The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 04, 1883, Image 2
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.
The Stonier Watchman was founded
in 1850 and tbe True SoutJtron, in
1868. The Watchman and Southron
new..bas the combined ctreulatioo and
influence of bo ti of the old papers, and
is manifestly tho best ad ve Vog
medium in Sunter.
The Directors of the Darlington Cot?
ton Factory have given ont the contract
for 2,000,000 brides for tbe building.
A colored child died in Florence
Wednesday from the effects of drinking
a quantity of concentrated lye which
had bean carelessly lett within its reach.
The postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., and
' fire of his employees were removed last
Saturday.
Jefferson was the champion absentee
President. Ho was away fron Wash?
ington 796 days in eight years. Monroe
is next with 70S days in eight years.
John Quincy Adams was absent 223
days in four years, and Washington 181
days in eight years.
The mission of the young men of the
South ts hard work, whether it be di?
rected toward winning prent ont of the
fields, or wherever else industry may bc
directed. Bot every bey should seek
to acquire tao fullest measure of cul?
ture within his reach. The South's
oidor influence noon Federal affairs was
due teethe bet that most of her states?
men were men trained in the best
schools. Her supremacy will be re?
stored, if for no other reason, because
within nor borders what is distinctively
American is destined to abide longest.
Wo need educated men to direct every
branch of our social and industrial life.
-Savannah, Ga., News.
ago, forgetful of Alexan?
dr H. Stephens and not a few others,
a gentleman observed, in effect, that no
maa of eminence was ever educated by
- charity. President Felton, of Harvard
~ College, addressing the Staden ts there,
said r **I was a charity student here,
i I swept Oat these halls in which! now
lecture to you. I accepted the charity
y- of the benefactors of this college to en?
sato me to con tin oe my studies. I waited
on the (abm, to support those who were
: dependent upon me. But yon, too. are
all charity students. The education
which is given yon here is not paid for
by your fees. It is a charity which
MI grown np from the endowments
of psst generations of benefactors.
To? wad I are ali of ns charity stu?
dents."
It ts nov estimated that 75.000 lives
lave been lost in Java. Entire vil?
lages nave been destroyed by molten
lava, or eu gulped by the great waves,
ft k estimated thar fifty square miles of
territory have been swallowed up.
. From a long and interesting account
telegraphed from London on the 29th,
we copy tba following :
"About midnight the most frightful
scene of the whole disturbance took
place. Soddenly an enormous lumin?
ous cloud, similar to that which was
seen over the Gnu ung Gunter, but
lunch greater io extent, formed over
Imo Kandang range of mountains,
which skirt the southeast coast of the
island. The cloud gradually increased
in size until it formed a canopy of lurid
red and whitish gray over a wide ex?
tent of territory. During this time the
eruptions increased and streams of lava
pooxed incessantly down the sides of
tho mountains bte the valleys, sweep?
ing everything before them. Here and
there a stream of lava would enter an
? arm of tbe sea or come tn contact with
the waters of a river. One of the most
singular freaks of the emption was the
carrying in the midst of the molten
. lava of a bed of solid ice of enormous
size, which had been emitted from one
of the craters, carried along by the cur?
?rent and landed on tbe extremity of j
Point St Nichols, pn the north east
corner of the island. This bed of ice
was surrounded by a thick envelope of
sand and scoriae, which are such non-con
doctors of boat that a red-hot stream of
lavs running'over them will not melt
snow. It is supposed this ice had
formed the ernst of some vast subter?
ranean lake. Middle Island, ten miles
off tbe Javanese coast and half way be?
tween the extreme points of Java and
Sumatra, was almost wholly engulfed
. in tao sea. The small island of Sing
kel, probably originally only a cone
blown ap by an eruptiv* paroxyism,
entirely disappeared. It was uninhabit?
ed." . _
Tbe Iden Law.
We see that some of our country ex?
changes are again advocating the repeal
of the lien law, and we suppose that the
annual fight over it will come up again
when the Legislature meets.
This question has been so often dis
. cussed exhaustively that there are no
new features to be presented in regard
tb it. Judging from oar own limited
experience any responsible, hard-work?
ing farmer can get credit without a lien,
and out of the multitude of liens annually
recorded in this County only a very
small percentage are of any avail in en?
forcing the collection of debts contract?
ed for farming supplies. We cannot
see, therefore, that it is of any great
benefit to the mercantile community or
to tbe better class of farmers, and are
inclined to tbe opinion that it will be a
relief to the country to get rid of it.
Columbia Register.
?O i I I i SW'
A Notorious Character Gone.
A woman named Km m a Jacobs,
whoso career in Philadelphia a quarter
of a century sgo hsd a national notorie?
ty, died in the alms house of that city
Monday. She was born in Laccaster
County, Pa., and was over seventy
years of age. She removed to Phila?
delphia at an early age, and it was io
that city she started her remarkable
career. It is said ber powers of fasci?
nation were marvelous, and some of the
most prominent men in the country
vied with each other to win her* smiles
and favor. ?Fbe amounts of money she
received from these men sggregated
thousands of dollars a year. Her beau?
