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5 W*??BSDAY, SEPT'. 2, ??1. Profit in Onions. li reporter of th? New York Tri bane rirenUy talked with Mr. G. S. Palmer, e??fe on??03? ?a the im x ^ ^ortaoce of t?e onion crop,' which may be made a profitable one in any part of the>*>oaatyy, bat especially m the Solidi, ~ ?eere~ it eau be grown for the early ' mrket whwh pays the highest prices The Tribuna, which is a protection or gu, ia pre?eating Mr. Palmer's views, trias to coo ve? the impression that onion ?altare is profitable io this country DOW Waase of the tariff of 40 cents a bosh el imposed by the McKinley tariff, wheo the met is that there hasn't been . Msag ia turn ty .five years when onion, cuitare wasn't, profitable, if understood > aa4hte$f managed, and there never-waa .a year wheo the? demand was supplied by American farms. The virtues of the onion as an article J?Tfcod,itssaeitatj?ed vigor-imparting . yaws Hint were tested ia the Federal army daring the wart and since then the consumption of rain's has i m m e o se? lf lacreastej making it necessary to i ? port about a half million bushels a ytMT to meet the demand, and yet there is act half rs many of them raised or [ ??tea as th a e should fc, The 40 cent tariff does not help the onion grower vt this c hantry one cent's worth. The home raised onion al ?ray s found a ready sate at good prices re * ?fSf?Vess of-the tariff apea imported onions arid a ot withstand tog the tariff taeja^portat?oo? ro om sa asnal because 'tfc?fm ist oaojigh raised at home lo ?uppfg the markst. The only effect of they ciffo toraake the people who hay ^fi? that much more for them. .With the tariff off the American . fTOwcr eas mors than compete with growers io foreign conn tries, because be baa the ad ra*, tag ? bf being nearer the marketa, and of having anieker trans- . portation and cheiper freights, in addi- < twa to which he (jets a better price for < las oaioas. Mr. Palmer thinks the de aaaad eeeesats suiicieut inducements te the Southern ''tracker to make the onion ' a specialty, and one of the leading fest- ' - ?ree ow the track far?, especially io -1 4he iw^oath, waose only competitors j es* be Bermuda and Spain. He calls , atkotton to the faot that aa a Southern . ?crop ?ti? not immediately perishable, < . aaw^?erefore need not he hastily dis- ? - posed'of? and can be shipped long dis- 1 Unces withoutinjury, if properly cured wad packed. They-are now as staple a \ . product as potatoes, wheat or corn, are ; . <? rte sa ?od by all ?bases, and there is a steady demand for them by the general ( trade from the Atlantic to the Pacific. . ? i We quote bis conclusion because it may , we pf interest to those engaged in the ? ?altare of the onion or who may con- ? . template engaging in it : I ..Bat the one important feature is their condition, and it is imperative that < ?hey be* well cured and in dry condition, ' aa^oo smatatura stock aaa DO trans jftorW ead empl oi profitably. The j ibltewing are the correct figures (which 1 were obtained from the Customs De- \ peiimeef) of the- foreign imports, in bash eb, from the localities named : England.-08,255; Italy, 1,959; Tur ^wj?-finope^ 24; france. 14;250; J rortagafr160-rSkie?v 4?46*Spain, v ?,U^Yorkey. Aeia, 3,930; Br. W. 1 ^ImSrn, 2#2;5X5; Phfllipinc'Is , 146,* ' Turkey, Africa, 31.785, aggregating a 1 fread iota!: of 409,597 bushels, on ? arnica was paid duty into the United States Treasury $105,837.80. The** j fieary inrportationa fosad ready sale at Very favorable prices, our Northern old j $rop being short. ; "The first arrivals dering January ? were the Bermuda old crop, which : sold from $2 to $2 50 per bushel. Next - followed toe new crop from Cuba dor tag Fehreary, sod sold at $2 50 to $2 ' 75 p?reca?e. Domestic onions at the ! same time were selling $3 50 to $4 50 j per bojheL Thea followed during , February and March shipments from Bordeaux, Frarce, also from Spain i . y osmer pri?es were firmly ses ta i ned j . <antfl the height of Bermuda shipments duriag the Utter part of May,' wheo the . market deefiued, and the ' .^?st price 1 ; ?mehed jr^fl-'"25" per cr?te. The 1 ^%?rfcjSt again reacted, and the Virginia. , which ts the 'kat Southern crop, sold during J*ne at $3 to $4 per barrel, . and the. mst' shipment, at the mid <Be of July, sold at $5 to $5 50 per J Barrel." The shipments from Africa ??? not beg in to arrive until April, and < It-was not until May and Jane that < shipmewte were received from Spain, 1 Asia, Turkey, Phillipine Islands and Fortega!."