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- C|t tedman ait? jsGu? jam WEDNESDAY, HAItCH 13. . The Sumter Watchman was 'fonuded ia 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. Tba. Watchman and Southron DOW has tb? combined circulation and influence ol both of tbe old papers, and is mani? festly the beal advertising medium in Sumter CAPTAIN P. W. DAWSON. Io tbe death of this distinguished mao, "the pitiful account of which, taken principally from bis own paper, appears ia another column, our State sustains a loss, the extent of which cannot yet be appreciated. * An Englishman by birth, be identi? fied himself with oar people and their interests about twenty years ago. Since then he has fairly won the position of the shrewdest and most accomplished journalist in tbe South, and created a paper whose influence is as broad as oar country. He was, OD all occasion*, the repre? sentative par excellence of South Caro? lina ?broad, and there is none to take his Dlace. Death could not have laid ...? * his hand, within the limits of our State, on one who could have been less easily spared. He was a man of gigantic intellect, aod marvellous fertility of resource. His mind was one that could not be idle, mad be never touehed a subject but he beautified it. He was the bravest of the brave, and was promoted daring the Confede? rate war for conspicuous bravery in the field. Nothing so completely presents this phase of his character, as bis con? duct during the earthquake in Charles? ton. With his dauntless spirit to guide, the presses of the Neics and Cou? rier rolled on amid falling walls and sixty thousand panic stricken people. Let the whole State mourn for F. W. Dawson. THE OLD AND THE NEW. Grover Cleveland and the members of his cabinet have disappeared from the capitol, and gone their several ways to take their places among those who earn their living without the assistance of taxes. In their stead Mr Harrison and his cabinet conduct the executive ? department of our Government. Let ns compare the two sets of men. Mr. Cleveland received his office as the re? sult of a powerful reaction against cor? ruption. There vas and is no stain j apon bis public character, and even such disappointed politicians as Edger? ton can find nothing worse to say of him than that he thought himself strong? er than his party, and through his ob? stinacy brought about his own defeat j He is stronger than bis parky, and prob ! ably was the cause of hts party's defeat, | bot that party acknowledges that he ? lost by standing up for principle as op? posed to political trickery. The men who compjsed his cabinet were chosen fpr their fitness and without reference to political desert. Like their chief, they were pure. In but one instance did the breath of scandal scorch any of ] them. Mr. Garland was charged with ? infidelity to his trust in his connection with the Pan Slet-tric Company. He came out of this difficulty without loss of character or the people's confidence, j Mr Cleveland might still have been our chief executive had be, in the choice of bis cabinet, considered his party's in? terests as superior to the demand of the . people for a pure government. Mr. Harrison assumes the Presidency as tbs result of a bargain among three politicians of the most vicious stamp Elaine, Elkins and Platt. He repre? sents the money of the Republic, cot its people. He was elected by r popular | minority. He haj to dispose of one ? place at his council table to a man who stepped out of the way that he might j be elected, and another to a man whom j be knows only for liberality in giving money to effect his election. He is ! handicapped by promises, many of j which would have made his election itu- ' possible if known before the seventh of November. His factious party is thun- j dering at h's door with the assurance oft a man who calls a slave. Uuder such ; circumstances, is it possible for Presi? dent Harrison to be a success ? Blaine bas 5peot his life filling his pocket by an improper usc of his po- ? litical power. Windora is a stench in ? the oostiils of even his own party, and 1 as a result of thc Star route iu vest iga- ; tion is known as "Dorsey's Billy." ? Proctor has long been the chu f repre- ; sentative of a grinding monopoly called ; the Vermont Marble Company, which : makes money by putting up jobs for, or : rather on the Government. It is said that John Wannamaker is most oppres- ? sive to the thousands of shep giris in his employment at Philadelphia. Mil? ler id a cabinet officer for no better rea? son than that he was a law partner of the President. Can it be supposed that a eabtnet formed in this manner, and ; composed of such men can leave a rec- j ord worthy to succeed that left by the seven men who have just retired? The people have for a time surren- j dered the government to their enemies ; and we predict they will not be tong ; dtficovering their mistake. THE APOSTLE OF FAILURE. An eEchauge says it looks as though Senator Blair is to be ttic Solicitor General, a position second only to that j of a Cabinet porfolio, aud by many, es- j teemed preferable to the Cabinet. j This will be a bad move for the new i Administration and will give it dead bad luck as surety as though a voodoo ] i doctor should rub