The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 21, 1889, Image 2
Ck i?aitan m? Soaf ipa.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21.
Tho Sxmter Watchman was founded
in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866.
Th* Watchiuan and Southron DOW bas
th? combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly tho best advertising medium in
Suiter.
THE KILLING OF JUDGE
TERRY.
We eta see nothing criminal or even
improper ia the shooting of Judge
Terry fey Deputy Nagle.
From all accounts of this tragedy it
appears that Nagle was present with
Justice Fisld for the purpose of pro?
tecting him from Terry, and we cannot
conceive that his duty or the law would
require', .frat he should stand by and
wait to ] see just how far Terry would
carry his assault before shooting him.
Tho plea of self defence is good in a
case where, the defendant has reasonable
cause io apprehend death at the hands
of hi? assailant or great bodily harm.
The old theory about "retreating to the
wall" only exists as a basie principle
which has been lo enlarged by recent
?eo??oos of oar oourts ts to be almost
refined away. The law does not now
require that a mau should retreat to the
imaginary walt when assailed, bat rec?
ognises that honor is sometimes as dear
as life itself and so construe this ancient
rale. The same circumstances that will
justify a maa in taking the life of an?
other who assails himself, will equally
justify him ia shooting the assailant of
a third maa.
The result of a fair trial of Nagle
cannot be doubtful. He ought to be
promptly and triumphantly acquitted
and will be if fall justice can be obtain?
ed at the hands of a California jury.
Justice Field is always a magistrate
whether on or off the bench, and is an
M sad feeble man. Terry, a turbu?
lent, desperate and soured man of fine
physical strength and comparative
youth. His checquered career has been
ace series of violence, turbulence and
outrageous contempt of all the powers
3 and authorities of the law. This last
and closing act of his violent career had
as its-underlying motive a revenge, on
the person of the judge, for an adverse
decision of that magistrate in the world
famous Hill-Sharon divorce snit, by
which Terry, who had married the
female party to the suit, lost $5,000,
OOO. Terry had attempted the life of the
Judge ia open court with a revolver,
and ha? threatened vengeance at the
first opportunity. All these circum?
stances will have to be considered in
making up a verdict in the case agaiast
Nagle.
The fact that the wife of Terry left
the room on seeing Justice Field, and
returned with a satchel ia which there
was found a pistol, clearly indicates
that the assault was made with a view
of carrying it to a fatal extremity, and
will go a long way to strengthen the
paasamptloa that the prompt action of
Nagle saved the Kfe of an honored and
respected member of the Supreme Court
of the United States, about to be taken
by a desperate and disappointed man
with a reputation for lawlessness equal
to that of his intended victim for the
Opposite character.
We think the officer did his duty.
Terry played a desperate game and lost.
That ought to be the end of it.
Justice Field bas also been put under
arrest. This arrest of - a justice of the
Supreme Court on the charge of mur?
der and his probable arraignment and
trial before a petit jury in a State Court
constitute a sensational sod unprece?
dented episode in the criminal annals of
this country. Of ourse, this action
against Jastice Field is the result of
spite and enmity on the part of Ter-j's
'friends, and their desire to cause him
all the humiliation they can. It is
without excuse or reason. The formal
trial of Nagle may be a proper compli?
ance with the formal requirements of
the- law, not so, however, the prosecu?
tion of Justice Field.
JOHN I*. SULLIVAN CONVICT?
ED.
John L. Sullivan has had his trial to
Mississippi and bas been convicted of
prize fighting.
This cabe has excited a profound in?
terest throughout the country in view
of the faet that the court having juris?
diction to try the noted pugilist was a
little sessions court- "away down in
Dixie." This interest,, at the North,
took thc form and proportions of enthu?
siastic ovations io honor of the Boston
brute. Wild demonstrations of sym?
pathy have been shown fur bim io that
highly civilized and cultured portion of
our country.
The outraged law of Mississippi has
been amply vindicated. The verdict of |
thc jury convicting Sullivan was sus?
tained by the Court, Judge Terrell
promptly, and without bearing any ar?
gument, overruling the defendant's
motion in arrest of judgment and for a
new trial.
