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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron ia 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in ^amter EDITORIAL NOTES. Corn planting has been practically completed io Sumter County, and a part of the cotton crop is in the ground. The many friends of Rev. Coke Smith in this city.sincerely sympathize with him in the sad affliction be has met with in the death of his eldest son. ' Japan is not very modest in her de? mands on China, but China will be more fortunate than the South was, fer that country will not have to pay pen? sions to the surviving victors and all the relatives of the dead. The letter received by Hollowell in Camden was on apar with Col. Dar? gan's Hartville letter Some fool or joker, and not a sensible mao, was the ' writer io both cases Gen. Fuzhugh Lae desire? to be the Democratic nominee for the Vice Presi? dency, but bis desire will remain un- j gratified. i Another suit has been instituted ! against the' income tax and the last vestige of the law that would require the rich to pay taxes on their wealth will probably be wiped ont. The most ghastly fiend on record is Durant,, the San Francisco Sunday school teacher, who carried several of his yoong lady scholars to the church and murdered them. Adlai Stevenson would be the most, popular man with the Democratic party that could be placed at the head of the ticket, bat it is auother thing when his strength with the country at large* is i considered. Clemson College is unfortunate in j having so much trouble in the faculty, ! bc it was scarcely to be avoided in or gjjtt'z'r-. Ht> it:ptitution of Puch magni? tude. When the College has been rid of all the worthless and discordant j members of the faculty it will be better j able to accomplish the great work it has before it. Ex-Congressman James F. Izlsr, in a communication to the News and Cour? ier, makes an explicit denial of the charge ?hat he traded off thc public doc- j nmeots and seeds allotted him for dis- j tribution. The denial should clear away all doubts, although there were few people who credited the charge. The Colombia Evening Neics bas discussed at some length the subject of the manufacture of a marketable oil from the pinder, and has made ont a stroog j case in favor of the somewhat despised peanut. If there is a demand for pea? nut oil, factories for making it will . soon be as numerous as cotton seed oil mills. The troth about Cuba and the Coban insurrection may become known some time.in the future, but at present we are ail very much in the dark. Reports from Spanish sources say that the gov? ernment troops are killing and scatter? ing the rebels at a terrific rate, while the insurgents send out the information that the yellow fever, is playing havoc ! with the Spaniards. With Yellow Jack on their side the Cubans should give the Spaniards a hard fight, and they have our best wishes for success. A new cotton gin, the invention of a Boston man, is attracting great atten? tion, and is being exploited by a nom- i ber of influential papers, lt may be a i good thing and we would not de- j prec?ate the valus of the invention, bat there is another new gin that is a j good thiog-it has been tested and j proven to do more work and better j work than any gin on the market-and : this gin is the invention of a South Carolinian, Capt. J. \V. Cooper, of Mayesville, Sumter County. As yet the merits of the gin have oot been brought prominently before the public, but it will be known and appreciated in j time. An invention by a Southern man has to have exceeding merit and originality to win success, but the Cooper ?in is possessed of both of these qualities and it will soon replace mau v of the old style single-saw gins. In making up a list of the water powers in South Carolina not a single one is credited to Sumter County. .From a personal knowledge of the county the writer is satisfied there are : several powers io the county capable o developing more than a hundred horse : power. The natural resources of Sum ! ter county are not kuowo or appreciatec i even by natives of the county and th< i outside world is in almost total iguor j ance of what a rich domain lies in th( ? old Game Cock County. I We all regret that Sumter will not have the pleasure of having the Citadel Cadets encamp here this summer. No? tice is given now that Sumter ha9 a prior claim on the cadets for next sum? mer. i ? Thomos B. Reed and McKinley both want to be President, and are working with an earnestness that entirely discredits the prediction of the New York World that a Demo? crat will succeed Cleveland Not less than one million pounds of tobacco will be grown in Sumter County this year, and unless a ware? house is built here, every pound of it will be shipped beyond the county to be sold. One million pounds of tobacco represents a large sum of money, and if it is sold here the greater party