The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 17, 1887, Image 2
TH?KSDAY. MARCH 17.
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ra 1850 and the Tr ne Southron in 1966.
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hm combined eireulativa and ioiaesee
of both of the old papen, and is mani?
festly the best advertising mediana io
, Sumter.
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Change of Publication Day.
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plement By sending it oat promptly os
arrival. The Watchman and Southron
will hereafter be published on Thursday
instead of Tuesday.
The State Convention of the Young
Hen's Christian Association ?ill be held
in Newberry on April 14th.
Henry A. Middleton died in Charles?
ton Friday. He was born in 1793, and
iras the oldest inhabitant of Charleston.
Jefferson Davis is to visit Washing?
ton io a few days, for the first time
sines he resigned bis seat in the Senate.
The wife of Senator Vance ia said te
tell a humorous tale with even greater
effect than ber husband, hot it most he
noted tn her defense that their ideas of
h amor arc not the same.
A son' of John J. Patterson once
United States Senator from South Car?
oona, is an inmate of the Tombs prison,
Kew York, awaiting trial for having
swindled a mao oat of the enormous
sum of five dollars.
It is probable that the entire military
force of the Stats will be invited to
participate in the unveiling ceremonies
of the Calhoun monument in Charles?
ton next mooth.
Recorder Trotter, of Washington,
it said to he a lineal descendant of the '
white John Trotter who taoght Wash?
ington bow to dance the new and mah- i
tenable figures at Newport over a hon- .
dred years ago. He waa never a slave,
nor hare any of his ancestors been io
bondage since the days of John Han- 1
cock. <
The "Gate City Guard," of Atlaota, 1
Ga.,, for whom, it may bc remembered.
Minister Phelps recently tried in vain (
to secare permission from the British
Government to visit Sogland folly
armed sod equipped has been favored
with an affirmative reply to a similar
application addressed to the ruling pow- 1
era of France. General Boalanger the ;
French Secretary of War, not only ex- .
tends the courtesy asked for and assur?s
thea that he wilt be among the first to 1
bid them welcome, bat will hail their '
presence as an opportunity afforded him j
to bear testimony to the patriotic friend- 1
ship that exists between the United j
States and his own beloved country.
Who would have supposed that print 1
cloths made io Sooth Carolina would be 1
used by the American Printing Com- <
pany io this city? Yet such is the j
fact. It is heavy cloth that is called ,
for in the trade, therefore it moat he
used. One of the mills io the city is 1
now preparing to make thia class of '
goods, of which oooe is made here at ;
present. The weight of the cloth is ;
four yards to n pound.-Fall River {
News.
Mr. Beecher used to say, 41 have an (
old engine of a heart here that drives
the blood through every corner of my 1
body with a force that brooks no oppo- '
aitton, and I pity aoything that gets
into my stomach. I think 1 could
digest a brickbat. It seems to me I
never knew what an attack of dyspep?
sia or indigestion 'meant.' And yet
half-a dozen fried clama precipitated 1
the fatal stroke.
A Vienna tailor recently wagered
that it took more than 40,000 stitches '
to make a winter overcoat. To decide ?
the question a coat was ordered aod a
committee of experts sent to superin?
tend the work, as weil as to see that no
unnecessary stitches were made. The
result was announced as follows : Body 1
of coat. 4,780 stitches: collar, 8.063 ;
sewing collar on, 1.763; button holes,
2.520 ; sleeves with lining, 980 ; pock- !
eta. 924 ; silk Hoing of body, with
wadded ioterior. 17.863 ; braiding. 1
2,726. Total, 35,619.
The LaHor Arbitration bill that bas
become a law applies only to railroads
engaged in inter-state and territorial ?
commerce, and provides for a board of
three persons, one to be selected by
employes, another by the company,
and these two select the third. The
arbitrators are to get $10 a day, and
witnesses the ordinary fees paid in
United States courts. The power of
tho arbitrators is, however, confined to .
the announcement of their award. No
penalty is provided for disobeying it,
nor is any machinery provided for en?
forcing it. fo fact, the only thing the bill
does for promotion of arbitration is the
bestowal on the board of the power to
seed for persons and pipers under com?
pulsory pro -ess. aod the assumption by
the United State? Treasury of the ex?
penses of the proceeding. The bill is
of no practical val oe, affords no solution
of any labor problem, and eoofers no
right not airead/ provided by the eom- '
??ion law The only effect is to increase
expense to the government, j
Recent movements strengthen the ?
opinion (hat war io Ku rope daring the ?
coming sessao is quite probable, and it j
is most likely to break out in the East ! j
involving Kassia and Auatria at the (
start. The former paver has been j I
making vigor?os preparations for the j <
invasion of Bulgaria for months past, j j
military stores hive been gathered near j (
toe frontier, and now come* (he omi- ! t
nona news of tbe massing of troops,
can bard ly be doubted that the rem
insurrection io Bulgana was iostigat
by Russian influence to furnish a p
text for ioterfereoce. Austria cam
afford to permit soch a movement s
ts prepared to Beet Russian aggressii
That other powers will be drawn ii
the maelstrom of war there is Iii
doubt. Turkish interests will be direc
affected and English interests serion;
threatened. It seems settled that A<
tria. Italy and Germany hare formed
alliance which partially pledges each
interpose io the event of a very aerie
disaster to either. Altogether the prc
abilities are decidedly tn favor of a cc
fiict which will involve at least three
tour, perhaps five countries.
Two appropriation bills-the rn
and harbor and the argent deficiency
failed to become laws, because t
President declined to act on them in t
short space of time allowed him
Congress. Much grumbling has i
salted and the President and Congn
each have received about an equal sba
of blame. We publish a speech
Mr. Randall, of the Committee on i
propriatioM, which will give some id
of how party strife has obstructed t
business of Congress.