After all other expedients had failed
Geo. Ford, Sullivan's counsel, read a
petition for clemency, asking that in
view of this being the first conviction |
for the offence in the State, no other j
penalty than the fine of $1,000 be io- j
fiicted. This petition was signed by j
sit the subordinate officers of the Court, j
besides many prominent citizens, who j
teemed to be satisfied that a fine would j
be inflicted itsd thought it sufficient that
it had been demonstrated that the power
of the State was adequate to bring the
off*?n<ler to justice and secure convic?
tion. The judge disregarded this pe
tition and inflicted the heaviest au<
?crest penalty the statute would pe
-one years imprisonment in
County jail. This extreme sent
excites surprise but little opposi
from the press of the country.
In passing sentence Judge Ter
after making the prisoner stand
spoke as follows :
"Gentlemen, passing sentence ah
has been of considerable trouble
concern to me, even in small cases,
cept where the law has one abso
punishment. It seems to me that
prize fight at Richburg, of whuh
stand convicted, was a gross affroo
the laws of the State, where the anti
ities personally forbade it. It seem
have been accomplished with system
arrangement and in the presence of
vited thousands. It seems on the ]
of all connected with it to have b
studied disregard and contempt for 1
They came from aDd through m
States whose authority and civilisai
deterred them from any attempt at s
public, lawless conduct within tl
limits, and they chose the State of A
sissippi as the only fit ground for si
a combat, indicating their utter c
tempt for the sentiments of her peo
and tho laws of her statute books.
"The sentence of the law is that
the punishment for the offence
which yon stand convicted, yon si
suffer imprisonment for twelve mon
in the county jail."
The moral and enlightened sentimi
of the entire country wi!' sustain i
judge in the view he takes of t
matter.
Judge Terrell ought to get the "
amond belt" since he is the only m
who has proven himself able to "kno
out" John L. Sullivan. This conv
tion will probably have a tendency
correct the erroneous impression whi
seems to obtain at the North that t
laws can be violated with impunity
the South.
Yeldell acquitted and Jno. L. Sui
van convicted are good object lessons
the way Southern justice is administe
ed. If the law at the North, as admi
istered, through ihe usual channels,
powerless to cope with the brutal pra
tice of prize fighting and similar d
grading customs and institutions wbh
bave become engrafted into the civil
zation and fostered by the popular sys
pathies and prejudices there, why, 1
all such characters as Jobn L. be sei
down South and we will fill our jai
with them.
Kilrain has been arrested too an
will receive a like sentence when coi
victed as he surely will be. He an
his late victor ought to be placed in th
same cell, where they will have a wbol
year to decide the championship que.1
tion.
We are glad that the first sex iou
check to the degrading sport of priz
fighting has been administered by
Southern Court.
The brutalizing tendencies of tba
sentiment at the North, which is rap
idly making John L. Sullivan the typ
of the young man's hero, will be some
what retarded by the action of the Mis
sissippi Court.
When Kilrain bas been placed "ii
durance vile" with his late antagonist
the measure of our content will bi
filled.
Sullivan has given bond pending ai
appeal to the Supreme Court. Thii
will only serve to delay the execution o
the sentence.
A RENEGADE^
G. G. Alexander, editor of the Cam?
den Journal, and Senator from Ker?
shaw County, has been appointed post?
master at Camden vice David C. Kirk
ley. removed.
Mr. Alexander has been heretofore
regarded by some as a Democrat and
was elected Senator on a Democratic
ticket. He ran for the oifico of Clerk
of the Court of his county last fall and
after his defeat gave vent to some very
bitter criticisms of the Democratic party.
His political fidelity has since then been
the subject of grave suspicion. This
appointment strips from bim the lion's
skin and reveals the af ses* ears in a way
that is unmistakable.
In himself, Mr. Alexander amounts
to very little, and his appointment to a
Federal office becomes important only
because of its being the first instance of
President Harrison's recognition of tue
so-called independents of this State.
To solicit and receive this appoint?
ment while holding an honorable pub?
lic position as a Democrat to the State
Government, argue Mr. Alexander
worse than a traitor-a renegade.
The Watchman mid Southron 6mokcd
Mr. Alexander :nany months siuco and
is not surprised.
BOULANGER]
The career of this turbulent dema?
gogue has uot ended in the way his
ambition suggested and his followers
hoped it might, but in ignominious
exile from his country and indellible
stains on his honor and honesty as well
as his courage as a man.
Boulaugefism is an extinct volcano.
