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^^iTOBaSAY,. OCTOBER 80. ^^i^ff^??Bsife?* Watekvian was founded jjIfe?t?S^ *^ the True Southron in |s-?S6?? Th? Watchman and Southron has the combined circulation . and ' ?o?aenee of both of the old papers, and - i$ manifestly the bess advertising Lpnedtim. to Sumter. ^-.^'Iibti-.-'Chief Justice Coleridge, oft B^^SAoVreceives a safejy of $40,000 jBnglaod owes about $2,000,000,000 ^ffiore than the tJnited States, without one-tenth the capacity to pay her debts. Another naval cadet is trader arrest rffar baaing. He hails from Michigan end his ?ame ia Tennant. xney naveDeco paintiEg and rentt ing jfte White Hom?. Wbat for ? Artbor ftmotstay there, fie visits it now rao for four hundred .ways is os exhibition io a jewelry store ?5 ?6 largest ?ow in America, weigh? 3: V?& 3?20O pounds, belongs to John ? Piutfc of Chase county, Kan. |? railroadwar has cut down the fore ?3rem (?ieego to Indianapolis to five W:??sts, ' including a enromo. Probably ^tfaee cent cara will soon be put on ; no r transfers or atop-over checks. Thc students of the S.C-, University SB? talking ahont adopting the '*I)x ^fswjp*. cap Don't do it young men. v?ey are too utterly otter, in absord .Buryiog_the spoon' is what the r* calla the amues Southern newspapers to extend towards G over? in his candidacy for th: P?CsidenittJ nomination. The firat appointment from the South ?Ader the new citai service law, was "?\ mode in Washington Friday, the ap ciNKntee being William Chaplin, of North Carolina, who was selected by tim Secretary of War to fill a $1,000 e&rtship in the Sargeon Generalis of ? "Bather Ryan has been, lecturing in New Tort and is reported in the Times $-mm?^??t'Father Ryan nook pride ?ianthe, met that he was a Southerner, .?ad rn ?Unding to Coi Ingersoll as one |?^thenineteettth cen tory heroes said that he was glad that Ingersoll had not te? a Confederate Colonel/ : ' Lord ^ Coleridge, Chief Justice of Great Britain has been visiting several 'nf our large cities. In St. Louis, >, New York and Washington, I as at other places, elaborate re? ba ve been tendered and many showered upon his lordship, created an extremely favorable opon those who hare seen and heard him. The smoke of the great fire in Dallas, v Texas, woe seen io Port Worth, thirty* two miles distant. A fire alarm was sounded in Fort Worth, and with twen? ty-seven raen the foremen of all the companies tool: a steam fire engine and two hose reels Aa the Cuioq Depot. ? -Tjj?jy pot the engine on a flat car, sod ' ia forty-five miontes from the sounding of the first alarm they were playing on ?e ire in Dallas. " 3ue annual session of the Pres by te? ran Synod ot Sooth Carolina convened iOjtfce Andereon. Presbyterian Church Wednesday evening. The introducto? ry sermon was preached by He v. J. S rCexhy, the retiring Moderator, his sub ?'??ot being .Presbyterian Church Policy.' rSev. J. B. Mack, D. D., was elected Moderator and Elder W. A. Templeton of Abbeville Assistant Clerk. Forty six ministers and thirty-sit elders were te The Fifth Angosta Trade Review of the Gkroniclc and Constitutionalist ia on oar tabl?. It is well gotten up handsomely illustrated, and filled with the advertisements of its go-ahead mer ' chants and manufacturers. It contains fall descriptions of the various business enterprises of Augusta and has well ex? ecuted likenesses of ex-Governors Her? schel V. Johnson, Chas J. Jenkins and " A fi. Stephens. Qoite a nomber of cuts of the streets with their magnificent shade trees, and of the more prominent buildings adorn its pages. The trial of O'Donoel for the mur? der of James Carey, the informer, has been postponed till the 21st of Novem? ber. The postponement was on the motion of the defendant's counsel and for the purpose of giving time for thc arrival of the great criminal lawyer. : Charles Rossel, of counsel for the pris? oner, and a nomber of witnesses snni : moued for the defence. Gen. Roger A Pryor, American counsel for O'Docnel* win figure prominently in the trial of - the case, and it will be ail in all one of the most exciting and interesting crim? inal trials in the annals of English jorisprodence. Wo indorse most cordially thc recom? mendation for Che increase of the sala? ries of certain officials, made by the Richland Grand Jury. It is useless for os to expect satisfactory work from Officers if their time is taken up in de? vising ways and means for eking ont an existence from an insufficient salary. We publish the following from the Reg? ister: We have visited all of the offices of the County and find them in good con? dition and the books and papers proper? ly kept. We beg leave to call attention to the "mall pay of the County Treasurer and County Auditor, and recommend 'that the salary of each be increased to not , less than $1.000 per annum. Also, that