The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 30, 1884, Image 2
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?| DECEMBER 30.
Tl? Sootier Watchman was founded
in 1850 ?ftd the True Southron in
186$. The -FateAwum and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence pf both of the old papers, and
ii manifestly the best advertising
modi em in Sam ter.
. JBDITOHTATi ITEMS? "
Broad River ferries must be eo
"wholesome. Three men-M, S. Har?
to, Richard Woods and T. C. Worthy
~-owntd adjacent ferries on that stream
' nod ail died lately within afe? days of
eeoh other-two of tne? on the same
dew. ?
The New Orleans Ekpwt^, which
.tarted before it was Teady^Ts getting
the exhibits in better order.: Late news
from there says that order is slowly
evolving out of chaos, and the dis?
tracted appearano of the great Fair is
vanishing. *
0$. "Ber. A. M. Hasseli fias accepted a
eafl to a Presbyterian Church in
' : Newheny-eounty. He has been preach?
ing in 4Jeorgia for several years."-Ex
?j? change. Mr- Hassell. was the popular
v- pastor of the Lynchburg (S. C.) Pres
byterian Church until he left for
Georgia tome years ago. We are glad
he will return to the Palmetto State.
We see in the Anderson Intelligencer
an account of the return of one of the
Arkansaw travelers who left Anderson
last year for that land of promise. He
ia thoroughly disgusted with Arkansas ;
.ays the water is bad, climate unhealthy,
work hard, pay poor, and advises all
who contemplate going out there to
abandon the idea at once. We have no
doubt that he has somewhat colored his
?de of the story;' though we .fear that
many a poor emigrant will find that Ar- j
kansas is not as- near heaven as he
"While the;young<pe?p?e are having
(heir fun uwmg"c?hV holidays, the
thoughtful farmers will be planning for
the next'year while they toast their feet,
around the fire. " Too .many men work
ina hap-basard sort of style, letting;
each year take care of itself. It re?
quires good sense and forethought to
_ manage a farm well." So says the
Carolina Spartan, and we join with it
heartily. A successful farmer will be
at systematic in planning a year's agri?
cultural campaign as would he a Gen?
eral commanding an army. Very many
think and act otherwise, and hence they
keep their barns in Kansas and their
I meat-houses in Chicago.
Since ,W. T. Sherman, formerly a
Generaljof the army, but-now a private
citiien, lied about ex-president Davis,
charging him arith the expressed inten
twm of aawnjing despotic control of the
Confederate Government kat been made
?o public- by the newspapers, the old
barn-bmrner is getting sore over it. He
doubtless; wishes he had never said any?
thing tbput it, and to a r?porter who
~~ .wat worrying bim about it he said:
"Somebody violated his oath in a Grand
Army Tost in reporting an occurrence
there. . What was said there was pub?
lished, and spread broadcast in . the
- South, with the purpose and intent of
making trouble. The newspapers took
it upend have been talking about it ever
tinoe- They raked out and published
the Stephens letter. I have had nothing
le do with it. The newspapers do more
hann Utan good in this country- Ail the
trouble I have ewer had has come through
thc newspapers."
Governor Cleveland evidently mean3
what he says in declining presents. A j
- letter to the donor of a Newfoundland
dog not long since politely declining his
gift, is followed by one to another party
io which it the following extract : "My
objection to the receipt of presents does
not rest-entirely upon their 'suggestive?
ness,' as you term it, if you mean by
mat a suggestion of obligation in offi
etsi conduct. I am averse to gifts nat?
urally, and because if they are from a
?tranger I can see no reason why they
.bould be bestowed. My election to
office merely obliges me to perform the
duties of such office for the compensa?
tion allowed. I thought I made my
desires on this subject very plain in the
letter which wat recently published,
and I think I must, be permitted to have
my way in the matter. I thank you
none the .less sincerely for your kindness
while I tey I mutt decline your gift. I
will return the same by express to-mor?
row. Yours, very truly,
'KJFBOVKK CLEVELAND."
The New York correspondez;? of the
Nev* and Courier gives a most gloomy
account of financial prospects io that
city. He say? that the number of
?hoppers ts as great at this Christmas as
last, and the crowds on the streets are
at large ; but they are all busily en?
gaged in making one dollar go as far
in making purchases as five dollars did
in times past, which, of course, is bad
for the thopt. Most of the trade bas
been with the cheap stores, and the pro?
prietors even of these establishments
declare that they make no money, while
the fashionable shops are all losing
money. Al! this is thc legitimate re?
sult of the speculative and extravagant
mania through which the country is
petting. With honcstry in our trans?
actions, and industry and economy at
home, there is nb need for us ever suf?
fering a financial pan ic.
