Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Atlaota-ooTcr does things by baives. ^^be- . -.' ** iboroogbly reconstructed and B|p;?"':.' ::^'1oyaJ? and does not inteud that the Cio cinnati Commercial shall ever have Ireason to call ber -'rebel" again. A j jnooaio^Dt to Sherman, the fulsome eo ll I fogiesjUti?rmfi tn wbiCb no Southon) ^ japers except the Richmond Dispatch W' ?as exceeded our Atlanta cotempora * . rios, sod the attendance of thc Gate P^1;V> ;j^*J Guards ought certainly to take At WF' - . Iaot* oat of tho rebel Hues, ??od place j ^^^^7^ter!n%n and dry npoo the rock of loy f^M^^^^^m^fy Se sure you ?re right and then ^^*^^^^goah?sd. At biota pays strict regard ^p?- ?^^^ the latter clause of the above maxim. ^^SrteJ^*^ Canadian iosnrgent, bas o^^?ea tried sod coodemoed to death. T-^r^^feb fart Iktie hope of reprieve. We f ?^3fre inclined to think be deserves his ;.b^;';^fcto. Be most have known that a few ?feteoV?d half-breeds woo ld be powerless %^?i??p&h^4fc^ well trained troops of the -*i???>ioioo, ?.niliU*t-Lbe ?meute, while it i^0? oetorietj, would inev ^^^^es?Hm Mare.and that too, at ^^^?^W^ose^of. -maoyr- :l?Tes, We have j^?^^?n^:oC'??bcl blood in us but a man 'pf^^^|^0kosTeas- w?Ii; aa^a fool who goes Ifel???ojoia?. iosorreetkm with failure staring ?r]iow^nso>ed tTeir-~| P^???^'oamfel? Minnie f^??^^^?^^W'^^\^^ie w$-' ^8^M?^ ?rt?t?ed^ dl|s j^inc-e Sheriff Sallie discovered Ms whe'rcr f abouts and airrested him; H??derson says his shoo-io g toe woman was an I accident, as hti was try ing to get a shot ii a man when she interfered. He says liquor is at the bottom of it all, and that he' will never take another drink. We Jrave^^y donbt bot that^ liquor tsiattfciKix&t?t?? Of the row, boT wernup asto j nis'b^cpir^nga^?etotafer. ' At any rate it would, be a good idea: for the Judge [to-send kim to the penitentiary lo'p&| etrowgn to ae^tom Mm to sober habits. THIS SUMMEB MEETING. The- meeting at Ben net ts ville was a magnificent success. The large atten ; dance of . delegates, the deep interest [manifested iu -the work-set for them.to >, ao?Uhe iarge-hearted liWality of Marlboro people-were ?ach:; 'marked features of the occasion and- added muchf tents importance. / J .-."./. ^^Tere^g? that, want of . space,, com \ pela us tb ^omit * fail ?eco a nt ; cf the 1 MUKB?K IN DALLINGTON. Au old ?au named. Emanuel Byrd ?abe* a?d k?&d one of . Iiis. SOD s, last li^wsdvf, w^e^eX^'soB^.wa^ tearing I dowci a: cotton press on the o?d mao's .?na. There has been bad blood ber tween the parties for some years, grow? ing xsut of UK*ey matters, 'and the mur? der was the culmination of the dispute. Yo??g Byrd had a pistol, package.of cartridges and bottle of whiskey iu bis pocket when shot. ?I The causes which led to such a hor r?%ie erimc will eyer be found among people who believe in pocket.pistols and whiskey as two of the necessaries of life. pl |?flfi THBICITA?EIZ^^; ' W?*?Board of TiMtore of the Citadel Aca^fc;my^eid a; Dieting last wee)?, dur-. i^g-W??eh. the charges against Cadet Kr were in ves treated and the |ftD of SoperirJ |kt Thomas ?two -years I Won to a Buer, ??gentry by tbexor^flM^^pucb opposition from the^pi?ranff il?e- recent trial was the result. . The Boara* after ? lengiby investiga-: lion fo und -Scbiriuer not guilty of the 'ehargei but tliooght his promotion uu : merited and; vtuerefore directed the Su? perintendent to revoke his appointment as Sergeamt. - Col. Thomas refused to execute the order, as in bis opinion, it was illegal, and thereupon the Board, \ which had already accepted the resigna? tion of the' Superintendent, to take ef? fect 1st October, reconsidered their ac? tion^ and adopted a resolution that his resignation be accepted to take effect im? mediately. " ff; ' <? ? -W We kn?w nothing about the true in? wardness af the difficulty, and therefore can not A; an opinion, except that tbe whot^^kir is most unfortunate for the A cad? mibe prosperity of which will, we be seriously checked thereby. . We think Col. Thomas* resignation will prove a loss to ttie State and regret thc concatenation of e^ots which made i it necessary^_ GEN. GEANT IEE?D . \_. The funeral obsequics^?pmmenccd .fest Tuesday. 