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\at tie Post Office at Sumter, & as Second Class Matter ^EXAMINE YOUR DATES. v--:-. . -o ? ' . .^*fe request each of our subscribers to ex *mtoe the address on bis pa|>er, and j?articu laxlyto^observe the date upon it. This date .bows the time up to which the paper has . boeoaaid for. Many of our subscribers will teatree that they have paid in advance; - bot there are many others who will discover Jfrat they have not. ?^????????????????????1 f^jWW ADVERTISEMENTS. f^Bent--D. J. Winn. - Position Wanted-Engineer. rrH5&b Meeting-H. F. Wilson. Windsor Hotel-W. C.dewitt. &*tn-Price Baking Bowder Co. *-? 'CoHgressional Convention-M. P. Hewson. IgK^taf^ and Implements for Sale-William Dobson. .Mfcatgan ?State . College-Price Baking :Pajr4erCo/ -. Personal. T.Munerlyn is clerking for Mr. Jno. : Mr? J . B. McFaddin of Clarendon gave ns a call last week. fT; The Missee Davis of Colombia are visiting rjlfr. Tradewelf s family. >y Vies BeJle W illi mao and Mr. J. Williman of Charleston are visi? o ? at Mr. Yates'. > Mr. Wi P. Shaw is again working in Mr. ;V. "J. W?n*s clothing emporium. >g Er. and Mrs. G. II. Lewis have returned i from their visit to the up-Couuty. \ Miss Ophelia Sires from Summerville has bee? visiting Mc. W. W. D. Chandler's fami? ly for some weeks. ~ Misses J..Florence and Mary Hurst will re? tara this week so as to be ready for their Unties next Monday. ): .Mr. Leonard Kennedy of Sumter, son of ?? Mr. Kennedy of the True Southron who fought j the Radicals so long and earnestly is uow "clerking with Mr. J. F. Earlv. We wish success and hoj>e many like him will aftore to our town.-Darlington Noes. Tbe Proprietor of the Watchman and South ?re? i? still in lite mountains having a super -3atlvefy good time, except occasionally, when ijbr instance a vinous cow, which he was in ,*speetiag for the ptirj?ose of finding ont ; wbetfcer it was Jersey or Short horn, raced fetas oat of the pasture, or when his curiosity prompted bim to ask so many questions of a gold mine boss, that he suspected him of being a bask robber in disguise. "We should have mentioned last week that Mr., EL Girardcau Chandler, of Sumter, re? ceived a rertiGcnte of proficiency' after under? going a rigid examination at the close of the Karma! Institute at Spartauburg. To show tb? difficulty of obtaining a certificate, we will .ny that bot one other teacher, Mr. M. L. -?arKsre, received one. Those two gentlemen have'sbe right to teach in any school in the State, by virtue of their examination at Spar taoburg. Considerable hail fell last Saturday during the z*?a storm. Trees aod fences received a rough handling during the blow on Saturday. The Black Hirer Union neets with the Forreston Church Saturday the 30th instant. - Waat of space has compelled us to lay over several communications. They shall see the ttgbt (D. V.) u?xt Tuesday. A communication from Mr. B. R. Nash says be is, or was ic Columbus, GH., last Sunday. Much obliged for papers. Colong A. D. Stubbs of Stateburg some days ago killed a rattlesnake considerably i longer Aaa lie is, and with IS rattles. Bill Dobson offers his entire outfit for sale, j aa aril! be seen iu our advertising columns, j Be has recently los; his wife and wishes to get j away. ?. . ? The a tient ion ?f our readers is called lo the j ? ' ?. - i letter of Col. Blanding in ibis week's ?sue, j giving a detailed statement of the work of the j 8. C. College. The Catalogue for Laurinburgh Ililli School ; Richmond County, N. C., is cn our table. ' lt bas the reputation of being a good school. Mr.* A. G. Bembert is assistant teacher. The Judicial Convention meets in George? town to-day. We think the first ballot will Staad Moise 13, G il Und ll and Beard 6, with the chances tn favor of Gillaod. We published last week on our outside the j . Rales and Regulations of the Primary Elec? tion, which will give our readers all necessa? ry information as to that important matter. "Engineer,*' in to-day's issue of our paper advertises for a position as engineer and mill manager. He refers to Capt. Atkins of Mayesville, or Mallett & Atkins. Engineer Vetas to know all about bis work, and is a derer gentleman. We congratulate *Mr. B. J. Barnett upon j the improved appearance of bis store. It looks wonderfully well, but fine feathers al? ways make fioe birds. Mr. Barnett will soon move in and take along with him one ol j Sumter's best salesmen, Mr. L. W. Joye, who, j bj the way, has given up the idea of opening a ?tore of his own. Attention ! ! ! .The Snmter Light Infantry, Salem Troop and Waterer Troop, will meet for Annual Inspection, by Gen. Manigault, at Sumter, Wednesday Sept IO. -*-^^-? Fine Fruit. ' Mr.-W. H. Scott showed us a fine specimen of apple* grown on ft tree in his orchard, lt was onusanHy large and from its smooth solid appearance would keep well. Mr. Scott does not know thc name of the variety. Sumter Club Meeting. Oar readers will notice that this Club will meet for the purpose of hearing from thc va? rions card id? tes. We think a large crowd will be oat and it will be well for our "want tobo** officers to come prepared with nice lit? tle speeches for the occasion. Base Ball. A lively game was played at Providence, last Friday, between the Ralton Creek and Providence Clubs, resulting in a score of 37 to 35 ia favor of the Rafton Creek boys. A picnic was given in honor of the occasion j and was well patronized. The day was a ; ~ enjoyable one. Cracker Pea. Mr. J. A. Sanders from Rafton Creek banded ns some days ago a funny looking j little pea which looks (before shelling) much like a small, fancy crarker. He says their j yield is enormous making as high as 35 ! bushels to the acre. Mr. Sanders, however, j Ota teil you