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TUESDAY, MAY 8.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 185$ ?od the True Southam in
;X866? The Watchman ami Southron
now ba* the combiued circulation and
Ufinence of both of the old papers, and
ia manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter._
English steamship owners are tak?
ing steps toward raising capital to build
another canal across the Isthmus of
Gen. Crook and his command have
crossed into Mexico ia pursuit of the
Apaches. \ Mexican troops are coopera?
ting with him.
Congressman Thompson* of Ky., has
hean indicted for & arder in killing W.
H. Dat?, who debauched the wife of
The Charlotte Journal is of opinion
that before the year 1900 the North
will mako a determined effort to get rid
of negroswffrage, because it did not pan
owl accenting to expectation.
Phil Thompson, if his wife tells the
troth, tilled an innocent man. The
amount cf vice and wretchedness he
disclosed hy his pistol shot cannot he
Leland Stafford, the great Central
Pacific magnate, isa! the point of death
with brain fever. He is worth $75,
000,000, but cannot boy a moment of
tim rr
At Dublin, the grand jory returned
true bills against Walsh, Sheridan, and
Tynan for murder ; it is understood that
the British government will demand
their extradition from the United
States.
Perhaps the feet is not generally
known that oar annual imports of sweets
are valued al more than the usual pro
ion of gold and silver in America,
the duty collected is almost $50,
000,600. Oar sugar costs more than
onr bread.
Mr. George T. Alford, who was for
many years the proprietor of the Pa?
vilion ^Hotcl, Charleston, has purchased
the waddings at the Northeast Corner
of Society and King streets, and will in
a short time erect and furnish a new
. irst-cJasa hotel.
Fifty negro emigrants from Ketncky
arrived at St Louis on Wednesday and
left ?? the Chicago and Alton Road for
y*PT- They said they were the ad?
vance guard of many more who expect
* te settle near Topeka, and that emigra
tina westward of Kentucky negroes
will be very heavy next mil.
Gath says old Mr. Vanderbilt is as
afraid of death as Dives. He has a
movement-cure doctor to agitate him
daily. Gath ?suggests an old recipe
at half the money : Wear a lizard skin
bag of dried beans around the neck and
rattle it at prayer time. Better still
thaw that would it be to follow the pre?
cept of Christ and united before getting
totbeJreedle'sEye.
Ai Troy/3L Y., on Wednesday
?Ofwsng the wire, rope of an elevator at
the. Barden blast furnace broke. While
adosen men on the top floor were en?
deavoring to raise a car an iron eye to
which a hackle was attached gave way,
tad Siward McCabe and William
Scott were caught by the rope and burl?
ed down the elevator shaft sixty feet.
McCabe died shortly after the accident ;
Scott is dangerously injured.
Mrs. Barnet Beecher Stowe is on ber
way home from Florida. She express?
es the opinion that the South will in
the next tea years make rapid progress
in nB Internal developments looking to
the gradual building np of places now
lying idle for want of energy and capi?
tal. A better class of immigrants will
soon seek the fertile fields of the South,
and it is only a question of time before j
it will bc swarming with manufactures j
sad industrial pursuits equal to Man-j
'ehester or Lyons.
v Green hair, according to a Paris au- j
thority, is coming into fashion. Al-:
ready several beau tier of the first rack '
salve bees observed in the boxes at the
theatres whose heads were in 'youthful
verdure elad,' in the literal sense of the
word. Unfortunately, it is no easy
matter to dye tbe\ hair green. This
coter can only be imparted to white hair.
Emir of any other color must first be
dyed white.
A movement is on foot by the mili- !
tary tor a convention to meet in Colum- j
bia m May or Jone to be composed of
major-generals, brigadiers, colonels, j
lieutenant-colonels, majors sod two rc
preseatatives from each company of the
State volunteer troops, for the purpose
of considering and suggesting to the
next Legislature such measures as may
tend to the greater efficiency and better
organisation of the militia of the State.
A large proportion of the officers have
been heard from, who express their ap?
proval of the convention. The date of
meeting will be shortly announced.
Alluding to tobacco, the Baltimore
American states that although the re?
duction of the tax is very considerable,
the ccteaumers will hardly feel the dif?
ference. Only those who boy tobacco
in lots of a pound or more will feel it at
ali The difference on a quarter of a
pound of tob?ceo is only two cents.
The profits will be made by the manu?
facturers and the retail! dealers. About
fifteen million dollars of tax were re?
moved from sugar. Logically it should
be cheaper. In point of met it is dear?
er. The consumer is in nearly every
ease the patient jackass who bears the
burden. .
For fifty years the figure of Mrs.
Myra Clark ?Saines bas been a familiar
One in the courts where she has fought
for die recovery of ber property with
the greatest vigor and determination.