of the money will be spent here, but if it is sold elsewhere the trade of Sumter will be reduced. It will be good business for the mer? chants and other business of Sumter to establish a tobacco warehouse, even if it never pays a cent of divi? dends on the investment. The in? crease of business that would neces? sarily follow the establishment of a warehouse would amply repay the investment. The letter of Gen. Edward McCrady which we re-publish from the News and Courier to-day is well worth the large amount of space devoted to it to the exclusion of other matter. Gen. McCrady is a man whose opinion ts re? spected throughout the State, and with good reason. All of his public docu? ments have been characterized by thought and clearness of expression, and this letter is not an exception. Ail those persons who desire to investigate the questious that will come up before the Constitutional Convention and from these investigations form an opinion for themselves will find much in this letter to interest them. Those who have no I opinions ?nd have no intention of: forming opinions themselves, will h* j wasting time and taxiog unnecessarily j their intellects. Charleston has learned that the future of the city depends upon | better and more friendly railroads, and i j there is now much earnest discussion io ; that city of the means to be used to obtain this. We have one suggestion to offer. That ?3, to join hands with the Ohio River and Charleston Rail? way. This road has been partially completed, aud it will be, when finish? ed, the most direct Hoe from the West to Charleston. It traverses the richest mineral region in the country and the business that will originate along the ?be will be immense. Ic would be a paying investment for Charleston, if they should have to build a road from Charleston to Camden to secure au independent line to the West. The movement to organize the Sum? ter Manufacturing Company with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars on the installment plan has met with a mo3t favorable reception from the people of Sumter. Every other man the writer met on the streets this morn? ing was talking about it in the most enthusiastic manner. The spirit of progress and home enterprise has been aroused at last, and with a strong, united effort Sumter will be placed io the front rank of the progressive towns of the South. Unity of action and I perseverance will accomplish wonders anywhere, but here in Sumter where the natural'advantages are so great it will accomplish so arneb that even those who do the work will be sur? prised. Tho decision of City Council to take a page advertisement in the cotton mill edition of the Manufacturer's Record will meet with the approval of the public spirited people of the city, for it means progress If we would not have Sumter j drop into obscurity and gradually dry I up from sheer inanition we must keep the place and its advantages before the public. While we do not favor the ex penditure of money in "write-ups" in every little wild-cat pamphlet that these peripatetic fakirs pretend to circu- ; late, because it is a waste of money and nothing less, we do favur advertising in such well established and influential ; journals as the Record. An advertise? ment in that paper reaches the people whose attention it is desirable to attract, and influences them to investigate thc olaims made in favor of a town or sec- i rion of country. The identical adver? tisement io one of those "write-up' pamphlets, even if it should, by chance, fall under the eye of the capitalists of the North, would receive not a tittle of the consideration it would when in the columns of a reputable and well-known journal. City Council spent money ; wisely in this instance, for it is the best sort of investment, and we {-hall be : glad to see the same thing done again j wheo a favorable occasion arises THE LARGEST CIRCULATION, j George P. Rowell & Co's News? paper Directory, which is conceded to be the highest authority in America, says : "The Watchman and Southron is credited with a higher circulation j rating than any other paper issued in Sumter County, and the accuracy of j the ra?iog is guaranteed by thu pub- j Ushers of the Directory, who will pay a j reward of one hundred dollars to the j first person who proves that its issues i were not as stated " This is a fact briefly and strongly ; stated Advertisers should consider it. j It is not an unfounded claim based ! upou imagination and the presumed j ignorance of the public, but a fact j backed by money FULTON LETTER. FULTON, S. C., April 16, "95 | Spring in all i's ?fractions of emerald ! beauty and loveliness has come al lust. Corn {->1.-tn ti rig H nearly over, and some of the farmers have about finished .-putting in! their cotton. A 3j ho,ur servie? from "The Seven Last i Words Spoken by the Savior" was conduct- j ed bv the Rev Jno. Kershaw, at St. Mark's i on Good Friday. The M.?