The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 08, 1889, Image 6

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. THE CENTENNIAL. The following poem was composed by John 6. Whittier and read on the occasion of toe Centennial in New York last week. The sword was sheathed: io April's san Lay green the ?elds by Freedom won : And severed sections, weary of debates, Joined hands at fast and were United States. O Chy sitting by the Sea t How proud toe day that dawned on thee, "When the i?w era, long desired, bega?, And ic its need the boar had found the man ! One thought the cannon salvos spoke ; The resonant bell-tower's vibrant stroke, The voiceful streets, the plandit-echoiog halls, And praver and hymn borne heavenward from St. Paul's! How felt the land in every part Thestrong throb of a.nation's heart, As its great leader gave with reverent awe His pledge to Union, Liberty and Law ? That pledge the beavens above him heard, That vow the sleep of ceoteries stirred ; IQ world-wide wonder listening peoples bent Their gase on Freedom's great experiment. Cou?d it succeed ? Of bcnor ssld And hopes deceived ai! history told. Abott tb? wrecks tba^trewed the mournful p*at, was tba long dream of ages true at last ? Thank ?od! the people's choice was just, Tba one mao equal to his trust, Wise beyond lore, and without weakness good, Calm tn the strength of iawless rectitude * His role of jnstice, order, peace, - Made possible the world's release ; Taught prioce and serf that power is but a trust, And nile, atone, which serves the ruled, is jost; That Freedom generous is, but strong lo bate of fraud and selfish wron?, Pretence that turns ber holy truths' to lies, A?d lawless license masking in her guise. Land of bis love I with one glad voice Let thy great sisterhood rejoice : A century's suns o'er thee have risen and set, And, God be praised, we are one nation yet. And still, we trust, the years to be Shall prove his hope was destiny, , Leaving oar fl*g with all its added stars Un rent by faction and unstained by wars ! Lol wherewith patient toil be cursed And trained the Dew-set plant at first, The widen i og branches of a stately tree Stretch from the sunrise lo the sunset sea. And-in its broad and sheltering shade, Sitting w:th none to make afraid, Were we now silent, through each mighty limb, The winds of heaven would sing the praise of Ma. Oar first and best ?--his ashes lie Beneath his own Virginian sky. Forgive, forget, O true and just and brave, Toe storm that swept above thy sacred grave ! For, ever in the awful strife And dark hours of the nation's life, Through the fierce tumult pierced his warning word, Their father's voice his erring children heard I Tba change for which he prayed and sought In that sharp agony was wrought ; Ko partial interest draws its alien line 'Twixt North and South, the cypress and the pine ! One people now, all doubt beyond, His name shall be our Union bond ; We lift our hands to Heaven, and here and now, Take on our lips the old centennial vow. For mle and trust most needs be ours; Chooser ac?~cbosen both are powers Equal in service as in rights; the claire Of Dnty rests on each and ail the sasae. Thea let the sovereign millions, where Our banner 6 oat s in son and air, From the warm paim (ands to Alaska's cold, Repeat with us the pledge a century old ! How Will It be in 198S? For the last few days we have a{\ j been looking backward. Xor that the I glories of the past hesdred years feave j been daly celebrated, it is i?teres:iog io consider what oar greet grandchildren j will have to look back at io 10S?. When New York celebrates the two j hundredth anniversary of the inauga- < ration of President Washington what j wiH the city be like ? The great act of ! consolidation, feebly talked of now, will ! long before that time have been consum- j mated. Manhattan Island, Loog Is- j land, Staten Island and Westchester j enanty will be the New York of those ; days, with probably five miKions of in- j habitants-and st?H a growing place. Is ft coo improbable a guess that it will fee, ?y 1989, not the city of New York, ?ut tke State of Manhattan, with a ^jroveraor, ? Legislature and two United States Sanators ? Is it too wild a sop- j position that this great commercial en? trepot ?ay, in the wisdo? of Congress, | bj tfeat time have been erected i o to a ? free port, where all the products of all the world will be stored in capacious ! warehouses, and all the ships of all the j world will-come to pick up their assort- j ed cargoes for the continent south of us ; mod the island States of the Pacific i Ocean? Perhaps it is vain to hope for such j an arrangement, even by 19S9; bot] weat-a magnificent career New York- ! Manhattan-womid have if it were a ' freeport! How ike capital and the j products of all the world would streans to us! What miles npon miles of 6f- , teen story warehouses would line the ! water front on the Hudson, the East ? River ??