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CHX SUMTER "WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aixas't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THE TR 1732 SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 186** SUMTER, S. CL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1888. New Series-Vol. VII. No* 24. _ N.x GK OSTEEN, SUMTEli, S. C. TSKMS: "Two Dollars per annum-in advance. . AZ>T*ariSI.S?BXTS . j ne Square, 6 rs: insertion....$1 00 * fccrjsufeseqnentinsertion. 50 Contracts.for three months, or longer will ->e made at reduced rates. 'A? comm??tcations which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries aod tributes of respect will be ih&rjed for. MIL BMfiAia See our $8.00 and $10.00 Cloaks, reduced to $5.00. AllWool Flannel Dresses 22 to 54 inches, at greatly reduced prices. - Trimmings to suit. Allom best Calicoes, form? erly at 7c,? now reduced to oe. ; these not only in Fancies, but in best Black and Mourning styles. Ladies7 Linen Collars at 6Oe. a 4ozen. Do not forget to see ?pur . Dress Clasps, 1 Oe. to 25c., worth 50 and 75. Hamburg Edgings. 5 and 10, worth 10 and 15c. Breakfast Shawls at lo ets. Don't feil to look at our Remnant Basket. Do you wan't a Bustle ? All styles-to be had here. Jerseys from 50c. to $3.00. Full Line of Ms, ?aM? ii Hosiery. . W?i close out our "all Wool Dean Suits" at $9.00; price at beginning of season was $12.00. YoirfSas7 of same at $7.00. Big reduction in Overcoats; tay them on. Ali CLOTHING going at greatly reduced prices. Mee Hats, and oh, how kow ! OBS SHOE DEPARTMENT Is full of Bargains. We have Shoes that wiH do you some service. These Goods must be sold, so we have marked them down WAY BELOW VALUE. Just marked down, an Ele? gant lot of Ladies Shoes, from $2.50 to $1.99. This is not a chestnut. We have lots of other Bar? gains in ALL Departments, in? cluding GROCERY, but our space forbids further details. Before you buy be sure and get the prices from ALTAMONT HOSES. N. E. Cor. Main and Liberty Sts. Nov. 16 -? F. H. Folsom. E. W. Folsom. F. H. FOLSOM & BRO., Established in 1868. -Dealers in JUOBICA1T "WA.TCH2S, CL0CZS, STEELING SILVER and PLATED .WARE, Jewelry, Optical Goods. Gold Pens, Pencils, Machine Needles, &c. Repairing promptly done and warranted by practical workmen. Orders from the country will receive our careful attention.. Try us. Nov 9 o BRONSON HOUSE, SUMTER, S. C. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Bates-One Dollar Per Day. A liberal reduction made according to length of time. J. H. DIXON, Proprietor. Formerly of the' Central Hotel, Spartan borg, S. C. Sept. 21. v_ SEALY'S EMULSION -OF - COD LIVER OIL AND Ipp^lites o? Liso and Ma. Thifrpreparation contains seventy-five per cent, of Pure Cod Liver Oil. and one drachm each of the Hypopbosphites of Lime and ?odn: making it one of the most agreeable prepara? tions of the kind known to the medical faculty. A tablespoonful contains two grains each of the flypopbosphites. Prepared only by GILBERT S. SEALY, Pharmaceutical Chemist, . SUMTES, C. S. Dec. 7 Absolutely Pure This powder, never varip?. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kind*, and can? not be sold in competition with ?he multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAK? ING POWDER CO'.. 106 Wallet., X. Y. TAX RETURNS FOR 18ST-8. RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY and Polls will be recieved at the follow? ing times and places : Tic dall's Store, Tuesday, January 3. ! Bloom Hil!, Wednesday, January 4. Wedgefield, Thursday, January 5. Stateburg. Friday. January o. ; Gordon's Mill, Friday, January 6. Magnolia. Monday, January 9. Mayesville. Tuesday, January 10. Johnson's Store, Wednesday, Jan nary ll Shiloh, Thursday. January 12. Lynchburg, Friday. January 13. Reid's Mill, Monday, January IG. IJishopviiie, Tuesday and Wednes? day. January 17 and 18 Mannville, Thursday, January, 19. Smithville, Friday, January 20: Mechanicsville, Saturday, January 21. Providence, Wednesday, January ll Sanders* D2pot, Wednesday, Janu? ary 18. - Reinbert's Store, Rafting Creek Township, January 19. AND At the Auditor's office in Sumter, from the 23d of January io the 20th of February in? clusive. Parties making Returns by mail or by another person" will please give full first name of Taxpayer aDd the Township tat property is in. W. R. DELGAR, Nov. 30 Auditor Sumter Courvty. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SCMTES, S. C. January 9, 1883. TUE FOLLOWING ACT IS PUBLISH ED ia accordance xiib Section 3 : Aa Act to allow unimproved iands which have not been ot. the tas books since ?875 to be listed without penalty. Section 1. Be it enacted by jae Senate and House of Represe r. ia i i i.