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?3te Sxn?er Watckbion- was founded sud the Trae Southron in 1866. ?Fbic?27w? a*? Southron now has p6?-'c<M?birjed circulation and influence ^ ; oi both of the old papers, and is man i festig the best advertising medium in Attention Advertisers. |K ^^^W?tcht?can and Southron will ??tt berea?ter;be published on Wednesday, ^^|?d adtertbemeats should be sent in not Uter than Tuesday afternoon. (ganges of contract advertisements niu&t ^pfWiaade,Monday morning. |KV: > Xsror Mood and our excellent Aldermen ?""|^?*iwir rn harness and a finer team for pull ^ veil together cannot be focad tn the gr^v^?^Staies. After their inauguration on ^ donday evening, they settled right down .^X?^bogui?BS and made a start in the. right di r rectioo that means progress for Sumter. Tennessee ?ce for Governor is red-hot GOT.Taylor must be oebiud, bat bis friends i^don^t propose to give np the fight and they are ^ow on the war-path with blood in their ^^rfjea. At a meeting the other Dight ia that . . 18?te a Taylor man presided. He produced a pistol and demanded order. What a scene Si';'"'it must have been? The - Knoxville Tr&tcne p^:?ysr:v-' v .. ^l **The anti-Taylor men vere choked off, ^^Jmll-dtic?d at toe month of the pistol and the '?;T?ylor resolutions were crammed down their :- y . .. j^ ' A Washington belle bas committed suicide. ^. Cf Totmg and beautiful. Only eighteen. What ?:^ / an eodl The cause abruptly told is: Ro ^-.^ -aaancc rosaway marriage-husband who ii^-.-*?**: goos TOT nothing-abandonment-de y :. ' ipair-home again-grief-death. What a ^ tragt?y and its lesson 1 An exchange says: ||?^*BoBor tay father and thy mother," for so it ? written of the Lord. And in this solemn i business of marriage these are words to be heeded well. Lea^e runaway marriages to thecomedian, be? in real life it cannot be iy.' 1*?Oearnestly remembered that only a scono S ^dtel would propose ar elopement to a yoang and only a fool would listen. It baa been estimated by a statistician and political economist of no little rep c tat i OD that ? healthy, industrious, intelligent working mandie worth a thousand dollars to tbe com jBuaity with which he identifies himself. We hardly, think that this estimate is an exagger ?ted one abd we should assume, therefore, that material additions are made each year through this source to the wealth of the _ tTniied States.* Unquestionably there is plenty ;< cf room in the agricultural sections of the country for hundreds of thousands of thrifty < ?nd energetic men and women, and such ad dillons to our population will be welcomed. \ It ?sadly true,, however, that many of those < . who will seek bernes and employment in the ?r> United States will by no means be a source of ..?saith to the communities in which they may sede residence. The-deadlock in Congress was broken lest " week, by aa agreement in Democratic caucus . that the farther consideration of the bill for refunding the direct tax to the States be post -C posed until December. This is a victory for the ?libusters, and one for which the Amer waa people will thank them hereafter more than they do jost now. The Boston Herald speaks the truth in plain * and direct language when it says that the point in the Direct Tax Refunding bill is that . it undertakes, uufaidy under the rules, to give precedence toa scheme intended to de? plete the Treasury. Had it come ap in the nasal order of business there.would have been ?o opportunity for it to obtain its present po? sition. The conspirators have-joggled with the rules until they have given this great log? rolling scheme of expenditure an advantage ?'? overall other legislation. The filibusters are , endeavoring to make their own use of the rules to defeat them. There is so doubt that the filibusters are workiag in the interest of fitir legislation and ol' prudent government. If they succeed in their attempt they will tender?n important public service. ' They are really the conserv? ative guardians of the Tressa ry. ' The friends of Beary W. Grady must im? agine that he is of vast importance and that his preseuce-on any occasion is another case of **I carne, I saw, I conquered." Ever since be made his "New South" speech, a frothy piece of composition, in New York, he ha? been boomed for ali he is worth and a little more too. I: is now announced by the Au gutta ChromcU that ''the name of Cleveland I preheated at St. Louis by Henry Grady will produce a sensation." This is evidently a boom to send Grady as a delegate to the Na? tional Convention. As to bis producing a sensation for Cleveland at the National Con? vention, that is all fiddlesticks. In all prob? ability Cleveland will be nominated by accla? mation and so grev.t will be that sensation that Grady's individuality at that supreme moment could be bought for a mere song. One of the most remarkable discoveries 1 made by the present generation of great ! . statesmen is attributed