The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 13, 1886, Image 4
AN IBISH PAIR Y STOB Y.
*<Qood mother, from your vrayside hut,
V Wisc with your ninety yeirs,
^ " Tell me & fairy story-but
? '? First wring out all the tears ;
For I am hurt beyond the skill
Of leech, hurt with a knife
Thai seems, in sooth, but slow to kill
Good mother, bart with life I"
**My lady, sure you are but sad,
Yet it's a merry day,
Pm not too wrinkled to be glad
v. (And you are not yet gray.)
? It*8io?r,loogyetI hope to live,
For God is good, Fm told, "
Atd life's the best Be baa to give ;
Fm thankful to be old.
"Yee, God ia good, I'm told. You see'
? I>T - t cannqtread? But then,
?I ean believe He's good to me,
He is, aa?f good to men.
? Tliey say be sends us sorrow, too,
The world weald be too sweet
To leave, if this, should not be true;
-.-* " (The world the moth can eat.)
"0>- "Et keeps my little cabin there
- Safe when tb? sea winda blow,
When I was yoang Be let me wear
. Upon my cheek a roes;
" > ; And then it was he sent a youth,
HgThehaodsomest, yoa'd own,
Oa all the Irish coast. . . In truth
Its much tve lived alone.
Jv g i??Jty lady, ?ace that long, black night
-, v , His tabing boat wenidowu ;
" My boy that kept my heart so light
flad-work there in the town ;
A lovely boy ; such geid-iike hair,
All carla ;V-(Her eyes grew dist)
'-*?Cbxi?t keep him. He is ^uiet there
.With daises over him.'j.
She hashed and tamed to go inside;
?; An earthen io or, ah, me ;
?? _ A heap of straw (the-door was wide)
:^ ^asafthit^could iwe. -
. ? ?et on the little wiudow, towt
. A bright geranium grew ;
-5 'That's fer my boy, he loved them so,
..; - - . Tie loved these thrashes too."
:. **Good mother-sore, bat things ge ill
. ~ . Ta oor poor country. Tet
"He gives me bread and shelter still,
- It's me he'll not forget,"
We parted, for the light was low;
Jj>>Jturned and looked around,
Lord of us all! caa hearts ease grew
:} ? . In such a plot of ground?
' : , 7 -?fr?. ? M. ?. Pvatt ?a Tie ITas?at?o.
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H. IL Thomas'Address Before
the -Farmers* Gonventloa
Tic convention whk? met inColum
bia appointed me to organize SB?ter
.> County m the interest cf the Farsters.
X.ha-ve called this ?aeettag to advise
. -and counsel with you. If it is your
will that I shall erganice, sty aim is to
j?/.jameFarmers* Clubs in each township,
then *eaH a eoBYeutica in Sumter to
elect delegate? to the State convention,
M ^mect\,ta_ ??ovemuer. I propose
*e "' caM - this Swater Convention
wefore tho candidates are ch oseo. At
this -meeting in Sa ?ter lei ns examine
the condition of the farmer, see what ;
dees truly ail his, and agree ?pon
. Men measures as will bring him' relief.
When we have decided upon these;
measures, let as ask the candidates to :
endorse these seeded refer a?. Asi
r.A^ricultare ts the foundation of all
thc ?titer industries and avocations in
7 ???& Coanty, it will be to ?he interest of
afi the.candidates of all classes and
avomfone to give relief and assistance
to the farmer-and thereby briug about
a^aere prosperous condition of things.
We will thus get what we want and need
by simple organisation. j
.While i have BO sympathy witt any
^oyement that arrays, one class of our
: citizens against another, or tfceinaag-.
uratioB of a poEticai power created aad
controlled by any. partieular class, I do
insist that the farmers are not suffi?
ciently watch fa I -of their own interest,
crx properly-usited for tfee protection
cf their rights, it is not our interest
to war upon any ether class cr indus?
try ; all are necessary and -essential , to
tlc pcosperity cf the {?rmer. Bat as
all other classes and industries combine
for the protection of their special in ter
?st?) should fanners, if they would not
lie left behind. At no cime in the
fcisteiyo* OBX coan try is the necessity
, so pressing' for organisation as at the
'?reseat time. We can't afford to Ion*
;- ger stand idle and inactive. We too
; ?st be up and- doing. J ast think of:
ti Tbe member? cf a cabing thc most
honorable manly -and useful, constitu?-,
?ng tiuce fourths of eur voting and
taxpaying population, standing almost
helpless and defenceless in the presence
of those whoso very existence . depends
?pou tho-toil of the farmer,-and patting
forth scarcely a perceptible effort for
their safety and the betterment of their
condition. It may well cause anxiety
for the fa tore of Agriculture in this
country. As farmers, - we are not,
pfl?fepexkjg, we arc isot keeping
pace..: with ^ tue other industries of
tueT State, Ve are running our farms
.co borrowed capital at a ruinous rate
cf interest; the interest often exceed?
ing ^e clean, dear profits on the farm.
