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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6. Entered alike Post Office at Sumter, S. 0., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. D. Craig-Furniture, &c. J. S. Richardson, Master-Sa'es. Ducker & Bultman-The Last Offer. Geo. P., Rowell & Co.-To Advertisers. The Simonds National Bank-Statement. The McMullen Co.-Woven Wire Fencing. - Rojal Baking Powder Co.-Comparative I Worth. . ? Personal. V Ur. A. A. Solomons has gone North for his Wf Spring goods. W Maj. H. H. Lesesne, Sheriff of Clarendon Co-anty ia in the city to-day. Hiss Lula White has returned from a long Tisit toffee City of Anderson. Miss Sallie Darr has returned home after a pleasant visit to friends in Darlington. Jir. William Pate, who has been ill for a F^^-?ocg while, bas returned to his business. ' Mrs. Andrew Simonds and Miss Sadie Simonds have been in the city during the past week. Miss Marie Calhoun of Abbeville is visiting thc family of Mr. W. Alston Pringle of th:s CttT. l?rs.R. A. Lapsley and children will leave to-Morrow morning for her home at Anoiston, Alii. i Mr. Murrin DeLorme h*s parsed A success I fal examination at the College of Pharmacy ft in Baltimore. ? Rev. J. C. Clapp of Newton, N. C., is on a ? Tisitt to ocr City. He 13 the guest of Mr. G. ? W. Reardon. _ W Mr. Alva Solomons left last Saturday for f Baltimore, where he expects to study dentistry in the" University of Maryland. Mr. Thomas J. Drew, of Marion was in the City las: Thursday. He is one of the craft and is engaged, on the Marion Star. Mr. W. W. D. Chandler who fell from a booie at JcLure's mill and broke some of his ribs, is doing well, and will be abie to return to work before long. I * Mr. Isaac Schwartz, of Schwartz Bros., the I well-known dry poods dealers of this city, has B returned and his house is beginning to d:s ? pi ay the treasures of bis trip. I Mrs. Rosendorf and her children left for Philadelphia last Saturday morning. Mr. Rosendorf has been in that CUy for some time mad expects to make it his home. Mr. M. G. Ryttenberg. has gone to New i Torie and wiii net return until Surilmer. While there he will purchase the Spring and Summer stock of Messrs. J. Ryttenberg & Som). Right Rev. Bishop Moore of St. Augustine, j "Fla., is in the city this week and celeb.ated j Masr. on Ash Wednesday, this morning ? assisted by Rer. A. J. McNeill at the Convent Chapel. Mr. A. S. Brown has been drawn as a petit juror at the approaching term of the United States Circuit Court at Charleston. Mr. Brown is the only one ia Sumter County oo whom the lot fell this time. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. China went to Charles? ton last week to witness the commencement .xercises of the Medical College. Mrs. China has returned, but the Doctor went on to Florida to look after his orange grove: Three of the late graduates of the Charles? ton Medical College are from Sumter. They are Messrs. A. C. Dick, Archie China and R. ?. Furman. These young gentlemen have returned borne and will please accept our congratulations. Miss Katie Reardon bas gone to Chicago on an extended visit. On last Friday evening, j ber friends complimented hrr with a very j pleasant dance at the large vacant house of Mr. C. F. Heiser on Main Street, which con tains a commodious hall. Mr. Hubert Osteen, a relative of our better- j half, ts visiting us. He is a son of Mr. N. G. . Osteea, editor of the Sumter, (S. C ) Waich- | man, and is a particularly bright and promis- i ing young man. He is attending College at [ Nashville, and has vacation for & week.- j JSiUavf [Ala.,) Whig. The following persons from this city at- I tended the inauguration of President Harri-} son 03 last Monday. Mrs. R. M. Wallace, Capt. T. B. Johnston, Mr. Louis Morris, Maj. M. Moise and wife, Miss Katie Reirdon, Dr. Georpe McElveen. Also Z. E. Walker, Geo. W. Murray and Toa Williams. The Elmwood Academy, ur?<?er the auspices of Miss M. G. Stehie, cf Sumter, is in a flour? ishing condition In connection with the academical course Miss Stehle also teaches mnsic. She is a lady of high culture and rare endowments, and in the management of a school, ber executive capacity cannot be surpassed. The fancy dress party at the residence of Mr. H. Harby, on last Thursday evening, was sot less successful than other entertainments yof the Nondescript Social Club. Many of j 'thecostumes were elegant. The masks were I removed about 10 o'clock, and the congress ! of nations duneed for three or four hours. ' Qtrke a number of railroad men were inj tbe City last week, of whom the most f?mous i were Messrs. T. M. Emmerson, J. R. Kenley j X *?A Freston L. Bridgers. Messrs J. Birron . \4>f Columbia and Ramsey of North Carolina i attended the sitting of the Court of Common Please as attorneys to look after the interests of the railroads. This is Ash Wednesday and, therefore, the 6rst day of Lent. The Privateer Amusement Society will met o a Friday evening, the 15th at the resi? dence of Dr. J. H Furman. Mr. 3. L. Pinckney offers a reward of $5 "for proof of the robbery of the well buckets I and rope and pulley from the well'1 at his '? engine on March 2d, 1839. . On our third page to-day will be found a ?triking and instructive illustration of the j comparative worth of the various kinds of j baking powders now in the market. The W. C. A A. Railroad has given Cap- | tain Brand, its very effic:ent agent, an extra derk. Business has increased within the past few years until there is cow a swarm of clerks at the depot. At a recent meeting of