tp Senator Edmunds. This distinguished gentleman recently wyn! to Aiken, South Carolina, for rest and to re? pair his health. He was decidedly improved by bis trip, and on returning to Washington, made certain pertinent observations regarding the South. Among other things he said that "the period of hostilities had passed away," and this conclusion seems to have been reached by him after the most profound lucubration. We have always known, says the Wilmington Meucnger, that Aiken was a good place for invalids, and that its balmy and health-giving atmosphere was excellent lot restoring the physical man. We had never before, however, thought that its vir- ? tees extended to tbe spiritual man, and that one of its strongest points is the faculty which it possesses for healing the biind. Now that the scales' have dropped from Senator Ed- j maud's eyes after obstructing bis vision for twenty-three years, we shall be willing to belie-.a anything of the atmosphere of the Palmetto State, for surely there has C3ver before been such a stubborn case of blindness in the annals of the political world as tbet witfi which the gentleman from Maine has j been afflicted ever since April, 18?5. THE PHIMABY PLAN. The primary plan of nominating State, Congressional and Judicial officers is now being agitated, and the subject is oue that ought to invite the serious discussion of our people. If the method is a good one the peo? ple should know itand it ought to become the established and recognized mode for elections heretofore accomplished by tbe convention plan. From the very nature of politics, temp? tations and- emergencies will always arise, and we m us t prepare to meet tbem in order that the sovereign power of tine people may not be Injuriously limited by the means adopted in the exercise of any particular method in our eysiem of nominations. This consideration *?w?k suffirent not OE?V to suggest the idea i i?senssion _X JUL condition cf effective work in improving regulations of any system should Ve the g desideratum sought for ia the proposed refc The relation of one part to another shoul known in order that a thorough ac? b? comprehension cf the workings of tbe w machinery may be understood before a a factory conclusion can. be had upon ?abject. Ifpolitic8 were a system complete in i there would be no trouble or disadvantag establishing a uniformity of principle practice in regard to the qualifications voters and the management of elections, what would work to the great advantag some counties by*the adoption of the prim plan for State, Congressional and Judi nominations would undoubtedly in? trouble, confusion, disorder, and perhaps, enticing invitation to Independentisra in ot counties io the State. Experience teaches that anica is an int pensable element in politics. Without it best of our efforts for the election of the t men will be miserable failures. Let as vi the Situation. Some of the counties h: their dabs thoroughly organised and me fore could with all safety adopt this meth of nomination as far as they are concern but there are other counties in the Sta whose clubs are very poorly organized, not so at all. Now what guarantee, if t; system of nomination is adopted, hare that oar internal government will be k< intact? It will be perceived that in the adoption this method there aught to be a uniformity management and one central principle ia t system, upon which the people can depend 1 the greatest amount of political rights; it would be an error to d?duce that beeac this supposed principi?is rigidly enforced some counties that it will be rigidly eoforc in those counties wh;?h are differently circai st&aced politically. Furthermore it mast admitted that before it could be made ev* satisfactory in its operations, it must be su jected to considerable-modification, of a pra ti cal character,' which, after all, would bri: os back to the convention plan for Stat Congressional and Judicial nominations. ? to speak, the localization of this plan iu Soul Carolina weald prove cumbersome, expensrt and almost impractical. The machinery i elections involve considerable expense an time, and it would invariably happen, if th system was in vogue, that two, three or fot elections, would have to be held to decide ti nomination. The burden of expense woul be immense, and, after all, the result woul be no proof that the will of the people ha been complied with more by this mode tba it would have been by the convention systen Not that the delegates in the convention kno< better how to vote than the people, bat simpl because the people cannot come' togethei speak their free thoughts each to the otbei not only upon measures but as to the peet liar ?taess of the candidates, as the delegate in a convention, eau do. This is the difiei eace, ?od it is a big one. This expensive, tedious, and trouWesois pian of nomination, if adopted, would nc only prove a costly experiment, "but, perhaps a dangerous one. if