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WJBDEESDA Y, APRIL 25
- The Sumter Watchman was founded
^l$3&andthe 2Ywe&wr?ro? in 1866.
The Watchman and Sovthron DOW has
the combined circulation and influence
> of both of tte old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
?I Sumter
6??^ktleiitlon Advertisers.
?^ '?e Watchman and Southron will
7fcete*fter be published on Wednesday,
e^ advertisements should be sent in
not later than Tuesday afternoon.
Changes of contract advertisements mast
-be made Monday morning.
ATJBNTIOir DEMOCRATS.
b Th? ? an important election year.
^"Ornees from the presidency down are to
W filed. The Republicans are not
"idle, tod the Democracy most work ss a
- ;v:*UMt ia order to be victorious.
v?^:*~The local daba are being re-organ
-, . lied, the preliminary work of the cam
; paign ? being started, and now is the
time for all Democrats to come promptly
Jerward and take an active part in the
re-organisation of their party organisa
v tiena. Whatjthe Prosperity Reporter
says to the people of Newberry is equal
Sr< ?'; ff applicable to oar people, vi? : The
seed of the Desi men in the party mak?
ing their infiaence felt in the reorgan?
isation ofthe Democratic clubs cannot
be toa strongly emphasised. Such
elabe are the foundation of party organ?
isation. The influence of the different
elabe it felt throughout ali other party
meetings. The County Conventions
? are. co m posed of delegates from the sev?
eral Democratic Crabs in a county.
Those delegates, fresh from the club
room and its influences, in County Con?
vention assembled, select men who
' compose the State Democratic Conven?
tion. How important, then, that the
most substantial citizens make their
voice heard in the organization of the
?labt, ts well as in the selection of del?
egates by such organisations. Keep
pore the source of the stream, and the
' water will be sweet.
Stop log-rolling at the club meetings,
? tad the days of wire-pulling in the con?
ventions will be numbered. There is
everything to gain and nothing to lose
by all true Democrats taking an active
interest in the re-organization and work
of their clubs.
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TBS T AKIFF DEBATE OPEKED.
The debate on the bill introduced by
Hr. Hills that has for its purpose the
reform of the present tari? system and
. the reduction of thc surplus in the treas?
ury, was opened by that gentle!man on
Tuesday of last week with a speech that
wat worthy of the subject and of the
chairman of the committee that framed
th? important measure of reform.
The discussion of the bill will no
doubt be spirited and protracted. Its
object is one which every Democratic
member can recognize as consonant
with the great- leading principle of bis
party that the interest of the many
should be preferred to that of the few.
At the bill is antagonistic to the pre?
ferment of a favored class, and clashes
with the privileges of monopoly, it will
be strenuously opposed by the repre?
sentatives of a party under whose su?
premacy the various monopolistic com?
binations that increase the price of the
necessaries of life have attained such a
formidable growth.
These are the two forces that will be !
tc fayed against each other in a contest
over this bill, which will necessarily be
?rn ofthe fiercest that ever occurred ic
lat legislative history of the govern?
ment. Two former efforts of the Dem
; * Jolrtcy, within a recent period, to re?
duce the excessive duties of a war tariff
Jailed chiefly on account of a division in
itt own ranks. There is now an ap?
pearance of unity among the Demo?
cratic members on this most important
atoaomic question, and it may be rea?
sonably hoped that there are enough
Republicans in Congress sufficiently in
. (crested in thc welfare of the country to
assist in bringing this reform measure
IO % successful issue.
Among other strong points mada by
Hr. Mills, was the following :
More than twenty years had elapsed
fiase the war ended. A generation bad
passed, end a -c.cw generation had ap?
peared co the stage since peace had
returned to bless oar common country ;
but these war razes still remained, and
' they were heavier to-day thau% they
were daring the five years of the exist?
ence of hostilities. The average rate
of duty daring the ksi, frye years
amounted to 44 51 per cent. And (lur?
ing the last year the average was 47 10.
After this large increase had been made
Congress bad imposed a slight direct, or
internal, revenue tax upon* domestic
manufactures, and that tax had brought
?tothe treasury in 1866 ?128,000.00!.?.
