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TUESDAY, MA'S" i3. . The Sumter Watchman was founded ta I860 and th? True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the . combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. EDITORIAL ITEMS. The Charleston Dispatch with its -correspondents, has entered into an exhaustive discussion of old maids and ronna dances, and if the discussion is kept np a few weeks longer we will know all shoat it. Mr, W. H. Gibbes, of Columbia, is said to have the inside track for the appointment as Postmaster, if be has not already received it. It is cruelly " intimated that Kr. Gibbes' strongest recomendaron is his name, *'W. H." . If so, tho old saying there is nothing in a name will be effectually disproved. A mysterious murder was committed some weeks ago in St. Louis. The murderer ?ed and had embarked at San Francisco for Australia before it was discovered. The telegraph was called into requisition and last week when the murderer, Maxwell, stepped off the gang plank at Auckland in New Zea . land be was welcomed by a detective, ? and is now languishing in jail. So much for the telegraph as an aid to justice. The New York World seems to dis? like England as much as Eossa. Every issue contains some sneering allusions te England's back down in the Afghan? istan difficulty with Russia. Gladstone deserves the well-done of every friend . of humar? ty in his effort to avoid a war. He knows how the people would suffer, and hence his. course of action. We are sorry to see au able paper like the - ^Wbr?d'take such a position. The Orangeburg Times and Demo i erat is waging war with Postmaster Webster, on the subject of his removal. This is righteous work. We also see that the same paper intimates that Postmaster Ahrens, of Summerville, ought to step down and out. We think so too. They all should go, the quick? er the betten They may be very clever fellows, but they don't represent South Carolina ; in fact they represent . nothing- hut their own interest, and we'd be ten times happier without It really Io?i?~iS'?F1&en. GtrW&r get weil after all. This is hard on some folks, for instance some shrewd mer . chants in New York, thinking to get up a corner in mourning goods, and believing the General's death was cer . tain, bought up every yard of black - goods they could find. The General j did not die, and nobody wanted mourn? ing, and the corner is all broken op. We imagine the chaps who got up that corner, feel like going into mourning - over their lost hopes. Sic transit. The Mormons held Union Meetings . all over their Territory last week to pro? test against the enforcement of the U. S. laws for the suppression of poly? gamy, and adopted resolutions of de " tided dissent. These law breaking ' rascals have defied our laws so long chat they think themselves superior to the law. They claim that they should be allowed to continue their violations of the law because they have been al? lowed to violate them for ac many years unchecked. If the scamps had strict ? justice meted ont to them, every leader would occupy a felon's eeQ, and now to join in this protest to President Cleve- j land shows them to be as bold as they shameless. John Roach, the ship builder, the boon companion and close ally of Robe? son and Chandler, has a rough time j with Secretary Whitney. Roach has made several efforts to bulldoze Mr. Whitney into making him the final j payment on his last boat, the Dolphin, but the Secretary insists upon Mr. Reach's carrying out his contract just as other ordinary people would have to do. This provoked the righteous wrath of the contractor, and he doubtless feels j like a much injured man. Everything is so different from the free and easy past, when Roach looked upon the Navy department as his own especial property, when he carried it so to speak io his pocket, where, by the way, he carries so large a share of the govern? ment taxes. Roach ought to be a good Republican. Among the various suggestions made j by anxious friends of the round dance j which may have a tendency to remove j its evils and retain its virtues, we were j much pleased with the suggestions made by a correspondent of the News and Courier. He proposes that a perpendicular ornamented handle, some? what in form like the metal apparten? ance to the old-style door-latch be fastened on the centre cf the lady's back, below the curve of the shoulders, ! and to be of sufficient size to accept j easily the gra?p of any dancing gentle- | mao, who could thus not only hold his fair partuer without undue pressure, but