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? Seed Potatoes.' . j WILL HAVE IN POTA TOES OF EVERY VARIETY.! Singleton's Bakery. * Hcv. \V. M Duncan Killed the pulpit of itu! Camden 3 i n I ? 1 1 h t Church Inst Sunday night, j 1 1 is sermon was a most excellent | <???<? ?ud greatly enjoyed by tin i:ugc audience piuscut. ? <?? First Through Train. I I hq first tlnonch train on the S. .A. L. road born Chenrw t?> Colum bin passed thiouub Camden on \\ ?>d- 1 Tiesilay last, the Watorco trestle hav in}', been completed ou Tuesday. It ' is now expected that regular train* x, ill bison hi; put on. A Good Appointment. (.?apt. W. M Slim noli hag boon up* "jTO.iited on the County Board of Kd .ticjLitioiu to lill the f'laco mndo meant ! l.y the resignation of Dr. J. Thos \ 1'ato. Capt. .Shnnnon'ft appointment j . " **? w ?nn*\irr Ttini) lor ! t ho position could not have bton found, Leased the Opera House, That very enterprising (inn, 8. N. , Sovvell & Co , has lense-i the Opera i Ioiim' store for five years. This is one of the iaigest and handsomest i stores in Caunlin, and everybody is | ?ielighled that.it is asjuin open. Mr. Sowell's trade since he has been in | Oimden has been a mo- 1 fluttering nno, and in more commodious quar tern it will ? l?e still better. Quick Kales and small pr??IHs is h i mottft, ? jvnd it 13 tailing. Tu a few days he will bs in his new storo where it j will bo to the interest <>f everybody j to call and see him Look to yonrj inlcrobt and go lo the Opera House j SSlore. Death of Rev. Chalmers Moore. The Rev. Chalmers Moore, thel "beloved pastor of the Heath] Springs*. Calvin and Liberty Hill j l'resby ten an Churches, died on I Friday last, at the parsonago in] Heath Springs, after a protracted illness. He was about i.~> years of uge, and leaves a widow surviving him. Mr. Moore wau n moat, zeal- j ?nun and effective worker in J the | Muster'** vineyard, and was gftfally I ?liked by all who knew him, ine-j wpeotivo of denominational linrs. ;Hcj was a native of the Liberty Hill ? .-section of Kershaw county. Ilia remains were interred at Salem 'Saturday afteruoos, ? Lancaster Ledger. Death of Dr Charles H. Green, 'This successful physician and esti Yuible gentleman died at the resi dence of his fathnr-in law, Mr. Sum u?l J3oykin, about ten miles below Camden on Tuesday last.. He was! ii native of Sumter Coupty and died when quite young, being only thirty, fivo years of age. About thirteen years ngo lie married Miss Minna Boykiti. who survives hint witli two children. He practiced medicine most successfully in Chattanooga, Tenn., BoykfThe, S. C,, and Enoree, fc>. C, For the past three or four year* be has been traveling out West for his health. Consumption, "tlh at fell disease, caused his death * While Ire loft us young iq yoars, yet bis short life had been spent in alle> viatlnsr the sufferings of humanity, *ind he leavos to his children tlmt priceless heritage ? a good name ? anoro to be prized than much riches. Wo extend to his family our heart tf'olt sympathy. New Homo Sewing Ajachines, 6 grades at Geisenheimer^a. Machine needles and oil. Gtisenheimer's. f Bitten By a Mad Dog. The Sumter correspondent of the , Columbia State writinir to that pspor under dato of March 1 8th, says : "Mr. Samuel K. Shaw who lives ncar.St. Cborlesin this county, while attempting to rescuc his lour chil dren who were fell bitten by a mad dog last Tuesday morning was him self badly Hiiten before the brute! could