The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 03, 1887, Image 4
THTJESDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
CHILDHOOD'S CHINCAPEN"
DAYS.
In th' chincapin days of mr childhood,
In my childish, merry plays
I twaddled along by the wildwood
In childhood's chincapin days.
In the chincapin days of my childhood,
While the birds sang their beautiful lays,
I roamed ?*er the bills in the wildwood
In childhood's chincapm days.
In the chincapin days of my childhood,
Ia the warmth of autumnal rays,
I plucked sweet flowers from the wilwood
In childhood's chincapin days.
In the chincapin days of my childhood,
As the butterfly flit in its ways,
I chased it far in the wildwood
In childhood's chincapm days.
In the chincapin days of my childhood,
By the rill in its winding ways,
I bad a little mill near the wildwood
In childhood's chicapin days.
In the chincapin days of my childhood
From hills, hedges and by-ways,
I gathered the chines in the wildwood
In childhood's chincapin days.
And the chincapin days of my childhood,
Back to it my memory strays,
And I think with delight of the wildwood
And childhood*? chincapin days.
BAPTIZED ON FRIDAY.
The history of the ill-fated ship,
Harvey Mills, bar?es the philosophy of
. all seafaring- men. The law of chance,
which is not susceptible to legislative
modification, is the only law that rules
the sea,, and never in the records of
American shipping has there been an
instance of such consistent and persist?
ent adversity following the fortunes of a
sailing vessel as pursued the Harvey
Mills from the hour of launching ta the
hoar of foundering in mid-ocean a few
weeks ago off the Pacific coast.
It is said that a harassing series of
delays had attended her construction.
Accidents were continually happening
to the workmen employed in the yard,
tackle and engines broke and became
disorganized almost daily, and every
time a beam, a block or a scaffolding
fell one or more workmen were carried
to the hospital. The first estimate of
cost of ?150,000 was exceeded by
Dearly ?15,000, directly consequent on
. these misadventures, and when, on the
last Thursday in September, 1876, or?
ders were given Xo launch the ship, she
Dad already earned a bad character.
The ways were greased, ail blocks re?
moved, but the ship refused to budge.
The workmen toiled until midnight
whh levers and ropes to force her into
the sea and a few moments after mid- j
night, the big mastless hulk slipped so
soddenly that one of the workmen was
crushed to death beneath her bows.
Thus baptized in blood and launched
on Friday, the Harvey Mills began her
disastrous career. She began trading
between Liverpool and Pori Royal, S
C, the following Spring. On her first
trip along the coast she sprung a leak
and came very hear being abandoned
by her crew. She reached Port Royal
in a sinking condition, and it was found
that she had lost one of her bottom
planks ia some mysterious manner.
Having been carefully repaired and
overhauled, the Harvey Mills was laden
with cotton in bales and cleared for
Liverpool.
When five days out, having experi?
enced unusually rough weather, an
alarm, of fire was given on a Friday
mid-night. A panic prevailed. The !
captain and mate .restored order at thc ! t
muzzles of revolvers and made a search ,
for the seat of inflammation. The hold .
-was full of smoke and spirals of sutTo- -
eating yellow vapor came from the j
natches. Spontaneous combustion was .
the only explanation. Water poured ,
into the smouldering cotton produced j
no effect, and the hatches were at last ,
battened down, and the ships course j
changed to New York. It was a fright
foi voyage. The decks became hot and .
had to be repeatedly drenched with
'water to permit walking upon them. A .
series of calms succeeded stormy weath- {
er, and, the Harvey Mills drifted like a ,
fire raft upon a tropical lagoon. On J
the second day her mainmast, eaten ?
away by the heat, broke under the roll- .
log of the ship and almost went over- ,
board. She reached New York in the ,
latter part of March, 1877, with b:slf
her cargo ruined and the hall baked, j
steamed and charred to a degree that
Decessitated several mouths' repairing.
