University of South Carolina Libraries
THTJBSDAY, MARCH 10. The Sumter Wsfchman was founded lb ISS^ and the True Southron in 1866. The= Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence '?^ij^?p?fcot the old papers, and rs mani? festly- the best advertising medium in ?? ganter. . Important Announcement. - *I^?"We?^3r 5f?ws and Courier to be 3?teas?od as a Supplement to this Paper*" Arrangements have been made with the* News and Courier Company by which we will be able to supply the Weekly News and Courier from this omeo as, a supplement to the Watchman and Southron, to all subscribers who pay cash in advance, at $2.50 per year, which will bs a saving of one dollar upon the price of the two papers. * This ofter embraces the News and Comer weekly from January to Janu? ary, an dour friends should send in their subscriptions without delay tc enjoy the foll benefit of the arrangemen t. Change* of Publication Day. In order to give our readers the-bene? fit of the latest information in our sup? plement by sending it out promptly on arrival. The Watchman and Southron will hereafter be published on Thursday ? ?hatead of Tuesday. Mrs. Ruth Harmon r the grand mother of Mrs. Cleveland,, died at her home in Jackson, Mich., on Sunday March 6tl. James K. Randall, the Southern poet who wrote the stirring war lyric, .Maryland, My Maryland,' turns out to have been inspired by Cupid no less than Mars. The Philadelphia Press says*he loved one of the beac? hes for whom Baltimore is famous, while ? student at the Georgetown Col? lege, just before the war, and she awakened the enthusiasm that made hmr write his immortal poem a few months later. A new word has been coined in France to represent a very rich Ameri? can. It is not sufficient to call him a 'millionaire,' he is a 'milliardaire.' In met, such is the present extravagant European notion of the fabulous wealth j of the American railroad kings, that an American who is a mere 'millionaire' has ceased- to be regarded in Paris as a man of pecuniary importance. Col. M. E. Mattson, chief engineer sf tho Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad r is in the city, says the Columbia Record. The contract tor building this road between Black's and Camdon has been let to a New York firm, and work was commenced - above Camden Wednesday last. It is expected that the road will be completed from Rutherfordtos, N. C., to Camden by the middle of October. The com? pany have determined to locate their machine shops at Camden. Col. P. H. Nelson, of Camden, has been appointed Solicitor for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, vice Richard G. Bon? ham deceased. The Columbia Record says : 'Colonel P. H. Nelson is well equipped, in character and capacity, to discharge the duties of the responsible office to which he has been assigned. Admitted to the bar in 1877, he pare ti ced h is profession steadily, and has taken a high position as a lawyer. He has served is the Legislature since 1884, and was there regarded as an able, con? servative acct effective member of the House. We predict for Solicitor Nel? son a career creditable and honorable throughout. The Philadelphia Times says : As a means of expressing his contempt for the-action of President Cleveland-in ap? pointing Jas. M. Trotter Recorder for the District of Colombia, one citizen of that benighted city hired a colored band to play in front of the Executive Man? sion as he directed.. The tune selected is said to have been one that is popular in those circles which have opposed both Matthews and Trotter and is en? titled, 'There's a New Coon in Town To-day/ Thb indignity ene corres? pondent adds, is unparalleled in the history of the country-for which, no doebt, every man of decency and sense will be glad, lt remains to be seen how so rank an insult, not only to the President, but to the race whose cause he has so bravely defended, will be re? ceived by thin ki og eolored people, and what their action will be ia return for the series of insults so appropriately crowned with that disgraceful action. ! In the light of recent experience at the j Capital the colored mao can have but i little difficulty in judging who are and ! who are not his friends. Few things are honest. Now and j then the chemists, who have done so | much to teach adulteration, reveal thc ! secrets of the charnel house. The peo- ! pie appear to be powerless to prevent such abuses. It would require another ! world and a different jurisdiction to set- ! tie the cheats of this sphere. Mr. P. I>. Armour, having occasion to come to blows with a rival concern, in the matter of lard, tells how this greese is compounded. As about one-half the lard product is? in excess of what the hog-product can possibly pan out, it stands to reason that the other half must be fraudulent or a sham. The debata- ; ble half is composed of tallow, cotton seed oil and water, injected in the shape i of steam. The best part of the lard j thus manipulated is the cotton seed oil. I Men who cheat, swindle and impose on the public should try, says the Au? gusta Chronicle to believe with Bob Ingersoll that there is no hell. It ! would be more advisable if they became j honest and did something to escape the ! ordeal of the Land of Darkness, whither j they are drifting. Engineer N. G. Heath, of the South ] Carolina railway night passenger train j killed his fireman, a negro named Errio ? Hewe.'t. at Branchville about midnight I Saturday night, March 5. lt seems that the two became engaged in a row, j when* Hewett picked up a stick of wood I to strike Heath, who shot him in the ! thigh and srle Tho wounds, were. ! however, only slight. Hewett then J went off and procured a gun. with which j he said be would kill Heath. The lat- j ter was informed by a friend of the ? uegro's intention and was supplied with j a double-barreled shut guu, loaded with j X XX buckshot. > Engineer Thompson | of another train in waiting: had hardly mounted the engine to give Seato-the gun, when the negro waa seen making his way to the engine with the avowed purpose of killing Heath. Thompson was asked by Heath what he should do, and