The above-named correspondent gives
' ea uncomplimentary de?criptioa of the
women shoppers in New York. He says
that men "cannot push each other about
regardless of consequences ; they can?
not scold the poor salesgirls ; they can?
not elbow their way through a crowd,
treading on toes and putting bonnets
oat of joint, but a woman accustomed
to Macy's can do all this and a good
deal more. She tfeligbts in a crowd
where she can make her elbows felt;
abe loves nothing better than to scold
unfortunate shop-girls; she tries every
toy in the shop, breaking as many as
she can, and buys as little as possible.
Any man would consider it dear to save
a dollar an hour by shopping in any of
these extraordinarily popular places,
bat a woman will struggle for a whole
afternoon and consider herself well re?
paid if she saves one cent an a spool^of
cotton.** And further on he says:
"After enduring for an hoar or so the
heated air of Macy's, and being knocked
about unmercifully, as a man is always
sure to be when he gets among a crowd
of wemen, it was a positive relief to
enter some of the other shops where
higher prices ruled, and where the
throng was conspicuous by its absence
only" Poor men I We never before
knew how hard a time they have with
women.
MY BBOTHER MAN
What better time than cow to revise
the prejudices, dislikes and may be, the
hates which have crept into our hearts
and found lodgement there during 1884;
and to find out if we, who are nourish?
ing these feelings are not more censa
rabie than those against whom they
exist.
- We can conceive of no more practical
ase to which the great Christian holiday
which we have just enjoyed, can be put,
than in bringing about the peace and
good will which so entirely typifies the
character of Eim ?hose birth this day
is intended to celebrate.
A carrai consideration of .the causes
of difference between, man and man,
would in a great majority of cases show
bot little reason for this difference ;
mole hills rise into mountains, acts
resulting from forgetfulness are mag?
nified into intentional insults, misunder?
stood words*are remembered and conned
over with an increase of bitterness, at
each repetition, in their meaning ; and
these and such as these, bring about the
heart burnings and jealousies that take
so mach from the happiness of oar
world.
Because my neighbor meets me and
does not speak, is no reason for me to
get angry, for in all probability he was
thinking about other things and did not
see me ; because the busy-body of the
village comes to me with harsh words
from one whom I thought to be a friend
should c ot cause a fuss, for very pos?
sibly the said basy-body was lying, and
so it is ali through life. If we try to
huno more of our neighbor we will be
very apt to think more of him. How
many of us have met men whom on a
slight acquaintance we cordially dis?
liked, bot who, as acquaintance ripened
into intimacy, developed qualities never
before suspected, and which changed an
unpleasant acquaintance into a valued
friend.
And so we return to the beginning of
oar article and suggest thc propriety of
an investigation of these unnecessary
feelings of ill will," and start the new
year with a band ready to clasp that of
oar fellow man in cordial token that
past differences are all forgotten.
Then could God's angels sing as they
did nearly nineteen centuries ago.
"Peace on Earth Good will to Men."
THE LEGISLATURE.
That body closed its first session last
Wednesday morning at 4:25.
The members have been most inde?
fatigable in their work. Eight and ten
hoars a day were frequently spent in j
legislative business, besides the tedious '
work in the committee rooms ; and while
some may object to tho quality of what
was done, a person would be most diffi?
cult to please who would objet to the j
quantity.
? We have but one unfavorable criti- J
cism to make : We think the session
too short for the amount of work to be
done. If economy of time is the im- I
portant question, let it be obtained by
reducing the number of sessions instead
of their length. In nearly every State
in the United? States bienuial sessions
are the rule, and we see no reason why
it should not be adopted here. A law
that is worth enacting ought to live two
years, and the fact that it would last
twp years would make the Legislature
more careful in experimental legisla?
tion, and the advocates of brevity in
legislative meetings would do well to
change their opposition from long ses?
sions to frequent sessions. New laws
would then have a longer time to prove
or disprove their efficiency ; chronic re
astionists, whose special mission in life
seems to be to destroy what has been
done by others, will not have near the
opportunity of plying their calling ; and
then there will be money and time
saved, both of which are useful articles
in their way. So, when the Coustitu- ;
donal Convention meets (and we sup?
pose such an organization will meet be?
fore the end of the century), we can
suggest the importance of biennal ses?
sions as a matter for its consideration.
FARMERS' MEETING.
The farmers of Sumter county will
bear in mind the meeting of the loth
of January. Theie ought to be a
unanimous response to the call for that
day. So much good may result, so '
mach certainly will result if the plant?
ing interests come together and delib?
erate over the ways and means for fu?
ture work. We know that farming has
not paid in Sumter county for years ;
we are equally certain that it can be
made to pay; but, as in all other occu- j
patioD3, it needs intelligent work to i
command success. We do not mean
that it requires a collegiate to make a
fanner ; bot it requires common sense
and a knowledge of farming which can
be gained either by experience (which
is sometimes a very tedious method) or
from observation and information. Ex?
perience is a good teacher, but the
pupil sometimes starves before he com?
pletes his education, and it is prudent
to trust a briefer plan. That plan can
be fully explained by a regular attend?
ance at the Farmers' Club. The ways
and means by which A lays away some
money each year will be equally effica?
cious with B, all other things being
equal. If C can make. his bread and
meat at home and bold his cotton till
next spring if be wishes it, D can do
the same under similar circumstances.