4tb, at Mt. McGregor, \ wjien-Parson Newman delved the earSerly Ic^ked^^^g^f^PlC^^ j tbe^wj^*Was a more remarkable one tuan.thc one he pronounced last year over the body of Senator Stanford's son in California. It is fortunate for the reverend gentleman that he has no reputation except that of a blather? skite, lits latest effbit will certainly add to His notoriety in that line.' On the 5th the body was taken to Albany where il lay in State, and was viewed by at least sixty thousand per? sons, and thc next day was taken to the City Hall, New York, which was opened to the pablic for nearly two days. Puring this time a steady stream of sight seers, in au uubrokeu column, from 6 in the morning until one at night swarmed through the building for a last look al the wasted face of the dead. General. The embalming pro? cess, was not a success and the embalm? ers, undertook to patch op their work by painting the face, but after all their efforts, the familiar features of Graut were not foond iu the coffin. Some? thing far different met the gaze of the countless thousands who hurried past daring the long hours of Thursday and Friday. At 9 o'clock Saturday morning the lino ot .march of thc pro? cession was taken up, and after ! numerous delays, almost inseparable from an occasion of this kind, the cata? falque containing the body reached Riv? erside Park lying immediately on the banks of the Hudson and nine miles from the City Hall. The march was very trying to those on foot, but no serious accident occurred. ! Thor/were about 50,000 persons in ?the procession composed of Grand Army men, oumcrous picked corps of volunteer troops, and a. dctachmeut of JJ S-troops; whilo President Cleve? land and bis Cabinet, the Governor of I New York with a number of other State ^oy^fnorsi, the ciyte antbpfities of New f;Y?r?:i^V a large nam ber of ?. S. Wfl?^with ? ?ll staff in magnificent uniforms led the procession. It is sup? posed that-at least4^000,000 of people were packed along the line of march "between the City Halt and the Park. The foody was deposited in. an ele? gant casket which with- numerous ^sl?^^was enclosed in ;\ Me*?S stee^ case, placed in a temporary brick vault built at the upper end of Riverside -Park. . -, The religious services were quite sim - pie and the- immense throng .quietly dispersed. ' mm i i' i ii " " ;,J< FREE TUITION: ,. The resolution below was adopted at tb?'Distr?ct:Conference 'M.'BS. Church South, at its late meeting in Manning, '%?$ speaks with "no uncertain - sound on the question of free tuition : 6. That we arc profoundly ^convinced ..that free tuition upon .the part of the State -in .its: University . .at Columbia, which in our judgment should be con-, fined to the free common schools, is no just in principie, injurious in practice, and must ultimately work injury to all institutions under- the : care of the Church ; and that we shall ever oppose such methods on the part of the State, which conflicts with principles of justice and right. THE CITADEL EMBROGLIO. The Schirrner Matter and the Canse . of the. Superintendent's Resigna? tion Explained by Col. Thomas. . {.Fnm?eNews a?d Courier, Aua.1.~[ ; \ CIIAEMSTON; August 6. To Hie Editor ,of the News and Courier; Ablate Sujerinfend?nt of the South Carolina Slilitary Academy, justice to myself as well as to the cause of sound discipline in the State's military school constrains me reluctantly to br?ale my reticence io connection with my resigna? tion and to place the facts before the public tribunal. The case is best stated tn the .logical order of the following communications: 1. Under date of July'5, 1885, Col. Thomas, Superintendent, wrote as fol? lows to General Hagood, Chairman the Board of Visitors : "The JSxecutive, Board of Visit fitton ofy the SuperiBr _ involving, as I holds prioc^HPTal to discipline, I take leave to state xbat.I feel that I liave not been sustained, and that the Executive Com? mittee has not given to my office the consid?ration due to it under the law of the Academy. * i Hence Piba-ve the honor, agreeably to Article 5th, Regulations, to give the required notice of resignation." Soon thereafter l applied to the Chair? man, for h is consent to my making pub? lic this notice of my resignation in order that the issue- made might be distinct and disconnected from subsequent de? velopments. To this the Chairman, on ground of good of the Academy, de? clined-to assent. 