the pay of the Clerk of the County Commisioners be increased to $2 per day for 200 days. Also, that an ap? propriation be made of $100 per annum to pay the traveling expenses of the School Commissioner io visiting the schools of the County. They had quite a spirited little affair si Me?ean, Ga., cot far from Augusta, " OB Sonday. On Saturday there was a base bali match there and some remark was made shout young Syms 'stealing' bases. His father understood the word j 'steali og' as an insult and promptly at- j tacked yoong McNorrcli abo used it. j t HeNorreli's, cousin, Brit Rogers, back- j ed him. On Sonday evening the parties met &t chorch, and the elder Syms and Brit Rogers went to a back lot to fight. Frank Syros appeared with a revolver and was shot by Brit Rogers. The el? der Sy ms knocked Rogers down and j , fi?l?n bim, and Rogers ired fire shots j Doff Syms then ran op and j ||iee> whereupon, Joba Coi, a cou si u of the Hogers, opened" fire and there was a general scrimmage The result was Brit Hog? ers dangerously wounded in the face, Thos. Syms the father of Frank and Doff killed, and Doff Syms mortally, and Frank S jins seriously wounded. The Syms and Rogers are farmers of wealth and respectability, and all are said to be clear grit.-Greenville News. This is almost as bad as it would have been, had it been done by lawless roughs in a Northern State. I MAS?^ COTTO?T PICKER. We republish from thc News and Courter, an article on Mason's Cotton Picker, which will be read with mnch interest by al). We have seen this machine grow, day by day, for more than a year, until now it is, in our opinion, an assured success. We bav? refrained from speaking about it through the columns of our paper be? cause the inventor wished to perfect it, as nearly as possible, before any noto? riety should be giren it, and then most of the stock being held in Charleston, we thought it only fair that a Charles? ton paper should be the first to publish its success. The machine being hand? made, is, of course, imperfect, but even in its present rude state, does its work wonderfully well. It can pick as many acres per day as a horse wonld plow, with one furrow to the row, and takes out more than half in going over one time. It does not bruise the stalks or injure, in the slightest degree, the blooms or growing leaves. No trash is picked with .the cotton, except that which is already sticking to it, and the machine will doubtless be so arranged as to remove adhering leaves, ?te. In the description of the machine on our first page, the height of the wheels were given at 3_ feet. This is an er? ror ; it should have been 2_ feet. Some little mistakes are also seen in the sketch of thc inventor's life. At 14, . he made small engines and sold them. He received a silver medal from the State Fair for one of these minia? ture engines, and a complimetary notice from the Scientific American. At 16, he worked with Page & Co. He never held any position on the B. & O. R. R , nor did any accident hap? pen to bim there. He was foreman of one department of Farquhar'3 Agricul? tural Works, and bad charge of the exhibit of the Pennsylvania Agricul? tural Works at the Centennial, during the closing weeks. We congratulate our friend or. his success in perfecting a machine which will do much towards taking from the cultivation of cotton one of its greatest drawbacks. Mr. Mason has gone North to obtain new tools and to arrange for a larger work-shop. NATIONAL COTTON" PLAN TEES' ASSOCIATION. The Annual Convention of the Na? tional Cotton Planters' Association for 1883, will be held in Vicksburg, Miss., beginning on the 21st of November next. It is the purpose of this Asso? ciation to devise ways and means to im? prove the condition of all agriculturists who live and work on Southern soil. Io view of the fact that the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Expo? sition will be held in New Orleans in the winter of 1884-85, nuder the joint! auspices of thc Government of the | Uuited States, the National Cotton Planter?' Association and the City of New Orleans, thc coming meeting of this Association assumes great impor? tance, and this fact should induce a full attendance from the Cotton States. Delegates hare been appointed from each County in every Cotton State, but it is thc earnest desire of its promoters that the attendance will not be limited to appointed delegates. Such . questions as ..Immigration," ! "The Futur? of the South," "Fibre Plants." "Grasses of the South," "Cot? ton Fields and Cotton 3IMs\" "Prepa? ration of Cotton for Market," "The Art of Planting Cotton," "The Art of Cul? tivating Cotton" will be discussed by competent, earnest thinkers. Aside from the information to be derived from the instructive discussion of thc above I questions, mauy opportunities for the comparison of