The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 06, 1883, Image 2
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tit fe?ow
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writes A?t piaielj -of
of too Otrslinisoa*
ao a^int of pre
*ha*e too State
oo oooios Jkt to)o?lgvw9oo? oo
fa Seojo, flnrafrna.
bad weather, - sttoog
aod* alow sales. This baa
for oooHwm to build
too 8oatksri Statss.^?mptoa
Gaojwttttoo fa tkt
0%, sod wpoo too wotioo of 8aaator
lactic too report**- laid on the table
vatii ocxtday. Sunday tot being a
looter,tfcoefetof tko tooa
to k& tkabili so for as tob
is ooMtrood. The foHere of
is a great hiodraoee to tko pro?
rtke work upoo the jetties io
CfcMloatojt Harbor, tko protiawo ap
~ Jnaog by oo o?eana sufteitet
oo tko work aa woo to traded,
lookaiaoooof akoot sixty tkea*
ssuef &o8*n rsoniaiag frost last Year's
>awropmtioo/w^ieh will probably be
wood to tko best adraotage aoti! the
woxt Coafraas bmj meet tko required
toaoalor too pioaiootioo of tko work.
Tko Tarif bill paosed by Coogress io
its closing boars is ahn pry a mockery of
wMOpKsiiM with popular wilL It in*
oroaaas, tostoad of bgktooiog, tko tax
em nemj of tko articles of ooosaafty.
aod is fraoMd iabrasaa disregard of the
wisfcsa of ororybody axospt tko oHqos
of otaomfootorars aod tjooopolists wko
mem* to bars bad orerytkiag their owo
~ way. Bot tkoir ?SoSorv will prors a
door 060, io tko sod. Btkor tooro will
ko a now aligaoeat of partias opoo tko
groat itsoo of a Tariff for Boosooo only,
m wkick ooao tko Protootiooisto will
go to tko wall; or owe the Bopoblieaa
party aost itself shoulder tko respoasi*
baity for this mot itrons Tariff kilt
which has ksoo oOBOoetod aad passed by
m Bopokltoaa 'Coagroso. Upoo what
. bettor iaroa eoold the Free Trade Dcm
oorsto Oestro to go koforo tko ooao try io
1$84 ??Newt and Courier.
Tko olosiog boors of tko soeood sea
gioo of tko Fortj-soYOOtk Coogress wars
Barked by so outrageous exhibition
of partisiiosbip, tko iotootion being to
?ipjioi Bomsoot&vfo Joho 3. Rieb
?WO?? of tko first South Carolina dis
triot, aad giro bis seat to 8am neI Leo,
tko sofortd oobtootaot wko bad been do
8,000 majority. Tko
ooroof oooxpoetadly Saturday
i far i orOjooSliiio to
losspttko
rfaoiirj SosftoS of too BMjority report,
oWlpttor of wkisk bad koto, sigaod by
interest was that he might abstract
$10,000 from the treasury without
having rendered any service. Sap
STted by the entire Democratic side
r. Calkins prevented a consummation
of the attempted rascality. AU night
long the filibustering was kepi up that
justice sight be vindicated, and al
though repeated snorts ware made to
ieduee Mr. Calkins to ?Wfi
Mr. Rseburdtoo where bt btkmgtd
wae generally regarded as the oreptr
thing to do, for the incumbent bad ran
dared goal osrvtct tob* Statt and oeo
by bit devotmn to the ioUretts*
fcr wMab he bad been seet to the Htocej
W^|^ gavel of the ?Votoftlloi
noon, AsnntJ Lot .woo mkoa an
Got. Alt?
of*? eoadirioe frost day Vifc
tht press that tW
trat re ctf to oy every
ont witb _ ^ l^glb
OOflS
and In
but having frequently euf
ssredfrom attacks of this kind, .? was
and axpteted ^that bf, woold re
Ot Friday i>* Surner
who had attended bim rtptattdly be
fore, was *eot for and arrived in the
afternoon;/ So^oecbagblJ did be /in
tbt ntealarides and idiosyn
< Gey. Stepbtus* constitution,
and seesjuttssfal otd Vet hts prtviooe
treatment tbsS tbt pahtie wart -to-nt
snrtd b>>s preeeoce, and some real
tinpcottsncnt' was mansTisssd in tht
condition of the. tlntingnisbtd pttitot,
bat on Saturday bt frtw Worte, and at
two o'clock in the eveiuag be tank into
a stupor. Cc4. Jiw. Stephens. Cot.
Grier and their feiniliiea,;Mrs. ; Linton
Stepbets and tbc Statt ?ouse officers
groaned aronod bit bed, and at twelre
o'clock, witb a deep sigh bt pastad
away/
His funeral will take place ia Craw
JbrdavfBt, where, bt oiU bt bnritd
% Win otpy from tbtAifli Cknmkk
tbo following
jpffi*m\Anm ^Mnnfrfltnls *8ttjpbsbs was
barn bt Taiiaierro Cocnty. Georgia,
FtbcpnrVilt1i;ittt. Hb ?rat oamt
waa for his graadfatbtr, wbo might on
tbt rdoninl aide in the revolutionary
armies, and hts middle^ name, Hamil
ton, was by him subsequently adopted
for bis great benemctor, Bt?. Afexau
dtr Hamilton Webster, of Wilksa
County, ont of tbt most noted prtteb
tra in Georgia, ond afterwards o pre
otptor of Mr. BttphcBt. *
His ?t?tr. Alexander B. Btenbtot,
diod wbtn Mr> * Step boos eimeelf was
only fbnrtotn years of age. Hb moth*
er. Margaret Green be Iota wbtn bo
waa qoitt an infant.
