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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. HEH LETTER. fAcorrespoudent of the Kansas City Times ,revives a striking poem, of which this is the history : A Southern prisoner of war, at Camp Chase, is Ohio, after pining of sickness in the hospital at that station for some time,, and conting to his- friend- and fellow-captive, CoI^W. S. Hawkins, of Tennessee, that he waa'beavy ofbeart because his affianced bride in jfaihvHie did not writs to biro, died just before a letter arrived in which the lady curt? ly bloke the engagera en t. Gol. Hawkins had been requested by bis-dying comrade to open any epistle which should come for him there? after, andNjpon reading the letter in question penned the following-lines : j; TgwJetta? came, but came too late, ? ^Iw^i??ven bad claimed its own ; Ab. sadden change, from prison bare JTBIO the Great White Throne, And yet, I think, he would have stayecV - Forohemore day of pain, Contd be have read those tardy words -WWhieb you b ive sent in vam. Why ?ld yon watt, /air lady, Through so many a weary hour ? Bad you other lovers with'yoe In.that silken, dainty bower? Did others kneel before your feet, * And twine bright garlands there? Mftyet, I ween, in all that throng *' Bi* spirit bad no peer. I wjkfe that yon Were by me now, As I draw tbaaheet asi cb, And see how pure tbefook he wore AwhUefbef?re he died. The sof row: that you gave to him Has left its wc??ry~trace. Aa 'twere, the shadow of tbe cross TJnpn bis pallid face. .*He?ove^?be said, ? 4woaid- change fer me The winter's cold to spring f Ah ! trun to thoughtless maiden's love, Thou art a hitler thi ng ! For when these valleys falr,-;?;3fay Once more in blossom wave, The Northern violets shall biow j Above his humble grave. ? YOoT dole of scanty words had been But one more pang to bear, Though to the last be kissed with love, . This tress of your soft hair. I did not put it where he said, ior when the angels come, I "would* cot have them find the sign # *?f fateeboo4in the tomb. Tve read the letter and I know The wiles that you have wrought To win that noble heart of bis, And gained it-fearful thought : What lavish wealth men sometimes give .-ftjti trifle, bright and small ! What manly forms are often held "?n foll}'s flimsy thrall. Yon shall not pity him, for now Btfsjmst your hope and fear : Although I wish that you could stand With me beside bis bier. Still I forgive you ; Heaven, knows For merey you'll have need, Knee God his awful judgment sends ? Os web unworthy deed. To-night the cold winds whistle by As I my vigils keep Within the prison dead-bcnse, "* Where few mourners come to weep. ] A rude plank coffin bolds him.now, Yet death gives always grace, Andi wo aid rather see bim thus Than clasped in your embrace. - > To-night y?sr rooms are very gay With wit; and wine and soug, And you are smiling just as if Yon never did a wrong. - Your band so fair that none woald think #~It.penned- these words of pain ;. Your skin* i& white-would God your soul Was half so free of stain. Pd rather be-this dear, dear friend Than you in all your glee; For you are brid-in grievous bondsv While he's forever free. Whom serve we ra this life ^e serve . In that which is- tccome; Be chose his way, yon- yours ; let God Pronounce the fitting doom. Our State Contemporaries. * His Charge to. the Grind JiH-y Camden Journal. Judge Kersbaw's charge to-the Grand j Jory at the opening of Court in Cam des on last Monday morning was one of til?beat we have ever heard. He was very elear io his remarks as to the du- | ties of the Grand jury, and wa9 espe? cially particular in calling attention to j two of the greatest evils that any com- j monity in the State can be cursed with j 7-^ambltDg and the carrying of con- ! waled deadly weapons. He showed very clearly that the utter disregard of the statutes against these evils eau be attributed to the failures of the grand and petit juries to do their doty, when violators of the Act are re? ported Nothing but a determination opon the part of the good people of our community can bring about the enforce? ment of this law, and the sooner it is done the better ir will be for every cit? izen to the County and State-let him be good or bad. j $16,600 Saved Press and Reporter. . There is one thing we are glad to cote, viz: The absence of empty wag? ons coming to town to be loaded with corn. In January of 1887 (rae corn being destroyed by freshets the preced? ing year) there was between 9.500 and 10,000 busbela of corn sold to the farm? ers of this section Ly oar merchants, and nearly 24,000 bushels soid during the entire season. Think of it, about $16,800 paid out for coro by the.farm? ers. The corn crop has saved this ex? pense to the farmers. There has uor been a single car load of corn brought here up to date this year. What cort) baa been o?ed by persons in 2nd near town wbo did not have any planted was supplied from the furrouudiug country. Popular Loans. Columbia