The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 11, 1889, Image 6

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fte Auijs-tii ar? Jit?rca. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ll. Tne President's Messag? The annual message of President Harrison, which was seat to the two houses of the U. S. Congress last week is summarized by the National Demo? crat of Washington, D. C;, as follows : When the Republicans nominated Benjam?n Harrison for President iu 1888 they selected bim largely for the reason that iu the whole record of what he had said and done in public life there was almost nothing which was offensive to any member of the party-coothing that was likely to drive away Republi? can votes. The message which he sent to Congress on Tuesday is character? istic of the man who had such a safe record in 1888. It is the message of a timid, cautious, cunning politician, who follows his party r.od does not load it, and who hopes to stay in the White House for eight years by pursuing the same non assertive, non-committal coarse which bas served him so well in the past. Mr. Harrison's message is a message of skips and dodges, of party echoes and half-way recommendations. He says he has not had time to examine Mr. Win? dora'4 silver bullion certificate scheme, although during the past three weeks he has been able to devote three days to duck shooting in Mary laud. His strongest argument is iu favor of steam? ship subsidies, but even here he might have been far more d finite than he is He advocates federal appropriations for common schools in the States, but in a form which the advocates of the Blair bill must find wholly unsatisfactory. He evideotly does not dare to indulge in bole! advocacy of the scheme for taking the control of Congressional j elections out of the hands of the State authorities and merely talks about ex? tending the present system of 'Super? vision " To the solution of the tariff problem he contributed absolutely ootb- j ing of value He will sign any meas-j ure that his party friends in Congress j may send to bim and to them he leaves ! the whole busiuess for settlement So, j foo, in the matter of pension legislation his remarks are quite general. He wants more done for the needy veterans, but he makes no suggestions as to de? tails. His* remarks concerning the civil service law are noteworthy chiefly for his effort to relieve himself of res? ponsibility for the utter ignoring of all civil ser trice principles which character? ized the grand rout of the railway mail ] i service \>y the Republican politicians io j i March and April last. Everything of real importance which he has to say could have been compress- i ed into & quarter of a column of this c paper, but he occupies nearly two of t our pages in saying it. We publish jj the document as a part of the political j 1 annals of the time, but we shall not J ? often give up so much space to such un- j i inter es ti cg matter. 1 What Mr. Harrison might bare ven tured to say if bis party had not been ? i defeated in many of its strongholds | 1 only a month ago it is useless to speen- i late about. What is clear is that con- j < cerniog the groot interests of the people j i he has very little of value to say, and he says it voluminously. The N. Y. Times says: "No other motive than fear could have restrained the President from making clear and j < specific recommendations of tariff re- j i visio?. He knows that men who voted j ( for him and sp^nt their money for his j t electron"are now demanding relief from 1 ? the exactions of the tariff laws, and he j t knows that the industries of the coun- j 1 * try fleed :he relief.'* . i f The Wilmington. N. C. Messenger j t says: Mr. Harrison has placed himself j i in a position that he hopes no doubt i s will enable him to change with the 1 course of his party io the Congress ti their anion should lead to the re- ! ( duct ion of the war tariff of 47 10 per j i cent, he will say that he foreshadowed > 1 that in his message when he ?poke of J < revising "the schedules " Ile will ! s make revision and reduction synooy- ! 1 moos in his present vocabulary. But i 1 if the radical protectionists bold their j 1 grip and succeed in retaining the old ! ; war tax he wtii be ready :o poiut to his j 1 message and say, I did not favor re form beyond smoothing inequalities, j and did not ?