The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 17, 1887, Image 2

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??t t^?tan-aiti) foui |rm TH?BSUAY. FEBBTTABY 17. The Sunder Watchman was founded io-1850 and tho TVtte Southron lo 1866. Tb? ?tac/una? CW??Z Southron now bas the. combined* .circulation and influence of both of tile old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising median* io S am ter Important Announcement. The Weekly Newe and Courier to be Famished as a Supplement to this Paper. Arrangements have been made with the Nae* and Courier Company by which we will be able to supply the Weekly News and Courter from this office as a supplement to the 'Watchman and Southron, io all subscribers who pay eua m advance, at $2.50 per year, 1 wkieb ?itt be a sating of one dollar apo? ta* price of the two papers. This offer embraces the News and Courier weekly from January to Janu? ary, aa dour friends should send in their subscriptions without delay to enjoy the full benefit of the arrangement Change of Publication Day. - Ia order to give our readers the bene? fit of the latest information in our sup piement by sending it out promptly on antral, The Watchman and Southron wSl hereafter be published on Thursday instead of Tuesday. The practical article by "Corn Field" itt this paper is well worth reading, and the advice therein is worth considering. . We would add a few words to his ad rice : In addition to your County paper, subscribe for and read a good agricul? tural paper. We know of none better than the Southern Cultivator which, in connection with the Watchman and Southron will only cost $1. j "A New County Commissioner" re? plies to certain inquiries, and gives in this paper some information that we are pleased to lay before our readers. As before stated the columns of the Watch? man and Southron are open for a full and lair discussion of all public matters, sod complaints of com m unites and ex? planations of officials are alike welcome. -Tb?bronae statue of John C. Cal? houn was placed in position last Tues? day, upon the monument in course of erection on Marion Square, Charleston. The- four historical figures and the orna? ments to the panels remain to be com? pleted. The News and Courier says, "wheo the monument is completed there will be fewer handsome works of art to be seen in the United States." lo his inaugural address Gor. Green, of New Jersey, pays a handsome com? pliment to the President in these words : 'President Cleveland, despite the cavil S&d complaint of the politicians, com? mands the confidence of the people, for his steadfast devotion to principle ; his determined execution of the law ; his integrity, and his strict observance of tin rule that public office is a public trust/ Per contra the late criticism of the last Legislature by the Berkeley Gazette: Tinder the new system of conveying prisoners to the Penitentiary, seven convicts from that county sentenced at the last court have been carried by offi? cers of the Penitentiary without cost to the county, which under the old system would have cost $326.45. The expenses for same to the Penitentiary waa only $35.75. The one or two organs that sre booming Governor Hill, of New York, for President in '88, have been claiming that he was especially strong in Indi? ana, and that Cleveland was correspond? ingly weak. The facts in the case are well illustrated by a poll of the Lower House of the Legislature, a represen? tative body, in which Cleveland is the choice of 31 ; for Hill 9 ; for Palmer 3: for Carlisle 1. This show of strength combats both claims of Hill's friends. A discussion bas been going on for several days past in the Charleston, Columbia and Greenville dailies io re? gard to the quality of beef furnished to the Lunatic Asylum. The Register de? vins that bad beef has been furnished, but names have been given by the other papers, in connection with statements bowing that Mr. Wood, the Asylum butcher "regularly purchases second grade beef at a price of from a half to two-thirds the price of the beef sold in open market ; that be does this alleging that he is forced to it by the contract, and that as a result the inmates of the Asylum are fed on a quality of beef inferior to that sold in open market, and bought at a cent and a cent and a half a pound in the country." It does not appear that unsound meat is furnished, but that lean animals that could not be otherwise disposed of are ?sed. Senator Beck's bili to prevent mem? ber? of Congress from acting as attor? neys for railroad companies soliciting or reeeiviog aid or special privileges from the government, has ?nee again failed to pass, but ?he Hoar amendment, whick U a were va?esi?h cf a substi? tute, has0a*t>ed the S?cate ia ?rs stead. Mr" Beck zot&d for tbs amended bill, uol beeaase he thought it U'ould ac? complish what hi* bill was rnnn?t to do, but because he wanted to soe how the House would act aa it. The fee-taking Senator* have succeeded io preventing actio** on the bill time zud agaia and bave only permitted this ?