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3he Suinter Watchman was founded in* 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has t?e combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sam ter Important Announcement. The Weekly News and Courier to ^be Furnished as a Supplement to this Paper. Arrangements have been made with the News and Courter Company by which' we will be able to supply the Weekly News and Courier from this office as a supplement to the Watchman and Southron, to all subscribers who pay cash in advance, at 02.50 per year, which will be a saving of one dollar upon the price of the two papers. Change of Publication Day. In order to give our readers the bene fit of the latest information in onr sup plement by sending it out promptly on arrival, The Watchman and Southron will hereafter be published on Thursday instead of Tuesday. NEWS STXMMABY." Secretary Manning reports that be is - ready to reduce the public debt $10, 000,000. Let him proceed. Gen. Logan's death revives the story that he Joined the church. by telegraph just after the war. General Logan's entire estate would not bring $15,000 ; it is said, if disposed of at ? a forced sale.?Philadelphia Times. If the President does not take better ? care of himself and be less a drudge, the figures 1888 will have no magic for him. South Carolinians are not pleased at the Legislature recently adjourned. Growls are heard all around.? Wilming ton Star? . In 1886, up to 1st December, the im migration from Italy has very nearly doubled that of the year before. It was 27,631. The Canadian Knights of Labor who are Roman Catholics are leaving the order. The church does- not approve of the order. Mr. Tilden was a statesman ; Mr. Randal is a partisan, too, who know-, that his best chance lies in pandering to the wishes of those who can keep him in Congress.?Chicago News. Mr. Blaine has. the gout, Mr. Man ning is a confirmed, invalid, the Presi dent has the rheumatism, and Gen. Logan is dead. The men who are set ting up pins for 1888 must take a spell of rest till the spring flowers bloom again.?Baltimore Her?dd. . .On the 28th a dispatch from London to the New York Star represents that Russia's declaration of war against -Austria is hourly expected. Austria is very uneasy and demands to know if Germany is the ally of Russia. The tone of the whole European press is warlike. Harvard College has. received within a few months bequests from two rich mea amounting to $1,100,000. Our poor Southern Colleges have to stagger along as best they may. Few dona tions, however small, find their way to them. ; Dr. A. P. Soutbwick, of Bat?alo, . Y., wishes to make the death of con demned villains easier. He proposes a scientific substitute for the gallows? death by electricity. There are so many bloodvjeillains that they deserve -=?ta_dU^ii?rcler tffran their unfortunate victims and the gibbet is too good for them. Here is the way a dispatch sent from Atlanta to the Washington Star, reads : . "One train on Friday brought 500 ; full whisky jugs into this dry city. The scene during the whole of the past week at the express office has been a strange one. On Monday 200 jugs were re ceived and passed out, with a steady in crease each day since, until on Friday there was a perfect deluge of them. It seemed as if every man iu the city had resolved to have his Christmas toddy." Rabbi Vors?nger, who not long ago went from New York to take charge of a Jewish congregation in San Francis co, has begun to hold services on Sunday instead of on Saturday, the Jewish Sab bath. The chao g 3 which be thinks is forced upon the congregation by the j failarc of the male members to attend j service on Saturday because it is such a j fcosy day, is sharply criticised by ortbo- i ?vi Jews, who claim that it is the thin end of a wedge that may do great harm. The Richmond State, referring to ihc murderer, Cluverrus, says of the talked of confession : 'Elis brother says he has noue to make, and the prisoner, by his actions thus far has shown that he will not say that he murdered Lillian Madison. His j aunt. Mrs Tonstali, called to see him \ Friday, and the meeting between them j was very affect?Dg. Willie Ciuverius ? spends mach of his time the city, j end when here he sometimes goes to j the jail twice a day. The details in connection with the execution will not be arranged until a wet k or so before the time for the execution." Powderiy denounces the "blather tkites** in the Knights of Labor. He f-a\ s he hates Socialists, and that there ] is no room here for a rifle. He writes : j "I>a.h ! on the creatures who star?d j op as champions of labor in the ! presence of thousands of unthinking j men aod advocate the knife and bullet, j liah ! on ihc men who flaunt the red ' flag. They are too vile to respect and i too cowardly to uphold the American! flag, sanctified by the blood of patriots, j They disgrace it every time they to go I to the polls and vote for monopoly and usury. They are not to be trusted." j While both the President's message ; cud Mr. Manning'sreport recommend <? rneaKures of vigorous