The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 25, 1883, Image 2

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*Wf?.-" - 7?*-r-r-r--~ -J. _ "J ||?p|e ^^p^MSon?^rna ^jfBOBSIUY, DECEMBER 25. ^^"ii?t?Kj?wrtcr Wa?e%mat was founded ^p?&?^dO and tbe True Sovthrtm in 1866. Tbe Watchman antfrSoidhron "now bas the com Vi oed cireulatfcra and inSeence of both of the old papers, and ^ is manifestly tbe best advertising medium in Sumter. & CBraonon, one of tbe immortal 306 at Chicago, bas bee? arrested for steal mg at Nash v i Ile, Tennessee. We regret to notice in oar Northern ? exchanges that so man y m orders and oilier crimes are reported in the en Hebten ed North. **^~ : Representative Evins who bas been j quite Ul in Washington, has recovered from hts attack sufficiently to travel, " . and left for home on the 19th. lillian Spencer, tbe actress, who is seeking n divorce from ber husband, Clay burg, on the ground of cruelty, nov declare* that the marriage was brought about through fraud on Clay bors/snort. Evaogelious Apostolides Sophocles, professo? of Greek io Harvard Univer? sity, died in Boston Monday morning, after a long illness- He has published [ ; several minor text books of ancient and modern Greek. Our army has certainly been fortu-1 nate during tbe past year. Only ono j soldier was killed and but nine wounded j in actual warfare during those twelve? months. The army cost $49,791.055 j doting the year, and 3,000 soldiers deserted. Some of the Protection papers have - Started a new objection to Speaker Car ? Afc. He does not believe in a nation spelt with a big N. He, in other words, in not a consolidation ist, but believes thai nader the Constitution the people ^ have the right of revolution. Hurrah *0- fer John Griffin Carlisle.-Morn tn y An inspect ress of the New York eru? tos noose observed something abnormal , in the appearance of one of the women cabin passengers on the steamship-j Queen, which arrived Wednesday, and no inspection of her underskirt disclosed j in mysterious pockets ten sod a half j yards of fine black velvet, twenty-one i jarda of biaek silk and five handsome j ostrich feathers, all of which were con ?scated as smuggled. Governor-elect Hoadly of Ohio, bav ing been asked whether be still insists j opon omitting the usual inauguration j display, replied ; 'I am opposed to it j on principle. To me it appears utterly i undemocratic. There is no tenable j reason why the civil Governor of a State should be inducted into office with tntii- j tary pomp. It may be admissible in thc j Nca-<e of the President of this Hui ted States, bot that.I? open to debate.' The New York Times is actually dis? gusted with the proceedings of the Uni? ted States Courts of this State, and says so distinctly and unequivocally. After a while when the real facts of Kepubli- [ can methods in the South reach them, j decent Republicans at tbe North will | feel like sitting in sackcloth, and ashes j St the feet of the people they have aided j to wrong so er ne ll y and slander so vile? ly.-Greenville Netcs. The Hartford (Conn.) Times says that the persistence with which this year's rains keep aloof from New Eng- j land is really remarkable. In Connect!- j cut they have had very little rain since j the end of July, and almost none dur- ? ing tbe autumn and beginning of winter, j - The delicien cy for the year threatens to j - amount to twelve inches at least, and j that, ont of a total annual average of ? about forty-four or forty five inches, is j asert?os matter. Yesterday morning five wagon loads ! of colored immigrants arrived here from i . Laurens. They will take the train on j the Air line this morning and start for j Arkansas. There are about twenty-five j io -tbe party. These travelers to Ar- ;' kansas seem to be unfortunate in their j selection of the time of departure. It [ ira remarkable coincidence that it ts generally raining when they leave us. \ Greenville Netcs, 20th. ! i Ex Senator Cbristianey's divorced j wife, formerly Miss Lagen bee!, who his j jost died in Brooklyn, was a brilliant j sod beautiful girl, whose early years \ were spent tn Maryland and Virginia, j She was subject to singular fits of j ecstatically high spirits and correspond- ! ing depression. A friend of Christian- j cy's declares that bis love for the wo- j man was not that of a foolish, fond old . man, but a beart-felt manly passion, j outlasting even tbe divorce trial, with j its sickening scandal. United States Commissioner C. P. Barrett,pf Pickens county, has resign j ed his commission, and bis resignation bas been accepted. It is a coincidence that jost at the time that Barrett's res? ignation was submitted Judge Bond was having an order prepared to dis? miss bim from the service. Barrett, it j will be remembered, is the commission? er concerning whose outrageous con? duct in manofactoring cases for his own profit Thc News and Courier had occa? sion to comment a few months ago. The News and Courier. Mrs. Ann Barton, the wife of Col. D. B. Barton of Oran ge burg county, was so severely burned on Saturday j week that she died