The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 08, 1884, Image 2

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?V TUESDAY, JANUARY s. v . 3&e ?tmfer TFafc/<???2t was founded ia 1350 mad the 2V?e Southron in "^&w*$/* Tte;,9fe&Aa*ax ?JW? Southron tbe combined circulation and iofiusece of both of tba old papers? and ? saanifestly tbe best advertising roed?nm io Sumter. S ; ^ -EDITORIAL ITEMS. /Toe Orange and the Green are at it, tooth and nail, tn Newfoundland. WJiat a pity they cannot stop bating and killing each other ! The fras of the country is much agitated over the question as to w he th - er ta* segro could plan the banjo in I anta-bel]um days. -,---i?-< l l Peru ?a stitt in an unsettled condi? tion. Bands of highwaymen and free ride unchecked through tbe many sections of ?hieb are totally depopulated. Tho Louisiana lottery, that foul blot OB the good name ofthat State, will, it * beged, soon come to grief. A strong to its continuance was ni a ni? as tba last D?mocratie State Con ' ; 'mmmM ii n? The Car of #1 the Rossias was oat of bis sleigh, the other day. anwVbsiDy braised, and now the hearts of st) the nihilists are bursting with they were not present to majesty well bumped. The Greenville Next is jost sloshing Vowed* spiting for a light. Won't it see start though, if some of the big wigs, j about whom H speaks so irreverently, j anenJd dig np the long buried toma- j hawk and "go for UT The Doxology which the New York ! S*n has been singing for the last six j ?is as follows . 4-The Rep ubi i- j bot sisee Carlisle's j be gently whispers ??The Re-j Pitty ought to go." ^-^TaePbiladelpbia Times, after going tinto eournisioos, because of the election of Carlisle for Speaker, and waving the eaeanguiood garment with as much energy as Guiteaa ever could, has subsi? ded, and is new patting Speaker Carlisle Oft the shoulder in a fraternal manner, j ' .- i' - -? Wc refer our readers to the notice j ofJ^W. Vandiver Weaversville N. j ?. . Mf. Taodrrer ts a genial gentle- j maw, and a reliable business mao, aud j bis early corn will come tn very oppor- | tandy tb? year, since last y ea r's crop ] was so abort. CbWbier's book on --Sarah Bar? ana*,** and about which Sarah Barn bardt^ave the fair Colombier a flagel? lation, wat pot into the hands of trans? lators ?ft New York st 6 o'clock and by ! j 1 o'efoet it was translated out of the j origins! French into English, and ready : Marthe printer. There are 260 pages in j the book. i ---?? Strenuous efi?rts were made at the ! latevacssioo of the Legislature to kill j tbs Lier: Law, bnt the bill was defeat- \ ed tn tbs Senate, and the law is still ? - alive, Ia eoooeetion with this io for- ? station, for which we charge nothing, ; we will say that the Watchman and j Southron oSce has lien blanks of all j kinds cheap, very cheap, and gotten up j ia the nicest style. --?..,-? brothers of the Register and Y'o - { OMI* are eogaged in ao exhaustive dis- j suasion on the "Almanac" que>tioo. j We once beard of a life-long breach be- j tween husband and wife, caused by a j dispute, in which a moose was the bone j of contention. We trust our Columbia , eotemporartes will not let their angry ! passions rise, while discussing this io teresttsg subject,, so as to necessitate e&l?og k the police. -mmmmp- mmm - Tbe ptophrof Allendale are in a huff with the News and Courier for its arti? cle OB tbe riot at that place, Christmas day. The strange part aboot the oe- j Cartnoco is, that men of such desperate j characters as the rle wieta and Stranges, j sbonld bave one of tbeir number as marshal of the town. Allendale may wei be to blame for the ra ardern, bat it is certainly responsible for baring a drunken rowdy on the police force. Mr. E. B. Murray, of the Anderson Intelligencer, who was ao earnest work? er for the Railroad bill adopted a year ago, was prominent in advocating thc new bill which was adopted in Decem? ber last, and which, takes from thc j Commission their authority to fix rates, aldis being fired ?oto all along the line, for bis change of base, but Bro. Murray, "with bis back to the field and bis face to the foe/' Ac. THE LEGISLATURE. During thc session of the Legislature, wc kept oar readers informed of the more important sets, some of which are published with this issue. The law in reference to Burglary and \ 'Arson has been changed, so that? upon j the recommendation of the jory, the j minimum of punishment for the former ; is placed at five )ears in the penitentiary j and for tba latter ten years. Boards of Health were provided for, ! te Be appointed io each incorporated j city or town. Sumter County had no j axe to grind, and there was bot little work of any local importance to our peo- i pie. A new charter was granted for j the town, the provisions of which we i will notice in another place. Tbe j i Legislature showed itself commendably willing to pass Prohibitory bills, wheo asked for by a majority of the peo We tbikk Jiv Sute baa reason to be satisfied with the work done by < law-makers, except for thc refusal make thc necessary appropriations protecting the State Hoose. It v unwise to risk thc destruction of tl costly building for want of a