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f|t tatara aufc f SM?bres. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. The Swatter Watchman was founded ta 1850 arni the True Southron in ?S66. Toe fFotefonan and Southron BOW bas thc combined c?reolat?oti arad iufrucoee ol both of the e4d papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter FOR PRESIDENT, 6K0YER CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK. FOR VlCE-PKESiDEKT, ALLEN G. THURMAN, OF OHIO. 4 SDITOBIAI? ITEMS. Tho President, it ls reported, has contributed ten thousand dollars tc the campaign fand, and the matter is eaus ? log mnch discussion In Washington; CoL Lamont was inte? ie wed on the sub? ject, who said it was the President's habit to make such contributions, bat de dined to state whether the report was trae or false; he characterised the state? ment that such large sams had not been giren before as all nonsense. ? Os the 23rd an excursion was ran from Charleston to Rock Hill, the pres? ent terminas of the Three Gs railroad, taking in a deputation of citizens from Camden and Lancaster as the train passed through. The Charleston men were delighted with their trip and the Bock Hill people became thoroughly - enthused. There were the usual ban? quet and speeches, of coarse, and the whole affair seems to have been very pleasant. Charleston ought also to make it profitable. She will if she puts forth tho proper effort. Wilmington and Charlotte are also in the fight, but Charleston has the inside track at pres? ent. Passenger trains cover the dis? tance between Charleston and Rock Hill is six hours and forty-five min* ates, and freights are carried through in thirteen hours. This gives Charles? ton a big advantage. The bustle, which has had a grand . and conspicuous career extending over , several years, in the course of which , decided developments in size were made, , has at last been condemned by the , - demimonde of Paris, and from that au- . thority the decree has triturated down j to ordinary society, and in the centres j of social life in America, the bustle has . also received its death knell. The re- ( turn to straight draperies which display 1 the figure aad leave no room for the ; play of the imagination, is thought to ; bave something to do with this latest ( ukase of Dame Fashion. If our ladies ; would on?y adopt and cleave to some J, conservative, modest and inconspicuous , mode of dressing, the cause of public a?or?is would receive a great impetur, in the right direction, and possibly room might be found for the consideration of eome% other questions r^a? "how do I look V and "what shall I wear Ty Another "trust*5 has been formed. Tbk time it is ammthracite coal trust. The price of coal will be advanced one fourth on September 1st. It is esti? mated that this will add only forty thousand dollars a day to the profits of the syndicate that controls the coal, which meant that, mach money taken ont of the pockets of the poor, who can? not buy coal when it is cheap-, but are compelled to purchase as they can and when they need it. The necessity LT national legislation on the subject of trusts is becoming more apparent daily. There is no right or reasoa in submitting to what amounts to a tre? mendous rate of taxation placed by ava ricious"parties on the necessities of life j Congress might well spare some of its spare time in legislating on this subject. It needs breaking up badly and bodily. The Salvation army people in Amer? ica have found their occupation peter? ing oat of late. Many posts have been j abandoned, and the finances of the cou- ? cern are in a bad way. Gen. Booth is ? said to be coming over from England to inspect their affairs and try to i straighten matters out. The cause of the decline seems to be the exhaustion j of the material wherewith' the excite- J ment has been maintained. In other j words, the fuel is giving out. Blood, fire; bell, damnation, these have form ed the staple of thc topics of their songs and sermons everywhere. There may i be, to some minds, a remote reference j to religion in such subjects, but it is j difficult to determine how a religion so i full of hell and damnation as theirs ap- ; pears to be, can be called "the blessed j gospel'* or designated "as glad tidings ; of great joy to all mankind." Some people's conception of God is what others conceive of the devil. The yellow fever is making unpleas? ant progress in Florida. There are now under treatment about seventy eases at Jacksonville. The deaths have j been 17 out of 107 cases, or about one j out of six or seven, not a high rate by ! any means, as compared with other dis- i eases of the same estimated fatality, j . There are isolated cases elsewhere, j showing that the atmospheric conditions j are favorable to its propagation. The j railroads are having a hard time be- ; tween the"confiicting health regulations ! of the various towns and cities through which they run. Thc mails arc coming through nearly on time, but woe be to j the unfortunate passenger who essays ? to leave the cars! He is incontinently i put back and made to move on. Great | uneasiness