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TUESDAY, APBIXi 1. The Sumter Watchman was founded itt 1850 and tbe True Southron in 1866/ The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. ?? jSMTOKIAL ITEMS. 30,000 Jersey cattle have been im? ported into this country *and yet,' says an jxcbange, * th ere has been more fuss made over one single Jersey Lilly than over that vast herd.' Every, citizen owes it as duty to himself and to his country, to give his influence towards supporting the * tats. How despicable, then, is tbe posi? tion of officials who connive at evading or disobeying the laws they have sworn execute. IHany boys, in the large cities of the North, ate trying *cow-boy' tactics in making a living. They have organized bands, with duly appointed leaders, and seem to have adopted as their motto, ?the world owes us a living.' Yicious reading-matter is responsible for much of this youthful depravity. Hie .New York Banks are making large orders for silver dollars to meet - the demand for 'change,' which is be? coming scarce since the withdrawal of small bills from circulation, so there is a slight prospect that the 'dollar of our daddies' will not entirely disappear from circulation. There is a movement on foot to build a 'Home' for disabled Confederate vete? rans at Rich mood, Ta. We are glad fo see that the 'boys in blue' are giving substantial aid to the undertaking. Prominent Northern men are showing __moch interest in the good work and we are glad to chronicle this spasmodic re torn of good sature to our old time ene? mies. Mr. Warren, President of the Bos- { toa University, has been led, by a j patient study of "gogony, geology, i climatology, ethnic tradition, paleonto- i logical botany and ethnology" to an ir- j resistible belief that the Garden of j Eden was situated at the North Pole. ? We don't doubt it at all, and are will- | ing to make our affidavit that it is all j so, if the man who has studied all those j thisgs np there says it. j Prosperity has a. wonderful influence j in making a man honest. E. D. Wins- j low, who was a noted Boston forger some ; years ago, ran away to Buenos Ayres, | and an exchange in speaking about j him says that "he is now a very big ! man in Buenos Ayres, owning and editing the. Herald of that city. He also owns .blocks' of buildings, drives the finest and fastest pair of horses in j the city, has unlimited credit and is j considered an ^estimable citizen." Senator Edmunds has given Charles- ! ton a social call. He drove around ! and visited*all the notable places, sail- j ed ont and inspected the jetties, but was ! as dumb as an oyster when a reporter j visited him. Mr. Edmund's opinions are ? valued highly in thc Senate, and if he says^ that the Charleston Jetties ought to have a large appropriation, it would - have a powerful influence. We hope the appropriation may be made, for the prosperity of Charleston, is a subject in ! which all the State has an interest. j . , j The friends of the miners who lost ! their lives in the-mine disaster at Poca- j hon Us, Ya., last week, were verv indig- ! nant because the authorities sealed up j the mine, so as to extinguish the fi e j that had resulted from the explosion, j An indignation meeting was held, and j threats of a forcible reopening: of the j mine were made, so as to give the men j another chance to rescue the bodies, ? Wt the excitement is cooling off, though the feeling is still deep ; one young j girl, the belle of the village, going so I far as to promise to marry the man ! who.would rescue the body of her j father from the buming mine. Some time ago, Charles Francis j Adams, in a public address advocated j the propriety of teaching less Latin and j Greek, and more French and German j in Colleges. It seems to ns, j?dging j from reports from Northern Colleges, that base ball and rowing should bc the studies that ought to be dropped, as j they take up more than any othe? part j of the curriculum. Numbers of young j men* who attend these institutions, ' spend far more ti<ne and money upon J boating and athletic sport?, than upon ! their literary studies. Physical exer- ! eise is good, but when it develops a | craze such as controls Northern Col- j lege boys, a check ought to be put toit, j Cincinnati has been the scene of a j terrible riot. It began Friday night | and great damage has been dono to the City. The Court House, a magnificent j structure, was burned and all the county and city records destroyed. The military was called out, and in the various col- j lisions that took place, 22 were killed j and 60 wounded. The troops are j still under arms. The provoking cause j of the riot was the failure on the part of ; a jory to convict aman who had been j guilty of a brutal murder, and the mob j endeavored to break into the jail and , hang him. Germany has refused for several j years to allow the importation of Amer- ! ican pork, and the Senate Committee j on Foreign Affairs has been wrestling j with a bili oo that subject for some J time, and finally submitted majority j and minority reports. Senator Yance ! presented the minority report, and de- j fsadad Germany's action. He said that > a complaint in this matter came w;th bad grace from a political party, whose strongest war cry was protection. Ger? many was only following the example set by the United States in keeping out the products of other nations. The Senator gave the protection crew some hard blows, and insisted that Germany had a right to exclude our pork if she thought it unwholesome or diseased. "SCHOOLS? We have not space to more than re? fer to the communication from Mayes ville on this important subject. The writer has made one mistake to which we call his attention. The Poll tax is always.placed to the credit of the Town? ship in which it is collected, but the 2 mill tax is divided in proportiou to the number of enrolled pupils. We join with our correspondent, in the hope that this matter will be dis? cussed by our schools ofici?is, for its importance demands their earnest con? sideration. State Democratic Convention. A Convention of the Democratic party will be held at Columbia, June 25; to uomiaate Presidential Electors ; to elect eighteen delegates to the Nation? al Convention, and also to nominate State officers. The Newberry Observer says: "Among the Supervisors of Registra? tion appointed by the Governor we notice the names of three .editors of newspapers. These are ali bad appoint? ments. We take it for granted that the appointees are honest and competent ; but the bare fact that they are editors should have prevented their appoint? ment and their acceptance. No news? paper editor should hold any official po? sition." And pray why not ? Are editors too good or too bad for any work outside the sanctum ? If men, who enter upon the task of editing country papers, are restricted to that calling for a live? lihood, we think the number of editors would be largely reduced, instanter. The vote for Congressman in the black District, to succeed E. W. M. Mackey has been consolidated by the Board of State Canvassers. The fol- I lowing is the vote for Smalls : Beaufort! couuty, 2.137; Berkley, 2,610;! Charleston, ITO; Colleton, 480 ;: (georgetown, 550: Orangeburg, 862; j Richland, 459; Sumter, 481; Wil liamsburg, 543-total for Smalls. 