The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 07, 1882, Image 2
TUESDAY, MARCH 7.
J. A. MOOD. M. D. ) TTwrnva
D. B. ANDERSON, |W
The total visible supply of cotton fo
the world is 3,122,121 bales ag ai ns
2,978,352 bales last year.
McLean, the would-be-assassin of th
Queen, is 27 years old, and the doctor
pronounce him sane.
Hazael won the walking match ii
New York, having made 600 miles ii
six days, the greatest score on record.
Jim Richardson, a native African, 81
years of age, was found dead in th?
road near Manning on the 27 th nit.
Mr. Evins has been selected to re
present South Carolina on the Democra
tic Congressional Campaign Committee
The monument erected by Queer
Victoria to her late faithful subject ano
friend Beaconsfield, has just been oom?
pleted.
Thirty-nine business failures occur?
red in the Southern States during thc
past week ; the total throughout thc
country was 137.
Arthur has announced that the term
of official mourning nat ended, and thal
he will give a dinner next week at thc
White House to certain friends in the
Congress;
Gen. Hancock described to a report?
er the effects of the floods as seen in hu
recent visit to the Southwest; hundreds
of square miles of the country are deso?
late; the distress in the flooded re?
gions is beyond description ; be urges
Northern and Western people to come
to the rescue and send help at once.
Thirty-eight miles of the Memphis
and Little Rock Railroad in Arkansas
is under water. At Helena the over?
flow is two inches higher. In the
neighborhood of Little Rock the conn
try is- under water for miles and boats
are the only means of transportation.
OD Red River the distress is very
great.
The Senate bas declined an invitation
to send a committee to New Orleans to
participate in the celebration of the
discovery of'the month of the Mississippi
river. It very properly considers that
the Senators bad better be at Washing?
ton attending to their business, instead
of going on junketing tours.
A New York lady, who was traveling
in Ohio, gave a baby her gold watch to
play with, and the baby gulped it down
and cried for more. What they can't
swallow io that State must be over a
foot in width.
v A little girl was fatally poisoned in
Brooklyn last week by eating molasses
candy, and a companion was made quite
sick from the same cause. It is thought
the candy was made in a copper kettle
not thoroughly cleaned, and thereby
was contaminated with deadly copper
compounds.
Ten Nihilists, one of whom is a woman
have been sentenced to be hanged,
and the others on trial have been con?
demned to- indefinite penal servitude.
After sentence was pronouned last Fri?
day one of the condemned men struck
a fellow-convict in the face for having
given the information by which the
conviction of the prisoners was secured.
Hessy Helfmann, who because of
being enciente was respited from tue
execution of capital sentence for com?
plicity in the assassination of the late
Czar, died last week in childbirth. She
was attended by the first accoucheur of
St. Petersburg The fatal result was
due to structural malformation. Her
child was sent to a foundling hospital.
**" New information is all the time
coming to light on the subject of hell.
The latest is from the Rev. Chauncey
" Giles, of Philadelphia, who chose
-.Hell" for the topic of a lecture. Mr.
Giles gives it as his incontrovertible
opinion, based on long study of solid
facts, that hell is a society of wicked
men and women, divided into two dis?
tinct bodies, known as the satans aod
thc devils. It is the deliberate convic?
tion of the reverend gentleman that the
satans worry the devils and that the
devils in return worry the satans, each
set to the utmost extent of its ability.
The law of Mississippi requires a
license from a county clerk for every
marriage. Miss Stray born's name ap?
peared in two licenses issued on the
same day at Long town, and the ques?
tion of the legality of the second paper
brought the case into notice. Being
asked if she bad authorized any persons
to apply for licenses, she said yes, and
explained that, being undecided which
of two admirer? to choose, she had
taken the refusal of both, agreeing to
decide between them on the day set for
the wedding.
A very sad accident occurred at the
turpentine camp of A. B. Reid, near
King's Cross Roads, in Alligator Town?
ship, Chesterfield County, S. C. Dur?
ing the night of February 28 a very
heavy rain cloud came up. A number
of bands, all colored, were in camp in
the woods under a straw shelter ; all
were probably asleep except two. Dur?
ing the storm a stroke of lightning ran
down four pines near by, against one
of which che poles of the shelter were
resting, and three men were killed in?
stantly, viz : John Smother m an, Ben j.
Campbell and Sandy Pervis. The re?
maining four were wounded. Their
axes, buckets, ?c., were near the shel?
ter, and may probably have attracted
the electricity.