ty is said by those who remember her
io ber best days to have been of a type
tant compelled admiration from ali who
saw ber, sod Daniel Webster said of
ber: She bas the most perfect carriage
of say woman I have ever seen.' She
rigidly acquired wealth, and at one time
wa* worth $60,COO. She is said to have
fascinated at least ooo Pres
United Sutes, and nearly
in Washington
made her rooms a
-wjtat
value as a lobbyist was known to
porations and individuals, and n
important bills were passed through
instrumentality. Probably the
man who ever won ber affection w
preacher camed Thompson, a Virgin
whom she married. Thompson a
wards lost his reason and was place
the insane ward of the alms ho
where he died three years ago. J
vious to this event Mrs. Thomps
charms began to fade and she had
appeared from public notice. Her
time shrewdness seemed to disapp
and in a few months she lost nearly
that she had spent her life in acquiri
Her properties were gradually enc
bored with mortgages and, finally los
them, she became absolutely in w;
During Thompson's incarceration in
mad house his wife visited him net
every visiting day, constantly supply
him with au abundance of delicac
She applied for admission to the insti
tion io 1881, where she remained u
the day of her death.
- -
Io another column will be foun
communication which - has come tc
for publication, having been rejected
; the communication states, by the Spi
of the Times. ?
The Watchman and Southron i
paper roo io the ioterest of the peop
Its columns are opeo to those who hi
a word to say io promoting any lan?
ble enterprise; so loog as the bounds
propriety are not overstepped.
Io 'Observer's' article we see oothi
save ring of personal abase. The st;
is a little nervous and spirits
(bot oot the les 8 in te res ti
OD that account,) and not mc
so than the average campaign dc
omen t, aod therefore we give it a plac
Oar colamos are still opeo.
INSURANCE.
For a week or more past, it h
bee a . common to regard to eve
stranger oo our streets as an "in su ran
mac," an adjuster. It seems that
making the settlements with thc suffe
ers from the late fire, it required tl
presence of quite a number of represe
tatives of different companies, and tl
adjustment of the losses being so t
dions, or Som ter has proveo itself to 1
so pleasant aa abiding place, that thc
have remained with as for some days.
The vari?os reports aod rumors p
io circulation have created quite a sei
satioo about insurance io general, ai
we have ao idea that it would be
source of gratification to maoy of ot
citizens if they would rise and exilait
through the public prints, some matte;
pertaining to insurance. For instance
whose doty is it to pat the first vaia;
tioo oo a piece of property ? Seeon db
this property being thus valued, an
afterwards destroyed, upon wh:
grounds do insurance adjusters claii
the right to chaoge the valuation, ao
settle at ao amount less than that fe
which the property was iosored ? Wh
shall ooe pay a premium on ?1000 if i
be irue that he is to receive ooly $700
Should it oot be the duty of the com pa
otes through their agents to ascertai
the value of property before they iosur
it, so that after it is destroyed ther
may be oo need of adjustment; fo
by what right do they allow one to pa
a premium on money which they wil
cover receive ? It seems to us to par
take of the nature of a swindle for th
companies to go co receiving the pre
miom oo a certaio amount, while it i
tacitly understood that io case of loss b;
fire they are oot to settle at the amoun
named oo the policy ; but are to pa;
ooly the actual loss, such loss bein?
estimated by themselves.
According to this, insurance is but i
meagre security after all, and afford:
bat little satisfaction. The principle ii
wrong, unfair and unjust, and needs ad?
justment more thao some other thing!
we know of. It strikes us that a fev?
cases carried to court by persons whe
would hold oat for the amount named
in the policy, would help matters. Ii
the insurance agents make a bad bar?
gain, let them stick to it. For them tc
bold a house insured at ?1000 for 2G
years, theo on its being burned, sudden?
ly ascertain that it was not worth that
amount, and? therefore kick against the
payment, is similar to ones purchasing
a horse for $100 on credit, and
being perfectly satisfied with the ani?
mal at that price until pay-day comes.
They should institute investigation
as to the value of the property, insure
no property for more than ? of its
actual worth, and there they might dis?
pense with their adjusters. But as
long as the practice remains as it is, it
seems to us that those who pay a pre?
mium on a certain amount, should re?
ceive that amount and accept no other
without a law-suit and a square defeat in
the .courts.
Judge B. G. Hudson-the Youngest
Judge on the Texas Bench.
The following from the Apache
Rocket, of August 17th, published at
Fort Davis, Texas, will be of interest to
many of our readers, especially in the
neighborhood of Mayesville, where
Judge Hodson was raised. He is a
nephew of Dr J. W. Hudson :
At the session of the cont missioners
court last Tuesday, Judge E. P. Web?
ster tendered his resignation as county
judge and the commissioners immediate?
ly proceeded to elect another. It soon
appeared that Mr. R. G. Hudson was
the unanimous choice of the court and
he was at once appointed. Official
notification of his appointment was
served on bim and the young man,
newly clad with the judical ermine, en?
tered upon bis responsible duties the
next day. Judge Hudson was born in
Sumter poon ty, South Carolina, in 1859
and is therefore only 24 years old. He
came to Texas wheo 18 years of
age, aod for a time drove a stage x>n the
ld o San Antonio an? El Paso, rou te.