Every time there was a storm the ?
rigging; became filled with luminous i
beings who added their cries to the i :
noises of the tempests and a constant
reign of terror prevailed in the forecas?
tle owing to the reputed residence there j
of the spirits of sailors who had died by j |
violence or disease. They manifested j
their presence in the usual spiritualistic j
way, and one fact is curious to note, j
that the Harvey Mills was always cu- j
tirely free from rats.
After two or three successful voyages
the Harvey Mills cleared from Seattle
just before Christmas last laden with
coal, consigned to J. F. Chapman, of
No. 22 California Street, San Francis?
co. Then, for the first time in far
eastern waters, the old spell of disaster j
began to re assert its iufiueace. The j
channels through which she sailed, fa- j
miliar to every one. boiled and froched
in the storm like tur: tormented passage
of Scylla and Charybdis ?>f ancient tra- j
ditton. A? the la?t day of 1880 drew j
to a close, the ?>h?p was out of sight of j
land battling with the heaviest storm I
experienced in that locality for roars, j
and several days overdue No i??con- !
siderable part of her cargo of coal was !
thrown overboard, but as she lightened j
the storm grew heavier. Two of her I
masts were sacrificed, and before dark i
all the boats except the smallest one I
were dashed into thc sea or broken io j
thi moorings.
Ail hope of saving the ship was !
abandoned. The crew became mad j \
with teffor, and the captain, finding j
that his authority was gone, embarked \
with three others in the sole remaining j ;
boat. L'ke aa egg shell it was lifted i (
on a huge wave, and then the men on ! ,
board the ship saw it capsized, and irs j
four occupants have never since been j ?
seen, alive or dead.
The ship was sinking. In despair j
the mate. Cushman, and three others of
the crew tied a few spars together, and i $
on this frag?e raft floated away oy the j
tumbling surges. Before they lost
sight of the Harvev Mills they saw her :
break io two, and then fhe fated vessel j \
was engulfed so quickly that ?ot one of ,
the twelve wretched men on beard had <
time to pray.
No sooner bsd the shin foundered (
than the storai lessened its fury, as
though appealed by the sacrifice. The
four exhausted feurrivors lay at, fui! :
length upon their little ruff, faint with f
hunger ant? thirst, aad brit um bcd al- f
most to uucon?ciou?at.?? by ihc cold, j i
The sunrise of the New Year fou
them drifting a hundred miles fr<
land, with death thc only promised i
lief from their torture. One of t
crew, crazed with thirst, gulped doi
some of the salt water, lay io speechlc
agony tor an hour, then bit open t
veins of his arm, swallowed a few dro
of blood, shrieked at the sight, ai
with the laugh of a maniac leaped io
the sea and perished. The shock ?
most broke up the raft.
Before dark ao outgoing vessel sigt
ed the castaways and rescued them io
condition of absolute helplessness. T
three men were landed at San Pedr
and from them has been written the h
chapter in the tragic history of t
Harvey Mills.
The Harvey Mills was launched on
Friday, and the superstitions of ti
sea has received wonderful confirniath
in the fate of the ill starred vessel. H;
her christening on a Friday anything
do with her unfortunate career?
A Cotton Principality.
How The Largest Cotton Plantatic
in the World is Managed.
Mr. C. T. Mason, Jr., has lately r
turned from an extended trip to tl
Mississippi Valley, where he had goi
with a view of making observations t
to the extent and character of cottoi
growing and picking in that famot
and favored region. On his way hon
he stopped in Charleston, and a Repo:
ter for the JVews and Courier obtain e
the information published below. Pr
manly, Mr. Mason's object was to a<
certain whether he could adapt his Co
ton Harvester to the class of cotto
grown in that section.
The particular section visited by Mi
Mason was Greenville, in thc norther
part of the Mississippi Valley. Nea
that place is located the plantation-c
rather plantations-of Major James ?
