The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 04, 1882, Image 2

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TUESDAY, APRIL 4. J. A. MOOD. M. D.W D. B. ANDERSON, j ?jI)ITORS The decrease of the national debt dur ing the past month is ?16,462,946. Jay Gould recently exhibited to somet capitalists ?53,000,000 in one pile. Business failures throughout the eountry for the oast three months num ber 2,190?Southern States 700. The new Russian Minister to the United States is named de Struve and be will reach Washington this week. Mr. Trescot says his mission to Chili has been ruined practicably by the pre mature publication of his instructions by Secretary Frelioghuyseo. The Mississippi House of Representa tives has passsed a bill preventing the sale of tobacco to minors without an order from their parents or guardians. The total stock of American cotton to date is 2,136,941 bales, against'2,494, 448 bales at the same time last year; the crop in sight is 4,986,752 bales. An Ohio man woman broke the necks of two of her children and then drown ed herself and babe; cause, disagree ment with her husband. The widow of Bulwer, the gifted novelist, died in England recently. She separated from him and wrote several novels in which he figured to to his discontent. The Senate Committee on Civil Ser vice have authorized Senator Pendleton to report the civil service reform bill, as it was originally introduced by him in the early part of December. The Governor has offered a reward of $200 for the capture of J. J. Cly burn, the Camden murderer, who made ; his escape from jail on last Saturday i morning. There is a man in Chester County i who has not washed his body nor bis j face and hands for over sixteen years. I He refrains from ablutions on religious j grounds it is said. It is confidently asserted that a sue- j cessor to Secretary Hunt will be nomi- j nated this week, in fact the President j has notified Secretary Hunt of his in- j ientioo to appoint a successor shortly, j A Posey county justice concluded a j recent marriage ceremony thusly:! *Them as this court has jined together, s let no man put asunder; but suffer little j children to come unto them, so help i you God.' The Grand Lodge of Good Templars i will meet at Greenville on the 20th ! April. The subordinate Lodge at! Greenville is increasing in numbers, j and a keen interest, says the News, is j manifested in the work of the order. The President of the Senate has ap- j pointed Senators Dawes, and Jones, of j Florida, as members of the board of j visitors to the next annual examination of the naval academy, and Senators | Ferry and Lamar visitors to the West I Point Academy. Queen Victoria completed on Octo-' ber 25th a reign of 44 years and 12S | days, which is just the length of time j Queen Elizabeth sat on the throne. Victo- j ria has now reigned longer than any j other .English sovereign except George ! III, Henry III, and Edward lit The President has signed the com- j mission of Judge Blatchford to be an I associate justice of the Uuited States; Supreme Court, but he is not expected j to take his seat on the bench until cer- j tain cases now pending before him in j New York are disposed of. Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, the brother ! of Wm. H. Vanderbilt, who contested I the probate of the will of the late Com- j modore Vanderbilt. committed) suicide by shooting himself through the head at | the Glenham Hotel, iu New York, on April 2. The correspondence between the State Department and Mr. Trescott reveals the fact that this Government proposes to give counsel and aid nego . tiations if Chili deems it wise to listen to such counsel. The indemnity de mand of ?20,000.000 is looked upon as exorbitant, but Mr. Trescott is autho rited to assent to a liberal war indem nity which is not unjust. Wheat has commenced to head, rust has appeared iu oats sovru on poor land, fruit growers fear an Easter frost, and 500 acres near town will be planted in watermelons this season. At a colored sociable on Saturday night Calvin Ken nedy^ arm was broken by a blow from a garden rake in the hands of an honor ed guest, and Sarah Kennedy's head cracked by an expert in the use of au iron poker.?Bamicell People. Commodore Vanderbilfs widow will be married after the end of Lent to Dr. Nathan Bozema?, a surgeon of some reputation, in New York, aud the manager of one of the large charity hospitals. It is announced, as might have been expected, that Mr. William H. Vanderbilt is not pleased with the marriage, but the young wife has al ready passed a long widowhood and ?he is entirely her own mistress as to her choice and fortune. It has been developed that last Fri day morning wVile Senator Hampton ! was being shaved in the Seuate barber \ f-hop Sherman came in for some purpose i or other, and advancing to Hampton \ said very affably : *It must be very j pleasant weather down your way, Gen- j eral.* Senator Hampton lifted his face j covered with lather, gave the Ohioan a 1 brief stare of contempt, and then sub-j sided and told the barber to go on. j Sherman was considerably coufused, and in a few moments left. This inci- j deut causes as much seusation as the j original matter. Hampton has now i snubbed both the Shermaus. Tccumseh Sherman met him iu the Secretary of War's office a year or so ago and accosted j him. Hampton looked through him I and passed by without answering his : salutation.? WasJuvyion Cor. Ncirsand : Courier. An almost miraculous escape from a ! terrible death is reported from the ; Sampit section. Jo.