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?? Matita P?? -TUESDAY, JANTJABY 6. The ?&ter TFafc/?roa? was founded in 1850 and tue True South-on in 1866. The Watchman and Southron - Jaow has the combined circulation and i^nence of both of the old papers, and ^manifestly the best advertising Medium in Sumter. EDITOBIAIr ITEMS. The New York Sun, which prior to ,. v.tbe election was exceedingly bitter and partisan in its attacks on Gov. Cleve land, had some merit attributed to it after the election for not continuing to lie, as a < the New York Tribune, in ^eB?>s!regar$l to the vote ?f New York, but Democrats have need to fight shy of > the Sun* It has feilen from grace, if it ever had any, for good and for all, and neglects no Opportunity of showing its true feeling toward the Democrats. ~ . In the discussion over the License and Supply bills in Columbia one is forcibly struck with the tender consid eration shown to those prominent mem _bers of society, the saloon keepers. After a good deal of fear and quaking . the city fathers raised their, license to ; ?200 (the Ways and Means Committee ' recommended it be ?1;000), and* then, ^ to show that no invidiousness was meant, taxed the Columbia Club?a so cial organization?at the same rate, Mr. S. J. Randall, the great apostle of protection, is on the grand roands through the South. We would rather Mr. Randall had not oiade this South ^ ' trip, not because we fear that he will make any headway with his pro- ?5 tecdon- heresies, , but because it puts him in the role of a demagogue. Mr. Randall has always occupied a very honorable position before the country personally, and it would be a pity for him to lose that by peddling his ideas ?rrough the South. I Danc?Dg has its advocates as a very pleasant pastime. The whisky drink % tng habit is likewise warmly endorsed by t its friends as a delightful accomolish I ment, bat they don't mix well ; as, for example, the late unfortunate occurrence in Orangebarg, in which a drunken rowdy;. Maj. Henderson by name, shot and, it is supposed, mortally wounded & young woman against whom he pos sibly had' some grudge. If the girl v_^dies and th? murderer is tried for his !r<' crime he will possibly plead his drunk enness as an excuse; and the jury will in al! probabii?y so consider it. The Republicans are not yet recon ciled to their defeat, and still arc en gaged in the pleasant task of abusing St. John for bis share of the transac tion. Editor McCullagh, of the St. Louis Glohe-Democrat, is very explicit in his charges, and says that St. John was willing to be bribed by either side. The Republicans, however, did not es t?mate his services sufficiently high, and hence he continued to play into the hands of the Democrats. It is so hard " for the leaders of the g. o. p. to un derstand that it ?sras defeated because ? tjie people were tired of its mean, con- ' temptible, sneaking, hypocritical ways. That's all there is about it. Lancaster C. H. is improving. It had a dynamite explosion and a gander pulling Christmas. The former was^! 'u on Christmas eve night, and was the work of some miscreant who ex ploded two cartridges on Main etreet, shattering the glass and tearing up the steps of one of the stores. The latter interesting event occurred near town on Christmas day, and, in the language of the Lancaster Review, it "proved to be not only a great source of pleasure and amusement to those who participa ted in the race, but was likewise highly entertaining to the large crowd of spec tators who assembled to witness the ? ?? sport." All that may be so, but we look upon a gander pulling as one of the most brutal of sports, and deserves the reprehension of all. New York City is a great municipai - ity?great in her trade and commerce/ her millionaires, her magnificent chari ties, and especially great in politics. We doubt if sioy political organization exists where politics is the exact science it is in New York. Every position con trolled by officials is the property o that official, as much so as his hat or j I coat. He sells it for a price just as a \ merchant would hie wares, and the j < only road to preferment in that city is ? t the proven ability to reward those who assist in the election. The old Mayor (Edson) went out of office the 31st of December, with the belief in the minds of all that he had been busily engaged in deals and bargains for the past month as disreputable as any that could be managed by the most vicious of i ( ward politicians, while his opponents t have been engaged in a scramble if possible still more disgraceful, even calling in the aid of the judiciary, which responded with willing minds to the demand. We trust that Mayor Grace, who went into office January 1st, will show that he has the courage and hon esty needed in the controlling oiBcial of i great city like New York. Gen. U. S. Grant, the senior partner of the firm of Grant & Ward, bas been li j d a b b o w a: h ti is c: ti fi, sued by W. Vanderbilt for ?160,- 3 000 for money borrowed just before j ' the failure of that firm, and there has been a good deal of sentimental sympa thy expressed in the premises. One idiot, after writing a quarter of a col- j umn of gush, closed by saying: "And now the poor old man, after risking his life and: health in defending and saving \ * ^ opnntry; from the" ruthless assaults ! -} ojFite enemies, wil??ievca?t. upon