The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 15, 1886, Image 4

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^^ftpi at? ^011%sa. OLLA PODRIDA. CREED. I believe if I should die, And you should kiss my eye-lids when ? lie, Cold, dead and dumb to all the world con? tains, The folded orbs would open at thy breath, And from its exile in the isles of death Life would come gladly back along my reins. I believe if ? were dead, And you upon my lifeless bead should tread, Kot knowing what thepoor clod chanced to be, It would find sudden pulse beneath the touch Of him it ever loved in life so much, And throb again, warm, tender, true to thee. I believe if on my grave, Hidden in woody deep3, or by the ware, Your eyes should drop some warm tears of regret, From every salty seed ot your dear grief Some fair sweet blossom would leap into leaf, To prove death cou i d not make my love forget, T believe if I should lade, Into those mystic realms where light is made, And yon should long once more my face to I would come forth npon the hills of night And gather stars like fagots, till thy sight Led by their beacon-blaze fell fail on me. I. I believe my faith ia thee Strong as my lifo, so nobly placed to be, I would as soon expect to see the sun Fall like a dead king from his height sublime, Bis glory stricken from the throne of Time, As thee un worth the worship thon has won. I believe who bas not loxed Hath.half. the treasure of his life improved, Like one who with the grape within his grasp Drops it, with all its crimson juice unpressed, And all its luscious sweetness left unguessed, Ont from his careless and unheeding clasp. I believe, loTe, pure and true, Is to the*soal a sweet immortal dew, That gems life'3 petals in its hours of dusk, The waiting angels see and recognize The rich crown jewel, love of Paradise, When life falls from ns like a withered husk. Mary Townsend. Farmer Tillman Answers Objections. -Farmers are Tired of "Staying Out of Doors," and Insist upon Man? aging the Agricultural Depart? ment-The Necessity of a Beal - Agricultural College-Opposition to the Citadel. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Before touching opon other points in * .the work of the 'Farmers' Convention' and the criticisms npon it, I desire to notice briefly some of the arguments of the Columbia Register against allowing the agricultural societies is Convention assembled, to elect the board of agricul? ture. The Register says; 'The whole - scheme provides that the agries I taral department shall be put under control of-a board elected by a popular farmers' convention.' *We see then, over * $200,000 a year that it is proposed to turo over to the care and management of one who is to be elected out of doors,' &c. The farmers of South Carolina have been 'out of doors,' so far as exerting any appreciable influence on State affairs is concerned, for many years. We don't propose to remain 'out* any longer ; : and -the mao, or set or men, who thinks we can be kept 'out' will find his niis ? take. Bat, as I have repeatedly urged, th? board of agriculture has no legiti? mate connection with the phosphate - royalty, and the farmers do not care to have anything to do with it. But we intend to take control of the department cf agriculture and use the money which | ? we alone -contribute for its support in ] ' * such way as we think will best- advance j! and protect our interests as farmers. 1 We will see that no more of this money is paid to lawyers in the Legislature for any purpose whatever. There has been a great blowing of horns over the reso . lution exonerating the commissioner of j all blame in this matter. I was not in the hall at the time this resolution was put and carried. If I had been I should ' nave called attention to two facts. The commissioner had warrant of law for his acts, as I very well knew, and I at? tach no blame to him, but (1) Why the suits that had already been commenced a short time before could not have been transferred to the attorney general and solicitors may be explained by the fact that the lawyers in the Legislature did cot care to interfere with a case one of their number already had on hand; and (2) How came the Senate, in which this attorney is a shining light, to refuse to join the House in taking the money of the agricultural department out of the control of the board after my expos? ures lust December and make specific appropriations for the same from the treasury ? Was it a case of "Tickle me, Jimmie, tickle me true, Yon tickle me and PK tickle you." A leading Senator was getting nice slices of 'agricultural pie,' and 'the best interests of the farmers and of the State required that the department be not crippled by this interference with its management.' The same Senate has persistently refused