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Entered at tte Pitt O?ce at Surrter , S. (?., as Second Class Matter. EXAMINE YOTJB DATSS. ? ?- o - ^ We request each of our subscribers to ex? amine the address on his paper, and partica - farly to observe th<? date upon it. This date .hows the time up to winch the paper bas been paid for. Macy of our subscribers will thus see that they have paid in advance ; bot there are many others who will discover that they have not. msw ADVBETISEMJBKTS, _ M. Sanders, Sheriff-Sales. Smythe* Adger-Sale Under Mortgage. W- P. Rhame, Secretary-Notice of Meeting of ExeratheCowi-aittee. W. D. Blaading, Adm-r-Estate Sale. National Bank of Sumter-Quarterly state? ment. - ) - ?- ? - Personal. Mr. W? 3. Stuckey of Bishopville smiled on ns yesterday;. . Miss Paafine Dick, -who has been making a long visit in Darlington, is home again. - 'Mr. C. T Mason Jr. has gone to Hartford, Connecticut, on business connected with his new machines.. Mr. R.- F. Horton, -who has been in the ^ ^store of Burtman k Bro. for some months has returned to. his home in Clarendon. Mr. W. G. Whilden has been in town sev? eral days, ?xrkiog after the interest of the Continental Fire Insurance Company. Coi. J. J. Dargan and Mr. W. JJ. Lyuum expect to leave for the West next Thursday on a business trip, and win take in the Exposi? tion before their return. ^Messrs. E. D. and VT. H. Andrews, for* merty of Sumter, but who hare been in busi- j -ness in Charleston ever since the war, have /been, on a visit to their mother, whose health /-fias been feeble "for some time. "They have returned to Chariest on. Mr. C;IUL Hurst, who was in Charleston last week ixr attendance upon the United States Grand Jury..has returned home after j a week's stay in the City by the Sea. Mr. Hurst was foreman, and they could not have had a better. Kev; J. A. Chambliss, D. D., formerly of -Sumter ami who was pastor of the Citadel Square Baptist Church of Charleston for ten years, is now -connected with the Connecticut Matual Life Insurance Company as agent and is at present residing at Baltimore, Md. Mr. Richard Hood expects to leave Sumter ^ :next Tuesday for au extended trip. He will take ia Washington, Baltimore, New York and Montreal, reaching there in time ipr the Iee Carnivalia February. We wish we were young and rich like Dick and we'd go too, jbnt we would wait till next Summer. Mr. JI TX Witherspoon, who has been a salesman; in. the establishment of Messrs. J. ?Rytteuberg k Sons for some time, has accept v ed a. place with McLoy, Rice k Co. of Charles? ton and will enter upon his work there Feb? ruary ist. Jim's friends in Sumter-and they are legion-wilt miss him sorely. They all wish him the best of lock, that he may Soon make a fortune, and come back here to live ever after. We congratulate Messrs. McLoy, Rice k Co. upon their good luck in capturing Mr. W. ' Mr. tr.- P. -Husbands, formeriy of Bishop? ville, bat who has been living io Yaldosta, -GJU, for the past year made us a pleasant call last wetfc, white on his way back to Georgia from a short visit to his old home. Mr. Hus band5 looks tbe picture of health. He-gives Georgia a good name both in finance, morals, Mad temperance. He says he* saw more -drucken people at one locality tn South Carolina than he met in Georgia during the * entire year he was" there. We were glad to - meet our friend, and! are glad that his lines have f?&eo in so pleasant a place. Cet your firewood ready. Another cold wave has started froai the great North-west. It expects to reach Sumter to-morrow night. Our readers who cannot go to church next Sunday eau enjoy the sermon on the fourth -page, delivered by Rev. John Stout, the first Sunday in January, at the Sumter Baptist Church. fi. Bischoff & Co., Cotton and Rice Factors, are weH known among the business men of Charleston. See card. The first Quarterly Conference of the Sum? ter Station will be held in the Sumter Church next Sunday." Rev. A. J. Stokes will preach Sunday morning. The Board of District Stewards will meet at the Church, Friday, at Il o'clock. Dr. Martin has been receiving lots of new goods during the pan few days. He desires the public to know ?bat be can be found after business hours at the Bronson Rouse, and that he will be*pkascd to wait opon custom? ers at any hour. Anthony Bracy wishes everybody to know that he runs a hack to meet all the trains. Orders left for him at Dr. Martin's will always be promptly attened to. He guarantees that his passengers will never be left. Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Com? mittees, etc., are, during this month, required under the Statute, to make their annual re? turns. Ourindolge?t Jndge of Probate would be especially glad to see these returns coming ju wi ibo ot having to enforce the Statute against delinquents. ? The members of the Democratic Executive Committee will take dne and timely notice of the call for a meeting in another column, and govern themselves accordingly. The meeting is called for ll o'clock next Thursday, in order that those who attend the farmers' i&eeiiog that day can attend without incon venience. We are much obliged to Mr, Anthony White, the boss insaraoce agent in Sumter, for a aice assortment of calendars from bis cozen or more insurance companies. Mr. White has also placed us nnder obligations for a copy of the "Industries and