-eph Bush was driving along the road last week in a j vehicle in which were seated, besides himself, two daughters of Rev. Samue! Washington. As they were passing a tree about one mile this side of Gapway Swamp and thirteen miles from towu an omiBOUS cracking sound was he;ird from a burning tree on the edge of the road. Warned by the noise, Bush j turned his animals, a horse aud a mule, I sharply round, but at the same instant! the charred and smoking trunk fell j with a thundetiug crash across the road, j burning beneath its ruins the mangled and bleeding bodies of the two unfortu- i nate beast:;. The pole of the carriage was shattered, but the occupants escap ed uninjured. The mule was killed iu stantly, but the horse lingered in great agony until the following morning when death put an end to his sufferings.? Georgetown Enquirer. A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN TION. We publish od our first page, an arti cle from Gov. B. F. Ferry, upon the necessity of calling a Convention for the purpose of adopting a new State Con stitution. One or two cogent reasons are given for advocating this step, viz : The existing provisions witl? reference to the denial of the right of suffrage to criminals and poll tax delinquents ; and the admission of colored students to public schools. The features in the Constitution empowering the Legisla ture to keep standing armies in time o' peace; to subject persons to martial law, and to empower petty officers to sus peud the execution of laws, are certain ly objectionable in a commonwealth like ours which is founded upon the princi ples of civil liberty. These objections j would be admitted by the great majori- j ! ty of our citizens, and, like Gov. Perry, j j we think that they should be remedied, j j but the propositions to extend the right j j of suffrage to females owning property, j } would meet with considerable opposi I tion. The possession of property is not j the highest qualification of a voter. In [ telligence and morality are as necessary j to the best use of the ballot and as im portant in attaining the chief ends of j I government. Governments are not or- j j ganized solely for the protection of j I property, and consequently its posses- J sion does not confer additional rights in j this direction. If so, the holders of property should be allowed to cast ad- \ ditional votes in proportion to their j wealth. As it is, it would be the gross- j est injustice to confer the right of j suffrage upon wealthy females, while j their less fortunate sisters are denied ; j and, inasmuch as there is already a ! sufficient representation of wealth among i legislators and citizens to protect and j promote its best interests, there is little necessity of creating additional votes for this purpose. Other reasons which are given, how ever, as well as many which are not men tioned, are weighty arguments in behalf j of the wisdom of the suggestion of Gov. j Perry. RE-DISTRICTING "THE STATE. Since the passage of the Apportion ment Bill under the new census, in creasing our representation in the j House of Representatives, from five to j seven members, there has been some j discussion relative to the way in which j these two additional members shall be chosen. Some have urged that they should be elected by the State at large, others have thought that it would be best to call an extra session of the Legislature and re-district the State? these members beiog chosen from the ! districts which will be created. This is a grave political question, and requires considerable acumen for its wise decision. Our Comgressmen have already been interviewed, but exhibit! almost as great a difference of opinion as has been done by the newspapers of , the State. Of course it rests entirely with the i Governor to call an extra session, if j necessary, and there is no doubt that j from his stand-point a correct decision will be reached. ! The chief arguments which have been I advanced against the call of an extra j session, are: the expenses of that body, j and the interference with the business I of its members at this time of the year ; I while those who are in favor of the i measure, are convinced of great political I benefits which the Democratic party will [derive from such are-apportionment, j The following from the Fairfield Neics j j and Herald convey our ideas upon the I j subject: I "The Congressional election at large I j has nothing whatever to do with the j I State election. Not only separate boxes j I but separate polling places and distinct | j managers are to be provided. Uamp- ! i ton ran two thousand ahead of Tilden ! j in 1876 when both names were on the j ; same ballot. Had the elections been I j distinct so as to admit of swapping and j i trading, the difference would have been j j from ten to fifteen thousand. A ticket | \ at large will necessitate a contest all j j over the State Under a new aipor- j I tionment there will in all likelihood be ! j no contest worth mentioning in at least j j four districts, if the Radicals adhere to j i their present iutention of nominating j I no State ticket, and the money; labor j and time thus saved would repay ten j times the cost of an extra session. As : it now stand- the Radicals will make a j determined effort to elect the Congress-.! meu at large and carry at least three I districts, thus necessitating a stubborn j contest There is such a thing as be- i iug penny wise and pouud foolish. Let j us be sure that we may not fall in this ! category. The Congress of 187S con i taiucd a straight Democratic majority j of one. That of 18S0 has a straight j Republican majority of one. The uew J apportionment gives equal increase tu j Democratic aud Republican States. The Republicans are preparing to gerry- : wander with might aud main to hold i what they have. It can be seen how i narrow the contest of ISSli may become. A few doubtful districts will decide the j supremacy for the n? xt two year.