The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 15, 1882, Image 2
/ TUESDAY; AUGUST 15.
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J. Ar MOOD; M. D. > ^
lg B.; ANDERSON; j EwT0RS'
The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 185? and the True Southron in
1866. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers, and
?a manifestly the best advertising
medram rn- Sumter.
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
fi-*
The Convention on yesterday was
composed of delegates eminently repre?
sentative of the people cf Sumter Conn
ty, who exhibited that unanimity, desire
for right, and enthusiasm go nobly
characteristic of every true Democrat
whenever he is called to deliberate on
matters for the welfare of the Democra?
cy. Truly might it be said that, to the
country people the Democracy must
look for its perpetuation, in all its puri?
ty and dose adherence to those princi?
ples which the originators had in mind
when they proclaimed them to our an?
cestors, and which they admonished
posterity to hold more dear than their
own lives. Although the country peo?
ple may not have their heads filled as
foll of sophistry as some of their town
brothers, they possess that candor and
lair mindedness which will ever keep
bright the flames of Democracy on the
alters of this Republic-the sacredness
of which every true citizen should guard
most zealously. .-This patriotic Tove
was demonstrad beyond a doubt yes
fe^^fwhen the protest was made
against seating the Sumter delegation
I on account of a larger representation
than the clnb roll entitled them to.
Just here let ns say-for honor to whom
honor is due-that Col. Earle has won
golden opinions by the position be took
m this matter. And, notwithstanding,
the Somier Delegation was well repre?
sented by Gen. Moise, who contended
that to appoint a Committte on Creden?
tials to investigate this matter, would
unnecessarily delay the proceedings of !
the Convention for a thing too insigni- j
Scant for this intelligent body of men to i
bother with, the Convention decided
with Col. Earle that it was important,
and everything else but small and
trifling ; therefore the Committee was
appointed and the Sumter delegation
ww redsced.
Another notable featcre the Con ven?
man ifes ted to overflowing, yester?
day, was the deep sense of gratitude for
the past services of our honorable and
efficient Chairman, Col; J. D. Bland?
uja ^who, notwithstanding his declina?
tion, was unanimously re-elected, amid
vociferous cheers, by acclamation : but
who, after urgent appeals to the Con?
vention, thrdugh his son-in-law, Capt.
E. H. Holman, was let off from this
responsible position, and our worthy
fellow-townsman, Capt. W. R. Delgar
was elected to fill his place.
We are fully convinced that Capt.
Delgar will discharge the duties of County
Chairman faithfully and graciously,
and Sumter County can rest assured that
their County Chairman is a man who
will work for the cause.
The Convention decided upon the
Convention plan for nominating County
officers. Notwithstanding we advoca?
ted the Primary system, when w% take
into consideration that harvesting time
will soon be upon ns, and also the unu?
sual yield that now promises to result
from the labors of the farmers, and that
consequently their time must be econo?
mized in every way in the interests of
their business, we think the Convention
acted wisely, under the circumstances,
in its decision.
- In another column full proceedings of
the Convention can be seen.
DECLINING OFFICE.
The Greenville News of the 12th
say s one of its reporters called on Gen.
Capers, on his return from the moun?
tains to consult with him concerning
his nomination as Superintendent of Ed?
ucation. Mr. Capers says he would be
willing to serve his State at any sacri?
fice, if he thought the condition of af?
fairs demanded it ; but that he is not
willing to surrender his position as a
minister of the Gospel while there are
so many gentlemen fully qualified to
superintend the educational interests of
the State, and that he does not see bow
he could fill the office of Rector of his
parish and the other office at the same
time.
However be has visited the authori?
ties in Columbia to state his position,
and to assure them of the interest he
feels in our welfare and his apprecia?
tion of the honor thus conferred.
Many of bb friends over the State are
urging bim to accept the position,
while others have advised him to con?
tinue his work in the ministry.
??? i t ? mm
Hon. John S. Richardson.
We have seen one of the many letters
written by leading men of the Sixth
Congressional District to Hon. John
S. Richardson, asking him if it would
be legal for him to run as a nominee
for Congress from that District, and if
so, would he accept the nomination, if
nominated.
We will just state that the law does
not prevent a man, living in one Con?
gressional District to be the nominee ef
another, providing the constituents of
that District wish him to become their
representative. As some portions of
the Sixth Congressional District are
actually parts of the Distriet represent?
ed in Congress for the last four years
Col. Richardson, be has every rea?
to consent to be a nominee for that
*ct, if the people want him.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNI?
VERSITY.
? We have been highly gratified by the
! election of Dr. Carlisle as President of
the University of South Carolina. The
Board of Trustees wisely followed the
example set by the State Convention in
choosing, regardless of aspirants, the
most fit mau for the office. We learn
that he declined to allow the use of his
j name in connection with either a Pro?
fessorship or the Presidency, and Trus?
tees have not the assurance that he will
accept; but he is so pre-eminently
qualified for this high position, that
they determined to make the call upon
him and appeal to his sense of duty.
We are satisfied that the people will
agree with the Trustees, that it is a
duty which he owes to the State to take
charge of its University of which he
I was au honored alumnus. He will be
I seconded by eight able professors learn
I ed in their respective branches. Such
! a Faculty with Dr. Carlisle at its head
! can in a few years make this Institution
the equal of the highest University in
our country.
The Regular and Eclectic courses
have been adopted by the Board, and
thc prospectus will be soon published in
each County. Tuition is free, and
there is no charge except ten dollars
for repairs, &c. We were surprised by
the statement of Col. Blandiog, one of
the Trustees, that the expenses of bis
son during the whole college year in?
cluding board, wood, washing ?ghts,
servant's hire, everything except travel?
ing expenses, books and pocket-money,
amounted to only $124.50.
THE TROUBLE ABROAD.
