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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. J. A. MOOD. M. D. 1 v T\ i> v VTYLM>OAV r EDITORS. D. B. ANDLRbOX j Miss Carrie Maj, once engaged to Jim Ben- ? nett, has married a man whose chief distinc- j tlon seems to be that of riding a bicycle. There are twenty-one contested election cases in the U. S. House. Of these nearly all are from the South. Mr. Arthur's Kew Year reception is to he a j grand affair. Preparations are makicg in Washington for a season of unusual gayety. j Some fifteen new buildings, most of them j large, are now going np rapidly in the burnt j district -it Edgefield. Lord Beaconsfield's tragedy, Count Alar? cos, in five acts, is to be brought out at one of the theatres in Berlin shortly. A redaction of the rates for telegraphic messages on the Western Union lines went into effect on January ?. The reduction amounts to about 25 per cent. It is reported that many farmers are leaving the upper counties of the State and wending their way westward in hope of bettering their j condition in life. The deaths from smallpox during last week, j officially reported to the National Board of j Health, were Pittsburg 25, Cincinnati 14, ? New York ll, Philadelphia ll. The Colleton Press says that Mr. Isaac j Sante, wbile firing off* bis pistol at Smoke's ? Cross Roads on Christmas Ere, accidentally j killed his little son who was standing near j by. It is rumored in Washington that the jury j in the Gniteau case, wiih one exception, are | satisfied of the guilt and responsibility of the prisoner; the twelfth juror maintains that Gniteau is crazy. The Herald says the Baptist church of New? berry has completed half a century since its | organization, and a historical address or ! sermon commemorative of that event was de- j livered by the pastor, Rev. Luther Broaddus, ! New Year's day. The Spring meeting of the South Carolina j Jockey Club, at Washington Course, Char- j leston, will commence on Wednesday, Feb. j mary 1st, and continue for four days. The ! programme embraces a series of sixteen races, j for which purses aggregating $2.800 have i ' been offered. ? < A son of Senator Bayard and a son of Sen- j ] atorMahone got on a bender last Tuesday j evening, went to the National Theatre made ; ( themselves offensively polite to the ladies as j j they entered, behaved badly generally, and j were arrested and finally sent to a guard j 1 house. ? ? i Major W. K. Bradley died at his residence j I in Abbeville County at 7 o'clock P. M., on ' ( the 30th December. Major Bradley was a !: member of the Legislature from that County!' for two terms, beginning in 18T8. At the j ^ time of his death he was President of the At- i 1 lantic and French Broad Railroad Company, i | Thc Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake City, j < which has been twenty-eight years in process ; , of construction, and is not yet completed, has j granite walls nine feet four inches thick, is j 250 feet in diameter, and seats 12,000 I? persons- It is a perfect whispering gallery, j and the dropping of a pin or the rustle of a ! j dress can be heard from one side to the other, j f One object of the North Pole search is to j j see and study a part of the globe never yet ? looked upon and invested with the fascination J which mystery always imparts. Another is j * to determine the magnetic poles of the earth, j s which, it is known, do not agree with the j t geographical poles. If a vessel should sail j over the pole, it could be determined by the j same reckoning that gives her exact position j * in latitude and longtitude elsewhere. j1 The Atlanta Constitution, of Dec. 2Jth, j* says: "Yesterday between five and six hun- ? t dred negroes passed through Atlanta en j ? roote to Arkansas, where they propose loca- j ting and growing rich with the country. The j enti-e party is from Edgefield county, South Carolina, and was in charge of a colored Minister, who has been to Arkansas oa an I inspecting tour, and who induced the party to : j emigrate. They say that many more families j. will follow shortly." A little negro boy about ten years of age } ' was frozen to death in Camden last Thursday j night. It seems that the mother had been j < whipping the child while the latter was in a ! s nude condition, and while out in quest of j ] another switch the urchin left the house and j j sought shelter in an empty dry goods box in j the rear of Arthur's store. Wheu found next j * morning life was so far extinct that the efforts j ' of the physicians were of no avail. He was ! i entirely divested of h?s raiment before leaving ? . home, and tbe chilly night was speut by him j , in this deDlorable state.