from her injuries j Sunday. Mrs. Barton was attending j to ber domestic duties, when her cloth- j ing came in contact with a stove and ' caught fire. She was soon completely j enveloped in fi?mes, and was horribly j burned. Her son-in-law being near j ran to ber assistance, but in her fright j she fought him off and all lits efforts j were unavailing. Mrs. Barton was an j elderly lady and much respected io the ? community. Her untimely death is ; deeply regretted by all who knew her. j At ooe of bis lectures recently, Dr. j Erasmus Wilson exhibited a woman 38 j years old, and five feet five iarhes high, j whose tresses, when she stood erect, j enveloped ber entire form in a golden ; ?eil and trailed several inches on thc j ground. The longest fibres measured \ six feet, three and a half inches Thirty I inches is tbe mean length for the hair i of females, and tiree feet is considered of remarkable length. This instance j he said, was exceeded by two American women, one whose hair measured seven ; feet six incbes, and another the wife of ? a druggist io Philadelphia, whose lux? uriant bair was almost as long, aod so thick that when seated on a chair she could completely cover herself with it. Qa Fourteenth street, New York, j Saturday, a telephone wire broke, and a j long end of it dropping into tbe street j fell across n Brash arc light wire and ! tac bed to a passing coal cart, horse first struck bj it was insta prostrated and thrown into appare convulsive agony by the powerful rent of electricity diverted from the light wire. As he fell, the broken dropped against thc second horse that animal also went down as if he been shot. The wire lay across beasts after they had fallen, and I kicked so wildly that it was dauge to approach them. The driver spt from his perch and seized the wir remove it, bot dropped it instantly < a howl that woke the echoes for bl< around. Several persons ran to driver's aid. Ile seemed for a mil or two quite dazed, almost stunned, bystander doubled an India rubber o coat, threw rt over the wire, and so sainting it, dragged it away from team. The telephone linemen s pulled their wire up out of the way, the horses moved off slowly ; but nearly an hour the street was bloc! near where the accident occurred, \ people talking it over, and much exe ment prevailed. THE COTTON WORM. .There has been much uncertainty the minds of our thinking planters to the place wh<*rc this pest hiberna and io what condition, whether as m or chrysalis. Its winter home ha? length been satisfactorily located Southern Georgia and Florida, and p sibly io corresponding latitudes fart West. Prof. Kiley. U. S. Entorne gist, says: 44We have, during the p winter (1881) been able to obtain moths during every month, and h: watched them tn fact until the ea part of March." The next puzzli question is, '/how do they spread ovei large an area of country, and with much rapidity ?" The same emint authority quoted above, in speaking their movement says : *4It is noctun in habit, resting during the day, a taking but a short, startled flight wi disturbed. In the early part of 1 night it is busy feeding and hoveri from plaut to plant. * * * In 1 latter part of thc night, and small hoi of the morning, the sexes pair, and t female is engaged in ovipositing.7* One of our foremost planters speaking on this matter, has giver satisfactory explanation of their i mn gration. When through trains on o truck lines pass the hibernating be mentioned above, the moths are attrai ed by the lights in the sleepers ai palace cars, and fly into the interic and remain possibly until some gust wind blows them off, perhaps into Carolina cotton field. The numb brought in this way may be very sma but when it is remembered that oi female moth, can io two months, und favoring circumstances, have a progci of two billions, we can understand ho easily our cotton fields can bc ovcrrui It is no guess work, as to moths beic brought on the trains, for they ha^ been seen and satisfactorily identified ; various places bei ween Sumter ac Florida, and we suppose still furth< north. With this explanation we ca easily see how places situated in diffe: ent localities, for instance the fiele in Sumter and possibly those io Nev berry, would be ravaged, while intel mediate places would be untoucbec Wherever the moths happen to I blown off and locate, will be their fiel of operations for that season. T3ut finding out these things will d no good unless some plan can be adopt ed that will check the evil. A chang of cars after leaving the infested local i ties seems to be the simplest remedy It would cause inconvenience to travel crs, but that inconvenience would no compare with the large amount lost b the ravages of the cotton worm, au? which might be saved could sonic pia! be adopted to prevent the ingress o these moths. We invite thc consideration of the K ll. Commission in solving this knott' problem, and if they can devise soim plan by which through trains can bc prevented from bringing the cottoi moth north from Florida next Spring and Summer, they will have done ; deed which will make