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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8,'92. ^mmmmmarnmmm-?afr ir i\mmmmm Bittered ai the fost Oftje at Sumter, S G.% a* Second (Tlasz Matter. " IITBW ADVBR-?-?SBMBNTS. R. W. Du Rant & Son-Fair Notice. K*t. Thoma? Wells-F in al Discharge. < County Commissioners-- Bridges to Let. ,/ 'MA. Lillis A: Crosswt-U -Final Discharge. Boykin, Canner & Co.-Boykiu's Worm Killer Waqt-Six Room Houses-Three Building Lott for Sale-Lot in Magnolia for Sale. Personal. Ur. Harry Hood has been io the city for several dara? Rer. R. A. Lapsley, ol'Aon is ton, Alabama, If tn the city. Mr. W. W. Dick of Cheleston was in the ^tygresterdaj. ^ AStorney General McLf turin wa? io the city ^ batt Friday. * Mr. ?od MTS/. J Charlton Rivers hare re? turned from a bridal toar in the uorih. Ut. A. K- Gonzales, eerier al agent of the ??U, was in the city Saturday. * Hiss Hallie Carson has returned from Dar? lington, and is accompanied by Miss Alma McCown. Hr. C. T. Mason, Jr., -who has been ill with pneumonia Cor the past two weeks, has re? covered soffieien t ly to be up. Mr, W. S. Reame? bas re*urned fron Flor? id*, where be was engaged in business dur? ing the Vinter. j Mr. W. R. Wilder, of St. Stephens, S. C., -vas in the city Sunday on a visit to his ?eph-w, Mr. J. W. Wilder. Sr. K. 3 Rembert and family hare moved from Rem ber ts to this 'city to lire and are occupying tDe Baric place. Miss Susie Halie, one of Camden's most charming belles returned home on last Satur? day after spending a week in the city as the ?peet-of Miss Lillie Deigar. Mist Edith DeLorme, has been e'ected to the position ia the Darlington Graded School, recently made vacant hy the resignation of Mis* Mattie Mills. ^ 'Sheriff Ferguson, of Charleston, was in the eily .Monday, - -having come np for Louis Holmes, a negro whom Sheriff Carson had caught for bim. , ' Architect Nierosee, was in the city Tues? day overlooking the work on the Graded School building. He says the work bas been done io a satisfactory manner so far. Mr. B.C. Haynswortb, of the firm of Ly les k Haynsworth, attn: ..vs ut law, Columbia, S. C., will remove to Summer in a short time mad will practice Uw in connection with bis father Maj. W. F. B. Haynsworth.-Stute. The following item was t lipped for the last p*per,but was omitted by ni ia take : "Senator Abbo?t, wbo made such a strong defence for the soldiers' home, was invi-ed to deliver the annual address before the Association at its meeting in April."-Newt and Courier. Keera, Nelson & Co., of Hagood made an aasten ment to 6. B. Clark, Esq., of Camden on 29th of January. - Wm Kennedy, the barber has added a handsome cop rack to the furnishing of bis .bop and he now has a rs oat complete and very handsome place. The surface of Liberty Street from the intersection of Sumter Street to Main has been raised about one foot by the application of sand and broken bricks. It is boped that the muid- bole, previously existing here during wet weather, bas been obliterated. The burning of a negro house in the vicinity of the A. C. L. depot on Saturday nieht* about 1* o!clock, creutpd some excite mentraad called ont the'fire departmen . but before the engines reached tbe scene the bouse cor sumed. Tax Beturrss. Mr. Peter Thomas. Auditor of Sumter County, asks us to announce that be will be at-Sc*rbe>TOTJE b's on Friday, Feb. 5th, instead of Monday the 1st, as previously advertised. He was in bis office in the city on . y ?-?day by request of a great-many people in tse country who wished to make their returns while in the city on that day. Telephone Exchange Closed. The Telephone ' Company bas closed tbe Exchange and are cow open.ting only a few private lines. The telephone ions? did not give satisfaction, and the exchange was not paying, hence tbe discontinu ance. As soon aa the company can secure ek ctric t?l?phones the exchange ?viii be re-opened. - ?*.*??*? mmm Janausebek. The "Harvest Moon" which was presented on Friday evening at the Academy of Music hy Jananschek and a strong company, drew a fo>l bouse and deservedly so. It is one of the strongest and most interesting serio-comedies played in Sumter this season, and tbe acting was excellent. Jananschek herself was great, ?od folly sustained ber reputation. w ll-" : W.~?<?~?a--? Burned to Death. During the last week two regro children were burned tb death in this (?unty, one on the place of Mr. W. T. Fort in the Concord neighborhood, and the other on Mr. Peter Pitt's place in the Jordan neighborhood. Th? particulars of the accidents have not been ascertained, bot it ia supposed t hat, as o?ual, carelessness caused the death of both children Admitted to Bail. Upon application of Lee & Mcise. attorneys for the accused, ii tbe Not is homicide case Messrs John Kingman and Wess Burkett were released from jail on bail, on last Saturday. Mr. Kingman waa admitted to%*il ia the som of $5,000 00,-J. E. Philips, C L. Williamson H. A. Hoyt and Charles W. Kingman going on his bond; and Mr. Burkett in the sum of $3,000.00, B. G. Pierson, T. H. Burkett and R. M. Pius being his sureties. mmm > ? -- Dropped Dead on the Street. A negro woman, Jane Cooler?, by name, wa&seeu to reel as she walked and then drop? ped to tbe ground dead on Maia Street, on