WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19.
Entered at the Post Office at Sumter, S.
(7., as Second Class Matter.
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NEW ADVEHTISEMENTS.
Lap Rohe Fou od.
C. M. Hurst, Clerk and Treas.-Public
Ko?ice.
Jno. T. Green. School. Coin.-Notice to
Teachers.
Personal.
Miss Annie Islanding bas returned from
Blacksto.k.
Mr. H. Claremont Moses has goce to New?
berry on a visit.
Dr. A. J. China bas gone to Florida on a
business and pleasure trip.
Capt. Rollins of the C. S. & N., spent Sun?
day and Monday in the city.
The Christian Advocate of this week says
that Rev. \V. W. Mood is reported quite sick.
Mr. N. S. Mayraot, Ute of the M. *t A
surveying corps, was to the city on Sunday.
Mrs. Dr. Cain, of Asheville, N. C., is on a
visit to relatives in Providence and Sum?
merton.
Capt. P. P. Gaillard has been down with
the grip. Weare glad to see him up and out
again.
Col. John C. Haskell spent Monday night
in the OCT, and returned to Columbia on
Tuesday.
Judge ?nd Mrs. J. B. Kershaw left for Cam?
den Saturday. He was feeli".* somewhat bet?
ter when bt ieft.
Mr. E jSL Aycsck of Wedgefield distinguish?
ed himself at the Feoruary examinations of
the State University.
Mr. James M. Jennings, of this city, paid his
old friend ' and home at Providence a shoi t
visit last Reek.
R. I). L-^e, Esq., attended a ro^e'ing of the
State Democratic Executive Committee in Co?
lumbia la-t week.
Capt A. M. Brelsford of Fulton, Clarendon
Co., was io the city last Thursday, and ;
bought a fine mare.
.Mr. Be?; ?min Hodges wi:h Mrs Hodges, nee i
Miss Maria R-ynolds, :?ud little Beaay. are in
Statesburg c<i ? visit to relatives.
Mrs. Sarah C. Calhoun cf Abbeville is here i
on a visi' to Mrs. W. Aisiou Pringle, Jr.,
who is ber granddaughter.
Mr. Quinn, assistant to Gen. Manager Fowler
of the C. S. ? N., bas come to the city and ts j
a guest at the Jervey house for the present.
Mr. Wi?L P. Harrell, the manager of the j
Sumter Beak and Novelty Store, arrived j
Saturday. He isa brother ofM*j Eugeue
Barrell, the senior member of one of the lar- j
gest book firms in the South, and brings with
bim valuable experience for the business under
bis management. We are pleased to welcome j
Mr. Harrell to our city, and hope he w:Il find
tba] bis lot bas been cast in a pleasant place. I
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The cotton market has been dull the past i
week and prices are unchanged.
The attention of our patriotic citizens is'
directed to tbe communication signed "J. D.
Mci.*
In a list of patents granted to inventors in
the Southern States during the past week, j
supplied to fhis paper by C A. Snow & Co., j
Patent Law;.ers and Solicitors, Washington, j
D. C., we find : C. T. Chapman, Elliotts, S. j
C., Cotton-planter. j
Melzer Frierson has banded us a slice of
white meat watermelon which he has k?-pt in
his tailoring establishment ever since last
Season. AK :he henri h*s become dessicated i
and been absorbed, and while the w*termelon
Smell is Still lin?rerins around and clinging to j
it, the genuine taste is conspicuous by i s ab- J
ance.
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Prosperous Friends.
Many will he glad to hear that Xessrs. T. j
S. Joye and J. H. Sanders are succeeder ad- j
micah! v in their mercantile venture at 'inri- i
ington. It is said that they have the cream
of the fine goods tr*-de. Thtir spring stock j
is large an?', eiegnnt. They express them- i
selves most snxious for electric lights. !
Swiss Eell Singers.
Tbe bills a.-e posted fo?- Fitzpatrick's Merry ;
Makers and Swiss Bell Ringers, who appear
hereon next Monday night at Music Hall, j
The papers sp^.-ak in pleasant and favorable j
terms of this performance, and we incline to t
l-elieve that & croat is in store for our people ;
who shall attend.
About One-Half.
As we go to press we learn that only about ?
one-half our voting population has retfisteied. j
Th?? apathj of rr.J*uv of our citizens, SOT:?? of
whom are an:cng our best and most worthy, j
is certainly strange, if it should turn out '?
that the attempt is to be made to d*-frat the i
will of the people as express: d at the late pub- ,
lie meeting, and that attempt should prove
successful, the calamity will doubtless t?->t on I
the shoulder of those whose failure to rrgistf-r j
enabled the dissati.-fied element to score a i
success. Go up and register without deiay.
A Genuine Blizzard.
When th? sun went down on Saturday a
brisk westerly breeze was blowing, tut it could j
not be called coid. Un Sunday morning the
mercury Stood at 25 and standing water w.ne
frozen solid. The fall of temperature v.**s j
prodigious. F* was very cold ;*.lso on Mon?
day morning, but since then it has become
considerably warmer. We are apprehensive !
lest the remainder of the fruit crop has been J
killed by the extremely cold snaps, but many ?
p*acb trees have not yet bloomed, and these,
of cour?e, have escaped.