! , ? There* ? swather laing of importance ?a that as io all vegetable or fro it grow iagi ltd thst iathe best kinds should ( Sm rimed, ?ed- hence the best seed , selected. -Slr; Palmer gives the prices i which they usual !y command, _ but at ] asea half the lowest quotations, with the large Quantity that caa be raised ?ft&aesa oe lend adapted to their < growth, with proper cuitare, they 1 ought to tield a very, lib?ral return. lt is said the Chinese hive hy col tivatioa secar ed an odorless onion. We don't ' taitrk say of them have been imported tato this country but the best ] ' varieties have been imported for seed, op there weald be no trreable in sec a r - ?fe?rabte seed.. As one of the branches . of the industry of the farm the onion 3 commaees itself a* well worth trying; 5 bat we don't meta by that borrowing j artney and plantiug three or four hun dsed acres first pop, as the Georgia , sana did te watermelon s this year and ; wistmlr-wat eae, two or three acres as ao . es p?riment anti! yon soe how they pan oat and yoa get the hang of the market. - Wilmington Star. A well koowa medical authority is ao strong an adv?cate of change that he says : Change your climate if yon eau. if you eaDuot clo that, change your* room, if ?ot your room, theo rearrange your furniture. If possible. eflMf family should go sway once a yeartor a month's ftay nuder different Sjpfcrjmtcjings. ff this be not possible, change? of a week at a time will proba? bly sate yoa a doctor's hill if you have become "run dowe" ie health. Make as many expeditious as you can daring the samjwer ; go euee a week, if pnssi - ble, awdyea w4U ?ed them more effica? cious te batid op the eir<a*g?h than any . ionic that caa be ministered. If possi? ble; get different food fer the family at such times than they are daily aeeus t ?med io, even if it is not as delicate. ? eh an ge of food will often stimulate a lided appetite. When children or .Boen people begin to lose appetite i ?W ?re tiit&ietfl, better, than a ?pring! tor c for the blood is a viiit at a distance ! wrere there is a complete' change of tceue ?4 food. ' [ THE WHITE, WHITE ROSE. O, Georgia girl, with tho storm black eye, itent you mind long ago when tho troops inarched by, Down the quaint old town of Maryland. The sorry little, lad ta Stonewalls band? Twas a beautiful event a blue Jane day. In his tattered cap and jacket of gray; Toa smiled, bat you pressed tho san brown "hanA Of tho sorry little lad in Stonewall band. O-Geoigiagirl with the hanging bair Of russet and gold ic tho sundown air. Dont you mind that tho rose from the border? land That you-gaye to ti J lad in StoaewalTs band? Twas a waite rr**:, white as rose could be? And you stc-*t 'neath tho loares ot a maple tree, A queen ail crowned. Twas a beautiful thing. And the lad on the chestnut horse was king: O Georgia girL, with the tripping feet. Don't yon mind that house on tho great big - street? And tho ball that night, and thebanucr-decked hill? For a bold ?ld rebel was Dr. McGill! Oh, the waltz, and tho scat on the winding '?" "stair. " And the- storm-black eyes, and tho red-gold hair. And ami ie, ah! smite, like the noontime sun, O Georgia girt was it all for fun? O Georgia girt, twas a sweet farewell To exchange for tho burst of shot and abell At Gettysburg. Bat the gold-red hair, \xrt tb? eyes and tho smile with tho rose went there. rjp by .tho guns of tho dauntless foes Went the eyes, and the smile, and tho white, white rose. Safe under the stars of that flaming eros?. But the ballets made merry with thc chestnut horse. O Georgia girl, Xis a long time ago; Still thc seasons come, and tho roses blow. There's the white, white rose, and the rose that is grand. But none Uko thc rose from the borderland. Tis a long time ago. Ah! sad are the years: And broken the late that was swept in tears;. Shattered thc spear, and crumbled with roste Tired are the feet with the hattie dust. But the white white rose the dews still uni url For the sorry little lad, from the Georgia girt -William Page Carter in Century. ."THE JONAH." *K)verboard with him! Away with the Jonah and let him swim ashore for his lifer Words like these broke from many of the foremast hands, "mostly Portuguese and Spaniards, aboard the ship Canton one moonlight night while she lay be? calmed off a small reef girt island in the Pacific ocean. The person who had been unfortunate enough to awaken Jack's superstitions notion that he was a ** Jonah"-one who would bring bad luck, to' the. vessel-was a tall, long haired New Zealander, with big braes rings m kisears, with black eyes as round as a cat's, and a broad, square face, the latter grotesquely cov? ered with tattoo marks, which certainly gave a sort of weird, fiendish aspect to his visage. He had been1 picked" up, weeks before, hom a canoe, which had evidently been blown out ta sea,, and which, containing