Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Full half a warm and budding day . Within a Hille grove I lay, Asd still, from noon to evening's fall . ?heard a lonely wood-bird call. 4?e wandered south, he waudered north, : ; With restless Sitting back and for?h, And still his tender, 'plaining cry Smote on my sympathizing ear; A ad still I marked him WAD d'ring" bj, ^^P|?feiH?^iB^g on,- now pausing near. ; ?i file happy hirds the boughs among L^ ^?re singing blithely as could be, Clove's Miss the theme ofevery song ; '5 - But -still that pensive melody hf? IJgoo the tranquil air. would float, A^wee?y. melancholy note, '?k "At last,- for that one sound of woe, I jeU my foolish eyes overflow.. .* t phipi so' the oirdling's grief ; And.thus, to give my heart relief, . *%oor b?rd?" I cried, "can this thing be, -- ?BssNstnrb been unfair to*thee, * 'Awi left thee single and forlorn ? From dawn to eve disconsolate, ~f .^3^. only task thy fate to mourn , . ^re-doomed to lire without a mate? : S?J> Utile one, it is not so ; Somewhere, io some secluded spot, There mourns a ?nile bird, I know, Ai.diseontented with heriot; Hit on, sad heart, Sit east and west, x l^^crjes atill ease thy burdened breast, V^-'-^F^S?^??y-o?, fly far and fast> Jf?r thoo shalt find thy mate at last." T^ ^ V -Danske Dundridge. ? :? - I ? m . - mm 4 * py v.-:---:-! I ? : An Open Letter. I In accordance with a resolution of the JSxecutive Committee of the Free Trade ttoo, ? copy of the following let been mailed to each Senator and number of Congress from this State: CASTERS FREE TRADE ASSOCIA? TION or SOUTH CAROLINA, / |-; COLUMBIA, S. C., March 4, ?884. j-MY BEAR SIR: The Free Trade As r Jt?e?ation. of South Carolina believe thut o?a!Kcauses assigned for the present deplorable prostration of industrial in? terests in the United States, none is 3B?0re disastrous and far-reaching than the system of so-called protection under Which; a grievous tariff, imposed avow ?By as an extraordinary war measure, pria been perpetuated through twenty years of profound peace. T&y "believe that this wrong endures only because unrealized and unexposed. JS^e^ have, therefore, resolved to urge ypm thc people of South Carolina, in public meetings, the propriety of de ' - minding of Congress a speedy abolition of artificial barriers and governmental toll-gates, by which the trafile of the yor?d is diverted from its natural chan ^?cfc," and maa is deprived by man of ' God-given right to secure the fullest returns to his labor. V J?<eeEiig assured that as a custodian of . HKwth Carolina's interest in the Federal Congress yoe are d?sirons of maintain? ing her past record in this matter, and . of removing obstructions to her ni ate - rial progress, the Free Trade Associa -6on warmly invite your aid in their work. They trust that yoe will consent to /deliver at least one public address at . such time and place in the State as ?nay ^ discussing the bur Sens nf the tariff, setting forth the posi ': tipn of Congress in regard -to its rcpeai m. whole or in part, and suggesting the means by which your, constituents may ; most efficiently co-operate with you ia teenring relief so greatly needed, yet So long deferred. ,-By order nf the Executive Commit? tee. ; R MEANS DAVIS. A Model School Teacher. ? - ESSENTIAL NO. 4. -. Conscientiousness. Foremost amone ; the qua! i Sea tren s of a saceessfaL teacher ts this. It is the most essential of them all. It is au absolute necessity- A teacher may pass the legal examination, may have had the ad vantage of oar higher institutions of learning, may possess the best of intel? lect, but if deficient in this he mast look to some"other profession for success. ;"This.is a prime requisite to the success? ful pursuit of this work. No one is qualified to develop the intellect and the moral faculties of the young without it, but our observation is the want of this qualification has not only been the cause of much of the failure ia the pur? suit, but basia many instances throws discredit on the honorable and useful profession. ' It-is in the profession that this magic word exerts its greatest power, and com? pels a scrupulous regard to right and . wrong, placing the teacher above trick - ery, clap-trap and sham, and making him a teacher in the higher sense of the word. Honest, faithful and efficient in * ' Bis services, resting as bis foundation "-. -for success opon principles which he ?? recognizes as governing every honora? ble man. Z If incompetent to teach any branch of learning, it is this faculty that will give him moral courage sufficient to say, I cannot. If he ha3 only a smattering of grammar, knows only something of arithmetic, it ?3 this, that will prevent him from attempting the teaching of them. Under the iaSaenceofan enlighten? ed and quickened conscience, the teach * - er will bring to his work a noble soul, and a strong mind, and will devote him? self laboriously and with self-denial to it. He will with honest indestry and with patient energy labor to promote the welfare of those entrusted to his care, 1 and will realize the magnitude of the in- \ terest under his charge , Consciousness to the teacher is the j magnetic needle ever pointed to the pole ! star of fidelity in his duties, and he who has it not will inevitably