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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20. j Entered at the Post Office at Sumter, S. j G.y as Second Class Matter. KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Lost-Geo. D. Shore. Wanted-Wannamaker k Rrowo. Holiday Notice-The Bank of Sumter. Kotice of Dissolution-Daleen k Richard? son. Personal. ?fr. Willie S ca ffe is quite ill with pneumo? nia. Mr. Frank Beckham is quite iii with mea? sles. Miss Katie McKinnon is visiting frieads in the city. Sheriff Haile, of Kershaw, was in the city this week. Mr. W. C. Ivy has removed from Mayesville to this city. Miss Nannie Richardson of Fulton is visit ^^ing the Missis Mikel! of rbis city. General W. L. T. Pi ince, of Cheruw, is here in attendance opon the court. Mr. Walter I Harby is in the city. He is .representing Rosen hara Bros., of New York. Mrs C. Jones of Oconee, is visiting the family of Maj. W. J. Beard. Mrs. Beard is kee danghter. ?Miss Ada Cooper who has been visiting in this city has returned to her home iu Wil? mington, N. C. Mr. Alva Solomons will go to Baltimore on March 2nd, where he expects to spend two years ia the study of dentistry. Rev. John Kershaw bas accompanied his father, Judge Kershaw, to Florida, whither the latter has gone to regain bis health. Rev. W. W. Mood is very ill at Ridgeway. Dr. J. A. Mood of this citv, his nephew, was j telegraphed for and left on yesterday and went to Ridgeway last night. Mr. Robert Mack is visiting relatives in this j city. He is an engineer on the North Eastern i railroad, and bas a furlough on account of injuries received in an accideut recently. Solicitor John S. Wilson i3 representing j the State for the first time \n* Sumter. At this writing be has furnished eight recruits for the penitentiary, while not one acquittal | L.: has been secured. s_ ' I About seven hundred pounds of me*t was j seised by the police on Monday last. It bad been left on the butchers' bands from the previous Saturday, and the warm wet weather had caused it to sour. Dr. Charlie Green, who has been so ill in Cbatanooga, bas decided to return to the .neighborhood of his old home on Rafton's j Creek where lie wili practice his profession. ! May success and better hearth -.itend him. Measle? prevail to an alarming extent in the city and sui rounding country. The warm, wet weather has developed an amount of sickness-unusual in this city of good health. A hop was given at Music Hall on Tuesday j evening, complimentary to Mr. Henry Spann j and his bride. We have seen a picture of the late H. L. i Darr, Esq., in crayou, made by Mrs. E. J. j Doone. Like her other works, in the same ] art, it is perfect. The Grand Jury has so much business to ] attend to this week, that we have not the pleasure of publishing their presentment. Mr. F. E. Thomas, of Wedgefield, is foreman, j Return tickets to Washington to the Inaug- ? nration of Harrison will be on sale from Feb. j 28th to March 3rd, for $16 50 from Charles- j ton; $15.50 from Columbia, or Sumter, or : Florence. Tickets will be good .until March : Sib. Manager J. A.Schwerin announces that: the Mugg s Landing Cumedy Company will j ?lay at Mu3ic Hall on next Monday evening. ' be bills are not op, but ibe company is said ! io be a good one and will advertise on the' streets to-morrow. A Sumter man writing from Boston says: i Miss C. L. Kellogg of Sumter sang in Boston recently. John Moran is here studying music. ?nd is making rapid progress. Tnere is quite i a colony of South Carolinians in Boston. ; There are twenty persons living here from I Horry County. Invitations are out for one of the very plea- j 8-iot entertainments with which the Irvin? So- I ciety of the Su niter Fem* te Instr ute occasional? ly regales its friends. The time and piace nre to-morrow evening et the Irritate Hall. Ii , is to be boped that the society will, on that occasion present some of their statuary i tableaux. Lamber has been ordered to build a depot ! at Pinewood, the present terminus of the : Coast Line Extension, and a telegraph line ' will put be ap shortly. The business of the 1 company at that place is at present attended j to by Mr. N. Stack of this city. It is said [ that the extension is doing a much larger business than was anticipated. Isaac Douglass, a negro brakeman on the ? W. C. k A. Railroad, and a resident of Sum- . ter, fell from his train last Saturday night, : and was killed. He was not mis-cd until the train reached Florence. The 4 o'clock ex- I press, South bound, found the body torn to j pieces by the wheels of several trains and scat? tered for some distance along the track near Mayesville. A correspondent writing from Ionia begins bis letter: "While I do not approve of a newspaper controversy, and wbiie I do not believe it wilf do any good," kc. His letter will certainly do no good, and its vigorous : ?tvle and personal character may do barm. Besides it treats of a matter which has been | sufficiently discussed and will not be im- ! proved by the farther use of these columns, these reasons we must decline to publish ; letter referred to. city had a narrow escape from a j one which passed above it