The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 21, 1885, Image 2
?|? Mailman at? Sou?|r
TUESDAY, APRIL 21.
The Sumter Watchman was foun
. in i8?0 and the True Southron
1866. The Watchman a7id South
now has the combiued circulation :
in-Suence of both of the old papers, ;
is manifestly the best advert?s
medium in Sumter.
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
Kon. Jefferson Davis bas been a
vere sufferer recently from rbeumatis
f?e is now better, though still confii
to his room.
Mr. Frelioghuyson, who was Sec
tary of State nader Mr. Arthur !
"been in very feeble health for so
weeks, and his death may be expec
at any time.
v The Russian troops are still mat i
threatening advances in Afghanist:
The latest news intimates that th
troops are approaching Herat and fr
appearances the war cannot be mu
longer postponed. England is still bi
led with preparations.
The Riel rebellion in North-Wi
Territory is continuing to gain bea
way. and the Dominion government
pushing troops as rapidly as possible
the scene of the insurrection. Wini
still holds perfect sway there and t
movements of the troops are necessari
slow ov^r those mountains of snow ai
rivers of ice.
" Thc six-day roller skating race
Kew York, last month was not alt
gether harmless in its results. One
the skaters died while the race was
progress, and the winner of the rac
.the little boot black from Elmira, h
gone too. His system was so thoroug
4y. broken down- by the prodigies stra
lasting through six days that disea:
found nothing to oppose its progress.
Ex-Marshal Blythe was tried befoi
.the U: S. Court, ia Cbarlestoe la
week, for rendering fraudaient acco?a
against the Government, There wi
abundant proof that fraud had bee
committed, bat the evidence of i utci
.tion was not so plain, and tire fat
brought in a verdict of not gailty. W
think the verdict was right. MrrB?ytl
ias been in bad ooop&sy since he Joir
cd the ?leDub?icans, but he is an hone!
*?n ali the ?aae. A strange ?ad rai
combination.
The two "Garfield bovs,"" as the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _
K sons' of the dead Pres:
I Ripon President -i?u- . . ?
^^^so:ne <!s^*^^^T ^^Br*a pl eas sirens
wita that genu^R^umT?e rigbteoc
^soul of the truly *'loyal" RepabHca:
press, is much disturbed thereat. Tba
tbe sons of an ex-Repubiicao Presiden
should so far forget the obligations the,
are under to the g. o. p., as to visit ;
veritable Democrat, is too much fo
loyal ?esh and blood to bear.
Ex-President Arthur has returned ti
.New York and will rejoin the law firn
to which he belonged before his acc?s
sion "io ike Presidency. Mr? Arthur*
?ea??. bas not .been good for the las
iMoatb, and now that the strain of Pres
>?sntial -responsibility is removed, ht
feels the - need of rest. There ts son*
talk of bis.agaia taking, charge of tbi
'Republican ataebise in New York, an<
"4? he does thc eountry may look for ;
'lively ' campaign. Whatever he ma;
have been as President, there is ni
-doubt of his ability as a political hoss.
"it appears almost a waste of tiiae ti
advise Southern planters to make small
er cotton and greater food crops, Sud
counsel is approved to be correct. It i?
given by experts in agricultural jour?
nals and is the eternal slogan of rura
clubs: but like all presumably gooc
doctrine it has more ideal admirers that
practical followers." So says an ex?
change-and it verily seems the truth.
There is a peculiar fascination in cotton
that tue average farmer can no more
withstand than can the toper withstand
the temptation to get; drunk whenevei
the opportunity offers, and while ad?
mitting the evil of the practice, con?
tinues the habit, which in so many
cases leads him nearer bankruptcy eacb
year.
Our readers remember the Marice
'Bank (N. Y.) failure last year, follow?
ed by the collapse of the firm of Grant
& Ward. J. D. Fish was President of
the Marice Rank and has been on trial
for the last two weeks for malfeasance
in ?ffice. The trial was concluded some
days ago, and Fish was found guilty OD
eleven out of the twenty-five counts io
the indictment against him. Ile has
- not yet been sentenced, but it is proba?
ble that he will spend the remainder of
his life in prison. Ward, the head
devil in the rascality carried on io the
Grant & Ward fit m. has not yet been
tried, but there is no doubt that he
too will stay behind the bars long
enough to make him regret, if not re?
pent of, his dishonesty. It is refresh?
ing to see such scamps suffer a little
for the loss and sufferings inflicted upon
others.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are
still in Ireland, but the enthusiasm of
the loyalists have been counterbalanced
on several occasions by Nationalist dem?
onstrations which could be checked only
after a severe struggle by the police,
resulting generally io numbers of bro?
ken heads and Moody noses. At Mal?
low Junction, in County Cork, a large
crowd gathered, and as the train con?
taining the royal party came in, they
made a rush for the depot and at one
time, the rioters broke through the line
of policemen, and a lively Irish scrim?
mage followed. Three members of
Parliament led the Nationalists in their
attack on the police, and one of them,
Mr. O'Brien, was preity roughly hand
led. The Nationalists ara very jab
.and declare that the first gun of th?
bellion has been fired. At (
the rioters were still more aggress
one even venturing to throw an onie
his Royal -Highness while pas
through the streets.