City Council Asst.1 Foreman E. T. Reardon of the Sumter Steam Fire Engine Co.. was promoted to tbeofSce of, Asst. Chief of City Fire Department. At a meeting of Sumter Steam Fire Engine i Co., Mr R. S- Hood was unanimously elected j Asst. Foreman to Bl! vacancy occasioned by i E. I. Reardons resignation to accept the | position of Asst. Chief of the Fire Depart- ! osent. The Poultry and Pet Stock Show opaned in j Charleston last night. Capt. John Reid of ? this city is one of the largest exhibitors, j Be could have taken a larger exhibit than he i did, but seme of his stock is too valuable to j risk transportation. We place before onr readers to-day, the last j winter offer of Messrs. Ducker & Bultman. j These gentlemen do au immense business in All lines of goods. .HappentLg into their J place of business thi3 morning, we saw a ? whole counter piled with piece goods pre? pared fer shipment to a country dealer. We pubi.sh to-day a new advertisement for ; Mr. J. V. Craig. It will be surmounted next j week by a picture of his new hearse, which is being prepared. Mr Craig is an artist in his , line. He is, undoubtedly, tbe most accom 'plisbed undertaker io tue State, ?nd he car- ? ries a stock of furniture which is unrivaled j for variety and neatness. A new feature in ? bis business is the sale of burial robes, a'?d j we advise all those, whose misfortune makes . it necessary to examine the beautiful garments with which Mr. Craig clothes tbe dead, be-j fore thev purchased elsewhere. --- Base Ball. The Sumter Club will organize this week, j The members already chosen are, Messrs. j Wm. Moran, L L. Bultman, Henry Stack, Joe Durant, Jack Duranr, J. I). Sessford, Boyd Gregg, Jot Jones, S. V. De?gar, W. J. j McKageo, A. L. Moise and R Williams. - - - Bad Roads. The condition of the road3 in Sumter j couoty is worse than we have ever known, j Near Stateburg a horse can swim where the I road formerly was. In Rafton s Creek town- j ?bip, th? other day, a wagon containing a negro woman and 1 er ch?d overturned ia the road. The child fell into a mud hole and was j drowned. This '?tate of affairs is not the j result of neglect JO Auch as of the character j of tte season wrach has been, and still is, wet I beyond companion. It ?s now, March, and not only dues of road, but also thousands of Acres of land, which is usually "turned" by j thia time, are under water. Hauling is at- ! tended, io some instances, with positive j dapger, while plowing is Impossible. . Married. Bf Rev. E. 0. Watson, near Claremont, S. C., Feb. 27, 1839, Mr. M. P. Moore, and Miss Ellie Seale, all of Sumter Co., S. C. By Rev. E. 0 Watson, at the residence of the bride's mother, February 28, 1889, Mr. James Jove and Miss Alline Craig, all of Atkins, Sumter Co., S. C. Mr. G. E. Martin, of Cerro Gordo, X. C., to Miss Sarah J. Frost, of Sumter, on Feb. 28th, by Rev. J. S. Beasley. In Columbia, on Feb. loth, at the residence of Mrs. II. .N. Motfett, the brid.e'3 sister, by the Rev. J C Lindsey, Mr. J. S. MeFaddin to Miss Lissie Beckham, both of Sumter County. Death. Walter. Eugene, child of E. C. and Janie Lee, died Fen. 3d. after two days of intense suffering of iufiamation of the stomach, caused from a severe attack of indigestion, age three years and a half Religious. There will be service in the Methodist Church next Sunday morning and evening. In case the new pastor should fail to reach here before then the pulpit will be filled by Rev. H. M. Mood of Manning. Rev. Jumes McDowell will preach at Tirz-th Church on next Sabbath, (March 10th,) at ll 30 o'clock A. M. Cattle Stealing. On last Saturday morning, a negro came into town driving an ox. He tried to sell it at the market, but the hour was early and the butchers did not have time to trade. The negro soon disappeared, leaving the ox, and has not since been seen. Later in the day, ! the ox was identified and taken as the prop? erty of Dick Anderson, who "?ives near White's Mill. At the terra of Court of General Ses? sions just closed, James Bracy was seut to the penitentiary for stealing an ox. The 6enteuce has just been passed when another follows in his footsteps. -ma i?>. --- The Sick. The measles have been epidemic in this city and County for some time: and other dis? eases have been bred by the unusually wet weather. A few days or such sunshine as we are now enjoying will put everything straight; and the invalids can watch the: grass sprouting, with that joy peculiar to Spring and con^aiesence. j Mrs. Cuttino is stili quite sick. Misses Annie and Gertie Epperson have measles. Capt. A. N. Freeland has an iii child. Four children of Mr. C W. Stancil are sick with measles. There are five cases of measles at the Sum? ter Female Institute. ' i Do Immigrants Prosper ? We overheard th? other day a street debate j at the quesdon : "Why do wc get so few j ( immi?rnr>t5 ?" The g?rera! impression ap-j . peared to be that i tn no' g ra nts are not'en-j couraged and do not have a fair chance when ! they come here. Let us decide by examples J on bAnd: About 1831 Mr. Moses Green cume j here from Russia. Ile was destitute, bor- j rowed a few dollars and set up a fruit stand. ? j To-day he occupies alone a spacious brick j ; store and is oce of the safes: merchants in the city. Several years later, M. '?.. P. Levy came here from France. He oad no capital, and yet the sign A. P. Levy & Co.. adorns one of the handsomest buildings, and covers one of the most prosperous trades in the city now. Mr. Majewski came here later still as a j journeyman baker from Poland. He now j runs a first class bakery for himself on j Liberty Street. Do these facts show any reason for the statement that immigrants are not encouraged? The End of the Court. The Court of Common Pleas adjourned last Saturday night, and Judge Norton left n*?xt ? morning for the eighth circuit where h? has been assigned to preside in consequence of Judge Kershaw's illness. This term has wit? nessed a very complete clearance of dockets. The juries were not discharged until the last day, and what they left on calendar 1 is scarcely worth mentioning. Many damage suits were dir-posed of and the results will very generally discourage the iucrease of that peculiarly vicious class of litigation. Seckendorf and Middleton vs. Hnrdy and j D. H. Bowen-Non suit John E. Phillips as Receiver of National ! Bank of Sumter, vs. Anthony White, Sr.