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GLENN SPRINGS. Its History fi om Its Discovery, with Personal Sketches cf Its Habitues. BY MRS T. SUMTER MEAN'S. ''Th*vyj?net finis the w*ter, but the man ?s bor? t? ignorance of his element, And iVels out blind nt first, disorganized j By:sin r the Mood,-hts spirit-insight dulled I And crossed by his sensations. Presently He feels it quicken in ihe dais sometime?; Then m<?rk, ??e r^vrreat, be obedient. For such dumb mo??ons of imperfect life An oracles of vital Deity Alloting the Hereafter." It is an idea of some French writer j that the constitution of mineral waters j ii anaUgous tb that of the serum of j the blood. Such a speculation is au- ? thorized, if not sustained by watching I the reviving elects of mineral waters j on the human syste n To draw a j strict line of demarcation between ! ordinary and mineral water is scarcely j possible. The Excess of mineral j constituents or temperature are often j so undefined, that it is only by the j therapeutic action, they can at ali be classified. The water of Glenn Springs is as j pronounced in its effects on the body ! as that of any Spa in the United j States, aud the appropriate sphere of i this water in the treatment of chronic diseases, and its tonic properties in j nervous prostration, etc , are thor- J oughly recognized by the medical j men ofSouth (yandina, and the adjoin iog States Its heal reputation has long been established, and, despite the fact of its !ymg far in the interior of the State and off of tiie direct line of railroads, it is every year increas? ing in popn?ar?ry and patronage The late Dr. John Darby, in a private let? ter written whilst he was Professor in the University of New Yolk, said : "I use it frequently :o my private j practice here, by sending special j orders for it. If it were on dtaught ! or in bottles in the city, ss other min? eral waters are, I would introduce it to general notice. In certain dis? orders it is invaluable " Its therapeutic action in cases of dyspepsia, diabetes, gravel, inflamma? tion of the bladder, dropsy, jaundice, j anos nia after fevers, from enlarge I men; of the spleen, etc., chronic dtnr- ; rhoa, diseases of the skin, nervous ? affections and a whole catagory of j female complaints, is markedly bene i ficial ; in many instances sufferers having been, through the use of the water, restored to perfect health The climate is good, the chantry undulating, and the comity town o? j Spartanburg only twelve miles dis ! tant; the State Asylum for .Mutes; and Blind; the pretty gorge of Golightly Falls, are all pleasant drives j to relieve the visitors from monotony j Those persons who are hi the ad vancedstage8oi phthisic ii;t?i the water fatal; it accelerates the course o? the disease by acting specifically OJ: the bowels, the patient becomes rapidly exhaue-ted Whenever a confirmed ; consumptive chances to visit Glenn's j Spring the proprietors advise them cot to taste the water. lt has been au interesting task to trace the history of this spring back to its discovery. The first settlers of this portion of the backwoods of South Carolina found the spot a quagmire, and known to the Indians as a "deer-. lick." It was soon noticeable to ? them, loo, that the cows loved to browse around it, and lap the water i that Settled here and there amid the ? black mud in little pools. From the peculiar smell pervading the mud, it came to be designated as the "Sui phar Swamp." This section then belonged to North Carolin?, and was tn Mecklenburg County. For many years after the State lines were established it was known as the "New Acquisition " We find it constantly so called in the Documentary History of the Revolu? tion. Later on it took the name of $inety-Six District, but finally the , quagmire fell into the lower edge o? i a county laid off and named Spartan- ! burg. The curative qualities of the spot ! were revealed by a commonplace ac- ; C?dent. During the Revolutionary war, from the unavoidable filth of. camp life, scabbier, or as it is vulgarly termed, "the itch," was the plague of the rank and file of the American army After the war, the irritating j disease "stuck closer than a brother/' ? XOftTU ROW CF COTTAOES, TUE SPRISG AND BOTTLING HOUSE J and returning: soldiers injected tin families. A man living- in the iiei; ! borhood of the "Sulphur Swam}) I with a rouud doze? "quivers in 1 bows," had every one broken o i with ficabbt.es. One day the cows d