to the wonderful properties Of Shaker
Digestive Cordial. Indigestion is caused By
the stomach glands not supplying enough d.
gesti7e juice Shaker Digestive Cordial sup
plies what's wanting. Shaker Digestive
Cordial invigorates the stomach and all its
glands so that after awhile they don't need
help. As evidence OF the honesty of Shaker
Digestive Cordial: the formula is printed on
every bottle. Sold by druggist, price 10
cents to 81 90 Per bottle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05

Messrs W. H. Ingram and Mack Kolb
narrowly escaped electrocaticn by lightning
yesterday afternoon They were out in the
country when the storm came up, and took
refuge in Mr.. Swans house on the old
Mitchell place. While seated on the piazza
during the height of The storm there was
binding fash OF lightning that shocked both
of them severely, but left them uninjured,
although badly frightened. A tree about
twenty feet from where they we're sitting was
struck and one side of it torn of from the
ground to height of twelve or fifteen feet.
The tree was directly opposite the front door
of the house and Mr.. Swan is of the opinion
that the electric current passed through the
hallway from the rear of the house before
striking the tree. Mr.. Ingram does not
venture an opinion: as bis menta! poise at the
time was so decidedly disturbed that he
forgot all about very interesting story he
was relating TO tie crowd and came away
after the storm without concluding it.
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SOLITUDE AND SILENCE.
A Peculiar Charm Possessed by South Az
rican Scenery.

"A
rican Scenery.
A peculiar charm which South Afri-
can scenery possesses is that Of primeval
solitude and silence. It is a charm
which is differently felt by different
minds. There are many who find the
presence of what Homer calls "the rich
works of men, essential to the perfec-
ton CT landscape. Cultivated fields,
gardens and orchards, farmhouses dot
ted here and there, indications in one
form or another of human life and Ia
boz, do not merely give greater variety
to every prospect, but also impart an
element which evoEes the sense Of SYM
pathy with our fellow men and excites
a whole group of emotions which the
contemplation Of nature, taken by It
self, does not arouse.
T No one is insensible to these things,
and come find little delight il any scene
from which they are absent. Yet there
are other minds to which there is some
thing specially solemn and impressive
in the untouched and primitive SIM
plicity Of country which stands nov
Just as it came from the hands of the
Creator. The self suficientness Of na-
ture, the insignifcance CT man, the
mystery Of a. universe which does not
exist, as our ancestors fcndly thought,
for the sake Of man, but for other pur-
poses hidden from US and forever undis-
coyerable-these things are more fully
realized and more deeply felt when one
traverses an immense wilderness which
seems to have known no change since
the remote ages when hill and plain and
valley were nodded into the forms we
see today
Feelings Of this kind powerfully af-
feet the mind of the traveller in South
Africa. They affect him in the Karroo,
where the slender line of rails, along
which his train creeps all day and all
night across long stretches Of brown
desert and under the crests Of stern,
dark hills. seems to heighten by COZ
trast the sense of solitude-a vast and
barren solitude interposed between the
busy haunts of men which he has left
behind on the sheres of the ocean and
those still buster haunts whittier he is
bent, where the pick and hammer sound
upon the Witwatersrand and the palpi-
tating engine drags masses Of ore from
the depths of the crowded mine. They
affect him still more in the breezy high
lands of Matabeleland, where the eye
ranges over an apparently endless sue
cession Of undulations clothed with tall
grass or waving wood, till they sink in
the blue distance toward the plain
through which the great Zambezi takes
it's seaward course. Professor James
Bryce, NJ. P. in Century.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05

DR.. T. j. Dodge. of Hamilton, H.
li1ois, writes as follows to the Iowa
Homestead on the subject of hog
cholera:
Gas the price of hogs is sufficiently
high to pay the farmer to use every
means of protecting them from the
ravages of the cholera I deem it my
duty to give to the public, free, my
recipe for the cure Of what is termed
hog cholera. l have used this rem
edy for 50 years, and raised hogs on
my rancho in Nebraska and never
lost hog.
I have experimental by placing
one well hog with lot of sick ones
and keeping it we'll by the use of this
remedy. You will confer great
favor upon the farmers of our country
by publishing this recipe in full |
am now engaged in other business,
and have been for 16 years and am
willing to let others prosper by the
long years Of experience of mine with
a remedy l discovered myself for tn e
cure of this dreadful disease.
The prescription and directions
are as follows:
Arsenic, one-half pound cape
aloes, one half pound; blue vitriol,
one-fourth of a pound; black anti.
mony. one ounce. Grind and mix
we'll the remedy before using.
The following are the directions
for using:
l. Sick hogs in all cises to be
separated from the we'll ones, and
placed in dry pens with only five
large hogs or eight in each pen.
2. Feed nothing but dry food.
but no water, only the remedy until
cured.
3. When hogs refuse to eat turn
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News From About Rembert.

