The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 27, 1881, Image 2
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27.
J. A. MOOD. M. D. ) ZZZ '
D. B. ANDERSON, JisI>IT0RS
EDITORIAL NEWS SUMMARY
$he game law expires on next Friday.
The- Pee Dee River rose 6 feet last week.
Court commenced: yesterday ia Lancaster.
The Garfield fund now amounts to $307
216,
It is said that President Garfield's life was
insured for $5S,Q00.
The army worm bas- made its appearance
in Darlington County.
Coins with holes in them are not discounted
by the Government.
James A. Garfield was J ust 50 years old
at the time of his death.
Tho opening exercises of Furman University
took place last Wednesday.
The Times and thc Democrat, of Orange
burg, have consolidated.
Night trains will soon be started on the
Colombia and Greenville railroad.
It was cold enough for frost in Marion last
Monday.
Prof. Willoughby Reade, the humorist,
gave an entertainment at Camden last night.
This week a detachment of regular troops
will begin a march from New York to York?
town, Va.
The African Explorer Stanley was heard
from under date of Jn?y 4th ; he was on the
Congo, had been sick, but recovered.
Liverpool Produce markets closed at 1
o'clock P. M., yesterday, as a mark of re?
spect to the memory of President Garfield.
Thirteen men convicted at the last term of
court at Camden were carried to the peniten?
tiary a few days ago.
Pendleton elected, last week, a Dry Inten?
dant and two Dry Wardens in four, the aver?
age majorities being oae in a total vote of 80.
The two hundredth anniversary of the set?
tlement of Norfolk, Ya., takes place October
17 and 18.
Jesse Anderson, colored, subbed and killed
his father-in-law, an old man of 70 years,
near Colombia, last Thursday. He surrend?
ered himself.
The Rev. H. P. Northrop, of Charleston,
brother of cx-District Attorney Northrop, has j
been appointed Yicar Apostolic of North Car
olita.
Black River bas ceased to be a running
Stream above Kiogstree, the bed of the river
being dry for a number of yards between the
deep holes.
Ii one neighborhood, of Eeowee county,
there were born last week on the same day
(and, perhaps, on the same minute) five
children-all boys.
The railroad authorities will soon com?
mence laying steel rails from Ninety-Six to
the eighty-seven mile post, four miles above
Greenwood.
Court will convene in Marion the first Mon?
day in October. Plenty of criminal as well
as civil cases are on docket. Judge Wallace
will preside.
Gov. Hagood telegraphed to Secretary
Blaine bis regrets that it was impossible for
him to be present at the late President's fu?
neral on yesterday.
A negro boy, living near Grahamville, was
bitten a few days ago by a rattlesnake, and a
few boars afterwards he died from the effects
of the bite.
Mr. Shaw, U. S. Consul at Manchester,
England, is instituting inquiry into the nu?
merous complaints made at Oldham, in regard
to the fraudulent packing of cotton in Ameri?
ca.
The Milledgeville Herald says : "A large
corporation of English capitalists are about j
to place some S50,000,000 in the hands of
Georgia men, to be loaned to the farmers and
others who can make it sarc at a low rate of
interest."
While a wagon load of colored people were
going to a camp meeting in Anderson county,
S. C., lastSaturday night, one of the women
went to sleep and let her baby fall out, which
was ron over by the wagon wheel and killed.
The State Temperance Convention will as
semble in Columbia to-day. Arrangements
have been made for low rates of fare on the
railroads for delegates, and for reasonable
rates at the hotels at Columbia.
Handy Legeti, colored, of Marion, last
week created a disturbance on the streets, and
when approached by the town marshal,
George N. Williams, he ran to escape arrest,
whereupon Williams shot him down and ".hm
carted him to jail.
About ten days ago while Frank Brown, j
colored was engaged in rafting lamber down I
Lynches River, he accidentally fell off of the 1
raft, and the current carried him under it, I
where he was drowned.
Dr. Tanner, the forty-days faster, died a I
day or two ago. The doctors say his deaib j
was cursed from the fast. Connely, unless j
he has a patented inside, had better draw up
stakes on the :,no-eating question, as he has
already tested an empty stomach about seven?
ty-five days, in his attempt to cure consump?
tion. .
i
Rev. J. B. Mack, D. D., agent of the Pres- !
byterian Theological Seminary, was recently j
in Decatur, Ga., where he raised $1.000 in
cash for that institution. He is much en?
couraged in his work, aud thinks there will j
be no difficulty- in having things in shape for
the Seminary to re-open next fall.
At the term of court for Fairfield county, ?
last week, the case of Emiline Pope against j
Marshall Moran for ten thousand dollars !
damages for seduction and for breach of ! '
promise of marriage was tried, and the jury j
found in full for the Plautiff.
