TUESDAY, MAY 16.
V
J. A. MOOD. M. D. > ^ ?
D. B. ANDERSON, J^IT0R8
South Carolina will get $5,100 this
year from the Peabody food.
Democratic dobs in other counties
are being organised.
? The Augusta and Kn ox ville Road has
been completed.
Witliston expects to ship 10,000
crates of peaches to New York via
^Charleston this summer.
. Tho Pension bill, as it will beTeport
llifed-to the House, appropriates
v<*?0,000. .
The latest dot about the coming com
et is that it will not be visible to the
jj? natural eye till the evening of June 4
j&J/ Three wfiite men and two negroes
were publicly whipped for various
?mtN ai Newcastle, Del., last- Satur
Most of the stores in Camden close at
6* o*c?ock ia the evening* and will con
tiaue to do so daily, except Saturdays,
Vv'iwtii September 1st.
: XlS?*r' ^ODms0D* 0I" Summer Hill, three
from Aikea will make between
; seven and eight hundred dollars from
Jus asparagus patch this year. :
: A telegram dated Ponghkeepeie, N
Y.; May 13, reports that there was a
gs^w^QF?;tD~^e^Cat8kiIl Mountains
; Between four and six incnes of snow
ft:^reported to have fallen in Washing
? t>Bi Iowa, May 12, greatly damaging
tbefruit.
^>/": Mr.JBL Baue?, for many years past
^v ooe of the leading and most successful
merchants of Georgetown as well as one
of its prominent citisens, died suddenly
from apoplexy on Friday night of last
^^reek. '
-.-"The Northern Methodists are taking
steps 4o celebrate the centennial of
Methodism. The M. E. Church in
America was organized in Baltimore in
December, 1784.
Dr. F. F. Gary, of Cokesbury, bas
received the appointment of delegate
r from the State Medical Association of
... South Carolina to the Health Congress
n>f the World, which meets in Geueva,
Switzerland, next September.
It is said that a lady living near the
p FIori4s line, who bas been confined to
i ker bed for many years with rheuma
tism, was entirely relieved a few weeks
ago by a discharge of lightning which
threw her out on the floor.
; News has been received from Atcbi
. sob,Kan., of acyclone at Cherokee City,
by which two persons were killed and
thirteen wounded. Cherokee is ? small
watering place on the territorial line
I south of :Maryrille. The town was
nearly demolished, losing forty houses.
Gold is flowing from this country to
Europe at the rate of about $2.500.000
> week. The cotton export is the only
breakwater. There would have been
?o return to specie payment and no
balance of trade in favor of this country
without Southern cotton. And yet
most of the money made on cotton goes
?st and West.
B. B. Elliott, the famous negro con
aeeted with South Carolina poUti^]
ander Moses and^aj?be??alnT??s.been
;k<wydfrojit^m^ in New Orleans,
^te?rte wrote a very able protest
againjt some of Arthur s unfit appoint
ments of ignorant and corrupt colored
men. Kellogg had the bouncing done.
It^?f a family quarrel.
. According to the Yazoo, Miss., Sen
Hmel, many planters say that they
would not part with the advantage the
overflow will b*$p their lands for a nice
% little sum of money. The sediment de
posited by the flood will do the soil more
I good than any fertilizer that coo Id be
applied. One planter says the cotton
lands will now be worth from $4 to $5
?or? per acre than formerly.
Mrs. Betsy Mason, wife of Sergeant
Mason, had an interview with the Pres
ident on the 11th, and made a strong
personal appeal for her husband's re
lease from the Albany Penitentiary.
^-The President said to Mrs. Mason that
he kad great sympathy with her and
that the petitions for the pardon of her
kuaband would be laid before the Cabi
net The general impression is that
Mason's sentence will be mitigated in a
short time.
The month of Mav is a grand gala
season among the planets. The con
junction of the three largest planets of
tbe system'with the son ; the conjunc
tion of six planets with each other ; the
: ' superior conjunction of Mercury ; the
total eclipse of the son, and the occulta
" - lioni of Jupiter form a brilliant success
V ion of phenomena as. imposing to the
mental eye as they are beautiful to the
' physical eye. The sun is now passing
through the maximum of son spots.
From the Eataw (Ala.) Whig and
Observer we clip the following, concero
V-;: ing a young Carolinian?son of the
Hon. John McQueen of Cheraw : 44An
< earnest call is made this week on J. P.
McQueen, Esq., to consent to be a can
didate for the legislature. Mr. McQueen
is one. of our rising young men who is
destined to take high position if health
and life is spared him. He is a good
lawyer and is a practical farmer who
possesses qualifications that fit him for
a Representative. He is a staunch and
true Democrat."
The Anderson Intelligencer says :
?Tbe Summer meeting of the State
Grange and South Carolina Agricultu
ral Society, which will be held at this
? place in August next, will' be one of
great interest. It will be an excellent
opportunity for our farmers to exhibit
to their brother farmers from all parts ;
- of the State specimens of the small
I grata crops. Let them select sheaves
of wheat, oats, barley, etc., and put
them away for exhibition on that occa
sion, and show to those who come how
welt suited oor soil and climate are to
the production of the small grains.