suita roof. We copy the following frooi I Aiken Journal ayul Reviet?? The Legislature after having pas? and ratified 286 Acts adjourned Monday, Dec. 24th, 1883, sine d The Act modifying the power of t Railroad Comoiission and granting t Railroads the right of appeal to t Circuit Courts, was the most importa Act of the session. The discussion this subject was carried on for days ai the vote very close on its passage. T Legislature acted wisely in increasil thc appropriations for the citadel ac demy and the South Carolina Colleg Both of them having in thc past i fleeted great honor on the State ai will no doubt, io the future maiata their high reputation. Strenuous ( forts were made to pass a Divorce la at this Session, but we are gratified be able to state that it was killed. Ti salary of the county Auditors and Tte surers have been increased to a livii amount, the Treasurer's salary stil however, being too low for the anion of work and responsibility impose The members of the Legislature as usu consumed a great deal of time ic senseless debate in regard to the ai visability of the Stute appropriating few paltry thousand dollars for the sn] port of the militia of the State. Mo of the opposition came from the u] county members who have cot sim 1865 seen the benefit of a well reg? lated and disciplined militia. Thesaf* ty of thc sea cost and middle coontie; and we may say the welfare of the et tire State were due to the existence t these bodies in 1876-78. An impor ant Act to thc butchers was passed r< quiring them to keep a list of the cok and ear-marks of ali cattle purchase by them and thc names of the sellen said books to bc open for public inspe< tion. As a whole the Legislature < 1882-3 will meet with thc approval ( the people of the State. There wei two things however, left undone tba should have been attended to, but 1S8 being an election year thc members di cot care to answer for them, and the? were the appropriation for thc compU tion of the State House and the repcf of the Civil Rights Act. SUMTER'S* CHARTER. The Charter adopted at the last sei sion of the Legislature, while followin to a considerable extent the beaten trac of the old Charter, differs in some of it provisions. The first Section makes i a body politic ; the second defines it officers and the time and manner of thei election (the 2d Tuesday in April o each vear, between the hours of 8 A M. and 5 P. M.) The third requires ; registration of all voters, the books t? open 30 ?ays previous to an electioi and remain open 15 days. The polio arrangements are not materially chang ed ; the maximum fine is $50 or 30 day ic prison. A tax of five mills, if so much b< necessary, can be levied on real anc personal property. Some changes havi been made in the tax ou vehicles We give the eighth Section in fell, a? it concerns a matter about which all ari now more or less interested : SECTION 8. "That whenever it maj be lawful for said Town Council to gran licences for the sale of spirituous or in toxica ting liquor??, within the corpoiati limits of said town, no such license sba! be granted for less than six hundred dollars per annum, payable iu foui equal installments, quarterly in advance. That if any of said installments be col paid, when the same shall fall due, ot if the person or persons to whom such license may have been grau'ed, shall bc convicted by said town council of thc offence of furnishing by sale, gift ot otherwise auy intoxicating drink to a person of known intemperate habits, or to a person while drunk or intoxicated, or to a minor, the license so granted shall thereupon become cull and void. ID connection with this Section we publish the Ordinance adopted last week by the Council, which is as follows: Bc it Ordained by the Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Sumter and by authority of the same: ?. That any person applying for a a License to retail Wine, Spirituous or Malt Liquors in thc Town of Sumter, oe and after Januory 1st, 1884, shall first be recommended by six freeholders acd neighbors to the place where he proposes to do business, as to his being of good repute for honesty, sobriety and good moral character. The person ap? plying for a License shall then, if Coun? cil grants him a License, pay to the Town Treasurer the sum of six hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly in advance. II. That Druggists and Apothecaries who seil, trade or barter in Wine or Bitters, of which Spirituous or Malt Liquors are an ingredient, or in intoxi? cating Jiquors of any kind by the bottle (and not to sell less than a bottle) shall be requiaed to pay to the Town Treas? urer, two hundred dollars per annum, quarterly in advance. I H. That all Bars or other places where intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be closed on election days or on any other days that Couucil, for the better preservation of order and peace in the town may see fit to order them closed. We wish our readers to notre the discrepancy between the the terms of the Charter and that of the Ordinance. The Charter gives ?G00 as the minimum for which license can be granted, while the town authorizes druggists and apothe? caries to sell