& A. through freight was almost totally consumed by fire at Rimini last i Saturday morning, by the bursting of a tank of astral oil. Out of nineteen bos cars 16! were burned, causiug a loss to the Company ! of twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars. ! Mr. N. C. Stack the yoting and efficient R R. Agent at Pinewood, has recently been pro- ' moled to the ageacy at Morven, N. C Mr.: Gilchrist, of Marion, S. C., succeeds .Mr. ? Stack Miss Noddie Richardson, of Panola, is : visiting at Mrs. John Manning's. Miss Lynch Deas, of the Sumter Institute, visited the family of Maj. H. B. Richardson j last week. Mr. Henry W. Frost, of Charleston, is ? visiting at Maj.Henry Richardson's. Invitation* are out fora sociable at Mrs.' David Lide's, nest Friday evening. A most ; peasant time is expected by all. There is to be a picnic at Weeks' Mill next ' Saturday, given by the patrons of the "Pine- | wood School." Mr. M. L Karvin, of Pinewood, who b*s been confined to his bed since list summer ! with a most painful disease, continues io weaken, with lit lie hopes of recovery Mr. J. N. Connors, of Pinewood, who was : striken with paralysis some time ugo, is still ! very ill. S. B. W. O. - mu - HAPPENINGS ABOUT ME . CHANICSVILLE. - .VECHANICSVILLE, S. C., April 12, '95. j Some two or three weeks ago Jno. A \ McCutchen's store was broken imo at night, ' by forcing the window, and goods to the j Amount of nhout eighty dollar- was carried i off hy the burglar and thief. It was a dark ? rainy night, and the store was in about HO ? or 40 feet from his dwelling. A short time after that Henry Anderson, j colored, in toe Fork about l? miles from Mr j McCutchen's store, was burned out, thai is '? all of bis provisions, farming utensils, cotton ; seed, buggies, (double and single) read cart, wagon, &c. He barely saved his stock. The fire, it is thought, was clearly incendiary. About the same time Henry Holmes, color? ed, was burned out also Suspicion seems to point to several parties, but nothing definite bas been learned up to I this time, which can be made public. It will be remembered that Mr. John C. [ Parnell's barn, &c, was burned with all of j its contents a short time before Anderson's | fire, and be is io the Fork-a neighbor of I Andereon-I think their farms join. No motive can be inagined for these out- j rages, without robbery preceded the burning, and the condition of things about here favor j that presumption. Io most instances, I am glad to say, the j oat crop is looking well-much better than j we bad any right to expect. PlaniiDg is j now progressing rapidly, and if the weather ! continues favorable, crop3 will all be sown by j the end of this month. Messrs'. Decker & Race's turpentine still has beeo put into operation at this place, and I will soon be running on full time, if ibis ; balmy weather continues. Mr. R T. Cook, at DuBose x Roads, is pro? gressing rapidly with his settlement build? ings, and his farm also, and by the time Fall comes, bis store will be on a boom also-in fact he is a progressive man. He is polite, atten? tive and as far a3 in bis power lies, consider? ate and accommodating. The Alliance Gin and Mill at the same i place, is still io operaiion-dispensing the j molecular needful to the public-and al- j though somewhat embarrassed in financial j malters, owing to the money stringency, I . understand that they intend tb "bold the i fort'', come what may. I admire their pluck. ? They evidently know a good thing when they j see it. They have been lessees of Mr. T. ! Scolt DuBose for five years, I think, , and are makiug preparations for another term, if agreeable to all parties. R. C. Wesberry is busy with his crop, but j at the same time, although no preacher, he is j busy taking care of tho soles of the people. He is a deft handler of the awl and thread, and can give you a good understand at any lime, in short order and at reasonable rates. . Last Sunday a little negro boy, 13 years j old, kneeled down with his father in the ? morning to say bis prayer; - be followed the old mao through the Lord's prayer, when be made a curious noise; the old man went to him, called him-no answer ; he raised the boy's head from the bench where he was kneeling, and be was de-fid. The boy bad never been sick in his Iii?