The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 20, 1883, Image 1
-'TUB SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50.
'3e Just and Fear not-Let al! the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's
Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.]
SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1S83.
THE Til UK fcOt'THKO??, Established Junf, IRfttf.
ycw SenVs-Yoi. iii. So. ?G.
??_- Published every Tuesday,
-BY TH S
WatcJinian and Southron PtdAislting
SUMTER, S. 0.
THUMS :
Two Dollars per aiiumu - in advauce.
A D V S R T I S E M E X T S .
Oae Square, first insertion.Si 00
Every subsequent insertion. 50
Contracts for titree mouths, or longer will
be made at red uced rates.
All com?nnni?atious which subserve private
interests will be charged fer as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of respect ?rill be
charged for.
Marriage notice? and notices of deaths pub?
lished free.
For job work or contracts for advertising
address Watchman and Sottthron, or alfolv at
the Office, to X. G. OSTEBX\
Business Manager.
ea :
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. J? marvel o'"
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical th.m the ordinary kinds, sind nm
not be sold in comp?tition with the multitude
of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate
powders. Sold only in cant. ROYAL bAK
jgg PO"VDER CO.. ?06 Wal!-st ., X. V.
ST8MS?? ANDC0HS50ER?J
OFFERS TO II LS CUSTOMERS AND TBE
PUBLIC GENERALLY
A Large *o*l Well Assorred stock of
Heavy and Fancy Groceries.
Fresh arrivals daily,
i And all goods guaranteed as represented.
Crockery, Grhssware, Lanps.
A large iu voice of Crockery. Glassware an*.
Lamps, of every description just opened.
Call early and get bargains.
TUT-WAKE.
My stock of Tin-ware is complete, embrac?
ing everything in gent:.-.**! us?. Special in?
ducements offered to purchasers. T-ic Kitch?
en Sets and Thc Harvest &M consist of ten
.pieces of tia-ware, all useful articles, for one
dtfLlar. made wiiii patent fi re-pr oof bottoms,
aud guaranteed jK>t tts leak.
Tobacco, Cigars, &c
A full lin?-Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
andan elesrs? ;t assortment of Cigars, of va?
rions ?>r.?rids. The i>CKE OF DURHAM
CiGARETS. sold by the thousand or single
- package. Also a good :*?=?=?. >;.-*?it.-;jt of Pipes.
Wooden and Willow Ware.
A full liueoffVn-n in Tu^-s. Buckets, Baskets, j
Wttsb-boards, Seines, Well Buckets, Brooms,
? TWIN B:?D SPRINGS
? :>n still making the Twin Bed Springs,
and >e?:ng them ;ti the exceedingly low price ;
of ?3.50 a set. One mattress is sufiici- ut to j
make a comfortable oed wbore these springs i
are used. Lver\ set g'r.rauteed to give satis- j
faction, or moiu-v refunded.
"vTHSA? BEAN AIND BIC2 ?L0US j
Always on Hand.
The best a.;d cht** pe.,: teed for stock.
Purchaser? will do well *o cali and examine
my stock aud prices. "Money saved is money
made."
AH goods delivered free o$ charge to any
part of the city.
HT. II. YATES, SUMTER, S. C.
Ans 23 Opposite Jno. Reid's.
FLVCS A2TD F AIP, ?DiSALIKG
W2S5.
THE BEST GOODS K'K THE LEAST MONS*
INSURES SATISFACTION.
BULTMANN & BRO.
?flpflpSlt
? ^ . SUMTER, S. C. ?*
Take pleasure tn announcing t<> their friends
and the public generally that they have
added to their business aa assort?
ment of
i FINE HATS, TRUNKS. VALISES AND
SATCHELS,
and ia their re^ul.sr line of
BOOTS AND SH?3S.
th*?y br. rv 'he
LARGEST AND REST STOCK THEY
HAVE EVER HAD.
T All of which th*v will sell at th*? ?ame
LOW PRICES which has mad* them th*
I LEADENS BS" LXtfS j
for quality and price. The
BOOT, SHOE, AND HAT TRADE OF SUMTER j
bas not before witnessed so complete .-i iine of j
SOLID AND DURABLE GOODS, AT I
SUCIi LOW PRICES,
FAS are now offered ;?t their store. AH j
goods warranted as heretofore. Do not fail
to call and examine stock before buying.
Sept 13
LANDS FOR SALE.
THE UNDERSIGNED h*s several tracts j
from 230 to 400 acres each, <.f GOOD ;
r COTTON LAND FOR SALE, with good
k buildings, spring wr.i, r, convenient ioschvols !
and churches and good soci?t?
Apply to S. A* Nt) KR IS,
Sheriffs Office, Sumter, S. C. !
? Sept ll_ j
I PATENTS j
I Obtained, and all bis?ness in the U. S. Paten? j
I Office, atrrnde.l :o ?%r MODERA TL FEES. j
ft Oar office is opposite; lu U. S. Patent oriice.
? and we ca?obtain latents it? less time thar j
I those remote from WtvsHIXGTt >N.
R Send MODEL OR^RAWING. We advise
as to patentability fire of" charge; ?nd we !
make NO CHARGE Ix LESS WE OBTAIN !
-PATENT. j
We tefer. here, to fe^e Postmaster, the Sup*, j
of Money Order Div. j,od tu officials of the
* U. S. P*tcnt Offices For circular, advice, j
terms and reference (Actual clients tn youf !
ow?? State, or county i dress
C. A. SNOW ? CO.,
Opposite Patent Offic Washington, I). C. (
August 8 i
AT
My stock is now complete m all
departments.