meet with the late of being an unsuccessful teacher. J. F. BUIST. At the recent annual meeting of the Philadelphia County Woman's Cbris ?ju tiaa Temperance Union a resolution was adopted declaring : 'That as mem? bers of the Woman's Christian Tmper ance Union we will withdraw our pa? tronage from ail grocers who deal in liquor/ Dr. Charles F. Deems, pastor of the Church of the Strangers, in New York j city, says : *I am uow a prohibitionist j simply and solely because I see no other j way of destroying the saloons which are j destroying the people-no other way except by a revolution and bloodshed, . and this I deprecate ; but the saloon j nrastbe swept away.' The Southern people have been j forced, in self-defence, to take a stand j on the sid9 cf temperance. They have ? seen their labor rendered almost worth- j less by the cross-roads grog-shop?, their ? jails filled with criminals, and their taxes increased to pay court and jail expenses. To proteef themselves against these, and other evils they have become the opponents of whisky.- j ^ ?uoannah (Ga.) Noes. ? ARMOUR OF PORK FAME, SIMPLE KILLER OF HOGS, WHO HAS MADE HIS MILLIONS. His Beginning in Business-His Golden Dream-His Daily Habits-His Office Palace-A Tireless Worker-H? Unaf? fected Tastes. {Special Correspondence. ] CHICAGO. Feb. IL-The other day a Chicago man went down to Kew York. His very approach to tho metropolis strength? ened stocks in Wall street and caused a marked advance in leading securities, And yet this man 13 a simple killer of hogs-a Chicago butcher. Phil Armour is his name and forty years ago he was a farm boy near Water? town, N. Y. In 1849 a schoolboy's escapade-a stolen carriage ride with a young lady pupil-caused his i expulsion from ?Watertown a eade y. The Puritanic 'severity of this punishment for an innocent prank was the turning PHIL ARMOJB. P??NT *-&M%Il disgusted him wita the prudish precincts of Watertown and drove him forth. a fortune seeker. Across the plains to California he went, driving a mule team to pay his passage-a strapping, broad-shouldered, green, plucky youth, -with a few dozen dollars in his pocket and a keen eye" in his head. He fell sick en route, and hi? bones were nigh to the sad fate of bleaching among the sands and sage brush of the Platte, but he survived to kill milions of porkers, fattened upon the plenty of that great American desert He reached the gold fields, found some dust?, saved it, and a few years later returned to the states. At Milwaukee hs engaged modestly in the pork packing trade, after hesitating be? tween hogs and lumber, and was thus brought into the indus.ry in which he soon rose to the position of unrivaled leader. At the beginning of the war the packing trade was mainly in the east, with New York as the center. Western packers were not supposed to amount to much. As the war went on pork went kiting, along with every? thing elsa In the winter of '64-5 it was $40 a barrel, and strong at that All of the big packers were loading up in anticipation of still higher prices. But one night Phil Armour went to bel and dreamed, as ho says, with his eyes open. It was a golden dream for him. fie saw two armies-one strong; well supported, aggressive, the other weak, though valiant, defending a resource less country. Hs saw Grant and Sherman pulling together, and to him the end of the rebellion seemed nigh. '*The Confederacy is coming down,'* said ho to himself, "and pork is coming down with it. Prices are now artificial and inflated, and when Rich? mond fails they will take a drop." And then he turned over and went to sleep. But at 4 next morning he was up-and here we see the quality of ready decision and energy which has been the man's making-and an hour before daylight he pulled his partner, j Plankin ton, out of bed. The first train for New York that very day bore as passengers a modest young man of 35, a Milwaukee twitcher, en routs for the metropolis to make a million of money. The bull " operators m pork received him with open arms. They snapped up his pork in 1,000 barrel lots at ?40, wondering who this rash young man was, rushing so fast to his ruin. But soon their eyes began to open. The market sagged off, and thea they tried to induce Armour to join tho bull pooL They cajoled and flattered him, and offered him big prodts if he would close out and j ^ take the other side of the market. But the young westerner knew a pig from a poke. He had bet a cool million that his hog was a j ^ fat one, and he stuck to his bargain. When ' prices had dwindled io S30 Singan, a big operator of that day, declared that he wanted one more trade. "Give me LOGO barrels at $S?," he said, "and you ll want it hack when the price touches $60." 