last, Saturday about mid-day. Up to the time of her death she had been in usual health. She came to the city that morning from where she lived several miles in the country. A post mortem examination was made and tt wa? decided that sie died from heart disease. A Runaway Accident. Willis Benoett, the* colored serton of the Presbyterian Church, was ina over and pain? fully injured by a runaway horse on Liberty Street last Saturday morning. The wheel of the wagon struck bim.in tbe forehead, cut? ting a gash five inches long to tbe bone. He was taken to China's Drug Store and the wound dressed-, immediately, and be is now suffering litfleHli effec'tir from the mishap. The Minstrels. Tbe exhibition of tbe Minstrels cn Monday night did credit to Sumter. In tbe aggre? gate ir was good, in places excelleot. while of coarse some parts were cot worthy of com? mendation. The faults were aH of such a nature that practice and greater familiarity with the work will remove. There was a dis? position on the part of some to overdo their parti-an attempt to be too funny. With this fault corrected, they can equal and surpass many-in;the ranks of professional minstrelsy. Every seat in the house was sold a half boar before tbe curtain rose and when it did ge up there was bard ?y standing room to be bad. The audience was most appreciative and sympathetic and expressed their approval by the heartiest applause. The best features on the programme were fcc original song, "They Are After Me,'* by Mr Albert Moise, the old negro specialty, "Old Black Joe," by Mr. Alphonse and the musical farce by ileura. W. and J. tooran, Moise, Winn and Joues. Tbe muti: in the last mentioned number was so excellent that it received the raost em b usia s tic applause. Tue local hits and jokes were both pointed and amusing, and it was funny, but pitiful to make use of Joe Chandler's dream about fire. In conclusion we cannot too highly com? mend the exhibition as a whole. Tbe cos? tumes were handsome, the stage settings were tasteful and the acting would do credit to maa y minstrel troupes on tbe road. Few people were aware that there were so much musical talent in the city as was brought together io the minstrel troupe. We predict thai if tbe troupe playa ia other places their reception will be as hearty and their triumph vas certaitr as here-merit always wins its deserts. -Theenterprise of the promoters of the minstrels,deserves tbe highest praise, and the success of Monday night's entertainment wa? the highest and most sat isfactorj praite Ital ihey could bare Retired. TT? J Hymeneal. * Cards have been issued announcing the marriage of Mr. Len W; Corbett formerly of Sumter, now assistant post master, of Los Angeles, California, to Miss Ida A. Hardison, of Santa Paula, California, on Thursday, tbe i 1th instant. Death. Mr. R. B. Garland, an excellent and re? spected citizen of Sardinia, Clarendon Coun? ty, died on the night of January 20th, aged about 65 years. His funeral services were held and* he was buried at Salem Brick Cbuich, of which he ?as ? member. Religions The regular monthly union servies be? tween the churches of the city, will be held in ihe Methodist Church ntxt Sunday evening at 7 30 p. m. mm ? i ? ru The Men's Prayer Meeting. . A Men's Prayer Meeting has been inaugur? ated at the Methodist Episcopal Church,South, to meet every Sunday morning at 9 45. Length of service is to ne about three-quarters of an honr, which will allow attendance upon preaching at other churches wheo desired. The services are to be led by laymen All men of ajl churches and of no church are invited to attend. It is hoped that a similar meeting will be organized at the other churches of our city, and tbat a circle of prayer will be formed by these organizations to meet at the several churches io union meet? ing, similar to the one conducted by the pastors of the churches of our city. But few of our men attend services of prayer, and here is a good opportunity to in? augurate a different, happier and more hope? ful state of affairs. These meetings should be full to overflowing every Sunday morning. - mmn i < i um - Lecture on China. .Rev. Yan Phou Lee delivered a lecture on China to a small audience in the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening. He speaks with ease and fluency ,aod shows himself to be thor? oughly familiar with his subj-ct;and a master of tlie English language. His lecture was in? teresting from beginning to end, interspersed as it was with quotations from the standard poets of the English and Chinese languages The merit of the lecture deserved a larger attendance than it received. New Post Office. The Post Office Department has established a post office at the s'ore of Hon. W. D. Scar? borough, near Providence, to be known as Scarboro, and Mr. Henry A. McLeod has been appointed post master Weather Maps. The Watchman and Southron bas made ar? rangements with the Weather Department to secure the daily maps forecasting the weather for the succeeding twenty-four hours, issued from the Charleston Station ; and the maps will be displayed on the bulletin bond in front of this office every morning. Mason Cotton Harvesters. A number of Mason cotton harvesters were manufactured for the last crop and were sold to planters