Last Thursday she obtained another
verdict against the city of New Orleans
Isr nearly $2,000,000 ; but the case is
to be appealed to tbs United States
Supreme Court, and there is little pros?
pect that the plucky and persistent
woman will ever reap the fruit of her
long years' toil.
Six Algerian engineers who were con?
sol ted by M. de Lesseps on the North
of Africa Toland sea scheme have reported
that the cutting could be made within
five years at a cost of $30,000,000;
that an average width of about eighty
feet would be sufficient, as the current
would wtdoo the canal ; that naviga?
tion would be easy owing to the straigbt
aess of the canal ; that a vast region
lacking oely moisture to become'prod ac?
tive would be brought under cultiva?
tion ; and that the revenues would cer
iteinly afford a liberal return on the cap
tal invested.
When Mr. Rutherford B. Heyes
feasting sad drinking with his
a
friend Whitelaw Reid of the New York
Tribune, last week, did be cast a
thought toward the jail where Eliza
Pi oks ton died-that venerable negress,
who under the manipulation of Garfield
and John Sherman, did so much to put
him in the White House ? Eliza, alas,
died in jail, where she waa confined for
theft, but this ought only to have caus
ed the tears of Hayes and his cronies
to flow tue faster ? Theft is no doubt
sacred in their eyes, for Rutherford
himself is accomplished in that line,
and bis theft of the presidency will
never be forgotten or forgiven aa long
as grass shall grow or water run. But
the poor old negress, who in 1876 and
1S77 was so much to the leaders of the
usurpation, dies neglected in a prison
for a little crime, while the man she
helped to steal the greatest prize in the
world-the presidency of a free people,
still lives to feast and rejoice over bis
triumph over the verdict which remand?
ed him to private life. It would be but
meet and proper that he should drop a
tear and plant a fio wer over Eliza Pink?
stone grave.
/ NATIONAL CONVENTION OP
NEGROES.
A eall for a national convention of
colored men bas been issued by a com?
mittee of negroes fairly entitled to rep?
resent the race. Among the signers
are Frederick Douglas, the Hon. Geo.
W. Williams, author, of the "History
of the Negro Raco in America," and
Prof. Richard T. Greener. The Con?
vention is to be held in September next
at Washington. The basis of represen?
tation is one delegate to every 25,000
of colored population, three delegates
for every State where there are not less
than 10,000 negroes, and one delegate
for every other State. By this plan of
apportionment the Convention would
consist of nearly three hundred mem?
bers, of which South Carolina will have
twenty-five.
Herc is the interesting thing about
the. proposed Convention: It is intend?
ed to be an organized expression of dis?
content with the political and social
treatment of the colored people by their
fellow-citizens. The signers hold it to
be "an undeniable and lamentable fact
that the present condition of the race is
insecure, and the future still more alarm?
ing;" and they bring against the white
majority five distinct and specified char?
ges. We condense the several com?
plaints:
1. Negro labor at the South is not
fairly remunerated. The Southern ne?
gro is not protected by law in the col?
lection of money due bim.
2. In most parts of the country the
negro does not have a fair show in the
public schools.
3. The negro is not protected in bis
civil rights, notwithstanding the laws
passed, by Congress.
4. His political rights are ignored. J
Six and a half millions of people with- j
out representation in Congress
5. The negro does not get his share
of Executive protection and encourage?
ment.
The conclusion of the signers of this
call is interesting:
"According to the signs of the times
the country is on the eve of a great po?
litical revolution, and it behooves us,
as a race, to make our interests para- j
mount to those of any party or sect; i
that it is our duty to unite and strike
out seme bold policy and line of action
which will bring us nearer to the estate
of full citizenship and power when this
great revolution is over."
The N. Y. Snit, comments as follows
upon the above:
No fair-minded man, black or white,
will deny'that if these allegations are
true it is time for united action on the
part of the negroes of the thirty-eight
States. They form about one-eighth
of the entire population of the country.
Equal rights are guaranteed them by
the Constitution. The laws are suffi?
cient for the purpose. If these laws
are systematically ignored or evaded,
and the negroes kept out of full citizen?
ship by a conspiracy of white office?
holders, it is none too soon for an or?
ganized movement to secure jost treat?
ment. The colored people have a mil?
lion and a qoarter votes; that fact lies
behind any protest which they may
make.
it strikes us that the boldest policy
and most promising line of action open
at this time to the colored voters of the
United States is to cut the thongs
which have bouod them so long to the
wheels of the Republican party. The
Republican party bas flattered the ne?
gro and bamboozled him; it has wept
over him and plundered bim; it bas
claimed him as its own an i swindled
him without compunction; it bas made
use of bim and flung bim aside.
Negroes in several of the States are
beginning to find thh out, and to act
for themselves. If the Washington
Convention is a representative body,
sincere in its purpose and independent
in its action, it can do a great deal for
the race.