tine and ? harpoon, showed that the oc? cupant had been hunting for whales or creatures of that kind. Not a word of English could he speak, and it was his strange way of talking, to himself and gesticulating, with other peculiarities, which had impressed his- shipmates with ?he foolish belief already mentioned. Now, as they rushed toward him to carry out their design of throwing him overboard, the ^ship's captain, George Wilkins, a fine young fellow of, twenty ive, whose right leg bad recently been injured by his falling from the rigging, jame Umping forward and sharply or? ien d them bai. "He is a J or ah, captai ar cried one. . "Nonsense! Don't mutest him {.gain, [t will be mitin j if you do, a.? it's igainst my orders^" "B?t, s?v leggin* your pardon, he'll bring bad luck to us," said an old sailor. '*As spokesman for the rsst, I ask you to out him ashore." "1 cannot think of it. As you all biow, he has so far proved himself a jool sailor. "You will leave him alone in f ature," S? saying-tba captain walked aft, to ind his wife Mary, a handsome young woman of twenty, just wine upon deck. "What was the matter, George."" she inquired. Be told her, when she said: "Of coarse I dont believe in that ab surd notion ?.boat a Jonah, bat I must own that Warlock, as voa call your New Zealand savage there, is a strange, fierce locking fellow, and frightens ine every time I look at icon.** "He is not handsome, fl! own. bat be is as strong as a horse and a good sea? man." ..Yes; ixt are you not afraid that he may do mischief some time-may take i notion to kill us all in tho cabin, set the ship on fire, or" The captain interrupted her with a laugh. "It is ms dark skin and tattoo marks that frighten you. You look only at the outside, I look deeper, and can tell you that this Warlock has a good heart" But Maxy shook her head, saying she could not feel easy until the native was out of the ship, and she then tried to in? duce her husband to send him ashore. The captain shook his head. "1 cannot consent to that," he said. "We are short of hands and Warlock is a good man." Next morning Mary, who had come on ieck with her husband, again broached the subject of the night before. She tried to coax the captain to send War? lock ashore, bot in vain. "Well, one thing is certain," she said ul will not take him witn ino in the ?ngey, as you proposed, when i go to the reef to look for coral." "Whom, then, will yon take?" "Tom, the little cabin boy." "Better take Warlock." But Mary' shuddered, saying she would rather not go at ail than have that fierce native in the boat with her. The visit to the reef, which was about a mile distant, had been proposed by Mrs. Wilkins on the day before, and. thinking tbrt sbe would eujoy the trip, the captain offered no objection to her taking the cabin boy with her. True, lie was not very strong, nor was he skil? ful with an oar, but the calm, clear ?reatber would apparently hold for many hours longer, so that there seemed to be no danger, eve** if the boat wx- poorly bandled. As toe yoong skipper had some work tn store for b;3 men on this day, he could not afford to send any of them with his wife except Warlock, who, not under? standing English, could Ix; better spared i han one of bis shipmates. Still adhering to her resolution not to take him. Mary finally set out with the rabin b ty in the dingey, which had been lowered for her, and ere long she reached the reef. Through bis glass, the captain had now and then watched his wife, as the boy with Iiis hatchet knocked of pieces of coral for her, when, all at once, with? out the slightest warning, a "cat-squall" struck the sea. A mist, whicii had been gathering round thn hills of the island, had been blown about the reef, now hiding Mary and Tom from the | watcher's gaze, at; the ship tore along before the blast, with the men aloft taking in sait Like all squalls of the kind, this one was of brief duration, and ten minutes after it burst upon the vessel it had died away, leaving a light brecz<\ by which the ship, close hauled, was headed up toward the reef. The captain anxiously Watched for his wife, birt seeing uo sign of her he turned pale. "Ay/' remarked the old sailor who had acted as spokesman to the skipper the night before. "The bad luck has commenced. This comes of our having a Jonah aboard!" f?e looked as he spoke at Warlock, whose keen, glittering eyes were turned toward the reef. "You're right, Ben," answered the sailor whom the old fellow addressed. "You C3U make sure that the Captin will never see his wife or the boy again, both, as I take it, having been drowned in the squall !" All hands were now looking off to? ward the reef. The captain's heart sank. "It cannot bo that she is lost.