Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C|e WlM?tm Wis ?km\m. , ' . >. ...? arv W?&s*?S??.Y? DECEMBER 19. Tire SltSttci Hwic?W?Mt wes fbwcded ta ?8?d ?nd the TVtte Sotttkron to IS86. ? Tbc If?fc&ttum-Ote? Seutkr** now has th? eomfcfettd cfcrXSfcktfoa a?d influence of beta -of tba a& papers, sod is mani? festly tha Wat- advertising medium ia Samter. StSraiSTEB! LEGISTES! . We arc informed that the people of oar city have not been registering as they shoaid have dooe for the election ia January, which will decide whether or BO this city shall have lights that are lights, and water works 'hat will do some good ia the event of a fire. No more important electtoa has ever beeo advertised ta be hc?d since the town was fbaaded, ead we hope that oar people will aot let themselves become apathetic and indifferent. What we ?wat ta a free aad fall expression af the ?SK of the people. This caa beeeoared waly by registering aad veting. Thc future of Swatter ts surely a! bright oae asiese ?vary siga shall fail, which wa de oat fer a moment believe. Tba atty waa reached a crisis ia its his? tory. She has wow the opportunity to place herself oo record as among the progressive ta was of the New South, or take a back seat as befits a cross-roads village. The city rate of taxation is abaocmally low, compared, with other tomas-of like sise aad importance. The tim? has come to pat Sumter ia the vaa af Progress. It will cost some money, Vat all we ezpead aad much more will come back to as ia the enhanced value af property aad the influx of population aad industries. We therefore say agata, Register I Register ! Do aot let this most important matter go by default. Let the popular will be de? clared oae way or the other io aa un? mistakable manner. The time for reg Uteri o g will expire oo Monday, Dec. 24. Take doe notice aad govern your? selves accordingly. TES VIEWS OF "CITIZEN." Citizen bas criticised oar editorial ad? vocating water works and electric lights, denying some of oar figures aad rebut? ting oar arguments. We have no idea < of deserting oar guns, nor do we think 1 48Citisenv bas established his case. It I is BO laager possible to sever these two 1 questions. That shoaid have been done, if at all, at the previous election on the ' gMer.tqne.tioB ?hetber m ?baldar should aot have water works aad el ec- j trio lights. That question haviug beeo j decided in favor of hartog them, it is j ?ot possible to re-open it, nor is it prac- c tocable at this time to discuss it. 1 Moreover, the fact plainly is that it ?31 be cheaper to the town to have the tua things together than separately. It it therefore a matter of economy to have aot ose but both at the same time, j Oar figures as to insurance rates were ?famished by a maa who professes to know, aad considerably differ from those furnished by "Citizen:' We can ?otandertake to say which is correct, Wt ?a acatare to state that "Citizen" j ought to know that the Insurance Com* ] peases have largely increased their rates 1 ta Sumter on the ground of insufficient waler suppig This is undeniable, j Whatever will reduce these rates will ] redoes also the pri?es of goods in all 1 the stores in town, aad the many not ' the few will get the benefit of that re- ' auction io a lower cost of living. j Moreover, it ia a fact that every town j that aspires to be anything bat a village, j has water works. They are pat ahead j .f Jim sjgtPfl lights ia many places, j, Why should every yooog city act io j ] this way aa less it be that the common ? experience of them all teaches that ?atar works are regarded as an abso- ' lately necessary part of the equipment j of every well-regalated toan ? Will j '.Citizen* please answer that question ? '.Citizen" seems to think that the tres ia Sumter have beeo confined to aa old wooden building every five cr ats year*. If "Citizen'1 knows any? thing of the fire record of this town, be knows that from RoseodorPs to Bogin's j and from Soloaions' to Scale's on Maia street, sod from Harria street nearly to j Samter street on the South side of Lib- j arty street has been burnt within the ? last fifteen years, some of it twice. The lott was not less than one hundred thou? sand dollars, including the cost of re? building in brick. How is that for "Citizen's" "old wooden buildiog barn? ing once in every few years ?" This hage sam would pay for several plants such as would amply protect our prop? erty from the fire fiend. What has happened, may happen again. Let our people reflect oo these facts before they decide to adopt views which we feel compelled to say savor of false economy. CHRISTMAS. Before oar next paper goes to press abe joyous festival of Christmas, 