1
Col. J. D. Blanding, President of the pro?
posed Georgetown and Chester Railroad, says j ^
the prospects of building that road are not at !
all discouraging, about $900,000 already hav- '
ing been subscribed and guaranteed to the pro- !
ject. He is confident of yet carrying out the !
scheme, and is daily laying his plans to nccom- I
plisb it.-Palmetto yeoman. j
Col. Butler has returned from Atlanta, j <
whither he went to arrange for the South i 1
Carolina exhibit ia the Cotton Exhibition. ; i
He had some difficulty ia obtaining all the j t
* space he required, but succeeded in securing '?. i
twelve hundred feet, the amount given North ! i
Carolina and several other Southern States. j
A Kentuckian proposes to punish Guiteau ! (
in this way : Have the ':bnIl-dog'' revolver s
loaded by the same gunsmith that loaded ii
for Guiteau, with the same charge of powder . 1
and ball ; place Guiteau in position and shoot
him just as he shot the President, and then'
turn biro over to thc President's surgeons. .
The new President is full six feet high, : t
broad-shouldered with mutton-chop whiskers, t
He married a Virginia lady, and we may hope i,
that he is not unfriendly to thu South. The d
Washington Pvst says : . r
''Shortly after his admission to thc bar he t
was married to a daughter of Lieut. Wm. ' t
Lewis Hcrudou, the heroic commander of the a
steamship Central America, which was lost li
with about four hundred lives in i SST. fcfc'?L t
Herndon, it will he recollected, stood by h\< V
ship to the last, and w*>nt dow:: with her. h
The Herndon family is one of the best in Vir?
ginia, and Mr. Arthur's Southern connections
are such that his sympathies are naturally
broad and non-sectional. By this marriage
he has a son, now fully grown, but Mrs. Ar?
thur died about a year before her husband
?was nominated for the Vice-Presidency."
The Grand Jury now in session in Wash?
ington has some important work cut out for
it. The Guttenu case, the Howgate case and
the Star Route cases present an array of crim?
inal procedure not often falling to the consid?
eration of any jury.
Dr. Boynton says the facts concerning the
autopsy are not kDOwn fully. He says it
showed the most extensive blood-poisoning
and the abscesses on the lungs. It has been
learned that when the knife struck the lungs
they were found to be full of pus and points
forming the metorstatic abscess.
Mr. Wm. F. Claussen, of Mars Bluff, has 65
acres in grapes, from which he will gather at
least 2,COO bushels. He is making rapid pre?
parations to convert the whole crop into vine?
gar, and has procured the assistance of a com?
petent gentleman from Charleston to carry on
the business.
An extensive conflagration, caused by the
protracted drouth, is raging in thc Dismal
Swamp, destroying large quantities of valua?
ble timber, and doing other damage. The
smoke from the fires overhangs Norfolk city
day and night. The dry weather prevailing
in North Carolina below that point has so
burned up the corn crop that farmers have
cut it downland stacked it for forage, and the
rice crop is entirely cut off in that State.
Again the rape-fiend has been at his hellish
work. Ten days ago Jas. Sowell, colored,
working for Mr. J. S. Raley, near Lynches'
River, attempted to outrage the person of a
young lady of that section. She was choked
and bruised very badly in the scuffle to free
herself from the scoundrel. The brute hear?
ing some one coming ran away. Sowell has
been caught and is now in the Camden jail:
It is stated that the young lady has buen very
ill ever since that time.
THS INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
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At noon on last Thursday President Arthur
was formally inducted into office by Chief
Justice iv aite. This second qualifying, done
to conform to custom and not from necessity,
occurred in the Vice-President's room
in the Capitol, and was witnessed by a few
Senatorsand other leading men, numbering
in all some forty or fifty. The simple oath j
that Justice Brady administered in New York j
on the night of President Garfield's death j
was repeated on this occasion.
After the Chief Justice had finished repeat- j
ing the oath, and President Arthur had said, j
"I do, so help me God", the President read ?
his inaugural address as follows ;
"For the fourth time in the history of the
republic, its chief Magistrate bas been remov?
ed by death. All hearts are filled with grief
and horror at the hideous crime which bas
darkened our land, and the memory of the
murdered President, his protracted sufferings,
his unyielding fortitude, the example and
achievements of his life, and thc pathos of his
death will forever illumine the pages of our
history. For the fourth time the officer elect?
ed br the people and ordained by the Consti
tution to fill a vacancy so created is called to
assume the executive chair. The wisdom of
oar fathers, foreseeing even the most dire pos- I
sibilities, made sure that the Government j
should never be imperilled because of the ?
uncertainty of human life. Men may die, j
but the fabric of our free institutions remains i
unshaken. No higher or more assuring proof i
could exist of thestrength and permanence of j
popular government than the fact that though
the chosen of the people be struck down, his
constitutional successor is peacefully installed
without shock or strain, except the sorrow
which mourns the bereavement.