In 1880 ho weat into the service^of the
well known firm of^^b^^^^J?^Davis,
position he hus served coo
ou8ly up to the time of his recent
motion. His careful and assiduou
tention to his duties while acting
master, together with the affability
accommodation with which he met
general public in that capacity,
'doubtless had much to do with his s
tion to the new office, and while
public may feel the loss caused by
removal from -the postoffice they
be more than compensated in ha
secured a capable and efficient coi
judge, an office which, with the cr
nal jurisdiction restored is, in ir
respects, the most important in
county. He is a young man of !
character aud excellent habits, and
our opinion the commissioners c
could not have made a better select
The News and Courier
This great Charleston daily is on
the leading newspapers in the South,
enterprise seems unbounded, ant
energy untiring. Some time agi
came out in a new dress of type,
uow it has ordered a double-cyiit
press, at a cost of ?30,000. The
lowing article appears, in its issu
the 27th instant :
The kind words of our cotemporar
in South Carolina and elsewhere, wi
are published in the News and Com
to-day, are very, very welcome. T
assure us that we have the good wis
of those who know what journalism
and who, therefore, can measure, ji
ly, its labors and responsibilities,
has never been our expectation to h:
all of our cotemporaries of one m
with us in matters of public policy. G
most that we have desired and all t
we can wish is, that they shall hi
confidence in the rightfulness of our
tention s, as we have confidence in thei
and that they shall, in detennini
their own course, give to what we t
as much consideration as its reasonab
ness and force shall require. Thi?
the frame of mind in wbich the ' Ne
and Courier receives the suggefitit
aod motions of its cotemporaries io I
State.
Our special purpose in alluding
these things to-day is to emphasize t
fact that the News and Courier has ji
taken a step of the utmost importar
and significance. For years past t
circulation of the several editions of t
paper bas been steadily increasing, a
the demands on its space bave be
commensurately urgent. Any one w
examines the News and Courier w
see that we are publishing three
four times as much telegraphic news
we published ten years ago, and th
the volume of information cooeernii
affairs in the State, and in the South
large, swells from season to seaso
One result is. that while the News ai
Courier contains more absolute nei
than ever before, it bas not space f
that miscellaneous matter which is dee
ly interesting to a large part of tl
public. The bare record of the even
of the day occupies so much spice as
leave no sufficient scope and verge f
the presentation and discussion of lit
rary, sociological and scientific que
tions. In our view, therefore, in ord?
to sati. fy the just expectations of
liberal and discriminating public, ti
News and Courier must be enlarget
and must, at the same time, be put i
a position to print its several editioi
more rapidly than ever before.
Until about ten years ago the Nen
and Courier was printed on sing;
cylinder presses which bad a capacit
of from 1,200 to 1,500 impressions a
hour. These proved inadequate to tb
demand upon them, and we obtained
double-cylinder press with a capacit
of 3,500 impressions an hour. Th
idouble-cylinder press is now cntirel
insufficient, and the News and Courte
has made a contract with Hoe & Co., c
New York, for a press wbich is as fa
in advance of the double cylinder as th
double-cylinder is in advance of* the ol
Washiogton band press of fifty year
ago. The press which we have ordere
is known as Hoe & Co.'s Web-Perfect
ing Type-Revolving Press. It print
from an endless roll or web of whit
paper, which ?s cut off in the press
The capacity is 12,000 papers of eigh
or twelve pages an hour ; tho paper
being completely printed at that rate
pasted at the back, cut, folded and count
ed. Upon completion of the press, tb
News and Courier will become au eigh
page paper of the size of New York He
raid. The Weekly News, at the satm
time, will be similarly enlarged, and bi
made a twelve page paper, and it is wei
witMn the probabilities that in th?
course of a few years the News ant
Courier, every day. will appear as i
twelve page paper. Instead of publish
ing supplements, when there are unusua
calls for .pace, the News and Couria
will be issued as a twelve page papei
whenever this is found desirable. Thc
press we have described will be deliver?
ed in about six months, when thc
change in the form of the News ano
Courier will take place. This press is
the latest of the many admirable inven?
tions of Robert Hoe & Co., and so far,
we believe only one other of the kind
has been ordered by a Southern news?
paper. This is the press now building
for the Atlanta Constitution, and which
will be delivered to that enterprising
journal in a few months.
The cost of the Web-Perfecting Type
Revolving Press ordered by the
News und Courier will be nearly $30,
000, while tho inos't expensive press we
have used hitherto was about $6,000.
I This indicates the costliness of thc im?
proved machinery which is rendered
necessary by the hearty support given
us by the South Carolina public. The
j enlargement of the News and Courier
will, of course, add considerably to the
running expenses, but we have full con?
fidence that thc public will so appreciate
our endeavors to please them, that, iu
extending the area of our business, wc
shall be fully compensated for the ex?
penditures we make and tho risk that
we run. It is a most welcome coinci?
dence that we should be able to give
this news to the public on the day that
we lay before them the acceptable and
gcuerous words of so many of our con?
temporaries.
NEW YORK, September 1.-Thc total
visible supply of cottou for the world is
1,732,705" bales, of wbich 1.166.705
bales are American, against 1,336,
924, bales and 542,224 bales respec?
tively last year. The above figures in?
dicate an increase in cotton in sight last
night of 395,781 bales as compared
with the same date of 1882, au in?
crease of 59,956 bales as compared with
the corresponding date of 1881, and an
increase of 485,160 bales as compared
with 1880. The receipts of cotton at
arl the interior towns arc 15,043 bales ;
^e^^sfro^^^o^^on^^^^^^a^s.