not come.at milking time, one vf t boys of this family going out to lo< them up, found them in the quagmii ! In getting them out, he fell in, ai carce home covered up to the ne? with the black ill smelling mud. .was a lucky souse, for in a few da; he found himself entirely well of t! hateful 'Hick " The father must ha' been a man of thought. f??r he toi the cue, marched the whnle family i to the swamp for a mud bath, and tl result was they were all heaie True, some of them, had to dip mo than once, but finally all were cure Of course such good luck was to from, one to another, and the piai was resorted to by the country full for mi'es around, and used for mi baths, by those affected wi tb sk diseases A long dry spell of weather in 180 or thereabouts, dried np the "Sulpm Swamp." and revealed at its edge clear, running spring. Many fit stone fountains were dried up at trie sources, and a family living near tl; spring were glad to u e the water, had a queer taste, and curdled wlie soap was put in it, yet they felt a sured that it was good to drink, an soon grew to like the peculiar ll ive belonging to it. Other water, aft? drinking from the new spring, seeme to lack seasoning.. It came topas; therefore, even after the drought wa broken, and oilier springs were co; venient, the family would often pr? fer the water of this spring. A droj sical old kinsman visited them, and i was suggested that the queer tastin, water might help bim Its action o kidneys and skin was unmissable, an in a few weeks he was convinced tba the use ol the water had benefit* e him. De continued to drink it, tint: he was restored to health. Prom this, {lie fi st cure male b; Glenn Springs water, until now, ead year individual cases, liuve show; conclusively the lecuperalive _ properties belonging to it Mjf^g And many sniiWr:s graft fn?y acknowledge the benefits rc ceived from il? use. Ilfflj prising a thousand aeres, in v?||| which the sptjug is situated, was soli early in ti.is cen tury {or turee hundred Ju!- f|||b lars Au old Ii ptist preacher, Mr. Johnsoi:, was er.:, si-de red, Igijl in getting that price, tn have W^M, made a sale. Some when- b? . gpfl tween Isi?-'-M a Mr Ja n < SsP P Means built a two-storied fipjffis frame house on a bill near the mineral spring. Strange to 1 say, part of this house is still in use. The water was sui fioiently known as a curative agency to create a demand for : boarding house in the neighborhood and he had at all times under his roo some visitors using the water for thei: health's sake. Mr. Means ?old th? place ?n I?25-26 to Mr. Ji4?n B Glenn. The tract of iand belonging to the spring was now reduced to less than five hundred acres, for which lu paid eight hundred dollars Up t( this time it had been called "thc Powder Spring." the ordor of tnt water, from the presence of sulphur etted hydrogen, being tim??ar to that of water which had been used to was! out a gun. Now, that its use hail gt own into popular favor, Mr. Glenn enlarged his house, and opened a reg ular inn for the travelling public. lie was a man much beloved hy all who knew him, and finally the minetal spring took his name', arid has evei since been definitely known as Glenn's Spring. The opacity of his hotel did not at all meet the demands of the public, and Mr. Glenn built a number of log cabins on the hiilsi le, leading to the spting, to rent to families;. Gentle? men, from the adjoining districts, by permission, built cabins for their own use, and Glenn's Spring cann? to Ix; the summe/ resort of many prominent up country families. Let us make a seeming digression, to say something of these people who first brought Glenn's Spring into fifen o roo eral and permanent popularity : For matty years the stamp of their individuality was recognizable on the company who congregate] there PART Ol CAMPUS I> FROST 0? Ii 'I'M.. j Among these early habilites of Glenn's ; Spring were the Sims amt Sheltons, j representative fox hunting Fquires, I stiel? as Fielding painted. Faruandis ! and Norris, sparkling wits, even if it j was scimitar edged at times, ils very ! brilliancy restored good humor ; Dr. I Maurice A. Moore; a Sir Roger de I Coverly, who clung to the ruffle shirt ! ami courtly bows of an o'd school gen ; denian ; Gist Nuckolls. Clowney, Rog? ers, consecutively Representatives ! from the First District in Congress ; ' Williams of Lmrens ; Rice of Union ; j the Smiths and Bobos of Spartanbnrg; ! Irvine of Greenville ; Moorman, Fier j