R?guler: In the opinion of the Register the Legislature bas made a mistake in re? quiring the'issue of new Stafe hoods and Columbia Canal bonds to be io de? nominations of $500 and ?1.000. The obvions reason for this enactment is to secure cjmmission ia entry and in man? agement, of the funds. .But in order to popularize such loans by placiog them within the reach of the poorer people, it would bave been well to have allowed the issue of at least a small amount ir: lower denominations. The Republic of France, after the German war, paid a debt of a thousand million dollars in five years without apparent difficulty, by calling for a popular loan and issu? ing ffatiocal hoads in small denomina? tions so that every peasant proprietor in France found an investment within his reach. - Carolin? Spartan Benjamin R. Stewart, a teacher and scholar, of Charleston, has announced himself a candidate for the Legislature in order that he may work for a train? ing or preparatory school in each county where students may prepare for the University. He wishes to carry out the German plan of having intermediate schools between the common school and the University. His conclusions all look very well bot his premises are wanting in part. Our common schools are very poor aod imperfect and we bave' no University at all. ' If the train? ing schools would do the work of Ger man Gymnasia there would be noth for the University so-called to do. we had a University proper, with lea ed aod skilled' instructors prepared do University work, instead of teach a conglomeration of both*sexes ? colors, from fourteen to twenty-i years old, doing the work of the oi nary classical academies and colleg there might be some need of these termediate preparatory schools. 3 at present the State cannot afford endow training, schools to fit boys what Captain Tillman calls /dud) factory,1 that is the Militi Academy. And it would be esira gance to establish schools in each coui to prepare boys and girls for Clafl ?mother school of this same Universi Mr. Stewart is well educated and' is earnest aboat the education of all people, but the people of our State not yet ready for his plan nor hi they the means to carry it out. No Longer the College, b the University. The Board of Trastees of the St; University, as enlarged by the Leg lature at its last session, met iu ( lumbia last week. The plan- for t organization of tire University, as si mitted by the Executive Committ< was adopted, and May next was ma 'the time for the election of the facull Dr. McBrvde was elected direct of the experimental station-, Prof sor Burney was elected chemist a Professor Longbridge was elect analyst The Board of Agriculture wa3 < vided into two executive committee who are to control the Agricultui Stations, as follows : On the College or Agriculture ai Mechanic Arts, Ex-Governor Uagoo .Chairman, Col. D. P. Duncan, Ja McCutcben, J. S. Porcher, il. '. Buck. On Experimental Stations, Messr Jno. Lawton-, Chairman B. F. Cra ton, R. A. Love, W. A. Ancrum ai T. J. Moore. The subdivision of the trustees in other committees was left with tl "Governor. The Executive Comrni fee and Committee on Library wei re-elected; The Board increased-.the salaries i Professors DeTrevfile, Glover an Hey ward, of Clafiin College, froi ^$1,000 a year to $1,500, to contint at this figure as long as the State coi tinues its appropriation of $3,G0< The committee on Claflin.were ai thorized to essend any ba fa nee of tb appropriation made at the last sessio as they might see tit. President McBryde was authorize to take immediate steps towards st curing the $7,500 of the Hatch func i The executive committee wer given power to act in.reference to th purchase of the Lamar mi m. - * BUI Arp's Family Talk. They played a prank on me while was gone to Alabama. They trans mogrified my boy into a man, or triei to. 1 didn't know him for he had die carded his long stockings and kne< breeches, and had-on long pants an< a big boy'3 hat and a standing coila and blue cravat. Ile looked like lu had_grown six inches. Alas for me A dark shadow came over my hilarity and I felt like 1 had lost my boy, my pet, and tue little Carl was gone gone never to return. Ile loves m< all the same, I know, but soon he wil have other loves that will slip in be tween him and me. When a bo\ gets on long pants he suddenly chang es his nature and don't want lo trot around- after you like he used to. J see it coming in Carl. He keeps his forepaws clean now, very clean, and works on his finger nails and brushes his hair, wears sleeve buttous and takes sly looks in at the glass. He is noticing they say, and talks about sweethearts. A>nd so we have tc surrender to the inevitable. We will have him but a few more vears, and then he too wiii leave us just as the other five have done. If he won't stray away and"get sick we will try and be reconciled. And soon Jessie will go too-our dafling-the last and sweet? est of aft, and then what will the old folks do ? They