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Cet Ife?cijiaan an?s ^D?? tos. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. " ^ _______ ______ Tb? Sttmter Watchman was founded ie 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. Tb* Watchman and Southron DOW bas th? combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Saunter. THE 'JIcDOW TRIAL, This ease, & famous one in the an? nals of crime in South Carolina, has 4>eea decided in favor of the defendant, who has received his discharge, and is now a free man again. . The jury, selected by the prisoner, ^-consisted of seven colored and five : white men, and after an absence of two / boars and a quarter in their room, re? tante- with a verdict of not guilty. Wo presume they took McDow's statement of what transpired in the office, as true, and accepting that as such, found the verdict of acquittal. In part? McDow*s statement was borne oat by Harper's testimony, and in the abscacc of rebutting evidence, it is HOI surprising that the jury should have acquitted him. But there aro several cir cn instances connected with tho case that do not permit os to think that McDow should have gone utterly un whip1:, of justice. In thc first place there h the unquestioned fact that MeDow, on the night of the killing, ' told to reporters and policemen, a story diametrically opposed to that which he told on the stand at the trial, in many important particulars. He said then that he had shot to kill ; that his pro? fession taught him where to shoot in order to kill : that he got np from the sofa, and crossed the room, and raised the lid of his desk, and took out his pistol, and shot Capt. Dawson from a point near that desk. On the stand, he said he shot him while sitting on the sofa, having been previously knocked down on it by Capt. Dawson, - and had recovered himself so far as to regain a sitting posture, which enabled " him to draw his pistol out of his right hip pocket, when he fired, Dawson being in front of him, standing over him, with cane unlifted, in the act of striking. Of these two opposing stories, the first is borne out by other circumstances, while the other is entirely unsupported. Wo ?tay so because it was in proof that the fatal ball ranged slightly forward in its course. It entered at a point about an inch and a-half to the front of the right side seam of the pantaloons, aad eut the vena cava without touching tho aorta. Had it gone straight, it weald have out both. But inclining slightly from the rear to the front, it oat the former and missed the latter. Now let any two men assume the posi? tions stated, and try the experiment. They will see that it is simply impossi? ble for the man en the sofa to draw a pistol w>th his right hand and snoot the maa ia his right side and give the ball : aa inclination foricard. If the ball had aad aa inclination towards the rear, the thing is possible, but not possible oth? erwise. The ball grazed the kidney in itt passage. It would have gone through the kidney had McDow shot him as he rays he did. It is impossible to avoid ?be force of this fact. It is physically impossible to do what McDow said he did. Another point is this, viz.: McDow claims that when he ascertained that Dawson was really dead, ho lost his bead completely and scarcely knew what he was doing. Yet if his testimony is read it will be seen that for perfect cool? ness and deliberation, for clear and con? sistent action based on a certain deadly serenity of judgment, Dr. McDow's per? formances on that occasion wore une? qualed, or equaled only by the wonder? ful recital of every step ho took In tho terrible baainess, as related on the stead. Is it possible that a man who aad lost his head, and scarcely knew abai be was doing, to remember each minute circumstance io a course of ac? tion covering several hours? Would it not afterwards have appeared to a per? sea tn that fit atc of mind like a troubled dream? D*\ McDow's conduct on the stand and during the whole trial was such as to utterly forbid thc idea that he is the sort of man who under any circumstances whatever, wculd lose his J bead and scarcely know what he is ! doing. His coolness throughout was j simply arctic. We do not doubt it j stayed with bim on the day of the kill? ing. The leopard docs not change his spots nor thc Ethiopian his skin, with? out a supreme purpose. Such a pur? pose Dr. McDow had-it was to save himself from tho penalties of thc law, and he availed himself of it. We cannot say we admire Dr. Mc? Dow's conduct toward thc Swiss maid. He said he did not consider his conduct ! "ungentlemanly" towards her, because ?bo was "so willing." For a man who j is a husband and father, that is certainly a lofty standard of conduct. Dr Mc? Dow took certain bindiDg vows when he avarrsed his wife. One of these was to be true to her and her alone. Siuce when has it been regarded aa gentle? manly to violate marriage