The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 29, 1887, Image 2
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29.
Thc' Sumter Watchman was founded
in 1850 and the True Southron in J866.
The Watchman and Smthron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both* of tbe bid papera, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Samter. *
Attention Advertisers.
The Watchman and Southron will
hereafter be published on Wednesday,
and advertisements shoold be sent in
not later than Tuesday afternoon.
Changes of contract advertisements must
bc made Monday morning.
THE AJB2EVTLLB PBBSRNT
..v:^'^. iiBN*r. -~
The Presentment of the Abbeville
Grand Jury-which will be found on
oar fourth page, together with some
newspaper comajents thereon-has at?
tracted general cot ice from tbe State
pre*?, and while a majority of the com
?enta we have seen rail to agree with
tbe Abbeville Jury, the general opin?
ion acema to be that thc discussion cf
tbe mattera touched upon will do no
hann and may result in some good.
Unfortunately it is easier to find
fault than it is to provide remedies, and
it appears to us that the remedy sug?
gested by the Abbeville Jury is liable
to as serious objections as are the evils
complained ot After having condemn?
ed our present lawa together with the
stakers and expounders thereof, the
Jory should have gone further and in?
dicated where the committee of 'learned
sen9 are to be obtained.
We only propose, at this time, to call
v tbe attention of our readers to the Pre-,
sentirent, withou t going into a criticism
cfit osraelves. There is sufficienrfood
ia it for individual thought, and among
the most impressive is the importance of
. a better education of the masses in or.
der that 'he who reads may understand/
and tbe necessity to select me? for pub?
lic positions solely on account of their
fitness and qualification.
A CORRECT VIEW OF CIVIL
SERVICE REFORM.
A recent letter Secretary Whitney
concerning official removals in his de?
partment, has been interpreted to..mean
that tie Republican clerks shall be re?
tired. Tnis is the kind of interpreta?
tion that a good Democrat believes
ought to be given to any order concern?
ing tbe offices/ -It is bis belief that it
wwttld net only be In 'conformity with
justice, but .that the public service
would be improved by turning the ras?
cals ont and putting honest Democrats
tn their places.
The fastidious Mugwump does not in?
cline to this view. He thinks that
civil service reform requires that a lot
of old mossbacks should be kept in of?
fice for life, sad therefore he is alarmed
at the interpretation of the Secretary's
letter which construes it as .meaning
. that tbe Republican hangers-on are to
be bounced
REVILING THE PRESIDENT
AH? TOADYING ROYALTY.
A poaon who is mentioned as being J
Rev. Dr; B: F- Dc?eafia, of New York,
is represented to ' bs,ve made nae'of - -thc
following expression thc other day :
Let me ask what b there in the rec- \
ord of the President*^ entitle bim to
give tbe flags back ? Rave--!*?.parti?
sans ever introduced a liac?e?evidenee,
te snow that be CV?V cared a. sixpence j
for thc flag daring the war?
It is te be aapposed that De Costa
weald be willing to credit James G
Biaise with great care for the flag dor-,
tag tbe war, but in scuding a substitute
the tattooed patriot didn't do more for
tbe national emblem than Cleveland did
who also furnished a proxy to do his
fighting. But there was this difference :
Cleveland's substitute is not known to
have deserted, as was thc case with
Blaine's, nor was he as fortunate as the
thrifty Maine man in having the money
be paid for his proxy refunded.
This same De Costa, who showed his
willingness to asperse tho President of
tbe United States, appeared as one of
the leading characters io the Victoria
jubilee ceremonies tn New York on
Tuesday evening of last week. Ile of?
fered up the prayer in behalf of ber
Majesty. His fulsome adulation of thc
oppressors of otd Ireland was in strik?
ing contrast to bis scurrilous reference
to tbe chief magistrate of the country
that oilers an asylum to the oppressed
of all nations.
THE VICTORIA JUBILEE.
Tbe people of England have been
bating a big time celebrating thc fiftieth
anniversary of Queen Victoria s reign.
It was made the occasion for one of
liveliest demonstration that English his?
tory bas ever witnessed, and from ap?
pearances it may be believed that those
who engaged io it were really sincere
in their rejoicing over the long contin?
ued rule of their sovereign.
Bot apart from the fact that Vito?
ria's personal conduct has been a g ?od
deal more deeent than that of aoy of
ber predecessors, there is nothing else
connected with her that could furnish a
good reason for all this jubilation. It
is trae that during the last fifty years
Kuglaod has made great advancement j
both in ber political and material con?
ditions, bat it is not ito be attributed to
any influence the Queen exerted over
public affairs. It was the progressive
spirit of her people, affecting the action
of ber ministry, that has brought about
a cbasge for thc better. As a mere
figure-bead in the government the
Queen did as little to promote the for?
ward movement as she could have done
to prevent it, if such had been her dis?
position. Sovereigns don't connt for
much any more tn England except for
purposes of display and to draw their
salaries, which are vastly out of pro?
portion to the service rendered.
Admitting that she possesses some
good characteristics, itr would be useless
to attempt to disguise the fact that Vic?
toria is an extremely selfish person.