will have to find new pete in the grand children, and so it w?y ali work ont right in the long run. May be it will. 1 hope it will, f<>r ?Solomon says, "The glory cf an old man is his children's children. But old age is not without, its com? forts and desolations We had a j family reunion the other day. All the i children and grandchildren gathered at j the paternal mansion, and for a whole j week we had a carnival of love and ! peace and joy. The big pot was put j in the little-pot. The turkey gobbler j was sacrificed upon the altar of mater? nal love, and the hen came next and we j iiad chicken enough fora dozen preach ! ors. The boys are fond of hied j chicken, smothered ciiieken, roast j chicken and any other kind of chicken, i and our New York boy told how the j New York chicke n did not taste good j -not good '.ike chicken at home. That j boy kept thc- family in au uproar, for j he too has been traasrno- rifled, and i talks yankee, arni is precise in lan { guage and manners; Ile calls himself the pauper at.d his Virginia brother j the millionaire Ile wrote an advance i letter and said that the millionaire and ! pauper would meet at Washington j city and come lit?-o?' together-and j so they did. Tin. pauper sent on I his rations ahead so as to be sure of j plenty to eat. Th*? dray came up fro ru j the depot loaded down with sugar, and coffee, and tea, and yankee butter, ? and cheese, canned goods, and pre i serves, ami so forth, enough fora j regiment. 1 like these paupers wno do i that way, but it is a w;*y that will keep j tlwrn paupers 1 reckon. The Virginia ? b'?y is making money building rail I roads. Ile is accumulating, may be lie will some dav be a "capitalist" as Cobe calls it-and so we call him the , millionaire. Ile didn't' send arv i rations, but brought hi- pocket book j along. My girls had told their moth i er that they w?-re just obliged to have some dollies ii'they went t-? Florida, I ! and she gave n.e a gentle hint that I meant business. Girls ;>:*. always out ! of clothes and just obliged to Stave [them-obliged to have them, it re j ! minds me of the Irishman v:\in saw I that the only wav to g*'t rich was t<> i buy nothing yon were obliged to have, j But before I had financie red the j j ways and means for clothes these boys ; j and the millionaire found ont the ; great necessity, and those girls soon I gave me to understand that I needn't i trouble myself, and they walked around me with as much indiff?rence ' as if I didn't live herc al all. Well, they have gone to Florida, and next thing- 1 know they will be w ing very effectionate letters home z mention that they are out of mon These stray chickens always co home to roost. I wonder how nu money Mrs. Arp has got, ? where she keeps it. I'm going rummage arou-ud her bur?au a biding place some of these dt while she is gone. She never a? me for money-that is for hersi bul she always has it. I borrow fr her sometimes when I get as p< as Lazarus. Every now and the hand her a five or ten to keep for n but 1 never call for it; and the bc give her some ever and anon. L night she asked me to change a li dollar for her, aud I gave her a quar and a gold piece under pretence tba? was another quarter. She never SJ anytbing-she neverdoes-but that g< piece has gone where the woodbi twineth. Maybe it is casting brc upon the waters and it will return me after many days-yes many da; A man oughtent to burden his w with gratitude. It's rather humiliati for a proud spirited woman like M Arp, who wears No. 2 shoe and sit like a deer, to have to ask her lc for money or even bint that she woi like to have some. Ile ought to i ticipate her wants and do it in sud sly careless way that makes hf ors easy. Give her your vest sew on a button and leave a ten doll bill in the pocket. Maybe she w find it and take care of it for you. I think I hear forty men say " w all that is a lie," but it ain't. 1 didn't finish np my Alabama trip found Greenville, Evergreen, Troy a Union Springs, lively prospero towns. At G ree ville 1 saw more ced wood- piled up for shipment thai, thought was in the world. There w seventy five thousand dollars worth u on the yard and it goes North eve day and more comes to take its plac Itis shipped to make pencils and bi in. forty cents a cubic 5>ot. I saw stocl that squared twenty-seven inches the big ?nd and were thirty feet .lor This cedar forest is 8 miles away ai beats a gold mine. But it will soon 1 gone just-like our pine forests a going. It looks like using up the cap fcal stock-instead of the interest. Tic is the terminal point, the end of tl railroad, aud they will keep it so they can. It gives them territory lots of rt, and their trade is enorrno' for the size of the town. Ail that regit is known as the white man's couutr White labor makes the cotton-wi it is 1 do not know, for all along t! parallels in western Alabama, thei are seven negroes to one white perse -while here there are about seve whites to one negro. I met "A Quad," (Mr. Lewis) at