-Kershaw Gazette, i ! < The Atlanta Cotton Exposition is already j bearing practical and valuable fruits. Up to ! Monday last twenty-nine of the exhibitors ! ? had give? notice of their intention to establish j j houses or factories in Atlanta. These com- j j prise mainly small manufactories, but each of j ( them will fill a new field, and Director-Gen- j 5 eral Kimball is confident that during thc next j 1 year there will be fifty additional factories, ? ( large and small, established in Atlanta, direct- | \ ly because of the Exposition. Exhibitors i j are astonished at the sales they have made, j i The profits of a wind-uill proprietor from j . sales made during tbs Exposition are placed j i by him at $10,000, whilst a firm engaged in I < the manufacture of harrows place their profits i from sales $8,000; and so with the cotton- ; < planters, gins, cotton-cleaners, &c. The ex- j j hibitors say that they have never attended an j } exhibition at wblih the sales were so large. . This applies more especially to makers of and j \ dealers in machinery that will aid in the in- j ? dnstrial recuperation of the South. It is ^ ? thought that the amount of improved ma- ; , cbinery sold in the South within the next j year or two will be enormous. The Wilmington, N. C., Star says: 'There j is a well authenticated report to the effect : that the Wilmington and Weldon Ruilroad ' Company will soon commence the construe- j rion of another branch road, a survey haviug already beer, ordered between the two points mainly interested, to wit; Wildon, N. C., on : the Wilmington and Weldon Road, one hun- . dred and eight miles north of Wilmington, 1 and Florence, S. C .exactly the same-distance : south of Wilmington. The object had in : view is claimed to be the material shortening ! of the Atlantic Coast Line, which it is said I the new road will do by about seventy miles, j the distance from Wijson to Florence by the j present route being two hundred and eight ,' miles, wbile by the new route it will only be i about one hundred aud thirty-five miles. The j proposed route on th-? map is nearly an air? line running tvrouga the counties of Johnston Cumberland (by Fayetteville,} Robeson and : the corners *f Harnett and Sampson, in North Carolina, and Marion and Darlington j Counties, South Carolina. It is understood ! that the survey will be made immediately, ; and there seems to be no doubt that tue road : will be built.'' * ! ; I Four saints were canonized in Rome the othsr day. The ceremony of canonization j occupied iuur hows, from 10 till 2. It was j1 by far the most splendid ecclesiastical ceremo- j : nial that has been seen at Rome for many i years. The four new saint3 added to the cal- ! endar are Giovanni Batista oe Rossi, formerly : canon of Santa Mur?a ; Lorenzo da Brindisi, a Capucin friar ; Joseph Labre of Boulogne sur-Mer, a layman, who lived as a mendicant at Rome; and Clara di Montefalco, an Angus? linmn nun. The ceremony took place in the hall over the portico of St Feter's, called thc Aula Fararceutorum. Ko pomp of detail in the ancient ceremonial was omitted that could add imposing magnificence to the solemnity of the occasion. The Italian Government had taken precautions to prevent the Radicals seizing the occasion to offer any insult to the clericals. Forty-two Cardinals, sixty-three Archbishops, seventy-two Bishops, and the entire Apostolic Court were present, and also four hundred French pilgrims. The Pope, who was fasting, as he had to perform mass, appeared to be very feeble when he was borne ia on theSedia Gestatoria with the tiara on his head ; but he seemed to gather strength as the ceremony proceeded. At the offertory af? ter the mass the traditional offerings were made to the Pope on behalf of each new saint, namely, five large wax candles ornamented with paintings, two gilded loaves, one small barrel of wine, one of water, both gilt, two turtle doves, two pigeons, and small birds in gilded cages. THE NEW YEAH. -o We exteod to our friends and patrons our best wishes for the new year. With assurances of appreciation of the solid support and encouragement extended to us through the past, we beg to say to them that we shall continue to strive to merit their substantial approval. We commence the new year with a number of new accessions to our Hst, Which, with the kind words of many of our old patrons, are quite encouraging. OUR NEXT CAMPAIGN. -o Political circles are already becoming agitated over the approach of the next campaign. Leaders of the two great parties of the State, while awaiting the development of issues upon which to j base the oext political struggle, ar? casting about to find their relative strength, or gathering data upon which to predict the result io case of a fight on the part of the Republicans. Re? cognizing the fact that the unity of a party is strengthened by opposition, the j Republicans have