Senator Sawyer is one of the wealthi?
est men in Congress. The Louisville
Courier-Journal relates that he called
his two daughters to him and said :
'My children, you know that I am a
rich man now, but you abo know that
riches are apt to take wings to them
selves and fly away, so I would feel j
much happier about your future if I j
felt certain that you could take care of
yourselves if I should lose my money
and be unable to provide for you. Now
to please me, won't y on learn to make
your own clothes and to cook a good
dinner ?" Not long afterward they invi?
ted their parents and a few friends to
an elaborate dinner which they had
cooked unaided, and on that occasior
they wore dresses of their own making.
The delighted father gave each girl a
check for $25,000.
A servant girl at Stargard, in Ger
many, had in course of several years j
saved a handsome sum of money, which
she deposited in a savings bank. One j
day a few weeks ago, she drew thc ]
money and took the train for the town j
of Schaeidemnl, a few miles from home. I
She visited an old acquaintance, al
butcher, and told bim in ?ourse of the I
coe?er?ation of the money she had in i
her pocket. The butcher advised 'Jcr to j
wrap ap the money and fasten it on ber
head, buried in the bair. The girl fol?
lowed his advice and left for home,
the way taking her over a deserted
heath. Meeting a policeman, she
begged him to accompany her on
account of her money. The policeman
complied, and accompanied her the
greater part of the way. Hardly,
however, bad he left her and turned
back when he heard a piercing shriek.
Hastening back, be found the girl lying
desd in the street without ber head,
which bad been carried off. As the
girl bad told the policeman of the
butcher whom she bad visited, his
suspicions were st once aroused, and he
hastened to tbe butcher's house. After
waiting half sn boor the butcher came
in with s bag under his arm. To the
question, what was in it he replied that
it wss s sheep's bead and threw it under
the bed. The policeman left, and re?
turned ia a few minutes with some col?
leagues* Tbe sack was demanded,
sod on being opened was found to con?
tain the murdered girl's head.
The Attempted Assassination of the
Queen of England.
Tbe startling news was cabled to
America on Thursday evening last, that
ao attempt had been made to assassinate
Queen Victoria. She bad just returned
from s drawing-room reception, given
at London, and was entering ber carri?
age from the railway platform at Wiud
?or, wbeu she was fired upon with a
pistol by a man calling himself Rad wick
McLean. He was miserably clad, and
tbe general opinion is that he is a luna?
tic. He was taken into High street,
and thence to the police station in a cab,
followed by a large crowd of people.
He attempted to fire a second time, but
was seized by the police and bystanders, '
bot not before be had succeded in revol?
ving the cylinder so as to bring a fresh
cartridge under the hammer. The re?
port of the pistol is described as sharp,
but not loud. The Queen who was
probably not aware of what had hap?
pened, was immediately driven to the
castle where a large number of people
awaited her. She immediately ordered
an equerry to proceed to the depot to
inquire if any one had been burt. It is
supposed that she sustained no shock
from the occurence, inasmuch as she
held her dinner party at night as usual.
The attempted crime is not attributed to
political motives, inasmuch as it has
been ascertained that McLean was form?
erly in the Wells Lunatic Asylum, and
only discharge in September last.
It is reported that he bears himself j
cheerfully, sings in bis cell and gives j
other evidence of lunacy.
The following telegram was sent by
Secretary Fulinghuysen to Miuister
Lowell :
LOWEL, Minister at London : The
President and people of the United
States congratulate ber Majesty on h av
ing beeu providentially protected from
an assassin. Remembering the sympa?
thy of ber majesty and the British peo?
ple in our recent national bereavement,
the feeling of indignation at the act and
thankfulness for the Queen's safety is
deep and universal.
Tbe British press expresses much
gratification at the manifestation of feel?
ing by American papers and people of
all shades of politics, which fulfills the !
anticipations expressed here in the first j
comments of the attempt upon the
Queen's life. Gen. Sir Frederick Pon?
sonby replied to Minister Lowell's per?
sonal telegram as follows : 'The Queen
is much touched by your congratula?
tions and desires to express her thanks.'
The Empress of Austria will visit Win?
sor on Monday to personally congratu?
late the Queen.
There have been four previous at?
tempts upon the life of the Queen. The
first was on June 10,1840, when a pot?
boy named Edward Oxford, fired a pis?
tol at the Queen as she was riding on
Constitution Hill with Prince Albert.
The carriage horses were startled by
tho shot and ran, and the Queen ex
claimed. "How foolish to make such a \
noise to frighten the horses !" Oxford
was said to be of unsound mind, and to
have fired blank cartridges, but it was
said also that he had accomplices io his
attempt of the Queen's life.