for $200. Somebody is wrong, who is it? The Council can very probably explain the matter and they should do it, for otherwise our peo? ple will have a very poor opinion of a Charter so fragile that Council can knock a hole through it with impunity at the first meeting held under its pro? visions. The rest A the Charter is taken up with the routine details of assessments, taxes, &c , and the varied ways and means of raising money for meeting the town expenses. The people are doubt less well satisfied with it, and if whis key must be sold, the provisions w>th wiiich traffic is bedded around by Section 8, will take away much of thc evil. Selling or giving it to minors, drunkards or intoxicated persons will work a forfeiture of license, and parents, wives or children can easily find out and report each violation. Vtrbmn.sap. - "m - THE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM. The Sixtieth Annual Report of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum is be? fore us. It contains thc reports of the Building Comm ?J tee and Superintend? ent, and we glean tho following items : Additional buildings are io process of erection, the estimates for the same amounting to $71,670. ?30,000, were appropriated at the last session of the Legislature for this work, and ?41,670 will be needed to complete the necessary buildings. The number of patients at the begin j ning of the year was 500 ; admitted during thc year 239, making a total of 789. Taking away those who have been discharged, &c, tbe preseut Dum? ber of inmates amounts to 603 Among those discharged, 70 were recovered, 28 improved, and 82 died. During the year, 94 were permitted to return home oo probation, of whom 53 were dis? charged as cured. Many improvements have been made in the buildings. A new laundry has been completed and occupied, tbe bath rooms and water closets bave been changed and improved, thc sewers al? tered ?Dd the drainage made almost perfect. AU the work of excavation was done by the patients. Of the 603 patients 570 are supported by the State and 33 by themselves or friends. The buildings are much crowded, and there ts a pressing need for thc completion of the new buildings DOW being erected. The ratio of Lunatics ia this State is much less than the average in the Southern States, aod less in the South? ern States than in the Uuited States. lu the Linited States it is one in every 545 ; io the South it is one io every 773, and in our State it is ODO io 895. The Treasurer reports the entire dis? bursements for the past year, including buildings, to be ?110,602 20. and thc Superiutendent asks for ?133,000 for the cooling year, which iocludes ?43,000 for buildings and apparatus. Sumter County has 20 patients, of whom 13 are white and 7 colored, 5. males and 15 females. Of those received during the past year, 83 were laborers, 34 with oo oc? cupation, 33 farmers, 25 housekeepers ? and 16 unknown, the remainder scat? tering. The reports of the Matron, Cbaplaio, and Farmer cootaio much of interest, j but our space will not allow any further extracts. Our Neighbors. ; Darlington News: Oat crops io ! every direction are premising. A large ! area planted aod the plants well ad- ? vauced. -We have noticed of late j a great many strange negro mea in tho ! community, who have come from North \ Carolina iu search of work. *-Bea j Curtis, while "slightly iu for it," swap ped his mule to an unknown trader fur a superannuated "Sancho*' horse, for ; which his wife, a tar-barrel specimen of ? Timbuctoo, administered in her wrath. 35 lashes on the spot, aod repeated the i dose at the depot. -The Town Council have put the liquor license at the same it was last year, ?100. Ap- ? plications have been received for ten licenses. Shirly has removed, Dunn has closed out, Gilmore has quit the ! business, aod Cook will open at the j depot. Florence Times : The whiskey li j cense in Florence was ?100 last year, j The Council, at a late meeting, resolved ; to raise it to ?400. The bar keepers j rebelled and refused to take out aoy ! licenses. The Council called a meeting j aud compromised OD ?250. Clarendon Enterprise : Scranton has j put up its liceuse to ?5.000. This is i the place where Dr. Byrd, senator from ' Williamsburg County, resides, and last j month he left his scat io the Senate to j go to Scranton and help carry the town ? wet. The Town Council arc determined j it shall be dry. -We learn that, the I military demonstration on Saturday last, j by the cavalry commands of our county, was particularly fine aud imposing. Tbe j tournament followed immediately after, in which superb and daring riding was j displayed. Mr. James Cur vin bore off j the crown, aod this emblem of royalty ! now rests lightly upon thc fair young j brow of one of Clarendoo's reigning j belles. -A grand tournament at j Foresten. Mr. C. M. Mason, the vic- j torlous Knight, crowned Miss Dora \ Bland Queen of Lovo and Beauty, j -The whiskey license io Florence i has heretofore been ?150, but recently j it has beeo increased to ?400. In con- ; scqueoce every rum-seller in the place j has entered into au agreement not to I sell whiskey for three months, unless j the council