Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C|e S^aix^maii ault THUBSDAY? MABCH 3. Th? Sorter Watchman waa founded " . fe-lSoO aad the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has * (fte combined circulation and influence of Both of the old papera, aad xs mani? festly the best advertisisg medium in Sumter. Important Announcement. J The Weekly Kew? rad Courier to [_ be Furn?s&ad ms a Supplement to thia Paper, Arrangement? have boee made with the News and Canner Company by which we will be able to supply the WeeMy Newt and Courier from this - office as a suppl?ment to the Watchman ?? and Southron* te- alt ?inscribers who pay cash io advance, at $2.50 per year, / which will be a saving of one dollar upon the price of the two paper?. This offer embraces the Newt and Courier weekly from January to Janu? ary, and oar friends should send ia their subscriptions without delay to enjoy the fall benefit of the arrangement. Change of Publication Day. Io order to give oar readers the bene? fit of the ratest information in our sup? plement by sending it oat promptly on arrival. The Watchman and Southron wili hereafter be published on Thursday instead of Tuesday._ , The mayor of Florence has declined to allow the salvation army to hold topen air meetings. - Public sentiment in Chicago is so mach against hanging the anarchist re? cently convicted there that their sen? tence will probably be commuted to imprisonment for life. Congressman Dargan has ordered a competitive examiaarioe* ta be held at : . Florence on March 1$, to decide who shall bo appoiatcd to the United Stetes Military Academy from bis district. The grand jory of Charleston report one prisoner io jai? for stealing a pigeon worth 2e cents aod another for stealing a bottle of whisky worth 50 cents. Both most stay TB jail till the next term of the court of General Sessions ?-four months heoee. A correspondent io the Kershaw Gazette attacks the report of the treas? urer of Kershaw county showing mis? takes in the report amounting to over $600. He gives a list of the mistakes -items charged twice, same hems ia this report as was in the last, errors in additions, kc., aad says that it seems that the only halases that could he ob? tained would be a forced balance. The inter State commerce act is be ginoing to operate ?a am unexpected way. The Peansyl vaaia railroad com? pany has notified ali the persons along the Bee? of ka ayates who hold passes that they will eos he recognised after March 31, as the interstate commerce aili forbids the issuance of them. The railroad company has also given notice thai all contracts with that company will expire March 31, ?oder the provi? sions of the inter-state commerce bill. . GOT. Fitxhugh Lee is reported to have told the General Assembly of Virginia that there was less money io the hands of the farmers of that State now than at any time since the surren? der ai Appomatox. Virginia's finan? cial troubles are dee to complications brought about by her debt. Bad she remained without interruption io the hands of the Democrats, her debt would bog ago have beca properly provided for. S. J. Ahreo, a cttisen cf St. Paul, Minnesota, was a contributor to the Charleston earthquake fond. When Mayor Courtenay had the city's e*rd of thanks issued of course one oas sent to Ahern. In reply to this neat sod elo? quent expression of a stricken city's thanks, this mao Ahern has written a villainous open letter to the Mayor, in which he accuses the people of Sooth Carolina with being thieves aod cheats and frauds, aod acknowledges that he contributed to the fond unwillingly. In hts opinion the earthquake *'might have been sent by the Almighty to shake" us "up to a higher tone tn corn moo honesty.' ' The S par tan burg correspondes t of the New? and Courier writes under date of Feb 26: "A merchant informs me this morning that the requests for supplies on time are orgeat aod numer? ous, and that maay persons who have heretofore paid cash for goods are now begging for credit. The applicants are often men who own valuable tracts of land and are considered well off. Our farmers are certainly on trial. While many of them are able to pull through without going in debt, the majority will have to have help from some quar? ter. There is a disposition on the part of merchants and creditors to help the industrious aod energetic as far as pos? sible. Colonel Nelson Tilt, of Albany. Ga,, has actually harnessed an artesian well aod made of it a hewer of wood and drawer of water. A tank sixteen feet high, with a capacity of 6,000 gallons of water, has been constructed of heavy durable timbers, into which the fal! Sow of water can be tamed, which fills it in one hour. Under this tank is a substantial over-shot wheel about ten fejt in diameter, the steel axles of which ruo in metallic boxes, firmly secured OB a very hoary wooden frame. Upon this wheel the fall force of the water from the tank caa he thrown, aod with a fall of 200 gall?os per min? ute, the speed and (bree is something marvelous Connecting belts ron a cir? cular saw about two feet ia diameter, whieh sots up the firewood, aaa abo roos other machinery. The President has vetoed a Public Bonding bili for Portsmouth, Ohio. The bill ?ave $60.000 fer the public lojldmc It turns oat say? thc tf. J- j liefal<l that the Postmaster has six }*<tsraata and the internal Heven ?e (bHector five. For ??eaccommodation, therefore, of thirteen partons a 280.000 building was to