On May 20, 1842, the Queen and
Prince Albert were returning to the
palace in an open barouche wheo a mao
named John Francis fired at the Queen.
This was about the point where Oxford
attempted to kill the Queen. Francis,
who was 20 years old, and the son of a j
scene shifter in a theatre, was seized j
and locked in Newgate. The Queen
preserved her peseoce of mind. Par?
liament adjourned upon receipt of the
news of her danger and the town was
much excited. Francis was sentenced
to be hanged, but the Queen commuted I
his sentence to transportation for life.
But a few hours after this act of the !
Queen's clemency on July 3 1842, a de?
formed man named J. W. Beau attempt?
ed to fire upon the Queen as she was
returning in an open carriage from the
Chapel Royal. He was sentenced to
imprisonment for eighteen months.
The last attempt to kill the Queen
was on Feb. 29, 1872. The Queen
was entering the court yard of Bucking- j
ham Palace after a dinner, when Alfred !
O'Connor, a Fenian, 18 years old, I
sprang over the wall rushed op to the j
carriage, and struck the Queen on thc !
breast with a pistol. At the same time j
he presented to her a petition for amncs- !
ty for the Fenians, crying 'Sign or die.' ?
Prince Albert, who was in the carriage j
knocked the young man down and he j
was then seized and locked up. The j
Queen, as on every former occasion of ?
the sort, was very cool in her bearing, j
The event was announced in Parliament j
and there was great excitement through- j
out England. The pistol was discover- j
ed to be unloaded.
A young woman in a New Jersey j
village who in consequence of some !
petty scandal I ?ft the place, resolved ;
to revenge herself for the annoyance.!
Her brother having become stricken j
with small pox in New Y j.k, she i
brought him to a vacant house in the i
village, said nothing to any ono of his j
sickness and with her mother went freely
among the people of the village. From j
this source, aud the hack with which j
she brougl her brother to the house, the j
disease has been spread among the vii- !
l?ge-almost creating an epidemic.
They still talk about her but in some?
what different style.
Hon. Mc C. Bugler end Ea LI cat;
in South Carolina.
In this age of fierce political comp<
tion, our progress is often supposed
depend entirely upon the administr?t
of a particular party. Any indication
financial or moral improvement is i
mediately referred to the influence
the governing power, and ingeniou
proportioned to the favor which tl
power may have in the mind of the <
server. The administration is hi
responsible for every social phenomen
and the intelligence, industry, and ec<
omy of the people are usually left oui
the question. While a wise and hon
government is conducive to progre
extended observation will show tl
other and more important factors i
required to insure it. The State is
collection of individuals, and its a
vancement will depend upon the a
vancement of each individual. As t
gravity of a body is but the aggregat
gravity of each atom, so the pi
gress of a State is but the sum of t
progress of each integral part-ea
citizen. Morality, intelligence and i
dustry, are as essential to national prc
perity, as they are to ind?7?daal succ?s
while the different shades of politic
complexions in the governing pow
are decidedly more uncertain in the
effects. The statesman who spends h
energy to maintain one party, or ove
throw another, may le a public benefa
tor, bot his value will depend upon tl
results which his party achieves, a fa
which requires years to determine ; b
the man who patiently and faithful
endeavors to promote intelligence ai
morals is unquestionably entitled
public appreciation.
Among the representative men
South Carolina who have intereste
themselves in promoting her education
interest is Hon. M. C. Butler. Ev*
since his election as Senator he has bee
indefatigable in his efforts in this direi
tion. We take the following from tl
telegram to the associated press :
WASHINGTON. March 3.-Mr. Bath
presented, read at length and explaine
a memorial from the bench, bar, execi
live officers, commercial boards, profe?
sors of colleges, journalists and other!
numbering in all 1,200 citizens <
Sooth Carolina, for National aid for th
education of the youth cf that State
and in support of his bill ou the subje<
he said the State had the framework <
as good a free school system as any i
the Union, but the great difficulty i
the way of realizing all that was desire
from that system was the want of money
and it would be a great hardship to ta
the people for school purposes mor
than they were now taxed. He denie
that the assessments from taxation ii
South Carolina were less than wer
warranted by the value of property, an
briefly advocated the necessity of th
desired legislation.
How to Use Your Napkin.
