The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 20, 1883, Image 2

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wksiaait? bonita 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. - I MM - - 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. -i I 1 ^-l - 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. - - I 1 Wm^m - 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. Music Tuesday, Wednesday mi Imlay NIGHTS. JTZBSUARY 20th, 21st, and 22nd. 100 Presents Nightly! 100 Grand Appearance of the Only Original SIGNOR BOSCO. The World Renowned WIZARD, WIT AND HUMORIST. . * .... - One Hundred Large ?nd Costly Presents will j be {riven away nightly. Tickets to be had at Auld> Drug Store. Tor particulars see programme. 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. D. J. WINN & CO.'S -ENTIRE WINTER STOCK AT COST FOR CASH ! WK OFFER FOR SALE AT COST FOR cash, our entire Winter Stock, consisting of 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. AUGUSTA, GA. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist is rap? idly approaching the completion of the first century of existence. 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It reaches all the principal points io South Carolina early on the day of publication reaching Columbia at ll a. m. Thc fast mail schedule ot the Georgia Railroad lands the Chronicle and Constitutionalist io all towns along the line early iu the forenoon, while its issue is unfolded in Atlanta and Athens by noon each dav. THUMS, PER YEAR : Morning Edition.$10 00 Evening Edition. 6 00 Sunday Edition. 2 00 Weekly Edition. 2 30 Address ali letters to "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.