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TH?KSDAY. MARCH 17. The Sumter Watchman was mended ra 1850 and the Tr ne Southron in 1966. Th? Watchman and Southron now has hm combined eireulativa and ioiaesee of both of the old papen, and is mani? festly the best advertising mediana io , Sumter. Impartant Announcement, The Weekly Kew? ?nd Courier to be Furnished as a Supplement to this Paper. Arrangements have been made with the News and Courier Company by which we will he able to supply the Weeldy News and Courier from thia office as a supplement to the Watchman and Southron* to all subscribers who pay cash in advance, at $2.50 per year, which will be a saving of one dollar upon the price of the two papers. Thia offer embraces the News and Courier weekly from January : Jana* ary, and oar friends should send is their subscriptions without delay to enjoy the full benefit of the arrangement. Change of Publication Day. ID order to give our readers the bene? fit of the latest information in oar sup? plement By sending it oat promptly os arrival. The Watchman and Southron will hereafter be published on Thursday instead of Tuesday. The State Convention of the Young Hen's Christian Association ?ill be held in Newberry on April 14th. Henry A. Middleton died in Charles? ton Friday. He was born in 1793, and iras the oldest inhabitant of Charleston. Jefferson Davis is to visit Washing? ton io a few days, for the first time sines he resigned bis seat in the Senate. The wife of Senator Vance ia said te tell a humorous tale with even greater effect than ber husband, hot it most he noted tn her defense that their ideas of h amor arc not the same. A son' of John J. Patterson once United States Senator from South Car? oona, is an inmate of the Tombs prison, Kew York, awaiting trial for having swindled a mao oat of the enormous sum of five dollars. It is probable that the entire military force of the Stats will be invited to participate in the unveiling ceremonies of the Calhoun monument in Charles? ton next mooth. Recorder Trotter, of Washington, it said to he a lineal descendant of the ' white John Trotter who taoght Wash? ington bow to dance the new and mah- i tenable figures at Newport over a hon- . dred years ago. He waa never a slave, nor hare any of his ancestors been io bondage since the days of John Han- 1 cock. < The "Gate City Guard," of Atlaota, 1 Ga.,, for whom, it may bc remembered. Minister Phelps recently tried in vain ( to secare permission from the British Government to visit Sogland folly armed sod equipped has been favored with an affirmative reply to a similar application addressed to the ruling pow- 1 era of France. General Boalanger the ; French Secretary of War, not only ex- . tends the courtesy asked for and assur?s thea that he wilt be among the first to 1 bid them welcome, bat will hail their ' presence as an opportunity afforded him j to bear testimony to the patriotic friend- 1 ship that exists between the United j States and his own beloved country. Who would have supposed that print 1 cloths made io Sooth Carolina would be 1 used by the American Printing Com- < pany io this city? Yet such is the j fact. It is heavy cloth that is called , for in the trade, therefore it moat he used. One of the mills io the city is 1 now preparing to make thia class of ' goods, of which oooe is made here at ; present. The weight of the cloth is ; four yards to n pound.-Fall River { News. Mr. Beecher used to say, 41 have an ( old engine of a heart here that drives the blood through every corner of my 1 body with a force that brooks no oppo- ' aitton, and I pity aoything that gets into my stomach. I think 1 could digest a brickbat. It seems to me I never knew what an attack of dyspep? sia or indigestion 'meant.' And yet half-a dozen fried clama precipitated 1 the fatal stroke. A Vienna tailor recently wagered that it took more than 40,000 stitches ' to make a winter overcoat. To decide ? the question a coat was ordered aod a committee of experts sent to superin? tend the work, as weil as to see that no unnecessary stitches were made. The result was announced as follows : Body 1 of coat. 4,780 stitches: collar, 8.063 ; sewing collar on, 1.763; button holes, 2.520 ; sleeves with lining, 980 ; pock- ! eta. 924 ; silk Hoing of body, with wadded ioterior. 17.863 ; braiding. 1 2,726. Total, 35,619. The LaHor Arbitration bill that bas become a law applies only to railroads engaged in inter-state and territorial ? commerce, and provides for a board of three persons, one to be selected by employes, another by the company, and these two select the third. The arbitrators are to get $10 a day, and witnesses the ordinary fees paid in United States courts. The power of tho arbitrators is, however, confined to . the announcement of their award. No penalty is provided for disobeying it, nor is any machinery provided for en? forcing it. fo fact, the only thing the bill does for promotion of arbitration is the bestowal on the board of the power to seed for persons and pipers under com? pulsory pro -ess. aod the assumption by the United State? Treasury of the ex? penses of the proceeding. The bill is of no practical val oe, affords no solution of any labor problem, and eoofers no right not airead/ provided by the eom- ' ??ion law The only effect is to increase expense to the government, j Recent movements strengthen the ? opinion (hat war io Ku rope daring the ? coming sessao is quite probable, and it j is most likely to break out in the East ! j involving Kassia and Auatria at the ( start. The former paver