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OTESDAY, SEPTEMBER HT The Sumter Watchman was founded intSoO and the True Southron In 1366. The Watchman and Southron uow ha? the combined circulation and ?nffseece of both of the old papers, and is .manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. - asa EBITOBIAI? ITEMS. '5^ejre, are* some ajjpreheosions of a ; general European war, as a cooae-1 ^ quince oT?e Bulgariantroubles. We in the? ^?tb^baYe every reasoo to hope j that. #eace n*** continue, for we have notbtfig to gaia and alt to lose by such an ?vent; President ' Cleveland is still in the Adirondacks, hunting, fishing and rest ingmar earea of State. He will re? turn W Washington about the first of Octtmer.^. We are sureMr. Cleveland deserres a p?e?sact vacation, and. hope he -ooftUpne to enjoy iL Mr. Bayard's special envoy to Mexico, j laiirjfr *&jg?wic?r,^who ? sal? to haye j go?^glo6ojw?y. ^nf?'Viherf?t' ?ight he ..Arrived -at th*. Mexican capital, is saioHo hare developed no hew propen sitj-hy that act; he haying made a repu tatton for fondness of midnight orgies, years ago ia .Washington.. The Kew Deal movement of which so much was said in South Carolina prior to the meeiing of the State Convention seems to be 'catching? In looking over a list of forty-seven candidates nominated is various States for Con? gress in the past few weeks, twenty were new men, their predecessors having been laid on the sheff. Primaries are being held all over the State. Each day brings is the report of some counties' choice, conveying joy Of sorrow io so- many hearts. Alas the poor candidate t ' We doubt if any other condition in.life is more thoroughly ag? gravating^ We are glad to know that the Sumter crowd all know their fate and are off the tenter hooks of uncer? tainty. The responses to Charleston's carl for aid is most gratifying. We suppose that never before' has there been sueh a unanimous expression of sympathy for the unfortunate. Charleston's debi of gratitude will be deep ; but she deserves all the. help she may receive. Her people never s troted in giving to the cause of charity and she is most worthy of a return of benefits. We find a distressing sameness in our exchanges this week. Nothing but the, earthquake is-worthy of printer's ink ic South Carolina. We have searched in vain for suScient editorial clippings on other subjects-to Ml our usual col ama, and so perforce* we must talk about the earthquake even there. Bill*Arp also has ? sayso about the matter, written in his -usually readable style. Pulitzer, of the World, who resigned from Congress and ran away to Europe when the Pan Electric investigation became too hot for him, has returned , and col um ns of his paper are again filled with the venom which flows so free? ly from his peu. It is not surprising that his paper has a large circularon among the slums of New York, for it caters to the depraved taste of the lowest, but we can not anderstand how reputable Dem? ocrats eau help sustain such a vicious sheet. Alexander, of Bulgaria, whose forci? ble deposition several weeks ago, and subs?quent return, we. have already mentioned, has finally abdicated. Of course be did tfos because compelled by Russia. SEe is determined that uo un? friendly power shall- Staad between her and Turkey; and hewe her oppositon to Alexander./ .This' is aj?rrefct Mow at poor old Turkey, and while we have no sympathy whatever with ber, it is very evid^nf that Russian aggression ie au? to civilization and freedom, an if i^^^^?Ujld put a check to it. Ca^B?gh* L. Farley, of Spartan burg, who was defeated in the recent race for A. and t. General comes out in an open letter, and makes a bitter attack on Messrs. Dawson and Brawley of Charleston, holding them responsible for his defeat before the State Execu? tive Committee. We very heartily favored Capt. Farley's candidacy before bothr the Convention and Committee, bat think his letter in bad taste, aod not of a nature to add to the Captain's popularity in the State. Our readers doubtless remember the marriage between Victoria, daughter of the Italian banker Morosini, and bis coachman Hulskamp, some two years ago. Mrs. Hulskamp has had abundant time to repent of her ill-advised mar? riage, and she has doubtless done so, as she has eloped again, presumably with a New York dude with more money than brains. There is no certainty as to the person she has gone with, but she bas certainly left her husband and her whereabouts are unknown. The first of the international yacht 'races hetwecn England ac* the United States came off near New York, last Monday. The Mayflower-Yankee and the Galatea-British-were thc contestants. The weather was fine and the number of excursion boats in attend? ance was immense. The New York Sun give3 a detailed account of the race, and we clip the following account of the return of the victorious boat, as a sam? ple of tbs enthusiasm felt tn New York : "More than 400 boats awaited her coming. Again a path had been made for her. The happy throng would have built a triumphal arch above it had that been possible. The hoarse welcome begau w4*eo ?he was half a mile away, but words are inadequate to