shrewdly avoided an j >pen contest for the past few years, ! knowing that nothing would be more ? ikely to develop sectional difference j ind general disintegration than a peaca- j ble possession of power. The movements ! )f our legislature have been closely j scrutinized, both by Democrats and Republicans-by the former for fear j ;bat some unwise step might be made ; )y the latter for the purpose of exciting j lissatisfactioa and magnifying individ- j lal hardships that are unavoidably oc? casioned by public interests, to the dis? advantage of the opposing party. In the last five years, the Democratic idininistration has given general satis- j action. There is no evidence that heir efforts have not been directed oward the promotion of the best inter? ests of the people, and not tho slightest suspicion of dishonesty has ever been aised with regard to their management )f the public funds. The career of Re >ublicanism was characterized by the j nost disgraceful theft and shameful ihuse of power, and there is no reason o believe that the revival of that party voald not bring with it a return of its characteristics-a regime that no honest nan would seek to re-establish. The only Kay in which the Democratic party can je overthrown is by local dissensions ind independent movements. lode jendentism can never accomplish any permanent good to the people, while it may work ruin to the Democracy. If :he Democrats were sole masters of the situation, if the Republican party was beyond the possibility of reanimation, :he Democracy might afford to divide :>n local and trifling issues. But. let the leader of every such movement now remember that to divido the Democratic rote is to give the Republicans an easy j victory, and bring about the condition i >f affairs which existed prior to 1876. j We have learnei that the preamble and j petition referred to in the report of the meet- ! ng below, is an appeal to the Legislature for j ihe relief of the destitution in that section, :aused by the failure of the last crops. We ire forced to regard the movement as unwise. We have no idea that starvation is so general >r imminent as to require legislative inter ?rence. Though there may be considerable j pressure for money, and the outlook seem J gloomy enough, and even real want may in" ? rade the homes of a few, we are satisfied that j :he best course to pursue is to meet those in- j li vid na! emergencies as individuals. If their sufferings are in any way exagerat ?d, the people of those townships have done themselves a great injustice. For by these movements they not only reduce their credit and reflect upon the resources of our county, but they ptace themselves in an attitude which j is incompatible with that pride and indepen- { dence which is as essential to the prosperity of communities as it is of individuals. MECIiAXICSVILLE, Dec. 27, 1831. j A Public meeting was held here to-day, to ! receive and act upon the report of the Com- i mittee which had been appoiuted at the prior J meeting, held on December 22d, t;to devise j ways and means by which supplies may be i obtained thc coming year." The meeting was called to order by trial j Justice Fraser, J. W. Wesberry Actiug as Secretary. The Committee presented to the meeting a J Preamble and Peiition, praying the Legis-! lature to take action. i After discussion by Trial Justice Frase, j Isaac McLaughlin, J. W. Wesberry, Capt. ? Williamson and Dr. H. D. Green, the said 1 Preamble and Petition were unanimously j adopted. f A committee was then chosen to present the ; papers to the Legislature. The meeting then adjourned. J. W. WESBERRY, Secretary. The sentries still guard the tomb of the late President at Cleveland, Ohio. A detachment of United States infan? try constitute the guard. This is a strange period in the history of the greatest nation of freemen the history of the world koows. One dead Presi? dent has to be protected from robbers and a living President has to be fol? lowed by detectives as he travels from the capitol to the great commercial metropolis of the Western Continent. Closing Day of the Gi oat Atlante Exposition. ATLANTA, December 31. The Cot ton Exposition closed to-day with ap? propriate and imposing ceremonies, At 1:30 o'clock the Judges' Hall, v. hicb had been profusely decorated with flags and paper flora, was thrown open and an immense throng entered, and as many as could secured seats. The stage had been enlarged, and upon il were the officials of the Exposition, the members of the Executive Committee, the orators and orchestra and the cL ;us which furnished tho music. The scene was an i DJ posing one. Prayer was of? fered by Bishop H. W. Warren, after which some letters of regret from several distinguished men were read. Direc? tor-General Kimball then delivered bis address. He