received the reply that he had bet? ter shoot- at once in self-defence. The negro neared the engine and halloed to Heath that he intended killing him, when Heath quickly levelled his gun I avjcVfired, the- entrre*- leatih^^baekabet entering the negroes body, killing-him instantly. The coroner held aB inquest and the jury rendered a verdict of [justifiable homicide. We give up much of our first-page this week to the publication, by request, of Mr._B. R. Tillman's letter recently published in the News and Courier in response, to a previous letter by Senator L. W. Youmans, of Barnwell. It is to be regretted that the discussion of j,measures for the publie good cannot be^ carried on without descending to per? sonalities, ano the making of charges reflecting upon individuals motives. * Mach of'the^good that w?uid Otherwise result is lost, the masses being inclined to accept such statements. There is no doubt that Mr. Tilman: has injured his cause by his personal bitterness, and made the people shy of becoming, his disciples. Mr. Tindall of Clarendon is j also out in a letter replying to Mr Youmans, as - to the action in the last legislature upon certain bills/ As it miay give some more light upon a sub? ject that should interest our readers we will publish Mr. Tindall's letter next week. - THE DEATH OF BEECHER. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher died Tuesday morning 8th, instant, from paralysis. He was in his *64th year. He was a very remarkable man. In some respect be.was tbe most remarka? ble among Americans7 of the last half century. As. preacher,. platform speaker, lecturer and author he was a man of rare power and productiveness. He was not the type, of man, says the Wilmington Star, that the South ad? mires, but it recognized his uncommon gifts, his eloquence, his independence, his aggressivenessi his wonderful powers of illustration, aod his on reliableness as a thinker. He wielded- a great in? fluence in the North at-one time, and and although he lost much of it he never ceased to be aa attractive and imposing figure among Northern- men. Mr. Beecher was a bitter abolitionist and while the war lasted was the cham? pion of :the republican party. He went to England during the war ostensibly for his health but in reality to deliver speeches in favor of the Northern*cause. After the war, though he was opposed to the policy Of the government toward the South, bebas been a warm advo? cate for friendly relation between the two sections.. A sketch of him says : .Henry Ward -Beecher- was born at Litchfield, Corm., on Jone-24th,-1813. He was the fourth son of. Rev. Lyman Beecher - and Roxana Foot Beeeher, and brother of . Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the. talented author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' and other works that have made her name famous. * Young Beecher pursued his early studies in the public schools of Boston, and read classics and. graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts/ in 1834. He studied theology at the Lane Seminary, near Cincinnati, under his father. He first took the pulpit as a Presbyterian minister at Laurence burg, Indiana, in 1837, and two years later he removed to Indianapolis, where for eight years he filled a pulpit of the same denomination. . 'He settled down in the City of Churches.in 1847, and his anchor never slipped from Plymouth Church,' ? c ? J 1 i I COMPTROLLER TEENHOLM HE DENIES A REPORT-HE NEVER SAID OR THOUGHT WHAT GEN. SHERMAN IS AL? LEGED TO HAVE PROCLAIMED. Having copied several comments upon Col. Trenholm's reported congratula? tions to Gen. Sherman, we are glad to be able to give an authoritative denial to the charge, as follows : OFFICE OF THE ~) COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, r WASHINGTON, March 3, 1887. j Editor A vguata Ch ron ide : The enclosed clipping credited to your paper refers to me in a connection which impels me to ask voa to publish this reply : I believe Gen. Sherman, on the oc? casion referred to, did quote a Southern man to the effect that the 'march to the sea' was a good thing, because it ended the war and restored the Union, but be certainly did not attribute the remark to me, nor had ? the least idea that it was so understood by any on* present. It seems absolutely supeifluous to add that, of course, ? never uttered any such sentiment as you quoted, nor can I euiertaiu any such feeling. Respectfully, W h'. TRENHOLM, What the Augusta Chronicle has to say : In a communication published else? where Hon. W. L Trenholm denies that he expressed to Gen. Sherman or anybody else any gladness for the march to the sea. Comptroller Trenholm never enter? tained a thought in common with what Gen Sherman declared. We are giad to hear this Gen. Sherman may have been at his old game of prevarication. Ile hits the floor. It is super?uous to say that thc j Chronicle published what was reported of Mr. Trenholm in sorrow, and that the denial is given gladly. Is Gen. Sherman still maintaining Gen. Wade Hampton's opinion of him ? Hampton once remarked that 'Sher? man was the biffgist liar in an army that contained John Pope ' j Tho Akin Accorder, commenting j upon the above says i 'It seems to us that it would be in order for tho Au&asta Chronicle to give its authority for the report which it published. Upon thc authority of the Chronicle the matter has been ex? tensively circulated and commented on, and it is due to thc public as weil as i Mr. vTreaBbluF that ,t.be~* Chronicle Bbould produce ifcs authority.' Tq which the Chronicle replies : 'We saw it in the?/circumstantial report of the^hicagV^-i^^?e; There is co question at all of Gen. Sherman's speech being extensively produced at the North before the Chronicle saw or alluded to. it. There is no trouble about giving the authority.