The law of the napkin is but vague
ly understood. One of our esteeme<
metropolitan contemporaries informs ai
eager inquirer that it is bad form to fob
the napkin after dinner ; that the pro
per thing is to throw it with negligen
disregard on the table beside the plate
as to fold it would be a reflection on tb<
host and imply a familiarity that wouk
not befit an invited guest. But th<
thoughtful reader will agree with m
that this studied disorder is likely to be
a good deal more trying to a fastidioui
hostess than an unstudied replaciug o
the napkin in good order beside the vis?
itor's plate. The proper thing is tc
fold the fabric with unostentatious care
and lay it on the left of the plate far
from the liquids, liquors and coffee, and
tims testify to the hostess that her care
in preparing the table has been appre?
ciated.
The napkin has played famous parts
in the fortunes of men and women. Il
was one of the points admired in Marie
Stuart that, thanks to her exquisite
' reeding in the court of Marie de Medici,
ber table was more imposing than thc
full court of her great rival and execu?
tioner, Elizabeth. At the table of the
latter the rudest forms were maintained,
the dishes were served on the table,
and the great Qoeeu helped herself to
the platter without fork or spoon, a
page standing behind her with a silver
ewer to bathe ber fingers when the flesh
had been torn from the roasts. At the
court of the late empire. Eugenie was
excessively fastidious. The use of the
napkin and the maner of eating an egg
made or ruined the career of a guest.
The great critic, Sainte Beuve, was dis?
graced and left off the visiting list because,
at a breakfast with the Emperor and Em?
press, at Tuileries, he carelessly opened
his napkiu and spread it over his two
knees and cut his egg in the middle.
The court etiquette prescribed that the
half-folded napkin should lie ou the left
knee, to be used in the least obtrusive
mauncr in touching the lips, and the
eggs were to be merely broken on the
larger cud with the edge of the spoon
and drained with its tip. The truth is
luxury and invention rush table appli?
ances so far that few can bc expected to
know the particular convention that
may be cou-idcred good form in any
diversified society. The way for a young
fellow to do is to keep his eyes opeu
which, unless he is in love, ho can do
-and note what others do-Philadel?
phia Piess.
A man was once before the late Judge
Kent of Maine on the chr.rge of having
burglariously entered a lumberman's
camp and stolen clothiug and money.
The witness for the Government testi?
fied that he saw the prisoner's head,
right arm, and shoulder thrust through
an opeuiug he had made in the cabin,
and that the stolen articles disap^aiod
with them. Here the prosecution rested.
Whereupon the prisoner's couusel went
to the jury gravely protesting that there
was no case; that to make out a case of ^
burglary the prosecution must, show an j
entrance of tho whole u.^u-at least the
larger part of him ; the feet as well as ;
the head must have been within the !
cabin. Judge Kent instructed the jury j
to return a verdict of guilty to the ex- j
tent which the evidence would warrant, j
After a brief absence thc jury returned j
a verdict of guilty against thc prisoner j
as to his right arm, right shoulder, and \
head, and the Judge sentenced the arm, j
shoulder, and head to the State prison !
for two years. The prisoner might do j
with the remainder of his body as he j
pleased. '
[Tor the Watchman tin co ut1) rou.j
TEXAS, AS VIEWED BT A THIR
TY YEARS RESIDENT.
A private lefter, but published because
it icould interest many others besides
the friends to whom it teas addressed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
January 15, 1882.
Mr. J. T Cummings, Mayesv?lle, S. C
DEAR SIR : At the request of Cousin
E , I write you a description of this
State. Now to thiok of writing up a
couutry as large as South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi Tennes?
see. North Carolina and Florida, in a
letter, describing particularly the ad?
vantages, climate, soil, products, socie?
ty, laws, customs, habits and peculiari?
ties of this great country, ii .?imply im?
possible, when mon who visit this
couutry can't look at and hear all that
is, or can be, said of such a country.
I have been here nearly thirty years,
and the recuperative powers of this
country an*? its developments are truly
wonderful to me. Crops are made with
less labor that io any country on earth ;
our garden, as I look through the win?
dow, is full of green vegetables, and
knee high in Mustard, Lettuce, Tur?
nips, Cabbages, Collards, and Radishes
just as nice and fine as when Cousin E.
left here. Wheat and small grain are
very fine all over the country; grass,
all green on the prairies. Last winter,
it was very cold, and every thing was
frozen for six weeks, a very bitter win?
ter. This winter, so far, we have had
only a few white frosts. Corn, cotton,
wheat, oats, barley, rye, millet, grasses,
vegetables, peaches, plums, all grow to
great perfection. Corn, 30 to 60 bush?
els per acre ; cotton, half to one bale
per acre ; wheat, 15 to ' 30 bushels ;
oats, 40 to 80 bushels; barley, 50 to 90
bushels ; rye, 40 to 50 bushels ; millet,
3 to 4 tons per acre, all without ma?
nure, and are common crops.