tell bow air became blue and sulphurous Itbe smoke of gunpowder and then f< with steam from heaven knows many steamers, or how the tens of t sands on the boats cheered and .were swered faintly, as it seemed, by c cheers from the tens of thousand the shores, or how women joined io cheers with waving handkerchiefs stood silent with eyes wet with ex* ment. Never did the hills of St Island echo such a roar, and never so great a throng gathered there to a race finished. The Mayflower fie ed nt 4b. 22m. 53s. the Galateac handsomely Over the line 12m. and i later, and was welcomed until the ste era ran their steam gauges down to 1 pan.' TELS SUMTER DELE^GATIO Oar legislative delegation are i men, and their co ns ii tuen tn will w; with deep interest their deveiopo into active legislators. AU have % stuff in their composition; they yoong, energetic and practical, and have every reason to look for a g report ?rom them in the coming sea of the Legislature. However, we a ously doubt the policy of electing entirely new delegation when, it can avoided, and we therefore regret defeat of Capt. E. M. Cooper, the o member of the old delegation who ' a candidate*. " Experience is a most \ nable adjunct in making a useful lej hitor. The longer he serves, the m usefully can he serve, when he braies and honesty to back his exp< euee. The delegation is not entirely una mous on the prominent questions bef the County, and in order to prope represent the County, we do not thi they ought to be ; for thc voters the selves are badly split up on the sa questions. However, all the dele? tien favor the College and Citadel, m< of them believing that a tuition : should be charged in the former. T Agricultural College is mildly endors while the Girls' Industrial School i j ceives s black eye. The lien law endorsed warmly by the Senator, but opposed by Messrs. Cain and Wilso Mr. Shaw thinks that fall corn cri and meat houses are the most effects defence against its evils, while M Moses believes it the simplest way getting credit when credit is necessar The completion of the Canal is favor? by the Senator, if the progress of tl work and the expense have been su< as: is reported by its friends. Maj. Wi son is equally pronounced in his oppos tion to further appropriations. Messr Moses and Shaw oppose any addition aid unless its completion be near ; hand. Mr. Cain wishes more light h fore forming an opinion. Mr. Mos< will favor, if practicable, an arrang? ment by which two scholarships may t granted each County, which will entitl the holders to free tuition and board J the S. C. College. Mr. Shaw wi favor a bill to make the office of A. an I. General honorary-no expense bein attached to it, except for travelling Of course they are all practical mee and a more intimate acquaintance wit these various matters, will probabl change their views to some extent We believe the affairs of Sumter Count can be very safely entrusted into thei hands, and as was said before, we ex peet a good report from them in th next Legislature. THE STATE CAITVASS. We see no need of any labored cam paign this year on the part of the Dem oerats, and think the State Ex. Com mittee acted wisely io limiting tb? canvass as they'did. There are no issues before the peoph which could very safely be discussec just now, unless the Republicans nomi nate a ticket-which is hardly probable, There are differences of opinion or many subjects among ourselves, and tho nominees on the State ticket have views as widely diverging as the people them? selves. We doubt if the ticket as a whole is agreed upon any one of the questions which have been so vigorously discussed ia the varions C' nut j cam* paigns. The Canal, Free cition, thc Lien Law, the Agricultural College, all have advocates and opponents on the State ticket, and it would be the ex? treme of folly to precipitate a discus? sion which would end in widening the differences, and, if we had political op? position, would result in defeating the ticket. Hence we think the Ex. Com? mittee were wise tn giving as little op? portunity as possible to speech-making in this campaign. POLITICAL ECONOMY. There is no doubt but that this cam? paign will be run with but little money. Thc people will be satisfied that their duty is performed when they vote, and if money is asked for, will see no need of responding. But it takes money to run a political campaign ; and while it is rightfully expected that the successful candidates must bear the greater por? tion of the financial burden, it is not right that they should have all the ex? pense to meet. Those who can give of their abundance to help in a good cause should do so ; but, as we have previously remarked, money will be conspicuous for its absence in this cam? paign. And while the counties are practicing economy, the State will, perforce, do the same. An intimate acquaintance with the expenses of a county canvass, gives us an idea of the necessary ex? penses of the State. There is no need of hiring Democratic orators to stump ! the State. Not one of the seven meet j ings arranged by the Executive Com 'mittee need cost the State one cent, because it is as much thc duty of each candidate on the