The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 13, 1883, Image 2

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PSBEUARY 13* J. ALWOOD. M-D*. EMTO*. Wto gmfer Watchman was founded ia lS^t? jt? True Southron io IS?oV The WaZchna* and Southron mow ka? ?a combined circulation and kxfinenco of both of the old papers, and h manifestly the ; beat advertising n^rum in Sumter. TWSte^$rettuiy of Texan wo?d live btw a lat take fer Polk or Vin? cent. U contains two milHoo dollars Kxyerienccd tom hermon say that the sirppr? of walnut ia rapidly dimishiug, tod tW full j three-fourths of the good atook throughout the country baa beta costumed withio th? leat ten years. Dwight M. Sabin bas been elected BmmmX&pk* Minnesota Legisla furo to anee?cu Senator Wiodom. He ii 39 ; year? af af? tad a sativa of Connecti? cut. ^ . " Tlii coroner's jury Monday found the prope^br of tie Newhall Hew, MU waakee, guilty of culpable negligence ia noi providing ? sufficieot number of watchmen to guard against fire and to dittage baa been done Ohio and Indiana. At loss is estimated to be fS&tt& At Pittsburgh iad points above the damaged said to $250,000 *e Stat? treasurer, it appears, r took the Skate's rooney but car? ried jet bia official bond. Only one thing stood in the way of bia walking ^uc ^^^+!^ ?1^^ tnfis?. ?g T?r city of New Orleans was in a wild whirl of gayety and exc?teme ct Tuesday oeesstooedey th? Mardi Gras earoival. The pigeaoU of the various mystic societies were superb and the city ilia heasjtifully decorated. Queen Victoria's private estates ex? tend over 37,372 aeres, and the annual X2&.778. Thia does not to ?inten of Claremont. The property at Coburg and the only man\n the United Stats* wt) o has used greenbacks for goo JF L Shirley of Dallas Tuna. Ho went bunting with in currency in his pocket, and wadding. He was load? ing "from the wrong pocket, however aodsW away over $60 of bia money beforenediscovered his mistake. The fire on the Inman pier in New York has left more than an acre of ground covered more tbao ten feet deep with thc ro?as of the finest imported eves* goods. Mixed ep tn the charred heaps were camera bair shawls, lace haakftcrchiefs, gold embroidered cur taise/"Axminster carpets, brocades, gay cnSft?ea, rolls of heavy black silk, fine lacea,'ladies1 .suits, Hamburg edgings and kid gloves Altogether some $665, OOO worth of foery, at wholesale ratea and no duties paid, were lying there io a eottfoatos mass. A convict in a Georgia rail toad car sEppedoff the handcuffs and jumped neitforemcst through a window, exact? ly like the harlequin's feat in the pato* ?o?Y kithed mu DO dewe for oaicnmg Sim softly, and H was suppos? ed that Bc would be killed by the fall. However* he waa seen to stagger to bis jc?t^ stand ? minute aa though dated, off toward the woods.' By* law wusch has just come into elevation m July, the aale of patent medianes throughout the kingdom is prohuKted unless the precise compost ticu?of the mediebe ia stated. The iwoasalgsliiwi of thia important decree oas neonando hythe Minister of the Interior, thmCnstouii, and the sanitary authorities. One well-known chemist in Borne baa at the present moment nearly f?OQ worth of patent medicines !yin? at the Bogana, and likely to have to romain there or to be sent back to Sngmud undelivered. For the future fraUeUeru will have to smuggle their favorite dregs into Italy; f ^Eighteen hundred visitors registered ( st'the various hotels at Jacksonville/1 Ita.; mst week, whilst a Dumber of others secured sccommodarions at the boarding houses. They were mostly from the Eastern States andrew York city, though there was a considerable sprinkling from the West. Tte crowd sis?me of. the largerhotel? wo aid com* pare with a hotel crowd at Saratoga or Newport. A Jacksonville letter says 'the Yankees are crowding in. buying and planting orange groves everywhere. wh3e the natives, are picking whortle? berries and playing with parrots.' Twioe within a week we have had reports of the saving of vessels from foundering at sen by the towing of bags of oil astern. The first case was that of the British schooner Rare Plant, and the second that of the steamer Stan? more, which reached New York Fri? day. The Captain of the Stanmore says that when in the middle of bis voyage from Queenstown be encountered a gale, against which bia ahip could make no headway. When be attempted to run before the uind the waves break? ing over the steamer threatened to sub merge ber. He then towed a canvas bag containing about two gallons of 03 astern, and, as he believes, thus eaved the ship. The oil rising slowly to the surface prevented the waves from breaking. A. S. Colyar, of Nashville, says : 'I once knew of an ambitious stock raiser living just under the towering mountain clifis, and each of bia fine donkeys were seen to pioe away and die- It was unaccountable, and for a tame ne reason for it could be given. Bat the donkey is a talkative creature, social aa a sheep and meddlesome as a goat, and the bluff above gave back an echo so distinct as to produce the im? pression upon the poor animal that the woods were fell of his own sort, and so be wore his life away in a disputation with himself. If some people could only learn that their controversy ia with themselves; that it originated with themselves, is kept op by themselves end the'outside world takes no stock in it, pays no attention to it, cares nothing about it, has no interest io it, and takes no part in it; that it is simply an .echo' quarrel, what a saving might re? fait from it! If they could only ap? preciate the fact that what appears