The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 20, 1883, Image 2
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TTJBSDAY, FSBBU?BY 20.
i? A. MOOD. M. D., EDITOR.
tts Sumter Watchman was founded
>: in 1850 and tho 2V*e: Southron in
1886. The Fofcfciwn an? Southron
now has the cooa bi ued circulation and
intuenoe of both of the old papers, and
ia manifestly the best ad Teni si og
medium in S amter.
There is a wild panther running at
Wje in the Wateree swamp just below
Camden.
? AKentucky man boasts of.? pair of
boote made m 1814. Immortal soles ?
2 TV Laureaste Herald says there
is a boom in the lien business in that
Crops in England and throughout
Rorepe bava a very diseca raging oat
feote? beoaeso ag wet weather. Crops
in America are opening np on high and
dry banes. Easiness is realising tba
difference and reeling tbe impetus.
According to Bradstreet's, tbe iron
a well aa the cotton mills,
& given ap at unfavorable point*
1 the section t f cheap produo
8outh.
The Pennsylvania Stab board of Ag
riesfcore ??imatearh? wheat .crop of
the State at 22,425,000 bushels, Crom
1,496,000 aeres.
Thara has not bean a single bank
milora io Japan since the law was en?
acted cattisg off the heads of the cash*
iats aa4 directors of tba banks that fail.
Japan would dod tenderly with Star
Rooters and State Treasurers.
Stmacl Wragg. a prominent ci ti ten
of Charleston and j?nior member of the
ina of C. T. Lowndes & Co, fell
bank dead in his chair while sitting at
tba dinner tahie at bia home, on
Thursday. Tba cause of bis sadden
death ? aapaosed to have been heart
Tba temp?rance movement is making
j! daetded headway in Florida, the Senate
by unanimous Tote haring passed a bill
prohibiting the sale af intox icating li
qoore in that State. It ta claimed the
bill will pass tie Boase of Delegates
nod receive tim Governor's Signatare.
A inn el Chicago capitalists are re?
ported to be cn route fer points in
Southern Mississippi, on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, fer tbe purpose of pur?
chasing a vast body of timber land, es
> timsted at fear hundred thoussnd acres.
The Southern foresta are rapidly meet?
ing the feta of the once beautiful wood
lands of the Middle and Eastern States.
A Connecticut legislatnre bas intro
daecd into the house of representatives
of that state s biQ proposing to ina in
J; ' the sam of not less than $25, and in
siffit?oo to imprisonment for not more
than thirty days, any person who shall
v **sboot, snare, or kill in any way the
_ 4sid known and, called the American
An agent of one of the. western pine
lamber mijlioo sires frankly explained
?: :t toa newspaper reporter the other day,
that be designed Congress to legislate
?C? so aa to keep op hig?h prices fer their
lamber and. Jambar lands. : This is
'.protection" in a nutshell A half
dooen timbe* syndicates against 52,000,
000, mood consumen I
A dtspatoh from Grand Forks, D. T.,
on Saturday, soya: "For .the past
twenty-four bowra there bas been a
mest fearful blissard. A forions snow
Maia from the northwest set in about
one P. M. yesterday, which increased
in power until k was impossible to ob
serve objecta 100 feet away. At three
o'clock the wind went down and the
weather became clear. The thermom?
eter, ranged dering tba blissard from
p- Iso to twenty degrees below aero. All
trana ara abandoned and heavy drifts
; of enow ere opon tba roads."
Oliver Bristow alias Oliver Smith
? ass tried io Camdem at the last term
o??o&ri for the murder of Mr. Fred
McDowell on the 30th of NOT. last, lt
? appears from tbe evidence that Oliver
assisted Joe Boss tn the perpetration of
thai diabolical crime, not. only as an
abettor, bot by striking the deceased on
tbe bead with a hammer after be bad
been felled to the ground by the sxe in
tba bawds of Boas. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty, and the criminal
was sentenced to be banged on March
30th.
It waa bot a abort JLuae ago that con- |
tricotions were solicited throughout the
United States for the ?offerers from the
flood in Germany, and now there is j
nearly as mach devastation in the Ohio
valley as there was on the Danube.
Tba immediate foss of life is not so cz- j
tensive bot there is extreme privation, j
growing worse and worse at the latest j
information. Relief is needed in Cin- i
cinnati, Newport, Covington. Lawrence?
barg, New Albany, Louisville and
other places.
v A sagacious Washingtonian pots
forth this bold prediction : Towards the
and of 1884, there will be a commercial
. crash of unprecedented porportions-a
regalar Wiggins storm of financial dis?
aster... Ont of that -Chaos and Old
Night? tbe agricultural Sooth will first
emerge, and with tbe mott permanent
sdvaOtege. Tba - manufacturing East
and mortgsged West, will have a tardier
and barder deliverance. The South will
be ?^pre?i?ted ss neve? before, and start
en's career of prosperity unexampled in
the history of tb is-planar.