currency con-1 contraction, each failed to make su<r- I g*8tio:>s of any compensatory expedients j for the preservation of the present i volume of currency, which the ewUatry finds at its first experiences of trade activity hardly sdegnate to its wants. : The President rccoamended the sus pen * ion of fa'! ver e ?inage, ?nd Mr. Man ning the same, vrhicb in ten 3e;irs would ? epriv? the currency <>f additions amvu???g to $0^,00^000. Mr Man- , Walso urged the -ct?drement of legal Kler notes whicMS?Jet years would Bstroy ?340,0?9;?)00'' of circulating potes. The national bank currency is being steadily retired, and under present laws the loss of $322,000,000 currency in this department is also a question of time, while the withdrawal of this cir culation is even now continuous. The failure of those authoritative utterances to suggest any means of saving this circulation or of creating some new cur rency, while recommending enormous contraction in other classes of currency, is certainly a most remarkable feature. ?Louisville CouHer-Journal. 1887. Wc have stepped upon the threshold of a new year. 1886 is in its grave. It is among the things that are gone never to return. Eighteen hundred and eighty-sis has been a phenomenal year to the people of this section of the country. It will always be remember ed as the earthquake year. Nothing strikes the heart like the knell of time, and a tomb-like solemnity steals over us all ss we reflect bow swiftly, yet how imperceptibly, we are marching on to our graves, and pitch ing our camps that much nearer the the tomb as the Old Year rings out and the New Year rings in. But God is all merciful. He putteth away all thing* in their season. The beautiful rose of Paradise blooms in the Spring time and then dies. It will be so with us. As we look back upon the dead 1886, many are the eyes that are filled with tears, and many are the hearts' that are sad. And why are these hearts sad ? and why are these eyes filled with tears ? Because alongside the grave of 1886 lies the cold and lifeless form of a darling son, a dear mother, a kind father, a loving wife, a fond busband. Death is an awful thought and men sel dom think of it until it is apon them. Bat we are on the quick march to the grave, and sooner or later we must come to a halt. And where will we camp that last night ? In the grave. The very thought is more hideous than the ghastly features of a ghost. "The fiat of death is inexorable. There is no appeal for relief from the great law which dooms us to dust.71 Let us start the New Year with good resolutions. Let us quit our evil ways and stay quit. If we cannot obliterate what is in the past, we can, at least, try to do better. We can be more care ful of our conduct. Therefore make a fresh beginning. "Every day is a fresh beginning, Every morn is the world made new, You who are weary of sorrow and sinning, Here is a beautiful hope for you ; A hope for me and a hope for you." The Watchman and Southron wishes its patrons, one aod all, a happy and successful New Year. A PICTURE OF THE STATE. In Saturday's issue of the News and Courier a complete review of the coor dition of South Carolina was published, showing that^ iu the year 1886, 114 miles of railways were built in the State, and the total mileage now amounts to 1,754. The freight tonnage of the rail roads has increased from 1,067,908 in 1879 to 2,103,573 in 1886, while total income has increase from ?4,108,040 in 1879 to ?6.429,289 in the year just eoded. The number of manufacturing establishments in the State bas increased from 1,230 in 1860 to 3,242 in 1886. The capital invested has increased from $6.931,756, to ?21.327,970. The. number of hands employed is 33,378 in 1886, against 6,904 in 1860, and 8,140 in 1870. The value of the product is $29,951,551. The cotton mills give employment now to 4,889 persons. The product of the fertilizer factories is valued at $3,574,300. The corn crop, while more than twice as large as in 1866, is still about ten per cent, less than in 1860. Wheat shows much the same result. The crop of oats is about four times as large as in 1860, and the production of potatoes has doubled. The rye crop is less than half as great as it was in I860. The cotton crop has risen from 353,412 bales in 1860 to 530,102 in 1886. The largest cotton crop re ported is 630,00 in 1882. The tobac co crop is estimated at 465,309 pouods for 188G, against 50,350 pounds in 1882 These statistics are worthy of careful perusal. This thorough review of the the con dition of the State was compiled for the News and Courier by Maj. L. A. Ran som, of Columbia, S. C. The News oral Courier is entitled to much credit scd praise for the enterprise shown io the publication of this most complete review of the State of South Carolina. THE FARMERS AND FACTORS. The letter of "A Farmer/' indicates that the investigation by the Charles ton Cotton Exchange does not give sat isfaction. We had intended publishing the article referred, to but couid not do so iu this issue. Will give it in full next week. THE HERESY TRIAL. The inhabitants of Boston are very mach exercised over