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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. The Sumter Watchman was founded ia 1?50 and the Trae Southon in j 1866. The Watchman ami Southron j BOW has the combined circulai ton and | influence of both of the old papers, and is* manifestly the best ad ver ti si cg medium in Sum ter. EDITORIAL ITEMS. v And now they say that a Republican paper is to be started in Columbia. Save yocr money, friends, for k will all be wasted in trying to pot fife ki the poer old decayed carcass of Re publican - m The reports of damage done the orange e??ps of Florida, have been mach exaggerate! Some of the trees were iojered, bot few, if any, were killed, and we may rest assured of our usual wpply of Florida oranges next winter. Greenville is still on the boom. She has au ice factory; has organized a Building end Loan Association ; says she will rua the G. & L. railroad to Asheville; and is now working to get an appropriation to build a U.S. Court The Kentucky Legislature has been I busily engaged io trying to elect a U. S. Senator for the last two weeks. Re presenUtive Blackburn and Hon. J. S. Williams have been the leading candi? dates, but Mr. Carlisle is looming np as a dark horse and may win the coveted prise. Atlanta, whieb bas always something more wonderful than ber neighbors, now ; boasts of a most wonderful medium. She is s young lady named Miss Lula Hurst, sod cao turn the furniture of a room topsy-turvy wi th oat a ny physical effort. According to thc veracious newspapers, / she ts a wonderful prodigy. The decision of Judge HudsoB, that j liens, to be lega), should have the sig nature bf beth parties, seems to have caused surprise in some parts of the State. We can'see nothing strangein it. A lien is a contract between two parties, each of which has a specific duty to perform, and there is no reason why one party more than the other, should be exempt from signing. Slicg-shots-what a nuisance they " axe. A unanimous'growl is going up fire? the press of the country about j .. them, and the small boy may very cer? tainly look for trouble in the near fufare about his favorite weapon. We have great sympathy with boys when they deserve it, but onr grief would not be deep, if every sling-shot in the State wasconfiscated. Senator Blair, of New Hampshire is a very practical statesman, evn though bet does belong to the Republican party. Be ?in favor of national aid to the eave of education ; he believes in cur-t < tailing the whiskey tra foe ; and he is ! i now trying to posh s bill through Con? gress, giving free circulation to ne ws ? papers within thc States in which they ase published. From present indications, South Carolina will not be left ont in the cold at the New Orleans Exposition, as she was ai Boston. There is a general de? sire that the State shall pnt her best foot forward and make a creditable show of j her improvements in the arts and indus-1 tries of life, at this Great World s Fair, I nextFall. j And the Senators at Washington are j to have Secretaries, and the people are j to pay for them. Congressmen arc j afeo begtsaing to move for the same j privilege. It will only cost half a mil- ? lion a year, but what of that. Our j heart is moved with profound sympathy j when we think of those poorly paid, ? over-worked law-makers of ours. What ; a bard life they do lead. I Last week, the Williamsburg papers gave an account of an effort on the part of the prisoners to escape from thc jail j by setting H on fire, and the York ville j Enquirer tells of a united effort by a! part of thc prisoners in the York ville jail to break down the cell doors and es? cape. Both plans failed. It is no wonder that such plots arc formed, in tact, it is surprising that they are not more frequent. If some plan conld be devised hy which prisoners could be kept at work, their imprisonment would be more salutary, the expense lessened and their safety better assured. The Aiken newspapers have been working up a big boom for ex-Go v. HagooiP? road, which is to open an air? line to the Great West. An election is to be held there this week, to see if the J town will subscribe $30,000 for the j road, and both the papers being strong-* ly in favor of the tax, leaves the anti railroaders out in the dark, and they -threaten to start a new paper to repre? sent their sen i imeo ts. The Aiken Re? corder views the situation very philoso? phically and rises to remark, that it hopes the new concern will get a good j j