Troy, ?Sd h beautiful niece. I .like them bot very much and wish that Mrs. Ar could see them and talk with thei awhile-maybe she would relent maybe she would-I don't knov When I read Mr. Thurman's violet, assult upon Henry K Jackson I wa indignant, and cavorted around th room aud used language upon hin; Mrs. ' Arp was sewing away an humming a little tune and after I ha cs-plodecr" myself, she said, " I alway told you that a Northeru D?mocra was no Jjetter than a Northern Kepul Hean, lt is all for the spoils-all fu? tile spoils." At Union Sunnis-1 met the gran* and genial* gentleman, Bisho, Wilmur-the best type of Cbristia culture and- refinement. A mutua friend told me that the Bishop wa attending a convocation up- Noitl and one night Burne of his Northen friends twitted him -pleasantly abou the late rebellion. Ile stood fire foi awhile and then took the offensive ain said : Weft, I grant that you whippet us, and now if you won't get mac with me 1 will give you a conun drum." Of course jhey promisee?, ant told him te- go ahead, and he said '*Tell me why the confederates wen like Lazarus?" When they had giver up he said, "because they they were licked by 'dogs. " When the langi ?ubsided one of them said, "Well bishop, I am a little surprised that you should come up here to associate with those dogs " "Oh," said he,' you know the old proveib, ' the hail of the dog is good for the bite.' " I closed my Alabama tour al Auburn, "sweet Auburn, the loveliest village of the plains " Of course 1 found Col. Newman lhere. O? course Alabama had to send to Georgia and steal our best man. Georgia is thc great prolific nursery of the Western Slates. When they want first class men for educational purposes ot agriculture or for the pulpit or for the press or for the forum they draw upon Georgia. Texas has now four Georgians in Congress. She has had three Governors from our state Dr. Toii vcr told rae that at ?east half of her judges and sheriffs and clerks and school teachers were from Georgia Mississippi got Lamar and Longstreet from us, and Alabama is full of our prominent men. Co!. Newman is ac quiring great reputation at Auburn. I knew that he would when he went theie Our Georgia boys are flocking to him. Otieof h:s recent experiments lias disclosed very important results, and farmers are taking note of it. Ile tile drained one acre ol" land, and it increased the crop this year 53 per cent. The crop netted that much more limn the adjoining acre that was not drained, while the cultivation was precisely the same. So, if the farmers can't burn their own tiles, they can make drains with p. le.?and cover them up. This plan will no! cost much and will make very irood drainage for eight or len vms. Let them Min parallel ditches fifteen indies wide and two i??et deep ami thirty fe<*t apart, i'lace two oi>!?-s on the bottom and one on t?'?> ??I them. Cover np and go to pl'-winir and see tito froud results* course t!nv ditches must have s une f .? Co au onth't. The burning of i he college at A abu rn was a great tnisf">i lune but they are rebuilding, and now that Congress has a o pm pri?t ed to eaeli ot tli" States the sum of fifteen thousand dollars a year for agricultural jvu/posrs, this institution wi I i soon he re established. Alabama is moving ahead in ali her varied industries and old 'orgia will have to look to her lann is _ Bn.r, A RP. (CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED. To TI?K EDITOR-Fl?sse inform your rend? er? that ? haye a positive remedy for the above named disease. Ky its timely use thousand* of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I ?ball bc Riad to send two bottles of my rrme dy PREK to any of your readers who have con? sumption if Uiey will send me their express and post office address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM., M. C., lSl-Faarl st.,K?wYork. ' Old Time Carolinians. Scull] Carolina, says thc Greenville News, can not vie with Virginia as a 'mother of Presidents,' but a glance at the lists of those who have held other high governmental positions shows her rank in our country's his? tory It may be interesting to note those names South Carolina has furnished two Speakers of the House o? Represen? tatives-Langdon Grieves and James L. Orr. Two of her sons have filled the position of Secretary of State Hug:: S. Legare and John C. Calhoun. Calhoun also served as Vice President and Secretary of War, which latter office was at one time filled by Joe! lt. Poinsett, also a South Carolinian. Hugh S. Legare, beside being Secre? tary of State, was at one time Aitor uey-Gsncral. Paul Hammond, of Soul!: Carolina, was Secretary of the Navy. Among Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, John Rutledge and William. Johnson were South Carolinians and John Rutledge was also appoiuted Chief Justice. No South Carolinian has filled* the posi? tion of Secretary of tue Treasury, Secretary of the Interior or Post? master- General. Sor.:': Carolina has a history made notable