be ereeW-thu %% to say, a beiidiag to begin whick should casi that a moo nt. Most of them come for aa additional appro? riafcou later. Mr Cleveland says ia his message : 'The care and protection which the government owes to the people d ? not cmb.ace the great of .jwbi?? buj.I lings ! to decorate fhrrvtug aod prosperous .Sties atrd vtffeges, ncr sStocfld " such buildings be erected upon any principle of fair distribution among localities. The go Tennent is not an almoner o? gifts among the people, but an instru? mentality by which the people's affairs should be conducted upon business prin? ciples, regulated by the public needs. If Congress would repeal taxes enough to make this government poor this big grab game would cease. But while the money of the people is drag? ged into the Treasury at the rate of a hundred millions a year more than the government needs, the propensity to get a 'dip infco the Treasury' constantly increases. THE PBENCIPLE OF TRUTH. Coi. Earle io bis argument on last Monday afternoon to the jury in the ease of Boat wright vs. the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta, and Central R. B. Company said with a good deal of unc? tion : "Gentlemen of the jury, if you catch a mao io a lie once, never believe him again ! For he is cot worthy of belief! If he will lie about coe thing, he will lie abort all! Experience teaches us this!" Whew! Did yon ever bear such astounding assertions in all of your life before ? Of all the principles implanted in our natures, the greatest is the propensity to speak the truth. It is instinctive ; and it is not easy to conceive that the Supreme Being iu His great wisdom could have constituted man otherwise, fashioned as he is after his own image and consequently partaking in a de gree, however small though it be, of some of the divine qualities of His na? ture. Dr. Reid in his profound Inquiry into the Human Mind says: "The principle of truth is instinctive with us. This principle has a powerful operation, even ia the greatest liars ; for where I they lie once they speak truth a bun dred times. Truth is always npper ; most, and is the natural issue of the I mind. It requires no art or training, oo inducement or temptation, but only that we yield to a natural impulse. Ly? ing, on the contrary, is doing violence to our nature, and is never practised, even by the worst men, without some temptation. Now, troth is always at the daor of our lips, and goes forth spontaneously, if not held back. It re? quires neither good cor bad intention to bring it forth." It is true that a mao who has lied once, in all probability will lie the sec? ond ?ad, perhaps, the third time; but because he has lied "in one thing," gentlemen of the jury, that is not an argument of itself that he will lie 4 'in aU thingr" JUSTICE SUFFERS Hf A MI3 T?I Alt Samuel Boat wright, a colored man of this town, while acting in the ca? pacity of a car-coupler tn the employ? ment of the Wilmington, Columbia k Augusta and Central R. R. Company, lost his right hand and a part of his forearm on 29th day of September, 1883, by reason of carelessness and n?gligence of the R. R. Company in not providing safe and suitable instru? ments for the coupling of cars, which he was ordered to couple, aod in obedi? ence to R. R authorities on that occa? sion he became a sufferer as indicated above. A suit for damages was brought and at the October Term of Court in the year 1885 a verdict was rendered against the R. R. Company for dama? ges done to Boalwright to the amount of $2,000. As a matter of course the case was taken to the Supreme Court for a final adjudication. On account of a question of fact which had not been clearly settled at the trial of the case io the Circuit Court, the Supreme Court remanded the case back for a new trial. The entire time of the Court on last Monday was consumed in the hearing of this case anew. If ever a plaintiff had a good case, if ever Justice asked damages for a plain? tiff, that plaintiff was Samuel Boat wrigbt. Yet the result of the Jury's deliberations on this case was nothins more (and it could not have been less, God knows) than a mistrial. Some persons are so much at vari? ance with the principles of moral right and wrong that they in the settlement of any or al! cases generally fall back upon the doctrine of expediency, as the easiest way to stave off a decision which duty requires of them. He who does this sacrifices the greater good to the less. There are indeed many questions of expedieocy io which morality has no concern one way or the other. For ex? ample, how a farmer should cultivate his soi!, in what branch of trade a mer? chant should invest bis capital, are questions of expediency in which there is usually no morai right or wrong on either side. But the Boatwrigbt case vs. the R R. Company, is not a case of that sort ; audio a case irr which the question of moral right and wrong arises, it can never be expedient, gen? tlemen of the jory, to choose the wroog. A GLORIOUS MEETING. On Tuesday of last week the farmers of Statesville, N- C., met io the Court House for the purpose ol organizing. The weekly Mail states that "the Court House was packed and jammed with the horoy-hauded sons of toil, anx? ious to form some kind of an organiza? tion for the improvemeci, elevation and protection of. thc farmer/' Judging from the published accounts of that mee??g* it must have been a most egregious failure. The JJatf says ; that on Coi. Allen ?a?iog the chair he ! thanked the farmers of his County for j havieg called him to so important a j position as president of the "Iredeil L fjoupry Agricultural Society/' Inb?3'l speech he stated that he had rece a tl j attended a meeting of farmers in Ila leigh, which meeting was largely at tended by such farmers as ex-Governor Jarvis, Gov. Scales, Lee Overman and others. That they had appoioted a committee to wait upon the Legislature to tell them what the farmers wanted. Among the many things, they demand? ed that the Governor's and Judges' sal? aries should be increased, and that some other kind of diet should be fur? nished to the dogs than mutton. That farmers should keep some kind of log? book in which to enter all the doings of the farm. For example : "Suppose a d-d nigger should steal my cock or bull, then 1 could inform you that your chickens and cattle were in demand, and in that way we can keep up with labor and prices, and put the d-d nigger in jail." Upon thc conclusion of Col. Allen's speech, a Mr. Kennedy offered a reso? lution defining a farmer as follows : Resolved, That to be a member of this club a man must dig, beat, scratch and pound the earth for a living. It seems that the merits of this reso? lution were warmly discussed, and dur? ing the discussion some one said that "be could see no reason why he should be excluded because he put on a 'bi le d' shirt and bought cotton during the Fall and Winter." A Mr. William Cowan closed the proceedings of the day by offering the following resolution : Whereas, the grasshopper was a bad insect, and his successor, thc Blue-bot? tle, is an improvement on him in a de? scending scale ; Therefore, resolved that we escinde all Blue-bottles from this club forever. THE TOBACCO EXPERIMENT, The examination of the samples of tobacco grown in the various counties of the State under the auspices of the State Agricultural Department, took place io Colombia oo last Monday, Capt. E. M. Pace, of Danville, Va., being the expert engaged. There were thirty-seven sample pack? ages, aggregating about foor hundred pounds of leaf, all of which were critical? ly examined, and severally reported upon. A large majority of the samples were of dark color, and many impro? perly prepared. The premium was awarded to Mr. F. M. Bogers, Jr., Florence, Darlington, Co., whose sample was thus commented upon by the expert: "Your tobacco speaks for itself, rich lemon color, awarded first premium. Samples well' classed and shows good handling." There was but one prize offered, but the second and third best samples were designate J, as follows : Alexander G. Clarkson, Wateree. Richland county : "The Hester seed ?hows up well and result good as to quality. We awarded this the second best tobacco exhibited. Cuba seed ^second sample) is'very unsuited, being coarse and bony " J C. Foster, Lancaster : "Your to? bacco shows good handling and well jared. Fair body and color and stands third oo the list of tobacco exhibited. The topping should be decreased in? stead of increased as the season advances. Try topping higher and secure brighter 3o)or. It will pay you better. Unless you make it fine you are left as to prices.'7 Out of thirty-seven samples, he pro? nounced that twenty one would cot pay the freight to ship to a market. As we have not space for the entire report we copy the following, as being af local iotcrcst, and also to show the i character of the examination : J. A. B?ros, Sumter Courthouse ; **Wbite stem Oronoco is good variety, ind from your report was cured by flues. That was all proper, bot the tobacco shows the waot of the very things neces? sary, that is, body and color. It has sufficient length and size of leaf, bot the color is cloudy and dingy." G. H Hartsoe, Wedgefield, Sumter County: *. No report. Very common. Greenish and bitter. Won't pay freight." Dr. John Ingram, Manning, Claren? don County: "Color and character enough to stimulate you to try again. Body fair, but bruised in handling while ia the green state before curing " W. R, Davie, Landsford, Chester County : "You have much to encourage you to try again. Body and color fair, but not assorted as to length and color as it might have been." James McCutchen, Church postofifoe, Williamsburg County : "You should be satisfied. Cuba leaf don't suit your soil. Very inferior. Sell at any offer. It will not pay freight to ship " Lewis Bradwell, Aiken : "Color good enough, bat evidently spoiled by air curing. Hester seed is susceptible of good lemon color if allowed to mature on the hill and properly cured by coal or flues.'' E. B. Smith, Marion Courthouse: "Hester and Hyco are good seed, and good results should follow proper culti? vation, but must be cured by flue or coai fires. Hanging in open sheds wou't do except for Burley, and that can't be successfully raised in this section. There is no value to any tob?ceo raised. It's bought by fancy. Take sny offer you can get and unless you have some assurance to improve from this discon? tinue the raising. The tobacco will not pay freight charges to a tobacco mar? ket." E. T. Avery, Rock Hill, York Coun? ty : "Oronoco is good seed and suscep? tible of good leafand color, but must; bave uiissed the mark after cutting. It lt is badly assorted, color only fair, size good." Sam'i S. Sarvis, Socas?ee, Horry County; "Sample v exhibited is very common and bf a nondescript sort, neither 6esh, fish nor fowl. That is to ?ay, its neither a filler, smoker cr