to repeal the lien law, and the farmers in those Counties which elect Senators this year ought to be very careful whom they seDd to rep? resent them in that most 'conservative body.' I desire to say before leaving this question that I in no way inspired or advised this investigation of the Chisolin Island snit. It was a legiti? mate subject of inquiry, and the vote of confidence in Col. Butler's integrity need not be construed iato an exonera? tion of all parties connected with it from b?nzne. The farmers accepted Col. Butler's explanation as satisfactory, so far as he is concerned, but they do not approve of any such jobs. To return to the election of the board of agriculture : The Register says it is to be chosen under my resolution by a ?popular farmers' convention.' The resolution reads : 'A Convention com? posed of delegates from each county agricultural society.' There is a vast difference in such a cocvention and *a popular farmers' convention,' such as the one recently assembled. Those who have tried to build up a county agricul? tural society know that the men who will take the trouble to give the time necessary to such work are the very be*t of oar agricultural population. I ?o not hesitate to say that if the county societies have this duty imposed on them, it will, as it has done elsewhere, be an incentive to keep them alive, and be the means of enlarging their mem-' bership and usefulness, and this annual egricuitural convention will compare favorably with the Legislature ia every respect. But this system is not new or untried A comparison of its workings at the North with our present political svstein will satisfy even ihe Register, if it can be satisfied with anything emana? ting from the 'untrained co?t* who has suggested it to our fanners. I may be pardoned if I suggest to the Register to stick tc its 'statistics,' and it will com? mand more respect. The next question which has harrow ed men's minds and caused argumen and much unfavorable comment is th proposition to doable the privilege ta: on fertilizers to support the college, &c None of the reports of the proceeding have ever given the argument I used t convince the convention of the justic and expediency of this resolution. I was this : The farmers will have th same privilege they now do to send thei children to the University and to th girl's school, the same as other classes and they will largely avail themseWe of it, while the agricultural college wi! be patronized almost solely by th farmers ; but the main reason was th desire to give this college a liberal an< permanent support from the State. Tb history of the Michigan and Mississipp colleges is one of trial and niggard!; appropriations. If this agricultura college is to go to the Legislature ever year asking for money for equipmen and support, the o?d fogies who disbe lieve in industrial and technical train ing, and wnn^trbeHeve^n^good thin{ can comeTtout of Nazareth,' would & continually growling and finding fault The institu ion, starved for lack o funds, would fail/ to achieve the result hoped for, and 'the *I told you'so's would all fall at my door. The las letter I received from Gen. Stephen D Lee said that the Legislature of Missis sippi had only given them about ?30/ 000 this year, and that .with that sun they could not keep the 412 student: now there, but would have to cut dowr to 300 or 350. It is generally knowr that his college ha? turned away a largs number of applicants for want of room -It is" shameful for it to have to refuse applicants for want of support. I have been accused of trying to 'de? ceive the farmers* by taxing them with? out their knowledge; of 'dodging around,' &c. We have had loud pro? testations of willingness to support the college by direct appropriation from the treasury by those who were a while since bitterly opposed to any agricultural col? lege but one connected' with" thc South Carolina College, It is a queer way ol 'deceiving* men to tell 300 otthem how the money is to be raised, and mostly every newspaper in the State has pub* Hshed the plan, as I knew they would. 