The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 28, 1882, Image 2
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28.
J. A. MOOD. M. D.)
D. B. ANDERSON, J Ll>IT0RS
Gov. Cameron vetoed the Virginia
Anti-Duelling bill.
The House of Representatives passed
the Postoffice Appropriation bill.
AU bat two of the Russian Nihilists
arraigned at St. Petersburg for trial
plead guilty.
Business failures for the past 6even
days throughout the couutry number
128; Southern States, 35.
Six brothers and sisters were buried
together in Cleveland Diphtheria killed
them all.
A Texan offers one hundred acres of
land to each family of the Jewish refu
gees expected at Philadelphia.
The total visible supply of cotton for
the world is 3.124,105 bales, against
2,926,450 at the same time last year.
Colonel Corkhill. tbe District At
torney who prosecuted Guiteau, is to be
removed. Significant!
Salt Lake City is disturbed. The
polygamists are signing petitions to the
Congress to halt in legislation for Utah.
A bill has been introduced in Con
gress directing the printing in book
form an official report of the trial of
Guiteau.
Indictments in the Star Route cases
have been found against ex-Assistant
Postmaster Gen. Brady, ex-Senator
Dorsey and others.
A veiled woman with a babe boarded
a railroad train at Hastings, Mich., laid
the infant in a stranger's lap, and dis
appeared.
Somebody has given $25 in gold to
the faculty of Marquette College, Mil
waukee, to be made into a medal for
the -foremost student in manly piety.'
A drunken man lay half a day in a
gutter unarrested, in Springfield Mass.,
becauso his big dog stood guard over
him, growling and biting at everybody
who came near.
Senator Vance had three invitations
to attend parties or something of the
kind on the same evening. He was
might sorry he could not be at all three,
bot he could cot divide up. His head
and legs were bound to be where the
stomach was.
The dumb are made to speak. At
the anuual exhibition of tbe Columbia
Institution for the deaf and Dumb, held
in Washingnton on Thursday, several
speeches were made by members of tbe
college who three years ago were mutes,
but are now able to talk.
The physicians who attended tbe late
President, should be satisfied with
amounts awarded by the Auditing Com
mittee. They are given as follows:
Bliss, $25,000: Agnew and Hamilton,
$15,000 each ; Reyburn Boyton and
Susan Kdson, ?5,000 each, and Crump,
uwse, $3,000.
A man murdered his brother without
hindrance, at Saxevifle, Wisconsin, bnt
immediately encountered a fierce aven
ger in a big dog. Made furious by seeing
his master slain, the brute set upon the
slayer, biting him, and hanging to him
until he was captured.
The court martial for the trial of Ser
geant Mason for. endeavoring to shoot
Guiteau commenced at Washington on
Monday. Tbe prisoner was arraigned,
and on the charges being read to him
said that he bad nothing to say, and tbe
President, Lieutenant Colonel Mizner,
directed that a plea of "Not guilty*' be
entered.
Dr. Foster, who lives near George
town, S. C, has demonstrated that tea
can be successfully grown in this cli
mate. He has 1,642 tea plants, all
exhibiting a splendid and vigorous de
velopment. Some of these plants,
which have been allowed to grow with
out pruning, are six feet high, with a
circumference of ten and twelve feet.
The Abbeville Medium comes down
with this clincher on delinquents : 'You
owe for ycur paper. We need the
money, and want it right away. The edi
tor has six children. They can all cat.
It takes eight biscuits to go round only
once, Flour costs money. Send in your
subscription at once, or quit the paper.
John Wyatt was shot while resisting
two officers in Louisville, He remarked
to tbe surgeon who was attending him :
Doctor, I will live to drink the milk
that comes from the cow that nips the
grass off the graves of them fellows.'
But he was mistaken, for he died in a
few hours.
We are pleased to learn that most of
the farmers below Camden, says the
Journal, have left off grumbling over the
stock law and ha?e gone to putting up j
good fences arouod their pastures. No
matter how much we may dislike the
bill, we will now have to abide by it.
The Legislature has adjourned and there
is no possible chance of having it
changed.
All the rivers in the Mississippi Val
ley are above their banks. At Helena,
Arkansas, the water on Sunday last j
was four feet deep in the streets.
Between Memphis and Vicksburg the
river averaged thirty miles in width.
The Ohio river, was at the same
time rising, threating to increase
the disasters in the Mississippi below
its mouth. At Cincinnati the river was j
within nine feet ten inches of the great
rise of 1832. The Illinois Central,
Wabash and other roads are refusing
frieght for Southern points, from Cairo
down, on account of submerged tracks.
The President last Friday sent to tbe
Senate tbe following nominations : Ros
ooe Conkling, to be Associate Justice of!
the United States Supreme Court, and j
A. A. Sargent to be Minister to Ger
many. The nomination of Conkling !
to be one of the Justices of the United j
States Supreme Court created great sur- j
prise in Washington, as did, also, that j
of ex-Senator Sargent to be Minister \
to Germany. It is generally believed
that both will accept. Senator Hoar
spoke in the Senate against the confir
mation of Conkling declaring that he
was not honest. It is understood, how
ever, that the nomination will be con
firmed by an overwhelming majority.