the Andovcr her esy trial. Elsewhere can be found a j short article, in which a Professor ? Smyth defends the A dover teaching on ? the suty-ct of probation after death, j The charge is that, the professors have j been teaching doctrines contrary ?oJ those for whose inculcation the orthodox ? founders of the old theological school j gave their money. And what are these j heretical doctrines ? It appears that j the most important, the one on which j the rest hinge, is the doctrine that j heathens who have no opportunity of hearing of Christ in this world, will not j be damned iu the world to come be- ' cause of their an belief i a him, but will be allowed a period of probation. If ihe^kofessors at Andover are teaching a different sort of theology from that the school was founded to inculcate, they ought not to be paid one cent for their services from the time they switched off from the old to the new doctrine. REGRET. For the last three years, Mr. W. F. Rhame has been connected with this paper. The Watchman and Southron under his editorial management has taken a high stand among the papers of the State. Mr. Rhame is a man of de cided opinions and he expressed them clearly and forcibly. His editorials were always able, classical and acceptable to the people. Our relationship with Mr. Rhame has been of the pleasantest character, and it is with unfeigned re gret that we are compelled to part with him. NEVER! Mr. Randall, or some other distin guished Pennsylvani?n, should at once introduce a bill into Congress providing heavy penalties against those ladies who smuggle foreign goods into this country in tin bustles.?Courier-Jour nal. An unsound and unjust proposition. This subject viewed from any aspect will not warrant any Congressman even in attempting to introduce in Congress a bill looking toward a curtailing of the rights which a woman has, or ought to have, in the uses for which the idol of her heart may serve. If she wishes to smuggle anything in her bustle, why for heaven' sake let her smuggle. By common consent a woman's bustle is considered a part of herself, and a big part at that ; and Congressmen had bet ter touch gingerly upon this subject. For woe unto them when they undertake to handle women's bustles in this coun try. What Have They Done ? The following is the opinion of the Columbia Register : "When the members of the Assem bly reach their homes they will natu urally be asked : "What have you done ?'* Not a few members will be obliged to answer: "Well, we don't know exactly ourselves." Things have been bungled through after a fashion, and if there is not a slip somewhere in the legislation of the present session it will be a piece of extraordinary good luck As to what has not been done, which the eager reformers promised their con stituents, it is plain to see. The State levy is 4? mills, which, on $140,000, 000 assessed valuation, calls for $595, 000 of taxes ; the two-mill school tax calls for $280,000, aggregating for State and school tax $875,000. The people's reforming representatives have, therefore, come here aud seen for them selves that there is very little to be saved on the expenditures they have so much denounced as a wasteful extrava gance little better than thieving. There's their own work to show for it. What has become of the pet schemes that certain re for m io g statesmen came here big with ? They were going to reduce the salaries. Have they done it? As far as our memory goes they have cut down the salary of the Chief Clerk of the Agricultural Department from $1,500 to $1,200. The gentle man whose salary has been stricken is known to be one of the ablest, most hard-working and efficient sub-officials in the employ of the government. Is it because be serves the Agricultural Department that he bas been stricken? So, if we mistake not, the sum usu ally appropriated to the State Agricul tural and Mechanical Society has been cut down from $2,500 to $1,000. If this be the work of the reforming farmers, what does it say for their in terest in the chief industry of the State ? But the reorganization of the Agri cultural Department was promised. That has gone over untouched. Then a big agricultural college, that should be an agricultural college indeed, was promised. That has gone over. The Military Academy was to go the way of human flesh. It has made its fight and continues to live lustily. The State University was to have free tuitiou wiped out. So far as the statute is coucerned it has been made by law a freer iustitu'ioa than the previ ous enactment required. The old law, Section 1040 of the University act, required that "oue stu dent from each county"* should "be en titled to tuition free of charge." For all beyond that the Trustees were au thorized to require a tuition fee not to exceed $40. The present act provides that every youth in the State unable to pay the $40 fee shall be admitted free of charge, aud authorizes the Faculty to determine the question on the cvideuce submitted to their discretion. All others arc re quired to pay not more than $40 tuition fee. If the Trustees before found that they could