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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07
Spring 

bodies. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the great blood purifier and the best Spring Medicine. Therefore it IS the great cure for scrofula, salt rheun, humors, sores, rheumatism, catarrh, etc.; tho great nervine, strength builder. appe- tiger, stomach tonic and regulator.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07
Pure Drugs and skilled Labor.

Both metric and apothecaric weights and measures, a torsion balance sensi- tive to one sixty fourth of grain and the checking systems enables us to safely and properly prepare any pre- scription written by any doc tor on any blank and in any sytem of weights and measures, and soAee you become our customer We have no feaa8E losing you.
 Cut this out and keeps1E till April 18th, then read our advertisement in this paper, there viii be something for vOi1. II
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07

cry nerve, muse ie sstie depends on the Iity and condition
 Therefore pure
 blood is absolutely
 necessary to right
 living and healthy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07

FOR SALE--Yellow Yam. Southern Queen. l and VineleSs, or Bunch Yam, slips also fine eggs. Addres, R. " ANDERSON,
 29 d6w Jacksonport. A rk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07
CHEAP \<OLU1N.

EOUND--A bunch of keys tied on one sfring. Owner can have same by ealing at this office und paying for this ad.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07
Quadrlenim Turnfest North Amerioa

T. ". BARLEY, X gent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07

WANTE D A gcod, second hand two seat
 " ed carriage. Address, "L.' care Graphic. 30 d6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07

Good pasture with plenty of water 2%
 Omiles Sonth of town. Horses Sf. cattle 75c. 4 l5-d Ct. A. 0. EDWARDS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07

buy stock of dry goods,
 w clothing, boots and shoes. Will pay spot cash Stock must be worth over &, 1000 Address NJ. H. R., this office. 1 19 St
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07

FOR RENT-After May 1.-the office now occu- pied by the Pine Rluff Water & Light Co., at Merrill Institute. 4 20 q 6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-07

For sale. my residence property on Olive st Lake Side, ata Bargain. A. o. EDWARDS.
 4,l5-d tt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
Take JOHlNSONS
CHILL & FEVER
TONIC.
Meteorological Record.

Thefo!lowing is q report of observations
of the weather taken at Stateburg, By DR.. ".
w. Anderson, for the past week ending
July 4, 1891:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07

The Greenville News in a leading
editorial under the caption, "Irby in
the Race" says "In this tussle
The News will for the present take
no side. The News is opposed to
both, and The News will have it's
own quiet fun" Notwithstanding
this declaration of neutrality, The
News proceeds to give more than a
half column of what it appears to
consider proofs of 1rby's superiority
over McLaurin. and says everything
in favor of Irby that could be said.
This is, perhaps. The News method
of having fun, but we do not know
whom the joke is on. as no one will
take the declaration Of neutrality Sc
riously.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
Draining savannahs by Wells

Ramsey, S. C Jaly Il noticed in the
Item an account of Col Duncan's experiment
ia boring wells to drain a savanrah. The
late Maj. Cain was working on the theory of
the underlying qnicksand carryiag of the
surface water, when he had wells sunk to the
ouicksand in two small sayannahs (; the de-
sired results, however, were not obtained
Here is query. 'sWhat use could these
sayannahs be put to il drained Z" see but
one thing they are good for. namely, pasiur-
age. The soil is blue or pipe clay and un-
productive only Oh margiue as far as sand
has washed 10.
Can some one give a theory concerning
these savannabs7 II one will notice they are
nearly circular. The soil is the same in all,
20 matter where located. As for example,
take Btomby's Savapnah on old w. and M.
R. R., situated in one of the finest farming
communities; Wedge6ed savannah, one
mile from Wedge6eld, and Rsccoon savannah,
in the heart of the sand hills, TWO miles
south Of old Manchester. In Barnwell
couoty the7 are very deep aud contain guam
titles of fish. One especially famed for its
beauty, fish aud picnics. is the Clear Pond,
situated ten miles South of Bamberg. It has
no outlet, is circular in shape, about one half
mile across and very deep. A remarkable
fact about it is that there is not a tree 10 it,,
but the edge is encircled by line of cypress
trees from two to three feet in diameter.
OCCASIONAL.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
Letter From lonia.