Usro bin ttiheVt dtath bt bod boon
ortgniarirtnidiltoftWvillay^ekb
bwbnmf? osbooU and now accepting
an aoV from bit nelt. Aaron W.
Gritr. bo ?010 *011 boat with that
ftnttsmto. art tho mUrott of bit little
patrimony wet mod for bit tuition nod
clothing. It wet at this time thai Mr.
Stettens attracted tbt attention of Mr.
Cos*. MSI* bitlaadty-tebool stperiu
tsndtnt. wbo nmisitl him io unstring a
ehunmml oobool at Wtehiagteu, Go.,
?bort bo wot slm received tote
MWiwmtf # leewjieviee) wnwreew
At tbo teeth of bit presenter bo
befriended by otooiol gentlemen of
Washington, and then prepared for
Franklin Cofegt, wbtro bt twttrtd tbt
Freshman ekes in Aagtst. It
bad been tbo wish and aosnttioo of
bit friends abet bt prepare hTmself for
tbt ministry, for which bit strict moral
ity and signal piety eminently fitted
him ; bot while at college grate doubts
arttt in tbo yooag man*t miad at to
bit fitness for tbo stored office. These
doubts be tommnoiealted to bio uncle,
wbo readily surrendered to bit nephew,
yet in minority, bis email patrimony,
which relieved htm from bit embarrass
ed otodition. Thus replenished, be
paid bit way throogh college and grad
uated i a 1832. With tbo eery highest
Mr. Stephens now obtained a position
to teacher in Madison, Georgia, and
afterward ia Liberty county. Being
thee enabled to purchase a Urn law books,
bo oommenmd studying law in tbt
sheriffs oflkt at Crawfotdfitte, and was
ia that pmos admitted to the bar on the
22d day of July. 18S4. in tbo twenty
third- year of bit tgt. Although be
bad prosecuted bit studies unaided, be
was highly tompltmtotod by Joseph
Henry Lumpkia oofort tht last court
but one which Hon. Wm. H. Crawford
over held. Mr. Jeffries, of Colombo*,
now made tbo promising young attor
ney some very flattering offers to prac
tica with bim, but the latter preferred
to remain at Crawford villa and pursue
bit projects amid tbt scenes of his
childhood, near tbt home of bm vene
rated father*. Here bo assiduously
labored day and night, ptrtof over bis
legal votamen; and often tradging
miles to court. His practice wen too
fined entirely to tbt Northern Circuit,
which was tbtn tbt arena of some of
the intellectual giaou of Georgia, ft
was there that ffatnao C. 8ayrt. Eli
H. Better and James Thomas, ridjog
upon tbt.full tides of soocefol practice
aod^snleodid reputation, ruled with
sovereign wills their judicial tridents
It wot there thst Garnet Andrews.
Daniel Chandler and Robert Toombt,
younger in tbt fray, but promising ted
vigorous, grappled tbt gonrled and
gnotty limbs with matter feed*. It
waa there tbtt Dawsoo end rNrae, elo
quent and logical, humorous and sue
citet, were winning greener laurels
with advancing years. It was there
that Lnmpkin, whose judgments in low
and equity have since fallen far and
near, even at tbt ''fittost of descending
smews whitening everywhere they fell,
bad eommeueed n lift of glory, no o
young eooastltor of low. It wot in
tba field, toon, that young Stephens,
fragile, delicate and poor, entered tbo
pofTtm or am cocten prommion.
. At tbitttmt, however, bo woo bioo>
EU VT -a^a_ JU x
tioo grew aod bie admiring oeighbors
were not content to leave bim alooe in
tbe practice of bis profession.
Io 1886 be waa elected a member of
the lower bouse io tbe Legislature ?f |
Georgia, wae re-elected for five atttcott
ire terms, aocL exerted himself with.,
twooaac to aeewW legislative aid fof tko.
system of internal improve mean*. Ia
1889 be woo a delegate to tko eotaaaer
eral eeoveotioo ai- Ckarlettoo, 8. C.#
aod dtfsnded the steaears* proposed by
tke Georgia delegates" against tko as*
jaulu of tkooo from South Carolin*;
aod in 1842 bo was elected to tke State
Statte, where be actively sustained the
measures of the Whig part y> In 1848
ho waa elected to Congress by over 8,
000 toojorttf, jajoilikis party kjott&
riooalj-mim a minority oft***too*
^000.w1^koWWaieat^?1869. He
supported Mr/g?e^tbe Preside***
io ?84tr, thaefV differing from kim on
tie ^QOomjpa "Of.- .tko aoncxa?oa of
fena^e^ he ?oadt one
term ia Goafroot. Tko authorship of
tko rOBoisjttoae for Ho an aeration waa j
indeed due to kim. conjointly with tbe
fioa. Miltoo Brown, of Tennessee. Io
February, 1847. be submitted a aeries
of resolutions io relation to tke Mexi
oaa war* watch afterward formed tbo
platform of the Whig party . He ?p
"posed tbt Cranoc com proa ise io 1848,
aad took o leudiog part in effecting tko
adjustment known as tko compromise of
1850. The passage of tko Kaaaas and*
Nebraska set of 1834 ia the House > pf,
Representatives was io groat measure,
duo to bis efforts, as chairman of 'the
Committee bo Territories. After the
breaking op. of the Whig party Mr.
Stepbens suited with tko Democrats,
aad was a prominent champion f f the
measures of Mr. Buehauao's sdminis
tratiou. At the close of tke Thirty
Fifth Coagreso Mr. Stepbeos, declined
to be again a candidate. During tko
Presidential canvass of 1880 be sus^j
taiaed Messrs, Douglass aod Johaeoo,
oad ia aumerous public addresses too?N
aouriccd those who ad rotated a dissolu
tion of tbe Union in case of Mr. Lio
eola'o election, aad io aa address be
fore tbo State coo reo two called after
that ofoot, rigorously opposed too
secession of Georgia., ^ . ? .