9,002. j There were two scattering votes iu Beaufort ana thirty in Sumter. The j vote was light as there was no opposi- | tion to Smalls. ANOTHER CYCLONE. Tuesday last, another cyclone visit- j ed the upper part of the State, aud was infinitely more disastrous thau thc one which occasioned such widespread loss and distress some weeks ago. Green- | ville and Anderson suffered most and i we give some of the incidents of this terrible calamity : After striking near the village of ? Piedmont, in Anderson couuty, the tor- j nado travelled in a northeast course to j Paris Mountain, in Greenville county, j Its path covered a belt of country about. One-fourth of a mile in width, iu which \ almost everything was levelled to the j grouud. By dwellers on the mountain : side its coming is described as rcscm- i bling the angry growl of some great j anima). It was seen by them as it j crossed the summit of the mountain be- j tween 7 aud 8 o'clock-a dense round j cloud, perfectly red and ablaze with electricity.. Descending the mountain i it sped with fearful velocity, spreading j destruction alike on the hills aud iu the ! ravines, its devastating work exteud- j ing, as far as Iras been heard frour.' to : the neighborhood of Sandy Flat, a dis- ; tancc of about ten miles. Green P. j Poole's stable, crib, and oilier out- ! houses were swept away. A thick pine j forest, a few hundred yards off, was \ literally torn up, and the stumps and j stems of the trees were spattered with j mud carried from au adjoining field. ; Within a distance of two miles iu the main track of the cyclone, at least a dozen j farm houses were destroyed or unroofed, j All the buildings of the Buckhorn ! tannery were blown down. The resi- j dence of Geo. W. Hawkins near by was j also blown down. Mr. Hawkins and ! family had a narrow escape. The build- j ing soon afterward took fire and was i consumed. The residence of Furman j M. Langley was completely demolished. | Mr. Langley had three ribs broken, but succeeded in extricating himself and j family from the ruins of his house in . time to escape the flames, which rapid- : ly consumed what was left of tiie build? ing. The house of Mr. John Bailey : was blown down, and his wife and a ! ten-year-old son were instantly killed, ; the latter being blown about three hun? dred yards. Both of Mrs. Bailey's thighs were broken, arni she was terri? bly mangled. The little boy was sitting in his chair pulliug off his .shoes when the storm came up. After it had passed, his body was found lying just 1ST steps from the house. The skull was so badly crushed that the brains wer?; strewn upon the ground, and not a whole bone as large as a silver dollar was left. The chair in which he sat when last seen lay along side of him, crushed and broken. The store of John Crotw-U, fourteen miles above Greenville City, was blown down and every house on his place was swept away. . The tornado which passed near Pied? mont did much disastrous work. The store and dwelling of S. T. Moore, ne;ir Simpsonville, were blown down, his family, having a narrow escape. The house of Ike Davis was demolished and his wife and child were Rilled. Davis's mule was blown away and has not been found. Ail the outhouses on the place of Dr. Math ey Hunter in the same neighborhood were blown down to the ground, and part of the dwelling of James R. Cox was swept away. Near Pendleton several dwellings were burn? ed after being blown down. John Hall's wife, his mother and his two children were seriously injured. Sam Tick ens, Jack Carter, and his wife and daugh? ter are all supposed to be fatally injur? ed. Near Seneca Junciion Miss Bruce, a school girl, was killed by thc chimmey of a school house falling on her. In ] many places there was heavy hail and rain, utterly annihilating small grain ; crops. A mule was taken from a stable aud 1 curried 200 yards away. His tracks were found at intervals of 20 feet where bc struck the ground aud attempted to brace himself, his fore feet plowing through the soil. He was found in afield, j however, apparently uninjured. j The size and force of the hail as de? scribed by those who saw if., seem mar I vellous. The hail stones fell with ! such violence near Pliny that some of theui went through the shingle roof of the school-house, where Miss Earle teaches. J. H. Alien was going to Greenville in a wagon from the lower part of the county when the storm struck him. j After it was over, he picked up hail larger than his fist. Ouc piece formed a cross exactly while other pieces were jagged. A gentleman writing from "Woodruff under date of March 25, says, 'This evening about, fonr o'clock a fearful cloud passed just ?North of this place, preceded by a cyclone about one hun? dred yards wide which furiously up? rooted trees, blew rails and bushes io almost every direction and even tore grass up by the roots. The dwelling of Mr. J. B. Wofford was levelled to the ground, and even his chimneys were i blown down and constitute a part of ttic ! general debris. Mr. Wofford and j fadTily seeing the funnel-shaped cyclone I coming deserted their bouse and went to the brick bouse of Mr. B. H. Wof I ford for protection, and thus as it were J miraculously escaped the dreadful I catastrophe. AX INCREDIBLE STORY. In Gantt, Greenville Co., on Tuesday afternoon, about half past four, the cyclone was at its height. , B. F. Yeargin and llobert Burns were stand ing at a point near Kern's mill, on Grove Creek. They were watching the cyclone. Shingles, tree tops, splin? ters and leaves were flying through the air. Suddenly