Ionis, S c., July We are having hne
weather foc killing grass, and most of Us
have il. too Crops a.e onl. toerable We
had So many heavy rains, wind and hail last
month tia. crops were damaged to some ex-
tent, and on the 25th Of last month We had
a very severe storm, with heavy bail, just
above here that did considerable damage, bnt
the hail did not extend far.
netice that al! newspaper reporters from
different sections report crops az being hse
have failed 10 see any that are foe in this
section aud we have some hne land and a
few tolerable good farmers. But crops are
undoubtedly behind what they generally are
at this time Of the year. May was too cool,
June TOO wet. So if we make full! cropa, they
Will have to improve f:om COW on. But if
we should nave a drought 10 this month after
so much rain last, corn will be short.
Mr L. A. Lee lost little babe. seven
weeks old, on last Sunday.
Nj. J. Chewing, Jr, lost an infant,
four days old, yesterday.
Mr. Leonard Britton's wife died last night.
Her remains will be inferred at Springhill
tomorrow at 10 o'clock She was in i'll
health for sometime.
Our mail carrier Is still trying to carry the
mai. d6S TWO olo staEveu ooEses, duu uoe
to take i. afoot some of the time. Has failed
twice to get back same day.
Our reighhorbood has been noted for the
last IS years for being the best in the county,
with few exceptions, but the peaceableDess
of the community was broken last night sy
a party of men, unknown at present, going
to q negro house oa Mr J. F. Matthews
place, in which one of bis contract hands was
living, and with guns and pistols they forced
him to come out They tied him, and then
gave him a whipping, after which they turped
hin loose The uegro seems to be !aw-abid-
ing citizen, and no cause for their unlawful
act is known. They, however, told him that
if BE did not leave within twenty-four hours,
the next time they called they would kill
him. Dry JIM
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
A KILLING HEAT IN THE
WEST.

Chicago, July 4-The wave oftor-
rid weather under which the centra
States sweltered last week showed
no abatement to- day. From Pitts
burg to Kansas City and from Chicago
south. cloudless skies and a blazing
sun left record of prostration and
death which has seldom been equalled
for the early days of July. Through
out the entire district the mercury
registered close to 100 in the shade
during the day, and the number of
prostrations went into the hundreds
Cincinnati. with a maximum of 9S
degrees, showed the highest death
rate, six deaths resulting out of to-.
tai of 80 prostrations, but there were
many fatal cases at other points. In
Chicago the mercury registered close
to 80 degrees for the greater part Of
the day and there were over a score
of prostrations Two men were
killed by the heat during the after
noon-Lambert Ludberg, a carpenter.
and Henry Behling, teamster. Sew
eral other cases are critical At mid
night at severe thunderstorm swept
over the city, sending the mercury
down several points and bringing a
ua1cor relief
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
CHAMP CLARK's WIT.

Champ Clark of Missouri is not only
one Of the wittiest men in the house Of
representatives, but he is one of the
bes: posted on the tariff question.
In ridiculiog some of the rates OF
the Dingley bill! that to biu seemed
subject to criticism. he recited how a
man Of the oane Of Goodyear weot be-
fore the ways aud means committee
and secured the tariff be wanted by
some skillful palaver about the great
statesmen that Maine bad produced
Then he said /:
'.Mr Chairman. that piece of 'sof;
soap made it harder for every poor
man in the United States to build a
house Governor Dingley swallowed
the bait as quick as trout would swal-
low fly laughter. aud next summer
scms poor devil out west, living 10 a
dugout 100 miles from railroad sta
ton. who voted for Mckinley under
the deluded idea that prosperity would
come under his administration and who
has not heard Of this tariff bill, cipbers
it out that he can build him two room
cottage with Lumber aud other building
materials at the old rate He goes to
the station to get-the lumber aud finds
that the price has gone sky high, aud
be goes back to his home aud says to
bis wife: Ny dear, 1 am sorry that
We must stay:i the dugout. We can
not build our little house. A great
nau by the name of Governor Dingley
has put the price of lunoer and other
things SO high that we cannot do 1t,
but thank God. he has left dragons
blood free.' Laughter. Next year,
when my handsome friend from Iowa
(Mr. Dollivec returns to that fine agFi.
cultral district which he. represents,
some man who has not been able to
buy coat because of the high price of
woolen cloth will say to his neighbor,
There comes Dolliver, who put up the
price of woolen goods But the sue
cessful candidate for the posto6ice iu
that district says. Oh, but Doliver
put divi.divi on the free list And in
chorus they sing. 'Dolliver and divi
divi forever Laughter. Applause
on the Democratic side.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
{ axe JOHlNSONS
CHILL & FEVER
TONIC. C.
A Lady Artisan.