to them tn be n world disturbing contro? versy is merely an echo, what a sooth? ing eneet it might produce. But this uuitrsl with themselves is not so of? fensive as 'tis funny if a person can only lil himself of Berghish sympathies when be thinks of it. But asking foolish questions which silly people seem to think deserve sn answer, meddling in affairs with which they baye no concern,?Ms sometimes annoying, There ere some people who are able to find better use for their time than even in 'answering folks according to their folly/ and have something like the same aver? sion to finding a strange nose in their affairs, possessed by the average boarder to foreign substances io h's bash. While it is exasperating and exhaust? ing to the one who believes himself en? gaged in a BO ul-stirring 'Spate,' it is harmless so long as only the beetling cliffs are looked to for remedy; bot when more than this is required, hu? man nature rebels and prays for de? liverance from inquisitive noses and as sin i ne inquiries. ' ]CTe publish in another column "A Chapter on Bees," from a correspond? ent who bas had considerable experience in this industry. Though compara? tively little attention bas hitherto been given to bee culture io this State, it bas assumed considerable proportions in other sections of the Union, and nothing has bess ?ore clearly shown to be a fact, than that with the outlay of a lit? tle capital abd the expenditure of some pains, thc rearing of bees may be made a most. profitable employment. From time to time other communications from thc sam? writer, upon this subject, will appear, which will contain most valua? ble information (gathered from years of experience) to those who may be in? terested in the production of boney. Among tbe least of Seoator Bo tier's good qualities is that of punctuality, which characteristic is being noticed in Congress. Not long since it was an? nounced that be was the ooly member of the Senate at prayers and tbe Chaplain prayed fervently for the - Senator from South Carolina. On Friday morning, there were preseot four Republicans and one Democrat. Senator Butler was j the solitary representative of his party. | He looked more in*sorrow than io aoger ' upon .'the beggarly account of empty benches." These facts mean much more thoo force of habit on Seoator Butler's part, for they evince an interest io the busi? ness for which he was scot to Washing? ton, that is very gratifying to his coo- ? stitoeots at home. On Sunday morning, (Feb. 4.) the body of .Alfred 6. Thomas was fouod suspended by the neck io a water closet ? ou his premises io the town of Beaufort, j It is supposed that he committed suicide. | Mr. Thomas was chairman of the board ; of County Commissioners, clerk of the j Town Council aod editor of the Sea j Island News. The Laurensville Herald j says : '4wbco editors- get to hanging ? themselves as that poor fellow did, de? linquents should beware." EDUCATION OF SHS HBGBO. I Our able cotemporary, the Wil- j mington Star, io a recent article upon Mr. Dortch's bill io the North Carolioa Senate to provide for local assessment for public schools, indulges io some generals observation which are at this time io bad taste, aod are strikiogly at variance with the good judgment aod liberal seotimeot which that journal usually displays. It says : "The conviction is growing that edu? cation does not elevate the Degrees aod ' make them Detter citizens. As ooe of j our contemporaries pots if, wheo you ? give schooling to a negro you spoil a field hand without elevating him moral" j ly. The time is coming wheo a move ment of some strength will be set ou j foot te relieve the white people of every j cent possible in the way of taxes for j negro education. Tom paper is the true frieod of cdu- j cation, aod where there is a moral foundation to build OD we believe great ! good results. Bot we acknowledge that j thus for we have seen scarcely any j good resulting to the negro from the j schooling be bas had. No observant j Southerner who knows the negro char acter believes that the reading and j writing be has received has made him ! more worthy of trust, more self-respect- ' ing, more economical, more industrious, j more virtuous and more honorable. It j bas made bim more impert?*cent often, j lasier often, more imitative, more am- ? bitious of success without toil. As to the females, who believes that they have been made purer in life or better j house-servants by the schooliog they j have had V \ We doubt the absolute truth of the first sentence quoted above, bat if such a conviction is growing, it is certainly the resolt of very hasty observation. It is true that, compared with his neighbors of the Caucas si an race, the 1 negro shows to poor advantage in points of intelligence and morals, and it may be that bis physical development will forever prevent bim from being tho peer of the white man ; but to believe him incapable of improvement under ; judicious and patient instruction is to ignore the most eminent truths con nected with mind, and to set aside the observations of all bu mau history. Educated for centuries io the school j of slavery, where moral obligation is necessarily obscured, sod thoughts of ! providence or economy unknown, it j would be strange were thc negro other? wise than a shiftless aod irresponsible race. The white man, on the contrary,not j only educated himself but inheriting an intellect through successive generations 'hieb bas been improved by the cul? ture of a thousand years, possesses ao j advantage with which there cao be no sort of comparison. To expect the I negro to approximate his condition io j less tbao a score of years, is simply ab- ! surd. We arel fully convinced tba* careful sod persistent ic ^'ruction is thc only way of remedying the evils con? nected with negro citizenship. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY. To-morrow is St. Valentine's day and with its approach comes the annual custom of thc sending of those fancy devices in paper and card-board which have taken their names from the day. The peculiar observances which in by goue times marked the season, but which h?ve fallen into desuetude long since, antedate the Christian era. In ancient Rome the Lupercalia were cele? brated about the beginning of the month of February, and during that festival the names of young women were thrown into a bor and then drawn from it by the men ? ; -hance directed. The fath? ers of the early Christian church, en? deavoring to eradicate by every possi? ble means all traces of the old heathen festal days, substituted St. Valentine's day for the Lupercalia, but the custom itself was not so easily obliterated. It took root io England and Scotland, aod is thus described by Mission : 'An equal number of maids and bachelors get together ; each writes his or her true or some feigned name upon sepa? rate billets, which they roll op and draw by way of lots, thc maids taking the men's billets and the men the maids', so that each of the young men lights upon a girl that he calli his valentine and each of the ^rls upon a young man whom she calls hers. By this means each has two valentines; but the man sticks faster to the valentine that has fallen to him than to the valen? tine to whom he is fallen. Fortune having thus divided thc company into j so many couples, the valentines give ; balls and treats to their mistresses, j wear their billets several $ays upon j their bosoms and sleeves, and this lit- j tlc sport often ends in love.' A prc- j sent invariably accompanied this lot- j tery, the choosing party being always j I the recipient, and some of these gifts j ! were exceedingly valuable, for the j j Duke of Richmond once gave the cele- | brated Miss Stewart a jewel valued at j ?800. Another legend attached to ? a Valentine's day. It was that the first unmarried mao a girl met when j she went out on the morning of Valan tine's day would become ber husband, and vice versa, and this belief bas pre- ! vailed even in our own times and coun try. The origin of this superstition j may be found perhaps io the fact that j that about this time of the year the j birds choose their mates, a process as cribed to the genial influence of the j patron saint of the day. The slips coo- j tainibg the names of the different men j and maidens generally contained a motto, and thus we find the beginning for the valentine of our day. The pro? ductions of the. stationer's art which m eet the view about '. this time of the j year are almost unlimited in the range ; of their variety, From the fearfnl prints, which are j sold two for a cent, ?and which resem-1 ble nothing that walks, crawls, flies or j swims, to the costly conceits, which j have really a claim to bc called artistic, | there are all possible shapes, sizes and j accompanying poetry, aod the swain 1 who is onable to find a card aod motto j exactly suited to his particular inamo- j rata deserves no valentine. Lent. ; _ j The Springtide fast of forty days be- i fore Easter began on the 7th inst, with ! Ash Wednesday and will be more or i less strictly observed during the forty ! days until Easter. It was maintained | by some of the early fathers of the church j that the fast is of apostolic origin, and j this view obtains in the Catholic church ! at present and is endorsed by many Pro- ! testant theologians ; but the generally j received view now is that it is of eccle- ; siastical institution and dates its be- i ginning from a peried a little later than | the apostolic age. Io the earlier church the observance i of the fast was very rigorous and cu forced by the utmost authority, bot as ; time progressed the successive councils j mitigated the demands upon the faithful, i and by degrees the ose of all kinds of' food was allowed aod became general, j except flesh, eggs, cheese and wine, until the eleventh century, after' which the prohibition was limited to flesh j alone. i At thc present time the observance is j more rigorous io Europe than America, and among Catholics than Protestants. In the United States the use of flesh meat is allowed several times a week during the Lent season, according to ; the regulations aunounced by each j Bishop for his diocese. ? The obligation to observe the Leuten 'j fast is only insisted upon in the Catholic ! aod Protestant Episcopal churches in j this country, while the great hody of the dissenters, Methodist, Baptists, j Presbyterians, &c. regard it as of no Scriptural authority, and consequently j ! do not enjoin or recognize it. The tendency of the religious world is to regard the season as one which may profitably be employed iu medita- 1 tioo aod exercises with reference to the* solemn anniversary of the suffering and i death of the Messiah, and to lay less and less stress upon the mere affliction of thc body by abstinence and fasting. ----MflS- I I - - A Gastronomic Giant. Walcott, the quail eater, may as wei?! hang up his digestive apparatus and lay down his appetite, for he is beaten and must bide his diminished stomach in j sheer humiliation. Last night a ci ti- 1 zen of Greenville County named Mont? gomery, at Frazier's restaurant declar? ed that he could eat half a gallon of stewed oysters. They were measured out to him. and he absorbed the last one. He then turned his attention to ? eggs, and ate foar dozen-forty eight j -scrambled, on top of the oysters. As a top dressing.be then took a pint of oysters raw, and then on a ten dollar bet, ate and apparently enjoyed, four? teen raw oysters, thickly sprinkled with brown sugar, which is itself an unprec? edented feat. He offered to bet that he ; ooold cat another half gallon of oysters, but found no takers. These are facts, and can be vouched for by a dozen men.