they saw two large pine trees being wafted about as if thev had | j been straws. Presently one of the-] trees fell to tlie ground about, a charter j of a mile off. The two citizens were, still gazing at thc pine yet in suspense j when a large flint rock dropped within ; a few feet of them with the force <>f a ! cannon ball, making a hole nearly a j foot deep. This was too much for ! Messrs. Burns and Yeargin and they sought a boom-proof at once. The Stone was dug up next day and found to ! weigh 27 lbs. Neighboring Counties. j Camden Journal : On last Saturday j afternoou Jimmie Boswell, souef Mr. L. j M. Boswell, foll from his wagon, and one j wheel of the vehicle passed over his body, ' hurting him pretty badly. -After a . long and lingering attack of consump- ; tiou. Mr. James G. Moore died in Camden on lost Saturday cveuing. : He was about twenty eight years of agc at the time of his death, and was not j married. -We had a regular '?. ! thunderstorm here on last, Tuesday ' afternoon.' Just as the rain ceased a j , bright flash of lightning, followed by a ; I terrific shock of thunder, was heard j near our office, and on looking out wc ; I saw that three large pine trees, stand- : I ing about seventy-five yards from the : ; office, had been peeled from top to bot- ; tom by the stroke of lightning. Kcrshu": Gazette 27th ; Tho oldest ! living member of the Methodist church ? in Camden, Mrs Elizabeth Thornton, : joined that church just 80 years ago to? day. -Last Saturday was I he day appointed for the organization of a guu club iu Camden. Several gentlemen j met at the office of the Camden .Journal j and took such steps as v.-ere thought.; proper for a successful termination of . their efforts. We understand ano!her j meeting will be held this week, when ? the club will be permanently organized j -On last Sunday afternoon a young i gentleman from Sumter, while outr!riv- : ing, concluded to take a view of thc ' new iron bridge across the Watvee. j This he did and drove over to the other : side. On returning, he came a "little ! too previous," alloting his horse to , trot over the structure, in violation of: law The young geutleman was fined ! ?5 for the offence, which he paid. -We learn that, at a meeting of the : trustees for this school district, held last week, it wa? determined to close thc public schools at. the end of the present \ month, the funds available for school I purposes having been absorbed. We think it probable that the two graded j schools in Camden will continue to run as private schools. -We under? stand that a belief was current in thc 1 Spring Hill section, (just below thc ; Kershaw line,) last week that a ' cyclone would visit this part of : the world last Monday, 24th. con? sequently many of the people of that ? vicinage went to work building pits in which to secrete themselves. The : cyclone failed to come, however. Clarendon. JJutcrprise : A delegation! of Foreston bachelors were io Manniug i lust Sunday attending the "fair." -. The refreshments served by the Good | Templars last Friday evening were bountiful and hugely enjoyed.-j Last Sunday the county jail was freed of all its inmates, the only prisoners in : it being the strikers sentenced a month , before to thirty days by Trial Justice Benbow. The jailer feels lonely, but we bonn it wi ii be many days and even mouths before ??o has any others to keep in durance vile.-Our popu? lar young Baptist preacher wears a beaver, and so dees Mr. Ch reit z burg, tiie fr. \V\ C. T. of this State. Thc two ministers are about the same ' size, and both are interested in thc cause of le nt pe ra nee. Last Fridav evening about dusk Mr. i?ass passet! the 'Twins.'and tin- corpulent proprietor of one of these 'Twins,' mistaking him for the great temperance advocate grew fearful that greater inroads would be made on his business, Ile stopped a passer by and inquired, 'What that d-n fool doing here again, another temperance lecture V On bein"- assured that Mr. C. was net in town, ho tell better and tock a drink. Lut Mr. Cheitzberg bas promised to visit us soon, and we hope ois visit maybe like a bomb sholl it? the enemy's camp J)aiiilujtun Jhetcn : Tuesday evening three thunder storms passed over our town, and at night a terrific storm of rain and hail, thunder and lightning I pas>ed over from the Southwest, but with no wino, aud doing no damage. From the looks of tin: clouds the heaviest nf the storm passed to the South of us. -Mrs. Wightman, i President of the Women's Conference Missionary Society, met. the Society at '. this place at the Methodist, ('burch last Thursday evening and delivered a lee ture on the subject of Foreign Missions, j The lecture was well attended and cn- ! joyed by all who heard it-On j Thursday night between ll and 12' o'clock, a dull thud, followed by a rumbling sound was heard in the South just as if a 10 inch Columpiad had gone off. Those who were up at that time and saw it, say that a meteor, a ball of fire, about 12 inches in diameter, pass? ed over the sky in aSouthern direction, lighting up the darkness, and followed by the rumbling noise. Florence Times: The Welsh Neck Baptist Sunday School Convention will be held in the Baptist Church in Florence beginning on Thursday night before the third Sunday in April, and con- j tinue until Saturday night. An attractive j programme has been arranged, and a number of visitors will be present. | -Thc first brood of chickens were j hatched by the steam incubator of Mr. j M. S. Hayoesworth last week, and the j chicks average seventy-five per cent, of the eggs placed in the machine, which is considered a splendid return. Mr. Haynesworth expects a lot of at least a hundred to break the shell to? day._ [From our Regular Correspondent.] WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 29, 1884. _ I Education in the Senate, whiskey in | the House of representatives, and thc ! anxiously awaited result of the Demo- I eratic tariff conference have marked the ! week at the Capitol. At the appoiuted ! hour on Tuesday evening when the [ caucus was called to order one hundred ; and eighty four Members were present. ; After a talk of several hours an uuder- i standing was reached without any oue being "read out of the party." lt was j decided by a vote of one hundred and j fourteen to fifty seven, that the Morrison bill should b^ discussed for a reasonable time in Committee of the Whole, where j it should be subject to