power press, for it, (the Recorder') j, seeds one, and as the anti R. R's., will ' : soon break, it can then get the press i! cheap for its own nae. Wendell 'Phillips, the great anti- ! ; slavery agitator, died in Boston Satur- ] ' day last, at six o'clock P. M. The ; ' New* and Courier, tn speaking of his j, death says: j < Wendell Phillips was surpassingly j < eloquent, terribly fanatical and despc- j rateiy tn earnest. There was not io ! ' the South, at any time, so uncompro- ! \ mraiog an advocate of disunion. To j i an idea he would cheerfully have sac ri- ? Iced the Republic. j c It is to he hoped that he was satisfied ! s hw work and its consequences, t wem. no; lengths te which he ! <. fill of bloodshed, rapine and ruin. For Wendell Phillips there was no room in an era "of good-feeling. He tagged superfluous on the stage. The historian will iudge him leniently be? cause of his sincerity, but cannot with justice, place him high on the roll 01 wise and patriotic men. Had his polit? ical associates followed his counsel to the end, the Southern Skates would now be military departments, and the United States bc an empire iu fact, if not in name. S?^L?ODYT ~~ Wc hare said nothing about the work of Congress thus far, for really very lit? tle bas been done, except to introduce bills. Bushels have been offered and divided around among the various com? mittees, where the majority will die a natural death. The tariff agitation, which at first, overshadowed, all other questions, seems to have taken a back seat, and, on the part of the Republi? cans, there is a manifest effort to run the bloody shirt to the mast head, and fight for victory under its ensanguined folds. The older Republicans, whose only occupation for the last third of a century has been to slander the South, havn't the least idea that the war is over. They don't want it over, for then their occupation would be gone, and so they go o? fighting imaginary battles with imaginary rebels, until to their distorted eyes, every Southern river runs with blood, and every valley is filled with bones. A quiet industri? ous South, filled with hard-working, peaeable inhabitants, is utterly repug? nant to their ideas. We arc a set of brigands clad in red shirts aud envelop? ed ?09 cloud of pistols and shot guns, ever on the alert to "get the drop" on some loyal Republican negro, who is willing to give his life, rather than sur? render his fealty to the party of ad? vanced moral, ideas. This is the picture that is ever before the eyes of the Shermans, the Edmunds i and others of that ilk. They read it I daily in the Republican journals, they j dream it nightly in the bloody night- j mares that preside over their slumbers ; j and ?ill continue to believe and act upon it while life lasts. There is no chance for a true reconciliation between the two sections, until those old marplots, with their load of hate, shall be food for worms. --??. - - CASH FOR TEACHERS. After this year, the school* in Claren? don will be run on a cash basis. The j amount of money held over at thc end ! of this school year will bc utilized, and the schools will run only so long as the money lasts After that year is out, it will be plain sailing. Thc Treasurer will report the amount of money collect id, and the Board of Examiners will make their arrangements accordingly. Our purpose in writing of this, is not so much for congratulating Claren- j jon as it is, for endeavoring to j Induce Sumter to follow ber example, j It can be done without trouble or legis- ? I at ion. Let each Board of Trustees I igree to spend what money the Trea? surer may have to thc credit of their District, and then close the schools un? til next year, when they can run the j usual length of time. It is useless to ! show the advantage of cash over credit, i Every teacher that sells a check can un- ! ierstand that, and while the parties who j bay checks are paying a good price for j them, yet there is necessarily a discount ! and the teachers lose it. It is always ! pleasant to have some one else in . accord with our views, and we subjoin ! the following from the Williamsburg j Herald. The Trustees of Free Schools for this j couuty and the School Commissioner have lost a golden opportunity of pla-1 ciug upon a cash basis thc free schools of this county. Wo have becu advoca-? ting for several years, to abolish the ! free schools for one year iu order to j place them upon a casdi basis. No one will deny that this credit system is ru? inous to the teachers