>absritutc to pass because ^ p*-?? prcssarc vht:h they could not entirely withstand. It is therefore hardly probable that will permit its passage by fcbe House this near the close of the session. Senator Beck is entitled to his full measure of credit for originating tho bill whether it ever becomes a law in proper shape or i not. THE TEMPEST. The wear and tear of time has done little to abate the majestic strength of Shakespeare's Tempest. The best ef? forts of other geniuses have shone with lustrous grandeur in their day, and, perhaps, were still able to hold their graep on the attention and memories of succeeding generations, but as the cur? rent of events sweeps on its way, they ! fade from recollection and are as com? pletely effaced as the grave of Alaric the Goth, over which tie waters of Bussen to have now rolled for fourteen centuries their foaming torrents. But time eau never dispossess the Tempest of its power to charm and instruct, be* cause it Las its roots in that human nature which is perennial. Its poetic portraits are not mere abstractions of personified virtues and vices, but it places before us the outward semblance and inward character of men as they walk the earth in flesh and blood, speaking the language of the human heart. According to the best accounts the Tempest was produced during a season of public excitement occasioned by the shipwreck of Sir George Somers in 1609 on the stormy and desolate coast of Bermuda, and it is also said that it and Macbeth were written within a few months of each other, in the spring and the autumn of the year 1610 ; and if that be true, we can account for the certain resemblance between the two, in the scenes of landscape and the scenes amidst the alternate gloom and glare of a thunder storm. Whatever might have been the true circumstances out of which this comedy originated, it is our humble opinion that it is one of Shakespeare's best productions, dis* playing his supernatural powers to their fullest perfection in exhibiting intelli? gent and rational beings that are not human, but who at the same time are conceived existing under circumstances which are true to life. The workman? ship is perfect, and for morai and phil? osophical speculation the Tempest is unequaled. The idea of the Tempest, as we un? derstand it, means Retribution, and as such in the truest signification of the word is the proper theme cf the Comedy. The due apportionment of temporal rewards and punis? monts is here right? eously meted out _& the bar of poetic justice. An extreme credulity and curiosity about extraordinary sights and strange physical phenomena has often been no? ticed as a foible of the English people. This weakness is well satirized by Shakespeare in the Tempest. Prospero after he became an inhabitant of a lonely island is represented as the pos? sessor of a most magical power, little short of omnipotence. This magical power is executed by Ariel, which we interpret to be nothing more or less than imagination or thought which must alicays be free, or as beautifully expressed by Byron : "O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze caa bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold oar home. These are oar realms, no limit to their sway !" The opening scene in the Tempest is indeed one of great vigor. The growl? ing thunder, the zigzag lightning, the up-heaving of the foaming waves which madly toss the king's ship to and fro, the howling wind and the sob of the distressed sea are most terrible. The wicked consciences of the entire -crew on board of the king's ship is portray? ed in this one sentence by Shakespeare : "Hell is empty and all the devils are here.71 Shakespeare has given us a beautiful specimen of womanhood in the charac? ter of Miranda. She typifies all that is lovely in lovely woman. Sweet in? nocence itself. While the evil qualities of human nature have been held up to our abhorrence by him in the character of Caliban, who represents all that is sluggish, deathly, foul, fierce, beastly and poisonous. The Tempest invites our attention to its claims to pathological and psycho? logical studies of portraiture, and which makes us feel that no form of life is without relation to other forms, aud that the most prosaic clements in hu? manity can be beautified under the touch of a master-hand. It mirrors the moral currency of the time, shows Vir? tue her own feature, Scorn his own image, and never sensualizes in flesh tints the character of lovely woman, as Rossetti does in his portrait of the "Blessed Damozel," whose bosom warm? ed the bar of Heaven. Bandall's iDsincerity. There can be no doubt of the sin? cerity of Mr. Carlisle's purpose, since he offered to make the Randall bili the basis of legislation if au opportunity were grautcd for the incorporation of the features which his side demanded. The attempt to secure an agreement upon a measure which should be less one-sided than that of Mr. Randall has i failed through the mauiti-st insincerity i of that gentleman. His response to j Mr. Carlisle's offer, wbo-e substance j wa? given tn our special dispatches, is i poor sophistry, and his counter propo ! sition that the House should at once ad ] mit and paes under suspension of the ! rules, a bill removing the tobacco tax, ! is equally lacking in sincerity. I In refusing to accept Mr Randall's ; ultimatum. Mr. Carlisle has expressed ; the purpose of the majority of his party i in Congress and of tariff reformers ihrou?rh'jut tho land. This is that a redaction of the rcvenae must include tue relief of the public from some, at least of the more burdensome imposi? tion of the war tariff.