in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The machines worked so successfully tbat the company received orders for a num? ber of uew machines from the same parties The harvesters have been mauufaciured at the agricultural machine works, owned by the late James Richardson, the great Mississippi coi ton planter, but owing to fe is death a short time ago, the works have been closed, and the company have been compelled to make other arrangements for the manufacture of the har? vesters. Just previous to the recent illness of Mr. C. T. Mason, Jr., the company had authorized bim to fit up the shop here and obtain work? men from the North to manufacture the har? vester here. Owing to Mr. Mason's illness nothing has been done yet ; but it is expected that arrangements will oe perfected in a short time and the shop here will be running full time turning out the harvester. Minstrels Coming. Crandall, Clark & Hake's Minstrels will appear at Academy of Music Monday evening the S:b inst. The following complimentary comment on the performance of this rompany is clipped from the Nashville Recorder. Notwithstanding there h is been a surplus of minstrels at the diff?rent theatres in the City the past few weeks this popular house held yesterday two audiences that completely packed it and most enthusiastically applauded the entire bill. There were no chestnuts,even the Jokes of tbe end men were new and the GrandaH, Clark & Hakes Minstrels me.de a hit and kept the large audience in a contiooos roar of laughter from first to last, and one thing the managers are to be commended on was tbe entire absence of vulgarity and smutty jokes. They can always rely on a crowded bauseio Nashville. II HM l-l - A Fatal Accident. A workman at Carr's Planing Mills, named W. M. Wallace was fatally and horribly in? jured by bis clothes becoming caught in the shafting about ll o'cioc-k this morning. He went up in the loft to pct a belt on a- pull v, and h*d to cross the sbafting to reach the pally. His apron became caught on the rap? idly revolving shaft, and he was whipped around and around until his clothes were torn from bis body. He then fe!! ?<? ?be floor, and it was found that both legs were broken, one in two, the other in three places, feis ribs broken and tern out, his bead severely gashed and crushed, besides internal injuries. He is most horribly mangled, but is still alive at tbe time of going to press. He is a married man with several children. Pianaforte Lecture Recital. Mr. Eward Baxter Perry, who has won a repution ia both Europe and America as a pianist will give one of bis lecture-recitals in the Hall of the Sumter institute on Monday evening, February 15th under tbe auspices of the Pbilomathiao Society. Mr. Perry will have his own piano, a maguificent Knabe grand with bim, and will not labor under the disadvantage of not having a suitable piano, as is nsualy the case with fravelliug per? formers. He is the originator of the lecture recital and it has reached the greatest per? fection. Mr. Perry's purpose in adopting the recital, in place of tbe ordinary piano concert, is two? fold : fin?, ro add to the benefit derived by music students from listening to his pro? gramares, and second, to popularize the best in piano music with the general public. The method be employs is to preface each number of a carefully selected-pianoforte programme with a brief verbal analysis, calling attention to its origin, form, salient characteristics, and descriptive or emotional significance. The result attained is, while giving to music stu? dents and amateurs information and sugges? tions of value to them from an educational standpoint, at the same time to render each composition intelligible and consequently enjoyable to every listener even to those who have not the least technical training in the art. The excellence of the entertainment deserves liberal patronage, and the enterprise of the young ladies of the Philomathian society should be heartily encouraged. Tickets now on sale at Pr. McKagen's Drug Store and the Freeman office. Admis? sion 50 cents, and 35 cents for school children. --tmmm- --." ??-- Um - Ionia Items. As it bas been some time since the ir. ? S. has bad any items from us, and your two other correspondents are somewhat slow in senciing news, we will try to give you what we bare gathered. The farmers are considerably behind with their work on account of so much rain. A larger quantity of oats are being sown this year than ever before. We have begun to find out that we have to plant something else except cotton, if we live here long. Weean make ali we use here except coffee, and we eau live without tbat. The political pot bas begun to boil just a little here. We or the most of us, f.tvor the primary to settle the dispute in our county. Let both factions do what is right and come together and all will be well, if not, all will be sorry. Master Du ncan Matthews was kicked on the head one day las', week by a mule. It gave him a black eye and a swelled head. He i3 all O. K. now. Mr. Editor, did you ever have the grip? I mean the doctor's grip. I have had the mer? chant's jrip, the lawyer's grip the candidate's grip and doctor's grip. And when I pray I pray that I shall have no more grip and espe? cially the doctor's grip. Mr. John