The French Senate understood the
character of thc Kreuch nation better
thau we did. Such persecution and
prosecution of any demagogue of the
Boulanger stripe in this country would
have proven a boomerang to thc person j
attempting it and raised up ten friends
in the place of every one removed, i
The papers in this country almost with
One accord, protested against the in- 1
dictmcnt and trial of the little genera] I
on the ground that it would smack of
persecution and make him ten fold :
more popular wifh the masses of France. '
Ile did attempt to pose as a martyr,
but it did not work. The French Gov- j
ernment went on treating him as a
common malefactor and paid no heed to :
the protests against their actions. The
result? have moro than justified their
course and demonstrated its wisdom.
Boulanger is pow wtthout a follow
convicted of peculation of the p
funds. He is civily dead and bu
His manifestoes that flood bis foi
country excites only derision and
eous oontempt. Unlike the great
poleon, whom he tried to imitate
goes from bis country into per rx
banishment and disgraceful exile, '
wept, unhonored and unsung" am
might add, unregretted. His poli
demise will bo a great loss to the tr
Atlantic cable-nothing more.
A FEARFUL FLOOD.
A Cloud Burst Devastates a Port
of the Wateree Valley.
The following account of the floo
last Thursday, and the damage to
railroads resulting, we clip from
Columbia Register of 17th :
At about 7 o'clock Thursday nig
cloudburst near the Wateree B
caused a tremendous fall of r"'n i
practically inundated, temporarily
section of forty square miles, which
eluded Eastover, Gadsden and Ki
ville of this County, and Wedgefield
Sumter County.
A graphic description of the see
preceding and accompanying the ck
burst was given the Register repoi
by a gentleman who was on his plai
tion near Weston s when it ocenrr
Two immense masses of ominous clo
were seen in the heavens, gradually
proaching each other from the East t
West.
As the two cloud-banks met i
commingled, the whole heavens seen
covered with a sable pall, save wber
narrow streak of light could be seen
the direction of this city.
A light rain had begun to fall so
time before, and as the two masses
clouds met, suddenly came a dov
pour of rain in blinding torrents, wh
seemed to fill the space between ea
and sky with a continuous sheet
water.
AU things around were hid by 1
falling flood, which, as it fell, quid
transformed fields to lakes, ditches
brooks, and creeks and branches
rushing rivers.
Doors and windows had to be tigh
closed, and the down-pouring flo
pounded outside with deafening noi*
In the fields every furrow filled and \
came a rushing stream. The ditch
could not take away the flood, and ra
idly it spread over the growing crof
in many places standing two feet dec
Wherever the slightest declivity affor
ed an escape, a torrent was formed ai
cotton and corn were torn up by t
roots in its course, while the plants n
uprooted were soaked with water ai
smeared with mud.
A negro, caught with a herd of coi
in a little hollow when the cloudbui
came, when half-drowned himself 'J
went to look for them, found the coi
swimming in the deep pool which h:
been formed about them. The neg
had to wade through water up to h
neck to drive them to a safer place.
A gentleman at Gadsden, who wei
out upon bis porch to look about sou
time after the downpour began, saw
his dismay, a stream two feet in dept
rushing along the paths of his flow?
garden in the yard.
At Eastover the station agent repor
ed at 9 o'clock that there was throe fe?
of water beneath and around the depo
and the railroad track was covered wit
water as far as one could see.
At Acton, a few miles below, thei
was the same state of things, and i
some places the water was reported t
be four feet deep.
Two hours after the down mail trai
over the Coast Line passed tho Waterc
trestle, it is reported '.he water ha
risen two feet above thc track, whic
seems almost-incredible, as it would in
dicate a rise of fifteen feet, which coui
only be possible by the backing up c
the river.
The area visited by this deluge fror
the heavens was limited in extent, and
so far as can be judged, was cc ifined t
the section immediately in the vicie i t
of the Wateree Uiver. Eastover am
Gadsden seem to have been the West
ern limit of the flood visited section, n?
heavy rain having falleu at Grovewood
the station next this side of Eastover
or at Hopkins, the station this side o
Gadsden. Wedgefield seems to havt
marked the Eastern and Ringville th<
Southern limit of the fiood, but bow fa
to the North, up the Wateree, the arei
covered by the cloudburst entended can
not bo learned.
That extensive and most serious dam
age to growing orops must have resnltec
is very evident, and it seems certaii
that the consequent loss to the farmer;
will be very large, unless, as is to be
hoped, the full force of the cloudbursi
was not felt io but a few localities.
DAMAGE TO TURKS RAILROADS.