>ay a word of reducing the j i 47 10 average, nor did I lower the 1 claims of the protectionists, but really proposed extending the priucitile. Did . I not say : "The inequalities of the j , law should be adjusted but the protec- j tive principle should be maintained and J fairly appiied to the products of OUT j ; farms as well as of our shops n * * * ; He talks of the tariff iu one place and ? two columns removed he lug? in a brief paragraph concerning the dangerous j and ruinous and vile trusts. But for the tariff these trusts would uot and j could not exi*t and prosper. j -'mm - m i - A Potttftowu. Pa , dispatch says that j last Fuday morning John Chana, a! hopeless paralytic, age! S5, wag found ! dead on the fl cr of his hotel wi:|? a i leather strap loosely fastened around j his neck. Some maintain that it was fuicide. while others thar it was f,;iii | play, though suicide is the generally] accepted theory. (Tnn! recently Chana j was a fine specimen of physical mau-' hood. It is related that (?ne day he ? cursed his Creator in a most horrible manner, when he fell over, stricken j dumb and paralyzed ir??ni h-ad ti? foot \ He remaiucd in this condition until hi? \ death. Mr. F M Rogers. Jr., nf Florence, j writes the Department of Agriculture ! that he has sold 18.000 pounds of h.* j this year's crop, and ail at good prices ; I that all cn that vicinity who raised to- j bacoo have been able to sell it at good ; pricer, and last, but not {east, that in the vii?njw of Florence a"o/.e 1,2001 acres of tobacco will he planted the com i ing year. As the tobacco acreage of. the eutire isate f?r this year was but 635 acres, the importance of the fact j that it is to be doubled ne xt y ear iu one County alone will easily be seen. - imm. -. m - There was great excitement in ,' Washington City last, week over the ; discovery of the ?ighl of the cashier of the Sergeant a* Arms of the House of Representative*, with a large auroa nt nf toon ey which he had drawn from the Treasury, about ?7*J 00"@ ; it i> supposed be is iu Canada, and tnat pos : ebly the character of the steal is puch that be cannot be extradited. Further j examination shows that Silcott, the ! Washington thief, carried off about j $12 OOO bel?ngin? to several members of the House of Representatives, anti that attogetber Ute ?teal will fvol up $100,09*. Sensitive People. The News has made reference to the blubbering boy who afflicts all boy's schools ; we suppose the case is the same to girl's schools. Wherever there is a type of man there is a type of woman to match him-though, fortu? nately for the world, the representa? tives of the types rarely marry each other-and no doubt there is a kind of girl to match e^ery kind of a boy, good, bad and indifferent, endurable, unen? durable and average. Whether the blubbering boy and the sniffling girl grow up to be sensitive men and women, we really do not know; but it is a fact that there are such men and women and that on occa? sions, and oftentimes without occasions, they succeed in being most particularly unpleasant. Their feelings are ever? lastingly getting in somebody's way They are perambulating man traps per? petually set and ready to catch some unhappy and innocent individual in es? pecially tight and uncomfortable places Their tears start at the slightest acci? dental touch and quench wich freezing moisture the most brilliant pleasures: their dismal looks slide simultaneously along the moral spines of each member of the happiest assemblages and chill the genial currrent of their fun like so much ice ; they hang out signals of dis? tress and displays of woe when seas and skies are sunniest and in an instant throw over everything an impalpable cloud, not seen but felt, and changing the atmosphere from warmth and bright? ness to discomf ?rt and twilight. All of us have known and suffered from them and have debated whether to be the more sympathetic for themselves or our? selves. It is about a toss up whether the un? duly sensitive or the unnaturally cal? lous is the more unfortunate. We can pity the first, but for the other there can be only contempt. No human be? ing is born into this world with the toughness of moral 6bre we sometimes encounter It is acquired depravity, attained