ile Kibosh ou it. j Senator Blair, of New Hampshire is the most distinguished all around failure which adorns oar politics. He sprang into notice as the author of a very fool? ish educational bill and he bas stuck to that bill in the face of certain defeat so long that he is considered a walking statue of pertinacity. When the "Blair Bill/* is mentioned now in the Senate the grave and reverend seniors gather themselves together and with one accord make a break for liberty and fresh air. But this child of his brain, not demanding Mr. Blair's undivided attention he has for some time been playing wet nurse to another legislative infant that is, if possible, still less con? genial to our institutions. He wants Congress to pass a law enforcing uni? versal rest on Suoday and promoting the religious observance of the same. This smacks so much of that abomina? tion-union between Church and State -that Protestantism itself is dismayed, and the wisest Christian thinkers want the Government to understand that they propose taking care of Sunday without Federal interference. Sunday, as a day of religious rest and worship, is a great thing ; but Sunday as a legal day of rest is a failure. Mr. Blair, however, cannot see this and the prob? ability is he never will. He wa9 at one time a correspondent of the New York Mail and Express. This position suited hita. He was a good lieutenant to such a man as Col. Elliott F. Shep? pard, the editor, who Commodore Van? derbilt said was more kinds of ?a fool than any fool he ever saw. If Senator Blair takes a hand in the new administration, he will want to an? nex Mexico, so as to put a stop to bull fighting, and if he once gets that or any other foolish notion in his head, he will never discover that nobody agrees with hita. OUR PUBLIC HOADS. Thc unusual amount of rain which has fallen th!? winter has impressed upon the people the necessity of having better public roads, and a system for repairing them which shall be more sat? isfactory than the one now in operation. The highways in many parts of the State are at present well nigh impas? sable, and those who are compelled to strain their stock and break their ve? hicles hauling on them, realize the ter? rific loss to which they are subjected. Could the damage to private property which results from bad roads be com? puted, it would be seen that it amounts, in a few years to a sum sufficient to McAdamize the highways of the State. Since the advent of railways, road building hrs become a lost art. The ! days when men loaded up their wagons J and started on trips to distant towns for j purposes of trame have passed. An oe-1 casional road schooner or covered wagon j is all that now remains of the thousands j of such vessels whose white covers formerly glistened along our highways, j and to which the people looked for their j supplies of tobacco, rum and various other more useful commodities. The railroads now bring all these things and our great thoroughfares have degen- | erated into mere neighborhood roads, j But population and business have in- ! creased and the aggregate number of j miles now traveled on the public roads j is far greater than in the days of the j road schooner Ace's. At the same time, ; men have become too busy to repair the | thoroughfares which they use so often, j but for short distances only, and, as a j natural result they are ultimately the loser?. Formerly, cities took a pride io making themselves the converging j point of a web of roads. They do yet, ! with the difference that they now want j railroads. Charleston is too careless to j repair her famous plank road extending j a few miles from the city. Turnpikes j and other roads supported by tolls or kept in repair through private exertion, j have almost entirely disappeared. Men j have almost forgotten how to build a j road. We have heard i; charged i against a certain contractor that he j curved a causeway down the stream and ! placed his bridges in such positions that ! the first rain swept away the whole ; centre of the Work. When we see i causeways constructed by cur fore- \ fathers now bearing trees a hundred ; years old, we can imagiue how those : old fellows would have laughed at the j stupidity of this contractor. The people are waking up to their in ' terests in this matter all over the State. \ (jrand Juries are demanding that con- i viet labor be utilized for building roads. ! Men are beginning to see that road ? building and repairing in South Caro? lina, as at present conducted, are a farce and have been so ever since the war. In this part of the State espe? cially, more than two-thirds of thc read bauds are negroes, and the man bas never yet been discovered who could get work oui of the average negro, un? less he had tiie rieht to whale him or make his idlencs- cost bim something in ihe way of food or clothes. [Jade* these circumstances, it is a crime against good government to let our stat utes con? tinue to embrace such a road law ap that now in existence. It should bc repeal ed bodily and an entirely different plan adopted. We are not prepared to sug? gest apian at pres? nt, but it should contain two provisions-somebody should be made responsible for tho con? dition of public highways and compe? tent inspectors of such highways should hold office by appointment of the Gov? ernor, aud b?