The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 14, 1885, Image 3
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Entered at the Post Office at Sumter, S.
G.* as Second Class Matter.
""^EXAMINE YOTJB DATES.
We request each of our subscribers to ex
amiae the address oa bia paper, and particu?
larly to observe the date opon it. This date
shows the time up to which the paper baa
been paid for. Many of oar subscribers wi?
thas see that they have paid in advance:
bet there are many others who will discover
that ther have not.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
F. J. (TConnotwNew Store.
A. A. Soioroons-Kew Goods.
Dr. China-Drags and Med ?eine?.
H. Harby-House and Lot for Sale.
W. J. Andrews-Ice Cream and Ice,
B?rdm k Murdock-Sale of Property.
Tva Johns-Entertainment, April 23.
J. B. Carr-Dry Goods and Groceries.
Willoughby Reade-S. L. Association.
N. G. Osteen-Self-Endowment Insurance.
Personal.
We had a passing hand shake with Ber.
W. L. Bast, yesterday.
Hr. M. G. Ryttenberg is home again. We
were glad to see him.
Ker. H. F. Chrei?berg has returned from
bis Texas trip.
Mr. B, R. Nash will accept our thanks for
-late Memphis and Atlanta papers.
Hiss Janie McDowell, of Camden, has been
- ia attendance upon the Presbytery.
' ~r!2sses Annie and Rosine Jennings are visi?
ting H itt Marnie Hughson.
lUv. A. J. Stokes was tn town Saturday
and Sunday, and of coarse we bad a pleas*
aat visit from him.
If r. and Mrs. W. D. Bland i ng are back
from the Exposition and their Texas trip,
which-they greatly enjoyed.
Rev. C. C. Brown spent last week in
Augusta, Ga., aiding Rev. Hugh F. Oliver in
a meeting in his Church.
Xe. and Mrs. John S Richardson will leave
for New Orleans to-morrow, and will be ae
ecompanted bj Miss Bessie McDowell, of Man?
niug. _
v. ? We are glad to see oar young friend Mr.
Davjd J. Chandler in Sumter again. He has
been in Florida for six years and is here on a
. . visit.
Nearly all the big farmers of Sumter Conn*
ty verein town Saturday. We started to
make personal mention of them, but it was
too big a job, and we had to stop.
" 'MT. John L. Weber, correspondent' of the
Neice and Courier attended the Farmers' meet?
ing Saturday, and paid bis respects to tbe IT.
? S. office.
- Tee Mittet Hay o of. Forte Motte were at
- the ball last week ; also Misses Moore and
Sanders- ot* Barton Creek. Several yoong
^g^ttemea^froui- the same section were alto in
attendance.
Mr. D. D. McCallum, who for some months
bas been the efficient and polite out-door clerk
for the Bank, is Captain Auld's clerk in the
Pott Office. Tbe Postmaster made a ten
strike in securing him.
* We had a pleasant call from Mr. J. E. Shaw
cf Kershaw County yesterday. Mr. Shaw is
a practical, successful farmer and believes in
farmers' organizations at a means of improve
fluent.
Mr. George Lee, who bas been connected
' with the "railroads in Florence for a number of
years, and latterly as ticket agent, has resign?
ed his position. M. J. L. Horn succeeds him.
-Florence Times.
Mr. E. G. Chandler the assistant Clerk of
the Court deserves much credit for the prompt
manner tn which he bas despatched business
during; the - Clerk's illness.- WilHoMuburg
Record.
Mr. MeKerral, Jr., of the Cotton Plant was
in attendance opon the Farmers' meeting
Saturday and made ns a plsasant visit whtch
we enjoyed. He gives a good account of the
Cotton Plant, which is gratifying to the
friends of that valuable farmers' journal. It
is rapidly add log to its list of friends and is
losing none that it gains.
We want-a fire well behind the Court
House.
. Mr. A. A. Solomons' fine cattle were much
admired by the farmers last Saturday.
Remember to go and see Willoughby Reade
Thursday night. .
Don't neglect reading Mr. Solomon's
"Ad."
If you would laugh heartily go to see Wil?
loughby Reade Thursday night.
'Another awning goes up. Mr. O'Connor
Help the .'Library Soc?ecty by buying a
ticket' for Willoughby Reade Thursday night.
;v. --; We made a prodigious effort to get tbe list
.of delegates in attedance upon the Presbytery
but every body was too busy to attend to it.
See Mr. J. B. Carr's "Ad" He has moved
'?hit store ?ext to Mr. R. P. Monaghan's, and
Jlr. Lowry wilt always be on haad to en?
tertain you with choice bargains in dry goods,
geoceRes, Ac.
Dr. J. H. Carlisle's article on the first page,
on Libraries, is well worth perusal. What
be says -af Spart? a borg caa be said with
. eeual trufb of S? tater.
; - The Skating Risk is progressing prosper?
ously. Somebody said that Willie Wbite had
tut Inger broken at it last week, but somebo?
dy it attukeo.
Dr. A. J. China comes to the front with a
new advertisement this week. He keeps ev
erything ia bes line, all of which is dispensed
over t?*e cou o-tecs by the cleverest of clerks.
His prescript?oQ counter has a veteran phar?
maceutist, Dc. I. A. McKageu, in charge, and
taken all io ail t Or. China's Drag Store is a
xnodeL
W. J. Andrews advertises icecream and
tee in this iteoe. He asks for patronage, and
we think he deserves ?t. It is a great con?
venience to the town to have a good ice
bouse, and Andrew? will keep one, and at
rates low enough to forestall complaint, if
oar people will sustain him by their patron
age.
