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i - ' .. ? The Shtoder Watchem was fofl in 18?0 aod the True Scuthron in ] The. ifate?roan awd SoiU^on noi the oombioed ci reu latinan d iofii , of both of the old papers, and is c featly the" best advertising media; Somier. WEDNESDAY, KAY 13,18) THE CONFEDERATE ?02 * - ? ' MENT. rf^5^ We are glad to see that at lasl Monument to the noble Confed dead of Samter District will no to be parsed bj in silence, cor be u lated, as it. baa Ja past years, monument records the names of loor hundred who fell on battle I and in hospitals from Gettysbur Galveston. Many lie in unknown unhonored graves, nor ean their sa ashes be brough t back to ns. Bot devotion of mothers and wifes, sit nod toreros bas erected sw im po granite structure with the names ol those who died daring the war, i Sumter County, inscribed on mai It wHl how be surrounded and prote by a heavy ornamental iron fence, hundred and sixty feet around, i sight heavy posts, and all resting iron bases two feet in the groo The lettering bas been renewed and whole monument will be cleaned off. We learn from Col. Blanding, i bas been Chairman of the Execot Committee since the inception of work, that the fencing and work i cost about {325, and has been p for out of the $400 which, the trust of the Graded School gave for the le of the lot. It is more tbao mere set ment that our children and cbildre children w?H he educated in sight that monument which comm?mora the devotion of their forefathers tt cause, which will live even after t structure shall have crumbled aw? Let them <be taught that their ancesti were not rebels nor traitors, bot lo I low their patriotism and loyalty wh the State shall call them to duty ev though it be to death. **Exeoi monument um orep enid us CONCI.BNING CANNING PACTOBIBS. Our esteemed brother, Hngh Wilso of the Press and Banner, handles tl canning industry pretty roughly in h last issue. On an average he say **We make peaches about one year, i four or five. We have a few appi trees scattered over the county. W bave blackberries in abondance and ?n good wim eas take care of these fruit* in their reason, in sufficient quat.title to supply her owo wants. As a matte of fact, our people do not raise turnip and cabbage for their own use," an winds op with the remark tbat whei xjeople get cotton on the brain, they ar not goiog t fool with vegetables ant canning factories. These are wholsom truths advanced iu the writer's owt forceful and original style. We confess our ignorance on the sub ject of canning factory statistics While on a visit to North-west Alaba mu in 1889 we saw a large two storj brick building bai it on the banks of the Tenaefcee River, an immense engin* was put up and a canning fe et or) ?tarted, os a large scale. It was a gooc fruit year bot vegetables in that neigh borhood, were not plentiful, and thc factory, whether owing to this fact, ot bad management, did not pay expenses the first year. A canning factory is no big enter? prise, tn any respect The good done a community by its establishment would be comparatively small, bot an industry of this sort, or of any sort, is a step iu the right direction, lt would serve to show that the people are alive to some, thing, a straw perhaps to show where the ?ind blows It strikes us as being rather anoma? lous our people sending North for can goods that are manufactured almost at their doors. There cao be no question that there ts a very good market for the goods Oar climate is certainly well adapted as that of any State, we know of, for tbe isitting of fruits and vegeta? bles. lt is true, at times, it is a trifle eccentric and our fruit crop is destroy? ed, bot the same care and attention bestowed on fruit trees and vegetables, as is directed to cotton, will supply any number of canning factories with all the material needed. The profit oo such goods may be small bot it pays Northern merchants to ?end Sooth for them and re-ship them down here to customers, it would seem that it ought to pay dealers who bandle them here on the spot. Even if they sold almost at cost-it would be a satisfaction to know ?bat au impulse of thrift bad been givjn-** s products of tbe soil utilised and a num? ber of the poor pee '* in a conj inanity given emptayment. v egetables supply the principal esa goods and if they con? n?t be raised here in Sooth Carolina, on account oi the climate, where on j earth we would like to know caa they j be raised ? At the risk of being considered an j idle dreamer, and as one exhibiting evi? dences of lunacy, we have thrown out hastily tbs above suggestions, in tbe hope that they may save our deluded brethren who have got cotton on the brain and are fast becoming mono- \ maniacs. Sumter's game cock has been perched in position r<:ady to crow during the Centenial