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mum ms3 www ^?CK?BB 23. Watchman was founded the Tnte Watchman ami mSoutJiron the combined circulation and of both of the old papers, and manifest}? the best H advertising board of equalization will its feat meeting in Colombia on work of building the new iron over the Wateree near Cam den Thomas L. Ctingman, of Carolina, has obtained a patent electric fight. \ women the right of the House in the Territory Legislature by a 14 to 7. _ ^ . * Congregation of tbe Baptist in Camdeo hate called Rev. M. Brcaddus, of Laureos, as their pas has eaten of pineapple from a plant grown Colombia. This is tbe first time jp? have beard of the ripening of this i in our climate. Q Sergeant ?Fasper, the hero who figures annals, is "to have a at Savannah. Of the $10. required for tie work $6,887 have subscribed. The oomet oM812 is coming back It is understood it will put a on the govern meet for a pension, oc the ground of having the last war with ?Lo&cU Citizen. Peruvian war has resulted in 1,400 clonels, 2,210 ma fe.000/captains aud so many lieu tbat no one can make a list of All want back pay in such sums wouldn't sell for enough ty-?Detroit Free Press. ?in, a well-to-do colored who had accumulated tau* dollars' worth of pro state his emancipation, was scaM-j * a few days ago by the ex of the boiler of his steam Crosby says that while Mr. Ar- j hi* friends were crossing a in Northern Wyoming they written in charcoal over the door l vacant cabin the following : Only I jb?o* to water and twenty miles wood* No grub in the house, bless our home,' Thompson baa^appoi nted from every county^m as delegates to the National r*a Convention to be held in, this 21st instant. R.-C. j and Dr. John I Ingram, j1 represent Clarendon; James M and Dr. J. M. Burgess. 5 and H. B. Thomas J. J. Dargao, Sumter is be&ved that (be on used water of the country will eventually be ^to produce electricity. In sup- j < this belief it is stated that the ^gpef GanobJe. England, which jd by 210 Edison lamps, is sap ~lh electricity by machinery -water-power nine miles dis The wire which conveys the elec- 1 over the distance is only about I ith of an inch in diameter. Keowee-Courier is hard on the Hen the homestead and the present rate f and denominates them the curses.' It says: 'The lieiriaw to. the State; so, too, is the law, of which the Hen law is and the three?the home lies Haw sod on restricted or a high rate of interest?are enongb any people. The first destroys 1 credit, the second substitutes ! of interest maenrse arti&eia? and imperfect credit, and i last opens oat opportunities for on- ! oppression.' . John Quiocy Adams received a sala- I 0*9 from the United States Government; i; Jorsixty-nine years, and the sum total must hare amounted to half a million. h-^At the dose of his presidential term he . IpM* fifty-two years of officeholding, and ( his salary had aggregated $425,000; \ i still, be bad seventeen years of Con- ' < g?iptm after this,' and died .at the capttol j \ \ at a Congressional session. At the jc " age of fourteen he went to Russia as {i |^4^ private secretary of the American ! t * lion, and be was in after years min to England. Germany, Portugal, and the Netherlands, Tbe steam yacht Passport, which left Acre 'some weeks ago for Philadelphia, where she went for tbe purpose of re ceiving a new boiler, returned yester day afternoon. Besides being furnish - . cd with a new and substantial boiler, she has also received a thorough over hauling, and her hull has been newly painted. We welcome her back to our j waters. The pilot boat Uriah Timmons, be longing to and commanded by Capt. 0. C. Morse, which was sunk and badly by the great September storm, rblch has been oo the dry dock for the past week, is now once more in good condition, much to the good captain's satisfaction. She was to have left for Smitbviile last evening, provi ded there was wind enough to carry her.? Wilmington Star. ' Some of our people have pleasant re- j col lections connected with tbe above j named vessels and their efficient of?- j errs. it - - Those esteemed contemporaries who j go ashed their teeth down to their | esteemed gums over the failure of the j Railroad Commission to perform tbe j " impossibility of fixing second class pas- ! senger rates will do well to save what fttamrjs* &ey have left and devote a few hours to the consideration of tbe decision obliterating the civil rights bill, and to !; the action of the several railroads mak ing second class, rates for themselves. We regret that our esteemed contempo- j caries have made themselves so; thoroughly ridocoloos, bat venture to | entertain tbe hope that the solemn j warning will be heeded in the future.? j Ncics. i A gvutleman of veracity informs us j the other day be was coming, down j C. C. & A. R. R., and that tbe j was literally captured by the oe- j ' who had been attending the cir-!1 at some point opoo the road. Tbey j ( charge of the first-ekss coaches, j, reapectabilfty and decency bad to i any corner they could. At every* some enthusiastic