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WEDNESDAY, FEBBUARY 20. The Sumter ?Yatchman was fonuded Sn I860 and the True Southron in 1866. The Waichn^r* and Southron BOW has the combined circulation and inficen ce of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium io Sam ter. JUDGE NORTON'S CHARGE. We publish to-day the charge made by Judge J. J. Norton to the Grand Jury last Monday. It is impossible to pass Cpon it the stereotyped compli? ment that it ts exhaustive, for it does sot exhaust the subjects usually treated on such occasion, nor did it exhaust the intellect and patience of those to whom H was addressed. It is a plain and simple statement of the general duties of the Grand Jury, without the slightest digression, and appears to us a model which is sadly in need of imitation. Judges are usually very ^truest in impressing Upon the grand inquest of the County, that it is expected to thor* oegh?y examine all public offices and ferret out all probable or possible abases. They make the jury feel that for the time being, it ia tbs most important body or men in the bounty, and that al! offenders must blanch and quail at its approach, feeling their utter ina? bility to escape the keenness and dili? gence of its research and investigation. Bat Jcdgs Norton is the first, so far as OZT experience goes, to tesen the Grand Jory a simple and effective plan for the accomplishment of its labors. He says that each public officer is obliged by law to make certain reports, at stated times, to particular persons. This is a revelation to some extent, not to the jury only, but to the officers also. We do not doubt the perfect integrity and devotion to duty of any County officer, but is it probable that all the reports enumerated io bis Honor's charge have been regularly made ? We have never before heard of some of them, and if you find a lawyer ia the City of Sumter who oitime to have had the list by heart, or even to have been aware that all these reports were necessary to a complete satisfaction of statutory requirements, set him down as a man who is falsely advertising himself as a peripatetic en? cyclopedia of legal erudition. The Grand Jury's examination of j public offices has long been considered ; a legal fiction. It is a joke scarcely | less juvenile than that ancient fable of tbe fox and the stork. No sase man ; has ever supposed that any body of men, however intelligent, could accom? plish in a few days, labor which would require the services, fur weeks, of a j battalion of experts. Yet such is the harden usually laid by tue presiding Judge on the shoulders of the Grand Jury, and this devoted body must re? ceive with joy the suggestion of Judge Norton that "an examination of all these reports (enumerated in his charge) j would aid you in testing your officers." The charge to the Grand Jury is generally considered a matter of form Only. Two-thirds of the jury never hear it, and the remaining third forget it before they reach their room. If, however, all our Judges accustom them? selves to delivering charges of so prac- j tica! a composition as the one we pub? lish to-day, Grand Juries will, at an early date, reach the common sense conclusion, that they should have the charge before them in writiog for di- i rection and reference. THAT DRUMMER'S TAX. It has been discovered that Mr. W. J VT. Ipark, an itinerant vender of organs j tod other goods, is the author of the piece published in the Ncic* and Cou vier of February 7th, stating that this j eity imposed a tax upon drummers. Mr. Ipark very wisely packed his goods next day and bade us a long farewell ! He is now located at Orangebarg, as the following letter to this paper indi oates : OUAKGRBCBG, S. C., Feb 18, 188D. I Lear Sir: In regard to the piece which was nut in the ? yew* and Courier, I would sar that I was j concerned in it, thongb not ?lone, hence, the ! answer which I nnde you when you asked , me abont it Thursday ni^ht. When the piece was written, the impression was j'ist ?s ' the card stated r.s :o the tax, ar.-i w:io it ap- ; plied to. Ina short time after the card was j written Dr. Mood called at the hotel on pro- i few i or. a I duty. Wh?a he was through Mr. ' Dixon invited him in the reception room for \ ihe purpose of learning something more I about the tax. i)r. Mood told ns ?h.a it WHS ; a mistake about the tax being as hi?rb as was : stated. We, then, thai \\>re concerned in j the matter looked ia ?he &etcs and Courier to see if we could Had the piece, intending if ? we did, to ask permission to inve rho mistake j corrected but we saw nothing of it, and did ' not know that it had b;--n published antil l it appeared in VOUT paper. Wry respect- i fully yours, W. W. IPAUK. We had intended speaking of Mr. i Ipark according to his deserts, but it is hard to abuse a man who is persistently polite. Dr. Mood in reply to our iu- ; quiry says that he did cot say and could not have said what is credited to him in the above letter. What he did say in effect was that, DO drummer sell? ing to dealers was required to pay a license, but that those who sold to con? sumers were by the ordinance consider- ; ed peddlers and