Richardson. Mr. Mason said tba
Major Richardson, whose place he visil
ed by special invitation, received hit
with the utmost courtesy and kindnes
and spared no pains to make his sta
both pleasant and profitable. The are
of land planted in cotton by Majo
Richardson, Mr. Mason, said is th
largest cultivated by any single plante
in the world. The plantations begi:
at a line about five miles from Green
ville and extend along the river, ii
varying breadth for about twenty miles
The territory under cultivation las
year was about 24,000 acres, whicl
will, it is expected, be increased thi
year to about 3C.000 acres.
Apart from the interest found in si
extensive a domain, Mr. Mason san
that he was struck with the systen
ander which its vast operations are con
ducted. The organization of the plan
tations is complete in every detail
Every process can be inspected from th<
planting of the seed to thc weaving o
the cotton fabric.
On the place there are cotton seec
jil mills, cotton compresses, cotton gins
i cotton factory, and furnaces for th<
burning cf the cotton seed hulls, &c
Bach of the several plantations whict
make up Major Richardson's estate has
jpon it a sufficiently large store for the
?onventence of the employees on each
?ub-division The stores are connected
by telephone. Each plan ration is in
?harge of an overseer, who is responsi?
ble to a general superintendent, whose
?esidence has telegraphic communica
:ion with New Orleans.
Mr. 3Iason said that, notwithstand
ngthe vast exient of the industry car?
ded on by Major Richardson, he used
?ery little improved machinery. This
ffas the more impressed upon Mr.
\iasoo from his knowledge that Major
Richardson is regarded as a progressive
md ent?rprising planter. Major Rich
Lrdson said that the reason for his ad?
herence to the old methods was that it
r?as impossible- to pick all the cotton
;hat matured. The region was won
lerfully fertile ; no fertilizer is needed,
ind, therefore, none is used, and the
;otton plant attains a luxuriant growth,
[f he used improved agricultural ma?
chinery he wouid be obliged to release
% large proportion of his laborers, and
ibis very fact would be a fatal embar?
rassment in the picking season. To
make the necessary numbers of pickers
ivailabie at the required time he was,
therefore, obliged to resort to the ex?
pediency of keeping them engaged OQ
the plantations throughout the season,
which really necessitated the employ?
ment of nearly double the number of
hands actually needed. The capacity
af such a plantation was, in fact, only
limited by the ability to pick its pro*
ducts.
Mr. Mason said that he had gone
through miles of plantations, which
nominally had been 'picked,7 but which,
io his notion, had really not been pick?
ed at all. The ground was strewn
with cotton, which will be turned under
by the plough when the next crop is
put iu. Tue average height of the
piarit was about five feet, and, as taay
well be in;agiued. the boundless areas
in the season of harvest offered to the
view the appearance of a sea of snow.
The averr.ge yield of these 21,000
acres is between one and two bales to
the acre.
Mr. Mason discussed at leng?h with
Major Richardson the merits of the
Cotton Harve>ter. Major Richardson
expressed himself appr?ciai i x'ei}* in re?
gard to its importance as a factor in
the harvesting of tiei croo.
As a result of b's vi.-it to Major
Ki ch a rd so n's piace Mr. Mason will fur?
nish him next- year with a number of
machines specially adapted to the pick?
ing of the prolific and luxuriant kind
of cotton that grows in the Mississippi
Valley.
Tl- -??<?. fill
Who Moses Was.
It is very common now in the pri?
mary schools for teachers to entertain
their little scholars willi stories.
A few days ago one of* the teachers
in a school not far from St J'anl was
Lesiing the children about Pharaoh's
[laughter finding the babe in the bul?
rushes.
'Now children,5, said she, 'how
inanv of you know anything U!M>U
Moses?'
Only ont; hand went up
'That's right. Jimmie, Fm glad t<>
iee there's one i:: the school who has
J ea rd of him bei".ru. New, who was
Moses?'
'lie's the feller wot they wanted
to kii'-w where ?ie was when the light
tvent ont,' exclaimed Jimmie willi
jreat ?ust<>.
That ended the Bible lesson for thc
lay.