more easily steer her through the mystic contortions of the ball-room's dreamy swirl. Ladies of exhau^ticss i - dancing proclivities and powers might j have this sweet boon securely wrought . ieto their party dresses by the cooibioed j art of the modi?fe and bl^ek?nath. ! Others who only occasioaaiiy (for lack j of. breath and conscience sake) deliver; themselves to the rapturous glide, j could have a more modest hacdie fas- j te.Mcd to a lovely belt, which should j accoajp?ny them and he donned upon j the acceptance of a partner. We bard ly think, however, that either side will consent to the proposed change. The present style is much more sociable. The "undue pressure" is generally en? joyed by both parties. A WARNING. Plymouth, Pa., is s?rving as a ter? rible warning to other towns and cities. Some days ago au epidemic broke out in that place which has continued to increase ic virulence and numbers. In one day last week, 165 new cases I were reported, and the physicians find j themselves baffled by this strange and deadly disease. AU accounts assign the origin of the epidemic to the filthy and neglected streets and lots ; and the municipal officials are busily engaged in eleansiug the town and removing the causes of disease. The authorities need hardly be told that it would have been much better to have done this important work at an earlier day, for the darkened homes and grief stricken hearts of many in Plymouth have convinced them of that fact, and there is but little reason to doubt bat that they are in a great measure responsible for the ravages of j this plague. So we say that Plymouth should be a warning to other towns. Sumter has an enviable reputation for good health. Malaria is almost un? known, and we doubt if a town in South Carolina can show a lower death rate. Her soil is so porous that it freely absorbs much that might other? wise vitiate the atmosphere, but with aU these natural advantages it will be neces? sary that rules of cleanliness be en? forced. Most of us require some government even in matters where self interest would seem to dictate a proper course of action. In hygienic matters a com? petent and careful board of health is very necessary, (we supput? there is one in Sumter,) and their experience will enable them to dictate a course of management which will insure Sumter against the pestilential visits of epidem? ics. We have no doubt that the Council, j alive as it is te the vital interests of the town, will see that this matter is not overlooked, and th?t cleanliness will be rigidly enforced. THE CENSUS. Quite a number of the papers of the State have had something to say on the above subject. The law requires that it shall be taken, bat the Legislature, iTprope'T?ys.the Senate, did not see 3&r%0 make any pi^yjsion^for its execu? tion and hence the probab?3-T?o?|JH Its requirements. We think this neglect on the part of our law-makers wrong, because it not only violates the law bat does a positive injustice to those counties whose popu? lation has increased sufficiently ance the last censas to add one or more to the number of their representatives. It was very plain that much of the opposi? tion to the Census bill last W in ter came from Counties which would probably lose in representation ; bnt it seems that legislators should be above such petty jealousies, especially when a violation of the law of the land was in question. A member of the Sumter delegation writes a strong letter to the Newe and Courier on this important matter. Af? ter quoting the law on the subject at issue, and showing how the expense can be met mainly by an appropriation by the United States Government, he closes with the following summary : I think it has been thus shown : 1st. That by the Constitution and the Statutes the duty of having the cen? sus taken in 1885 is peremptorily re? quired; and 2d. That funds available for that purpose will readily be forthcoming to pay for the necessary work. The only remaining question is : Ought it to be done? The mandatory injunction io thc or? ganic law of the State," the solemn en? actment of the State Legislature, the duty of rendering obedience to written constitutions and laws and thc danger of disregarding and trampling upon their requirements ought to be a com? plete answer to the question. But there is5 if possible, a higher rea? son. One of the fundamental princi? ples of our republican institutions is that "representation shall be apportion? ed accordiog to population." Yet it is shown by the United States census of 18S0, a census which has been thor? oughly