Thc first warning of the catastrophe
here was received by the railroad offi
cials of the three roads whose lines ex?
tend through the district visited, thc
many washouts rendering their roads
im passable.
On the South Carolina Railway a
freight which left here at 7.25 could
not bc heard from after it left Hopkins,
and thc freight coming up from Charles?
ton could not be heard from after it
passsed Kiugvi?e. lt was, for a time
feared, that a collision had occurred,
though it could not bc understood how
that could be the case. Telegrams re
ceived soon showed what the trouble
was, and as soon as the extent of thc
damage was realized, preparations were
at once made to repair thc breaks made
Ou the Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad the damage resulting
from thc cloudburst was more extensive
and euch as tu cause a much greater in
terruption to traffic. There, is a wash?
out this side and another beyond Kast?
over and a bad one a few miles from
Wedgefield. No trains have passed
over the road between this city and
Sumter since Thursday evening, and
the present prospect, is that the road
cannot be put into condition before
Monday.
A serious accident resulted from an
attempt to promptly repair tho damage
caused by the flood at Kastovcr
AnSmprovisetl construction train was
sent out frx^ro Sumter Thursday night,
soon after tliCv washout at Ivistover was
heard of. \VWri this train reached
Cane Savannah, slSi'O three miles from
Wedgefield, it ran in\i an unsuspected
washout there, and thc angine and cars
tumbled into the gap in thcN^ack.
Ou board the train were MrW'eorge
Witherspoon, engineer, Mr "Sv W.
Fort, conductor. Capt. A. N. Frcclihd,
road master, and fourteen trainmen and]
laborer?3. Capt Freeland and Mr. ?
With* rs poon escaped with ^li^li? bruises ;
and conductor Fort had a rib broken
and received other injuries. Gue of
the negroes, Wm. Smith, was killed,
and ten of them were more or less in?
jured. Three escaped unhurt.
A number of passengers bound for
Columbia over the Three C's Railroad
on the evening of the cloudburst will be
likely to remember the experience it
caused them for the remainder of their
lives, while Captain George Cleary, who
was conductor of the train, will not be
likely to soon forget it.
The train after leaving Camden soon
struck a light fall of rain, but after
passing Claremont, which is about half
way to Ringville, received the full ben?
efit of tho cloudburst. Deeming it un?
safe to proceed further then Conductor
Cleary sent thc engine back to Clare?
mont to wire the cause of his delay, and
as well to examine the condition of the
track. Just after the engine had ieft
Claremont to return to the train a sec?
tion of the track passed over was washed
away. When the train was run on to
Camden Junction, where thc W., C. &
! A. .track is crossed, just before that
; point was reached another bad -washout
was discovered ; so the train was pre?
vented from either going on to Ring?
ville or returning to Claremont or
Camden.
There the train and* passengers had
to remain for nearly twenty-four hours,
being last evening able to reach Ring?
ville on a caboose car sent out with an
engine from that place to this side of
the washout.
A reporter of the Register took ad?
vantage of the first down train after the
breaks at Gadsden were repaired to
reach the vicinity of the scene of the
cloudburst's work.
At Gadsden were seen the two cal?
verts washed oat by the force of the
flood, which was of such magnitude as
to choke the openings provided for the
passage of water under the track, and
of such power as to sweep away, as if
loose trash, the substantial brick work
about the culverts. In each case a
clear opening thirty feet wide by some
twenty feet deep had been cut through
the railroad embankment, and for a
hundred yards beyond the bricks from
the culvert were strewn about, having
evidently been carried along by the
flood and deposited where seen.
The two culverts are perhaps a cou?
ple miles apart, and Conductor Burns,
on Thursday night, found his freight
train confined between the two gaps.
After passing one in safety, he found
tho other washed away and when
Le backed to the one passed so shortly
before, he found that it too had given
way to the flood's resistless force.
In many places in thia vicinity the
track of the flood could be traced over
cotton fields, the plants of which were
now covered with mud, and beside the
railroad, where the marks left on the
bushes showed that the water must have
been four feet deep in many places.
As the train neared Ringville thc
traces of the flood grew more numerous
and evident. Alongside the track was
the bed of what bad been a rushing
stream twenty feet wide in the morning
when Capt. O'Brien's train passed on
its way up. In all low places water
wa3 standing several feet in depth and
it was evident at many points that the
track itself had been under water.