That was but a tithe of the heavy bur?
dens that were laid upon imports. It
amounted to about 3 per cent, on the
whole manufactured ' produc?s of the
country ie 1886. It was thought to be
a reasonable tax to impose on ican mac?
loran who were receiving large boun?
ties from the government in the en?
hancement on the prices of their pro?
ducts. Bot that tax has gone. It
could cot live. It wss a tax on
wealth. It was a tax that came
oat of the pockets of the manufacturers.
It was a tax that came from those into
whose "pockets tb* government has
brought large bono ties.
Congress bad imposed a tax on in?
comes to help carry on the war, and
thew were 460,170 people in the United
States tn .1866 that had ?707,000,000
<4 net income upon which they were
juwepsed a doty, which brought into the
Treasury io IB66 $22.000,000. But
that nat gone. It was a tax on wealth.
?? we* said to be aa enormous tax. It
-matsajd to bc inquisitorial in its nature.
fi wv said to- ?e oppressive. It was
to be just by those .who had
charge of the administration of the
Government to'take off these bardens
and place them on the shoulders of those
whom the official reports showed had
nothing but a living. . ?nd a tax of 3
per- cent on net incomes aggregating
?707,000,000 was swept away, .but the
war tax on clothing, upon food and upon
labor still remained. Every effort that
had been made to bring the exactions
of the Government down to a peace
establishment had been resisted step by
step, and every effort bad been defeated.
There had been a tax on railroads,
but it was gone, it had not lived long
after the war. It had been a tax on
wealth. It was said to be oppressive to
tax the wealthy. There had been a
tax on insurance companies. It was
gone. There had been a tax on bank
deposits and bank capital. It was gone.
Three hundred million that had been
paid by the wealth of the country had
been swept away, and the burden of
taxation bad been made heavier, as it
had been loaded upon the shoulders of
those who had to support themselves
and the Government. Was a tax of 6
per cent to be paid out of the pockets of
the manufacturers of blankets more
enormous than the tax of 70 per cent
paid by the consumer on imported and
domestic products ? Was the tax of 3
per cent on incomes more oppressive
than the tax of 100 per cent?n women's
and children's dress goods? Yet all
these taxes on wealth had gone, and
the gentlemen of the minority boasted
that they had reduced taxes to the
amount of ?360.000,000, while the
Democratic party had reduced it only
a bagatelle. That was the splendid
column these gentlemen had erected.
All the tax on wealth had passed
}-away and all the burdens had been cast
upon the shoulders of the laboring man.
In 188S taxation had still further been
reduced, and a magnificent shaft which
the party then in power had erected to
commemorate its legislative wisdom and
the beneficence of its laws was crowded
with a capstone taking the iuternal rev?
enue tax off playing cards, and putting
a tax of 20 per cent on Bibles.
[Laughter J The Democratic party had
been trying to reduce taxation upon the
necessities of life, and it was charged
by gentlemen on the other side that it
had not accomplished any reduction.
That would be a grave charge if the
j gentlemen who made it were not guilty
of having prevented 'the Democrats
from accomplishing the reduction.
It did not He in their mouths to
charge the Democrats with failing to re
dace taxation when they had mustered
their whole strength to strike out the
enacting clause of the bills presented by
the Democrats. Twice they had ac?
complished that, and twice they had re?
fused" even to consider the question of a
redaction of taxation. The tax on
consumption was paid by hard daily
j toil. Suppose a laborer with a dollar a
day could buy a woolen suit of clothes
for $10. It required ten days' labor to
purchase it, but when the tariff put on a
I duty of 100 per cent, the suit would
cost ?20. Then it required 20 days'
labor for the man to secure what be
could otherwise have secured for ten
days' labor. Had not ten days of la?
bor been annihilated ?
Bishop Hood, of North Carolina, one
of the leading men in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, is said by
the New York World to have expounded
in the Conference in that city 4 'a erand i
scheme of restoring prosperity to the j
South and reducing the surplus in the j
treasury." Ile proposes to have the J
Southern slaveholders reimbursed for !
their slaves, on the basis of ;?100 per !
slave. As there were 4.000,000 slaves j
in the South, this would let loose a j
considerable sum of money. The j
Bishop's idea is that the negroes of the
South would get some of it and would
share tn tfee general prosperity. We
commend this able colored brother's
views, says the Columbia Record, to the
forthcoming Republican Convention.