Those Eivers.
We have received a number of replies to
our puzzle of last week, asking Graded School
children to give the solution. Those who
solved ?he puzzle correctly are S. J. Rytten
berg, Etta Andrews, Flora Moses, and Perry
Moses.
The names of the rivers are Orinoco, Poto?
mac, Rio Grande, A ranz?n, Sr. La wren'*-.
Colorado, Ohio, und Delaware. Une of the
competitors 3ays try us with something more
difficult next time. Weil, perhaps we wiii
The Good Templars.
This Lodge of total abstainers, including
some of our ?erv best people, had quite a
picnic, so to s^eak, last Wednesday eveuing
at their ball.
Maj. Marion Moise delivered a chaste and
appropriate ad<:ress. C*pt. W. R. Delgar in?
troduced the speaker. The program of tbe
entertainmen? '-as as follows, v:z :
Chorus.
Address by ?.f*j Moiee.
Duet-Miss Brad well, Mr. Flowers.
Recitation-Miss Maggie Cuttino.
Vocal duet-Visses Walsh.
Recitation- "Miss Lizzie Bradwell.
Solo-Miss Lizzi" Bradweil.
Readine-C. M Hurst, Jr.
Vocal Quartette.
Quite a suug little sum was realized by the
Lodge, and the entertainment WHS voted a
brilliant success.
Improvements.
The stores of Messrs. Reid ?nd White are
now ready for the roof. They will mak<
handsome and contmodious structures, and
are going up rapidly.
The immense repository of Mr. Matrhiessen
?3 nearly completed outside. Bets putting in
a very imposing front. The building shows
up well and is a decided addition to that part
of the city.
AU the debris of ti e late fire has been re?
moved, except tbe old safe cf the Hank of
Sumter. Work is to begin at once ou tiie
sew buildings.
Ground is being broken for O'Donnell's
building between Mose3' and Levi's store, on
Main street. When completed,au ugly gap
will be filled up by this edifice.
A Policeman Needed.
We happened 'o be at the C. S. and N.
passenger station on Saturday afternoon, and
saw a large crowd oi negroes there, who we
were told, were wolfing for the pay train.
Meanwbi-e they were getting in the way of
passengers and were not at ai! choice in their
language, nor p-rticular as to whom they
jostled. Such things should not be permitted.
If the average rai :roau har-d do?-s not know
enough to respect the rights of passengers,
and the laws of the city as to profane lan?
guage, he should be allowed the opportunity
to letrn it behind the bars of the Calaboose,
lo fact, a policeman should be at each depot
a while before an i after the arrival and de?
parture of passenger traing to preserve ord?-r,
clear the gangway, and prevent crowding ami <
rowdyism. It is done iu every other city of |
any importance ; why not here ? <
Saratoga Chips at Duckvr & Uulliaau's. ' 1
Death.
On Saturday 15*h inst, an infant of Mr
W. G. Wells, aged two yet?' The funeral
services were conducted by Kv.. C. C. Brown,
at the parent's home in the country.
The hrother of the Rev. E. D. Wells died at
Alderman's .Mill on Saturday. His body was
tak**u to North Carolina for interment.
.Mr. W. W. Jenkins died on Thursday
March lo'.h, and WHS buried on Saturday.
Mr. Jenkins has been ii vine at the Guignai d
Richardson place just ou'side of town for
some time. He has left the reputation of a
good man and ci'izen bellina him. and will
?.e greatly missed by his.family and friends.
.Miss Catherine ttcLaurin died at the Rec?
tory. Stateburg, on Friday !a>t, afier a lin?
gering illness extending over eight weeks.
The Stateburg correspondent ol the News and
Courier pays the follow ii g deservedly high
tribute to the memory of Miss Mci.turin, who.
for several \eais lias Leen principal of the
Statrhurg school
'.Ii is s?fe tu say that no death in the neigh?
borhood has ever i-en more generally regret?
ted Miss McLaur;n was loved by her scho- .
lars, thoroughly approved HS a teacher by
their parents and will be mourned t>y al! for j
her social qualities, lier funeral services
were held at the Presbyterian Church in Sum- ;
ter on Saturday ?nd bet remains were laid at j
rest in Sumter Cemetery, by the sitie of her \
parents ?i'd of her brother. Julius McLaurin.
who died some j ears after the war from a
wound received in bailie."
Tom Pringle, a respectable and industrious j
colored man. of Concord township, died on 1
iast Sunday after a short illness.
Religious.
Pleaching may be expected at Tirzah on
nex't Sundae at ll o'clock, A. M., and at^
P M.
Rev. R. P Galphin wiil preach his first ;
sermon in his new tied, at Bethel, ai ll??O a j
tn. next Sunday.
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Street Crossings-A Suggestion.
Th*t proper conveniences are needed for ;
foot passengers crossing ojr streets, especially
Main, on wetda\s. will be admitted hy ail, j
and that the City Council should provide such j
conveniences, we presume, will be disputed
bv none. We have a suggestion to offer on :
this point. Granite blocks eighteen inches
long, six wide, and nine thick, are exactly ?
