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CJK Sattem au?> 5OU?|IOT^ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. Thc' Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in J866. The Watchman and Smthron now has the combined circulation and influence of both* of tbe bid papera, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Samter. * Attention Advertisers. The Watchman and Southron will hereafter be published on Wednesday, and advertisements shoold be sent in not later than Tuesday afternoon. Changes of contract advertisements must bc made Monday morning. THE AJB2EVTLLB PBBSRNT ..v:^'^. iiBN*r. -~ The Presentment of the Abbeville Grand Jury-which will be found on oar fourth page, together with some newspaper comajents thereon-has at? tracted general cot ice from tbe State pre*?, and while a majority of the com ?enta we have seen rail to agree with tbe Abbeville Jury, the general opin? ion acema to be that thc discussion cf tbe mattera touched upon will do no hann and may result in some good. Unfortunately it is easier to find fault than it is to provide remedies, and it appears to us that the remedy sug? gested by the Abbeville Jury is liable to as serious objections as are the evils complained ot After having condemn? ed our present lawa together with the stakers and expounders thereof, the Jory should have gone further and in? dicated where the committee of 'learned sen9 are to be obtained. We only propose, at this time, to call v tbe attention of our readers to the Pre-, sentirent, withou t going into a criticism cfit osraelves. There is sufficienrfood ia it for individual thought, and among the most impressive is the importance of . a better education of the masses in or. der that 'he who reads may understand/ and tbe necessity to select me? for pub? lic positions solely on account of their fitness and qualification. A CORRECT VIEW OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. A recent letter Secretary Whitney concerning official removals in his de? partment, has been interpreted to..mean that tie Republican clerks shall be re? tired. Tnis is the kind of interpreta? tion that a good Democrat believes ought to be given to any order concern? ing tbe offices/ -It is bis belief that it wwttld net only be In 'conformity with justice, but .that the public service would be improved by turning the ras? cals ont and putting honest Democrats tn their places. The fastidious Mugwump does not in? cline to this view. He thinks that civil service reform requires that a lot of old mossbacks should be kept in of? fice for life, sad therefore he is alarmed at the interpretation of the Secretary's letter which construes it as .meaning . that tbe Republican hangers-on are to be bounced REVILING THE PRESIDENT AH? TOADYING ROYALTY. A poaon who is mentioned as being J Rev. Dr; B: F- Dc?eafia, of New York, is represented to ' bs,ve made nae'of - -thc following expression thc other day : Let me ask what b there in the rec- \ ord of the President*^ entitle bim to give tbe flags back ? Rave--!*?.parti? sans ever introduced a liac?e?evidenee, te snow that be CV?V cared a. sixpence j for thc flag daring the war? It is te be aapposed that De Costa weald be willing to credit James G Biaise with great care for the flag dor-, tag tbe war, but in scuding a substitute the tattooed patriot didn't do more for tbe national emblem than Cleveland did who also furnished a proxy to do his fighting. But there was this difference : Cleveland's substitute is not known to have deserted, as was thc case with Blaine's, nor was he as fortunate as the thrifty Maine man in having the money be paid for his proxy refunded. This same De Costa, who showed his willingness to asperse tho President of tbe United States, appeared as one of the leading characters io the Victoria jubilee ceremonies tn New York on Tuesday evening of last week. Ile of? fered up the prayer in behalf of ber Majesty. His fulsome adulation of thc oppressors of otd Ireland was in strik? ing contrast to bis scurrilous reference to tbe chief magistrate of the country that oilers an asylum to the oppressed of all nations. THE VICTORIA JUBILEE. Tbe people of England have been bating a big time celebrating thc fiftieth anniversary of Queen Victoria s reign. It was made the occasion for one of liveliest demonstration that English his? tory bas ever witnessed, and from ap? pearances it may be believed that those who engaged io it were really sincere in their rejoicing over the long contin? ued rule of their sovereign. Bot apart from the fact that Vito? ria's personal conduct has been a g ?od deal more deeent than that of aoy of ber predecessors, there is nothing else connected with her that could furnish a good reason for all this jubilation. It is trae that during the last fifty years Kuglaod has made great advancement j both in ber political and material con? ditions, bat it is not ito be attributed to any influence the Queen exerted over public affairs. It was the progressive spirit of her people, affecting the action of ber ministry, that has brought about a cbasge for thc better. As a mere figure-bead in the government the Queen did as little to promote the for? ward movement as she could have done to prevent it, if such had been her dis? position. Sovereigns don't connt for much any more tn England except for purposes of display and to draw their salaries, which are vastly out of pro? portion to the service rendered. Admitting that she possesses some good characteristics, itr would be useless to attempt to disguise the fact that Vic? toria is an extremely selfish person. She has never allowed ber exalted po? sition to interfere with her avaricious pursuit of the main chance which has been the accumulation of a vast private fortune. While thousands of her sub? jects have Buffered from abject poverty she bas gone on drawing millions for herselfand for ber children who have been entirely useless to the State, and, if what is said of their appearance is true, are not even ornamental. Al? though tn the