pas ha^ perhaps fail of bad whiskey, would cry oat with a voice of Herculean power, *Three cheers for tbe railroad commission !' This was always responded to with a zeal a od swelling of the lungs which made the whistle of tbe engine sink iuto insigni ficance. Then came the grand old song, 'The year of Jubilee/ which was heartily joined in by all of that olass on board. He reports tbe occasion as al most equal to the celebration of ? man cipation Day. We were in hopes that we were getting rid of tbe new era rigbt after tbe war, but this doesn't look much like it. so let us grin for the present and bear it.?Camden Journal. CIVIL BIGHTS. We publish on our outside, a recent decision of tbe U. S. Supreme Court, declaring tbe first and second sections of tbe Civil Bights Act unconstitution al. This decision bas created but lit tle surprise, for it bas been confidently expected by those who have followed tbe decisions oftbat body on kindred questions. In a practical sense tbe action of the court is of little conse quence/for tbe people of tbe South will give the negro all be can justly claim without legal compulsi in. In all mat ters outside the social amenities of life, tbe negro and tbe white man stand on the same level. Thrift and honesty are respected as highly in one as it is in tbe other. Tbe sharper will cheat tbe Anglo-Saxon with as much indif frence to moral obligations as he would tbe African, and tbe continuous cry of injustice, from tbe whites to the blacks is a lie, and none know it better than those wbo utter it; and therefore we say that tbe practical result will be scarcely felt. , Tbe interviews with Douglass, Greener and Langs ton, three of the most prominent colored leaders, show their disappointment; but what to them may be a matter of decided inconveni ence will not be felt or cared for by tbe mass of colored people. Hiding in pal- \ ace cars, boarding at first class hotels j or dining at Delnioaieo's, are luxuries too inaccessible for them to be often en joyed, even were the pathway to the id hedged around by all the laws on the statute books. The right to make an honest living, to acquire property, to educate their children, and to enjoy the \ fruits of tbeir labor, is theirs. The ! rest may come after awhile and we can Dot more appropriately close this article than by giving tbe words po this sub ject of tbe New Era, a paper published by colored people of Charleston, of which Mr. Hollo way is business man ager: j Let us-bo patient . The objection to j )ur commingling unreservedly with the whites, can be overcome, by education, md by ^jch personal methods as will make us more presentable, than we jould possibly be, under tbe degrading j conditions of slavery, in its humanest < idminisfration. This cannot be done n a day, or in a year. It will take ?nie; and as prejudice is mollified and removed by our mental, moral and physical improvement, so will we be >etter prepared for liberty that now >id8 us, 'thus far and no farther.' The iisposition, towards tbe prudent, in lustrious and well meaning of our race 1 d South Carolina, on tbe part of those 1 Vom whom we surely can expect hu- 1 nanity, is kindly. Let no untoward j{ ict of any of us, break the golden j( ;hain, that binds us to tbe elevated sen iment of the State. When the guage 1 )f battle went against the Confederates, { vho bad illustrated tbe superbest valor, 1 bey furled tbeir banners, laid them < iway as precious heirlooms, and in time lid, by diplomacy, recover their; ] >lace in the nation, that they had lost j \ >y the sword. So be it with us. Let 11 is so conduct ourselves, so that we j ] ?Kall win and retain the good will and , espect of the whites, and prudently, j emperately and cordially, establish re- $ ations with them, that shall be beyond ! supreme Court decisions, and whose \ \ mly arbiter shall be the standard that! i Measures merit and proper citizenry. I )ur motto, is 'Excelsior/ and no mat- j 1 er bow deep may fall the snow, or how i ( lark may be the pass, we shall ring j t, until the closed doors of the goal we ji ;eck shall mufile oar cry. j! CONNECTICUT BLUE LAWS j A few days ago a spasm of virtue ! seized upon the official conscience of a j Connecticut Justice and on Sunday, j i ending out half a dozen constables, he j irres ted a number of men aud women i ;aking pleasure rides, and also some, ffbo were found in the woods banting nuts. The arrested parties were rc- j quired to give bond aud in default were j osked up until next day. Most of the j young men being impecunious, were j bailed out by their sweethearts, who nad to pot up watches, bracelets, rings, j fcc, as collateral. We very much doubt if such proceed ings will conduce to a higher moral j tone in that community. In fact the arbitrary proceedings of the Justice Kill 611 the accused parties with disgust j for law both human and divine. CENTENNIALS. Tbe patriotic people of Newburgh, N. | Y., have just had a centennial, which j we suppose was a sort of valedictory to { the series commencing with tbe Meek -1 lenhurg celebration in 1875, and ex-1 