1888, j will have been aombere - with all the j ether like days in the past. It is men?t to be a time of "peace on earth ! tad good will amoog mea/' as the j shepherds beard the angels sing on the ave of the Nativity. A time for fain? tly gatherings around the flaming yale i leg, whea the scattered soot and daugh? ters assemble once more ander the an- 1 eat**! roof, *ud interchange the sweet ? aad tender sentiments of affection, j j A ame whea those who know not want should (biak -sf those whose daily lives i ate aaa Seeg? hopeless struggle with j bitter and hiting poverty ; and not coa- j teat with taking tboaght concerning j ? Acm, shoaid pat their band ia their !, pocket book and relieve the necessities 1 ; . C? Itoe ?0oc as far as may be in thi po wet'. Wishing all oar frieods and p?tre a merry Christmas, we urge that ti celebration of the event be attended 1 oooe of those unseemly excesses whi are so foreign to the mean i og and t tent of the day, sod which leave not irjg but regrets behind. A mer Christmas to all ! ------i HANDS OFF, SOUTH CABO LINA. Such is the appropriate h ead io g au article in the AW? and Courier the 19th test., giving the text of Jud j Simon ton's decision in the case of Is bella Lee vs. R. W. Simpson, Exec? tor of Clemson. The effect of the d cisi?n is to delay the coaveyaece of tl Clemson property to the State un! such time as the claims of Miss L< shall have been passed upon and final adjudicated. This takes the matter 01 of the parview of the legislative eoac meat for thc present. We believe it best that the State should wait. Th action was rendered necessary by tl fact that if once the legal title hi passed to the State, Miss Lee's right whatever they are, would be finally los because a State is sovereign and cann* be impleaded, according to the Const tution of the United States. PERSPECTIVE'S LETTES. A carefully considered com rs uni? tion in another column by "Perspei tiver deserves to be as carefully res by the thinking people who receive thi paper. We were compelled to divid the letter. When its other and bette half appears, we shall have some th io further to say about it. "Perspective has been thinking to some purpose, i is evident. There is much in our pres ent situation and surroundings to giv us pause, and there is room for the ez ercise of the highest statesmanship, c which we do not seem to have a super fluity at present. THE~FRBSIT>E9TTIAL ELEC? TION. A count of the vote shows that th majority of the people of the Unite? States are not opposed to Cleveland am reform. He waa defeated because 0 the cumbersome and tortuous machiner' ? >f the Electoral College; but he se sured 80,000 more votes than Harrison md 18,000 more than he received fou rears ago. The majority of the peoply ire for tariff reform. The Philadelphia Times says of tb( dection : ''Benjamin Harrison will be the first President chosen by the electoral col ege over a candidate who received 8 arger popular vote. We have had s lamber of minority Presidents, bul >nly two of them--John Qaiocy Ad LUIS and Rutherford B. Hayes,-had fl (maller popular vote than any single competitor." Neither of them was elected hy the hectors in the way Harrison will be fleeted. Adams was elected by the Soase and Hayes by fraud. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTES. WISHISGTOK, D. C., Dec. 14, 1888. Mr. Cleveland bas received the res? ignation of U. S. District Attorney t? B Sellers, of the Indianapolis dis? trict, bot has not yet accepted it, nor ?Ul he unless compelled to do so. The Attorney General has telegraphed to Mr. Sellers informing him that the President joins bim in requesting a withdrawal of the resignation. Both Mr. Cleveland and the Attorney Gen? eral would like for Mr. Sellers to re? main in office to prosecnte the election fraud cases, including that of W. W. Dudley. The River and Harbor bill, appro? priating $11,906,850, has been reported to the House. It will probably pass the House all right, but from recent ex? pressions on the part of republican Senators it is probable that it will never be considered by the Senate. In view of the very large appropriation for this purpose, made at the last session, nearly ?22,000,000, no tears are likely to be shed over the failure of the present bill. Senator Beck's health is slowly im? proving, but he ?ill not resume bis Beat at the present session. He leaves in a few days for Aiken, S. C., where he will spend the winter. Two caucuses of the democratic mem? bers of the House have be held this week, in order to determine upon a policy in regard to the admittance of uew states. The great diversity of opinion on the subject developed by the discussion, made it evident that it would be impolitic to attempt to bind the mem? bers, so that they will vote as they please on the subject, provided that the question gets before the House, which many members think extremely doubt? ful John Sherman denies the story that he would refuse a place in Harrison's cabinet for fear that Gov. Foraker would succeed him in the Senate, and intimates very strongly that he will take the State Department if it is offered to him. Blaiue is in the same condition. The question among big republicans here is which one of them will capture thc pluoder. If I were a betting mau I should.