Wo"do not even control the crops pro?
duced ; they are mortgaged and pledged
te some cotton factor or merchant
cvcn bef?re they are made, and the sell?
ing is entirely ont of our hands. So
yon must see and feel the need of doing
something to place the larmer on more
solid ground. For years we have been
trying to throw off the yoke imposed
upon us by the operation of the Lien
Law, nut yon are always outnumbered
outvoted and outwitted by a few mer?
chants because you do not make aa
organised effort. The farmers in this
country pay six times thc amonot of
taxes paid by the merchants and yet
inc control cf most of our lauds and
crops ?re hy the operation of the Lien
Law in the hands of the cotton factor
and the merchant. They having no
lasting interest in building up and im?
proving our lands take from them each
year ali they can produce, and making
mo return in the shape of plant food, the
result is at {east one fourth of the ara?
ble leads tn this Coanty are lying idle,
. impoverished and . ruined-used up to
conon the merchant and to beggar the
farmer who owns, and pays the taxes on
them. Now you know under this order
of things our lands have greatly depre?
ciated, and many of oar good citizens
nave sought homes in other States.
Ali other callings are united in some
way to resist enroachmeots upon their
rights and to obtain the highest price
for their labor, while the farmers are
doing absolutely nothing to protect
themselves, bat look on with indiffer?
ence, while every man who passeth
plucketh them.
Even th 3 laborers of the country, by
concerted action, receives about the
same wages as when cotton was sell?
ing fer twelve and fifteen cents per
pound.
The cotton factor by concert of ac?
tion, like the laborer, receives more
/ interest for his money, hts same two
a?da ha3f per eeat commission anda
tittle ta ore pickings, than when cotton '
was fifteen cents a pound. The doctor
holds his medical Association and
combines and institutes a Fee $?11, by
which in a case of obstetrics, even
i though he may not be with yon over a
' quarter of an hour, he charges and
collects by law; $25^ and he pays to the
State no license tea and not a cent of
taxes. And when the poor farmer is
dead and gone the lawyer comes in and
by combination and the operation of
the costs allowed in the Fee Bill, made
by him while legislating for the farmer,
? often eats np whole estates from orphan
children and he pays no license fee and
I not a cent of taxes. John Randolph says
! a "lawyer's estate w in his tongue" and
j yon know, fellow-farmers there is no tax
i on tongues in South Carolina.
Now while these thing? are so, it is
your own fault. You all know how you
fare if you send a negro in yonr fields
to hoe cotton and you never go near
him. A legislator in that respect is
Just like ? negro, he will sit down in
i the Legislative -Hall and see noxious
weeds and grasses overrun ' and choke
the crops, see merchants, lawyers and
doctors pass bills detrimental to the in?
terest of their constituency- the farmer
-and do nothing because he is not
looked after and told what the farmers
really want, which wants can only be
known through and by organisation.
I If our Agricultural Association were a
lai^e* respectable asd influential body
of active farmers, we would learn new
methods and plans of each, other,
learn how to live more econom?
ically, encourage each other to work
more, protect each other from ex?
tortion and unwise legislation-in
: fact, we would be somebody, elevating
ourselves in the social and political
! scale. So farmers organise and let ns
cease be the beast oe burden for others
to ride while we ourselves walk and pay
the taxes, we feed the world, don't let
us be content to feed ourselves on the
crumbs that 1aH.: Let us organize and
draw around the table " and eat a good
sonare -weal^f the good ..things our?
selves.
At the convention in Columbia, res?
olutions were passed asking the State
to appropriate some of the taxes-wrung
oat of us to educate and train our
boys ead giris, alongside .of the?appro
priations made to tfce"S/ C. College to
train np more professional men and tax
consumers alongside of the appropria?
tions made to the Citadel Academy to
train np soldiers, who in times" of peace
have sot mach taste or training io fight
i ing the battles of life 'and ^muHrg^the
j v?etory in the shape of bread and meat.