At Ringville a busy scene was pre?
sented. Colonel Averill, the Superin?
tendent of the road, was engaged in
laying out the work of repairing the
flood's ravages.
One material train was engaged in
repairing a place where several hundred
feet of side track had tilted up and
partly sunk out of sight, and near at
hand were six other material trains,
preparing to start out to various points.
Yesterday morning Ringville was
surrounded by a veritable lake,' and
when the flood was at its height the
water was within a few inches of tho
floor of Mr. Draft's store.
Yesterday evening there could be
seen hundreds of acres showing signs
of having recently been submerged, and
pools of water abounded everywhere in
the vicinity.
Near Hopkin's a gang of workmen
were taken aboard and a negro named
Johnson Richardson, who had been in?
jured in the work on the track, was
lifted in and taken to bis home at Hop?
kins. Hts knee was badly mashed by
a falling crosstic, and he seemed to be
suffering greatly.
(From our Regular Correspoodeot.)
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16, 1889.
Representative Tom Reed, of Maine,
will be the next Speaker of the House
of Representatives, at least that is
what I have just been told by a promi?
nent republican who is usually well
posted on the inside news of bis party.
He says that the coolness which has
existed between Blaine and Reed for
several years bas been all fixed up and
that Blaine's influence will be thrown
for him. This, he says, was brought
about by Quay, Clarkson and other
leaders in the party, who have decided
that Reed is the only one of the candi?
dates for the speakership whose par?
tisanship is strong enough to make
him decide in favor of his party on
every coutested occasion, and owing to
the narrow majority they will have in
the House only such a man will fill the
bill. Therefore it has been decided
that the caucus should nominate Recd
Congressman "Sunset" Cox is in the
city whiling the time away telling
miraculous stories of what he saw
during his recent visit to the northwest.
It, is now stated that the report of
thc Commission engaged in investigat?
ing thc Pension office will be readv
about September 1. It is also said that
this report will determine whether
Commissioner Tanner will continue in
office or not.
It is remarkable how quick foreigners
"catch on" to the American way of
doing things. The French cook who
was recently discharged from thc White
Rouse, and who fur several ?lays had
thc papers full of an intended suit to
be brought against thc President for
breach of contract, now says that fdic
never had any idea of bringing any
such suit, but as she and her husband
are about to open a boarding house in
this city she thought it would be a good j
idea to get som*? free advertising in the !
newspapers. She believed it would !
pay. Smart, woman.
A no!lier Washington girl has mar- j
ried a full blooded indian. The girl !
went to Versailles, N. Y., the other day, j
and thc next thing her parents hoard j
was that she had been married to
Nathaniel Patterson, a Senaca Indian,
who is a fanner near that place. There
is no acc;;un:ing for taste.
The relic crank is abroad in the
The latest freak nf one who j
Hv-eAjn :IU.N city is io exhibit the seaf- |
fold upoX whirh John Brown was hung ?
He says lie will use the money received
to build a monument to the memory
of Brown. If every body was of the
same mind as your correspondent it
would take bim a life time to get
enough to buy a pino board.
Thc Indian bureau has sent a circular
to applicants for teachers positions in
the Indian schools informing them that
no person will be appointed wbo bas
not the ability to stand the examination
required to secure a similar position in
the best schools for white children. If
this bureau lives up to the circulars it
has of late been sending out the scan?
dals in the Indian service are likely to
be fewer.
Contested Congressional election
cases come rather high but it seems we
arc bound to have them. Over ten
thousand pages of testimony have been
printed relating to those of the next
House. It's dollars to little apples
that we would not have one tenth of
the contests, if the contestant had to
foot the bills himself. The present
methods offer a premium to the con?
testant.
The postmaster general has decided
that the telegraph companies must ac
cept the old rate of one cent per word
for Government messages pending a
settlement of the dispute. The tele?
graph people havo not yet been heard
from.
It has been decided by the Treasury
department that the four new states can
have no part of the ?800,OOO appro?
priated by the last Congress for estab?
lishing experimental agricultural sta?
tions in the different states.
The democratic state ticket just
nominated at Richmond is enthusiasti?
cally received by Virginia democrats?
hero. They say that it removes the
last vestige of doubt as to thc result of
the campaign.
The Inter-state commerce commission
wants to know all about the organiza
tions of railway employees for insurance
and other purposes, and bas sent a cir?
cular letter to railroad managers asking
for information.