on Sunday The atmosphere was sultry and nearly warm* as in summer duriug the early part i of the evening. About ll o'clock a heavy ! rain fell,, accompanied by high wind and i some ba;l, while the roaring of the storm 1 above wf.s similar to that of a train of cars. ! The storm touched the ground at the Des- ! Champs place, where it tore the roofs from ; some houses, demolished fences and uprooted Or twisted off hundreds of trees. The Rainbow Party. The members of the Nondescript Social Club, and their friends; met at the eiegar.r ; residence of Mrs. Mikell on Republican street last Monday evening, where the mysterious ? ceremonies connected with a Rainbow Party ; were performed. Rainbows, and other cora- ' irw^s^iDations of prismatic colors, are Dot in our i line-that is, not much. We possess some - slight appreciation of the beautiful green pat tern to be seen upon the obverse of a bank j bill, and even the red numbers (are they red ?) thereon exercise over us a somnambulistic ! power which prompts us to walk away with the bill, if we can get it. But raiobows and ; their appcrtenances, such as parties, have be- ? come to us a wierd and glimpsome memory. Hence, we kindly but firmly declined all the Bornerons and pressing invitations which we did not receive, to attend the kaleidoscopic reunion above referred to. We feel that we wcu'd be a rainbow skeleton at a rainbow | feast, and, as the general run of skeletons is : not specially favored socially, no man of j proper sensibilities is liable to censure for ' declining to become an improved skeleton of i the crazy quilt and painted window stvle of architecture. However, a healthy male rainbow, aged about 22 years, has given us the benefit of bis remioisceoses and here is the substance of! them. The ladies each wore an apron of some gor- i geons bue, the bern of which was conspicuous for its absence. A hat was converted into a i lottery wheel, and from it were drawn by the Igentlemen, long strips of cloth, colored and jiu in ber ed to match the colors and numbers Bf the large assortment of aprons that were j Rd around-that the ladies wore. The n?c- : ?sary tools and materials were then furnished Rd each man sat down to hem tiie apron ; ?hi ch he matched. ?After an exciting contest Dr. Chandler : K.ker was declared to have fairly won the i ?tie of Grand Worthy Rainbow Stitcher, fad was presented with an elegant *'*\k hand Kerchief, which he gallantly transferred to j ?he owner of his apron, Miss Nita DeLorme. ! Kr. Peter Pitts received a thimble as a warn- j Big that he had better learn to use it or for- ! ?rer eschew rainbow parties. m Dancing was now in order and wa3 con- ; linoed until a reasonably late hour. The entertainment was in every respect, a most ; enjoyable one, and unique withal. This club ! will g*Te ?ts next entertainment at the resi dence of Mr. H. Harby, on Thursday Mareh. ! 7lb. Ii w>y he a private and select bal j nasque en costume. . j Death. Olin Watson, infant son of J. R. and Liz? zie P. Phillips, Providence, S. C., died of membranous croup on Saturday, February 9, 1839, aged six months and ten days. A little child of Mr. Frank P. Cooper, of lower Salem, died last Wednesday. It was a little girl about one year old. Religious. MANNING, S. C., Feb. 18, 1S89. ' Editor IF. $ S. : Piease ?et me say through the columns of your paper that the reason for my failure to meet the appointments on the Wedgefield Cir cnit, was the sad death ?f my wife's father Dr. Huggins. W. B.'DCKCIN. The Poultry and Pet Stock Show. Captain John Reid has handed ns a copy of the premium list of the South Carolina Poul? try and Pet Stock Association, whose first annual exhibition will be held in the German Artillery Hall, Charleston, S. C., from the 5th to the 9th of* March 1889. It is expected tbat this exhibition will be very largely at? tended, and of intense interest to fanciers. Tickets will be sold by all railroads at re? duced rates Captain Reid is the best known and most enthusiastic lover of poultry and pet stock in th?3 community, and will no doubt exhibit some of his handsome pets. Captain Reid is the fortunate posessor of an English mastiff whose pedigree can be traced back more than four hundred years, aud one of whose ances? tors sold in England for five thousand pounds sterling, nearly $25,000. -- ? - Mr. Scaffe Insane. On last Sunday afternoon, Mr T. C. Scaffe, a prominent hardware merchant of this city, was placed in jail; anc on Monday morning be was carried to the Luna:ic Asylum at Columbia. Mr. Scaffe has exhibited unmis? takable signs of insanity for some weelis past, but it was not until last week that be be? came dangerous to those about him. It was found impossible to control him, and having been adjudged insane, be was disposed of as above stated.