the lx vithout a roof for his bead." When >ur readers will remember that he has tn assured income of ??0,600 a year rom an invested fund of ?250,000, so secured that he cannot get at it and spend it,* and that the homes of half a mndred millionaires are open to him ffheneVer he is willing to accept their lospitalities, they will agree with us ;hat thfs stuff about Graut's privations s the silliest of twaddle. There is an ther aspect to this question which leeds to be considered. Grant was the iead of the firm of Grant & Ward. Hundreds of people invested their all In that concern because they believed in Srant. They lost all and are reduced ;o beggary, actual beggary?not the :heoretical kind which Gen. Grant on oys?and it seems to us that if any sympathy is to be spent on the Grant & Ward folks it should bs on those who ost their all through the rascality of ;he. firm. Grant did not do any of ;ue stealing, but ho gave his partner a 'all swing in that direction, and, as he inew that depositors were placing their noney io that bank because of his name, - conscientious regard for their rights mould have induced him to see that :heir confidence was not misplaced. Ees; the starving depositors are the >ncs in need of sympathy, bat not jrraut. A CON?TDE?iT?AI? CHAT. We wish a happy New Year to all )ur readers, and trust that their bright est hopes for the future may be real zed. We earnestly pray that the se les of accidents, misfortunes and dis Lppoictments that bave driven our peo >le deeper into debt with each revolving j rear may, in 1S8?, come to an end : . a that the industry, energy and de ermination of our farmers, mechanics, merchants, professional men and others nay receive the fall recompense of re ?ard. - The year just passed has been a pe iod of serious financial embarrassment. Grinding, poverty has stood, a sleepless entirrel, over the homes of many, and ??arred all the pleasures of life with its ruel hand, and at such time nothing offers more than the county paper. 4eople will continue to look upon that ecessary adjuuci to civilization as a axury, and, when times become, strio ent, withdraw their subscription, or do fill worse?let their . paper continue, ut never pay for it. In the effort to iise the means to meet their larger ob gatioos, the small amounts due the rioter are neglected, forgetting that he epends entirely upon these small mounts not only for his support, at for continuing his business. This usiness requires a large and continu as cash outlay, and every subscriber ho reads a paper not paid for may be >sured that he owes not only for the rinter's time, experience and use of is oince, hut also for a large propor on of money paid out for each paper sued. We make this statement be iuse some readers apparently think i?t publishing a newspaper is a bo anza to the owner; who pays out do loney in his business, and whatever ?come he receives is so mach clear ain. No work requires more entirely all ,ie energy of the proprietor than does its of publishing a paper, and if this oergy has to be frittered away by him scurrying around after delinquent abscribers, and io planning the ways nd means of meeting bills at the end f each week, which must be paid rbether subscribers pay or not, the aper will necessarily suffer thereby. Whether our paper has suffered from bis chronic search after money we ?ave others to say. We are proud of he many complimentary notices from nr friends, and if compliments were ;olden even to a very limited extent, re would not be under the necessity of tanning our debtors for the small mount they owe. We have not treated our readers to nany Jeremiadcs the past year. We lave beeu in any Dumber of tight >!aces, but we knew that every ODe Ise ivas iu the same condition ; bat low the outlook is brightening, the lew year is full of promise, and we ex >ect and look for better things. There is not a subscriber to the Watchman and Southron who has not eco;ved back, and again the value of lis subscription if he has read the )aper. There is not a man in Sumter iounty who is a non-subscriber, who has lot in all probability lost more than ,he amount of the subscription price by lot having the information contained iu he paper. A county paper is no luxury, It is tn ?actual necessity for all who have rusiness dealiugs with their fellow-men, saving them many times over, in vari )us ways, the paltry price of subscrip iou. We shall in the coming year leave xothics undone, so far as our means -rill allow, in giving cur readers a good saper. Churches and schools will con inue to keep a warm place in our ?eart ; the farming interests of the iounty will always be recognized as of "uprotue i m porta o ce ; county news will be full}* given, while all important mat :ers of State or National moment will L?e given iu our editorial and news items. And now we ask for a reci procity of benefits. Our subrcribers tfho have paid up could easily ac!d largely to our list by a few words of judicious commendation ; those who have not paid, and who seem to think uhat a newspaper man can live oa air, Iress in fig leaves, and sjeep in a fence ?orner, can make everything just 'ovely by squaring past dues and giv Sfi f?r tbe coming year. W$, ?z?