Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. The Sumter Watchman was fonuded to 1850 and the True Southron ia 1866. The Watc/bnan and Southron now has tao co?biced circulation and infiuence ef both of the o]d papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium ia Sumter. ?D?TOEIAL ?TEMS" The Wisconsin W. C. T. ?. has gent a letter to Mrs. Harrison asking ber Influence to banish al! kinds of alco acHc liquors from the White House daring her residence as mistress. Thirty-four young men will be grad? uated tit the State University in Juse. Steven %( them will study law, four medicine, four will become farmers and eleven will follow other industrial occu? pations. Miss Mary Anderson has been oui te tick in Baltimore, and was one day re? ported insane. Bat she is now rapidly improving and will be able, it is thought, to 511 her engagement in th? monumental city. So many tributes to the memory of j Capt. Dawson and messages of sympa- j thy with his family have been received ? that the News and Courier has been compelled to anneuuee its inability to j publish them all. On Monday Ex-President Cleveland i Was 52 years old. Ile celebrated the j event by rising esrty and starting on i his Havana trip in company with Ex- j Secretary Vilas aud Ex-Postraaster i General Dickinson. Mrs. Cleveland remains a\the Tictoria Hotel, N. Y. j Mr. W. L. Washburn has been ad-! milted to the firm of L. C. Ligon & Co., j publishers cf the Aiken Journal and Review. He has been foreman in the j ?iSce of that paper and is said to be a | capable man. If he improves the J. \ find B. he will improve what is already 1 a very good paper. The Federal Government proposes io ; build a navy yard on Hutchinson's i Island, near Savannah Georgia, it is ! supposed that this ts the opening wedge j which is to split the solid South. The j Navy yard is ail right, but those who j ?appose it will change Georgia politics | on national questions w'?l be grievously mistake*. The Alliance ?s engaged in a very ! dirty quarrel in Spartanbarg. It is a j guano quarrel, it appears that their ! agent for securing fertilizers, has been ; discovered in an attempt to fill his own j pockets at the expense of the Alliance people and they have given him the grand bounce. He, however, declines : to be bounced, and has appealed. Editor J. S. Clarkson of .o<-.a, has \ been appointed first assistant postmaster general. He is known to us as thc [ mao who paid ?250 for the stolen mail- ' lng list of the Voice, prohibition news paper. This was a plain case of rcceiv- | ing stolen goods knowing them to be ? stolen. He is a proper man to assist such a cabinet as Mr. Harrison Las j chosen. Mr. Whitelaw Reid wants to bc ! minister to St. James. We hope be j will get the position. Mr. Reid is : editor of the New York Tribune, a' bitter but (as near as possible) honor-1 able Republican and a man of large ; brain. Col. E. F. Sheppard editor of j the Mail and Express, (or as To day ealls it the Mule in Distress) wau ts to . go somewhere, and we suggest Hay ti ; as a suitable place for him. Ile will be hard to please if he fails to get his j fill of rebellion th?rc. The Democratic Legislative caucus j of the State of Tennessee has decided I to change the 3d and 4^h Congres- . * sion ai districts of the State. Two Republican counties will be taken .off the 3d district, which is alway? very j /close, and will le represented in the 51st Congress by H. Clay Evans, lie publican,and added to the 4th, now lepreseoted by Benton McM??tn, and which gives 9,000 Democratic majority, i Two D?mocratie counties are to be ' taken off the 4th district and attached to the 3d, making thc latter distict Dem? ocratic beyond quesnon. Tennessee. evi4eptly proposes that the break ir. the solid South shall begin outside her borders. The Kenning'on (London) electi :r> last week, which resulted ip. seating Mr. Mark Beafoy as represe n tr. ti ve of that ; district, is a sign of the times which is | not only a surprise to the Tori* -, but causes general comment, and which in dieatcs the rapid strides made hy the Liber?is. The star of Mr. Gladstone is again in the ascendant, and :\.f thm is rapidly approaching when he wi;I again be called to the head of the Br ii Uh government. The action id the press nt ? government in supporting the T?virs newspaper in the Parnell investigation and the dismal failure to si:; ;,-,:r tho allegations against Mr. Parneil. have greatly weakened public confidence the Tory administration. Mr. G! i sfrooe is now received with cheers, where but a few months age ho was greeted wifch hisses. The Sumter Watchman re-Sect's se? verely on the many newspapers that regularly publish Dr. Taimare*? .-ir? ai on s , l-ut we haven't noticed that if has anything to say about rh:; numerous other paters that puhli.-b il..- so cain i Rev. Irl U. Illa's periodical storm pre? dictions. If [)r. Talma ge do: s not l?? vate a men, morally and spiritu?ti!y. ho at least puts him to thinking, while Irl Bil puts weinen and children to bed j with need?e.?s fear ni;.] trembling, -.. i makes a mockery of saered thia^s j Put down Hix Srst, then so into the great Talmage fight.