tending on through tbe magnificent ex- ! position at Philadelphia, the Centennials j it Kings Mountain, at Yorktown and j many other places through niue years, j up to tbe present time. One hundred years ago (Oct. 18.) ! the American encampment at New burgh was ordered to be broken up by i Congress, and the army disbanded. Most, if not all, of the troops had been ! sent h"ine on furlough weeks before, but the formal disbanding of the Revo- ' lutiouary heroes was uot ordered until ; that time. The celebration, last Fri jay, was all that could be wished. The j weather was fiue, aud the crowds im- | meose. It was estimated that 50,000 visitors were in attendance and the pro-1 session was four itiihs long. Among ] tbe notables present, were Governor Clevelaod, Mayor Ed sod, Senators Bayard and Hawley and General Scho nend. Senator Bayard aud Hon. Wni. M. Evarts delivered addresses, Mr. Wallace Bruce recited a poem, a choir of 500 voices rendered some exquisite music and the centennial closed witb a grand pyrotechnic display, the last piece bsing a flight of 1,000 rockets, lighting up tbe bay aud both banks of tbe river. So closes tbe centennial season. Georgetown and Lanes Railroad. We take the following items from the last issue of the Enquirer : The new locomotive for the Georgetown aud Lanes Railroad, tbe A. M. Forster, was put up last week and is now in running order. Two additional cargoes of iron for the G. & L. Railroad left Philadelphia last week. Maj. Twiggs states that the track will now be laid at tbe rate of a mile a day. Work on the railroad is progressing very satisfactorily. The engine makes two trips daily, carrying iron to the point at which tbe tracklayiog is being done. Tbe grading has all been com pleted and the entire bed witb the ex ception of five miles, is covered with ties and ready for the rails. Letter from the President of the S. P. and A. A. The Greenville Fair?Drought?Fine Exhibi tions of Liot Stock?Greenville's Growth? A Word to Slimier. Hagood, S. C, Oct. 17, 1883. Mr. Editors: I have just returned from a trip to the Greenville Agricultural Fair, which opened on the 9th inst. and closed on the 12th. It affords me pleasure to say that I had a most delighful time in the Mountain tJitv, and eujoyed the Fair greatly. Al though the crops in Greenville and the sur rounding coootry have been cut short by tbe protracted summer drought to a larger extent probably thai] with us, jet it seems to have bad but little depressing effect on the spirits of the people: if we are to judge from the large crowds irr daily attendance at the Fair grounds The people and especially the farmers in that section of the State, seem to be alive lo their interests and were out in crowds. The exhibitions of lire stock, agricultural products, domestic manufac tures, etc., tvas as good, perhaps, as could have been found in tbe State; but the best of all was the generous rivalry apparent among the farmers. It has been some thirty years or more since I was in Greenville until this last visit, and the small town of yesterday is to day a large and thriving city. The people are well off, happy and prosperous, and this is owing in a very great measure to the spirit aud enterprise of the Tanning popula tion of the surrounding country.' To the farmers of Suniter County, then, I would say let us be up and doing. Uur resources are superior to those of Greenville, for we have belter lands and a longer grow- : iug season. All we need is the same amount of energy and eothusiasm in our calling, and we will have equal, if not greater success. Remember that our County Fair takes place on the 6th of November next, and if we would have success, we must bestir ourselves. Cone, then, one and all, asd let us have a Fair that will give such an impulsion to tbe agricultural interests of the County as will be felt throughout the State. Respectfully, THOMAS O. SANDERS, ^m i ? > - mm Who is Responsible? Editor Watchman and Southron:?Tbe "Temperance Worker,*1 of Columbia, S. C, recently published a pertinent editorial under the heading, -who is responsible for the fail are to enforce liquor laws?" and very deci ledly fixes that responsibility upon State, :oantv, and municipal officers. In considering the oft repeated assertion are hear it frequently?that' temperance men >r temperance organizations should see to the enforcement of the "liquor laws," tbe iditor says: It is often asserted that "prohibition does sot prohibit," and in proof thereof, reference is made to the fact that the l.iws regulating j the sale of liquor, that are now on our statute Dooks, are frequently and flagrantly violated md nothing done about it, * * * * * * and we ask the question I who is responsi ve for it? ******** Is it i the duty of the temperance organizations to see to the proper enforcement of these laws? 3ome of our best citizens say that it is, and saddle us with the responsibility. If they i ire right, if in this matter we are direlict, < then no excuse can be made for us, and the Temperance Worker," as the org?n of the i temperance organizations of