No exciting movement has taken
place in Egypt since the reconnoissance
Saturday week, from which the British
.'retired in good order," but which has
been made the most of by Arabi. Eng?
lish troops are being rapidly dispatched,
and the London correspondent of the
N. Y. World says :
I am informed on very good authori?
ty that fully 40,000 men are either in
Egypt or on their way-a far more
complete and efficient force than was
despatched to the Crimea, or than Wel?
lington commanded at Waterloo. The
..peace party" evidently mean to show
that when they do go to war they do it
well.
The Sultan has at last proclaimed
Arabi a rebel.
The following is the text of the pro?
clamation: 'Arabi Pasha; having a
second time transgressed the law by
taking authority which dpes not belong
to him, and having presumed to menace
vessels belonging to an old and tried
friend and ally of Turkey, is for these
misdeeds proclaimed a rebel, together
with his adherents. Be it known of all
that obedience is due solely to the Khe?
dive, who is the representative of the
Sultan." "
The Sultan has directed that an ad?
dition to the proclamation be made, de?
claring Arabi Bey a rebel unless be
shall submit, on the ground that in re?
sisting he acts contrary to the precepts
ofthe Koran. Importance is attached
to this express mention of the Koran
against Arabi. The Ministers are said
to have sat throughout the night dis?
cussing the terms of this proclamation.
The English Government and its sup?
porters are now very sanguine that there
will be no prolonged war, and that the
difficulty on the Nile will be over in a
few weeks. Turkey has given in, aud
Bismarck seems to be determined that
ou this occasion the "Eastern question"
shall be minimized.
It is, however, feared by the Radical
element that the real trouble will begin
after Arabi Bey has been suppressed.
A large section of the party demands the
exercise of a permanent control in Egypt,
while others contend that such an in?
tervention is contrary to all true princi?
ples of Radicalism. Many influential
Liberals anticipate grave dissensions on
this point.
Mr. Gladstone is at present believed
to be in favor of doing the work of pa?
cification, and then giving the other
powers an equal share in the benefit,
but many of his followers-even of the
Radicals-will demand both present
compensation and guarantees for the
hereafter.
THE POSITION OF GERMANY.
The Grenzboten, an officially inspired
organ of Berlin, 6ays : 'Germany can
not risk the loss of the goodwill of the j
other powers by paralyzing or counter?
acting their policy, unless she is abso?
lutely forced to do so. She bas neither
the wish nor the right to play the part
of European censor. She will neither
give a mandate to England to act on
the Nile, nor hinder ber from doing
what she may think necessary for Brit?
ish interests. The interests of Germa?
ny have not been menaced. If they
arc menaced hereafter, she will have
plenty of time to take her resolutions.
Her only atm is European peace, which
will be maintained.
AFTER TBE WAR IS OVER ?
The Times in a leading article says :
.When the army of Arabi Bey has been
dispersed and its leaders brought to ac?
count for their misdeeds, we shall have
to make sure that difficulty may not re?
cur in a new form. Egypt will be in our
hands. It will not be open to us to retire
from the country and leave events to
take their own course. This is the re?
solve of England, and when it becomes
necessary to seek the sanction of the
other powers for a result, the concert of
Europe will be invoked in a 6ense very
different from that with which we have
lately been familiar."
THE DESPATCH OP TCRRISH TROOPS.
A despatch to the Standard from
Constantinople says the Turkish dele- |
gates to the conference have informed
Lord Dufferin, British Ambassador,
that no troops will be landed in Egypt
j until the arrival of the Turkish special
j Commissioners. A Constantinople de
1 spatch to the Times says : 'What Lord
j Dufferin insists upon, in order to se
I cure harmony of action, is that no
I movements of the Turkish troops when
they are in Egypt should take place
without the preliminary consent of Gen?
eral Wolseley.'
France has now accepted, under cer?
tain reservations, the proposal for col?
lective protection of the Suez Canal.
A dispatch from Constantinople to
the St~ James Gazette states that the
Turkish journals are assuming a friend?
ly tone towards England.
SbeikJ?jLJ|UnJ--^aa prohibited the
from preaching in favor of
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From oar Regular Correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 12, '82.
Washington is DOW a deserted vil?
lage. The President, Congress, most
of the Cabinet, all of fashion and the
lobby have departed. Many chiefs of
Bureau and a large number of clerks
are away on summer vacations The
absence is conspicuous on the streets,
in the parks, in the hotels and in
the air. Well ''let them alone and
they will come home and bring their
-behind them. The summer
vacation will be much briefer than
usual. Congress will assemble for a
short, sharp session in less than four
months, and butterfly Washington will
be back from seaside and mountain in
Less than half that time.
It will be remembered that Congress
granted the use of the Rotunda of the
Capitol for a Fair and Exposition to
raise funds for a statue to the memory
of Garfield. The enterprise is in the
hands of the Army of the Cumberland.
A Garfield Monument Committee has
been formed. The Fair is to be a Na?
tional Industrial and Art Exposition,
and medals and prizes will be awarded
by special Committee according to the
rules adopted by the Centennial Exposi?
tion, of 1876. The Fair will commence
on the 25th of November and continue
until the third of December. It is ex?
pected that the attendance will be very
large, and that a large addition will be
made to thc Garfield Monument fund.
The art exhibits from all that can be
learned, will be numerous aud of a char?
acter such as has not often been collected
in this country.
