The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 26, 1890, Image 2

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WEDNESDAY? FEBRUARY 26. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron DOW has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? fest! j the best advertising medium in Sumter. THE CITY OF SUMTER. We print below two letters from that veteran financier and man of wonder* ful business prescience, George W. WillUma, addressed to Major W. F. B Haynsworth, President of the Baok of Sumter. The letters will be interest? ing to those of our readers who, like ourselves, take a lively interest in all that concerns our city and an enthusi? astic pride in her wonderful progress. It is becoming recognised and gener? ally admitted in ali parts of the State that Sumter has a proud and glorious future, and it is becoming so common for the press to prefix some complimen? tary adjective when mentioning our eity that it bas ceased to attract atten? tion. *'Booming," ?'progressive," "prosperous," "lucky," "fortunate," "live,'' used as descriptive of Sumter, are adjectives that are familiar to the readers of the State papers. The leading business men of the State are sensible of our present relative business advantages and confident of our future. The eyes of the capitalists are glancing this way, but capital, like woman, must be wooed before won. Sumter is fast becoming the interior railroad center of the State, and there is every indication that it will be the center of a new and mammoth system in the near future. Her direct connec? tions wttb the great markets of the West, ber fortunate geographical posi? tion in the center of the most fertile portion of our State, and her position with reference to competing railroad sys: ems make her mistress of the situ? ation. She is bound to become the point of distribution of all through freights for the interior of lower and middle South Carolina. Every enterprise which the timidity of our people has permitted them to un? dertake bas prospered. The success of bet banks are phenomenal. One bank with a capital of $50,000 sufficed for her need:* only a few years since, now two banks, with $75,000 capital stock .ach, are insufficient. Her cotton fac? tory has been blessed with abuodant profits-working night and day with a constant tirele?? hum of machinery, it cannot supply the demands for its pro? ducts. Every venture of a similar kind and on a like scale of magnitude bas thriven and been crowned with such marked success as ought to drive out fear from amongst us. Not only is capita! coming here from abroad eager? ly seeking investment, but the wary .nd cautious planters of our own Coun? ty are plucking up courage and are em? barking is "ctty schemes and enter? prises." Our cottee market li ere led the State in prices paid Cor the fleecy staple dur? ing the season now drawing to a close. Our merchants are wholesaling their goods all over this - and adjoining Coun? ties. The two sew railroads just completed have opened up new territories which have at once become tributary to Sum? ter. Mercantile methods have been revolutionised within the last few years. Our merchants now depend on close buying, quick sales and small profits. There is a snap, vim and go-aheada tiveness about business new that quick? ens, energises and enlivens the whole commue ?ty-for nothing b more conta? gious than industry. We have ad the conditions and cir? cumstances to make Sumter a great place, and if she does not take advan? tage of all the agencies ready at band for employment, the fault-the crime -will be with her people. Some time ago $20,000 was subscrib? ed by a number of our prominent busi? ness men to establish a cotton seed oil mill. That scheme has languished and died. Perhaps there were good busi? ness reasons for relinquishing that en? terprise. But, since the cotton seed mill has failed to materialize, bow about a fertilizer faotory ? We are not far from the seacoast, with two competing roads in direct and quick communica? tion with the phosphate deposits. Greenville has started one, why can? not Sumter ? Let our people take hold of it and subscribe $50.000, and $50,000 more would quickly and eagerly come op from Charleston, to supplement it. Let it be tested by some of ocr leading business men and see whether our predictions will prove prophetic. If after a thorough investi? gation and study of the matter it be ascertained that a fertilizer factory does not promise a profitable field for invest? ment why, do as bas already been