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^JUfc jjtttait at? <^mri jprwu W2DHSSDAY. JAN57ARY 22. The Sifter Watchman was founded in 1350 ?ad tb? 7Vne Southron io r$$6. Th? IftztcAmait ait<2 Sonihron nowhas th? combined circulation ?od id?uence of both of tb? old pacers, ?ad is mani? festly tte beat ackerliaiog medium in Sinter. -*tOUTSIDEH." The'Wedgefield gentleman who signs himself ''Outsider,*' takes high ground in bis defence of the Barnwell lynchers He regards (Lem as the in sir? meet? of God tn carrying oat the mandates, llHe who sows the wind, will reap the .whirl? wind"; "Whatsoever a man soweto., shalt be abo resp." -It ns a sdffioieart' answer to make, that it would be as fair to assume that these ? i vine -eoe tidal es maj have applied quite as much - to toe murdered white meo as to the lynched negroes, -go&ras we ?ow know, or as "Outsider*1 Itwows, the white men who were ?hot down, may have sown the wind sod reaped the whirlwind, and reaped as they bsd sown. We might tay also that in this view, these lynched negroes "were perhaps only the instru? ments of God, for certes, they caused to be verified the word of 'Qed,'* onbiab says "Wbatsover a man soweto, that shall he also reap." j We do not -wy ?bat this is the case, bat we are showing how readily ' Out? sider V argument might be retorted on himself. His logic is bad. He assumes too mach. He takes isa* ?tauted the very point io dispute. He ass?mes that ali eight of the negroes were guilty of murdering the white men in question, whereas three of them wees only wit? nesses, and all the others .were acces? sories after the fact. We have also rooted objections *eany man's undertaking .to execute a Divine mandate without $i+k>e.authority. Can the lynchers exhibit this? Che same Word of God also says "Vengeance ?is mine; / will recompense, saith the Lord.*1 The lynche? ignored -this, and therefore they cannot shelter themselves or be sheltered fcehiud 'the very Word which they ?trampled under ifoot hy 'heir actions. Moreover, -to toe ^natter of sowing and reaping, what does ' xQotsidar" -say io regard to this position, vic: They who hains some -the seed of lynching, shall reap the harvest of mase lynch? ings? And, they who sow the wind of lawlessness, shall reap the whirlwind of anarchy ? If that be true, then is Barn? well County in a bad way, and, insofar as others defend them, are they par? takers of their crimes, sod should be partakers of their punishment. Will -Outsider'* be there? With reference to the allegation that "the people waited patiently on the Courts to punish these red-?anded mur ' deners, but the Courts didn't do it; they put of the eases twice:** "Outsider" i? mistaken io the mets, in part at lesst. Heffernan was killed in November, we are informed, and Martin in December The last term of Court io Barnwell was adjourned oo Wednesday, Nov. ?7tb. The case against the slayer .of iieffar nao and hts accessory waa oas teated on affidavits that ?came strictly within the role of Court, and left the Judge no discretion io ?be matter. He was obliged, under the r?le, tc gs&ot the eon tin sance asked /or. The case against Peter Bell, t4e ?layer of Martin, (which took place on Christmas eve) and his accessories. Handy Johnson and Hugh Furse, never came even before the grand jury. These three men, and tiree others held as State's witnesses, and Mitchell Adorns, Ripley Johnses* al? leged accessory, make seven out of the eight. This being so,4 Outsider's" gran? diloquent talk about patient waiting on the part of the people, and about the Courts having twice pot off the cases, most be relegated io the iymbo of the untrue in fact. ?Je ought ie ne <e>ore careful to bis allegations, and see (?at he gets the facts straight before he pro- j ceeds to build his airy superstructure of flowery fancy. In regard to ' Outsider's" idea that he has discovered tire eattseof tfeese<e?t- ; breaks of lawless ness in the failure of the Ccurts to command the respect of our citizens, we congratulate bim o.o his brilliant discovery. We agree wiri 44tn that justice is not meted out to every one who deserves it. For some of thia, j the Courts, however, are not to Mame. They generally give, every one a trial who comes and demands it. As to the alleged fact that he, "Out? sider," recently saw aCourt in session, ? where every official from the Judge down was a drunkard, and that he couldn't help feeling in his soul the most j profound contempt for such a Court, we 1 may say that we ?o not know what I County or State Outsider0 may hage re? cently been visiting, but if be .mean* that he saw it ?3 &jg Couotv, ye .chink j it