"All the noble aspirations of my lamented
predecessor which found expression in bis life,
the measures devised and suggested during
his brief administration to correct abuses and
enforce economy, to advance prosperity and
promote the general welfare, to insure domes?
tic security and maintain friendly and hono?
rable relations with the nations of the earth,
will be garnered in tlr hearts of the people,
and it will be my earnest endeavor to profit
and to see that the nation shall? profit by his
example and experience. Prosperity blesses
our country. Our fiscal policy is fixed by ?
law, is well grounded, and generally approv?
ed. No threatening issue mars our foreign
intercourse, and the wisdom, integrity, and
thrift of our people may be trusted to con?
tinue undisturbed the present assured career
of peace, tranquillity, and welfare.
"The gloom and anxiety which hav? en?
shrouded the country must make repose es?
pecially welcome now. No demand for speedy
legislation has been beard. No adequate oc?
casion is apparent for an unusual session of
Congress. The Constitution defies the func?
tions and powers of the Executive as clearly
as those of either of the other two departments
of the Government, and he must answer for
the just exercise of the discretion it permits
and the performance of the duties it imposes.
"Summoned to these high duties and re?
sponsibilities, and profoundly conscious of
their magnitude and gravity, I assume the
trust imposed by the Constitution, relying fer
aid on Divine guidance, and the virtue, pa?
triotism, and intelligence of the American ?
people."
The address is an admirable piece of com?
position, being succinct and pregnant in sig?
nificance, and is far superior to the most of
Presidential literature. The words seemed to
have been selected through which the Presi?
dent desired to embody the purport of his
future policy ; which does not indicate any I
material change from the course maped out ?
by hts predecessor, and which in all proba- j
bi?ity xviii meet the hearty approval of Dem- !
ocrats an'I Republicans.
The address pays the highest encomiums to j
the memory ol' President Garfield whose tenor !
of life is portrayed as worthy of example, and j
by which President Arthur himself hopes to j
be profited in his Presidential career.
The most important measure enunciate-! in ?
this inaugural is the principle the Garfield j
administration proposed to enforce, "to cor-J
rect abuses and enforce economy", whi h j
President Arthur has pledged his honor (so j
help me God) to perpetuate. As the Star j
route swindle is most prominent among thc !
abuses that are to be corrected, the hope can j
be cherished, that before the expiration of the ?
new administration, the plunderers will have
been brought to ju tice.
The President evidently favors thc "make j
baste slowly" policy in legislative matters, j
thereby avoiding the necessity of calling j
ix tra sessions of Congress to tindo the errors j
>f speedy legislation. This precaution, ma-j
:ure legislation, would certainly prevent :
lumerous ills which are, more or less, in ci- j
lent to quick law making, and which in the ?
rourse of time will occupy thc time and at- !
cation of legislative powers in mending or ;
.emodelling them to suit the different pur- ;
>osesfor which they were enacted. In this ;(
.espect the President has shown sound judg- ]
nenr, and considerable foresight. ; ,
.... I
Thus if President Arthur will only prose- ; -
:ute the course laid out in his address, (and ;
?teer clear of Grantisrn) the good will of the ? {
Vmerican people will be as much revolution - ,'
zed in his favor as it was towards President j
barfield.
A great deal has been said ahout the con- j '
luctof Mrs. Hayes in the White House and i '
lie true heroism of Mrs. Garfield in her devo- j (
ion to her dring husband. An Ohio Jour-;'
" I
ial says these two women have done more to i f
iignif; woman hood than all the woman's j i
igh*5 women in the country. Al! this may j
.e so, but we are not yet prepared to deify | 1
hese mistresses of the White House. There i '
re multitudes uf Southern women, iii the j
amble spheres of life, who are equally as j
rue and noble a:; they are. The only ad van- ; ?
j?e the*/ have ?s that their works a..d ways '? ?
are b*wi rufl^e inoie csnsppjuousi : <?
The Educational Worth of the Mil?
itary Academy Illustrated by its
Results.
In looking for the work of cadets we natur?
ally turn first to the late war. At the out
hreak of that war the Military Academy bad
been in operation a little overseventeen years.
Thirteen classes had graduated ; the first or
older classes, from the very nature of the
case, had been small. The whole number of
graduates was one hundred and seventy-five ;
eleven had died, leaving- one hundred and
sixty-four. Most of these were men under
thirty years of age. Nearly every man of
them entered at once into the service of the
country. Four became generals, fourteen
colonels, ten lieutenant-colonels, sixteen ma?
jors, thirty-five captains, twenty-eight lieuten?
ants and eleven surgeons.
Of the sixty-five young graduates during
the war, one rose to be colonel, one lieuten?
ant colonel, one major, six captains, thirty
three lieutenants ; some served in the ranks.
Among all these, the exception was the man
who did not do his duty so thoroughly as to
deserve and attract attention. Forty-one
died for their country, most of them killed;
scarcely one who survives but wears the scars
of bat'le.