wrapper. Very common not worth ( freight to any tobacco market." Capt, Pace added this special note for the Press: 1 The prevailing low prices of common j1 and nondescript tobacco raised by the j 1 planters of Virginia and North Caro- '? \ :ina the rjast year and now beiog mar-1 seted is one reason to discourage rath- | j ?r than encourage tie raising of the ! ?ommon sorts in this ?tate. The mar- j1 iets of tjie country ere filled with such ' 1 aud prices are- now low. A larc portion of the tobaccos exhibited hei to-day would not pay freight to an Warehouse charges in any of the tobacc markets of Virginia or North Carolina, Capt. Pace having criticised franki in his official capacity poured oil o the wounds in a subsequent convrrs: tion with a representative of the Nea and Courier. He said that even tal ing out the three best samples tli average of the lot was a great de; better than the usual average of fin attempts. He attributed seven-tentl of the failures to inexperience in bane ling. There was no doubt, he said th; South Carolina had proved her ability I make fine tobacco. The Florence spec men, to which the prize was adjudgee he said, had very much the lexton character and color of the famous Grat ville, N. C , tobacco, which has fe years taken the premium for yello tobacco. He had never seen a betti tobacco than this. It may be added tb result of the tobacco experiment upse tbe theory that the fine yellow tobaccc can only be grown in the territory c Laurentian formation. The two bei samples were the product of the uppc pine belt eocene formation, and the thir in quality was grown over a tala-slat formation. The middle country hs the honors. It ls to be noted, howevei that Cuban seed was chiefly used in th sea coast experiments, aod that seven samples of other tobaccos were in sue bad condition that they could not b judged. Since the above was put in type, w have been shown a letter from Mr. Pac to Capt. Burnes, saying : "You had some nice tobacco on cxhi bitioo by the Department of Agriculture I want in this to say Danville is tb natural market for such grades. W can get you more more money for : than you can realize elsewhereV POLITICS IN KENTUCKY. lt is said that the political campaig during this year in Kentucky will b pretty lively. That the Democrats ar already scared, the Republicans mor than hopeful, the Labor men are san gaine, and that the Prohibitionists ar certain. There is no doubt aboot it that tb contest in Kentucky daring the cominj campaign bids fair to be more thai warm, and the prospects are that a ful vote will be polled. It is predicte< that the Democrats and R?publicain will scramble for offices and quarre worse than cats and dogs over issue* that have been dead and buried lo, these twenty years. But the Prob iii tion is ti have stepped into the politisai asen a auc mean business this time too; and judg? ing from the present indications theil chances for a triumph are very good. They will come before the people witt good men as leaders and with a living issue that will appeal to the heart and conscience of every man, woman and ?hild. THE NEXT~?._S. SENATE When thc United States Senate meet* aext it will consist of exactly fifty mem? bers, of whom twenty-five will be Dem? ocrats and twenty-five, including Mr. Riddleberger, will be Republicans. There will be no President pro tempore anless a hold-over Senator be elected before adjournment in Sherman's place, is the term of the latter expires with this Congress, and he will be, next De? cember, a Senator elect and not a Sen? ator qualified to take his seat at once. Besides the fifty qualified Senators there will be twenty-six waiting to be sworn, twelve Democrats and fourteen Republicans, The Democrats will be Hearst, Gray, one from Florida, Tur pie, Gorman, George, Cock rel 1, one from New Jersey, Bate, Reagan, Dan? iel, and one from West Virginia. The Republicans will be Hawley, Hale, Dawesr Stockbridge, Davis, Paddock, Stewart, one from New Hampshire, Hiscock, Sherman, Quay, Aldrich, Ed? munds and Sawyer. The West Vir? ginia aod New Jersey successions may be settled aoy day. Florida will elect a Democrat in April and New Hamp? shire a Republican in Jone. If there be no President pro tempore in December, which, however, is not probable, the first duty of the fifty Sen? ators will be to elect one. The next business in order will be the qualifica? tion of Senators elect, and as the Dem? ocratic Senators present and sworn (twenty five in number) are just half the whole number present and sworn (fifty.) they can refuse to permit any? body to be sworn until the Republicans agree to permit the New Jersey and In? diana Senators to qualify on their cer? tificates. But suppose Riddleberger votes with the Democrats, aud some one makes a motion that the States be called alpha? betically, and Senators elect qualify as their States are called. This motion would prevail by twenty-six to twenty four. By the time Indiana was reached Hearst, Gray and the Florida Senator would have increased the Democratic strength to twenty-eight without Rid? dleberger, and Hawley would make twenty-six Republicans with Riddle? berger. Following the same rule down to New Jersey, there would be, when SewclTs successor presented himself, thirty-two qualified Democrats, thirty two qualified Republicans and Riddle? berger. When ?he roll call was finished there would be a full Senate, consisting e>f thirty-seven Democrats, thirty-eight Republicans and