1 am not wedded to this scheme. If assured of a. liberal support from the Legislature to tie college I will willing? ly forego it, but I again repeat that no farmer worthy the name will grudge this pittance of 'indirect tax' to be even secure of pure and unadulterated fertili? zers, to say nothing of the college and other work of the board of agriculture in holding farmers' institutes and con? ducting experiments, &c." I am not dealing in sentimental politics or mere theorizing, and I can conceive of no scheme which promises so muclTat such small cost, and whether it is class legis? lation or not, I always thought those who derived benefit from a measure ought to pay for it. At the Same time we reiterate the demand that the tax on fertilizers be abolished, or that those who pay it control its disbursement. There has been much talk of the farm? ers 'making the department of agricul? ture, a power for good by co-operating with the commissioner/ &c. As soon as we endeavor to do so by asking to have control both of the de? partment and of the commissioner too, we are met with the cry from the wor? shippers of bureaucracy, 'The commis? sioner is a bonded officer and must not be elected out cf doors,1 Farmers can 2ot be trusted with any money ; they night steal it. The Register did not my this, but the inference is too plain K> be misunderstood. If one huudred ind sixty farmers are put tc< watch over :hat 'agricultural pie/ never again will my of it be wasted. 'Mr. Tillman and lis friends' are not convinced that this Jepartment is conducted 'literally with mt expense to the peopl?/ and- the Reg? ister well knows it. If this money is 3aid by nobody, and does not come out >f the pockets of the 'people/ let* us .aise all the State tax th&t way, and ?top all this grumbling. I will now notice the News and Con? ner's comments on placing the college inder the control of the board of agri? culture without allowing the mechanics i voice-in its management. I am per? fectly willing to give the mechanics ono ir two representatives on the board, if a gray can be found to secure a real lona ide representative of that calling. But, considering the fact that the resolutions propose to tax farmers alone, to sustain ;his college, and that ?he pro rata share >f the mechanics in the land scrip fund would be very small, I think the farm? ers might be trusted to take care of the nechanical feature of the institution, especially when all the intelligent ones imong them realize that a diversity of lursuits and the introduction of manu acturing among us are among the best neans for rendering farming itself re nunerative. But the News and Courier has even bund grounds to doubt whether we can count on getting the land scrip fund at ill. I acknowledge that the wording of ;he Act of Congress granting this land terip is ambiguous and very wide in its ?cope, but there is no getting around bat provision which says this money should be devoted to maintaining 'at east one college where the leading ob ec*. shall be, without excluding other identifie aad classical studies, and in? cluding military tactics, to teach such -?ranches of learning as are related to tgriculture and the mechanical arts.' That word 'leading' cannot be gotten >ver by any amount of hair-splitting, ind the fact that 'twenty-three of thc wealthiest and most .prosperous agricul? tural States in the Union' have misap? propriated this money by tacking on an igricaltural annex to ?heir State uni? versities, where law and literature are ,he 'leading' studies, only proves that ,he prejudices of .classically educated nen have been too strong in those States o permit the law to be carried out as it was intended. Farmers have been .neered at and imposed upon since thc vorld began almost. But industrial md technical education are fast gaining in thc classical bourbon, and practical nen everywhere recognize, tho fact that he world moves, and learns something rvery day. Whatever becomes of the and scrip fund it will not be contended hat the South Carolina College makes igriculture and the mechanical arts leading' objects of study or that milita y tactics are taught there. These 'military tactics' arc our cause >f quarrel against thc Citadel. That nstitution has the army officer as its nstructor in military science^ who of ight and according to the intention of he law should beat thc Agricultural Col ege to teach 'military tactics.' All the i real agricultural colleges' that are i Daking agriculture their 'leading ob eet' in other States have this West i Jointer as a professor, instead of his I eaching lu a merely military school j like tue Citadel, or a merely clas school like1 the South Carolina Coll But there are many other stronger sons why the Citadel should 'go.' in many respects, is a counterpart o: South Carolina College. The cour study is much the same in both ins tions, and it is not apparent to tax; ers why two colleges should be kep when one can supply all the denian< that kind of education in South C lina. It will not be denied that South Carolina College, if it be'relic of its country cousin, the Agricult Annex, and is giren three or four n professors, can easily supply all the mand for polite learning or a 'lib education7 as it is termed. It will be denied that the State needs a ted cal and industrial school where brain, the hand and the eye shall al trained together, and where a boy i reasonably hope to be fitted to beci a farmer, an engineer or mech; while acquiring a thoroughly pract