Resources of the South,-" which gives a brief history of the business and of a number of the business men in the more prominent towns of South Carolina. We see that Sumter is well repre? sented, and we found much to interest and instruct. We will shortly give ^ur readers the benefit of a portion of its contents. Thud Circuit. Judges Hudson, Fraser and Aldrich will preside, in the order named at the Courts in Sumter this year. i - i- . Bill Arp's Scrap Sook Ts ont at last. Mr. D. J. Anld is agent for ] the book in Sumter County. It is full of humor and nicely illustrated. Price S2.00 and well worth the rooney. Kev. J. T. Pate. We notice in the last issac of the Press and Moaner* sermon delivered by our talented jouag friend. Rev. J. T. Pate, which does credit both to bis head and heart. Mr. Pate bas been transferred to Yorkrille, mach to tbe j regret of his Abbeville friends. Thanks. Mr. E. W. Dabbs not only knows how to zoake fine potatoes, but also what to do with them after they are made. For instance, he brought a bushel of as fine yams as we ever saw to the Wotcfmart. and Southron office last week, for which we return thanks. Deaths. Saturday morning, at 3 o'clock, near this town of typhoid pneumonia, Mrs. J. E. Baker, iged about 65 years. The deceased bad been nek some fifteen days, and died perfectly re? signed and happy. On the 5th instant, at his home in Clarendon ifier a lingering illness, Mr. Chas. S. Pack. The deceased was about 52 years old. Mr. Julius D. Petsch of Charleston died on :he 4th instant. Mr. P. was the oldest en fineer in the United States, having ron the irst locomotive ever built in this country. Mr. Elwyn C. Rogers, School Commis? sioner of Sumter County, died Sunday night TOCO consumption, at the borne of Dr. R. Y. McLeod in Bisbdpville. Mr. Rogers had been o delicate health for a long while, and since November has been confined to his bed. We ryropatbise deeply with his untimely taking )ff. ? Another Dance. The young men of Sumter are becoming a i ule jealous of the encomiums showered upon the young ladies for their success in getting ip a leap year ball last month, and are mak? ing arrangements to have one to-morrow light at the Jervey House which will outdo :fae leap year - ball, bot that is all nonseuse. Soys, you cannot get ahead of the girls and rou need not try. Your dance will be very lice, but not as good as the young ladies' :ffort. Incendiary. The barn of Mr. Samuel Newman, near Soar, was burned last Sunday morning about } o'clock. Mr. .Newman lost about 100 bush? es of corn and 1,000 pounds of fodder. The ire was doubtless caused hy an incendiary, as io fire bad been near the barn, and it is fifty rards from the dwelling house. For some Lime Mr. Newman had been missing potatoes 'rom his bank, and that night, bearing a loise, he fired bis gun in that direction, and ie thinks his barn was set on fire in retalia? tion. _ _ A Good Letter. The letter from "Piney Woods Farmer" ?rill be read with much interest by our farm irs. We do not know whether to plead guilty or not in the matier of giving advice, int it is a good letter, all the same, even though it does touch us all up. "Piney Woods Farmer" makes a line ?bot when he daces a large share of the farmers' financial troubles to the account of large household ex jesses. To use his language, L'the household ixpeoses of roost of us are entirely toolarge." Jut read the letter and draw your own con? victions. The National Bank of* Sumter. The annual meeting of the stockholders iras held to-day and the following Board of Directors elected: R. M. Wallace, A. J. 3biaa, Horace Harby, Marion Moise, A. A. Solomons, A. N. Freeland, R. P. Monaghan, II. 6. Ryttenberg and R. D. Lee vice R. C. tfcFaddin, declined. At a subsequent meeting of the Board, Col. Et. M. Wallace was elected President of .the lank. ? mm i t a Unfortunate Tragedy. On Tuesday, the 6th instant, a little son of Hr. Thomas B. Jackson, in the Providence teighborhood, rode a mule over to the store >f Capt. Carson, and while sitting on the mile at the door a severe clap of thunder frightened the animal, and it threw the little ?llow. HU leg in some way became entan? gled in the reins, and he was dragged and kicked to death by the mule, which ran over :hree hundred yards with the little fellow langing to the reins.. When he was found the mule was standing over bim. The boy's leg was still entangled in the reins, and he aras insensible. He died in about forty min? ite?, having received various wounds about he head, body and limbs. -?wmW~ ? ? mimma The Hidden Ha cd. The Music Hull was occupied last Tuesday light by the Whiteley Company with the ibove play. It is much to be regretted that the unfavorable weather thinned the audience ?o seriously, for the play ancl company are the best we have had in Sumter for many a iay. "Capitola," the "Major" and "Wool" trere all splendid, and one would have to be badly "hipped" not to laugh heartily over the many ludicrous passages in the play. Tbe company will play here again to-night, and a pleasant evening will be assured by attending. Since writing the above, and just as we go to press we have met Mr. Clark the Manager, und he says his company is in the best of trim and will give onr people something above the average to-night. Miss Fannie Francis (Capitola) and Messrs. Coon and Aiken (the Major and Wool) under the