Editors W. and S: Enclosed, Mud the
communication to which reference was made in
an editorial, in the "Spirit of the Times," in
its last issue, which please allow to hare
space in your columns-iu omer that its of?
fensive u t terances may be known and appre?
ciated. Of course, if you see fit to do so, your
right is undented, to state your views in re.
gard to the subject, but. I am sure you will
not do as the Editor of the "Times" did,
criticise and condemn an article, which he re?
fused to submit to the public eye, taking an
unfair advantage, and deciding upon the sub?
ject, as if he were the only person interested,
for, in justice and fairness, he ought have pub?
lished the communication along with his
criticisms, or else have rejected it, and made
no comments.
Upon examining the communication, you
will find that there are no such epithets as
the Editor charges as having been made
against his friends, there is not a personal
allusion, the subject being the petition in the
interest of the "liquor traffic" and against
any effort to open the question again, of
"License or no License."
Yours respectfully, OBSERVER.
Sumter, September 1, 1883.
That "Eumsellers" Petition!
Something was said Mr. Editor, in your
paper last week, about "That Petition," and
a reader asks leave to add a few words in the
same direction.
I have not seen "that petition," but am in?
formed, it still drags its slimy length along,
inducing some-while many reject it from
principle-for the "coil of the serpent of evil,
appears, to thinking people, in every effort
made to induce our citizens to consent to
; petition for anything looking towards en?
couraging the sale of intoxicating liquors,
and enable reckless promoters of social disor?
der, physical suffering, mental imbecility and
spiritual death, to secure immunity from
labor, and live at the expense of deluded
men-oursons, brothers: fathers, husbands
and upon the privations and miseries of hap?
less women and children.
The good men and women of Sumter hoped
that the results of the election, Dec. 5th '82,
of 168 majority, giving such an unmistakable
verdict upon the question, "License or no
License, of intoxicating liquors in town of
Sumter," wonld not, so soon, have been for?
gotten by the "rum interest ;" but, to their
disgust, they perceive, the "serpent" is not
dead yet, but is making an effort to revive,
and bite again. Now what are we going to
do about it? Some persons have signed the
petition. Some from preference-the "rura
! seller" ; others fi cm persuasion "to try it
again," and others, most of them, no doubt
for lack of information-supposing it "neces
? sary to try it over every year"-but, there
aremauy, who would not sign such a paper
at all-all honor to them-notwithstanding
all presentments and arguments offered in its
favor. No ! the majority of our citizens are
opposed to this liquor business, and the time
has come, and now is, when there should be
no smothering of public opinion, and no neu?
tral ground in this matter-there are two
siies to this question, and every voter must
determine, and say, upon which of them he
is standing and working-for this is no idle
or imaginary contest. Reader! are you
now with those who favor the petition
boping and praying for rum, ruin and
misery ; or are you with its opposers-boping
and praying for sobriety, prosperity and j
happiness ? Think about Ibis, and decide for j
the best interests of those uearest and dearest
to you, against the petition, and let the "rum
interest" go to-perdition, where it belongs.
The sooner we get entirely rid of it the better
for society, and every interest of society.
Let the accursed traffic be killed out, by a
public sentiment, dictated by virtue, patriot?
ism and Christianity.
The "rum interest" will die hard ; but the
sooner it is dead, buried and forgotten-if j
such a defalcation of memory, vivid, painful j
and humiliating, could possibly ensue-the
better. Let it die as hard as it may, as surely
as it must, and os despised as it deserves to J
be.
The recollection of its baneful influence, its .
horrible results, will long linger iu our mern- i
or?es, and we will never cease to wonder at
the blindness and folly, of licensing or tol?
erating such a drunken, beastly monster, j
The licensing of this "crime of crimes," to
make drunkards, demons, murderers of our
fellow-men, indicates a low state of civiliza?
tion, and notwithstanding the boasted ad?
vancement of the age, indicates a degree of
barbarism lurking in man's nature-the
greed of the wolf-to increase and fatten at
the expense of all other interests of body and
soul : and thetime will come, not so far,
now, in the future, when posterity will
blush at the record, and wonder, that, we, or
any people claiming civilization, could have
enacted laws tolerating and encouraging the
bestializing of our race. But civilization
strides onward to a higher development,
uprooting the evil, establishing the good, and
we work, and hope, and pray for that higher,
holier public sentiment that is destined to
assert itself, and purify society of such gross
and immoral conditions. This subject in?
trudes itself into every grade of society. The
people have become terrified over the appall?
ing results of the "liquor traffic " and are de?
termined to crush it out, as surely and quick?
ly as possible. OBSERVER.
Sumter, August 1883.
Southern Cultivator for September.
The first Fall number of this, the South's
leading agricultural publication, comes
promptly on time, and is full, as usual, of the
very best reading for the Southern agricultu?
rists and their families.
This number opens, as all others do, with
Dr* Jone3' excellent Thoughts for the Month,
marking out the work for September with that
precision and care for which many years ex?
perience as a farmer and as an agricultural
writer hus qualified him. We will only men?
tion a few of the leading articles of this excel?
lent number, assuring our readers that if they
are not subscribers they really are neglecting
a privilege that is in reach of all.
The 'Silo' is written up by Mr. IJeuiy \V.
Grady, who gives a full description of Mr. A.
J. Orme's Silo, within a few miles of Atlanta ;
'Good Dirt Road's' and 'Our Public High?
ways' are discussed; the sixth number of
'Dickson's System of Farming' duly appears,
and in it is discussed 'The Cultivation of
Corn.' 'Ditching and t erracing,' 'The Legal
Department,' 'Patrons of Husbandry' aud
'Bill Arp's Letter,' written especialy for the
Cultivator, are all iuteresiing features.