' Is it right, that you farmers, many of
? whom have to labor for your daily bread,
should be taxed to educate -professional
mes to prey en you, while the .publie '
schools are only opeo to your own chil?
dren a few months in the year ? Is it
right that yo? farmers should be taxed
to exclude your own envidren from the -
pab?c schools, by turning over to the
negroes half of the aehool fund to edu?
cate them out of our fields and make
! ont of them preachers and penitentiary1
? birds ? I am wi Hin g to be taxed doubly
for the education of &e white children
because charity begins at home. As the
negroes claim to be in the majority, let
them create their own school fund. Is
it right that voa farmers in your im?
poverished cbndittea should be taxed
' $15,390 fer the maintain a nee-of militia,
$20.000 to pay commissioners and
managers of election ? How does the
Adjutant General's oBce, consuming
$20,000 of our taxes compare in your
minds in usefulness and lasting benefits
to the State with a great institution
where hundreds of practically trained
and edueated ' fanners ?re turned out
amoeg the people each year ? Don't it
remind you of the boy who told his
father he didn't care ? darn about shoes,
but he must have a breast pin.
But they say the farmers don't pay
the taxes. In Sumter County the tax
is $61,000, leaving out the tax of
?8,500 levied on the railroads, and the
farmers pay four times as much tax as
all the others combined, and in the ap?
propriation of those taxes I contend that
the farmers should - be considered first,
sot last ; they should get the cream,
not the crumbs. There aro two insti?
tutions receiving State aid, where a
young man can get a literary education
and become a .professional man; but in
this agricultural State of ours, where
agriculture is the foundation of all the
other industries, where nine-tenths of
the people are engaged in farming, pay?
ing three-fourths of the taxes, we
have not a single "iust?fution where
a f^mer'sf|)o^3caa get,a prfcticai fawn?
ers education : ?s this right, ii it Just,
is it wise, to-thus neglect to enooarage
and nurse the great industry upon which . ,
ali the others lean for support ? Agri-i
culture is said to be the nurse-mother ,
of all the other industries: Is ii. wise,- to
starve the mother in order to give
health, vigor and growth to the child?
ren-? Any old granny knows that it is
unwise and unpolitic. So let us wake
up to our interest and demand a topping
off of all the useless offices in County and
State, and to encourage agriculture, de
manu a reduction of taxation, especially
upon our lands of at least 50 per cent,
and moro eqally distribute the burden.
Let us have our public schools open 10
months in the year, let us have an ag -
ricultural and mechanical college and a
training and industrial school for girls,
so that when you and I are gone we
can bequeath to our children this great
legacy-:a willingness to work, trained
and skilled hands, and a thinking mind.
You thus exalt labor and fit your chil?
dren for usefulness and good citizen?
ship. I therefore appeal to you in the
name of your over-taxed lands, of your
uneducated and unskilled boys and girls j
and of your untraiued and over-worked j
wives to aid and help me in organizing *
the farmers.
I desire to have it well understood
that I have, no personal ends to serve in
this matter, my interest and that of the
large body of farmers of Sumter County
is identical and inseparable, hence my
schemes cannot conflict with their
wishes. I am calling on you to organ?
ize, in perfect good faith. I have no
axe to grind and I don't propose to turn
the grindstone for any other man. If
we should find any man guilty of en?
deavoring to stir up the farmers as a
stepping stone to some office, I would
advise you to spew him out of your
mouth like so much filth. I warn you
to beware of politicians, even though
they may come to you in the guise of
farmers. You are a power in the land,
a great power for good, a dangeroos
power for evil and the politicians will
court you as ardently as ever lover
courted maiden. So hold on to your
virtue,
"Betroeto yon reel ves,
And it will follow, as the night the day,
That you cannot be false to any mao."
Take the ^advice of the Burlington
Hawlceye ; 1
'.Father, who travels the road so late ?
Hush, my child, 'tis the candidate.
Fit example of human woes-.
Early he comes and late he goes ;
Regreets the women with courtly grace,
He kisses the baby's dirty face.
He calls to the fence the farmer at work,
He bores the merchant, he bores the clerk.
The blacksmith while bis anvil rings,
He greets, and this is the song he sings :
Howdy, howdy, howdy do?
How is your wife, and how are yon ?
Ah 1 it fits my fist as no other can,
The horny hand of the working raan; ^.
Husband, who is that man at the gate? 3*3fe
Hash my love I tis the candidate. ...
Husband, why can't be work like youT^r
Has be got nothing at home to do ?
My dear, whenever a man is down,
No cash at home, no money in town, -
Too stupid to preach, too proud to beg,
Too timid to rob, too lazy to dig,
Then over his horse his leg he flings,
And to the dear people this song he sings :
Howdy, howdy, &c, &c.
Brothers, who labor early and late?
Ask these things of the candidate ;
What's his record ? How does he stand
At"home?" No matter abont his hand,
Be it hard or soft, so it be prone
To close over money not his own.
Has he in view no tbeiving plan?
Is be honest or capable? Is he oar man?
Cheer such a one till the welkin rings,
Join in the chorus when he sings :
Howdy, howdy, howdy do?
How is your wife, and how are yoa ?
Ab 1 it fits my fist as no other can,
The horny band of the working man.