tented and which every one believes tb be exact in all respects, that some counties to South Carolina have more Representatives than they are en? titled to. while others have not that representation guaranteed by our Con? stitution. Upon the basis of that cousus, the ratio of increase since that time being the ?me throughout the State, the startling fact is disclosed that one coun? ty to-day has nearly twice aa many Rep? resentatives aa it is entitled to, while other counties are denied their just rep? resentation Is this honest ? Is it ! equitable? Is it faw? And yet this j gross inequality must, perchance, re? main until the next "tenth year," to i wit; until 18&5, unless eur Coestitu- j tion is obeyed and our Statutes enforced j by ordering the eensu? taken this year. | A TROUBLESOME EXCURSION. May 1st, the School Commissioner of j Abbeville got up an exe?rsion to | Greenville, for the children in that and j neighboring counties, iu which possibly j 1000 persons took part. A large por- | tion of the visitors were youog, and j they spent a delightful day in the i Mountain City, starting on the return trip late in the afternoon, after which ; all enjoyment was at an end. A few j young bloods who deserve to sppnd the \ remainder of the year in the Peniten tiary, got roaring drunk, ?nd changed the excursion train into Pandemonium. I Windows were broken, pistols fired, j free fights organized, torrents of filthy ' profanity filled the air, and the day ' which promised so mach pleasure marred and ruined. When the ti reached Pelzer, the demonstration came so violent and threatening I some of the passengers got off, pre nog the discomfort and expense waiting for the regular train next to continuing the trip with those dru en rowdies; but the greater numi and especially the children, were c( pell 3d to continue the journey. Whiskey men are profound advoca of personal liberty. Their libei loving souls cry out with indign?t against laws which would ourb t restrain the liquor traffic, beean forsooth, it interferes with the purs of the liberty and happiness of its ad cates. We wonder if these lovers freedom ever think how their pet h< by-selling whiskey-interferes w the free pursuit of liberty and happin in others. Ou the day ia question t or three liquor shops ia G reef vi made a few dollars, selling their poiso possibly a dozen rowdies eojoyed t luxury of getting drunk, and acti more like demons than men ; while the other side nearly one thousand pi sons had their day's enjoyment raine How does the account stand betwe the two parties? Is the gain to t rum shops, and the bestial enjoyme of the ruffians, offset as it was by t next day's headache and remor? sufficient to counterbalance the loss enjoyment to the other members of t party, especially to the hundreds children who perhaps had scraped t gether the laborious savings of mai weeks to take this holiday trip, and w could not take anothen for months ? it is right to shoot down a mad dog, fight back the devouring flames whit are threatening one's property, to stay vessel from discharging her pestilenc laden cargo into our sea ports, is it n right to shut up the liquor shop? What say you gentle reader ? The Abbeville Press and Banner commenting on this outrage says : Recent expressions have led us doubt the propriety of "excursions, and unless the railroad authorities sha make arrangements to prevent diso derly conduct, we think it might not I amiss for our people to remain at hon on such occasions. A guard of fou: six or tea policemen could presen order, and we see no reason for n< employing them. Would it not be better to make 1 quor sellers build a large room adjoin iog their deo, ia which they should b required, under a heavy penalty, t incarcerate every man they make drunk Excursion parties then could be free from the discomforts of their prec fehat these excursion par fl Ed afford so much satis faetorySJ fct to those whose mean will not ail^R^m to indulge' ra ai expensive holiday, '?1?o1??d~be capturei as they so frequently are by a druukei mob, and ail chance of pleasure taket away'' Can not eome penalty b< inflicted that will cheek the evil ? SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEN TION. This Convection has been io sessiot the past week ia Augusta, aod the fol lowing from the News and Couria gives its condensed history since the organization forty years ago : The Baptist Convention which meet! in Augusta to-day was organized in thai city forty years ago. A joint conven? tion of thirty-three delegates from mis? sionary societies and other religious bodies of American Baptists assembled tn Philadelphia in May, 1314, and or? ganized the "General Missionary Con? vention of the Baptist denominations in the United States for foreign missions. 