C|t S?kmn nita pouffera WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20,'92. : The Suinter Watchman was founded m 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. Th? Watchman and Southron no? has tfo-cBB&tt?z circulation and influence of boA Of the old papers, and is mani? festly the beat advertising m?dium in 5 mm ter. r;.' BDiTOEiAi. NOTBS. ~ ?ov f atman^voal? not sign tbs bill extending the time for the payment of taxes, hoping to scare enough people loto paying, yet ^oe has not paid his *axesj: ah ti oughts salary is $3,500. . Hampton has beensuggested io quite 6 csm?sr of exchanges as the most snitaSfe man " for-^^cfiext governor. ' Hampton maj cot ? wish the place, bat Bis services are needed now quite as jfettob aa in '76 when he resetted the Staie from the Radicals. y A fair, open primary ts the oufy way lo ?ettie the- di Serenoes be twee? the faction s.of the Democracy in this conn ty. - ?fcat it whist we want, and that is the only *Mog that will satisfy us. The nit1 ^Mit fears a primary most fear de in a fair contest. - ...the Atlanta Journal Almanac and deference Book for 1892, of which we have received a copy is a handsome pamphlet, gotten up in black and gold, la addition to. the matter usually fonnd in Almanacs there is a great deal of in? formation that is needed every day. Ulis Almanac* ' is* another e video se of Om enterprirtng character of Atlanta's great afternoon -detij, - Mr. H. R. Thomas's speech before the State Executive Committee is given io &11 this week. We requested Mr. ' tag ram to furnish os with his speech OB the same occasion, which he prom Jr;"/fto/do. B.9 was unexpectedly called out of the city on business on Mooday acid failed to give us the manu? script before leaving. Hence we are .nuable to keep the promise made last jveex tagivQ both sides this week. The Chilean situation grows more grained each day? in? unless ail reports 'are at fault, war is now a foregone conclu? dion aa!ess Chile backs down and apol -ogiaes. The men ia authority in Chile ?are ;pl*eed rn ac unenviable position. Hf they make the apology demanded by 'the United States, the people of Chile ,-will revolt against them and another ?civil war will result ; if they do not *make the apology war with this country wiU result and final defeat by the Unit? ed States, ia certain. It now appears .fhat they have decided to brave the lat * ?er alternative. The State is now pirsning a course " that we do not regard as wholly commend "able. f It is altogether right to publish h ??ow them that opportunity. The fotest had best-be brought on Lo mer ?$? a#d the demerits of the Tillman ad ??Maietratiotu e;^ 1^ representatives of the Miners, : ?Wereoce, the strongest labor onion of -??eat Britain, were m session when the .?$liZ*Q** . ?- j.---.? anetta, of the death of the Duse of dar ^neewaa announced, i A resolution ex "ipresatog^ympathy with the royal fam? ily was introduced, but was cot even considered, the pr?viens question being . -?kea nptafier a hitter debate hy a vote ? -to 15. Some of the leader- exprssed themselves as being opposed to any such v~reso1b^on a* a death in the royal fami? ly was oojj, ^rQjotjjjejniners acd not subject for oficial action on the part - 40? tte- Confederation. The refusal to ?fass- the resolution was a heartless act, " AA.say the best of it, and it shows that . ioyaity isnotas affectionately regarded ?It AgBl??LT?RAT, BETRO ^ ' ; fiPECT. *^^The : freteat depressed condition of ' ^e'^grmtteral interests, when viewed . jpaiy k the light of the present, appears . ^Waimea*wirhoatremedy; and there ?vjawr many who openly assert that the . foture of our country is inevitably de? pendent upon the pri?e of cot too. They would have ns believe that this is ' * cotton country, and that nothing else , eiia .be raised with profit. . This is a mistake, and it readily recognised as such when viewed in" the light of the past. .We..publish tc-day an extract from ^ Hfce iotr?duetory chapter of Msjor Har ?jr Hammond's Haod-book of South ' iOsrioHna;-' Io it is traced the fluctua? tions of the different crops produced ic the past, and from the data'.giveo we ?'?m? see that the present depression is ?at a r-petit :.oi of past events. First ' '^ihe forests supplied th9 larger quantity i oC products, with small grtiio next. Theo otro came to the front and was for - -many years che great crop, and indigo aas at the same ticae extensively pro? duced; rice was first cultivated io 1700 . and after indigo ceased to be produced, ! waa, next to corn, the most valuable crop, until about 1830, when cotton ? . attained the secood place, and in 1850 te surpassed any other in value. In past days there were many no doubt, who maintained that this coon try was ruined because indigo could no . i. longer be raised at a profit. There are - 'thousands of men in t^is State to-day, who would think it the greatest folly to piauteorn as a money crop, yet at