2. Under date of August 2, 1885, Colonel Thomas, Superintendent, wrote as fellows to General Hagood, Chairman Board of Visitors : "My communication of Jilly 5; 1885, contains the immediate grounds of my resignation. Desiring^ the T3oard "of Visitors to understand fully my cause of action, I have the honor to request that you submit. to that body the reports Nos. 1 and 2, enclosed herewith, which the Executive Committee of the Board did not deem it expedient to investi? gate. "While the serious differences of opinion growing out of a grava question of discipline, and some discord in general between the Board of Visitors and the Superintendent, make my retire? ment from my office imperative and ? irrevocable, let me here express theJ sentiment that moves me of unim^rcd devotion to my Alma Mater^Connect? ed for uearly twenty yijySwUh the old Academy viu?jh^ff^\?^ thus bound to boty^>?fro0g ties and tender mcra (es7 I shall continue to maintain with unswerving loyalty thc cause of thc Citadel. No longer serving the Acade? my under the Board, I shall be found iu the ranks of the citizenship of thc State doing all in my power to magnify South Carolina's school of arts and arms, an institution absolutely indispensable to the full development of the mental and moral forces of her youth. No longer the executive of the Board, I shall bc its ally and its champion iu every wise measure of its future admin? istration. "Allow me to close with thc expres? sion, heretofore made three years ago, of. my appreciation and confidence of the Board of Visitors in calling me to the work of re-establishiog this school, of reluming thc fires on the academic altar. lu my sphere [ have sought, God knows how earnestly, to lay the foundations broad aud deep ; to make the scholar? ship of thc academy thorough, accurate and polished ; its soldiership industrious and genuine ; its code of ethics high ; in fine, to cast it in a mould as lofty as I could fat-hion. This has been my firm purpose How far I have effected it, and to what extent I am myself respon? sible for my unrealized ideal, I shall leave to thc public judgment. But this I know, and will declare, that I have buiided thc best I knew how ; that I have tried tn comprehend my trust and to keep faithful to lt with singleness of aim. "That thc Board of Visitors has sought thc good of the charge com? mitted to it I have never doubted ; and my prayer is that its administration may be blessed with the largest and. best re? sults for the Academy and the country. "Wheu the time shall come for meto relinquish my trust, I congratulate my? self upon the fact that I shall bc enabled to turn over to the Board of Visitors the Academy in excellent working order, and without oue dollar's iodebt cdness.'' 3. On August 4. 1385, wheo the Board of Visitors, sitting,at tbe Citadel, were on thc eve of adjournment sine die. Quartermaster Woke, saying that he had been directest so to do, handed nie the paper anuexed, signed S. B. Jones, Secretary It came without previous consultation with the Superin? tendent, a,n>3. was a surprise to that officer fc??^U?C he bad been led to con? clude from tiie individual views ex prpsedfSt? ii im' ?y a ; til" tuber ur' thc; Board ttiat die hVding>.f the Court of Inquiry^ would be she end of the Scbirm?r matter/and: that my promo? tion of Cadet Schirnier would uot be called in question : Extracts from Min??tes. CADET SCHIRMEKE CASE.-When the recent Court of Inquiry was convened the-Board of Visitors reserved to itself to inqure, beyond the charges ?nd spe? cifications presented, into the fitness of Cadet Schirraer for the office to which be was appointed. Having discharged this duty, ^"Resolved, That, considering all the circumstances developed, while the Board have acquitted Cadet Schirm er in the Court of Inquiry of the charges affecting his character as a gentleman, yet in their apprehension the academic career of the Cadet does not exhibit qualifications enabling him to discharge the duties of an officer usefully* to the Academy. The Superintendent is, therefore directed to