State ticket to pay his expenses to and from these meetings, as it is for the conn ty candidates to pay their expenses in canvassing the County. There is no need of hiring brass bands or buying red shirts, for thia will not be a hurrah campaign. Nor is there any need of spacious Dem? ocratic Headquarters in Columbia ; un? less some patriotic individuals furnish them at their own expense. The cor? responden ee can be attended to by the Secretary in his own office, and the Committee can meet wherever they chose to rent a room at their own expense just as the County Committees have to do. So that the expense is narrowed down to printing tickets for the election in November, advertising, (judging by our experience a very small item,) and postal expenses. We write on this subject now, because it is about lime for the State Committee to assess Counties for campaign ex? penses, and if a favorable response is expected, an economic requisition should be made. OUR BEST WISHES To the successful 'competitors in the late canvass, and we trust that the sanguine expectations of official enjoy? ment on the part of the 'new men1 may be fully realized, but above all we hope they will make useful and efficient officers. 'Public office is a public trust/ is a well worn truism, but not the less pertinent because of that fact ; and no man is worthy to hold office who does not so regard it. Wo know bow those already in office, and who have been re-elected, look upon such matters. The faithful discbarge of the duties of their office has richly merited the confidence and votes o? their fellow citizens, and wc arc con? fident that Sumter County will be abundantly satisfied with the 'new deal7 if the example of their older official brethren be followed. SEED COTTON. We publish to-day the resolutions adopted by the Farmers' Club at Bethel, in reference to the traffic in seed cotton. This matter is of the greatest impor? tance and while the passage of a law limiting the traffic would work incon? venience to some, there is urgent need for legislation to check cotton thieves, and their rascally-coadjutors-the keep? ers of cross road liquor shops. We can assure the farmers of Sumter county, that if they can satisfy our leg? islative delegation that fardfrs want such a law, there will be no difficulty in having it. Written for the Watchman and Southron. Recollections of Potter's Raid? NUMBER X. We left the body of the trooper in the street, weltering in his blood. He was dead. I have wondered and ques? tioned in my mind as to this stranger, of his home ? of his family ? and if tidings of his shocking death, when he seemingly so least expected it, had ever reached them ? The squadron of cav airy, as they rode up the street and saw his body in its blood and dust, were like madmen ; and with fearful curses upon the town rode by, with deafening yells, in hot haste. After their fruitless pur? suit, a guard was ordered to remove the body, and he was borne over to the res? idence of Mr. J. E. Blakely. The shot from the aim of C. H. Jones' gun had torn his face terribly, and he bled freely. They met Mrs. Blakely at her door with their bleeding charge.. It was an appalling sight to ber. They bore him into the house, and were about to place him npon her white eounterpaned bed. She was horrified et this, and insisted, protested, that they should not ruin her best bed by placing the bleeding man upon it. What must I do with him ? They replied, you must take care of him. Treat him in the best possible manner -as if he was your brother. They consented to use thc bedding and other requisite bed clothing which were offered, and he was laid between the two rear rooms. A guard was then placed. They were relieved regularly through thc night, and early nest morn? ing, -Sunday, April 9th, the lonely stranger was wrapped in a blanket and borne into the garden where a grave had been hurriedly prepared (in the squash bed,) and they buried him GenM Potter had no chaplain, there were no funeral services. His body lies there to-day. (At this I am surprised, when in every instince the U. S. Gov? ernment has taken such particular and expensive care of all the Union dead, who have been reported to the authori? ties at Florence where, for this District is situated the Government cemetery. When there last, to make inquiry of the officer in charge, in the United States Army Register of Officers, con? cerning one, who appears in these "re? collections," and if possible to find his whereabouts, (herc were then in the near neighborhood of three thousand bodies buried-white and black. Not every body carried there, however, as a Union soldier is received. Entire sat? isfaction as to his identity must be given. Surely tu this case all the proof necessary could be furnished. His body should be there ) Mrs. Blakely passed the night in actual terror. Thc presence of thc dead, tho presence of the guard, and ?he confusion through the night, incident on the relief, aud then the general situation made the premises a thoroughfare for all. The house was full of the black soldiers all night, and was ransacked ; every thing in the shape of clothing and food was taken from her. She was