The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 04, 1887, Image 4
in and Southron
Y BAB,
Ir of midnight,
to rest ;
id? u3 "Good-night,"
the West.
Fers all around us ;
te stHloess holds the air,
ime again has found us
Etching o'er the Dying Year.
rk" 1 The distant bells are tolling.
;^T??Hug U3 the sad, sad, tale ;
- And the winds as if consoling,
. Answer .with their plaintive wail.
Birds and beasts of every nation
Seem to know this solemn hour,
For they bow in adoration
To a "Great, but Unseen Power.
Farewell 1 Old Friend, to thy keeping
?-i" ^.commit all of my past.
.W^ile tbon art forever sleeping,
i 'I shall live on?to my last.
F/or I am a soul immortal,
I Thou art but a child of Time ;
I That m nearer to Heav'n's portal
. . By thy death, makes death sublime.
: :"- - , : ?
Ge??^alas! Across Deatb/s River
ii . GoUe^where all thjr fellows-passed,
To the Great and Grand F?r?ver,
Infinite, Supreme and Vast.
But why should we feel the sadder
- . At thy death, than at thy birth ?
; Years are but steps in Life's Ladder,
^, Stretching toward fleav*n from earth.
Oscar Yard elle.
j Written for the Watchman and Southron.
Eeeolleetioss of Patter's Raid*
NUMBER XXVI.
I proceeded to "thank him for the io
formation he had given me, bat he in
timated that be hadn't given me much,
and then he remarked, *1 hate him/
ratber abruptly; 'though we are not
unfriendlyThis remark surprised
me, and I said, 'why do you dislike
him His entire army, black and
white who made any reference to him,
were marked in their commendations of
Geir. Potter. Io fact, several of them
told me he was a Baptist preacher.'
'B-a-p-t-i-s-t p-r-e-a-c-h-e-r ! B-a-p
* t-is-t- p-r-e-a-c-h*-e-r, the h?1, who
said he* was a Baptist preacher? I'll
tell you what he is ; he is a woman
hater.' ' "
This remark surprises me even more.
He certainly was very gentlemanly to
us while h? was in our town.'
'Bid you ever have any communica
tions with him T
*Y?s, the rudeness of the negro sol
diers in our house forced us to seek a
guard: to protect us, and he gave us all
we asked.'
'Then you saw and conversed with
him,'
'No, but Mrs.-made this re
quest of him. She saw and talked with
him.'
'How was it that she saw him and
you did not V
was sick in bed at the time and
had been so for several days* with fever,
and fearing the black troops who
swarmed in my bed room, she went
across die street to his headquarters,
and made the request.7
'How did he receive her
'Very kindly. There were other
persons in the room and sume members
of the family whose house he occupied.
When she entered the parlor there was
no vacant chair ; he at once offered his.
She then told him the purpose of her
seeing him, that I was sick and could
not on that account call?n him. He
asked Mrs. ?? several questions.
"Her answers were confirmed, by the
family. After he had heard her through,
he walked to one of the windows facing
the street, and asked that the house be
pointed oat to him. This was done
Sta then promised her a guard, and the
guard was placed at the gate opening on
the street.'
'Did you see the guard V
No, my being in bed and Mrs.-j
being occupied the entire time, we
never learned how to ose the guard.*
'Were you disturbed
'Very much so the entire night both
by white and black soldiers.'
What did they do?'
They were after treasure. They
had been told that gold and silver be
longing to others, had been placed in
my care and that my sickness was only
a pretence to remain in bed and protect
this treasure '
'Were these black troops?'
'No, those after this supposed treas
ure were white commissioned officers.'
Did they fiad it?*
' *No. It was not there to find?never
had been there.'
'Did yon ever find oat who they
were?'
'No. One of the three that were so j
obnoxious and unrelenting to us, they
called Captain.7
'Did they get any of your silver
spoons or your watch ? For that raid
ttf?de Potter a rich man.' He went on ,
io say, 'He made a snug sum, and
bought the most valuable tru?k farm j
just outside of our city.'
'Did they search your house.'