al! about them. The Seventh District. Wa sse the aame of Hon J. S. Richardson as a satiable candidate for Congress from this District should it be decided to make the contest. Coi. Richardson made a most effi? cient Repr?sentative, and bis popularity is as great outside of bis county as it is at borne. Should bebe a candidate the people would gJadJy give hies the nomination, though it wcsM bsa bams honor. Death. Died on Sunday 24th instant at Sumter, Mrs. G A. Anderson aged 5G years, 8 month and 6 days. On Saturday morning 23rd instant Mr?. Lucas, wife of Rev. T. N. Lucas of Stateburg. She was buried at the Stateburg Church on Sunday morning. But a Step from Death. Last Saturday, Rev. C. C. Brown was returning to Sumter from near Mechan icsville, and had just passed the long avenue of oaks leading np to the place formerly owued by Capt. T. H. Dick about eight miles from Sumter, when lightning struck his horse, killing it and severely shocking Mr Brown. He was found about an hour after? wards by Capt. Holman, who was on his way to Sumter, standing on the road near the scene of the accident, ia a very mixed up con? dition of mind and body. His brain vms so affected that he could not recall Capt. Hol? man's name and finally asked him who he was. His right side was most seriously acted upon, being unable to use that hand or leg to any extent. The unpleasant symptoms, however, mostly passed away during the night. .Mr. Brown, in speaking of the accident, says that he had gone through a drenching rain storm some miles back and was very wet. "While passing the avenue above men? tioned, he noticed an angry looking cloud rising rapidly, and evidently surcharged with electricity, which was flashing around in all directions. Seeing a tall holly bush just ahead and thinking it might be a dangerous conductor for the lightning, as there were no other trees near, he whipped up his horse so as to pass it as rapidly as possible. Just a moment after, while still holding the whip, there came a blinding flash, a noise of ten thousand thunders, a crushing weight upon his head forcing him him down into the bug? gy foot, and then for the next hour, all was chaos. He remembers endeavoring to un? fasten some of the harness, of going to one or two houses in the neighborhood to arrange about getting Jiome and finally about being taken up hy Capt. Holman, but is quite un? certain as to the proper sequence of these various occurrences, lt is very sure that Mr. Brown does not court another contest with Heaven's artillery, lie does not fancy being turned into a lightning rod, and will give place to any one who would wish to test the power of a flash of lightning. Editorial Correspondence. GLENN SPRINGS, S C., AUG. 21, 1884. ' Since my hist letter we have been going through the same routine. Occasionally during the day there are arrivals of new guests by private conveyance from adjoining counties, and every evening the hack from Spartanburg which arrives about 8, brings in new comers. There have been 100 arrivals in the past six days, and the departures have not been near so many, so that there has been an increase of probably half the number of arrivals. A death occurred in my neighborhood, on Tuesday, the circumstances of which aroused considerable sympathy, and cast a shade of s-idness throughout our community. Mr. J. T. By nam, of Newberry, who has been ill and growing worse for seme time, arrived here by private conveyance on Saturday, accompan- ! ied by a servant and friend, and took a room j in the cottage second door from mine. His! disease had be:-n for a considerable time of an j obscure nature; but was finally discovered j to be a tumor in the pancreatic organ of the J stomach-but whether the discovery was made before he came here or not I did not learn. The effect of this'tumor having been j to cut of the supply of the necessary fluid to i digest food; he had teen for a long time j undergoing a process of slow starvation, and was near the termination of the struggle I before he came; but he had faith in the j Glenn Springs water and hoped that it might j benefit bini, and would have come sooner, I but his wife and oldest daughter were both i also sick aud he could not make up his mind to come away and leave them. Finally, j however, he took his failli fui servant who had j nursed him for months, and bid.ling his | loved ones a final adieu, made ttie trip in two : days. It was a hopeless case, however, and he began to sink rapidly on Monday and died.; Tuesday. The description of the parting at j home, given by his servant-the carrying of J him in the arms from one bedside to the other i and then brinkin" him awav-told tn a ! negro's simple language, was really affecting. ! He was kind!)' waited upon by friends und bad thc best of medical attention. His j body was carried back home for iatermeut. There was to have been a dance herc the j night after he died ; but it was postponed, in j consequence. I very willingly accepted an ofter rester- | day lo join a party to go out in the country to some places of interest, and about 9 o'clock started from the hotel in a spring-seated wagon in company with Mr. Thos William- ? son of Darlington, hid sister and another j young lauy, Miss. Annie Ilcnnogan, (not of j Sumter,) and my obi fellow-invalid from i Marion, Dr. 1). W. l?ethea. Our first slop- j ping place was Mids' Jersey Cattle Farm, I about 3 or 4 miles from the Springs, where I we spent half hour or more. Ii was unfor- ! i lunately not a good hour to see the cattle, as j lliey were oui in the pasture. Hut we dill j not like to be entirely disappointed, and the ? direction being pointed out, we st rolled | acro. s a meadow crossed by a lillie stream or j gully, and soon found a !ot of cattle