experiences between the successful and practical farmers of thc country will be enjoyed. If Southern farmers wish this Asso? ciation to be a meeting of practical value, theo they most put themselves to the trouble of attending-a trouble that will bc more than repaid by thc new ideas enunciated, new methods of ! planting, new ways of cultivation and enlarged views of the importance of a j farmer's work. There is a deplorable j mistake somewhere in oar present. sys- j tem. Farmers are sinking deeper each j year in the quagmire of debt, and uni- j versal bankruptcy threatens. Why is this ? Why should industrious farmers lose money here while the same amount of energy further north brings a fair return ? Why should our only money crop be planted and raised at a loss? These qbestions can be better discussed and answered at thc great meeting of farmers at Vicksburg than anywhere j else. Then go if possible, and do your j part in this work. Is That So? "It is the first railway built in the South, if not in the United States; its mileage has never been added to or re? duced since its completion ; it has never . dssed ont of the hands or management of its stockholders, and has always been successful and profitable.'* ; The above astonishing information relates to tbeS. C. Railroad. We have ' an indistinct recollection of its having ! been in tho bands of a receiver not ! many months ago. How is it ? CARP. We can scarcely open a paper with? out seeiog something in reference to carp culture. All hands agree that this German fish will flourish where other kinds would starve. They need but little water, and will thrive on any food that a hog will eat. Their growth is rapid, attaining ic two or three years a weight of ten pounds and frequently the length of twenty-five ioches. Their qualities as a table fish are good. Many of thc farmers in Sumter County could have carp ponds, with a small outlay of time and trouble. They have been raised in large tubs, in clay holes, watering ponds, brick-yard ponds, and seemed to thrive well. Will not those whose farms are so situated, as to admit of building a pond with little expense, try the experiment ? If it is any thing near what its friends proclaim we can all have fried fish for breakfast in lien of fried bacon. We clip the following on this fishy subject from the Newberry Observer : Last December or January Mr. J. A. Crotwell put forty young carp, an inch or two long, in the pond at bis brick-yard. He paid no attention to them, never expecting to derive any benefit from them. Indeed, he had al? most forgotten about them, when a few days ago his little son noticed some fishes swimming about in the shallow water, the pond having nearly dried up. On examining closely Monday he found three or fonr hundred carp, varying in size from very small ones to some weighing four or five pounds. He at once determiner! to haul water to re? plenish the pond but the rain came and saved him this trouble. Mr. Cromwell is enthusiastic now on the carp ques? tion and says he would not take a thou- i sand dollars for his pond and fish. He j intends to go to considerable expense : in improving the pond. The Narrow Gauge Railroads. MEETING AT GAFFNEY CfTT. At thc meeting in Gaffney City, on thc 24th instant, representatives were present from thc New England Syndi? cate, the Georgetown and North Caro? lina Railroad, the Rutherford Railway Construction* Company, the McDowell (N. C.) Company, Edgefield County and the Union, Gaffney City and Ruth? erford Railroad Company. Col. J. D Blanding, of the Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad, presided, and W. Waddy Thomson, Esq., acted as secretary. Col. Blanding stated that the object of the meeting was the con? sideration of a proposition to consoli? date the Georgetown and North Caro- J lina Railroad, the Rutherford Railway ? Construction Company, the Marion and ! Tennessee Railroad Company and the j Union, Gaffney City and Rutherford Railroad ?Company into one company, and the further consideration of a pro? position by the New England Syndicate as to the construction of said railroads. A committee on business was appointed as follows: J. B. Eaves and L. A. Holland, of the Rutherford Railway Construction Company ; T. S tobo Far row-and A. A. Sarratt, of the Uuioo. Gaffney City and Rutherford Railroad Company ; James McCutchcon and David Risley, of the Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad Company ; Charles D. Blanton and D D. Johnson, of the Marion (N. C ) Company; Col. I Lewis Jones, of Edgefield, S. C. Col. ? J. D. Blanding, the chairman, was ! added to this com m itt tee. Thc com? mittee reported a series of resolutions, the first of which postpones action until after the elections in Union County, S. C., and McDowell County, N. C, on local aid in said counties, shall bc held ; the