only by stifling all the feelings that entitle manhood and womanhood to respect. But even the pushing, br:.zen, unabashed subject whom no rebuke or rebuff can reach is less likely to cause trouble to others than the unduly sen? sitive. On an adamantine cheek we j ian at least exercise the luxury of an- J ger and spend our wrath with our ?frength in vain efforts to bruise if. But with the over-sensitive there is no j relief. The more our anger rises the j more brutal we become in <>ur own ? ?yes We may be-swollen to the burst? ing point with resentment that offence las been taken where aeoe was meant, j hat the word sent out to evoke a smile >r fill a conversational gap has brought | jpon us a flood of unwelcome salt water I >r a cool gust of sighs, but there is no i .emedy. Indeed we, who are the iu ured. are forced into the position of brutal aggressor and compelled, much igainst our wills and grains, to trickle orth amiability and consolation wheo ire long to thunder maledictions. It is a hard thing to say, bat we fear j t ts the truth that excessive sensitive- I less, like excessive awkwardness and j >at>hfu'ine88, is the product of excessive j ?gotism. The sore points always held j n the way of all passers by are usually j jroduced by too much rubbing of the j uind against its owner's personality. I The people who find a slight or an in- j ?ult or a wound in every word and act >f their fellows are really affected by ?n ex tggerated sense of the importance )f thetnselves and their affairs. They each themselves to crave more cou- ] ^deration than they are fairly eutitled j :o aod to exaggerate the place they j lold in the thoughts of others. Con? sequently they s?ize and stick into j heti.selves ali the arrows they car. S:id n the air, meant to be harmless er limed at somtbDQy else, or manufacture j "rom the most iooocent of pellets There is a natur tl and proper degree ! )f sensitiveness which recognizes aud o ? .esents an insult, rebuff or iusolence. [t ts an instinct and is best governed by ;Ommon sense The only cure for over <ensitiveness is the cultivation of modesty and generosity-thinking less >f ourselves and more of other people, I reducing our estimates of our own merits ; ind deserts and increasing our disDost j tiou to think charitably of th^ purposes j and dispositions of others. The people j who are really unselfish, whose purpose j io life is to promote the pleasure and ? welfare of others, and who are ready to j give to others all they are entitled to | and always a little over to be sure of good mesure, nre the happiest af*er all | that ts done and sa>d. They are never '. found among the over-sensitive; they j are rarely afflicted ty the slings and a - j rows of their friends because they do not i hold up their vanities to be shot at i TiK-y do not invite a?au!t and, cooee ? quentiy, hardly ever receive it ; they do ! not assume that all their acquaintances { are malicious or envious and, th refore, do not twist everything they see or hear ! into cause of offence. j Ci.a.i'y not only ,M>%*er* a multitud? I of Mn* and offences, social moral, and , g'-ncra!. lt stifles and prevents them. 1 -Green t i! fe N- irs _ i Mr Z T Drake cf Drake's P O . j Marlboro County, is tho acknowledged j chan y>ion corn grower in iht* St;>r?* : lr i> .stilted that he :.<.< ut!y made j f ushe s ami 4'* pounds <?n one a:?re. In the (J ut'ed States C*?url at C???iiti?- i bia, on last W. i.yt Kx Gov. CitaoiWrfciitt wa* appointed pcrm.im-ii? r*?cetver for the "U?>i KcHaul?*, ' 5 C j R ll Stanley expects in ??pend hi* n-x Christmas either a '/, ? z l> ir or M.un- i bass;? ii h'???es t<> gc' to L indon t< - wards the last of January \\>- w??| r< ceive a grt-at ...in? t!l doubt [\v \ has been offered (J(.H) fur the copy? right of tili?? hook . I*I.M Pl.KS ON TH K TA? K iH??i-.t*? ?II im. i;r<; >?tt<? -.r tb? U:-... i ?,u 1 ;?r?- j ttK?k?<l ?lion 1?\ many with go-pii-ion -\?kei*. : !'.? t K iv;r wM r?.'o???Vf> iii! ?temiri:u;< un i '' leave thu v**tn\ !. K?'?ti -?*?.?? fli ?II i i'^4,- Trier? IS BOSi?itrg ??Mt \ ll f !? r ij'{r|\ bui .j ti j, t|M constitution., purity ""t ? inij'h u iii.- wi, ? system. Sold :*ti?i ?ti.iraii:ett*{ by J. F ?V. Le Lom-e. A Pl TY IO VO? iiSKir. If is SU'pri tog it-af |..? |> ir ?vitl :i rr.rn moo, ordinary wtn-n ihev ?an r*vurt .