'Thoroughly, even taking the musket j
oat of the hands of a negro soldier in
the house and thrasticg it m the jars of
lard and turning it around until they
were sure there was no gold or silver in
tnem. All our shrubbery and rose
trees were badly treated because of
their digging at their roots to find
what they supposed we had hid at their
roots.'
'And they got nothing of yours V
-.'No, only ail the provisions. They
took it aU but a little rice, some lard
and a few pieces of meat. Bat for
Lient. Waterman's kindness even this
little would have been lost to us.'
Bat we were searing Kingv?le and
be again expressed his great pleasure j
at meeting me and thanking nie for how
well I had entertained litui he kindly j
invited me tu his home if I ever visited ?
?-, and we shook hands and part - j
ed.
? must confess to some impatience i
until the opportunity offered for me to
Wi?tC to Gen. Potter; having parted
with B. on Saturday late in the day. j
But I wrote on Monday and tried iu so j
doing to remember the cautionary di- J
rectione had given me. I carefully j
told him how and by whom ? had sot- j
ten hold of his address. I did not give j
him any of *he sluulotcs of his raid, j
Sold him that tb>re was no sinister !
motive in my anxiety to find Lieut, j
Waterman, hut only to communicate j
wit^ him and to know of his health and j
froandings ; that ho had been very '
to me and mine the night his army I
?ot in Manning, & C , and that he- :
sick io bed his ameutions to my j
ily had never been forgotten ? ?
him - had been in search of him j
Mrer sinec the war had end. d, and now, j
rough him. I hop d was s-wuhio
lei of him and could soou ?ie?ri">*?-?*
?mir begged hrm to spare no pains Tj
its whereabouts, sad if in tac \.
search for him it was necessary to go to
any expense that I'd cheerfully refund
it all. I waited a reasonable time but
received no reply. I theu wrote agaia,
perhaps more urgently. To this I le
eeived no reply. 1 then waited several
weeks and tried it again and perhaps
again but I heard nothing from him.
This disheartened me. For years I
bad set my heart on finding Lieut.
Waterman, and now so unexpectedly
having found Gen. Potter, I felt sure
that the object of my bag search would
soon be in eomaiuuicatioa with me, for
I could.not doubt that through him some
clue at least for further search would
present itselt. The disappointment in
deed was great when I found that the
Gen. would not write to me in reply. I
carefully scrutinized the letters 1 bad
written to him, having kept copies, to
discover if possible, if I had given him
any cause of offense. O? this I became
satisfied, aad had simply to give up the
hope, so intensified of late, of finding
my friend Waterman.
. About this time when 1 had well nigh
given up the search. I was seated on
the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
train going to Columbia when Dr
John I. Ingram of Planning came and
sat by me. He began at once in his
humorous way to.refer to Potter's Raid
and to the pile of precious treasure he
had put in my care that night, and of
their failure in getting possession of.
Noticing a nicely dressed, intelligent
gentleman in front of us listening to it
all, he humored it the more, and very
seriously told me, that he hoped I'd
make arrangements to divide it with
him ; that as we were all poor now, he
was willing to give me half. That he
needed it, his hogs had been stolen, and
so had his corn. He made matters
look-very gloomy and with a mischie
vous twinkle in his eye, he parted from
me leaving the train at Sumter with his
emphatic understanding that he'd ex
pect to hear from- me very soon.
No sooner had the Doctor left the
train than his seat' was occupied by this
listening stranger. Everything about
him indicated intelligence and refine
ment. It soon appeared that he was
among the inquisitive ones, though I
did not find htm offensively so. He
wanted at once to know who the gentle
man was who had been conversing with
me, and expressed the wish to know
him. He asked many questions con
cerning" the'war and this "'"Pottor's
Raid," and the treasure which had been
pat into my hands by Dr. Ingram.
From the Doctor's serious manner he
had really believed that a considerable
amount of gold had been put in my
care. 1 was very much amused at this,
and soon disabused his mind of this im
pression!* His demeanor and the decided
interest he seemed to take in the con
versation induced me to ask his name.
He gave it cheerfully as Mather of Bos
ton, Mass. And said I am a lawyer
by profession and a descendant of Rev.