* paid foi their services. Charles E Coon, of ?New Yoik, will succeed ex-Governor Thompson as As? sistant Secretary of thc Treasury, and the friends of Governor Thompson are now a little exercised to know whom he will succeed. POLITICAL SCANDAL. During the election campaign last year, the Democratic Executive Com? mittee made it obligatory upon every man who should be chosen for an office in the primaries to pay into the party treasury a certain sum of money for de? fraying the necessary expenses of the campaign. The sum was, of course, small, as "floaters" and "blocks of ? five" do not enter into election calcula? tions in this State, as they do in Indi? ana. But small as it was, only seven out of fifteen elected county officers have paid it. Wc do not know who are the recreant eight, but, as this indict? ment stands good against the whole fifteen, we can not do less than an? nounce our readiness to publish the names of the seven men who have met their political obligations. The remain? der of the problem will then be a very simple question of addition and sub? traction. The County Executive Committee have debts outstanding against it which should be paid, but can not, for the reason stated. Surely our party has not honored any one with an office who will refuse to pay the pittance which it cost him. THE STAR ON COMMON SCHOOLS. We desire to call special attention to an exhaustive article from the Wilming? ton (N. C) Star entitled, "Danger Anead to Common Schools." This is the first tongue of flame which indicates the location of a fire that has smouldered for years. It is the first expression of a sentiment which all the force of law and all the power of Christian charity can not much longer hide. The negro is an enemy to our civili? zation, and the more we educate him the greater is bis enmity. We volun? tarily allow him two-thirds of our school fund, while our own children are grow? ing np in ignorance. He blandly ac? cepts our.gift but goes on striving to pull down and destroy our institutions. Charity begins at home, and were the negro ever so great a friend he would have no real right to any part of our school fund which he does not contri? bute uutil our own children were prop? erly provided for. With the money paid by the white people of this State and applied to school purposes, we could within a few years more than duplicate here the magnificent school system of Pennsylvania, the finest probably in the world, and send every white child in the State to school all the year. We could build brick school houses in every County, and erect a Normal College to train teachers to occupy them. All this could we think be done legally abd would be right morally. The negro is not, as a race, one of us and he has steadily refused for twenty' years to be? come one of us in any respect except to spend our money. Of course there are many negroes to whom these remarks do not apply but they are a hopeless minor? ity aud are not allowed to represent their people. "THE BLACK DEATH." in another column will be found a graphic description of the ravages of spinal meningitis in Kentucky. Some time since, when that disease was some? what prevalent here, many were dis? posed to poke fun at us on account of the extreme solicitude which we mani? fested. (This is, of course, only a polite way of saying that we were badly scared ) But it happens that, we have seeu somethiog cf this disease before and know something of its capacity when well under way. It appears in Kentucky in a particularly deady form, but even ia its mildest manner, it is a most terrible malady, and we may be thaukful that our city was visited so lightly. THE INTERNATIONAL S. S. ASSOCIATION. The following circular has been scot to the Watchman and Santhron. The matter to which it refers is most im? portant in a religious sense, and we hope pastors and officers of Sunday Schools, without reference to denomina? tion, will take hold of it with a view to bring about some concerted action. Those better informed will pardon us for suggesting that the monthly union meeting will afford a good opportunity for taking up the subject. The circular reads : SAVANNAH, ??A., February 25, 1389. PKAR BRKTHRKN : A chain of State Con? vention has been uri angeli fur and are to Le he'd ns follows : South Cundill*, at Charleston, March 26, 27 and 28th: North Carolina, at Charlotte, April 2. and 4th ; Florida, nt Lt-esburg, April t? and loth; Georgia, ai Brunswick, M .ty S. 9 and IO h Mr Wm. Reynolds, President of ?he Inter? national Association will he present at every one un 1 is on the programs. Many other [?ro!!i!uett-t, curliest and enthusiastic Sundny School workers will he placed on ihe pro l?C?m Would \nu pleise. ?io ul! t on can to ???i-e that four Count* is represented ?t your State Convention, K!MI pka-c have a notice nut in lour local papers free, of the time and place'.Of holding your Sta!? Convention and urging delegation to he sent. After reading thi* pie?se hand it lu som? leading Sunday Sr* h ru. I worker end "-lc them lo pass rt on The World** Sandal School Convention is to t... held in London, July I, 2, li and li!) Steamer Bothnia (('unarder) has tif-on char r,-r~d to !.;??