The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 06, 1887, Image 2
WEDNESDAY o JTJXiY 0.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of boto of the old papers, and is maoi
f^Ty^tae best advertising med?an ra
Smite** -.
: - Attention Advertisers.
~ ?Watchman entd Southron will
hereafter be published oft Wednesday,
ind advertisements should be sent in
not later than Tuesday afternoon.
Changes.p?eefrtract advertisements must
bo/ma3cMonday, inocmag.
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THE HIGHT TBACK. -
Sejp^j^n?tssloner
te he Wsl a &k Cont j in tbowly
p??tvof Augnst, either at Snorter or
BlahopT?le. A favorable reply has
been received from Ciarendon County.
Byer since Mr. . Wilder has been
elected School Commissioner ol Sumter
County the height ol his ambition has
been td perfect as near as possible our
defective Free School system in this
County, and he has gone to work at the
right time aod io the right way to ac?
complish a great good for the people of
this section of country. Our worthy
School Commissioner ts after edueating
the teachers. In other words, he be?
Hevea that to educate the teachers prop?
erly is the .first step toward securing
that kind of education that will educate,
and that any other kind is woree than
no education at all. The commendable
seal with which Mr. Wilder has started
oat in the noble work of trying to per?
fect the Free School system in this
County will receive unstinted praise
from all those who are interested in the
advancement of education and intelli?
gence.
V We direct the attention of our read
era to the communication ia this paper
from Mr. Wilder, embracing sugges?
tions, hints and observations upon the
schools of the County, and which are
the result of bis personal exp?rience as
a teacher* as well as his official ac?
quaintance with the educational inter?
esta of the County.
THE TEMPERANCE WORKER.
Revs. H. F. Chreitzberg and J. S.
Nattbon, Editors of the Temperance
Worker, met in Sumter on last Monday
night and bad a pleasant and profitable
conference upon business matters. A
$lan of operations was decided upon
looking to the increased usefulness and
influence of the Worker, and it is hoped
that before long the publication of the
paper will bs changed from semi-month*
ty io weekly.
Whh auch men.aa Bera. Chreitsberg
nod Mattison at the helm? the friends
<*f the Worker need only follow their
lead and hack np their efforts. The
Worker has already lived longer than
, any other temperance paper has ever
been continuously published in South
Carolina, and it don't propose to die for
nome time yet.
it is now published twice a month at
60 cents a year, and when changed to
a weekly the price will be ?1. Those
wishing te subscribe now can do so at
einer price, and the amount will be ad-,
justed ai the time the paper is changed.
A large number of subscribers have j
already paid $1 in anticipation of the
changc, which if desired by many of
it? patrons.
The Worker is published by N. G.
Osteen, Sumter, S. C., to whom letters
ac business and remittances should he
addressed.
THE EXPERIMENTAL STA?
TION.
The Board of Agriculture have se?
lected S par tac barg as the place for the
establishment of one Experimental Sta?
tion and Darlington for the other, the
position and terras offered by these two
??laces being considered the most advan?
tageous.
BUMTS~?^OTFACTUBES IN
THE PAST.
We have been permitted to copy from
an old scrap book kept by the late John
B. Miller, the following wbich appears
to have been clipped from the Charles?
ton Courier. Our readers will see from
it that manufacturing was carried on in
ibis vicinity many years ago, and that
it was referred to over forty years ago
as a matter of past history :
The following wis published in the
"Charleston Cotrier, Feb. 21, 1845, and
banded us for re-publication :
MANUFACTURING IN SOUTII CAROLINA.
We have been favored with the fol?
lowing extract of a letter from Su m ter
ville, in this State, giving some remin?
iscences of a manufactory established in
that vicinity more than half a century
since:
"Permit mc to give you some account
of a cotton manufactory, that ooee was
in operation near Stateborg, Sumter
District, So Ca., about five miles South
of said village, on the road to Charles?
ton, on or near the plantation of Mr.
Benjamin Warren, deceased. It was
commenced in 1780 or 1790, by Mr.
John McNair, (tuy step father) Mr. B.
Warren-I think also Mr. Geo. loor,
Mr. Templeton and Mr. Hoger?. The
machinery was made in North Carolina.
There was a carding machine, I think,
for spiuuiug, a reel that would reel 18
hanks. It remained a few years at the
above place ; the co-partnership was
dissolved, and the carding, two spinning
machines, and the reel were removed to
the plantation of Mr. McNair, near
Statebarg, on a plantation now be?
longing Jto the heirs of Mrs. Rutledge,
deceased. It wita there worked for a
few yea?. Mr. McNair dktl sud the
. machinery waa sold to some person
Lincointon, No. Ca. At this mai
factory were manufactured IIuckerb^|
Fustian,-Corduroy, Jeans, Bed Tn
ing. Quilts, figured und colored, ph
white Homespun and Cotton Stocking
Much cotton was spun for persons
the vicinity, and some long staple c
ten was imported from the West Indi
I was very young at the time, a
therefore have not so full a knowled
of the same as I could wish. If I
above will be of any nae, or impart a
Information on thia subject, you are
liberty to make this public,
I nm very respectfully yours,
JNO. B. MILLER.
N.B. There was a Nail and We?
rag Hoe Establishment in Sumter D
triot near this place.
{From our Regular Correspondent.J
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHISGTO??, D. C., July 2. 1881
June 30th, being the end of t
fiscal year; there is now much fe
among many of the Department cier
as a reduced legislative appropri?t?
bill makes necessary n correspond?
reduction in the clerical force of tl
Government.and it is certain that
shower of official heads wit! fall in ti
departmental waste-basket. For to
reason not a few clerks have deferr
taking their usual leave, not wishing
be too far away from their influent!
friends on this dread day. At th
time, too, the presence of an unusual
large number of Congressmen in tl
City is due to a desire to protect tb?
protegen.