-Anderson JWr nah Our experience of women and children coaviuces us that they are foud j cf being scared, and that such men as Mr. Hix are necessarj social irritants. They are a sort of mental and moral j porous plaster, which prevents inflama I tion ia many idle and thoughtless ! minds. Besides, Mr. Hix got Feb i ruary down to such a fine point, that we j feel some delicacy in pointiog the finger ! of scorn 3nd incredulity at him. EGALITE. At thc las: term of the Conrt of Gen I eral Sessions for Pickens County, three i men, out of sis indicted, were convicted j of murder. It was charged that they, j with others unknown, lynched one j Waldrop, for so abusing a little negro j girl that he caused her death. All the J parties indicted were, with a single ex I cepiion, negroes, aud all those eouvict I ed are negroes. It has never been j claimed, so far as we know, that Wal i drop was innocent cf the nameless ! crime for which be suffered, ile was a white man, and was guilty. The men I convicted of his murder are negroes j and certainly assisted to kill him. This is a plain and simple statement of a case which is properly causing much excitement in this State Some news? papers fall back upon a species of cyn? icism which is an insult to their intel? ligence and totally uuworthy of imita? tion. They content themselves with bintitjo- that this is the first instance in which negroes have lynched a white j man, and also the first case iu which i j lynchers have been convicted of mur- j der. Others express surprise that any jury should have brought out a verdict cf guilty in such a case. Some few persons admit that-the convicted men should suffer, but it is plain that our people feel, that in their judicial death, a crime would darken our history, \ darker by far than that for which these men are required to lay down their lives. It is useless to find fault with the oiScers sod machisery of the Court of j Sessions which convicted the Pickens j lynchers. It is both foolish and unjust to blaine the jury for a verdict which j no one denies to be in accord with law j and evidence, and yet our people say in ; tones that are unmistakable; these u-ien j ams* not die. I j There exists, and has ever existed in j South Carolioa, an unwritten law, that j fee who commits the nameless crime ! m-ust df"e without thc legal verdict cf I Iris peers. Human nature cannot wait j for the law's delay in the punishment of j an offense which violates the first prin- i ciples of cur existence-a felony, in j comparison with which murder sinks to j the grade of a misdemeanor. And we j have but to look back o-?er our history ? to aee how surely and swiftly the innate j ferocity cf our race metes out justice to ? bim who is thus guilty. This is a law j which exists in spire of legislatures and j constitutions, and is- the last and only j ineradicable relic of the time when man j was thc avenger of his own wrongs. ; Unlike ether organized violence, it is a j feature of thc highest civilization, and | every one who reads what we are writ-1 ing feels in his inmost soul how utterly j futile are the efforts of even the great- ; est civilizer-Christianity itself-to j stem the torrent cf feeling and control j the actions of mea wheo vengeance j calls for the punishment of a man who ; ts guilty of the unpardonable siu against his race. Such being the situation, the people j of this State can not find it in their ) hearts to hang two negroes iu Pickens ; (one of the three has been granted a new j trial) for doing that which every hon- j orabie man in the State would feel cali- j cd upon, by nature and "custom, to do : under simitar circumstances. If ever ? there was a case deserving of executive ? clemency, this is one, and our people j should respond to the efforts that are ? Icing made in behalf of these unfortu- i nate men, ia a manner that will admit of no mistake. They are now awaiting I execution, and every man who lias felt j what v?e have feebly attempted to put in wards, especially the hundreds who ; have assisted at the execution of unnat- I ural criminals, should raise their voices ; for mercy. Many feel that it is dangerous, to allow negroes the same privilege in ! such matters as white mea insist upon asserting: fearing that their ignorance : will ?ead extremes that may result tn horrible mistakes. But wo must allow them the same privilege which we ; claim., arid punish them only when mis-j takes aro mad.'. Law ts a necessity am] its conisi?tency : should always bc maintained, bul there aro cases where tho law is harsh. Knowing ii.is, our fathers made our chief executive rae ol ti-cate couti of ap? peal and thus blt a narrow channel through whian tao muk i>t human kindness ms* ??ow !..? ah our people. Since ti;-- above was written thc col? ored people of ti.is city have mel arni formulated a petition to the (*ovcrn?tr. Goodbye.