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5HUBSDAY, JANUARY 13. The SsenUer Watchman was founded in 18o0^md the True Southron in 1866. The Wateliman and Southron now has &e combined' circulation and influence of ~botb of the old- papers, and is mani? festly the? best/ advertising raedi&m io Sumter. Important Announcement Tho Weekly News and Courier to be Famished as a Supplement to this Paper. Arrangements hare 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, ai ?2.50 per year, which will be a saving of one dollar upon the pri?e of Use two papen. This offer embraces the News and Courier weekly from January to Janu? ary, and our friends should send tn their subscriptions without delay to eojoy the full benefit of the arrangement. Change of Publication Day. In order to give our readers the bene* fit of the latest information in oar sup? pl?ment by sending it oat promptly on arrival, The Watchman and Southron will hereafter be published on Thursday instead of Tuesday. GENERAL SUMMARY. Rev. Sam Jones, the great Georgia revivalist, proposes to visit Charleston about the middle of this month, for the purpose of lecturing in the interests of that city's churches. The town council of Bennettsville have let out a contract for setting ont one thousand oak trees on different streets of the town. Since the weather burean was estab? lished at this place their predictions have been so generally correct that the inhabitants could hardly get along with? out them.-Chester Bulletin. John Hoghes, who was shot on Christmas day by R- H. Jacobs, on the latter'*s place, four miles from Green? ville, died on Tuesday afternoon. On Friday night four strange men, visited Squire Long's place, in Green? ville County and deliberately broke all they could of a fine engine he had. A four-year-old son of Mr. H. Streub of Rossville, Chester, was hor? ribly burned last Thursday afternoon by his clothing taking fire. Ile died Friday. We see that the Council of Laurens uas decided to grant licenses to retail liquor dealers at $950.00 per annum ?alf to be paid in advance and balance in sis months, with bond and securities. This is next thing to prohibition. The Anderson Baptist Church, of Anderson, S. C., has called Rev. 0. M. Miller, of Washington, D. C., as pastor, on a salary of fifteen hundred dollars with the parsonage in addition. Mr. Miller is said to be au able and ac? complished minister, and the hope is ?expressed that he will accept and re? move at once to the city of Anderson. The New York Sun committed a shocking error in its report of Mr. Grady's speech at the banquet of the New England society. Mr. Grady quoted Sen Hill's words, spoken in Tammany Hall in 1886 'There was ti South of secession and slavery That South is dead. There is a South of onion and freedom. That South is living, breathing growing every hour.' The San had it, 'There was a South of secession and larceny.9 Hr. Randall's first move after Mr. Morrison brings np the revenue bills for consideration will be looked for with no little interest, as it is reported that he is prepared to press forward a scheme for the total abolition of all internal revenue taxes. This would reduce the iscome by $120,000,000, and, of course, put a stop to any further talk about lower import duties. He ex? pects, it is said, support from southern members. In four or five of the South? ern States there is undoubtedly a strong feeling against the fruit brandy tax, and while Virginia and North Ccrolina are not likely to offer strenuous objections to the abolition of the tobacco tax, Louisiana could be probably counted on to support the whole measure, as it would ensure the retention of the duty j on sugars. It sounds like a rather plausible scheme, but whether there is really anything in it remains to be seen. There is a movement on foot in England to unite the various Metho dist bodies. A similar movement among the Congregationalists was started some time ago. The Methodist Times, of London, is urging an union of all Methodists in Great Britain. It publishes letters from leading men urging a reunion. There are several bodies that have grown out of the orig? inal body that flourished under Mr. Wesley. There are the Weslcyans, thc New Connexion. Primitives, Wes? leyan Reformers and perhaps others. The purpose is to heal all divisions. Revs. William Arthur. Alexander 3IcAulay, Ebenezer E. Jenkins, Charles Garret and other prominent and able ministers are leading thc movement. At a recent prohibition banquet in Ilartford, Conn., the following letter, written by Presideut Cleveland's wife to a prominent temperance worker, ! was read : 'The subject to which you refer and ask o y advice is one in which your own conscience wu.?t dictate the wisest course for yourself to pursue. You have better opportunity for. know? ing how you can do the most