Riddleberger. lt may be asked what difference it will make whether the Indiana and NTew Jersey Seoators are sworn io on :he first or a subsequent day ? All the difference in the world. Without them ;hcre will be thirty-five Democrats, thirty-eight Republicans and Riddle? berger, a clear Republican majority of wo. This majority can keep out Tur fue and the New Jersey Democrat inde initely. What is of more importance, his majority can organize the comniit ees and keep them eveu after these 1 Senators are admitted^ whereas ii full Senate tied by the vote of Rid< berger, committees could only be ganized through a compromise, wi would give the Democrats at least h But if the Republicans first secured committees by keeping two Democn Senators out, a tied Senate could change them any more than it co turn out the present Republican Sec tary and clerks, such action requiri? majority of affirmative votes. Th are reasons enough, therefore, v, Democratic Senators should insist u] the immediate qualification of all Se tors elect at once. They can do it w half the Senators, the twenty-five wh they have. They can do it easier a the help of Riddleberger. SS^S"*mmim--mm . BARNUM FOB PRESIDENT It is said that a good many prohi tionists would like to see Mr. Barn President of the United States and t they are now speculating on the gr showman's chances for the President nomination in 1888. Barnum for Pr ident, Why not? A man who 1 been successful in running nine 1 shows in one for twenty years, ought bo able to manage this governor with all of its side shows combic without the least difficulty. Wi asked a few days ago if he would ? cept a nomination for President of I United States if it was tendered to b by the Prohibition party, Mr. Barn? said : . "It is well known that I have dra nothing stronger than cold water ; forty years, and both by advice and ( ample, I have worked for the temp? ance cause. I became a teetotaler 1847, when there were very few them, and have spoken and lectur against intemperance and in favor total abstinence. Last yea? I was ask to bear the standard of the Prohibitif party as their candidate for Preside of the United States, and I am told tb they wish to tender me the nominatif this year. Now, I believe that intei pe ran ce is a curse in this or any otb country, but as I believe it impossib for a third party to be successful I < not think that a third party should 1 formed on the temperance issue. S loons are a curse to the young men. we must have saloons there should 1 one for every adult. Then the ci would die out from its very monstrosit; In the Connecticut villages where ti liquor traffic is prohibited there a drinking clubs, but in spite of them tl consumption of liquor is greatly dimii ?shed. Io cities prohibition is impo sible, and I am afraid that absolute pn hibition will not succeed this side of tl millennium." - t*m?w>-~*>+~-4BWmm-* The Campaign of the Sons of Ten perance. During the past week Mr. Edwar Carswell, the distinguished Cauadta temperance lecturer, accompanied b Mr. C. M. Douglas, as State organizei bas lectured at the following places Peaks, Prosperity, Newberry, Laurens Ninety-Six and Greenwood. He wa received with enthusiasm everywhere and notwithstanding the bad weathe during the whole week. Mr. Dougla has established fine Divisions of th Soos of Temperance at Prosperity Ninety-Six and Newberry, with Green wood yet to hear from. This is en conraging work for the fir>t weak. Th' next appointments for the distioguishct lecturer arc McCormick, Monday, Feb roary 28th ; Abbeville, Tuesday, Marci 1st; Anderson, Wednesday, March 2d Greenville, Thursday and Friday March 3d, and 4th ; Spartan burg, Mon day, March 7th ; Union, Tuesday March 8th. We expect to have th< pleasure of recording a deal of splendk work as the result of these appoint ment8.-Aiken Recorder. ~~^*mn>-~ t i 'i -? Short Weights in Groceries. A Chesterfield newspaper mao, witt some little time to spare, as a matter ol curiosity, recently weighed several bar? rels of flour for sale in that town, ? number of these be found fell short in their weight from six to twenty pounds These goods had been shipped to them i by two popular and prominent mer? chants of Charleston One of thc firms, Wulbern & Peiper, upon bearing these facts, immediately sent a repre? sentative to look into the matter. Thc ; shipments made by them were op to weight, except in a few instances, io ! which the shortage could reasonably be accounted for, by damages received in transportation. ComiDg upon the heels of the con? troversy about the short weights in cotton this is calculated to do great in? jury to the business of Charleston. It stands the merchants in hand to remove any such impression that may have gone abroad. While on the subject we don't mind stating, says the Abbeville Medium that we have heard from very respectable merchants of this place that they too have found a shortage in some of the shipments of groceries. Commenting on the Chesterfield dis? covery the Winnsboro News and Mer? aki says : We have short weights io flour, pul? verized granite in sugar, olemargarine in lard, etc. We are moving on to a moral milleoiam, at a pace analogous to that of a frog io the well, that climb? ed three feet towards the top in the daytime and fell back six at night. Watch tho grocers. The Charleston men are not the only frauds. We are creditably informed that there are mer? chants in Columbia who give only for? ty-six pounds