The September number has a plan, with il?
lustrations, for building a model Gin House,
well worth a year's subscription to the paper.
The Jersey, Horse, Hog and Poultry Depart?
ment are full and interesting.
Si.50 will pay for a year's subscription, j
which amount i? exceedingly 3raall compared
to the benefits to be derived from its reading ;
or, Better still, to clubs of five the paper is
put at $1.25 a year each, to clubs of ten at
$1.00 each. Address Jas. P. Harrison A Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Subscribers to the Watchman and Southron
can get the Cultivator ordered for Si-35 a
year.
timmi?
Miss E. R. Lucas, Charleston, S. C., says:
"A severe spell of pneumonia had left me
quite weak. Brown's Iron Bitters made me
strong."
A low condition of health is common with
many who allow themselves to worry. Men?
tal anguish causes bodily sufferings. Anxie?
ty and care has broken down many constitu?
tions. A train of disorders usually follow
mental distress. Hearts affections, nervous?
ness, sleeplessness, dyspepia, liver complaint
kidney troubles, etc., are among the list.
A sure remedy for relieving all mental and
physical distress is Brown's Iron Bitters. It
at once strengthens every part of the body
making work a pleasure and care unknown.
The complexion is often destroyed by
worms. It can be restored by taking Shri
ner's Indian Vermifuge. Only 25 cents a
bottle.
I have known and watched the use of
Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) for over fifty years,
and never have known or heard of its failure
to cure any case of Blood Poison when pro?
perly taken. H. L. DEKNABO, Perry, Ga.
"A Blessing in Disguise."
484 ADELPHI ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y.,
March 29, 1881.
No family should be without Allcock's
Porous Plasters; their healing powers are
wonderful and their efficacy far reaching and
lasting. For years past I have seen and
known them to cure and relieve the most ob?
stinate and distressing cases of rheumatism,
kidney complaint, bronchitis, neuralgia,
lumbago, inflammation of the lungs and
throat, paralysis, asthma, spinal weakness,
and coughs and colds. In my own case they
have afforded me almost instant and perma?
nent releif. My friends consider them an
invaluable and speedy remedy for all kinds
of aches and pains. They are a blessing
in disguise; and no .wife or mother should
be without them if she values her peace and
comfort and freedom from nervous exhaustion
and other ailments. As a strengthening
plaster, also for backaches and weaknesses,
they have no equal. I have never yet found
a plaster so efficacious and stimulating, or to
? give so much general satisfaction. Used in
connection with Brandreth's universal. life
giving and life-healing Pills, no one need
despair of a speedy restoration to good sound
health. Mas. E. TOMPKINS.
One Trial.
If you have been using other Plasters one
trial of Allcock's Porns will convince you of
their wonderful superiority. Take no other
so called porua plasters that claim to be bet?
ter, they are all frauds gotten up to sell on
the world-wide reputation of the genuine
article.
THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C., Sept. 4, 1883.
C0TTON.-About 75 bales have been sold
during the week ending the 4th. The mar?
ket closed steadv. We quote: Stained 7}
@7J; Tinged 7?@7?; Good Ordinarv 8&I
8?; Low Middling 8*@8f; Middling Sf
@8J; Good Middling 9@9?.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 1, 1883.
COTTON.-Market firm. Sales about 650
bales. Quotations are : Ordinary 8i(^8f ;
Good Ordinary 9f ; Low Middling, 9|@9| ;
Middling 9A@.9?; 'Good Middling, 9f@9?.
WILMINGTON, N. C., Sept. 3, 1883.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Market quoted firm
at 38$ cents.
ROSIN-The market firm at SI.20 for
Strained and Si.25 for Good Strained.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market steady at
$1.25 for Hard, $2.40 per bbl., for Soft.
CwTTON-Market quiet. Sales - bales.
The following are the official auotations:
Low Middling 9j, Middling 9*,*Good Mid?
dling 9?-.
FARM FOR SALE.
MY FARM OF 83 ACRES-about 50
acres in cultivation-situated 2J miles
trom Sumter, on the Centrcl R. R., (known ns
the Dingle place.) is offerfcj for sale at rea?
sonable price for all or part cash. There are
on the place a good frame dwelling of two
rooms with passage between, barn and other
out-buildings, including Gin House, 50-Saw
Gin, and Screw, and thi^e wells of good
water. The lands are as wall adapted to cot?
ton as any about Sumter
For further information apply to me on the
place or office of W. and S.
Sept 4-3m_JOHN W. SMITH.
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Sept 4 Marion, S. C.
TAX NOTICE.
-o
OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER,
SUMTER COUNTY, JCLY 31, 1883.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the office of tho Treasurer of Sumter
County wilt be open nt Sumter Couit House
from the FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBRE, 1SS3,
to tbe-TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER.
18S3, for the collection of State, County, School,
Poll, and Special Taxes for thc Fiscal Year
commencing November 1HS2, together with
the penalty of live per centum on any first in?
stallment*, of one half thereof, which were not
paid in May, 1SS3.
The rate of levy on all property assesed for
taxation is as follows :
For State Purposes-Four and threo fourths
mills on each dollar of thc valuation of tho
propetty represented on the Tax Duplicate
for the said Fiscal Year.
For Ordinary County Purples for said Fiscal
Year-Two ?md one half milla on each dollar
of said valuation.
