Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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3be Tru& was founded Southron in W&ckmanr and Southron circulation and of the old papers, and the best advertising about twenty in Bennetts throughout the ?eweefrnumber 190, Sonth 29. a?uOw at Cairo Thursday* et? J???ppeared at Kostoc ?*Jw4eata* tote occurred. 31a Smith of Greese county, Vir ^Eflr*^ ?eaxt just a* be was band to swear that his tax :^e*inreet./ ' S&woraao of a circus recently face downward and was L because she was too heavy &tgM&t? Bdge?eldv men are County for Bob who burned Mr. Colt , has this playful appli es 'I saw a Wind wood none ever saw bus ire seen him saw/ examina tiou of teachers schools in Marlboro only five applicants euY accused of pride would be their in iu the United States two million eggs a year x loud of paper used [MngiSH* Crump, daughter of one v-v ?5SeRB?u?bers of a ship-building firm %f^o^)phia. was drowned at the liaanairtg of a new steamship, ^aaaiket wagon containing three 'v -||a?:atr89k by a mlroacl train Pa., and aH the occu bas 198 mil lions of . Thnt beats the ty Gould and Bui Vanderbilt ^^^? Jts4 o^ jeBow fever on a ves ^^^ Hecfi^'Wbor a few days ago, taken out to sea overboard to the ag to organize an air $2,000,000 capital, aud freight are to be carried earth. This is not a loom a regular air-gun. Bt?j Chandler swears he will stick " Webope Billy will run the Artboriun navee a wsile lunger. There is none of it _ of and he can do to the sea. % writer is an exchange says that as grows older and more densely populated, and the people poor er ?e ?Sali have leas grain and more Veiflaldeg fcr food, less pork aud more . - Axi-ro us the mutton. aeveu^N?rtheru States that have important electijms next fall are Massa York, New Jersey, Ohio, Iowa aud Minne election takes place in October?the others will be held in 3??vwttbef. At Bridgeport. Coub.. on Thursday ive wj _paoy were nearly L by &re. The buildings des ooccpy three sides of a square oMnck, four stories high, stool: and machinery insurance $275,000. Blair, of Mary B-? was a njan of much ^"SSSgg- .writer, -wasrr regarded One of i (Mr. ej naawjuounced him Wflulled that omce. He i press is anxious to that there are J??evc in the so aas to :oo in the anything liko^una i^??od luutual e?o ' .fS^Z tOiis polity \;~K*m,J&sten Newt. was loo much >f Brother licked up a "Pastor Robin :?^a?ates ? free %H then the meeting ..without the bene end is not yet, . ^SfiiS, the great English ewim wb? undertook to swim the rapids, a falls last Tuesday, tb? : wnirlpool, after rt?e first of the rapids, wa* found floating iu the ; distance below Lewistos, . oar bat Saturday, an d a yer drowuedwas rendered. ^ examination of the Body a was discovered on the top iree inches in leogth, iyto expose the of having a rock or "oiher hard, se? and it ia supposed to ? at the entrance to the recks in plaees pro i surface ?f the water and mmm^M Wildest. This est in itself r, and it is thought after receiv . reports f duties oo imports at House during the wilb ^?oe were $5,000.000 less 1882, but )use almost suppers th itution. The total receipts a were $219,986,223, the other Cus?j Houses ranking in the following' oraer, according to business transacted : Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Baltimore, New Orleans, Chicago, Galveston, St. Louis and Barling ton, Vt. The cost of the main tenance of the New York Custom House is not far from $2,5''0,000 an nually, the number of employees being about 1,200. The internal revenue re ceipts of the year wera $146,436,377, the remainder of the government's in come, $37,430,873, coming from mis cellaneous sources. It is believed that the surplus income for the ensuing year will not be less than $100,000,000 The foregoing Statistics will not only serve to show the importance of tbe New York Custom House in the na tion's financial system, but also to keep before the people a great problem which Congress must take up at its next ses sion. SEN ATOB BUTLER AND THE ROAD QUESTION. Senator Butler has commenced his I promised discussion of the road ques tion, aud has published two articles in the News and Courier. The editor of the Greenville News has made the fol lowing comments on the articles and the subject under discussion. His re marks in regard to the enforcement of the laws in Greenville will apply to Sumter as well as Greenville: Senator Butler is writing for the News and Courier a series of articles on the pnblic road question. He bas j 'already occupied somewhere in the neighborhood of two columns in each of two issues of our esteemed cotem porary, and does not seem to be beyond the threshold of the subject, which is apparently as long, as rough, and as full of knots and pitfalls as the average road itself. Tbe drawing of a parallel between the Senator's articles and the condition of our thor- j oaghfares during this season of general j drought is prevented by the profound i respect we have for all persons in au thority. Really, without meaning to be ccu sorious or unkind, we venture to sug gest to the Senator that one article with condensed facts and a brief expo sition of whatever theory he may have i will be far more effective aud attract ] much more general attention than tbe \ elaborate serial essay cn which he is j now engaged From present indica-j tions his proposition will be lost and j faded among the faint