vows, and lie as he did to the Swiss maid ? The people who eudorse such a code of mor? ality are doomed beyond thc possibility of redemption. We sincerely hope thore are not many more such gentlemen and BOOB of honor iu Charleston or in South Carolina. Suppose the Doctor's wife had acted in tho same manner as he did, would be have considered her conduct as not unladylike, and as befi ling a woman of honor ? It is a poor rule that does not work both ways. There is but cede of moral?, and one moral and civil law, for both men and women. Let men who hold themselves free to violate that law take cara lest their women follow their example. True, he was not on trial for his conduct towards the Swiss :_aid, but there would have been no trial had it not been for McDow's behavior to her. The two things are in? separable. The ono was tho moving cause of the other. These aro some of the reasons why we cannot hold Dr. MoDow guiltless. Whatever may have boen the verdiot of the jury that tried him, in the eyes of that larger jury, the publie, his charac? ter is smirched beyond his power to remove the stain. Released from the bonds of human law and justice, he will now undergo a strictly impartial and righteous trial at the bar of Him who has said "Vengeance is mine, I will recompense/' He will learn thc inev? itable certainty of thc truth of that uni? versal rule, "'Whatsoever aman soweth, that shall he also reap." There wc take our leave of Dr. McDow. THE ROAD QUESTION. The Hoad Convention that met in Atlanta a month ago has attracted much attention throughout the South, and its deliberations will doubtless have some effect upon the Legislature of Georgia. - The movement originated with the Southern Cultivator, by which paper it was vigorously pushed, as every thing of the kind is pushed in Atlanta. The plans were to print circular letters explanatory of the im? portance of tbe movement, and sending them to many prominent citizens, and getting their approval of the scheme. The prominent men of Atlanta who fathered the movement then sent circu? lars to the Ordinaries and Clerks of Court of the different counties, and requested them to call public meetings, and have delegates selected from the best men and such as would be likely to attend. The result was that a deep interest was taken in the movement all over the State, and a convention was organized of about two hundred and fifty delegates. After spending a couple of days in most intelligent de? liberation a committee was appointed to draft a bill for presentation at the next session of the Legislature whioh wil! put all the counties of the State under one general road law. Now we do not suppose, says the Aiken Recorder, that the wagon roads of Georgia are any worse thau those of this State. We are sure that things in South Carolina are superior to'those of a similar kind elsewhere, and therefore we know that th : roads in the upper half of this State excel in badness, any that Georgia can boast of. If a general road law is needed across the river it is still moro needod on this side, and a convention of the intelligent men and farmers of the State would bc productive of great benefit. Wc soe every reason why a road convention should be held in South Carolina this fall, and in every respect Aiken is a place well suited for it. Not only are there abundant hotel and boarding house accommodations hero, but thc citizens are accustomed to be throwu with strangers, and will make ali the delegates very welcome. We have urged the importance of this matter before, and, in fact, the Recorder was one of the first papers in the State, a month ago, to direct attention to the importance of tho subject. The matter ought to be pushed, and wherever the convention is held, the attendance should bo large. It strikes us that some of the sug? gestions in the bill proposed by the Laurens Advertiser arc excellent, par? ticularly those of letting the roads out by contract to contractors who would be | pecuniarily liable for the proper com- J pletion of their work, and of utilizing the labor of persons convicted of mis? demeanors, and that of tho regular convicts of thc State penitentiary. All of thc points, however, should bo thoroughly discussed now so that when the Legislature meets again something effective may bo dono in a general way for the whole State. And tho way to obtain the best results of intelligent discussion is through a road convontion such as was held in Atlanta. ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN ! It is important that our peopie who intend scuding their children to thc whito graded school should register their names with thc Clerk of Council. The Commissioners have no other way J of knowing how many teachers they j will require, and this is tho reason why it is so important. JOURNALISTIC ENTERPRISE. During thc progress of thc McDow j trial thc Nf tes and Courier published j full stenographic reports of thc daiiy i proceedings, and rent thc daily issue to j all subscribers to its weekly edition, an act of consideration that was highly ap- j predated. In addition to the many j "ilumns given to theec reports, the j other parts of tho paper were just as ! fully and carefully edited as if uo such j press was upon them. Thc World also ?avc verbatim sten- I ographio reports of the trial, having I employed two experienced men fur that j purpose, a fact that speaks volumes for ! the enterprise of thc paper, and appeals ! as nothing else could do for that ?up- j port which will cir!'.; it to promote the j ends and carry out thc reforms to which it has pledged itself. STATE TREASURER. Col. E. Ii. Mciver, <>f Darlington has been appointed by thc Governor to fill the vacancy caused by thc dea!ii of Capt. Isaac Bamberg, State Treasurer Thc Columbia correspondent of the N'i'.'s and Courier says : It is undcrrttoud that Governor Rich? ardson from the ?r^i determined to oiler the positioti of treasurer fi? a re-ident of the eastern part of thc Sta'e. which has not been represented by H State < fticer for years. Itt this fine sectkn ?vf til? State there was so _?ucli good material to draw on that the Governor made iii.* cboi':?i as to thc counties aud then ten dered tho position to tho man in that county who he considered most emi? nently suited to 511 the position and who would be tho choice of tho people of his section. His first choice was Marlboro County, and on Sunday night ho instructed Mr. W. E. Gouzalcs, his private secretary, to proceed to Ben nettsvillc and tender the of?cc of Stato Treasurer to the Hon. C. S. McCall. On account of the exacting nature of his private business, Gol. McCall was obliged to declino tho position. The Governor's second choice of counties was Florence, and to Col. R. G. How? ard he then tendered tho placo. Col. Howard also declinod. Darlington County was third on the Governor's list, and for her representativo he se? lected the Hon. E. R. Mciver, who, after some consideration, notified thc Governor that he would accept, and he was immediately appointed, tho Gov? ernor signing his appointment in the University Chapel, where ho was at? tending tho commencement exercises. It will bo noticed that the three gen? tlemen to whom thc place was offered arc prominent farmers and agricultu? rists. Col. Mciver is the most promi? nent agriculturist in his section, and one of thc most noted in tho State. Ile represonted his county somo years ago in the legislature. SHAMEFUL IF THUE. The Abbeville Press and Banner winds up an editorial on the Blair Bill as follows : Before the war, the policy of the Stato was to contribute about ?125,000 to the South Carolina College, and thc same amount to thc education ot poor children in the schools. Under that system and policy South Carolina reached the smallest per cent of illiter? acy of any Stato in the Union. Under the example set us by the Yankee Gov? ernment which was inaugurated in . 370, and with tho present enormous expenditure of public money for edu? cational purposes the illiteracy among the whites increases at a fearful rate. It will scarcely bc denied by any one familiar with the facts that the present system bas greatly demoralized thc whites, while the same plan seems to have stimulated the colored citizen to a remarkable energy and effort in the education of their children. Let the Blair Bill become a law, and in a few years very few white people would give anything at all, for the education of their children. Then they would not only want free tuition, but wc would expect to see enthusiastic advocates of free schools furnishing the needed books, aud advocating thc es? tablishment of ?a fine beef market at every school house. TWO OPINIONS. One Backed by Figures. Abbeville Press and Banner. Another matter of note. Before thc war when South Carolina did not en? courage pauperism, and when only about $25,000 was given annually for the schooling of pauper children, the j illiteracy among the white people reach- j ed a lower per cent, than in any other | State in thc Union. Only two-thirds j of her population voted then. Greenville jtfcic*. j In the year 1800, the last census j year before the war, thc State of South Carolina had 201,300 white inhabitants. 