President Harrison has returned from
Bar Harbor looking well He leaves
for indianapolis next week to take part
in the reunion of his old regiment and
in the laying of the corner 6tonc of the
soldiers monument. It will be bis first
visit home since he has been President,
and he will probably remain there
several days.
- - - ? i -
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, by purifying and en?
riching the blood, improves the appetite, aids
the assimilative process, strengthens the
nerves and invigorates the system. It is,
therefore, the best, and most thoroughly reli?
able alterative that can be found for old and
young.
C. I. Hoyt & Hro. have, as usual, a tull and
complete line of Jewelry, gold and roll plate,
Watches and Clocks. Engagement Rings a
specialty.
FOR SALE. ;
8-IIorse Power FRICK ENGINE complete.
First class. To make roora for larger.
Also
WINSHIP HAND PRESS complete.
W. D. SCARBOROUGH,
Aug 21-2 Providence, S. C.
~MlLkT0WST0R~SALET~
SEVEN HEAD GOOD MILK COWS with
young Calves, for sale. Applv to
S. W. RAFF!ELD,
Aug 21-1_Sumter, S. C.
T. B. CURTIS
Will open with a full line of
FANCY AND STAPLE
GROCERIES,
ON SEPT. loth
next, at the
?1I?RMDSTO,
GOODS SOLD AT
Charleston Prices,
and Delivered Free.
Call and see him for good
values.
Aug 21
~R~W. BRADHAM,
Wheelwright and Blacksmith
SUMTER, S. C.
IAM PREPARED TO REPAIR AND
Rebuild, ad wcdUe? to build outright, all
kiuds ot Vehicles.
HORSE-SHuEING A SPECIALTY.
Also repair nil parts of broken Machinery.
Keep on hand a etock of Check and Globe
Valves and Fittings. Also keep Pumps on
hand and put th.-m down. I handle the
SMITH'S SONS IMPROVED GIN,
which is as good as any on thc market, and
gives entire satisfaction.
Aug 21
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Assessment of Real Kat ate.
CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE.
SUMTER, S. C , Aug. 20, 1880.
1VEAL ESTATE OWNERS IN CITY OF
Y Sumter will please take notice that tho
Hoard of Assessors appointed by City Coun?
cil of Sumter July 8th, "to assess the value
of KIM I Estate for taxation," for year 18S9,
have maile their report and same is filed in
this oilice for examination, as required by
law.
Sec. VI. of an Ordinance made in that behalf
and published Maj 20th 18*'J, says : ,;The re?
port of tiie assessors of real estate for taxation
shall remain in the office of the Clerk and
Treasurer ol' enid city for inspection of land
owners for twenty days next after the filing
thereof and it shall bc in the power of the
Mayor and Aldermen of said city, for good
cawse shown, m reduce such assessment, if
complaint against the same be made to them,
in writing, within twenty days next after the
filing ot the assessments for taxation, but
after the expiration of said twenty days such
assessment for taxation shall be final.
Bv oH^r <>f Mavor,
C M. HURST,
2J. Clerk & Treasurer.
PIONEERS OF THE
HARDWARE BUSINESS
Beg to announce to their friends of Sumter and adjacent
counties that they have moved to their
Large, Magnificent, New Store
Adjoining A, A. Solomons.
Our increased business necessitated our leaving our former
CRAMPED QUARTERS. Now with LARGE STORE AND
LARGE STOCK we are prepared the better to meet the wants
of our friends.
The Ladies, too, are especially invited to call and see
us. We return thanks for past liberal patronage and solicit
your future trade.
We buy LARGELY FOR CASH and can offer INDUCEMENTS.
Always come and see us before buying your
HAEDWAEE.
Look! Read! Buy!
Wre sell Agricultural Implements, Tools, Wagon and Buggy
Material, Plantation and Household Supplies, Table and Pocket
Cutlery, Razors, Scissors, Glassware, Tinware, Lamps, Potware.
Everything in the Hardware Line.
Stoves! Stoves! Stoves!
Fine Cookers for wood or coal. Low prices, best make,
guaranteed. See us always before buying either a Cooker or a
Heater. OIL STOVES from $1.00 up. Ladies these are the
very things for convenience ! Try one.
Guns! Guns! Pistols!
Best make and cheap. Guns from $2.25 to $65.00.
Pistols from ?1.00 up.
SHELLS, CARTRIDGES, WADS, SHOT AND POWDER.
Rubber and Leather Belting, best make.