?hat are wanted. Place these about three j
inches in the ground, about eighteen inches or ?
two feet apart, and while pedestrians cnn j
get cvei dry shod, vehicles can pft&s readily |
without st: iking. This is the cheapest and
best sort of foot-crossing we know of, and !
the whole job of providing ?hem for the six or j
eight placea where ?hey are most needed, will j
not cost the city more than a mere song, in
comparison of the comfort and convenience
thev will afford.
A Nameless Crime.
Weare reliably informed that about ten
d>os ago, near Wedgffield, a nameless crime j
was perpetrated by a white man upon a young :
white child oineyears old. It was not dis
covered for a week, but suire then ihe ?xami
nation by a competent physician of the person
of the child goes far to substantiate the charge I
which she brings against she brute in human i
form Other circumstances, unfit for publi j
cation, also tend tn the same directum. The
people at Wedgefield are greatly disturbed
about the crime. As the matter is how un?
dergoing leg?! investigation, we retain from
giving the names of the par'.its. at least until;
such time as the arrest of the gui'ty man j
shall render these precautions unnecessary.
A German Lutheran Church. j
The Rev. Mr. Peschau of Wilmington X. !
C., has made several visits to our cuy, and ?
succeeded in finding a number of "families who !
belong to the Lutheran Church, but who have ;
t>een worshiping with other Christians, 1
owing to the fr.cl that they have had no j
Church here. We are informed that it is i
now under discussion to procure a lot and
build a modest Lutheran Church on some
Suitable Spot. It is not unlikely that the :
zealous Lutherans will decide lodoso The
Germans are a greu people for doin? I
things when once they get started. They will
think over a sulject weil and thoroughly
before they acf. but when i' is decide! that :
the right ti:?M has come, they do what they
have resolved on without nv\ fuss and .
feaihers. The building of a German Luth- ;
eran Church here would doubtless provean
attraction to members of that Church to come j
here a;.d sertie.
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New Use for Peach ttnd Honey.
Mr. W. J. Ivl'sor. poid M quantity of very I
fine vinegar in the city on Tuesday, the corn- I
position of whit h is something new. Last ;
year Mr. Ellison had a great quantity of
peaches, more than he could sell or use, and it
occurred to him to make un experiment. Ac- :
cordingty lie put ;i quantity of she j lice of ihe i
f<e;.ches ?uto H bnrre! with a little honey in it, !
and lei: ii to see what would come of it. ,
Wishing some vinegar a few days ago, he \
went lo his barre! of peach and honey, ?nd
decant d a portion of the contents, which, :
when tasted, proved to be a superior quality !
uf vinetree. \\ was this that he sold here on
Tuesday.
In a q*iiet and unostentatious wav, Mr :
Ellison is doing a good dea! io instruct our \
people :n the mi of utilizing native products, ;
while his fame ns au apiarist is quite exteu- !
ded.
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Great inducements will be offered for next .
20 days by A. A. Solomons in bis closing j
out sale of stock. j
0. 4 0. Tea, pure, selected quality, 20c.. !
40c . and 75c. cans, for sale by Ducker ?
Bultman. :
That Hotel Again.
The need of a larger hotel in Sumter is .
felt and confessed more and more every day. .
Last wet k we know that every house of j
public entertainment in the city was full toi
overflowing, and this was by no means an i
exceptional state of things. Such a condition ?
of things should not t>e allowed to continue.
We ought not lo let Sumter eel the reputation :
of being that sort of a place. It will do !
more, in an indirect way, to damage our
reputation and chill our prospects than any?
thing we know. Drummers will talk, and
at out insufficient accommodations at hotels, j
they are especially eloquent.
11 has teen siid thai hotel property does
not pay. (>n this point we are not sufficiently
informed to affirm or d'nv the statement. '?.
but it would seem to t;s t:?at a hotel built
over four stores, tor example, could be made
to pay. Sucli stores put up in a good place ;
t<-r business, would e.i>,l\ rent for six hun- j
dred dollars euch, or $- 400 together. A
hotel with fortv rm,;:,*, and with all modern
appliances could he t<uiit for $30,000, and ;
have four stores below, w ith a lobby, cloak?
room, barber shop, and reading-room. We
i.ei>eve it could ne done for ?ess Such a ;
building, with the stores, would rent tor at
least ten per cent or. the money invested,
two per cent of w hich would cover insurance
and ta.x<-<. Eren ;f :t paid only four or fiv?- ;
per cent r:?-t on it;e investment, it would be .
?* good thing for the cit . but we believe
could ?e made ro pa\ a ?air rate o! interest,
if propel ly managed.
The following is a scheme which w> be?
lieve to he entirety practicable. L--t a j >mi
Stock company he organized arid the shares
put at fifty dollars. Six hundred shares at
this price would produce $30.000. li ought
not to be diffcult to get these shares taken t>\
home people. They wish to see the citv
thrive. Th*y would ??ke to see Northern :
tourists come and spend at !<-MS: a part (,f the
winter here. Kv. ry such one wit o was
pleased wot.! ! be an advertisement tor the
place, and : ring otb-rs, or induce them to
con e.