them as popular a< they are cow unpopular. Our ole planters state it as a fact, that prior tc the introduction of through traius and trunk Hoes the cotton worm was un? know in this County. ECONOMY. We regret to see that the Senate has killed the House bill which made an appropriation for completing the State House. If thc Architect, who exam? ined thc condition of the building, was not an arrant cheat, and, if the House committee were not exceedingly gulli? ble, (and wc do not believe either of these suppositions,) then there is a wost urgent demand for work on the Capitol ; not to improve its appearance or add any conveniences or lux wries to rooms in the building, but .simply to preserve it. Is it wisc for us to risk thc loss of a building that cost {Dillions, by refusing to spend enough money on it to put it out of danger ? The Legis? lature deserves commendation for its economical instincts, but refusing ap? propriations will sometimes become a woful extravagance. The Legislature has been kind enough to appropriate money to some ornamental organizations which are not absolutely necessary to thc welfare of South Carolina. Some thousauds will go to the Citadel at Charleston ; the University at Columbia gets a nice lit? tle plum ; the State Militia aro not en? tirely forgotten, but when the question cornes up, to make ao appropriation for preserving the property of the State, our grave and reverend seigneurs shake their ??cads. Wo don't disapprove of high schools ^e^^^c^tjve^ao spare thc money, nor would we oppose help being gi? to the militia, for we always Lave b a weakness for brass buttons-t girls love to look at our embryo so?d?< while on parade looking so lovely white pants and plumes-but, we c do without these luxuries, and t question is, ought ice not to do withe them wheo the State has to neglect t necessary care of its property for wa of money. We should take care of the Stati property, of our penal and charita! institutions, and then, if we eau spa anything for extra trimmings, it m be all right to do so. This issue of our paper closes t year, as far as we are concerned ; an as we stand on the verge of the dy ii year, with waitiug feet, ready to ere the mystic line that separates the c from the new, with the requiem of 18! sounding in ears, which can aime hear the merry chimes of welcome the new born year, we can all lo< back over the past mouths of toilsor labor with saddened hearts, for grav of many bright anticipations mark o pathway through the shadowy da gone by; but looking forward, \ would gather strength for the futu from hopes, doomed to die perhaps, b yet bright with the hues of oxpeotatio With hearts made bambie by past fai ure, but strong in the courage born an abiding trust in a watchful Pro? dence, wc can take courage for tl coming year. And now, "As we linger on The threshold Of the fxst departing year, Let no shnae of sadness gather That shall dim thc Christmas cheer. Let our thoughts he those that waken Echoes of the glad Old Tiroes. And with hearts and brows unclouded Listen to the Christmas chimes." COL. COWARD'S REPORT. We have received the Fifteenth Ai nnal Report of the State Suporintei dent of Education, and gather the fu lowing statistics : Number of pupils last year 173,091 being an increase of 27,121 on tl previous year. The length of the se sion averaged four months, and ti cost per pupil for the session was le: than ?2.50. The total school populs tion of the State is 101,189 whites an 180,475 colored, making a total < 281,064 The number of schools 3.209, an increase of 86 over last yeal Orangeburg County has the large! number of School District, 52 ; Charle ton the smallest, 5. Spartauburg rc ports the largest number of sch ooh 187; Charleston the smallest, li Total number of teachers employed white 2,165, colored 1,329, male 2, 000, female 1,494, making 3.494. Th average monthly salary paid to mal teachers $26.73, to females ?25.04 The total paid teachers during the yea amounts to ?346.620. The revenu from the 2 mill tax amounts to ?260, 508, from poll tax ?122,042, tota ?389,210. The Board of Examiners composed of Rev J. S Murray of An derson, Mr. Henry Porcher of Charles ton, Hon. R. W. Boyd of Parlingtoi and Prof R. Means Davis of Columbi; held two meetings during the year Full reports of the Normal Institute Military Academy, Claflin University South Caroliua University and the In 8titnte for thc Deaf and Dumb are in cloded in this report. SENATOR BUTLER'S BILL. Senator Buller has introduced a bil in Congress, which, if passed, would d< away with revenue from tobacco am whiskey. We wish very much he hat not doue so. His course as a Senator bag commended itself to the people o our State, in nearly all the questions ii which he has takeu an active interest f?is earnest advocacy of thc needs o; Charleston Harbor has done much to? wards having thc bar to that important seaport deepened and improved, and IK has ever been found a ready champion for the South when attacked by au inso? lent majority, but we feel sure that thc Democracy of South Caroliua wilt noi follow bim in his attempt to