*;, and ; mos* probably the Presidential election of 1884. We welcome among our exchanges the Bamberg Chronicle, the first num- [ ber of which has just come to hand, j It is published at Bamberg, Burn well County, and bids fair to be a first class : county paper. In speaking of its pros- i pects of success, it says : 'We know no | such word as fail ; we are master of our work ; able to do our office labor ; and mean to give the people of Barowcll, a i couuty paper for long years to come.' I We extend our best wishes. m .im v t m m ? ? "?BUSlFOF LEGISLATOBS. . The following letter from a corres pondent of the Edgefield Advertiser contains some appropriate suggestions for the times: Messrs. Editors: Although a strong ; anti-stock-law man, I am driven by i impatience to the task of saying some- j thing on the part of our Senator and i i Representatives, who have of late been the unwilling prey of cross-road politi- i cians, demagogues, soreheads and office seekers generally, of whom there i are scores in Edge-field, and by whose j efforts alone the present excitement is i kept up about the stock law. I have grown impatieut, waiting and hoping that some of the over-zealous stock-law advocates would come to the rescue and ; undertake the work of standing by i our Representatives, since they were so active in forcing the issue upon them iu i the Legislature thereby placing them i in this embarrassing situation. But the , law has been passed for them and now ( it seems as far as they are concerned, 11 Representatives, everybody else aud I ' ' the couutry too may go to the devil, j: I didn't ask for the stock-law, didu't 11 want it, and have always bitterly op-1 i posed it since it's first agitation. Nev- } ertheless I scorn this unmanly and j ungenerous tirade of abuse hurled ig- 11 [ nominiously at the heads of our Legis- j I lators, when they have never had any j kind of a bearing before the people. It j is cowardly to abuse a mau when he ;' | is not present. Manhood shudders and j I humanity blushes at such conduct J J It is unbecoming brave and patriotic 11 men. It is the common custom of our j < country to give an official an opportuni- j j ty to make a showing and to explain ,! i before he is denounced. This custom j has been reversed by my anti-stock law j < friends. No explanation has been i ' asked for, no opportunity offered to i I make a showing. Nothing but rough j denunciation. i' It is a matter of utter impossibility j < for the Representatives to meet every j 1 man in the county, one by one; and j? my suggestiun is just this : Let there ! 1 be a mass meeting of the people called j at an early day. Or let there be meet- 1 - ings appointed in different sections by j 1 the anti-stock law men themselves, and j * invite these persecuted men, and give j < them an opportunity to defend them- i seves, face to face, before the people, j 1 Anyhow have a meeting, and hear \ i them speak for then you will be better j * able to judge of them. That would be 11 simple justice. That much is due them \ as servants of the people. No such j 1 courtesy as this has ever been extended 11 to any of them as far as I know, Until !i this is done, it would be wise for all par- j 1 ties to withhold the thunder of their j1 invective and the lightning of their in- !s dignation. After they have been heard, then to all ; < who do uot approve of their course, and j ' who are not satisfied with their explana- j' tion nor their defense, I would say: j i Make up your case, and cast your bal- i' lot for somebody else next time ; but j( for the sake of God and your country, ! < for the sake of humanity and white 11 supremacy, say no more about a split j1 in the Democratic rauks, no more about j1 Independentism, no more about the \1 votes of Sambo and Cuffee ; but come : together, like Democrats, to the sup- j1 port of a white man's country, a white !1 man's government, and white men to ! rule it, FAIR PLAY, j A PITIABLE TALE. Ex-Governor Moses Arrested as a No-\ torious Common Swindler at the Tombs Police Court. New York, March 29.?Franklin J. j Moses, ex-Govcrnor of South Carolina ! and for many years a professional | swindler, was a prisoner to-day at po- i lice headquarters on the charge of j swindling Freeborn J. Smith, a Brook- j lyn piano manufacturer, out of ?175. j j There are quite a number of similar i charges against him. and during the i' I day he was indentified by a number of! I his victims, who will appear against i I him to-morrow at the Tombs Police , [ Court. He was arrested at Broadway i and Twenty-second street to-day by de- j tectives who had been searching for I j him two weeks. On