of meal to the bushel. On a sack of two bushels of meal they steal four pounds There is a great deal more of this sort of work done than people imagine. Let everybody after this look after these small matters. Let us catch the rascals and expose them to a plundered people. Facts for the Farmers. Hon. T. P. Glass, member of Con? gress from Tennessee, in a recent speech before the House said : "The farmers constitute more than one-half of our population, and 27 years ago they owned' one-half of the wealth; Outclass legislation has trans? ferred much of their earnings to the I favored classes, and especially the cor? porations, and now they own but one fourth. This is an appalling fact, and can oniy be accounted for on the hy? pothesis that pernicious legislation has enabled other less productive industries to appropriate a part of the rewards of thc farmers's toils. Thc farmers of thc - ~'S land are the most patient and conserva? tive portion of our population, and on this account have been subjected to an unjust ?hare of governmental burdens. The 4,000,000 of farms in this country are tilled by 7,670,000 intelligent and law-abiding citizens, producing annu? ally products valued at ?3.000.000 upon farms worth ?10,129 096,779. They pay 75 per cent of all Federal taxes and contribute of our exports more than 80 per cent., and have done so much of the time for more than 50 years." - i o ? i mm Distress in Texas. Our readers have doubtless learned of the great destitution prevailing in about twenty-five counties of North Texas, on account of the absolute drouth that prevailed there from June, 1885, to November, 1886, not a single season of rain occurring in all that time Very meagre crops were made in these counties in 1885. In 1886 there was niter, total failure. Seeds were plant? ed tn the hope of rain, but no rain came, and the naked soil was parched through all the summer with not one drop of moisture. In early November there was rain fall, and those who could, by their own means or by the charity of others, seeded their land with grain But, alas ! the season proved quite insuffi? cient 1 In the most part of that sec? tion, the fall sown grain perished also, and the lands are still bare, and the people are impoverished, unable to seed their lands again, and in large measure eating only what food is given them by public or private charity. One of the chief wants is for seed of any sort of grain-peas, beans, vegeta? bles, or of whatever will make food for men or beasts. The following is ex? tracted from a letter received by a gen? tleman of Augusta, Ga.,?and published by the Chronicle: 'I can't help but appeal to you, so that if we have any rain this spring we can raise food. I have not money to send, but if ever we are able I will re? member you and send the money. I came to Texas six years ago. We have had plenty till now, but now we are drouth-stricken-one family among hundreds of others who have less than one m on rh's bread ahead, and the Lord knows where or how we shall get more. My husband is a blacksmith and has a farm. We made noth;ng on the farm and the poor people made nothing to pay him for bis work, but he still works oo to help them all he can. I am a poor band to ask for help, and this is my first attempt in life, and I have been down on my knees and asked God to help me to a hard undertaking. If we can have a little help to live, my husband can work, and so help many others.' The State of Texas has given gener? ous help to these impoverished counties, and from some points North and South the charitable have given them aid. By the concerted action of the county Judges of twenty counties, a Central Relief Committee was organized, head? quarters at Albany, Texas, for the distribution of charities to the needy. N. L. Bartholomew, Cashier National Bank at Albany, Texas, is Secretary of the 'Central Aid Committee.' Any who are disposed my a^ress him Gone to Europe. Capt. F. W. Dawson, editor of the News and Courier, sailed from New York for Havre by the steamship Bur' goyne, of the French Lice, on Saturday morning last. He will go to Lausanne, Switzerland, where his family have been residing for the past year, and before his return to the United States will visit London. Capt. Dawson will probably be absent from Charleston about two mouths.-News and Courier 28th ult. I A Needed Law. The excessive costs of winding up small estates has been the subject of much comment, and the high costs in civil suits bas been a just cause of com? plaint. At the last sitting of the Legis? lature the Senate passed a Bill which was introduced by Mr. Murray, to reg* ulate Taxed Costs in Civil suits, which was not reached by the House and will probably be passed at the next session. The Bill reduces all costs one-half tn cases named and allows costs of refer? ence only to the winning side, and only for the necessary number of days. The bill is as follows : SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this Act, taxed costs allow? ed PlaiotinV and Defendants' Attor? neys, Masters, Referees, Clerks ofCourt and Sheriffs, in all actions for partition or marshaling assets, where the estate does not exceed one thousand dollars, and in all actions for foreclosure where the sum claimed does not exceed three hundred dollars, shall only be one-half of the costs allowed io like cases where the som exceeds one thousand dollars. SKC. 2. That in all equity causes, fees for attending references shall be