Tbire has been a sort of coolness
growing up. on the Democratic side of
tbe House toward Mr. Sam Randall, of
Pennsylvania, and it has reached a
degree of frigidity that seriously threat?
ens tba ex-Speaker's chances for i
another election. Mr. Randall is
charged with inconsistency. One day
be is on bis feet drawing the Southern
members about bim, bot wheo they wsnt
bim ha is not there. They needed bim j
last week when the question of cotton !
ties was before the House, The Son tb- j
emera were willing to accept a very fair
compromise, abd appealed to Randall i
to aid them, bot be would not, sod j
they begin to think as one of them said i
that 'Sam Randall is too much of a j
Baadall man to the exclusion of bis j
friends/
Saab observations of tbe sun as the j
thick weather of the past few days bas
renderd possible show a remarkable
solar disturbance. The sun is covered
with groups of spots, indicating intense |
activity. There are great holes and .
ehasms and farrows apon its surface, j
into which the earth might be dropped j
aa easily aa an apple rn a-flour barrel
A siaUiar tempest on the surface of the
aaa led some months ago to the mag?
netic atom awi tba magnificent auroras
borealis. Similar phenomena may be
expected dering the next four days.
Whether there is any connection be?
tween these solar phenomena and the
great rain storms that have flooded the
Western rivers is matter that may here?
after be investigated. The Western
floods are only a part of a general series
of freshets that have swept the valleys
of the European rivers. It is some?
thing more than a oonicidence that
there should be a freshet in the Rhine
higher than an j recorded daring centu?
ries, and at another time in the same
year a similar flood in the Danube and
other European rivers. Now that the
highest water ever known in the Ohio
is recorded, not excepting the great
floods of 1793, 1815 and 1832, we may
be called on to record similar disasters
in other American rivers. The canses
of these great rains seems to be larger
than any that ra^reorology is accustom?
ed to deal with.
Furman's Genuine Formula.
Front the Southern Cultivator.
A subscriber writes us from Decatur,
Ala.? and aaked us to print in the
Cultivator the genuine Furman's For?
mula, as he has teen two that were not
alike, and be wants to know which is
the correct one. We comply with
pleasure, and also suggest that he will
find it cheaper to purchase the materials
and make the compost himself, than to
boy it already, prepared for use. Here
is what Mr. Forman says of ?his
formula:
I give you the formula upon which
my compost is made : Take thirty bush?
els well rotted stable man tire or well rot?
ted organic matter, as leaves, muck, etc.,
and scatter it about three inches thick
upon a piece of ground so situated that
water will not stand on it, bot shed off iu
every direction. Tbe thirty bushels
will weigh about nine hundred pounds ;
take two hundred poonda of
good acid phosphate, which cost me
$22.50 per ton, delivered, making the
two hundred pounds cost $2 25, and
one hundred pounds kainit, which cost
me by the ton $14.00 delivered, or sev?
enty cents for one hundred pounds, and
mix tbe acid phosphate aod kanit
thoroughly, then scatter evenly on the
manure. Take next thirty bushels
greco cotton seed and distribute evenly
over the pile, and wet them thorough?
ly; they will weigh nine hundred
pounds; take again two hundred
pounds of acid phosphate and seveo
hundred pounds kainit, mix, and spread
over the seed ; begin again on the man?
ure and keep on in this way,
building up your heap layer by
layer until you get it as high as con?
venient ; then cover with six inches of
rich earth from fence corners, and leave
at least six weeks; when ready to haul
to the field cut with a spade or pick?
axe square down and mix as thorough?
ly as possible. Now we have thirty
bushels of manure weighing nine hun?
dred pounds, and three hundred pounds
chemicals in the first layer, and thirty
bushels cottonseed, weighing nine hun?
dred pounds, and three hundred pounds
of chemicals in the second layer, and
these two layers combined form the per?
fect compost. You perceive that the
weight is 2400 pounds. Value at cost
is:
30 bu cotton seed 12J cts $3 75
400 pounds acid phosphate 4 50
200 pounds kanit 1 40
Stable manure nominal. . ?
Total $9 65
Or, for 2400 pounds, a total value of
$9.65.
This mixture makes practically a per?
fect manure for cotton and a splendid
application for corn. To have a perfect
manure for cotton we need : Phosphoric ?
acid, ammonia, humus, potash, lime,
magnesia, soda and silica. Nov? my
compost contains every element need- i
ed: i
Acid phosphate gives phosphoric acid
and lime.
Stall manure or organic matter gives 1
ammonia and humus. j ;
Cotton seed gives ammonia, potash ?
and humus. j1
Kanit gives potash, lime, magnesia 1
and soda.
