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HSSP A Y? JAW. 20, '92.
Jr*gof hundred strm mc ri and fifty bare
oa Um meadows of Thames and
BBL% Rtoa arose in an ago that was
_ slweeby.his radiantsida
. J?S?^?SES^ahdSw?.^
?** *Yer aa Kitto"* lbw brightened, a rt?**
more dark than the storm clothed sea;
Abd age ?pon ace rose fairer and la rip*, te
prettify of hupe set free, - *
WRb England Sion her ch lid kept ?moe as a
^ TOstress of mon to be,
Aad ever as earth waxed wiser, and softer th?
beating of time's wide wings.
Bmce fate fell dark oa her father, most hapless
' and^antlest of star crossed kings.
Her prais?j^uccea>ed' as the chane:
dawjMp th#(f q?- the^oon otrtsings.
{Mona and cloud ia the skies were loud, and
lightning mocked?* the Windsun^slight;
W?*and wo? on the land below shed hearior
sfeadow (Ml tails from night;
Park was earth at ber dawn of birth as ber?
ber record of praise is bright.
Thur rmi lair through the morning air tba
tight first langh on the ron Ut stage
W?M rang: as a fount that sprang Crota
depths yet dark with* spent storm's rag?:
t?fo? and glad as a boy's, and bad? ?he sunrise
open on Shakespeare.1* age.
Lords of state and of war, whom fate found
strong-in hattie, in counsel strong.
Bes?, ere fate ha&approved them great, ?bede
their sen?g?and thought not long;
Beare, too, fi?ijS?fe* the lark's note nursed that
filled ac^sooded the skies with song.
Sheller, lyric lord of England's lord licet sing
era, hore first heard
liing from Hps of poets crowned and dead the
. :.4^#titbiaw word .
V>l?eace hb MOO I took fire, and power to out
soar the sunward soaring bird.
.
Stfil the reaches of the river, st?l the ?sxh? on
' field and MM. ? gi
StCi the memories bold aloft as lamps for
hope's young fire to fill,
Homeland while the light of England lives
shall shine ftr England st?lL
When-four hundred more and fifty years have
risen and shone and set.
Bright with names that men remember, load
with names that mon forget,
. Hapfly here sOiall Eton's record bu what Eng-.
land finds it yet.
i , . -^L C Swinburne m Athenaeum.
I Q Air>-rrn
.. f /Bi Law of. Bankin ?tey. ,
. ImiereJivy Review of the Bankrupt
Late* . Which jB?ve Beat Enacted
mut Some Conclusions Which They
Suggest. * sJL
p?asnv?le (Teno ) American.J
- T: **For ?be good of Interstate and home
-?batmepee .is. ta be boped tint the
?jQ&f?teo?? Coogress wi?i pass a na?
tional bankruptcy law," remarked one
of the meet talented of the younger ele
^ >faeuV at the Nashville bar yesterday.
**A law," said be. "that is cumbersome
?od very expensive io its application,
or so hedged about as to deprive coun?
try towns of its best benefits or that
grossly conflicts with Sute law in re?
gard to exemptions, roles af evidence
ansi itns?ta?sons-soch a law wooli,
- Continuing, thea, in the same strain?
the speaker threw oat. the following
interesting suggestions, reviewing the
various ?aws which have been enacted
on this subject sa be proceeded.
Said her "Bat the expressions of
?encantUe gunton, the different.and
r "s?n^gi^ mfeotvency laws of the several
v States, and the uncertain but in?quita?
ble resolta always arising therefrom
dnake me believe that a system of bank
?ruptey, nniformly applicable throughout
tba ?a?e? Sutes-a based apon
aqra?Tsjut prit?Biplcs^ O*CT:L ia its provis?
ions and simple and inexpensive in its
Application-would meet the hearty
approval of the commercial world.
"Too enactment or the repeal of a
iaokruptcy law depends upon the opin?
ion of business men. Long delays,
*he distant meeting of creditors, the
?rouble of getting access to the courts
of bankruptcy aad the multifarious fees
of elerka and registers-jobed to the
uncertainties and the inequities of the
.complex statutes, caused business men
io demand the repeal of former laws on
this subject, ty'hat the mercantile and
?anufactoring world demands is equity,
simplicity, despatch and economy ; and
I believe that a law characterized by
Chose .element* would easily find a per
.^l?Snetii pTace in-the mind of the busi?
ness world.