In building a bonse the first thing
needed are the sills, they are required
to be solid and strong timbers, tn lay?
ing the foundation the sills are not used
separately, they are firmly bound and
united together . When they are thus
firmly united, thc foundation is ready
for the superstructure. We farmers
are the sills upon which the prosperity
of the State and the whole people de?
pends.
You cannot build a house out of sills
alone, neither can you build up a coun?
try out of farmers alone. You must
have mechanics, merchants, lawyers
an (Ld oe tors, they are as necessary to ns
farmers as are the posts, rafters and
shingles to the builder. The sills must
perform every duty and function of a
sill. If you place a rafter where the
sill ought to be, you destroy the
strength, symmetry and beauty of the
structure, and sooner or later the house
will come down with a crash. We
have been using the rafters in place of
the sills and oar house is toppling-the
crash-and irreparable ruin is staring us
in the face, what are you going to do
about it, each one going to pull in a
separate direction, or will you organize
and let as all pull together aod thus
lay a fonndation upon which merchants,
mechanics, lawyers and doctors may
safely bnild, knowing it to be firm and
solid, resting on the strong sills of the
country-7-on the farmer ?
. ?t * the Convention it was decided
that we farmers needed an agricultural
and mechanical college and a training
school for our girls. Before the war
when-our sons graduated they returned
to their homes and used their education
and talents in keeping down taxes and
building np a splendid country society,
but not so now, when oar boys gradu?
ate they see their fathers hampered by.
debt, despondent and their lands lying
idle, seeing no inducement at home, no
opening OB the farm, they remain io
the eities and towns to swell the list of
the already over-crowded professions, it
then becomes their interest to create and
multiply offices and increase taxation,
and to this end they use their education
and talents.
. The associations at college give
thew the idea that manual work is de?
grading, so they live from hand to
mouth, become ten cent politicians,
sharpers, and shirks, when, if they
only knew it, the very tonic needed to
develop their manhood is a good honest
days work, a good old country Bweat.
Send your boy to the agricultural and
mechanical college;, train his hands
how to word and his mind how to think.
He will come home with an exalted idea
of labor,, ie will know the component
parts of his soil, and the requirements
of the plants he wishes to raise, and he
will not strew guano in a furrow at a
venture, he sees beauty and interest in
the science of agriculture, where the
uneducated man sees drudgery, he can
farm on scientific principies with a cer?
tainty of success. Such a mao owns no
man master,- and depends alone on na?
ture and nature's God; basking in his
sunshine, breathing his fresh air and
daily surrounded by the wonders and
beauties of nature. In him you have
an exalted and noble type of manhood,
the grandest specimen of the works of
God.
We want a training school.-for our
daughters, so as to give the future
mothers of our country the same exalt
ed.ideas /of work. Teach them to be
something,- they- must do something*
Our girls occupy a deplorable'position..
When reverses come upon them th,ey
are expected to fight their way throujb
the world against thc fearful odds of
having no profession, insufficient educa?
tion and no business training of any
kiud to help them in the bitter struggle
for existence. There are .now but two
avenues open for them, they must
either sew for the negroes or teach a
public school-in these there is no pro?
motion, no hope, no futnre. When the
father dies the only hope is the mere
chance of marriage, or that their broth?
ers will be charitable enough to provide
them with bread and a home. Think
of it-hew would you-like, to accept
charity from your sister and be obliged
to depend upon her for- your. supp?t,
and do you think that ?roar sister'has
less self-respect a*id go?d honest pride
than you have? Let us give our girls
an equal chance with the boys ; let us
make both our sons and daughters inde?
pendent by training the -hands aa well
as the intellect. Let us have more tax?
payers and less tax-gatherers. Then
this fair country of ours, grand old
South Carolina, with her glorious rec?
ord of the past, her naturally sich soil,
her splendid climate, her gallant men
and her noble women, sha.will blossom
like a rose aud be the fairest daughter
in the sisterhood of Staus.
AU this weean accomplish by organi?
zation and by teachiug ' our sons and
daughter! that the same God who ere
atcd the mind, created the hands and
says that all labor is honorable.
I have endeavored to show you the
great necessity of thorough organization
among farmers. It is bread and meat
to us, but let me warn you, that more
than bread and meat, even home itself,
depends upon tho farmers remaining a
solid Democratic unit, and that man who
would by word or act estrange your af?
fections from our old Democratic
mother, who nursed us io our humilia?
tion and shame, is a traitor to his coun?
try and to the best interest of his peo?
ple.
Now then, I submit the question will
yoa organize or not ? 1 am free to say
to you that this movement is going on
whether you join in or not, and it does
seem to me to be the part of wisdom to
organize and let ns do what we can to
steer this old, foundered and leaky ship
in which we farmers are embarked, into
the haven of peace, prosperity, hope
and nnity.