enjoyment of the most lavish pay, her expenditures by which she might have made souse return for the liberality of her people, were of a positively niggardly character. But notwithstanding these defects she is a decent person, which is remarkable for an English sovereign, and the feet that a reputable character had reigned over their country for fifty years may hare been sufficient cause for the Eng? lish people to get up their mammoth jubilee. WHO IS TUTTLE? This blood-thirsty 'boy in blue,* who has recently been writing himself down an ass in capital letters is a renegade from the D?mocratie party, and in 1863, when he was nominated for Governor of Iowa, the soldiers of that State showed very plainly what they thought of b*m. Out of 1,657 votes cast by the six Iowa regiments, Tuttle received hoi forty nine. Such is the man who now boasts of his .loyalty* and threatens to 'snub and insult' Mr. Cleveland if he attends the Grand Army encampment in St. Louis, because he is a 'Copperhead President.' The respectable members of that Order will nndonbtly, one and all, endeavor to obliterate the insult to the Grand Army offered by Tuttle tn bis outra* genus tirade against the chief executive of the nation. Such contemptible con? duct on the part of a mean spirited partisan and tool of claim agents will prove a boomerang, for it will inspire the citizens of St Louis and honorable Union veterans to make the reception to President Cleveland more resplendent than was at first intended. The S. C. Collega, - Dr. McBryde will retain the Presi? dency of the South Carolina College, as was announced in the College Chapel on the 22nd by Gov. Richardson. Speaking of Dr. McBryde yielding to the request of thc Board of Trustees to retain the Presidency, the Colombia Record says : *Tbe enthusiasm which followed Governor Richardson's statement, in the College chapel yesterday, that Dr. McBryde would retain the Presidency of the institution will be heartily shared by every friend of education in South Carolina. The announcement of Dr. McBryde's resignation j some weeks ago, was received with deep regret, because everybody realized how bard it would be to fill bis 'place, and bow important to the State it ts to have the College in bands like his. Doubtless Dr. McBryde's yielding to ibe* request of the Board of Trustees, to reconstWhifrwUlidraval, involves some sacrifice of persswal -and professional interests. * But it is gratifying tb know that tn no other field could he aecom pTtshweusaneo good as right here io the South'CaroTma Ou?ege. The institu? tion is to-day better equipped ibr the splendid work that lies before it than at any time in its history. Tim Battons! Traveller's Protec? ts Association. The Fifth Anneal Convention of the Travellers' Protective Association of the United States met in St. Louis on the 21st instant. The principal amend? ments to tho constitution which were discussed at the Convention were the admission to membership of merchants employing com me rei al travellers, the adoption of a life insurance feature and making the president a salaried officer. The amendment proposed by E. C. Green, State president of the South Carolina division, grants an insurance certificate to any active member of the T. P. A. not over 55 years of age and in pood bodily health; provides for levying an assessment of 50 cents oo each member of the insurance class, to be paid to the beneficiary, the benefit, however, being limited to $2 500, and states the manner in which applications shall be made and by whom approved. The plan by R. F- Somerville, presi? dent of the Ohio division, gives mem? bers of thc insurance class $3.000 io case of death, ?1.500 in case of the loss of a limb or total disability, and ?15 per week in case of sickness or accident. Only members in good standing and of sound bodily health, between the ages of 18 and 45, are admitted to the in? surance class, provided that ail applica? tions are accompanied by a medical cer? tificate from the regular medical ex? aminers appointed by the State division director?, and a fe* of ?5. Amounts paid during life for disability are de? ducted from thc death benefit. For the payment of benefits an assessment of ?1 upon each member is to be made The St. Louis Republican of 21*t in stant contained the likenesses and a short biographical sketch of thc officers of the Travellers' Protective Associa- ! tion of the United States. The follow? ing is what is said of our fellow-towns man, Capt. E. C. Green : Ellis C. Green, president of the South j Carolina division, xvas born at Monroe j City, Mo., August 20, 1836. In 1857 ! he removed to Charleston, S. C , where he resided many years, removing later ? 1 to Sumter, hts present residence. ! j When the war began he entered the Confederate service as second lieutenant of the Fifth South Carolina cavalry, and afterward became quartermaster of Hampton and Butler's cavalry. He ; began the labor of commercial drum j ming in 1857. and has been so conspicu : ourdy successful that, notwithstanding ! " s rough edges &od bard experiences, I he is still on the road, travelling now for Witz, Beidler & Co., of Baltimore. Mri Green is so active and untiring a man, and looks so robust, joting and j full of health that it is bard to realize ! he has a son who ts a member of the T. ! P. A., and the father and son make a ; team which is hard to beat among the 1 commercial tourists of the New South. \ Mr. Green will be heard from during ; the deliberations of the convention. The Issues of the Day. Henry Watterson, the great Ken? tucky Democrat and editor of the Lou ? isvilie Courier-Journal, made a speech at the Kentucky State convention in [ which he rounded up tbe gang in the i following terse language : Fellow Democrats : We have stum? bled upon times which, if they do not try men's souls, are enough to nauseate dogs. {Laughter.] Turn whichever way you will, it shall go lucky with you' if yon do:not stick your nose in a bottle of patenjt medicine prepared for the re? generation of mankind. The