be dispatched. Just how it' occurred is not knowi^bnt the fact, that ha and bis four children were bitten caused widespread sympathy and excitement. The peoplo qf Sum ^r/becamc interested and the matter " eyer.aince has been. the chief subjoct *A conversation <>n the streets and in t ve homes. While others were talk Mr. W. B. Boyle, a citizen of ? ^iar^waa expressing hit sympa thy in a more tangible way. He knew that Mr. Shawoouldnot bear the expense of ? trip to Pasteur In tfltQt#in New YffflSand laying aside hielwtiiieee Started l\ rabtcrlptiOD jlljtln Mod MtrMkte^nafin to 11400 ? ^WfctMr Wbnr wa Me Mr. David F. Dixon The runny friends of Mr. Lavnl ]?. Dixon will now And him at t l?e pop nlur store of N. kV Co., ho l?nvi?i? accepted a poMnm, there a few d Ays ago. **,X,,VN one of the best salesmen uanrften ! nnil ho wii^bo ?i l a t < t<> see una biTU* | % on in bin new quarters. ! The 3C's to Uho tho S. A. I- Track to j Columbia. [ The Lancaster Review aays: "U ! is reported that tho. S. C. & 0. Lx i ailroad will commence to run it* i > c >imh through to Co I u in hi h ut a> |..4lrlv ??ay, using for that puipo*? ? hu Seaboard Air MA"'* new (r?" | from Camden to Columbia. ihi> will shorten the distance from Lan ranter to Columbia about lhirt\ tulles." _ ' ?**#> ? " Newspaper Borrowing. I Koro is the latest story of th< uuu who in too siingv to tnke lib J home paper : "A man who wa* too roonomical to take this papei Lout his little hoy to borr-?w to l,M.py taken by his neighbor. In hi* haste the hoy ran over a *4 Uund of bees, ami in ten minutes looked like a warty suminei squash. His cries reached hit I'm the r, who ran to his assistance, ?iud failing to notice a barbed *iu ful,ce, ran into thaU ' down, cutting a hiva^ful V . ' rr,.,i< lii* auatom.V, "11<1 ruinlni! ? ,5! ir of [inalB. I'lio .1.1 cow look a.lvai>t?ge of ?tio U'M> ?>, V10 anil ;;ol int.. Hie coriiBoWjiii^liilU ..,1 i?2 the racket, the wile ran out, up st- 1 a 4- trillion churn full of neb cream into a basket of kittens, d rowing tho whole Hock. In ?!> huri v, alio dropped a *7 set of fal !W.|U. The baby, left craw -\. o.i through the. spilled milk ftud I in to t he pailor. ruining a brand new *20 carpet. During the excitement tl,o oldest daughter van away, with t,h? hired man; the dog broke up eleven setting hen.", and the ia ? rot out and, chewed toe tRlla (f tour line shirs'?Kansas Cit^ Journal. U lieum acide is not recommended r<M- the cure of every ill; it (,?es ??t cure everything; Hut it is a certain cure for rhenmatish, and is a line blood purifier and laxative; try it. Sold by F. Leslie Zcinp. Curtain p-les at Gcisenlieimer's. 1,000 lbs Fancy Cream Cheese. Don't buy 'till you pet my price. Singleton's Bakery. ft ? Kevoltltis IJnitalily and Ucnuli ful ('Warily, ?' In the great det?ma of lite iueio i? ivVifohb <1 to our view many a sicken ih.r and revolt ina si^U. Kvcn in ? i /hi iatian community bko tins, Prt?" and anguish find a restng p .?cc. h?aKt such was tho case when two vouujf genfloilieti alleviated the f?,ji,j;9 o! a faifiiiy 1" o?r week. A woman with flva J^tllo chi - (Iron was homeless, sholteyless a.,<i destitute of bread. One of her chil dren was ailing end sn*k. and sfoaed that tho grim mooter of, ;l3ith would soon release the feeblt aruia of u otarving mother of it" pre ciOUH burden, it coom* that the des i)icable thing which who called hus hand, deetitnte of overy manly gtinct, selfish, heartless an 1 dopr? v od, had taken all the inoney hecould lay hie hp^ds on and ported hi?