Now is" ihe tim* to s?rik*. in a very ?
shott while all available sites will be pre- ?
empted, and the project thereby jeopardized
ss well as delayed. Le; some ot our populai
and wideawake business tuen who ein p
th:? matter well, head a ??si by a subscription '
of $500 or $1 000. and take it around to
O'bers. at'd sc what he c*n <io with it. it
we raise two-thirds ot the amount, the rest
can easily be secured from abroad, and the
success of the scheme mad-? certain. Pay
raeots on the shares could be made easy b\
calling in five dollars on the shares everv two
months until the hotel was completed and
ready for occupation. The hotel is hound to
come: the sn'e quotion is. shall we delav
doing anything until damage is done tue
citv bv having true but unpleasant things
Said about our hotel accommodations?
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Something New in Cans.
Fresh California Asparagus at I'nck-r ?
Buttmau's.
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The Spider and the Fly.
Have you se^u the new game? it beats
"'Pigs in Clover" (?tit of sieht A month or j
i?o later on, it will prove a perfect boon to the
fellows who b?ive nothing particular to do
*XCept fight Hies and ' swap lies.1' lt re
pures patience and a steady baud, but ii eau
L'C done.
Mail Matters.
PINEWOOD.-The mail for Pinewood now
goes from here to Wedgefield, thence to
Fulton by a star route, and thence to Pine?
wood, a circumbendibus of about 28 miles,
which readers a reply within three days an
impossibility. Considering the fact that it
is only 14 miles to Pinewood by tho M. k A.
II. R., and that the mail car comes to Sumter
every morning by the Wadesboro train, why
cannot the authorities direct that the service
be continued to Pinewood and Remini, so
that people living there may be accommo?
dated ? As. it now is the mail car is switched
off here and remains until evening. A few
miles more would hurt neither mail agent nor
car. The people want the Service and the
guvfrnmem can pay for it.
PROVIDENCE.- Fresh and loud complaints
are constantly corning to us from those who
ought to be patrons of the Providence post
office. Not content with moving the office
tu a most inconvenient place, the ignoramus
whom Wannamaker's partiality has inducted
itito office runs his machine regardless of the
rights of those whom he was put there to
serve. To our certain knowledge, one letter
has been on its way for three weeks from here
to a gentleman at Providence, and has not
reached him yet. Ma y are making Sumter
their post office -12 miles distant-because
their mail is so irregular and uncertain.
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Summerton Items.
Mr. P. G. Bowman, Jr., late of Bishopville,
expects to publish a paper at Summerton,
C?ar?-cdon County. He will also move to
Summerton his broom factory now at Bishop?
ville. This is said to be the only manufactory
of its kind in the State.
A (?ranch of the Southwestern B. find L.
Association has been organized with Dr. B.
M. Badger as President. This is the third ,
organization of the sort that has been repre- j
Senled within the last six months in Sum?
merton.
A negro, name not given, except Peter,
was killed on the Wilson road, on thc morn?
ing of the 14th. He was riding on a crank
cir attached to the rear of the train and in
trying to jump from the crank to the plat?
form of the car in front, he missed his foot?
ing and fell, tiie wheels running over him and
mangling him terribly.
Site for Graded School Building.
Mr. Editor: The Graded School of Sumter
is a fixed fact, a big fact, and to make it a
big success, the building should be tn some
place best suited for the purpose, at least ex?
pense and an ornament Jo the city.
Monumental Square measures on Liberty
and Republican Streets, each, 210 feet; on
Washington Street. 420 feet; tbe monument
is from back line 138 feet. I suggest that a
strip of l'JO feet tie cut off from the "nek part
of square running from Liberty to Republi?
can Street, to be leased to the Graded School
Commissioners on the following terms, to wit:
That they will erect the building to face
the monument, the length to run North and
South, with entrances for .boys and girls on
Liberty and Republican Streets; will erect
and keep np a neat fence between the school
lot and the Monument Square, and will pre?
vent all scholars during ?chool hours and
recess from trespassing on the square, and
that they will keep the square in good order
after it has been laid off. That they will pay
rive hundred dollars for such lease, to be ex?
pended by the Ladies' Association in erecting
a strong, ornamental iron railing around the
monument and laying off and beautifying the
square.
The above are details which may be
changed for the better. But th'" pertinent
?deas are that the school should be central -
at the lowest cost-an ornament to the city,
to be seen by ali w bo visit us, e*en on mere
business ; but above all educate our children
and children's children in sight of that
which will leach the lesson, better than
their teachers cnn. that their fathers and
grandfathers fought, and many laid down
their lives, for the great principles bf liberty l
and self government on which alone a Re-!
public Can stand the test of ages : and the j
ttl ri lier lesson that faithfulness io duty in life,
wiil make death glorious, and the further
lesson to the girls, of the devotion of their
mothers to ihe cause of their country.
One other thought : That noMe old gentle?
man. Col. J. B. Miller, gave the southern
half of the ?quare tor educational purposes,
and although it is true that his descendants
have executed a deed i ti trust for Mich pur?
poses as the Ladies' Monumental Association
may think best, ?nd having the right it
would seem most fit and proper, to devote
some of ibe ground at le;?5t to the high pur?
pose to which the donor originally donated
it. A GRANDFATHER.