The Cluverius room was opened but
>o eoafe^ioo could be found. Thus
"ar 10.000 c--p?os of the book have boon
?old. Mrs. Tunstall says she will have
lune of thc proceeds. 1
Current Comment.
South Carolina is the only State in
the Union that bas nj divorce law upon
its statute book. Motbcr-in-laws must
all be angels in that commonwealth.
Montgomery Dispatch.
It will be hard on the Alabama
Mayor who used brass kuucks on a
Kentucky temperance orator, if be has
to pay ?50,000 damages Fifty thou?
sand dollars would buy a good deal of
w hisky. -Louisville Ocurier-Jo urnal.
'The theory of protection must be
a theory of protection to all interests,
and of special protection to none'
This is the sort of owlish wisdom that
the protection organ, the Chicago Inter
Ocean, distributes by the column.
* Protection to all interests,' ir.deed !
As if tberi would be any advantage to
any one if ail could be alike 'protect?
ed,' and as if, should 'special protec?
tion' be prevented, the whole protec?
tion system would not be nullified.
! Louisville Courier Journal, Dem.
We approve of Cousin Ben Folsom's
enterprise iu organizing a base ball club
in Sheffield. He is the Uuited States
Consul there, and it is his duty to do
what he can to promote American in?
dustries. Nevertheless, perhaps Cousin
Ben might spend his time more profi?
tably in mastering the mysteries of the
cricket ground. When he comes home
on a vacation he could then teach Cousin
Grover how to bowl down Republican
wickets.-A". Y. Sun.
Most of the Free-trade Democrats are
very young or far advanced in life.
Wash. Republican. Likely enough ;
and they could mostly stand under one
ombrelia. Absolute free-trade with
nations is the ideal best thing ; but it
is unattainable as long as this countrv
needs a large revenue. The only
thing that practical men look for or
hope for is such a redaction and revis?
ion of the tariff as will abolish the
surplus, relieve labor of its chief burden
and leave monopolist manufacturers to
take care of themselves.- Wash. Post,
Dem.
We learn from thc Syracuse Journal
that 'a very distinguished Democratic
editor of this State' being in Albany,
declares his opinion that the renomina?
tion of Mr. Cleveland in 1888 is very
improbable. He holds that Mr. Cleve?
land has not been noagh of a Democrat
to suit the party, and, if he is going
to become one, he must make the
change very promptly. 'If he does
not do it within this year, he is lost.'
This is undoubtedly the opinion of a
good many Jacksonians and Jefferson?
ians, but it is not the opinion of Mr.
Cleveland's particuliar friends. They
foretel that he is to be renominated
without regard to the wishes of the
Democracy, because there is nobody
else who is trying to get the nomination,
and because nobody else has yet ap?
peared whose nomination could bring
any clear prospects of victory.-iV. Y:
San.
But Mr. Randall does not farer any
substantial redaction in taxation on the
necessaries of life. It is a fact that
cauuot be hid that Mr. Randall will
agree to no measure providing for the
abolition of the internal revenue, or
any part of it, that does not also provide
for the perpetuation of a high protec?
tive tariff. Mr. Randall's position, it
is true, is wholly untenable ; for were
all the internal revenue surrendered by
the Government, the revenue from ail
other sources would be more than
sixty miliioas less than the expenses of
Government. This deficit might be
supplied by spending the surplus for
a short time, but when the surplus
was .exhausted the Government would
be hurled into bankruptcy. Yet Mr.
RarJall persists in claiming that his
peculiar policy can be carried out, and
he aud his little group of recalcitrant
Democrats have succeeded by no other
means than a mere accident in numbers
in blocking the way to relief for the
people.- Wilmington Star.
Among Mr. Tilden's personal effects,
the enumeration of which occupies 280
pages of manuscript, are ninety-five
pairs of pants, but only one pair of sus?
penders. That's the reason why the
old gentleman didn't brace up in his
latter days.-Lowell Courier.