Wats tbe Provisional Congress mot
ia Mootgomerj Mr. Stephens was cho
sen Yiee-Presideat of the Confederate
States, aod was afterwards elected to
tko tamo position by tbe people. Bot
there was little to common between Mr.
Stephens aod President Davis, aod fre- 1
quent diffcrencot resorted io a complete j
eostraagetaest. Mr. Stephens was,
riolsoUy opposed to tbe strong messuf es i
adopted by the- Coo federate govern*
meat, took at tke conscriptionand
Impressment seta, aad believed io
wa|ing war in toeordaoet with eoosti?
tutmaal forms, la this way bo became
identified with tko soft-Ad ministration:
party in tko 8oatk. tn 1868 - he was
ekosco a eommistiooer to arraogo for
aa exchange of prisoners with the
Uoited Stetes government bat kfs mis*
sioo was oot attended witk success as
tke Federal government deeliaed tore*
ceive'nay propositions looking to an sx
okaago. During tko winter of too
tame year tbo fasse? resolutions of kis
brother, Lintoo Stephens, were intro
duced ia tko Georgia Legislature t witk
which H it believed he had ?ach, to do.
Ia 1885 be was ooo of tko " three oom
misrioueri who ocafsrrod witk Presi
dcot LiaeoHa at Fortrcos Monroe with a
view to putting a atop to tko war, bat
whose negotiations were frwitltos.
Short ly after tko surrender kc was or*
rooted oad imprisoned ia Fort Wsrrea,
Bootoo Harbor. After a short eonuae
atoat he woo released oa parole aod re
taraod te kis home io Georgia. Io
1886 the Legislature which met after
tko State kad keca reconstructed ac
tordiag te President Johnson *t policy,
elected Mr. Stepboas aod Berschel Y.
Jokasoa to otate ia the Uoited States
Senate, but tkey wore aot permitted to
take their state. From that time ootil
18714872 Mr. Stephens scoots to koto
taken no sctirs part ia politics. When
the Logwiaturc elected taoer ths Skcr
mao-Shellabarger scheme of recon
struction stet ia 1868? Mr. Stephens
advised against too ratiaoatmo of tko
Fourteenth Amendment. Three years
rsttr. wkoo Vailaodtegkam orgaaised
kis *'oow departure," Mr. Stephens
purchased a daily newspaper io Atlanta
oaUed tbs Sm* aod fought it with great
bitterness. He foogbt with even more
bitterness tko Groely movement of 1872.
aod became tko recognised leader of
the "straight-outs" io Georgia. His
paper supported Charles O'Connor for
the Presidency, aod, while deelioing
to make my fight oo tke State ticket,
advised tbe running of "straight-out*'
candidates for Congress. Unable to
personally supervise tbs management of
hie paper, he lost heavily by the ven
ture, and after tbe Presidential election
the Sun, suspended publication after
swallowing op all tbe saving ofi ts owner s
life. Io January. 1878, be was a can
didate for United States 8enutar, run*
ning against Hoc. B. H. Hill aod Gen
eral Joho. B. Gordon. After aa exci
ting contest kc was defeated by the
latter. Oa the night after the day of |
kis defeat ka was invited to run for
Coogress from tbo Eighth Congression
al District to ill the vacancy occasioned
bv tbe death of General A. R Wright.
He wss elected without opposition.
Between the time of his election and
tbe meeting of Coogress, tbe seisure of
tko Virginia? sud the execntion of her
crew by tbe Spanish commander at San
tiago do Cuba occurred. Mr. Stephens
wss pronouoeed iu tbe opioion tbst the
United States should demand speedy
oad ample reparation for the outrage
aod that, if necessary, the demand
should be backed by military power.
Wkea ko took bis scat in Congress bs
msde a speech defending what was
koowo as tbe "back salary grab," a
measure for which be did net rote, ss
it was pasted by tbo preeeediog Con
gress, but which he thought just and
right. About this time his views upon
the Louisiaoa question and General
Grants connection therewith excited
much hostile criticism. Mr. Stephens
condemned in strong Isugusgs the in
famous conduct of Kellogg aod Dorell,
but ha ooia tended that the President wss
aot to blame for supporting them with
the military. He made a speech on
this lino at tbe Augusta Opera House,
to which Hon. B. H. Hill replied, at
the request of a number of citisens.
In 1874 bis health was so bad tbst he
wrote a letter to some of his friends in
Greene couoty, declining to be a candi
date for re-election to Congress. But
be afterwards grew atonger, aod when
the convection sect bis friends insisted
apoB puttrtgkim ktoatsaotfoa.^ After
ottojd over
oppoti
tion. His next speech ia Congress wsa
in opposition to the Civil Rights bill.
On the 4th of July, 1875, be delivered
an address to an immense andienen in
the city of Atlanta.
lie was renominatod nod re-elected
to Congress for the term ending March
4th, 1879. It was during this ssoeioo
that Mr 8tephens in Jans, 1878, tout
exceptions to some strictures made not
his vote upon the Potter resolution of
inquire into the electoral fraud of 1876.
Ho wrote whet Was known as the Ca?
oy letter and avowed bis inUntioo of
submitting bis olntmo to the people.