'Til sell you 1,000 at $80.9 Armour re? plied, "and Pil not deliver you tho perk until tho quotations are $13. Armour was right. Soon Petersburg fell, and perk droppxl so fast that it made the bulls dizzy. Eichmond was evacuated, and po- k collapsed. Lying ia his bed at Mil- ! j waukee he had caicuhrted that the nominal i end of the rebellion would cut tho price of j pork in two in the middle, cad he had calcu- j lated well Appomattox knocked it down j to $1S, -ind"he t^gaa to make his deliveries, j But the bulls organized to cheat him of his prouts. They threatened to repudiate their contracta Bealmg ia futures was il? legal, anyway, they sail, and they did'nt propose to sanction illegal trading. Even Armour's brokers turned against him and tried to keep from him the fruits of his vic? tory. Armour, however, staid right there and made his debtors toe the mark. Most of them paid up. And to the brokers who had so treacherously turned on him he said: *TU drive you out of business." Ee kept his word. A year later the firm of H ?. Armour & Co. was established next door to the o Heading broker-;, and in less than half-a-dozsu years thereafter tho latter took down their sign. This great success waa won with nerve, keen perception and sound judgment* He was a boar because he foresaw that tho end of the war was near at hand. He mada millions because he had the faith to back his judgment with his whole fortune. Such a success as this in the speculative market would have turned tho heads of 99 men out ! of 100. They would have continued mere i gamblers. But ii was not so with Armour. ! A business maa before he was a speculator, he returned to his sticking. He established new packing houses at Chicago and Kansas City, and in ISIS removed to this city. His business was that- ot a killer of animals and j 3 packer of meats, and he pushed it with j matchless energy. He is a butcher, but a ! big ene. On his pay roll are 5,000 names. He sold last year, tn all the markets of the world, ?30,000,000 worth of food products. No other manufacturing concern in Amer? ica enjoys sales as iarge. He has agents all over the globe, to whom telegrams are sent ever}' morning giving th-j cly's quota- ? < tions, and from v. hom statements of buri- j 1 ness arc received every nighK Inhi;grei:t j < office, surrounded by 130 clerk -, si s U10 nil- j lionairo packer. At his left is hi-: stenog- j i rapher and private secretary; behind him j 1 his telegraph operators working chartered j < wires to Now York, Milwaukee and Kansas ! 1 City. He is a boss who works with j his men. His dorks ars all in j ; view. There are no partitions, no closets, I : not even an ante-room. Rising every morn- i ing at 5, he breakfasts at 6, and invariably j reaches his office by 7. There he remain- j '. until 6 ia the evening. One of the eng- | gestive scenes in Chicago is made up of thia j omeo palace, through whose great windows j 1 clerks and bookkeepers by the scoro stop j : every morning to gaze as they pass by on j their way to work. Going home in tba evening they stop again. In tho morning j 1 they saw at bis denk the millionaire. In tao j evening he was s?ll there, as busy as te- I fore. Christmas day he worke i tili late in \ the afternoon, and kept ail cf his cierka j half tho day. Doubtless he would have j worked till 6, as usual had not h's wife i called and coaxed him away. Nor did hi? ! clerks grumble. They are well paid, well j treated, and every one of them bore homo ; with bim a generous gift from bis employer, j For years it has been Armour's custom to j meet at dinner trro or three times a week j his chief employ-*. He sit? at the hoad of i the table, and himself carves the roast of j beef or le;r of mutton. His lieutenants are j close to him. They all understand each j other, and no mari :s more loyally followed, j Once a month Armour settles tho bill ct -tho ; restaurant. Armour is a groat worker, but he is never j tired. Ke is henithy, activo, light-hearted, j He takes care of himself. Every night lie j snuggles ort to his bod in his plain r?sidence . on Prairie evonne, and sleeps !i:<o a black- j smith. Botweert transaction", each involv? ing a million, ho can stop and crack a j k-". j At times he is almost boyish. Neither hi3 ; millions nor h?3 cures seem to ago him. j There is no "style' about him. He lives , plainly and dresse.? commonly. He keeps j fewer horses and servants than some men whose fortunes aro not equal io bis monthly income. He likes to te called a butcher, and insists that ho is only a pig killer. Ke greets his country ' friends with a good natured ''How's hogs down your way?' and sometimes his eye- twinkles os he tel's in? quisitive newspaper men that he "doesn't mow anything about it. 'Tm killing my logs to-day,* ha adds, *'and haven't time to iiink of anything else." On hi3 desk there is always a huge bou ruot of fresh flowers, set in the polished horn >f an ox. Beside this horn is placed every norning a ticket showing thc bank balance, md on the ticket are always seven figures. Adorning tho walls aro sots of broad horns md the stuffed heads of ugly pigs. Upon ;he marble floor are samples of the packed neats he has to sell, and specimens of scoop (hovels, nose rings and things which some* jody wants bim to buy. He is neither proud >f bis millions nor ashamed of his sticking. Armour is worth probably ?30, OOO. OOO, nainly in cash: or securities. He is not a arge holder of real estate, sud it is said he iould raise more monoy on twenty-four lours' notice than any other man in Aruer ca, excepting, perhaps, one of the Vander? bilt?. His recent purchase of the largest "lue factory in tho west, for which he paid learly $1,000.000 cash, was but an accident, lue writer knows that tho bargain wa? nade, so far as Armours part in it was con? traed, in !e.