"Three distinct bankruptcy laws
tave been enacted by Congress, and
eaab has been repealed. The first was]
* j?asedjipril 4, 1800-daring John
Adan?* administration, lt was passed
daring probably the most perilous per?
iod of our national government-at a
-HJ^ wheo the menaces of Mapoleen and
^England were joined to the bitterest
borne dissensions. Like the sedition
act its duration was limited-it was to
be valid for five years only. This act
r^Was repealed on Dec. 19. 1803-after
Jefferson had purchased Louisiana from
Napoleon, bad calmed the warring fac?
tions, restored confidence in the stability
of the nation, and woo' the whole cooo
- Jry's applause by his sound and liberal
atatesmauabip.
"Thirty four years passed. The
'panie of '37' came with its disasters.
And it was the results of this panic, to
?. a..gTeat-extent, that brought about the
second, bankruptcy law. lt was passed
Aug- 19, 1841. doriog Tyler's admin?
istration. It was acknowledged to have
been of much benefit during its exis
' tiDce, bat several unusually novel fea?
tures of the law created distrust, encour?
aged a belief that its tendencies were
pernicious and hastened its repeal.
The moat novel feature of this law was
the provision allowing a debtor to be
adjudged a bankrupt at his own request,
for'np to that time the provisions of a
bankrupt law, in its original meaning,
- could only be put into operation at the
instance of a creditor. From the days
of Heory VIII, bankrupt laws were
made for the exclusive benefit of oredi
4?or*, and creditors only could apply
them. As Judge Bronson of New
York, said : 'No such thing was ever
known prior to 1841 as thai a mao
r should declare himself a bankrupt and
demand a discharge in defiance of his
creditors.' This act not ooly allowed
-* any4 person whatsoever to have himself
adjudged a bunkrapt. but it gave bim
this power whether bis liabilities were
^ jarge or small. On the other hand, no
debtor coo id be forced into bankruptcy
~ by bis creditors unless bis liabilities ex
" ce?ded $2.000. This was giving the
debtor a broad field--privileges thereto?
fore unknown. The severity of the
commercial crisis was argued in j us ti fi
- r ea'roo of the law, but it immediately
met the condemnation of the people,
and was repealed March 3, 1843, hav?
ing been in operation only thirteen
|n^ot?\ or from Feb. 1. 1842, the day
il took effect. . It met a remarkable
dear hy in that it Was repealed on the
flast cfcv of.ihe very same Congress that
.^actfdtfc
"As to'he In? of 1867: Twen'y
foor roars then passed without, a bank?
ruptcy law Tire civil war famished
the main argument for the next law.
It was passed March 2, 1867-during
Johnson's* administration. This law
continued io force mach longer than tbe
two precediog it; but it began life
with the seal of death stamped upon its
forehead. It had upon its face the
Idack mark of special legislation-a
park always bringing disapproval along
with its discovery. Under this law no
petition coaldV he filed before ?Tune 1.
??67. There were at least three germs
nt decay in tbis law-the respective pro?
visions concerning discharges, exemp?
tions and official fees. These three
vitiated the faw, and of these the most
effective was that concerning discharge?.
Any ene owing more than {300 conld
hb&6me, what was termed, a voluntary
rbankrupt ; and any debtor who commit?
ted or omitted certain acts could be de?
clared a bankrupt at the petition of
creditors holding claims to the amount
of $250. The law provided that all
bona fide bankrupts, so adjudged before
June 1, 1868,' should be entitled to a
full djsch^rge or release from.the pay?
ment of alight s that should be proved
or<might have been proved in the bank*
ruptcy proceedings. But after Jnne 1,
1868, no such discharge could be had
unless the assets of the bankrupt were
sufficient to pay 50 per cent, of his lia?
bilities ; or unless a majority in number
and vaine of his creditors should ex?
press their written assent. Thus the
year from Ju se 1. 1867, to June 1,
1868, was. made jubilee for debtors.
"The creditor bad to stand by nolens
volens and see his' debtors released
without regard to their asets. Good
faith in the debtor was ail he had to
show. ? In the early part of 186S Con?
gress extended the duration of these
liberal provisions from June 1, 1868, to
Jan. 1, 1869, thus adding seven
months to the debtor's jubilee. This
legislation gave the law the plain and
uncovered semblance of partialty and
instability. The application of the law
was intricate and cumbersome, large
and numerous fees, long delayed pro?
ceedings and inacessible courts made
expenses heavy, and broke the creditor's
patience. Then the law not only per?
mitted a bankrupt to retain all the
property allowed him under his State
exemptipo law., bat gave bim additional
exemption to the arnon at of $500.