The origin of th? fire that destroyed
the Bingham School building, in North
Carolina, recently, is said to have been [
from an attempt on the part of some of j
" Jhe cadets to drive flies from their room. >
. They lighted pieces of paper and waved j
.v " the flames around the room. The ceiling j
bad a crack in it and through this crack j
a blase was drawn and set fire to a pile ;
of rubbish above the ceiling. This was j
not noticed at the time, and it was not
until after the cadets bad been called to j
recitation, at a few minutes past 9 [
o'clock on that morning, their attention
was attracted by the smoke issuing from
the roof of the barracks. The fire had
gained considerable by this time, and j
. the fresh morning breeze soon fanned it
into a. blaze beyond all control.
A romantic attempt at suicide cccur- '
red in Atlanta Monday night. Walter
Holliday, the son of a well-to-do com
mission merchant, and Miss Maud Ken
ner, a pretty blonde of fiteen, a member
of one of tbe best families in Atlanta,
were strongly attached up to three days
ago, when a disruption occurred. Mon
day night they met at a quadrille party.
Their quarrel seemed to have been for
gotten, and nothing unpleasant occur
red until about 10 o'clock, when Holli
day wrote a note asking ber not to dance
any more. She disregarded his re
quest, when Holliday addressing ber
said : 'I want to tell you good-bye for
the last time.' She said, 'Good-night.'
Holliday walked out to tbe gate and shot
himself, the ball entering bis breast and
ranging into the kidneys. His death
is hourly expected. In his delirium be
constantly murmurs 'Maud V 'Maud P
and the young lady of course relented
and visits him.
THE END OP THE ELECTION
CASES.
The political prosecutions which have
occupied tbe attention of the United
States Court for several weeks past
were ended on Wednesday last, to the
chagrin of the Stalwarts and tbe delight
of everybody else. Never was there
more useless expenditure of public
money, a more fruitless .waste of rhetor
ical talent, nor a more unnecessary dis
play of poliiical seal and excitement
than bae been caused by this great judi
cial farce.
After a considerable flourish of trum
pets on the part of Attorney G?n?ral
Brewster in tbe name of outraged free
dom of elective franchise and a blood
curdling resolution to utterly overthrow
and annihilate tbe monstrous election
frauds of the so-called South Carolina
Bourbons, for which purpose the mighty
though merciful government which
he represented intended to punish (after
conviction) the most prominent trans
gresors, and after District Attorney
Melton with the aid of Mr. Dallas San
ders had, at the cost of much time and
more expense, selected a score of the
most diabolical and provable cases, five
of them were tried and in spite of gov
ernment, attorney, judge and witness,
not one was found worthy of punish
ment. All the ends which were sought
have failed of accomplishment. Neither
party has gained by the transaction.
Ballot-box 8tuffers have not been turn
ed from their evil ways by th? terrify
ing example of two score leading men
in striped clothes. Nor has the anni
mosity of the two political factions of
the State been materially increased or
diminished. About the only result
which has really been accomplished was
in excellent opportunity for the cultiva
tion of oratory on the part of tbe law
yers, the practice of shrewd and shame
less falsehood by witnesses, and an op
portunity for the public to see to^jwh^tj;
degrading depths^rjolitical parry and a
wuj>^<asrtce^may f?lfc
The following from the News and
Courier of Thursday is a summary of
the result of the trials :
"There is not a single conviction to
show in return for the enormous ex
pense to which tbe Government and the
people have been subjected. Original
ly there were hundreds of cases in pro
cesa of preparation. Fifty-nine were on
the docket as continued from the April
term. Mr. Melton selected 20 cases in
which the witnesses were ready to swear
hardest, and 5 were tried. The result
is 1 acquittal, 3 mistrials, and 1 mistri
al by order of tbe Court. There is but
one feather in tbe District Attorney's
cap. The Snmter canvassers, having
been absolved by Mr. Melton from any
suspicion of a corrupt purpose, pleaded
guilty of a technical violation of the
law, the District Attorney agreeing that
there should be an indefinite suspension
of sentence. This is all that has been
made out of the trials. The reason is,
that Mr. Melton did not succeed in
packing the juries completely, and there
was not such proof of the guilt of the
accused as would satisfy, or could satis
fy, an unprejudiced juror. It' was
shown, of course, that at Acton, at
Mayesville, and at tbe Hope Engine
bouse fradulent votes were put in tbe
ballot-box, but it was not shown that
the accused election officers committed
the fraud or permitted it. It* would
have been a monstrous crime to send
election officers to tbe penitentiary be
cause voters, at their poll, had without
their knowledge voted more than one
ballot at a time. This would have been
accomplished, however, if tbe standing
aside process bad been effectual.