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11 At what expense 1"
The trifling sum of $6 00, including book.
"Why so cheap when Colleges advertise the
same course of instruction fur S^5?
Because a new text-hook is used that re?
duces the labor of learning proportionately
to the difference in price hy the system being
made simpler than heretofore aud more prac?
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having the indorsement of our Counrcssional
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they have earned from $12 to $20. a week.
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TT^E SAY NOTHING IX PRAISE OF OURSELVES, BUT LET OUR SHOES SPEAK
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ive 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.
BULT.MAX'S $3 SHOE, we say withoutbesit?fion, is THE BEST Shoe made for three
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IX GENTS' SHOES, WE BAVE
A Real French Calf Hand-sewed Shoe for $6 50.
A Gen'uine German Cordovan Hand-sewed Shoe for - ' - - - 7 00
A "Bang-up" American Caif Hand-sewed Shoe for - - - - 5 00
A 1 Calf for - - - . - - - - 3 00, 3 50, 4 00 and 5 00
Cheaper Grades, for heavy wear, from - - - - - 1 25 to 2 50
IX LADIES AND MISSES', 'WE HAVE
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Remember, Bullman s $3 Shoe fer Men is "Our Lead."
We have also a complete line of FIXE TRUNKS AND VALISES.
E eware !. the winter is approaching.
U pon us soon thc blast will oe :
JL. et it not come, we give you warning.
T ill on your feet good shoes you see.
BI en cannot tread the frozen sod,
Alihou2h they may in wool he wrapped,
3f e'er till they first their feet have shod.
A h ? where can we these good shoes Gad ?
JJ ow every one says his are best
D o Bu li man's beat all other kind ?
B efore you buy go there and see.
Returning home your cry will be ;
O h ! Bullmans are the best I find ;
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MOULDINGS,
A:TD BUILDING HATSK?AL. 1
I pl VIN G PKuCCRKIJ TI! K AG IC X CV
? ? lar s!u? above w.u hl renowned ?rjra??, i
??u? prepared io fu rn ??ii said oi t?:t:i ai [?ria:?
t'i su ii parties who may desire a first class
instrument.
Any ?itfurtti?iliors i?esire?? '.vii! i o fu'!;-" given
by my father, Mr. W. J:. Snii?h, at his o?iii?
in Sumter, S. ( :
Correspondence solicita <\.
'Alis ?. JESS. J SrOITi?.
October 2?.
j LIEXS. I
TITLES,
MO II TUA OES,
BILLS OF SALE,
UOXLS,
And Other Blanks in Variety,
F 0 li S A r, E
?AT THIS OFFICE,,
188t.
Harper's " Weekly,
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Besides thc pictures, ll A ur:-: n's IVKEKML" al?
ways contains installments of ene, occasionally
of two. of thc best novels of the day, finely il?
lustrated, with short stories, poems, sketch^.-,
and papers t.n important outrent topics by the
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visitor tc every household will not be relaxed
ii; the future.
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1887/
Harper's Young People.
An Illustrated Weekly:
?IARTEU'S YOUNG PEOPLE has been called *the
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tion is amply sustained by the large circulation
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Britain. This success has been reached by
methods that must commend themselves to the
judgment of parents, no less than to the tastes
of children-namely, hy an earnest and well
sustained effort to provide the bestand most at?
tractive reading for young people at a low price.
The il??straf??n? arc copious and of a conspic?
uously high standard of excellence.
An epitome of everything that is attractive ]
and desirable in juvet ile literature.-Boston I
Courier.
A week);,' feast of good things to the boys and
girls in every family which it visits.-Brooklyn
L nioii.
It is wonderful tn its wealth of pictures, infor?
mation, and interest.-Christian Advocate,^.Y.
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r New Yurie;
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PROSPECTUS FOR 18S7.