Mary P. Screvec, writing in the Woman's
Department cf the Sunday State. speaks of
Miss Jessie Mason, Of this city, as follows:
l shall, from time to tiue, notice in these
columns the ioventious, mechanical handi-
work or other ex,raordioary achievements Of
our women, and further to chow that we are
not an uutbinking set of beings given over
entirely to thoughts Of dress, society and
pleasure seeking /; yet trust that our women
will ever be duly mindful of these and thor
oughly cbeaient to the higest and best prioci-
pies of social and domestic ethics
Ny 6rst notice falls upon a Sumter girl,
Miss Jessie Mason, who comes from family
of inventors who for generations past have
displayed marked ability in the field of me-
cbanical invention and ingenuity.
bsve before me, as write, two induction
cole, one was wound in Connecticut, By \
maoufacturer there, the other in Sumter
Jessie Mason, and there is no comparison 10
the workmanship of the two coils. Miss
Mason's is altogether the better in those es-
sentials which give these articles value.
Every thread 10 her coiIis in the right place,
while in the other there seems Disregard for
that regularity 10 the winding so essential 10
efficient trapsmission.
When the brother OF Miss Mason started
his telephone factory at Sumter several years
ago, she undertook to supply the works with
coils, which she did exclusively with her
own hands, having .an overplus which she
found ready demaod for in toe north. In
the past two years, however, the Mason Te!e-
phone Company has absorbed her entire pro-
duction, and Miss Mason is supplying over
$50 of these little mecbanisms per week ; her
earnings reacbiog some weeks over SIS
Here is an enterpris;ng young woman earr-
ing her own living and saving to her bus.
ness community some $500 which, but for
her skill, would be sent of to some remote
industrial centre to promote activities there.
Here We have an example at once of indepen.
dence and bene6cence, young woman earn
ing her support ard belping others TO earn
theirs II the surest and best way. Who can
tell but that Miss Msson's superior work is a
potent factor in the success of her brothers.
splendid factory? This is the kind Of girl
to encourage, for she helps society, more still,
humanity.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
ELECTION NOTICE.
SUMTER, S. c., July S, Is

SU1TsR, S. c., July S, 1897.
rrHE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
of Election met at the Court
House this date and appointed the
following persons to serve as Mana
gers of Election on the New (Lee) County
question, to be had aud held on Jolly Goth,
inst:
Lynchourg Precincts c Fitzpatrick, ] D
Clarke, VIM Talon.
St. Charles Precinct-W E Grenn, RIB
Wilson, r Wilson.
Carter's Crossing Precinct-H 6 Shaw,
F Matthews, Barnett.
Reid's Mill Precinct-R NJ Plewden, a A
Brearley, Bullock.
Spring Hill Precinct-A Mosele5,
Wactor, NJ Eelvin.
Bishopvile Precinct-R O Dixon, G Glib
son, t. Ed Baskins.
A copy of the paper 10 which this adver-
tisement is published will be mailed to each
of the appointees. which they will accept as
sufficient notice thereof. TIE managers here
by appointed are requesting to meet prior to
July 18th. aud organize by electing chair
man, and appoint one of their numher to
| meet the Commissioners at Sumter on Satur-
day, July l7th to qualify and get the boxes,
&c.
@-Tbe law requires that not more than
two members of each board of managers shall
be in favor of the new County They will
organize in accordance with this, by drop
ping one of their number, if any case the
appointments are not in compliance with that
provision of law, aud appoiotiog another
who shall be so qualified and qualified
voter of that precinct.
| Notice is given to voters in Swimming
Pens Towoship tha. the hooks OF registration
for said township will be placed at Carter's
| Crossing Precinct 20 that they nay have the
privilege of voting at that precinct
EDWIN WILSON, Chairmau.
A.G. WARREN, Clerk.
Sumter, July S, 1897.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07