In tbe Acton case, the jury
agreed to a verdict of guilty on one
count and of not guilty on every other
count. The count on which they were
found guilty was that in which
obstruction of, and interference with the
United States Supervisor and stuf
fing tbe ballot-box were charged. In
tbe other counts tbe specific unlaw
ful acts were charged. The charge was j
that the managers were guilty of ob
struction, &c., and of stuffing the ballot
box, &c, because (1) they had not al
lowed the Supervisor .to inspect the bal
lot-box, and because (2) they bad put
fraudulent ballots in tbe box, or allow
ed them to remain there The jury
found that the accused did not stuff the
ballot-box, or obstruct the Supervisor
in any of the ways or by any of the
acts, specified in tbe several counts, but
that they were nevertheless, guilty of
obstruction and ballot-box stuffing. It
was a verdict that could not bave stood.
Two of the jurors dissented from the
verdict, before it was published, as
they had a plain right to do, but the
Court declared that it was too late and
ordered the verdict to be recorded.
A motion in arrest of judgment was
made on the ground that jurors had
been made to stand aside, in violatiou
of law and the practice, and that two
jurors had dissented from the verdict.
Mr. Melton, it seems, came to the con
clusion, on his own account, that the
verdict was a nullity, and he according
ly advised the counsel for the Acton
managers that be would move to set the
verdict aside. In Court yesterday he
requested the counsel to call up the
matter, in order tbaUhe might make the
motion. .But when this was done, and he
was asked by Judge Bond what he had
to say, tbe District Attorney did not
make the motion and merely announc
ed himself to be the Court's most obe
dient servant. Judge Bond then, of
his own motion, ordered that there be a
new trrial.
editorial, correspondence.
The Southern Baptist Convention.
Greenville, S. C, May 12.
We are in the midst of the great
throng of delegates who have come to
gether from every section of our glori
ous Sonthland. About five hundred
have so far put in an appearance, and
a finer looking set of men we have
never seen, (one of whom we are which,
of course.)
Dr. Meli, Chancellor of the Universi
ty of Georgia, is presiding with magnifi
cent grace and ease, and shows no favor
to those whom he has to keep in order.
This is a pertinent remark, if it be re
membered that a convention of preach
ers accustomed to use their gab, is a
very disorderly body.
The Church-building, recently re
pared and repainted, is filled both day
and night whenever the Convention is
in session. Some thoughtful ladies have
removed a hot bouse and placed it on
the pulpit, and the pyramid of flowers
io jars, all a-bloom, are very beautiful.
In the arch of the pulpit, in large let
ters of evergreen, is the word, 'welcome,'
and in the homes of the citizens with
whom we abide, we find that the wel
come is sincere.
In this Convention all of the South
ern States are represented, one dele
gate being allowed for every one bun
ked dollars contributed to promote the
objects fostered by the Convention. We
meet here gentlemen from Texas, and
?ven from Mexico, going hand in hand
with others from all the States of the
Bast and West.
Delegates from the Northern Baptist
Convention are present only as visitors,
is the two bodies are still separate.
They are kindly received, and are al
o wed to speak in debate; but do not
rote with us. As a rule, those who
:hus come are excellent gentlemen and
Christians of the first order of intel
ect. Dr. Hiscox, a gentleman of some
reputation in the North, is here. He
s the author of several books, and j
tmong others, of the 'Baptist Directory' ]
m freely used among our adored preach- j
m. Dr. H. was a red hot abolitionist, ,
md preached confiscation as a part of
Hs religion after-the war. He went so ,
ar as to say that our Southern Churches {
should be sold along with all rebel j
property. He even went to Baltimore
o make arrangements to take possession ,
)f some of the Church property there. ,
?es, this brother is here in the interest (
jf the Home and Foreign Bible Society, j
3e may be a good man?may be so ; j
)ut somehow or other the Convention .
ias 'sat down' on him in a rather de- \
nonstrative manner. t
Up to date (Friday night,) Home j
Missions have engrossed the attention of |
he Convention.?Tfeis~Board has~con- ~
rtfi <^of-tE?""""Missionary work in the ,
southern States, the main centres of (
operation being California among the ]
Chinese, and in destitute places of the ,
jreat South-west, especially New Or- ,
eans. Five thousand dollars-were raised .,
ast night' to aid in paying the Coli- (
eum Church in New Orleans out of
lebt. (Please say to the Sumter Bap
ists that they are in for twenty-five
lollars of this amount.) j
The future of this . Home Mission -
Soard?its Secretary and its location? 1
fill be discussed to-morrow, and the j
liscussion is looked forward to with
nuch interest. Dr. W. H. Mclntosh
s at present Secretary, but the opinion
eems to prevail that he is not the man j
or the place. Your correspondent sends
>ut a hearty amen to this.
Rev. Mr. Cohen,- a converted Jew,
idressed the Convention yesterday with
eference to organizing a mission to the j
Tews. He says they have been con
rerted and are being converted daily to
he Christian faith;- that their great ,
m'peding obstacle is the belief that a
Tew cannot be a Christian?that their j
ace distinctions hold them away from ,
is, a difficulty which will yield with
irop?r treatment. Nous verrons.