Turning to civil life we find some one hun?
dred and sixty graduates alive to-day. They
are in every pursuit of Lfe. Twenty lawyers,
fifteen railway officers and civil engineers,
ttventy-one in mercantile pursuits, eleven pro?
fessors in educational institutions, fourteen
teachers, twenty two practicing physiciars>
twelve ministers of the gospel, twenty-six ..g
riculturists. Io the State government there
are ono chief clerk of the comptroller's office,
three senators, two representatives, the secre?
tary of State, the State superintendent of edu?
cation and the governor. In every one of
these pursuits of life, we fiad all respected for
their faithfulness and efficiency.
We have confined our statistics to the
graduates of the Academy simply because of
information possessed. It would have been
invidious to speak only of'the few we know
among those cadets who did not graduate.
Some who did not complete the course of the
Academy went to other institutions, and
have risen to distinction. But the far greater
number engaged in the great life struggle
with only what they had learned at the
Academy. Many of them have bravely won
their way to position, and not one but ac?
knowledges the debt he owes to the impress
received at the Citadel. The careers of all
these graduates and cadets, and their oft
repeated, earnest inquiry, and that of the
many who have marked their course and
fell their influence, "When is the Military
Academy to be reopened," io attest the worth
of the old Citadel. Senators and Representa?
tives, will you let its halls still be desolate
and silent? or, will you not make them
alive again, with toe graceful presence and
the truth and honor of Carolina's manly
cadet sons ?
How Guiteau Received the News.
Guiteau evidently gained early knowledge of
the death of the President, as the other pris?
oners had been ha.looing in loud tones among
themselves about his death, and the bells had
been tolling, which were plainly beard by all
the inmates of the jail. The assassin was
sleeping soundly at 12 o'clock but the unusu?
al noise made by the prisoners aroused him.
At 1 o'clock he was noticed walking to and
fro in his cell in an excited manner.
When the Warden called on Guiteau the
morning after the death of the President he
appeared unusually anxious about something,
and eagerly inquired : "What's the news
from the President?"
At first Gen. Crocker evaded making
answer, and questioned Guiteau with a view
of ascertaining, if possible, whether he had any
idea that the President was dead, but Guiteau
seemed to be intent upon knowing what the
morning papers said in regard to the
President. "Now, General," said he, "you
read the papers and know what they say
about the President. Why not tell me all
about it?"
Looking intently at the assassin for the pur- j
pose of seeing what effect the announcement
would have, Gen. Crocker finally said: "I j
will tell you ; the President is dead !"
Guiteau was greatly agituted, and fora
few moments seemed unable to do or say
anything. He recovered himself, however,
and said in substance: "I am glad that bis j
sufferings are over. I have felt grieved be
canse he has suffered so much. If I had known
he would be in misery so long, I would not
have harmed him."
Guiteau was evidently agitated over the
announcement of the President's death be-*
cause of the danger iu which th thinks he
now is, and he earnestly appealed to Gen.
Crocker that every precaution might be ta?
ken to keep him out of the hands of a mob.
County Union Sunday School Con?
vention.
Pursuant to the call of the Executive Com?
mittee thc following gentlemen assembled in
the Baptist Church at Sumter. S. C., on Fri?
day September ICth, to organize a County
Union Sunday School Convention :
Rev. D. J. Simmons, Pastor M. E. Church,
Sumter; Rev. C. C. Brown, Pastor Baptist
Church, Sumter; J. S. Beasley, Sumter Cir?
cuit; M. L. Call, Pastor Baptist Church,
Mayesville. Delegates, W. J. Hatfield, J. J.
Cato, New Hope Church ; Jas. Caldwell,
Wedgefield Presbyterian Church; John 0.
Brock, Calvary ; D. J. Bradham and W. M.
Kirby, Lynchburg; W. J. Andrews and J. F.
M. Michail, Bethel : W. M. Graham and W.
II. Cuttioo, Sumter; S. J. Brown, Methodist
Mission School and M. J. Michau, Bethel.
Rev. J. S- Beasley was requested to take
the Chair, and, opened the meeting with
prayer. On motion of Rev. Beasley, the fol?
lowing officers were elected to serve until our
next meeting : Rev. C. C. Brown, President,
and W. H. Cuttino, Secretary.
The Pastors and S. S. Superintendents of
the Schools in town were appointed as the
Executive Committee for the present, and said
Committee was requested to fix the time and
place of our next meeting.
Thc Convention after some discussion de?
termined that our Winter meetings should be
held between October 1st and December 1st,
and another meeting some time in the Spring i
of the ye?r.
F. A. Tradewel! and W. II. Cuttino were
appointed a Committee on Constitution and
liv-Laws, and were requested to report at our
next meeting.
The President then gave us a glowing ac-?
count ofliis trip, as a delegate, to thc Inter- |
national Convention, and created quite an in- '
terest among those present, in the great im- j
poru?ee of the Sunday School work.
The meeting then adjourned subject to the ?
:?UI of tlie Executive Committee. ;
W. H. CUTTING,
Secretary. !
The house of a womat) named Ellen Tim
jers, living in Camden, was raided one niyht j
asl week by a party of masked men who were I
>n the hunt for Ella Sheorn, the wife of the j
uurdered man, A. A. Sheorn. The affair ts
t mystery which no one seems able to ex-:
.lain.