-s of die State of South Carol:.na,*now rn'>t and sitting in Genera! As? sembly, aud by the authority of the same, j That in all cas"s where unimproved Ia:;d ? which ha? not been, upon the tas nooks since tee fiscal year commencing November 1, 1875, and which are not ?I 'he forfeited list, shall at any time before the ls: day of October; 1833, be returned to the County Auditor for taxation, the said AodRor be, and is hereby instructed, to assess the s.ir.:? and to enter it upon the duplicate of the fiscal year commenc? ing November I, 1387, with the simple taxes of that year. Section 2 That ail such lands as may be returned to the Auditor fer tr-.x^tion between the first day of October, 15SS. and tuc first day of October, l?Si>, sim!! be assessed and charged with the simple vxessf the ?wo fiscal vears commencing, resoectivelv. On the^first day of November, 1S37. and the first day of November. :8,s8. Section 3. That as soon as practicable after the passage of ibis Act. the Comptroller Gen- I era! is directed to furnish a copy of the same J to each Auditor in the State, aud th" Audi- j tors are required to publish the same in each i of their County paper?, once a wei k for three ! months during the .war ?SS3. :>nd for the j same period of time d ?? ri mr -he year LS89 : and the cost of such publication hall be paid by the County Treasurer, upon the order of the County Commissioners, out of the ordi? nary county tax last collected. Approved December 19, 1837. W R. DELGA R, Jan 11 3m Auditor Sumter County. ELY'S Cream Balm] Cleanses the Nasa! Passages; Allays Pain am: INFLAMMATION Heals the Sores. Restores thc SENSES OF TASTh! and Smell. THY ,., <-'i-uK.H?.Y-FEVE8, CATASBH is a disease ,of the mucous ai*-mbrane. gener- j ally or vi nat i og in the nas?i ?>;t?-;t>:es MMI i maintaining its stronghold ia ;h<- head. From ? this point it sends forth a poisonous virus into the stomach and through the digestiv? organs, corrupting the blood aud producing other troublesome and dangerous symptoms. A particle is applied irttt? each nostril and j is agreeable. Price50 cents at Druggists : *>v j mail, registered. 60 cents. ELY BROS., 235 Greenwich Street, New York. ALL ABOARD ! FOB THE CELESTIAL CITY ? A LL RIGHT! NOW ! We would be ?**d tb help you on the way rejoicing; by supplying you with a choice Family Bib -.. j any st.vie and price: twenty-two dollars, ] down to a complete, substantial, and boni- j tiful Bible ior only three dollars and ?iftj ! cents. My address, Maj es ville, S. C You:.- faithfull v. il ARV KV W. BAKER. | Dec 21 o _ f TO RENT. j THE HOUSE oN CHU ROU STREET, j next to my premises, containing 5 rooms, ; nod with al! necessary out-buildings and j garden. THE H'>USE next to above, ai corner of Church and Warren Streets, containing 4 rooms and with garden. THE HOUSE on Calhoun Street, lately j occupied bv Geo. E. Haynsworih, Esq.. cnn- ! faining 5 moms, with out-t'U!?dio??s and : garden. Fer terms, anply t<> ' " J. H. EARLE, Jaa 18 3: Sumter, S. C. 1 I THE FUGITIVES. The winds are pipinjr shrilly Above the trembling tree; Before their fingers chilly The frightened leaflets flee ; One longing look behind them, cast upon the branches bare, And on they wildly flutter, the exiles of the air. With cruel sneed relentless, The shouting winds pursue: O er meadows brown and scentless Still flit the tinjid crew : Their gold and purple garments, whose tints j surpassed the morn. By sullen mire are drabbled, by heartless j flints are torn. Seine with a sob and shiver Go hurrying through the town Some in the cold, dark river Their sorrows fain would drown ; And some with weary faces within the churchyard fly, To seek among the quiet graves the rest that storms deny. The Country Editor. .There is an idea in the minds of manv who ought to know better,' says the Printers' Circular, 'that the 'country editot' stands on the lowest platform o? the profession, and that he who is employed in any capacity, no matter how humble, on a metro? politan journal is his superior. There is no greater mistake. An editor who has held important chairs in met topolitan offices and who has the rep? utation of having been successful, remarked: 'I do not hesitate td write] the leaders of the most imoortant ? journals, but I would tremble to un- j dertake the management ot a viiiage j newspaper.' There is no piace.in the profession so difficult to fill as that of j a count i y editor In cities a man j who can do one department well bothers himself about nc other. Nor j need he; he gets the knack of his | specialty, and continues at it. But j the country editor must be good in i ail departments ; he must be well I read on all subjects; he must be able i to discern the trend of the public mind in politics, religion and social ? topics ; he must discuss agriculture and anarchy with equal precision ; i lie must be Suent on polemics arid J politics ; he must write of the Presi- j dent and pumpkins ; he must mind j men of high degree and descend to ? things of low esta e ; in short, he j must be an 'all-round man.' It is j this that makes the position of a co un try editor so hard to fill, lt is tin's training that makes the good country j editor su cit a splendid m at) ager for a metropolitan daily. There is no place, except in a country office, j where such all-round training can be j had.