If oar farmer friends rail to node
stand **all about it," after reading tl
paper, we shall be ata loss what to .
to help thea oat As promised, i
give them Mr. TrodaT* reply to M
Yoomaos, and ai Mr. Yeomans h
pot oat another reply to the reply, i
thought we might, complete the job 1
potting in that also, and have therefo
used op the greater part of oar fir
page with legislative-farm I it?r?t ur
Gentleman the ease ls now before you
For several weeks past Mrs. S. 1
Chapia, President of the W C. T.; J
of So. Ca., baa been the subject of cri
tetsm by several papers of the Stat
ted by the Southern Christian Advoca
and seconded by the Aiken Record?,
The Advocate, notwithstanding the n
fasal of Editor Kirkland to publish an ai
tide from Mrs. Chapia, commented upo
the article, and has continued to re fe
to the subject. The Aikeo Record?
has taken np the matter and announce
that Mra. Chap?n bas developed into ai
uncompromising advocate of Woma
Suffrage, and advises the disbanding o
the W. C. T. IT , and that the member
thereof join the S. of T.-of which orde
the Editor of tbe Recorder, Col. Charle
E R. Drayton, is the Grand Worth;
Patriarch of Sooth Carolina. All thi
withoat haring given Mrs. Chapin i
chance to answer. We have not reac
Mrs. Cbapin*s(rep!f, and therefore have
co opinion to express. Her article
which was rejected by the Advocate,
aili be published io the next issue ol
:he Temperance Worker, and extra
sopi?s will be printed. Those desiring
x> read it can get the Temperance
Worker either at this office or the Post
)ffice on next Monday.
THE EDGEFIELD TRIALS.
R. L Jones, who killed three Press*
leys, (father and sons) was tried at
Bdgefield last week for the killing of
Edward Pressley, Sr. The Stale was
represented by Attorney-General Earle
md Solicitor Nelson. The case was
given to the jory late Saturday after?
noon. The first vote of the jury in
.heir room disclosed the fact that eight
of them were for morder, two for man?
slaughter and two for acquittai. All
subsequent balloting resulted io the
same vote, until about eleven at night,
when they announced that they could
Dot agree, Judge Norton remarked to
thea: 'Gentlemen, this ease has
-1 ready cost the county a great deal,
sod a mistrial woald add to the expense
still more. You most find a verdict,
go back into jour rooms, and if you
eas agree any time during tbe night or
to-morrow. Sunday, or at any time dur?
ing oezt week, send for me.' At five
min?tes to 4 Sonday morning, a com?
promise verdict of manslaughter was
agreed opon.
Jones ws8 sentenced on the 16th to
twenty-five years in the State Peniten?
tiary at hard labor. Jones' counsel
will carry the ease to the Supreme
Court. The other cases against Jones,
for the killing of Edward Pressley, Jr.,
sud Charles Pressley, have been contin?
ued until next term.
On Monday morning the case of the
Culbreath lynchers was called, and a
motion was submitted by prisooers
counsel to quash tbe indictment. After
hearing argument which consumed the
entire day, the Jodge decided not to
i}uasb. Counsel for the prisooers theo
asked for time to prepare affidavits,
apon which to base an argument for
continuance. Thia request waa granted,
and opon hearing the affidavits, a con
tin nance was granted, and the case goes
over to next August.
The Greenville Neves says :
It is very hard to understand the
process of reasoning by which the
jurors io tbe Jones case in Edgefield
reached the conclusion that the priso?
ner, who had shot down three men io
cold blood in their own field, was guilty
of nothing worse than manslaughter.
After this verdict is it possible to
bang a white man in Edgefield for any
crime, however cowardly, cruel and
deliberate? If it is not. is the lifo of
any man, woman or child safe there ?
What i.? the explanation? There must
be something io the case not yet known
to the public. It cannot be that io a
county of intelligent aod honest people
like Edgefield there is the same feeling
of sympathy with murder that used to
be among the Thugs of India. Yet
this Jones case gives that impression.
The practical working of Prohibition
ia Rhode Island does not appear to give j
satisfaction. Last week a memorial
From tbe merchants and business men
>f Providence, representing about
(40.000.000, waa presented to the i
jetterai Assembly asking for repeal of j I
he prohibitory law. ' <
Destructive Fire at Blackville.
Two-thirds of tba tows of Blackville
S. G., including tbe entire business
portion, waa destroyed by fire yester
day March 16th. A dispatch to the
JVctc* and Courier says : The fire orig?
inated shoat 1 o'clock in rear of the
merchandise store of P. W. Farrell,
and before it was discovered it bad
gained considerable headway. The en
tire town turned ont and worked hero
ically, hot notwithstanding their efforts
io a remarkably short time it bad spread
to adjoining bail di ogs, and in lesa than
half an hour almost the entire town was
one mass of flames. To-night the en?
tire portion of the towo esst of the rail?
road ts one mass of ashes, twenty-seven
booses having been consumed.
Among toe buildings consumed
were: P. W. Farrell and Martin &
Soos, general merchandise stores, J. L.
Boist's large brick grocery house, D
K. Brigg's drug store, W. A. Jarret's
general store, Simon Brown's new brick
general store, Martin Heeler's grocery
store aod bar. Brown's livery stable
and handsome residence, the large ware
house of the South Carolina Railway,
half a dozen small stores and many
residences. The depot was one of the
few buildings io town that eseaped the
raging flames. The loss is estimated
at $200,000 ; insurance about $50,000.
A Dreadful Disaster.
An accident occurred Monday morn?
ing on the Dedbam Branch of the Boston
and Providence railroad, between Forest
Hill and Rosindale, at what ia known
as Bussey Park Bridge. The 7 o'clock
train from Ped ham, consisting of seven
cars and baggage ear, under charge of
Conductor Tilden, broke through the
bridge. Thc engine and three cars
went over safely, but five others fell
through the bridge to the road beneath,
a distance of 30 feet. The last car,
which was the smoker, turned complete?
ly over and struck on top of the others,
all being crushed almost out of shape.
The cause of the sccident is said to
bave been the breaking of the bridge.