The Xew Era, an ably conducted
paper published by colored men io
Charleston, and which we are pleased
to see presents tue appearance of suc?
cess, had the folio wi og in its last issue ;
4 What will be the outcome of this
body cannot now be divined. It is
very sincerely boped, however, that
there will not be the semblance or sub?
stance of attempt to place thc race be?
yond its present needs and capacity.
There is such a thing as making haste
too swiftly, the festina lente policy being
preferable sometimes. The race must
not be antagonized with its true inter?
ests, so comprehensively propounded
by the Hon. Federick Douglass in his
recent Emancipation Day oration at
Washington, D. C. If it be really the
genius of the situation, that the race
shall remain in this country, so large,
varied and productive, and expect
nothing from domestic or foreign colo?
nization, theo the spirit of the august
assemblage, which it is hoped it will
be, should so effectively fix that senti?
ment, that he who runs may read and
understand, and not be misled by
ignes fatui. or false prophets. Mr.
Douglass' idea, that the race to become
a positive quantity, in its proper ethno?
logical sphere, should be American?
ized, is so thoroughly sensible, that it
commands immediate conviction. It
is impossible for such men ns they whom
we have quoted. Prof. Greener, Mr.
Fortune, of the New York Globe, and
others, not to see that the annunciation
of any platitudes, will uot do ; that
there must be ? clear and cool procla?
mation of cause and effect, bearing
rational kinship to the gist of the situ?
ation, to entitle us to the decent respect
of mankind. Above all things let no
brutem ftdmen spirit be manifested or
tolerated for, it can only subject us to
ridicule, that sharpest of weapons, or
worse, contempt.
Let this Convention be very careful
of what questions, upon which it shall
legislate. Some, are beyond the pale
of law de jure, especially social ones.
These should be very gingerly touched,
and only advisedly. But this is pre?
mature, however, still, it is better that
all matters likely to be discussed,
should be thoughtfully canvassed be?
forehand, so that the delegates may
take temper thereform.
Important to Disabled Soldiers.
The following circular, which we
publish in compliance with the request
therein, should receive the widest possi?
ble circulation in order to protect disa?
bled soldiers from being speculated upon
in the manner indicated :
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMEMT,
OFFICE OF COMPTKOLLER-GJKNERAL,
COLUMBIA S. C.
Dear Sir :-You will confer a favor
on me, and do a service to many old
soldiers, if you will bo good enough to
give notice through your paper that all
claims for artificial limbs will be paid
in full at the very earliest possible
period,.and that parties^entitled to the
same will receive notice from this
office as soon as there are funds in the
Treasury for that purpose.
The records of this being accessible
to any one wishing to examine them
certain parties have obtained a list of
these claims, and have been offering to
purchase them from the holders at a
heavy discount or to collect them on
commission ; thus giving the impres?
sion that they have facilities for expe?
diting their payment. This action is j
absolutely without the authority or
sanction of this office, and I earnestly
advise holders not to part with their
claims to any agent, but to deal direct?
ly with this office in their settlement.
I ask that you will give this notice en?
tirely in the interest of these poor old
veterans. Respectfully,
W. E. STONEY.
Comptroller-General.
The Normal Institute.
The Columbia Register of the 2d in
j stant, says: "The State Board of Ex?
aminers met in the office of the Super?
intendent of Education yesterday, and
besides attending to the usual routine
business, it was resolved to hold the
white Institute at Columbia, beginning
August 7 and endijg August 31, and
the colored Institute at Columbia, be?
ginning July 5 and ending August 1.
A resolution was also adopted providing
that heieafter applicants for teachers'
certificates before County Boards of Ex?
aminers shall be examined upon the
theory and practice of teaching."
A Present of a Million Silk Worm
Eggs.
The Columbia Register of thc 5th
says:
The Agricultural Department yester?
day received an installment cf silk worm
eggs from Mr. McKittrick of Memphis,
Tenn., with the announcement that a
\ larger supply is now on the way, which
j when received will make a million.
They are iutended for distribution
among those who will interest them?
selves in rearing the worms, with a
view to excite an interest, in silk culture
as a department of profitable employ?
ment for ladies, invalids and young
persons at tho South, where the climate
and food supply are admirably adapted
I to its successful results,
j The eggs received have been trans?
ported by express and are enclosed in
small pasteboard boxes of the size and
j form of those used by the apothecary
j for enclosing prescriptions in the form
j of powders. Each box contains about
j 1,000 eggs. The warmth of the past
! few days, during which they have been
on the way, has caused many of the
eggs to be hatched out, and the close?
ness of the package, excluding the air,
has smothered many of the young worms
but it will be found that sufficient eggs
and worms will be obtained from each
j package to serve the purpose of experi
I mentation and secure a start for a co
! coonery. Those who have heretofore
j made application! for eggs und all oth
j ers desiring to experiment ia silk cul
j ture will do well to communicate at occe
j with Colonel A. P. Butler, Commis
I sioner of Agriculture.