Mr. F. J. O'Cooeoe bas risen from tbe ashes
aod now holds forth at ooe of the best stands
ia town, next door to Mr Barnett. Our
friend proposes to keep oo baud a nice selec?
tion of every th leg good to eat, and at prices
to suit the hard times. Those in want of
fruits, candy or cake will do well to ??ll on
the new bakery.
The Weather.
6 A K. 12 x. 6 p.x.
Ap'? 6-50 78 73 Clear.
Ap'l 7-52 79 73 Clear.
Ap'l 8-?6 77 71 Showery.
Ap'? $-51 6? 58 Cloudy.
Ap'l 10-52 50 48 Cloudy.
Ap'l 11-37 73 71 Clear.
Ap'l 12-58 70 60 Partly cloudy.
There was considerable frost Saturday
morning, though but little damage was done.
There was also a slight frost yesterday morn?
ing, and ice this morning.
Belton O'Neal Townsend.
The Darlington New? of the 2d instant,
contained several co!oraos of notices, from
prominent men and papers, highly complimen?
tary to bis book, "Plantation Lays." We
were pleased with Mr. Townsend's little
book, having made a favorable review of its
contents when first published, and we are
glad to know tbat it bas received so many
words of commendation from, mea distin?
guished ia literature-.
Death.
Died, Friday; 18th, inst., Orville Dye, son
of Mr. J. C. Dye-, of Jessup, Ga., ia his sixth
year.
Little Orville was the nephew of Capt. B.
G. Pierson and his body was brought to
Sumter for interment in the Sumter Cemetery.
Funeral services were held at Capt. Pierson's
residence by Rev's McLic and McDowell Sun?
day morning.
Miss Julia Befctey-, bf Charleston, whom we
mentioned some weeks ago as having been
badly injured in the Charleston Cotton Fac?
tory, died yesterday.
Religious.
~ The Quarterly Conference of Sumter Sta?
tion, M. E. Church South, met here last Sat?
urday. Messrs F. A. Tradewell, J. B. Roach,
and W. M. DeLorne were elected delegates to
the Quarterly Conference to be held at Man?
ning, and W. P. Smith and F. H. Folsom
alternates.
Rev. H. F. Cbreilzberg will preach and ad?
minister communion at Lewis' Chapel next
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock..
At the solicitation of several of his congre?
gation, Rev. C. C. Brown will deliver a ser?
mon on Sunday night on the abstruse and
mysterious, subject of the ''Unpardonable
Qin."
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Last Sunday Sn the Churches.
Most of the pulpits of the town were filled j
by the visiting ministers. Rev. Mr. McCal
ister preached in the Baptist Church on the
Priesthood ofCbrist. The sermon was a most j
able effort, and rendered in language of chaste i
beauty. His delivery was somewhat faulty
and this detracted in a slight degree from its I
effect.
Rev. W. Cuttino Smith filled the Methodist !
pulpit and delighted the congregation with a
practical sermon. The "Straight and narrow j
Path" was bis subject.
At the Presbyterian Church, which of course j
was the centre of interest. Rev W. W. Mills j
preached in the morning to a crowded house.
'.Ye are the Light of toe World" was the
subject, and the speaker did credit no less to ;
bis head tban to bis heart in the logical ser?
mon he delivered.
At night no service was held in the other
churches and a large congregation at the j
Presbyterian Church listened to a powerful !
discourse delivered by Rev. J. E. Dunlop, j
The .Christian Warfare was the subject of the j
sem?T?, which was well conceived-and forcibly ?
delivered.
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Church Election. I
The following officers were elected to serve |
the Church of the Hely Comforter, for the j
ensuing year on last Monday the 6th inst : j
Vestry-J. F? Wi DeLorme, W. R. Delgar,
W. B. Murray, W. D. Blanding, J. T. Frier
80 n.
Wardens^H. L. Darr, Sr., J. S. Keayes.
Delegates to the Diocesan Convention which
meets in Columbia, May 13th-W. R. Delgar,
W. B. Murray, W. D'. Blauding and J. T.
Frierson.
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The Presbytery of Harmony.
This ecclesiastical court, consisting of the
delegates, clerical and lay, of the Presbyte?
rian Churches in the counties of Kershaw,
Sumter, Darlington, Marion, Marlboro, Horry,
Williamsburg and Clarendon, met bist Friday
in the Presbyterian Church at this place.
There were present sixteen ministers, with an
equal number of elders.
The opening sermon was preached by Rev.
"H. B. Garriss. Rev. W. W. Mills, of Cam?
den, was elected Moderator, with Capt. W. E.
James, of Darlington, Jis^R^?in^ Clerk.
The Narratives received from the different
.Churches indicated a healthy tone of piety.
Incertain sections during the year there had
been revivals, while two or three new organi?
zations were reported.
On Sabbath the various Churches of the
town were supplied by ministers from the
Presbytery. Rev. D. X. LaFar, of this place,
was, after examination, received and enrolled
?s a member of the body. Rev's W. W.
Mills and J. E. Dunlop with Elders Col.
James McCutchen and Capt L. P. Lori:ig
were chosen as delegates to the next General
Assembly, which meets in May, in Houston
Texas. Four young roen, Messrs. Plowder?,
Burgess, Brockington and Loyd, from the
Theological Seminary, were examined and
licensed to preach.
The most important matter toc?me before
tbe body will be a report touching the mar
riageofa man to his deceased wife's, sister.
According to the standard of the Presbyterian
Church, this is now prohibited, but the im?
pression is that it will be erased from the
Confession of Faith.
Rev. Dr. Mack, agent of the Columbia
Theological Seminary, reported the institu?
tion as being on a ?rood financial basis, and
that the two vacant chairs would soon be filled.