It is stated that the bridge is a compar?
atively new one, and that the accident
was caused by a truck of one of the
ears giving away, causing the car to
strike against the abutment of the
bridge.
The smoking car after it fell caught
fire bot the fire department was prompt?
ly OD baod and prevented any spread
of the flames. The bodies of the dead
have all been removed, and of the
wounded some are at hospitals and some
have been taken home. Tbs latest es?
timate of the casolttes, is 32 killed and
about 50 wounded.
. That the horrors of fire were not
added to thc terrible disaster was due
to the promptness with which relief
was sent. A chemical engine from
Roslindale was at the scene within 20
minutes after the wreck occurred,
brought hy a letter-carrier, who gave
ao alarm of fire upon observing flames
issoiog from the debris. The flames
were soon extinguished aod the firemen
then did excellent work in rescuing the
injured. The stoves in all the cars
were securely fastened, to the floors by
iron bolts and the doors of the stoves
were locked. In ooly one car did the
?tove upjet, although io one instance a
?tove was smashed clear tbrongh the
roof of the car io which it had been.
Southern Negroes Organizing.
RICHMOND, March 14 -A movement.
Hie of the most significant ever started
imoog Southern negroes, is beiog or?
ganized in this State, the leader in
which is E. A. Randolph a prominent
colored lawyer of this city. Io educa?
tion, intelligence, aod social standing
Mr. Randolph is far above the average
sf his race. He announces that a Con?
reo tion of colored men from all parts of
thc State will be held in Danville the
first week io Msy. The object of this
Convention is to orgioize the colored
men as independents politically, upon
the principle of voting with the party
only that will agree to advance the in?
dustrial interests of the negro. Ile
says in bis announcement :
'We have dealt too extensively in
politics. Had we paid more attention
to business and less to politics, to-day
we would be ten thousand times better
off. In States where we have paid
more attention to business than to poli?
tics our material wealth is much greater.
The time has come when no one party.
State or National, can ever again claim
the solid colored vote. Mr. Cleveland's
Administration bas put more real value
on our citizenship than all of the pre?
ceding Administrations since the war.
We have a large number of intelligent
voters who are ready and willing to
cast their lot with any party in order to
accomplish the mission referred to.'
Randolph has visited every Southern
State. The new organization purposes
to be secondarily political, its first
object being to advance the business in?
terests of the negro.
Hr. Randall's Speech.
From the Congreitional Record.
'Mr. Chairman, my disposition on
this occasion would naturally be to seek
to promote good feeling and harmony
here, so that the legislation before the
House might be properly and promptly
considered, but there are a few facts
which I think it desirable to state. For
a long time past the committee on ap?
propriations bas been criticised as to the
measures it has reported. It bas grown
to be the fashion for the friends of pend?
ing legislation, which bas failed to make
a successful transit through the two
Houses of Congress, to charge its fail?
ure upon the committee on appropria?
tions, and to say that that committee
bas done this, that, or the other im?
proper thing; and apart of my time
during this session of Congress has
been taken up in answering tbe letters
of gentlemen in differeot sections of the
country to whom some person or per?
son*-of course I do not say any mem?
bers of this House-bavo been kind
eoongb to state that the reason why
their particular measures could not be
passed was some action of the commit?
tee on appropriations. It is always
very pleasant to have some one else to
blame rather than one's self, but [ pro- j (
pose to show tba House that the mem?
bers of the committee on appropriations
do not deserve the criticism that hae
been made upon them.
Under an order of this House I in?
vited members of that committee to meet
here on the 22d of November last, with
a view to having the appropriation bills
ready io good time. I am not going
to say whether gentlemen on the other
lide responded with alacrity to that io?
ri tat ion or not, bnt I will say that there
were one or two exceptions that did
itand out io bold relief. The commit?
tee went to work and prepared the sun?
bry civil appropriation bil!, reported it j
-1- ^
md bad it passed through this House
au the 9th day of December, after
nearly a week's discussion. Such a
thing had not been done for years
certainly not during my period of ser?
vice covering a quarter of a century.
The bill went to the Senate. The Sen?
ile retained it for forty-six days, sud
mut it back here on thc 3rd day of
February.
'I sought immediately to have amend?
ments of the Senate non-concurred in
so that time might be saved and the
bill fro Immediately to conference. Hat
the other side objected, and required
tbe commitment of the bill to thc com?
mittee on appropriations. When it
came back from that committee I be?
sought this House (and it agreed to the
request) to take the bill up out of the
order in which it appeared upon the
calendar, so that it might be returned
promptly to the Senate. The House,
however, refused to save time and con?
sider it in the House. We have been
in conference several times on that bill,
the controversy between the two Bouses
being aa to four millions of appropria?
tions for various objects.
'Next, to the fortification bill. The
fortification bill reported last year is
now in conference ; and when reported
from the conference committee, it will
be in such a shape, I hope, as to take
the place of the bill for this year as last
year. We have given dilligent atten?
tion to this subject of armament; for
you must know, Mr. Chairman, that
there is no end to the schemes and plans
on this subject; they are of every kind,
and the amounts asked for vary from
$5.000,000 to $75.000.000.
'The peosion appropriation bill has
been passed. It is true there is yet to
be passed another pension bill-that
providing for pensions to soldiers of the
Mexican war; but it will be remem?
bered that the bill calling for those pen?
sions has only recently become a law.
'The District of Colombia appropri?
ation bill awaits final action in confer?
ence. Tbe conferees are contending as
to an enormous iocrease by tibe Senate,
approaching ooe-balf million of dollars
in connection with the government of
this district, most of this sum being for
the laying out of suburban streets and
avenues, intended to add value to the
real estate of property holders. Such
procedure will necessitate large addi?
tional appropriation. This is what the
Houae conferees are contending
against.
'The postoffice appropriation bill is in
conference, there being a struggle be?
tween the two Houses as toa subsidy,
or what some of os characterize as such.