* His mania took the form of a conviction that there existed a plot among the members of his household and others to murder him. On ail other subjects his mind was {?erfectly clear. He was dehghted at the idea of going to the asylum, for there, as he said, his enemies could not reach bim. His friends hope for and expect his early re? covery. In the meantime there will be no stopp-ge in his business. Mrs. Scaffe has long taken an interest in it and is a lady of remarkable business talent. Death of Dr. H. H. Huggins. Manr.ing Times. Dr. Herman Holleyman Huggins died at his residence in this place Saturday morling, ? Feb. 16th, of rheumatism, of the heart, aged fifty-nine years. Dr. Huggins was born and raised in Dar? lington County. He was graduated in med? icine in Philadelphia, at the Jefferson Med? ical College, in 1852, and shortiy after this be moved to Ciarendon. About six years ago he was appointed to the position of Treasurer of Clarendon County, which position he held to a few weeks ago. He di l not solicit this position, and his rec? ommendation had been sent on to the Gov? ernor, before be knew anything about it. He was atso one of the wardens of this town for several years. Dr. Huggins was a member of the Methodist church, of which he was a steward and a trustee. The Court. Judge J. J. Norton, of the 8th Circuit, pre? sides in Sumter this we%k for the first time The Court convened on Monday morning and j the hours were fixed from 9.15 A. M. to 1.30 i P. M.. and from 2.30 P. M. until such time as may be convenient to adjourn. Solicitor \ John S. Wilson, who is also a new man in | his position, gave out a few bilis, and it was ; noticed, to his credit that he was particular j to occupy the attention of the Grand Jury | first with matters oa which a return could be j had at once. On yesterday, the Solicitor declared his in- ' teniiou to try, if possible, the six first cases | on the docket, ail of which are against Messrs. ? P. G. Bowman and W. I. Harby, and arose ; out of the unfortunate difficulty in which ! Trial Justice Haynsworih lost his life. These cases and others growing ont of the same : matter, have been a great expense to the ! County, and in view of the tacts that both the defendants are non-residents, that the char-! arter of the evidence pr?v?nmes the possibility ! of finding a correct verdict, and that o:e of the defendants hr.s been convicted and pun ?shed aiready, popular opinion appears to ! demand that they be stricken from the cal- I endar without further prosecution. The most interesting case on the docket, the State vs. Robt. Ivy and George Ivy for ? the murder of Cato, has been set for to-roor row morning. Another interesting case, the j State vs. DuBose for seliing s^ock on which j there was a mortgage has been c mtinued. The Court has thus far disposed of the fol- ! lowing cases : State vs. Hampton Gardner-House-break- j ing and Larceny-Plead guilty. State vs. Jas. Bracey-Larceny of Ox- i Guilty. j State vs. Jas Garv-Grand Larceny - Guilty. State vs. Jas. Gary-Carrying Concealed Weapons-Guihy. State vs. Jas. Davis-Larceny of hog Plead guilty. State vs. Henry Hamilton and Sam James -G ran d Larceny-G uti ty. State vs. J,ike Mack-House-breaking and I Larceny-Guilty and recommended to mercy. ? State vs. Jack Wilson-Grand Larceny j -Guilty. The following true bilis have been found : State vs. Geo. D. Wamble-Burglary and Larceny. Stat.- vs. William Nettles-Burglary and Larceny and House-breaking. State vs. Charles Haynes and Washington Haynes-Malicious Mischief. State vs. Bf nj. P. Du Bose-Selling Prop? erty under Mortgagi-Continued. State vs. Lewis Wilder-House-breaking. As we go to press the case against Isaac j Allen for murder is being tried. - m ? ? ? .? - Notes and Comments from the Hill j Country. PISGAH, S. C., Feb. 16, 1S39. Mr. Editor: The new year has brought f ab^ut an unusual movu-g of our colored j friends. Some have gone Wes?, others have ! d ?? recollections that such a state of affairs j did not once exist in the long ?go, and to prove that the powers that were are not now, is the cause, we presume, of the annual changing of homes. These people are to be commended for their efforts to get an educa? tion. They go to school under circumstances ! that would cause the whites to remain at j horr-e. The farmers are pushing ahead with their work. Some are trading through the | Grange, some through the Alliance, others ! with factors, merchants, with themselves, and some with nobody. For weeks h jg lines of vehicles can be seen daily going to the depots hauling-well, I don't know what it is they are hauling, but as the Irishman said : ilFaith, this thing is composed of a good many little things of not much value." I However, the bags are branded Fertilizers j and Phosphates. There is one thing the ; ^armers are not botheriug themselves about, J t. e., Mr. Harrison and his cabirjct. It is | amusing to see how some people in the South j have been trying to bring themselves into no- j toriety by writing to, and visiting him for his J views on the gr^tt Southern question. What that is, Mr. Editor, I have not been abie to j find out. It seems, after being in the Union I 20 yars since the war, the South is still out. j Delegations from the North ought to visit Mr. Harrison and find out, if they can, what his I Northern p< licy will be What is sauce for i the goose, is sauce for the gander. .Mr. Har- ? risori may be a good man ; bis greatness has not developed as yet, but we know there ar? hundreds of men in Sumter County who are j his pf-ers