Fer Special County Purposes-to wit:
For Deficiencies in tho Fiscal Year commencing
November 1, ISSI; one-fourth of one mill ;
and one and one-half mill for funded indebt?
edness prior to November, 1S79.
For School Purposes-Two (2) mills on each
dollar of said valuation : also Poll Tax of
one dollar on each taxable pol!, to wit: of
each malo citizen between the ages of 21 and
?0 years, except, such ns are exempt by law.
Tho Tre.-.surcr will in person or by deputy
attend at the following places for thc collection
of said taxes :
September 4 at Tindalls Store.
?*. 5 at Old Manchester.
" t? at Lewi.-' Chapel.
7 at Wedgefield.
" 11 at A. S. Brown'* Store.
12 at Reid'* Mill.
" 13 ar Dishopville.
" 14 a t Mann viii?.
19 at Shiloh.
*' 21) at Lynchbarg.
" 21 at Mayesville.
" 2f> at Sttttcburg
M 26' at M. Sanders'former office, K:.f
ton Creek Township.
- 27 at Smithville.
2Sat P. P. (Jailbird's former office;
-AND
At his Office in Sumter during thc whole
period from 1st September to 20th October, ex
cept when filling the above appointments.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH.
July 31 Treasurer Sumter County.
HENRY L, B. WELLS,
NOTARY PUBJLIC?
/ SUMTERHS. C.
FL. JXT? nie;
(Successor io
126 MAIN
COLUMBI
DEALER IN FRENCH GOODS. CONSIS
Vases, Card Receivers, Flower Stands
Ware. French Black .Marble and Ornamental
and Jewelry of the most elegant designs. SP.
and Tooth Picks, and the celebrated Pebl
Columbia where can be had a strictly first cia:
Barbers' Shears, ?cc, of Joseph Rodger & Son
turers.
Repairing and Engraving of all kinds a spe
satisfaction guaranteed. MR. G. HOEFE
Engraver is so well known, is with me and wi
JOSEPH W. MEACHER. from the well knov
charge of the Repairing Department.
uMfcuujnHifi-iiwwcBgw ^? ?ace
FA RM GRI
AND SE
OVER 30,000
Every machine is full
money refunded. P
S40 ; Shellers, $5.
or Sheller until y
terms and illus
Address, v
LIVINGSTON & CO.
THE
STORE.
H.?XOWRY.
FINE COODS,
LOW PRICES,
A F?LL LINE '
-OF
ID ir y GrOot?Ls
SUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
READY MADE
O L O "27 HI IXT Gr
FOR MEN AND BOYS.
A FINE STOCK OF JEANS,
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
HOSIERY, NOTIONS, CORSETS,
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS,
MERINO UNDERWEAR,
FANCY ARTICLES.
-AND
GENERAL HOUSE KEEPING DKY GOODS,
TRUNKS. BASKETS AND VALISES.
BEING ABLE TO
ETTY SSY GOODS FOB, CASH,
ENABLES ME TO
SELL AT LOWEST FiaUESS.
Special Attention Given to
?F O JES 3E3 X 3>J Gr.
Jobbers are* requested to call and examine
mv Stock :ind Prices.
NOTICE.
I would respectfully announce to my
friends and the public gener?
ally, that about the
FIRST OF SEPTEMBER,
I intend to combine the Pry Goods
and Grocery Busiuess and will there?
after keep
A FOLL LINE OF
^3
and will be pleased to see them.
H. A. LOWRY,
Comer Main and Republican Streets,
SUMTER, S. C.
Aug 14
STOP, READ AND CONSIDER!
a
OFFERS TO HIS CUSTOMERS AND THE
PUBLIC GENERALLY
A Large and Well Assorted stock of
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
Fresh arrivals daily,3
And all goods guaranteed as represented.
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps.
A large invoice of Crockery, Glassware and
Lamps, of every description just opened.
Call early and get bargains.
TIN-WARE.
My stock of Tin-ware is complete, embrac?
ing everything in geuer?l use. Special in?
ducements offered to purchasers. The Kitch?
en Sets and Thc Harvest Sets consist of ten
pieces of tin-ware, all useful articles, for one
dollar, made with patent fire-proof bottoms,
and guaranteed not to leak.
Tobacco, Cigars, &c.
A full line Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
and an elegant assortment of Cigars, of va?
rious brands. The DUKE OF DURHAM
CIGARETS, sold by the thousand or single
package. Also a good assortment of Pipes.
Wooden and Willow Ware.
A ful! line offered in Tubs, Buckets, Baskets,
Wash-boards, Seiveu, Well Buckets, IJrooms,
&c, ?cc.
TWIN BED SPRINGS.
1 am still making the Twin Bed Springs,
and selling them at the exceedingly low price
of $:<.50 a set. One mattress is sufficient to
make a comfortable bcd where these springs
are used. Every set guaranteed to give satis?
faction, or money refunded.
WHEAT BEAN AND RICE FLOUE j
Always on Hand.
The be?t and cheapest feed for stock.
Purchasers will do weil to call and examine
my stock and prices. ''.Money saved is money
made."
All goods delivered free of charge to any
part of the city.
W. ?. YATES, SUMT::R. S. C.
Aug 28 Opposite Ino. Reid'?.
GEO. A. SHIELDS,
MANUFACTURER OF
Steam Engines, Boilers,
Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Cane Mills,
COTTON PRESSES, &c.
Iron and Brass Castings Made to Order.