^WifWtt^mjm ; will you not d? THE OUTLOOK. The iVcHTS and Courier of January 1st published an exhaustive review of the prospects for the new year. It gathered its information from all parts of the State, from merchants, bankers and business men of all classes, and says : "The result of our inquirios is en couragiug upon the whole. The farm ers generally are in a better condition than they were at the beginning of the past year, the collections of the mer chants have been satisfactory, the peo pie are striving to pay their old debts, and the indications are that the State will uiove steadily forward to a condi tion of substantial prosperity." In speaking of Charleston and its prospects, Mayor CourteDay says: "The prospects for the fatare are just what the one thousand or twelve hundred business firms in this city choose to make them. We have a harbor with fifteen square miles ; we have every natural advantage of position, and we ought to have a great and suc cessful future. But other cities do not 11?*? accomplish great results by sitting down idle in the presence of large com binations made against them. As to Charleston, we are nearer to S^uth America and the West Indies than the ports which now do their business, and from -the lighthouse on Morris Island ? the white sails of that commerce can be seen passing our doors every day. It would require little effort and relatively an insignificant amount of money to connect us with the great producing re gions across .the Blue Ridge. We must learn the vest change in the cost of constructing railroads?a marvellous change. We must lay steel rails, use the modern ^locomotive, hauling forty loaded cars, and so reduce the cost of transportation between the interior and Charleston, making it a great market and an accessible place. Think of it: Twelve hours to come from Greenville, Anderson or Spartanburg ! Is it any wonder we bave less business with the up-country, when it takes a whole day to make tbe journey and another day to get back home? Thirty miles an hour on short lines wjil revolutionize the present business situation. These things are open to us, and we have the money to provide them if we only will it. We must realize that we never can have a worthy commercial metropolis on I receipts of 500,000. bales of cotton. I We have accommodations equal to a j "million bales, and also accommodations for thousands of cargoes of Western produce and thousands of return car goes from the tropics to supply the vast interior of the continent. All these are possibilities, and just so far as we fall short of their full realization we may look for the causes right here at home. The time has gone by when distant or near communities will seek out ports and markets and ask to have their business done." We quote Mayor Courtenay in full, because he of all men has the right to speak for Charleston. The well-paved and well-lighted streets, the abundant water, and the efficient police and fire departments all testify to Mayor Courtenay's success as the munici pal head of Charleston. And if any thing is needed to perfect his record it is supplied by his energetic advocacy of the splendid school system of that city. His suggestions, if heeded, will bring back to Charleston the controlling influ ence in commerce which its important postiou demands, but which it is surely losing through its more energetic The I\eics and Courier goes on to say: *'It is not well to be sanguine, but the coolest writers on economic subjects j, believe that the country has touched bottom, and that the new year will be much brighter than that which has passed. Confidence is strongly felt that mining and manufactures will recover from their depression, and there is. in consequence, a firmer feeling iu nearly all the leading staples. "The process of recovery may be siow, but it is reasonably certain, to be gin with, that the country cannot go much if any lower. There is not far to fall when trade has already descended j to the lowest rung of the commercial ladder. Auy chauge now is pretty sure to be a change for the better, and it may well happen that, as by the j touch of a magician's wand, business will revive throughout the country. "The new year, we are confident, will be a fairly prosperous one for the coun try generally, and will be.especially so for the Southern States. These States enjoy at last the assurance of a political tranquillity which will give free play to the hopes and energies of the people. "So the good times are coming, and coming fast. They who doubt will lose golden opportunities. They who have faith will lay the foundations of assured success. It is as certain as the climatic difference between North and South that for years to come any prosperity which attends the North will be accom panied by still greater prosperity io the South, and^that when the inevitable re action from superabundant business vi tality occurs, the South least of ali will be injured and depressed." CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. At the Union Service Sunday night, at the Baptist Church, while the Meth odist Pastor was reading the opeuing lesson from the Bible, wc glanced over the congregation and saw Presbyterians, Methodists, Epiccopaliaus and Baptists all united in one common worship, and thought that the Christian fellowship of which we read, and which has a theo retical existeuce over all the Christian world, is here in Sumter an actual fact, j We do not claim that the lines which divide the various denominations arc any the less distinct hero in Sumter than elsewhere. In