bot right that ?he ?ho*ild &&g ao, and give the accused <bhe beneSt of whatever defence maj be in their power. This ts s very serious charge, implicating | character, sod should be made raopt carefully, with a view to all the possible consequences qf such ?a e&arge, and all the respoosiUsties it ?cffofoes. The rest of *<$ots*?leirV'' comm un ?ca? lton refers to the proposed fuyad to aid the helpless ?am&es.of <&e i yacked negroes, j sod suggests ?hat f olktest! advantage of some s?r* is 4fc?? controlling cuotixe of j those who ?bega? ??e fund. We have i said what w? had to say about that mst- ! ter ?sst week. We now a < < t? at if "Oar*. | sider** feels moved to raise such a fund as j be suggests 94old be a Christ ?an-like j act to raise, be j* Ml lull and perfect lib erty to do so. We *re su?e nobody ?till seek to deter him. If he is anxious pat polities in it, he might do so, ant ?ovid still be a tramp card. Io thus replying to a few of the ms .points raised by "Outsider," we wist .be understood ss merely meeting attai and criticisms made by bim as to < coarse with regard to the Barn vi lynching. TIME TO STG&T The News and 'Courier has bi persistently agitating the deportati from America ?to Africa, of the ooloi people, it 'has pretty rhoroegl covered the ground by this time, a the movement may be considered fairJky launched. The effect of t agitation has'been twofold. 1st, It 1 acquainted the people of the State w ?.the reasons why such an emigrati ?nd ?colonication are advisable. 2r lt bas created a feeling of no rest a irritation among the colored peop ! We are of opinion that it is time ut to stop the agitation, so far as news] pers are concerned, and we give .a reasons for so thinking. lu the first plaee, -a movement the magnitude of this, cannot hope be accomplished ?o .a few years. . tbe movement for tue -eb di: ti on I slavery in the ?United States requir a ha&oeMuny and more to culmina) so .ibis movement for the deportation twice the number of tae people w were emancipated, will require a co siderable number of years to come to -head. "Evente move more rabidly nc than they did twenty five year* ag but with all their rapidity, a moveme ?o colossal as the removal of eig mHKoos owr .people, cannot be made s at once. It will require some time plant the seed-the iders-out of wbi< the movement will grow. The ide .?soiio?fK?o^edicaost be-left tc germina? They cannot be hastened, except their disadvantage. When they shi bave taken root downward, and bon fr.nit upward, the movement ?becom rpossible, not ?before. This is the hi tory of ail such great occurrence They all have their periods of seet time and harvest. This one ?will nroa no exception .ftoS'he rale, j In the second place, the h?t'is Ph I are now bef?te <bbe "United -States Sei ate, -*o? which will -be eirua^eii-ve] debated in both Houses of Congres j will, .with the debates that -.ccompati Shem, supply 'ffbe whole country wit all the food for thought fbat is oeede en tbis subject. The whole peop will thus be informed, and their coi elusions fer er against be duly reachec without the necessity for local or se< tional agitation. The question tis momentous one, and there will be o unanimity of opinion upon it. Tbl much is certain. Bat shoald a mt jority of the people of the whole cou! try decide that the colored people mu; go, or should they so decide for thea selxes? ?a the light of all the informs lion available cr *H&iuarble on bke su4 ject, the movement will be accomplis! ed, va lime, with success, and wit comparatively little friotian. At il present stage of development, however there -is not only no need to be cos j tinually insisting that the "negro mw j go/' bat it is inexpedient, ?keeauee i keeps ?sp,, naturally and necessarily au irritation which, if .unduly aggra vated, may produce -very ^Uc??e*aa resalts. There is wide diversity G ?ogMOkioo among all classes of our ?eopl as to the wisdom and practicability o such a scheme, and no advantage i j gained by a constant thrusting of th? ! troublesome subject upon their ?Ken j tion, much lesa to he always insisting ;i? a cancer thal -seeais to tolerate nt : questioning, much less *ee^r?&cr?acl j (Ac** itte jueg-nc jiuust go. We say, therefore, that it is time ti stop this continuous discussion, if sc ! one-sided an argumentation can be called such, and to give the seed time and opportunity to germinate. The negro has rights. ST belber he ought to 4awe them or not, is nett ike point ?Wis ar.e obliged tc deal wi tn At un oe the basis of an American citHteo. This being so, no partisan clamor should be raised, but the question should be decided by a wise and .oh rut ian statesmanship. OUTSIDE THE C0?f?T?TUTION. President Harrison, in endeavoring to assist in making the Montana cat jump as he thought it ought, bus ca mn ed vet?teif o?t?i?e ?Ue coju^titjut?ou?! pretrial ive of ?ie ofice. lo p?uy.t*4jH, as is &o&t!? f andina in 187?, 'Iw^ ?r?s r-ecea'ly priese*! ted the uncommon spectacle AA a dxind ?wsx?,. lueot. The .