revoke Cadet I Schirmers appointment asa Sergeant of thecorp3;' Immediately upon its receipt, invit? ing the Chairman to my office, I re? spectfully but briefly notified bim that, deeming the order illegal^ I did not in? tend to execute it. He replied, in substance that there was nothing more tobe said, and the interview ended. L here state, in vindication of my soldierly character, that I stood on th?se grounds : the regulations of the Academy make up the code of the Academy and stand to. the Board of Visitors and the Superintendent in the relation of army regulations to officers and subordinates. The regulations of the South Carolina Military Academy, though made up~by the Board of Visi? tors, under the authority conferred in thc Act passed December 2, 1842, and entitled 'An Act to convert the Arsenal at Columbia and the Citadel and Maga? zine in and near Charleston into military..scboois,,, are binding equally on the Board and on the Superinten? dent. , Art. 3, Regulations S. C. M. A., reads -The Superintendent will have immediate government of the Academy, and be held responsible for its correct I management.* . Art. 72 reads thus : The caJ?B of the Academy shall cons^ I military corps, and shall hsM military discipliner^^ iheSaDerinte^^ I ll iHnt from Kn most ^performance ^^^M^^^^r^nost eiemplary in pPRr^leral deportment." ; Again--'Cadet: officers, of whatever rank, arirequired to be loyal to their trust and^n do their dnty with courtesy, ?bot at the ?ame time with firmness and entire impartiality^ Any cadet officer wh~o neglect^his duty and betrays the confidence^reposed in him will. be re . doced to the ranks,' &c. It is not stated, be it noticed, that the cadet officer must ol necessity be popular with ?is comrades; * Being summarily called upon, without j^eyious conference on a delicate matter* t? revoke the appoint? ment which I ba? niade under the law -in which appointment, as to its wis? dom and propriety* I have been author ized by Major Cain. IjenJk^fflgaver, Ur^ S, A., and Caft?^^man Hall, of my | late military family, to state, if I deem? ed it contributory to my vindication, j that, although not orginally consulted by me in the making of it, they fully concurred with me-I could not hesitate as to my duty. To revoke Cad ?? Sergeant Scbirmer s appointment was to reduce him to the ranks, to pot bim under ban without canse and without trial-to deny him the rights and priv? ileges accorded to other cadets. ? That, in my judgment, was the plain; English of the order that came to me, As the Regulations state that a cadet officer can be deprived of his office only when be neglects duty or bot ray s confidence reposed rn bim, I held tW the order .0/ the Board was clearly illegals ?tjd' I felt as a man.and soldie.r^?solved from any*obligation tojsfej' Bt\d order. I could not ani wooltl- not serve at the altarp/rWnafc I deemed illegal sacrifice ?^iT?egal as to the written law and the Regulations, aiid also to the nnwritten law of common Justice. ' "' 4t. Subsequently, the same evening of August 4, I sent to the Chairman the following fonnal notice : *I have riceived the order of the Board ot Visitors directing me to re? voke Cadet Scbirmet's appointment as Sergeant of the corps. Without en? tering iota the question of the legality of the order, I have the honor to decline to be the instrument, in my official pos? ition as Superintendent, for doing what I regard a serious injustice to a worthy and de serving cadet by inflicting upon bim that punishment which, by the re? gulations of the Academy, is especially appropriated to the case of a 'cadet officer who neglects his duty and be? trays the confidence reposed in him,' neitiier of which offences Cadet Ser? geant Scbirmer has committed, or is alleged to have committed.1 fj?he News and Courier of August 5, oy authority of 'some member or members of tho Board of Visitors,'as the Chairman subsequently informed me, announced that my resignation had been accepted, to take effect, as I had proposed July 28, on October 1 next. This was my first notice of action 00 my resignation, although I bad on July 15 and July 18 urgently but unsuccess? fully asked leave of the Chairman to make thc fact of said resignation public. 