son and McLmore.of Newberry, are j the names of the first drinkers of the ! "medicine waters " Shadows flitting j across the face of the camera, so j ghost like, we cannot print their pic? tures here. Enough to say : they i were men and women of the old South lt was in the summer of 1835, that fifteen gentlemen, then at Glenn : Springs, conceived th? idea of form ; iug a stock company to buy the prop? erty of Mr. Glenn, and build a fine j hotel. It was during al o this year that : Dr. McMahon, of Union County, quite I a young tuan, fell into ill health. His ; father was a tuan of wealth, and the son at once consulted the best physi? cians in the S ate Finding himself growing steadily worse, he went to New York and Philadelphia, atid had the opinion of the most eminent medi? cal men in the United States All gave lite same diagnosis. His heart was incurably diseased, and they ad I vised him to return ' onie and accept the inevitable. Iiis father, to soothe the declining days of the young man, put servant, horses and carriage at his command. The invalid went to Limestone Spring, then a popular summer resort. Whilst there, some one advise h'-m to go to Glenn Springs, and try the miner.;! water for his Case. Th ; drowning man critches at a straw; li? went, immediately to Glenn Springs, and began to drink the water. In ten (lavs he felt that he was more comfo table than he had been in mouths. At the enl of a month he 1SC0PAL CI1U?CII AT GLENN SPRING. could walk several hundred yards. He : went home to let his father see his im : provement, but returned in a short while, and remained, steadily drinking tue water for five mouths. At the end ; of this ;ime he felt himself perfectly re? stored to health ; he entered on the active life of a country doctor, and continued in this career until an ad? vanced ag??, without any return of the disease that had so seriously menaced him an ea; ly death. lt was this notable cure, which for ! mutated the idea of a stock company into a reality. The charter was ob tained in 1S3? under the name of "The Glenn** Spring Company; ' Dr. Maurice A Moore, President. They gave Mr Glenn fifteen thousand dol j ?ats for the property, and at once got j a plan for a hotel The specifications called for the best heart pine, post oak and poplar materials. ' Voa h:'.ve heard cf the wonderful one-hoss shay, That ? ii huilt in ?uc!i a logeai w ly lt ran n bu ad red jeans to the day." ll was on this plan that the Glenn's Spring Hotel was built. ; -"The strongest oak, Thai couldn't 1 e ? 'lit nor beni, t.or broke. The fl >or wa.? j isl *$ itrong ?s the sills, i And I he panels jwst a? strong M.* the Hour." j The main body of the house was to i be sixty feet square, tin ec stoiies ami : a half h'xh. ceilings twelve and ten I feet in he'ejfht Three winsfs. two stories m height, fifty feet in length ! Dining-room, drawing ioom and ball? room, fifty feet each. Mr Murray, ?? ! 'notable landscape gardener, was j j employed to lay ont the grounds and ! set out fot est trees The old man j laid out the money of the company so j rapidly that they were fain to stop j him before ii-' half carried out his ideas Bat li) : beautiful trees now growing i.n tire campus, shading the cottages and walks, wet?; planted under h's supervision Handsome furniture was ordered from Now York for parlor, dining room and card rooms. A line meat and pastry cook was secured, and a string hand em ployed The company determined that ail tin? auspices ot the establish? ment should be in fine style. July, 1>'3S, the new hotel was opened. The public showed its appreciation by giving a liberal patronage. Tiavel ling was then done oji dirt toads ; private vehicles and public stages constantly roiled up to the door, bringing loads of visitors to Glenn's Spring July, August, and patt of September, the house was full, and often crowded. The season, however, was too short, and the expenditures had been too lavish lor pecuniary suc? cess, and after about five brilliant so? cial seasons at the Spa, the company found themselves well nigh insolvent, and the property was bought by Mr. Morph and his nephew, Mr. John C. Zimmerman. The lat Uer gentleman was for yeats the popular and success? ful proprietor of Glenn's Spring Ile sold it in 1853: since then it has changed hands several time, until it was bought by the present owners These gentlemen have shown no small amount of energy ami ability in the management of the place, and, since Glenn's Spring