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C|e S??afcjj??tci?? an?> ?pm. TUESDAY, APRIL 18. J.. A. MOOD, m ?-)EDITors D. B. ANDERSON, } ^DIT0KS Chesterfield Jourt House has elected a wet ticket by one majority. A West Pointer gets ?500 a year and one ration daily. The county treasurer of Newberry, v bas absconded ; short ?8,000 ; lost in gambling. Hon. W. L. Scruggs, of Atlanta, bas been appointed Minister to the United States of Columbia. King Charles I, of Wertemburg, has become a Roman Catholic and has beeu * baptised by the Pope. General Fitzhugh Lee is writing a history of the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Rev. John D. B. Dargan, D. D., a prominent Baptist minister, died on tb* 12inst., at his home in Darlington County. Northern capitalists have organized a eompauy and purchased 625,000 acres of timbered Und io Florida for milling purposes. One hundred and twenty-two failures reported throughout the country for the past week ; thirty-three in the Southern States. Judge Wylie, in the criminal court, overruled the defendant's plea in abate? ment in the Star-Route cases, ?nd the trial bas been set down for May 4th. joseph Sampson, a white boy, stab? bed and killed a colored rough named Wilson at Georgetown on Tuesday. The negroes attempted to lynch young Samp? son whose friends took him away. Secretary Line?lo, the only remain? ing member of Garfield Cabinet, it is said, will soon retire to give place to some one more in accord with the pres? ent Administration. A T. Stewart & Co. announce tbat they have determined to discontinue their dry goods and manufacturing busi? ness and offer their stocks of merchan^ dise and mill properties for sale. The Columbia canal, according to the present survey, is to be 150 feet wide when the contemplated improvements are finished. The work of improve? ment was commenced last Tuesday. The Journal de Paris, April 12, an? nounces under reserve the death at Heidelberg from typhoid fever of Prince Napoleon Victor, eldest son of Prince Napoleon and heir? to the imperial throne of France. ! " A comet is coming towards the earth at the rate of two million miles a day. It. will be visible in the northern beavens during the latter part of May, and astronomers are looking for some? thing big. . Sara Bernhardt made her debut at the . Theatre Royal, Madrid, iu the presence of the King, Queen and infanta Isabel. . Three tiers of boxes and the pit were crowded with nobility, diplomates, men of letters, politicians, and lovely crea? tures rn rich toilettes. Tbe steamer Planter, at Charleston, S. C., exploded her boiler, last week, just after leaving her dock ; a colored deck band was killed and the mate and engineer, (both white) were seriously scalded ; the vessel and cargo were slightly damaged.* The trial of the Malley boys and Blanche Douglass, for the murder of Jennie Cramer, will commence at New Haven, Conn., on Tuesday, the 18th inst. It promises to bc a protracted and tedious trial and one in which an immense amount of depravity on the part of many who move in aristocratic circles will be developed. A Southern sugar planter, referring to the floods, says that the whole terri? tory *is artificial and liable to overflow all tbe time, and the more it overflows the better it is for the land Every flood leaves it higher. It may be rough on tbe resident population, but it will be tbe making of future generations.' What bave future generations ever done for us ? The South Carolina new party thus . far bas absorbed Senator Fishburne, as . representing war, a small newspaper as literature, the circular of the Assistant - . Postmaster General as finance. Mr Russell as fine arts and Mr. Thos. Baskins of Sumter as wind. An in? fusion of brains and substance is all now lacking to make the skeleton a body corporate.-Greenville Netcs. Capt Howgate, the embezzling dis? bursing officer of the Signal Bureau, escaped from jail in Washington City where he was confined. There is but Httie, if any, doubt that the escape of the rascally defaulter was connived at by those in charge of him. Possibly even men of more consequence had a band in giving the caged bird his free? dom. Big criminals are now-a-days brought to justice but rarely. A dispatch has been received from tbe great traveller Stanley. He has been since the fall of 1879-nearly three years-engaged upen an expedition across equatorial Africa. He thinks he will reach the east coast by the first of 1883. He is not exploring ground al? together unknown. Livingstone, Cam? eron and himself have gone over a con? siderable portion of the territory before. The latest (the very latest) report from ex-President Samuel J. Tilden, is that he has declared positively that he is out of politics, and that he is now toying to prolong his