The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 16, 1884, Image 2

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16. ' v The Sumter Watchman was founded fa 1850 and the True Southron in ?8?6. The Watchman and Southron - ~-r.-<-? ? now his the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and te manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. % EDITOBIAI, ITEMS. p Nanda, which some years ago had . an unexampled growth has begun to retrogade in population, and now does not contain more than 12,000 voters. ..- . . Outside its silver and gold, Nevada bas bat few attractions to offer settlers. g?> Among the many and varied Cabinets > proposed for President Cleveland, twen : iy-one different names have been* sug? gested for Postmaster General. If the -Cabinet making continues much longer, some one*will guess correctly, for every prominent name in the country will be .suggested. The Arkansas and California fever has attacked a nam her of our people, :;\ both white and colored. We see from our exchanges that there is a continual stream of emigrants from the upper counties westward. We think most of them will be sorry for going, and wish they were hack in Carolina before a _ year passes over their heads. Chloral is beginning to attract atten? tion as the cause of many deaths and - suicides. It affords such pleasant relief to shattered nerves and loss of sleep ?at the temptation to use it, after once being tried, ia not to be resisted. And when it. once becomes master there is no relief till death comes to the unfor - t?nate victim. . Anew commercial treaty which has teen formulated, hat not yet adopted, between this country and Spain, is causing quite a flatter among mercantile men and ship owners. The new treaty makes a heavy redaction ia the tariff , tates on sugar tand tobacco from Cuba, and of coarse is meeting with strong Opposition ' from the producers and - ot?Bnfactarers of those two articles. ( ;The.Sew York* Stat, whose nerves j are as seriously affected by the mention j . of Teven ue reform as a mad bull would ] oe bjr the sight 0f a red rag, views the t new Spanish Treaty with mach ecpa- ? Dimity. Its warm beams do not rest with any degree of assiduity upon the sogar planters of Louisianna or the to V bacco raisers of Virginia except when r -their .votes may be needed to keep up * the present Republican war tariff. : c '*:WiH wonders never cease? Gen. Grant has written to Senator Mitchell, 8 who has charge of the bill giving him a pension of $5,000, refusing to accept one from the Government. What does * '. . . ..... ^ it mean T We fear the great Gift Taker "TS ; after something* more valuable-a " -place on the retired list for instance, worth, by the way, three or four times ^ ss much as the pension. J. The News and Courier blows a blast v against the extravagant appropriations j, . required by the Asylum. Its strictures c . are well timed and exceedingly apposite, "j v and the Legislators might stop a very j t big leak by appropriate legislation, g We do not censure the Asylum autbori- j; ties. They are not to. blame, but the j, - system is faulty all the same. j "Colombia is going straight ahead T with city ways. She now grants li- D censes to wheels of fortune and photo? graph lotteries." _Sq says the Register. We were e ander the impression that she has been having city ways for some time. Fifty- 1 i two bar rooms and a licensed cock pit 11 ' in addition to other minor attractions ; have given her the airs of a fall grown .i ~- ' a eitJ: f French Bonaparti&ts still cling.to the * * * 3 hope of some day coming into power. The present heir-apparent Prince Je- 11 rome Bonaparte is busily engaged in ? encouraging disaffection to the Rcpub- k Hean Government, and is preparing a 0 manifesto to be issued soon and which ! will convince the nation, maybe, that f France is bound to be destroyed unless 1 placed under the fostering care of a c Bonaparte. It is customary to refer to * Bourbons as people who never learn any? thing and never forget anything. Bo - napartists might with much propriety be Jj included io that number. Hugh McCullough, the new Secretary j. of the Treasury made a strong tariff reform report, and the Republican pa- ( pera are so worried over it that they have stopped lying about Cleveland for j a few days, and commenced a crusade against ; McCullough. It riles them T tremendously that after Blaine had c made his campaign exclusively on the " tariff issue, except while slandering Cleveland, that a Republican Secretary j should, after an exhaustive study of the t financial situ?t ios, make a report that agrees substantially with the Demo- ( eratic platform. It is bad enough for ( a political party to stultify itself, but it is worse to have the proof of its folly * from its own household, and no wonder the bosses are in a tantrum with the * Secretary who is too honest and too \ capable to succeed as a Republican. j We wish the newspaper correspon- 1 dents would tell the truth of J. G. t Blaine's physical condition. We do 1 not* know whether Mr. Blaine is a pre- i maturely aged man, tottering to an i early grave with an enfeebled body and ? broken heart, or whether in the prime i and strength of matured manhood, with ( a clear concience anche^rave heart, he t looks forward to a lengthened life of j t earnest work. Since he made hisN^ele- j < orated Augusta speech we think Hep must be in a bad way physically. His t ?tex ? evidently oat of orcfeapitis diges-j s tion bad and he sees the world through jaundiced spectacles^ and everything looks awry. If that speech was the result of physical causes and not of pure and unadulterated villainy, when he recovers, if he ever docs, he will won? der how he ever eould have been such an arrant fool as to talk so. A big strike among the hat makers in Norwalk, Connecticut was organized last week, and is still under way. The men are loafing around the factories and depots, refusing to work themselves and not willing for others to do it. Our sympathies naturally go with the working men, but we protest against the impropriety of strikes. Not one in ten results favorably to the workmen, while the amount of money lost is al? most incalculable. The Hocking Val? ley miners who. have been on a strike for three months, are estimated to have been the cause of a loss ?2,500,000 already, and they are no nearer success than when they commenced their non? sense. And so it goes ; the workman strikes, loafs around for several weeks, living on the pittance the trades-union gives him, and finaliy goes back at the same rates as before, poorer in pocket, in health and self-respect than when the strike begun. A strike is poor business. Evolution received a very black eye last Thursday in Columbia. The Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Theo? logical Seminary met Wednesday, and continued their session over to Thursday, when by a vote of 8 to 4 Dr. Woodrow was requested to resign. Each of the South Carolina members-Judge Fra? ser, Hon. Jas. Hemphill, Rev. T. H^j Law and Rev. W. J. McKay-voted in the negative. Dr. Woodrow declined to resign and the Board by the same vote promptly removed him, and there? upon Drs. Hemphill and Boggs resigned their . Professorships. Their resigna? tions were promptly accepted and this leaves but one Professor in the Semi? nary-Dr. Girardeau. Some one bas suggested Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond, Va., the hero of "De Sun do move" theory, as a suitable man for j Dr. Woodrow's position. We think the Board has made a serious blunder in removing Dr. Woodrow, for a re? ligious denomination goes outside its legitimate field of labor when it assumes :o direct the scientific belief of its mem? bers. , THE FARMERS. In conversation with a practical far aer, not long since, on the subject of he organization the farmers have re iently formed, he made a suggestion hat is worth talking and thinking bout, aud to that etd we briog the natter to the attention of our readers. )ur friend thinks that it would add greatly to the success of the Farmers Association if it bad a room or office tnder its control in town. A place rhere they could always feel at home, . sort of Farmers' Headquarters, where armers could always be sure of meet rig other farmers on public days, rbere their lunch could be paten, their 11 etters read and answered and which jf ould be made a sort of reading room 1 . I r rith a variety of farmer literature in j he shape of magazines and papers, j > inch au arrangement would cost but j i tttle to each one if all would aid, and jr fc would be the beginning of a new tie, ?1 finding the farming interests together, j Ve do not think the scheme at all itopian, nor do we believe it can be arried out without some trouble and xpense, but if it could succeed it would ie a long step towards bringing about be active union among farmers so j c auch to be desired and so completely ranting in Sumter County. We have uggested none of the details of rrangement because they should come rom farmers who know both the needs nd the jmethod of meeting those leeds. Weare confident that the farmers of minter County with the union and co? operation which will result from their Association, and which will be so ;reatly promoted by the plan proposed n this article, would soon be surpass d by none in the State in material trospcrity. We have the soil the limate, the men, the energy ; we lack nerely the proper direction of that ?nergy. In union thore is strength. The Granges made a good beginning n this work, but for some reason they lave lost their popularity of late years, md something must be done to take ip the good work and carry it to a suc ?essful completion. If our farmers but inew the capabilities of their farms, md the success that will attend upon