5. About 5 P. M. August 5 General Walker, acting Secretary of thc Board of Visitors, sent me the following papers : Extract from thc Minutes of the Board of Visitors S. C. M. A. August 4, 1885. The resignation of Colonel J. P. Thomas as Superinten? dent of the Academy was received aud accepted by thc Board, to take effect October 1, 1885, and the following re? solutions were adopted : * Resolved. That the Board of Visitors in acceptiog the resignation of Colonel J. P. Thomas, Superintendent South Carolina Military Academy, desires to express its sense of the zeal and earnest? ness with which he has discharged the duties of his office, and that in retiring from the institution he carries with him the best wishes of the Board for his future welfare.' August 5, 1SS5. 'On motion, thc action of thc Board relative to Colonel Thomas's resignation at the meeting August 4 was reconsidered and the fol? lowing substituted therefor : .Resignation of Cobnel Thomas was c submitted. 'Resolved, 1. That Colonel Thomasa' resignation tis ^Superintendent be accept ed, to take effect to-day. '2 That tito sen oj/ officer present for. duty is placed in command and will dis? charge the duties of Superintendent un? til further orders.' .. My refusal to revoke his appointment, and to reduce Cadet Sergeant Schirrner to the ranks, explains the change of ac? tion by the Board towards me. My resignation was based upon the fallare of the Executive Committee of the Board to sustain discipline on the occasion of two serious violations of the special law of thc Academy, formally and regularly reported by the Superin? tendent and ignored by the Executive Committee of the Board. As to the circumstances under which my resignation of July 5 was finajly ac? cepted, I am content to leave the mat? ter at issue with the tribunal before which, with as little commentas I could afford, I have placed H. Until dissatisfaction of cadets with the promotion of Cadet Schirrner met en? couragement from those in anthority, my work in establishing the South Carolina Military Academy upon a sound basis and patting it upon a suc? cessful career had not been questioned. If I have retired from my post, after arduous service, without the commen? dation of the Board of Visitors,- I can at feast hope for that higher reward, the approval of the people of the State, for whom in this work I have labored. JOHN P. THOMAS. The Citadel Court and its Conclu? sions. We sympathize with Cadet Schirrner, of the Citadel Academy, because we suspect be has much difficulty in under? standing bis own position. A vast quantity of applied mathematics will be required to figure out exactly what the decision of the Board of Visitors means, and where it places the unhap? py cadet. The finding is, as near as we can come to it, that the accused is guilty of vio? lating bis promise, but that the promise was not 'faithfully and solemnly given that he is guilty onaJ^^J^jfco spccificati^L^atf jRlnas faithfully and truth? fully, ana^kewise solemnly, interpreted the language of the Board of Visitors. In attempting to analyze the finding we are forced to conclude that there is an attempt to establish degrees in lying. The cadet was tried for "conduct unbe? coming a gentleman/ the specifications being that be had broken promises 'faithfully and solemnly' given. The finding is that he has broken promises but that they were nob 'faithfully and solemn? ly* given, and therefore his conduct has not been unbecoming a gentleman. In other words, a gentleman may break a promise but not a faithful and solemn promise, which is something of a reve? lation to those of us who have been taught that any promise given by a gen tie tr. aa is entitled to be kept. We are left in a haze of doubt. Some member of the Board oogbt to puJdjUnr a receipt for making nromi&e"taithful ly^an'? sojejcnnly. I^ey-fraye seen nothing so luminous on /the subjectif prevarication among gentlemen, excepting Touchstone's de? scription of his quarrel with the courtier: '* * * ?If again it was not well cut be would answer, I spake not true ; ^HSlis called the Reproof valiant: if againSit was not well cut, he would say I lie: ibis is called the Countercheck quarrelsome : and so to the Lie circum? stantial Jand the lie direct.' * *i* * I durst ?? no further {nan TiksJ^circumstantial, nor he duct not give^S5^tAcI?o direct; and si we measured swords anofpM?tea\' Tie whole thing looks like a laborious effrrt to let somebody down easy. But we can't make out who it is.