has fallen into their hands, have done much to restore it to its old standard as a popular and pleasant summer resort. Belonging themselves to an old an influential family, first rate peuple are naturally attracted to a health resort over which they preside. Their genntlemanly demeanor and honorable dealings compel the respect of all who Sojourn under their roof. In hurrying over the outlines of the history of our Spa, we have omitted individual sketches, without which the story of the old watering place would be incomplete. There were ft om the (?pening sea? son of ISoi up to the war in i860, many men, frequenters of Glenn's Spring, who made . the history of South Cand?na. It? ante bellum days the Constitution of the State did not allow its Chief Executive during his term of office to leave the State, and the Governor was glad to fix for sev? eral weeks each summer, and often for the whole season, his headquarters , at Glenn's Spring. Judges, United States Senators and Representatives, congregated lhere, and some import? ant decisions of the Supreme Court were written nut in its precincts, and more than one State paper of import? ance drafted in the shadow tf its walls Slowly walking np and down the campus, in the times of which we speak, summer after summer, was to he seen the tall, wasted form of Chan? cellor Harper, the beautiful integrity of whose private life adorned the office which he filled Every one recog? nized Judge Harper as a truly great man. His legal opinions were quoted in English and European courts ; and it was his strong intellect that coined from the inalienable sovereignty of the States, the doctrine of the right of secession. Calhoun grasped the idea, and became the earnest apostle of the new political creed, thereby forfeiting all hope of national honors. Col. William C Preston, the silver tongued orator, was a brother-in-law of Jiarpers's and always a strong Union man. After leaving the United j States Senate he was made President or the South Carolina College. Ile j always spent a part of his sammers at j Glenn's Spring He used to say. that i in spite of his oartialitv lor his native I Virginia, he was forced to admit that i ... i no waters of the Old Dominion built | up his broken down nerve force as the water of Glenn's Spring. Judges Buller, Huger, Cheves, De Saussuie, the Johnsons, both Chan? cellor and Judge, Elmore, Seabrook, Ll ay nc, Laborde, Bart? well, Picketts, O'Neale. men of all shades of thought and profession, came to di ink and be j healed. "Ah ? gentlemen ! " said Col. | Preston "Think you not Ponce de j Leon made a mistake in his bearings; had he come up higher he might have found here the water for which he si niched ? " It was in 1S4? that the survivors o' the Palmetto Regiment, heroes of .Monterey ami Resaca dc la Palma, came to recruit from wounds ami the ? fleets of the hardships of the Mexican i War. Gladden, Eves, Cary, Styles, Brooks and others, carried nfl" the ; ' j honors, petted and admired by all ; any civilian was thrown over merci- I lessly to give a dance to one of the Mexican Volunteers. Cel. Brooks used to tell a good thing on himself. It occurred th;.t ?.Ummer. We all know that invalids claim a sott of heroism from their weak ness, and the common tun of sick men. give them half a chance, will tell the minutia; of theil case to any listener. Col. Brooks said that he rode up to tin; Spring one day, a young tuan who stood by, sprang for? ward, assisted him out ol' his carriage, j helped him into the pavilion, hand.'ii ; him water, and kindly remarked,' 1 .'Von seem very feeble, sir!" Soi much interest from a stranger opened | lin; ll ?od gates, and Col Brooks in ; continently entered on tin hist ry nfl his case For a while a rospei {ful, : sympathetic iuteiest was h itt. ; hut the recital grew exhaustive ! "-it. sii ! you mi' ti>rt up ',rn I r/all'/! "' interjected the gentle strati- | 'ger. Tue diagnosis w;.s a tine om ; ; Col Brooks bought ;i summer pla e near G'cnn's Stiring and his fra g de. form lot years pointed the tale, when ; he told it No storv is complete without a! wom.'.?, ?iMil tin* annals of Glenn ?Springs have two. Mis Bacon and \ Mts. Faruandis; anv -k< Ich > \ the p'aee would be vet v fiultv were j they ie-! ii.trodneed M'S. li ?ctit. 1 ; was the w id..\v ol .Ind :?? L utstic'l's j famous d< lim ?' ion V d !>: ace I H j I MU sh'' W.is |,;...!!;:!){ OM :| h-d lo ? I i ! i 1111 Spi i le's 1 I e| s t. i ' 11 11 . h Wis ll:- . ; tule: ul of ;!'