March 11th : j Moses called on Mr. Smith, and repre- j j senting himself as Richard H. Colquitt, j j a brother of Governor Colquitt, of Geor I gia, succeeded in inducing Smith to j I cash a check for ?175. The check,! j which was drawn on a Southern bank, j I was returned protested. E. Crowel, of j j the Phoenix Insurance Company also j j entertainend Moses uuder a name of j Anthony White, of Greenville, South ! Carolina, and cashed his check of ?150. Howard H. Stewart, of 61 Wall street, also cashed two fifty dollar checks for Moses, who represented himself to be j General Curtis, State Commissioner of j North Caroliua, accidentally left with- j out money in this city after bank hours, j Stewart also informed the police that a | number of Wall street men had been j similarly served by Moses, lie pro- i mised to produce the victims in Court j to-morrow. B. H. Hazel, of the Charles- j i ton Steamship Company, of Boston, j < also writes that he lost ?320 by the j i check operations, of the prisoner, j < Charles 11. Flint a partner of Mayor I ] Grace, wisely declined to cash the ; i checks presented. Moses's biography for the last five j 1 years as written up to-night connects : < him with :t continuous series of swiudles I mentioned from time to time with the ' < names of the victims and the amouuts, j ] but none of which were at the time ac- j i credited to Moses. One of these is the j i swindle perpetrated on a prominent ! j trans-Atlantic steamship company by a , man who pretended to have discovered j i aFctiian plot to blow up their steamers, j and for his information received a rc- ; ward stated at ten thousaud dollars. ! < Acting under the authority given him I. by the Board of directors, President : ! Laciiieotte on last Tuesday closed a j contract with Maj. G. W. Earle for the survey of the Georgetown and Lane's j" ; Railroad. The work will commence on I, next Monday, the 4th prox. Maj. Earle j , surveyed aud superintended the eou- j , straction of the new Central Railroad, , now in successful operation, from Lane's j to Sum!er, and is an engineer of ac- i knowledges! ability and experience, j The surveying party on the Georgetown i , road will start from Lane's, and it is expected that the work will bo c m- ( pleted about the middle of May.? Georgetown Enipunr. I, There have been since 1871, 14,440 ! inventions in the South. From 1851 to 1800 there were but 2,244. Missouri ' leads with o,178, Maryland follows with ; 2,248, Kentucky comes next with 1,436. , Texas next with 1,107, Virginia 1,020, ( Tennessee 1,012, aud North Carolina >, has 475. Address by the State Democratic Executive Committee. To the Democratic Party of South Carolina. After two years of profound peace our people are again called upon to undergo the excitement of political trials, insti gated by Federal office holders, who seek the restoration to power of the cor rupt men who brought disgrace aod well uigh brought ruin upon this State. At no time in the history of South Caroli na has there been greater quiet and sood order iD all rauks of society. All classes of our people are devoting them selves to the task of repairing their lost fortunes, and of building up the waste places which were devastated through years of tyranny, oppression aud mis rule. The harmony and good feeling which should exist between the two races which inhabit the State have in creased, and we are begiuning, with good reason, to Jock forward to a period at" prosperity and happiness hitherto un known in our annals. During this time the Courts of the State have been open sind all the machinery of government in full operation. The laws have been ad ministered with justice aud moderation. No complaint has been heard that the humblest citizen has not received the fullest protection, which everywhere in this country is the prerogative of an American. In all the essentials which constitute good government South Carolina can to-day safely challenge comparison with my State in the Union. But despite the peace and quiet which have prevail ed ; despite the existence of a State j government ready to punish disorder, j repress crime and protect its citizens, Federal officials have seen fit to drag i our people from their homes and arraign j [hem, not only before Federal Courts, out before the bar of public opinion. S'ot content with the services of skilled ind learned counsel appointed to ex scute Federal laws within this State, the Attorney General of the Uuited States has seen fit to employ counsel from another State. The receDt letter of Attorney General Brewster to Mr. Sanders is an indict ment of the Democratic party of South : Carolina.. To this indictment the Dem- j )cratic party must answer. Its chosen j epresentatives, through whose persons j ,t is sought to perpetrate this outrage, j iiust be defended with all of che force j ind all of the energy of the Democratic ! party. The purpose in view is too plain to | De misuuderstood. He who runs may ead. When the hand of the assassin struck down the President of the United States it dealt a blow under which the people of the South are yet! staggering. The change of policy to- ! wards the South, as unmistakably indi- j jated within the last few weeks, should j warn all lovers of good government to j be vigilaDt and active. The decree has [ zone forth. The white people of South j Carolina must avow the principles of j