in every respect, and wbo would fill the ?rent ofiice his friends bought tor him, ', with as much ability as he will. We hope j Mr. Blaine will keep bim straight for trie next ; four years. Winter oats are looking remarkably wei!, ; and will no doubt make a fine crop. Pisgah Church has lost her pastor, Rev. D. | C Hardin, who has gone to Arkansas to preach. Pisgah paid him one hundred cents ! on the dollar of hissalary. She bas ever paid ! every one of her pastors the full amount j promised. As yet no one has been called to; preach. The many friends of "Guv." are truly sorry to hear of his misfortune. We hore bc will ! soon get well and give us more of his spicy letters. Measles are getting to be epidemic. Several deaths from them. The writer bas one child very ill with them and other children in this section are down with them. They seem to be of a malignant type. There is a strange disease among horses in this neighborhood. They have desperate coughs and breathe like a wind-broken horse. Some will, no doubt, die from it. As yet no one knows what it is. Rev. Mr. Munnerlyn has moved in the neighborhood this year. He is a good ad? dition to our section. As announced in your paper, the death of Mr. T. C. Haile is deeply regretted. He was a true man io every sense of the word. Kind to the poor, prompt and truthful, he did not recognize one for his fine clothes or money, but for worth. The death of such a man is a calamity to all. Peace to bis ashes. Since my last, Mr. T. D. McLeod has lost his youngest son, aged about 7 years. He was a bright little boy, and died after a few hours of intense suffering, it is supposed from indigestion. He had been delicate all bis life, but his parents hoped he was about OTer it, but such is life. Qm VIVE. Is Life Insurance GambliDg?-An Appeal to Women. As a rule, in cases of insurance, the hus? band "insures" his life for the benefit of his wife. It is presumable that be does so with the approval of his wife. It is safe to say she wants., when he is dead, to receive the "insur? ance." As a question, therefore, of morale, it is precisely the same thing as if she "in? sured" her husband's life for her own benefit. Is this gambling? Let's see. I will use an actual case, slightly altered, to prevent con? futen of ideas. Recently a man appeared in this town selling small bundles of soap for 50 cents a bundle, the purchaser beiug allow ed to select whatever bundle be pleased (the bundles were about an inch square) from a number in a box. The inducement offered to pay this extravagant price for soap was the hope of "drawing a prize"-getting a bank bill folded as an inside wrapper of the cake of soap. Was this gambling? The town Council certainly thought so (and rightly,) for they met that night and passed an ordi? nance to impose a heavy "license" on his business and actually ran him off. Let us suppose the case of one of these "soap dealers" to be as follows : He bas 30 bundles of soap. As an "inside wrapper" to one of these he ioserts a $1,000 banknote (insurancepolicy.) This bundle is identical in appearance with the others and so "stirred in" among them as to make it impossible to identify it. The "soap dealer" charges $10 royalty (policy fee) to any one before he can become a pur? chaser of soap bundles and $50 for each bun? dle of soap (annual payments.) Well, here comes a customer. He pays his $10 and theo his $50 for a bundle of soap and begins "to play" (becomes a policy holder.) He opens his bundle and receives-soap. (The wife's husband has lived through the first year and she is $60 poorer.) The inducement now is stronger for the customer to buy again since he has paid the $10 entrance fee and has, by the purchase of one cake of soap, lessened the number of cakes to be drawn from and, just to that extent, increased his chances of draw? ing the $1,000 the next time. If he bought the first cake he will be almost certain to buy the second, for the inducements to do so are now considerably increased. He buys an? other cake for $50. (The wife pays the sec? ond "annual payment" feeling that as she had paid the "policy fee" and one annual in stallmen? it would be foolish to let her policy "lapse," since the time-whenever it might be-of receiving $1,000 was certainly one year nearer, if she should continue to pay the annual installments ) So the game would go on, the customer "standing a chance" every time he bought a bundle of soap, of drawing $1,000 and that chance growing better with each successive purchase. Now suppose the customer has bought his 20th bundle of soap. He has paid in, now, to tbe "soap dealer" $1,010. and even should he draw the much coveted bundle with the precious "inside wrapper," he will have lost $10. Ile thiuks the chances now have well nigh amounted to certainty. As there are still ten bundles of soap, however, his chances are only one in ten. (When the wife hag paid the 20;h an? nual installment she has paid out more money than she will ever get back and may have to pay a good many more installments yetj New, how stands the case with "soap deiuer" (Insurance company.) He charges the $10 royalty or "entrance" money (policy fee) first, as