said 4'the Exposition had depended wholly for its support on the voluntary subscriptions of its friends in many and widely separated parts of the country. It received no bonus from the city and no bounty from the State. The countenance which the people's rep? resentatives refused hos fortunately been accorded by their Chief Magistrate and sustained and applauded by the people themselves. The grand central idea ol the Exposition, the main shaft to which has been belted every wheel that has worked for its success, is concentrated in the one word, 'Improvement,' improve? ment of the knowledge of the people as to the great resources at their command. What American ingenuity has adapted to the demands of American industries, productive and creative, has here been shown more abundantly and in a higher degree than ever before in the history of the country. Referring to the cotton ginning devices on exhibition, be noted as a wonderful fact that every cotton gin was but a modification of Whitney's principle. This fact alone constitutes a valuable discovery, aod enhanches, in no small measure, the fame of an Amer? ican inventor whose labors raised bim to the rank of a benefactor. There has been here, also, brought to the atten? tion of the cotton producers of the world a recent iuvention that is likely to be as grand a gift as the cotton gin was when it first revolutionized the industry. I refer to thc cotton cleaner, which has been declared the best device ever in? vented for the accomplishment of a uni? versally desired end, and has been awarded the grand prize of this Exposi? tion." In announcing the close of the Exposition be expressed the thanks of the Directors and all concerned to their friends in the different cities of the Union who had aided thc work, and to the press of the country, which had so liberally upheld their cause. He thought "every exhibitor must be proud of the success which the Exposition had achieved. Who can measure its benefi? cent effects ? Who, after failing to esti? mate the results upon our productions and our industries, can hope to weigh the influences it has cast upon the hearts of the people?" The programme was as follows ; Chorus of singers numbering several hundred ; grand march ; entrance of officers and guests ; prayer by Bishop H. W. Warren, of the M E. Church ; "America," by the chorus and audi? ence ; letters from Hon. Jas. G. Blaine and others, were read by J. W. Ryck man Secretary ; address by Hon. H. I. Kimball, Director-General ; quartette and semi-chorus, Rosini; address by I Hon. Joseph E. Brown, United States ! Senator; poem by Frank H. Norton, of New York ; address by Col. Wm. H. Breckenridge, of Kentucky ; Hallelu? iah Chorus, Handel ; address by Gov. A. H. Colquitt, President of the Inter? national Cotton Exposition ; doxology, "Old- Hundred/' by the chorus and audience. Senator Brown was expected to speak j but at a late hour was taken sick and could not do so. F. H. Norton, of New York read a poem. Col Wm. C. P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, deliver? ed an eloquent address on the benefits, socially and otherwise, that will come from the Exposition. Gov. Colquitt, President of the Ex? position, delivered an address, which closed with a signal for stopping the machinery. The machinery was stop? ped amid the blowing of whistles and ringing of bells, at eighteen minutes ! past three. The Stock Lav. The Union Times, of South Carolina, states that a member of the Methodist Conference, stationed in thc interior of a county where the Stock law is not in force, and, in fact, has been exempted from its operations by the general law, complained that country butter was so seldom offered for sale there that almost every family depended upon buying Goshen butter at 35 and 40 cents per pound. He made glad the heart of his wife by taking to her a large bucket of as fine country butter as ever tickled the palate of an epicure, and it was made in this Stock Law county of Union, too, where butter is plentiful at from 15 to 20 cents a pound. Good butter, thc editor adds is more plentiful there than it was when cows had to hunt their own food ; and as a rule, the' beef is much better, while neither has increased in price. This is only one of the benefits of a Stock Law ; but it is worth mentioning. Much of the butter that goes by the name of Goshen batter is rank and sorry stuff that no Northern man would buy for the commonest cooking purposes, at more than 20 cents per pound. Much of the Tennessee butter we get in Augusta is not cheap at 30 cents, con? sidering its inferior quality and prodi? gious salting. We shall welcome the day when good, sweet, wholesome, genuine butter can be produced plenti? fully tn Richmond county for reasonable prices. The enactment of a stock law would probably do for this county what it has done for Union county, across thc river- At any rate, the trial is worth making. When the people of Augusta can procure excellent milk, butter and cream at moderate rates there will be fewer cows kept io the city, and with the usc of one blessing, a positive nui? sance will be abated,with out much trou? ble or expense. Nearly every "modern improvement" has had to fight its way against ignorance and prejudice ; but the triumph was not less certain and remunerative Tbe sooner we get out of obstructive ruts and into the highway of true progress, in small as well as great matters, tho richer, the more comforta? ble and the more respected will we be? come.