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?Dh?. Swater Watchman was founded hS ?850; und tb? 'TV?? SoutJiron In : 1$6& \^heWatelLman ?^nd Southron: 4 How bas t?re combined' clrcnlatio|B and j ~ - li??ne^ce^ bdtH bf the o?d rapers, and ia m?mf?stly ^e ? best advertising medium m Suinter. * -. EDITORIAL ITEMS? V , ? . . . .- . >'j:v{^Congre?s- fe wrestling with another postage bid. We heartily appro ve "of two of its provisions. The first allows . an ounce letter to be sent for two cen ts instead of half ounce as at present, and th a. second reduces ne wspaper postage' from two to one cent per pound. ** Arkansas has bad a Kvely ttm?veiect |e| lng ?"U/S. Senator.. For weeks the legislature has been balloting,, and finally ^achieved success by* electing' James R." Jones, who is^now^a Kepre se uta ti vc. In Congress. We congratu? late those lawmakers on doiojr what the j sboojd have done^teo days ago. f^Sa?h conduct is childish and unstetes , manlike vand * we always regret when ; legislative assemblies indulge in it. '?.ip . ' ' AS-**? The-Goverbor^'Goards; of? Columbia;: whfch?expecied to attend" th?'Inan^ra ?on n?it March, un company with the Washington Eight Infantry, of Charles? ton, were ?brown all in flutter/by the1 liifonnatibn that the W. L..T. had concluded notate" attend. The Guards however are not easily drivenfrom their purpose- and at a meeting last week, unanimously resolved to attend the ^^^ugtrra^ot* ceremonies at Washington , on March. 4th.. ^ jg A resolution was. also-unanimously v adopte^ /expressing, deep '. regret that their ' ora comrades, the Washington L%ht>I-tfantrj. of Charleston, shouid have thought it-> best- not i to attend the inauguration on account of tho failure of the Centennial Legion to reorganize, and asking .the company to reconsider their action. - i. '??^?v Mu^ h^ ?een said and written about ' the financial troubles of the ' Ex position at New Orleans, .and its -probable final ' failure; hut it's a success all the same. Northern- business men, merchants, nmnafaeturers_and- others have'obtained a better conception of Sondern resour . ces and enterprise from the .exhibits SHmade^bj thef South a* New Orleans, than ever before. . \ lt is^a big advertise ment , tor ns, and substantial resol ts v : wi? soon; followC .' The City of Atlanta isl boring an j artesian well, an d bas gone a depth of 1200 feet"%??o?t?reach?ug. water As j nuzco of this .distance was .through [. r ?5: -granite.. ?ike Atlanta brethren, :. whol neverv^fet* slip a -.legitimate- ' chance -of bragging, are no w 'boasting; of the firm' ; fjMdation. on. wuieh that town is loca? ted. Ber cootra, one v?ho has ..ii ved io Atlanta says Vtbat it is very consoling to i know that the soUd? cool crust is 1200 | . feet thick under Atlanta.** He sup? posed that they w o aid strike something softer than granite rand - much hotter ; than water long before now. The-Midland railroad about which so great a boom was organized a few weeks * ago, 3S dead, or at least its friends ad unit that ite. construction, at present is ?onadv?sabl?: We suppose the Legisla? ture lost a day, >at least, discussing the propriety of granting a charter for an organization that did not have sufficient v??afity to live on til the Acts of the . Legislature were published, which we think,very, reprehensible tn the corpora tors"if they, knew at the; time that it was moribund. The; i^natorta?"fight io H??nois con? tinues to exdte much attention, espe? cially from ?he two or three candidates who are on the ragged edge of uncer? tainty. 'Slack;Jack/tJLogan) is making a hard, fight for. re-election. Morrison 1 on the. Democratic .side is quite hopeful of success. Far well is oppos? ing Logan on the Republican side, while Morison; has- Carter Harrison and some other ^smaller guns among' the Demo? crats as his opponents. If David Davis bad not have made a. fool of himself by climbing sown feto the Republican ' camp, from his lofty perch upon the .fence,, where.he has sat so many years,. be would g be.: a most acceptable com? promise candidate. Kepublican editors have been hys? terical for the last two weeks over the fact that President Davis made a speech at Beauvoir',! Miss? when the Liberty j Bell from Philadelphia passed that j place; Mr. Davis made a speech that j would be considered very patriotic by an ordinary haman. The Republican ! editor* is, however, zn extraordinary biped, .and he sniffs 0treason in the tainted air, and is more eager than ever to hare some ex-rebels strung up on sour apple trees One bloody-minded brother in Iowa darkly, hints that there are some thousands of traitors-scattered over the South, whem a judicial inves? tigation of their treasonable acts to? wards, "the best government the world ever saw" would cousigo to death at the bands, of. the .public executioner ; and that this fact should be remem? bered by these ex-traitors whenever they become defiant in their attitude towards the G. 0. P.*wbich of course bas the . government in its keeping. But this ts all parenthetical ; we were j talkrng" of President Davis^ and would be glad to know what the aforesaid BepuWiean editors wish him to do. If he talks' agttrrrsf the acts of the go vero - meet no is a? traitor^ ;f he speaks favor? ably, about it; he is a hypocrite; so wiiat hedo ? Cel. ^65u?? r of th? Philadelphia T?