in? spiration of fine weather and a full bouse will delight the audience even more than they did last week. The Manager has been urgeci to give an? other exhibition tomorrow night and has the matter under advisement. Mayesville Items. MAYESYILLE, S. C., January 12, 1885. Miss Adelaide Foxworth. daughter of Mr. T. D. Fox worth, was married at the Baptist church, Wednesday evening, Jan. 7lh, to Mr. A. A. Stubbs of Bennettsville, Rev. B. J. Covington of Florence officiating. After the marriage, the happy couple, together with many appreciative friends, assembled at her father's residence where a sumptuous wedding feast was spread aod very soon scattered. Mr. Stubbs is one of the substantial farmers of Marlboro. A yoong man of our town was to have been made happy on Sunday last, by taking onto himself an helpmeet from a neighboring city, but for some reason was disappointed. Miss Emma F. Carpenter of Augusta, is visiting her briber, Rev. J. Howard Carpen? ter. Dr. L. George Corbett has brought bis fair lady to town, and they are keeping bouse. We feel like a bonanza, or banana, or some other big thing will soon strike our town or be "stricken" by it, from the way our citizens are investing in matrimony. Let 'era go it while they're youug. Td like it occasionally mi-self. SW ESP STAKES. MAYESVILLR, Jan. 12, 1885. We have had some very bad and rainy weather, but the glorious sun shines upon us to-day. Several of our young clerks have gone into the interior of the county to plow. May God speed the plow. The Rev. B. G. Covington and wife, of Florence, paid us a flying visit last week. Also, Mr. A. A. Stubbs, from Bennettsville; Rev. L. D. Bass, from Manning, and 31 r. Coney, from St. Stephens. Messrs. Holleraan and brother, from Tim monsri?lc, are visting their brothers here. Rev. D. A. Foxworth and wife left here to? night for Florida, and Miss Freedale left for Timmonsville. Mr. C. 0. Wheeler has moved to the Mills house, near town. Dr. Cornea is occupying Mr. Wheeler's house, and Mr. Warren has gone into the house vacated by Dr. Corbett. Weare sorry to say that Dr. Hudson and Mr. Harry Anderson are very ill DUGGAN. The removal of Prof. Sanborn, of N. H., after being pronounced incurable by a ?core of physicians, from Las Vegas, N. M., to his home, was effected by administering Dr. Har ter's Iron Tonic, which has restored him to his former good health. Jan. 6. I mm . III A Husband's Greatest Blessing Is a strong, healthful, vigorous wif*?, with a clear, handsome complexion. These can all be acquired by using Dr. Harter's iron Tonic. Jan. 6. [Por the Watchman and Southron.] New Year's Greeting from a Piney Woods Farmer. Mr. FAilor : A good many years ago a distinguished gentleman, a large planter and an ex-Governor of onr State, was in the habit of writing most eruditely and speaking most plausibly upon matters pertaining to agricul? ture. His theories were excellent, apparently without flaw, and his ideas were always beautifully expressed. And yet this brainy writer was confessedly one of the poorest practical planters in the State. Coming nearer to our own times, if ray memory serves me correctly, another ex-Governor, the brill? iantly notorious F. J. Moses, Jr., once de? livered a public address upon similar sub? jects. His remarks, too, were most appropri? ate. His address fairly teemed with beautifal theories, and was well flavored with sound advice and words of encouragement for the farmer. Bot still I strongly doubt, if young Franklin bad been put to the test, whether he could have explained the difference between a smoothing harrow and a haystack, or could have distinguished, with certainty between a field of growing oats and a patch of red clover. Were the truth known at the present time, I would not be surprised if some of our would-be prophets, whose pens are so prolific of advice, could furnish in themselves par? allel cases. An eminent professor upon one occasion, in addressing a graduating class, told them if they wished for success in life they must "submit to receiving professional opinions from non-professional people, and must per? mit themselves to be taught many things which they understood by persons who knew nothing about them." This sort of experi? ence we farmers are now undergoing. Not only brother farmers, but also merchants, politicans by profession, and the edit? ors of village newspapers plague us with criticisms, deluge us with advice, pelt us with suggestions, and taunt us with ridicule until we might well be fairly bewildered. Even the lower house of our Legislature affected to consider us as infants, and attempted to abol? ish tbe lien law, because, forsooth, it tempts us into debt, encourages us in extravagance, and places us in the power of the wicked I merchants. Whatever may be the evils of the system, it certainly possesses many ad? vantages. No law can compel a man to placea lien upon bis crop, and it would seem no more than reasonable that the average farmer might be credited with brains suffi? cient to keep him from giving it, unless his judgment persuaded him that it was to his in? terest to do so. It is undeniable that farmers as a class are not in a prosperous condition. They are not making money ; they are not eveu living in comfort, and most of us are heavily burdened with debts and mortgages. These are mournful but well-known facts, and what are the causes