^-- Lancaster /. >? r. lt has been rumored for o long while that j edge Prcssley would retire at the Ci?se ot eis current term, tu-, a?! ?: ose who take sn interest in publia aS -lt - and in the proper and rigorous execu? tion of the law, must have hoped those rumors were groundless. Our State contains few public men of ! Judge Pressley's great age, who have during thc whole course of their life, received so great a share of the people's confidence and respect as he: nor has any man ever shown himself more wor? thy of such confidence. His life has been devoted to a conscientious dis? charge of his duty, and the voice of slan j der has never fouud an echo in his con ! duct. He possesses a marvelously I thorough knowledge of his profession, ! and even in his early youth exhibited J an aptness for it which is exceedingly j rare. At the age of twenty-three he j published a volume on "The Laws o? Magistrates," which was endorsed and highly complimented by the Supreme Court of the State. It has long been out of print, but that it is still a most useful book is evidenced by the fact that it is very costly. Judge Pressley, it ! is hoped, will revise this book during his retirement, and have it republished. May his remaining years be as full of j quiet happiness as his life has been of usefulness, is the best wish with which I his people can follow him. CURIOUS 'PHENOMENON. What ? am about to describe hns been a ; puzzle to rae for about, one year and six j months, and 1 think some reader of the Jour- \ nalniAS be able to exptain it. Something j I has developed in my eyesight. What it is I i I do not know, but I will do my b.-st to de- j I scribe it. This something I can see at will, ; and when I do not want to see it it will not j come. I only see it in the light. It will take ; many changes, ever? changing its shape while :. I am looking at it. it seems to be composed , of changing pearls strung together. This line of shining pearls has oeen growing larger | ever since I first noticed it-in each eye a i different line. One line will twist itself in ail ! kinds ot shapes while I am looking at it. and : seems to be about four feet from me, in front. : It has increased lately to a great size. I-f 1 look at the right line, then I do not see ! the left one, and looking at the left one will j force the other away. I am in perfect health j and have first class eyesight. Perhaps some doctor will say the phenomenon is caused by j disease of the eyes. Will somebody explain | the cause ?-Journal This phenomenon is a mild form of a disease which is rather uncommon in this State, but is indigenous to Ken- ; tacky, it is there known by the pop- j ufar but peculiar name of "Got "Km : Again.'1 The technical name is far \ less expressive and seldom us'-d. The young end playful sometimes refer to this malady as '.J.J.," but such levity should not be encouraged. Thc sufferer, whose symptoms are so j clearly described in the above extract, ! should be extremely thankful that they are no worse We ouce knew a man ' to have a tremendous struggle in his bed-room with a pair of tongs, under : the impression that it was a large and j venomous snake. The result was most j disastrous to thc furniture Another, j similarly ai?l?cted, was ferociously at? tacked hy a lamp post and bardy CS- \ caped with his lifo. A third sat down \ in the street, pulled off his boots, ano . started off barefooted. In reply to a ! question he stated that his boots were \ so infested with rats ha could net wear , them. ? I These are but a few of msuv forms in ! which this disease appears. Often thc ob jects seen are numerous and (d' various kinds. Lying in bed one night wondering whether or not Cleveland would be rc- j elected, a gentleman was surprised to \ observe a peculiar and unknown animal crawl th rou ? h a knot hole in thc: ceiling. It was followed in thc course of a few ; minutes by an assortment of animal i and reptile life which would have pu? to shume Barnum's menagerie sud the ? British museum combined. Having been there before, he simply availed ? himself of that old and reliable remedy Mr. Weller applied to the voters of Eatonswill. He put his head under the pump, and the monstrous host j immediately proved itself to be the : baseless fal?ric of a vision. We once \ visited the office of a gentleman, much : noted for his good humor and kindred i virtues, and were surprised to find him j calmly seated on the top of a high desk. He explained by declaring that a large snake had b':en chasing him and had bul that moment retired to thc wood box. Wc have enquired of a distinguished physician the cause of this uueer affec? tion. His reply is brief, and moy be, intelligible to those who aro familiar with the technical terms of his profes? sion. It is: "Too much lush." BREEZY. The new weekly j?".; or to he started at l?nnsberg soon to l>e enlied the Drf.*z<v>\\>\ will t.v published hy Mr. Wi h^rspoon, Ol Manning. S. C.- ?J-trnw-'.il SeMinel. Mr. Witherspoon i.- the proprietor of thc Clarendon Enterprise, and has distinguished himself as t'-ie second mau i;> the history of the State, h.dd enough to publish a black list nf delin? quent subscribers. His single prede? cessor ;.i tats i'.t'r' was a ::>uri named Weir, who published a piper in C'duin ola many voa rs ago. Tradition states . I , , 1.. 11. . . . . 1 M 1 ?bal ne was t!/'.- most f-horoug'uy and fre? quently whipped man imag:;sabi<\ ile became so ace us t n med t i ? cast i''*a? ion that .