a >roper direction of the present mis lirected efforts, Sumter County would :oon blossom as a rose. We would be glad to hear from our armers on this subject. Is it worth he trouble and money that it will cost, md if so, are there a sufficient number )f practical farmers to take hold and nake it a success. CHARLESTON'S DEMONSTRA? TION. We hardly know what to say about his magnificent outburst of patriotic oy over the election of Cleveland and [Icndricks. It was such a big thing, here were so many miles of brilliantly ighted streets, so many magnificently lluminated buildings, such a blaze of ?ockets, Roman candles, electric lights md gas jets, so many millions of Chi? nese lanterns, so many hundred millions >f exploding fire-crackers, bombs, trumpets and other instruments of noise ;hat the task of describing it is most lifficult, and the difficulty increases erben we endeavor to think of fitting jerms to portray the procession, which j^^^bave been two miles long, and made up of all classes and conditions * men, of all trades and professions-tl festive drummer, tho sedate merchan the lively collegian, the dignified lav yer, the sturdy workman, the dainl dade, and then the carriages, wagon floats and trucks, the mottoes, portrai j and advertisements, all lavishly illumii ated by lights of every shape, size ai condition. The Committee of ?rrangemen could not have made a greater succ?s j The merchants of Charleston all r sponded grandly to the call for assis ance, and it was this nniversal respom to the demands of the committee tb; made Friday night what it was. j The News and Courier, in commen ing its description, says : ; "To see is one thing, to describe ai other. Ooly those who saw for thea selves the demonstration last night ca ever have any adequate idea of the mag niScence and brilliancy of the displa or of the immense crowds that thronge the streets from an early hour in tb evening until after the torchlight pr( cession had completed its line of marc and the last rocket had illuminated th sky. "From the time when it first becam positively known that there was to b in Charleston a Cleveland and Her dricks celebration the enthusiasm c the people had been speedily incrcasin until finally so fervid a spirit of friendl emulation had been-aroused that, wbe its results began to take shape in deco ration and the arrangement of origina devices for the procession, each was as tonished not only at what others ha* done, but even at the work of bis owl bands. "Last night, before the processioi was ready to begin its march, the city from Line street to the Battery, ii those streets along which the processioi was to pass, was one blaze of light an< a glowing mass of decoration. Kio{ street was especially beautiful, thi handsome stores being lighted and oma merited from roof to doorsili, ant withal with rare taste and exquisit* skill. The same is to a greater or lest degree true of the entire line of march and Charleston may well congratulate herself on the success of the display anc fear bo comparison with those that have preceded it in other places. "The immense number of visit?n from all parts of the State and from neighboring cities was a most gratifying feature of the celebration, and the good order that was preserved throughout the day and night by all classes of citizens, regardless of race or color, was such as has never been seco elsewhere, and cannot be too highly commended. . The police, it is true, were out in force, and were to be seen wherever their services could possibly be needed; but beyond a little friendly advice to the admiring throngs in King street to move OD, they had little or nothing to do." Time and space prevent our entering into a detailed statement of the pro? gramme, and must close in the words jf our Charleston cotemporary by say? ing that it was, indeed, a glorious cele? bration of a glorious event, the Jubilee )f Peace, the apotheosis of union, the jallelujah of a blythe and grateful >eople. THE LEGISLATUB?. MONDAY, DEC. 8. The House bad A meagre Attendance this norning when called to order. The mem? bers did not seem disposed to talk, and trans? ited their routine business in a very quiet ?ray. The tills which were introduced or >a?sed were of only local importance. In the Senate work was more lively. The )ill to settle and determine the ownership of i large amount of land in Pickens and Oco ?ee Counties provolced some discussion. This and, which is part of a grant made prior to he Revolutionary War, has been partially citied up by squatters, though much of it is ret unclaimed. The owners have been nu nerous, few of whom have ever seen the prop? erty, as they for the most part have been for? eign capitalists. The present claimant de? lires to introduce a German colony upon hese lands and hence the bill to decide the ?wnersbip. From the tone of discussion io be Senate, it is hardly probable that the >resent