cy great men and stirring deed?. It has never been told as ie l deserves to be told, and it will not be j till a true born sen of the Palmetto i S tate.rises up to tell it. -mam ? i -i - Post Office Names. - i Here are some of the names'of j Texas postofSces : Shoo Fly. Poetry, ! Sec;:) ion, Vox Populi, Hayrick, ! Gio;;-, Graball, Baby Head, Exile, j Goodluck, Dime-box. Uz, Fairy, Ditto, i Te:;Ti~ssee has these queer names: ! Yum Yum, ?latm'aker, Sweet Lips, ; Tm!.; : Miser, Aunt, Pokeberry, | Heip/A. Z., U. lief. Missouri has some unique speci- ! mens of nomenclature: Peculiar,1 Pure Air, Good Night, Lingo, Pay Down. Useful, Umpire And in Georgia you can find : Hard I Cash, Ty Ty, Hat, Crane Eater, Pay i Up, Duck, Hat Off, Drone, Alligator, j Pumpkin, Recovery. - j Alabama has some fantastic ad- ; dresses : Dollar, Dug, Widows, Pea, ? Slip Up, Fail. Kentucky isn't far behind with : I Habit, tiard Money, Honesty, Go- j forth, Viper, Pig. You have to go to Virginia for j these : Peanut, Bachelor's Hall, Kain, ; Ah Sid, Potato. You can discover in South Carolina I a Bonnet, a Dutchman, and a Bache- j lofs Retreat. In Pennsylvania, Bullion, a Hus- i band and a Crumb. In Ohio, Philanthropy and Sodom. In California, an Angel's Camp, You Bet. It: Wisconsin, a Dry Bone. In West Virginia, Gin. In Arizona, a Totai Wreck. lu Dakota, Worms. . ! in Kansas, Popcorn. Iii Arkansas, Delay. In Oregon, Bake Oven. In Montana, an Anaconda. In Minnesota, Faith. F??T Nil nil .IF 1 BU?'?OUR f -Fl? They keeep ia stock er SHELF HA hue. weald cull especial attention to a RUBBER AND LE. In all widths; with Rivets and Bur E-TOYiSS OF EYER Y Y?: A large and su And th: T::cst an-ilaraest assortment of TA ?SC "! -' . . ?c., from rhe best factories ?f I been pani i:i the selection o Wa cou Material of E^ Sing: . ci-d Double Muzzle and ? nition, Sh Reich e-- is the ONLY HARD?VAUK S Lbw V p.-- \ 15. Main Street, oj 1: I?M iii! MANT FACT Deo: >. Sastv Blinds. BRACKETS, SHI?K Eilis of Yellow Pine i MOULDING BOOK ANO PRICE 1 FACTORY A 5C9 to 5"?i Calhoun ?ir Dec ? "E3" ESTA BUS I Ti)"' !>!:i<-C to ?rt : Watolles, Jewelry, ! SM.VKK PLATO*-WAUK >:':'??' Kp'echd attention ia c?h>cl to rK ": VEST 0^0L'S .! '/' ; Si'vr. Double-cased \V:ili!i<-s. >T :" '. >>? ~'!'! Ladbtv (io!-! Watches?. Si5. >-.'. <;.-.!:'.- froid Watches. $30. S'40, :w;d ?:./ A F:N?: STUCK UF SURVEYI./IIS" AND D? Watches and Jewelry ra rf fully rr: US"? lyir?? >' ASHLEY BMll pacas -? n-acac *"K V: S G. S. is thc cheapest, au M t-!? for Ser.Ci Grain on the Market. Ti;H S. G. S. has benn used all over years, and has ?H'en great, satisfaction. ASHLEY Am < ?',? s/:; crior activity and emeicu-cy : S-'i? al! ! ? rain, especially ?hen us.^i \\ Am mon1 a. ASHLEY COMPLETE I v-rrd free; specially adapt co to Annuals ?c. For terms, directions, testimonials, and tive p?tnii.'arions of the Company, address THE ASHLEY V ll, ly?Cia.Itx# FljRNiT?RE DEALER MUSTEK, ' RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES to the public that lie bas a large, and well Selected stock of re wn*tcb additions are being tnade every week. 'Ve take pleasure ii: showing ?roods, and ai Lare i a vi tfd io cai ! and sec for themselves the bargains ?uered in Wood and Marble-Top Walnut, Ash and Poldar Bed Room Set ts. Handsome Parlor Suites, . Marble and 'Wood-Top T.i?.-ies of all kind?, Lounges, Chairs and rockers of many styles, Bedsteads, Bureaus. Washstands, Mattresses and Pillows, Picturr?, Window Shades, Picture Frames, What-nots, Brackets, And everything usually kept iu a first class furniture store. A visit io Craig's wi I i convince yon that you can Si? ve- rae ney by buying of him. All goods carefully packed, free of charge. A large stock of window and picture glass always on hand. THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT is full and complete embracing Caskets and Coffins of varions styles. Calls promptly attended day or night. Charges most reasonable. .Oct. 19 BOS3Alfi t-CM name on a package of COFFEE is a guarantee of excellence. A3 ? Cl COFFEE is kept ra all first-class I stores from, the Atlantic to the Pacific. ! is never good when exposed to the air. Always buy this brand in hermetically sealed CITS FOUND PACKAGES. U:,;:.v:.-i. /'.: / Vl'.<iSr>& ai n. f<-?r Mo:,';;/,* ! VS I ? Fui O?r o:!j;v is j <.}.>...:;*. ?!..? f.s. I.;;.-: ? ::?:-: Kin tain Pater.:*?! Iis? f:?*.e :'*::ti Llf'-Sf ; i::o:? from HMN://.V/;7."A". . :K? .-. '/>: /. N'/.V-V cr PHO/tfrtA iiiV.-nfT*??f. .:-..--:> '.< ; :i !e:it :.: :!:;v :>.?.. \\r nf: ' v (JLHtUiC l'Si.k.? I' iTKXT />' .SA"' . ;.'.'. /'. I;yr . '.:.r. : !. -. -<-::c^.- :o J1C? ti:il ri !i-:.? - i:i y ?irr . "."**. .' '.. . * 'itv < r low::, v.rile l?< r'--'g'a> ".:,,I''jv---J~^j-!ig^V*>'<j Opposite l'aient Qjnce, V.'rslnu'jion. JJ Ci flt?pl! H???? BALSAM o&GQg&S? i^Cleaases cad beautifies tie hair. $SffifzBB J5^Nsvcr F?'ls *? Restore Gray gg^y^P^ Haip*o its Youthfu} Color. J Invaluable for Coughs, CO?CL?, Inward Pains. Exhaustion. P?lHI'ESB CH?IBBIETB i 5?