memories of the j beautiful long ago by the time his j demonstration swings its big end within ! tbc range of our vision. As far as we can see, Senator j Butler is drifting towards the position j occupied by the News, which is that the present road laws are good enough I for all purposes, except that they lack j provisions to secure obedience to then). I This deficiency can be remedied very j easily and by the work of'ordinary; intellects. The addition to the laws we have of penalties for their viola tion and the vesting of power to en force those penalties in appropriate hands will remove the evils we suf fer from as far as legislation can re move them. Then the people will have the tools to secure goo 1 roads i ready to their hands, and all that will! be necessary for them to do will be to ! elect officials, with nerve and conscience j enongh?tc do their sworn duty. We have too much law in this State | anyhow. We pile dead letter on top j of dead letter year after year, and j persistently endeavor to correct tbe j feflgrg t^pforco^xis^fj^^u^?rl^l j making new ones. The real rem- i edy for all our ills is the education ! of the people to reverence for the I law and its enactments, and to the j j demand on all agents of the law to cn- j ! force without respect of persons or fear j i of consequences. The public school is j j the one method by which this educa- j tion can be spread among the masses, j but-its results can be obtained before- i hand if the influential and intelligent j people of each county will stand to-1 gether and move together for the' rigid enforcement of^he law. When J officers understand that strong bodies i j of people are supporting them in the 1 strict performance of their duty, and j will hold them to account for every failure to perform it fully, their duty w5H be done. Greeuville City can improve the j roads in Greenville county a hundred | per cent, by throwing her vote solidly I and always for County Commissioners ! Vbo wiil enforce the law regardless j of who is offended and what prcciuct j may be lost at the primaries j Bengali's Election Will Hurt. . ? v-The New York Herald has no doubt j as to the bad effect the election of Ban- i dattto the Speakers!)ip would have. It i says, and," we must believe, says the j Wilmington. Star, that it gives ex pression to much that is true: "There can be no doubt that the election by the Democrats of Mr. Ran dall as speaker will be a' *slap in the face for the revenue reformers.' They can stand that, as we have said. To a good many of them it will be a con venience. There is an increasing mul titude of Republican voters, represented by such journals, as the New York Evening .Post, the- New York Times, the Buffalo Express, the Albany Even ing Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and others, who would follow their princi ples into the Democratic party, if that should honestly and zcalomdy take up revenue reform. But if Mr. Randail becomes speaker that will say to these voters that the time has i.ot come and that they may remain still with their old party organization, which by force of habit tbey prefer, and which on other questions they will feel like trust ing more ijian a party which does u. . know its own mind, and^has no con victions of aay kind." Bands iKs election cannot fail to drive off every Republican who has coasci? entious convictions to the duty and necessity of reforming and readjusting the "present tariff. Why should they come to the help of the Democraiic party if that party has ro well-de fined purpose, plan and convictions as to a reduction of Government expenses *nd a consequent readjusting of the unequal, unjust and biudensome tariff? They will not come. There will be nothing to gala' by tbe coming of such an event. ... Annual Dance of the Sioux Indians. Rosebud Indian Agency, Dakota, July 24.?The annual suu danee of the Sioux Iudians occurred this after noon at the camp near this agency, about 1,000 Indians being present froru all parts of the reservation and a number of white visitors. The sun dance is a very ancient custom amoDg the Indians, but which has been grow ing less severe lately. If an Indian child or relative be sick during the year, or if he desires success in some undertaking, he may vow that if the child recovers or the scheme succeeds he will dance or give some of his fiesh to the Great Spirit at the next sun dance. The ceremony of cutting the pole for the centre of the dancing circle was performed Saturday afternoon. Her pipe, a niece of Standing Rear, wield ing the axe, and the charge on the prostrate tree was made by over a thousand young bucks on ponies. On Sunday the brush enclosure was built, and that evening fifteen Indians en tered and commenced their long dance, having been fasting four days. This afternoon the voluntary torture com menced, three men offering themselves. The mediciue man performed the opera tion, lie made two vertical incisions in each breast with a sharp knife, and passing a stick under the lifted flesh fastened the end to a rope descending from a pole. The dancers then worked uatil they freed themselves by violently breaking the flesh. Follow-a-Woman broke loose in five minutes, Lives-iu the-Air after ten minutes' exertion,'] but Poor-Dog remained tied up for half an hour before he could tear out the thongs from both breasts. They then rejoined the dance. Several bucks had small pieces