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Ladies should know that Ayers Hair
rigor is a superior ?iud economical dressing, j
t has become au indispensable article for '
Olid. !
Thc Best Proof of Merit
s uniform success and on this basis Warner's
jaie Kidney and Liver Cure is without doubt
me ot the greatest remedies ia the laud.
The Widow of John Brown, of "Soul
marching on" notoriety, has received $3,000
from admirers of the old man. The widow
has been living in California in a destitute
condition.
A little negro boy was murdered in an open
field in broad daylight in the suburbs of
Charlotte one day last week for one dollar
and a half. Two negro boys, one only eight
years old, have been arrested as the murderers,
but the evidence against them is only circum?
stantial.
Jesse Barber, convicted of the murder of
Mack Perry, was sentenced by Judge Pressley
last week, at Winnsboro, to be hung on Fri?
day the 13th of January, 1SS2.
Reedy River at Greenville, is so low that
the Camperdown Mills at that place are com?
pelled to depend entirely upon their steam
power. The Granite ville Factory stopped
two days last week ou account of drouth.
Broad River is so low in many places that
bogs can wade across it.
- ami --
Go to Schwerin's for all manner of Fancy
Articles, and you will be surprised at his low
rates.
The cheapest canned goods that can be
found in Sumter are at Spann & Russell's.
mmm ? ? mmm.? -
Last words of a dying paragrapher; "I
hope I have been given proper credit up
above." _
Worthless Stuff.
Not so fast my friend ; if you could see the
strong healthy, blooming men, women and
children that have been raised from beds of
sickness, suffering and almost death, by the
use of lion Bitters, you would say "Glorious
and inval uable remedy.: '-Philadelphia Press.
You will save many a five cents by buying
your family groceries at Spann & Russell's.
THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C.. Sept. 26, 1881.
COTTON-About 525 bales have been sold
during the week ending Sept. 26th. The
market closed firm. We quote: Inferior
3 to 6 ; Tinged 9? to 9i ; Good Ordinary 9?to
9|; Low Middling 10} to IO*; Middling loj to
10f ; Good Middling 10|."
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 24. 1881.
COTTON.-This staple was in steady demand
and prices about $c per lb higher. Sales 2,
000 bales. The rates were 10j?l0?c for ting?
ed, 10^@l0^c for good ordinary to full good
ordinary, 10?(?/J lc for strict good ordinary,
lljcfor low middling, l!?c for middling,
andlljcper lb for good middling descrip?
tions.
WILMINGTON, N. C., Sept. 24.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Sales reported of 410
casks at 51c per gallon, aod 50 do. at 51 Jc,
closing at tho latter figure, being an advance
j of l?c on last reports.
ROSIN-The market was firm at S2 00 for
Strained and $2.10 for Good Strained, with!
an advancing tendency.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market firm at S3.65
pet bbl for Yellow Dip and $2.92 for Virgin, ]
with sales at quotations ; being a reduction of j
ore-third on Virgin.
COTTON-Sales reported of 125 bales on a j
basis of ll}c per lb for middling, closing firm, i
Estate of James Hodge3 Dec'd, I
IWELL apply to Judge of Probato for Sumter j
County on the 27th day of October, ISSI, j
f?ir a final discharge as Executrix of the nfore?
sail! Estate FRANCES E. HODGE,
Sept 27 Executrix.
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
CLERK AND TREASRER'S OFFICE,
SUMTER S. C., Sept 27, 1881.
BIDS ARE INVITED for building Bell
Tower for New Bell. Plan, &c, can be
seen on application to C. M. HURST,
Clerk and Treas.
THE STORE OF
A. A. SOLOMONS
Will be closed on MONDAY next,
OCT. 3d
on account of holiday. Sept. 27
OCR STORE WILL BE CLOSED
-ON
MONDAY OCTOBER 3d
on account of Holiday.
J. RYTTENBERG & SONS.
RED RUST-PROOF OATS AND
LIME.
1 ?AAB?SHELS GENUINE RED RUST
l.OUU PROOF OATS,
90c. per bushel.
1,500 Bbls. FRESH STONE LIMB,
$1.50 per barrel.
For sile by
WORTH & WORTH,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Sep 27_
FREIGHT PAID.
_
Richards' Dry Goods Syndicate.
; A COMBINATION OF CAPITAL
UNPARALLELED IN THE
HISTORY OF DRY GOODS.
Holding the Largest Morned and Manufactoring
Interests 'f Europe and America.
ONE QUARTER OF A MILLION HANDLED
IN FIVE MONTHS.
Acknowledging no criterion save the weight
of its own mighty success.
Ignoring Competition and Leveling the
l?rices of Pr g Goods
Toa scale commensurate with the wants of
the country-rendering happy the hearth?
stones of our people, but sweeping
to ruin, with chilling blasts, the
unlucky merchant who
dares defy its irre?
sistible sway.