She has never allowed ber exalted po?
sition to interfere with her avaricious
pursuit of the main chance which has
been the accumulation of a vast private
fortune. While thousands of her sub?
jects have Buffered from abject poverty
she bas gone on drawing millions for
herselfand for ber children who have
been entirely useless to the State, and,
if what is said of their appearance is
true, are not even ornamental. Al?
though tn the enjoyment of the most
lavish pay, her expenditures by which
she might have made souse return for
the liberality of her people, were of a
positively niggardly character.
But notwithstanding these defects she
is a decent person, which is remarkable
for an English sovereign, and the feet
that a reputable character had reigned
over their country for fifty years may
hare been sufficient cause for the Eng?
lish people to get up their mammoth
jubilee.
WHO IS TUTTLE?
This blood-thirsty 'boy in blue,*
who has recently been writing himself
down an ass in capital letters is a
renegade from the D?mocratie party,
and in 1863, when he was nominated
for Governor of Iowa, the soldiers of
that State showed very plainly what
they thought of b*m. Out of 1,657
votes cast by the six Iowa regiments,
Tuttle received hoi forty nine. Such
is the man who now boasts of his
.loyalty* and threatens to 'snub and
insult' Mr. Cleveland if he attends the
Grand Army encampment in St. Louis,
because he is a 'Copperhead President.'
The respectable members of that Order
will nndonbtly, one and all, endeavor
to obliterate the insult to the Grand
Army offered by Tuttle tn bis outra*
genus tirade against the chief executive
of the nation. Such contemptible con?
duct on the part of a mean spirited
partisan and tool of claim agents will
prove a boomerang, for it will inspire
the citizens of St Louis and honorable
Union veterans to make the reception
to President Cleveland more resplendent
than was at first intended.
The S. C. Collega,
- Dr. McBryde will retain the Presi?
dency of the South Carolina College,
as was announced in the College Chapel
on the 22nd by Gov. Richardson.
Speaking of Dr. McBryde yielding
to the request of thc Board of Trustees
to retain the Presidency, the Colombia
Record says :
*Tbe enthusiasm which followed
Governor Richardson's statement, in
the College chapel yesterday, that Dr.
McBryde would retain the Presidency
of the institution will be heartily shared
by every friend of education in South
Carolina. The announcement of Dr.
McBryde's resignation j some weeks ago,
was received with deep regret, because
everybody realized how bard it would
be to fill bis 'place, and bow important
to the State it ts to have the College in
bands like his.
Doubtless Dr. McBryde's yielding to
ibe* request of the Board of Trustees, to
reconstWhifrwUlidraval, involves some
sacrifice of persswal -and professional
interests. * But it is gratifying tb know
that tn no other field could he aecom
pTtshweusaneo good as right here io the
South'CaroTma Ou?ege. The institu?
tion is to-day better equipped ibr the
splendid work that lies before it than at
any time in its history.
Tim Battons! Traveller's Protec?
ts Association.
The Fifth Anneal Convention of the
Travellers' Protective Association of the
United States met in St. Louis on the
21st instant. The principal amend?
ments to tho constitution which were
discussed at the Convention were the
admission to membership of merchants
employing com me rei al travellers, the
adoption of a life insurance feature and
making the president a salaried officer.
The amendment proposed by E. C.
Green, State president of the South
Carolina division, grants an insurance
certificate to any active member of the
T. P. A. not over 55 years of age and
in pood bodily health; provides for
levying an assessment of 50 cents oo
each member of the insurance class, to
be paid to the beneficiary, the benefit,
however, being limited to $2 500, and
states the manner in which applications
shall be made and by whom approved.
The plan by R. F- Somerville, presi?
dent of the Ohio division, gives mem?
bers of thc insurance class $3.000 io
case of death, ?1.500 in case of the loss
of a limb or total disability, and ?15
per week in case of sickness or accident.
Only members in good standing and of
sound bodily health, between the ages
of 18 and 45, are admitted to the in?
surance class, provided that ail applica?
tions are accompanied by a medical cer?
tificate from the regular medical ex?
aminers appointed by the State division
director?, and a fe* of ?5. Amounts
paid during life for disability are de?
ducted from thc death benefit. For the
payment of benefits an assessment of
?1 upon each member is to be made
The St. Louis Republican of 21*t in
stant contained the likenesses and a
short biographical sketch of thc officers
of the Travellers' Protective Associa- !
tion of the United States. The follow?
ing is what is said of our fellow-towns
man, Capt. E. C. Green :
Ellis C. Green, president of the South j
Carolina division, xvas born at Monroe j
City, Mo., August 20, 1836. In 1857 !
he removed to Charleston, S. C , where
he resided many years, removing later ?
1 to Sumter, hts present residence. !
j When the war began he entered the
Confederate service as second lieutenant
of the Fifth South Carolina cavalry,
and afterward became quartermaster of
Hampton and Butler's cavalry. He
; began the labor of commercial drum
j ming in 1857. and has been so conspicu
: ourdy successful that, notwithstanding
! " s rough edges &od bard experiences,
I he is still on the road, travelling now
for Witz, Beidler & Co., of Baltimore.
Mri Green is so active and untiring a
man, and looks so robust, joting and
j full of health that it is bard to realize
! he has a son who ts a member of the T.