-s than twenty-four hours. He letermined to have a glue factory to work ip the surplus refuse of bis packing house, md, learnin-f* that one already established ?ould be pin chased, sent for a real estate and factory plant expert, rode out to see the vorks, and made his offer in less than three lours. A week later the tender was ac? :epted, and had it not been he would have lad a new gino factory going as soon a3 noney could get mea and machinery to? gether. Armour Is pre-eminently a business man. 3e is cautious, and yet dashing. He isbig in >ig things and small in small things. He mows the value of an eighth of a cent mul ?iplied by hundreds of thousands. He is to lay perhaps the most extensive speculator n America. He rarely loses. He calculates veli, and always sticks. He never deserts a ?use or a friend. In ?S80 he was credited vita engineering a corner in pork. The deal vas forced on him. In his cellars were thou ands of barrels cf pork, which speculators )egan raiding. They offered pork in the narket at a price below what it cost him to >ack it; The raiders forced him to "protect lis cellars." He had to put up ?1,000",000 in >rdertodoit, but soon the tide turned his way, and the raiders got out of the scrape >uly by putting up S3:C00,000 cs tribute. Four years ago some of his friends, among hem his old partner in Milwaukee, became nvolved in a big wheat operation. They vere in danger of being oaten up. To savo hem Armour abandoned a contemplated rip to Europe, took all the wheat offered at ?L35, and for months kept the price of ivheat in thia market twenty-five cents ibove quotations in all other markets of the world. He saved his friends and made 51,000,000 for himself. The day of the failure of Grant & "Ward ?ere was a panicky feeding in Chicago, and i clique of bold bear operators undertook to :ake advantage of the situation and precipi ate a panic, which must have worked havcc n business and financial circles. Word was ;ent to Armour, and like a flash came his .eply: "Take ail offerings. * He set his mil ions and his name in the path of the wreck? ers, and for this wa3 formally thanked by eading Chicago bankers. Early last summer there were rumors that 'or once Armour had changed his custom md gone Into Wall street. There were shak ngs of the head and not a few sneers at the jork packer, whom most peopls expected to >ee eaten up by the rapacious New Yorkers. Set St. Paul, the stock in which he had nade his investments, quickly responded with an advance. Armour went into St. Paul because he could see no reason why the ?tocks of that company should sell thirty x>ints below that of parallel roads no richer >r mors remunerative. Following his usual mstoni of carrying speculation and business investment side by side, he bought $4,000,000 >f St Paul stock outright, paying G5. An? ther million or two was put in on margins through his bankers. About ;his operation there was no secrecy. His riends were advised to go in. They were ?ld to look out for a rise in St. Paul. Some >f th?ai followed his example, and made noney. One of these was a clerk in hu of ice, who invested his savings, $100, in fifty mares. "When St. Paul reached 70 he drew >ut his profits, pocketed his $100 and in? fested the remainder. At 75 he cashed in j tgaii, and reinvested. At 80 he repeated ,hs operation, and so on at every five points' idvanc3 up to 95. In five months he made ?20,CO0, and then had the good sense to draw ' jut altogether and invest the proceeds in real estate. In ono pork deal Armour made ?imself a millionaire, and laid the fonnda aon for his great fortune. In one railroad jperatioa he has made no less than $5,000, XX). At one t ound he has become one of tho rings of Wail street, whose very presence crfthin the shadow of old Trinity affects the mercury of sp?culative values. For St. Paul he has set his mark at $1.25, and if within a year that mark is reached tho prince* of pork will doubtless fulfill the prophecy of his friends by becoming the railroad king. Armour is of medium height, and heavy, but not fat. His face ?3 fail and round, without flabbiness. H3 speaks rapidly and plainly, and uses many favorite expressions. His age is 50, and he is a stranger to illness. His charities are large, very large. He gives away more money than any other man in Chicago, Ho is making money Taster than any other self-made man in America. And yet, out at the stock yards, within the shadow of his great packing house, ana close by the tracks over which rumble trainload? of his dress?d meats, consigned to Edi nations of the earth, he keeps a spick and span butcher shop, where housewives buy the choicest roasts and steaks, and are B?ver cheated in the bargain. Our Phil keer>s a butcher shop, and is as proud of it as Chicago ta of him. WALTER WSSXIIAX. TA MAN OF PARTS. PMS UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE OF A STAGE AUXILIARY. rho Ta7e of One Who Has Been "Sojers, Sailors Niggers, Injuns, Peasants, Gyp? sies ?nd Joints**-Stowing a Re? porter Various "Characters." [New York Herald.] '"Ton figuro in spectacles, don't you?" :?k->l th? reporter, as the newcomer oc mrrod t> his memory ;n connection with a military pageant and a precession cf an? :?-_-nt stage men-at-arms. "I Aggers ia anything Pm paid for ?gger? n' in," said the otb?r. CI figgers in spec? kles with a speer cs hasn't got no point .