prevails all along the sea- ? board and even in interior towns, and" ; stringeut precautions have been adopt ed for self protection. This is as it should be. Now is the time to make the Sght. When onee the fever gets bold, oaly a freeze will kill it. SANITATION. We are aware of the difficulties which eoviron the subject of enforcing proper sanitary measures ip a town, especially one like ours, where epidemics are rare. But we also know that there are many foci and local centres of disease in this city which ought to be thorough? ly disinfected, before people are made sick bj them. A stroll along many of our streets after nightfall will reveal the fact that the air is charged with odors decidedly unlike those of Araby the blest, full of disease germs which only need to find a suitable lodge? ment to propagate and breed sickness. There are ordinances enough on the subject-let them be rigidly and im? partially enforced, without fear or favor. Some of oar citizens keep their own premises clean and sweet, but what does that avail, when all around them are filthy premises, poisoning the air we breathe and the water we drink ? Let this matter be attended to at once. MET AND PABTED. The long looked for and anxiously expected tilt between Messrs. Dawson and Tillman has at last materialized, and both have survived the shook. Capt. Tillman's speech was similar to those delivered elsewhere, except that being in Charleston, its coloring w?9 strongly local. About 3,500 people beard the speech, a large porpxjrtion being colored. After discussing. ring rule in Charleston, and denouncing the people there as cowards for not express? ing their honest convictions mere freely, aod appealing to them to tarn oat the lawyers who represent the city in the legislature, and a good deal of promis? cu?os swearing and profanity, Mr. Tillman uncorked the vials of bis wrath and proceeded to deluge Capt. F. W. Dawson with their contents. He read Dawson's letter to Wood? ruff, and that worthy's explanation of * several mysterious utterances in the sorrespoodence between the Captain and Woodruff, who was the Columbia cor- j respondent of the Daily News, as it was j then called. He went on to read ex? tracts from editorials showing how Captain Dawson worked his "puffin? ind* crashing" machine in accordance with advices from Woodruff. H'e com? mented as he went along, professing bis desire not to rake in th.e'ashes of the past for the mere sa>e of ?isturbin* iead men's bones^hut to rid the State jf Dawson, who?^ he styled a colossal incubus best^ding the State, with one large foot on Beaufort and the other ou Seorge'.own, and sacking ou.t its life blood with all the greed of an octopod. Coming on down to 1876, Tillman 5h?owed how the News had whitewashed Chamberlain "so thick in the semblance of a gentleman, thaf he did not recog? nize even himself." At this juncture, Capt Dawson, who had been summoned from his office, ap? peared on the steps leading to the City Hall, where the speaking was going on, and respectfully asked a hearing. Con? siderable confusion occurred at this point, and Tillman was evidently sur* prised by the appearance of the gallant Captain on the scene. He rallied, how? ever, and said the gentleman should have a hearing. Capt. Dawson then seated himself and awaited the conclu? sion of Tillman's speech. That gen? tleman went on to criticise the coarse of the News on the Hamburg matter, and accused Capt. Dawson of hading misrepresented the"affair. He said the Stifte owed its political salvation to that very massacre, as it bad established the principle of white supremacy in South Carolina, and made possible the straight out movement which took shape imme? diately after. He confessed that Daw? son had made him (Tillman) a bigger man than he otherwise would b:*ve been, and proceeded to institute a com? parison between Dawsouism and Till raanism. Dawsooism meant ring rule, domination of the aristocratic element, extravagance, in government. Tillman ism meant a pure and honest adminis? tration of governmental affairs. Capt. Dawson rose to reply amid j mingled hissing and applause, lie ex- j pressed his embarrassment because of j r - I not having heard ail that Tillman had to say, but judging from what he had heard, he concludad that the charges against him were twofold, oue of per? sonal, and the other of political dis- j honesty. Ile asked Tillman if he had ? any others to add. but no reply was re? ceived. Cant. Dawson then reviewed his public record, ile showed what is true beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the straightout movement in us incep? tion, was opp-^ed by many of thc very best and bravest and most patriotic citi zens of the State. Ile instanced Get?. James Conner as one of these, and showed that when the Convention declarid in favor of that movement, he went into it with ai! the enthusiasm and ability he possessed, and labored un? ceasingly until Gev. Hampton wa-fir li? ly seated in his chair. Ile then went on to state that in the riot in Nov. 