did very properly pay license. Otherwise those who pay the expenses of .the city government would be injured in their trade. lie further avows the opinion, that this audience of which Mr. ipark formed a part, did not really mistake his meanies:. However, a little investigation on our part, has brought to light a serio comic phase of this matter, which, while not excusing Mr. ipark for publishing a statement which was palpably false, 1ms caused some consternation in the city hal!, and convinced the council that there really is scme?b:ng "rotten in the state of Denmark." The ordinance reads i "Drummers, brokers and others represent? ing wholesale or retail dealers, selling to con? sumers at auction, solicitation or otherwise, shall be deemed peddlers, and shall pay a license per month $25. Hooks and stationery except when sold on streets exempt. "Provided that this license shall not apply to drummers, brokers abd others representing persons, firms or corporations who m?y be non-residents of said State (S. C.)" It is.plain to the most casual reader that, while Council does not propose to tax drummers under this ordinance, it bas provisoed itself out of the declared Intention to tax peddlers should they show their credentt*vs .s agents for houses doing business in other states. Hence Mr. Ipark faad a perfect right to sell his organs *on the installment or any other plan, free from legal or war? ranted itrte-rference on the part of the j police.- Something tells us, however, j tfeat it will not pay him to return, for j the spirit of amendment is abroad in ! the Council chamber. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. We have been asked to give the origin of the name "White House," as applied to the President's mansion at Washington. 1 'White House" was the name of the country home of Mrs. Curtis, afterwards, the wife of George Washington. It is situated about twenty miles from Richmond, and near it were fought some of the bloodiest battles of McClellan's campaign against that city. Wheo the mansion of our chief magistrate was built, it was called "The White House" in honor of that great and good woman, who may, from her connection justly claim the title of j mother of her country. I Another querist desires to know I whether ' Cane" or "Cain Savannah" is correct. *'Cane Savannah" is the cor? rect spelling. The name is familiar to us as applied to a plantation about seven miles southwest of this city, now owned by the Moore family. This name was taken from that of a plantation in Berkeley County owned by Francis j Marton, now a part of the famous j "Belle Isle" place. The Moore and Deveaux families are descendants of General Marion. We are enabled at this time to reply to a third query which was propounded j some time since. There are a township j and watercourse in this County, the j name nf which is written "Rafton" or j "Rafting Creek." The latter has long J been generally considered correct ; and there is a tradition in the Sanders fami I ly, that the name was derived from some experiments in navigation made by an ancestor of that family *on the I j waters of the creek in question. This j is certainly a myth, for the Erst maps of the colony of Carolina, made over j two hundred years ago, show this creek j and call it "Rafton's Creek " We publish to-day a communication j I from Rev. S. M. llichardson of Tim- j ! monsville, in which he takes the singular j position that life assurance is gambling, j He takes as an apposite analogue of this i j business transaction the well known j soap game, and shows conclusively that j the two are, in principle, exactly similar, j This is rather staggering at first, and a further extension of the argument is [ \ not reassuring. For instance a mer- ? ? chant is preparing to send a ship to sea. ? He goes to an underwriter and pays j j him a premium of insurance. This is j in reality nothing more or less than a j j bet-the merchant staking a certain | I sum of money against the value of the j ?vessel that she is wrecked, and the,1 j underwriter staking the value of the I vessel against the money paid that she j will reach the port safely. In like ? I manner, many other common business ? transactions may be shown to be based j upon the same foundation principle j No one will fer a moment deny that j gambling ia its various recognized ! forms is an unmixed evil, but it is a i j mistake to assume, as our correspondent j has done, that the element of risk or ! i chance, which enters into all games as j : well as business transactions, is in itself j evil, or that it is immoral in its tendency Were such the case, all ambition, all desire to excel should be crushed A game of chance is wrong only when its ! tendeni-y is to lower the standard of ? Morality, when it breeds selfishness and avarice or incites to thc commission of crime. It can not be claimed that i games at cards are wrong, but the ex- \ perience of mankind is that they breed ; a bo.