-i .tu ?>?!.- F.ojrli-h ..uv -'.r ib? ai??: ru >n??v .>r. A ck-re Ki ?r'.'.-U i>Hi< ir. .1 y,...-.?. f"r >?ek headaebe ?1 ? :<'?' ?V T * #,.ti. | sm?t|. ??weet ea.-tiy fak??ti su:.i ?>> ii?>? jjriiie. F ?r s.iic by .?' F.'V. !?eL ?riue A SufV lo?-. <tr\?.-iit, <?n?> wl.ich is guaran'" ??ring v>>n eat. i?t .'-t.-rv results. ?>r in c.-^t- <.( r..;.i?r.. ;i rf'ion nt pUTchas? fric- i". safe ..Inn \- 'I II , buy fr-Hft .om n?ivert-is??i l>ruggisi a I?..trie it i>r Kttrg'i! V' * I'?-.'-.V-M;.- t'.r C?t:in:tu?>*iun. If :.?? g?aca??t?r!.i !.> brins? f*i?*?? in t-\.-rv c.t.-? when a>tr? . ..r anv afftrcfion ?i 't'iir-.ar. I.ur?j?- I i?r-Chet>t. su4?ti :>> Cot?M?u>j?fi??fi. I. ?i : m .; i-iii >? Ij'itii:? fc-r? t1 <? i.:i. --. A.-thai?. \V!i...>r?iiiij Cou??h *-r?-ai?.. et<?. ir (>?.. <* inf H?>-I .i^r.-i-i .|.- i.. taste, perfectly safe, un i can H!>?H\-> ii- .i. .>?n<l?<l upon. Trial :.-.-> .'rec al -I F. M . I>eLuru?cV, t)ru? r?t re. ? vo ;AL TRAINING. Something About tho Teaching of Little Children to Si HR. Two questions in connection with the training of the voice are to be discussed, viz.: VVhen it should be commenced and whether it should be interrupted during the so called "cracking" period. With regard to tho first of these questions I am strongly of opinion that training can hardly bo begun too early. Of course, the kind and amount of practice that are necessary in the adult would be mon? strous in a young child, but there is no reason why, even at the age of 6 or 7, the right method of voice production should not be taught. Singing, like any other art, is chiefly learned by imitation, and it seems a pity to lose the advantage of those precious early years when that faculty is most highly developed. There is no fear of injuring the larynx or straining the voice by elementary instruction of this kind. On the contrary, it is habitual faulty vocalization which is pernicious. The sooner the right way of Using the *oice is taught the more easy will it be to guard against the contraction of bad habits, which can only be corrected at a later period with infinite trouble. Many of the finest voices have beejj trained almost from the cradle, so to speak. I need only to mention Adelina Patti, Christine Nilsson, Jenny Lind and Mme. Albani. but there are numbers of other queens of song who owe a great part of their success to the same cause. As for the other point, 1 am still an ob? stinate dissenter from the "orthodox" teaching of singing masters on the sub? ject. I have already more than once ex? pressed my l>elief that there is no reason why training, within certain limits and under strict supervision by a competent person, should not be carried on when the voice is in the transition stage of its development from childhood to adoles? cence. The steck argument, invariably ad? vanced to prove the necessity of suspend? ing the education of the voice till it has passed through the "breaking" period, is that, as the parts are undergoing active changes, they therefore require complete rest. This would equally apply to the limbs, and, in some degree, also to the brain. Yet I am not aware that it has ever been proposed to forbid growing lads from exercising their bodies, even in games involving considerable muscu? lar violence, orto interrupt the education of the mental powers till the brain has become fully formed. Over pressure there may be, no doubt, in voice training as in other kinds of instruction. All voices are not capable of bearing the same amount of training. . Each case must be dealt with according to what the doctors call the particular "indications" that may arise. My thesis holds good only as a rule, to which t?tere may he many individual exceptions. A judicious teacher will, however, have no difficulty in deciding as to the best course to adopt in any given instance.-Sir Morell Mac? kenzie in Contemporary Review. IS LirK WOKT1I LIVING ? Not if you go through the world a dy sprint ic Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are a post:ive cure fur thc wi?r?t forms <>f Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Flatulency ?n i Constipation. Guarani cd ?nd sold by J. F. W. D-I.orme. 3Ierit Wins. We de.