^un3??uo GnxUg went te the Territorial ijanft tur. 4*:f Uenzen t But before the<C-?urt coold ?i*>c??>i which of the two legtela'urcs .was legal and constitutional oine. i':o<*?Le<jt Har? rison stepped in and <?uelaro<4 Montana a State. This act did away with th? Territorial Court, and thtr^ bring no other recognized tribunal to whorah the ease evutd go, the entire gDversMueatal machinery yr a s thrown into Impeesa oonfosion. TfLe ^ist itself was most untimely and arbitrary, >bnt the motive by which the , President was inspired, was bas.; new. itself. The origr? of tiie difficulty was a conflict ove,r t?e returns fi om a .-mall voting district, upon the acceptance or rejection of wliiek .?p^ji/jed the polit- j ical complexion of the l?gislature, and ? the consequent choice of two United j States Senators. The President, moved ' by a desire that was wloUy and in? tensely partisan, deda ed fontana a State in .order to secure for b?n political ? party the two Senators to he chosen. This is sharp prac ti oe, indeed. And : in it the President has no Quay or Dud- j Jey to shelter himself behind. Ila Jbas to shoulder the entire responsibili fe<mse-H, and, as has been pointed OG through -.bis proceedings, the honor the whole country 'is 'involved. ? ready a agr??t scandal, the MOD tai business ie apt to return to ?plague M Harrison and his .party .in the ne election. It is a crime which will n be forgotten, and for which he andtii supporters will yet be very sorry. IDbus the tendency to ceutralixatb of power, not only io the general go eromeot, which was inevitable after tl changes wrought by the civil war, b tin the chief executive of the natioi becomes more than ever ajanaren Calhoun and Stephens, and other em uent Southern statesmen, includic President Davis, pointed out the dri of events with prophetic foresight, at from centralisation they .feared X\ direst results to the safety of ounrepu Hean institutions, the foundation which is the right .of local self-^goveri ment. This, ll arr ison and his .crow ignore-and spurn *o long as they mc ?carry out their party schemes. Henc< .forth ?he must be set down as a mei poppet, and his ?cte must be regard? always ?it h-suspicion. The 'ruth is the country has falle into the bands of spoilsmen and polit cians, not statesmen, and the Presiden who should be the head of the who people, and not of a party only, an who, in his inaugural and in the oat of office he took when made Presiden promised and swose .to 'be such, no stands out as >a'mest conspicuous esau $le of "wickedness in high places/* ao as the president of a party which moi than once has camped .outside theiCot stitution, and has grown so oseS t doing it, that it does not know when has done sc. Per.ha.ps 'the Montas matter may cause the people -to se u*hat sort of a faction the Rep?blica party is, and induce them to hurl ; from power. &NDTBJSS2? JRAHjROjf 1. A correspondent from Black Ming writing to the Georgetown Times, ha this tc-cay about a new and -apparent 1 insignificant enterprise, which may hav 'in lt the promise of great things.: "A team .road-is-being troih through a undeveloped section of south-east Sumte County., by a lumbar cccpaar, whose mill i ?: Magnolia, <cn the ?7., C. k A. R. R , little, y et *fiouri*"rng>vH!age by that name sit I uated between "Florence and Sumter. Te j days ago tbey had four miles of iron laid an two ?i i irs of -said road cut out ; tbe length c ?did lawn ?ead, when complete, will be Z miles, connecting the V., C. k A. R. R..w.?t the N. E. P.. JR. at Cades." Should 'georgetown ?tafee khold of this it might eventuate in a combinatioi with the Bisbopville road, and thence t Camden or some other point on th Three "C's Railroad, which would effect nally unbottle Georgetown, and mak Bisbopville a ''railroad centre.1' Not let the Eagle scream, and extend hi devouring beak at the prospect, am with a plume plucked from his owi wing, write enthusiastically about tb grand future that lies before Bisbopville THE HOPE'S SUBSTITUTE. lu New York, where it has beet .made -le^al ?to substitute death by elec tricity for death by dbe rope, cr electri cal execution for hanging, the a-pparatu for this purpose was tried at Plattsburg $?. V , in the <Cforton ?pnisojj, <OE a re cent occasion. A