! P. A., and the father and son make a
; team which is hard to beat among the
1 commercial tourists of the New South.
\ Mr. Green will be heard from during
; the deliberations of the convention.
The Issues of the Day.
Henry Watterson, the great Ken?
tucky Democrat and editor of the Lou
? isvilie Courier-Journal, made a speech
at the Kentucky State convention in
[ which he rounded up tbe gang in the
i following terse language :
Fellow Democrats : We have stum?
bled upon times which, if they do not
try men's souls, are enough to nauseate
dogs. {Laughter.] Turn whichever
way you will, it shall go lucky with you'
if yon do:not stick your nose in a bottle
of patenjt medicine prepared for the re?
generation of mankind. The sir is full
of nostrums. There is the protection
i ists* wonderful iron tonic for making
men rich by taxation. [Great laugh?
ter.] There is thc mug warn ps* civil
service elixir for purifying the system
and perpetuating liberty by the aristoc?
racy of office upon the ruins of a repre?
sentative government. [Cheers.] There
is fraud's own pauper patriotic liniment,
which proposes to exterminate vaga?
bonds by making every tramp a pen?
sioner. [Cheers and continuous laugh?
ter,] and which we should have actually
had administered to us but for the fly
which Grover Cleveland dropped io to
the first box of ointment submitted to
his inspection. [Renewed cheering]
There is that delicious, sugar-coated,
double compound educational capsule,
which is to be given to every little nig?
ger tn the land before he goes to bed,
and when he gets up in the morning he
shall come forth a scholar and a gentle?
man. [Prolonged cheering ] And then
there is a Fox's universal renovation,
and social, moral and political cure-all,
the teetotal prohibition porous plaster,
[laughter,] which will stick to you like
a brother, (laughter,) and which is ex?
pected to convert every drinking saloon
into a temple of worship and to re-peo?
ple the land with a new race of red
nosed angels. [Laughter and applause.]
I am against each and all of these quack
remedies, [laughter], and against the
gang who is in favor of any one of them,
[applause], and more particularly
against bim if he claims to be a Dem?
ocrat.
"Right" is Right.
We have heard a great many com?
ments during the past week on the com?
munication from Antioch io reference to
the county subscription to the C. C. &
C. R. R., and they all agree that
"Right" is right in his views, and that
not a bond should be issued by the
county until the officials of the new
road give a good bond to complete the
road to Sumter within a specified time.
Our people expected to have a competi?
tive line when they voted for the sub- i
scription and that is what they still
want, or co bonds should be issued.
Stand by the terms of the subscription
and no question will be raised by our
people.-Camden Journal.
Candientes For West Point.
WASIIIXGTON, June 28, 1887,-The
report of tbe Academic Board on the
results of the entering June examina?
tions at the West Point Military Acad?
emy has been received at the War De?
partment. It shows that of the 183
candidates for admission to tho acad?
emy, including alternates, 12 were
rejected by the Medical Board on ac?
count of physical disability, 35 by the
Academic Board because of mental
disqualification and 30 failed to report
for examination, leaving 106 candi?
dates who were found fit for admission
to the academy. The percentage of
candidates rejected because of mental
disqualification is said to be very low as
compared with preceding years. All
of the candidates-at-iarge, who are
nominated by the President, succeeded
in passing the examinations.
Congressman Elliott gives notice that
an examination will be held in this city
on the 21st of July for the appointment
to West Point from the 7th Congression?
al District, the successful competitor at
the last examination having failed to re?
port.-News and Courier.
There is still a vacancy at West
Point for the Sixth District. Mr. E.
O. Ingram, the appointee, failed to pass
by two points. Seventy points were re?
quired, and Mr. Ingram made 68. He
may apply again. It is to be hoped he
will, and that the oext time he will be
successful. Mr. Ingram has the ability,
and his failure to pass was due more to
accident, than lack of merit. If he
tries again, he will succeed.-Manning
Times, 2M.
A Bad Mesj at Walhalla.
Tuesday morning June 21 at 3
o'clock, the office of the Keoicee Courier
and thc law offices of Messrs. Keith,
Verncr, Gibson and Dendy, at Wal?
halla, were destroyed by fire, nothing
being saved except a few books from
the office of Maj. Dendy. There is
evidence that the fire was of an in?
cendiary origin.
On Tuesday afternoon two white
men na'med Morgan and Haly were
arrested at Walhalla charged with be?
ing implicated in the writing and circu?
lation of slanderous and threatening
anonymous letters. Morgan is a rail?
road hand and Haley is thc depot agent.
The arrests were the results of a long
course of investigation of mysterious
letters which have been dropped
about thc town from tiuic to time, some
of them containing obscene matter and
'he vilest charges against some of thc
best people there of both sexes. Other
letters contained threats. While
Judge Kershaw was holding court in
Walhalla he received one of these let?
ters threatening him with the vengeance
of the writer if he should decide a
a certain case in a certain way.
Morgan aud Haley made statements
and were released. Afterwards Sadler,
a night watchman, a man uaoiod
Hodge, an engineer, and ouc Hunter,
all white, were arrested and lodged in
jail. It is believed that the burning of
the Keoicee Courier office was one result
of the same matter as papers in thc
case were supposed to be kept in a law
office in the Courier building.