Parties at a distance de iring samples and
price lists can secure them when desired.
Express Freights will be prepaid on orders
of $20 or over, at retail, to any depot.
Wholesale rates for South levelled lo East?
ern quotations.
T. RICHARDS SS BRO-, Managers,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Sep 27 2
Removal
P. & A. J. MOSES
Have Removed into their New
Stables on Liberty Street.
ON HAND.
One Cur-load Well-broke Driving and
Draft Horses, and One Car-load Wcll
broko Mules, Large and Small.
OUR LIVERY.
Our Business in this Line Will bo Con?
tinued with Increased Facilities.
Special Bargains on Hauling Contracts.
PURCHASERS
Will find it to their interest to call and
examine Stock before buying elsewhere. I
Sept. 27
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and New Versions on opposite pages. HIS
TORY OF THE BIBLE AND OF THE NEW
REVISION given to subscribers. The secret
of successful canvassing given every agent, j
Send for our liberal terms. (Mention this pa- !
per.) THE HENRY BILL PUBLISH'G CO., i
Established, 1847. \ NORWICH, CONN, i
JOHN C. DIAL,
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
IMPORTER AXD DEALER IX
General Hardware,
Belting, Packing, Lacing, Wrenches,
Machinery Oils,
FILES, CIRCULAR SAWS, SAW GUM
mers, Saw Upsets, Oilers, Lime, Cement,
Plaster, Laths, Hair,, Paints, Oils,
Brushes, Varnishes, Glue, Win?
dow Glass, Putty, kc, &c,
The largest variety of above goods in the
State and for sale at lowest prices, orders ac?
companied with the money or City references
will have prompt and careful attention.
September 20 3m
M. L. KINARD,
DEALER IN
CLOTHING,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
HATS, TRUNKS, VALISES, &c.
JIO MAIN STREET,
Opposite Wheeler House.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Sept 20_6m
~A7 G. BAKER7
127 MAIN STREET,
Columbia, So. Ca.,
MANUFACTURER OF
CIGARS,
AND DEALER IN
mm, milli ni,
SNUFF, &c., &e.
Orders promptly filled and satisfac?
tion guaranteed.
September 20-3m
JAS. M. MORRIS & GO.,
DEALERS IN
Choice Family Groceries,
-AND
FOOD PRODUCTS GENERALLY,
NO 122 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C.
All goods sold by us guaranteed, or money
refunded.
Coffee Roasted Fresh each Week and
Ground without Eitra Charge.
Sept 20-Bra.
THE GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
HAVING renewed my Lease of "The Grand
Central Hotel" for a term of years, I
beg leave to inform the Public that the House
has been thoroughly re-paiDted, and is DOW
furnished with new and improved Black
Walnut Furniture, Wire Spring Beds with
best Hair Mattresses, Velvet and Brussels
Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect with
every roora, and Ihe Hotel is connected
through the Columbia Telephonic Exchange
with every prominent place of business
throughout the City. These advantages, with
competent attendants, warrant me in assuring
the traveling Public as good accommodations
as the Sonth can afford.
JOHN T. WILLEY, Proprietor.
Sept 20 3m
COLUMBIA HOTEL
R. N. LOWRANCE, Proprietor
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Table, Rooms and Servants First-class.
RATES REASONABLE.
Sept 20-3m
LOOK OUT
FOR
CHEAP GOODS.
ALTAMONT MOSES
IS
NORTH,
Buying his Stock.
HE WILL
MO VE
ON THE
1st September,
TO THE
Old Popular Stand,
N. E. CORNER
ain and Liberty Streets.
J* A. MOOD,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE SOUTH SIDE DUGAN ST., j -
SUMTER, S , C . ? ]
Aug : tf j a
1881 FALL ANDWINTER |?jj
J.RYTTENBERG&SONS !
FALL n _ FAL
FALL 0 FAL
SEASON We are now opening a Stock of Goods for the SEASO
SEASON * ? SEASO
gjg FALL SEASON ggo
SEASON that will far surpass in quality and variety anything SEASO
LEADERS ce J . ii . . . j t, ii V ii ? ? . LEADEB
IFADFRS offered in this market, and shall fully maintain jjgjADEE
LEADERS our reputation as being the LEADEB
LEADERS LEADEB
POPK LEADERS OF POPULAR PRICES. pLoE?*
POPULAR 0cB St0CK' comPrisiQS the raost staPle and POPULA
POPULAR c^?'cesfc ?oods *? 00 found in the Northern markets, POPULA
POPULAR *s now arrriviog daily, and all our departments are POPULA
PRICES being filled with PRICE
PRICES * PRICE
PRICES NOVELTIES THAT CANNOT FAIL TO PLEASE PRICE
PRICES the most fastidious. PRICE
PRICES PRICE
NOVELTIES Something? tfew-The CelebratedCordoroyCorset. NOVELTIE
NONELTIES ever>. . wamnted NOVELTIE
NOVELTIES 6 ? P ir warranteU NOVELTIE
NOVELTIES OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT NOVELTIE
NOVELTIES will also be found complete with both Staple and Fancy NOVELTIE
CARPETS Goods ol every variety. CARPET
CARPETS FOUR CAR-LOADS HAGGING AND TIES, CARPET
CARPETS TWO CAR LOADS GENUINE RED RUST-PROOF OATS, CARPET
ctliPFTS WhiCh W#,U bC S0,d at priCCS lhat defy comi)etiotK C ARPET
OIL CLOTHS- Give us a call and bc convinced. OIL CLOTHS
OIL CLOTHS. n j j .; ,7 " ; 7, OIL CLOTHS
Oil CLOTHS Orders by mau -promptly, attended to QJJ ?JJQ^JT?