-t of evil passions and should not j be allowed by those who have the good j of our race at heart. We think Mr. Richardson is correct in his concision | but wrong in his premises. The New York Herald ^ees Gt to criticise rather harshly the views ol J t Governor Lee, of Virginia, on thc race ; question. It fails foul <.f thc peo- : pie of Louisiana and ?buses them for j outrages upon negroes, and other riotous proceedings, but says not a word of I abuse concerning the street car strike. ? the roar of which could even th?*n be ; heard in the streets of New York. Lt \ virtually charges the d?mocratie party! with the murder of Powell Clayton in '. Arkansas and wonders some one does not shoot Governor Lee Simply Le- . cause Gover Lee is not the kind <>[ man to form a conspiracy for robbing a State : of its elected governor. This w;s d;>ue by Powell Ciaytou an i "Poker Jackv j McClure io Arkansas, just af:, r \\." . war. We think, it* the Herald is anx? ious to solve a race q?jr-stion, it wiii find one ready made in New York the question between capitalists and wnge workcrs. If there occur many more I riots in the metropolis, we hone Gen? eral Harrison will call the attention of j his "great constitutional lawyer" Ar- i toruey General to the situation, and in- 1 duce him to bring bis powerful mind to I bear ou it to prevent a "crisis." Wc . hope Congress will pass some lat ameliorate the condition of the do trodden poor at the North, and see the right of suffrage is not interfc with by such men as Senator Chan of New Hampshire. 0, there is a rible race question to be solved at North ; one that will require the u? vided attention of all those up tis* who are in the habit of solving qt tions, for some time to come. We sensibly the mote in our eye down b( but the beam in our brother's eye pears to be invisible to him alone. General W. T. Sherman says, i letter which we publish to-day, st very pleasant things about Confedei soldiers. He has evinced for m? years a desire to conciliate the pee of this section, and he may be since If his sincerity springs from remoi there may be some hope for him ] But we venture to assert, that, co it be shown that General Sherman the most distinguished 'benefactor race has ever known, the old generat now passing away in Goorgia and Soi Carolina, would still regard him a mi ster, second only to the devil in villaii On the escutcheon of the United Sta there appears no other stain so dark that placed on it by W. T. Shem, when he marched to the sea. We r< with horror the atrocities of Turks Bulgaria, but even they are little mi revolting than those perpetrated io t state, by the soldiers of the Unit States, and human nature repudia the idea that their author can f friendship for his victims. If the p< pie of Pennsylvania had the same cai of complaint against General Lee, should say heartily, anathei maranatha. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTEB. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16, 1889. Secretary Coleman is DOW the oiSci title of the gentleman who has so el ciently presided over the Agricultui Department, as Commissioner, und the present administration. The elev tion of Mr. Coleman to the Cab a was an act on the part of the Preside which spoke loudly in favor of tl manner in which the arduous duties Commissioner of Agriculture have bei performed, and the prompt coofirmath of the nomination by the Senate wa in view of the large number of politic appointments now "hung up," a .coo pli ment that Mr. Coleman may be e: cused for feeling proud of. The on thing in this connection to be regrette is that the country is so soon to lose tl valuable services of Secretary Colemai Even the Republicans are compelle to acknowledge that Secretary Whitney management cf the Navy Departmei has been all that could be asked. Tb latest Repuhlicans to publicly put then selves on record to this effect were Sen? tor Plumb and Senator Hale, both < whom eulogized Secretary Whitney i speeches made on the Naval appropris tion bill. Four years more of Wbitnej and we would have a navy of which w might be proud. Mr. Harrison will b fortuuate indeed if he can find a ma who can make a record to equal that < the present Secretary. Mr. Randall's Appropriation Com mittee, having fini.sbed its regular work is now considering the Cowies bill, re pealing the tobacco tax. What will b done with it depends upon what th House will do with the Senate tari! bili which hag been adversely reporte< by the Ways and Means Committee and whether, if the Senate bill is de feated as DOW seems probable, the latte Committee will report any other tariff o revenue measure. A strong lobby is working on th? Senate Committee on Territories en deavoring to get an unfavorable repor from that committee ou the Oklahoms bill. The opposition is being lcd bj ex Senator McDonald, aud is likely, from the best information your corres? pondent can obtain, to fail. Seuator Maoderson has introduced ? bill giving women the right to vote foi members of Congress. The greater part of the most pro? minent part of Mr. Cleveland's admin? istration will go to New York city tc live after the fourth of March. First and foremost, 31 r. Cleveland will go there to practice law. Secretary Fair? child will become thc president of a ?nanciat corporation there, and Col Lamont is to be president of a street railway company in which Secretary Whitney who has a home in New York, is largely interested. lu addition to these there is a rumor that Postmaster G 'lierai Dickiusuu is to hang out a law shingle in the same city and it is barely possible that Attorney-Gcueral Garland will be his partner. The House and Senate held a joint session on Wednesday and counted the votes received from the electoral col? leges of rho several States. It was a very dull and uninteresting affair-to Democrats. Mr. Cleveland has just complimented two members of his administration bv Dominating them to better and higher positions. They aro. Assistant Secre? tary cf iho Treasury Thompson, to be ('?vil Service Commis.