-.feel disposed to back Blaine. The President bas issued an order extending the civil service over the Railway mail clerks. People are woolering whether any of the numerous bills introduced at the last session aimed at thc various 'trusts' are likely to be passed this winter. The general impression seems to be that nothing will be done. lu fact, thc most of the bills introduced are regarded by shrewd lawyers ss unconstitutional. There is some talk among the demo srats in the House of taking the wind out of the republican sails by passing a bill repealing the entire tobacco tax U'hetfcer this idea, which many consider a good one, will be allowed to end in talk, eau not bo told. ?Little Billy' Chandler's lat*st is a feeble attempt to get up a Congressional investigation of tue election io South Carolina. Chaodler*s rantings receive no attention. Kveo the republicans have become tired of hi* everlasting Bong of Southern outrages, and it is not likely that he will ever seeare the 'investigations' which he BO much desires. The democratic Senators have done good work this week, to showing the weak pointe in the Senate tariff bili. They do not expect to defeat it, but they are determined to offer amend? ments to every section of it that they think wrong, thus putting on record their protests That is all they eui do, and it is all that the party expects of them. If republican Senators vote against their own opinions, as they have done daily of lato under the party lash, it ts their own lookout. There was a rumor early this week that Senator Brown, of Georgia, who has not beeo here this session, intended to resign. His nearest friends say there is no foundation for the rumor. A general Army ordT has been issued, announcing that hereafter there will be published annually at the end of each year a roll of honor, making mention of officers aod enlisted men. The first will be issued at the close of 1889. An effort is being made to have Con? gress refund to the widow of Gen. Hancock the money which he expended out of bis own pocket to entertain the French officers who attended the York? town celebration in 1881. Senator Cockrell has introduced a resolution, which was passed, directing the Sec? retary of War to furnish the Senate with a statement of the amount so ex? pended. When that statement is furnished, a joint resolution will be offered directing that the amount, with interest, be refunded to the widow. This is a just claim, and one that should be paid at the earliest moment. Kersbaw's Railroad Bonds. Col. Bia tiding Charges the uThrte C?" Hoad reith a Breach of Contract. A meeting of taxpayers was held in Cam den on the Hth to elect delegates to a meet? ing on the 22d, to act in the railroad bond matter, and listened to a speech of Gol. J. D. BUnding, ex-president of the "Three C's". Col. Blanding has been suffering from a severe bronchial and neuralgic attack for the past three weeks and attended this meeting at inconvenience, but expects to return to the meeting on the 22 d unless prevented by sick? ness. We copy the following special report from the Netcs and Courier : Col. BUnding intimated to your corres? pondent that Col. R. A. Johnson was the man who caused all this trouble, and that he hoped thal the "Three C's" would send some man to meet him when he returns to the mass meering on Saturday. There were few people from town, but about twenty-five or thirty from the county were present al the meeting. The substance of the speech of Col. Bland? ing was as follows : He said as a reason for being present that he was invited by Maj. Sill and others to address the meeting upon what he knew about this railroad bond ques? tion. He said that he as president of the Georgetown and Northern Railroad, and as director of the "Three C's" Road, had told the people of Camden that certain things would be done, and as they had not been done the question was raised whether be (Col. Blanding) acted in good faith. "I want to show that I have acted in good faith. I have maintained my good name and character, and will do so, not at ten paces, but by