lower the license. Each ! barkeeper has deposited ?200 to be for- j felted if bc fell through. The town has ' to pay about ?2,000 soon, a?d the bar- j keepers hope from this course to carry their poitit. It is expected that parties from outside will open bars there. Wc wonder if friend Prince will take a hand in this fight. We hope he will, and that thc Town of Florence will hold its own, and rather than fall will raise a couple of hundred. Manning has but two bars, yet she gets ?1.800 revenue from these two. Camden Journal : Ou thc 24th ult., while Ca?sar Clarkson's (colored) seven year old daughter was playing around a fire in a field on Major Adam's place, her clothing took fire and she was so badly bumed that she died in a few hours. -On Christmas night a row occurred at Shannon's still, just over the Kershaw Hoe ia Riefiland County, when James Cooper was shot by Wm. Peake. The wound was fatal, and Cooper died on Friday night. Peake escaped aud is still at large. -The colored people of Camden celebrated Emaocipatiuu Day on last Tuesday by a parade through the streets, after which they repaired to the colored Methodist church, where addresses v?ere delivered by several of the prominent colored men. Everything passed off quietly aod or deily. -DuriDg thc mouth of De cember there were three deaths in Cam den-two waites, 1 adult aud 1 child ; and 1 colored child. During tho year 1883 there were 37 deaths in the town -ll white adults and 7 white children ; 9 colored adults and 10 colored children. This includes deaths by accident and also deaths of transient residents. WASHINGTON LETTER. [From our Regular Correspondent.] WASHINGTON, rJao. 5, '^1884. There has been no lack of political gossip, comment and conference in Washington during the long adjourn j ment for the holiday recess ; nor has j time been wholly unimproved. There ! has been solid work in several of the ! committees, and some of the regular j bills will be ready for presentation as ! soon as Congress re-assembles. Then, . too, the committees have had an oppor [ tunity to become acquainted with them ! selves, individually and collectively, to [ pull themselves together, to measure j their caliber and take their aim. I j will not carry the metaphor further for I fear I may say that they will soon be ready to '?hoot off their mouths,' and I am aware that this would be a depar? ture from the severe and classic lan? guage which you impose upon all your correspondents. j The majority in Congress is no doubt j better informed on at least one impor? tant questions than it was two weeks ! ago, and will b) all the better able to give just expression to the needs of the country, than if it had hurled legisla? tion hap-hazzard as some of the com? mittees were named. The new House committees have been thouroughly discussed during the holidays and they seem to give pretty general satisfaction. Mr. Morrison chairman of the committee cf Ways and Means is reported to have said that 'the tai iff ?.-sue cannot be avoided and that it is welcomed. The Republicans have invited the contest in the call of their National Republican Committee and we cheerfully accept it. It is the issue upon which we shall go to the j people in the Presidential campaign of j ! 1884-, and npon which wc expect to \ win. But if the protection Democrats ! shall chouse to unite with thc llcpubli- j cans, it will not be possible for us to j pass n bill even through the House.' j ! This programme it is thought will bc ! ! opposed by thc high tariff Democrats ! i under the leadership of Mr. Randall, j I and a serious split in the party iu Cou- j j gross is predicted. Thc first day of the year was cele- \ j bruted in the usual way in Washington j ! at the White House ; at thc residences I j of cabinet officers ; at the homes of the j ? wealthy, thc well to do. and the hard j ? up The rain came down incessantly j i hut thc new years caller in carriage or ; ; on foot, plied his vocation. Thespecta- | , eic at the White House when the East j j Room was filled with the diplomatic ; j corps, in their resplendent regalia, and . j our Army and Navy officers in their j uniforms heavy with epaulettes sashes j j and gold lace was one of unusual splcu- | ; dor. I it is known by every one who has i ; the least familiarity with history, and i ; our relations with other countries that : j modern diplomacy is a farce and an au- ? ?achronism. The roles of the Met-. ! ternichs and Chesterfields of a past age i have been superseded, even in Europe, j I by steam, electricity and international i j progress. But, if there remains a l \ semMaucc of excuse for diplomatic rc- i ; lations between contiguous European ! powers, it is impossible to show thc slightest use on our pa*"t for such rein- j tions. The gorgeous ministers, charges ? de affair, and attaches, who called on j the President on the first day of Jan- I I uary performed their sole diplomatic j duty. They can now rest until the first, i ! of January, 1885. They are very pie- | j turcsquc and we would have perhaps, ! : no right to complain that they are here J j were \* fir the reminder that we ; maintain at an immense expense, a j \ legation at every foreign