resting in j the shade. There being no one to tel! us j anything, we could only look at them and consult each others judgment. I may say, j however, that we were able to pick out the '.registered" cows by the mirks | in their ears, and thea by comparing j the resemblance of other younger looking j animals to those, guess as to thc full-bloods j aud the grades. We walked on until we j came to a different looking animal, with j longer horns and more legs; in general J appearance more like one of our "common I country looking" ones, ns our friend "dig- I gan-it" would say. She was standing in the gully andas we walked up and formed a semi? circle, I being in ad va nee and a lilt''? the near? est, she made a rallier peculiar mot io;: of her body and head, lo which I did uot pay much attention, 'nut which both of the oilier gentle- j men interpreted as a notice to get further, ami J the committee on Jerseys immediately adjourned without criticising that cow any further than that she had little or no Jersey in her. We had left the ladies, behind, and on our way back met them in a clump of willows in the bottom aronu i the spring in I company with thc wife of the stock m in, who j filled the position of dairy-maid. She had j a large pitcher of butter-milk and insisted ! upon our sampling it. All refused except the driver and I ; and as I am of au inquiring nature with a natural fondness for milk o' any kind, I laid aside my modesty and did her the favor to sample two cups full, lt was very nice and rich and, although I h ive been told that Jersey butter-milk is not good, it did me no harm. Wc spent a lew minutes more in looking up the calves, y in number, j aud admiring them, and then resumed our journey. I regretted that there was no one to point out the cattle, as I am iuformed that Mr. Mills bas some very fine cattle-a $1,500 cow and a calf that he paid $500 for, and I would have been glad to have had the partie- j ular animals pointed out. Wc travelled about 3 miles further, most of thc way up hill and over a picturesque country, when we turned down towards a little depression ?nd came in sight of a number of small house?, and further on in the bottom saw a taller building with a smoke stack on one side, and a steam exhaust pipe puffing up jets of white steam. On inquiry we learned that this was the objective point of our trip-West's Gold .Mine. On getting out of our vehicle and walk? ing down to the mill we found over the doors "No Admittance." but a tall and handsome lookiDg man soon come up, and upon our informing him of the object of our visit he politely invited us in and showed us all through the Mill and took those who would go, down into the mine, which is located in the side of the hill close the building. The first room into which we went was the one where the rocks are "stamped*' or crushed to atoms and the gold obtained by washing out the sand and dirt; but perhaps it will be better understood to leave a description of the process uutil I have taken you further on. Going cn up stairs we passed the machinery for raising and dropping the stamps, or pes? tles as some of our readers who know more about beating rice than gold ore, might call ! them, and on to a third floor where is located the rock crusher, ana where the ore, which is hoisted up by machinery from the minc below, is dumped out. This crusher is a massive piece of iron about the size of a bacon box. but not so thick one way, with a hole through it, and in this hole another piece in the form of an inverted wedge, with the surface somewhat ridged across, moves siowly back and forth. The shape of the inside piece leaves a larger opening at the top than at the bottom, which will admit rocks S or 10 iuches thick and 12 inches broad, and as a rock is cracked and moves down it is cracked asiain and again until it ? drops out in fine pieces at the bottom. As J I watched a rock go through this process and fallon the pile of clay and small rock ready to pass on down and go under those powerful steel stamp?, to be pounded to | atoms, I could but think of the old saying j "the mills of the gods griud slowly but j exceedingly fine," and if one of these mills ? strikes ns witlt wonder, what will be the ! feeling of a hard old case when he drops into ! the mill of eternity. There are five sets of j these stamps, four in a set, all ratrged in a j row. Each one weighs 450 pounds, and as j they are raised and dropped on the ore a I stream of water, pumped from the bottom of the mine, by a large steam pump is continu- ? ally running in and washing out the fine par- j tides. From the bed of the stamps are j inclined sluice-ways, of the width of each set j of stumps, (say 4 feet) extending down some ; 12 cr 15 feet and emptying into a trough j which takes off the water and dirt to the i i ravine below. The inclined plane is made* of j metal plates, silvered over, and crossed about j every foot or so willi at} obstruction against I which the gold lodges, (it being heavier than j the dirt,) while everything else is washed j over and carried away. In answer to an \ inquiry as to the probability of any of the j fine particles of gold being washed over thc ' obstruction, the Superintendent assured us ; that it v:as all secured. The Mill moves j night and day, and they only stop twice a j week, Wednesday and Saturday, to gather j the gold. Some of our party remarking that j we had happened on one of thc days, he said [ thc time was in the evening, and you can i imagine our disappointment in the hope just j raised that wc would bc able to look upon j the metal in its natural state. Not being i willing to give it np so I then asked if he j kept it there but he promptly informed me \ that it was run into bars, and by hi? answer j