Several hundred new government
clerks have recently been appointed
all of whom are males. The applica?
tions of females have been ignored, ar d
Secretary Teller is known to be opposed
to their appointment, giving as a reason
that they are not as efficient as the
males and that their presence in the
Departments is corrupting. There was
a Woman's Indignation meeting held at
the Corcoran Building last night. There
were probably 100 in attendance, from
the young fresh-looking girl to the aged
care-worn matron whose hair bad grown
gray with trouble and toil. Many
prominent ladies who bad expressed
themselves in sympathy with the idea
and had promised to come and help en?
gineer the movement, failed to put in
an appearance. Mrs. Charlotte Smith,
as chairman, announced the object of
the meeting which was to take practical <
cognizance of the exclusion of women j
from the Departments. She stated on j
the authority of members of Congress
whom she named that Secretary Teller
objected to the appointment of women
on the grounds that they corrupted the
departments and were inefficient as com?
pared with men. She said that she had
never asked a favor from the Govern?
ment herself and therefore was perfect?
ly disinterested in the matter. As a
matter of principle, however, she
thought it incumbent upon every wo?
man to protest against the exclusion of
women from the Government service on
the sole ground of sex. As to the other
charges she thought a woman alone
without the assistance of men could not
do much corrupting. Adaresses were
also delivered by Mrs. Greene aod Mrs. ;
Roberts. Many affecting instances
were related by ladies who had waited
in Washington for months expecting
appointments, and not dreaming that the
announcement would be made at thc last
hour that no woman need apply.
C. A. S.
Senator Hill continues to Hoger be?
tween life and death.
Tillman's successor made an ass of
himself in the closing hours of Congress.
The Radicals let Smalls in but they do
not love bim.
The Board of Trustees of the Univer?
sity of South Carolina met in Columbia
on the 9th, eleven out of the fourteen
members being present. The Board
unanimously elected President James
H. Carlisle, of Wofford College, presi?
dent of the Univtrsity.
The total visible supply of cotton for
the world is 1,518,593 bales, of whieh
693,793 is American, against 1,811,
935 and 1,244,135 respectively last
year. Receipts of cotton at all ioterior
towns 3,590 bales ; receipts from plan?
tations 1,438. Crop in sight 5,343,
; 732 bales.
The Malboro Farmers Friend, says :
! Col. C. S. McCall has a field of corn
I a month old that is over six feet high.
I It was planted on the same land where
I he gathered that large yield of oats
The result will be a net return of at
lea3t $150.00 per acre-to say nothing
of a large crop of peas now growing
with thc same.
We known nothing about the man
who gathered 525 bushels of oats from
four acres. This item was sent to Co?
lumbia, and published there ; it was
too 'big' a crop to publish in the Farm
er's Friend. We certainly believe
there is plenty of land that will do as
well, but we would rather have heard
j it at home first.
Too much publicity cannot be given
' to the recent decision by Judge Lowell,
i of the United States Circuit Court in
Massachusetts, concerning the filling of
boles in punched silver coins with base
metal, and attempting to pass punched
coin with the holes thus filled. The
I former practice is held by the court to
be an act of counterfeiting, and the
latter is made subject to the penalty
j provided for the crime of passing or at
; tempting to pass, counterfeit money.
I These practices hitherto have been by
! many persons regarded as trivial of?
fenses. To all such Judge Lowell's
decision should, through wide publica?
tion be a timely warning.
Wm. M. Wadley, President of the
Georgia Central Railroad, dropped dead
in the streets at Saratoga on Thursday
afternoon. He was 68 years old. His
wife and son were with him. Death
resulted from dyspepsia. With very
few exceptions he controlled the railroad
interests of Georgia? and the trust never
seemed too heavy for his firm hand and
! indomitable will. His lines tapped all
the cities and towns of Georgia and
radiated far into Alabama. It was his
far seeing sagacity that established a
line of magnificent steamers between
Savannah and New York, adding great?
ly to the importance of the Georgia port
and the prosperity of the State. When
Mr. Wadley thus controlled giant cor?
porations and might have become a
millionaire if he had desired, it is a re?
markable fact that he never once specu?
lated in the stocks of his roads, al?
though he must have known long be?
fore outsiders did, when they would rise
or fall. His whole ambition seemed to
be centered on??u^jdg^^mjgM
of lM
Tiie Work of Congress.
The first session of the Forty-seventh
Congress has ended. The Congress
began with liberal promises of genuine
reform. These promises have been
only in part fulfilled. It began with
the assurance that important legislation
affecting the business interests of the
country would be enacted, and that
there should be a substantial reduction
of taxation. There has been no reduc?
tion of taxation, and most of the im?
portant business measures which were
proposed still remain upon the calen?
dars of the two houses. It was pro?
mised that there should be a reduction
of expenditures. The bills appropriat?
ing money, however, show a large in?
crease.
It will not be difficult for any one in?
formed as to public affairs to recall the
few measures of interest to the business
community which have become laws.
There was at the beginning of the
Congress a desire manifested by some
gentlemen interested in the extension
of our trade relations that there should
be treaties of reciprocity negotiated with
countries with which by such means our
commerce could be greatly extended.
Bills were introduced to negotiate com?
mercial treaties with Canada, with
Mexico, with several South and Central
American countries and with the Span?
ish West Indies. These subjects have
been carefully considered by earnest
men in the committee, and reports
made upon some of them, but they have
remained without action except as to
Mexico, and the appointment of a com?
mission to Mexico to negotiate a com?
mercial treaty was made by indirection.
It was incorporated in an amendment
to one of the appropriation bills, which
provided $20,000 for the expenses of a
commission, although no previous au?
thority had been given for the appoint?
ment of a commission. General Grant
and William H. Trescott are to be the
commissioners. Our trade has been
very greatly injured with the countries
on the west coast of South America in
consequence of the agitation between
Chili and Pern. Our Government has
not been successful in doing anything to
remove the existing commercial difficul?
ties which exist between the^two coun?
tries, and its policy no longer commands
the respect of those countries.
