The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 20, 1887, Image 2

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TH?BSDAY. JANUARY 20. The Suinter Watclanan was founde . tor 1850 aod the True Southron in 186( Tke WcefcA??a?? anc? Southron cow bi toe combined circulation and infiuenc of both of the old papers, and is man , ?stly the best advertising medium i Samter Important Announcement, JThe Weekly News and Courier t be Furnished as a Supplemer ta this Paper. Arrangements have been made wit tbe Netcs and Courier Company b which we will be able to supply tb Weekly Neics and Courier from thi office as a supplement to the Watchma and Southron, to ali subscribers wh pay cash in advance, at ?2.50 per yeai which will be a saving of one dolla Upon the price of the two papers. This offer embraces the Nercs an Courier weekly from January to Jane ary, an dour friends should send tn thei subscriptions without delay to enjoy tb ??U benefit of the arrangement. Change of Publication Day. In order to give our readers the bene . fit.of the latest information in our sup plement by sending it out promptly o: arrival? The Watchman and Southro: will hereafter be published on Thursda; instead of Tuesday. BDITOBIAI? ITEMS. One of Georgetown's liberal and pro gressive citizens bas written for Mr Keid Whitford, Assistant (J. S. Engi Deer, a carefully prepared resume o the commerce of that town in its bear? ing upon the projected improvement o ?the Georgetown Bar and rivers, wit! some thoughtful suggestions as to th? probable effect of the completion of th< works. This letter will be submitted Dy Mr. Whitford, in his next report, tc the. engineer's office at Wilmington. The striking revelations published on the sixteenth instant disclosed the fact that the solid men of Chicago had taken alarm at the progress of anarchism in that city and feared that it might de? velop a strength beyond the ability of either the police force or the State militia to cope with. Consequently steps were quietly taken to secure the permanent establishment of a United States military force within convenient reach for effective use in case of neces? sity. The Plaindcaler, which is published at Honea Path, Anderson County, S. C--, says that there is a rumor in that County to the effect that if it had cot been for the desertion of Representa? tive J. N. Brown that Maj. B. F. Whitner would have been elected Judge <jf their Circuit, and states that if tb is is the case Mr. Brown ought to rise and explain to the people cf Anderson County why he deserted Col. Whitner. It is said that Mr. Brown elaiss that when he voted for Maj. Whitner on the Brst ballot and he was not elected that be had discharged his duty to his con? stituents, and that he was then left free to vote for his army friend. Col. Norton. Senator Murray, of Anderson, denies tbe charge that the lawyers in the Legis* Tature were responsible for the failure of the bills introduced in response to the demands of the Farmers' Convention, fie calls attention to the fact that Sena? tor Buist, of Charleston, and himself, both lawyers, advocated to the extent of their ability, such measures as they be? lieved the farmers desired, and says that they were opposed by Senators Wofford and Youmans, both farmers. Senator Murray thinks, therefore, that so complaint should be made against the lawyers, but influences should be brought to bear on the farmers in the Senate to induce them to properly re? present the class to which they belong. It is a great mistake to suppose that be? cause a Senator is a lawyer he will op? pose the interests of the farmers. Thc personal interests of all are dependent directly or indirectly upon the success of the farmers, and consequently legis? lation which will beoeGt the farmers will also increase the prosperity of the lawyers. We see by the Marion Star that an emigration agent has been busy in that County for thc past two weeks aud Las succeeded in inducing qai?c a number of the colored population there to leave home and try their fortunes elsewhere. Some of them have gone to Georgia and Florida, while others have set out for Arkansas. The reasons for thc exo? dus are thc same as those given from all the other sections of thc State in which this movement is popular just about now. A succession of bad crops, the difficulty of procuring steady and remunerative employment, and in some instances, the unjust treatment they have experienced at thc hands of land? lords and employers, together with thc great uncertainty of obtaining legal re? dress when they venture- to apply to thc Courts for protection. On the tenth of this month, pursuant to previous announcement, a meeting of the Farmers' Club of Anderson, S. C . was held in thc Court House, at which meeting thc chairman stated that lue meeiin^ had been called to take