it be the political "Bale ia Gilead,7' why not extend the principle aa< make it a aational system of nomination. Ia County matters, however, it is different Everybody knows everybody, by reputation at least, and consequently the people are ii a position to select tbe man of their cboice and vote for him and no other, whether it b at the first or second primary. For count] nominations the primary plan, under prope regulations, is the fairest, but it will neve answer the purpose for Judicial, Coogres sional and State nominations. But nevert.be less, if the people want it they should haver by all means. HON. W- Z. X.BITKSB. The sad tidings of the death of this distin guished citizen, the Secietary of our State, were flashed over the wires oa Sunday last, and were everywhere received with a shock 01 paie and regret. fie died of heart disease, at his residence io Columbia, at 10.20 Sunday morning. U< was at his post of duty," says the Record, a* the Capitol Saturday, and conversed pleas? antly with bis friends during the day. Hi did oot complain of feeling unwell, and in the afternoon be? walked up Main street and ate a glass of ice cream. Later in the evea?Dg he complained" to his family of a sharp pain in the chest, which came upon him several times "duriDg the night. On rising in thc morning he felt somewhat better, but had very little appetite, a3 he ate only an egg foi breakfast. He dressed for Church and took a short walk ?in the State House yard, and re taming to the boase, complained to Mrs. Leitner of the same stricture in the chest and of a sharp Dumbing sensation in his arms He lay on the sofa and Mrs. Leitner bathed his arms. Suddenly be fell over and Mrs. Leitner rushed out of the room to send bet |po for a physician. Brief aa was her stay, when she returned bis cheeks were cold and pallid, the eyes were lustreless, his noble bear I had ceased to beat. No truer mah lived than lfoId Zack," as hi? comrades and frieuds delighted to call him. He served bis country faithfully and honor? ably in peace and war. He left at Gettys? burg a token of his devotion, for there, in tb? fearful charge of Kersbaw's brigade, bis righi leg was shattered by a grapeshot, and he re ! turned home, a cripple for life, after haviag participated in every battle from Fort Sumtei to that day of doom to Confed?rate hopes. Io the Legislature he bore himself ?. iih con I gpicuous fidelity and diligence. As a Di? j trict Judge he was esteemed for bis fairness I and impartiality. As a lawyer he took nc j unfair advantage of his adversaries, and yet wa3 faithful to the interests cf his clients. Ai a citizen he was public spirited, law-abiding ?nd patriotic. In all the relations of life he was most esti? mable in hia conduct, and on him no stain rests of any kind. In writing his obituary ! there is no need to resort to apologetics. Une j may eulogize without blushing, and praise ! without the consciousness of going beyond j what i? due. Maj. Leitner was born in Fairfield County, I near Wincsboro, on September 23, 1829, and j at his death was io his 59:h year. He entered I the South Carolina College in 1S47 and was I graduated io the c'ass of 1849. in 1853 he I was admitted to the Bar and was in the arti re I and successful practice of his profession, in Kershaw District, whtMi the outbreak of the War of Secession called him to serve the State in another field. Last August he was here at the reunion cf "Co. D" of his old regiment, and all tbo-se who attended that reunion, al Wilder's Luke, will remember that the occasion was tunde gloriously pleasant hy the piesenee of Maj Leitner. In the evening he delivered his lec? ture on "The Confederate Soldier," at Music Hall, where was begun the collection o? money which has sir.ee bren carried <>n, until ! now, after many years, tbs monument ts to ; be completed. j tie has gone to ewell the ranks of those j who have passed over the river aod are rest j ing under.the shade cf the trees. A gallant host are they, but none more gallant than he. May his rest be sweet until the morning when God's great reveille sounding o'er land I and sea, shall wake the silent sleepers to the ! roll-call of the general resurrection ! Thej??ew York printers have formed a com i mit tee to raige money'to build a mu na muni to 'Horace Greeley. COUNTY CONVENTION. Yesterday tbe Democratic Executive Com miteee for Sumter County met and issued a call for a County Convention on Monday, May ?tb. In all probability there will be very little business transacted by this Con? vention as it will be convened principally to elect delegates to the State Convention tobe held in Columbia on 17th of May for the pur? pose of electing delegates to the National Convention. The call can be seen in another column. TEE SC'S, Col. P. H. Nelson and Dr. D. L. DeSaus sure, of Camden, have been in Sumter on business connected with the above road. We believe that if our people show the proper in? terest in the subject we will be able to get this valuable road, which will put down our corn, coal, meat and other provisions far cheaper than we can possibly get them now, thereby repaying in a very short time any expenditure we may make on its behalf. The?e gentlemen say they are coming again. Perhaps next time they may have something definite to propose.. WHAT SUMTER NEEDS. An enterprising citizen handed us the fol? lowing th ii morolng : You may bring all tbe rail roads you want to a town, but they will not be of much benefit without manufactures. 