7 Dr. Richard Furman, of the First Bap? tist Church in Charleston, was the first president of the Convention, and the Northern and Southern Baptists acted in entire harmony during the first thirty years of the work of the organization. The anti-slavery agitation, however, bad sprung up iu this time, aod finally obtained so many adherents among the Northern members of the Convention that the Board of Foreign Missions was induced to declare that no slave-holder would be appointed a missionary, and the Home Mission Society determined on the same course of action. Io view of this aggression the board of the Virginia Foreign Mission Society suggested a convention to confer on the best means of promoting missions and other intetestsamong Southern Baptists. Accordingly a convention, composed of 310 delegates from eight Southern States aod the District of Columbia, met in Augusta, Ga., in May, 1845, and organized thc present Southern Baptist Convention, South Carolina again sup? plying the first president in the person of Dr. Wm. B. Johnson. The design of the Convention is purely missionary, having reference to both foreign and domestic missions. It is not a legisla? tive or judicial body, and can exercise no authority over any pastor, church or association, but is rather a general de? liberative organization for the further ance of the objects named. The Convention is composed of repre? sentatives from all the Southern States, members who contribute funds or who are delegated by religious bodies con? tributing funds, the basis of representa? tion being one delegate for every $100 contributed to the fuuds of the boards of foreign aud domestic missions, and also one delegate for every $500 contributed j to the funds of State missions. The missionary work of the Convention is conducted by two boards of managers which are elected every year by the Convention ; the officers, members of the boards, missionaries and agents ap? pointed by the Convention or by any of the boards are required to be members of some regular Baptist Church ia union with the churches which compose the Convention, and the entire organi? zation represents a constituency of nearly fourteeo thousand churches and over nine hundred thousand communi? cants. - - - i i mmm To get Rid of Misery. What is the use of suffering from dyspepsia, nervous prostration or debility, when Brown's Iron Bitters will tone you up and cast these horrors out? There is joy in every bottle of this valuable tonic, lt makea bad blood good, and bids dismal people be cheerful. It brings good cheer to the dinner table, and makes the family happy. It drives away the j blues, and helps you to enjoy a hearty laugh. And all the respectable druggists keep it. ' Clarendon News. The Mano ?og young men are trying to organize a base ball club. Messrs. Legg and Bell are rebuilding new stables to replace those barned in the late fire. j Fonr prisoners are in jail-three of them awaiting trial. The Town Council of Manning hare passed* an ordinance forbidding the erection of wooden buildings in the burnt district, and a meeting of the citizens was held shortly after to en? dorse the action of the council* ? hot supper at Dudleys, given last Friday week to aid in building the Baptist church, realized $45, above all expenses. The merchants of Manning will close their stores at 7 o'clock, except on Saturdays, until next September. - ? white buzzard was seen near Jor? dan, in Clarendon a few days ago. The colored folks are somewhat exer? cised over it. mmm ? ? -i Kershaw News. Treasurer Haile did not receive a single call from the tax payers the day he opened his books for the spring col? lection, May 1st. Bed horse and eat fish are abundant. A colored woman in Camden claims to be 111 years old. Small grain crops are promising. Mr. O. V. Metts, of Camden is con? structed a novel looking cotton cultiva? tor. It is the invention of a Flat Bock Farmer. The R. B. Election held May 2d, to authorize issuing bonds for construct? ing the Palmetto Road, seems to have gone against the road. An overwhel? ming majority of those who voted were in favor of the road, but the law re? quires a majority of all property holders should vote in favor of this issue, but a great many did not vote at all. Twenty-five years ago last Tuesday, a sad catastrophe occurred at Boykin's Mill pond, about eight miles below Camden. Twenty-four