If E always has an abundance of fruit,
milk, butter and eggs, F can also have
them ; and, to our mind, the imparting
of such and similar information will be
the prime work of this -association. Let
Mr. C tell how he fattens hts hogs at a
small cost, or, as it. is sometime, at no
cost at all, and give his opinions as to
the best breeds ; let Mr. E tell how he
manages to keep good milch cows, how
he feeds them, what fruit trees he
plants, the best chickens for eggs, &c,
&c ; and let those who are uot so fortu?
nate lhten and learn.
Our people are getting dissatisfied
with our county and runniog off to the
West, when no better place io the wide
world can be found than right here.
With a proper application of the re?
sources at our command^ Sumter county
can be made to blossom as a garden.
We conscientiously believe that regular
meetings of our farmers in council as
often as may be convenient will be a
long stride towards better things. '
Will the bright hope's that have
cheered our farmers by the .auspicious
beginning of this euterprisecbe blasted
by indifference or opposition ?" .JVows
verrons.
Crime the Result of Intemperance,
In a recent letter to the Rev. A.
Coke Smith as to the effect of drunken?
ness upon thc criminal statistics of this
State, the Hon. J. B. Kershaw, Judge
of the Fifth Circuit, writes as follows :
**I do not cousider myself as fully qual?
ified to give you any statistical informa?
tion in relation to the effect of alcoholic
drinks upon society, as manifested in
the courte of justice, as a cause of
crime. I have heretofore kept no rec?
ord of the cases coming under my ob?
servation, with aView to this question.
I can, therefore, only answer from a
general impression derived from ob?
servation and experience, both as a
member of the bar and as a Judge,
with some approximation, no doubt, to
accurate .proportion, but without the
data to verify the statement. I am
able to say that I believe drunkenness
to be the cause, on an average, of not
much less than nine-tenths of the crimes
of violence now prevailing among the j
whites of the State. In relation to the '
colored race, other causes occur more
frequently to induce crimes of this sort
than among the whites. Drunkenness,
too, is not a very prevalent vice among
the negroes, and hence I think that the
proportion of crime attributable to that
cause is considerably less than in the
case of the other part of the popu?
lation.
"While perhaps nine-tenths of other
eriaies aro committed by negroes, homi?
cides and kindred crimes are mere fre?
quently committed by the other class.
I have no doubt that when the other
offences, such as burglary, larceny and
the like, are committed by the whites,
they are largely, though indirectly, at?
tributable to the degrading effects- of
drunkenness. . o some extent, also,
this may operate in the same way upon
the other race, but to what extent, in
either casa, this is to be considered as
a cause, of crimes of the character last
mentioned I am unable to estimate."
A Wasted Life-A Sad Story.
In 1868, when the writer first went
to Spartau burg to a tte od college, he
met Wm. McGill Flemming, a young
man then 24 or 25. He had been a
brave Confederate soldier, had just
been admitted to the bar, and there was
the promise of a brilliaut future before
him. He was a youog man of more j
than ordinary intelligence, of fine fam?
ily, and had many friends among the
best and most influential people in the
community. Gifted in mind, generous
in disposition, absolutely without fear,
what might he not have accomplished 7 j
But ia the dark days he turned traitor
to his race and his people; he lost caste;
his former friends fell away from him ;
he took to drink, threw himself away,
aud plunged into the grossest dissipa?
tion, ending his life thus at the age of
45.-Newberry Ohscrvor.
Gen. Grant in Trouble.
The Tribune publishes a statement to
the effect that executions have been is?
sued under a judgment recently entered
against Gen. Grant in fovor of Wm. H.
Vanderbilt for ?150,000, which the
former borrowed before the failure of
Grant & Ward, aud used in the en?
deavor to keep that firm on its feet.
Thc executions are said to cover Gen.
Grant's houses in Washington 'and
Philadelphia, and his farms near St..
Louis and Chicago, and all his relics of
the war, bis swords, medals, gifts from
friends at home and foreign rulers, bis
pictures and his bric-a-brac. Gen. Sher?
man has, it is said, gone to Philadel?
phia and Washington to consult the
friends of Gen. Grant as to the best
means of relieving the latter from his
embarrassments.
Executive Appointments.
Over OOO appointments to office, in?
cluding 450 appointments of Trini Jus?
tices, were announced by the Governor
on Tuesday, and were acted on by thc
Senate in two executive sessions, lasting
altogether about three hours. Out of
the 000 only seven nominations were
rejected, as follows : John O. Brock,
Supervisor of Registration, Clarendon ;
H. S. Ball, Supervisor of Registration,
Spartanburg; W. Y. Fair, Supervisor
of Registration, Newberry ; S. G God?
frey, County Auditor, Chesterfield ;
Joel West, Trial Justice, Colleton ; B.