- t Verdict $484.39 Same vs. Armida II. Cohen-Verdict I $1613.CO. Martha A. Goodman vs. The W.Imington 1 k Weldon R. R. Co.-Verdict $45.00. Lydia A. Os?etn vs. Tie Manchester & AngU3taR. R Co.-Consent Verdict $100.00. Jos. S. Mitns, adtn'r vs. Sumter Cotton Mills-Verdict for Defendant. Eliz. J. James vs. Geo. M. Barrett-Ver? dict 1156.63. Henry R. Thomas vs. The Wilmington & Weldon R. R. Co.-Verdict $80 00. Larry Sad berry vs. John A. Jackson-Ver? dict for Defendant. Sasan E. Taylor and Murchinson N. Tay? lor vs. Sumter Cotton Mills-Verdict for Defendant. Skipped by the Light of the Moon. This farcical comedy was nrevented at the Academy of Musir last Monday evening to a ! fajr audience. With the exception of Mr. j Gus Frankei, who personated Obediah Din gie the cast was a poor one. Felix Crackle, j piaved by Wm. Bleisdell Jr., was a decided failure. We cannot conceive why Mr. Biais dell should be assigned such a part unless it j is because he possesses a comical countenance ! and a somewhat flexible voice-so hVxbde, indeed, that it ?3 impossible to understand ' half he s>?.ys. Those familiar with the play j know that it is very disconrected, and ail interest is centered on the performances of j Dingle and Crackle, which are cxprcted I to create laughter. Thestage .rffrct was en- j tirety lost for want of suitable scenery, and ! it is needless to add that the bills were not j reproduced. The name itself was a misnomer, for the snipping hal to hs don3 off the stage i and without the aid of moonlight. The only j scenes in which Dingle and Crackle could do ' themselves justice were connectd with the ? garden wail and the oyster stand, which j scenes are special and car:ied by tuccompany. ! , All must deplore 'hf indecent suggestions j contained in some of th*-jokes, and no rebuke I could have b^en too stror.g if administered to Crackle for quoting a proverb which is nev^r : ??lowed in polite conversation. Dingle made . a decided hit in his song "Am I right.*1 Miss j Blanche Henshaw as Sarah spoiled a orel ty scene by ber inabdity to sing a lullaby. The rest of the company were mere sticks. It r.-?? really painful to witness ard hear the . ladies attempting to simulate surprise or astonishment bv shrieks. It affords us sincere pleasure to announce, j that the management of our theatre 'nus de- j termined to inters;.erse the presentation or farce with a little p ai drama. The billsare ! up for a matinee performance of Ingomar next ? Saturday, by the Prescott McLean Companv, to be followed by Richard Ml on the evening ; of the same day. This company lon an ; established reputation and cannot afford to ! iose it. We feel justified, therefore, in saying ! thftt both performances will be a theatrical I treat such as we rarely get here It will be remembered "bat our Southern actress Mary ! Anderson made her name and laid the four.- ; dation of her fortune in the character of i'.tr thenia. j Of course we cannot expect that so heavy j a play as Bichard III can be givrn with all : the multitudinous accessories which it re-: q'iirr?, but if we get a good Duke of Glou? cester, that alone wili be wort!; thrice the ! cost of a ticket. We have t>een censured by some for cri ti- ( cizing so severelv the performance of the ? Mugg's Landing Company, WP quote from the Augusta correspondence of tb^ Aetrs and i Courier to show that the Fountain City agrees ! with u? : "The attendance at the Grand Opera House j '. which was opened every night last -.v?-ek with ? the exception <>f Monday, was verv poor, which ii? accounted for by the weak attraction ! . of "Mugg's Landing," which (.pened <h* week Tuesday night. The audience was rather small, bot soon became disgusted with | the poorly produced play and left before ttie i curtain fell at the last act." ? ? -M - j < The people may taik about humbug and i ' patent medicines as much as they please, but | we stick to the plain fact that Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will cure a cough quicker than I any physician's prescription. I ' No better liniment than Salvation Oil. | v 25 cents. ?j Repairing Tinware, Guns, Pisto^ ?nd all kind of work done promptly at T. C. Scaffe'S" Stoves put up and repaired at siort police at T. C- Scaffe's. \ A Letter. A gentleman, an old friend of this journal, writes from Clarendon to say : The Mr. Thames who had the adventure related in your paper to match the Georgia tale, must have been the late Robert Royal Thames, familiarly known as "Bob Rial." "Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him Horatio."' lt is said of him that he once stated that he had a swarm of bees in a fire gallon hive, and, when he took the honey he got ten gal? lons strained. An exclamation of doubt brought from him the explanation : ''You know bees can pack powerful." I ffnd much in your paper to interest and instruct. Editorial views are stated distinct? ly and with manly force. In the local ?nd personal news there is much to remind me of old associations. Many persons and places often seen nearly fifty years ago are brought to mental view. We are having a very quiet time down here. Rain and measles have bad posses? sion. The sun has shone out bright and warm to-day and farmers and gardeners are encouraged. -* ?? I ? - Clarendon News. Manning Times. S?MMERTON, March 4.