Don't think because you are sick and
nothing seems TO give you relief that you
cant be cured.
There must be cu-e for you somewhere.
If your doctor can't core you, perhaps be
has mistaken the cause. Anybody is liable
TO make mistake sometimes
Ooe in three of US suffer from Indigestion,
aud one out Of three dyspeptics doesn't know
it, That is, be may koow DE is sick, but he
bames il to something else.
Indigestion is the cause of half our dan
gerous diseases.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, made lrorn tonic
medicinal roots and herbs, is the most nat
urel cure for Indigestion. Ii relieves the
SYMPTOMS and cures the disease gently, nat
uysllj, eficienlis giving fresh !fe strength
health 70 sick dyspsptic2
Al druggists. A 'ris; bottle for 10 cent?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
South Carolina Military Academy.

THE FOLLOWING Beneficiary Vacancies
exist in this academy Beaufort Q,
Williamsburg l, Aiken l, Orangeonrg l,
Sunter l, Union /, Oconee l, Berkeley 2,
Edge6ed l, Charleston l. .
Tbose desiring to compete will apply
promptly to the Chairman Of the Board OF
Visitors at Barnwell, S. c., for reformation
and necessary blanks. All papers properly
made GU: must be fled With the Chairman
before August |, when the Board will con-
veue to pass upon tie same.
JOHNSON HAGOOD,
Chairman Board of Visitors.
July 7-2t.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07

ssLas. summer one of our grandchildren
was aick with seuere bowel trouble trouble, ;"
says MISE G. Gregory, of Frederickstown,
No. "Our doctors remedy had failed, then
We tried Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very speedy
relief.'' For sale by Dr. A. J. China
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07
FROM THE WIRES.

j. R Nolan, train master of the
Columbia. Newberry and Laurens, at
Laurens, lost his house and furniture
by fire started by lightning Tues
day afternoon Insurance on furni-
ture, $1,000.
Charleston, June 30 Judge ST.
monton rendered his decision to day
in the celebrated case of tke South
ern railway vs. the North Carolina
railroad, which was argued before
him several weeks ago. The decis-
ion maintains the jurisdiction of the
Federal court 1t also continues the
injunction against the governor, the
attorney general and the railroad
commissioners restraining them from
interfering with the Southern's lease
Of the North Carolina road. A spe-
cial master is appointed to take the
testimony relative to the charge that
the Southern secured the lease
through fraud. The case will come
up for hearing on its merits upon the
filing of the masters report
1t is reported that Vice President
of the Sesboard Air Liue will leave
that system to accept position with
the Canadian Pacific.
The q. S. Court as Asheville, N.
c., has rendered verdict Of So, 800
against George Vanderbilt in favor Of
] E. Hunt, of Columbia, who was
injured by rock thrown by blast
from the foundations Of building
that Vanderbilt was having erected.
The Richland county grand jury
has thrown out the Indictment against
John T. CASTOR. He and Scruggs
are both set free after admitting that
they had taken property belonging
to the State.
twenty-five thousand men 'em-
ployed in the iron, tin and stee
mills under the jurisdiction of the
Amalgated Association will be
thrown out of work by shut down.
Friends of Hon. D. S. Henderson
are urging him to make the race for
United States Senator 10 the coming
primary. Aiken County would en-
Enthusiastically support him to g mao.--
Aiken Journal and Review.
Madrid, July 4.-Specisl dispatch
es to the COVER ent announce the
complete pacifcahop of Philippine
Islands and on the strength of these
Marshal Primo Rivera, the captain
general at Manila. has been author
lied to revoke the order coniiscat;ng
the property of the rebels.
Blackville. July 3.-Quite a seri-
Gus if not fatal shooting scrape oc-
CURED on the street here to-day
about LIS o'clock between Mr..
Oscar Myer aud Mr.. w. Rothrock,
in which Mr.. Rothrock was hit
twice by Mr. Myer. He returned
the fire, missing his antagonist each
time. The men quarreled about a
private matter, which, it is under
stood, involved the name of young
woman
Brancbville, July "A negro,
Ben DriA1e, now in Aiken but former.
ly of Walterboro, was shot here to-
night and seriously, if not fatally,
! wounded. Just before the train left
for Augusta white man took seat
in the train. The negro walked to
him and said, "This seat is occu-
pied" The white man told him there
was plenty of other seats, whereupon
the negro attempted to strike him.
when he drew his pistol and fired,
the ball entering Just above the
heart. The white mau left the train
Immediately and no one seems to
know him or where he went
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07