not, uoder the provisions of the Constitution, charge a tuition fee. will the Faculty ud themselves any less embarrassed if trie question is made on them in the courts? We are, tben, no further off the line of free tuition for all than we were before, with this sin gular state of the case, that whereas the o!d statute required the admission of ol students free of charge, and no more were provided for under any circuiti stances: now the prosont statute opcus the door for fifty students, or aoy num ber, from each County, provided they can satisfy the Faculfy that they could not pay the ?pecijitd charge. Mark it, not a less charge or any charge at all, but that they were not able to pay the specific charge appointed. We don't object a particle to any and every youth beii.^ acJ in it t-d free, but it is plaiu to us that the College under the new act i could be filled with 500 or 1,000 youths ? on the showing required without the j slightest discretion in the hands of the ! Trustcis or the Faculty to limit the ? number. Very surely $17,000 could j not meet such a charge. The Assem- j bly would be obliged to increase the ap propriation. This is all right in our jyes, for wo believe the Constitution commands free admission for one and all alike. Yet how does this look for < cutting down the expeoditures? Noth ing would please the Register better than to see a thousand poor young men j withiu the walls of the University free : of charge. Yet how does it look in the light of the necessary economy preached to us in behalf of "an impoverished people?". How does all this do for the vaunted reform with which the State has rung? The Register has hitherto advocat ed that the phosphate revenue, which belongs to the whole commonwealth as a body politic, and to no individual tax payer, should be used exclusively for educational purposes so long as the State recognizes the education of her sons as one of her specific trusts. These phosphate receipts are the result of do citizen's work, they come to the State without the expenditure of a dollar of the people's earnings. This phosphate revenue bas already touched within a trifle of $200,000 an nual receipts. Put that alongside of our common school system and our high er institutions of learning, part and par cel of the same system of public educa tion, and what would it not do for all our schools ? It could add ?100,000 a year to our common schools and leave ?100,000 to be divided between the higher schools of learning so as to put them on a solid financial basis, and elevate them at a bound to the highest standard of educa tion enjoyed anywhere. And why not ? Why should not the people of South Carolina be able to support from their own earnings their State and County governments like the people of all other States. We rightly make much of Peabody's beneficence to our school system, but here we find a good Providence has put at our disposal a growing fund for greater social opportunities than are vouchsafed to any other State ; and in stead of using it for the common good in founding such a system of free edu cation as should give the State a splen did educational prestige among her sis ter States, we accept it as a happy es cape from the taxation which the citi zens of every free State should expect to pay and be willing to pay. A Subscription for Mrs. Logan. Charleston, Dec. 30.?A subscrip tion has been opened here for a fund for the benefit of Mrs. Logan. It was started with the following letter from an old Confederate soldier : To ike Editor of the Neics and Courier : I see by the papers that the widow of the late Gen. Logan has been left in impecunious circumstances. Gen. Lo gan was a hard fighter against the South during the war, and even after the war, but the generous way in which the whole nation rushed to the aid of the cradle of secession after the recent earthquake, has obliterated from my mind the imaginary line which divided the North and South. Enclosed I send ?25, which I beg the News and Courier to use as a nucleus for a fund, to be contributed by Confederate soldiers and other Carolinians, for the widow of the late John A. Logan, the Union warrior and statesman. A Confederate Soldier. Another Theological Controversy. Boston, December 29.?The Ando ver heresy trial was resumed this morn ing with the continuation of the address of Professor Smyth in his own behalf. He discussed the question of probation after death for heathen who had never heard of Christ, and iusisted that he and his accused colleagues looked upon it as an appended inquiry rather than as an essential point in theology, as treaed of in "Progressive Orthodoxy. V "I claim," said Professor Smyth, slowly, eolmnly and with tremulous eroestness "the right under the creed to hold iu this matter whatever true interpretation of the Scripture and revelation which God makes of Himself shows me to be true. I do not think I shall commit any sin against or violate any obligation under the creed if I allow myself to fol low with perfect trust wherever, with heart as with head, I can discover any traces of God's holy and reconciling love. I