^r'is\n New Orleans^and rs con tribating a ?crib? of ^^^aUacc?ti?g" ?ettirs ta fais paper, on matters w prime po^tance to Sou there people. In cussing the neg rc question, he asst that there ia more kindly feeling tween the two races in the Democr Sooth than io the Republican Noi Speaking of office holding he sa ^In, South Carolina alone there more black Democrats in representa! ornee- tbao -there-* re-- . bl aejgs - of-**itp ties in all the States of the Nor Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, wh the .black voters hold, the balance power in both cit? and State, co not elect a colore ? man to the Le? iatore or to any other honorable locrative. office, in tbe strongest I publican district; bot Sooth Carol Democrats elect him to office, with the lingering prejodices of the relat of master and slave The TOt??ligi and dispassionate Norther who dos observes the relations of the two ra ?ferth and Sooth, is -forced to conf that with all, our boasted soperior< votion to the^ black race, and with oar- assaults upon the ? S ou th for J oppression of the blacks, the'negro better treated by the Sooth than ny I North. I regret to make -such: a ct fession; bot it ls the plain troth tl we theorize about th* elevation of t black race with little practice in 2 cord with our teaching, while t Sooth theorizes litfj^o?^e^iriDj< and practices more than it teaches the considerate care bf the ?mancip?t slave." MEETING OP THE - STATS - GEANCrB* " The State Grange met in.Charlest Wednesday last, with a-to?erably fi delegation present.- Twelve coon ti were represented by aboot'forty del gates. . ! The annual address bf the Wort] blaster, Cel. J. N- Lipscomp, was ft of valuable information. He said; "Some foor kondred Granges ha1 been orgauised dering the past yea These Granges include about fi ft ee thousand of the farmers of the Stat bot from, various causes folly one-half' the Granges have diedV or become dot mant, and the membership of others m ; terially reduced. The condition of tl order now, as compared with one; y? ag?? M good. Several 7new Graug? have recently been chartered, six withi the past few days,. and many dormai ones have been revived. " This is ti only organized society, that attempts t look after the agricultural and gen en interest of the rural citizens. Every it t?rest, enterprise, or business bas som organization or association which worl constantly, zealously and intelligent! for its defense, promotion and welfare The necessity of and beoefits-frotn the? associations are so folly realized and ap precia ted that interested individuals wi insist on their formation ancT becom members regardless of. the required ex pense." - - . In closing, he urged that most earn est efforts be made to strengthen an extend this Order till it is fitted and ab! to do its Work and fill its mission, ant constantly ose its means and machiner; for securing the .good of i ts member and the entire ocuntry. The Grange unanimously endorse' the action of thc National Grange \\ recommending the appointment of Hon D. Wyatt Aiken to the post of Agricul taral Commissioner. It was reporte* among members of the Grange that th fertilizing companies of the State ha< formed a combination, and a. committei was appointed to investigate the matter That committee reported next day th a such a-combination bad been formed Joly, 1884, bot thoa far no -barm ba resulted to the Grange, and the matte was dropped. The committee reports and discos sioos thereon were practical and useful We were especially pleased with tb< second section of the report of the com? mittee on the good of the Order. In i the committee recommends: "That the practice, which has ob? tained in this State, of baying fertilizer! and supplies through the Grange on th? credit system shoold be discontinued al the earliest possible moment; and, a* far as this body is concerned, should be discountenance i entirely, as in opposi? tion to all the vital principles of the Order." We cordially endorse the -sentiment of that section, and its adoption would be of great benefit. Mr. W. A. James and* Col! J. S. Richardson were appointed representa? tives of the Grange io Sumter County. Col. J. N. Lipscomb and Thos. M. Holloway were re-elected to their old positions as Master and Secretary re snectively. The meeting adjourned Thorsday night. j WEBSTER'S SPELLING BOCK, The above beading gives our brothel of the Abbeville Medium the text for an interesting artice on modern school books, fi? attacks the costly and ex? travagant multiplication of school books, especially of spellers and readers, with great energy, and asserts that "Web? ster's Elementary Spelling Book" con? tains a fund of information that cannot be found in any half dozen of the new books now used in its stead, and that if it is digested, the child can read any book j in the English language. The Keowee Courier copied the edi? torial and strongly endorses it, due hom? age being paid the great Webster. The Courier says: "Not only the old spelling book is discarded, both as a reader and speller, ' but there are equally objectionable changes in other text books. For? merly children learned to spell and read in Webster's series, followed by. tbe New Testament and histories, while, now as soon as they learn to spell a lit? tle, they are put io the 1st, then the 2d, 3d, 4*h and 5th readers." It endorses Grimsb'aw's and Tytler's Histories, Mitchell's Geographies, Smith's Grammars and all that list of books with which the youth of past gen? erations once had so intimate an ac? quaintance. We cordially agree with our cofem po rar i es in condemning extravagance j indulged in by many echo^rfttboying j ?T ff: . y . ? ? books; their cost being, at times great as that of tuition. It is a sil waste and should be checked;, but protest earnestly against the. adopt of Webster's Spelling "Book, Gr shaw's History, or Smith's Grami as text books for modern schools, a lady once prominent among Sun teachers said, "Those books would W teach dea# idioms of a dead language, but modern use they are a failure." There Is as great progress in bo making.as in any other branch of man industry. A grammar written last century does not suit the langa; (we do not mean slang) of to-day; continuous discoveries in Pljsical Ge raphy make a book on that science < of date in ten years; and eve? iu ma ematics, improved methods of-anal j synthesis are devised and employed. We remember when a child, of wo ing a sum about a fish whose head \ f inches long,-his tail as long as head and half his body, and his body long as his head and tail, to find l length of the fish, and of spending t morning and covering a slate with f ures io perform the work, .foliowin] rule called Double Position in Pik Arithmetic, which was used in worki such sums in that day, whereas modern methods and a proper unaly of; ttieijuest?ou, a few .minutes' time a a dozen figures would solve all sue Webster's Spelling Book is equally ? j ec t io nable. The arrangement of t letters in the first few pages of spelli is entirely wrong. Many an^energe teacher has doubtless been puzzled ov the apparent stupidity of the child. mastering that part of the book, wh: the fault all the time was not io the p pil, but in the atrocious arrangemct As to its being a suitable book in whi? to:teach a child to read, we.would soon put a child in Caesar's Comment ries to teach bim Latin, without req?i ing any knowledge of the grammar. We know that many good teachq used those books in the past, beean there were no others to use, and v know that many eminent men were e< ucated through their medium; but ? might as well refuse to go to Chariest* io a.comfortable Pullman car, but tal the road horseback as did our forefatl ers, and because they did so, as to n fuse the" benefits of. improved sch o books. ; We are opposed to the extravagai waste of late years in buying schoi books. We are still more opposed I clinging to antiquated methods for r. better reason than that our forefatbei employed them.. Had they lived i our day, they would have been aa pr< gressive as we are io using improve methods." THE WAK IN AFBICA. * * .v ". -' ',' Khartoum, around which the hope and fears of the British Nation hav centered,-for the past, year, bas fallet It seems t?e very, irony pf fate tbat.tfc brave Gordon should have held tb town daring all the weary months wbe no help was near, and at last, while th army of relief was almost in strikin distance, and wiitin 48 hours of th time that he had' sent a dispatch to th home government that he could hoi the place twenty years longer, that th wily foe should by force or stratagem capture"the town. There are no detail of the battle as yet, and whether Got don is dead or alive is a matter of COD jecture, bot it is certain that El-Mahd captured Khartoum between the 261! and 28th of January. A brief statement of the cause of th Egyptian troubles may be of interest t our readers. Twenty years ago, Ismail Pasha, shrewd, unscrupulous ruler, was Khe di vc*of Egypt. He had made an im mense amount of money by exportin. Egyptian cotton, the price of which wa abnormally high because of ;our war and he used this money in buying th favor of the Sultan of Turkey, whos vassal he was.* The price of cotton fall ing, and needing more money for pur poses of display and bribery, he placet bonds on the market in London an? Paris which were bought up by the cap italists of those countries. lathe mean time Egyptian taxes increased, dissatis faction and discontent were rife witl the overburdened natives, and finallj Ismail could not pay the interest on th exorbitant sums he had borrowed. Th< j English and French Governments the! stepped io. They removed the Egyp j tian financial officers, replacing then with their owo men, who swarmed ove: the land collecting taxes and oppressing the natives as only thorough-going ear pet-baggers can do. Disaffection in? creased; a national party was form?e with Arabi Pasha at the bead, and ? riot in Alexandria was seized upon ai an excuse for a bombardment of thai city by Admiral Seymour. Genera! Wolseley, who uow has command of.thc expedition for thc relief of Khartoum, passed through the Suez Canal, and lauding near Tel-el-Keber defeated and captured Arabi, who was banished tc Ceylon. While Arabi was org?jtfzing his na? tional party in Egypt, the Arabs in Soudan, that immense country south of Egypt and extending through the center of the dark continent, were flock ins to the standard of Mahomet Achroct, of Dongola, who claimed that hs had received a direct revelation from God instructing him to assume the title of Mahdi, aod call to bis standard all the faithful who would battle with him in the cause of universal equality and a community of goods. Thousands, influenced by religious fanaticism, no less than a love for their country abd hatred of the invader, flocked to er-Mahdi's standard, and thc Egyptian garrisons io Khartoum, B ber, Suakim and other towns along a near foe Upper Nile were attacked, a several cruel massacres followed. As England bad assumed a proti torate over Egypt, she felt under ob g?tions to defend those places, and Ge Gordon, most of whose life has be Spent in the East, volunteered tb cr* tbe Desert and relieve Khartoum. ] believed that he could succeed by di lomacy better than by arms, and ma the long and dangerous trip alone. . first bis suceess was beyond bis exp? tations, Jmc i o Blay of last year he w shut np m Khartoum by the Mam Hyland went to work very,leisure in^sending relief, and Wolseley, w bad charge of the relieving columns d not move till the fall. The mar through the Desert was necessarily slo and it was not till two weeks ago tb the advance detachment met with Ma di's troops. The battle was a victo for the English, who pushed on to t Nile where they could communies with Gordon by means of steamet Gordon's first message was that 1 could hold out for twenty years; tv days after news came of his capture. ? While we feel that the course of Enj .land in this war bas been entirely selfis we cannot but sympathize with tl brave heroism of her soldiers whi fighting against ten-fold odds, amid tl burning sands of tbe Desert* No be ter example of the advantages of civil xation and discipline over barbaris can be shown than, has been exhibir? . to the world in the battle two weeks ag between the handful of British trooj and the teeming thousands of the Ar; bian army. Of course England will not allow tb reverse to her army to go unavenge* The Empire is in a state of intense ej ci tem en t, the dynamite explosions bi in g entirely eclipsed by this new mi! fortnne. JUSTICE. (?