one fime corn wes the' principal money crop 1^l9t(t?v-t^t?stil Wuyu one crop ceases to b? remunerative we mus: devote our ,?.irg;ts to frome tth?r. Be'.v.ciu the time when the first crop becomes unre numerative and auother crop is found to take its place there bas been a period of depression and distress. But this period has ever been followed by a peri? od of increased prosperity, j The South generally, aod especially Sooth Carolina, is now undergoing the ?period of depression, and the duty of ?every one is to diligently seek for a j substitute for cotton. We have always believed that South Carolina can pro? duce any erop produced elsewhere io the temperate zone, and with such a diversified list to select from, there should be no long delay in finding a crop, or crops, to take the place of cot ?too, either partially or wholly, as the individual may elect. In diversified crops, however, is the hope of the present, and the farmers instructed by the past, should not be unduly cast down, but adapt them? selves to changed conditions and man? fully work out their own salvation. There is a grand future before our State Of ali the States nene can com? pare with South Carolina in re? sources, and it is a mistake to leave on account of transitory depression For when the era of depression has past, I an era of such unprecedented prosperity will follow as thisState has never known. By the light of the past let us work out the questions of the present. THEY PELL FfiOM. GRACE. Mr. Thomas thanks God! He says that "the great majority of those people (meaning those who op? posed Tillman, and most especially those wno opposed his representatives : tn this county) have repented and will .bring forth fruit meet for repentance' in the next campaign," if the pure in heart that swung & Tillman's coat-tails, will but open their arms to the erring brethren. In reaching out after a sonorously sounding climax, Mr. Thomas concocts a curious medley of Scriptural phrase? ology and patent misstatements. It is well known, however, that Mr. Thomas, like the new editor of the Bishop vii ie ( Eagle, is somewhat of a poet, and he , can easily place upon thc shoulders of poetic license the blame for his state- j ments, not based ou facts. j We bave yet to see a man .who was ( opposed to Till monism in the last cam- t paign, who even now regrets the stand t then taken. Repentance pre-supposes , the acknowledgment of an error. Can j Mr. Thomas find ten men in Sumter , County who were Straighouts two years \ ago, now willing to acknowledge that ? their position was wrong ? We venture ? the assertion that he cannot produce j ten men, not to mention a majority, as ? he asserted before the Executive Com- g mittee. 2 But to Mr. Thomas's argument as it ts, not as it ought to be. He proposes t to show that the Tillman faction consti- c tuted the true Democracy of Sumter t County. Upon what does he ba^e bis j argument ? Mainly upon these facts : ; . 1st. That the first 0-ninty Convention <] was rever legally organized and that hy f a compromise the delegation to ?he State Convention was divided equally j between the Tillman and anti-Tillman v factions; 21. That J. L. M. Irby as t chairman of the State Executive Com- s mittee refused to recognize either fae- 1 tion after the split; 3-1. The result of c the primaries held respectively by the - Straighouts and by the Ti liman i tes. f Let us see what it all amounts to t when reduced to the last analysis. c 1st. The County Convention held on i July 24th, 1890, was never organized ; c at all. Why ? Because the Tiilmanites ' c would not allow the organisation to pro- ^ oeed in the customary and proper man- v ner. How did they prevent the organ- j Cation ? By raising such a hubbub that c no one could hear what was going on. ; No one bas ever learned why the Tiil? manites acted as they did on that cc- g easton. It appeared that they did not t desire the convention to perfect an or- j j. ganization, and that they desired, above 0 ail things a split. We can only con- fj jecture as to the cause of their acts. t Twenty eight old clubs and twenty-one g new ones sent delegates to the conven? tion. The convention was called to order by the chairman, who ruled that p the convention knew nothing of any c clubs save those (the old clubs) already , on the rolls, and that the enrollment of j, the new clubs would be takcu up after ii the roll of the old clubs had been called Several protests were entered agaiust f seating delegations of some of the cid s clubs. ( A motion to appoint a committee on r. credentials to investigate and report eu the admission of new clubs was made and a regular pandemonium resulted. After a great deal of. confusion Col j c Blanding offered the followiug r?solu j v tion : Resolved, That both the Ti'lman and anti- j t Tillman factions of the Democratic party with? draw simultaneously from the Court House | i and each organize for itself as