will not avail myself of any man's want of skill in attacking me. Al though I state in "Progressve Ortho doxy" that I hold God as revealed in Christ as central in theology, I deny here and now that there is anything in what I hold on the doctrine of future probation inconsistent with the creed." Professor Smyth closed with a most impressive and eloquent appeal to the Board of Visitors not to permit shackles to be put upon professors in the institu tion which have never been known in the past; that such shackles are opposed to the whole spirit and purpose of the founders, and that if imposed now must result iu the degradation, if not ruin, of this great and historic school of Chris tian teaching. New London claims to have the cheekiest man on record. He rented a house, and for three months paid no at tention to the landlord's request for the rent money. At the end of that tioic he called upon the owner, handed him the key, and said that he was sorry, but he would have to give up the bouse as the rent was too high for his means. The landlord was so amazed that he took the key, and the man with the cheek walked off. ?? .-^ ^ The local editor of the Charlotte Chronicle, Mr. James A. llobinson, in a touching article on Christmas, thus pathetically refers to the death of his dear little son a few years ago: "Christmas eve came. Beside the mantel hung two stockings awaiting their fi'l from the dear old fellow who was to pass through the land that night. But, alas ! old Sauta Clause came not to the youngest boy. As the grey dawn of that Christmas moro?Dg broker-upu the world, which was awaking in such glee, the Angel of Death had borue the little spirit to the eternal kingdom, and the Christmas habiliments ofthat house hold were turned to mourniug. A chill of sorrow came over warm hearts. Holiest hopes were crushed in their bloom, and the cup of joy, already raised to the lips, turned to bitieroess." In mining districts Salvation Oil is regard ed as Htj indispensable necessity. M i tiers will have it. Life is hut short, and wc should do all we can to prolong it. (Jheck a cough or cold at once by using I lie bid reliable remedy, Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. A Mystery What is a mystery? One of Webster's definitions is "that which is beyond human comprehension until explained." To some persons the Compound Oxygen is a mystery. Any one who would like to clear ?p this mystery and know "what Compound Oxygen is?its mode of action and results," may receive a work with that tille, containing nearly two hundred pages of interesting read ing free of cost on sending address to Drs. Star key ic Palen, the physicians who hi?ve so successfully u>ed this treatment and who seek to satisfy the natural curiosity to have ? the "mystery" explained Their new ofl'ces j are at Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa. ' [From our ReguUr Correspondeni.J WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C, Dec. 31, 1886. The Congressional holiday vacation will close next Tuesday and the session will then re-open. The Capitol has been practically deserted by Congress men and visitors for the past week, tut on Thursday the remains of Senator Logan were taken thither to lie in state, and to-day the Senate Chamber was the scene of his imposing obsequies. Al most everybody prominent in official and social circles here was present, and a long procession of citizens, civic and military organizations in charge of Gen eral Sheridan followed the deceased Senator to Rock Creek Cemeterv. For twenty-four hours preceeding the Senator's remains reposed on an historic bier in the rotunda of the Capitol and the public passed through to view them. The bier was the same on which rested the bodies of President Lincoln, Chief Justice Chase. President Garfield and Thaddens Stevens. There has been a great deal of talk among Illinois Congressmen in regard to the political effect of General Logan's death. Said Representative Townshend, "It will do more to throw the Sate into the control of the Demo cracy than any other event I can con ceive of." The late Senator has been able to hold his party together with more success than any other man in the State, by reason of his popularity among the soldier element and with the masses of the people. Now that the Republicans are without a strong lead er in Illinois, the Democrats have an excellent chance of carrying the State at the next election. As to the Sena tor's successor in the Senate, the two most prominent aspirants are Gov. Oglesby and ex-Congressman Farwell of Chicago. It is a singular coincidence that both of the candidates for Vice-President in 1884 are dead, and both candidates for President are, at this moment, suffering from the same malady. Strangely enough too, in the cases of Messrs. Hen dricks and Logan, the pall of mourning fell upon holiday festivities in their res-* pective homes. There is nothing in*President Cleve land's condition to arouse any anxiety on the part of the public, but he is suf fering from another attack of rheuma tism. One of his knees is again pain fully involved, ?nd for the