the .Republicans party or be declared j criminals. The object of those in au- j thority. is not ro punish for alleged j crimes in the past, but to make adher- I tmce to the principles of the Democra tic party impossible in the future. The time for this action has been fitly chosen. On the eve of a State election our people are told that they must sub mit to a return to Radical rule or bear the persecution of officials who are aid ed by all of the power of the general government. The time has come for an indigoant people to rise in their might aud pro test agaiust this unwarrantable inva sion of their rights. If we fail in our duty our civilization will be lost. The foe and the stranger will again rule South Carolina. The oppression and the tyranny which marked the history of Republican rule in this State will again disgrace our civilization and bring disaster upon our people. In this situation of affairs no true son of the State can doubt as to his duty, Let us stand together as one man, and, while confronting the common enemy, preserve for ourselves and our posterity the peace, the justice and the security which under Democratic rule all classes of our citizens have enjoyed since the grand revolution of 1876. They whose only offense is fidelty to the wel fare of the State must not be permitted to suffer as criminals. James F. Izlar, Chairman. J. H. Barle, C. S. McCall, J. M. Johnson, B. P. Barkon, George D. Bryan, E. B. Murray, J. C. Haskell, George Johnstone, John Bkatton, T. Stobo Farrow, William Munro, John C. Sukihwkd, C. J. C Hutson, M. P. HoWELL. The Shermans. The Sherman family forms rather a j remarkable collection of brothers, espe- j cially iu the way and manuer in which i they acquire control of this world's J goods to which other people arc snp- j posed to have the best and legitimate j right. One of the number, Judge Sherman, j iiad to resign, some years since, to j jscape im peach meut lor taking the j funds of the court over which he presid- ; jd, without warrant or authority of ] law. His crime amounted to what is termed with ordinary thieves as 'till tapping,- but he escaped unwhipped of; justice. More recently, his brother, I John Sherman (Honest John) has j been charged with the same offence of j 'till tapping,, but iu his case it was the j United States Treasury into which he ! got his fingers. There seems to be j but little doubt of his guilt, but he will j probably escape the puuisbmeut due to ' violated law and trust. Another one of this delectable family, U. S. Marshal Sherman, of New Mex- ; ico has been discharged, without any other punishment, for embezzlement of; the government funds. Surely they : uro a fortunate lot, if their morals are! not of llie highest type. General W. T. Sherman, another of I the family, has not yet been charged ! with any such offenses, and we hope t.hat he may not be. It is enough for him to be the author of the burning of; Columbia, aud it will take all his spare \ time to attempt to prove that it was j some other man'' who was responsible for that transaction, without having to be put upon the defensive on a charge of robbery.? WUuiinylon Redete-. ft takes over one hundred pairs of gloves :o assuage the grief of the Brooklyn ulficiala jvvr the death of an alderman, whose life aii?ht have been saved by a single bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Ao agent of Coup's Circus visited the assassin Guiteau in his cell at the Washington jail on Fi tday, and pur chased two suits of clothes from him. For the suit worn by Guiteau at the time he shot the President ?250 was paid. For the suit worn by Guiteau during his trial, and when Bill Jones shot at him, the agent paid ?100. Guiteau did not hesitate to part with his cloth ing, and when iuformed that the suits were to be exhibited on plaster casts of himself, now being made for Coup by Wilson McDonald, the sculptor, he was much elated. It tickled his vanity, aud the chances arc that if the ageut had been smart, he could have secured the clothes for nothing. An extensive business has recently been carried on by jewelers throughout the country in 'mending' mutilated coins by filling up the holes with gold or sil ver. The director of the mint upon having his attention called to the prac tice, has decided that as soon as a coin is mutilated it ceases to become a coin, and is simply bullion, and no patching of it can make it good. Dr. Danforth, of Chicago, was the pioneer in prescribing by% telephone. In 1880 he was requested by a lady's husband to telephone to her and pre scribe for her. He received tolerably correct answers to all bis inquiries as to symptoms, but when he asked her to run out her tongue she declined to communicate further. Profit, $13200. "To sura it up, six long years of bed-ridden sickness, costing $200 per year, total Si,200 ?all of this expense was stopped by three Bottles of Hop Bitters, taken by my wife. She has done her own housework for a year since, without the loss of a day, and I want evervbody to know it, for their benefit.? y. E. Farmer. Death Distanced. Alexandria, Va., Aug. 4, 1881. H. H. Warner & Co.: Sirs?I should have been in my grave to-day had it not been for your Sate Kidney and Liver Cure. Mrs. Burgess. - ? -mtt^*~? A Woman's Experience. Mothers and Daughters should feel alarmed when weariness constantly oppresses them. "If I am fretful from exhaustion of vital powers and the color is fading from my face, Parker's Ginger Tonic, gives quick relief. It builds me up and drives away pain with won derful certainty."