-ire to say to our citizen?, tlt.it fur years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. Kmg's New LT- Pil'a. Buck lens Arnie? Salve ai.'i Electric Bitters, and have never bandied remedies that yell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate io guarantee :liem every time, und we stand ready t<> refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do noi follow their use. These remedies have won their trreat popularity purely ou their merits. J F IV. DeLonne. Druggist. I Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 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An Illustrated Weekly: Thc Eleventh Vo ume of HARPER'S YOUNG PROPLB, which begins with the number for November b, 1-8 '. presents an attractive pro. era m mc lt ?Ml offer t<< its rea lers at !ea.?t leur serials of thc usual length, and others in two r.r three paris, namely, ..the Red Mustang." by W'Mliaiii ?. S'o'dd i"d : -phil and the Baby." by Lucy C. Lillie: "Prince Tommy." by. John Kussel! Cor\ell: and "Mother's Way," by Mar? garet i . Gangster; twosh??r.i PeriaIshy Hjalmar |ij >rth Boye:en Two series of Fairy Tales will ;?ttra:t the attention of lovers of thc won? der world, namely, the quaint tales tobi by H-.wajd l'\i'.*. and so ado irably illustrated by Lim, and another -erie- in a different vein by Krank M Bieknc-IL Th?re will bo short stories by W 1? Howells Thomas Nelson Page. Mary K. Wilkins. V- ra ?Vi.-v. Har i'-t Prescott Spaf? ford. D'?vid K'-r llez-kiali Butterworth, Sophie Sweet. 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ARCHITECTS & BU1LDERQ Edition of Scientific American, V A rr. . ..?cce^". Kacb is-n.-1 ?>?nt:tins colored lit )u tyra ph ic pint t>v! ..f count rv ?im! city residen? ces or public buildings. Nuco-! i ?UM cneravincM nod full plans and epecinVaiions tor ito-HM- . >{ sued BS contemplate building Price $'"' all a ve*r, Z? cts. H copy. Ml NN ii CO., rcifJUlsUERS. S?L& Aim lOi?d^; Mm years' {?Tience and have nia.de over MMiW application* ft>r A merildin and Kor fitfti patents. i r n.-i'Kjbv.'X. CotTCS pundeucc strictly <.. ntl toot ml. TRADE MARKS. jr, ruc?? voir m uk is TH>T recistercd in tho Pat out Office, apply t.. .Mi w .V tVi., nnd procure Immediate prot?cti?>n. ."<-III1 for Hand!.k. COI? Y RI Iii ITS for book.?, charts, umps. etc-, quickly procured. AdiJress HI I NN iV CO., Pntrnt Solicitor??. CtM.UA I. OFFICE: 361 BROAD WA V, N. Y PRIVATEER EXPRESS. npHE tJNDKRSIGNED, contractor on tli^ I Prii'Hteer mail route, will lake packages to and from any parties on the hue ot said ru?te, a? reasonable rates. M>til liavs, Tues? days, Thursdaj'S and Saturdays - leaving Somier al 7 A. M. ntid renir:?in?j at J"2 M Orders left ?t the j?o;t ollie*- ?ill be Mended A. W. B?VP. Sept 4-4iu / THE EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society of thc United States. ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1389, LIABILITIES, JANUARY 1, 1839, - SURPLUS, JANUARY 1, 1889, - ?95,042.922 96 74.248,207.81 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 Nbn-Forfeitable after three years. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Agt., Jan. 2-0 Sumter, S. 0. A. WHITE & SOU, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Insurance Against Lightning and Tornadoes. COMPANIES REPRESENTED : ASSETS. LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, $12 000 000 NORTH BRITISH & MERCAN I ILE, 10 000.000 NORTHERN, OF LONDON, 18 000.000 LANCASTER, OF ENGLAND. 5 000.000 HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, 8.000.000 UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, NEW YORK, 4.000,000 SPRINGFIELD FIRE & MARINE, 2.000.000 CONNECTICUT, 1.500.000 FIRE ASSOCIATION. OF PHILADELPHIA, 2.000.000 AMERICAN. OF PHILADELPHIA, 1,800.000 GEORGIA HOME. 800.000 GERMANIA INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK, 3,000,000 Ans 28 WILSON & SPAWN, INSURANCE AGENTS, SUMTER, S. C. Representing some of the best. Fire Insurance Companies doing business in the United States, for Scanter, 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 FURNITURE! FURNITURE! J. IK CRAIG MAIN STREET, CORNER CANAL, SUMTER, S. C. Baring purchased an unusually lar^e, well selected stock, we are now offering to the peo pie of Sumter at:d surrounding countrv the biggest and best assortment of all kinds of house? hold furniture ever opened it) this city, which we guarantee will be sold ?