*.?? N..v Vuik June ireh, ! J noon. !?.. wh.it von ....in to -.<?*. that your Stan* has .'?.'.agates elected ?Hld ??itt will yo. KxpenSCS will tc ?bout ?16? round trip, write W. N. il irtshom, Cttairnoui of Transportation Cotn inine**, f>o [trrouli-ld St , Boston, Mass . ronni No ?4. fot full ij.fi-rmation ?bout World's, Convention Will you'htve this notice also placed itt .'our local papers tit-e, thev will rarefy refuse if personally applied to. This csreuiar will he Sent to immy in th*- city where your Slate Convention :> lo de held and we hope you will attend all the exercises of the (Convention, you uiii !>?. rewarded; Talk nhout it-Work for it-Pray for it-every? Sunday S"hnol worker in reach of this Con vention ought not tu f-iil tu attend every session. Will you getgth.- pastor and Super? intendent le ie>id notice i ti vi . ?:i<r atten(h>nee the Sunday preceding thc Convention. When more than oue circular in enclosed please dis? tribute them, He? pee; ful ly. ll. B. RcrPARD, Vice-President Iuteiw*tiu:ud S. S. Association. A SUGGESTION. EDOEFIELD, March 10.-Court has been oc? cupied for the past three days in the trial of R. T, Jones for the murder of Edward Pressley, Sr. The case was given to the jury at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening They re? mained in their room until Snnday morning, wheu at 8 o'clock they announced to the Court that it was impossible to agree A mistrial was ordered. This is ti e fourth time Jones has been tried.-News and Courier. Woolfolk, the famous Georgia family an? nihilator whose neck has been so persistently saved by legal technicalities, had another piece of luck at Macon on Friday. Six jurors had been secured, after several days of work, when it was found that one of them had de? clared that he would make a mistrial oefore he would see Woolfolk go free. So the panel was discharged, a mistrial was entered and the entire basiness will be begun overagain. Exchange. The two great States of Georgia and South Carolina have each of them a pe? culiarly unwieldy elephant on hand. As the former does not know what to do with Woolfolk, and the latter is in a similar quandary regarding her star tragedian, Mr. R. T. Jones, we feel called upon to make a suggestion. As the States mentioned have been at great expense in maintaining their respective curiosities, it would be ad? visable to form a joint stock company and send them on the road. The com pany could be appropriately styled The Great Woolfolk-Jones Blood and Butch? ery Combination. It could be safely warranted to present nothing but his? tory and at the same time exhibit as much gore and murder in a given time as any other company on the road. Such a scheme would soon reimburse the Statis all they have lost. In case this plan be rejected, then the best thing to do, will be to arm Mr. Wool folk with an axe and Mr. Jones with a shot gun, and lock them up io a barn on a dark night. After the lapse of a .-easonable time the barn should be i burned. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., March. 8, 1889. The new administration is slowly gettiug down to work. The inaugural address was fairly well received here. It excited no enthusiasm among the Republicans and little criticism from the Democrats. He was careful to make no promises, contenting himself with general statements. The Cabinet is a queer sort of a com? bination when you take the trouble to I go over it individually, carefully uoting ! the personal characteristics of its mern- | hers. Like this, for instance : "Jingo Jim," otherwise known as Tames G. Blaine, Secretary of State. This is the man who deliberately wreck? ed the Garfield administration in order i to pay off an old personal score, and j who was himself wrecked in 1884. if j he does not have the new President in j a hard place very soon the new Pres- I ident will prove himself to be the pos ! sessor of much more strength than he is generally credited with haviDg. "Dorsey's Billy," alias William Wiu dom, Secretary of the Treasury. This is the man who stood by Blaine in the Garfield wreck. Having been repu? diated by the Republicans of Minnesota. ! he went to New York and became a sort of stool-pigeon for Steve Dorsey, of star-route uotoriety, in the floating of speculative, or as some people call I them, "wild-cat" schemes. A few ! j years ago Mr. Windom bad the Presi- j j dential bee buzzing in his hat at a ter- j j rific rate, and it would not be surpris- I j iog if he should follow the example of ? : John Sherman, who when he was Sec- ! j retary of the Treasury, turned the De- j I partment into a political machine to ! j boom himself for the Presidency j j Whether this would interfere with the i j future plaDS of Uargon or Blaine I j I cannot say. "Old Monopoly," alias Redfield! j Proctor, Secretary of War, is a man j that few people outside of Vermont i ever heard of before the last few weeks. ! I He controls all of the marble quarries | \ in Vermont and has thereby become j j rich, but nobody has yet been able ro j i discover any good reason why he should j j have been made a Cabinet officer, j "Coon Beuny," alias Benjamin F. j Tracy, Secretary of the Navy, is a mau of somewhat unsavory record. He was i colonel of a negro regiment for a while ! during the war and was afterwards in j command