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Post Office at Sumter, S. as Second Class Matter. pEE&xnr? Tora ?>AT?T~ ? ? i r ? or ? ? ??? teach of oar subscribers to ex t^the address on his paper, and particu lo observe the date upon it. This date UM time oj? to which the paper has j paid for. Many et ocr subscribers will ?a? that, they ? have paid tn sd rance ; there are many others who will discover that they hare not. 2TEW ADVERTISEME2STTS. - The Augusta Chronicle. Ljifc; Noyes-Portable Book Case. : Dumb Sn pper-Febrnary 4th. (Temperance Worker-On}y 90 Gents. Alkata Constitution-A Weeks Reading ^ffl^'^a?-^r*B^ Closing ont Sale of l?tate of Wm. M.Scott, Dec'd-Notice of Final Settlement. .feljlifc ?T-Wc^-SL S. and Miss S. G. Osteen, t???*" -Adattuistratcr's notice. . > ip^^'J^ S. Ghandler, Dec'd. and r^^l^piSjM^Jl^Qor~Notice of Final Set . f Ifcae^ - ? -< l^a^^riOjaiiifBi, vat is tova last week. : W^^^o TtTrim fhintpfl nar a^aa^^jH^heahh bas been feeble for a Iosg A. Allan sister ot' Rev. C. C. afc?-fll^aa bee? tn toara some weeks, Twiting g^jpRrT..:aV Drayton If preparing to kare pl I Wit Til i nil, ?nd 11 pu m tn locate ia . VfTl^l ajx Tiiyniihip . bot our readers most ?at think that be will o.nk farming-nothing -?f?fcekiad. Mtfpreytoois a born farmer. -, < JRvw' S. H. Richardson, who has been in Piaittigtnsj fora gamier of years, has moved "WGreenwood,ia Abbeville County, where Ihf will ie engaged in Missionary work during j [y^iDtfk. A? Catari; State Sope?a tendent of waa in Sumter a few days ago on Oe is on aa inspecting tour rrion of the State. pleated to receive a visit this _r. Lang; .C Kcinnta, a for law ?lh? of this Coolrtjr, who removed jost "iafhi-^ba%ar to Hayward Conatr-^Tennessee, ?^rJ?^i^J? ?tttfried and sealed He ts *1 " *~ well aod is as jovial aa wbeu a Ulfe.CfwM Meeting of the Sumter Churches -^P?fiaaaid at the Baptist Church on next Th? Ashley Phosphate Co. is sending out ! - Abaasacs with excruciating pictures, to its j fifo**, lt WSeve* ia advertising: aod ; +f Strafer Station, be held next Friday > .?ofneof oar aportiag friends went a deck- j week a! Georgetown. The ducking j ly last them the re- j oftbeWiater. to oar advertising columns, leader? will see tb*t * big land sale will! ott next Monday, (rfaleday. ) We re- j "#rr to the sale of the Estate of the late J. Bar- J, Wa axe nader obligations to the Agricnltu- j ^ralSociety of Sooth Carolina, foracomplimen- \ - :'l?urTi'r?d?tt to .their exbition, commencing.' ria*. 23th, and ending Feb. 23rd. Cheap j r?set?aio? ralea ?ill be arranged on all the j Tailways, and Charleston will be dressed in holiday attire in honor of the visits of so j many of har country cousins. We ane ?oder obligation to the publishers, ; "The Geo. ?. Xexhail Co ," Music Dealers ! mad Publisher*, Cincinnati, Ohio, fora sweet j piece of music, entitled "Love's Ritornelln." i Tho ?ords were cora posed by our Oakland j friend, Mr. Arthur Harv in, and are written j ?Qfoa*of the nearest and dearest ! aaa, a mother. Music by F. X. j the composer of Kathleen Ma- ! . The publishers have arranged j with Mr. Crouch for tie publication of all his i ?nock ?adsay: j -'^ITeaia anre that the return of Mr. Crouch j ?? be welcomed by those who admire the j bifber order of English Ballads, which are written, for the Drawing room as well as Con. cert performance. As a graphic poet and j natural melodist ont fear have achieved the j celebrity enjoyed bj the composer of "Kath- ? lies Mavourneen." Associated with Mr. < Crootb is Mr. Arthur Harvin, of Oakland, S. ' poetic pen makes a strong alli MT. Iseneu, ona of oar enterprising mer faifed, and is now closed. We j ?ill be for a short ! in coonee :ioa with this, we take j the Marion Star, in refer- ! of Mr. Manual beman of ! in of oar town has been in -. -buiioesB for thirty-seven years, -if aifMhi IfiTi dale has. always met hi? obli , dot br for dollar. He has been suc t, and can nov show between eighty and .ono hundred thousand dollars assets with which to meet forty thousand dollars of liabil . sties. He ?seventy two years of age and for the first time ta a long and bonorabfe business he ha? to face a combination of adverse Be has always enjoyed an enviable reputation for energy and strict attention to business. Even now he .is plucky age and manifests a disposition to creditors to fight bis . way through his Trassaten t. A- I*. Of K. Tb? following officers ?ere installed at the regular meeting of the Legion of Honor, last Tuesday evening: B. C. Moses, Coramander. . W.H. Cuaino, Tice Commander. * H. F. Wilson, Orator. M. G. Ry ttenburg, Past Commander. A. DeLeon Moses, Guide. Rytteaoerg, Treasurer. K? Corbett, Secretary. . f. Rbame, Collector. Abe Morris Warden. H.S. DaBose, Sentry. 