a.blind, and secondlj', to induce his customers to believe they have really bought something. (Sometimes the cake of soap serves this purpose.) Then he must so regulate the amount charged for a cake of soap and the number of cakes in tbe box that the "chances" will be in his favor. (The in? surance company knows from statistical tables based, on observation, what are tba number of years on an average, that a healthy person will Mve, for every period of life from 1 to 100 years, and they so regulate the annu? al payments for each period of life thjit "the chances" will be io their favor.) Where, as in the case supposed, there are 30 bundles of soap, (probabilities of life, 30 years) the "in? side wrapper" (insurance taken) $1,000, and the price of a buudle of soap (annual pay men'.) $50, it is evident that tbe advantage in favor of the "dealer in soap" will be repre? sented by 1.33$. The "chances" of the cus? tomer when he buys his fir9t bundle of soap are 1 in 30-1 30, but he pays for it 50-10?O - 1-20 part of the value of the "prize." If he buys at once 10 bundles there are 10-30 chances-1 chance in 3-that.be will grt the prize, but he pays for tbe 10 bundles $500, or 1 part in 2 of the prize. If tie buys 20 bun? dles at once he has paid all that he can pos? sibly draw, yet there are still 1 chance in 3 th?t he will lose all. If, however, he perse? veres, (the wife carries ber policy to the ut? most limit of human life ordinarily) until he buys up the whole 30 bundles he will certain? ly get the prize of $3,000, but he will have paid for it $1,500. Now, suppose a"8oap dealer" with a thous? and 'boxes of soap" running; one drawing his prize after the purchase of the first bun? dle ; another not until he has bought his 30tb bundle; another drawing his ' prize" when he bu;.s his 10th bundi':; another when he bu;, s his 20th, losing on ono box, gaining on another, wv will have a simple picture of an insurance company striptot all disguises-a huge gambling concern. I s;?id above "he vviil certainly get the prize of $1,000." Not cer.ainly. Sometimes the "soup dealer" is not only a giimbler ton a juggler ie well, ami somehow the $1,000 that you.saw him put around the soap is never forthcoming (the insurance company "fails.") One thing is c^r'ain, there must be, on aa average, more money paid in by policy-holders than is re? ceived by them or there would be no insur? ance company. In this view of the case I have left out of the count th* question of in? terest on money invested. A6 a matter of fact when the wife pays the twentieth annual payment of $50, she has paid not $1.010 in policy fee and annual installments but $2,0.'b>, allowing even simple interest. But with the money-gaining or money-losing feature of the business I have no immediate concern in this article My object is to show that it is purely and simply a game of chance in which a large number of our people are engaged and 'hat liiey are in reality "betting" with the in surance companies upon the death of their relatives-the wife, substantially, betting that her husband will die this year, and the in? surance company betting 10. 20, 30or40 to 1, according to the "probabilities," that he will nut die. That the wife bets against her inter? ests (as is generally the esset and the insur? ance companies against their interests (MS is always the case) does not alter the moral as? pect of the case at all. What is called the "mutual featuie" of the life insurance business, by which the "cus? tomer." conies after awhile to share in the profits of the "soap dealer" is only a shrewd trick to "feather the eye" of the public and to "take them in." it certainly does not affect the morality of the business. It is quite "the custom" when some "poor widow," (gener? ally it is not the very poor wbo draw) draws a one. two or live thousand doHar premium. for the newspapers to publish it far and near, but nothing is said of the vast sums of monet which passes out of the community every jear and goes into the tills of these benevolent (?) gamblers. My conclusions are, 1. That "insurance" is wrong on principle, because it is investing money in what is purely a matter of chance. The providential element enfer3 as a factor even into those departments of industry which depend m?>st upon the exercise of brain and muscle, but here is one, in which, aa in the lottery, faro, dice throwing, the result is purely a matter of chance so far as the par? ties engaged ate concerned. It is evident io my mind that if the plausible idea that it was an insuring against loss was removed that the corrupting tendency of the business would very soon be recognized. If it was the life of a stranger that the wife was speculating on she would be much more likely to detect the gambling feature in the transaction. 2. The country would be better off if there were no life insurance companies. Multi? tudes who invest now in life insurance poli? cies and seek thus to provide a future inher? itance for their families would Beek to invest what they cou Vd save in land, houses, railroad stock, manufactories, &c The result would fee a really safer investment, an increased value of real estate and a new impulse given to home enterprise. 