of the ojilitary prison at Kl I mira, New York, where ?O.OUO Con ! federates were confined. He gained t more notoriety as one of Beecher's law- ! ! yets in the great Beecher-Tilton scan I dal. He has been a chronic candidate ! for office in Brooklyn, but has always ! failed of election, even when be suc? ceeded in gettiog thc nomination. He j knows nothing about the Navy and j why he should have been selected is a i : question that is puzzling everybody, '? New York Republicans included. Jobo W. Noble, of Missouri, is the ; Secretary of thc Interior. Ile is well | ; known i it St. Louis, where lie has prac ! ticed law, but nobody in this section . ' ever beard of him until he was men- j j tinned a few weeks ago for his present ! ! position. j "Mc too," alias W. H. H. Miller, of j J Indiana, is Attorney General. The j I only reason for his being in the Cabinet . j is that he is Harrison's law partner. j "Cheap John,*' alias John YYanna- ? ! maker, of Pennsylvania, is the Post j : master General. Of course everybody I knows who he is in the Cabinet. He bought the place just as lie would any . *j-'b lot" of goods in which be thought : there was a profit. Thc price lie paid j -?100,000 - was a big one, and it is ! to be hoped that he does not expect to realize a profit on the tra:.sa?*!iou. "Fighting Jerry," alias John Husk, ; of Wisconsin, is the selection fir thc j . new Agricultural department His! ' . * . . I first prominence was obtained by the j proclamation ordering out. tho militia | during tho anarchist exeitement in Ins I State. That is how G<?v liusk got bis j title of "Fighting Jerry." He wi'l j have no anarchists to deal with in" his new position, however, and no troops at his disposal Now. there is the whole lot. Wh it I do you think of ihem ? Thc office seekers have jumped on ! Harrison with both feet, not withstand? ing his pathetic appeal to them in his Inaugural address to give him a little breathing time. The White House fairly swarms with them from the time j it is opened in the morning until it is closed at night, and they are here to stay until their money gives out, or they j getan appointment. The new Cabinet; oiheers arc all going through the same ; experience. All orders for Roofing. Guttering and Rc- j pairing done quick at T C. ScafiVs. Tariff Experiments in Australia. The resignation of the ministry of New South Wales, Australia, which was reported yesterday, is apparently a con? sequence of the difference on ?uanciai questions which arose in 1887, when Sir Patrick Jennings resigned on ac count of certaiu statements made by the colonial secretary. A new ministry was foi med under Sir Henry Parkes, who, in cxplaniniug his policy to the Legislative Assembly, announced that the Government would revert to the principle ot' pure free trade and under? take a thorough reformation of the disorganized finances of the colony. The ministers accordingly appealed to the electorate and obtained a working majority in the new Parliament. The ministers, however, were subsequently induced to resign, and now in turn their opponents have been defeated, and Sir Henry Parkes is at the helm again. The issue distinctly made is between protection and a tariff for revenue. New South Wales has always stood in marked contrast to the other Colonies of Australia, in having had a low tariff, and since 1874 substantially free trade. Victoria, on the other hand, has a high protective tariff. From 1870 to 1880 the increase in the revenue from the tariff in New South Wales was 37 per cent, and in Victoria naught; while the exports in New South Wales in? creased 53 psr cent and the imports CO per cent, against ll per cent and 17 per cent respectively in Victoria. A larger proportion of the population was engaged in manufactures than was so engaged io Victoria ; and in 1880 wages were higher, lt waa noted as an instructive contrast in 1886, that some of the boot and shoe manufacturers of Victoria were considering the plan of transferring their business to New South Wales, because what they gained by the Victoria tariff on imported shoes was not equal to what they lost by the tax on the leather and other materials they required.-News and Courier. - - lin A State Exchange for the Farmers' Alliance in Georgia. ATLANTA, GA., March 7.-The Farmers' Alliance has swept everything before it io this State, and virtually dictates the movements of the politi? cians. The county merchants have been pushed to the wall io many in? stances, and county ware houses have been established by the Alliance men. The work for a Stale Exchange has been completed. The officers of the State Exchange in session here to-day j are: Felix Corput, president; L. F. j Liviogstou, vice-presiJent : L. S Led-i better, secretary : R. A. Kelley, treas- j urer. President Corput, speaking of the j scope, purposes and membership of the body, said: "The purposes of the Ex? change are to conduct a general mer- j cantile busiuess, to act as agent for the ? purchase and sale of all kinda of farm j and orchard products and general for- j warding agents for all kinds of com- I . i modities. To erect, manage and operate ware houses, stock yards, grain eleva- ] tors, packing establishments; to manu-j facture guano or other fertilizers, and j all such other