amendment, after ! which it should be reported to the j House, and then put upon its passage, j A resolution was adopted declaring that ? no Member should be bound by this j caucus action except so far as he, as a j Democrat, felt bound by the action of a | majority of his party in caucus. It was : also agreed that it was expedient to . abolish the internal revenue tax on to- ; bacco, and to reduce that on fruit bran? dy to ten cents a gallon. The benefits : of the educational bill being distributed ! upon thc basis of illiteracy are to be ; shared by the South in the largest pro- ; portion. All sectional objection to the . measure emanates exclusively from lle pubiican Senators. Mr. Sherman is one ; of the prominent sectional opposers-thc | man who has so recently been loud in j profession of friendship for the colored race. As Senator Vance forcibly said ? in debate upon the bill **Now when a practical opportunity for helping the negro presented itself. Mr. Sherman thought that au ignorant negro could answer his purpose at the polis better j than an educated one." The inconsis-: tency of Mr. Sherman has been much ? commented upon by the Democrats of the Senate. Nor did the Senator from North Carolina spare the Senator from ; Massachusetts. Referring to a remark . made by Senator Hoar in relation to the illiteracy of the old North State, saying it was at the tail end of all the States in thc matter of ?ducation. Mr. Vance spoke sarcastically of the prostrating effect of such a blow, and said it was ; especially crushing coming from the ; Senator from Tewkshury, the represen? tative of a State that had sacrificed : every principal for gain, the State that was more responsible for slavery than any other, and which, when it fouud slavery did not pay in Massachusetts, . sold her slaves to the South, sang the long-meter doxology, and thanked God she was not as other States. The District Judges hill has passed the Senate at last. It makes their sal? aries $5.000, per annum, and prohib? its them from appointing to position in . their courts relatives within the degree of first cousin. During debate on the j bill, nepotism as practiced by thc Feder- ! al judiciary was scathingly denounced, j Senator Coke saying there had not for ' several years been a U. S. Judge in j Texas, save one, whose nepotism had i not become a scandal. Karly in the week the House voted , against appropriating $300,000. for tiic Louisiana fiood sufferers but later and urgent appeals for relief caused further \ discussion and finally a resolution pass- ? ed providing that ?125,000, of thc unex- j pended amount granted for the suffer- ; ers by the Ohio floods may be used by the Secretar}' of the War to relieve des? titute persons in the district, over-flow? ed by thc Mississippi. Thc measure was strongly opposed by Mr. Bice, of Mass., on tile ground that thc (iovern- j mont was not an insurer against water ; any more than against fire, and that j relief should be granted by the local ! ;ti-*s themselves. The long whiskey debate closed on ; Thursday with defeat of thc Bonded , K.xtension bill by a majority of one ? hundred. During its discussion Mr. ! Hewitt made a long speech on the j revision of the tariff. He took free I trade ground aud declared emphatically ! in favor of the abolition of all taxes on j raw material. He wanted free whiskey ? because alcohol is a raw material used \ in manufacturing and the fine arts He j ridiculed the idea of morality entering < into the question of taxation and taunt- ; ed the Republicans with what lie term- I ed their tariff for protection with in ci- : dental morality. Taxation he said had ! nothing to do with morality. Ile closed ; by saying he had been brought up to believe that taxation is for revenue and j for revenue only. lt is thought the -ariff bill will come un for discussion in about two weeks, or as soon as tho indian, agricultural, j und pension appropriation bills can bc i disposed of. ?rr lAwpwww MW Hum wwra The Governor has appointed G. W. : Shell as (Merk of Court for Laurens county, vice M. Iv Babb, deceased. Tho eighth an mr-] session of thc Grand Lodore of thc Knights of Honor of South Carolina will convene in [ Charleston on the 15th of April. Two sharpers entered a bank in Au- ' gusta last Saturday week while the clerk of another bank was making a settlement One of them engaged the clerk's attention for a few seconds during which his pal robbed him of: ?2.500. The robbers were caught that nicht on an outgoing train and de? tained at Allendale, S. G.. until the! Augusta officers arrived. The missing money was secured next day. Thc Columbia Palmetto Yeoman, ! 28///, says : "We saw a man trying to fish a pocket book out of a beer barrel this morning into which he had dropped it through the bung hole. It is not the first pocket book, with its contents, that has disappeared in a beer barrel, and if this man recovers his he will be more fortunate than most of those who have lost theirs itl thc same way." THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Editor of Watchman and Southron : suming that voa would willingly open 3 columns for a discussion of suggestions the improvement of our Public: Schools, I leave to submit some of my ideas for the 1 sideration of the School Commissioner, Trustees, and Teachers of Sumter Con: asking of each Township, or School Dist: an expression of opinion through jour urans. The school fund for each School Disti ns now apportioned by law. depends upon number of scholars in actual attendance u the schools. Under this method of distr: lion, injustice may be done to some of Schools Districts by diverting a portion the poll taxes paid in one district to the ? port of schools in another. Whilst it uri; eminently proper to distribute the two i tax as now done, it appears to me that c School District ought to have the benefit the entire amount of poll tax paid thor The fund is now entirely too small to cor thc Trustees to maintain good schools in more populous townships, and if, in tl latter, all the poll tax could be retained, increased fund would be a power for good the hands of the trustees. An amendmen the school law requiring the School Corni sioner to pince to the credit of each Sell District all the poll tax collected in each I trict would materially benefit the more po lous School Districts, and would be giv these districts nothing more than their nn ral rights: and I can see no good