persons were drowned by the sinking of a flat boat. The sad accident is remembered by many of our citizens who sustained mournful losses on that occasion. Kershaw Gazette. The gross number of tons of fertili? zers received at Camden last year, was something over one thousand seven hundred (1,700) tons or 17,000 sacks. The number of sacks received this year, was 23,111, divided as follows : Becd in January, 3,609 Recd in February, 11,594 March and April, 7,908 Total 23,111 or two thousand three hundred and eleven tons and one sack. There was also a large amount of cotton seed meal used by our planters for fertilizing purposes. Darlington News, The first number of the Centenary is now being published at the Florene e Times office. The Times bas its new power press in position, and feels happy. Dr. Mayo's lecture at the Court House, May 1st, was on "the American Sjstem of Education.*' The News says it was handled in a masterly man? ner. "'*' ^trnm Darlingy?H^king of boring an artesian we?"0"** - _2,u eq a, , ^_ State Medical Association. The State Medical Association at its meeting elected the following officers: President-O. B. Mayer, Jr., New? berry. First Vice President-Thomas J. McKie, Edgefield. Second Vice President-H. D. Fra? ser, Charleston. Third Vice President-T. Munro, Union. Becordiog Secretary-Dr. W. P. Porcher, Charl eaton. Corresponding Secretary-Dr. J. L. Dawson, Jr. Charleston. Treasurer-H. W. DeSaussure, Jr., Charleston. We congratulate Dr. Mayer upon the prominent position he bas attained among his brethren. . Privateer Items. PRIVATEER, S. C., May ll, 1885. The weather has been very variable for the past week, and colds are prevailing. The nights and mornings have been rather cool for young cotton. Dr. J. H. Furman bas sixty acres to plant in cotton yet. But having everything ready it will take only three or four days to finish, and it will make better cotton than some others who planted three and four weeks ago. The Doctor does not believe in planting cotton before the soil is warm, and the results prove that he is correct. Io contrast with this is the case of a farmer not two miles off: He planted his cotton the first week in April ; and now io his very expressive words : "My cotton is done eat up with the grass." Mr. Lawrence Geddings is the "boss" pea? nut farmer of Privateer. He has planted ten acres in this excellent tnber, without which life in the Legislature, at Court or on Sales days would be unendurable to the average mortal. Mr. G's plan is to "bar off" the old cotton rows, and splitting out the stalks of alternate rows, plant corn; then at the prop? er time for planting the peanuts, be plows out the other rows and plants. He says that pur? suing this plan he makes a full crop of corn, aud nearly as many ground peas as if all of the land were devoted to them. Mr. Matt G. Ramsey has a field of sixteen acres in corn that on last Monday averaged from eight to ten inches high, and had never been worked. He was putting the manure to it (cotton seed and kainit) then His cotton was up to a stand and he has begun chop? ping. Our enterprising young merchant and far? mer, Mr. J. Scott Dwight, and his charming wife have one of tbe handsomest boy-babies that we ever saw. As we are very skeptical of the beauties of babies in general, our opin? ion ought to be worth something. [The idea of an old bachelor bragging on a boy-baby I Now if it was a girl !-ED.] Mr. Ediotr, we congratulate the Ahbeville Medium upon having the "grit" to condemn the senseless panegyrics that Southern news? papers have been bestowing upon Gen. Grant. We remember its being reported that he said while President. "Let them try to impeach me and I will land them in Fortress Monroe in two days." As to his generalship, it is a matter of history that in the short campaign of the Wilderness, Gen. Lee with sixty thou? sand men opposed to twice that many under Grant, whipped him back at every point and I inflicted a loss of sixty thousand men (equal his own force at the start) on the hosts of Grant. And when forced into the lines of Petersburg this army, constantly dwindling, with little or no reinforcements, held a line forty miles long, for niue months, against the ever augmenting army of Grant, until less than nine thousand laid down their arras to one hundred and eighty thousand at Appo? mattox. We sympathize with Gen. Grant in bis sad illness just as we would with any other terribly diseased person ; but to bold up one who, in a great measure is responsible for his own misfortunes, as a martyr, and a patriot, is nauseating