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PISGAH NEWS.

Rev 3 Crouch go, three OF bis haesrs
cut off GEAR the end Yesterday az pisgah
Church. Hia horse was hitcaed 10 tree and
woupd tie rope around j; Mr. Crouch 10
irving t. unwind him got lis fingers under
the :ope. y small one) aad the horse jump
ing back pressed toe 6agers against the tee,
and CIT them of The wourced baud was
dressed oy physician, aud it is hoped
ampu,stion will 40. be needed. He LEI. for
his hone today. IL Consequence Of this
accident the meeting at The church came 10
an eod,
tremendous rain fell here last night and
washed things up generally. 1t raioed for
hoars and toe electric display was hne.
Washou,s 10 toe road wrecked one buggy
coming frou church
Pisgah, Aug %
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Miss McDcnald's New Store.

Miss McDooald has removed from her old
stand, the McElbose building to the "ino
block and is now iI the store formerly
occupied by W. 5. Burns. In her new,
larger and more centrally situated store chs
will opeo larger and more select stock ci
millinery than ever before shown in Samter
and Will be better prepared to display it to
advantage aud to cater TO the wants OF her
patrons than she has been in the past. The
store has peen tassefully and artistically
fitted cp and the ladies of Sumter aud sdjoin-
ing counties are inyited to make it their
headquarters for millinery
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The End Of the campaign,

The county campaign closed Saturday with
the meeting in this city, which was held in
the Court House The speaking begao at II
o clock aud continued until aoo3: g.
So far as We have .ee.oeG a:l OF the caodi-
dates were presen, aod responded whe, the.
games were called, except 2s. T. 81. Joces,
candidate for coroner. This facr caused a
ruuor that Nr Joces aad Withdrawn, but
this is mistake A1 aaoes ia 10 to TIE FIN.
ssa, and hopes to sco.e big success next
Tuesiay.
We regret on. :csn:.:iy 20 give 20 yoopsis
OF the speeches, aoi: We beard on.y few
Some of them we're uaoss e1ce;.eo., especially
:bose from the legislative csndida'es Every
body was eiVeo respectful css.ing, aud
toe meeting was pleasaoi oae.
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THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN
SUMTER COUNTY.

The returus from the primary 10 this coun-
ty are not sufficiently complete this morning
for ms to give tabulated statement today
and the best that can be done in the clrcum-
staoce is to give summary of the vote at
the precincts reported. Tue returns were
very slow in coming in last night, and at
midnight the State vote bad teeo reported
fro,a only II of the 90 boxes
The vote for couo,y Offices was reported
mose promptly from larger numoer
Of boxes, but the returns were cot at all
complete at midnight Ic this city the State
vote was connred 6rst aud the result was
announced about 10 80 O'Clock, but the count
Of the county box was not completed unai
after s O'Clock this morning. This gives an
fdes Of tie length of time required 10 count
the vote aud explains why i, was impossible
to obtaio the returns from the remote pre-
6octs last night.
The total vote for State offices was as fol-
lows q. the boxes reported
For q S Senatoc-B Tillmau, 1853
For Governos-Mc McSweeney, 433; Hoyt,
1853; Gary, ZIG; Patterson, 2e7 Whitman,
For Lieut. Goyerpor-Sioan l6e, Blease
81, Wlnkler $50, Livingston 375, Tillman
SIT.
For Secretary OF S,ate-Cooper 547.
Attorney Genersl-BeilicgeE l,4ol.
Treasurer 1873, jennings 937.
Comptroller General-Derham, 1883.
Brooke, 248.
Superintendent Of Observation-Disclosures
1878, Cspers 1858.
Adiutans and Inspector Geoere.-Floyd
1884, Rouse 3s7.
Railroad Comuissioner-W D Evans s6l,
Wharton l57, Evsus ISs, Maydeld l52,
Pe,tigrew l2l, Berry z2o, Etheredge es.
TIE aoove 6gcres repressa. the vote OF
:wenty-ooe oct Of thirty four CLUBS ss fol-
lows: Bossa-d, Bandaoa, Car,er's Crosslog,
Sumter, Mt Clio, q, Clio No l. Rst:lesaahs
Springs; Wells X Reads, Suitayi!e, Z5a',
Mayesvi!le, Rsft.og Greek, Pfsva'eer, FarH,-
e.s, Wedgesela, S.a,sbucg. Lsoorers ead
Mecasaics, Atkins, B:shop-i!.e. Conccrd,
Magnolia, Dro1idence
The vote for cocnty ofi.ecs hiss oeen re-
ported from all cubs except Ganpsoo. H.gh
Hills aaa Ca,chail. TIE tOls: -o;e 7epo,:e.
IS as follows:
Hcuse of Rspresentatizes-Du,sas 1918
Fraser 1881, Ingram 1898, Mcleod 1897.
Noses l7?3. Wilson 1870, Young ll;S.
For sherif-Delgar z6S, Eyp=rson $50,
Gaiilard ze5, Jsrvey ll2, Sczrocrough 742
For CLERK OF Cours-Nash 1856, Deanis
2S2.
Fo. Supesvisor-Dorn s2s, slellett 47a,
Sanders 28,, Seale 7S4.
For Coroner-Fiowers 7c5, Higgins 353,
jenkins 81, Jones 25l, Moses 4z2, Richard
sor 2s3.
For Anditor-Wiider 1925, Lee $50.
For Superintendent Educauon-Wilder
437, Rambert es4, Baskius l045-
For Magistrates the vote Is incomplete N
several districts, but the vote in the four
named is as follows:
District No l--3land 242, Wells G2i.
District No 2-Hodgs So, Net,!es lbs.
District No 3-Folk I27, Jackson %.
District No 4-DuBcse 81. Eat6s.d 43,
Jennings Sc.
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The Meeting 6. Lynchburg.