of fiesh cut from their arms, the amount often being lessened j by their squaws offering their arms for I part of the loss. The whole was a < dreadful exhibition of physical eudu ranee and savage barbarity. At five | o'clock the dance ceased, the partici pants having jumped up and down, blowing their whistles, for fifty hours, without food or water part of the time, I in the burning heat of the sun. Some j were so completely exhausted as to dance on with their eyes closed, their bodies in spasm. This is probably the last time these cruelties-will be permitted, as a strong j effort will be o^tde by the government to stop the suu dance. Orders came to Agents McGillicuddy and Wright this year to prevent this occurrence, but it was impossible. The Telegraphers' Strike. A^>oat 19,000 telegraph operators in i the service of <iic Western Union and j other telegraph companies have for the past two week* been on a strike for ! higher wages. Ou last Wednesday an j agreement was arrived at between the I operators and the American Rapid Tel- j egraph Company, the latter agreeing j to ten per cent of an advance on sala-1 ries, to eight hours as a regular day's i work, with exrta pay for all hours put j in over that time ; also to six hours on i Sunday, with extra pay for over time, j and seven hours fur night work, with extra pay for over hours. Upon these j terms the American Rapid's operators j returned to work on the 26th inst. This breaks the backbone of the Com panies' resistance, and that great buga- ! boo, the Western Union, will, it is j thought, be eventually compelled to sue cumb. The popular sympathy is with the j operators, and it is hoped they may i gain their point. The Western Union , Teleg-apb Company is a soulless monop- I oly, which has been making millions of i jno?ev^j^ff its watered htock, and it- can_: afford to payTfs operators much better j wages than they have been getting, and i it ought to do it. Suppose acquiescence j in the demands of the strikers does cost I them two or three millions of dollars! more time they have been paying, what is the difference ? They will have just i that less to put iu their coffers, but the j public would would be beneStted to that I amount and so many worthy men and women have a chauce to live a little ; easier in the world. Rut the compa Dies would not be likely to lose in the transaction, for skilled labor, perma nently secured by their acquiescence iu the demands of the strikers, would re sult in an increase of business and the consequenteveuness between the greater amount received and the extra amount paid out. ... ? ?9 -uin - "Damned Scoundrels." . Such is Postmaster General Gresham's j Opinion of Southern Itepitblicans Washington, July 25.?Colonel Jack Brown of Georgia is one of the most prominent of the Southern Repub- j licans in this city. Yesterday be had 1 occasion, in looking after the interest of a clieut, to call upon the Postmaster General. He was horrified upon being j told by Mr. Gresham that he regarded j Southern Republicans as "damned ! scoundrels." To-day Colonel Brown ! sent Mr. Gresham the following letter : j "Sir: Since your remark of yester j day that "Southern Republicans were I the damndest petof scoundrels who had I come in my (your) way, since your ad j veDt iuto your present posi iou, self ! respect will prevent my calling in per I sod. You are certainly a type of the j human species from whence the soubri- j j quct of 'Hoosier' has been given to In i dianians, for iu ali my travels on this j continent and that of Europe I have ! seen no man who could boast of fewer ! accomplishments in civility and polite ! ness than yourself Grant made n I ?rcat mistake in having you appointed j Post-master General, for all men of I sense with whom vou have come in con I tact agree that you arc sans common i ^eoses. sans law and sans dency. What I a pity for this nati >n tnat Arthur (as wa.? his iniention) did not appoint Longstrect or McLaws of Georgia, <?i*h er one of whom has integrity and force of character that you nor none of your ludiana confreres can boast of. * * * An innate reppect for lunatics, idiots and dudes prevented me from slapping your jaws yesterday when you express ed the Hoosier and contemptible idea that all Southern Republicans were scoundrels. Had Grant or aDy other man for whom I entertain respect mani fested the same spirit, I should have downed him on the spot." Teachers should remember that the State Normal Institute for white teach ers will open in Ooluml'a on Tuesday, 7th of August, aud continue uutii the 31st. Board can be secured io advauce at $4 per week by addressing Prof L. B. fiaynes. We would be glad to see Sumter county largely represented in in the Institute. Dry Goods at Auction. The peremptory sale of 11,000 packages of cotton goods, valued at ?2,000,000, by Messrs. Bliss, Fabyan & Co., of this city, took place yester day in the auction rooms of Wilmerd ing, Iluget & Co., Nos. 64 and 66 White Street. The sale was the re sult of the dullness in the cotton-goods trade during the past sixty days, and the firm having in stock a larger quan tity of staple cotton goods than - they desired to carry, decided to dispose of them at auctiou. It is believed that the prices obtained for the goods at the sale will govern the prices of cotton goods for the coming season. At the opening of the sale the mer chants were in good humor and bid