Ooo day this week the Department
Justice was draped io .mourning
memory of James Speed, Attorn?
General in President Lincoln's Cabine
Mr. Speed was a steadfast Republic;
until 1884, when he repented of h
evil political associations and redeem*
himself by enlisting in the columns
Clereiand and Hendricks.
If there bad been a few thousat
such women on the Union side as si
of whom I now write, the Civil Wi
would not have lasted two years. Th
lady, a Mrs. Brown, of W. Va., bi
borne in all 33 children, 20 of ti
number being boys, 16 of whom serve
tn the Union Army, of which numb*
but two were killed, each of the otbe
14 draws a pension from the Goven
ment for disabilities received in servie
and the death of two sons also entitle
the mother to a pension. Gen. Blac
says the files of the office fail to sho'
another record where the 16 sons c
one father and mother served in th
late war. .
The military spirit lately infused int
the citizens of Washington is still rift
aa is evidenced by the organization c
three or fonr milita companies durinj
the past month, which have been forme
into a 'National Guard/ under tb*
direction and command of Gen. Ord way
so that in case of foreign invasion o
civil conflict the Capital of the Natioi
would be able to furnish many defender
from ita own firesides.
It is a matter of history that th
original Grand Army of the Republh
was almost disrupted, that its influenc
and usefulness was impaired, and that i
had to be reorganized because its mena
gera unwisely permitted it turned int?
a partisan Republican machine. I
now seems that history is about to re
peat itself in this instance, as Gen
Fairchild, its Commander-in-chief, sayi
that the financial work of the last yeai
Was the drafting of the Department
Pension Bill. A bill has been mad<
ont and sent to all of the posts for ap?
proval, those of thia city having given
their endorsement, another attempt
will be made to haul millions out of thc
Treasury. Then the Tuttle and battle
flag episodes considered in the samt
connection seem to clearly foreshadow
a political conspiracy in the Grand
Army. Therefore I advise Democratic
members of the G. A. R. to keep t
sharp eye on their Bepubliean brethren
ali along the line.
Report has it that there is a serioui
estrangement between the President and
Secretary Endicott. That the resigna
lion of the man of ancient and illustri?
ous lineage has been called for, and
will be forthcoming within 30 days. It
ia thought the last difference arose out
of the Secretary's hasty action io ad?
vising the return of the battle-flags,
although I am informed that there has
long been a painful lack of cordially
between the two gentlemen, and that
anybody else but the Secretary would
have resigned at almost any time in
the past six months.
These days about every third Con?
gressman or Ex-Congressman who
enters the ofiice of Secretary Lamar is
at once bulletined in the newspapers as
his successor, it being generally assumed
that the Secretary will take his seat
on the Supreme Bench in October, at
which time, I think the appointment
will be announced and accepted, for
who can afford to decline an honor so
exalted ? AU this summer I believe
the President will be canvassing for a
suitable Secretary of the interior, and
there can be little doubt, that io the
exercise of his usual sound judgment,
he will find thc right man for the
place.
it is quite likely that the President
and Mrs. Cleveland will take another
pleasure trip in July, and that the
two expect to celebrate Mrs. Cleveland's
twenty-third birthday occuring on July
21st, in some quiet mountain retreat
of the *Oid Dominion '
The Commissioners of thc District of
Columbia have issued a revised set of
ordinances for the government of the
citizens of Washington, regulating
everybody and everything from the
crowning of a cock to the shooting of
a fire cracker. Thc small boy<s have
already gotten ahead of the Commis?
sioners by hiding in barns and stables
to set off fireworks, the result being
two large fires.
Southern Manufacturing Enter?
prise.
Boston Jourtuil of Commerce.
The assertion that has been made iii
some quarters that the prog restive
spirit of the South is that which U de?
rived from the North, seems to have
j grated harsh!} on the sensibilities of
many of our Southern contemporaries
This 18 natural, for no people like to bc
accused of dullness or lack of energy
and force of character. Were it other?
wise, it would be a manifest symptom
of a degeneracy of spirit that is not be?
coming to any community that has the
I least element of ambition to be prj.?gres
j ?ive. While it is not to bc deuied that
i the South has been much beoefitted by
j Northern capital, ingenuity and pluck,
I neither can it be gainuaid that the ad
? vantages derived therefrom were made
j possible only through the intclli^ei t
and active cu operation of the Southeru
j people ^S&'selves. Enough credit
sot been given to Southern cnerg}
surmounting the depressing inSucn
that followed in the wake of a fearfi
destructive and unsuccessful civil TI
fare. Poverty and the incubus of a
graded political government, which
people and the States bad to submit
for a time after the close of the late w
had to be lift?i and cast off before .
marked advance could be made in ind
trial pursuits. This has now b>
largely done, and the effort bas beei
Herculean one.