Sullivan the pugilistic hero of 1
ton, and McCaffery, another br
arranged some time ego for a bo*
match in Philadelphia aud went
training for that event. As the ?
drew near, interest increased and
sporting fraternity from far and 3
Socked to the city of brotherly lov
see these two men pummel each ot!
From California to Maine, from Ti
to Minnesota, the b'hoys came to
show-only to be disappointed, for
police stepped to just io the niel
time, and arrested the two pugili
Sullivan and Ryan are now engag?e
trying to arrange for a meeting, ;
as New York and Philadelphia h
both forbtddea the brutal exhibitiot
their limits, they are talking of go
West, and think of making Butte Ci
! Montau? Territory, their headqu
ters. _
FEDERAL OFFICES IS" SOOT
CAROLINA.
When the Democrats elected tb
President, a general impression p
vailed that wholesale removals of Fe<
ral officials would ensue as soon as I
inauguration ceremonies were com pie
and now, after six weeks of Democra
rule, a feeling of dtsappoi?tment is ri
because Republicans are still in offl
We should remember, however, thatthi
changes cannot be made in a me mci
Even if the President had the power
remove every officer . in the laud,
could not have chosen" suitable succi
sors for deposed officials in the time
has been in office. It would be wei
than foolish fer him te remove au i
cambent, and supply bis place wi
ose more toe Soient tuan Use one t
moved, and he knows too well by tl
time that numerously signed petitio
do not necessarily indicate any fitne
for the positioa asked fer, consequent
much time is required to enable t!
President, or Heads of the Departmeo
as the case te-ay be, to find out som
thing of tfce character and suitabili
of applicants. But the President b;
not tke privilege of making summai
removals in all cases. Frequently th<
can not be made except for cause, at
officials who refuse to resign, and ha"
no charges of misconouct against then
haveaRejsub^
J?etn7? tb?lrrefasal^Tbas we
that a Democratic Pr?sident has not
(xx\\ swing at the present officials ; b<
sides, he bas many other duties o
hand equally as important to the cout
try as that of choosing office-holder*
though they may not think so.
In good time we believe all thes
changes will be made. Our people fee
that it is necessary for the political wei
fare of the Sooth, acd we would sa
just here, that politics io this section
not what it is elsewhere. ?Detnocrac
in South Carolina represents her prc
perty, intelligence and respectability
Republicanism is ike ecmbiuation c
vicious leaders and ignorant followers
neither having thc least regard for pc
Iitical ?ri*iciples ; and the larger ma
joritj of present office holders were ap
pointed by thc Republican administra
tic?, not because of any fitness for th
positions they were to fill, but simp!
asa reward for the dirty political ser
vices that were required of all pol?tica
leaders in the South. The condition o
Federal politics in this State was, am
still is, abnormal. As far as tue Wash
iogton authorities were concerned, thesi
officials, were, for the most part chosei
from the carpet-bag class who were ou;
enemies iu every sense of the word, oi
from the iguorant followers of thos<
carpet-bag leaders. It is true tba
here and there a reputable choice wai
made, but these were only occasiona
exceptions.
We think the only suitable rebuke
for all this uujust treatment, is the per?
emptory dismi>sal of every oficial whom
the President can remove. They arc
parttcej)s cristin ts in the great wrong
upon our people. Turn them all out, not
because they are all equally inefficient,
but because they hold office as a conse?
quence of the vilest system of political
management the world ever saw. The
President owes this much to the South?
ern States, for the hearty, earnest work
they so freely rendered for Democratic
supremacy. We bave been bedevilled
for nearly tw'eoty years by Republican
Commissioueri:. Deputy Marshals, and
Postmasters, and we want a rest. We
have earned it over and again, and
should have it.
Thc writer of this, along with possi?
bly a dozen other Democrats, was ar?
rested four years ago upon a false and
malicious charge sworn to by a Repub?
lican heeler, upon charges so frivolous
that the cases were never brought to
trial, though thc accused were put to
much trouble and .?orne of them to con?
siderable expeuse thereby; and yet this
same Republican, tins swift witness who
could hear things that no one else heard,
who could see things that others could
not see, and did not mind swearing to
them most vigorously, ia an office-holder
in Washington, and credited to South
Carolina. This is not right, and we do
not believe that the President will all >w
such men to remain in office under his
administration. If any favoris shown
to the officials, let it be to those who did
not join malice to their greed for office,
but no mercy should be shown those
who for so many years kept up a hell on
earth in South Carolina, and who, as
each recurring year passed, were instru?
ments in dragging hundreds of men to
Charleston or Columbia, where they
were subjected to the exasperating and
insulting processes of the U. S. Courts.