court that is ! : represented in Washington. This ! government pays millious annually to! support so called diplomatic establish - j ments abroad that are as utterly useless j ! as are the bedigted dudes called diplo- i mats in Washington. All internation- j al negotations are now transacted by I wire aud steam, and the American cit- j izen who takes a paper may read what. | were once state and court secrets, and j he may feel assured that he gets bis j information from thc same source from | which the modern diplomat gets his. ? Fourteen persons dined on one potato j in Sarasota, Fla., recenily. A forest of trees was recently found j under a bed of clay and twenty three ! feet of soil on Connecticut avenue, j Washington. j The saloon keepers of Lawrence Kan- ! sas have given up their fight against the ! prohibitory law, and thc saloons are all ! closed-back doors as well as front Ofthe chairmanshipsof the committees j appointed by Speaker Carlisle, the South j gets 29. the* West 15, the Middle States 12, the Pacific States 2, and the Eastern States 2. William Lynch the melter at the Bath iron works, will run his hand right through the red hot metal and part it as it is being poured off. They call him Cast iron Bill. Mrs. Leah Lamme, of North Middle? ton, Ky.,who is in her eighty-fifth year, ! spun recently on a little old-fashioned wheel a ball of flux thread and yarn enough to knit herself two pairs of slock- ? ings. ! Neighbors are very considerate in i Norway. When a baby is born a pla ; card is nailed up on the door informing ! the community of the fact. Those who I wish to move out of the vicinity are j thus enabled to do so in good season. ! Mrs. Anuie Gordon liviag near Bluff- j ?ton, S, C., ia one hundred and eleven j j years of age. She is a member of St. ; ; Matthews, Baptist Church of that place j j and walks four miles to church to partake j ( of communion on the first Sunday of each : month.-Spartanburg Herald. A shabbily dressed woman called j upuu one of our citizens for aid, claim- | j lng that she was in a.starving condition, i ! The citizen looked upon her plethoric j ; form, estimated the avoirdupois of the \ ! superfluous fat, and answrn-d. 'You ? j dou't look like a starving womau.' 'I j ?know it,' she whiningly answered: j Tm bloated with grief.' i Col. Henry B. Rathbone, who rccent I ly killed his wife in Hanover, Germany, j and then stabbed himself, was the only ' gentleman in the bcx with Abraham ; ; Lincoln the night he was assassinated by j I Booth. He made an attempt to sieze ; Booth after the fatal shot was fired, but j the assassin was too quick for him, j struck at him with a dagger, and jumping j from the box to the stage, made his escape. Pires, Ph?nizy & Co's cottou warehouse at Augusta Georgia took fire on the morning of the 3d instant at about 2 o'clock. The high wind and freez? ing weather impaired the service of the fire department at the begioDing of the fire, which got well under way before it could be reached. 3,600 bales of cotton were stored in the warehouses, and all burned. The loss on thc cotton is ?150,000 and thc insurance ?145, 000. At 7 O'clock the warehouse of Weehless & Co., containing SOO bales of cottou was ignited by sparks from Phiuzy's warehouse. The estimated loss on the cotton is ?20,000 aod the j insurance ?19,500. The weather was so intensely cold that the water from i the engines froze as it fell. The noble j efforts of the firemen saved the entire | cottou warehouse district on Reynolds 1 street and the river front from destruc- ! tion. There was a destructive fire at Dal- ! ton Ga., on the 3d. The loss is re- ! ported at ?60,000. On the morning of thc 3rd a fire broke out in Greenville, corner of Main ! and Washington Streets, destroying a j whiskey saloon a jewelry and milli- I nery store and photograph gallery. ! Loss ?15,000. Insurance about ?8,000. Speaking of thc fire in Greenville last week, the Greenville News says: Dr. J. A. Monday, Pastor of the j Baptist church, was one of the first per? sons to get to the fire Thursday night. The engine being short of firemen to work the brakes the Dcctor took hold and put in some good work, until the j members of the Pire Company in suffi- ? cient numbers were present to relieve him. The doctor no doubt believes in a good supply of water, outside of doc- ! trinal and denominational question. ? We can, without hesitation, say that Dr. j Bull's Cough Syrup has giren the best satis- ! faction. We bare sold an immense nraoant j of it during tbe past winter. WALLACE, HILTON & CO. Druggists, Lock Haven, Pa. j Ask your druggist for Shriner's Indian \ Vermifuge, and if he f?ils to supply you, ad- i dress the Proprietor, David E. Foutz, Balti- ! more, Md. I Sweet Mary Ann had a musical tongue; By day and by night forever she songue, A nd oft on her notes her many friends hongue ; ? But, one day, alas ! she ruptured a longue, . Her music away to the winds was soon flongue, i And in joy her near neighbor had all the bells ; rongue. Instead of ft-eling tired and worn ont, in- | stead of ?ches and pains, wouldn't yon rather '. feel fresh and strong? If you continue feeling ; miserable and good for-nothing you have j only yourself to blame, for Brown's Iron Bit- j ters will surely cure you. Iron and cinchona j are its principal ingredients. It is a certain i cure for dyspepsia, indigestion, malaria, ' weakness, kidney, lung:in?3 heart, affections. : Try it if you desire to be healthy1 robust and j strong and experience its remarkable curative I qualities. Mrs. Henrietta Quinn, Zadoc, S. C., says: ! 