This seemed to be too liberal. But the
law continued till Jane 22,1874, when
it was amended in several particulars
ooe of which allowed a discharge to an
involuntary bankrupt regardless of the
amount of bis assets. On June 7, 1878
an act was passed repealing the law of
*67 and its amendtheuts-the act taking
effect on Sept. 1, 1878. -
4 'Since . that time no very strong
effort has been made ito have a bank?
ruptcy law passed. The House passed
such a law daring the last session of
the Fifty-first Congress, bat the force
bill prevented the Senate from rea obi og
it. President Harrison would doubt?
less have signed the bill had it reached
bim, for he earnestly urged the en?
actment of d good bankruptcy law io
his first and second annual messages.
"Various mercantile and business
associations throughtoat the United
States have expressed their wishes for
a good law. Among a large number
of prominent men who favor such a
law* I recall Judge Cjoley, of Michi?
gan, and the venerable Chief Justice
Stone, of Alabama, reputed to have
written more opinions than any living
Judge.
"A large per cent, of those who
engage in mercantile and manufacturing
porsnit8 are forced into the gulf of
insolvency-some from bad manage?
ment, others by misfortune that could
not be fore seen.
"The agency of R G. Duo & Co.
states that the number of failures and
the corresponding liabilities for the past
four years, in tbe United States are as
follows: 1888. 10.679 failures, with
$123,829.973 liabilities; 1889. 10,
882 failures, with $148.784.337
i liabilities ; 1890, 10,907 failures, with
$189,656, 964 liabilities; 1891. 12.
275 failures, with $189.868,638 lu-,
bilities.
"To make an equitable distribution
of the assets that correspond to the
immense amount of $190,000,000 lia?
bilities, giving all general creditors ic
different States an equal chance, whether
distant or near by, and granting ade?
quate relief to honest bat unfortunate
debtors-it seems to me that this would
be a most pleasing and beneficial accom?
paniment to the interstate commerce
law.
"A good bankruptcy law would most
probably be especially beneficial to the
Sooth, its industrial development,
begining about 1880, occasions large
outlays. The outlook is so full of
auspicious omens tbat many millions
will yet be placed. During this period
of development mishaps will occur that
the most eareful could not foresee
Troubles bringing insolvency will over?
take those in the front of our good
work-just as it overtook those who
explored and settled our country.
"The same mercantile agency says
that the liabilities of failures io . the
Eastern States during 1891 were $19,
000,000, and $27,000.000, in 1890 ;
in the Middle Srates liabilities were $67,
000.000 in 1891 to $75.000.000 in
1^90 : in the Southern States the lia?
bilities were $45.000.000 in 1891 to
$27,000,000 in 1890 ; on the Pacific
coast the liabilities were $9.000.000 in
1891 to $7.000.000 in 1890. A glance
at this comparative statement shows
largely increased liabilities in the
South, and yet everyone knows that
the South is moving steadily forward
in a great industrial revolution. Other
figures along this line joined to the
uniformity of a national system indicate
that a good bankruptcy law would be
fruitful of good results to the South."
Old Bigby Yielded.
Young Toddleby was a true-hearted
and promising youth. He had grad?
uated with honor at Yale, and was
studying law with Mr. Lofter. It so
happened that Toddleby became ac?
quainted with a beautiful young lady,
daughter of old Digby. He loved the
fair maiden, and when be had reason
to belive that his love was returned be
asked Mr. Lofter to recommed bim to
the father. Lofter being on terms of
close intimacy with the family. The
lawyer agreed aod performed his mis?
sion bot old Digby, who loved money,
asked wbat property the young man had
Lofter said be did not know, but he
would inquire. The next time he saw
his young student he asked bim if he
bad any property at all.
"Only health, strength and a de?
termination to work,1' replied the
I youth,
"Well,'' said the lawyer who sin
I cere ly brlieved the youth was in every
j way worthy, "let as see. What will
you take for your right leg ? I will
give you $20,000 for it,"
Of course Toddleby refused.
The next time the lawyer saw the
? young lady's father he said :
"t have ioquired about this young
man's circumstances. He has no money
in bank ; but he owns a piece of pro*
perty for which, to my certain know?
ledge, he has been offered and has
refused $20,000."
This led old Digby to consent to the
marriage, which shortly afterward took
place. In the end he had reason to be
proud of his son-in-law, thongh be was
once heard to remark touching that
rare piece of property upon the
strength of which be had consented to
the match :
* 'If it could not take wings, it was
liable at any time to walk off T'-New
York Ledger.
Near-sighted lady-The boy who
is trying to tie that tin can to that
poor dog's tail ought to be ' thrashed
within an inch of his life-the horrid
little brute.