REHBEar, S. c., Aug. 3, 96.
Tie hot, d:5 spell has been broken. Since
July Goth re have experienced the warmess
weather Of ou7 lives, but q refreshing and
boantfal rain yesterday afternoon broke the
spell. The growth Of eli crops was material
ly affected o. the hot weather and the crops
do not look like they did ten or twelve days
ago.
An old colored woman, said TO be he old
est person in the county, died in this town
ship las; Saturday Her name was Charlotte
McCreg, aud she was said to be lis years
old. Capt. James H. Mcleod, speaking Of
her. said she came into bis possession about
ls45 and was then probably 10 years Old
He was satisfied she wss more than 10 years
of age at the time of her death.
The Third Quarterly Conference of Smith
willie Circuit (M. E. Church, Soutb), Will be
held with St. Matthews Church, Saturday be-
fore the fourth Sunday this month.
During heavy wind storm yesterday
afternoon, carriage shed on the place of
Mrs. n. c. Young was blown down and
several vehicles damaged.
Mr. Heary Mcleod had the misfortune to
lose fine mule last week.
TIE mail acconmcd ations ale still very
poor a. this place. The people of this CON-
manity certainly are grealy inconyeoierced
by the creessness Of the route agent, and it
does seem 10 US that the worthless fellow
should be removed. However, when Bryan
is elected we will tell him about ii and We bet
he wont keep him aoy longer.
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them on their backs, and then with a
long handled spoon put the dry med
icine down their throats
4 Dose tor large hogs: One
teaspoonful three times day for
three, then miss one day and repeat
amount until cured. Shoats or pigs
one half the amount
5. AS a preventative, one tea
spoonful once week will keep your
hogs in healthy condition to take
on fat. can place one we'll hog IN
pen with 100 sick ones, and with
this remedy keep him well
6. Let no other stock but hogs
have access to this remedy, as it IS
to them a deadly poison.
Dr.. Dodge adds that for many
years he sold his recipe for $5, and
treated hogs at the rate Of 81 per
head. paying the owner 10 cents a
pound for all that died after treat
ment began.
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Cure For Headache.

AS remedy for all forms Of Headache
Electric Bit:ers has proved 10 be the very best
It effects a permanent cure AID the most
dreaded habitual sicl; headaches yield TO its
influence We urge all who are afflicted to
procure bottle, and give this remedy fair
trial. In cases Of habiual constipation
Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed
tone to the bowels, and few eases long resist the
use Of this medicine. Try it once. Fifty
cents and one dollar at J. F. w. DeLorme' 8
Drug Store.
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The Venue Changed.
Peter RoWley Will be Tried
In AbbeVille.
Special to the State.

Special to the State.
GREENv1LLE. Aug 3.-The big fight
was made to-day to change the venue
for trial Of Peter Rowley, indicted for
killing Gus Tanner. The motion was
ia duplicate for continuance or change
Of venue. 4 number Of afidav;ts were
FLED by the State and the defense, recit-
iog that the accused could or could
not get a fair and impartial trial in
Greenville county. It was not SO in
sisted by the defense but the real bone
Of contention was that jury could not
be cmpapelled in this county which
would be able to give an impartial ve'-
dict. After hearing the arguments
Judge Townsend took the papers and
granted the motion and transferred the
case to Abbeville county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05

Mr.. Tillinghast who is getting up an opera
here for the Darlington Guards, says that he
desires 10 have strong chorus and would
appreciate it if those who can sing and would
like to take part would volunteer their SER
vices, az he is stranger and does not know
who sings. No knowledge of music is re-
CURED nothing but voice and the ability
to sing by ear. Mr. Tilliughast will drill
the chorus into correct knowledge of their
part The opera is for the benefit of the
Guards, go let every body talk it up and help
if they can. The performance of Pinafore on
the 2lst is proof enough Of Mr. Tillipghast's
ability to drill an opera comnany.-Darling-
ton News.
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Heavy Hail Storm.

Yesterday afternoon heavy hail storm
struck the tobacco farm of Mr. w. c. Hough,
situated about ooe mile from this city, and
totally DESTROYED all Of the crop remaining in
the fields. The plants were beaten down and
broken to pieces by the hail stones and the
high wind scattered the fragments in all
directions.
The fodder which had been pulled and was
10 the field was also scattered and destroyed.
The cotton crop was seriously damaged, the
growicg plants being beaten down and the
grown bolls and uudeveloped forms stripped
from the plants
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05
Light Wanted in Lexing-
ton.
An Encouraging Feature o!
the Campaign Meeting
There.