-Greenville News, 9/A -- - A true iron medicine, beneficial to the j young as well as the old who suffer from j dyspepsia, etc., is Brown's IroD Bitters. i WASHIN GTON LETTER. [From our Regular Correspondent.] WASHINGTON; Feb. 10, 1833. How not to do it and yet to appear to want to do it is the difficult role that the Republicans are essaying ir the matter of the tariff bill. Last session when they had abundant time they shifted the responsibility on a tariff commission, and now, although brought to a sense of duty by the lesson of No? vember, they are frittering the twenty days remnant of the present session in an effort to gain political vantage and place the Democrats in a false position. If no tariff bill is passed the odium must rest on the party of the majority. The Democrats have expressed their willing? ness to vote for the bill proposed by a commission chosen by the Republicans, aud, on the party having a majority both in the House and in the Senate, will rest the condemnation of wasted time and political cowardice. 1 have heard it said that the Democrats will of? fer the senate bill as a substitute for the house bill when it shall have been com? pleted, and vote for it solidly. If this programme is carried out it is possible enough republican members can be j found to pass the bill, but the interests j which will be arrayed against it are di- j versified and powerful. I do not see j how Congress is going to accomplish anything, unless doing nothing can be ! called accomplishing something. There is grave foreboding and even j alarm in nearly half the houses of Washington arising from a report that ? Congress will pass a bill adding one j hour to the day's labor of Government j clerks. As it is now, the fifteen thou- j sand Government clerks are required to be in office at 9 A. M. and arc dis- j missed at 4 P. M., with a recess of from ! thirty minutes to one hour at noon. It j is proposed by the bill to make the j hour of dismissal 5 P. M. instead of 4. j But the prospect of having an additional j hoar added to the day's labor has great- j ly alarmed these pampered clerks, and they have been rushing into print, and j rushing to those members of Congress ! with whom they are acquainted in order j to persuade them to vote against the ! bill. The stock argument used by , them is that mental labor is much more ; fatiguing than manual labor ; but, to this it may be truly said that not 'one clerk in ten is capable of roeotal labor, J or is expected to perform work that re- j quires such thought or study as strains j the higher faculties. To those who j know the real condition of things iu the Government offices these complaints j seem very ridiculous. Here are j 15,000 persons, supposed to be work- I ing for the Government, but they are ; without au overseer, and have been for twenty years without an inspector. They are responsible to nobody, and they come as near doing nothing from Christmas to Christmas as any like j number that ever lived. I wish the j reader could have a birds-eye view of j all the employees in all the offices of thc U. S. Government. He would see j carpeted and frescoed rooms ; desks that cost sixty dollars, luxurious chairs and lounges, exquisite writing parapherna lia, all the equipments of a clerical Sar- j danapalu8. He would see sybarite ! clerks,, male and female, reading, gos siping, smoking, neglecting the work which half their number could easily j perform. I say neglecting the work, ? for it is notorious that work in many ? offices is far in arrears. The work is j not great or difficult, mit the workmen are incompetent and idle, and have no j one to keep them employed. Take the : Patent offices as an example. In this \ office there are nearly one hundred and ; fifty examiners whose business it is to examine inventions and allow patents upon such as appear to be new. Yet, j owing to the neglect, and idleness, and . shirking of a majority of these exami- ; oers, many inventors have to wait from ten weeks to one year before their cases j are examined and passed upon. There seems to be no way to make them do the work that they are paid with the inventor's money to perform, for they I have been appointed through the politi- . cal influence of certain Republican ! Senators and Members aod they arc | entirely independent of the Inventor i who pays them. The Patent Office is ' not only supported by the money which j inventors pay for the examination of j their cases, but it brings a large surplus ! revenue into the U. S. Treasury. The j net profit /u the Government from the j Patent Office was, last year, {325,351. j And the amount to the credit of the . Patent Office accumulated since 1837 is j $2,205.471. Considering the fact that j the Patent Office is not only self sup porting bot contributes largely to the ! revenues of the Government, it is cer taioly doe to inventors, the supporters j of the Patent Office, that they should ! have their business promptly executed, j - ^ Ensilage. Mr. J. C. Stribling, of Pendleton, j S. C., contributes a very practical and interesting article on "Ensilage" to tho I