We in Sumter know romething of these
things, from a lengthy experience, and
no true mao or women will ever forget
the villainous measures and still more
villainous men which represented Re?
publicanism with us. Put (ke?n out,
Mr. President PUT THEM OUT.
MORE ABOUT THE OFFICES.
We saw a letter from Senator Butler
last week, to a prominent sitizen of
I Sumter, on the all important subject of
offices. Senator Butler believes in a
general cleaning out of the Republi?
cans, and Senator Hampton cordially
endorses his position. Now if the
President can see the same way, every
thing will be lovely. Those of us who
were present at a Democratic jollifica
I tion on the monument square just after
the election will remember a speech by
R. D. Lee, Esq., io which he graphical
I ly depicted the future of the Federal
officials io Sumter. Now we wish to
see that prophecy realised as early as
practicable.
Grand Lodge E. of H.
The Grand Lodge met io Chester last
Wednesday night, Grand Dictator,
Coward io the chair,
There are 51 Lodges in the State,
and 41 were represented by 56 dele?
gates and oiScers.
But little business of general import?
ance was transacted, and the Lodge
adjourned Thursday night, to meet with
Georgetown Lodge next year.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
J. L Moses, of Charleston, Grand
Dictator; M. L. Bonham, of Abbe?
ville, Vic Grand Dictator; M. B.
McSweeney, of Hampton, assistant
Grand Dictator; G. W. Holland, of
Newberry, Grand Reporter; ?J. T.
Robertson, of Abbeville, Grand Trets
urer; B. G. Clifford, Grand Chaplain;
Simon E. Bacon, of Spactaeburg,
Grand Guide; F. H. Wardlaw, of
Edgefield, Grand Guardian; C. B.
Quattlebaum, of Korry, Grand Senti?
nel ; W. R. Delgar, H. S Williams
and J. L. Addison, Trustees; J..S,
Htrghson, R. 0. Sams 'and P. R.
McCully were appointed the Cocutnittee
on Laws ; and Messrs. Simmons, With?
erspoon and Reedy, ootfitaictee OG Fi?
nance.
The Floral Fair.
We are ander obligations to Mr. E.
L. Rocke for a complimentary ticket to
the Floral Fair which -opens in Charles?
ton next Tuesday. Charleston will be
Jju. J^^iatipn Sprwtg costume and is
preparing a roy?t^^lcome for ali Jjr?r**
visitors. The roads w^^sellticke?a at
3 cents a mcle for the round trip, good
from 27tfe April to 4th May inclusive,
and a large attendance is expected.
Gala Week in Charleston.
The Mutual Aid Association, No. 1,
one of the most powerful benevolent or?
ganizations in the United States, will
give a grand Inter-State Picnio, on
Wednesday, May 13th. At this enter?
tainment, Capt. F. W. Dawson, Editor
of the News and Courier, will make an
address cf welcome.
Gov. Thompson, Lieut-Gov. Shep?
pard, Senators Hampton and Butler,
and other distinguished gentlemen, and
the editors of every paper in this State
and leading cities from adjacent States
have been invited, and are expected to
attend. A magnificent prize, consist?
ing of a silver pitcher and waiter, to be
contested for by visiting journalists, has
ben procured.
The Grand Lodge, L O 0. F., of
the State of South Carolina, and the
Sportman's Association of the Carolinas
meets the same week, on May 13th,
14rh and 15th. The Charleston Driv?
ing Park Association, of which Capt.
F. W. Wagner is President, propose to
have on their spleudid course, two day6
of fine racing.
Let all go who can and have a good
time. Our fiends in Charleston bid
us a whole-souled welcome.
Clarendon News.
Lindley M. McRoy, Jr., of Clarendon was
severely injured last winter by a fall from a
scaffold used in building the Methodist Church
at Foreston, and after ni'ich suffering died
last Wednesday.
The Foreston Methodist Church, was dedi?
cated Sunday. Dr. W. W. Duncan was ex?
pected to preach the dedicatory sermon.
The Manning folks seem well pleased with
their new Council. The following are the
officials: VV. K. Bell, Iotendent; H. H. Le
S.-:ne. H. H Huggins, F. W. Dickson and
Theodore Harvin, Wardens.
Mr. George J. Brown, foreman in the Enter?
prise office, lias been ?tors de cornbat for some
weeks with sore eyes, but is up again.
Mr. J. F. Baker, of Sumter, ran the Enter?
prise office during Mr. Brown's illness.
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Camden News.