the State, would offt-r none. l>ut let 113 look at it closely. * j & ? # * a * ? To saddle the respon- , sibHity for these failures to prosecute, on the temperance organization* of the State, is, we think, a we*k evasion of official responsibility. < Because a man is a member of a temperance lodge or division, does it necessarily follow , that he must play the part of the detective, the informer or the public prosecutor? We 1 think not, and especially do we think so, 1 when the State (or town) pays the salaries of 1 certain officials whose duty it is to report, and if possible, secure the conviction of all of fenders against law. ' We charge that every State, connty or mu- 1 nicipal official resident in Charleston, Colum- j liia or any other city or town in the State, where liquor is sold, knows of these viola- 1 lions of the liquor laws, and deliberately ! winks at them. We charge that the police of our cities (and 1 towns) will go for the small boy with his 1 sling shot, and carry the little culprit before 1 His Honor, the Mayor, that if they catch some 1 poor huckster trying to sell a few vegetables , or chickens or eggs during market hours, they will at once arrest him, without any one pointing out to them that it is their duty to do so; and yet if the}' see a poor drunkard staggering out of a bar-room, they caunot see that Somebody (the rumseller) has violated the law in regard to tho sale of intoxicating li quors to minors, (or drunkards or any body else) * * * * they suddenly have im portant business elsewhere." Now sir : the good people of Sumter are deeply interested in this question propound ed, for, notwithstanding the result of our municipal electiou, Dec. 5th, 1882, to decide the question, "license or no license," at which time a majority of 168 of our citizens elected that "no license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of Sumter, should be granted for the ensuing year 1S83, "and con sequently , that no intoxicating liquors should be sold in tbe town of Sumter, during the year 1883, the law is being violated daily und nightly, by all or most of the former bar keepers, and perhaps by others, recruits to tbe abominable traffic. The places formerly known as licensed bar-rooms, are still kept open, all day and half the night. Whiskey, rum and beer, producing disgrace and ruin, are soid?if secrelly nud to less exteut than formerly?still sufficiently to be apparent; public drunkenness is seen upon the streets? our young men, the hope of the country (they can get it more readily than any other class) are being debauched and ruined, body and soul, for time and eternity, and the good that would result to our children, to ourselves and to society a large, is being prevented and instead drunkenness and disorder are, being produced and continued, for our morti fication and discomfort, by these lawbreaking rumsellcrs of Sumter. I recall with feelings I of shame, the surging crowds going in and out ofSumter'sgrog shops on Monday, Oct. 3d, inst. Men staggering upon the streets? some, into the Guard House?drunkenness on grand parade, and sobriety and decency, weeping over the demoralization of circus day 1 O tempora! O mores! Where is law and where, obedience? These are serious matters, and the pood people of Sutuier, should rise in their moral strength, and do something to rid the community of this disgrace. What about our liquor laws? Have they been enacted in a s drit of grim humor, seem ing to mean something and yet a delusion? are they, like pie-crust, made to be broken? and no remedy for the breaking ? are they meant to mock us, aud leave ns to wonder at our credulity in believing that liquor sellers would respect them? surely not?our law makers would not attempt to trifle with en lightened public sentiment by purposely pass ing insufficient laws, and public sentiment in South Carolina, preponderates in favor of ex ecuting the liquor laws, as well as all other laws. Then how long will the law-abiding peo ple, the moral people, the temperance people, the Christian people of the Town and Connty of Sumter, tolerate such shameless and crimi nal violations of law. and decency? How long! 01 Lord! shall these things be? See, on Main Street, in full view of the "Temple of Justice, within sight and hearing of Judge and Juries, during the sitting of tbe present Court, the laws of our State, humanely enact- J ed for the suppression of the liquor traffic ; for the protection of those so unfortunate ?s to he easily tempted and led to ruin, and for the protection of society against the evils, crimes and wickedness daily produced by these "dens of iniquity," are being trampled under feet by as reckless a set of men, as ever plagued ? community?a condition of things known to every one?a by-word and scandal to our otherwise fair and prosperous town. Is there no one, whose duty it is, by law, to take cognizance of this crime against law and good order? No I none! Humsellers seem to have a sort of exempting right to do as tbey please?rob us of mouey, property, health, reputation and life and soul itself, and still go unpunished. But, let a poor de luded wretch who has perhaps, spent his* last cent at the bar-room, violate the law by any act, the natural result of the vile poison he has been taking, and see how quickly be is "caught up" aud brought to punishment. 