int'? j fOOfrtdetation the ae?i<*i?is of the late ! Legi:-iature. l?e mentioned tliat. it hud : been brought to the attention of the peo? ple that during recent years a lar^e quan;iiy of latid had been forfeited to the State on account of non-payment of taxes. lie went or. to say that as the law now stands land so forfeited ii* put . ?prfoi' ?ale, and there Wv*'? nu bidders, j it is bid ia by the State, after which it oot returned for taxation, but the forme owner still lives on it and enjoys its prc duets without paying any taxes. Th farmers had a right to expect that th Legislature would have looked aft? this matter, and also the equalization c taxes. That it was a known fact tba in some counties of the State-takin horses for instance-in one county the average ?100 and in another count only $50. While all know that on horse is often worth more than another yet upon an average they are wort about the same all over the State The Legislature should have attend ed to this matter. The reductioi of expenses in the settlement o estates'and the general demand for redaction of the 10 per cent, rate of in terest were subjects wbich the speake said demanded the serious attention o the people's representatives. WHO IS TO BLAME? The Georgetown Enquirer says wha purports to be an exact copy of the Ac to re-charter tue town of Georgetowi has been obtained by the town counci from the office of the Secretary of State and that if it is a correct copy, it is saf< to say that either the anthor of the bill or the Legislature, or perhaps both knew nothing of either grammar oi rhetoric. There are probably fifty errors, verbal, grammatical and other? wise, in the copy which Secretary Leit ner certifies to as being an accurate transcript of the original Act on file in his office. ' In some instances the word "and" ts repeated ; in others, sentences are made to end with commas, and the succeeding sentences to begin with small letters. The Enquirer complains of the outrageons misspelling in this Act. "Cwiitat?s" is spelt "commita tus,%' and "possess" is spelt "posess." The word "perpetuity" is masqueraded in the shape of a new and strange ex? pression-,4imperpetuity " The sum of five hundred dollars is expressed in figures thus-'-$5.00." That is the amount fixed for the liquor license. The Enquirer says that "if the munici? pal authorities should be governed by the figures alone, they could grant licenses at five dollars apiece. We wonder if the Secretary of State uses that kind of arithmetic when he col? lects his salary. If he does, he is the cheapest Secretary of State we have ever had, and if the fatal consequences of his errors could be confined to him? self, it would be a good thing to re? elect him forever. And to this carica? ture of an Act of the General Assembly is appended Secretary of State Leitner's certificate, in his own handwriting, that it is an accurate copy of the original." One day'last week a representative of the Columbia Register called at the office of the Secretary of State, and in? vited his attention to the above matter. He was shown the original Act, which contains all. the errors complained of. The Register says : "In furnishing certified copies cf Acts, the Secretary of State has no dis? cretionary powers in the way of correct? ing bad English, false grammar or wrong spelling, but simply makes an exact copy of the original. This has been done in this case, and the fault lies, not with the Secretary of State or his 'scribe/ a3 the Enquirer terms the copyist, but with the Legislature. This Act was certified to as having been 'properly enrolled' by the Solicitor of the Third Judicial Circuit, in which Georgetown is included. The Secretary of State personally reads by copy every act and paper of which a certified copy is furnished from his office, and to abuse so efficient and faithful an officer as Secretary Leitner for performing his duty in furnishing so exact copies is en? tirely unjust, unfair and uncourteous." THE PEE BILL The Charlotte Ckronide says that some time ago a firm in Charlotte took cut an attachment against the Blake Cansler Company (a New York Com? pany,) who had some property in Lan? caster County, S,. C. After ali the pro? ceedings had been taken out, they !earned that a citizen of another State could not attach the property of a for? eign corporation in the State of South Carolina. The whole amount of the claim was only ?12.14. Thc firm lost their case and had to pay ?33.25 costs, nearly as much as the entire debt. In additioo to this the firm had to pay a fee to the Commissioner, and so the costs fully equalled the claim. The Chronicle also states that a gentleman j died in Charlotte some time a^o, and a j certain lawyer was uamed as his exec- ? utor. Ile left some property in South j Carolina, but after the lawyer weighed ? the