life for the bene? fit of his relatives and friends. He has made this statement in consequence of the fact that there are many Democrats who desire that he should he a candi? date for Governor of New York in the next election. Mrs. Ida Greeley Smith, the oldest daughter of Horace Greeley, died Wednesday morning of diphtheria at Chappaqua, New York Stare She leaves three children, ?he youngest an infant four weeks old. She married Col. Nicholas Smiih, of Kentucky, on May 1, 1875, and after making a Eu? ropean tour settled at her father's cele? brated farm at Chappaqua, where they bave since lived. A synopsis of thc April report -f the Impartaient of Agriculture upon the area and condition of winter grain sriow an increase of nearly one-half a million aeres, or two per cent. The estimated ?rea of the previous crop was 24.346. 000 acres The condition of Winter wheat is high throughout the Wert, (Ohio alone reporting below 100.) in the cotton States and in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Our readers are all familiar with the story of Kate Seihen?, who killed Nar j cissa Cowart, her rival in the affccti I of her husband, in Pickens county sc I years ago. She was sentenced to dc for the killiog. The goveruqr of Gc gia in respose to petitions from ev State iu the Union, iu veiw of the j j tice of the case, commuted the dc sentence to ten years' im prison me On yesterday he granted her a full p don, and she is this mornig a free 1 man. The pardon was written about 4 o'clock and was handed to about 6 o'clock by Dr. Thomas Hain thejphysician of the penitentiary. K has been living for some time as a ? mestic in the house of Col. Chess Ht ard. It is understood that she and i husbaud will not return to Pickt county, but will make their home el where. Thus ends ?ne of the m I noted cases over in the courts of Ge gia; one that created perhaps more terest and excitement' than was e* known in the State.-Atlanta Com tution. THE POLITICAL TRIALS. _ ! Much of our space this week is tak up with the proceedings of the U. Court in Charleston where the forces the Radical Administration are worki with might and main to make politi< capital for their party by convicti Democratic election managers of frauc ? This scheme for the manufacture political capital was deliberately pla ' ned months ago by Arthur and oth I leading Stalwarts. With packed jurie witnesses who are paid to swear to co cocted lies, aud partisan rulings, y have no doubt that many an iunoce Democrat will bc convicted. This surely a trying time with the Dem crats, being called away from their bu j iness at the very time of the year wbi their labor and attention is most neede The Stalwarts knew this, and they ha' j directed their subordinates to tight* ! thc screws of oppression the harder, ai i to leave nothing undone "shorter th* j conviction, and the severest penalty tl j law will allow. ; Although thc Democrats of this Sta i are being victimized, and the who i j Radical Administration is applying tl j party lash under the guise of du) ? and for the salvation of a pure hallo ! box, it will be the means of perfectin j the very object these trials are inteudc I and hoped to destroy-a solid Democn ? cy at the next election. This politic ? step on the part of the Administrado ! has been the most effective cure for tl ! Independent mania that could have bee ;l devised, and for that reason the Dem( I * j crats have cause to rejoice in the sati; ; faction of knowing that if they are pei I scouted with all the severity the Ac j ministration can inflict, their ranks wi i ever remain solid. i RADICAL IMPUDENCE. j Thc Charleston Mercury, a radic< j organ to the backbone, is straining il ! feeble strength to thc utmost to resusci j tate the dead body of Radicalism, au now takes peculiar pleasure in gloating as it supposes, over the downfall of th ! Democrats by reason of some of th et j being compelled to stand trial in th I Federal Court, in Charleston, for sup ! posed Frauds in the last election, ani i just at this time imagines it is gatherinj j strength to the Radical party, and, a the same time, reaping a small -amoun j of glory for its own puuy self by pub I lishing such pieces as the following j which we clip from its last issue : RED SHIRTS-WAKE CP. j What are the righteous advocates o ! the ballot-box stuffers doing that thei j don't call out a squadron of red-sbirti I and have noon-day orations at even j street corner in vindication of FKALD ai j one of the virtues of the so-called De mocracy ? Can't somebody stir 'em al ! up with the party lash ? QUERY ? j The members of the General As6em j bly are sworn to uphold the laws anc the Constitution (with amendments) ol the United Stales. Did those who j voted for tbe Nullification or Registra I tion act regard this