reason doing otherwise. It may be, that after the poll tax may be practically retained in own School District, and I would bc glad have the School Commissioner settle 1 question by an exhibit of the amount of \ tax collected in each School District, w the amount of pol! tax actually apportioi to each. With such an exhibit, it can easily seen whether nn amendment to school law is desired or not ; without it, cannot settle the question. Bat there is a matter of far greater imp tance than either thc distrtibuiion of the j tax or the amount of the school fund : a ra ter which affects the teachers principally, refer to the lamentable fact that we are < one year behind in the payment of sch checks. To employ our- teachers, givi them ic payment, checks on the treasur payable twelve months after date, is not < actly the'rig' t way of doing business. C teachers, sis a class, are not raonied men women, who have capital upon which to I: independent of their salaries, hence lin checks must bc- sold for what they will bri in the market, in order to gire them the pr? ent means of living. The salaries paid bei already low enough, are still farther lower by these forced sales, and the teachers canr feel perfectly satisfied with their compon: rion. As a result of this bad arrangemei the best teachers are ever on the lookout ? other employment, and will give up the bu ness of teaching ns soon as other ways making n living are open to them By bei: able to pay cash promptly at the end of eve month, the Trustees could always coramai the services of the best cl?$s of teachers, at retain them in service year after year, obi ating entirely the great disadvantage changing teachers so frequently as wc a compelled to do. Under a system of ca: payments for service rendered, the position teacher would besought after by those wi are competent, and the Boards of Examine being judges, the Trustees could fill t! vacancies with much less hesitation ar doubt than under present circumstances. Is there any remedy for this evil, any w.i open by which we may be able to place 01 schools upon A cash basis, so far as the sal ries of teachers are concerned ? There is bi one feasible plan which occurs to me, and now mention it, asking if any one can su? ?lest a belier, to do so. This plan is a simp one. and if adopted, cannot fail to succeci Let each Board of Trustees resolve to spen just one-half of their allowance for two year and the third year will find theta with fun in thc treasury to meet their mouth ly cheel with cash. Under this plan, the schoo could be run only about three mouths ue.> winter, and three months the next : after th* the whole term of six or more months, ai cording to the number of schools and salarie tiiey pay. For two years, under this plan the teachers would find but little employment as only about three months' service would b required; and in the first year, they woul be obliged to wait, as now, one year for thei pay, but in the second year they would b paid cash for three months' service, and the; enjoy the first fruits of this systematic etTor to make salaries cash. Trustees and teachers of the County, con sider this proposal and let us have you opinion. If all wilt agree to this plan, it wil work smoothly and satisfactorily, and it is de si rabie that whatever plan should be adopted should apply to the whole County. There I nothing in the school law, however, that wil prohibit any 'M?e School District from acting independently on this or any other plan, bu it would be better for concerted action Would it not be well for thc School Cominis sioner to call a Convention of the Teachers ir the Couti ty, and get them to endorse this 01 some other feasible plan? If the teacher! agree, I feel sure the trustees will ; and 1 speak whereof I know, when I s:iy the plait will be at once adopted by the Trustees of SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15. Our Excharjges. Thc Abbeville Press and Banner has added Mr. W. K. Blake to its statT. He is to edit a page set apart for tiie benefit of Greenwood and its enterprising citizens. The Xev: Era, of Charleston, has entered upon its sixth volume with flattering pros? pects. It. is edited and controlled by colored men, and is a credit to thal race. We have ever admired the conservative, dignified course of the Xew Er.t. Golden Days for April is on hand prompt? ly ns usual. The bill of fare is good, and we always think the last one the best until the next number conies, and that is always better Still, lt is an interesting magazine for boys and girls. Published by James Elverson, Philadelphia, Pa., at $:'.<)0 per annum. The Sunday Times has completed its fifteenth volume and will come ont next week in a spanking new dress ir: honor nf irs birthday. It will also luke a new hame to itself the Sunday Dispatch, lt is published in Charles? ton, by J. Vi'. Hammond, at S2 a year. We? are glad to know of its prosperity. Our Little (hus-a most delightful paper for the little ones, is on hand with tin: April number. We never saw a child yet but w hat brightened all over at the sight of this charm? ing little Magazine. Published l'y the Bus? sell Publishing Co., Bostou, af Si 50 per annum. The American Agriculturist for April, IS84, is the fullest number issued during its forty three years' existence, containing no less than 150 original illustration? and engravings, by ! leading writers ami artists, on timely topics pertaining to the Farm, Garden and I Io uso- ! hold. All the subjects are treated in a plain, j simp!" manner, so ns to presenr ?1 vast ' amount of useful, practical information in a readable enrcr'aining style. Price, $1.50 a ? year, single numbers Iii cents. Orange Judd : Co.. publishers, 7">1 Broadway, New York, j We will semi the American Agriculturist j and the Watchman and Sunthrun, for one year ! to any address, on receipt of three Dollars ! and ten cents. Cure for Headache. More hea^ ichcs Arise from a disordered stomach than any other cause. Use Norman's Neutralizing Cordial to corre?t your stomach and you will not be troubled with this pain? ful malady which has become the bane of your existence. Try it. One Hundred Cents, Messrs. Zimmerman k Johns, Druggists of Westminster. S. C., in their last order pur? chased only the dollar size of Norman's Neutralizing Cordial: Those who try the 25 cents size always buy the large size next time, thus its usc advertises its merits. j Gilder's Liver Pills are for sale at any first ! class store. j A mother who starts oat in the battle of j life .without a bottle of Shriner's Indian j Vermifuge is like the warrior who marched I upon the battle held weaponless. Both meet ? with defeat because they are not prepared for ! the battle. - SAVANNAH, GA., March 1st. 1883 B. J. Kenda!! k Co., Gents :-This is to ? certify that I have used Kendall's Spavin ? I Cure on my horses for two years and will say j i that it has given mo satisfaction in every ! ; trial. I have been dealing in horses for twen- j ? ty years and have never found the equal of j ; Kendall's Spavin Cure for the horse. TH OS. BO W D EN". Sale Stable. 