! A reflective hunter in this' State
j comes to the conclusion that the vital
? force brought into play by the killing
j of a wild turkey gobbler would, if pro
j perly exerted between plow handles.
I prepare forty-seven and a half acres of
? land for the cotton planter,
j The old miser who died in a New
i York hospital the other day, and who
j was found to be worth ?40.000, is said
i to have been a printer. There are two
I things which militate against this theo?
ry. In the first place a printer was
! never known to have any money, and,
j secondly, whenever he bad any he in
vairably gave it way If the man had
been an editor-but there
i AD immense crowd from ail portions
! of the county assembled at Florence
j Ala., on Saturday, overpowered the
?jailer, and hanged George Ware, who
j murdered Robert Bethune, a boy on
j Muscle Shoals canal, last week. Be?
fore hanging the prisonor confessed he
murdered the boy for five dollars, five
cents and a plug of tobacco, and threw
the body in the river.
After robbing his victim, he threw
the lad eight times into thc river, but he
swam back to thc shore. After thus
amusing himself he tied the boy, beat
out bis brains with a stone and again
threw him in. A large crowd of work?
men employed on thc river improve?
ments first visited thc jail and demand?
ed the prisoner. Owing to the delicate
coodiMon of the jailor's wife at the time,
the mob was persuaded to disperse.
Ou Saturday night the mob revisited
the jail and carried the jailor's wife to
another house. They took the prisoner
aud hung bim. The negro con?
fessed.
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One Hundred Cents.
Mess. Zimmerman & Johns, Druggists
Westminister, S. C. in their last order pur?
chased only the dollar size of Norman's Neu?
tralizing Cordial. Those who try tho 25 cents
size always buy the large size next time, thus
its use ia advertising its merits daily. -
Mr. Editor: I take the liberty ol' inclosing
for publication the following letter, which
will speak for itself. If other Confederate
Mothers felt as she does, the name of every
son of Sumter will be "rescued from obliv?
ion. Yours, kc,
J. D. BL ANDING, Chairman.
COL. BLANDING:
Dear Sir-In response to the appeal of the
Ex. Committee of Monumental Association, I
inclose $5.00, which will not only pay for
the insertion of my son's name, but assist in
rescuing from oblivion some other names of
those not less worthy of honor, whose sur?
viving relatives may not be able to meet the
expense. Let all who can, give, be it little
or much, and our heroes who died for us,
will speak from the "Monument, to the boys
who play around it and the men who look at
it, pleading to follow their noble example.
Sincerely, kc, * * *
The following letter has been handed us
by Capt. Auld. It explains itself, and we
commend the matter to the kind consideration
of our readers. The pictures alluded to can
be obtained at the store of Dr. Auld :
MAY 7, 1883.
Dear Don :
I send you, by to-day's mail, ten photo?
graphs of Prof. F. Nicholls Crouch, the au?
thor of "Kathleen Mavourneen"' "Dermot
Astore," kc, kc.
Crouch is an Englishman by birth and ed?
ucation. He was a member of the choir
which sung at the coronation of Queen Vic?
toria. He came to U. S. A. many years ago,
and made Ballimore bis home. lu 1861 he
joined the "Richmond Howitzers," with
whom he served till 9th April, 1865. Hard?
ships, severe service, wounds, and a total
wreck of bis savings, left him, at three-score
years, dependent upon the labors of bis bands
for a support. Still be worked, and played,
and wrote sweet music, and starved : Aye,
starved I for such as he must always starve,
when bereft of the opportunity to indulge,
without let or hindrance, the full, free flight
of their genius. The educated gentleman,
the composer of the sweetest melodies which
ever floated from latticed window, or vine
clad cottage, or lingered in "Shady Bower."
God help the poor, wherever they may be;
but God especially help the poor old Rebs,
who came back broken in health, to stand by
their desolate homes, and broken hearth,
stones. Let God, and all of us, help them
who left "Fatherland," to do battle for us,
now that they are old, and weak and poor.
I know you will respond, amen !
Sell these photographs, which have also
the autograph of the great musician, to the
best advantage. Surely no lover of sweet
music will hesitate to open wide his purse,
where age and infirmity calls. Is there one
who "rode with Stuart, or tramped with
! Robert Lee," who will not gladly give in
! this instance? I leave the management en
I tirely to you.
j Give ray love to the boys of the S. L. I.
? ?
Spasmodic convulsions are frequently
caused by worms gnawing at the vitals; there?
fore, atthe first indications of worms, Sbriner's
Indian Vermifuge should be administered ac?
cording to directions.