3 My advice to our women is, discourage your husbands from investing their money in a lottery scheme for your benefit, unless you are willing to "bet" he will die sooner than a smart insurance company thinks he will. To our raen I would say, put your money on the education of your children, the improvement of your farms, the purchase of a home and Itt insurance aloue. S. M. RICHARDSON - i ? - People will have Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. 25 cents. Read and profit by it-I have been a great sufferer for some time from lumbago. I tried Salvation Oil and it gave me entire relief. John K. Jones, Depuly Inspector, Tobacco Warehouse 4, Balto. Bed Land Alliance. PROVIDENCE, S. C., Feb. 14, 1889. Mr. Editor: As your valuable journal takes such a lively interest in regard to agri? culture, I thought that it would not be amiss to give you a few dots. We have in this sec? tion a sub-alliance, with a membership of thirtv wide-awake farmers. Our President Mr. R. C. Rembert, who is also our business i agent bas given his time and energy to the cause, and I am glad to say that our Alliance has made very advantageous terms with that very enterprising and clever merchant, Mr. Edward E. Rembert, of Hagood. We now see and know what a good tbjng the Alliance is, and we hope that a bright day is still in store for the farmers. Everyone is hard at; work up in this section. We are looking for I the railroad. One running through this fioe planting and timber country, would be a great blessing to us. Hoping that your val? uable paper will still continue with a wide I spread circulation, I ara Yours truly, B. - ?IIB- rai - -- The world-wide reputation of Ayer's Sarsa ; parilla is the Natural result of its surpassing j value as a blood medicine. Nothing, in the j whole pharmacopoeia, effects more astonish I ing results, in.scrofula, rheumatism, general : debility, and all forms of blood disease, than this remedy. -: DO NOT SUFFKK ANY L??~GEK. Knowing that a cough cati be checked in a day, ami thc first stagea of Consumption broken in a week, we hereby guarantee Dr. Acker's j English Remedy for Contuu ption, and will re I fund the money to all who buy, take it a* per directions, and do not find oar statement ewrrect. j Sold by J. F. W- DcLorme. Wedgefield Circuit Appointments. Those interested will please note the follow? ing appointments for preaching at the Church I es of Wedgefield Circuit ; ! Providence-1st Sunday, ll A.M. St. Matthews-1st Sunday, 3.30 P. M. Bethesda-1st Sunday, 7.30 P M. St. James-Saturday before 2d Sunday, 3.30 P. M. Wedgefield-2d Sunday, ll A. M. i Jordan-2d Sunday. 3 30 P. M. Bethesda-3d Sunday, ll A. M. Providence-3d Sunday, 3.30 P. M. St. Matthews-3d Sunday, 7.30 P. M. j Jordan-4th Sunday, ll A.M. j St. James-4th Sunday, 3 30 P. M. I Wedgefield-4th Sunday, 7.30 P. M. W. B. DUNCAN, Pastor. O. and O.TEA The Choicest Tea Ever Offered. ABSOLUTELY PURE., A MOST DELICIOUS BEVERAGE. TRY IT. Ycz rill sever eso ttj ctior. Quilty sever varias. It is the HIGHEST GRADE LEAF, picked from I tho best plantations and guaranteed absolutely puro and lreo from all adulterations or colorin? matter. The packages are hermetically sealed ! and warranted full weight. It ls more econ? omical ia use than the lower grades. Oriental ti Occidental Tea Co., L't'd:, Hoad O?ice, 35 Burling Slip, Kew York, For sale by A. A. SOLOMONS, Sumter, S. C. CROSSWELL & CO., Sumter, S. C. .Aug 29:_ Glee Spp Mineral Water. Testimonials of Eminent Physicians of the State. The following are selected from many sim? ilar ones : DR. L. C. KKNNEDY, of Spartanburg, writes the Proprietors : "The remedial qual? ities of Glenn Springs I have known for over forty ye:trs, and can attest to its value in Dyspepsia from gastric or functionnl deratige ? ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical Effusions. Uterine Irregularity and Affections j of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis? eases I would particularly call attention, as the waters have shown large curative powers in these complaints." DR. O. B. MATER, of Newberry, S. C., savs: "I have sent more than fifty persons suff'-ring with Jaundice to these Springs, and have never been disappointed in any case; they all speedily recovered. I cannot find words to express my confidence in the Glenn Springs water, as a remedy for thc Liver, wi.vu functionally deranged. Dyspepsia, Dropsy, certain skin diseases; troubles in the ! Kidney." and Spleen, if [.