214 Broughton St. Public Speaking. Lawyers, Mi nistet s and Politicians before j i addressing an audience, should take two good j i doses of Drewers Lung Restorer and they ; j will find that their throats will not become j j parched and voices husky. ! Brewer's Lung Restorer, the great lung j j and '.hront remedy, is for sale by Dr. D. ' j J. Auld. Agent. I I have taken Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) for j ! Rheumatism, and fourni perfect relief. It I is the best tonic and Blood Rerr.edv known ? j to science. D. P. HILL. Attorney at Law, Atlanta, Ga. ? OpeniDg the Fountains. ! In numberless buH>s beneath the skin is [ j secreted the liquid substance which gives the ; ! hair its texture, color and gloss. When this I j secretion stops, the hair begins at once to he- : come dry, lustreless, brittle and gray, ls j that the condition of your hair ?' If so, apply j Parker's Hair Balsam at once. It will restore j the color, gloss and life by renewing the ac- ! lion of nature. The Balsam is notan oil, I ? not a dye, hut an elegant toilet article, high- I ! ly appreciated because of its cleanliness. ! -. Important to both Ladies and Gen- ; tlemen. Two New Books just published giving an ; exhaustive treatise on Medical Electricity Gal- ! vanism and Magnestism. together with their i I self application on the treatment and cure of I I Weaknesses incident to men and kV omen, j I Both works are illustrated. One is entitled | i 'THREE TYPES OF MEN,' For Gentlemen] j Only, the other 'MAID, WIFE, MOTHER,' j j For Ladies Only. Published only by the j j American Galvanic Co., Address as above, I Sent Free. ? TAX NOT?CKl I npHE TREASURER OF SUMTER COUN- | j JL TY gives notice that his honks will be j ; open from the FIRST DAY OF MAY to the ; . FIRST DAY OF JENE, 1S84, for the collec- j j rion of Taxes for the Fiscal year commencing | ? November 1st. 1833. in Sumter County. The said taxes are payable in two equal tn- ! [staliments; the first installment of one-half i ; wi!! he payable from the first day of May to j tiie first day nf June, 1884: -but the whole j i may be paid during ti.;:t time. The follow- ,' : ing arc- the rates per centum of tile levy : i 1. For State tm moses-five mills on cverv ' I Xi - I dollar of the value of all taxable property. i ! 2. For Coantv purposes-two and one- ' * i . half mills on every dollar of such value. j 3. For payment of the funded indebtedness j ! of the said County, and of d?ficiences for the '. I fiscal years ISSI and 1SS2-one and one- ' ! half mills on everv doilar of such value. i * I I 4. For support of public schools-two mills i j on every dollar of such value. 5. One dollar on each taxable poll, j ( The Treasurer will in person or by deputy ; ! attend at the following places and times for ? j the collection of the said taxes : . t j i Privateer on Thursday, May lsU ! Manchester on Friday, May 2d. j Wedgefield on Saturday. May 3d. ? Mayes ville on Tuesday, May 6th. ; Magnolia on Wednesday, May T:h. i Lynchburgh on Thursday, May Sth. Shi lo ii on Friday, May 9 til. Johnston's Store on Saturday, May 10tb. j Mechanicsville on Monday. May 12th. Manville on Tuesday, May 13th. ! Bishopville on Wednesday and Thursday, j ; May 14th and 15th. j i Reid's Mill on Friday, May 16th. Lewis Chapel on Saturday, May 17th. i Stateburg on Monday, May 19th. Sanders" Depot on Tuesday. May 20th. M. Sanders' former Office, near Rembert's. ! Mill on Wedu^u^Iay 21st. Sroil h vi 1 iWy-Rliiv. May 22d. Gaillard's ^^foads on Friday, May 23d. .-AX!- j On the other days from May 1st to June I 1st, 1834, at his office at the County Seat. W. F. B. HAYNS/WORTH, Treasurer Sumter County, j March 31 _! TAX K?TL?KNS ! FOR 1884. 1") ET?KN8 OF PERSONAL PROPERTY j X) AND POLLS will be received at thc fol- j lowing time? and places, viz: Privateer, Thursday, May 1. ; Manchester, Friday, "li. Wedgefield, Saturday, " 8. Maye.sville, Tuesday, " G. j Magnolia, Wednesday, "7. j Lynchburg, Thursday, " 8. j Shiloh, Friday, " 9. | Johnston's Store, Saturday, "10. ' Mechanicsville, .Monday, 44 12. Mun ri ville, Tuesday, " 13. ? Bishopville, Wednesday and Thurs- j day, May 14 and 15. lleid's Mill, Friday, " IC. Lewis Chapel, Saturday, " 17. Stateburg, Monday, 44 10. j Sanders' Depot, Tuesday, 44 20. M. Sanders' former Office, near Rembert's Mill. Wednesday, May 21. Smithville. Thursday, " 22. Gaillard's X Roads, Friday. " 23. | JVM) At the Auditor's Office in Sumter from thc 1st of May lo the -0th of June, inclusive. Parties making Returns by Mail or by an- j other person, will please give full first name ol'Tax Paver and the Township the property ; is in. W. K. DE LG AU, Auditor Sumter County. j Varch 31 j W. J. ANDREWS' ; FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT | WP IGE CREAM GARDEX, LIBERTY STREET. j SUMTER, S C. ; Ice Cream Garden fitted up in excellent style, with especial view to the accommodation" of the La.lies. Rear entrance to Garden and Salo.m. C. IL Square. Soda Water of S?st Quality as? LOTS'- ! cst Price. Will furnish ICE ami ICECREAM:- short j , notice, to be delivered in any part ol town. Price of Icc Cream 50 lo 60 cents per quart. Having mane arrangements for Ice in Car-Load Lots, I can supply it to points in this and the adjoining Counties at Charleston or TOmiagton Prices. April i AUCTION. Till-: BALANCE OF THE ?. fSEill STSOK OF GOODS Will be Sold ai Public Auction, COMMENTING Monday, April 7th, AT ll O'CLOCK. And cou ti nue each day until all the goods nrc disposed of. J. II. EVANS, Assignee. T>. MURCHISON, Agent tor Creditors. April 1 Music KE^Xl. 5 Musical Phenomenon, Will give two Grand Concerts, Saturday Night, April 5th, Matinee Saturday, at 2 P. M. Admission 50 and 75 cents. Matinee 50 cts.; Children under 12 years of age, 25 els. Reserved Seats for ?ale at