allowed ooly to the attorney who suc? ceeds in the issue tried in such reference, shall be taxed for any attorney which the Master or Referee shall certify to have been necessary and unavoidable in the cause. No reference shall be allowed for establishing an uncontested claim. A Florida company engaged in the manufacture of perfumery has built a factory at Jacksonville, and next spring will start a 200 acre flower plantation. They now have one plantation at San Mateo, and are putting seven acres at Jacksonville in flowers. They have 5,000,000 flowering tube-rose bulbs, and a good many hundred thousand rose geraniums, in addition to which they buy all the roses, yellow jessamins, orange blossoms, ?fcc, that they can se? cure. H. G. Scudday, Esq , of Anderson, who was a member of the Legislature for several years, has closed up his law office, and will devote hie life in the future to evangelistic work, in connec with thc Y. M. C. A. Mr. Scudday is a young man of fine talents, and will make an excellent evangelist.-Baptist Courier. On Friday, February 18. Messrs. Latta Brothers, of Yorkville, shipped 200 bales of cotton to Liverpool, Eng? land. The cotton was shipped on a bill of lading direct from Yorkville to Liverpool, and goes via Baltimore. This is the first shipment of cotton ever made direct from Yorkville to the English seaport. The freight from Yorkville to Liverpool is 92h cents per hundred pounds. Sensible woman 1 No trouble in convinc? ing a woman of ber stamp to keep a box of Cbipmao's Liver Pills in the house. Your druggist'eells them. Everybody knows that the best remedy known for coughs, colds, etc., is Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. An invaluable remedy. I have found Sal? vation Oil aa invaluable remedy for chapped bands. J E. ESTEP, foamier,} 51 Robert St, Baltimore, Md. THE MARKETS. . SUMTER, S. C., March.3, 1887. COTTON.-Ahout 35 hales were sold dur? ing the week ending the 3rd. The market closed firm. We quote: Ordinary 8"; Good Ordinary 8\ ; Low Middling 8?; Mid? dling 8f;; Good Middling 9. CHARLESTON, S. C., March 2, 1887. Corros.-Market closed firm. Sales 100 bales. Quotations are: Strict Low Mid? dling 3| ; Middling 9J : Strict Middling9|. ~ NOTICE. ALL PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT Lumber must not be taken from our Mill without same being delivered by Mr. T. D . Do ?ose. A. S. & W. A. BROWN. March 3. 3_ BEES AND HONEY, J, F, H. BROWN, AUGUSTA, GA. MANUFACTURER OP HIVES, SEC tions, Fonndatioo and Bee-keepers' Supplies. Also Breeder of Italian Bees and Queens. He manufactures the best PORTABLE FRUIT DRYER. Send for catalogue. March 3 PLYMOUTH ROCK EGSS FROM LARGE AND HIGH SCORING Birds. The greatest Egg-producing fowls known. Packed in nice baskets with covers. $2.00 per 13. WM. HILL, West Point Mills, Feb. 24. 4_Charleston, S. C 50 TONS BEST QUALITY COTTON SEED MEAL FOR SALE, LOW, BY H. L. B. WELLS, At D. J. Winn's. Call and see Sample. Feb. 24 1 "AN OEDIN ANCE" Entitled "An Ordinance to Require and Regulate the Registration of Voters of Town of Sumter, for Ensu? ing Municipal Election, April 12th 1887." Be it ordained by tbe Intendant and War? dens of the Town of Sumter in Council assem? bled and by the authority of the same, SEC. I. That books of Registration, for the registration of persons qualified to vote at the Municipal Election to be held io Town of ! Sumter, oo Tuesday, 12th day of April, A. ;D 1887, shall be opened at the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of Town of Sumter on the 12th day of March, proximo. That said Books of Registration thal! be kept open for Registration of Voters, during fifteen (15) days thereafter, from 9 o'clock A. M. nott! 2 o'clock P. M., each day, and sball be fioally closed on the 26th day of March thereafter, at ? o'clock P. M., and only soch persons as are duly registered in said Books of Registra? tion, shall be entitled or permitted to vote at said Municipal Election. SEC. II. That each person presenting him? self for registration at said office of Clerk and Treasurer, shall be required to give his name, age and residence, and shall be entitled to re? ceive a certificate of Registration, which cer? tificate of Registration may be required of any voter, at s*id election, as a condition precedent to voting. SEC III. That at the next meeting of the Town Council of Town of Sumter, after the closing of said Books of Registration to be held on 1st day of April ensuing, at 5 o'clock P. M., all complaints and petitions of any person or persous. who may have been re? fused a certificate of Registration by reason of ?my doubt of right to register, shall be made to the said Town Council, and all per j sons, demanding such certificate of Registra? tion, are hereby notified to be and appear before said Town Council, with evidence oecessary to establish such right as may be claimed, and if so established to the satisfac? tion of said Town Council, such person or persons shall :ece!v-? such certificate. SEC. IV. That after * certificate of Regis? tration has been issued to any person, and been lost or destroyed, such person may ap? ply to the Clerk and Treasurer for a dupHca'e certificate, and the Clerk and Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue suth duplicate, upon proof of loss or destruction of the orig? inal certificate of Registration, and upon pay? ment of ten cents for use of said Town of Sum? ter, for every duplicate certificate so issued. Done and Ratified in Town Council assem? bled and under the Corporate Seal of the Town of Sumter, this the 24th day of February, A.D. 1837. MARION MOISE, [L. S. ] Intendant. C. M. HCRST, Clerk and Treasurer. SHERIFFSSALES" BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on tbe first MONDAY and day following in 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 John 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 ao 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, adjoining lands of E. W. Moise, Mrs. William Yeadon, and others, levied on and to be sold as the property of Mrs. S. B. 