1 J^P. Craig, Chaplain. J.Battenberg, W. R. Delgar and A. Sapper. ^n^Caiibcil, No 649y A. L.of H., held annual sapper Hast Tuesday evening, after thc regalar exercises of the meeting were over. The companions were out in good ly numbers aod did justice to the viands so .bountifully tarnished. Our visiting brother from Augusta was in good trim for the fray, and he acquitted himself to the admiration of all except Ute cooks, who stood in awe and trembling as plateful after plateful of bivalves disappeared, aS if in some fathomless cavern, brother, who weighed 140 pounds, bia entrance, waa carefully weighed after topper and tipped the soles at 149J, so the altair ?as a great success, gastronomical? ly speaking. After supper, some witty ?era made, a poetical effusion from of the Council ?as read, and the ; adjourned at peace, with I hem ail the world. Owe caterer, W. J. r deserves tba thanks of the mem . supper. Bill is hard, very OUR PREMIUM. Every farmer is interested in the welfare of his stock, and should have on band, for ready reference a book describing the ailments his stock is subject to, and the remedies therefor, lu consid?ration of this fact we have procured for the benefit of our farmer subscribers a targe number of copies of "Kendall's Treatise on the Horse," one of which we propose to give to every one who pays for his paper in advance. -The book is one of great value, as ^pifi. is an index ?? diseases which fkfr^ftS? gives the symp toras, cause, and Jf&3ks\?l? the best treat? ment of each. It contains a table, giving all the principal drugs used for the horse, with the ordinary dose, effects, and antidote when a poison ; also a table with an engraving of the horse's teeth at different ages of the horse; a valuable collection of recipes, and much more valuable information. Remember we GIVE this valuable work to all who pay their subscription in advance. Married. On the 3d instant by Rev. W. A. Gregg, Sr. Lee Davis, to Miss Dessic Bagley. On the 17th instant by the same, Mr. M.E. Bramletteto Miss M. A. Brown all of Sumter County, S. C. On the 9th at the residence of Mrs. Emily Griffin, near Panola, Clarendon County, by Rev. N. J. Brown, Mr. Jas. Brown to Miss Ellen Griffin. On the 20th, at the residence of Mr. John J. Geddings, by Rev. N. J. Brown, Mr. Clark Brown and Miss Lon. T. Geddings, daughter of the late Jasper Geddings. On Jan. 16tb, 1884, by Rev. J. E. Rodgers, Mr. J. N. Christmas, Sumter County, to Miss M. A. S. Price, of Kershaw. On Wednesday evening, the 16th, Mr H. G. Britton, of Sam ter County, was married to Miss Rosa, eldest daughter of James Lutz, Esq. On the following Saturday they left for MayesvHIe, where they will reside in future.-Barnwell Sentinel. Deaths. Mr. J. A. Osteen, a well known resident of Privateer Township, died last Saturday, after along illness. His funeral was preached at Providence Church, Sunday, by Rev. B. C. Lam pl ey. He leaves one child. On the 21stinstant, at Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Kate D. Jiayrant, relict of the late Wm. Mayrant, planter of Santee, S. C., and second daughter of the late Alfred Rose Dray? ton, of Charleston S. C. Mrs. Mayrant was a sister of our fellow citizen Mr. T. E. Drayton. From the Revolutionary War. We had the pleasure of inspecting an in- ? teres ting relic a few days ago. It was a small j rifle ball, flattened out very thin, with which j Lieutenant John Scott, of Capt. Mouzon's ; Company in M tr ?OD's Brigade was wounded J in the battle of Black Mingo. Sims, in sneak- ! ing of th io hattie, in bis life of Marion, says ; that Captain Monz?n and Lieutenant Scott were each wounded ; Scott so severely that he was incapacitated for any further service. The ball remained in Lieut. Scott's leg till some years after the war, when it finally j worked out causing a sore from which he | never recovered. ; This bullet is in the possession of Mr. Sam : Burgess, a grandson of Lieutenant Scott, who ! inherited not only the ancestial acres which . have been in the possession of the fiamily more j than a century, but also bis brave and patri- j otic love of country. But few men stand : higher in the estimation of those who know j him than Mr. S. A. Burgess, and Clarendon j should be proud of such sons. A Chapter of Accidents. One of the soberest and most serious of our ministers was called, not many days since to j visit a neighboring county, to perform the ? marriage ceremony, for a loving couple, j whose hearts longed to bc one. When near : the place where hymen's torch was waiting to j be lighted, he found a mud hole in the road and in trying to pass, drove to one side, and the wheel ran npon a bank so high as to turn the boggy and its contents entirely over, i The parson was thrown into a mud hole and j his wedding garments utterly ruined, and upon arrival at his destination, had to bor- . row a pair of unmentionable?, of most under- 1 ical cut and color, (a bright saffron), in ; which to perform the ccremouy. Returning that night he came to a narrow cut in the road with four or five buggies at a stand still : in front. * Desirous of seeing the cause of de- ) lay, he turned ont of the road aud drove on, : when coming to a sleep place, one wheel slip- ; ped down the edge, and over the buggy went again, with himself nuder it. He got up inj time to see another couple crawling out from ! ander an overturned vehicle nearby, which by j the way, was the cause of the hindrance in the j road. We forgot to state that after