sir is full of nostrums. There is the protection i ists* wonderful iron tonic for making men rich by taxation. [Great laugh? ter.] There is thc mug warn ps* civil service elixir for purifying the system and perpetuating liberty by the aristoc? racy of office upon the ruins of a repre? sentative government. [Cheers.] There is fraud's own pauper patriotic liniment, which proposes to exterminate vaga? bonds by making every tramp a pen? sioner. [Cheers and continuous laugh? ter,] and which we should have actually had administered to us but for the fly which Grover Cleveland dropped io to the first box of ointment submitted to his inspection. [Renewed cheering] There is that delicious, sugar-coated, double compound educational capsule, which is to be given to every little nig? ger tn the land before he goes to bed, and when he gets up in the morning he shall come forth a scholar and a gentle? man. [Prolonged cheering ] And then there is a Fox's universal renovation, and social, moral and political cure-all, the teetotal prohibition porous plaster, [laughter,] which will stick to you like a brother, (laughter,) and which is ex? pected to convert every drinking saloon into a temple of worship and to re-peo? ple the land with a new race of red nosed angels. [Laughter and applause.] I am against each and all of these quack remedies, [laughter], and against the gang who is in favor of any one of them, [applause], and more particularly against bim if he claims to be a Dem? ocrat. "Right" is Right. We have heard a great many com? ments during the past week on the com? munication from Antioch io reference to the county subscription to the C. C. & C. R. R., and they all agree that "Right" is right in his views, and that not a bond should be issued by the county until the officials of the new road give a good bond to complete the road to Sumter within a specified time. Our people expected to have a competi? tive line when they voted for the sub- i scription and that is what they still want, or co bonds should be issued. Stand by the terms of the subscription and no question will be raised by our people.-Camden Journal. Candientes For West Point. WASIIIXGTON, June 28, 1887,-The report of tbe Academic Board on the results of the entering June examina? tions at the West Point Military Acad? emy has been received at the War De? partment. It shows that of the 183 candidates for admission to tho acad? emy, including alternates, 12 were rejected by the Medical Board on ac? count of physical disability, 35 by the Academic Board because of mental disqualification and 30 failed to report for examination, leaving 106 candi? dates who were found fit for admission to the academy. The percentage of candidates rejected because of mental disqualification is said to be very low as compared with preceding years. All of the candidates-at-iarge, who are nominated by the President, succeeded in passing the examinations. Congressman Elliott gives notice that an examination will be held in this city on the 21st of July for the appointment to West Point from the 7th Congression? al District, the successful competitor at the last examination having failed to re? port.-News and Courier. There is still a vacancy at West Point for the Sixth District. Mr. E. O. Ingram, the appointee, failed to pass by two points. Seventy points were re? quired, and Mr. Ingram made 68. He may apply again. It is to be hoped he will, and that the oext time he will be successful. Mr. Ingram has the ability, and his failure to pass was due more to accident, than lack of merit. If he tries again, he will succeed.-Manning Times, 2M. A Bad Mesj at Walhalla. Tuesday morning June 21 at 3 o'clock, the office of the Keoicee Courier and thc law offices of Messrs. Keith, Verncr, Gibson and Dendy, at Wal? halla, were destroyed by fire, nothing being saved except a few books from the office of Maj. Dendy. There is evidence that the fire was of an in? cendiary origin. On Tuesday afternoon two white men na'med Morgan and Haly were arrested at Walhalla charged with be? ing implicated in the writing and circu? lation of slanderous and threatening anonymous letters. Morgan is a rail? road hand and Haley is thc depot agent. The arrests were the results of a long course of investigation of mysterious letters which have been dropped about thc town from tiuic to time, some of them containing obscene matter and 'he vilest charges against some of thc best people there of both sexes. Other letters contained threats. While Judge Kershaw was holding court in Walhalla he received one of these let? ters threatening him with the vengeance of the writer if he should decide a a certain case in a certain way. Morgan aud Haley made statements and were released. Afterwards Sadler, a night watchman, a man uaoiod Hodge, an engineer, and ouc Hunter, all white, were arrested and lodged in jail. It is believed that the burning of the Keoicee Courier office was one result of the same matter as papers in thc case were supposed to be kept in a law office in the Courier building. ---a?- i-. ? The Daniel Pratt Gin. E. F. Hoyt still selig the Daniel Pratt Gin, well known as one of the best. 3ie is alff Agent for the G-iser 5!;inuf?c ?wring Company; manufacturers of the "Peerless Engines^ and other machinery. Letter Prom Greenville. Editor Watchman and Southron: This is a magnificent country ! God io Nature, has been lavish of charms aod benefactions. The Goddess of Beauty sits enthroned on a thousand hills, whose emerald slopes ware in obeisance their nodding plumage, while at , her feet the verdant valleys nestle and smile ; . mean dering along their, sequestered way the rippling streams make softer melody in her ears, Mending with the mellow roar of waters flowing down their rocky beds, the lullaby of her evening slumbers of peace ; the mountain zephyr, redolent with the breath of morning, kisses her crimson lips and roseate cheeks, as she opens her eyes again to behold the beau? ties and glories of ber kingdom. This ts the picture of beauty that greets our