week. Well there is a good deal about Su roter worth crowing over. U is s pushing and progressive eoonty, at d ber people are among thc most wide awal e.in she j?tate -Co'?ohIna Record. PROSPECTS. From present prospects, the Be mc ci tic party is as much at loss for a cane date, as were the Kepoblicaos io '8 The Tarions party leaders are pul! ii this way sud that, now it is Gonna then it is Hill or Pattison, or Palmer,ai onee it was Cleveland, aod he still h hosts of supportera over the country. T great objection to Cleveland is, be is painfully honest, entirely too mach so,i the Tammany tribe, as wei} as for t new rival of Tammany for the dictate ship of American politics. Hence M Cleveland may not be a President possibility-he m-Jy be ?nally laid aw.* on the shelf, because be was a state man, for this is the day, of politician Statesman are at a discount, aod i stripes of politicians are in heyday gio: -ward politicians, wool-bat political and pre-eminently that distinctly m dern production, the lawyer-farmer-A liance reform politician, is lux uri a tir in the present b?n?ficient smiles of fo tune, and is smacking his lips ov prospective plums when the rascals tbe present "unfaithfui horde of blacl legs'1* who have "so shamelessly sqna dered the people's money**-shall ha* been turned out, the bouse has bee swept and garnished, and they hat each hunted np seven other rascals eac worse than himself, aod have take possession of tbe dear people's govert ment. Bnt we digress; we were gc ing on to say that since Mr. Clevelan is out of the race, and as Hill cannr. obtain the support of Cleveland's friend in New York, he will be out of the rac also. Now tbe nf xt best roan after Cleve land would undoubtedly be Palmer o Illinois, even though he is now some what old, but when we remember wba other men eren older than he have ac complibhed, that objection sinks oat o sight. Palmer is well known in the grea West which decides each time wboshal rule this country. For many years w< have not bad a President wbo did no! hail from the great grain region of tht West, Kveo Clevelaud himself cami from its Eastern border. We may as well recognize tbe law that the Presi? dent must come from the neighborhood of the center of population, and select some acceptable man from that region as our candidate. Again, Palmer will be acceptable fo nil classes of men, of democratic princi? ples, excepting of coarse the rabid ex? tremists who sraod so erect for certain principles-that are, perhaps, no princi? ples at all-at opposite extremities of :he party that they lean backward. He is fully in touch with those who demand beneficial changes in the financial poli? cy of ike government that are greatly needed. Still be is not one of tbose who are blindly advocating some wild? cat measures for instant relief, lie in i thorough ta-iff reformer, of the same school as Cleveland, and under bis ad? ministration we tunuld see (be good work done by Cleveland carried out. With Palmer as our candidate, and a be proper platform, the Democratic party will be sure to triumph. He can ye elected without the assistance of the Sew York vote Palmer for tbe plant og interests aud prosperity, and if the people be not joined to their idols they will rally to bis support. THE MAFIA AFFAIR. In refreshing contrast to what seve? ral leading Southern dailies have bad to say concerning the finding of tbe ??ew Orleans grand jury, charged with investigating tbe late massacre of ital? ian born citizens for complicity in the murder of Chief Hennessy, is the fol? lowing from the Acic York Herald of May 6th. The report of the Grand Jury was substantially to the effect that they declined to indict tbe men who lcd the mob in their attack on the par? ish prison, believing that their action could not be classed or considered as co? incident with lynching, but was a move? ment of the people for their own safety : **Yon cannot indict a whole people Such was the happy expression of Burke. The sentiment wa" echoed by the Grand J ?ry in New Orleans yester? day. That body of public spirited citizens bas devoted s?x wetks toa thorough, im? partial investigation of the popular out? break iu the Crescent (/itv which has ! riveted the attention of the civilized world. It Suds no indictments against the actor?, in the tragedy of March 14 Its verdict is that the outbreak was not mob violeuce, tut a popular uprising. It was uot criminal, but ju>tifiahle-a movement of the people for their own S?feiy "Hence Purkersoo and his associates ! were not executioners of lyne!) lav? They were leaders of the masses, risen to mete out justice to assassius who had j escaped merited punishment only j through intimidation and corruption of j the jury that ti ted them. The doings vf that memorable day were tbe acts of the ! people, and as Burke has said, you can- j not indict a people. They wereapproved j hy the ornum unity, and what the com- ! munity approves cannot be criminal. This is the conclusion reached and ! officially announced by the Grand Jury ! airer tbt?r?ugh investigation and care fal consid?ration of ali ?ho facts. Its researches prove the existence of thc j notorious M; b; : that it is a secret orga- ! -alsation of Italians and Sici ians driven i as criminals from their own. country; . that these foes of human society were 1 banded ro<j.??hpr brr?