* The tax was to be reduced upon to?
bacco, matches, bank stamp checks,
deposits, and on all the articles com?
prised in schedule C. The House pass?
ed a bill repealing the tax upon some
of these articles, but it suffered ship?
wreck ia the Senate. The senators of
the two parties sacrificed the interests of
the public, and permitted a vast un?
necessary burden of taxes to remain
upon the people, because neither party
was willing that the other should seem
to have any credit for the initiative in
tax reduction. The practical effect
ought to be that both parties, for de?
clining to consent to tax reduction,
should receive general condemnation.
There has been no subject before Con?
gress recently where statesmanship has
been so subordinated to demagogism and
the tricks of politicians as the tax re?
duction bill in the Senate. The leaders
j of both parties will doubtless take the
i stump and blame their opponents for
I the continuance of the existing burdens.
The pretense will be hypocritical. It
would be impossible that seventy-six
honest business gentlemen should have
failed to pass the reduction bill And
the business interests of the country
ought to hold representatives of both
parties in the Senate responsible for the
failure of the bili through the cheapest
sort of trickery and chicane. The Re
publicans had a vacillating, wavering,
! disunited policy. The Democrats filli
bustered Neither party has a right to
say as to the tax reduction question, "I
"am holier than thoo."
There was au earnest demand from
the business interests of the country
that a bankruptcy law should be passed.
Petitions from all quarters of the coun?
try were sent to Congress requesting
it. The measure lies upon the table in
the Senate, from which it might have
been taken and passed but for the quar?
rels and quibbles of the lawyers. There
was an effort to secure a much needed
revision of the patent system ; the plan
has made no progress.
The attempt to pass some practical
measure for the regulation of interstate
commerce bas failed, as all previous at?
tempts have failed. The measure start?
ed chiefly in the House, and the com?
mittee spent most of its time in lis?
tening to the objections of the railroads,
and bas not made any serious effort to
call up the subject for debate. The
Nicaragua canal scheme, which it was
thought might prove a great benefit to
commerce, particularly ?to commerce,
between the Pacific and Atlantic slopes,
has not received favorable action. In
fact it has made no more progress
than the Eads chimerical ship railway.
A curious fact in connection with this
latter measure was that senators who
had grave constitutional objections to
the passage of a river and harbor bill
felt at liberty to vote a guarantee of
J50,000,000of bonds for an enterprise
which proposed to transport loaded
ships iu the air across the Panama
isthmus. There was a serious effort on
the part of a few men to do something
to build up an American commercial
marine. The project was not sucessful
owing to different theories as to 'tariff
and to general apathy. Meanwhile,
for another year the American flag will
be but seldom seen upon tbe seas.
The Ways and Means Committee re?
ported in favor of a bill permitting the
free importation of foreign shipbuilding
materials to be used by foreigners to
consruct ships io this country, but
quickly smothered the bill by sending it
back to the committee when it was dis?
covered that an amendment might carry
which would extend the same privileges
to domestic shipbuilders The bill to
make ships free by amending the regis?
try laws meets with little encourage?
ment, and has no prospect of passage
in this Congress. These are some of
thc more important measures which
failed.
Among the more important measures
which did pass were the Bank Rechar?
ter bill, including the provision for re?
funding, the process of which is now
in operation ; the Tariff Commission
bill, which at one time seemed likely to
be of no importance inasmuch as Con?
gress afterward attempted to take the
revision of the tariff out of its hands ;
the bill disposing of the remainder of
thc Geneva Award, and the bill which
so modifies the existing law as to ton?
nage duties that these duties shall be
levied upon the net freight capacity of
American vessels, and shall not include
the space occupied by the crew and
achincry. This measure will be/ one
very great benefit to the Amerioan
ing trade. At present American
commerce is unjustly discriminated
against on account of the method of
levying the tonnage dues.-Brad?
street's.
Letter from Glenn Springs.
GLENN SPRINGS, S. C.
AUG. 9, 1882.
I will now comply with my promise.
For the information of your readers, let
me say the cost of the round trip to
Spartanburg from Sumter is $7.75 ;
from Spartanburg to Glenn by stage
the round trip is 2.25, each trunk being
50ots extra. Baggage may be checked
through to Spartanburg. The cost of
the round trip to Hendersonville, N. C.
from Sumter is $10.75.
Hotel-The main building is 60 feet
long and three stories high, with wings
on each sido two stories high and 50
feet long. Immediately in front is a
beautiful oak-grove, on the right and
left of which are eight cottages witb^six
rooms each.
The Spring is about 250 yards from
the hotel, on the margin of a ravine.
As a matter of curiosity I send you the
following analysis of the water taken
from the Charleston Medical Journal,
10th vol., 1855:
24 grs. Sulphate Magnesia. '
10 grs. Sulphate Soda.
5 grs. Sulphate Lime.
4 grs. Muriate of Lime.
3 grs. Supercarbonate of Soda.
There is another anlysis made by Prof.
Shepherd, in 1881 :
Sulphate of Lime 91.
Carbonate of Magnesia 3.
Cloride of Sodium 2.
Leavisg out fractions.
Here is still another analysis, which
diners from both the above. Let the
chemical properties be what they may,
there is no questioning their beneficial
effect in diseases of the liver, kidneys,
spleen and skin.
About 140 persons registered here
in July, and up to date about 75 in
this month. About 125 are hereat pre?
sent.
Many years ago as many as 800
sometimes visited the Spring during one
summer. Leading politicians met
here to discuss matters of State. While
the air at this place is not equal to the
mountain air, yet it is more bracing
than that of Sumter.
Your County is well represented by
the following persons. Rev. N. W.
Edmunds, Rev. W. A. Gregg and
wife, Judge Fraser, Dr. Dick and wife,
Gen. G. Richardson, Mrs. Kennedy
and Miss Addie White, A. S. Brown
and John Maxcy.
I bear that Hon. J. S. Richardson
and Rev. James McDowell are coming
next week.
"They say" these waters will de?
stroy the appetite for strong drink. A
case of 2 dozen qt., bottles will be de?
livered at Spartanburg for $4.