-Augusta Chronicle. A most remarkable discovery bas been made in the Sweetwater country, in Wyoming Territory. It is a deposit of sulphuric acid in its natural state. The odor, chemical action and general appearance of the staff demonstrates it to be a pure quality of sul? phuric acid. The ground is impregnated over a large area-100 acres or more-and j parties bare filed claims upon it. l?dgefield Exodus. A correspondeut of thc News and Courier writing from Trento.. Edgcfield riunt/, under date of December 31st, says : "There is no disguising the fact that a most alarming, condition of things exists in Edge* field County in cou seq un ce of the exodus of the negroes to Arkansas, which began more than a week since and has continued almost without intermission np to the present time. It is estimated that already about one-fifth of the entire negro podc'.ation of the county, or more than five thousand persons, hag gone and the fever is still spreading. There bas been nothing like it since the days of Pbaroah and the situation may well occasion the deep? est anxiety for the future. In the Ridge sec? tion of the county, extending from the Lexing? ton boundary to this place along the line of the Chailotte, Colombia and Augusta Rail? road, and east of this road to the Aiken County, line, embracing a stretch of territory twenty-four miles long and four to five miles w::? , it ts estimated that at least four-fifths of the negroes have joined the exodus. Jack Jinkins, colored, a tennnt of Mr. Wat? son, said that the causes of the Exodus were the short crops, the impossibility the negro farmers felt of being able at pay their debts and the rumors which were pei in circulation by the poor white people that if tbey did not go now they would not be allowed to go in the future, and that as the Legislature bad passed the stock law over their heads so it would in the same roanuer enact a law that would reduced them again to slavery. The Exodus, according to Jack, has just begun, many are only waiting to hear reports from those who have gone, and next fall there will be another hegira which will sweep the coun? ty clean. ---* > i mm i - A story which, if true, deserves investiga? tion, is told by a Salt Lake correspondent of the St. Louis Republican that reveals a crime among the Mormons as horrible as often comes from the Dominion of the King of Dahomy or thc crazy Burmese monarch. . A Mrs. Maxwell, in order to prevent her two sons, aged 14 and 16 respectively, fro.n be? coming Mormons, told them the secrets of the "endowment house." Her husband, a Mor? mon, ovebcaring her, informed the church authorities, who carried her and her sons to thc dark pit," a blood atoning room in Brig? ham Young's house. In ber sons' presence she was stripped of ber clothing, tied, laid on ber back, had her tongue cut, her throat cut, and her legs and arms severed by the priest? hood. The sons were released and given twenty-four hours to get out of the Territory. This being impossible, they were murdered j by the Danites ; not, however, until they had ? recited the dreadful details to a lady of Salt j Lake City. "The Star of Bethlehem," as Tycho Brahe's j star has been called, is due next year, accord- j ing to the guesses of astronomers. In 1572 j this celebrated astronomer was walking in j bis garden, and looking up at the sky, was astonished to see a large star blazing in the constellation of Cassiopeia, in the zenith. I He could hardly believe his eyes. The star, ! however, continued to shine for more than a ' year and then disappeared. Inspecting the records, the astronomer found that in 1264 such a star had appeared, and one also in 945. Counting backward it was thonght possible that this star, having a period of about 315 years, might have been the star which the j magi had seen in thc year 1 of this era; in other words, that it may have been the star of Bethlehem. Adding 315 to the date of the last appearance in 1572 ; this star would be due again in 1887; but its periods have not been quite regular, and 110 years is the j average of its cycles. This would bring the . star