> . The Court at Abbeville has jost con: pie ted the farce of a murder trial, an a mistrial is the result. The proof ws positive, and a ' more deliberate, cole blooded murder could not be imagine than was proven in Abbeville com last Friday. John C. Ferguson, a young man < that town, walked deliberately into store in which a large number of cm tooiers were trading and shot Artha M. Benedict, a clerk in the store, wh was busily occupied at the time in wail ing oo a customer. The defense pt up the plea of temporary insanity, an that plea seemed to influence the jury i a wonderful manner-ten favoring ac qirtal while only two voted for convie tion. It is jost such travesties on justice a th is which makes au occasional sessio of Judge Lynch's Court a necessity. [From our Regular Correspondent. ] WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1885. Congress is nothing, if not slow. I professes, and no doubt with sincerity its eagerness to get to business. I .complains of the multiplication of per piexing problems. It complains, am with justice too, of the matters ti which certain of its members insist oi calling its attention. Still it can b led into filisbusteriog all night, anti two o'clock io the morning rather thai face a troublesome question. Th friends of tbe bankruptcy bill were ii the majority the other day when tb* matter was before the House and vote* down every motion to adjourn. Th attendance of members was large at th* begioniog of the struggle, but on> member after another stole quietly away until only about one third of the rio us* was present. Midnight came an< there was no prospect of adjournment The usual scenes attending a DIP h session were enacted, the time beim mostly occupied with roll calls follow ing motions to adjourn, while the dila tory proceedings were diversified witl banter, fun and personalties. Mr Springer of Illinois asked to have th* rules suspended and a very little bil passed tor the benefit of his constituents WT*. White, of Kentucky objected. '. knew some crank would object to. this said Mr. Springer, whereupon Mr White went into a white rage. Fili bustering continued upon various mo tiona, and finally Mr. Hiscock asked "what can we accomplish ?" "You koov it is impossible to accomplish anything.' Mr. Collins retorted that all things wen possible in a sensible assembly. Anoth? er hour had dragged . its slow leogtt along and the friends of the Bankruptcy bill succeeded, after many efforts, it having ? call for * the House ordered The Sergent-at-arnis sent his deputie; forth through the city, in search o truant .Congressmen,, and first one bate! and then another was. brought in tc give an account of his absence. The same threadbare excuses, which have done duty on similar occasions foi years, were offered. They were ai usual greeted with bursts of derisive laughter but were in every case deemed satisfactory. The new recruits voted of course, for the next motion to adjourn and carried it. It cannot be denied that Congress has been worshiping the rising, rather than thc settiug sun. in its 'do-nothing policy.' Not knowing Mr. Cleveland's views oo certain important questions, and fearful of embarassiog bim by ac? tion, the majority bas eo?gbt safety in inaction. There will be no further se T??usion. or repose on Mr. Cleveland's part, however, and . from this time ou, his influence will bc felt on Legislation. The Democratic pilgrimage to New York commenced on Wednesday even? ing; quite a little party of Congress? men having started to see the President? elect. A gentleman who bas seen Mr. Cleveland several times since his elec? tion, told me it was a. great mistake to assume that be does not knew all atout prominent party men, si OJ pl y because he bas not been in positions which brought him in contact with prominent Democrats of thc country. Tbe gentle? man mentioned that Mr. Cleveland was not so much in need of advice as many seemed to think. He bas been an ac? tive Democrat ever since be has been ' old cuougb to'have any part ie politics, --: - ' ? '.. . ii ' i : : said be, and bas taken deep interest io the party and all its affairs. He cao to-day measure party meo more accu? rately than many others who have long been in National public life. It is said that the Civil Service Com? mission will strongly recommend that Naval Cadetsbips shall be acquired by Civil Service examinations instead of through Congressional selections. There is a popular impression that relationship or acquaintanceship with a Legislator is not the highest qualification foran em? bryo navigator. It is thought possible that among a dozen applicants in a dis? trict/ the one who could pass the best examination might prove worthy of the appointments, more so than the one who could bring the most pressure to bear upon the member of Congress. Owing to the part taken by the Bev. Henry Ward Beecher in the late Presi? dential campaign, some. curiosity was felt to know what character of audience would meet bim at bis lecture here, OD Tuesday eveoiog. It was a fair one as to numbers, but was not overflowing, and there was a large number of Demo? cratic Representatives and Senators present The subject of the lecture was "The Reign of the Common People.0' When he appeared on the platform he was greeted with applause. Io his dis? course he rambled through