-Boston Post, Dem. The Resignation. W^INGTON, Feb. 14, 1887. Sec.rejiry Manning called at the White House this afternoon and placed his resignation in the hands of the Presi? dent, to take effect on the appointment and qualification of his successor. This action'ts taken in order to allow Mr. Manning to accept the presidency of the Western National Bank of the City of New York. His letter of resigna? tion will not be made public for some days. It is stated at the White House that no immediate appointment will be made to the office, and that Mr. Mao uiug will continue to act for several weeks. It is known that the President parts with Mr. Manning with sincere regret, and that be reluctantly consents to his withdrawal from the Cabinet. Secretary Manning left Washington at a quarter past four o'clock this after? noon for Albany, via New York. He was accompanied by Mrs. Manning, Miss Manning and Mr Robert L. Fryer. He expects to return to Wash? ington Friday or Saturday, Mr. Fair? child to act until bis successor is ap? pointed. The President is reported by some of his friends in Congress to be seriously considering the question of selecting a Western man for Secretary of the Treasury, either Mr. Pendleton or Mr. Morrison. THE GRANGE ENCAMPMENT. THE COMMISSIONERS SELECT THE SITE FOR TUE STATE BUILDING-THE TABERNA? CLE TO BE BUILT AT ONCE. The Spartanburg Herald of the 10th says : On Tuesday evening Cid. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture, Col. Dun? can, President of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, Col. Lipscomb, Master of the State Grange, and Mr. Roache, arrived on the Columbia train , to locate the building for the South Car? olina exhibit at the Grange Encamp? ment. The building is to cost ?1,000. On Wednesday morning they went out to the Encampment ground with a num? ber of our citizens. The grounds have been cleared of all the forest growth ex? cept such as is intended for shade. It would be bard to find in the State a more suitable place for the Encamp? ment, and the commissioners were charmed with it. There is nearly a quarter of a mile front along the rail? road-perfectly level. It is along this line the buildings will all be erected?. A broad avenue will be made between -these buildings and the railroad, and will be extended around the Encamp? ment, forming a charming drive aud a fine course for thc display of speed by fast horses. In addition there will be a broad avenue down the center of the grounds. This will lead to the stalls for animals in the rear. The 'Tabernacle' will be a large shelter 80 by 100 feet. It will be the place for the speeches and lectures, and will be located, near the center of the Encampment, ou a ground just sloping enough to give every one an easy view of the speaker. Tanner & Lemastcr have already contracted for the building of the Tabernacle for $245. The three shares which they agree to take will make the net outlay, only $215. A pile of logs has already bceu hauled, a saw mill is to be brought there, and work will be commenced in a few days. The visiting gentlemen seemed great? ly impressed with the advantages this place will offer, not only for the En? campment, but also for the experimen? tal station, which is to be established in a short time. There is no doubt that this is the place for it. OT II ER STATES ASKED TO HELP MAKE IT A GRAND SUCCESS. The following letter will be sent to the Masters of State Granges of our sister States by our Grange Commis? sioners : Dear Slr and Bro : The State Grange of South Carolina at its recent annual session (2d and 3d Feb., 1887) appointed the undersigned as commissioners on its part to meet similar commissioners from the States of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, to form and arrange a board of management and supervision of the Inter-State Grange Encampment already agreed upon by these respective State Granges, through the masters of the same. Ample grounds with all needed buildings, raiiroad sidings, water facilities, &c , ??c., have already been contributed free of cost by the liberal and public spirited patrons and citizens of the enterprising city and county of Spartanburg. Direct and quick rail? road transit bas been secured at the most favorable rates allowed to any others. This is to respectfully request that you will at once arrange for the three com missioners (yourself and two others) from your State Grange to meet similar ones from thc other four States ot the city of Spartanburg, S. C., on the Gib day of April, 1887, then and 1 there to organize the said fifteeu com I missioners into a permanent board of management of the said Inter-State Grange Encampment, and to make all by-laws, rules and regulations for con? ducting and goveruiug the same. The Stute of South Carolina has instructed her Commission cr of Agriculture to j make an exposition of this department ! at the Encampment, and appropriated j ?1.000 to build a ball for the same. ! Thc ground for this hall has been do j nated by the Encampment company to ? the State, and the same will be donated to any of the other States desiring to make exposition of their resources. Wc most respectfully and earnestly urge that your commissioners shall meet thc others at the time and place stated with I cut fail, for it is of vital importance that everything shall be promptly done, ;?0'1 in time tu have the first annual En? campment fui ly advertised in all thc Grange newspapers throughout the Union. Let us hear from you as soou tis possible. Very respectfully and fraternally, JAS. N. LirscoMu, A. P. BUTLER. J. W. WOKFOUD. Commissioners of So. Ca. State j Grange for the Iuter-State Grange Eb ! canipmeut --^?