to say the least. DEW. Mother Eve Criticised-Churches Worldlings-A Good Paper. SMITHVILLE, S. C., May 5, 1885. Mr. Editor : I have beeo thinking for some time of dropping yon a line or two to let you know that we are still going on in the even tenor of our way, with nothing to disturb or worry us but that which falls to the common lot of as all-bard work. I have often thought, at the close of a hard day's work, that if I had been in existence, and near Mother Eve, I could have slapped her pretty face (I reckon Adam thonght it pretty) with a good grace for taking the for? bidden fruit, and also have given Father Adam a few good ones, for allowing a woman to tempt him so, and thereby bring this life of toil upon ua, instead of one of ease and comfort that we would have enjoyed, if he bad done what he was told tc do. Father Adam certainly set a bad example for us, tho' he was* nt the first man woman eve fooled, and the imitation of his act goes on to the present day. Bat with all their faults, what would the world do without them, and I expect they think the same thing about the men. Truly the Boyal Decree passed upon our fore parents is in full force to-day ; and proves conclusively, by itself, the existence of the Great I Am. Our church privileges here are good. Preaching in reach of the neighborhood every Sunday, but our people don't seem to care much about going to church or religion any way. Congregations are small except on big days, then they seem to go to "see and be seen, talk and be talked to." A young friend of ours, who ma^cs no claims to religion in any way, says he notices in the different churches he visits, that lady members have a habit now of sitting upright during prayer-the most solemn part of the service-and looking about over the church. I suggested that probably their curiosity got the better of them, and that they were rook? ing for or at new bonnets, dresses, diff?rent fashions, 4c. But he said it was for the want of a better heart, and I fear he is right. But, Mr. Editor, our people don't seem to be near so good as they used to be, in years gone by. More worldly-minded &c. Your paper comes to hand every week, and I am glad to notice its continued improve? ment. A gentleman paid it a neat compli? ment the other day. He said it represented the true state of society, viz: "Religion, Tem? perance, and Business." He said the get up was very interesting and attractive. There was certainly c good deal of cutting and slashing among the correspondents about the Farmers' Association. Well, the founders of it can congratulate themselves that all great enterprises have met with great opposition at first; for a3 the "Blood of the Martyrs was the seed of the Church," who knows but what this Association will be the seed of an Order that will completely control the Agriculture of the South. I hope so, for then we could control our crops, and get better prices for them. If these crude thoughts are acceptable, I may in the near future give you a line or two more. RENO. [We are very glad tojbearfrom "Reno" and hope he will continue to do so again-En. W. fSj]_. Wanted. To purchase a good second-hand office desk. Address, T, P. M. Sumter, S. C. Transfers of Heal Estate. The following were recorded during the month of April, with the date of purchase, and Townships and Towns given separately : B?SHOPVILLE TOWNSHIP. April 4, '85-A. C. Durant to John T. Kelly, Trustee, 1.300 acres, - " 18, '85-Wilson D. Scarborough Trustee, to Mrs. Ada E. Spencer, 30 acres, 1,050 " 22, '85-Mrs. G. C. Scarborough to Mrs. Lucy J. Dixon, 110 aerea, 100 CARTERS CROSSING TOWNSHIP. April ll, '85-S. E. McCutchen to J. E. Stuckey, Jr., 60 acres, $275 CONCORD TOWNSHIP. March 21, '85-W. S. Wilson, et. ol., Ex'rs, to David J. Winn, 100 acres, $200 LYNCHBURG TOWNSHIP. Dec. 30, '84-W. M. Baker to E. J. Boyce, 72 acres, - MT. CLIO TOWNSHIP. Jan. 17, '85-Henry W. Mackey, Ex'r, to Isabella Mackey, Ex., 90 acres. $630 H' - PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP. Jan. 1,*85-Elias Hodge to Martha A. Hodge, 33 acres, $1 April 18, '85-Josiah HA.vnesworth to Sarah C. Nettles, 97 acres," ' . _ - PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP. April 15, '85-Mary Morris, by Master, to William Boykin, 68 acres, $90 RAFTING CREEK TOWNSHIP. April 17, '85-Arthur K. Sanders, Ex'r, to Tbos. P. Sanders, 200 $5 SHILOH TOWNSHIP. March 14, '76- W. M. and Martha E. Kirkley to Daniel Kirkley, 230 acres, $450 Dec. 1, '81-Sarah S. Foxworth and others to Ervin J. Goodman 107 acres, 500 March 2. '85-Jos. E. Wilson to Henry R. Anderson, Trustee, 