Cotton Mather. (Rev. Cotton Matbcir
was a curious, but celebrated minister
and author liviug in 1663?1728 in Bos
ton Mass. He was connected with the
famous Witch trials of that day. There
were oerhans more than 200 volumes
which emanated from his pen.) He
told me he was on his way to Florida,
via Macon G a., on professional busi
ness. As he was from Massachusetts
the thought occurred, he may be able
to assist me in finding Lieut. Water
man, and so I told him my wish. He
said the name was not unfamiliar, and
taking down in bis note book the main
points, he seemed to think there would
hardly be any seriou|g^if5enlty in my
Sndieg his whereabouts. From his in
terest shown and intelligence I had
2reat hones of soon learning something
' Waterman.
Though not germain to the line of
thought, yet it might interest you, for
oie to write of his offering me a
bill of money, and how he insist
ed on my receiving it ; of his great
borror of coming in contact with
oegroes, (this wa3 his first trip South,)
and particularly so of being forced to
?it by one ia the cars ; hence at his
sarnest request, 1 introduced him to the
;oaducto'r of his train at-Kingsville,
ma in this way, he was permitted to
be seated with the ladies?the conduc
tor locking him in. I stood to the win
dow of his car until my train was about
to leave and we parted. He was very
profuse iu his thanks for the attentions
ha? shown him and he promised I
would hear from him.
Good Move in Waterloo.
Orpheus, Correspondent for Lau
rensville Herald says :
A meeting of tiie citizens of ?
Waterloo was held in Anderson's j
Hal!, to consider some method by
which the sa!e of intoxicating liquors
may be suppressed in said town.
The meeting was called to order, and
on motion of Rev. R W. Seymour, j
Mr. T. B. Anderson was requested to j
act as temporary chairman. The j
meeting- was addressed bv Rev. R.
W. Seymour, Maj . B. Anderson,
Capt. 1). \V Anderson and W. B. and
J. Ii. Wharton. The following obi -
g?tion was drawn up and signed by
a large number of our citizens : j
do hereby most solemnly convenant j
and agree to use my utmost efforts to j
abolisti the use of ardent spirits in j
tiie town of Waterloo, and that I j
will be unceasing and uncompromis- j
ing in my endeavors to bring a?! j
offenders to law, and will not in
any case neglect or refuse to I
report any violation of either State j
or municipal law in this respect, I
**hich may come under my observa- ?
tion.'* Our citizens seem lo mean i
business. They realize to what a? j
alarming extent the sale of spirituous j
liquors in our midst have reached, j
in its tendency to corrupt tiie morals I
of bt t'? old and young; and are bent
and determined to banish the evil \
from our little town.
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MACON 3?E?.)?ClNK COMPANY.
Mitcoii. Georgia.
18361 ! I SWIFT'S SPECIFICI 111886
T^TA.EEMi?DY ?TOT POS A DAT, BUT TOE]
IjglJ IST HALT A CEi?TUET .
I j EEHBYHTG- S?TF2ELTC HUMANITY! j
fe
ti
"- '
j? AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT gg
j, FRE*: TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD BE READ 3Y EVERYBODY. Kg
?I ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. fg
un. \m wwnm
Liba ?lw er 111 I Mi,
THE OLD RELIABLE SHOE HOUSE
-OF
STILL LEADING IN STYLES, QUALITY AND LOW PfUOES
OF
SS-a
7 7E SAY NOTHING IN PRAISE OF OURSELVES, BUT LET OUR SHOES SPEAK
\ \ for us. Having lived and labored among the people of this community for fifteen years,
we have acquired a thorough knowledge of their wants in the line of Boots and Shoes, and
are prepared this year to give them even better bargains than heretofore.
BULTMAN'S 63 SHOE, we say without hesitation, is THE BEST Shoe made for three
dollars, and a trial will convince you.
IN GENTS' SHOES, WE HAVE
A Real French Calf Hand-sewed Shoe for.$6 50.