F. Bates, Trial Justice, Spartanburg;
M. H. Minis, Trial Justice, Edgeficld.
The Lynching of two colored men at
Smithfield, N. C., is far from creditabl?
to the "Old North State." Ibo victims
were charged with simple burglary, and,
if guilty, would have been couvicted and
punished io the ordinary course of
justice. Lynching, in such a case, is
nothing less than murder.-Neus and
Courier. That's so, every word of it.
Work of the Lawmakers.
D?ring the late session of the Legislature
189 new laws were passed, of which 139 were
of a local nature and 50 general. Below we
give the titles of tkose most important, both
local and general, to our readers :
Act to define the crime of incest and pro?
vide & punishment for the same.
Act to amend Section 1749 of the General
Statutes in relation lo the sale of intoxicating
liquors in incorporated towns.
Act to regulate the admission and discharge
of patients in the State Lunatic Asylum.
Act to provide for the improvement of a
highway in Kershaw county.
Act to regulate the printing of official re?
ports.
Act to provide for the completion of the
main building of the State House.
Act to amend the Militia Law so as to
limit the number of aides-de-camp to the Gov?
ernor.
Act to provide for a seal of office for each
County School Commissioner in this State and
to require the County Commissioners to fur?
nish the same.
Act to amend Section 1743 of the General
Statutes relating to the sale of spirituous
liquors on prescription by druggists.
Act requiring all convicts hired from the
Penitentiary to be and remain under a sworn
j officer and guards appointed by and re?
sponsible to the Superintendent of the Peni?
tentiary, aud regulating the hiring of such
convicts.
Act to prohibit the payment of nulla bona
costs in this State on judgments against de?
fendants in criminal cases.
Act to extend the powers of Masters as to
the sale of real estate.
Act tc authorize County Treasurers to trans?
fer any surplus to the credit ot' any of the ac?
counts kept by them for the Board of County
Commissioners to the same account for the
next ensuiDg fiscal year.
Act to empower Prabate Judges to adminis?
ter oaths as fully and effectually as other
officers.
Act to make appropriai ions for the payment
of the per diem, mileage and stationery cer?
tificates of the members of the General Assem?
bly, the salaries of the subordinate officers
and employees thereof, and for other purposes
herein named.
Act to make School District No. 1 of the
oonnty of Sumter a separate and distinct
school district, and to require the school tax
and fund collected and received in the same
to be applied exclusively to school purposes in
said district.
Act to provide for the exemption of certain
portions of Georgetown and Williamsburg
counties from the provisions of Chapter XXVII
of the General Statutes relating to the Gen?
eral Stock Law.
Act to provide for the exemption of certain
sections of Williamsburg and Clarendon coun?
ties from the operation of Chapter XXXII of
the General Statutes relating to t ie General
Stock Law.
Act relating to the time of holding Circuit
Courts in the Second, Third and Fifth Cir?
cuits.
Act to facilitate the giving of bonds re?
quired by law.
And lastly, an Act to provide for the neces?
sary appropriations and tax levy.
[For thc Watchman and Southron.J
Various Items from Greenwood.
GKEEXWOOD, December 12, 18S4.
Mr. Editor: The telegraph and the dn?y
paper do their work so effectually now that
"news" sent for the columns of a weekly is
s<ale long before it comes to the light. I will
not, therefore, attempt a "newsy" letter.
Voltaire, with his merciless wit, once said
to a friend, in criticism of his "Ode to.Pos
terity," "You have mailed a letter that will
never reach its destination." Now, if I
did not fancy I had some friends ic
"Old Sumter" who would read what;
I wrote, why, of course, I would be si- !
lent. Yet what can one s?iy who is neither
itt Washington, nor traveling in Europe, nor
even in Columbia attending the Legislature,
that will interest tbe llcse newsmonger of
this nineteenth century ? I might tell you of
a visit I paid to Pendleton aod the pleasant
week I spent there in the company of the
yoong and gifted pastor of the Baptist Church,
a former pupil beloved and whilom a son of
Sumter-Rev. Clarence P. Ewin ; of my visit
to Fort Hill, the residence-of the immortal
Calhoun; of my sitting in his study and con?
versing with his son-in-law for an hour about
the "hopes beyond ;" of my pliant meeting
with Col. Pinckney Starke, who was here
gathering up materials for his forthcoming
life of Carolina's great statesmen ; of my
visit to the "Old Rock Church," where sleep
the mortal remains of Gen. Pickens, of Revo?
lutionary fame. But these things possess no
interest to ordinary readers.
Well, is there anything which has attracted
my attention in connection with this portion
of the State which it might be proO table to
mention ? Is this a good place to move to ?