left with nothing to subsist on. 31 r. Blakely was handled roughly, and his life was repeatedly threatened if he did not ot once deliver up thc hidden treasures put by others in his hands for safe keeping. If I mistake not, a rope was put around the old gentleman's neck, more than once. Ic was a night of terror to them. It might have been about six o'clock in the afternoon that a knock was heard at our front door. It was a surprise, because we had *d no footsteps, ir. was answered vant girl about 12 years old. ,t hear what was ^aid, 1 . ' ad. "thc yoting gentleman said bis tent was our fence, and he wouldn't hart us. I had on beautiful clothes." Where is he ? He is gone out of the gate. This is a streak of light. He mu mean well, go and find him, and ai him to- come back that I want to see hir She was gone a short time, and 1 had returned with her. When eDte ing my room, and seeing me in bed, 1 withdrew. I said, walk in Sir, my co dition prevents my meeting you. Wa io. He came in and at the door 1 made a profound bow, taking, off h hat, (a light felt hat,) aod placing nuder his left arm. There was ve: much in that bow to calm and quiet us I asked him to be scated. Bemarkiog, "this truck is oonvei ient," he sat down upon it. His youtl ftl appearance combined with his del cate frame, his reservedoess, and difl dence, all drew me to him. He s in silence a moment, and then taking bit of paper from his vest pocket I asked, "is this your name?" readiogi He had my entire name correct! written. He slowly folded up the pap and replaced it in his pocket. .You are pastor of the -- Churc of this place, and that is your Church 'Yes, but my Church building is c the next parallel street with this.' 'Yes,' he replied, , *I have been thei and the darkies have possession of i The soldiers are in it.' . .Where is the pastor of this Church referriog to the buildiog next to us. .He is in the army as chaplain.' He said: .I feel very much for you. M mother aod family are of your Churcl and while I have a great deal to do, have come io to say to you, that if cao help you in any way I am wilhn to do so. I have pitched my tent a oear you as I cao. It adjoins you fence,' (How at ooce did my miod r< vert to the thirty-fourth Psalm ao seveoth verse.) 'aod while I am th er you can have me called. The darkie 00 the street all speak well of yoe They gjve you a good character. The tell me you have been sick in bed fo some time,' 'Yes, sir, we are all in much anxiety My fever does not abate, and I at needing the attention of my physician 'Where are all the men of the place 1 .The citizens left thc town last oight. .Do they propose to cooceotrate ao< oppose us ?' .1 rather tbiok that is their intention, I asked bim theo bis name, and if h was a married mao ? 'Waterman is my name, from Califor nia. I am too young to be married. He blushed and was confused. .Why did you not leave the towt wheo all the rest retired ? It wouh have beeo best for you. They shouh oot have left you here alone. Those ii authority here should have retnainec aod oot deserted the place.7 'I was too sick to travel, aod I die oot see my way clear to desert mj home just as this negro army -wa: corn'mg. Their preseoce is a great ter ror to U3. We have had to do wit! negroes all our lives aod are not afraic of them ; but armed negro soldiers, rec ogn?zed as such-we are alarmed whet we see them. Who is the general' Do you koow him ?' 'His name is Potter. Have not beet much with him ; but he seems to be : kind-hearted mao. They all tell me h< is a Baptist preacher.* 'Are the officers white V 'The commissioned ones are ; bm there is only one commissioned negro, i mulatto Lieutenant, from Massachusetts, He is the only negro officer among them/ (I may have more to say of this mu? latto mao.) 'Do they cootrol them-these negrc soldiers?' . 'They try to do so.' .Do you.suppose,' he asked 'there is aoy liquor that these negroes can have access to in your towo ? For if there is, their excesses cao hardly be imagined, aod theo they'd be beyood all cootrol.' I asked 'what are your duties? Can't you remaio at your tent V 'I am a Lieutenant io the Engineer Corps. I have a great deal to do before night.' Here oar conversation was interrupt? ed by the greatest commotion in the yard. He got up and walked to the backdoor, and said tho negro troops are shuling around you, and then the hired servant came running into tho room in the greatest alarm, and speaking to him said, 'one gemman in de kitchen, de break open my box.' 'How do you know?' 'I hear 'em,'' she said, 'ain't you hear em V He smiled at this, and told ber to go and briog ioto the bouse all that belong? ed to her, if it was not already taken. We concluded theo to briog from there all the kitcheo furniture ; but every? thing was taken ; they had swept us out, leaving us literally nothing to cook with. He then went OD to say, that his or? ders had beeo 'to repair the bridges which were buroed by retrcatiog meo, but a report just made me, leaves me bat little to do, as* the fire was extin? guished by the rain last night.' He asked, 'do you know the citizen who has come to Geo. Potter asking protection ? He is much alarmed, aod says he waved a white haodksrcbief to us as we marched ioto the towo, from the piazza of a white house ?' 