LEXINGTON, Angus: st would
appear from to-day's campaign meeting
that Lexington wao.s information.
Whether a food of data would change
conditions is 30; knoac, but to-day's
meeting here was marked With interro-
cations. Most of the inquiries were
along Legitimate lines and perhaps
these people would really like to have
more Of the alleged campaign Of ed
cation, and would like to hear beth
sides of the financial issues. They all
seem to be for free silver. aud yet they
do cot seem to understand the whole
matter. During this entire campaign
not word has been heard against free
silver uor have such puzzling questions
been asked. For instance, Mr.. Thom-
as Seay, stanch free silverite, could
not understand what was TO prevent
the goldbugs buying up foreign silver,
having it coined, and making Immense
fortunes asthe expense of the masses.
Governor Evans, Judge Earle, Mr.. Ell
lerbe and Mr.. E6rd we're all asked for
the answer and each had his different
answer. Governor Evans insisted that
silver would appreciate and that the
foreign holders would not sell at pres
eat prices as the silver would be worth
as much to them as to anyone else, and
that the passage Of 16 to l law would
regulate the matter so that the specula
.ion would be of 30 avail, and 10 any
event the circulation would be secured ?
Others argued that silver would be-
come commodity and could be check
ed by tariff laws as any other commodity
and so op Suffice it to say these peo-
pie waut information and seem to be
studying. Mr.. Seay asked most Of the
questions and set the fashion. and ma0y
other questions we're propcunded. During
the recesses there we're many clusters
discussing the irs and outs Of free sill
yer, one old man insisting that it would
have to be ''free silver or blood" ln
view Of this spirit. al acceptabilisy Of
free silver argument, Governor Evans
and Judge Earle devoted their speeches
almost entirely to financial issues.
Judge Earle was given close attention,
and Governor EvaDs spoke Of silver as
ccnsecutlvely as be could in view Of the
rapid fling of questions.
Mr.. Duncan devoted himself to
showing up the record Of Governor
Evans and incidentally that of Judge
Eorle, aud the audience of about 800,
very many Of whom we're ladies, bad
no objection, so far as indicated, to bis
jumping on Governor Evans. They
we're certainly respectful TO all speakers
and in this there has been an improve.
meut over previous meetings. Alto
gether it was one of the most orderly
and best conducted and sensible Of the
meetings There we're no sensations
or freaks. The best order prevailed,
perhaps to a large extent due to the
closing Of the dispeusary, which has
been the policy in nearly all of the
places having dispensaries, on campaign
days. Chairman E6rd had engaged
the band that played at the
Sa!uda celebration, and signalled for
music whenever speakers time ex.
pired.
There was somewhat Of tilt between
Mr.. Mayfeld and Mr.. Robinson, the
rival candidates for Superintendent Of
Education. but it was good natured.-
News and Courier.
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A Child Injured.

The three year old daughter Of Mr.. W. c..
Hough was painfully, bat fortunately not
seriously injured yesterday afternoon oy be-
ing run overly buggy The accident
happened just as Mr.. Hugh drove into his
yard. The little girl ran out to meet him,
and IN attempting to climb into the buggy
from the rear was caught in the wheel and
thrown to the ground. The wheel passed
over her body, inflicting very severe bruises.
1t has not been ye! determined whether any
internal injuries of a serious nature were
sustained
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men are concerned, every Que is thor
oughly convinced that they can stand
anything aud every one is about right.
There is practically DO limit to the
physical endurance of member Of the
Fourth Estate
The campaign party leaves for Lex
iogton at 4 30 this morning, returning
here at 5 p and going on to Wions-
boro tomorrow morning at 5 O'Clock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05
Campaign Songs.

We have jus, received from tie music pub
l;shng house of The S. Bcainard's Sons Co.,
Isl Wabash Ave, Chicago, g copy Of the
Cred Hot Democratic Campaign Song Book
for the campaign OF 1896. The book con-
tains solos, duets, mixed AID n;aie quartets,
gnd is especially arranged for campaign
clubs. II is not a cheap wo7d edition, ana
is sold for the remarkably low price of 10
cents. or 81. 90 Pc. DOZEN postpaid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05
Winthrop College.
improvements that will be
made this Summer Before
the Girls Return to
Their Studies in
the Fall.