* Ali of which should be taken as another lesson to Southern papers to be slow in copying from questiona'ole sources, slanderous statements against prominent Southern men. O, W?; GOOD CHRISTIANS '?WE ARE ! At the weekly meeting of the Con? gregational ministers of Chicago on last Monday morning the Rev. E. F. Wil? liams moved that a telegram of sympa? thy and condolence be sent to Mrs. Beecher. It is stated that in an instant after- the motion was ma?3e ,a half dozen members were on their feet with loud protests against :sucb a step being taken.. The motion was'the subject of a bitter debate, and when it was seen, that no good could result from the an? gry and hot tempered discussion the charrman called for 'yeas' ind 'nays.' A count of the .Vote showed that the majority of. the ministers were opposed j to any public expression of sympathy for Mr. Beecher. The: ground of the opposition, was the Plymouth pastor's alleged heterodox views regarding future salvation. 0, how very unkind ? Doubtless Mr. Beecher had fiults, many of them, perhaps He was but human; but he bad virtues also. And now that his eyes are set in death, and his family is stricken low in grief, a message of condolence to them from these over-righteous Pbarisean minis? ters of Chicago would ouly haye been an act of Christian kindness. /'Merely this and nothing more.** - -n--?-BP-ET-mm Short Weights. The Chesterfield Advertiser replying to the comment of the News and. Cou rier" that the papers eopyiog the Ad? vertiser's statements about short-weight Sour shipped from merchants in Charles? ton 'grasped the opportunity to stab. Charleston, thc metropolis of the State jays : 'Our intention was to stab the fraud that was being perpetrated upon the people of this country. Let it rest wherever it may : if it is with the Berchants of Charleston or any other place they onght to be stabbed ; if it is aot with them, let them show, where it s ;-they know . where they , get their lour and they should, kuow whether hey get full weight ; or. not. As for he people all over this country, we have ?jood reasons for believing that they lave taken- it for granted/long. enough hat when they buy a: barrel of flour hey are getting 196 pounds of ?our ia t.* The Charleston Disjjatch says ; "One of our merchants; after reading he articles, weighed his flour and buud short weight in fourteen - barrels, md called the attention of one of his ?nstomers to the fact. The publication >f the articles bas also been of benefit to he retail merchants, who; in buying lour to sell again in small quantifies, lertainly expect of get 196 pounds to he barrel, as a few pounds short not ?nly takes away their profit-but subjects hem to loss. Tlierecan beno doubt, ?owever, that in all cases,' where*short veigbt barrels have been disposed* of, mr wholesale -merchants haVe been im >osed upon and that the error -will be raced to the mills.,,: - The Work of the Forty-Ninth Con? gress- : N. Y. Herald March 5. The Congress which came- -to an end yesterday at noon . did , an uncpuLOJon imount of good . and-necessary work, ind, aided by the President's vetoes, lid little or no real harm. In its two fears' existence it is guiltless of a single ob. That scandalous piece of sham philanthropy, the Blair Education bill ; .he Pauper Pension biU, the bill crea? king a Department of Agriculture, the [lennepin Canal job and a number of smaller jobbing bills all broke down. Unlike the notorious Keifer Congress, ibis Congress had no scandals to blush for. It was clean banded. Its S?DS are sins of omission. It did not reform the currency muddle nor the tariff; it remitted nothing of the sur? plus taxes ? it refused money for fortifi ?ations and guns ; it passed no bank? ruptcy law ; it failed to legislate to :arry into effect the Mexican comirer ;ial treaty ; through corporation influ? ences in thc Senate several land forfeit are bills aud thc bill repealing the Pre-emption, Timber Culture and Desert Lands laws were defeated ; the Oklahoma bill, tho constitutional amend? ment to change the time of the meeting "?f Congress and several other impor? tant measures failed. On the other hand, wc take from the repot of our Washington correspondent thc following list of important acts, lt passed laws L Settling the succession to the Pres? idency. 2. Regulating the counting of elec? toral vote-?. 3. Repealing the Tenure of Office act. 4. Forfeiting and restoring to thc public domain about fifty million acres I of land. 5. Prohibiting the ownership of land j by aliens. ; G Effectively dealing with thc crime of polygamy. 7. Referring all private claims to the (joui t of Claims. 8. Giving money fer fast cruisers and j for steel guns for all thc new ships. 9- Ordering a thorough inquiry into j the affairs and management of thc j Pacific railroads. 10. Authorizing the President to deal wirb the fishery troubles. 11. Regulating interstate commerce, j 12. Reducing the fees on postal j money orders. 13. Extending the free delivery sys? tem to cities of 10,000 inhabitants. 14. Relieving thc merchaut marine j of a number of vexatious aud needless burdens. . 15 Redeeming trade dollars. 16. Prohibiting the usc of convict labor on public buildings. 17. Ordering the adjustment of rail- ? road laud grants. i 18. Allotting .Jkadrln several Indians, g" 2 ? 10.'-"Authorizing the issac of silver certificates. ' '~ 20. Giving nioncy^rfor GoDgresj library. Many of these laws are of very public importance, and the work o Cleveland Congress compares ad bly with that of any Congress dozen years past. The Congress ?dvHth General -Garfield did act .nothing of public, useful ness. "Its ipublic acts were the creation of a less tariff commission, some chi in the tariff which have been a tn to our home manufacturers ever s and an anti polygamy lav; which pi a complete failure. . But that Cong of which the notorious Kiefer Speaker,- was. wasteful of the p money, given to various kinds of bing and so filled with scandals thu people .after the experience of its session, in disgust chose a democ House. The faults.of- the democrats in Congress were bad for .themselves the country does not suffer from tl The democratic leaders in both bc thought more of settling old scorei tween themselves, than of uniting \ a defined policy,., and they seeme* think it good for the party to bai little relation aa possible with the c ocratic administration. Their pro sity. to . quarrel among themselves with the President placed