lively. The first articles *->ut up were a large quautity of Bates quilts of various qualities. They sold from 90 cents to 95 cents, the Marseilles quilts bring ing^ high as $195. The Turkish towels sold for ?1.90, and thirty-two inch ticks sold from 11 j cents to 12J ceuts a yard. The Thorndike fancy ticks went for 7 cents, while the heavy check ticks brought 11 cents. Other ticks sold as low as cents and as high as 12j- cents a yard. The bidding on the ginghams was lively and many huudred cases were disposed of at 7 cents a yard, while the lowest price paid was 6f- cents. The Warren, Bates and Columbian chevoits were knocked down in large quantities, briDging as high as 8? cents and as low as 6J cents. Boston check duck brought 10 cents a yard and the Co lumbian Bear twelve-ounce duck sold as high as 18? ceuts. o . The Palmer fancy dcmins sold at prices varying from 8-g cents to lo| tents. The Otis nine-ounce and the Beaver Creek blue denims brought the highest price, which was 14-J cents a yard. A large quantity of the Otis c. c. blue denims sold as low as 7 cents. The Thorndike, Otis and Colum bian shirting stripes went off at a lively rate from 6J cents to 9J cents a yard. Rockport corset jeans sold for 6J cents, Bates apron checks went for 5| cents, while the Oti3 blue checks sold for 7-J and 8 ceuts. The last lots of goods sold were ten lots, consisting of three hundred cases of Audros30ggin bleached shirtiDgs. The bidding for these goods was lively. The purchasers crowed about the auc tioneer's stand, shouting and pushing one another in their efforts to attract the attention of the little man on the stand. Nearly all the merchants were anxious to purchase these goods, but the supply gave out before the demands were satisfied. They sold for 7J- cents a yard in lots of ten and twenty-five cases eacb. 'Mr. Bliss said that the assemblage was the most respectable and refined one that ever attended a trade sale in the past five years. He was perfectly satisfied with the prices obtained. A rough estimate would show that the prices paid for the package was about ?150 each, the 11,000 packages aggre gating ?1,650,000 ? New York Sun, July 27th. uar??<- ?->-cam * Monument to the Confederate Dead cf Clarendon. In the proceedings, published in the Clarendon Enterprise, of the annual re union, held on the 21st, of the Manning Guard, Hampton Legion, we find the following: The following resolutions were offer ed by G. Allen Uuggins and uuani mouslv adonted: I. Resolved. That a commirtoe of three be appoiuted by the chauv^iHr authority to appoint _ssvB-comuiiitces, whose dutvit-snaiP be to solicit sob scrij^ipj^tor the purpose of pureh.-ising a suitable site, and the erection of a monument to the memory of the Con federate dead of Clarendon. That said committee report at Man ning on the first Monday in February next, at 12 o'clock M., and that all persons interested arc requested to meet with said committee, at the time and place designated, for the purpose of ef fecting sach organization as may be deemed necessary for the purpose indi cated. Under these resolutions a commit fee was appointed consisting of G. Allen Uuggins, Arthur llarvin and John C. Bagnal. Eva Britton's Little Game Played Out. The New Orleans Daily States has been overcome. It says: "Eva K. Britten, who claims to be the editress of a paper called The Hurricane, is in town to solicit, subscriotions for her journal This is not the first time this sharp, precocious girl has visited New Orit ans, but it is to be hoped it. will he the last. There are several hundred good natured people in this charitable town who remember Eva's former visit with emotions of deepest disgust. They are benevolent individuals who sub scribe to The Hurricane without ever getting a copy of it, not that they want ed to read it, but they desired it sim ply as a guarantee of good faith. Men who collect money and fail to give its promised equivalent are generally look ed upon as swindlers and confidence sharps, and sometimes go to the peui tentiary as a reward for their smart ness. Does this frighten yon, Eva, dear, or do you simply claim to be a little beggar ? If you are the 1 tter, why do you stop at the most expensive hotels in every town you invade and spend for your own enjoyment enough money every day to keep a small fami ly in comfort for a week ?' A Duel with Pitchforks. Bakdstown Junction, Ky., July 26 ?At High Grove, Nelsou county, Ky., yesterday morning John McDou pa 11. a white horse trainer, and Sam Willis, a colored farm hand, emp^cc? of John King, had a tcrriblGencountor. They were in the barn and had just fed the horses. MeDougall was using the cutting box, chopping up a fresh supply of feed. Willis complained that McDougall W3s using the cutting-box too long. Mcl>ougall made an insult ing reply, whereupon Willis seized a long-handled pitchfork and McDougall a short-handled one. They prodded each other uatil both fell from exhaus tion, so fearfully punctured that neither can recover. Senator Fishburne, ofColleton Coun ty, died yesterday morning at the resi dence of a relative on Sullivan's Island. He came to Charleston on Monday last and went over to the Island, saying to a friend that he intended to go there to die. He was suffering at. the time from an attack of bilious fever. The funeral will take place at St. Paul's Church at 10 o'clock this morning.? Sunday Nnrs. River and Harbor