his first i overturn, the mule ran away and broke the ; buggy up. We know but little about cleri-j cal charges for tying the nuptial knot, but ! think that less than $500 would not begin to ; pay the good brother who went through ??au- : gers of life, limbs and clothing on that inaus pic io us occasion. A Union Chapel. A considerable neighborhood has grown np j around the Factory, and most of the hands \ being strangers to our people, have not a?fi- ? Bated io any extent, with them. They do; not.atteod Church or Sunday School, and up ; toa short time ago, Sunday was a day of bois- j terous rowdyism, especially on the part of j many of the younger people. A few earnest j spirits conceived the plan of organizing a j Sunday School down there, to counterbalance \ this evil tendency, and have met with cn couraging success. - Mr. Marion Lafar is Su- j perintendent with a faithful set of teachers : nuder him. They also have preaching occasionally, i And now they want a Chapel. The Factory will give the ground, and very probably a liberal subscription. The hands will give as I much as they can afford, and will aid in all j possible ways, and they ask our people to j help them. It will be entirely unsectarian. ? An effort will be made to get each one of the j town ministers to give them a sermon once a j month tn the afternoon, and we think much good will resnlt. They need a house. Who will help? A little from each one would make it a success. Subscriptions or cash may be left with Dr. A. L. Bia lid? ing, or, if convenient with the Watchman and Southron office. County Items. At Bishopville last week, two or three mad | dogs were killed, after having bitten a num- j ber of other dogs. Providence farmers have gone to work dig- J ging stumps, as there is a sure crop every time in that line of industry. Stump-digging season is over at Lynchburg, j so says a correspondent, and the cry now is ! for liens, horses, mules and oxen. Oats are being replanted ; Lynch's River is full of timber ; the whiskey bottle has been replen? ished, and is kept in the chimney corner for ? fear of another cold snap; nobody expects j to starve. Some time about the 6th of the month, a fifteen year old daughter of Benjamin Plea-; sauts, colored, living on the Dow place, in Manchester Towhship, while kneeling before j the fire saying her prayers, just before retiring, | was badly burned by her clothes taking fire, i and died on the ly th. Some days ago, a little daughter of Mr. ! W. T. Wallace, who lives on the Knox place, lost ber balance while playing at the head I of the stairs and fell to the lower floor, some j twelve feet, and broke her arm and knocked ? out two teeth. She is however, r.jovenngand ? doing well. {V* bat is heaven's best gift to man V she j asked, sweetly smilling on him. 'Dr. Bull's j Cough Syrup,' be replied, with prudence, lie I had just been cared by it of a bad cold. ' Our Charleston Advertisers. As many of our readers will doubtless visit Charleston during the Fair, aod expect to do some shopping there, we will make some sug? gestions as to where we think good bargains may be had. Messrs. Wulberu & Pieper, Wholesale Gro? cers, are extremely clever men. We have always been pleased in our business transac? tions with them. Mr. W. W. Dick is with those gentlemen, and Sumter people may always feel al home with that firm. If any fertilizers are needed, the Ashley Phosphate Co. is ready with opeu arms to serve you. Dr. F. L. Frost, the President, is one of the best of advertisers, and he has brought this Grs: class fertilizer to the notice of every part of the State. Mr. Chas. Berbusse, like the Phenix, has arisen from the flames which burned him out some mouths ago, and has a brighter look than ever. Reed and Rattan Chairs, Baby Car? riages, Toys &c. in wonderful profusion, and back of all, one of the cleverest gentlemen in the City. Go and see him and make baby happy with a carriage. We all need good doors and windows this freezing weather? and the Warerooros of Geo. S. Hacker & Son are full to overflowing. Trade with them once and you will be most apt to do so again. After Messrs. Hacker & Son have finished off your doors and windows, cornices and bal? ustrades, Mr. S. B. Thomas will supply your upholstery, Shades, Hangings, Curtains and Awnings. Anything you may need in that line can be found at this gentleman's head? quarters. And then we neecT stoves which can be found at the old reliable Stove House of T. Campbell who is still in the ring. Stoves, ranges, pip? ing &c &c, in endless variety greet the eye of the visitor. You will be hard to please, if Mr. Campbell cao not 6uit your taste and pocket. --??