A Genuine German Cordovan Hand-sewed Shoe for - - - - 7 00
A "Bang-up'' American Calf Hand-sewed Shoe for - - - - 5 00
A 1 Calf for. 3 00. 3 50, 4 GO and 5 00
Cheaper Grades, for heavy wear, from - - - - - 1 25 to 2 50
IN LADIES AND MISSES', WE A E
A Cur Kid Butt, from 2 ?o S4 ; A Dondola Butr. from 3-to $4; A Genuine "Kangaroo"
Butt, for 4 to 34 50. In the cheaper grades our stock is complete, ranging from 1.25 to S2.
In Misses', Boys: Children's and infinis' Shoes we can furnish a shoe in any style, quality
and price desired.
Eemeifljerj Batman's $3 S'noe for Men is "(to Lead."
" We have also a complete line of FINS TRUNKS AND YALISES.
TJeware! the winter is approaching.
U pon us soon the blast will be ;
JL ei it not come, we give you warning,
ill on your feet good shoes you see.
M en cannot tread the frozen sod,
A Itbpugh they may in wool be wrapped,
e'er till they first their feet have shod.
A h ! where can we these good shoes find ?
Jf ow every one says his are best?
D o Baltman's beat all other kind ?
efore you buy go there and see.
Returning home your cry will be ;
O h 1 Bul Iman s are the. best /find ;
BULT3?A3? & BROTHER,
SIGN OF THE B-G RED BOOT, SUMTEE, S. C.
"ACT!
gMCM<BS aB330agS? Bag? ?
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
%J m Ilm i& ?J f t AM.
-FKOM
?
m
m f w a ?
They keeep ia stock e~ery known variety of
shelf' hardware
and would call esnecia! attention to a verv iarsre and we:: selected stock of
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING
la all widths, with Rivets and Burs or Lacing as rnav be desired.
STOVES OF EVERY VARIETY AT ALL PRICES.
A huge and superb stctk of
And the finest and largest assortment of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, RAZORS,
SCISSORS. &C, from the best fatories of Europe and America. Especial attention
has been paid in the selection of POT WARE, TINWARE. &c.
Wagon Material of Every Conceivable Kind.
Single and Double Muzzle and Breech Loading Guns. Ammu
nition, Shells, &c.
Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN and will be suonorted bv
LOW PRICES.
w. Durant & son.
Iviain Street., opposite the Bank, Sumter, s. c.
Sept 15
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 recep? ion of pupils.
The curriculum 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 our strongest commendation.
Pupils enter at any time. For circulars, cat
alogues, terms, &c. call on or address
W. H. SADLER. President,
Sent S Nos. 6 & 8 . Charles St., B?l to.
P? QW?I ?
The S. G. S. is the cheapest, and the best, and the only Specific Fertilizer
for Small Graia ou the Market.
The S. G. S. has been used all over our Southern States for the last three
years, aud has given great satisfaction.
ASHLEY ASH ELE?IEXT,
Of superior activity aud efficiency ; a cheap and excellent Fertilizer for
Small Grain, especially when used with Cotton Seed or manure to supply
tu mon i a
?SHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER,
Delivered free; specially adapted to Roses, Geraniums, Pansies, Flowering
Annuals, &c.
For terms, directions, testimonials, ond for the various attractive and instruc
tive publications of the Com pan v, address,
the ashley phosphate co.
Charleston, S. C.
. ^e Largest and Most Complex
Established 1845,
c<r.
i?":
S, HACKER & SON
' . , Ojjice and Wareroons. King, opposite
'?' \%?'\\ Cannon Street.
CU AHLESTON, S. C.
Manufacturers of
Hi?iilSli?i OO?RSj SASH, BLINDS
MOULDINGS.
-Km BUILDING- MATERIAL.
BLANKS
THE CELEBRATED
\ S'
AY?NG I-RrH-URED THE AGENCY' '?' '
fer the above wuiid renowned ?'?;_ ;.. ! ; t 1 / >,t. .
am prepared to ?Vrr.isi: said cryn t prices' MOR TOA GES.
to suit ?il parties who may desire a first class , BILLS OF SALE,
BONDS, j
instrument.