dynamo was set up. and the electricity generated. A two year-old steer, weighing 500 pounds ?was (first c*perUa elated.cn. Mr. Harult P. Brown, the New York City electrica j engiueer, conducted the experiment j At a given signal, as the Herald corres I pondent states, Kr. f?rowo turned on a I 900 volt curreut, aud at the same iu? staut, the animal dropped dead without a groan er struggle. There was no ap p re ci attie -or a*eaasraVJe \z-$>se of time between the turning on of the current and the death of the anima!. Dr. Rock? well, who was present, said it was not possible to experience pain from elec? trical death, because ike electric current travels so much faster than the ne roe force, that death occurred before the kristo oa& eepeM?oo atf ^ansation what? ever. Criminals will bi executed as follows: An electrode covered with a wet sponge will be placed .o& itop o/ th e.condemn ed's head, and another io a large s&oe ou one of bis feet. His arms will then be strapped across his breast .a?j,d JR alaiilar j?t^-jip placed around trie a?n'?k:ies lie will theo be peaced on the ch*.ir. The straps will bo attached to hoofrs ipro-vifle? for t?ie purpose, a button will be touched, and Vd wwii be uv fir ! This is evidently a vast i ?*pn*v?*i>en?t On death by hanging. PORTUGAL AND JOHJ? BULL. ?,"ow that the situation is rather strand .between these two powers, it wiK Mrtere?t our re^ei-s <<o kc ow -some? thing of the strength a-ud resources o? -the plucky little KingJou: which istry the hopeless task of bucking a-gaii-u-st great, over-j?ro.wn John Bull, it is curious to note that both Englaud aud Portugal are to th- ir colonial posses? sion* as the li? ad is ?.? ?Ive wLole -body. I Or, to use Dundreary's conundrum, viz: 1 .Dots the dog wag his UiJ, or does t?? 1 ?aij w-ag the dog V Wc may say t?L*t ix? both .eases the tail wags the dog. the j colonies -being the tail of oouree. Tie following particulars of Portugal's je- I sources will be read with interest : KER A/RICAN ro8SK*-.W.SS. The following ,:?? a summary of the African dependencies of ?lie kingdom : *Jifie Wrdr jfifimki".* -.?.r-H, J,U\0 square ; mil?*s: population, i l^?**?0. (iniiiHH - Are?, at square miies; popula? tion, 4 985. j Prince*? and St Thomas's glands, / 1878-5} - AreH, 454 -qunre ahles ; po[Hthti?Ma, 21,087. Anj?ol?. Amt.liz, B?''guel? mid Mosamedra ! -Area, 312,5t 9 square tnih'S ; population, 2 OO?.Ot O. .MoZHmniqiipHun Depende**1***-Aren. 382, 683 ^q!lar?' unit s ; population, 350,000. Congo districts. Total uumbrr of square wies of terr tory m Africa,-69,7.385; total population, 2,491.448 The 'Berit? Congress of 1384-65 admitted the claim of Portugal to the territory from A mb riz to the mouth of the Congo. The con? f?nes of this territory are marked by the river until oearly ?opposite Vivi, then by a line stretching eastward to theimerrKwango, and south along that river to beyond IIe south latitude. The same Congress admitted the claim to a small stretch of coaa? north.of the Congo, including Cabinda and .-Saodana. Portugal's claim to the Zambesi 'district has been advaoced since the above aamroarj was compiled, and that territory is therefore not included in it. nea ASIATIC POSSESSIONS. Fo'IndHvGoa, (1881)-Area, 1,447 square miles; population,-419,993. Damas, Din, etc.,i(Ki8b)- Area, .158 square miles; population, 61^4. India Archipelago, (Timer, rete.)-Area. 6,290 square miles ; population, 3,900(080. China, Macao, etc., ( 1878--85) - Area, 38 scorn re miles; population, 66,036. Total number of square miles of territory in Asia,?7?92S; total.population, 847,503. The entire undisputed-Colonial Empire of Portugal embraces about fl06;256 square miles, or more than twenty times the area of'the Kingdom proper, with a total population ot 3,338,951. Who Will Prophesy ? Mr. Editor: Your ?editorial of last week, "A Prophet Needed," is most timely and de? serves to be-recalled to the minds and hearts oftits readers, every masculine one of whom most'bave felt, on reading it, like taking off this.bat to the writer. If yon are not a son of Solomon, one of bis dogs must have bit you, for your words are words of wisdom. In all seriousness, may the sentiment expressed tn them become our people's prayer to the Father of Lights, who sent John the Baptist: to preach repentance and drew into the.Jor dan wilderness to bear his message the.Jewish nation; who sent Wellington ito break Na? poleon's murderous arm at ^Waterloo, as He has sent Washington to lift from the Colonies the British rLjoti'-a ipew >and eare them from his maw ; by whom the Illustrions (Benjamin H..Hill was commissioned in the dapk days of reconstruction to .recite.his famous letters on "The Situation," -to vgoide and ?comfort a broken-hearted people, as afterwards to pro? claim in Congress the historic truth that the Southern States had come back to the house of lhefr??