it shill deem best, a convention, and each elect five dele? gates, to the August Convention and take such other action as it please. That each re? port to the ?tate Convention and the two sets of delegates shall together compose the dele? gation from Sumter County. This was accepted as the only means of avoiding a fight, upon which tbe/fill- ! inanit?s teemed bent.4' i- z The present editor was at the meet? ing and in the report for the Watchman & Southron, said: "The deplorable hick of order, when at tempting to organize, is easily accounted for. j * There were several clubs in the county almost if not entirely Tiilmanites-who had divided and sub-divided for the purpose of j S increasing their representation, while in no | t ipstance, as far as we know, wasafstraigbtbut I ^ anti-Tillman club stn-divided. Had the I * Sumter club with i's 65-1 members doae like- c wise, instead of going into the convention with tw?nty-f?ven delegates, it would have a had fifty one f- ?re. To illustrate the point, v we wilt nvnti n the Spring Hill Club from which the Excelsior club (anti-Tillman) was i a taken. The : em ander split agni?, although ! a of the same political faith, a?.d organized iu | ad di.ion two others, . ~ iSu.'ilb's Mill and 1 Rattlesnake Spring clubs-three in all. Again,Jut Magnolia, eighty members ganized two clubs, in the same room, and the same time. Probaby, a3 many as live in, or within a mile or two of Magnol the others were drawn from a distance ; ; boys freely taken. The "Earlites" having withdrawn from Providence Club, the Tillmanites who mained divided making two clubs : the Pr< dence and the Providence Mill Clubs. Mi rial was drawn from Gaillard's X Roads, strengthen the one last named. The purpose of all this gerrymandering, perfectly pittin. and, as above stated, for creased representation. Amid such do and uncertainty, the strictest scrutiny 1 absolutely necessary for fair play, on b sides. The Convention never got eo far wards organisation as to appoint a commit on credentials-every move io that direct creating the wildest confusion." This was the only reason we could cou ture for the action of the Tillmanites at time, and still believe it the true reason. The action of the Straightouts not proof that the Tillmanites hat majority in the county, as Mr. Thoa states. If the Tillmanites were in I majority, they would not have feared submit their club rolls, along with t rolls of the Straightouts, to a commit! on credentials. The Straightouts c not shrink from it, and they only c sired the convention to be organiz on a fair basis. The compromise v> not a confession that tbe Tillmanii were in the majority, but accept merely as a means to avoid a row. \ did not approve of the compromise the time, as it was only putting off t evil day, and our judgment has be borne ont by more recent developmen * 21. J. L. M. Irby, chairman of t State Executive Committee refused recognize either faction. He also sta ti that the acts of both the conventio were absolute nullities, including tl election of chairman, the ordering primaries and the election of the mea hers of the State Executive Committe If they were nullities then, they a; nullities now, and Chairman Irby ac the Executive Committee have stultific themselves by their act in recognizin Mr. Thomas. If the convention th? sleeted D. E. Keels, chairman, and F K. Thomas, member of the State Ext jutive Committee, was never legally 01 ganized, then the State Executive Cou mittee is convicted of fraud out of th nouth of its own chairman, by the re sent action recognizing H. R. Thoma is the legal representative of Sumte bounty. How can the representativ ye legal, if the body which created hie ts representative was itself illegal ? ? o the question of the legality of tb -wo conventions it has been discussed ii bese columns so often as to bardi nerit repetition, but we will go over th )rincipal points briefly. Dr. Hughnoi sas the direct successor to Capt. Gail ard, being elected by a conventioi egally called for the purpose of elect og a chairman. The Tillmanites re used to participate in this conventioi ilthough entitled to do so. They, io Head, held an independent conventior md elected Capt. Keels, chairman ifter this they would listen to no over ures looking to a settlement of the dif iculty. Their cause was so palpan!) injust that Chairman Irby refused tc ecogoize their claims although all his nclinatious were in that direction. Therefore he refused to recognize either action. 