PALMETTO IBONWORKS,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
?A r?t 28
Wm. Glaze,)
STREET,
[A, S. C.,
?TING OF TO?LET SETS, ODOR STANDS,
!, &c. Wedding Presents in Sterling Silver
Clocks. Watches of everv make and style,
Ed A LT ?ES-John Foley's" Gold Pens. Pencils
de Glasses and Spectacles. The only place in
ss article of Table and Pocket Cutlery, Razors,
is and other well known Sheffield manufac
cialty. Jfll work executed in the best style and
R, whose reputation as a Watchmaker and
ill have charge of the above department. MR.
vn house of James Allan of Charleston, has
Aug 7
(ST MILLS
[ELLERS.
NOW IN USE.
y warranted to suit, or
'rice of Mills, S20 to
Do not buy a Mill
ou have seen our
trated circular.
?ith stamp,
j PITTSBURGH, PA.
ONE Y
SAVED!
During the dull Summer
Months I have determined to
make things L1TELY by giv?
ing rare bargains.
-EXAMINE MY-.
5 Cents, 10 Cents and 25 Cents
nj
STRAW HATS
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED,
-AT
ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRICES.
ELEGANT CLOTHING
MARKED WAY DOWN.
FIT AS WELL AS PRICE GUARANTEED.
BARGAINS
j*-IN THE
SHOE DEPARTMENT;
-ALSO
IN EVERY OTHER.
I KEEP THE SAME
"G-QOD GROCERIES"
-FOR WHICH
I HAYE BS S IT LONG NOTED.
REMEMBER MY MOTTO
I "FIRST CMS 600DS
MW "PRICES."
TRY MY CHOICE BUTTER, 3 lbs. for a
DOLLAR.
TRY MY KABABAS CIGARS, 50 in a box
for a DOLLAR.
TRY MY BEST CIGAR, "PUNCH," ouly
5 cents.
FOR SALE ONLY BY
ALTAMONT MOSES,
?mi n T
I REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING
TM
in irujuiiauuij U????.
ALL OF THEM
FIRST CLASS :
Commercial Union of London.
Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Standard Fire of London.
Niagra Fire of New York.
jZS"* Rates as low as any First Class
Companv.
ALTAMONT MOSES.
June 12
MY DEAR:
DO YOU SNOW THE SEASON
WHY PEOPLE WANT TO BUY
THE WILSON LIGHTNING SEWER
in preference to any other
SEWING MACHINE?
We will tell you.
BECAUSE it bas no Cogs, Cams or Gears.
BECAUSE it has no Rawhide or Felt
Packing.
BECAUSE it bas no Cast-iron Parts paint?
ed over lo cover its defects.
BECAUSE it does not shake, rattle or
dance all over the floor when run at a high
rate of speed.
BECAUSE it has two speeds-one for fine
work or a delicate operator, and the other
for fast speed, so that you can do one-third
more work in ? day than can be done on any
other Sewing Machine.
BECAUSE it runs Light and Easy.
Ii KC A USE lost motion can be be taken up
? after years of wear without changing or pnt
i ting in new parts, which cannot be done
I with any other Sew*ing Machine.
BECAUSE it darns rips and tears.
BECAUSE it does the most elegant designs
in embroidering without an attachment.
BECAUSE it does not break the thread or
needle when run backwards,
i We could tell you for hours of its Superiority
! over all other Sewing Machines. We think
I this is sufficient reason why people should
buy the WILSON. It is sold on very easy
terms.
BULTJIAIVN & BRO.,
BOOT AND SHOE STORE,
SUMTER, S. C.
Aug 21 _
LOOK OUT FOB THE WAGON
WHEN THE BELL BIN3S.
W. J. ANDREWS'
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT.
MEALS AT ALL HOTOS.
FRESH FISH, OYSTERS, FRUITS
-AND
VEGETABLES IN VARIETY,
Received Daily and trill be Delivered
to Customers from Wagon.
Prompt attention given to orders.
FINE STOCK OF FAMILY GROCERIES.
Liberty Street-Next Door to Ry tien
berg's^Sanater, S.vC.
ta
WOMAN!-gif
DR. J. BRADFIELD^
FEMALE REGULATOR
THIS famous remedy most happily meets the de*
man? of the age for woman*? peculiar and umlt?fona
afflictions. It ia a remedy for WOMAN ONLT, and
for ONE SPECIAL CLASS of her diseases. His?
specific for certain diseased conditions of the womS7
and proposes to so control the Menstrual Function
aa to regulate all the derangement? and irregularities
of Woman's
MONTHLY SICKNESS.
Its proprietor claims for il no other medical property;
and to doubt the fact that this medicine does post'
lively pc ese ss such controlling and regulating powers
is simply to discredit the voluntary testimony cf
thoc sands of living witnesses who are tc-day exalt'
lng in their restoration to connd health and happiness.
JjBADHELD'3 pSKALE -gSS?lAIOB
i j strictly a vegetable compon nd, and is the product
of medical science and practical experience directed
towards the benefit of
SUFFERING WOMAN !
It is the studied prescription of a learned physician
whose specialty was WOMAN, and whose fame be?
came enviable and boundless because of his wonder?
ful success in the treatment and cure of female com?
plaints. THE REGULATOR is tho GRANDEST
REMEDY known, and richly deserves its name:
WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND,
Because it controls a class of inactions the various
derangements of which cense more ill health- fha?
all other canses combined, and thus rese?es her front
a long train of achetions which sorely embitter her
life, and prematurely end her existence.