them ? serious disadvantage ? as against astute and practised republicans. * The lessons of this Congress to democrats have not, we believe, 1 entirely thrown away. Of late tl have been signs of greater harmony unanimity of purpose among the d ocrats of both.houses; and we bel the leaders of the party see that in next Congress it will be absolu necessary , for. th em to act together to stand together with the Presid? whose recommendations have been w and who has by his courageous ve saved them from serious repror Where they have .followed Mr. Clc land's suggestions they have been ri and on .safe ground, .and thc next C gress, taught by the experience of two .years of power and stronger in Senate, will, we believe, if it shall called in extra session, give the adm istration the help it needs to comp] the work of administrative reform well begun, as well as itself compl those measures of policy in relation repeal of surplus taxes and other m ters to which the party pledged its in its platform. But we do not, we confess, exp much practical or useful work such the country demands if Congress d< not assemble until thc regular scssi in December. That session will preoccupied with Presidential politi FIFTY YEARS ! Former Similar Events. Correspondence N. Y. Herald. . WASHINGTON, March 7, 1887 -T fiftieth birthday, or semi-centennial, the Democratic President, and the cn President of the United States who name has begun with a C. which stan for one hundred, is approaching, for will fall on March 18, the - very ne day after St. Patrick's Day,-of ever jo ful memory. So Queen Victoria is u having the-,jubilee business all to hersel for thisjs a jubilee - year for Preside! Cleveland also-, who is our centeonii President, since at the close of his fin term as Chief. Magistrate our preset form of government will have been i operation one hundred years. The Congress of the Confederatior decreed in September, 1788, that tl new form of government should go inl operation on. the first Wednesday i Marchi which, in 1789, fell on the 4t cf the month. Mr. J. Randolph Tuckei chairman rof the-Judiciary Committee i the-two.last Congresses, has said tba he thinks that the first Wednesday c March-was chosen because the first da; of that month that year fell on Sunday as it did, by the way, the year of Cleve land's -inauguration. The form o government under the Continental Con gress having, begun on March 1, 1781 that being. thc date of the completioi of the. articles of confederation be tween ,the States, as Mr. Tuckei said he found from the journal of thc Continental Congress. Mr Tucker thinks it was deemed best t< continue.jt for the full eight years, anc so let those .elected to serve under ii complete their last full year of service. Besides Cleveland only three others of our Presidents have attained thc age of fifty years while holding the highest office in our land-James K. Polk cele? brated his semi-centennial the first year of his term, in 1845 ; Franklin Pierce who. having been born November 23, 1804, and inaugurated March 5, 1853, celebrated thc fiftieth anniversary of his birth after he had been President near? ly two years, and Grant, who was born April 27, 1822, and was fifty years old when he was in the last year of his first term as President. GRANT A3 A DEMOCRAT. It is claimed that each of the four who have had a semi-centennial birth? day in thc Executive Mansion was a democrat-Polk, Pierce Grant and Cleveland, because the only vote Gene? ral Grant ever cast before he was elect? ed President, and he used to tell ihe story was for Buchanan and Brecken? ridge in 1S?6. That vote he said was also illegal because uot cast at General Grant's place of actual residence at that time. He was then living in Missouri, not very far from St.. Louis, and hud been on a visit to that city on election day in November, 1850. When on his way horne he paused in Carondelet, and when asked by a friend if he had voted he said he had not, because he had been away from home all day, but would vote if he reached the polls uear est his residence in time. 'But you have not timo.' urged thc friend to whom he was speaking, 'so you had better vote here,' and Mr. Grant fol? lowed his advice and there cast his vote for the democratic nominees for Presi? dent and Vice 1'residcnt Mrs. Grant's father Mr. Dent, who died at an advanced agc in thc White House, in 187o. was a democrat to his latest hour, and wheo, in thc autumn of that year, only about, a month before his death, certain of thc Northwestern States which'had before been considered j republican strongholds went demo- j eratic in local elections, Mr. Dent, then i cen fined to his bcd. rejoiced aloud as ! his son, General Dent, read him the S newspapers, and asked, eagerly :-'Is ! it really true that ali them States have gone democratic V Had Garfield lived he would have celebrated his ?ftieth birthday while President, for he would have been fifty j years old on November 1?J, ISSI. j Cleveland isj therefore, except Grant? the youngest , man ever inaugurated President" of the United States. A LUCKY ?KKSIDENT. Cleveland, by the way, bas had a special era to give him cause for rejoic? ing in each of the past five years, for in November, 1882 he was elected Governor of New York and inaugu? rated iu that ofijee in January, 18S3. lu 1SS4 he was elected on November 4 the President of the'United States; on-March. 4, 1885, he was mangm-ated in that office, and on June 2, 1886, he was married to a most charming young lady, whose choice by him for 'the first lady in our land' has been universally commended, and now, cn March 18, 1887, he. will with that lady, celebrate his jubilee birthday ia the Executive Mansion. - While the President will be fifty on the 18th, it is worthy of note that his wife will not be twenty-three years old until July, and his mbther-iu-law, Mrs. Folsom, is said to be only forty-four years old. John Adams churlishly wrote of Jefferson, when giving the points of difference between the latter as a Pres? ident and himself, that while he held leeves once or twice a week 'Jeffer-, son's whole eight years was a levee'* and that while he 'dined a large com? pany once or twice a week- Jefferson dined a dozen every day.