One of the needs of Sumter referred
to in our "Teacher's Column," on the
last page is a thorough system of graded
schools, and we are glad to learn that a
movement is on foot to secure the same, i
We hope so, and will be glad to do all
in our power to aid.
The Executive Committee of tho
Farmers' Association met in Columbia
last week and prepared an "Address to
J the P^o-ple of South Carolina," which is
jest published. We will give it to our
readers next week.
<B-WWWW-awWMI
THE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
j We call attention to the official notice
j of the meeting of the Association on ,
1 Tuesday afternoon next. j
j It is a subject in which ali oar people j
j should feel a deep and abiding interest, j
Not tbat we would perpetuate the pas- j
sions engendered by civil war, but wc
woulJ do honor to those who have left
j us a bright aad glowing example of pa- j
triotic heroism aod self sacrifice in the j
j interests of duty. We remember our j
dead, not only as Soutbcracrs, but as
shedding lusrre on our united country; j
not as sectiooalists, bat as citizens I
of a common country, and conserv- j
ators of a common heritage. Still !
j
j we are pardonably proud of them j
j as *our dead,' our kith an J kin. who I
! battled against immen.se odds and illus-j
? i
! trate-1 our civilization before thc world !
j as containing elements of character that j
? would do honor to any people. Tn this ;
. . . J v 1 j
J spirit let. ali our citizens respond to the |
1 c^ll of the Association, ard make it a j
'full meeting on next Tuesday, as there j
is business of importance to be attended !
to.
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
From a circular from Harvey Fisk j
and Sons, New York, we cull thc fol- j
lowin? interesting bit of information in !
regards to the National finances of this j
country. TbVfigures are from the (?fri- j
cial statement of the Treasurer of the j
United States issued on {he 31st of last j
March ;
Gross amount of cash tn the hands of
Treasurer, ?673.158.371 GO against
which has been issued in gold, silrcr,
and legal tender note certi6ca?es ?292,
395.394.00. leaving net money in his
hands as Treasurer. .$380 762,977 60,
out of which thc Treasurer has ?61,
231,647.36, lying in the National
Baaks, secured by deposit with bim of
Government Bonds.
Of this vast sum ?100.000,000 is
retained as reserve against tire Legal
Tender notes; $37.249,253 08 is re-;
tained to cover varions appropriations ; ;
$99,192,62215 is the actaal net
amount retained to cover redemptions
National Bank notes, leaving ?130,
326,758.54 as the actual sum!us at that
date. Of this amount ?25,752.828.20
is fractional silver.
The spirit of all laws of Congress is
that only ?100,000,000 shall be kept
idle, but from this statement we see
?230,326.758.54 is kept idle, and with
the nearly ?100,000.000 also idle
awaiting the slow process of redeeming
National Bank notes, we have a grand j
total of idle money of upwards of three
hundred and thirty millions, or suffi?
cient to redeem on a two per cent, basis
all the outstanding 4J per cent, bonds
due in 1891, and with the additional
accumulation of surplus up to end of the
fiscal year Jane 30, 1883-say ?36,
000,000-would theo leave the ?100,
000,000 reserve against legal tenders
intact and some $20,000,000 besides.
From the above we should judge that
the United States is quite a wealthy
country, and could very easily afford to
reduce the tariff oo necessities. Ottar
of roses, a perfume used by the rich, is
admitted free, while castor oil has to
pay a tax of 120 per cent.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20, 1888
The great speech made by Represen?
tative Mills in the House of Representa?
tives on Tuesday in favor of revenue re?
form'is still thc principal subject of con?
versation in political circles. Those
who wish to, can of course continue the
worship of tue war tariff, but they must
not expect to bear their god spoken of
in reverential term3 by revenue reform?
ers who consider it at best but a robber
of the people.