>t Uniformly Low Prices Throughout. Don't buy until you see our aoods and prices. We will give inducements that cannot be excelled by any Iloure in the Stute. Parlor Suits, Bed '{oom Suits, wood or mar'n'e-top, Wardrobes, Bureaus, Washstands, Bedsteads Chairs, Book Cases, Tallies, Mattressrs, B<*d Springs, in fact everything to be bad at a first class Furniture Store in almost endless variety. Ir von want Window Shades. Picture Frames, Curtain Poles, Chromos, Oil Paintings, &c, kc, don't buy until you see what we can do f??r you in that line. Our Undertaking Department Is full and complete, embracing all sizes and styles of cheap, medium and Soe Burial Cases and Casktrfs, Burial Rohe?, kc. Calls attended any hour-day or night, prices reasonable, and satisfaction assured. Oct 9 IF'OIFL THE LADIES. NEW MILLINERY STORE IN SUMTER. Misses U. C. LOESE and M. T. DAVIS Announce that they have opened a Millinery Business on Liberty Street, second door west cf Main, where they display a carefully selected stock of H-A."2?S AND BOr/NETS in all the newe>t styles aud most poplar materials. RIBBONS, FEATHERS. FLOWERS, LACES, RECHINOS, AND EVERYTHING PER? TAINING TO A FIRST CLASS MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT. An examination of stock and prices is solicited, which we think will compare with that, of any other market. jC-fT Careful attention ?riveo to orders. Oct 2 HEADQUARTERS FOR WATCHES. ES AIJLAK & CO. Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Specta? cles, Drawing Instruments THE FINEST STOCK IN THE STATE. RELIABLE GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Watch Repairing a specialty. Chief inspectors of Watches for South Caro ina Railway, Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Division of Three Cs Rail Road. JAMES ALLAN & CO., FeH. 8 2^r> King St., Si<rn of Drum Clock. Charleston, S. C. m li . ti? . ; 1 ?- " 51 V? 5? 1**3 u y - : -J S"-; Ss *?S4 -f'J M 2* J sS? ?Ls ??Xl ?Xa/ ^ iii Si rsef i 3? .. '. ?t *?* v?*s fis?s ???2 ?S & i "j IN ?J U11 ^ .A I ?~K2 JL . Six'. ai '.' > .* > . ' Vi 11.1. 1 . I- -i :?. :. " ti- . ' ..? ih?-:i : ^r-t:j. ?>.- '? ' THU RES T ' ' fag UK* r-:. !.. !i< i ?'. . >t TH: Br- S : for .-.lilt! :?><.! !<. . .'. r.n-1 nulli'-! ? ... v.. . i- :. ! ? J K : hr? T : A .ir;.< ;:??; tl.- u-w i .-A ,., ?? THU Be.S . ' i thc?.*, th- f?. ? .i>! . - ,.. . 'I H E C H r ". 1 - . ai"i;?-y. I:.. ? TEKMS: ?2.CO PER YEAR, fN ADVANCE. ELEGANT r .; FOR GETTING U? CLUBS? 2 <.,;.}. ^, ; : X?.:h a 1i.i.-: . m.? ?-?,-r.f.i;-^."T!;o Tw.? K.?.W?.*'.?r a ? i j i-i. - ... hi' , I .t 1 ..ni -Li- . . ?! ! ??.:!..! I'.M-k*. t? j.ivjimiM), 4 (V/i>??'<, ' \v? 'i a?i i ?> ?f nia...-aKj:? J>T OH- yt^r, ? <.'<.,.?;:>. - :? ..*.' . t?* ti-'!-ii:> ..{ ?ii- <]<iv. fl <'. - - - . .-..>.<.?., t. .? r .... j ,r . T.M.r th? <.nerarir?< V i. : - , .. : ! "... i. s !o ti?' -U^? of thc ci llb. ?;- !?.?! ' ' -n ? . . rr.?xtp-^itlaratithors, ! i?!V i ? :'T : ;..;<yt i: . ? . A h. r> i?i;;n. . : !.' .>."' >...... ...,.! . sj;. > r..i .> ?hute f it?l?* . : i . .* .:? : u:.?J? ... si . .. i -;. .. - ?? . I 1 .. t ibu iti^ Hi? v.-:,r. ?tKPA^T^?cN T-?? <? : : :i:ti'*t'^ ou l,t-.ilthf MUK . . :.. ?:, .? <i?.- v :. i.-, . ?.n h ?i?..!i?>y; ..;..'..'.';-.,-.! T- civiiitrti.f .';?r?-t >:.' !.. j.--?t <.<> f ?tr *. : . M?.ti t^.i'i i> f'? lore?! !.* tnlt:?>n-l*lfctc.?t ? . :;?*. . i-f*j????*rt! <! ?.. t' ?\ i .?7"! r*r7NS .. .: \ ?! tb>.-I!l ; r::.t#-.l in co!.>t>-om \ V ! J C ' .' ('..-%" i u i? 'hf . lily nap?/in? piving , . e f :i;ttfrc?t and ?a:??t\ f.'i : he ?anio ERSON'S MAGAZINE, ?... ... x. :.. . . ?..inhi?, P(L. SEWING MACHINES ! RUBBER STAMPS I>?1?> 4 B ^ S > ' NArv1E STAMPS F0R Mmm CLOTHING ?\JL!JE A I ll BJ fl/^ j with indellible ink, or for priming visiting RENOVAT KD, REBCILT. ^^PS OF AXY KIXD Ol?.^s L?iiups mended. ' c"r ?amping BUSINESS CARDS, EXVEL Satisfaction Guaranteed. : u!>i:s or ?".Vthing ?ls?. Specimens of various _.,., ?tvies ?is han.i. winch will oe shown with pleas MAIN STREET, M rtlER, S. C., ur?< Thfi L0WE.