The soil is of all kinds and varieties.
East Texas takes the sandy and ail tim?
ber lands, with much malarial fevsr
and malarial diseases ; yet it is a good
average country in products. The prai?
rie country has black, waxy lands,
sandy, loam, red land, gray land, choco?
late, and in fact, all kinds of soil, all of
which bring fine crops of all kinds; and
has less malarial influence.
West of this country is the great cat?
tle country, with a great many 'Cattle
Kings' or very rich men, who, 15 or 20
years ago were very poor, and who are
now worth from ?50,000 to ?200,000
each, all by diligence, close care, good
trading and sound judgment in cattle.
If you can raise one or two thousand
dollars, and invest it in cattle, and go a
little west, you can soon have a fine
competency. You can then feed, win?
ter and summer, on the native grasses
and your children grow up with them.
If I was turned loose to-day with little j
or nothing to begin on, I would strike J
out at once for the West and take my I
chance in that country. It is harder to I
get an easy hold is this part of Texas, i
because the whole country is fenced up i
and U?uer cultivation or in large pas?
tures. These lands now sell at 20 to
25 dollars per acre. The same lands,
10 or 15 years ago, could have been
bought for 1 to 3 dollars per acre. Mr.
Joe Nugent, of this county, sold his
farm of 200 acres for ?5,^0 cash,
which a few years ago cost bun ?240.
'Tis true be improved it, but thia was a
large gain ; yet I consider he sold it !
very cheap.
Lands, 40 to 100 miles West of this, I
sell at one to two dollars per acre now ; I
West of that another 100 miles, at 50 |
to 75 cents per acre ; and by the grea* j
development of that whole country, it !
will enchance rapidly uutil it reaches
the prices asked here. Railroads are
rapidly extendiog in all directions over
the great West and Pan-handle of
Texas. Situated a* you are, and wish?
ing to take my children to a growing,
prosperous, and expanding country, I
should certainly go West . not for me to
grow with country, but f. them to do
so : and if they try, they can soon ac
cumlate a nice competency, and that
with ea.
You need not expect to sit in your
chair io South Carolina, and plan out
channels, trenches and streams by
which you will make this country move.
If you do, and come here, you will lose
all you have. But you must simply fall
into the channels and take with the cur?
rent of money transaction of the coun?
try as they exist and have beeo made
by the natural surroundings Then you
will be sure to succeed in getting your
share of the rich spoils as they drift
down stream.
E. wrote that you desired a position
of clerk or book keeper. Well, to tell
you honestly, this country in the great
central point of attraction for men who
have obtained their education in the
finest commercial colleges of the world ;
and they are so numerous that but few
get employment. They dug a channel
for Texas business, but the water never
turned into it. There is not business
enough in all Texas to supply the clerks
and book-keepers now making applica?
tion. Thousands of them are good men
and fine business men. But the way to
do is to be your own clerk and book?
keeper ; attend yourself to your busi?
ness, and I will assure you success. If
you have two or three thousand dollars,
you can begin a nice, good business,
that will pay you handsomely, and make j
you a good living ; bur you must handle j
it with care, prudence an fl economy. ?
Nobody ever starved here in this conn- !
try who tried to live with care, and in- !
side of their income.
There are thousands of things he:'C to !
do if people will take hold of them and ;
do them, and dou't feel too proud to j
have a small busmen. All of our best j
people herc had nothing to begiu with, j
and arc now iii ?ne conditiou and many
of them rich. They are hore, and can
bc seen every d:ty, aod I know they
bad nothing to begin with. Everybody
doe.-1 wrll who is economical, industrious
and honorable. Yours truly.
A. J. CHAMBERS.
BOYS AND GIRLS.
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fo.Ks' I?'per io the United States, subscribe;
tor the "The Youi?j folks Circle,'' an eight- !
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present of two pictures; one o'" which is
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?ge they wiil send you a fine picture of j
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Sample Gopv Free. Address
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"Certainty of Relief."
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The London World thus describes
girls before and after they are betroth?
ed : "The Young Unengaged Bird. She
is slight, light, and bright ; fond of the
society of the Cousin Bird : chatters
good deal at feeding time : is addicted
to meaningless interrogations, round
games, boo-bons, fragments of the
slang-berry, and semi-plucked Under?
graduate Birds, upon which she feeds
voraciously. She is frequently found
chirruping with others of her tribe at
the pluming or 'come-to-my-room-and
brush-your-hair' hour. The Engaged
Bird.-Generally seen flitting myste?
riously around the trousseau tree. In
the evening prefers sitting out on a
branch and watching the Flappers ; has
been known to smile on the Best Man
Bird and cause much irritation thereby.