The election of au Evangelist will als.) be
discussed and tbe Rer. H. B. Garriss will
probably be chosen,
i The next meeting by the body will be at
j Hopewell Church, near Mars Bluff, S C., on
!^ Friday before the 4th Sabbath in September.
The Town Election.
The election is now going on wkb a tolera?
bly fair certainty of the election of the ticket
nominated at the mass-meeting, as folios :
Marion Moise, Intendent; Altamont Mo , T<.
P. Monaghan, J. A. Mood and Z. Waiker,
Wardens. Threeticketsare in the field,one hav?
ing R. D. Reed and auother George Jipperson
instead of Z Walker. We are glad to see a
most friendly feeling existing between the
white and colored voters.
As we go to press the polls have closed,
and 308 votes have been cast.
The following is the vote :
Intendent-Mariou Moise, 3Ci6
Wardens-J A. Mood, 259; A. Moses,
25T ; R. P. Monaghan, 204 ; Z. E. Walker,
187 ; Geo. Epperson, 109 ; R. D. Reed, 3
mm tm
The District Reporter.
We have just issued the third number ol
this useful little paper, and we regret thal
. there :s much indifference as to its success, on
the part of those who should feel interested in
its prosperity. There are some no tab ie ex?
ceptions however, and among them we das:
Rev. A. A. Gilbert. He has just sent in th<
seconrT list of subscribers numbering nearly
fifty. If the other preachers in charge wou??3
work as Bro. Gilbert bas, The Reporter would
be on a fine foundation.
Agricultural Inspiration.
We have enjoyed the privilege of reading sc
much interesting ?nd instructive furner liter?
ature for the last three months, that we thiuli
we are getting to be a pretty good farmer ;
and if we, at any future time, should write?
little essay on farming, telling when to plant,
what to plant and how to cultivate, the farm
ers roust not think we speak without knowl?
edge, for we know all about it. lt is tru<
that we cannot plow as nicely as '"Pool
Farmer" or pick cotton as fast as "Dew"
(we picked 60 pounds one day and were aw?
fully proud of it) but we can weigh it as fas
as other folks can pick it.
The Post Office.
It looks awfully good to see a true Mu<
Democrat in the Post Office. It has recon
structed us more than anything which has
occurred since the war. We are just as prone
of it as if we were Postmaster ourself.
There will be no change in the hours or ar
rangements for the present. Capt. Auld ha;
very wisely employed Mr. Wbittemore for :
wbile as assistant, so there will be no troub!<
rxsultin^ from the chanda of administratiou.
'Bildad," "Dew," Et Id Genus
Omne.
LYNCHBURG, S. C., April 10, 1885.
Mr. Editor: We have read the amusing
and illogical replies cf "Bildad" and "Dew,"
in your issue of the 7th instant. "Bildad"
writes as if he had just recovered from a sweet
dream of fairy land, and with facile pen glides
into a vapid and visionary answer. Of
course, so etherial a personage can have no
fancy for plain "hog and hominy," or per?
haps his lack of strength may be, ina meas?
ure, due to a want of the same. While we
would remind him, that it is upon just such
food that the bone abd sinew of cur people
thrive, and that in meagre proportion intel?
lectual prodigies like "Bildad" cannot be
sustained- But whilst we have no aversion
to dainty food, we hope that "Bildad" may
not lind himself at the breakage of bis stal?
wart prop, (viz: The Sumter Agricultural
Asssociation. ) eager for that "hog and homi?
ny" to allay the intense hunger preying upou
his vitals, as he looks upon the demise of the
Sumter Agricultural Association shorn of its
pretensions.
"Bildad" after strutting in a comical and
fulsome manner, wanders into the domain of
medicine, attempts a feeble diagnosis and
files a prescription, then vanishes like a bub?
ble. This diagnosis would not win for him
the reputatinn of an expert: and as to his pre?
scription, we decline the dose, since we are
inclined to believe that it is also to these self
administered doses that a once vigorous intel?
lect and valorous disposition have become en
feebled and consequential.
Forbear, "Bildad !" Narrow yourself to
your theme, and face the truth like a hero.
If you cannot make anything of your idol,
dethrone it, even though it overwhelms you
in confusion, and the pains of humiliation
J bite like an adder. Nor will it do, "Bildad,"
j to imply that he who censures the Sumter Ag
j ricultural Association is inactive and a slug
? gard, when the converse may be true with
I many of its supporters.
We are yet far from having proof that the j ^
ends which you claim for it will ever be j T
j achieved, viz : to "raise the farmer, give bim bc
! pride, and remove the shackles of serfdom, j *
j &c." We do not admit his iack of pride and i ^
I dne self respect, and if be makes a proper use j \
of the abilities and opportunities which bis ! i
Creator bas afforded him, be will by his indi- ? *
vidual efforts overcome all obstructions, j j
Surely bis strength will not come from any j
ignis fatuis like The Sumter Agricultural I *
j Association.
j As we have already observed, the mere
I banding together of a certain number of indi
\ viduals under a high sounding name, with
j brilliant essays whether volunteered or done
! by urgent request, learned and elaborate dis
: eussions, will only give an ephemeral fame to
j a few; and in the majority of cases, will be of i \
i no more practical value to the farmer, than ! c
j "Bildad's" tribute to the excellencies of ? I
i Washington, Jefferson, Calhoun and Davis, j t
j ' "Bildad" is mistaken in supposing that the i ?
j writer arrogates to himself great proficiency ] I
I iq Chemistry, Geology, and tbe Agricultural j (
j science, as he terms them. On the contrary, ? t
j we are eager to be informed. With fair com- ! s
j mon sense, and with an ample supply of the ! J
i agricultural literature of the day, any man j ?
j may challenge comparison with the Sumter j
1 Agricultural Association, while, at the same j \
\ time he is freed from the natural distractions j 1
j which grow up iti an organized body. And ;
j is it to be credited that all the creators of the ? \
i Sumter Agricultural Association are wholly j .
i actuated by pure public-spiritedness? We ? c
thank "Bildad" heartily for his invitation to ' f
j be present on the 11th, not in our wagon of !