*??fces?, and had come to stay ; from whom, And not 'Udknowing, that rare man, Henry W. Grady, was sent to .thereat cen? tres of the North to plead that we all are brothers and that no differences ef codfish and rice, potatoes and cotton, should be al I lowed to obliterate our loving sense of kin? ship; that He will raise up and ordain, in every community in our State and of every ! State, a man, a MAN, a MAN (lawyer, doctor, preacher,'farmer, blacksmith, .or whom not, .eoiLe be.eep^Ue.) .who, with & masterly (pos? session of the principles?}f jirder and the facts of disorder, shall proclaim, H We another Duke of Argyll, with judicial majesty, MT?be .Reign of Law," and convince and persuade >men with a power of eloquence, resistless as that of Demosthenes, which "Shook the arsenal And fulmined over Greece." H. F. O. ?-???- wm* - ? Defence of the Barnwell Lynch? ers. WEDGEFIELD, S. C., Jan. 20, 1890. Mr. Editor : I ve got the influenza, a ad as I can't do any wo k I'll write you something on the Barnwell lynching, just t?ecau-e it seems to trouble yo? and the Charleston World awfully. Why y o o ere? watt to-cal I the Legislature together. Mr. 'Editor, did you ever read any in a book called the Bible, in which axe fcwo sentences, the justice of which.hasliinpsessed toe world since they ap? pealed 'in Holy Writ: "He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind," and again, "Whatsoever -a man so wet b that .will he reaM"# If be negroes in Barnwell murdered without provocation tb?ee habite imeo, stole out from the thicket and shot a .nioe gentle? man io the back as he was quietly ?Walking along the road on his own farm and disturb? ing no one. The negroes "sowed the wind and they reaped the whirlwind" ; they sowed murder, and they reaped murder and ly nch ing, and these lynchers, whom yon so round? ly abuse, -were .perhajia only the instrumente of God, for certes, they caused to be verified the word of God. Now, do you propose to call the legislature together to try to annul trie mandate of God, "Whatsoerer a mao so wet h, that shall be reap." I used to live in Mexico and Texas. I've gone out in the morning when the sun shone warm and bright and the air was balmy ; in a short time a cold cutting norther would spring up and nearly freeze one to death. These northers were awfully unpleasant, but the physician assured me they were necessary I tor the heal rh of the country : they purified j the atmosphere, and I think this Barnwell ! Jynching is,like A norther; it is unpleasant, '. it is temible; &ut it-will, Vin sure, be good j for the health of Barnwell.; it will purify the atmosphere .and ;it .will the safe for a time for a white m-Hi to walk out oe his o*vo farm, far the negroes have been taught in tlrls terrible sound, th.it the ssec* of murder produces .a crop of death. There ?.?. l>ig wars ?nd there are little wars. In the difficulty the South had with tbe United States, the South felt justified in firing on the U. S. fleet as it appeared off Charleston . harbor, for the appearance of that fleet was a declaration of war. In Barnwell the ne? groes declared ?ivar and murdered three white men. The people patiently waited on the -Courts to punish these red-handed murderers, but the Courts didn't do it, they put off the cases twice; the people know that the average negro cares nothing for the sanctity of an oath, they know if the defendant's lawyers have time they can find a hundred witnesses who would swear to anything; they saw, no doubt, through the Courts these cold-blooded murderers would be turned loose agaio upon .the<cilifers, and they went forth under that first law of nature, self-protection and caused the negroes to reap the crop of the seed they had sown. * The murder of thtse eight negroes was sim? ply the ?fleet of a cause. The same cause would produre the same effect io anv county of this State or itt any S'ate in tins Union. 2*her;efore. Mi. Editor, whiie we feel sorry rbat war-reigns ir. i?armwell instead of "peace and good will towards men,"; we -fuel confi? dent you can cteate a more healthy moral sentiment by writing against the cause than by attacking the effect. "An ounce of pre? ventive is worth a pound of cure." The Courts of our country are failing to command the respect of .cur citizens; why ? you, a law 1 er, ran he&i *eK -tue. il have seen, not very lo?g *g-?, a Court dispensing so-taUed Justice and passing upon the property and h?