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The Daniel Pratt Gin.
E. F. Hoyt still selig the Daniel Pratt Gin,
well known as one of the best.
3ie is alff Agent for the G-iser 5!;inuf?c
?wring Company; manufacturers of the
"Peerless Engines^ and other machinery.
Letter Prom Greenville.
Editor Watchman and Southron: This is a
magnificent country ! God io Nature, has been
lavish of charms aod benefactions.
The Goddess of Beauty sits enthroned on a
thousand hills, whose emerald slopes ware in
obeisance their nodding plumage, while at
, her feet the verdant valleys nestle and smile ;
. mean dering along their, sequestered way the
rippling streams make softer melody in her
ears, Mending with the mellow roar of waters
flowing down their rocky beds, the lullaby of
her evening slumbers of peace ; the mountain
zephyr, redolent with the breath of morning,
kisses her crimson lips and roseate cheeks, as
she opens her eyes again to behold the beau?
ties and glories of ber kingdom.
This ts the picture of beauty that greets our
eye, ana brings forth praise and thanksgiving
from the heart, as we look up in adoration
from Nature to Nature's God.
But the Divine benefactions of a more prac?
tical and material character are no less bounti?
fully bestowed. Here are no mysterious ma?
larias, nor tainted atmospheres, burdened
with ncxions exhalations, breathing their pes?
tilential ills to flesh and blood, but tba balmy
breath of the pure mountain breezes which
spread the bl trabes cf health upon the youth?
ful cheek, give vigor to sturdy manhood, and
strength to the steps of age. {we have a neigh?
bor, now advancing beyond eighty years wbo
says be was never sick and knows nothing
about bodily pain ] Here is a soil and cli?
mate so well poised in mediety, that ali the rich
and luscious products of nature's laboratory,
which nourish in this God-blest Son them
clime, may be made to cluster in abundant
luxuriance, while king cotton reigns in his
fleecy fields, bis charming helpmeet, ceres,
sways ber golden sceptre, in the rich harvests
of June and October, and there is "bread for
the eater and seed for the sower. [That is,
if our farmers would give more of their devo?
tion to the queen and less to the king.] Fruit
and vegetables, fish and fowj-easy, tooth
some, esculent-find their full maturity,
while flowers of every hue and fragrance may
bad and blossom around the dear altars of
borne.
We say, in its natural beauties and capaci?
ties, this is a magnificent country. And
those who inhabit and inherit it, are not
blind or insensible to their surroundings.
The germs of colossal wealth, under the natur?
al laws of accretion, are forming their nuclei,
where the spirit of progress and the liberated
spirit of enterprise will concentrate them.
We live and have our being here, in our
mere physical existence, in the midst of the
musical hum and life-giving inspiration of
the bosy factory life. The whit and whirl of
the spindle greet our early morning hour, for
here we are, in the very midst of the opera?
tions of the steadily developing Reedy River
Manufacturing Company, so nicely and suc?
cessfully managed by Mr. J. 0. Charles. If
we go seven miles North to Greenville
city, the curling smoke from the steepled
furnaces of Camperdown and If&gueoot,
greet our eyes, while one's ears are sa?
luted with the din and clatter of their ex?
tensive machinery driven by the whirling
water-power ; and this, too, in the midst of
many minor works of manufacturing interest,
and a still projected establishment more
elaborate, for tbe making of finer cotton cloth.
If we travel 8 aod 10 miles south of west, the
massive walls and lengthened sides of Pied?
mont and Pelzer, on the banks of the Saluda,
rising in the midst of undulating streets,
lined with the whited cottage homes of the
more than a thousand inhabitants, greet onr
admiring view, and impress ns with a sense of
the rising fortunes of our lately war-wrecked
State. Over Piedmont and Camperdown that
prince of cotton factory managers, Col. H. P.
Hummel, wields his seemingly almost-magic
wand. If we move ten mu.s South, old Fork
Shoals, with ber foamy flow of miniature
cascades, turns again busy wheels where the
crude lint comes out more than trebled the
value it had when it came from the producer's
band. If we.hie our way ten miles a little
north of east, there again Batesville and Pel?
ham (like Reedy River, here,) pioneers in this
wonderful Wealth-producing industry, keep
up the steady zig-zag of the loom and swift
glide of the shuttle, as they move on in the
even tenor of their wtll-directed way. And
now, a little below, the waters of the Enoree,
so long wasting their powers in wearing
away their rocky beds and cllfced sides, are
to move the monster machinery that is to rise
and hum to the click of half a million of vest?
ed money.
Yes, thia is a country magnificent in its
outspread scenes of natural beauty and rising
wealth and importance. [Ob, what a wither?
ing pity, that the whisky-devil should be
turned loose in such a county as-the hydra
beaded monster, with cloven foot, to make
and leave his tracks of blood, tears and deso?
lation in the midst of so fair a heritage as
this.] The product and manufacture of cot?
ton combined, on the same soil, as the busy
wheels of the world's business now mores, is
the most rapid wealth-producing combination
amid them all. lt was the single-handed
manufacture of cotton, alone, that in a few
decades, gathered and centered at Fall River,
an aggregation equaling, nearly the whole
commonwealth. Let us superficially glance
at this marvellous combination. We will
say, without claiming to approximate the ex?
act figures, that Greenville county produces
20,000 bags of cotton, and for toe- sake of
round numbers, we will estimate this at $50
per bale, or $1,000,000. Now let us suppose,
without knowing accurately, that the manu?
factured value is three times greater than the
crude staple, and we have $3,000,000 of or?
ganic, orcreated wealth, instead of $1,000,000.