' course, we visit the wagon, and shall expect to ! ?
I take a light load back, unless we shall receive ; J
j plenteous draughts from the magazines of the i
; land. "Bildad" adieu ! ! j
I We new turn our attention to "Dew," who ! \
j only requires notice, because' we suspect, that j <
j it was "in Cambyscs' vein" thai his audacity j |
i has assumed such proportions. He desires to j
j be.hypercritical, and "in the vein", (one's van- I \
j ?ty becomes preternatural! seeks to be exceed- i <
; iugly subtle and acute, and this is coupled j
; with irritability and arrogance. Have we un- {
j consciously offended his amour propre? Is he j <
. a bright luminary in the Sumter Agricultural ; <
. Association, with the distinguished gentlemen |}
i of ..Salem ?" He begins to reply to us, in j ?
! their behalf, as to ;he dignity of their motives, ! \
j and styles us a slanderer. Is he yet "in Cara- ? j
j byses' vein," that he does not know, that j |
1 stander mast be spoken? It might possibly j 1
! have been libel had we written anything iu j ;
j derrogation of another's fame or reputation.
j But we disclaim having written anything I <
which reflects upon the fame or reputation of
the distinguirhed gentlemen of Salem. At
the utmost, it was implied, that they were
extolling, from motives of their own, some?
thing that did not seem to us, to call for so
much laudation, and we expressed curiosity
to know what were their motives-which
j might be eminently proper ones,
j "Dew" further proceeds to charge us with
] inconsistencies, and for requesting from you,
j Mr. Editor, "admirable reasons," instead of!
' simply good ones, "subordinating sense to i
j bring out a t.ig word." We desired from
! you, Mr. Editor, not the usual reasons niven
by tbe Sumter Agricultural Association,
which would be surely claimed by them to be
good, and which as a popular journalist you
j mijfht endorse; bur, your own unbiased views,
j which we were disposed to pronounceadmini
! ble. and no more.
j Agai:, .ve repeat, the affirmation, that !
j "could the Sumter Agricultural Association," j
j relieve us of cur financial embarrassment,"
that we do not stand in need of it, inasmuch j
as through our own independent efforts, we
can relieve ourselves. We are unfit finan?
cially to await its slow development through
? the Sumter Agricultural Association and the
j costly methods of experiments
i We were certainly of tbe opinion that the
: d?st?ngui?died gentlemen of Salem had not
! volunteered their essays, and were aware !
I that they must have been solicited to present
j them, but at the same time, we knew them to
I be conspicuous figures in the panorama and
i hence, would he naturally suggested ases
j sayisis on the brilliant occasion of a re-union
J of the members of the Sumter Agricultural
I Association, and we naturally concluded,
j that they were not indifferent to display.
But when "Dew" undertakes to charge us
I with "a very serious breach of good breeding"
j to the "innocent gentlemen," we simply re- !
j ply, that the whole spirit and temper ol his j
I answer, recalls the adage, "people in glass j
j houses, should not throw stones!" "Dew"
j supposes us, Mr. Editor, to he excited by
j pique in our comments upon the Agricultural
j Association, probably because of something
j that happened previous to the organization,
; of the Association, and alleges, thur "Young
j Farmer" is a misnomer. As to both ullega
I lions they are altogether unfounded. If being
! young in years is incompatible with youth,
j then, we are a misnomer, and as to pique,
. we have had the only cognizance of the Sum
I trr Agricultural Association through your
? valuable journal.
j Wr must confess that we do abhor
; anything that seems pretentious, or full
j of clap-trap and humhuggcry, and whenever
i we fancy mat we behold its complexion, we
I are disposed to utter a protest, at least, we
? would be glad to see that which, bears the
i semblance of unsoundness thoroughly dis
I sccted.
We await the^'stlnger" in calm philosophy.
YOUNG FA RM KR."
; Our Exchacges.
Mr. C. R. McJunkin, son of the late C. M. ]
: Mt Junkin will continue the publication of the ?
j f'dmetto Ycowo.n in h's own name. We wish i
: him a full return for the work and energy he j
I will bestow upon this enterprise.
The A gus ta Vh<vnir is inst booming, it j
1 came out last Sunday with 12 pages; and if it j
I keeps on growing will soon rival the New j
j York World. Judging from its appearance. ;
i its success as an advertising medium, when ;
? only eleven weeks old. is unparalleled,
j The April number of the ElectT is upon j
i our table. With this number the 2d Volume ?
i is complete and this valuable Southern enter- j
I prise enters upon its third year greatly en- J
couragr-d hv trio support accorded it. But it ;
! should have a much greater circulation. lt,
! is distinctively Southern ; hus a delightful;
j table of contents combining fact, fiction, j
j biography, history, sketches of travel ; and j
taken altogether is a most attractive family j
! magazine. Published at Louisville, Ky., at j
i $2 pir au num.
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Pire.
A fire broke out Sunday night in the gin
bouse belonging to Mr. R F. Hoyt, situated
jn Sumter Street. Everything was con
iumed, including a lot of corn and hay be
onging to Mr. Harry Hoyt.