trouble and costs that would neccs- I sarily be incurred thought the property would not more than cover thc costs, and therefore refused to qualify as ex? ecutor. The Chronicle says that it is a matter of general comment that the red tape formality is carried to a strain? ed extent in South Carolina, and that every move must he accompanied by j lawyers' advice and court fees, lt utters i a noble pajan upon the fact that thc j State of North Caroliaa is blessed with I a more simple Code of Proceed ure than j that which we have in South Carolina, j nod affirms that, in ordinary cases it) i North Carolina that a man can be his ! own lawyer. The Chronicle thinks j that there is need for reform in tins i matter in South Carolina, and that thc j Legislature of this State should take ; steps toward si ?j pl y fy in g their Code of j proceed ure in order th.-jt business mer* j might :;t least have a living showinc I The Chronicle ends up thus : "but as matters now stand in the Palmetto State, when two men become involved : in litigation or-e ha* the cow by the boros v.'.i? the o;her is pulling at the tail, while the lawyers, clerks and sherill h<>!<? and iniik thc ani- ; mal dry." CHUECH MUSICAL INSTRU? MENTS. Tile Convention of the United Pres? byterian Church, while assembled at Pittsburg, Penn., on th* tenth day of November, 1886, passed the following resolution, which declares "a war of extermination" against thc use of that noble instrument, the organ, in Church : "Believing instrumental music in connection with the worship of God to be without the sftithortty of divine ap? pointment under the New Testament dispensation, and therefore a corruption of that worship, it is our duty to refuse in any way to countenance or support its use. And we hereby counsel ail our brethren to stand firm, and not defile or wound their consciences by any com? pliance with that which is contrary to conscience, or in regard to which con? science is not clear.'7 The above resolution carnes us back to the "tract age" of John Cotton, the Bay Psalm Book, Puritan psalmody, "Cases of Conscience," and the old Presbyterians of Scotland, The war that was carried on by the Puritans and their ministers against music and instruments in England and her Amer? ican colonies, for more than one hun? dred years, continued to rage in New England until after the fanaticism that condemned the use of instruments finally gave way to reform, and a regu? lar singing-school was commenced in Boston, in 1724. The first organ built ia New England was one made in Bostou in 1745 ; and the first one used was that used in Queen's Chapel, Boston. The first or? gan that sounded West of the Aileghany Mountains was made by a Presbyterian, and was placed in the Second Presby? terian Church in Cincinnati, in 1837. We are informed that, when Hezekiah desired to "make an atonement for all Israel, ''he set the Levhes in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, with psal? teries, and with harps; for so was the commandment of the Lord, by his prophets." Hezekiah says, "The ar? rangements of the choir in the temple at Jerusalem were made at the instiga? tion of the prophet, by the command? ment of God himself." Thc Great Je? hovah sanctions not only the voice; but instruments. Persons acquainted with Bible or even ancient history need not he told of the thousand and one refer? ences to vocal and instrumental music there to be found, norean they be igno? rant of the fact that more than fifty thousand vocal and instrumental per? formers were present at the dedication )f Solomon's temple. Instrumental music caa be traced back to the time of Jubal, and was practiced in the time of Laban, Moses, and all the holy men from Jubal's time down to the present. Accepted by the Apostolic Church, rocal aud instrumental music has been practiced until it has made itself a his? tory which is a part of God's manifesta? tion of himself in the affairs of men. This history is full of truth which all ?viii do well to consider prayerfully. Vocal and instrumental music bas ac- i iompaaied holy worship in thc song by J thc lied Sea and ia the service of God's temples throughout the world. Music >vas heard in the church at Antioch and Alexandria. All ancient nations possessed string, r?ind and pulsatile instruments such as pipes, viols, drums, organs and harps. Every musical instrument (of the many kinds mentioned so often in the Bible) was performed upon in ways similar to the methods now in vogue. The Bab? ylonian musicians played upon cows' horns or rams' horns for want of better instruments. Cromwell's army did try to destroy the organs and musical books in Eng? land. The Puritans tried to prevent the use of organs and cultivated music in America. And it remains to be seen whether the Presbyterians will do more in this new war upon the