has been j I making vigor?os preparations for the j < invasion of Bulgaria for months past, j j military stores hive been gathered near j ( toe frontier, and now come* (he omi- ! t nona news of tbe massing of troops, can bard ly be doubted that the rem insurrection io Bulgana was iostigat by Russian influence to furnish a p text for ioterfereoce. Austria cam afford to permit soch a movement s ts prepared to Beet Russian aggressii That other powers will be drawn ii the maelstrom of war there is Iii doubt. Turkish interests will be direc affected and English interests serion; threatened. It seems settled that A< tria. Italy and Germany hare formed alliance which partially pledges each interpose io the event of a very aerie disaster to either. Altogether the prc abilities are decidedly tn favor of a cc fiict which will involve at least three tour, perhaps five countries. Two appropriation bills-the rn and harbor and the argent deficiency failed to become laws, because t President declined to act on them in t short space of time allowed him Congress. Much grumbling has i salted and the President and Congn each have received about an equal sba of blame. We publish a speech Mr. Randall, of the Committee on i propriatioM, which will give some id of how party strife has obstructed t business of Congress. If oar farmer friends rail to node stand **all about it," after reading tl paper, we shall be ata loss what to . to help thea oat As promised, i give them Mr. TrodaT* reply to M Yoomaos, and ai Mr. Yeomans h pot oat another reply to the reply, i thought we might, complete the job 1 potting in that also, and have therefo used op the greater part of oar fir page with legislative-farm I it?r?t ur Gentleman the ease ls now before you For several weeks past Mrs. S. 1 Chapia, President of the W C. T.; J of So. Ca., baa been the subject of cri tetsm by several papers of the Stat ted by the Southern Christian Advoca and seconded by the Aiken Record?, The Advocate, notwithstanding the n fasal of Editor Kirkland to publish an ai tide from Mrs. Chapia, commented upo the article, and has continued to re fe to the subject. The Aikeo Record? has taken np the matter and announce that Mra. Chap?n bas developed into ai uncompromising advocate of Woma Suffrage, and advises the disbanding o the W. C. T. IT , and that the member thereof join the S. of T.-of which orde the Editor of tbe Recorder, Col. Charle E R. Drayton, is the Grand Worth; Patriarch of Sooth Carolina. All thi withoat haring given Mrs. Chapin i chance to answer. We have not reac Mrs. Cbapin*s(rep!f, and therefore have co opinion to express. Her article which was rejected by the Advocate, aili be published io the next issue ol :he Temperance Worker, and extra sopi?s will be printed. Those desiring x> read it can get the Temperance Worker either at this office or the Post )ffice on next Monday. THE EDGEFIELD TRIALS. R. L Jones, who killed three Press* leys, (father and sons) was tried at Bdgefield last week for the killing of Edward Pressley, Sr. The Stale was represented by Attorney-General Earle md Solicitor Nelson. The case was given to the jory late Saturday after? noon. The first vote of the jury in .heir room disclosed the fact that eight of them were for morder, two for man? slaughter and two for acquittai. All subsequent balloting resulted io the same vote, until about eleven at night, when they announced that they could Dot agree, Judge Norton remarked to thea: 'Gentlemen, this ease has -1 ready cost the county a great deal, sod a mistrial woald add to the expense still more. You most find a verdict, go back into jour rooms, and if you eas agree any time during tbe night or to-morrow. Sunday, or at any time dur? ing oezt week, send for me.' At five min?tes to 4 Sonday morning, a com? promise verdict of manslaughter was agreed opon. Jones ws8 sentenced on the 16th to twenty-five years in the State Peniten? tiary at hard labor. Jones' counsel will carry the ease to the Supreme Court. The other cases against Jones, for the killing of Edward Pressley, Jr., sud Charles Pressley, have been contin? ued until next term. On Monday morning the case of the Culbreath lynchers was called, and a motion was submitted by prisooers counsel to quash tbe indictment. After hearing argument which consumed the entire day, the Jodge decided not to i}uasb. Counsel for the prisooers theo asked for time to prepare affidavits, apon which to base an argument for continuance. Thia request waa granted, and opon hearing the affidavits, a con tin nance was granted, and the case goes over to next August. The Greenville Neves says : It is very hard to understand the process of reasoning by which the jurors io tbe Jones case in Edgefield reached the conclusion that the priso? ner, who had shot down three men io cold blood in their own field, was guilty of nothing worse than manslaughter. After this verdict is it possible to bang a white man in Edgefield for any crime, however cowardly, cruel and deliberate? If it is not. is the lifo of any man, woman or child safe there ? What i.? the explanation? There must be something io the case not yet known to the public. It cannot be that io a county of intelligent aod honest people like Edgefield there is the same feeling of sympathy with murder that used to be among the Thugs of India. Yet this Jones case gives that impression. The practical working of Prohibition ia Rhode Island does not appear to give j satisfaction. Last week a memorial From tbe merchants and business men >f Providence, representing about (40.000.000, waa presented