Any itiforuiatioh def?red will be ?:?!:.' ?tvea
by my fathrr, Mr. \Y. ?'. Smith, at Uis o'li ?
in Suinter. S. C
Corresoo?idencc soli(?u-d.
Miss^JESS?E SMITH.
October 'IC.
Anci Other Biariks in Variety,
FOI', s & L
AT THIS OFFICE
Harper's Weekly,
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the !e;nj?r:? i!iu^tr.->.t ??1 newspaper i? America ;
and its finid upi'D public extern and confidence
\ .? never stronger than at the present time.
Besides the pictures, IIakpsh's Weekly al
ways contains fasrnl?uiv-h is of ene.-occasionally
of two, of tbc best novel* of i'n-j day, finely il
lustrated, with short storici, poems, sketchss.
and papers on i ni portant cut rent topics by thw
most popular writers. Ti.? caro tinit bas been
successfully exercised iti the past lo make Hak
PKir's Weekly a Safe as welt as a welcome
visitor ti- every household will not be relaxed
in the future.
Ifarpcr's Periodicals.
Per Year:
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LIBRARY. O?it Year ? 2 Numbers) ?0 00
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Year (52 Number*.). 15 00
Postage Free to all subscribers in the United
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The Volumes of the Weekly begin with the
first Number'or January of each year. When
no time is mentioned, it will be understood
that the subscriber lybhes to commence with
the Number next after (he receipt of order.
Bourn! Volumes <d llurjut^H Weekly, for three
years back in ne:t< cloth binding, will be sent by
mai! postage paid, or by express,, free of ex
pen-e (provided The freight does not exceed one
dollar per volume.) for S7.?0 per rolutne.
Cloth Cases for each volume, ?uitable for
binding, will be sent by mail, poctpaid, on re
ceipt of $1 00 each.
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ment without'lie express order of "Harper ?fc
r o t h e rs. Ad d res s
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Harper's Young People.
An Illustrated Weekly:
Harper's Young People bas been called 'the
motlel of what a perii.dica! Jor young readers
ought to be,' and the justice of this commenda
lion is amply sustained by the large circulation
it has attained bo:h at home and in Treat
Britain. This success has been reached by
methods that must con:mend themselves to the
judgment of parents, no less than to the tastes
of children?namely, bv an earnest and well
sustained effort to provide tue best and most at
tractive reading for young people at a low price.
The illKs.'r.iiions are copious and of a conspic
uously high standard of excellence.
An epitome of everything rhat is attractive
and desirable in juve: ile literature.?Bontou
Courier.
A weekly feast of good things to the boys and
Strls in every familv which it visits.?Brooklyn
Union.
It is wond. rful in its wealth of pictures, iofor*
mation, and interest.?Christian Advocatc,~S.Y.
TERM"?. POSTAGE PREPAID, $2 A Y'EAR.
Vol. Vili commenc?s November 2, 1S8C?
Single Numbers/Five Cents each.
It em i t?a ces should be made by P?st Office
.Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss.
foicsjurper* arc not to copy tine a<?nert?st?inent
ic Ith ont the expr?s* order of 11 arpkr <fc V, kotd ers.
Address H ARPER a ROT RS.
New York.
WIDE AWAKFT"
PROSPECTUS FOR ?8S7.
! ! ! A word about subscriotious. $2.40 rrcrn
this date!*!!
D. Lothrop and Company announce that,
leading in the great literary movement Jo
ward lower prices and larger sales, they have
made, without reducing quantity or quality,
an extraordinarv reduction in Toe price of
WIDE AWAKE, the best illustrated young
folk's magazine (1000 quarto pages and 500
original pictures \ early,) and will now re
ceive subscriptions at the former wholesale
price of only $2.40 a year.
Among the contributors will be Charles
Egbert Cradilock. Charles Remington Talbot,
Fred A. ?ber; Marv Ilartwell Catherwood,
Mrs. Lizzie W. Cuampnev. Mrs. A. I). T.
Whitney. Mrs. M. E. M. Davis, Rariet Pres
coti SpoSord, Eleanor Lewis and Louise Irn
ccren Guinee.