-rodticed by the Liver, have al!, as I know, disappeared at the Springs." DR JAMBS MCINTOSH. President of the Med? ical Association o? South Carol ina, in his an? nual address before that body remarks: "Glenn Springs, f-u- diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, deserves to rauk with any other on the continent." PRICE o F WATER. Per caseof two dozen quart bottles, peeurely j packed and delivered on the train at Spartnn I burg, S4.00. I Per pallon, by the barrel, delivered at I Spar tanbury, 20 cents. j Prr (?rall?n, tor less than a bal rel. 25 cents. Address SIMPSON A SIMPSON, Glenn Springs. S. C. For snle in Sumter, by |)r. A. J. China and Dr. J F. W. DeLorrne. ! THE PANSY FOR 1889. Edited by PANSY-Mrs. G. R. Alden. The Pansy is an -illustrated monthly con? taining from thirty-five 'o forty pages of i reading mattel-. I? is devoted to young f< > 1 k s from right to fifteen. Its contributors ate ! among the bes I writers for voting folks, i Pans-y*! New Serial will run throughout j the year and is entitled The Way Out. Pansy will also con tin:;? lier Golden Text j Stories i Margaret Sidney has a .?rrin? story entitled j i Rob: A Story for boy?. lt is 5?U of the ad j ventures, frolics and ambitions of a wide? awake boy. I Thc Pansy is only one dollar a year. A i specimen copy for live cents. You can get your own subscription free by ! sending two new subscribers with two dollars ! lo pay foe smite. Von must remit direct to. ?. LOTH KOP COMPANY, Boston. TO ARRIVE Between now and January 25th, ONE CAR HORSES, -and ONE CAR CHOICE MULES. Jan 19,'89. J=fc. HARBY. WM. M. GRAHAM, DP]ALER IN JUST ARRIVED THREE GAR LOADS OF FINE HORSES AND MULES. Mules suited for plantation and timber purpose?. Horses for driving and saddle purposes. Nice line of Buries ind Photons, also one car load of cele brated Old Hickory Wagons, one and two horse. WATCHMAN Al -ASD The Great Farm, Industrial and Stock Journal of the South, ONE YEAR FOR 83.00. LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, POR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. PATRONIZE HOME TALENT. Life-Size Portraits in Crayon, MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, .AT SUMTER, S. C. -BY MRS. E. J. DUNNE. Also prepared to teach a class in Drawing and Music Jun. 30. FAVORITE Sill Warranted for Five Years. ONLY #JO. DELIVERED AT YOUR HOME Our Favorite Singer Drop Leaf, Fancy Coyer. Large Drawers. Nickel Rings. Tacker, Huffer, Binder, Four Widths of Hemmers. Srnt on one week's trial. Delivered in your horro (/freight charges, buy only of Manufacturers. Siiv C<:iv:?Nsrrs' Com missions-. New~3?ttc?t*iif<. Address i>.>r circulars and Testimonials, Cc-operativo Sewing M achino Co., 319 Quince Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Estate ol' Philip A, Moise, Dec'4. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Sumter County on March 14th, 1 HST', for a Final Discharge as Executor of the last will and testament of said deceased. MARION MOISE, Vrh 31, 1889-4t ExTUtor. " 20c7 FOR COTTON. "CAROLINA PKIDE" LoNC STAPLE. We have poid our crop at above price and have 1,000 bushels seed for salt- at no [?er bushel, cash. It you ran ; ilse rotten at above price send vour ordt-rs fur seed CE LY * BR??.. Feb. 6 On en vii?,., S. C. NOTICE" TO THE POBl?oT IRA VE REMOVED MY I?.ACKSMI Hf- j Shop fror:! Liberty street to ivirni-r ot Sumter ;?nd Dingle streets, West of Curtis Carriace Co.'s simp Thankinif my .friend's for th<-ir former patronage, I earnestly re- j quest a continuance of the same. Tr?rms liberal. RICHARD 'I ROMPSON. Feb. 5, 1889- 4 DRESSMAKING. LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE in the latest style, lit and ivnik v. ar- 1 ranted and {jatisfactibn guaranteed, by Miss . Adele Os teen; Republican street, opposite i Harby Avenue. Prices as reasonable ?s eood work caa he done ?or. Eeu 8 ! The largest and most complete establishment South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, CS Manufacturers of % Sash, Bliii, lealis SUILDIITC- HAT3SIAL. OrVICK A.V!> WARDROOMS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 1 o ~ E??BEES STAMPS. NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING w;;h tndellible ink, or for printing visiting caril-, and STAMPS OF AX Y KIND for stamping BUSINESS CARDS, EXVEL OPES <?r anything td<?e. Specimen* of variout styles <m Hand, which will bc shown with pleas? ure. The LOWEST PRICES possible, and orders Glied promptly. Cai! on CP. OST E EN. At the W.'.rrhman and Snjtliron Office Sumter, S. C 1 State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN THE COURT OF COMJ'OX FLEAS. Otto F. Wieters. Plaintiff, against John. P. Murun, Jr. and Annie Mora n, De fe n da uti. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. TO THE D EFENDANTS above named. Von are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which will bc tiled in the office of the Clerk of said Court and to serve a copy of your answer to i!?*- said rofaphtint on the subscribers at their cilice n:: Mani Street in the City of Sumter, in Said County and State, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day cf such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plain riff in this action will apply to the Court for tho relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Januarv 7th. A D. 1S89. EARLE k PURDY, Plaintiffs Attorneys, j To Joh;} P. Moran. Jr , one of thc D?fendants j in the abor?, entitled action : Take notice that the complaint in the said action has tins da\ been fi!ed in the o Iii ce of the Clerk i>: the Couti of Common Pleas for Sumter Go"l? tv it' I he Stat? of South Caro? lina. Da:? i at" the Citv of Sumter. S. C., this the S;h day of Januarv. A. D 1889. EARLE k PURDY. Attorneys for the Plaintiff. Jan. 0 ?er?.-;ry<rr--.. -??ff.-.