to some other questions afterwards, I am j afraid he might have thought I had criminal ! i intentions and was only trying to get valua- ! ble information. Later on, however, we were gratified in an- i other way. Io showing us the different ? rarietics of ore and felling their values, he ; said that he tested it at least twenty times a j day, in order to keep up with the vein and . tell when it was ge:ting "sorry." Upon I t eing asked how ? he offered to show us. We j were then standing at the mouth of the shaft, j by the buck door of the second story of the ? mill, lie had a sninll iron mortar standing j there, imo which he put a piece of rock, and. i pounding it up emptied it into a shallow iron . pan, aud stooping over a tub of water washed ! the fine rock od', stirring and shaking thc pan ! until he had iu a manner floated every tiling j ont of the pan except about a spoonful of fine j white rock like sand ; then turning the pan slowly from one side to the other and keep-! ing it tilled on one edge, he showed us the ? glittering gold dust like a fine streak just in j the bottom edge of thc pan under the sand, j We put our fingers on it: but it \v.*s ap-i parently as fine as dust, and we could not ! feel the grains, but it was there'as bright and j beautiful as a new goid dollar, hot from the mint. \\ hen he offered lo take us down into the i shaft all declined except Mr. Willianson and ? myself. Of course my curiosity would not j let me decline. We went down a rough lad - ? der through a hole about lf> or 18 feet square; i and tiien off through a passage or gallery ! lighted by openings occasionally to the top, ! the walls on each side being held from falling in, by timbers and large logs braced across ! from side to side. We only went about 60 j feet down, that being thc; floor upon which ! thev wore then working, but wc were told ! - I that one part had been sunk 90 leet lower j than wc went. This is now used as a pit for j the water to run into, and from which it is j punped for the purpose of washing thc j crushed ore, as before slated. The Superintendent said that thc Scarcity of water was the principal drawback-that the j dry weather was now making it fail. Some of the ore he showed us he valued at I $5 others at $12 and thc best at $18 to $20 j perl?n. In none of it was any gold visible! to my eye, but he would take thc different j kinds of rock and name their values as readi- j ly as 1 could tell a type from a shoe tnck. : The richest rock that he showed mc looked i more like the marble that Mr. Smith makes | grave stones out of, than anything I eau j compare it to, except being of coarser grain, j The pieces that I picked out-that look red j and yellow all through, with bright yellow ; specks, he said were the poorest, and the yel- j low specks he said are iron pyrites, and ho gold at all. lie was very liberal ai;'! gave us all the specimens we wanted. Util ? fear 1 have tired some of our renders ; on this subject, and v. ii! go back to the Min- ; eral Water. When we left the mine and started on our way home, (to Glenn's) we took n different route part of the way, and came by West's : Mineral Spring, said to be mostly iron and j sulphur, and more patronized as a tonic, j This spring was once very poj ular, and there j was a large hotel near lhere; but Glenn's is considered the best water on a ccu nt of its alterative properties, and has taken the had ? ? for many years, and continues to hold ii. ! i Wests', however, Still has its ail vocal's, and ! a few visitors sliil go lhere. There was quite ; a pretty young lady here at Glenn's spending the day to-day, who I learned afterwards was : a visitor from West's Spring. When wear- j rived at thc Spring lhere were several citi- j zens of the vicinity, or I took them to be, silting around in their shirt sleeves. Une of 1 them soon became quite eloquent in praise of ; the water, and seemed to know anything we j could ask about it. 1 afterwards found out I that he is a part owner, and when one of our j i party informed bim of my occupation, he : \ grew more enthusiastic, and offered lo ? me any quantity of the wafer that I w< furnish a vessel for. We drank heartily it, all agreed that it was more plcasanl to taste than Glenn's, and took our depar feeling satisfied that a good impression Leen made, mutually. While on the subject of cattle, I will, at risk of making this letter too long, veni to say.a little more, and those in Sumter i are interested in lins subject will be gla< know that we have in our County a nucl of the finest breed of cattle in tim worl Shorthorns-no disparagement inten as to the Jerseys or other special strain fine cattle. They arc owned by Coi. J Dargan, who was fortunate in getting tl last summer, while visiting the Rale Springs, from Maj. Geo. Chrisman, one of (if not the) leading cattle raisers in Virgir and whose farm located in North Valley, a spur of the Alleghanies, said to bc one the finest cattle raising sections of the Uni States. The leading points of the short-hi breed is docility in both sexes, and that il possess, ia exec?? of any other breed, the h: py combination of beef, milk and butter, beef it is conceded that they furnish thc b flavored and finest in the world : ns milk they are abundant, rich nnd healthful, n their butter ranks very high. Tt is an ( English breed, and the grand-sire of C Dargan's ball is from Lord Reektine'scc brated herd, in England, and wassold hy . Vaniters (celebrated cattle men of Canad; for S20.000. The sire of Col. Dargan's b is now owned by Maj. Chrisman, and cor not be bon/zht for S5.000. He weighs 2.1 pounds. The mother of Col. D.'s bull wei" 1,750 pounds and took the premium at t Joint Fair between portions of Ky., Va. a W. Va., over 300 registered