?Buffalo lady. Elegance and Purity. Ladies who appreciate elegance and purity j are using Parker's Hair Balsam. It is the article sold for restoring gray hair to i'.s ori- | ginal color, beauty aud lustre. THE MARKETS. SU.MTER, S.C., April 3, I8S2. COTTON?About 30 bales have been sold during the week endiug April 3rd. .Market closed steadr. We quote: Stained 9}@ Sf," Tinged 1O}01O|; Inferior 7}?Si; Or dinary 9^010: Good Ordin?rv* Iul(/7>.10}: Low Middling '10&?10$; Middling I0f@ 10f-; Good Middling 1101 If. CHARLESTON, S. C, April 1, 1882. Cotton.?Market quiet. Sales about 250 j bales. Quotations are: Tinged 11011^; Ordi-j nary 9*?10; Good Ordinary, tlj@llj; I Low Middling, 13?-: Middling, 12:~Good j Middling 12V, WILMINGTON, N. C, April- 3, 1SS2. : Spirits Turpentine?Market quoted firm, ! at 5S ceDts. Sales 124 casks reported ! R?SIX?The market was firm at Si 92i for j Straiued and $1.97i for Good Strained." j Crude Turpentine?Market steady at S2.25 ! for Hard, S3.50 for Soft and $2 SO for Virgin, j Cotton?Market dull. Sales of 100 bales, ! The following are the official quotations : j Ordinary 8 15 16, Good Ordiuarv 105-16, ! Low Middling 11 3-36, Middling 11$, Good i Middling 12. SPRING ?AND? SUMMER MILLINERY. The Misses McElhose Would invite the attention of their custom i ers to their Full Stock of Goods, j Which they have now on band and to which they are daily adding, consisting of j Hats and Bonnets, TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED. Also a full line of Ii 'y BUCHINGS, Corsets, Ladies' Underwear, &c. Countrv orders given immediate attention. THE SUNNY SOUTH FOR 1882. EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTIONS. CLUBS OF THREE AT ?2. j THE SUNNY SOUTH has long been recog ! nized by the American public as a grand suc | cess, and everybody is delighted. But each j year adds to its interest and importance, and i "during the ensuing twelve months it will he far superior to its former self in every par ticular. MRS. MARY E. BRYAN 1 will be chief assistant in the editorial manage ment, with L. L. Veazy, Esq., and Richard Penfield to help. She will run some of her best stories during the year. FATHER A. J. RYAN, known and loved all over the South as our sweetest poet, aud as the author of "Purl that Banner," will be a regular contributor of prose and poetry. He will also write a story. BETSY HAMILTON will continue to edify and convulse the public with her quaint ideas and inimitable Style from the Backwoods. SLIM JIM will begin a new series of ''Off Hand Talks'' upon the popular questions of the day. BILL ARP'S PEN will not be allowed tu rest long. His sage advice and sensible suggestions are too popular , TALMAGE-S SERMONS from the great Brooklyn Tabernacle, will con tinue to appear regularly. BENCH AND BAR OP GEORGIA. Under this head will appear original sketclus and anecdotes of prominent living and dead members of the bench and bar of Georgia. THE SOUTHERN HOUSEHOLD. This is one of the most popular departments with all Soul hern and Northern wumeu, aud all arc urged to contribute to it. CORPORATE MONOPOLIES. The hriliant series of articles upon this sub ject, by the lion. Slepheu U. Dillaye, of Washington City will he continued. STO R J ES, STO RI ES. Continued and short stories by the best writers of the day will appear in every issue. New sitoirs will be commenced every few week.-, during the year. BIOGRAPHIES AND POR TRAITS. <:U'ir Forfait Gallery," with sketches of the prominent men and women of the hour, will be kepi up with new interest. Society Gossip. Farm and Llunie. Condens ed News'i '. tin- Suites, Answers to Correspon dents. Letters trum all Points, Kaiidom Notes, etc., etc. will continue to be prominent fen Hi res of the paper. J p'^-VAwhs of three or vaovrQtt^ receive it at $2 a vear. Address. Atlanta,'^ CLERK AND TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT, Including tbe Months from March 1st, 1881, to April 1st, 1882?13 mos. CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE; SUM TER, S. C, April I, 1882. Statement of Indebtedness, Town of Sumter. as per last Report, dated .March 1, 1881, $13.285 17 Statement of Cash Receipts and Kxpendi tures of Town of Sumter from March 1, 1881, to April 1, 1883 : Dr. Cr. Cash Balance on hand, March I, 1881, S22 18 Beef acc't to April 1, 1882, 232 65 Fines and Penalties, " 364 C2 33 55 Fire Department, " 2 00 S31 11 Fire Insurance, " 120 00 Funded Debt, " GO 00 Incidental Expense, " 326 60 Interest?simple, " 638 65 Interest?8 per ct. stock 305 85 License, " 1,116 50 23 00 Liquor Dealers, " 1,929 20 15 00 Market House, " 160 75 8 20 Miscellaneous Rec'ts, " 4 45 Orders, " 1,612 38 1,739 52 Paupers, ' ' 4 00 9 00 Platform Scales, " 25S 65 131 26 Public Printing, * " 73 87 Real Estate, reg. " 934 77 3 00 Real Estate, extra, " 931 77 3 00 Scavenger Cart " 436 36 Special Police, " 106 10 Store Rent, l< 520 00 Streets aud Ditches, :c 9 60 1.743 02 Tax on Dogs, " 35 50 Tax on Sales, " 1.198 68 Town Hall Rent, " 308 20 141 27 Town Indebtedness " 239 50 249 31 Town Officers? Cl'k & Treas'r, $650-00"} Policemen, 1,953.34 [- 2.879 09 Janitor, 275.75 J Balance on hand, 9 04 $9,885 40 $9,885 40 1882. - April 1?To cash balance brought down, $9 04 REMARKS. Item "Fire Department" $831, includes amounts paid for? New Town Bell and Freight, $285 Less received for old Bell, 82 $203 00 New Bell Tower on Music Hall BIdg. 200 00 j Quarterly Dues two Fire Engine Companies, "Wide Awake" and "Eagle Bines," 240 00 Repairs two Fire Engines, 50 00 ] Repairing and enlarging two EDgine Houses, 125 00 Item ''Streetsand Ditches" $1,743, includes j amounts paid to? Real Estate Owners, forsundry strips of land fur opening and extend ing public streets, $400 00 I Lumber, Laborers, &c, opening and repairing streets, drains, bridges and sidewalks, 800 00 | New street lamps, oil for lighting streets, 200 00 Digging and completing one fire well on Cbnrch Street. 