settlers will be disturbed in their :Iaims. There was much talk on the bill to epeal the Oconee prohibitory law which was idopted last year, and the whisky people car ied the day. A new bill was introduced giving to Coun y Commissioners the right to grant licenses br the sale of intoxicating liquors in the owns or villages of their respective Counties, n lieu of the town authorities as at present ; ie license fee to go to the County Treasurer astead of to the town. This bill only au? dios to towns where liquor is now sold, and equires the consent of the municipal author ties before license can be granted. In view of the fact that the dogs of South karolina cost the State about as much as is ;pent on hogs, the most important bill of the iay was one introduced by Senator Coker .equiring a license to keep a dog. Make it ligb, pass it and enforce it, and it will be vorth $100,000 to the State. TUESDAY, DEC. 9. The House met at ten. The Ways and Uean3 Committee introduced the appropria :ion bill which appropriates the som of $808, 131, as follows for the expenses of the several lepartments : Executive Department, $66, )00; Judiciary Department, S57,250 ; Health Department $9,100 ; Tax Department, $25, 200 ; University, $37,900; Penal and Chari? table Institutions, $168,438; Miscellaneous, >52,900 ; Interest, $391,337. The bill amending the law relating to the [easing of convicts was discussed at consider? ?le length. After a number of amendments it passed its second reading. In its present form* it requires that all convicts shall be ander charge of an officer of the Penitentiary, ind that no punishment shall be inflicted ex? cept by that officer. The bill in reference to the purchase and ;ale of seed cotton was next discussed. The House of Representatives is eminently an ngricultural body, and the subject was a most attractive one to cottou planters, Speeches, amendments and resolutions fol? lowed in quick succession, and in a short lime the bill was so changed and emasculated that its dearest friend could not have recog? nized it. In the midst of the tangle the con? sideration of the bill was suspended for a question of privilege and the House adjourn? ed without returning to that question. In the Seoate a committee was appointed to represent the Senate in the Charleston demonstration, Friday night. At 1 o'clock the stenographers' bill came ap for consideration, und the first vote showed that the Senate was nearly evenly divided, being 16 in favor, to 15 opposed. After a lengthy debate and the adoption of amendments wbicb, in the opin? ion of the'original mover, emasculated it to ^v^^p^^^^s^o^^^^^^u^^^^^was Senator Earle was conspicuous ic R(**iatiDg the necessity Of the MIK ^N>on the special order in both Houses was flection of a United States Senator. GeDeraVjampton received the unanimous vote of Vry white Senator and Representa? tive, and^0 tbe vote of Senator Williams (colored) > Georgetown. The Senators from Beaur^ and Berkeiey voted for Whip? per. In t< House the colored members voted for Snij8 W%ESDAY, DEC. 10. The Honse afc^ t0 adjOQro Friday so as to give ?ts nieo-g fr? opportunity of attend? ing the Charle^ ulebratiotl. The Iegislativt?sropr?at?on bill was re? ported. ItamoDn%5540j657>8o3 divided as follows : Senate, ?^05 ; Honse of Repre? sentatives, $26,70i?:. engrossing depart? ment, $3,100 ; miscc^eous, S350. At noon to day theV Houses met in joint assembly to declare ^election 0f United States Senator. Lieu tefy-Go vern or Shep? pard presided. The JoLals 0f the Senate and House recording the oL^g were reft(j by the clerks of the Senate an*oose respective? ly, after which the presiw officer an_ nounced that Wade Hamptot^avjDg receiv? ed the majority of the vot^cast in DOth Houses of the General Asserab&was elected Senator from South Carolina^. sjx years> beginning March 4, 1885, and -? ;0jQt asi serably was dissolved. v\ The seed cotton bill was brough^,, made still more incomprehensible and paa^Q the third reading. The hardest legislative fight of th"ntjre session was made over the bill repeaf~ t?e law exempting factories from tax fo ten years. After a prolonged discussion thi^ii passed to the third reading. \ The Senate did good work to-day, \? some not so good. The joint resolutions consider the advisability of an increase of tl Judiciary of the State was killed. The bill to repeal the act exempting Facto ries from taxation brought out some stroni speeches. It was killed by a vote of J 8 to 17 THURSDAY, DEC. ll. The usary law took up two hours time fo discussion to-day, all of which ended ii smoke. The question of prohibition in Picken, brcught forth the usual speeches, Charlestoi of course leading the opposition. The bill regulating the employment o children in factories was passed to the thin reading. The Senate passed to the second reading 1 very important bill relating to the adraissiot of patients to the