3d..The primaries that proved-notti? ng. The Straightout primary which vas held on September 25 was not a rue exponent of the Straightout trength, for it was not kuown pusitive y that the primary would he held, be ause negotiations concerning a com >romise were pending between the two actions until a late hour on the night of he 24th, and the report was industri? ously circulated that the negotiations tad been successful and the primary irdered off. It was also a very rainy lay and a great many who would have roted were prevented by the inclement feather. At six of the precincts no ?oxes were opened, and thc people were tot accorded an opportunity to vote. Uso all polis closed at 5 o'clock p. m. The Tillmanite primary was held ou Saturday, the weather was auspicious, here was no uncertainty about the ?ri mary being held, the polls were kept pen until dark, and in this city until 1 o'clock that night. The result was he Tillmanites polled 12?6 votes to ?87 at the Straighout primary. The result of the general election on November 4th cannot be considered as .roving anything either, as it was so nixed up with fraud, box-smashing, oting by proxy, etc., that every man is eft free to form his own private ophi? on. In Mr. Thomas's entire argument he ails to give a single reason for the eating of himself that is vindicated by he facts of the case. It is an ingenious ilea, and one that a body of men laturally biased in his favor would be iabie to accept on its face. The conclusion is inexpressibly fun IV, with its mixture of repentance, vhere there is no repentance, brotherly ove, where there is none, and falling rom grace, where there was no grace rom which to fall. Senator [ngalls once said that relig on and politics were incompatibles and ie must have had South Carolina in niud when be made the remark. Mr Thoma? had best not attempt to coo ?olidate his Methodism with his politics, dr an explosion might bc the result, md then Thomas-exit. The article treating of the bankrupt :y law, which we pubii>h this week vas taken from the Nashville (Tenn ) huerican. The article is a report of a peech delivered before the bar associa ion, by Noah W. Cooper, Esq., of S ash ville. Mr. Cooper is a South Car? olina boy, a native of Marion County, ( nd has been located in Nashville, i lhere he w&s admitted to the bar only I i i bout a year. Ile is already regarded I 3 one of the rising ycung nu u of j >liddlc Tennessee. i ( Agricultural Retrospect. The first permanent settlers estab? lished themselves on the sea-coast of South Carolina in 1670. Bringing cr C with them the traditions of a husbandry that must have been very rude at a period so long ante-dating the Tullian era of culture, and adapted solely to the requirements of colder latitudes, they met with such poor success in the cultivation of European cereals that they soon found it would be more prof? itable to employ themselves in collect? ing and exporting the products of the great forests that surrounded them In return for the necessaries of life, they exported to the mother couotry and her colonies, oranges, tar, turpen? tine, rosin, masts, stashes, cedar, cy? press and pine lumber, walnut timber, staves, shingles, canes, deer and beaver skins, etc. lt is interesting to remark, after being more or less in abeyance dur? ing a period of two hundred years, amid the fluctuations of other great sta? ple crops, these forest industries, seem? ed, in 1870, about to assume their an? cient supremacy once more. With the settlement of the up-country the culture of small grain become more successful ; and when Joseph Kershaw established his large flouring mills near Camden, in 1760, flour of excellent quality was produced in such abundance as to be? come an article of export of considera? ble consequence. In 1802, flouring mills had proven so profitable that quite a number were established in the coun? ties of Laurens, Greenville and else? where. About that time, however, the attractions of the cotton crop became so great as to divert attention from every other, and the cereals los?t ground, until the low prices of cotton prevailing between 1840 and 1850 pre? pared the way for a greater diversity of agricultural industries, and the small grain crop of 1850 exceeded four mil? lion bushels. Since then cereal crops have declined, and seem likely to do so, unless the promise held out by the re? cent introduction of the red rust proof oat should be fulfilled and restore them to prominence. In 1693, Landgrave Thomas Smith -of whose decendants more than five hundred were living in the State in 18C8 (a number doubtless largely in? creased since), moved perchance by a prophetic sense of the fitness that the father of such a numerous progeny should provide for the support of an extensive population-introduced the culture of rice into South Carolina The seed came from the island of Mada? gascar, in a vessel that put into Charleston harbor in distress. This proved a great success, and as early as 1754, the colony, besides supplying an abundance of rice for its own use, ex? ported ooe hundred and four thousand six hundred and eighty two barrels. Great improvements were made in the grain by a careful selection of the seed. Water culture was introduced in 1784, by Gideon Dupont and General Piack ney* rendering its production less de? pendent ou the labor ot mao or beast