As a rule, feeds with one claw conceal?
ed, and is invariably lost at a picnic, to
the amusement of the Matron Birds and
envy of the Flappers. The flesh is
white and soft."
The wife of a West End man was re?
cently correcting a little son at the
table. "It isn't nice to say 'lasses,'
darling," said the mother, "you must
say 'molasses.'" "And if you want it
right bad, ray son," suggested the fath?
er, eating his turnip greens with his
knife, "you must say 'morelasses.'"
The thing that "takes" best now is
genuine vaccine matter.
Maine News.
Hop Bitters, which are advertised in our
columns, are a sure cure for ague, biliousness
and kidney complaints. Those who use them
say that they cannot be too highly recom?
mended. Those afflicted should give them a
fair trial, and will become thereby enthusiastic
in the praise of their curative qualities.-Port?
land Argus.
- ? i -?
The Usual Result.
It is not to be denied that a good sewing
machine is one of the most important appur?
tenances of the modern household.
We thought we had a good machine in our
household UL til one day the agent of the New
Borne presented himself at our door and pro?
ceeded to deliver an oration upon its charac?
teristic merits.
"But," wc answered, "our machine serves
us nicely and suits us well, and we do not
care for another."
The agent however, was persistent, and
6 nally bagged the privilege of leaving one of
his machines with us. ''Tor the ladies to try."
The request was not unreasonable, so we
grau ted it-but more to oblige the agent than
anything else ; for we really did not want
the machine, and had not the remotest idea of
buying it.
The machine once ID the boase, it was natu?
ral that the ladies should look it over. They
did so, and as a consequence fell in love with
it. They say that without the sligbest wish
to decry or d isparage any other machine, this,
all things considered, is, in their opinion, the
most deferable one to be had.
The upshot of the whole matter was that
the old machine wa3 disposed of, and the
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household-avery fair and satisfactory ar?
rangement being made with the agent.
Tt is pronounced a genuine beauty and a
real comfort and "our folks" wanted us to
tell other folks abont it.
This unrivalled machine is manufactured by
Johnson, Clark & Co., 30 Union Square, New
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enclose their advertisement (printed on an?
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No remedy in the world ever came into such
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Living Witnesses.
The hundreds of hearty and healthy looking
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nigh death by Parker's Ginger Tonic are the
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THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C., March 6, 1882.
COTTON-About 50 bales have been sold
during the week ending March 6th.
Market closed stead v. We quote: Stained
Tinged 9i@ 10; Inferior 5|(
Ordinary U@9; Good Ordinary 9? _
Low Middling 10?@10f; Middling 10f@
1 Of ; Good Middling 10|@11.
CHARLESTON, S. C., March 4, 1882.
COTTON.-Market firm. Sales about 1,000
bales. Quotav.uns are: Tinged 10|-@11; Ordi?
nary 9?@10; Good Ordinary, l'Of; Low Mid?
dling, UI; Middling, 11$; Good Middling
1H@12,_
WILMINGTON, N. C., March 6, 1882.
Sn HITS TURPENTINE-Market quoted firm,
at 49 cents. No sales reported.
ROSIN-The market was firm at Si 90 for
Strained and Si.95 for Good Strained.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market firm at $2.25
for Hard, S3.50 for Soft and S2 80 for Virgin.
COTTON-Market quiet. No sales reported.
The* following are the official quotations :
Ordinarv S 11-16, Good Ordinary lo 1-16,
Low Middling 1015-16, Middling Hf, Good
Middling Hf.
MOLASSES, CORN, FLOUR, &c.
A Qp H FIDS., 56 TIERCES NEW CROP
.XOU MOLASSES,
10,000 Bu. White and Mixed CORN,
500 Bbls. FLOUR,
100 Boxes D. S. SIDES,
200 Bags COFFEE,
100 Bbls. SUGAR.
At lowest prices,
WORTH & WORTH,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
_JIarch 1_
C. M. HURST,
Notary Public,
SUMTER, S. C.
OFFERS his services for Probating Deeds
and other papers, taking Renunciation
ot Dower, 4c. Also, to draw Deeds, Mort?
gages, Liens, &c, &c. Terms moderate.