R. McLeod has returned from Florida, where he bas been on a visit. Mr. Editor is there any Jaw for tattlers? ! If there is not we want to tattle just a little; bit. We would ask a lawyer, but he would charge us $5,and we don't want to tattle thal ; much. We try to be law-abiding citizens, j Therefore ask the question. Yours, etc., U. GUESS. [it depends whether you tattle about your own buoiuess or uot.J S WA Tj To the People of Sumter County. The undersigned invi'e the plaotera, merchants and business men generally of Sumter County to meet io the Court House ia the city of Sumter at 12 o'clock, on Monday the 15th of Febru? ary, to consider the propriety of send? ing delegates to the Cotton Growers' Convention, which will be held in Mont? gomery, Alabama, on March 9th : J. B AYCOCK. G. M. SAUNDERS, W. L SAUNDERS, W. D. SCARBOROUGH, li M. JENKINS, ]) BULL. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, W. T. BBOG DON. J. D. CHANDLER, J. T MULDROW, A. F COUSAR, W. W. DE3CHAMP3, T P. K1LGORE. WHAT MR. THOMAS WANTS. Let Us Have Peace, But No Primary. Editor The IF. and S. : I beg you will give space- to "rehash" in a plainer form what has already been published, as I deem it my duty. The September State Convention decided after a full hearing of both factions "that both the Keels and the Hughson organizations in this County were illegal." It is then the people's duty to accept this. The State Ex. Com. then ordered Capt. Gaillard to reorganize the County. He refused to do it, saying he was not County Chairman, but that Dr. Hugh son was the State Ex. Com. and State Convention. The supreme power, said Dr. Hughson was not Chairman. It is then the people's duty to accept this. The State Ex. Com. then promised to take steps to reorganize the County, but they didn't do it. The Hughson faction did not re-organize, but con? tinued to claim that they were legally organized and ignored the decision of the State Ex. Com. and the State Con? vention. The Keels faction recognized, in obedience to the supreme power, that they were not legally organized. The State Ex. Com. failing to re-or? ganize the County, the two factions had no recourse left thom, but to ap? peal to the sovereign people of Sumter County1, the supreme power over all. This the Keels faction did do and the people responded to the call, when they re-organized and elected Mr. Keels Chairman, and the people in sep? arate primaries gave Mr. Keels a ma? jority over Dr. Hughson of 340 votes. This made Mr. Keels the legal Chair? man of Sumter County. These argu? ments were used before the State Ex Com. and they decided after a full hear? ing that Mr. Keels is the legal Chair? man of Sumter County. It is there? fore the bounden duty of all good Democrats to accept Mr. Keels as Co. Chairman. Before going into the last contest for my seat on the State Ex. Com. I proposed, in the interest of peace and harmony-hoping to reconcile both factions* that Mr. Ingram and myself agree on some man who was not a par? tisan to re-organize the County. Mr. Irby said if we would agree the State Ex. Com. would commission, the man to re-organize the County. I proposed Mr. W. F. B. Haynsworth, knowing he possessed the love and confidence of both factions. Mr. Ingram declined the proposal because we had no au? thority. He proposed a primary in? stead,'to which the Ex. Com. did not agree. I orJbosed a primary because it would, at the beginning of this un? precedented year stir up again the dead issues of two years ago, when our people are busy and deeply concerned about the live issues of arranging for another crop. What would all the ex? pense, the excitement and fuss of a primary accomplish? It would sim ply'elect a man to preside over a con? vention five minutes. When a con? vention assembles and is organized, it is supreme and it can then elect whom it pleases. I felt sure that the people wanted peace and not the excitement of a primary to elect a man for a five minute job and you know it's said that "a primary proves nothing in Sumter County." I have talked with some of the opponents of the Keels faction and they express no dissatisfaction. The contest before the State Ex. Com. was of their own choosing and 1 am con? fident all good Democrats, all good citizens, and fair-minded men will ac? cept the results of the contest they sought. I see no dissatisfaction ex? cept in the editorials of your pa? per and those of The Freeman in de? manding a primary. The interest of the newspapers are not identical with the interest of the people, they thrive cn excitement and strife, while the people starve. I beg my fellow-citi? zens to consider the matter of the Co. Chairman as finally settled by the de? cision of the State Ex. Com. and let us have peace. Please cease stirring up our people with your recommendations cf a primary when one faction is satisfied and 'twould be dishonor? able in the other faction to bolt an arbitration which they sought ?nd instituted. Don't try to fool the people and lead them off into "in depende;-:ustn worse than radicalism." * * * H. R. THOMAS. The remainder of Mr. Thomas's article consists of personal allusions to the proprietor and a former editor of this paper. th.3t are not borne out by facts, and of such an abusive character that we cannot