to the i jetterai Assembly asking for repeal of j I he prohibitory law. ' < Destructive Fire at Blackville. Two-thirds of tba tows of Blackville S. G., including tbe entire business portion, waa destroyed by fire yester day March 16th. A dispatch to the JVctc* and Courier says : The fire orig? inated shoat 1 o'clock in rear of the merchandise store of P. W. Farrell, and before it was discovered it bad gained considerable headway. The en tire town turned ont and worked hero ically, hot notwithstanding their efforts io a remarkably short time it bad spread to adjoining bail di ogs, and in lesa than half an hour almost the entire town was one mass of flames. To-night the en? tire portion of the towo esst of the rail? road ts one mass of ashes, twenty-seven booses having been consumed. Among toe buildings consumed were: P. W. Farrell and Martin & Soos, general merchandise stores, J. L. Boist's large brick grocery house, D K. Brigg's drug store, W. A. Jarret's general store, Simon Brown's new brick general store, Martin Heeler's grocery store aod bar. Brown's livery stable and handsome residence, the large ware house of the South Carolina Railway, half a dozen small stores and many residences. The depot was one of the few buildings io town that eseaped the raging flames. The loss is estimated at $200,000 ; insurance about $50,000. A Dreadful Disaster. An accident occurred Monday morn? ing on the Dedbam Branch of the Boston and Providence railroad, between Forest Hill and Rosindale, at what ia known as Bussey Park Bridge. The 7 o'clock train from Ped ham, consisting of seven cars and baggage ear, under charge of Conductor Tilden, broke through the bridge. Thc engine and three cars went over safely, but five others fell through the bridge to the road beneath, a distance of 30 feet. The last car, which was the smoker, turned complete? ly over and struck on top of the others, all being crushed almost out of shape. The cause of the sccident is said to bave been the breaking of the bridge. It is stated that the bridge is a compar? atively new one, and that the accident was caused by a truck of one of the ears giving away, causing the car to strike against the abutment of the bridge. The smoking car after it fell caught fire bot the fire department was prompt? ly OD baod and prevented any spread of the flames. The bodies of the dead have all been removed, and of the wounded some are at hospitals and some have been taken home. Tbs latest es? timate of the casolttes, is 32 killed and about 50 wounded. . That the horrors of fire were not added to thc terrible disaster was due to the promptness with which relief was sent. A chemical engine from Roslindale was at the scene within 20 minutes after the wreck occurred, brought hy a letter-carrier, who gave ao alarm of fire upon observing flames issoiog from the debris. The flames were soon extinguished aod the firemen then did excellent work in rescuing the injured. The stoves in all the cars were securely fastened, to the floors by iron bolts and the doors of the stoves were locked. In ooly one car did the ?tove upjet, although io one instance a ?tove was smashed clear tbrongh the roof of the car io which it had been. Southern Negroes Organizing. RICHMOND, March 14 -A movement. Hie of the most significant ever started imoog Southern negroes, is beiog or? ganized in this State, the leader in which is E. A. Randolph a prominent colored lawyer of this city. Io educa? tion, intelligence, aod social standing Mr. Randolph is far above the average sf his race. He announces that a Con? reo tion of colored men from all parts of thc State will be held in Danville the first week io Msy. The object of this Convention is to orgioize the colored men as independents politically, upon the principle of voting with the party only that will agree to advance the in? dustrial interests of the negro. Ile says in bis announcement : 'We have dealt too extensively in politics. Had we paid more attention to business and less to politics, to-day we would be ten thousand times better off. In States where we have paid more attention to business than to poli? tics our material wealth is much greater. The time has come when no one party. State or National, can ever again claim the solid colored vote. Mr. Cleveland's Administration bas put more real value on our citizenship than all of the pre? ceding Administrations since the war. We have a large number of intelligent voters who are ready and willing to cast their lot with any party in order to accomplish the mission referred to.' Randolph has visited every Southern State. The new organization purposes to be secondarily political, its first object being to advance the business in? terests of the negro. Hr. Randall's Speech. From the Congreitional Record. 