*s of our citizens, where every official from the Judge down .was a drunkard. 1 couldn't help but feel in my aaul the most profound contempt for such a Count. IT hese thing? breed crime aud murder, it follows l&e-night fol lu ws d>ty. J s*f<. tin .effort l*>:,:>g >ma?e ti raise two thousand doHarsforieaCli of live'fatuities of the | eight murdered negroes. Are?bt*se tike s*une families near WiUase Mouses the -iKuriiertH, while .6:^5. *A0o WHS shot in the bark, lay ali night wrtHsin 'hearing and cried for help, and not one went near him ? I am willing to rontri'-ute to send thejie families back to Africa for they are unit Ao litre tu-a .ci*'il ?zed country. Tue average negro woman is the roost un? reasonable, ?er.r?- Mr?-1 vindictive portion itt our population a*d two thousand dp I lats ii quite a premium to offer for their bu#h.-ifid.?, who were vile a<s*ssiiis ?nd who were insti? gated perhaps hv these same women to do the terrible deeds which ral ltd forth their merited punishment. There are plenty of ii^nn aa? ijood.t id ?colorad women in ft?m'er C<HHI?>Y, whose iluishands wei* <.?-nerving people; it would tie ChristiiKe to raise H fund lo help them, but there is no portire in it. H-? >n't le? us, both w>b>iu; a-ttd -Id-uck, tfr*r$>M that the three white m?n who were 4? arri ?red by these negro?** were murdered for no off-ose whatever, but shot down in cold blood. For ?hese wjbit? n*n and their families there seews is Ax* no H \ m pa thy. l/et us i?e slow tn tr\i.tig to interpose ovr ?feeble hands between Cod and his justvv, ?wac'i the sowing and the reaping. "Whau soever a man tw.eth that shnll he reap..' OUTSIDKB NOTICE. ^pilK SUPKKYlSUiB Ol' MKiSISTK ATI?N ?ill tie in his ofti.-e on Salesday of each mouth, for ibe pui pose t.f issuitig certifi? cated ul Registration to all persons who hare become twenty-one ?eais of age since last general eleotio?. Also nans- I feis to those who hav* changed piare ol resi? dence. JAS. S KULK, j Jan 22 Supemsor Registration. j _ - - - ... - I Estate of A. J. Chandler, dee'd. rWJLL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO?ATE for Sumter County on Feb. 24ih, 189u, for a Final .Discharge as Administrator of said Estate. A. WATSON CHANDLER. Jan. 22, 189?-it. QBITtTAHY. Mrs. Lucinda Boyd, wife of D. C. Boyd, aged 53 years, died at Rose Hill, S C., Jan. 7, 1890. She has left one child and many friends to mourn her loss. She was a con? sistent member of Mechanicsville M. E Church. WANTS, WA??TBD, THREE UNFURNISHED ROOMfi, without board in desirable part of city. Address, stating location and terms, "Rooms/'-eere -Watchman and South? ron. Jan. 22 -2 WANTED, An^eoergetic roan who under? stands Clothing to represent us as .6ales-Agent'in Sumter. Superb new Spring line now ready. Wanamaker A Brown, Phil? adelphia, largest Clothiug and Merchant-Tail? oring house io America. TO SELL, a first class Pony, Road Cart and Harness. The pony is six years old, perfectly gentle, and works anywhere. Cart aod Harness in good repair. C P. Osteen, at W. and S. o?ee. TTTANTED, People to know that they can W get their burnt-out cooking stoves re? paired by A. G. Warren. Adjustable parts ou hand for all stoves. Hare it done -before the damage is greater, and save money. BUSINESS^ MEN, and others, should see what can be done at home before giving their orders ?or job .printing to parties away from borne. f?!ine vivoik -and low prices can be bad at the Watchman and Southron dfnce CHiSLtSTONj SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD. STN EFFECT JANUARY >6, 18S0. IiLeave Charleston, 7 00 a.m. 5.10 p.m. ?Leave rPregnall'^, -6 15 a, m. 6.50 p. m. Arrive Sumter, 1.20 p. m. Arrive Harlin City, ll 25 a. m. -8 45 p. m. Leave Sumter, 4i00 p. rn. Leave Harlin City, 7 35 a. m. 5.30 p. m Arrive Pregnall's, 9 30 a. m. 8 10 p. m. Arrive Charleston, 1102 a.m. 9 30 p.m. Through coach cn trains leaving Harlin City at 7.35 a.m., and Charleston at 5.10 p.m. All trains daily except Sunday W. G. BROWNSON, General Manager. FRESH BREAD, OAKES, PIES AND FRENCH CONFECTIONERY A'krays on .hand. Your Orders are respectfully solicited, which will receive iprompt attention, by, M. L MAJEWSKI, City Baker, Jan. 22-3m Main Street, Sumter, S. C. MANSION HOUSE. i COR. LIBERTY AND H A RV IN STREETS. Sumter, S. C. ?Regular and Transient Board, at reasonable rates. Comfortable Rooms. Good Table. MRS. LOU A. BROWN, Jan. 22.