permit it to appear io these columns. As lon? as Mr. Thomas confines himself to public matters and couches his communications in proper language, the columns of the W. & S. are open to him, but no longer. The Canning Industry. In 1*349, when the gold fever broke out, canned food cante in great de? mand on account of its adaptness for transportation, convenient form and easy preparation. The next few years witnessed a very rapid increase and the trade showed a healthy development : the range of thc pack began to widen and to include fruits, vegetables, oysters and meats ; the standard of quality also improved. Maryland soon came to the front as the recog? nized leader and centre of this grow? ing industry, with Maine, New York and New Jersey following Now, 1892 the canning industry has grown to immense proportions, numbering about 20,000 factories in operation, scatterred over the broad domain of forty-one States and terri? tories. These factories give employ? ment in various capacities to 1,00(3, 000 persons dining the canning sea? son,while those directly and indirectly concerned amount to 4,000,000 ; they use the raw material,fruits,vegetables, &c, produced on 1,500,000 acres of latid, thus furnishing a home market ! for the products of 30,000 farms, giv- ? ing employment to a vast number of j farm-laborers, ami bringing to the j farmers $25,000,000. for their pro- j duce ; they transform this raw mater- j ial into 0,000,000 cans of food worth j ?48,000,000 in fn st hands, a food that j is outrions, healthful and in such a form as to be easily and safely trans-> ported to the remote corners of the earth. The packing houses of Mary land alone gave employment to thous- i ands of men, women and children during last year; all of the lighter iruita aud vegetables have beeu canned. The fields have bee? robbed of peas, berries and cherries, corn, tomatoes, etc., and thousands of cans of these delicious morsels are ready for winter's use. One of our large canning houses had twelve or fourteen hundred women and girls at work upon the peaches lt is an interesting sight to watch the progress of a peach from the time it is delivered at a packing house until it is snugly encased in a can ready for the table. The peaches are first taken to a culling room, and the peelers stand waiting their turu to get a box. Two big-tuen at a machine do the culling act, and when a box of culled peaches is ready to be peeled, it is given to a woman or a girl as the case may be, and she hustles off with it to a big'room, takes herseat among the other women or girls and begins work. While peeling the peaches the women sit close to each other and merrily flash their knives over the peach until the peel is off. Sometimes while at work the girls sing and chatter and, no doubt, sometimes think of some good looking young fellow who does not want them to peel peaches. The cans are in waiting for the peaches, and when the peaches aie peeled they are taken to large tables, and there a number of girls place them into the cans. Before the peaches are put into the cans, a quan? tity of sugar is first placed in and then follows the peach. The cans then are taken to a large vessel of hot water and a small quantity of water is placed in each can. The cans are then capped, then processed by being placed in a tank of boiling water. After remaining the required time, are taken out and cooled off in old water, a label is then placed on and the peaches are ready for the market. Tlie tomato packing in Maryland begins about August 1st. When a wagon load of tomatoes reaches the canning house, it is first weighed, then the tomatoes are placed into a kettle and scalded. They are next skinned, then placed into the can?, the capping, processing and labeling follow, and the tomatoes are ready for use. From cock crow until sunset the wagons are backing into the packing houses unloading and then going off again through the crush only to return later with more boxes and baskets. In no part of the country has the canning industry brighter prospects than in the South, off all sections to which I would look for great success the South is the one. The climate is altogether suitable, the labor is cheap and not a single case of canned goods should be manufactured in the North and brought to you for consumption, the North has lived for years on the blindness of the South in this particu? lar. I want to see your raw material put into hermetically sealed packages at your own canneries and by your own people. It is time that the busi? ness men of the South awakened to the importance of a broad spirit of encouragement to ali enterprises that look to Sou:hem advancement. As great as has been the work of the Southern people as a whole in the marvellous development that has been going on for five or six years, too many have stood idly by and waited, hoping that others would come in and lead such enterprises and let them grow rich out of it. Most of the developments which are making the South prominent as an industrial field has been the result of plucky Southern effort. Let them keep up the motion I am like others who are at aH con? versant with Southern affairs, a strong believer in the Southern States as a field for progress, development and wealth-making in the immediate