oath, or did they take it with sanctimonious mental reser? vation ! In either event, has the oath j been violated, and who is responsible ? j Dont let the counsel for'thc ballot-box ! stuffers all answer at once. Of course, the Radical party must 1 have some pretext or other to harp i upon, and its organs to write upon, and ,' they thiuk by creating as much stir I as possible about these "Democratic elec? tion frauds, 'as thev term them, it will go far towards covering up their o wa I rascality, and it might be thc means of ! rallying and increasing their supporters, j to something like respectable num ! hers, in future elections. Tbe Mercvry says : At thc next elec j tion there will be but one issue. The j purity of the ballot-box, against the j machine ballot-box stuffers ! We would j like for the Mercury to inform us what j constitutes a pure ballot-box, and how j are the masses to arrive at the eonclu j sion that they are enjoying thc fruits of j such a blessing. We are of the opinion j that the best guarautce a people can j have, whether under Republican or i Democratic rule, that they arc receiving j the full benefits of a pure ballot-box, is ! the character of meu that are placed into office to govern the affairs of the State. Under thc Radical regime was j not a set of thieves and swiudlcrs elect ; ed who, open-handedly robbed the ; State? Upon what hypothesis can it ? be shown that the ballot-box was kept lin a state of unblemished purity, and i the manipulators of same allowed to put i into ofiice thieves and swindlers of the j deepest dye-men like Scott, Moses, i Cardozer, Parker, and thc rest of the : crew? Oh, yes! then Kepub?caus, not Democrats, went into ofiice. The L ference thou is that not the m au uer, but. j thc result, of thc electiou, decides wheth ; er the purity of the br.?ot-box is itr . peached, and the cry of frauds is heard ! from thc ablest of the Republicans ; ... 1 down to the weakest v.caklings of the : pail) , (thc Mercury not au exception.) THE ELECTION TRIALS. CHARLESTON. April 13.-Io the United States Circuit Court to-day in the Acton cases the testimony for the defense reopened and closed and the testimony in reply for the prosecution was closed. Dallas Sanders made thc opening ar? gument for the prosecution and Colo? nel J. C. Haskell opened for the de? fense. The witneseses for thc defense to-day denied point blank the charges made by the government witnesses and swore that Kane, the United States Supervi? sor, had been allowed far more privi? leges than he was entitled to under the law. They testified that the ballot box had been opened fully and displayed to Kane before the election began and that he displayed no dissatisfaction ; that Kane had been caught twice with his hands in the ballot box and it was shortly after one of these occasions that the bundle of tickets were found in the box. The defense also put up a num? ber of witnesses to prove the bad repu? tation of the government's witnesses. One was shown to be a gambler and to have been tried for larceny and murder: another, a colored school teacher, was shown to have forged pay rolls and swindled a bank in Columbia and se? duced some of his pupils ; another had swindled a colored woman out of a tract of land; and testimony was introduced which showed that the witnesses exam? ined by the government bore bad repu? tations in the communities where they lived and to be un worthy of belief on oath. The News and Courier, speaking of the speech of Mr. Dallas Sanders, from Philadelphia, who was sent down to South Caroliua to assist the District At? torney in prosecuting the political trials, says that he opened by alluding to vari? ous remarks that be had heard to the effect that it was useless work to at? tempt to secure a conviction in an elec? tion trial before twelve South Carolina, jurymen, because it was sure to end in a mistrial, and that the government could not have a case fairly and justly tried in the State of South Carolina, and after comments thereon he then present? ed the government's testimony to the jury and begged them to remember it and to consider it without passion or prejudice. Beyond this he said noth? ing, and to the great disappointment of a host of sable admirers in the rear of the court room he sat down. Mr. San? ders was either handicapped with the weakness of bis case or else his friends has largely over-estimated his powers as a speaker. He bas a style peculiar to himself and one which is rarely if ever exhibited outside of a school room. The Court seemed to feel some compassion for Mr. Sanders, and when he got through, in answer to an inquiry of sur? prise on the part of Mr. Haskell if Mr. Sanders had got through, Judge Bond remarked that the lawyers of Philadel? phia were not in the habit of making