Dr. M?3*o will deliver a public lecture to?
night (Tuesday) on Education.
The new Board of Councilmen, Capt. J C.
Rollings, Intendent, ami Messrs. J T. Nettles,
J. F. Arthur, J. M. LeGrand and John Mc
Smyrl ns Wardens, were inducted into office
last week.
President Cleveland hus appointed Mr. D.
C. Kirkley as Postmaster at Camden Mr.
Kirkley's appointment will give satisfaction
to the people. He ?3 a brother of Mr. Rotiert
Kirkley, who was a compositor in the South?
ron office eight or ten years ago, and was
known to many .of our people.
The embankment acros? fine Tree Creek, !
just South of Camden, ts full of holes and J
needs work
Camden has an Amateur Theatrical Com- j
pa ny which -ippeared on the board-j last week !
in "Who's Who?," and wen much applause
thereby.
Dove shooting is all the rage ?mong Cain-j
den sportsmen. Millions <>f doves are fre- i
quent i. i g the rice fields on West Wateree.
Camden still has the Railroad fever, and ;
neighborhood meetings in its favor are all the ?
I rage. Judging from the sentiment of Ker- ?
! shaw, the Palmetto road is a sure thing.
I Gen. Kennedy delivered an address on
Education lust week in the Baptist Church.
Coroner Goodale held an inquest last week
over the dead body of a negro man found ia a
i swamp, nine miles above Camdeo.
Seed Cotton Wanted.
The undersigned desires to purchase seed
cotton for experimental purposes. Highest
cash price paid for same delivered at his work
shop. CT. MASON, JR.
The Methodist Church.
The Methodist brethren are about ready to
commence work on their new church. Two
huadred thousand bricks have been cootracted
foe aad are now being hauled. Mr. J. B.
Carr will probably get the contract for the
building.' Ground will soon bebroken.
Those who subscribed last year are request?
ed to pay the amouot promised within the
next week, as money is one of the essential
requisites io building.
We will add that aoy one who did not sob
scribe last year, but who feel the promptings
of the spirit to do so now, need not hesitate
for fear that their gifts will be rejected. We
do aot know any organization that will ac?
cept assistance more cheerfully than the build?
ing committee of tite Methodist Church.
They need help and they deserve it. Can't
weall belo a little"?
Answer to Young Farmer.
PRIVATEER, S. C., April 20, 1885.
Mr. Editor: We scarcely ever ?aw more
"clap-trap and hambu^gery1' thao "Young
Farmer" exhibited in his witty (?) and learned
(?) article of the 10th inst. ; certainly the S.
A. A. in its entirety cannot furnish more.
He advocated "aa ample ?apply of the
agricaltoral literature of the day." All very
well, but caa he beso ignoras tas not to know
that abeu t ooe-half of all their articles were
delivered before some agricultural organiza?
tion ; and does he not know that all they
contain (except the advertisements) are io the
nature of the case essaye, for any "short in?
formal treatise" is an essay t
Mr. Editor, "Young Farmer" reminds us
of the fact (t) that be has reached the end of
the first French reader and has a smattering
of Latin, or perhaps he has a set of phrases
for such occasions.
"Dew's" purpose has been accomplished, for
it caused "Young Farmer" to air himself in
a manner tfcat has "(korougbly dissected,"
and exposed his motives to die minds of all
who read his production.
He dodges ?round all ofour statements and
tries to take hold of the "fag-end" of our
argument aad construct a fabric of his own
imagination. Truly sayeth the proverb:
"The fool is wiser ia his own conceit than
sevea men that render a reason.
DEW.
Meehaniesville Items.
MECHA.VECSV?UE, S, C., April 13, 1885.
At Plain Hill, on Tuesday the 7th inst., Mrs.
Jessie Beck, wife of Mr. T. P. Beck, died,
after a short and violent illness, leaving an
infant about two days old. Her remains were
carried to Darlington for interment. Though
comparatively strangers amongst us-the
family having removed from Darlington into
this County last Spring-they have the warra
sympathy of the community in their deep
affliction.
Some of the farmers are planting cotton,
notwithstanding the unfavorable weather.
We have had several frosts, but nothing
seriously injured.
The oat crop, what there is of it, is doing
very well.
All the preparations for planting are well
advanced. VOX.
[This was written for last week's issue, but
was not received until we had gone to press.
-Ed. W. <y S.I
Manville Correspondence.
MANVILLE, S. C., April 20, 1885.
Mr. Editor: There is considerable com?
plaint of poor stands of corn, and the birds
are reported bad. One planter soaked his
"seed corn in kerosene oil and has to plant
over. __.
"^"Th? peachcropf?aTbe'etr carefully examined
by some of our experts and it is(lhought that
three-fourths of it is killed.
Sunday next is the regular communion sea
sou at Hephzibah Church, services commencing
on Friday. The talented pastor of the Cam- ?
den Church is expected to assist the pastor.