'To he was shot by a band of negro rowdies, and carried thc bullet in his' bculy to this thy. He asked if that looked like flinching, or deserting tuc cau^e of South Carolina? Passing from those events, Captain Dawson reviewed the Woodruff corres? pondence, relating the circumstances in which he had made Woodruff his Colum- ? bia agent and correspondent. Ile showed how in such a necessarily confi? dential relation, he had written some things that were, taken by themselves, susceptible of a dishonest construction , but ire appealed to bis loog'residence in Charleston, and his war record, to show that it was not likely that a man who en? joyed so largely the conSdence of Charleston people, and who had served the cause of liberty and self government . by fighting four yearB in the Confede? rate army, and suffered imprisonment on behalf of the cause be bad espoused, would sell himself to Woodruff for a few hundred dollars. He then showed bow his attack on Jones and Woodruff bad led to the in7estigation which resulted in the vindicatico of the ATeics, and in the unearthing of many frauds which made South Carolina too hot for the plunderers and caused their hasty flight. Captain Dawson thea proceeded to characterize Tillmanism as "exaggera? tion." He said "I do not accuse the "gentleman from Edgefield of political dishonesty in what he preaches, but I say that he speaks loosely ; that be speaks often at random, and without the precise knowledge that be ought to have-just as when he read the charges against me without mentioning the fact that I bad been declared not guilty by a competent jury of my fellow-citizens." In concluding, ho claimed that he had done his duty, as he conceived it, to his State and people-that he desired this verdict from them ; that be asked for nothing more, and would accept nothing else. Tillman rose to reply, but the confu? sion prevented his being heard for some minutes. What he said was thal it was not the first time an investigating com? mittee had whitewashed somebody ; that if Dawson had secured ?o fat office for himself, he had for his brother-in-law, and that Dawson was a member of the National Executive Committee, which fact would lead to a foreign appointment, the Captain having a plenty of money DOW. / To this Captain Dawson replied ?hat his brother-in-law, Mr. Morgf.n, was on his way home now from Australia, and that he would answer Tillman for him? self. Dr. Eckel, wir j presided; declared the meeting adjourned. The News and Courier evidently re? gards Cap?vji Dawson's reply as crush? ing bu*", the World is not so enthusiastic. It Las espoused Tillman's cause, and has nothing good to say of anybody ex? cept him, at that meeting. THAT EFFETE ARISTOCRACY. Will Capt. Tillman be kind enough to explain bow it is possible for an aris? tocratic element that is effete-finished, dead, without 'life or vitality of any sort -to rule and continue ruling, as he alleges it bas done for such a leogth of time ? Why kill a subject already dead? Holdan autopsy, Captain, and let the corpse be buried, if it is in the condi? tion you say it is. You ought-not, yon know, to speak anything except good of the dead. You ought not to let the ghosts of the dead haunt you so. An Edgefield gentleman should be free from such superstitious vanities, espe? cially one who is always so ready to provide black eyes or funerals according to demand. There is no danger of any one doing such an one as he, the in? justice of supposing that he was, is, or ever will be an aristocrat ; where then is the occasion of making so much ado about nothing ? We pause for a reply. COL, EARLE FOR GOVERNOR. We concede the point made by "The Voice of the Manytv in reference to our notice in last issue, of the nomination of Col. Earle for Governor, it was rather "sweeping'7 on our part to say that "under no circumstances," &c. Wc know that Col Earle is not a candidate for Governor, and that he prefers to be a candidate for re-election for Attorney General, and it was our purpose to em? phasize the ?ame. Of course, if the people demand it, Col. Earle could not refuse to serve them. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. We gave toe following from the Co? lumbia Register, as containing thc gist cf President Cleveland's message on the fisheries question, which has long been a source of irritation between the United States and Canada. John Bull has been blowing and pawing a good deal about it, but Johnuy will have to take a back seat this time, and the British lion must consent to have his troublesome tail severely twisted by Grover's gigantic grip. The message has called forth a great deal of criticism, but on the whole it is re? garded as an able document, and one that will sliow whether Republican I Senators are better patriots than politi ; cians, or vice versa. I The President's n:cssagc on the Cana- j i da complications, notwithstanding the ! chu; iish discourtesies of tho Republican j Senators under* the lead of Edmunds, ; gets there all the same. ! The President says in so many words : j As the Senate has declined any treaty I on thc fisheries question, or for an ami? cable adjustment of the Canada com? plications, insomuch as it has declined tu suggest any alteration or amend? ment ut the provisions of a treaty j believed by the Executive adequate to I tho exigencies of the c;isc, he therefore j feels that he is remanded to the policy j of retaliaci?n contemplated by the pre- j viens action of Congress. 