>r.frj it, and plate armer mad} out o' paste tour J. and all kin i o' rum film's." Tilers wa< an air of misanthropy and synlc?sm about the man that was quite mel accholv. 'Don't you like it?" uji -.t if I knows myself. It don't pay. Fifty ccr?:<; a night, rn 1 sometimos a dellar, wit* an ongagomeat now an I rhen at $10 a wr?ek ii tbc-rs'd sen? foolery to be done, ?o-?r~?;'r. pay a chap lix* ruo. lu's a bad bus> no.<--, I ted yon." T??A FUN" Cr TUE THING. "But tua >arrou?:'ii :r3 are pleasant, 2 should think?" "Oh; tliem ce bio wad. What's tho fun o' carrying a w,:Hv; s-p^ar around and hold? ing a :-:ri'ig o' }:sper fi.?veers over a dencing gel's hea'-t, or putt: a' ca ono tii?-m old ?io m aa iii^nt shirts and hoKc-ric' yor.*olf j hoarse over some bad act^rV sp-utia'? It I ain't no good, 1 tell yon. And trien to think j ot" hanging around a tim5-sr throne and j drinking ont o' gilded gcfct?ts wita n-:t a ! bles-ed drop ia *o:n, an ? dinin' o vor s > j >ily ! on property grub, with the orc:?es*ra goia' | Jika iv.ai hud tue rjsl-; w.tii their casticen I svn:;e> hocim' it around yon. r-it-? the ? copte j tk?ukl?.? what a high old tho.-- you're Siav.-u', i and you al! tho wcilo a-oy::-' ior a glass o' J beer. There ain't no fun ia St.." ""You've appeared in many psr*-*?^ Tve been sogers and sailors a.-.-ci niggers end Injuns and peasants and Gypsies and joints-." "And what?" "Arid joint?. J^int-? in -tho pantomimes, with a bg pasteboard hoad and b?>iy u> mitch-thom wb&t eats little kida iu th? story book." "Oh. giants!" "I said joints." ??What dil you have tn do?" "All kinds o' ??olia*. If you want mo to, 1 i'll perform." "Good. Do PO." GOISG THROUGH Til5 MOTION?. Tho figuro stood bait upright, w.ta hia arms hanging down to his thighs. He looked lik-> a hired mau on strike. "That's a waryear," said ho. He marched across the room like a mute at a funeral? "Roman soger goinT to battle," he ex? plained. He grabbed his hip and thigh pockets co? incidently, and as ha jerked them upf gave a bob of the head. "Able seaman,57 he remarked. He waddled like a duck and swung his arms like a windmill "Honest yoemanry." He waved his hands in tho air and bawled "Hey, yeh, yeht" "Excited populace.'7 He repeated tho gesture and shouted, "Down with 'imI Down with 'imI* "Mutiny or war." He hopped about, brandished one fist, beat the other on his mou tb, and yelled: "Injun on the war-path 1" He sank on the ground and stretched ont his limbs. "H 'stiff for tableau," he said. HAPS AND MISHAPS. When he got up he dusted his jacket; and thtiu, turning about, he muttered: "Them's tba kind o' games I got to tackle. There ain't no fun in it, I tell you. There ain't no fun in if' Then, as though nursing his indignation for a new explosion, he walked the room si? lently befera he said: " 'Side? all that, I've had to be birds and brute beasts and Lord knows what It makes a man mad to be in such company and to be talked to as that kind. Once I was a roc, which is a big bird in 'Sindbad, the Sailor,' and I had to bo let down from the flies to carry Sindbad away. The first roc they had got drunk and dropped' Sind? bad on his head, so that he curbed awful and bounced the roa On that account I was careful like and grabbed Sindbad under the arms. He was a crank, Sindbad was, and he says. That's a h-1 of a way for a roc to catch a mani' With that I says, If you don't like this roc, blowed but you've got to fly away yourself,' and I dropped him plum down on the stage and got even for his sassin' me that way. A fellow has to stand a good deal when ho makes a men? agerie of himself." ?Jmupm.i ujuu.i.mjajLL-iJ_u?jtm^wm.umauup ROBERTSON, TAYLOR & WILLIAMS, Cotton Factors And General Agents of tba Ashepoo Phosphate Co. Liberal Advances Made. Consult your interests by corresponding wilh us. Address ROBERTSON, TAYLOR & WILLIAMS, Jan 12 x Charleston, S. C. 0. & E. L 80 AND 82 LTASEL STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. 3 Staple and Taney DEY GOODS, "MIGNON" 3 BUTTON KID GLOVES, One Dollar per pair. Preparatory to purchasing Spring Goods, we have recently made some large reductions in the prices of DRESS MATERIALS and other Winter Goods. Cash orders amounting to $10 or over, will be delivered in the country free of charge. AU orders promptly attended to. C. & E. L. KERRISON, Charleston, S. C. ' GEO. W. STEFFENS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Auction and Commission Merchant ?nd Liquor Sealer. AG EXT FOB Hie F:ne$t Hams cured in the JJ. S. Also Agent for GGffESEO ROAD CART. Tbe Best and Cheapest OD the Market. 197 EAST DAY ANO 50 AXD 52 STATE STS., (Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments Solicited. Nov 25 o ^^^^^^^^^ A SUPERB Flesh Producer and Tonic! Hear the Witnesses!! 