He was, however reaominated and
elected without opposition, as be was
umouiJ$*fc. Mr. Stephens devoted
otoob of the latter part of his Coagree
sionol lifo to the revision of the system
>f coinage, weights tad tea eures, of
which committee he wan chairman ia the
House. It mas during the Forty-sixth
Congress that be took bis firm stand
against the peHey of attaching riders to
appropriation bills. Earlv in 1882
Mr. Stephens nonoonoed bis intention
of retiring from public lifo; bot the
people willed it mnVrently. He was
nought alike by Democrats, Iadepeo
den>reod Republicans to ran for Gov
ernor, and io the midst of much excite
ment and speculstion, aoeepted the
Democratic, nomination, and after a
sberp but decisive campaign, in which
JCr. Stepbens muds n brilliantly sue*
'cessfol personal eanvnm, be was elected
Governor of Georgia by over 62,000
majority, aojd wsa just beginning a
nte%t"thorough and remarkable adminis
tration of that high office. His last
public-net was the delivery of bis won
derful %98uM*Ceuvenniol oration in
Savannah, February, 12th last'. Since
his exertion at that trme, however, be
has been confined to his '.bed, und last
Saturday oigjft at 12 p'eneck passed
peacefully a way *t the ^eoutive Mao*
sioo m Atlsjim^-i - :\\ :>,
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t^oe*1fc^ CorretpoOaVat.]
WjksniwoTon, March 3, 1883.
Congress is ekeinr out its time in
>igjst sessions. Soooty is, secretly plot*
ting against the restrictions of Lent,
and furtively dining, wining, dancing,
and?'but don't yon say I told yon.'
The Ulk to-day is that there wOt be an
extra session, bat I am no Wiggins,
and since you will know bow it is before
this reaches you, 1 will postooe all pro
phecy until after the event. But, if.
there should be an extra session, they
will have a time of it io the election of
a Speaker and the organisation of the
House. There is a powerful lobby here,
now, but its racks will be much in*
creased should an extra seesiou.be sail*
od.? Mr. Cerlrits ia sold to have nins
ty-eigbtmcmbers "of the next House
pledged to support bim for Speaker,
but s regiment rarely rallies its raster
replete, and Randall relies on a roll
list as large. ^
Within four days of final adjourn*,
mehi of Congress, the distracted ques
tion of uriff re vriion was referred to a.
oommittee of conference, shoe imposing
upon tea mew hers (five JromT each
house) a dutv that the. whole ] body baa
foilee^tsr'petform. But" before entering
upon eoasidcratiou Of the tariff, the
oomtaittee had to- determine the consti
tutional question raised b the House,
via: whether the S?onsteii>y orignating 1
the tariff bill, has refrinred the prero
gative of the House. * Sbueitd the com
mittee reach an agreement on this
j question, there is still no assurance
j that it would be accepted by tbe two
bouses. Tbe eoafiiet of opinion as to
what tariff legislation ought to be has
net been allayed. If the result of tbe
conference shall be objectionable to tbe
low-tariff men in Congress they will
oppose it, and if it shall disappoint the
proteetiooisu they will fight it Thus
the outcome is still deeply involved in
doubt, and denew&apoa tbe ability of
the*conference committee to hormooiae
tbe eeufi ieting si em sate, first in its own
body, and in tbe two bouses.
Tbe most etching episode of tbo ses
sion occurred at tbo House last eight.
The galleries were crowded, as tbey
have been for a week, by the familiss
of members and their frienda, and by o
large number of transient viaitors.
The River snd Harbor bill was under
discussion. Mr. Van Voorhis, of New
York, had opposed the bill very bitter
ly,' and, moving to strike out tbe item
for tbe improvement of the Socramento
river, said that if tbe chairman of tbe
Committee of Commerce. Mr. Page,
had not been from California no such
item would bare been put in it. 'It is
so outrageous, so damnable,' continued
Mr. Van Voorhis, 'that nobody bot n
gambler and a cut-throat would think
of tacking such an iUm to this bill.'
Immediately there ensued such a scene
as reminded one of the memorable st
uck of John Young Brown, of Ken
tucky, upon tbe present Governor of
Massachusetts. There was an excited
and aprorous denunciation of the lan
guage need, n dosen members endeav
oring, in tbe interest of peace and good
order, to poor kerosene on tbe troubled
waters Mr. Van Voorhis, who ia
neither an Adonis or a Demosthenes,
made an abject apology, both to the
House snd to Mr. Page, but some
members moved an expulsion, and Mr.
Herbert, of Alabama, would not be
placated until Mr. Van Voorhis bad
been reprimanded by the Speaker. Mr.
Herbert, however, railed to carry bin
motion, much to the regret of the gal
i leries, who were anxious for a scene
with Mr. Keifer in the role of repri
\ mender. At thi* point, the diplomatic
Kssson arose and with a voice much
weakened and cracked since he plead tbe
eause of tbe fraudulent President and
was paid by a mission to Vienna, ar
gued that there wss no precedent for re
primanding a member who had with
drawn bis offensive words and made a
double apology both to the House and
to the offended representative. This
ended the row snd rumpus. The ele
gant and edified sudience left the galle
ries, and the House proceeded with the
diseusaion of the bill.
Tbe marriage of the recently di
vorced vulgar man and ephemeral Re
publican Senator from the rotten
borough of Colorado occurred at Wil
lard's Hotel laat night, and was attend
ed by tbe President. Tbe woman who
was made the wife of the mitliooare is
a physical beauty, with face and form
of almost ideal outline. She is of
medium height, well rounded figure,
twenty-two yeara old. Tbe Presidsnt
paid particular attention to tbe bride,
and just before she left expressed a wish
for a rose from her bouquet, wbiob she
quickly chose snd handed him.
Remember, if yon want health and strength
of mind sad muscle, urn Brown's Iron Bit*
tees. j
1111
ADVICE TO THE SOUTH*
Host tod Hominy First?The Sur
plus in Cotton.