01 shame I permit the vile business of drunkard making to po on?permit the man ufacture of an article, and then punish the article for being manufactured! Now, quoting again from the Temperance Worker, "We ask in our turn, why don't tbe magistrates, the' police, the grand juries do something about it? why should they shift their sworn duty on to the shoulders of the temperance people?' We say this: every police officer is clothed with the power of a State constable, and if he sees a State law violated it is his duty to arrest tbe offender. He has the same right to arrest the bar-keep er who violates the law of the State, that he has to arrest-the man who commits a breach of-tbe peace. We say this: every Trial Justice, every constable, (every policeman,) not only has the right, but is charged with the duty of arresting those who in their vieic commit a felony or a misdemeanor. Do none of them view these things whereof we write? (Yes! some of them drink these tbiugs, in the bar-rooms, and violate like other violaters.) And we say this: every Grand Jury can present these cases on their own information. Do none of our Grand Juries know of such cases? (Yes! verily and some of them don't know what they do really know.) These laws ought to be enforced or else expunged from our statutes. As the matter stands, it is a disgrace and a shame, j and the officials, not the temperance orders, t are responsible. The people (we) also are j responsible, inasmuch as they-do not demand of their servants a more zealous di^charpe ^of duty. OBSERVER. Dots on Interesting Matters. Until 1814 such a thing as printing by steam was unheard of. Mr. Walter, of the 'London Times,' was tired of the slow busi- j ness of printing the paper by hand. He and i two printers by the name of Kafling and Ba*uer resolved to try to make a press which would go by steam. The pressmen threatened I death to the inventor and all concerned, if J they should m?ke it go. At last on the 29th of November, 1814, tbe steam press did its first successful work. The pressmen conclud ed not to murder Mr. Waller or his associates but yielded with as good a giaceasthey could to the power of steam. The locusts in Russia have been committing great depredations, especially in 'he region j around Taganrog. The ctpps on a tract of 50,000 acres are entirely destroyed. In Beris jogiebsk a tract of 70,000 acres is desolated. In many places the farmers have burned their Errain aud the locusts together, in order to stamp oat the pest. One of the greatest pests to human beings is dyspepsia. But it would be unwise to burn a man up just to get the dyspepsia out of him. Instead of doing that we just give him Brown's Iron Bitters, and the pest is driven away. A curious fact has been observed by Pro fessors Ayrton and Perry :?Soft iron when heated between a red and white heat ceases to be attracted by a magnet. A wonderful metal is iron. It enters into the blood and jives that vital fluid its rich red color. With- j' jut iron the blood is pale, poor, and thin, j Brown's Iron Bittens is the only safe and sure ron medicine for tbe enrichment of the blood ind the strengthening of the system. Do you know what a wonderful traveler the iiand of a printer is ? A skillful compositor, j nrorking ten hours a day, sets up 12,000 let- I iers. In a year of 300 working days that j imounts to a total of 3,600,000 letters. Con- j ?equently the distance from the stick to the i ;ase being estimated at two feet, makes in nil j r,200,000 feet, there being 5,250 feet in a j geographical mile, so the distance made in a j fear under these conditions by a printer's | Stand is in the neighborhood of 1,363 miles, I >r about four and a half miles a day. The science of properly clothing one's self [ ;o as to combine comfort with safety from the iti?cks of the weather is somewhat difficult to j master. A professor in Chicago has been ex- j wrimenting in order to ascertain how to 1 idapt his clothing to the fickle lake-shore cli mate. He found that he was mistaken nine ty-one times during the year when he dressed himself for warm weather, and one hundred und thirty-one times when he had muffled himself to bide the pelting of the pitiless blast it came off hot. Then he tried wearing the j Fame amount of clothing every day, and found that it suited itself to the weather 304 days out of 365. To keep the constitution sound and strong to resist the influences of , all sorts of weather you will find Brown's i Iron Bitters the besi of all tonics. ? ? i ? Southern Cultivator for October. We are in receipt of the October number of thissterling Agricultural journal, and we feel | that we can say, without being charged with | flattery to the publishers, thet it is the best 1 journal, of our knowledge, for the Southern, | farmers. Its teachings and lessons