-n<i -.??tro. teTvjOSB I?E>?iOO~B<>s3C4J?u?loa??3G ?2 ~ 2S;?^ S LOO-Vi , Sc:: icrtrsxiK: Sfaa F^ltSFsr Skin C.-::- i Rlcaiish Era '.irntor knows.. | Serni -it-riii- ic;- tru-.l jackass. Adiir-;-3 as ab ove. I FF Millie A ll h i l ll 1 ir II If p fita g I ll p fl g IP ill g i s i s e il I JU isl il Ii JJ rou XV ?rv kno~n varletv of ' LEDWARE very large and well selected stock of ATKER BELTING > or Lacing as may be desired. PJfiT-I ?? ALL PRICES. perb si'.'ok cf BLE AXD POCKET CUTLERY. RAZORS, Europeand America. Especial attention f POT .y A R !., TIX W A R E, tc. rery Conceivable Kind. breech Loading Guns, ?mmu el?s. &c. TOB F. ?X TOWN and will be supported by RICES. ll W. Du RA XT ? SOX. )p?>ite thc Bank, Sumter, S. C. 21 ul ?.? s. ! I ilF il iUl 5-1; il i, vu tl; JII Mi:j CRKR3 OP lu ?'? ??? illL,: iJ ti i il o ll; i >LES AND LATH. Lumbar Out to Order. [.IST SK NT CN APPLICATION. ND YA RD, ter, ACGT'STA. GA. i Ki> is.i.i. lil Silverware, Clocks, TACLKS AN!? KYK t?LASSES.. \V;:jt?v!iv.< ii. .j. Silver and Nickle Cas*. 1 c/ ;> /-.s r ; '??ii '/ 's >:.. ;iir I? iilroad Ticuo-:>:ece. IAU?M?TSM:: ? TOOLS AND .MATERIAL. 0 ATT \ s^. nr\ C tj> ' r\ : r^iM C\y WV., 1 ( :. ??.:. S Si'.'ii of !?r:irn C!?>ek. . . ?* i7.. oj f. -".1 ? . Lr* * : . ??.>?: *- " ^ ? n ?, ^ 'J liA -i ? c i ? i? 5 -J7 ? W ?? J ?WP-? .. .v . jr.? . e be.-. I, ail ; t!;-: ou iv ?Succi?ic Fertilizer rc'' , ::t rn . ?: :or tao last turee a cheap ar.d excellent Fertiirzcr for; ith C-.*?.?.>;! s'oed or manure to supply j ?lt.-M-f., Gtrau:u???, i'.'.?hif.-, Fhwerir.g j i for thc various attractive and inr-truc- ! IIOSPHATK CO. Cliarlestcn, S. C. A. J. CHINA. DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines and FINK TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSH KS. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, ?c ic. PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES AND DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, ?c. Full supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. April 9_ PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR One Dollar. One coat gives an old buggy the blackest black you ever saw and a handsome gloss without varnishing. It drie3 hard in a few hours. No rubbing! No varnishing! No extra trouble. Each can contains more than enough to paint a carriage. Retailed at One Dollar per Can. For Sale by _DR. A. J. CHINA. I F. W. DELOKM? , Agent. -DEALER IN BRIGS I MliBl?iS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. . Tobacco, Snuff and Segare, GAHDE^BEDS, &G, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, G-J.ASS, PUTTY, ?Sec. -ANT DYK STUFFS. -o Physician 1s Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find ray stock of Medicines comp?ete, warranted genu? ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS yb HOUSE will ?tte of foj.ic JV>TS or LUNG FZ VKT:. ii Kouc:"s i'.v.v.iers nrc used in time. K?t;tx"s fowflcrs ..v:;'.<-;:r.- an.l prevent Hof- Cnoi.K?x. ForiKV PowkTs will prevent GAWW TX FOWLS. Fun QC-3 fowlers tri?l Sarres^-Tlie Quantity of niiik sr.'i cream twenty pvr cen:.. ?KH? n?ikc the butter finn tr.'i $rt-c<rt. I'onac's rou-.::Ts tcfll cvrr or prevent almost KVFXT J):S!:A>>: to wtiicSi Horses an'lC?Kleare sneject. Forrz's Pownj ns wn.i. ctv>: SATISFACTION. Soici everywhere. DAVID "S. FOT7TZ, Proprietor DOORS, SASH & BLINDS. Why send out of Sumter to buy them when they can be bought cheaper here ? This fact has been repeatedly and successfully demonstrated by us. Particular attention is paid to the making of . ORNAMENT AUSCROLUWORXi BRACKETS, ?i8? li ai Hames. The supply of . Rough Lumber on hand is large and ample. H. K?FISY & CO. Sept 14 "I Hil GO TO THE SUMTER COTTON FACTORY, AND BUY FOR CASH, BAGGING ANS TIES, in Lots of 75 Sets-40 Cents a Bale. . In Lota of 50 Sets-50 Cents a Bale. In Lots of 25 Sets-60 Cents a Bale. In Lots of 5 Sets-65 Cents a Bale. -ALSO Cotton Batting Matresses, from $3.50 to S10.00. Satisfaction guaran? teed cr monev refunded. D. JAMES WINN, Sept. 14-v President. GUNS, GUNS. Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, chokebore, SK) to 100. Single Breech Load? ing. Shot Gun?, S4 to 2-5. Every kind of Breech Load ins and Repealing Rifles, S3 to 40. Latest Patents. Mu sale Loading; Dou? ble Shot Guns So to 35. Single Shot Guns, $2.50 to12. Revolvers Si to 20. All kinds of Cartridges, Shelis. Caps, Wads, Tools. Powder Flasks. Shot Pouches, Primers. Send 4c for our Mammoth Illustrated Catalogue, or 2c for Price List. No postals answered. Ad? dress, GR KAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. July 2 J._ ptpfjl y REWARDED are those who read ulCUnLI this and then act: they wilUfiod honorable employment that will not take them from their homes and families. The profits r.re large and sure for every industrious per? son ; many have made and arc now making several hundred dollars a month, lt is easy for any one ro make ?5 and upward* per day. who is willing to work. Either sex, young or old : capital not needed ; wc start yon Even thing new. No special ability required ; you, reader, can do it as well HS any one Write to as at once for full particulars, which we mai! free. Address Stinson & Co., Port? land. Maine. WILLIAM KENNEDY. Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET. Next door to Earle ? Purdy's Law Oflice. SUMTER, S* C. T DESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of j |^ Suinter and vicinity that I have opened business on my own account at the above old star,.1,, and that with competent and polite a.-s:.-':inis. I will be pleased to serve them in any branch of my business in the best style of the art. Ci i ve me a call. WM. KENNEDY. Oct. 10. "^'SOLOMONS, Surgeon Dentis r. Oft'iee over A. A. Solomons* Store, SUMTER. S. C. Office Hours-9 to 2 : 3.30 to 6. Meh IT 1 _ G. W. DICK, D D. S. Oilice over Bogio's New Store, ENTRANCE ON MAIN STREET, SUMTER. S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 Atlantic Coast Line WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. ? KA INS GOING SO?TIL Date-i Jan S:'88. | No. 2?. j N... 27. | No. 15. f I\M: Leave WiSmlngto?; * S (?5 j Leave Marion. il 23 Arrive Florence. Leave Florence.. Ar've Sumter.... Leave Sumter. Ar've Columbia... 12 15 A. M. 2 40 4 2 4 25 6 15,' No 56 , . 8 27 10 45| 0 55 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R il. Leaving Lanes 8:34 A. M.," Manning 9:08 A. M. Sundays No. 54 leaves Charleston S:30 A. M., Lanes 10:28 A. M., Manning 11:10 A. M., Sum? ter 11:46 A. M, arrives Columbia 1:10 Pl M. No. 56 runs through from Charleston via Cen? tral h. R, leaving Lanes 7:13 ?. M., Manning 7:52 P. M. Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 59. TRAINS GOING NORTH. I No. TS. [*No. 57. j No. 53 Leave Columbia. Ar've Suinter .... Leave Sumter.. Arrive Florence..! Leave Flarcnce.. Leave Marton.... P M s 30 2 ll I A M ? 6 50 S 12 No 58 ll 22i f S 22 1 20 9 40 A M I No 66 4 2u 5 22 Ar've -Wilmington* S 351 fio so n ii P M 2 IO P M * 5 33 6 46 No 14 & 8 20 8 55 ll 50 *I>aily. f Daily except Sunda}*. No. 53 runs through to Charlean. S C., via Central R. R , arriving Manning 7:20 P. M., Lanes S:?2 p. M.. Charleston 9:45 P. M. No. 57 runs through to Charleston via Cen? tral R. R., arriving Manning S:4S A. M., Lanes 9:33 A. M., Charleston 11:30 A. M. No. 66 connects at Florence **ith C. and D. train-for Cherr.w and Wadeshoro. Nos- 78 and 14 rtake close connection at Wilmington with V/. ? W. R. R. for all pokts North. JOHN R DIVINE. General Sup't. J. R. KEN LY, Superintendent Trans. T. M. EMERSON, Gen. Passenger Ag't Atlantic Coast Line. 'fri:*:* "?oVco? 1 -, i-r.-n r-i-1 NORTH-EASTERN R. R. OF S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, _TRAINS GOING SOUTH._ Dated Jan. 8.'88 |No. 27?No. 23|No. 63?No. 61 Leave Florence.. " Kingstree Arrive Lanes.... 1 A.M. ! A.M. ! A.M. n 30 *12 3? 2 3o 1 35 Leave Lanes. Ar've Charleston 2 50 2 02 2 50 5 00 f6 50 8 00 8 20 No. 57 A.M. 2 02j* 9 40 4 35 ll 30 P.M. f6 25 7 42 8 05 No. 53 P.M. * 8 15 9 45 Train on "C. & D. R. R. connects at Flor? ence with No. 61 Train. Nos. 56 and 57 run through from Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. TRAINS GOING NORTH. ?No. 78|No. 14?NO. 52|No. 56 ! A.M. LeaveCbarlestonj*i2 25 Arrive Lanes.I 2 45 Leave Lanes. " Kingstree. Arrive Florene?* 2 DO 3 10 4 20 P.M. * 4 30 6 25 6 25 6 41 8 00 A.M. J P.M. f 7 OOl* 5 25 8 3?| 7 10 No. 601 No 62 8 45if ? 35 9 04J 8 54 10 20? 10 05 ? Daily. y Daily except Sunday. Train No. 60 connects at Florence with train on C. & D R. R. for Cberaw, S. C , and Wadesboro, N. C. Nos. 52 and 56 run through to Columbia via Central R R. of S. C. No 54 leaves Charleston Sundays only at 8.30 A. M., and nins through via Central R. R. of S. C., arrivi:*? Columbia, $. C., at 1.10 P. XI. Nos. 7S and 14 run solid to Wilmington. N. C.. making close connection with W. ? W. R. R. for all noints north. J. R. KENLY, J. F. DIVINE, Supt. Trans. Gen'i Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Ge:rl Pass. Agent. j. ?3 H i'. st?i SEE m/i- BUTEES? 9 ?C^^S Cul i...*>:. cor,:^.r.lziS c !?,red plat*s, jsj \??:''C&??\ ? ^,?r n^rs.yr'j.fr*Jc?d:-e:^tLr?ds, H ?? ??? j-riers ?liej" aro worth, cr.d -.vhere to M $buy ibm. i?irccticrs for Tra?a?nj-r M ^ & *\?liS TSHr-x?izsFerrets. ?Iaiied j?? f i .? Cents. Al5oCt;:s of I>??s? p? r?~?*^?& I'urnrsbiD-j Goods o? ell tinda. Ja ?3 ti?al colorea r-'^"*? Vr?r?viufrs Jj?^3t& Si ? ci nc:i:'v all !ds2? ?,? fowls; cesen?- X"^ tl ii Hess cf t'as breed--; hov t ? caperire; A ?F?a h y p!-.ns for pcr.1:.-*,* hoem: foi?rmeiicn /vj"':7?a a S aben: bcttwttcrs, *^-i "? -:cre to L::y ?]s J! '?I ' .-i i'ro:^ best ?.torli. rt ^i.?O?&^.*^3 ? jg?^?*?~~?^^ a /CV? K ?<c??<? ??* I?G9?*? OF CAGE fi f?3 yrJXK J-iO r?afrtw? l~0 iilzis- j ? tratimwi KsiT-.?.viul cr. ?or<vt plate. H f????$ Tx?BBSSB&?v?b!