14,792 of them, or one in every niue- I teen, twenty years old and upward i could not read or write. ?n the s^roe year tho Stato of New York had 8,831.590 white inhabitant Of these 115,905 of twenty years of ago and upward, oould not read or write. There was one illiterate person in every 33 white iuhabitant3. In Vermont that year there was one illiterate white person in each 35. In Pennsylvania tho white illiterates i were one ta oo. In Ohio the white illiterates were ono I in 39 lu Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island-in fact in nearly every Northern State where the free school system prevailed thc proportion of illit? eracy among the white people was far less than it was hore. It is remarkable that a newspaper having a reputation to ioso should mako such reokless misstatement of facts-misstatements which can be de? tected by ovcry enc who ha3 general knowledge cf tho facts of tho oountry's history ; and exposed by any ono who has access to a compendium of tho cen? sas. It is a ornel wrong for a newspaper to doceivo the peoplo who are supposed to trust its statements and look to it for information. We do not believe the Press and Banner wilfully stated what it knew to bc false. We blame it and woudcr at it because it undertakes to base an ar? gument on statements without tho slightest effort to verify them, and re- ! Trains f,om all indeavor to enlighten ? its own ignorance while undertaking to i instruct the public. Having established tho p7-ess and j Banner's pitiable lacl: of knowledge of ! familiar facts and accessible figures, it ! is hardly worth while for ms to analyze ! tts further course of argument against ! thc free scuooi system. That uewspa- ; . ? i per ignores thc enormous advantages of ? wealth, population, and general prog- I ress thc free school North gained over j the South with its system of educating i only *"pauper child:on" at the public \ expense, it shuts its eyes to thc cm- j barrassmeuts ar.d burdens thc South has j endured since thc war and find:; that j our present large percentage of- Miter acy is caused entirely by the chango in our free school system. These round figures may bc of value to our Abbeville contemporary : White population. White illiterate. I I860 29I.U0? 14,000 1870 ?sy.OO? 30,000 1880 393.000 31,000 Between 18G? and 1870 whi n there was no school pystern of any kind, to. .*poak of, we lust 2.000 white iahabi tauts, and illiterates t wenty years old and upward, increased ill.(?00, moro than one hundred j.: ;- cent. Botwceu ! 1870 and ?;;S<>, during which time th j ! public school system had just begun to get into working shape, wc gained ] 102.000 white inhabitant^--moro ;?.<?!i thirty-fiiroc per cen? , and the while , illiterates increased but I.0?U, about fifteen p t cent ! The figures give very near the facts ; j for v;!.i;.- tho censu? of ISOO counted : ns iliit< rate ?h:>-e <.f twenty vears obi fi is 1 op/ad who cm?.Si nt read nor v. ? itt' w: hare t;:kct* ?ni the census ni 1N 7 * ' :?:?a thal >>f i-S> j i ho numbers ' nf those ( ?.V?M: i y 'MM y -.us old ui?d Ule '.vate "Am- ;ouiu u<A wilie. The County Treasurer of Anderson, a most efficient officer, recently resigned because thc provisions of thc law touch? ing his duties are so confused as to en? tail thankless labor, besides risk of loss through tho mistake of other officials over whoso conduct thc Treas? urer could exercise no control. There is indeed much confusion in thc tax laws of South Carolina, but, as tho Co? lumbia Register says, thc Legislature has been too busy to look after a little matter like that. Thc new Board of Managers of the New York Cotton Exchange met last Tuesday and among thc subjects dis? cussed was whether they would make provision for thc less weight of cotton covering used on cotton bales as com? pared with jute covering, as favored by thc New Orleans Cotton Exchange It was argued that as jute was an im? ported material, cotton covering should be encouraged, especially since jute took ?5,000,000 annually out of the country which would remain in it by the general substitution of cotton for juto. Tho Board adjourned without taking any positive action. [From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., Juno 28, 1889. Blaine's young man with bangs, Wil? liam Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, has been appointed Minister to Ger? many. There is nothing strange about this appointment which was known and discussed in Berlin, where Phelps was with thc Samoan Commission, six weeks ago, except tho absurd attempt on thc part of Blaine, Harrison and Phelps to make it appear to the public that the latter was very much surprised when tendered the commission as min? ister, when as a matter of fact the thing has been fully settled ever since shortly after the Senate rejected the nomination of Murat Halstead to the same position. By accident I discovered the cause for this little display. Phelps wants to spend thc most of thc summer in this country, and it was concluded that if it was given out that thc position had been given him unexpectedly, ho could plead "private business'7 as an excuse for not going to Berlin for several months. Verily the tricks of the poli? ticians arc many. Commissioner of Pensions Tanner is supposed to bc rather thick skinned, but the charges of favoritism towards a certain- firm of pension agents hero which were recently made against the Pension office "broke him all up," as thc boys say. Bcforo leaving for tho west, whore he goe3 to attend several