! ? ! A word about subseriotious, S2.40 from
this date i'll
D. Lothrcp and Company announce that,
leading in the great literary movement to?
ward lower prices and larger sales, they have
made, without reducing quantity or quality,
an extraordinary reduction in the price of
WIDE A.WAKE, the best illustrated young
folk's magazine (1C0O quarto pages and 500
original pictures yearly,) and will now re?
ceive subscriptions at the former wholesale j
price of only $2 40 a year.
Among the contributors will be Charles
Egbert Craddock. Clmrles Remington Talbot,
Fred A. Ober, Mary Hartweil Cather wood, i
Mrs. Lizzie W. Ghampnev, Mrs. A. D. T.
Whitney. Mrs. M. E. M. Davis, Hariet-Pres?
cott Spc?crd, Eleanor Lewis and Louise Im?
ogen Guinev.
NEW FEATURES AND SPECIALTIES
Will be i ti trod need. A new Department,
called The 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
Pbelus: Some Educational Extremes; Child
Life in London, from Hvde Park to White?
hall, by Mrs. Elizabeth Robins 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 voung folks..
D. LOTHROP k Co., Publishers,
Dec. 7. Bosion. Mass.. ?. S. A.
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?
pelled the admiration
of the Fee.
Complete in one volume, 433 pages, beau?
tifully illustrated. The engravings include a
stet! portrait of the author; his old Church
and adjoining Residence in Mobile; "Erin's
F;ag;:: and the "Conquered Banner."
The book will be sent to any address on re?
ceipt of price, S2.00.
THE BALTIMORE PUBLISHING CO..
174 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md.
X. B._One-half of the profits accruingfrom
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
placed over his grave ir. Mobile. Help on the
work and swell the fund liv purchasing a copy
of the book.
Wanted men and women in every town,
pillage and parish to act as agents for the
sale of this book. Liberal pay will be given
for services rendered. Send for descriptive
circulars.
Dec. 14
te Sfiis linera! taler.
Testimonials of Eminent Physicians
cf the State.
The following are selected from many sim
Har ones :
DR. L. C. KEX.VKDY, of Spartanburg,
writes the Proprietors : ..The remedial qual?
ities ot Glenn Springs I have known tor over
forty years, ami can attest to its value in
Dyspepsia from gastric or funclionnl derange?
ment of the Liver. General Debility, Dropsical
Effusions, denne Irregularity and Affections
of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis?
oases I would particularly call attention, as
the waters have showu large curative powers
in these complaints."
Da. O. B. MAYER, of Newberry, S. C..
says: "1 have sen! more than fifty persons
suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and
have never been disappointed in any case ;
they al! speedily recovered. I cannot find
words to express ?ny confidence in the Glenn
Springs waler, as a reined y fur the Liver,
when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia.
Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the
Kidneys and Spleen, if ??reduced by the Liver,
?.ave as 1 know, disappeared al the
Springs.'7
Pu. JAMES MCINTOSH. President of the M?d?
irai Association ol South Carolina, in Ivis an?
nual address before that body remarks:
"Glenn Springs:, for diseases of thc Stomach,
Liver ami Kidneys, deserves lo rank with
any other on the continent."
PRICE OF WATER.
Per case of t wo dozen quart bottles, securely
packed and delivered on the train at Spartan
burg, $4.00.
Per gallon, by thc barrel, delivered at
Spartan burg, 20 cents.
Per Tallon, for loss than a barrel. 25 cents.
Address' SIMPSON & SIMPSON,
Glenn Springs. S. G.
For sale in Sumter, by Dr. A. J. China.
COVERT!SEB3 this papcr.or obtain estimates
on advertising spoco when in Chicago, will find it on file at
ftcAdwrtiwncAgt-ncyof L?R5 STS??MfiSi
A. ?F. CHINA,
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines and
C 3aern icals.
FISK TOILET SOAPS. HAFK AND TOOTH
13 li US 1! KS. PERFUMERY AND FANCY
TOILET ARTICLES, ?c., ic.
PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES AND
DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, ?c.
Frill sivpnly of Fresh Garden Seeds.