-n-'U'd ne na: pen to m.-.-: a u> m Sudds ti Iv and stiii'Apectedly, ii?: would .-tar: i s-?i?i . o i wait to be ku"cked down. S?? va-* rions were ::?'. me; hods di nt t ? : * r. ne amused himself wo nd >ing where ?nd L. aw i,? x? ina II would hit Lim. ??.' p ' .'i . ??;;';:. poon win have grater luck Were ho ns weal*hv a. ./!}.:.< s * * it-;.?'. ?> -t*. we sn u'd !'..'.? ti.ry ero?around ; ti? VV nile J ! use worse i int ii ever; :\< ??st a's-cbc posi? tion U ii i d the dis:tp;..,i::t..d appUuaats, ?og?ead t; gening <-v.t of the way simply-apply for something else. One such with a solid State delegation be? hind him has been "turned ?owrr* three diff?rent times this week for ns many positions. "Jingo Jim'' Blaine is holding his : own tiuito bravely and those who did not think he would boss* the machine arc beginning to weaken already. The very first appointment made served Blaine a two-fold purpose. It rewarded a friend-ex-Senator Palmer, of Michi? gan-and displaced an enemy--]ion. Perry Bel-moor, but recently appointed Minister to Spain. Swift, of California, Minister to Japan, and Washburn, ol Massachusetts, Minister to Switzerland, are both rabid Blainites, likewise Batcheller, of New York, second as? sistant Secretary of the Treasury, to say nothing of Eogene Schuyler, of New York, assistant Secretary of State, and Walker Blaine, of Maine, examiner of ejaims for the Department of State. This !ast is a son of "Jingo Jim," and it was the intention of his father to have made him assistant Secretary of State, but, owing to a recent death, the position of examiner of claims was vacant, and as it was more likely that that he can remain permanently in that place the change was made. Walker Blaine has not his fathers ability in looking after the "main chance," ia fact it is extremely doubtful whether he could earn ?1000 a year without the assistance of thc old mau. There was some kicking among the Illiuois Republicans here on account of the appointment of Geo. Tichenor, of that State, to be assistant secretary of the Treasury. Windom made the se? lection and demanded the appointment, because he knew the man and wanted him. Harrison yielded and made the appointment, but to conciliate the Illi? nois kickers lie assured them that Tichenor should not be charged against the quota of that State. Visitors to the Navy Department find things very different freni what they were when Mr. Whitney presided over that establishment. Thea everybody had access to the Secretary, now, you arc stopped in an aate-roota and com? pelled to state your business to a clerk before you are allowed to go into the inner sanctum of the grand mogul, and you are not allowed to go at ail unless the clerk shall feel so disposed. Mr. Tracy seems to have contracted the .'big head'" pretty quickly. Senator Payne attempted to stop the useless and expensive sum mer trip that the Senate select coin mit toe "on rela? tions with. Canada'*' propose taking this summer ir; making what they are pleas? ed to cal] an investigation. , Mr. Payne regards this committee as nsurpatory of the functions of thc President, and as interfering with the duties of the regu lar Senate com mn tee on foreign rela? tions. It was no use, however. The ? Republicans wore determined that this committee should have its excursion at Government expense, and the only sat? isfaction Mr. Payne had was to place himself on record as hoing opposed to the whole thing. The army of ox-office holders who are asking rc-apnoinrment as a vindication have so far all beet? left out. The future docs not appear cheerful to them. Thc "new blood"' fellows appear to be on top and fr-.-::; present indications they will remain 'hore. Mutterings arc already beginning to be hoard against Harrison's tardiness in making appointas en t:". Tho reason why he does nc? go faster is that it takes so much time to settle tito fights cf the rivai candidate:-. ! ivs. Secretary Vilas. who believes in doing the courteous thing at all times, gare a dinner ou Tuesday everting in honor of Ins successor, Secretary N.-aic. Ex-Senator Muh ne is Hying around Vi ashington Irving to find something lo get uuiu o?. i A ?j ..,.:.-> uaaiy u i.-a j ... ??< - cd at being left out of thc Cabinet, but ii willing now to take something else. There is a rumor about his having call? ed on President liai:ison on Wednes? day and being badly snubbed. S- nator Beck is Lack in his scat in the Se nate, seemingly entirely recover? ed Ile was warra!1,' congratulated by , his colleagues of both parlies. Ile be-' gan his third Senatorial term on tho fourth ins?at:t.. 1 i -?SO ? > - <r=-^. Sec-king Clemency foi* Lynchers, j A 'printed circular, 1,000 copies cf j which will bc circulated through th<; ; city to-day, states thar at- a meeting'of colored residents of Columbia, held on ? the Pith inst., tlie death sentence pro- j trounced upon two colored men found guilty of participai::-:: in the lynching ; of Waldrop in Pickens County was : considered, and resolutions adopted n> (king to the petitioning of the Gov? ernor tor clemency. The circular sets forth thal thc ?ynco- ? ing of WaidfiD was for OMitraging an . innocent colored girl and causitij; her j doatii. The resolutions urge nrominen' colored tuon, ministers of tho Gospel and good, fair minded white men. to ' consider thc matter an i j on in taking the necessary steps to appeal to Govi Uichardson to u e his executive power to have the lives of the two convicted men spared Those who consent to join in the mt?vernen: are urged to send it; the petitions by Apiii ?'st, as rho men convicted are sentenced to be hanged on ! ?rio 5til ol that moa:!;, 'li:.