eye, ana brings forth praise and thanksgiving from the heart, as we look up in adoration from Nature to Nature's God. But the Divine benefactions of a more prac? tical and material character are no less bounti? fully bestowed. Here are no mysterious ma? larias, nor tainted atmospheres, burdened with ncxions exhalations, breathing their pes? tilential ills to flesh and blood, but tba balmy breath of the pure mountain breezes which spread the bl trabes cf health upon the youth? ful cheek, give vigor to sturdy manhood, and strength to the steps of age. {we have a neigh? bor, now advancing beyond eighty years wbo says be was never sick and knows nothing about bodily pain ] Here is a soil and cli? mate so well poised in mediety, that ali the rich and luscious products of nature's laboratory, which nourish in this God-blest Son them clime, may be made to cluster in abundant luxuriance, while king cotton reigns in his fleecy fields, bis charming helpmeet, ceres, sways ber golden sceptre, in the rich harvests of June and October, and there is "bread for the eater and seed for the sower. [That is, if our farmers would give more of their devo? tion to the queen and less to the king.] Fruit and vegetables, fish and fowj-easy, tooth some, esculent-find their full maturity, while flowers of every hue and fragrance may bad and blossom around the dear altars of borne. We say, in its natural beauties and capaci? ties, this is a magnificent country. And those who inhabit and inherit it, are not blind or insensible to their surroundings. The germs of colossal wealth, under the natur? al laws of accretion, are forming their nuclei, where the spirit of progress and the liberated spirit of enterprise will concentrate them. We live and have our being here, in our mere physical existence, in the midst of the musical hum and life-giving inspiration of the bosy factory life. The whit and whirl of the spindle greet our early morning hour, for here we are, in the very midst of the opera? tions of the steadily developing Reedy River Manufacturing Company, so nicely and suc? cessfully managed by Mr. J. 0. Charles. If we go seven miles North to Greenville city, the curling smoke from the steepled furnaces of Camperdown and If&gueoot, greet our eyes, while one's ears are sa? luted with the din and clatter of their ex? tensive machinery driven by the whirling water-power ; and this, too, in the midst of many minor works of manufacturing interest, and a still projected establishment more elaborate, for tbe making of finer cotton cloth. If we travel 8 aod 10 miles south of west, the massive walls and lengthened sides of Pied? mont and Pelzer, on the banks of the Saluda, rising in the midst of undulating streets, lined with the whited cottage homes of the more than a thousand inhabitants, greet onr admiring view, and impress ns with a sense of the rising fortunes of our lately war-wrecked State. Over Piedmont and Camperdown that prince of cotton factory managers, Col. H. P. Hummel, wields his seemingly almost-magic wand. If we move ten mu.s South, old Fork Shoals, with ber foamy flow of miniature cascades, turns again busy wheels where the crude lint comes out more than trebled the value it had when it came from the producer's band. If we.hie our way ten miles a little north of east, there again Batesville and Pel? ham (like Reedy River, here,) pioneers in this wonderful Wealth-producing industry, keep up the steady zig-zag of the loom and swift glide of the shuttle, as they move on in the even tenor of their wtll-directed way. And now, a little below, the waters of the Enoree, so long wasting their powers in wearing away their rocky beds and cllfced sides, are to move the monster machinery that is to rise and hum to the click of half a million of vest? ed money. Yes, thia is a country magnificent in its outspread scenes of natural beauty and rising wealth and importance. [Ob, what a wither? ing pity, that the whisky-devil should be turned loose in such a county as-the hydra beaded monster, with cloven foot, to make and leave his tracks of blood, tears and deso? lation in the midst of so fair a heritage as this.] The product and manufacture of cot? ton combined, on the same soil, as the busy wheels of the world's business now mores, is the most rapid wealth-producing combination amid them all. lt was the single-handed manufacture of cotton, alone, that in a few decades, gathered and centered at Fall River, an aggregation equaling, nearly the whole commonwealth. Let us superficially glance at this marvellous combination. We will say, without claiming to approximate the ex? act figures, that Greenville county produces 20,000 bags of cotton, and for toe- sake of round numbers, we will estimate this at $50 per bale, or $1,000,000. Now let us suppose, without knowing accurately, that the manu? factured value is three times greater than the crude staple, and we have $3,000,000 of or? ganic, orcreated wealth, instead of $1,000,000. And let us understand that money increased by speculation, or in mercantile pursuits, by the buying and selling of commodities, is not creation of organic wealth, and that thia is only created or realized organically as it comes from the earth. Thc cotton being made from the soil and manufactured on the soil, before it is shipped to the world's market, is as though it were all digged from the soil ; but the change of its condition on the soil en? hances its value, as we will say, from one to three. Now let this wonderful combination be surrounded by a natural growth of mer? cantile and commercial pursuit, with the other elements of a growing community, and you have the grandest combination on earth for the accumulation of population and wealth. Greenville city seems to be moving forward, in beal thy equilibrium, in the gathering of these combinations-the manufacturing enter? prise keeping pace with the mercantile ad? vancement, her public-spirited banner-leaders seeming to comprehend this analysis of steady growth and development, without the effort to "boom," but