nineteen ceo tu ries and touched on as many topics. Fire in Laurens. A most destructive Are broke ont Thursday morning about 4 o'clock in the town of Laurens. It started in the store of ?. P Sullivan, in the Herald office block, and consumed the stores of A. P. Sullivan, J. J. Pluss, M#tin & Fuller, Bewley.Bros., Geo. B. Ander? son, C.. M. Compton & Co. and J. F. Martin & Co. The most cf the goods in the stores were saved. The Herald office and the Mercliant and Farmer office, with their contents were destroy? ed. The law office of J. C. Garliogton, with his papers, books, etc.,. worth about $700. was totally consumed. The * insurance amounts to about $20,000, which will not more than cover half the loss. The only meaos of checking the flames was water brought from a distance in buckets and passed up to the roof ? ropes, by which, with the help of au alley ten feet wide. Posey & Co's drug store was saved and the fire stopped.- PaImetto Yeoman. The Fight in the Desert. Waleree Messenger. The battle which was fought between the British troops under Stewart and the wing of the Mahdi's army in the equeatoral desert, was a brill?nt affair and adds one more sprig of laurel to the imperishable crown of English glory. For Generalship, nerve and imperturba? ble coolness it will ever rank as one of the renowned achievements in the long list of England's military annals. With & force of twenty-five hundred men, cut off from any hope of succor, after two hundred miles of penetration in an enemy's country, surrounded and confronted all the while by a fierce and gallant foe, Stewart, near Gadkul wells, threw down the guage of battle, and after hours of fierce struggling, whip? ped three times bis own numbers. Well m ig ht.Wolseley congratulate him, speak of his wound as a national calam? ity, and the Queen promote him to a Major-General commission. No mao could have bandied his troops better Stewart has proven himself a skilful, able and dashing soldier. "We would like to know his history. He is no ordinary man. Exposition as seen by a Sumtorite. * NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 6, 18S5. Dear Watchman und Southron : Having seen the great New Orleans Expo? sition, I want to speak a word of encourage? ment to those of our Sumter people who think of visiting it, and ask space in your valued, paper. There have been rumors afloat that it was a failure, and that accommodations were scarce aod charges exhorbitant, kc, kc, lt is an jibing else than a failure. It is a great show and a grand success. Those who do go, have in store the finest treat of their lives in sight seing. Those who do not go, will miss what canoot be seen again ic a life time. Hotel accommodations are ample and charges as moderate as could be expected. Private rooms can be had without board from ?1.00 per day to as much more as you want. Meals at restaurants are good and can be gotten at moderate prices. You can go to the exposi? tion grounds for five cents-over four miies -or you can speud ?5.00 aodjjo in a car? riage. New Orleans, like all other cities, can accommodate you according to jour wealth. If you are "Big Ike" you can have a carriage and four in hand; if "Small Potato," you can crowd into the street car and go for a a nick. If there is not room in the street car, rou can go on the steam boat and very cheap. The charge for*admission is fifty cents, and tina allows you to see all; and to try to tell you what all you can see would take more time than I take, on a trip and more paper than I could carry. I want to say, however, that whoever may go from the old Palmetto State will feel proud once in their lives that they hail from South Carolina, for of all the j exhibits in the Main Building, there are none to excel North and South Carolina. I want to ask those who may go, to notice one or two exhibits expecially. One is a solid piece of silver weighing 5,640 pounds; value, $114,000. Another is the Mexican and Japan exhibits. The exhibit of stock and poultry ii fine-in fact everything yon see is Sue, and many things wonderful. The visi? tor also has the pleasure of sceicg the old Libeny Bell of 1776, which is held sacred by all true Americans. After visiting the Exposition, don't leave New Orleans without seeing the .Battle of Sedan-a grand panoramic view of the French town Sedan, while this memorable struggle was in progress, on Sept. 1st, 1870. It is not a moving panorama, nor is it exhibited with aid of glasses, kc, but, from an elevated platform, tue eye of the spectator sweeps over j the entire country from horizon to horizon, I showing the French and German armie3 aa engaged in this hotly contested battle. This j alone is well worth the cost of a trip to New Orleans, lt cannot be descibed but must be seen to be appreciated. Having written more than I intended, I mustsav, uutil my return, adieu. B. R. NASH. One of .the drawbacks of married life is the j sickness of the little ones. For a cold or I cough you cannot find a better remedy than Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Nearly all physi I cians prescribe it and uo family should be without it. - - - Mischief is Wrought ! By bad cooking, tough meats, late hours, business worries, irregular livers, sour dis? positions, evil digestion and Impure blood. Much of lois mischief can be overcome by the use of Brown's Iron Bitters-the best tonic ever made. Mrs. Emilie Crawford, Reidsvillr, G*.. writes, "After trying Brown's Iron Billers we are persuaded that it is all that it claims to be-a good aud reliable tonic." i Thousands of olher3 speak in like manner. Information for the Farmers-N?s Meeting of the Association. WEDGEFIELD, S, C., FEB. 2, 1885. For tbe information of the farmers of tl and adjoining counties, who may wish become members of tbe Sumter Agricultor Association, I beg to say tbat tbe Constit tiou provides; Tbat all applications for membership ski be made to tbe Executive Committee of whi Hon. E. M. Cooper, Hayesville, S. C., Chairman. The Executive Committee shall decide upi all applications and report to the Associatif for confirmation at the next regular meetin Also, there shall be paid by each memb to the Treasurer, Mr. R. J. Brownfield, Cate all, S. C., an annual fee of $1.00. (It is n necessary tbat tbe money shall accompany t application.) Also, members by paying a fee of $5.