short-hon His heifer is also of thorough-bred remisier stock. These facts I drew somewhat i lucian tty from Col. D. a day or two ap while lounging at the Spring. T say j luctantly, because bc said that bc is not reai yet to bring Iiis stock before the public, ni he was not much disposed to give met points "officially," but I out-talked him which is saying a good deal-and I kne that all our readers will unite in contrata 1 ting our County upon having such sloe My month already begins to water in anti? pation of i:Short-born marled beef." I am glad to report that the Colonel co Biders himself about fully restored, and th it is only necessary now to build un ai toughen his system a little more. Ile do not board at the hotel, as he wanted mo quiet than could bc secured here, but eats a: sleeps at Mrs. Bobo's, which is ne-?r a mi from the spring. He walks to ?hespnn and back twice a day. and does not go min like an invalid either. He expect to remai here a week or two longer. I think I bear him say. My "time" will be np to-morrow and will leave in the hack ai S o'clock for Spa tanburg, where I will spend a day orso, an then take a short trip higher up in the hil! I really begin to feel that I would like to stn herc longer, ai.d if I just had as much leisui time as some people 1 know I think I won't I have taken a liking to thc Messrs. Simpsor They are very kind and obliging, and the father is a gentleman of the old school. Il spends a good part of his time sitting in hi piazza, and is always ready to invite one i io to take a seat and chat. I have also foun some other pleasant acquaintances here, an will look back to ray week of rest nt Glenn' with pleasant recollections. I know that will miss the water until I can get it sent t mo at home. Whi'e I am free to say that have not fallen in love with the taste, i hav enjoyed i's effect, and I am ready to uni! freely in its praise. I have seen a goo.l man who ure very fond of the taste of it, and ca it delightfu?. When I bid the old Spring adieu it will b with the hope that it will not be forever, am with the feeling that when I do return it wi! not be as a stranger. Si'.MVTANBcnG, August 23. ? arrived hero yesterday about lOX after pleasant ii rive in a coach, having as com pan ions a gentleman and two ladies-tho. gentle man and one of the holies being a newly mar ried couple who bad only come to thc Spring a day or two before. They thought th Spring too dull and could not stay. The; left this p'aco on the Air Line in the d?rec lion of Greenville : but really did not seen to know where they wanted to go. At firs arrival here they were going to Henderson ville, but changed their mind before the trait arrived. I imagine that the world is ratho small for them, and while 1 donni know iha CiCSars Head is their destination, I rathe think that they will find that location th most suitable just now. I do not mean t>. make sport at all as I have been in their con dition and it is not hard to go back a fev years, and let my feelings go out in sym? pathy. Spartanburg is a go-ahead kind of a place, with considerably more of a city air that Sumter. I was told that the population i: 4,500, which is a considerable difference ir the two places, in that respect. There ts a large icc factory here, that turn? out ice in two-ton chunks, so I uta told. 1 heard the engine at the factory puffing nb night, whenever I was awake The ice i; sent around thc city in a fancy painted wag? on with two horses-the get-up of which will eclipse Dill Andrews several degrees. I have met a Mr. J. K. Stuckey, who is merchandizing here, and appears ro have a fine stock. Hois from Sumter County, and was glad to see me. lam stopping at Hewitt's Windsor Hotel and nm well pleased. It is well kept ami is convenient to the R. R. If any of our read? ers are intending to go to Glenn Springs. I would say get off ?he train as soon as it sty; s at Main street and the Hack will he found ready near by to go cut, and if they want to stop in Spartanburg, Hewitt's Hotel is only a few steps oil*, and he will give you satisfac? tion or make no charge. Our former towns? man, Willie Reardon, is office clerk with him. I also had thc pleasure of meeting Father Monaghan here. Ile is looking well. 1 learned that his sister, Miss Kate is here also on a visit. I wiil leave herc for Henderson vii Ie this afternoon ; but will not promise to write lunch more, as more able peas than mine have been flourishing on the scenery there to be seen, and ruy letter might seem dull. However, 1 will wait and see. Perhaps I may get inspired. Yours, N. G. O. T. M. G Uland, Esq., of Kingstrce, a law? yer of large experience and unquestioned ability, i> a candidate for thc Solicitor's ('Hice in this circuit. * Swift's Specific (.V S. S.( has cured me of a long-standing case of Eczema, which has resisted all sorts of treatment. REV. W. J. ROBINSON, N. Ga. Conference. Go to D. J. A aid's for thc best Soda Water, lie h.is a new fangled ?ce shaver and will ?ill your glass with ice like snow-if yoi; ?ike ii ?hat way. Dr. Auld makes all the flavoring extracts used .-ii hi-; soda fountain, and warrants them ?une and <>i tia- best qual? ity. Statement of Mr. B. F. Ilcarr.cton. Early in November, 18SI, while sewing un th'- machine, my wife was taken with a severe pain in her side, whieh was Soon followed bj hemorrhages f:<...