| Fortunately, ao officer of tho law, j one whose stern duty it is to -ajce ; the criminal, even if his own life | pay f he forfeit, diaeovcrned tho wo- , man and Jearned her condition. He , appealed for help to a young iner- j chant. Tho loathsome husband owed this merchant fifteen dollars. Now neither the officer of the law nor the merchant clothed himself in an un- j approachable mantle of self-right, oousnesa. The officer did not ro ; member that, there was a law for va , cranta, and think that perhaps the, woman wkr ar. iinppster. In his, sympathy for suffering humanity j the merchant forgot that tie had hcen furnishing this same fam?i> with bread that had not been paid for. Both of the gentlemen only: had an eyo to see sickness and sor- ; row rcjieved, an e^r to hear the sig is of h mother as she bent ova* her , children crying for bread. Tl > j soon secured medical aid, nourishing , food, a shelter, and did all that could ( be done for theso poor people. We have purposely refrained from mentioning the names ofthe young| gentlemen, well knowing that auch mention would be most distasteful to them. Asked about it they would, no doubt sav that they were uncon- j scious of having done anything mer ! iting praise, that it was but a littlo lh I^may ho.tlmt Ho who wM a "nnn 1 of sorrows and acquainted w tli ,-rriel" looks with as much approba- . Hon on such little things as he docs , on awolling anthema in vast cat he- , drals.on atern, atrorg ministers? preaching hell and dnmnatjon ^r, the weak and erring, and picturing the great Rpler of thia won^wnsly , beantifu]JfoW>rse with the gnro v'8, . nee of*aMo\o?b, wttb brow knitted feltathmd to aay whatbe?t Omaipotetice. Bat thi? W? tint ?eb liUla * bing* gggSSM&l? Lecture To Night. There will bo a lecture at tho Dp era House to 1 i_; b t for tho benefit of Hie Li hi ury AssooWtth"* l?y the ttofct: ? ieoturrt, Henry Mount A tlno hi ? ?? vy tro.;t is promised. A Soi k rai t y, i '1 lie in/* iu l?o r>* of Mi. M<>ri tl* Bap i Vint ( '!iii l eli, cotoi ed, will pi\e a su e! pally Hi. l)|l>t<)?'M Hall on TIlUii , day niklitof nexy week. Thoentei tai'iment is a novel < . tic ami' prom* i 8 t<? In' a most. Inlt torflng our i Die proceeds *ill jjo 1o lepaiiiujj l I heir chutch. t he object is a war ithy one and we. trust that Matter ing success will attend it. ->> ? o- ? - ? Going To Kershaw. Cupt. \V. Olyhnrn a?ul family will i in h few days movo to Kershaw to reside. Oapt. Clyhnrn i?> one of tin j hii'luiat ks (if Camden and it is wit* I ;.:rrat leluctftneo that wo aoo Int. i Mr. .I. It. Boylstot:, a ?;ont!eu.ai j wl?o will superintend thi^ crectidn ?? tho new Cotton ^oed Oil Mill wis; ; occupy C .pi. Clyburri's house1. - - . i * Stopped the Work The Hoard of lit tilth slopped tin work w!. irh had Won oomu/jj>uced !>;. ! Mr C. L. lxjrkhy on a s(foio jus' I it h of' t?foo Camden niVkot, 'Iu i tlnrefor Wing tint if wouh: 'inpa:r 1 1 ?? sanitary condition ?>{ thi j market. Wou'd it not I >*> !t nood plan to remove tho market to one oi jthe sido?str?cts und u'licu. ii?w? | M?.re? on tho present market niter' Often the odor from fish and other mods in the market m anything Inr a pleasant, one to he inlmled hy the; ? Huongs on Main street. Kev. Richard Carroll, Kev iiichard Carroll, colored, do j ? liverod a speech to a guod f;iz i and I irneo of whito p?ojd? ?d< the Oporn ; j Houso lani Sunday afternoon at 3 i o'clock. Wo had hoard a good denl j i of tho speak or and his work but I ad j never had the pleasure of soi-inn h in { or hearing him speak previous to j Llus oe.o?