than any cultivated crop.. In 1778, Mr. Lucas established on the Santee River the first water power mill ever adapted to cleaning and preparing rice for mark? et-the model to which ali subsequent improvements were due-diminishing the cost of this process to a degree incal? culable without some standard of refer? ence as to the value of human labor, on which the drudgery of this toil had rested for.ages., in 1828, one hundred and seventy-five thousand and nineteen tierces were exported, and the crop of 1850 exceeded two hundred and fifty thousand tierces, that of 3860 was some? thing les?, and in 1870 the product tumbled headlong to fifty-four thousand tierces. INDIGO -In 1742, George Lucas, governor of Antigua, sent the first seeds of the indigo plant to Carolina, to his daughter, Miss Eliza Lucas (after? wards the mother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckoey) With much perseverance, after several disappointments, she suc? ceeded in growing the plant and ex? tracting the indigo from it. Parliament shortly after placed a bounty on the production of indigo in British posses? sions aud this crop attained a rapid deve? lopment in Carolina. In 1754, two hundred and sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty-four pounds and in 1775, one million one hundred and seven thousand six hundred and sixty pounds were produced. But the war with thc mother country, the competi? tion of indigo culture iu the East Indies, the unpleasant odor emitted aud the swarms of flies attracted by the ferment? ation cf thc- weeds in the vats, but above all the absorbing interest in the cotton crop, caused the rapid decline of its culture, and in the early part of this ceniury it had ceased to be a staple pro? duct, although it was cultivated in remote places as late as 1858. ?2CDIAS CORN -Indian corn, thegrain which, "next to rice, supplies fcod to the largest number of the human race, * * the most valuable gift of the new world to the old," as a plant unknown to Europe aoculture, and in ill repute as the food of the ever hostile red man, received little attention from tbe eat ly settler'*. Neverthless, with the steadi? ness that marks true merit, it worked its way to the front rank among the Lvopa grovrn in the State. As early as 1739 it- bad become an important article uf exhort and continued mob until after 1792, in which year ninety-nine thousand nine hundred are eighty-five bushels were exported. About this Lime, in consequence of the absorption by cotton of all surplus energy, it fell from the list of exports and shortly after entered that of imports, on which to-day-taken iu all ?ts torin*-it stands the largest. But its culture was by no means abandoned ; on the contrary, the crop grew in size with the increase of the population. In 1SG0, more than sixteen millions of bushels were pro Juctd. In l?57. Dr. Parker made, near Columbia, the largest crop per acre ever obtained anywhere; from two acres he gathered three huudred and Sty-nine bushels, and one acre gave two huudred bushel? aud twelve quarts. In consequence of the higher prices of cotton the corn crop was reduced in 1S?0 by one million of bushels ; in 1870 it had gone down one half, having Fallen to be ven and a half million bush sls. COTTON.-Cotton is mentioned in the records of the colony as early as 1C64, md in 1747, seven bags appear on the list of exports from Charleston. Io 1787 Samuel Maverick, and one Jeffrey, shipped three bags of one hun? dred pounds each of seed cotton ?rom Charleston to England as an experi nent.and were informed for their pains jy the consignee, that it was not worth producing, as it could not be separated ron? the seed. In 1790 a manufactory >f cotton homcspuus was established by some Irish, in Williamburg county, the lint used being picked from the seed by hand, a task of four pounds of lint per week being required of the field labor? ers in addition to their ordinary work. All this speedily changed with the invention of the saw gin by Eli Whit? ney, in 179?. The first gin moved by water power was erected on Mill Creek, near Monticello, in Fairfield by Capt. Jame? Kincaid, in 1795, Gen. Wade Hampton ercted another near Columbia, in 1797, and tbe following year gather? ed from six hundred acres, six hundred bales of cotton, and cotton planting became soon after the leading industry io nearly every county in the State. The crop steadily increased in size until 1860, when the three hundred and fifty thousand bales produced in the State were worth something over fourteen millions of dollars. From this date to 1870 there was a great decline, the crop of that year being more than one-third less than the crop of ten years previous, and reaching onlr two hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred bales. SEA ISLAND COTTON.