into sight again in 1882. Georgia is not only the leading State in J cotton milling but it is a leading State in ! crime. If Texas does not go to killing more rapidly the Georgians will wear the ribbon as ! the head-centre of crimes and murders. Guilty of Wrong. Some people have a fashion of confusing ? excellent remedies with the large mass of j "patent medicines," and io this they are guilty of a wrong. There are some advertised j remedies fully worth all that is asked for | them, and one at least we know of-Hop j Bitters. The writer has bad occasion to use ! the bitters tn just such a climate as we have most of the yaat in Bay City, and bas always found them tn be first*class and reliable, do? ing all that claimed for them.-Tribunt. Your Very Last Chance. The December or Christmas number of the ' Southern Musical Journal is on our table. It j was "the last" with which ihe shoemaker of I Seville killed his wife, and with this, expires ! in glory, the old series of the Journal. Jan- j uary begins a new volume with a new series, but the dollar's worth of Premium Sheet Mu- ? sic, which has hitherto been presented each i subscriber, will not be longer given. The j Publishers offer one last chance to secure this ! Premium, and will exteod it yet to all who ; subscribe before Janury 10th, 1882. Remit SI 2S at once, and the Journal for 1882, with its $12.00 worth of Music bound io it, and $1.00 wertb of Premium Sheet Music of your own selection, will be yours. This Christmas number has three Music Gems. "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep." "The Celebrated Chop Waltz," and ? Blue Bird Echo Polka." Send your subscription to LUDDEN k BATES, Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga. , For Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis and all affec? tions of the Lungs, take Ayer's Cherry Pec? toral. .mw--m i i -wm?* After Twenty Years, MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 13, 1881. H. H. WARNSR k Co. Sirs-Your Safe Kid? ney and Liver Cure, in ray case, cured a con? firmed sickness of twenty years. I believe it to be the remedy for all female disorders, and can cheerfully recommecd it. MRS. B. N. BOLTON. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 2, 1882. COTTON-About 75 bales have been sold during the week endiug January 2d. The market closed steady. We quote: Stained 61@9A; Tinged 9|@10; Inferior 6J07J; Ordinary 8j-@9; Good Ordinarv 9{(n}l0: Low Middling IOj@10-$; Middling 10*? 10|; Good Middling 10|?11. CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 31, 1881. COTTON.-Market quiet. Sales about 600 ^.ales. Quotatioos are : Tinjied 10? ; Ordi? nary 10; Good Ordinary, lo|0lo; ; Low Middling, llf?lljh Middling, Good Middling, 11?. WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 31. SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Market firm. Sales of 200 casks at 5l? cents per gallou. ROSIN-The market was firm at $2 05 for Strained and S2.10 for Good Strained. CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market steady at $3.50 per bbl for Yellow Dip and $2.80 for Virgin. COTTON-Market quiet. Sales, 300 bales. The following arc the official quotaWtions : Low Middling ll 1-16, Middling 11$, Good Middling Hf OUR BELOVED GARFIELD | And his Faithful Cabinet. - An elegant Chromo Lithograph of our late j President, making 8 full length portraits, printed in 10 colors on heavy paper with a i rich gold border. Size, 18x26 inches. The j sale of this beautiful work of art has been j simply unprecedented at ipi per copy. In j order that every family may be able to pos- j sess this beautiful and touching souvenir of j our late President and his Cabinet) we will j mail it for only 50 cents per copy. We can j furnish this same subject, printed io 8 colors, j reduced to 9x12 inches, for only 15 cents, j AGENTS PST IT8 WANTED j is the time for agents to renp a rich harvest with these beautiful portraits. Nothing sells like them. Send for terms, and buy samples to work with CONANT k CO., Publishers, Jan 3-2m 7 Dey St., New York. ' A Prosperous Colored Farmer. Wc mot a colored mau yesterday, who faruis on a large scale ten milos below Columbia, and he informed us that he bad just purchased a farm for which he paid ?3.000 cash. He start? ed out without a dollar five years a?o, and now estimates bis property at ?8,000. He ascribes his greet success, in a measure, to tbe fa et that be has always eschewed the lien business. Columbia Reg tater. ! Among the visitors to President Arthur io New York on Monday were Gen. Grant, ex-Senator Conkling, Hon. W. M. J E var ts, Jay Gould, Jesse Seligman, Hugh Hastings and Jobo Jacob Astor. Estate of Obadiah M. Crane, Dee'd* ALL PERSONS haviug claims against said Estate will present the same du!y attested, and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will mak^ immediate payment to DAVID J. WINN, and JOHN I. MILLER, Jan 3-3t Qualified Executors. LOWEST PRICES POWELL'S PREPARED CHEMICALS ?Bt ^ IO a Farmer can buy a FORMULA. For 4>l^ (520 lbs;of POWELL'S PREPARED CHEMICALS This .when mixed at home, makes OneTon of SUPERIOR PHOSPHATE, equal in plant-life and as certain of successful crop production as many high priced Phosphates. XI/"\ EXTRA /Xo trouble to mix INCEXPENSE.I Full directions. POWELL'S CHEMICALS have been thoroughly tried, give universal satisfaction, and wc off-;r leading fanners in every State as reference. Send for Pamphlet. Beware of imitations. 