**4oo-,-aod it fi fjord S tia picas ? tiro to say that we were not by any : means disappointed. Ho inado a ' most favorable impression, and has i tho hearty co-operation of the nldie j people hero in his good work' ? tho I elevation of his race. Contributions j to the amount of about one hundrod Klollars wore secured hero. Free Mail Delivery at 33!shopville. | A correspondent fr<-m Bisl.opviil j writes : i "Congressman Stokes' scheme of J free rural delivt ry went into (fh-c'j le re iu Hie early part of this, week i Mr. J J,. I'arrott has the contract : for transput ting the ijj.iiJ 'p'cro ar , l-.vo routes eompritjing a circuit of 'JC j miles (rich Fo'ir Hubst./siithd go, i 1 eminent mail boxes w th lock and i " key a iv placed at convenient < i i j I taiices :ipa>t for the reception of let. j , ttrs which 'mgk to be posted. Each j ! person accepnwg -this service is re j I quired |o fnrnish the boxes into! I which thoir mail is no^os^cd. TJjoro ' i nre sections <>f country adjacent to j this town to which this kind of maii j service will prove a great coupon. j i ienco." A Remarkable Incidont. | Mr. h dho**, perhaps t!ie following 1 incident wdl bo of inleycst to tiu? ; : readern of your paper, enpecialiy to i jtligsc who are engaged in stock rais ; | ?"pf- ^ . . ! ! Mr. 15. B. Wallace, who has been j i or ^pvcral years engaged in the i [stock business hi ti?a Vyatereo ' swamp. Jfeing desirous to make i ! some sales (if hoys, penned an en I tire hunch of wild one*. Later two' of them escaped. The others werf 1 put into a wagon which w?ib started j to Columbia, a distance of more than , twenty miles, about midnight. The i ones that escaped seemed to undev stand that their fellow-creatures wero brills hurried away to certain danger and what is otrauger indeed ? determined as they had lived to gether that (hoy would together die, so they f llowed the wa^on ^ itsj destination, fs not thii remarkable! for wild hogs? Scribner. 1 !) pound b'kts Jelly only 25cl.?. Singleton's, Fine Furniture Polish at G?i8enheimer'8. Chair bottoms ami baskets. Geisenheimer's. Pergonal, Mies Kleanor MeQeen, who liasj been sp'-mting several weeks with' the family of Dr. I. H. Alexander, j returned to her home in Colombia! Monday. Miss Bessio Gerald m visdtinpt her brother's family at Manning, j Miss Ktta Halle, r.f Camden, isf the guest of Miss Floride Morton at Heath Spring. ? Lancaster Led$H or. Mrs. W. M. Shannon visited re latives in Columbia this week. Mr. ;W. W. Ilugglos left on Wed nesday for Sumter tor the purpose , of putting in tho wells for lb? Bice* trio Light and Ice plant of that ci ty. Mr. Huggins will be goire for about ? wee*. Mr. Fteicher Batemao, of Colom bia, la in Camden. \^y Mr. B Yrtn"g from bis aos, A. B. Young, of Fine1 Bluff, Ark., last Monday aaooaoo xng tli? atrtofli UlBMi hU wlT?t TWfrkaiyof Km. Yonog tt IhU I? fl (? 'HSf* M KlrMi raw '*?? KB ? i:j JL& f-^kxt'; !^1 ?|f $$ III \#3 tX'^l! &'-*?* ^*k.- i* ^ fiHH Hff (Ij uq V13 vWi$ faiS* ?? * BS '?"?Vili u.u -J^.irK? V* ir> ^ > X o rr O ^ : ? %J 5 r*2Cirld; ' ??. ?ti \a ;< u UA KG A ! NS i.\ AM T i i !?:! U PITA I;T)1 K.NTS. 1 7/? st/toes* tee lend m i/stunty aw/ price* ' ( all' tor ouv ?) U L! .A MAUl.OW Sliov* ior L;n!as in lu::h I an.) low <]uar;(,v ? i? is :t ' or ISo.ilil.V il!!?I ii *h-X FoiV V *??> U"' woaivr. I i & ? w a ,? ? 