Ohl what a multitude of living witnesses esa tes?
tify to its charming effects.
WOMAN! take to your confidence this ,
PRECIOUS BOON OF HEALTH!
It will relieve yon of nearly all the complaint* peca*
liar to your sex! Rely upon it as yeer safeguard for
health, happiness and long life.
Price-Small size, 75 cents; Large size, fLSOL
Sold by all Druggists.
Prepared only by
DR. J. BRADFIELD, '
Ho. 108 South Pryor Street, Atlanta, St,
I have known sad watched the ase of Swift's Ope?
iific fer over fifty years, and have never known er
heard of & failure to cure Blood Poison when prop?
;rly taken. J n?cd it on my servants from ITO) fa
tSC5, s? did sim a number of my neighbors, sod ia
every case that came witina my knowledge it effected,
a cure. In all my life I have never known a remedy
that would se fully accomplish what it is lecoa*
mended to da
H. I*. DENNARD, Perry, Ga.
I have known and need Swift's Specific for
than twenty year*, and have seea more wonderful
resulta from 'its use than from any remedy in or
out of the Pharmacopeia. It ie a certain and sate
antidote to all sorts of Blood Poison.
J. DICKSON SMITH, M. D"
Atlanta, Ga,
- 4
"WHAT DRUGGISTS SAT
Who have Seen the Effects of Severe Tests.
Has given better rat:*faction than any remedy for
Blood Disease? we have ever hamit.-d.
SCHILLER Cb STEVENS, Washington, IX C.
Many physicians have endorsed S. S. S. as a spe?
dfic for Blood Diseases.
S. MANSFIELD A CO., Memphis.
Dave seen S. S. S. step th? h rr tom falling cut la '** !
a very short time. Wonderful ?Sect? hi ail Skin or
Blood Disease*.
W. H. PATTERSON, Dallas, Texas,
We do not herifate to pay that for a year past we
have sold more of Swift*? ' Specific (S.S. than
all other Blood Purifier:? coubliud. a't-l with mrwt
astonishing results. Oneg?nfleMnfi who u*cd half
a dozen bottka uays that it tia* done him tao?v pwd
than treatment which cost hun Si.ttX). Another who
has used it for a Scrofulous affection reports a per?
manent cure from its lue.
VAX SIIAACS, STEVENSON & CQ"
Chicago.
81,000 REWARD!
WEI be paid to any Chemist who vd3 ?ad on anal?
ysis of 100 bottles S. S. S.. one particle of ytcrenry.
Iodide Potassium, or any mineral substance.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga?
f*y*Write for the little book, which will bo mailed
free.
Price: Small size, fl.00 per bottle. Largs size?
(holding double quantity), $1.75 bottle. All Druf*
giste sell it.
kii if OR'S PILE 1 npfijmjj?
oiraEHT ?*v3b&
For this annoying trouble it has been in popular ase
for wanv years, and is very favorably known as a
S PE&F?C CURE. It is also the very best remedy
known for SORE NIPPLES, FKLOKS, Cojees.
OLD SORE*, SCAU> HEAD, TXTTXB, ULCZBS sad
kindred difeaoes.
From Montgomery, Ala., a gentleman writes; **I
had been sorely afflicted with Files for ten yean, sad
obtained immediate relief and a permanent curt bf -
using Pryor's Ointment.'*
A gentleman writes from Cnsseta, Ala.: " I need
Pryor's Ointment in an aggravated tate cf HU* of
eight years standing, and m aa incredibly abort time
it made tLCompteiacure.**
8cnt by mail on receipt of the'price-50c. abor.
Sold by Druggists ana Dealers everywhere.
Prepared only by the sole Proprietor,
J. BRADFIELD,
No. 108 S. Pryor St., ATLAMTA. O*
WOOD'S ODQNTINE,
FOR WHITENING AND PRESERVES
THE TEETH. ,
Keeps i&a Breath Pure and Sweet awT
Hardens tue (atoms,
Formula of Dr. T. T. Moore.
W. C. FISHER,
Wholesale Agent,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
For sale in Sumter by Dr. A. J. CHINA,
and Dr. D. J. ACLD.
March 6
"ATTENTION FARMERS!
MACARTHY HORSE POWER,
THE ?NDKRSIGED HAVING PURr>
CHASED the right for Sumter Cbuniy>
ot the Macarthy Horse Power, desire to caft'
tbe attention of farmers to the great ad van- ;
tage of this power for operating gins or other
machinery. If properly constructed
FIVE BAGS OF COTTON PER DAY CAN
BE GINNED WITH TWO MULES.
Reter to Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Mayesville,
Jas. G. White, of Sumter, and others who?
have seen it in successful operation.
Persons desiring to purchase caa confer
with either of the undersigned.
ROBT. WITHERSPOON, I
W. A. COOPER, \
July 17 Mayesville, SK?. *
REVOLVING COTTON PRESS.
WILMINGTON
IRON AND COPPER WORKS,
MANUFACTURERS OP f
COTTON PRESSES, SAW AND GRJ?T
MILLS, WATER WHEELS,'SHAFTfJ
ING, PULLIES, &c, kc.
Full slock of
LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING
and Machinists Supplies of all kinds.
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY.
HART, BAILEY & CO.
21 and 23 SOUTH FRONT STREET.
WILMINGTON. If. C