* as conspirators armed with dags/ers ?nd stiletto! s for assassination; thar th^'r t??e<?id \a d*m?i- . ed by a long ?ist of bl. od ouwiiiog ! orimes; that they have menaced life and terrorized the community. Th? m ?un ?2 Itt assassination of Chief of Police Hennessy v-?s a cr?tut of un parale led atrocity. .Bur. even in the face of that great provocation the citizens of New Orleans waited patiently for tbe law to take its us*ial course. They waited for justice to bc doue 1 y an impartial jury. f^flt was only 'when a verdict "start Hog, amazing .?Bd shocking to public opin?onr' had 'been announced, when it was believed that the jury had been terrorized and bribed by tbe accursed Mana conspirators-a belief now shown by the Grund Jury to have been well founded-when it was evident that the ordinary course of justice had failed to punish the guilty and protect the inno? cent-it -was only then that the people took the law into their own hands and remedied the failure of the tribunals of justice. It was then that they resolved not to surrender their rights to a secret organization of Sicilian conspirators and to strike down assassination for their own safety. That ?9 the verdict of the Grand Jury which speaks for the people of New Or? leans. It will be the verdict of the American people and of the civilized world, wherever the facts are known. It is DO time to sermonize about mob violence. AD uprising of the people is Dot an outbreak of a mob. It is idle to moralize about law and justice taking their usual course. Safety ol the com? munity is the highest law, and when statutes and courts fail tbat higher law reigns. The New Orleans Grand Jury claims for the people ofthat city all due respect for the forms of law. "But," inaptly says, "where this lofty principle is con? temned by the practice of assassination for revenge or spite, aod coDcealmeot under the most binding oaths reuders powerless the efforts of the law to reach the chief actors and to secure witnesses, it becomes the duty of the people in the exercise of their sovereign rights to is? sue their decree of condemnation." That has been done in New Orleans. The Mafia, instead of the community, is now terrorized. The lives of law abid? ing citizens are safer there. Justice has been vindicated by the people. The disease called for the cure. The end justifies the means. Letters m the Maxcy Case. We publish the following letter from a gen? tleman who lives near the scene of tbe Maxcy murder, io which he desires to correct some statements in what we bad ro say io reference to the matter last week. We had no intention whatever of making it appear that lhere was any combination between Mrs. Maxcy and the colored people to prosecute Allbright. lt was our information that the colored people bad paid a portion of the expenses of the prosecution. "R. C. R." says such is not the rase. We also print Mr. C. C. Habenicht's letter in respect to Allbrigbt's character. PROVIDECB, S. C., May 8, 1891. Mr. Editor: In jour issue of May 6th, under the head of '"The Maxcy Mulder," there are several incorrect statements, and you were misinformed in respect to the one reflectinz .upon Mis Maxcy, ' It has been stated that Mrs. Maxcy and some of the col? ored people in the community have paid the expenses incident to the working np of the case leading to the arrest ?nd probable prose? cution of Allbrigbt." This is not the fact. Mrs. Maxcy paid a portion of the expenses, but has never received a cent from anybody. Joe Allbright was suspected from the be? ginning ?nd we have done all that we could to secure evidence. We want him to have a fair trial; the evidence must go before a jury, and ail we WHnt is fair play. His wife is not sick, and lives near her father and brothers, and a month or two separation has occurred before. There has been fonnd "no long hole resem? bling a grave," and the gun supposed to have been used in the sheening has been in Mr. J. P. Wilson's possession, since four days after the murder. Capt. Maxcy did not ??ll twenty biles of rotten or a single bale for at least a week before he WHS murdered. '.A large majority of the people" propose to wait until the evidence is made public be? fore declaring or expressing an opinion bj implication. Mis. M?x? y bas employed coun? sel to assist the Solicitor, upon advice of Capt C R Williamson and myself,' which we oelitve she has the right to do R. C. R. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 5, 1891. Mr. Jno. W Kingmin, Providence, S. C.: . I)KAR SIR : Yours of the 1st, received, and ron ven is noted. The p*rty referred to, one Joe AHbrigbt, I know bim well, his worked for me at diff?rent times. He is a bard worker and his only fault, at times will drink too much. I feel satisfied in tay mind thal be lias nothing to do with the murder, and would cheerfully f;o or? his bond HS there is no risk to run, but as I am on so rn?ny, I promised myself not to po any more for the present anyway. Respectfully, C. C. HABKXICHT Beaver Dam Items. BRAVBB DAM, May 8, 1891. News is very dry in this section of country. We are needing so int cf the rain that we had to spare some time tack. I believe, if the weather had not been so cool, we have had ?coti^h rain to briny 'he cotton np, but after the ?howers, it would clear off cool, with an Etsi wind, and cotton will nwt come up nor grow during these cold snaps, so there is a goori teal of cotton that is not up, and will not come up until it rains. There are very few farmers that have good stands. The oat crop will be a failure without rain soon ; Spring ants especially. Corn is looking very well fxcept in some places lhere are bad stands G-.rdens are also in need of rain. Mr. Eli tor, I notice most of your corres pnrHen's say that the fairoers are loot'ing forward for big crops this year I do not see what grounds they base their hopes upon. It is very seldom th?t we have two good crop yetrs together, and we have had two in suc res^ton, thu? it is very unlikely we will have * third one. It is unieasonahle to suppose so, from tbe fact that the Seasons, for the last two >ears have bc en hit,ii, so it is reasonable to suppose that the Und is exhausted One heavy crop will exhaust ??nd, so if we hnve good seasons we can bot expect an ordinary crop this year, without extra manuring; and that we have not. Ii is true we have bought a good deal of so c?i)led guano, but I upa afraid we haven't much manure after all. Mts. Patience Atkinson ha3 a horse with pinkeye He will very likely die. Ii is the first case that 1 have ever see n I would be glad if any of the readers of the W ?v 5. know H remedy \< u would publish it ior the benefit ot 'he public. Mr. Ho'il. Blythe*, of Ker h-.w, w ho WHS so badly burt by his horse running aw av Sometime ?^o, is very little better. Mr. J. X Davis is still very sick. Yours, DRY JIM. Spicy Correspondence. Columbi* Record. Here's something ''great,*' as the show people say. lt's the reply of County Chairman W. J Cathcart to the letter sent him yesterday by Gov Tillman's private secretary, Mr. J P Hean, and which was published in the Record yesterday j The lotter in ijaestion was concern'..;?? * the resignation of Probate Judge Pear- j son, and in it. Secretary Bean says "the Governor directs me to r<quest you, as chairman of the Democratic party of Richland County (if you re gard yourself as such), to take the steps necessary to provide for a primary elec? tion by which the Democracy may se? lect their candidate for the < ?h*?e." The letter has been the talk of tl o towu ever Hiu-e its publication, and the j almost universal op:nion expre?sed was that the G ?vernorf to use an expressive 1 if not ever elegant colli qaalism, had j "nut his foot in it." The more ardent j ones cli:'.t ac eris d it as effie io usu es-, j The Record presents this afternoon CH UK at AX CATII CA UT's HI-PLY, and it tn a gem in every respect At 4 j o'? lock this afternoon, after he had ?uisbed bb dinner, Chairman Cathcart : picked op a pen and here is what he wrote OB tbe back of the cow tu un i ca? tion. Letter returned with following en? dorsement : OFFICE COUNTY CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY O? RICHLAND CO , COLUMBIA, S. C., Maj 6th, 1391. I Respectfully returned to Mr. James P. Bean, "Private Secretary/' with the request that he inform "the Governor'' ("if he regards himself as such") that I know the duties devolved apon me as County Chairman of the Democratic party of Richland County and will con ! fine myself to the business of my office, j I suggest that be do likewise. Respectfully, WM. J. CATHCART, I County Chairman of the Democracy of Richiaud County. ? Whoopee ! That's a corker ! I ---? A Burial Association. ?lr. Editor: I, in common I presura?, with other ministe? of the city, hare been im? pressed from time to time by tbe importance of having an Association to provide for the decent interment of persons haring no suffi? cient means of their own for that purpose. It frequently occurs that a person dies in the city limits, and the expenses of burial are borne either bj- a few ?bo give voluntarily for that purpose, or by the city