-Green ville New?. Clarendon News. A Shanghai rooster was killed by lightning last week in Br. J. I. Ing? ram's yard. On last Thursday Ripley Hews, young man about 15 years old in the employment of Mr. R. B. H?dgins of Fores ton, was killed by failing under the wheels of a tram car which be was driv? ing. He was alone, at work in the woods, when the accident occurred, and it ts supposed that death must have followed instantly. The Executive Committee has been called by County Chairman, J. F. Rbame, Esq., to meeton the 1st day of September next to provide for filling the vacancy caused in the representation in tho Legislature by the death of Mr. Arthur Harvin.-r?Yroes. Kershaw News. Five and three quarter inches of rain fell in Camden in July. Br. W. A. Nelson of Raleigh will preach in the Baptist church at Cam? den every night for a week or ten days after next Thursday. Parts of Kershaw County were visit? ed by a heavy rain and wind storm, Sunday the 2nd. A tramp named Jim Smith travel? ing through the upper portion of Ker? shaw spent the night at the house of a widow and a case of love at first sight was the result, and in a short time tbe two were married. Smith enjoyed bis unexpected good luck for a week and left having cajoled bis foolishly found wife out of all her money. The Kershaw County Agricultural Association met last week. Dr. D. L. DcSaussure was made President. Burlington News. Thc Floral Fair was a brilliant suc? cess. Thc day was pleasant, comforta? bly cool and clear. From thc receipts at thc gates, thc attendance was larger than last year. Very near if not quit a hundred delegates on their way to the farmers' meeting in Bennettsville ar? rived on the morning train and took ic the fair. They were thus enabled to see thc treasures the earth is here made to yielJ, and the skill of our farmers in that serving. They expressed them? selves as highly pleased with the exhi? bition, and consider this as a goodly land somewhat like that |one that was said to flow with milk and honey. Florence Times. On Sunday, thc regular first Sunday in August, rain came and it was a good one. Wherever it fell in the . county the old corn is sure of full crop as it is so far advanced that one more rain only was needed iM WL-S ail danger. The yoong jcprii jfiU.t? In^a fair condi ti?n to bial??' witi?^al^Iittl?''more rain. The tendency exhibited last week io some rdaces, of cotton throwing off wil be checked: If August is not too wet there is no doubt that oar crops will be the best ever- made in tho- county. Darlington Newt. The Smithville Excursion. [Special Corresp. Watchman and Southron.] SMITHVILLE, N. C., August 9. The trip from Sumter to Wilmington on Monday night, the 3d, was made on schedule time, and with no incident to vary the occasion from similar ones heretofore, with which your readers are familiar. Aboard the Passport, with Capt Harper's steady hand at the wheel directing our course down the Cape Fear to Smithville, where we arrived abont ll o'clock, the pleasures of our excursion really commenced. The trip down the river was one of the most pleasant of these ever enjoyable excursions. Oar Wilmington friends tamed oat in force?! and shewed us welcome both in words and action. With one or two exceptions our en? tire party are stopping at the Hotel Brunswick, and, thanks to Dr. Curtis, the proprietor, Mr, Anderson, the Man? ager, and their obliging clerk, Mr. Edmondson, who are doing everything that can be done for our pleasure, we are having a royal time. Dancing, of course, is the principal amusement, as our party is composed largely of young folks-although the older ones seem to enjoy it as much as we do. We have, I think, the prettiest and nicest chaperons that were ever brought together at one place. Be? sides those from home with whose sterl? ing worth every one there is familiar, ?] have had the honor of meeting and the pleasure of spcndiog sometime in the company of Mrs. Dr. Cartis, wife of mine