English education. Such the agri tar al college will be if it follow in footsteps of those of Michigan and B sisstppi. The military feature so dear to st people's hearts, can and ought to grafted on the agricultural college, i it is in both th ose States, and the d?te7 can drill just as well and be j as proud coming from such an inst tion as if they came from the Cita< Gen. Lee's Mississippi cadets made j as fine-Bhow in New Orleans last y at the Exposition as our 'dudes' rn: recently at Savannah. The ability 'order arms' with a 'perfect cades does not fit a man to become a bre winner or add anything to the Stat productive capacity. The war is o and we ar? whipped. The Citadel, a purely military school, is an an ach nistn, an effort to rebuild a shattei idol which toppled to the ground wi the Confederacy went down. No dot the heart of the grand old hero, Je? son Davis, the 'man without a countr yearned towards the Confederate u form, and he longed to shake the har: of the youths who wore it. It was n; ural, and wo hope it did him g CK There is no doubt his kind words a flattering allusions to the Citadel sah over any rankling caused by my har; less witticism. Still the fact remaii and it cannot be gainsaid, that a mere military education is too ornament and valueless in this State at this tim We need anything, everything, mo than we do soldiers, and it is not jr. or right to tax the people to educa these beneficiaries and pay their boa while many of them are perfectly at to pay their way, while thousands other boys, just as deserving, who fathers are taxed to support these 'ele< cannot get even a common school educ tion. By the system of student labor o taining at the Michigan and Mississip colleges all students acquire habits industry, and are also thus assisted pay their way through college. Tl average cost over and above their woi to 357 students in the Mississippi Agr cultural and Mechanical College la year for all expenses, (except clothing, board, washing fuel and lights, &c was $52.81 each for nine months while six exceptionally industriot young men paid their way entirely, an tbese same six students, are among tb first in their classes. It may well b asked why South Carolina should pic out sixty-eight pets, many of them we off, to educate at State expense, rathe than extend a helping hand to any an every deserving young man who i willing to try to educate himself? f her may be a good reason for it, bat I con fess I cannot see it. Is it just or right May 20, 1886. B. R. TILLMAN. BILL ARP. Reminiscences of His Visit to th< Carolinas. I found a sweet little girl at Monroe while I was in North Carolina, whosi name was Fairfax Payne. Not lon{ ago she became troubled because th< money had given out and the little church was unfinished. So she beggec her mother to let her cut off her beau tiful hair and sell it. She had reac about a girl selling her hair for twenty dollars, and at last this little girl'f mother consented and the hair was sent North to tho editress of "Harper's Young People" with a timid little let? ter, and the Harpers advertised it and told bow the money was tobe used, and published the little girl's letter, and while I was there the contributions that had already came in from kind? hearted people up. North amounted to over two hundred dollars, and they were still coming. Where there is a will there is a way, and this shows what a little girl can do. But still it will not do for other girls to try the experiment for the novelty of the experiment is over. It is one of those things that strike the popular favor the first time and the first time ouly. Even little 'Fair,' as they call her, could not sell another suit of hair for that price. While in Monroe, I rode out with a friend, and we stopped to chat with old Uncle Mike, as they call him, and to condole with bim about his loss, for somebody bad stolen bis home-made bakin the night before. He was a jolly old man, of the olden time, and raised his own bakio. His face was red and round and clean shaved, except the gray fringe that covered his throat. 'Is this Billy Harp,' said he and he laughed merrily. 'Why Billy Harp, ain't you a long ways from homeY1 and he laughed again 'Was it a negro that stole your meat V said I. 'No, no, Billy Harp. A nagur wouldn't take that much. Nngurs al? ways leave some. A nagur would have ben satisfied with a side or two, but I lost about 500 pounds and it was car? ried off in a wagin. No, sir, Billy Harp, it were a white man, two of 'em I low. White folks arc powerful meau wheu they take a noiioo,' and he laugh? ed more lively than ever. 