The eottoo footers of St. Louis bo?e
united io the following circular to the
hope of iaJataciog the growth of food
prodostt in the South the coming eoe
Sr Losmy^*., Febroery,24,1888 ?
To tho Merehmnts, Fsrmers, snd Ten
note of toe Cotton Belt: The Sooth is
now on too " Ore of plootiog soother
crop, nod tfter ss experience of seyen
teen jeors it eeesss sdeissble that gome
change should be made io her msoosr
of farming, nod we call jour attention
to the following foots, which ore offered
with the ho cere tope tost the people
will giro then proper coasid oration.
Your sttioo pceessses the Soest
forming lands and the most salubrious
climate io too world, and should be to
day financially independent; instead of
baring to borrow on a crop before it is
made, should hare her oorn bins nod
larders filed before com men cm g a
crop.
Compere your situation with the
formers of toe North and West. They
oy systematic labor are growing richer
each year, while you with patient toil
and close economy are neither so thfir
ing nor prosperous as you should be.
- There is cause for these troubles,
sad we, as eottoo men, wbose interest
is closely identified with yours, beiiere
we are io a position to note msoy of the
eri!? that exist, aod offer, without pre*
sumiog, the following suggestions:
1. The credit system, as at present
in vogue throughout the South it disas
trous to the planters and?tenants forc
ing them to pay extrsrsgsot prices for
supplies, and causing their crops to be
forced into market with such rapidity
aod io such quantities as to break prices
almost invariably, below cost of pro
duction.
1. After noting for years the effect
of large crops of cotton, we find that
the over-prod notion of this staple is the
key-note to the situation, aod we strong
ly advise all parties interested io the
prosperity of the 8outh to discourage
the plsnttng of a large acreage this year,
and devote their labors first to the rais
ing of grain, cattle tad hogs, snd give
tko balance of their time to the culture
of eottoo.
This policy will brieg Joed results
in many ways; for instance, many small
farmers, ?od large ones alto,' ere so
heavily in, debt when their eottoo it
ready for s*)e thav 'they sre compelled
to letit^fo, even though the price is be
low its intrinsic W?rth; while, if they
had supply*scheme, produced, aod
not bought<o?cfedit, tbey could afford
to .bold their^qptfon until they felt justi
fied io sellio
The price if cotton to-day it fullj 16
per cent, heftw. the average of the past
lire years, while, on the other hand,
corn it 83 per cent, and prertwnc $9
per cent, above the average.^Thua-are
yno losers both wsys. * >
With toe production of euougV^o
vitioas oo each form, eottoo wouli .he
come a surplus, and toot the inoubwt
of/debt wouid be lifted from your people,
aap each year would record rajawV
strides io wettth. V:
.{Decreased production of cotton, and
increased production of breed, asset and J.
other .oecetssries will bring about t
more prosperous condition of affairs for
the South, aod instead of sheriff sales
to satisfy the mortgages that tko poor
laborers must now give, ws wouid see
grinding poverty banished forever, aod
pleoty would pour in upon you.
We ask that the merchants aod plan
ten of each State, by calling a conven
tion, or in tome practicable msoner,
agitate this question until the influence
is felt throughout the entire eottoo
belt.
Signed by twenty firms.
Now they speak of crude Petroleum as a
remedy for consumption; better not try it,
But take Dr. Ball's Coogb Syrup.?tee stan
dard Cough Remedy of our age. It is eg ree
able to the taste, aever fails to eure, and costs
only 25 cents a bottle.
WANTED
50e000 bBS. DRY HIDES.
50,000 LB8. WOOL, for which the
highest market price will be paid. Leather
given io exchange for Bides.
1600 LATEST STILE EATS
From a New York Bankrupt Sale?your
choice for 50 cents, by
D. MORRIS * BRO.,'
Liberty St., Sumter, S. C.
March 6_ 3m.
WOOD'S ODONTINE,
FOR WHITENING AND PRESERVING
THE TEETH.
Seeps the ft oath Pure and Sweet and
HardOBi ttit QtBBE
Formula of Dr. T. T. Moore.
W. O. rXSRBft,
Wholesale Agent,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
For sale ie Samter by Dr. A. J. CHINA,
1 and Dr. 0. J. ACLD.
March 6
BIGGEST THING OUT!
SURFEITS
WELCOME OATS. ?\Z IST
60 POTCRDS na LXTML 2TJ82BL.
The handsomest Gate erer aeeo, and will
undoubtediy everywhere prove the molt pro
ductive variety of oati known. The grain is
rery large, plump aod full, and with good
cultivation will yield from 80 to 135 legal
bushels per acre.
0155.00 in Cash Prises for 188a.
To be paid tbe most lucressful growers of
BURPEE'S W BL.COM K OATS. Competi
tion open to all who purchase one or more
tweo4y?five cent packapei, each containing
two ounces of seed. Price 25 cents per pack
age, or 5 packages for $1.00. Send 25 cents
in posUf e itamps for one package, and our
Handsomely Illustrated Catalogue for 1813,
aad if not satisfied, money will be retained.
Address,
"SPECIAL DEPARTMENT,"
V. ATLBS STOMJB * 00.,
HiiiAdtipMft, n.
?mV* The Editor of this paper has a sample
of tbe Oats.
March e__
THE BEST CORN!
IN ORDBR that numereoe parties may test
my FINE CORN,?a distinct variety
hybridised from tbe "Milee" and tbe
WHITE GOURD SBED, (and as I think the
beet Corn far a mete crop that ean be had),
I will pay the postage and send One PINT
asy where for
30 CENTS IN 8TAMPS.
This amount carefully planted to itself, will
satisfy say thinking farmer, as to its merits;
aad the outlay will not break any one.