* The Jeffer-. SOD social policy.in .'these respects seems to be- followed by . his present worthy democratic successor., as President of the United States. The C. C. C. Railroad. Our latest information from the engi neering corps under Capt. ftamsaur, on Monday last, placed them near Black's Ford on Bullock's Creek, three miles south-east of Hickory Grove, with com? pass pointing in the direction of York. ville. With the exception of one or two land owners the right of way has been secured from KiDg's Creek to Mr John A. Byers' on Bullock's Creek. The election in DeKalb township, in which the town of Camden is situated, resulted last Thursday in a majority of 600 in favor of a subscription of $40, 000 io aid of the. road. This subscrip-. tion is conditioned, however,, that the bonds are not to be delivered to the company until the roadbed through DeKalb township is ccmpleted and ready for the rails. Col Matson returned from that end of the linc last Saturday evening, and left the next day for Cincinnati on busi? ness connected with the road. He ex? pects to return to Yorkville by the time Capt. Ram sa ur locates the line to this place.-Yorkville Enquirer, 9th. Miss Van Zandt and Her Lover. CHICAGO, March 8 -Pale and thin but defiant, Miss Yan Zandt picked her way across the courtyard of the county j jail shortly after .9 A. M. to-day and presented an order for admittance to visit August Spies. The order was signed by Sheriff Matson, aud, although the usual hour for visiting is 10 o'clock, a special privilege was accorded her. She was stylishly dressed in a drab hat, light. English walking jacket, stout shoes, and a heavy dark veil. She was not permitted to go beyond the cage where visitors couverse, through the netting and iron bars, with the pris 3ners. She and August Spies stood with Lbeir finger tips together and chatted in a low voice antil 10 o'clock, when "ither visitors being expected she hur? ried away. She was unattended, and entered thc jail yard from thc alley and not in the regular manner, through the Criminal Court building. After she left Spies looked pleased and in better spirits though the nearest he came to his proxy bride was to touch finger tips with her through the wire screen. Miss Van Zandt will be per? mitted to see him twice a week bere? ifter. Victory for Drummers. The power of a State or municipality to tax 'drummers' from other States has igain been denied by the United States Supreme Court. In this opinion the Court goes further in restricting or denying the power than it bas ever gone^before. .It has hitherto declared unconstitutional laws imposing a tax Dr license on non resident travelling salesman on the ground that such legis? lation was an unjust discrimination against the citizens of other States. The Tennessee law now set-aside was in force in but one district, but it was applicable to drummers coming, into that district from other parts of Ten? nessee as well as from other States, ind for this reason three of the eight justices dissent from the opinion of the Court. - - ii i mmm ? A gentleman informed us last Mon? day that Northern capitalists were try? ing to buy up all thc lands in Sumter and Clarendon Counties along thc line of the proposed Sumter, Orangeburg, aod Augusta connection of the Coast Linc. This looks like there may be some truth in the report that this road will soon bc built, notwithstanding thc opiuion of some wiseacres that it is only a bluff game that is being played. However, we shall see what we shall see in a short time.-Orangcburg Times und Democrat. Our Exchanges. The last issue of the Laurens Advertiser an ocunces that Mr. J. C. Carlington has be? brue sole editor and proprietor of that jour ?ftl. Mr. Carlington having purchased the merest therein of Mr. J. W. Leake. Scribner s Mjyazine, for March, is thc best number that has yet been published of this riew monthly. The third paper of "Heminis :cnses of thc Siege and Commune of Paris," :>y Ex-Minister E. H. Washhurnc, is as full of nterest as its predecessors. Joel Chandler j ?larris ('"Uncle Remus") contributes a charac lerisiie. Southern sketeh of "Aunt Fountain's Prisoner.' " The illustrations of "The Stabili? ty of the Earth." [written by X. S. Sbftier,) I ire especially fine, and wiil interest people j rery much just now because some views of i the Charleston earthquake, hitherto unpub- ! ished are incorporated in the article. Ad-; "ress Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 'Tin: things we know arc neither rich nor j rare,' bat marked Hy an uncommon ingre- j lient of common sense. One of them is- i that one 25 cent bottle of Salvation Oil will j relieve pain. Try it. As true as steel, Dr..Hull's Cough Syrup. 25 els. Saved fits Life. Mr. D. I. AVilcoxs'in, "f Horse Cave. Ky., pays he .was, for many >'? ar?, badly nlllieted j with Piithicic. also Dbi?>etei: the pains were j ?liojost un cn .lum bl c. and would sometimes almost throw him him into convulsions. He tried Klee'ric buter.* and got relief from the lirst bottle and .ifrer taking six bottles, was entirely cure?!, anil had gained in flesh eighiccn poamls. Savs he positively believes he would have j died; had it not been for the relief afforded by j Electric bitter?. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by | Dr. J. i\ W. DcLomic. 