'Mr. Chairman, my disposition on this occasion would naturally be to seek to promote good feeling and harmony here, so that the legislation before the House might be properly and promptly considered, but there are a few facts which I think it desirable to state. For a long time past the committee on ap? propriations bas been criticised as to the measures it has reported. It bas grown to be the fashion for the friends of pend? ing legislation, which bas failed to make a successful transit through the two Houses of Congress, to charge its fail? ure upon the committee on appropria? tions, and to say that that committee bas done this, that, or the other im? proper thing; and apart of my time during this session of Congress has been taken up in answering tbe letters of gentlemen in differeot sections of the country to whom some person or per? son*-of course I do not say any mem? bers of this House-bavo been kind eoongb to state that the reason why their particular measures could not be passed was some action of the commit? tee on appropriations. It is always very pleasant to have some one else to blame rather than one's self, but [ pro- j ( pose to show tba House that the mem? bers of the committee on appropriations do not deserve the criticism that hae been made upon them. Under an order of this House I in? vited members of that committee to meet here on the 22d of November last, with a view to having the appropriation bills ready io good time. I am not going to say whether gentlemen on the other lide responded with alacrity to that io? ri tat ion or not, bnt I will say that there were one or two exceptions that did itand out io bold relief. The commit? tee went to work and prepared the sun? bry civil appropriation bil!, reported it j -1- ^ md bad it passed through this House au the 9th day of December, after nearly a week's discussion. Such a thing had not been done for years certainly not during my period of ser? vice covering a quarter of a century. The bill went to the Senate. The Sen? ile retained it for forty-six days, sud mut it back here on thc 3rd day of February. 'I sought immediately to have amend? ments of the Senate non-concurred in so that time might be saved and the bill fro Immediately to conference. Hat the other side objected, and required tbe commitment of the bill to thc com? mittee on appropriations. When it came back from that committee I be? sought this House (and it agreed to the request) to take the bill up out of the order in which it appeared upon the calendar, so that it might be returned promptly to the Senate. The House, however, refused to save time and con? sider it in the House. We have been in conference several times on that bill, the controversy between the two Bouses being aa to four millions of appropria? tions for various objects. 'Next, to the fortification bill. The fortification bill reported last year is now in conference ; and when reported from the conference committee, it will be in such a shape, I hope, as to take the place of the bill for this year as last year. We have given dilligent atten? tion to this subject of armament; for you must know, Mr. Chairman, that there is no end to the schemes and plans on this subject; they are of every kind, and the amounts asked for vary from $5.000,000 to $75.000.000. 'The peosion appropriation bill has been passed. It is true there is yet to be passed another pension bill-that providing for pensions to soldiers of the Mexican war; but it will be remem? bered that the bill calling for those pen? sions has only recently become a law. 'The District of Colombia appropri? ation bill awaits final action in confer? ence. Tbe conferees are contending as to an enormous iocrease by tibe Senate, approaching ooe-balf million of dollars in connection with the government of this district, most of this sum being for the laying out of suburban streets and avenues, intended to add value to the real estate of property holders. Such procedure will necessitate large addi? tional appropriation. This is what the Houae conferees are contending against. 'The postoffice appropriation bill is in conference, there being a struggle be? tween the two Houses as toa subsidy, or what some of os characterize as such. 'As to the deficiency appropriation bill, that bas been reported to this House aa early as usual. Members un? derstand that we have to delay the com? pletion of this bill for the reason that we are in receipt almost daily of new estimation having application to that bill The deficiency bill is not behind, md I hope it will find a speedy passage through this House ooless those people abo want to secure appropriations in behalf of Pacific railroad claims and >ther claims ofthat character shall pre rent its swift transit. We may be re? quired to seek a suspension of tbe roles. 'Let os see bow matters stand as to this legislative appropriation bill now Qoder consideration. It bas been in this House, reported from tbe commit? tee on appropriations, for nearly a month. Is it tbe fault of the commit tee that it has not been taken np ? No. sir; it is the fault of this House. If tbe House bad been willing it could aave been taken up many days ago. The appeal has been frequently made :o members of this House OD all sides ;o take it up. 'One more point. An effort has >een made to belittle this House, and ?specially this side of the House, in ?oonection with legislation. While here have been omissions of legislation n eome directions, taken as a whole :u ts scope of legislation, this House >tand8 in most favorable light as corn? ered with past Congresses. It bas >laced upon the statute books more use ul legislation than I have ever known 0 be passed during any single session if Congress since I have been a mem >er. 