- The position of a country editor ' is not held in the esteem it should be | Country papers are not respected as ! they ought to be. If a family catt ! afford only one paper, let it be the home paper; lor it concerns a family ' more to know what is b^tJ?sr done in i its own county than it does to know j the news of distant places. The city j ' paper cannot g:ve, and does not pre- j tend to give, thc local news that its \'. country readers must have ; but a j good country paper does give a very ! fair epitome cd'the world's news No ; other publication can supply the place j of a good ?ocal paper, Ir both can j { not be retained-if either the city j journal or country newspaper must go, let it be the former; for nothing j can supply the place of the local ; paper.' Each year every local paper gives j from $500 to ?5,000 in free lines for i : trie benefit of the community in which \ '. it is located, said Judge David Davis ; . not long before he died. No other;' agoncy can or will do litis. The \ '< editor, in proportion to his means, ?does more for his own town than any i j other ten men, and in all fairness, j man with man, he ought to be sup- j ported, not because you may happen ! to like him or admire his writing, but j because a local paper is the best in ;1 vestment a community can make It | ' may not be brilliant or crowded with j * rare thoughts, 'out financially it is ;; more of a benefit to a community than j ' a preacher or a teacher. Understand ; ' us now, we do not mean morally or ! intellectually, but financially ; and \ 1 yet ot? the moral question you will j ' find the majority7 of thc local papers ! . are on the right side of the question | ] To-day the editors, of local pupers do i; thc most work for the least money of j 1 any men on earth. Subscribe for ! ' your local papers not as a charity, : but as an investment. j 1 Associate Justice Lamar, j ! - ; i Mr. Lamar, who has just boen cou- : : firmed Associate Justice of the L fited : ! ?tates Supreme Court, is re ru o m be red > willi affection hy the older poo pie of j < his native county, in this State. Col. K. B. Nisbet, of Eatonton, who loi i * many years has been an intimate j \ friend of Mr. Lamar and ins family,:! furnishes some fae's of thc early Hie j t that are not generally known. Mr ! * Lamar's family was of Sooth Carolina j \ Huguenot origin, and his father, was ] a distinguished Georgia jurist in his j day. Two of his aunts were Mrs MeGbee, of Eufauhi, Ala . and Mrs i Chappell, mother of M uso ?geo's rep? resentative in the Legislature-, and - one of his uncle's was Mirabeau ii Lamar, who distinguished himself in ' thc Texas revolution and was Presi- 1 dent of that Republic bet??re its ad- 1 mission into the Union as a State The newly continued Associate Justice bears ids father's fuli name ? Lucius Quintus Curtius, and was ' born in l?fi?. fie first married a daughter of Judge Longstreet, the ! 1 author of ''Goorgia ."cenes." atol soon afterward i eft Georgia t<> accept : a t;>!otessorship iti thc I tiiveisitv <-l Mississippi, of wii ;''li hu-; father tn !.i\v had been elected president. lt was in Mac??ii, (ia., where he '.vas study mg ?aw under his uncle, Col. Chap pell, that he hud his love affair with his present reifer; Like",'*M ? fhis family before him he is subject t<- moods of depression, from which he Will arouse ' bimsell and make some start ling in . teliectttai efforts. - Surairnah Ni ?rs. 1 mrnKt ^m Limm j Baltimore lias many well-to-do ne- t groes among its citizens. There arc t nineteen whose aggregate wealth ; ?800;0?0 Uf 'hese J< seph Thomas, a 1 boss stevedore, is worth ?80 OOO. and I James L Bradford, a grocer, is quoted i as worth $50,000. ' 1 The Bowman-Keeis Tragedy.! Comments of the State Press. Williamsburg Herald. The jury was mode up of good mate? rial, and bave- given about the only j verdict they could. It new remains for j a searching trial of each of the accused j to be made ; and the resolution of the I prosecutors should be to find the guilty ! party or parties and administer just j punishment for the crime. Let no guilty wan escape. Lancaster Advertiser. Sumter has passed resolutions against lawlessness and especially carrying con? cealed or unconcealed deadly weapons. Thc- recent gad tragedy which resulted in the death of an iunocent officer of the law while in the discharge of his duty, was the occasion of this most wholesome resolve on the part of the people, The meeting of citizens did not act impru? dently. They did not usurp tho pre? rogatives of the petit jury, nor did they intimate upon whom the penalty for violated law must rest. The people called upon the officers to do their duty, and we venture to say the people of Sumter will see that this duty is done | without fear, and then will accept the verdict. Loller in Hampton Guardian. The tragedy that was enacted in Sum? ter recently has so appalled us that we have chosen to give ourselves time not only to reflect, but to express ourselves as to its enormity. We can not but think, in the view of this terrible spec? tacle of a judicial officer being killed in bis own court, that there is something radically defective in the very hearts of our people. What would have been thought or said if one of our Circuit Judges had been shot while on the bench in the discharge of bis duties? Or what would have been thought if Chief Justice Simpson of the Supreme Court had been killed when an assassin attempted his life some months ago in Columbia? There is no coutravaling issue Our Trial Justices iu their ju? risdiction arc as supreme and entitled to respect as the Circuit Judges in their jurisdiction and as the Supreme Court Judges in theirs, and the more our at? torneys set an example of courtesy and proper behavior in the most inferior courts of the State, the better entitled will th ry be to be hearu with respect by the courts of highest resort, in fact, we once heard a most distinguished Justice of the Circuit Court say that he would be prejudiced in his view of a case on appeal when it was shown that :?:I attorn-y had in any way shown any disrespect to Lhe inferior court whence an appeal had been taken for his re? vision. LAW. Aiken Journal and Review. Four men are held for the killing cf Justice Haynsworth at Sumter, Dec. 30: h From the testimony offered the jury could not say which one of the four Bred the shot that coded the life of Haynsworth. This case will attract a great, deal of attention and it is to be bwpc? the final resuit will leave no blot on the fair name of our State. Vt"oin.