Yes ; but Sumter is not a good place to move
/rom. However, I saw one of my old friends
who hails from Bishupville on bis way to
Abbeville, a few days since, in que3t of a
home for bis family. The fact is, there is a
spirit of enterprise at work in this county
which "keeps things lively." The railroad
from this town to Augusta, which runs the
whole length of the county on the east side,
bas only been finished about two years. An
extension of this road, called the Greenwood, I
Laurens and Sparianburg Railroad, is nearly j
completed to Laurens. The Savannah Valley
Railroad, running from Anderson to McCor?
mick, a station on the Augusta and Green?
wood Railroad (chartered as Augusta and
Knoxville), in the extreme southeastern por?
tion of the county, and traversing its entire
length as it hes along the Savannah River,
is now being rapidly pushed. A road from
Abbeville to Verdery, a station nine miles
from here on the road to Augusta, will soon
be chartered. Towns spring up very rapidly
on lines of railroad in this section. Lowndcs
ville, in the western portion of the county on
the Savannah Valiey Railroad, is destined to
grow, and is a pleasant community to live in.
We have a small Baptist Church there, num?
bering twelve, who have just completed a
neat and commodious house of worship, and
would gladly welcome accessions of the right
kind. More anon. S. M, R.
[For the Watchman and Southron.]
A Puzzle.
Mr. Editor: Who can read the following
lines rapidly without lisping or getting tan?
gled?
Theophilus Thistle, the thtstler, sifted a
sieve of unsifted thistles. Now, if Theophilus
Thistle, the thtstler, sifted a sieve of unsifted
thistles, where is the sieve of unsifted thistles
Theophilus Thistle, the thistler, sifted?
Crazy Cray Croft caught a crate of crinked
crabs. Now, if Crazy Cray Croft caught a
crate of crinked crabs, where is the crate of
crinked crabs Crazy Cray Croft caught?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Our Exeharjges.
Harpers Young People is a jewel of a maga?
zine for children. No need to scan its pages
before giving it to the children, for it bas
DOtbing but what is good iu it.
The Southern World bas been visiting ?s a
year and we have no hesitation in recom?
mending it to our readers. Jt is a first class
illustrated Southern Journal and well worth
the price, $1.00 per year, published in At?
lanta, Ga., by Dr. B. M. Wooley.
The Electra. Sc m hem people have no need
to cross Muson t Dixon's line in their search
after good and cheap literature. The Electra
is a first class literary mngaziue. Its selec?
tions HS well as its original matter arc all
kept up to a high standard, and we can cor?
dially recommend it tc our readers. Publish?
ed at Louisville, Ky., by Miss I. M. Leyburn,
at $2.00 per anumn.
Bum's Doings in Spartanburg.
A fatal cutting affair occurred Christ?
mas day at Campobella. William
Grambliog in a drunken row stabbed a
traveling photographer Damed Evans in
the bowels. Evans died this morning
at 5 o'clock. Grambling has sot y t
becu arrested.
IN MEMORIAM.
MRS. JUANITA HOYT.
Born March 4, 1861 ; died Dec. 15, 1384.
They say Juanita is dead. And doubtless
it is so, as mea call death. Thought and rea?
son are staggered. Scarcely a year bas turned,
so short it seems, when ehe stood a child
among us. Then next, a fair and winsome
bride. And last of all, a little babe was
playing at her feel. Her home was lighted
with tue light of love, and on her face, in
every lineament, there was the glow of a
happy life. To-day she is dead ! You may
close the shutters to and poll the curtain
down. Perhaps it is only rest she is taking.
For who dare say that what we call death is
not. at most, the believer's repose? But to
ns her eye has lost its luster, aud the light is
out. Her hands are cold 1 0, does not her
heart yet beat in answer to our woe7 There
was a time when sorrow but rippling o'er an?
other stirred the deeps of ber compassion.
Lay ber tenderly in the coffin. She was
never in so cold and hard a bed before.
Doubtless she will not know nor feel the
roughness of her couch. On to the grave.
It is a hard road, this to the grave. Sweet
angels I gather her spirit while we lay her
body down in the chilly arms of earth. 0,
Mother Earth, if thou couldst only warm thy
touch it were less hard to die 1 But roll the
sod upon her. Fili the grave. Ah ! lhi3 is
no task. Dear God, who will fill the grave
in th? mourner's heart? Yet stay not for an
answer. Fill the grave! Ashes to ashes!
Dust to dust! while the very wiuds are
moaning, Gone, gone, gone 1
We shall not think of her as lying there.
"Our faith shall triumph o'er the grave."
The air is full of farewells to the dying.
Heaven shall resound with joys of welcome.