Silica is always present in the soil, is
practically in inexhaustable quantities ;
so wc have io my compost everything
essential supplied. You will readily j
perceive in this formula the vant impor?
tance of kanit; containing, as it does,
nearly one-third of its bulk of salt, it is
a great conservator of moisture. I have
found it combined with bute us, a spe?
cific against rust in cotton, and owing j
to its contents of sulphate of magnesia
it is invaluable in the power that it pos
&e?ses io tbe compost heap of fixing the
ammonia aa a sulphate and thereby pre?
venting its eseape. I regard its dis?
covery in the bosom of the earth at
Leopold Hall io Germany, along with j
that of the phosphate beds at Charleston, j
which occurred almost simultaneusly, I
as thc greatest boon that a kind Pro?
vidence bas bestowed upon the agricul?
tural community ic the last century.
Another Treasurer Gone Wrong. '
PITTSBURG, ?A., February 15 -An j
Al toona. Penn., special dispatch says j
John L. McDowell, Treasurer of Y. M. j
C. A. and a prominent commission !
merchant, has absconded with four
hundred dollars of the association's
money and between three and four
thousand dollars belonging to the par?
ties dealing with him in thc commis
900 business.
Bachelors and Old Maids.
There is a small town in one of the;
New England States that boasts of hav
i og 37 old maids. Edgefield can boast .
of having 31 bachelors. Imagine the j
cooing and wooing and holding bauds, j
etc., if these two towns conld be brought !
a little nearer together. What a pity
they are so far apart.-Edgefield j
CJironich.
MONTGOMERY, ALA., February 16 - ;
A special to the Advertiser says : The I
tax collector of Lawrence County, S. |
D. Houston, left Courtland yesterday, j
to go to Moulton, tbe county seat, with j
$4,300 which he was carrying to the
county - gupeiiatendeut of education.
About six mile? from towu iu a lonely i
part of the road a masker mau stopped ;
bim, presented a revolver aud robbed
him of $3,300. $1,000 was concealed
in Houston's boots and the robber fail- i
ed to discover it. The robber then took j
Houston's horse and rode off. There is |
no cloe to the identity of the highway- j
man.
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Floods are reported in Northern New !
York, caused by the melting snow and
ice. At Buffalo three hundred head of
cattle were drowned in the distillery j
pens on Saturday. Railroad travel is !
interrupted. Toledo, Ohio, and neigh- j
boring counties, are flooded from the
same cause, and several bridges have
been washed away.
THE SOUTH'S STAPLE.
Beports of the Cotton Crop to the
Agricultutal Bureau
Unusual Length of thc Season For Ma
turing-The Late Growth-The
Staple Longer than Usual.
WASHINGTON, February 15.-The
following is a synopsis of the returns of
the cotton crop to the Agricultural
Bureau, to date : 4'The returns of the
product io bales make an aggregate of
over 6,800,000 disturbed in thousands
of bales as follows : Virginia, 24 ; North
Carolina, 452 ; South Carolina, 616 ;
Georgia, 920; Florida, 61; Alabama,
784; Mississippi, 1,042; Louisiana,
539; Texas. 1.326; Arkansas. 687;
Tennessee, 337 ; Missouri, 25 ; other
territories, 22. The unusual length of
the season for maturing is given very
generally as an important factor of the
increased production. The late growth
was so vigorous in portions of the area
cultivated that much immature cotton
was destroyed by frost, notwithstanding
the lateness of the season. This de?
struction of green bolls was compara?
tively heavy io Edgecombe, North Caro?
lina ; Franklin, Hale and Lawrence,
Alabama ; Noxobee and Benton, Mis?
sissippi ; Bienville aod Point Coopee,
Louisiana ; Central, Texas ; Dallas,
Arkansas and in Fayette, Tennessee.
Wherever the growth was most luxu
rant and the yield heaviest, this appa?
rent loss was the greatest. In Marion
and Warren, Georgia, the crop was
shortened by the September storms.
On Red river and in northern Texas
there was a loss of cotton and injury to
the staple by rains in picking the top
crop. As a whole, the season was
unu8ally favorable. The returns are near?
ly unanimous in declaring the staple
longer than usual, whiter and com?
paratively free from trash. A few re?
port shorter staple. In parts of Geor?
gia there was some loss of quality from
storms, and the late picking of the
Southwest was injured by frost and
rain. The amount of lint produced in
proportion to the seed is reported greater
than usual in half to two-thirds of all
the returns, excepting in Virginia and
Missouri, where the majority report the
usual average yield. In very few counties
is the rate of yield less than thc average.