future. Investments of such as I speak, pay handsome profits besides being of much benefit io the cities or counties where these factories are located. The capital required for conducting the canning business is very moder? ate. The manufacturers! of this ma? chinery furnish full instructions for processing all the various canned good* without the aid of skilled labor. Numbers of farmers and others in our State conduct this enterprise in addi? tion to their other duties. The statements as to the percentage of profits realized in some cases would be incredible if they were not authen? ticated by unquestionable testimony and amply substantiated by ascer? tained facts. With moderate capital and proper management there is prob? ably no other business known com? bining such large profits and so high degree of safety. Take the entire pack throughout the entire canning districts of the whole country of the last season. So small is the stock of canned goods on hand that the holders can well afford, if they desire, to wait until spring to dispose cf them. The demand for consumption increases disproportionately to the supply. This country is large, facilities for distribution are increasing, and the trade for canned goods is growing, lu every household it is a portion of the daily rations. It is cheap, ready for use and in all respects is desir? able. Without it there are portions of our country that would be forced to subsist on salt meat and bread. To the camp, the mine and the mariner it is now indispensable. Take the coun? try at large and I venture to assert that the pack last year does not ex? ceed three-fifths of an average one, and that too in face of little or nothing bning carried over from the former season. S. M. SIXDALL. Baltimore, Jan. 29th, 1892 Shiloh Items. Mr. F. L. Plater lost a horse this week The general opinion ia that it was poisoned. How sad! Miss Fannie Player, of Sumter, is visiting ber sister, Mrs. J. L). Frierson, and Mr. C. B. is away in florida. But I guess thrt it is a very pleasmt disappointment for some of the boys here. The (armers seem to he busy making ar? rangements for a new crop. Tiie small grain crop in this section is look? ing well. We think that the people of the South ou^ht to turn their attention to some? thing that will bring them money all during tiie year, such as poultry, fruits, etc AGRICOLA. - m .????? m* Oh, What a Cough. Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of the sure approach of that more terrible disease Conumption. Ask yours?-lves if" yon can afford for the sake of saving 50c, to nii> tiie risk and do noihinjr for it. We know from experience that Shiloh"s Cure will eme your cough. It never fails. This ex? plains wtiy more than a Milli n Bottles were sold i lu- past year. It relieves croup nnd whoop* ?.t? cough at once. Mothers, do not be without it. For lame hack, side ur chest use Shiloh's Porous plaster S;id by Ur A. J. China. Sumter S. C. 4 AND S The Magazines, Scribner's Magazine for February, |among a number of verv interesti.-g and handsomely illustrated articles conUins several deserving special mention. The opening article "Station Life in Australia" is one of the most interest? ing and test written articles concerning Aus? tralia and the conditions of life there we have ever read. The "Model Working-Girls Club*' contain a great deal ot information 'The Revenue Cutter Servi.-e" is well worth read? ing. 4,The Wrecker" by RoM. Loni.-?Steven? son, is continued in several exciting chapters. The Point of View has several articles of merit this mouth. The February Cosmtqyolit'in contains an un? usual number of illustrations of'artistic merit, also it is tull of literary merit. The leading article, "Love and Marriage in Japan," by Sir Edwin Arnold, throws a new light r>n some of the places heretofore dark in our idea of Japan. The article concerning the portraits of Columbus and engravings of the portraits are interesting at this time, when everything pertaining to Coiumnu* is receiving so much attention With the next issue of the maga? zine William Dean Howells.so long connected with I/irper s Monthly, will assume editorial charge with the present editor. This is an important acquisition, and the staff of the Cosmoporitan now has no superior in America. Une o? thc most attractive of the short stories recently published appears under ihe title, "The Belles of Spruceland," in the Feb? ruary Double Number of The Youth's Coin' panion. It describes with uncommon fidelity a party arranged by two girls. The guests were the old ladies of the village, belles of fifty years ago, and their chief entertainment was a serenade by the old fifer and drummers of their youthful days. In such a story young and old meet on a common ground of inter? est and respond to the touch of true sentiment felt by ?ii Hges Nothing better could be read aloud to a family circle. ?