*horo Htrald and Xcics. The pc?pie of Sumter nave Jpelu an | ' indignation meeting, cn used by the de- J plorable .shooting at that place. The j re-solutions adopted dcplored lawlessness [ind the carrying of concealed weapons, ind called upou the jury to be fearless in the discharge of their whole duty. These resolutions have the right ring j i ho ut them and sh Os that such crimes j evil I nor he countenanced by the good j ' people of South Carolina. Concealed Weapons. St. George's JSreics. Several of our contemporaries attrib? ute the ki!iin.i of Trial Justice ??ayns tvorth in hi:? o?n.;e in Sumter in the ..hooting affrav between tho Bowmans ]1 ind Keelses ami 'heir friends to the j aon-enforc^ment nf the law against car- j -vine; concealed Weapons. lt is true :hat if nene of thc pnrty hau had pistols 30 one would have been shot at that lime; but the trouble is, that the law cannot be enforced. The additional penalty which it has been attempted to tdd to the violation of tho law, would, ' in our opinion, have no '-fleet. From observation, we have no hesitation io ' -aying that there is au utter disregard ?T the law among ;ill classes, and. fur- 1 ;her than that, there is no general pub- ? lie sentiment sustaining the law. Take he average good .citizen, atol ht; will -ay. 'Ob. yes, it is a good law.'but (?ii the jest -occasion that he .secs fir, he will ?tick his revolver in hi* Lip pocket, with mt the remotest recollection of the law -an3 as to prosecuting au ofFender, he j .vould never dream of it . The law i? \ ( nolated bv white and black, high and j ! ow. ever? dav, and until there is a. ? , - .> . . .ii ouch stronger popular demand for ifrs I m forcement than at present exists,'it j viii continue to bc a dead letter. Tho Sumter Tragedy. j ( Fairjidd !!->r^.<> mid Scut j 1 y****r? E'Htnfs : I wi>h :o thank j ' ,-??.?1 for yo ?ir t>:ne!y article on the recent \ < -utra?'c in the Stale \\ hula nris.akeu j : dea :-\ honor it is. tint. leads men t.? j t to ;'(? use tu lire anos redress . .vr.Mi g, and o!i ! t ho agony t h c:: r use tn - j i ....arinhiv bntiirs in th-.; innocent ! The , . j ng- d \ :n buiiii'T was peculiar ?y ap-j ailing 1 The victim", one of th" mos: rc ignorable, true and brave citizen-; ni : : Sra;--., wit:. 1 ::><] -erved her (.nihfully j .i wa: and peace. U e, who know h:s : amiiv can r.-a'ixe th- ir g:i ?: nt. being ! \ ? " crue'ly deprive?! of lather and . i if.tther, ?-liu I'M) with yoi ?o imping :< ois false code .n av be .wiped away* ere ?1 _ - - .- , 4 - j >i ;.(.;. bea! ! s are Milieu to JM o uni. i .\ '?M?vt!; n:. Enforce 'he Lav/ Rigid ly. At"'.enf'f f'r-rss~'iul 'Jiuurr. VV'hct) o:ir Judges cease to become ' he ap!i!?.iri>t> o' III order, and when they 1 ..hali t"-ss the disposiiiou anti ihe - j- rve it? enforce the ?aw, we will have 1 ,<s bloodshed. an?! fewer men will seek > ?it- distinction of having their hands . J eddened in a neighbor's gore. "When f i few gentlemen shall have su lier ed at i rast the inconvenience (-1 lying in j--,il ' <? await trial tor soma of tho Wilful nurdcrs which they commit, ue will . c iave less crime. 1 ^ Our Stato Contemporaries. Whiskey and Pistols. Prosperity Press. .The licensed barrooms, concealed bottles and pistols are causing a great deal of trouble in this State. Perhaps, after awhile, a majority of the citizens will conclude that human life is of more value than the tac?me from the licensed barrooms. Until th at decision is reacn ed, we fear the reign of peace so much longed for will hot come. Strong drink incites mea to commit evil deeds. Enforce the Law or Repeal lt. Aiken Journal and Review. The little" drama that was enacted upon our streets on Monday brought to light the lamentable fact that two prom? inent mea of Aiken-one a leading merchant and the other a well known young man-were violating the lavr by carrying on their persons weapons con? cealed. Except to summon these men to appear before the Intendant to an? swer to the charge of disorderly conduct, nothing' has been done looking to an enforcement of the law. No arrests have been made under the concealed weapon Act, nor have any steps been taken looki?g to the preservation of the peace. The fact is, both men are still loaded and that, too, with weapons that are not likely to 'snap7 when brought into use. If, in the investigation of this case, before the Intendant this morning, the fact is brought out that these men have violated the concealed weapon Act, is it not the duty of the Intendant to instruct his marshal to make an affidavit of the fact before a Justice of the Peace? As long as the concealed weapon Act is on the Statute book we say enforce it. If it is not backed up by public opinion, and cannot be enforced, thea repeal it. It should not be allowed to remain a dead letter. We do not want any of the Sumter or Newberry tragedies re? enacted in Aiken, and if our peace