Improvements. Captaiu Mercer, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, in charge of the river and harbor improvements in Vir ginia and the Carolinas, has submitted to General Wright his annual report of operations in that district during the last fiscal year. From the report it ap pears that improvements were c ade in South Carolina at Georgetown Harbor, and on the Waccamaw, Great Pee Dee, Santee and Wateree Rivers. During the year ?201,46'$ was expended, and ?475,200 -the estiuiat-d sum re quired for the continuation of the work during the next fiscal year. Owing to the crowded condition of the harbor at Norfolk a demand has been made for j the removal of the naval anchorage and the dredgiug of Rerl^ey flats, but the appropriation is insufficient for the purpose. At Reaufort operations were j confined to the construction of jetties, j and on Cape Fear River, near Wil I mington, to the removal of snags and j overhanging trees. At Gcorgetowu j Harbor, S. C, no work was under j taken, because of the inadequacy of I the appropriation. - ) ii n w ? i Sending Papers by Mail. It is well that all persons who are in j the habit of seuding newspapers through j the post office should know that they I must be properly sfamped or they will j not go. A one cent stamp will carry one newspaper of ordinary size, but will not carry two or three. A- single three cent stamp will carry a letter, though it be overweight, but there ia i jo such regulation in regard to news ! papers. Papers not covered with the j proper amount ot stamps are never sent, i nor are they advertised?they are siui j ply thrown away. Persons frequently } roll up three or four papers stick a one j stamp ou them and dump them iuto the post office thiuking they are bound to go ; but they never go except into the waste pile. All who do this lose their stamp Occasionalily there is dumped into the post office rolls of papers that ! would weigh a pound or two, with but j a siugle one, cent stamp attached. It j is the last of that roll of papers so far : as the sender or person to whom it is j addressed is concerned. Short-count Matches. j The match monopoly is playing a j j high-handed game of extorion, but it is ! ! prubable that a lively competition will j ! spring up. The New Orleans Times j Democrat says : 'Under the old law all j manufacturers were obliged to put one j ! hundred sulphur matches in each box, i j but now the number of matches to the j box is not regulated. This has al | ready resulted in the putting up by at ! least one concern of what are known as j j 'short-counts' matches?that is, boxes that do not contain the usual 100 These j i 'shorts-counts' are likely to play an im portant part in the match business in the I future. There is no legal fraud in put ! ting 'short-count' boxes of matches on j the market, because they are sold by the \ box. Of course a company which puts ; less than 100 matches in 'a box can I afford to undersell the manufacturer i who gives a full count box and here is j where the trouble is likely to occur. i Knights of Honor and Suicide. i _ j The Supreme Lodge of the Knights j of Honor, at its last session, resolved j not to pay the benefits of those who I caused their own death, aud the clause ; was ordered to be inserted ;n nppljpfrrfr^Tr^ for fi-rembership hereafter; "Aod- pre sided further, the death of said-is net produced by suicide, no matter I whether he be sane or insane.'' Ever ; since the change was made the subor ! dinatc lodges have beeu arguing for ; and against the move with considerable j zeal. It i.> now proposed to call iu all i the outstanding certificates and insert 1 the anti-suicide clause in them. The j members in New York seem to be op : posed to the new move, and it is said j will refuse to give up their certificates, ; as they claim there was do iutcntiou of j making the law retroactive, and the I Supreme Lodge could not if it wanted I to do so. j Fatal Itose of Strychnine by Mis take ! Mr. A. J. Cox, a young man in the I employ of Mr. D. J. Foxwortu on black River, died on last Friday night from ! the effects of a dose of strychnine taken ', by mistake, Mr. Cox had been suffering : from fever for several days and was I taking quinine, which he kept for con I venience in a small vase. Mr. Fox ! worth having occasion to use strychnine ; for the purpose of killing rats, placed it in the vase. Ou Friday afternoon Mr : Cox entered the hou.ie and taking from j the vase a dose of what he supposed to ! be quinine s\fallowed it. lie was fm ; mediately seized with convulsions and ] medical aid was summoned, but before j it reached him the unfortunate young I man was dead ?Gcorgdorai Enquirer, j July 25. Who Was He ? j The Secretary of State's office is the ,; proper place to seek information con | uected with the past official history of j the State, but the records of about ten ! years back from 1790 having been lose, I that office wants to know who was ; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina j in 1791. We have scratched our gray ; hairs and thought over the matter, but ' cannot possibly recall the uame, and j not even the general appearance of the j officer, aud yet it seems but as yestcr j day when he was among u.s. However, ; the information is wauted, and wo rc ! fer the inquiry to some one who has a j better recollection of names than we.? ! Colion h in Rcairter. j K?lcd with Soothing