-, and had never complained of being unwell; wus apparently well up to the time he knelt down ; bad eaten nothing bul a griddle cake and small slice of meat the day or night before. Such are the tacts, brougbt-out-by toe investigation ot" L. L. Fraser, Deputy Coroner. Curious. Mr. J. Edwin Rembert, the right hand man of Mr. R. M. Aman, at the Rembert place, is running ai that place an eleven horse farm, and while be is moving things along in a lively manner, it keeps him lively io:>. He seems to be master of the situation, arni with bis energy and "push" will be very apt to succeed io whatever he undertakes. He 13 a . christian gentleman and a whole soul farmer, out and out. 1 hare been making inquires, and lind tha' there will be a considerable reduction in the cotton acreage about rbis section, and rice, sore h u ra and potatoes wil? t-e planted to a much larger and more genera! extent. So fa. as the Constitutional Convention is concerned, the non-fact iona I idea meets with general approval as the only wise, safe and patriotic course that can be pursued. But enough for the present, you will hear from rae again, if the foregoing is of any interest PCBLICCS. $100,000 OF LOCAL CAPITAL TO BE RAISED. A number of the mo3t prominent business men of this city have been consulting to? gether for several weeks as to the best method of inaugurating a new era of progress and prosperity in Sumter. The result, of their consultation and discussion has taken shane io a plan to raise one hundred thousand col? lars on the co-operative monthly p*yra*nt system. Every feature of the plan has neen thoroughly aiscussed and the active work of obtaining subscriptions will be com? menced next week. Although no canvass has yet been made, and the movement is known to but a few, as yet, quite a number, of shares have been asked for by men whose names will do much to make the enterprise a success. When the canvass is begun there is no doubt but that every share will be placed in Sumter County. The capita! stock will be divided into one thousand shares, of a par vaine of one hun? dred dollars each These shares will be paid for in moathly installments of one dollar each, in order that men of small means may take stock and pay for it without in? convenience. It was by this plan that a majority of the Charlotte, N. C , cotton mills j were built, which, by the way, have been and ! are among the most successful in ttip South ; At first glance the plan seems a leg and ? tedious one, by which to raise money for ?ny j enterprise, but to this objection the success ; which has followed everv enterprise establish- ! ed ia this manner is sufficient answer. The advantages which it has over other ? plans recommends it to this section and fits j in so well with the existing conditions that the d'Sadvantages are not to be considered, j Tne plan is peculiarly adapted to a section j that is without men of very hirge capital, but ? that has a large nnmner of . ind ustrious ci ti- j zens, wbo are willin&r to assist in develop-j ing the resources of the county by contribu ting from their earnings as they are able. The co-operative installment plan is essen? tially flited io a country that would be- j come prosperous by self-heip and growth, j Sumter has within herself all the elemems j that by development bring wealth and pros- ? perity, and in this enterprise there lies the j germ of the development that so many of the J citizens have desired. It is rhe beginning o? ? better times if every man will do his part Subscriptions of one share will be received; and it is to be hoped that there will be a j nodular movement from the start. Privateer Personals. PRIVATEER, S. C., April 15, 1895 It was mentioned in this correspondence not long since that Mr. fleury Geddings was building a large workshop at the Privateer Station. The shop is now completed and is a credit to the township. Mr. Geddings will do blacksmith and general repair work. He hus a special turn as a machinist, and j was under Mr. Edgar Skinner for three ; years. He has done work on locomotives and i stationary engines; and has?, number of tes- : timonials ?ti reeard to the latter work. .Miss Mary D<d!e Meiiert pleasantly enter- ? tained her friends las: Wednesday r, ig'tit ay a candy pulling. Several games were played i during the evening. Little Miss Frances Her'; ?rt, daughter of the Rev. Walter Herbert, cf "lorence, is visit- j icg in tte community. Mr. Jim Griffin, one o'' .' ivateer's young ' farmers, plays on seven can '.-al instruments, j ranging from the piano to i jews harp. Mr. Griffin is a grandson of h- umous walker, the late Capt. Robert W. A ?drews. Among Privateer's citizens is one who bears the singular nickname of "Long." The citizen alluded to i- Mr. John Turner, whose height i? ahout 6 feet 3 ir.ches. He is called "Long John Turner," to distinguish bim from a cousin of the 9ame name, whoisshort of stature. McD. F. --i ? i^ The Last Gun at Appomattox. BISHOPVILLE, S. C., April 15, '95. Editor Watchman and Southron; Dear Sir: I tully concur with an article published in W. $ S. of last week, beaded "The last gun at Appomattox." Mr Newman is right in what be 8*ys in regard to the firing of the two guns. Only he speaks of "the other gun," being a 12 lb, Napolean, while in fact it was an 18 lb, gun. This I know, as I had the honor of helping to handle it. I have never been in doubt as to these two guns, a section of Garden's "Palmetto" Bat tory, having fired the last 9bot8 at Appomat? tox. After we received orders to cease firing, I have no recollection of having