use of organs. The Fork Shoals Cotton Factory in Greenville County is now kept ruuning both night and day, thc product in yarns being fifteen hundred pounds every twenty-four hours. The factory has orders from the North for all its for three months' yield. In the operation of the factory the cotton used for manufacturing purposes is bought on the ground. Nine cent6 per pound is the price now being given for it. The farmers in that locality haul their cotton there, knowing that they will realize at Fork Shoals as high a cash price for their cotton as they can obtaiu elsewhere. The Baptist ministers of Greenville City have an organization known as "the Preachers' Conference It meets once a month. Its principal object is to dis cuss matters pertaining to church work. A regular programme is prepared for each meeting. Thc young men attend? ing Furman University with the aim of following the ministry find this or ganizatibu of great benefit to them as they can ask for and receive instruction iu any brunch ?if pastoral work. in several of thc upper Counties a number of the mern hers of the Lcgis!a> j ture have been called upon to 'lise and j explain"' an:l give an account of their actions at the late session, in Some j places conventions lin vc been held and the representatives put upon the stand so to speak, and questioned and cross- i examined. Through the good management of the I Hun. Sam I. C. ])ibbic and Senators j Hampton aud Butler aided by others j Charleston in almost certain to obtain : an appropriation of JvJiMMMjO for (?ie improvements o? her harbor and au c<juai amount for the building ufan po? t ??J oe . j A congregational meeting was hell in tue Presbyterian Church in (?rco? ville City on last Sunday morn? ing, ia "'Moi: meeting thc sniriiual as weil as ti.e temporal affairs of thc con- ; gregatioa were discussc I. CLUVERIUS HANGED. Cluverius, the murderer of his cou? sin, Lillian Madison, whom he had be? trayed under promise of marriage, xvas handed in the Richmond jail yard at 1 10 P. M. last Friday. In thc jail yard is an electric fire alarm box, connected with the general system throughout Richmond. His Excellency Gov. Lee had ordered that the fire alarm be turned in from the jail station at thc same time the drop fell. Promptly at 1 10 P. M. the massive bclis rang out the death-knell, and the hearts of the people stood still for a momcut to realize that the betrayer and murderer of his cousin had paid the penalty cf his awful crime. The peo? ple surrounded thc jail in large num? bers, but only the few officers and wit? nesses required by law were admitted into the jail yard Dr. Hatcher, his spiritual adviser, was with him, aud he bore up to the last with that wonderful seif-posession that has characterized him throughout. He said nothing after mounting the scaffold. Dr. Hatcher said that the prisoner requested him to say that he died without ill will to any one. Ile died protesting his innocence. Cluverius smiled while on the scaf? fold, but was seen to shudder just be? fore the drop fell. He died of strangu? lation. Thus ends one of thc most interesting chapters in criminal history. Cluverius, we see it stated, devoted the last month of his life to writing a pamphlet of one hundred pages, which he entitled, "My Lifo, Trial and Con? viction." It has been copyrighted and published. In his preface he says : "In my helpless grief I would far sooner re? main silent. Naturally enough I crave the poor privilege of telling my own story in my own way " He explains further that he writes the book to en? deavor to re-imburse his aunt for ex? penses incurred by his trial. Of Lillian Madison, the murdered girl, he says : "Our relations were simply friendly and nothing more. There was never any? thing that approached criminal intimacy between us. Indeed, I knew very lit? tle about her until this trial began." Speaking of his failure to account fully for his time when in Richmond on the day of the murder, he says: "This is ! the best I can now do. I have no new light on the matter to give to the pub? lic. Judging from the newspaper para? graphs, there is considerable anxiety that I shall "confess." The simple fact is I have nothing to confess. I did not see F. L. Madison during the day and night of the 13th of March. That is all the confession I have to make. Of course, if a man expected to be ar? rested for murder a mouth afterward, he would make a memorandum of his move? ments and frcqueutly consult his watch and call the attention of friends and ac? quaintances to the hours at which they met him." With regard to the charge that he was indifferent when he heard, of Lillian Madison's death, he says: "I have felt as all others who have hearts ! have felt, that her death was pitiably, inexpressibly sorrowful. But those who thought me guilty naturally looked