-0
Choice make of best goods ever
brought to this market in
-both
MEN'S AND YOUTHS7.
FIXE OVERCOATS
a specialty.
il MRMffiT
Is now complete and fui! value guatauteed.
PHILADELPHIA HAND-MADE WORK.
DRESS BOSOS ANO DOMESTICS
As low as anvone can sell.
HATS AND CAPS
In the most Fashionable Styles.
-O
TRUNKS ?ND S?T?H?LS3
Large varietv of the best m.-ike.
G-TJNS, PISTOLS
-AND
POCKET KNIVES TO SUIT ALL
GENTS5 UNDERWEAR.
All ths best grades of
SHIRTS, COLLARS. CUFFS,
HOSIERY AND NECK-WEAR, i
GLASSWARE,
flMMOOMWARE,
Complete Line.
CISABS AND TOB?OC?j
A full supply of the lien Brands.
GROCERIES m Yffltim
Fu!I stock of No. 1 Goods always on Lind at |
Lowest Market Itotes. ?
i
DON'T HANDLE SECOND CLASS GOODS, j
Highest Prices Paid for j
Colt
tili?
Look ct and price ruy goods he/ore
bi'fj ?a o c 1.?' tr It e rc.
ALTAMONT MOSES. \
N. E. Co;::er Main rind Liberty Streets.
Oct 0
THE BEST SHOE
j
PENITENTIARY BI ADS, j
SOLD AT A SMALL MARGIN LY
E. P. BICKER & CO.
ALL KIXDS OF MERCHANDISE j
-?'>I.D AT
A VERY SHA LL, PROFIT, j
E. P. KICKER & CO.,
OPPOSITE THE PED PUMP. I
Sept 13
MY B A
130 YOU mm TH3 ESAS ON:
WHY PEOPLE '.VANT TO BUY
TKE WjLSON LIGHTNING SEWER \
\:i pr?'*': renee to any other
We will tf?l rou.
BECAUSE bas no ''c?"r?. (.'ams or Gears. !
BECAUSE it has no Rawhide or Felt ;
Packing.
BECAUSE it has no Cist-Iron Parts p.t::.t
od over .<> cover its defects.
BECAUSE i* i.nt shake, rattle or
dance ali over the H 'or wij-.-n run at a nigh
rate of speed.
BECAUSE it bas two =p*?eds-one for fine
work or a delicate operator, and the other
?'??r fas' speed, that you cati do one-third
re work i". ? d?y than can be done ou any i
other Sewii sj Machine.
BECAUSE it riirji l-ight aud E:tsy.
BECAUSE lost motion can be Oe taken up
after tears ol'wear without changing or put?
ting in new parts, which can MO! oe dune :
with any other riewiny Machine. '<
BECAUSE it darr ; rips and tears.
BEC \USK ?; does ?be most elegant designs
in eiabrcLL-itajj without an uttaciuiieut.
BECAUSE ?: docs not break the thread 01
ne?* lit- when ii i backwards;
We could ?e?lyou-for hours ofits Superiority j
overall other Sewing Machines. We think ?
this is s : * ?i ' " i ?" ? t reason .v'jy people should
buy the WILSON. Ii iS Sold u:i very easy
terms.
BfULTI?IArSi^ & 5S3?O.,
BOOT AND SHOE STOKE,
SUM TLB, S. C.
Aug 21
A DOUBLE-CASE, LADY'S SIZE,
??t^GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN, used
about six months, ind Lu perfect running
order, f?>r sale tiii> <.ffire
RISLEY'S PER OTGKER.
A tried? and reliable Cur? ! <r ailment* uf
Ladies. Will aid Nn"^-, prevents Nause.-?,
arid Nervousness, and sbo ld 1?? Laken during
tbecritical period. Has -ivt-.J many !iv?->
L'jif'oiSf-l by thousands of ladies as ?he best
remedv of irs kind. A nv Drugr?st, $1.00.
RISLEY'S BUCflU,
The best diuretic and t .nir. Cores rittst
Kidney ai;.l Bhtdder trouble?. Weakness,
Whites, and ?>:i::i i?: back. S-? '-r.v-i-.-- .:!
other kiduey remedies. Alt druggets. Sl.00
a bottle " CHARLES F. RISLEY,
Sf pt 25 New York. 1
FALL ?NB WINTER
rut TT T ? TnT V Vi V
Mrs. WHITE 4?k
-AND
Miss MILLER, ?
TTTOULD INVITE the attention of the
^ f ladies generali?-, their stock of
F.i?.? A?D WIXTEK
MILLINERY,
Consisting of
Trimmed and Untrimmed Bonnets
and Hats,
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, &c.
ZEPHYR AND CARD BOARD.
Parties whoas we hare indulged will
oblige ?5 bv making immediate pavtnent.
Nov 13
"Wn F?86ET
TO CALL AT TUE STORE OF
B. J. BARNETT
and examine his floe and well selected stock of
PALL ANS TOTTER
BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE.
He has now a New and Complete Stock of
DRY GOOPS, BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS. HARDWARE, CLOTHING,
SADDLERY & HARNESS,
GROCERIES, &c, fcc.
All of which he is offering at
BOTT031 PRICES.
And is determined not to be undersold by
any other house.
Just received a Ur?e lot of LACE REM?
NANTS, which he is offering at
10 cents a bunch.
? ' So Dont Forget to Cull"
B. J. BARNETT.
Oct 2 _______
If you evcriatend to BUY AN ORGAN now
is the time. Cali in and examine the
GELEBH?TIB ESTEY ORSANS.
These I ?ell on the
INSTAI.I.M KNT PLAN
at.d make payments to suit purchasers.