'Well, Uncle Mike, I am glad you take it so well, and can laugh over ir. Some folks would be too mud to laugh.' .Why. Billy Harp,' said he : Tye been laffin ever since I found out my bakin was gone. I think it has give me the bighsterricks, 'pon my word I do,'and he laughed again. My friend told bim be must come out to-nf^bt and hear Billy Harp talk some, and he said lie didn't reckon he could, for lie still had ono jinte of meat left, that they iidn'tfind, and be must stay and watch it, for it had to do him until hog killin time. 'Bring it with you/ said I, 'put it in a sack and bring it along and set ?n it.' 'I mout do that,' said he, 'Yes I mout do that,' but then you mout make mc laugh more'n ever. I'm ?xyiog to stop, but I can't,' and he laughed more, than ever sure enough. He said be couldent understand why they dident rob some man who had Western meat, for he couldent eat that sort, and them that could bad ought to be robbed. I bid Uncle Mike goodbye with great respect tor his good nature and his old-fashioned ways. It is a sin to rob a man of his home-made bakin. Monroe is building a twenty thousand dollar court-house and has the best poor house I have ever seen outside of a wealthy city. It is built of brick and is kept in admirable order. The in? mates, who were mostly old and de crepid, seemed proud of their comfor? table home and said they were mighty well cared for. Leaving Monroe, I soon found my? self in the historic town of Camden, South Carolina, where Lord Cornwallis whipped General Gates, but would not have whipped the fight if General DeKalb bad been first in command. Those people do not have much re? gard for General Gates. One of their judges was lecturing the grand jury about a certain road that was very bad, and he said it had not been worked since Gates ran away from Cornwallis over that road and the tracks of the artillery were visible yet General DeKalb fell in that fight with eleven wounds, and they point out the spot where he died. His monu? ment is there, and the corner-stone was laid by General LaFayette in 1825: Cornwallis was in quarters there some time-long enough to lose his wife or bis woman or his something, and her grave is there with a simple headstone with the inscription : 'Agnes of Glas ?glow lies buried here. -Sept., 11780.-' She was a lady of rank. Camden is a beautiful town-a town of magnificent distances. Lovelier houses never adorned the suburbs of any town. 'Are these people all rich* sail I to a friend. 'Rich ! no' said he, 'they have been but not now. They are poor but they have got taste and senti? ment and will fix up.' This is the home of General Kershaw and General Kennedy the minister to China and it was the home of the gallant General Chestnut. While sitting in the piazze a well preserved old gentleman called to see me, and taking me by the hand affec? tionately said with some tenderness: 'I am glad to see you again. It has been fifty-three years since I saw you and had you on my knee.' He sat down by me and told me of some of the no? table events that took place in my child? hood, and how my mother found her brother-her only relative-after a long separation and what a glad excitement came over the little village of Randolph when it was known that the long lost sister had been found. How these two saw their parents buried in one grave in Charleston, S. C., during the terri? ble scourge and pestilence of 1814 and in the panic and confusion the boy was sent North and his Bister to Savannah and neither knew their destination nor did they find each other for nineteen years. I knew the romantic story well, but it was a comfort to meet with a stranger in a strange place who remem? bered it all and could tell me more than I knew. At Kingsville I wanted breakfast, for I had left Columbia without any ; but there was no breakfast house, and I had to wait there two hours for a train. A darkey told me of an old negro woman who 'sometimes got up right good vittels for white folks, and so I walked over to her shanty. She met me at the door with an old-fashion? ed low-country curtsy, and had a ging? ham handerchief on her head, after the good old style. 'Yes, marster,' she said ; 'would you like some coffee and some eggs and a hoe-cake, and some fish, and some fried taters ?' I was glad I came for e very th i ug was nice, and the old woman talked like the olden times. *I loves to pleasure de white folks,' said she. 'I was raised by de white folks, and all de good dar is in me I got from dem. Dey was my friends in slavery times, and dey is yet. I does love to pleasure em, sir.' 