*" he cried to his mate. The latter took a long squint through the glass. "Heaven help the poor lady!" he said. "I see nothing of her." Suddenly Warlock sprang down from the rail forward, upon which he had been standing, and with three bounds reached the quarter-deck. He uttered a shrill cry, gesticulated with his arms, rod pointed off the weather bow, from which a strip of mist had just cleared. Looking that way, the captain saw a spectacle which made his heart bound as [f it would break through his ribs. Clinging to the dingey, which was turned bottom up, was his wife, while ibout fifty fathoms behind her, on the reef, and pointing at something between it and the imperilled lady, stood Tom, the cabin boy. That something-what was it? One quick look through the rlass revealed it to the captain, who quickly recognized the long, Hack fin ..leaving the water like a knife, in the lirection pf the struggling woman. "A sharkr he cried, "a shark!. Down with the quarter boat!" .The boat was soon lowered, and in jprte of his lame leg, which greatly im? peded ki s movements, he managed to ?ramble into the light vessel after his nen. 'Among the latter was Warlock; provided with his harpoon, which he lad brought up from the forecastle. The breeze now had died away, and inder the vigorous strokes of the oars nen the boat fairly seemed to fly. The captain, while urging. his crew, urned his gaze alternately upon his wife md the shark. Mrs. Wilkins, still cling-' ng to the keel of the overturned dingey, vas much exhausted and must soon let jo her hold. She did not see the monster lehind her cleaving the water with its igly fin so rapidly that it would evi? dently reach her before the approaching ?oat. In a faint voice she called to- her ;usband to make haste, an appeal which ??rent to the very heart3 of the men and mt vigor in their arms. "We will be too late!" groaned the ?ptain. "Pull, boys, pall!" Never- before did oarsmen so exert hemselves; but the boat was still fully ifteen yards from the poor woman, when he shark, now near enough to her to xrepare for seizing its victim, was seen o make the terrible rotary movement cr diving, in order to snap at her sab aerged limbs. Then Warlock sprang to his feet. With fuick eye measuring the distance be ween him and the shark, he raised his K rbed weapon on high. As he would have to- dart over the vornan to strike the monster behind her, his seemed to all a perilous feat to per oxm, especially at so long a range. To the captain it looked as if the dead y barb was pointed straight at his wife's ?ad, and he called out, "No, no, War oeki You will strike her? Down man. lo wu with that iron!" But the wild New. Zealander either did. lot understand or would not heed the order. His harpoon, hurled with wonderful bree, whistled on its way, and almost rrazing Mary 's head, passed clean through he white, upturned belly of the shark as he latter turned over. Leaping nearly its fall length from the ur face, the monster fell crashing back, taining the water with its blood, and hen, with the almost supernatural vi ality and perseverance of its species, sith the iron protruding from its form aid' the life tide still flowing from it, he creature endeavored to dive to seize he coveted human prey. The water bubbled and foamed.as the hark, impeded by its wound and by the roc, strove to reach its intended victim; ?nd the captain's heart almost stood still vith the dread that the effort would be uccessiuL Tais seemed the more likely, as Mrs. ?Viikins, now unable to hold <m longer, et go of the dingey's keel and sank under he surface, and disappeared in thc foam ng vortex of water about the struggling hark. "Save her-save my wife!" shouted he captain. But none of the men to whom he spoke vas willing to sacrifi?e their lives-for uch they thought would be the result >f their swimming to attempt a rescue aider the very jaws of the fiercest of ?cean monsters. In spite of his injured leg the skipper vould doubtless have plunged overboard nd perished in his crippled efforts to ave his fair partner had not the New Sealander gently restrained him, and hen dived headlong from the bow. Keeping bis eyes open as he swam tnder water he soon beheld the form of he captain's wife within a few yards of he shark, which, with ready jaws, was biging its way toward her. Ile grasped 1er with one arm, and to make his way o the surface with her was for this powerful native but the work of a few noments. Just as he and his burden lad been drawn into the boat the baffled mrsuer came up alongside, viciously hrashing the w::t?r with its flukes ere t dived out of sight. Mrs. Wilkins, at first half senseless, recovered ere the boat readied the ship. ?nd hearing the voices of the sailors, ivlio now were cheering the man whom hey had been going to throw overboard >n the night before as a .T?