.Ooo thing is sure, and tba! ts. Nor
ero espita! won ld sever seek Sou tb?
enterprises if it did not feel ea fe un
Southern control and influences,
very conspicuous example of a clear
cognition of Soutbern executive tal?
and personal integrity, is that shown
the proposed erection of a cotton mill
Greenville, S. C.. on the coodition i
Cot. H. P. Hammett, a thoroughly i
bued Southerner, assumes the manaj
meet of it. Col. Hammett has con se
ed to take the responsibility and I
factory will soon become a reality. 1
capital to be invested is to be $500,0(
of which three-fifths is to be fare is fc
by Northern capitalists, the remaini
two-fifths to be secured from Southe
investors. The spindle capacity is
be 25,000, for the production of a co
paratrtively fine sheeting and yan
The sheetings are to be four yar
to the pound, which, if we m
take not, is finer than the avers
grade of sheetings made in that sectio
The motive power will- be derived fr<
steam, and the fuel will be obtain
from the bituminous coal fields of A
bama, from which place it ean be del iv*
ed at $2.75 per ton. Of course, tl
confidence which has been soemphatica!
expressed in the executive ability
Col. Hammett is wholly due to his e
ceptionai succsss in the management
cotton-mille. His experience in tl
South, in this way, commenced befe
the war, and he has thus the addition
advantage of knowing the practical op?
ationsofthe mill. He further knoi
how to appreciate the benefits to be d
rived from attending to the home cot
forts of those who labor for him, 1
furnishing comfortable tenements at
surrounding them with objects that wi
beget contentedness.
The town of Greenville is a fiourisl
ing centre for cotton manufacturing
which is invested capital exceed it
$1,000,000, for the operation of abo
50,000 spindles, on sheetings, pla
j and colored yarns, plaids, cottonade
etc The motive power is derived fro
water and steam. The native whi
population gives the mills abunda*
help for ali the processes of manufactu
ing, s nd as a consequence a steady cia;
j of employees can be depended on at a
times. Should clear water be require
it can be obtained from the springs au
streams of the neighboring hills. Th
town is located above the alluvial plait
that characterize the topography of th
State. Its elevation is 1050 feet abo*?
the level of the sea, on the souther
edge of the Blue mountains. Th
Reedy river that flows through the plac
provides a fall of about thirty feel
which, we believe, is pretty well utilize
for power by one of the mills, and an
additional power bas to be obtained froi
steam. Gas and electricity are intrc
duced into the mills, for lighting pm
poses.
An Eloquent Tribute.
The Palmetto Post in a notice of th
death of Henry Buist Esq , of Charles
ton, relates the following as a tribute t
his memory and illustrative of the good
ness of bis heart:
.'We remember once when a commit
tee of a Lodge in Charleston to ?hie]
subscriptions at the death of a Fellow
craft who had left bis family in desti
tu tion, was seeded. The funeral anc
other expenses were paid by the Lodge
It was suggested that a purse be mad?
up by contributions from members o
the Craft. It was thought if $10(
could be raised by small contribution!
it would be of incalculable benefit t<
meet the immediate wants of a bereaved
family. The Master of the Lodge wa*
chairman of tho committee, and in cour?
tesy, he determined to apply first tc
Hon. Henry Buist and Gen. W. G.
DeSaussure, two of the oldest and most
eminent Masons in the city and State.
Mr. Buist was called upon first. He
asked how much was expected to be
raised. When the reply, $100, wa?
made, we shall never forget his words ;
'Don't huckster for the amount. Here
is $100. Don't say anything about it.3
"We throw this as a chaplet upon
that tomb in Magnolia that contains the
body of one who, exceptionally in this
world of ours, had a soul."
ITEMS.
'Fellow slaves'' began an orator at a
labor meeting in Buffalo; and then he
stopped. 'Go ahead !' cried a voice in
the audience ; 'mest of os arc married V
Out West, they say that Senator But?
ler, of South Carolina, will be tended
the Secretaryship of thc Interior in the
event Mr. Lamar is appointed to the
vacancy on the Supreme Court bench.
Mr. Powderly is very pronounced in
his views of pauper emigration. At the
convention of the Knights of Labor, to
j bc held in Minneapolis at an early date,
? the general question of emigration will
j bc considered and acted upon.
The New York Tribune says there is
really no good reason for the recent ad?
vance in coffee. It is simply thc result
j of speculation, by which the price of an
I article really ranked among the necessa
I ries of life has been run up 2.00 per
{ cent, in thc course of one year. In thc
! opinion of some there ought to be some
? remedy at law for such a thing, but un?
fortunately there is uonc.
Thc Chicago TriOaiie:says horses and
milch cuws may be protected, io a great
measure at least, from flics, by wiping
them all over with a spougc dipped'in
H-ap fuds in which a little carbolic acid
lias bern mixed. It would be welt to
try this remedy as flies are great annoy?
ances to cattle causing them to lose
! flesh, aud the flow of milk to shrink,
j When President Cleveland in his let
! ter of congratulation said to Queen Vic
j tcria : 'May liberty flourish throughout
j y>'?ur empire under just and equal law?,
I and may your government be tstroog in
j the affection of ol! who live under it,'
j he adopted a gentle way of intimating
j to her Majesty that Ireland ought to
! have thc benefit, of just and equal laws
! and that something ought to be done to
secure the affections of the Irish people.
! On such an occasion as a jubilee, and to
j a lady, it wouldn't have been polite to
j blurt it out in pointed language, but
; that evidently is what Grover meant,
' and it is to be hoped that Victoria will
take thc hint.
OUR SCHOOL INTERESTS.
Views of the County School Com?
missioner.
To the Watchman and Southron: I wish
herein to give a few suggestive hints and ob?
servations upon the condition of the schools
in the County. In my visitations of the vari?
ous schools and school districts, I have been
careful to note the condition of the school
buildings, the condition of the schools as to
arrangement inside, the methods of the teach?
er, classification of pupils, text books, etc.
The school system ls in its infancy ; and
veritably "drags its slow length along."