J. W. VANDIVER,
Seed Producer,
March 0 Wearer rille, N. Q.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of Sou t h Carolina,
COUNTY OP SUMTEK.
In tu Com or Common Plus.
B..F. Holland (hear Fear tall f Go*
partners as HaU .and PearsaU,
Plaintiffs.agaxnst Alfred J.McLeod,
and Nuty E. McLeod, Defendants.
BY TIBTUR of a decree made is this canes,
deled February 11, 1883,1 will ofer for
sale os saleeday In April aest, (April 1, 1883,)
before the Court House of said eoesty,
between II o'clock in the forenoon see
o'clock In the afternoon, the following pro
perty:
"All tbst piece, pereel or tract of Use1,
situate sad being In the County of Sumter
end Stete aforesaid, containing two hundred
Acres, bounded bj 8cepe O'er Swamp and by
lends of Thomas J. McCutcosu, Very C.
MeCntcbeu, Leyeauer II more and others,
with the dwelling boote and other improve
ments thereon."
Terms of sale?Oaeh?Pnrthasir to pay tar
******* GUIQNARD RICHARDSON,
Mar 5?it _Master.
Master's Sale.
Tek Stats or Soctx Casoujca,
Scmtx* CoUHTT.
Ik thc Court or Coxxox Plias.
John Oieen, Plaintiff, against Arsemut
Mitchell, Jupy Richardson, Jupg
Richardson, Jr., Edsemrd Harvin
and Philip Scott, Defendants.
BY VIRTUS of e decretal order made in
this eanse, and dated October 11th, 1881,
1 will offer for sale on Saleday in April
next, 1883, before the Conrt House of said
County, during the legal boars of sale, the
following premises:
All that parcel or tract of land sitnats in
said County and State, lying on Fellers
Earth Creek, waters of Santee Hirer, con
taining Three Hundred and Seventy-Nine
Acrei, and bounded North by land of John
B. Rogers, last by the Rim . Road from
Charleston to Camdea, South br leads of |
Jsmes Lawrence, West by lands now or lets
of John B. Rodger*."
Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay
for all necessary paper*.
G?IQKAfiO RICHARDSON,
March 5, 1883. _Master.
Martert Sate,
State of South Cartoina.
COUNTY OP SUMTER.
in trx co car or common rixasi
Francis W. Kerchner. Robert E. Col
der and WnHmtn Colder, Copartner*
ns Kerchner dt Colder Bros., Plain*
tiffs, against Margaret I. Brown and
George W. Brown, Defendants.
BY VIRTUE of a decree made io this
cause, dated February 12th, 1883,1 will
offer for sale on ^aledaj in April nest,
(April 2d, 1883,) before the Court Honse, of,
said County, between the boars II o'clock in
the forenoon and $ o'clock in tie afternoon, '
the follow ingaroperty:
"All tbatp?ce, parcel or tract of land con
4siaiog Ooe Head red acres, formerly owned
by fcrM. Saann, and bounded on the North
hy lands new or formerly of at. W. Moist,
test hy lands of Mrs. S.-Cba?aier, Seeth by
faeds of the Estate eft. M. Spans, sad West
by tads of Thomas Cats, teesaid land lying
Sad beiag! ia Sumter Co*e\y, ia-' the State
aforesaid." "*
.Tema of Safe?Cash.? Purchaser to pay
fer^aperi. *.
jO?JQNARD RJCHARD80N,
"j^jajy.v-4tv_Master.
?ASTEtPS SALE.
thej^elof South Carolina,
^C^mtkR COUNTY.
': 0?URT i)F COMMON* PLEAS.
ffarriet A Haynxworth, Plaintiff,
' against MoUhey S..M. Mayn+wrth,
as Trustte^D^ftndmnt. ' '
BY VI BIT K of orders made la tufts reuse,
to me directed, I will oftr fbr sale at
public auction, on se'e*dey in April nest,
(April 2, 1883,) before the Conrt House of!
ssid County, between the boars of 11 o'clock
in the forenoon aad 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
the following lots or parcels of land !a the
town ofSnmter, to wit :
1. That let or parcel of land npoa which
A. W. Sader resides, and leased to him until
Jane 2)lst, 188C, and bounded en tht North
by Wm. Bogin's lot, on the West^by the let
hereinafter described, ea tee feast by the
lot recently purchase a* by Wm^Mogi*, ?P?"
which the late Joha F. Hnv as worth resided
at tee time of his death, aad sseseerlsf Ify
feet therefrom oa Pagan Sues*, by watch rt
Ubeeaded oa the South. The same So ee
sold tuhject to said lease, aad upon the tal
lowing terms, to wit: "One-third cteh,tao
balance payable la two equal eneceeei*e4e
sullments?the first payable ea the first day
of January next, and the ascend en tie erst
day of January, 1885, with interest free* the
day of sale, to be secured by the bond end
mortgage of tbe purchaser" to me. The
dwelling hones on said lot'or parcel of lead
to be kept ineured by the purchaser to aa
amount to be fixed by me or my anccessors in
office, and the policy of insurance to be as
signed to me as Master. Possession to be
delirered to the purchaser en June 21st; 1888.
-also,?
2. That lot of land which is bounded North
by Wm. Bogin's lot, West by Sumter street,
Rast by the lot above described, and upon
which A. W. Suder resides, and South by
Degen street?upon tbe following terms:
One-third cash, tbe balance payable in two
successive annual instaliments, with interest
from the day of sale payable semi-anaually
until tbe whole be paid, to be secured by the
bond and mortgage of tbe purchaser.
Tbe Purchaser or Purchasers of above lots
to pay for papers.