The cona;y ca-pa;gn Cay at lvnchau-g
Thursday. passed OF pleasant. -ni satis-
facsorily to al! cooceraeo. Tnefe was notn-
,ng naususl IL the speaN;og, si following
about the GAME line as al former meetings.
TIE candidates fc, he legislature cootinua
to advocate the sale OF the State farms aud
tie working OF coayc;s oa the roads, ou,
they fail to appreciate tee advantages OF
VIDE tires in keeping tie roads 10 good coo-
diIoo
CoDgsessmaa j Ya,. Stokes was present,
and spoke on his record aad was wsl rece;7-
ed
The citizens OF LJoehbu.g and Magnolia
tooa care OF the viai;o.s. aod al report being
we'll FED
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FIRE.

Thursday afternoon & 5uog thnnde7stor:o
tue oaro and stables of Edwio Rafio, who
lives near Pocotaiigo swamp, were destroyed
by ere, together with several THOUSAND
pounds CT fodder, farming implements and
20 bushels Of corn 1t 10 not known how The
6re originated, out i. is thought the barn
was s,rock by lightning
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NEWS FROM CHINA.

communications came to Washington
from the United States officials in
China today, but being without dates
in uost cases the Government was BY
20 means satisfied With the state of
communications and the Cabinet meet
ing held this afternoon gave the larger
part of l.s attention 20 the problem of
rcctifyiog this state Of affairs. Evi-
dences Of interference viii: the mes
sages have accumulated to a poiot
where the Government has determined
to take steps TO establish channels G. lis
eva, aud ,o employ the rather eSper.
size device CT mao-o.'.Ha7 plying
oes"cea saaogha aad Che Eco foe this
purpose Either me New O-lcans OF
TIE P,i2cetoo will be ordered CO :i;s
duty. Mcaowhiie word cones tas:
rapid progress IS naSiog WITH TIE short
cable which is TO connect these points
and 1t IS believed that within week
this means of Communication will be
open.
Three messages from Gen. Cbaffee
we're received today aud while they cast
no direct light on the military situation
tbev were infe.en,ial!y important. Ooe
Wes as follows:
s'Taku, Chica-Adjutsut General,
Wash;og,oo Siege battery not peeded.
'sCha6ee.' y
Tbs dispatch is 10 reply to an IN
curry sent sone time ago to Gen.
Cbafee relative TO the siege battery
which was taken to Ma1illa. via
Nagssaki, to be seot to China if needed.
TROOPS DIVERTED TO MANILA
Announcement was received OF the
arrival of the Garonne, with eight
companies Of the 1st cavalry aboard, at
Kobe, japan, and coupsoiou ship,
With animals for the troopers. An
order was sept from here to the govern
mept's agents at Kobe to divert the
cavalry aud their animals from that
port to Mauila, instead of allowing
them to proceed to Taku. according to
their original orders Gen Chaffee's
statement that he ceeds 20 siege bat
terry, taken in connection With the diver.
sion OF the lst cavalry, which was
bound fer Tasu, to Manila, seems to
make clea. that there is DO intention to
eo,er toto prolonged campaign IN
China, srch as would involve the use OF
heavy artillery. or Of reinforcenents in
the shape OF neo aod horses.
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Washington, Aug % capt Gee
F Wilde, commanding the ba.t'esbip
Oregon, today notified the navy de-
partment from Kure, Japan, that the
vessel, which has been in dock there
undergoing temporary repairs hac
been unlocked and vii! be ready fc-
sea in week
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than was supposed to De possible,
after the heavy losses inflicted upon
them by the international forces
in it's advance
The important dispatch Of the day
was one from Minister Conger. rela-
tive to the military situation in
Pekin.
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NO IMPORTANT MOVEMENT