As regards the rural districts, and in many
of tbe towns, the schools bare not attained to
that degree of proficiency that might reason?
ably be expected of them. This is dne, as I per?
ceive, to many sources, a few of which, are
the following, to wit, to the pall of prejudice
that bas overshadowed the system from its
early dawn ; to the indifference consequent
upon such prejudice, on the part of those un?
der whose supervision the schools are placed ;
to the inadequacy of the system to the condi?
tion of our society at the 4ime it waa thrust
upon our people by the Radical Constitution
of '68; and, in a great measure, to the inef?
ficiency of school officials who ?reelected (un?
like any Slate system in the Union) regardless
of any literary and scientific attainments, or
professional skill ; but happily these evils are
being gradually remedied. Prejudices are
being removed, the system is becoming more
and more adequate to the condition of our
society, a liver interest on the part of trustees
and patrons ie being manifested, teachers are
beginning to learn that teaching is an art as
well as a science, and that it is no guess
work ; and, in the language of another, they
are beginning to know that, "Education is
progressive. The development of the popular
mind is becoming the transcendent question
of the day. Improvements are being made in
every department, dull routine is giving away
to intellectual activity, instruction is becom?
ing a science, and teaching a profession."
One of the most noticeable defects which has
come under my observation, and which cries
aloud for remedy, is the absolute necessity of
suitable school bouses, built with a view and
design for the purpose they are intended. In
some of the townships there is a total want of
school houses. There is, however, in many
instances, a kind of automatic execrable shell
termed school bouse, more fitted for the
han nts of owls, bats and goats, than for the
training of the tender and immortal minds.
It does occur to me that in the event the re?
spective townships are not financially strong
enough to erect suitable buildings, the co?
operative efforts of trustees and patrons would
go far to accomplish this purpose. Again,
trustees could, in those townships wherein
such buildings are needed, judiciously prac?
tice economy in the disbursement of the school
funds to that end. I would respectfully sub?
mit that before erecting a proposed school
house, the plan, which ?3 a most essential fea?
ture of the building, should be matured with
the greatest care, and that the title to the
ground selected for the school house should
be carefully investigated.
Before opening the schools in the fall, it
would be well for the Boards of Trustees to
meet for the purpose of fixing salaries for the
respective fchoole of their townships, of se?
lecting teachers, of determining the schools to
which pupils should go, and to take into con?
sideration all snch matters as would properly
come under their supervision. A specific
monthly salary should be fixed for each school
in the township, and not an apportionment as
has teen the case, with a delegated authority
to expend the funds in whatsoever manner
the whim of patrons may dictate. Trustees
should exercise a discretionary power with
regard to the schools which pupils shall at?
tend. To leave this matter to the choice or
caprice of parents would involve the affairs of
the district in hopeless confusion. Of course
in such cases wherein the nearest school is, in
point of distance, not the easiest of access by
reason of geographical obstacles, etc., Trus?
tees should in all such difficulties, determine
the matter.
In the selection of teachers for thc
schools, the South Carolina school law
enjoins upon the Local Boards of Trus?
tees, and makes it obligatory upon them
to employ teachers from . among those
holding certificates from the County
Board of Examiners or the State Board of
Examiners. "Provided, That no examination
as to qualifications shall be made in the case
of any applicant who produces a diploma from
any chartered college or university in the
State, certifying to the proficiency of such per?
son in the branches of learning referred to in
his application, and satisfactory evidence of
good ?oral character." Said diploma most
certify to the proficiency of such applicant in
the branches referred to in his application.
"The branches of learning for which certi?
ficate of qualification are applied for are
Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar,
History of Uaitei States, History of South
Carolina, Spelling, Writing and Pedagogics.
Unless the diploma certifies to the proficiency
of its holden in those branches, a certificate
cannot be granted to him, under the law,
without examination.'' This is essentially
the language of the law. We see plainly,
therefore, that a proficiency in said branches
must be signified by said diploma, and that
said diploma must denote proficiency in Peda?
gogies, in which term, is implied the art and
science of teaching. -
In the further selection of teachers, prefer
euee should be given to last years teachers, if
successful and of sufficient acquirements.
There is a great risk of the failure of untried
teachers, and much of the pupil's valuable
time may be saved, hy enabling them to com?
menee in their studies where they left off at
the end of the former year.
The opposition to female teachers, so prev?
alent in Pome sections, bas no foundation in
reason or fact. The mother is the first in?
structor, and the sisterly mind of the female
teacher seems to be peculiarly qualified lo
continue her instructions. A larger propor?
tion of women are better qualified by nature
as well as education lo impart knowledge to
beginners, and when equally educated with
the sterner sex are aa capable as they of giv?
ing instruc!ion8 in the higher branches.
It is the duty of thc trustees ia tue exercise
of thc general supervision over the schools of
their respective districts, to visit every school
in the district at least once a month, by one
or more, and to make a minute of such visit.
There is uo duty which trustees can perform
more salutary or better calculated to promote
the good of the schools, than that of regular
visits thereto.
But we bear some one whisper, for he can?
not say it aloud, that we are not paid. To
each we would reply in the language of
Shnkspeare, "He is well paid that is well sat?
isfied." He who is deeply imbued with the
public wea! is well paid and he who is not
willing to enlist his sympathy for the general
welfare of the educational care of his district
is not the man to represent thc shools of his
district.
Wc must surely realize thc fact that an ed?
ucational ?people is the surest foundation of j
government, and that the right education of j
the rising girls and boys coupled with the i
freedom we enjoy are the only sources of true
greatness and true happiness;
Respectfully submitted,
J, T. WILDER.
Something New.
Outsiders frequently wonder where the rail?
roads obtain proper return for some of the
ingenious but costly methods adopted in ad- ?
vertising their lines. One of thc latest to at?
tract our attention 13 a nicely bound 64-pagc
book entitled, 'What lo Do,' containing de- j
scription and the correct rules of a large nu rn- |
ber of games suitable for parlor or lawn,
which has bren issued by thc Passenger
Department of the St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railway, aod will, we understand,
be forwarded postpaid upon receipt of 8 cents
by C H. Warren, Genera! Passenger Agent,
at St. Paul. It is a bo* k that would orna?
ment almost any table and interest both old
and youug.