-??? a-i Fruit. Hon. R. M. Sims, whose fruit nursery has been already noticed, is doing a good work for our State, Good fruit can be raised by all who o*n even avery small amount of land, and at an expense next to nothing. To have good fruit, however, it is necessary to have good trees, and we may be sure of that, in ordering from Mr. Sims, who is prepared to furnish a great variety of grape vines strawberries, raspberries, ic. Next Fall, he can supply peaches, apples, plums, figs, &c, which, for the present he orders, for his pa? trons, from a reliable nurseryman in Georgia. Improve Your Melons. Seedsmen and growers of melons should correspond with Capt. R. F. Kolo, Eufaula, Ala., before they purchase seeds to plant the next crop. He has a large stock of pure Rattle-snake and Scaly-bark Watermelon seed, and the best Cantaloupe known. His celebrated "Kolb Gem" Watermelon is said to be far superior to all others as a table melon, and has no equal as a shipping melon. The Augusta Chronicle. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of our valued Augusta cotem j?omrr, which speaks for itself. We consider ! The Chronicle as one among our best news? papers, and while our views differ widely from it, on some matters of public policy, we feel sure that its opinions are based upon a de? cided conviction ot what is best for its con? stituents. _ _ The Sunday News. The nttentiou of the readers of the Ahrs j and Courier outside of the City of Charleston, j is called to the value of the Sunday News as j a family newspaper which contains complete! stones of high merit, chess problems and in-j telligeuce, a::d a variety of cart-fully selected j articles on literary, scientific and social sub- j jects, in addition to ail the telegraphic and j luca? news of the day. To bring it within the reach of all readers of the News and Courier in the country, the j Sunday Netcs will he supplied to subscribers | to the News and Courier, outside of Charleston, ? at. the extremely low rate of One Dollar a | year. j The Sunday News, at one dollar a year, is j as cheap and good a newspaper as can bc j found in ?he Southern States. In the Spring, when the Lightning Press now building foi the News and Courier Company sh:?ll he com? pleted, the Sunday News, with the News and ! Courier, will be changed in form io an eight- j page paper, and considerably enlarged. The country subscribers to the News and Courier j who subscribe to the Sunday News nt this i time will have the benefit of the eight-page j paper at the reduced price of One Dollar a ? year. Address The News and Courier Co., ! Charleston, S. C. AN OLD FRIEND.-Who of us does not en- I joy greeting an old friend, especially when! we can congratulate bim on looking well ! i It is with some such feeling that wc welcome j to our table Vick's Floral guide, which comes j to us dressed in the neatest and most elegant cover that enterprising house has ever issued. To every lover of Garden work we commend, tn the heartiest possible manner, this beau ii- j ful and exceedingly practical publication, j There is not a flower or a vegetable grown 1 that is not illustrated in it, and some val na ble advice given as to how to raise and care j for them. Besides all this, the book contains j a charming colored plate of flowers, one con faining a collection of vegetables, and a third i show?a specimen of Vick's Extra Early Pota to. Vick presents this Floral Guide (bow j appropriate the title!) to all his last year's j customers as a christmas prcse it, and to all j others at the low price of ten cents, and tells j such that they can deduct the cost of it from | their Grst order for seeds. To our farmer j friends, to every market gardner, and those who merely garden for pleasure, we say-j Get Vick's Floral Guide, of James Vick, Roch? ester, N. Y. The True Inwardness of the Thing. Pure and rich blood is an acknowledged ne? cessity of both human and animal life. This I is admitted by all medical men to be a self- I evident fact Manv of the ailments to which j the human family are subject are well known to be owing to an unhealthy condition of the blood, and how ro remedy this state of affairs has for a long time occupied the minds of thc leading lights of the medical profession. Iron is a natural constituent of the Mood, and is to be considered as a necessity in en- I livening lins, the stream of life. The effects of iron are best seen in condi- j lions of the system in which there is a rela- j tivc want of activity in the nerves and mu?- j cles. Under its usc the blood becomes richer, the digestive organs are promoted, the pulse becomes fuller and Stronger, tbe skin assumes a health}* lint, the Ups and cheeks grow more .florid, the temperature of the body is in creas- j ed, and the muscular strength greatly invigo- | rated. Thu diseases in which iron is especially ! serviceable are those which come from want I of richness in the blood, strength in the muscles and tone in the nerves, such as weak- j ness, inactivity, depression, loss of appetite, dyspepsia, indigestion, neuralgia, hysteria, etc. The use of iron cannot be too strongly j urged. Physicians for a long tine have cou- j ceded that iron was absolutely necessary, but j the trouble has been that it. sterned impossible to prepare it so that it would have no inju- j rious effects. Each new discovery was hailed with delight by the profession, only to be thrown aside in a short time as a failure, and it was not until thc discovery of Brown's Iron j Bitters that iron was so prepared that it would j readily and thoroughly