- name oi Irwin J. .Mili: r is signed as chain -~Coiu::iZin fiji's'' /''. A Naiv Invention. .1 /V'av', /./ Mfin //?:./,<.< a /J.;.* Whlh lu T.-i . IA., .'.! >rch i s - ?. m. !\ t'avctt. :<. :'< mau at rho works ot >'.w Porter M.loo company, made publie t lie ni ans he has pr? ti ?i i i ti far n new su b marine ram, aa i :?. x- vi < . !: ?bey wi!i bo laid before th- secretar) td 'in' navy Mr. Ca vet? bas produced a boat tara; can -l t deadly W OK in ti nannie, ami ?av's onslaught.-. Ti..- boat will ':.<. titi di with liie wa*or lint , and wii-i h..YO a tur? an I-I tao heaviest ts m era J at < 1 . ! . > w rr?. T . tr.? ._:?! i ai; ilK'SS ( sid in t U>' rain Wit! bc ...au e . 1 *1 * *. . ' 1 : - ? i so !. . i ta-- s ? ?a ro pct: tc ".:e. and tii- r-- v ii! bo no p;-s sibiriiy cf t!"- rod ^-rn ?ag. Mr. Cavell promises a speed of twenty to tweety two knVita ari hoer. He says that he bus com j utcd the striking force ff tho pi ton, ai.d estimates that with a sixty i tou force if. will knock a plate from the j heaviest man-of-war afloat. Only six i men will be needed on board the boat, j and the only vulnerable place on the ! craft will be a email glass covered aper I turo about a foot square for the wheel j man. So small and compact will bc the ? wicked little vessel that, it can ber car ! ried on board of a man-of-war and be j used in encounters at sea as well as for ? harbor defense. j A. Few Plain Words With Toilers, i _ During thc campaign thc Star and ; all other earnest Democratic papers ! urged upon the laboring classes the fol ; ly of expecting that a Chinese Wall j arrangement, would bring in prosperity i while shutting out foreigu products. I It was urged again and again that the i Chinese Wall was erected pureiy and ' only for the benefit of selfish and greedy I Monopoly and that if persisted in it I would destroy the prosperity of the ! country as it had destroyed the shipping I of thc United States on the high seas. j It was urged agaio and again with ail i possible emphasis that the only safety ! to the laborers was another arrangement s I -another system of Protection that i would safely shield tlx) American labo? rers against the competition of imported labor. But this fell on dull ears and unbelieving hearts. The song of Mo? nopoly was still enchanting to the toiler in factory or mine and he listened with ! enravished ears to the same old lullaby i ...? j -the same old intoxicating and be? numbing strain. How any man of the most common ; intelligence can get it into his noddle , that a law that makes ali necessaries of j life much higher, can possibly be to his j advantage so long ajfc the toilers of the ! world are allowed to come in and take ; the broad from the mouths of his family ; and either cut down his own wages or I turn him out altogether, is beyond us. ! Thc lesson for everv laboring mao in these United States to learn is this; i that the law of sur ply and demand j affects labor just as it affects all inter? ests. When you crowd tho market ; with too many cabbage, or too many j oranges, or too many watermelons the ' prices run low. Thc de maud is not equal to thc supply. There is more : sellers than there are buyers, i So when you fiil thc country or a j community or a State wi:h too many ! working people then the price cf labor j cheapens. lowers, faljs, ernes down. : Reverse all this and you will have cor? responding increase id" wages or profits. : When there is a scarcity nf labor then ; thc working people obtain good prices, j The foreign cheap laborers who aie : imported are destroying the wages of American working people. That is the ; whole secret of thc low wages of the ? country. A Protective Tariff against ; the importing of cheap foreign labor is thc need of the ti tues . You may make thc Tariff in good times as high as it is now and you will j only make the monopolists richer while I you starve the laborers, unless you will also protect thc latter against foreign ! competition. Put an importation tax i on foreign iabr>r tr yon would benefit I ?he laborers of this cou::try. There are far moro laborers than work. Think of if ; these very Monopolists import constantly foreign labor because ! they get it cheaper than heine labor. Workingmen should study their own interests.- Wil?iiuqton Star. Very Literal Obedience. '.People ar.-- always making fun of us Russians for taking things so literally,'' said a Russian major, in whose com? pany David Ker was ascending the Dneiper, "and not without some reason, ? must admit. irou remember that Story you told me the ot h .-r cay about a man who had a china cnn given to him a?