Packing in Hemp and Rubber. . Gin Bristles and Twine.
HOLLOWWARE-POTWARE.
We are POWDER AGENTS and can sell dealers cheaper than
they can order it. Save freight by duying of us.
Respectfully,
E. W. DURANT & SON.
Aug. 21
TO THE FARMERS.
FARMERS WISHING TO BUY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MA?
CHINERY:
HARVESTERS AND BINDERS, REAP?
ERS, MOWERS, GRASS RAKES, Seo.,
Will do well to cali on me before buying elsewhere. I am handling the
MCCORMICK MACHINERY,
and it is not surpassed by any manufactured in the United States. It is very
simple, Iig???, strocg and easy draught. My Prices are Low and Terms easy.
Write to me for catalogue and prices, which will be sent free. Hoping to hear
from the farmers of the country, I am, respectfully,
GEO. F. EPPERSOJV, Agt.
May 1-v-m-a-s. Office at Epperson's Stables, Sumter, S. C.
FIRE BRICK.
The attention of Mill Owners, House Builders and Real
Estate Owners is called to the economy and advisability of
using Eire Brick. Furnaces built of them are seldom out of
repair and when once a fire-place is built with Fire Brick, the
trouble, annoyance and expense of repairing it (which usually
occurs about once a season) ceases entirely.
I handle Fire Brick by the car load, and am therefore en?
abled to offer them at prices as cheap as they can be bought in
small quantities anywhere. When in want of them I hope to
supply you.
Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris and Cow Hair also on hand.
Respectfully,
July 24, '89.
WILSON & SPAWN,
INSURANCE AGENTS,
SUMTER, S. C.
Representing some of the best Fire Insurance Companies doing business io the
United States, for Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, we beg to
solicit a share of the patronage of our friends in these counties.
FRANK N. WILSON, Manning.
J. M. SPANN, Sumter, S. C.
July 10-x
K3-- ? nmM
A NEW ENTERPRISE,
NEWLY OPENED BY E. CA RD A KELLI, CORNER OF MAIN AND
REPUBLICAN STREETS, MANUFACTURER OF
TINWARE AND LAMPS OF ALL KINDS.
Hooting and Guttering,
Cornice Sheet-lion, Metal Work, Pumps, &e.
^JjCS^ Prompt attention given to all parties. ^^^ESjjf
ICE!ICE!ICE!
To be had at E. Cardarclli's all thc season at the usual price.
Respectfully,
E. CARDARELLI.
April 17
Kingman I Co.
SUMTER, St C.
j
We are selling lan elegant
Tin Toilet Set of ?bree piece**
for $1.25 per set, [ well worth ?
$1.75, This is ari opportunity. -
seldom offered, and those that
desire these goodsjhad best call
early and avail themselves of
the opportunity. >Thejrarein
all shades. \_?
Having quite a large stock of <
LADIES' SHOES
in small sizes (ones to fours)
we have concluded to ?ell 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., 50a, 65o, ?
75c., 85c. and $1.00 per doss.
These goods are worth 15a to. >
25c. per doz. more than we are
selling them at
We are still to the front in the S
GROCERY LINE.
Our goods as usual are always &
of the best quality and guar- .
an teed 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 Bufterever
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 Sod?
Crackers always fresh. i
KINGMAN & CO.
Mav 29
' St:
LOOK HEBE!
We have some b?autiful
DRESS
-IN
Attractive Styles, -
AND ~ " I:"
CHEA
We have some be
Black Silks.
A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF
JERSEYS,
Handkerchief, Hoisery,
SHOES, ETC.
Ladies who buy of us SAVE
money. The store is full
of pretty things.
FOR MEIST,
WE HAVE CHOICE GOODSfc
CLOTHING-, HATS,
SHOES,
NECKWEAR, Etc
IN
GROCERIES;
REMEMBER WE ALWAYS
KEEP THE BEST.
ALTAMONT MOSES.
Sept 26.
Attention Cotton Ginnefe
IAM PREPARED, with the beat racfcen-i
ces, to GUM, RE?UT AND POrNTj^
saw teeth. Long experience ia th? business
enables me to guarantee Satisfaction Out
refer to 56 gin? worked on the past season,
ia and out of the Conti ty. TOOT patroaafet :
is respectfully solicited. Address, .
J. M. REID,
Mayesr?le, S. C.
Residence Greggs X Roads, Mt. Clio To?orr
ship. Jnue ;:- .
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