'It will not do for (be other side to m der take to cast odium upon this side >f the House in that particular. This tide is in my judgment to be commend? ed by the people for its record in con? fection with straightforward, clean, lseful legislation, looking to promoting be best interests of the American people 1 ^aa? II [From our Regular Correspondent.J WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., March ll, 1887. Although the marble halls of the Capitol were deserted by our lawmakers 1 week ago, many of them still linger io Washington, and will continue here tor months to come. The Northern Representatives are loath to leave the mild climate of tbe Capital at this sea? son of the year, and are always dis? posed to remain here, Congress or no Congress 'until,' as one of them remark? ed, 'it thaws out at home.' Tbe air is still full of extra session talk. Democratic members of Congress ind others who have meaos of knowl? edge on the subject, do not now believe that the Fiftieth Congress will be call? ed together soon, but that an extra session in the early autumn is au evil that ought to be faced. Tbe House of Representatives that aas elected in November last, entered apon its official existence on the 4th, )f this month, and its members are DOW under pay. They are doing no ?ervice and without organization are ocapable of doing any. It is not JD til they have assembled, elected a ?peaker, and been arranged in commit ees, that they can enter upon the rork of legislation If Congress doe:? lot meet until the usual time in De? cember, in the light of many precedents ittle or nothing can be expected, of it intil the beginning of next year, for it s well known that no Congress bas tttempted to do any real work until if re r the holiday recess. An extra session is always unpopular ind the President is anxious, of course o avoid it but in order that some of he important legislation to come up luriog the next year may be matured n time, it is thought to be the only ilternative. Those whose counsel is requently sought at (he White House 1 low say that the contemplated extra tessiou would begin about the first of October and run along into the regular lession, and that the questions of reve iue and taxation would receive atten ion first. Another reason why it is deemed ex? pedient to make the Fiftieth Congress ake advantage of extra time is the fact bat the next year will be devoted j ? argi'ly to Provident making. Although . it seems bat yesterday since Mr. Cleve? land was inaugurated, yet. only fifteen months from DOW. wilt the National Convention be held to nominate his successor. The two great parties in Congress, when they assemble after the holiday recesss will be surcharged with politics, and every movement tbat is made at either end of the Capitol will have more or less reference to candidates and politics and the issues of the ensuing campaign. Between the friends of the Adminis? tration on the one hand, intent on maintaining its credit and vindicating its record, and the opponents of the Administration on the other, eager to disparage it io the confidence of the people-between combinations here and combinations there in the interest of the rival aspirants-the Capitol will partake far more of the character of an arena of partisan controversy than of serious and disinterested labor for the welfare of the country. Considering all this, the friends of the Administra? tion feel that thc President would be entirely justified in promoting the chances of legislation the public inter? est demand by the call of an extra ses? sion. President Cleveland's care and in* dnstry in reading all bills, great and small, and examining them personally before signing bis name to them, has been criticised as an nnnecessary as? sumption of labor on the part of the Chief Executive It is quite certain Mr. Cleveland has taken more pains in this respect than any of bis predeces? sors, and it cannot be said that any of his assistants ever wrote his signature to enacted laws. This responsibility be never delegated to a member of bis Cabinet even in the case of unimpor? tant bills. On the 4th of March, 1885, when Mr. Arthur and bis Cabinet arrived at the Capitol and entered the President's room where, on the tables, in large piles lay the bills to which hts signature was to be affixed, one pen for the Pres? ident was not enough. Half a dozen more pens were called for, the door was locked (the inauguration ceremonies were then waiting) and in a remarkably short space of time every one of the bills had Mr. Arthur's name to it. At the State Department where they can be examined, the signatures to the bills of that date show a variety of pen? manship. C. A. S Master Thoughts of Master Minds. This is the title of a book in poem and prose, which is being sold hy Mr. J. S. Rich? ardson, Jr., and which cannot fail to com? mend itself to all classes of readers. It is a collection of the most beautiful productions of more than two hundred of the world's master minds, forming a magnificent por? trayal of the grand achievements of writers who have won an imperishable fame. The aim and scope of the work, as stated in the preface, ts "to introduce all lovers of litera? ture into that charmed circle of great authors, and ask them to sit down with Homer, and Milton, and Pope, and Addison, and Lamb, and Shakespeare, and Dante, and Johnson, and Goethe, and others and partake of a feast," etc. The book con tai RS over 300 large sized pages, and is sold for $2. .mm? > i ? mm* The March Pansy opens with a capital story for hoys, written by Pansy herself, followed by another for girls, "Fretting Lettie," by Mary E. Metbeney, of Tarsus, Asia Minor. The leading stories, by Mrs. G. R. Alden (Pansy) and Margaret Sidney, possess un ns u al interest, with the sketch of Remarkable Women (Queen Victoria) with portrait and picture of the Queen's home in the Soonish Highlands, the poem for recita? tion, combining counsel with history, the shorter stories, sketrhes and verse, make up a number not to be excelled io reading for boys and girls, as well as the entire family. 