second, that the chairman ? have authority to call another meeting, j at such time and place as to him seems j best ; aud the third, that the parties J now present representing the R?ther-1 ford Railroad Construction Company, | the Union, Gaffney City and Ruther? ford Railroad Company, the McDowell (N. C.) Company and the Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad Company pledge themselves to use ?ill their efforts j by co-operation to secure the comple? tion of the railroads now projected from Charleston by Georgetown to Gaffney City, and from Gaffuey City to Augus? ta, and from Gaffney City by Ruther? ford ton and Marion (NC) to Cran berry, or any other practicable route through the mountains, and also by thc most practicable route from Rutherford ton to Asheville. A telegram was read from the Hon. Robert B. Vance, president of the Asheville and Burnsville Railroad, stating that he was anxious to build the Asheville and Burnsville Road to con? nect with Cincinnati via Johesboro", Burnsville, Asheville and Hickory Nut Gap southward, and stating further that he was ready to co-operate with this movement. Letters were received from Col. K. M. Mitchell, president of the Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad Company, from Senator Calli son of Edgefield, and from Gen. Ken? nedy of Camden, all expressing regret at their inability to attend the meeting and co-operative sympathy in its purpo? ses. On motion it was resolved to request the publication of the proceedings of the meeting in thc Ncrs and Conner and local papers interested, whereupon the meeting adjourned CLARENDON DOTS. [From the Clarendon Enterprise.] The cotton crop in ttiis county is pretty well opeu and picked out. Captain E. Manly Bradham's company will have a re-union Nov. 5th. We regret to learn that Major W. T. Lesesne expects soon to po to Florida. Clar? endon will he a great loser In thc Major's de? parture. Married, October - bj Rev. J. S. Beaseley, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Frank Bethune and Miss Agnes Andrews, all of Clarendon. The dwelling house of Captain V. X. But? ler, in Sammy Swamp township was entirely ! destroyed by fire on the 17th. I,o33 about $1.800; insurance ?600. Supposed to be accidental. We regret that other dulies kept ns from attending Court last week, but it was imprac? ticable for us lo do so. We have been told that Major Marion Moise's speech on Thursday, in the murder case, was, very elo? quent and among ;he best ever delivered at this bar. Dr. J. M. Burgess is writing "Fragments of History,' for the Enterprise which are much appreciated t y i's readers. For a long time there has. been a need for just such a liniment as Kendall's Spavin Core Booms ! There are Booms and Boom?; big booms, little booms, middling booms, and all otber sorts of booms. Booms iu cotton, booms in wheat and corn, booms in pork and lard, booms in iron and otber metals, booms in stock speculation, booms in railroad con? struction, booms in building, and booms in the education of the public. Booming is one of our greatest national industries. Without it we should be as dry and dull as some of the worn-out nations of the Old World. A boom is not like the cackle with which a hen announces that she has laid an egg, nor yet like the crow by which the rooster tells us it is time to wake up. It is a real impetus; a push with a bounce to it; a start which means go-ahead ; a going ahead which means that those who are in the way will be run over if they do not stir themselves. Grain bas its little boom, and is tossed about by the operators like india rubber balls. Now it goes up, up, up ; and now it goes down, down, down. In its ups and downs it hits some people pretty hard. The grain operator who became so big that he was able to fail for six millions, used to drive a milk-route in a small way. Some of the victims of the grain boom wish they bad never doneanything more venturesome tban j driving milk carts. The pig is a quiet crea I ture, yet up goes his little boom. The big? gest pork operator in the country used to be a poor boy. Sometimes he slips np on lard, because lard is so greasy tbat it is naturally as slippery as ice. One of the livliest opera? tors i ii fancy stock was, until twenty years old, a barefoot boy on a canal tow-path. Jay Gould made a very humble beginning, and there was a time when Cyrus W. Field was not worth two cents. Old Vanderbilt used to pole a boat between New York and Sa ten Island, and Senator Tabor, of Colorado, in bis earlier days kept a country store to snpply miners with big boots and rough woolen shirts-now he buys nigbt-sbirts at $250 apiece. The boom in rich men is seen not only in the palaces they build to lire in, but in the sepulchres they provide for the safe-keeping ot their remain?. Jay. Gould is building a tomb which is