! !. od, to such a .!. 2ree Was she tedm-ed,-thal she Was l? ai i lullv ivr:<k and i mae i.-il ed A 1 li1 st. : j i !? as;':'"' lin ..| vva'ei was as mueh as ! i she i-i ir i i ?'tain K"i d ?ys a bu 2,vi j j dos?- W'Ujid nauseate her intensely. ! hut liv 1 In? end ol' M ni? u1 h. sh?* con' 1 1 j iju?f?' < f?. ai ! retain two 01 < ?oe : ttinit>l''isjuii in suce? xsioii By the f |.|i?| <.| (le seas..ti sh" could walk np j : find down il.'' ste'-p hill ?" the Spring. I and ea! w liai she chose I" >l I-he rest of liel lite, thitty vats, (.??he lived ,I-?-?-j I he ni?o ty | ?In, U? j.! we'd ; -he came, however, every sum'uer for ii month to Glenn Springs, drinking the water, slie said, to insure herself against a return of dyspepsia Mrs. Farnandis, 'Aunt Sally.'as bhe was lung called, was one of the land? marks of Glenn's ?pring. The first summer the hotel was opened she was there the whole season, and came un? failingly every year afterward until the opening of our ci vii war. Soon after her marriage, whilst still a young, pretty woman, she had a fall, from which she received internal in juries which never healed Glenn's Spring water, whilst it could not cure made her very much mr?re comfort? able. Warm hearted and generous uatured, entering into the joys and sorrows of all around, untiring in kindness, cheerful in affliction, she was for years the central figure at the watering place. No one of the therapeutic effects of the water is more valuable than the tonic properties, that enable the steady drinker of alcoholic liquors to give up Iiis accustomed stimulant without letting down his nervous sys? tem. Men wb< se condition, when away from the effects of the water, seems to demand the moderate use of stimulants, can, while drinking the Glenn's Spring water, not feel at all tiie need of their toddy. It is said that the economy of the universe sup? plies for every curse a blessing; for eveiy poison an antidote. It is cer? tain that any man who desires to quit the habitual use of stimulants may do so by spending a summer at Glenn's Spring, and drinking freely of the mineral water. There is quite a little village around the Spring. Soon after the hotel was built in 183$, some of the stock? holders built summer houses. A store and post-office were opened, some, persons who liked the climate tor j summer, concluded lo become penna- j neut residents. A male academy was ? opened, and year after year there have been now and then additions. . lu 1S50 an Episcopal church was. built, and it is a great pleasure to church folks to find a pretty little con PKE8BXTEB1?N CHl'??ClI AT GLEXX SP sedated horse of prayer, with semi mo:, tly services, in which they may refresh their souls by the way. Within the the last few years the Presbyterians, too, have built a neat house of Wwiship. which is regularly? supplied with preaching, lu the old days, before Mies? places of player were built, visiting clergymen often preached in the hotel pallor; it was there that Dr. Thoruwell, when quite! a young man, preached for the first time his celebrated sermon on "The Judgment,'' knocking the candle ont J of the caudle-stick in one of his fervid .j^st n rcs. A good string band discoursed music tor tin; accommodation of thc dancers. Youth and beauly chased time with th ing feet. Beneath the j shadow of thc oaks, heal ts were lost and won, and the silvery moon in? spired poetic effusions now and then. ! Mere are some verses written the summer of IS59 by a boy poet : "TUE KIGUT WUSS FI SST WK \SST.M '.(>, wilt thou, wileri tiiou'rt far aw*y, At thine own peaceful, bfauT'-ous hurtle, When thou ?ol happy, bright mid ?lay, With not ons- ijnrksoaie hour of eloura, Think nf ihe iouely noet-br.j , Who firvi-t, nt n t wiii toryel Taut hriiihtesl hour of jireat^sr j t\ - The ni^i.i vvaen we met. W?fi ?Ti !i'V'~ storm;, ocean tossed. When i!! i.? ii:k aili] .lir:.r MS nij!;?, Tin pi i\< ;- will save him almost osi, Ano ni-tke his t?>?e!v ?'HIIIWM bright. The:?. V in. v\ ;!i thou think of me, Ami. Mary, cans? thou >?'?.:? forget Tb.i* bii*?h'es? houri.i M!1 to m-\ T??e nielli when firs? wt met ! " mm ii I ... ' ' ? '" "'" " '' " i . ??| 'I ?? ' pf. .-..? -i- . ir?a ?pkg ? -.