annual report (1882) of thc Commis- | sinner of Agriculture of this State. He j says : "Our experience with ensilage so far j has been satisfactory. One can calen- I inte in saving all the forage he grows I absolutely without risk of thc weather. * * * At present it appears that j the pea vine is the most desirable plant . to ensilage on account of its being in the 1 first place more nutritious food ; second- I ly, the pea enriches the land instead of j impoverishing it, as corn fodder dot-s." i Mr. Stribling estimates that his en- | silage cured this y^ar cost him ?1 27 j per ton, a little over three cents per I day to* feed grown cattle, ninety cents per month, or ?10.80 per year. He j says any one that can dig a hole in the : ground with perpendicular wallg and j square corners can make a good silo A silo 21 feet long, 12 feet deep and 9 feet wide contains 84 cubic yards, and costs ?17 to dig. This pit holds enough feed for about twenty head of grown ; stock seven months in the year. These j statements are based upon several years experience and may be relied upon as strictly correct. Tho farmers of the South can, in addition to their winter j pastures, prepare these silos and save j thousands of dollars that are now an- i nually expendnd, for an inferior grads; of hay. A sweeping bill regulating the sale i of liquors has been introduced iu the New Jersey Legislature, with some prospect of its passage. It requires j each liquor dealer to file a bond of ?2, j 000, as a guarantee for the mainte- j nance of good order, and makes the li- j cense fees for the sale of malt liquors from ?100 to ?250, and for spirituous ! liquors from ?250 to 500, according to j the location of saloons. The bill also j prohibits the sale of liquors to minors. | In a drunken row between miners at Ooltewah, Tenn., on the 1st inst., a miner named Bennett was stabbed by Mike Drillard. A few moments after? ward Drillard was run over by a train and instantly killed. One of the drawbacks of married life is sickness of the little ones. For a cold or Cough jon cannot find a better remedy than Dr. Bull's Cough syrup. Nearly all physi? cians prescribe it and no family should] be without it. Tom Hood must have been living next door to a man who was learning to play the fiddle when he made this exclamation ; "Heaven reward the man who first hit upon the very original notion of sawing the inside of a cat with the tail of a horse." Peace and harmony are essential to the happiness of any well regulated household. Good crops and good living are conducive to this end. Tosecure these latter use Ashley. If, as inventors and scientists assert, that the wasted energy of Niagara Falls and of the swe?l of the ocean can be utilized and trans* mitted to run all the machinery of all the factories in the world, why can nota kind of harness be made to fit the la wer jaw of a bar? ber? _ Mother, think of the battle that is being waged by worms against the life of your child. There is no night of rest with them ; they fight to kill. Shrioer's Indian Vermi? fuge will annihilate them. Only 25 cents a bottle. A keen student of human nature must have written the following: "When you see a young man sailing down street shortly after midnight with ?ollar mashed down his neck, you can make up your mind there's a yoong girl crawling up stairs not far distant, with her shoes under her arm and an extinguished lamp in her bands." Good Advice. You will prevent and cure the greater part oT the ills that afflict mankind in this or any section, if you keep your stomach, liver nod kidneys in perfect working order. There is no medicine known that does this as surely as Parker's Ginger Tonic. It will keep your blood rich and pure, and give you good health at little cost. See other column. PERSONAL-Francis B. Hacker, President, and Josiah S.Brown, Treasurer, of the Wando Phosphate Co., wiilbe found at the office of the Company, T Exchange street, Charlestoo, S.C See advertisement. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 13, 1883. COTTON-About 250 bales of cotton have been sold during the week ending Feb. 13th. Market closed steady. We quote: Inferior 5$@6?; Stained 7: Tinged 8^(5) 8i; Ordinary 7}; Good Ordinary 8| ; Low Middling 9; Middling 9}; Good Middling ?i. _ CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 10, 1883. Corros.-Market firm. Sales about 1,300 bales. Quotations are: Ordinary 8i(?,85; Good Ordinary 9J; Low Middling, 9g@9$ ; Middling 10; Good Middling, lof. WILMINGTON, N. C., Feb, 13, 1883. SPIRITS T?BPKSTIXE-Market quoted quiet at 50 cents. ROSIN-The market was firm atSl.32?for Strained and $1.37$ for Good Sprained. CRCDK TCRPKSTIXK-Market steady at $1.50 for Hard, $2.50 per bbl., for Soft. COTTON-Market firm. No sales reported. The following are the official quotations : Ordinary -, Good Ordinary 8 5-16. Low Middling 9J, Middling 9|, Good Middling 10 ?