to suffer the prostrating col? lapse. And she seems to be tbe centre where the commercial alluvium from many outside streams and currents issettling. Those corn mer? dai communities that carry forward with them the great manufacturing interest, are those which are to keep pace with the New South, while those which neglect this, must be left behind. Greenville, too, is dotted with churches and school houses, while the city is drawing close in her etnbracements these great sister hund-maidens of stability and progress. The farming interest, alone, seems yet to be fettered with shackles which impede its pro? pres? and keep it in the rear of the advancing coltimns. But this interest, too, is rising, and must and will assert itself, since here lies the foundation of the whole grand superstructure. The fanners are working up to their interests, and le?ruing wisdom tn the school of adver? sity, and experience. Fostered and nurtured and sent forth by the Church of Christ, the Prohibition senti? ment, too, is oinking rapid strides, and ere long the paralyzing, energy-destroying, with? ering tracks, where whiskey flows, will be dried up, and give place to healthy currents, which shall mingle with the great arterial system which will give full vigor to body of progress. So mote it be-Amen 1 A. A. GILBKRT. ~^mm^~ -?-.>- mm i - In General Debility, Emaciation? Consumption and wasting in children, Scott's Emulsion ot Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypo phosphites is a most valuable food and medicine. It creates an appetite for food, strengthens the nervuus system, and builds lip the body. Please read : "1 tried Scott's Emulsion on a young man whom Physicians at times had given up. Since he began nsing the Emulsion, his cough has ceased, gained i flesh and strength, and from all appearances I his life will be prolonged many years. I have been in Hospital Service for the past twenty years, and never have used any pre? paration with greater satisfaction."-John Sullivan, Hospital Steward, Reform School,, M organza, Pa. Hope's Mixture, an infallible cure for Dysentery, Diarrhoea and Summer Complaint, for sale at G. S. Sealy's, Drug Store, under ? .Music Hall. Letter from Bishopville. BrsiiopmLE, ST. C., June 22, ISSY. Mr. Editor : As your correspondent at this place seeras to have forgotten yon, and has written you nothing for some time; andas perhaps an occasional dot from our recently booming, or rather, blowing section and Burg might interest some of your num . ons readers, I will venture a short squib which yon can give space to in your columns or consign to yonr waste basket as yonr better judgment may dictate. The all-absorbing thought of this coromu I nitj at this time is the low, cowardly and in ; famous act, by some most degraded sneak ; and moral leper or lepers, of burning the1 j Baptist Church on last Saturday night. Low and cowardly-because none but those who ! hare sunk to the lowest in the scale of human ! i degradation, and who disgrace the human family, could or would resort to such foul and j disgracefol means to gratify petty personal spite. None but a fiend or fiends of the deep? est dye would consent to injure a whole Church or a whole community, for the pur- ? pose of reaching and injuring a few, maybe imaginary, enemies. This, as I have said, is the. all-absorbing thought ; but rather re? markable and very unusual, it seems not to be the all-absorbing topic of conversation. So far at I have heard, or can learn, very little is said about the burning. This, to the minds of some, at least, is quite indicative that local public opinion is satisfied as to the cause and motive of the act, and probably, also, as to who the vile perpetrators are. The theory was at once suggested and given out that the Church was burnt by a meteor which fell an hour or two before the burning, and the light of which was quite vivid and brilliant over a large area of the country. That is rather an extraordinary, "far-fetched," and exceed? ingly weak theory-advanced apparently with a-tbin and transparent motive. The inference naturally is, that there is a desire and effort j to impress the public mind that the burning by a falling meteor-fire from Heaven-was & visitation of the wrath of God for the wick? edness of the Church-and further and deeper, I very probably, to avert suspicion from those who might be suspected. One feeling so much interest in the matter could have very easily ascertained by a little inquiry of those who first reached the fire, that there was un? mistakable evidence of incendiarism and no evidence of thefalling of a meteoric body-that it was not a visitation of wrath by fire from Heaven, but was beyond question a visitation of the devil by the hand of a subtle agent, or agents. The originator and promulgator of this mystic or lunatic theory is not positively known to the writer; but J have heard of one officious character who seems to be industri? ously advancing this idea, especially among the less thinking element of the people. Some men are very wise in their own conceit, bot are not as wise as they would have others be? lieve, and do not-gull the average miadas easily and completely as they wish and some? times imagine they do. The cotton crop of this section is in good condition aad promising-but this is not the time to weigh the cotton and measure the corn crops as some farmers and correspond? ents are disposed to do-some no doubt inno? cently, as judgment and forethought is lack? ing with them, others with a motive, I fear. There is but little io a fine and forward Spring crop. They often, through disaster, turo out poorly, and vice versa. The last quarter is always the time to win a race. We have been without rain a little over two weeks, up to yesterday, wheo the showers began and now we have bad a good season. This little dry snap has been, I think, of material advan? tage, by its giving the opportunity to thor? oughly clean the crops, and preventing a too luxurious growth at the season. The luxu? rious or extra growth has