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ALL PERSONS HAVING DEMANDS against the ?Town of Sumter/ except? ing Coupon Bonds, are requested to present same tor examination t'y Council, and pay? ment when audited and approved. By order of Council. CM. HURST, Mcb 17 ' *' ? Clerk and Treasurer. PETERKIN COTTON SEED. AFEW BUSHELS OF SELECTED Peterkin Cotton Seed for sale at 50 cents per bushel, by E. W. DA BBS. Apply at office of Mr. Rob't Witherspoon, Snroter, 8. C. March 12. 2 The cool winds chill tbe heart of the ice cart driver, aad be now sits shivering oo bia box, a bl oe cosed victim of despair; the striking words "use Dr. Boll's CougbSyrup'* stare bim in tbe face. Worth ita weight io gold, Salvation Oil 25 cts. "We dig our graves with our teeth" isa trite but true saying. Cbipman's Liver Pilli relieve indigestion, and cure contingent dis? orders, such as 3?ck headache, biliousness, etc., Tbey are purely vegetable ; mild and pleasant in their action. For sale by all druggists. Wonderful Cares. W. P. Hoyt <fc Cu., Wholesale ?nd Retail I Druggists of Rome. Ga., ray : We have been selling Dr. King'? Ncr Discovery.|Electric Bit ters and Bncklea's Arnica Salve for two year?. Have never handled remedies that sell AS well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have been some woiiderful cures effected by these medicines in this city. Several cases of pro? nounced Consumption have been entirely eared by use of a few hoi ties of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Kleciric Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold bj Dr. J. F. W. L>eL?nne. 1 Backten*? Arnica Salve* The Best Salve in th? wort J for Cults, Bruise? Sores. Ulcers, Sak Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Bands Chilblains, Cornu and all Skin Eruptions, and positively eure.? Piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25cents per box. For sale by J. F. W. De Lortoe. o THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., March 17, 1887. COTTON.-Aboot 15 bales were sold dur? ing the week ending tbe 17th. Tbe market closed firm. We quote : Ordinary 8 ; Good Ordinary 8$ ; Low Middling 8?; Mid? dling S}; Good Middling 9|. CHARLESTON, S. C., March 16, 1887. Corroa.-Market closed firm. Sales 200 bales. Quotations are: Strict Low Mid? dlings; Middling 9? : Strict Middling9$. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, CLERK k TREASURER'S OFFICE. SJMTEU, S. C., March 15, 1887. BIDS FOR OPENING, DIGGING AND completing Turkey Creek Canal, from Sumter to DingJe's Mill Pond, according to survey lately made, are invited, and all per? sons desiring to bid for said, work are re? quested to file their applications with the Clerk aod Treasurer by 30th inst., for exam? ination by Connell. Map and Profile of Turkey Creek Canal and adjacent lands can be seen at this office. Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids for same. By order of Council. C. M. HURST, Mch 17 Clerk and Treasurer. NEW SHOP. THE SUBSCRIBER would respectfully in? form the citizens of Sumter County, that he bas recently moved his shop from Wedge? field to the Town of Sumter, where he will carry on the business of WHEELWRIGHTING, BLACKSMITHING, and General Reparing. HORSE SHOEING a specialty. Will keep oo ha ad piping and fixtures for the repairing of Steam Engines, Pumps, etc. LOG CARTS built to order. He takes this opportunity to thank his frieods and the public generally, for the lib? eral patronage extended to bim while at Wedgefield, and hopes by close attention to his business, to merit a continuance of the same. Sbop on Liberty Street, near Mr. H. Barby's Livery Stables. RILEY W. BRADHAM. March 17, '87. BOOK-KEEPING. IDESIRE TO ANNOUNCE THAT I AM now forming a second class in "Double ; and Single Entry" Book-keeping, which will i commence the study on 28th inst. The curriculum will embrace a thorough course in practical hook-keeping by each method, including the Shipping and Commis? sion business, together with the method for changing books from Single to Double Entry. Young gentlemen desiring to enter upon the course are requested to confer with me as early as practicable, that the necessary booka may be obtained for their ose. J. D1GGS WILDER. Mch 17._ EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, SUMTJSR, S. C. O THE REGULAR EXAMINATION OF Teachers will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 1st and 2nd That for while teachers will be held on Friday in the School Commissioner's office, that for colored teach? ers will be held at the Lincoln School bouse on Saturday. Aside from tbe regular print? ed questions, teachers will be examined spe? cifically on Reading, Penmanship, and Or? thography. It is tbe sense of the Board of Examiners to avoid as far as practicable tbe granting of licenses to teach, hoping thereby to secure a higher standard of teachers. J. T WILDER, School Commissioner. Mch. 10, J8T._ PLYMOUTH BOCK E68S FROM LARGE AND HIGH SCORING Birds. The greatest Egg-prod ticing fowls known. Packed in nice baskets with covers. $2.00 per 13. WM HILL, West Point Mills, Feb. 24. 4 Charleston, S. C DISSOLUTION. THE FIRM OF H. HARBY k CO. HAS this day been dissolved by mutual con? sent. SOMTER, S. C., March 9, 1887. W. H. EPPERSON, H. HARBY, MARION MOISE, Mch. 10 NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL CONTINUE business under tbe name of H. Harby k Co. SCMTSR, S. C., March 9, 1887. H. HARBY, MARION MOISE. Mch. 10_ ~~ XOTIC E. ITAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING that I am io the employ of Messrs H. HARBY k Co., where I can always be found ready to take contracts for them as heretofore. W. H. EPPERSON. Sumter, S. C., March 9, 1887._ Ot u?H . nop wi jd . du uo 39Jj 1098 isi| 'Siooqps qivqqv? pu? S4q3jnq3 'ejaqouai oj innoosip ivpadg j -JHIJI isdi SA'wp st .jasBqojnd oj ?'aopvj auj mojj ?odJip sritqg '8iu<*uinjiguj 2mpa?i ?qi joj saiiunoQ g spojjuoa an o *g 'MUAIOJJ ?jjooi? s4u3[|v 'HO?OTIiH *B T \T uo n*> JO aili* ? YOHO HO OXYId T Ana noA mm Sale Pier Mortgage. 