= the model f-r a complete set, and finding that it had been racked and mended, turned out the whole set crack? ed and mended tn the vcrv same way ? ? Weil. I could rind you'half a-dozen | men in any Russian tern you like v. ho ! would do jest thc same thing them- ' selves." "Very likely," said I, -though I j doubt whet lier they would carry their j literal obedience quite so far as the j American printer who was told to 'fol- j low copy/ and when the copy blew out : of the window, jumped after it and broke his leg." "Well, j can match even that," laughed Major K. "Did you ever hear how the telegraph line between St. Petersburg and Peterhof was left un of?ccred ? Well, you know, before the electric wires wore laid, tvs used to tel- j egraph in the old fashion way hy sig- j nais, and all along the Peterhof road i there wera signal stations placed just, j within sight of each other, and at each i station a clerk wi:ii strict orders io rc- j peat exactly any signal made by his ! right-hand or left-hand neighbor. One j day the first clerk on th? linc, in a fit. of ; despair at having lost nearly ail his j money, hanged himself on the nearest ! telegraph post, His nert neighbor, i seeing this, took it for a signal, and j instantly strung himself up in like ? manner, and the end of it was that all ; the clerk-* on thc line hanged them- \ selves iu regular rotation. "Well.,i remarked ?. "?hat's no ? worse than the story of the order sent I from Pekin to the authorities of a great I Clti?rsc town, -commanding that a cer? tain native merchant should be 'hung np in .hi- counting-house :' and then ! aft r his execution somebody discov- j ered tis::? the words should have been translated, 'suspvndtd in Iris office.' " Thc Clems< n Will Gase. The ease of isa'bi ila Lee vs. K \\ . Sim;- oi. executor of thc will of i\ ii Clendon, came Up before .1 K Ilagood. : special rt feree. at Charleston. Friday, thc object being thc introduction of tes? timony ! ' bo presented before the ! aired States Circuit C< n;r Tho evidence submitted ? a ; altogether documentary .AP!, !.... exception id Colonel Stmi?j?ott*s !;.. -:.- i'i case. l i-.; hearing was ad j oirne-.l io m-ct at Pendieton probably : ?i-< ut the M:';ii of the pr? > rd month, wbeb ot io r wi??K .-? . s tor tho defendant v, ill oe sw ...rn. j ?.dont 1 t>ir says that too rase would iv heard sometime in May in Charles-| .HI. before Clilef: JT?'s?icc i nlier. Dis Jud:;'? Si m e. ri ton and ti.-iii!" ti cu ?i dud Thu rbed. deiaibated ftv!i?.g. so peculiar lt. Jm?ieales d prav.d ! ?-md. XoW i:i i-eM?ro; j.?M-.r.! energy, a-ttd infuses new lite ind ?rigol into t\ li ore ol tito hotly. Soie A uer.I i<-r tit- .-,-!? j.r..?;-?! F-.rmt r's (?irl '?,... .> Si'jve ? Sumter Conn tv is ?it T. C. Try vVheat Granules, 20c. package, at ? ucker ?t ! lal t net e.. \ fine line of Stone and Wooden Churns, Furs, Sic, for sale cheap, at T. C. Sca?Vs. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup has no rivals. 25 cents. I contracted some weeks ago a severe cold with p*in in my side ?md shoulder. I ._'.-??c your Salvation Oil a tr;*!, and it relieved rue at once. Chas. S Gil? ert, Ballimore Md. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething:. It soothes the child. softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 2?c a bottle. All orders for Roofing, (?uttering and Re? pairing done quick at T C. ScaftVs. -AT MU S Bli TMAX S GrEOCERY. FISH ROE, BONELESS CODFISH, NO. F MACKEREL, WHITE FISH, Great variety of CANNED FISH, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Fresh Lobster. Fresh Salmon. Fresh Mackerel. Sugar Corn. Early June Peas. Keeker's Wheat Granules and Oatmeal. Baker's Chocolate, Cocoa and Broma. The best Tea. The Freshest and Nicest Crackers, always at 1)11 !\ ii li & UbhiMiA Bi March 20. Estaie of Mary S. ^IcCwtchei^ MINOR IWILL APPLY to thc Judge of Probate of Sumter County on the 'Jodi day of April, 1S50. for a final Discharge as Guar? dian of Person and B?tate of said Minor. .JOHN J. SHAW. Guardian. March 20. 1889. ;_ FOR SALE. . 0*VE HORSE, ONT. BUG GT, One Set Buggy Harness, One Set Wagon Harness, Que Gold Watch, Propertv of F. J. O'Connor, deceased. A ppiy r'o T. M. MO N A G1 i A X, March 20 4 Administrator. H0T10E"HI?HW?Y? OFFICE OP Colliny Commissioners, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C.. March 20, 1883. nniIE LAW PROVIDES .hat al! Public j Highways leading directly to Charleston, Colutmda, Camden, Georgetown, Cueraw and Hamburg shall oe thirty ?Vet wide, and all other Public Highways shad Le twenty feet wide. The County Commissioners find that tins ;.ow is not observed ,'ihat parties ?ire plough? ing in the highways, aral tho? obstructing the same. The public generally are new in f? rm '?i on this subject, and any violation ut thi.