offi? cers do their whole duty, they are not likely to occur. j An Eloquent Funeral Oration. E'Jgefield Advertiser. The - tribute paid by the of?ciating minister, the Rev, C. C. Brown, at the burial of George Edward Haynsworth, of Sumter, an account of whose ruthless murder we chronicle elsewhere, is as elo? quent as the eulogy of Mary Antony over the dead body of Cresar, and as such, we lay it before our readers. Williamsburg Herald. The Sumter shooting has occasioned the chorus of condemnation of carrying concealed weapons to be again sung hy most of the newspapers of the State. There is a deluge of the usual watery talk abcut 'enforcing the law against carrying concealed weapons. Some of these newspaper writers ought at once to be set about the business of 'enforc? ing' this so-called law. They would no ' doubt achieve a brilliant success ia the work. It makes one tired to see so much ?aid about 'thc cowardly practice of car? rying concealed weapons.' What makes it 'cowardly' to carry a weapon, con jealed or exposed?. Tl is not cowardly, never has la-en, and never will be, to do so. Cowardice can only be justly chargeable in the use made of thc weapon. Not a few times has a mau been too cowardly to use a weapon j when he had it ; many a time nas one ? been too cowardly to use it effectively We do net approve of carrying con? cealed weapons Ordinarily ti pistol io j the pocket is a useless burden. Strap- j ping one about the body and strutting j around with it at this day, is much like j Dou Quixote's arming himself and go? ing forth to battle against the windmill But there are times when a pistol at haod is a good thing to have, even in j the State of South Carolina during the closing years of the nineteenth century. At. such lillies it is neither cowardly to carry ene ncr t o use it. if it be well used. Had all th? partios been armed at the Sumter aJTray, there would have been, in all probability, results more in accord with right and justice than there were-perhaps, than there will be. Judging from the testimony published, i some of the shots there fired were in the i dastardly manaor of the assassin sent j on their murderous mission. One man i was shot at while sit.tiug unarmed upon j i bench, and another was snot in the I back. Por this sort of deeds th v. re is no excuse, no palliation ; they mark ? t?ie coward and should receive tho I ?urse. Thc law against carrying concealed j Weapons is the worst on tv.- Statutes of j South Carolina. It is practically with- j nat sanction-rite essen vi.] part of every j aw. It merely places the law-abiding j citizen at the mercy of lise oufiaw. In j ?very crowd of men on ?bc street cor- i 3er.there is probably one with a pistol j n his pocket: How shall the fact be ! ?T'Owa ? Shall men's pockets he search- j id every dav ? How is thc 'law' to be ! enforced'? Where viii he the pro-j cuting arm of the law when the pistol j s drawn to do its deadly work ? \\ hat ; lid the 1Sheri!it'of Sumter do when the iii.!" hogan if! the lUSfiCc S i dil CC ? | '. . j What would have been the result if ! ?e uge J d.nsM'Ue bad gone without j its pistol the morning id' th'.! shouting I or \v|i ic h he has been recviii'y tried j !'he law has ho ti^ht to disarm one man ; i i j- , . ... ha: another tuav shoot ?.?m wt?u im- ; .unity. v j Are the people of So urti Carolina j diildrcn. that they must, he disarmed to j ;! event their doing mischief ? Let uv ha v.. [ess talk about the 'e-w- j irdlv practice of carrying concealed ? vea nous*; let us have a righteous pun- j sh ii:;'*11 !<>r the cuva rd ly and murder- j ni:- use of t!'.-- weapon it here tho : :iiv should ami can he entorCed ii proper | dTort is made. Making Georgetown a Seaport. : r;..rj'lo>:;. Tim*;. ' Iveprosen'at. ve ?Cl?iotl and Senator ; >Utlcr have had several e.ut - u i tnt lens . :oncoriiing the proposed improvement ? i .I Wi II va h ??ay. .-'nd the Nows and ('ou? ters \? asning?oij correspondent says hat Mr Kl Hort will ask lor an appro- i ?nation of SoOD.UOO io deepen thar, ? lortioti of the hay known as Winya h : ?ar, so that there will he from sixteen j 0 ?wen:y f-'Ct of wafer at InW tide i 1 ids iiiiproyemeiit has the earnest and ordia) rceommetida*ion of Captain j ' jiiby, ihe Uuited States engineer, oili- . ! cer in charge of the river and harbor improvements io North and South Car? olina. The chief of engineers, in bis annual report, says this same corres? pondent, renews his recommendation of the improvement of this great water way, and repeats the scheme for accom? plishing it. as set forth in a previous report. He does cot, however, specify any definite amount to be appropriated In a previous river and harbor bill, $18,750 v?a^ appropriated for the com? mencement of this work,, but after $200 had been expended io preliminary arrangement, it was found that the sam appropriated was too small to be of any material benefit, so no further expendi? ture was made, and the balance of the appropriation remains in the treasury. The lectures by Rev. John Kershaw at the Opera House in Camden on Thursday and Friday nights cf last week were very interpsting, indeed. His re? marks about the pranks of the boys in Camden during the war brought vividly to mind many of the mischievous acts they were guilty of at that time, and afforded mitch amusement for the audience. The House ought to have been crowded, for everyone would have -enjoyed it.