fact we believe that the active'Christian who does not think that hi* denomination presents superior claims to all other dcnomi;;a tio'js is a rara avis. The Methodist is no less a Methodist because he --yni patbises with his Prcsliyterian neighbor in bis work for Christ; nor does a Bap tist lose any of the distinctive charac teristics of his denomination because he can kneel with his Methodist* brother and pray for a common blessing on their work ; and that Is what Sumter Christians are- doings in their Church ; they also believe io the Church universal, in the common brotherhood of all Christians, and unite in their soul-saving work, forgetting the jealousies which so commonly exist between the various denominations. CHURCH CELEBRATION. The Decennary Celebration of Rev. C. C. Brown's pastorate of 'the Sumter Baptist Church, was commemorated last Sunday, as follows; After the voluntary by the choir, 'One thing have I desired of the Lord," and tbc reading of Psalm xc, the following hymn was sung: Let Zion's watchmen all awake, And take the alarm they give ; Now let them from the mouth of God Their awful charge receive. *T is not a" canse of small import The pastor's care demands, But what might fill an angel's heart, And filled a Saviour's hands. They watch for soul's, for which the Lord Bid heavenly bliss forego? For souls which must forever live In rapture or in woe. May they that Jesus whom they preach, Their own Redeemer, see ; And watch thou daily o'er their souls, That they may watch for thee. Prayer by Rev. John Stout, followed by an address by the Pastor, giving tbe result of his ten years work. We gather the subjoined from his address : Rev. C. C. Brown, Vho has been in charge of the Church for ten years, left the Seminary in April, '74. and was married the following day. In December of that year he received calls from Beech Island, Camden and Sumter, and accepted the latter, moving to Sumter in January 1875. He preached his first sermon January 3d, from the text, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life." February 7th he preached his first funeral over the body of little Mary Hayns wortb ; March 23ih, baptized his first candi date; and May 17th, married his first couple. He has preached in Sumter and elsewhere,, but mostly in Sumter, 1,486 sermons and baptized SI converts. He has preached 65 funerals and buried 26 members ?of this Church. During his pastorate there hare been deaths in 28 -out of the 60 families in the Church ; 10 members have heen excluded and 36 dismissed ; 8 have been restored and 48 received by letter. In that time he has mar ried 24 couples. The membership of the Church on his arrival here was 115; the gain is 137 ; the loss 72 : present member ship 180. Amounts raised for all purposes $10,450. This hymn, composed for the occasion, was then sung : Great God, in whom our fathers' hope Was fixed in other years, We meet to-day to bless thy name, And join our trust with theirs. Thy Church hath been our blest abode, And here thy voice we've heard, While glory crowned the mercy-seat, And light shone from thy Word. We bless the God whose patient hand Hath brought ns to this day, And ask of Thee that grace be given To keep us in thy way. As in the past with ample store Thou didst our souls supply. We trust thee yet for other good, And for thy presence nigh. Wc ble?s thee for united hearts? For confidence and love? For every prompting of thy grace That lifts our thoughts above. The Sermon by Rev. John Stout on the Pastoral Relation, was then delivered, (we will publish it next week,) aud was followed < by the ordination of Mr. W. M. Graham us Deacon. A Thank Offering Collection was next taker up, and this hymn, composed for tbe occasion was sung: O may our souls attend The loving .Father's voice, And every heart and every tongue In Him this day rejoice. Lec Zion's courts be filled With concert cf sweet praise, While all, as one. unite to sing The triumphs of his grace. 'Tis he hath led our feet Along life's pilgrim way, A present-help in every need. Our j?y, our hope, our stay. May fu Lure, peace and joy Be perfect in our God, While yet we humbly seek to walk The way our Saviour trod. And when life's setting sun Sinks slowly to the West, O may our gracions Father's hand Receive us to his rest. The meeting closed with the benediction by the Pastor. Outline of the Histoby or the Chuboh, Gathebed feom the Minutes op the Charleston Association by Me. W. H. and Rrv, D. W Cutttno. The village of Sumterville began to be built about the year ?S?0. In 1806, it was proposed by Jno. B, Miller to bis landlord and others in the family, that an effort be made to have preaching on the Lord's-day. The Oroposition was favorably received, and Bio. Jno. W. Roberts was engaged to preach in the village a part of the time for this and the two following years. The Court House was used as the piece of wor ship, where large congregations frequently assembled. Bro. R. M. Todd succeeded Bro. Roberts, and preached about a year. Bro. Davis Collins followed Bro. Todd, and preached about the same length of time. Bro. Belcher then supplied tho place for nearly two years. Then carao brethren J. McKellar, J. Good, A. Morris, Layton, Jones and Morton. In 1814 or 1815 J. B. Cook commenced preaching here, and con tinued until the beginning of 1822. In 1813, the members of the High Hills .Church, who lived