-ioner, ar 1 First Assistant l'o^?masler General r^tcven son, to be a.-sociate justice of the Supreme court of thc District of Columbia Mr Stevenson has no pos? sible show of being con6rmed, arid Mr. Thompson stands lit!lr better, owirif to the opposition cf the Indiana Senators, j who arc uiad because Mr. Edgerton I was removed However, both gentle- j men have been honored with the com- ! plitiM nt of a nomination. As ? ii o time draws near f r the an - j tKiunccment of Mr. Harrison's Cabinet j officially, the mm who knows it all becomes more <pi'->- In a short time j he will disappear altogether, t-> make; ilia appearance again on the morning ; wf the lift ii of Mandi with his inevitable j ' ! i dd you so." I he C'tii .i.latcs fop the pnsition of j Pul ! c 1'. i;.:, r under ihe coming ad minis? rati<. o, should match in a body i? thc inaugural prorc sie.n Should they L;O ?-O, the present indications are tba* they would f:r:>i one of the largest bodice of nu ri it) the parade. After :> very tdormy session the, [louse decided ag:.in-t. the claims of Smalls, thc notorious colored contestant of S< nth Carol ina, to a ??eat in the House. The Republicans voted solidly j for him. and he received thc votes of two Democrats. Senator Kenua was*herc this week, : and stated in the most positive that he would not retire from th test before the West Virginia Li ture. Death of Bishop McTyier NASaviLLB, February 15. - II N. McTyeire, senior Bishop o Methodist Episcopal Church, i died this morning at 9 o'clock, i residence on Vanderbilt Univ Campus. He was born in Bai County, S. C., July 18. 18*28. joined the church iu 1837, at ( bury School, S. C Ile beg preach in 1845, when he joiue Virginia Conference. lu May, the first General Conference ol Church South was held at Peter; and Mr. McTyeire waa sent to M Ala. In Mobile he met the lady wi came his wife, a cousin of the whom Commodore Vanderbilt aftei married. This was the first lit the chain of causes that gave org the great Vanderbilt University, was stationed at Demopolis, Ala, lumbu8. Miss., and then a: New Orl where be built Felicity Church, founded the New Orleans Chr; Advocate in 1851. In 1858 he be editor of the Nashville Christian vocate and remained in that cap till February 19, 1865, when he the city and did not return until j He was elected Bishop io 1866. It was owing to Bishop McT that Commodore Vanderbilt made princely gift of ?1,000,000 and liam H. Vanderbilt ?500,000 Cornelius Vanderbilt ?30,000 to' derbilt University, of which Bi McTyeire was made president for lil The State senate to-day adopted Jutions of sorrow at the death of Bi McTyeire. -wt*? .??-??> Sherman Speaks for old COE erates. New York World. The following letter explains ifse No. 75 WEST SEVENTY-FIRST ST NEW YOKK, Feb. 8, 188! Jno. A. Stewart, Esq., Grand Ctr Hotel y New, Torie. DEAR SIR : I received promptly ; letter of this morning aud later the pleasure of your visit. I tin will be impossible for me to attend meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel morrow (Saturday) evening at 8 o'cii and in fulfilment of my promise w you this letter. According to my observation the ] pie of New York City are as generou those of any commercial city of world, as evidenced by the many n charitable institutions for thc figed infirm, the blind, the deaf and dui the insane and inebriates. This eba: is not limited to any class or national but is extended to the worthy. Were the poor Confederate sold; here I doubt if a question would raised as to their antecedents, but A tin, Texas, is a long way off, and c zens who are able and willing tb g will naturally wish to know what been done by thc State and iocal auth ities, what number are now provii for, and aa approximate number *" need assistance. The United Sta makes liberal provi>ion for the Un soldiers, and most of the Southern Sta have homes for their infirm and di abled soldiers I would advise that at your meet! to-morrow night you appoint an Exct tive Committee to prepare a circular viting subscriptious, appointing a sec tary and treasurer and giving ail t data necessary for a perfect uuderstac ing of the case. With such an organization and sud circular you can appeal to the rich a generous, for "charity, like the dews heaven, falls alike on the just and u just." Though I would prefer anoth method for ministering to the wants the Confederate soldiers, made prem turely old by the vicissitudes of a w he could not prevent, I am willing say that auy means io relieve