and demoralizing j to the interest of free schools. At best the public school system outside a few ! towns aud cities of this State, is nothing ! more than a farce so far as actual cdu- I cational facilities are concerned. In i this county the average length of the ? school is from two to two aud a half i months, and that on a credit of twelve j months. There was in thc treasury j from the last fiscal year an unexpended j amount to the public school credit, suffi? cient to have ruu the schools a little ? more than one month, and we were I very much in hope that the Trustees \ and Commissioner would have ordered i the schools stopped. And at thc begin- ? ning of another school year thc teachers ? could have been paid cash for their ser? vices. It is true the funds then on hand would be for this fiscal year. Bur by a special act of the Legislature, any j unexpended school fund for this county ! can be carried from one year to another j ? III^HWHIM ll I ?! I I lill [From the Hand Hook of the State.j SUMTER. - i Sumter County has eighteen towns i and trading settlements, with one hun- i dred and sixty-two stores, to wit: Sum- ! terville, seventy-five stores ; Mayesville, j twenty-one stores ; Bishopviile, twelve j stores; Maguolia, seveu stores; Provi- j Jeuce, Wedgefield, and Lynchburg, six j stores each ; Mann ville and Shiloh, five 1 stores each ; SpnDg Hill and States- ! burg, four stores each ; Sanders' and j Boykin's, two stores each ; Bossards, j Claremont, Durant, Mechanicsviilc, one store each. Of this number seven deal in liquor, one in hardware, eight in dry j [roods, twenty-nine miscellaneous, and ; jue hundred and seventeen in general merchandise. Seven are kept by j colored persons. The estimated wealth j )f thc storekeepers is ?812,000. Snmterville, on the Columbia and Wilmington railroad, near the head- j ?raters of the Wyuee river, was fouuded j u 1800 It occupies a level site on (andy soil, three-fourths of a mile in j tach direction from the court house quare as a centre. There is au in- 1 endant aud four wardens, with a chief >f police, au assistant, and three regular loUcemeu. There arc ten miles of , streets with elevated sidewalks of rai med clay. Besides a fine court hou building,- there is a music hall fitted I public amusement: charges per nigl including rent, license and lights, ?21 CO. There are five churches for t whites : one Episcopal, one Mettiodi one Baptisr, one Presbyterian, o Catholic. The colored population ha three churches: two Methodist and o Baptist. Thc educational establis meats aro tho Sumter Institute, tho S Joseph's Academy (Catholic), thcSui ter public school for whites, (cost ?J ?00. pupils 200) : the Lincoln pub school, colored, (cost $1,200, pupil 250,) a?d several private schools. Stor rent from ?12 50 to ?60,00 a monti dwelling houses from ?5,00 to ?20,0 The town taxes arc four-tenths p cent, on real, and two-tenth per ccr on personal property, realizing on t assessments about ?2,000 per annui The indebtedness of the town is ?ll 000 for thc music hall, fire engines ai Soating indebtedness from 1872 to 187 interest, seven and eight per ccr Summerville was only a small villa; until the railroad was built from Colut : bia to Wilmington, in 1854. J>esi ! these connections, it is the present tc minus of the Central railroad to Chark top, and has connection with Canide About 12,000 bales of cotton are s hi ped annually. The yearly sales are e timatcd at, provisions, ?250,000; d; goods, ?200,000; hardware. ?150 ?000; miscellaneous, ?100,000. Tl j Bellenionte cotton factory, recent erected, is in successful operatio: There are three weekly newspapers, ac the town is growing rapidly. Neighboring Counties. i ,, Darlington News : Rev Jno. Sto1 of Society Hill takes the lead in fin small-grain crops around the parsonag Under his tasteful work, this lot wi soon be one of the prettiest places i town. -The Kev. C. E. Chicbcsti preached his farewell sermon ? Florence, Thursday night, Jan. 17tl fie goes to Charleston as the cha] lain of the Port Society, and a: sumes charge of the Mariners' Chute! -lt is now a decided fact that all tl; oats planted since December 1, at killed, or the stand so near destroye that the farmers will have to plant ovei Many of the farmers have procure seed and are already planting ovei The loss is a heavy one . Florence Times : Let every furme in tho country try to make his 'hog an hominy' at home this year. -:-O Saturday afternoon last Mr. Jos. F Weeks aud Mr. lt. T. Carr were ou