'As to the deficiency appropriation
bill, that bas been reported to this
House aa early as usual. Members un?
derstand that we have to delay the com?
pletion of this bill for the reason that
we are in receipt almost daily of new
estimation having application to that
bill The deficiency bill is not behind,
md I hope it will find a speedy passage
through this House ooless those people
abo want to secure appropriations in
behalf of Pacific railroad claims and
>ther claims ofthat character shall pre
rent its swift transit. We may be re?
quired to seek a suspension of tbe roles.
'Let os see bow matters stand as to
this legislative appropriation bill now
Qoder consideration. It bas been in
this House, reported from tbe commit?
tee on appropriations, for nearly a
month. Is it tbe fault of the commit
tee that it has not been taken np ? No.
sir; it is the fault of this House. If
tbe House bad been willing it could
aave been taken up many days ago.
The appeal has been frequently made
:o members of this House OD all sides
;o take it up.
'One more point. An effort has
>een made to belittle this House, and
?specially this side of the House, in
?oonection with legislation. While
here have been omissions of legislation
n eome directions, taken as a whole :u
ts scope of legislation, this House
>tand8 in most favorable light as corn?
ered with past Congresses. It bas
>laced upon the statute books more use
ul legislation than I have ever known
0 be passed during any single session
if Congress since I have been a mem
>er.
'It will not do for (be other side to
m der take to cast odium upon this side
>f the House in that particular. This
tide is in my judgment to be commend?
ed by the people for its record in con?
fection with straightforward, clean,
lseful legislation, looking to promoting
be best interests of the American
people 1
^aa? II
[From our Regular Correspondent.J
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March ll, 1887.
Although the marble halls of the
Capitol were deserted by our lawmakers
1 week ago, many of them still linger
io Washington, and will continue here
tor months to come. The Northern
Representatives are loath to leave the
mild climate of tbe Capital at this sea?
son of the year, and are always dis?
posed to remain here, Congress or no
Congress 'until,' as one of them remark?
ed, 'it thaws out at home.'
Tbe air is still full of extra session
talk. Democratic members of Congress
ind others who have meaos of knowl?
edge on the subject, do not now believe
that the Fiftieth Congress will be call?
ed together soon, but that an extra
session in the early autumn is au evil
that ought to be faced.
Tbe House of Representatives that
aas elected in November last, entered
apon its official existence on the 4th,
)f this month, and its members are
DOW under pay. They are doing no
?ervice and without organization are
ocapable of doing any. It is not
JD til they have assembled, elected a
?peaker, and been arranged in commit
ees, that they can enter upon the
rork of legislation If Congress doe:?
lot meet until the usual time in De?
cember, in the light of many precedents
ittle or nothing can be expected, of it
intil the beginning of next year, for it
s well known that no Congress bas
tttempted to do any real work until
if re r the holiday recess.
An extra session is always unpopular
ind the President is anxious, of course
o avoid it but in order that some of
he important legislation to come up
luriog the next year may be matured
n time, it is thought to be the only
ilternative. Those whose counsel is
requently sought at (he White House 1
low say that the contemplated extra
tessiou would begin about the first of
October and run along into the regular
lession, and that the questions of reve
iue and taxation would receive atten
ion first.
Another reason why it is deemed ex?
pedient to make the Fiftieth Congress
ake advantage of extra time is the fact
bat the next year will be devoted j ?
argi'ly to Provident making. Although .
it seems bat yesterday since Mr. Cleve?
land was inaugurated, yet. only fifteen
months from DOW. wilt the National
Convention be held to nominate his
successor. The two great parties in
Congress, when they assemble after
the holiday recesss will be surcharged
with politics, and every movement
tbat is made at either end of the
Capitol will have more or less reference
to candidates and politics and the issues
of the ensuing campaign.
Between the friends of the Adminis?
tration on the one hand, intent on
maintaining its credit and vindicating
its record, and the opponents of the
Administration on the other, eager
to disparage it io the confidence of the
people-between combinations here and
combinations there in the interest of
the rival aspirants-the Capitol will
partake far more of the character of an
arena of partisan controversy than of
serious and disinterested labor for the
welfare of the country. Considering
all this, the friends of the Administra?
tion feel that thc President would be
entirely justified in promoting the
chances of legislation the public inter?
est demand by the call of an extra ses?
sion.
President Cleveland's care and in*
dnstry in reading all bills, great and
small, and examining them personally
before signing bis name to them, has
been criticised as an nnnecessary as?
sumption of labor on the part of the
Chief Executive It is quite certain
Mr. Cleveland has taken more pains in
this respect than any of bis predeces?
sors, and it cannot be said that any of
his assistants ever wrote his signature
to enacted laws. This responsibility
be never delegated to a member of bis
Cabinet even in the case of unimpor?
tant bills.
On the 4th of March, 1885, when
Mr. Arthur and bis Cabinet arrived at
the Capitol and entered the President's
room where, on the tables, in large
piles lay the bills to which hts signature
was to be affixed, one pen for the Pres?
ident was not enough. Half a dozen
more pens were called for, the door was
locked (the inauguration ceremonies
were then waiting) and in a remarkably
short space of time every one of the
bills had Mr. Arthur's name to it. At
the State Department where they can
be examined, the signatures to the
bills of that date show a variety of pen?
manship. C. A. S
Master Thoughts of Master Minds.
This is the title of a book in poem and
prose, which is being sold hy Mr. J. S. Rich?
ardson, Jr., and which cannot fail to com?
mend itself to all classes of readers. It is a
collection of the most beautiful productions
of more than two hundred of the world's
master minds, forming a magnificent por?
trayal of the grand achievements of writers
who have won an imperishable fame. The
aim and scope of the work, as stated in the
preface, ts "to introduce all lovers of litera?
ture into that charmed circle of great authors,
and ask them to sit down with Homer, and
Milton, and Pope, and Addison, and Lamb,
and Shakespeare, and Dante, and Johnson,
and Goethe, and others and partake of a
feast," etc.