A liberal ilise taut from prices made
for CASH.
Ort 30 tj
F. H. Folsom, L. W. Folsom.
s y ra? mm & nm I
Established 1SGS.
Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers,
Ma in-St reef, opposite John Reid's,
SUMTER. S. C..
OKALKRS IS
El^ic, TSTaltlism, Lancaster and St?s j
I?TATwSSS,
Of all Descriptions.
Clock?, Gc*d Pens, Penciis,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Gold and Piated Jewelry of the newe?: designs,
Spectacles, Ey? Glasse?. Fine Pocket
Cutlery Scissors and Raz;>;s,
Fishing Tackle
Se>ci:ig Machine Needles, Oils, Eic. I
We guarantee everything as represented.
Pr'tr? .?: t\ 5 low as Bellalie Goods can be sold.
Come and see ns. Oct 9
J. S. RICHARDSON. P. G. BOWMAN.
B1?H??PS0N & BOWMAN;
A Ti 0 ii N KY S AT LAW,
Office up stai s in Cultntan's new building.
'S ? M T i: II, s. c.
Apr i7
CHAS. H MOISE."
INSURANCE AGENT,
Notary Public. Accountant Jt Conveyancer,
st :-i r : >. <..
Represents tbe liverpool ai?; Loudon and
Globe insurance Company : the richest and
protnutest Fir?; lusurance Co taja nv in the
iVorH.
The Providence Washington Insurance
Company : organized in 1700. octD i
- ' .- -I
JAS. i>. I'.?.AN: ?NI;. WM. D. Bt.Asm.w?
mm\m & BLANDING,
Attorneys at Law,
Sumter, S. C.
Jun-21 tf.
TO THE PUBLIC.
SUMTER, s. C., SKIT. 11. 1833.
OWING Tu TUB PECULIAR CARE
wit? -A '.:<.?! we endeavored to select
our tirs* citr ? .a<i of stock, the shipment i
which was advert . 1 arriv: on Scpietube- j
r>tti will not be upoT) th? market before the j
17th or 18th. j
At that time, however, I will present to !
I
the public view ri
LOT OF SiiCfi HORSES j
as cannot fail to mee? thc views ot everv class
of b'.i*. ers. I
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ON HAND. I
?
FEED 11 A TS, Ct ?RN, j
IIAY, WHEAT BRAN, j
LIME. CEMENT,
PLASTER, (OW HAIR, k<\
II. M All ?i V.
A BARGAIN.
A y \ " Vt rsc V?T. r.v- I .,T
Appiv to V. . M. Ot i UNO.
Nov h
U?Sl?ilST.
Here in the year? wherein ! Stand,
? gaze across the fallow Ian?; :
Across the conquest and its cns!.
Beyond tho sought for and the lost ;
And look into thy eves of joy,
Thou brown-faced, tuuicked country boy !
Just thou and thine, with naught between.
Make up that suet teat elden scene.
0 tender scene and sight and sound !
The farmhouse, with its lilacs -round :
The poppy bcd, the locust trees,
The siiilicidic hum of bec? ;
Tiie celt, with sturdy oaken sweep:
The morning ?lories haif asleep ;
The swallows gossipping : the creon
Of doves above the barn ; the noon
When kine, breast deep, stand ir. the
stream ;
And thy world pauses in a pleasant dream !
Beyond the uplands ; then the hills,
Where, interlacing, creep the rills,.
Here forests, sentinels of peace ;
There fields, cv ?th opulent increase;
Beyond the valley, Stretching far
And dim to the horizon's bar.
My brown-faced lad, I look again
Fiom out the lairs and lives of men.
1 see the longing in thy face
To grow beyond '.he commonplace:
I know the lands that 'tween us lie,
And pity thee! For thou wert-I.
-Edgar L. Wakeman.
Pialosoptier Arp.
THE RICH AND POOR FARMERS-COI..
JOHNSON AND THE ORIGINAL BILL ARP,
AND HOW THEY VOTED-SLAVERY-THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR AND i HE ADVAN?
TAGES DERIVED TIIEREEROM.
Southern Cultivator and Dixie Farmer.
Georgia is a right good old State,
and it is tight fur lier people1 to be
prou'd ol her, but sometimes 1 think
we brag too much about it. Georgia
is going ahead in enterprise, and has
a salubrious climate, and a law-abid?
ing. Christian people, and I for one
am content to live and die here, and
I don't want my children to move
away. But Georgia is a long ways
behind iti her agricultural interests.
I have been looking over a report of
the grain crops of all the States that
was comrdh'd at Washington, and I
don't feel flattered very much. This
report covers ever}' cou tit}' in every
State, and 1 find that two counties in
Illinois made more corn than our
whole State, and one county made af
much wheat as our State, isn't that
sad y Just think of a small county
growing three million bushels o?
wheat, and ali o? Georgia raised but
a few bushels more. Tit ink of one
Slate growing three hundred and
fifty million bushels of corn. Iowa
averaging thirty seven t^shcls of
wheat to the acre, and Georgia ave- j
rages six and one-half bushels. Iowa j
averages forty-one bushels of corn per '
acre, and Georgia averages nine, lt
looks 'ike we had better quit brag?
ging, don't it ? Weil, 1 know we
ii&ve got a big lot ol'cotton to set off, ;
but the question is. what il" we make
on ?ty Our best fanners in North!
Georgia say it costs eight cents a
pound to make it and we get about
niue or nine and a half for it. Our
sales are big but what are our profits.