10 to 20 Pounds ! ! ! An Atlanta Man's Weight and Appetite. ?:I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES Guino's Pio? neer and gained 15 pounds in Flesh. My ap? petite bus been restored. I have procured a lot for use iu my family. Yours respectfully," GEO. THOMPSON, 60 Humphries St., Atlanta, Ga. A Mau of Sixty-Eight Winters. I am 63 years of age, and regard Guinn's Pioneer a line tonic for the feeble. By its use ?ny strength has been restored aud my weight increased ten" pounds. A. F. G. CAMPBELL, Cc?fon-Gia Maker. Macon, Ga., Feb. I'S, 183-3. A Crippled Confederate Says : I only weighed 123 pounds when I com? menced Guinn's Pioneer, und now weigh 147 pounds. I could hardly walk with a stick to support me and can now walk long distances without help. Its benefit to me is beyond calculation. D. RUFUS BOSTICK, Macon, Ga. Cot iou Buyer. Mr. A. H. Krarahlett, Hardware Mer? chant of For$ythe? Ga., writes : It acted like a charm on my general health. I consider it a fine louie. ? weigh more than I have fur 25 years. Respectful Iv, A. ll. BRAMBLETT. 51 r W F Jones. Macon, Say? : My wife has regained lier strength and in? creased tea pounds in weight. We recom? mend Guinn's Pioneer as the best tonic. W. F. JUNES. Dr G TV De?iiridgc, of Atlanta, Ga, wriUs of Guinn's Pioneer: G ?lin tv s Pioneer Blood Renewer has been l?Svd for years with unp need en ted succe.-'S. It is entirely vegetable and docs ^he system nb harm, lt improves thc appetite, digestion ?nd bl bod-ru akin g: stiniUiM'in^; invigorating :!!;.: toning np all the functions and tissues of ino system, and thus become!* itie great blood renewer mid health restorer;" GUiNN'S l'JONKKit 3;-?.OOD ItKNEWJS'R Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases. Rheuma !isni. Scrofula, 0:d Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine. If not in your market it will he forwarded on receipt of price. Small bo ti Jes $1.00 : large houl?-s Si.73. Essay on l?oud and Skin Diseases mailed t r: ii. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY". jJiie??r. Georgia. For Sale by DR. A. J. CHINA. . F-h 23; Sumter, S. C. ? Clear Skin is only a part of beauty; but it isa part. Every lady may have it ; at least, what looks like it. Magnolia Balm beth freshens and beautifies. -IN TBE IRON ORE MINES OF EUROPE -AND THE MINES OF AMERICA ARE QUAKING. But the Solid Hardware Minds of Remain intact. Besides every known variety of SHELF HARDWARE They would call especial attention to a very large and well selected stock of RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING Ia all widths, with Pavels and Burs or Lacing as mav be desired. STOVES ?F EVERY VARIETY AT ALL PRICES. A large and saperb stc&k of And the finest and largest assortment of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLER7, RAZORS, SCISSORS, &c, from the best fatories of Europe and America. Especial attention bas been paid in the selection of POT W ARE, TINWARE-, ?fcc. Wagon Material of Every Conceivable Kind. Single and Double Muzzle and Breech Loading Guns, Ammu? nition, Shells, &c. Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN and will be supported by LOW PRICES. R. w. DURANT & SON. Sept 15 Main Street, opposite the Bank, Sumter, S. C. ASHLEY' aisLL mm SFEO?F?GT Tbe S. Gr. S. is the cheapest, and the best, and the ooly Specific Fertilizer for Small Grain on the Market. The S. S. has been used all over our Southern States for the last three years, and has given great satisfaction. ASHBEY ASH BJL???flE?jXT, Of superior activity and efficiency ; a cheap and excellent Fertilizer for Small Grain, especially when used with Cotton Seed cr manure to supply Ammonia. ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, Delivered free ; specially adapted to Roses, Geraniums, Pansies, Flowering Annuals, &c. For terms, directions, testimonial?, and for the various attractive and ?Dstruc tive publications of the Company, address, THE ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO. S(i,Jt 20 _ Charleston, S. C. g-cs3u<-s^Jfc'j.?^-^->-V2jI^^ TI?" ??'?ffr.Hfjim.il ni in. Mira /^^^^^M^^n?4ki?^ ?111|?1|^? -ke Largest and Most Complete i?$????&%2&*^.?? i?af?&*SSSa Est&'olislimeat South. mmw -1 ^mm _ \WS r?' j Established 1342. t?!0m&^????M& S. HACKER & SON. feffi: ^ ^li t?? t2i i it^ft'f! Ofice and Warerooms, King, opposite ?llfigS'J Cannon Street. Si^^^^^^M CHARLESTON, S. C. iiiliipglii Ilii??K Manufacturers of ^MjjfefflfSIlfa?^SfiPl Rft??9o C*OM BItune ^?^^^^^^ft^"-^^^^^^ MOULDINGS, -st?a^?^Tj BUILDING- MATBBIAL MW^f-^T - ??? i i. ?? III?.. i__i_i_jLj.?jmBjwajmv" - ? rv m mm 1 -' HJ-'-JLAJ J 'mri o gggaggg J^~^^^^^^^^ EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD AVAIL fed 10 ^^A^^^^^S. Himself of the advantages offered at the 1 fM^^^^^^m 2B1 BRYANT, STRATTON ? SADLER BUSI P 8? j)--TIZ-^L^^l NESS COLLEGE, y^i?^RiNHn^ For ncqniring a thorough ami practical train ! Pfej^jj_ ._i^^^^?^?l With improved and enlarged facilities, wc I h^L^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Sy annbuace-o ur T wen ? ?--St*co nd Abc cal Opening i i^SSI M 1 lp ?gj Sfo^?K for the reception ofpupHs. j ^??^^^wk?^???2b4^1^^| -he curriculum of r-tu dy embraces a thorough Wm\HPTJ rV- nr\\l^ft ' The proficiency acquired by our many pupils Mm\UUlLli??Ll?^jM^9 duringa period of ?ver twenty years.as educa .sljgk\ tors ot routh is cur strongest commendation. fe^^^^^^^^^^^^P^^ Pupils enter at any time. For circulars, cat ^V#T% -J = Z^?Sr) ^gncs, terms, &c. call on or address jj 4^ S - ^ a W- Ji- SADLER,. President, ^SgT^tffc^f^M^^^^ Sept 8 Nos. 6 & 8 N. Charles St., B '.Ito. M?w?^?\$&u?% ?I S il fe ii?litfiii lilfl?ttll Hlltft?lit *y$*l S?llCilT *s> #X#Vvi iii i lil fe il i ?ldi?llIiliibii? I V> -r-iphthsr?.-.Cr=i:p. A?