NEW.FEATURES AND SPECIALTIES
1! Je?, introduced. A new Department,
called Thf Contributors and The Children, is
to be the fireside and round-table corner of
the magazine; Christmas-Tide Stories, a
Pretty Scarecrow, by Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps; Some Educational Extremes; Child
Life in London, from Hvde Park to White
hall, by Mrs. Elizabeth Koines Pennell, with
many drawings by Joseph Pennell ; Pictures
of American Pastimes: Successful American
Women : Ways to do Things, by various au
thors. Practical handiwork for voting folks.
D. LOTHROP & Co.. Publishers,
Dec. 7._Boston, Mass., ?. S. A.
WONDERFUL BOOK OF SONG.
THE POEMS OF
FATHER RYAN,
THE FAR-FAMED
POET PRIEST OF THE SOUTH.
The Amended and Enriched Edition. Ring
ing Lyrics of the War. Battle Songs
which fired the South and com
piled the admiration
of he Foe.
Complete in one volume, 433 pages, beau
tifully illustrated. The engravings include a
stee! portrait of the author; his old Church
and adjoining Residence in Mobile; "Erin's
Fl:??r:" and the "Conquered Banner."
The book will be sent tu any address on re
ceipt of price, $2.00.
THE BALTIMORE PUBLISHING CO.,
174 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Md.
X. B.?One-half of the profits accrui tig from
the sale of this volume of poems from date to
March 1st, will be devoted to the fund for the
erection of a Monument to Father Ryan, tobe
piared over his grave in Mobile. Help ou the
work and swell the fund by purchasing a copy
of the book.
Wanted men and women in every town,
village and parish to act as agenis for the
saie of this book. Liberal pay will be given
for services rendered. Send for descriptive
circulars.
Dec. 14
LEGOITE NURSERY,
W. VF. T1I03IPSON,
proprietor,
SMITHVILLE. LEE CO., G A.
Five premiums awarded at "World's Expo
sition at New Orl-ans, La., being an award
for every entry of Trees or Fruit.
The time for setting trees is from November
to Match.
Write for Catalogues and price list.
FOR SALE. "
LeCcnte Pear Trees
Crown on their own roots
?and also??
KeiiTer and Earilett Pear Trees
Crown in LeContc roots.
In quantities lo suit purchaser.
TJ?OS. E. RICHARDSON.
ROCHESTER M. Y. CHICAGO, ILL
322-325 . Zi. 12-li TS. Clari St.
A. J. CHIx^?5
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines and
C ?iemioals.
FIX ti TOILET SOAPS, H AIR AND TOOTH
BRUSH KS. E F C M It Y AND FANCY
TOILET ARTICLES, ?c &C
PAINTS. OILS. VARNISUES AND
DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, $c.
Full supply of Fresh Garden Seeds.
' April 9 _
PAIS YOUR BUGGY FOR
One dollar.
One coat gives an old buggy the blackest
black you e~er saw and a handsome gloss
without varnishing. It dries hard in a few
hours. No rubbing! No varnishing! No
extra trouble. Each can contains more than
enough to paint a carriage.
Ret-riled ai One Dollar r-er Can.
For Sale bv
* DR. A. J. CHEVA.
es I t %
?-- ! - W
m. m
S ?8? f
? ~ s
m \rrM sa? ?
s . , .. lof 2 D ?z
g SP jr.:
ce ?s: ? = ? o ?g a.
58: ; ; ? H3
?* te S fi- It
8fc???i II
CT) ?' = -- pe
5- s- kg
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
Ji En SU?BES?
THE LITE FURNITURE MM,
Would call the attention
of his friends and the pub
lic generally to his
large stock of \\ ^ , _
?and? j0j@?^0- $
CHAIRS, ?$ *' fferf
of which he is ^M^eSE&S^^^^
receiving
weekly addi-^^5^^
Hons. ?
Just Received,
Another sop- s
Ply of m^T:
those cheap
SPRING- BEDS,
For comfort and durability they cannot
be surpassed. You will fiud it to your
interest to give hita a call
?also?