-Camden Journal. Officers of the Law Resisted. Last week two constables from Sum fer County came to this place armed with a warrant fur a colored man charged with murder in that County. They ascertained that their man was io the neighborhood of Mr. Weathersbee's and proceeded there for the purpose of arresting him. When they arrived the man was pointed out to them ; and in? stead of seizing him, they approached to within a few feet and told him to con? sider himself a prisoner. . Instead of considering, he pulled an old rusty pis? tol and although failing to cock it, kept the Sumter County deputies off of him until he made his escape before bullets fiting wide of the mark. The deputies returned and we are informed that when they reaceed Branchville found their oan lounging around the platform they immediately "started in pursuit of him but whether they captured him we did not iearn.-Barnwell Sentinel. A Jimson Weed Remedy. Be very careful, writes E. E. Mc, of Louisiana, to the Cultivator fanners, how you destroy wee ds and other so called pests. To show you how care? ful you ought to be, I will give you an idea of the virtues of a common weed, which, until, last week, 1 thought an unmitigated nuisance The weed is no other than the com? mon jimson weed (Jamestown.) Nothing can be given a horse that will so speedily regulate and allay all urinary obstructions and incarnation as this sued. The seed are a power? ful alterative. Thcv are cathartic, 'diaphoretic and diuretic They act. upon the stomach and bowels, pro? ducing %. healthy condition of those organs. The seed should be gath? ered itt October and ? November (I should say gather the seed ii? Sep? tember, just as the seed pods buist) and laid up for future usc. For a dose one to two ounces or tablespoonfuls eve erv second or third day, according to severity of case, until four doses h^ve been given. After a lapse'of a fevr days repeat. In extreme cases a dose may be given every day. This remedy is unsur? passed in cases of big-head, glanders, farcy, distemper, hide-bound, stiff complaint and chronic founder. Dr. Stewart rightly calis these seed "the great horse medicine.'? Ari old dar? key told me that lite leaves of this weed would cure any case of sore back. Whether this is so or not, I cannot say, but we have the word of a veterinary surgeon for tue. seed. Allanta, Ga., Southern Cultivator. A dinner was give n the other even - ing to Col. Watters?rj and Mr. l?alder man at the St. James by Actor Ned Thome. Captain Wiiiiam M. Conner, John Chamberlain, Major Handy and one or two others were also present. The .iistipgutsh.ed editor was bubbling over with good spirits and his man tier was calculated to charol the birds of the trees iii the springtime. Xti fact, the Colonel was so j ol Hy that Major Handy ??g?e>ted that the guardian of thc star eyed goddass must have heard from Pennsylvania. One of thc putty re marked that he wondered lhat a man of Col Watterson's exuberant spirits would be cet? pel lcd to bc fired hy music in order to write brilliant editorial.-*. j The gentleman had heard the story that . is^gencrally believed outside ?? L >uis- : viii?; that Col Watterson heeps a pian.!'; in his editorial sanctum, and always be- I fore entering upon his editorial labors . bc plays on til? piano for half an hour it was said that if he wishes to write i pathetically he plays the Dead March j from "Saul.' and if he intends to cent- : pose an editorial ii a lichter vein, he ! plays 'Yankee Doodle/ Mr. Haider- j man pronounced this story a tariff lie. \ ]>et he said it was crue that Coi Wat? terson was one of th?.; iitiest per for mers j on che piano in the country. - A . }. j T<:(i (joan. fa iii at most nf tho prominent men in New York, in every walk in !if<\ were .: born and bred in tho country. indeed, ; New York ?Mtv might almost be defined ?ts a I: ii jr? caravansary, i n w hich n n m en: bio country b??vs a Ki-ye while : makins their !o;t?Mjes.. The same is nue of other eiii-s. Ii is said, for iustatice, that ?vine-tenths of the clergy? men of Louisville, . came from rural homos. Ali ?he judges, ail the leading lawyers, all live well known jon rn ali; ts. nearly ail tito bank presv ?i' nts. physicians and prominent mer- j .dtar??s and manufacturers il shat e:!y were country boys When the Mroug. . h tailby, vigorous and hopeful young men from the country invade a city. lhere isn't, much show tor tito city-bred young mat) except to work on a salarv !or s'.Tuie (juondr.in country boc. General Mtermau will not consent; io bi- used in the Kc publican em cr- : Heney. A eommitee has ytMtcd bim to nd ure him io accept the nomination fer President. Iiis refusal ?as pre..