As far as I have heard any expression
of opinion, the State ticket gives uni?
versal satisfaction. Your correspon?
dent does not think a minister should
be taken from his holy calling to fill an
office of State unless he be unable to
preach.
While we are in search of healing
waters for the body, the spiritual man is
also well provided for. On last Sabbath
the Rev. J. T. Fair, of Laurens C. H.,
preached two excellent sermons.
G.
P. S.-Since writiog the above,
Frierson Woodard and wife. Mrs. E. B.
Falwood and Mrs. Mary Keels, all of
Sumter County have come in.
MAGAZINES, &c.
Southern Cultivator for August.-The Au?
gust number of this standard representative
of the Southern farmers comes to hand several
days ahead of time, and is greatly superior to
any agricultural publication that ever came
under our notice. The Atlanta Co7i*titution
says of this paper, that "every page bears
! evideuce of careful and able business manage?
ment." It is a matter of congratulation that
we have io the South, at last, a jonrnal for
the farmers and their families equal to the
very best m the whole country. While it
should be the duty of every farmer to patron?
ize and thereby sustain it, at the same time
the pleasure and profit of having once a month
such a splendid magazine is incalculable.
In this number we find, among other things,
"Thoughts for the Month," by Dr. Jones,
than whom there is no superior agricultural
writer for the Southern States ; a history of
the cotton seed industry ; an article by Peter
Henderson, the most famous gardner in the
State of New York ; a biographical sketch
and portrait of Dr. Geo. B. Loring, the Uni?
ted States Commissioner of Agriculture ; a
picture of makers of maple sugar at work ; a
fine article on Ensilage ; one of Bill Arp's best
letters: a full "Inquiry Department," in
which Dr. Jones answers many perplexing que?
ries propounded by the farmers ; a large num?
ber of special contributions from the farmers ; a
fine lecture by Dr. Curry on education in the
South, accompanied with his portrait ; an ar?
ticle on the state of affairs in Egypt, with a
portraitof Loring Pasha (of Confederate fame),
in his Egyptian uniform ; an illustrated arti?
cle on the seed cotton cleaner ; a full page por?
trait of the poet Longfellow ; an illustrated
children's department, and otber things in
rich profusion. In fact, bow can a^farmerdo
without this paper when Messrs. Jas. P. Har?
rison & Co., the publishers, Atlanta, Ga.,
only ask $1.50 a year for it ?
]Yide Awake for August, is notable for some
very beautiful drawings of girls with flowers ;
the exquisite frontispiece, accompanying the
exquisite poem of "How the Laurel went to
Church," by Emily A. Braddock, "Pasture
Lilies-a sumptuous Sheaf," and "Canada
Lilies on Stately Stems." Among the good
short stories is a true one of old frontier life,
in which figures Simon Keaton, the famous
Kentucky backwoodsman ; another, likewise
a true one, is by Mrs. Louisa. T. Craigin,
"The Floral Procession," a story of Old
Boston, with Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis as one
."bf its characters. Both these stories have full
page engravings. A long installment is also
given of "The Trojan War," full of fun
worthy of school-boys deep in the classics.
Edward Everett Hale describes his late visit
to the English Parliament; and the comedy,
"No Questions Asked," moves on amusingly.
An art article tn the right direction is *be one
entitled "John Angelo Visits the Water Color
Exhibition," giving the young people a very
clear idea of the spectacle which yearly
interests thousands of sightseers in New
York City, and which is discussed by
newspapers throughout the land. It has
thirty-one engravings and fae simile sketches
of prominent pictures. The Chautauqua
Reading Course abounds in good things; but
the charm of the uumber to hosts of young
folks will ba the sparkling operetta, "The
Rebellion of the Daises," with its effective
situations and costuming and its brilliant
music. Only $2.50 per year. D. Lotbrop
& Co., Publishers.
Peterson's Magazine, for September, is par?
ticularly good. No other lady's book com?
bines so many qualities, and has such sustain?
ed merit in every department; it is, emphati?
cally, as the publisher claims, "the cheapest
and best." The price is but two dollars a
year, with very great deductions to clubs.
Specimens are sent, gratis, to those really
wishing to get np clubs. Certainly, every?
body ought to take this magazine. Address,
Chas. J. Peterson, 306 Chesnut Street, Phila?
delphia, Pa.
Physicians say it combines all the desidera"
ta of every ferruginous tonic prescribed by
every school of medicine. Brown's Iron
Bitters.
Rev. J. A. Chambliss, J). D. has re?
signed the charge of the Citadel Square
Church in Charleston, and is to pre?
side over Female Semminary at War
renton, Va.
All engines going over the Georgia
Central Road are draped in mourning
on account of the death of President
Wadley, who fell dead at Saratoga last
week.
A despatch from St. Louis, August
12 says : The first car of new corn,
well matured and in good condition, ar?
rived here to-day and was sold at auction
on 'Change for six dollars and seventy
five cents per bushel. It was raised
near Waco, Texas. It is stated that
large lots of the new crop will be ready
for shipment from Texas the latter part
of this month. This arrival is unpre?
cedented in point of time.
The First New Bale of Cotton in
Charleston.
The fist new bale of upland cotton,
the growth of South Carolina the pre?
sent year was received by Messrs. Pel
zer, Rodgers & Co., on Saturday morn?
ing, and sold by them on private terms.
It was raised by A. & L. Youmans, in
Barnwell County, and forwarded to
Charleston from Campbelltown on the
Port Royal Railroad via the Savannah
Railway.-Sunday News.
It is a well known fact that Rheumatism
originates from a disordered or impure con?
dition of the blood. To relieve the system of
these excruciating pains permanently, yon
must purify the blood-root out the poison.
S. S. S. is the only remedy known that
does this. Others relieve the pain ; S. S. S.
by renewing the blood, cures the disease.