done in the case of the eettoo seed oil mill drop it. We need t great big hotel. It is becoming a necessity to Sumter. Sum? ter could be made a popular winter resort. Her climate ts dry. and healthy and braciog, free alike from the rigors of a northern winter and the eoervatiog heat of the same aeason in Florida. We have good society, good schools and excellent church privileges. Our peo pie are moral, intelligent and refined. The city is the prettiest io the State, and in daily eommunieation with the two largest cities to South Carolina The ooly way in which a hotel can be built and made to pay-unless some outrider does it--ie by the uoited efforts and means A thc property holders of Sumter. No single mao is going to undertake it. Let those who build it get some experienced, shrewd and energetic northern man to take it on a fifteen or twenty years lease-guaran ting bim against loss for, say, five years. At the end of that time-if the Boni? face is worth a baobee the hotel will have become a flourishing and profitable business. Perhaps it would not take as long as five years. The stockholders should be satisfied without returns from their money for the first five years with the knowledge that their other property is being enhanced in value by the hotel. Every northern or western man who spends a winter here will bring ten others back with him the following winter, and in the end make the hotel a "howling success." The successful operation of the hotel would largely depend upon wise and extensive ad? vertising that would probably absorb a great part of the income for several years, but results would more thao justify its expenditure, i The future of Sumter, depends, not altogether on the fortuitous and ex? traneous circumstances that have brought her up to her present standard in spite of herself, but in a very great measure upon the public spirit of her citizens. A comprehensive liberality on the part of her monied and in? fluential business men, which at first would appear prodigal and perhaps precarious would prove a wise economy in the end. The Watchman and Southron is the friend of progress and enterprise every .where, but we have the interest of our people and the prosperity of our beau? tiful little city, now in the first blush of her cityship, so radiant in promise, nearest our heart, and all our energies in the future will be directed towards building up and advancing the material, moral and social interests of Sumter. Sumter's prosperity concerns every man, women and child within the limits of our City aod County ; it means em? ployment for the idle and wealth for the poor, schools for the ignorant and all the varied comforts, advantages and ad adjuncts of civilization in favored com? munities. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 19, 1890. 1/r. W. F. B. Hayntvcorth, Pruidenl Bank of \ Sumter, S. C. DEAR SIR: lam pleased to see that you have decided to increase jour capital to $75,000. We will take our share of the in? crease and would be pleasvd to have io all I $2,000. Permit me, as a stockholder to ad- i vise your Board by all rogans to buy a good < lot aod build a substantial Bank building. You should own and control the budding you occupy. You are aware that your taxes will not be increased by owning a bank build? ing, as it is a part of Tour capital. Real es- < tate will not be lower it Sumter, but bigber. I In building I would bare a strong vault with boxes ia it to hire. Yours very truly, GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Pres. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 21, 1890. Mr. W. F. B. Biynsworih, Prttidetd Bank of j Sumter, Sumter, S. C. DEAR SIR . So far as I can learn Sumter is to become the centre of a gteat railroad system. Real estate ought to double its pres? ent value in a few years. Your Bank is in Sumter to stay long after your present Board of Directors are in their graves I It is certainly more desirable and more econom? ical to own your banking building than to ' lease. You are not like a mercantile concern, 1 to change or give up your business in a few fears. Yours truly, GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Pres. ANOTHER RAILROAD FOB SUMTER. We learn that "The Sumter and ' Wateree Railroad Company'' was or? ganized under the late Act of the Leg? islature by a cash subscription of more than the Act required. The object of this Company is to construct a Railroad from our city to Camden so as to con? nect with the 3C's R. R. and give our . neighbors a line competing with