Organize and let moderation, wisdom
and usefulness guide our acts, and may
God help ns in trying to help ourselves.
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\V, F. ?Sk? J no. Rame? Co.
Rockford, 1U.
Address No 2116 Main St.
OLTR PREMIUM.
Every farmer is interested in the welfare of
his stock, arid should have on hand, fur ready
reference a hook describing the ailments his
stock is subject to, and the remedies therefor.
In considers finn of this fact we have procured
for the benefit of our farmer subscribers a
large number of copies of '-Kendall's Treatise
on the Horse," one of which we propose to
give to every one who pigs for his paper in
advance. The -^v book is one of
great value, as 's ?l" '"des of
diseases which 'i?jt?r^?fcw gives the symp?
toms, cause, and jfok^Studs. the best treat
men t of each. 11 con tai ns a
table, giving all thc principal drugs used for
the horse, with the ordinary dose, effects, and
antidote when a poison ; also a table with an
engraving of the horse's teeth a- different
ages of the horse; a valuable collection of
recipes, and much more valuable information.
Remember we GIVE this valuable work to .
all who pay their subscription is s^rs^ce;:
A WELL KNOWN PACT!
A Dealer who makes a Specialty of one par?
ticular line can always supply the
- Best Goods at the Lowest Prices?
IT IS THEREFORE TO YOUR INTEREST TO
Y YOUR HARDWARE
-FROM
: W. DURANT & SON.
They keeep ie stock every known variety of
SHELF HARDWARE
and would call especial attention to a very large and well selected stock of
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING
In all widths, with Rivets and Burs or Lacing as may be desired.
STOVES OF EVERT VARIETY AT ALL PRICES.
A large acid superb stcek of
CMna and Glassware,
And the finest and largest assortment of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, RAZORS,
SCISSORS, ?c., from the bestfatories of Europe and America. * Especial attention
has been paid in the selection of POTWARE, TINWARE, &c.
Wagon Material of Every Conceivable Kind.
Single and Double Muzzle and Breech Loading G-uns, * Ammu
. . nition, Shells, &c.
Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN and will be supported by
; LOW PRICES. , . .
k w. DURANT & SON;
Sept 15 Main Street, opposite the. Bank, Sumter, S. C.
ASHLEY SMALL GRAIN SPECIFIC
The S. G-. S. is the cheapest, and the best, and the only Specific Fertilizer
for Small Grain on the Market.
The S. Gr. S. has been used all over onr Southern States for the last three
years, and has given great satisfaction.
ASHLEY ASH ELEMENT,
Of superior activity and efficiency ; a cheap and excellent Fertilizer for
Small Grain, especially when used with Cotton Seed or manure to supply
Ammonia.
ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER,
Delivered free ; specially adapted to Roses, Geraniums, Pansies, Flowering
Annuals, <fec. ,
For terms, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive and instruc?
tive publications of the Company, address,
THE ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO.
Seot^a Charleston, S. C.
The Largest and Host Complete
Establishment South.
Established 1842.
GEO. S. HACKER & SON,
Office and Warerooms, King, opposite
Cannon Street.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Manufacturers of
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
MOULDINGS,
AND BUILDING MATERIAL.
R-YA.-A-.
Ililli H
TRATT?
C?LIiE5E>
ADLER.
y
EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD AVAIL
Himself of the advantages offered at the
BRYANT, STRATTON & SADLER BUSI?
NESS COLLEGE,
For acquiring a thorough and practical train?
ing in business affairs.
With improved and enlarged facilities, we
announce our Twenty-Second Annual Opening
for the reception of pupils.
The CiirricukiK) of* study embraces a thorough
preparation for business affairs.
The proficiency acquired by our many pupils
during a period of over twenty years as educa?
tors of youth is oar strongest commendation.
Pupils enter at any time. For circulars, cat?
alogues, terms, &c" call on or address
W. H. SADLER, President,
Sept S Nos. 6 & 8 N. Charles St., Balto.
? ; g ? i - i ?? .?????m. ii-im i
. ay CURES- TJiphtheria, Croup, Asthma, Bronchitis. Neuralgia, Rheumatism, 'Bleeding at tho I/cogs,
' Hoeraeneee, Influonaa, Hacking Cough, whooping Cough. Catarrh, Cholera Mor boa, Djaeuiery, Chronic
IMarrhcea, Xidnoy Troubles, and Spinal Disensos. Pamphlet free. Pr. 1.8. Johnson. St Co., Boston, Mm.