And now comes an off year, a year ot
drought which cuts down the average
still more. Gobo says he is afeen d
that corn will go to live dollars a
bushel. Cobe don't keep up wita
tho times. Cub?; goes back to the
years when the failure of a crop did
nm up thc price enormously, when
lhere were lots of Jacobs who had to
hitch up their learns and go away ol?
to some j?gvpt to buy corn. But it is
not PO now. Railroads have brought
the great granaries of the Northwest
to our doors, and coin is about as
cheap now in Georgia as it was when
we made a full crop. Corn is cheap
enough, and the only trouble is in
finding a little money to buy it with.
II Cobe carri raise the half a dollar
how is he inning lo buv a bushel of
corny Tlie trouble generally with
our average farmers is tiiat they are
not rewarded for their labor. Every
common laborer ought to get one
dollar tor a day's work. A good,
honest day's work in the field is
worth that much at least, but they do '
not get half of it, making cotton on
rented land. The poor are obliged to
keep poor. I traveled with some Uli- j
nois men the other da}' and they
spoke of the difference between the
North and the South among the la?
boring classes-the tenants who farm
on re:.ted land. They got better
paid for their work and soon were |
able to get land of their own and
build a cottage and go ahead. Fifty
acre? is a good, big farm up there.
Families make a good living on
twenty acres, for they put part of it
in truck and eau soil everything they
raise. They are a moro thrifty peo?
ple. Tin'y spend less and work
more. A few farmers make tuon ey
down here, but it keeps ten tuen
poor to enable one mau to got rich- j
when one gets ahead he can keep
ahead. Jt is like money making
money. The first thousand dollars is
harder to get than the next two thou?
sand, and so if a farmer can just get
a start with land and stock and im?
plements, he catt keep on and make
money. Here and there you can lind
a farmer who starts with nothing
and works up and makes money, and
it l(u>ks like il ?ne; eau do tt others
can, but t!i"i''-' is something in the
breed of ("Iks just like I hore is in
cattle and hogs some are shifty and
some ate not, s. me ."" ambitious and
some are sleepy and ludii-crcut.
Nevertheless, it is an up-hill business
for a poa! rna.u to farm. There is n??t
much inducement for a young man lo
try il if lie has no capital- and s-i lie
"-??es f;, clerking: or traveling fur
somebody, lot* he can do that with ?ul
eaoital. Il a man has a thousand dol?
lars he Can boy him enough land t<>
farm on and can stock ?? ?md then he
has got a home and can raise begs
and cattle, and chirkoc.s, and g-t his
wood for nothing, and can work up
in independence ;.' ho is any account,
bet t< ay ? ? j ? : 11 : ? \i ? p-><-; :. i had
belier hire ?eat and tack '?? a on to
some cLver, rich man, and sorter
bflong ty him. The original Bill
! Arp used to say tb at lie had rat
bolong to Gol. Julio A. Johnson tl
to bc free, for ho said thc Colone
i wife throwed away enough vit?is ;
clothes to do his children, and th
was always nigh enough to pick
1 up. There is nothing wrong abe
this relation of the humble poor ir
tb a rich and generous landlord. 1
poor man loves to lean upon Iiis ri
employer fur help and protection a
advice, and the rich man is proud
tho poor man's homage. So it is
right where tho rich man is not me
and the poor man is not proud. Th<
are not many men who do not depo
on and look np to somebody,
asked Bill one day how he was goi
to vote and ho said he 'didn't km
until he had asked Col. Johnson, a
the Colonel wouldn't know until
had consulted Judge Underwood, a
the Judge wouldn't know until
had heard from Alek Stephens, I
how Alek found out how to vote
be dog'd if he knew.' I reek
about half the people ought to sort
belong to the other half anyhow, a:
the niggers especially without ai
'sort.5 We are all of us in some kit
of slavery anyhow whether wc like
or not. There is slavery at s
among the Pallors, and slavery i
land among the soldiers, and o
children owe to ns absolute obedien
until the}" are twenty-one. Slave
is not such a bad thing after all. Tl
children of Israel had slaves but
was only for seven years, arid the
the slave went free unless he did a
want to, and in that case his mast<
led him up to a door-post and pune
ed a hole in his ear with au awl ai
put a gold ring in it and he was
slave for life. Just so when a ms
and woman get married now-a-day
it is a kind of voluntary slavery an
lhere ain't much difference, exec]
that the rings arc put on the finger:
They both belong to one another f
awhile, until they find out which i
the best man, and then the best ma
runs tire business. I know lots <
married men who arc wearing ling
in their ears, hut I never knew one t
acknowledge it. I haven't got on
in mine I know, fu- I always coul
make Mrs. Arp do just exactly as sh
pleased, and she can't make me d
anything unless she wants to-for
am stubborn, powerful stubborn some
times.
I was talking about all this to
smart, prosperous farmer the ethe
day. and In? said the good farmer
who were able tu farm, made at lea?
twenty-five bushels of com to the acr
in North Georgia. That it was th
pour men who cut down the averr>$r?.J
A poor man said he can't farm to ad
vantage. Ile has to put up willi ;
poor horse or mule ami can't plov
deep, lie has to pay the merchan
who advances to him a big price fo
l.:s supplies. Ile can't buy improve?
implements. Ile don't take tin
Southern Cul'.) rn for. and therefore
don't keep up with improved methods
The Souihern CaUica'or is worth fifi)
dollars a yera* to a poor mai:. I
saves mo I know a hundred do-!lars :
year. We have got to learn from om
another, and the Culli valor is tin
medium of 'exchanging eur expo
dence. But unfortunately the oh
prejudice against 'book lam?n" ' Stil
exists among the poorer and unedn
ca ted fanners ; until our farmer*
learn to read and do read, I believe
it is better for them to hire to the
richer class and learn from them how
to farm. BILL ARP.