-"It never rains but it pours," nevertheless the farmers are doing the very best they can between rains. We are considerably behind in the farming line', but with a week's fair weather we can do a great deal with muscle properly directed. We are giad to report the unfortunate, scalded ones in the late mill explosion rapid? ly improving. Mr. A. P. Ragin can see out of each of his eyes. It wa3 seriously feared that he would lose the sight of both. Moses Jones is getting over his wounds and scalds. Summerton is sad and sorrowful at the loss of one of our best and whole-souled citizens, John Ingram. "God moves in a mysterious way." He was a man in the true sense of word. No one can point to a thing little or mean in his compound. Ile was quiet and unobtrusive, making no display of ids good deeds, yet noted for being a man of unbound? ed charity. To him we are indebted, in a large degree, for the building of an academy, he having furnished the lumber at a very reasonable rate, and on considerable time. WTe can't see how his place can be filled in this community. His family has the sincere sympathy of the whole surrounding country. Mr. John Thames, of this place, expects to enter the race for the Si,OOO corn prize. He lias within the corporate limits of the town, some of the finest corn land in the State. Last year he made seventy-five buebels corn j to the acre, and the year before eighty-five, I and he used no fertilizers at all. He isa] young man, hard'y grown yet, but is one of I the best corn farmers in the State. He feels | pretty confidant he can win the prize. Mr. R. R. Hudgins, of Foreston, so we are informed, is making all preparations to win the prize for Foreston. He will plant to make more than two hundred bushels corn io the tere. Mr. Hudgins is a good farmer and has made some fine corn about Foreston. We suppose others of Clarendon will also :ontend for this prize, and we hope some of iur farmers will succeed in winning it. [Who is trying for the prize in Sumter.-ED.] - wa ? ? - -c^i - Agreed to all Around. Mr. Editor: Rev. S. M. Richardson should ?enow that there is no such thing as chance, n this world. God, the Creator and Ruler )f the universe, governs all things. "Not a sparrow falls to the ground, tc, "Thehairs >f our head are all onmbered." This to jhow that not the minutest event escape his .lotice and control. The strongest moral or religious argument against "the lot" in its ?nany forms of lottery, raffles, &c, is that it is an irreverent appeal to God tn matters of a worldly and irreligious nature. A? tc Life Insurance, the scheme is not based on "chance" so called, but on the ac? tual experience of the "death rate" for gene? rations past. It is a matter of almost mathe? matical certainty that of 1000 persons at the age of 20, a fixed proportion will die in every decade until all are dead. If 1000 men at 20 insure to-day and continue tb pay until nil die. the money will be on hand to pay the last policy, even though no other person came in. This is the theory on which Life Insu? rance is based in the regular companies. The average life of the 1000 is certain. The time of death of each individual is unknown, save to his Creator. Life Insurance is simply a scheme by which a number agree to share the uncertainty of life among them. Mr. R's argument would apply against fire insurance no less than life. X. ChaDge of Base. Mr. Editor : Since writing my second arli? ne on Life Insurance, I have been led to doubt the soundness of my conclusion. This suspicion arose in my mind on extending ray mind to Marine Insurance, and in this way : I wish to ship my crop of cotton to Liver? pool, it is a risk; but by selling there I realize one cent per pound clear of expenses on my crop of 100 bales; this will amount to $500. The chances that I will lose by disas? ter my entire 100 bales is. say, 1 in 50. Now shall I carry that risk or shall I let a Marine Insurance Company do it for me. If my ob j-ct is to "make or break" it is evideat that I will take no insurance. For the simple rea? son that I can carry ray insurance at a cheap? er rate th in I can get from the Insurance Company. If there is 1 chance in 50 that my 100 bales wiil be lost and their value in j Sumter to me is $5,000, the Insurance Com- | pany can't take the risk for $100-one fiftieth part of $5,000-if they did lhere would be no margin for profits. Say they charge me $200 to insure Now this reduces my profits from $500 to $300 but it brings down my chance of loss from disaster, from 1 in 50 to nothing. So insurance here instead of fos? tering the "gambling" spirit really discour? ages it, lt makes profits less, but it also makes the chances of a heavy loss ?ess. Now if my theory breaks down when ap? plied to one branch of business it must be wrong, and there must be some mistake in its apparent application to another branch-Life Laurance. Let us see. The husband's labor is worth to the wife, say, $500 a year. His lire may therefore be looked upon a3 an in? vestment yielding