>r;ah. she soon earned from her grateful husband how ;he noble fellow had rescued her-risi? ng his own life for her sake "Had we sent him ashore, as you pro? posed, yon would have been lost," added fhe yoong captain. "Yon are right," she replied. "Oh, ?chat a mistake I made! Had he gone ?vith me in the diDgey the accident would not have happened, for lie would lave known how to manage the vessel. But when the squall struck us. just after we left the reef, the cabin boy became ;o frightened that his oar caught in the water and over went the boat. Ile inan iged to swim back to the reef, while 1 dung to the keel." As soon as Mrs. Wilkins had been put iboard the boat was sent for thc dingey md for the cabin boy. When the latter irrived the captain, although much in rensed against him, granted the request if his wife that he would neither scold nor punish the lad; for she urged as one excuse for bim that he was only twelve rears old It is hardly necessary to add that the brave and ?^illful conduct of Warlock, the New Zealander, won for him the lasting admiration and respect of the Foremast hands, and forever divested their minds of the foolish notion that he was a "Jonah."-True Flag. Had Seen Them. A teacher asked a very juvenile class which of them had ever seen a magnet. A sharp urchin at once said he had seen lots of them. "Where?" inquired the teacher, surprised at his proficiencj'. "In the cbeese."-Cassell's Journal . Transformation. Sbo kissed~mc, my beautiful darling! I drank the delight of her Iii?; Thc universe melted together Mortality stood in eclipso. A spirit of light stood befjxr^ire I heard a fair rustle of wings: The kings of the earth were as beggars. And the beggar? of earth wero as kings. _-Richard Realf. Debt a od Love. One small request I make of bim who rules the powers above. That I wero truly out of debt as I am out of love. Then for to sing, to danoo and piay I should be very willing; I 3hould not owe one lass a kiss nor o'er a knave a shilling. Tis being in debt and being in love that rob us of our rest, And he that's truly out of both, of all the gods i? blest. -Sir J?to Suckling, "Moon" and "River." Can you recall an ode to June Qr lines to any river Tn which you do not meet "the moon" And seo "the moonbeams ouirerT* I I've heard su?a to ogs to many a tune. But never yet-no niver JIuvo I escaped that rhyme to "Jone" Or missed that rhyme to "Tirer/** _J -Time. To tb? Defeated, Victory. Succ?s* is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed; To comprehend a nectar XU?quircs sorest need. Xot one of afl the purple host Who took the flag today . Can tell thc definition So clear of victory As he, defeated, dying. On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Break, agonized and clear. -Emily Dickinson, "Will Any Gentleman Oblige Me?*' "Will any gentleman thread on the tail av me coat?" is derived^rom the legend probably apocryphal-of old Donnybrook Fair, describing the conventionally .pug? nacious Irishman as with "eau been" adorned: with "dhudheen" stuck in the hand on his head, and in his shirt sleeves, twirling a shillelagh with his right hand, while his left trails his denuded coat on the "flure" of a tent after him, asserting his disgust at the apparently peaceful pro? clivities ot lus fellows, and shouting the valiant challenge: "Past tin o'clock, and nofrablow shtruckyet. Will any gentle-, man oblige me by threading on the tail av me coat?"* Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Hiebest of aEI in leavening strength.-Latest U. JS. Government Food Report. Nov. 12._ FOB SALE OR RENT. THE DWELLING ON CHURCH STREET, where I now reside. m Possession can be given about October 1, 1891. H. BARBY. July 8._ SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of sundry tax Executions to me directed will be sold at Sumter, C. H., on the first MONDAY/and day following in Septem? ber next, 1891, and as many days thereafier as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder /or cash, the fol? io wing property: 5 acres land in Providence" Township, property of Wilson Sargent, bounded North by the public road from Providence to State burg and on all other sides bj lands of the Estate of Jam es Taj lor. 48 acres land and 2 buildings in Shiloh Township, property of Thomas T. Flowers, adjoining lands of Harris, Peter Thomas. R. E. Nesbett, Cousar, Sam Nesbett and others. 33 acres land in Shiloh Towship, prop? erty of Julia Ann Floyd, adjoining lands of W* J. McLeod Sam Nesbett F. A. Cousar and others. 