-s i . '.v will be promptiy prosecuted Toe County Cora tut: sion ...rs will thank any citizen to report to them the names of any parties who may violate the law ia lias matter. Bv order of P? iai d, TiiOS. V. WALSH, Clerk. March 20 2t Advance conv two times. ' IFEB??L ISO F SOS, FOR A LL VARIETIES OF POULTRY, WILL MAKE YOUR HENS LAY 1 lt keeps lewis ia best condition, and makes poultry the most profitable stock on the tarni. When the Imperial Fog Food is ?ed accord? ing to directions, sick and drooping chicks will never he seen, it supplies al! the need? ed material for forming hone, muscle, and feathers, and by its gentle toniceHect strength? ens the digestive organs and jays tlie founda? tion for vigorous, healthy, and therefore, profitable few's. They win also be fitted for market a month earlier than by common treatment. For sale bv Dr. A. J. CHINA. March 20. Ely*s'Ureamt*aiirt Ciejmses the2vassIPassages. Al? lay:-: jjo?a?'mnnt?Gn. jtieals tho Sores. Restores clio Senses cd" Taste, Smell s&d Hearing. A pw.ritr?? la cppliei! titi?? ?nch nostril nnt? i:i acrc?i?M<% i>r?:,<'.'?ti.*. i;;-:!aa:*?*> cr by sarli.-:.: rJIiOTilKKS.r. \YY.rren>r..XewYork. Lost or Stolen. 4 POUT THE .'.TI: OF MARI H. a Black ?\ Terrier Dog, end. of tai! cu! oft, both tars cropped, answers to the a.?aa- of Lex. Whoa lost hid a plated chain arra.:.! lits neck A liberal rewan: w ia \ <? paid'"for his rec??vcrv. E. SCOTT CARSON, M ch ?3 -lt. NOTICE. i LL PERSONS ARK WARNED NOT v to trespass m any way on my ian.is in Clarendon County ki.n as my Salem home place, all privileges her? ao.o c s nt nt ed are revoked J. F. O A MBLE. Merell s. Mrh ut-rtt. NOTICE 10 Tf?SP?SSERsT \ LL PEIISTCS net living on my [dace, ; at- htbv warned m?? to tomt. cut tim . " > . * . >? irr, raao or orherwi <. trespass, ny i i * f . ii tr. driving, hunting, fa hit.a or v.nlkiug over the lands betongl'?g to the und. triov?. fe: N. iL WiTiiLaSPOOX; Mandl lo .<:. i md COMMISSIONER | FOR i SUMTER COUNTY, Suv ri a. ST. March .?. I SSfi. PTW'E N K \ i RLOPL VR EX A MIN \ PION B o! teddie whoo I Teachers for Sumter Conn tv will !-;. he'd on April fah. las;?. ?or white teachers, at the public school building ; for colored teachers :?? il"- Lincoln School bnildinc. Applicants rojaina lo furnish their : own statxs/nctjj. JOHN T. GREEN, School Cou). Sumter County. ; Mch. l3.-3t 1 I THE EQUITABLE ?Life Assurance Society of thc United States. ASSETS. JANUARY 1, 18S9, - ?- - ?95,042,922 9(1 LIABILITIES', JANUARY 1, 1889, - - - 74.248,207.81 SURPLUS, JANUARY 1. 1889, - - - 20,794,715.15 FIRST, FOREMOST, LARGEST, BEST. i 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, j The Free Tontine Policies are unrestricted as to travel, res? j dence and occupation afc^r first year. Incontestible after twa years, and Xon-Foifeitable after three years. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, ?gt., Jan^ 2-0 Sumter. S. C. I__ni^. LAND FOR SALE. V T ISA CT OF LAND FOR SALE IN J~\ Stateburg Township known HS the Sans bouci place. For r?f?rences npplv to HAYNS WORTH & COOPER, or G. BRADLEY. Fe'o.JT. Statehwp, S. C. Estate of F. J. O^oniior^Dec^ j ALL PERSONS Iniving demands against ' the aforesaid Estait: will present sanie j duly attested, and those persons indebted to ? said Estate, will make payment without delav I to T. M.* MONAGHAN? ? Feb. 27. Administrator. MAYE S VILLE DRUG STORE. m SEO, IELT & co. MATESTILLE. S. C. IT A VE OPENED A FIRST CLASS LINE I 1 of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Arrd other goods usually found in a gen? eral drug business, including Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye j Staffs, &c. Perfumery, Soaps, Toilet j I Articles, Combs and Brushes. Stationery, &c. A full line of Garden Seeds. Fine Tobacco and Cigars. Prescriptions carefully compounded-day or night. Patronage of the surrounding country solicited and prices guaranteed aa low as?n any o>her market, j Cal's for medical attendance left at the ! Drug Store will receive prompt attention. DR. GEO. McELVEEN & CO. j Jan. 2-x j SHERIFFS SALES' _ BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to mel directed, will he soid at Sumter C. H., j ; on th? first MUNDAY and cay following in j j APRIL next, I38?, and as many days : ; thereafter as may be necessary, within the j j lega! hoars of sale, to the highest bidder, for j j cash, tha following property : AI! that tract cr parcel of land, sit nate in i j the County of Sumter, in Bishopville Town, j ?ship, containing ninety-eight and one-half; : iOS?) ncres more or les?, hounded on the j North hy ?ands of A. 0. Durant, East by j other !a::is of estate ot Dora A. Barrett, on I j the South by the Camden road leading by j j A n ail's Crossing on Scape O'er Swamp, snd I ; West by lands cf Mary L. Barrett, levied 1 juponas the property of Geerge M. Barrett, i ; in his own riiii.r. and as administrator of the j ' Estate of Dora A. Barrett, under thc execu- ; j lion of Elizabeth J. J-.mes against George M. ! ; Barrett in his own ripht and as administrator ' ! of the Estate of Dora A Barrett, deceased. j ! One tract of land in Bishopville Township, i containing eighty-six (So) acres more or less, ; ; hounded on the North by road to Cousar's ! j Mill and lands of il. 0. Dixon, cn : ?ie East by j 1 road to Cousar's Mill, on the West by ?ands j I of II. 0. Dixon, public road to Bishopville, j ?and W. I). Scarborough's land, and on the ! South by lands of J. W. Stuckey. Mill J j Branch and high water mark of mill* pond, j j levied upon as the property of W. H. Dixon '? I under trie execution of Aitantic and Vitgioi? ? ' Fertilizing Company against W. li. Dixon. ; E. SCOTT CARSON, S. S. C. j Sheriff's Office. March i>. 