such long speeches as the Charleston lawyers, and that business was too brisk there for a display of eloquence. The explanation was very timely. Colonel J. C. Haskell followed Mr Sanders for the defendants. After ask? ing the Court to bear with him if he should be somewhat disconnected, as he had been taken by surprise and had not been able to collate the testimony, he said that while our people were not in the habit of making such brief and busiuess-like arguments, he thought that his excuse would be well received when it was known that he stood as ono of . the defenders of citizens of South Carolina who had never before been ac? cused of crime-men. he said who have borne good names ali their lives-men whom this gentleman from Philadel? phia had never seen-men with whom he has no sympathy-men whom he treats as mere targets at whom he shall aim his shafts and then leave. We stand in a very different attitude from him, aud you geutlemcn of the jury, born in this State, stand in a very dif? ferent attitude from this man who comes from Philadelphia to charge citizens of South Carolina with crime, as a 'mat? ter of duty.' The District Attorney has seen fit to inject into the case (in order that the record might go out to the world) that South Carolina perpetrates fraund- j that the white people of South Carolina were putting disgrace upon the laws of the land-that this is not a technical violation of law by three or four men, but that throughout the whole length i and breadth of Richland County that this alleged fraud was repeated again and again He started to tell you how by alleging fraud at every other box io ? Richland County he sought to fix fraud | upon these men. This effort was stop- j ped by the Court, but it got to your j cars, gentlemen, and I notice it as a ! violation of every law of evidence. I notice it as an evidence of the ! unskillfully prepared informations upon which he has sought to convict these men. You will notice, gentlemen, he said, that these men are being prosecut? ed by a Southern Republican and a Northern 'Democrat,' This man- has been sent down here to assist the Dis? trict Attorney of South Carolina to con? vict South Carolinians, not because he isa lawyer, evidently not because he is a man of ability, but because ho isa .Democrat' So says the Attorney Gen? eral. But why this peculiar combina? tion ? Why this parade before thc country about 'Southern Republican' and 'Northern Democrat T I ask you to remember all this. Remember that it is only for political effect, and free your minds from all bias, bearing in mind the gravity of this question not only to these defendants but to the good name and fame of your State. On the other side, gentlemen, look at these defendants. Who were they? Four men who had lived iu Richland County all their lives, had lived on the laud occupied by their ancestors for one hundred years before them-men well known and respected in their County and against whom no charge ha? ever been made before this-men known as honest, law abiding and peace-loving citizeus. Compare these men with thc government witnesses-men not one of whom had left the witness stand without having the brand of bad reputation put upon him b}r creditable witnesses-tuen who, term after term, can bo se;n ih thc witness box as professional witnesses mcu who have before now falsely for? sworn their fellow OKJ-men who, in their carefully concocted perjuries, have not agreed-men without anv stuke iu thc country ; here to-day, there to-mor? row-thc ready hirelings of the govern? ment. These are thc only wituesocs which the District Attorney has been able to hiing to fasten this charge against 'hese defendants, who stand for the first time charged with a ..olat.ou of ?lie law-men who had lived ninny "long yours with spotless reputation. Mr. Haskell then took up the ev dence for the government and cora men ed upon it. Forrest, the first govert ment witness, he showed had beenproi ed by credible witnesses to be unworth of belief on his oath and to have direc: ly swindled a gentleman of high repute tion in Richland County, and had lie to accomplish the feat. Yet this wr the witness who bad stood by the wir dow all day long, had never moved a inch and had kept his eyes steadily o the ballot box for twelve hours. Hinton, the next government witnesi he shewed had been proved to have reputation in the community in wine he lived which did not entitle him to bc lief on his oath. This self-appointe censor of morals at elections swore tbs he was at the window all day, and ye he was shown to have been at othc places by several witnesses, and to hay been engaged in threatening colore men who wanted to vote the Democrati ticket. And so with Johnson and Kan and every government witness-he shove ed that they had been