and what the reme? dies? Some writers tell us that we most combine ; obtain concert of action among ourselves; assert our rights, and have our wrongs redressed. What are our grievances, and what rights are in danger? For what and against whom must we combine? Will any concert of action on our part advance the price of cotton or make capitalists charge lower rates for money than the use of it will command? Or eau we force merchants to sell us their goods at less than the ruling ! market price? We certainly cannot. Other lecturers, with singular unanimity, agree that plan ting cotton is the source of all our woes; but varied is the advice and many are the remedies which they propose to extricate us from our difficulties. Some say abandon cotton altogether, and devote your attention to stock and the grasses, seemingly forgetful of the fact that nine-tenths of us own farms which are not suitable for such purposes, and cannot be made so without large expenditure of ready money which but few of us can command. Others, more conservative, rec? ommend a decreased acreage in cotton, with such thorough preparation of the soil, joined lo liberal manuring and careful cultivation, as will insure a largely increased yield per acre; and ibis to be coupled with the cer? tainty of making our own provisions. This last would appear to be the common-sense view. Every practical farmer knows that the comparative cost of cultivation between an acre of poor cottou and au acre of good is very much in favor of tbe latter. A graphic aod interesting writer in a re? cent issue of jour valuable paper, who seems to counsel the abandonment of cotton plant? ing, compares the cotton planter to a drown? ing wretch in mid-ocean, with nothing but a plank-his cotton-patch-between him and a watery grave. The waters surrounding him are pictured as being alive with ravenous sharks, ready to make him their prey should he risk leaving his precarious refuge and at? tempt to reach a passing steamer, and yet he seems to criticise him for remaining. In the name of self-preservation, the first law of na? ture, why should he abandon that plank and throw himself to the sharks? A stout plank and a brave heart have been the salvation of many a shipwrecked sailor, and why may not the simile hold good when applied to cotton planting? As between the sharks and the plank, i should have no hesitation in clinging to the latter. With a truce r.o metaphor, let us get back to facts and figures. I tbink it may be taken as an axiomatic truth that the margin of profit upon a cotton crop is ridiculously small unless the yield be made lo equal at least one bale per acre : the same with regard to com when the yield is less than twenty bushels. Should our farm? ers accept these estimates (aud they are none too large), a?d govern themselves accord? ing'^ planting only so much land as, with a free application ot manures and careful cul? ture, will give reasonable promise of yielding those results, I think in a year or two we would not so frequently hear it said that "farming don't pay." Farming will pay. It must be made to pay. We have no other resources. At the same time I am quite sure that most of us would hud it unprovable to renounce our allegiance to King Cotton and go rushing after strange gods. Were we io do so 1 tbink we would soon find that the Sheriff would have the same hold upon us that your correspondent H. U. T. has taken upon his cow, and the grip would be equally strong. Cotton has always been almost our sole dependence for a money crop, and proba? bly will long reurnin so. At least, there is nothing in sight at present which gives any promise of better results. The mistake does not lie in the planting of cotton in itself, but in our methods of preparation and manner of working. As happily expressed by a recent writer iu the Cotton Plant, we plant too much and we cultivate too little. Another great fault and frequent source of failure lie3 in the fact that the household expense? of most of usare entirely too large aud out of all pro? portion to the profits that we might reasona? bly expect from the amount of capital invest? ed Another thing: We are expecting en? tirely too much when we think that a small planting business will support us in the char? acter of i'ile bosses. Retrenchment und re? form should be our watchwords ; but reform does not necessarily imply a complete cbange of base. One great drawback to our pros? perity and independence is our inability to raise a sufficiency of pork to meet all demands of farm and household. My own experience has been that it is poor economy to attempt to raise more hogs than just enough to consume what would otherwise be wasted about the premises. While corn basan average value of Si per bushel, and can be used at that rate in place of money in payment for ?abor, it will scarcely pay to convert it into pork. There are but few who are so fortunately sit? uated io this respect as your correspondent previously alluded to, who appears to have made bis home upon the fertile slopes of the Wateree Valley, where, he tells us, prime acorns, as good* as corn, may be had for the gathering at a cost of only 12 cents a bushel, aiid pork be raised as cheaply as by our Western cousins, and where ail deficiencies in the meut line can be promptly supplied from an abundance of squirrels, rabbits and cat? fish. Brother piney