Syrup. Coroner Keller held an inquest ; Wednesday in New York over the body i of the infant son of Mrs James Mc Caulcy ofCariton avenue, who died ; fro'' the effects of an overdose of sooth : ing syrup. The jury recommended the j passage of a law prohibiting the sale of mixtures of this kind unless upon the prescription of a regular physician. Quito a destructive fire occurred at j Gamden a little after 12 o'clock last : Sunday. It orginated in the large i livery stable of Mr. J. A. Armstrong. I The stable was destroyed with its con | tents, except the horses and one buggy, j The DeKalb House omiubus was con sumed, together with a number of small ! buildings, including the warehouse of Win. Tarvcr. The entire loss is esti | mated at ?5,000. The fire is supposed ; to have been accidental, having caught DO from a spark dropped from a pipe or cigar.. "A Prophet honored in his own country." Some people are wedded to the foolish no tion that there is no excellence in anything that does not bear a foreign mark. "Tis distance thnt lends enchantment to the view." But we are living in a practical age. High sounding names were once of much avaft, but they are found now to be empty things. Merit is the guinea stamp that indicates true worth. Here is a remedy that stands the tests of experience. As gold grows brighter by usage,, so is this rac licine the more appre ciated as it bc-comcs better known. The large and increasing sales of Norman's Neutralizing Cordial effected in the little state of South Carolina, t'ie homeof this wonderful remedy, is the surest proof that a prophet is honored in his own couttrv. A saddle horse and the warm regard of two girls were possessed by an Iowa man. He lent the horse to onegirl^and of course she rode exasperatingly past the residence of the other, who wildly ran out and stabbed tbe beast with a knife. The secret of the universal success of Brown's Iron Ehlers is owing to the fact that it is the very best iron preparation made. Cy f>. thorough aud rapid assimilation with the blood it reaches every part of the body, giving health, strength aud endurance to every por tion. Thus beginning at the foundation it builds up and restores lost health. It does not contain whiskey or alcohol. It will not blacken the teeth. It does not constipate or cause beadadie. Itwill cure dyspepsia, in digestion, heartburn, sleeplessness, dizziness, nervous debility, weakness, etc. It is said that a turtle lays 150 eggs a day, and, unlike the hen. never cackles. It has no time for cackling. The battle begins in the earliest dawn ofj the child's existence. If it is, delicate worms j fasten upon its vitals, and as years pass they i increase, and if not destroyed will kill, j Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will destroy them and save the life of the child. TAX NOTICE. -0 OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, ! SUMTER COUNTY, July 31, 1SS3. "VfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT \ the office of the Treasurer of Suinter ! Couety will he open at Suinter Cuint House from the FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMDFR, 1SS3, to tbe TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1SS3. for the coiiection of State, County, School, Poll, and Special T.ixc< for the Fiscal Year comincr.cin? November 1, 1-SS2, to-rtener with ! I tho penalty of five per centum on any fir?t in- j stnllxaeat,*, of one-half thereof, whieh wore not j p:!id in May, 18S3. The rate of levy on all property assessed for ; taxation is as follows : i For State Purposes?Four axil three fourths j mills on each dollar of the valuation of tho property represented on the Tax Duplicate j fur the paid Fiscal Year. : For Ordinary County Purposes for said Fiscal i j Year?Two and one half twills on each dollar ; j of said valuation, j Fcr Spc-Tul County Purposes?to wit: j F^r Deficiencies in the Fiscal Year commencing I November 1, JSSl. one-fourth of one mill; i und one and on-^-Iiaif mill for funded indebt- ; ecness prior to November, 1S79. j For School Purposes?Two (2) mill? on each j i dollar of said valuation: also Poll Tax of | I one dollar on cadi taxable poll, to wit: ofj i ca^h male citizen between the ages o' 1 and ; 50 years, except such as are exempt by law. The Treasurer will in person or by deputy j attend at tho following places for the collection of said bixe; : ! September 4 at Tir. Jail's Store " 5 at O'd Manchester. J " 6 at LewU' Chapel, j " 7 at Wedgitfield. " 11 at A. S.^^vjrJiJ^Crft?' j " 12 at Keld's Mill 13 Bi.-hor.v'.ile. j " 14 .?t Maunvflle. " 19 nt Sbiloh. u ^0 at Lynchburg. " 21 st Majesville. " 25 nt Statcburg >fi nt M. Sanders'former - flee, Etf ton Creek Township. " 27 at Smithvillc. 2.? at P. P. Gaillard's former office, ??B? At his Office in Sumter during the whole ! I J period from 1st September to 20th October, ex j ' cept when filling the above appointn:?ntst. ! W. F. E. HAYNS WORTH, I Julv 31 Treasurer Sr.rurer Counlv. 1 50 TONS To arrive at my yard at the Depot in a few ; days and will be sold, in any quantity, lower i thau can be sold by anv one else. L. W. FOLS05T. July 31 lm j i "OHAS. OrLESLIET | Wholesale and Retail Dealer in j FISH, LOBSTERS, TERRAPINS, | GAME, TURTLES. OYSTERS, : <fcc. &c. ?fcc. Stalls Nos. 1 and 2 Fish Market, CHARLESTON, S. C ! Ilaving made large ad&rti?ns to my bust v.ess. I am prepared to furnish Fish, Gatne, ! &c, nt short notice. All Orders Promptly Attended To.j Terms Cask or City Acceptance. July 24 _ /j7) Attend fresg M ?S' Keiiia^ky University, Lexington, Ky. Tu?