500 acres 516 SPRING HILL TOWNSHIP. April 6, '85-Sarah A. Foxworth by Master to Daniel J. Pipkin, 495 acres, $1,600 March 24, '85-J. R. McEachern to F. H. McEachern, 162 acres, 600 Jan. 21, '85-Ellen M. Hancock to Jos. E. Barnett, 57 acres, 500 SUMTER TOWNSHIP. April 17, '85-Mrs. P. G. Bowman to Roseodorf & Co. 23 acres, $150 TOWN OF MAYESVILLE. April 10, '85-J. W. Dennis by Sher? iff to Mrs. Blanche Strauss, 1 lot, $20 Jan. 20, '85-Annie Billups to John C. McCall, 1 lot, 100 SUMTER TOWN. March 9, '85-Louisa Williams and Benjamin Lawson, Trustee, to Mat* tie M. Boykin, 1 lot, '$285 PICNIC! PIC NIC! Ho For Columbia-Tuesday, May 19th, 1885. THE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL cf the jSumter Station will have their Annual Pic Nie in Columbia on above date. Train of special coaches will leave Sumter at 7 A.M.; returning from Columbia at 7 P. M. PRICE OF TICKETS. Round Trip tickets will be sold to the Sun? day School children, 50 cents; Adults, 75 cents; All others$1.00. As only a limited number of tickets will be printed parties are requested to purchase tick? ets br Saturday, 16th inst. Tickets on sale at Folsom & Bro's Jewelry Store. L. W. FOLSOM. R. S. HOOD. J. W. DARGAN, JR. Committee. Oice of Connty Commissioners, SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTER, S. C., May 9, 1885. The Board of Countv Commissioners, here? by give notice thattbe'rUBLIC HIGHWAYS of the County must be KEPT OPEN ?3 the law directs, (20 feet in width) except roads leading to Charleston, Georgetown, Camden, Hamburg orCheraw to be kept open THIRTY FEET in width. Any parties plowing in said distances in Public Highways, or io any way obstructing said Highways will be duly prosecuted. By order of Board. T. V. WALSH, May 12, 2t. _Clerk. Sliter BnilcLing & Loan Association. "XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A meeting of the Subscribers to the Capi? tal Stock of the "Sumter Building and Loan Association" will be held in Music Hall on Wednesday, May 27th, instant, at 8o'ciock P. M. A full attendance of the Subscribers is ear? nestly requested as busines of importance will be transacted. W. D. BL ANDING ") W. R DELGAR. ? D. JAMES WINN. }Incorporators. WM. H. CUTTJNO. | WM. YEADON. J SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be seid at Sumter C. H., on the first MONDAY and day following in JUNE next, 1885, and as many day j thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : All that piece, parcel or lot of Land, situate in the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, containing One Hundred and Three-Acres, (103) bounded aa follows : On the North by land of J. J. Durant, East by landofThos. D. Foxworth, South by land of E. J. Good? man, and West by land of Arthur B. Kenne? dy, levied on as the property of C. Boyle, Administrator, under Execution of D. G. Huggins against the said C. Boyle, Adminis? trator. All that lot of Land containing one-foortb of an acre more or less, in the Tillage of Mag? nolia, Sumter County, adjoining lands of the W. C. & A. Railroad Company, lands now or formerly of Estates of C. Boyle, George Mey? ers and Mrs. Eugenia McIntosh, levied upon as the property of John M. Miller, under Ex? ecution of L?rick k Lowrance, against T. N. Griffin and John M. Miller. MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriffs Office, May 8, 1885._ Estate of George Wi Cooper, DECEASED. WE WILL APPLY to the Judge of Pro? bate of Sumter County on Saturday, June 6tb, 1885, for a final discharge as Executors and Executrix of aforesaid Estate. ROBERT M. COOPER. ROSA. S. COOPER. W. A. COOPER, May 5-4t_Executors. ATKINS' MILLS, Mayesville, S. C. THE UNDERSIGNED will have ' his WHEAT MILL in operation by the 20th of May. It is one of STRAUB'S QUEEN OF ! THE SOUTH, and has FRENCH BURR ! STONES of the finest quality. His FEED MILL is in splendid condition. ! It turns out the best of feed, directly from the ; unshu'eked ear, thoroughly grinding and mixing the shuck, corn and cob, and thereby j adding at least 25 per cent, to the feeding value of the core. I Patronage solicited and satisfaction guar? anteed. J. E. ATKINS, April 21_Mayesvifie, S. C. MILLINERY. Mrs. WHITE -AND Miss MILLER WOULD INVITE the attention of their 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, Ac, in all the new shades. ZEPHYR. CANVAS, EMBROIDERY SILK. Give us a call before purchasing. April 21_ O'CONNOR S BAKERY BOOMING. The undersigned informs his friends and pat? rons that he has RE-OPENED HIS BAKERY, and is now located in the STORE ADJOINING B. J. BARNETT'S, where be