- rr'' l ! U K " ! NEW COTTAGE OX NORTH Si DE OF HOTEL. "Mary" was a beautiful blonde, the rhymer, William M Martin, the first martyr of the Confederate war. Ile died from illness incurred in camp life, the first Southern soldier who lost his life. Ile and "Marv" belong to the land of shadows. The season of 1SG0 was the most brilliant that Glenn's Spring ever knew. There was at one time that summer, tabernacled in hotel cot? tages and private houses, a thousand visitors. Driving, games and dancing gave pastime to pleasure seekers, as freely as the si ping ran water for the invalids. Little recked the young and gay how many would fall in bat? tle ; how soon sorrow and suspense was to throw a pall over the bright panorama. Si:i3e the war, in spite of the fact that Glenn's Spring is not on a rail? road, and ha9 only a country market to rely upon, the old resort has still a good patronage. A new feature of the place is the "Bottling House." This is estab? lished at the spring. The dem.tod for the water is steadily increasing, and it is shipped in cases of one and two dozen quart bottles, east and west The water is also kept on draught in many of the principal Southern cities. One word in conclusion, to those who drink Glenn's Spring water: "Be temperate in all thing?;," may ap ' ply even to water drinking. Take j one or more tumblersfull before break? fast, not more. After breakfast, if j you are able, go the spring, sit lu the ! pavilion, and drink as much as you conveniently can. During tile after? noon and night drink moderately of the water. At the end of three weeks for a few days, drink less, then re? sume full rations. This advice is based on the observation of years, by a medical man of the first order of talent 7 and it is confirmed by two practitioners of Spartanburg, who have been familiar, with the effects of the water fi om boyhood, and have for yea-s watched its therapeutic action from a scientific standpoint. Glenn Springs numbers its patrons by the hundred in every County in this State, and the pictures herewith presented will be familiar to many of our readers who have experienced the pleasures of a visit tu this popular resort, so charmingly portrayed by Mrs. Means. Those contem? plating a trip for health or pleasure, during the coming summer, should not fail to arrange fer a part (d'the time at Glenn Springs, especially if they have not been there before. IO-WW BWTf-BBB l?-icht-Ittr?' Nigfct Hobes. Ono of the most effective is of white .ilk. with tiny rnajjve dots on it. It reaches to thc ground and is beautifully ? hemstitched; the collar ij a broad one rut in sailor fashion and thrown back ' far enough to expose theneck very well. ; Tin? sleeves are full and have deep cuffs, and on the left side is a pocket in which i? stuck a white silk handkerchief with a monogram in mauve on it. The cuffs are of mauve silk caught with white sleeve links, and the collar is also of the colored silk. A soft white siik tie io knotted m front in sailor fashion. The haberdasher announces that tin's is ]x>r furned so thoroughly with violet that even two or titree visita to the cleaner's will not dispel the odor. A more femi? nine looking robe do nuit is of pale rose silk, with its collar and cuffs edged with la r.e. ami a era vat of lawn and lace, such as the gentlemen of the court of Louis Quatorze wore. The height of folly, or harmony, as you may choose to eal! it, was reached by a-a-a something-I 3:iould hate to call it a man-who mourned deeply, in a material sense, for an uncle who left li?m a pile of money. His sleeping r./iV.s were of white silk, with cutts, coll ir and pocket of black crap *, while a black bordered handker? chief was the other adjunct.-New York Letter in Philadelphia Times. Kerosene t>?l S?ovc? for $1 00 at E. E. j Rt-ciberis & Co's. . Fi>h;i>i! Ti.kif of every description :it E. E. Kt>tiit?ert .V l*o 's. I Cha .?tUr ?{rfVijrer-ttors- Purum A Be?i'zer. | . n ..<;;.> \M? iv-KT et C.*.M:I> IX i KO : i NOS. GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER, A Safe, Pleasant and Effective Remedy FOR ALL DISEASES Of the Kidneys. Liver, STOMACH AND SKIN. It Acts on the Bowels, Cleanse? the System, -IND Regulates the ILiver, And is a specific for most FEMALE DISORDERS. For sale by Dr. A. J. China, and Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Props, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. April IO. ILLINERY. The public are invited to call and in? spect our new stock of Spi'ing- and Sammer MILLINERY. Children's and lofants' Lace Caps, FLOWERS, FEATHERS AND RIBBONS, TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED Hats and Bonnets. ZEPHYRS IN ALL COLORS AND SHADES. Orders intrusted to our care will receive prompt attention. MUS. WHITE & MISS MILLER. A or ii 9 FOR SALE. I have on hand a fine lot of CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY, for sale by the gallon or less quantity. Orders filled at resideuce, on Republican Street. Simples can be seen at Waickman and Southron office. N. G. OSTBE?f. E??BBER STAMPS. NAME STAMPS FOR MA8KIN6 CLOTHING with indellible ink, cr fur printing visiting cards, SD ct STAMPS OF AX Y KIND for stamping BUSINESS CARDS, ENVKL OPES or anything else. Specimen* of variou* styles <>n h;md. which will be shown with pleas ure. The LOWEST PRICKS possible, an<? orders filled promptly. Call on CP. OSTEEN, At the W.