April 9 *
PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR
One Bollar.
One coat gives au old buggy the blackest
black you ever saw and a handsome gloss
without varnishing, lt dries hard in a few
hours. No rubbing! No varnishing! No
extra trouble. Each can contains more than
euotigh to paint a carriage.
Retailed at One Dollar-per Can.
For Sale bv
DR. A. J. CHINA.
SENDi0^S!i?te? CATALOGUE
\ egetable, Flower, Field <o KT ET f\ ?2
Fiants. Lulbs. Implemos. O ?? E? VJ v9
Ed ff C by mi? on application.
B F? I& & Don't neglect writing 1er lt.
HIRAM SIBLEY ? CO.
ROCHESTER, li. Y.
???TimO ii. _
CHiCAGO, ILL
13-141". Clir?St.
I,
F. f,
jT 5 i
.DEALER IN
t?ti r
Agent.
9B?881 N?DilI%
TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY
AND ALL KINDS OF
Sundries
* 5*5 !
USUALLY KEPT IN \ FIRST-CLASS DRUG
STORE.
Tobacco. Snuff and Scgars,
ti AULT ik^ osti&isSh au
M
-ALSO
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
GRASS, PUTTY, &c.
DYK STUFFS.
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 6 o'clock.
All orders promptly filled.
To THE PUBLIC: BEWARE OF IMITATORS.
April 13, ISS6.
HIING
Ia 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 House-painting
line, such as Walnut Graining. Oak Graining,
Mapleing, Marbleizing, Wall and Fancy
Painting in flat or gloss work, Graniteing,
Rough-casting. Gold or Brass Bronzing,
Staining, and Varnishing in any shade.
All jobs will be prompt! v dealt with.
Address LEMUEL R. DAVIS,
May 19 Sumter, S. C.
J. B. K?LLOUGH.
ii
blakes OEIIIE? Plfsf
The time has come a; lust 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 (forty-four years)
in tiiis branch of practice, left to
child-bearing woman this priceless
le<*acv and life-saving appliance,
'..THE MOTHERS' FRIEND."
and :o-cay there are thousands of the
best women In our lam? who, having
used this wonderful remedy before
Confinement, rise up and call his
name blessed.
We can prove all we claim for it
by Ihing tcitnesses. and anyone inter?
ested can cali, or have their husbands
do so. al ouro?i?ce, and see the origi?
nal letters which we cannot publish.
This Remedy is a most wonderful liniment
to be used after the first two or three months
Send for our treatise on the Health and
Happiness of Woman, mailed free, which
give? all particulars.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
Anni 20 Br?: 2S. Atl.-in.ta. Ga.
RUBBER STAMPS
NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING
with indeliible ink, or for printing visiting
card?, and
STAMPS OF AX Y KIND
for stamping BUSINESS CARDS. EXVEE
OPES or anything else. Specimens of various
styles ?>n ham?, which wii'i Lc shown with pleas?
ure. The LOWEST PRICES possible, and
orders filled promptly.
Cali on C. P. OSTK'EN.
At the Watchman and Scathron OGce
B. F. MITCHELL ft SON,
PROPRIETORS 0?
The Merchant Flour Mills
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OP
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
WIliMIIiGTO?'j 3T. C.
OFFER FOE SALE
AT LOWEST PRICES
Choice grades FLOUR," own manTt're.
-AL?0, -
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.
B. F. MITCHELL & SON.
W?LBERN & PIEPER,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND DEALERS IN ?
hmm, Lips, Tetecco, k
167 and 169 East-Bay,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Dec. 2 ? _;_6^
S. BJ THOMAS, Agt..
No-. 320 KING STREET,
Opposite Liberty,
i-f .
S
LACE CURTA I KS?
CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS,
WINDOW AWNINGS MADS TO ORDER.
CHARLESTON & C.
Dec II _ o
T. S. NIPSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer ia
Boots, Shoes, Trunks,
Bags, &c.