for some tragic and dramatic regret at j her death. Conscious of entire freedom i from complicity in her death, and hav? ing no specially iutimate relations with her, such an exhibition would have been forced and unnatural." Cluverius had all his life been an ardcut temper? ance advocate. The last night of his life the jailer offered him a drink of whiskey. He said that he thought it would do him good, and he then, within a few hours of his end, took his first and only drink of whiskey. He pro? tested his innocence to the last. Cluve? rius was a lawyer, a church member, a superintendent of a Sunday School, and a most remarkable scoundrel from first to last. An Awful Accident. On the twelfth instant Percy Cannon was horribly killed in the machine shops of Tanner & Lemaster. He was a bright, winning boy of 14; the only j sou of Mr. Elias Caunon, the book j keeper of the factory, and a grandson of j Col. Gabrial Canuon. It seems that he wanted to sharpen a knife ou the big grindstone, aud had climbed up on the frame to place thc belt on the pully. In some way his arm got caught in the belt as it slipped into place, and he was whirled over the shafting with frightful rapidity. The shaft is eighteen inches from the wall, and his legs and the lower part of his body were hurled j against it with terrific force. Mr. Lemaster was beudiug over his lathe, but the first stunning blow against the wall drew his atteution and he shouted to the engineer to stop, and in a quarter of a second the machinery was still; but the shaft had been revolving oGU j times a minute, and before the eugine could bc stopped thc boy had beeu beaten against thc wall a score of times, and the bones of his feet, were crushed as in a mill. His arm was jerked from the socket, and hung only Ly the tendons, and his neck was broken. When Mr. Lemaster reached him and took the body in his arms it twitched convulsively three times and then all was still fie did not breathe, and probably died at the first blow -?S^x/r taiibnrg Herald. Catawba Indians Thomas Morrison, Chief of the Ca taw ba tribe of Indians, accompanied by ? William Harrison, a member of the \ tribe, were in thc city yesterday tn cen- j saltation witii their attorney, Cu I. .J. (>. j Marshal, in hiscompany li?csedecend- j ants of the original occupants of a nor- j linn of our State visited lin; State House, I called on Governor Richardson and visited thc Secretary of State's office. These two modern "red men" might ! well be termed "the long and short, of ? it," the Chief being . man of more than j ordinary Mature and his follower very j iliort. They were both chid in the j habiliments of civilization aud had noth- I in g about li,-. ;:i tr, attract unusual notice ; save their strongly marked Indian fea- j tures Thc Chief is very deaf and is di iii '?> converse wi Ut er the /;V<//s- ! J J Ure roper5er would certainly have at-: tempted au interview The two visitors I leave fm- their home near Rock Hill tu- j dav -Uro Utcr. ! The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Pushes It-s Way To? ward Charleston. The Charlotte ChronicleSays : "Col. R. A Joh a s ton, superintendent of thc Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad, better known in this section by the name of the Massachusetts & Southern Construction Company, was at the Central, in this city yesterday, and told a Chronicle reporter that he is wak? ing ready to begin grading another section of thc road. This road is now completed and in operation between Black's station and Shelby, and thc construction force is lo be put to work at once on the road from Black's station to Camden, where connection will be made for Charleston. Col. Johnston states that thc road will bc completed between those two places within eleven months, and (hat by next Christmas Rutherford ton will have an all rail con? nection with Charleston. Colonel Johnston had just returned from a busi? ness trip to Boston, and was accom? panied by Capt. P. P. Dickenson, the contractor. Gen. J. T. Wilder, vice president of thc company, and Col. Th os. E. Watson the chief engineer. The party left last night to make a trip over the proposed line between Black's and Camden." Dr. Woodrow's Case. Thc Associate Reformed Presbyte? rian says: Dr. Woodrow having been asked as to the status of the Columbia Theological Seminary says, in substance, that the chair of the Perkins Professor? ship will not be vacant until the con? trolling Synods approve the action of the Board of Directors in ejecting the late incumbent It is possible, he thinks, that although this ejectment was by direction of tue Synods, they may yet disapprove of the course taken when the time comes to make a final decision. This delays the matter nearly a year. Those who thought the end was at hand may find themselves mistaken, though it would