Mr. Mills' speech was the opening gun?
in the great tariff battle which is likely
to rage with more or less violence during
the remainder of the session. Kelley,
of Pa., replied to Mr. Mills with a long
manuscript from which be read the
usual old protection arguments. j
It is-now positively, but not officially, I
stated that Hon. E. J. Phelps, of Ver- j
mont, our present Minister to England,
will be nominated Chief Justice of the
United States.' Although he is sixty- j
six years old he is well preserved, and
as a lawyer be ia considered the peer of
any in the country. . He is a democrat,
and in his construction of the Constitu?
tion and in all other questions he is
thoroughly quali?ed to take up the du?
ties of the position .from the first hour he
ascends the Supreme bench. In fact,
barring his age, his appointment to the
place would give satisfaction. He is
expected here in a few days.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations have by a strict party vote de?
cided to report adversely on the Fisheries
Treaty.
The handsome residence purchased in
this city by the friends of the late Gen.
Hancock has been formally transferred
to his widow.
Secretary Whitney has writteu a let?
ter to Rear Admiral Gherardi placing
in his charge the construction of the
armored battle-shin Miine, which is to
be built at the Brooklyn Navy yard.
In it he says that in view of the fact
that this will be the first war ship built
entirely by tue Government for 15 years,
it is highly important that the work shall
be well done. He hopes that the yard
will turo out a vessel that will be favor?
ably judged by Congress and the people.
Representative Martin, of Texas, has
introduced a bill in the House imposing
a punishment of imprisonment for life
with hard labor, or the imposition of
the death penalty, for the offence of
bribing or attempting to bribe any
United States Judge, member of Con?
gress, or Government officer, to render
a decision or judgment, or to vote upon
any pending propsition, or to do any
official acf.
A bill has also been introduced into
the House declaring all interstate pools
or combinations limiling or controling
the production, sale, or price of any
article of trade or commerce, to be un
lawful and a criminal conspiracy.
The Hou3c has passed a bill which
provides for the establishment of a
Department of L^bor, the general
design and duties of which shall be to
acquire and diffuse among the people of
the United States useful information
upon Jabor in the most general and
comprehensive sense of that word, and
especially upon its relation to capital, to
hours of labor, earnings of men and
women, and the means of promoting
their material, social, intellectual and
moral prosperity. Another bill was
passed providing for arbitration between
railroads and their employees.
The investigation of the Government
Printing Office has been resumed. It
has been fully established that it was a
common practice under Mr. Benedict's
republican predecessor to do private
work for politicians and others.
W. J. Brennen, of Pittsburg, chair?
man of the Democratic county Commit?
tee is in the city. He says the demo?
crats of Pennsylvania will hold their i
own this year. He also announces !
himself as an out-and-out free trader.
The democratic members of thc llou^c
held a caucus on Weduesday evening at
which it was agreed to give thc republi?
cans the fuile.-t opportunity to discuss
the taritT bill, and z resolution was
adopted requesting the democratic
members of the Ways and Means Com?
mittee to confer with the republicans of
that committee and ascertain if it \<*
possible to reach some satisfactory
agreement a? to the length nf lime dis?
cussion on the Lill shall continue. As
.soon as this eon fi renee is held there will
be another Caucus
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The increasing prosperity of South?
er, railroads is illustrated by the Feb?
ruary corning* of South Carolina roads
a=* reported to the State commission.
Tue total earnings for the month were
$782 544 CS, against ?074.819 62 for
February. 18X7. Out of 20 roads only
4 reported a decrease ia earnings, an'l
thc aggregate iTecreaso of the 4 was only
$1.14.'' 54 Tlie n*'t. increase was
?103.905 22, or 15 ->D per cent. In
passenger earnings the gain was 20.6
per cent. , an-.i in freight earnings 10 1
per cent.-Manufacturers' Record
The Greenville ice mill is io full
blast. It is now making from sis to
seren tons of iee a day, and has 100
tons stored already for the Summer
business^ The mili employs six men.
The ice is sold at one cent a pound
for family u>e. They are now using
about half the fuel thej used before.
William B. Dinsmore, President of
the Adams Express Company, died in
New York April 20, of a complication
of diseases.
The depth of 219 feet has been
reached in the boring of the Artesian
well. Reasonably rapid progress is
still being made through the bed of
Fuller's earth which has not yet been
passed.- Darlington News.