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 tbe property of Sarah Durant to satisfy an Execu? tion of thc town of Sumter against Sarah Durant. One Lot adjoining lands of E. W. Moise, A. D. Bicker and others levied on and to be sold as the property of Emanuel Ellerbe, to satisfy an Execution of thc town of Sumter for taxes agaiost the said Emanuel Ellerbe. 1,000 bushels cotton seed, 100 bushels of corn, 1,000 lbs fodder, all more or less, seized and to be sold as the property of G. McD. Barrett, to satisfy a warrant of attachment (to seize crop) of H. Baum & Co., against G. McD. Barrett. MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriffs Office, Feb. 10J887._ Foreclosure Mer Power of Sale. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE Power of Sale conferred by Henry D. Cain in his Mortgage to Benjamiu F. Moise, dated December 9th, 1884, and tecorded at pqge 770, Book 12, in Register of Mesne Con? veyance office for Sumter County, and the condition of said Mortgage and the Bond, which it was given to secure, having been broken, I will offer for sale at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, on Monday, the 21st day of March next, between the hours of ll A. M. and three P. M., on the Court House steps at Sumter, S. C . All that piece, parcel, or tract of land in Snmter County and State aforesaid, containing seventy acres more or less, and bounded North by lands of J. R. Cain, A. M. Cain and Eunice M. Kel? lett, East by lands of the estate of R. B. Cain, South by lands of E. F. Mellett, and West by lands of A. J. China. AMANDA I. MOISE. Executrix of Estate of Benj. F. Moise, dee'd. Sumter, S. C.. February, 21 '87. 3 TO ARRIVE To-night, February 3, Two Car Loads -OP WELL BROKE ? KENTUCKY MULES. ALSO ON HAND A fine assortment of Buggies and Carriages, and Old Hickory Wagons. W. M. GRAHAM. Sumter, S. C., Feb. 24, 1887. Room to Rent. ABOOM OVER OUR STORE, SUITA ble for an office or bed-room. Feb 17 BULTMAM * BRO. TO RENT, ^ ONE FIVE ROOM HOUSE WITH ALL Necessary out-boiidings. House tito* ated on Liberty Street, opposite the mon?* roent. Apply to Dec. 21._WM. BOGEN. TO RENT* AFIVE-ROOMED COTTAGE, with all necessary out-buildings, all in complet* repair. Price $10 per month. May ll_H. HABBY. TO BENT. LARGE DWELLING, corner Liberty and Harri n Streets, next door to tb? Bap tatt Uh arch. Suitable for private Boarding House. Possession given January 1st. Apply to R. D. LEE. Nov. 30._ Lots of Lots ii Bisl^Ti?te FOB SALE. BUSINESS SITES NEAR THE DEPOT. Building Lots in desirable sfautio-. Apply to A. F. COUSAJL Dec. 14_o- _. ?' ? - : A. B. STUCKEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW* SUMTER, S. C. OFFICE IN REAR ROOM OF BUILD ing occupied by H ay os worth k Cooper. Jan. 27._. 0 JNO. T. GREEN;. Attorney and Counsellor at SUMTER, C. H., S. C. /^Collection of claims a specialty. June 20. D. B. ANDERSON, Attorney at Law. TS UM TER, S.C. Will practice in adjoining counties. Collecting made a specialty. E. L. SPENCER, S urveyor. -o Laying off and Dividing Land. Old Land Lines a Specialty. Address M A YES VILLE, S. C. ' Jan 20. O : SUTER MARBLE WORKS, ESTABLISHED IN 1809. -BT W. P. SMITH, WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH Improved Facilities, TO FURNISH MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, -AND- - ?ll Kinds of Cemetery Work, In First Class Workmanship. Dec 21._ BENJAMIN GREIG. C. G. ItATTHXW*. GREIG & MATTHEWS. Fate ail Colara MSSSL Liberal Advances on Shipment*. Adgers North Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C? Dec. 14._ THE SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, ^/^U Affording superior advantages JE?M|?P ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, ^pB^and the CLASSICS, will reopen MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1*8&. Lu W. DICK, 1 [ Priocipabj. - A. c. MCINTOSH, J TUITION-From $2 to $5 per monta. BOARD-with the principals, $12 per flKW For further information apply to' PRINCIPALS SUMTER BTGH SCHOOL, Lock Box No. 49C A up 3-v Sumter, S C. MEXIC AN PENSIONS. ICAN GIVE FROM ORIGINAL Dis? charge Roll of Company A, Palmeta? Regiment, details of service necessary te? dmw Pensions under the late Act of Congress. Feb. 3._J. D. BL AN DING. Estate of Rott? BkCarts, Wmn IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Sumter Gounty on the ISA day of March, 1887, fe* a Final Discharge as Guardian of aforesaid Estate. HAZI GARY, Feb 17-41,_Gnardiaiu. Estate of baa* leefe, Sr., Bet* IWILL APPLY TO -JUDGE OP PRO bate of Sumter County on March 18th, 18S7 for a final discbarge as Administratrix , of aforesaid Estate. SALLIE L. KEELS, Feb. 17, 1887. Administratrix. FOR SALE. -:-; -.:-;K:. LeConte Pear Trees Grown on their own roots -and also Keiffer and Bartlett Pear Treo? Grow? i? LeCoftte roots. Ia quantities to suit purchaser. . V THOS. E. RICHA&DSCHi; <