to cost $85,000. It will have room for sixteen corpses. Its designers are prood to call it a "mortuary chapel." It is to bea miniature Greek temple of polished granite. It is to be twenty feet wide, thirty feet long, and flanked with columns, eight on eacb side and four on the ends. No stone used in the construction is to be less than six feet square in size, and the roof-stones are to be six feet wide by fifteen feet long, weigh? ing several tons apiece. The doors of the chapel are to be of bronze modeled by Au? gustos St. Ganden*, whose bill for this ser? vice is to be $2,500. Inside, the original plan was to close each of the sixteen compart? ments with a slab of polished marble to be cemented in place. The latest intention, however, is to finish the inside of the chapel in btonze, as being more durable than mar? ble. Facing the door of the chapel is to be a window of stained glass, probably by La farge, representing the resurrection. The boom in Bitters is one of the biggest of all the booms in the world. Years ago it was j found ont that certain tonics would cure cer I taiu ailments. The question was bow to ad? minister these tonics. They were mostly held in solution in all sorts of fluids, chief among which was bad whiskey. It is sate to i say that "bitters" of this kind did quite a? j much harm as good. They promoted drink? ing habits. They were sought by topers for I the stimulants in them. They were kept in j bar-rooms, and called for by halt-tipsy fel j lows who wanted to treat their friends. They helped to make drunkards ; a fact which was j so distinctly recognized by the United States ! Government that the makers of them were compelled to take out licenses as liquor deal? ers. It was sad business, tbatrui?bty boom io bad whiskey bitters. But, for the real good of mankind and the actual cure of the dyspeptic and bilious and broken down, there came another boom in a very different kind of Bitters. This time it was a boom with a blessing; a big, genuine blessing. Instead of soaking a lot of bitter stuff in bad whiskey, principally for toper?, Broten's iron Bitfers wascompounded with the highest chemical skill after formulas by ex? perienced physicians. Not a drop of whiskey in it, or anything else that a toper craves. In addition to the materia medica which enti? tle it to the name of 'Bitters,' it contains the most valauble preparation of iron known to science. This is the only preparation of that important metal which will not injure teeth or head, which will not produce constipation. Broicn's Iron Billa* was introduced only three years ago. Of the way it has 'boomed' you may imagine when you are told that 720,000 bottles of it were sold last year. What wonders of healing these 720.000 bot? tles represent ! Dyspeptic stomachs made sound ; torpid livers quickened ; thin blood enriched ; vallow complexion made beautiful ; aching heads relieved of pain ; rheumatic twinges driven out of the system ; nervous difficulties dispelled ; despondent souls made cheerful, and debilitated constitutions brought into joy of new life and strength. Verily the health boom is the greatest and most bene? ficent of all the booms our country is famous for. Health and happiness go haod in hand ; and Brown's Iron Bitters is one of the most powerful agents in setting them both on foot, j 'Indian Department" Washington' D. C. I am anxious to introduce Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup among my Indians, having used it my? self for eevetal months, and think it one of the finest remedies I ever found. I assure you, it is the only thing that ever reliered me of a protracted cough brought on by expo? sure while on the Sioux Commission last >ear. A. G. BOONE Agent for Poncas and (T. S. Commissioner. 'What did you get out of that case V asked thc old lawyer. 'I got my client out of it,' re? plied the young one. 'And what did heget out of it? 'Satisfaction, I reckon. I did not leave anything else for him to get.' 'Young man,'said thosenior, proudly, 'you'll never be a judge. There is not enough money on the bench for you.' C. Sf. Moseman & Bros' office is thc head center for nil prominent horsemen of New York City. In a letter of recent date says : 'We are perfectly satisfied that there never was anything made to equal Kendall's Spavin Cure, nor can there be anything to take its place, as it removes the trouble, and no reme dy can do more.' Read advertisement. Coweta Co., Georgia, by her votes on the 26th sends whisky from her borders. Ladies do you want a nicely fitting dress with but little trouble? Tuen go to Mrs. Flowers and Villeneuve who cut and fit by the Magic Scale. Perfect fits guaranteed. Remember that there is a Gold Watch for sale cheap at this office. NORTH-EASTERN R. R. GO. sflH SUPERINTENDEN T'S OFFICE, NORT! IB ASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., October 28, 1883. On and niter this date thc following Sche? dule will be run : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. 