An Arizona Cloudburst.
A recent issue t>f the Tucson (Ari?
zona) Citizen says : On Sunday after
noon, one of those curious phenomena
of natu reoccurred about thirty miles
southwest of Tucson, and from the
description given by eye-witnesses it
".as the largest cloudburst ever
known in this country. From Judge
R D. Ferguson th- (ullowingaccount
was gat lie: ed : On Sunday he was
returning from a trip to the Southern
part of the county. At 10 o'clock he
put up at Brown's station to await
dinner and avoid the heat (d' the* day.
The sky all day was cloudless, e xcept
a thunderstorm that was observed
traveling the summits of the Santa
Catalinas, and disappearing over the
Rin?ons in thu northeast.. Otherwise
not a cloud ora vapor of any kind was
to be seen. The sr.u was shining in
all his vigor, and as he passed to the
west his strength and glory seemed
undiminished. Ato o'clock Judge
Ferguson resume.! his journey toward
Tucson, lie had come about five
miles when his attention was attract?
ed hy a rearing and crackling toward
the west, and, looking up, he saw a
river of water, as big as the Santa
Cruz where it runs through Warner's
mill tail-race, coming toward him.
Telling lu's driver to liait, they stop?
ped on top of a lillie knoll, and
watched the waters as they violently
plowed ttie desert, tearing up stones
and brush. They had evidently spent
their loree. After the flood had
passed hy the face of the country was
disfigured, and a large gutter had
been cut across the valley. The cur
rent caine down ulfa small range of j
low, rolling hills to the west. Al?
though the judge and his companion i
strained .their eyes in the direction j
from which tho water came not a]
cloud was to he seen. After the
water had subsided sul?cicnt?y lo let !
?.hem pass they went on. Tl icy had j
hardly gone hall a mile when, to their J
ast"!iishmt*nt. tln-re was another.-]
stream eanally as large as tue Inst |
m?e. Again they peered toward the'
we*! in hopes to ??nd some indication j
oftts source; Passing on their as-!
lonishment was doubled to find |
motlier stream, and in this manner!
live successive raping currents were
crossed. But all their ivservo was!
called forth when Jour miie^ from
where: they struck the first stream '
l?iey discovered a sixth ono a*5 large
as ail the others combined Its angry
waters were roaring ;>n<l hissing as ?i
maddened at the resistance they ne t
mi their way fr cu the hills down to
the desert. This rivi : was unforda?
ble , ,nd tu rross it wa- ?mpos-ub!. . so
they .''.-?i.ol on a knoll and watch? !
it for two or ti ree hom ; as it 1 i?ed
and sizzled and cut a bed for itself, in
some places as deep as fifteen feet
anti aver 20; )~ards wide. li. was not
till after sundown that they dared t<>
attempt a crossing. What readers ii
so, curi?os is that no (int? at Brown's
station saw tin* clouds. It may bc
possible that s<?mo hidden springs
were uncorked by some subterranean
earthquake. At any rate, it is a
great wonder.
Dr. J. ?rinrion Sims.
Thc announcement of tho sudden
death, in Now York, ot Dr. J .Marion
.Sims will bc received with genuine re?
gret throughout this, iiis native State,
where he was widdy known and re?
spected, and where his fellow-citizen*
took pride in his brilliant reputation,
and felt that its lustre was in a [?antier
reflected upon themselves. This feel?
ing was intensi?ed by a visit which Dr.
Simms, paid to his native honte a few
years ago, wheo many old friends in
this city and other parts of State called
unoo hun to renew their acquaintance
and congratulate him on his success in
life.
Dr. J. Marion Sims was born in
Lancaster District on January 25,
IS 13. ??c grad un ted at the South Car?
olina College in 18o-, and studied med?
icine in Charleston a?d at thc Jefferson
Medical College in Philadelphia. In
IS33 lie settled at Montgomery, Ala.,
ami soon became widely known as a
skinful operator in general surgery,
in 1S45 he established a private hospi?
tal for the diseases of women, which be
supported for four years at his own ex?
pense. In 18?3 he removed to New
York where through his efforts a wo
man's hospital was established under j
his charge. While in Montgomery his
attention was directed to the use of me
talic sutures in surgery, and to his suc?
cessful introduction nf this improvement
he owed his subs?quent success and
fame. Ile is principally known to thc
general public by Iiis career in Paris,
where, uuder thc patronage of thc Em?
peror Napoleon III, he organized the
Anglo-American Ambulance Corps,
and by his large practice achieved a
considerable fortune. After the fail of
Napoleon he returned to New York, j
where, with the exception of occasional
visits to Europe and the visit to South
Carolina already mentioned, he remain?
ed in the successful pursuit of his pro- j
fession up to the time of his death.
Dr. Sims published 'Silver Su.'.ires
in Surgery.' (Svo , New York, 1858) j
and 'Clinical Notes on Uterine .Surge?
ry,' (London and New Yolk. 1886.)
translated into French and German.
Let us Bear With Each Other.
The dreadful year of drouth through ?
which we have just passed, cutting down j
the crops in many places :o less than
one half, has made it impossible for <
i
mos* of our farmers to pay out. The j
balance sheet in tn.?st instances will be |
unfortunately upon the wrong .-Me, and !
; . :!-.y. very many, will even find it ex- j
rr? met y ?irheu?t tu obtain inc necessa?
ries life.