'How much do I owe you, aunty V said I. She made another curtsy and said : 'Marster, I has no price at ali sir. I always trusts de white folks and thank 'em for what they gimme, whedder much or little. I always trusts 'em, sir; dey is mighty good to me.' Zeb Yance couldeot beat her playing demagogue and distributing taffy. I had intended to give ber a quarter, but she got half a dollar just as easy. I' am borne now and am happy. I am five miles from a railroad and a town and politics. I don't want anybody to say politics to mo until I get rested ; in fact, I wish the election for, governor was over, for I want to be calm and serene, and I am afraid they wont let me. Mrs. Arp and I have paired off -she 6ays she wont vote if I wont. Well I wish the women could vote. I used to think it was a horrible idea, but the older I grow the more willing t am to trust them with the ballot. Mrs. Arp votes me anyhow, and I don't see why she shouldn't vote herself. 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Office Hour::.-fj to l;20j 2r3Q to Sept ? B. F. MITCHELL & SON, PROPRIETORS OP The Merchant Flour Mills AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE SALE OP COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. WILMINGTON, N. C. OFFER FOR SALE AT LOWEST PRICES Choice grades FLOUR, own nianTt're. -ALSO, Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY. CRACKED COHN, fcc. -ALSO, Selected RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS. Selected North Carolina and Maryland SEED RYE. All our Goods guaranteed best quali? ty and at lowest prices. No charge for delivery to Kailroad. B F. MITCHELL & SON. BLANKS -o LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALK AT THIS OFFICE. BE!,jiyis. Italian Bees and Queens, Movable Frame Hives, Honey Boxes, Smokers, Books on Bees, Comb, -AND Extracted Honey, For sale by W. J. ELLISON, Breeder of pure Italian Bees, Stateburg, Sumter County, S. C. March 0 wm MS JOB WORK " AT BOTTOM PRICES? WATCIDUS m SOLTUKON'JOJ? OFFICE WULBERN & PIEPER, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN Provisions, Lipons, ftkua, k 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2_6_ S.-B. THOMAS, Agt. No. 320 KING STREET, Opposite Liberty, Mi Wes, Pap Haspp Ti ACE CURTAIL, CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS, WINDOW AWNINGS MADE TO ORDER. CHARLESTON S. C. Dec 11_o T. JS. NIPS?N, Wholesale ana Retail Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Bags, &c. No. 233 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, ? C Particular attention given to Filling of Orders, and all Goods guaranteed as represented. . Jan 5 x GO TO S. TBOMAS, JR,, & BRO., . 273 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C., -FOR Fine Diamonds, Watches, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED WARE SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES. Large assortment of WEDDING PRESENTS always on hand. Orders promptly filed, Watches and jewelry carefully repaired by expert workmen. 273 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23 o G. BART & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Fruit. APPLES, ORANGES, BANANAS, COCOANUTS, LEMONS, PEANUTS, PINE APPLES, POTATOES, ONIONS, CABBAGES, Ac., &c. 55, 57 and 59 Market Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 29_ CHAS. C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Commission -DEALER IN Fistlx Oysters, GAME AND POULTRY. Stalls Nos. 1 and 2 Fish Market, Office Nos. 18 and 20 Market St., East of East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce are re? spectfully solicited. Poultry, eggs, &c. All orders Riled with dispatch. Aug 25 .o AUGUST TAMSBERG] Manufacturer of HAIR JEWELRY, CURLS, BRAIDS, &c. No. 332 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ?sS* Jewelry neatly repaired. Aug 25_ 0 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 trie Bells and Lights, Heat? ed Rotunda. RATES $2.00, $2.50 AND $3.00. Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph. Sept 16__ 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 1st, 1885, by G. T. ALFORD, recently proprietor of the "New Brighton Hotel," Sullivan's Island. The "WINDSOR" is newly furnished throughout, having Woven Wire Spring and Hair Matresses on all beds Fronting on King Street, with extensive Southern expos? ure, making All the Rooms Pry, Airy and Pleasant. To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR," what has lone beeu wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI? LY HOTEL, No Liquors will bc sold on the premises Rates, $1.50 to $2.00 per day-Liberal terms made by the week or month. G. T. ALFORD, Manager. 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 servant, JOS. PRICE, Jr. RATES-$2 and $2.50 per day. D7B. ANDERSON, Attorney at Law. SUMTER, S. C. Will practice in adjoining counties. Collecting made a specialty.} WILMINGTON COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA * CONDEXSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. DATED April 25, 1SS6. No. 48, Daily. No. 4? Daily. Leave Wi!alington Lear? Waccamaw. Leave Marion. Ar*ve Florence.... Ar*ve Somter. ArVe Columbia... 8 15pm 9 40 " 11 36 ? 12 25 ? 4 24 am 6 40 ? i 10 lOpo 11 15 ? 