<T PRICKS possible, and Opposite Go?;rt House, next .loor to Kickers. I orders ulled promptly. Second-hand Machines in ^ood order for Cl: on C. P. OS?EEN, sn!, Nov. ti .'Jin. At thc Watchman ?nd Southron Office Sumter S. 0, BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE S7GCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. w. t mm k co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN MOULDING-, -AND-I SENSUAL BUILDING MATERIAL Office and Salea rooms, 10 and 12 HayoeSt., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o The largest and most complete estahlishmmt South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, x B ?< X CS OB Manufacturers of AND BUILDING MATERIAL. OFFICE AN? WABEUUOM3, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 1 c www a 0. MOWN & HBO, COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best io the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0_ C. WULBERN & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN ProYislons, Liprs, Totora, k 16 7 and 16 9 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2 6 OTTO F. METERS, WHOLESALE GROCER And Liquor Dealer. OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 1S3 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7 o GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON," Established 1847. WHOLESALE GROCERS, Auction and Commission Merchants and Liquor Dealers. AGENTS FOR The Philip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee Beer, and the "Best" Tonic, a concentrated liquid extract of Mnlt and Hops The Palest Biewing Co., .Milwaukee Beer. 197 EAST BAY AND 50 AND 52 STATE Sra. (Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. ??S" Consignments Solicited. Jan. 23. o CHAS7~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, IS and 20 Market S? EHSI of E'tst Bay, CHARLESTON, *S. C. All orders promptly attended to. Terms cash or city acceptance. Oct. 3 C. BART & CO., Importer? and Wholesale Dealers in FRUIT! CHARLESTON, S. C., Are receiving by steamer and rail from the North and West full supplies each week cf CHOICE APPLES. PEARS, LEMONS. POTATOES, CABBAGES, (.?MONS, M TS OF ALL KINDS. ETC., ETC. Orders solicited and promptly filled. Oct 2. GEO. L. COOK, PHOTOGRAPHER, 205 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 0 W A V KR LY Hol"SK. IN THE BEND OF KING STREET, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Rates, $2 and $2.50 per day G. T. ALFORD, May 2-c PROPRIETOR. Atlantic Coast Line. NORTH-EASTERN R. R. OF S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Nov. 13,*89|No 15[N<>61[No 27jNo. 23|N->. 63 ~ M 'A. A M Le Fl oren ce u Kingtree Ar. Lan?*s. Le. Lanes Ar. Cha's'a *7 47 |f9 00 8 56 .0 16( 9 15 IO 37 9 15|10 37 Il OH 12 3<: j A. M }P. M P .Nf Train on C. k D. R. R. en ce with No 23 Train. A . M ; P. M *1 35l*J0 35 2 29? 11 45 2 5< l 12 12 2 50| 12 12 *7 50 5 00 2 41 i 9 30 A. M.1A. M.I P. M. con ?ec 18 at F)or TRAINS GOING NORTH Le. Cha's'r Ar. Lanes.. Le Lanes. Ki"gstree Ar Florene ?*Nt?66}Nc<?OjNo 78|No. I4|No. 52 ~~P A. M *4 10 6 ll 6 ll fi 2H 7 3" M j A. M 4 001*12 25 5 441 2 50 5 44 6 1' 7 4?? A M.IP M P. M. *4 30 ? 29 2 50i 6 2fr; 3 I2| 6 46 4 20| 7 55 A. M i P. M M. 30 10 A V. * Daily, f Daily except Sonday. Train No. 60 connects at Florence with train on C. & D. R. R. for Cheraw, S. C , and Wadesboro, N. C. No. 52 rans fhrongb to Columbia via Central R R. of S. C. Nos. 78, 66 and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N. C., making c?sse connection with W.? W. R. R for all points north. J. R. KEN LY, J. F. DIVINE, Ass't Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't. 7. SI. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Atlantic Coast Line WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. CONDENSED SCH ED C LB? TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Nov 18, ISS9.|No. 23|K?>. 27|No. 15 L've Wilmington. Leave Marion. Arrive Florence..* Leave Florence. Ar've Sumter... Leave Sumter. Ar've Columbia. P. M. * 6 15 9 33 1? 20 No. 50 A M 3 20 4 35 4 35 6 15 P. M ?10 10 12 40 1 20 A M No 52 flo 3* ll 55 A. M. *4 16 6 54 7 27 N'o. 58 f9 10 10 28 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R. Leaving Lanes 9:15 A. M., Manning 9:50 A.M. Train on C. <fc D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 58. TRAINS GOING NORTH. I No. 5? j No. 59|No. 53 Leave Columbia. Ar've Sumter. Leave Sumter.. Arrive Florence. Leave Flareace... Leave Marion. Arr. Wilmington P M *;o 35 ll ?8 1! 58 1 15 A M No. 7S 4 3ft 5 20 S 35 P M f 6 37 7 50 P. M. No. 66 *7 5? 