General Wade Hampton says he
never had but one fight, and that was
with a Columbia bully, who attempted
to add him to the number of his con
quests. 'I was a good boxer,' said the
fciouch Carolina Senator, 'and every tiaie
the fellow rushed at *C9 I floored him.
The last lick I gave him broke his
thumb. A policeman came up and ar
rested me. When I was pinioned the
man rose up, drewfa knife, and was
about to rush upon me. I asked the
officer to let me go and give me his club.
He did so. Armed with that weapon,
I faced the desperado, and warned him
tho' I did not wish to kill him, I
would certainly do so if he advanced a
step farther. He took counsel of his
fears, and prudently retired. I had not
a scratch, but the other man was laid np
for three weeks.'?J. R. R. in Augusta
Chronicle
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
The first regular moveme toward
the organization of a third political par
ty in the State was made at Camden on
the 18th inst. A meeting was held pre
sided over by Maj. Blair, and a lengthy
series of resolutions was passed, the per
port of which was a denunciation of the
Jaws which have been recently enacted
in relation to the Poll Tax, Stock and
Elections. A County Executive Com
aittee, consisting of five members was
appointed, and the formation of "Peo
ples' Rights Clubs" was urged upon
every other County in the State.
We have learned that the meeting
advertised to be held on Saturday next,
at this place, is to be of a similar char
acter as the one at Camden, and we
have no doubt that at that time every
possible argument will be used to con
vince our voters of the advantages of a
union with the P. K Parly, as well as
the necessity of its organization.
We say now, as heretofore, that our
prosperity as a State depends upon a
strict adherance to the Democratic par
ty ; that it was through this party that
Republicanism was overthrown, and
through its maintainance alone can
Republicanism be utterly destroyed.
There is no necessity for the organiza
tion of a new party ; if the enactments
which are said to be so destructive of
liberty prove detrimental to the welfare
of the people, they can and will be re
pealed by Democrats. If a change of
representatives is demanded, there is a
sufficient number within the Democratic
rauks from which to choose. But to
organize a third party only means to
create division, whereby Republicanism
may again obtain supremacy. This is
probably the object of the prime movers
in this direction. While doubtless there
are many honest men now striving to
advance the interests of this party, their
misguided efforts, if successful, will' re
sult in disastrous effects upon them.
There are but two parties that can now
maintain themselves for any length of
time, and any subordinate division only
means disintegration and decay for the
party from which it emanated. As for
Democratic policy and Democratic prin
ciples we are well assured that they will
ultimately prevail. It may be that
many experiments will be tried before
the people are fully assured of the fact
but the sooner that fact is recognized
the better it will be for our State.
?> ? mi
MACKEY'S MACHINATIONS.
Recent investigation has fully ex
posed the vile scheme by which E. W
M. Mackey has endeavoured to obtain
a seat for himself in the House of Rep
resentatives. Much of the testimony
which he has put in tbe hands of the
Committee on Elections has turned out
to be a forgery. It seems that the tes
timony was taken by Mr. Hogar'h, a
Notary Public, and also a stenographer;
that he transcribed this testimony and
turned it over to Mackey who employed
Mr. Smith to copy it. Mr. Smith swears
that in the testimony given him to copy,
there were 'interlineations' and
'erasures/ that 'portions of the original;
sheet were cut out and other sheets sub
stituted and sometimes left out entirely.'
that 'sometimes nearly a whole page was
struck out by drawing a line across it/
that lthe interlineations were in the
handwriting of ?. W. M. Mackey ; that
'the copy made omitted the erasures |
and inserted tbe interlineations; that!
sometimes whole pages of this testimo
ny in the handwriting of E. W. M.
Mackey would be inserted, and of which
there was no original in the handwrit
ing of 3Ir. Hogarth, the notary public.'
Mr. Smith also swears that sometimes
when he returned the originals and his
copy, Mr. Mackey 'destroyed the origi
nals by placing them in the stove, or
destroying them by tearing them up.'
and that, in some instances, the copy
made by him was returned interlined,
and Mr. Smith 'made fresh copy with
such corrections/ Mr Hogarth, the ste
nographer, testifies that he took all the
testimony in behalf of Mackey, 'with the
exception of one or two depositions,'
that he transcribed in his own hand
writing 'all of the testimony' so taken
by him ; and that afterwards he certi
fied to copies of the testimony tendered
to him by Mr. Mackey, 'taking it for
granted than said testimony was the
same* as furnished by him to Mackey,
and that he signed the certificates with
out comparing the testimony with his
stenographic notes.