And let us understand that money increased
by speculation, or in mercantile pursuits, by
the buying and selling of commodities, is not
creation of organic wealth, and that thia is
only created or realized organically as it
comes from the earth. Thc cotton being
made from the soil and manufactured on the
soil, before it is shipped to the world's market,
is as though it were all digged from the soil ;
but the change of its condition on the soil en?
hances its value, as we will say, from one to
three. Now let this wonderful combination
be surrounded by a natural growth of mer?
cantile and commercial pursuit, with the other
elements of a growing community, and you
have the grandest combination on earth for
the accumulation of population and wealth.
Greenville city seems to be moving forward,
in beal thy equilibrium, in the gathering of
these combinations-the manufacturing enter?
prise keeping pace with the mercantile ad?
vancement, her public-spirited banner-leaders
seeming to comprehend this analysis of steady
growth and development, without the effort
to "boom," but to suffer the prostrating col?
lapse. And she seems to be tbe centre where
the commercial alluvium from many outside
streams and currents issettling. Those corn mer?
dai communities that carry forward with
them the great manufacturing interest, are
those which are to keep pace with the New
South, while those which neglect this, must
be left behind.
Greenville, too, is dotted with churches
and school houses, while the city is drawing
close in her etnbracements these great sister
hund-maidens of stability and progress.
The farming interest, alone, seems yet to be
fettered with shackles which impede its pro?
pres? and keep it in the rear of the advancing
coltimns. But this interest, too, is rising, and
must and will assert itself, since here lies the
foundation of the whole grand superstructure.
The fanners are working up to their interests,
and le?ruing wisdom tn the school of adver?
sity, and experience.
Fostered and nurtured and sent forth by
the Church of Christ, the Prohibition senti?
ment, too, is oinking rapid strides, and ere
long the paralyzing, energy-destroying, with?
ering tracks, where whiskey flows, will be
dried up, and give place to healthy currents,
which shall mingle with the great arterial
system which will give full vigor to body of
progress. So mote it be-Amen 1
A. A. GILBKRT.
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In General Debility, Emaciation?
Consumption and wasting in children,
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Hypo phosphites is a most valuable food and
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at times had given up. Since he began nsing
the Emulsion, his cough has ceased, gained
i flesh and strength, and from all appearances
I his life will be prolonged many years. I
have been in Hospital Service for the past
twenty years, and never have used any pre?
paration with greater satisfaction."-John
Sullivan, Hospital Steward, Reform School,,
M organza, Pa.
Hope's Mixture, an infallible cure for
Dysentery, Diarrhoea and Summer Complaint,
for sale at G. S. Sealy's, Drug Store, under
? .Music Hall.
Letter from Bishopville.
BrsiiopmLE, ST. C., June 22, ISSY.
Mr. Editor : As your correspondent at this
place seeras to have forgotten yon, and has
written you nothing for some time; andas
perhaps an occasional dot from our recently
booming, or rather, blowing section and
Burg might interest some of your num . ons
readers, I will venture a short squib which
yon can give space to in your columns or
consign to yonr waste basket as yonr better
judgment may dictate.
The all-absorbing thought of this coromu
I nitj at this time is the low, cowardly and in
; famous act, by some most degraded sneak
; and moral leper or lepers, of burning the1
j Baptist Church on last Saturday night. Low
and cowardly-because none but those who !
hare sunk to the lowest in the scale of human !
i degradation, and who disgrace the human
family, could or would resort to such foul and
j disgracefol means to gratify petty personal
spite. None but a fiend or fiends of the deep?
est dye would consent to injure a whole
Church or a whole community, for the pur- ?
pose of reaching and injuring a few, maybe
imaginary, enemies. This, as I have said, is
the. all-absorbing thought ; but rather re?
markable and very unusual, it seems not to be
the all-absorbing topic of conversation. So
far at I have heard, or can learn, very little
is said about the burning. This, to the minds
of some, at least, is quite indicative that local
public opinion is satisfied as to the cause and
motive of the act, and probably, also, as to
who the vile perpetrators are. The theory
was at once suggested and given out that the
Church was burnt by a meteor which fell an
hour or two before the burning, and the light
of which was quite vivid and brilliant over a
large area of the country. That is rather an
extraordinary, "far-fetched," and exceed?
ingly weak theory-advanced apparently with
a-tbin and transparent motive. The inference
naturally is, that there is a desire and effort
j to impress the public mind that the burning
by a falling meteor-fire from Heaven-was
& visitation of the wrath of God for the wick?
edness of the Church-and further and deeper,
I very probably, to avert suspicion from those
who might be suspected. One feeling so
much interest in the matter could have very
easily ascertained by a little inquiry of those
who first reached the fire, that there was un?
mistakable evidence of incendiarism and no
evidence of thefalling of a meteoric body-that
it was not a visitation of wrath by fire from
Heaven, but was beyond question a visitation
of the devil by the hand of a subtle agent, or
agents. The originator and promulgator of
this mystic or lunatic theory is not positively
known to the writer; but J have heard of one
officious character who seems to be industri?
ously advancing this idea, especially among
the less thinking element of the people. Some
men are very wise in their own conceit, bot
are not as wise as they would have others be?
lieve, and do not-gull the average miadas
easily and completely as they wish and some?
times imagine they do.