the old Camden Branch via Kingsville to Charleston. Of course the wide awake and progressive town of Caoiden-will not object to this movement, and we must believe that ber people will put their shoulders to the work and help to build tbe road so that no shoulders need be put to the wheels. We can scud to Camdeo in lens than an hour and they can run to Charleston in less than four hours, breakfast and sup at borne and between meals attend to a day's business in Charleston. We have beard that the Company contemplate one of the two routes already surveyed, both of which are level and of easy grade with the exception of about three miles on the Spring Hill route, but this is thc nearer by two miles. The whole distance by either route does not exceed 30 miles, and will pass through some of the finest cotton lauds not only in Sumter but any other County in the State. There is also a magnificent body of round timber through which it must pass, never yet touched by the devouring hands of railroad steam paw mills. We cannot refrain from calling the attention of the ci^z^ns of Sumter to i the importance of this road to our **ity We have connections with the N??(th east and South west, but none direct with the great North-west-that sec? tion which will soon control thc desti? nies of the United States. As an apt illustration of this opinion, we see that Chicago can hold her own with the ! mighty New Y??rk in the content for the World's fair. Our commercial, agri? cultural and social affinities are with the i Northwest. We produce what they j caooot make and must have; they! make what we need jct cannot make, and this means cheap freights both way H for the necessaries of life and comforts interchanged. Northward and South- j ward we can look for luxuries-im- I ported or high tariff clothing. &c , or | oranges, bananas, tito.,--but westward j we must look for bacon, beef, flour and ; i even corn. The South-east and North west are both agricultural, and o'1 ff- ! erence of climates prevents compet?- r tion and makes us allies, and will also ? facilitate that intercourse which will bind the two sections (doser together. At a meeting of the stockholders last night J. D. Blanding was elected Pres? ident ; A. J. China, J. D. Graham, A. White, R. A. Brand and R P. Mon? aghan, Directors; H. Frank Wilson, Secretary and Treasurer. With such strong, practical business men at tbe bead of the project we feel assured that it will be carried through as soon as practicable. The Board of Directors instructed the President to inquire aod report as soon as practicable for the information of the Board, what route will be the best from Sumter to Camden, what aid cao be obtained from corporations aod individ? uals betweeo those terminal points aod also from foreigo capitalists for the con? struction of the road. We hope the people from one end to tbe other of the route will give the Company their hearty co-operation aod support. -_% ? AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The case of ?. Scott Carson, Sher? iff of Sumter Couoty, against the Coun? ty of Sumter, involving the question of Sheriff's costs for carrying prisoners to aod from places outside the Couoty, receotly argued io the Supreme Court, has been decided io favor of the Sheriff. The Act, under which this suit arose, allows the^ Sheriff six cents per mile going and returning and all necessary expenses. Sheriff Carson cooveyed some prisoners to the penitentiary and lodged his account in the office of the County Commissioners, charging as an item in tbe account the Rail Road fares. Under advice of the Attoroey Geoeral the Couoty Commissioners refused to pay this item, whereupon the Sheriff appealed to the Circuit Court. Judge Wallace reversed the decision of the County Commissioners and ordered the accooot paid. Io this decision Judge Wallace has been sustained by the Su? preme Court. This decision decides that the Rail Road fares paid by the Sheriff must not be regarded as intended to be covered by the mileage allowed Sheriff. Messrs. Haynsworth & Cooper repre? sented the Sheriff and the Attorney General the County. WHAT DO YOU HOPE PORP Are you satisfied with Sumter as it is? Are you willing that ehe shall never grow any more? Do you believe if she ceases from growing she will stand still ? Do you not know that oo town can do that in these 'ays and that when growth ceases decay begins ? How do you ?hink growth can be con? tinued? Do you hope or believe that some Dody with a pocket full of money will come ilong and do for us what