All honest men of every political par*
ty can but be disgusted with the doings
of this miserable poltroon, and wonder
at the shameless audacity which allow
ed him to move among decent men and
\ concoct so villainous a plan to further
j his own interest. Exactly what Con
i gress will do with his case is not now
j known, but it will not discharge its
j whole duty if it stops io merely dismiss
ing bis claim to a seat in the House,
j The honor which is supposed to be at
tached to position, the dignity and pu
I rity of those who fill these honorable
j positions, as well as the majesty of out- j
i raged law, demands that be be tried j
j and puuished for the crimes of purjury j
! and forgery, in the same manner as!
j other less-aspiring criminals. If they j
j are passed unnotice.7, the dignity of j
j statesmanship is a thing of the past, and
shrewd and unblushing depravity the
best qualification of Representatives in
tbe future.
ANOTHER CROP.
Our farmers, with commendable en
ergy are again preparing for the culti
vation of another crop. Notwithstand
ing their poor success with corn last
year and the depression occasioned by
the advance in provisions and moderate
price of cotton it is everywhere evident
that though -"cast down," their indomi
table perseverance is not destroyed.
Stimulated by the possibities of another
year, they are busily engagea in
'breaking up," and the indications are
that the Dumber of acres which will be
put in will not be less than that of pre
ceeding years. In spite of the prog
nostications of many there is as yet no
indication that thi3 most important
branch of human industry has suffered
paralysis from the lien or stock laws,
Whatever may develop in the future, it
is now certain that there is as much en
ergy exhibited by our farmers as ever
before. The oat crop seems to be flour
ishing, after June with but little help
the year may be pulled through and
with a heavy yield most of our fanning
friends will be again upon their feet.
Much of the depression which now ex
ists migh have been avoided by less
talk about "the drought." Such unfa
vorable representations were uuiversally
made that confidence was lost and capi
talist were slow to risk their money in
the uncertainties of agriculture. But
faith is again restored and advances are
again being made upon as easy terms
as heretofore.
??lfTrPENSIONED.
The United States Senate has seen
fit to place Gen. Grant on the retired j
list of the Army, with the rank of Gen- j
eral, to draw annually ?12,750. There
is no reason in the world why Gen.
Grant should be more highly favored
than Hayes, or any other man who may
hereafter fill the presidential chair.
This fortunate individual has already
been very handsomely paid for every
thing he has done for the American
people. No one in this country ever
before received such favors as have been
lavishly heaped upon him. Two presi
dential terms were given him, and
money without stint and presents of all
kinds have been showered down upon
him by his enthusiastic admirers. Ac- !
cording to his own statement he has
received more horses, cigars, and bull
pups than he could count. He is now
known to be very rich ; he is surround
ed with an abundance of this world's !
goods, and he is really in need of no j
such assistance from the public treasury j
as that bestowed upon him by the
Senate.
He surely deserves no particular re
ward of merit for the peculiar manner in
which he discharged his official duties
when acting as President of the United i
States. On that subject the less that is >
said the better, for it is an admitted fact
that the glory he achieved in the late
war between the States, was considera
bly dimmed by the disgraceful methods
of his unfortunate administration of pub
lic affairs. The four Southern Demo
cratic Senators who voted to put Grant
on the retired list, thereby robbing a
large sum of money every year from the
hard earnings of the people should
blush for shame, and should be se
verely condemned by the whole South.
Death of Bishop Lynch,
Rev. Patrick Niesen Lynch died in Charles
ton on the morning of the 26th at the age of
sixty-five years. He was educated in youth
at the seminary of St. John the Baptist in
Charleston, and afterwards at the College of j
the Propaganda in Rome, Italy. He was or- !
dained priest in 1840, having already receive |
ed the degree of Doctor of Divinity. In 1S58
he was consecrated Bishop of Charleston.
Bishop Lynch was an ardent Southerner
and was sent by the Confederate authorities
on a mission of peace to France. He was a
man of great intellectual attainments, and
won for himself a reputation as a scholar
both at home and abroad.
The News and Courier-saya of him :
Stately in appearance, dignified in manner,
unassuming, courteous, self-possessed, learn- j
ed and pious, Bishop Lynch was honored j
wherever he went, and was not without honor j
? -j
in his own country. Others will take up the
burden which has slipped from his shoulders,
and begin where he left off. But none has
gone before, or will come hereafter, mote
loyal to his Church, more loveable in the esti
mation of all conditions of men, more earnest,
more self-sacrificing and more true than the j
good Bishop who has passed away. For him j
God's truce with worldly cares, the sacred j
rest of Sunday, is now without end 1
The New Postal Order.
The first assistant postmaster general |
has recently made the following postal i
order:
"Postmasters will not allow non-sub
scribers to take from the boxes, nor j
will they hand to them newspapers ad- ;
dressed to subscribers, refolded and re
turned to them into the general delivery ;
without verbal or written permit from
such subscriber, A violation of this re
gulation will be considered as sufficient
ground for the removal of the offending
postffiaster.'