Schwartz Bros. have secured from New
York the services of a first-class, artist in
Millinery.
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Some Business.
W. Pukes Sons and Co., of Durham, N. C. j
and also of New York City, are the largest I
cigarette manufacturers in the world. Our j
fellow townsman B R. Nash is or:? of their I
representatives, and one of their best The
Company shipped last year 844.OOO,000 cigar?
ettes and 3,300,000 pounds of smoking tubae- j
co, and p.itd fur advertising $775.000.
Their sales of cigarettes mean about a pack-j
age and a haif to every man, woman, and J
child in the United Suite?, counting our pop?
ulation at sixty millions. Leaving the
women and the children under ten, the sales
mean more than four packages to every man
and boy over that age. Young America is
gering there on cigarette?, and cigarettes
are getting therewith young America.
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Providence Items.
PROVIDENCE, S. C., March 18, 1S90- j
Mr. Editor: I have seen nothing in the
columns of your paper from this section in j
quite a long time. What has become of your
correspondents ?
The blizzard of the 1 Ol h inst., was a sur
pii>e to us in the country, HS we have to go
to the city to be apprized as to what kind of
weather to expect, and thiti being a busy sea?
son wiih farmers, we are deprived of thc
pleasure of paying as frequent visits there, as
we can ai other seasons. Out Wes?, it is
said that only fools and new-comets will
venture to make weather predictions, and we j
are beginning to think that the name might I
be said about our climate.
Fat ming operations are well advanced.
Some are through planting corn while others
are just Commencing tu plant. We can all be
ready to plant cotton by the first of April.
Messrs. H. L. Scarborough and R. II. Jen?
nings are each building themselves nice reed !
deuces.
At an early date the Providence Alliance j
will have a hall in which to hold theil meet- j
ings. lt is to be l-uiit on the Tirzah Church !
lo!. 7"he Church furnishes the round timber j
and Col. W. !>. Scarborough is sawing it
gratis. The Alliance contributes its portion'
:n cash. When completed i* will answer the j
tripple purpose of Session room. Alliance hall ?
and purdie sch ou! house. Wc have not been !
informed whether or nut our Hoard of Trus- j
tees intend contributing their quota as a j
Board: hop'- they will, since they will uso;
the building M gre?: deal.
Mts. J F [{radford has been ?il, but weare '
glad to report In r convalescent.
Ere long orange blossoms will shed their
fra granee abroad. N K w. j
Lad es will find i- to their adv Milage to !
vi?;t Schwartz Bros. Millinery Pallors before '??
making Spring purchases.
Apprentices wanted by Schwartz Bros. [
fur their Millinery department.
Til- newspapers represent tl town. It I
goes thousands ot miles, m a thousand tlifft-r- ;
. nt directions in ??most HS many way s every i
day - seiii out to suhfcribers, manv copies
forwarded here ami there and everywhere to
people w ho have nome interest in son e of ils J
vaned contents am! by these pt opie shown to j
scores ot others Among all these hundreds !
of people of ali I ' ls and degrees, far and
near, the newspaper carries the character of
its town. If it is :i well printed, neatly ?ir
rancid, gi.I.I] newspaper ir carnes to them ?iii j
the impression that it is from a lively, enter?
prising, prospeious ar d intelligent commu?
nity. If lt is tiie : the- kind I? ^ivts ihi op?
posite idea This value is. perhaps, the miwt
important, but it is supplemented by the sat?
isfaction ami actual profit the people of a city
nave in obtaining '?'>.?' new- rf the dav ;
ir^h and ear iv, hv the increase a good
newspaper makes in ii e at tractions of a city .
'or residence and I tidiness. l?v the money i'
brings.from outside a-d keeps at home ami
nv carrying the ad versements'>f local dealers
far beyond local limit?. Plain self-interest, '
therefore, requires thar when people have a
good newspaper they should sustain it; and
certainly should discourage the habit of try?
ing to b?'Ht it as it it was fi railway corpora?
tion or a swindling ga mb ing device. I
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IS LI-F-K WOKTH I IVINt;?
Not il y'. ti go through tbe world n tlyspnptic.
Acker's dyspepsia Ti?bield are :i positiv? cure
f??r rh?- worst f- nus i.t Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Kh.tiilency :tn-l Const ?pad.m. wu.irani cd and
c ld by J. 1 IV ib Luiuic. ?
i A Patriotic Appeal Worthy of the
Cause.
j Editor Watchman and Southron :
I see in ihe News ami Courier of March I8ih
I a call from the Ladies' Memorial Association
i of FrenVricksbiirp, Va., for help to rescue the
j names of our dead soldiers who tell in hattie
and otherwise, and whose remains were iti
I terred in the cemetery at Fredericksburg-.
lt is the belief of tour correspondent i hut if
j the subject ivasproperh brought to the notice
I of the citizens of Suinter there is not a day
! in any week that $3G0 or even S*>00 cuuld
not be raised for such a nohie purpose. I am
j a native of old Lancaster, but now a citizen
of Sumter by adoption, and in view of such
a noble cause, poor as I ?rn, I will cheerfully
raise five dollars for my native county, and
five for the county of roy adoption. Then let
us have a called meeting, and in all proba?
bility the time will he of short duration before
our worthy citizen. Mr. Smith, will be ap?
plied to for the purpose of preparing the
granite or maride slabs in a suitable manner
to be sent forward.