in and near the village, were formed into a branch of the High Hills Church. In 1817, a subscription was opened to build a house of worship, which was completed and opened for service in 1820. In this year, the branch Church was constituted into ani independent Church, by Brethren W. B. Johnson, J. B. Cook and L. Compere. The Church was admitted into the Charleston Association the same year. On the 31st of March, 1822, Bro. Jno. B. Miller, who had been baptized in 1812, was ordained deacon, and the number of mem bers gradually increased from 24 to 81. The first meeting of the Charleston Asso ciation with the Sumter Church was in 1822. The Association Sermon was preached by Dr. Fu >-man from Rev. i : 20. As early as 1829. this Church proposed to the Association that it should '.livide itself into two bodies. In 1877 the division was effected?;?. number of delegates from different Churches meeting with the Sum ter Church, find applying the Charleston Association for letters of dismission in order to organize the S antee Association. The present houss of weship was begun in 1853 and completed and dedicated in 1854. ' PASTORS OF THE SUMTER BAPTIST j CHURCH SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION. I 18J4?1822 J. i I Cook. 1823?180* Jesse Uartwell. j is:;5?1837 J. DuPre. I 18:;8 R. Furman. ' J js:;:> 1840 J. l>uPr?. j js-'.T?1848 T. W. Mellichump. 184?? GrHbam. j 1850?1858 S. Furm:m. j 1854 No Pastor. ! 1855?3860 W. i>. Rice. ? IMI- -!>?:::; ?. A. Ghambliss. lSi;4 ^81"* . Pann?n. 1860?1870 S. M. Richardson. 1871?3874 V/. Eu Jordan. 1875?18S5 C. C. Brown. DEACONS OF THE CHURCH SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION. I Jno. B. Miller. Elijah Pringle, j Wm. G. Barrett. Amos A. Nettles, j W. F. ti. Haynsworth. Samuel Watson. I W. J. Dargan,-M. "?J. H. W. Gardner. I J. S. Hughson, M. J). W. J. Pringle, M. D. W.-n. . Graham. Found Bead. On Friday morning last, Elias Graham, a one-legged colored shocma .ker of Florence, was found dead on Dargan street. The coroner was tele graphed for, and came down oo Satur day and held an inquest over him, the verdict of the jury being that he came to his death by drink and exposure. His body was allowed to remain where it was found, ou a prominent street, aud near private residences, from Friday morning until Sunday, when it was buried by Council. It does not seem possible that a human being should be subjected to such neglect in a civilized country, yet this is the second circum stance of the kind which has occurred in Florence within a week. Even a dog would have been hauled off sooner than this poor man was, and yet his dead body lay in sight of the wives and chil* dren of residents for such a length of time. Shame on Florence that it was so.?Florence Times. A man is wiser for bis learning, aud the suc-ncr he learns that the only proper way to cure a cough or cold is to use Dr. Bull's cough syrup, the better he is off. A Deceived Woman Is the lady who uses cosmetics, face lotions, white lend, bismuth, powders, arsenic, &c, in the iielief of enriching- and beautifying the compiexion. It is but temporary, and ulti mately destroys the skin beyond the power of nature to restore. Stop it! Stop it now, and use only Dr. Barter's Iron Tonic, which imparts tbe vigor and loveliness of youth. Jan. 6. THE MAKEETS. S DM TER, S. C., Jan. 6, 1885. COTTON.?About 250 bales have been sold during the. week ending the 6th. The mar ket closed steady. We quote: Ordinary 8} @8|: Good Ordinary s|@0; Strict Good Ordinary O^?rOi; Low .Middling 9?@9f^ Middling ?|fel(f; Good Middling 10??10?. CHARLESTON, S. C, Jan. 5, 1885. Corros.?Market firm. Sales about 200 bak-s. (.?aoralions are : Low Middling, 10\ ; Middling lOf; Good Middling, 11. WILMINGTON*, N. C, Jan. 3, 1884. Spjiuts TcaPEXTiNE?Market quoted firm at TiX cents. Hosin?The market firm at 95 cts. for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. Cucns E . ?Market was firn at Si-15 for Hard, $1.75 per bbl., for Virgin and Yellow Dip. C ti tton?Market firm. Sales 50 bales. The following arc the official quotations : Low Middling l??, Middling 10?, Good Mid fii i ?r l?f. DRUG-G-IST, (UNDER MUSIC HALL.) SUM TER, S. C. TTAVING PURCHASED THE LTSINESS ? hitelt- conducted by Dr. Au Id, 1 will ? continue-at tbe sanio stand, and respectfully ! soli-.-it a share of patronage from the people cf j the towu and county. A FULL STOCK WILL T?E KEPT j -Or Everything Pertaining to the j Drug Business, Including PeriBisery, Teilst an? Fancy Goe?s,] GARDEN SEEDS, Ac. My stock is now being replenished with fresh goods in the various departments, and it will be my aita give entire satisfaction to j all my patrons. Prescriptions ?arcfdlj Compounded, j Jan 0 ft; H. MARTIN, i Suicide. Mr. Wm. Epps, eldest son of Mr. James Epps, of Black River, and son in-law of Mr. John McFaddin, Sri-, of this vicinity, committed suicide by shoot ing himself iu the head with a double barreled shot-gun on the evening of Dec. 22d. It appears that for the past two years he has been suffering from fits of temporary insanity, caused from " religious mania," but was thought to be harmless, and no one dreamed that he would commit self-de struction. But on the fatal evening he became possessed of the gun unob served, went to his carriage-house, and committed the act. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his untimely end.?Clarendon Enterprise. The Solons of the State have appro priated uselessly and extravagantly thousands of tbe people's money ; but they have redeemed it ail, and have fairly entitled themselves to be styled political economists by repealing the law allowing compensation to county newspapers for publishing election no tices. They have thus saved the enor mous sum of $15 or ^20 to each coun ty?possibly ?500 to the whole State. Three cheers for the Solons I?Newherry Observer, Mr. Benjamin T. Moore, a young man who had been employed in the city as a dry goods clerk, died about 2:00 p. m., Dec. 30, of mania-a-potu, in the 24th year of his age. Mr. Moore was a victim of excessive alco holic indulgence. Tuesday evening, the 23d ult., he left the store of Miui naugh &Co., where he was employed, went to his room, at the Central House, and there remained until about 2 o'clock Saturday morning, when he jumped from his window on the second floor while suffering with delirium tre mens. He received no injury from his leap. Mr. Colemac, the County Jailer and brother-in-law of deceased, took Mr. Moore to the Jailer's, apartments and summoned a physician on Sunday morning, .who did all that was possible for the relief of the young man, but without avail, as he began sinking Monday night. Mr. Moore was at one time the most reliable salesman in the employ of Mimnaugh & Co., and was entrusted with the business of the Ches ter house daring the absence of the head of the firm, but his un fortunate love of strong drink bore him down. Tbe deceased was a son of Dr. Benja min Moore, a resident of Columbia many years ago.?Columbia Register. In writing on the relations of intem perance aud crime, Judge Noah Davis, chief justice of the State of New York, after thitty years of experience on the bench of the supreme court, gives it as his opinion that at least two-thirds of j the crimes which are tried iu the high er courts are occasioned by intemper I ance, and were the numerous offenses tried and disposed of in the inferior courts, as the police courts and by jus tices of the peace, collated iu such manner as to set forth their causes, it would, in the learned judge's opinion, be found, as it was in the days of Sir Matthew Hale, more than two hundred years ago, that four-fifths of them could be traced to intemperance. notice of S?LE UNSER MORTGAGE. LTNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF CERTAIN j powers granted to us by J. F. Ives and S. A. Ives, of Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina, in and by their certain mort gage to us, bearing date the 15th day of iMarch, 18S3, and recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance of said county, in Mortgage Rook No 11, at page 512, we will sell at public auction, before the Court House, in the town of Sumter; on MONDAY, the 2d day of FEBRUARY next, between the hours of il o'clock in the forenoon and 2 o'clock in the afternoon, all the righi, title and interest of the said J. F. Ives aud S. A. Ives in and to the following described real estate, to wit: All that piece, parcel and tract of land Ivi :g, being and situate in Sum ter County, State aforesaid, containing one hundred acres, more or less, with dwelling house and buildings thereon, bounded on the north by lands of J. W. flaocock ; sontb by lands of Thomas Morris ; east by lands of E. A. Ives, and west by lands of W. Bracy. W. L. ARTHUR & BROTHER, Jan. 6, 1885._Nortgagees. NOTICE OP SALE UNDER MORTGAGE. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF CERTAIN powers granted to us by W, J. Bate niiio, of Sumter County, in the State of Sooth Carolina, in and by bis certain mortgage to us, bearing date K3th day of February, 1384, and recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance of said county in Mort gage Book, ?o 12. at page 50?3 we will sell at pnblic auction before the Court House, in the town of Samter, on MONDAY, the 2d day of FEBRUARY next, between the hours of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 2 o'clock in the afternoon, all the right, title and interest of the said W. J. Bateman in and to the fol lowing described real estate, to wit : All that piece, parcel or tract of land containing one hundred acres, the same being the tract con veyed to the said W. J. Bateman by his mother, Mary A. Bateraan, under deed dated June the Srst, 1880, and recorded in Book X, page 304, in the office R. M. C, Sumter County, said land lying and being on the west side of Beaver Dam Swamp, in said county and State, bounded by land now or formerly of Clay Watson on the north side; south by the run of Scape Orer Swamp ; east by the run of Beaver Dam Swamp : west by the lands of Garrison Davis; said tract now being known by the name of {iJoel Brown tract" cf land. W. L. ARTHUR & BROTHER, Jan. 6, 1SS5. Mortgagees. . notice of SALE UNSER MORTGAGE. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF CERTAIN powers granted to us by M. E. Sbiver of Sumter County in tne State of South Caro- ? lina in and by her certain Mortgage to us j bearing date the 2nd day of February "1884, j ?nd recorded in the office of the Register of | Mesne Conveyance of said County in Mort- j y.ige book No. 12, at page 406, we will sell public auction, before the Court House, in the town of Sumter on Monday the 2nd day of February next, between the hours of 11 d'clock in the forenoon, and 2 o'clock in the vfternoon. all the rightj title, and interest of the said . E Shiver in and to the following described real estate, to wit : All that piece, parcel or tract of land lying, aeing and situate in the County of Sumter, ind State aforesaid. Containing Two Hun dred acres more or lesSr bounded on the Bast by lands of \V. D. Boykin, and A. J. Bovkin, South by lands of Thomas McLeod. West by lands of P.. T. Eilerbe and W. L. Arthur, North by fands of Thomas Ancrum md Samuel Boykin known as the "Ancrum sand hill place." Vv. L. ARTHUR & BROTHER, Jan. 6, 1835. Mortgagees.. fou rent. " PLACE IN THE UPPER PART OF iJJL TOWN. Comfortable house in good ;ondition, containing four rooms and kiich in, also stable, barn, and other necessary out buildings and 20 acres of highly improved and. Apply to H. F. Wilson, Esq., or Jan. 6 J. J. DARGAN. Comity Bond No, 250, ISSUED DEC. 11. 1882, by the County Commissioners of Clarendon County in favor of T. McD. HUDSON, or bearer, for 5607.T5 with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The said Bond was. issued, under the Fuuding Act approved Dec. 20. ISSI, to sat isfy two-fifths of a judgment against said County, in favor of Hudson & Brother. Upon this Bond are credits of payments amounting to $201. Said Bond has .been sold to J. J. Rowland & Bro., who are cow the lawful owners of same. Notice is hereby given that the 3aid County BOND bas been LOST OR MISPLACED by the undersigned, and that after fifteen days from the date of this notice they will apply to the Board of County Commissioners of Clarendon County for a reissue of said Bond. J. J. ROWLAND ? BRO., Jan. 6, 1835. 2 Lynchbarg, S. C. THE UNDERSIGNED "gives notice that those indebted to him by note: account or otherwise must settle promptly. He must have money to meet bis bills. Jao6 *_T. C. SOAFFE. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge. WHEREAS, Mrs. LOUISA E STEIN MEYER, (widow,) of said County and State, made suit to me. to grane her.Letters of Administration, of the Estate and effects of CLAUDIUS P. STEINMEYER, deceased, unadministered : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Claudius P. Steinmeyer, as afore said, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H. on January 21st, 1S85, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they -have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 6lh day of Jauuarr, Anno Domini, 1SS5. T. V. WALSH, [L. S.J Jan 6?2t Judge of Probate. The Manning Times, PUBLISHED BY IL L. DARR, Jr., AT Manning, South Carolina. Only $1 50 per annum, in advance. Cheap advertising medium. noticeT E UNDERSIGNED is out of a job. and is open io an offer. He is not afraid to work and will take hold of anything that offers a chance.ofsappcrt. Will take charge of a farm, and will do an kind of work that may come to hand T. Sj DR A Y TON._ bank:" election." THE ANNUAL -MEETING for the Elec tion for Directors of the National Bank of Sumter serve for the eusti nig year will be beid in Masonic Hall, Sumter, S. C, on Tuesday, January 13, 1SS5. at 12 o'clock; noon. Stockholders earnestly desired to at tend. By order of the Board. CHAS . E. A RT LETT, Dec 22 Cahier. Portrait Photographer, 2G3 KING STREET, CILlBtESTOR, S.' . The best of work at fair prices. Jan G TO In your search for CHRISTMAS GOODS BE SURE AND CALL -AT ALTAftONT . E. Corner Main a:?d Liberty Streets. -?o? You will find there A Lame Assortment ?OF Goods Suitable for ihe Holidays. Dur Notion Department Is replete in all its Departments. NTICE 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 eay, except :om AND SES FOR Y0U2SELF. DUB GROCERY DEPARTMENT IS FULL. When say that I mean exactly wbat I say. Here you will find imi Casis, Ms, M, And an endless VARIETY OF CANNED GOODS. DON'T FORGET THAT YOU CAff BOY HERE Barrel Good Flour for $4.50. AND BS ti g 8 t? ? & 16 Lbs. for $1.00. A Nice Liue of Lamps from 25c. to Dec 16 A e~ 0\ A GAROES? IF YOU HAVE K33 YOU WILL N??Q sag) & And will want Jtckt at the least money. This my nvw Scei? O.c?iio;:cc wilt surprise you. 2?c natter vcu have bcin dtaJIng it tcill ??ve. mhsey. It is mailed ree to , and you oag-iat to have it before buvin? anywhere. 129 & 131 Froat St., Piuladelphia. FOR SALS 8B BEHL MY FARM ON THE MANNING ROAD one mile South of the Court House in Banner. The place consists of one hundred ind ten acres?eighty cleared. On the place is a comfortable dwelling of six rooms and ill necessary out buildings. -ALSO TWO BUILDING LOTS of two acres each ?in totem. For particulars apply to the undersigned it Charleston, S. C, or to R. P. Monaghan in Stimter. T. J. T?OMEY. Dec 16 4t Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Sags, &c, M. 233 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Particular attention given to Filling of Orders, and all Goods guaranteed as represented. Jan 6 EID G-LOVES. Poster's "Tres Bon" Hew Hook Real Freach KM Gloves. 