Maid-It's your boy, mani.
"My boy ?" '
"Yes, mum."
"Tell him if he'll stop, PH give him
some cake."-Good Neics.
Teacher-Tommy, can you give me
j a sentence in which 'but' is a con?
junction ?
Tommy-See the goat butt the boy.
'Butt' isa conjunction, and connects
the boy with the goat,-Brooklyn Ea?
gle.
? < . ai ?
.Extinguishing Pf res by Electricity.
Fires have once in a while been caused
by electricity, and it seems strange that
the very source of danger can now be
utilized as a cure for the ill that it may
create. The systems of automatic
sprinkling generally adopted are open to
mauy objections, and are often found
uncertain in action just at the moment
when they are required. The main diffi- !
culties which have hitherto stood in the
way are now overcome by the use of an
electrical sprinkler.
This modification comprises the use of
a. motor and pump and a complete sys?
tem of "sprinkler" pipes, which can be
so arranged as to cover every part of the
building it is desired to protect. Push
buttons are placed in convenient posi?
tions on every floor, and these start the
motor and pump and open any valves
which may be required for the extinction
of the fire, it is an immense advantage
to thus be able to gain control of large
masses of vrater and to localize the flow.
-New York Telegram.
Bar Harbor Girls in Sweaters.
A tendency is evinced on the part of
some of the younger ladies to monopolize
the sweater, a gansent hitherto confined
to football players and men devoted to
other athletic sports. These odd look?
ing pieces of wearing apparel are worn
in place of the old time jersey and are
usually accompanied by a blazer jacket
-Sar Harbor cor. Boston Globs.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became 3iiss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castor**
A trial convinces the most skeptical. Care?
fully prepared, pleasant to the taste, DeWitt's
Cough and Consumption Cure is a valable
remedy. W. H G?liland & Co.
1892.
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eh?
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OH 1 YES, COOK STOVES, COOK STOVES, ALL WARRANTED. HEATING STOVES
A IX KINDS. OIL STOVES FROM $100 UP.
A R F? E $ S A ?X KI M D Si
Out of breath, can't tell you all we have. Everybody, COME AND SEE.
Hain Street,
Sumter, S. 0.
THE
SUMTER INSTITUTE.
FOUNDED 1867. - - CHARTERED 1888.
j The Twenty-Fourth Collesiate
jqp?HL_ Year of this school for vouog
C^SS% ladies begius THURSDAY," SEP
^(P^y TEM BER 10th, 1891, and closes
<s3&r JUNE 13th, 1892
For terms, &c, apply for circular.
Maa. L. A. BROWNE,
Miss E. E. COOPER.
July 1_Principals.
J. S HCGHSON, M. D. T. B EDWARDS
NEW DRUG STORE.
J, S. HUGHSON & GO.,
Having purchased the Drug
Store of
W. H. eiLLILAND & CO.
Respectfully solicits the patronage of his
friends ?nd the public generally. They
will find a full supply of fresh
Drugs, Medicines, Patent Medi?
cines, Fine Perfumery, Combs,
Brashes, Soaps, Fancy and
Toilet Articles, Etc., Etc.
MK. D. J. A L LD
So long and well-known to the people of
Sumter as a reliable Druggist and
Prescription Clerk,
Will also be found there to attend their
calls, and fill all prescriptions in the
most careful manner.
Monaghan Block,
MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C.
Nov. 25.
FOR
German American of New York.
Hamburg Bremen of Himburg, Germany.
Orient of Hartford, Conn.
Liberty of New York.
Atlanta Home of Atlanta, Ga.
Heklaof'St. Paul, Minnesota.
Commercial of Montgomery, Ala.
American Accident of Louisville, Ky.
Sep. 23.
NEW LUMBER YARD.
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
the public generally that my Saw Mill
located on the C. S &*N. R. R., just back of
my residence, is now in full operation, and I
am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow
Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices
according to grados.
Yard accessible on N^rth side of residence.
J. B. ROACH.
Feb iq._
L D. JOHNSTON,
SUMTER, S. C.,
-THE
Practical Carpenter, Contractor
AND BUILDER,
T*70ULD RESPECTFULLY inform the
y j citizens of Sumter and surrounding
country that he is prepared to furnish plans,
and PStimates on brick and wooden buildings
All work entrusted .to him will be done
first class.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Aug 19 o
-MANUFACTURED Z\
fte Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co.
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
Thc Best Kentedy ITl
!n this world, says J. Eofherr, of SyracuBS,
N. Y-, is Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic, because
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ST. Louis, MO., March 2, 1891.