past week, he bas spent most of his time between the bed and lounge. He has been ab staining from all unnecesary exertion in the hope of being able, by such care, to be up and ready to see the people on New Year's Day. The eyes of the whole country arc focused upon the action of Congress upon the Interstate Commerce bill. This bill presents a square issue be tween the millions of producers and con sumers on the one side* and the greedy railroad cormorants on the other. It is.not proposed in this bill to forbid the railway companies from charging more per mile for a short haul than for a long one. People expect to buy at whole sale for less than retail. The Ions and short of the loDg aod ehort haul provi sion is just this: No railroad company shall charge more dollars for carrying a ton of freight half the distance between two points- than is charged for carry'iDg a ton of freight the whole distance. As much as ?800 a car load ha9 beeu charged for freight to Nevada from the East, when the freight on the same through to Sacramento from the same point East was only ?300. Whether the opposition of the rail roads to the Interstate Commerce bill, has anything to do with the opposition of Senators to the Railroad Attorney bill, is one of the latest conundrums at the Capitol. It is easy eoough to understand why a member of CoDgress who is in receipt of haudsome retaining fees from a subsi dized railroad company should be op posed to the Beck bill, for, in case of its passage, he would be compelled to resign bis seat and retire from Legisla tive life, or pise terminate Lis profession al engagements with the corporations. The mere fact that a Senator or Repre sentative is working to defeat this pro posed legislation, creates a, warrantable suspicion that if he is not already in the service of the roads, he expects to be or is at least open to solicitation. Senator Beck is trying to render such scandalous imputations upon the good name of the Senate impossible and to facilitate the progress of wholesome leg islation. There has been a good deal of extra session talk in connection with the Treasury surplus problem. Many pub lic men believe, unless it can be satis factorily solved during this session that the President will call the Fiftieth Cou grefs in extra session early after the fourth of March to perform the task of relieving the Treasury of those surplus millions. Others point to the fact that if any revenue measure is brought be fore the House, it is sure to spring the Tariff question, and that since it seems impossible to pass any bill cbangi?g the Tariff the extra session would be no more apt to comply with the President's wishes than the preseDt one. "UackmktaCi:." a lasting and fragrant per fumo. Price 25 and 50 cents. At DeLorme's. Thb Rkv Geo. II. Thayer, of Bourbon, Ind , $nys : '"Both myself :ind wife owe our lives to Stiiloh's Coniumpti'jn Cure." Sold at DeLorme's. Are You Made miserable by Indigestion. Constipation. Dizziness. Loss of Appetite, Yel low Skin ? Saitoh's Vitalizer is a positivo cure". Why Will You cough when Shil<>h's Cure will give immediate relief? Price 10 crs.. 50 cts , and $1. For sale at DeLorme's DrugStere. Suir.nn's Catarrh Ke.mkdy?a positive cure for Catarrh. Diphtheria and Canker Mouth. Smi.on's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis. 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You arc foclinc depressed, your appetite is poor, you are bothered with Ilradacbe. you nr. fidgetty, nervous, and generally out of soit-, and want to braco up. Brace up, but not with stimulants, spring medicinos. or bitters, which have for their base vtry cheap, bad whi.-ky, and which stimulate you for an hour and Iben leave you in"*wor.*e condition than before. What yeu wan lis an alterative that will purify your blood, start healthy action of Liver and Kid nevs, restore your vitality, and give renewed health and streangth. Such a medicine you will find in Electric B?tttcr?, and only 50 cents a bottle at Dr. J. F. W. Deborme's Drug Store. ...... 3 Request From a Farmer. SuiiTEB County, S. C, Dec. 29, 1886. Editor of the Watchman and Southron : Please publish in fall the action of the Charleston Cotton Exchange about the com plaints made by Col. Warren Nelson and others as to loss of weights on Cotton ship ped to Charleston. Beg every other county paper in the State to do the same, so that farmers all o\er the State may see and note well'what they have to expect from these high and "mighty geromen" who quietly and with great dignity "resolve" that such complaints are not Worthy of their notice, and let us be thankful, that they did not "resolve" that ail the cotton made in this State should be ship ped there, and that their "atmosphere" should have more of it. Please also tell u? if the "atmosphere" of all seaport towns isso absorbent of cotton weights. I have heard that they bold out all right in Wilmington. An "atmosphere" so surcharged with loose weights of cotton, would seem to be enongb to causa earthquakes, or something. Charles ton is no doubt very important to this State, but hardly seems worth keeping up at the ex pense of thousands of pounds of cotton yearly It would be better for us to try a moister (?) 