The marketing of the crop is most ad?
vanced in Florida, Georgia and South
Carolina, but one-sixth remaining on
band at the end of 1882 ; in Alabama,
Mississippi and Texas, one-fourth ; io
Louisiana, Ajjjpinsas, Tennessee and
Missouri the proportion was somewhat
greater. From these returns it is pro?
bable that about seventeen per cent, of
the crop still remains in the farmer's
bands. The date of finishing the har?
vest reported for each county varied
from November to February. The
average for each State is Florida, De?
cember 7 ; Georgia, December 5 ; South
Carolina, December ll ; Alabama,
December 12; Tennessee, December
17 ; Mississippi, December 18 ; North
Carolina, December 22 ; Louisiana, Jan?
uary 4 ; Texas, January 6 ; Arkansas,
January 9. Thc caterpillar was 'pre?
sent in three-fourths of the counties of
Texas and Louisiana and io two-thirds
of those of Mississippi, Alabama
iod Florida. The destruction was less
general io Georgia and Arkansas. The
injury was everywhere slight and with
Few exceptions was not appreciable in
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee or
Missouri. The loss is calculated at
about 3 per cent, in Louisiana, 2 in
Texas, 1 \ in Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida and 1 in Georgia. It probably
imounts to 80,000 or 90,000 bales in
ill."
CINCINNATI. Feb. 17.-The water is
still receding from half an inch to an
inch an hour.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 17.-The
river this morning began receding slow?
ly, and is now at 44 feet 3 inches.
The fact th?t the water is going away
io slowly is ' the advantage of the
property subtwged.
m^m i i mnwm
GALVESTON. February 16.-Several
parties were involved in a fight on
Wednesday in Young County over the
management of a school. The teacher,
Rogers, was killed and three others
wounded.
CHICAGO, February 16.-A special
from Joliet says that a mine at Braid?
wood, a mining town twenty miles south
of that point, caved in to-day and im?
prisoned seventy-five men. A subse?
quent dispatch says that forty-five of
these miners arc dead.
KAN8ASCITY, MO.. February 15.
Mrs. H. M. Vaile, wife of one of thc
defendants io the Star route case, died
yesterday at Independence. It is stated
that death resulted from an overdose of
morphine taken the night before. A
sealed letter was found in her bureau
addressed io ber husband, who will
reach home from Washington to-mor?
row. It is said to be a case of sui?
cide.
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GALVESTON, February 16.-A Lare?
do special says : Ou the arrival of the
North bound train from Laredo at
Webb Station last night Wm. Monroe,
telegraph operator and agent, the only
person at this isolated station, was
found dead on the floor in a pool of
blood, shot through the head, and his
skull crushed with a hatchet. On his
table was an unfinished letter to his
mother saving that he was saving
money to visit her io July next. It ia
supposed he was murdered for plunder.
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Captured by Girls.
NEW YORK, February 15.-Last
night Joseph Gleason, a well-known
"second-story" burglar, endeavored to
enter the private boarding school of
Miss Mary H. Norris, on Murray Hill,
through a second-story window directly
over the front door, ile was discover?
ed, aod teacher and pupils rushed out,
seized bim by the legs as they dangled
from the window and pulled him to the
steps, lie attempted to pull a pistol, j
but the negro butler of the school seiz?
ed bim. Then two men tried to rescue
him, but passers-by came up aud they
fled. Gleason was dragged ini*> the
hall and two willing strangers, who
came in from the street, sat on
his hands and feet as he lay fiat on bis
back cn the floor. The police were
summoned. A big revolver, four skel?
eton keys, a jimmy and a chisel were
found on his person. He has already
served a term of five years, so that he i
is very likely to be retired for at least
twenty years. But for the energy aud
strength of the young women of tho
school Gleason would have escaped,
but they clung to bim like leeches and
fairly overpowered bim.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 1883.
The American citizen who has sat
for the last four weeks in the gallery of
the House or of the Senate will have no
excuse for asking : "who is tariff, and
what does he want with revenue only."
He will have learned that everything
excer*. air, water", and a few articles of
food are taxed by tbe tariff for the al?
leged protection of American labor.
But I am trenching on forbidden ground,
smuggling in my own opinions, when the
Editor bas told mc to confine myself to
news,,and reminded me that he has
through a high protective tariff a mo?
nopoly of opinions. This question has
split parties on entirely new lines of
cleavage and has done more to obliter?
ate Mason's and Dixon's division, in
Congress at least, than any question
that bas arisen since the war. It is both
novel and edifying to Kansas and Mas?
sachusetts to stand apart like two
lovers divided, or to see Morgan of
Alabama aod Davis of West Ya.,
Democrats both, become personal,
angry, hot, over bituminous coal.
The Star Route trial is drawing to a
close, and the conviction of the late
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, Dorsey, is not doubted, nor
is it doubted, that he will have the
company in prison of bis co-conspirator,
that other republican pillar of strength.
Brady. Yesterday Re rd ell, one of the
conspirators on trial, withdrew his plea
of not guilty and plead guilty instead,
and, afterwards, appeared on the wit?
ness stand and gave damning evidence
against the accused
With Jay Hubbell ^charged by his
own associates with "bribery in Michi?
gan ; with all the methods of the party
condemned by the election in Novem?
ber: with the states prison yawning for
him who was complimented by Presi?
dent Arthur with furnishing the soap
that elected Garfield-the party that bas
so long claimed all the purity, piety and
patriotism of the eountry is in a humi?
liated and most disgraceful attitude.