-? St&te-a {s?aud ; Wt tn such a : priv?ie?e tfee State of Manhattan, small in territory bat rieb to capital and en- ! ier^rise, would become, before the cen? tury was hali passed, the centre of tho 1 world's exchanges, the warehouse of lue ? whole plarct, the greatest capital since ; Home. It is only a dream, tut what a dream, cf great and easy possibilities! j An act of Congress and an act of the State Legislature, and the whole splen? did dream could he realized. Rapid transit in J9S(J will be some- ; thing so different ?hat our great grand- I children will wonder how we ever got '? on with only street and elevated roads, j How will they get about in the State of Manhattan ? Perhaps by that time they may be goiDg in balloons or flying machines-who knows? f * j? if aerial navigations shouri prove an imposai- j tili ty, as some scientists assert, there j may be subways, cr more probably, as ; steel is getting cheaper ail the time. ; pneatnathc tubes, through which Man? hattan's millions will be comfortably shot to and fro from their hornes and ! business at the rate of two hundred j miles an hour. Meantime let us hope, out of good will to our descendants, that long before 1939 some method will he : discovered to give the streets a smooth and clean pavement. Long before the nest centennial Can- ! ada will have entered the V-uion, and the Senator from Atbabaska or the member of the House from the North? ern Hudson Hay district will have de tnanded an appropriation to take pos-1 session of the North Pole as part of our ! territory and to make a survey of the ? adjacent lands to open them to settle? ment-with an equitable arrangeaient to boy out the Esquimaux. The Ambassador from the West In- ! dian Confederation, io an interview : with a Herald reporter, in April. 1989, ! %?\ proclaim the magnificent prosper Hy of bis Islaud Republie, and contrast it with the extreme depression of 1889. The Ambassador from the Mexican and Central American Confederation will Sell in like ?anser of the peace and prosperity which have been gained by that federal anion of States, their vast I growth in population and capital since the centennial of 1880 ; and be will petheps remind the reporter that Mex? ico gained her first start on the march to orderly development a century before, under the rule of the great President Diaz. A century ago, he will add, they talked of a canal across the Isthmus, but scarcely dared to more than talk. Now we have four cauals, ali cutting the territory of our confederation, all crowded with ships run by electricity if they are new, or by petroleum fuel if they are old and slow cargo ships. The completion cf the canal across the Isth? mus of Tehuantepec, he will add, fin? ishes the work of canal building, and I remains a world's wonder of daring cap I ital and engineering skill. But by that; time the canals will be used mainly for freight. South bound passengers will leave the central Man? hattan station at ten o'clock A. M. daily for Mexico, Guatemala City, Bogota, Caracas, Lima, Kio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, aud Santiago Chile and Cape Horn on through express trains warranted to run on schedule time. These trains will cross the Hudson River by. a bridge which our great? grandchildren will speak of as we speak of the East River Bridge. In 19S9 our great-grandchildren^ children will be studying in school the history of the great and long continuing European war, which, beginning io 1892, lasted twenty years, and left ali the parties to ii. so exhausted that a general rearmament was impossible. They will read with amazement of the repudiation of national debts in all the European States, of the loss by England of India atid her Australian colonies, of great changes on the map of Contiueu tal Europe, the disappearance of Tur? key, the establishment of a German federal republic, including in its bounds Holland, Germany, Austria and Swit? zerland ; of the absorption of Spain and Portugal by France, and of Greece by ] Italy. Meantime the Ambassador of the great Australian Confederation will arrive to attend the Centennial at the head of a magnificent fleet of steel war vesseis, and with reports of further rich gold discoveries in the extreme high? lands of New Guinea. The children who study this history will be grateful that they are Americans, and that their continent has