6 ! ./New Cotton Oil Company.; A new Cotton Oil Company which is to compete in the roan u fact Dre of cotton seed oil" with the Standard Oil Co., was chartered in Camden, N. J., Saturday March 5th, with these officers : president, Henry S." Butcher, of Washington TTutcher's Sons of Philadel? phia ; Manager, Frederick Oliver of Oliver Bror.,'Columbia, C.; Secretary and Treas? urer, Johu Oliver of t!ie same firm; Engin? eer, Daniel A. Tompkins of D. A. Tompkins & Co.. Charlotte, N. C. The capital is $5.OOO.OOO, of which $4,000, ?O0 has already been subscribed by Pbiladel ,phia capitalists. The company is authorized \o bnUd.at Norfolk, Va. ; Wilmington, N. C., Charleston and Columbi*, S". C. r Savannah, Macon, Augusta, aud Atlanta, Ga. ; Mobile, Montgomery, Demopolis and Sheffield, Ala.; Jackson and Medridian, Miss. ; New Orleans and Shreveport, La.; Memphis, Tenn.; Houston. Galveston-, Dallas aud Sao Antonio, Texas; Little Kock, Arkansas, and refineries at Kansas 'City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Camden, Jersey City and Hoboken. Work will be begun scon on the Mills and refineries, and the most improved machin? ery will be used in them. ? Miraculous Escape. VT. Vf. Reed, druggist, of Winchester. Ind, writes: ' One of tay "customer?. Airs. Louisa Tike, Barton ?a. Randolph Co, Ind., was a long sufferer with Consumption, and was given, up to die by her physicians. Sbe beard ot Dr. King's NevDi.?covery for Consumption, and began baying it of me. In six mo nf bs' tim? she walked to this city, a distance of six miles, and is now.so much improved she'has quit using ir." "She'fee?s\*he?;?wes her lif?lo '?t. Free Trial Bottles at Dr. J. F. W. DeLonnVs Drag Store. . 6 ^ ? ? ? Backlen's Arnica SalTe.' ' The Best Salve in tho "world for Cat?, Bruises S<>rcs. Uleer*. Salt Khetiin. Fevec Sores, /letter, Chapped. Bands .Chilblains, Corns .and all Skin Efaptinns', an d^p os i tively cures Piles, "or' no pay required ' It is guaranteed'to give per fect satisfaction, or money refunded. - Pwoj 25 cen ts per box. For saie by J. F. W. De Lorme. o ~THE MARKETS^ SUMTER, S. C., March, 10 1887. COTTON:-About 15 hales were sold dur? ing the week ending the 10th. The market closed firm. We quote; Ordinary 8 ; Good Ordinary 8i ; Low Middling8$; Mid? dling Sf; Good Middling 9. CHARLESTON, S.'C., March 9, 1887; COTTON.-Market closed-firm. Sales 150. bales. Quotations, are: Strict Low Mid- I diing 9 : Middling 9? : Strict Middling9|. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, SUMTER, S. C. THE REGULAR EXAMINATION OF Teachers will be heid on Friday and Saturday, April 1st and 2nd. That for white teachers will be held on Friday in the School, Commissioner's office, that for colored teach? ers will be neid at the Lincoln Schoolhouse on Saturday. Aside from the regalar print-, ed questions, teachers will be examined spe? cifically on Reading, Penmanship, and Or? thography. It is the sense of the Board of Examiners to avoid as far as practicable the granting of licenses to teach, boping thereby to secure a higher standard of teachers. J. T WILDER, School Commissioner. Mch. 10. 'S7. DISSOLUTION, THE FIRM OF H. HARBY & CO. HAS this day been dissolved by mutual con? sent. SUMTER, S. C., March 9, 1SS7. W. H. EPPERSON, H. HARBY, MARION MOISE, Mch. 10 NOTICE, THE UNDERSIGNED WILL CONTINUE business under the name of H. Harbv & Co. SUMTER. S. C., March 9. 1837. H. HARBY, MARION MOISE. Mch. 10_. _ ? Si W?????? State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE. OF THE Power of Sale.conferred by Jacob Wash? ington in his Mortgage to Horace Karby, dated October 1st. 1884, and recorded at page 745, Book 12, in- Register of Mesae Convey? ance office for Sumter County, and" the con? dition of said Mortgage and the Bond, which it was given io secure, having been broken, I will offer for sale at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, ou Monday, the 4th day of April next, between theiiours of ll A. M-, and 3 P. M., on the Court. House steps at Sumter, S. Cr All that piece or tract of land in the cor? porate limits of the-Town of Somterdying on the Eastern side of ; Maia street. beyond the Rail Road depot and bounded North by lands of Marion Moise,' East by lands of Rose Gary, South by lands of Rose Gary and Mary Ann Singleton and West by Main. Street, and measuring, North and South, ope, hundred and fifty-four (154) feet and East and West ninety-two (92) feet, all more or less. * HORACE HARBY. March 10, 1887. ? .: .01 qoft' -uoiiiond -da no loas isp; aouj ' *smoqog q;eqqvg poe s-jqojnqo. 'sidnoaaj oj- loaoostp reioadg .|*ui js<n s.ivp..cj -jasaqamd O) AJOJOIU. oat mo JJ i OBJ ip sdiqg -sia^ajnjjsuj 3ajpsdi eqj joj sapanoQ 3 s{OJjaoo arj *Q *g 'eoaajofrr '*>?is-^nv 'HO.aoniH a ?'V no JO 9tUA ?&Y9HO'?O.O?VId V Ana m mm:' "AN ORDINANCE" Entitled "An Ordinance to Require and Regulate the Registration of Voters of Tomi of Sumter, for Ensu? ing Municipal Election, -April 12th ?8S7." ' Be it ordained by the Intendant and War? dens of the Town of Sumter in Council assem? bled and by the authority of the same, SEC. I. That hooks of Registration, for the registration of persons qualified to vote at the Municipal Election to be Judd in Town of Sumter, on Tuesday, 12th dav of April, A. D 1837, shall be opened at the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of Town cf Sumteron the 12th day of March, proximo. That said Books of Registration ?hall be kept opeu for Registration of Voters, during fifteen (15) days thereafter, from 9 o'clock A. M. until 2 o'clock P. M.. each day, and shall be finally closed on thc 26th day of March thereafter, at G o'clock 1\ M., and only such persons as are duly registered in said Books of Registra? tion, shall be entitled or permitted to vote at said Municipal Election. SEC. IT. That each person presenting him? self for registration at said office of Clerk and Treasurer, shall be required to give his name, age and residence, and shall be entitled to re? ceive a certificate cf Registration, which cer? tificate of Registration may be required of any voter, at said election, as a condition precedent to voting. SEC. IH. That at tho next meeting of the Town Council of Town of Sumter, after the closing of said Books of Registration to be held on 1st day of April ensuing, at 5 o'clock P. M., all complaints and petitions of any person or persons, who may have been re? fused a certificate of Registration by reason of any doubt of right to register, shall he made to the said Town Council, and ali per? sons, demanding such certificate of Registra? tion, are hereby notified to be and appear before said Town Council, with evidence necessary to establish such right as may be claimed, and if so established to the satisfac? tion of said Town Council, such person or persons sha',] receive such certificate. SEC. IV. That after erttficate of Regis? tration