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Cross and White, the defaulting
President and Cashier of the State
National Bank of Raleigh, N. C.,
confined io jail there two weeks to await
trial, gave bond and were released from
jail Saturday at midnight. The bond
was ?15,000 each. One of White's
bondsmen is D. H. Graves, in whose
name ooe of the forgeries for which
Cross and White are to be tried was
committed.
A Northern lady (?) created a sensa
on the streets of Charleston last Friday
by trampoosicg around with a verv^
black negro man dressed in broadcloth.
The woman was in silk attire. The
two went- into a soda water stand and
drank together on the most sociable
terms. They came in on the Florida
steamer and left for New York at noon,
The woman's name could not be
ascertained.
The cure for sickness 500 years
ago was Neglect; 300 yeats ago,
Sorcery] 100 years ago, Herbs and
Drugs : 25 years ago Medicines ; to?
day it is Compound Oxygen.
Medicines weaken the whole sys?
tem to strengthen one weak point !
Componnd Oxygen strengthens both.
A doctor's average bill is $50.
Invest ?15 in our "Home Treat?
ment," and you will save the other
$35, and feel better than you have
for five years. Are you Nervous?
Those tired, sick headaches vanish :
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THE MARKETS.
SUMTER. S. C., April 25, 1888.
COTTON.-Receipts 30 bales. The mar?
ket duli. We quote: Good Middling 9}';
Middling S?. Low Middling Sf. Market
still tending downwards.
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 24, 1888.
Cotton-Sales, 75. Quotations : mid?
dling, 9 9-16.
WILMINGTON, N. C., April 24, 1888.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Sales at quotation.
Market opened steady at 34 cen ts per gallon.
ROSIN -Sro at 82jc. "for Strained and
87J for Good Strained.
CRCHE TURPENTINE.-Virgin and Yellow
j Dip $2.00, Hard SI.00.
COTTON.-Sales, none. Market Steady.
Quotations are: Middliog 9$
FOR SOLICITOR^
Mr. Editor: The many friends of MR. A.
BROOKS STUCKEY do most respectfully
offer his name as a candidate for the office of
Solicitor of the Tnird Circuit.
Mr. Stackey is a gentleman of fine legal
ability and sterling imegrity ; born and
reared in the Circuit, Iiis record will bear
scrutiny, and we are satisfied the ^interest of
the Third Circuit, and the S^ateof South Car?
olina cannot suffer in bis hands. Let true
j m*?ri i be rewarded.
April 25 MANY VOTERS.
LOST^
APLAIN GOLD RING, having engraved
on interior ' J. D. B. to L. M. B.,
8 Feb'ry, 1849." The finder will be fully re?
warded by leaving the same for the owner
with the Watchman and Southron.
April 25 _
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
THE LADIES M ?.MORTAL ASSOOIA
tion is called to meet m the Music Hail
on Tuesday, 1st May, next, at 6 o'clock, to
make arrangements for Decoration dav.
REBECCA H. BLANDI?G,
President.
Taos. B. FRASER, Ja , Secretary.
April 25_
"GL??? SPRINGS,
SPARTA N II U R G CO., S C.
Thi3 Famous R' sort will be Open to Visitors
MAY 1st.
DAILY HACK LINE FROM SPARTAN
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Telephone Line in operation to Spartanburg.
DAILY MAIL
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the continent.
ML\T ERAL WATER BOTTLED AND
SHIPPED TUE YEAR ROUND.
Orders for Glen o Springs Water promptly
filled.
For rates of Board and further particulars
as to merits of the water, etc., apply to
S?MPSON & SIMPSON,
April 25 2m _Proprietors.
_THE SOUTH CAROLINA
PENITENTIARY
BOOT ABD SHOE FACTORY,
Make evrv description of a Boot and Shoe
! that is made and of solid Leather. We make
! au shoddy goods, und it \ ou v.ant something
j that will give you service, our ^oods will fill
I the bill ; we wurrant them io giresatisfaction,
j but one thing wc ".nit to bc plainly under?
stood, HS sometime* onr customers expect too
much: the JJ ?.od s arc- -iel.fire ?-roo/ We have
not aa yet discovered the men ns of making
them regular Sa!ama!??l..-rs. I!' we ever sne?
ezed ia that will inform you of il and also
wish to state that while they are good and
serviceable, lhere i? a limit to the wear ot
i good leather. Don't ^tve il away, but they
! will actually wear out, and you must not ex- '
j pee! to never have to buy another [?air of
j shoes. Don't whea vour shoes geliert, put j
them near the fire. You will certainly have
them scorched if you -lo. Mens", Womens',
Misses' and Child reas' Shoes, nailed, machine
sewed and hand-stitched of fine and coarse
leather, if you have never worn them, try a
pair, ?Ood honest, su-staniial shoes; you
will find them on Sa?Cnt
VJ. C. GREEN ? SON,
Slimier, S. C.