The truth is apparent to all who look
below the surface that but little is left
of the Republican party save the lobby.
It no longer represents a great cause,
it has not a breath of its old enthusiasm,
it exists through the support, sud for
the support of monopolists and rings
and office holders who, it is known, are
now here in a moro powerful, aggres?
sive, and impudent lobby than has ever
before appeared in the Capitol of the
United States. Many of these lobby?
ists have the privilege of the Seoate
floor as alleged secretaries of Senators,
and so gross has the abuse become that
a resolution bas been proposed in tbe
Senate ordering that no person shall be
admitted to the floor as private secre?
tary by a Senator until the Senator ap?
pointing him shall certify in writing to
the sergeant-at-arms that he is actually
employed for the performance of thc
duties of such secretary aod is engaged
in the performance of thc *ame.
The report that Senator Ferry is cer?
tain of defeat in the Michigan legisla?
ture causes DO regret in Washington,
except perhaps among those who bold
government office through his influence.
The long bearded clerical looking old
bachelor bad few friends even in his
own party ; he was without any ability
except that for concealing bis lack of it,
by silence, and an expression of awful
gravity.
Representative Beltzhcover, who bas
favored the transfer of the Weather Bu- I
reau to the Interior Department, pub?
lished in the Coogressiona 1 Record, ac?
companying his speech on the subject, i
number of letters which indicate tbat
the officers of tbe Signal Corps under
General Hazen undertook, last winter,
a systematic scheme of lobbying and of
organizing demonstrations of public
sentiment in support of a bill called
"The Majors' and Captains' Bill,"
which prowled for the addition of three
majors, twelve captains and twelve first
lieutenants to the Signal Corps, for the
regulation of appointments and promo?
tions, and for other details, tending to
consolidate the Corps, and establish it
on a permanent foundation in connec?
tion with the army. General Hazen
has made some very unsatisfactory ex?
planations, and has now placed himself
in a very awkward situation by asking
for a congressional investigation which
the Secretary of War has rather tartly
told bim is not the kind of investiga?
tion tbat will meet his case.
.^m t $ i ?mm
The very best iron preparation, and tbe one
haring the largest sale, is Brown's Iron Bit?
ters.
There is not a disease known that will "get j
a bulge on a man" quicker than the mumps.
Good Advice.
You will prevent and cure the greater part
of the ills that Afflict mankind in this or any
section, if you keep your stomach, liver and
kidneys in perfect working order. There is
no medicine known that doe s this ns surely
as Parker's Ginger Tonic, lt will keep your
blood rich and pure, and gire you good health
at little cost. See other column.
In Columbus, last week, tho bachelor
friends of a young bridegroom serenaded the
young couple at midnight wilK a portable
steam engine. The toots aroused half the
town.
Wando Phosphate Company.
This is the oldest of all the Charleston fer?
tilizer companies, and at their new works near
the city they have the fullest facilities for
doing business promptly and satisfactorily.
See advertisement.
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L. C. ARTHUR, Gen'] Ag't.
N0T[cF"TLCRi_D!TPRS'
Hannah I*. De Lorine, an In/ant by William
M. DeLonne, her Guardi?n ad Litern,
and others, Plaintiff9, against Sallie. G. Bra?
cey and William Dent Bracey, Defendants.
"VrOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
J^l pursuance ol' au order made in thip
cau-ie and dated February 16th, 1883, nil !
crtditors of the Estate of Mrs. Massey L. j
Bracey, deceased, are required to prove and j
establish their cairns against said Estate, be- j
fore me, on or before the 2d day of April,
1883, or else be debarred from the benefit of
any decree to be made in this cause.
GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON,
Feb 20-4t Master.
New York has one fool, the man who eats
the quails. Philadelphia bas two, a couple o.
fcilows who are to try on a wager who can
drink the largest quantity of Schuylkill
water.
'"Tis more brave to live than to die.!'
Therefore don't wait till a slight Cough de?
velops itself into consumption but secure a boh
tie ol'Dr. Bail's Cough Syrup at the small
outlay of 25 cents, cure your cou?'b and live
on happily.
Chicago has sixty-four millionaires and
puts on more than seventy-four million airs.
Children often wake in the night with a
bnrning fever, and the parent ia at a loss to
divine the cause. Worms! Worms! are at
work. A dose of Sbriner's Indian Vermifuge
is the only remedy.
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, FEBRUARY 17, 1883.
WHEREAS information has been lodged
at this Office that on tbe night of 8th of
February, 1883, the BARN of J. J. DAR?
GAN, ESQ., near Statesburg in County of
Sumter, was EURNED, and there being
reason to believe that the bnrning of the said
boilding was an act of incendiarism, Now
therefore, I, Hugh S. Thompson, Governor
of the State of South Carolina, in order that
justice may be done and the majesty of the
law vindicated, do hereby offer a reward of
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS,
for the apprehension and conviction of the
person or persons who committed the said act
of incendiarism.