The book con tai RS over 300 large sized
pages, and is sold for $2.
.mm? > i ? mm*
The March Pansy opens with a capital
story for hoys, written by Pansy herself,
followed by another for girls, "Fretting
Lettie," by Mary E. Metbeney, of Tarsus,
Asia Minor. The leading stories, by Mrs.
G. R. Alden (Pansy) and Margaret Sidney,
possess un ns u al interest, with the sketch of
Remarkable Women (Queen Victoria) with
portrait and picture of the Queen's home in
the Soonish Highlands, the poem for recita?
tion, combining counsel with history, the
shorter stories, sketrhes and verse, make up
a number not to be excelled io reading for
boys and girls, as well as the entire family.
Illustrated. $1.00 per year. D. Lotbrop
& Co., Boston.
If the Sufferers from Consumption,
Scrofula, and General Debility, will try
Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with
Hypophospbites, they will find immediate
relief and a permanent benefit. Dr. B. H.
Brodoax, Brodnax, La., says: <lJ gave
Scott's Smoision to Mrs. C , troubled with a
very severe Bronchial affection. Added to
this the birth of a child and subsequent ill?
ness, she was in a very bad condition. I or?
dered Scott's Emulsion, which she commenced
taking, giving at the same time some to tbe
baby, which was very poor (weight three and
one-half pounds). Since taking the Emul?
sion, cough ia gone, looks fresh, full in the
face, flesh firm, good color ; baby same, fat
and in fine condition.
mm m
Active, Poshing and Reliable.
Dr. J. W. DeLorme. can al ruy.? be relied
npoo tn carry in stock tbe purest and best
gooda nod sustutus the reputation of being ?c
live, pushing and.reliable, by recommending
article? wiib well established merit and such
as are popular. Having the agency fer the
celebrated Dr. King's New Discovery for con
sauptiun, ci?is and coughs, will sell it on a
positive guarantee. It will surely cure any
and every affection of tbro.it. lungs, or chest,
and in order to prove our ctaitc, we ask you to
call and get a Trial Bettie Fr^e. 1
"UACKMBTACK." a lasting and fmgniiit per
fume. Price 25 and 50 cents. At DeLorme's.
THE KKV GEO. II. Ta AVER, of Bourbon, Ind.,
pays: ' Both my>elf and wife owe our lives to
Shiloh's Consumption Cure." Sold at DeLorme's.
ARE T<>O MADE miserable by Indigestion,
Constipation Dizziness, LOKS of Appetite. Yel?
low Skin ? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive cure.
WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloh's Cure
will give immediate relief? Price 10 cts.. 50
cts , und fi. For sale at DeLorme's Drug Store.
SHILOH'S CATARRH UKJTBUY-a positive cure
for Catarrh. Diphtheria and Canker Mouth.
SHILOH'S CORE will immediately relieve
Croup. Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis.
FOR DV.HPEPHIA and Liver Complaint, yon
have a printed guarantee on every bottle of
Shiloh'? Vilnlizer. It never fails to cure.
A NASAL I.HJBCTOR free with each bottle of
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. For
sale by J. F. W DeLorme.
NOTICE.
THB MISSES HURST TAKE THIS
method of informing their friends that
they will again open their
PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
for girls and small noys oo 1st day of Sep?
tember next, at their old stand opposite Mon?
umental Square. Music will be taught by a
competent teacher._M ch. 17
E. SOLOMONS,
Surgeon Dentist.
Onice over A.A. Solomons' Store,
SUMTER, 8. C.
Office Hours-9 to 2 ; 3 to 6.
Mcb 17 1_
PUBLIC NOTICE.
CLERK 4 TREASURER'S OFFICE.
SUMTER, S. C., March 17, 1887.
ALL PERSONS HAVING DEMANDS
against the ?Town of Sumter/ except?
ing Coupon Bonds, are requested to present
same tor examination t'y Council, and pay?
ment when audited and approved.
By order of Council.
CM. HURST,
Mcb 17 ' *' ? Clerk and Treasurer.
PETERKIN COTTON SEED.
AFEW BUSHELS OF SELECTED
Peterkin Cotton Seed for sale at 50 cents
per bushel, by E. W. DA BBS.
Apply at office of Mr. Rob't Witherspoon,
Snroter, 8. C.
March 12. 2
The cool winds chill tbe heart of the ice
cart driver, aad be now sits shivering oo bia
box, a bl oe cosed victim of despair; the
striking words "use Dr. Boll's CougbSyrup'*
stare bim in tbe face.
Worth ita weight io gold, Salvation Oil
25 cts.
"We dig our graves with our teeth" isa
trite but true saying. Cbipman's Liver Pilli
relieve indigestion, and cure contingent dis?
orders, such as 3?ck headache, biliousness,
etc., Tbey are purely vegetable ; mild and
pleasant in their action. For sale by all
druggists.
Wonderful Cares.
W. P. Hoyt <fc Cu., Wholesale ?nd Retail
I Druggists of Rome. Ga., ray : We have been
selling Dr. King'? Ncr Discovery.|Electric Bit
ters and Bncklea's Arnica Salve for two year?.
Have never handled remedies that sell AS well,
or give such universal satisfaction. There have
been some woiiderful cures effected by these
medicines in this city. Several cases of pro?
nounced Consumption have been entirely eared
by use of a few hoi ties of Dr. King's New
Discovery, taken in connection with Kleciric
Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold bj
Dr. J. F. W. L>eL?nne. 1
Backten*? Arnica Salve*
The Best Salve in th? wort J for Cults, Bruise?
Sores. Ulcers, Sak Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Bands Chilblains, Cornu and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively eure.? Piles, or
no pay required It is guaranteed to give per?
fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25cents per box. For sale by J. F. W. De
Lortoe. o
THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C., March 17, 1887.
COTTON.-Aboot 15 bales were sold dur?
ing the week ending tbe 17th. Tbe market
closed firm. We quote : Ordinary 8 ;
Good Ordinary 8$ ; Low Middling 8?; Mid?
dling S}; Good Middling 9|.