- to com;tl*te V>e fall C ur;.- . !-i :t 10 we-!t<. To- i ta*. Cost, hvtoiin? ~u!.t'?.< Boofc<, St.i:ji?n-Ty. r.--ir.' i about SS5. Telegraf?'? uurbl. i.Ucrnrt C..m-o ft.rot.r y:?; I if dtJTcJ, freo. :i3 stolen:: !rotr> 2\ Sutci la?i r f./X j (ucct'M'uI gm jj.<> >. Students can ! fin a* artjrJltnc: r*> ?"T*stip?!. F>I1 ?p?':on VV. it. ?:v.!7!*. Lexington, Ky. WANTED, j A N ACTIVE, glib-tongued Canvassing j -Agent, to sell .my Book of Poems. A j female preferred. Apply to W.*G. KENNEDY. At the Sunitcr Book Store, j July 17, 1SS3. _; fCas Tell l?s Mto Be Your! Own Doctor! j If you have a bad taste in your month, sal- ; liiwncss or yellow color of skin, feel despoa-! d? itvstupid, and drowsy, appetite unsteady, j Iii ipent I:* ri'dachc cr dizziupss. you :;rc **bil- | iocs." Nothing ?iil arouse your Liver to act j on and strengthen up your system equal to j !y!!y!0N3! HEPATIC COMPOUND r o on LIVER A 3D KIDNEY CURE, REMOVES CONSTIPATION, REMOVES DIZZINESS, DISPELS SICK HEADACHE. BANISHES 151 Lie GS N ESS. Ci'UES LIVER COMPLAINT. Uvcrcor-.^s Mah*rial Blood Poisoning. REGULATES THE STOMACH. WILL REGULATE THE LIVEC. WILL REGULATE THE BOWELS, The Liver and Kidneys Cm be kept perfectly healthy io any cli mate by, taking an cccasioiml dose of SIMMONS' IIEP VTIC COMPOUND, TH E G R EAT^>'i-:G ET ABL E Live^r^Kidney Medicine. In S?--rfe7bv Dr. A. .1. CHINA, l^Jlavesville bv Dr. F. J. MA YES. In Bisiiopville by Dr. R- V. McLEOD. DOWIE & MOISE, Proprietors, Wholesale Druggists, Charleston, S- C. Oct IV Estate of R. H. Remberg Dee'd. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate for Surnter County on z4th day of August, 1883, for a final discbarge as Exec utor of aforesaid Estate. EDWARD J. REMBERT, M. D., July 24?4t_ Executor. Estate of A. A. McLeod, Dec'd. JWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO bate for Suniter County, on August 24th, 1883, for a final discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. WM. J. McLEOD, July 24?41 Administrator. GRIND YOUR OWN BONE MEAL AND OYS TER SHELLS in the Frank Wilson Pat. $5 Hand Mill. Also grinds corn and cob. Illustrated Cir cular? and Tesiimonials sent on application. Address V I1.SON BROS., Easton, Pa. July 24 _ CLAUSSEN BREWING" COMPANY; "PALMETTO BREWERY" -AND soda water FACTORY, CHARLESTON, S. C. GOODS WARRANTED STRICTLY PURE. Beer fresh and cool put up in cases of 2, 4, and 6 dozen in shipping order. Also in kegs of about 8 gallons at $2.25 and about 4 gal lous at $1 -25 per keg. Soda Water: Lemon, Sarsaparilla and Ginger, separate or assorted, 6 dozen in case at $2.00 per case. Bottles, case and keg to be returned. Export Boer of very finest quality and to keep any length of time, at $1.00 per dozen. 15 cents per dozen allowed for bottles if re turned here. July 24 _ 3m SHERIFPSSALES. \Y VIRTUE of sundry Executions, to me directed, trill be sold at Surnter Court House, on the First Monday and day following in August next, 1333, within legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash the following property : One lot containing one aud four-fifths acres of land, more or less, in the village of Lynch burg, in Surnter County, bounded North by land known as the Miller tract, East by land of E. Spencer, South by public road leading to Surnter C. H., and West by land of J. W. Hodge, levied upon as the property of Sidney C. Kilpatrick under the Fi Fa's of Claik k Jones, Smith & Nelins, Darby k Co., Free man Bros. k Co., against the said Sidney C. Kilpatrick. R. W. DURANT. S. S. C Sheriff's Office.July 12, 1883. NOTICE. CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE, Town- or Sumtkr, July 16, 1S33. ALL PERSONS interested are hereby noti fied that the 2-j per cent, penalty now attached to amounts due the Town o: Surnter lor "License on Occupations, Vehicles, kc. i &c." and for "Tax on Sales." second quar- ' ter. 1823, will be remitted upon prompt pay ment of Licenses &c. &c. til! August 1st proximo, after which time, the 2U per cent, penalty will be required, and executions *" sued to County Sheriff to enforce payment. By order of Council. C. M. HURST," July 17 Clerk and Treasurer. N?TICE7 T7*3TIMAT?S FOR BUILDING the Sum merton Presbvterian Church will be re ceived by the building committee. Plans ! and specifications can be seen at the residence j of R. r. Briggs, Sammerton, S. c. The - committee reserve the right to reject any or all bids, *R. R. BRIGGS, Chairman Building Committee. July 17 4t SURVIVOR's ass?gi?tF?n -OF palmetto battery Will ho"d its Annual Meeting at Mayes- j ville, Surnter County, S. C, on ^^AUGUST 10, 1S83. CaptThTgTi rv^uuh^^rTTTur pTesenT! and deliver the Annual Address. Col John j C. Ilaskeli and others will also address the i Company. A full attendance of the members is specially desired, as this will be a>: inter esting meeting of the Survivors of the Com mand. J. HARVEY WILSON. President of the Survivors' Association. The Surnter County Members of the Company ?re earnestly requested to | assemble at MaycsviUe on Saturday, July 21st, tor the purpose of making arrrauge ments fcr the Annual Meeting. ' J. h. WILSON, President. July 17 _ ATTENTION FARMERS! magartky HORSE POWER, THE UNDKRSIGED HAVING PUR CHASED the right for Surnter County of the Macarthy Horse Power, desire to call j the attention of