^r*B'a?:r:,t kines Cage g fc? ii'- V bh*d<? rV.r TilttAnM end pci?; I'iscases ?. fj \ ?rV? and tn?sr cnn. KOWT-> ci-.ld end stock j H <??Sjf ?n A'i:t**y. ^ Il abont Pon-ot -.. >'ri^*es <'? L 15 *-'J^&r A*- ^IJ1<I:J KKB? CSC'-", etc. ilailvd for 3 3 >y 7^ j.j Ccitttf* Tao ?liieo Boois, -iO Cu?, fe ? ? ^SSOIKATED"FANCIERS, B g ^ ?C7 So a til ?!?ktb Street, Philadelpliia, Pa. M A Great Cause of Human Misery IS THE LOSS OF a LECTURE ON THE NATURE, TREAT mcnt nn-l Radical cure of Spermatorrhoea, or incapacity, induced by excess or early indis? cretion.-Rv ROBERT J. CCLVERWELL, M. D. The world renowned author, in this admir? able Lecture, e?early proves fr<im his own ex- j pcrience that the awful consequences of earlj j error may be effectually removed : pointing out i a mode cf cure ar once certain and effectual, by which every sufferer, no matter what bis condi? tion may bc, may cure bimse!$ cheaply, pri? vately and radically. 2Ss- This Lecture will prove a boon to thou? sands and thousands. Sent under sea!, in a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on rccept of four cents or two postage stamp-. Address THE C?LVKHWELL MEDICAL CO., 41 ANN St. NEW YORK: Post Office B->x. 450. When 1 sav ?VRV. I do not mean merely to stop them io'r a time, and then have them re? turn again. I M KAN A KAIUCAL CL'KE. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FAIXING SICKNESS, A life long study. T WARRAXT my remedy to PURK elie wvrs't eases. Because others have faiU-disno r<-*:i?o:i fnr rd'-t now receiving n cure. Send y.t <?nc?- f->t*a treatise- and a FRK* BOTTLE of my i FAT.t.u?u: U KM EDY. Give Express and Vo<t Office lt costs you nothing for a trial, and it wili cure you. Address K.C. ROOT. RS, C. i83PEA5LST.,NtwY0CK SENO ?SMli?d CATALOGUE Iegecablc; Flower, Field <S ST ST l'ian?.s. Bulbs, Implemos, d&lfalio ETDCC1 pv ma?? on application, r F% b b Don't neglect wilting ior it HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. j ROCHESTER, M. Y. 322-323 E. L'ahi St. CKICAGC, ILL 12-14 ?T. Clari St. B. F. MITCHELL & SOE, PROPRIETORS 0? The Merchant Flour Milli?. AXD COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE RALE OP COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. WILMINGTON, N. C. OFFER FOR SALE AT LOWEST PRICES Choice grades FLO UK, own man'fYre . -ALSO, Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY. CRACKED CORN, kc. % ? -ALSO, Selected RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS. Selected North Carolina and Maryland SEED RYE. All our Goods guaranteed best quali? ty and at lowest prices. No charge for delivery to Railroad. B. F. MITCHELL & SON. LANGLEY BROS-, 174 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. O: Manufacturers of Ladies and Genfs Under? wear. Fine Dress Shirts to order a specialty. Price List and directions for measuring sent on application. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sept 21_o_". ? _ G. WULBE?N & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IS Provisions, L?pors, Ti?, k 167 and 169 East-Bctf? CHARLESTON, S. C. [ Dec. 2_ , 6 GEO. W. STEFFENS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Auction and Commission Merchant and Liquor Dealer. AGKXT FOR The Finest Hams cured in the U. S. Also Agent for GEXESEO ROA 1> CART. The Best and Cheapest on the Market 197 EAST BAY AND 50 AND 52 STATE Sw.? (Auction Room State Street,). CHARLESTON, S. a. Consignments Solicited. Nov 25 CHAS. C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Commission -DEALER IN GAME AND PO?LTBY. Stalls Nos. 1 and % Fish Market, Office Nos. IS- and 20 Market Stn East of East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce are re? spectfully solicited. Poukry, eggs, kc. All orders filled with dispatch. Nov 23 v BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates-furnished by return JFai?. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMEN?.' ). e. mm & co, MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN Doors, Sash, Blinds,. MOULDING-, -AND GENEEAL BUILDING MATEBIAL. Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Ray ne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o COLUMBIA, S. au si sn & BLINDS; LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. French ait Afflcrican WMow Glassy PAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best hi the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BRO., % Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. Gr Oct 5-0 The largest and most complete establishment South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, r ? to ?a? Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Motil AOT BUILLOTG MATERIAL. OFFICE ANO WARKR00MS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10_O DEEP SEA W0!S*DERS exist in thousand* of forms, bat are surpassed by the marvels of invention. Those who are in need of profitable work that can be done while liv? ing at home should at once send their addrttB to Hallett k Co., Portland, Maine, antf re? ceive free, full information how either ae^? all ages, can earn from $5 to $25 per da/*8*, upwards wherever they live. You arestartta free. Capital not required. Some have ma?? over $50 in a single day at this work; AU succeed.