GUIGNARD RICHARDSON,
March 5?4t Master.
FOR SALE.
rpHAT DESIRABLE LOT on a central
J square of the Town, on tbe corner of I
Dugan and Sumter Streets, on which tbe
Mill of the Joint Stock Company waa located.
May be sold in whole or in lots. Apply to
HAYNSWORTHS ft COOPER.
Feb 20_
Estate of Jack Burrows,
DECEASED.
ALL PERSONS holding claims against
the said Estate will present the same
duly attested, and al! persons ia any way
indebted to said Estate will make immediate
payment to J. T. FRIBRSON,
Qualified Administrator.
Feb 20_3t
ESTATE OP
Mr& An Filtti MriMrtae,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE for Suratter County on the 2 2d
day of March, 1883, for a Fin*' Discharge
as Executor of aforesaid Estate.
JOHN C PARNILL,
Feb 20?4t_Executor.
Estate of Hary C. HcCrtcta,
MINOR.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO
batefor Sumter County, on March 22d,
1883, for a final discbarge as Guardian ofj
aforesaid Minor.
ANNA F. PARNILL,
Feb 20?4t Guardian.
Estate of Marz E. Cohen.
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
Probate for Sumter County on 22d day
of March, 1883, for a final discharge as Exec
utrix of aforesaid Estate.
ARMIDA H. COHEN,
Feb 20?4t Executrix.
WRIGHT'S HOTEL,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE,
with all modern improvements, is bow
open for the reception of guests.
S. L. WRIGHT ft SON,
May 8. Proprietors
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I hare
thi? da/ publicly burned in.front of my
store, all my stock of Laadreth's and Buist's
Garden Beets, left over from last year.
Jan. 1, 1883. D. J. A?LD.
Ds. B. M. Bsscs,! Wh^^
Wn. Ysanon, /Witnesses.
Having received a fresh supply of Garden
Seeds, from,
D. LANDRETH k SONS,
ROBT. BUIST, Ja.,
HIRAM SUBLET * CO.,
D. M. FERRY k CO.,
CR?SMAN BROS.,
I am prepared to supply the trade er2th
RELIABLE SEEDS.
Peached Silver ssd Gold Coins taken at
tare ralee. D. J. AULD. -^
Jan 16 lm
I
LIENS,
TITLES, :
MORTGAGES.
BILLS OF SALE,
BONDS,
And Other Blanks in Variety, .
von Iiis
SEED CORN.
MAMMOTH CHESTER COTJKTT
GrOTJBD B?ED COHN.
HAVING tested -this corn, and fonad it
early, hardy and prolific, and much
snperioMe the old varieties of corn, I offer
for ?a!e my surplus stock of feed?raised by
myeerjf last season?at half the price that I
paid for my seed. Any one- desiring infor-j
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 Bnltmaaa k Bro., is Sumter.
FebS-2m J. H. N1CH?LES.
Meioate Csttoa lanf'jCe.
COTTON B ATTING
PREPARED IN ROLLS
FOR COMFORTS, QtTTLTS ANI>
MATTRE9fta.J.
SOLD AT THE FACTORY AND BY
merchants in Snmter. at IS mats per
poead.
Liberal discount to the trade eJIowed. '
D. JAMBS W?tN,
Sept 19?ly_President.
RUBBER STAMPS
IMME STAMPS FOR. MAftXINn ClOTHiN.
.with indeUibia ink, er far printing ? letting
esVds, and
ST AM PS OF AN Y KIND
Tie -stomping BUSINESS CARDS, BNVSL
0PK3 or nny thing elsa.- Specimen* *f rations.
stylen to 'land, which will be shwws with plena*
are. .The LOWEST PRICES passible, aad
ereerr filled pretoptTy/
CaJfe* C. P. OSTBRN,
At tho Wateamnn aad Saetheon OSes.
EORSOIf* COTTON AXUSOZX
FERTILIZER.
ITOMOW-'-'COMnsW ACID1 Pr193WAit.
. Tasse grades are rich in - all. the essentials
constituting $rst class articles, ?rsraliy ate*'
pared from heat materials* .Our leaf expert*
esee in the trade, together with Prof. Seep
erd'e analysis, are gaaraatsm that they are
adapted to the waata of consumers. For sale
at market rates for cash, time er cotton.
J. N. ROBSON k SON, 61 Bast Bay,
Jan 9?3m_Charleston, S. C.
A. J. CHINA,
DE A LEU IN*
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
?aas
etE
FINE TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH
BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY
TOILET ARTICLES. Ac, Ac.
Ftinti. (Ulf. Varnishes,
?V? STUFFS.
GLASS, PUTTY, Ac.
'0t- Hjiiilm* ymil^iw? Hmwl;
? ?, ??<, Itrtb 18? If
-TRADS
NORMAN'S
^aare*tiaisjt
CORDIAL.
?MARK?
gmttamt ?SVtmAl Rrmed? forth* *rtr?4
aU iirmwimtiUm aad dl?ord?ri of tt**tot?
i aad Bn*ato, vkaW U cbikbtn er aefofea, -
tgaenMna wut stooMOx wa*c?(beinf
-iT*t*?k*ta*t*.
a?ajiaa??sni
eJ*Pm> )t0f%tja\
Ftae,
ncaftlnen,
Bandnean aad VrtiUftU, May
t? wad sa aa satanyanantaoi
tfctStooMofc aaalnA froa rttoxatio* ?? in*
laiMtlnaaceastanaaatSeonertaatae.
aroTMter ajr*a
NSUTRALIZINQ CORDIAL
I? as eteasant and hnrsskss as Blaefcv
aestf Wtn> Doce not contain Opmm
aad will sot constipate. Specially leonm*
neneed for leeelewnnee aad Teething
Price tfC aad $ i.co per bottle.
am seen r* nssasneas Dmitn mjsniasne,
gJBKIaPOB QHBM [QAL 00,
Sale QBspsletnca,
WeAnJSa,S.C U.S.A.