Io testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
State to be affixed at Columbia, this 17th
day of February, A. D., 1883, and in the
One Hundred and Seventh year of the Inde?
pendence of the United States of America.
By the Governor,
HUGH S. THOMPSON.
JAS. N. LIPSCOMB, Secretary of Slate.
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CLOTHING,
PIECE GOODS OF VARIOUS KINDS,
suitable for Gents', Youths and Boys' Cloth?
ing, ,
-ALSO
REPELLANT CLOTHS FOR LADIES'
CLOAKS, Ac, kc.
-AND
A Lot of Nice Sewing Machines Cheap.
lt is desirable that this stock be closed out
within the next twenty or thirty days.
D. J. WINN k CO.
February 20
Estate of James B. Bronson,
DECEASED.
BY ORDER OF THE PROBATE COURT
for Sumter County, I will offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, at the late
rffsidence of Jrts. B Bronson, on MARCH 20,
1883. the Personal Property of said deceased,
consisting of
HORSES. CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP,
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE
-AND
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, Ac, kc.
JOHN J. BRUNSON,
Feb 20-3t Administrator.
FOR SALE.
THAT DESIRABLE LOT on a central
square of the Town, on the corner of
Dugan H nd" Sumter Streets, on which the
Mill of the Joint Stock Company was located.
May be sold io whole or in lots. Appiv to
HAYNSWORTHS k COOPER.
Feb 20_
PIANO FOR SALE OR RENT.
APPLY at the Sumter Book and Variety
Store. W. G. KENNEDY.
Feb 13_
Estate of Jack Burrows.
DECEASED.
ALL PERSONS holding claims against
the snid Estate will present the same
duly attested, and all persons in any way
I indebted to said Estate will make immediate
! payment to J. T. FRIERSON,
Qualified Administrator.
Feb 20_3t_
ESTATE OF
Mrs. Ann Fulton McCutehen,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE for Sumter County oti the22d
day of March, 1883, for a Final Discharge
as Executor of aforesaid Estate.
JOHN C. PARNELL,
Feb 20-41_Executor.
Estate of Mary ?. MeCntchen,
MINOR.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO
batefor Sumter County, on March 22d,
1883, fora finai discharge as Guardian of
aforesaid Minor.
ANNA F. PARNELL,
Feb 20-4t Guardian.
Estate of Marx E, Cohen,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
Probate for Sumter County on u2d day
Of March, 1883, for a final discharge as Exec?
utrix of aforesaid Estate.
ARMIDA H. COHEN,
Feb 20-4t Executrix.
Estate of Sarah Chandler,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
for Sumter County on 5tli day of March,
1883, for a final discharge as Executor of
Aforesaid Estate. ELIAS CHANDLER.
Jan 30 4t Executor.
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge.
WHEREAS, ROBERT E. HUGGINS, of I
Darlington County, iu said State,
made suit to me, to grant him Letters of
Administration of the Estate .ind effects of
ROBERT M. HUGGINS, deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish
nil a:.d singular the kindred and creditors of
t!.r said Robert M. Huggins, late of Sumter
County in said State, deceased, that they beand
appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to
be held at Sumter on March 10th, 1883,
after publication hereof, at ll o'clock TU the
forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have,
why the said Administration should not be
granted.
Oivet? under my hir.d, this 20th day of
February, Anno Domini. 1883.
T. V. WALSH, [L. SJ
Feb 20-2t Judge of Probate.
/
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY VIRTUE OF SUNDRY EXECUTIONS
to me directed, will be sold at Sumter
Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY and
daj following iu MARCH next, 1883. within
legal hours 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 Mrs. 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
M. Lanahan, bearer, against the said J. A.
Corbett.
All that Stock of Goods, Wares and Mer?
chandise, Books, Notes and Accounts. Also
one Iron Safe, Stove, Stove Furniture and
Appliances, on Main street in the town of
Sumter, levied opon and to be sold as the
proptrty of Herman Schwerin, Agent, under
the executions of A. Sydney Smith & Soo,
Wulbern & Pieper, Daniel Haas and Charles
M. Pfiefer, against the said Herman Schwer?
in, Agent,
R. W. DURANT, S. S. C.
SherifTs Office, Feb. 9, 1883.
Master's Sale.
THE STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA,
SUMTER COUNTY.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAB.
Mary A. Burkett, Plaintiff, against Sarah Ann
David, Amantha A. Ferriter, and Harry
Burkett, an infant under the aye of 14 years,
Defendants.
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in
this cause, and dated 10th Jone, 1881,
1 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 lands formerly belong?
ing Wm. Webb, sooth by lands now or for?
merly of the Estate of J. Wilder and Mrs.
Susan Logan, and on the west by the Public
Road leading from thc 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
to a plat thereof which can be seen at my
office, on or before the day of sale.