been peaceful and pros? perous while Europe was, utx?er the misrule of her so-called great statesmen, ruined. Before 1989 America will bave bad a really great poet and one or two really great painters. S&e will staod at the head in scientific discoveries. But let us all hope that in this century to come she may have also wise and unselfish statesmen, carefully-cherishing our con? stitution, and guided in all their aims by the knowledge that as population in? creases and what we call civilization becomes more complex, it is constantly of more vital importance that ike gov? ernment shall do little, and leave the j way open for the citizens to act. The tendency just now is in the other direc? tion ; whoever wants something looks to Congress or the federal Executive for it. Tbe wisest American statesman in the century now opeaieig will be a-e who sees that iu that direction Hes commu? nism, auarchy and death.-New York Herald. The Arizona Kicker. A Western Editor With Something to j Live For. The last issue of the A rixon a Kicker j contained the following : EXPLANATORY-The absence of our j society column for ibc last three issues j seems to call for an explanation. The trouble was jealousy among the bon ton. j If we happened to make a five-line announcement that Mrs. Col. Dash ex? pected her brother-in-law direct from the California penitentiary on a certain date, and only a four-'iioe item to the effect that Mrs. Judge De Soto import? ed her bustle directly from Zanzibar, there was an iil-feeliog which stirred up the entire community. WE BOOM.-While the tewna about us have -been bragg^3g of their progress, we have kept quiet and got in our work without kicking up auy clc-ud of dust. J Brag ts all right in its way, but we i don't propose to come out with ado?ble- ! leaded, so\re-bead article every time a citizen 4?angs * new front gate. Booms j are good enough in their way, but there j mast be merit behiLd them. Wi+h no disposition to claim this as j the only growing town in Arizona, and ! wiih ?o desire to kill the growth of ? rival towns, we humbly call attention to j the fact that since January 1st fourteen ; new saloons, three poker rooms and four reiail tobacco stores have been j opened iu the place, and at the present moment ei?ht^en men are engaged in bui'iiug a jail capable of a cc o m mo- j dating thirty prisoners. We- have done ? all tl.-is without any brag or bluster, j and we propose to keep right*.ea iu thc ; same ouiot fashion, leaving the ou?riue ; world to judge for itself as to where it ? shail seek new hemes and invest its j capital If PAYS -Several months ago we i established a grocery and feed store iu : connection with The Kicker. The New ! York World. Herald anil other effete ; dailies of the metropolis predicted a dis- ; mal failure, but tue result ?,!iow? that ; they were mistaken. We figured that : this other business wosld bc just what wss needed to distract our ti.ind from : rho harassing thoughts <>f editorially j running this country, and that we would be ail the better and brigher for brit? occasionally iutcrr;:prci iu our literary labors. The result has justifie:! oi?r predic? tions- a:i(? more. We were rever in ns good mental C'"?n???:i >n au now, while o "ar >a!es have kept increasing week by week ut.ril we have beet: compelled to hire a e!erk. io assist u*. The editorial entitled "Advice to the Presi? dent" was written ft-ti; t:; ire than a dozen ioterrupti:;us to measure corn, draw molasses ar?.'i sell clothes-pins, and yet we will put it against anything which ever originated from the pen of the stuck-up and exclusive New York editors. OCR JEALOUS CONTEMPORARY.-The dyspeptic old excrescence who claims to edit the mi!k-and-mush publication down at the corner of Catfish alley is jealous of our advertising patronage. ; In a labored article this week in his poorly printed old apology he say?; that we practice bull dozing to bring adver tising. What a liar ! The Kicker practices baU-doziog ! The idea is laughable, and if he was worth mind? ing we should walk down to his shanty and choke the assertion down his bra sen throat. There used to be several Srms here which didn't believe in advertising We couldn't make 'em believe in it until we went at it and found out that they were composed of gentlemen who had skip* ped from the east for barn-burning, horse-stealing, bigamy, embezzlement, etc. Then we wrestled with 'em. and they came to see that the life of trade was in using printers' ink. We simply convinced-not buMdozed. The efforts of our knock-kneed conterapory to smirch the fair fame of The Kicker will simply call forth smiles of pity. He Waited. When Dr. Carver, who