-16. PIANO FOR SALE OR RENT. APPLY at the Sumter Bock and Variety Store. W. G. KENNEDY. Feb 13 SHERIFF'S SALES. ? BY VIRTUE OF SUNDRY EXECUTIONS to me directed, will he sold at Sumter Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY and day following in MARCH next, 1883. within legal hour3 of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property: 125 acres of land, more or less, in Spring Hill Township, Sumter County, adjoining lands of Mr?. M. S. Smith, C. M. Rodgers, W. J. Hancock, T. G. Corbett, and others, levied upon and to be sold as the property of J. A. Corbett under an Execution of Thomas i M. Lanallan, bearer, against the said J. A. Corbett. R. W. DURANT, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, Feb. 9, 1883. Meister's Sale, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAKOLINA, SUMTER COUNTY, IN TIIE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Mary A. Burkett, Plaintiff, against Sarah Ann David, A /nanika A. Ftrriter, and Harry Burkett, an infant under the age of 14 years, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in this cause, and dated 10th June, 1881, I will offer for sale on Saleday in MARCH next, 1883, before the Court House of said County, during the legal hours of sale, the following premises : All that Tract of Land in said County and State, containing Ninety-Seven Acres, more or less, bounded on the north by lands for? merly belonging to James Terry and Wm. Webb, on the east by lauds formerly belong? ing Wm. Webb, south by lauds now or for? merly of the Estate of J. Wilder and Mrs. Susan Logan, and on the west by the Public Road leading from the Town of Sumter to Charleston, except the parcel thereof, contain? ing about Two Acres at the north-west corner thereof, on which Mrs. Susan Ann David resides. To be sold in convenient parcels, according j to a plat thereof which can be seen at my | office, on or before the day of sale. Terms of sale, so much casha3 will pay the . costs and expenses of this action and the j amount of any taxes or assessments on said \ tract of land directed sold by said Decree, J and the balance of the purchase money in j three equal instalments, payable respectively; in orie, two aud three years from the day of j sale, with interest from he day of sale'on the ? whole, payable annually, the credit portion | to bc secured hy hond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises. GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON, Feb 9. LS83. Master. ! WRIGHT'S HOTEL, \ . CO LUM ni A, s. c. THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE, I with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception ot guests. S. L. WRIGHT & SUN, May 6. Proprietors RUBBER STAMPS j NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING ' j with inilellible ink, or fur printing visiting ? card*, .md I STAMPS OF ANY KIND ? for stamping BUSINESS CARDS, ENVEL j Ol'ES or anything else. Specimens nf various j styles on hand, which will he shown with pleas* ; ure. Thc LOWEST PRICES possible, and j orders filled promptly. i Call on C. P. OSTEKN, At th* Watchman nnd Southron Office. i l^TT^O^I^ not, life is sweeping by, go XVLilO JL aD(* dare before you die, ; something mighty and sublime leave behind , to conquer time." $GG a week in your own town. $5 outfit free. No risk. Everything : new. Capital not required. We will furnish you everythiu?r. Many are making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men, and boys and girls make great pay. Reader, if vou want . bus'nes? at which yon can make grt.it pay all j the time, write for particulars to H. Hallett ? Co.,Portland, Maine. I SEED^ gow. MAMMOTH CHESTER COUNTY GOURD SEED CORN. HAVING tested this com, and fonnd it early, hardy and prolific, and much superior to the old varieties of corn, I offer for sale my surplus stock of seed-raised by myself last season-at half the price that I paid for my seed. Any one desiring infor? mation about it are referred to Mr. Wm. A. Nettles, R. M. Cain, or other of my neigh? bors, who saw the corn while growing. A supply will be found at the Shoe Store of Bultmann & Bro., in Sumter. Feb6-2m_J. H. NICHOLES. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge. WHEREAS, Miis. ELMA E. McCCTCHEN, widow, made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of WM. 0. McCUTCHEN, deceased These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Wm. 0. McCutchen, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter on February 21st, (1883,) after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, ihis 6th day of February, Anno Domini, i883. T. V. WALSH, [L. S.J Feb 6-2t_Judge of Probate. Estate of Patrick J? O'Donnell, DECEASED. WE WILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate for Sumter County on Feb? ruary 23rd, 1883, for a final discharge as Exe? cutors of aforesaid Estate. JOHN O'DONNELL, GEORGE A. WAGENER, Jan 23-4t Executors. Estate of John J? Cresswell, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO bate for Sumter County, on February 23d, 1883, for a final discharge as Administratrix of aforesaid Estate. MARTHA J. CROSSWELL, Jan 23-4t Administratrix. Estate of Sarah Chandler, DECEASED. IWI LL APPLY to the Judge of Probete for Sumter County on 5th day of March, 1883, for a final discharge as Executor of aforesaid Estate. ELIAS CHANDLER, Jan 30 4t Executor. Bellemonte Com iff Co. j COTTON BATTING PREPARED IN ROLLS FOR COMFORTS, QUILTS AND MATTRESSES. SOLD AT THE FACTORY AND BY merchants in Sumter at 10 cents per ! pound. i Liberal discount to the trade allowed. D. JAMES WINN, Sept 19-ly President. "BLAMING & BLAMING, Attorneys at Law, Sumter, S. C. June 21_tf. An Appeal from the Colored People Give ear, all Men, to this Notice Call: We the members of the Shiloh Baptist Church, in the town of Sumter, S. C.. are trying to build a church in the town of Sum? ter-not a fine house, but a good strong house, for we do not expect to go to Kansas or Africa or Liberia, but to lire here in South Caroona, and for this cause and more than all, we are the natives of this town, and we do ask the good white friends of Sumter to help the Baptists to build their Church. B. Lawson, $51; A. Lawson, So; W. T. Lawson, $35 ; L. J. Shannon, $25; and a great many of the members give largely to raise the money, and ask all of the white peo? ple of the town to give us something in the way of helping to build the church. Now, may the Lord help us to build this house here for bis sake. B. LAWSON. 