enterprises as may be j found necessary or advisable to their j proSt and betterment. That covers about all the ground on which the farm? ers' want protection. The Exchange will own property and be a person in law and will have the right to issue and float debenture or other bends and to do a printing and publishing business. "As to the capital, wc shall have a capital stock of ?1,000,000, ?200,000 of which has been subscribed, and $50, 000, or '2b per cent, will be called iu to begin operations with. We have 80, 000 members and 100 Sub-Alliauccs in Georgia. By transacting their business through the Exchange the farmers can buy the necessaries of life cheaper, and by being helped by the Exchange can hold their cotton until prices are forced up. It may hurt the cormorant, but the honest merchant need not fear. It will cut down the ceut per cent profits j of the merchants who sell on six | months' time and come down with their j mortgages and lieus at the first pick- j ing of the cotton in the fall. AU we j purpose doing is to offer goods at reason- j able rates. If the farmers can buy them cheaper anywhere else, or if they want to buy them anywhere else, they can do so. The plan is one for pro? tection solely. These cormorants, who have uiaeje the fanners squirm under their beaks for years, ought not com? plain if their prey escapes them and defends itself. The Exchange must be situated in a central city having good railroad facilities, so it can be accessible for trade and easily used as a distribu? ting point. Within these limitations the city offering us the best inducements in thc way of laud, building, etc., will secure the Exchange."-N. Y. Times. Duringa drunken row in Charleston after midnight Sunday morning, begun in an upper King Street bar room and ending on the sidewalk. William Minzenmater, a well known young man. was killed, Ids head being nearly cut from his body hy the stroke pf a j razor wielded by John Weir, who recently j went from Augusta. The trouble waa be- j tween "Factory" and "City" squads, and j was a savage one, several of the cotton factory men being seriously hurt. M uc zen maier was j of the ''City" crowd. ip - ?? <? Bad blood causes dyspepsia and dyspepsia reacts by causing bad blood. So both go on, '? growing worse, until the whole system is poi- ,' scned. The surest means of relief for the vic- ! tim is a thorough and persistent course of ? Ai er"? Sarsaparilla. Eclipsing all Competitors. In no branch of journalism at the South ; hus there been greater progress made, than in j lier agricultural literature Although the development has been slow, it has neverthe- i ?ess Leen steadv and permanent. The time- ' ? ? .i honored i>uulhern Cultivator, the text-book ot ? Southern farmers, lias been in a pre-eminent ! deg rei* the leading facto; itt this development, j The March number, in the forty-seventh year ' of it.- history, i:? on our twtde Sparkling and . bright as have been pri vions numbers, the number before ns eclipses any issue ever SHH : out in thc South Toe fact i.-. that the array j of valuable matter in its columns is simply \ overwhelming., and we must conten? ourselves j vvith a brief tnt-'ution of a few salient points ! The illustrations, a marked feature of The ! Cultivator, are all first-class, and add i ii tt-i .-st to Its pages. The articles from the pen of the j venerated !>r. Daniel bee are. in themselves, a : cy ri upi d?a ot info! malton, to s iv nothing of ' the contributions from the gined pens of stu n experienced men ns J If Wei born, H. li (Jreer. Mon. W. J. Northen. Thomas D. ! Baird, and a host of other.--. The "Alliance ! Department" is full to overflowing with words of wisdom from Hon. W..J. Northen, ? Hon. Kc lix Corput. Hon. i. V. Livingston I and other members of the Alliance. Take it all in all, Th*. Cultivator stands unrivaled in j agricultural journalism in the South, and de? serves io be in every Southern household. We unhesitatingly commend it to our reader?. Only Si per annum. Address thc Cultivator; Publishing Company, Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ca. ? nm ?-i TAKE IT IN TIMK, '.Ker wont of a na.:!, a shoo was lost : for j want of a sli?>o, a horse was lest; for want of a liorse, a rider was lostd' Never neglect strait | tiling. The f?rrfr sijns nf pneumonia and evin- j sumption can positively be checked by Dr. Acker's English Remedy fur Consumption. I ?uld hy J. F. W. DoLorino. Arithmetic Made Easy. Mr. J. S. Richardson, Jr., ia selling a useful book for pocket use. It 13 called Ropp's Commercial Calculator, and is designed to simplify and expedite calculations of every description. 