>ihr?a,2ronc"r.it:3, ICcnrslg?s; Hheriaatisn:, S":cc<!^ st the Ir^n^r, ^ou?-^cness.lnsv.^M, K.ECiL^gCcv.gh.whooi;iriiiCo-jfrh. Ccr^rrl:, C?oIcraKcrbus-Dyt??ntery, Chrome Dlarrbcca, Kidney Trou alps, an^t?p-.;:sir>lsaa3ea. Par?pLIet Tree. !Dr. i. g. Johnsoc. Co., ?os^on, ?lags. PA R S 01. J i " '"BLOODT f?LLS ITO??S? pille Tverc- a -n-o=derful dicccTCry. i^o others like the^i ls t^c world. vTi?l poeitively cure or r^llave a'l manner of dieeca?. Tho information around each bor ls worth tan times tho cost of ? cox of elite 7ind out about them sod you wUl always be thankful. OnejcJll a dose. Illustrated pamphlet Fros. Sold e ?co4aero. or aant by rr.^V. tor ?Se. to stamps. Xrr. 1.5. JOSysoy & CO.. 22 CH. St.. Soaton. Sheridan's Ccnditionm tg sr; r? 5? SHH ra ? m a fa H C? ?> JCT^^^?? Powder j 4abK0lutely^ ^ ^ g ? Sp5 |||^i[??a | M ttfu^ It e?es ts wo^?^a^o^^ofJlji S3 f^fl g jfj|| ?^rthet30wefsh* ?ryt?j^m^dfcin?tol?i iL 8 1 S?, i % iassS'B 0 Ia S^3^?^6* b-< g'vhi with focd. ? 5 P JG ? ?I & 2SS SBifflBia w BBB Bl RI boat by maal free. Sold everywhere; ar sent by xnail for?Soeat-inetcmps. ?l-ilb,. air-tifrhttin can?. Sit by-noji, si.aa Sss cana by oxpreee, prepaid, for 05.00._DB. I. S. JQaJS?QTS ?> C . oaton "FALL MD TOTEBT'oFlSS^r PIECE GOODS, HATS, Gents' Underwear, Neck-wear, Overcoats. &e., -FOE MEN, YOUTHS AMD CHILDREN Is now complete in ali departments. And a cali and examination is earnest? ly solicited before purchasing elsewhere, -ALSO ?:t S ' A. J. CJIIIK?7 J DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines and FINK TOILET .-MAI'S. 1?AI?? AND TOOTH ?iilviiKS. ri;i:rrM::ivV AND V VNCY TOi-t'KT A:;T;f!.j;s. .v.-.. ?c. rALVIS, OILS, YAXx/snzs AND i J Y bl STUFFS, O LASS. VU TTY, -Vc. Price's tes-sa ?:..?.* Pedder, tt'?ic?i fur purity, strength and healthfulness Slmi'ils a?onC: Xrz rsto? Sias L:,A?, . Giving a I?.j/*:i . ?t:aS io 3 pr i- ordinary laings j and is perfect iv safe. ; For indies ami gen'rs. Est*ily adjusted and wens :ih comfort. Fini *><f>f-jj fy Fresh Gordon Seeds. April <?_ _ KT CLASS JOB lil AT BOTTOM-PRICES. UATCSM m sour pon JOB OFFICE I ?OMS OIE, GOME ALL -TO The Blacksmith Shop Opposite W. M. Graham's Feed ami Sale Stable, ami get vour in thc very best style by competent work? men. Special attention paid lo horses that Cul, and Over-reach. Carriages. Baggies, Wagons, &c5 repaired tn thc best style. All kinds of Blacksmith? ing done pro mp liv. J. l/ftlKUXSOft. Sept 1 BLANKS -o LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES. BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Elanks in Variety, FOU SALE AT THIS OFFICE. WULBERN & PIEPER, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN pill Lipon, pes o, k 1G7 a ft d 169 Ea st- Bay , CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2_6 S. B THOMAS, Agt No. 320 KING STREET, Opposite Liberty, fistol SM?es, Pips? ppp LACE CURTAILS, CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS, WINDOW AWNINGS MADE TO ORDER. CHARLESTON S. C. Dec II_ T. S. IKTXPSON, Wholesale and Retail Dealer ia Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Bags, &c. No. 233 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Particular attention given to Filling of Orders, and all Goods guaranteed as represented. Jan 6 _ GO TO S. THOMAS, JR., & BRO., 273 KING STREET, ' CHARLESTON, S, C., -FOR Fine Diamonds* Watches, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER ANO PLATED WARE SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES. Large assortment of WEDDING PRESENTS always on band, Orders promptly filled, Watches and jewelry carefully repaired hy expert workmen: 273 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23 o PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. First Class in all its Appointments. Supplied with all Modern improvements. Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec? tric Bells and Lights. Heat? ed Rotunda. RATES ?2 00, ?2 ?0 AND ?3.00. Rooms Reser ved ly Mail or Telegraph. Sept 16_ CHAS. C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Commission -DEALER 12* GAME AND POULTRY. Stalls Nos. 1 and 2 Fish Market, Office tim. IS and 20 Market St., East of East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce are re? spectfully solicited. Poultry, eggs, &c. All orders filled with dispatch. Aug 25 . 0 AUGUST T?MSBERGj Manufacturer of HAIR JEWELRY, CURLS, BRAIDS, &c. No. 332 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jewelry neatly repaired. Aug 25 THE HOTEL WINDSOR, 211 KING STREET. Four Doors South Academy of Music. CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS well appointed Hotel was opened for the reception of Guests, March iii, 1S85, by G. T. ALFORD, recently proprietor of the "New brighton Hotel," Sullivan's island. Thc "WINDSOR" is newly furnished throughout, having Woven Wire Spring and Flair Matresses on ali beds Fronting on King Street, with extensive Southern expos? ure, ruakiog All the Rooms Pry, Airy and Pleasant. To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR;" what has lons been wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI? LY HOTEL, No Liquors will be sold on the premises Rates, Si.50 to $2.OG per day-Liberal terms made by the week or month. G. T. ALFORD, Manager. THE" OLD RELIABLE; STOVE HOUSED : T. CAESFBSLL & CO 1*2 Hooting Street, Charleston, S. C. Still Hold thc Lead as Dealers in First Class Cooking Stoves, Heating Stoves, Ranges and Grates, Lead and Iron Pipes, Pumps, &c, &c., &c. A full linc cf Repairs kept for all Stoves we sell. The attention of the people of Sumter and adjoining Counties is asked. When more than oue stove is ordered at tho same time we will deliver free of freight. Send for prices on anything in our line. WORK SHOPS ? WITHOUT STEAM POWER M?f) BY 1>ING OUTFITS OF ?