woods funners, here is food for thought 1 We have uo acorns; our squirrels have migrated ; our rabbits are scarce and shy, and cattish may be had in limited quantities only. Hut on that account shall we repine and become envious of our more fortunate neighbors? No. Perish the thought 1 If he, having seized a gun and a fishius-rod iu oue hand and a cow's tail in the other, aud, animated by the spiiit'of 'VG, shall head a rebellion against King Cottou, and carve out for himself a successful agricul? tural destiny, we will glory in his pluck and rejoice in his success. We, however, will be inclined to pursue more conservative methods, and will endeavor to reform existing abuses in the management of our farms without haz? arding the risks of revolution. " PINEY WOODS FARMER." Privateer Items. PRIVATEER, S. C., Jan. 9, 1885. Mr. Editor : Messrs. King and Betts, two eoergetic young farmers have removed to tbe Bishop ville neighborhood. Mr. T. H. Osteen bas moved to Clarendon, where be "holds forth as big as life.', Capt. Borns has come back to his place, and Mr. Harmon Strange, who lived there last year, has returned to Wedgefield. Mr. W. 0. Cain has been appointed Trial Justice vice Col. Mellett elected County Com? missioner. It looked as if the "bottom were knocked ont" at times on Monday and Tuesday. There has been a vast quantity of water on the land but it is fiowing'off rapidly. The weather has been more pleasant to day than for several weeks. Owing to bad weather farm work is progressing slowly. What is tbe matter with the depot authori? ties that they db not attend to the comforts of the travelling public? Last Friday night ladies who went to take the train had to stand on the leeward side of the old shanty that passes for a passenger depot, and keep as warm as best they could. There was no ajent there eveo to sell tickets and check baggage. This was. when the -'Columbia special" was due. Again when the regular W. C. & A., 4 o'clock A. M. train for Colum? bia came ladies had to get out of their car? riage into the cars. Both times the weather was.bitter cold, but the waiting room was locked op, and the agent whose duty was there, was enjoying a warm fire and comforta? ble bed elsewhere. If this is not a case for the Railroad Commission, then the Hon. R. R. C. is a farce. If our information is correct, and we believe it is, the management of the Depot authorities at Sumter urgently demands in? vestigation. It is barely possible that the blame rests entirely with the R. R. anthorities, and tbat the agent and bis subordinates are not responsible, bat at any rate there isa wrong and a serious wrong perpetrated on our people. DEW. [For the Watchman and Southron.] Hechanicsville Items. MECHAXICSVILLE, S, C., Jan. 12, 1885. The faithful mail-carrier and the efficient and very obliging Postmistress at this office bring your interesting paper regularly to this place, and I may say it is read. The days have been dark and rough for some time back, we having had but a few days of sunshine. From appearances the oats have not been seriously hurt from the hard freezes upon them. The anxious farmers have watched them closely. Miss Fraser, the refined and cultured daughter of Dr. W. W. Fraser, has opened her school with encouraging prospects, though the hard weather has hindered the attendance of several. The failure of Rev. Mr. Kilgo to reach his preaching appointment at Rerabert's Chnrch, last Sunday, was a great disappointment. The change made in the boundary of his work must have necessitated his being else? where at that time. It is to be presumed that ministers are always prompt. There is life in the "old land yet," and Christmas day saw the marriage of Mr. J. S. Miichell and Miss Elenora Elmore. Then, on the 8th instant, Mr. M Shaw Re vill and Miss Rosa J. Winkles were baited in holy wedlock. "No cards." **** [For the Watchman and Southron.J Corbett's Mill Items. MANVILLE, S. C., Jan. 12, 1835. Mr. Editor: The farmers are getting down to their work now, preparing for the coming cron. I am sorry to say, though, that most of them have to depend upon liens for sup? plies. The members of the New Salem Church have done some much-needed work on the graveyard, which is much improved thereby. L?st week, while Messrs. Johnnie McLeod and Herbert Carson were driving by Mr. J. W. budd's old still place, the mule look fright and ran away, turning the baggy over a stump, and emptying bo'h its occupants. Mr. Carson had his face badly bruised, and j their fiddle, which they had for company, wrts broken into at least twenty-five new fiddles. The measles are very prevalent in this sec? tion. We have heard of.no deaths as yet from them. Messrs. C. S- Britton and Ed. McCutcheon, who are students of the Medical College io Charleston, spent Christmas at home. _ J. F. M. [For the Watchman and Southron.] Whiskey. Mr. Editor: We have another whiskey peddler in our neighborhood in the person of a certain reverend gentleman (?) r.ho lives on or near Capt. Delgar's plantation, near Clare? mont Depot. I would-or rather the com? munity would-be glad if the revenue officers wouid direct their attention down this way. CLAREMONT. Messrs. Hoyt & Bro. o.Ter bargains to their customers. They hare a nice and well as? sorted stock of silver ware which they are selling cheap. A*large assortment of watch? es, clocks and jewelry always on