Foreign Missions, however, is the ,
*reat work before the Convention. To
his work we give yearly about seventy
thousand dollars. The Convention is
low seeking to run this amount up to
lundreds of thousands so that mission
aries may be sent out by the hundred
nstead of by tbe half-dczcn. We have
with us Mrs. Crawford, the wife of one
>f our missionaries at Tung Chow,
China. She will return to China in the
fall, and carry with ber Miss Blandford, '
)f Ky., to assist her4n tbe work. !
Your correspondent might keep up ,
;his strain of song through a half-column
aiorc, but his sympathy for your readers :
leters him. He has met here, num- f
bers of bis old comrades of other days
?the men who messed with him at the '
Seminary Hall in '73 and '74, eating (
biscuits aud hash and a just proportion
)f dirt. Some of them seem to have
fared better since those days and have
ibanged their faces?others still have
i hasby look. Some of them bave j
zone up to high places in tbe C:>risitian <
Dhurch?others remain in statu quo ]
italant Doubtless of the numbers
who are writing to their papers to- j
sight some one will say the same of ,
your humble servant that he has said <
)f them. So let it be. 1
Of our Sumter folks we meet here (
)ur honored County Treasurer, Mr. W.
F. B. Kaynsworth, along with Mr. W. <
M. Graham, who smiles serenely on men
md women?especially the latter, if you .
please. i
But for a half-dozen hindering causes, <
your correspondent would 'go on. We
bear some one saying, 'Hold ! enough !'
md we yield the point.
C C. B.
The Sixteenth Amendment.
Female politicians seem to be making
some progress toward the passsage of
the sixteenth amendment. On Satur
day the select Committee of the Senate
on woman suffrage, by a vote of 3 to 2,
agreed to recommend to the Senate for
adoption Senator Lapbam's joint resolu
tion, proposing the following amend
ment to tbe Constitution :
'Article XVI, Section 1. The right
of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on ac
count of sex.
'Sec. 2. Congress shall havo power,
by appropriate legislation, to enforce
the provisians of this article.'
The vote was : Ayes?Lapham, Blair j
and Jackson?3. Nays?George and i
Fair?2. Absent?Anthony and Ferry. j
Our Agricultural Prospects.
Commissioner Butler furnishes th
press the following information in ad
vance of tbe monthly report of the Be
partment of Agriculture. Tbe esti
mates given are based upon 171 reports,
covering every county in the State, re
ceived May 1.
Cotton.?Tbe decrease in cotton
acreage is 3 per cent, below last year.
The actual number of acres planted is
1,409,623, against 1,454,278 in 1881?
a decrease of 44,355 acres. The aye
rage of the returns show that 47 per
cent, of the crop is up. The general
condition of the plant is reported at 5
per cent, better. Tbe amount of com
mercial fertilizers used on cotton is 17
per cent, less than last year, and 25
per cent- of the crop is fertilized with
home made manures.
Corn.?The acreage in corn has been
increased 4 per cent, over 1881. The
number of acres planted is 1,356,305,
against 1,298,286 acres in 1881?an
increase of 58,019 acres. Tbe stand of
corn is reported as a good average and
the general condition 6 per cent, better
than last year. Fifty per cent, of the
crop is fertilized with commercial fertili
zers, and 37 per cent with home made
manures.
Rice.?The acreage in upland rice
has been increased, while the area in the
low country has been decreased ; mak
ing a decrease for the State of 3 per
cent. Tbe number of acres planted in
rice in 1882 is 75,270. Tbe condition
is reported at 4 per cent, better than
for same period last year.
Sorghum.?Tbe acreage in sorghum
has been increased 15 pe* cent, over
1881. The number of acres planted is
8,454. Condition reported as good as
last year.
This shows a total for the State io
the principal crops of 3,414,141 acres,
is follows :
Cotton, - - - - 1,409.923
Corn,- - - - 1,356,305
Oats, --- - 362.373
Wheat, - - - 201,816
Rice. - - - - 75,270
Sorghum, - 8,454
Total - - - 3,414,141
This gives us 2,004,218 acres in the
food crops, against 1,409,923 acres io
?otton It will be noticed that this
ioes'not include sugar cane, peas or
potatoes, which will add largely to the
icreage of the State. No estimates
bave been made yet of the acreage in
grass land nor tbe products of orchards
vineyards and the smaller crops. All
these will doubtless show an improve
ment over last year. Altogether the
showing made is very encouraging and
present prospect very promising.
Supplies.?Estimates based upon the
reports of the correspondents and the
Dumber of liens recorded last year show
:bat owing to tbe partial failure of the
bod crops last year 25 per cent, more
Farm supplies have been purchased this
rear than last. This would make the
ralue of supplies purchased $11,283.
145, against $9^1,345 in 1881: Of
;his amount^|^i8,3il worth are
t)(Migh4^n*tTme, against $7,384,072 in
1881. These estimates are not strictly
correct because the number and amount
)f lieus recorded in Newberry, Pickens,
Rich land Spartan burg and Union could
aot be obtained last year, but the state
nents are close enough for purposes of
comparison and are probably nearly
jorrect.