This !i ss n-"t '.cen from any fault of the
farmer bimmelt, ont it hus boca entirely j
Providential, and ir is for this reason j
that we should join together and try J
and bear each other's burdens. The.
year has been a calamitous one. There
ts scarcely a precedent before us where
thc parched and burning Heids have
suffered so terribly as ha? been ibo case j
this year.
Many have already harvested their
crops and are now discharging their la- j
borers, as there is no further necessity
for them. Improvements cannot be I
made for the next. crop, because the
fruits of the h?sbaudmau have been
every hing else but remunerative thi.
season. The whole outlook is full of
gloom, and unless we can staut' toge?li?
er and help each other in thc trying
hour now upon us, heaven only kuows
what will be our future. A strong, j
kindly pull ail together will, however, |
lift us from eur troubles, and iigut may ?
yet come where no?? all see ns gloom
and blackne.-s. Let us do it. - Cain
di. n Journal
Mr. Emory Speer, who succeeded in
convicting the so-called ku-k!ux in ?
Georgia a few weeks ago, and as a re- 1
ward for his success, has been sett io
aid Mr. Melton in tho prosecution at j
Columbia, will tin-l, says the Greenville \
Xr.rs, the Democrats ol this State de- j
cidedly different from those of Atlanta- i
we say Atlanta because we do not re- i
gard that Cheap John town as in any- j
way representing Georgia. He will ;
soon learn that the people of South j
Carolina stand by fluir fellows through j
thick an i thin and will not sea-e at all i
before Mr. Speer or any other blighted
bm! that promised ti) bloom into a Ma?
in.ne, but didn't. Mr. Speer and Mr.
Melton will tint send any Democrats
from this State to the penitentiary for
political eifences, even wir1- ;i!? thc ad?
vantages ot hosts of go\ nment paid
and drilled witnesses an.] juries packed
to convict. We shall see. Possibly
Mr. Speer will wish he hadn't como to j
South Carolina before he ge's away.
Thc l?rewstor rame down ?ike thc wolf on I
!
Witt, his cohorts all loaded with jaw and j
gobi.
And the ?rr?v:! of his Speer was like green j
on thc sV t.
Where the wave rolls o'er A tlanta's port of I
entree. j
Gen. Bill Mahone i> a no>>f uneom- j
fort able corpse He i- unmistakably j
and permanently di ad. and persists in j
the assertion that he is not, while his
bereaved friend?- ??.?rlia.ru Hatton !
aiil him in hindering 'lie propel" process j
i?f law atol th . eo:-.ti;er's impie.-; by j
makiog :tr> innombrable nuiitbci ?1 wttl
davits that the late !?il-l is yet alive \
What is tn be Jone with such an obs?i- '
?iate degraoetl ami unpleasant corn.-o ?
i o? Virginia Democrats will have t<? be
.'ive :i another chance at ulai. Viler
c?
that (Vt-n the reluctant William will be
ronvinced th:M he is really, truly and
eemploroiv dead, and that he linet rs en
?he stage superfluous and disliked as
tank political cadavers usually are.
( i t" . m Hf- X' i' s
iii VlasVa . v, r.vthi?ig fro, ;
he middle '-; . fi-tob'T. wa] r,-.mains so ;
.::!'] > t . ? ; i. J tine. Julv and \ugust 1
i"' the only ti !.:. h- i?;al are cv'eu as
warm as our coldest wiutcr days. i
LFor tht: Watchman ?oi? Southron.!
Li-o ir? thc H?omiv?iiz.
"T?a; following i#_-rit-r has be >tj written
some time. and having been lon? ;i>l.!(.
on account of.the pres.-: of ?>-hei rn:?*! rs
wu;, overlooked : '? v;e loir?!; i* ..> .:;!.
the space even st this lar.? dare :]
Gcnt?c::icn: if your readers could
see the crowds of Beauty, iniediigetec
and Weal th, that arc m;w traversin**
these coo! mountain retreats. av' f.-rat?
ing on the best ?he co tia'try alfords, at
new and commodious boarding hons-s,
they would vctah at least for awhile, to
be here. While many sect tua s . ?' the
d? ar old Palmetto State ...:<! of ?j? orgia,
and sections of thi* State below rf;.>
utoutttains, have been ruinously dry,
(whether regulated by these thickly
ti tu beted hill tops, or something els?**, i
this country is in as tine prospee? of
bounty fiann field and orchard as usual.
What fi:"y are now calling tho 'City5
of Asheville, lias been so much crowd?
ed with Summer visitors, since thc com?
pletion of tho Railroad, that numerous
and expensive boarding houses have
been put up, so that now, the entire
country, has more or If-??, of the (al?
way) liberal and cultivated seekers of
health and pleasure. These hou.-cs of
entertainment ate usually placed near
some one of tin- numero:;*- "Mineral"
Springs, that are regarded as s*:ch an
important adjunct to such a house, an-]
with which this entire mountain c< un
try is favored. Every Summer sonic
new candidate for favor is discovered,
put into trim, analyzed ami tuen sent
to the popers.
This season the Post Prandial, fa
very hnppy combination, whatever thc
inc, rod i ci? ls are.) has been discovered in 1
the suburbs of our quiet little Weaver- |
ville. Being rather skeptical as to the
medicinal virtues of every spring 1
hear of, sanguine parties have troubled j
themselves to induce me tv) make a fair j
experiment with the water; and to my j
astonishment, (I have b^en a dyspeptic ,
for long years.) it acts like a charm j
upon the gastric apparatus, and very rc- j
freshinffly 'mon the veinai SVS?CU?. ?t !
is intended I learn to-day, to bottle j
some of the water, and send gratuitous j
to parties abroad to he tried-parties of ?
feeble digesting functions, and 1 intend j
to send some to the gallant gentlemen
of th>* Prcss all over these sunny States, j
who have shown me so many courtesies, !
and done me so many favors in build
in up my seen enterprise. The .Tate,' !