75 00 j Re-surveying Town of Sumter, ascer taining limits, &c, &c , 35 00 j Sinking and cleaning fire wells and pumps, 50 00 j Item "Incidental Expenses" $326.60, in- J eludes amount paid? Richardson & Richardson, Corpora tion Counsel. 1S7S, $52 60 ! Moises & Lee, Corporation Counsel, on account, 1882, 100 00 j Appropriation to Sumter Fair and Agricultural Association, 1881, 100 00 j Job Work, stationery, postage, &c, for Clerks Office, 50 00 ; Item "Town Hall Rent" $141.29, includes amounts paid? State and County Taxes on Town property IS30. $72 00 Repairing roof of building and in side Music Hall, 35 00 Kerosene oil, glassware, &c, &e., 30 oO -o STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS, APRIL 1, 1882. j Balance of 8 per cent. j Town Stock outstaod ! ing, $4,200 99 I Interest accrued on same, 84 00 -$4.284 S9 Balance of Funded Debt j Bonds outstanding, $8.2-19 27 I Interest accrued on same, 174 18 -$8.333 45 Balance due sundry per sons, Interest on 8 per cent. Stock, Janv. 1st, 18S2. S239 04 j Balance due sundry acts, $268 OS ! Total Indebtedness, $13,175 56 I do hereby certify to the correctness of the i above statement and account, to the best of i my knowledge. C. M. HURST, Clerk and Treasurer. j April 4 THEPALMETTO LAGER BEER BREWERY, ?i.v? CHARLESTON, S. C, Has of late doubled their capacity, to suit tbe demand, with all modern improve ments, and manufactures cow a very superior article. Lager Beer of such a nature that it is always best where it can be bad fresh from the Brew ery, and is then the finest, most harmless and healthiest tonic for family use. For particulars and prices write to CLAUSSEN BREWING CO., March 21 Charleston, S. C. I nmunin J CHARLESTON, S. C. SOLUBLE GUANO, highly ammoniated. ACID PHOSPHATE, for composting. ASH ELEMENT, for cotton, wheat, peas, etc. I ! PURE GROUND PHOSPHATE ROCK. GENUINE LEOPOLDSIIALL KAINIT? | (Direct importation from Germany.) ! Cotton Seed Meal. Pure Ground Raw Bone, j Nova Scotia Land Plaster, South Carolina ] Marl, Dried Blood. The above fertilizers are of very high | grade and of uniform quality. Special inducements are offered for cash j orders bv the car load. PRIVATE FORMULARS made to order of j best materials. For terms, illustrated almanacs, colored j humorous cards, etc., address tbe Company. March 21, 2 m. OUANG! OUANO!! T HE UNDERSIGNED has been appointed Agent for the sale of the Celebrated ?AND? ORIENT FERTILIZERS, Either for cash on delivery or cash payable j 15th of October next, witli cotton option upon i the basis of 15 cents per lb. for Middling. Put in vour orders at once. D. J. A?LD. March 7 ?. now lost, now kestoredi Just published; a new edition of Dr. C?L V KU WELL'S CELEBRATED ESSAY on the : radical cure of Speriiwtorrh era or Scminai weak- ; tiess. Involiinrary Seminal Losses. ]mpntctiey, j Mental Mini IMiy.-ica! Incapacity. Impediments ; In Marriage, etc.: als?. Consumption, Epilepsy and tils, induced l>y self-inUulgcuee or >e.\ttal extra v-.i ?ja nee. ?t?*. Tii'.: i?t?Uniteil author, in this admirable Kssav; clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' MicccWfal practice, that the alarming conse quence? of self-abuse may be radically cured: pniutin<r "lit a mode ol cure at once certain and ; effectual, by tub ich every suftctcr, no matter what his condition ciny be. ia?y cure himself : ehcai'ly. privfttvly and radically; 2?&**This l?eciure should be in the hands of i eve-ry youth and every man in tbe land. Seat under s<-al. in a plain envelope, to any i address, post paid, on rccept of six cents or two postiM'c statu ?s. Address ; THE CULVEKWELL MEDICAL CO., ! 41 Ann St. Ksw Yokkj Post Office Box, 450. | April 4 ly 1 1882-SPRIN?. SPRiN?-1882. WE ARE NOW OPENING The Handsomest Stoek of Spring Goods EVER DISPLAYED IN SUMTER, AND INVITE AN EXAMINATION BY OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS WHO WILL EE CONVINCED THAT WE ABE STILL DETERMINED TO KEEP THE WELL-DESERVED NAME OF LEADERS OF LOW PRICES. -IX OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT , WILL BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF THE LATEST NOVELTIES. BROCADED SUITINGS at 8 and 10 cts. ALPACA LUSTRES & CASHMERES, in all colors, 12 i cts. \ FAST COLOR LAWNS, only 6i cts. HANDSOME LACE STRIPE and BROCADED GRENA dines, in the latest shades, only 20 cts. FULL LINE OF Black Cashmeres, Biting Ms Veilii ami Shoiak Cloths. OUR STOCK OF j Lais' and Misses' Hosiery, Moves an? Neci fear I MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED. In our CLOTHING AND FUR NISHING DEPARTMENT will be found the Best Assorted and Handsomest Stock we have ever shown. FULL LINE OF MATTINGS, both Checked and Plain. OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT, as