Feb 23__
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION,
AFTER THIRTY DAYS; the undersign?
ed will apply to W. H. Cuttino, Esq.,
Clerk of Court for Sumter C:>iiuty. for an act
of incorporation for Concord Grange, No 39,
P. of H.. of South Carolina,
February 9th, 1882,
W. J. PRINGLE,
J. J. BRUNS ON;
J. D. WILDER,
j. c. DURANT,
E. B. SHAW,
R. II. TIS DA LE,
J. W. HRUNSON,
w. j. DURANT,
S. J. NEWMAN,
R M. MONTGOMERY,
II. M. BK A MS,
L. W. GORDON.
Feb 14 _ 4t
BLANKS
JJIJO?> s,
TITLES,
MORTGAGES,
JULLS-OF SALE,
JtOXDS,
And Other Blanks^^j^^
F O It S^SB-?..
AT THI^-?F?-i.T
SOUTH CAROLINA CENTRAL Ri E.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY SCHEDULE
will be run on this Road, from Monday.
March 6th, 1881, until further'notice:
Leave Sumter. 9 30 a m
Leave Manning.JO 30 a m
Arrive at Lanes.]2 00 m
Leave Lanes.12 30 p m
Arrive at Mani.ing. 2 00 p m
Arrive at Sumter. 3 00 p m
_H. T. PEAKE, Sup't.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Siter and Tat? Rail Roafl.
THE UNDERSIGNED, appointed Commis?
sioners under the late Act of the General
Assembly to Charter, the Sumter and Wate?
ree Railroad Company, give notice that they
will receive Subscriptions to the Stock of said
Company at the store of D. J. Auld, in Sum?
ter, on Thursday. 9th March, instant from 9
o'clock, A. M., to 1 o'clock P. M., and on
each consecutive day thereafter until sufficient
Stock is subscribed for organization .oder
the Charter.
Terms of subscription may be known by
application to either Corporators or Com?
missioners.
C. M, HURST,
D. J. AULD,
E. M. BURCH,
Commissioners.
Sumter, S. C. March 4. 1882.
THERE IS BUT ONE GOOD
DOLLAR SHIRT.
ITS NAME IS
THE DIAMOND.
SOLD BY THE CHARLESTON STORE,
HENRY A. LOWRY,
Won the First Prize at the Cotton Exposition
at Atlanta, and only last week took a
Medal and First Prize Diploma at the
Agricultural Fair in Charleston.
Pretty Advertising Pictures Given Away.
All Goods at Charleston Prices.
H. A. LOWRY,
Corner of Main and Republican Streets.
March 7 3
GUANO! GUANO ! !
THE UNDERSIGNED has been appointed
Agent for the sale of the Celebrated
-AND
FERTILIZERS,
Either for cash on delivery or cash payable
15th of October oext, with cotton option upon
the basis of 15 cents per lb. ior Middling.
Pnt in your orders at once.
D. J. AULD.
March 7
Master's Sale.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
SUITER COUNTY.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
A. Fwrstenburg. Plaintiff Against
Ga br iel Wright-Foi eclosure.
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order, made tn
the above stated case, dated February
13th, 18S2. I will offer for sale at public auc?
tion, ou Monday, April 3d, 1S32, before the
Court House of said County, within the legal
hours of sale, the following premises:
"All that certain tract of land, containing
thirty-four acres, situated in the County of
Sumter and State aforesaid, being lot No. 2,
of the Graham tract as described in the con?
veyance made to the said Gabriel Wright by
the State of Soutb Carolina, through R. M.
Sims, Secretary of Stale, dated the 4th day of
November, 1879, and recorded in the office of
the Resister of Mesne Convevance for Sumter
J County, in Book W W. Pag'e 653."
Terms of sale-Cash. The purchaser to
pay for all necessarv papers.
GU?GNARD RICHARDSON,
March. 6: 1882. Master.
Master's Sale.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
! James A. Parker and Augustus S.
Trumbo, C''partners, trading as J.
H. Parker & Co., Plaintiffs,
Against William H. Epperson and
Mary A. Epperson, Defendants
Foreclosure.
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in
the above stated case, dated February
13th, 1882, I will offer for sale at public
auction, on Monday, April 3d, 1S82, before
tbe Court House of said County, during the
legal hours of sale, the following premises :
First.-'Lot No. 1-All that lot situate in
the Town of Sumter in said County and State,
bounded on the North by Lot of-Barnett,
Trustee, East by the Lot whereon the Store
bouse of G. W. Reardon is situated, and
South by a street of said Town, known as j
Liberty Street, and West by a lot of J. Cohen j
Wilson"-beiug the Store and Lot recently
occupied by W. H. Epperson.