Paities dedring to, cnn have their measures
taken and Shoes made to order.
April 25
TO THE PU8?C.
ITAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING
the citizens of Sumter that I will this day
open a
BAKERY
on Liberty Street, next door to W. J. An?
drews. All kinds of bread and cakes, baked
FRESH daily. Prices as low as anywhere.
I will appreciate a share of your patronage,
and endeavor to merit the same by honest
dealing to all. Respectfully,
April 1?. JORDAN DICKS.
^?^^^?ffTE?-WATCHMAN E?ta>>tMi?d April, 1830. '?- **Be Just awi F?ar not-Let all the Ends then Ai&s't at be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THK TKUK SOUTHKON, Established jul3c, :s6->
Kl?fe^aied ??s. 2, 1881."} SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, 1888. New Serie^-VoL TO So. 36.
WINDY, BLOWING, SELF-IN?
FLATED MERCHANTS.
The town is full of them.
Listen io their mournful, plain?
tive tones.
Bow tliey envy ns.
i How they plead and heg for
trade.
What wild efforts they make
to convine the people that all
the good things of this earth
are crowded in their so-called
immense establishments. . Their
advertisements read like fables
and fairy tales. Between the
I lines they seem to say "DON'T
GO TO RYTTENBERG'S/' and yet
we prosper, realizing a grand
and marvelous increase in our
trade week after week, month
after month, and season follow?
ing season. This is the telling
?evidence we offer, that our
! patrons appreciate our efforts
j to please and satisfy them,
j
I IN YOUR OWN INTEREST
visit our store and make an
impartial comparison between
our elegant stock and the goods
offered at other stores about
town. If our offerings are not
better, if our styles are not
more attractive, if our variety
is not greater, and finally, if
our prices are not more reason?
able, then we'll not ask or ex?
pect you to make a purchase.
That's business. *
"Now this fair Shrine, more stately than the
last,
Reared by our earnest efforts of the past
Stands proudly forth to meet the astonished
gaze,
And soars more grandly than in former days."
We are constantly receiving additions to our extensive and
attractive stock of Dress Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Clothing,
Shoes and Furnishing Goods.
The throng of welcome guests who have already visited
our establishment were enlightened. We convinced them that
we are leaders in our business. . We convinced them that our
establishment is by far the largest in Sumter. We convinced
them that we conduct our business apon the solid basis of the
"real aiid substantial" rather than upon the imaginary strength
of misrepresentation and "splurging" announcements.
We convinced them that our stock in variety, superiority
and magnitude had no equal in Sumter.
We convinced them that we are all we claim to be as pro?
gressive and wide awake merchants.
We convinced them, as we are prepared to convince every?
body, that J. RETTENBERG & SONS7 ESTABLISHMENT
is truly a great store in fact and reality.
It is useless for us to enumerate articles and price? as
space will not permit, but to those who have not been to see
us we say be sure and visit our store and you will be convinced
that you have lost considerable by not coming before. To thpse
who have been it needs no invitation to come again as we know
the handsome styles, great variety and low prices as well as the
polite attention given them will induce them to come again.
That's Our Trade Hark
Best made Clothing for Boy?
and Children, and to convince
yourselves that our offerings
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April 18,1888.
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SUMTER, S. C.
Sewing Machines.
A FINE LINE OF
WEED SEWING- MACHINES,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Machines with Cover and Plain Table.
Machines with Drop Leaf and two Extra Drawers.
A>*D A LOT OF THE
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All with thc latest and improved attachments.
FOR SALE LOW AND ON VERY EASY TERMS.
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Sumter, S. C., April 13.