we ar? not doing "or ourselves ? Do you think it wise or safe to sit still and wait for such an event ? If not, how can we hope for growth, strength and prosperity unless you do yonr part in working, talking and subscribing? Dan you expect others here to do what you will not do ? These are serions and pressing questions for every man in Sumter to study and ask himself. Ii is time for us to move and we &ugbt to be moving. The Watchman and Southron will try bard to force and keep tbe matter in the public miod. To help toward that work we invite -very body to send io to this office suggestions ?3 to what Sumter people can and ought to [lo to help Sumter, from the smallest thing-to ibe biggest. We will publish them all with pleasure, with or withoot the writers' names is may be preferred in each case. We have utilized for local purposes the above striking and impressive re? marks, originally the product of the Fertile brain of the editor of the Greeo rille News. No towo, whatever its advantages can afford in these hustling times to sit still aod await the coming rf its prosperity. It must fight aod push for all it gets. This is what we deed here. Sumter's chaoce U before it. Let us avail ourselves of it to tnake our city the great poiot of trade for middle Carolina COLORED NATIONAL CONVEN? TION. A national organization of the colored people has beeo effected at Washington with P li. S Pinchback, ex-Governor ?f Louisiana, as President. The convention before adjourning is? sued the usual address complaining of oppression of the negro io the South and the suppression of his suffrage. They apologize for meeting in separate Convention as a race by declaring it necessary because their race is made the special and distinct object of attack in "certain portions of our country." They declare that all political elections io the South are nothing more than farc? ical formalities, the voice of the colored people being "suppressed by violence or neutralized by fraud." This address goes on ad nauseam to complain that in several of the States their race is made the object of un? friendly legislation io the matter of sep? arate coaches for the races. It brings up again the old and ha -kuied subject of lynching, murder, etc., complains that the school facilities provided are inadequate, and that the labor system at the South is unfair and unjust to the colored Americans. But the most strik? ing passage of the address is tbe fol? lowing : "Under the Constitution and laws of the lund, we are entitled to the same rights and privileges enjoyed by any other class of citi? zens ; and yet, in defiance of law, we lind we aie subject to taxation without represen? tation We are compelled to obey laws that we have no voice in making ; we are obliged, in tunny localities, to ?ubiuit to the verdicts ol juries and the decision ot courts in the crea? tion arid composition of which we are not allowed to participate." The uegro vote at the North elected Btu Harrison President. Thc North? ern negroes own property on which they pay taxes What representation is granted them there Y What voice have they io making the law? at the North ? What part in the creation and composi? tion of courts to whose verdicts and de? crees they are equally bound to submit? Why contine these complaints to abuses which they pretend obtain at the South. Tbe same conditions confront tbe race at the North as well. Why did not thc Convention invade the North with declaration of grievances ? ' The address goes on to kick agais the deportation scheme, approve th Blair educational bill, aod closes with petition to Congress to correct the griev anees complained of bj national legisla tion. It is a capital political document am was so intended-undoubtedly inspire* by the g. o. p. The negroes ought to know if they d> not, that in the Southern States the; never began to prosper until after th Democrats obtained control. Educa tional facilities under the oorropt con trol of the Radicals were worse thai now. We deem it particularly onfortunati that just at this time when the "negri question" was being almost lost sight o in the struggle setting in on great eco nomic questions, Senator Butler shouk have renewed the agitation and brio| the negro to the front again by his fool ish and impracticable deportatioi scheme. If let alone the negro ques tion would settle itself. Senator But ler's scheme reminds us of the proposi tion of an Irish member of Parliament looking to the solution of a difficult question before that body. He saic there were three