'atmosphere." A FARM ER. Now is the time to get bargains in Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Hardware, Ac. J. B. Carr i*3 selling out at and below cost. IN MEM?RI?M. At the request of the relatives and friends of my esteemed Christian friend and brother, the late STEPHEN D. WOODWARD, it be comes ray painful duty to write briefly his memorial. He was born near Bishopvillc, in Surater County, S. tC, on the ?1st day of July, A. D. 1848, of one of the best families of the country, and lived a strictly moral life. He was scrupulously honest in all his deal ings with his fellow men. modest to a fault and virtuous to a degree worthy of emulation, and won the confidence of all who knew him. In the autumn of the year 1883 he made a public profession of his faith in Christ, and was baptized by the writer, and with joy, the members of the Piedmont Church extended to him the right band of Christion fellowship, in the presence of a multitude of witnesses. One who knew him intimately writes, "I can truthfully say, that, from the time he con nected himself with the Church, I never saw nor heard anything of him that was at all inconsistent. He attended his Chnrcb punc tually and seemed to be always willing and ready to do anything he could for the piomo tionoftbe religion which he professed. He contributed liberally to the support of the gospel, and was ever ready to help any good cause." By his careful management, aod strict attention to business, he was very suc cessful in the accumulation of wealth : but among the hundreds baptized by me dur ing my ministry, I have not found one whose Christian character I esteem more highly. "He was cut off out of the land of the liv ing," on the streets of Bishopville, on the first day of October, 1886. Many friends deplore his death, but we shall meet htm on the other shore. B. G. Covingtoh. Florence, S. C, Dec. 27. BLOOD AND MONEY. 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Estate of Jerry Lowry, Deceaseds IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Surater County, on the 5th day of Febru ary- 1887, for a final discharge as Executrix of said Estate. ELIZA TITUS, Formerly Eliza Lo wry, Executrix. Jan. 4 FOR SALE. MILK COWS ALWAYS ON HAND H. R. Thomas, Wedgefield, S. Ci THEY ?i ON BECEMB ONE CAI HORSES A AND ARE FOJ As I will shortly leave fo| sell this lot close. Dec. 28, 1886. SUMTER, AT COS FOR ONLY. Desiring to Make a Change in my B-fe I Offer j FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DA AT AND BELO^ COST, MY ENTIRE STOCK Q] Dry Goods, Notions,- Men's ClM Overcoats, Hats, Caps, Shoes, an* Hardware * Will not sell Groceries at Cost, but will sell thek at Yei Figures. J. B. Main Street, Next Door North of Monaghan's, December 14 S??TEB, "SCHWERIN STOCK OF CHRISTMAS GO IS TEN TIMES LARGE?F Than that of any other Dealer iixfS He Buys Larger, and Can Sell 50 per cent, cheaper. ? Parents and Children Should G-v? Call Before Going Elsewhe] PLUSH eOODS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS? DREI IX LARGE-^SlS?^^*0 PIRE TOT O 3FL Tin and Wooden Toys of all kind* J. A. SCHWERINS. BARGAINS ! A 6A CLOTHING ! CLOTH! FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING MY STOCK OF I offer to the public for the next thirty days, my entire stock, BUSINESS SUITS, ODD COATS. PANTS and VESTS, At New York Cost. Call and be convinced than I mean what I say. My Stock of General Merehan? CONSISTISI. OP Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, &c,, &c, &c, WILL BE FOUND COMPLETE, AND PRICES AS LOW AS THEF CAN io any market. A call and inspection is solicited. 13. J*. :B^H.3XTE5T' Oct 26 MAIN STREET, IS THE BEND, SUMTEl. ?DMINJSTIIATOR^SALE. Estate of Rich'd H. Cain, Dee'd. BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF PRO bate Jor Sumter County, I will offer for Sale at Public Auction, at the late lesidence of Richard M. Cain, deceased, on Wednesday, January 12tb, 1887, the Personal Property of said deceased, c'onsisting of ONE CULTIVATOR Wagons and Plantation Implements. Buggy and Harness. Two Mules. Cue Heifer. Household and Kitchen Furniture. Corn, Fodder, Cotton Seed, &c, kc. WM. 0. CAIN, Dec. 28,'86. 2 Adroiniitrator. EXECUTRIX SALE ALOT OF BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS, Wheels, Wagon Body, Desk*, &c, the property of the late T. J. Coghlan, Ssq., now for inspection, placed in the store next to C. Mason's jewelry store, will be s>ld at pri vate sale, from date. If not sold by January 31st next, will be sold at auction February Saleday. Mas. E. E WHFTTEMORE, Dec. 21 Egcutrix. Estate of J. Reddon finmson, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate for Sumter County cn the 7tb day of January, 1SS7, for a final discharge as Admistrator of aforesaid Estate. JAMES BRUNSON, Dec. 7. _ Adroiniitrator. The State of South Carolina County of Sumter. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. TTTTHEREAS, JAS. D. GRAHAM, C. C. V V C. P. and G. 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