Ex-Judge Thompson H. Cookc, of
Greenville, who was said to bave been
one of the thirteen shame-faced white
men who met in conference with the
colored Republican Senator iu Columbia
recently to devise ways and means to
disrupt the Democratic party, denies in
the most emphatic terms that he knew
anything about the conference, and says
he has no sympathy with the move
ment. Here are his own words: 'I
wish to deny the charge in the most
emphatic language possible. So far as
the statement of J. C. H. associates me
with being connected with the confer
ence held between Senator ^" .11 er, of
Beaufort, and thirteen Democrats, in
the city of Columbia, I have to say it is
utterly untrue in every sense and par
ticular, and I hope that the article re
ferred to was not an attempt to injure
me professionally. I am out of politics,
and expect to stay out I will ptate,
however, that I not only had nothing to
do with the 'conference' referred to, but
knew nothing of it uutil I saw the ac
counts of it in the papers. I have no
sympathy with that movement or any
other that would aid in the restoration of
Radical rule in South Carolina.'
Refugee Jews From Russia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23.?Tbe steam
ship Illinois arrived to-day with tbe re
fugee Jews from Russia. There were
325 of them, men, women and children,
all in charge of I. R. Littman of Kam
nitz, Poland, who was driven from his
native town about two months ago.
They come mainly from the province of j
Kieff and from Odessa and Warsaw, most
of them being tradesmen and a few of
them farmers. They were deeply im- j
pressed with tbe accounts of what had |
already been done for tbem in America
and the various offers of land iu the
South. They say that when tbe riots
occured at Warsaw, about two months j
ago, some of their number were driven
out of the city at the point of tbe bayo
net and forced to fly with tbeir wives
and children. They were without
money and without friends, but con
trived to get beyoud the borders of Rus
sia, beiog aided in their flight by sym
pathizing coreligionists and friends.
The entire party had enjoyed good
health during the voyage and there was
only one death?that of a child three
years old. They were met at the
! wharf at 3:20 P. M. by Dr. T. J.
Ellinger, of the staff of physicians, and j
others of tbe committee. Three hours [
were spent in transferring and esamin- |
ing their baggage, after which the cars j
of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad were j
backed down to the vessel, and the en- j
tire party were taken by rail to the old j
Pennsylvania Railroad depot at Thirty- j
second and Market streets. There they I
were provided with supper and a change 1
of clothing. The depot has been ar
ranged so as to provide eating and
sleeping rooms, bath rooms, and a hos
pital, and every effort is being made by
the citizens' commitiee and the corps of
volunteer physicians to minister to the
health and comfort of the refugees.
j Guiteau Wants to Present a Decent
Appearance.
I Washington February 13.?Interest
j in the convicted and condemned Gui
! teau seems to have waned considera
| bly and no further attention is paid to
his movements .except by his relatives
and counsel. His brother John paid
j bim a farewell visit this morning, pre
j paratory to leaving for Boston to attend |
to his busiuess. The interview between
J the brothers is said to have been very j
affecting, although the prisoner was j
apparently the least disturbed. Soon !
after his brother had left he sent for j
j a tailor to come and measure him for a j
j new suit of clothes, and also ordered a
j new hat, which was furnished him. He
j paid for his orders out of the money
! derived from the sale of bis autographs
I and, when asked what he wanted with
new clhthes, said he did not expect to
I remain long after the Court in banc
i met, and be wanted to make a good ap
I pearance when he went out. This was
[ regarded as an attempt at bragging
for the appearance of the prisoner cer
tainly belies bis assertion. He is in
clined to be troublesome, and this
morning be sent his brekfast back, be
cause, as be said, the beefsteak was not
cooked rare enough. "Tell the cook,"
he said, "that I want tbe blood run
ning out of my meat before I eat it."
?MI I I?^
Laws of the State.
An Act to enable porsons whose Crops
are Seized under the provisions of the
various Acts of the General Assem
bly, known as the "Lien Laws to re
cover possession of the same upon en
tering into bond in accordance with
the provisions of law now of force in
regard to actions for the claim and
delivery of personal property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the au
thority of the same ; That from and
after the passage of this Act, any per
son whose crop or crops, whether the
same be severed from the freehold or
not, may be seized under the provisions
of any or all of the Acts of the General
Assembly known as the 'Lien Law,5
shall have the right, upon entering into
bond in accordance with the provisions
of law now of force in regard to actions j
for claim and delivery of personal pro- j
perty, to recover immediate pf jsession I
of the crop or crops so seized ; Provi- j
ded, That nothing hereiu contained I
i
shall be so construed as to effect any of j
tbe provisions of said lieu law in cases i
where no bond is given as herein au
thorized.
Approved the 9th day of February, I
A. D. 1882.
Scene, a California bar room with a j
congenial company and a warm fire. En- j
ter an old man in rags who sits down in i
a corner. The company jeers at his ap
pearance. He trembles to his feet, and !
with a courtlv bow savs : 'Gentlemen,!
you don't know how cold I am ; I don't j
want your money, I only waDt to get j
warm. I will go in a moment. I am j
a stranger here and searching for my i
son.' Up rises a broad-shouldered loun- |
ger and gazes on the old man's face j
'My father!' 'My son !' No need of!
strawberry marks to complete tberecog- i
nition. General emotion and drinks all
round. Such is life on the breezy
frontier.