heard the 90und of another gun. Well do I recollect that memorable day, the9tb, April, 1865. After having marched night and day for a week, we were marched through the town of Appomattox, and told to place our guns in position, oo a slight eminence beyond the town, This we did by a hard struggle, the cannoneers placing their shoulders to the wheels and helping the poor : old broken-down, and starved horses and mules. But we "got there," and oh! what j a sight was presented in our front. The j whole earth seemed to be covered with Yan- : kees; but, thanks to a kind Providence, they j did not get near enough to open their infan? try fire, before the order came to cease firing. I wrote a short article a year or two ago to j the News and Courier, and mentioned these j facts, as to who fired the last shot at Appo? mattox, and I am glad to know that therr are living witnesses to verify my statement. H. G. S. Dr. Coke Smith's Eldest Son Acci? dentally Kills Himself. Mrs. J. A. Rice received a despatch yester? day from her brother, the Rev. Dr. A Coke Smith, of Norfolk, Va., conveying the s*d iot^Hi^ence that his eldest son, Coke, accident? ally shot and killed himself yesterday morn? ing. No particulars were given in the dis? patch. He was fifteen years old last Novem? ber and was a youth of very fine character and great promise. Dr. Smith bas hosts of j friends in this city and State who will be j deeply grieved at this shocking intelligence ; and who sympathize with him and his ! afflicted family in their sore bereavement. The State, April 12. --Md- ^3j?n Thirty glasses soda water at A. J. China's for $1. April 15. Gt. A JNTew Pastry Cook Book. Miss L. A. Willis, Principal Baltimore Cooking School, has compiled a new Pastry Cook Book, which is being distributed to the patrons of the well-known Horsford Bread Preparation. Tile reputation of the author renders the hook of especial value. Mail one wrapper from a package of Horsford Bread Preparation to the Rumford Chemical Works, Providence. K. [., a copy will be sent free. April 10-3t. All books used in the classes of the Sumter Institute and the Graded School, at Whole? sale Prices at H. G. (?steen k Co's., next to the Watchman mid Southron office, Liberty Street. Quit Talking Hard Times and Get to Work-Good Advice F;om a Busings Lian. SUMTER, April 11. 1855. Mr. Editor: Ad Mr. Lungley very truly said in bis ia i k yesterday, we have a h'rst ra!e town, tiu' t:Jnt it is our business to Iel Ollie's know ji Now iee us take rus advice; lets quit croaking *r.d begin hustling, and let ?iiber. know what we have When strangers visit our town we entertain them hy te:!ir;g them how hard the times are. 'now the bad crops mid poor prices nave affected everything; how much we have !o?t by the bottling up of the C. S. & N. R. It. Now that is ?ll wrong ; let's change our tui>e ?md ail of U5 take on a more cheerful air. Put the best foot foremost, let our deficiencies go iuto the back ground and talk about what we have ; tell about our wonderful climate, excellent health, unsurpassed water, fine schuOiS, morality of our people, our teieDhone faet?n, lumber mills. &c, ?c. Then let us organize and get another rail? road, cotton factory, canning factory, oil rail:, &c. There i? plenty of inoaey iu this ! county and the first ming you want is con ; fide.-;ce. If" you once g>?r the people to help them? selves you will soon inspire confidence ami get plenty of outside capital. CONFIDENCE ---- Abandoned the Trip. At a meeting of Palmetto Division, Uni? form Rack, K. of P.. held Tuesday night, ; the proposed trip to Sumter un the occasio-. j of the meeting of the Grand Lodge. May 21 was discussed and r-lnctantly abandoned, as the Knights could not secure what they deemed reasotmble ra'es for the journey. A great many were disappointed, as they nad : anticipated a pleasant trip.-News and Cou? rier Henry Ward Beecher once informed a man who carne to him complaining of gloomy and despondent feelings, that what he most needed was a good cathartic, meaning, of course, I such a medicine as AVer's Cathartic Pills, i every dose being effective. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. TN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Bac id II. Morris, W. B. Burna and J Fra ni: Pate, Plaintifs, against John ll Averill as Administrator cf the E'state of Littleton L. Martin, deed. Harri/ Rettenberg and C. Jj. j Ma rt i n. Befe n da n ts. Pursuant to an order of said Court in this ' cause, dated March 20th, 1895. I do hereby i call upon ?ll creditors of the raid Littleton ! L. Martin, deceased, to come and establish | their clnims before me on or before the first ; day ol May, next 1S95 or be barred the bene- I fit of any decree to be made in this case. As directed further by said order I will j otTer for sale at public outcry in front of the \ Court House, iu the C?ry of Sumter, on Salesday in May next, 1895, being the 6th j