Dr. Auld's. SHERIFFS SALES! BY VIRTUE of sundry Executions, to ! me directed, will he sold at Sumter ! Court House, on the First Monday in April: next, and as many days thereafter as i may be necessary, within legal hours ol' sale j to the highest bidder for cash the following i property : 40 Acres of Land, more or les?, in Sumter County, bounded north and north-east by j lands of Margaret A. Miller, East by Rocfcy | Bluff Swamp and running across said swamp, on the south by lands of J. H. Karie, and west by the ?rewington public road. Also 435 Acres of Land in Sumter County, bounded north hv lands now or formerlv of Dr, T. M. Dickand hinds of Mrs. Annie E. Earle, east by Rocky Bluff swamp, south and south-east by binds formerly of Jno. O. Her rio-t, and separated therefrom by the fence now or formerly on the south portion of the Watson piace, and on the West by lands for? merly ol Jno. <). Merriot, and ny lands now or formerly of Julius L. Bartlett. Also,.that lot of Land in the town cf Sum? ter, in Sumter County, bounded north by tot of Mrs. Paxton, on the east by Church street, and measuring thereon 1ST feet, on the south by Republican street, and measuring thereon', 294 feet, and on thu west by lot of Mrs. Matilda flowers. Also, the.defendants contingent interest, in an?! to ib.it Tract of L ind, ir; Sumter County, containing 1947 Acres, more urTess, and on which S. Roher I Sp-rm nov; resides, aud io which he has a lite-time interest-al! of ike above ievitd upon aud Jo be sold ?s the pro? perty of James Al. Spann, nuder the Execu? tions of Pelzer. Rodgers & Co., li. P. Mona? ghan, F. W. Wagener & Co., Clark, Adams & Clark. Hill City Tobacco Co., Robertson, Taylor k Co., Darby & Co., Chandler, Quailes & Co.. T. S. Lewis, Francis H. Leg? gett ? Co.. Wulfoern & Pieper, M vers, Edel k Co., Raker ? Clark. Ai lamont Muses, Wal? ker. Evan? & Cogswell, A. Gambreli. Treasu? rer of the C. A. Gambreli Manufacturing Co., Lewis H. Cole & Co., F. J. Lilienthal & Son. Karly k Lane, K. J. Snow k Co., Steffens & Werner, and Ono F. Weiters, lev fed upon and to be sold as the property of James M. Spann, under lite above named Executions. 46* Acres of Laud, inore or ?ess, with the buildings thereon, in Sumter County, bound? ed north by lands of Jno. \V. Buckner, south by lands of Wm. Ellison, west by lauds of the Estate of Jno. R. Moore, and east by the pub? lic road from Camden to Charleston, and situated near the Village of Stateburg. Also, IS Acres of Land, more or less, with the buildings. 3 large frame dwellings, and 2 j stores, and outbuildings thereon, in Sumter County, bounded north by lands of Wm. Kl lison, & Jno. W.-Ruckner, eas: by the ?ands \ of Wm. Ellison, south by the lands of the Estate of Jno. R. Moore, and west by public ; road, leading from Camden to Charleston, j levied upon and to be sold as the property of Joseph Keene k Son. ni:der Fi. Fa. of F. W. Wager?:- k Co.. against Joseph Keene & Son. ; 10*7 Acres ol Lar.;1., more or less, with thc ; buildings thereon, in Sumter County, bound? ed bv the lauds or Mrs. Tiler.'?.-. Jennings. W. W. Roy kin, Mrs. Mary J. Phillips W. D. ; Sea rho rou? Ii and purdie road, leading from : Providence to road from Pisgah Church to ! Bradford Springs, and by road from Pisgah j Clint eli to Bradford Springs, levied upon and to be sohl as the property oj" Mrs. Harriet R. ! McLeod. Administrar:ix of the Estate Henry ! G. McLeod, deceased, nuder Fi. Fa. of D. J. Winn & Co.. against Mrs. Harriet Ii. McLeod, Administratrix. Chic Iron Sale, levied upon nnd to be sold as the property of Iv. Pennington, under thc Fi. Fa. of D. j. Bradham and S. F. Brad ham. his wife, against the said K. Pennington. CL W. DURANT. S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, April 13, 1864. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OK COMMON* PLEAS. Lemuel C. Moody, Richard J. Moody and Richard J Moody ns Adminis- i t nitor of Slomau B. Moody, deceau- ; ed.' Plaintiffs, against William L. Sanders, Harriet R. Sanders, il n- ?. nah J. McCall and Edwin Bates u* Co.. Defendants. 1>V VIRTUE of a decretal order made in ~y ihe above entitled cause and dated Feb-j urv 12th, 18t?4, ! will seil at public auction 1 in front of the Court House in ihe Town of Sumter in said Slate, on Monday, April j 7ih, 1SS4, (or day following.) between the j hours of ll o'clock in the {forenoon and 5 j o'clock in the afternoon, the following pretn- ! ises. ' i "All that tract or parcel of land in the Countv of Sumter and State aforesaid, t-otr laininj; three hundred and one (301 ) acres, more or ?ess. and bounded on the North? west by a parcel originally of the Toni Polk irai t which was conveyed by Rurwell j MOIMI?-, in his lite time and now belonging to j the said W. !,. Sanders, on the Hast by binds or Miss H. J. McCiiil. on the South b> lands ; ni' ll. M. Moore and Dr. W. W. Anderson and ou the Wes: by lands of Dr. W. W. An? derson and that undivided parcel or tract ?? j furiv ai-: es ileT ?sed by BurweM Moody to Henry C. Moody, decease.!, tl:.' dividing lit..' t.eUveea said forty acres and the 301 acres (to be sold under this decree) to bo run ulTby S. B. and R. .1. and L. C. Mood} ." Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay : for ? alters GUtGNARD RICHARDSON; Mar 11 Master, j M?S?EE'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ST.MT KR COUNTY. IX T?IK COMMON PLEAS. ff. fl. Sanders, Assignee, against Scipio ( flatman. "f^V VIRTUE of a decretal order made in 5^ the above en til led cause aud dated Feb-; nut ry 11th, IS?4, i will si ila; public ?action 1 in iront o! the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State, on Monday, Apr:! 7th. issi, (ur day following,) between thc hours ?'l" 11 o'clock in ".lie torenooi: and ? o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem- j ises : "Al! that certain piece, parcel or tract of i ?and situate, lying and being in the said ' L'on n ty ar.dS tale, in Kati ?au Creek Township, , irotitaihiiig ei^ht} acres, more or Ie.?s. bound- : .d N. rth bv lands of Harrison Mayrant. East ? hy Dr. K. J. Rembert, South by lands of Dr. K. J. Rembert, West by lands' of Dr. E. J. Rem bert." Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pav for papers. ? GU1GX ARD RICH ARDSON, M :i reb 11_Master. HENRY L, 6, WELLS, NOTARY PUBLIC, SUMTER, S. C. Apr 24 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. IL R. Sanders, Assignee, against Hampton Grant and Louisa Grant his i c if e . BY VIRTUE of a decreial order made in the above entitled cause and dated Feb? ruary nth. 1884, 1 will sell at public auction in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State, on Monday, April <th, 1834, (or day following.) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem* i ?es : "All that piece, parcel or tract of land sit? uate, lying and being in Stateburg Township, in said County and State, containing acres, more or less, and bounded en the North by ?ands of Harwell .Moody, on the South hy lauds of of January Capers and on th? West by lands of Peter Howard and on the East by lands of Isaac Simmons." Terms of Sa?e-Cash Purchasers to pay for necessary paners. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, .Mar il Master. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. Franh JImnegan and otliers, Plain? tiffs, against Margaret JLennegan and otliers, Defendants.-Sale for Partition. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above stated case, I will sell at pub? lic auction in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said Suite, on Monday, April 7th, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : That lot fronting on Liberty Street in said Town, measuring 30'feet front on said street, running back North to the line of the Old Jil il lot, lately the property of \V. G. Kenne? dy ; also that other lot in the Town of Sum? ter heretofore owned by John J. Hennegan, now occupied by B. J. Barnett, said lot meas? uring thirty feet front on Main Street and running Hast to the lot first described, said lots to be sold separately and subject to a right of way from Liberty Street over the lot first described to the lot last described, said right of way to be reserved for the benefit of both of said lots. The lot fronting on Liberty Street to be sold for not less than S?,OOO, and the lot fronting ou Main Street for not less than $5.000. Terms of sile-? cash, balance on a credit of 1. 2 and 3 years, with interest from date of suie : Purchaser to keep the premises in? sured for the amount of the credit portion of the purchase money, and assign the policy or policies to the Master. Purchasers to pay for paper?. GU ION A RD RICHARDSON,. March 11 Master MASTER'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN TSE COMMON PLEAS. IL R. Sanders. Assignee, against San? ders Brothers and. W. L. Sanders. BY VIRTUE of. a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated Feb? ruary ] Ith. 1S34, ! will seil at public auctioty in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumier in said State, on Monday, April 7th, 1834. (or dav following,) between the hours o?' i 1 o'clock ia the forenoon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : "All that tract of land lying, situate and being in Ration Creek Township, in said County and State containing one hundred and thirteen acres, mer?; or less, adjoining land of Elizabeth Morris, Thomas Cato, L. M. Spann and Isaac Cato ; also, all that other tract of land situate, lying and being in. Rafting Creek Township, in Said County and State, ccntaiuinjr one hundred and one ?cres, more or less, adjoining lands now or form? erly of W. H. Capel. Jos. F. Rhame, Estate of Xi. M. Spann, Tilomas Cato, Sarah Cham? bers and land known as the Bell Tract, tieing the tract conveved :o said IV. L. Sanders by F. W. Wagener & Co.'' Terms cf sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for K * GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Mar ll, 1334-41 Master. MASTER'S SALE/ State of South Carolina. SUMTER COUNTY. Ix TIM: Coi :tT OF COMMON' PLEAR. George A. Norwood end William D. McNeill, late co-partners as George. A Norwood & Co , against Newell G. DnBose. Defendant.' Iy Y VIRTUE of a decretal order made in ) the above stated case and dated Feb? ruary llih. 1SS4. I will sell at public auction in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State, on Monday, April Tili, (or day following J between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises: "All that certain lot or parcel of land situ? ate and being in the Town of Mayesville in the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, fronting on West Main Street of said Town, bounded on the North and East by land now or formerly of J. F. Bland, on the South hy West Main Street and on the West by a lot now or formerly of - Boykin, said lot having a front of forty-fonr feet and a depth of forty-four feet, be the same a little more or ?ess. Terms of Sale-Cash-Purchaser to pav for papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON," Marli .Master. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE FIRM OF BARNETT & SON, at Mayesville, S. C.. was dissolved on 1st January last, by mutual consent. All per? sons indebted to the late firm will please come forward and make settlement with cither of tiie undersigned. H. J. BARNETT. Sumter. S. C. J. E. BARNETT, Mayesville. S. C. Thanking the -public lor past favors SO lib? erally extended to the late- firm, I respectfu'ly ask a continuance of the same for J. E. Bar? nett, who will carrv on the business in hts own nam-. B. J. BARNETT. March 25 3t EARLY AMBER SOGAR CANE. IHAVE A SUPPLY OF SEED on hand, which I will seli at 124 cents per pound -half tin1 price for which they sold last sea? son. Four pounds will plant an acre, and produce eighty to one hundred gallons of syrup. The cane ripens in Angus', at which time it i.- also an exceiient feed for stock. A sample ot the syrup eau be seen at Dr. China's Drug Store, where the seed are for sale. Application hy mail, addressed to meat Providence. S. C., will receive prompt atten? lion. J. R. PHILLIPS. Mar 4 FOR SALE. A Pew Bushels of My Carefully Se* lected Upland Long Staple Cotton Seed. THIS COTTON on account of its extra staple has sold in the Charleston market for the 1 :i s i three years at about li ceo ts per pound, or ST.50 per 500 pound bale above ! he same grade of common cotton. Price for one bushel, $3.00; two bushels, $5.00 ; three to ten bushels, $2.25 per bushel ; ten bushels or over $2.00 per bushel. -AND ALSO A few ears of carefully selected seed of my Branching or Tillering Corn, which bas pro? duced as high as thirteen (13) stalks from a ?ing!e grain, and fourteen (14) ears weighing 2 pounds 14 ozs., from a single grain. Price 10 cents per ear, or three ears for 25 cents. Applv to Watchman and Southron Office or to THOS. E. RICHARDSON, March 6 Wedgefield, S. C.