-.??>. -PI Randall is now passing through one J of his periodical attacks of financial j gripes and will vote against the appro triation of $21.000,000 to construct a navy and manufacture steel guns. Ile is willing to go as much as ?10,000, 000. But this same Randall is willing to take ?79.000,000 for the Govern- ! m:nt to t each-school in the States. THE POPCTALIGO CAUSEWAY. Statement by a New County Com? missioner. Mr. Editor : As so mach has been said in reference to the "Pocotaligo Causeway," and some seeming to think that the taxpayers have been outraged by the old Board of County Commis? sioners, I have determined to make a few statements through your columns, so that those who read, as well as those who write, may know something of the true state of affairs. I am reliably informed that the cause? way over Scape O'er Swamp, called Nel? son's Crossi?g, was built in the same manner as that at Pocotaligo, and cost, I am told, something over three thou? sand nine hundred dollar?. The Poco? taligo Causeway is as long, but not quite so wide, as the Scape O'er, and cost, as put out by the old Board of County Commissioners, less than one half as much, viz: ?1,697. The work which was done for that amount, however, was not sufficient to make a good causeway, it being com? posed of the trunks of the trees which were cut out of the right of way, and laid lengthwise, which were covered to the depth of six inches with swamp mud. The feet of the animals passing over it in many instances penetrated the mud, and when they struck an opening between the logs, went down to an unknown depth, a walking stick thrust through such openings to its full length, and the arm of the person holding it did not touch a solid place. Such being the condition of the cause? way when the present Board went into office, it was imperatively necessary that such additional work should bc done as to render it f?t for travel, or the money already expended would be a dead loss to the County. The new Board advertised for bids to put thc causeway in good condition. At the appointed day they met at the cause? way and put it out to the lowest bidder, there being many persons present, and the contract was knocked off to Mr. D. E. Durant for $660, he being at that price the lowest bidder for same, and agreeing to complete the job in three months. * In referring to above causeway "Citizen" states that the work could have been done at a cost of fifteen cents per cubic yard of solid earth, i. e., that the road bed across that swamp could have been built of solid earth at a cost of about six hundred dollars. Now, Mr. Editor, I do not wish to criticise "Citizen," but for thc infor? mation, of those persons who might otherwise accept the statement made by "Citizen" without entering into a cal? culation or ascertaining facts as to the cost of the work for himself, (and here let me say that "Citizen" himself has not well considered his statements, be? fore made, as I am unwilling to think that bc would wilfully mislead others.) I will state, after an interview with a promiuent gentleman who is well versed in these matters, that to construct a causeway out of solid earth, (hill dirt) it will cost at least fifty cents per cubic yard. Now, with a causeway over 1,000 yards long, one yard high, and four yards in width, it certainly would cost over $2,000 to construct it. Let any one who desires to do so, make a cal? culation for himself, I do not wish, nor do I intend, to enter into a newspaper controversy with "Citizen" or any one else, but ou ly de? sire to inform the public of tLe true condition of things; and I will further say that I do not propose to auswer any further articles through the public prints. In reference to the two causeways mentioned in the article signed "A Tax Payer," I desire to state that one has been advertised to be let out for repairs, and the other ordered to be worked by the road hands. A NEW COUNTY COMMISSIONER. From ike Boston Globe. Beady to Jump at 97. CAPTAIN ANDREWS* OFFER TO ANY 3IAN OF IIIS AGB IN AMERICA. To the Editor of The Glole : I will bet aDy man in thc United States that I can out-walk and out-jump any man of my age io the United States of America, best two in three. I am now in my ninety-seventh year of my age, and will be 97 years cid on the 5th, day of next July. I was born and raised in Sumter district, South Carolina, in the year 1790. I have walked all over the United States. 