Professor ~. b. Johnson was III
the city yesterday, says the State OF
Aug 2. and as is unualIy the case
with him, he was full of Winthrop
news that nearly every one in the
State likes to read.
"The competitive examinations
for the Winthrop scholarships which
were held last Thursday in the coun-
ties. seem to Indicate" said the pro
fessor, "that there has been an uisu-
ally large number of applicants But
without the scholarships, people of
even moderate means can afford to
send to Winthrop. The total cost is
small, and the uniform worn prevents
extravaganza in dress that girls left
to themselves will often indulge in
I'VE are now preparing to run a
dairy in connection with the farm.
A larger barn will be built with
modern conveniences A herd Of
good COWS will be bought this sum-
mer and this will materially lessen the
cost.
"Winthrop college, with its crops
of 25 expert teachers, it's splendid
appointments and fine equipment Of
fers as many advantages at small
cost as any institution Of its kind
in the United States, and very few
offer as many ~
This is the praise that President
Johnson speaks of Winthrop. and
there arc but few people in the State
who disagree with him.
The attendance next session, he
expected, would be unusually large
Already applications were pouring
in unfit it was evident that the DOR
mitor;es could not accommodate all
who wished to come Arrangements
were made with families living near
the college, said he, to take the
students and board them at the same
cost as if they were ii. the college
itself.
President J.ohnson's principle bust
ness in the city yesterday, however,
was to look over plans and to con-
suit as to which was the most suit
able for the new infrmary that is
going to be erected soon 1t will be
connected with tae dornitories by a
covered passage, to prevent expo
sing sick student, but it will be put
back some distance to keep, if pos
sible, contagious diseases from
spreading. With the healthy water
and fine climate Of Rock Hill there
seemed little probability Of any very
serious Illness, thought the profes-
sor, but well equipped infrmary
was feature which every college
should have.
The plan has not been decided on,
but the building will be of brick,
one story high, with basement 1t
will be aboute90 feet long and 80
feet wide, and in it will be large
ward, i've or SIX gr!vate rooms Tor
serious cases, kitchen, dining room
and other necessary rooms for such
a place There will be plenty of
air an dventllation.
Thirty convicts have been sent to
Rock Hill. and they have been put to
work on the grounds. When the
infirmafy is started they will be
made to do good aervice in it's erec-
ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05

'There are none more miserable than epi-
leptics. Fog 20 years I suffered with eplep
tic fits, having as high as FIVE in Cne night.
tried any number of physicians, paying to
one alone, a fee of s500.C0 and have dore
little for years but search for something to
help me, and have taken all the leading
remedies, but received no benefit. A year ago
my son, Chas. S. Gallaher, druggist 1T 191
Reed ST., Milwaukee, gave me Dr.. Miles
Restorative Ncrvine and l tried it with
gratifying results. Have had but two fits
since began taking it. am better now in
every way than have been in 20 years.
Dr.. Miles Remedies are sold by druggists
on positive guarantee that the first bottle
will benefit or price refunded. Book on the
Heart and Nerves, free. Address,
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind
Dr.. Niles Remedies Restore Health.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05

The hot bath is recommended as a
relief 10 bot weather It raises the
body to higher temperature than the
atmospb ere, and on emerging from the
bath there is a seuse of cooloess instead
of warmth, as is the case after cold
botb
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05
Epilepsy 20 Years.
Cured by DR.. Miles Nervine.

a few years ago, Mr.. L. ". Gallahcr, was
an extensive, successful expert manu-
facturer OF lumber products. Attacked with
epilepsy, he was obliged to give up his bust
ness. The attacks came upon him most in
opportuncly. One time falling from 4 carri-
age, ct another down stairs, and often in the
street. Once he fell down a shaft in the
mill, his injuries nearly proving fatal. Mr.
Gallaher writes from Milwaukee Fet. Is. :95.
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What causes bad dreams is a question ,ha!
has never been sstifacto1iy answered out,
in Oiae cases cat of ten, frightfu dream are
the result Of imperfec: digestion, which few
doses of Ayers Sarsaparilla will efec;ually
remedy, Don: delay-,ry it today.
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Mamma, vas tkat sugar-plum you just
gate me p asked little Mabel. mo, dear:
it WAS one of Dr.. Ayers Pills" "Please,
may have another 2" Not now, dear one
Of those nice pills is all you need at present,
because every dose is effective
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Merit wins and that is Why Hoods Sarsa-
psrilla holds the abiding confidence of the
public. Hoods Sarsaparila is known by
the cures it has made 1t is the Cne True
Blood Purifier
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-05

Base balls, bats, MASKS and mitts for sale
By Il. G. Osteen Co.
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SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.

= z.
Session begins September both. Tea regu-
lar Courses, with Diplomas. Special Courses,
with Certificates Board. IS a month. Well
appointed Laboratories, Chemical, Physical,
Biological etc. Gymnasium. Total oeces-
sary expenses for the year (exclusive of
travelling and cothing), from Sl23 10 Sle3.
Women admitted to all Glasses.
For further information, catalogue, etc,
address the President,
July q. JAMES WOODROW.