? An Elopement.
?our or five weeks ago a man named
fi (or Frank) McGill from Lancas
ter County, stopped at the house of Mr.
Vlarcus L. Shell, on Mr. S. D. Garling
;on's place, near Liberty Hall. He re
named there under tbe plea of being
>ick, and,Mr. and Mrs. Shell were very
ittentive and kind to him?especially
Mrs. Shell. Mr. Garlington, not lik
ing to see a man idling and louoging
ibout the place, told Mr. Shell, about.
;wo weeks ago, he must send the stran
ger away. He left the latter part of
week before last. Monday, the 1st, he
wrote from Newberry to Mrs. Shell a.
most affectionate letter, calling ber bis
'beloved,' hoping she would soon be
Mrs. McGill, and asking her to meet
bim that night at ber father's, Mr.
Thomas Phillips. The letter did not
reach her, but was delivered to her hus
band from the post office at Whitmire's
Thursday morning. Mrs. Shell had al-.
ready fled, having left with McGill the
night before for parts unknown, taking
with her ber best clothes and other arti
cles convenient to carry. They have
not been beard from since Mr. Shell
bas sued out a warreut of arrest agaiost
the guilty pair.
Mr Shell is a wheelwright?a bard
working man, about fifty-five years of
sge. His wife is about forty, -but looks
\ great deal younger, and is a fine look
ing woman of considerable intelligence.
They have been married twenty-four
years, and have had children, but none
rf them are living. McGill is about
forty-five and is a good looking fellow,
[t is said that he has a wife and a daugh
ter fifteen years old in Lancaster Coun
ty. ?Newberry Herald, May 11.
MAGAZINES, &q.
TheBritish Quarterly Review for April, re
printed by the Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,
11.Barclay St., N. Y., in their well known
series of Reviews, and at a remarkably low
jrice, contains as follows :
"Mohammedanism and the Ottoman Turks,"
ay T. C. Trowbridge, aims at giving a correct
idea-of the moral, intellectual and religious
condition of the Moslem Turks. It enters into,
in explantation of the religion of theRropbet,
not only as set down in the Koran, but as
embodied in the traditions and beliefs of his
followers.
"The Infiueuce of the Italian Renaissance
do the Eli?bethan Stage," by Vernon Lee.
[n the ruins of the demolished Italy of tbe
sixteenth Century lay tbe whole intellectual
wealth of the world, and thoughtful English
men travelling there, dug among the debris
and carried away fragments of all kinds which
were set forth in a new garb by the fertile
brains of Shakespeare, Ford. Ben Jonson and
many others.
"Lucretius, Tyudall, Picton, Martiueau :
Some Theories of Matter and its Relation to
Life," by John Masson. A review of the
Atomic .Materialism of Lucretius, contrasting
or comparing it with tbe theories of later
writers.
"Astronomical Explanations of the Force of
Inertia," by Henry Larkin, is an inquiry into
the meaning of the term "The Force of Iner
tia," and some suggessions intended to rouse
scientists to deeper researches in this field.
"Tbe Imitation of Christ." Notice of a
new translation or revision with muny quota
tions.
"The Sculptures of Pergamon in the Berlin
Museum." A very interesting article by Gus
tav Hirschfeld.
"Democracy in France in 1882." A dis
cussion of three problems, namely ; political,
"tbe contest between a despotic and a liberal
democracy ;" social, "the claims of the work
ing classes ;" ecclesiastical, "the relations of
church and Slate." By E. de Pressene.
"Contemporary Literature." A very full
account of the books of the quarter.
The periodicals reprinted by tbe Leonard
Scott Publishing Co. (41 Barclay Street, New
York, ) are as follows : The London Quarter
ly, Edinburg, Westminster, and British Quar
terly Reviews and Blackwood\s Magazine. Price.
?3 a year for Blackwood, $2.50 for any one of
the Iteviews, and only ?\0foraU.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 1850 and the True Southron In
1866. The .Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers, and
is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
Disappointment io matters of pleasure is
bard to be borne, in matters affecting health
it becomes cruel. Dr Bull's Cough Syrop
never disappoiots those wbo'use it for obsti
nate coughs, colds irritation of throat and
lungs, etc.
Rheumatism, disordered blood, general de
bility, and many chronic diseases pronounced
incurable, are often cnred by Brown's Iron
Bitters. _
An Editor's Gratiude.
Ectaula, Ala., June 14, 1880.
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ful use of your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure I
attribute the permanent and gratifying cure
of a painful stricture of th? urethra, which
has afflicted my son for seven long years.
Every other known remedy has been tried but
bad failed.' A. A. WALKER.
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Many miserable people drag themselves
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surely coming back to them.
THE MAEKETS.
SUMTER, S. C, May 15, 1882.
COTTON?About 8 bales bave been sold
daring the week ending May the 15th.