give thc country cheap whiskey aud tobacco. There are a few men, who would be glad to have the*e luxuries reducod in price, but most of us would prefer cheap shoes and blankets, cheap, woolleus and hats, even if we do have to pay the bai keeper the present price for a drink ol whiskey. How can politics so distort a man's views as to make him favor a bill that will take thc tax from a commodity that jDjures thc country and thereby inevita? bly retain it upon thc common necessa? ries of life ? The national income at pre?ent is much too large, but take efl the whiskey and tobacco tax and wc could not hope for any material reduc? tion in thc tariff. Wc havo been coiiirratulatin^ thc I country upon thc election of Carlisle as i Speaker of tho House, but if such a I bill as Senator Butler has offered, i should pass, we might as well have . Randall in the Chair. Senator Butler ! has been charged with being a warm j and intimate friend of Senator Camc I ron. We do not know how this is, but i thc high protection member from Pcnn I sylvania could not bc better pleased i than to have his South Carolina friend i ! work for a bill, the passage of which I would allow his pct Pennsylvania in i dustries to collect toll from all thc country to benefit its manufactures. We believe that a large majority of our State press arc opposed to any re j dection of the tax on whiskey ; we feel j sure the people agree with the press, i and wc hopo that even so popular a ! man as Senator Butler will see that his constituents do not follow him in this measure. THE LOCAL PAPER. '.Blessings brighten as they take their flight," is an old saying but a true one. We are not apt to appreciate the value of the conveniences by which we are surrounded, and to which we have al? ways been accustomed, until some un? expected occurrence deprives us of their enjoyment, and then we feel their importance. This is preeminently true of the "Local Paper." That it isa convenience, ail agree ; that it is a ne? cessity in any thriving,?prosperous com? munity, every thinking man and woman will admit, and yet how few will give even their influence in making it a suc? cess. The publishing of these papers is cer? tainly a private enterprise, but it is one so intimately connected with the public welfare, as to deserve more from the public generally, than is received. The people have these papers published in their midst, and enjoy the advantages of their advertising and news columns, and take no thought as to their material prosperity. No item of expense is more vigorously criticised than that of adver? tising. If a reduction is to be made anywhere, it must be in the printer's ! account ; and thus the business which ! needs, and should have all theencourage ! ment possible, is cramped, and its use I fulness dwarfed by pressing financial j straits. i We do not look upon local papers as ! eleemosynary institutions, which must I live by charity, but as enterprises which j can do much towards developing the j resources of the country, and in return, I asks the patronage of those whom they j benefit. j Every family should tak? the local j paper, and its advertising columns j should reflect thc wants of its readers, j they bciug sure that all such invest , men ts return a large per cent, of profit. We copy the following from the j Chicago Tribune tn thi* subject : ! "What tells so readily tho standard j or a town or city ns tho appearance ot ?its paper? And its y<|8l or its age j can as well bc determined as by a per? sonal notice. The enterprise of its ci ! tizens is depicted by its advertisements, j their liberality by the looks of the pa I per. Some papers show a good, solid, j health? foundation, plethoric purses, and j a well-to-do appearance generally; others , show a striviug to conteud with the ! grasping thousands around them, Irving ! to wrench out an existence from the j close-fisted community around them, i Au occasional meteoric display in its j columns shows what it can do if it had j thc means, but it cannot continue its i expensive work until support comes ? which ought to readily bc granted, j "A newspaper is like a church ; it ; wants fostering : then it can reflect cred? it on its location. Take your home paper, lt gives you more news of im ! mediate iuterest than New York or . other papers ; it talks for you when ! other localities belie you ; it stands up i for your rights; you always have a j champion in your home paper, and ! those who stand up for you should cer ? tainly bc well sustained. Your inter ? ests are kindred and equal, aud you must j rise or fall together. Therefore, it is ; to your interest to support your home j paper ; not grudgingly but in a liberal j spirit ; as a pleasure, not as a disagrcea ! hie duty ; but as au investment that ; will an:ply repay the expenditure." j General Butler's bill for allowing a ! clerkship to e ach Senator, at ?1,000 an-, j uuai compensation, is a virtual revival ! of Senator Brown's measure that was j defeated at the last session. Will the j South Carolina papers that objected to j it then advocate it now ?