1 have travelled over 8000 miles on foot the last ten years, I and my little dog, Fido, and hope to walk many thousaud more if live. lam writing a history of my life, and if I have good luck I will walk and sell my history. I hope to start out with my books as soon as [ supply my good friends at the North, and then I will start homeward and go South. I don't expect to get through before the last of next June. Then I will celebrate my ninety-seventh birthday with roy family-my wife and children and grand-children and great grand? children-where I was born and raised, and then, if no one takes me up at my offer, I will stop and rest awhile. If I can get a man to take me up, he can meet mc aDy time and take a little diuner with me. Then we will start away together and take the long walk, if God spares me to do so. CAPTAIN ROBERT W. ANDEWS, Now in Boston, Mass. - ???-?-?? mm - On Saturday night the Masonic Theatre of Augusta, Ga., together with the Globe Hotel and thirteen stores ad? joining were burned to the ground. Thc fire was caused by the carelessness of a stage employee who had left one of the back windows of the theatre open so that the wind blew one of the border curtains into a gas jet. The curtain was soon in a blaze and com? municated thc flames to thc wood-work of the building. The loss is estimated at about ?200,000 in round numbers Col. Wm. S. Dogan, of Uoion, died at the Asylum in Columbia on the 13th, of softening of the brain, after a short illness. His remains were conveyed to his home in Union. Col. Dogan was for years known throughout the State as thc travelling agent of the Columbia Register. Always of marked individuality, and in la*er years eccentric io his habits and manner, he was a man always to be respected for his good heart and active benevolence. It is said that many young men strug? gling for nn education experienced his bounty, while he lived poorly and feared hard.-Cor. News and Courier, -- ----mam*- -Gmmmm Mrs. Henry Wood, the novelist, author of 'East Lynne' and other sto ies, is dead. She was boru in Eogland 1820. Look Out for the Comet. According to appointment a comet, supposed to be the great one of 1880, ought to become visible in these lati tudes within a very few days. Mr. Chandler, of the Harvard Observatory, says that its brightness is diminishing, as it is receding into space, but, still, as it was spoken of as being of the first magnitude in the Southern hemisphere, it will no doubt be visible to the naked eye here, and should be looked for somewhat low down in the southwest directly after twilight. At Melbourne, Australia, the tail extended upward from the horizon about 30 degrees, while the nucleus was below the hori? zon and invisible. There is some un? certainty as yet in regard to the exact orbit of the comet, owing to its close perihelion distance and the difficulty in obtaining exact observations ; but un? less some very material error exists in the observations, the comet should be? come visible shortly in the southwest after sunset, and wili set later every night. About the 18th of February it will not set until about 10 o'clock p. m. --- Practical Farm Talk by a Farmer LYNCHBURG, S. C., Feb. 14, 1887. Mr. Editor : In your editorials regarding i farmers, I perceive that you write kindly about their shortcomings and mistakes. In behalf of the husbandmen and proletariat of our county I thank you. The farmers in this section are breaking ground, first, to try to make subsistence for the next year, and especially, to provide means to pay off old scores. The weather, like the disposition of an invalid or nursling, is capricious, interrupting farm work. Oats are now mostly planted in the spring, ex? perience having proven that, unlike wheat or rye, it is a grain not bardy enough to with? stand the freezes of winter. In this article, with your permission, I wish to give to my fellow-farmers some plain talk, assuming all responsibility therefor. I am a farmer, and am interested in all that concerns agriculture. By my own blows I help to make my living, and regard my call? ing as honorable as any other. What are the prospects of the farmers for a crop this year ? This is a matter of much concern, and uncer? tainty. Many of us do not enter upon the duties of the year with the hopes that have inspired us in days goue by. The returns from their cotton crop have again, as usual proven delusive, while we ?nd that necessa? ries are advancing in price. Moreover, debt, that frightful fiend, drives away repose from many a breast already laden with anxiety. In writing the admonitions to my fellow farmers, which are to follow, I disclaim any prerogative, or any superior fitness for giving advice, but indite from a sense of duty, hoping that I may bene6t a class to which 1 belong. Let no man boast of the number of acres he proposes to plant, but rather, of **a little farm well tilled." Reduce acreage, and thus cultivate better, and save the labor of man and beast. On ten acres put all the fertiH zers you intended to put on twenty. Keep open your ditches, so that you may escape the calamity of a flood as befell us last year. Never plant so that any season may force you to throw away one half of your crop to save the other. As to fertilizers, let us look mainly to the home-made article, as swamp muck, ditch banks, hedges and virgin soil, rather than to the delris of Noah's bone yard on the Wando and Ashley. The further we go to get rich dirt, the worse we may fare. Under certain circumstances, as when no one bas any vir? gin