1 Sumter needs a clothing factory, a canning factory, a bagging factory, a furniture fac? tory? a door, sash and blind factory, a pot? tery, a steam laundry, a machine shop, a , paper mill, a first-class hotel. All of these i require capital, If we have not euocgh here, j 1 we should invite men who have it, to come < and invest. ?ct-wwweaapaw? yum tm ATTORNEY-GENERAL EARLE. A prominent business man of this State re- \ marked to us a few evenings ago that Attor- i ney-General Earle ought to be in the United States Senate and that South Carolina needed 1 his invaluable services there more than any- i where else. If this feeling or. this subject con-, tinues to grow, there is no telling what may i be in store for our distinguished citizen next ' winter. ROSCOE CONKLING. i .Roscoe Conkling is dead. He was one of < the ablest lawyers in the United States and ; an orator of unusually fine powers. He was a commanding figure in our national politics and made his impress upon the political opin? ion of the day. Years ago he was very cruel and unjust to the South and at times he was terrific in his utterances against us, but of 1 later years be outgrew this prejudice and was j disposed to look at things in their true light, *i Cockling was haughty and imperious, but 1 learned, logical and cogent. He was elected [ to Congress daring the war and he made a distinguished record io the upper and lower . houses of Congress. Blaine was bis rivai and -1 enemy, and twice hetnanaged to block Blaine's 1 nomination to the Presidency in bis party, and when victory was almost within bis grasp he threw New York State to Cleveland by the solid vote of Oneida. Taken all in all Conkling was a typical American and a man who had few superiors. ? Spiritualism. _ i In the Banner of Light, ef April 7th, in- ! stant, a paper pnblished in Boston, and enti? tled "An exponent of the Spiritual Philoso? phy of the Nineteenth Century," we find the subjoined letter, written to the editor of that , paper, from Charleston; S. C., March, 14th, ; 1883, and signed Franz Melchers, which wilL no doubt be of interest to our readers from the fact that the, "materaiieing medium" referred to isa native of Sumter, and wHi be better remembered by our citizens as Mies ] Sue Harrington, daughter of Mr. J. L. Har? rington. She is now the wife of Mr. E. D. Smith to whom she was married in Texas '. some years ago, while her parents resided in that State. Cn the return of the family to Sumter, she and ber husband came with them and they have resided here until recently. We bad not heard of Mrs. Smith's power as a Spiritual medium until now ; but understand that she has lund some private seances here be? fore going to Charleston. We know nothing a^out the theory of Spiritualism, and only publish the item on account of its local in-" terest : At last Charleston has what our most ardent Spiritualists have for a long time wished-a materializing medium. Mrs. Smith, a lady from Sumter, S. C., was here a few years ago and gave dark seances, but they were not con? vincing for skeptics. A short time since she returned and sat for materialization at the solicitation of a few chosen friends,- and yesterday she gave her first public seauce. With about twenty-five gentlemen and ladies I bad the good fortune to be present. Tbe seance was held in the parlor of a private house, a black curtain across a corner of tjie room forming tbe cabinet. Several gentfe men examined it before the seance, and found that it was totally imposible that any one could get in there, exrept in front, through the opening of the curtain, in presence of tbe sitters. The medium, dressed in black, sat on a common cane-seat chair; the light was lower? ed and the curtain closed. After a little sing? ing, in a few minutes the curtain opened and a little child, apparently about two years old, came out and called for ber mamma in a tinv voice. The child was not recognized. Presently another child came, of abcut the same age, and called her came, "Mimi," which was recognized by her grandmother in the au? dience. Then a tall spirit, dressed in white, ? appeared : but she could not speak, and no ! bodj recognized her. Afterwards (as her I name was called by the control) a geutleman I in the audience recognized ber P.S his mother, j One beautiful spirit materialized just inside j the curtain (at tue opening), and deraaterial j ?zed the Same way, so thal all