<i her langs ami a severe cough i Fever commenced, she could neither or sleep, nnd in a few weeks she was iv dueed toa li viii K skeleton. The attending physician told me that he thought one of her linios was entirely gone. She could not re? tain the most delicate nourishment on her stomach, f then agreed with Dr. Sullivan, my family physician, to ea ll Dr. Holloway in consultation. They made a lina)examination of the pat lentitud pronounced the case hope? less; Dr. Holloway then suggested t?te Brew? er's Lung Restorer as a last resort. I sent for a hollie ?ind gave her a dose. I found tii.it ?he could retain it on her stomach and after about thc third dose, I began to notice some improvement in her condition. ! con? tinued the medicine regularly, and by the time she h id Iahen two bottles, she was able lo walk about the house. She is now m hel? ler bea Uti than she has enjoyed for several J years. I believe th? Lung Restorer saved her ; life. We have a family of six children, some i of them grown. Mr. Hearndoifs post-office is Yatesville, ? Upson eonnty, Ga. He is a thoroughly re liablc man in every particular. ['.leua'.; bung Restorer, the great lung and throat remedy, io foi Jaie by Dr. D. J. Au'd, Agent. Thc Campaign. The "Merry Go Round" is in satisfactory progross. Bishopville, Mayesville and Lynch bnrg have bad their meetings, and nil the candidate? have had an opportunity of mak? ing their bow to thc dear people. A t Mayesville the speeches were noted for brevity, one veracious witness testifying that the first /orly candidates nindc their speeches in half an hour. Short speeches, however, have been the rule during the campaign, with bu* occasional exceptions. The attendance upon these meetings has not heen large except tn the case of Hishop vil?e ; and tho bountiful dinner provided by that hospitable common itv deserves more credit for drawing a crowd than thc attrac? tive qualities of political sppcches. Messrs. W. J. McLeod and D. E. Keels of Lynchburg have placed all thc candidates and many or? dinary folks under obligations fora good din? ner and other courtesies at the Lynchburg meeting. -m j ? .?.<.- II i i II - [For thc Watchman and Southron.] Mayesville Items. MACKSVILLE, S.O.. August 25, 1884! Mr. Editor: Our town is slighted. We have enough news to run a daily paper-of small dimensions and ? do not see half of it in your columns. If our people arc too busy to write you an occasional letter, come over yourself and find out thc news. Our latch strings always hang on the outside for an}" of the Watchman and Southron household. Mr. IL II. Wilson is rusticating in thc mountains, Has been gone about two weeks and expects to tuke in Glenn's, Ilenderson ville, Caesar's Head, &c, before his return. Work on the Presbyterian church is pro? gressing Hurdy. The foundation is finished, and much other work is done. Mrs. Camilla Dinkins died here Tuesday afternoon, was buried at Bishop ville Thurs? day. She leaves four children, two of them unmarried daughters. Mr. D. W. Chandler, who nccidently shot himself last week, is convalescing. Mr. J. Ii. Trimnal has been very low from an abscess breaking out from his old wound, which has never fully healed. Dr. and Mrs, J. A. Mayes have been under the weather lately but are better. Mrs. Platt, wife of the pastor of the Metho? dist church is recovering from her severe Hi? nes-. Rev, J. fl. Carpenter's sister, who has been on a visit to Mayesville, has returned to Georgia. Weare glad to say that our friend's baby continues io flourish. Miss Hal tic Nettles and Mrs. J. F. Bland and children have returned home, the former from Sumter and Mrs. B. from a visit lo friends in North Carolina. Dr. Hudson has l een quite ill, he is better. Messrs, ti. M. Fox worth and J. W. Ivy left to-day for Charleston ?iud Sullivan's Island. Had a big time here Friday with thc candi? dates. .Our hands are all sore from thc num? erous and warm hand clasps gi ven us that day. Ii was worse than hoeing au acre of grassy cotton. Mayesville is hrightening up. New goods coming in. and a stray qnator is now and then picked up by our go-ahead merchants. Corn linc-colton ordinary. DUGGAN. -uu'j.r- .<>.*>? -con? Schools. Parents are probably at a lo?s ns to schools for their boys and girls the coming year, and wc refer them to our advertisements for in? formation. Here in Sumter we have ihe Misses Hursts' School : St. Joseph's Acad? emy ; and the Sumter Institute, all of them flourishing and popular. ? A t. Manning is the Academy tr ugh t by Mr. A. S. Nettles and his Sister, Mrs. Alsbrook. If a Military School is wanted, Anderson offers a good one with nil the advantages of healthful and moral surroundings. The Ursuline Convent near Columbia and Due West Female College, will take charge of your girls and give a good account of their stewardship. In North Carolina are Davidson College, North Carolina College, Thomasville College and Lanrinburgh High School, all of which have had matriculates from Sumter. Virginia offers to your girls the choice of Wesleyan Female Institute at Stanton, or Episcopal Female Institute at Winchester, while Bethel Classical and Military Academy, surrounded by the most glorious country in the world, is open for the boys. And lastly is thc Commercial College at Kentucky. Thc battle begins tn the earliest dawn of the child's existence, if it is delicate, worms fasten upon its vitals, and as years pass they increase, and if not destroyed will kill. Sh rt n cr'-s Indian Vermifuge will destroy them and .?ave tho life of the child. 'EST YOUR BAKUS PODER ?O-D?T! D:\-vn-is advert?r-o?! a*n?tsolntety puro THE TEST: rt.im/i, /m top flown ><>'. n hot stove nnf? no^tM.thon remove th? enveran J ?atril. A rl??-isi?.-?? will nut U) r*> quireU tolielect tho prc?ei;ea ot ammonia. \ ?M? ? ?% W DOES NOT CONTAIN AMMONIA. ITS I??:A^TI:MLX::S3 I?S HEV'E?? BEES ct KS?IOXED. In a militen homt'?; for n rp'.iirt? r of a century lt hal feiuud tlif consumers' relir.hl? t>? -1. THE ??ST_0FJ>:E OVE?. PRICE BAH \ N G PO H I) ER CO., HAKEUS OK Dr. Price's Special F?S?O?I Extorts, The k!r?mgf*t,aJt?t dctlefon? sml nunn I IU?t>r known.imd Sr. Price's ?tsp?!b fest Sims Ucr-t Try il.?p i'vr Ll^ht, Healthy V.r. VIM.I in il !. I :.? ? W..I FOR SALE DY C^eC?Zf?S. CKJCACO- - _c"f- ^?