PLEASE ANNOUNCE
To the Public, that though there have
been many Car Loads Stock already
sold by me, yet there will be
MOTHER TOTO HORSES jil MW
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 ?? John N. Fricrson,
DECEASED.
WE WILL APPLY to the Judge of Prc
bate ot' Sumter Ccu p. ly, on May 19th
1888, for a final discharge aa Executrix am
Executor of ?.foi rsa id Estate.
Mas. CATHERINE K. FRIERSON,
Executrix.
JOHN TEMPLE FRIERSuN,
April 18, 1888. Executor.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON* PLEAS
Frederick ty. Wagener and George A.
Wagener, Copartners, as F. W.
Wagener & Co.; and Charles M
Drake, trading under the firm name
of M. Drake it* Son, Plaintiffs,
against
William Reese Shaw, William B
Carnes as Assignee, and Peyton G.
Bowman as Agent for Creditors, De?
fendants.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THE
Court made in ihe above stated cause
aud dated March 1st, 1888. I hereby give no?
tice to ?be Creditors of the said William Reese
Shaw "to come in and prove (before me) their
claims or demands against the said William
Reese S?aw within thirty days from this
date" or "be debarred of any benefit or part
of any funds that may arise io this case.'3
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
April ll 1888. Master for Sumter Co.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF SUMTER,
IN THE COURT OF COMJ'ON PLEAS.
Robert C. McFuddin, Plaintiff,
against Janies G. Spann and Jane
E. Evans, Defendants, :
BV VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in
the abo re entitled cause and dated March
lit, 1888. I wi!) seli al public auction in
front of the Court (lousein the City of Sum?
ter in said State, on Monday, May 7th.
1888,-being Salesday-between the hours
of ll o'clock in the forenoon aod 5 o'clock io
the afternoon, the following property:
All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land
situate, lying and being in Sumter County,
in the ?State of South Carolina, containing
one hundred and fifty acres, ( 150) more or
less, and called and known as "Woodstock"
which is bounded on tbs North by lands of
Pinckney, on the East by lands of VV. 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 West by lands late of the
estate of J. M. Caldwell and now of one
Brown.
Terras of Sale-One-third cash and the
balance OD the first day of December next,
with interest from date, the credit portion to
be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a
mortgage of the premises sold, with the option
of the purchaser to pay cash.
- Purchaser to pay for papers and recording
mortgage.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
April ll4 '88 Master for Sumter Co.
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BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me
directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H.,
oo th? first MONDAY and day following in
MAY nixt, 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 (2*5) acres of
land,, in Privateer Township, bounded on
Northeast by lands of Pugh, South and West
by lands of WT. L. Reynolds and East by lands
Harriet Harvin, levied on and .to be sold as
the property of Mrs. M. T. Johnson, at the
suit of the State, under execution for taxes.
A Lot of land in Town of Mayesville,
bounded by lands of Wm. Witherspoon, and
Est. of E. T. Rembert and Main street of said
to wa, 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) acres of land in Shiloh Town?
ship, bounded by lands of Barber. Pierce,
Cassels, and W. D. Rhodes, levied on and to
be sold, under execution, as the property of
Jas. H. Nesbitt, at the suit of the State for
taxes.
One hundred and seventy-five ( 175) acres
of land in Concord Township, bounded by
Wildcat Bay and lands of Stepbney Leaf and
E. A. Fullwood, levied on and to be sold as
the property of .Mrs. T. E. Fullwood at the
suit of the State, under execution for taxes.
Seventy-eight (78) acres of land ic Concord
Township, bounded on all sides by lands 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 under 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. V. Walsh, levied on and
to be sold under execution for taxes, at the
suit of the State, as the property of W.D.
Blinding.
One Red Ox levied on and to be sold as the
property of Aaron Abrams, under an execu?
tion against the said Aaron Abrams at the
suit of the State for taxes.
OneRedBullOx levied on and to be sold
as the property of Caleb Harriss nuder an ex?
ecution against the; said Caleb Harriss at the
snit of the State for taxes.
One Black Ox levied on and to be sold as
the property of George Henry under an exe?
cution against the said George Henry at the
suit of the State for taxes.
MARTON SANDERS, S. S. C.
Sheriffs Offics, April ll, 1888..
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