Good deal of cotton was planted Inst week,
bnt the larger portion of the crop will be put
in this week. N. A. T.
mm I I mm
Church Election.
The following officers of the Church of the
Holy Cross, at Stateburg, were elected to
serve for the ensuing year :
Wardens-Dr. W. W. Anderson, Sr., W.
J. Rees.
Vestrymen-Hon. J. N. Frierson. S. Sum?
ter, W."W. Rees, W. R. Fludd, J. Singleton
Moore.
Delegates to the Diocesan Convention-S.
Sumter, Dr. W. W. Anderson, Sr., W. W.
Rees, W. R. Fludd.
What Do the Druggists Say ?
They know what the yeople call for, and
they hear what their patrons say as to wheth?
er the medicines they buy work well or
uot. Mariell & Johnson, Rush City, Minn ,
say, "Brown's Iron Bitters gives entire satis?
faction to oor customers." Klinkhammer &
Co., Jordan, Minn., say, "We sell more
Brown's Iron Bitters than all other bitters
combined." L. E. Hackley 4 Son, Winona,
Minn., say, "All onr customers speak highly
of Brown's Iron Bitters." A. C. Whitma ., j
Jackson, Minn., says, "Brown'sIron Bitters is
giving good satisfaction to purchasers."
These are only a few. We have hundreds
more just as good.
W. H. MARTIN,
DRUG-GIST,
(UNDKR MUSIC HALL,)
SUMTER, S. C.
Is prepyred to dispense during the warm season
ICE-COLD SODA WATER,
in combination with all the
NEW AOT POPULAS SYRUPS,
and invites patronage.
HAS IN STORE A FULL STOCK
Everything Pertaining to the
Drug Business,
Including
Perfiimery, Toilet ai Fancy Goods.
GARDEN SEEDS, &c.
PrescriptioAs Carefully Compounded
Will wait upon customers at any time, day
or night, and when not at the store, can be
found at the Brimson Hou.-e.
April 21 v_W. H. MARTIN.
INSURANCE LICENSE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE DE PA RIM ENT.
-? '
OFFICE OF TUB COMPTKOLI-EIt OKNEItAT,,
COLUMBIA, S. C., APRIL 1, 1885.
ICERT!KV THAT ALTAMONT MOSES,
of Sumter, AJ? eut of
THE HIBERNIA INSURANCE CO., of
New Orleans. Ea.
THE MERCHANTS' INSURANCE CO.,
of Newark. N. J.,
Has complied with the requisitions of the
Act of the Geneml Assembly entitled "An
Act to regulate the Agencies of insurance
Companies not incorporated in the State of
South Carolina," and I hereby license the
said Altamont Moses, Agent aforesaid, to
take risks and transact all business of Insur?
ance in this State in the County of Sumter,
for ?nd in behalf of said Companies.
Expire? March 31st, 188G.
W. E. STONEY,
April 21. Comptroller General.
Estate of Harriet A. and Brewery
E? Chandler, Minors*
IWILL APPLV TO THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE for Sumter County on the 21st j
day of May. 1885, for a Final Discharge ?
as Guardian of aforesaid Minors.
JOHN P. PLAYER,
April 21-41 Guardian. 1
IN MEMORIAM.
MRS. SUSAN R. NORTON, so long and once
so wei! known ia our community, departed
this life on the nineteenth of February, having
reached the good old age of seventy-nine
years. Mrs. Norton, -nee Gibson, was born in
Clarendon Co., Nov. 16, 1806. About the
year 1832 she professed faith in Christ, and
was baptized into the Baptist Church of this
place by Rev. Jesse Hartwell. On the 26th of
March, 1835, she was given in marriage to
Timothy Norton, Esq., who then settled on
the lot now occupied as the homestead of the
survivors of the family. To them were born
six children, two of whom died in infancy.
Mr. Norton preceeded his wife to the eternal
world by fifteeu years.
Mrs. Norton was a woman whom every one
brought into intimate contact with ber, easily
learned to love. She was patient, pure in
spirit, and, above all, tender-hearted. The
recital of another's woe soon provoked her
tears and sympathy. Her trials were many,
bat she bore up well, and went to her grave
in a good age "as a shock of corn cometh in
his season." For a number of years past,
she suffered much from some affection of the
heart; but in the midst of a daily dying, she
yet lived and devoutly relied upon the grace
of ber Savior. Her end was not unlooked for.
She rather waited for it as one who watches
for the morning, and the day she went out
from us showed the great triumph of ber faith
in Christ. If she left a regret it bas oot beeo
named, and we turn away from her sepulchre
ia the assured hope that she sleeps well. .
THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C., April 21, 1885.
COTTON.-About 15 bales have been sold
during the week ending the 21st. The mar?
ket closed steady. We quote : Ordinary 8?