good, and it seems to me that should be the stan? dard by which we women should settle j ali our great questions in life. It rare- j ty occurs that a woman needs for her- j self the restraining influences of a tem- ! perance pledge; but if by placing! ourselves under the obigat1' 3 of such j an organisation we can better help our j fathers, brothers, lovers and friends, I j think there should be no hesitation tn the matter. I know something of the Good Templars, and that they do much j good work. I do not consider it a j total! matter by any means, and I am i glad von asked me the question. lt is \ cntouragmg to know of every sister \ who wants to add her strength to tl cause which happily, some day, w rid our land of ruined men and brok families ' Mr. Henry Watterson, editor of t Louisville Courier-Journal, in a rece editorial in that paper is of the opiui that in 1888 the likelihood is that t Republicans will nominate a brand n< ticket, acceptable and clean, and put on a platform full of subterfuges ai promises. Thus organised they w take the field united, aggressive and e t hast as tic, using all the familiar wea ons and relying upon all the customa forces and expedients of party warfai The opinion is also expressed that u less they are met in kind-met rcs lately and along the whole line of s tack-they will, as far as we are co cerned, have an easy thing of it. "fl need not calculate on their making ai mistakes. That is all true enoug Oar care should be that we make i mistakes. The Republicans ara divi ed at to leaders. The Democrats ha* few leaders, and are divided in opt: ions; and unless we ean reach comme fighting ground we shall not be ab to fight with mach effect. Ex-Governor Hagood has publish* a letter in the News and Courte, showing that there is no room for r doction in the expenses of the Exec tive Department of the South Car lina State Govemment. He thin! that the salaries of State officials an employees are as low as they shoal be to secure efficient services. Th expense of maintaining the Lunati Asylum could, Governor Hagoo thinks, be materially reduced by ri quiring all parties interested in the ii mates of that institution, who are abl to do so, to pay for their support an make all beneficiaries charges upo the counties from whence they ar sent. The penitentiary, Gov. Hagoo thinks, should be self supporting, a the convicts should be made to ean their own living. Gov. Hagood is o the opinion that the system of counit; governments is entirely too cumbei some and expensive and should bi modified to suit the condition am necessities of the people. He com pared the county governments to "j man's buying an elephant to pull i boll-tongue plow." General Hagood is an able financie and no man in the State is more fami liar with its finances. His views are therefore, entitled to the though tfu consideration of the people. FARMER AND FACTOR. On our outside will be found the re? port of the Charleston Cotton Exchange on the charges made by Col. S. Warren Nelson, of Clarendon, as to loss ol weights in cotton shipped to Charleston. We also direct attention to an article in this issue written by Mr. H. R Thomas, of Wedgefield, in reference to the same subject; and in connection, the lettei published by "? Farmer," from a Fac? tor may be received as information by those who T?O not know what it costs to get money to run a farm. With such a showing is there any wonder that so many 6ay, *4It don't pay to farm?" It is not a question for argument that it is possible for the average farmer to pay the percentages, charges, and for? feitures, &c., &c, and come out even. It may be that the Factor cannot af? ford to take the risks, and advance for less. In that case it is time to stop, ?? possible-for it is death to keep on while cotton sells at the present prices. What the farmer needs is cheap money ; and the permission by his Fac? tor te sell bis cotton in any market that will give the most for it. The facilities for selling cotton nearer home have been greatly improved in the last few years, and were the farmer at liberty to sell at home and pay his Fac? tor in cash be could frequently save money. This would remove the big? gest bone of contention. It stands the business men of Charles? ton io hand to consider the circumstan? ces of the farmer, and see that those who are worthy of credit, get money at I a fair interest free from the pledge re i quiring the farmer's cotton to bc sent to them. A man who mortgages his land and pays ten p?r cent, should be allowed to buy where he can get the best bargains and sell where it is to bis best advan? tage. The factors know the circumstances of those farmers who arc in debt to them, and should not on account of c>eir indebtedness exact, in addition to a ?'air interest, the shipment of cotton to them at a greater cost for haudliog than