asylum. The rapid increasi of inmates has added greatly to the expensi of the institution, and taxed its room to tb< utmost, and some legislation checking thi habit of sending patients there who should bi cared for in the poor bouse, is an absolu ii necessity. FRIDAY, DEC. 12. The Legislature was in a spasm to ge through work to-day in time for the excur? sion to Charleston, and work was done in t hurry. A tilt between Mr. McCusker, Georgetown's Independent Representative? and Mr. Lee of Sumter, aroused some interest, The Senate had no speeches to-day. ' A number of bills passed <he third reading, among which was the bill incorporating thc Sumter and Santee Railroad. This Toad is to run from Sumter to some point on Santee River, and* has Messrs. Wallace, Wire and S?der as corporators. The bill for the relief of Counties burdened with railroad debts was postponed to next ses? sion. The Senate adjourned to Monday, 15th. SATURDAY, DEC. 13. The few members in attendance upon the House to-day had an excursion-worn look, and but little work was done. The lost tax year (1876) came in for some discussion, and the Committee on Ways and Means submitted a report ou the subject of the change of time in the collection of taxes so as co nntke up the lost year. The report recommends that a special tax levy of one mill a year be made for three years, the proceeds to he held in the treasury until Noreraber, 1887, by which time and with which fund the committee think that the change in the time of collec? tion of tuxes can be made. It is very evident that if the Legislature attempts to finish its work and adjourn be? fore the holidays that much necessary legis? lation will be neglected. CHRISTMAS*^ RDS TV J. Auld's. Physicians use Shriner's Indian Vermifuge in their practice and pronounce it a first class arl ide. A trial will convince the most skep licle of its intrinsic merit. He Thanks His Paper. Mr. Editor:-I was induced by reading your good paper lo try Dr. Barter's Iron Tonic for debility, liver disorder and scrofula, and three boules have cured me* Accept my thanks. Jos. C. Boggs.-Ex. dec 2 ESTATE SALE. UNDER TEE WILL OF ELUA ANDER? SON, deceased, I will sell at Sumter Court House, on Sale day, Monday, January 5, 1885, at 12 o'clock, the following Real and Personal Property of said Estate to pay debts and for division to heir3 : NINETY ACRES OF LAND, more or less, bounded on-the south by Aaron Fleming, on the north and west by Isaac Holmes, on the north-east by John Prescott, and on the east by Mary Anderson end F .ima Gregg, with a good dwelling-house, containing five rooms and kitchen; also, smoke-bouse, barn, stable and gin-house. A good orchard is on the place. Terms'Cash-Purchaser to pav for papers. Dec 16 H. W. MACKEY] Executor. FOR SALE OB BENT. MY FARM ON THE MANNING ROAD one mile South of the Court House in Sumter. The place consists of one hundred and ten acres-eighty cleared. On the place is a comfortable dwelling of six rooms and all necessary out buildings. -ALSO TWO BUILDING LOTS of two acres each -in town. For particulars spply to the undersigned at Charleston, S. C., or to R. P. Monaghan in Sumter. T. J. T?0MEY. Dec 16_4t_ KID GLOVES. Poster's "Tres Bon" New Hook Real French Kid Gloves? 5-hooks, $1.50 ; 7-hooks, SI.75 ; 10-books, $2.00 per pair. FANCY GOODS, CHRISTMAS CARDS, STATIONERY and a variety of articles for Christmas Presents. STAMPING AND EMBROIDERY and a full assortment of all necessary mate? rials. Lessons in Embroidery at reasonable rates. Butterick's Fashionable Dress Pat? terns at PHIL. SCHUCKM ANN* 271 KING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec 16_._v INSURANCE LICENSE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPATMENT, OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL, COLUMBIA, S. C, DEC 13, 1884. ICERTIFY, That B. M. HOLMES, of Sumter, S. C., Agent of THE MUTUAL SELF ENDOWMENT AND BENEFIT AS? SOCIATION OF AMERICA, incorporated by the State of Texas, has complied with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assem? bly entitled uAn Act to regulate the Agen? cies of Insurance Companies not incorporated in IheState of South Carolina," and I hereby license the said B. M. Holmes, Esq., Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all busi? ness of Insurance in this State, in the County of Sumter, for and in behalf of said Company. Expires March 31st, 1885. W. E. STONEY, Dec IC Comptroller General. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, Office of Mool Commissioner, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., DEC 8, 1884. THE FIRST REGULAR EXAMINATION for 1885, of implicants for certificates to teach in the Public Schools of this County, will be held at this Office, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, JANUARY 2D and 3D, 1885. Friday, January 2d, for whites, exclusively. Saturday, January 3d, for colored, exclu? sively. Teachers will please take notice that (in accordance with resolution of Stale Board of Examiners, adopted September 3d, 1884,) no other examination can be held prior to July 1885. By order Board of Examiners. J. D1GGS WILDER, Dec 9 School Commissioner. MASTER'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Mrs. Caroline Schwerin, Plaintiff, vs. Edith Solomons and Lena Solomons, and Herman Schwerin and Jacob E, Schwerin, Defendants-Decree for Partition and to pay costs, expenses and fee. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated No? vember 28th, 1883,1 will sell at public auction in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State, on Monday, January 5th, 1885, (or day following,) between the hour3 of ll o'clock ia the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : "All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing about two acres, bounded Westby Main Street, North by property formerly owned by W. A. Todd, and also by land of the Estate of Monaghan, East by Harvin Street and South by land of C. E. Stubbs." Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for necessary papers. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Dec 15 Master. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. I Jumes McDowell, Executor of the last Will and Testament of John B. Witherspoon, deceased. Plaintiff, vs. Cloe Toney, Sydney Toney, Jeffry Toney, et al, Defendants. T.Y VIRTUE of a decretal order made in -L. the above entitled cause and dated 9ct3 8th, 1884, I will sell at public auction {j fru of the Court House in the Town of oumt; in said State, on Monday, January ^lD> *35, (or day following,) between the hours X ii o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock , the afternoon, the following premi? ses: _ "All oi-hat tract of land, situate io said County an?statej containing fiftv acres, more or less, bou^?d on tDe Nortn 'ty- ]an(Js 0f Mrs.-D^ose ; South by lands of Robt. Addison Touv. East by lands of G. Addi? son, and Westy lands late ot Addison Toney, Senior," decea^. Terms of sale-??sh. Purchasers to ?y for necessary papers. JO*; s. RICHARDSON, Dec 8, 1834-4t: Master. O THEJADIES: In your sear*i for CHRISTMAS tOODS BE SURE AND CA j, -AT ALTAMONT MOSES', N. E. Corner Main and Liberty Skeens. You will find there ? Lame Assortment -OF Goods Suitable for (he Holidays? Our Notion Department Is replete in all it3 Departments. NICE KID GLOVES OF ALL SIZES AT 50 CENTS. This week we will make a GRAND DISPLAY -OF Handsome China, Majolica Ware, Fruit and Cake Bas? kets. AS FOR CROCKERY, Well, really, I don't know what to say, except COM2 AND SSE FOB YOURSELF, GUS GROCERY DEPARTMENT IS PULL. When T say that I mean exactly what I say. Here you will find JJ J.?U1UUUMJ And an endless VARIETY OF CANNED GOODS. DON'T FORGET THAT YOU CAP? BUY HERE Barrel Good Flourfor $4.50. -AND 16 Lbs. for $1.00. A Nice Line of Lamps from 25c. to $4 Dec 1G C. I. HOYT & BRO., etches, Clocks j Jewelry, Spectacles, &c, &c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain? ing to Breech-Loading GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES -ON BOTS' ?ll CHILDRENS SUITS -AND OVERCOATS -AT .J. ROTENBERG & SONS. "We are making a SPECIAL SALE in closing out our Stock of BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS, ranging in age from 4 to 13 years. AT COST! AT COST ! AT COST! AT COST! AT COST! AT COST! Parents who desire to give their boys A Christmas Present, . what better can you do, than by giving them a GOOD SUIT OR OVERCOAT at about half the usual price. Make your selections early before the stock is broken. We are also CLOSING OUT OUR STOCK -OF LADIES' AND MISSES CLOAKS, consisting of DOLMANS, WALKING JACKETS, NEWMARKETS, CIRCULARS AND JERSEYS, AT REDUCED PRICES. J, BOTTENBERG & SONS, I SUMTER, S. 0. Dec 9_ A. B. MULLIGAN, wm FACTOR m coiwii mum CHARLESTON, S. C. I WILL HOLD COTTOnST For any specified time, at LOW UTES OF STORAGE AND INSURANCE, And will make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, On same at REASONABLE RATES OF INTEREST. A. B. MULLIGAN, " Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, S. C. Oct 28 v ON ACCOUNT -OF THE IiOW Pri?e of Cotton -WE HAVE MARKED DOWN OUR GOODS TO CORRESPOND. We would call special attention to the following lines of goods : DRESS GOODS, mm, MME ii mimi, mum, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOSIERY AND LINEN GOODS. JOHN REID. ELECTION NOTICE. State of South Carolina. SUMTER COUNTY. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE. Resolved, 1. That io accordance with the petition of a majority of the owners of Real Estate in the Township of Spring Hill, in said County, an Election be held under the Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to in? corporate the Georgetown and North Caroli- i na Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, and j the Act amending the same, and to provide for subscriptions thereto," approved Decem? ber 21, A. D. 1883, at which shall be sub? mitted to the qualified electors of Spring Hill Township, whether said Township will sub? scribe to the capital stock of the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company the sum of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars in seven per cent. Coupon Bonds pay-: able twenty-five years after ins date thereof the funds realized from said Bonds to be ex? pended exclusively in the construction of said Railroad in said Township. Resolved, 2. That said Kleotion be held for 1 the purpose aforesaid at Spring Kill on Sat? urday the 27th day of December, next, be? tween the hours of 7 A. M. and 6 P. M.. and ! that Hugh H. Evans, Charles L. Williamson and Jas. M. Ross are hereby appointed man? agers to conduct the same in accordance with said Act of the General Assembly, and that they make to this Board a retnrn under their hands of the result of said Election with all convenient speed. By order of the Board of County Commis? sioners. T. V. WALSH, Clerk. November^, 1884. [ 25-lm, ELECTION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE. Resolved, 1. That in accordance with the petition of a majority of the owners of Real Estate in the Township of Swimming Pens, in said County, an Election be held under the Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled Au Act to in? corporate the Georgetown and North Caroli na Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, and the Act amending the same, and to pro? vide for subscriptions thereto," approved December 21, A. D. 1883, at which shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Swim? ming Pens Township, whether said Town? ship will iubscnhe to the capital stock.of the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company the sum of Thirty five Thousand Dollars in seven per cent. Cou? pon Bonds payable twenty-five years after thc date thereof--the funds realized from said Bonds to be expended exclusively in the construction of said Railroad in said Town-! ship. Resolved, 2. That said Election be held for the purpose aforesaid at Bethel Cross Roads DU Saturday, the 27th day of December, next, between the hours of 7 A. M. and 6 P. M., and that Jas. E. Rembert, Jr.. J.S. R. Brown and J. W. McCoy are hereby appointed man? agers to conduct the same in accordance with said Act of the General Assembly, and that they make to this Board a return under their hands of the result of said Election, with all convenient speed. By order of the Board of County Commis- ; sioners. T. V. WALSH, Clerk. I November 17, 1884.. \ 25-lm ' SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions/ to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on the first MONDAY and day following io January next, 1885, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legai hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : Three Hundred and Fifty acres of land, more or less, in Sumter County, boooded North by lands of D. A. Stuckey, East by lands of William McCutchen, South by toe public road leading to Lynchburg and West by lands of T. M. Rem bert, levied upon at the property of W. K. Creswell,' ooder execn tiou of Woody and Currie against W. K. Creswell. All of that tract of laud containing Th?r-^ teen Hundred Acres, more or less, in Sumter County, bounded on the North by Stump Branch, East by lands of F. S. Reames end Rufus Green, South by lands of Mrs. " . Green, and West by lands of A. C. DnRant, levied upon as the property of James A. J)tt Rant and Abigail H. DuRant, nader aft execution of Allison aod Addison against the said James A. DuRaot and Abigail H. DuRant. All that lot of land, situate, lying and being partly io the incorporate limits of the town of Somter, io Sumter County, State of South Carolina, containing fifteen acres, mere or less, and bounded as follows : North-West by Wilmington, Columbia & Augusts Rail* road track, on the North-East by Dargan Street, on the Sou th-East by the abandoned track of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, aod OD the West by the public road leading from the towo of Sumter to Cai o Savannah, being the tract whereon is built and erected the Cotton Factory building and other structures and houses thereunto appertaining. -ALSO One Seventy five Horse power Eogioe and Boiler, one Picker, tweoty Carding Machines^ two Drawing Frames, four Speeders, thirteen Spinning Frames, two Spoolers, three Twist? ers, two Reels and one Warping Mill, one Baliog Press aod one Iron Safe, three 'Card Grinders, Shafting, Pulleys, Belting aod tools and implemeots appertaining to the above machinery, levied on as the property of the Bellemoote Cottoo Manufacturing Company, under an execution of Nancy R. Witherspoon against the said Bellemoate Cottoo Hana:' turing Compaoy. All that tract of land situated io Provides Township, Sumter