assimilate with the j blood and would not blacken the teeth, cause j headache, constipation or other evil effects j caused by every other preparation. Brown's ? Iron Bitters is made only by the Brown Chemical Company, of Baltimore, ind con? tains no whiskey or other injurious ingre? dients. AUGUSTA, GA., January 10, 1883. I have found your Ft H. P. all you claim for it. It is a wonderful alterative aud blood purifier. For indigestion the best medicine 1 Lave used. E. R. SCHNEIDER. Petty Thieving. Saturday evening, while ruy horse was hitched in the lot by Mr. A. A. Solomons' store, some person removed the bridle, pulled off the halter, and without otherwise disturb? ing the horse, wagon, harness or bridle, left with only the halter. I would be very much obliged to him if he had taken the entire turn? out, for then he would stand a fair chance of getting free board for a decade or two in Col. Lipscomb's boarding house on the Con garee, where he would probably Iearu a better trade than handling halters. A policeman said that stealing parts of harness is an every-day occurrence in Sumter. E. W. DA BUS. - - ? * ? mm* Jurors for February Court. GRAND JURORS.-H. D. Corbett, W. I. Smith, Mt. Clio; J. M. Ross, Gilbert Morgan, Wesley Gamble, colored, Spring Hill; W. J. Andrews, Swimming Pens ; W. L. Wilson, Lynchburg; Robert Miller, colored, J. M. Nelson, Wallace Sanders, Stateburg; Reuben Hunter, colored, Raftiug Creek ; A. C. Du? rant, Bishopville; B. J. Barnett, C. W. Davis, Sumter; R. J. Geddings, Mauchester; E. B. Shaw, Concord ; Isaac M. Ballard, col? ored, Privateer ; J. B. Crouch, Middleton. PETIT JURORS.-L. W. Jenkins, Swimming Pens; J. P. Burgess, W. J. Durant, W. T. Brogdon, R. C. McFaddin, Concord ; S. D. M. Lacoste, C. H. Durant, Lynchburg; Mike Allen, colored, H. R. Thomas, James Evans, colored, Middleton; J. A, Iseman, J. C McGuinnis, Alex. Morris, W. M. Graham, J. J. Brown, Sumter ; Kennedy McCoy, W. M. Green, Jno. W. McCoy, Mt. Clio ; Cato En? glish, colored, A. M. Corbett, S. E. McCotch en, J. A. McCutchen, Carter's Crossing ; A, E. Alexander, A. J. Bateman, Maye3ville; W. D. Scarborough, W. M. Cummings, W. H. Bryan, R. M. Jenkin?, Providence; W. P. Weldon, J. A. Boykin, S. H. Boykin, Spring Hill; W. M. Mccaskill, Bishopville; T. J. Jackson, Privateer ; J. M. McElveen, H. IL Player, Shiloh ; J. A. Brewer, Manchester. - - Delinquent Land Sales. Those interested are reminded that next Monday is the time appointed for the sale of the lands advertised for delinquent taxes. The following pieces have been withdrawn from the list since it was first published : Mrs. Marg't B. Teicher, Trustee, 203 acres, 1 building. Rev. W. B.'Corbett, 420 acres, 10 buildings. Margaret E. Jones, 100 acres, 1 building. Frank Wright, 468 acres, 3 buildings. Miers E. Hicks, 250 acres, 4 buildings. Est. Elijah Hicks, 387 acres, 7 buildings. Fannie C. Hicks, 256 acres. George Moses, 40 acres, 5 buildings. MK. A. E Byrd, 22 acres, 1 lot, 1 building. Mrs. Matilda A. Flowers, 1 lot, 2 buildings. Nena Jefferson, 7 acre?. Mifi-e* Lewis, 1 acre. 1 building. MN. Mary E. Richardson, and others, 1 lot, I building. Jno. 1?. Steadman. 8 aeres. Wm. T. BHker, 1 lot. L F. Jenkins, 314 ?eres, C building*. Henry Mack. 1 acre. --- [From the Sumter District Reporter.] District Stewards, Sumter District, M. ?. Church South. Sumter Station-J. B. Roach, Sumter C. j II , s.e. Sumter Circuit-N. S. McLeod, Mechanics- j ville. S. C. Bishopville-Dr. R. Y. McLeod, Bishop- ? ville, S. C. Lynchburg and St. Luke-W. J. McLeod, j Lvnchburg. S. C. 'Shiloh-W. J. Keels, Shiloh, S. C. Clarendon-J. M. Knight, Graham's* X Roads, S. C. Manning-T. J. Cole, Mannin?, S. C. Forestou-W. lt. Coskrey, Ida, S. C. Santee-L. Matt Ragin, Summerton, S. C. Wedgefield-C. E. Frost, Wedgefield, S. C. ! Spring Hill and Kershaw-T. W, B. Smith, j Camden, S. C. Camden-N. T. Purdy, Camden, S. C. ! Hanging Rock-T. A. Cauthen, Flat Rock, ! s.e. j Richland-David Roberts, Columbia, S. C | Offered 50 Cents Extra. I Mr. J. W. Harvey, Long Creek, S. C. says : j 'I have been selling Norman's Neutralizing I Cordial the last three years. It gives univer- j sal satisfaction and its sales are increasing. J A gentleman from Georgia offered me 50 ! cents over the regular retail price for a dozen \ bottles if I would get them for him iramedi- ! atelv.' In Sheep, Russia and Turkey Bindings. WABRfOGQf? mTtt Jg? THE STANDARD. g*t TT*^ Webster-it has 118.000 Worcls, VT-El A 3000 En~ravm{r9, and a New Biographical Uicrionary. Standard in Gov't Printing Office. 32,000 copies in Public School.*. _Salo ZO to 1 of any other serie*. THI^IC*! 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Thc Unahridp'id is now supplied, at a.?mall ad? ditional cost, with BENISON'S PATENT REFERENCE INDEX, a valuable and time-paving invention. "Tho greatest improvement in Ixv>k-making that hr.?? been made in a hundred venrs." 