'Saratoga' and o?h'T w;;?ers are sold ,
now ny many or <mr druggts'S. ano :
who knows but the Post Prandial may !
have slumbered beneath a beautiful ;
mountian until now, to come forth and !
do snore for imperfect digestion than ;
any spring in Europe or America!
But 'Life' here in the Mountains, is j
comparatively comfortable, if for nu i
other reason, on account of 'he usaa! j
re-rul-iritv of refelling rums. Andi
r;ugn a? tiie coan? rv ?euerallv is. tail- :
rea.ts have been constructed h r-, ana]
new the gossip of the day is grane
'Air Lino' Road from Baltimore via j
Ashevil-e to Atlanta, Ga Thia road j
if ir is built-what is ti-.e use t*? doubt !
- will run one hundred and ?fty miles j
through as encl) timbered sections as;
can Lc found on the continent.
J. W. VAXOiVEU,
WeaverviUe. IS". C. j
Samuel Lee.
What a special to the New York j
Tinier has to say respecting Samuc, ,
Lee, well-known hereabouts .
WASIUXCTOX, November - - Samu- J
et Lee, of Alabama, is a very light ?
colored man. who was recently con-j
spicuous as a claimant fot .seat in
Oontrress. i Lo did not tret that, bu t |
he vvas consoled by an pp 'ntne . .
as a special agent of the G-en* ;at
Land Cilice. Ile ls in the city at .
present, and gh s an account of h;s
occupation that is not calculated to |
excite much desire to - ? ve the lam? j
office in his State. His vv<?rk Is that
of a detective. The hostility of the
people is so great that he cannot al j
low his business, or even his nano1, to !
be known. He has to have a guide j
thoroughly acquainted with the co un j
try and the people, as he would j
arouse suspicions by hts questions .1 ?
he travelled ah-ne that would make- it
impossible for him to get any accom- ;
modations, and might lead to his j
being attended to in such fashion j
that accommodations would be a mat- j
ter of no concern to him In the I
region of Alabama, where i.e is mes: ?
ly employed, he says there is n-> om- ;
who would give him a a meal or a \
[?lace to sleep, knowing hun t>' b<
agent of the Government. Coi.* mani
who knew he had some position un- j
der the Government did give him a j
supper and a breakfast, but did not
dare let him sleep in the house, and j
Lee spent the night in the woo4s ?
Th!-; spirit, of hostility is'duo in part !
to the fact that the entire population j
is, directly or indirectly, interested [
in vit iating the laud laws and de j
frauding tin* Government, and partly i
to thc tact that this legion ;s full of j
moonshiners win> are as much atraul !
ofa special agent ol the general land, j
ofiieo as tiiey a. o ?-fa:: agent of the !
internal revenue hurt au They would !
not tolerate any ofilcer of the Govern- :
ment. .Many of the so-called poor :
wiiites are employed by capitalists to
aid the latter in making fraudulent j
entries of tim !>era nd mine >*al lan is. j
atn? in a moment ol > xciteaient they i
might si?oot a rascally agent of the j
Government who was trying to break
up their bust ii ess.
A i'oiu ?e-bred voio. ? ne- *s si-tew fi?
lie wav t I getting the r< ... "'.it . ! ?a . 'jg
without hr?'akttig th< heil is ti;- Low
in2 : i'ake ?!:-1 spe vidal body nt vom
minister hand, .no1 wen a ronxa TO-'U?
diniinutive pointed it:>ti nini-nt held in
the dexter hand, pam-turo titi :tpex ;
I Iron in the same manner an ?uri face in
th?' base, place either extremity to your
labials and endeavor to draw in ymir ;
breath. A vam m is created, and the
contents of io. egg are div harked into
tire in.aith." 'J.:i ni" !' sai i his ^r?nd
meiio-r. to whom tue i'm pe: M* * -Mor?
in-tien he' -reu napn-tei!. -.-..Va. 1 .vas
a gal we t: t.." . a ; in !, ? in
em-,- i aiu; suck Vu:.'
-- -v> -C*??- -
Thc . for ?>utting thc : has, again, j
Railroad Accidents?
A party cf four person.- wore travel
;* g <;n ?he Im I.-cri J?iv*-; road onesuro
I ? ; * r. Ii? :. iva? n young lady and
:: voting gent lort:?! n ar "ri o baa been very
at!en*tv<> r !... ;.. :r; she sc*,: behind
tl. n r 'li :r frb.-nds, ene ?vi \fJ0rn
was :>. srir.j**iv<? \ u-g Indv. fond of
practical jo?es and ratle r defiant of
public opinion. As the train dashed
tit-ouj/b :i sh-Tt and very dark tunnel,
sb' 'eaned over and imprinted a reso?
nar kiss en the young lady in front of
her A scream followed and laughter
came from ' i .: ?larkuess all firer the
ear. As rhe train ran into daylight
the intuited vonng ' C-y tui?:ed on her
innocent escort: aod we. .. '?? loping
rt o
ey s and Haming cheeks said :
.ITow Gare you insult me in this
man tier V
'I assure v >u." ho s-??.?, stammering
in confusim ;>.r :i-e strangeness of his
posi?io?j. 'ina* I ha*-'."? 'Jun'- nothing.1
*K^rh!:?g !' she repeated, zn\ burst
into rears.