Price $1.00 and $1.75 per bottle.
"Perfectly Wonderful. "
MOBILE.. Ala., Feb. 21, 1880.
H. H. WARNES & Co.: Sirs-Your Safe
Kidney and Lirer Cure has entirely cured me
of a chronic kidney and bladder disease. Its
effect is perfectly wonderful.
BENJAMIN M. STEVENS.
A Valuable Addition.
Because i tis beneficial to the scalp and
adds to personal beauty by restoring color and
lustre to gray or faded hair, is why Parker's
Hair Balsam is such a popular dressing.
What Everybody Wants
Is a reliable medicine that never does any
harm and that prevents and cures disease by
keeping the stomach ie order, the bowels regu?
lar and the kidneys and liver active. Such a
medicine is Parker's Ginger Tonic. It re?
lieves every case, and bas cured thousands.
See other column.-Tribune.
As a purifier of the blood A ver's Sarsapa?
rilla bas no equal. It wonderfully improves
the complexion and gives to old and young
the bloom of health.
Concord Democratic dob?
THERE WILL BE A MEETING of the
Club at Zoar Church, on Saturday,
August 26tb, at 9 o'clock, A. M.
W. J. PRINGLE, President.
S. S. DAVIS, Secretary.
Estate of John A. Alston, M. D.
DECEASED.
ALL PERSONS having claims against said
Estate will present the same duly attest?
ed, and all persons in any way indebted to
said Estate will ma ? immediate pay dent to
EMMA R. ALSTON,
Aug 15 3t Qualified Executrix.
State of South Carolina?
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, HANNAH ROSE, (WIDOW)
of said County and State, made suit to
me, to grant her Letters of Administration of
the Estate and effects of BOSTON ROSE,
deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
the said Boston Rose, late of said
County and State, deceased, that they be and
appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to
be held at Sumteron the 30th day of August
next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock
io the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration should not
be granted.
Given under my hand, this 15th day of
August, Anno Domini, 1882.
T. V. WALSH,
August 15-2t Judge of Probate.
PHONIX IRON WORKS,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
P. KIND, G. DIERCKS,
Superintendent. Proprietor.
MANUFACTURER OF
Steam Engines,
WATER AND HORSE POWERS,
SAW AND GRIST MILLS,
Columns for Store Fronts,
Railings for Balconies.
All kinds of Castings done at short no?
tice and hw prices.
Work done in good, workmanlike manner.
Repairing of all kinds Machinery and Engines.
FOR SALE.
AN EIGHTEEN-HORSE POWER
Stationary Steam Engine,
with a twenty-horse power return flue BOIL?
ER, alf new. Apply to T, J. TUOMEY, of
Sumter, or to the undersigned at Columbia.
I have also some
SIX AND EIGHT HORSE POWER
Portable Engines.
GEORGE DIERCKS,
Aug 15_Columbia, S. C.
South Carolina Railway Co,
COMMENCING JUNE 4tb, 18S2, Passeuger
Trains will run as follows, until further
notice. (No trains aro run on Camden Branch
on Sundays)
EAST TO COLUMBIA.
Leave Camden. 8 00 am
Leave Camden Junction. 9 12 a m
Leave Ringville.10 25 a m
Arrive at Columbia.ll 28 a|m
WEST FROM COLUMBIA-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY?.
Leave Columbia. 8 15 a m... 5 55 p m
Leave Xingville.10 30 a rn... 7 05 p m
Arrive Camden Junction..! 1 26 a rn... 7 4S p m
Arrive at Camden. 1 30 p rn... 9 00 p m
EAST TO CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA.
Leave Camden. 4 00 p m
Leave Camden June'. 5 38 p m
Leave Ringville. 7 00 p m
Arrive at Charleston.10 40 p m
Arrive at Augusta. S IS a m
WEST FRuM CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA.
Leave Charleston. 7 00 a m... 8 35 a tn
Leave Augusta. 6 00 p HI... S 35 a m
Leave Ringville.10 30 a ra... 7 05 p m
Arrive Camden Junc'...U 26 a m... 7 4S p m
Arrive at Camden. 1 30 p m... 9 00 p ni
CONNECTIONS.
Columbia and Greenville Railroad both way*,
for all points on that Road and on the Spar- i
tanburg, Union and Columbia and Spartanburg
and Ashville Railroads, also with tho Char?
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and
from all points North by trains leaving Camden
at S 00 a in, and arriving at 9 00 p ra.
Pullman sleeping cars are run on this train
between Charleston and Washington, via Dan?
ville and Lynchburg without chango. Local
sleeping cars are run on night trains between
Charleston and Columbia, and from Charleston
to Augusta. j
Connections made at Augu.-ta to and from
all points West and South via Georgia R. R.
and with Central R. R.
Connections wade at Charleston with
Steamers to and from New York on Wed?
nesdays. Also with Charleston and Savannah
Railway for Savannah and all points South.
On Saturdays HOUND TRIP TICKETS are
sold to and from all Stations at ono first class
fare for the round trip-tickets being good till
Monday noon, to return. Excursion tickets
good for 10 days are regularly on sale to and j
from all stations at 6 cents per mile f?r round
trip.
THROUGH TICRETS to all points, can be
purchased by applying to James Jones. Agent
at Camden. D. C. ALLEN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
JOHN B. PECK, General Manager. J
Charleston, S. C. I
Olee of Mool Commissioner,
SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C., August 7, 1882.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
ALL PERSONS INTENDING TO AP
ply for situations as teachers are noti?
fied that the Board of Examiners will meet at
the office of the school Commissioner on the
30th and 31st of August for the purpose of
holding the usual annual examination.
Trustees seeing this notice will please inform
the teachers in their Districts of the above
mentioned examination.
W. F. RHAME,
Aug 8_Chm. Brd. Exrs.
LAND FOR SALE.