fanners to the great ad van- j tage of this power for operating gins or otber j machinery. If properly constructed FIVE BAGS OF COTTON PER DAY CAN BE GINNED WITH TWO MULES. Refer to Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Mayesville. Jas. G. White, of Surnter, and others who have seen.it in successful operation. Persons desiring to purchase can confer with either of tlie undersigned. ROBT. WITHERSPOON, W. A. COOPER, Jr.lv 17_.Mayesville, S. C. EPPERSON's LIVERYj SALE -AND FEED STABLES! WHEN YOU VISIT OUR TOWN, CALL and have your HORSE nicely cleaned off. j well fed and watered, all for TWENTY-FIVE j CENTS. FIRE WOOD Constantly on hand at the Yard. Orders re- j ccived at the Stables, will receive prompt at tention. July 17 "GLENN "SPitlN(BS7 SPARTANBURG CO., S. C, The Proprietors of this Celebrated Water ing Place respectfully anoounce that i: will be opened this Season on the first of May un der the same management as last year. TERMS OF BOARD. Per dav.S 2 00 Per week. 12 00 Per Month. 30 U0 Ch ildren under ten years of a^e and col ored servants, half price. Liberal reductions for larpe families. Messrs A. Tanner k Son. will run a daily Stage Line from Spartan burg and Glenns, making the best rail read connection. ^rSpcciai attention given to shipping of Water. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Mav 20. Proprietors SWA2TIMGA HOTEL. ASEEYILLS, N. C Db. W. IL 1IOWERTON, formerly pro prietor of Warm Springs, N. C , has recently leased this large and maniticeut hotel. Sev ty-five rooms added since last season. House refurnished with ail modem improvements. Electric bells, elevator and finest ball-room in the South. A fiue band of music. For circulars address, Pit W. H. HOWERTON, June 12 Proprietor. SITUATION WANTED^ VVIRGINIA LADY, with experience, desires a SITUATION TO TEACH in a refined private family. Teaches the usual English branches, Music on Piano, and rudi ments of Latin and French. References ex changed. Address Miss 31. E. WILLIAMS, July 17?1m West Point, Va. - SA During the dull Summed Months I have determined to make things LIVELY by giv ing rare bargains. -EXAMINE MY 5 Cents, 10 Cents and 25 Caste ' ^ bargain mm. straw hats TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED, -AT ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRICES. -_ 9 elegant clothing MARKED WAY DOWN. FIT AS WFlL AS PRICE GUARANTEED. -IN THE shoe department; -ALSO in every other. I KEEP THE SAME aOCD GROCERIES'1 -FOB WHICH Z ZA7Z BEEN LONG- SOSSSt REMEMBER MY MOTTO nur cun fiod AT Um P8K1 TRY MY CHOICE BUTTER, 3 lbs. for * DOLLAR. TRY MY KABABAS CIGARS, 50 in a box for a DOLLAR. TRY MY BEST CIGAR, "PUNCH," only 5 cents. ^ F?R SALE ONLY BY ALTAMONT MOSES?v IlSUSSm THE .BISf^' - -0 I REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING FIRE IMMMpASL, ALL OF THEM ~~ ""-v-^i first class: . Commercial Union of London. Fire Association of Philadelphia. Standard Fire of London. Niagra Fire of New York. j22f Rates as low as any First Class Company. ALTAMONT MOSES. 1 m TEE SU?SCRi um will open at Sumter, on 1st Mon day in September next, an Acad emy for beys desirous of preparing rilber for business or College. Terms mode- -- sate. The kind patronage of parents is re- . epecifully soiicWed. D. X. LaFAR. ; ... State of South Carolina/ COUNTY OF SUMTER. . THE UNDERSIGNED officers of Shitoh Baptist Church of the Town of Sumter will apply to the Clerk of the Court for Sum- ' - ter County on the 9th day of August next, for a Charter for said Baptist Church. ADAM RAMSEY, JOHN CA PEL, I CJESAR SIMMONS, SUMTKR SHANNON, G A URIEL WRIGHT, V. T. LAWSON, REV. BENJ. LAWSOX. July 10 ISS3._ ttos."f7"baq-ley, commission merchant. cotton, naval stores, tun timber, &C. WILMINGTON, N. C. Correspondence solicited. h Reference BANK OF NEW HANOVER. July 10 8m carpets: Carpets and House Furnishing Goods. The Lnrgest .Mock South of Baltimore* MtKj net, Hrasse)*, 3-Ply and Jngrain Car pels, K ugs. Mats and Crmub Cloths, Wla dow Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lac? Curtains, Cornices and Poles, Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Upholstery, Engravings, Chromos, Picture Frames. Write lor " Sample* and Prices. GKOKGK A. 15AILIK, AUGUSTA, GA. June 20 o WESLEYAN FEMALE INSTITUTE, staunton. virginia. Opens September 20th, 1883. One of the FIRST XCiiVOLX FOR YOUNG LADIES IN THE UNITED STATES. Surroundings beautiful. Climate unsurpassed. Pupils from eighteen States. TERMS AMONG THE BEST IN THE UNION. Board, Washing, English Course. Latin, French, German, Instrumental Music. &c, for Scholastic year, from Sept. to June, S238. For Catalogues, wiiteto Rev WM. A. HARRIS., D Dn President, j July 10_Staunton, Virginia. . . "ilEDlCAL 0LLE rE^ ?o-p=^ EVANSVILLE, evans viele, indiana. The Eighteenth regular Session of this College will c^ -uuence on the ifct Wednes day in October, 1S53. and continue until the- - last of Fcbuary, 1S84. Fees: Matriculation fee, $5.00; Lecture tickets. $40 00: Demonstrator's ticket, $5.00; : Graduation ft., $25.00. Good board ranges from $3 to $5 |H5r~" week. For Catalocue containing full infor- J mation. apply to A. F. ACHILLES, M. D., f No. 14 Lower Third Street, Lvansvillc, Ind. Julv 3 3m. Iii! LI?! Uli!!! -0- ; JUST RECEIVED ONE CAR LOAD 1 FRESH STGNE LIME, FOR SALE AT ?1.75 PER BARREL. In large lots $1.65. Drayage extra. h. harby. June 26 HENRY L. E NOTARY public, SUMTER, S. C. Apr 24