thc wauts meets my sympathy, and I wi: you all success. Truly your friend, "W. T. SHERMAN." In the interview which Maj. Stewa had with the General subsequent to tl receipt of the above, the General sa! that the bornes provided for the Unie soldiers should bc opened to the Confcc erate soldiers, and that the laws of th United States should be io changed i to admit Confederates and the wor "Union," so far as it applies to Soldiers Homes, be obliterated from the Unite States Statutes, so that they apply t "soldiers*' regardless of the side the fought on Major Stewart took issu with the*General and said that th Southern men did uot ask or expec such action by Congress ; that man thought it would not be right on prin ciplc and would establish a dangerou precedent, for the United States to pro vide pensions, or homes for men win in effect, fought to de=troy the intcgrin of the Union. In his appeal to the peo plc for aid to the National Confederate Soldiers' Home at Austin, Texas. Major Stewart stated that the people o Texas, by private contribution, bari raised about ?16.000, witii which sis teen acres of ?and in the suburbs ol Austin, with an old seven room frame house, was purchased and thc Home opened Nov. 1, 1886, and with which 113 of those old cripples have been cared for; that lhere an: now thirty four inmates in the Home, twenty-six being in thc old building and eight in a tent, and that nearly all of them are blind, bed ridden or physically unable to get around or care for themselves ; that the Board of Pireetors has over one hundred applications for admission that it has riot tv en considered, because there is no room f. >r the applicants and no means to l uv them bread ; that the State Legislature cm not appropriate money for them, ns the charitable State institutions are fixed in tho Constitution, and this is not ono ot them, stol was ??M ab] is h p'd long after tho adoption of tho Constitution, and then' is an inhi biin-n in the Constitution which pro? hibits the Legislature-from making ap? propriations .A riot!.er Hotel Horror. HAU;i r.u, ''.-v. , Feb. 1^ - The boiler io tl.:; Pan; ('entrai Hotel, this city, blew up with terrific force al .> o'clock this morling, totally wrecking the entire front <: thc st: ucl ure, winch was a titre story brick building. The futile fire department and police I reserver wore summoned The ruins ; took fin; and the w.>rk of the firemen was greatly impeded by d'-iise volumes r>f smoke ami steam. Thc loss of life \ is estimated at from -10 to 70, but may be much less. Four persons, all pru- , bably fatally injured, have been taken I from thc ruins. j York Countys' Iron Ore. There is a likelihood that there arc almost inexhaustible quantities of iron ore about a mile south of Rock Hill, on lands owned by Mr. W. B. Wilson. Jr. A representative of parties in Pennsyl? vania was on thc ground several weeks ago and obtained specimens, which he took to Philadelphia He has since re? turned and a few days ago leased the ore beds from Mr. Wilson. We under? stand the company intends to develop the mine, but we have not been able to learn the terms of the lease or anything concerning it, except what is stated above. There is undoubtedly a deposit of iron ore at the point referred to, and last week an experienced mining ex? pert was in Rock Hill, who expressed the opiuion that there was a vein there and that the ore was of a fine quality. -Roch IIUl Herald Charge cf the Grand Jury. In charging the Grand Jury last Monday, Judge Norton said : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury : Impressed ns I am with the great importance to the country of a strict, unprejudiced, impartial and dispassionate enforcement of the law, and believing you to be, as your board of jury commissioners, hy TOUT selection, certify, men of good moral character and sound judgment, and free from all legal exception, I have taken some pains to collect information which will help you to discharge your duties satisfac? torily to yourselves and to your fellow-citi? zens, whom, for one year and until another Grand Jury shall have been chosen, you are to represent in ferreting out and bringing criminals to justice. You do this indirectly and directly-indi? rectly, by having 3-our trial justices to do their duty promptly, fairly and fearlessly ; directly, ny presenting offenders who, through domineering or chicanery, escape the ordinary methods of prosecution, or whose crimes be? ing chiefly against the general public, BO in? dividual cares to prefer charges. Prominent among the last class are violations of the laws against retailing intoxicating liquors without a license, carrying concealed weapons, adul? tery and the intermarriage of races. I do not mean that you must present every offence of which you happen to learn, but you must exercise your sound judgment and do that which will most tend to the execution of the law. 1 have heard from the bench that the Grand Jury truant ignore bills handed out to them, though clearly proven, if such bills were found to present merely technical violations of laws, or tend to promote strife in the community. I have known such sug .gestions