The Watchman and Southron will confer a
favor in giving this a place in its next issue
with a proper editorial in said issue
I. D. Mci.
P. S.-Let it not go ont to the world that
South Carolina will ever be behind in her
duty to her dead heroes on our fields of battle.
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To Kickers Wherever They May
Be.
This poem was wiitten and dedicated to
those people who are opposed to a mighty
sight more than they are in favor of.
"St. Peter sits by the heavenly gates, his
hands on the strings of a lyre, and sings a
long song as he patiently waits for the souls
of those who expire. He hears in the dis?
tance the chorus of songs that swells from the
foot of the heavenly throne and smiles as the
music is wafted along, and warbles a lay of
Ins own. There is room in this region for
millions of souls, who by sorrow and woe
were bereft ; Mis for those who have suffered
the melody rolls, but the kickers must turn to
the left I There is room for the people who,
when they were young, persisted in sowing
wild oats, yet who boomed up their town
with sinew and tongue, but the kickers
must go with the goats ! There is room for
the people who pointed with pride to the
beauty and growth of their town, who kept
singing its praises aloud til] they died, but
the kickers will please amble down 1 They'd
say that the music was all out of tune, and
the angelic robes 'hand-me-downs,' and
they'd send for a jeweler off to the moon to
Sample the gold in their crowns. So while
there is room for a million of souls, who by
sorrow and woe were bereft, we want no
complaint of the music that rolls, so the
kickeis must turn to the left !''
A glass factory in the State of New Jersey is
said to 'oe engaged in little else but the man?
ufacture of bottles for Dr. Bull's Cough
S3 tup. Price 25 cts.
1 have been suffering the past three months
with rheumatism. One bottle of Salvation
UU gave entire relief. Frank O'Brian, Balti?
more, Md.
The Five Races of MeD.
(-4 bona fide Graded School Composition.)
The Chinese are very funny. They have
long hair which they call a tube.
The Indians arc found in America. They
are frisky and sly ; anybody uever would
bear one of them walk.
The white man is ahead of all races. He is
found i ti Europe.
The Malay is found in the Southron part
of Asia.
The negro lives in Africa. He is growing
more than any of the others. The Malay
and the Indian are dying out; in a few years
thev will be dead out.
Gra :fyirjg to All.
The high position attaiued and the nniver- j
sal acceptance and approval of the pleasant
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, ns the most
excellent laxative known, illustrate the value
of thequalities on which its success is based
and are abundantly gratifying to the Califor?
nia Fig Syrup Company.
Don't forget to remember to get some of the
new corn seed at Dr. McKagen's Drug Store
under Music Hall. For Gardens it is un?
equaled being as sweet as any corn, is accli?
mated, bears a succession of "roasting ears,"
and a field crop of it is the best substitute in
the world for flour-equal to flour. See the
bulletin in front of Music Hall.
A DUTY TO YOURSELF.
It is furpn.-ing that people will use a com
mon, ordinary pill when they can secure a
valuable English one tor the Fnme nooiey
Dr. Ackert Kngli-h pilis are a p?xitit;e cure
for sick headache and all liver t< nubles. They
aie small, sweet, cagily taken and do not grine.
F-r sale bv J. F.*V\ De Lonne 9
Presents in the most elegant form
THE LAXATIVE AND NUTRITIOUS JUICE
-OF THE
FIGS OF CALIFORNIA,
Combined with the medicinal
virtues of plants known to be
most beneficial to the human
system, forming au agreeable
and effective laxative to perma?
nently cure Habitual Consti?
pation, and the many ills de?
pending on a weak or inactive
condition of the
KIDNEYS, LIVER UND BOWELS.
It is the most excellent remedy lenown to
CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY
When one is Bilious cr Constipated
-so THAT
PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP,
HEALTH and STRENGTH
NATURALLY FOLLOW.
Every one is using it and all are
delighted with it.
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ALK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR
SYRUP OTf FIG8
MANUFACTURED ONLY eY
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
,c. KY. NEW YORK, M. Y
EGGS
FOR SETTING.
Eggs from fine THOROUGH?
BRED FOWLS can be sup?
plied at short notice, at follow?
ing pricey :
Light Brahmas, per set?
ting of lo, $2.00 i
Buif Cochin, per setting
of ]:). 1 $1.50 i
Single Com!) Brown Leg?
horn, per sot ting of I:?, $1.00 '
Apply to the undersigned al
J. Byttenherg & Sons' store or
al residence Hopubliean street, I
\\ est of i lari i v Avenue.
W. M. M IMS.
Jan. 15-l!:n
COTTON NOTICE.
(lurXTKY PA UTI KS hut ive Cotton for
j tMle will receive prompt attention and
highest <?s!i prit es for s?rae, delivered at.
nearest depot, b\ addressing
ll IV MAY KS, j
Feb. il 6 MaveaTille, ?. G.