has been issued ; > any person, and been lost or destroyed, sucii person may ap? ply to the Clerk aud Treasurer for a duplicate certificate, and the Clerk aud Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue such duplicate, upon proof of loss or destruction of the orig? inal certificate of Registration, and upon pay? ment of ten cents for useofsaid Town of Sum? ter, for every duplicate certificate so issued. Done and Ratified in Town Council assem? bled and under the Corporate Seal of the Town of Sumter, this the 24th day of February, A.D. 1887. MARION MOISE, fL. S.] Intendant, C. M. HURST, Clerk and Treasurer. J, Ser . SHE&IFF'S SALESE BY v?ffue of Sundry Executions, to ae directed, will he sold at Sumter C. OB the firMMONDAY and day following^ -APRIL.'iiext, 1887, and as maapy d*ya thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to thehighest bidder, for cash, the following property : All that tract of land, containing four hrm dred and fifty acres, more or less, bounded .on the South by the Clarendon County line, East by waters of Sammy Swamp, and ad? joining lands now or formerly or Charles Connors, Estate of Robert Weeks, Maples Brailsfofd ffntt 'others," being tte'hvncrTSnrrt^-" ed to Samuel W. Harvin, by James W. Ed? wards, levied on and to be sold at the risk of former purchaser, as the .property of Samuel W. Harvin, under the execution of Augustus A. Solomons, against Samuel VY. j Harvin and Matilda Marvin. MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriff's Off.ce, March 10, 1887. MASTERS SALE."" State of South Carolina. \ SUMTER COUNTY, . COFRT OF COMMON FLEAS., Alexander Davis, Plaintif, against Rose Broten, Defendant-r-Partii?on. ? BY VIRTUE of a decretal order, made- in tb? above en tiiled cause and dated March 3tb, 1887, I will Bell at public auction iu front of the Cou tt ?ouset?a?h^Xo-?^o?*S u ro? ter, in said State,,-pn ciIocday, Aprii-?fh, 1887, (or day following)"between the hours of li o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises j" V5 "That lot or parcel of land in the Town of -Sumter, State and County aforesaid, con? dining one acre, mareftft tese'&ad ?.bon nd ed as follows: Oo the NocthJiyJands of Abram Powell, on,the East-by lands of J. fl? Dingle, on the Sooth "by lands of Alexander Davis/ and on the West by lands of Thomas James, being par^ef tract- of Forty-two acres pur? chased .by said Charles Dicks from Archibald Anderson and A. J. China iu the year !869." Terms-To be sold for a som^ not less than two hundred and seventy-five dollars^-One half Cash ; the b??aoce -paid in" one year," se? cured-by. bond and mortgage of said premises. Purchaser to. pay Tor necessary paper?, and. for record ing mor tgage. ' JOHN S. RICHARDSON, ! March 10. ' Master. . MASTER S SALE/ The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, COURT OF.COMMON PLEAS. 'Elizabeth Hodge and Joseph S.. Tis^ dale,.. Plaintiffs,, against:, Janies Broadway, Thoniqs^Broadway. Car? oline Gibson, and others, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretalorder madelin the above entitled cause and dated March 5tb, 18S7, .1 will sell at public anction ih front oftbe Court Hoosein the Town of-Snm ter in said State, on M o nd ay T. April: 4 th, 1887, (or day following^ .between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises : "That tract of land containing one hun? dred acres, more or less, situate in said County and State and bounded by lands now or formerly of James 6. Tisdale and Joseph S. Tisdale, of Henry Rogers and by land lately of Alfred E. Broadway and by land of Oliver Hodge, now deceased." Terras of sale-So much of the purchase money as will be necessary to pay. the costs and expenses of this action and of said sale to be paid in cash, the balance on a credit of one year with interest thereon from day of sale,'to be secured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises with the privilege to the purchaser to pay .all in cash. The Purchaser:to pay for necessary papers, and for recording mortgage. ' JOHN S. RICHARDSON, March 10, 1887. ~ Master.^ MASTERS SALE, State of South Caronia, IN TH? "COMMON PLEAS. Chas. F. Heiser. Plaintiff, against. John Hi Nichols, Def endon?.. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal .Order made in the above entitled cause, and dated March 5th. 1887, I will sell at publicauction,. in front of the Court House, in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, April 4th, 1887, (or- day =followibig)- betweec the hours of ll o'clock: in the forenoon, and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : "All that lot,' piece or parcel of land situ? ate in the County of Sumter and 'State of j South Carolina, designated-as lot ifo. 3,: on ' general plat of the lands of Estate-of R..J5?.? Cain deceased, made..by James D.McIllwain, D. S., and dated 2nd" December A-. D-l 1874. j b?id lot No. 3, coDtairfrng one hundred' and-j twenty-three acres and bounded oe tb?- North by lands now or formerly of Josiah Hayos- j worth ; on the East by lot No. 2 on said gen? eral plat : on the South by.lot No. 4,"'OK said general plat, now lands of Jacob Campbell : on the West by lot No. 5 on said general plat, now lands of W. 0. Cain. ... - Terms of sale^-One third Cash, the balance on a credit of on*e:year with interest from day" of sale to be secured by ".tbe botfdr46f the pur? chaser and a mortgage of the premises. With the option to the purchaser to pay all Cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary' papers and for recording mortgage. JOHN S. RICHARDSON,- &*' March 10. ? ? -Master.; ' Master's. Sale/ State of South CarolinaW. SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. George A. Norwood and Evan L Wil? kins, Survivors, Plaintiffs, against Nettie J. Pennington [and'Mudge, . Smith & Co., Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order, made in the above entitled cause and dated Feb? ruary 24, 1887, I will sell at public auction in ? front of the Court House in tbe Town of Sum- j ter, in said Sute, on Monday, April 4th, 1 SST, (or day following) between the hours ! of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in