Market closed steady. We quote: Stained 8}@
9f; Tinged 10f@10j; Good Ordinary 10@
10$; Low Middling 10f@10f ; Middling 10|
@11; Good Middling ll@n?.
CHARLESTON, S. C, May 13, 1882.
Cotton.?Market dull. Sales about 100
bales. Quotations are: Tinged ll@ll?; Ordi
nary 9}@10; Good Ordinary, 1$; Low
Middling, ll?; Middling, 12 1-16.@12?;
Good Middling 12$@12?.
WILMINGTON, N. C, May 13, 1882.
Spibits T?bpestink?Market quoted firm
at 40 cents. Sales 200 casks reported.
Rosin?The market was steady at $1 65 for
Strained and $1.70 for Good Strained.
Crude T?bpentinb?Market steady at$1.50
for Hard, $2.75 for Yellow Dip and Virgin.
Cotton?Market quiet. Small sales reported.
The following are the official quotations :
Ordinary 95-16,Good Ordinary 10 11-16, Low
Middling 11 9-16, Middling 12, Good Mid
dliog 12f._,_
HOUSE TO RENT.
THE THREE-ROOM HOUSE, lately oc
cupied by the undersigned.
May 16?3t C. T. MASON, Jr.
TO PRINTERS.
A WASHINGTON HAND PRESS, No. 5,
capable of printing a 32-culumn paper, 26x40,
is for Sale at low rates, at this office. Corres
pondence is solicited. Address
Wrtchman and Southron Pub.. Co.
TAX RETURNS
FOR 1882.
RETURNS OF .PERSONAL PROPERTY
AND POLLS will be received at the
following times and placet, viz:
, Bishopville, Monday, June 5.
Mannville, Tuesday, " 6.
Mechanicsville, Wednesday, " 7.
Mayesville, Thursday, '? 8.
Lynchburg, Friday, " 9.
Magnolia, Saturday, 10.
Player's X Roads, Monday, " 12.
Johnson's Store, Tuesday, M 13.
Reed's Mill, Wednesday, " 14.
Cooper's Mill, Thursday, " 15.
Spring Hill, Friday, 11 16.
Sander's T. O., Saturday, " 17.
Providence, Monday, 19.
' Stateburg, Tuesday, ??20.
Wedgefield, Wednesday, ? 21.
Privateer, Thursday, '** 22.
Zoar Church, Friday, *? 23.
Lewis Chapel, Saturday, " 24.
-a.ID
At the Auditor's Office in Sumter on
all other days, except the 4th July,
from the 1st June to July 20th, inclu
sive.
N. B.?Parties making returns by mail or by
another person will please be careful to give
the full first rame of the T;:x-Poyer
CHARLES SPENCER
May 4. . Auditor Sumter County
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
COURT OF PROBATE.
Wm. Yeadon, as Administrator 1
of Mary Eliza Yeadon, dee'd,
Plaintiff, | Complaint
against j? for the
Louisa B. Green, Susan A. I SaleofLand
Spann, Sarah B. Steed man |
and others, Defendants. J
IN PURSUANCE of an order made by said
Court in the above stated action, dated
the 8th day of May, A.D. 1882, f will offer
for sale at Sumter Court House, on Salesday
io June, next, (being the 5th day of the
month,) during the usual hours of sale?
All that Lot of Land, with dwelling and
other buildings thereon, the property of the
Estate of the said Mary Eliza Yeadon, deceas
ed, situated on Church Street, in the Town of
Sumter, County and State aforesaid, measur
ing one hundred feet, more or less, on Church
Street, and running back three hundred feet
more or less, Bounded on the North by the"
lot formerly the property of T. C. Oxlade, on
the East by Qpurch Street, on the South by
lot formerly the property of Mrs. Smith, and
West by land formerly owned by A. J. Moses.
Terms? One-half-cash, the balance to be
paid twelve months from the day of sale, with
interest from that date, the purchaser to give
bond, and mortgage the premises purchased,
to secure the payment of tbe purchase money,
and to insure and keep insured tbe premises,
and assign the policy.
Purchasers to pay for All necessary papers.
T. V. WALSH,
Judge of Probate.
Sumter, S. C, May 8, 1882.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, LAVICE DOUG LASS, widow,
mnde suit to me t<? grunt her Letter*
of Administration of the Estate and effects of
.MONDAY DOUGLASS, dee'd. these are there
fore to cite and admonish all und singular, the
kindred nnd creditors of the snid Monday Dnug
lass, dee'd, thnt they bo and appear before rae, in
the Court of Prob:ue, to be held at .Sumter, on
the 24th May. inet. aftrr publication hereof,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if
any they have, why the said Administration
fdtould not be granted.
Given uDdcr my hand, this 8th dav of Xay,
A. D., 18S2. T. V. WALSH.
Mav <J?2t_ Judge of Probate.
Estate of Slant E. Cohen, Dee'd.
ALL PERSONS having claims against said
Estate will preseat the same duly attest
ed, and all persons in any way indebted to
said Estate will make immediate payment to
ARM IDA H. COHEN,
May 9 3t Executrix.