could see the 'form. Io ?il about nine spirits appeared; j but no others were recognized, owing perhaps I to the yet undeveloped stale of the medium. Among the spirits appearing was one with a baby in her arms. She showed herself j twice, and afterward the control, a Mr. Owen, j requested the writer to take down the message of this spirit and fend it to the Banner cf j Light, as her friends would see it therein, j The message ?3 as follows : i "My name is Mrs. Florence Wilson ; roy ! maiden name, De Young ; and I um from I Houston; Texas. V.y brother George is with me. also my friend, Mr?. Betty Hampton, j lier maiden name was Betty Thompson, and ?be is with ber brothers, George and Charley; : ? desire my mother to know that ? am alive, j and tell her that my life now is ihe real life, j a:id hers is but the shadow." ! After trie materialization several spirits pcr ? formed on some musical instruments in the I Crt'UNet. We could distinctly hear three in ' Struments.at the same time. Then a spirit j WHS heard to moan terribly, and said ? "The ? Lord have mercy upon 'lu? uuiliy ? ' und ?fier I a while she said : "L. A. N. is guilty." A j lady in the audience recognized the spirit, i Another Spirit called the name of Geor^o. j I A ?rntlema:i responded, und the spirit made himself known HS a friend who died in the ; up-country, of which the medium could not I bu ve known anything. A vo:ee was then heard Saying ven quickly: " H "ic ghi si ' in j i?eraian, when presently a terrible noise was { ; heard behind the curtain. Bricks and mortar . seemed to fall, and all the noises of au earth- ' ? quake w?-re represented. A geutleman and { i tiis wife [.resent stated that the spirit had bten j ? th'^ir s-rvant pi ri, that she lost brr lifo during ; j the earthquake hy falling bricks, ?nd thai thc j ! noise was identically the same as on the night j j of the 31st of August, l?SC. in their borne, j j as the poor girl was run nins oui of the house i j and jrot killed by the tailing bricks of the ! ; chimney. j Several other spirits manifested, Nit they j ! were of minor importance, and ? will not J i occupy the sp.-ce of your widely circulated ? journal with the recital. Su Bi ce it to say that we know there is a conscious life hereafter, and that the spirits of the (so called) dead can and do communicate with the people of earth when the proper coudr.ions are given them to do so. Maj. Leitner'a Successor. Oa Tuesday the Governor appoiuted Col. J. Q. Marshall of Columbia Secretary of State to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Maj. Leitner. The Columbia Record of Tuesday afternoon saje: "Accompanying this was a highly compli? mentary letter from Governor Richardson, in which he alluded tenderly to the death of the lamented Leitner and spoke of the pleasure it gave bira to appoint one so competent and deserving. Colonel Marshall bas accepted the appointment and will qualify to-morrow, j ''Governor Richardson could not possibly | have given more satisfaction to the citizens of j Columbia and the people of the State than be j Las in appointing Col. Marshall. The ap- j poiMuTent cornea unsolicited. Col. Marshall j did not ?'eek thc office in the slightest mannir j and tiie compliment indicated in his appoint? ment is so L-'ucb the more enhanced thereby." The Campanil Opened and a Coun? ty Convention Called. HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM? MITTEE FOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S C., April 3 7, 1883. At a meeting of the Committee held this day it was Resolved, First, That a Convention of the Democratic party of Sumter County is hareby called to convene in the City of Sumter, on Monday, May 7th, 18S8, at 12 o'clock, noon, for the following purposes: 1. To elect a County Chairman and ft dem? ocratic Executive Committee for the ensuing two years. ?. To elect delegates to the State Demo? cratic Convention which bas been called for the 17th of May, next. 3. To transact such further business as may properly come before the Convention. Second, That the delegates chosen to repre? sent tbe several Democratic Clubs in eaid Convention shall be upon the basis of one delegate at large for each club and one dele? gate for every twenty-five members upon the revised rolls of the several clubs. Third, That in order to carry oat the pur? poses above indicated it is ordered, 1. That the rolls of the several Democratic Clubs throughout the County be forthwith revised by the officers of the clubs, their Ex? ecutive Committees, cr in any other proper manner. A copy of such revised rolls, certi? fied by the Presidents and Secretaries of each club to be delivered to the Secretary of the County Convention. 