* will be entitled to life membership and w' be exempt from tbe annual fee of $1.00. At our last meeting a resolution was nea iraously passed : That a cordial invitation 1 extended to the farmers of this and adjoinir counties to unite with us in carrying out tl purposes of this Association. The next^meeting will be held in Sumt on the second Saturday in Aplil at ll A. M at which time the President, Dr. J. H. Fu man will deliver an address. Col. J. J. Da gan will read an essay on the subject : "IE piemen ts best suited to Agriculture, in i present stage of advancement with us." Ali Col. J. H. Willson will read an essay on tl subject: "The true aims of Agricultural A sociation and the best way to build up tl same." Also'Mr. R. M. Cooper will read a Essay on tbe subject : "The best mode of pn venting tbe exhaustion of our lands and tl r?clamation of the same." Each subject i these essays will be open for general discu; sion in regular order. H. R. THOMAS, Secretary. Lo the Poor Secretary. WEDGEFIELD, S. C., Feb. 1st, 1885 Mr. Editor: I had oo idea that bei og Sei retary of the Farmers' Association was such serions office until I .read the criticisms i your paper by '-Truth," and also-in th Cfotton Fiant by "Member." I was attending a meeting of the Count Democratic Executive Committee when'th Association met. Mr. W. 0. Cain was calle to the Secretary's chair in my absence, an he enrolled on ooe sheet of paper a number < names and Mr. Matt Ramsey assisted bim i taking names on another sheet. I had th original roll. Some of the names were thu enrolled two or three times. When I count ed them hurriedly to report the meeting t your paper, the rolls counted one hundred hence the sentence "The Association start out in life with one hundred members, etc.' I have since revised the roll, and the Assc ciation numbers eighty-nine. I humbly be; "Tenth's" pardoo. I won't do so any mor and I hope nobody was burt by the errol "Tjuth" refers me to the Constitution am says "that all those names over eighty mern bers which he understood to be the numbe enrolled, and be was so told by others, wi] be cut off, and they will certainly be prevent ed from voting until regularly admitted.7 Now I am truly thankful to "Truth" for hi suggestions acd I beg to state tbat I ac studying the Constitution and By Laws ti the neglect of every thing else, but I am get ting old and am not as apt as I used to be "Truth" must give me time to learn. I would be as well, however, for "Truth" ti know that I unfortunately claim, no kinsbi] with George Washington, but am more clase ly coonected with Tecumseh Sherman, am reserve for myself the right of a little Iatitudt in my statemeo ts, especially when I am re porting for a oewspaper. As "Truth" ha; honored me with bis suggestions through tb< press, pointed out my error and proved it ot me, surely be will not feel offended if I returt the compliment and suggest to him, that ii the order of nature the dog wags bis'tail, thi tail*does not wag the dog, and so, the Farm era' Association, if they wish to comply witl the laws of nature and thereby deserve th* respect of aI3 men, must wag the individua and not the individual the Association; there fore it is presumption in "Truth" to say "al names over eighty will be cut off because Ai understood eighty to bfc the number enrolled "Truth" is but a factor io tbe Associatioi and bas no right to talk thus authoritatively, for the Association might will to do other? wise, and not see fit to trajl along as "Troth" shall dictate. Then in the Cotton Plant "Member" tells o! a majority and minority Constitution and By Laws being presented to the Association, and says he overheard a gentleman congratulating the President thus : "Doctor, if Calhoun had written it, they would have tried to pull it tc pieces, and Doctor, Calhoun could not have done better." Now "Member" makes fl I "mountain out of a- mole bill," and makef ; the impression that the majority report wai ! made, in a spirit of opposition. This does us an injustice. Tbe Vice President and myselt i were on the Committee with the President tc j draft a suitable Constitution and By Laws. We three met at Wedgefield ; the Presiden) had prepared a Constitution, and before ht quite finished reading to us, be bad a press? ing professional call, and we two farmers took bis paper and with it before us, did oui best in arranging a Constitution and By Laws which we submitted to the President for his approval, as it differed! somewhat from his ; and as it was to be discussed by sections anyway, both reports were brought, to thc Association. Neither the Vice President nor myself tried to pull anything to pieces, we simply tried-to do our duty to the Association by having an opinion of our own-we thought we were appointed for tbat purpose. It is a matter of regret to us, that our Cousu tution and By Laws was not worthy of Cal? houn, but you know we lacked experience, for even farmers seem averse to adopting anything emanating from a farmer, on the principle of a "prophet is never great in his own country," neither a farmer among bis brethren. I do not know the author of either "Truth or Member," bat I feel almost certain it was not Calhoun, for I think be would have knowq that the policy of pulling down the honest efforts of a number of members, to