soldiers' meetings, he called on the President to assure him that he was innocent of thc charges. Ho also told the President that when he returned from this trip he proposed making a personal investigation in order to ascer? tain whether there was any basis for the ? charges. There is to bo a big discharge at thc ; Government printing office to-morrow. I am informed that Public Printer | Palmer has instructed thc foremeu in i thc several departments that he wanted j none bus democrats selected for dis- ? missal* Thc Indiana republicans that stay ali home must be very different from those ! that come to Washington, or else Rep resentativc Owens, of that State, who i is just from home, must bc fibbing when I he says, speaking of bis constituents : "Tho people of thc Stato feel that superior to patronage, personal ambi? tion for place, and all that, is the sense that Indiana has a President whose administration they may bc proud of." Fer several reasons I am constrained to believe that Mr. Owens, is only giving thc- man in the White House "taffy" with the hope of "catching on'' to some? thing for some of his aforesaid con? stituents. .First, because in thc eyes cf all the republicans from Indiana that I have ever seen nothing was superior to the official natronnge. Secondly, the administration of thc luciana man has hardly been long enough or its acts important enough to cither bc proud of or ashamed of. The traveler who is at present oe- j cupying the White House is working tho railroads in great shape. He re? turned from Cape May Monday night, and to-day ho has gone back there, ile will return hero tho first of tho week, bringing his family. Tuesday or Wednesday ho is to carry tho old lady and the babios to Doer Park whero a dead-head cottago has been placed at his disposal for the summer. He is then to go to the Fourth of July cele? bration at Woodstock. How many drummers do more travelling than this, j in the same time. Thc Civil Service Commission lias returned from its investigating tour. Thc Commissioners are disappointed and almost discouraged. In only one place did they find thc law being strict? ly carried out-Chicago. .rho visits of inspection will be kept up and unh-ss the courage of the Commission shall all ! ooze out thc law will be strictly cn- j forced, without fear or favor. This ? treatment, if persisted in, will make tba law a permanent thing or it will cau*c it to bo repc.ded. Mr. Porter, Superintendent of thc Census, proposes io set up a little op? position to thc Civil Service Commis? sion, ile refuges to take his clerks through the Commission, and has i arrauged a li.-t of questions which he i ?ays al! applicants must answer satis- I facforily before appointment. The only j difference is, if furnished by the Civil < Service Commissi m some of thc clerks ; would bo democrats, wink: Porter's [?lan j snakes sure vi ali being republicans. Special orders bave been given col? lectors of Internal re-enuc as to watch? ing fruit distillers, during the coining season. Mrs. Lacy Webb Hayes, tho wife of cx-Prcsidcut lt. li. Hayes, died ni her home in Fremont, Ohio, on thc morn? ing of the 2?3ih .lune, after a few days' illness. Mir . Hayes was a tall, well formed woman, with black hair, which she wore smoothly combed back over thc cars, aud large gray eyes which wi aid grow black with excitement. She was fond of dress, but dressed quietly and well She liked music and had some- latent as a singer. Mrs. Haves was domestic in her tastes, and in the Rummer months could bc seen working in her garden or driving out. v, i:h her children. Carlotta Patti, thc well known singer, ?md si.-ter ot Adelina Patti, died in x'-.; h . 'L .'. uuL l.b.b. Sugar. Thc price of sugar threatens to keep up and to even go np higher. It is higher now than wo ever caw it-at least in some forty years. Haw sugars are higher to-day than any one born within forty years has seen them. While thc prices range much higher the consumption steadily increases. The supply abroad is small and rapidly di? minishing. The weather is also re? ported unfavorable in the great sugar producing sections. Thc Philadelphia Press says : "If anything should happen to dc creaso the volume of production for the present year, it is felt that thc wor ld might be overtaken by a sugar famine before the harvest of 1800 could be gathered. This is by no means idle talk. Tho supply of raw sugar'wiil be practically exhausted by the time this year's crop can bc realized upon.'