8 26 ll 10 P M ?5 20 6 32 No 14 * 8 15 8 55 ll 45 ?Daily, f Dany except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to CharIe>ton. S C., via Central R. R . arriving Manning 7:04 P. M., Lai.es 7:42 P. M.. Charleston 9:30 P. M. No. 59 connects at Florence with C. and D, train for Cheraw and Wadesboro. Nos- 78 arni 14 n ake close connection ak Wilmington with W. ? W. K. R. for all poict? North. Train on Florence R. R. leaves Pee Dee daily except Sunday 4 iO P. M..arrive Rowland 7-00 P. M. Returning leav* Rowland 6 30 A. M., arrive Pee Dee S.50 A.M. Train on Manchester & Augusta R. R. leaves Sumter daily exceot Sunday, 10:50 A. M. ar? rive Richardson 12.01. Returning le i ve Rich arJ>?n 12:15, P. M.. arrive Sumter 1:3? P. M. JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't. J. R KEN LY, Assistant Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Gen. Passenger Ag't. South Carolina Railway Co. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. JOINT TIMK TABLE, NO. 2. Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Fail road, and Camden Branch S. C. Railway. Ia effect Monday, June 25th, 1888. SOUTHBOUND. Nos. 155 a m Leave Lancaster 6.30 41 Pleasant Hill 6 53 " Oakhurst 7 01 " Kershaw 7.11 " Westville 7.25 " De Kalb 7.37 " Camden 8 00 " 44 June. 9 0: Arrive Ringville 9 31 .4 Columbia 10.15 M Orangeburg ?? Charleston *. Augusta NORTHWARD. Nos. 137 a tn Leave Augusta " Charleston 44 * Orangeburg 44 Columbia 44 Ringville 44 Camden June 44 DeKalb 44 Westville 44 Kershaw 44 Oakhurst 44 Pleasant Hill Arrive Lancaster 4.45 5 44 8 30 9 07 9.2S 9.52 10.09 10 22 11.00 157 p rn 3 00 3.22 3 30 3 41 3 56 4.07 4.07 5.29 6.00 6.49 6.50 9.10 11.30 153 ft m 7 00 8 57 8 50 9.45 10.16 11.15 11.37 11 50 p m 12 05 12.15 12 23 12 45 137 p m 4.55 5.30 5.42 5.47 6 28 6.54 8 00 10.02 11.00 401 a m 8.15 p m 2.09 3.30 4 15 4.46 5.53 6 16 6.28 6.43 6.53 7.01 7.25 Trains on Camden Division run daily, Sundays excepted. Through trains both ways between Lancas? ter and Columbia. Through coach both ways between Lancas? ter and Charleston. Connections made at Columbia for West and North, at Charleston on Tuesdays and Fridays with steamers for New York ; at Au? gusta for the West. Through tickets oa sal? at Camden to all points, D. C. ALLEN, General Passengerand Ticket Agent. OUrtined. ami all ?'ATEX1 i;i>lM>S at? tendri to for MODERATE FEE* Our office is opposite the t'*S Patent Office, and we cnn ob? tain Patents in less time than those remote from WA&H1XGTOS. Send MOD El. VRA WIXG or i PHOTO of invention. We advise to patent? ability free ?ff e?mrseaml we make Atv di A UtiE VS LESS r.lTFSr IS SE*U',REIh For circular, ad-vice, terms and references to actual clients rn your own State.<\>unty. <"itv or Town, wr/.e . i-ju ggaX^TBFWK^WJSl Oypetiic Eatcnt Office. Washington, D C iggSgSa ^ **** Sewinr-MnehineTmriTl fcg???^^^>M__A ATo nt once f? t a bl ishlj tl lt Ij m^^SjfJS JC3ifiir,rfld" 10 p*r", p n P P H^SfJSS Jr^^*S?V piaciup our machine*!, 11 I j I jt ITII?J? Y^^jy'?nd pocds where tiic p*opl? cm tee MllUg^^j^^^^^^-^iheo. ere will ?end free to ema l^^^^i^B^^^^^^^l^persori .n e?ch locality .the Tery C?^??P??^5?^T|^ 8*wme-H1?clime made la ?gP-r-jTtf^ /L. I ft,iie world,with ?ll the attachment*. BBW*J'?-, ?fJBw ?I W* wi!l *;*? *end free a complet* Wai lSui'% lK?Lr?line of"oar cosll.v *nd ?.loable art R|\SS3i 1 I toHRJ?Mmple9. In retarn we uk that jen HM BB ft M jUw7?*y ??how what we send, to thoae who eSlAJSu tig >J>?^*j%n'*-v eai: ** ^ocr borae.acd ?ftar & ?j^ST^^P^SL/v/lrnon,i2S st:A" '>ECOM? TOOT owa ^ JLpl JfPX. X. Crr?P*'rt?'- This frand machine ta %rjL R SLaV /^jmade after the Sinner patent?, K I Tfca=jg^&5S^l.w"'^ ^'r? Tn ont : before patent* /Vja^S^^ii-j^ \runoutit?oldfor?J?3, with tba [mtg? \^5^-<l*B*jl'"[?<'hta?m5, and now ?ells foe J IL Cf Fl r^OLla .?.?O. Best. Btronpe?. moat ote. f nf fl li Mp I" nil machine rn the world All I? ? llMtS I IHUkfrM. No capita) reccing. Plain, brief in*Tu?kma pren Thoa? who write to ci at ?ace ean t*. care <Vce> the bett ?< wi up-machine in the world, and ti? fne?t imeofworksof hijrh art ever ?bown toeerherin America. TS IJ E as CO.. Box 740. Angmta, MainT HONEY FOR SALE. I have on band a fine lot of CLEAR STRAINED HONEY, this season's make, for sale by the gallon or less quantity. Orders filled at residence, on R?Dublican Street. Samples caa be seen at Watchman, and Southron office. K. G. OSTEEN.