hunting. Near the national cemeter they met a colored man, and Fat dowi by the roadside tot ik with him. Whil so engaged, Mr. Carr's gun from som unaccountable cause went off, theentir load taking effect in thc side of Mr Weeks, tearing his bowels, and makin? a fearful wound. Mr. Weeks was im mediately brought to town, medica! au summoned, and everything done t< render h.im comfortable. lie sat up tin greater portion of Sunday, but on Sun day night at ll o'clock he died, and ot Tuesday morning his remains wer* taken to his home tn Sampson county N C. Mr. Weeks had been living it Florence about two months, was a car pen ter by traoe. and was working witl Mr. II. J. Carr. Ile was a worth) young man, and is highly spoken of by all who knew him. Mr. Carr is incon? solable at this calamity, aud he has thc sympathy of the entire community. A coroner's inquest was held, and ti verdict rendered iu accordance with- the above. Clarendon Fntcipn'sc : One ol Baruwcll's fairest daughters, Miss Zula Skinner, is visiting relatives and frieuds in town. We wish Miss Zula a delight o ful stay. -The council could in no way better expend a portion of the whiskey revenue so as to meet the ap? probation of the citizens of the town than in giving us some light on a very dark subject. Give us street lamps. -Mr. Wright, who has f.-r some time been the telegraph operator at this place, left last Sunday for Charleston. Mr Jesse Plowden, the railroad agent, has learned the busiuess, and will here? after bc operator. He is now railroad agent, express agent, aud telegraph operator. -A report reaches us that last Sunday night, the Missus Brewer, two ladies living in thc western par* of the county, hearing a noise among the chickens went out in the yard to learn the cause, when some one of some par? ties, who were endeavoring to steal the chickens, fired at the ladies and injured them seriously. The gun was loaded with small shof. ^ Up to date thc par? ties are still at large, but if they are found, Judge Lynch will not allow the county to pay the espouses of a trial. Kershaw Gn'.cttc : Col. A.-sbury Coward, State Supcriuteno'cnt of Kdu cation, will deliver an address on Pub? lic Schools on Thursday, 7th Feb., in Town Hall at 8 P. M. -We un? derstand that Kev. C I. LaKoache has becu invited to the rectorship of Grace Church in Camden. -Last year, an old negro man hired his son to his son-in-law At thc close of thc year, the afores-id old man went to his son in-law and demanded payment for his son's services. The ungrateful son-in law paid the old mau bv attacking him and biting one of his lingers and mangling his hand quite badly. Camden Journal : Wc are told that good farm hands arcnow plentiful, aud auxious to make contracts for the year at very low rates -Most of thc roads leading into town are in a terri? ble condition, and itt many places are almost impassable.-A report is current in Camden to thc effect that a man named Roch cl le Gregory shot and killed John Cly hui ti a few days ago. The difficulty occurred in the lower part of Lancaster County. -The Feb- ; ruary term of Court, for Kershaw will i begio in Camden on n--\-. Monday, the ? 4th., Judge Pressly presidiug. There ? are a good many cases on thc docket. : including one murder trial-(postponed i front the last term ).-A contract j has been given out by thc Directors of thc Camden Short Line lia il road for the grading of a sretion of the road, and j ground is to be broken to-day, Janua- ! ry 30. Other contracts for grading j will be made as early as possible, and i it is intended that the work shall be j pushed rapidly forward. We are glad | to sec that the building of the road has ! been started at last, and we trust that I it will soon be in running order. To Our Agricultural Readers, j Thc American Apricullurvst is one ot'our I most valued exchanges: lt bas just entered i upon the 43d year of its existence, with varied improvements, and more reading mailer and j engravings. It is invaluable to those en? gaged in farming pursuits: We will send the : American Agriculturist and the Watchman and Southron, for one year to any address, ou re? ceipt of three Dollars aud icu cents. [From our Regular Correspondent.] WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON D. C. Feb. 2nd. 1881. Both branches of Congress held very short sessions Monday. Neither had proceeded far with the routine busioess of the morning hour when the announce tuent was made of the death of Repre? sentative Mackey of South Carolina. Thc .Senate and House immediately ad? journed until Tuesday noon, and the lings on each wiug of thc Capitol were placed at half mast. This unexpected finale to the day's proceedings greatly disappointed several hundred persons who had gathefed in the Senate galle? ries expecting to listen to a fiery debate on the Mississippi and Virginia out? rage resolutions offered by Senator Sherman. Thc 'bloody shirt' orations being reserved for the following day, readjuster Mahooc, who was to make the principal speech for the republicans, retired to hts committee room after ad? journment and remained there until thc Senate chamber was deserted by all ex? cept some employees, who were clean? ing up. He then entered the hall and rehearsed his little speech to an imagi? nary audience..ilis doleful, see-saw, sing song declamation soon attracted police? men and others on duty iu thc building, who peeped into the hall to see what could be tho matter. After a while the little Senator was suddenly overcome j with a fainting spell from over exer tiou. He was carried back to his com I raittee room, and restoratives were ad : ministered, but it was several hours be ! fore he was able to so home, j On Tuesday, the crowd which again j filled the Senate galleries experienced j another disappointment. The Demo i eratic Senators, having in the meantime, j adopted iu caucus a policy of silent j scorn, refused to answer Sherman and j Maheno, and the debate was confined to j the Republican side of the chamber, i During the progress uf thc speeches it ! was evident a number of the Republican j Senators wore ashamed of thc tbrcad ! bare issue. The Kansas Senators Ingalls, and Plumb read newspapers with au air oblivious to their surround? ings. Three or four wrote letters, Senator Frye smoked a oigar in the cloak room ; Senator Logan first pared and polished his finger nails careful? ly, aud and then assorted the papers on his desk. Senator Lapham looked as if he did not known what to do, and very few listened attentively, Mahoneys audi? ence was scarcely larger than when he rehearsed his piece iu the empty cham? ber. Mr. Sherman read his speech from manuscript, keeping his eyes close? ly on the lines and enunciating with hts usual indistinctness. He based his charges on .radical newspaper reports, ana Mahoneys address to the readjuster party issued two months ago. He was considerably chilled by his failure to arouse interest, and pushed ahead as if anxious to get to thc last line. When Mr. M a hone arose to read his essay, a venerable ex-statesm|au remarked 'If Virginia mustbeslandercd she could not be more fortunate in the self condemn? ing appearance of her calumniator.' Ma? llorie's pages of false accusations, whin? ingly intoned, fell flat on his hearers, and when he sat down the eloquence of silence on the Democratic side, was his only answer. Thc resolutions and preamble were adopted hy a strict party vote, thirty three to twenty nine. In the Bouse of Representatives the monotony of bill day was diversified by a fiery attack on newspaper correspon? dents from Mr. Keifer, who has lately complained that certain Representatives of the Press were in league against him because of his refusal to lobby a scheme in which they were interested through the last Congress. The bitter? ness of the onslaught was directed against Gen. Boynton of thc Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, WJJO recently dc- : nied Mr. Keife r's charges of corruption through a newspaper article. The lin mc- j diate provocation of Mr. Keifer's speech j was the introduction of a resolution j asking that a special committee be ap- j pointed to investigate the charge of at- ! tempted corruption made by Mr. Keifer against H. V. Boynton, and to report the result of its discoveries to the ; House. While Mr. Keifer was speak- j ing Gen. Boynton sat Queasily in the j press gallery and heard himself dc- j nuunced as a liar and slanderer. Speaking of bill day reminds me that; Mr. Bennett of North Carolina offered a bill to prevent the inter-marriage of the white and negro races in the District of Columbia, suggested probably by the re- i cunt marriage of Frederick Douglass to ? a white woman of this city. Committees reported back a large j number of bills on Wednesday, but thu j sessions of both Houses were cut short i by the obsequies of Mr. Mackey, held j in the hall of the House, which the j Senate attended in a body. j In the House, the debate on thc Fitz .Tobu Porter bill was resumed ou Fri