41 ant,' says j the president, 'by no means disposed to ' abandon tho interests and rights of our j people or to neglect their grievances,' ; To this end, he asks at the hands of ; Congress buch increased powers as shall j enabH him to more effectually carry out j the .ctaliatory policy. He clears the decks for action and now says to Congress, the. recusant Senate, no less the responsive House : Hold up my Lands whilst I maiutain 'the honor and di fruity of our^cuuutry' and preserve and protect 'the rights and interests ( all oar people.' 'These are subjects which partisse ship should not disturb or confuse, hi us survey the ground calmly and mods rately, and, having pat aside otbe means of settlement, if we coter upo a policy of retaliation, let us pursue ; firmly, with the determination only t subserve the interest of our people an maintain the high standard and becom ing pride of American citizenship.' Before this proud and manly ebal lenge in behalf of honor, country an citizenship let the recalcitrant Republ can Senators decline if they dare. Th people will know the reason why the refuse to defend the country's hone and the people's rights; and they wi not suffer ignoble partisanship to stnirc the one or impair the other. THBK??B? QUESTION.. Here is the advice of the New Tor Age as given by T. Thomas Fortune, talented and prominent colored man : 'We must confess that we fail utterl to understand just what the rep?blica politicians expect to gain by the agita tion of the southern question becaus we cannot see bow if they were agai dominant in congress and the execntiv branch of the government they coal perfeot any 'effective legislation' t meet the requirements of the case whicl would stand the test of supreme cour interpretation. If the Chicago conven tion had acknowledged this was the case and that no 'effective legislation' coul be enacted under the constitution as i now stands, and bad- proposed ai amendment to meet the cape or signifia their intention to submit to the peopl for ratification such an amendment, thei we could understand what they an driving at. Such an amendment ti meet the case would have b make the federal government the arbi ter of differences arising between citizen and citizens of a state as it is now be tween citizens of separate states, an< such legislation would have the effect o smashing the existiog order of statt governments and centralizing the entin authority in the federal government I? J requires no great deal of discern men ; to perceive bow disastrously such ai ! amendment to the constitution woalc ! operate, and yet it is only by the.adop ! tion of some such amendment that th< .effective legislation' demanded by th< Chicago platform can possibly be en acted. i I leave it to the candid opinion o thoughtful colored men, therefore, if i is not high time for them to look this matter squarely in the face and cease j to pin their faith to the shaping o things hoped for. It is childish to tb( last degree tc hug a delusion long aftei the imposture has been exposed.' Commenting on this the Atlant: Constitution says 'that if this advice h followed, there will no longer be an} southern or negro question to discuss 01 to solve. Like other races, the nogrc must work out their own salvation, anc it is a work in which the individua counts for all and everything. There has never yet been a day in the Soutb when a sober, iodustrous, honest negrc lacked friends and champions among the whites.' This is very true, but whether let alone or not let alone this question is one of great importance to both races. -B^-M----mmmtum CIGARETTE SMOKING. *A New England physician declares that the tobacco in cigarettes is impreg? nated with opium. The wrappers he found saturated with arsenic. After this the father who neglects the use of the paddle when he finds his boy smok? ing a cigarette will be ia a manner res? ponsible for the results.' . We give this information for the ben? efit of our boys who are addicted to the habit, and also for the benefit of their fathers. If the fathers were to follow the advice here given, however, we suspect the paddle business would soon be a paying industry. We mean to the manofacturer of paddles. Cigarette smoking is a growing evil with the American boy. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTER. WABHIXQTOK, D. C., Aug. 22, 1888. Senator Reagan, who docs not believe with Mr. Blaine that trusts are private affairs, has introduced a substitute for his former bill defining trusts, and pro? viding for. the punishment of persona connected with them. He says ho pro? poses to have his bill voted on at this session, if possible. A substitute for the bill to give Mrs. Sheridan a pension of ?5,000 a year has been reported from the Senate com? mittee on pensions. It reduces the amount to ?3,500 a year. The Chinese prohibition bill was unanimously passed by the House, after the discussion had brought out Harri? son's damaging record on the Chinese question. There seems to be no limit to some people's ideas of pensions. A bill came up in the Senate this week which pro? posed to pension a daughter of a soldier in the Revolutionary War. It was not paseed, uor even voted upon, so great was the opposition. Democratic Representatives who are absent on leave, may have their leaves revoked, as there 6eems to be a disposi? tion on the part of the republicans to bring about a dead lock. Representative Hooker, of Mississip? pi, has introduced a bill changing the time for the assembling of tho Fifty first and subsequent Congresses to the first Monday in March of each year, instead of the first Monday in Decem? ber. Thc republican Senate has rejected the fisheries treaty, and now they arc frightened to death lest Mr. Cleveland should take advantage of thc power conferred upon him by the 'Retaliation Act* to bring about strained relations with England. Notwithstanding the faot that the Treasury departmuiit paid out ?10,000,? 000 this week ou account of pensions, the total receipts fur August up tu date are ?5.000,000 in excess of the dis? bursements. Senator Gurman, who ju-t returned from democratic headquarters iu \ew York, says; 'liverythiug ia being dune by uur managers there that is possible. They cannot ?hupe the canvas. They can only send uut documents, look after organization, and encourago active work. They are doing all that. There is no friction whatever, nor is any j change ucedod or thought of I am ! satisfied with'the ont look.' The republican lie about the surplm for tue present year haring been entire? ly exhausted by the appropriations mad* bj Congress, has been completely ex? ploded by an official statement made bj the Treasury Department, tr hieb shows that with all the appropriations niadf and expected to be made, the estimated receipts of the Government will give a surplus of nearly $27,000,000. The republican Senators are still try? ing to agree cn the tariff questioo. Senator Quay left their New York headquarters this week long enough tc come here and add his vote to that o: Mr. Blaine in trying to persuade thc Senators not to offer a substitute for thc Mills bill. The republican members ol the finance committee still persist ic saying that they will report a tariff bili. It is believed here that the democrati eau hold their own in the House at the coming election. In fact a slight in? crease in the majority is figured oo al the headquarters of the Congressional committee, Representative Matson declined ? silver pitcher and goblets which were presented to him by Government print? ing office employes for his help in get? ting the bill passed giving them 30 day! annual leave. He says he is opposed to being rewarded for doing what he considers to be his duty. I understand that Mr. Cleveland'* letter of acceptance is to be given out next week. Senator Beck wants to abolish thc Treasury sinking fund. He says there is enough money lying idle in the Treasury to-day to pay off every one ol the four and a half per cent bouds with? out any embarrassment to the Govern? ment. The requirement of a sinking fund, which had been a fraud for ten years, was designed simply to maintain taxes. The sinking fuujj was maintain? ed for no other purpose than to keep up taxes and to put money in the pockets of bondholders by enabling them to combine together. They had already (withiu five months) put up the price of bonds 5 per cent, and they would put it up 50 per cent within a year unless the sinking fund laws were repealed. Mr. Beck has introduced an amendment to the House tariff bill, suspending all the laws relating to the sinking fund, He bas also introduced a bill to repeal these laws. Clarendon Items. From the Manning Times Aug. 29. In a section of this county around Packsville, about fifteen miles long and teD miles wide, it did not rain (except twice, and then scarcely enough to run off the houses) for three months, from the 22d of May to the 20th of August. The ground is said to have been dry ten inches deep. And yet, wonderful to tell, the people in that section say they will make fair crops. LYNCH LAW IN SALEM. We are informed that Ben Brand, a negro, was found dead, hanging to a limb of a tree last week, near Douglass swamp in Salem. Brand went to a white man's house in that neigborhood, I three weeks ago, and obtained permis? sion to spend the night. During the night he attempted some undue liberties in the house*, for which he was severely whipped, and ordered to leave the county, on penalty of death for failure to do so. . Ile didn't leave, and the re? sult is as above given. KILLED BY A TREE. On Tuesday last Riley King, a color? ed man in the employment of Mr. How? ard Muldrow, while going to bis work, on Mr. Wilson's railroad, lay sleepicg, with his head reclining upon a sack of corn. While lying there a dead tree fell across the car on which he was riding, cutting the sack of corn in half. But strange to say he suffered no injury. Still it was to bc a day of doom for him in this line. He proceeded to his place of work, and before the day