day of said month, the following personal j property belonging to said estate of Littleton ? L. Martin, deceased : Two Sporting Rifles, one hammerless ; Breech Loading double-barreled sbot gun acd gun case, one case loaded Shells, and a woven wire spring single Cot. Terms Cash. W. H. INGRAM, April 15. Master for Sumter County. Blaster's Sales. By J. E. Jervey, Auctioneer, j COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. * PURSUANT, to thejudgmeots and orders of the Court aforesaid, severally made in the i following entitled cases I will offer for sale at Public Auction, before the Court House j in the Citv of Sumter, Countv and State; aforesaid cm the FIRST MONDAY in : MAY ne;::, 1895, (being the 6th day of j said month,) between the hours of eleven j o'clock iu the forenoon and five o'clock in afternoon of said day, the real estate in each j case described, on the terms in eacb^ case j specified. In the case of Caroline W. Ravenel, j plaintiff, against Janie M Wilson, j William M. Wilson and Robert E. Wilson, defendants. .'Al! that piece, parcel or tract of land con? taining one hundred and seventy-five acres, more or less, situate, lying and being in i Lynchburg township, in the County of Sum ter and State aforesaid, bounded on the North by lands of A.A. Strauss and lands recently ! ot" Mrs. Elizabeth B". Wi'son, but now of j Edwin Wilson ; East by Bogcry Gully Branch and lands of Miss Sallie Lou Wilson ; South by lands of Mrs. Orrie M. Smith, formerly ot W. Heatly Wilson and lands of Mrs. Sallie Lou Wilson, and West by the Lafayette Public j Road, leading Southward to Mayesville, being the land conveyed to me by my mother. Mrs. '. Elizabeth B. Wilson.'' Terms-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers In thc casi of IJ. S. Griffin, plaintif, against Manigault Williams and Hen ja min M. Carpenter, defend? ants. All that lot or parcel of land, measuring one-fourth (j) of one acre situated in town of Mayesville, North-west of Sumter Street and is bounded on the North by lands of Ellison McGill : on the East by lands of Viney Wil? son ; on the South and South-east l'y lands of Mitchell Smith, and on the West by lands of J. E. Barnett, being thc lot whereon 1. (MHtiigault Williams) cow residing at the dat? of these presents. Terms-C.?sb. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. H. INGRAM, Master for Sumter County. Apr. 10. I ABSOLUTELY PURE Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Is THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Dundee Mortgage and Trust In? vestment Company, Limited, Plain? tiffs, against, Harriet Rebecca Saun? ders, William L. Saunders, Ann Catherine Saunders, Robert C McFaddin and Marion Moiset De? fendants. tTNDER AND BY VIRTUE of an order in J the above case, dated October 4th, l?i?4, I will ?s Master for Sumter County, seli, on ?he salesday to wit : the fiist Monday in MAY next. 1895, bring the 6th day of ?aid ruor:ih, between the hours of ll o'elock lu the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the after? noon, at Sumter Court House, iu the City of Sumter, the following described property : I. All that plantation or tract of land, known as the "Wash Bracy Plantation.vi situate, Xs ing and being io Rafting Creels Township, in the County of Sumter a?d Su<e of South Carolina, containing four hundred and twenty-seven and one-half (427i) acres more or less, bounded North by. lands formerly of Benjamin Gerald. East by lands now or formerly of Burrell Cato and South and Wes: by lauds formerly of Marion Sunders. il. All that plantation or tract of land, known ns the "Mood} Tract," situate, lying and"beiug in Raftrr g Cretk Township, in the County t-f Sumter, ar-d State of South Caro? lina, containing three hundred and one acres (301) more or less, bounded on North by ianda formerly of T. H. ?Paruiers. South by Rafting Creek and ?ands of Mrs. W F. Moore, and-W*est by lands now. or f...>rmer>y W. W. Andersen and T. H. Sanders, together with rffe buildings :;:?d ail the improvements there? on. Terms of sale-One half cash. Bal? ance on a credit of one year from day of sale, secured by bond of purchaser bearing inter? est from day of sale and a mortgage of the r-remises sold. Buildings on last named place tc be insured in such reasonable sum as Mas? ter may determine abd1 policy assigned, or be made pai abie io him. Purchasers have op? tion of paying the whole amount of bid tn cash Purchaser to pay for all papers, recording fees and insurance. W. H. INGRAM, Master for Sumter Countv. April 13._^_ _ GRIST MILL. ON TUESDAY next, March 12tb, i will start a Grist Mill at the lumber mill of C. R. Harvin (formerly Carr's mill) near the C. S. & N. R.R. Junction, and will give prompt-attention to grinding Meal and Grits. The patronage of the community solicited, and first-class work guaranteed. A. D. HOLLAND. March. 13, -4t. So Simple. 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