34e acres land and & buildings in Shiloh Township, property of Mrs. S. S. Tisdall, adjoining lauds of Robert McEIveen, Ed Goodman, Sallie McEIveen and others. 50 acres land and 2 buildings in Shiloh Township, property . of Oliver C. Dickson adjoining lands of Robert Tourlinsan, Henry Dickerson and other. 100 acres land and 3 buildings in Shiloh Township, property of Milton Witherspoon adjoining lands of B. F. McLeod, W. J. McLeod, Charlie McLeod and others. One lot of land ia Bishopville, property of Edmond Slater, adjoining lands of George H. Reid, J. H. Reid and others. 1,000 acres land in Manchester Township, propertj of Jame3 A. Peterkin, adjoining lands ot the Coler estate, lands of Brouti and R. I Manning and the Owen estate; for? merly known aslands of estate of William S. Goodwjn. 30 acres lands aud 1 building in Shiloh Township, propertv of James H. Nesbit, adjoining lands of estate Alex. Lowry, lands formerly of Martin Rhodes, Sarah S. Pearce and others. 100 acres of land in Mt. Clio Township, propertj of Sjdnej 0. Mathis, adjoining land of J. R. Copeland, Mrs. Dollj McCoj, J. W. Smith and others. 200 acres Und and two buildings in Priva? teer Township, property of J. Adger Smyth, adjoining lands of H. A. Rod y eas, Eliza? beth Hodges and others. E. SCOTT CARSON, S. S. C. Sheriffs Office, Aug. ll, 1891. WATCHMAN Al SD?TB0HN OO?OOOOOOOOCCCOOOOO JOB PRINTING OOOOOOOOOOOOOO O MC O O-C - W i?! We c*rr3p a large ?nd com o| JL/ !? plete stock of Cards, Envelopes -! *PI i and Paper. Trial Justice's - Jut !?aud other Blanks- A*1 work 0 ! P padded when so ordered. - ? P-_ Q j ?o oooooocoocoooo 01 M jo LETTER HEAD '-' . ._. -\ A, ?oj . NOTE HEAD ._._ -j Y) |? ." . BILL HEAD . . ? -j XV ? . ; ; TATEMEME* . ? _i rp o - ? ; . ENVELOPE . ?i X 0.INVITATION o yurt P POSTER r AsX;0i"; HANDBILL_;__ _ Ti Xf I0!- rgCII1>T . . . . -.JU jo:- CIRCULAR . ? ? - .' "rVT ?~ ~~~ PAMPHLET . fi JW Pi" " . . "FOLDER . ll T PCARD . X l0|.TAG ooo o O o o o o o o o o o o__ o o_ o_o_ IS COMPLETE. _o ooo c_o_o o o o o o o o o o o o o LAW Bt'EFS a specialty. We have facil? ities for the prompt and correct execution of this class of work. Constitution and By-Laws neatly printed and bound. Esti? mates cheerfully furnished on application. 00 Y OME EM BES If so, send your name and address for a Free Sample Of thc ftMTTRTCAlT BEE JOXTELX AL Weekly-?2 pages-One Bollar a year. 246 East Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. NOTICE. IN PURSUANCE OF THE LAWS OF this Stale notice is hereby given that the Bishopviile Railroad Company will apply to the Legislature of this State at its next ses? sion for authority to extend ice Railroad in a general North or North-westerly direction as far as tbe North Corolina State line, and also to extend said Railroad from Atkins in a South or South-easterly direction as far as some point on the North Eastern, or the Cen? tral Railroad of South Carolin**. P. L. BRIDGERS, President B. R R. Co. August 18, 1891. ang.26-v TO RENT. AFIRST CLASS FARM suitable foreither the truck or dairy business. Sitaated at corporate limits of the city, and con? venient to two railroads. There is a good six room boose and all necessary out buildings. Tbe land is clear of stumps and roots. Eighty acres cleared-the balance wood land, but suitable for pasture. Apply to, T. J TUOMEY. or Aug 26 y_R. P. MONAGHAN. MANNING ACADEMY. MANNING, S C. A Med School For Boys an?Girls. MRS. ALSBROOK WILL RESUME.HER school September 7th, 1891. Twsnty second annual session. Boarding pupils cared for as members of the family. Back? ward pupils carefully taught. All lessons thoroughly explianed. English, Latin, Greek, German, French, Book-keeping, Calisthenics, Type-Writing, Shortbhand, Elocution, Art and Music taught. Bord $8. Send for catalogue. Mas. E. C. NETTLES ALSBROOK, Aug. 26-2t. Principal. ST. JOSEPH'S AC?MY. SUMTER, S. C. THE EXERCISES OF THIS FIRST CLASS Academy will be resumed on the first Monday in SEPTEMBER. For terms apply to the Directress of the Academy, Sumter, S. C. Aug. 26- it._ THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. FOUNDED 1867. - - CHARTERED 1888. The Twenty-Fourth Collegiate . Year of this school for yonng jj ladies begins THURSDAY, SEP TEM BER 10th, 1891, and closes JUNE 13th, 1892. For terms, &c, apply for circular. Mas. L. A. BROWNE, Miss E. E. COOPER, July i . Principals. FORMAN UNIVERSITY, GREENVILLE, S. C. C. MANLY, D. D. - - - President. THE NEXT SESSION WILL BEGIN on the 30th of SEPTEMBER, 1891. The collegiate department includes the regu? lar college curnculnm There is also a Pre? paratory Department thoroughly organized Several professors have been added to the faculty. For further information, apply to the President or to Aug. 26-3_PBQF. H. T