j the afternoon, the following premises: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of i land, with the buildings thereon, contaioing one hundred acres more or less, situate, lying and being in Shiloh Township, near Lynch? burg, in the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, bounded on the North by lands lately of J. W. Hawkins and Jas.' B. Tallon ; on the East by lands formerly of Jesse P. Smith, and on the South by lands formerly | of Jesse P. Smith, and on the West by lands formerly of J. W. Hawkins; the same beiog fully representod on a plat thereof made by D. G. Williams, D. S. and recorded in Book ; "Y. Y." page 299. ! Terms of sale-One half Cash-and the balance on a credit of six months from day of sale, the time portion to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises. The purchaser to have the option of paying his entire bid in Cash. The purchaser to pay for necessary papers and for recording the mortgage. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, March 10. Master. Foreclosure Mer Power of Sale. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE Power of Sale conferred by Henry D. Cain in his Mortgage to Benjamin F. Moise, dated December 9th, 1884, and iecorded at page 770, Book 12, in Register of Mesne Con? veyance office for Sumter County, and the condition of said Mortgage and the Bond, which it was given to secure, having been broken, I will offer for sale at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, on Monday, the 21st day of March next, between the hours of ll A. M.* and three P. M., on the Court House steps at Sumter, S. C . All that piece, parcel, or tract of land in Snmter County and State aforesaid, containing seventy acres more or less, and bounded North by lands of J. R. Cain, A. M. Cain and Bonice M. Mel? le?, East bv lands of the estate of R. B. Cain, South by lands of E. F. Melle?, and West by lands of A. J. China. AMANDA I. MOISE, Executrix of Estate of Benj. F. Moise, Oec'd. Sumter, S. C.. February, 215 87.. S New Advertisements. H s&?B??^to^ ?iow when ^ bud* beg?f ?d?^^jS^3^Sjfe Thatfet*ry,.L2*s#ud?and ^SaaflEgfflS Ti;e ?l's at Indiget?ion? Jftg^M^ggSy* Wit? every trouble, acb? "^5^B|^^'V ThaVfoHows ID the Bi: i cm* .WJU scatter iiietoe thiere* of ?Uta? . T? Before & draught of Settler fcrifcbtT ' - MEXICAN WAR SURVIVORS Or their Widows. New Pension tiwr. 'llp^y^aHiregfOP'^fi'BlB ttud'fbfrhifwaairw.' '"' ; T wea ty years' experience. Best references.. - Successor no- fee. R. MCALLISTER,; jai, ? Attorney-a?-Law; P. 0. Box 493, Washing? ton, D. C. ' ?>'- . . .. .?. TO ADVERTISERS.-Lowest .?atea for advertising Sn.-lOO? eoo?V?ewgp?pers sent free. Address GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., , lOSprnceSt., N. Y. _ 4A' yow retailer for the James MeanB* ?3 Sfc#?v -? Cn ut toa ? Some dealers recommend lufertaC. : CO-XN in order to make a larger profit. This ls th* original $3 Shoe. Beware of imitations which ao : knowledge their own inferiority by attempting tor build upon tterepatatioD"of the orlgiiiaL ? \- ' " . NOM ti ea ai ue unless bearingtkis ?ffawfrj ,v JAMIES MEANS' S3 SHOE. fe ?!? s*p**?S|3?ade ?n Button. Congres* ??t ""' ll ??" ?bace. Best Calf SW*. Unex ? tv -^cfclloJ in Durofc?iiy,. Comfort* ? ' WA m Appearance. A postalcs?t' " 'l'item? g ts IRB?C?COr?fEAPPEESr 2 Premiums, - $500.00 ?ai* " 6 Premiums, . S2S^.<?O-^??,. 25 Premiums, - StOO^O'T^: 100 Premiums, ?.. 200 Premiums,; - : S20.CQ . 1,000 Premiums,. * : ?10U30 .^-V For infl particulara'and directiona tao Cfea ?ar in every pound of ABBCCHUES' CorrsL. . Room to Rent. \ROOM OVER OUR STORE,, S?TJATC . jj le. for an ?>&c& or. bed-room.-- . Feb 17 BULTM AM & BRO. pip? RENT;" AFIVE-ROOMED COTTAGE, with all necessary out-buildings, all io complete repair. Price $10 per month. f. J1 May ll_;_H. HARBY. f i TO RENT. LARGE DWELLING, corner Liberty.an?l. : Barrio Streets, next door to the Baptist Church. .Suitable for private Boarding. Bouse." Possession given January 1st. . . ? Apply to E. D. LEE. NOT. 30. . 'ii ii ?? JjAU^ ; Li of Lots ia BiesTillfi BUSINESS. SITES NEAR" TBE DEPOT.. BuildingLots in desirable situations. Ai>?ijS**r ?gt A^S GO?gA?Sr . Dtxj H *' ? Q 'Si. j i ' --s-?3?-*L__:S ?arafe-? ?. B. STUCKEY. .SUMTER, S. C; OFFICE'IN REAR ROOM OF BUILD i Dg occupied by Haynsworth 4 Cooper^ Jan. 27. "6 JNO. T. GREEN, ; Attorney and Comisellot afc LAW, SUMTER, C. E^ S. C. ? . w ^?*Oollectio"n of claims a spec?a??j'^^0* * j June 20._. -, ; ._ D. B. ANDERSON, .Attorney at Law* J -,SUMTER, S. C./V^ Will practice in adjoining; : counties. ^ Collecting made a specialty^?. ESTABLISHED TN 3869. *'1 .- .-. -. -BY- V-. Wa Pa SMITHi : WBO IS STILL PREPARED WITH " V Improved Facilities, ? TO FURNISH . \ hr. A MONUMENTS, HEADS?ONi-Sj JU1 Sinda of Cemetery Work,. IQ First Class Workmanship.. Dec 21. EEXJAMIN G EE IG. C. Gu ?ATTHJiWS^ GREIG & MATTHEWS. Factors aarl Commission Mercfeaiats. Liberal Advances on Shipments. Adgers North Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. U._. THE SUMTER "'? HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Affording superior advantages in ENGLISH, MATKE.MATICS,.. and the CLASSICS, wiM reopea MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1880, L. W. DICK, ) > Principals. A. c. MCINTOSH, J TUITION-From $2 to $5 per month. BOARD-with the principals, $12 per me. For further information apply to , . . r " PRINCIPALS SUMTER HJGH SCHOOS?-:: Lock Box No. 49. Anjz 3-v _ Sumter, S Tl?XICAN PENSIONS. \ T CAN GIVE FROM ORIGINAL DIS X charge Roll of Company A, Palmetto Regiment, details of service necessary^ to^ draw Pensionir nnder the late Act of Concret*^ Feb'. 3. * J. D. BLANDINGf.5"' w Estate of Robt? McCants, BHsior? IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE O? PROBATE for Sumter County ea UH i$& day of March, 18S7, for a Final Discharge as Guardian of aforesaid Estate, : HAZI GARY, Feb 17-4t, Guardi?n. Estate of Isaac Keels, Sr?, Dc&'<U IWILL APPLY TO 4UDGJE OF PRO bate of Swater County aa Marek 18th, 18S7 for a final discharge as Administratrix of aforesaid Estate. SALLIE L. KEELS, Feb IT/iSS?. Admtoistnttrix.. feo??fl??t?lX _- _