>WS Ml %mw mm imHt'i* 3 ?jCL?iii,2ki a wi.wft^ i . \m? [ .:tl j? fi V 9 *ftyhC 1 im i HIT Tn !.. st f!<-y hop yaast in the n'f?r!d. Sra.yj . -..-.?.J !y shis yeist i'. light, white and wliole som.*! ?.';?? our crar.urno.?hsr's delicious i>ror.d " CS5C?SS SELL TH EM. Price Bskirtst Powder Co,, Kaji?rsfj? Br. M'SIPKKI! Fiavormg Extract?, Chicas--J fir. _St. Louis, Mo. Estate o? Donald Robertson Dcc'd ?WILL A IT LY to thc Judge of Probate of Sumter County, on September 13th for M final discharge ns Executor of the aforesaid Ks tale. DUNCAN ROBERTSON, Auviijt 13- -it Executor. GREAT MEN MOSEY CANNOT CORRUPT Will Testify under the State Oath that DR. PHICIIS'S CBJA1I BAKING POWDER Does not contain Ammonia, Limo, Potash. That it is a PURE, CLEAN and WHOLESOME Powder for raising light and digestible bread. That it is supe? rior to the Royal IN EVERY RESPECT. That thc Royal contains Ammooia. That Ammonia is retained iu the food. That Ammonia is injurious. Thc Royal Company duro not deny it. REFERENCES. National Board of Health, Washington, D. C. National Board of Health Bulletin, Supplement No. C, page 83. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder heads the entire list for purity and strength. Prof. R. Ogden Doremus, M. D., LL D., College of thc City of New York. Prof. R. C. Kcdzte, Michigan State College, Lansing, Mich. Prof. EL M Scheffer, St. Louis, Mo. Prof. Charles C. Boynton, Brandon, Vt. Prof. James F. Babcock, State Assayer, Boston, Muss. Dr. Elias II. Bartley, B. S., Chemist to thc DcDartment of Health, Brook? lyn, N. Y. Prof. Curtis C. Howard, M. Sc. Starling Medical College, Columbus, 0. Prof. M. Delafontaine, Chicago, Ul. Prof. G. A. Manner, Chicago, 111. Prof. John M. Ordway, Mass. Inst, of Technology. Boston. Prof. R. A. Witthaus, A. M., M. D , University of Buffalo, N Y. Prof. A. H. Sabin, State Chemist, Burlington, Vermont. A milliou families that have used it for a quarter of a century. It is an old frick of the Royal Co. to throw dirt, crying lime and potash, transposing dates, parading black lines, and alleged Government Chemists, iu order to detract publio notice from the disgusting drag ammonia in their powder. They know that Dr. Price's does not contain ummouia, lime or potash. Do not take our icord for it. Let cvcrij Housekeeper prove it. Place a can of the "Eoyal," top down, on a hot steve until heated, then remove tho cover and smell. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. AND STILL THEY COME! JUST RECEIVED, THIS MARCH 1ST, ONE CAR LOAD BROKE .MULES. TO ARRIVE, About March 11th, ONE CAR LOAD HORSES, of all descriptions, and to suit all kinds j of customers. j ON HAND, A FULL LINE OF WAGONS AND BUGGIES. -A LS0 CORN, WHEAT BRAN, " vv LIME. PLASTER PARIS, j OATS, RICE FLOUR, n*Vi> CEMENT, COW li AIR. March 10 . JES. JUL. JErL IO 3T, FEED AND SA LE STAHLES, COR. LIBERTY ANO SUMTER STS. j ,....r-ll ...... .,-_ ...jw.^tY.?-;^j Tlil"n NEW -AT BOTTOM F1I?ES. My stock is now complete in all departments. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Choice make of best goods ever brought to this market in -both MEN'S A Xl) YOUTHS'. FINE OVERCOATS a specialty. m Ira? Is now complete and full value guaranteed. PHILADELPHIA HAND-MADE WORK. DRESS GOODS AND DOMESTICS As low as any one can sell. HATS AND CAPS lu the most Fashionable Styles. -o TRUNKS AND SATCHELS, Large variety of ?he h est make. GUNS, PISTOLS -AND POCKET KNIVES TO SUIT ALL. GENTS' UNDERWEAR, All the hes'. <:raile.< of SH IRTS, CU LL A RS, CU FFS, HOSIERY AND NECK-WEAR. GLASSWARE, Complete Lino. CIGARS AND TOBACCO, A tull supply of the Best Brands. Kuli stock of No. 1 Goods always on hand at Lowest Market Haies. DON T HANDLE S KC? ?ND GLASS GOODS. Highest Prices Paid for Cotton, Look at and pria: my gooda brjorc I) u if in q t f.<r ir h e rc. ALTAMONT MOSES. N. E. Corner Main and Liberty Streets. Oct I)_ A PRI7P Send six cents for postage, ami M I lllALiri.a.?VL, rm> :i n,stly box of goods whirh will help yon to more money right away than anything else in thi? worhl A1.! of either sex, succeed Iron nour. The broad 1*1 il to fortuneo|icns before the work eis, absolutely sure. At once address. TRUE ?c CO.. Aguata, Maine. GRAHAM'S STABLES, ll EL* CB L IC A XS TREE T% JUST ARRIVED, A FINK LOT OF m\mm inn min?*. I?UKM?D ililli Ml'LM, Good Driving Horses. -AND Farm and Timber Mules, Also, oa hand, a fine assortment BUGGIES, OF ALL STYLES AM) (J RA HES. At ?iiices to suit thc times CELEBRATED Old Hickory Wagons, Manufactured by thc Kentucky Wagon Manu facturing Company, ot Louisville, Ky. -ALSO TENNESSEE WAGONS. March 20 W. M. GRAHAM, il. S. SIMPSON, PAUL SIMPSON. GLENN 8PRIN83 ffOTEL, SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Propias. Open from May 1st tc October 15th. (JOOL) FARE. ATTENTi V i: 3 ER VANTS. Ami nil amusements usually found at FirSt Cluss Watering Places. For Pamphlet-How to use Glenn Springs Waler ; What it will cure and testimonials ot prominent men, and for rates of Hoard and further particulars apply to the proprietors. Daily Stage line from Spartauburg to thc Springs making best connection with the Railroads. Special attention given to UottHng and Shipping the water. NOTICE. MY COAL YA!:!) will be open lit of September rind during thc season, for the gale of STU VK A S D G RATH COA L in anv quantit? ?nd at reasonable pri?es. L. W. FOLSOM. .Inly 22 .EPPERSON'S OMMBUS LINE. HAGGAUK WAGON ATTACHKD. Runs from ?Vpot to anywhere within thc Town of Sumter and suburbs. TERMS MODERATE. The p.iiron.:Lie pf the citizens of the town of Sumter is respectfully solicited. ORDERS left nt thcStables will receive prom pt attention. (MA). F. EPPERSON, Agent. July 22 ~ EPPERSON'S Livery, Sale and Feed STABLE. VDU CAN" GET AT THIS STAHLE ON i short notice, a nice single or double leam ; also saddle horses, at prices to suit the times. TERMS STRICTLY CASH. NOT ICE-HULKS. All teams must be paid for before leaving Stable. No team is engaged until same is paid for. First coin?, hist served No exceptions to thc^e rule*. July 1 WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AHP AUGUSTA R. R. CO.MJENSFD SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. 