usual, contains a Full Line of STA PLE & FANCY GOODS, which we guarantee to sell at Bottom Prices. Don't forget that the place to buy the BEST GOODS for the LEAST MONEY is at THE LEADING ESTABLISHMENT OF J, RYTTENBERG & SONS, *N. W. CORNER MAIN & LIBERTY STREETS. GRAND OPENING OF NEW SPRING AND SUMMER Dress Goods and Notions, OF THE LATEST STYLES, .At Prices that Defy Competition* AT JOHN REID'S. Applications for Samples Cheerfully Responded to. Mar21 2m AHEAD AGAIN AS USUAL! Reports from all sections of North and South Carolina, Geor gia and Alabama sustain our claim that the if ilcox, (dees k m mmmrn mm 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 peiusal. We will have a moderate supply of each., which cau be obtained from our Agents, payable in Cotton next Fall. If there is no Agent at your Railroad Depot, get your merchant to order it. - WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., jaQ 24 SAVANNAH, GA., and CHARLESTON, S. C. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OP S?MTEK. COURT OF PROBATE. j In the Matter of the last Will and ! Testament of Edmund Scarborough, j Ex-parte Wilson D. Scarborough, Wm j S. Scarborough, Keicel B. Scarbo rough.?Summons for Relief. To Alfred Scarborough, Hardy Scarborough, Hubbard R. Scarborough, Sophrouia Joy, Maria Josey, Franklin J. Scarborough, Hubbard H. Scarborough, H. Augustus Scarborough, Edward R. Scarborough, Lemuel B. Scarborough, Frances D. Josey, Simeon Scarborough. William A. Barnes, Hubbard R. Barnt?, Simeon Scarborough Barnes, Frances Elmore. ThomasL. Barnes, Mary Bramlttt, Ellen Holland, Henry G. Scarborough, Orlando C. Scarborough, Lawrence W. Scarborough, Delia Harris, ' Mary Andrews, George P. Scarborough, Eliza Witherspoon, R. H. Scarborough, Joretta Young, Sarah Davis, Manly T. Mixon, E. H. Bateman, M. E. Bateman, A. J. Bateman, J. Scarborough Bateman, Frances Scarborough, and the children, whose names are unknown, of Henry Scar borough, deceased, and the childreu, whose [ names are unknown, of Mary Bateman, j deceased. You are hereby Summoned and required to I answer the petition herein, which was filed j on the 14th day of November, 1881, in tbe ! Court of Probate, for said County, and tbe j amended Petition herein, which was filed on i the 3d day of February, 1SS2, la the said Court, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said petitions on the subscribers at their office in the town of Sumter, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you f til to answer the petitions within the time aforesaid, the petitioners in this matter will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the petitions. Witness, the Honorable Thomas V. Walsh, Judge of the Court of Probate for Sumter County, at Sumter, in tho said County and Slate, the third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two HAYXSWORTHS k COOPER. DARGAN k WILSON, Attorneys for Petitioners. T. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. [L. S.] March. 7.?6t W. P. Hall, Die. St Juliex Ravexel, President. Chemist. W. B. Chisolm, Superintendent. ED IS TO PHOSPHATE COMPANY] CILIRLESTOX, S. C, Manufacturers of EDISTO ACID PHOSPHATE, EDISTO ASil ELEMENT, EDISTO AMMONIATED FERTILIZER EDISTO GROUND BONE, and IMPORTERS OF GERMAN KAINIT. Special Brands manufactured to order. Car-load lots delivered free on board cars. Any c-uautity delivered free on board road at Compauv's works. J. B. E. SLOAN, Treasurer and General Agent. At Oiiice of J. B. E. Sloan k Sou. Jaii 10 v MOLASSES] CORN, FLOUR, &c, { Q/"* HDDS., 56 TIERCES NEW CROP ! ?00 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. March 7 1 MONEY SAVED ?is MONEY EARNED, I ASK ALL WHO Want to get the most goods for the least money to GIVE ME A CALL. It will cost you nothing when you come to town to drop in at my store and take ? look around. REMEMBER THE PLACE. SCHWERINS, OX .MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE CHINA'S DRUG STORE. You will find always in stock Family and Fancy Groceries, Com, TSTieat, Seed Oats, Eye, &c. -ALSO A Full Line of School Books, ALBUMS, SEASIDES, Blaa? Looks and Stationery, TOYS AND FANCY ARTICLES. I mean business, and will guarantee my good* as sound, fresh, and cheaper than the cheapest. New goods constantly arriving?Clerks polit? aDd attentive?and every honorable inducement is hereby offered. Sept 13_ SADDLERY AND HARNESS. -0 THE FINEST LEATHER ON HAND Ready to bd worked up at the lowest living figures, HARNESS of the latest style and of my own workmanship, at my shop to soil. 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 as NEW. COVERING and REPAIRING Old TRUNKS -A SPECIALTY. All WORK in mv line GUARANTEED _ to give SATISFACTION. 7. 0. WROTEN, Corner of Main and Republican Street?. March 15. 1SS1. THERE IS BUT ONE GOOD DOLLAR SHIRT. ITS NAME IS THE DIAMOND. SOLD HV TOE CHARLESTON STORE, HENRY A. LOWRY. Won the First Prize at the Coiton Exposition at Atlanta, and only last week took a Medal and First Prize Diploma at the Agricultural Fair in Charleston. Pretty Advertising rietures Given A tray. All Goods at Charleston Prices. IL A. LOWRY. Corner of Main and Republican Streets. March 7 3 5 CM. HURST, Notary Public, SUMTER? S. C. OFFERS his services for Probating Deeds and other papers, taking Renunciation ot Dower; Ac. Also, to draw Deeds, Mort gages, Liens, &c, &c. Terms moderate. . Feb 28 <?