The cotton crop of this section is in good
condition aad promising-but this is not the
time to weigh the cotton and measure the
corn crops as some farmers and correspond?
ents are disposed to do-some no doubt inno?
cently, as judgment and forethought is lack?
ing with them, others with a motive, I fear.
There is but little io a fine and forward Spring
crop. They often, through disaster, turo out
poorly, and vice versa. The last quarter is
always the time to win a race. We have
been without rain a little over two weeks, up
to yesterday, wheo the showers began and
now we have bad a good season. This little
dry snap has been, I think, of material advan?
tage, by its giving the opportunity to thor?
oughly clean the crops, and preventing a too
luxurious growth at the season. The luxu?
rious or extra growth has to be supported
through tbe growing acd bearing season, and
necessarily exhausts the manures rapidly,
and is therefore detrimental to a heavy or full
y;eld.
June 26.
Since writing the above I see by your last
issue that one of your correspondents has
come to life. Hope he or she will keep awake
and give you the views. I have also learned
that our Burg is about to start on the boom
again. Three new stores are soon to be erect?
ed, by Messrs. J. L. Parrott, R. E. Carnes,
and J- E. Buskin. Also that the Baptists
will go to work at once and build a Church
in the village, if they can obtain a suitable
lot. Success to all the enterprises.
Yours, Now /SD THEN.
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Smithville Items.
SMITHVILLE, S. C., June 25, 1887.
Mr Editor : The severe drought in this sec?
tion was broken on Tuesday by a nice rain.
Crops are now looking very well, with the ex?
ception of early crops and gardens which are
badly injured by the dry weather. Corn is
about laid by and if the seasons continue
good I think the railroads won't make much
money on corn freights next year.
There is a great deal of sickness in our sec?
tion-fever and dysentery, and I hear of sore
eyes about. Dr. Britton is very low with
fever. Dr. DeSaussure, of Camden, is attend?
ing him. Capt. B. F. Rbame has been very
low, but at this date there is a slight improve?
ment.
The intense hot weather has retarded farm
work to some extent. Several persons have
lost fine mules from overwork in the heat and
probably not having water often enough. .
The Legislative delegation in locating the
Trial Justices ia this County in the districts
as laid off by the County Commissioners,
seem to have very little regard to the conven?
ience of the people. Here is a section of coun?
try from Camden to Providence, from Bishop?
ville to the Wateree River, about iOO square
miles, that does not contain an officer of the
law, while I am informed that Trial Justices
Fraser and Carson live in a few miles of each
other. Now, any one ought to know, that an
officer of the law near a County or State line
is worth double to one in the interior. Leg?
islators will jet learn that they are servants
of the people and not their bosses.
I am informed that the Hon. Geo. W. Mur?
ray (col.) of this County, will be a prominent
candidate before the next Republican "Con?
gressional convention of the 7th District for
Congressional honors. Col. Elliott had bet?
ter look to his laurels; but forewarned is fore?
armed.
In the death of Col. W. J. Reynolds, of this
place, Sumter County has lost one of its able
men. A strong temperance man, a fine or?
ator, deeply read, a good patriot, always cast?
ing his ballot for good government. A man
known far and near for his truthfulness, hon?
esty and peacefulness. He died regretted by
all. His funeral was preached by Rev. D. C.
Hardin to a large audience, who turned out
in a busy time to pay their last respects to
their friend. For years Col. Reynolds has
lived a very retired life, and his friends have
regretted that he did not tnke a more active
part in public affairs for which he was so well
qualified.
The news of the burning of Piedmont
Church at Bishopville has caused universal
regret in this section. This was one of thc old
landmark Churches in the County. How any
one can let the devil take such complete pos?
session of them as to descend so low as to
burn a house dedicated to the services of God,
is one of the mysteries tbatcan only be known
at the final day. Qui VIVE.
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American Agriculturalist for July, 1887,
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"The Story of Keedon Bluffs," by Charles
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THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C., June 28, 1887.
COTTON.-About 5 bales were sold dur?
ing the week ending the 28th. The market
closed firm. We quote : Ordinary 9 ;
Good Ordinary 9J ; Low Middling9|; Mid?
dling Ol; Good-Middling 10.
CHARLESTON, S. C., June 28, 1887.
Cotton in demand but no offerings, and
consequently no sales. Middling is quoted
at lOj cents, nominal. _
WILMINGTON, N. C., June 27.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Sales of 150 casks at
30}
ROSIN -Steady at 85c. for Strained and 80
for Good Strained.
CRUDE TURPENTINE.-Virgin $2.20, Yellow
Dip $1.95, Hard $1.10.
COTTON.-Firm on a basis of 1 Oj for Mid?
dling. No sales.