seem that the decisive major? ities of the late Synods, ordering the removal of the Perkias Professor coald not be reversed within a twelve month. The Eeath of Daddy Cain. WASHINGTON, January 18 -Bishop Richard Harvey Cain, the fourteenth bishop of the African Methodist Episco? pal Church, died at bis residence in this cify early this morning. Bishop Caiu, before his ordination had been associated with the reconstruction of South Carolina, having been a member of the Constitutional Convention of that State and subsequently a member of the upper bouse of the Legislature, and afterwards a member cf Congress. Assessment Eegulations. The Comptroller General has issued the following circular of instructions I to the various county auditors of the State, directing a ujore rigid investiga tiou into the returns of personal proper? ty. The Comptroller General says : 'During the recent session of the j General Assembly it was openly j charged that at the last period of list- j ing property for faxatiou only three \ auditors in the State required a return of the cotton held by fanners and others on the 1st day of January. If this charge is true, those auditors to whom it applies clearly failed to carry out the provisions of the law, which re- j quires personal property of every de- j scription to be returned for taxation. There is no wore reason why cotton cr other croas should be omitted from the j returns, than that horses, cattle or other items of property should be, ~.:d the the law does not exempt the one any more than thc other. 'That there may be no further mis undeastanding of this matter, auditors are instructed that it is their duty, and they are required to list for taxation all pcrsoual property owned or controll? ed on the 1st day of January, and this is to be done whether the party owning or controlling the same owes a debt upon it or not. 'As the right cf a party to reduce the amount of his return by the amount of his debts does not seem to be clear? ly understood, auditors are further in? structed that under the head of 'credits! are included all "legal debts, claims or \ demands,' in favor of the party making the retura, whether such demands be payable in money labor or other valua- j ble thing. From such credit and from \ nothing else, may be deducted the legal | debts, claims or demands standing j against the party. If there are no ! debts in bis favor the debts against him cannot, be considered; and ia no case is *it permissible to deduct any debt, claim or demaad from the value of real estate or tangible personal property* The M. E. Church in South Caro? lina. The tabulated statement below gives the result of the year's (1S86) labors of the South Carolina Conference of the M. E. Church, South. The increase of 7,G74 in membership shows the largest annual net increase in the his tory of the Conference : STATISTICAL REPORT. Increase. Members. 62,008 9.67S Local preachers. 134 1 Infant Baptises. 3,216- 1.893 Adult Baptisms. 4.430 2:842 Number Sunday-schools... 456 G9 No. of S. S. ofiicers ami teachers . 4,205 3C6 No. of S. H. pu pl ls. 30\493 5,U50 Church buildings. 662 37 Value church buildings.S69?,260 318,827 Parsonages. 122 7 Valut? of parsonages.$156,965 S515 j Colleges ami ?cliool houses 27 S Value of colleges and school honied.$101.175 $4,010 Campgrounds, 20; vaine. $!2.3U? Miscellaneous church prop? erty. $9 5?6 t-'INANClA?, KXni?lT KOR I SSO. Collected for pastors and assis? tants.$ S2.?7S Presiding elders. 1 1.427 i (yotilcrcnei* chuman ts. 5 210 j Foreign missions. 7.<lu7 ; l 'on:est ic missions. 5.0-16 j I??"I institutions. 2.178 | Bishop's support. 87?? i Publication ot minnie.-... 455 j Church extenMOi;. 1 .-?7- ? Sunday-schools. 0.105 ! Blindings and tvp:nrs. 52 312 j Other benev. pi?rpose*.... 12.026 Total col. for all purposes.$187.197 j The next Annual Cou fe reu ce will be held at Sparenburg. Mrs. E. A. Pritchard of Seneca Ci tv was fatally burned while attempt ing lo kindle lire with kerosene oil. j Bill Hamilton, the negro who at- | {?empted to shoot Mr. Vv. ]>. Powell I ?a Fairfield County, has been captured, i It is reported that a secret clan luis j been organized in Chester County among j thc colored peuple similar to thc one in ! York Cou ti tv. The Baptists in South Caro- ; lina. [/i. 2?. Woodruff, in Um ?iplist CotirurS] I propose to furnish f?omc statisti? cal ?actsj relativo to ihr: Baptists in Soul!) Carolina, and what they have been doing during tho last conven? tion year : Number of churches, 730 ; baptisms, 5.T5C ; total membership, 65,355 ; value of church property, 5?Cr>T,820 ; State missions, ?5,0*12,77 : horne mis-ions, ?2.576 20; foreign mis sions. ?4,616 So ; education., ?