acted upon with apparent benefit to ;' society, but I caution you not to act upon j such an idea without the further qualification that you do no: ignore any bill, nor fail to j present any offender because you think any law technical, or trivial, or unwise, or likely ? to promote discord or even immorality in the j community, but only because your sound j judgment, uninfluenced by malice, fear or favoritism, dictates to you lb?! its exercise in J the particular case in hand will best promote j the enforcement of law, both in its spirit and '. in its letter. Hy our Constitution the people surrendered ! their natural right to'govern themselves, each j according to their own will, and agreed not ? to avenge themselves for injuries received from others. That legislators should be elected to enact laws ; that Judges, juries and executive j officers should be chosen to enforce tbese laws; that no laws contrary to those should ! be enacted and no punishments otherwise in? flicted than those thus prescribed. He who dissuades from ihe enforcement of the least important of the rules of the Court, as well as i he who murders by lynching one supposed to | be guilty of crime, violates this compact-is j an anarchist. If any ?AW, small or great, j fairly enforced, prove obnoxious, the people j through the proper channel will see to its re? peal. If v.e fail io enforce- 'he law, instead of prosperity, peace and order, disaster, tu? mult and anarchy will prevail. The strong j will oppress tne weak, the crafty will circum- j vent the honest, the raub will override the j quiet, good citizen. Where two races dwell in ti io same terri- : tory rr.ee prejudice ni wai s exists. One circle ? il never should enter-.it is here. No ! let every citizen stand equal before the law. In our courts, let his life, his liberty and h?3 properly depend alone upon the justice of his cause. If the dominant race he wise it will j treat the other with justice and equity': You also have a preventive duty to perform j in looking after the conduct of your public j officers. They ought to be honest, capable, ; Sober and attentive. Whenever guilty of official misconduct, j habitual negligence, habitual drunkenness, j corruption, fraud or oppression, they are ? liable to i:?dictaient, punishment and removal ! from office. Your county commissioners, school com- j missioner and treasurer are respectively re- j quired to report to the presiding Judge at the j first term of thc Court of General Sessions in j each year. The county commissioners are also required j to report yearly examinations of railroad j crossings of public roads. The solicitor is required to report annually j to the Circuit Court, at the Fall term, the j condition of Ihe offices of the Clerk, Sheriff j and Registrar; and how said officers have discharged their duties. The .Master is required to report annually at FM ll term of COM? mon Pleas, particulars of estates in his hands with his vouchers. Tbc public guardian is required to report on estates in his hands at the first terni-of the Court of Common Pleas in each year. The Clerk is to report all moneys remain? ing in his hands under orders of the Court, stating on account of what causes, etc., at every term of the Court. He is also to re- | port annually to county commissioners and monthly to ihe auditor and treasurer all money collected on account of licenses, fines, penalties and forfeitures. Tile sheriff and trial justices are also to make reports similar to the last mentioned. Those of triad justices are to be read in open Court at every Fall term. The Clerk should file all of these reports, except his and the Sheriff s, on fines, etc., in bis office for :he inspection of all persons in? terested. An examination of all these reports would aid yon in tenting your officers. You have a general idea of the duties ofM your several officers, and can readily obtain from the solicitor or clerk more definite infor? mation whenever a special complaint is o-ade j lo you of one of them. The poor, who are sick, or infirm, or aged, or in helpless infant-;., demand your earnest . attention. No others ought to be a charge j upon the county. Aide-bodied vagrants ought not to eat unless they work, (.-lean and comfortable clothing and bedding, and such delicacies and medical attention as their .eeble conditions* respectively urge, ought to be furnished to the really poor. Are your public roads, bridges and ferries in as good condition as the resources of the I county will allow? Good roads not only j add to the safety and convenience of a com- j munity, but are als > an index lo i's civiliza- j lion and prom*ite i;.- u e.dlh. *J:: iii- other hand, gs-nth-men, you will be ; anxiously looked to, by the innocent, cspe-I nully ii' poor and timid, Io shield them from ? the expense and notoriety of public trial. A 1 pr ima facie case should 1 e made out in every ' case i" fore yea lind a true bill. .m *vaa>- ????. QM - - Curr (ni Literature is the title of a newlv ' pun.?shed moulin' magazine, which seems ? to US desi hird I" fill a i'oiig-fel-t want, lt WHS j conni enced in July, ?nd wi-.