courses open to th? house, then went on to show that the first was absurd, the second impracti? cable, and the last utterly impossible. And now comes a call for a meeting of the national circle of the "Colored Chautauqua" to discuss, among other things, the "Negro Problem." Verily the seed sown by the News and Courier and Senator Butler is beginning to bear fruit "after its kind." The elections recently held in the German Empire for members of the Reichstag have resulted in a decided victory for the Liberals and Socialists. The combined opposition to the minis? try will have a good working majority. The Bismarkian system of government is tottering to its fall. Liberal ideas, meaning an unshackled and uncensored press-a modicum of personal liberty and a popular distribution of power, as the foundations of governmental polity, are being rapidly disseminated and en? forced throughout the Empire in spite of the iron-handed Chancellor. John Jacob Astor, the bead of the great Astor family of New York, U dead. The Shell Convention. STATEBUBG, S. C , Feb. 23, 1890. Mr. Editor: I have been quite interested in the much written and talked of "Shell Man? ifesto," and meant to have attended the meet? ing in Sumter, but our Alliance meets tbe jame day, and I think that of far more im? portance than this nonsense of the terrible wrongs one-fourth of the voters of the State ire inflicting on the other three founhs. It ?eeois to my humble mind that the farmers ?ire doing not only a perfectly useless, but a pery foolish thing. They have the numbers, ind I can't see the sense of trying ''sharp practice" when they can perfectly well wait md make the State convention next summer i farmers'convention. I earnestly hope our farmers will not be led into acting in just the ?ame way through wbicb they have always Maimed they were cheated by the so-called State politicians. 1 remember some years ?nee, the same men who are pushing this movement could not rind words strong enough to condemn the action of the "political hacks" in this County for coming into the County Convention with a ready-made ticket ; und it looks to roe as if they are trying to do just the same thing on a larger scale. We eran almost smile at the "little fellows" who hatch lip their little tricks to control the County Convention, but it is a much more serious matter when two or three men try to take one portion of the voters of the State, and cut out the work for all. I hwpe the Columbia Convention won't make any nom? inations, but if they do it will be the first time 1 ever beard of a controling majority bolting, and at tbe same time claiming that they are the majority. I think it a very unsafe thing for a mass meeting, consisting of any body who choses to come, representing no? body but themselves, and responsible to no one, electing delegates to meet and shape the political policy of tbe State. If our farmers want all the State and County officers to come from their ranks, why can't they attend the Democratic club meetings next summer nnd send the right men to tbe County Con? vention, and from there to tbe State. Are we willina to admit that we are afraid of the minority ? Can't we take care of ourselves in the regular State Democratic meering ? If we are really not capable of taking care of our? selves in a convention where all interests are represented, then we deserve to he ruled by those who are more manly. I don't think the farmers ever had a greater slur cast on them th>?n this "Tillwan-Sheil Manifesto." What have we, (the farmers) to complain of any way ? We have control of the Legis? lature. Every law that goes on the books has to have the consent of the farmer*. We are well represented in the State offices, and have only to say so, to have them all No need lo go out of the only party that can be trusted to give us good government. I don't think I am alone in thinking Mr. Tillman and his friends far more dangerous leaders than our present State officers I bope the farmers will think well before they follow Mr Tillman or any other extremist. The men may be disinterested, but it don't look so, as there is no reason for the movement. They have shaken a mythical aristocracy in the face of the people until it has become a very dirty rac- I hope and believe Sumter County will sit down on (bis movement. ALLIANCE. News and Courier Prize Distribu? tion. Amone the holders of fortunate tickets at the gift distribution of the News ?ind Courier, wc noie the following familiar names: J. W. Cooper, Maycsville, gets Dore's Bi hie Gallery ; W. M Lenoir, ll:igood, gets a berry dish ol Bohemian Glass; J. C McKinney, of Macs? ville, draws a hore s Bible Gallery ; J. Frank Bradford, Sumter, Hume's History of Eng? land, six volumes; James P. Moody, Clare? mont, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's select novels; A T. Butler, M echan ?cs v( He, Hume's Histor* of England : J. M. Galloway, Sum? ter, Pore's Bible Gallery, and J. N. McLeod, Dove* vi He, Gibbon's Roman Empire. The grand prize-a trip to Europe-was, strange to say, drawn by Mr John B. Simonds, of Charleston, who is aide to take a hundred tiips to Europe ai his own expeuse. - ?i Shot Dead at Elloree. ORANGKBUIU; Feb. 20. - George Collier, A voung man who keeps a l>ar at Eiloree. came up here this morning and surrendered him? self to the Sheriff", saving ih>?t he had shot and killed a white man yesterday afternoon in Elloree. named v\ ill Lindsay. From Col? lier's version of the affair the killing is Said tty every one to be perfectly justifiable. lt appears thal Lindsay, who WHS a man of very little character, went to a neighbor'*' residence and giossly insulted the lady of the house The Indy picked np a big stick and ran him out of the house. The scoundrel then went over to Collier's house, ?nd as there WHS no one home but Mrs. Collier he offered the game insult to that lady and forced her into a room in the house. Mrs, ('oilier screamed for help and someone ran off for her husband. As Mr. Collier came up Lind? say was about to run off, when he was shot hv the former and instantly killed. Collier is well known in this city, and bis family is a good ouc. Death of a Legislator. EDOEFIELD, February 21.-Special : Dr. J. H. Strom died at bis residence in this place last night at ll o'clock. A week ago he was seized with the grip, which soon de? veloped into pneumonia. Dr. Strom was one of Edgefield'a worthiest and most sterling farmers abd citizens, and was foremost in all that pertained to ber advancement and good. He was born in the Gilgal section of tbe county in 1839, and after receiving the educa? tional advantages afforded by the neighbor? hood schools graduated from the Georgia Medical College io 1870. He followed tbe vocation of planting, besides practicing bis profession, aud had accumulated a handsome fortune. He represented bis county in tbe Legislature in 1880 and 1881, and was a member of the present Legislature, His obse? quies will be conducted by the Knights of Honor, of which he was a member, and will take place to-morrow morning.-Newt and Courier. Lent Suspended. The Western Watchman a Catholic Weekly Journal of St Louis, Mo., published on Sun? day last the statement authorized by the Universal Inquisition that the Lenten fast will be suspeuded this year. The reason for setting aside this Lenten obligation is the prevailing influenza. This decree is ?:be first of the kind ever issued in the history of the Church. The Resolution making Chicago the site of the Columbus Fair bas passed the lower house of Congress, but will probably be killed in the Senate. To-day the new postage stamp of all de? nominations will be placed on sale in the principal poet offices of the country. The sickly green stamp will be sent into oblivion and a similar stamp of a dark carmine color will take its place. The green stamp has never been popular with the Post Office De? partment officials, wbo explain that its poor color is owing chiefly to the fact that it was engraved on a plate intended for a stamp of a different color. The new stamp is smaller than tbe old one and different in many ways. Mr. Hazen, Third Assistant Postmaster Gen? eral, who bas charge of the stamp division, is confident that it will meet the approval of the public. The first order for the new stamps was made by the department on the 17th inst. One hundred and ten offices have been supplied with 43,644,610 stamps, the total value of which is $784,323.- Columbia Record Feb. 22nd. Brother Farmer come to tne Convention of Saturday March 1st. The Convention will elect delegates to represent the farmers and you will be responsible for the delegates elected, so come and see that you are properly represented. WEDGEFIELD. - i m** Schwartz Bros. intend opening for Spring one of the finest Millinery Parlors in the State. STATE M El OP rbe Mntnal Life Insurance Go. OF NEW YORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY, PRESIDENT. TOT the year ending Dec 31st, 1889. 