-J. ll. lt. in j Chronicle and Constitutionalist. j Certainly not. The South Carolina ; papers have an opinion of their own, i and will criticise Seuator Butler's acts ! wheu necessary, without hesitation, j We have not seen a single endorsement j of the above bill in any of, our State i capers. Thc Advertiser from his own i * r ? County says : j Since the assembling of Congress, I Senator M. C. Butler has introduced j two starting bills, with neither of which j can the Advertiser be in sympathy. ?One is to abolish the internal revenue, j Tho other is to give each Senator a pri I vate secretary, with a salary of one I thousand dollars. j The Neics and Courier expects to j publish a "View of the State" in Janu? ary, which will be an exhaustive rc I port of her progress in the industrial I world. In speaking of this matter, that j paper says : i "The Mews and Courier, fully alive j to the importance of this question, will j hope to make the View of the State so I clear and explicit that those who run I may read. Every county and every ! section of the State will have its ap ! propriate place in the picture ; and this j picture, dark or fair, shall be a faithful ouc." j The third Dumber of the J uland j Printer, a monthly published at. Chica .' go in the interests of the printing guild, j is at hand, lt is well filled with mat : ters of importance to the craft, and will i find a warm welcome. Admitted to the Bar. In the Supreme Court, in Columbia, I thc examining committee (Messrs Jos. ll). Pope, James L. Orr, W. C. Benet.) j examined the applicants for admission j to thc bar and upon their recommenda j tion the following young gentlemen : were admitted as attorneys: Jefferson i J). Alsbrook, Clarendon ; George ii. j Bates, Barnwell; W. Huger Fitzim i mons, Charleston ; Thos. B. Fraser. Jr., ?Sumter; Joseph S. Uart, Berkeley ; j Paul Hem phill, Chester ; William F. j Holmes, Charleston ; Robert J. Kirk, I Charleston ; Ezekiel W. Long, Ander? son ; J. F. Lyon, Abbeville; George ; 0. Marshall, Chnrleston ; M. Brown j McMaster, Fairfield ; Clarence S. Net j ties. Darlington ; Joseph J. Nix, G reen j ville. I Important to both Ladies and Qen I tlemen. Two New Rooks just, published giving aa i exhaustive treatise on .Medical Electricity Gal i vanisru and Mngnestistn, together with their ! self application on the treatment and cure of j Weaknesses incident to men ami tYornen. j Both works are illustrated, ime is entitled WREE TYPES OF MEX,' For Gentlemen j Only, the other 'MAID, WIFE, MOTHER,' J For Ladies Only. Published only by the ['American Galvanic Co., Address as ahove, I Sent Free. THE LEGISLATURE. Ia tbe House Wednesday morning. Mr. Livingston called up his resolution providing that speeches for thc rest of tbe session bc limited to ten minutes in length, and that members shall speak but once on each subjoct. After some discussion the resolution was adopted. Mr. Bobo's bill repealing the law ex? empting certain cottou factories from taxation for ten years came up. It was warmly discussed but finally defeated by a vote of 57 to 47. The Supply bill next received its third reading in the House and .was sent to thc Senate. The ouly amendment made was the levy of an additional tax of eight mills in Pickens County for 'interest on retiring railroad bonds.' The members of thc House attended I in the Senate Chamber at 5 P. M., and thc President of the Senate and the ? Speaker ratified about sveuty-five Acts, t The Militia bill was taken up and ! amended in various ways. The section increasing the salary of the A. & I. j ! General to ?2,100 was stricken out. As j finally passed thc bill appropriates not ! I more than .$10,000 for the use of thc Militia. j Many bills were disposed of and the House did a big day's work. In the Senate the most important matter that was considered was the General Appropriation bill, which came up at 12 o'clock as the first special order. After some changes, among I which was an increase of the appr.opria ? tion for the Citadel to $20,000 the bill : passed to its third reading. At the night session the bill prohibit- i ing the sale of liquor in Oconce County caused a long debate and passed by a vote of IG to 10. Every item on the j Calendar being disposed of, the Senate ! I adjourned. J In the House Thursday morning, | Mr. Moultrie, colored, of Georgetown, | offered a concurrent resolution that ! whenever, in the opinion of the Gov-1 ernor, there has been maltreatment of ! leased convicts it shall be the duty of J the attorn ey-general to commence forth- j with criminal prosecution against the j lessees. Agreed to aud sent to the ; Senate for concurrence. The House disagreed to the Senate ! amendment increasing the Citadel ap-1 propriation to ?20,000 by a vote of 43 j j to 33. A committee of conference was j appointed. j The bill to prohibit the manufacture j ; of liquor in Spartauburg County came | j up and passed. In tho Senate the railroad war soon j i began. Thc Senate bill was laid upon j ; thc table and the House bill taken up. j Mr. Harllee moved to strike out the j j enacting clause. After a debate, which j : lasted