Pity : It was al the house of the bride's pa?
rents after thc wedding. On a table were ex?
posed the costly presents. Two gentlemen
were examining them, said one of them sud?
denly : "These you say, arc the bride's pres?
ents, but what does the groom get?" "Ob,"
replied the other, "he gets the woman."
First geutlciuau; "lg that ali ? Poor fellow !'
From thc Southern Presbyterian.
Sumter Instiiute.
Mr. Editor: Will you allow me space in
your columns to say a few things about the
Commencement exercises of the Sumter Insti?
tute, which were held during the week begin?
ning Tuesday . June 7, and ending on the
Thursday evening following ?
The first evening was occupied with the
calisthenic drill in the presence of a crowded
hallr and participated in by the whole school.
The first class in free-handed exercises and in?
tricate evolutions, was composed of the little
girls, and the manner in which they perform?
ed may be judged by the fact that they drew
forth the encooiumt of several Colonels, Ma?
jors, Captains, and one Brigadier General,
who were sitting near the writer ; the last of
whom remarked, that if he could do so with
propriety, be would immediately promote
their teacher, Miss Cooper, to a place on his
stan*.
The next class, composed of larger girls,
appeared with dumb bells, and the graceful
and easy way in which they handlea these
ponderous implements, the exact time they
kept with the accompanying music, and the
perfect order they brought out of their intri?
cate mazes, was a matter of amazement to all
beholders.
The third and fourth classes, composed of
young ladies, appeared with rings aud wands,
and the perfection of their performances may
be judged by the fact that they had risen to
these claise* after huting passed through the
drilling of the others. This feature of school
exercises can hardly? I think, be too highly
commended, for reasons, too obvions to need
to he mentioned.
Wednesday evening the Alumna; Associa?
tion held their first reunion meeting after sev?
enteen years, since the first graduates went
forth from the Institute. The whole number
of alumnae amounted to one hundred. These
hare been scattered from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. Four have departed this life. About
forty were present on this occasion, which
waa a most enjoyable one. The Association
was welcomed, at the request of the principals,
by the Rev. N. W. Edmunds, who bad him?
self, in former years, taken part in the train?
ing of many of these graduates. A literary
address of rare excellence was delivered by the
Rev. Dr. Frierson, of Aucfetsoa, and music,
ins-trumenlal and vocal, was rendered in a
way to show that these ladies had not suffer?
ed their hands to forget their cu-naiBg nor
their voices their sweetness.
Thursday evening was devoted to the Com?
mencement proper. This was marred by the
absence of Dr. J. H. Carlisle, who was to have
delivered the annual address on the occasion,
but was prevented at the last moment by sud*'
den illness. All who know bim, know how
much was lost by his absence. Notwithstand?
ing this drawback, however, the exercises of
the evening were rendered quite interesting
and entertaining by the creditable rendition
of an elaborate programme of music, vocal
and instrumental, by an excellent salutatory
from Miss Belva Thomas, of Florida, and a
touching valedictory from Miss Jennie Wil?
son of Sumter County, and by the bestowal
of awards and the delivery of diplomas.
We should not omit to mention that two en?
tire days were devoted to a most rigid exami?
nation oral and ia writing, of all the classes,
before a committee of gentlemen selected for
the purpose. These examinations were fair,
thorough, and highly satisfactory. The reci?
tation in English Literature, Criticism, Logic,
Evidences of Christianity, and Butler's Analo?
gy would have done credit to any college,
male or female.
There are two competitive examinations,
one in spelling and the other in mathematics,
for the award of scholarships- for half term
each. The contest in spelling was conducted
by first selecting about thirty girls from the
different classes, to whom words were given,
taken at random from a test spelling book of
some 4,000. When a pupil failed ou a word,
she took her scat and this continued till the
number was reduced to six. These six were
then required to write fifty words at the dic?
tation of the committee. Their papers, desig?
nated by a letter of the alphabet, were then
gathered by a teacher and handed to the com?
mittee for inspection. One of these, which
proved to be that of Miss Katie Dickson, of
Sumter, was found to be perfect and the rest
not much short of maximum.
The examination in Algebra and Arithme?
tic was conducted in writing, by giving sever?
al different and difficult problems in each, to
each of the pupils. Of these thirteen attained
maximum, and the committee were compelled
to discriminate in favor of the paper marked
J, which proved to be that of Miss Hannah
Fraser, of Sumter County, only by its evinc?
ing more originality io the manner of its solu?
tions. Two gold medals were given by the
Faculty for general excellency for the whole
term-one to a tittle girl of the Primary De?
partment, Miss Lucie Graham, of Sumter, and
the other to Miss Jennie Wilson of the
graduating class.
The ball was adorned with many excellent
specimens of drawing and painting, which
did much credit to the pupils and their gifted
teacher, Miss Sophie Hart, of Hartville, S. C.
The number of pupils attending the Institute
during the past term amounted to 117; and
the Principals, Mrs. L. A. Brown and Miss E.
E. Cooper, are so much encouraged by their
success that the work bas already begun by
which the boarding capacity of the school will
be almost doubled at the opening of the next
term in September. We have no hesitation in
saying that in every respect there is no more
desirable school to which our people may look
for the education of their daughters.
OsssavsB.
i $ ?1 mm
School Celebration.
MAGNOLIA, July 4, 1887.