* There arc two lessons to bc learned just herc. Thc people must consume less. Too much sugar is not healthful in the first place. It is not allowed in diabetes and Bright's disease, and it probably helps to develop, perhaps to originate them. But we do not speak ex cathedra. The other lesson is that the Southern people should raise their own sugar, by cultivating the sorghum cane and the beet root. The South ought to rely moro on home production. Very good sorghum sugar has been often made in our State, and if gener? ally cultivated by thc farmers they would bo less tributary to manufac? turers and to trusts. There is no rea? son of which wc arc informed why the farmers shall not grow a few acres of cane and make their own molasses and sugar. There in nothing like independ? ence on tue farm. Depending upon thc North for hay and flour and vegetables, and upon the world at large for mo? lasses and sugar, is not the right way to success and independence. That is the way it looks to ono "shade farmer," but who is profoundly interested in the success of all farmers. Our subject is both toothsome and necessary.- Wil? mington Messenger. Still After Mary's Goat Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow ; it strayed away one summer day, where lambs should never go. Then Mary sat ber down and tears streamed from her eyes ; she never found thc lamb because she did not advertise. And Mary had a?broth er John, who kept a village store ; he sat dowu and smoked his pipe and watched the open door. And as thc people passed along and did not stop to buy, John still sat down and smoked his pipe and blinked bis sleepy eye. And so the sheriff closed him out, but still he lingered near ; and Mary came ! to drop with him a sympathizing tear. "How is it, sister, that those other ! merchants here, sell all their goods and thrive from year to year?" Remem? bering now her own bad luck, tho little maid replies : "These other fellows get there, John, because they advertise." Springfield (Mo.) Journal. Fred. Douglass has been appointed Minister to Hay ti. A cave lias been discovered near Los Cruces, New Mexico, the interior of which is lined with veins of almost pure silver; it is said to exceed in richness the famous Bridal Chamber cave. lion. Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl? vania, died on tho 2Gth instant at his residence in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ile was a well known member of the Cabinet under President Lincoln, and a Senateor from Pennsylvania. He was iu thc 01st year of his age. Mrs. *llosina>Mackey has been granted a divorco by the District Supreme Court from Judgo Thomas J. Mackey, former? ly of South Carolina. The ground of application was illicit association with Mrs. Withcrbce, formerly of Washing? ton. Mrs. Witherbcc's husband is suing her for a divorce. Thc Baltimore American says it is worthy of note that in many of the Southern cities manufactured ice is sold at cheaper rates than the natural article in some Northern cities. Which is another proof that thc South can take care of herself, and compete successfully with Northern winters in the ice mak? ing business, as she now competes with thc North in other manufacturing in dustrios. Tho Sugar Trust cleared ?14,000, 000 in 1888, and in the five months proceding June of this year $G,240, 000. Thc price of sugar has been made so much higher that profits during the rest of thc year will bo larger. So t h is tariff-protected combination has a good thing and knows it. But the heads of families throughout thc Union have a bad thing, and sonic arc begin? ning tc find it out. XL i ?> I A 3 < VlENT OK T1IK CONDITION AND BUSINESS Oi' Ile "Bank of Smiler," Siller, S C, finding June 29, 1889, published in con? formity with act of Genera] Assembly : ASSETS. Loans and Discounts; ?85,659 ll Furniture aa?l Fixtures', 1,327 45 Due from Banks and Hankers, ami cash on hand, 12,719 79 ?99, TOG 35 LIABILITIES. Capital stock ;>ru.i In, $50,000 00 Undivided profits, 3,127 71 Indtvidiud Deposits, $24.497 72*1 ,..".- ,0 Savings Deposit?, ll,217.1?j ,")>'1-'1 Rediscounts, IO.-Sf)?) 28 Due otho- Banks, 13 24 $99.706 35 I, A. WHITE, Ju , (.'ashier of The Bank of Sumter, (io solemnly swear that thc above statement i.; true lo thc best of my knowl? edge and belief. A. WI (ITH, JR., Cashier Subscribed ?nd sworn to before me this 2nd day of July, 1S89. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, Ja., Nolan Public. Correct-Attest. W. F. B HAYNS WORTH, ] President, , ? I MARION MOISE, mreciors. A. S. BROWN. j ! Ju Iv 3. EY FOR SALE. rpiIE DIRECTORS of Thc Peoples' Build J ing und Loa? Association will meet willi I thc Stockhold? rs at Fireman's Hall on Satur- J day evening, the 1th inst., at 8 o'clock, for ? I Mie purpose of disposing of the money on ? mind. THUS. B. RICHARDSON, buiutu S (' Julv z. Sec. ?md Treas. AT THIS TIME HORSES AND MULES MAY BE SCARCE, Road Carts, Shorts, Fire Brick. TO ARRIVE: 2 Car Loads No. 1 Timothy Hay. A NEW ENTERPRISE, NEWLY OPENED BY E. CARDARELL?, CORNER OF MAIN AND REPUBLICAN STREETS, MANUFACTURER OF TINWARE AND LAMPS OF ALL KINDS. Roofing and Guttering, Cornice Sheet-Iron, Metal Work, Pumps, &c. Hut I am still in the ring with Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Corn, Lime, Hay Cement, Oats, Plaster Paris, Bran, Hair and May 8, '89. Prompt attention