clearly proved t be unworthy of belief. Speaking of Kane, Colonel Haske! said: *And%ho is he ? An unnatural ized Irishman, who has exercised th right to vote and had undertaken to b the champion of the purity of the balle box. A man who swore to a falsehoo in assuming the position he did. ? man tried for grand larceny and a tru bill found by a Republican grand j ur j A man who was introduced into Sout Carolina by Franklin J. Moses, (a vcr bad sponsor for the introduction of an^ one.) A man shown to be a sleight-of hand gambler. A shrewd, intclligen j fellow, who had told his story straight; man hired as the tool of the governmen to concoct a base and vile conspiracy t j compromis these men and to attempt t j convict them. We say right here,' Mr j Haskell continued, 'that this whol j thing was a fraud perpetrated at tba I poll by this sleight-of-hand gambler j That those ballots were introduced int i that box by him, and that this who! I story of .finding strings in the box Iii ! was got up by Kane after he had beei ! fingering the box lid for some, time am j had had ample time to have attached ; ? hundred strings to it.' ! Speaking again of Mr. Sanders, Mr I Haskell said : My friend, the Distric ; Attorney has got a 'Democrat' fron ? Philadelphia to assist him-not a law ! yer, but a 'Democrat' sent down to se j that, he did his dufy. I don't thiel j any one will ever charge him, after th< j conduct of this case, with any waverinj in the conduct of these prosecutions They need not place a watch on hil loyalty hereafter. This 'Dem ocra from Philadelphia, although he had tb< testimony fresh in his mind, misstatec it to you. He has told you that we re butted the testimony for the govern mont with but one witness. This i? j not true. You know this is not true I and he knows that it is nut true. H< j outrageously charges Mr. Reeves w?tl j being 'steeped io crime ' Why nd ! then put bira on trial if he is steeped ir ! this fraud ? Why, Mr. District Attor i ney, do you allow your assistant to as j perse the character of a man whom he i bas not dared to bring to trial, whorr I he does not dare to touch ? The state j ment is utterly false and unsupported ? by one tittle of evidence. Such a slandei j sh ould never have been uttered nor allow j ed to have been uttered, i Mr. Haskell then carefully went ovei ; the evidence and pointed out the dis i crepancies of the government's witness ! es, showing the impassibility for them j to have seen the things they swore to, j even if they had not been shov. n bj 1 credible witnesses to be unworthy ol j belief. ; In conclusion, he earnestly urged thc I jury to weigh the testimony carefully, j and whenever they found a witness to ! be wanting to drop him. You kuow, gen I tlemen, that we were at a disadvantage j in organizing the jury. We have been j fortunate enough, r the providence of j God, to secure a jur^ who will not lend I themselvos to a base conspiracy, and j not lend themselves to put the brand of i infamy oo the fair mame of the State. ! Not lend themselves to the conviction i of four men for political ends ; not lend I themselves to a travesty -upoo justice j which would consign these men to a ; base punishment aud bring sorrow and I disgrace upon their families. . We have ! got a jury who will do what is fair, and I we have got this jury in spite of' the j District Attorney's attempts to pack it. I We have got a jury we can trust, and ! we rest the rights and liberties of those j people upon your sworn oaths to find i according to the testimony. Not the ; manufactured testimony of professional I witnesses ; not this story as given to. j you by thc 'Democrat' from Pbiladel j phia, which bears upon its face the ! brand of its own infamy ; not upon evi ' dence upon which wc could not haug a j dog. No, gentlemen, not to please the I behest of any man, though he docs send ; down a Northern Democrat to assist the j Southern Republican in the prosecution, j We expect no mistrial like that man from Philadelphia, who has said more \ than one thing here to-day for which he j should be branded. He may have heard I this story about mistrials in the office I in which he is employed-nowhere else, i We expect a verdict of acquittal from j twelve honest men, and we appeal to j you to rise above prejudice, to weigh j thc evidence and to sift thc testimony j of every witness. I expect, when you I have done this, a verdict of 'no' guilty.' GuAKLK3T0X, S. C , April 14.