is going to Europe with a wild west show, arrived at Kansas City with a herd of buffalo, an amusing incident occurred. Kansas City was the first place at which the buffalo were unloaded from the cars, and as soon as they found themselves on terra firma they instantly stampeded. Straight down the track and through the yards of the Union depot they charged. Immediately there was an? other stampede among the passengers and loiterers about the depot. An English traveler who stood on the plat? form loaded down with the usual assort? ment of bags and sbawlstraps, in his frautic offorts to get out of the way, fell over a trunk and lay there half stunned until be was picked up by a good-natured baggageman. "I say, what was that, you know, that just went past?" the fallen Briton inquired in a bewildered manner as he regained hts feet. . 0, that's nothing/'replied the bag? gageman, "an every-day occurrence for buffalo and other wild beasts to stam? pede through the town in that way. If you wait a while you may see 'em run through here again." "Really?" . j "Het yer boots !" It is on record tliat the Englishman seated himself on that trunk and missed his train waiting for the nest stampede. mm - The Frigate Bird. Sailors believe religiously that the frigate bird can start at daybreak with the trade winds fi om the coast of Africa and root the saqie night upon the American shore. Whether or not this is a fact, has oot yet been conclusively determined, but it is certain that the bird is the swiftest of winged creatures, and is able to fly, under favoring con? ditions, 2?? miles an hour. Counterfeit Bills. "No matter how expert a bank teller may become in detecting bad money, tliere -are counterfeits extant which will stump the best of them. I was for many years a United States treasury expert, and have handled all the famous counter- j feits ever made. I have in this roll of ] bills $5,000, about one-half of which is .good and the rest worthless. I often test bank tellers by offering this money for deposit, and you would be astonished to learn how large a proportion of the ?counterfeits are passed by some of them as genuino. In fact I have never found one who rejected every bad bill, some of them accepting as much as $1,700 of it, and from that -down. I have been testing some Kansas City bank men today, with varying results, Four hundred dollars was the least counterfeit passed by any of them, and -one bank, if it had taken tho teller's decision on the money, would have been stuck for more than $1,000." Expert in Kansas City Journal. Alaska and Tts Seals. The Alaska seals have paid Uncle Sam for Alaska, which cost him $7.000,000. .Since 3 S70 the Alaska Commercial com? pany has paid thc government $5.597,100 or seals killed. Tho customs duty from Alaska seal skins clressed inBEuropc have Yielded in round numbers about $4,000, OGO. By tho new contract with tho com? pany the United States is to receive $50, 000 pee annum for ten years and $3.50 perjiead for each seal taken, tho annual catch to bo limited to 100,000 seals. Frank Leslie's Newspaper ----^a?.? A Safe Investment, Is one which is guaranteed to bring you sat? isfactory result?, or tu case of failure a return of purchase price. Oa tia*s safe plan you can buy from our advertise?! Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's Ne?v D?M-overy for Consumption, It is guaran (ted to hiing relief i:i every case when used for any utifcetron of Throat, Lungs or Cbe>t> sweh as Consumption. Incarnation of Lungs, Broncbisi?, A.-thu?i, Whooping Cough Croup, etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to ta>te, perfectly sufe, nn<i can alinya be de? pended upon. Tri:?! bottles free at J. F. W. DeLorm-c's, Drug Store. I Merit IVina. We desire to say to our citizens, that for ye;ir$ we have been selling Dr- luna's Kew Discovery for Consumption. L?r. King's New j Life- Pills. Bccklcn's Ar'.a Salve and Electric Bitters, and have nev^ bundled remedies that j sell as well, or ?aVe given such universal ! satisfaction, v?e do n->t hesitate to guarantee j them r"jry titi!?, and we stand ready t<> refund ih* purchase price, if sati:>f;u?tory results do not tallow their use. These remedies have won their rre.it popularity purely en their merits. J F ! W. DeLorrue, bruggist. I j j Hucklen'g Arnie? Salve. The Best .Salve in the world for Cut*?, Bruisis | Fores. Ulcers. Salt Kbcutu. Fever Sore?, Tetter, j Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corna and a!