MB I 1 ?
j Lincoln Murphy and Daniel Rice,
with other young men, were chatting i
about the Sullivan-Ryan match last |
Tuesday Said Murphy: "I am a|
tough one for a telegraph operator. '
Just strike me, and sec how hard you j
can bit." Rice struck, saying: "Ii
I didn't strike you very hard, did I?"
! Murphy replied : "No, you didn't,"
I and then to the horror of the compauy
j fell to the ground dead. Rice was ex
onerated of all intention to harm his J
friend.
I A London Society Scene.?At Mme.
j Guichard's fancy dress ball in Paris last
j Wednesday the most attractive costumes
j were those of a cock and hen, worn by
I a young married couple. The cock,
j whose face was entirely concealed by his
] head-dress, strutted proudly in, giving j
j his arm to the hen ; he wore a yellow j
j plush coat, a tremendous jabot of white J
! feathers, breeches covered with brown I
j feathers, silk stockings, red heeled i
I shoes, a rose in his button-hole, and a j
I field marshal's hat with golden plumes !
j on his cock's crest, thus thoroughly per- j
j sonifying the martial Gallic cock. The j
I hen wore a white satin petticoat with j
long rows of snowy white feathers, a |
white plush ouirass bodice, a tunic com- j
' pos'-d entirely of fathers, to which was j
; attached a small hen's tail, soariet silk j
I stockings and shoos, and on her bead i
j she had a coral tuft, and she carried a j
! brisket" of eggs ^n her arr"~?London '
j Truth.
Business men should have two signs?one
I on the ' uilding they occupy and one in ihc j
j newspaper. Where there is a chance of one !
hundred persons seeing a street sign, two or |
three thousand will see odc in a newspaper.
A Battle with a Rat.
The Story Sergeant Mason Tells?Giiitean
Very Indignant.
Washington, February 22.?Consid
erable adverse criticism bas been aroused
by the statement of sergeant Mason,
who is confined in the prison of the
Arsenal and is on trial before a court
martial for shooting at the assassin,
Guiteau, last September. His story is
to the effect that the cell iu which he
has been confined is tenanted by
myriads of rats, which annoy him and
disturb his rest at night. On one oc
casion, while asleep, he was attacked
by a large rat, but which, after a battle,
he subdued and crushed to death with
his fingers. Mason is considerably in
censed because, as he says, Guiteau,
who perpetrated a much worse crime
than be attemped, is allowed clean, well
ventilated quarters and is not annoyed
by prison pests. He thinks that he
might be allowed some privileges, and
be has many sympathizers.
Guiteau, on the contrary, having
heard of Mason's complaints, became
very indignant and said that it was no
more than he deserved for attempting to
shoot the preserver of the American j
people. He expressed a wish that Ma
son should be severely punished for his
insubordination, and said that if the i
United States did not see justice done ;
him that he would take the matter in
his own hands as soon as he was released \
from jail. He seems confident that
through the intervention of the best j
lawyers in the country he will be set j
free by a decision of the Court in banc,
and becomes very violent when any j
other than a favorable result from the i
hill of exceptions is suggested.
Fees and Doctors.
The fees of doctors is an item that very
many persons nre interested in just at present.
We believe the schedule for visits is $3.00,
which would tax a man confined to his bed |
for a year, and in need of daily visits, over j
$1,000 a year for medical attendance alone! !
And one single bottle of Hop Bitters taken |
in time would save the $1,000 and all the j
years sickness.?Post.
Annoyance Avoided.
Gray hairs are honorable but their prema
ture appearance is annoying. Parker's Hair
Balsam prevents the anoyance by promptly
restoring the youthful color.
Living Witnesses.
The hundreds of bearty and healthy looking
men, women and children, that have been
rescued ftom beds of pain, sickness and well
nigh death by Parker's Ginger Tonic are the
best evidences in the world of its sterling
merit and worth. You will find such in al- j
most every community.
The most noted men of modern times have
publich' attested to the value of Ayer's Cherry j
Pectoral as a cure for coughs and colds.
THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C, Feb. 27, 1882.
COTTON"?About 40 bale3 have been sold
during the week ending February 27th.
Market closed Firm. We quote: Stained
6|?8?; Tinged 9^@10; Inferior 5f@7|;
Ordinary 7J@,9; Good Ordinarv 9i(?'.9?;
Low Middling 10J@10?; Middling "l0i@
10f; Good Middling 10|@-10$.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Feb. 25, 1882.
Cotton.?Market firm. Sales about 300
bales. Quotations are: Tinged I0f; Ordi- j
nary 9?@10; Good Ordinary, 1??; Low Mia"- |
d?ng, 11$; Middling, llf; Good Middling |
ii? _
WILMINGTON, N. C, Feb. 25.
Spirits Tuupentine?Market quoted firm. \
Sales reported of 165 casks at 49i@50 cents.
Rosin?Tlie market was steady a; $1 90 for
Strained and Si .95 for Good Strained.
Crude Turpentine?Market firm at $2.25
for Hard, $3.50 for Soft and $2 80 for Virgin.