Second.-"Lot No. 2-All that Lot of land
situate in said Town of Sumter, containing
one acre, more or less, bounded on the North
! by the Wilmington. Columbia and Augusta
j Railroad, on the East by lands belonging
I now or formerly to the Estate of A. Hauser,
[ South by lands, now or formerly, of C. E.
I Stubbs and West by lands of Eliza Stuart,
I and by other lands of the said William H.
Epperson."
Third.-"Lot No. 3-Al! that lot of land
i situate in the Town of Sumter, in said Coun
? ty and State, contaioing one acre, more or
less, bounded by land of the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augus'a Railroad Company,
and by lands now or formerly of the Estate of
Freeman Hoyt."
Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay
for all necessary papers.
GUIGNARD RICHARDSON,
March 6._Master.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTEK.
COURT OF PROBATE.
In the Matter of the last Will and j
Testament of Edmund Scarborough,
Ex-parte Wilaon D. Scarborough, Wm
S. Scarborough, Newel B. Scarbo?
rough.-Summons for Relief.
To Alfred Scarborough, Hardy Scarborough,
Hubbard R. Scarborough, Sophronia Joy, j
Maria Josey, Franklin J. Scarborough, I
Hubbard H. Scarborough, H. Augustus I
Scarborough, Edward R. Scarborough, j
Lemuel B. Scarborough, Frances D. Josey, j
Simeon Scarborough, William A. Barnes,
Hubbard R. Barnes, Simeon Scarborough i
Barms, Frances Elmore, Thomas L. Barnes, j
Mary Bratulett, Ellen Hollaud, Henry G. ?
Scarborough, Orlando C. Scarborough, i
Lawrence W. Scarborough, Della Harris, \
Mary Audrews, George P. Scarborough, |
j Eliza Witherspoon, R. H. Scarborough, i
Jorclta Young, Sarah Davis, Manly T. !
j Mi.xon, E. H. Bateman, M. E. Dateman, j
j A. J. Bateman. J. Scarborough Bateman, I
i Frances Scarborough, and the children,
whose names are unknown, of Henry Scar?
borough, deceased, and the children, whose
names are uukuown, of Mary Bateman, j
! deceased.
j You arc hcrchy Summoned and required to !
I answer the petition herein, which was filed ;
i on the 14th day of November, 1881, in the ;
I Court of.Probate, for said County, and the |
j amended Petition herein, which was filed on j
i the 3d day of February, 1882. in the said:
; Court, and to serve a copy of your answer to I
I the said petitions on the subscribers at their j
I officejn the town of Sumter, within twenty j
j days after thc service lu-reof. exclusive of the ?
: day of such service, and if you fi il to answer i
j the petitions within the time aforesaid; the j
! petitioners in this matter will apply to the j
Court, fur thc relief demanded in the petitions.
Witness, the Honorable Thomas V. Walsh, ;
j Judge of the Court of Probate fer Sumter
j County, at Sumter, wi thc said County and
i Srnte, the third day M February, in the year '
( of our Lord orie thousand eight hundred and j
Lej?biy>two>'
y HAYNS WORTHS & COOPER,
DARGAN ?TWILSON,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
T. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate.
[L. S.] March- 7.-6t
3VEXXS?O EC fill,
SUMTER, S. C.
ONE EVENING ONLY.
Wednesday, March 8tlL
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Seats can be secured at D, J. Auld's Drug
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Reserved Seats, SI.00 ; Admission, 75 cts.
Feb. 21. 3U
Sale of Mortgaged
Personal Property.
Henry W. Mackey, to Jas. W. Tufts.
BY VIRTUE of authority in ire vested
under the above stated Mortgage I .will
sell at Sumter C. H., S. C., on the 29tb day
of March 1882, within the legal hours of sale
to the highest bidder for cash,
One Soda Water Apparatus and Outfit,
seized and to be sold as the property of Henry
W. Mackey under his mortgage to James
W. Tufts. R. W. DURANT,
Feb 28._Agent
Estate of Newton Peterson, Dc'di
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE for Sumter County on the 28th
day of March 1882, for a Fioal Discharge
as Executor of aforesaid Estate.
THOS. B. JOHNSTON,
Feb 28-4t._Executor.
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greatest care.
-A full line of
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All WORK in mv line GUARANTEED
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Corner of Main and Republican Streets
March 15. 1881._TP.
I F. W, DELORIE,
Agent*
-DEALER.IS
TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
AND ALL KINDS OF
Druggist's Sundries
USUALLY KKPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG
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Tobacco, Snuff and Scgars,
GARDES SEEDS, &C,
Physician's Prescriptions carefully
compounded, and orders answered j
with care 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. Jnr.. 20, 1881. Sro.
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