are j adapted not to the farmers of one State, but i to all of the Southern Stutes. It is in the ! forty-fourth year of its existence, and iticreas- ! ing age but adds to its value and usefulness, j In its pages nre treated all matters pertain- | ing to the success, comfort and happiness of; the farmer. The publishers are doing what; nearly all the proprietors of Southern publi cations have failed to do, namely, employing \ the best writers in the South to contribute to ; its columns. And they are thus making the j most entertaining Agricultural journal ever j tarnished the Southern people. Tbe October j number has the usual able contributions from I)r Jones?his 'Thought for the Month'?and | the entertaining 'Inquiry Department;'; 'Ditching and Drainage,' 'Dickson's admira-j hie papers on his System of Farming,' 'Bill j Arp's Common Sense Letters,' written es- ! pecially for the Cultivator, and many other articles of great interest. Perhaps the most valuable article of this J number is an exhaustive discussion of Truck : Farming, by Dr. A. Oemler, of Savannah, j giving the reasons of some failures during this i year, and pointing oat the road to success. I The Cultivator is published by Jas. P. Har- j rison & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Price Si.50 per! annum. Subscribers to tbe Watchman and ! Southron can get it ordered through this office | for SI.30. - - - - mmm - Dr. I. F. Mundy, Owenton, Ky., says : "I j found Brown's Iron Bitters one of the best j tonics and have prescribed it frequently." Kendall's Spavin Cure is used from the i Atlantic to tbe Pacific Coast. ' A Jdmbo Yet to Come Hither.?A fortune awaits tbe manager with enter prise enough to exhibit Mr. Langtry in the United States.?Galveston News. If yon can't "Bear" a cough "Bull" it, with Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. There is something very solemn in the sound of tbe Sunday church bells. It reminds hun dreds of men that, although it is the usual time, the beer saloons set no free lunch on that day. Mrs. M. L. Watson, Ridge Spring, S. C, says: "A deranged stomach made my grand child very delicate. Brown's Iron Bitters made her well, hearty and strong." There is an old proverb which says: 'You cannot get more out of a bottle than was put in it.' This is a mistake. A man can get all that was put in tbe bottle and in addition to this can get $10 or thirty days. Debility in adults is often caused by worms. Tbe change from childhood to manhood is not suflicetit to rid the system of this awful plague. Sbriner's Indian Vermifuge will ex pell them and restore health and a bright complexion. I used Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) for a bad case of Blood Poison from Malaria, and am satisfied that it saved my life, as I was given up to die. C. G. SPENCER, Sup't Gas Works, Rome, Ga. 'Smoking may be a bad habit,' he said, as be rode beside a pretty Philadelphia, girl, 'but that habit of yours is perfectly killing.' The marriage took place the next day. Extract, from a letter written to T. J. Grif fiths, editor of tbe Y. Drych, a'weekly Welch paper of Utica. N. Y.: :'As an encourage ment to yon, since the advertisement of Ken dall's Spavin Cure first appeared in your pa per many injured miners have been using it, and in all cases in and around here it has achieved wonders. It is a perfect success among injured miners. Yours truly. RiCHABD Owex. "Ocean Mines, Pa., April 20, 1881." The gladsome days of summer fair have swift- I ly passed away, And nature, once in gorgeous robes, assumes a dull decay ; Antumnal breezes, cold and sad, with mourn ful wail sweep by, And bear upon their gloomy wings the flow ers' expiring sigh. For man it has no equal: for beas's it is not excelled. What? Kendall's Spavin Cure. For Fine Overcoats, D. J. Winn k Co.'s Store can't be beat. Their stock of clothing in general is large, and consists of the finest styles. Sewing Machine. A No. 4. New Home Sewing Machine per fectly new. All the usual attachments. For sale at D. J. AULD'S Drug Store. ???????????? THE MARKETS. SUM TER, S. C, Oct. 23, 1883 . COTTON.?About 850 bales have been sold during the week ending the 23d. The mar ket closed stead v. We quote : Stained 8} @8|; Tinged 7f?8; Ordinary Gj($)7?: Uood Ordinary 8A($8|; Low Middiiuc; 8f ?9: Middling 9|@9}; Good Middling 9| H- * *_ , 1 CHARLESTON, S. C, Oct. 20, 1883. Cotton.?Market quiet. Sales about 1,600 bales. Quotations are: Ordinary Bl(a;9; Good Ordinary 9J@9$ ; Low Middling, 9J: Middling 10@10$; Good Middling, 10$.' WILMINGTON, N. C~ Oct. 20, 1883. Spibits Tdktentixr?Market quoted dull at 36 cents. j Rosix?The market steady at ?1.10 for Strained and $1.15 for Good Strained. Ck?dk Tcrpkntink?Market steady at $1.00 for Hard, $2.10 per bbl., for Soft. Cotton?Market steady. Sales 325 bales. The following are the official quotations; Low Middling 9|, Middling 10, Good Mid dling 10J. Estate of Urs? Hartha L Brown, DECEASED. A LL PERSONS holding claims against J\ the said Estate will present the same duly attested, and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment to A. W. BROWN, ?ct 23?3t?