1?ATBD I No. 48. j Xe. 4? May I!, 1S34 | Daily, j Daily. Leare Wilmington .J 9 05pm lt Ilya Leave Lake Wacoamaw. !I0 21 " lt 41 *. Lewe Marion.'12 06 tm ... Ar!ve Florence. 12 ii - 1 4* * Ar've Sumter. 4 34 ** ........... Ar've Colombia. 6 40 " -.. Tit UNS (j OIN? N?KTII. I No. 43, J Kt. 4f? _I Daily, j Daily. Leave Columbia. Arve S usu fer. Leave Florence. 4 05 pm Leave Marian. 4 51 ** Ar've Lake Waceamaw. 6 43 ** Ar'veWilmington. S OJ " f 5*?? ll J? - 4 St ?? * JJ ? 7 IT " 8 li ** Trains No. LS anil 17 stop.? only at Brillit?'*? U'h;:ovii!v. Lake Waccata? w, Fair Bluff, Marie* Florence. Tiiamonsvillc, Sumter, Camden Jana? lian an'l Eastovcr. Passengers tor Columbia and all point! .% C. .1 t;. ii. lt., C., C i. A. lt. R. Stationl, Aiken Junction, and all points beyond, ihoahi take No. 4S Night Express. Sepatate rullman SicHpcrsforCbarleaten ant f-.r Augusta on trains 43 and 47. Passengers or. 40 can take 48 train fr?m Florence for Columbia, Augusta and Gter^ia points via Columbia. Ai! trains run solid between Charleitou a?4 Wilmington. JOHN F. DIVINE, GeneralSup'L T. M. EMERSON, (Jen. Pakenser Ag'u NORTH-EASfERN RTRTM. QUPERINTESDENT'S OFFICE. O NO BTUEASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., July 3, 1884. On and after this date the following Scot? dule will be run : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. No. 43-ll 50 A. M. 3 48 P u.\ No. 47-12 43 A. M. 4 34 A. M. No. r>3- 8 10 A.M. Ar Laues 10 00 A.K. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. No. 40- 1 50 A. M.5 20 A. X. No. 42 12 00 ii.4 00 p. X. No. 52 leave Lattes. 8 05 P. M. 9 55 P. X. No?. 52. 53 and 47 will not stop at Wt/ Stations. No 40 will stop at Lake City, Kingstret, St. Stephen's and Monck's Comer. CSNTEAL EAILBOAD SCHEDULI DAILY. Leave Charleston.8 10 ft tn ?; Lane s. 10 05 a m Arrive Sumter.ll 10a m ei Columbia. 12 35 p ? C~ t^MENCINA JANUARY 20, 1884, Pat seager Trains will run as follow*. nntH fix? ther notice. (No train? arc run on CnmaWX Drau ch ta SntttSaY* ) TO Cul.l MBIA. Leave Camden . 715am 415pm Leave Camden Junction-... 'J Ot a m 5 27 p m ?Jrive at Colsmlhi . ll 40 a nt 10 35 p a FIli'SS COLUMBIA Leave Columbia. ? 40 a m 5 34 p ? .. nive Camden Junction...!! 53 am 7 13 p m Arrive at Camlet:. 155pm 835pm TO CilAKLCSTOM Leave Camden. 4 15 p m Leave Cam <ieu June*. 5 S. p m Arrive at Charleston.10 10 p m P?t't? CnA RLKSToM Leave Charleston... 7 M ?? Arrive Camden June'. ll 5J a m Leave Col umhin. 5 30 p m " Sumter. 6 56 p ta " Lanes. 8 05pm Arrive Charleston. 9 55 p m T. M. EMERSON, J. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Gen'! Sap'*. South Carolina Railway Co. I 55 p , 4 Ufa 5 37 p m . 7 16 am . 6 es n m .11 ii a m I 55 pm Arrive at Camden. T<> A tOC ST A Leave Ca ?a ?len . Leave Camden June'...... Arrive at A uga.-ta., PaoS AlGl'STA Leave Augusto. Arrive Camden June'. Arrive Camden . COSXECTlOjtt. Connceti? ns lua-le at. Columbia with Colum? bia ara! (?reenvillc Railroad b??t!i way*, to ant from all paints on that Road and on the Spar* tan-burg. U ii ion and Columbia and Spartanberg and Asheville Railroads, also willi the Char, hu ie. Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and from all p.dnts North, both way*, by tratnt leaving Camdenat 7 15 a ni, and arriving at 9 ".5 y m. Connections made at Augusta to and ftv?m all Points West and South via Georgia K. IL arni ivirh Central R. Iv. Cou t:eet tens made at Charleston with S'earn? ers to and from New Y?rk on Saturdays. Also '.vj a Charleston and Savannah Rail? way fur Savannah and all petntt South. Connections made at blackville with wei! R. lt. to and from Barnwell by all on Augusta Division. THROUG H TICKETS to all point*, can ourehssed bv a?plving to James June*. Agent a; Cansdcn." ' : I>. C. ALLEN. General Passenger and Ticket Agent. JOHN IL PECK, General Manager. Charleston. S. C Asheville & Spartantog B. E. Barn tratnt ti's^ir--*57. -fi****' """TT? d"T*^* ?"fiofi j2S3BSk3*?t? ? i ; < . - - ~ ~ ~-i TIME TABLE. TO TAKE EFFECT MONDAY, MAY 12. DOWN TttAi.N'. Leave Ileadersouvuie. 8 00 a at " Fiat Roch. 8 15 a m t: Saluda. 9 oo a m il Tn on City. 9 45 a ta ArriveSpYg, It. & I>. Depot.ll 30 a m cr TRAIS. Leave SpCg, R. & D. depot. 6 00 p to Tryon City. . 7 40 p ra " Saluda...... 8 50 p Ol Flat Rock. 9 15 p m Arrive UendersonviHe. 9 30 p ra Trains on Asheville k Spartaabnrg Road will *JC run bv Air-Line Tinte. JAS. ANDERSON, Superintendent. I*, il. Folsom, I? W. Folaoro. FOLSOM & BRO. Established 186S. Practical "Watchmakers and Jewelers, Main--Street, ojypttsite John Rei<Tst SUMTER. S. C., M'Ai, KI: s \y Elgia, IffaltSiam - Lancaster and S wit? WATCHES, ( ' ;' all Descriptions. Clocks, Gold Pens, Pencils, kc, kc, kc. SHA'KR AND PLATED WARE, Gold and Plated Jewelry of thc newest designs. Spectacles, Eye Classes. Fine Pocket Cutlery Scissors and Razors, Fishing Tackle. Sacing Machine Needles, Oih, Etc? We guarantee everything as represented. Prices as !?>.... as. Reliable Goods can besoM. Come and see us. Oct 9 WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. rp?lS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE, ? with al! modern improvetncata, ia aam o pen for th? reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT & SON, Mayo. Proprietort