-.v-ccr*:TK^T-. WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON JOB PRINTING ' WK carry a lur^e and coni ? nieto stock of Cards. Envelopes I ::;:cl Papr-r. Trial Justice's : atui other Blanks. AH work j :>:iddcd when s<> ordered. E IS COMPLETE. coco \.\w R : ;:. n specialty. We have fncil- 1 ities Cor thc prompt and correct execution ? of 1bi> class of work. Constitution and ! Ry L.i?> neatly printed and bound. Esli- j tmitos cheerfully furnished oi* vindication, . New Advertisements. TO ?DVERTIS?&S A list of 1000 newspapers divided into" STATES AND SECTIONS will be sent off application-PRES. To those who want theiradvertising to par, we can offer no better medium for thorough and effective work than the various sections of our Select. Local List. GEO. P. ROWELL ?r CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, Jan. 30 10 Spruce^treet, New York. SUMTER PUNING MILLS, James H. Sanders, PROPRIETOR. DEALER IN Door, Sash, Blinds, SCROLL AND TURNED BALUS? TERS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Laths, Shingles, ?bo. Roil ana1 Bresse! Mer, AIR DRIED. Plain and Fancy Ceiling, Flooring and Finishing Material. Yard and Office, Mary Street, East of R. R. Depot, Sumter S. C. E. B. LOWRY, Sept 19 Business Manager. C. I. HOTT. H.A. He VT C. I. HOYT & BRO., Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wads and Everything Pertain? ing to Breech-Loading Guns. Feb 1 ?. 0- BROWN & BRO., COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail. C. O. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, 8. C. Oct 5-0 BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished bj return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. (li. I TOUR I CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN ,. mi BUDS, MOULDING, -AND SENSUAL BUILDING MATERIAL. Officennd Salesrooms, 10 and 12 H ay ne St, CHAR LESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o Notice to Absent Defsnflant The State o? South Carolina, j COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN THF. CO I* UT OF COMMON ri.KAS. M't.r M'iintJioic. Ernest Weinman and Samuel M Maiutliaw, copartners, os\ We i nm mi d' Co , Plaintiffs, against John /' Moran. Jr., Defendant. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. TO TUE DKFEXDAXT: John P. Moran, ! \ ou aro hereby summoned and required itt \ answer the complaint tn this action, which will be filed tn the office of the Clerk of said Coo rt, and tn serve a copy of your nnsTcr to the ! said complaint on the subscribers nt their1 i office on Main street, in the City of Sam- [ ter, in said County and State, wubin ?wrn tv days after the service hereof, exclusive nf rr;e day ot snch service; :?nd if yon fail to tinswer the complaint within the time a/bre yaid. the Plaintiffs in tris s*c'ion *viii spp>v to the Court for thc relief demanded in the j complain t. Dafrd .January Tili. 1$S9. EARLE k PURDY, Plaintiffs Attorneys. To John P. M-T.7U, Jr., thc Defendant in the \ abtrce entitled >.:cfion : Take notice t:::?t the complaint in the said ; ?Ct mn has this day bein Sled in the office of ! the Clerk of the Court <>f Common Pleas for ! Sumter County in the State of South Caro- j linn. Dated at the City of Sumter, S. C., this the Sth dav of January, A. !>.. 1889. EA RLE k ITRDY, A4 lumens tor. the RUiuiitis? j .Un ; LODE HEBE I Tie Have some beautiful' DRESS GOODS -IN Attra?tive Styles,* AND We have some beautiful1 Silks, A ?MEL? ASS?ft?M?XT Ol? JERSEYS, Handkerchiefs, Hoisery,. . SHORES, ETC. ' ?rn* Ladies who buy of us SAVE? money. The store is full of pretty things> FOR M??V WE HAf E CHOICE GOOM CLOTHING-, HATS', SHOES, N?CKWEAR, Et& IN GROCERIES REMEMBER WE ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST. ALTAMONT MOSES, Sept 26. 3L W. FOLSOM; Successor to F. H. Fdls?m & Bro. SUMTER, S. C. Dealer in WATCHES, CLOCZS, JEWEIS-S? Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Sterl"*^ Silver ?nd finest Plated Bridal Present?. Rich Jewelry in Gold and Plate. Clocks, Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Opera Glass?, Gold Pen?. Machine Needles and Oil for all Machines, Fishing Tackle, &c. Ac. The celehrnted Royal St. John Sewing il?-* chine and finest Razor in Am?rica always on* band. Repairing promptly and neatly ett^"" cQWd by skilled workmen. Orders by mail will receive careful atteff*" tion. Sept. $ MAYE S VILLE DRUG STORE. DE. GEO. MCILVEEN & co;. MAYESVILLB, S. Cl HAVE OPENED A FltiSt CLASS USB' ot DRUGS AND MEDICINES, And other goods usually found hi a eral dr rig business, inclirdin^ Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyo Stuff's, kc. Perfumery, Soaps, Toilet Articles, Combs and Brushes. Stationery, ic. A full line of Garden Seeds. Fnve Tobacco and Cigars'. PrescripT!"ot)o carefully compounded-day or5 arrgftt. patronage cf 'he surrounding country solicited and prices guaranteed as low as ie' srny oth^r market. Calls for medical attendance left at the" Drttg Store will receive prompt attention. DR. G KO. McELVEE.V & CO. Jun. 2-x GO TC> RECKLIX'$ For the Latest Style PHOTOGRAPHS COLUMBIA, S. G., Oppos?e CW.d Central Hotel. Dec. 5 3 For Sale. VNUMBER OF DESIRABLE BUILDING* Lots in various portions of the ciir. . THOS. E. RK??fi?Se?i JU?.