-The first crop of sea island cotton was raised on Hilton Head in 1790, by William Elliott. This crop reached its year of maximum production in 1827, when 15,140,798 pounds of long stable cottoo was exported from the State ; io 1841 it bad fallen to 6,400,000 pouods. Sioce 1856 this crop has fiuctated from a minimum in 1866 of 4.577 bales to a maximum in 1872 of 13,150 bales. Even in so brief a summarry as this, the attention of the reader tnnst be called to the remarkable influence exerted on the three great crops of corn, cotton and rice, by their culture on the South Carolina coast. The finest, as food for man, of all the known varieties of corn is the white flint corn, peculiar to the sea islands. The fioest cottoo ever produced is the long staple cotton of Edisto island, which bas sold for ?2 per pound, wh?n other cottons were bringing only nine cents. Carolina rice heads the list in the quotations of that article in all the markets of the world. Not only has its yield and culture been brought to the highest perfection here, but man? kind are indebted to the planters of this coast for the mechanical inventions ! by which the preparation of this great food stuff, instead of being the most costly and laborious, is made one of the easiest and cheapest. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this head for 25 cents for each iosertiou. Additional lines 5 cents per line. TO RENT-The Dwelling on Main Street next Dr. A. J.^China's residence. Con Jams 8 rooms besides kitchen and other con? veniences. Apply to D. China at City Drug Store. Jan. 20 tf. TO RENT-Store with good yarri enclosed, to rent on Liberty Street. Also rooms in dwelling on Liberty Street For particu? lars apply to Mrs H. M. Cuaick. Jan. 13-3t. LOTS FOR SALE-Two fine building lots on West side of Harby Avenue next to residence of John T. Green, Esq. 62^x287 feet. For terms, apply to A. C. Phelps. Dec. 2.-tf_ FOR SALE-Planting lands iu all sections of Sumter and Clarendon counties, ?mall farms and large plantations, city lots in all parts of the city. ?V. H. INGRAM,: October 14. Broker. WANTED-Any young persou desirisg to attend a first-class Business, Short? hand or Telegraph College cm get valua? ble information bj seeing ihe Editor of this paper in person. CARD OF THANKS. ?DESIRE TO RETURN THANKS to my friends for valunble assistance ?D saving my furniture and other household effects tsn tbe occasion of the burning of my hou?e on last Sunday morning. Their timely aid was greatly appreciated, and has placed me under lasting obligations to them. Jan. 20-lt. N. P. LENOIR. TO KENT. ?OFFER my residence on Calhoun Street for rent. Vf ill rent house either furnish? ed or unfurnished. For further information apply to H. Lr. DARR, Jin. 20. Advance Office. NOTICE. W. Y. L MARSHALL, a member of the firm of E. E REMBERT & Co., Merchants, Sumter, S. C., having purchased a one-half interest in the business of E. E. RKMBKRT, at Rerabert's, S. C , the two stores will hereafter be consol? idated, and the mercantile bouse at Sumter and the mercantile house at Rembert's will both be conducted hereafter under the firm name of REM BERT & MARSHALL. AU d?lits due to either of the former firms are payable to the new firm of REMBERT & MARSHALL, and all debts due by either ot the former firms will be assumed by REMBERT & MARSHALL. Thanking our friends for past favors, we solicit a continuance of the same. E. E. REMBERT, W. Y. L. MARSHALL. Sumter, S. C., J.m. 1, 189-'. ALE Under Foreclosure of Mortgage. UNDER, and by virtue of a mortgage dated January 8, 1890, executed by henry Hvrvih, in favor of Ducker & Bult rny Omy Sharper to Ducker k Bultraan, there will be sold at Public Auction, in front of the Court House, in the city of Sumter, on Monday, January 25th, one Black Horse Mule, tiHtned Neri, one Black Mare Mule, named Kit, one One-Horse Wagon, and one Buggy. DUCKER & BULTMAN. Jan. 20-lt._ Estate of Davidson 8L Dick, MINOR. IWILL APPLY TO JUDGE OF PRO bate of Sumter County on February 19Ui, 1891, for a fina] discharge as Guar? dian of the Person and Estate ot said Minor. ANTHONY WHITE, Jan. 13 -4t. Guardian. Why Rent Land When You Can Buy a Home on Easy Terms? FOR SALE. A TRACT OF GOOD FARMING AND /V Titulier land, containing 90U acres with good dwelling and outbuildings, well located half mile from Reid-s station on the Manches? ter and Augusta R. R., 9 miles from Sumter. Will sell as a whole or iu lots to suit pur? chasers. Terms-One-third cash, balance easy pay? ments and low interest. See or address W. O. CAIN, Ramsey, P. O., S. C. OR E. W. Dabbs, Agt. Ramsey P. O , S. C. Dec 30 - ?*. We are in the Itel ering great bar? lines tills month to make room for Spring stock. gains in ali on rm Prevents our giving particulars but still we have time to tell you that we are handling large quantities of " t At exceedingly Reasonable Rates. Look for our advertise? ment next week. Advances in Farmers supplies and fertilizers can be arranged for on good paper. SIGN OF THE BIG HAND. SUMTER and REMBERT, S. C. Call and look through our l