was out, while cutting cross ties, a tree or a limb from a falling tree struck him and kill? ed him. These were, indeed, a singu? lar combination of accidents to befall any one.in so short a time. KILLED FOR A BKAR. Berry Taylor, celored, while enga? ged last Friday on a bear hunt in San tee Swarsp, was accidentally and fatally shot by Bucl Dukes, another colored man. A party of thirteen, three white and ten colored men. were on this hunt. Taylor had been stationed at a particular stand with instructions to stay there. For some reason, however,-he left his stand, and incautiously approached the place where Dukes was, who, at the time, being on the lookout for a bear, and hearing the noise and seeing the canes moving, without waiting for a closer inspection fired at the supposed bear, and with deadly rim, Taylor re? ceiving the load of buck shot in his head aud shoulders. His brains were largely shot out, but he lived for twelve hours, and gave, during the time, several evidences of consciousness Ku-Kluxin Williamsburg. The vicinity of Scranton, Williams? burg county, is in a state of great ex? citement over a recent geuuine ku-klux attempt tu intimidate one of the pro? mising men of the town. The man in question is Mr. T. C. Willoughby, one of the largest lumber manufacturers m that section of the State. Mr. Wil? loughby is a prominent advocate of temperance, and about two years ago, wheo he established his present busi? ness, he began a crusade against whis? ky, which ended in the town being declared dry. This excited the ire of the liquor clement, and a band, it seems, WHS organized to break up his business and force him to leave the town. The first steps towards this end were taken about a month ago. when Willoughby's master mechanic, a ne^ro, was attacked I one night by a mob, who, after beating him badly, shot him twice, not seriously, however, and ran him out of town. The mob then went to Willoughby's house, where his wife lay ill, created a great disturbance, tiring off gun.? and pistols, and calling for Willoughby in very threatening tones. Willoughby recognized several of them as thc most prominent citizens uf the town, and he ! promptly had warrants sworn out against I llicui. and a lew days ago the whole : j town was thrown into excitement by ? I their arrest. Thc result of the prelim- I j i nary examination before Trial Justice j McCutchen was that A. B. Newton, I CM. Lee, ll. Iv McKnight, S. Brooks, ! T. M. Creacy, Robert House and Braveloz were bound over for trial at I the Court of Sessions. Gen. E. W. j Moi?,e is counsel for the defendants. Since the arrest of . tlrti parties j Willoughby has received several threat- j cuing letters which remind onV very j mush of thc ol-.l Ku-Klux Klan, j These letters are uot having the desired effect. however, as Willoughby intends j pushing thc case to the very end. Columbi'! l?''tfi$fer. i CANDIDATES' CARDS. Cards in thia col um 85.00/ cash itt ad *ance :_ FOR GOVERNOR. Wc want a keen, brate, true-hearted, Prac? tical, level-beaded, Christian gentleman, on? who pays bis debts and sees to it that other3 pay theirs, and who pro?? by hrs stand on the cotton tax that he is alive to the true in? terest of the farmers of our own beloved Southland, to fill tbe Gubernatorial office that ma? is JUSEPH H. EARLE, the true son of the grand obi County of Sumter and of all South Carolina. The above is the wish and sentiment of the Aug 22 * MANY. PURE TEA A Delicious Beverage. Drink ?1?3 tea only. It is the HIGHEST GRADS LEAP, picked from the best plantations and guaranteed absolutely pure and free from all adulterations or coloring matter. The packages are hermetically sealed ard war? ranted full weight. The quality never varies. lt is more economical in use tbao the lower grades. ORIENTAL & OCCIDENTAL TEA CO., LFD., Head Office, ,33 T?urling Slip, New York. For sale by all Grocers. Aug 29. _ NOTICE. QUR STORE WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, Sept. 6th, aj)d on SAT JAY. Sept. 15th, on accocnt of Holiday. Aug 29 J. RYTTEXBKRO k SONS. Estate of Lucius P. LoriHg, Dee'4* IWILL APPLY TO JUDGE OF PRO bate of Sumter County on Sept. 29th, 18S8, for a final discharge as Executrix of the last Will and Testament of said Lucius P, Loring, dec'd. MARCINA M. LORING, Aug. 29. 1888-4t Executrix. SUMTER INSTITUTE. The exercises of the INSTITUTE will be resumed September 5tb, 1888. Every department is Siled with raost# competent instructors, and nothing wanted *to make the advantages of this school equal to any in the State. For circulars apply to MRS. L. A. BROWNE, MISS E. E. COOPER, Principals. Sumter, S. C. Aug. 8, 1888. ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY, SUMTER, S. C. THE EXERCISES of this institution will be resumed the first Monday of Sept. For terms, etc., applv to the Directress of the Academy, SISTER M. JOSEPH. Aug 22. 