The passengers now ceased laughing;
and looked at the unfortunate young
fellow'indignantly. After arther pro?
tests, wliich were not h c- -. -;. ? :. ho went
to tor? sinoHng car TVJ sportive
young lady wr?-?re a ne*e the next day
and explained matters. The young
couple were reconciled, married, and
the other young lady was not invited to
their wedding.
An annoying practical joke was
playi- on a b:!>fj!*?? young man who
was accompanying '.; yoting ladv on a
juti! y. \\ hite g^iog [brough a tun
tiel a friend knocked off t?;c bashful
young man's hat. forced his fingers
Lhrough bis hair, kissed the back of his
own hand and then slapped bis own
face violently. Kvery one in the car
looked it) that direction when the light
came, and the friend ?vas apparently
the most surprised of ali The mussed
up appearance ami confusion of the as?
tonished victim convinced the specta?
tors that, be had tried to steal a kiss
and h id been slapped. The young
lady understood the situation and blush?
ed painfully. 'The friends g^-t <?>&' at
the same station, a rough-aud-turable
followed, and the practical joker was
whipp-j.-Springfield Xeirs.
A New Anecdote.
lier.rv Grady tells in his Atlanta
Constitution what appears to be a new
anecdote of the 'Plumed Knight' of
M ii ne lr comes from Senator Lamar,
who v.ys that just after his famjus as?
sault ou Senator Gonkling some Sena?
tors com men ted in open session on the
severity of his words He replied: 'I
meant to be .-cv-- ? : T meant to put
upon nc Sen. a. ta* from New York
vio-Js that ne. good utan would deserve
and n" ' r?ve mau would bear.' Later
Lamar an i Biais'*? > no are devoted to
ach ut-h'T, .vere e. f-?g arm in arm
0 nnsylvania . :enue. Lamar ask?
ed ?ilaine at he th flight of what had
been said. lvaine replied: 'Lamar,
you sav vou are fond of me. but vou
have not shown your friendship in this
matter. \Vhy do you insist vn saying
.?use things to ' . .isling and rallying
tho v.l.-.le Republican party around
him ? Why don't - u say them to me?
1 fcrg've you sois ti;..e, but :!;e next
tim-, you nave anything of that sort
to say. do remember your friends.1
--a> -
B&unioa cf Mexican War Veterans.
The call for a meeting of Mexican
v. veterans in the city ?l ?VashingtOti
on rite t>:h. 7th and Sib of Decena ber
will, ; . m "vt wy' a fui i response
from a Carolina. Thc -U'vi, .?rs of
'! . ci i ?'.S!..-C?O.? ll .'gin.: * have, with
kt:o molv.-ov. ruf rai oed from making
any ?rea: pwooe ?? arad 1 of tl : . services
: i ti:.-i, s1 :i- - I.-J u ts due to
them, tis toa . .! ors of that
wai . i hat i? -e services sboti?d receive
fill ;\.L--.g'-i:i ai Ly theirvaloi avast
.orr? nriui e-.opir? was a-i .led lo our pos?
se--and :.' thy prit. tple of bestow?
ing pensions on th?, -e who have served
th?-ir country fait h ful iy in war is to be
maintained, fas it scorns to bc the set
tied policy of both po?:::eal parties that
it should be if kept within proper
h.Mtud.O then no body rf ve terans are
?nore arith ? the Leant; ot the gov?
ernment than tho e.! soldiers of Scot!
and 'lach i ivler - .' bhi?i .. ? hetjisier.
A.?WK ]],,;.] :,".: Mis UurT of
Sandgate. V f . reeeti.tiv oe Ivb rated ;he
"i-:!, rt ni vcr arv >-t .marriage.
Mr ?l??r-! ;> v. ar- ,.":d. bis wife ?0,
and bO'h are tn good health.
Mrs M ricka v's box at the Theater
Les ! aMi t s lauris, erst her $l??.0'?0,
for she v .- compelled to subscribe to
that amount of stock in order to get her
cho:ee.
A sponge measuring eight feet tu
circumference was recently discovered
at Lvov Wot. Ic !i::J several fro>b
newspapers in its hand and a borrowed
uuibictiana wore white breeches and
a >:?k e iai
The post of stopping a train of cars
sr.i-I to be from fort j to s i - * y cents.
!'?: i: ?v ni in'r do any good to hold up
i;...; a do: ar to the brakeman on tho
rear end f the t: .::: you have just
missed, as -; goes out of the depot.
'.What is that von are wearing*?*
asked Farmer John of his fair city
boarder 'Oh. that is my red jersey.*
'Ail right * was roe reply, 'but don't
go near m\ brown Jersey over in that
Sind, unless vou are g"oj at climbing
tri ' S.
The t ion of Milton by Lord
(\der id ge doC"5 :>.>; p'e-?-e the Chicago
Kr. ?? .J> ?. til -Milton, ty."* that
ra ?oe i ha- 'lon.- mour to perpetuate tito
sopers?i''o; - ,. rion . ; a personal devil
than a in t.or Kngiisti author." We
-liou'.tj f ii.,: r. pr?n'.in" uiee would be
the last v' ice in ?he v.uld whero
skep*ieis:i) itt rogar : M a personal devil
would pene' rate. X> ? York Ma ii
ar l ?>/V.v*r
(iov K F. Perry, of South Caroli?
na, resides in l?retovi?? i He is a man
noted f " his ?>'ire character and sound
}V-.-.-.v:.-v Ile - v 75 years of
.?"o at,,; 1 ' !s 'if. has Keen a man of
yre.tr n ? . r..ta ci-', h* Cition, flo
i - hal l.i ..; t v. s :. i hos ft "tte
nm -i-e. j cc? fhice win In, v;*
gr-ar oui.r.st wheu u is published.
Augusta Newa.