CHARLESTON, S. C., March 16, 1887.
Corroa.-Market closed firm. Sales 200
bales. Quotations are: Strict Low Mid?
dlings; Middling 9? : Strict Middling9$.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,
CLERK k TREASURER'S OFFICE.
SJMTEU, S. C., March 15, 1887.
BIDS FOR OPENING, DIGGING AND
completing Turkey Creek Canal, from
Sumter to DingJe's Mill Pond, according to
survey lately made, are invited, and all per?
sons desiring to bid for said, work are re?
quested to file their applications with the
Clerk aod Treasurer by 30th inst., for exam?
ination by Connell.
Map and Profile of Turkey Creek Canal and
adjacent lands can be seen at this office.
Council reserves the right to reject any and
all bids for same.
By order of Council.
C. M. HURST,
Mch 17 Clerk and Treasurer.
NEW SHOP.
THE SUBSCRIBER would respectfully in?
form the citizens of Sumter County, that
he bas recently moved his shop from Wedge?
field to the Town of Sumter, where he will
carry on the business of
WHEELWRIGHTING, BLACKSMITHING,
and General Reparing. HORSE SHOEING a
specialty. Will keep oo ha ad piping and
fixtures for the repairing of Steam Engines,
Pumps, etc.
LOG CARTS built to order.
He takes this opportunity to thank his
frieods and the public generally, for the lib?
eral patronage extended to bim while at
Wedgefield, and hopes by close attention to
his business, to merit a continuance of the
same.
Sbop on Liberty Street, near Mr. H.
Barby's Livery Stables.
RILEY W. BRADHAM.
March 17, '87.
BOOK-KEEPING.
IDESIRE TO ANNOUNCE THAT I AM
now forming a second class in "Double
; and Single Entry" Book-keeping, which will
i commence the study on 28th inst.
The curriculum will embrace a thorough
course in practical hook-keeping by each
method, including the Shipping and Commis?
sion business, together with the method for
changing books from Single to Double Entry.
Young gentlemen desiring to enter upon
the course are requested to confer with me as
early as practicable, that the necessary booka
may be obtained for their ose.
J. D1GGS WILDER.
Mch 17._
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
OFFICE OF
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
SUMTJSR, S. C. O
THE REGULAR EXAMINATION OF
Teachers will be held on Friday and
Saturday, April 1st and 2nd That for while
teachers will be held on Friday in the School
Commissioner's office, that for colored teach?
ers will be held at the Lincoln School bouse
on Saturday. Aside from tbe regular print?
ed questions, teachers will be examined spe?
cifically on Reading, Penmanship, and Or?
thography. It is tbe sense of the Board of
Examiners to avoid as far as practicable tbe
granting of licenses to teach, hoping thereby
to secure a higher standard of teachers.
J. T WILDER,
School Commissioner.
Mch. 10, J8T._
PLYMOUTH BOCK E68S
FROM LARGE AND HIGH SCORING
Birds. The greatest Egg-prod ticing
fowls known. Packed in nice baskets with
covers. $2.00 per 13. WM HILL,
West Point Mills,
Feb. 24. 4 Charleston, S. C
DISSOLUTION.
THE FIRM OF H. HARBY k CO. HAS
this day been dissolved by mutual con?
sent.
SOMTER, S. C., March 9, 1887.
W. H. EPPERSON,
H. HARBY,
MARION MOISE,
Mch. 10
NOTICE.
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL CONTINUE
business under tbe name of H. Harby k
Co.
SCMTSR, S. C., March 9, 1887.
H. HARBY,
MARION MOISE.
Mch. 10_
~~ XOTIC E.
ITAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING
that I am io the employ of Messrs H.
HARBY k Co., where I can always be found
ready to take contracts for them as heretofore.
W. H. EPPERSON.
Sumter, S. C., March 9, 1887._
Ot u?H . nop wi jd
. du uo 39Jj 1098 isi| 'Siooqps qivqqv?
pu? S4q3jnq3 'ejaqouai oj innoosip ivpadg j
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mojj ?odJip sritqg '8iu<*uinjiguj 2mpa?i ?qi
joj saiiunoQ g spojjuoa an o *g 'MUAIOJJ
?jjooi? s4u3[|v 'HO?OTIiH *B T \T
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Ana noA mm
Sale Pier Mortgage.
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE
Power of Sale conferred by Jacob Wash?
ington in his Mortgage to Horace Harbv,
dated October 1st, 1884, and recorded at page
745, Book 12, in Register of Mesne Convey?
ance office for Sumter County, and the con?
dition of said Mortgage and the Bond, which
it was giveo to secure, having been broken, I
will offer for sale at public outcry, to the
highest bidder for cash, on Monday, the 4th
day of April next, between the hours of ll A.
M., and 3 P. M., on the Court House steps at
Sumter, S. C.,
All that piece or tract of land in the cor?
porate limits of the Town of Sumter lying on
the Eastern side of Main street beyond the
Rail Road depot and bounded North by lands
of Marion Moise, East by lands of Rose Gary,
South by lands of Rose Gary and Marr Ano
Singleton and West by Main Street, and
measuring North and Sontb one hundred
and fifty-fon r (?54) feet and East and West
ninety-two (92 ) feet, all more or leas,
HORACE BARBY, Mortgagee,
March 10, 1887.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY virtue of Sondry Execution*, to me
directed, witt be sold at Smiter C. H.,
on the first MONDAY and day following in
APRIL next, 18*7, and as many days
thereafter as may be necessary, within the
legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following property :
AU that tract of land, containing four hu??
dred and fifty acres, more or less, bounded on
the South by the Clarendon County line,
East by waters of Sammy Swamp, and ad?
joining lands now or formerly or Charles
Connors, Estate of Robert Weeks, Maples
Brailsford and others, being the land convey?
ed to Samuel W. Harrie, by J?mrs W Ed?
wards, levied oe ?od to be sold as tfce proper-'
ty of Samuel W. Barvin, u&der the execution
of Augustus A. Solomon?, against Samuel.