Mr. Hoyt lost two fine gins, along with bis
)tlier machinery. He has an insurance of
?1.050, which he estimates is $500 less than
;he total loss.
The fire was evidently incendiary.
The Independents were soon on hand and
lid good work, which saved the engine from
;erious damage.
The wind w?s favorable and averted what
night otherwise have been a serious confla?
gration-Messrs. Hoyt, Pierson, Scarfe and
he Misses Ellis all living in dangerous prox
ruity on the North and North-East.
New Coroner.
Mr. W. F. Rhame has been commissioned
Coroner, vice Capt. D. J. Auld resigned.
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The Two Johns.
This Comedy will be given at Music Hall
he 23d April. It was a piece of accidental
;ood luck oh the part of Dr. Auld in getting
o good a play with so good a company. Rut
ie has it all the same, and every body eau
?repare to laugh.
Dots from Durnford.
D?MF0RD, S. C., April ll, 1885.
Mr. Editor: Pomona Grange, No. 19, met
ri th the Durnford Grange, in the upper part
if this county, on last Wednesday. A large
lumber of delegates were in attendance, princ?
ipally from Kershaw, ?s Durnford is the ooly
Jraoge in this county which belongs to this
Winona. Tiie discussion ot the Question,
'The Best Modes for the Cultivation of all
Jrop?," was interesting and instructive,
[""he subject selected for discussion at the next
neeting, to be held at Liberty Hill, was
'Progressive Farming and its Advantages."
There are 1G good working Granges tn onr
:onnection, and these quarterly meetings call
ogether many of the best and most practical
?lanters of this section, and consequently are
>f inestimable advantage to many of our
armers. We are reaping pecuniary advant
ige also. In the purchase of fertilizers alone,
ve saved hundreds of dollars last year, and
viii save more this. Sumter is taking a step
n the right direction to organize its farming
nterests.
There is a movement under way to reopen
he Durnford Post Office.
There is much Rail Road talk. We want
id to see the road come from Georgetown via
sumter up this way, but as that bas not been
ealized, we are putting our best foot fore
nost to have the Palmetto road.
DUMFORD.
?Vm. E. Johnson Denounced by
His Former Followers,
Our readers will doubtless remember Rev.
!v*. E. Johnson, who in South Carolina's
tatk days was a conspicuous figure among
Republican officials. For a year or more, he
las been engaged in his favorite occupation of
?tirriog up strife, this time in bis Church,
^ast year several law suits were begun in the
Charleston A. M. E. Church, and more lately
he Wedgefield Church has indulged in tbe
ame luxury, all being the direct off-shoot of
iohnson's efforts to steal the property of tbe
\. M. E. Church, and turn it over to another
?rganization in which he has a controlling
nfluence.
A meeting of the ministers of the District
ately held, appointed a committee which
irafted the following resolutions which were
idopted by the meeting:
We your Committee, appointed by the
Minister's Convention, met at Mt. Pisgah A.
A. E. Church, to take into consideration the
nterruption of peace which is brought about
n certain of our churches by W. E. Johnson
?rho ts an expelled member of the South Car?
bina Conference. We beg leave to present the
following:
The people of this community ones looked
i poa W. E. Johnson as a political leader, and
were deceived by him.
Since his expulsion from the A. M. E.
Church for insubordination, he bas entered
several of our churches in the counties of
Sumter and Ciarendon, bas sowed discord
imong the members, and is now endeavoring to
stir up strife by sending preachers from a con?
tention, to take charge uf churches under the
jurisdiction of the South Carolina and Colum?
bia Annual Conference, viz: '"Elisabeth;"
"Antioch."''New Hope;""St.Peters,""Little
2ion" and others.
We condemn this course of action of the
?aid Wm. E. Johnson and of his followers as
tieing an open defiance of the law of our
Church discipline, as well us of the Statute
laws of South Carolina, recorded on page 333;
5-C. 1st and 2d, "Act of 1876," under which
our church is chartered and which reads as
follows;:
"The African Methodist Episcopal Church
in this State is hereby incorporated with all
the rtsjlit? and privileges awarded to religions
denominations within Mrs Sute. The said
A. M. E. Church shall exercise and enforce
its discipline if accordance wiih the regula?
tions of the same within any branches of the
e iid church within this State established, and
shall be protected in law in the same, and all
property acquired by the said church shall be
held by them according to the form of deeds,
designated by their discipline aud mode ol
government."
We claim tb? protection of the foregoing
act under all circumstances of intrusion by
the enemies of our connection.
Certain persons [preachers and laymen of
the rebellious faction) who have been arrested
for intruding and trespassing upon the rights
and peaciM>f the A M. E. Church, who are
now awaiting trial for their offence, again en?
tered our church on last Sunday, the 22d ult.,
and prevented our preacher from holding
religious services, by assaulting him in the
pulpit and dragging him out of the church.
We are apprize ! of these facts, and deem it
necessary to lay before the public the forego?
ing citatiou of law, that offenders may govern
themselves and obviate the Deces^ity of oui
entering into lawsuits, for if the strong arm
of the law is not enforced against such offend?
ers where will ii end ?
Respectfnllv submitted,
J. G. SAMPSON.
J. W. LYE ES.
R. M. ANDREWS.
J. H. WILLIAMS.
J. S. GRANT.
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purity, strength and wholesomeness. Mori
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powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL HAK
JNG POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y.
Estate o? James Bi Brimson
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Prohati
of Sumter County, on April 25th, 1885
for a final discharge as Administrator o
thc aforesaid Estate.
JOHN J. BRUNSON,
March 21-it Adtninistsator.