-pf, rigorous aud uoqualiSeO;- Madison . I "Watch Tom." i . Ex Judge T. J. Mackay, formerly of Chester,*and well known in South i Carolina during the dark days of Rad I ical rule, keeps up his rascality wher ! ever he goes. After he left South ! Carolina, however, his rascality has ! turned from politics into a diiteient ! role. j As most of our people know when j Mackey left Chester he went to j Washington and since lie has been there be has cruelly deserted his wife and family to consort with another man's wife. The New York and Washington papers have long accounts of Mack? ey's infidelity and desertion of his wife and family und his conduct with his present mistress. The story is j too long Tor publication but we take the following : It seems that Mackey j became very intimate with a Mrs. j Witherbee, wife of a well known cx I newspaperman in Washington. There I was a mutual fascination of the two j kindred spirits. Mackey took Mrs. j Witherbee to a boarding house in I Washington as his niece, but their ! conduct was so scandalous that the boarders rose en masse and threaten? ed to leave if tho* offenders were not expelled. Mrs Witherbee then moved to the Northwest with an old j friend. Mackey followed her. Shortly j afterwards she and Mackey went to I Texas. There, it is said, at Mackey's instigation Mrs. Witherbee endeav? ored to obtain a divorce, but did not j succeed. Mr. Witherbee had em j ployed detectives to arrest them and acting under his instructions took steps to have them indicted for per? jury. But they jumped the State. This was occurring along in October, 1386. Mrs. Witherbee's account of their life together is that they went to Chicago as mau and wife and .moved from hotel to hotel, generally being requested to leave on account of disgusting exhibitions of drunken? ness While in Chicago she came near dying from the effects of mal practice, and while lying at the point of death Mackey took from her sev? eral thousand dollars in money and deserted her. . But she didn't dfe. She went to Washington breathing vengeance, and consulted a lawyer about taking criminal action against Mackey. But in one short week that oily individual had wheedled he* into his power and she says he gave her notes for the money he had filched j from her, got a receipt for the notes j and then stole the notes. But she i clung to him, and ever since that event they have been traveling from one place to another. At last report j Mackey had been arrested in Bis ! marck, Dak., by his housekeeper, j presumably, Mrs. Witherbee, for i some unknown,offense. Mr. Wither? bee will soon file a bill for divorce on I the ground of desertion.- Chester Reporter. Tliomas Jefferson Mackey in his I time has played many parts. First, a j Mexican volunteer, then a teacher j and divinity student in Fairfield, then I a fiiiibuster in Nicaragua, then a pris ? oner in Charleston jail, then a Oon j federate soldier, then a Federal Pro I vost Marshal in Texas, then an Alder I man and Trial Justice in Charleston, I then a Judge and ermined autocrat in j the Sixth Circuit, then a raging Dem j ocrat. Next an independent candi j date in Chester, then Greenbacker, i then an alleged "Shyster" in Wash I itigton, and lastly a gay Lothario, j writing sonnets to his mistress-' eye I brows ir: far off Dakota, abandoning j home and family for the company of j another man's wife. Whether in the I role of tragedy or -of comedy, he is ! still the villain of 'the play, and an ! object of notoriety.-Hampton News. -II I The biii to pension Confederate sol I diers and widows of Confederate soldiers j as it passed the Legislature, provides a j pension of Gve dollars per month for all j Confederate soldiers living in this State ! who received injuries in the service j which incapacitates them to earn a liv . in*. Any such soldier who receives I himself, or his wife, or both together. : an income of more than two hundred I and ?fty dolla:?, or who have mere than j one thousand dollars worth of property. ? are not entitled to any pension. Wid i ows cf Confederate soldiers who died I or were killed in service are entitled to j the same pension as/soldiers if they have : not married again. and have nor more property or a larger income than siated above. Fifty thousand dollars was ap? propriated fer these claims, and the pension begins ns soon as the appropri? ation is approved Parties desiring to apply for pensions wi il be furnished blanks from the Comptroller General's; oihee. Z- --r> ? < . -c>..' - Tho Kev Pr. Bartel, in his Suu?ay sermon, took opportunity to say that it was impossible to find Biblical warranty f.?r total .abstention from the use cf intox? icating beverages, and has caused a ?jowl among the prohibitionists itt the city cf culture, lt- is .pronounced an * 'un e:i ll ed -for a sse r t i o n .* '-ugus'< i is.'il'<>?HC> c. t Tito richest man ia Bangor, Me., is ? KJward ii. Blake, who is worth be? tween ?4.??O.0lH) and $5,000.000. He is not yet forty years of age and re? mains unmarried. Ile v>as graduated ! ai Bowuoitl college au-.i is a lawyer by profession. He spends his time in 'look? ing after thc large property left bim by i his father and uncle. Mr. Blake is an eccentric mau and has but one intimate I friend. He has uchher parents, sisters! nor brothers; and lives a lonely life, j The only serious charge that can bo j brought against him is that he plays the clarionet. Neckties made of the skin of thc | rattlesnake' is now the ra<?e arnon? thc young ?ludes of S-in Antonia, Texases A few yeat s ago the cowboys of western Ta: ^ used to tan ?he skins of fcatt'e- J ?.oakes and make pistol scabbards?.bat j hands and saddle ornaments of them, j - Nae 0/1 ca's State. i The 0. leans Picayune claims that ! there are more business women in the j South than in any other part of thc j country, and adds that they ere pros-j perons and thrifty in whatever they un? dertake. ? ?TEMS. j Chesterfield County has a sheep with* I'four hores. ! Tvro hundred negroes left Anderson,* j Jae nary 3, for Arkansas. j Cornell will try to make Mr. Clere-' j land aa LL. D. next Jane. Washington Territory wemen can' j now vote. Thc city of Columbia bas decided to'* I guarantee the canal bonds. The people are in jubilee. Prohibitionist St. John announces'" that his mission is 'to kill the Repub-' lican party.' Dr. T. P. Edwards, cf Aiken, bas^ ? received an order from Philadelphia forc j three toas of clay from hts kaolin bed, '. j Mrs. Vi las' i ! loess is attributed t?T \ worriment over her husband's political j prospects. I Generai Sheridan's children are among the prettiest and most simply dressed in Washington. Negroes of Charleston are raising money for the defence of the Picken?