Washington, Aug 2l The depart
ment of state makes public the fol
lowing dispatch from Minister Con-
ger, received this morning:
Taku, Aug q.
Secretary of State, Washington:
No more important movements
since las: dispatch. Military to re-
store order. No representative OF
the Chinese government encountered
yet Several ministers of the tsung
Ii yamen reported in the city and
are expected to appear soon. Gen,
erals decide not to enter imperial
palace, leaving it practically vacant
Two thousand Germans arrived to.
day.
Conger.
This dispatch is undated, but from
the fact that it mentions the arrival
of German forces at Pekin, which
has not yet been reported from any
other quarter, it is presumed to be of
very recent origin.
Unfortunately the dispatch lacked
a date. the minister presumably not
having yet received the departments
instruction to include the date in the
body of his dispatches. From inter-
nal evidence the state department
concluded that NJ Copger's message
was certainly later than any official
emanation from the Chinese capital.
Mr. Congers's reference to the arrival
of 1000 fresh Germans troops caused
some surprise, no one apparently
having closely watched the move
ments of the German contingent,
which is now arrising with fairly
regular frequency in China, and
which consequently msy be expected
soon TO equa; to numerical strength
the military con:iogents Of any of;ne
European nations there represented
4 Significant statement in Miaiste:
Corger's dispatch is that respecting
the expected appearance ia fekin OF
some CT the members Of the Tsung Ii
ysmen 4 natural construction &c be
given to this statement is that these
ministers wish to undertake to re-
present the Chinese government for
maily in negotiations with the
powers 1t having been found i'm
possible up to this moment, according
to Mr. Conger's statement; to meet
any representative of the Chinese
government in Pekin who was CON
petent to open negotiations, it may
be Inferred that if these ministers
actually appear with proper creden-
tiais, one of the problems connected
with the present difficult situation in
China will be solved
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TIE COTTON MARKET.

Cotton has been coming in briek!y
during the pas week, and the price
has been steady in the neighborhood
of 9 cents for middling The receipts
for the week ending today have beer
240 bales. Today middlipg sold fo-
9 cents
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Fire II the Country.

TIE a''cnep at Che5.yra:e. ,be cid ~ T.
F1lerso" homestead. vss destroyed by Fl o.
Faesaay iast, about midday Fortunately
'ae building was DOT nea. ecccgt 10 e:.dange,
the resloence or o'he. buid,ass
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THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depositary

Capital stock paid 70, s75, ,ooo GO
Undivided surplus. $4,000 90
Individual liability Of stockholders
10 excess os their stock, Is, eco 0o
Transscts general oenSing business else
has Savings Bank Department. Deposits O:
81 and upward received. Interest allowed g,
the rate of 4 ger cent. per annan, payable
semi-annuallr.
VIZ. B. HAYNSWoRTH, President.
MARION NOISE, W. :. RHA&s.
Vice President Cashier.
Jaa 81
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Hidden Beauty

In Egypt the custom is for Princesses
to hide their beatty by covering
the lower part Of the face with a veil.
In America the beauty of many OF
aur women is hidGen because of the
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weakness anc
sickness pecr-
liar to the sex
If the Egypt
ian custom pre-.
vailed IN this
country, many
sufferers woulG
be glad to
cover th II
Or e m a t q + e
wrinkles, their
sunkencheeks.
heir 11rDea1thV
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The War in South Africa.
Report of an Advance With
Indefinite Results