10 53 A. M. .' in p it. 8 30 p. M. 1 15 A. M. 3 10 r. M. 7 20 r. M. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. 1 45 A. st.5 30 A. M. 11 50 e. M.4 15 r. M. 4 15 ?. M.8 30 A. M. Train leaving Florence at 1 45 A. M. will iiOt8top at Way Stations. CENTRAL RAILROAD SCHEDULE. SUNDAYS EXCEPTED. Leave Charleston.10 55 a m 3 30 p tn " Lanes. 2 30 p m ll 55 pro ! Arrive at Sumter. 6 30 p m 3 10 a m \ Leave Sumter. 0 30 a m ll 50 pm ; " Lane's. 1 46 p m 6 12 am j Arrive at Charleston 4 15pm 8 30 am ' T. M. EMERSON, J. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Ticket Agt. Gen'l Supt. I There is a constant effort on the part of that grim monster 'Disease' to become master of mortal man. Only a careful observance of natural laws can render his efforts unavail? ing. Yet too often injudicious excesses, sud? den changes, too great exposure, improper food or other abuses of nature open the gate? way and Disease gains a victory Some? times its mastery is so complete that nature of herself can never effect a dislodgement. In such instances reinforce nature with a judi? cious use of Brown's Iron Bitters and we guarantee, in a short time, all disease will be vanished. 'Is there anything wrong is kissing?' he asked her, as they stood together at the gate. I 'Certainly there is,' she replied, 'or there i wouldn't be any fun io it.' A pleasant and certain medicine for you is Gilder's Liver Pills. An army of worms, gnawing, gnawing, night and day, eating the vitals away, is fre? quently the cause of convulsions and fits. Shriner's Indian Vermifuge te the remedy. Horse owners can not afford to overlook the wonderful success of Kendall's Spavin Cure. Sewing Machine. A No. 4. New Home Sewing Machine per? fectly new. All the usual attachments. For sale at D. J. AULD'S Drug Store.. iMMWM---Hfc-B?C----a THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Oct. 30, 1883. COTTON.-About 675 bales have been sold during the week ending the 30th. The mar? ket closed steady. We quote : Stained 7$ @8J; Tinged 8@8J ; Ordinary 7@7J; Good Ordinary 8?@8? ; " Low Middling 8? ?9; Middling 9J@9J ; Good Middling 9? ?h _ CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 27, 1883. Corro?.-Market quiet. Sales about 1,000 bales. Quotations are : Ordinary 8$@9 : Good Ordinary 9*@9f; Low Middling, 9j @10; Middlingly^; Good Middling, 10$. WILMINGTON, N. C., Oct. 29, 1883. SPIRITS TURPEXTIHB-Market quoted dull at 34j cents. Rosix-The market firm at $1.10 for Strained and $1.15 for Good Strained. CRUDS T?RPENTIXK-Market steady at $!.0U for Hard, $2.00 per bbl., for Virgin. COTTON-Market steady. Sales 600 bales. The following are the official quotations : Low Middling 9f, Middling 10, Good Mid? dling 10?. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Is THE COURT OF COMBON FLEAS. Tobias Kcrngood, Trustee, vs. Lousia D. Davis, John M. DeSaussure, and Others. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause, and dated Oct. 13th 1883, I will sell at Public auction in front of the Court House, in the town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December 3d, J883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon ands o'clock in the afternoon, the following premi? ses : All thal plantation or tract of land known as the CHAMPION OR DzSAUSSURE PLANTA? TION, situated in the County of Sumter, and State of South Carolina, twelve miles South of the ten n of Camden, on the linc of the South Carolina Railway, containing two thousand six hundred acres, more or less ; bounded on the North by lands formerly of J M. Davis now of . Reed, known as the Haile plantation, on the East by the main Charles oo Road, on the South bj lands formerly of J. M Davis, known as the Diggs trac?, and, the Sam Boykin tract, and on the West by the Wateree River. Terms of sale.-One fifth cash and the bal? ance on a credit of one two and three .years, payable in equal annual installments, with inlcrest from the day of sale, payable annual? ly ; the credit portion to be secured by the bond or bonds of the purchaser, anda mort? gage of the premises sold. The purchaser to pay the Master for all pa tiers. GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON, Oct 30 Master. ORGANS! - .. ..o If you ever intend to BUY AN ORGAN now is the time. Call in &nd examine the CELEBRATED ESTEY ORGANS. These I sell on the INSTALLMENT PLAN and make payments to suit purchasers. A liberal discount from^prices made for CASH. X>. ?T AULD. Oct 30 _Ij Estate of Mrs. Hartha I. Brown, DECEASED. ALL PERSONS holding claims against the said Estate will present the same duly attested, and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment to A. W. BROWN, Oct 23-3t* Qualifie! Executor. ^fOGKHOLDERS' MEETING. A SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING of the STO- KHOLDKRS of the BELLEMONTE COTTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY will be held at Masonic Hall, over store of Messrs. J. Rvttenber? 