PMSONS'SPILLS
i These pms were a wonderful discovery. '.Kc others like them in tho world. Win positively cure or
relieve all manner of disease. The information around each box la worth ten times the cost of a box of
Sills, find out about them and you will always be thankful. One pill a dose. Illustrated pam phl?t
.ee. Sold everywhere, QT sent by mail for goo. In stamps. Dr. I. S. JOHlTaoy &CO.,ja O.H. St., Boston.
Sheridan's Conditionnai mm tr. a? m mm sj ? BSJBB sa ? mm\ ? g*lW -Not bin g cn earth
K'ff?^i fe ur iirijc* 11 VSSIT?S
^"^???iiH fl K r HrN\ I uiSiS
rg1i7??r'?'li I nBlfe 11 !? ll Q Infi 1? Jgir5
lil Spp lierai later..
Testimonials of.-Eminent -Physicians
. . of the State. " .
Tie fo?To.wing are. selected from man y sim?
ilar ernes :
D*. L..' C. KENNEDY, of Spartanburg,
writes the Proprietbrs : "The remedial qual?
ities of Glenn Springs I hare known for over
forty years, and can attest to its val?e iu
Dyspepsia from gastric or functioonl derange?
ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical
Effusions. Uterine Irregularity and Affections
of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the lase dis?
eases I would particularly call attention, as
the waters have shown large curative powers
in these complaints."
DR. 0. B. MAYES, of Newberry, S. C..
says : "I have sent more than fifty persons
suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, aud
have never been disappointed in any case;
they all speedily recovered. I cannot find
words to express ray confidence in the Glenn
Springs water, as a remedy tor the Liver,
when fup'ctioually deranged. Dyspepsia,
Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the
Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver,
have all, as ? know; disappeared at the
Springs:" j
DR. JAMES MCINTOSH, President of the Med
ical Association o? South Carolina, in his an- I
ottal address before that body remarks: j
"Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach, :
Liver and Kidne}^, deserves to rauk with
any other on the continent,"
PRICE OF .WATER.
Per case of two dozen quart bottles, securely j
packed and delivered ou thc train at Spartan- j
burcr, S4.00.
Per gallon, by the barrel, delivered at j
Spartan burg, 20 cents.
Per gallon, tor less than a barrel, 25 cents, f
Address SIMPSON & SIMPSON,
Glenn Springs, S. C.
POUTZ3 S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
I >!?-> H-iv.ss will oi' Cotre. BOTS cr ?CS6 i's.
: VKR. ii i: outs'* Powders are. us*.i in rime.
Foutz's Pmvderswi?' cnre nw! preveai ?lo.-?Or^T.r'r.v.
Foutz's l'ow-iei*:v.iH provest GAI'KS IN F<>WX&
Font/."* row?leis Will iii.\-.-:t-v iW? quantity ol n.iili
tiwi cre&m twenty per cent., xiui muScc Hie i-ui?or Jinn
iu?1 sweet
j l't?i;rz*s liowdcrswj-J rare or prevent almost KVKBY
?JUKKASK to wiiich Horsesand Cattle arc subject
VvVr/'S l\tWWKH WILE C?TK SATISFACTION.
Sy]*l cvoryiviicre.
DAVID IS. FOTJTZ. rroprictar
G. W. C. DICK, D. S. S.
OScc over Bogio's New Store,
EXTKANCE ON MAIN STREET,
SUMTER, S. C.
Office Hours.-9 to !;30; 2:30 to 5.
Sep t 9
B. R MITCHELL & Sip
' * ' '.?' PROPRIETORS or
The_ M^Gli?pt M?jxr lillis
. ......??vAlTO^ :
COMM43S??? MERCHANTS
. ; . FOfi-.mBi SlLE .OP .
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES,
wiiiBiiiirGTOjr, ic. c.
OFFER FOR SALE
AT LOWEST PRICES
Choice grades FLOUR, <mn manT t're.
-ALSO,
Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY.
CRACKED CORN, &c.
->"ALS0,
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 Railroad.
13. F. MITCHELL & SON.
BLANKS
-o
LIENS,
TITLES,
MORTGAGES,
BILLS OF SALE,
BONDS,
And Other Blanks in Variety,
FOB SALE
AT THIS OFFICE.
BEES, enes, BIS.
-0
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, g. C.
Karch 9
F?BST mU JOB WORK
?T BOTTOM PRICES;
WATCI??AN AND SOUTHRON JOB OFFICE
WOtl?fiN & PIEPER,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Provisions, Liprs, Tobacco, fe
167 and 169 East-Ba%,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Dec. 2 6
S. B. THOMAS, Agt
No. 320 KING STREET,
Opposite Liberty j
WMow Wes, Paper Haws
Ii ACE CURTAINS,
CORNICES ANO UPHOLSTERY GOODS,
WINDOW AWNINGS MADE TO ORDER.