| j Skia Kruptions. and poMtively cures Piies. or j no pity rewired, lt is ::u*r;int<*e.i to give per- j ic'-t s tti?f..etirn, or money refunded. Price ' _5cents per box. For stile by J. F. VV. Do- ; Lorine. o ! SPRING AND SUMMER Irs. fliiis uM Miss Miller 1 \ Invite tiieir friends and tho bid i cs generally to j call nod examine their stock. TRIMMED AND 17NTR1MMED Hats and Bonnets, j FLOWERS, RIBBONS, ftc, IN VARIETY. I Children's and infant's Lace O^T>s. ZEPHYRS IX ALL CO LO US A XI) SHADES. Orders -intruded to our c:' 2 Will receive i prompt attention. Anni 17. J ?flSSSM?KfNQ. AML'S' DRESSES CUT AN?> MADE j :;i the latest SM!.-, fit and work ivar rnoted : ?. r i ? 1 satisfaction guaranteed, by .Miss Adele O? teen, RrpuMican s;?et-r, opposite K*rby Avenue. Pricts as reasonable as pood work eau he done for. Feb 8 FIST mm m wons AT BOTTOM PRICES? WATCfl.lUN AND SOC TH RON JAB OFFICE Long-standing Blood Diseases are cured by the persevering: use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This medicino is an Alterative, and causes a radical change in the system. The process, in some cases, maj- not bc quite so rapid as in others ; hut, with persistence, the result is certain. Read these testimonials : - "Tor two years I suffered from ase? vere pain in my right sitie, and had other troubles caused by a torpid liver and dyspepsia. After giving several ? medicines a fair trial without a eure, I hegan to tako Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I was greatly benefited by the first bottle, and after taking live bottles I was com? pletely cured." -John W. Benson, 70 lawrence st., Lowell, Mass. Last May a large carbuncle broke out j (ni my arm. The usual remedir* had no etTeet anti I was confined to my bed for eight weeks. A friend induced me to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Less than three bullies healed the .sore. In all ruy ext?? rieure with medicine. I never saw more Wonderful Results. Another marked effect of the use of this medicine was thc strengthening of my >;ght." - Mrs. Carrie Adams, Holly Springs, Texas. "1 had a dry scaly humor for years, and suffered terribly : and. as my broth? er and sisirr were similarly alllicted, I prosumctho malady is hereditary. Last winter. Dr. Tymn, {of Fernandina, Fla.,) recommended me to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and continue it for a j*ear. For Jive mouths I took it daily. I have not had a blemish upon my Inxly for the last three months." - T. JE. Wiley, 146 Chambers st., New York City. " Last fall and winter I was troubled with a dull, heavy pain in my side. I did not notice it much at rirst, but it gradually grew worse until it became almost unbearable. During the latter part of this time, disorders of thc stom? ach ami liver increased my troubles. I began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and, after faithfully continuing the use of this medicine for some months, the pain disappeared and I was completely cured."-Mrs. Augusta A. Furbush, Haverhili, Mass. * J Ayer's Sarsaparilla, PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Trice $1 ; ?ii bodice, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. j j L. W. FOLSOM, Successor to F. H. Folsom & Bro, SUMTER, S. C. Dealer in "ST?TCSES, CLOCKS, JSWSLEY Fire Gold and Silver Watches, Sterling Silver and finest Plated Bridal Presents, Rich Jewelry in Gold and PUte. Clocks, Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses. Gold Pen?. Machine Needles and Oil for all Machines. Fishing Tackle. &<.. &c. The celebrated Royal St. John Sewing Ma? chine and finest R;iZor in America always on hand. Repairing promptly and neatly exe? cuted by skilled workmen. Orders by mail will receive careful atten? tion. Sept. 5 A. WHITE & SON, Insurance Agents, Offer in First Class Companies. FIRE INSURANCE, TORNADO INSURANCE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, PLATE GLASS INSURANCE, SURETYSHIP ON BONDS. April 6_ If you want to know all ahout BEES AND HONEY Production, by the most economical and prac? tical methods, send for free sample of THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, A large quarto, 16 pages, publishsd Weekly at Ot?e Dollar a Year. Address plainly, THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 923 & 925 West Madison St., Chicago, III. THE EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society of the United States, ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1S89, LIABILITIES, JANUARY 1, 1889, SURPLUS, JANUARY 1, 1889, - ?95,042,922 96 74,218.207.81 20,794,715.15 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 two years, and Non-Forfeitable after three years. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Agt, Jan. 2-0 Sumter, S. C. HEADQUARTERS FOR WATCHES. JAfflI? ALJJAN & CO, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Specta? cles, Drawing Instruments T?IE FINEST STOCK IN THE STATE RELIABLE. GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Watch Repairing a specialty. Chief Inspectors of Watches for South Caro? la* Railway, Atlantic Coast Line aod Southern. Division of Three Cs Rail Road. JAMES ALLAN & CO., Feb. 8 285 k"Qg St., Sign of Drum Clock. Charleston, S. C. THE PALACE SALOON, A. P. LEVY & GO., Proprietors. (Successors to Kosendorf & Co.) We have constantly on hand a complete line of AVINES, T^ICtUOKS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. And desire to call especial attention to the following : Imported. Domestic. FRENCH BRANDIES, SHERRY. PORT, IRISH WHISKEY, CATAWBA WINE. JAMAICA RUM, BLACKBERRY WINE, HOLLAND GIN, GIN AND FINE SCOTCH WHISKEY, RYE WHISKEY. We call especial attention to our Pure Worth Carolina Corn Whiskey, Sept. 26. Which we get direct ftom the still. 9 Furniture Dealer and Undertaker, Begs to call the attention of the people of Slimier mid surrounding country to the fact that he sali continues business ut the old siun i, MAIN STREET, CORNER OF CANAL, where he has been established !?-r more than 30 years, and i* now better prepared than ever j before to .supply all goods in bis ??ne, at ?:? reasonable priced as any house in thc State can j offer. All furniture carefully fitted and pucked free of charge-and delivered only in thorough ? We take pleasure in showing goods, t Kuy eistwnere, until von cull atu? see our stock and prices on Woi <1 ?lid M .1lop, Wainui. Ash and i'optar Bed-room Sets, handsome ; Parlor Sets Mur bte and Wood-top 'Voies of it-1 Lind.-, Lounges. Chi irs and Rockers, of many | stries, Bedsteads. Bu.^aus. Washstands, Mattresses and Pillows, Pictures. Picture Frames, j Window Shades, Curtain Poles, What nuts, Brackets and anything kept in a first class furni? ture store. Agent in Sumter ior sale of "Acme Tine Fil re Mattings. A large slot-k ?.{ Window Glass always or: hand. in connexion with m\ Furniture S: ne is a Cabinet and Repairing Shop1 where Repairing, Upholstering and M-attress-tuiikiug is done i:i a thoroughly workmanlike mar;uer, at reason aole pri> > s fur good work. Specinl nttf nsion is called to thc Undertaking Department, which h fu!! and complete, j Coffins ?nd C??kVi.-s, of'?nv desired style or size, always in stock, nt prices ranging from j S3.0Q and up for children, and from $5 no and up for adults. In finer grades, wc guarantee j better work at lower price than cati be bought elsewhere. I have rirent h purchased a handsome new Hearse, and am prepared to attend funerals in ? town or country at froai $3.00 to $12 0(i in country, according to tim^ ?ind distance, and j SS 00 to $10.00 in town. This charge includes hearse and pair of horses, digging grave, and 1 persona] superintendence in town, ?md in country the same, except digging grrtve. Burial Robes for ladies or gentlemen from S- 50 up-a respectable Uirial suit, altogether appropriate, and at less than one fourth the cost of such suits as are used generally. Cloves and badges for pall-bearers, w ithout extra charge. J also have a neat Hearse for my colored patrons, at a reasonable charge. Calls promptly attended, any Or night. March 6. The largest and most complete establishment South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, Ba O DC B os Manufacturers of ?ND BUILDING- MATERIAL. OFFICE AND WAREKO0HS, ?7??y. opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 1 o BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS, . i. min & co, MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN DOORS, Sill, Buy MOULDING-, -AND GENERAL BUILDING- MATERIAL. Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Rayne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o C. 0. BROWN t BRO,, COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. , u.u x jerra mw PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best, in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 James il. Saunders, PROPRIETOR. DEALER IN Door. Sash. Blinds, SCROLL AND TURNED BALUS? TERS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Laths, Shingles, &c. Roil ait tod Lute, AIR DRIED. Plain and Fancy Ceiling, Flooring and Finishing Material. Yard and Office, Mary Street, East of R. R. Depot, Sumter S. C. E. B. LOWRY, Sept 19 Business Manager. C. I. H OTT. H. A. HOYT C. I. HOYT & BRO., Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, kc. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATERIAL, Shells, Wad? and Everything Pertain? ing to Breech-Loading Guns. Fob 1 _ ; PATRONIZE HOME TALENT. _ i Life-Size Portraits in Crayon, ? MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, SUMTER, S. C. - BY - MRS. E. J. DUNNE. Also prepared to teach a class in Drawing and Music Jan. 30. JNO. T. GREEN," Attorney and Counsellor at SUMTER, C. H., S- C. .