_Qualified Executor. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. A SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING of the STOCKHOLDERS of the BELLEMONTE COTTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY will be held at Masonic Hall, over store of Messrs. J. Rvttenberg & Sons, on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, at ii o'clock, at which the report of the President and Treasurer will be read aud other important business submitted. Any member who cannot attend will please send their proxy in writing by some other stockholder. By order Board of Directors. D. JAMES WINN, Oct 23 President. C. BART & C?7, CHARLESTON, S. C. The largest importers of 3P" 3R. IGT I ?2? in tbe South, offer for sale a well selected -stock of APPLES, ORANGES, BANANAS, COCOANUTS, DRIED FIGS, LEMONS, NUTS, RAISINS, PEANUTS, POTATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, aud everything else that a First Class Whole- { sale Fruit House should have. Countn/ Orders Filled with Despatch. Oct 23_ A KKLIABLK HOUSK TO DKAL WITH. W. H. WELCH. LANIER EASON. WELCH & EASON, -dkalbks ix CHOICE FAMILY AND PLANTATION GROCERIES, Wines, Liquors, Segars and Tobacco. 127, 129 Meeting and Soulh-West cor. Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. Send for price list. No charge for drayage or packing. Oct 23v SHERIFF'S SALES. BY VIRTUE of sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold ai Sumter Court House, on the First Monday in Novem ber, next, and as niauy days thereafter as may be necessary, within legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash the following property : Stock of Books, Goods, Wares and Mer chandise, in Book-Stuicon Main-street in the town of" Sutntcr, levied upon and to be sold as the property of William G. Kennedy, under me Fi Fa of E. Claxton & Co. agaiust the said William G. Kennedy. R. W. DURA NT, S. S. C. Sheriffs Office, Uct. 16, 1883. ANNUAL MEETING. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C.'Oct. 2, 1S83 THE ANNUAL MEETING OF BOARD of County Commissioners will be held on THURSDAY, NUVE.MBER 1st,-1883. Persons holding claims against the County, will present them at, or previous to that date. By order o f Boa rd. T. V. W A LS IjL^" Clerk Board Co. Coro'rs. Spirit of the Times and Advance copy. Oct 2 4t OUR COUNTY FAIR. No doubt every one is looking forward to the day when our Fair Grounds will be opened so that everybody can go in at the Big Gate and have a Jolly time look ing at the many attractions offered by the Committee of Arrangements this season. We, the undersigned, must ac knowledge that we also are looking and waiting for the Fair to open, but there is something just at this time that would equally, if not more interest us, and that is to do a good business, and at the same time please our friends and the public generally. We claim that we have met you half way by hav ing stocked our house with the BEST AND CHOICEST GOODS to be bad in any market, and if the reader will now come the other half of the way, why then we would all be happy, and the time would pass away quickly even if the Fair Grounds were closed. We promise to please you by offering you LOW FOR CASH the fol lowing goods: COFFEES?Of all grades, roast ed or green. SUGARS?Of every kind, at lowest market price. TEAS?We have a fair stock and ask ycu to send for samples even if you don't wish to buy right away. MEATS?Such as Choice Hams and Strips, yon can always. get at our place. SAUSAGES?From now on we will receive three times per week, FRESH PORK SAUSAGES from a first class steam sausage manufactory at Richmond, Va. We will also offer different kinds of SMOKED BOLOGNAS dur ing this season. MACKEREL?The scarcity of Mackerel this season has caused an advance in prices for good quali ties ; but be they high or low we are determined to let you have what you want at living prices. We have them in kits and five pound cans. We have them Broil ed in Mustard Sauce, and also in Tomato Saoce. The last are liked by everybody, and sell rapidly. We have in stock IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC SARDINES, also Mustard and Spiced Sardines, Lobsters. Salmon, Clams and Oys ters. We have a small lot of ANCHOVY PASTE, in white jars for sandwiches. Would like you to try a jar. It sells well and needs no recommendation as to its qualities. We know everybody likes A GOOD DINNER, but owing to the limited supply of good meats and choice vegetables in our mar ket, it is sometimes a hard task for the house keeper to get what is ne cessary to make up a dinner. As a remedy, we offer you a three pound can of already BOILED DINNER, price 30 cents per can. All who have tried it cry for more. After dinner you want Desert. We would recommend our PLUM PUDDING IN CANS to fill that place. Canned Meats we have in every variety, and would again impress upon your minds that our goods in this line especially, are of standard quality and weights. We offer at present ENGLISH BRAWN in 21b. cans. SMOKED CHIPPED BEEF in Jib. cans. CORNED