6. & C. MERRIAM & CO.. Puh'rn, Spri n Kfiold, Masa. *IJP|JTCwanted for The Lives of all the H ULM I Opres"]entsoft|ieTj g# The largest handsomest, best book ever sold for less than twice our price. The fastest selling book in America. Immense profits to agents. All intel? ligent people want it. Any one can become a successful agent. Terms free. HALr.ETT BOOK CO., Portland Maine. JAS. D. BLANDINA, WM. ?D. BLANKING BLANDIN6 & BLANDING, A ttorneys at Law, Sumter, S. C. June 21 tf. MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON, Wholesale Merchants. -0 PURCHASERS AND DEALERS IN Iron awl petals, of all Kinds. JUDES, FURS AND SKINS. WOOL, WAX, RAGS, PAPER STOCK AND COTTON. Cotton Tic?, Note and Spliced, j Circulars of Prices furnished on application. J F. O. BOX 156, ! CII?I?IJ?STON, S. C. February 10 ly \ week at homo, $5.00 outfit free. Pay ! V"V,t|)solutely sure. No risk. Capital not > required. Readers, if you want business at ; winch persons of either sex, young or old, j can make great pay all the ttuie they work, with absolute certafntv, write for particulars j to H. HALLETT & CO, Portland. Maine. A PRI7F Send six cents for postage, aud H I illAfci,.ect: Vc fret>. ;l costjy box of goods i which will help you to more money right away than anything else in this world. All of either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the work eis, absolutely sure. At once address. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. John J. Dargan, as Administrator of (di and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, ich ich were at thc time of his death of J. Harrison Stuckey, deceased, to bc a dmin istered, Pla in t ifft against Edmund IV. Stuckey. Elisabeth McCoicn, Henry P>. Stuckey, Geor? giana L. Woodita m, JJraxton C. Wallace, Elizabeth E. Stuckey, Winnie Caroline Stuckey, and Rich? ard D. Lee, Trustee, Defendants. IS OBEDIENCE TO TFIE JUDGMENT j of the Court of Probate of the County of Sumter, in said State, dated January 7th, | 1884, in the above stated action, I will sell at Sumter Conrt House on the first Monday in February next, between the hours of eleven i A.M. and five P. M., at public auction the following tracts or parcels of land of the Es? tate of J. Harrison Stuckey, deceased, late of said Countv and State: 1. THE HARDY STUCKEY TRACT, con? taining 31 li acres, more or less, conveyed to said J. Harrison Stuckey by James lt. Kendrick, Commissioner in Equity for Sum? ter District, (now County,) in said State by deed dated 19th day of January, A.D. 1867. and being described in said deed as being bounded on the North by land of Mrs. Jor? dan, and lands of Mrs. Dennis, East by hind of the Estate of Hardy Stuckey, deceased, j and by land of Capt. L Fraser, and on the West by land of Capt. L. Fraser and hy land of J. II. Stuckey, being more fully represent? 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 and others are Plaiutifis 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 under an order in the said oise. 2. THE HOME TRACT, containing 225 j acres, more or less, bounded North by lands of Anderson Woodward, East by the Hardy Stuckey Tract, South hy land of J. F. Woodward, and West by land of C. L. Freeman. 3. THE FRASER TRACT, containing 205^ acres, more or less, and conveyed hy I Charles Spencer, as Executor of Howell Stuckey, deceased, to said J. Harrison Stuck- I ey, by deed dated 3d day of December, A.D. j 1877, and described therein as being bounded North and East hy lands of Jesse Woodward, i on the South by the right of way, and on the j West hy the land conveyed by T B. Fraser, j as Executor of Thomas Fraser, deceased, to G. McD. Barrett. 4. A TIMBKR TRACT, containing 50 acres, more or less, bounded on the North by ? land of Isaac Watson, East by land of Henry Stuckey, South by land of Henry Stuckey, and West by land of-Woodward : The above described lands, to wit, said four tracts, to be cut up by a surveyor into suitable tracts, with a right of way for the same, if necessary, and a plat made thereof, to be filed in the said Court of Probate, and ! exhibited at said sale. 5. The right, title and interest of said J. j Harrison Stuckev, deceased, in the ANGUS ? MCCASKILL TRACT, convoyed to said J. j Harrison Stuckey by Angus McCaskill, late j of said County and State, now deceased, by j 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? son and Robert Davis, East by land of Wil- j liam Johnson and Estate of Janies Rembert, ? South by Cedar Creek and land of Josh un i Marsh, and West by Scape O'er Swamp, to- i gether with the right to dam Boggy Branch ! to high watermark for the purpose of running \ a water mill or gin, and also the land that j may be covered by waler by thc raising of a j dam across said Boggy Branch at any conve? nient point, with the reservation of one acre of land where there is a grave-yard in the Dock old field. Said McCaskill tract having been resurveyed by Neil A. Bethune, D. S., on the 16th and 17th of December, A.D. 1879, and a plat made by him thereof, repre? senting said tract as containing 890 acres. 6. The Right, Title, Interest and Estate of said J. Harrison Stuckey, in A TRACT \ OF LAND conveyed to said J. Harrison Stuckey by Robert W. Durant, as Sheriff of Sumter County, in said State, by deed dated the 1st day of"May, A. I). 