W. Hartin and Matilda Barvio, at tba risk of
former pnrebaser.
MARION SANDERS, S. S. C.
Sheriff's Office, March TO, 1387. -.- .
MASTER^ SALE.
State of South Carolina.
SUMTER COUNTY,
COURT OF COMMON FLEAS.
Alexander Davis, Plaintiff, against
Rose Brown, Defendant-Partition.
BY VIRTUS of a decreta! order, made io
the above entitled cause and dated March
8th, 1887, I will sell at public auction in
front of tue Court House in the Town of Sum?
ter, in said State, on Monday, April 4th,
1887, (or day following) between the hours
of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, the following premises :
.'That lot or parcel of land in. the Town of
Sumter, State and County aforesaid, con?
taining one acre, more or less and bounded
as fol Tows : On the North by lands of Abram
Powell, on the East by lands of J. H. Dingle,
on the South by lands of Alexander Davis,
and on the West by lands of Thomas James,
being part ef tract of Forty-two acres pur?
chased by said Charles Dicks from Archibald
Anderson and A. J. China in the year 1869."
Terms-To be sold for ? sum not less than
two hundred and seventy-five dollars-One
half Cash ; the balance paid io one year, se?
cured by bond and mortgage of said premises.
Purchaser to pay for necessary papers, and
for recording mongage.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
March 10. Master.
MASTER S SALE.
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Elizabeth Hodge and Joseph S Tis
dale. Plaintiffs, against James
Broadway, Thelmas Broadway. Car?
dine Gibson, and others. Defendants
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the
above entitled cause and dated March
5tb. 1887, I will sell at public auction io
fro nt of the Court House in the Town of Sum?
ter in said State, on Monday, April 4tb,
1887, (or day following, 1 between the hours
of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock io
the afternoon, the following premises:
"That tract of land containing one hun?
dred acres, more or less, situate in said
County and State and bounded bj lands now
or formerly of James G. Tisdale and loseph
S. Tisdale, of Henry Rogers and by land
lately of Alfred E. Broadway and by land of
Oliver Hodge, now deceased."
Terms of sale-So much bf tbe purchase
money as will be necessary to pay the costs
and expenses of this action and of said sale to
be paid in cash, the balance oo a credit of one
year with interest thereon from day of sale, to
be secured by a bond of the purchaser and a
mortgage of the premises with the privilege
to the purchaser to pay all in cash
The Purchaser to pay for necessary papers,
and for recording mortgage.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
March 10, 1887. Master.
MASTERS SALE,
State of South Caroina,
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
CJias. F Heiser. Plaintiff, against
John H. Nichols, Defendant
BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in
the above entitled cause, and dated
March 5th, 1887. I will sell at public auction,
in front of the Court House, in tbe Town of
Sumter, in said State, on Monday, April
4th. 1887. (or day following) between the
hours of ll o'clock in tbe forenoon, and 5
o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem?
ises :
"AU that lot, piece or parcel of land situ?
ate in the County of Sumter and State of
Sooth Carolina, designated as lot No. 3, on
general plat of the lands of Estate of R. B.
Carri deceased, made by James D. M elli wain,
D. S.t- and dated 2nd December A. D. 1874.
?aid lot No. 3, containing one hundred and
twenty-three acres and bounded on the North
by lands now or formerly of Josiah Hayos*
worth ; on the East by lot No. 2 on said gen?
eral plat : on the South by lot No. 4, on said
general plat, now lands of Jacob Campbell ; on
the West by lot No. 5 on said general plat,
now lands of W. 0. Cato.
Terms of sale-One third Cash, foe balance
on a credit ot one year with interest from day
of sale to be secured by the bond of the pur?
chaser and a mortgage of the premises. With
tbe option to the purchaser to pay all Cash.
Purchaser to pay for ail necessary papers
and for recording mortgage.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
March 20. . Master.
Master's Sale.
State of South Carolina
. SUMTER COUNTY.
IN THK COCBT or COMMON PLEAS.
George A. Norwood and Evan L Wil?
kins, 'Survivors, Plaintiffs, against
Nettie J. Pennington and Mudge,
Smith & Co., Defendants.
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order, made in
the above entitled cause and dated Feb?
ruary 24, 1887. I will sell at public auction in
front of the Court House in the Town of Sum?
ter, in said Sta'ie, on Monday, April 4tb,
1887, (or day following) between the hours
of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, the following premises:
"All that certain piece, parcel or tract of
land, with the buildings thereon, containing
one hundred acres more or less, situate, lying
and being in Shiloh Township, near Lynch?
burg, in the County of Sumter and State
aforesaid, bounded on the North by lands
lately of J. W. Hawkins and Jas. B. Tallou ;
on the East by lands formerly of Jesse P.
Smith, and on the South by lands formerly
of Jesse P. Smith, and on tbe West by lands
formerly of J. W. Hawkins; the same being
fully representod on a plat thereof made by
D. G. Williams, D. S. and recorded in Book
"Y. Y." page 299.
Terms of sale-One half Cash-and the
oalance on a credit of six months from day
of sale, the time portion to be secured by the
bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the
premises. The purchaser to have the option
of paying his entire bid io Cash.
The nurchaser to pay for necessary papers
and for recording the mortgage.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
March 10. Master.
Foreclosnre Under Power ef 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 Benjamin F. Moise,
dated December 9th, 1884, and tecorded at
page 770, Book 12, in Register of Mesne Con?
veyance office for Sumter County, and the
condition of said Mortgage and the Bond, i
which it was given to secure, having been
broken, I will offer for sale al 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 tbe Court
House steps at Sumter, S. C . AU that piece,
parcel, or tract of land in Sumter 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. Mel?
len, East by lands of the estate of R. B. Cain,
South by lands of 6. F. Mellett, and West
by lauds of A. J. China.