hand. Give them a call. : BTXTTEB ! BUTTEE ? BUTTER ! Good Cooking Butter at 25 ce its; Good Table Butter at 30 cents. Choice Gilt Edge Butter ai 35 cents. Send your orders to DUCKER & BULTMAV. FOR SALE, 5,000 bushels selected Rust Proof Seed Oats. A. BEQUEST, No 4-v 23 Queen St., Charleston, S. C. State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COURT OF COMVON PLEAS. D. W. Chandler. Plaintiff, vs. W. E. Lemon. Defendant. IN PURSUANCE of an order of the Court made in the above stated case, dated the 19th December, 1884, all of the creditors of the firm of Chandler & Lemon, lately doing business at Mayesville in said County, are hereby called on to prove before me, at my office in the town of Sumter, their demands against said firm on or before the I?t day of February, next, or they will be debarred the benefit of anv decree which mav be made in said case. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Dec 30-3t Mastrr AN ASSORTMENT -OF PICTURE FRAMES -AT THE Photographic Gallery, Photographs of Children a Specialty. G. II. LEWIS, Photographer. Dec 9_ il WEEK'S READING FREE! FOR SIX GOOD FAMILIES. 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AMAZON (Alum rowder,,^...gSfg^^S^^^Jka^i^^ CLEY EL AXD'Sishort rti?.SaB^raS PIONEER (San Francisco). CZAR. DR. PRICE'S.B^gS^B^Sa SXOW FLAKE (GrofTs).BHBfa&^^fflg LEWIS'..BBE^ag PEARL (Andrews & Co.). BECKER'S. GILLETS.L A X DREWS & CO. "Regal" Milwaukee, .'Contain! Alum ? BCLK (Powder sold loose). RUMFORD'S, when notfreshffll REPOSTS QT GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As to Purity and Wholesomeness of the Royal Baking* Powder? " I have tested a package of Royal Baking Powder, which I purchased in th? open market, and find it composed of pure and wholesome ingredients. It is a cream of tartar powder of a high degree of- merit, and does not eontain either alum or phosphates, or other injurious substances. E. G. LOVE, Ph.D.'* " It is a scientific fact that thc Royal Baking Powder is. absolutely pure. "H. A. MOTT, Ph.D.'* " I have examined a package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased by myself in thc market. I find it entirely free from alum, terra alba, or any other injurious 6n.br eunice. HENRY MORTON, Ph.D., President of Stevens Institute of Technology." " I have analyzed a package of Royal Baking Powder. The materials of which lt is composed are pure and wholesome. S. 1)ANA HAYES, State Assayer, Mass." The Roval Baking Powder received the highest award over all competitors ai the Vienna World s Exposition, 1373; at the Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876; at tho American Institute, Kew York, and at State Fairs throughout the country. No other article of human food has ever received such high, emphatic, and uni? versal endorsement from eminent chemists, physicians, scientists, and Boards of Health ali over the world. NOTE-The above DIAGRAM illustrates thc comparative worth of various Baking Powders, as shown by Chemical Analysis end experiments made by Prof. Schcdlcr. A pound can of each powder was taken, the total leavening power or volume in each can calculated, thc result being as indicated. This practical test for worth by Prof. Schcdler only proves what every observant consumer of thc Royal Baking Powder knows by practical experience, that, while it costs a few cents per pound wore than ordinary kinds, it ls far more economical, and, besides, affords the advant? age of better work. A single trial of the Royal Baking Powder will convince any fair minded person of these facts. * While thc diagram shows some of the alnm powders to be of a higher degree) of strength than other powders ranked below them, it is not to be taken as indicat? ing that they hare any value. All alum powders, no matter how high their strength, mrc to be avoided as dangerous. JBL. J". S.ZLXJENr.A>S cfc ?03XT, Cotton -Factors and Commission Merchants, ADGER'S NORTH WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Cash advances made on Consignments. tf:?2Sff Jan 6-v FALL AND WINTER 1884. % ? TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING* TO MT FRIENDS AND THE P?DLTC generally that I have returned from New York, having bought the largest and finest as/ort ment of MEN'S, YOUTHS',. BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING ever offered by me in this market, and have marked them down low for cash, consisting of FINE ENGLISH AND FRENCH WORSTEDS, CORKSCREW AND DIAGONALS in Blue, Black and Dahlia, all of which we warrant in tit and make to be the equal of any tailor's goods made to order. Also a fine lot of BUSINESS SUITS ranging.m price from $6 to ?25. A NICE LOT OF EXTRA PANTS CHEAP. A full and complete line of OVERCOATS all styles and qualities, from $2.50 to $21.00. GENTS' UNDERWEAR.' Thebes? unlaundricd shirt in the market. The COSMOPOLITAN B. B. BRAND. All sizes. Buy no other. A fiue lot of all wool and mixed UNDERVEST at all prices. COMPLETE LOT OF HATS, CAPS AND UMBRELLAS. PIECE GOODS, Consisting of fine desinter?s, Dickey Kerseys in all color?, S?Iem an.3 Kentucky Jeans, and the ?Mention of the ladies? ?3 invited to our superior REPE LL A NT OR WATERPROOF CLOTHS in Blue-black, Steel-grey and Green, all double width. Very cheap. A large lot of ODD COATS, VESTS AND PANTS for sale at half the regular price and in perfrct condition. I would simply say that, as heretofore, T