No. 233 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to Filling
of Orders, and all Goods guaranteed ms
represented.
. Jan 6 x
GEO. W. STEFFENS,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
Auction and Commission Merchant
and Liquor Dealer.
AGENT FOE
TJie Ernest Hams cured in the JJ. S.
Also Agent for
GENESEO ROAD CART.
The Best and Cheapest on the Market.
197 EAST BAY AND 50 AND 52 STATE Sta.,
(Auction Room 'l?ate Street,)
CHARLESTON, S. C.
??* Consignments Solicited.
Nov 25 o .
PAVILION HOTEL;
CHARLESTON, S. C.
First Class in all its Appointments,
Supplied with all Modern Improvements. :
Excellent Cuisine, Large Airv Rooms,
Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec?
tric Bells and Lights. Heat?
ed Rot uri da.
RATES $2 00, $2 50 AND .$3.00.
Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph.
Sept 16_
THE HOTEL WINDSOR, :
211 KING STREET.
Four Doors South Academy of Music?
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS well appointed Hotel was opened for
the reception of Guests, March ist, 1885,
by G. T. ALFORD, recently proprietor of
the "New Brighton Hotel," Sullivan's Island.'
The "WINDSOR" is newly famished
throughout, having Woven Wire Spring and
Hair Matresses on all beds Fronting oa.
King Street, with extensive Southern expos?
ure, making
All the Rooms Dry, Airy and Pleasant.
To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR," what
bas long been wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI?
LY HOTEL,
No Liquors trill be sold en the premises
Rates, SI.50 to 32.00 per day-Liberal
terms made by the week or month.
_G. T. ALFORD, Manager.
WRIGHT'S HOTEL,,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
-Or
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT S O USB,
with all modern improvements, is now
open for the receotion of guests.
S. L. WRIGHT 4 SON,
Mav 6._Proprietors.
PATENTS
Obtained, and all business :ri the U.S. Patent
Office, attended to for MODERATE FEES.
Our office is opposite theU. S. Patent Oftee,
and we can obtain patents in less time than
those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OR DR A WING. We advise
as to patentability free of charge- and we
make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN
PATENT.
We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the Supt.
of Money Order Div., and to officials of the
U. S. Patent OSce. For circular, advice,
terms and reference to actual clients ia joni
ewn State, or county address
C. A. SNOW * CO.,
Opposite Patent Office. Washington, D. C.
POITTZ'S"
HORSE ABD CATTLE POWDER)
No 1?->T:SK vit! .H?. of COT.?C BOTS or LXTSG F*>
vss. i: F?i-.rzV P.we?ers sre :sed ia time:
FoKCc's 1 "VV;L-rsv!?ir;ii-'-:;:}.I preven** Io? CnoMOU.
Fonsie's Powders wilt prevent 0.<rss i>- FOWI?.
TV".:?> Pow?er? wx?? :nerea*e;he onant?ty^-of milk
sad cream tweoy JKT cental anti make lite ?utter flno
vA sweet.
Fonded Powders w?!1 enre or nrevent rtltrost TVKKT
!5n?KA.SK to Horsearm.! l anie .-ire subject.
Forrz's Powi?K,ns. W?LL CIVK SATisyAtnoar.
Sold everywhere.
DAVID S. POUTS. Proprietor
BALTIMORE, ?ID.
WORK SHOPS ft
WITHOUT STEAM POWER wffo
BARKSS'VAT. rooTPowsSf ? f ? JEZB?
machinery can compete withjjfaj P=TBB^B?
stearn power. Sold O?? trial.
Meta! and woodworkers semi for ALJIMP WU
prccs. Illnstr'd catalogue free. .Jjvlft V
AV. SF. A. J tut. Barnes C o. /^^iyk B
^ Uockford, 111. ?y?^gTw
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can learn the exact cost
of any proposed line of
advertising in American
papers by addressing
Geo. P. Rowell & Co.,
Newspaper Advertising Bureau,
IO Spruce St., New York.
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