HOLIDAY NOTICE.
"lifONDAY JULY 4th BEING A NA
JxL tional holiday the National Bank of
Sumter will he closed on that day.
Paper maturing on that day must be an?
ticipated. CHAS. E. BARTLETT,
June 29 Cashier.
"THE BEST
c
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the NEW HIGH ARM VERTICAL FEED
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---I also keep
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which is THE FINEST UNDERFEED MA?
CHINE MADE, and is only excelled by the
Davis.
I take second-hand machines in part pay?
ment, and will ^dispose of same for little or
nothing.
WM. BOGIN,
June 29 Main Street, Sumter, S. C.
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Say where you saw this advertisement.
Juno 29 lm _
Estate of Edmund Stuckey, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY TO JUDGE OF PRO
bate. of Sumter County on July 15th,
1887, for a final dischargeas Administrator
of aforesaid Estate.
JAS- E. STUCKEY,
June 15, 1887 Administrator.
Estate of Martha E. Rcmbert,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of
Sumter County, on the 30th Joly, 1887,
for afinal dischargees Administrator of afore?
said Estate. TH OS. H. REM BERT,
June 28. Administrator.
THE SUMTER
HIGH SCHOOL
FOR BOYS,
Affording superior* advantages
in ENGLISH, MT#EM ATICS,
and tbe CLASSICS, will reopen
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1887.
L. m DICK, }
Y 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 SCHOOL,
Lock Box No. 49
Juc 8 Sumter, S. C.
-AND
WE RESPECTFULLY call your
attention to a
LARGE REFRIGERATOR,
jost received from the North, and
now ready for inspection by all
lovers of good eating.
We intend to keep in this
Refrigerator, BUTTER and CHEESE
during the Summer season, and
parties in want of either can rely
upon getting these articles with?
out being damaged by heat, and
without having a swarm of flies
around them.
We cordially invite everybody
to call and look for themselves.
DUCKER & BULTMAN,
June 1
STILL IN THE MARKET.
J. D. CRAIG,
THE OLD AND RELIABLE
Furniture Dealer,
BEGS THE PEOPLE OF SUMTER and
surronnding country to take notice that
j be has a full and complete line of all grades
of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, which he
guarantees to sell at as low prices as any other
market io the State. Parties in need of Fur?
niture will do well to call and examine stock
and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
SOMETHING NEW IN FLOOR COVER?
ING-PINE WOOL MATTING-very pretty
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Call and see this new matting, aud examine
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Remarkable for their softness, durability and
healthfulness. No insects will go about pine
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THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT,
Is complete. All styles of Burial Cases, Cof?
fins and Caskets, constantly on hand at from
?3 to $30 for Children and $5 to $75 for
adults.
Calls promptly attended to, day or night.
June 8 4_J. D. CRAIG.
Estate of Julius C. fflcLauriu,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE for Sumter County on the 15th
day of July, 1887, for a Final Discharge
as Administrator of aforesaid Estate.
CHAS. E. BARTLETT,
June 15, 1887. Administrator.
NEWMAN IN TOWN!
NEW GOODS ! NEW PRICES !
The Richest and Cheapest Cheap John
ever in Sumter County.
S. STERN,
Leader of Low Prices
IN SUMTER.
Ladies* and Gent's Shoes in all styles and
Prices, Dry Goods and Clothing to
Suit Everybody's Pocket I
Suits at $2-50 Up. Pants 65 Cts. ??p.
S. STERN,
Mason's Building, Main St., Sumter.
June 15._
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
THE UNDERSIGNED TRUSTEES OF
the Cemetery for the M. E. Church, the
A. M. E. Church, and the Presbyterian
Church, (colored] of Mayesviile, in Sumter
County, in the State of South Carolina, give
notice that thirty days after the publication
hereof, they will apply to the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for the said County
for a Charter of Incorporation of the said
Cemetery, under the name and style of the
"Union Cemeterv."
ANTHONY DAVIS,
ALFRED MAYES,
ABEL WILLIAM,
AUGUSTUS H. DAVIS,
PETER WILSON,
ELIAS GREEN,
SAM WARY,
LAWRENCE BENJAMIN,
PAROE McCUTCHEN,
SAMUEL R REESE.
June 15, 1887. 1m
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MUSIC SCHOLARS WANTED.
]tTRS. KERSHAW .IS DESIROUS OF
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per month. Apply at the Rectory, Sumter,
S. C. June 22.
The State of South Carolina
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge.
WHEREAS, MRS. SUSAN V. JENNINGS,
Widow, made suit to me to grant her
Letters of Administration of the Estate and
Effects of JOHN J. JENNINGS, deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
said John J. Jennings, late of said
County and State, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Cqurt of Probate, to
be held at Sumter C. H. on July 6, 1887,
next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in
the forenoon, to shew canse, if any they have,
why the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand, this 22d day of
June, Anno Domini, 1887.
T. V. WALSH, [L. S.J -
June 22. 2t Judge of Probate.
TO
My Friends
-AF?
PATRONS.
You WILL KKMKMBZB tbaft last
Spring I disposed of my en tir?
stock of Fail and Winter Good?
at Cost.