shall spare no pains to sell you the best gooda for the least possible money and guarantee in the fit and wear perfect satisfaction in our goods. Sop 9 23. ?T. -XTSTTSSnST. AT THE OLD STAND AGAIN ! T. C. SC AFFE, TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO HIS OLD FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, THAT HE IS AGAIN AT HIS OLD STAND. AND Invites them to Call and See His New Stock, WHICH EMBRACES STOVES, Pumps, Wood and Willow-wares, Crockery and Queen's Ware, LAMPS, CHIMNEYS, BURNERS,. TIN AND GRANITE IRON WARE, PAPER BUCKETS AND WASH BASINS, BATH TUBS WITH HEATING ATTACHMENT, FEATHER DUSTERS, SHOE. WHIST, STOVE; PAINT AND WHITE WASH BRUSHES. LAP BOARDS, LADIES' WORK BASKETS, CLOTHES PINS, CURRY COMBS, HORSE BRUSHES, Pocket and Talle Cutlery. Steam Engine Fillings. Gas pipe cut and threaded from i to 2 inches. Gunsmith material on hand. Gunsmithing done neatly and promptly. Sept 16_-_ THEY HAVE COME ? wnat ? HUT CM LOAD OF Md They are suitable for all purposes, aud not too high-priced to be reached 03* any kind of customer. COME AND SEE THEM AT H. :OC^:E?.:OY>?S Nov 4 FEED AND SALE STABLES, N. \V. COR. LIBERTY AND SUMTER STS. LeConte Nursery. The largest grower of these Pears from cuttings. Buy no other and avoid Blight. Persons io vicinity of Sumter cao obtain catalogues at the office of the ]]7atchman and Southron, and also have their orders forwarded. m W. THOMPSON, Dec. SO. Smithville, Ga. (?Ofin ?lfiR in Pre3ents ff*ven Send us (|)?UUjUUU 5 cents postage, and by wn'? you will get./r? a package of goods of large value, that will start you in work that will at once bring you in money faster than anything lese in America. AU about the 8200,000 in presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of all ages, for all the time, or spare time only, to work for us at their own'homes. Fortunes for all work? ers absolutely assured. Don't delay. H. Hallet & Co., Portland, Maine. ?pTljrTTjt Send six cents for postage 1 lll?i?l,:-iml receive free, a costly box of goods which will help you to more money, right away than anything else in this world. All, of either sex, succeed from first hour, The broad road to fortune opens before the workers, absolutely sure. At once address, True & Co., Augusta, Mame. W. H. MARTIN, DRUGG-IST, (?NDER MUSIC HALL,) SUMTER, S. C. HAVING PURCHASED THE BUSINESS lately conducted by Dr. Auld, I will continue at the same stand, and respectfully solicit a share of patronage from the people of the town and county. A FULL STOCK WILL BE KEPT Everything Pertaining to the Drug Business, Including Perftifiry, Toilet anti Fancy &ooflss GARDEN SEEDS, &c. My stock is now being replenished with fresh goods in the various departments, and it will be my aim give entire satisfaction to al! my patrons. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Will wait upon customers at any time, day or night, and when not at the store, can be found at the Branson House. Jan 6 v W. H.. MARTIN. C. I. HOYT & BRO., Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, &c, &c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. . SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain? ing to Breech-Loading Guns. Dec 16_\ GRAHAM'S STABLES, REP CBLICAN-S TREET, Arrived Monday, January 5,1885, ONE CAR LOAD OF Ililli HORSES, -AND YOUNG BROKE MULES, Specially selected for this market. STYLISH AND RELIABLE DRIVERS, SUBSTANTIAL WORKERS, EASY RIDERS. Also, on hand, a fine assortment BUGGIES, OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES. At pikes to suit the times. CELEBRATED Old Hickory Wagons, Manufactured by the Kentucky "Wagon Manu? facturing Company, of Louisville, Ky. -ALSO TENNESSEE WAGONS. Sept 23 W. M. GRAHAM. FRANK ?. NOWELL, Portrait Photographer, 263 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. fg5* The best of work at fair prices. Jan 6 v T. SCHI?D?RESSI & BROS., DEALERS IN FBUITS, CONFECTIONS, CANARY BIKDS, CAGES, ?bc Large Assortment of Tobacco and Cigars. Candy, Nuts, &c. Prices ns low as to be found in the City. Corner King ami Society Streets, and 125 Meeting Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Nov r THE OLD RELIABLE STGVE HOUSE. T. CAMPBELL, 142 tfeetis? Street, Charleston, S. C. Still Holds the Lead as Dealer in First Class Cooking Stoves, Heating Stoves, Ranges nod Grates, Lead and Iron Pipes, Pumps, &c, 4c, &c. A full line of Repairs kept tor alf Stoves we sell. The attention of the people of Sumter and adjoining Counties is asked. Send for prices on anything in oOr line. Nov 23_ _|_ H*VE YOU A GARDEN? And will want thc Kr?*? at the Io<wt money. Thea my new Seed Catat?te will stirprise yon. ??o matter where ron hare been deA?Tis ? *<rrc monty. It is mailed Frc? to nil, ?ml you ought to have lt before boring Anywhere. WM. H. MAULE, 129 St 131 Front St., Philadelphia, The Manning Times, PUBLISHED BY II. L. DARK, Jr., AT Manning, South Carolina. Otoly SI 50 per annum, in advance-. Cheap advertising medium. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. >ATfcD I So. 42. Nov. 2, I8S4 I Daily. No. 48, i Daily. I No. 40 Daily. jeave Wilmington? jeave WaccaniMW. jeave Marion.: Ir're Florence..:. Ir've Sumter..;:.. Ir've Columbia... TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 45 Daily No. 43> Daily. No. 47; Daily. ?eave Columbia..! ........... Ir've Sumter..... .eave Florence*.