i day, and continued on Saturday. A Colored Man's Eloquence. j Thc most thoroughly eloquent and ! effective speeches ever made in the ! Legislature of Texas were pronounced j by two negroes, and both of much the : same general import. Both recounted j thc story of negro devotion to 'old Klarster aud mistiss ' When one of! these natural orators, himself an old I man, extended his black horny hands j and said, 'There can bc no ?reat racc j enmity between us. This cannot come j while my old marster aud mistiss live, j No, nor while their children, and mine ? survive. They were kind and gene- I rous to me. I knew no want of to day j or care for the morrow when I was their I property. Look at these wrinkled j rough hands. They tell the tale, j They tell how I toiled for them. And j the story is not coded. They aro old and helpless now, and live as I once did, in a little cabin, and I still toil for them. I send them half of every dol? lar I draw from thc State Treasury, and when their daughter, a beautiful and good girl, whom I used to carry when she was a child in these strong arms, was married not long ago, ? sent her a check for ?1.000. Have I not the right to ask you, gentlemen of the majority, to deal generously with roy race.' Nothing but the selfish purposes of men, moved and driven on by thc basest of motives, have kept up a feel- j iti?T of strife between the two races. The negroes have been persuaded by j vicious leader to antagonize the whites ' on all political questions, until it has become second nature to oppose every political opinion a white man, may Mig- i gest. But. for this, thc kindest of feel- j inga would exist and the colored man would seo that his white neighbors were the best judges of what would be I wisest in political affairs aud so vote aud work together. Kew Passenger Hates. The new passenger rates cn the vari? ous roads of the State, as fixed by Sec? tion 1,451 of thc General Statutes, un? der thc new law, on the basis of thc passenger earnings per mile of road, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, are as follows : Cciits per mile travelled 1st C. 2nd. Chil'n Atlanta & Charlotte A. 1.3 2} 2 Ashville Sc Spartanhurg.4 3 2 Augusta & Knoxville.i 3 2 Barnwell.4 3 2 Charlotte, Col. & Augusta...4 3 2 Cheraw-& Chester N. (Gr.4 3 2 Chester & Lenoir Jf. G.4 3 2 Columbia & Greenville.4 3 2 Cheraw k Darlington.4 3 2 Cheraw & Salisbury.4 3 2 Charleston & Savannah.4 3 2 Laurens.4 3 2 Northeastern.3 2\ 2 Port Royal & Augusta.4 z" 2 South Carolina.3 2i 2 Spartanburg, ?union & Col.4 3 2 Wilmington, Col. &Augusta.3i 3 2 There is a question about the rate on the Central Railroad of South Carolina, on account of the fact that it is leased by two roads, having uuder the Act dif ferent passenger rates. The Port Roy? al and Augusta Railway has submitted to the commission new rates on bagging and ties, flour, grain, fertilizers, cotton j seed meal, common lumber and bricks, j saud, clay and wood. These rates of course are higher than those now in force. They will be considered by the cotuissiouers at the next meeting of the board. We copy fro ai the Edgeficld Adver- | tiserthe following in reference to Rev. ? Mr. Chrietzberg's lecture in Edgefield on thc 2od, ultimo. According to previous announce? ment, the Rev. Mr. Cbreitzberg, of Sumter, made an address in behalf of temperance, and in advocacy of prohibi? tion, in our Methodist Church on Wednesday night of last week. Mr. Cbreitzberg, who is eminent for his efforts in this line, came to Edge?eld at the invitation of our lecal Wotoan's Tem? perance Union, and delivered his address under the auspices of these noble work? ers. He is young, strong in body, strong in mind, strong in will, well-edu? cated, nervously enthusiastic and splen? didly in earnest. His words were abso lu'.ely burning in their truth and elo? quence ; his pictures were painfully I vivid ; and his statistics were fearful j and shocking in their naked force, j His large audience was breathless ; and j his noh!e effort will rise up to the throne i of God in vindication there of his fear I less zeal and truth. And such zeal I and truth must of necessity do good j wherever they shall be exemplified. I Can't be Cured T Who says no? 'The best physicians have been consulted, and they all agree that the case is beyond the'reach of medicine.' Have you tried the^new Vitalizing Treatment, which acts directly upon the .great nerve centres and gives to all the vital organs a new life force ahd a higher activity? 