40*et4, - fi 130,401,328 02 Increase in Amet?, - -$10,319,174 46 inrplus,. $9,057,248 44 Increase In Snrplua, . ? . $1,717,184 81 Receipts,. ?31.119.01962 Increase during year. - - - $4.903.087 10 ?ald Pollcy-HoMers, - - - $15,200,608 38 Increase during Tear, - - - $473,058 lfi il ni s assumed, - $151,602,483 37 Increase dnrincr ynr, - - $48,3S8,222 05 Maka In force, .... $565,948.933 92 Increase during year, - - $83,824,749 56 Policies lu force, .... 182,310 lacrease durln? year, - - - 23,941 Policies written ia 1SS9, - - 44,577 Increase over 1SS8, . - - 11,971 THE ASSETS ARE INVESTED AS FOLLOWS: leal Estate and Bom! & Moiitrntro Loans, - . - - ' . $r,9. a G I,fl 13 13 Jnited States Bonds and other Securities, .... $00.323.409 81 xians on Collateral Securities, $<.),S45,500 00 'ash in Banks an.l Trust Compa??a at interest, .... S?,!iSS,G32 79 Merest accrued, Prrminms defer? red and iu transit, etc. - $3.881.812 29 _$136,401,328 02 Liabilities (lnclndlnsr Keserve at 4%), $126,744,079 58 Saj ..*3*.?6M?....f3;;>./*S9.285.' ..$103.876,179..-14.743,771 8Ss-4?,?07,i39 ... 368.98144t.... 108,908.968.... 5?>?.634 886... 56.832,719.... 3938c9-?3.... 114.181.963.... 5,643.568 887... 69.4?i7,468.... 427.628.933_ 1:8.806,852.... 6,29w+* 888... 103^14,261- 4S2.125.184_ 126.082,154.... 7,940,063 889...151,603.483.... 565.949.934.... 136,401,328.... 9.657,248 ROBERT A. GRAXNISS. Vice-president. ISAAC F. LLOYD. - ad Vice-president. - WILLIAM J. EASTON, - Secretary. EDWARD L. GERXAXD, General Agent, Columbia, ?3. C. E. B. CANTEY, Agent. LECUTRE ON CHINA. EN*. JNO. D. KENNEDY, late ?. S j" Consul to China, will deliver a lecture iu tbe Hall of the SUMTER INSTITUTE, on WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MARCH 5TH, at 8$ o'clock, for the benefit of the building fund of Hebron Presbyterian Church. The Lecture will comprehend the observa? tions of Gen. Kennedy among the govern? ment and higher classes of the Chinese people, and an account of their public institutions, &c. Price of Tickets, 25 cents. Tickets for sale at W. H. Yates'Grocery Store and Dr. McKagen's Drug Store. Feb. 26_ MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Flic Notice of Registration ai Election. COUNCIL CHAMBER, SUMTER, S. C., FEBRUARY 24, 1890. Pursuant to the Acts of the General Assem? bly of State of South Carolina in this c?se made and provided, notice is hereby given that an Election will be held in City of Sumter, on the Second Tuesday, 8th, day in April, 1890, between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m., and 5 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing a Mayor and four (4) Aldermen to serve as the City Council of City of Sumter, for two (2) vears, then next en? suing. Be it Resolved, That Hon. J. A. Mood, Mayor, and C M. Hurst Clerk and Treasurer, be and they are hereby directed aud author? ized to make necessary arrangements for said approaching Municipal Election ; To publish an order requiring registration of voters of City of Sumter: To open books of regisiration on 8th day of March, and keep same open for registration for fifteen days, until 22nd, dav of March 1890. both inclusive, and to close same fifteen days before said Election as required by Charter of City of Sumter. That each person presenting himself for registration shall be required to give his name, age, residence and satisfactory proof of his qualification to vote, and shall be en? titled to receive a Certificate of Registration, which Certificate may be required of any Voter at eaid Klecticu, as a coudiiion pre? cedent to voting. That all complaints of persons who may have been refused tegistration shall be made to Council at its next meeting after the close of said books and if said complaints are well fonnded, the City Council may order Certifi? cates to be issued to him or them. Dupli? cate Certificates of Renistration may be issued by the Cleik and Treasurer upon satisfactory proof of loss of i he original. To appoint Managers of Election and to make all arrangements necessary in accord? ance with requirements of (/harter of City of Sumter, approved December-, 1S87. Due notice will tn- given of names of Managers, to be appointed to hold said election. Hv order of the City Council [L.S.J J. A. MOOD, C. M HURST, Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. Feb. 26 - 2 _ ie University of the South, SS WANES, TENNESSEE. On the Cumberland Plateau. 