4 Sons, on FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9th, at ll o'clock, at which the report of the President and Treasurer will be read and olber important business submitted. Any member who cannot attend will please send their proxy in writing by some other stockholder. By order Board of Directors. D. JAMES WINN, Sumter, S. C., Oct. 23. President. C. BART & CO., CHARLESTON, S. C. The largest importers of SF1 3E1. "?* 3E *I? in the South, offer for sale a well selected -stock of APPLES, ORANGES, BANANAS, COCOANUTS, DRIED FIGS, LEMONS, NUTS, RAISINS, PEANUTS, POTATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, and everything else lhat a First Class Whole? sale Fruit House should have. Cov/ntry Orders Filled with Despatch. Oct 23 A KKLIA1ILK HOI SK TO DEAL WITH. W. H. WELCH. LANIER EA SON. WELCH & EASON, -DKAMCUS IN CHOICE FAMILY AND PLANTATION GROCERIES, Wines, Liquors, Segars and Tobacco. 127, 129 Meeting and South-West cor. Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. Send for price list. No charge for drayage or packing. Oct 23v SHERIFF'S SALES. BY VIRTUE of sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter Court House, on the First Monday in Novem? ber, next, and ns many days thereafter as may bp necessary, within legal hours of ?ale to the highest bidder for cash the following property : Stock of Books, Goods, Wares and Mer? chandise, in Book-Store on Main-street in the j town of Sumter, levied upon and to be sold i as the property o? William G. Kennedy, j under the Fi Fa of E. Claxton k Co. against i the said William G. Kennedy. j R. W. DURANT, S. S. C. ! Sheriffs Office, Oct. 16, 188:;. ' OUR COUNTY FAIR. No doubt every one is looking forward to the day when our Fair Grounds will be opened so that everybody can go in afc the Big Gate and have a Jolly time look? ing at the many attractions offered by the Committee of Arrangements this season. We, the undersigned, must ac? knowledge that we also are looking and waiting for the Fair to open, but there is something just at this time that would equally, if not more interest us, and that is to do a good business, and at the same time please our friends and the public generally. We claim that we have met you half way by hav ?Dg stocked our house with the BEST AND CHOICEST GOODS to be had in any market, and if the reader will now come the other half of the way, why then we would all be happy, and the time would pass away quickly even if thc Fuir Grounds were closed. We promise to please you by offering you LOW FOR CASH the fol? lowing go.ods : COFFEES-Of all grades, roast? ed or green. SUGARS-Of every kind, afc lowest market price. TEAS-We have a fair stock and ask you to send for samples even if you don't wish to buy right away. MEATS-Such as Choice Hams and Strips, you can always get at our place. SAUSAGES-From now on we will receive three times per week, FRESH PORK SAUSAGES from a first class steam sausage manufactory at Richmond, Va. We will also offer different kinda of SMOKED BOLOGNAS dur? ing this season. MACKEREL-The scarcity of Mackerel this season has caused an advance in prices for good quali? ties ; but be they high or low we arc determined to let yon have what you want at living prices. We have them in kits and five pound cans. We have them Broil? ed in Mustard Sauce, and also in Tomato Sauce. The last are liked by everybody, and sell rapidly. We have in stock IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC SARDINES, also Mustard and Spiced Sardines, Lobsters. Salmon, Clams and Oys? ters. We have a small lofc of ANCHOVY PASTE, in white jars for sandwiches. Would like you to try a jar. It sells well and needs no recommendation as to its qualities. We know everybody likes A GOOD DINNER, bnt owing to the limited supply of good meats and choice vegetables in our mar? ket, it is sometimes a hard task for the house keeper to get what is ne? cessary to make up a dioner. As a remedy, we offer you a three pound can of already BOILED DINNER, price 30 cents per can. All icJw have tried it cry for more. After dinner you want Desert. We would recommend our PLUM PUDDING IN CANS to fill that place. Canned Meats we have in every variety, and would again impress up^n your minds that our goods in this line especially, are of standard quality and weights. We offer afc present ENGLISH BRAWN in 2 Ibf cans. SMOKED CHIPPED BEEF in -Jib. cans. CORNED BEEF in 1 and 21b. cans. POTTED TURKEY, DUCK, CHICKEN AND GAME, also Ham and Tongue. We have ali kinds of Vegetable*, such as BOSTON BAKED BEANS with Pork in each can. Corn, Peas, String