1882, "upon a salo by virtue of an execution in an action in the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Sumter, in which John O. Durant, Agent, is Plaintiff, and B. J. Bateman and Mary Ann Bateman are defendants, and described in said deed as containing 2^0 acres, more or less, and bounded by the lands of Ciay Wat? son, Dr. Henry Stuckey, Mrs. E. Elmore, and Scape O'er Swamp. 1 7. The Right, Title, Interest and Estaie of said J. Harrison Stuckey, in and lo A TRACT OF LANI) containing 140 acres, more or less j bounded on the North hyland of Elijah Brog don, on the East by land of the Estate of James Boykin, and on the South and West hy land of Joseph Corbett, nader a mortgage of said Tract, executed to said J. Harrison I Stuckey by Daniel II. Atkinson, recorded June 9th, A. D. 1879, in thcotficeof the Regis I ter of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter County j in Mor'gage Book No. 6, pages 523, 524 and j 525, and under a Tax Title to said land as ! being forfeited for Taxes hy said Daniel ll. ! Atkinson, executed on the 23d day of July, I A. D. 1881, by the "Commissioners of the j Sinking Fund""for the State of South Caroli I na to said J. Harrison Stuckey : All of the above described Tracts of Land i being situated in said County of Sumter, in ? said State. ( Terms of Sale-Cash ; purchasers paying j for papers. T. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate for Sumter County. January 8, 1884. MASTER'S SALE;" j TIIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. I Tliomas P. Sanders, John A. Sanders and others. Plaintiffs, against Gar? ner Sanders, Edward R. Sanders. James D. Bl anding. Francis T. White, Samuel J. Hill and others, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated February 16th, 18S3, I 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 of 11 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 j 40 acres conveyed to Leonard Brown, on the East by lands in Scape O'er Swamp believed lo 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 j to W. T. Wingate and on the West by land of David Andrews and John R. Watts." Terms of Sale-('ash Purchasers to pay for necessary papers. GUION ARD RICHARDSON, Jan 7 Master. FOR SALE. MULES AND WAGONS. rpWKLVE FINK, LARGE M ULES, WELL I broken and suitable for timber or tur? pentine. Three Wilson and Childs Timber ! Carts in good order and almost, new. also j two Road Wagons, one of them, a heavy, j "Old Hickory,'1 Inn ??tile used. Apply at ? the Black River Mills. Salem, Clarendon j Countv to JOEL E. BRUNSON. ? Jan S 3t j CONGAREE NURSERIES, j .0 I can supply in large quantity and j variety FIRST CLASS CRAPE VINES,! STRAWBERRY, RASBERRY, ! -AND BLACKBERRY PLANTS. j R. M. SIMS, j COLUMBIA, S. C. Jan 15 lut JUST RECEIVED THIS DEC. 2Stb, ONE CAR LOAD HOUSES of various descriptions and suimble fur all kinds of work. ON HAND A LOT OF CHOICE MULES. -ALSO A full line of WAGONS AND BUGGIES. The Old Reliable! The Emerson & Fisher Buggy! THE BEST FOR THE PRICE.. CORN, SEED OATS, HAY, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK. FEED OATS, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN. LIME. PLASTER, COW HAIR. Jan 1 FEED AND SALE STABLES. WANDO ! WANDO ! WANDO ! WANDO! WANDO! WANDO ! AMMONIATED FERTILIZER ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR FIELD CROPS OF ALL KINDS, -ALSO Acid Phosphate and Dissolved Bone. (OF HIGH GRADE.) GENUINE GERMAN KAINIT. ASH ELEMENT. PHOSPHATE FLOATS. COTTON SEED MEAL. AND ALL FERTILIZER SUPPLIES. Address: FRANCIS B. IIACKKR, President and General Agent, V Exchange c eet rear of Post Office. Charleston. S. C._Jan 1 MARKED j DOWN ! REGARDLESS -OF COST! FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS! ! j. ! j LADIES' j ?SHAWLS, I -AND WALKING JACKETS, I Blankets j -AND DRESS j GOODS, I -AT j JOHN REID'S. Dec 19 LIME! Lli?iE! AGRICULTURAL LIME and BUILDING LIME. Also CARBO*PHOSPHATEor PHOSPHATICLIME Send for Circular. Address raCMPU RRf?? ?OCKY POINT I rrccnun DnudiNORTH CARODA BARBAI!! BABGA?S -O We have decided to close out i our Entire Winter Stock, -CONSISTING OF CLOTHING, PIECE GOODS, Hats, TJml ^relias j -AND I GENTS' UNDERWEAR, j -I GREAT REDUCTIONS IN PRICES ! j Many goods will be sold regard? less of cost. j SE K MIM I -o- I We have a linc lot on hand j tlult wc oller VERY LOW FOR CASH, j Now is your time to j i Secure Bargains j -AT D. J. WINN & CO'S. ! Dec ll F. If. Folsom, Li. W. Folsom. F. H. FOLSOM & BRO. Established -1868. Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, Main-St rr ct, opposite John Heids, SUMTER, S. C., PBALKBS IS Elgin, Tffaltnan, Lancaster and Swiss ?WATCHES, Of all Descriptions. Clocks, Gold Pens, Pencils, &C-, &c, &c. SILVER AND PLATED WARE, Gold and Plated Jewelry ofthe newest designs, Spectacles. Eye Glasses, Fine Pocket Cutlery Scissors and Razors, Fishing Tackle. Sewing Machine Needles, Oils, Etc. We guarantee everything as represented. Prices as low as Rel ?able Goods can be sold, ('unie and see us. Oct 9 THOS.cB. FE?SER, Jr, ATTORNEY ATJ?W, Sumter, S. C. J:lll 1 1 P. G. BOWMAN. ATTOKNK? AT LAW, Office up stairs in Bultman's new building. SUMTER, S.C. Jan 8 CH?S. H. MOISE ~ INSURANCE AGENT, * Notary Public, Accountant & Conveyancer, SUMTEK, S. C. Represents the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company ; the richest and promptest Fire Insurance Company iu the world. The Providence Washington Insurance Company; organized in 1799. Policies of the Liverpool k London & Clobe Insurance Company are now issued by tl:e Agent in Sumter. oct 9 WANTED. -o I will pay (IG-} cents) sixteen and one-half cents per bushel for 10,000 BUSHELS SOUND, DRY Cotton Seed, delivered to me at this place before the first of next November. Will exchange cotton seed meal for cotton seed. T- E. RICHARDSON, WEDGEFIELD, S. C. Sent IS CHAS. BERBTJSSE, MASUFACTCRKtt OF Reed and Rattan Chairs, GARDEN FURNITURE, BABY CARRIAGES, -Also Dealer in TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, 276 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec ll_l-8_ THE OLD RELIABLEESTOVE HOUSE. T. CAMPBELL, 142 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C. Still Holds thc Lead as Dealer in First Class Cooking Stoves, Heating Stoves, Ranges and Grates, Lead and Iron Pipes, Tumps, &c, ??fcc. A full line of Repairs kept for all Stoves we sell. The attention ol the people of Sumter and adjoining Counties is asked. Send for prices on a:.; tiling in our line. Dec ll I S. B. THOMAS, Agt. No. 320 KIN? STREET, Opposite Liberty, Us, UPI1 ?j'Ui LACE CURTAINS, CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS, WIN DOW AWNINGS M ADE TO ORDER. CHARLESTON, fe. C. Dec 11 o Specific Remedies for1 Woman's Woes. ? I Isa result of a skillful ami M-toniificcombination j ol tb8t>pcciai clitss?? m.c(li'':n~? known toactspe rifx-hlly on the womb and Tilertue organs; an<l is therefore a special remedy for nil disease* ! pertaining to the womb, its great cnienev in I cases of suppressed or painful memtt rna rion. I the Whites, and Partial Prolapses, stands na ? challenged. In these cases it affords immediate. ? relief, ami permanently restores tho men I *tru:il function, ?nd thus protects woman I from a long tram of disastrous consejen? cs. As ! lui unfailing remedy to be used during Dat critical I period knowu as '"Change of Life/' this in j valuable preparation h:?s no rival. ? JPKiCi..-Small i-i/.c, ?.;c.; Large size, 51.50. ; MOTHER'S FRIEND* et?ICS A?TD EAS? C??ILD.BIBTH. This isnn i"r><:tS?r.ao1e?>obn to ?>1I child-bear lng women. When anplicdaccorilingto direction ! ?nsuresa *af<-, ?ntickandeonpnratiTelypain i less delivery. Thcusandso? women over thc land I gratefully t-??ify tc- the wonderful effects of titi.? ? great remedy. It not 01:17 shortens labor and I lessons the intensity of pain, but, helter than all, thereby greatly diminishes the danger io life of both mother and child. This great boon t-> suffering woman is Holmes' Uniment, or Moth? er's Friend. Price, Sl.SO per bottle. Sent by Express OE ? receipt of the price. WSnld by all Druggis??. THESE REMEDIES PREPARED ONLY BY J. BRADFIELD, Wo. 108 S. Pryor Street, Atlanta, Ga. P. MOSES. H EM RY J. BARBY. LUMBER IN CAR LOAD LOTS FOR SALE BY MOSES & HARBY. j Ordern received ut ojf.ee of II. Ilarby, tcho has schedule of prices. One inch boards, square edges and saw batted, seasoned and on hand. Also a lot of 5 4xG ALL El EA RT FLOOR? ING. Scantling, Sills. Weatherboarding, Fenc? ing, kc , cut to order. You will save money by giving us a call, before purchasing elsewhere. Oct 2_ NORTH-EASTERN R. R. CO. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jatftary 2, 1884. On and after this date the following Sche? dule will be run : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. 10 50 A. M. 3 10 r M. 12 45 A. M. 4 35 A. 5(. 3 15 p. si. 7 20 P. M. Leave Florence. * Arrive Charleston. 2 00 A. M.5 50 A. M. 12 00 it.4 35 P x. ? 15 A. M.5 20 A. M^j, Train leaving Florence at 2 00 A. M., and i train leaving Charleston at 12 45 A. M. will not slo?> at Way Stations. CENTRAL EAILBOAD SCHEDULE, DAILY. Leave Charleston.10 50 a m " Lane's. 1 45 p m Arrive Sumter. 3 15 p " Columbia. 4 50 p m Leave Columbia. 0 55 a m " Sumter.ll 45 am " Lane's. ! 42 p ra Arrive Charleston. 4 35 pm j T. M. EMERSON, J. F. DIVINE, Geu'l Pars. Agent. Gcn'l Snp't. '?NEW GOO'm -AT llOESa My stock is now complete in all departments. -0 CLOTHS mumm. I Choice make of best goods ever brought- to this market in -both MEFS AND YOUTHS'. FI ME OVERCOATS a specialty. nw miwr J ls now complete and full value guarautccd PHILADELPHIA HAND-MADE WORK. DRESS GOODS AND DOMESTICS As low as any one can sell. HATS AND CAPS In the most F:ishionabIe Styles. TRUNKS AND SATCHELS, Large variety of the best make. GUNS, PISTOLS -AND POCKET KNIVES TO SUIT ALL. GENTS5 UNDERWEAR. All the best grades of SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, HOSIERY AND NECK-WEAR. GLASSWARE, TIN A?fDW?QDENW?RE, Complete Linc. CIGARS ?ND T0RACC0, A full supply of thc Best Brands. GROCERIES Al PROTONS. Full slock ot' No. 1 Goods always on hand at Lowest Market Kates. DON T HANDLE SECOND CLASS GOODS. Highest Prices Paid for Cotton, Ijovh ai and price my gttods before buying dsc?chert. ALTAMONT MOSES. N. E. Comer Maiu und Liberty Street*. Oct 9