BEEF in 1 and 2lb. cans. POTTED TURKEY, DUCK, CHICKEN AND GAME, also Ham and Tongue. We have all kinds of Vegetables, such as BOSTON BAKED BEANS with Pork in each can. Corn, Peas, String Beans, Okra and To ma tos. Pickles in every style and qual ity. Catsups Sauces and many other things that would do you good to look at, and make you feel better to eat them. PRESERVES?We must say to you that the weather up to now, has been too warm to handle them ; hut we have just received the fol lowing, and will add daily as soon as the weather permits : THURBERS CHOICE PRE SERVES, in one pound cans. The assortment consists of all kinds of Fruits. We have also a new lot of PRESERVED GINGER and As sorted Jellies, in five pound pails. We are now ready to supply you with New Canned Fruits such as Peaches and Pineapples and Ap ples (in gallon cans) put up in light syrups suitable for making pics. We have just received a lot of DRIED FRUITS, and we can say to you they are very choice tins season. Our stock iu these con sibts of the following : Evaporated Apples, Sun-dried Apples, Prunes, Dates, Raisins, Currants, Citron, &c. As the mornings are now cool we know you want BUCKWHEAT CAKES, and nice Syrup for break fast, we are pleased to say to you that we are ready to supply you in this line, aud hope you will try some shortly. For the pust few years we have introduced in this market OAT MEAL and WHITE BEANS, better known a< the Navy Beans. We now find ready sale for both of these articles, and would ask you to try some. In Conclusion, we would say, wc care little about "who is to be our next President;" all we want is a good man, and a man that is fond of good eating ; aud if he will send us an orrVp- for choice groce cerics, we atiall be glad to serve him. But, believe us, you shall be dftilt with (lie same as the- Presi dent, should you conclude to send us your order. Respectfully, D?CKER & BULTMAN. GRAND DISPLAY OF GOODS AT THE LATE J. T. SOLOMONS' STAND, , -CONSISTING OP Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods CARPETS, mm mm m mv mm . Ladies5 and Gents5 Furnishing Goods, BOOTS AND SHOES, Of all Kinds and Qualities, HATS AND CAPS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY-WARE, TIN WARE, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, GROCERIES, &c h mm BLOW TO H PRICES. NOW IS THE TIME TO SEfliRE BAIiGAIi\S. 9 Our Goods have been bought at tbe Lowest Cash Prices, and have been marked down to rock bottom figures, to sell. We propose to sell goods at their Real Value, and have tacked on no fancy price to any single article in our Store. Seeing is Believing. Money Saved is Money Made, WE EXTEND TO ALL A MOST CORDIAL INVITATION. COME AND BE CONVINCED. HIGHEST PRICES PAID -FOR Cotton, Hides, Beeswax and all Country Produce. September IS um.?iiihiiiiw i ? um? 'mi in.inj* m iihthtitt?^t?? ???? ! 1888. '""1883; FALL AID WS?TE? AIN0UN3E?ENT OF' WE HAVE NOW OPEN' TSE LABGEST AND BIST ASSORTMENT ?F GOODS IS ALL OUR DEPART vi EMS EVER BEFORE SHOWN IN SUMTER, AND, OWING TO THE SHOUT CROP, -HAVE Marked all Our Goods at Such Exceedingly Low Figures AS TO BE IN THE REACH OF ALL. OUR LINE OF DRESS GOODS -CONSISTS OF Black and Colored Cashmeres, Ottomans, Armures, Plaids and Brocade*; Brocaded and Plain A'clvetcens and ail the Latest Novelties for Trimmings. WE DESIRE TO CALL PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OUR LA RGB ASSORTMENT OF Ladies, Misses and Children's Cloaks, Dolmans, Circulars, Patelots and Jerseys, ranging in price from 04.25 to ?25.00. BLANKETS AT RUINOUS PRICES. Having bought a Large Line at the recent Auction Sale of the Manufactures* in New York will give our customers benefit of some. Large Variety of Gloves, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs an? Neck Wear. S. D. SOLLERS & CO.'S PHILADELPHIA SHOES FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN. Every pair Warranted. Also Full Line of Gents Hand and Machine Sewed Shoes. All of which have been marked at a Very Low and Strictly One Price. IN OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT -WILL BE FOUND All the Latest and Nobby Styles for Gents, Youths and Boys at Prices thai Defy Competition, and all Goods Guaranteed to be as Represented. Our $5 Knockabout and Wear-Resister Suits for Boys, from 4 to 10 year?, beats anything ever sold for the money. STILL AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS. THE CELEBRATED PEARL SHIRTS, FOR WHICH WE ARE SOLE AGENT?_ -Immense Variety of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS AND EATS. OUR HARDWARE DEPARTMENT Is now Complete with a Full Line of Sholf and Staple Goods, including Wagon and Buggy Material. Also agents for Watt Plows and Castings. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, COMES OUR LARGE GROCERY DEPARTMENT, Where we have made Immense deductions in both Staple and Fancy Goods. New Arrow Ties Reduced to $1.50 per Bundle, Bagging to 10 cents per Yard. J?d#* All Orders by Mail Promptly Filled. Samples sent on application. J. RYTTENBERG & SONS, N. W. Cor. Main and Liberty Sts. / Sept 25 j