C^OK. Patrict Military Mite. Anderson, S. C. A MILITARY BOARDING SCHOOL J~\ for yoong men. English, Classical abd Commercial Course. Nine instructors-one an army officer detailed by U. S. Govern? ment. Next session begins SEPTEMBER 16. Rates reasonable. Send for Register with terms, &c. COL. JOHN B. PATRICK, Ang. 5. Principal. SOOTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S. C. OPENS SEPTEMBER 29th. Entrance examinations begin September 24th. Classical, Literary, Scientific, and Law Courses. Thirteen Professors. For further information, address the Presi? dent. JAMES WOODROW. Aug. 19._ W0FF0R0 COLLEGE, SPARTANBURG, S. C. JAS. H. CARLISLE, LL. D, PRESIDENT. Founded 1851. WOFFORD COLLEGE offers to students in the four college elapses two parallel courses of study, euch lend i np to tbe decree of Bachelor of Arts, itt or e of which Modern Languages are substituted for Greek. EXPENSES. Board, tuition, matriculation, washing, lights, fuel, books, and stationery, the neces? sary College *x penses for the year, can be met with One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. The ad va"?, tn gea offered by Wightman and Alumni Halls, enable students to meet their college expenses with this very small amount. The next session Levins October 1st, 1891. J A. GA M EWELL, Secretary of Faculty. lie SPARTANBURG, S. C. The Fourth Session begins October 1st, 1891. Boys prepared for College. Expenses may be covered by $150 a year. Supervision careful and constant. A. G. REM BERT, A. M., Aug. 19. Head Master. WESLEYAN i?, WW STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. Opens Sept. 17,1891. One of the most thorough and attractive schools for yonng ladies in the South. Conservative course in Music. Twenty-five teachers and officers. Situation beautiful. Climate unsur? passed. Pupils from twenty States. Terms low. Special inducement* to persons at a distance. For the low terms and great advantages of this cele? brated Virginia school, w. Ito for a catalogue to W. A. HARRIS, Fres't, Staunton, Virginia?. DAVIDSON Wim M ECK LEN BERG CO., N. C. On Railroad Between Charlotte and Sta?esv?le. SEPTEMBER lOib, 1891, TO JUNE 9th, 1892. Rev. J. B. Shearer, D. D., LLD . President and Professor of Biblical Instruction and Motal Philosophy. VV. J Martin, LL.D., Vice-President and Professor of Chemistry. W. D. Vinson, M. A., Prof. of-Mathematics. W. S. Graves, M. A.. Professor of Latin and French. W. S. Currell, Ph.D., Professor of English. H. L. Smith, Ph.D. Professor of Natural Philosophy. C. R. Harding, Ph.D., Professor of Greek and German Languages. W. L. Lingle, Tutor of Mathematics. The Master's Course, The Bachelor's Course, The Science Course, Eclectic Courses, Business Courses. For Degree Courses, the studies of the Freshmen and Sophomore classes are pre? scribed, and the studies of the Junior and Senior classes are elective. For Eclectic and Business Courses all the studu . .tr? elective. Studies in English, in Science and in the Bible are given due prominence. Students received at aoy time during the year. Terms reasonable and expenses low. For Catalogues and other intormat^on Address. THE PRESIDENT. PROF. S. SCULL, INSTRUCTOR Off Violin, Finte, Clarionet, Cornet, PIANO, ORGAN, &c. PUPILS will receive every attention neces? sary to i H ?lid advancement. Orders left at Sumter Book and NoveKy Store, or addressed through Post Office, will receive prompt atteution. Pianos and Organs Tuned & Rapsired. J i. ne 24 v BEATING OUR OWN RECORD. This is a hard thing to do, but we are do? ing it, and what is more, we intend to keep it up. For twenty years our record for fair dealing and best values for the least money, has never been lowered by any house iu the trade. To-day we propose to beat our record of "The Best Val? ues for the Least Money," and we want our friends and the public to watch the time made, and be with us at the finish. OUR LAST CUT on Clothing and Hats made the goods go like hot griddle cakes with maple syrup, but we still have some Odds and Ends Left that we are determined SHALL GO before we commence to open up in our new departments. To do this we will close them out at almost Your Own Price. So come quick or you will miss the chance of your lifetime. At the prices named our coun? ters will soon be cleared. We desire to again call the attention of the Ladies to our DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT which will be opened on or about the first of September, and beg to say that we have secured the services of a first class Modiste from New York, who will have charge of this departm?nt, and all work will be guaranteed to give satisfac? tion in every respect. Respectfully, J. Ryttenberg <fc Sons. Aug. 