hurling the lie in the face of the man who spots my name. You cannot repudiate any honest contract, which must always be carried out in good faith on the part of both parties to the contract. If this company don't do what they absolutely agreed to do when I had the authority to make the contract ; if they do not carry it out in good faith it is null and void ancl you need not pay the remaining bonds subscribed to the company. You must carry ou your part if the railroad does theirs. But'I will show on next Saturday that the Three C's has not carried out the contract which I, RS president, had a right to rar.ke. They bavs cot built the road to the Sumter line which was distinctly specified. I hope they will have some one here on Saturday to meet me, for I will show that they have no right to get your $40,000 from DeKalb town? ship. You need not pay till the work is done as was agreed upon." Here Col. Blanding said that he hoped the correspondent of The News and Courier would carefully take down what was said. He said that he wished to be reported correct? ly. Your correspondent, not being a sten? ographer, could not report verbatim, but hopes that he gives the sense correctly of what was Srtid. Col Blanding continued: "I say to the people of Vork, you have no moral ground, and to the people of Kershaw, you bare no moral ground to tepudiate these bonds. I say to DeKalb township, you can repudate or pay as yoe please, for the road bas not com? plied wfth its part of the contract. The Three C's have deceived you and left undone what ought to have first been done. I will bring facts on Saturday. He was here atked by Capt. Rollings to state what the Three C's bad promised. He answered in effect, a competing line to Charles? ton. [Applause.] "You were to pay $25, 000 when that was completed from the Sum? ter County line to Camden, $50,000 when completed from Camden northward ten miles, and so on. The road has not been completed to the Sumter line. You bare no competing line as I, who had the authority to do so, promised jon for the company, and you ?till have around your neck the throttle of the South Carolina Company, and the poor farmer pays for it. [ A pplause. J I want you to understand that I am no Tiltmnnite, but I will stand by the people of Kershaw and Camden, and if necessary go on the stand, with my hand on a Bible, and swear to facts which will show plainly that you ought to be relieved of your bonds." f Applause.] Col. Blanding will ne tn Camden ?gain on Saturday, when he will address the meeting to be held then. ? Romantic Episode. Who wa9 Florena Budwin ? At j Florence, S. C., from a small headstone of marble that stands in the cemetery for federal soldiers I copied the follow? ing inscription into my note book : 2,480. Florena Budwin. The name suggested a woman and a possible history. 1 bunted up the records of the case and found, in fact, that Florena Budwin, of Philadelphia, died at Florence, S. C , Jan. 23, 1865, age 20, and that she was the wife of oue Capt. Budwin, who died at Ander aonville, Ga Nothing more. These meager details only whetted my appe? tite for more information. From local tradition I learned that she was a prisoner of war at the time of her death in childbirth. Disguised tn the j uniform of a private soldier, she had enlisted aud followed her husband, had been captured by the confederates, and her sex was never suspected un-il she was confined of a child. So romantic an episode deserves a historian Can any of your readers throw any further light on the subject?-American Notes and Queries ^mm . ? - Our information now ts says the j ! Greenville News that the direct taxes I for this State, if the bill is not vetoed ! by the President, will go largely to the ? representatives of those citizens of I Beaufort who paid them or whose pro ! petty was sold to pay them. We sup i posed from the lapse of time and I changes of population that a large pro? portion of the sum would remain un? claimed and go into the State treasury, but it is said there will be claimants for nearly every dollar. Nearly all, colds are slight, at first, but ! their tendency is to KO lower the sj stem that j the sufferer becomes a ready victim to any prevalent disease. The use of Ayer's Cherry j Pectoral, in the beginning of a cold, would guard against this danger. .1 The York Enterprise is a new paper at York ville, S. G., published bj the York Publish? ing Company and edited by W. ti. McDonald, the first number of which is to hand. It is gotten up in good style, and the reading mat? ter gives evidence of ability which should realixe for its proprietors their hope of "long life, a due measure of prosperity and to be? come a