Clcth and paper Shades. Wail Papering, Pic
ture Frames, Looking Glasses, Mattresses,
&c, & , down town in Hubert's Corner
Brick Store, Main Street; Su niter. S. C.
Agenti
li? SU fi 5
TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY
AND ALL KINDS OF
Druggist's Sundries
USUALLY KPT IN k FIRST-CLASS DRUG
STORE.
Tobacco, Snuff and Scgars,
GARDEN SEEDS. &C,
-also
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
GJ.ASS, PUTTY, &c.
and
DYE STUFFS.
-o
Physician's Prescriptions carefully
compounded, and orders answered
with care and dispatch.
The public will find my stock of]
Medicines complete, warranted genu
ine, and of the best quality.
Call and see for yourselves.
E? STEHLE, Agt.,
Baker and Confectioner,
FRESH BREAD, SWEET ROLLS, CAKES,
PIES AND CREAM PUFFS
every morning*
Specialty; PATENT BREAD,
CINNAMON ROLLS
AND MILK BISCUITS,
every evening, between 5 and G o'clock.
All orders promptly iilled.
To the Public: BEWARE OF IMITATORS.
April 13. ISS6.
HOUSE PAINTING
2a .First Class Style.
IAM PREPARED TO FURNISH MATE
rial of the best kind and finish up jobs in
workmanlike manner, and no money required
until work is completed.
Any kind of work in the Hon?e-painting
line, such as Walnut Graining. Oak Graining,
Mapleing, Marbleizing, Wall and Fancy
Painting in f?nt or gloss \vork. Graniteing,
Rough-casting. Gold or Brass Bronzing,
Staining, and Varnishing in any shade.
All jobs will be promptlv dealt with.
Address LEMUEL R. DAVIS,
Mav 19 Sumter, S. C.
J. B, KILLOUG-H,
Manager of Luddeo & Bates' Southern House
has opened an office in Sumter. Leave your
orders for Musical Instruments and Musical
Merchandise.
You will find in stock Domestic, White and
New Home Machines. Oil and Needles forali
Machines. J. CHESTNUT RETILI?,
Augusts Manager.
"MOTHERS' FifiND"
Makes CHILD-BIRTH Sasy.
The timi? has come at last when
the terrible agony incident to this
very critical period in a woman's
life can be avoided. A distinguished
physician, who passed the greatest
portion of his life (fortjr-Tour years)
in this branch of practice, left to
child-bearing woman this priceless
legacv and life-saving appliance,
-THE MOTHERS' FRIEND,"
ami lo-day there are thousands of the
host women in our land wiio, having
used this wonderful remedy before
confinement, rise up and call bis
name blessed.
We can prove all we claim for it
by tiring ?cilnesses. ami anyone inter
es:ed can cali, or have their husbands
do so, at onrolliee. and see the origi
nal letters winch we cannot publish;
This Remedy is a most wonderful liniment
to be used after the first two or three months j
Send for our treatise on the Health and
Happiuess of Woman, mailed free, which
gives all particulars.
THE BRADF1ELD REGULATOR CO.,
April 20 Bo* 2S, Atlanta, Ga.
. F. MITCHELL & SON,
proprietors of
The Merchant Flour Mills
and . ?
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
for e sale op
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON, jr. c,
OFFER FOR SALE
AT LOWEST PRICES
Choice grades FLOUR, own nianTt're.
-also,
Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY.
CRACKED CORN, &c.
-also,
Selected RED RUST PROOF SEED
OATS.
Selected North Carolina and Maryland
SEED RYE.
All our Goods guaranteed best quali
ty and at lowest prices. No charge for
delivery to Railroad.
k F. MITCHELL & SON.
W?LBERN S PIEPER,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND DEALERS IN - : 5
Mm LprS, T?MA, k
167 and 169 East-Bay,
CHARLESTON, SC.
Dec. 2_ 6
S. E THOMAS, Agt
No. 320 KING, STREET, ; -
Opposite Liberty^ ? . :
WMo? M^^??^
LACE CURTAIS :
CORNICES AND UPHOLST?RV 0OOS,
WINDOW AWNINGS MADE TO ORDER.