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He will send these books to any address bj mail upon receipt of price. A fine line of Stone and Wooden Churns, Jars, &c, for sale cheap, at T. C. ScafiVs. Heating: and Cooking Stoves of all kinds very cheap at T. C. ScafiVs. Repairing Tin ware, Guns, Pistols, and all kind of work done promptly at T. C. ScafFe's' Stoves put up and repaired at short notice at T. C. ScafiVs. ---4? - AtW.VRROW ESCAPE. Cel. W. K. Nelson, of Brooklyn, came borne one evening, feeling a peculiar tightness in the ches;- Before retiring, he tried to draw a long breach but found it ahnott impossible. Ile suffered lour days from pneumonia, and the doc tors gave him up. Dr. Acker's English Remedy for Consumption s:i ve I him a pd he is weil to? day. Sold by J. F. W. Deborme. Lost or Stolen. ABOUT THE 4TH OF MARCH, a Black Terrier Dog, end of tail cut off, both ears cropped, answers to the came of Lex. When lost had a plated chain around his neck. A liberal ?eward will be paid for his recovery. E. SCOTT CARSON, Mch 13-4t. ^?OTTCET ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED NOT to trespass IQ any way on my lands in Clarendon County known as my Salem home place, all privileges heretofore granted are revoked. J. F. GAMBLE. March 8, 18S9._Mch 13-3t. NOT?CTTO TRESPASSERS. LL PERSONS not living on my ?dace, are hereby warned not to hunt, cut tim? ber, rake or otherwise trespass, by riding, driving, hunting, fishing or walking over the lands belonging to the undersigned. MRS. N. R. WITHERSPOON. March 13-6t OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTER. S. C , March 9. 1889. THE NEXT REGULAR EXAMINATION ci public school Teachers for Sumter County will be held on April 5th, 1889, for white teachers, at the public school building ; for colored teachers at the Lincoln School building. Applicants required lo furnish Iheir oicn stationery. JOHN T. GREEN, School Com. Sumter County. Mch. 13- 3t SHERIFFS SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on ih<? first MONDAY and day following in APRIL next, 1889, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legai hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the County of Sumter, in Bishop vi Ile Town? ship, containing ninety-eight and one-half acres more or less, bounded on the North by lands of A. C. Durant, East by I other lands of estate of Dora A. Barrett, on ' the South by the Camden road leading by : Arralt's Crossing on Scape O'er Swamp, and j West by lands of Mary L. Barrett, levied [liponas the property of George .M.Barrett, : in his own right, and as administrator of the i Estate of Dora A. Barrett, under the execti ! lion of Elizabeth J. James against George M. Barrett in his owe. right and as adminis'rator 1 of the Estate of Dora A. Barrett, deceased. One tract of land in Bishopville Township, containing eighty-six (86) acres more or less, bounded on the North by road to Consar's Mill and lands of R. 0. Dixon, on the East by road to Cousar's Mill, on the West by lands of R. 0. Dixon, public road to Bishopvijle, and W. D. Scarborough's land, and on the South by lands of J. W. Stuckey. Mill Branch and high water mark of mill pond, levied upon as the p.operty of W. H. Dixon under the execution of Altantic and Virginia Fertilizing Company against W. H. Dixon. E. SCOTT CARSON, S. S. C. Sheriffs Office, March 9, 1889._ L. W. FOLSOM, Successor to F. H. Folsom & Bro. SUMTER, S. C. Dealer in WATCHES, CLOCKS, Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Sterling Silver and finest Piated Bridal Presents. Rich Jewelry in Gold and Plate. Clocks, Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses, Gold Pens. Machine Needles and Ob for all Machines, Fishing Tackle, ?c. &c. The celebrated Royal St. John Sewing Ma? chine and finest Razor in America always on hand. .Repairing promptly aad neatly exe? cuted by skilled wo-knien. Ciders by mail will receive careful atten? tion. Sept. 5 WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON JOB PRINTING 6' cc c cc c o c o c o c c q ? WK carry a lar^e and com? plete stock of Cards. Envelopes j ( and Paper. Trial Justice's ? and other Blanks. All work! D E P .A, R padded \N hon so ordered. LETTER HEADS " -NOT 1 :~ 11E Al >S~^~ _ -BIL|.^ nE?l >S STATEMENTS . ENVELOPE' >.INVITATIONS ' P< ?STERS ? . . . ? ~ \. HANDBILLS" . - - - E 0 1 CIRCULARS N 0 . ._?_PAMPHLETS IO - . . . . "FOLDERS CARDS j. X (). TAGS is COMPLETE! eec co eoccccocc^ccoo LAW BRIEFS a specialty. We have facil- j ities for the prompt and correct execution j of this class of work. Constitution and By-Laws neatly printed and bound. Esti? mates cheerfully furnished on application, j THE EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society of the 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 the most desirable forms of Insurance. The Free Tontine Policies are unrestricted as to travel,-resi? dence and occupation after first year. Incontestible after twa years, and Non-Forfeitable after three years. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Agt, Jan. 2-0 Sumter, S. Cl THE LAST OFFER -AT COST! And for the Next 15 Days Only. There is nothing sensational about our matter, and we al ! ways have a good business rea? son for what we do-a reason ?that your common sense ap ! proves. Hence we offer to the public for a few days only, the following goods : OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF which consists of pepular shades, and low prices-say 25c. or 50c. each, or? dinarily sold at 50c. and 75c.