Mayesville Items.
MAYESTILLE, S. C., Aritit, 13, 1885.
Mr. Editor: Spring has come at hut, bat
it is very shivery.
Corn is all planted, and now for cotton.
Dr. and Mrs. Mayes have been unwell, but
T am glad to know they are better;
Mrs. Henry Anderson and Mrs. J. C. Rhame
are quite sick.
Mrs. J. H. Carpenter, ?nd Miss Carpenter
who. has been visiting her brother's family,
leave for Augusta to-day.
Mrs. E. D. Holley man and children have
gone to Orlando Fla.
Mrs. A. A. Stubbs baa gone to Bennetts
rille. and Mrs. L. G. Corbett to Greenville.
What will become of us-all the ladies are
leaving.
Mrs. L. L. Carroll has returned from ber
visit io North Carolina, where she bas been
spending some time with her sick sister..
Rev. Mr. Law preached in the Presbyterian
Church Sunday, and Mr. Carpenter rilled his
pulpit, morning nnd n?jrht. We ought to be
good people, for we have lois of preaching.
I reckon, though, we need-it.
Mr. Editor, please tell "Bildad" and
"Dew" not to be so hard on "Yoting Far?
mer." He is young and tender, and does not
mean aov harm. Blessed are the merciful.
DUGGAN.
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Corbett's Mill Items.
MANVILLE, S. C., April 8, 1885.
Mr. Editor: A colored, man, named Mat
McLain plowed upa tin box containing $500,
a few days ago, near Smithville.
A colored child was burned to death near
here some days ago.. It followed its father,
Jack Blythe, into a sedge field where he was
burning off the straw and its clothing caught
on fire.
Mr. Wiley Robertson was married to Mrs.
Neppie Huggins the 18th March by Rev. T. J.
Kilgo.
The New Salem Sunday School opens next
Sunday for the Summer campaign.
Master Sumter Smith killed a large eagle
last week measuring 6 feet from tip to tip.
A young farmer at Spring Hill hauled in a
fine lot of pine straw for manure, and then
burned it up. We know he is not crazy,
but don't know what he means. [We have
seen farmers haul in litter, spread it in the
furrow and then burn it, claiming that the
ashes contained all the fertilizing qualities of.
the straw, and in a more available form.
Ed. W. 4- S.]
We are through planting corn, and ready
for cotton.
As there is no prospect of a mail route to
Corbett's Mill we have organized a club to
bring the neighborhood mail from Manville.
J. F. M.
mm ' * ? aw
Seed Cotton Wanted.
The undersigned desires to purchase seed
cotton for experimental purposes. Highest
cash price paid for same delivered at his work
shop. C T. MASON, Ja.
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A QUESTION ABOU'l
Browns Iron
Bitters
ANSWERED.
The question has probably been asked thousand*
of tim es "How can Brown's Iron Bitters eora erny*
thing?" Well, it doesn't. But it rinn i mm nnjrtiwuno
for which a reputable physician would prescribe titOR
Physicians recognize Iron as the best restorative
agent known to the profession, and inquiry of any
leading chemical firm will substantiate the assertion
that there are more preparations of iron than of any
other substance used m medicine This shows con?
clusively that iron is acknowledged to be the most
important factor in successful medical practice It is,
however, a remarkable fact, that prior to the discov?
ery of BROWN? S IKON BITTERS no perfect
ly satisfactory iron combination had ever been found. .
BROWN'S IRON BITTER$SXS552
headache, or produce constipation-all other fros
medicine? do. IJROWN'S IRON BITTERS
cares Indigestion, Biliousness, Weakness,
Dyspepsia, Jlalaria, Chills and Fevers,
Tired Feeling,Genernl Debillry.Pnin in th?
j Side, Ii nek or L ? nita, II ead arlie and Ne nrm?
! fia-for all these ailments Iron is prescribed daily
j BROWN'S IRON BITTERS.SSb?
infante, like all other thorough medicines, ft sots
slowly. When taken bv in?n the first symptom of
benefit is renewed energy. The muscles then become
firmer, the digertion improve*, the bowels are active.
Jaicomen the effect is usually moro rapid and marked.
Tho eyes begin at once to brighten : the skin clean
np: healthy color comes to the cheeks; nervoasntss
disappears; functions.' derangements become regn
I lar. and if a nursing mother, abundant sustenance
I rt supplied for the child. Remember Brown's Iron
I Sitters is the ONLY iron medicine that is not in*
junous. Phyiinav* and Druggists recommend it.
Tho Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed red linea
_on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER._
WAR! WAR!
WAR!
-
War now seems imminent
between
RUSSIAZEPENGLAND,
But what is more interest?
ing and comes nearer home
is that
ALTAMONT MOSES
has declared war against old
T'OIE PRICES
and is now selling goods at
THE SMALLEST MARGIN
ever known in the history of
the people.
Remember 'tis the nimble
sixpence that soon runs into
pounds, and in these hard
times people should look at
his goods before they buy, as
a penny saved is a penny
made. He does not offer
shoddy, or mean goods, but
first class in quality, weight
and measure. Then why not
buy where you can save mo?
ney ? Remember that if you
take care of the cents the dol?
lars will take care of them?
selves.
He is now receiving a Beniitiful Lot of
Calicos. Lawns and White
Goods for Spring and
Summer wear.
HANDKERCHIEFS ANO HOSIERY IN
GREAT VARIETY.
Just the LOVELIEST SUITS
for the men, both young
and old.
EMBROIDERY SILK
On qui!!?, in .-ill colors. Just what the Indies
need, nnd a jrrent improvement on
the old style ot' skeins.