AMANDA IV-MOISE,
Executrix of Estate of Ben j. F. Moise, dee'd.
Sumter, S. C.. February, 21 'lt. "- 3
New Advertisements,
?NOW,4?HBJUM bodsbeftt
it T?^??r yocnf and
That F<X*Tt,Lam?udtm?&
IB Tb* ,11, At J? rt i pr ??
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W cr pain,
. Thatfo?owaintfee?M<ma
tate,
WlU scatter like tb? tMeras of nicht
Before * drascht of Bataan icfctaW
MEXICAN WAR SUBilVOIS
Or their Widows. New Pensiojx Law.
Apply at once for blinks and fnlt information.
Twenty years' experience. Beat reference?.
Successor no fee. R MCALLISTER, Ja.,
At torcer-at-Law, P. O. Box 493, Washing.
ton, D. C._
ri ADVERTISERS.-Lowest Rates
for advertising in 1 OOO good newspapers
sent free. Address GEO. P. ROWELL ? CO.,
10 Spruce St., N Y._
lal: ymir retailer for Om Jasse* Keans* ttAifc
tn at io? t rir?l?i? reconiQendfcfcnoe
Co?u ia order* w ?ak? ? larger profit Tai? ia toa
orisrina.1 $3Siwje. Bewarf?OTisttatioae-?fett?a*
knowledge their own L.ftr?or?ty by a/t?i jX?a? to
band coon the repetition of tbeorlgteaL .
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JAMES MEANS'
?>*^ S3 SHOE.
iC /^"^fl Mode in TrnT?nn Ti na ii- and
f*- ?Lac*. C?frsuk. -gaea
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m VY -MMiStanarwiB hnncyoafa*
\yf/ fnrmatioohowto?et tala
?f ^*|^ territory*"7 .*
Onr celobratedfactory HB?neea ii MMp I U-HlJ
of Shoes of dis jrade than any other taetcry ia th*
?world. TbotwaiH?? who wear them affl tett yan the
rra^.ntfyom?k fhon. J A .HES MIUXW fra
SHOE for Boy?is unapproaetted fa ftoab?Mryv^
SEND US A POSTAL CAm
$25,000.00
INGOLD!
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ARBOCKLES' COFTEEfBAPPM
1 Premium, . - $1,000.00
2 Premiums, . . $300.00 each
6 Premiums, . $250.00 M
23 Premiums, . . ' $100.00 ' '? :
100 Premiums, '.' $50.00 *
200 Premiums, . $20.00 u
1,000 Premiums, $KMX> w .
For fall particulars and dfaeicUuar rae CXrcu
iarin erery potmd of AUCCIUD' Curraa.
Room to Bent*
AROOM OVER OUR STORE, 8UITA
bte for an Office or bed-room.
Feb 17 BULTMAN * BRO.
TO RENT. * .
.* ?
AFIVE-ROOM ED COTTAGE, with all
necessary out-buildings, all in complote
repair. Price $10 per month.
May ll_H. H ABBY.
TO BENT.
LARGE DWELLING, corner Liberty and
Harrie .Streets, next door to the Baptist
Church. Suitable for. private Boarding
House. Possession given January 1st.
Apply to R. D. LEB.
Nov. 30.__
Lois ef Lots in BisiepYilk
FOB SAL?. ^
BUSINESS SITES NEAR THE D?P0T.
Building Lots in desirable situations.
Apply to A. F COUSAR.
Dec. 14_o_
A. B. STUCKEY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUMTER, S. C.
OFFICE IN REAR ROOM OF BUILD*
ing occupied by Hay ns worth 4 Cooper.
Jan. 27._ ?". ,-.-' $1~
aJNO. T. GREEN.
Attorney' and Counsellor at
SUMTER, C. H., S.3C. :
^W*Collection of claims a specialty.
June 20._a??v?-?;
D. Ba ANDERSON
Attorney at Law.
SUMTER, S. C.
Will practice in adjoining
counties.
Collecting made a specialty.
SOUTER MARBLE WORKS,
ESTABLISHED IN 1889.
w. p. slim
WHO IS STILL PREPAREE* WITH'
Improved Facilities*
TO FURNISH
MONUMENTS, HEABSTOKS,
All SiaAs of Otmtttry Watit,
In First Class Workmanship.
Dec. 21._j
BKS J A MIX GREIG. C. G. JCATTMW*.
?REI6 & MATTHEWS.
Facto and Coiiissioii MA
Liberal Advances tm Shipments.
Adgers North Wharf, ; J
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Dec. 14._?_
THE SUMTER .
HIGH SCHOOL
FOR ROYS, . .r.:
Affording superior advantages
io ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS,
and the CLASSICS, will reopea
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1886.
L. W. DICK, )
V Principals.
A. c. MCINTOSH, J *
TUITION-From $2 to $5 per month.
BOARD-with the principals, $12 per mo.
For further information apply to
PRINCIPALS SUMTER HIGH SC?Q0L, 1
Lock Box No. 49K
Aug3-v_Sumter, S C.
MEXICAN PENSIONS,
ICAN GIVE FROM ORIGINAL Dis?
charge Roll of Company A, Palmetto
Regiment, details of service. necessary to]
draw Pensions under the late Act of Congress.
Feb. 3._h D. BLANDiNG. '
Estate ff Rekt. IkCa*^?MT?
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE Ot
PROBATE for Samt? County on tbe 18to,
day of March, IB&7, for a Final Drscbarft!
as'Guardian of aforesaid StlaU). - ? -
HAZI GARV,
Feb 17w-4t,_ y ggjgjjajg
Estate *f Isaac Keels, Sr* Jee%
IWILL APPLY TO JUDGE QJ? PRO
bate of Sumter County on Varen 18th,
1887 for a 6nai discharge a? Administratrix
of aforesaid; S*l*>. -\r. : *t
SALLIE L. KlBLSt
Feb 17, 1887. AdmiafctrstfU- ?
hoaBlai _
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