-r),0'j^ - 72; total, ?18,709 25; pastor's salary, ?71131 47. From thc reports gathered from thc church clerks, Greenville appears as thc largr-st in membership of any church iti the state. They report 600 members and contributions amounting to ?4,T9S 85. Newberry Church re? ports 117 members, and contributions amounting to ?1,536 57, or ?13 13 for each member, which is the largest per capita contribution of any church reporting. Welsh Neck Church stands next They report 156 mem? bers, contribations ?1,871 96, or ?12 each. The Welsh Neck Church has a female clerk. About three fifths of the whole membership are females, thc lemaitnng two-fifths males. From about 300 church re? ports there were a little more than 1.400 conversions from the Sunday school. Scarcely a single report from an evergreen Sunday school that did not famish one or more conversions. Pleasant Grove Church, from the Pee-Dee Association, re? ports 105 additions by baptism. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 20: ?8S7. COTTON.-About 150 bales were sold dur? ing the kweek ending the 20th. The market closed steady. We quote: Ordinary 8; Good OrdinarvS^ : Low Middling SJ: Mid? dling 8f; Good .Middling 9. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 19, 1887. COTTO.V.-Market closed steady. Sales 900 bales. Quotations are: Strict Low Mid? dling 9; Middling91 : Strict Middling0^. Absolutely P me. j This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, streng;:: and wholesomeness. More economic*! than the ordinary kind?, and can? not be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only iv cans. RUYAL RAK? ING POWDER CO., 106 VTall-st.. X. Y. ?a Sota ?S j?i^llEi?j S urveyor. Laying oft and Dividing Land. Old Land Lines a Specialty. Address M A YES VILLE, S. G Jan 20. 0 liili??BS of Mi ai ? jfliiii C?? IHEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A Candidate for 3'our generous patronage in rov BOOK, STATIONARY AND TOBACCO Business. Only that and nothing more. Don't send abroad for booss or any of these supplies you may require*. Buy from me and I will sell to you as cheaply as you can pur? chase anywhere in the United States. Help me in my old age and infirmity, and it shall not add one cent to your necessary expenses. I am not striving to accumulate wealth but merely desire to provide a comfortable sup? port for mvseif aud familv. W. G. KENNEDY, Jan. 20. at Sumter Book Store. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., oe the first MONDAY and day following in FEBRUARY next, 1887. and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, wi;hin the legal hoars of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : Four Acres of Land, more or less in Sum? ter County lying on the road from Lynch? burg to Bishopville, adjoining lauds uow or formerly of J. E. Cousar, and others, levied on and to be sold as the property of Defend? ants under the Execution of Fraser and Durant against M. B. English and others. 30 bushels corn, 1000 ?bs. fodder .and hay and 10 bushels of potatoes, seized .?..id to be Sold as the property of John Q. Corbett, to satisfy Warrant of Attachment to seize crop of f?. B?um & Co., against said John Q. Cor? bett. MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office. Jan. 12, 1SS?. ""Sals UMsr Mm Florence ll Sanders, tu Ed teta Bates (f- Co., Assignee-Mortgage of Real F?ale. BY VIRTUE OF A POWER CONTAINED in above-stated Mortgage, executed on thc ISth day of January. A. I). 1884, and re? corded in the ofii'-e of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter County in Book No. 12, page 1S4, I wili oiler for sale in front of the Court House deer in the town of Sumter within the legal hours of salo on the FIRST MUN HAY in February next, the following described real estate : k,Al! that piece or parcel of hind in Sumter County in said State, containing twenty acres, mon- or less, t eing the same purchased of W. E. J; ai;:::*:? anti bountied on the North by the road leauing to Sumter, aud on the South by ia it. J s o? Koot. C. E !rrbe. and cn the E.!?: ty land,-: Dr. E. J. Kember laud on Mie West liv ?ands of Dr. E. .J. Rein bert. Tern:? Cash. MARION SANDERS, Sheriff's. G. Agen t foi Assignee of Mortgage. SUMTES, S. C. .Ian. ii'. !.v>7. THE SUMTER li S PP P&M??? FOR BOYS, Affording superior advantages in ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, and lin- CLASSICS, will reopen MUNUAY, SEPTEMBER C, I8SG. L. W. DICK. ] A. c. MCINTOSH, J TUITION-From S2 io 53 per month. BOARD-v ith ti:e prim ?pals, SI2 per mo. For further informatica apply to PRINCIPALS SUMTER Ut CH SCHOOL; Lock Box No. 49. Aug 2-v S uniter. S C. ! t I it t r il 11J?I i iUiS f RmMlE??io ! r'00 Tons Fertilisers in Store and fDr Sale. J b:ive on hand in nv.