would be in any other market. FARMER TI?TOTA?. Mr. B. R. Tillman, in a letter to tbe News and Courier, which is published in this issue of thc Watchman and Southron, is severe upon thc members of the Senate for not passing the bill to reorganize the Agricultural De? partment. We are sorry to say that the spirit evinced in this letter is not one that is calculated to raise Mr. Tillman in the estimation of his thought? ful brother farmer?. The members of the Senate arc classed according to occupation. A Senator's vocation in life has nothing whatever to do with his conscien? tious convictions upon any measure that he has voted either for or against at the last sitting of the General As? sembly, and therefore counts for noth? ing as argument. Yet Mr. Tillman stoutly persists in trying fo make the farmers believe that the lawyers are their worst enemies. Even in this classification, however, Mr. Tillman is ! a little remote from the truth. It is a i known fact that Senator Patterson, j although a lawyer, is aa officer io a "Farmer's Club," and has written several excellent treatises upon the Sci euee of Agriculture. It is true that the representatives fresh from the people did pass the bill to re-organize the Department of Agri? culture. A majority of the House held one opinion on this subject, while a majority of the members of the Senate held another. But what does this prove for Mr. Tillman ? There always will be differences of opinion, and at the same time both parties be convinced of the honesty of their convictions. How.did the farmers in the Senate stand io regard to this bill ? They were divided. Six for and six agaiost it. Now who is responsible for the postponement of this bill? Mr. Till? man would like to saddle tho respon? sibility of it upon the "oligarchy of lawyers,'' to use his pet phrase. Mr. Tillman will not argue. Read his letter. It speaks for itself. He appeals to the passions and prejudices of the farmers, and not to their good judgtneot. He says that "it looks very much like the non-agricultural members of the Senate, at all events, are witling to sneer at and spit upon the farmers' efforts to obtain control of our peculiar affairs ;" that "if they (the farmers) are not the dogs they are taken for, they will, when the time comes, see to it that the men who thus contemptuously put this indignity upon them are properly rewarded ; the farm? ers of the State are fast sinking to the level of serfs-hewers of icoqd and drawers of water for others" Mr. Tillman will find out that the farmers of this State are not the set of fools that he takes them t0 be. Lastly : Mr. Tillman has openly ac? cused before the bar of public opinion some of tbe members of the Senate for corrupt influence. Such an accusation unsupported by proof is much to be re? gretted as it only detracts from thc dig? nity of Mr. Tillman's manhood. The Watchman and SovJthron thinks that an Agricultural College will be of great benefit to the farmers of South Carolina and will advocate the estab? lishment of such an institution ; but it is bitterly opposed to the arraying of one class against another as no good can possibly result from it. THE COLUMBIA CANAL. J/r. Editor: Will you allow me space in your valuable columns to give your readers the benefit of the informa? tion contained in the report of the Com? mittee appointed by the Legislature to investigate the much talked of Colum? bia Canal. I am sure tho information will be valuable and interesting to your readers. After a careful investigation of the subject I came to the conclusion that thc minority report presented the true situation of the Canal and the re? commendation made in the conclusion of the report was the true plan to pur? sue in reference to the Canal. The report of Engineer Lee subjoined shows that relatively few of the sites for factories along the Canal belong to the State. H. FBANK WILSON. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Sohih Carolina. The Committee appointed under the Concurrent Besolution, in word's as fol fows : 'That a Committee consisting of eight members-three from the Senate and five from the House-be appointed to thoroughly investigate the question of factory Bites owned by the State and individuals, and all other questions con? nected with the State's interest in said Canal, and report the information so obtained to the General Assembly at as early a day as practicable ; and said Committee shall be charged with inquir? ing and reporting the amount of money and labor which has been expended on the same,' beg leave to reportas follows : That the Committee have personally examined and gone over thc Canal along with the Engineer in charge, and have taken his testimony concerning the factory sites owned by the State and in? dividuals. His testimony was what is included in a communication made by him to