given to all parties. -^^^f -ALSO ICE!ICE!ICE! To bc had at E. Cardarclli's all thc season at thc usual price. Respectfully, E. CARDARELL?. April 17. New Advertisements. TO ADVERTISERS A Ii3t of 1000 newspapers divided into STATES AND SECTIONS will be sent on application-FREE. To those who want their advertising to pay wc can oiTur no better medium fer thorough and effective work than the various sections of our Select Local List. GEO. P. ROWELL <fe CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce street, New York. THE F?LL SESSION OPENS September 4,1889s W?TH THE LARGEST AND FINEST Corps of Skilled r.nd Experienced Teachers thc Institute has ever had. The ad? vantages here offered for instruction in Music, Art and the Academic studies arc not sur? passed by those of any institute in the South. For catalogue or iuformadon address tho Principal. Rsv. WM. R. ATKINSON, July 3-2ra Charlotte, N. C. HOE. THE SIHOKDS RATIONAL BASE, OP SUMTER. ScKTEa, S. C , July I, 1330. npHE DIRECTORS of this Bank have de fl dared a semi-annual dividend of four per cent, for six months, ending June"30th, payable on and lifter thia date. Stockholders will please call for their checks. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR., __July 3. CAS hier. HOLIDAY NOTICE" rpHURSDAY JULY 4th, being a legal JL Isolid.?y Tho Slmoads National Bank and The Hank of Sumter will be closed. All paper maturing ou that day must bo antic? ipated. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, Ja, Cashier. A. WHITE, JR., July 3_Cashier. S?Bp?RS N0TTCE. THE REGULAR ANNUAL REUNION of Co. E, Palmetto Sharpshooters will he iu-id at Swimming Pens oa the third Friday (19th inst.) Every member of this Associa? tion is expected to be on hand and contribute his share to thc pleasures of the day. Ad? dress bv the Hon. il. F. Wilson. H. T. ABBOTT, July 3. Chairman Committee. MMN SFM??~ SPARTANRURG CO., S. C. This Famous Resort will bc Open to Visitors MAY 1st TO OCT. M It is accessible rf&ra Spartanburg by a DAILY HACK LINE, making good connections with all trains. Telephone in operation to Spartanburg, and DAILY MAIL. GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER A Sate, Pleasant and Effective Remedy for all diseases of tho KIDNEYS, LIVER, STOMACH, AND SKIN. IT ACTS ON THE BOWELS, CLEANSES THE SYSTEM, AND REGULATES THE LIVER, And is c specific for mo:t FEMALE DISORDERS. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, Glenn Springs, S. C. For sale by all leading Druggists. July 3 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT FOR Bank of Sumter. ON MAY lit, next n SAVINGS DE PA RT ment will bc opened tn connection with "The Bank of Sumter,'' interest at 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly, according to regulations which will bc furnished depos? itors. lu addition to the regular daily banking hours, Hie Savings Department will be open for receiving deposits on Saturday evenings fruin 0 to 0 o'clock. W. F. ?. I1AYNSWORT17, A. WHITK. JR., President. Cashier. SAVE YOlj? 8?0?EY. ON and after Mav 1st. 1830, THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK of Sum? ter, will establish A SAVINGS DEPARTMENT in connection with their present business, and will pay interest nt thc rate of 4 per cont, per annum, payable quarterly upon euch sums of money as may be deposited, subject to the mles and regulations, usually adopted by Savings' Banks. W. ALSTON PRINGLE. JR., Ac: li-v. Cashier. OFFICE OF I COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY. y. SUMTER, S. C., May C, 1880. THE FOLLOWING ACT IS PUBLISHED in accordance with Section 3 : j Aa Act to allow unimproved lands which have not been on the tax books since 1875 to be listed without penalty. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen? eral Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That in all cases where unimproved land which has not been upon the tax books since thc fiscal year commencing November 1, 1875, and which are not on the forfeited list, shall at any time before the 1st day of October, 1888, bc returned to the County Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor be, and is hereby instructed, to assess the same and to enter it upon the duplicate of the fiscal year com? mencing November 1, 1837, with the simple taxes of that year. Section 2. That all such lands as may be returned to the Auditor for taxation between the first day of October, 1888, and the first day of October, 18S9, shall be assessed and charged with the simple taxes of the two fiscal year3 commencing, respectively, oa the first day of November, 1888. Section 3. That as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, the Comptroller Gen? eral is directed to furnish a copy of the same to each Auditor in the State, an* the Audi? tors are required to publish the same in each of their County papers, once a week for three months during the year 1888, and