A poor man in New York City was lately
arrested and given six months because he had
just killed a cat and proposed to eat it,
j There seeing to be no disposition on the part
! of New York authorities to allow the poor
j any of the luxuries of the season.
Seem' is Believin*.
Ron yer, boys, and mount dis fence,
Dar's de Ashlev and its ebidence.
A Sensible Man.
Josh Billings says he never takes any fool?
ish chances. When he looks at a dead mule
'he stands in front of him. Norman's Nen
i
: traliziog Cordial is neither a live or a dead
j mule but a real nice family horse always ready
j for your service. Mothers we advise you not
i to take any foolish risks but always keep a
! bettie convenient and it will save you many
! hours of anxietv.
? Little drops of printer's ink,
Little type displayed,
i Make our merchants bosses,
And all this big parade,
j Little bits of stinginess,
Discarding printer's iuk,
j Busts a man of business,
And makes bis credit sink.
\ ~ THE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, S. C., May 5, 1883.
j COTTON.- Market firm. Sales about 400
?bales. Quotations are: Ordinary BnC^O;
j Good Ordinary 9? ; Low Middling, ?u? ;
; Middling 10?; Good Middling, ll.
WILMINGTON, N. C., May 5, 1883.
( SPIRITS TERPENTINE-Market quoted firm
at 38 cents.
KOSIN-The market was firm at Si.35 for
i Strained and Si.40 for Good Strained,
j CKCDB TURPENTINE-Market steady at Si .50
i for Hard, $2.50 per bbl., for Soft.
COTTON-Market firm. Sales 65 bales,
j The following are the official quotations:
Ordinary 6 15-16. Good Ordinarv 8 3-16, Low
j Middling ?l, Middling 10}, Good Middliug
! 10|.
TAX RETURNS
FOR 1883.
IJ ET?RNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
\; AND POLLS will bc received at tho fol
lowing times and places, viz:
Lynchburg, Thursday, June 7.
Magnolia, Friday, 14 8.
Mayesville, Saturday, " 9.
Cooper's Mill, Monday, " ll.
Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes?
day, June 12 and lo.
Mannville, Thursday, Juue 14.
Mechanicsville, FridajT, " 15.
Gaillard's X Roads, Sat'day, .? 16.
Johnston's Store, Monday, " 18.
Players X Roads, Tuesday 44 19.
Lewis Chapel, Wednesday, " 20.
Privateer, Friday, 44 22.
Zoar Church, Saturday, 44 23.
Stateburg, Monday, 4 4 25.
Wedgefield, Tuesday, 11 26.
Sanders' Depot, Wednesday, 44 27.
M. Sauders' Office, Thurs , 44 28.
Spring Hill, Friday, 44 29.
A. S. Rrown's Store, Monday,
July, 2.
-A s n
At the Auditor's Office in Sumter on
all other days, except the 4th July,
from thc 1st June to July 20th, inclu?
sive.
The law requires tint all persons
owning property, or in anywise having
charge of such property, either as agent,
husband, guardian, trustee, executor, ad
ministrator, &c., return the same under
oath to the Auditor, who requests all
persons to bc prompt in making their
returns and save the 50 per cent, pen?
alty, which will be added to thc prop?
erty valuation of all persons who fail to
make returns within the time prescribed
by law. W. R. DELGAR,
May 7 Auditor Sumter Couuty.
HENRY L B. WELLS,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
SUMTER, S. C.
Apr 24
Who Cares for Orphans ?
Homeless, fatherless and needy, they are
not friendless. The true and good of earth
have the cause of the orphans at heart. At
Clinton, South Carolina, they have bought a
handsome property, hare built two neat and
commodious dwellings and are now finishing
off a handsome three story "Orphans Semi?
nary." Here, in the Thornwell Orphanage,
forty orphans are fed, clothed and educated,
and this good work has been going on for
eight y^ears past. In this beautiful country
home-school they are trained in a life of
freedom, innocence, and industry. Our girls,
noble little women that they are, do all the
cooking, washing, house-cleaning kc. Our
boys are equiilly industrious. They are
taught, too, in the things of the heavenly
Kingdom and the broad realm of nature and
literature.
It is a noble charity to pity the fatherless,
especially the deserving, and these are, in?
deed, deserving Their support comes, day
by day. as Elijah's came at Cherith. God
provides it. And, you, reader may be* as the
raven, whom God selected to carry the daily
portion. Gifts of clothing, provisions of all
kind, books, kc, send directed simply to
Thornwell Orphanage. Gifts of money, send
by registered letter, or check on New York,
or Postal order on Newberry CH. to Rev.
Wm. P.Jacobs, President, Clinton, S. C.