1889. '?. W. FOLSOM,' Siiccessor to F. I?. Folsom & ??ro. SUMTER, S. C. Dealer in i WATCHES, CLOCSS, JEWELS? ! Fine (told and Silver Watches. Sterling ; Silver and finest ['lated Bridal Presents. I Rich. Jewelry in Cold and Plate. Clocks, i Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses, i Gold V: r.s. Machine Needles and Oil for ail ; Machines, Fishing Tackle. kc &c. The celebrated Royal St John Sewing Ma? chine ami Snest Razor in America always cm hand. Repairing promptly ?;r.d neatly exe? cuted by skilled workmen. Orders by mail wili receive careful atten? tion. Sent. 5 i WATCHMAN AID SOUTHRON OB PRINTING lf\ ' WE earrv a large aiivl ivm JL? [I p?ete stoek'of Cards. Envelopes ??r-j :i:u: Paper. Trial Justice's ano. other Blanks. Ail wjrk j () padded when so ordered. IQ ti ? (, LETTKR HEADS ... . - - j J\ ? .. NOTE I ! I ? \ i >s7~- . . ? Vj " ?LL ?T?ADS . - . xl '! . [sT.\T?"?n:NTs ? ? rp .? . !'N\ I.' opKS X ? IM ? ! \ ! MNS j Ti tT ? POSTERS ? . - " ~~~ ? . Awi. 0 . UANITIULXS"" . . ? - j TV.- lo ~~ . KKt -EllTi S . ~ ? ! iii .? ? '? : RC I LARS . ~~ j " IT ' ? PANIIPULETS ~ ? ? SX " FOLDERS . j -C- TP tl ~ . . ~ CARDS, . A ".TAGS jfLETE. LAW P.u-Kts a specialty. We haw facil? ities for tia- prompt and correct execution of this class of work. Const itntion and \ By-Laws neatly printed and bound. Esti- j tuate* cheerfully furnished on application, j PATRONIZE HOME TALENT. Life-Size Portraits in Crayon-, MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS; SUMTER, S. CL -BY MRS. E. J. DUNNE? Also prepared to teach a class in Drawing and Music Jan. 30. ~JNO. TTGREEN,. Attorney and Counsellor at SUMTER, C. H., S. C. ^"^Collectica of claims a specialty. June 10. Tilt largest and most complete establishmenl S&mh GEO. S. HACKER & SON? Manufacturers'?! Boors, Sash, BMs, Wm BTTXLDXKG 2??TEBLSXr. OFFICE ANO WARER00M5, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 1 o Fi?0IIf 1SINKER Warranted fer Five Year?. 3NLY S20. |??M^ tl UJ Our Fayorite Singer Drop Leaf, Fancy Coyer, Largs Drawers. Nicke! Rings, Tucker, Ruffler, Binder, Four"Widths of Hemmers. Sent cn one week's trial. Delivered in your coate fr? cf.freight charges. Buy only cf Manufacturers. Sav* Canvassers' Commissions. ' Ort New Machines. Address for circulars.-nd Test'.tr.cnljtls, Cooperativa Sewing Machine Co, 2X9 Quince Street, Philadelphia, Pa. NOTICE OF S!SS0L?TI0Nr TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, notice is hereby given that the under? signed heretofore doing business as co-part? ners lintier the firm name of Os'eeu ?c Richardson, dissolved their copartnership Ott the 15:h day of January, I SSS. All parties indebted to said firm w iii settle such indebted? ness with W. L. Osteen. W. L OS TEEN. S. D. RICHARDSON. Feb. 19-4 MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN' rffE COCKT OF CosnroN PLEAS. The Dindcc Mortgage and Trust In? vestment Company, Plaintiff, against Man/ Henrietta Cooper. Defendant. ?)Y VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made ia ^ the above er???t led cause and dated Feb. .J??t, IS.-.*'. I will seii at public auction ia froh: of the Coori House in tito City of Sam tor in said S^i?e. on Monday. April lt$tr ?SS9-bring Sa'; s tay-iw-iween the hours of 11 o'clock i;; the forenoon ar d ? o'clcck in the nf: rm don. the following premises, to wit: All that plantation or tract of land with the d .veiling-house and other improve'raents thereon, situate, lying being in Mayes vi'*.- Towri::. the County of Sumter aud State of South Carolina, rou taint ag three1 hundred and twelve acres, more or less, bounded on th? X< r:h, East and West by lauds ot Mrs. Sophronia A. McBride, and on? the South ty iands now or formerly of T. Hazel! Dick, said plantation beiog known as the ';Hoiue Tiaco" cf Mrs. Mary Ue&rfetta Cooper Terms of sale-Cash. To be paid ou day of sale. Purchaser to par for papers. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Mch. 6. . Master for Sumter Co. MASTER'S SALK State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLSAS. Richard C. Richardson, Plaintiff, aga?ist Henry G. Scarborough^ Henry W. Scarborough. Hattie P. Scarborough and ethers, Defendants?, ">Y VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made ia "> thc ahove entitled cause and dated Jau. 141 h. iS>'o. 1 will s?li at public auction ia front of ?he Court Housein the City of Sun> ter ?T? raid S:-to. on Monday, April 1st, - being Salesday-between the hours of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock ia the afternoon, the following premises, to? wit : All that tract or parcel of land, &ituated noir Bisbonv?le, in the County and State aforesaid, containing nit.etv-two (92-) a Gres, more or 'ess. bounded on the North by land* of Dr. R. Y McLeod; on the East by lauds of Mrs. L. J. Dixon ; on the South by lands of Pr. R. E. "Dennis, and on the* West by lands of Dr. R. E. Dennis and lands now or formerly of Dr. I. E. Dennis. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pav for Titles. JOHN S. RICHARDSON. Mch. 4, 1SS9. Master for Suata Go*.