NOTHING SUCCEEDS
LIKE SUCCESS.
Tho n-ason RA DA M'S
MICROBE KILLER is
the most wonderful med?
icine, is because il has
never failed in any in?
stance, no matter whai
the disease, from LEPRO?
SY to the simplest disease
known to the human
system.
The scientific men of
to-day claim and prove that every diseaee is
CAUSED BY MICROBES,
AND
RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER
Exterminates the .Microbes and drives them
out of the system, and when that is done you
cannot have an ache or pain. No matter
what the disease, whether a simple case of
Malarial Fever or a combination of diseases,
we cure them all at the same time, as we treat
all diseases constitutionally.
Asthma, Consumption. Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Rheumatism, Kidney and
Liver Disease, Chills and Fever, Fe?
male Troubles, in all its forms, and, io
fact, every disease known to the human
system.
Beware of Fraudulent Imitations !
See that our Trade-Mark (same as above)
appears on each jug.
Send for book "History of the Microbe
Killer," given away by Dr. A. J. China,
Druggist, Sole Agent.
Jan 22
L. E. LEGKANI),
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
SUMTER, S. C.
rpBE UNDERSIGNED gives notice to the
JL citizens of Sumter and vicinity that he
has opened business it: the store on Main
Street next North of E. P. Ricker k Co.,
where lie ?3 prepared to do any work pertain?
ing to Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry, and
guarantee satisfaction in same. Watches de?
magnetized by electricity, and key-winders
changed to stem-winders.
A call is solicited. L. E. LEGRAND.
March 5 A
rpHE BEST, CHEAPEST AND
J 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, hy the
proprietor. ARTHUR J. MULDOON, 161 Graham
St., Brooklyn. N. V.
DRESSMAKING.
LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE
in the latest style, fit and work war?
ranted and satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss
Adele Osteen, Republican street, opposite
Harby Avenue. Prices as reasonable as good
work can be done for. Feb 8
ATTENTION FARMERS.
1 --sg?
A branch of the Southwestern Building & Loan Association of New Or?
leans, La , was organized in Sumter on March 1st, with the following officers
and Directors :
COL. T. V. WALSH, President.
KEV. JOHN KERSHAW, Vice President.
L. S. CARSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
W. ALSTON PRINGLE, Agent.
W. H. INGRAM, Attorney.
DIRECTORS -T. V. Walsh, John Kershaw, I C Ingram, W. D. Scarbor?
ough, Archie China, W. Edwin Dick and W. Alston Pringle.
The capital stock of this Association is $20,000,000 Any one can become
a member by subscribing for the amount of stock desired, not less than 5 Shares.
Stock at maturity is worth $100.00 per share, and matures in six years. The
payments on stock are $1 00 per share first month, and 70c. per share each
month thereafter A member bas the optiou of carrying his stock as an invest?
ment, or he may borrow on it by giving either farm or town property as security.
The stock as an investment is safer than Bank or insurance stock and doubles
the money paid in 6 years. This Company is the only one in the couotry that
allows a member to withdraw his money after one year with 6 per ceut. added,
after two years with 7 per cent., and after three years with 8 per cent., and the
only Company that loans both on town and farm property at G per cent, per
annum. There is no premium attached to the loans, and no commissions de?
ducted, but a borrower gets the full amount he applies for and pays 6 per cent,
per year on amount he actually gets, and has the privilege of repaying his loan
at any time after one year and stop interest on same. Parties wishing to become
members of this Association will apply to
W. ALSTON PRINGLE, Agent,
or W. il. INGRAM, Attorney.
March 5.
Ducker & Bultman
Quality is the secret of success or failure in the grocery bus?
iness, and we succeed by always trying to help our customers
in giving them groceries of all kinds unsurpassed for cheap?
ness, freshness and uniformity.
We sell you good Coffee. Try our "Momaja" Roasted fresh,
strong, and line flavor, Soc. per lb., o for $1.00, a most per?
fect blend-no other combination Coilee, can approach it in
excellence.
TEAS, TEAS, TEAS, TEAS.
Try the best and cheapest Teas which will please. We have
for years studied the taste of Tea drinkers in this community,
and can suit the most fastidious. Try our mixed Green and
Black Tea at 00c. per lb. We sell all green teas from 40c. to
75c. per lb., black tens, 50c. to ?1.00. We also handle the cel?
ebrated O and O Tea, a blended black tea at 75c. per lb., put up
in ?, J, 3 and 2 lb. cans.
Best uncanvassed pig Hams, 14c. per lb.
New fat Pickled Salmon, 12* per lb.
Choice Family Pickled Corn Beef, 10c. per lb.
Mackerel by retail and in 10-lb. kits. j
Finest Creamery fresh Butter, 30c, good Butter, 25c,
Dutch Herring, Sauer Kraut, Bologna.
Cranberry Sauce, 25c. can. Gelatine, 15c. per pkg.
Orange Marmalade, 25c. a jar. Plum Pudding. 25c. a can.
Can Corn, 10c, ?1.00 per dozen. Can Peas. 15c a can.
Tomatoes, 10c. and 12c a can, Doe. and ?1 30 a dozen.