HAVK vin; SEKX TUB
10 Cent Tin Counter?
lt is having an. i m nn-n Se run.
Il* :i friend is
to be married, ii is here thstt you can pet
a lu w ly wed di ns present, and here
the youn-r couple can buy their
Groceries ?;he:i:> to start
housekeeping.
FLOUR $-1 .=.() per lJ.ir.reF.
LIGHT BROWN SUGAR 16 pounds for a
dollar.
GOt'D COT KKK l-l cents per pound.
i Ha vc you t ried our Su^ar Cured Me'?t ?
j Oh ! what elegant Hams nnd such nice
Bacon, direct from the Wrj?. Tlie people are
now baying ?ir home tis it is cheaper than
buy i tt}! in Chariest on.
\Ve could go on enumerating the good
things, but the Watchmanrand Snuthrtm can?
not spare any more of their valuable paper
to him. It: Fertilizers lie has
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.
CRESCENT BONE SUPERPHOS?
PHATE.
POMONA GUANO.
Remember to call at
ALTAMONT MOSES,
N. E. ('omer M.iiu aud Liberty Streets.
March i i
1885. SPRING, 885.
J. MIBE &
INVITE ATTENTION TO ?HEIR.
Attractive Liii? bf Genuih? Bargains
IN THEIR WELL SELECTE?
Stock of Spring Goods.
IN DRESS GOODS, we.display
Some of the LATEST FRENCH NOVELTIES in
Combination Suitings, also all the leading shades lh
Armures, Albatross Cloth, Pongee!, Tricot Cloth,
Henriettas and Plain and Chenille Dotted Nun's Veilings,
Elegant line of white and colored
Embroidered Dress Robes,
Beautiful line of Summer Silks, in plain and fancy,
from 50 cents up.
IN WASH GOODS, we have
Lawns, Muslins, Toille Du Nords, Seersuckers and Ginghams,
from 5 cents per yard up.
Largest line of White Goods of every description, ever shown.
WE ARE SOI?E AGENTS FOR
MM um tm SUPP?; ?irs.
PRICES AS FOLLOWS :
Ladies', with shoulder brace, made of fine Coutil, double stitched, $3.00
Ladies', without shoulder brace, - - - - - -1.50
YouDg Ladies', with shoulder brace, - 2 00
Misses', 10 to 14 years, ....... I ^Q
Tbese are recommended by all the fashionable Dressmakers aod most emi?
nent Physicians in the United States. Every pair warranted.
We also still keep
The Celebrated Juno,
Which we have reduced to 90 cts.
We add a new Corset, TOE ?'SENSIBLE SIDE CORSET/' at $1.00.
Best ever sold for the tnooey.
Largest Line of Lace and Embroideries
Ever Shown, consisting of All Over Lace, Hamburg and Swiss Embroideries,
from 40 couts to ?3 per yard.
Towels in endless variety from 5 cents up. An elegant Damask
Towel, 24x40, for 25 cents. "
Our Hosiery Department?
As usual, contains ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES for Children, Misses
and Ladies.
Large Line of Plain and Fancy Mattings, from 15 cte. up.
WE HAVE ADDED SEVERAL WELL KNOWN MAKES TO
OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT,
and the prices will be found cheaper than ever. ALL SHOES WARRANTED
TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
We are prepared to show the Best Assorted and Nobbiest Line of
Gents9 and Youths" Clothing,
and at PRICES THAT DEF?" COMPETITION. Also in
GENTS' FURNISHING COODS AND HATS;
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
needs no mention, as the prices and goods speak for themselves.
Call early and make your selection, ere the stook is broken.
Samples sent on application.
J. RYTTENBERG- & SONS.
JOHN R. LONDON, General Agent,
Bock Hill, S. C.
m E. BRUNSON,
AGENT,
SUMTER, S. C.
-FOR
co;s
Steam Engines, Separators, and Saw Mills,
E. VAN WINKLE & CO.'S
Gins, Feeders, Condensers, and Press,
HUNTER'S CORX MILL.
If 700 want an Engine, Boiler, Saw Mill. Grist, .Mill, Cotton Gin, Cotton Press, Thresher,
Reaper, Mower, or Twine Binder, write to us and we will mail you prices and terms that
cannot be beat. We also put all machinery up free of charge, and guarantee satisfaction.
I bare sample machinery on hand which I will be glad to show to my friends and the public
generally. We sell a carefully selected line of Ginning and Harresting Machinery, and can
put out the best and che?pest Threshing and Ginning Outfit in the Market.
All orders by mail promptly attended to. W. E. BRUXSON, Agent,
April 7 x _Sumter, S. C,
FRESH NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE ARRIVAL OF
ONE CAR HORSES OX MARCH OTU, 1885,
-and of
ONE CAR MULES OX MARCH 20TH, 1885,
AT
FEED AXD SALK STABLES, SUMTER, S. C.
March 24
AT THE OLD STAND AGAIN !
T. C. SCAFFE
TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING
5
TO HIS OLD FRIENDS AND THE P?8LIC GENERALLY,
THAT ?1E IS AGAIN AT IIIS OLP STAND, AND
Invites them to Call and See His New Stock,
WI?CII EMBRACES
STOVES,
Wood and Willow-wares,
Crockery and Queen's Ware,
LAMPS, CHIMNEYS, BURNERS:
TIN AND GRANITE IRON WARE,
PAPER BUCKETS ?ND WASH BASINS,
&ATH TUBS WITH HEATING ATTACHMENT.
FEATHER DUSTERS,
SIIOlv WHIST, STOVE. PAINT AND Wr*fTE WASH BRUSHES.