--o_Proprietress. PUBLIC NOTICE OF Registration aa? Election, CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE. SU M T?R, ? ..C., Jan. 20, 1890. PURSUANT TO THE ACT ,OJF THE General Assembly in this case-provided, notice is hereby given that an election will be held at Sumter, C. H., on Wednesday il e 26th day of February, .1890, between ?be hours of 8 a. m. and ? .p. m , to determine the question whether the School District of tl.e City of Sumter shall be authorized to issue Twelve Thousand Dollars of Bunds, if so much be deemed necessary, the proceeds of which to be used for the purpose of purchas? ing a site or sites and erecting one or more Public Schoul Buildings in the City of Sum ter ar.d furnishing the tam** : Said Bonds to bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, aud ?o mature .ia nut les [ than-twenty year-sifrom the date of issue. if cr dbe purposes of saiid^leclioc a Eegistra I lion of" .the ?uali?ed Electcr-3 of said School 1 District is hereby o tide red : the Registration books to be opened at *he office of the Clerk aod Treasurer of cte City of Sumter on Monday the 27th, day of January, X?90, and shall be finally closed fifteen days pze.viious to such election to wit,.on the ?Oth, .day .of Feb? ruary, 1890. Due notice eil! he??.3#ji uf ?the , names of the managers of said election and the form of ballots to he used. By order of the City Council. * [L.S.J J. A. MOOD, C. M. HURST, ila vor. Clerk and Treasurer. Jan. 22. A CARD. SINCE WITHDRAWING FROM THE firm of A.P. Levy ? Co , and at the solicitation .af numerous friends J have de? cided 'to opeji a.?rst-class .-saloon on Liberty Street opposite tf. Rettenberg ? Sons' grocery, and I can hereafter be found there at all hours, having just opened up as fine a stock of Liquors andfisgars as has ever been brought to Sumter. I extend a cordial invi? tation to all of my friends and patrons to calf. Respectfully, Jan 22. A >. LEVY. State of South Carolina, tCouxTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. WM, ?sq , ?'r?bate Judge W /"HERFAS, A. FLIN?? GUISAR Y Y made suit, to me to grant him Inners of administration of t?ie Estaie and effects ol THEODOSIA B. CO US AR Dee'd. These are then-fore to cite and admonish all j and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Theodosia J?. -Cowsar, late of said I County and State, deceased, .that they be and j appear before me, in the (Court of Probate, to j beheld at Sumter Court House, on Feb.^th. 1890, next, afier publication hereof, at ll j o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any I j they ?ia.ve jyliy Ujea??? administration -should j not be get ute ti. ! Gii'j&en tender icy ban*, rh-.s ??nd daw ot Jan., A. D , 1*W. -j TKGS. V. WALSH, Jan. 22-2t. Judge of Probate. State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. Bu T. V. Walsh, Esq., I''r?bale Judye. riTiKi'KEAs!, .Mus. MINNIE T. SHAW. Vf Widow, made suit t<> ?na tn gr:int her Legers of Administration, of the K*tar? at, J effects cf S A.Ml'KL lt. SHAW, deeded. Tha-e lune tlieixfuro to cite ami admonish all and singular. t??<s k ?utlred and creditors uf the Haid Samuel H. Sha-w. lane oj -ni.I County xtid Stale, th .! they Lc auj ?I^+MSW '??"'ore tne in the C'JAIM ol iVvb;. tu joe iveild JU'SUBIrer C. II. on Februar) ?th. Ifitt), nc*!. k,L'?-r publication hereof at 11 "'clock in thu forenoon, to shew causo?, if any I bey have, why the >-aid Admini* trniion should not he granted. tJivrn under HIV hand, thin 22nd Hay of j January A I)., ISIM?. T. V. WA\.>\\. Jan ??-2 Judge "t 'Vot>ate. j State of South Carolina, SUMTtiB COUNTY, Hy T. V. Wat?, ?iq,% Probaie Judge. TXTHBBfiA?S, JAS I> GRAHAM, G. C. W C. P. and G. S. for Sumter County, made suit to me, to ii ra nt him Letters ot Ad? ministration of the Estate and effects of Mas. MARV E. ?EMBERT, Deceas?i. These Hi\e therefore to ci'c and admonish all and sikg*?-ar like kigdffd and Creditors of the paid Mrs Mary fcemrVrt, late of paid County and State, deceased, that they be and j appear before me, in the Conrt of Probate, to be fceld at Sumter Court House, uc Varch 4th, i?dO, next, a/ler publication hereof, ai li o'clock in lie forenoon, to shew cause, if HE v ;?w\ iiave. why the said Administrativ should no? be granted. Given under my hand, 'his 22nd day of January. A. D., Ift90. T. V. WALSH, Jaj: ?2 - fi Judge ol Probate I EGGS ! i FOR SETTING. i Eggs from fine THOROUGH- j BRED FOWLS can be sup-; plied at short notice, at follow? ing prices : light Brahmas, per set? ting of 13, ?2.00-j Buff Cochin, per setting of IS, $1.50 \ Single Comb Brown Leg? horn, per {setting of 13, ?1.00 A pply to the undersigned at ; J. ?Rettenberg ?