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Peterson's Magazine for June, already on our
table, is an unusually brilliant number, even
for this popuiar lady's book. The principal
steel-plate, "Mistress Soft-Eves," is an ex?
quisite affair, illustrating a most charming
story. The engravings of fashions are nu?
merous and choice, all being late Paris cos
tnmes. and not the patterns of second-rate
American dress-makers. Now is a particu?
larly good time to subscribe, especially for
those who do not wish back numbers, a
new volume beginning with the July number.
With thi3 new volume will be commenced a
copyright novel, "A Fifth Avenue Ro?
mance," which the publisher predicts will le
the most popular for years. The price is but
two dollars a year, with great deductions to
clubs, and a handsome premium to the person
getting up the club. Specimens are sent,
gratis, to those wishing to get up clubs,
Address Peterson's Magazine, 306 Chesnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Borne, Sweet Home, is a new monthly maga?
zine published by Ludden and Bates' South?
ern Music House. The subscription price is
only 50 cents per year, and each subscriber
gets a premium of over $4.15 worth of nice,
new music. Send your name for a free speci?
men copy, to the publishers, Messrs. Ludden
and Bates, Savannah, Ga.
NEW GOODS
-AND
BOTTOM PRICES
-AT
THE CHARLESTON STORE
H. A. LOWRY,
Cor. Main and Republican Streets,
SUMTER, S. C.
Full Lines of
STAPLE GOODS,' DOMESTICS,
WHITE GOODS, SHEETINGS, *c.
j LACE PIQUES at 10 cents and up,
j CLOTHING, .SHOES,
j HATS for Ladies, Children and Men,
CORSETS, Large and Elegant Assortment.
DIAMOND SHIRTS-All Sizes.
COLLARS -AND- CUFFS.
HOSIERY, ZEPHYR, LACES,
PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS.
EMBROIDERY, TRIMMINGS, &c,
-ALSO
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
.AND
; Various other articles usually kept in Gene
i ral Merchandise.
I
j Call and examine goods and prices before
* buying.
j Goods shown with pleasure, and every effort
made to satisfy customers.
April 17
Illili Meeting of Mholrs.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of Bellemonte Cotton
Manufacturing Company will be held at the
Factory on Thursdav", Mav lOtb-at 12
o'clock. li. JAMES WINN,
April 17 President.
FOR "RENT.'
MY STORE HOUSE, Corner of West
Main and Fayette Streets, MAYES
VILLE, S. C. Is suitable for a general mer?
chandise business.
Parties wishing to rent will apply to me as
above. ~ J. E. MAYES.
May 1 *
DISSOLUTION "OF
CO-PARTNERSHIP.
TXTE, THE UNDERSIGNED, heretofore
\ \ doing business under the firm name of
SPANN A RUSSELL; have, by mutual con?
sent, dissolved co-partnership. Dissolution
to date from March 1st, 1SS3. All parties
owing debts to said firm, will settle with J.
M. Spann. J. M. SPANN.
May 1-.lt_J.J\_ RUSS li LL.
M. L. KINA RD,
Clothing Emporium. !
Just received mv stock bf i
SPRING i
CHiOTHINGi
Complete in all the Latest Styles j
-FOR
MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND
CHILDREN.
Gent's Furnishing Goods, j
-AND- j
ISTools. Wear, j
This line is selected with a view to com?
fort in the hot Summer months.
Sizes in Underwear 34 to 48.
GENTS' FINE SHOES
io Low Quarter, and Gaiters iu Calf and
Mott Kid.
SOFT AND STIFF HATS
in light and dark shades ot' all the leading :'
styles.
AU orders sent to my address n dl bc \
attended to.
M. L. KINARI),
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Opposite Grand Central Hotel.
Mav 1 !
j-* -!
i State of South Carolina. !
SUMTER COUNTY.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Ex parle, Anthony White and others: Tn re,
UanwjJi I'. DcLornie, an Infant, />;/ William
M. DeLorme. her Guardian ad Litan,
Martha A. Dent, Martha C. Rembert, James
ll. Bracey, James ll. Bracey. Plaintiff*, vs.
Sallie (r. Bracey and William Dent Bracey,
Defendants-Notice to Creditors.
IN PURSUANCE of an order made in this
cause, by his Honor Judge T. B. Fraser,
bearing date t he 20th April, 1883, the lien
creditors of the said James H. Bracey arc
hereby notified to establish their suid liens
before me by or before thc 20tb day of May,
1883, or bc debarred the benefit of any de?
cree to be made under these proceedings.
GUIGNARD RICHARDSON,
April 30-3t Master.
VALK & MURDOCH,
CHARLESTON, S. C
BUILDERS OF
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
-AND
Machinery, and dealers in Engineers* Supplies. Agents for Deane & Worthing?
ton's Steam Pamps. Correspondence solicited. Estimates
May 8-? furnished on application.
Have You Seen It ?
SEEN WHAT ?