- mm The best cure tor rheumatism or neuralgia H Salvation Oil, used according to directions, 25 cts. The news from the seat of war is constantly contradictory; but not sc from Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup; every report concerning it to be the best Cough Syrup knowu. Only 25 cents a bottle. Teachers7 Asssociation Department. County Association. The County Association will meet here Saturday at 10.30, and all teachers as wall as friends of education are requested to he pres? ent. At this meeting the advisability of hold? ing an Institute will be discussed. It is urged upon all the necessity of coming prepared to discuss the topics assigned. Number and geography will be the special topics. JNO B. DUFFIE, Pres. . Meteorological Becords, The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the week ending Jan. 31st, 1892 : Tem pera tu re. Condition. 25 261 27 28 29] 30 31 52 4 45.5 31.5 41 8 52.2 43 5 41.1 66.6! 55. ! 41. j 54. j 62 53 I 50. ! 37 51 41. i 25. 28 5 41. 40. 29.5 S Vl Var N SW SW NW Var .00 Clear. .00 Clear. .00 Clear. .00.Clear. .OOiClear. .00'Clear. ,0U;C!car. WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. rent a rooms. WANTED.-Family desires tu house containing about six Appiy at this office. FOR SALE -3 good building Lots on North side of Republican St. between New St. and Harby Ave. Applv to A. C. Phelps. Feb 3-lt. FOR SALE -All that house and lot of land, situated and being in the village of Magnolia, in the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, containing four acres, more or less, adjoining the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Co., A. S. Boyle, Mrs. Hogan and others. Terms easy. Apply to MAM?N MOISK, Feb 3 3t. Sumter, S. C. WANTED-Boarders, young men and married couples. First-class accom? modations and reasonable prices. Mrs. W. E. Minis. 126 Church street. Jan. 27 2t. TO RENT-The Dwelling on Main Street next Dr. A. J .China's residence. Con? tains 8 rooms besides kitchen and other con? veniences. Apply to D. Cbiua at City Drug Store. Jan. 20 tf. FOR SALE-Planting lands in all sections of Sumter and Clarendon counties, ?mall farms and large plantations, city lots in all parts of the city. W. H. INGRAM, October 14. Broker. WANTED-Any young person desiring to attend a first-class Business, Short? hand or Telegraph College can get valua? ble information by seeiDg the Editor of this paper in person. Q@?9?@9@00 ~ Tho B2naHost,P?ll ta the World I y THE SECRET U Aof recruiting health is discovered in j ? ?sa I Ia liver affections, side headache, dys-1 pepsia, ?atulenco. heartburn, bilious ?colic, eruptions of tho skin, and all .A troubles of the bowels, their curativo (?3 effects aro marvelous. They are a cor ?rcctivo as "well as a gentle cathartic, Very p:na!l and easy to take. Price, vg? ^."c. Onice, 30 & 41 Park Place, N. Y, W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR. J. CHARLTON RIVERS. NICKEL SAVING BANK, -CHARLESTON, S. C. Deposits of .05 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 5 per cent. pf"J annum. Payable quarterly on first days of January, April, July and October. Careful Attention Given to Collections. - PRINGLE & KITERS, - - AGENTS' SUMTER, S. C. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. -o rj^HIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE J_ with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT & SON, Proori'SJOja OUTHR Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint Id it not worth the small price of 75c. to free yourself of every symptom of these dis? tressing complaints, if* yon think so call at our store and get a bot??e of Shiloh's Vi laiizer, every bottle has a printed guarantee on it, use accordingly and if it does-you no good it will cost you nothing. Sold by Dr. A. J. China, Sumter S. C. 5 -"mm i i mm - We h^ve a speedy and positive cure for catarrh, diphtheria, canker rrrou-th and head? ache, in Shiloh's Cttarrh Reroedv. A nasal injector free with each bottle. Use it if you denire health and sweet breath. Price 50c. Sold by Dr. A. J. China, Sumter S. C. 5 Notice to Advertisers. . Copy for changes in contractadvertisemenf? . must be b ought in on Monday or changes r will not he made until the week following. Notice of desired change must he given on Saturday, so that we can make provision for the position of the advertisement. We have adopted this rule as a means of expediting ! our work. At present we are greatly in- i conveoienced by h :ving changes in contract , advertisements brought in at the last minute. Improve Your Stock. I have a fine lot of Brown and White Leghorn, Buff Cochins and Black Minorca Cockrels that I wish to dispose of in the next thirty days, and will sell them very much below their value. These birds are from the best prize stock and will make a creditable showing at any exhibition. W. B MURRAY, Sunny Side Poultry Yards. MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 3, 1892. COTTON-Receipts for weeli ending February 3, about 150 bales. Following are the quotations: Low Middling 6; Middling 6??Sf. Market quiet. GROCERIES-The following wholesale quo? tations are furnished us by one of the largest establishments in this city, and which does a large wholesale husiness. BACOD-D. S. C. R. Sides 6|c. CR. " 7i@7?c. Smoked Shoalders b\c. Hams No. 2 6@8c. " " 1 13igl5c. Sugar-Cut loaf 5|c. " Stan'd Granulated 4|c. C. 4jc. Coffee 16@20c. Tea 30(?^60c. Flour according to grade $4.75@$6 00. CHARLESTON. S. C., Feb. 2, 1892. COTTON.-Market quiet. Low Middling 6?