land to draw from, these short lived bagged-up mixtures may fill a want, but are we driven to such resources? Will Wando or Ashley tell to the row 10 years? I have seen swamp mud do it. What we need is a perennial, and not au annual manure; some? thing that will not run down the laud. I ara inclined to think that we will see this thing in its true light, after we have suffered enough from our impatience, and want of foresight. My opinion is that our lands would-be benefitted by a supply of lime, potash, ashes; and the purchase of such alka? lies might now and then be justified. The ashes we can make, and are better far than potash alone. Kainit (a large proportion of which is common salt) seems to keep off rust in cotton, and I expect to use it, but it is awfully high. Cotton seed as a fertilizer has never been beateu ("the hair of the dog is good for the bite") but farmers differ as to whether the seed should be ground or not. The nnground seed act much more slowly than the ground, and the latter are therefore, more suitable for late top dressing. But grind your own seed and save toll. This will all come about after awhile. One great weakness about us farmers ia, we hate to for? sake old habits. We hate to be out of fash? ion. We don't see far enough ahead tobe willing to labor and to wait for slower but surer returns. I must take occasion to allude to other drawbacks that impede the farmer along the road to prosperity, Our expenses are too often out of all proportion to* our class, means and calling. In the matter of mere eating and drinking, I might well conclude by saying that a wooden nutmeg and horn gunflint maker would live on the crumbs that fall from our tables. In the matter of clothing, we ought to dress as becomes our calling and tho price of cotton and subsistence. Shakespeare says the apparel oft proclaims the man. Yes, and it oft proclaims the black? guard. But old Uncle Will further says : "It is the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honor peereth in the meanest garb," &c. Fellow-farmers! what we want is. men i that will get fairly down to their noble call? ing, go to work with a will and purpose, men who will "scorn delights and live laborious days," men of iudustry ; otherwise, we may expect to be "hewers of wood and drawers of water-mere serfs." Franklin says : "What signifies wishing and hoping for better times? Weean make them better if we bestir our? selves." Keep out of debt ; keep faraway from extortioners : quit cross roads chit-chat about Congress, tariff, women's rights aud mormonism ; doff your coat and lead in the front curn row, and stop overseeing; for the time will come when we will have nobody to overlook. Times, I think, will then be better. CORNFIELD. ._ ?-M+ ^ - W. Edwin Chipchase, 206 S. Charles St., Ba! to., Md., writes:-"For cure of sprains and inflammations 1 regard Salvation Oil asa sure cure." Use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and do not disturb the preacher ?ind congregation with your cough. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, ?. C., Feb. 17, 1887. COTTON.-About 25 balfs were sold dur? ing the week ending the ? 7th. The market closed firm. Wc quote: Ordinary 8; Good Ordinary 8] ; Low Middling Si; Mid? dling $2 ; Good Middling 0. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. IG, 1SS7. COTTON.-Market closed firm. Sales 400 bales. Quotations are : Strict Low Mid? dling 9 ; MiddlingSl : Strict Middling!)}. mm mm rnmummn _ ; 'jy1?""-?^^"'?1 Sumter Cemetery. ALL LOT-HOLDERS indebted to the Sumter Cemetery Association either for Assessments or balances due on purchases up to 31, Dec. 18S6, will please call on thc Sec. and Treas. W. Dargan, and pay up, as he is unable from ill health lo call on every one. The money is now needed to build a Por? ter's Lodge and fence, which we will soon commence. By request of JOHN RICID. ) Committee J. W. DARGAN, \ on E. C. GREEN, J Improvement. The next morning John came down stairs smiling ; his wife seemed startled for it had been a long time since he smiled. "What is the matter, John?" "Oh, nothing, my dear : only the effects of Cbipnian's Pill3. Sold by your druggist. Room to Rent. AROOM OVER OUR STORE, SUITA ble for an office or bed-room. Feb 17 BULTMAM &.BRO Estate of Robt. SfcCants, Minor? IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Sumter County on the 38th day of March, 1887, for a Final Discharge as Guardian of aforesaid Estate. HAZI GARY, Feb 17-41,_ Guardian. Estate of Isaae Keels, Sr., Dec'di IWILL APPLY TO JUDGE OF PRO bate of Sumter County on March 18th, 1887 for a final discbarge as Administratrix of aforesaid Estate. SALLIE L. KEELS, Feb 17, 1887. Administratrix. Bank Holiday. THE NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 22, ''Washington's birthday." All papers ma? turing on that dav must be anticipated. CHAS. E; BARTLETT, Cashier. OFFICE OP COUNTY COfflSSIONERS, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTBB, S. C., Feb. 8, 1887. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS sioners will at their Meeting on February 23rd, 1887, receive verbal bids for the work of preparing a General Index of Register of Mesne Conveyance of Sumter County from 1871 to 1884, as recommended by Grand Jury, at October Court, 1886. Specifications of said work can be seen at this office. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of Board. THOS. Y. WALSH, Cl'k B'd Co. Com. Sumter Co. Feb. 17 OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 3.1887. NOTICE. THE BOARD OF COUNTY CO M Mis? sioners will at their Meeting on Februa? ry 23, 1887, at Sumter, receive verbal bids for the following work on DeSchamps Mill Crossing: One Hundred and twenty-five yardi to be puncheoned, covered with straw, and three inches of bill dirt. They reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Bv order of the Board. THOS. V. WALSH, Cl'k B'd County Commissioners. Feb.17 ?LT* CATARRH Cream Balm Gives Relief at once and G ure." COLD in HEAD, CATARRH, EA Y FEYER. Not a Liquid, Snuff or Powder. Free from Injnri ons Drugs and of- _ . ferosive odors. HAK "FEVER A particle of the Balm is applied into each nostril, is agreeable to use and is quickly ab? sorbed, effectually cleansing the nasal passa? ges of catarrbal virus, causing healthy secre? tions. It allays pain and inflammation, protects the membranal linings of the bead from addi? tional colds, completely heals the sores and restores the sense of taste and smell. Bene? ficial results are realized by a few appicatiens. A Thorough Treatment will Cure. Price 50 cents at druggist ; by mail, regis? tered, 60 cents. Circulars sent free. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Jan. 13 Owego, N. Y. "AN ORDINANCE" Entitled "An Ordinance To Prohibit and Abate Oertain Nuisances in Toicn of Sumter, and to Punish Violations Thereof." SECTIOS I. Be it ordained by the Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Sumter in Coun? cil assembled, and by authority of the same, that tlie several subjects, acts, practices, etc., mentioned and treated of in Sections II, III and V of this Ordinance, are hereby declared to be misdemeanors, offences and public nui sauces, open subjects for complaint and abate? ment, to be provided against as follows, to wit : SEC. IT. That from and after publication of this Ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, to slaughter, clean or dress any animal or carcass thereof for mar? ket ; or to keep swine in pens ; or to build or erect any privy on any private or public lot nearer than twenty feet of any public street; or to permit access of swine to any privy on any private lot ; or to permit, by neglecting the timely removal of same, the accumulations of any privy, to become offensive to the citi? zens of Town cf Sumter; or to fill up or ob? struct by deposits therein or otherwise, any ditch or drain, thereby hindering the free passage of water, from or on any street or private lot within the corporate limits of Town of Sumter. SEC. III. That it shall be unlawful for any person, or owner, or occupant of any lot, to build or erect any gate, or to retain any gate already built or erected, in such tu;?nnpr as to swing outwards from the premises, across or over any street or sidewalk; or to allow any well, pit or cellar on any lot, to remain open or uncovered, and without protection to per? sons or animals; orto commit auy trespass by cutting, mutilating uprooting or injuring any tree, on any public street, square or avenue; or to tie or hitch any horse, mule or ox to any tree as above stated ; or to allow any horse or horses, mule or mules, or other animals attached to any vehicle, standing on any public street, unattended by a capable person in charge of same; or to shoot, or discharge any fire-arms, gun, pistol or re? volver, or to shoot, discharge or throw any shot, ball, arrow or other missile whatever, from any fire-arm, bow, sling phot or air gun, or irom any instrument or device used for shooting, discharging or throwing shot, balls, arrows or other missiles whatever in any street or public or nrivate lot or Church yard ; or to deposit or throw empty cans, glass bot? tles, old shingles, lumber, etc., into any street, avenue or open lot within the corpo? rate limits of the Town of Sumter. SKC. IV. That from and after the publica? tion of ibis Ordinance auy person or persons who may do, permit, allow, or cause to be done, permitted or allowed, any of the acts, practices or conditions, etc., declared by, and in Sections II and lil of this Ordinance to be unlawful, shall upon view of the Chief of Po? lice or other officer of Town of Sumter, or upon complaint made by any cisizen thereof, be summoned to appear before the Intendant of Town of Sumter for trial, upon notice not exceeding five days, and upon proof to con? viction of any act, practice or condition here? inbefore declared to be unlawful shall be lia? ble to a fine not exceeding Fifty dollars, or im? prisonment in the Town Guard House not ex? ceeding thirty days, or both at discretion of the Intendant. SKC. V. That from and after publication of this Ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any bitch in season, to run at large, within the corporate limits of Town of Sumter, either with or without badge, and any bitch so fouud running at large, shall be taken up by any Policemau of Town of Sumter or may bc laken up by any citizen of Town of Sumter, and delivered tc thc Chief of Police, tobe confined and disposed of as in case of dogs running at large contrary to Ordinance of Town of Sumter, in such cases made and provided. SEC. VI. That the Chief of Police and other Policemen of Town of Sumter are hereby di? rected and required to give constant aud faith? ful attention to the police duties implied and expressed by terms of this Ordinance, and to the prompt enforcement of its requirements, or otherwise be answerable to the Town of Sumter for neglect of duty. Done and Ratified in Council assembled, under the Corporate Seal of the Town of Sum? ter, this the 30th day of June, A. D. 1SS5. MARION MOISE, ?"L. S.j Intendant. C. M. ??UUST, Clerk and Treasurer. 