'I used Brown's Iron Bitters for impure j blood, dyspepsia and poor appetite It did me great good.' j Dr. I. C. McLaughlin. Wolfcsville S. C., j says : 'I used Brown's Iron Bitters for verti- ' go and I now feel like a new man.' - Calomel leaves unpleasant results often in i its wake, but Gilder's Liver Pills never. It is claimed that the new 'Mother Hubbard, ' dress originated in this way : Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone, But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She was in a great stew To know what to do For of money she had not a cent ; So she sold her last suit To buy meat for the brute, j And up towu in her nightgown she went, j The ladies who saw it, And the string to draw it, Declared it the nicest thing out, So now on the street, Looking ever so neat, In their gowns they go rushing about. Important to both Ladies and Gen- j tlemen. Two New Books just published giving an i exhaustive treatise on Medical ElectricityGal- j vanism and Magnestism, together with their j self application on the treatment and cure of ; Weaknesses incident to men and i\ omen, j Both works are illustrated. One is entitled i 'THREETYPES OF MEX,' For Gentlemen'] Only, the other 'MAID, WIFE, MOTHER,' ? For Ladiet Only. Published only by the i American Galvanic Co., Address as above, ; Sent Free. Thc Egyptians drank beer 2,000 years be fore the Christian era. But because they started it so early is no reason why thc Ame? rican people should keep it up until three o'clock in the morning. Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) has relieved me of an obstinate case of Dry Tetter, which had trouble me for twenty-?ve years, and had baffled all sorts of treatment. KEV. I. R. BRANHAM, Macon Ga. 'My son,' said a Philadelphia father, 'when? ever you start to do a thing never half do it.' 'Must I always do both halves?' asked the hopeful son. *i*es,' was the reply. And then the lad, who had stealthily devoured half a pie, sneaked back into the pantry and gobbled the other half. Oh say, young man, if you want to take ! your girl for a ride, and can't on account of J the lameness of your horse, you should pro-i cure a bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure ut once, for nothing is better for man or beast. Sec j advt. Ashland, Pa., June 3, 1880.-A case of j spavin that came under my observation was entirely cured by one bottle of Kendall's i Spavin Cure, and the horse sold afterwards i for two hundred dollars. Yours truly C. H. BARNARD, j FOR SALE."" MULES AND WAGONS. npWELVE FINE, LARGE MULES, WELL ? ^ broken and suitable u>r timber or tur? pentine. Three Wilson and Childs Tin-?.er ? Carts in good order and almost new, also two Road Wagons, one of them, a heavy, j "Old Hickory," but little used. Apply at j the Black River Mills. Salem, Clarendon i County to JOEL E. BRONSON. | Jan"? 3t I SEEDS! SEEDS! SEEDS! 'j BOWN, not in the short Summers of the ; "JC North and then brought eight to fifteen j hundred miles, but grown on the fertile hills of our own SUNNY SOUTH, and of course j adapted to our soil and climate. I want j Gardeners and Planters, lo try a few of my j SEEDS, by way of experiment. Catalogue I of varieties and prices sent on application. ? Truly, &c, J. W. YANDI VER, Seed Producer, Jan 8 Weavcrville, N. C. MASTER'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Thomas P. Sanders, John A. Sanders and other*, Plaintiffs, against Gar? ner Sanders, Edicard R. Sanders, James D. Bland i ng. Francis T. White, Samuel J. Jilli and others, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause aod dated February 16th, 1883,1 will sell at public auc? tion, in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, Febru? ary 4th, 1884, (or day following,) between the hours ot ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon the following prem? ises : "That tract of land in said County and State lying partly on Scape O'er Swamp, containing 300 acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands formerly of the Estate of Julius Watts, now belonging to Leonard Brown and-Brown and a parcel of about 40 acres conveyed to Leonard Brown, on the East hy hinds in Scape O'er Swamp believed to belong to the Estate of S. R. Chandler, on the South-east and South by a tract of two hundred and ninety (290) acres conveyed to .Mrs. F. T. White and by a parcel of fifteen and seven-tenths acres bargained to be sold to W. T. Wingate and on the West by land of David Andrews and John R. Watts." Terms of Sale-Cash Purchasers to pay for nece?sarv papers. GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON, Jan 7 Master. MASTER'S SAL?7 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Edgar M. Lazarus, Plaintiff, vs. Er? vin Green, Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated Feb? ruary 13lh, 1882, I will sell at public auction in front of tbe Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State, on Monday, February 4th, 1S84, (or day following,)"between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : "Ali that piece, parcel or tract of land sit? uate and being in the County of Sumter in the State aforesaid containing two hundred and ninety-six acres, more or less, adjoining lands now or late of Thomas Lowry, Eliza Wheeler, George McCutcben aud William Minis and known as tbe Shaw or La Cos te land." Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Jan 7, 1884-4t Master. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge. TTTHEREAS, MRS. CORNELIA B. AT f Y KINSON, widow, made suit to me, to graut her Letters of Administration, of the Estate and effects of ROBERT E. ATKIN? SON, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Robert E. Atkinson, late of Sumter County in said Stain, deceased, that they beand appear, before rae, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. IL, on Jun. 22d, 1884, after publication hereof, nt ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why ihe said Administration should not be granted. Giren under my hand, ibis 8th day of January, Anno Domini. 1S84. T. V. WALSH, [L. S.J Dec 4-2t Judire of Probate. Estate of Sliss Maneita Clark, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY to the Jndgeof Probate for Sumter County on the 8th of February, 1884. for a final discharge as Executor of the last Will and Testament of said deceased. S. J. M. CLARK, Jan 8 Executor. Estate of ErvIn Grooms, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, on February S'.h, 1884, for a final discharge as Administrator of aforesa: 1 estate. FRANK GROOMS. Jan 8-4t Administrator. Estate of Jack Burrows, Bfcc'd. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO bate for Sumter County, on January 25th, 1884. for a final dischargeas Administrator of aforesaid Estate. J. T. FRIERSON, Dee 25-it Administrator. The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER, By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEN EAS. NOAH (f. OST KEN* bas made suit ti? nie to grant him betters of Administration of the Estate of anil effects of Mri ELIZABETH J. OST EE N", deceased 'f be-c are therefore to cite arni ndisnnfcb nil and singular, the kindred an?! creditor* of the sud Mrs. Elizabeth .? 0>teen, lat? of Sumter County, in .??id ?tate, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate., tobe held at Sumter C. IL, on January ICth, 18S4, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in thc forenoon, tb shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration ^lould not be granted. Giren under my hand, this 31st day of Decem? ber A. D., 1SSS. T. V. WALSH. Jan 1-2t Judge nf Prohn tc State of South Carolina, COUNT! OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, NOAH G. ?STREN has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of rue. Estate and effects of Miss SUSAN C. OSTKEN, deceased. These are therefore to cite ai.d admonish nil and singular the kindred aud creditors nf 'be said Susan C. Ostccn, late of Sumter County in said State, dec'd. that they bo and appear before mc, in thc Court of Probate, to bc held at Sumter on the 16ii day of J:;:.unry, ISSI, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they hare, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 3?st day of December, A.D.. 1883. T. V. WALSH. Jan 1- 2t. Judyre of Probate. CHAS. H. MOISE. INSURANCE AGENT, Notary Public, Accountant & Conveyancer, SUMTER, S. C. Represents the Liverpool and London nnd Globe Insurance Company; the richest and promptest Fire Insurance Company in thc world. The Providence Washington Insurance Company ; organized in 1799. Policies of the Liverpool k London k Globe Insurance Company are now issued by !he Agent in Sumter. oct 9 P. G. BOWMAN, " ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office upstairs in Hultman's new building. S ? M T KR, S . C . Jan 8 THOS. B. FRASER, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Sumter, S. C. Jan 1 1 JAS. D. BI.ANDINO, WM. I). ULANDI.NO BLANDIN6 & BLANDING, A ttorneys at Law, Sumter, S. C. June 21 if. THOS. F. BAGLEY, COMMISSION MERCHANT. COTTON, NAVAL STORES, TUN TIMBER, ?fcc WILMINGTON, N. C. Correspondence solicited. Reference BANK OF NEW HANOVER. July 10 <>ni State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT PROBATTE. I John J. Dargar as Administrator of all all and .