welcome visitor at every house in the county and beyond." The Boston Mus-cal Herald presents un? usual attractions in its Xmas number. It is especially strong in its Editorial department, while its Questions and Answer, Review of New Music, Musical Reading Course, and other departments, make the Journal invalua? ble to students of music. Three choice Xmas Carols will be welcomed by Choristers. Subscription, $1.00 per year. Address, Boston Musical Herald, Franklin Square, Boston, Mass. ---~*^my Competent critics have frequently remarked that the author of "Ben-Hur" had in bim the elements of a dramatist. Their judgment upon General Lew Wallace will be sustained by his play 'Commodus," in Harper's Maga? zine for January. The action ot the drama develops several powerful scenes, the vigor of which J. R. Weguelin, the artist, renders with fidelity in as many illustrations. One of the drawings, entitled "This Baiting thou shalt rue," forms the frontispiece of the Magazine. There is a suggestion of the Greek chorus in the band of Bacchantes. The refrain of their Boug, "OD to Rome," domin?tes the whole drama ; it catches to? gether in a phrase the leading thread of the plot. Tn the recent election ic Boston 17,000 women voted. It is said that they rivalled the men in zeal and 'with all the arts of the politician supplement? ed by the enthusiasm of sex.' Nice that. HOLIDAY NOTICE. SUMTER, S. C., Dec. 19, 1888. TITONDAY next, the 24th inst., being IvJL Christmas Eve this Bank will be closed on ibat day and on Christmas day. AH pa? pers due on those days must be paid Satur? day j, 22nd. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR., Cashier Simoods National Bank. _Dec^l9, '88._ SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on tho first MONDAY and day following in JANUARY next, 1889, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : Fifty (50) Bushels Sweet Potatoes more or less, levied upon as the property of Thomas Ballard to satisfy agricultural lien of D. Ros? endorf & Co. One blue painted, One Horse Wagoo, and One Set Second Hand Single Harness, levied upon as the property of Casar Simmons, under tax execution of the City of Sumter ' agaiost Caesar Simmons. One Bale Seed Cotton in house, two (2) Bales Seed Cotton in field, (75) sevenfy-five Bushels of Corn, 2,000 lbs. Pea Vine Hay, 1,000 lbs. Fodder, 200 Bushels Cotton Seed, all more or less, levied opon as the property of J. O. Durant, to satisfy rem lien of D. F. Dixon against J. E. Shaw. E. SCOTT CARSON, S. S. C. Sheriffs Office, Dec. 19, 1888._ W. B. MITCHELL, Local and Traveling Agent FOR Hitchcock's Bibles, Centennial Copying Book AND POPE M'F'G CO/S BY AND TRICKLES. Office at Pond's Store, Liberty St. Apply to or call on me before pur? chasing elsewhere. W. B. MITCHELL. Dec. 19-3m. W. B. MITCHELL. J. W. POND. W. B. MITCHELL & tl, AGENTS FOR Gump & Co.'s BY and TRYCICJLJES Both New and Second-Hand. Machines sold on Monthly Install menta. Gall at their office on Liberty St. W. B. MITCHELL & GO. 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All the news of America will be found each week in the Herald, while its Foreign De dartment will contain a panorama of the Old World, flashed under the sea over the Com? mercial Cables. SPECIAL FEATURES. Practical Farming, Progress in Science, Woman's Work, Notable Pulpit Utterances, Literature and Art, Stories by our Best Au? thors luformalion on all subjects. Address JAMES GORDON BENNETT, Dec 19 New York Herald, N. Y. City. FIRST CLASS JOB WORK AT BOTTOM PRICES* WATCPift AM SOUTHRON JOB OFFICE BRONN T t ARE DISPLAYING A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF Goods Suitable for Xmas Presents SUCH Plain & Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs, Plain & Fancy H. S. Handkerchiefs, Neckwear in all the Different Shapes, Collars and Cuffs, Suspenders, Half Hose, Gloves, Mufflers, Pulse Warmers, Laundried and Unlaun dried Shirts, Underwear, Hats, Trunks, Valises, Travelling Bags, &c, &e. ALSO A LARGE LINE OF ? I _: : SUITS. ODO PANTS AND OVERCOATS fm, for Men and Boys at lower prices than the same | class of goods have ever been sold for in Sumter. A Perfect Picnic for Bargain Seeker? EEPING REDUCTIONS In Prices of All Our Goods. We haye determined to elose out our entire stock of Men's, Youths9 and Children's Clothing regard? less of cost, Our large stock of Ladies9, Misses' and Children's J\ewmarkets, Modjeskas and Walking Jackets? We also make great reductions in all other winter goods* We mean business and it will be to the interest of all purchasers to come and see our goods and prices ere they buy and we guarantee that they will save money. J. Rettenberg & Sons. SUMTER, 8. C.