ADESIRABLE SEA-SHORE PLACE in
Berkely County, 18 miles from Mount
Pleasant, containing 800 acres, part in culti?
vation. Situation healthy and land produc?
tive. Fish and game plentiful.
Also my place in the edge of Sumter, con?
taining 30 acres, with 6-room dwelling, and
kitchen and pantry.
Also a email farm in the country.
N. G. ?STEEN,
Aug 8_Sumter, S. C.
MONEY WANTED.
?AA OR $2,000 WANTED, for
qpjLOyjyj several years, for which a
mortgage of real estate will be given.
Address, "Business," care of Watchman
and Southron, Sumter, S. C.
Aug. 8_4
THE
SUMTER INSTITUE.
THE EXERCISES OF THE
Sumter Institute will commence
lon MONDAY, 18th of SEPTEM?
BER, next, and the scholastic year
_ will close 30th of June, 1883.
During the Summer vacation weare making
Large Additions to the Recitation
Booms,
to meet the growing demands of the increasing
number of pupils.
We are also making arrangements to
?dd to tao Corps of Teachers,
particularly in the ORNAMENTAL BRANCH?
ES, so as to afford every desirable facility for
the education of young ladies.
L. A. BROWNE,
E. E. COOPER.
August 8 _
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY
ACADEMY,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
FOUNDED 1842
Will be re-establisbed October 1st, 1882, fully
organized and equipped.
COL. J. P. THOMAS, Supt.
PAY CADETS RECEIVED FROM ANY STATE,
But to secure admission, application must
be made in advance to
GEN. JOHNSON HAGOOD,
Chairman Board of Visitors,
Columbia, S. C.
Address for proper forms, information, ?c.
Aug 8 -
V?RG???A MILITARY INSTITUTE,
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA.
This well known STATE Institution has
been in successful operation since 1839, and
having been reorganized by the act of March
3, 1882, with a new Board of Visitors, and the
re-election of the old Faculty, is now prepared
to supply, upon the best terms, the distinctive
advantages of a general Scientific and Military
School, upon the basis of the ?. S. Military
Academy at West Point, and upon the same
system so successfully pursued before the war.
The Faculty which once included Gen.
Stonewall Jackson, Gen. R. E. Rodes, aud
Com. M. F. Maury, now consists of the follow?
ing Superintendent and Professors :
Gen. Francis H. Smith, LL.D, Superinten?
dent and Professor Math, and Moral Philos'y.
Gen. T. H. Williamson, Prof. Practical
Eng., etc.
Col. S. Ship, Com. Cadets ar d Prof. Tac?
tics.
Col. J. M. Brooke, Prof. Physics.
Col. M. B. Hardin, Prof. General and ap?
plied Chemistry, etc.
Col. T. M. "Semmes, Prof. Modern Lan?
guages, etc.
Col. J. W. Lyell, Prof. Math, and Logic.
Col. J. H, Morrison, Adjunct Prof. Chem?
istry, etc.
Col. E. W. Nichols, Prof. Civil and Military
Engineering and Astronomy.
Under the direction of an efficient Finance
Committee of the Board of Visb?rs, and with
an enlarged annuity from the State, expenses
of cadets are reduced to the lowest rates.
Session opens Sept. 1.
For information or appointment, address
_GEN. F. H. S.MIT?, Superintendent.
WESLEYAN
FEMALE INSTITUTE,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
/APENS SEPTEMBER 20ib, 1882. One
\J of the First Schools for Young Ladies in
in the United States. Surroundings beauti?
ful. Climate unsurpassed. Pupils from
eighteen States. TERMS among the BEST
in the UNION. Board, Washing, English
Course, Latin, French, German, Instrumental
Music, &c, for Scholastic year, from Sept. to
June, $238. For Catalogues write to
REV. WM. A. HARRIS, D. D., Pres't,
Stainton, Va.
GIN REPAIRING.
THE UNDERSIGNED is prepared to
sharpen Gin Saws, or overhaul and put
in thorough order Cotton Gins of any pattern.
All work attended to promptly, and satisfac?
tion gnaranteed.
General Carpentry and Building attended
to as heretofore. W. H. PHILLIPS,
Joly ll_Sumter, S. C.
Estate Mis. Elizabeth Richardson,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE for Sumter County on the 25th
day of August, 1882, for a Final Discharge
as Administrator of aforesaid Estate.
EDW'D R. SANDERS,
July 25 '_Administrator.
Estate of M. M, Player,
DECEASED.
ALL PERSONS holding claims against
said Estate will present the same duly
attested, and all persons in any way indebted
to said Estate will make immediate payment,
to J. M. SMITH,
July 25-3t Qualified Executor.
GOOD NEWS ATLAST!
Walker's Specific Has Never Failed
TO CUBE
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, TONSILI?
TIS, LARYNGITIS, and SCROFULA.
Price $2.50, $5.00 and $10.00, by mail.
One bottle of his Rheumatic Remedy cures
that disease in any form, in 10 days. Price
bj Express, $5 per Bottle.
DB. J. W. WALKER,
July 25? Fraoklinton, N. C.
SSII
Invaluable patented improvements found in no other
KJVOLYES in the world. For Pamphlets and Prie?
List, (also for SAW MILLS), address
THE AdTMAX 4t TAYLOR CO., Mansfield. Ohio.
THE ONLY PERPECT RICE THRESHER.
* Also ENGINES. Write for
prices to TBE AULTMAN & TAYLOR CO.,
july n_2 . Mansfield. Ohio.
PATENTS
Obtained, and all busiuess in the U. S. Patent
Office, attended to for MODERATE FEES.
Our office is opposite the U. S. Patent Office,
and we can obtain patents in less time than
those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise
as to patentability free of charge j and we
make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN
PATENT.