4 ECLECTIC COLLEGE, SUMTER, S. C. Sept. 4th, 1888. PRINCIPAL : Miss GIRARDEAU. CORPS OP TEACHERS : Miss GIRARDEAU. ' Miss C. M. GIRARDEAU. Miss V. M. GIRARDEAU. Miss EMMIE HAWKINS. Miss RUTH TINDAL. REV. C. C. BROWN. MUSIC A KD ART. MISS C. M. GIRARDEAU. HOARDING DEPARTMENT. Miss GIRARDEAU. For particulars as to Board and Tuition ap? ply to Miss M. H. Girardeau. July 18. ^Cl^OLNOTICE." THE MISSES HURST, respectfully notify their patrons and the public generally that they will re-open THE SUMTER PRI? MARY'AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at their School Rooms opposite Monumental Square on the 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER, oroximo. AN INFANT CLASS will be accommo? dated, if one can be formed, for three hours of each school .day. and the little folks will be instructed by the ''Object Method." Charges for tuition at moderate rates, -nd all bills collectable on 15th day of each month during the School term. Contingent fee $1.00 'per session, payable on entering the school. MUSIC, ou piano or organ, will be taught by Mrs. Jno. Kershaw, to all pupils desiring instruction, whether connected with the other department of the scheol or not. Sumter, Aug. 13th, 1888. "SCHOOL NOTICE., MISS LIZZIE COOPER will open a PRIMARY SCHOOL at her residence or. Washington Street, next to Sumter Insti? tute on MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3d She" has had several years experience in teaching and can give good reference. Girl pupils will be given lessons in crochet and emhrodiery without extra charge. Terms $1 per month. Aug. 22. _ _ Siter Classical Ccinercial aili Military Celie. CHURCH ST.. SUMTER, S. C. II. ROYSTON, PRINCIPAL. Session lSS3-9of this institution will com? mence September 4th. The session will be divided into three terms of tl:ree months each, and thc charges each terni are, for resident pupils: Hoard and tuition in English subjects, $50. Latin, French and Drawing, each, $6. Music, Instrument?t, Piano, Orgau, Vio? lin, &c, each, $15. .Music, Vocal, S3. Dancing. $12. Charges tor non-resident pupils : Tuition itt English, $i> per tenn. All oilier subjects at the same rates as res? ident pupils Pupils can bc assigned to one er more sub? jects ot study. Non-resident pupils received for instruction in any single study, ?tut pupils attended at their residences for instruction in Instrumen? tal Music. Aug 22. WOFFORB COLLEGE, SPA RT ANB?RG, S. C. .^Founded 1851. J. II. CARLISLE, A. M., LL.D , Prcs't. Located in the healthy Piedmont region of upper South Carolina. Seven Professors with corresponding chairs of inst: action, ottering two A. II. courses, in one cf which Modern Languages are substituted ter (Ireek. TERMS.-For entire sesssion of eight and one-half mouths : Tuition, $40.00 ; Matric? ulation Fee, $10.00. Hoard, ?10 to $1G per month. Fall Session begins 1st Oct., tSSS. For Catalogue ami further information, ap? ply to J. A. GAM KW ELL, Secretary. Wofford College Pitting Schcol. Boys are prepared for College or business. . Beautiful location overlooking the town and in full view of the mountains. Four large brick buildings. Beautifully shaded campus, j Hoard ami room rent, $10 per month. Tui? tion, $20 per session. Session begins Octo- j ber 1st, 1888. For Catalogues, add ress, A. G. HEM BERT, A. M., j Head Master, .Aug 15. Spurtatiburg; S. C. I Machinery, Machinery. Ames Engines, Hail and Pratt Gins, Acme Cotton Press, Wood Reaper and Mower, Shafting, Fttllcys, Saw Mill outfit, Cora ?i??ls, Iron abd Brass Castines. &c. CH ERA W IRON WO?fCS, Cheraw, S..C: P.. F: Hoyt, Agent, Snorter. 5oly um mm CIS ISni In a country noted for beauty UEiXUkS and health. Course of study. ^?P I I ?5BruycaES. Modical and %& BD IIB SB la^aw Courses preparatory to tue University or Virginia. M student* at University CLASSICAL AND MILITARY of Va. last session. Half session SSS. No extras. Address MAJ. A. G. SMITH, MAI npill/ Bathe! Academy, P.O.,JR g ? fi ? 0 ls H W Fsuqaier County, Va. K^lfRft^ ?Ol Sf I I VALUABLE LANES FOR SALE. 344 acres at Providence, known as the Dr. Ballard or Ellerbe place. 300 acres in Privateer, known as the Pugh or Dabbs place. 300 acres sear Wedgefield, known as the Harrison Wright place. 312 acres below Macsville, known as the Milton Cooper place. 100 acres above Mayesville, known as the Copeland or Pigford place. 1700 acres on Rafting Creek, known as the Bracey Mill and Ellis tracts. 1600 acres in Manchester Township, known as the Willis Rumsey Summer House tract. 199 acres in Shiloh Township, known aa the Reuben Welch House place 142 acres in Shiloh Township, known as the McCoy lands. 100 acres io Rafting Creek, formerly known as the Mrs. G. W. Brown or Spann lands. 162 acres in Spring Hill Township, known as the James R. McEachern home place. 153 acres at Catchall, known as the Vinson and Cato tracts. 1 lot and store at Gaillard's Cross Roads formerly of McEachern. 95 acre3 near Wedgefield, known as the Singleton or Murrell tract. Also -1 Turpentine Still and one 6 H. P. En? gine, boiler, &c, These lande belong to clients and are in o?* bauds for sale. Terms easy. Titles warranted. MOISES * LEE, Aug 15-4t Attorneys at Law, TQ~RENT~~~ AWELL" LOCATED STORE at Wedge' field, S. C. For terms, apply t-v GEO. W. REARDON, Ang 22 2t_ Sumter, S. C, STORE f?T?Nf. ALARGE, WELL APPOINTED 3 TO RE bouse at Hagood for rent, terms rea? sonable. The;stand for commanding a large country business unsurpassed in the Stat?