* I negro lynchers.' j Mr. Gladstone has been invited to . visit the Pope at the Vatican. J Total visible sappiy of cot too for the ?world 3,081,G8G bales; crcpin sight' 5,498,544 bales. ' There are 216 lawyers and 23 editor* . ia Congress. That is, there are 210* ready mea and 23 exact men. Queen Victoria will visit ber ?>n-in> . law, the Crown Prince, at San Remo Sa March next. The News and Courier den jes that the Charleston phosphate companied * formed a 'trust' to lobby a biU through ' the Legislature! Mies Eleanor Winslow, the famous Boston beanty, and her mother will sail for Europe after leaving Washing? ton at the end of this month. The remains of Loais Napoleon and his son will be removed to Farnborough. Chapel, England, Ex-Empross Euge? nia is now in tb?t country. The tax levy for the present year for State purposes is five mills, or three quart^s cf one mil) higher than it was lust year. The Governor is experiencing some dificulty in filling the position.made vacant by the tragic death of Trial Jos tice Hay ns wort h. No one seems to covet the position -Darlington Neics. ' A glass factory is among th? possi? bilities of the future of Aiken County;" * The Beach Island sand is said to be splendidly adapted to the manufacture of glass. The President works eighteen hoars a day. He bas sbandoued all exercise, receives daily, Sunday included, from twenty to fifty congressmen. He at-' tends personally to all state papers and" is an overworked man. Mr. Barrett, it is said, fails to elicit veneration for the character of Othello, while Mr. Booth aUo extorts admira? tion for the genius of Iago. They should reverse their roles. Mrs. Mackay's latest fancy is an An-" gora cat. She has a beautiful male specimen, of tortoiseshell and gray, with a tail as thick as a fashionable boa. A collar, jeweled with diamonds and sapphires, adorns the animal's neck. Mr. Emanuel Lehman, a prominent - ?ne.mber of the N-.-w York stock ex- ? enante says that cotton manufacturing in the South, great as has been the in? crease in the last few years, is only in its infancy as yet. The time will come* when the South will practically m??opP* olize. not only the growing but the man-' ufacture of cotton. The firm of Trurobo, Hinson &Co.,: cotton and naval stores dealer?, of Charleston, S. C., suspended business on Jan. 19th. The firm is not embarrassed. but only stopping business, paying one hundred cents on the dollar. The trouble is caused by a* tni>under?tandjr>e with the New York partner, J. H. Parker. Circulars were issued to-day annouhc-' .ns the publication of an eight-page newspaper, to be ??sucd every morning except Sunday, and to be known' as . The World/' Ir. will be issued from' the oiTice of tho Sunday Budget and the . proprietors of that, paper, Cohen Broth*' en?, will be thc owners and the mana-":; ire rs of the new enterprise. It is un I derstood 'hat ?\c publication will begin' ! on the 7th of February, with fui I pres*, dispatches and a strong editorial sta?F; % - Clarlcs'.on S::n. Jun. 19. Mrs. Richard Harris Iras a queer rocuamcut erected in the Atchison, Kansas, cemetery, to the memory of her former husband, who died of delir? ium tremens, aged 41. The raoou-" ment is a red granite shaft, with the image of a serpent wound about it from' the b:tso to the apex. On all four sides of thc pedestal the inscription is repeat- . ed of thc name, age and cause of the death of the deceased. Quite a stir has been caused in Wash? ington by a lecture on geology deliv? ered in Baltimore a few rights since by Prof. Williams, of John Hopkins Uni? versity, in which be declared Washing? ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities arc directly over a great fissure, extending fro-a Charleston, S. C., to Troy, New York, caused by a sliding movement of thc coast at some remote period, and that all those cities are in .nore or less danger from earthquakes. ? movement was started some time aco bv the Kev. R. 5. Grifiith, finan? cial a?ent of Forman University to in? duce the Baptist ladies of South Caro? lina to erect a cottage on the univer >ity grounds to bc used by students who wish to avail themselves of the "mess'* system. He is extremely anxious that tt^ba?l be built this year, and appeals to the Greenville ladies to take an active part in accomplishing it. The president has sent to Congress a special message recommending that the invitation tendered the United States by thc French government to partici? pate in an international exposition of works of art and the products of indus? try and agriculture, to be opened in . Paris on the 5th of May, 1889. ind closed on the oi ci October following, be accepted. _ - * ? . -.*'... .'...iv5.':*S^