@8?; Good Ordinary 9@9?; Strict Good
Ordinary 9?@9?; Low Middling 9f@9?;
Middling ?0@10?; Good Middling 10f@10?.
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 20, 1885.
COTTON.-Market quiet. Sales about 75
bales. Quotations are : Low Middling, 10$ ;
Middling 10|; Good Middling, lOf.
WILMINGTON, N. C., March 18, 1885.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Market quoted quiet
at 28 ceats.
ROSIN-The market quiet at 90 cents for
Strained and 92? for Good Strained.
CRUDB TURPENTINE-Market was steady at
SI.10 for Hard, $1.55 per bbl., for Virgin
and Yellow Dip.
COTTON-Market steady. Sales -- bales.
The following are the official quotations:
Low Middling 10?, Middling 10'J, Good Mid
dling IOf._
ATKINS9 MILLS,
Mayesville, S. C.
THE UNDERSIGNED will have his
WHEAT MILL in operation by the 20th
of Mav. It is one of STRAUB'S QUEEN OF
THE SOUTH, and bas FRENCH BURR
STONES of the finest quality.
His FEED MILL is in splendid condition.
It turns out the best of feed, directly from the
unshncked ear, thoroughly grinding and
mixing the shuck, corn and cob, and thereby
adding at least 25 per cent, to the feeding
value of the corn.
Patronage solicited and satisfaction guar?
anteed. J. E. ATKINS,
April 21_Mayesville, S. C.
MILLINERY.
Mrs. WHITE
-AND
Miss MILLER
TTTOULD INVITE the attention of their
Y\ friends and the ladies generally, to
their stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER
MILLINERY,
Consisting of
Trimmed and Untrimmed
HATS AND BONNETS
in great variety.
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &c,
in all the new shades.
ZEPHYR, CANVAS, EMBROIDERY SILK.
Give us a call before purchasing.
April 21_
NOTICE.
THE LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIA?
TION will hold its Annual Meeting in
Music Hall on FRIDAY, MAY 1st, at 6
o'clock, P. M. All persons interested io the
work of the Association are invited to attend.
MRS. ALTAMONT MOSES,
H. FRANK WILSON, President.
Sec. and Treas. Apr 21
'iTOTICE.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of Sum?
ter Agricultural Association, will meet
in Sumter on THURSDAY, APRIL 30, at ll
A. M. to attend to business of importance in
connection with the interests of the Associa?
tion. A full attendance of the members is
deemed desirable.
By order of the President.
Apr 21_JOHN H. FURMAN.
FOR SALE.
BEING DESIROUS of returning to
Charleston, I offer my HuUSE AND
LUT at private sale. The lot measuring 122
feet front by 218 feet deep, more or less, also
all of my FURNITURE, &c, &c, consisting
of all articles commonly used in house-keep?
ing. The house has been kept as a boarding
house for the last 14 years, and known as
the DAVIS HOUSE. It is centrally located
on Main Street aud but a few minutes walk
of both the railroad depot and the centre
of business, it contains 9 rooms, including
a dining roora 15x21 feet, with a piazza to
the South. The house has a passage and
lobby, five large closets and a double piazza
in front. The fire-places furnished with
grates. There are two small houses in the
yard, one with one and the other with two
sleeping rooms, a kitchen with two rooms,
and other out houses, a flower garden with a
few fine exotics, a good vegetable garden
about 125 feet square, and a good supply of
most excellent water.
For further particulars apply to the under?
signed upon the premises.
CHARLES W. DAVIS.
April 21 _
SHERIFFS SALES.
BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me
directed, will he sold at Sumter C. H.,
on the first MONDAY and day following in
MAY next, 1885, and as many days
thereafter as may be necessary, within the
legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following property:
Stock of Goods, Wares and Merchandise,
consisting of Whiskey, Segars, Tohncco,
Wine, Brandy, Store furniture, &c, in Store?
house on Liberty street, in the Town of Sum?
ter, levied upon and to be sold as the property
of C. H. Whiteh'.-art, Jr., to satisfy the several
Executions of Herman M. Myers, A. E. Mass
man, Brothers & Co., and J. B. Brown*
Co., against the said C. II. Whiteheart, Jr.
MARION SANDERS, S. S. C.
Sheriffs Office, Anril 17. 1885. _
O'CONNOR S BAKERY
BOOMING-.
The undersigned informs hi? friends and pat?
rons that he has
RE-OPENED HIS RAKERY,
and is now located in the
STORE ADJOINING B. J. BARNETT'S,
where he will keep a
FULL AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
of every article to be found in
A FIRST GLASS BAKERY.
He will make a specialty of
FRUITS, CONFECTIONERY AND FANCY
GROCERIES.
He is in daily receipt of fresh goods.