to be supported through tbe growing acd bearing season, and necessarily exhausts the manures rapidly, and is therefore detrimental to a heavy or full y;eld. June 26. Since writing the above I see by your last issue that one of your correspondents has come to life. Hope he or she will keep awake and give you the views. I have also learned that our Burg is about to start on the boom again. Three new stores are soon to be erect? ed, by Messrs. J. L. Parrott, R. E. Carnes, and J- E. Buskin. Also that the Baptists will go to work at once and build a Church in the village, if they can obtain a suitable lot. Success to all the enterprises. Yours, Now /SD THEN. - mm * i ' - ' Smithville Items. SMITHVILLE, S. C., June 25, 1887. Mr Editor : The severe drought in this sec? tion was broken on Tuesday by a nice rain. Crops are now looking very well, with the ex? ception of early crops and gardens which are badly injured by the dry weather. Corn is about laid by and if the seasons continue good I think the railroads won't make much money on corn freights next year. There is a great deal of sickness in our sec? tion-fever and dysentery, and I hear of sore eyes about. Dr. Britton is very low with fever. Dr. DeSaussure, of Camden, is attend? ing him. Capt. B. F. Rbame has been very low, but at this date there is a slight improve? ment. The intense hot weather has retarded farm work to some extent. Several persons have lost fine mules from overwork in the heat and probably not having water often enough. . The Legislative delegation in locating the Trial Justices ia this County in the districts as laid off by the County Commissioners, seem to have very little regard to the conven? ience of the people. Here is a section of coun? try from Camden to Providence, from Bishop? ville to the Wateree River, about iOO square miles, that does not contain an officer of the law, while I am informed that Trial Justices Fraser and Carson live in a few miles of each other. Now, any one ought to know, that an officer of the law near a County or State line is worth double to one in the interior. Leg? islators will jet learn that they are servants of the people and not their bosses. I am informed that the Hon. Geo. W. Mur? ray (col.) of this County, will be a prominent candidate before the next Republican "Con? gressional convention of the 7th District for Congressional honors. Col. Elliott had bet? ter look to his laurels; but forewarned is fore? armed. In the death of Col. W. J. Reynolds, of this place, Sumter County has lost one of its able men. A strong temperance man, a fine or? ator, deeply read, a good patriot, always cast? ing his ballot for good government. A man known far and near for his truthfulness, hon? esty and peacefulness. He died regretted by all. His funeral was preached by Rev. D. C. Hardin to a large audience, who turned out in a busy time to pay their last respects to their friend. For years Col. Reynolds has lived a very retired life, and his friends have regretted that he did not tnke a more active part in public affairs for which he was so well qualified. The news of the burning of Piedmont Church at Bishopville has caused universal regret in this section. This was one of thc old landmark Churches in the County. How any one can let the devil take such complete pos? session of them as to descend so low as to burn a house dedicated to the services of God, is one of the mysteries tbatcan only be known at the final day. Qui VIVE. - Our Exchanges. Our Little Min arid Women is fully half pic? tures. The other half stories and histories ??ood for six-year-olds. It is worth one's while to he a youngster nowadays. $1 a year. Send five cents to D. Lothrop Compa? ny, Boston, for sample copy. A primer descriptive of all thc Lothrop magazines sent free. American Agriculturalist for July, 1887, opens with a full-page engraving, "Among ihe Daisies," by Cary ; another full page is devoted to portraits of celebrated Holstein Friesian cattle, and still another to Shetland Ponies at Home and in America. In all, fifty engravings, representing farm animals, new implements, and farm apparatus, house and barn plans, plants, flowers, household con? veniences, etc., embellish this attractive num? ber. A B. Allen, the founder of tbs Ameri? can Agriculturalist, is still contributing to the columns of this magazine, and fifty other well-known agricultural and horticultural writers treat upon their Bpecial branches of I experience and research. The Household De ! partment is especially rich in devices and sug I gestions both useful and interesting to those for whom they are intended, and the boys and girls find ra the pages devoted to them a th rill? ing Fourth* of July story,'me Doctor's Talks, and other matter of interest to young folks. The Humbug Columns are, as usual, racy and fearless in their exposure of frauds and cheats. Price, SI-50 per year, English or German: Single numbers, 15 cts. Address American Agriculturalist, 751 Broadway, N. Y. The July Wide Awake ought to be put in the hands of every youngster in the land, for it opens with a long and delightful account of "Washington's Boyiiood, Pursuits and Com? panions," written by William F. Carne, a citizen of the old village of Belhaven where the young Washington lived in bis early years. The paper is foll of anecdotes and traits of the great President. It bas a full page illustration by Howard Pyle. A stir? ring Fourth of July story, "The Use of It," is from the pen of .Mrs. Harriet A. Cheever, "The Story of Keedon Bluffs," by Charles Egbert Craddock, is very fresh and bright in its humor, and very strong and novel io its plot. Its manly mountain boys are new models of manliness and chivalry. The Queen's Jubilee is commemorated by a pretty paper of anecdotes from the pen of an English? woman, Mrs. Raymond Blatbwayt, which is accompenied by a full-page engraving of the famous sining statue of the Queen, by Boehm, which stands in the Grand Vestibuled Wind? sor Castle ; the article is entitled "Every Inch a Queen." The La Rose Blanche