Mr. Editor : Tour correspondent bad the
good fortune to be invited to, and attended a
most enjoyable occasion on last Friday, some
distance from home, and would like to tell
something about it: Ta accordance with pre?
vious arrangements, the close of the first ses?
sion of Mr. B. B. Thompson's large school,
located in Lower Salem, near Beniah Church,
culminated on the day above mentioned, in
one of those good, old fashioned school exhi?
bitions and festivals so hugely enjoyed in days
lang sine. The weather was all that could be
desired, consequently the number present was
quite large. The sturdy yeomanry of this
rather sparsely settled section of Snmter and
Clarendon Counties, with their wives, sons
and daughters, poured in from every cardinal
point, all in smiles anticipatory of the enjoy?
ments to be realized on this gala day. Long
before the prandial hour there was a constant
arrival and unloading of vehicles of all descrip?
tions. Trunks and baskets filled with crea?
ture-comforts were piled out, and convenient?
ly arranged, while the odor therefrom, ?lled
our olfactories with the richest and most ap?
petizing perfume. But from the contem?
plation of such sweets in store, we must turn
our attention to thc intellectual treat that 1
must take precedence. The exercises of !
thc day began with music, vocal and instru- |
mental. As to thc quality of thc performance,
it is sufficient to say that Miss Fannie'Tack
presided over the organ, executing appropriate
pieces during thc varying programme. Where
all the lads and lassies, and thc little ones too,
performed their parts so creditably, it would
bc invidious to make particular mention of
any, so I will simply give the names of each
rrcitrr and actor and title of his or her piece.
1 hope the printer will get in ihe names of al!
enumerated. Let thc children see that they have
PO distinguished themselves that their names
Imvc gotten into thc newspapers. It will be
an encouragement and an incentive to them to
become more distinguished. From thc varied
and numerous subjects handled by the little
speakers,- it is evident, that somebody's brain
wns busy in thc preparation and selection of
them. First, then, we bare as one batch
of speakers and actors between the Music :
Kllie Moore-A Call to Vote.
Ada Thompson-Thc Bee.
Sammie Chandler-What Not to Do.
Ida Hicks-The Song of the Jersey.
Dudley Moore-To a Young Man.
M. A. Floyd and B. W. White-Darkey
Debate.
Mure.
Willie Keels-Carving a Name.
Lizzie Thompson-The Child of the World.
David Cole-The Lawyer's Stratagem.
Archie Chandler-Dot Lamb Dot Mary
Have Got.
Eunice Cole-The Exile.
Music.
O?car Langston-Small Boy.
Ellie Moore-Walking With the World.
Annie Cbaudler-The Outer aud Inner Life.
Archie Chandler-My Washer Woman.
R. I. Moore-Intellectual aad Moral Power.
Music.
R P. Thompson-Stump Speech.
Miss Leila Lemmon-Aunt Hettie on Matri?
mony.
Cullie Tbomlinson-Political Stump Speech.
Music.
Baxter White, Misses Fannie Chandler,
Marianne Moore, Lou Thompson and Ola
White-The Old and the New.
W. A. Courteney-The Singing School.
Music.
Miss Leila Lemmon-Our Mother.
Robert Smalls-Woman's Rights.
Miss Emma Chandler-The Brand New Or
gan.
Music.
R. I. Moore-My Fourth of Jory Sentiment.
R. P. Thompson-The Most Preeiooe Gift.
A. I. Hicks and I. F. Floyd-The Arkan?
sas Traveller.
B. B. Thompson-Educated Labor.
Music.
Mr. Thompson's address was carefully pre?
pared and coe tai oed many valuable thoughts,
finely expressed. His address closed the regu?
lar programme. The Rev. J. M. Plowden
promptly responded to a call, and made a hap?
py impromptu speech. His theme was De?
cision of Character. He made a number of
strong poi nts, and handled his. subject ably
and skillfully. At the conclusion of these ex?
ercises, Mr. S. R Chandler made a short, but
telling speech, full of good advice and en?
couragement.
And now for tbe dinner. To be brief, and
to adopt the phraseology of the day, ample
justice was done to the rich and varied repast.
All were filled and all were happy. In eon?
elusion, a thought or two. Why was there
so much decorum and sobriety to be witness?
ed on this occasion. Let each and all ponder
this question, and answer it in deeds, as well
as words. I like these school exhibitions.
White the minds of tbe children are being im?
proved by education, they should be taught
oratory. Let them learn to face an auditory
with intrepidity and- unabashed, that they
may be prepared to speak their convictions
whenever they are called upon to do so.
These young people are the rising hope of our
couDtry. Soon they must take upon them?
selves, not only the duties of life, but the im?
portant interests of citizenship and of State.
We congratlate Mr. Thompson, and all con?
cerned on the brilliant af ter lude of his scholas?
tic session, satisfied that good has been done
in the interests of education, and we hope to
bear more of him on th?'sam?iine.
Visito?.
A fresh can of Cerealine Wafers received to?
day at Palace Cream Saloon.
mm -?
'Tis sweet to knock at your sweetheart's
door,
When the bees have ceased their drumming,
And hear the bulldog growl response,
"Oyes, old boy, I'm coming!"
Gb to O'Connor's Bakery for Patent Bread,
Cinnamon Rolls and everything nice. A
new and first class Charleston Baker in
charge. _ _
Saved His Life.
Mr. D; I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave. Ky.,
says he .was, for many years, badly afflicted
with Putbisic, also Diabetes; the pains were
almost unendurable and would sometimes
almost throw him him into convulsions. Ile
tried Electric Bitter? and got relief from the first
bottle and after taking six bottles, was entirely
cured, and had gained in flesh eighteen pounds.
Says he positively believes ho would have
died, had it not been for the relief afforded by
Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by
Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme. 6
Miraculous Escape.