A continuance of past favors is respectfully
olicited and satisfaction guaranteed.
F. J. O'CONNOR.
April 14
Under Foreclosure of Mort?
gage of Personal Property,
C. 0. Wheeler to Wulbern & Pieper.
(Barditt & Murdoch, Assignees.)
C. 0. Wheeler to Bardin & Murdoch.
WILL BK SOLD at public outcry on
MONDAY, the 4th day of MAY, 1885,
between the hours of ll A. M. and 3 P. M.,
in front of the Court House in the Town of
Sumter, S. C., the following personal proper?
ty :
ONE BAY MARE, named Clara, eight
years old.
ONE BAY HORSE, named Russel, eight
years old.
ONE SORREL MARE MULE, named
Kate, five years old.
TWO BLACK MARE MULES, named
Jinny, one aged five and oue aged eight
years.
ONE BLACK MARE MULE, named Beck,
twelve years old.
ONE NEW TWO HORSE WAGON,
(blue.)
ONE GOOD THREE HORSE WAGON,
fred.)
ONE NEW ONE HORSE WAGON,
(blue.)
ONE DOUBLE BUGGY.
TWO NEW SINGLE BUGGIES.
-ALSO
A LOT OF FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
Terms Cash.
BARDIN & MURDOCH,
Assignees of Wulbern & Pieper, Mortgagees.
BARDIN & MURDOCH.
April 14-2t Mortgagees.
SALE UNDER MORTGAGE.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
power of sale to us given by the provi?
sions of a certain mortgage, executed and
delivered to us by C. 0. Wheeler and W. S.
Wheeler, copartners, trading as C. 0. k W. S.
Wheeler, and C. 0. Wheeler, on the 19th day
of January, 1883, and duly recorded in the
Register of Mesne Conveyance office of Sum?
ter County S. C., in Books No. (ll) eleven
of real estate, page 127, and No. (5) five of
Personal Property, page 546, we will sell at
public outcry, in front of the Courthouse, in
the Town of Sumter, S. C., on MONDAY, the
4th day of May, 1885, at ll o'clock in the
forenoon, the following Premises belonging to
C. 0. Wheeler:
Ail that TRACT OF LAND situate, lying
and being in Lynchburg Township, Sum?
ter County, three miles from Mayesville,
S. C., containing two hundred and twenty
five (225) acres more or less; bounded on
the north by lands of Mrs. R. M. Wheeler,
west by lands of estate Lacost and J. H.
Wilson, south by lands of J. H. Wilson and
G. M. McLeod, and east by Lafayette public
road.
Also, all that Piece Parcel or Tract of
Land, adjoining above tract, containing sev?
enty acres, more or less; bounded on the
south by lands of Nefan BrockingtoD and
M. L. McIntosh, on east by land of Eliza
Carter and Lafayette public road.
Also, all that Lot of Laud in the Town of
Maye3ville, S. C., at corner of Sumter and La?
fayette streets ; bounded on the north and
west respectively by said streets, on the south
by lot of Miss Hattie Johnson, on the east by
lotof D. W. Chandler, and containing one-half
(i) acre, more or less.
Also, all that Lot of Land in Mayesville, S.
C., fronting on Sumter Street, containing
thirty-five acres, more or less, and bounded
on the South by Sumter Street, on the East
by lands of Harry McCutcben and J. F.
Bland, North by lands of Peter Wilson and
W. E. Lemmon, and West by lands of M. P.
Mayes, school-house lot, J. H. Anderson, Mr.
Teasdeale, Baptist Church, M. L. Ball, L. L.
Carrol: and U. S. Scarborough.
Terms cash.
ISAAC Y. BARDIN,
JOHN H. MURDOCH,
BARDIN & MURDOCH.
April 14. _ _
A. J. CHINA,
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines and
C nemicals.
FINK TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH
BK Ucl! ES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY
TOILET ARTICLES, i.e., Ac.
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES AND
DYESTUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, $c.
Price's Cream Safcia? Powder,
Which for purity, strength and healthfulness
stands alone.
Nev Patent Star Lamp,
Giving a light equal to 3 or 4 ordinary lamps
and ?3 perfectly safe.
Knickorbocker Shoulder Braces,
For ladies and gents. Easily adjusted and
worn with comfort.
Full supply of Fresh Garden Seeds.
April 9 _
SPRING
-AND
SUMMER
MILLINERY.
The Misses McElhose
Would call the attention of their Customers
and the public generally, to their
large and varied assottment of
SPRING AND SUMMER
MILINERY GOODS,
-CONSISTING IS PART OF
Hats and Bonnets?
(Trimmed and Untrimmed,)
FEATHERS. FLOWERS, RUCHINGS AND
LACE NECK WEAR.