London. Aug. % Lord Roberts
reports under date OF Belfast, Aug. q,
as follows:
'Our movements are slow on account
of the extent and nature Of the couu-
try. Today We made satisfactory ad-
vance and met with decided success.
The work fell entirely to Buller's
troops and resulted in the capture Of
Bergendal, very strong position two
miles northwes: of Dalnanutha. met
Buller at Bergeodal shortly after it was
reached By our troops. am glad to
fed the occupation cost less thar vas
feared. on account of the approach be-
iog across the open for two or three
thousand yards and the determined
stacd of the eDerny The Inpiskillings
sDd Second Rife brigade formed the
attackiog party The latter suffered
most I tope the casualties do cot ez-
ceed fifty CT sixty
One officer was killed ADD two we're
wounded. A good maDy Boers we're
killed aod pompou (quick f7iog gun
was captured.
"Frenca advanced on the left 70
Swartz kcpjes on the Leydenbu road
and prepared the way !or the movement
Of Pole Ca,ew's division tomorrow.
"Baden Powell reports that be cccu-
pied Nylstroom without opposition.
AS the country where be aud bis paget
ere operating Is dense bush aod veidt,
i: is Dot desirable ct the present to
proceed further oorth and their troops
are returning to Pretoria. I"
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Furman University.
GREENVILLE, S. c..

THE NEXT SESSION opecs OF ,hs 2s,z
of September, 1900 Full and thor
oush instruction, leading to the degrees OF
B A., and u A is cfered Boarding IN
private families moderate; 10 the Ness Hall,
excellent fare may b. had at less expense.
Correspondence solicited Applications fcc
places il tie Mess should not deferred. For
full particulars, applv TO the President.
A.P NONTAGUE. L. L ,.
July 25-2n
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Ladies' Home Journal, Metropolitan aod
Frank Leslie, for September, st Il. G. os,een
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Norfolk. Va, Aug 2s.-Mrs Butler.
wife Of Maj GSn n C Better, died a,
Old Point Comfort this AFTERNOON of
acute neu:amia. She came to Old Point
three or four days ago. Mrs Butler
vas 6S yesrs Of age and the daughter
Of Gov P5ckeos, war governor of South
Carolina. The body will be taken to
Edgefsld, S. c., for lntermens.
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complexion, from the eyes Of the
world with the veil Of the Orient.
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Washington, Aug 21 The depart
ment Of state makes public the fol
lowing dispatch from Minister Con-
ger, received this morning:
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London. Aug % Lord Robert
reports under date OF Belfast, Aug. q
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The senate has passed the army ap-
preparation bill.
Two hundred and fifty ST. Paul wood.
workers are on strike.
Turkey has not replied to the Ameri.
can note regarding the indemnity claims.
Sir Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer,
while denying the stories Of his imme.
diate retirement from parliament, says
he will not seek reelection.
Ex.United States Senator Waitman
Thomas Wiley Of West Virginia is
dead, aged IS. Deceased was the au.
thor Of the constitution Of West Vir.
ginia.
Senator Butler, chairman of the Pop
ulist national committee. has appointed
Hon. u. 4. Mills of Denver seargeant-
alarms for the Populist national con.
yention.
The president has approved recon-.
mendation Of the secretary of war that
the authorized number of commissary
scrgeants in the army be increased from
1855 to 200.
| Albert NJ. Bryant. an Englishman. 90
years old. jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge. holding All umbrella to break
the fall and bladders to keep him afioat,
and was seriously injured.
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THE SCOFIELD DISASTER.
List OF Dead Will Not Isc Far From three
Hundred.

Lis, Of Dead viii Not BE Far From Three
Hundred.
SAI1 LAKE, May 4.-So Tar heal'y
c25 bodies have been recovered from the
Scofield mine and it is thought that SUI
ficient bodies yet remain to bring the
list of dead near 300. Nobody enter'
tains the faintcst hope that there Is +"
living man in the mine. 1t is now on.y
a question Of recovering the oodies .,
the victims and that cannot bo nnishc"
lor several days. 49,. .he
The fact that the rush OF dir from !no
mouth OF the main entry OF tho la,Ho NV
was sufficient to blow u man ana MS
team across tho gulch almost Soo s"."s,
will serve to indicate what 1orco W. ..'s
exerted within the workings Oh 'ne
mine and in the immediate vicinity %
tho explosion. g.. A..
Ifany one man is to blame 1or 'no
accident it will never be known loi nv
man who can tell the story mas co"
out of the mine alive. Many ola .oa. @
miners familiar with these mines s."'o
that they have always been regarde" 10
tho safest mines in the state. lnesc
men also say that the company's policy =,
hos always been to spare no expense IN
order to keep the mines in thoroughly
safe condition. At the coal cohlp'.y ~
store everything is being gwen ou' ,.J nu
~ charge that the families OF the ae''''
aro ~ Immediate need Of and the s'oio
i being kept open day and n'9ot
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BELIEVES hGUINALDO DEAD.
Insurgent Chief Has Not Been Heard
From Since Dec. 26.