CHARLESTON S. C.
Dec 11 o
Boots, ; i^aeer58^ ,
Bags, &c? -
No. 233 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. CX|
Particular attention given to FUI ing
of Orders, and all Goods guaranteed as
represented.
Jan 6 ?
GEO* W. STEFFENS,
WHOLESALE GROCER,;
Auction and Commission Merchant
and Liquor Dealer.
agent for
The F.nest Sams cured in the 27. S,
Also Agent for ;
GENESEO ROAD CART.
Tbe Best and Cheapest on the Market. .*
197 EAST BAY and 50 and 52 STATE S?M
(Auction Room fttate Street,)
CHARLESTON, S. C>
?Sf* Consi^m?ntsSjiIrt???ST"'
Nor 25 ^?- _
PAY?LION" HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
First Class in all its Appointments.
Sapplied with a*I Modern Improvements..
Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy RoomSj
O?is P?issenger Elevator, Elec
tric Bells and Lights. Heat
ed Rotunda.
RATES $2 00, $2 50 AND $3.O0.:
Rooris Reserved by Mail or Telegraph?
Sept 16_' _
V?i HOTEL WINDSOR,
-211 KING STKEET.
Four Doors South Academy of Music. -
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS well appointed Hotel was opened for
the reception of Guests, March 1st, 1885,
bv G- -T. ALFORD, recently proprietor of
the "New Brighton Hotel," Sullivan's Island.
The "WINDSOR" is newly furnished
throughout, having Woven Wire Spring and
Hair Matresses- on all beds Fronting on
King Street, with extensive Southern expos
ure, making -
All tbe Rooms Dry, Airy and Pleasant.
To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR,"~wnat
has long been wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI
LY HOTEL,
No Liquors ?c?I he sold on the premise*
Rates, $1.50 to $2.00 per day?Liberal
terms made by tbe week or month.
G. T. ALFORD, Manager
WRIGHT'S HOTEL,
COLUMBIA, S. C. -
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HO?S1,
with all modern improvements, U now
open for the reception of guests.
S. L. WRIGHT k SON, :
Mav 6._!_Proprietor*.
PATENTS
Obtained, and all kusiness in the U. S. Patent
Office, attended tofor MODERATE FEES. ?
Our of See is opposite the U. S. Patent Office,
and we can obtain patents in less time thai
those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL ORDRAWING. Weadvis*
as to patentability free of charge; and wt
make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN
PATENT.
We refer, here, to the Postmaster, theSupt.
of Money Order Div., and to officials of th*
U. S. Patent Office. For circular, advice^
terms and reference t? actual clients in your
own State, or countnaddress
C. A. SNOW*CO.,
Opposite Patent Qffi?e. Washington, D. C;
"POUTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
} ' ?^ : '
aA
No H >r?y. will <?ift of Colic Pots or Lcxe F*?
vxs. ?: ',?' '?'/'> i'?>\v.??*rs re wed intime,
r o'?tx'? l '.>\v??or> ? ii? i-uro >\ prevent Bog Otoi
Fo:?x"s l?.w?u*rs will preyent-GATPEs ijj
Ki)t;tzV t*.vA%i?Ms will in'rrca-v Tlic <jnanritv of niilfc \
and crwsi wean- per eenu. and make toe butler firm
i.V. SW?Cti
Fona's i'ovders will enre or prevent almost kyket:
Jiskask to which Horses arid Catiteare enbjcct!.
FouTZ"s \ ?:? * vili givk Satisfatti ojt.
Sold everywhere.
DAVID E. , Proprietor.
BASTIMOS K, BIP.
WORK SHOPS
WITHOUT STEAM POWER
by usixg outfits op
BASSES' PAT. FOOT POWE?
machinery can compete ivitn
steam power. Sold on trial.
Metal and woodworkers send for
prees. I?lustr d catalogne free.
W. F. &. Jno. BaroestCo.
Kockford, 111.
Address No 211 t? Main St.
ADVERTISERS
can learn the exact cost
of any proposed line of
advertising in Ameri<
papers by ad<
Geo. fj Rowell
Send 10c? >F*g?