2. That the several clubs do re-organize by sleeting their proper officers for the ensuing two years, and that they do also-elect a mem? ber to represent such club upon the County Executive Committee, and elect delegates to the County Convention as hereinbefore di? rected. Fourth, That the Secretary be instructed to send copies of the above to each Club President and Secretary. By order of the Executive Committee. R. D. LEE, T. B. FRASER, JR., County Chairman. Secretary. "A Sketch of the Resources of South Car? olina" is a very neat and comprehensive pam? phlet of 48 pages, lately published by the State Department of Agriculture. Itcontains i vast fund of valuable information, condens? ed and compactly set forth, and contains, be? sides an attractive folded colored map of the State, a number of handsome illustrations of the exhibit made by South Carolina atibe Xew Orleans Exposition. The pamphlet should have a wide distribution, and espe? cially should it be placed ia the bands of every citizen of the North and West who de? sires a better home. Our Exchanges. In his article on "Where to Spend the Sim? mer," in Scribner's for April, Gen. Greely, chief signal officer, makes a prophesy as to the hottest days in the year ?-383. The Detroit Journal, taking the matter up, bas offered a prize of S500 to the parson guessing correctly, before June lat, what the3 days will be. Gea. Greely immediately telegraphed his guess to the paper, in accord with his reasons in Scribner'? for Aprii. Russia is the la3t country in the world con? cerning which .ve should expect to hear that it has a good system for the administration of law and justice. However, according to Albert F. Heard's article in Harper's Magazine for May, the judicial system of the Czar's dominions is excellent, and, if honestly follow? ed out, would work to the happiness of the Czar's subjects. But there's the rub. Being an autocrat of the most absolute kind, and judging himself and his government to be in danger, Alexander III. has so modified the judicial system of his country by imperial decrees that it might just about as well not exist at all. Against the ukases the Nihilists have opposed assassination ; and so it goe3, from bad to worse. The eod no one can tell, but there is much to hope for io a country where the masses of the people would rather be beaten with stripes than pay a small fine! It is especially intfresting to read this article in connection with Dr. Lansdell's ?' Russian Convicts in.the Salt Mines of Iletsk " in the same number. Edward L. Palmer, of New York city was arraigned in the Tombs Police Court of tba: city recently on a charge of vagrancy. Twelve years ago he was president of a bank and street railway company in the metropolis. He was rained by drink and speculation in Wall street. Information reached Orangebnrg Sunday that at Sistrunki. twelve miles above there, one negro was killed and a white man and two negroes were wounded. One B. F. Jeff? coat was selling whiekey to negroes on the public road when they were fired into by parties concealed. Jeffcoat ia thought to be mortally hurt. Kenewg Her Vouth. Mrs. Phoebe Chesdey, Petermun, Clay Co.. Iowa, tells the following remarkable storj-, the truth <*f which is vouched fur by the resi? dents of the town;'T am 73 years old, have been troubled with kidney complaint and lamo n?s* for many years; could notdrefs my ?fell with out help. Now I am freo from all pain und sore nesi, nr.d am able to do all my own housework. I owe my thanks to Electric Bitter-- f-?r having renewed my yuth, ?nd removed completely all diseuse and pain.*' Try a bottle. .?Oe. and $1, at Dr J. F. Vi'. DeLonn?'* Drug Store. : 4 TO THE PUBLIC. ITAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING the citizens of Sumter that I will this day open a BAKERY on Liberty Street, ntxt door to W. J. An? drews. All kinds of bread and c?kes, baked FRESH daily. Prices as low as anywhere. I will appreciate a share of your patronage, and endeavor to merit the same hy honest dealing to ali. Respectfully, April Li. JORDAN DICKS PUB?G NOTIpE. COUNCIL CHAMBER, ? SUMTER, S. C., April 17. 1838. PERSONS DESIRING TO APPLY FOR positions of Policemen and Superintend? ent of streets of Cay ot Sumter, arc invited to make application in writing, to ne fiied at Clerk <fc Treasurer's office, tor election to he j held on Monday. April 23d iusl. at'7^ o'clock j P M., KS follows, viz : 1 Chief of Police, mounted, (ofScer to furnish horse) salary per mo S"5 00 j 2 Serge?nts of Police, salary per mo. 50. nu 2 Privates of Police, salary per mo. 40 (JU 1 Superintendant ot" Streets, salary per month 50 00 j BY order of Council. C. M. HURST, April 18 Cletk & Treasurer. ~ PUB?C_NOTIGE. COUNCIL CHAMBER, SUMTER, S, C. April 17, 1S98. THE CITIZENS OF CITY OF SUMTER, are hereby informed, that a Complaint Book will be kepi af the Clerk and Treasurer'-". ofii<;t: for convenience and us? nf persons, who j may desire to make any complaint in relation ! to any matter pertaining io the streets, lamps, j public wells, bridges, etc., or violation of any ? Ordinance of Ci fy of Sumter; such complaint ! to be written iu said Complaint Book and [ signed by the complainant, or complaint may I be made by postal card or letter, addressed te- j the Mayor; and that the Mayor will attend j at Council Chamber, daily from 9 to 10 { o'cIorkj.A. M., for trial of cases for violation | of Ordinances, and for consultation cn City j affeirs. "i JBv order of Ma^or. ? 