For Soups : Okra & Tomatoes, Barley, split Peas, Vermicelli.
1-lb. can Salmon, 15c, ?1.75 per doz. Tripe 25c. a can.
Lunch Tongue, 30c a can.
2 lbs. patented extra line Shrimp, 30c
Potted Meats and Game, 10c per can, 3 for 25c
Genuine French Sardines, 15c Pate de foie gras-.
Sardines in mustards and spiced, 10c per box.
1-lb. can Mackerel, 12 lc. per can. 1 lb. Lobster, 20c. ?
3-11?. cans Pie Peaches, 12k. Table Peaches, 15c , 20c, 25c
When you want Flour, Sugar, Coilee, Lard, ?fcc., buy of us ;.
you'll get more goods and better quality lor your money. New |
crop N. O Molasses and Syrups. New Buckwheat, plain ami
self-raising. Thc nicest assortment Crackers and Cakes receiv?
ed weekly. Try our celebrated Health Biscuits, 15c per lb., and
Dessert mixed, 25c. per lb.
msc FLI,I\I:OI m.
Choice New Raisins, Currants, Citron, flavoring Extracts,
Macaroni, Vermicelli, Tapioca, Dried Apples, Peaches and Prunes,
Evaporated Apples, Gingtr Preserves, Jellies, .lams. Sauces,
whole and ground Spices, Puddine, 10c, assorted flavors. Yan?
kee Beans, Oat Meal, Oat Flakes. Chocolate, Cocoa. Br? ma.
Our Dry 4*oo<ls and Notion Slo^k is complete, i
and we sell a great many staple goods cheaper than elsewhere.1
We ar?4 sidling a beautiful line of Spring Dress Goods, including I
the latest ami prettiest patterns in Henriettas- Sateens, Challie?,
Ginghams, ?tc
Jerseys, Gloves, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs.
All styles and grades of Shoes for Men's. Ladies7 and Child?
ren's wear, at rock bottom prices. No yoods misrepresented*
\\\u'\\e-s^f Hardware. Hollowware, Glassware and Crockery. 1
Tinware, kc.
\\ ?> have constantly on ham! a big stock of Heavy Groceries;
and we make very small ligures on large ijuantilies. i
Give tis a call. No trouble to show goods and quote prices, ?
and less trouble to sell them and put them up.
All articles delivered promptly, free of charge, and in good j
order in the eil v.
Respectfully,
DUCKER & BULTMAN.
Mcb. 0. ?
MULES! HORSES!
HORSES! MULES!
Since my last shipments of Jan*
ary 22 and 23, I have received one
car load Horses and two car loads
extra choice Mules-many large
Timber and Draught Mules among
them. They will bear inspection?
Come and see them?
Sumter, S. C., Jan. 81, ,(J9,
THE
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The only Suspender in the world that can he adjusted io
the form of all.
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FOR SALE BY
Brown & Chandler
SUMTER, S. C.
January 29.
ARRIVED.
? CAR LOAD
HORSES.
2 CAR LOADS
MULES.
1 CAR LOAD
ROAD CARTS.
W. M? GRAHAM
HAS JUST OPENED AT HIS NEW RE?
POSITORY ON" REPUBLICAN STREET
A FULL LINE OF
CARRIAGES, JUMP-SEATS,
PHAETONS, BUGGIES,
(open and top)
AND ROAD CARTS,
ALSO ONE CAR LOAD;
CELEBRATED OLD HICKORY WAGONS.
NATIVE HAY AND NATIVE KED RUST PROOF SEED OATS,
J*n. 29
PLOWS ! PLOWS! PLOWS !
Sow is the time to buy your supply of
PLOWS, TRACES, HAMES, SINGLE?
TREES, CLEVICES, &c.
And with a large and varied assortment to select from, yon will
find the above and everything pertaining to same at prices
to suit everybody. We are agents for the following :
Studebaker Wagons and Road Carts, Bug?
gies, Carriages, Surreys, White Pine
Sashes, Doors, Blinds, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Brushes,
DuPont's Unn Powder*
Joints, Caps, Fisc for Blasting purposes. A complete line of
Guns, Rille? and Pistols, Harness and
Saddlery, Pot ware, Woodenware,
Tinware and Grindstones,
Cooking and Heating Stoves.
Farm Bells, Rope and Twine, Hubs,
Spokes and Rims, Tire iron, Pipe and Cutlery.
DAVIS TURBINE WATERWHEEL.
Other articles too numerous to mention you will see when
you give us a call. We guarantee satisfaction to all
EDWARD E. RIMBERT & CO.
January 29. y^:
MONEY TO LOANJ TMQNEr TO LOAN.
_ / YiI\I*fcoVEl) FARM LANDS? in gnni?
IN SUMS OF $300 AM' UPWARDS. V / ?' S3oo ?mi upward?. Loan* re-pur**
' Former loans "renewed and new loans ble in *nr.?] annual installments through m
uiH.i,'. Apply to R. I>. LEE, i period or rive years. Apply to
UN.rm'V lui Uiilisli Laud Luau GtfM)j*a:c3. MOISES 4 LEB. Attorney?,
\?oy ^ j Ott 2 i Sumter, 2b V*