- Warehouse al the Depot :u Sumte? SEVENTY (70) TUNS SOLUBLE GUANO. FORTY (40; TONS ACID PHOSPHATE. TWENTY (20) TONS DISSOLVED BONE. TWENTY (20) TONS COTTON SEED &KAL. TEN (10) TONS ASH ELEMENT. - - These Fertilizers i ?t ili Se!! }o the Farmers of Sumter and adjoining Counties cn terms tbat ii! ranke it to their interest to see. :nt before purchasing elsewhere. I handle only the best tandard Fertilizers manufactured bv thy Sterno Phosphats 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. SCHWERINS. SCHOOL BOOKS AT J. A. SCHWERINS. School and other Books AT J. A. SCHWERIN'S. NEW YORK PRICES. Opposite Court House, Main Street, Jan. 13. The State of South Carolina j COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge, j WHEREAS, DANIEL A. FOXFORTH j made suit io me to ?rant him Letters j of Admin is tra t ion of the Estate and Effects of j MRS. SARAH A. FOXFORTH, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish all \ and singular the kindred and creditors ci the : Snid Mrs. S?rah A. Foxforth. h'.te of said ; Cou ?ly and State, deceased, that they he and j appear before me. ia the Court c: Probate, lo \ be held a: Sumter C. H. on Feb. 3. L82>. ? next, after publication hereof, at II o'clock in j the forenoon, to shew cause, it any ?hey have. ! why the said Administration should not be ; granted. j Given ander roy hind, this 20tii day cf j Jan?arr. Anno Domini. ISSI. T. V. [L: Jan. 20. 2t ju?iTror i rotate. On thc 10th JaD?ary. I Forty-five Head -OF Horses i Mules ALSO ON HAND A. ?oe assortment of Buggies and Carriages, ind Old Hickory Wagons. W. M. GRAHAM. Sumter, S. C., Jan. 13, 1387. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, Ix THE COURT OF GOMVON PLEAS. Tas. D. Kirkpatrick & Son, Plalntfjfs. against. Jas. L. Morrisey. Defend? ant.-Forclosure and Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above entitled causo, and dated Feb? ruary 20th. 1SS6, I will soil at public auction n front of the Court House, in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday. February (tb, 1SS7. (or day following) between the .oursof ll o'clock in the forencou and 5 j'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : All that piece, paree' or tract of land jituate, lying and being in Sumter County md State of South Carolina, containing two lundred aud fifty-six acres, more or less, and mounded on the North by lands now or form ;rly of Esekiel Dickson, on the East by lands >f james A. Fullwood, and lands of the Es ate of A. W. Brown, South by tends of the Estate of O. F. Hoyt and West by lands ormerly of J. H. Dingle and now of Sumter iVebh and Richard Webb. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for necessary papers. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Jan 13. Master. 7T"CATARHH Bream Balm] Gives Relief at mee and Cure* 20LD in HEAD, CATARRH? SAY Not. a Liquid. Sn inf or Powder Free from inj uri 17/.s" J/runs and of cn si rc odors. WM UJ&A.1 ] HAY-FEVER i A particie of the Balm is applied into each ; los'.i i!, is agreeable to us*' and i? qnirkly ab- : orbed, effectually cleansing the nasal passa- j :?s of catarrhal virus, caw sin g healthy secre- i ions. It allays p:iin and inflammation, protects j he membranal linings? of the head from addi- j iona! colds, completely heals the sores and j estores the. sense of taste and sine!!. Bene- ' icial results are realized by a few appications. j A Thorough. Treatment will Cure. Price od cents at druggist : by mail, regis- ! ered, GO cents Circulars sent freo. ELY BROTHERS. Dr?twists. Jan. 13 Ovregc. N. Y. ! Estate ol' Jerrv Lowr?. Doerased* WILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of j Sumter County, on thc 5 th day of Feb ra.- j c rv 1S37. fer a tina! discharge ?S Executrix of, c tid Estate. ELIZA TITUS, j c Formerly Eliza Lowry, Executrix. Jan. i NOTICE! FARMERS!! 1 am prepared to sell the/ol? io wing brands of Guano LOW DOWN FOR CASH or on approved papers : Cork)?? SEED MEAL, KAIMT, ACID, AMMONIATED G?AKO, anv brand desired; r Call on me before making arrangements for advances or guano's for tue coming season. B. J. BARNETT, Jan 13. Main Street in the Bend. EXECUTRIX SALE. ALOT 0? BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS, Wheels,- Wagon Body, Desks, ?c., the property of the late T. J. Coghlan, Esq., now ror inspection, placed in the store next to C. T. Mason's jewelry store, will be sold at pri? vate sale, from date. It not Sold by January 31st nexi, will he sold at-auction FeSrt?ary Sale?ay. MES. E. E WHITTEMORE, Dec. 21 Executrix. 1S87. HIW WI WEHLY HER?1 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. GREATEST AND^CHEAPEST FAM?LT JOURNAL In the United States. ALWAYS BRIGHT AND RELIABLE. Sverv Number an Epitome of the News of the World. NE FOREIGrToEPARTMENT Is Unequal led. La t est- ?ni Most Accurate Cable Specials by the COMMERCIAL C?BLES. V DULLEST TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF ALL CURRENT EVENTS. SPECIAL FEATURES? Practical Farming; articles on Science.. 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