- number to hand is even richer limn either of the prcced-j int: numbers. ?? is impossible, in such an i endless variety ot good things, and among ' such a quantity of choice selections, as well ? as Troll ?fi J i ute res tin ii gossipabout people, and brig bl criticism ol new tiieratur?, lo particularize. About all thal can be Said is, iliit each surceedh'g number o? lilis new magazine is simply a marvel of richness and Variety ASM one who values the conven? ience ? >? ha ving the best things in curren t, a - vvi ,\ i ec? ;.i I i tera! u rt?, called out arid c?as- i sihYd f-r !?!::;. mu .-I appreciate the fait hf:: I ! and dis rim i na ting work done bv the editors : of this splendid [niblie,:?lion. Published at S3 a. v ear btv Curren I Literature, Publishing j Co , Ito West St New York. "I have iised Ay er's i'il.S tor the pa**: ."lo years, and ?rn satisfied I sh- aid not bc alive lo-day if it had r.ol buen for them. They cured m?**?.l dyspepsia when all other "'reme? dies failed."- r. P. Kenner, Chester, Pa. j A y er* s Pills are 1 by .-iii druggists. -- -TO . ? ? - jil now DtHrrosts ? OMOI KU CH:\Tii. Pr. vV;ilr**r K, Hammond j-ays: "After a long exp.-iii ncc I have come to thc conclusion tha* liT'i thirds ' f ill deaths from coughs, pneumonia 1 and consumption, in i ir h t he av..lied il l>r. Acker's English Kcmedy lor Consumption wen: only carefully used in time." This wonderful j Kernedv is sold under a positivo guarantee by j Lr J. F. W. DcLormc. Charles Dudley Warner will have some? thing new to say on the future of our North? ern neighbor in tbe course of his "Comments on Canada" in Harper s Magazine for March. II-V -co- - -- The New York Fashion ? zaar for March offers thc first intimations ot the new Spring styles, .t con-air.s the carly Spring street and house-dresseg, e?ni:'g and ba'j toilets, fancy dresses ?nil tea-gowns. The fashion ?listes in this magazine are obtained directly from Paris, and are reliable guides to t ie * e-"t and most fashionable modes for ladies und children. The continued stories ia t!;e FJSII ion Bazaar are always of a high class. In the pre.-ent number thc '-Reproach of Annes? ley," hy Maxwell Cray, author of ' The Silence of Dean Maitland," is continued. There is also in course of publication a very interesting now! from the German of Ham? burg, en ti lied "My Heart's Darling.' There are charming sketches and interesting mis? cellany. A sample copy will sent lo any ad? dress on receipt of 25 cents by ?h? publisher. George Munro, 17 to 27 Vandewaler Street. New Vork. Hy subscription. $3 per year. .-i --?->- - - From a Druggist PALATKA, FLA., May 31, 1887. The demand for Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.J is such that I now buy in half gross lots, and I unhesitatingly say that UH cus? tomers are all weil pleased. ..R. KERSTING. IO Years With Rheumatism. NEWTON. N. C , June 25, 1887. GENTLEMEN: I am pleasured in saying! hare been a great sufferer of rheumatism for 10 years, and I have exhausted almost every known remedy without relief. I was told to try B. B. B. which I did after bing procras? tination, and with the experience of three bottles, I am almost a healthy coan. I take it as a part of my dntv to make known yonr wonderful Blood Purifier to suffering human? ity, and respect ful ly ask you to mail me one of your books of wonders. Respectfully, W. I. MOREHEAD. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 20, 1889. COTTON.-Receipts 75 bales. The mar? ket firm. We quote: Good middlings*;; Middling 8I-. CHARLESTON. S. C., Feb. 19: 1889. Cotton-Sales. 150. Quotations: mid? dling, 10. WILMINGTON. N. C., Feb. 19, 1889. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Sale3 at quotation. Market opened firm af 45 cents pier ealloo. ROSIN -Firm at 82jc. for Strained and 82* for Good Strained. CRUDE TURPENTINE.-Yellow Dip, $2 30; Viririn $2.30, Hard $1.20. COTTON.-Sales, none. Market firm. Quotations are : Middling 9 9-16. Best, yet Cheapest ! FROM $30 00, UPWARD: FOR CASH, OR IN INSTALLMENTS. Having been appointed Agent for the Counties of SUMTER and KERSHAW, of the celebrated "CARPENTER 0RG?N," I will be glad to receive orders for these mag? nificent instruments, either for CASH or on the most liberal INSTALLMENT terms. The superiority of the "CARPENTER" is not only acknowledged by all who have used or heard it, but is fully established by the fact, that it received the highest award at the 'International Cotton Exposition, at Atlanta, Ga , for sweetness and evenness in tone; ingenious combinations in all the nr rangemenis and action; variety and general excellence in design and workmanship." Specimens et' this superb Organ can be seen at the residences of Rev. N. B. Williams, Bishopville; Capt. C.L.Williamson, Prov? idence; Mr. Harry H. Corbett, MayesvilJe; Mr. J. N. Ingram, Rose Hill; and at the Bishopville Baptist Church. All persons wishing a fine instrument at a low price will kindlv address, H. DICKSON CORBETT. Mayesville. S. C. Live agents wanted io all sections of the County. Feb. 13,-3t. REPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE i -J At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, February 8, 1SS9. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, S!09,743 95 U. S. 4 per cent. Bends to secure circulation, 18,750 00 Premiums paid on Botids, 5.065 62 Due from other National Banks 18,377 46 Due from State Banks and bank? ers, 8:294 48 Real estate, furniture, and fix? tures, 600 00 Current expenses and taxes paid, . ? ' 776 97 Cash on hand in Bank, 36,197 07 Redemption fund with U. S. Treas? urer (5 per cent, of circulation) 625 00 Total, $198.430 55 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00 Surplus fund, 4,000 00 Undivided profits, 5,143/13 National Bank Notes outstanding 9,000 00 Individual deposits jj subject to check, " 102,81,8 27 Due to other Banks, 2,469 15 Total, S 198,430 55 STATE OF Secrn CAI?OLINA, \ ^?. COUNTY OP SUMTE?, J ' I, W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR., Cashier of theabove named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my kuowiedge and belief. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR., Cashier. SubscriBed and sworn to before me this 12th dav of Februarv, 18S9. P. P. GAILLARD, Notary Pub. Having recently increased our capital Stock from $50.000 to $75,000, we would respectfully call attention to our superior facilities for the transaction of all banking business. Correspondence invited on all sub? jects connected with banking. Ample security for depositors. Collections receive prompt attention and remitted on the dav of payment. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR., Feb 13. Cashier. THE BANK OF SUMTER." FRIDAY, FBR?ARY 22d, Washington's Birthday, being a legal holiday, this Bank will be closed. All papers due on that dav must be anticipated. A. WHITE, JR., Cashier, Feb. 20 Bank ot Sumter. WANTED. MAN OF GOOD SELLING ABILITY to represent u s in this town as sales agent ($200.00 to $2000.00 per year eau be made.) Address. WAN NAM A KER k BROWN, Philadelphia. j The hugest Clothing and Merchant Tailor- j ing House in America. Feb 20. j NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. rpo ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, ? notice is hereby given that the under? signed heretofore doing business as co-part? ners under the linn name ot Os?een k I Richardson, dissolved thpir copartnership on j lite?!5th day of January, ISS9. All parties j iiiilii i-i to said firm will settle such indebted ni ss with W . I., t 'Steen. W. i, OST ERN. S. P. RICHARDSON. F.b. ip-4 LOST. VSPECKLED POINTER PUP, about | eight months old. answers to name of j .4Dtdo.ri A rewaid will be paid tor her re- j turn to Clio. D. SHORE, feb 20 at .1. Ryttenberg ? Sons. HOLIDAY NOTICE, j I"IR ID A Y, FEB BU A R Y 22nd, Wash, ing- j * ton's birthday, being a legal holiday, j this Batik wiii he closed. All papers Jue ou j that day must be anticipated. W. ALSTON PRINGLE. JR., Cashier Simonds Nat. Bank of Sumter. i Feb. 13, '8?. ? ION! ?TEC To our friends of the city and country : We have just received a large invoice of James D. Mason's Preserves and Jelly, in five pound pails, and in bulk to retail. Dried Apricots, Peaches and Apples, all fresh and nice. New No. 1 Mackerel, Fulton Market Bee? Pigs Feet, Bologna Sausage and Dutch Herrings. W. P. Harveys' best Hams and Breakfast Bacon. A beautiful line of G-old Band Crockery, Tin Ware, Woodenware, &c, &c. CIGARS AISTD TOBACCO. Coffee and Tea a Specialty. Send us a trial order to be convinced that our goods are fresh and nice. co. ^frp^fimy fy J lifm H i |_ I I I h I tTITIBI' ll ll I I li'I ll I lill HUI ll B l I Pl I LIDAYS AND 6( Y DAT Can always be had at ATES, THE * EJEAMlfG GKOCEJR. HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES* Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Woodenware, &c* TOBACCO AXD CIGARS io all grades. Try the "Virginia Stogie Cigar," 3 for a nickel. Fine Confectionery and Candies, Crackers, Nuts, &c, &c., &c Roasted Coffee a specialty. Agent for the Hazard Powder Co, All goods guarantied and delivered free. Dec. 5. ATTENTION! FARMERS. I am now prepared to offer low down for cash or on approved papers, the following brands of Fertilizers : Wando Ammoiiiated, Acid Phosphates, Genuine German Kaimt, Cotton Seed Meal, S. C, Ground/ Give me a call before purchasing. J. BARNETT, Main Street, in the Bend, Sumter, S. C. Jan. 2, 'SO. THE EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society of thc United States. SURPLUS JANUARY 1st, 1888, OVER $18,000,000.00. FIRST, FOREMOST. LARGEST. BEST. The Largest Amount Outstanding Business. The Largest New Business. The Largest Surplus. The Largest Income. Issues all kinds of tho most desirable forms of insurance. The Free Tontine Policies are unrestricted as to travel, resi? dence and occupation after first year. Incontcstible after two years, and Nonforfeitable after three years. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Agt., Jan. 2-0 Sumter, S. C. TTTii-WW 1 WBE-BB -~ Blanding & Wilson, JNO. T. GREEN, ATTORA -YS AT LAW, I ... , " S? M, r?j s. c. Attorney and Counsellor at The ondersigned have entered into ft part- ' "g" , /\ "\^/* nersbip for the practice of law in Sumter ; 3 C0UO,J ,S-C- J. D BLAXDIXG, SUMTER, C. H., S. C. II. FRANK WILSON, j ^"Collection of claims a specialty. Jan. 1-lui. ! June 20.