thc City Council of Columbia, of date November 23, 1886, and which be produced before the Committee, This communication wo annex hereto for the information of thc General As? sembly. The Committee summoned before ! them several of tho officers in charge of the Canal, and examined them in ! regard to the amount of money and labor ' expended upon the Canal from its com I mencement, on the 11th day of April, j 1882. to the 31st October, 1886 ; bnt they have principally relied upon the I official reports of the officers charged with the duty of constructing and man? aging fHe Canal. Thc CuTTTuiittec find, and so report, that thc statin *MJt of cost of the Canal as made to the Legislature in the report of Engineer Lee is approximately true, except that for the year 1S2G the average daily cost per capita for convicts was 21 ?c., instead of 26|c, and the aver? age daily cost per capita for the whole number of days engaged in work 30.70c, instead of 31 77c. The total number of working days, from the 11th day of April, 1882, to 31st October, 1S86, was 244,183, The estimate would then bc : Total cash expended by State. $46,908 61 Total cost of convict labor. 7">,u'j.> 07 Total cost of Cnrin] to State.$122,001 68 (Jash expended by Columbia. 1,1'?'? 40 ?129,724 23 This estimate does not include or take into account any other thau those days actually spent Lu labor upon the Caual. Nor is any estimate made for anything over and above thc cost to thc ? State to support aud keep the convicts, j The Committee find that the convicts used upon the Canal were not of one grade, but were made up of a mixed class, and were largely of such hands as could not have been hired out, either on account of their term of imprison? ment or on account of their physical condition. Tbe average number of convicts engaged per day upon the Canal, from its commencement to the j 31st October, 1886, a period of about j four years and six months, was which, when reduced to its equiv of first class hands, would amoui 105.91 per day. The Engineer estimates that to plete the Canal and the dam upor present plan it will require ancxpi ture of $42,406.80 in cash, $127,$ 10 in labor-total of -169,626 ! provided a force of able-bodied con are kept on the work, and a continu: of the same convicts from day to as far as practicable. This Committee, by Concui Resolution, were further charged 'inquiring whether it be practicable transfer the interest of the State tc City of Columbia ' The Committee had before them heard at length the Mayor of the upon this question. They also como icated with the City Council upon subject. They were informed by Council that it is not practicable or vi sa ble, on account of both legal financial obstacles, for the City Columbia to take charge of the Ca or for the State to transfer her inte in the same to the city. All of which is respectfully sub ted. L. P. MILLER, GILES J. PATTERSON E. P. EARLE, F. W. MCMASTER, B. h. ABNEY. I concur in the main in this Rep but desire to express my doubts as the fitness of the locations designate* 'sites' above Gervais street for ma factoring purposes. WM. H. PARKES MINORITY REPORT. To the Honorable the Senate t House of Representatives of the S\ of South Carolina : The undersigned, member of Joint Committee of the Senate i House -of Representatives appoin under a Concurrent Resolution of y honorable bodies to enquire and rep the cost of the Columbia Canal to State of South Carolina, together w its prosent condition, and also as to t mill sites on the same, with such otl information bearing on the subject would be of interest to the two bodi respectfully beg leave to present the f lowing as their minority Report: The Canal, as originally construct for the purpose of flat boat navigatic extended from Bull Sluice to a poi near Old Granby, a distance of neai five miles. The present work, enlargi and deepening the Old Canal for t purpose of furnishing a large volume water for manufacturing purposes, coi menees at the foot of Gervais str? aod has been extended so far throuj Cemetery Hill, a distance of about o and one-third miles. This work ;h been partially completed, and but f the freshet in May last would ba been entirely completed, leaving ti Canal yet to be completed to Bc Sluice, a distance of about one ai two-thirds miles from the prese: terminas, near Cemetery Hill. Wh< completed to Bull Sluice there must I built a stone dam across the Broi River over seventeen hundred fe long and the necessary appurtenanc thoreto, to regulate the quantity i water to be forced into the Canal. Th work is estimated to cost sixty-eig! thousand dollars, which is an exceeding ly low estimate for a dam of that lcngtl When this is all completed to this poir -the Canal and dam and its appurtei anees--the Canal will be completed little more than half of its origin length. In other