&?rL / BARKE?' PAT. FOOT POWSSl f 'U^Si machinery can compete withL^aagy^jPa steam power. Sold on ?TinT *jfi?PBi Metal and woodworkers send for ?^Rla p-H?es. Illnstr'd catalogue free. .^JV. M. H XV. F. A:. J no. B;iriiea* Co. ^^VK> m ' Rockford, 111* ?i?llN-LlB - Addiceo 2?o 2 Uti Main St. <t#?aaMJi G. BART & GO., Importera and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and ^Domestic Fruit, APPLES, ORANGES, BANANAS, :OCOANTJTS, LEMONS, PEANUTS, PINS APPLES, POTATOES, ONIONS, CABBAGES, &c, &c. 55, 57 and 59 Market Street, CHARLESTON?, S. C. Sept 29_ NORTHERN PRODUCE. FOREIGN FRUIT ! FRESH FISH J Ap? ples, Potatoes. Cabbages, Onions, Pears, Tomatoes, Beets, Turnips, Lemons, Nuts, and Fruit aud Vegetables of all varieties, received ay every steamer f?om New York. We deal exclusively in Northern Produce ind handle only choicest stock. Also, Fresh Fish of all kinds. Our fall fishing has just :ommenced. Remember and send yoar orders for Fruit* Produce and Fresh Fish to the old reliable bouse of J. S. TERRY & CO., S Market Street, Charleston, 3. C. N. B.-Our facilities for handling and shipping Fresh Fish are unequalled ia the South. "CHINA HALL, COR. KING AND LIBERTY STS., CHARLESTON. S. C. DEALER IN CHINA, GLASS; AND EARTHENWARE, KEROSENE OIL LAMPS, CHAN? DELIERS, BRACKETS, And a Fnll Line of Lamp Trimmings Colored English Dinner Setts. 115 piece* for $15.00. Tea Setts, 44 pieces, at ?4. A full lice of American Thin White China Dinner Sett?, 122 pieces, ?12?-cheapest goods on market. . A full line of Band Chamber Setts, 10 pieces, $3 to $5 eachv All of the above goods first class. Packed and delivered to aoy Railroad In City free of charge. J. P. BROWNE. : Aug 25 X THE WAVERLY, CHARLESTON, S. C. The above House having been NEWLY FURNISHED throughout, in a FIRST CLASS MANNER, is without exception the most completely furnished House in the City, and is under the Sole Proprietorship and management of the Public's obedient serraDt, JOS. PRICE, Jr. RATES-$2 and ?2.50 per day. . Sept 16_ ? THE AMAR HOUSE, CORNER OF Yanderhorst and King Si? HAVING BEEN LEASED BY ' IMIiss Heriot, (Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,) IS 2?OW OPEN for th? accommodation ^tt Boarders. Parties visiting Charleston will find rbis House conveniently situated Tor holi? ness, and directly oe the Hoe of Street Ra?wf? Terms, per day, $ 1 50. Feb IS 9 -TRANSIENT AND REGULAR, BALTIMORE CITY, -AT 16-1 WEST FAYETTE. STREET; GOOD SUBSTANTIAL BOARD, Com? fortable reoms and attentive servants.^ Conveniently located for all classes of boarders, being ia the central part of the city, nea the wholesale houses, Colleges, (both Busoess and Medical,) and all points ofia terest. Terms moderate. Nov 10._ B. F. MITCHELL & SM, PROPRIETORS OP The Merchant Flour Mills AND . COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR TIUB SALE OP COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. WILMINGTON, N. ^. > OFFER FOR SALE - AT LOWEST PRICES Choice grades FLOUR, own man'fY?. -ALSO, Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY. CRACKED CORN, &c. -ALSO, Selected RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS. Selected North Carolina and Maryland SEED RYE. AU our Goods guaranteed best quali? ty and at lowest prices. No charge for delivery to Railroad. : B. F. MITCHELL & SON. OEW ENTERPEISE IN COLUMBIA, S. C. BuggiesBullt FROM THE GROUND UP. PLANTATION WAGONS, LOG CARTS, SPRING WAGONS, or any Style of Vehicle desired, and Harness for Buggies or Wagons. Northern and Western made Bug* gies in stock. P. MOTZ. Oct 27 ? NERVOUS DEBILITATES MEN;' Toa are allfwsl a free trial oftliirty efajw of the cso of Dr. Dre's Celebrated Voltaic Beit wita Electric Suspensory Appliances for the speedy relief and permanent cure of Nervous Debility, lou of Vitality and Mavhrwd. and all kindred trouble*. Also for many other disensos. Complete restore* doa to Health. Vi.itor and Mnahood guaranteed. Ko risk lsinenrred. Illustrated pampmetlnwotat mtveiope mailed free, by addressing VOLTAIC BELT CO;, Marshall Keb. OAHU A"* "WHISKY HABITS UBCBOV? at hoirie without pam. BOOr Iii SJ 5 wi o*' particulars sent FREE. * COLLEY, M. D., AtUnU.e*. POLTTZ'S HORSE AfoO CATTLE POWDERS No !T.--s?3 will dio. of COLTC. BOTS or Lrso Ffr vKK. i: EVvusfs Powders arc nsed ic time. Four?:"* 1 *o *vi ors wi ?1 r::re nr.d prevent Hoe CHOlSKl. FOUSES LW.'.ers will prevent GAPES cr Towra, Finis's Powfk-rs will fnerej&c the quantity of milk urA cream twenty per cent., said make the batter finn ind sweec Foutz** Powders will eurr or prevent almost xv Utz SXSKASX to which Horses and t anto are subject.. Fotrrz's POWPKSS W:LL OIVK SATISFACTION. Sold everywhere DAVID E. rotJTZ, Proprietor BALTIMORE, KD. Did Ap? pose Mustang Liniment only, good for horses? It is tor iiitoama? tion of all flesh.