till near midnight, the motion j j was lost and the hill adopted by a vote I of 17 to 1G. j -In thc Senate, Friday morning, the j ! members went vigorously to work. The j ! Railroad bill passed the third reading. I : It gives the roads the right to fix its j j own rates, subject to appeal to the com- j j mission, and through them to thc Cir- j ; cuit Court, and if necessary, through to j j thc Supreme Court of thc United j j States. ? i In the House the bill to exempt j ; Williamsburg County from thc Stock ! j Law, was defeated. j The Senate, on Saturday, adopted j : complimentary resolutions in regard to ! i the State Printer ; resolutions of thanks ; j to the presiding officer ; elected Mr. j j Calvo State printer, and adjourned to ; : meet at 12 05 Monday morning. j The House cleared the calendar, i : gave the members their per diem and j j milage certificates ; passed resolutions ; j cf thanks to the Speaker ; bought a now j i carpet and adjourned to 12 05 Monday j ] moro ing - j Our Neighbors. j - j I j Clarendon Enterprise: 31 r. and: ' Mrs. Jervey, of the Sumter hotel merit- ; ! ed the entire satisfaction of their guests ; ! Conference week. The House was j j crowded to its utmost capacity, 3-et they j j spared no trouble in making their guests ! ! as comfortable as possible. Mr. Jervey I seemed to catch an inspiration from bc- j j ing among FO many members of thc S. j I C. Conference. -The new house of j I Mr. Wcinburg, which has just been! j completed, is among the most handsome j ! of tho residences in this or any adjacent j j county. -A small child of Ross ! McLeod's, colored, died last week from J the effect of burns received a few days | j before ; the same old story-left with I ! other small children in the house with I firs. -Mr. Piuckney Ragin passed j through Summerton the other day, un- j I der suspicious circumstances. His looks j j showed that he had been at something ! j unusual. Wc soon learned that he had j i been caught stealing, but he made j j prompt confession to thc Priest, and j j having obtained absolution, he went on j his way with his booty. From that j day Pink became a changed man. We congratulate you, Pink. We don't ex? actly counsel (haft, but if a fellow can't get his girl without stealing her, we say, go ahead. Darlington News : Mr. J. D. Howie, J of West Lydia, killed a few days ago, a ? two-year-old hog, dressed weight, 405 pounds. Who can beat it ? -Mr. C. S. Nettles stood his examination for admission to praotice, before the Su? preme Court, last week, and is now a j fledged lawyer. j Florence Times, 20th : On last Sab? bath ui-iht, the Rev. C. N. Donaldson, 1 . . j j preached a solemn and impressive tare well sermon in the Presbyterian Church, prior to his removal to Virginia. There were many persons moved to tears j ! while listening to his parting words. Mr. Donaldson has been thc pastor of! j the Baptist Church in this town for thc j j past two years, and has labored hard j : for the up-bnilding of his church. By j his earnest efforts a large and comino- j j dious parsonage has been erected, nod j i other improvements attest his zeal. He ! j will ?cave behind him many warm i j friends in Florence, who will always be j i glad to welcome his return. -There ? j was a general expression of pleasure j .' when it was definitely knowe that thc : ! Rev. Dr. Capers would remain iu i I charge of the Methodist Church in ! Florence for an another year. Camden Journal : Tho steam fire- j engine recently ordered by Council has i arrived, and was tested on last Monday, j Through fifty feet of hose it threw a j one-inch stream of water about 170 feet. ! Through 600 feet of hose it threw water ! 1134 feet. Through two section of' 300 j feet each it threw two streams at one 1 time, each stream reaching about 130 feet. We understand that the tests were satisfactory, and that the engine will be kept. A competent engineer has been secured for running it and j I keeping in in repair, I Notice to Druggists and Storekeepers.-I guarantee Shriner's Indian Vermifuge to des? troy aod expel worms from the human body, where they exist, if used according to the di? rections. You are authorized to sell it on the above conditions. David E. Foutz, Proprie? tor, Balintore, Md. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Dec. 24, 1833. COTTON".-About 250 bales have been sold during the week ending the 24th. The mar? ket closed steady. We <juote : Stained 6$ (?}S\ ; Tinged:7}@8$: Ordinary 6J07.}: Good Ordinary 8|?"/,8g : Low Middling ? ($8? ; Middling r?l(?.<J? Good Middling ? _ CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 22, 1883. COTTON.-Market firm. Sales about 600 bales. Quotations are: Ordinary 8??",9 : Good Ordinary 9|@9?: Low Middling, 9i (^LOf; Middling lo; Good Middling, lOj. W ILM I?GTUN, N. C., Dec. 22, 1883. SPIRITS TUUPEXTIXB-Market quoted firm at 31 i cents. Rosix-The market firm at Si.15 for Strained and Si.20 for Good Strained. Cutos TURPKNTIXK-Market steady at $1.15 for Hard, $2.00 per bbl., for Virgin. COTTON-Market Jinn. Sales 150 bales. The following are the official quotations: Low Middling 9$, Middling 9$, Good Mid? dling 10. SUMMERTON JIGH SCHOOL. THE FIRST SESSION of the [Summerton High School will begin 'on MONDAY, 7th of JANUARY, 1884. This place, (Summerton,) commends itself on account of its remarkably healthy locality, and its freedom from the immoralities inci? dental to town-life. Terms per Month.