*. Apply to W. L. SANDERS, Ha good, Sumter Co., S. C. WE HAVE MOVED TO OUR Come and See Us. ALTAMONT MOSES. June 20 Gil Saarp?m ai Grail j IAM PREPARED, WITH THE BEST j appliances, to re-cut, lengthen and sharp? en pin saw teeth. Saws re-cat without re? moving from shaft. Good sample. Ease and rapid out-turn. Terms modernte. J. M. REID, Mayesville, P. O., Residence, Gregg's X Roads, Mt. Clio Township. July 4 Quick Sales ai Small Profits. CASH BUYERS CAN SAVE MONEY BY CALLING UPON US. Have Full Line . Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes and Genera! Merekndisc. Also 5 Cent Counter Goods of Every Kind. B. C. GREGS & SON, SUMTER, S. C. Mch.28 i TE DIAL WM WOES, COLUMBIA, S. C. W*E ARE NOTT OPERATING THESE Works with a competed force of skill? ed mecbauics. We bnild the celebrated "To* zer Engine" tn sizes from 6 H. P. to 40 H. P. Boilers cf any size wanted. Full steck of steam fittings always on band. Repair Work Promptly Executed. SECOND HAND ENGINES AND BOIL* ESS TAKEN IN TRADE. THORN WELL MCMASTER, W. P. LESTER, Manager/ Superintendent. W. M. REID, Ageot. I will take pleasure in vi?rf?cg parties .rho wish to exchange old for" dew engines and making estimates on s?.me. Solicit corres? pondence at Mayesvi?Te", S. C., for the next 60 days. W. M. REID. July 18. _; F. H. F??gom. L. W. FoUoru. F. H. FOLSOM & BRO/, Established in 1868. -^-Dealers ii JUCSIVLGZX WATCHES, C&0G_S* STERLING SILVER and PLATED WAR?, Jewelry, Optical Goods, Gold Pens, Pencils, Machin? Needles, &c. Repairing promptly done and warranted by practical workmen. Orders from the country wiL1 receive our careful attention. Try ne. Nov 9 o fr I.-HOY?. H. A. HOY* C. I. HO TT & BRO.. Gold and Silver Watclies^ Clo&s, Jewelry, i?pectaclw, HERIDBN BRITANIA S_TBR-W_RJ^ REP AIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATK&Ai, . Shells, Wads and Everything Perta?-- I 'mg to Breech-Load inf GOBS. Feb 1_ " E. SOLOMONS, Surgeon Dentist. Office over A.A. .Solomons' Store, SUMTER, S. C. Office Houri-S to 2 ; 3.30 to 6. Mch 17 1 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM , IJIeansc3 _d beazittfies the hair J Promot<aalu_riaiit growth. ' Nover Fails to Restore Grail Hair fo Hs Youthful Color. I Cures?5alp dtoe?insaad hair __g| t 5<V. at DniecistK. I PARKER'S GINGERTOiNIC favahahle for Cocyhs. COIAK, Tiron-d ^A^MI.HV-. State of South Carolina? COUNTY OP SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS John B. E Sloan and Louis F. Slam, trading under the firm name of J. B. E. Sloan & Son j Plaintiffs, against Joseph W. Melton: Henry B. BvU. Assignee of Joseph W. Melton and James Anderson, Defendants. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF, . {Complaint not Served ) I TO TSE DEFENDANT: Joseph W. Mel? ton. I You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint io this action, which has this day been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter Coun? ty, in said State, and to serre a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, on Main Street, ia the City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time afore? said, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court tor the relief demanded in the com? plaint. Dated July 21st, A. D., 1888. EARLE & PURDY, Plaintiff's Attorneys. JNO. T. GREEN, Attorney and Counsellor at Ts A %AZj SUMTER, C. H., S. C. 'Collection of claims a specialty. June 20. J..J. DARGAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUMTER, S. C. ROYAL CICERO 8794. Won first prizes at South Carolina State Fair, 1884-1885. Bred hy F. J. DeGruehy, Trinity. Jersey. Born January 8, 1883. Imported in Dam November 20, 1SS2. DESCRIPTION.-Solid-grey fawn, shading to black on beliy and legs, with black tongue and switch; fine head with mild eye, broad forehead, thin yellow horns, with well defined fillet; long slim neck, straight back, with body of great depth, set low oe fine clean limbs; slim tail, with heavy black switch; skin exceedingly thin and mellow and rich ia color: false teats of unusual length, with great distance between, remarkable milk veins, and good escutcheon : mild disposition. His sire, CICERO, won first prize overall Jerseys in 2 year old class in 1882 ; and was sold at auction in New York for $3,100. His get are very uniform, and possessed of rich mellow skins, and ail the^oints that usually accompauy tbe high class dairy animal.' As showing the appreciation in which they are held by breeders, the thirty calves of his get, imported and sold by Mr. T. S. Coop?r?t auction in New York, realized an average of $004 each ; and bis yearling son, out of young Garenne, has recently changed hands at $2,500. His dam, KHEDIVE'S VIRGINIA, wes out of one of the grandest dairy cows on the Island of Jersey, and is regarded as ooe>of the best daughters of Khedive. She was. purchased by Mr. J. H. Walker, of Worcester, Mass., one of the most scientific Jersey judges in the countrv, at auction in New York, ta May, 1S83, for $2,050. ' K Royal Cicero will make the season ataay farm, tbree miles west of Sumter. Service fee $5.00. ; ? Aug. 8-3m. ?.B..J0NIS J- ^~