W. W. Recd, druggist, of Winchester, Ind-,
writes: '-Ono of my customers, Mrs. Louisa
Pike, Bartonia, Randolph Co., Ind., was a long
sufferer with Consumption, and was given ap
to die by her physicians. S?e heard ol Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption, and
began buying it of me. In six months' tims
she walked to this city, a distance of six miles,
and is now so much improved she bas quit
using it. She feels she owes her life to it.
Free Trial Bottles at Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme's
Drug Store. 6
???
If sick-headache is misery, what are Chip
man's Liver Pills if they will positively cure
it? People who have used them speak
frankly of their worth. Sold by all drug?
gists.
THE MARKETS.
SUMTER, S. C., June 6, 1887.
COTTON.-About 32 bales were sold dur?
ing the .week ending the 6th. The market
closed firm. We quote : Ordinary 9 ;
Good Ordinary 9} ; Low Middling9},- Mid?
dling 9jf ; Good Middling 10.
CHARLESTON, S. C., June 6, 188?.
Cotton -No sales reported, and market
inactive. Middling quoted at 10} nominal.
WILMINGTON, N. C., July 5.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Sales at 30$.
ROSIN.-Steady at 85c. for Strained and 90
for Good Strained.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Virgin $2.20, Yellow
Dip $1.95, Hard $1.10.
COTTON.-Firm on a basis of 10j for Mid
dliog. No sales.
ECLECTIC COLLEGE,
SUMTER, S. C.
Miss M. H. GIRARDEAU, Principal.
CORPS OF TEACHERS.
Miss M. H. GI R ARDE AU.
Miss CLAUDE M. GIRARDEAU.
Miss V. MARION GIRARDEAU.
Rsv. C. C. BROWN.
REV. JOHN KERSHAW.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
MUSIC.
MRS. JOHN KERSHAW,
Miss CLAUDE M. GIRARDEAU.
ART AND ELOCUTION.
Miss CLAUDE M. GIRARDEAU.
BOARDING DEPARTMENT.
Miss HARRIET CAMPBELL.
ADVISORY BOARD.
Rev. John Kershaw, Rev. T. E. Wanna
maker, Rev. C. C. Brown.
Medical attendance free, except in cases of
protracted illness.
For particulars apply to the Principal.
July G.
fl LEXINGTON, KY. Li
The bert equipped school in the State: aceomraodatlons
Strictly fl rat-ct (VM ; heil tod by stoam and lighted bj gas;
only two jonnpr ladles to the room; splendid facuity of
enerleacM teachers. Session begins *nd Monday
in September. For particulars or Catalogues, address
?V. T. rATTEBSOX, Pre?., ZexinfftonfKy.
THE BEST
c
ALL AT WM. BOGIN'S and buy one of
the NEW HIGH ARM VERTICAL FEED
Davis Sewing Machines,
-1 also keep
The Household,
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 4dispo3? of same for little or
nothing.
WM. BO?IN,
June 20 Main Street, Sumter, S. C.
CAPON SPRINGS AND BATHS.
ALKALINE LITHIA AND SUPERIOR
IRON WATERS.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, W. VA.
THIS CELEBRATED MOUNTAIN RE
sort for health and pleasure ; Baths of
any Temperature ; a summer climate unsur?
passed ; a charming summer home, with ita
many improvements, accommodating 800
guests, open June!. Send for circular and
rate sheet. (For medical and other testimo?
ny.) WM. H. SALE,
Proprietor.
Say where you saw this advertisement,
June 29 ita
THE SUMTER
HIGH SCHOOL
FOB BOYS,
Affording superior advantages
in ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS,
and the CLASSICS, will reopen
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1887.
L. W. DICK, I
>? Principals.
A. c. MCINTOSH,)
TUITION-From $2 to $5 per month.
BOARD-with the pr'rnerpalg, $12 per mo.
For further information apply to
PRINCIPALS SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL,
Lock Box No. 49.
Jun 8 Sumter, S- C.
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, BUTTES and CHEESE
during the Sommer 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
Fttraiture Dealer,
BEGS THE PEOPLE OF SUMTER and;
surrounding country to take notice thar
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 in 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
and said to be the most durable of ail mat?
tings. 36 inches wide, only 40 cts". per' yard.
Call and see this new matting, and examine
reliable testimonials as to its worth.
-ALSO
Pine Wool Mattresses,
Remarkable for their softness, durability and
healthfulness. No insects will go about pine
weet.
THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT,
Is complete. All styles of Burial Cases, Cof?
fins and Caskets, constantly on band at from
$3 to $30 for Children and $5 to $75' for
adults:
Calls promptly attended to, day of night.
Jane g 4 _J. D. CRAIG.
?state of Mm Cr MeLanriB,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE for Sumter County on the 15th
day of July, 18S7, for a Final Discharge
as Administrator of aforesaid Estate.
CHAS. E. BARTLETT,
June 15, 1S87. ' Administrator.
NEW MAN IN TOWN?
NEW GOODS ! NEW PRICES !
The Richest and Cheapest Cheap John
ever in Sumter County.
M 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 1
Suits at $2.50 Vp. 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 Mayesyille, 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 Cemetery
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. Im
DO YOU WA MT A DOG
U so. nod foe DOG BUYERS* fl
C Ul DE, ecBtjmna colored pUfcfi, ?
100 ensTTaviniTS ot different broed*,
prices they .** tracto, ?od where to
boy them.- Direction* for Tmininjr
Pegs ?nd Breeding Ferrets. Muled
for 16 Ont*. AL? Cots of Do?
FamSsbina Gooda of all kbdt.
ARE VDU INTERESTED \H POULTRY
Then send for Practical POUL?