"Qf^QfTl not, life is sweeping by, go
jLij!i? l ?B<i dMt Morv * * Ms,
something mighty and sublime leave behind
to conquer tiros." See a week in your own
town. So outfit free. No risk. Everything
asw. Capital not required. We will foreieh
roe everything. Many am making fortunes.
Ladies make as much as men, aad boys aad
girls make treat pay. Reader, if yon want
easiness at which you can anahe great pay all
the time, write for particulars to H. Hallett k
Co.,Portiend, Maine.
JOS. F. NORRIS,
FURNITURE WARE ROOMS,
217 AND 219 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Two Mammoth Stores and Ware
Hofjses, filled with s Full Line of
the Finest and Cheapest
Furniture.
The Cheapest Furniture Hoase in
Charleston, and a IHseonnt of
Fire per sent, off on all
Cash Sales.
Dec 14 3m
THE PALMETTO
LAIER IEER BREWERYj
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Has of late doubled their capacity, to suit
the demand, with all moeern improve
ments, and manufactures now a
very superior article.
Lager Beer of such a nature that it is
always bast where it eaa be had fresh from
the Brewery, and is then the finest, most
harmless sad healthiest tonic for family use.
For particular;} and prices write to
CLAtTSSEN BREWING CO.,
Dec 12 Charleston, 8. C.
R. S. CATHCART,
CHOICE FAMILY flROCHJIES,
WINES AND LIQUORS,
WHOLESALE AffD RETAIL,
318 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
ATMORE'S MINCE MEAT.
MagUse Flam Padding.
Imperial Raisins, Debesse Raisins, Sultana
Seislas.
Leghorn Citron. . .
CrystaKsed Ginger, Preferred Canton Gin
ger.
Fmit Better In cans.
Preserres aad Jellies fa eaes.
Maraalades and Jesse in .jars.
Onyx CleaeasfjiBatter.
' Bouquett Creamery Better.
Ferris Haass, Strips aad Tongues.
Ferris -Fulton Ma rket Bee/.
- Pickled Sermon, Fish Roes aad Pig's Fest.
'Messand No. 1 Macketel.
Aaisette Mariscbino Cordial.
Pore Cora Wbisker. Rock C*n&j.
. Buckingham aed Giesen Whiskey.
Htasssy and Ctttforaie Brandy.
Datf?ordoo aad Craw a Sherry.
Laeock's Madeira, Pure Old Port, Swan
Gin.
Irish aad Scotch Whiskeys.
Pare Old Jamaica Rum. _.
I make a specialty of ROASTED COFFEE.
Fancy Hysoa,' Gunpowder, - Oolong aad
English Breakfast Teas.- .
Sugars retailed at Wholesale Prices. .
Royal Baking Powder absolutely pare.
Royal Extracts. ~8oap, Starch, Lard, New
Crop New Orkane Molasses. Choice Syrup .. -
Imported - Whist Wine Vinegar. Ceased
gooes ia great Variety.
0.1. HO YT St BRO.,
Vctate, Clodet, Jtwiliy, SpoSUel**,
lte.t dec
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
SPORTING MATERIAL,
Sheila, Wads and 'Ererything Pertain,
ing to Breecb-Loeding'Gona. -
Sept 2S
AT COS1
FOR CASH
FR TBE NEXT THIRTY DATS I
oner at Cost my stack of
DOLMANS, CLOAKS,
WALKING JACKETS, J
wasss GOODS,
_ WER COATS.
ASb CL0T81N0.
- I hare a nice stock of - ~
DOMESTICS/.FLANNELS. [" *
NOTIONS, -
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Which Twill sell si low as any Oos."~
FULL STOCK. OF
Tin und Wooden War?,
CUTLERY, GUNS, AND PISTOLS.
MjStodeef .
CHINA AND GLASS WARE
Can't be surpassed and cay low prices oa
them hare already become a bouse*
hold saying.'
As in tbe pest my Grocery will he stocked
with first class goods at lowest prices. ."
Tnaakiog the public for their liberal pat
ronage ia the past, I opea the New Year by
proaisiag them the sasss fair dealing tber
hare always had at my heads. - .
ALTAMONT MOSES. -
GUANO!
KATJSTITI
BEFORE BUYING FERTILIZERS
-CALL ON
ALTAMONT M<
1 HAVE THE A6ENCY FOB
TBE FOLLOWING :
TanatlPs Pooch Cigar,
Which has earasd the name_ of Asseeka's
Finest Flee Cent Cigar.
Starke* Dixie Row,
Each one warranted to gift satisfaction am
can be returned after trial.
-ALSO?
THE FOLLOWING.
DgDfiiRCS COMP?
Commercial Union of London.
Nisjara Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y. . 1/
Fire Association of Philadelphia,
anr* Rates as low as any First Class
Company. ? ...
ALTAMONT m?B
Jan? _ j
YJI7TC1T? P*0*** ** always on the
W A&SJlJ lookout for chances to.in
crease their earnings, aad ia time become
wealthy; those who do not improve their op*
portunities remain in poverty. We offer a
great chance to make money. We want ma
men, women, boys and girls to work far
right in their owe localities. Any
do the work property frees tee Brat
The business will pay more then tea
ordinary wages. Expensive outfit
free. No one who engages fails to
money rapidly. You can devote year
time to the work, or only yoar
meets. Fall information and i
needed sent fret. Address STINSONi
Portland, Maine.