CHARLESTON S. C.
Dec ll o
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Boots, Shoes, Trunks,
Bags, &c.
No. 233 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to Filling
of Orders, and ali Goods guaranteed as
represented.'
Jan 6 ... x
aa TO
S.TB0UUB.,OM,
273 KING STREET,
CIIAJRf,ESTON, S. ?.,
-FOR
Fine Diamonds, Watches,
CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE
SPECTACLES A5D EYE GLASSES.
Large assortment of
WEDDING PRESENTS
always on band..
Orders promptly filled, Watches and
jewelry carefully repaired by
expert tcorkmen.
273 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C:
Sept 23 o
C. BART & GO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Finit,
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
.1
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, Ac.
All orders filled with dispatch.
Aug 25_o_
AUGUST TAMSBERGj
Manufacturer of
HAIR JEWELRY,
? URLS, ? BRAIDS, &c
l?o. 332 King Street, /
CHARLESTON;- SS O.
?S* Jewelry neatly repaired. '
' Aug 25 : ? _ - ?
PAVILION" HOTEL,
; CHARLESTON, S. C:
First Class iii all its Appointments.
Supplied with all Modern Improvements.
Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Room3,
Otis-Passenger Elevator, Elec?
tric 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 Musis.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS well appointed Hotel was opened foi
the reception of Guests, March ist, 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 Matressea on all beds Fronting on
King Street, with extensive Southern expos?
ure, making
All the Rooms Dry, Airy and Pleasant.
To mfeke the "HOTEL WINDSOR,3' what
has lonp been wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI?
LY HOTEL,
No Liquors will be 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 thc City, and is under the
Sole Proprietorship and management of the
Public's obedient serrant,
JOS. saxes, Jr.
RATES-$2 and $2.50 per day.
Sept 16 o
DTB. ANDERSON^
Attorney at Law.
SUMTER, S. C.
Will practice in adjoining
counties.
Collecting made a specialty, jj
5 ? ^_jizr
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ASJJ
AUG??STA ?./?. ...
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Z
PATBD
April 25, 1886
fNo.48, No. 4#
Daily. J Daily.
Leave Wilmington
Leave Waccamaw.
Leave Marios.
Ar've Florence....
Ar've Sumter......
Ar've Columbia...
8 15pm
9 40 ?
11 3? "
12 25 "
4 24 am
o 40 "
?0 lOpa
lt 15 **
1239 am
120 ?
424 ?
6 4% ?
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 43,1 Ne. 47,
Daily. J _DaiIv_^
Leav? Colombia..
Ar've Sumter .....
Leave Florence...
Leave Marios.
Leave Waccamaw
Ar've Wilmington
Trains No. 48 and 47 stops at all Stations
except Register, Ebeneser, Cane Savannah,
Wateree and Simms'.
Passengers for Colombia and all points on
C. ? G. R. R:? C., C. A. ?, R. R. Stations,
Aiken Jonction, arni ali points beyond, shoakl
take No. 40. Pollman Sleeper for A agosta on
this train.
JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sop't.
J. R. K EN LY, Superintendent Trans.. .
T. M. EMERSON, Geo. Passenger Ag*t. -
NORTH-EASTERN R. R. CO,
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD ?0:-,
CHABUSTOK, S. C., June. 2<r, 1886V :
On and after this date the following Sebe?
dole will be run daily :
Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. :
No; 43-12 06 P. x....?-^..4 20.r .JC
No. 47-12 25 A. M_; 4 jfc? .
Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston.
No. 40- 1 35 A. M...M.....J.5 00 A. if J
NO. 42-11 55 A. M.. ........... 1 50 P. T?ir. ?
Nos. 40 and 47 will not stop at Way-Sta?
tions.
Nos. 42 and 43 will stop at all Stations.
No. 40 will stop at- Kingstree, Lanes,
and Moncks corner.
.--4
CENTS AL EAHB0A3) SCESEUI^
DAILY. ? . '* -'I *
No. 53-Leaves Charleston............ 7 20 a w
Lane's.......8 36 a raj
" Sumter.9 33 a. ra.
Arrives Columbia ...... ..~..10 40 a m
No. 52-Leaves Columbia 5^27 pn?
" Sumter.?*......?,....-fi, 45 .p aa
" Lane's........^..... 7 45.p. m
Arrives Charleston......_9 '?0 p ii'
Nos. 52 and 53 will atop at Lanes, Forret
ton and Manning. >w , .
T. M. EMERSON, . J. F. DTONE,
Geu'l Pass. Agent. , GennSap'C
South Carolina Railway Ce1
PASSEKGEB'DEPAKTMEI?T.- R
COMMENCING Sunday, May 9, 1880/Paa*
senger Trains will ron as follows, until far?
ther notice, "Eastern Time y ,?':'<?:
TO AND FROM CHARLESTON^ > ::
East (Daily.)