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Nerve Tonic ha? dono I?O, I ?evl it a duty to
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'tnoking, having boen so for several years. ^The
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cordially recommend it as an excellent nerve
tonic L. H.
Fnrr-A Valuable Book on Nervous
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wff a:id poor patients can also obtain
I lb In this medicine free of charse.
This remedv has boen prepared by the Reverend
Pastor Koenig, of Fort ^\ avue. Ind, ?nco 1S?B, and
is now prepared underhis directiou by the
KOENIG MED. CO.. Chicago, UL
Sold by Drairsrists at SI per Bottle. 6 for$5.
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MC Mlwd his Opportunity! l>OVT Miu
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at Ir.Kt. a jrrand start in life. The COLPKK opportunity for
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byanyindnstrionspersonof either sex. All apes. Yon can
do tho work and live at homo, wherever you aro. Even be?
ginners aro easily carninc from *?.'? to $10 por day. Von
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ously ; and voa can increase your income as yon poon. Yon
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BEST AND CHEAPEST.
ALL GOODS GUARANTEED
Estimates furnished by return Mail.
LARBH STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS,
(ii. IL ME 4 CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE?
SALE DEALERS IN
DDUItS, UH, BUM,
MOULDING,
-AND
GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL
Office and Salesrooms, IO and 12 HayneSt
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 25 o
G. 0- BROWN I BRO.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
SMI & BLINDS,
LATHS, LIME,
CEMENT, PLASTER,
AND HAIR.
Frenci arni American VMow ?lass,
PAINTS, OILS
AND VARNISHES.
CARTER WHITE LEAD,
The Best io the Market.
Special Attention Given to Ordert
hy Mail.
C. O. BROWN & BRO.,
Opposite Post Office,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Oct 5-0
A. WHITE & SON,
Fire Insurance Agency.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, among other Companies:
LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE.
NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE.
HOME, of New York.
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented, $75,000,000.
Feb. 12
OHO F. WEITERS,
WHOLESALE
GROCER
And Liquor Dealer.
OFFICE AND SALESROOM:
183 East Bay, Charleston, S* C,
Nov. 7 o
&
Established 1847.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Auction and Commission Merchants
and Liquor Dealers.
AOKNT8 TOR
The Philip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee
Beer, and the "Best" Tonic, a concentrated
liquid extract of Malt and Hops.
The Palest Brewing Co., Milwaukee Beer.
197 EAST BAY AND 50 AND 52 STATE 8T1.,
(Auction Room State Street,)
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Consignments Solicited.
Jan. 23._O_
FERTILIZERS !
FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS!
Having bought largely, FOR CASH, a fnll as?
sortment ef,
Fertilizers, kit ai oiler Gm
We are prepared to fill orders for
euch at low figures and on reasonable
terms.
C. WULBERN & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers,
171 ami 173 East Bay,
Nov. 19. Charleston, S. C
WILLIAM KENNEDY
Fashionable Barber.
MAIN STREET,
Next door to Earle k Purdy's Law Office.
SUMTER, S. C.
IDESIRE TO INFORM the citiwms of
Sumter and vicinity that I have opened
business on ruy own account at the above ?ld
stand, and that with competent and petite
assistants-,; I will be pleased to serve them io
any branch of my business in the best style
of the art.
Give me a call.
WM. KENNEDY.
Oct. 19._
SHAVING
DONE BY ELECTRICITY
-AT
C. C. REDIC'S,
Next door to T. C. Scaffe.
Jan 1
BOARDING.
MRS. M. A. EPPERSON
is prepared to entertain boarders, both
regular and transient, with first class accom?
modations.
TABLE SUPPLIED WITH
THE BEST.
Lihertv Street, near St Josephs' Academy.
Feb. 25-3m. Sumter, S. C.
MANSION HOUSE.
CORNER LIBERTY AND HARYIN STS.,
j is prepared to entertain boarders, both
.gular and transient, with first class accom
lodations. MKS. M. F. MILLER,
Sep. 16. Sumter, S.C.
STIEFF PIANOS
THE ARTISTS FAVORITE.
nXSURPASSED IN TOUCH, TONE,
workmanship and durability. Palace
Organs, a strictly first clxss instrument at
exceedingly low prices. Don't purchase be?
fore seeing our catalogues and prices.
JOHN A. HOLLAND, Ninety Six, S.C.
Pleasesiy where you saw this advertise?
neut. March 25
and Whiskey Habite
cured at home with?
out pain. Book of pai*
t icu lars sent FREE,
B. M. WOO LLEY,M. IX