TRY BOOK. 1100 poaes? bcaa
Uful colored plat?*; enaravtoira
of E?IIV all kind? of fowls; deeenp
tiona of the breeds: bow to ospoeise;
plena for poottay bocees: information
?boat mcubtfcjra, sod where to buy
Base from beat stock nt 81.60
per Mitti na. Sent io: ld Cents.
VDOYOU IfvEEP CAGE BiRDS Zu
If eo, voa need the BOOK OF CAGE
Bili U.S. 120 past*. 150 fllns
trati or s. Boacbfnr colored pin tc.
Treatment and breeding of ell kinds Cogo
birds, for pleasure ana profit. Diseases
sod tboir cora. How to oruld and stock j
an Aviary. All sboat Parrots. Prices of
all lends birds, cm etc. Mailed foe
15 Cents. Tho Taree Books, 4P Cts.
ASWOCIATETTF?NCIERS, f?
237 Sooth Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
MUSIC SCHOLARS WANTED.
MRS. KERSHAW IS DESIROUS OF
procuring music scholars for the
months of July and Augast. Terms $3.00
{?er month. Apply at the Rectory, Sumter,
S. C. June 22.
The State of South Carolina
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, MRS. SUSAN V. JENNINGS,
Widow, made suit tc 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 Court 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 cause, if any they nata,
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
-AND
PATRONS;
You wrtL REMEMBER that last
Spring t disposed of my entire
stock of Fall aod Winter Good?
at Cost.
Now I haie AN ENTfRE
NEW AND WELL SELECTED
STOCK, complete m aH depart?
meats.
It is almost useless to attempt
to enumerate, bot I ?Bi neut ion ?
few articles, such aa
LAMES? AND MISSES?
Cloaks, Wraps and Jerseys,
-AND
Children's Presses,
Infants' Cloaks*,
MY STOCK OP
GENTS' YOUTHS' AND BAYS'
CLOTHING
IB LARGE AND VARIED, and
marted with a view to a quick
sale. I am sure I can satisfy any
one who wishes
A NICE HAT;
EITHER SOFT OB SOTIS
Io other words, I would' bi
pleased to have the LADIES Afro.
GENTLEMEN to visit my- store ami
inspect thc goods for themselves*.
THE EARTHQUAKE has had a ..
teodeocy to shake prices down to
BOTTOM FIGURES.
Respectfully,
ALTAMONT MOSfS.
October 5
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ?&9
AUGUSTA B. R.
CONDENSBD SCHHDW
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Daven
June 19,1887.
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Leave Wi 1 ming ton
Leave Waceamaw.
Leave Marion......
Leave Florence....
Ar've Somier......
Arte Columbia.:.
6 4?pm
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TRAINS GOING NO RT?.
No. 6?, \
Daily. I JTa. H.
Exespt j Bally.
Send*/. \ *
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Arte Saniter
Leave Florence...
Leave Marion...?
Leave Waceimaw
Arte Wilmington
19 55 pe
ll 52 *
4 35 ai
5 15 44
7 92 "
8 25 ?
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Trais? No. 23 and 78 atop at all Station*
ezeept Cane Savannah, Waurn and Shuns*.
Passengers fer points en C. A ?9. R. iL, CL?
C. A. A. R. R. Stations, Aiken Jinetion. end
all points beyond, should take No, a J. Pnl?nna
Sleeper for Augusta on this, train.
Trains 57 and 58 make clo.*? eonaeet?ur at
Florence with Trains on C. s D. K. B.
JOHN F. DIVINE. Genets! Sup*
J. R. KEN LY, Superintendent Trna?.
T. M. EMERSON. Gen. Pyonger Agfo -
NORTH-EASTERN I kV 69,
CONDENSED SCHEDtUC,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated May 1, '87
No. 15.
Daily
Except
Sunday.
No. 23.
Daily.
rNo;3T.
Daiiv.
Leave Florence...
** Kingstree.
Arrive Lanes.
" Charleston
6 20 pm
7 37 44
8 00 "
6 50 nm
8 06 "
8 33 44
ll 00 "
130*1
2 30 44
2 50 44
5 00 4*
No. 15 connects at Lanes with Train fy
Columbia, arriving Charleston 9.45 P. Jf.
No. 53 rons solid daily except Sunday; an4
No. 55 Sunday only, from Columbia ta
Charleston, via Sumter and Lanes, tarvfag
Columbia 5.27 P. M., arrive Cbarleste* 9.45
P. M.
TRAINS GOING. NORTH.
No. 78.
Daily.
No. 69.
Daily,
Except
[Sunday.
No. 14.
Daily.
Leave Charleston |12 25 am
2 50 44
3 10 44
4 20 44
44 Lanes...
14 Kingstree..
Arrive Florence.
8 48am
9 08 "
10 28 44
3 55pm
6 IS "
6 33 44
7 *9 "
No. 66 connects at Lanes with Train leav?
ing Charleston 7.00 A. M.
No. 52 leaves Charleston Dairy, except Sun?
day, 7.00 A. M., and runs solid to Columbia
via Lanes and Sumter, arriving Coombia
10.55 A. M. No. 54 leaves Chartaetoa Sun?
days only at ?8 45' Av nJK, arriving Colombia
1.00 P.M. " ' . ..
Nos. 15, 23 and 2? make connection at
Ashley Junction with C A S. R. R. for Sa?
vannah and Florida points. . -?
Nos. 78 and 15 run solid to Wilmington,
N.C., making close connection wi m &
W. R. R. for Norfolk, Petersburg, Richmond,
Washington, Baltimore PfciladetaMn, Kaw
York, and all points North.
No. 66 connecU at Florence with Traia for
Wadesboro and all points on C. 4 D, and ?.
k S. Rail Roads. _
J. R, KENLY, * J. F. DIYHW,
Supt. Trans. Gen'l 8ap't.
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