-In I the United States Court to-day, in thc j election cases. Mr. J. ll. Abney made j the closing speech in defense of Bates j and others. District Attorney Melton ; then made the closing argument for thc I prosecution. The case against Mr. j Ohrcitzberg was not pressed by the i District. Attorney. Judge Bond refus ! cd the instructions to the jury asked for j by the defense, aud charged the jury as j to thc remaining three defendants. : Ile admonished the jury to free their j minds from partisanship and prejudice, ? and dwelt upon thc importance of pre ; serving the purity of thc ballet box. j He told the jury thrit. ?t was the right of : accused and of tho Government to have j thc individual judgment of each juror : and tiiat a verdict reached bv agrce ! ment on a majority vote was unlawful. ! 'The jury must,' he said, '^ive thc ac? cused the benefit of every reasonable ; doubt, and while they hhuuld he careful : that no innocent man -as convicted, ; they sh ou lu L.o equally determined to I allow no guilty mau to escape.' Thc jury remained in the jury-room that ni<r! . .md failing to agree, thc for .nan, \v Tindall, sent anote Sat?r . d.?y niorniug : > Judge H^nd to that cf i feet. At ten minutes before 1 o'clock, Judge Bond sent for thc jury, and in ijuircd : 'ls it a matter of law or of . fact that makes you unable to fiud a j verdict?' The treman replied : 'It is a matter of fact; I understand, your Honor.' Judge Bond : It has taken two weeks to try this case, gentlemen. The Court cannot discbarge you now. You must go back to your room and think over the case reore earnestly. Counsel have consented that you may bring in a scaled verdict A sealed verdict is one which you write and which all thc jurors must sign. You then deliver it to your fore? man, and at the next session of the Court (on Monday) if you have agreed to a verdict you can present it. As soon as you have signed and sealed your verdict and given it to the foreman the bailiff will let you out. You must give this case a long continued consideration. The jury returned to their room. Court then adjourned until 10 o'clock Mouday morning. At 5 o'clock the jury announced to the bailiff in charge of them that they had agreed to a ver? dict. On Monday morning the jury appear? ed, and before the verdict was an? nounced two of the jurors, J. W. Foun? tain and B. F. Strom, both white, an? nounced that they had signed the ver? dict on Saturday under a misapprehen? sion, and under fear of bodily pain, and that it was not the verdict that they intended to render. Judge Bond held that their avowal came too late, as they had signed the verdict and the jury had been discharg? ed. The defendants excepted and gave notice of a motion for arrest of judgment and a new trial, which the Court will decide later in the term. The verdict as announced is 'Guilty as to the ?rst count, and not guilty as ! to all the others,' with a recommeoda [ tion to the mercy of the Court, j Judge Bond of the United States ?ir ? cuit Court then announced the decision of the Court and overruled the motion made by the defendants on Saturday to quash the array of grand jurors on the ground that the panel had been illegally drawn. District Judge Bryan filed a dissenting opinion. The grand jury was then sworn. Prr ?t, $1,200. ~~ <:To sum it up, six long years of bed-ridden i sickness, costing S200 per ycrtr, total $1,200 ! -all of this e.\pense 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, aaa I want j everybody to know it, for their benefit. : JV. E. Farmer. The Highest Rank. 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OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, SUMTER COUNTY, Anu?. 15, ISS2. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ll the office of the Treasurer of Sumter County will be open at Sumter Court House from the Fi ?ST DAY OF M A Y, ?SS2. to the Ff HST DAY Or' JUNE, 1682, for rh? collection of State. County, School,' Pol!, and Special Taxes fur the Fiscal year cn mu; cueing November I, ISSI. Thc rate ofjevy oa all property assedssd for taxation ii as follows : Fur State Purposes-Four arni three fourths mills on each dollar of the valuation of the propel ty represented on the Tax Duplicate for the said Fiscal Year. F?<r Ordi ?ary County Purposes for said Fiscal Year-Two and ono half mills on each dollar of said valuation. Fer Special County Purposes-to wit: For Indebtedness of said County prior to the first day of Noretnber, lS79~Two (2) mills on each dollar of snit] valuation. For School Purposes-Two (2) mills on each j dolla ro? said valuation: als?) Pull Tax of j one dollar or. each taxable poll, to wit: of each wale citizen between the age* of 21 and 60 years, except such ns are exempt by law, and three fourths of a mill on the dollar of said valuation in School District No. 1, (Sumter Township) for erecting an additional School House in said School District. The said THX^S ?ire tu be paid in the following j funds, and no other, viz: Gold and Silver Coin, United States Currency, National Bank Notes, and Coupons or. the Valid Consolida ed Bonds of this State, known ?a "Brown Bonds"-?nd Jury Certificates, and the per diem r.f State witnesses in the Circuit Courts, for County taxes, not including School taxes. The said taxes are payable in two install? ments .: one-half in the month of May, 1SS2, the tither half from the 15th of September to the 3! st of October, ?SS2 and it is optional with any tax payer tu pay the whole or one-half of said Taxes during the Month of May, ISS2; but if one half thereof be not then paid, a pen? alty of five per ivntuin will be anded thereon. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH. April IS Tren purer Sumter County. Estate of Mrs. Sarah J. C. Elliott, DECEASED; IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Su mi er County on the IS th day of Muy, 1832, for a Final Discharge as Executor of aforesaid Estate. M. S. MOORE, April IS-4t. Executor. ----. . -. =ay Cr EVEEY SHH) CHEAPER THAN EVER. Hilles, Shot Guns, Revolvers. Animunl 4.iou, Fishing Tackle, Seines, Nets, Knives, Razors, Skates, Hammocks, etc. Targe Illustrated Catalogue FREE?. GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS. 1'ITTSJiUROn, rA. WANTED! Ladles and Gentlemen, toensaee j with n< t..* sell several l:.?-?iul lloiiwhoMl ! 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SAMARITAN NERVINE Has been the means of curing my wife of rheumatism. J. B. Fletcher, Fort Collins, Col. SAMARITAN NERVINE Made a sure cure fa case of fits for nor son. j E. B. Rails, lliattsville. *Kan. j SAMARITAN NERVINE . Cured me of vertigo, neuralgia and sick headache. Mrs. Wm. Henson, Aurora, Ul. SAMARITAN NERVINE Was the means of curing my wife ot' spasms. Rev. J. A. Edie, Beaver, Pa. SAMARITAN NERVINE Cured me of asthma, after spending over ?3, 000 with other doctors. S. R. Hobson, New Albany, Ind. SAMARITAN NERVINE* Effectually cured.me of spasms. Miss. Jennie Warren, 740 West Van Buren St. Chicago 111. SAMARITAN NERVINE Cured our child of fits after given ap to die by our family physician, it having over 100 in 24 hours. Henry Knee. Vervilla, Warren Co., Tenn. SAMARITAN NERVINE Cured me of scrofula after suffering for eight years. Albert Simpson, Peoria, lil. SAMARITAN NERVINE . Cured my son of fits, after spending ?2,400 with other doctors. J. W. Thoroton, Claiborn, Miss. 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Those who wish toi obtain luther evident of thc cur: .vc proper- j tiesof.SamuritatJ Nervin?: will please enclose: a 3-cenf postage stamp for a copy oi*our Illus- : 1 rat ed -lour.,al of Health, giving hundreds of; testimonials (.t eure from persons who have j used thc mcduMne, *aud also :hcir pictures | (Iioto^:iphi:d ai??r 'Vir T?rt?ratfou to per-! feel health. A do ress .. -.. ? s. A. RICHMOND & co... WORLD'S EPILEPTIC INSTITUTE. \ ! v April II St. Joseph, Mo. OF NEW SPRING AND SUMMER Dress Goods and Notions, OF THE LATEST STYLES, AJb Prices that Defy Competitions AT J O ll A REID'S. Applications for Samples Cheerfully Responded to. Mar21 2ra\ 1882--SPRI?G. ^I^G-?SS^^ WE ARE NOW OPENING The Handsomest Stock of Spring Goods EVER DISPLAYED IN SUMTER, AND INVITE AN EXAMINATION BY OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS WHO WILL BE CONVINCED THAT WE ARE STILL DETERMINED TO KEEP THE WELL-DESERVED NAME OF LEADERS OF LOW PRICES. -IN OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT WILL BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF 1 THE LATEST NOVELTIES. BROCADED SUITINGS at 8 and 10 cts. ALPACA LUSTRES & CASHMERES, in all colors, 12? cts. FAST COLOR LAWNS, only 6i cts. HANDSOME LACE STRIPE and BROCADED GRENA- , dines, in the latest shades, only 20 cts. FULL LINE OF BM Cashmeres, Buntings, Ms Veiling aili Sil C1? ? OUR STOCK OF La?ies' ?? fas' Hosiery, Gloves ul M Wear MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED. In our CLOTHING AND FUR- J NISniNG DEPARTMENT will be found the Best Assorted and Handsomest * Stock we have ever shown. J FULL LINE OF MATTINGS, both Checked and Plain. I OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT, as usual, contains a Full Line of STA- 4 PLE-& FANCY GOODS, which we guarantee to sell at Bottom Prices. Don't j forget that the place to buy the BEST GOODS for the LEAST MONEY is at J THE LEADL\(i ESTABLISHMENT OF J J. RYTTENBERG & SONS, f N. W. CORNER MAIN & LIBERTY STREETS. J State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF S?MTEK. COURT OF PROBATE. In th3 Matter of the last Will and Testament of Edmund Scarborough, Ez-partt Wilson D. Scarborough, Wm S. Scarborough, Neted B. Scarbo? rough.