Beans, Okra and Tomato?. Pickles in every style and qual? ity. Catsups Sauces and many other things that would do you good to look at, and make you feel better to eat them. PRESERVES-We must say to ,you that the weather up to now, has been too warm to handle them ; but we have just received the fol? lowing, apd will add daily as soon as the weather permits : TH URBERS CHOICE PRE? SERVES, in one pound cans. The assortment consists of all kinds of . Fruits. Wc have also a new lot of PRESERVED GINGER and As? sorted Jellies, in five pouud pails. We are now ready to supply you with New Canned Fruits such as Peaches and Pineapples and Ap? ples (in gallon cans) put up in light syrups suitable for making pies. We have just received a lot of DRIED FRUITS, and we can say to you they aro very choice this season. Our stock in these con? sists of the following : Evaporated Apples, Sun-dried Apples, Prunes, Dates, Raisins, Currants, Citron, &c. As the mornings are now cool we know you want BUCKWHEAT CAKES, and nice Syrup for break? fast, we are pleased to say to you that wc are ready to supply you in this line, and hopo you will try some shortly. For thc past few years we have introduced in this market OAT MEAL and WHITE BEANS, better known as the Navy Beans. Wc now find ready sale for both of these articles, and would ask you to try some. IN CONCLUSION. we would say, we care little about "who is to be our next President;" all we want is a good man. and a man that is fond of good eating ; and if he will send us an order for choice groeo eeries. wc shall be glad to serve him. But. believe ns, yon shall he dealt with the same ax the Presi? dent, should you conclude to send ns your order. Respectfully. ER & BULTMAN. GRAND I?ISF OF GOOD AT THE LATE J. T. SOLOMONS' ST CONSISTING OP Foreign d Dom estie Dry GoooVJ MI'S, MW MD MS' Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, BOOTS AND SHOES, Of ail Kinds and Qualities, HATS AND CAPS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY-WABff, TIN WARE, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, GROCERIES, &c il DE.4TH BLOW TO Hid PRICES. NW IS THE TIME TO SECURE BARGAINS. Our Goods have been bought at the Lowest Gash Prices, and have been marked down to rock bottom figures, to sell. We propose to sell goods at their Rmi Value, and have tacked on no fancy price to any single article in our Store. Seeing is Believing. Money Saved is Money Made. WE EXTEND TO ALL A MOST CORDMi INVITATION. COME AND BE CONVINCED. HIGHEST ERICES PAID -FOR- * Cotton, Hides, Beeswax and all ConntryPreAtei September 18 1883. 1883, AID WINTER M0?N?E??NT 4 ?or HIDED P WE HAVE NOW OPEN" TIE LARGEST AP BEST ASSORTMENT 9F IN ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS EVER BEFORE SHOWN IS 9UUT5?, AND, OWIXG TO TUE SHOUT CROP, -HAVE Starked all Our Goods at Such Exceedingly Low F?gare? AS TO BE IN THE REACH OF ALL. OUR LINE OF DRESS GOODS -CONSISTS OF Black and Colored Cashmeres, Ottomans, Armures, Plaids aad Breoadee? Brocaded and Plaiu Velveteens and air lae Latest Novelties for Trimmings. WE DESIRE TO CALL PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OUR LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Ladies, Misses and Children's Cloaks, Dolmans. Circulars, Patelots sud Jerseys, ranging in price from 51-25 to {25.00. BLANKETS AT RUINOUS PRICES. Having bought a Large Line at the recent Auction Sale of the Manufacturers in New York will give our customers benefit of same. Large Variety of t? ioves, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs and Neck Wear. S. D. SOLLERS & CO.'S PHILADELPHIA SHOES FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN. Every pair Warranted. Also Full Line of Gents Hand and Machine Sewed Sines. All of which have been marked st a Very Low sod. Strictly One Price. IN OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT -WILL BE FOUND All tho Latest and Nobby Styles for Gents, Youths and Boys at Prices Defy Competition, and all Goods Guaranteed to be as Represented. Our $5 Knockabout and Wear-Resister Snits for Bops, from 4 to 10 years, beats anything ever sold for the money. STILL AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS. TUE CELEBRATED PEARL SHIRTS, FOR WHICH WE ARE SOLE ?GENTS.1 -Immense Variety of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS AND HA! OUR HARDWARE DEPARTMENT Is now Complete with a Full Line of Shelf and Staple Good* including Wagon and Buggy Material. Also agents for Watt Plows and Castings. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, COMES OUR LARGE GROCERY DEPARTURE Whore wc have made Immense Reductions in both Staple and Fancy Goods. New Arrow Ties Reduced to SL50 per Bundi* Bagging to IO cents per Yard. gSf AU Orders hy Mail Promptly Fitted. Samplet tent on /ippUa?ion J. KYTTENBERGr & SONS, N. W. C?r. Main and Libertj Sts. Sept 2;