Terms of sale, so much cash as will pay the
costs and expenses of this action and the
amount of any taxes or assessments on said
tract of land directed sold by said Decree,
and the balance of the purchase money in
three equal instalments, payable respectively
in one, two and three years from the day of
sale, with interest from the day of sale on the
whole, payable annually, the credit portion
to be secured by bond of the purchaser and
mortgage of the premises.
GUIGNARD RICHARDSON,
Feb 9, 1883. Master.
B?iite Coil Mi Co.
COTTON BATTING
PREPARED IN ROLLS
FOR COMFORTS, QUILTS AND
MATTRESSES.
SOLD AT THE FACTORY AND BY
merchants in Sumter at 10 cents per
pound.
Liberal discount to the trade allowed.
D'. JAMES WINN,
Sept 19-ly_President.
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 live here in South
Carolina, and tor this cause and more than
j 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, $5 ; 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 helpihg to build the church.
Now, ma}- the Lord he?p us to build this
house here for bis sake. B. LAWSON.
1786-^1883.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist.
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"CHRONICLE & CONSTITUTIONALIST;"
PATIMCK WALSH, President, Augusta, Ga.
dbrjCl A week mad.? at home by the in
JJ^ ( Jj d'ustrious. Best business now be?
fore the.public. Capital not needed. We
will start you. Men, women, boys and girls
wanted everywhere to work for us. Now is
the time. You can work in spare time, or
give vour whole time to the business. No
other business will pay ?early us well. No
onp cm fail to make enormous pay, by en?
gaging at once. Costly outfit and terms free.
Money made fast, easily and honorably. Ad
dressTRUE k CO., Augusta, Maine.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I have
this day publicly burned in front of my
store, all my stock of Landreth's and Buist's
Garden Seeds, left over from la3t rear.
Jan. 1, 1883. D. J. AULD.
DB. E. M. BCI?CH, 1 "..t
WM. YEADO*, 'loesses.
Having received a fresh supply of Garden
Seeds from,
D. LA?DRETH k SONS,
ROBT. BUIST, JB.,
HIRAM SIBLEY k CO.,
D. M. FERRY k CO.,
CROSMAN BROS.,
I am prepared to snpply the trade with
RELIABLE SEEDS.
Punched Silver and Gold Coins taken at
face value. D. J. AULD.
Jan 16 lm
BLANKS
DENS,
TITLES,
MORTGAGES.
BILLS OF SALE,
BONDS,
And Other Blanks in Variety,
FOR SALE
SEED CORN.
MAMMOTH CHESTER COUNTY
GOURD SEED CORN.
HAVING tested this corn, and found 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 k Bro., in Sumter.
Feb 6-2m J. H. NICHOLES.
WRIGHTS HOTEL,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE,
with all modern improvements, is now
open for the reception of guests.
S. L. WRIGHT k SON,
May 6._Proprietors
RUBBER STAMPS
NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING
with indcllible ink, or for printing vUiticg
cards, and
STAMPS OF ANY KIND
for ?tamping BUSINESS CARDS, ENVEL
OPES or an j tiing else. S peri: jen* of rariou:*
styles on band, which will Lo shown with pleas?
ure. The LOWEST PRICES possible, and
orders filled promptly.
Call on C. P. OSTEEN,
At the Watchman and Suuthroa Office.
G. E. HAYNSWORTH,
Attorney at Law,
Sumter, S. C.
Jan 16 _
ROBSON'S COTTON AND CORN
FERTILIZER.
! RUBSON'S COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE,
I These grades are rich in all the essentials
i constituting first class articles, carefully pre?
1 pared from best materials. Our long experi?
ence in the trade, together with Prof. Shep?
ard's analysis, are guarantees that they are
adapted to the wants of consumers. For sale
at market xp.tes for cash, time or cotton.
J. N. ROBSON k SON, 68 East Bay,
Jan 9-3m Charleston, S. C.
A. J . CHINA,
DEALER IN
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
C liemioals,
FINE TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH
BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY
TOILET ARTICLES, Ac, kc.
Paints. Oils, Varnishes,
-A?D
DYE STUFFS.
GLASS, PUTTY, kc.
Phyfieians' pretcriptim* accurately
com pom) lei. Marek IS-ly
EMM -TRADE- ?nj
T NORMAN'S T
jlttfTRALUfgg
CORDIAL.
-MARK
ASURE and effectual Remedy forth* cure of
all ? truro lari ti o<f and disorder* of the Stom?
ach and Bowels, whether in children or adnlta,
It is acceptable to the Stomach without being
offensive to the taste.
Promptly r*ll?-ring- Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Choi.
Hers Morgun, Cholera Infantum.
Flax. Griping Pain?, Flituiener,
Xatuca, Acidity of the Stomach.
Heartburn, 8ick and Kerroiw
Headache and Dyspepsia. Hay
be naed tn all derangements of
tho Stomach and Rowels from rcUxatloa Of the
intestines or a change of food or water.
NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL
Is as pleasant and harmless as Black?
berry Wine. Does not contain Opium
and will not constipate. Specially recom?
mended for Seasickness and Teething
Children.
Price 25c. and $t.oo per bottle.
Sold by aU DrttQ?itt* and Dealer* in Medicine,
EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO,
BSole Proprietors,
Walhalla, S. C. U.S.A.
TDTpOn^ not, life is sleeping by, go
Xi.|li? X *nd dare before you die,
something mighty and sublime leave behind
to conquer time." ?66 a week in yonr own
town. ?5 outfit free. No risk. Er?rything
new. Capital not required. We wi?! furnish
rou everything. Many are making fortunes.
Ladies make as much as men, and boys and
giris make great pey. Reader, if you want
business at which ; JU can make great pay all
the time, write for particulars to li. Hallett*
Co.,Portland, Maine.
JOS. F. NORRIS, j
FURNITURE WARE ROOMS, |
217 AND 219 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C. '
Two Mammoth Stores and Ware
Houses, filled with a Fall Line of
the Finest and Cheapest
Furniture.
The Cheapest Furniture Houso in
Charleston, and a Discount of
Five per cent, off on a!l
Cash Sales. !
Dec 14 3m |
THE PALMETTO
LAGER BEER BREWERY,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Has of late doubled their capacity, to suit
the deoiaud, with all modern improve?
ments, and manufactures now a
very superior ar'icle.
Lager Reer of such a nature that it is
always best where it can be had fresh from
the Brewery and is then the finest, most
harmless anti healthiest tonic for fuaiily use.
Por particulars and prices write to
CLAUSSEN BREWING CO.,
Dec 12 Charleston, S. C.
R. S. CATHCART,
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERS
WINES AND LIQUORS,
WHOLESALE ANIO REV ML,
318 K1N? STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
ATMORB'S MINCE MEAT.
English Plum Pudding.
Imperial Raisins, Dehessa Raisins, Saltana
Raisins.
Leghorn Citron.
Crystalized Ginger, Preserved Canton Gin?
ger.
Fruit Botter in cans.
Preserves and Jellies in cans. , '.
.Marmalades and Jams in jars. . , .
Onyx Creamery Butter.
Bouqnett 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 Mariscbino Cordial.
Pure Corn Whiskey. Rock Candy.
Buckingham and Gibson Whiskey.
Henesey and California Brandy..
Doff Gordon and Crown Sherry.
Lacock's Madeira, Pure Old Port, Swan
Gin.
Irish'and Scotch Whiskeys.
Pure Old Jamaica Rum.
I make a specialty of ROASTED COFFEE.
Fancy Hyson, Gunpowder, Oolong and
English Breakfast Teas.
Sugars retailed at Wholesale Prices. '
Royal Baking Powder absolutely pore.
Royal Extracts. Soap, Starch, Lard, New
Crop New Orleans Molasses, Choice Syrup.
Imported White Wine Vinegar. Canned
Goods in great Variety.
C. I. HOYT & BRO.,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles,
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
SPORTING MATERIAL, . , .
j Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain?
ing to Breech-Load i og G t?os. "' '-.fi
i Sept 26 |
AT COST
FOR?AS
FR THE NEXT THIRTY"
offer at Cost my stock of -
DOLMANS, CLOAKS,
WALKING JACKETS,
DRESS GOODS,
OVER COATS,
MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTBH
I have a nice stock of
DOMESTICS, FLANNELS,
NOTIONS,
BOOTS AND SSOl
Which I will sell as low as any one.1
FULL STOCK OF
Tin aad Wooden Ware,
CUTLERY, GUNS, AND PISTOLS.
My Stock of
CHINA AND GLASS. WARE ^
Can't be surpassed and my low prices on
them have already become a house- 7
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 tbe New Year bj
promising them the same fair dealing they
hare al wa vs had at my hands.
ALTAMONT MOSES.
C3rTTJ^3XrO!
KATJSriT!
BEFORE BUYING FERTILIZERS
-CALL OS
ALTAMONT MOSES.
I HAVE THE AGENCY FOR
THF FOLLOWING :
TansUFs Punch Cigar,
Which has earned the name of America's
Finest Five Cent C;gar?,
Starke's Dixie Plow, '.
Each one warranted to give
cac b? returned afterj
-ALSO
THE FOLLOW
fflS?MCl COI
Commercial Union of fl
Niagara Fire Ins. Co.
Fire Association of Phil*
Rates as low as an]
Companv.
ALTAMONT ?
Jan 2
V> AO-Hi lookout ior..cl
crease their earning?, and in
wealthy : those \u?o do not imp]
portunities remain in poverty,
great chance to make money,
men, women, boys and girls U
right in their own localities,
do the work properly from
The business will pay more
ordinnrv wages. Expensive
tree No one who engae?
rooney rapidly. Tou can dej
time to the work, or only
nients. Fol! information
needed sent free. Address
Portland, Maine.