host, Mrs. Bates, wife of the President of New Hanover Bank, of Wilmington, and Mrs. Thorpe, wife of Mr. E. J. Thorpe, of the W. & " and the cannot resist the temptation of trying at least to say something to show that I am not entirely oblivious to the beauties of nature. Almost in the centre of the river which i8 very wide at this point and directly in front of the hotel, is Battery Island, a long narrow strip of land as green as the play-groond in the Fairy Land ; then on.the opposite side of the river as a background to the picture, is Bald Head Island, covered with a thick growth of very dark green trees, which give a most beautiful effect. On the point of this island, which forms the southern boundary to the harbor stands Bald Head Light House, rising nearly 100 feet. Directly across from the Light House and to the right of Smith? ville is Fort Cass weil, which stands, with its mold and bats, to testifyVfrW| tA^?^i^rorp^?rcerTalnly looks Ut my eye, as though it coald when in re? pair hold its own against any number of enemies,.and if I am not mistaken it was never taken but destroyed by our men when they.withdrew after the cap? ture by the Federal troops of Fort Fisher, which opened to them New Inlet about 7 miles further up the river. Lying at anchor directly in front of the hotel is the TJ. S. Revenue Cutter, Colfax, whose officers very kindly sent a boat to the,hotel wharf and took a party of us on board to let the "land lubbers" see what one of Uncle Sam's boats looks like. Every balf hoar daring the day Sat ) ard ay a gun was fired on her in honor of Grant^llhlnP'^he annoyance^ being startled every. h?lr^J^arJ?c^jjBi forth more harsh expressions about bim whom it was intended to honor, than otherwise would have been spoken. Sunday the majority of our excur? sionists attended the Methodist Church, and listened to an able discourse by Rev. Mr. Guthrie. There have been 68 Sumter folks reg? istered at the hotel this Summer and 20 from Darlington, who accompanied the Snmter excursionists. They are all having a good time and express them? selves as ready to advise any one who wishes advice, to come here to spend their vacation. If I have transgressed in writing so much I beg yonr readers' indulgence, j as the invigorating breezes, pretty girls, sweet music, &c, inspire one's pen despite his resolves to be brief. lours truly, C. P. 0. WANTED. A LADY'S RIDING HORSE. Will buy, rent or ^ake one for his feed. Apply at this office. NOTICE. CLEEK k TREASURER'S Omca, SUMTER, S. C , August 10, 1885. ALL PERSONS who require a License on occupations, vehicles,. ?a, in Town of Sumter, for year commencing June 1st, 1885, are reminded that same became due and pay? able at this office July 15th, ult. C. M. HURST, Clerk and Treasurer. AN ORDINANCE Entitled "AD Ordinance to Amend an Ordi? nance" entitled "An Ordinance to Regulate Annual Licenses and Special Taxes for the Fiscal Year, commencing June 1st, 1835.: ' Be it ordained by the Intendant and War? dens of tb? Town of Sumter, in Council as? sembled and by authority of tbe same. SECTION I.-That an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to Regulate Annual Licences and Special Taxes for the Fiscal Year, com? mencing June 1st, 1885"-ratified 17th day of June, A. D. 1885, be and the same is here? by amended by adding thereto the following items, to wit : Vehicles-Kept for hire, profit or convenience, excepting pleasure carriages ?nd buggies. Vehicle-One Horse, ? 3 50 Vehicle-Two Horses, 7 50 Vehicle-Three or more Horses, 12 00 and includes all Vehicles of every kind used on public streets for carrying passengers, or hauling commodities of every kind, Cotton, Merchandise, Baggage, Grain, Hay, Straw, Lumber, Wood, Bricks, kc, excepting non? residents. Done and ratified in Council assembled and under the Corporate Seal of the Town of Sum? ter this 20th day of July, A. D. 1885. MARION MOISE, fL. S.] Intendant. C. M. HURST, Clerk & Treasurer. COAL! GOAL! COAL! THE UNDERSIGNED will establish, 1st September, a COAL DEPOT in rearof Market where he will be prepared to UNDERSELL ALL COMPETITORS, having bought 100 Tons in June for future delivery. July 21 J. A. SCHWERI?V FACTORY, WAREHOUSE AKD OFFJCR OF -.