will keep a FULL AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of every article to be fonnd in A FIRST CLASS 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 solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. F. J. O'CONNOR. April 14_ A. J. CHINA, DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines and C liemicals. FINE TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, ?c., Ac PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES AND DTE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, ie. x Price's Cream Batting Powder, Which for purity, strength and healthfulness stands alone. ITew Patent Star Lamp, Giving a light equal to 3 or 4 ordinary lamps and is perfectly safe. Knickerbocker Shoulder Braces, For ladies and gents. Easily adjusted and worn with comfort. Full supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. I April 9_ Jj! SPRING SUMMER MILLINERY. The Misses McElhose Would call the attention of their Customers and the public generally, to their large and varied assoitment of SPRING AND SUMMER MILINERY GOODS, -CONSISTING IN PART OP 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. ICE CREAM I ICE CREAM ! I HAVE 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! ICE! I will deliver daily from ice wagon to cus? tomers, ice in any quantity, at the following prices : less 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 ice at all times, and I ask the pat? ronage of tbe citizens to enable me to keep my ice house open all the season. W. J. ANDREWS. April 14 Last week I announced that I had in store one of the Finest and Prettiest STOCKS OF GOODS ever shown in Sumter._ I now inform the pub lie that FRIGES ARE LOWES than eyer before offered* | ?Stoeik Complete in every j department? i Call and examine? ?.BARGAIN are here for all who come. ST i Ai Ai April 21 m J. B. CARR, NEXT DOOR NOBIE OF MONAGHAN'S, Main Street, Sumter, S. C. OFFERS A CHOICE STOCK, EMBBACIKG DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, NOTIONS. CANNED GOODS, TIN-WARE, WOODEN-WARE, &c, &C.? &c. All of which will be sold at the same low prieesytfiat have made this store popular with cash buyers. The patronage of the public is invtited. J. B. CARIL >'?? .-VI . - I MUTUAL SELF-HOWMH?T -AND BEWOLENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. ATLANTIC DEPARTMENT. (Embracing Virginia, X. and S. Carolina.) OFFICE, GREENVILLE, 8. C. W. D. MAYFIELD, D. D., Saperia tendent and Department President. J. D. MAYFIELD, Department Secretar?. T. T. EARLE, M. D., Department Medical Director. HOME OFFICI, FORT WORTH, TKX. SAM CUNDIFF, President. E. M. MACY, Secretary. A, W. MORRISON, Treasurer. In other plans of Insura nce Men have to die ; in our* they have to ?tee to get their money. This Association it now a strong and mighty organization, and well organised all the way across the Continent It has passed the period of experiment and peril. It has a membership, Feb. 1st, 1885, of about 15,000; and is growing more rapidly, perhaps, than any association in America, We pay insurance during life. We pay all oor death benefits in foll, and pay them promptly. Oar coupons are paid as they mature. Oar reserre fand, loaned to our members, will suffice to pay our maturing coupons for twelve months to come. N. G. OSTEEN, LOCAL AGENT, Sumter, S. C. J* B, CARR, Contractor amt Build?1. Plans and specifications furcishc? o? short notice. The undersigned' bas on band-a Mrg? ?sd fine .assortment of lwriberr comprising WELL SEASONED FLOORING DRESSED, TONGUED AND- GROOVED, A fine lei of D1SSSU) CYPRESS PLA5Ir A large lot of Cypress Palings, trimmed and druged, besides a large assortment of PINE LUMBER Of all sixes. Anything not en band witt be promptly ordered. Feb 24 J. B. CARE. AN ASSORTMENT -OF PICTURE FRAMES -AT THE Photographic Gallery, Photographs of Children a Specialty. G. H. LEWIS, Photographer. Dec 9 in present? given away. Send us ju v? 5 cents postage, and by mail you will gel free a package of goods of large Talue, that will start you in work thai will at once bring you in money faster than anything lese in America. All about thc $200,000 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 ai at their own homes. Fortunes for all work? ers absolutely assured. Don't delay. H. Hallet & Co., Portland, Maine. C. I. HOYT & BRO* Hatched, docto, Jewelry, Spectacle REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain? ing to Breech-Loading GOBS* Dec 16 t i FOR SALE. House ?nd Lot on Washington Street? ? SUMTER, S. C. Wm be sold low, and oa easy tarma toa responsible purchaser. Apply to