words, to get tl benefit of it it must be carried on fro: Gervais street to the old terminus at point near Granby, a distance of tw miles. The topography of the country froi Cemetery Hill to the Broad Riv? Bridge, which is near Bull Sluice viewed from Cemetery Hill, is low an flat, entirely unsuited on either side c the Canal for mill sites, as it is subject t overflow in high Water, and, in addition it presents no sites for factory dwellingf The fall above and just below the Broa River Bridge is only ten feet, whic would require too much water to prope a given amount of machinery. I twenty foot fall would require on?j one-half of the amount required on ten foot fall. The fall at Cemetery Hil is sixteen feet, and it increases graduall; from this point to about tweoty-nint feet below the Penitentiary. No goo< mill sites could be seen from Cemetcr Hill to Gervais street, but jost a hov the Penitentiary a site was pointed ou that could be utilized if fifteen thousanc dollars in money and labor was expend ed to build a tunnel under the Canal t< carry the water used back into thi River. At Gervais street begins, in om judgment, the mill sites,, and from this point to thc terminus of the old Cana both sites for mills and suitable grounc for the erection of the operatives1 house; can bc obtained. Tho first two site.1 below Gervais street belong to Green and-Green ; tho next, a tract of one hundred and twenty-five acres on each side of the Canal, belong: to Colonel S. A. Pearce. Just below his is four hundred acres of land be? longing to-Green, and below this tract is a body of land containing seventy two acres, belonging to the State of South Carolina. Under a second Resolution of your honorable bodies, the Committee was also authorized to inquire and report upon what terms the City of Columbia would take tli3 Canal and complete it. After conferring with Hon John T. Rhett, Mayor, and his laying thc matter before the City Council, they declined to take it, on the ground that thc city is largely indebted and is precluded by thc Constitution of this State from contracting any larger debt. The cost of the Canal to this State, up to this 1st November, 18S?. as nearly as could be ascertained, is as fol? lows : Money appropriated and ex? pended, forty-eight thousand eight hundred and throe 17-100 dollars ; cost of feeding, guarding and clothing thc convicts so employed has been ninety two thousand five hundred and fifty three 10-100 dollars ; and to this should bo added thc value of thc labor so em? ployed, which, when calculated at 'six dollars per month for each convict so employed, amounts to sixty thousand six hundred dollars, amount? ing in the aggregate to two hun o coo died and one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six 67-100 dollars as the amount of money and the value and cost of the labor so employed. lu conclusion, wc would suggest tho following plans to be adopted by tho General Assembly : Either stop the work where it now is, having the head or check dam at Cemetery Hill strength? ened, so as to keep out the waters of any freshet which may come, and leave thc work to bc fiuished hereafter, if [ the State should ever get able to ut take it; or turn the Canal over t( Directors of the Penitentiary, ant them authorize the Superiutende the Penitentiary, to conned; the and old Canal at Cemetery Hill, w and deepen the old Canal from point to Bull Sluice, construct a at that point sufficiently high to I water enough into the Canal for ut the Penitentiary and City W Works, and for that purpose that Board be authorized to use convict 1 sufficient, and to use five thousand lars of the net earnings of the Peni tiary, if so much be necessary. ?s a last point, tbere must be 8 sewerage arrangements made should Canal be completed. The estim cost of a sewer from the Lanai? : 1 lum to and under the Canal is over hundred thousand dollars. The co; sewers for the cit*, under the C would amount to a large sam of moi Respectfully submitted. J. A SLIGH, Senate Committee SAMPSON POPE, House of Representatives ENGINBKH'8 OFF. COLUMBIA CANA! COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 23, 18* To the Committee of Council Canal, Gentlemen : In com plia with your request, I have reviewed Report of your Sub-Committee on J Sites on Canal, and would submit following : The proposed Canal will extend f Bull Sluice, on Broad River, to So side of Gervais street. Beginning near Broad River Brid we have 1,200 feet front by 250 wide on 10 feet fall, belonging to - Wallace. 1,000 feet front by 240 feet wide ll feet fall, belonging to Mrs. B and Broad River Bridge Company. 2,600 feet front by 300 feet wide 10 feet fall, belonging to the State South Carolina. 300 feet front by 100 feet wide on feet fall, belonging to Newman. 