Depart Columbia......... 6 30 ara
Duo CharleitOD.......... ll 00 p m
West (DaPy.)'- ^'
Depart Charleston....... 7 20 am
Doe Col umbia .-_..... 10 35 a m
5 27 pm
9 00pm
i 5.10. p ra?
?0 00 pm
TO AND FROM CAMDEN. ^
East (Daily exeept Sunday.) ..
Depart Columbia 6 30 a m...5 05 p m.. 5 27 pm .
Due Camden._12 37 a m...7 42 p m...742. p m
. West (Daily a?eeptiSn?^j^^^^<^
Depart Camden 7 45 am... 7 45 am... 315pm
Due Col?mbralo 25 am... 10 35 a IB...16 00 pm
TO AND FROM AUGUSTA. '
East (Daily.) ! / :
Depart,Columbia ,-..-.6 30 a m- 5 27 pm
Due Augusta......... - 11 35 am.._.r? 35 pm :
West (Daily.) S 7 I "?
Depart Angosta..6 05.am......; 4 40 p ?
Due Colombia..._..10 35 a rn.~~.ie 00 p m
CONNECTIONS. '
Connections made at Colombia wi?h. >C?Iom-*
bia and Greenville Railroad jSjps tram miring
at 10 40 a-m,- ?nd depari+Rg-ftir^-37 p m. At
Columbia Jonction with Charlotte^ Columbia
and Augusta Railroad by same train to and,
from all points on both roads.
Passengers take Supperat 'Br?neaVHlei ' ' ? ,
Conneaiioc3.made at Charleston with Steam?
ers to and from New York on Saturdays. Also
with Charleston and Savannah Railway-tor Sa?
vannah and.all point?: South, and ,wilb~?i*aj?. .
ers for Jacksonville and points -on St* Joana's
river on Tuesdays and Saturdays. -~ *
Connections made at Augusta to and- from
all Poinls, Vf est and South y ia Georgia^ R.
and with Central R. Ri. '?"* .-. >
Connections made at Blackville to aad^trcca
all points on Barnwell Railroad. . [e.:i?X
THROUGH TICKETS to all pointe, <an-**
purchased by applying ?o'DI McQueen; Agent, ?
Columbia, S. C- D. C. ALLEN,-Si?|
General Passenger and Tieket. Agent, 4
JOHN E. PECK, General Manager.. ..
Clmrlesmifc^: 4k
THE AIMAR
: : CORK ER OF i c i: A
Vanderhorst and- Kisg
HAVING EBEN LEASED
St?
(Formerly of 190 Meeting-Si.,)
IS NOW OPEN for th? aecom?oa^on*;<?f
boarders. Parties visiting Charleston will
fiad, this : H ossa eos ve nit n tly ai mated for haet^
noes, and directly OB tb? line of Street Raiiweju
. TexmV per day, i$i.50; - - V- .TS..
Feb 18 ._
WRIGHT'S
COLUMBIA, & G.^jr,
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE;
with all taodern improvements, ii now
open'for inc reception of guests. "
S. L. WRIGHT'* SOW, ~
May6. _ Proprietor*..
PATENTS
Obtoinedr?^"a^"btslBess in.l)?$rTS. Paljeai
Ornee, amended to for MOD?RATE FEES.
Ow of&?t is opposite the U. S. Patent O?ce,
and we can obtain patents in leas time than
those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise
as to patentability free of charge; aad we
make NO CHARGE UNLESS WS OBTAIN
PATENT,: . , .
We refer, bere,..to lite Posimaater, theSupt
of Money Order Div;, and_to. o<Scial3 of the
U. S. Patent Office. ?or circnlar, advice,
terms and reference to actual clients ia yow
own State, or county address
.0. A. SNOW ^ CO.,
Opposite Patent Ogee. Washington, P. C.
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tt^J^jS >^ Zemmers, ?od Kn?
Mt^a?mU er, amt usual outfit of twelve ,
BiMi*. Ite? h ?UHo in-fore y oti jMtjr
EJm&Xn machine manufacturer i* U?*r
- lU^TWW United Stales ?ara fr^Hi**
ff Mil Ms qSfrr.'- They are,paa?-.
/?Awt^yWAsome, durable, and Iigat
Purckaiw from in and j???d
circular ar^t > C. A. WOOD* CO.,
testlmcwia?s. ; IT K.T?rtfc.-?i^P*H?**.?a..
1MTLE
The lowdeet and - t
piereisctr abril!
whistle made. Caa
be heard from one to
two miles,
size of a ?-cali?
bre centre l
cartridge.
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