If the stroke could have been averted by our
grief, she would not have died. Bot it must
needs be. Il was so written in the book of
God. Through the portals of the grave she
has gone to walk the fields of green. Her
spirit's pathway shines with light. "Where'er
she walked there lingers yet a halo trom ber
brightness. This day there is joy ia the Bet?
ter Land. Joy that the Father's child is safe
at borne. "Whether we ?ive, therefore, or
die, we are the Lord's." Nor life nor death
can circumscribe His claim upon believers.
And in this hope we know His child is safe.
Who are we that we should grieve? 0 God,
forgive the very woe which makts us weep,
and only bear with us as we sigh over tbe
memory of her loveliness. If a buming sun
had dropped from the diadem of night, we
might say, So Ged wills it. 0 for grace to
help us uow to lay aside the habiliments of
hypocrisy and say, l,Tby will be done !"
"There is a land where everlasting suns
. Shed everlasting brightness ; where the
soul j
Drinks from the living streams of love that
roll
By God's high throne 1 myriads of glorious
ones
Bring the accepted offering 1 0, how blest
To look trom this dark prison to that shrine,
To inhale oue breath of Paradise divine,
And enter unto that eternal rest
Which waits the sons of God."
PASTOR.
SUMTER, S. C., Dec. 15, 1884.
Ob?tuai y.
The following is from the Lawrence, Mass.
Times :
The funeral of the late Lieut. Timothy
Reardon took place at St. Mary's church
Thursday morning at 10.15. The remains
arrived from Boston at 0.30 over the Boston
tc Lowell road, and were met at the station
by Co. F and many friends of the deceased.
The company, numbering 41 men, escorted
the body to the church and cemetery, six of
tbe nihmhers acting as pall bearers. The
funeral was directed by Mayor Breen and
Capt. Wm. H. Donovan. The casket was
corered with black broadcloth, with silk
trimmings. The services at the church con?
sisted of solemn requiem muss, followed by
the customary office for the dead. Rev. D.
I). Regan was the celebrant, Rev. Father
O'Connor the deacon, and Rev. Father
Oloaae the sub-deacon. A large number,of
people were present, many of whom showed
plainly their grief st the !oS3 of their friend
and the bereavement of the widow. The in?
terment was in the family lot of the deceased
in the irmnacnlale Conception cemetery. The
company fired the usual military salute over
the grave, and with Capt. Donovan's com?
mand, "Cease firing !" the l?8t earthly part?
ing with Lieut. Timothy Reardon was over,
the lust sad rites consummated.
Railroad Rates.
The following is the maximum rate of
charges allowed by the Legislature upon the
roads in South Carolina :
.-Ci<I49.-->
Fame of Road. 1st. 2d. Half.
Asheville and Spartanburg... 4j 4 2
Ashley River. 4 3 2
Atlanta and Charlotte A. L... 3i 3 2
Augusta and Knoxville. 4% 4 2
Barnwell. 4$ 4 2
Central S. C. 3J 3 2
Ch-irleston and Savannah. 4 3 2
Charlotte, Columbia and Au?
gusta. 4 3 2
Cheraw and Chester. 4 S 2
Cheraw and Darlington. 4} 4 2
Cheraw and Salisbury. 4j 4 2
Chester and Lenoir. 4 3 2
Columbia and Greenville...... 4 3 2
Georgetown and Linea. 4 J 4 2
Laurens. 4 3 2
Northeastern. 3i 3 2
Port Royal and Augusta.Ak 4 2
South Carolina. 3J 3 2
Spartanburg, Union and Co?
lumbia. 4 3 2
Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta. 3$ 3 2
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paper maturing then must be met on the 31st
December. CHAS. E. BARTLETT,
Cashier.
"BANK DIVIDEND.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the
National Rank of Sumter having declar?
ed an annual dividend of seven . per cent on
the Capital Slock-for ihe year ending
December 31st, 1SS4- the same will be paya?
ble at the Bank on and after Januarv 2nd,
_CHAS. E. BARTLETT, Cashier.
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be held in Masonic Hall, Sumter, S. C., on
Tuesday, Jamiary 13, 1885, at 12 o'clock,
noon. Stockholders earnestly desired to at?
tend.
By order of the Board.
CHAS. E. BARTLETT,
Dec 22 Cashier.
LeConte Nursery.
The largest grower of these Pears
from cuttings, buy no other and avoid
Blight. Persona in vicinity of Sumter
can obtain catalogues at the office of the
Watchman and Southam, and also have
their orders forwarded.
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Dec. SO. Smithville. Ga.
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ESTATE SALE.
UNDER THE WILL OF ELIZA 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
Persoual Property of said Estate to pay debts
and for division to heirs :
NINETY ACRES OF LAND, more or less,
bounded on the south by Aaron Fleming, on
the north and west by Isoac Holmes, on thc
north-east by John Prescott, and on the east
by Mary Anderson and Emma 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 pay for papers.
Dec 16 II. W. MACKEY, Executor.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
MY FARM ON THE MANNING ROAD
one mile South of the Court House in
Sumter. The place cousis?s of one hundred
and teu 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
-iii town.