OIL CLOTHS! J. RYTTENBERG & SONS, OIL CLOTHS
OIL CLOTHS._I W. Corner Main and Liberty Streets. OIL CLOTHS
J. THEO. SOLOMONS,
of
The Ladies' Store.
SENDS GREETING
To the People of Sumter and the Sur*
rounding Country,
Cordially thanking them for their past favors
and patronage,
AND INVITING THEIR ATTENTION TO HIS
FALL AND WINTER STOCK NOW OPENING,
Great care has been exercised in the selection of Goods,
AND THE PURCHASING THEREOF INSURES HIS OFFERING THEM
AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES,
HE WOULD GALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO IIIS
DH? GOODS ID NOTION DMffliT.
Ladies' Neck-wear made a Specialty this Season.
Hoping to see you he begs to remain,
Respectfully yours,
J. T. SOLOMONS.
IDI?PORTANTWEWS. I
CALL IN IP1 YOU
DESIRE TO SEE
New and Elegant Goods of Novel Design
at remarkably low prices.
YOU
NEVER never saw a finer lot of Dress Goods?
NEVER saw more Fashionable Goods,
NEVER heard of Lower Prices,
NEVER need look any further,
NEVER can be better pleased,
NEVER will have a better chance than at
JOHN REID'S.
YOU will always get a good article,
YOU will always find things as represented,
YOU will always get full weight and measure,
AND LASTLY, BECAUSE
YOU can buy the same grade of goods
As Cheap if not Cheaper than Elsewhere.
JOHN REID.
September 13 2
?rO TO
THE NEW
GROCERY
STORE,
SPANN & RUSSELL,
'Next door to K. P. Monaghan,)
-FOE
LOW PEICES
-AND
FRESH GOODS.
Sept 13 ?[
[GAVE MY CI1?LD three il..?os of the
Patent Remedy-2305-and they brought
way ? half {dut ?voruii. Sold by druggists.
I
MONEY SAVED
MONEY EARNED,
I ASK ALL WHO
Want to get the most goods for the least
rooney to
GIVE ME A CALE.
It will cost you nothing when you come to
town to drop in at my store and take a
look around.
REMEMBER TUE PLACE.
SCHWERINS,
ON MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE CHINA'S
DRUG STORE.
You will find always in stock
Family and Fancy Groceries,
Corn, Wheat, Seed Oats, Rye, 55c.
-ALSO
A Full Line of School Books,
ALBUMS, SEASIDES,
Blank Books and Stationery,
TOYS AND FANCY ARTICLES.
I mean business, and will guarantee my goods
as sound, fresh, and cheaper than the
cheapest.
New goods constantly arriving-Clerks polite
and attentive-and every honorable
inducement is hereby ottered.
Sept 13
H?LBERS HOUSE.
2S4 Kivtj Street, nert to Masonic Tcm
2>Ic, Charleston, S. C.
Rates Si.50 per day, reduced rates by the
week or month, According to location of j
rooms.
This bouse, so well and favorably known j
as being a strictly first-class hoarding house, j
is centrally located, accessiMc to wholesale I
and retail stores, theatrts, and places of in- j
terest, and especially desirable for business j
men or families visiting the city, uothing bc
ing neglected to make its guests comfortable.
Ask for carriage at depot.-Respectfully
MRS. B. H?LBERS PIJOHSIETRESS.
Sept 20-ISSI.
FALL
-AND
STOCK,
1881.
My Stock is now complete
-IN
Every Department,
-AND -
Has been carefully selected in
person, with the view of
pleasing all
In Quality and Prices.
Large Assortment
LIDIES' DRBSS GOODS,
Good Quality Wool Cassimeres
AT 12? AND 15 CTS.
Ladies7 Cloaks, in great variety.
Ladies7 Shawls, all kinds and
prices.
Largest Stock of
Gents' and Boys'
CLOTHING
ever offered, and at
Low Down Prices.
Best assortment of
at various prices.
Full assortment of
HARDWARE,
SADDLERY,
HARNESS,
Carpetings, &c?
GROCER i ES
-AND
Carnied Goods.
IN GK EAT VARIETY^
And at lowest prices for first quality
goods.