make a bonfire for the glorification of another, is not wise, while trying to build up an asso? ciation. It has a tendency to close the mouths of our most valuable farmers-(hose hard fisted, plain, practical men who are un? used to writing essays or speaking. TSe As? sociation should have no interest in ; sons no interest in developing Calhouns; bu. rath* er in building up the farmer as a class; caus? ing them to respect and take pride in their calling and encouraging those who bave suc? ceeded io makin?; known their plans, modes, etc., that we may do likewise. I take this opportunity of saying that at the first conception T opposed the Hon. John S. Richardson for Chairman, and nominated in his siead a "Simon pure" firmer, who de? clined the nomination. I opposed him, be? cause I thought it luwering to the dignity of our calling to elevate a Lawyer to preside over a body of Agriculturalists; it seemed a tacit acknowledgment ou our part that we had no farmers with sufficient sense for a pre? siding officer. Then at the reorganization, when Dr Furman's name was put in nomina? tion i'of hi evident. I again, for the very same reason. oppr>.-pd him. and did all I could to put in the chair one of our leading ?nd mott progressive tar mer?, who received the largest vote, but declined. I believe we could not have found iii the county two helter presiding officers than the Lawyer aud the Doctor. Each would reflet credit as presiding officers ofun association of their respective calling:?; but as the chief aim bf this Association is the advancement of Agriculture, the elevation of these two gentlemen, however good they may be, I thought a mistake and a humiliation to the farmer. What possible inducement is there for an ambitious young man to embark in a calling which he knows consigns him to an inferior place in-the social world? Whilst I did all I could, in my humble way, to have those singly interested in farm? ing manage the affairs of the Farmers* Asso? ciation, I cooceive it our duty to pull all to j gether, and for each and everyone of us to I do what we can to Rssist tbe Doctor, now that he is our President, in administering to our Association such medicines as will bring to its cheek the blush of health, and the emile ofproperitr. , . . , H. R. THOMAS. [For the Watchman and Soatbron J The Democratic Executive Com? mittee.' That body has nearly closed up the work of the campaign; sad a brief account of its financia] transactions may be of interest to the people of Sumter County. The Committee at a meeting September 9th agreed to ask the Clubs for $280 and instruct? ed the Secretary to divide that amount among them in proportion to . their., membership? Taking into consideration the scarcity of money, the Clubs responded liberally, Snm ter, Privateer, Zoar, Concord and Carters Crossing paying in foll, while others did nearly as well, some few being able tb pay scarcely anything. At a meeting held in December, the Com? mittee saw that the money it was owing coold not be raised without assistance from the Coun? ty officers, to elect whom this money bad been spent, and an amount sufficient to pay the deficiency was assessed against them. And just here I wish to gire a list and amount of the expenses incurred by the Com? mittee. Assessment asked by the ?tate. $300. (The* Committee agreed to pay $150.) Stationery and Postage, $6.65. Printing and advertising, $32.50 Entertaining State Canvassers, 38.05. Expenses connected with celebrating the Democratic victory (powder, work on cannon, making cartridges, &c, ) $13.42. Stand and music, 24.50. Ball rent, 4.00 Telegrams and express, $5.60, making a total of $284.72. Not one dime of the above amount was spent for whisky, and I make this statement because I have, received some intimations that such was the case. Reverting to the assessment of officers-the Clerk was asked for $30 the Sheriff for $30, the School Commissioner for $10, the Judge of Probate for $10, the Treasurer for $10, the Auditor for $10 and each of the County Com? missioners for $5. The Clerk, Judge of Probate,' Treasurer, Coroner and one County Commissioner, (Mr. S. L. Shaw.) have paid their assessments. The remaining official? have not yet paid, but say they will do so at an eafty day. These amounts, when collected, with the money paid by the clubs, ($168.21 ) will practically settle all claims agaiost the Committee. . Published by order of Executive Commit-. W. F. RHAME, Sec. and Treas. "Charleston, S. C. in 1885," Is the title of a tasty little book just re? ceived from the well known publishing boose of Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell: The historical description is written by Col. Arthur Ma ty ck, and portrays in pleasing style, the many attractions and advantages of Charleston, both as a pleasure and health resort It contains also a valuable sketch of the history, origin and development of the South Carolina phosphates, by A R. Gue? rard, A. R, S. M., with a chapter on the Trade and Commerce of Charleston, furnish? ed by a committee appointed by Governor Thompson some months back. . The attractive form in which "Charleston in 1885" is prepared, cannot fail to secure the attention of those seeking pleasures as well as those who, attracted by her resources, may. become permanent settlers in our State. The publishers have contributed a large edition to the South Carolina Department of the World's Exposition at New Orleans, at their own expense. m , A copy of this* valuable contribution to the general good of the State, can be obtain? ed from Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell, at 30 ceo ts each, postpaid; it is hoped that our readers will avail themselves of tbis^op portuuity for procuring the history of the grand old "City by the Sea" at such a mod? erate price. ?Wants the Facts Known. Mr. Editor:-I and my neighbors have been led so many ti mes ju to buying difieren1 things for the liver, kidneys and blood that have done us more harm than good, I feel it due your tenders to advise them when an hon? est and good medicine like Dr. Hurter's Iron Tonic can be bad. Yours trulv. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. THE MARKETS. . SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 10, 1885. COTTON.-About 75 bales have been sold duriug the week ending the 10th. The mar? ket closed steady. We quote: Ordinary 8j @8f ; Good Ordinary 8f@9 ; Strict Good Ordinary 9}@9|; Low Middling 9??9f; Middling 9f@9?; Good Middling 10$. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 9, 1885. COTTOH.-Market quiet. Sales about 500 bales. Quotations are : Low Middling, 10| ; Middling lCfY Good Middling, lof. WILMINGTON, N. C., Feb. 8, 1884. SPJBITS TURPKHTIKB-Market quoted steady at 27? cents. . ROSIK-The market-' quiet at. $1.00. for Strained and $1.02$ for Good Strained. CB?DS TCRPE?ITII??-Market was firm at $1.15 for Hard, $1.75 per bbl., for Virgin and Yellow Dip. COTTON-Market firm. Sales -bales. The following are the official quotations : Low Middling lOf, Middling.1 Of, Good Mid? dling lOf. iiAGA?T3 Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beaaty. Many a lady owes her fresh? ness to it, who would rather not tell,zxAyou cant tell. FOR Man and Beast Mustang Liniment is cider than most men, and used more and 1 more every year. FLORAL GTOXDE A beautiful work of 150 paces. Colored Plate, and 1000 illustrations, with descriptions of the best Flowers and Vegetables, prices of Seed? and Plants, and now to mow them. Printed in Enplish. and German. Pries onlv io cents, which maybe deducted from first order. 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H, Hallet & Co-, Portland; Maine. ? ii. - v ? .. . .. -?s . - .. -. SHERIFF'S SALES. | BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on the first MONDAY and da/ following'ia MARCH next, 1885, and ay many dart thereafter as may be necessary, within tat ' legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, tor cash, the following property : ? :y AH those three Lots of Land, with bnfid ings thereon, situated in the Tows of Sumter, in the County of Sumter, and Slate of South .. Carolina, toiwit: -. No. 1. That lot of land wi th the two-story g dwelling boase thereooj' io the Town of Sum ter, now occupied by the defendant, boondtod -r North by lot No. 2, hereinafter ?^r**?} South by lot of C. M. Hurst, Jr.; East By lot No. 3, hereinafter described, and os the Wert by Main street. 9 No. 2. That lot of iaod with the siagls story dwelling house thereon? now occupied by W. J. Beard, Esq., bounded North : by . Calhoun street; West by Main street, South by lot No. 1, above described; and East by lot No. 3, hereinafter described. No. 3. All that lot of land in the Tow? af^ Sumter, bounded .North by Calhoun street; . East by Harria street; Sooth by lot of W: tJr' Clark, Trustee; and West by lots 1 and 2r above described. . All of the av?ove levied on as the. property of Thomas J. Cogblao, to satisfy an execution - of Molford k Sprague against the said Thome* >. J. Coghlan. One lot of Land with Store-bouse thereon, on the North side of and fronting on Liberty street, in the Town of Sumter, in Somttr County; 3aid lot measuring 24 feet, 10 in? ches front, and sixty-two feet, deep; both of said dimensions a little more or le?,adjoining lands now of Mary Adeline Branson Mad.- .. lands of 51 rs. Mary Harney, levied noon eat' to be sold as the property of James ?. Bren*- '-J nan, to satisfy an execution of J. D. Sampson. k Co., against-the said James P. Brennan, ? . _ MARION SANDERS, S. 8. C. -~ ~ SberifTs Office, Feb. 3, 1885. LAND FOB SALE. AFARM o? lio"acres in Sb?ob Township,, oa waters, of Lynches River, formerly owned by Mrs Sarah E. Trader, adjoining lands of Estate of Miros and others.' Price low, terms easy, tide perfect. - Apply - to MOISES k LES? Feb 3 . r Attorneys-at Law. % State of Sauth Carolina? . COUNTY QF SUMTER/ - By T. V. Walsh , EsqJ, Probat* Judge. WHEREAS, JOSEPH F. BAKER, ofsaid County and ?tate, made suit to rae, 'to grant him'Letters of Administration, of tksr Est&teand effects of Mrs. JANE E. BAKER,, ^ deceased: - . These are therefore to cite and ad manish ' all and singular the kindred and' creditors of tbe said Jane E. Baker, late of eaid.County and State, deceased, that they he and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to beheld at Sumter C- H. on February 18,1885, next,, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in ike forenoon, to shew cause, if any they htrr?? why tbe said Administration should not bV granted. 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GARDEN SEEDS, &&, Physician's Prescriptions Carefully* compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock ?f" Medicines complete, warranted gean iue, and of the best quality. ~ Call and see for yourselves. Sumter. S. C. Jan. 20. .. ? HARD E. W. DUBAUT 4 SOT. STORE IN THE GRANITE RA!??*r MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE CSOfBT " HOUSE SQUARE. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT (ff . HARDWARE* IN STOCK. ...*.. AGRIC?LT?RAL IMPL,EHTE3fTV STOVES, WAGON MATERIALS, -sncb as-- . .. . . ? RIMS, HUBS AND SPOKES, . CROCKERY ANO TIN W?RE* Everything In the line of .General .? Hardware, kept in Stock. R. W. DURANT A SOW. ^ Sept 23_? . ' LeConte Nursery* Tbe largest grower, af tbete Pear? from cuttings. Bay noetber and *TJHA\,% Blight. Persons in vkmity of Satater can obtain catalogues al tbe office nf tn?_7 Watchman cnd ?ovthrvn, and alto nata* . their orders fonrar?e#. . Tv\ W. THOMPSON,. Dec. 30 Smithville. Ga, 1CHITC WA?TED ? ? nf ll I ACacMts. 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