1 told him I had DO idea who he was. 'Well, he claims protectioo.' Condemning Seed Cotton Trafile. At a farmers' club meeting held*at Bethel Church, Sept. 4th the following resolutions were offered by Dr. II. T. Abbott, and unan? imously adopted. Resolved, 1st. Thnt we as a club and as citizens are opposed to the traffic in seed cot? ton. Resolved, 2nd. That thc President of this club be requested to communicate with thc other farmers' club of the county, and mnke a joint petition to the Legislature to enact a law requiring ?ll persons buying seed cotton to pay a license of at least five hundred dol? lars a year. After the 1 Oth day of December of each year laws to bc void. Resolved 3r?. That a committee of seven bo appointed by this duh, whose duty it shall be to visit each store or man in the township who is suspected of trafficking in sr-ed cotton, and examine his hooks, und to prosecute in the courts any otu: who buys or sells the same illegally. N\ S. McLE?D, lt. L. MCLEOD, President. Secretary. --Wm* (Joocl Itcsults in Kx'rry Cast?. D. A. Br:id?'??rd, wholesale p:ipor <lc:ilor of Chattanooga: Tenn writes that he w,is seriously afflicted with a severo cold that settled on his ! Junes: had tried many remedia0 without benefit Being induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery j for Consriipticm. did so and WAS entirely cured j hy usc of a f?:w bottle*. Since whinh time he : hi' used it in hi? family fur ail Coughs and i Colds with host resti'ts. This is tho experience j of thousands whoso lives have been saved by ! this Wonderful Discovery. Trial Bottles free <it Dr J W. DtfutinnsV Drug i-'torc- 5 LFrom our Regular Correspondent.J WASHINGTON LETTES. WASHINGTON, D. C , Sept. ll, 1886. Washington has been somewhat dull since She adjournment of Congress and the departure of thc President. The earthquake shook it up 'a little, but nothing in comparison to the election of a Democratic President. Since that event, nothing surprises the average Washingtonian, who looks upon all sublunary and subterannean disturban? ces with an indifference which seems to say "With that dire retrospection carat Sly only solace is to know Whatever betides, Pre seen the worst." what ts that worst ? Why to bet on jimblain and lose the money he had borrowed at ten per cent interest per month, and then to be dismissed for offensive good-for-notbiogoess. But this as we Democrats say of the war, is ancient history. Modern or contemporary history as viewed from this standpoint is flat enough. Tt will be more interesting when the President returns and when Congress gets back. After the fall elections it will bo livelier still. The Departments are moving along in their old rats. Io the Treasury De? partment, they aro keeping books, counting the revenue, making contracts, calling in bonds, auditing accounts, and paying the great army of clerks known as the civil service, as well as the small bat expensive army, and the formidable on-tbe-pay roll navy. Now that Geronimo and his band of forty thieves are captured the United States Army will take a rest, for it is the intention of Secretary La? mar to shift the Apaches from Arizona to Florida and end Indian wars forever. All the other warriors have either joined Buffalo Bill's Circos or are so civilized and cowed by Government tough beef that thev are as harmless as their wooden effigies in front of tobacco stores. . Without any Indians to fight, with diving torpedo boats that can blow ap the great iron clads of foreign navies, and with a diplomacy carried on by special envoys, how mach longer will these triplets of barbarism, the army, navy, and a sham foreign service have reason to be. Your correspondent is not quite ready to annoonce the mil leniam. Jimblaine has broken out in the old place, and the government of the United States is still mal-admiros? tered, in great part, by the convicts con? demned by the last presidential election to outer darkness with wailing and gnashing of teeth. When will the sen? tence of that election be carried out, and when will we have in the Depart? ments at Washington a body of em? ployees placed for some other purpose than to work for the Republican party and who now have no dearer object than to hamstring thc Democratic adminis? tration. AU the Cabinet officers, Mr.. Bayard excepted, are out of town. Mr. Lamar is up in Vermont, writing a big speech that he is expected to deliver at the un? veiling of a statue of Calhoun in Charleston, S. C. Vermont is as near the politico geographical antipode of tho Calhoun cult as the eloquent Mississip? pian can get, but I predict that his speech will be as far removed from an advocacy of disunion as7 the Green Mountains are from the centre of earthquakes. The wonder is that Mr. Lamar takes time to write his speech, for the impression prevails that be can say brilliant things ou any subject for two hours watch in hand. But the necessity for accuracy and precision of epithet is great nowa? days, and Mr. Lamar perhaps does not wish to have to recant as had Mr. Blaine and Mr. Frye io reference to expressions