?ot particulars apply to the undersigned
at Charleston, S. C, or to R. P. Monaghan
iu Sumter. T. J. T?OMEY.
Dec IK_4t_
KID GLOVES.
Foster's "Tres Bon" New Hook
Real French Rid Moves.
5-hooks, $1.50 ; 7-hooks, S?.75; 10-hooks,
$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 ali necessary mate?
rials. Lessons in Embroidery at reasonable
rates. Butterick's Fashionable Dress Pat?
terns flt PHIL. SCHUCK MANN?
271 KING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C.
Doc 16_v
INSURANCE LICENS?T
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXE?:UTIVK DEPATMENT,
OFFICK Of COMI'TROLLK?i GENERAL,
COLUMBIA, S. C, DEC 13, ?884.
ICERTIFY, That B. M. HOLM RS, 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 ''An Act to regulate the Agen?
cies of Insurance Companies not incorporated
in the State of South Carolina," and I hereby
license the said B. M. Holmes, Es?]., Agent
aforesaid, to take risks and transact all busi?
ness of Insurauce in this Slate, in thc County
of Sumter, for and in behalf of said Company.
Expires March 31st, 1885.
W E. STONEY.
Dec IG Comptroller General.
TO
THE LADIES
In your search for
CHRISTMAS GOODS
BE SURE AND CALL
-AT
ALTAMONT MOSES',
N. E. Comer Main and Liberty Street*.
-0
You will find there
A Large Assortment
-OF
Goods Suitable fer ike Holidays?
Our Notion Department
Is replete in all its 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
COME AND SSS FOB YOURSELF.
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
IS F?LL.
When T say that I mean exactly what
I say. Herc you will find
And an endless
VARIETY OF CANNED GOODS^
DON'T FORGET Ti?AT 1
YOC CAX BUY H EKE "
Barrel Good Flourfor $4.50.
-AND
0000 SOGAR
16 Lbe. for $1.00.
A Nico Line of Lamps from 25c. to ?4.
Dec 1G
C. I. HOYT & ERO.,
Watches, docks, Jevolry, f&setaeles,
&c, &c.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
SPORTING MATERIAL,
Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain?
ing to Breech-Loading Guns.
Dec IG I
SHERIFFS SALES. I
BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to BM
directed, will be ?old at Sumter C. H.,
oa the first MONDAY and day following 1ft
January next, 1885, and M many dart
thereafter as may be necessary, within tat
legal bon rs of sale, to the highest bidder, lot
cash, the following property :
Three Hundred and Fifty acres of land,
more or- less, in Sumter County, bounded
North by lands of D. A. Stackey, East hy?
lands of William McCutcnen, Sooth by tho
public road leading to Lynchburg and West
by lands of T. M. Rem bert, levied upoa nt
the property of W. K. Creswell, under exten?
tion of Woody and Currie against W. K.
Creswell.
All of that tract of land containing Thir?
teen Hundred Acres, more or less, in Sumte?
County, bounded on the North by Stomp
Branch, East by lands of F. S. Reames and
Rufus Green, South by lauds of Mrs. ---
Green, and West by lands of A. C. DuRttnt,
levied upon as the property of James A. Du?
Rant and Abigail H. DuRant, nader tn
execution of Allison and Addison against tb*
said James A. DuRant and Abigail H. DuRant. J
AU that lot of land, situ?t*, lying and
being partly ic the incorporate limits of the
tows of Sumter, io Sumter County, State of
South Carolina, containing fifteen acres, aeort
or Less, and bounced as follows : North-West
by Wilmington, Columbia k Augusta Rail?
road track, on the North-East by Dargan
Street, on the Soo tb-East by the Abandoned
track of the Wilmington and Manchester
Railroad, and on the West by the pu&He
road leading from the town of Sumter to
Cain Savannah, being the tract whereon it
built and erected the Cotton Factory building
and other, structurer and houses thereunto -
appertaining.
-ALSO
One Seventy five Horse power Engine end
Boiler, one Picker, twenty Carding Machines
two Drawing Frames, four Speeders, thirteen
Spinning Frames, two Spoolers, three Twist?
ers, two Reels and one Warping Mill, on?
Baling Press and one Iron Safe, three Card
Grinders, Shafting, Polleys, Belting and tools
and implements appertaining to the abort
machinery, levied on as the property of ?be
Bellemonte Cotton Manufacturing Company,
under an execution of Nancy R. Witherspoon
against the said Bellemonte Cotton Manufac?
turing Company.
All that tract of land situated in Providence J
Township, Sumter County, containing flvtj
hundred and twenty-four and one-half acree,!
more or less, bounded on the North by lands
now or formerly of S. Porcher Gaillard, East
by lands now or formerly of S. Porcher
Gaillard, Estate of C. C. Porter and J. J.