5-hooks, $1.50 ; 7-hooks, Si.75; 10-hooks, $2.00 per pair. FANCY GOODS, CHRISTMAS CARDS, STATIONERY and a variety of articles for Ohri<un:is Presents. STAMPING ANO EMBROIDERY and a full Assortment of all necessary mate rials. Lessons in Embroidery at reasonable, rates. Butterick's Fashionable Dreis Pat terns at PHIL. SCHUCXMASTX, 271 KING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec 16_l h WEEK'S RE?1G FREE! FOR SIX GOOD FAMILIES. ?end your name and the name and addr^ssof At? o* your neighbors or friends en a postal card and ?et free for yourself aud tach. oi t???m ? specimen ^<py of THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY, 1 litt lil il?0 QUR / "UNCLE REMUS'S" world-famous \ Sketches of the eld Plantation Darkey. '" THREE 5 "BILL ASP'S" Humorous Lettcrc for HUMOROUS )t,5e Heme and Hearth Stone. WRITERS \ "?ETSY HAMILTON'S" adventures told In the "Cracker" dis?ect Wsr Storie*, Sk?teh*a of Tratti. JVttes, porrne, J-'ntt, ?tdvtntwr??i " # j'*rmt** The Mouethold, ComttpondfMc*, A World o? instruction and Entertainment. T^?T-r Paires. The Brightest o*d Befit TTeokly. Pleast?s every member of the family. SEND A POSTAL FOR A SPECIMEN COPY, FREE. Address "Ihe Cossrrruiios," Atlanta, G* 1 us you ' ftprj in presents ffircn cicay. Sena / cents postage, and by ninil ; will get free a package of goods of large value, that will start you iu work that will at once bring you in money faster than anything lese in America. All about the $200,000 in presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of all ages, for all the lime, or spare time only, to work for us at their owrjhomes. Fortunes for all work ers absolutely assured. Doa:t delay. H. Hallet & Co.."Portland, Maine. i * EXCUSION T?CKElS TO- f HEW ORLEANS,! GOOD TO RETURN UNT?, Hay the 1st, 1885. j ? We would inform yoa, friend! and customers, that if you intene going to New Orleans during thi Exhibition, you should buy al your GROCERIES from us, bt [ cause we guarantee that by so do 1 ing you can save money enough U \ buy a i \ TICKET TO NEW ORLEAM and return, and have plenty to eat and drink besides* I The Railroad Companies through out the country hav* agreed to xi duce the rates so aste enable every* one to go. We hare made up out^ mind and do heieby agree and ( promise to sell yo? everything in our line at redtcej prices so as to enable every ?ne .to have anice \ time during tm coming holidays. ? Dear Reader, that mpre can yorr? expect, and wiy will you not bu? all yoar grocerss from us and thei* take what is lei apd buy a ? RETURN nCKEijj? NEW ORLEANS "r and see the G&KDEST SHOW : the world has etr produced. CHEBrMAS ; Being near at b?d we would like ? . you to give us'pzr attention just' long enough t read what we have, for sale and t';j> write out a nice' order for whatfou know you will need, and weyill fill it and re^*-* assured you xi be pk?SSeVwith both goods anojjrices. I We bave juT^received a nice line of PRESE jflBS and FRUIT BUTTERS, JJJLIES and Atmore's \ 'ince Meat, We have then an different size packages jnd a I at retail. Also all kinds of MilFA) FRUITS, such as..- - Svapoitsd ?pies, Peaches, Prjtaes sxL Dried Figs, DATES CURR/fe AND CITRON. Wefave a flElot of LONDON LAYER RAFONS and would call spjsial attAtion to our Rais ons put up in Starter boxes. They are very choicjand a nice size box for ev<ry housfcold. Ye jail ^.tention to our - FZ?TCS?'G SS?SACTS. They [an ojtl triple strength and warrajtt^*fcife goods. Also our large jt?k oj~~ CANf?): ?RUITS, MEATS ASTABLES. As W( o? !y handle standard branda of earned goods; we say again that this s tie place to buy them and get f?l -?loe for your money. ?n a feV days we will receive a large icwee of Teas and we ask you to our Teas and be con vinced tht we sell a better Tea for less mo?y than jou can buy abroad. |We bear people often say, ,4We by our groceries in cities because they sell sugars at coat." We oi remind you cf the fact that no lerchant can make' a liv iug by elliug his wares at cost, and if bt should offer you sugar at cost re oust and will charge more for ith? goods. We make it a rule to iell all goods at small liv ing nofils, and are glad to inform youicatso far, we have succeeded in pfting a liberal share of the trad in Sumter County, and by F?R AND SQUARE DEALING we hope to sell you double the amant ?f goods during the com iug7?ar,and thus save you money. Te se3 a great deal of Roasted Cctee, ?a? you can always rely on ^e?n* fresh Roasted Coffees at ou- store, because the people will notlet it remain long enough to be cese stale. We offer nowaroast ec.coffee in packages called "Stag Rend/' It is a Java and Mocha axed, and is' without doubt a ?j? drink?try a pound. 'We can gi e vou a fair article of roasted cofee at 15 cents, and an exfca 5tc Rio at 20 cents per pound. ; 5^fa fast years we have alwaps fiund it ar difficult matter to supry ?r trade with FINE CONEC CIONERIES. In order to flne dy this and to please every on^ we would say that we are receivig by far the largest and finest stsk of FRENCH CANDIES eve- han dled by one merchant auyyiere? and the beauty of it is we "11 it so cheap, tijas enabling a yc-Jg lady to :ret two pounds where ?berwise she nai^ht only get on' We can p3* candios ;:p iuA-'/ size boxes you may desire a? we will give you a nice assortgr01- Hav ing thus sappiied a !<g want in. the Town of Su/er, we trust tbat the young peop/of this town will zi^c us thcirirdcrs for all kinds ot Oonfectioffies they may wabt duriog the h?days. Before closing \jask you to re member that wejarry in stock. Choice Butter, I^ancy Crean? Cheese, Swltzcr jueeee, Import? ed Bologna, Beh Herringsj Picklcd Figs' Ft, Sauer Krau^ Plain and Self Rang Buckwheat^ Oat Meal, Whitmans, New OrW leans Syrup anqivlolasses, (New Crop,) atid lastjbut not lea4^\ Cranberry Sauo; ia cans?aice thing to eat withjarkey. k Always glad t^erve yoa. We are, respectffy, Dl?GKER ?sBULTMAN, Decs t 1 fe!