-Tuition in Primary De? partment $1.50 ; Intermediate $2; Higher $3.50 ; Collegiate S4 ; Music $2 50. Board from $8 to $10. For further particulars, apply to Dr. T. L. Burgess, Chairman Board of Trustees, or to JNO. C. LANHAM, Principal. Dec. 25 _ 4 FOR RENT. THE FARM TWO MILES SOUTH OF the town of Sumter, known as the MCDOWELL PLACE, containing six hun? dred acres, of which three hundred or more acres have recently been under cultivation. On the place are a dwelling house with eight comfortable rooms in il, and several out houses and tenement houses, t wy of which have just been built. Also a gin-house and screw. The place will be rented as a whole or in parcels to suit renters. Apply for terms to Capt. John S. Richard? son, at Sumter, S. C., or to me at Manning, s. c. JAMES MCDOWELL. Dec 25 BROOD MARE AND COLT FOR SALE. AFINE YOUNG BROOD MARE-in foal, , due next August-and a four months old cold, will bc offered for sale in Sumter on i Monday, (Saleday,) January 7th, or sooner if j purchaser desires it. A written guaratee will j be given as to qualities. For further information apply at thc office | of "The Watchman and Southron." SHERIFF'S SALES, j BY VIRTUE of sundry Executions, toi me directed, will be sold at Sumter Court House, on the First Monday in Janua? ry, next, and as many days thereafter as j may be necessary, within legal hours of sale i to the highest bidder for cash the following I property : 1 Bale Cotton, 85 bushels Corn, 163 bushels j Cotton Seed, 1,000 pounds Fodder and 800 I pounds Tops, all more or less, seized and to ? bc sold as the property of Stephen Johnson, under Warrant of Attachment of W. D. Scar- ! borough against the said Stephen Johnson, j 480 pounds seed cotton, more or less, seized ! and to be sold as thc property of Frank Din- j kins, under Warrant of Attachment of Myles Moran against the said Frank Dinkins. 500 bushels cotton seed, 5 bushels corn: 300 j pouuds fodder and 100 pounds shticks, all ? more or less, levied upon and to be sold as the j property of Jas. M. Jenkins, under warrant of attachments ofAltamont Moses and F. H. j McEaehern k Co., against the said James M. ? Jenkins. 3 bales of Cotfon, 220 bushels corn, 12 bushels peas in the ham, -125 bushels cotton ? seed, 300 pounds shucks, 1500 pounds fodder, ! and 300 pounds in rice straw, all more or less, j .seized and to be sold as the properly of Thos. j S. Drayton, under warrara of attachment of j Altamont Moses. S. E. Shaw, and Barnett k Son, assignees against the said Thomas S. Drayton: R. W. DURANT, S. S. C. | Sheriff's Office, Dec. 20. IS83. j Es?a?e of Jack Burrows, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PR? bate for Sumter County, on January 25th, ? 1 ?84. for a final discharge as Administrator! of aforesaid Estate. J. T. FRIBRSOX, Dec 25-4t Administrator, j Send 25 cents TO THIS j m^m 0f tjj^ \xor8C, andris j thoroughly ?Ilustra- j ted with G5 fine engravings, showing thc posi? tions assumed by sick horses better than can ? be taught in any other nev pfe ffs ma way. It has a large K ii Hi H number of valuable Eg U Y3 Mm recipes,mostof which B were originated by the author, and never before put in print. It is pronounced thc best book ever published for the price, and some prominent horsemen Qr prpQ have said they prefer ?? O J. ?. red it to books which cost $5 and $10. AGENTS WANTED. This valuable book will be presented free to all new subscribers to the Watchman and I Southron who pay for one year in advance, j and also to old subscribers who pay all arrears ! and a vear in advance. BARGAINS! OAilGAHNS -O We have decided to close out our Entire Winter Stock, -CONSISTING OF CLOTHING, PIECE GOODS, Hats, TJml >reUas -AND GENTS' UNDERWEAR. GREAT REDUCTIONS IN PRICES ! ! j Many goods will be sold regard-1 loss of cost. HM HOHR We have a line lot on hand that we oiler VERT LOW FOR CASH. Now is your time to Secure Bargains ?AT D. J. WINN & CO'S. i Dec ll MERRY CHRISTMAS. Flense cut this out and paste it iib your scrap book, so that your children and grand children may read it. DEAR FRIENDS : The Christmas holidays are near at hand, and the good farmer, after having toiled and worked hard da? ring the past season, will now turn Ins attention toward affordi?g his family a little COMFORT AND PLEASURE, as well as getting something nice to prepare a Christmas dinuer. Thc same is also the case with the people living in town, be their occupation what it may, be they rich or poor. The past year has no doubt been somewhat hard and disappointing to some of you. in regard to money matters, but bc it ever so discour? aging, you have the consolation, that we are in the same boat, and the probabilities are, that as long as we are around and swimming, you will and shall never, "NO, HARDLY