'No ; never heard of it. What is it called ?' Compound Oxygen. !Oh ! yes, I have seen it advertised, bat supposed it to be one of the medical hum? bugs of the day.' If all that we have read about thc cures it is making is true, it is the most wonderful therapeutic agent ever dis? covered. 'Where can it be obtained ?' Only of Dis. Starkey & Palen, 1109 Girard Street, Philadelphia. Now, take our advice and write to them, giving a statement of yoar con? ti ition. You will get a prompt answer, and it will cost you nothing, as they make no charge for consultations. If, like your physicians, they see no hope in your case, they will honestly tell you so. But if they have treat? ed similar cases successfully, they will, ?D making a fnvorable report, send such evidence of ?heir professional integrity and skill, with such reports of cases which they have treated, ami the remarkable results that have follow? ed, as ran hardly fail to give you confidence both in them and their new and wonderful Trent ment. All this, as ice have said, will cost you nothing. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 5, 1S84. COTTON -About 50 bales have been sold during the week ending the 5th. The mar? ket closed Steady. We quote : Stained 7} (l??\ ; Tinged 8>@Sf ; Ordinary 7i@8?; | Good Ordinary 8^09; Low Middling OJ' f?d} : Middling 9^9? ; Good Middling 9* {a 9*. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 4, 1884. COTTON.- Market firm. Sales about 275 j hales. Quotations are : Ordinary 8.j^9| : Good Ordinary 9^0?)? ; Low.Midd ling, lo\ ; Middling 101 ; Good Middling, 10$. WILMINGTON", N. C., Feb. 4, 1S84. SPIRITS TUKPKXTIXB-Market quoted firm j at 303 cents. ROSIN*-The market firm at Si. 12j for i Strained and St .ITA for Good Strained. Cu??K TuttPKXTIN'K-Market steady at j Si.15 fur Hard, S2.U0 per bbl., for Virgin ; and Yellow Dip. COTTON-Market firm. Sales 100 bales, j The following are the official quotations:! Low Middling 9$, Middling 10|, Good Mid- j diing 10$. ????y/ cm?^w? 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Sonic time during the fifth year, (for I waa in their employ between five and six years. ) we were recommended to try Kendall's Spavin Cure, and after using it two months the Horse was cured, the enlargement having been entirely removed, and thus believing it to be a valua? ble medicine I fully recommend it to all who have occasion to use it. Respectfully, P. II. LYONS. Important to both Ladies and Gen? tlemen. Two Xew Rooks just published giving an ! exhaustive treatise on Medical Electricity Gal- ? van ism and Magnestism, together with their I self application on the treatment and cure of I Weaknesses incident to men und Hornett, i Roth works are illustrated. One is entitled THREE TYPES OF MEX,' For Gentlemen Only, the other '.MAID, WIFE, MOTHER,' For Ladies Only. Published only by the American Galvanic Co., Address as above, Sent Free. Improve Your Melons. Seedsmen aud growers of melons should correspond with Capt. It. F. 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Tried Hot Springs two years without relief, and was finally cured sound and well by the use of Swift's Specific ! (S. S.S.) CHAS. BERG, Hot Springs, Ark. Harper's Young People. An Illustrated Weekly-16 rages. Suited to Boys and Girl* of from six lo sixteen years of nyc. Vol. V. commences November G, 1883, Harper's Young People is thc best weekly for children in America.-Southwestern Christian Advocate. All that the artist's skill can accomplish in the way ot illustration has been done, and the best talent of the country has contributed to its text.-New England Journal of Educa Hon, Huston. In its special field there is nothing that can be compared with it.-Hartford Evening Post. TERMS. HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, > ^ 5Q Per Year, Postage Prepaid, J Single numbers, 5 cents each. Specimen copy sent on receipt of 3 cents. The Volumes of Harper's Young People for j ISSI, 18S2, and 1SS3. handsomely bound in Illuminated Cloth, will bc sent by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of S3.00 each, j Cloth Cases for each volume, suitable for binding, will be sent by snail, postpaid, on j receipt of 50 cents each. Remittances should bc made by Post Office j Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of j loss. Newspapers are not to copy this advertise- j ment without the express order of Harper & j Brothers. Address HARPER & CROTHERS. X. Y. Feb 5 GARDEN GROWTH TEAS, | Families can save about one-half by