LA I? HOARDS, LADIES? WORK BASKETS, CLOTHES PIA'S,
CUI?l!Y COMBS, HORSK BRUSHES,
Porkxt find Table ?utlrry. Steam Engine Fittings.
Gas pipe cut and threaded from \ to 2 inches. Gunsmith
material on hand. Gunsmiiliing done neatly and promptly.
Stylit
TAX NOTICE.
THE TREASURER OF SUMTER COtK
TY gives notice that his booka wi}? be
open from the FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1385.,
to the FIRST DAY OF JUXE, 1?85.
for the collection of Taxes for the -Fisco.!
year commencing November 1st, 1884, in
Sumter County. t
The following are the rates per centnm of
the levy
1. For State .purposes,-five and one-L?lf
mills on every dollar of the Taine of all taxa?
ble property.
2. For County purposes-Tttwo, ?0<d one*
half mills on every dollar of such value.
3. For snpport of public schools-ttTb mills
on every d.olja.r.of such valpe,, . (l<
4. One dol.liir^On each taxable poll, (tb Wir;
between the ages cf 21 and 60 years.) >:. t
The Treasurer will in person or by deptjty
attend at the following ?laces and times foi*
the collection of the said taxes :
Manchester, Friday, May L
Privateer, Saturday, May 2. ?
Lewis Chaped Tuesday, May 5.
Shiloh, Wednesday;, May 6,,.., r
Lynchburg, in Lynchburg Townihipj
Thursday, May T..
Reid's Mill, Friday, May ?L
Mayesville, Saturday, May 9.
Wedgefield, Monday, May ll.
Mechanicsville, Tuesday, May 12.
Bishop vii I?, Wednesday; May ?3.
Manville, Thrirsday, May li.
Stateburg, Mooday, May 18. .
M. Sanders* fernier Office, in Rafton Creel
Township; Tuesday, May 19. ?
Smithville. Wednesday, May 2.?..
Scarborough's- Store, near Tlrs?h C?inrcbi
Thursday, May_2I. ...
. .-rrAK?
On the other days from May 1st to June
1st. 1885, at Iris office at the Countv Seat.
W. F. Ii. HAYNSWORTH,
March 31 Treas^rer^ujnjt^^
PROPRIETORS OF THE OLDEST
Dry &0Q?s an? Carpet H?Bs?
NOW EXISTING I?
Charleston* ?. Ci,
Respectfully direct the attention of
the PEOPLE OF SUMTER sod the
surrounding Counties to their magnifi?
cent display of
DRY GOODS,
CARPETS,
WINDOW SHADES,
LACE CURTAINS,
AND FURNITURE DRAPERY,
-FOB THE
SPRING OF 1885.'
The Stock Embraces Everything
NEW, FRESH, ATTRACTIVE AND CHEAP
in every department.
McLOY, RICE & CO. sell goods on a
closer margain of profit than any other house
in the Southern country..
They have always conducted a successful
City and Conntry business, but with enlarged
facilities the cry is more I more !
If inconvenient to come to Charleston,
write to the Firm. Every facility will be
afforded for successful and satisfactory pur?
chases by mail. ,
Samples sent and freight prepaid tin all
retail packages over ten dollars.
MR. J. D. WITHERSPOON, :
Is now in our employment and will be pl?a?
ed at all tim?; to bear from bis friends ia
Sumter. Respectfully,
MOY, RICE & CO.
March 2-4 v
C. T. MASON,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Makes a Specialty cf
Ej-e-Glasses and Spectacles.
With his approved apparatus he;can accu?
rately fit glasses to eyes affecte<l with Presby-,
opia, Hyperopia, Strabismus] (crose-eyes, \
Myopia, (near-sight,) or indeed, any defect
of vision, except blindness.
\Vatches or Jewelry K?pa?re?
with neatness and despatch.
March 24_
T P. W. MiURMK,.
Agent?
rrii
MS,'
TOILET S8APS,; PERFUMERY.1
A Ni) ALL KINDS O?
Druggist's Stm&ies
j USUALLY SEPT IN A F.?KST-CLASS DKU0
STORE.
j Tobacco,Smiff aiiil Segiirs,*
GARDEN SEEDS, M
Flijsfc?aij's Frcssripliori8 .carefully;
? compounded, and orders answered
I with care <Vnd uispaicn. ^ ...
? The pnVjlic will find my stock of
Medicines complete, warranted genu?
ine, and of the best quality.
Call and see for yourselve8.
Sumter. S. C.. Jan. 20.
; AN ASSORTMENT
-OF
! PICTURE FRAMES"
j v -AT THE- .
j Photographic Gallery;
j Ph?t?'jra'plu of Children,, a Special?j/.*
G. IL LEWIS, Photographer.'
T>ec 0 %
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UV] P tor w?-*king people. Send 10 cents
H?llil postage, and we will mail you free,.
a myal, valuable sample box of goods tbat.
will put yow in the waj of making more,
moory in a few days than you ever thought
possible nt any business. Capital not mjuir-.
ed. You can live at home a:td work in sparc
time only, or :<!! the lime. All of both Sexes,?
t?f all apes, grandly sucressfnl, 50 cents to,
.$.?> t-?<iiy earned every evening. That all,
who want w??rk may test the business, we.
tinko thia: unparalleled ??tfer : To all who ?re,,
no! well yatiyfled we will send $? to pay, for
the trouMe of writing us. Full par?cttl*r^
direction:', etc., sent free. !m?nense??fe V": ??ft
solute ly sure for all who start at once.
MAX. ' Address Sttusou ? Co.J V'?jJ?^r
rMaineV 'x