for the same period of time during the year ?S89; i .'ind the cost of such publication shall be paid } by the County Treasurer, upon the order of the County Commissioners, out of the ordi? nary county tax last collected. Approved December 19, 1387. W, R, DELGAR, May 8-3m. Auditor Sumter County. SUMTER MARBLE WORKS, ESTABLISHED IN 1869. -BY . P. SMITH, WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH Improved Facilities, TO FURNISH MONUMENTS} HEADSTONES, -AND ?ll Kinds of Cemetery Work, In First Class Workmanship. Dec. 21._I DRESSMAKING. LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE in the latest style, fit and work war j ranted and satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss j Adele Osteen, Republican street, opposite Harby Avenue. Prices as reasonable as good work can be done for. Feb 8 PMS, (ftps si Sewing leles. PIANOS, ?100 io $1,000. ORGANS, $24 to $1,500. SEW'ING MACHINES, $10 to $100. AU kinds of vocal and instrumental music. Smith & Egge Button Hole attachment. Orders filled at short notice. E. E. BRYAN, Office with C. E. Stubbs, Sumter, S. C. April 17-v ~ NOTICTTCT PARENTS! ALL PERSONS desirous of entering their children in thc white department of the j Graded School are requested to enroll their I names with C. M. Hurst, Secretary of the ! Board, at thc Council Chamber, by July 5 pros. JOHN KERSHAW, June 10 Chairman Board. NOTICE TO TEACHERS. I _ .. .._ TEACHERS DESIRING POSITIONS other than that of Principal, in the ? Graded Schools of thc city, will tile their ap I plications with C. M. Hurst, Secretarv, by I July 5, prox. JOHN KERSH A W, j June Ii) Chairman Board. FOB RENT. rpiIE STORE now occupied by Messrs. R. j JL W. DuRant&Son asa hardware store j will be for rent on Sept. 1st. A line stand, j For terms. &c., apply to June 5 ' P. J- WINN, j FOR RENT possEssioN GIVEN AT ONCE. ripiIB STORE lately occupied by the late JL F. J. O'Connor, on Main Street, known ns t!ie Crane Store. Applv to June 5 D. J. WINN. Executor. TO RENT. TARGE DWELLING, CORNER OF j 'Liberty and Harvin Streets, Suitable for Private Boarding House. Possession July 1st. Apply to R. D. LEE. June 12. _ State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge. \"C THERE AS, HARRIET McDONALD, '\ Widow, made suit to me to prant her Letters of administration of thc Estate and effects ot" BRISTOW McDONALD, Dec'd. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the j said Bristow McDonald, late of said County j and State, deceased, that they be and appear j before me, in thc Court of Probate, to be held i at Sumter Court House, on July 11th, ! \SS0, next, after publication hereof, at ll j o'clock in thc forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have why the said administration should ? not be granted. Given under my hand, this 26th day of June, A. D., 1839. TIIOS. V. WALSH, Juae 20-2t, Judge of Probate. Kingman & Co. LEADING GROCERS, SUMTER, S. C. We are selling an elegant Tin Toilet Set of three piece? for $1.25 per set, well worth $1.75. This is an opportunity seldom offered, and those that desire these goods had best call J1 early and avail themselves of the opportunity. They are in . . ~ all shades. Having quite a large stock of LADIES' SHOES in small sizes (ones to fours) we have concluded to sell them AT AND BELOW COST, which is from 95c. to $1.50. A well assorted stock of Handkerchiefs you will find here at 30c, 40c, 50c, 65c, 75c, 85c and $1.00 per doz. These goods are worth 15c to 25c. per doz. more than we are selling them at. We are still to the front in the GROCERY LINE. Our goods as usual are always of the best quality and guar? anteed fresh or money return? ed, prices in accordance with the markets. Have you tried Hires' Root Beer? . It is a most delightful summer drink. We sell the finest Butter ever brought to Sumter ; come and - try it and you will buy of no other. Goods delivered at once to any part of the city. It is our desire to please all those that call. We still handle the justly celebrated A. E. and Soda Crackers always fresh. KINGIMAN & CO. May 29 LOOK HERE ! We have some beautiful DRESS GOODS -IN Attractive Styles, AND CHEAP. We have some beautiful lack Silks. A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF JERSEYS, Handkerchiefs, Hoisery, ! SHOES, ETC. Ladies who buy of us SATE money. The store is full of pretty things. FOR MEN, WE HAVE CHOICE GOODS; CLOTHING-, HATS, SHOES, NECKWEAR, Etc. EST GROCERIES, REMEMBER WE ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST. ALTAMONT MOSES. Sept. 26. Attention Cotton Ginners, ?AM PREPARED, with the best applian? ces, to GUM, RE?UT ANO POINT gi? saw teeth. Long experience ia tb? busrnces enables me to guarantee satisfaction. Caa refer to 56 gins worked on the past.tensos, in and out of the County. Your patronage ia respectfaDy solicited. Address, J. M. REID, Mayesrille, S. C. RcsidcDcc Greggs X Rv?*ds. Mt. Clio Town? ship. ' june 19.