4s *v? ?? * .? >\ * n ' ' ?v^ ? ' ;;T; i* i 0 i? h 6 i II h j ii i- e b 5 iJ b b l1 i.s being lvplomxneii ('very u:t a.itl in it can ^ave vou ilwr > i lars. j Staple and Fancy Groceries i I ' at XO WEST FBICES. i # i Call ami be a- 1 nui>!uMl. ! t|p a Ha fc-, J is C' a ^Oful *!iin<i l>* ? have. 1 * ;*? ? j u r i \ used i f ie. i i is jii nmn to (>!?]? store ;? t i ' J ho buys I I'roni the stock of ?..oo<l \ ? l ! t heroin, saves money and 'Mow-; rich apaee. Vv e ha \e (nil ii'ic oi {ioj'Jii Blankets and PlYtMr TIsxi^l ??- ? and have iu? i j ? ??* i ?. ;i t i : j it in S i v - in<? that the assort menl is un equalled in point of qu.ilit \ an<i General usefulness. We ;ire showing many new! <)evit:es for Hie Ivirn ami stable I Ofpourse our pneej will hear: favbrable comparison \vit!i any j other house. Tiiv p roj pill i j. no ifiL uLoi UULi.KikO i: i .h ]i ? arc In lie ot us. N eel; ri'fnl'<-M (<>r vour horse if if you cxnicl iiiii) to <!o vt-iuj work Am ill tilting. ,;:oor!\ ui uU: iiollnr is a source i 1 continual ii iijuiiou i * ? tin i.wl <>ur ? ' ,? v t ? < ? , i j I f i * { > k i l ) ! * i > u I WiiiiA It x :;ro Mifwh? with a view to coin lort. durability. au<l good aj> p -araiK o. Wo will sell you THK KIN KST IjAKNKSS rv? r\ tiling eompU'to, lor your l.oroe. (food for hard work, <:o< d for show occasions. I This .space reserved for the Advertisement of i Hirscli Bros. vY/ f Which will appear next week. V1 *< 7 Oiir 3Ir.' Gus.^Hirach haA t>een Jo the Northern Marias fop eel acting a Spring Stock -at-Geefo? ?MV ^?5?* Stuart, gave her personal dflH i3&*t*;2hs v.^-~ 0,: BUY 110503, NOTIONS, CENTS FURNISHING GOODS, J GLOTKIufi, SiiO:3, ETC., AT , .HI * Selecting dr. 8H ^oods for Spring wear will prove ? plHft si.ro in ilic hutios wh?*n they ? xmuine the Superb 8tock of ()r?an/.ii't?8. Silk Ginghftma, . PiMigee Minting:*,. M Mr ^lilies in uuniuroua Ntvle? itn<i ? Meattyas, Povciili'k! etc , now bo ii!^ .shown i?y *??rr ? nri ronr' y other thin^x whieh we could intercut tyou in, l)Ut "have nor. sp ice to men i ion. * y # ? ^ Special attention is called to our Silks tor Shirt .JIVaistfl, etc. they Hi't^ pjy't tv, servirpn bio and cheap. Our t-ioCR of Back ^ilks iu Tn flat a, Ciros Grain, Moire and Surah ban n^ver been more complete, und Hutiice it to way that the prices ure natigfac tory f<' iv lr custom era. ; ? - ilivu juat vi-cv\v**<\ ?hi immense lino of wufthabTe-V^ulfr- -thllt tre p-.-ru-ct ben u tie* but must be seen to bo appreciated. Also a beautiful line of other Dress Trimming. Dou't fail to *ee ".'/j tiienn ^ i V* *? 'fr i7h i jjjj y - . iTLi XOfcBB Showing our B^autie.s y i.Tv New Spring F.inries t'? our j>:i- N; m oijh is ft pt?' ? ^ i ? r< ? wlien have such ft N ice Stock of b fho > Foreign mid D.xne.slic \Vr?/r?l ens in Filler Gndea and M.?re \ Variety of Style* t ii u 71 wo have ever offered Ivfav. Wo will make yon a suit to order, per feet in tit and nobby in ftyle from Miiy fabric your fancy will dictate. SHOE STOCK Ih complete in seasonable weights, stales etc.. and all you ~ have to do is to bring '-your loot and your purse" and we guar antee a fit lor both. v Gents Furnishing Goods * ' . I A Specialty, and we can therefore show you /the largest stock nn<l l?? >t ?n?.;orfcnu?nt in this lino ever carried by u?- -Bm sure to see our stock before buying. MATTINGS, MATTINGS, .... * . * -? In all the New gty |e? uud at prices tbat will make you }>?Df PV- Uou t jjli ypu inspect our ttock-aiid ^ <mr pricm.