^B^* Collection of cl-in>s a specialty, :une ?o G. S. SEAL ST S is g Store, Under Music Hall? SUMTER, S. C. PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS constanlj on hand. A fine assortment of TUILET ARTICLES, PATENT MEDI? CINES. LADIES' REQUISITES, and all arricies kept by first class druggists. Persona! attemio:i given to the compound? ing of physicians" prescriptions. Cold, sparkling Soda Water, with choice cream syrups. Sarsaparilla .Meade, and Milk Shakes tc suit the most fastidious. G. S. SEALY, Apr 13 Graduate of Pharmacy. 7. F7?. MMm Agent, -DEALER IN IIIICIM, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist s Sundries USUALLY K KPT IN \ FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Segars, GARDEN SEEDS, &C, -ALSO Paints, Oils, Varnishes, irJiASS, PUTTY, Ac. DYE STUFFS. -o Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu? ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. ITF?R??LTEGGIFGOD, FOR ALL VARIETIES OF POULTRY, WILL MAKE YOUR HENS LAY ! It keeps fowls io best condition, and makes poultry the most profitable stock oe the farm. Wheo the Imperial Egg food is fed accord? ing to directions, sick and drooping chicks will never be seen. It supplies al! the need? ed material for forming bone, muscle, and feathers, and by its gentle tonic effect strength? ens the digestive organs and lays the founda? tion for vigorous, healthy, and therefore, profitable fowls. They will also be fitted for market a month earlier than by common treatment. For sale bv Dr. A. J. CHINA. March 20. MAYE S VILLE DRUG STORE DH. GEO. MCILVEEN & co. MAYESYILLE, S. C. H AVE OPENED A FIRST CLASS LINE of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, And o'her goods usually found in a gen? eral drug business, i.icluding Paints, Oils, Tarnishes, Dye j Stulls, &c. Perfumery, Soaps, Toilet j Articles, Combs and Brushes. I Stationery, &c. A full line of Garden Seeds. Fine Tobacco and Cigars. Prescriptions carefully compounded-day or j nijibt. Patronage of the surrounding country solicited and prices guaranteed as low as in any other market. Calls for medica' attendance left at the I Drug Store will receive prompt attention. DR. GEO. McELVEEN & CO. Jan. 2-x _ F. m H?SEMN, GUN-MAKER, COLUMBIA, S. C. DEALER IN Guns, Pistols and Fishing Tackle, Agent for Hazard and Atlas Powder Com panies, also Agent for Lefever Arms Co. AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS. Shells Loaded by Latest Improved Machine. First-Class Gun Work Guaranteed. PRICES AS LO ir AS THE LO WEST. ??r* Give me a cali at Sportstnan's Head? quarters. Oct 2t> o &9S Ri>tld ?Oo?d WctcKTTI J-oldf.-r gtlOO. unit: litcly. f K'?>: $.>>$ watch ic the world, i'll , ' tcr.cct timehecpea. War-J. ILjjJj rintel, l?es-y Solid Gold j .Hunting Cues. Both ladies' I l?n>l gent?- ai/ea, with work? a:id CB""-? ot' equal ??lue. One Perena is cacti lo- i caltiy ran sec-jre oe? free, j toother with our li ree "ar. drat- | u.tb'.e lino of Household S:?mple?. Th-*-amples, a? j %???.!! a? the watt-*, wo ?ead Tree, and after y >u have kept j th ?wi ia ycor bisne for 2 .-inn:'?? ni:d ?bown them to thote j who nay have called, they become your ow n prep rttr. Those who write at one? can ba eure of reccivir.e tba Watch j end Sample?. Wepar alX-expw?. <Wcot.?t? Address | btiniou <S? Co., ISox 81?,Fortland. Maine* From Ur. W. P. Harrison, ??APrmt.LE. TI:NN*. May 2. IS^S-? have used Swift's Specific ir, ray family for sonic nine, and believe it to IK* an excellent remedy for a?i impu? rities of the blood, lu my own easel believe that I 'nave warded flt a sew re ai;: rack of rheu? matism in the shoulder hy a timely resort totals, efficient remedy. In ail cases where a per? manent relief is sought tiiis medicine com? mends Itself fora constitutional treatment that thoroughly eradicates tho serfs of disease from, the sysrern. REV. \Y. P. IIAKKISOX. WACO. TEXAS, May ?>. 1SSS. Gentlemen: T!;o wife of one of my custo? mer^ was terribly a?Tlietcd w ith a loatUs?mc skin disease, that covered her whole hody. She was confined to her hed for inverai year? hy this at??iction,and couM not !i herself She could not sleen fron a violent it? :ing arid sting? ing ?-f the skin. T ie disease Iwfficd the sksll of . physician? v i -> treated it. Herhnsband bega.1 finally civiju: his wifeSwiifs Specific.aml s-he commenced : > improve almost immediately, and ia a few weckssbc was apparently well, site is T?>\V a h??rtv. (inc-lookths lady, with no trace of the afllictiou jeir. Yours very truly. ??. L. SEARS. Wholesale Druggist. Austin Avenue. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free Tm:SWIFT SrECincCo.. Drawer3. Allanta, Ga. New York, Broadway. For Sale. ANUMBER OF DESIRABLE BUILDING Lots in various portions of tbe city. THOS. E. RICHARDSON. Jan. 2-If. C. WULBERN & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN j Promos Lipers, Toteo, k. 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2 OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER And Liquor Dealer. OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 183 East Saj, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7 o GEO. f. STEFFENS^ SON, Established 1847. WHOLESALE GROCERS, Auction and Commission Merchant a and Liquor Dealers? AGENTS FOR Celebrated Dove Brand ila?. The Philip Best Erring Cc, .Milwaukee Beer. Maryland Hornin? Milla. Griffiths Bakery Co. Motts Cider and Vinegar. Banner Preset re Works. Frank Packiag Co. 197 EAST BAY ANI> 50 A? 55 STATE Sri., (Aaction Boom State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. &Sf" Consignments Solicited. Jan. 23. O GEO. L COOK, PHOTOGRAPHER, 265 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 * o CHAS. C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FISH, GAME, OYSTERS, TURTLES, TERRAPINS, POULTRY, EGGS, &c. Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office and Fish House, 18 and 20 Market St.% East of East Bar, CHARLESTON, S. <\ AU orders promptij attended io. Terms cash or city acceptance* Oct. 3 PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. First Class in ail tts Appointment*. Supplied with all Modern Improvements. Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec? tric BeMs and Light3. Heat? ed Rotunda. RATES $2 00, $2.50 AND $3.00. Rooms Reserved hy Mail or Telegraph. Sept 16_ WAVERLYHOUSE, IN THE BEND OF KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Rates, $2 and $2.50 per day. G. T. ALFORD, May 2-0 PROPRIETOR. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. -o THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSK, with ail modern !%iproremeais, is now onen for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT & SON, PfODrie?OT?. Obtained, ant! ntl PATENT UlStXJ?Si at? tended to for X0I>ERA TE FESS dar office is op;x>site the V. S. Patent Office, am! we can ob? tain riitents in less time than those remote from WASHIXGWS. Send MODEL. PKA H7.YC or PHOTO ot invention. IVo advise as to raire&t ai?ilitv freeof eharseand we-m? kc KO ClfAliQB VS-LESS PA TEST IS SKCCRED. For circular, advice, terras ano! reA-rencec U> actual clients in your own State. County. City or lown, write to C;A:SNOWaCQ Opposite Paient Office, Washington, D. C WILLIAM KENNEDY^ Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, Nert door to Karie* Purdr's Law Office. SUMTER, S. C. ?DESIRE TO INFORM the citi*ms of Sumter and rictaily that ? have opened business on roy own account at the above ci? stand, and that with competent and polite assistants. I ? ill be pleased to serve them im any branch of my business in the best styl? of the art. Gire me a call. WM. KENNEDY. Oct. 19. Our Favorite Singer Drop L*af. Fbncy Cover, Large DrawereK Nicke! Rings, Tucker, Ruffler, Binder, Four Widths of Hemmers. Sent cn ono week's :r:.U. Delivered ?n your Iwate fr? cf freight cikirgcs. hay only of Manufacturers. Sr. vt Canvassers' Commissions. Ckt Kew J?achiue? Address tor circulais .'.nd Testimonials, Co-operativ3 Sewing Machine Gx, '319 Qnince Street, rhil?deU>h>a. TV? ^ggg^a fc %9& S?wlnK?lfaebhienf%nT| ??Pff&gfi -^ AT<> ,l once <>?t*bliah|j lJliit HLaaaftffFIitL^aCG)?".de lo *;i p&rt*. bTPllPil Wf!rTn4?sr*m*xS&pjBCin? ?nr machia*?! lulu ^-ldttl3iL- ?-~&L?-LD^ eood' wfcer? Ihr poopl? can M? Bitfis^???l^S^iivth*Q- ^* w?i?*Dd freetoqaej y^~-^Z^^X^\ ff ?e wing-machine mad? Si ft^^T* /Ixl ltbe world, wit? aU rt* atttdkaMMt^ ?f^:'i, JmSm4 We Tlrl *J?o ???lfree? compton*. ?MaSSlill lP?*J?J?hD0 ?f ?or ?*?y ?ad vafoabk ut Bl'^ l , I I3\3HK??:2P1W- In retan we Mk that ye* 1A?WL wo? ve tent, to rtoao wk? m?4r^^&'/jv9km'-J C*U ?l yoor bott?.and afta? ?f l jfr T*Ni J\ I moo th? ali ?iuU b?cota* yow oe? ^ JLn VZrPC Vflproperrj. Thia mad m? chi oe la V^ffLK % JL V.. jfnn?t after the Mi Rarer pataotay X ff ^fe?g2fc?^%wl>?0i?h?T?ranoat; be for? patent* #%yB^^ \runoatrt?o^rorS?3,wiaithaI ffl*faaia\ ^l??TA10*111*' S?jy.SS* ** rnfffl aCRpaT*01 m*cbi?*"rnlL?,trortd?0!u!X _ ? HUI ? rnUaW&tio. No oap?al repaired. He*. brMinatzacttea(nm Those who writ? to o?? eoce?na, eure ?kee ?ha bs? ?aw jua, uiaiMini ta tba world, aaa te. ?pc? i?n e of work? of ijjfc art em- afeow? tocedter ?> AaMfcav T?IE ?Jfc CO., BOX 7*0. Aocwta, JeUeJa*