>.. gular, thc goods and chattels, rights and credits, ichich I ic ere at thc time of his death of J. IIa rr ison Stuckey, deceased, to be ? administered, Plaintiff', against Edmund W. Stuckey. Elizabeth j McCown, Henry B. Stuckey, Geor ! giana L. Woodluim, Braxion C. Wallace, Elizabeth E. Stuckey, j Winnie Caroline Stuckey, and Rich \ ard D. Lee, Trustee, Defendants. IN OBEDIENCE TO THE JUDGMENT of the Court of Probate of ibe County j of Sumter, in said State, dated January 7th, j 1884. in the above stated action, I will sell at j Sumter Court House on the first Monday in ] February next, between the hours of eleven j A. M. and five P. M., at public auctioti the j following tracts or parcels of land of the Es j tate of J. Harrison Stuckey, deceased, late of I said County and State : j 1. THE HARDY STUCKEY TRACT, con j taining 311} acres, more or less, conveyed ! to said J. Harrison Stuckey by James R. Kendrick, Commissioner in Equity for Sum- ? ter District, {now County,) in said State by J deed dated 10th day of january, A. D. 1867, j j and being described in said deed as being j ! bounded on the North by land of Mrs. Jor- I ! dan, and lands of Mrs. Dennis, East by land I of the Estate of Hardy Stuckey, deceased, j and by land of Capt- L Fraser, and on the i West by laud of Capt. L. Fraser and by land i of J. H. Stuckey, being more fully represen t ! ed on a plat thereof made by S. M. Boykin, D. S., on the 28th day of November, A. D. 1866, and filed with the proceedings in the Court of Equity for said Sumter District, (now County,) in which Murray C. "Wallace I and others are Plaintiffs and John S. Bradley and others are Defendants, said tract of land being the same which was purchased by said J. Harrison Stuckey at a sale made by said Commissioner on Sale-day in January, A. D. 1867, at Sumter Court House undvr an order in the said case. 2. THE HOME TRACT, containing 225 acres, more or less, bounded North by lands . of Anderson Woodward, East by thc Hardy j Stuckey Tract. South by land of J. F. ? Woodward, and West by land of C. L. j Freeman. j 3. THE FRASER TRACT, containing i 205$ acres, more or less, and convoyed by ? Charles Sjienrer. as Executor of FJowell . Stuckey, decease.!, to said J. Harrison Stuck I ey. by deed dated 3d day of December. A. D. ! 1877, and described therein as hoing bounded I North and East by lands of Jesse Woodward. ! on the South by tho right of way, and on the i Westby the land conveyed by T. B. Fraser, j as Executor of Thomas Fraser, deceased, to j G. McD. Barrett. j 4. A TIMBER TRACT, containing 50 ' acres, more or less, bounded on the North by j land of Isaac Watson. East by land of Henry j [ Stuckey. South by lani of Henry Stuckey, and West by land of-Woodward : The above described lands, to wit, said four tracts, to be cul up by a surveyor into } j suitable tracts and a plat made thereof, to be j ! filed in the said Court of Probate, p.nd exhib- ; i i ted at said sale. j 5. The right, tille and interest of said J. i j Harrison Stuckev, deceased, in the ANGUS j ; MCCASKILL TRACT, conveyed to said J. j ! Harrison Stuckey by Angus McCaskill, late i of said County and State, now deceased, by ? deed dated January 15th. 1877, and described j therein as containing 600 acres, more or less, j and bounded North by land of William John- ? j son and Robert Davis, East by land of Wil- ; j liam Johnson and Estate of James Rem bert, : ; South by Ced:ir freck mid land of JOS!II:A j ; Marsh, and West by Scape !>'er Swamp, to? j gether willi the right to dam Boggy Brand: j ! to high watermark for thc purpose nf running j ! a water mill or gin, and also the land that j ! may be covered by water by thc raising of a i ; dam across said Bogey Branch at any conve- ; j nient point, with the reservation of ene acre ; of land where there is a grave-vnrd in the j j Dock old field. Said McCaskill tract having j j been resurveyed by Neil A. Beihune, D. S., ! on the 16th and 17th of December, A. D. j ! 1879, and a plat made by him thereof, repre- j ! senting said tract as containing SOO acres. ? I 6. The Right, Title, Interest and Estate ; j of said J. Harrison Stuckey, in A TRACT ? ! OF LAND conveyed to said J. Harrison ! ? Stuckey by Robert W. Durant, as Sheriff of j Sumter Oonn?y, in said State, by rfe?rd dated ? } the 1st day of*May, A. D. 1882. upon a sale j i by virtue of an execution in an action in the j ! Court of Common Pleas for said County of j j Sumter, in which John t). Durant. Agent, is j ! Plaintiff, and B. J. Bateman and Mary Ann ? ; Bateman are defendants, and described in ' ; said deed as containing 2' 0 acres, more or j ! less, and bounded by the hinds of Clay Wat- | ! son, Dr. Henry S uckey, Mrs. E. Elmore, and j j Scape O'er Swamp. ^ j I 7. The Rijfbt, Title, Interest and Estate of j ? said J. Harrison Stuckey, in and to A TRACT ? I OF LAND containing 140 acres, more or less j i bounded on the North by land of Elijah Brog- j ! don, on the East by land of the Estate of : ! James Boykin, and on the South and West by j land of Joseph Corbett, undera mortgage of j j said Tract, executed to said J. Harrison i , Stuckey by Daniel ll. Atkinson, recorded '. '? June 0th, A. D. 1870, in theotliceof the Regis j ter of Mcsne Conveyances for Sumter County j ! in Mortgage Book No. 6. najies 523, 524 and ? j 525, and under a Tax Title to said land as ? I being forfeited for Taxes by said Daniel H. j j Atkinson, executed on the 23d day of July, ? A. D. 1881. by the "Commissioner of the i Sinking Fund" for the State of South Caroli- j ! na to said J. Harrison Stuckey : All of the above described Tracts of Land j ' being situated ill said County of Sumter, in j said State. i Terms of Sale-Cash ; purchasers paying j ? for papers. ! , ROBT. W. DURANT, Sheriff of Sumter County, i j January 8, 1S84. . j 1884. 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