Cotton?Market steady. Sales of 350 bales.
The following are the official quotations :
Ordinarv 8 11-16. Good Ordinary 10 1-16, I
Low Middling 1015-16, Middling llf, Good '
Middling llf.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4th, 1882.
TWO PERFORMANCES.
AFTERNOON AT 3 O'CLOCK,
NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK.
Doors open one hour previous.
RESERVED SEATS,. 75
ADMISSION,. 50
CHILDREN TO MATINEE - - - 25
4 CLOWNS 4
4 King Laugh Makers 4
COL. ROBINSON'S
NEW COT.r?P.<rs THICK
SHUMPTY DUMPTY
PANTOMIME
And Specialty Company.
Sgt}} The Great Colossus.
720 Laughs in 180 Minutes!
TKEE EXHIBITION.
At uigbt before the Hall,
\Extraordinary Performances
ON THE
TIGHT ROPE.
Beautiful Displav of
FIREWORKS.
[Roman Candles, Sky Rock- j
ets. Bengal Lights, etc. i
Balcony Concert by the Bruss Band, j
Reserved Scat Tickets now on sale at Dr.
Aold's. j
Sale of Mortgaged;
Personal Property.
Tie nry W. Mackey, to Jan. IF. Tufts.
BY VIRTUE of authority in me vested
under the above stated Mortgage I will
sell at Sumter C. H.. S. C, on the~ 20th day
of March 1SS2, within the legal hours of sale
to the highest bMder for cash,
One Soda Water Apparatus and Outfit,
seized and to be sold as the property of Henry
W. Mackcy under his mortgage to James
W. Tufts. R. W. DURANT,
Feb 28. Agent_
Estate oi' Newton Peterson, Dc'd. \
T WILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
X PROBATE for Surmer County on the28th j
day of March 1382, for a Final Discharge
as Executor of aforesaid Estate.
THOS. B. JOHNSTON,
Feb 28?4t. Executor.
C. M. HURST,
Notary Public,
o
SUMTER. S. C.
FFERS his services for Probating Deeds !
and other papers, taking Renunciation !
otDower, ?c. Also, to draw Deeds, Mort
gages, Liens, &c, &c. Terms moderate.
Feh 28_
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men in any part of
ence solicited.
Please
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S?MTER, S. C.
ONE EVENING ONLY.
Wednesday, March 8th.
MADISON WM THEATRE
COMPANY,
IN THE GREAT COMEDY-DRAMA,
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Throughout the United States.
THE LONGEST KTJPT OX RECORD.
THE GREATEST PLAY.
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BRILLIANT OVATIONS.
DAZZLING TRIUMPHS.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY ELECTRIFIED.
THEATRES PACKED TO THE DOORS.
SUPERB METROPOLITAN CAST.
HAZEL KIRKE
GOES HOME TO EVERY HEART.
Seats can be secured at D, J. Auld's Drug
Store.
Reserved Seats, Si.00 ; Admission, 75 cts.
_Feb. 21. _ 3t.
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
LOST from the premises of Mr. F. L.
Brunson. uear the Poor House in this
County, one evening last week, a WHITE !
AND LIVER COLORED SETTER DOG, j
answering to the nniue of "ZEB."' He ;s of!
medium size, with liver colored ears, two
large liver colored spots on his body, and
some liver colored spots on his face and legs, j
The return of the dog to the undersigned or j
to the Store of D. J. Winn & Co., in Sumtcr,
or information as to bis whereabouts will be
thankfullv received
Feb 21-2t. F. L. BRUNSON. Jr.
ASSIGNEES S?LlT
IN PURSUANCE of the direction and pow
er in the Deed of Assignment from E. H.
Holman to me. dated January 13th. 18S2. I
will sell at public vendue, at MECHANICS
VILLE in Sumter Countv. on WEDNES
DAY the Stb DAY of MARCH 1832, for cash,
the following real and personal property,
subject, however, to the right of homestead
therein, or as may be set off therefrom :
ONE HOUSE and 9 acres land, in Mechan
icsville.
STOCK IN STORE, at Mechanicsville.
His interest (being 7-9) in one ten-horse
power Poole & Hunt Boiler and Engine.
His interest (being 7-9) in one Scofield Cot
ton Press.
1 Sixty-Saw Winship Gin.
1 Sixty-Saw Winship Feeder.
1 Fifty-Saw Winship Gin.
I Fifty-Saw Winship Feeder.
Pnlleys, Shafting and Belting.
1 Beam Cotton Scales.
1 Platform Cotton Scales.
1 Cotton Seed Huller.
1 Champion Reaper.
1 Four-Horse Wagon.
3 Two-horse Wagons.
1 One-horse Wagon.
1 One-horse Cart.
I Ox Cart.
1 Carrige and Harness.
1 Buggy and Harness.
8 Head Horses and Mules.
1 Yoke Oxen.
4 Head Hogs.
1 Cow and Calf.
5,000 lbs. Hay, Fodder and Oats, more or
less.