itself A visit to the place of residence of such a person, generally discloses a condition of abject want, discomfort and distress, that are most painful to any one who has a heart of sympathy in bis bosom. Sickness is bad enough under any circumstances, even when weahh and friends and all the alleviations of tender and skillful nursing abound, bat when not one of these aids ia present, the case is indeed pitia? ble. When death comes to such, probably after weeks of illness, it ?nds them and their relatives absolutely bereft of means to pro? vide deceni interment. The County does not provide for the interment of anj except those who die in the Poor House. The City does it, bar, naturally, under protest. Everybody, even the poorest and lowest in the social scale, has feelings that can be hurt, and at a time like tbat, when the dead body of their loved one lies unburied in the honse, there id a conscious desire that it shall have decent burial. To have to make a direct appeal to the authorities to provide the means of burial, is to brand the dead as a pauper, and the living as in the sume condition, brought to it, very likely, by the fact that they have been compelled to cease wor in order to minister to the dead one in his or her last illness. There are some, no doubt, who think that the poor and lowly are not entitled to have feelings, or to' have those feelings respected by others, but no one who recog? nizes the law of love as supreme-the Chris? tian, the Jew, the Mason, the Knight of Pythias, or whatever other order he may be a member of, that holds to and abides by the golden rule, will deny that in such a case as we have been considering, that royal law bids bim do to others as he would be done by. If so, he will respect the natural fi-elings of the poorest and lowliest in their hour of need, ? and be moved to do what ha can to minist?r to their want*. Now, Mr. Editor, if these positions are sound, the question arises, shall we whom God ha3 blessed with better things, who are removed away from and above the reach ot want, tbe hopeless grind of such a life, the daily contact with things that have in them no quality of elevation and inspiration, stand by, after knowing that such cases are frequent in our midst, (to the truth of which ? hereby j c?rt fy,) and let the city do what the Churches j ought to do? The care of the poor, from the j first da\? of Christianity, was a recognized and regularly discharged duty on the part of the Church, as he who runs may read in the first chapters of the book of the Acts of the Holy Apostles. Unless the Church is pre? pared to go hack on its record in this respect and turn this duty entirely over to the State, considering that the paymeut of taxes to city and couoty relieves church members from all obligation to succor the poor and needy, it seems as if we ought to do wrut we can to? wards this charitable work of providing de? cent interment for the poor in our midst. By combination among Christians of all names in the city, it can be done. Three hundred persons giving ten cen;s per month, would raise a fund of $360 per annum, which would suffice to inter not fewer than twenty five persons, providing a c( flin, grave, vehicle to convey the Coffin, and one carriage, for each occasion. Are there nat that many Christians of all names in this city who will contribute the price of a cigar, or a milk sh:?kr, or two glasses of soda water, to such a pjrpo>e? Are the pastois ready and willing to co-operate' in this matter, and will they present it to their respective congregations? Respect ft? Uv, JOHN KKK.-HAW -mus - ? - Physicians rercomrrend Shnner's Indian Vermifuge in their practice a? a superior arti? cle for destroying nud ixpdiiug worms. Only 25 cent* a ooitle. WAJNTTS. 4 D V E RT IS EM ENTS of five lines or less XX wi'l k,e inserted under this? head for 25 cents' for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line MR H. W. BEA LL, Maryville P. C has for sale a splendid litter of thorough bred Scotch Collie Pups. Ready now' tor delivery. Only ?$.5.00- each Write to bim for particulars; His stock is as fitie as can ? e found ia America. Dali Scbool For Yen Mes. 0\T ACCOUNT OF THE PREPARA TIONS for Centennial week, the Dancing (Jiass for joting ladies could not he com? menced on Monday, 1 Ith as advertised. It will commence on MONDAY, M AV IStb, at 6 30 P. M.. at Armory Hall, and will meet on every MONDAY arid FRIDAY afternoon thereafter, at same hour and place. R. F. JACKSON. May 6. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. A LL PERSONS whose property is subject to taxation wil make returns thereof io me during the month ol JUNE, 1891, as provided by law. Bv order of the Cit" Council of Sumter, S. C. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR., Clerk fina Treasurer , Sumter, S (T., Mav 13 1891 3 MICE 1 DISSOLUTION. " SUMTER, S. C , Mav 4, 1891. rpBE CO-PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE \ existing between A. C. DURANT and AUTHUR BELITZ KR under the firm name and st} le of Durant & Belitzer is this day dis? solved ny mutual consent, Frank M. Spann ha vi*.g purchased the interest of A C. Durant in above brm. All the del.ts and a econ nts of said ?-m of Durant & Bclitzer will be tiled by At ?-ur Belitzer and Frank M. Sp<t:;n. A. C. DURANT, ARTHUR BELITZER. SUMTER, S. C., May 4, 1891. A CO-PARTNERSHIP has thia day been formed between Arthur lielitz? r ?nd Frank M. Spann, under the firm name and style ol BEL1TZ5R ? SPANN, to succeed Durant & ... i:? x r, and for the purpose of continuing ttieir furniture business at the 6ajne stand. ARTHUR BELITZER, FRANK M. SPANN. May 15._ ESTATE SALE OF Patrick Cusick, Dec'd. I^V ORDER of tbe Probate Judge of Sum y ?rr U-xiKty, S. Or, 1 will sell at the store now occupied by me in Sumter, on Thursday, June4th, 1891, at ll o'clock, A. M., to the h ghe.-i bidder thereon for cash, the Stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, iShoes, etc., etc., belonging to the Estate of said Patrick Cusick, deceased. HANNAH M. CUSICK, Administratrix Sumter, S. C., May 13, 1891.-?I. Dr. Ilippi EMsaya Tonic. The Great Southern Remedy, Will Cure Chilli and Fever, Dyspepsia, and all Liver and Blood D?tau*. Rev. W. H. Hunt, of Atlanta, Ga., writes: -From the benefits I have received from a single bottle of Dr. Westmoreland's Calisaja Tonic, I have no hesitation in saying that I consider it an excellent remedy fur indiges? tion, and General Debility. Col. H. P. Hammett. Prest. Camperdown and Piedmont Mills, Greenville, S. C., says : - 1 bad contracted Malaria, and suffered great.y in its various forma .or near two years ; triea two or three Minerai Springs-The most ski i ful Physicians, but was not. relieved. Wa* cured with five or six bottles of Dr. We*; moreland's Calisaya Tonic. Are Ton Interested? Are you suffering with any of the following symptoms: Loss of, or irregular appetite, loss of flesh, a feeling of fulness or weight in the stomach, acidity, Satulence, a dull pain with a sensation' of bearviness in the bead, giddiness, constipation, derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, nervousness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir will cure you. W. A. Wright, the Comptroller General of Georgia, says, three bottles cored bim after having tried almost everything eise. Judge R. F, Izlar, Macon, Ga., says, Holt's Elixir accomplished wbat all other remedies failed to do, a perfect cure. J. E. Panllin, Ft. Gaines, Ga., writes* "I have no hesitancy in recommending it, aa it cured me of dyspepsia. For any farther information inquire of your druggist. For sale by all druggists. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE existing oetween us as "The Sumter Fertilizer Works," doing a business of grind? ing bone as a Fertilizer, at Sumter, S. C., has this day been dissolved by mntua) consent, Messrs. J. N. Alphonse and P. P. Finn,, are authorized to collect all money due the ?ate firm, and they wi)) pay al) its liabilities. T. B. CURTIS, R. F. JACKSON, J. N. ALPHONSE, P. P. FINN. May 1st, 1891'. We will continue the business above referred to, at same place as heretofore under same firm name. J. N. ALPHONSE. P. P. FINN. May 5th, 1891._ ATTENTION, ALLIANGEMEN ! MAYESTILLB, S C., May 4, 1891. On Wednesday and Thursday, the 20tb and 21st of May, Hon. BPO. Terrell and the County Lecturers of Beaufort, Berkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg and Sumter, will be in Sumter to organize the 7th District Leg? islative Cooncil. As many members and Lecturers of this and adjoining counties as can do so, ?re in? vited to attend the meetings. Bro. Terrell will deliver a purdie addre.-s on Thursday. The following have been appointed a Com? mittee of Arrangements and Entertainment: J. S. Richardson, T. W. Lee and W. O Caiu. By Order of the President. E. W. DAUBS, Secretary. Advance please copy. May 6-2t._ "NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ella M. Hewson, as widow of Maurice F? Hewson, has this day filed her petition in my office praying for the assignment of a home? stead unto her according to the laws of this State. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Master for Sumter County. May 2d 1891- 4L_ mg jj, fOfir'O.CO )i yen, i. b. inp wari? hy John R ^???SSar%k ('..I" .". ri"*. W..:it w urk lor ni. 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Boys' Outing Cloth Waists, at 25o, Boys5 Knee Pants Suits, at $\.0O. Boys' Knee Pants, at 25 cents. Respectfully, CHANDLER, SHAW & GO., Sign of the Big Hat, 31ain St., Sumter, S. C. Most popular styles of HATS. White and colored SHIRTS, Laundried and Unlaundried March 25