The magnificent Spring and Summer Stoek
of Goods
Now opened and being daily added to by fresh arrivals,
-AT
A. A. SOLOMONS',
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHMENT
-AND
THE ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER IN THIS COUNTY.
If You Have Not,
Lose no further time, but go at once and examine his beautiful
array of
COMPRISING
FINE BATTISE CLOTH, Something New.
BUNTINGS in All Shades and at All Prices.
NUNS' VEILING, All Grades and Shades, a Fall and Beautiful Variety.
SATEENS of Desirable Shades, something Rich and Nice.
GINGHAMS, Foreign and Domestic.
-ALSO
j An Endless and Elegant Variety of Lawns, from 5 Cents up. An Examination
of these goods will well repay the trouble.
I WHITE GOODS.
j A Most Complete Stock in all branches of this line of goods, to which the atten?
tion of the Ladies is respectfully directed.
j FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, &c.
, The stock here is too numerous to attempt an enumeration. If you want any
article of NECK WEAR, COLLARETTES, TIES, GLOVES,
I MITTS, HOSIERY, Plain, Fancy or Colored, DRESS
BUTTONS every conceivable kind, don't fail to
look at this Stock, which is the Largest and Most Complete
j ever before offered in this 3Iarket, and are marked at prices to defy
Successful Competition.
CORSETS.
Thc attention of the Ladies is respectfully called to my Stock of these, com?
prising as they do from all the Leading Makes to the lowest price
Manufactured.
LADIES' ULSTERS.
A full and complete stock of th :e are now opened, of the Latest Make and
! Style and are offered at Extremely Low Prices.
j MATTINGS, CARPETS, RUGS, &c.
These have been selected by me with the view to please, and are offered in the
fullest confidence that an examination is all that is necessary to effect sales.
GENTS' HATS
I
In Straw, Felt, Wool, &c. Being resolved to reduce my stock in this line, no
? reasonable offer will be declined.
GENTS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING,
Made specially to my order, something that will wear and give satisfaction, at
prices within the reach of all.
! GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
I
A full and choice line of Groceries for Family and Plantation
! use constantly on hand and added to daily.
An Efficient Corps of Salesmen are in attendance, who will take pleasure in
attending to thc wants of all callers.
N. B.-Any article left over from past season will be sold regardless of former
prices. Bargains may be looked for here.
x?fT A call is respetfully solicited.
18
.WITH
fl The Latest and Prettiest Styles,
OThe Lowest Prices and
The Most Complete Stock of
g SPRING AND SUMMER
?j DRESS GOODS,
'OT I
II
fe
0
The Latest Novelties in Trimming,
Silks, Ribbons. Laces and Embroideries,
Debeiges, Buntings, Poplins, Lustres,
Pongees, Grenadines, Nun's Veilings, &c.
PRICES THE LOWEST
-AT
JOHN REIDS'
Jf??" Samples (?cut on application
0
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fl
H
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83
AGENTS WANTED. ! HEADQUARTERS
PURE TEAS. Agents wanted every-! _IV_
where to sell tens to families, hotels and large j
coEisumers. The larpeststock in thecountry to ' O ATTWTT P A VAT Tiff A
select from ; qualities of all descriptions from I Oil U XXI vAXtvJtlXXV JX
the highest imported to the lowest grades; a J
large discount and a handsome income to all j - rUK
who sell for us. ('ountrystore keepers, drug-| Ak| BpCO ?ktft AllCCkIC
gists who wish to sell teas in sealed pound j | ALI All DECO AMI UUtfcNOi
packages or tin canisters, peddlers, and in |_^_
fact all who wish to obtain an honorable liv- ? p 7*ai: ~ Tested Hvbrid and
inj: by selling tens should write us for a ctr- ;1 urt xianaD8? *<-Sieu, llJ oim ?nt?
cuW." Original American Tea Co., establish- j Dollar Queens.
6 "~'p"h? Box 1287 Address, ?Orders taken for Hives, Honey-Boxes, Bee?
ROUT. WELLS Pres? , Smokers, \'cils, &c, &c.
Mar 27 43 Vesey St., Now York, j 0rder$ booked D0W for Hccs and Quceos t0
, Alli ^6 shipped in April. First come
America Ahead! first served.
_ ' All Queens sent by mail, safe arrival guar
/^APri\/? ? anteed. \Y. J. ELLISON,
S //X^J^r^^^^^fl^^ March 27 Sumter Co., S. C.
r? / ^^^^t^Li^^r^ ^ A week made at home by the i n
I WI t^^^^^(V?^li 2* ?P* dustrious. Hest business now
!: I * h- <r ^'t<? 'tore 1,10 Puo!ic- Capital Dot needed. We
< \ ^% ^ ^s'^S^wl O // L. will start you. Men, women, boys and girls
^>??^?A-^O^^^^/Jt^jJ cvi wa?ted every where to work for us. Kow is
^5 <^^^^^r?^ytS'/J time' ^ ou c:in wor^ 10 sPare t'me, or
\SP?^^c^^^^jy give your whole time to the business. Ne
* VV^'vN'PQ * other business will pay nearly as well. No
^^s^r-,-one can fail to make enormous pay, by en
FOR SALE 8Y ALL LEADING DEALERS. ?? gin g at once. Costly outfit and terma/ree.