500 Bushels Cotton Seed more or less.
10 Bushels Peas.
Farmiog Implements.
Household and Kitchen Furniture.
One Share in tbe Capital Stock of the Sum
ter Park and Agricultural Association.
W. W. FRASER. Assignee.
February 14. 3t.
SHE RIFP^S ALE S.
PUBLISHED FOP. INFORMATION.
BY VIRTUE OF SUNDRY EXECUTIONS I
to me directed, will he sold at Sumter I
Court House, on ihe 'IRST MONDAY and j
day following in March next, 1882. within
legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following property?purchasers to
pay for iiiles:
318 Acres of land, more or less, in Sumter
County, known as the Mat Ives Land,
bounded by estate of L. M. James, estate
of Washington Bracey and Jno. Cater,
Sr., and by lands of G. W. Brown, levied
upon and to be sold as the property of the
estate of C. J. Shannon, under Execution of
J. D. Dunlap, Commissioner in Equity for
Kershaw Disirict, against Wm. 51. Shannon
and Thomas E. Shannon, Executors of C. J.
Shannon.
75 Bushels Cotton Seed and 300 lbs, Fod
der, both more or less, seized and to be sold
as the property of D. J. Holliday, under War
rant of Attachment under Agricultural Lien
of Myles Moran, against the said D. J. Hclli- j
day.
All the right, title and interests of Henry
W. Mackey, in and to one Soda Fount aod
fixtures, and also one Circular Saw, levied
upon under Execution of Moses Goldsmith &
Son against Hcnrv W. Mackev.
R.'W. DURA NT, S. S. C.
Sheriffs OGice, Feb. 10, 1SS2.
-ALSO
Sale of Real Estate under
Mortgage.
Robert W. Durant, as agent for L. G. Pate,
will sell at Sumter Court House on sale day i
in March, the following property, under Mort- j
gages dated Jan. 2, 1S79, Jan. 12, 1879. and |
March 15, 1877, mace by J. S. Minis to L. G. j
Pate, aod by John R. Lackey to L. G. Pate: j
One hundred and eighty acres of land more j
or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. Mary E.
Wright, landsof Miss Martha Miras, lands of j
Timothy Minis, and by lands of Robert Low- j
rev.
One hundred and twenty-six acres of land,
bounded by lands formerly of Est. of Thomas
English, lands of Newell Scarborough, lands
of Anderson Luckev and bv lands of Mrs.
Eliza English.
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ting, $3-30 per br-sBel: 20c. per ponndi
JOSEFH H/f?DlE, Selma, Alabama.
Feb 7 >V 2m
'JAVE MY CliiLl)?>ree d????s of the
Patent Uewedj?2!)ii^h"1 the-v brought
ay a half pint tvorxas. I W' ^?SK*?1?
HARBY BROS.
SALE AND FEED STABLES.
J
TO ARRIVE,
ABOUT MARCH 1st,
ONE CAR LOAD
WELL BROKE HORSES.
All single drivers and suitable for saddle
and draft purposes.
For sale low for cash or Charleston
acceptance, by
_ilarbv BR0SL_
GRAHAM'S STABLES,
REP UBLICAN-STREET,
TO ARRIVE,
OX OB BEFORE MONDAY, FEB. 20th3
ONE CAR LOAD
?OF?
AI MM
Farm and Timber Mules.
Also, on hand, a fine assortment of
BUGGIES,
OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES,
At pi ices to suit the times.
CELEBRATED
Old Hickory Wagons,
Manufactured by the Kentucky Wagou Manu
facturing Companv. of Louisvilte, Ky.
Feb 14 " W. M. GRAHAM.
NOTICE OP INCORPORATION.
AFTER THIRTY DAYS, the undersign
ed will apply tc W. H. Cuttino, Esq.,
Cleik of Court for Surater County, for an act
of incorporation for Concord Grange. No 39,
P. of H.. of South Carolina,
February 9th, 1882,
W. J. PRINGLE,
J. J. BRUNSON,
J. D. WILDER,
J. C. DuRANT,
E. B. SHAW,
R: H. TIS DALE,
J. W. BRUNSON,
W. J. DuRANT,
S. J. NEWMAN,
R. M. MONTGOMERY,
11 H. M. REAMS,
L. W. GORDON.
Feb 14 4t
REMOVAL^
THE BARBER SHOP
of
LAVAN AND EDWARDS
HAS been removed to the room OVER
SCHEWERIN'S GROCERY, where,
any work in their line?Hair Cutting, Shav
ing, Shampooing, Hair and Moustache Dying
?will be attended to in the most approved
Styles of the art.
Razor Sharpening a specialty.
Particular attention paid to Ladies and
Children's Hair Cutting, aud Ladies waited
on at their homes.
Tadbleby MIarnessT
11HE FINEST LEATHER ON HAND Ready
to bs 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
my line of 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 I
as NEW.
COVERING and REPAIRING Old TRUNKS
-A SPECIALTY.
All WORK in mv?ne GUARANTEED
to give SATISFACTION.