-^ Charleston, S? C . SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MANTELS Brackets, Moulding, &<V " '/;||?| LARGE STOQK, ? LOW PRICES. GB^WOK. ^OS^^? Get ac estimate from me before purchasing elsewhere. Toa will ?are inonejlhj^g^ - V" ANDERBILT UmVI^IT?,?tt?^ d ACADEMIC; BIBLICAL; Li. W 5 MEDICAL; PILUtM ACEUTiC?if : MtWtJLi.^ Civil Engineering- and Manual Technology embraced in Academic DcpKtavat. tljlf rllfjif I Ml? "' ^ t Jjfj Riven to Civil Kogiiieering. Kail course in Manual Technology. ^-T?f?ni?-fttfrlnir TI THll?T??' r" "~'1^_JSH Literary and Sc?en??c Department, in Theological, free. F ir fiUln^im ?fiii) a^lllKj. _ U il Ml I Siwwed In .the midst of tte fcnoo? "Bloc Cm RaafaaJ* M** faeWlLaM*taM^ '^?^^3 ll/tiwi I la I VU ?W dun ?c. Fl^ntty of titeen members, able aad experienced. **+rm*rTri i wjtf fiW '^1^8 KecreuWo. EatcdfcatTjutk?ngs, 160 by 140 feet, containing 125 Apartments, all nader ot* JOCC Tl-w1^! i-ti Tiri - ? -' '"'^?45 lighted bf BJ. OB ly two yoongladies occupy CCU A 1 CT a room- Cort ottmptoteoeato 1 I1WIII ' " ^3???3?S Charges as low as ?IBY college offering similar ad- \r ~ fTl "TTI?T "*~**f" ^TT - *rri1ui1 tw"-W5w the pitt session, tmlt tat? ??Me? *f*m^'*433*\75tt *>-Sg Vogue, etc. apply early to J. T. PATTERSON PreUdTtt, Unlngton, */. VVhtlBi' -V^^j .Jv B. ; (|^?|^^-: tl? - NEST DOOR KORT? OF UOlSJ?mm?, %[ * .';.-C 1?m Main Street, ST^ier,tS. C ll . OFF?KS A CHOICE STOCK, ?a?B&G?S& ~ ' ' : * . "DRY GOODS AND "- ^?j?? I ^BOO^^?^ffio?fi^'" ~7~~^W? ^gtfflflBrOTIONS. fiji ll tD GOODS, ?W? ii i ti^^S iiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii J- W -I Clothing, Piece Goods, Hats, Gloves aM-:^fiH^f^?^^^ ? v ingGkwds^ Main. Street, ; *f?m^^ I am selling the CELEBRATED WEED SEWING MACHl^^ii^?? Plain Table, 1 Drawer and Coyer, ?20 Cash. $22, Oo^balf C??h?yi?? y' : Drop-leaf, 2 Drawers As/i^over, ?~23'X'as1i.". " ^\ TriTTfTirf ?iili^l^^^^^ THE IMPROVED LONG ARM HARTFORD, tte "Best Sewfe^^^i^^^ ever yet offered, at equally reduced rates and liberal terms. - ?)L~o?i?fa^ are warranted in every respect and satisfaction:guaranteed m^???y?S?^^^K Having no agents canvassing the country at heavy'"erpense,'yn^iS^i^p^^^^ can save you from ten to fifteen dollars by purchasing faun m.]'.-?-" ^p^^^^^^^^? We have our usual Stock of CLOTHING, GENTS* '[fmi^Oim-^^^ GOODS, HATS, NECK WEAR AND PIECE GOODS, taiim^s?nu^^M ! at all times to serve our friends and the public generally. f :" \*'^??=f^: Wf^^H May 19.1885. * ?>. 3". > ^Wia?EKEr^^? ????mm?^ii??M^wwa^MMM?al?Btt^^ JOHN R. LONDON, Gem Steam Engines, Separators, and Saw Mflli, E. Vt? WINZIG ^ ^ Gins, Feeders, Condensers, ^ HUNTER'S COR? MIU?.r.. fS?|||f . If you want an Engine, Boiler, Saw Mill, Grist, Mill, Cotton Gio, Reaper, Mower, or Twine Binder, write tc os and we will ma?l : >u prk<a u?> tW> cannot be beat. We also put all machinery np free of charge, %^?.'-%^m^a$^t^Bm?S^^^^?^ I have Siimple machinery on hand which I will fae glad to show to my fritn4sjjfypp>\Mmm>^^^^ generally. We sel! a carefully selecTed line of Ginoiog sod HirrnJ?Hiibii*J(>^^r^?^ put out the best and cheapest Threshing and Ginning Outfit ia the Market. 2?u ? '?^-'^^ All orders by mail promptly attended to. W. E. BB?NSOK, %?t, ; . '?.:-c ^ BEST TIMOTHY HAT. LIMB, (ikj^e*^^ MIXED OATS. . ~: CEMKX1'; . :~ ' WHEAT BRAN. .PLASTfiJ^^jl ^ CORN. PHfl? BR?CK. ' |^ . . ' ?^^ PEAS. coram ? A'C* ? -ALSO- .,.. ^ ^ '" :| jH A Ml assortment bfc^-t/_ ig ~ BUGGIES; CARRIACtES ANO WAfp^fi I Both double and single, iiJsb:. : > .M W?? . HABN?SS. ^(?f^^?J; i-?jj THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Removed from Columbia, S. C. A Live, Temperance Paper, Published Semi-monthly in SUMTER, S. C. Under the Editorial management of Rsv. H. F. CHRSITZBKRG, fl.W.C.T. OF I.O.G.T; OF 6. C. Assisted by an able corps of Editors. The patronage and influence of all friends of Temperance is solicited. Terms only 60 cents a year. To advertisers desiring a wide circulatio a, it offers an excellent medium. On business, address N. G. CST KEN, - Publisher. JOHN R. KEELS, Attorney at Law, SUMTER, s. c. . Will practice in adjoining counties. Collecting made a specialty Ju?y 14 - 5 ' ' p State af SotLtfa Cto^iiim> ll thc said Joba W. 'Ht^l^B^bte^Hl^^^^^^^S and Sta