Insurgent Chief Has Not Been Heard
From Since Dec. 26.
MANILA. May 4.-General Funston
has discovered rebel warehouse near
Caberutuan, province of New Egija.
containing all the archives Of the Malo-
los government and correspondence of
Aguinaldo up to the time Of his flight
and valuable history.
The belief is growing that Aguinaldo
was killed by the Igitorits. There is no
proof that he has been seen alive since
Major Peyton Of the Thirty-third regi-
ment abandoned the pursuit, and a
rebel officer, who has surrendered, says
Major Tinio holds this belief Major
Tinio was in regular correspondence
with Aguinaldo until Dec. 26, and since
that time had heard nothing from him.
There We're only half dozen soldiers
with ARuinaldo when he fed beyond
the Bontonie wilderness, where even
the savages are hostile to all strangers.
Friends of Aguinaldo's wife assert that
she has heard nothing from him since
they parted.
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SEVEREFIGHTING
Accommodating Party of Twenty
sixth Infantry Surrounded
at LeambanaO.
-Four Americans Killed and Six
teen Badly Wounded Left
on the Field.
ReinfOrcementS Sent From IlOilO
Rescue the Remainder of
the Garrison.

MANILA, May "A dispatch received
here from Iloilo reports that desperate
fight took place ut Leambanao, in the
center Of the island of Panay. 1t ap-
pears that a reconnOitering party of the
Twenty.sixth infantry was surrounded
and that four of the Americans were
killed and that l6 others, who were Sc.
verely wounded, were left on the field.
The remainder of the soldiers had a
narrow escape.
The dispatch adds that reinforce
ments We're sent from Iloilo as soon as
upon the Filipinos retreated to their
mountain stron,A,ld.
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BY A DECISIVE VOTE.

--""'" iaase" the Nicaragua Canal Rnl
After Lively Debate.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The house at
.he conclusion of the most stormy de.
""e OF the present session Of congress
PASSED the Nicaragua bill by the over.
"helmlng vote Of 225 to 35. Attemnt
20 retain in the bill the language of the
original bill for the fortification of the
canal and to still further strengthen the
language on that line was balked and
'ne victory of Mr.. Hepburn and the
committee was complete. A motion to
fecommlt the bill with instructions to
report back another bill leaving the
eeiec.ion OF the route to the president
was buried under an adverse majority
OF o2 to III. Mr. Cannon, chairman Of
the appropriations committee, and Mr..
burton CO.), chairman Of the rivers and
harborS committee, made game fiyht
10 stall of action ut this session
o"t thcir appeals were in vain
anu the members rode rough shod
over all protests. Much excitement
feigncd throughout the day and several
pltter words We're used. The excite.
ment reached its climax in highly
dramatic scene between Mr.. Hepburn
and Mr.. Cannon when the former used
the words "lic" and liar" MS he de.
nounced the distinguished chairman Of
the appropriations committee for ut.
tempting "to dishonor him." The
house was in riotous confusion in q
moment. The members crowded the
aislcs and the situation at one time was
SO threatening that Mr.. Wheeler dem.
ky.) sought to pour oil on the waters
by raising n point Of order. But he
was not upheld and the two irate mem.
bcrs carried their war to the very hilt
There was show Of peace at the close
Of the incident, but the feeling between
the two men ran SO high that the mu
tual retractions With which such Incl
| dents generally end were but the cloak
Tor keencst and most cutting sarcasm
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LAYING IN SUPPLIES.

Transvaal Il Preparing to Make . Long
Resistance.
LONDON, May 4.-The Lourenzo Mar
oues correspondent Of The Daily Mail,
telegraphing, says:
A French steamer has arrived with
lO. 900 bags of coffee and 10000 bags OF
sugar. consigned to a syndicate which
is buying for the Pretoria government.
-Four more steamers with similar con.
signments are expected soon. 1t is evil
dent the Transvaal intends making a
long resistance.
The Beers have begun constructing
fortifications at Lydenburg, where they
continue to store provisions. There is
also evidence of recOnstructing the un.
nsed Zelati railway. runniAg northeast
from Kompatri with Lyndenburg to
connect with the Netherlands as last
resort and to hold Drakensburg as the
eastern barrier with Lydenburg as the
base. If this plan should succeed il
wonld be difficult to attack.