her $500 annually. It is worth, therefore, to her while it iasts, in dol? lars and cents, as much as an investment of $5,000, yielding a dividend of 10 cents on the dollar. At his present age his life can be insured for one year for his entire value, $5,0?U, for $190. She insures his life for this year. Evidently the effect of this insurance is io decrease the chance of loss, while it les? sens the profits. This would seem to dis? courage rather than (osier th? "gawb?ing" spirit. Tiie fact is the fallacy which I did not deiect crept in in this sentence. "That the ? wife be:s against her interests and the insur- j unce companies against their interests does not alter the moral aspect of the case at all." I Tue truth is, this "fact" does make a very great j difference "in the moral aspect of the case." ! It is, indeed, equally fair to say that where we can and do not "insure," we "bet'' the amount of the policy against the annuity that j ?he person whose life might he insured will ! not die this year. My conclusion ihen, now i is, that insurance is only "gambling" where ? th" person whose life is insured is of no pecu? niary value to the party in whose favor the the policy is drawn, or when the amount of the policy is larger than the pecuniary value r>f tiie services of the person whose life is in- j ju red. Thanking you for your respectful hearing, and regretting that my article shou d not iTare been more maturely considered. 1 remain yours, S. M. RICHARDSON*. - . ? ? * -- Remember that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has no equal as a specific for cold?, coughs, ?nd i\\ affections of the throat and lungs. For nearly half a century it has been in greater lemand than any other remedy for pulmonary complaints. All druggist? have it for sale. - ? ?? ? . wm** - TKKlillil.K. Two-thirds >if nil deaths in New York City iro from consumption or pneumonia. The -:itne proportion holds for most "flier chi*-*. Delays aro <la*>;*er'?i]s. Hr. Acker's English Remedy for consumption will always relieve, :n<I tn.-, y save your life. Sohl by I>r. J. F. VI. j DeLorme. -??????. ?? i WHY WOMEN FADE. Women h>*e their beauty because colds un- ; < 'ermine their life. Dr. Acker's hnglich Hem- ! < >'?v !i-r Consumption is an absolute cure for j :o?ds. Sold hy Dr. .1 F. W Dch.-rme. - - ? - ? ? - -rm - - ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should j il ways be used for children teething. It i ?OOthes the child, softens the gums, allays al] 1 >ain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy I "or diarrhoea. 25c a bottle. All orders for Roofing, Guttering and Re-j lairing done quick at T C. Scaffe's. A fine line of Stone and Wooden Churns, fare, &c, for sale cheap, al T. C. Scaffe'e. Matters of Interest. BRADFORD SritiKns, S. C., March 4, '89. Mr. Editor : It is too wet lo plow, so I reckon I lind bptter write something We have had enough rain and snow up here to make a dozen mill ponds, (small ones) and the land is so wet that it is dangerous for a grass-hopper to hop muclw If he does he is sure to get in the hog. There are a good many cases of measles this way, and everywhere I believe. 1 think when they leave this time it will be twenty years before they come back, because they have made a clean swe^p In a recent conversation with an old gen? tleman, he gave me the history of his meal barrel. He says it is the first barrel he ever bought. He bought it from a North Caro? lina wagoner, in 1843 which is forty-six years ago. it is in good condition now, and promises to last forty-six years longer. This may bring back to the minds of some of the old citizens who may read this, times, wdien they bongin flour from wagoners, and paid a part in corn and fodder, and the rest in cash. We hope ''Qui Vive's*' horse disease will no* put in tts appearance in this neighbor? hood, because we think too mach of our thorough-bred Beck mule to lose her if we can help it. We hope "Guv" will write some more of his very interesting letters, now, that he is about again. TIGER. An Outrage. Mr. Editor: About two or three weeks ago, three of Bishopville's young men went to the home of Mr. John Price's cook, and while two held pistols to her husband's head, the third at? tempted to assault her. The following day the matter was circulated and the authorities notified. In spite of the earnest protest of wardens W. J. Barret and ?. C. Scarborough they allowed the disgraceful affair to quietly pass by, thereby perpetrating a social and moral outrage upon the whole community, and declaring to the world at large that Bish opville is a place whose authorities care more for the fawning smiics of a few degraded brutes than for the preservation of the moral purity of the place. It certainly seems thar mob law has became a necessity when men appointed by the Executive to enforce State law, and men elected by the people to enforce municipal law, both cower before criminals of the most diabolical and loathsome nature. What can fathers expect of their sons, if they ftllow the perpetrators of cv? devilish a crime, the setters of so fiendish an example to idle in their midst, sowing seeds of moral poison and corruption by living example? But says someone: "The outraged couple were only negroes." This matters not. Negroes are human, and the man who will disturb them, in their conjugal relations, is lower than the lowest. S. H. J P. S.-Mr. S. H. Kilgore will take pleasure in giving the name of the author to any of the interested parties. He will also give the aames of the parties charged, to any inquirer. Sole Agent for the celebrated Farmer's Girl Cooking Stove for Sumter County is at T. C. Scaffe's. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Mch. G, 1889 COTTON.-Receipts 75 bales. The mar? ket steady. We quote: G^od middling Oj; Middling 8f. CHARLESTON, S. C., Mch.. 5, 1S89. Cotton-Sales, '250. Quotations: mid? dling, 10$._ WILMINGTON. N. C., Mch. 5, 18S9. SPIRITS TCRPENTIXK.-Sales at quotation. Market opened firm at 48 cents per gallon. ROSIN -Firm at 80c. for Strained and B2?} for Good Strained. CRCDK TURPENTINE.-Yellow Dip, $2 30; Virgin $2 30, Hard $1.20. COTTON.-Sales, none. Market firm. Quotations are : Middling 9^. O. and Ob TEA The Choicest Tea Ever Offered. ABSOLUTELY PURE. A MOST DELICIOUS BEVERAGE. TRY IT. Tez. TCI rever zza zzj ether. fcality sorer varlet It is the HIGHEST Gr.Anr. LEAK, picked from the heft plantations and guaranteed absolutely pure and free from all adulterations or colorie^ matter. The packages are hermetically sealed and warranted full weight. It is more econ? omical in use than the lower grades. Oriental & Occidental Tea Co., L't'd:, Scad Office, 35 Burling Slip, Xctc York. For sale by A. A SOLOMONS, Sumter, S. C. j GKOSSWELL & CO., Sumter, S. C Aug 29. BlmL# Woven Wire Fencing I 80C TOS 2 PER R O D/ All sizes and widths. Gates to match. Solu nvusordivu'<>ra in thia line of owls. KHEIOHT PATH. tnrnnnatir.n fr?>o. THE MeMO.LKX WOVEN" WIRK PENCE CO., _ Nos. 118 Je ISO >". Mar'ketJSt., CMcu?i>, UL_ MASTERS SALE. State of South. Carolina, COUNTY OF SU3ITEII, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAB. Thc Dundee Mortgage- and Trust In vestment Company. Plaintiff, agahist i Mary Henrietta Cowper. Defendant, j BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above entitled cause and dated Feb. j ^?th, 1889, I will sell ut public auction tu ! front of the Court House in th* City of Sum- j ter in said State, on Monday, April 1st. j 1889-being Salesday-between the hours of | 11 o'clock ?ri the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises, io wit: All thrtt plantation or tract of ?and with ! the dwelling-house and other improvements j thereon, situate, lying ami being in Mayes- ! ville Township, in thc County of Sumter atol j State of South Carolina, containing three : hundred and twelve acres, more or ?ess, j bounded on the North, E'.-o and West by ? lands of Mrs. Sophronia A. McBride, and on I the .South by binds now or forton ! v of T. \ Haze!! Dick, said plantation being known as j the "Home Place" of Mrs. Muy Henrietta ? Cooper. Terms of sale-Gash. Tobe {aid on day; of sale. Purchaser to pav for p ipe.rs. Jo'liN S. IMOIIABDSON, Mch. 0. Master for Suinter Co. ; MASTER'S SALE. ? State of South Carolina, ; COUNTY OF SUMTER. Is T FI K COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Utcha rd C. nichardsou', fylniiitiff\ [ against t/cnry (r. Sct/rhorninj/i, j Jinny W. Sat ri? trough , I lettie /*. j Scarborough und nt hers, Defendants. \ Iyy VIRTUE of a Decreed ?Order made in j y th.- iibov,; cn titi, d CHU .. rtt.d ? ot i Jan. j 14 th, 1889, I witl :.t ;?i'l'?ic auction in j front ot the Court ?hi.: . in thc ('?ty <>t' Sum- ; 1er in said Stan*, on Monday, April 1st, : 1889,- being Sal. -ly. between the hours if -1 1 o'clock in th" forenoon and 5 .. clock ill , the afternoon, th-j following premises, lo wit : All that tract or parcel of land..situated j near Bishopville, i:i iii?- County and State Aforesaid, .containing ninety-t wo (92) acres, : more or less, hounded on thc North liv lauds j 3f Hr lt. Y. McLeod; on the East bv lands I :>f Mrs. L. J. I'ivon ; on the South by la: ds : if Dr. R. E. I'ennis, and on the W est by ands of Dr. R. E. Dennis and lands now or j formerly of Dr. I. E. Dennis. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pav for Titles. JOHN S. RICHARDSON. Mch. ?. l?elo Master for Sumter Co. COMPARATIVE WORTH OF BAKING POWDERS. IlOTAli (Absolutely Pure). .BBBBB^^^^^^?^^SBB8BBBEBB GRAFT'S CAlum Powder) *. .feg^M^^??^^ RUMFORD'S, when fresh. ..Bgg^ft?g^^ EAXFORD'S, when fresh... .^Bg^gi^^^^BSBB BEDHEADS.BMI^^a^g^^^gBB - CHARE (Alum Powder)* .. gggESgi^^S?^^^HS AMAZON (AlumPowder)*.. BBSBBBBBESS^E^r^gB DATTS', and DAYIS' 0. luBMEffl^^^^^B New York, (Alum Powders. )jjg CLEYELAND-S.BgBBBEBBE^^B PIONEER (San Francisco)., BgB^^^^^SS^S CZAR.HBBHgBfflKgggi BB? PRICE'S. SNOW FLAKE (Graff's) LEWIS?. PEARL (Andrews & Co.).MEB HECEER'S. GILLETS. ANDREWS&CO."Regal" M?wHctoc, (Contains Alum:. El?i OKI)'VeE wt fresh y ?EP0ETS OP OOVEENMENT CHEMISTS As to Purity and Wholesomeness of the Royal Baking Powder. "I hare tested a package of Royal Baking Powder, which I purchased In tho open market, and find it composed of pure and wholesome ingredients. It is a cream or tartar powder of a high degree-of merit, and docs not contain either alum or phosphates, or other injurious substances. E. C. LOVE, Ph.D. "It is a scientific fact that the Royal Baking Ponder is absolutely pure. Tho Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the public. H. A. MOTT, Ph. D. "The Royal Baking Powder i3 purest in quality and highest in strength of ony baking powder of which I have knowledge. " Wit. MCMURTRIE, Ph.D. The Royal Baking Powder received the highest award over all Competitors at the Vienna World's Exposition, 1873 ; at the Centennial, Philadelphia, 1S76 ; at tho American Institute, New York, and at State Fairs throughout the country. No other article of human food has ever received such high, emphatic, anti uni? versal endorsement from eminent chemists, physician?, scientists and Boards of Health all over the world. NOTE.