War-times story is entitled "Poor Whitney" and relates to one of the Mount Vernon candlesticks of Washington's time, and describes a plantation fete and an episode of the war. There is a good piece of biography in the "Successful Women," series, about Dr. Rachel Littler Bodley, the Dean of the Philadelphia Wo? men's Medical College, also much bright verse and picture. $2.40 a year. D. Lothrop Company, Pub? lishers, Boston, Mass. $1.00 ?'OR* 50 CENTS. To the Mother of Ecery Little Girl and Boy in the United State*. Messrs. Doliber, Goodale & Co., Boston, Mass., the nroprietors of 'Mellin's Food,' make the following offer to every mother in the United States: If you will send Thirty five Cents to their place of business, 40, 41, 42 & 43 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., they will mail to you, postage paid, an elegantly illus? trated bound copy-worth $1.00--of "Our Picture Book.' This isa most magnificently illustrated book for children. It is bound in boards, illuminated cover in ten colors, lithoed water-color frontispiece, 72 pages, extra-fine paper, and crowded with beautiful and exquisite stories from our most talented writers for the little ones. 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THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., June 28, 1887. COTTON.-About 5 bales were sold dur? ing the week ending the 28th. The market closed firm. We quote : Ordinary 9 ; Good Ordinary 9J ; Low Middling9|; Mid? dling Ol; Good-Middling 10. CHARLESTON, S. C., June 28, 1887. Cotton in demand but no offerings, and consequently no sales. Middling is quoted at lOj cents, nominal. _ WILMINGTON, N. C., June 27. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Sales of 150 casks at 30} ROSIN -Steady at 85c. for Strained and 80 for Good Strained. CRUDE TURPENTINE.-Virgin $2.20, Yellow Dip $1.95, Hard $1.10. COTTON.-Firm on a basis of 1 Oj for Mid? dling. No sales. HOLIDAY NOTICE. "lifONDAY JULY 4th BEING A NA JxL tional holiday the National Bank of Sumter will he closed on that day. Paper maturing on that day must be an? ticipated. CHAS. E. BARTLETT, June 29 Cashier. "THE BEST c ALL AT WM. BOGIN'S and buy one of the NEW HIGH ARM VERTICAL FEED Davis Sewing Machines, ---I also keep The Household, which is THE FINEST UNDERFEED MA? CHINE MADE, and is only excelled by the Davis. I take second-hand machines in part pay? ment, and will ^dispose of same for little or nothing. WM. BOGIN, June 29 Main Street, Sumter, S. C. CAPON SPRINGS AND BATHS. ALKALINE LITHE A AND SUPERIOR IRON WATERS. HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, W. VA. THIS CELEBRATED MOUNTAIN RE eurt for health and pleasure; Baths of any Temperature ; a summer climate unsur? passed ; a charming summer home, with its many improvements, accommodating 800 guests, open Junel. Send for circular and rate sheet. (For medical and other testimo? ny.) WM. H. SALE, Proprietor. Say where you saw this advertisement. Juno 29 lm _ Estate of Edmund Stuckey, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY TO JUDGE OF PRO bate. of Sumter County on July 15th, 1887, for a final dischargeas Administrator of aforesaid Estate. JAS- E. STUCKEY, June 15, 1887 Administrator. Estate of Martha E. Rcmbert, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, on the 30th Joly, 1887, for afinal dischargees Administrator of afore? said Estate. TH OS. H. REM BERT, June 28. Administrator. THE SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Affording superior* advantages in ENGLISH, MT#EM ATICS, and tbe CLASSICS, will reopen MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1887. L. m DICK, } Y 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 SCHOOL, Lock Box No. 49 Juc 8 Sumter, S. C. -AND WE RESPECTFULLY call your attention to a LARGE REFRIGERATOR, jost received from the North, and now ready for inspection by all lovers of good eating. We intend to keep in this Refrigerator, BUTTER and CHEESE during the Summer season, and parties in want of either can rely upon getting these articles with? out being damaged by heat, and without having a swarm of flies around them. We cordially invite everybody to call and look for themselves. DUCKER & BULTMAN, June 1 STILL IN THE MARKET. J. D. CRAIG, THE OLD AND RELIABLE Furniture Dealer, BEGS THE PEOPLE OF SUMTER and surronnding country to take notice that j be has a full and complete line of all grades of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, which he guarantees to sell at as low prices as any other market io the State. Parties in need of Fur? niture will do well to call and examine stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere. SOMETHING NEW IN FLOOR COVER? ING-PINE WOOL MATTING-very pretty and said to be the most durable of all mat? tings. 36 inches wide, only 40 cts. per yard. Call and see this new matting, aud examine reliable testimonials as to its worth. -ALSO Fine Wool Mattresses, Remarkable for their softness, durability and healthfulness. No insects will go about pine wool. THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT, Is complete. All styles of Burial Cases, Cof? fins and Caskets, constantly on hand at from ?3 to $30 for Children and $5 to $75 for adults. Calls promptly attended to, day or night. June 8 4_J. D. CRAIG. Estate of Julius C. fflcLauriu, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Sumter County on the 15th day of July, 1887, for a Final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. CHAS. E. BARTLETT, June 15, 1887. Administrator. NEWMAN IN TOWN! NEW GOODS ! NEW PRICES ! The Richest and Cheapest Cheap John ever in Sumter County. S. STERN, Leader of Low Prices IN SUMTER. Ladies* and Gent's Shoes in all styles and Prices, Dry Goods and Clothing to Suit Everybody's Pocket I Suits at $2-50 Up. Pants 65 Cts. ??p. S. STERN, Mason's Building, Main St., Sumter. June 15._ NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. THE UNDERSIGNED TRUSTEES OF the Cemetery for the M. E. Church, the A. M. E. Church, and the Presbyterian Church, (colored] of Mayesviile, in Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina, give notice that thirty days after the publication hereof, they will apply to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County for a Charter of Incorporation of the said Cemetery, under the name and style of the "Union Cemeterv." ANTHONY DAVIS, ALFRED MAYES, ABEL WILLIAM, AUGUSTUS H. DAVIS, PETER WILSON, ELIAS GREEN, SAM WARY, LAWRENCE BENJAMIN, PAROE McCUTCHEN, SAMUEL R REESE. June 15, 1887. 