County* containing fi hundred aod twenty-four and oue-balf more or less, boooded co the North by lan DOW or formerly of S. Porcher Gaillard, East" by lands DOW er formerly of S. Porcher Gaillard, Estate of C. C. Porter and JV ?. Koox, South by lauds of J. J. Knox. -ALSO AH that tract of land containing one hun? dred and fifty acres, more or less bounded on the North by lands above described. North East by lands of J. J. Koox, Sooth-East by lands of J. J. Knox, and of lands, lately of. Estate of L. R. Jeooiogs, aod Sooth-Weft by laods occupied by James M. Jenoicgf, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Wilson D. Scarborough, under the separate executions of William S/ Scarborough and Newell B. Scarborough agaiost said Wilson D. Scarborough. 12 Boshels Coro, 1000 lbs. Cottoo Seed, lOOO'lbs. of Fodder, 15 Boshels of Potatoes, all more or less, seized aod to be sold as the property of Sydoey McLeary, ooder warrant of Attachment of Myles Moran -against said Sydney McLeary. 50 Bushels of Coro, 5 Bushels of Peas, 3.50 Bushels of Cotton Seed, 400 lbs. of Fodder, 100 lbs. of Coro Tops, 25 lbs. of Rice Straw, all more or less, aod one Baok of Potatoes, aod one Bank of Slips, seized and to be sold as the property of James Colclough, under Warraotof Attachmeotof W. D. Scarbor? ough against the said James Colclough. 1000 lbs. Cotton Seed, 12 Bushels Cort, 4 Bushels Peas, 200 lbs. Hay, aod 15 Bushell? of Potatoes, 600 lbs. Fodder, all more or . less, seized aod to be sold as the property of Ephraim Williams, under Warrant of Attach? ment of A. A. Strauss agaiost said Ephraim Williams. 12 Bushels Cora, 1,000 lbs. Hay abd Fod? der, 60 Bushels Cottoo Seed, seized and to be sold as the property of Allen Keith, nuder a Warrant of. Attachment ot S. E. Shaw, .-:*?. AUen Keith. One Hundred Bushels of Cotton Seed, more or less, 700 lbs. Fodder aod Tops, more'or less, levied upon and to be sold as the proper? ty of Fayette Brown, uoder warrant-of :afp tachment to seize crop, of Welburn J. An? drews against said Fayette Brown. Three Hundred Boshels Cottoo Seed, 30 Bushels of Corn, 1000 lbs. Fodder, all more.. or less, seized and to be sold as the property of Henry Prescott, Anderson Prescott, andr-^ Friersoo Prescott, under warrant of attach? ment of Welburn J. Andrews against the said Henry Prescott, Andersoo Prescott aod Frier son Prescott. - . MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, Nov. 7, 1884. A FINE LINE -OF OVERCOATS CHEAP, AT D. J. WINN'S. Dec 9_" _ 3 10,000 FLORIDA ORANGES. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. At Wholesale to Dealers as cheap ar can be purchased in Charleston or - elesewliere. At Retail from 35 to 50 cents .per dozen, BEING AGENT for a grower, and haling''" fruit shipped to me direct-fresh sop plies DOW being regolarly received, I can sell at the lowest possible prices. A full line of all other varieties of froit for the holidays at lowest prices. " ' W. J. ANDREWS. SUMTER, S. C. Dec 9_3 TMSSOLUTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the co-partnership lately existing between C. P. MALLETT and J. A. ATKINS, of the County of Sumter, State of Sooth Caro Iioa, under the firm name of MALLETT & ATKINS, was dissolved on the 1st day of December, 1884, by mutual conseot. The business will be coatioued by C. P. Mallett, and hs alone is authorized to settle all debts due to and by the Company. C. P. MALLETT, J. A. ATKINS. December 2, 1884._ SITUATION WANTED. ALADY wishes a situation in a 'good family as houskceper, and is willing to make herself useful. References can be given. Address HOUSEKEEPER. * Care of the Watchman and Southron, Sum tcr, S.C._Nov 18 FOR SALE OR RENT. MY DWELLING and the land around It, about 5 acres, in the town of Sumter, known as the ''Francis Farm." A LSO 25 ACRES adjoiuing lands of Cot? J. J. Dargan and J. N. Corbett. ALSO MY PLANTATION koown as "Rocky Pine," containing 520 acres, 100 of. which are cleared, balaoce well timbered. Above property will be sold reasonably and on 5 rears time. Apply to W. A. BROWN, Nov is-l , Sumter, S. C. THOS. B. FEASEE, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Sumter, S. C. _JanJ____ j ?Qfi? flflfl i,iPresents $r????iy. Seod na ??UU.UuU 5 cents postage, and by mail yo? will g?t/rec a package of goods of large value, that will start you in work that will at once bring you in money faster than anything else in America. All about the $200,000* in presents with each" box. A geo ts wanted everywhere, of either sex, of all ages, for all the time, or spare time only, to work for na at their own homes. Fortunes for all work? ers absolutely assured. Doo't delay. H* Hallet & Co., Portland, Maine. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, & <7. o THIS NEW AND ELEGANT IO USE, with all modern improvement*, it new |g open fottthe reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT & 8QHr ?fe Maye-. .- Proprietors.