-ALSO,
HAIR GOODS, CORSETS, BUSTLES,
HOOP SKIRTS, ETC ,
INFANT'S CAPS, DRESSES,
And Ladies' Underwear always on hand.
Prompt attention given to Country
Orders.
IGET CREAM! ICE CREAM I
I HAYE OPENED MY ICE CREAM GAR?
DEN, NICELY FITTED UP
Especially for Ladies,
And respectfully solicit the patronage of the
public. I trust that my efforts
to keep open a
FIRST CLASS ICE CREAM GARDEN
will be appreciated by the public. My long
experience in the business is a guarantee
that I will give satisfaction.
Orders for family parties, weddings or pic?
nics will be filled at short notice and deliver?
ed in any part of town. Price, 50 to 60 cts.
per quart.
ICE! IC?S !
I will d?lirer daily from ice wagon to cus?
tomers, ice in any quantity, at the following
prices : l^ss than 50 pounds, 2 cents; from
50 to 100 pounds, 1 \ cents ; over 100 pounds,
\ \ cents per pound. Special rates to regular
customers.
Remember that I am the only one in town
who keeps icc- at all times, and 1 ask the pat?
ronage of the citizens to enable me to keep
my ice house open all the season.
W. J. ANDKEWS.
April 14_
AN ASSORTMENT
-OF
PICTURE FRAMES
-AT THE
Photographic Gallery,
Phoiograjrfis of Children a Specialty.
G. H. LEWIS, Photographer.
Dec 0
A. A. SOLOMONS.
Last week I announced
that I had in store one of
the
Finest and Prettiest
STOCKS OF GOODS
eyer shown in Sumter.
I now inform the pub?
lic that
PRICES ARE LOWER
than eyer before offered?
Stock Complete in every
department.
Call and examine.
-BARCrAINS?
are here for all who come.
A. 1 SOLOMONS.
April 21
J. B. CARR,
NEXT DOOR NORTH OF MONAGHAN'S,
Main Street, Sumter^ &. C.
OFFERS A CHOICE STOCK, EMBRACING
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
NOTIONS,
CANNED GOODS?
TIN-WARE, WOODEN-WARE,
&CM &c, &c.
All of which will be sold at the same low prices, that
have made this store popular with cash buyers.
The patronage of the public is invtited.
J. B. CARR
MUTUAL SELF-IPOWMENT
-AND
BENEYOLENT ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICA.
ATLANTIC DEPARTMENT.
(Embracing Virgtoia, ?T. and S. Carolioa.)
OFFICE, GREENVILLE, S. C.
W. D. MAYFIELD, ?. D., Superintendent
and Department President.
J. D. MAYFIELD, Department Secretory.
T. T. EARLE, M. D., Department Medical
Director.
HOME OFFICE, FORT WORTH, TEX.
SAM CUNDIFF, President.
E. M. MACY, Secretary.
A. W. MORRISON, Treasurer.
In other plans of Insurance Men have to
die ; in oura they have to live to
get tlteir money.
This Association is now a strong and
mighty organization, and well organized all
the ?ray across the Continent. It has passed
the period of experiment and peril. It baa a
membership, Feb. 1st, 1835, of about 15,000,
and is growing more rapidly, perhaps, than
any association in America.
We pay insurance during life.
We pay all our death benefits in full, and
pa}- them promptly.
Our coupons are paid as they matare.
Our reserve fund, loaned to our members,
will suffice io pay our maturing coupons for
twelve mouths to come.
N. G. OSTEEN,
LOCAL AGENT, Sumter, S. C.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
EPPERSONS' STABLES
IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR
NICE) CHEAP BUGGY HARNESS
-ALSO
Saddles, Bridles, &c.
March 10 _
FIRST CLASS JOB WORK
AT BOTTOM PRICES*
WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON JOB OFFICE.
J. B. CARR,
Contractor and Builder.
Plans aod specifications furnished on short
notice.
The undersigned bas on hand a large and
fine assortment of lamber, comprising
WELL SEASONED FLOORING,
DRESSED, TONGUED AND GROOVED,
A fine lot of
DRESSED CYPRESS PLANK,
A large lot of Cypress Palings, trimmed and
dressed, besides a large assortment of
UNDRESSED PINE LUMBER
Of all sizes. Anything not on hand will
be promptly ordered.
Feb 24 _J. B. CARR.
C. I. HOYT & BRO,
Wateine, Clocks, Jewelry, SpteteGlM,
&C. &C.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
SPORTING MATERIAL,
Shells, Wads aod Everything Pertain?
ing to Breech-Loading Guns.
Dec 16 . ..- . -. . ?
FOR SAL?7
noose and Lot on Washington Street,
SUMTER, S. C.
Will be sold low, and oa easy tarai toa
responsible purchaser. Apply.to >.- > s
HORACE HARB?,
April sr Sumter, C. -