& Sons' store or1 ;at -residence Republican street, j ?W.est of Harby Avenue. &r. E. M IMS. Jan. 15-?tn "SALE g aw BOOKS. ON SALES DAY IN FEBRUARY NEXT, : will be-Sold at auction in tjje Grand ! Jury Room -of the Court House building, j Sumter, S. C., a Library of about 200 vol- j umes of Law Books, consisting of Text i Books and Reports, and one book case, to be ! sold under mortgage from W. C. Beard to C. j A. Henshaw, and by cotisent of mortgagor, j For information applv to A.B. STUCKEY, Jan.'S. Agent for Mortgagee. FOR NERVOUS WSP?PSI?, I I>RE?MAT?SM,-EPILEPSY AM) OTHER j troubles th?t Medicines cannot.cure, ap- ! ply for Hali's Health ?Pamphlet to H F.-OLIVER. Sumter,:S. C. j ?3$*]o my absence nt any time, see Mr. J.J.; Muller at Harness Store Jan. 8. i n A TTMTfMaT Tate no tho?* nnles* !. A II illira W. L. Douglas' name and IIA U A lilli price are stamped on the bottom. If the dealer cannot supply you. Bend direct to factory, eucloelug advertised W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Fine Calf, Heavy laced Grain and Creed moor Waterproof. Beat in the world. Ejamlne hw ?5.00 GENUINE HAN D-SKAVED 8HOB. ?4.00 HAND-SEWED \VKLT SHOE. ?3.50 POLICE AND FARMERS'SHOE. .2.50 EXTRA VALUE CALFSHOE. ?2.25 & ?2 WORKINGMEN^ SHOES. ?2.00 and ?1.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. Ail made in Congress, Button and Lace. $3 & $2 SHOES LAFD?.1S. ?1.75 SHOE FOR MISSES. Beat Material. Beat Style. Best Fitting. W. L. Bouglaa, Brockton, Maits. Sold by FOR SALE BY J. Eyttenfcerg & Sons, Agents, Jan. 1 SUMTER, S. C "LOOK OUT AG-AIIT -F?ll T. B. CURTIS, Who ?te-setting goods as low as the lowest, and keeps on haod thc best goods for the least values. Persons who patronize ns will kindly let us know at what boor most COD ver?i?ot fio tbe?), to send for their orders and to have samo ready for tho wagon when-eent for. In order to insure prompt deliveries to all, our deHfcry wagon will tafee.-rocoSe-receipt book which we request oar patrons tosigo for the cumber of parcels del'wered. This rs done in order to correct errors in deliter iug. We are selling now to close ont the holiday stock. Mixed Nuts, at T&c ppr lb., Almond?, 15c.. Eupftsh W*l?trt*, ?5c, Pe? cans, 10c , Butter Nuts, 10c , California Hams, 7c , Roast Beef. 2lb*., 20c., Brawn. 21 bs , 25c. Brawn, lib., 15c , Rolette Beef, per lb., 10c. Crackers, fresh from Philadelphia, 1-5, 20 and:2oc. We make Teas o*r specialty at 50, 75, and ?1 00. We are a?s? fceacrgnarters for "Garfieo Seeds A call will con? vince that I am io the front rank and propose to stay. T. 13. CURTIS, STILL THEY COME ! 2 Car Loads choice, large Mules to arrive at my stables ; one O? Jaa. 22nd, and one on Jan, 23rd. Also, 1 Car Feed Oats, 2 Cars Timothy Hay, 1 Car White Corn. 1 Car Ship Stuff. Ha 3EECJ9L3EFUE3 TE? m Sumter, S. C., Jan. 20, '90. ARRIVED. 1 CAR LOAD HORSES. 2 CAR LOADS * MULES. 1 CAR LOAD ROAD CARm W. M. GRAHAM HAS JUST OPENED AT HIS ?CW DE? POSITORY ON REPUBLICAN STREET A FULL LINE OF CARRIAGES, JUMP-SEATS, PHAETONS, BUGGIES, (open and top) AND ROAD CARTS, ALSO OXE CAR LOAD CELEBRATED OLD HICKORY WAGONS. ; NATIVE HAY AND NATIVE RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS. Dec. 24_ ATTENTION! People of Sumter and Ad* joining Counties ! ! ! Owing to YOUR VERY LIBERAL PATRONAGE our venture has proved a SUCCESS. WE THANK YOU. Our Motto "LIM PRICES Al FWCLASS GOODS,* was unknown, but we have made it a Household Word. Being the ORIGINATORS of Low Prices we propose to Hew in the Same Line, and by our efforts to please, respectfully solicit a contin? uance of your trade. Durant & Belitzer. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS I CAN BE SAVED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY. NOW IS THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY ! Stores ! Stores ! Stores ! PUMPS ! PUMPS ! PUMPS! HOUSE FURX?SHIXCr GOODS, CROCKERY, GLASS? WARE, HARDWARE, WOODEXWARE, CHIXA, FANCY GOODS, TOYS, TINWARE, in fact our immense assortment of New Fall and Winter Goods |s ROW ?rn stock and opened for" inspection and oflered at extremely low prices. Wl.il? maintaining the uniform rtandard of qua-lfty anti excellence by good management, careful baying and being content, witfc SMALL PROFITS, we have rais.?d the standard and lowered our price, until it is oow a faci that til? : nicest ?tnek nf goods in this section is now being offered for sale by us for the least money. COM ti A CATCH ON N K W GOODS FOR EVERYBODY. GREAT VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. - Roofing, Tinning, Guttering and Repairing done at short notice. Pumps put down and tak?jtf up at lowest rates. Sole agent for the Safety Tether Machine for grazing stock. Thanking the publio for the?: past kind patronage aod soliciting a continuance of the same, I remato? respectfully, T. C. SCAFFE,. Aug 28 Sumter, Sv Cv