Lamp shades when sr,istcaily made
crepe tissue are things OF beauty. It yet
war, to make shades to beau,isy your homes
H. G. 0steen 4 Co. can supply the materials
4 large stock OF crspe tissue in ten foot rolls
ust received.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07

*Partly cloudy
Temperature has ranged very high during
the past weeks End winds have. much of the
time til day end night, been very light,
causing sulsri1ess and oppressiveuess Of the
weather that have DOT been experienced for
several years. Core aad cotton both said to
be suffering from the scorching hsat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07

II You wish to purify your oiood you
shauld take medicine which cures blood
diseases. No other medicine has sach
record of cures as Hood SarsapariI.s.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-01

Manager j. w. Haywood Of the In
land Crystal Salt company was wear
ing a contented look yesterday, due to
the fact that the Oregon Short Line and
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation COM
pany have gotten together on freight
rates, which have once more placed
Utah On comparatively equal basis
with California in supplying salt in
western Oregon ard washington. Short
Iy after the segregation of the O. X. q
n. Co. from the Union Pacific, in 1894,
salt rates We're advanced from Utah
salt producing points TO all points on
the o. r. s. \. company's road, this side
OF the Snake river, and shortly after
this advance, rates from the coast were
reduced, thus practically driving the
Utah article out Of the greater part of
that territory. The differences between
the Union Pacific and Q. L. 81 N. were
not adjusted uD to the time of the
segregation Of the Short Line from the
Union Pacific, but as result of a con-
ference some weeks ago between Traf-
fic Manager S. w. EccleS of the Short
Line and Manager b. Campbell of the
O. r. & N, salt rates were patched up,
together with other rates that had
been the bone of contention.
The carrying rate from San Francisco
To portland varies, accofulnS 10 cOInpe-
tition, from SOC per ton to 81 per ton on
salt, and the basis FOR settlement of
rates is that Utah shall pay 81 per ton
more than the rate from Portland to the
same point on the Q. r. 6, n. system.
This puts a little differential against
Utah goods, amounting in some in
stances TO as much as $3.50 per ton
and in others to but soc per ton. On
the whole, the adjustment is considered
by the local salt people as satisfactory
Their contention has been right along
that their geographical position en-
titles them to all of the trade between
here and Spokane, Wash, and they are
perfectly satisfied to take their chance
of obtaining the business on an ever
basis in competition with san Francisco
bay salt. or Carmen Island salt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-01
New Tunnel Completed.

The Improvement on the Pittsburg
division of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. % miles west of Cumberland at
Falls Cut, will be completed today and
trains will begin running over it within
ten days thereafter. Falls Cut is a
cutting through a spur of the noun
tain and is about 60 feet in depth and
has continually given trouble by rock
sliding down on the track 1t has had
to be braced with heavy timbers every
few feet for it's entire length, some 800
feet, and requiring constant care and
Watchful1e15, was, therefore, very eX-
pensive to keep up.
In order to eliminate this cut it was
necessary to build one mile of new
roadway which involved the construc-
ton of double track tunnel $50 feet
in length and three bridges.
By this change the road was straight
ened considerably, taking out some
sharp curvature and introducing
curves of a longer radii. The improve
ment is on what is known as the east
ern slope of the Alleghenies and the
grade is about 81 feet to the mile. The
tunnel and bridges were constructed
with the view of double tracking the
entire Pittsburg division some time in
the future