Now ? bare AN ENTTBH
NEW AND WELL SELECTED
STOCK, complete is all depart?
ments.
It is almost useless lo attempt
to enamor?te, bot I triB tot?fiM ?
few articles, seos SJ
LAWES' ANf MBSfS*
?S
Cloaks, Wraps aiidJerseyg.
?AND
Children's Dresses,
Infents* Cloaks, 4%
&c.f &c*
MT STOCK OF
?JJ I-F'
GENTS' YOUTHS' AHB BW
IS LARGE AND VARIED, tad
marked with a riew to a quick
sale. I am sure I caa satisfy aaj
oat who wishes
A NICE HAT,
EITHKS SOFT OK Stir?.
In other words, I weald be
pl eased to > bare the LADIES ax?
GENTLEMEN to TIS it m j store and
inspect the goods for th ern sel rea.
THE EARTHQUAKE bas bad a
tendency to shake pri?es down to
BOTTOM FIGUEES.
Respectfully,
ALTAMONT MOSES.
October 5
WILMINGTON, COt?MBxA W?r\%
AUGUSTA B. JLV^P^j ||
CONDENSED 8CHBJWL*. .3 ||
TRAINS ggflffg SOTJTIII " ^; lg '
DAT? Daily, j Ho. ?. I Smi tty
JQM 19, 1887. Exe'pt J Daily. ?Ita?i^&
Sao'y. h j - ~
Leave Wilmington ;..I..;..;.T| S 05p?[Tf IS Ha ~ -
Le a re Wa ceam aw. ............ 9 2*^
Leave Marion...... ..... >M.. 11 24 ** lt S7-aSiW
Leave Florence..., 6 40 ?a 2 4* aw ~*4t* 44"'.-r
Ar*ve Sumter.. 8 05 44 4 24 ?MT **r
AVve Columbia-. 9 45 44 6 19 44 ? lt ?
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 6avt-ss?
DaSly. T**3?fcS|
Sand'y. J
Leave Colombia..
Ar've Sumter .....
Leave Florence...
Leave Marion...*.
Leave Waeeamaw
Ar've Wilmington
10 25 pm
11 52 44 .
435am
5 15 44
7 02 ?
8 25 ?
6 50am
122 -
9 4? ?
asa?*
it*4*.:.
Baw 8<y
U45 ?
'ir?
Train* No. 23 and 78 stop at all Statiaas
except Cane Savannah, Watara? aad Siaama*.
Passengers for point? OD C. * fl. IL ]L* ??
C. A. A. R. K. Station*, A ikea J*aeti*a, aa4
all points beyond, should take No. 25. "PiilT-1
Sleeper for Augusta on thia trata.
Trains 57 and 56 make dose eoaatetioa at
Florence T? th Train* ooCt D R.B.
JOHN ?. DIVINE, General BvfU
J. R. KEN LY, Sy perin tend?nt Traaa.
T. M. EMERSON. Gen. Paasnger AgX
NORTH-EASTERN B. B. CO.
CONDENSED 9CHKBHTI.B,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated May 1, *87
No. 15.
Daily
Except
Sunday.
No. 23.
Daily.
No. 22,
Da?y,
Leave Florence... 6 20 p m
" Kingstree. 7 37 "
Arrive Lanes. 8 00 "
" Charleston
amil
650
8 06 "
8 33 11
ll 00 "
30 a m>
2 3? m
5 00**
No. 15 connects at Lanes with Trais ft
Columbia, arriving Charleston 9.45 P. M.
No. 53 runs solid daily except Suada?, mad
No. 55 Sunday only, from Columbia to
Charleston, ria Sumter and Lanes, leaviag
Columbia 5.27 P. M., arrive Charleston 9.45
P. M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 78.
Daily.
No. 66.
Daily,
Except
Sunday.
No. 14.
Daily.
Leave Charleston
'* Lanes.
" Kingstree..
Arrive Florence.
12 25 am
2 50 "
3 10 "
4 20 44
...13 55 p m
8 48am1?-26'**
3 08 44 6 3S
10 28 " 7 50 44 :
No. 66 connects at Lanes with Tra?a ?f>C?
ing Charleston 7.00 A. M. . .
No. 52 leaves Charleston Daily, except Sea?/,!
day, 7.00 A. M., and runs solid to Columbia
via Lanes and Sumter, arriving Colombia
10.55 A. M. No. 54 leaves Charleston Sua?
days only at 8.45 A. M., arriving tolosa**
LOOP. M. . . .
Nos. 15, 23 and 27 make connectioa as.,
Ashley Junction with C. <k S. R. R. for Sa?
vannah and Florida points.
Nos. 78 and 15 mn solid to WHsaioJrtofi?
N. C., making close connection with W..? ,
W. R- R. for Norfolk, Petersburg, Richmond'
Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia, Kaw '
York, and all points North.
No. 66 connects at Florence v?h Traja is*
Wadesboro and all points on C. k D, aad-jfX
& S, Rail Roads. ;
J. R. KENLY, J. F. D'mHa\
Supt. Trans. Gen'l Ses>H. :
T. M. EMERSON, Geo'l Pass. AgaaV |
FIRST CLASS M mi
AT BOTTOM PRICES*
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