12 39 am 120 " 4 24 ? 6 40 " TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 43, Daily. Ne. 47, - Daily. Leave Columbra.. Ar've Sumter ..... Leave Florence... Leave Marion. Leave Waccamaw Ar've Wilmington 430pm 5 14 ? 7 03 " S 30 " 9 55 ps ll 55 ? 4 26 a aa 5 09 " 7 00 ? 8 20 ? Trains No. 4S and 47 stops at all Stationl ' except Register, Ebenezer, Cane Savannah, Wateree and Simm*'. Passengers for Colamb?a and all points on C. & G. R. R., C., C. A. R. R. Station?, Aiken Junction, and all points beyond, should take No. 40. Pullman Sleeper for Augusta on this train. JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sup't. ~ J. R. KENLY, Superintendent Trans. T. M. EMERSON, Gen. Passenger Ag*r. NORTH-EASTERN R. R, CO. SUBERIU'TBU'BENT'S OFFICE NO RTBEASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., April 25, 1886. On and after this date the following Sche? dule will be run daily : Leave Charleston. . Arrive Florence. ?No. 43-12 05 p. M... .......... 4 10 p. if. No. 47-12 25 A. M............ 4 ll A. M. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. No. 40- 1 35 A. M.. 5 00 A. a. No. 42-12 05 A. M._1 50 p. *. Nos. 40 and 47 will not ?op at Way-St* tions. Nos. 42 and 43 will stop at all Station?. No. 40 will stop at Kingstree, Lane? and Moncks corner. CENTRAL BAHBOAD SC2S DAILY. - No. 53-Leaves Charleston....... 7 20 a m " Lane's. 8 36 am " Sumter. 9 33 a m Arrives Columbia."10 40 a m No. 52-Leaves Col umbia............. 5 27 pm " Sumter.-. 6 45 p m " Laue's.......... 7 45 p m Arrives Charleston........... 9 05 p m Nos. 52 and 53 will stop at Lanes, Forres? ton and Manning. T. St. EMERSON, J. F. DIVINE, Gen'! Pass. Agent.. . Gen'l Snp't. South Carolina Railway Ce PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. COMMENCING SEP., 6th, 1385, Patten, ger Trains will mn as follows, cntil far? ther notice. (No trains are run on Camden Branch on Sundays. Standard time 75 mend. ian.) TO COLUMBIA. Leave Camden.........-...-. 7 00 a ra 3 15 p a Leave Camden Jonction... 8 01 a m 5 99 p ia Arrive at Columbia........ 925am 10 00 pm FRO* COLUMBIA Leave Columbia. 745am 5 27pm Arrive "Camden Junction...! I 05 a m 6 41pm Arrive at Camden....._ 12 59 pm 742pm TO CHARLESTON Leave Camden. 7 GO a m 3 15 p m Leave Camden June'. 8 Ol a m 5 09 p m Arrive at Charleston...... 12 20 p m 9 05 p m FSeir CHARLESTON Leave Charleston. ............ 7 20 am Arrive Camden June*...... ..............11 05 am Arrive at Camden............."....12 59 p m TO AUGUSTA Leave Camden. 3 15 pm Leave Camden June..................... 5 09 pm Arrive at Augusta.".10 35 p m FROM AUGUSTA Leave Augusta....- - ......IO 50pm Arrive Camden June'......10 09 a m Arrive Camden.12 55 p m CONNECTIONS. Connections made at Columbia with Colum? bia and Greenville Railroad both ways, to and from all points on that Road and on the Spar? enburg, Union and Columbia and Sparenburg and Asheville Railroads, also with the Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and from all points North, both ways, by trains leaving Camden at 7 00 a m, and arriving at 7. 42 p m. Connections made at Augusta to and from all Pointe Weet and South via Georgia E.R. and with Central R. R. Connections made at Charleston with Steam? ers to and from New York on Saturdays. Also with Charleston and Savannah Railway for Sa* Tan nab and all points South, and with steam? ers for Jacksonville and points on St John's river on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Connections made at Blackville with Barn? well R. R. to and from Barnwell by all trains on Augusta Division. THROUGH TICKETS to all point?, eau be purchased by applying to James Jones, Agent at Camden. D. C. ALLEN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. JOHN B. PECK, General Manager. Charleston, S. C. THE AIMAR HOUSE, CORNER OF Yanderhorst and King St? HAVING BEEN LEASED BY . Miss (Formerly of 190 Meeting-St,) IS NOW OPEN for th? accommodation of Board rs. Parties visiting Charleston will find this House conveniently situated for baal* ness, and directly on the line of Street Railway. Terms, per day, $1 50. Feb 18_ WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. G. THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE, with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT & SON, May 6. Proprietors. PATENTS Obtained, and all business in the U.S.Patent Office, attended to for MODERATE FEES. Our office is opposite the U. S. Patent OS?, and we can obtain patents in less time than those remote from WASHINGTON. Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise as to patentability free of charge; and we make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the Supt. of Money Order Div., and to officials of the ?. S. Patent Office. 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