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. TWENTY (20) TONS KAINIT. These Fertilizers I will Sell to the Farmers of Sumter and adjoining Coonfies tm teran (hst will make it to their interest to see me before purchasing elsewhere. I handle only the best Standard Fertilizers manufactured by the Stono Phosphate Co., of Charleston, S. C.... Jan. 13. ROBERT WITHERSPOON Office at A. White's. TO THE PUBLIC : SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 31,1887. Before this advertisement catches the eye of the Mule-buying public I have received another Oar Load of Choice Broke Mules, which-can be seen at the same old stand on February 2d, 1887. SCHOOL BOOKS AT J. A. SCHWERINS. SCHOOL BOOKS AT J. A. SCHWERIN^. School and other Books AT J. A. SCHWERINS. NEW YORK PRICES. Opposite Court House, Main Street, Jan. 13. On thc 27th January, ONE CAR LOAD -OF WELL BROKE KENTUCKY MULES. ALSO OX HAND A fine assortment of Buggies and Carriage?, md Old Hickory Wagons. W. M. GRAHAM. Sumter, S. C., Jan. 13, 1887. THE SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Affording superior advantages ,in ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, ^aud the CLASSICS, will reopen MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1886. L. W. DICK, } > Principals. A. c. MCINTOSH, J TUITION-From S2 to $5 per month. BOARD-with the principals, $12 per mo. For further information apply to PRINCIPALS SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL, Lock Box No. 49. Aug 3-v Sumter, S C. MEXICAN PENSIONS. ?CAN GIVE FROM ORIGINAL Dis? charge Roll of Company A, Palmetto Regiment, details of service necessary to 3 raw Pensions under the late Act of Congress. Feb. 3. J. D. BL AN DING. Estate of Mrs. M. L Rutledge, [MINOR.J IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate of Sumter County on the 3rd March, ?887, for a final discharge as G uar lian of aforesaid Minor. ' THOS. L. BURGESS, Sumter, S. C., Feb. 3. Guardian. Cstate of Mrs. Mary S. Huggins, [MINOR] IWILL APPLY io the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, on the 3rd March, 1S37, for a final discbarge as Guardian of aforesaid Minor. B. G. COLLINS, Sumter, S. C., Feb. 3. Guardian. SHERIFF'S SALES. T>Y virtue of Sundry Executions, to me |j directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., an the first MONDAY and day following ia MARCH next, 1887, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property ; All that Tract of Land, in Sumter County, in said State, near the village of Bishopville, containing One Hundred and Fifty Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Johu C. Shaw, Estate of Thompson Green. Mrs. Reid, Mrs. English, and the public road, leading from Lynchburg to Bishopville, levied on and to be sold as the property of Samuel R. Shaw, to satisfy an Execution of James W. Harle & Co., against Samuel R Shaw. 1 House and Lot in the town of Sumter, on Council Street, adjoining lands of Z. E. Walker and others. levied on and to be sold, as the property of Julius T. Edwards, to sat? isfy an Execution of the town of Sumter for taxes against Julius T. Edwards. One House and Lot in the Town of Sumter on Calhoun Street, adjoiniug lands of K. W. Moise, Mrs. William Yeadon, and others, levied on and to be sold as the property of Mrs. S. 1>. Newton, to satisfy an Execution of the town of Sumter for taxes against Mrs. S. B. Newton. One House and Lot in the town of Sumter, on Main Street, adjoining lands of H. Harby and others, levied on and to be sold, as the property of Sarah Durant to satisfy an Execu? tion of the town ot Sumter against Sarah Durant. One Lot adjoining lands of E. W. Moise, A. D. Rickcr and others levied on and to be sold as the property of Emanuel Ellerbe, to satisfy an Execution of the town of Sumter for taxes against the said Emanuel Ellerbe. MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, Feb. 10, 1887. |% | 11 and Whltkey Hub-. I ? III Wk?? its cured at home wita. ? ? W? I fl fl |Vfl ont palp. Book of par ll 1 U III ticular* sent FREI. U ??BPM? B. M.WOOLLET. M.D. ^mWF A tia otu, t?a. office Whitehall St, NOTICE! FARMERS?! I am prepared to sell the fol? io wing brands of Guano LOW DOWN FOB CASH or on approved papers: - - v COTTOJST SEED MEAL, KAINIT, ACID, f m AMMOMATED GUANV, any brand desired. Call oo rae before making arrangements for advances or guano's for the eoming season. B. J. BARNETT, Jan 13. Main Street in the Berni. E. L SPENCER, S UL ir ve yo xs Laying off and Dividing Land. Old Land Lines a Specialty.^ Address MAYESVILLE/Sr <fcf~ Jan 20. o 1887. Hf YOE TOY HERALD ONE DOLLAR A TSAR? ititi ?? 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