? Monev made fast, easily and honorably. Aa
AS-K FOR IT! BUT IT!? TRY IT!? ?ressTRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine.
"WAIT TILL
THE CLOUDS
ROLL BY.H
THAT'S WHAT SOME MERCHANTS
say in the Spring. They mean to say
to you, good people of Sumter Coooty, that
you will have to wait untU fall, before they
can supply you with anything good to eat.
NOT SO WITH
Ul m.\\ & B?LTMAIL
WE HAVE NOW IN STOCK
The Best and Largest Assortment
-OF
FANCY GROCERIES
IN TOWN,
And hope that you will bear in mind, that
they must, and will be sold, and that
we are here to serve any of OUT
friends and enstomers who
may favor us by visit?
ing our store in
person, or through orders.
AT OTO STORE YO? OAK MT
SARATOGA CHIPS,
EVAPORATED VEGETABLES,
DRIED APPLES AND PRUNES,
EVAPORATED FRUITS.
MEATS FOB KO-KIOS,
-SUCH AS
POTTED T?RKEI,
DUCK,
GAME,
CHICKEN,
HAM,
ENGLISH BRAWN,
PLUM PUDDING,
ASSORTED JELLIES in 2 potra*
Tin Buckets.
ORANGE MARMALADE ia White
Pots-a splendid article for a little
money-only 25 cents.
We have a fine stock of all kinds
FLAVORING EXTRACTS,
which we cao warrant pure and foll strength.
We would cali special attention to oar
-stock of
COFFEES AND TEAS.
We can give you a NICE ROASTED COFFEE
at 15 cents and a REAL FANCY
ARTICLE at 20 cents.
We are ready and willing to compare TEAS'
with any that may have been seat
here from abroad by the so-call?
ed Leading Grocers of the
South, and will convince our friends
-THAT
DUCKER & BULTMANN
IS THE PLACE TO BUY TEA.
Remember we also sell the
HE-NO TBA.,
which is now taking the lead. We are
Headquarters for Paney Gaudies,
and all kinds of
CRACKERS AlfD CAKES?
We sella FLOUR called the
"QTTEEST OF TSE S2T0SZH." '
If you have not tried it, do so at oncer astt^
you will use no other afterward.
Respectfuilv,
DUCKER & BULTMAN.
April 17 _*
i Mrs. WHITE ?gW
(KV
! Miss MILLER, ^SF
? ?- AST
WO?LEL INVITE the attention of th*
ladies generally, to their stock of
! Spring and Summer
j MILLINERY,
CONSISTING OF
HATS, BONNETS, FLOWERS,
RIBBONS, ?fcc.
j HATS FROH 25 CENTS UP.
t Agency for Universal Fashion Com?
! pany's Perfect Fitting Patterns,
j April 17
j W. J. ANDREWS*"
j FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT
ICE CREAM GARDEN,
LIBERTY STREET,
SUMTER, S. C.
I Rear Entrance to Garden and Saloon.
Court-House Square.
i
I Will furnish ICE CREAM at short notice, to
j be delivered in any part of town. Price
from 50 to 60 cents per quart.
ICE AT THE LOWEST PRICK.
j Ice Cream Garden fitted np in Excellent
Style, with especial view to the ac?
commodation of the Ladies.
April 17
j Address, TAYLOR MFC. CO.
; iPUw ?mtion uu Pap*.) Charlotte,.X. C
I WOOD S ODONTINE,
I FOR WHITENING AND PRESERVING
j THE TEETH.
! Seeps the Breath Pure and Sweet and
Hardens the Gums.
Formula of Dr. T. T. Moore:
j W. C. FISHER,
? Wholesale Agent,
COLUMBIA, S. C,
j For sale in Sumter by Dr. A. J. CHINA?-.
\ and Dr. D. J. AULD.
I March 6
WANTED
j 50,000 LBS. DRY HIDES.
j 50,000 LBS. WOOL, for wbkh tho
? highest market price will be paid. Leather
! given in exchange for Hides.
; 1,000 UTESfffll MTS
; From a New York Bankrupt Sale-your
i choice for 50 cen;s, by
D. MORRIS <% BRO.,
Liberty St., Sumter, S. C.
March 6 *3m.
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 & SON,
May 6. _Proprietors
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