EVER," sufifer for anythiug nico to cat. The secret of onr being always ready and able to supply your wants, for a little money is, we work every day, and every one in our store works, and we buy our goods from FIRST CLASS DEALERS and manufacturers, and, Iasr, but not least; wc buy for CASH, and like to sell for cash. OUR WHOLE AI3I in business has been in the past, is now, and shall be in future, to please everyone by selling Choice Goods, giving Full Weights and PROMPT ATTENTION, and we must confess that our ef? forts in this direction have proved successful to some extent ; but we would remind our friends that there is still a vast room for im? provement. The old saying is, "What is home without a mother V* Wc now say, what is Sumter without a FIRST CLASS GROCERY? Now, it is a settled fact, that we can't keep a First Class Grocery Establishment unless you good people patronize us, and right herc, wc would say to those that have not bought from us, to give us a fair trial once, and we shall spare no pains to please you in every respect. It is true, we have people to come in our store every day, saying, I would buy from you, but your goods are too high. At the same time they forget to compare qualities, with goods bought elsewhere at a trifle less. We now most earnestly ask you to bear in mind this fact, that we believe in selling only First Class Goods, and wc are convinced, if you wiil give us your trade, you will not regret it hereafter. IX CONCLUSION, Wc would say that our stock is now complete in all its branches, and wc are, believe us, truly .;?-x ious to fill your orders for CHRISTMAS GOODS. Hoping to hear from you shortly, We are respectfully, DUCKER & BULTMAN. Dec ll NEW GOODS -AT BOTTOM PRICES. My stock is now complete in all departments. CLOTHING mumm Choice make of best goods ever brought to this market in -both. MEN'S AXD YOUTHS'. FINE OVERCOATS a specialty. i Di MIT Is now complete and full value guaranteed. PHILADELPHIA HAND-MADE WORK. -0 DRESS GOODS AND DOMESTICS As low as aa j one can \Wl. HATS AND CAPS In the most Fashionable St vies. -0 TRUNKS AND SATCHELS, Large variety of the b*et make. -0 GUNS, PISTOLS -AND POCKET KNIVES TO SU?T ALL. GENTS' UNDERWEAR. AU the best grad? of SHIRTS, COLLARS. CUFFS, HOSIERY AND NECK-WBAR. GLASSWARE, TIIAIDfOODEIim Complete Line. CIGARS AND TOBACCO, A full supply of the Best Brands. ! GROCERIES AP PROVISIONS. i _ j Full stock of No. 1 Goods always on hand., at ! Lowest Market Hates. ! DON'T HANDLE SECOND CLASS GOODS. j Highest Prices Paid .for Cotton. j Look at and price my goods before buying cheichere. j ALTAMONT MOSES. i " ' ......_ j N. B. Corner Wain and Libertv Streets, j Oct 9 ! If yon ever intend tc BUY AN ORGAN now ia lhe time. Call in and examine the ! CELEBRATED ESTEY ORGANS. j These I sell on the j INSTALLMENT PLAN and make payments to suit purchasers. ! .1 liberal discount from prices made \for CASIf. 3D. ?X. ADLD. Oct 30_tj_ !" REMOVAL. ~~ I ITT G. KEAN EDY, Azt., has removed j \\ a his liook and Variety Store, to the ! "40!<i nailer." or Law Place, and Is to be found j NEXT D':?OR TU THE OFFICE OF j Messrs. EARLE & BEARD, where he has on j hand the largest and finest Stork of BIBLES, ! Presbyterian, Icethcdist, Baptist, and other Hymn Books, SCHOOL AND .MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, ever offered in Sumter. Dec ll_' NORTH-EASTERN R. R. CO. QUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, O NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., December 2, 1883. On and. after this date the following Sche? dule will he ruu : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. 10 50 A. M. 3 IO P M. 12 45 A. M. 4 35 A. M. 3 15 P. M. 7 20 r. M. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. 2 00 A. M.5 50 A. M. 12 00 M.4 35 P. M. 5 00 A. M.9 00 A. X. Trnin leaving Florence at 2 00 A. M., and train leaving Charleston at 12 45 A. *. will not stop at Way Stations. CENTRAL EAUr.OAD SCH22UL2, DAILY. Leave Charleston.10 50 a m " Lanes. 1 45 p m Arrive at Sumter. 3 15 pm. 11 at Columbia... 4 50 p ra Leave Columbia. 9 55 a m ** Sumter.ll 45 a m " Lane's. 1 42 p ra .Arrive at Charleston 4 35 p tn T. M. EMERSON, J. F. DIVINE, Gen'I TiVVf-: Apt. Gen*I Snpt. THE HOLIDAYS COMING. Now is the time to prepare for them. FINEST VARIETY OF TROPICAL FRUITS2 IN MARKET. Fresh Cargoes Every Week, BANANAS, ORANGES. COCOANUTS, MALAGA GRAPES, Northern Fruits, Apples, Fig*, Peanut?, Raisins. Nins, Citron, Currants. ;3Sf* Orders filled with despatch. C. BART & CO., Dec 4 Charleston, S. C. V. ill be mailed CJJ^C *o all applicants ?ad to customers of last ? II?.C without ordering it. It ont.nirs Illustrations prices, descriptions acd dire? hons for ? ?aatirs al! Vegetable and Flower Seeds. Plants, etc. Invaluable to a" P. M. FERRY & C0.??%? ?fiCMT?wantedlor The Lives of all th MUCH I vpresifon^fj^jj S. Thelarg*-. handsomest, best book ever sold for lesa tba twice our price. The fastest selling book ii; America. Immense profit? to agents. All intel ligent people want it. Any one can become e successful agent. Terms free. <? HALLETT ROOK CO., Portland, Maine.