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 Harbv, dated October 1st, 1884, and recorded at page 745, Book 12, in Register of Mesne Convey? ance office for Sumter County, and the con? dition of said Mortgage and the Bond, which it was giveo to secure, having been broken, I will offer for sale at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, on Monday, the 4th day of April next, between the hours of ll A. M., and 3 P. M., on the Court House steps at Sumter, S. C., All that piece or tract of land in the cor? porate limits of the Town of Sumter lying on the Eastern side of Main 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 Marr Ano Singleton and West by Main Street, and measuring North and Sontb one hundred and fifty-fon r (?54) feet and East and West ninety-two (92 ) feet, all more or leas, HORACE BARBY, Mortgagee, March 10, 1887. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sondry Execution*, to me directed, witt be sold at Smiter C. H., on the first MONDAY and day following in APRIL next, 18*7, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : AU that tract of land, containing four hu?? 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 Brailsford and others, being the land convey? ed to Samuel W. Harrie, by J?mrs W Ed? wards, levied oe ?od to be sold as tfce proper-' ty of Samuel W. Barvin, u&der the execution of Augustus A. Solomon?, against Samuel. W. Hartin and Matilda Barvio, at tba risk of former pnrebaser. MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, March TO, 1387. -.- . MASTER^ SALE. State of South Carolina. SUMTER COUNTY, COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. Alexander Davis, Plaintiff, against Rose Brown, Defendant-Partition. BY VIRTUS of a decreta! order, made io the above entitled cause and dated March 8th, 1887, I will sell at public auction in front of tue Court House in the Town of Sum? ter, in said State, on Monday, April 4th, 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 lot or parcel of land in. the Town of Sumter, State and County aforesaid, con? taining one acre, more or less and bounded as fol Tows : On the North by lands of Abram Powell, on the East by lands of J. H. Dingle, on the South by lands of Alexander Davis, and on the West by lands of Thomas James, being part ef tract of Forty-two acres pur? chased by said Charles Dicks from Archibald Anderson and A. J. China in the year 1869." Terms-To be sold for ? sum not less than two hundred and seventy-five dollars-One half Cash ; the balance paid io one year, se? cured by bond and mortgage of said premises. Purchaser to pay for necessary papers, and for recording mongage. 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 James Broadway, Thelmas Broadway. Car? dine Gibson, and others. Defendants BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated March 5tb. 1887, I will sell at public auction io fro nt of the Court House in the Town of Sum? ter in said State, on Monday, April 4tb, 1887, (or day following, 1 between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock io 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 bj lands now or formerly of James G. Tisdale and loseph S. Tisdale, of Henry Rogers and by land lately of Alfred E. Broadway and by land of Oliver Hodge, now deceased." Terms of sale-So much bf tbe 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 oo 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 Caroina, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. CJias. F Heiser. Plaintiff, against John H. Nichols, Defendant BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above entitled cause, and dated March 5th, 1887. I will sell at public auction, in front of the Court House, in tbe Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, April 4th. 1887. (or day following) between the hours of ll o'clock in tbe forenoon, and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : "AU that lot, piece or parcel of land situ? ate in the County of Sumter and State of Sooth Carolina, designated as lot No. 3, on general plat of the lands of Estate of R. B. Carri deceased, made by James D. M elli wain, D. S.t- and dated 2nd December A. D. 1874. ?aid lot No. 3, containing one hundred and twenty-three acres and bounded on the North by lands now or formerly of Josiah Hayos* worth ; on the East by lot No. 2 on said gen? eral plat : on the South by lot No. 4, on said general plat, now lands of Jacob Campbell ; on the West by lot No. 5 on said general plat, now lands of W. 0. Cato. Terms of sale-One third Cash, foe balance on a credit ot one year with interest from day of sale to be secured by the bond of the pur? chaser and a mortgage of the premises. With tbe option to the purchaser to pay all Cash. Purchaser to pay for ail necessary papers and for recording mortgage. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, March 20. . Master. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina . SUMTER COUNTY. IN THK COCBT or 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 the Town of Sum? ter, in said Sta'ie, on Monday, April 4tb, 1887, (or day following) between the hours of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the buildings thereon, containing 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. Tallou ; on the East by lands formerly of Jesse P. Smith, and on the South by lands formerly of Jesse P. Smith, and on tbe West by lands formerly of J. W. Hawkins; the same being 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 oalance 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 io Cash. The nurchaser to pay for necessary papers and for recording the mortgage. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, March 10. Master. Foreclosnre Under Power ef 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 tecorded at page 770, Book 12, in Register of Mesne Con? veyance office for Sumter County, and the condition of said Mortgage and the Bond, i which it was given to secure, having been broken, I will offer for sale al 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 tbe Court House steps at Sumter, S. C . AU that piece, parcel, or tract of land in Sumter County and State aforesaid, containing seventy acres more or less, and bounded North by lands of J. R. Cain, A. M. Cain and Eunice M. Mel? len, East by lands of the estate of R. B. Cain, South by lands of 6. F. Mellett, and West by lauds of A. J. China. AMANDA IV-MOISE, Executrix of Estate of Ben j. F. Moise, dee'd. Sumter, S. C.. February, 21 'lt. "- 3 New Advertisements, ?NOW,4?HBJUM bodsbeftt it T?^??r yocnf and That F<X*Tt,Lam?udtm?& IB Tb* ,11, At J? rt i pr ?? Rr call, ?E*' With *T?ry trocble.ache W cr pain, . Thatfo?owaintfee?M<ma tate, WlU scatter like tb? tMeras of nicht Before * drascht of Bataan icfctaW MEXICAN WAR SUBilVOIS Or their Widows. New Pensiojx Law. Apply at once for blinks and fnlt information. Twenty years' experience. Beat reference?. Successor no fee. R MCALLISTER, Ja., At torcer-at-Law, P. O. Box 493, Washing. ton, D. C._ ri ADVERTISERS.-Lowest Rates for advertising in 1 OOO good newspapers sent free. Address GEO. P. ROWELL ? CO., 10 Spruce St., N Y._ lal: ymir retailer for Om Jasse* Keans* ttAifc tn at io? t rir?l?i? reconiQendfcfcnoe Co?u ia order* w ?ak? ? larger profit Tai? ia toa orisrina.1 $3Siwje. Bewarf?OTisttatioae-?fett?a* knowledge their own L.ftr?or?ty by a/t?i jX?a? to band coon the repetition of tbeorlgteaL . Kooe Genuine ?alean hew ring ihls BttUBSh JAMES MEANS' ?>*^ S3 SHOE. iC /^"^fl Mode in TrnT?nn Ti na ii- and f*- ?Lac*. C?frsuk. -gaea K?. \\-? ? ^w?J?-?a?; Apostateae* m VY -MMiStanarwiB hnncyoafa* \yf/ fnrmatioohowto?et tala ?f ^*|^ territory*"7 .* Onr celobratedfactory HB?neea ii MMp I U-HlJ of Shoes of dis jrade than any other taetcry ia th* ?world. TbotwaiH?? who wear them affl tett yan the rra^.ntfyom?k fhon. J A .HES MIUXW fra SHOE for Boy?is unapproaetted fa ftoab?Mryv^ SEND US A POSTAL CAm $25,000.00 INGOLD! VOL BS Pi? TOB ARBOCKLES' COFTEEfBAPPM 1 Premium, . - $1,000.00 2 Premiums, . . $300.00 each 6 Premiums, . $250.00 M 23 Premiums, . . ' $100.00 ' '? : 100 Premiums, '.' $50.00 * 200 Premiums, . $20.00 u 1,000 Premiums, $KMX> w . For fall particulars and dfaeicUuar rae CXrcu iarin erery potmd of AUCCIUD' Curraa. Room to Bent* AROOM OVER OUR STORE, 8UITA bte for an Office or bed-room. Feb 17 BULTMAN * BRO. TO RENT. * . .* ? AFIVE-ROOM ED COTTAGE, with all necessary out-buildings, all in complote repair. Price $10 per month. May ll_H. H ABBY. TO BENT. LARGE DWELLING, corner Liberty and Harrie .Streets, next door to the Baptist Church. Suitable for. private Boarding House. Possession given January 1st. Apply to R. D. LEB. Nov. 30.__ Lois ef Lots in BisiepYilk FOB SAL?. ^ BUSINESS SITES NEAR THE D?P0T. Building Lots in desirable situations. Apply to A. F COUSAR. Dec. 14_o_ A. B. STUCKEY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUMTER, S. C. OFFICE IN REAR ROOM OF BUILD* ing occupied by Hay ns worth 4 Cooper. Jan. 27._ ?". ,-.-' $1~ aJNO. T. GREEN. Attorney' and Counsellor at SUMTER, C. H., S.3C. : ^W*Collection of claims a specialty. June 20._a??v?-?; D. Ba ANDERSON Attorney at Law. SUMTER, S. C. Will practice in adjoining counties. Collecting made a specialty. SOUTER MARBLE WORKS, ESTABLISHED IN 1889. w. p. slim WHO IS STILL PREPAREE* WITH' Improved Facilities* TO FURNISH MONUMENTS, HEABSTOKS, All SiaAs of Otmtttry Watit, In First Class Workmanship. Dec. 21._j BKS J A MIX GREIG. C. G. JCATTMW*. ?REI6 & MATTHEWS. Facto and Coiiissioii MA Liberal Advances tm Shipments. Adgers North Wharf, ; J CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 14._?_ THE SUMTER . HIGH SCHOOL FOR ROYS, . .r.: Affording superior advantages io ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, and the CLASSICS, will reopea MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1886. L. W. DICK, ) V Principals. A. c. MCINTOSH, J * TUITION-From $2 to $5 per month. BOARD-with the principals, $12 per mo. For further information apply to PRINCIPALS SUMTER HIGH SC?Q0L, 1 Lock Box No. 49K Aug3-v_Sumter, S C. MEXICAN PENSIONS, ICAN GIVE FROM ORIGINAL Dis? charge Roll of Company A, Palmetto Regiment, details of service. necessary to] draw Pensions under the late Act of Congress. Feb. 3._h D. BLANDiNG. ' Estate ff Rekt. IkCa*^?MT? IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE Ot PROBATE for Samt? County on tbe 18to, day of March, IB&7, for a Final Drscbarft! as'Guardian of aforesaid StlaU). - ? - HAZI GARV, Feb 17w-4t,_ y ggjgjjajg Estate *f Isaac Keels, Sr* Jee% IWILL APPLY TO JUDGE QJ? PRO bate of Sumter County on Varen 18th, 1887 for a 6nai discharge a? Administratrix of aforesaid; S*l*>. -\r. : *t SALLIE L. KlBLSt Feb 17, 1887. AdmiafctrstfU- ? hoaBlai _ fUoaraaUMOStti