1785-1883. Chronicle and Constitutionalist. AUGUSTA, GA. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist is rap? idly approaching the completion of the first century of existence. The paper we publish is essentially a type of modern progress, which demonstrates that this established jour? nal has beeome better and stronger as it in? creases in years. The men who have, from one generation to another, worked upon it, j and helped to make it a power in the land, j submit, and will submit, to the common lot \ of humanity and pass away from this earth and its stanggles, but the result of their labor remains, and will continue to remain. The workmen die, but the work goes on. The Chronicle of to-day is an improvement upon the Chronicle of the past. The Chroni? cle of the future will be an improvement upon the Chronicle of to-day. The world moves, and the paper moves with it. Wonderful in? ventions, in the hist half century, have given an impetus to all material things, and the press bas shared in the advantages of great discoveries, just as it has also stimulated them. The Chronicle has spared no pains or expense to furuisQ the public with the news of the day from all parts of the world, and it will take pleasure and pride in perfecting this service from time to time. The Chronicle has en? deavored to take high and noble views of public policy, and to sustain all good and just causes. The Chronicle has essayed to encourage virtue and to make ?sh lot of man and woman all the brighter and better for the common weal. The Chronicle strives to be a news? paper in the best sense of the term, and to advance, in that mission, the interest of all the people. The conductors of the papercan uot and do nut expect to be infallible, any more than they expect to please everybody. In all human affairs, mistakes of judgment will occur and contests of opinion will arise. We will, however, mightily strive to commit as few errors as possible, and to enter such conflicts as cannot be avoided with a proper spirit. The Chronicle enters the new year with ex? ceptional advantages. Its daily edition is a well-filled eight-page paper. Its second edition, for the evening mails, its eight pages, with the afternoon markets aud telegraphic reports. It takes the place of the tri-weekly edition. Its mammoth weekly paper will compare with any in the country. Into this edition the choicest and creamiest news of the week is collected, and upon its lap the best aud freshest editorial and miscellaneous mat? ter from the daily is poured. Its market re? ports, cohering nearly one page, will be an especial feature, prepared each week for the country reader. Its news service will be sustained by trained and scholarly correspondents io the three capitals-Atlanta, Columbia and Washington -while it will strive to have a news represen? tative in every neighboring town. The mais facilities of this paper are now superb. Four daily trains distribute its edi? tions in South Caiolina and three in Georgia. It reaches all the principal points in South Carolina early on the day of publication reaching Columbia at ll a. m. The fast mail schedule ot the Georgia Railroad lands the Chronicle and Constitutionalist in all towns along the line early in the forenoon, while ils j issue is unfolded in Atlanta and Athens by noon each dav. TERMS. PER YEAR: Morning Edition.$10 00 Evening Edition. 6 00 Sunday Edition. 2 00 Weekly Edition.;.. 2 00 Address all letters to "CHRONICLE Si CONSTITUTION A LIST." PATRICK WALSH, President, Augusta, Ga. ^TjiPTfc) A week made- at home by the in ?h i Jd dustrtous. Be6t business now be? fore the public. Capital not needed. We will 6tart you. Men, women, boys and girls wanted everywhere to work for us. Now is the time. You eau work in spare time, or give your whole time to the business. No other business will pay nearly as well. No one can fail to make enormous pay, by en? gaging at once. Costly outfit and terms free. Mouey made fast, eas;.1 y and honorably. Ad? dress TRUE k CO., Augusta, Maint. I TH I? IS TO CERTIFY that I hare this day publicly burned io front of my store, all my stock of Laodretb's and Buist'* Garden Seeds, left over from last vear. Jan. 1, 1883. D. J*. AULD. fe vii?"* 1**-* W M. I EADOX, J Having received a fresh supply of Garden Seeds from, D. LANDRET H & SONS, ROBT. BUIST, JR., HIRAM SIBLEY & CO., D. M. FERRY & CO., CR OSMAN BROS., I am prepared to supply the trade with j RELIABLE SEEDS. Punched Silver and Gold Coins taken at ? face value. D. J. AULD. Jan 16 Ira BLANKS LIENS, - TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALE G. E. HAYNSWORTH, Attorney at Law, Sumter, S. C. Jan 16_ I EOBSON'S COTTON AND CORN FERTILIZER. ROBSON'S COMPOUND ACIO PHOSPHATE. | These grades are rich in all the essentials t constituting first class articles, carefully pre- ! pared from best materials. Our long experi ence in the trade, together with Prof. Shep? j ard's analysis, are guarantees that they are | adapted to the wants of consumers. For sale ' at market iates for cash, time or cotton. J. X. ROBSON & 803068 East ?ay, Jan 9-3m Marleston, S. C. j A. J. CHINA, j DEALER IX DRUGS, MEDICINES, -AMP C liemicals. j FINE TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH j BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, Ac, Ac. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, AND DYE STUFFS. GLASS, PUTTY, &c. ^g&- Phy.