-Summons for Relief. To Alfred Scarborough. Hardy Scarborough, Hubbard R. Scarborough, Sophronia Joy, Maria Josey, Franklin J. Scarborough, Hubbard H. Scarborough. H. Augustus Scarborough. Edward R. Scarborough, I,era.uel B. Scarborough, Frances D. Josey, Simeon Scarborough, William A. Barnes, Hubbard R. Barnes, Simeon Scarborough Barnes, Frances Elmore, Thomas L. ?ames. Mary Bramleti, Eilen Holland, Henry G. Scarborough, Orlando C. Scarborough Lawrence W. Scarborough, Della 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 children, whose names are unknown, of Mary Bateman, deceased. You are hereby Summoned and required to answer the petition herein, which was filed on the 14th day of November, 1881, ir the Court of Probate, for said County, and the amended Petition herein, which was filed on the 3d day of February, 1882. in the said Court, and to serve a copy of 3'our 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 daj- of such service, and if yon f iil to answer the petitions within the time aforesaid, the petitioners in this matter will apply to the i Court for the relief demanded in the petitions. Witness, the Honorable Thomas Y. Walsh, Judge of the Court of Probate for Sumter County, at Sumter, in thc said County and State, the third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two HAYNS WORTHS & COOPER, DARGAN & WILSON, Attorneys for Petitioners. T. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. [L. S.] March. 7.-6t MOLASSES, CORN, FLOUR, &c, HHDS.. 56 TIERCES NEW CROP MOLASSES, 10,000 Bu. White and Mixed CORN, 500 BbJs. FLOUR, 100 Boxes D. S. SIDES, 200 Bags COFFEE, 100 Bbls. SUGAR. At lowest prices, WORTH & WORTH, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 7 SADDLERY AND HARNESS. THE FINEST LEATHER ON HAND Ready to bi 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 toa First-class Harness Shop. ULI) HARNESS made to look as good as NEW. COVERING and REPAIES G Old TRUNKS -A SPECIALTY. All WORK in mv line GUARANTEED to give SATISFACTION. T. 0, WR0TEN, Corner of Main and Republican Streets March 15. 1881. r* THERE IS BUT ONE GOOD DOLLAR SHIRT. ITS NAME IS THE DIAMOND. SOLD BY THE CHARLESTON STORE, HENRY A. LOWRY. Won thc First Prize at the Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, a^d only last week took a Me.lal and First Prize Diploma at the Agricultural Fair in Charleston. Pretty Advertising Pictures Ciiven Away. All Goods at Charleston Prices. U. A. LOWRY, Corner of Main and Republican S'-eets. March 7 3 Notary Public, SUMTER, S. C. OFFERS his services for Probating Deeds and other papers, taking Renunciation ot Dower, &c. Also, to craw Deeds, Mort-j gages, Lieus, ?c.. kc. Terms moderate. > Feb 28 SPUING -AND SUMMEE MILLINERY. The Misses McElhose Would invite the attention of their custom? ers to their Full Stock of Goods, Which they bare now on band and to which they are daily adding, consisting of Hats andr Bonnets, TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED. Also a full line of it&m&m mmmms, RETCHINGS, Corsets, Ladies' Underwear, &c. Country orders given immediate attention. 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 yon come to town to drop in at my store and take a look around. RE MEMBER THE PLACE. ; SCHWERIN^, ON MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE CHINA'S DRUG STORE. You will find always in stock Family and Fancy Groceries, Corn, Wheat, Seed Oats, Bye, fee. -ALSO A Full Line of School Books, ALBUMS, SEASIDES, Blanfc Boote aal Stationery, TOYS AND FANCY ARTICLES. I mean business, and will guarantee my goodf as sound, fresh, and cheaper than the cheapest. ; New goods constantly arriving-rClerks polite , and attentive-?nd every honorable inducement is hereby offered. Sept 13 Agricultural Lime AND Carbonate of Lime. BEST AND CHEAPEST FEF.YTLIZERS. Also BUILDING LIME, at $1.25 1er barrel. Send for circular. FRENCH BROS., Rockv Point, N. C. March 14 THE PALMETTO LAGER BEER BREWERY, -IX CHARLESTON, S. C., Has of Ute doubled their capacity, to snit the demand, with all modern improve? ments, and manufactures now a very superior article. Lager Beer of such a nature that it is always best where it can be had fresh from the Brew? ery, and is then tho finest, most harmless and healthiest tonic for family use. For particulars and prices write to CLAUSSEN BREWING CO., March 21 Charleston, iirHffiii; CHARLESTON, S. C. SOLUBLE GUANO, highly ammoniated. ACID PHOSPHATE, for composting. ASH ELEMENT, ter cotton, wheat, peas, etc. PU REG ROUN D PH OSP HATE ROCK GENUINE LEOPOLDSHALL KAIN!? (Direct importation f..^ra Germau;, ) Cct:onSeed Meal, Pu-e Ground Rsw Bon Nova Scotia Land Plast? South Caroli Marl. Dried Blood. The above fertilizers are of very b?gh grade and of uniform quality. Special inducements are oCered for rash orders bv the car load. PRIVATE FORMULARS rc ide to order of best materials. For terms, illustrated almanacs, colored humorous cards, etc., address thc Companv. March 21, 2 m. C?LUMBI^^ R. N. LOWRANCE, Proprietor COLUMBIA, S. C. Table, Rooms and Servants First-class. RATES REASONABLE. Sept 20-3m