Estate of T. Reese English, Dee'd.
WE WILL apply to the Judge of Probate
for Sumter County on the 9th day of
June, 1882. for afiual discharge as Executors
of said Estate. ROBT. M. ENGLISH,
ROBT. H. WELCH,
May 9 4t Executors.
TO THE GRAND JURY
1882.
Office of Clerk of Court, Stunter County,
SUMTER, Mat- 8, 1882.
TAKE NOTICE that the Court of General
Sessions will convene on MONDAY,
MAY 22d instant, in accordance with an Act
passed at the last session of the Legislature,
changing the time for holding the Court of the
Third Judicial Circuit.
Members of the Grand Jury will govern
themselves accordingly.
W. H. CUTTINO,
[L.S.] C. C. P. and G. S.
HORSES! MULES!!
JUST RECEIVED AT
HARBY BROS,
FEED AND SALE STABLES,
THIS 2nd OF MAY,
ONE CAR OF STOCK.
Consisting of
FARM MULES,
TURPENTINE MULES,
GOOD DRIVING AND WORK HORSES.
This being probably our last shipment for
the spring season, they will be sold on close
margain8.
ON HAND
FEED OATS,
CORN (white and mixed.)
FINE FEED (for cows and horses,)
TIMOTHY HAY.
AU of which are cash goods.
May 9?tf * HARBY BROS.
My porcelain-lined Pumps are manufactured
under I Iceland buyers are guaranteed against
any and all claims from the Company holding the
patent Don't fail to make a note of
this point *
Carefully made
of
Best Selected
Timber.
The BLATCHLEY PUMPS are formale by the
best houses in the trade.
Name of my nearest agent will be furnished on
application to
C. fl. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer,
308 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM!
DONT FORGET IT 4
THAT I can furnish the CHEAPEST and
BEST ICE CREAM in Town. Price
from fifty to sixty-five cents per quarr, deliv
ered in any part of the Town.
I will also FREEZE ICE CREAM for any
party at the lowest price.
ICE for sale at all times ; price two and
two and a-half cents a pound.
W. J. ANDREWS,
- May 2 ' CATERER.
Mrs. WHITE
?AND?
Miss MILLER
Grateful for patronage received
in the past, would invite the
attention of the Ladies to their
Stock of
Spring and Summer
MILLINERY,
HATS, BOJTJTETS,
RIBBONS AND FLOWERS,
In Variety.
PRICES LOW.
Orders from the Country promptly filled.
April 25
Office of Supervisor of Bepstration
FOR SUMTER COUNTY.
-0
SUMTER C. H., S. C, April 3, 1882.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
undersigned will attend at the follow
ing times and places for the purpose of
REGISTERING all qualified-Electors of this
County, who are required by Law to Regis
ter at the place appointed in the Township
in which they reside:
At Wedgefield, S. C, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, May 2d and 3d.
At Manchester, Thursday May 4th.
At Stateburg, Friday and Saturday, May
5th and 6th.
At Spring Hill, Tuesday and Wednesday,
May 9th and 10th. *
At Marion Sanders' old Office, Thursday
and Friday, May 11 tb and 12tb.
At Bishopville, Monday and Tuesday, May
15th and 16th.
At H. D. Corbett's Store, Wednesday and
Thursday, May 17tb and 18tb.
At Carter's Crossing, Friday and Saturday,
May 19th and 20th.
At Bethel Church, Tuesday and Wednes
day, May 23d and 24th.
At Mayesville, Thursday and Friday, May
25th and 26th.
At Gaillard'* X Roads, Saturday, May 27.
At P. P. Gaitlard's old Office, Thursday
and Friday, June 1st and 2d.
At Brunsons' Steam Mill, Friday and Sat
urday, June 9th and 10th.
At Well's X Roads, Tuesday, June 33th.
At Lynchburg, Wednesday, June 14th.
At Player's X Roads, Thursday and Fri
day, June- 15th and 16th.
At Surater C. H., Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 19th, 20th and 21st.
At Privateer, Thursday and Friday, June
22d and 23d.
I will also attend at my Offie at the County
Seat, from Monday June 26th, to Friday,
June 30th, inclusive for the purpose of cor
recting eirors in registration and to register
such electors as failed to register at the places
appointed in the Township in which they
reside.
The Supervisor and two Assistant Supervi
sors will meet at my Office in the Town of
Surater, on Tuesday, the 11th day of July,
1882, and will sit as many days' as may be
necessary, to hear and determine all cases in
which registration may be refused to any ap
plicant in this County.
P. P. GAILLARD,
Supervisor of Registration Sumter Co.
April 11, 1882.
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF* SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
WHE irE AS, Wir. IT. CUTTINO, Clerk of
the Court of C. P. and G. S., for said
County in said Slate?has made suit to roe to
gran* him Lotters of Administration of the
Estate und effecta of JOSIAH M. WILDER,
deceased?