in their recent speeches. The usual sommer improvements, both public and private, have been going on in the city. Many houses have been bnilt, parks have been ex? tended, trees planted sewers dag and streets paved. The great improvement of reclaiming the Potomac Flats with a view to the expurgation of malaria is going on, and it is thought that the city will be io trim betimes for (be great cen? tennial celebration of the inauguration of the first President in 1889, when the Washington Monument entwined with the national colors will look like a bar? ber's pole, and the Grant Memorial Bridge spanning the Potomac will furn? ish aa easy approach for the Virginia track gardeners. Bat this is sacrilege, aod will be discontinued till next week. "Guv." on the Earthquake. MT. CLIO. September ll, 1886. Mr. Editor: We had convalesced all right from the dose of that said compound, but have been badly relapsed again. Another case of the "shakes," too, but from a different ca?ase. Tried several remedies without avail. We shake io our bodies, ia our beds, ia our homes and out. We shake in* the storm pit and ! while bugging the biggest trees. Tbe papers J state that all class, race and other distinctions were obliterated for the time in Charleston. With us we all, with one accord, became of one denomination, "Shaking Quakers," though quaking shakers would be more ap? propriate. We'll venture to say too, that our convictions were one and the same-miser? able, helpless sinners-that we were simulta? neously wider awake than ever before at the same hour and that none of us felt so well. We have been scared before. Been scared for four years at a time, but this was not that. The worst shake we've received is our shaken faith and confidence in the substantial solid? ity of mother earth, and our reverence for the staid and dignified stability of her character. We had always looked on her as a good place for a home and a safe one, though we'd often been warned that we'd never get away from herc alive. We'd called her terra firma, but she's lost her sirnamc. Mr. Editor, when a body is afraid to dig a hole in the ground, when he keeps a sharp lookout for fissures, ood crevices and geysers ; when a fellow even runs all the dogs off bis place for scratching fleas and jarring the floor, this world is in a bad war, and it is some consolation to know at last that the moon is inhabited Rtid business seems to bc going on there all right and quiet. Couldn't Ceil. Islanding bc prevailed on to sec something :'.bf!ut a rai' rond connection at once? We never before thought we'd ever really desire lo become a Luna ticket passenger. Wc were sleeping as sound as a righteous mar. could sleep on that eventful night, when wc suddenly became aware that something was up, though it appeared rather to be un? der. A pull at one foot and a voice, at sound of which we always most generally do bounce, called us to get up, and and also asked what is it? What is it? Our first thought was that some gentle zephyrs from the right wing of a cyclone was fanning our shanty rather rudely. Then it appeared as though the old mother had got on a head of steam and was travelling down grade with down brakes over loo?c crossties. A deep, ominous, awful rumbling, seemingly from the bowels of the ? world uud filling earth and air, was accompa nied by an intense vibraiive tremor and heav? ing moVton-but whor don't know al} about lt? Who cares to have it described? Who wasn't scared, or shocked, or awed into a sense of the utmost helplessness. We've lived on the ground under which Grant was said to have been tunneling to blow us up. We went in the valley of death at Gettysburg, but-but we Dever did feel so much like lead? ing a prayer meeting as on that fateful night, 31st Aug. ult., A. D. 1886. Any one who in those hours of supreme agony and terror to so many in our land could fail to be mored by a sense of awe and reverential fear,-any one who could act with frivolity, or speak with flippancy ; we say, any one who could -(Mr. Editor, is this preaching! The pro? pensity is strong with us. We come from a line of preachers and would have taken a congregation long ere this, but for the fact that though the preaching comes easy we were afraid our congregation might trip us ic the practice.) AU honor to those brave souls who could find voice to hymn forth sacred songs in such an hour. They were women, God bless 'em. Wonder if there was any bass voice accom? paniment? Oh where were our sex? Keep? ing time? Making good time, were some, no doubt. In the earthquakes of the past Sir Wm. Hamilton notes an interesting and charac? teristic feature; In all the ruined towna be viet ted it was noted that the male dead found ander the rains were in the attitude of strug? gling against the danger, while with the females it waa that of meek resignation or maternal protection. They are the 'salt of the earth,'.these women, and if they wouldn't make it so awful briny sometimes and not drop it about on our tender places they would -would-wouldn't lose so much of their savor. Some are still timid and anxious in regard to the shakes, but what is our condition com? pared with that of our near neighbors to whom all our hearts have opened with one outburst of sympathetic and substantial aid "our thrice scourged, but still patient, still brave, still hopeful, still beautiful City by the Sea? Guv. P. S. The Primary is proceeding to-day at Gregg's X Roads. Some trading of votes is going on as usual, with the usnal result some gain and others make nought by the swap. We judge that our young fellow-citi? zen, J. S. Corbett, and his gentlemanly as? sistant, Sam Colclough, made decidedly the most profitable trades, i. e. behind the counter. G. If the existence of worms in the intestines darkens the complexion, is it not reasonable to suppose that their presence will ruin health? Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will destroy and expel them from the body. Without beautiful hair no woman is beauti? ful. Is yours falling off or faded ? The loss is vital. Parker's Hair Balsam will preserve your hair and give back its gloss and youth? ful color. Clean, elegant perfect. Prevents dandruff. m A CARD. I HEREBY THANK my friends and the citizens of Sumter County for the vote given me on the ll th instant, and pledge myself to work for them to the best of my ability. Very respectfully, September 13, 1886. H. G. SHAW. COTTON GINNING AT ?1.50 PER BALE. IAM NOW PREPARED TO G?N COT ton with despatch at my Gin near town for $1.50 per bale. Patronage solicited and satisfaction guar? anteed. W.ERVIN BRUNS?N. Sept. 14. Percheron Norman Stallion MAJOR. THIS FINE STALLION will pSSSSstand at EPPERSON'S STA ilOk^jfejg BLE. Sumter, S. C., commenc? ing Monday, September 13th, and at Mayes ville at DR. CORBETT'S STABLE on Mon? day, September 20tb, remaining one week at eaclfplace, and on each alternate week from the dates above named. Major is a beautiful red bay, sixteen and a half hands high, and weighs fifteen hundred pounds in good con? dition. Walks well under the saddle, and works admirably in harness. Major was bred and raised by E. E. Dillon & Co., of Bloomington, Illinois. H. R. ADAMS. Sept 14_ Etaie of John Wi Hawkins, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate for Sumter County on the 14th day of October, 1886, for a final discharge as Admistrator of aforesaid Estate. W. P. HAWKINS, Sept 14 4t Administrator. Attention Cotton Gianers, THE UNDERSIGNED WILL RUN THE Duplex Gin Saw Filing Machine daring the ginning season and answer all calls promptly. Work guaranteed. References plentiful. Can sharpen 60 saws in 3 hours. J. M. REID, Mayesvillc P. 0., or Sept. 14. Residence, Gregg's X Roads. NOTICE. LICENSES. CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE, SUMTER, S. C., Sept. 13, 1886. ALL PERSONS who have neglected to apply and pay for License due the Town of Sumter for 1886 opon Vehicles, Occupa? tions, ftc, are hereby notified that Execution for collection of same will be issued after 15th September instant. By order of Council. C. M. H?RST, Sept 14_Cl'k & Treas. Tf??naC?rdial C V It E S DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WEAKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVERS, MALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, KIDNEY TROUBLES, NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. TT is Invigorat- TT gives NEW ing and De- 1 LIFE to the lightful to take, ^1 whole SYSTEM and of great value f\Vv\ ? by Strengthening 83 a Medicine for LV^a >| the Muscles, Ton weak and Ailing K^*fr I ir>g the NERVES, Women and Chil- Bfflg J and corapIetelyDi dren. Bk J 6estir-? t^*c food. WMM CONTAINS g TH A Eook> 'Volina,* no h u r t f u 1 f IK'K by 1 e a d i n g Minerals, is com- i ?g&W physicians,tclJing posed of carefully VcB?HI "cw to :rcat dis" selected Vegeta- Vf\\l cases al: HOME, ble Medicines, ?Uil mailed, together combined skill- ^ %^9| with a set of hand fully, making a "JT"^ some cards by new Safe and Pleasant >? Relic-type process, Remedy. on receipt of io c. Form*** ?U Dmeetsts sn<1 Omer*. 6h'?MsM tli; <?e?ler n?*r yon not k?*i> VOL1XA COU DI AL, remit **i ? ?ull otoo Milo will bo sent, charp'-i Jml-l rBKTAHCt? oxvr HT Volina Drug and Chemical Ccmpany, DALTIJIORE, ap., c. s. A._ Tis f?arl? f?iiM & ffli NOTICE. 4 SPECIAL meeting of thc Stockholders of J\ Thc Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company will be held at '.he Grand Central Hotel," Columbia, S. C., on Tuesday, ?September 14, A. D. 1SS6, at ll o'clock A. M., to transact the following business : To take action upon the question of consol? idation with "The Rutherford Railway Con? struction Company" and the "Rutherfordton, Marion and Tennessee Railway Company" of N. C., and upon the ratification of the acts of the Directors of this Company ia relation thereto, made at a Directors' meeting held in New York, September 10th, A. D. IS86. J. D. BLANDING, Sept. 4 Prwt. C. C. * C. R. R. Co. THE EARTHQUAKE -HAS Shaken Up Things in a Fearful Manner, but JOHN REID'S Popular Dry Goods House Stands Intact, RESTING SECURELY ON THE BED-ROCK OF BOTTOM PRICES. A Full Line of the Newest Styles in Dress Fabrics, Ladies9 and ?Hisses9 Wraps, Fancy Goods and Notions for the Fall and Winter Season of 1886, now on exhi? bition at prices that cannot fail to please. Staple Goods Low