2,100 ft. above the sea level, offers the healthiest residence to young men in its Grammar School, its Mil? itary, its College and its Theological Depts. For special information write to REV. TKLFAIR HODGSON, D.D., Vice-chancellor, Feb. 26 SEW AN EE, TENNESSEE. WANTS. AJAPANESE SILK UMBRELLA, with Coin Silver Head, marked "Auld" was left in some store or office. Please return same through W. & S. office. TO SELL. A One-horse Covered Delivery Wagon, at reasonable prices. Apply ai Watchman and Southron office. WANTED, People to know tbat they can 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 for job printing to parties away from borne. Fine work and low prices can be bad at the Watchman and Southron office. LIFE OF THE HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, BY MES. J3FFEBS0N DAVIS. TO BE SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY. The prospectus and complete outfit for can? vassing will be ready immediately. AGENTS wishing desirable territory on this great work will please address, as soon as possible, the publishers, BELFORD COMPANY, 18-22 East 18th Street, New York. Feb.12._ FOR RENT. AFARM (one-horse or two horse) in good condition, 3 miles East of Sumter, com? fortable house oow going up. J. R. HARVIN, Jan. 29. Agent. rpHE BEST, CHEAPEST AND I Most Perfect Tonic. Quinine and Iron Tonic Capsules. A sure and prompt cure for malaria, chills and fever, sallow skin, loss of appetite, general and nervous debility, bil? iousness, and all ailments which arise from a disordered liver, or from lack of iron in the blood. A box of Tonic Capsules which are guaranteed free from mercury or any thing at all injurious, will be sent free, on receipt of 25 cents in stamps or postal note, by the proprietor, ARTHUR J. MULDOON, 161 Graham St., Brooklyn. N. V. _ fl ll TTIT?Tn V Take no shoes unless I. A I THIN W. L. Douglas' name and SJ?IU A J.W11 price are stamped on the bottom. If the dealer cannot iupply yon. ?end direct lo factory, enclosing advertised W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Fine Calf, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed* moor Waterproof. Befit In the world. Examine his 8.VOO GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE. .4.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. 83.50 POLICE AND FA RM ER8* SH OE. 82.50 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. 82.25 & 82 WORKINGMEN^ SHOES. _ 2.00 and S1.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SH0E8. Ail made in Congress, Button and Lace. $3 & $2 SHOES LAD!ls. 81.75 SHOE FOR MISSES. Best Material. Beat Style. Best Fitting. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Maas. Sold by FUR SALE BY J. Ryttenberg & Sons, Agents, Jan 1 SUMTER. S. C PIONEERS OF THE HARDWARE BUSINESS Beg to announce to their friends of Sumter and adjacent counties that they have moved to their Lar ge, Magnificent, New Store Adjoining A. A. Solomons. Our increased business necessitated our leaving our former v CRAMPED QUARTERS. Now with LARGK 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. f We buy LARGELY FOR CASH and can offer INDUCEMENTS. Always come and see us before buying your Look! Read! Bu j! We 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 buying of us. Respectfully, R. W. DURANT & SON. Aug. 21 WE CAW BE POUND For the Next Few Days at STONO WAREHOUSE AT DEPOT, And from Next Monday at the Brick Store, Cor. Liberty and Harvin Streets. Good Stock and Low Pri? ces. WE ARE HERE TO STAY. Durant & Belitzer. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! CAN BE SAVED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY, NOW IS THE G O LB EN OPPORTUNITY ! Stoves! Stoves! Stoves! ^^S^^^H PUMPS ! PUMPS ! PUMPS ! "^^?T^fe^^i HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, CROCKERY, GLASS ^O^l^^^^^ WARE, HARDWARE, WOOD EN WARE, CHINA, f ^ M^^^^ FANCY GOODS, TOYS, TINWARE, ^y*^ igF ?gSP m ^ac^ our immense assortment of ISTew Fall and "Winter Goods is now 'in stock and opened for inspection and offered at extremely hw price*. While maintaining tho uniform staodard of quality and excellence by good management, careful baying sod being content with SMALL PROFITS, we have raised the standard and lowered our price, until it is now a fact that the nicest stock of goods in this section is now being offered for sale by us for tbe least money. COME AND CATCH ON. NEW GOODS FOR EVERYBODY. GREAT VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. Roofing, Tinning, Guttering and Repairing done at short notice. Pumps put down and taken np at lowest rates. Sole agent for the Safety Tether Machine for grazing stock. Tbaoking the public for their past kind patronage and soliciting a continuance of the same, I remain, respectful'y, T. C. SCAFFE, Aug. 28 Sumter, S. C.