send? ing-to us for Teas, as we import our own, and have done so for forty rears. THE ORIGINAL A M ERIC AX TEA CO. Send for Circular, which gives prices and full particulars, to ROBT. WELLS, Prest., P. O. Cox 1237, 43 Vesey St. Xew York. OXE DOLLAR'S worth of any of our gar? den growth, China or Japan Teas sent by mail, post paid, ora LARGER quantity by express, charges paid. Feb 5-3m 1884. THE DAY 1884 MORNING AND EVENING. ALL THE NEWS. The Day for 1884 will Embrace a Morning and Evening Edition. THE MORXIXG EDITION will bean eight page paper, cut and pasted, thus giving the most convenient form for perusal of a large newspaper, and enabling a better distribution ? jf news and other reading matter, while j allowing to advertisers the most attractive '?. lisplay possible. THE DAY will aim to be the very best j' vehicle of news and organ of opinion. Its j resources forgathering news are thorough, and ! \ it will not stint the account of matters of int- ? ; ?ortance to a mere mention. It will gather j ts items from the whole world, and present \ 1 them promptly and clearly, while il will give j 1 medal attention lo subjects ot loone interest, j 1 The industrial resources of Maryland and ! LIIC entire South will claim thorough and itt- , | tel I igen t discussion, with a view to the pro- | t notion of whatever will lend to their health- : ( est development. 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A rare opportunity for those wanting Sewing .Mac-Lines, that may never occur again. Come early and secure your choice. Remember, I Guaratee Satisfaction. D. J. wim Jan 29. Sumter, S. C. Estate of Mary S. Chandler, DECEASED, -?XD Estate of Mary S. Chandler, .MINOR. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO bate for Sumter County, on February 20th, 1884, for a final discharge as Administrator of the first-named Estate, and as Guardian of Estate of aforesaid .Minor. TIIOS. S, DRAYTON, Jan 29 Administrator and Guardian. Estate of William SJ. Scott, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate for Sumter County on the 28th ?lay of February, ISSI, for a final discharge as Executor of aforesaid Estate. JOSEPH C. SCOTT, - Jan 29-41 Executor. Estate ol Mrs. E. J. Osiceii, Dec'd.1 A LL PERSONS ha ring-claims against said Estate will present the same duly attest- j ed, and all persons in any way indebted to j said Estate will make immediate par ment to : N. G. ?3T?EN, Jan 29, 1884. 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Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh. Headache, Debili? ty, Rite urned ism, Neuralgia, and all Chronic and Nervous Disorders. A CARD. We, the undersigned, having received ^c?t^A ami permanent benefit fron^Iiejae^fc^PM? ^ POUND OXYGEN." prepared and adminis- j rered by Das. STABKEY k PALEN, of Pbiladel- ? phia, and being satisfied that it is a new dis? covery in medical science, and all that is claimed for it. consider it a duty which we owe to the many thousands who -are suffering from chronic and so-called ''incurable" dis? eases to do all that we can to make its virtues known and to inspire the public with confi? dence. We have personal knowledge of Drs. Star? key k Palen. Tiley are educated, intelligent, and conscientious physicians, who will not, we are sure, make any statement, which they do not knower believe to be true, nor pub? lish any testimoni?is or reports of cases which ate not genuine. WM. I). KELLY. 3fetn?er of Congress from Ph'daddpJiia. T. S. ARTHUR* Editor and Publizier "Arthur's Home Magazine,'' Philade7phia. V. L. CONRAD, Editor of "Lutheran Observer" Philadelphia,. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JESS 1, I8S2. in order to meet a natural inquiry in re? gard to our professional and personal stand? ing, and to gi ve increased confidence in our Statements and in the geauiness of our testi? monials and report of cases, we print the aboveV?id from gentlemen well and widely known and of the highest personal character. Onr ~ Treatise on Compound Oxygen," con? taining a history of the discovery of and mode of action of this remarkable curative agent, und a larc record of surprising cures in Consumption. Catarrh. Neuralgia, Bronchi? tis. Asthma, etc . and a wide range of Chron? ic diseases, will be .tentfree. Address Drs. STAK KEY & PALEN. II?'i k 11 i 1 Girard Sircet, Philadelphia., Pa. ftOHMANS Cy H9|[AL AMERICA CH?LT STOMACHIC ?. . - >.. i>. v:?- <>;>. cuwof ?ii ifrng. .??,....?..?1-- ?.. rh? 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