Down, as Usual SST Requests for samples jyromptly attended to. Sept 7 GET THE BEST, BU? GET THE BEST, M GET THE BEST, m GET THE BEST, BUI FOR SALE BY THE mi mm TUM li WI WM Sept 6,1886. SUMTER, S. C. DRESSED LUMBER. A full supply of Seasoned Dressed Lumber on hand, consisting of FLOORING, WEATHERBOARDING, CEILING, CASINGS, STYLING, M, -ALSO The Various Kinds of Moulding, STANDARD CUT LATHS. A full assortment of ROUGH LUMBER. We will endeavor to keep up a full supply of Dressed Lum? ber, making it a specialty. H. KARBY & CO. Aug 31 NOTICE OF CO-PARTNERSHIP. SUMTER, S. C., AUG. 16, 1?86. ACO-PARTNERSHIP for the practice of Law has this day been formed between the undersigned, under the firm name and style of KARLE k PURDY. Careful attention will be gi*?n to all busi? ness entrusted to ocr care, either io the State Courts or in the United States Courts. * Col? lections promptly made. JOSEPH H. EARLE, ROBERT 0. PURDY. Aug. 1G-Im _ THIS SPACE is reserved for ALTAMONT MOSES' NEW ADVERTISEMENT of his FALL STOCK. Aug 31 New Advertisements. NATURE'8 A NUABLE REMEDY * CURE FOB *?S**f?* : %? Tarran t's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient. It is certain' fn its ef I fects. It is gea tie in its action. It is palatable to the taste. It can be relied upon to eure, and it cures by assisting, not Sicfc-Heailaclie.^r?CS: .., AKD ga ti yes yourselves, or nvCDEDC11 all?w your CDi,drento U I 0 I L l O I ??take them, always use this elegant pharmaceutical preparation, tv hieb has been for more than forty years a public favorite. Sold by druggists every? where. Aog 31 nw mi timi The TAYLOR k COX STEAM FIRS EX? TINGUISHER for Cotton Gins is tie nest; protection against loss by fire. Beats insu? rance. Cheap, instant?neo a?, effectual and - reliable. Send for circulars and foll par tico- - lars. Agents wanted. Good pay given. J. N. SUTHERLAND,'Belton, S. O. SIN SAW FILING MACHINE. The TAYLOR GIN SAW FILER is one of the best ir ade. Anybody can file Gin Saws with it. Requires no practice. Does its work as it should be done and ten times fitster Iban 7 by hand. Every machine warranted. Pries.. $12. Pays for-itself every season. Order from J N. SUTHERLAND, Belton, 8. C. IF YOU WANT TO BUT an Engine, Boiler, Wood-Working Machinery of any . kind ; Saw Mill, Machine Tools or Machiner/ of any kind for wood or iron working, do not fail to consult the undersigned, who has . for sale nil kinds of Engines and Boilers and Wood anu Iron Working Machinery', both new and secondhand, at prices that simply defy competition. Let me know your wants and prices will be named. If yon want to sell Engine, Boiler or Machinery of any kind, de? scribe it and address ' T Aug 3 J. N. SUTHERLAND, Belton, S. Og 5 TON WA60N SCALES, Ire? Lew?, Si*?] BMitM?. mom T?rt Bi? Md Furn Bi?? GIN INSURANCE and JONIS b? p-T, tWr*t**t-ferftw AWHITE ?fe 80J? are prepared to # take Insurance Risks on Gins and Gin Houses, ia irst class English Companies. Aug31 _ ... - NOTICE; Opening Books of Subserip : tions 2 ? 1 TO TH! ? . Manchester & Augusta Railroad* STATE OF SOUTH GASOLINA. "VfOTICE is hereby given that the under* W signed, being three of the Commission? ers named in the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Sooth Carolina approved Feb? ruary 26tb, 1870, entitled an Act ?To Char? ter the Manchester and Angosta Railroad Company," inasmuch as a majority .of the Commissioners appointed under said act, have failed to fix the time and place for receiving subscriptions, have decided to open books for subscription to the Capital Stock of said Corn pan j at Sumter C. H., S. C., at Florence, Darlington County, So. Ca., and at Marion C. H., on the ?th dayof October, 188$, and that Books for Subscription to Capital Stock of the Manchester and Augusta Railroad Company will be then and there opened and stand open for thirty days from and after the said 6tb day of October, I486, for receiving subscriptions in shares *of $100 each, to said stock, to the extent of five millions bf dollars, and that on each share of stock subscribed, the subscriber will be required to pay. two dollars per share. The direction of said road as required by the Charter is "from some point on (the then) Wilmington and Manchester Railroad to the Town of Hamburg, S. C., or near that place." W. W. HARLLEE, ) THOS. P. MCDOWELL, VCom'rs. J. S. RICHARDSON. j August 31, 1886._ Estate of William Keels, Sr?, Deceased? ALL PERSONS HOLDING CLAIMS against said Estate will present the same, duly attested, and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate, will make pay? ment without delay to WM. J. KEELS, Aug 24, ISS6._Qualified Executor. FOR SALE The following Second-hand Machinery, in good repair : ONE SIX-HORSE ENGINE, (New Tork Safctv Steam Cower Co.) ONE FORTY-SAW WINSHIP GIN, with Feeder and Condenser. ONE HAND-POWER COTTON PRESS. For particulars address. W. J. JENNINGS, Sumter, S. C. J. B, KILLOTJG-H, Manager of Lodden & Bates' Southern House has opened an office in Sumter, Leave yoor orders for Musical Instruments and Musical Merchandise. You will find in stock Domestic, White ano New Home Machines, Oil and Needles for all Machines. J. CHESTNUT REVILL, August 3 Manager.