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A Full Line of- all grades-some very hand- j some. GRAIN. To Arrive. 3,000Bu. Mixed Corn. 2,500 Bu. White Corn. | The attention of wholesale buyers is invited, j On Hand. Two Cars Feed Oats, Two Cars Prime Timothy Hay, One Car Wheat Bran and Fine Feed. GOOD COFFEE Everybody wants it, but very few get lt, ?>ecause most people do not know how to 6clect coffee, or it ls spoiled in the roasting or making. To obviate these difficulties has been our sttidy. Thurber's package Co .Tees are selected by an expert who un? derstands the art of blending various fla? vors. They are roasted in the most perfect manner (it is impossible to roast well io small quantities), then put in pound pack? ages (in the bean, not ground,) bxtring our signature as a guarantee of genuineness, and each package contains the Thurber recipe for making good Coffee. We pack two kinds, Thurber's "No. 34," strong and pungent, Thurber's "No. 41," mild and rich. One or the other will suit every taste. They have the three great . oints, good quality, honest quan? tity, reasonable price. Ask your Grocer for Thurber's roasted Coffee in pound pack? ages, "Aa 34" or "Xo. 4L" Do not be put off wiUi any other kind-your - own palate will tell you what is best Where pcrsoas desire it wo also: furnish the "Ll?aV Coffee-pot, the simplest, best and c lien pest coffee-pot in existence. Grocers who sell our Coffee keep them. Ask for descriptivo circular. Respectfully, ?c.f li. K. ?fe F*. B. THURBER & CO., | Importers, Wholesale Grocers and Coffee j Roasters, New York. P. S.-As thc largest dealers in food pro? ducts In the world, we consider it our in- j tor. st to ma uufacturc only pure and whole- i s.)me goods and pack them in a tidy and I satisfactory manner. All goods bearing j our name avn. guaranteed to be of superior i quality, pure and wholesome, and dealers arc authorized to rofund the purchase price in any caso where customers have cause for dissatisfaction. It is therefore to thc interest of both dealers and con? sumers to usc Thurber's brands. Removal. P. & A. J. MOSES Have Removed into their New Stables on Liberty Street. ON HAND. One Car-load We?l-brokc Driving and Draft Horses, and One Car-load Woll? un kc Mules, Large and Small. OUR LIVERY. Our Business in this Lino Will be 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. Sept. 27 THE DEKIND OF TSE TIMES-STRICT EC??NWf?, SAVE MONEY BY P?ftCHASIXG, BAUGH'S TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR PHOSPHATE. Why pay high prices for Fertilizers when you can buy a reliable Fertilizer for $25 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. Analysis Fully Guaranteed. Send for Circular. Address BAUGH & SONS. Sole Manufacturers, 20 South Delaware Ave., Philadelphia. 103 South Street Baltimore. Jan. 3 2t Q^MATJON!TO MERCHANTS ?TT"P*VT ALI. SEEDS in papers left over at . > \J XVJN clog? of Season. Send for conditions f this KEW SYSTEM, the Most Advantageous ever offered to both Merchant and Consumer? tLANDRETH'S GARDENT SEEDS grown on their own Farm?;, OVER 1,500 NACRES devoted to this purpose, are the F^^^*^KMVS ^>*? I?11* l l I III Mill FOR QUAXITT. J?J- TVHOLE J784 ^f|^g^g?|_ if \ j I TRADE PRICE LISTS for Seedg, In bnllc or -- ^-^ij^sa*-? other form, mailed to merchants on application. DAVID LANDRETH & SONS, Seed Growers, 21 & 23 S. SIXTH ST. PHILADELPHIA 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 HIS mm wm MD mm NTJINNT. Ladies' Neck-wear made a Specialty this Season. Hoping to see you he begs to remain, Respectfully vours, J. T. SOLOMONS. MONEY SAVED -is MONEY EARNED, I ASK ALL WHO Want to get the most gooda for the least rooney to GIVE ME A CALL. t It will cost you nothing when you come to j town to drop in al my store and taken look around. . REMEMBER THE 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, &c. -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 agentive-and every honorable . inuuccment is herebv offered. Sept 13_ ?. F. W, DELORNE, Agent. -DEALER IN SSH 1 TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KLPT IN i FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Segare, GARDEN SEEDS, &G, Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with cate and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu? ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Sumter. S. C , Jan. 20, ISSI. Sui. SAODLERY AND HARNESS. THE FINEST LEATHER ON HAND Ready to bj worked up at the lowest living figures. HARNESS of the latest style and of my own workmanship, at my shop to sell. I am prepared to do all kinds of Jobs in roy line bf business. All Orders received will be promptly attended to, and with the greatest care. -A full line of READY-MADE HARNESS, ' SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS, MARTIN? GALES, and EVERYTHING ELSE pertaining to a First-class Harness Shop. OLD HARNESS made to look as good as NEW, COVERING and REPAIRING Old TRUNKS -A SPECIALTY. All WORK in my line GUARANTEED to give SATISFACTION. T. 0, WROTEN, Corner of Main and Republican Streets March 15. 1881. ly. TUR UNDERSIGNED would respectfully announce to the public, that he is prepar? ed .'> furnish Monuments, Headstones, AND ALL KINDS OF CEMETERY WORK, nt the "Rock Bottom Prices, guaranteeing full satisfaction, both in style and workmanship. W. P. SMITH. Jan 27 ly Il?iSili YOU CAN GET CHOICE MESS SALMON, CHOICE No. 1 MESS MACKEREL, CHOICE SMOKED HALIBUT, BONELESS CODFISH, CHOICE MESS MACKEREL IN 51b TINS, M AILLA RD'S COCOA, BROMA, AND CHOCOLATE, ROAST BEEF IN CANS, SHRIMPS, BRAWN, TURKEY AND MACARONI IN CANS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OF ALL KINDS, IN CANS, CHOICE TEAS AND COFFEES, THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF CRACKERS AND CANDIES, CALL AND SEE OUR Complete Stock of GROCERIES, WHICH WE ABE Selling at Bottom Prices. Call early aod often, and oblige. DUCKER & BULTMAN. Nov. 15 A PLAGE FOR SALE. ATW O-STORY RESIDENCE, GOOD Burn and Stable, small Orchard, on 259 ACRES OF LAND, three miles from ! Lynchburg Depot, on the Bishop il Ie Road, j A desirable place, with beautiful oak gro.e in ; yard. Apply to JOHN H. HUGGINS, Dec. 20 4_Lynchburg, S. C. A. J. CHINA, DEALER IN" DRUGS, MEDICINES, -AND C IxexTLioals. FINK TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES, PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, ?c., 4c Paints, Oils, Varnishes, - - AND DYE STUFFS. GLASS, PUTTY, &c. Physicians' prescriptions accurately compounded. March IS-ly T. E. S?ARES Q ri P O ? %mr ' - tr* THE ATTENTION Of his Friends and the Public generally to his Large Stock of FURNITURE AND CHAIRS of which he is receiving WEEKLY ADDITIONS. Just received another supply of; those CHEAP SPRING-BEDS. For Comfort and Durability they cannot be surpassed. -ALSO CLOTH AND PAPER WINDOW SHADES, WALL PAPERING, PICTURE FRAMES, LOOKING-GLASSES, MATTRESSES, &c, <&c. Sgr Furniture repaired neatly, and in a practicable manner. Upholster? ing done with dispatch. MAIN STREET. NEXT DOOR TO WM. BO&AN'S NEW STOEE. Jan 20 2m LARGE ADDITIONS, -IN SEW GOODS. Goods of Every Description Marked DOWD, -AND MEMs -TO CASH BUYERS. 200 Cloaks and Dolmans FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN, Of Various Styles, and at Very Low Prices. CARPETINGS IN VARIETY. Call and Examine. A. A. Solomons. Dec 6 BULTMANN & BRO. SUMTER, 8. C Invite the attention of their friends and the public generally to tue LARGEST STOCK THEY HAVE EVER HAD, Which has been purchased wiih great ?are, with the view of suiting ail classes of buyers, both in quality and price. Those who want THE BEST GOODS FOR THE LEAST MONEY, :i rc invited to call and be convinced that the the place to get them is at the store of BULTMANN & BROTHER. ggi* Those wbi have not settled their old accounts ?ill please do so at once. April S MRS. WHITE & MISS MILLER WOULD INVITE The attention of the Ladies gene? rally, their WELL SELECTED STOCK OP FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY, -CONSISTING C? BONNETS, HATS, FEATHERS, POMPONS, RIBBONS AND TRIMMINGS, IX VARIETY. New Goods Arriving Erery Week! Orders from the country promotlv filled. Oct 25 J. D. CRAIG'S FURNITURE AND DERTAKINO XISHMENT, umter. (ESTABLISHED IX 1S56.) AFULL ASSORTMENT OF FURNITURE constantly in store, at prices to suit the limes. BED ROOM SETTS, WARDROBES, Bureaus, Wash Stands, Tables, Bedsteads, Chairs. Sofas, Lounges, Safes, Sideboards, Looking Glasses, Wbat Xots, Wall Brackets, Chromoa, Window Shades and Fixtures, Picture Frames. Cord, Tassel, Picture Glass, Window Glass, Putty, Mattresses. &c., kc. THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT, IS FULL ANO COMPLETE, COFFINS AND CASKETS of all descrip? tions and sizes constantly in store at prices ranging^ For Adults-from $5 to 125. For Children-from $3 to 45. My special personal attention, day by day, is civen to this business, in all i ts departments, and satisfaction guaranteed in every case.