0. M. HURST, Anril V8 Clerk & Tieasurer. \ TEPPING HIGHER AND HIGHER. SCORIN6 VICTORY AFTER VICTORY ! ff Competition will grow pale when they be? hold this detailed account of our BARGAINS ! 1 case only left Fancy Lawns at 3c. 1 case Solid Black Calico at 4c. Ladies' all Silk Gloves at 25c The price on this seems to have taken the brsath away from one of our would be com- j petitors. We warrant them genuine Silk Taffetta. 5 doz. elegant Felt Embroi? dered Lambrequins bought at! closing ont sale, at 75c, worth S2.00 and ?2.25. 150 pieces White Lawn at 5c. 100 pieces White Lawn at 7c, good value 10c 100 pieces White Lawn at j 8c, good value 12?c Nainsooks at 7c White Scrim for curtains at 8c. , Largest and cheapest line of Laces and Embroideries ever shown in this city. Embroidery Flouncing full ! skirt length at 50c, full value 11.00. White Embroidered Box Suits at $1.50 worth $2.00. 50 doz. Corsets at 49c, good j value 75c. j Grasp these bargains for they are bound to fly. ?Cit PLUCK, SAGACITY Al IiiTH!!ilL\ lill) HAVE BEEN THE MEANS OF KEEPING PRICES DOWN. -AGAIN We are the Leaders of Style Words are but a crude and clumsy instru ment with which to express the excellence of OCR um ni MS MD TRIMS In Dress Goods we are showing all of the newest styles i shade and fabric at popular prices. We particularly mention 1 case Fancy Beiges at 121c, good value 16?c. 20 pieces Albatross in all the new and opera shades at 25( Also full lines of Camel's Hair, Armure, Tamise, Cheviot* Sebastopol, Cashmere, Silk Warp Henriettas, etc., etc. IT HAS BEEN GIVEN UP -THAT MUT! HOST HO Ll? TH ?ver shown in this city. We can match anything and with the newest kind of trimmings. Bead and Braid Sets in all colors and black. We are showing the FESTEST EI2STE OF SILKS ever seen in this city. All Silk Surah in all the novelty shades at 65c. Summer Silks at 374'c. Elegant line of Ladies' Underwear. Nice Corset Covers at 25 cts. LADIES IN ATTENDANCE. It is a fixed fact iltat low prices for all goods is lifting oar business mountainward. B?MAKIM Al LIDIES' ?DEEWM A SPECIAL??. Respectfully, SCHWARTZ BROS. PALACE DRY GOODS EMPOEIUffl. March 28, 1888. Come and see the announced and un-v announced 50 doz. Ladies' Seamless Hose 'j in solid colors at 19c, full value 25c. Ladies' Colored Bordered Hemstiched Handkerchiefs at 6?C, former price 10 cents. > ? Ladies' Hemstitched unlaun dried Handkerchiefs at 1210., warranted all linen, i 50 doz. Doileys left in three patterns at 35c doz., worth 50c 200 doz. Towels from 5c tqx We are offering in these goods special bargains. Ladies' Black Kid Ghves (Foster Laced) at 39c, worth 75c All of our Kid Gloves in Tan \ and Black 50c, former price 75c . . ' ; -Mm Great reduction in "White Quilts from 75c up. Mattings cheaper thanever before heard of. Good Color?* Mattings at 15c yard, Turkish Bath soap at 40<v dozen. Nice Toilet soaps 25c dozen* cakes. Lace Curtain* at 60c per pair. - wing A FINE LINE OF WEED SEWING MACHINES, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Machines with Cover and Plain Table. Machines with Drop Leaf and two Extra Drawers. AND A LOT OF THE FINE, LONG-ARM HARTFORDS, All with the latest and improved attachments. FOR SALE LOW AND ON VERY EASY TERMS. If you are in want don't fail to examine these befoie buying. 3D. J. ^WiaXTiKT. Sumter, S. C., April 13. ~PLMSE^NN??NCl~ To th? Public, that though there have been many Car Loads Stock already sold by me, yet there will be MOTHAR MD HORSES MD HU TO ARRIVE ABOUT MARCH 15th. This maj be the last of the season, so purchasers will find it to their interest to call early and make their selections* Respectfully, * Sumter, S. C., March 12. 1888. Estate o? John S. Frierson, DECEASED. V?TE WILL APPLY to the Judge of Pro V\ bate of Sumter County- on May 19th, 188$, tor a finn! discharge HS Executrix aud Executor of j.fureortid Estele. MRS. CATHERINE K. FRIERSON, Executrix. JOHN TEMPLE FRIERSON, April 18, 1 SSS. Executor. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN TIIK COURT OF COMMON- PLEAS Frederick JJ". Wagener and George A. Wagener, Copartners, as F. W. Wagener & Co.; and Charles M. Drake, trading under the Jinn name of M. Draice cO Son, Plaintiffs, against William Reese Shaic, William B Carnes as Assignee, and Peyton G Bowman as Agent for Creditors, Dc fendants. PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THE Court made in the above stated cause and dated March 1st, 1838, I hereby give no? tice to the Creditors of the said William Reese Shaw "to come in and prove (before me) their claims or demands"against the said William Reese Snaw within thirty days from this date" or "be debarred of any benefit or part of any funds that may arise in this case." JOHN S. RICHARDSON, ?.RUI 1888. . faster fox Sumter ?q. MASTER^ SALE. State of South Carolina COUNTY OF SUMTER, Ix THE COURT OF Coxirox PLEAS. Robert C. McFaddin, Plaint i? against Jamen G. Spann and Jan E. Evans, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made i the above entitled cause and dated Marci Ut, 1888, I will sell at public auction ii front of the Court House in the Ct tv of Sum ter in said Stute, on Mondar, May 7tb 1S88,-fr?ing Salesday-between the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock ii the afternoon, the following p rc peru : All that certain piece, parcel or tract of lan< situate, lying and being in Sumter County I in the -State of South Carolina, containing one hundred and fifty acres, ( 150) more o: ? less, and called and known as ''Woodstock' I which is bounded on the North by lands o f Pinckney, on the East by lands of W. B Lynam and lands now or late of J. N. Frier son, on the South by lands late of J B Moore and on the Wost by lands late of ih< estate of J. M. Caldwell and now of one brown. I Terms of Sale-One-third cash aod. the balance on the first day of December nesf, with interest from date, the credit portion to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold, with theoption of the purchaser to pay cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and recording mortgage. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, April ll, '88 faster for Sumter Co. b Aase te^ii^o?iip?iil \^^$vcs its readers literature cf lasting inteivj m^???sst a&d va?ue. it is fu??y apd beautifully illustrated and has already gained a morel than national circulation exceeding* 125*000 I copies monthly* ^ ^ /<, A. >? ^ >?T lEigE 25 CENTS A NUMBER- $5.?? A YEAR^ Charles Scribners Sons the Publishers enable ?? to offer 5CR1BNER3 MAGAZINE with the j jj WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRCwjj at thc ?ow combination pate of t??? /?nT Is^? .0) fo? both . SEND YOUR ORDER NOV*. ?*JU. ff? I Aaareis ^ G. OSTEBBT, SUMTER, ? 0. Erfr* SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me .directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on th? first MONDAY and day following- in* MAY next, 1888, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : Two hundred and forty-five (245) acres of land, tn Privateer Township, bounded on Northeast by lands of Pugh, South and West by ?ands of W. L. Reynolds and Esst by lands Harriet Harvin, levied on and tobe soldas the property of Mrs. M. V. Johnson, at the suit of the State, under execution for taies. A Lot of land in Town of Mayesville, > bounded by lands of Wm. Witherspoon, and j Est. of E. T. Retnbert and Main street of said . town, levied on and to be sold as the prop? erty of Anna Davis at the suit of the State for taxes under execution. Thirty (30) acrts of land in Shiloh Town ship- bounded by lands of Barber. Pierce, j Cassels, and W. D. Rhodes, levied on and to be sold, under execution, as the property of Jas. rL, Nesbitt, at the suit of the State for taxes. One hundred and seventy-five 1175) acres of land in Concord Township, bounded by Wildcat Bay and lands bf Stepbney Leafand j E. A. Fullwood, levied on and to be sold as the property cf Mrs. T. E. Fullwood at the suit of the State, under execution for taxes. Seventy-eight (TS) acres of land in Concord Township, bounded on all sides by ?ands of A. M. Wells and W.F. B. Haynsworth, levied on and to be sold as the property of Francis L Crane, at the suit of the State ander execu? tion for taxes. Twelve (12) acres of land in the City of Sumter, bounded on North by the W. C. & A. R. R. and Harvey Dingle's land, on East by lot of Bank of Charleston, on South and East by land of Col. T. *Y. Walsh, levied on and to be sold under execution for taxes, at the suit ot the State, as the property of W. D. Blinding. One Red Ox levied on and to be sold as the j property of Aaron^Abrarus, under an execu? tion against the said Aaron Abrams at the suit of the State for taxes. One Red Bull Ox levied on and to be sold as the property of Caleb Harriss nnder an ex? ecution against the said Caleb Harris* st the suit of the State for taxes. One Black Ox levied on anti to be seid as the property of George Henry under au exe? cution against the said George Henry at the suit of the State for taxes. M A Rf ON* SANDERS, S. S.O. Sh?rifs Office, Apri; ll, 1888. . * TRADEMARK* ^ Rttr?tTO?? 1629 Aren Street, Fbiladto* A WELL-TRIED TREATMENT For COXSCSmOX, AS7H31 A, BROICH ms, DYSPEPSIA, Ci.Ti.RKJt, HAT KEV ER, HEADACHE, BIBI LITT, IBC BATISB, SEIBAL6IA SB? all Ckrc*fc mi >tnwi Hi m dm. " - ?THXCOSPOCXD OXYGEN TUEATHKXT* On.starker ft Palea. No. iii? A nek Street, rv.^.lpiu, km Ww ?ota* Cor th* i*.t Kwt^ yean, te a ?efeatlAe aaJo>ita?at af ?a? .lernest* of Oxygen aad Mtregaa Eiag-natAced, aaa tho compound b *> condoned sad aad* portable Out ll li ?Ii ?rer th? ??rid. 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