*. ?eave Marion..;;, jeave Waccamaw Ir'r? W ij m i nj ton 9 /Opm 8 57 ? 1207am 1 14 ...**. ?.4? 4 05 pm 4 51 ? 6 43 " 8 05 ? ? 55 pa ll 55 - 4 50'?? 5 32 .* 717--. 8 35 ** Train No. 43 stop? at ail stations. Train* No. 48 and 47 stop only at Brinkley's, ?Vbiteville. Lake Wucca maw, Fair Bluff, Marion Florence, TintmonsviHe, Sumter, Camden Jane, ion and Kastover. Passenger* for Columbia and all points oa 3. ? G. R. h., C., C. ?. A. R. R. Stations, \iken Junction, and all points beyond, shouid :ake No. 48 Night Express. Sep?rate Pullman Sleepers for Savannah and br Augusta on train 48. Passengers on 40 can take 48 train trota Florence for Columbia, Augusta and Georgia >oints via Columbia. AU trains ron solid between Charleston ead ?TU dingten. JOHN P. DIVINE, General SupX. T. Rf; EMERSON; Gen. Passenger Alfi. . NORTHEASTERN R. R, CO. 2 iJPEHINTENDBNT^ OFFICE; 3 NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. t, 1884. ; Cn and after thia date the following Scb? nie will be run : ieave Charleston. Arriv? Florence. No. 43-11 50 A. g.-......... 3 48 P K. No. 47-12 45 A. M...;;....;.. 4 34 A. it; Ivo. 45- 5 00 P.M.. 8 50 p.x; jeave Florence. Arrive Charleston; No. 40- 1 40 A. KT_.........5 00 i. ti: No. 42-12 15 P. K.4 10 P. M. No. 48-11 55 P. M.....;rrr.r....3 45 A. KL ^ No 43 will stop at Lake City, Kingstre* ?rid Monck's .Corner. Nos. 42, 43 and 45 will stop at all Stations. ~ JENTEAL 2A?L?O?D SCHSDUl? DAILY. ?b. 53-Leave Charleston.;;;;.;.*... 7 00 a ai " Lane's_;;;.;..;.v;.';^ 8 40 a m Arrive Sumter ..;;;._.;..;.. 9 45 a m' f? Columbia ;:.:?:z:??Tl ?O a ra ?o. 5*-Leave Columbia5 80 p ? " Sumter...........;.;;. 6 58 p.tit . " Lane's.8 20 p M Arrive Charleston 9 45 j> ? T. M. EMERSON, J. F. DIVINE,. Getf'I Pass. Agent. Gen' 1 Sup' 3?. S. Wholesale and R?taii Dealer In Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Bags, &0. ' M. 283 ?TAT<? Sf REE f; CHARLESTON,- S. C.- ; ; Particular attention given to. Filling )f Order?, add ail Goods g daran teed ii ?epresented. Jan 6 _. i' MOTHERS' FRIEND! No More Terrell This invaluable^ ; paration is truly a trj$* IAV?M TJ-?- f iuniphofscientific:skiU INO More Pain ? HJnomoreinestio^ . hie benefit was **?sf' wo more Sanger! bestowed on the mm ers of ihe world -T?- j &8r it not only. Hother or (M?^: {intensity of pain, hut,* The Dread of j better 'than all, it tre:iT 1 v diminishes tire. M OT H E li H 00 DI?X _ , . . ?leaves the mother ?a at Transformed to con<mioo &. -mr-m er* -a?-* . voralde to speedy re? S-3 JIU jebverr, and far less li? fi-B JL JLi able to .flooding, con? valsions,' and other -and- alarming symptoms* incident to lingering' Til-\r pa*n'?ii1**?0'* iT tl \J X . truly wonderful effica _ cy in. this respect, eut 1 Cfc*-- J ilesthei??tt?ers'Frieni Safety and ?aSe t0 be ranked as orl? of the life-saving a'ppft -TO anees given to fW - . m world by thediscover-" Suffer l?g Woman, "es of modern science. From the nature of the case it will of courajf be understood that we cannot publish certi?? ca*es concerning1 ihis remedy without wound* ing the delicacy of the writers; Yet we har?' hundreds of such testimonials on file, and no* mother who has once used it witt ever nga'ftf be without it in her time of irotfble. A prominent physician lately remarked to" the proprietor, that if it were admissible to*, make public the letters we receive^ the "Moth*" ers' Friend would out-sell anything on th? market." I most earnestly entreat every f?maf? ex?" peoting to be contained, to ase Mother's Re? lief. Coupled with thia entreaty I will add that daringa long obstetrical practice (forty four years,) I have never known it to fail Mi produce a safe ?nd qnick delivery. H. J. HOLMES, M. D., Atlanta, G*x Send for our Treatise on c:?TeaIth and Hap-* pines* of Woman," mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO;, Nov ll Atlanta, Ga.* . ?v?S?LETO AW***4jL(ffr0 Will b* malled ff DCC^^n/ : toaUapplicants f ltbblVjSB and to customers ci last year without ordering it. lt contains illustration prices, , descriptions and directions for_piantina: au Vegetable and Flower SEEDS, BC1.B&, ?ta. _ D0 M.FERRY&CO.0^^ WRIGHT'S HOTEL,* COLUMBIA, S. -o THIS NEW AND ELEGANT fcO?St with all modern improvement*, if now open for the reception of gnests. S. L. WRIGHT ? SON, Mav6. Proprietor*.' . A Great Cause of Human Misery IS THE LOSS OF Wimm??:? ALECTURE OX TUE NATDRB, TRBAT ment and Radical cure of Seminal Weak no>s. or Spermatorrhoea, induced by Self-Abus*.' Involuntary Emissions, Impotency, Nervo?* Debility. an<l Impediments to Marriage gener? ally j Con.'uurption. Epilepsy, and Fit? ; .Men? tal* :ir.d Phyrical Incapacity, Ac-By ROB? ERT J. CULVER WELL, M. D., author of tb? ? Green Rook," Ac. The wdrld-recDtfncd author, lu this ndmir* able Locturo, clearly proves from hts oaa eat pcrience that the awful consequences of Self. Abuse may be off- ctually removed without dei? gerous surgical operaiions, bongicS instruments? rings or cordials ; pointing out a mode of core at once certain and effeeiu.il. by which ?very sufferer, no matter what bi* condition may bel? may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi? cally ^S^TSis lecture will prov? a boon to thou>* sands and thousand?. Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to ?ny address, on receipt of four cents, or two postage stamrs Address THE C?LVERWELL MEDICAL COw 41 Asa St Nsw Your j Post Office Box, 459.' -