-\t<?hmnn ?nd Southron CM&C6 Sumter S C. wm? HOUSE. COR. LIBERTY AND KARVIN STREETS. Sumter, S. 0. Regular and Transient Board, at reasonable rates. Comfortable Rooms. Good Table. MRS. LOU A. BROWN, J<in 22.-o Proprietress, A CARD. S?NCR WITHDRAWING FROM THE finn of A. P. Levy A Co , and at the Solicitation of numerous friends I bare de? cided to open a first-class saloon on Liberty Street opposite J. Ry t ten berg k Sons' grocery, *nd 1 can hereafter be found there at ?tl? hours. Imving jost opened ap as 6ne a s'ork of L:quors a:id Se^ars as has ever been brought to Sumter, I extend a cordial invi . ?ii ron io all ot my friends and patrons to cal!. Kespectinllv, Jan 22 _ A _P. LETY^ PLUMMER JOHNSON. BOOT AN I) SHUE MAKER, SUMTER, S. C. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL WORK eut ms; ed to his care, either in the make up of new work, or mending line and guaran fees satisfaction. Terms low. (VI and ?ee me sr Shop, neil door to Moises k Lee's law offi e. Dec 4. NT Ot I lol'LL I AM AGENT For the following well-known and reliable FIEE Insurance Companies, And solicit a share of the URE INSURANCE BUSINESS. Our rates are as low and our policies as liberal as any first class insurance Companies, THE QUEEN, of England, THE NORWICH UNION, of England. THE NIAGARA, of New York; THE CONTINENTAL, of New York, THE NORTH AMERICAN, of Philadelphia. /FHE*GIRARDr of Philadelphia. ' THE MERCHANTS, of Newark, N. J[. ALTAMONT HOSES. r STILL CONTINUE To keep a first class stock of GEMS1L MKRCHARDSK -THE BARGAINS are too numerous to enumerate. I invite the atteLcion of close buyers who desire first class goodsv Call special attention f o our Butter and Teas. ALTAMONT MOSES. Feb 12. E. CARDARELLI, MANUFACTUREE OF '-. TINWARE, ROOFING, GUTTERING, CORNICES, ETC. Sheet bon, Brass and Cop* per Metal Work. Pumps and Lamps of every de ? scription. Only the best of workmen employedr and the beni of asteria! traed. Every? thing do?e node? my owo topernatoft, aod all work guaranteed. PRICES THE LOWEST. ICE, ICE, ICE, Kept during the season and will be delivered to holders of tickets. E. CARDARELU, Corner Slain aod Sumter Street*, Sumter, S. C. April 30_ Mee te Ateeiit Defendants. State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. Ix THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. William A. James. Administrator, reith the trill annexed of William J. Reynolds, Deceased, Plaintiff, against John J Miller, Dessie Mil? 1er, Joseph Miller and Laura West? bury. Defendants. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. TO THE DEFENDANTS, John J. Miller and Daisie Miller : You are hereby summoned ?nd required to answer the complaint in this action, which is thia day flied in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, with notice of appointment of a guardian ad Wen for s ud Dessie Miller, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, ia the city of Sumter, S C , within twenty days after th? service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the com? plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff tn this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated, April 22, A D. 1890. BL ANDING k WiLSOtf, Piantiffs Attorneys. _ApHl 23-6__ FOR SALE. L\NDS FOR SALE. J. R. HARVIK, March 12 Agent. rpilE BEST, CH CA PEST ANO j Most Perfect Tonic. Quinine.and Iron Tonic Capsules. A sure and prompt cure for inalarix, chills nnd f?*vrrf sallow skin, loss of appetite, general and nervous debility, bil? liousness, and ail ailments which arise from a disordered liver, or from lack of iron in the blood. A box of Tonic Capsules which art guaranteed free from mercury or ?ny thing nt all injurions, will he sent free, on receipt of 25 cents in stamps or postal note, hy the proprietor, ARTHUR J. MULDOON, 1*1 ifrabatt bt., Brooklyn, N. Y.