-The above DIAGRAM illustrates the comparat ive worth o? various Baking Powders, as shown by Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof. Schodler. A pound can of each powder was taken, the total leavening power or volume in each can calculated, the result being as indicated. This practical test for worth by Prof. Schedlcr only proves what every observant consumer of the Royal Baking Powder knows by practical experience, that, while it costs a few cents per pound mere than ordinary kinds, it is far more economical, besides affording the advant? age of better work. A single trial of the Royal Baking Powder will convince any fair minded person of these facts. * "While the diagram shows some of thc- alum powders to be of a comparatively hieb degree of strength, it is not to bc taken as indicating that thevbave any value. All aluni powders, no matter how high their strength, are to be avoided as dangerous 9 Furniture Dealer and Undertaker, Begs to cali tiie attention of the people of Sumter and surrounding country to the fact that he Siill continues business at the old stand, MAIN STREET, CORNER OF CANAL, where he lias been established for more lhan 30 years, and is now better prepared than ever before to supply ail goods in his line, at as reasonable prices as any house in the State can offer. All furniture carefully fitted and packed free of charge-and delivered only in ihorough order. We take pleasure in showing goods. Don't buy elsewhere, until you call and see our stock ano prices on Wood and Marble-top, Wnlnnt. Ash and Poplar Bed-room Sets, handsome Parlor Sets, Marble and Wood-top Tables of ail kinds, Lounges. Chairs and Rockers of many styles, Bedsteads, Bureaus. Washstands, Mattresses and Pulows, Pictures. Picture Frames, Window Shades, Curtain Poles, What-nots, Brackets and anything kept in s first class furni? ture store. Agent in Sumter for sale of "Acme Pine Fibre Mattings. A large stock of Window Giass always on hand. In connection with my Furniiure Store is a Cabinet and Repairing Shop* where Repairing, Upholstering and Mattress-making is done in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, at reason? able prices tor unod work. Special attention is called to the Undertaking Department, which is full and complete. Coffins and Caskets, of any desired style or size, always in stock, at prices ranging from S3.00 and up for children, and from $5 *>Q and up for adults. In liner grades, we guarantee better work at lower price than can be bought elsewhere I have recently purchased a handsome new Hearse, and am prepared to attend funerals in town or country at from S3 00 to $12 OH in country, according to time and distance, and $8 00 to Sib.00 in town. This charge includes hearse au d pair of horses, digging grave, and personal superintendence in town, and in country the same, except digging grave. Bm ia! Robes for ladies or gentlemen from ?2 50 up-a respectable burial suit, altogether appropriate, and at less than one fourth the cost of such suits as are used generally. Gloves and badges for pall-bearers, without extra charge. I also have a neat Hearse for my colored patrons, at a reasonable charge. Calls promptly attended, day or *iizht. _ March G. PATRONIZE HOME TALENT Life-Size Portraits in Crayon MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, SUMTER, S. C. - BY MRS. E. J. DUNNE. Also prepared to tench a class in Drawing and Music Jan. 30. JNO T. G-REEN, Attorney and Counsellor at SUMTER, C. H., S. C. ^S^*Collection of claims a specialty. June 20. rpIIOSEWIIO STILL HAVE COTTON on JL hand ran sri! the same for the highest market price by communicating with the un? dersigned. ? will attend in reply to telegram or postal card at any point in this atol adjoin? ing counties, and purchase cotton : it being understood that all CHIMU ?hail be delivered by salier at the nearest denn*. ' Feb. 27, C. E. STUBBS. LAND FOR SALE. \TRACT td-' L AND Ft ?Il SA Mi IN Stateburg Township k:><>u u as the Sins Souci ?'?ace. Fer references :if?pD tn H AY XS Wo K Til ? COOPER, or 0. BRADLEY. Keb. 27. StateburiT. S. C Eslal? of F. J. OU'cauor, Dee'd. Vl.b PERSONS having demands against the aforesaid Estate will present same duly attested, and tln.se prrs.?ri? .:!.!. I ted !" .-aid Estate, will make pavim.nt without debo to T. M. MoN \CMAN, Feb. '27. Administiaior. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. rpi A Lb WM O M IT MAY CONCERN, I notice is berehy ..liven that th.- uiider S?gti?'d h?-retof?>re doing business M'S '..?-p;srt ners moor the tiru? name e! * *.-:?.; T i .V Richardson, dissolved their '-opurtuership on the 15;ti day nt .bmuary, 1 S.Sf*. Al! parti.s indebted lo said linn will SCH Ie Stich indebted? ness with W . L. ( Isti en. W. \j OS TEEN. S. D. RICHARDSON. IVb. io -4 Blanding & Wilson, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SUMTER, S. C. The undersigned have entered into a part? nership tor tiic practice of law tn Sumter Countv, S. C. .1. D. BLANDINA. H. FRANK WILSON, j Jan. 1 -im. The largest 'ind most complete establishment South GEO, S. HACKER & SON, c u C co > s: Manufacturers o? Doors, Sas??, Blas, ^ A?TD BUILDING HATSaiAL. OFFICK AND VVAKKKuOMS, Kinn, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 1 o i-, j:: Y 5 ;*. -C As jV ? )?? ?:..*.; [5 '.?rranft-d for I' ? .. War?. . -^t^.^ ipiiia - \; . ; . . - v -.;i V:- .-: ?..??-?2< i .i: #C "S? m i fm t Wm) s Ou;- Favorite Singer ! c . > ' .: ' FcJ?cy C vcr. Lrrgc Drawers, i / ,T...... T. cUr. Ruffler. Binder. i ?r :/. Y/id ins cf Hemmers. . \ . /. Prl?vrrtd in y'*u:r home ire? ' : ?: -?