T, 0, WROTEN,
Corner of Main and Republican Streets
March 15. 1 SSI.
Ptmersi'air Balsam
?Ter Fails to Restore Srer or ?~**jf""r*'
to Uie youthful color. 50 cu. 2M|1 tizcs ntuSw^WC
PARKER'S GINfiER TONIC
Ginger, Bucha, Mandrake. ? Lillinyia aad
many of the best medicines known are here com
bined into a medicine of such varied and effective
powers, as to make the Greatest Blood Purifier&tbe
Best Health apJ Strength Restorer Ever Used.
Jt cures Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Sleeplessness,
all diseases cf the Stomach, Bowels Lungs, livci,
Kidneys, and all Female Complaints,
If you arc wasting away with Consumption or
anv disease, use the Tonic tc-day. It vail surely
?dpjrox Remember! itisfarsuperiortoBitten,
Essences of Ginger and other Tonics, as it builds
up the system withou t intoxicating. 50c and $1
sizes, at?llcVilers in drugs. None genuine without
sicnatureofiIi;cox&Co.,K Y. Send for circular
LARGE SAVING IX BUTDfG TEE DOLLAR SSZF
THE PEARL.
THE BEST
BAKING* POWDER
IN THE WORLD.
WARRANTED STRICTLY PURE.
Manufactured by
S. H. WILSON, Grocer,
306 Kir5, and 53 Society Streets,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
And for ^ale at
Dr. A. J. CHINA'S DRUG STORE,
Feb 14 o Somter, S. C.
W. P. Eall, Dr. St. Julien Ravex?l,
President. Chemist.
W. B. Chisolm, Superintendent.
EDISTO
PHOSPHATE COMPANY,
CHARLESTON, S. C,
Manufacturers of
EDISTO ACID PrlOSPHATE,
EDISTO ASH ELEMENT,
EDISTO AMMONIATED FERTILIZER,
EDISTO GROUND BONE, and
IMPORTERS OF GERMAN KAIMT.
Special Brands manufactured to order.
Car-load lots delivered free en board care.
Any quantity delivered free on board road
at Company's works.
J. B. E. SLOAN,
Treasurer and General Agent.
At Office of J. B. E. Sloan & Son.
Jaa 10 r
"money saved
?IS?
money earned,
I ASK ALL WHO
Want to get the most goods for the leas
money to
GIVE ME A CALL.
It will cost you nothing when yon come
town to drop in at my store and take a
look around.
REMEMBER THE PLACE.
schwerins,
ON MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE CHINA'S
DRUG STORE.
You will find always in stock
Family and Fancy Groceries,
Com, "ET?.cat, Seed. Oats, Rye, Sec.
A Full Line cf School Books,
ALBUMS, SEASIDES,
BlaaS Boots and Stationery,
TOYS AND FANCY ARTICLES.
I mean business, and will guarantee my goods
as sound, fresb. and cheaper than the
cheapest.
New goods constantly arriving?Clerks polite
and attentive?and every honorable
inducement is hereby offered.
Sent 13 _
30 dayFtsial frei
We send free on 30 days' trial
Dr. Bye's Electro-Voltaic Belts
And other Electric Appliances TO MEN suf
U-rinx from Nervous lability. T^ost Vitality
and Kindred Troubles. Also for Rheuma?
ti*m. Liver and Kidney '''ronbleR. and many
orbcr diseases*. Speedy curvs guaranteed. Illus
trated Pamphlet free. Address
VGJLiTAIC BEL*T CO.. Marshall. Mich.
AHEAD AGAIN AS USUAL T
Reports from all sections of North and South Carolina, Geor
gia and Alabama sustain our claim that the
mui. GIBBS k m liiiiiD Gil
is the BEST AND MOST RELIABLE AND CHEAPEST
Fertilizer in use. and that the
Wilcox, G-ibbs & Co.'s Superphosphate,
which we put out for the first time last Season, has proved unex
celled by any Acid Phosphate on the Market
It is not necessary for us to say anything about these Fertilizers, as the
reports which may be obtained from our agents or ourselves, cover the
whole subject, and will amply repay perusal.
We will have a moderate supply of each, which can be obtained from oar
Agents, payable in Cotton next Fall. If there is no Agent at your Railroad
Depot, get your merchant lo order it.
WlLCOX, GIBBS & CO.,
Jan 24 SAVANNAH, GA.. and CAARLESTON, S. C.
J. THEO. SOLOMONS,
of
The Ladies' Stof e,
SENDS GREETING
To the People of Sumter and the lSv
rounding Country,
Cordially thanking tliem for their past f?vo
and patronage,
AND INVITING THEIR ATTENTION TO EIS?
FALL AND WINTER STOCK NOW m&
Great care has been exercised in the selection of Goods.,
AND THE PURCHASING THEREOF INSURES HIS OFFERING Th>S$
AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES,
HE WOULD CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO IIIS
mm mm aid mm mm
Ladies' Neck-wtr mailt a Specially litis Sj
Hoping to see you he begs to remain,
Respectfully* yours,
J. T. SOLOMO