These are therefore to cite nud admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of fbe
said Jo?iah M. Wilder, dee'd. that tbey be and
appear before me. in the Court of Probaic, to
be held at Sarater on the 17th day of June,
next, 40 da^s after publication hereof, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon, to shew oause, if any
they have, why the said Administration should
not be granted.
Given under my hand, this eighth day of
May, Anno Domini. 1882.
T. V. WALSH,
May 9, 1SS2.?6t._Jndge of Probate
IGAVE MY CHILD three doses of the
Patent Remedy?2905?and tbey brought
away a half pint worme. Sold by druggiste.
1882-SPRINGr. SPRIN?-1882*
WE ARE NOW OPENING
The Handsomest Stock of Spring Goods
EVER DISPLAYED IN S?MTER, AND INVITE
AN EXAMINATION BY OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS WHO WILk
BE CONVINCED THAT WE ARE STILL DETERMINED
TO KEEP TEE WELL-DESERVED NAME OP
LEADERS OF LOW PRICES*
-IN OUR- *
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
WILL BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF
THE IrATEST WOTEI-TIES. ;,
BROCADED SUITINGS at 8 and 10 cts. 1
ALPACA LUSTRES & CASHMERES, in aU colors, 12J ct&c^
FAST COLOR LAWNS, only 6? cte.
HANDSOME LACE STRIPE and BROCADED GREKA-\r
dines, in the latest shades, only 20 cts.
FULL LINE OF \ ^
BM Casteres, Mm, Ms Yeilii aM Mai Ml
OUR STOCK OF . "%
Mes' uL Misses5 Hosiery, Glora aiii M fear rM
MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED. In our CLOTHING AND Ft?R*-=
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Stock we have ever shown.
FULL LINE OF MATTINGS, both Checked and Plain. :
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT, as usual, contains a Full Lise of STA^
PLE & FANCY GOODS, which we guarantee to seit at Bottom Pri?es. Doii'fc
forget that the place to buy the BEST GOODS for the LEAST MONEY
THE LEADING ESTABLISHMENT OF
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_ N. W. CORNER MAIN & LIBERTY ?TB?E^B^
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The Misses McElb.
Would invite the attention of their
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Which they bare now on band and to
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MONEY SAVED
?IS
MONEY EARNED,
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money to
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It will cost you nothing when yon come to
town to drop in at my store and take a
look around. ; ^ <j-v
REMEMBER THE PLACE* -
SCHWERIN^,
ON M A FX STREET, OPPOSITE CHINA'S
DRUG STORE.
You will find always in stock
Family and Fancy Groceries, ,
Com, Wheat, Seed Oat*, Bye, *c
-ALSO
A Full Line of School Books,'
ALBUMS, SEASIDES, . " . ^
Blank Books and Stationery*. .
TOYS AND FANCY" ARTICLES:
I mean business, and will guarantee my good*
as sound, fresh, and cheaper than, the '
cheapest. -
New goods constantly arriving?Clerks polita
and attentive?and every honorable"
inducement is hereby offered-.
Sept 13^ . . .. -
THE PALMETTO "r
LAGER BEER BREWERY,
?LV?
CHARLESTON, S.. C./ 'I ':=r
Has of late doubled their capacity, tq. suit., -
the demand, with all modern improve- '
ments, and manufactures now a very "" '
superior article. '
Lager Beer of such a nature that it is alwayr '
best where it can be had fresh from the Brewr;
ery, and is then the finest, most harmlns and
healthiest tonic for family use.
For particulars and prices write to '' >
CLACSSEN BREWING CO.,
March 21 . - Charleston, S. C.,..
l in mi mimi
CHARLESTON* 8. C,
SOLUBLE GUANO, highly ammoniated.
ACID PHOSPHATE, for composting. - ,
ASH ELEMENT, for cotton, wheat, pets,
PURE GROUND PHOSPHATE.ROCK. ?,
GENUINE LEOPOLDSftALL KAINIT-Cw^"
(Direct importation from Germany.) .. ."
Cotton Seed Meal, Pure Ground Raw Bone,' "
Nova Scotia Land Plaster, South Carolina
Marl, Dried Blood.
The above fertilizers are of very . high .
grade aod of uniform quality. " * -* "r
Special inducements are offered for^catbr
orders bv th? car load.
PRIVATE FORMULAS made to order, of
best materials.
For terms, illustrated almanacs, c?tor*d7:
humorous cards, etc., address the Company.
March 21. 2 m. . V
THERE IS BUT ONE GOOD
DOLLAR SHIRT.
ITS NAME IS
THE DIAMOND.
SOLD BY THE CHARLESTON. STORE; '
HENRY A. LOWBY. ;
Won the First Prize at the Cotton Exposition
at Atlanta, and only last week tooka :.
Medal and First Prize Diploma at the,". ^
Agricultural Fair in Charleston.'' ';
Pretty Advertising Picture* Given Away; "
AH Goods at Charleston Prices.
H. A. LOWBY, %
Corner of Mainand Republican Streets***- 5
March 7 ' ' 3.'