We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the Supt.
of Money Order Div., and to officials of the
U. S. Patent Office. For circular, advice,
terms and reference to actual clients in your
own State, or coonty address
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C.
August 8
TO PRINTERS.
A WASHINGTON HAND PRESS, No. 5J
capable of printing a 32-cuinmu paper, 26x40|
is for Sale at low rates, at this office. Coires-1
pondence is solicited. Address
Watchman and Southron Pub. Co.
NEW AND SECOND-HAND .
Engines, Boilers, Saw-Mills,
Presses, &c?
AT LOWEST PRICES.
Ol? HAND.
One 25-Horse Power Talbott Portable En j
and Boiler complete.
One Saw-Mill, 25-feet carriage.
. One 50-inch Disston improved chisel-tool
Circular Saw.
One 60-saw Winship Gin, with Feeder am
Condenser.
One 60-saw DuBois Gin and Condenser.
One 60-iaw Farquhar Gin.
One Scofield Power Press.
[ Lot of Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, kc.
GIN REPAIRING.
! GINS, FEEDERS and CONDENSERS re?
paired and made as good as new by compe?
tent workmen.
SAWS, RIBS, and PERFORATED ZINC,
for Gins and Condensers, on band.
-ALSO
Light Engine Repairing
DONE AT SHORT NOTICE.
Shop on Sumter Street, between Dugan and
Bartlett Streets.
C. T. MASON, JB.,
Jnly 18 Sotnter, S. C.
THE SUMTER
M as? ApnlM Associate
WILL HOLD ITS
Third Annual Fa??
On tho 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th/
OF OCTORER 1882.
APROSPEROUS Agricultural Seafon^
gives promise of liberal agricultural
exhibits, and a large attendance.
Many new and interesting fea tares will.
introduced, and every effort will be made*
render the Third Annual Fair a complete su\
cess.
There will be Koot Races, Plouging Matct
es, Glass Ball Shooting, Bicycle Races and
exhibition of Fancy Riding on Bicycles:
The Madison Square Dramatic Compa:
will perform their celebrated play "Esme
alda," on Wednesday evening the 25th O
ber, at Music Hall.
Premium Lists containing all particulars]
will be mailed to the principal Planters,]
Manufacturers and Merchants, in the Coc?
lies of Sumter, Kershaw and Clarendon..
The good people of these and adjoining^
Counties are earnestly solicited to send arti?
cles for exhibition. CHAS. H. MOISE,
Sec. and Treas., S. P. * A. A.
E. W. MOISE, President.
July 18
PORTABLE HAND POWER
COTTON AND HAY Pl
Over 100 Manufactured and Sold by Us
the past two seasons.
FIRST PREMIUMS taken over all competi?
tors at the North and South Carolina^
?State Fairs ; also at the Weldon, N. C., anc
Darlington County Fairs, last fall. Cut
circulars and testimonials sent on application?
We are now manufacturing 100 for the fall
trade, and feel warranted in saying that we*
manufacture thc best Press now in use. Send
for circulars to CE LY k BRO.,
July U_ Greenville' s. C.
GLENN SPRINGS HOTEL,
SIMPSON & SIMPSON,
PROPRIETORS.
This celebrated watering place is now* open?
ed to visitors and no care or pains will be
spared to make guests comfortable. Passen?
gers fer Glenn Springs will take the stage at
Spartanburg, which runs daily to the Springs.
RATES OF BOARD.
Per day $2.00 ; per week $12.00 ; per week
-for 3 weeks-S10.00 ; per month $30.00.
Special attention given to shipping the
water.
PRICE OF WATER.
Per case of 2 doz. qt. bottles at the
Springs $3.75. 1 rn- July 4
"LAND OF THE SK'
3,250 Feet Above Level of the Sc
TOI VIRGINIA BOH,
HENDEESONVILLE. N. C.
THIS HOUSE has just been renovated and
put in order for this season.
The splendid stone building, known as
JUDSON COLLEGE,
Surrounded by a BEAUTIFUL GROVE OFj
SEVEN ACRES, will be run in cpnnectiot
with the Virginia House. The proprietoj
will use every effort to keep both booses
to the old standard of the Virginia, an*
leave nothing undone that will add to
pleasure and comfort of his guests.
The pleasure grounds are by far the larg
and most beautiful of any Hotel in tba. town^
Write for terms, kc. ' " '
Telegraph Office in the buildnig.
A. J. DOD A MEAD, Proprietor.
May 30 _
REMOVAL.
THE BARBER SHOP,
OF
LAVAN AND EDWARDS]
HAS been removed to the reom O^El
SCHEWERIN'S GROCERY, where,
any work in their line-Hair Cutting, Shav?
ing, Shampooing, Hair and MoustacheJ^nj
-will be attended to in?tffrjnojfippmi
styles of the art./>~J'w^
Razor Sharpening a specialty.
Particular attention paid to Ladies and
Children's Hair Cutting, and Ladies waited
on at their homes.
& W. GARMANY, BL D.
SUBGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITJ
zens of Sumter and vicinity, with an elper
once of twenty years, and solicits a share
the patronage of the community. \
All orders left at D. J. Auld's Drug Stol
during the day, and at my residence at nigh?
will receive prompt attention.
Residence on Washington Street, opposi^
the residence of H. Schwerin.
June 20.
HILBERS HOUSE.
284 King Street, next to Masonic Tem'
pie, Charleston, S. C.
Rates S 1.50 per day, reduced rates by
week or month, According to location
rooms.
This boase, so well and favorably knoi
as being a strictly first-class boarding hon;
is centrally located, accessible to wfaoiesa
and retail stores, theatres, and places of 4a*
terest, and especially desirable for busim
men or families visiting tbe city, nothing I.
ing neglected to make its guests comfortable
Ask for carriage at depot.-Respectfully
MRS. B. HILBERS PTOM&TW?
Sept 20-188U