-icmns' prescription? accurately j compounded. March IS-ly -TRADE NORMAN'S CORDIAL. -MARK ABURE &nd effectual Remedy forth*? mr? of .ll irregularities and disorders of t?e Stom? ach and Bowels, whether In ch ?1 dren or odnlts. It in acceptable to the Stomach without beinjf offensiTe to the ta*t>\ Promptly relieving Dysentery. Diarrheas, Chol? era Morbus, Cholera Infantum. Flux, Griping Fains, Flatulency, Nausea. Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Sick and Nerrona Headache and Dyspepsia. May be used in all derangements of the Stomach and Rowels from relaxation of the lntestiaed or a chance offood or water. NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL Is as pleasant and harmless as Black berry Wine. Does not contain Opium and will not consttoate. Specially recom? mended for Seasickness and Teething Children. Price 25c and $:.oo per bottle. Sold by all DruggitU and Dealers in Medicine. EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO, Sole Proprietors, Walhalla, S. C. U. S. A. JOS. F. NORRIS,; FURNITURE WARE ROOMS, j 21T AND 219 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Two Mammoth S*ores and Ware Houses, filled with a Full Line of j the Finest and Cheapest Furniture. The Cheapest Furniture House in ? Charleston, and a Discount of j Five per cent, oif on all Cash Sales. Dec 14 3m ! THE PALMETTO j LAGER BEER BREWERY, j CHARLESTON, S. C. j Has of late doubled their capacity, to suit j the demand, with all modern improve? ; merits, and manufactures now a very superior article. Lager Beer of such a nature that J- is ! always best where it can be had fresh from j the Brewery, and is then the finest, most harmless and healthiest tonic for family use. i For particulars and prices write to CL A ESSEN BREWING CO., Dec 12 Charleston, S. C. i Harper's Magazine ILLUSTRATED. Harper** Magazine, begin? its sixty-sixth ; volume with the December Number. I: is not : only the most popular il]n?traie<l periodical in , America and England, bur ala? the largest in j in it? scheme, the most beauuful in it? appear- . ance, and the be."t maguxine f??r rho home. A j new novel, entitled "For the Major," by Coy- j STANCE FENIMORB AVOOLSO.V. the autrior of ..Anne," was begun in November Number. In ! literary and artistic excellence the Magazine : improves with each successive number. Spe- ! eial effort.? have been made for the lighter en- ! tertaintnent of its readers- through humorous 1 stories, sketches, Ac. Harper's Periodicals. 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Remittances should be made by Post-OfSce Money Order, or ^raft, to avoid chances ot loss. Newspapers are not to copy this advertise? ment without the expiess order of Harper ? Brothers. Address HARPER A BROTHERS, New York. B. ST^THO?RT, CHOICE FAMHY 6R0CERI? WINES AND LIQUORS, WHOLESALE ?A?) RETA 318 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ATMORE'S MINCE MEAT. English Plum Pubing. Imperial Raisins, Dehessa Raisins, Sa Raisins. Leghorn Citron. Crystalized Ginger, Preserved Canton Con? ger. Fruit Butter In cans. Preserves and Jellies in cans. Marmalades and Jams in jars. Onyx Creamery Butter. Bouquett Creamery Butter. , Ferris Hams, Strips and Tongues. Ferris Fulton Market Beef. Pickled Salmon, Fish Roes and Pig's Feet. Mess and No. 1 Mackerel. Anisette Maraschino Cordial. Pure Corn Whiskey. Rock Candy. Buckingham and Gibson Whiskey. Henesey and California Brandy. Duff Gordon and Crown Sherry. Lacock's Madeira, Pure Old Port, Swan Gin. Irish and Scotch Whiskeys. Pure Old Jamaica Rom. I make a specialty of ROASTED COFFEE. Fancy Hyson, Gunpowder, Oolong and English Breakfast Teas. . .< Sugars retailed at Wholesale Prices., Royal Baking Powder ahsoJute'.y pure. Royal Extracts. Soap, Starch, ?Lard, New Crop New Orleans Molasses. Cboiee Syrup. Imported White Wine Vinegar. Canned. Goods in great Variety. C. I. HOYT & BRO.. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles,, ?cc, dec. ' REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING M?f?f?fA??, Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain? ing to Breech-Loading Goos. , r* Sept 26 AT COST FOB CASH FR THE NEXT T?IRYY .D offer nt Cost my stock of . DOLMANS, CLOAKS, WALKING JACKETS, DRESS GOODS, OVER COATS, MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHLN I have a nice stock of. DOMESTICS, FLANNELS, NOTIONS, BOOTS AND SjHQ] Which I will sell as low as any ont . FL'LL STOCK OF Tin and Wooden Wai CUTLERY, ' GUNS, AND PISTOLS.: My Stock of CHINA AND GLASS WARE Can't be surpassed and my low pri?es on them have already become a boose bold saying. As in the past my Grocery will be stocked with, first class goods at lowest prices. Thanking the public for their liberal pat? ronage in the past, I open the New Year hy promising tbem the same fair dealing they have always bad. at my hands. ALTAMONT MO! K AllSTIT i BEFORE BUYING FERTILIZERS -CALL OS ALTAMONT MOSES. 1 HAVE THE AGENGY FOR THE FOLLOWING : TansilPs Punch Cigar, Whicb has earned the name of America?! Finest Five Cent Cigar. Starkeys Dixie Plow, clach one warranted to give satisfaction . and can be returued after trial. --ALSO THE FOLLOWJ INSURANCE COI Commercial Union of Niagara Fire Ins. Co. Fire Association of PhilJ ?Sf Rates as low as ai Company. ALTAMONT Jan 2 WISE crease their earnings, and ii wealthy ; those who do not im portunities remain in poverty .J great chance to make money, men, women, boys and glrla t< right in their own localities, do the work properly from The business will pay more ordinary wages. Expensive free. No one who engat;? money rapidly. You can dei time to the work, or only meats. FtrU information needed sent free. Address Portland, Maine.