19. A. C. Phelps. A. Ryttenberg. A. G. PHELPS & GO., GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS, WfSITJE Fire, Life, Accident, Tornado, Lightning, Gin House and Steam Boiler Insurance, IN FIRST CLAS.rJ COMPANIES ONLY, Aiiu a? L?T^st B?ar? Rates. -o Resident Agents FOR LONDON k LANCASHIRE, of Liverpool. THE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., of Hertford, Con i. THE PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INS. CO., of Providence, R. I. THE SECURITY* INSURANCE CO., of New Haven, Coon. THE ST. ?AUL GERMAN INSURANCE CO., of St. Van!, Minn. THE GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COR? PORATION, of London. GENERAL AGENTS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE Accident Department OF THE AMERICAN CASUALTY taralee Ai Security Cripy, of Baltimore, Md., Cash Capital, $1,000,000. Assets, $1,775,000. Special Agents For MIDDLE AND EASTEFJ? SOUTH CARO? LINA FOIi THE Pei Mutual l? In Co., of Philadelphia, P? ESTABLISHED IN 1847. Assets over $1 ?,000,000. Surplus $2.875,000. T'..e productiveness of a human life, its :uor.ey va^lue in excess of that which is need? ed for p'.rsonal support, should he preserved to thos i others to whom and through whom life is given. The responsibility of a father and l.r.sband cannot justly be evaded. Duty falls short of performauce if he only protects thc *e others during his active aud productive years. Hisdeaih shonld be an endowment to some one, widow cr children : an evidence ?.hat he has not lived vainly and irresponsibly, whether his departure be at the meridan of hts powers, ov as the evening shadows bavp closed around him. Just men do this, know? ing the presjiug need therefor, and by divers methods. Unless 'Jiey embrace Life Insurance, statis? tics show that ninety per cent, fail of theij purpose. And it must be true life insurance that w'jich JJND?RES TO THE END, Whether death comes early or late. Such insurance the PENN MUTUAL issues, pre? senting an unassailable record extending through a period of 44 years. Write to us for plans aud rates, giving age. Office at Messrs. J. Ryttenberg k Sons, i Corner Main k Liberty Streets. ! A. C. PHELPS & GO., AGENTS, SUMTER, S. C. 1 June 17. A. A. STRAUSS. SAM WEINBERG. Out! Closing Out! Closing Out! Having bought out the business of L. Glick, we are now offering the entire stock of goods at and below J?. Y. COST. This is Not Mere Assertion. The goods were really bought at 822c. on the dollar and by offering them at 100 cents we make, and the purchaser makes a big thing. These goods are All Fresh and Seasonable, And must be disposed off at once to make room for new goods. We Invite our Friends and the Pubiic Generally To call early and avail themselves of this rare chance. Corner Main and Republican Streets. SUMTER, S. C. Aug. 28-St. C. S. MATT [ESSEW. Manufacturers' Agent and Dealer in ENGINE AND BURNING OILS. When in want of any machinery, call on or write to C. S. MATTHIESSEN, June 10. . Sumter, S. C. CHERAW MACHINE WORKS. (SUMTER BRANCH.) OUR ELLIOTS, Sumter Co., S. C. Gentlemen-I am very much pleased with the "Acme" Cotton Press. It is what I wanted. Ye ti rs trulv, J. McD. LAW. GOODS HAVE BOiSABDS, Sumter Cc , S. C. Cheraw M*rhine Works, Gentlemen: After using' several kicds of gins I purcha-ed a "Hall," and ran SHv that it is thc best I have ever seen or u*ed. N. s. MCLEOD. BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN THE BEST. STATEBURG, S. C. Cberaw Machine Works: Getlemen-Yours received, and in reply can say that I have been using ot e of Walter A. Wood Howers for sixteen years, and it bas not cost mc more than $20 during this length of time for repairs. I consider it the best machine i have seen. Very truly, W. R. FLUD. REMBSBTS, S. C. Cheraw Machine Works : Gentlemen-The 'Acme" Cotton Prest, purchased from you last season, has perforo?? ed its work to my entire satisfaction. I pre? fer it to the Boss, or any other presa on the market. Yours respectful!v~, EDWARD E REM BERT. REMEMBER THIS : The Best Machinery and Lowest Prices. Estimates made upon ANY STANDARD MACHINERY in the market. Call- on or Address CHERAW MACHINE WORKS, Office one door North of the Jervey House, Sumter, S. C, Thorough, Practical Instruction. Gradu? ates assisted to -positions. Catalogue FREE. Write to m\ I Stratton Bssissss Coiltge, J LOUISVILLE, KY. ^ 9 Sumter Brick Manufacturing1 Company. 500,000 Brick now on hand, and a daily output of 25,000 to 30,000. I beg to solicit the patronage of the public in need of brick. Prices guaranteed as low as any. Brick as good as ever manufactured for this market. Orders left with H. Harby will re? ceive prompt attention. HENRY J. HARBY, July 1. Sumter, S. C.