1m DO YOU WANT A DOG If ?, send for DOO BUYERS' GUIDE* contain in y odored plat-i, 100 engravings ot different bleeds, prices thar are worth, ?cd where to buy theta. Directions for Training Dogsand Brooding Ferrets. Mailed :for 15 Cents. Ah? Cn ts of Dog Furnishing Gooda of all kinds. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN POULTRY Then send for Practical POUL? TRY BOOK. - IOU pages; beau? tiful colored plates engravings of nearly til tinda of fowls; descrip? tion* of the breeds; how to capeniro; plans far poultry booses; information abocimcnbatcrs, sad where to bay Eggs frota best stock r.t S 1.50 per Hitting. Sent for ld Cents. 1 DC YOU KEEP CAGE BIRDS 3 If so, yon need tho BOOK OF CAGE BIRD*. ?SO pnge*. l?O illas* i tra tiona. Beautiful colored plate. ' Treatment and breeding of all kinds Cage birds, for pleasure and prone. Diseases and their cora How to cuild and stock an Aviary. All ?boot Parrot*. Prices ol1 . all kinds birds, cages, etc. Hailed for ' 'ldCents. The ThreeBooks,40Cts. ASSOCIATED FANCIERS, 237 Sooth Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. MUSIC SCHOLARS WANTED. ]tTRS. KERSHAW .IS DESIROUS OF i.TjL procuring music scholars for the months of July and Augast. Terms $3.00 per month. Apply at the Rectory, Sumter, S. C. June 22. The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge. WHEREAS, MRS. SUSAN V. JENNINGS, Widow, made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of JOHN J. JENNINGS, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John J. Jennings, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Cqurt of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H. on July 6, 1887, next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew canse, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 22d day of June, Anno Domini, 1887. T. V. WALSH, [L. S.J - June 22. 2t Judge of Probate. TO My Friends -AF? PATRONS. You WILL KKMKMBZB tbaft last Spring I disposed of my en tir? stock of Fail and Winter Good? at Cost. Now ? bare AN ENTTBH NEW AND WELL SELECTED STOCK, complete is all depart? ments. It is almost useless lo attempt to enamor?te, bot I triB tot?fiM ? few articles, seos SJ LAWES' ANf MBSfS* ?S Cloaks, Wraps aiidJerseyg. ?AND Children's Dresses, Infents* Cloaks, 4% &c.f &c* MT STOCK OF ?JJ I-F' GENTS' YOUTHS' AHB BW IS LARGE AND VARIED, tad marked with a riew to a quick sale. I am sure I caa satisfy aaj oat who wishes A NICE HAT, EITHKS SOFT OK Stir?. In other words, I weald be pl eased to > bare the LADIES ax? GENTLEMEN to TIS it m j store and inspect the goods for th ern sel rea. THE EARTHQUAKE bas bad a tendency to shake pri?es down to BOTTOM FIGUEES. Respectfully, ALTAMONT MOSES. October 5 WILMINGTON, COt?MBxA W?r\% AUGUSTA B. JLV^P^j || CONDENSED 8CHBJWL*. .3 || TRAINS ggflffg SOTJTIII " ^; lg ' DAT? Daily, j Ho. ?. I Smi tty JQM 19, 1887. Exe'pt J Daily. ?Ita?i^& Sao'y. h j - ~ Leave Wilmington ;..I..;..;.T| S 05p?[Tf IS Ha ~ - Le a re Wa ceam aw. ............ 9 2*^ Leave Marion...... ..... >M.. 11 24 ** lt S7-aSiW Leave Florence..., 6 40 ?a 2 4* aw ~*4t* 44"'.-r Ar*ve Sumter.. 8 05 44 4 24 ?MT **r AVve Columbia-. 9 45 44 6 19 44 ? lt ? TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 6avt-ss? DaSly. T**3?fcS| Sand'y. J Leave Colombia.. Ar've Sumter ..... Leave Florence... Leave Marion...*. Leave Waeeamaw Ar've Wilmington 10 25 pm 11 52 44 . 435am 5 15 44 7 02 ? 8 25 ? 6 50am 122 - 9 4? ? asa?* it*4*.:. Baw 8<y U45 ? 'ir? Train* No. 23 and 78 stop at all Statiaas except Cane Savannah, Watara? aad Siaama*. Passengers for point? OD C. * fl. IL ]L* ?? C. A. A. R. K. Station*, A ikea J*aeti*a, aa4 all points beyond, should take No. 25. "PiilT-1 Sleeper for Augusta on thia trata. Trains 57 and 56 make dose eoaatetioa at Florence T? th Train* ooCt D R.B. JOHN ?. DIVINE, General BvfU J. R. KEN LY, Sy perin tend?nt Traaa. T. M. EMERSON. Gen. Paasnger AgX NORTH-EASTERN B. B. CO. CONDENSED 9CHKBHTI.B, TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated May 1, *87 No. 15. Daily Except Sunday. No. 23. Daily. No. 22, Da?y, Leave Florence... 6 20 p m " Kingstree. 7 37 " Arrive Lanes. 8 00 " " Charleston amil 650 8 06 " 8 33 11 ll 00 " 30 a m> 2 3? m 5 00** No. 15 connects at Lanes with Trais ft Columbia, arriving Charleston 9.45 P. M. No. 53 runs solid daily except Suada?, mad No. 55 Sunday only, from Columbia to Charleston, ria Sumter and Lanes, leaviag Columbia 5.27 P. M., arrive Charleston 9.45 P. M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 78. Daily. No. 66. Daily, Except Sunday. No. 14. Daily. Leave Charleston '* Lanes. " Kingstree.. Arrive Florence. 12 25 am 2 50 " 3 10 " 4 20 44 ...13 55 p m 8 48am1?-26'** 3 08 44 6 3S 10 28 " 7 50 44 : No. 66 connects at Lanes with Tra?a ?f>C? ing Charleston 7.00 A. M. . . No. 52 leaves Charleston Daily, except Sea?/,! day, 7.00 A. M., and runs solid to Columbia via Lanes and Sumter, arriving Colombia 10.55 A. M. No. 54 leaves Charleston Sua? days only at 8.45 A. M., arriving tolosa** LOOP. M. . . . Nos. 15, 23 and 27 make connectioa as., Ashley Junction with C. <k S. R. R. for Sa? vannah and Florida points. Nos. 78 and 15 mn solid to WHsaioJrtofi? N. C., making close connection with W..? , W. R- R. for Norfolk, Petersburg, Richmond' Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia, Kaw ' York, and all points North. No. 66 connects at Florence v?h Traja is* Wadesboro and all points on C. k D, aad-jfX & S, Rail Roads. ; J. R. KENLY, J. F. D'mHa\ Supt. Trans. Gen'l Ses>H. : T. M. EMERSON, Geo'l Pass. AgaaV | FIRST CLASS M mi AT BOTTOM PRICES* wATciMo AND mximmwm^