-such as Children's Bows and Windsors, Four in-bands, in the latest designs and shapes. Our ?1.50 Men's Kid Glqve at $1.10. Our 75c. and $1.00 Ladies' Kid Glove at 55c. and 80c. fliteclMs! H?taMe?s! 50 doz. Assorted Handkerchiefs. Ladies' Hem-stitched Handkerchiefs Ladies' Hem-stitched Embroidered Handkerchiefs. Ladies' Hem stitched Printed Hand? kerchiefs. Ladies' Printed Hemstitched Linen ; Cambric Handkerchiefs. Ladies' Scalloped and Embroidered Handkerchiefs. Ladies' White and Colored Silk Handkerchiefs-All marked down at prime cost. We have also, left on hand, A FEW PIECES OF REAL NICE Casliro, Henriettas aid Tricots, which we will sell at cost, for cash only. Also a few Silk, Velvets and Plush goods. Room is what we want, and room is what we must have, to lay in cur ex? tensive spring stock. Remember, the sooner bought, the better. You can take time to look now. Choice is great? er, hurry less. So now is the time and & warn IS THE PLACE. I March 6. LAND FOR SALE. ATRACT OF LAND FOR SALE IN Stateburg Township known as the Sans Souci ylace. For references apply to HAYNSWORTH & COOPER. ? or G. BRADLEY, Feb. 27. Stateburg, S. C. Estate of F. J. O'Connor, Dec'd. ALL PERSONS having demands against the aforesaid Estate will present same 1 duly attested, and those persons indebted to I said Estate, will make payment without delay j to T. M. MONAGHAN, j Feb. 27. Administrator. j MAYESVILLE DRUG STORE. j DR. GEO. MCILVEEN & co. MAYESVILLE, S. C. HAYE OPENED A FIRST CLASS LINE ot DRUGS AND MEDICINES, And other goods usually found in a gen? eral drug business, including Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stulls, &c. Perfumery, Soaps, Toilet Articles, Combs and Brushes. Stationery, &c. A full line of Garden Seeds. Fine Tobacco and Cigars. Prescriptions carefully compounded-day cr night. Patronage of the surrounding country solicited and prices guaranteed as low as in any other market. Calls for medical attendrtnee left at the Drug Store will receive prompt attention. DR. GEO. McELYEEN & CO. Jan. 2 -x _ FIRST CUSS JOB WORK AT ?OTTOM PRICES* WATTnHUN AND SOUTHRON JOB OFFICE PATRONIZE HOME TALENT Life-Size Portraits in Crayon, MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, SUMTER, S.C. -BT MRS. E. J. DUNNE. Also prepared to teach a class in Drawing and Music Jan. 30. "J?O. T. GREEN, Attorney and Counsellor at SUMTER, G. H., 8. C. Col lection of claims a specialty.. Jone 20. The largest and most complete estaHiskmtnt South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, ^ Manufacturers of Doon, Sash, Bli, lilli ?irs suiLsnra gans?t. OFFICE AXD W?REBOOXS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 1 - .o Our Favorite Singer Drop L*af, Fancy Ccrer, Larg? Drawers, iiickel Rings, Tucker, Ruffler, Brader, Four Widths of Hemmers. on one wr?k's fia!. r><?Kverc<? Fn ypor bit ft? ffrcight chu;? s. ) uy ot.ly of Manufacturer*. Safe C^:>va%<rrs* C >!?mi.??..h>Hs. G't New Mach .a?* Avliir^.-s Cf cir.uLrs . nj Te>:-:n?.o?ls, Co-cperatiTs) Sewing Michhe -?Q Ontnee Strep*. PUib?d?Iphf?. Tn. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, notice is'herehy given that ts* Mder* signed heretofore doing business as co-part? ners under the firm name of Osteen ?t Richardson, dissolred their copartnership on the 15:h day of January, 1889. AH parket indebted to said firm will settle such indebted* ness with W. L. Osteen. W. L. OSTEEN, S. D. RICHARDSON. Feb. 19-4 _i MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER, Is TH S Co CRT OF CoMMOS PLKASJ. The Dundee Mortgage and Trust in? vestment Company. Plaintiff, against Mary Henrietta Coojar, Defezdotit. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made Ho the above entitled cause and dated Feb. 26th, 1889, I will sell at public auction ia front of the Court House in the City of Sum? ter in said State, on Monday, April 1st, 18S9-being Salesdar-between the hours of ! 1 o'ciock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock io tb. afternoon, the following premises, to wit: * All thnt plantation or tract of land with the dwelling-house and other improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Mayee ville Township, in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina, containing three hundred and twelve acres, more or less, bounded on the North, East and West by lands of Mrs. Sophronia A. McBride, and on the South by lands ?ow or formerly of T. Hazell Dirk, said plantation being known aa the "Home Place" of Mrs. Mary Henrietta Cooper. Terms of sale-Cash. To be paid on day of sale. Purchaser to par for papers. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Mob. 6. Master for Sumter Co. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Is THE COURT OF COMMOS PLKAB. Richard C RieJuxrdson, Plaintiffs a aa in st Henry G. Sc?rborougK^ J fen ry W. Scarborough, Battle J\ Scarborough and others, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made ia the above entitled canse and dated Jan. 14th, 1889, I will sell at public auction ia front of the Court House in the City of Sun*? ter in said State, on Monday, April la\ 1889.-being Salesday-between* ta? hom* of ll o'clock in the forenoon anet 5 o' clock ia the afternoon, the following premises, ta wit : All that tract or parcel of land, situa near Bishopville, in the County and aforesaid, containing ninety-two (92) more or less, bounded on the North by of Dr. R. Y. McLeod; on the East by la of M rs. L. J. Dixon ; on the South by 1 of Dr. R. E. Dennis, and on the West lands of Dr. R. E. Dennis and lands now of formerly of Dr. I. E. Dennis. Terms of Sale-Cash. - Purchaser to pay for Titles. JOHN S. RICHARDSON. Heb. 4,1889. Master for-SwBUrOtt