CALL AND EXAMINE.
A. A. Solomons,
Sept 20 _
PARK ANO AGRICULTURAL FAIR
ASSOCIATION.
The Second Annual Fair
OF THIS ASSOCIATION
WILL BE HELD ON THE
25th, 26th, 27th and 28th days
of October, 1881.
The Secretary's Office will be opened at tho
Fair Grounds on Monday, 24th October, at 9
A. M., for the parp?se of receiving entries,
and'close at 12 M., on Tuesday.
Articles for exhibition will pay freight to
Sumter, which will be refunded opon produc?
tion of Secretary's certificate that tbe article
was exhibited at the Fair.
Extra trains will convey passengers from
thc Depot to the Fair Grounds every boor.
Freight Trains will run np to the Exhibi?
tion Building.
Every effort will be made to render the Ex?
hibition interesting and attractive. Among
other features the following will be intro?
duced :
PLOUGHING MATCHES,
SPEED TRIALS,
CARBINE SHOOTING FROM THE SAD?
DLE,
TRIALS OF HORSEMANSHIP,
GLASS BALL SHOOTING,
RIFLE AND PISTOL SHOOTING,
A GRAND TOURNAMENT.
Arrangements are being made for
BALLOON ASCENSIONS on the grounds,
-AND
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS at Mu*
sic Hall during Fair Week.
Articles for exhibition of all kinds are so*
j licited from this and neighboring Counties.
I The Premium List is extensive and liberal.
( Special premiums will be awarded for mer?
itorious articles cot on the Premium List.
Merchants in Sumter, and elsewhere, are
requested to forward contributions for prizes,
and also to make applications for space for
Exhibits.
Persons desirous of competing at Tourna?
ment must notify the Secretary by ls&
October.
There will be a general SALE of PRIVI?
LEGES, at the Court House in Sumter on?
MONDAY, 17th OCTOBER, at 1 o'clock P.M..
ADDRESSES
Will be delivered during Fair Week, on the*
following subjects.
THE LIEN LAW-Its benefits and evils.
THE CORN CROP-How its deficit is to be
made up.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION-Is
Prohibition the reinedv ?
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS-Their ul?
timate effect
CO-OPERATION STORES-Their proper
management.
ENSILAGE-Its value, and mode cf
making. The Crop, the cutting, the silo,
storage.
E. W. MOISE, President.
C. II. .MOISE, Sec., and Treas.
The I Pu rest and liest 31 ed icinc ever Made. W
Acolmbiiwtlon of Hope, Buchu, Man- S
dm Wie '-im Dando lion, with all tu? best and V
most CB urativo pro: er- wa of alt otbor Bittens, H
niak?a\tbeK'r?ac~z5 ood Purlfl?r% Liver J
Regu i\ator,*:-<; -r-::> and Health Ksttoring gj
Agent OU^BB^&SS?H welt fa
Ko disease cVan pow lone; ?fe* *-b*r?> Hop jg
Bitters are us\fd,so%an?:d jjid pec?ec??satiicir
Ow? gire sew li Ve asivirr t?t&?&*> *5*
To all whose c%aiv>lov::.OUTS cut??. ii-reRHiarP
tjortholiowetHC*VurilMliy o***1'*- or wh?
qu?r?an AppetixQrV To<lic*awl miUl i,um"laot'
HopBittet.i a. ? uival\y- &bI<- without Ir.toi*.
Icatlng. <-BB"^.
No matter wlmtyour r?^Lefl?C* or- ft.vmptoms
aro wimt il?) dt??is?M>rail\nje,,t in "?-Uop lin?
ters. Don't wnituntilyo???** "ic,i 1,1,1 ir JO*
OfilT reoKi>?~i or miscr?l>10,mns?'tJ,cm at once
lt may save j yiri i fe. It ha>=|* a v . u tet.udrods.
5 ?SOO ?itt I* paid tor a cal'o they win ,10t
cure or Mp. J?o ?ot ?.inV>rlorl? J?"r friends
?uirerjbut useaiid luve Uicrol^ *?1,80 Hoj? B
Kememijer. Mop Hitters ia u?\**. C">.R?<?d
drunken nostrum, hutt lie I'-.wl^* ?? Best
and IlttPK*? ami no Jn-n-oi? or ?amil?y^L ? ^mm
without them. ?W?L
n g <> <, ?tri absolut* ait. i irresistible etiru 1 k\M
forl>n?iUciin?'??."!**1ofopium, tobacco andif^J
narcotic?. Ali?wl >>>' urnirswts. Send II 1
for O rei: Ur. BlKcn Sfg. C<K, M &4E
Roi'?ireter.VY and Toronto. Ont, ^gr WmW\
BABBIT METAL.
(>i IN .MAKERS AND REI AIRERS CAN
T find at-the office of thc Watchman and
vuihron a supply of OLD TYPE METAL
rhich is equal, if not superior to babbit met
1 for their uses. It can be had at reasonable