150 feet front by 100 feet wide on feet fall. City Water Works. On East side of Canal, at foot Laurel street, by means of a culv nnder Canal, power to the amount 1,500 horse power can be taken < This will be available on land owned the City of Columbia, S. A. Pea and the State of South Carolina. Fri the waste weir to South wall of Penit( tiary, one or more wheels can be locat< to furnish all the power required for t use of Penitentiary on 26J feet fa From Penitentiary quarry to Ger vi street, about 2,000 feet front and 2 feet wide on 28 feet fall, owned by t St?te. On Park Branch, East of Canal, i the Greenfield or Bailey propert North of Gervais street and South and adjacent thereto, on Samuel Gre and Heyward Green's property, sit may be had for six large establismen -one-third of the power of -:he Can may be utilized here. Your Committee, in reporting as the availability of the Canal for ma ufacturiog purposes, has stated th so many sites can be had at specific points. What constitutes a site is not well d fined. It depends on what a site is need* for, to determine its size or dimension Supposing that it was desired to utili: one-half the water of the Canal Nofl of Cemetery Hill, which would be c an average of ll feet fall, and woo! yield 3,333 horse power, the availab frontage would give room for 12 estai lishments, averaging 400 feet front au using about 278 horse power each. Of these, Wallace would have i Boyd and Bridge Company 2J the Stat 6? making 12. The frontage South of Cemetery Hi may be divided into sites thus: Nev man I, City 2, Pearce 1, State 4 Greenfield 4, S. Green 1, H. Green ] making 13, from which if desired, th remaining power of the Canal, 6,66 horse power, may be utilized. Nine ( the thirteen sites South of Cemeter Hill afford room for large establish ments, fonr of them for small. AU c these sites have good and sut stan tis foundations, and no unusual difficultie or great expense will be inenreed i utilizing them. Besides the points that have beei enumerated where power may bc mad available by direct connection, there ar several other points where water-wheel may be located and power conveyed t the Eastern side by wire rope, a per fectly practical mode of transmission These are the points where powe can be taken off at and North of Ger vais street, the present terminus of thi work. South of Gervais street is a larg? body of land which could be utilizec for manufacturing sites if it had canal and water put through it. This would be at a considerable out lay of rooney and labor, and must b: done by private enterprise by extend ing the Canal from Gervais street South ward. Of these lands, Col. S. A. Pearc( owns 125 acres, and Allen Green rep resents parties owning 400 acres There is also a tract of 72 acres claim? ed by the State. A development could be made which would give Col. Pearce sites for foui large and ono small establishment, and Mr. Green for ten establishments. Thc property belonging to the State would also be available, but I cannot say to what extent. In conclusion, I* would say that should this power be developed as pro? posed, there will bc ample room with available sites, to take at least two thirds of its capacity from the City Water Works to Senate street (one street South of Gervais,) thus leaving one third to be used North of Cemetery Hill. But, notwithstanding sites are available for this purpose, yet it will not bc advantageous to lease power herc, bccau.se of thc low fall. (Thc power of water is directly as the height of full it is used on. Thc State owning thc water power would always give preference to the application for water on the highest fall as requiring a less quantity of water to make a horse power. Respectfully submitted. (Signed) Tnos. B. LICE, Engineer Columbia Canal. - ?rn MI -o .? w, - Death of a Centenarian. Tho )Va(crcc Messenger o? Jan. 4th, says: Wc regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Thornton, formerly a resident of Camdem, and mother of Mrs. A. H. Capers of our town. She died on thc 31st ult. Had she lived until next April Mrs. Thornton would have been 103 years of age. Thus the link which connected five generations is broken, Big Home-?ai3ed Hogs. Pickens County comes to the front this year with the champion hog. The Sentinel report that Elliott Kennemore has killed a hog weighiog 846 pounds net, while Mr. Latham killed ODO eleven months old weighing 463 pound's net. W. B. Goodwin, of Upper Green? ville, has killed a white Chester two years old which weighed 679 pounds. Sheriff Bolt, of Anderson, reports to the Intelligencer :hat he got 666 pounds of meat from a hog ho killed last week, and the same newspaper mentions two Jersey pigs twelve months old that net? ted 770 pounds ; one of seventeen months old netted 472 pounds and two of eighteen months netted 881 pounds. License at Walterboro. The town of Walterboro* will proba? bly have two barrooms during the ensu? ing year. Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Hampton, has applied for a license, and will doubtless open on the first day of January. Mr. Fickeos, who has kept the business going for the past year alone, has also applied for a license and will continue in the business. If we are to have it ''wet" at all, no matter how "wet" it gets, let it "roll." Each license will cost {1,502 to the council, $100 to the State, and {25 to "Uncle Sam," making a total of {1,627. There must be "millions in it." Southern Star. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 18, 1887. COTTON.-About 150 bales were sold dur? ing the week ending the 13th. The market closed firm. We quote: Ordinary 7 3-18; Good Ordinary 7 7-16 ; Low Middling 8 1-16; Middling 8 7-16 ; Good Middling 89-16. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 12, 1887. COTTON.-Market closed firm. Sales 150 bales. Quotations are: Strict Low Mid? dling 9 ; Middling 9? : Strict Middling9^. Muslo Hall ONE NIGBT ONLY, THURSDAY, JAOTABY 20 Reappearance of the Jolly Favorites HOWORTH'S HIBERNIA -AND DUBLIN DAN COMEDY COMPANY. Headed by Bryan O'Lynn, the greatest of all "Irish Guides" in Howorth's latest laughable success, THE TWIN JARVEYS, exhibiting the grandest sceoery ever witnessed in a Grand Tour Though Ireland. Giv? ing more fun free from vulgarity than any show traveling. 14 SPECIALTY ARTISTS. 14 6 GREAT COMEDIANS. 6 Introducing their characteristic and refined specialties. BRASS BAND AND ORCHESTRA. New Music Songs and Dances. Popular Prices, 25, 50 and 75 cents. Reserved seats now on sale at Jan 13 Martin's Drng Store. NOTICE ! FARMERS!! I am prepared to sell the fol? lowing brands of Guano LOW DOWN FOR CASE or on approved papers : COTTON SEED MEAL, KAINIT, ACID, AMMOMATED GUANO, any brand desired. Call on rae before making arrangements for advances or guano's for the coming season. B. J. BARNETT, Jan 13. Main Street in the iiend. 1887. NEW YOE WEEKLY HERALD ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. GREATEST AND CHEAPEST FAMILY JOURNAL In the United States. ALWAYS BRIGHT AND RELIABLE. Every Number an Epitome of the News of the World. THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT Is Unequalled. Latest and Most Accurate Cable Specials by the OOZOSZBCISJi CA3LZS. FULLEST TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF ALL CURRENT EVENTS. SPECIAL FEATURES. Practical Farming ; articles on Science, Art, Literature, the Drama, Music, Reli? gion, Fashions and Chess. INFORMATION ON ALL SUBJECTS. Address JAMES GORDON BENNETT, New York Herald, New York City. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, - IN THE COURT OF COMBON PLEAS. Jas. D. Kirkpatrick tfc Son, Plaintiffs, against. Jas. L. Morrisey, Defend? ant.--Forclosure and Sole. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above entitled cause, and dated Feb? ruary 20tb, 1886, I will sell at public auction in front of the Court House, in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, February 7th, 1887, (or day following) between tbe hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Sumter County and State of South Carolina, containing ITO hundred and fifty-six acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands now or form? erly of Esekiel Dickson, on the East by lands of james A. Fullwood, and lands of the Es? tate of A. W. Brown, South by lands of the Estate of O. F. Hoyt and West by lauds formerly of J- H. Dingle and uow of Sumter Webb and Richard Webb. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to par for neccssarr papers. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Jan. 13._Master. " W"I CATARRH Cream Balm Gives Relief at once and Cure. COLD in H3AD,| CATARRH, SAY FEVER. Not a Liquid) Suv ff or Ponde. Free from Injuri? ous Druas and vf-\ fensiv? odors. HAY-FEVER A particle of the Balm is applied into each nostril, is agreeable to use and is quickly ab? sorbed, effectually cleansing thc nasal passa? ges of catarrhal virus, causing healthy secre? tions. It allays pain and inflammation, protects the membranal linings of thc head from addi? tional colds, completely heals the sores and restores the sense of taste and smell. Bene? ficial results are realized by a few appications. A Thorough Treatment trill Cure. Price 50 cents at druggist : by mail, regis? tered, 60 cents. Circulars sent free. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Jan. 13 Owego; K. Y. COMPARATIVE WORTH OP BAKING POWB?R& HO YAL fA-bscisKely Pure) GUAM'S ?AItm* Powder) RUMFORD'S, ?harte*.: ^^^^^^ H AX FOR D'S, when frcs?r... REDHEAD'S.BS?3?SB??BI CHAR3I (Alum Fowde*) ^---BHHBSS AMAZON (Alum TtnrdeT)BWEfflB CLEVELAXD'S(sbortwt.fc>z .W????BB??S?? PIONEER {San Francisco)... .flHm CZAR.?HBE595H DR. PRICE'S.BBKSSBOBE SNOW FLAKE (GroTs).BHHBBH LEWIS'.EMHBfl PEARL (Andrews ? Co.).W??K?K??B?B BECKER'S.HUI AXDRETFS&CO. "Regal" Milwaukee, f Contains Alum. ; Ii ULK (Ponder sold loose)-W?? '.r RU?FORD^^whee not frwhU REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As to Purity and Wholesomeness of the Boyal Baking Powder* " I have tested a package of Royal Baking Powder, which I purchased m tb* open market, and find It composed of pure and wholesome ingrediente. It is a cream of tartar powder of & high degree of merit, and dow not contain either alum at phosphates, or other Injurious substances. E. G. LOVE, Ph-D." "It is a scientific fact that the Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure. " fi. A? MOTT, PmD." u I have examined a package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased by myself te the market. I find it entirely free from alum, terra alba, or any other injurious sub? stance. HCTBY MOSTOX, Ph.D., President of Stevens Institute of Technology." **I have analyzed a package of Royal Baking Powder. The materials of which lt is composed are pure and wholesome. 8. DABA HAYES, State Assayer, Mass." The Royal Baking Powder received the highest award over all competJtecaal, the Vienna world's Exposition. 1873 ; at the Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876 ; at the American Institute, Kew York, and at State Pairs throughout the country. ' - No other article of human food bas ever received such high, emphatic, and uni? versal endorsement from eminent chemists, physicians, scientists, and Boards of Health all over thc world. ' Kore-The above DIAGRAM Illustrates the comparative worth of .various Baking Powders, as shown bj Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof. Sch ed] er. A pound can of each powder was taken, the total leavening power or volume in each can calculated, thc result being as indicated. This practical test for worth by Prof. Schcdler only proves what every observant consumer of the Royal Baking Powder knows by practical experience, that, while it costs a few cents per pound more than ordinary kinds, it is far more economical, and, besides, affords thc advant? age of better work. A single trial of the Royal Baking Powder will convince any fair minded person of these facts. * While thc diagram shows some of the alum powders to be of a higher degree of 6trcr.?rth than other powders ranked below them, it is not to bc taken as indicat? ing that they have any value. All alum powders, no matter how high their strength, %re to be avoided as dangerous. ATTENTION FARMERS! 200 Tons Fertilizers in Store and for Sale. I have on hand in my Warehouse at the Depot in Sumter SEVENTY (70) TONS SOLUBLE GUANO. FORTY (40) TONS ACID PHOSPHATE. TWENTY (20) TONS DISSOLVED BONE. TWENTY (20) TONS COTTON SEED MEAL. TEN (10) TONS ASH ELEMENT. These Fertilizers I will Sell to the Farmers of Sumter and adjoining Counties on terms that will make it to their interest to see me before purchasing elsewhere. I handle only tao bett Standard Fertilizers manufactured by the Stono Phosphate Co., of Charleston, S. C. Jan. 13. ROBERT WITHERSPOON. TO THE PUBLIC : LOUISVILLE, KY., Jan. 7, 1887. I will ship to-morrow (Jan. 8th) from this point, a car-load of nice, well broke horses, comprising gentle and toppy drivers and good farm horses. Among them are several young mares suitable for breeding? January 13, 1887. SCHOOL BOOKS AT J. A. SCHWERIN'?. SCHOOL BOOKS AT J. A. SCHWERIN'S. School and other Books AT J. A. SCHWERIN'S. NEW YORK PRICES. Opposite Court House, Main Street, Jan. 13. ARRIVED Ou thc 10th January, Forty-five Head -OF Horses i Mules ALSO ON HAND A fine assortment of Buggies and Carriages, and Old Hickory Wagons. W. M. GRAHAM. Sumter, S. C., Jan. 13, 18S7. EXECUTRIX SALE. ALOT OF BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS, Wheels, Wagon Body, Desks, &c, thc property of the late T. J. Coghlan, Esq., now for inspection, placed in the store next to C. T. Mason's jewelry store, will be sold at pri? vate sale, from date. If not sold by January 31st next, will be sold at auction February Saleday. MES. E. E WHITTEMORE, Dec. 21 Executrix. Estate of Jerry Lowry, Deceased? IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, on the 5th day of Febru? ary 1887, for a final discbarge as Executrix of said Estate. ELIZA TITUS, Formerly Eliza Lowry, Executrix. Jan. 4 THIS PAPER ^?^S&? A(trertt?lng Bureau (IO Sprue* St.\ whero advertisW wattan mi?u^m.au fgr li jtf >J?W S?MTER HEBLE WORKS, ESTABLISHED IN 186?. - * W. P. SMITH, WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH Improved Facilities, TO FURNISH MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, -AXD ill Kinds of Cemetery Verfc, Ia First Class Workmanship. Dec. 21._ BENJAMIN GREIG. C. G. MATTHEWS. GREIG & MATTHEWS. Factors and Commission Mercfeuits. Liberal Advances on Shipments. 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