Knox, South by lands of J. J. Knox.
--ALSO
All that tract of land containing one hun?
dred and fifty acres, more or less bounded ?n
the North by lands above, described. North
East by lands of J. J. Knox, Soutb-East by
lands of J. J. Knox, and of lauds lately of .
Estate of L. R. Jennings, and South-West
by lands occupied by James 'M. Jennings, -
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 against said Wilson
D. Scarborough.
12 Bushels Corn, 1000 lbs. Cotton Seed,
1000 lbs. of Fodder, 15 Bushels of Potatoes,
all more or less, seized and to be sold as the i
property of Sydney McLeary, nader warrant
of Attachment of Myles Moran against said .
Sydney McLeary.
50 Bushels of Corn, 5 Bushels of Peas, 150
Bushels of Cotton Seed, 400 lbs. of Fodder,
100 lbs. of Corn Tops, 25 lbs. of Rice Straw,
ali more or less, and one Bank of Potatoes?
and one Bank of Slips, seized and to bc sottc
as the property of James Colclough, under
Warrant of Attachment of W. D. Scarbor?
ough against the said James Colclough.
1000 lbs. Cotton Seed, 12 Bushels .Corn, 4
Bushels Peas, 200 lbs. Hay, ?nd 15 Bushels of
Potatoes, 600 lbs. Fodder, all more or less,
seized, and to be sold aa the property of
Ephraim Williams, under Warrant of.Attacb
ment of A. A. Strauss against said Ephraim
Williams.
12 Bushels Coro, 1,000 lbs. Hay and Fod?
der, 60 Bushels Cotton Seed, seized and to be
sold as the property of Alien Keith, andern
Warrant of Attachment oi S. E. Shaw, vi. -
A'len Keith.
One Hundred Bushels of Cotton Seed, mort "
or less, 700 lbs. Fodder and Tops, mort er ;
less, levied upon and to be sold as the proper*
ty of Fayette Brown, under warrant ut at?
tachment to seize crop, of Welburn J. Aft*
d rews against said Fayette Brown. .
Three Hundred Bushels Cotton Seed, J*
Bushels of Corn, 1000 Ito. Fodder, all mom
or less, seized and to be poid as the property
of Henry Prescott, Anderson Prescott, and
Frierson Prescott, tinder warrant of attach-'
ment of Welburn J. Andrews against the said
Henry Prescott, Anderson Prescott and Frier
son Prescott.
10 Bushels Corn, 35 Bushels Cotton Seed:
and 680 Pounds of Fodder more or less, seis?
ed and to be sold as the property of Jonas
Peebles, under a warrant of attachment of
Myles Moran against the said Jonas Peebles.
MARION SANDERS, S. S. C.
Sheriff's Office, Dec. 9, 1884.
MASTER'S SAXE.
;_
I
THE STATE OP SOUTH CABOLE^L
SUMTEB. COUNTY:
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Mrs. Carotine Schwerin, Plaintiff, vs.
Edith Solomons and Lena Solomons,
and Herman Schwerin and Jacob i?,
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
hours of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and S
o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem?
ises :
44 A II that piece or parcel of land situate in
the Town of Sumter, Sute 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
!be Estate of Monaghan, East by Hervin
Street and South by lund of C. E. Stubbs.",.
Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for
necessary papers.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
Dec 15 Master. :
MASTER'S SALE.
'ate of South Carolina,
SUMTER COUNTY.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Jumes McDowell, Executor of the last
Will and Testament of John J8.
Witherspoon, deceased. Plaintiff,
vs. Cloe Toney, Sydney Toncyt
Jeffry Toney, et al. Defendants.
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in
the aliove entitled cause and dated
Oct. 18th, 1884, 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
hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5
o'clock in the afternoon, the following premi?
ses:
"All of that tract of land, situate ia said
County and State, containing fifty acres, mon
or less, bounded on the North by lands of
Mrs.-DuBose ; Sonth by lands of Robt.
Addison Toney ; East by lands of G. Addi?
son, and West hy lands late of Addison Toney,
Senior," deceased.
Terms of sale-Cash.
Purchasers to pay for neeessarv papers.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
Dec 8, 1884-4t Master. s
COUNTY POOR HOUSE.
of County ^mm
SUMTER CO?NTt,
SUMTER, S. C.-, DEC 2% 1884,
PROPOSALS wilt be received by tbw
County Commissioners on THURSDAY,
JANUARY 1st, 1884, for the position of.
SUPERINTENDENT ot the FOO* HOUSB,
Bond and security required. The Superio
tendent appointed to uke possessio? hn?sdi
ately. Proposals must be ra writing ?nd
handed into this office by 12M., Decenter
?1st. All necessary information cnn be ob?
tained by consulting the Clerk of the Boord*
By order of Board. T. V. WALSH,K / -
Clerk Board Go. Com'rs.
Advance Copy.m Dec 23