^!it t !.. : I ?. ?TM ly o? M:?:?ii:a?.t!ir<T? S.IM ! iw'fV t .... - .... ('. t >.ow Mach* nos* ' C>:-c:-.v.;-.-; Sewing M-chine Co. ! 'O <l:irn?*t? Ni ?.?.?*(. ?*??il}*?l?>lp!u:it V:\. | Es.a?e o? Philip Ac ?!oise, Dec'il. IWI! {, A ?T?.y TO TI?FC JUDGE OF PROBATE ?>>r Sumter County on March ?4:h. ls-:?, for i Final Discharge as j Ex mito r of thu last iv ii I and testament of j ?lid deceased. MARION MOISE, l'f ?. I :>. i s-:- -. 11 Executor. ! N?TIGE TO THE P?BUC. ?II AVK REM?) VED MY BLACKSMITH Shop from Liberty street to comer of I Sumter and Hinkle struts. West of (hirlis I Carriage Co.'s shop Thanking my friends for th?ii former patronage. I earnestly re-: quest a continuance of ihe same. IVrms liberal. RICH A HO THOMPSON. Keb. :>. 185.*?: ?1 I ??ew Advertisements^ TO ADVERTISERS A ii?t of 100O newspapers divided into STATES AND SECTIONS will be sent on application - FREE. To "hose who want their ad vertisinjr to par; WP <-fi7j oiler no better medium for thorough ! ar.d (?fective work than the various sectional of our Select Local List. GEO- P. ROWELL <fe CO., Newspaper Advertising Burean, Mar. 6 lo Spruce street. New York. SUMTER PLANING MILLS, James H. Sanders, PROPRIETOR. DEALER IN Door. Sash. Blinds, SCROLL AND TURNED BALUS? TERS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Laths, Shingles, &c. Roil ai Dressed. Lite, AIR DRIED. Plain ami 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. lion. H. A. HOYT C. I. KOiTT & BRO Gold and Silver Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c ) REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wads and Everything Portain ing to Breech-Loading Guns. Feb 1 1 C. 0. BROWN & BRO., COLUMBIA, S. C. ' 13 o o rt s, SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIMB, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. Frencli and Aisrican ?Mow Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Ofnce, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK, PROMPT SHIPMENTS. ile, ii. mini & ca, i MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE* SALE DEALERS IN DOORS, SASH, BUM, I MOULDING, - ASO - GENEEAL BUILDING- HATEEIAL. j Office and Salesrooms, IO and 12 Harne St , j CHARLESTON. S. C. Jan -2.-> o " Notice to ?ten? Defendant ! The State o? South Carolina. I COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN T!!o COl'itT O?: COMMON i*I.T..*S. Max Mai '.'/.'"'". Ernest W* inman and \ Sinniwi M Mttintltoic, copartners, esl )Y*:innhtn fo . rlanittffs, aga i tiffi John r Moran, dr., Defendant. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF TO TUE D EFEXDA XT : John 1\ Moron, Jr ; ^ ou are hereby summoned and required io ! answer the complaint hi this action. ? tiieh will ! be filed in ?he office of the Clerk of said Court, I anti to serve a ropy o! your answer to the i said complaint on ii;?1 subscribers at their j otSee on Main street, in the City of Sum? ter, in s?h\ County and State, within twen- i fy tiny s .-o :. r the ser v ice he: eof. excl asi ve of the : day of h service ; und ii' yon fail lo j answer tb:- compia.:nt within the timeafore said. the Plain tiflfs KI this action will apply [ to the Court tor the r.-Iief demanded in the j complaint. ! Datei JanuarT Ti!', i -'SO. F. \ RLE .1- PURDV. Plaintiffi At torne; 5. To J"hn I*. Moran, Jr., thc 0 ff enfant in (hr afr,t t; tnirfkti j?'ion : i Take notiee that tho con: pla i nt in the $HU\ a?tior has.this day been filed in the <-i?:oe of ? the Clerk of the Court cf Common Pleas for ' Su m ttl County in the State of Sou iii Caro- . lina. Di.:cd at the City of Sumter, S. C., : this ?be S?h day of.January. A. ['? . ISSO. EA Fl LE k PURDV. Attorneys Tor thc T.*??.t>? ii dan lt ' -1TB-- III ?.J JPMIW^-tf* We have some" beautiful' GOODS -IN Attractive Styles^ AND CHBAI^r YTe have some b??ut?fu? Black Silks, A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF JERSEYS, Handkerchiefs, Hoisery,. SH#?&, ETC. Ladies who buy of us SAVE* money. The store is full* of pretty things. FOR MEIST, WE HAVE CHOICE GOODS^ CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, NECKWEAR, Efcfc GROCERIES, REMEMBER WE ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST. ALTAMONT MOSES. Sept 26. L. W. FOLSOM, I Successor to F. H. Folsom & Sro; SUMTER, S. C. i Dealer in BATCHES, CLOCKS, JBWSL?T Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Sterling Silver and finest Plated Bridal Present?. Rich Jewelry in Gold and Plate. Clocks Spectacles and Eye Classes, Opera Glmty Gold Pens. Machine Needles and Oil for vr Machines, Fishing Tackle. &c. ?c. The celebrated Royal St. John Sewing Ha*" chine and finest R*zor in America always on* hand. Repairing promptly and neatly est** cu ted by skilled workmen. Orders by mail will receive careful atterf** lion. Sept. 5* ? MAYESVILLE DR?G STORE, DR. GEO. McSLYEEN & Cfc MAYESVILLE, S. C. TTAVE OPENED A FIRST CLASS LIR? DRUGS AND MEDICINES, A cd other goods usually found ia a gen? eral drug business, including Paints, Oils, Varnishes,. Dye Stulls, &c. Perfumery, Soaps, Toilet Articles, Combs and Brushes. Stationery, &c. A full linc of Garden Seecfe* Fine Tobacco and Cigars. Prescriptions carefully compounded-d*rcr nipht. Patronage of the surrounding country sohciied and prices guaranteed as \ovr a's itt' any other market. Calls for medical attendance left at* tnr Drug Store will receive prompt attention. DR. GEO. McELVEEN & COI Jan. 2 -x _ GO TO For the Latest Style PHOTOGRAPHS, COLUMBIA, S. C., Opposite Grand Central Hotel. / Dee. 5 3 FIRST \m JOB WORK AT BOTTOM PRICES? W11?OAN A AD SflLTIlRON IU OPFlCtf