@6|; Middline6|; Good MiddliDz 7J. FAIR NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED ARE IN P0SSES sion of proof to convict dealers who are selling pistols, carfridges,etc .without licenee, as rt quired by the laws of this State. This is to notify such parties that they are not dis? posed to proceed against them unless forced to do so,but ha: !ng taken out license themselves, they will hereafter enforce the law against those who sell without license. Feb 3 R. W. DU RANT & SON. BRIDGES TO LET. OFFICE OF COUNTY MUMMERS, COUNTY OF SUMTER. SUMTER, S. C , Feb. 3, 1892. T:iE BOARD OF COUNTYC0MMISSION ers ot Sumter and Darlington Counties will meet a'\Stokes' Bridge, Lynchs River, on February 26th inst., at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of letting out the rebuilding of said bridge, specifications made known at that time. The commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Contractor to give bond for faithful perfoimanee of contract. Sealed bids only received. By order of board. THOS. V. WALSH, Clerk. Advance and Freeman please copy. Fer?. 3.-4t. Estate of Lillis A. Crosswells DECEASED. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Snmter County on March 3d, 1892. for a final discbarge as Executor of aforesaid Estate. L. M. CROSS WELL, Feb. 3-4t. Executor. Estate of Thomas Wells, Dec'd* IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on March 3d, 1892, for a final discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. JAMES S. ANDERSON, Feb. 3-4t. Administrator. 1*92. Harper's Weekly, ILLUSTRATED. 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Dr. Boykin's Worm Killer. The Best Selling Vermifuge in the Market. THE MOST RELIABLE WORM DESTROYER IN USE. -0 Messrs. I. M. k B. F. Powell, prominent merchants in Columbus county, N. C., wrote ns in July, 1887, that "Rev. Mr T. C. Floyd gave his child one dose of Boykin's 'Worm Killrr,' and the result was 367 worms. lie wishes all interested to know it." Dees CUKEK N. C., May 8th, 1884. Boykin, Carmer k Co., Baltimore Md. - Dear Sirs .* Mr. A. Rudd, a vety responsible cus? tomer of mine, pave a half teaspoonful ''Worm Killer" to a child last wepk and the result was 35 worms. Mr. Daniel Pines used it with still btttcr results; 75 worms from one child ; of course my sales will be large. Yours truly, E. S. SMITH. Read the following from one of the most prominent and best known Physicians and farm? ers in South Carolina He writes, 'That a negro girl IO years old near hin?, took two or three doses of the 'Worm Killer,' and passed 366 worms." R. II. KDM?MDS, M. D. Dated, Ridgeway, S. C , Ma) 26th, 1884. Mr. H. M McDonald, of Lagrange, N C., pays "Dr Boykin's 'Worm Ki'ler' brought over 100 worms from one child in his neighborhood ; and that it gives umvrrsal satisfaction." He sells more of it than all other worm medicine. Price Only QSo. t>oxr Sottle. Do DOt let your Druggist or General Dealer put you off with some other. Ask for "BOYKIN'S WORM KILLER/' and get it. Any M. D. can Prescribe it and Many do, Boykin, Carmer & Co., Feb. 3-2t BALTIMORE, MD. ON. AT COST ! AT COST ! AT COST! Prices reduced on OUT entire WINTER STOCK TO CLOSE OUT STICTLY AT COST, 36 inch Cashmere 21 c, regular price 25c, 36 inch F F Atlantic Cashmere 26c., regular price 40c. 35 inch All Wool Fai>cy Stripes and Piaula 22c., regivlar prjee 36 indi Tricot, fine finish, 32 I-2 c, regular price 50c, 28 inch Tricot, fine fin?s!*, 22c.r regular price 30c, A fe AV pieces in single widths and 28 inch two fold good? 12&. 15c. and 18c, worth 33 per cent more 46 inch Black Henrietta extra fine quality $1 00, regwlar?pr?cej$?,25, 46 " " " " " " 83c, *? 54 " ff .* 62c,, regular price 85c, 35 " M " 45c., " " 60c. 36 " ?. ** 37c, 'f f* 50c 36 inch Black Satin Rage Groods 35c., regular price{50c, 44 inch Black and Brown Beatrice Cloth 67c, regular price 85& 36 inch Black Beatrice Cloth 42c., regular price 60c, -NICE LINE Faille and other Black Silks, AT COST. Braides in all shades and styles 10c. yd., reg? ular price 15c. Plain and Plaid Surah Silk 40c- yd. and up. Felt Lambrequins-foncy floral designs-20c, 38c. and 50c pel* yd. Also Felt Table Covers, assorted colors, 95c. and ?1.35 each. .0-LOT OF o White Marseilles Quilts? At Cost. All buyers will find great bargains in thc above goods, and can always find at our store A FULL LINE OF Shoes, Hats, Umbrellas, Hosiery, Notions, &c. Ducker & Huffman. Vegetable. Salmon Steak. Mackerel. SOUPS. Vermicelli. .:o: ? Mock Turtle. FISH. Oysters- Brook Trout-Mayonaisse Dressing. Crabs-Deviled. Lobsters. Shrimp. ENTREES. Codfish Balls. Sardines Aux Truffes. Sardines a L'Haitte. Macaroni a L'Italienne. Potted liam. Pate de Foie Ora?. R EL IS HES. Olives. Horse Radish. Chow Chow. Sweet Pickle?. Celery Chili Sauce. Tomato Catsup. COLD MEATS. Lunch Tongue-Sauce Piquant. Lamb's Tongues. Corned Beef. English Brawn. Boneless Pigs* Feet. .:c: MEATS, E T C . Roast Beef-Capers Sauce. Breakfast Bacon. Chipped Beef. Ham. Tripe. Smoked Tongue. :o: French Peas. Potatoes. Lady Fingers. Arrowroot, VEGETABLES. Tomatoes. Green Corn. -:o: B READS. Boston Beans. String Beans. Milk Biscuits. Social Teas. Wafers.-Maple Syrup. Graham Gem-Arizona Honey. New Orleans Molasses. DES SE R T. Buckwheat. Plum Pudding. Pears. White Cherries. Peaches. Pine Apple Pound Cake. Jelly Cake. Sponge Cake. Preserves. Jams. Tapioca. Egg Custard. -:o: Jellies. Breakfast Java. English Breakfast. Chocolate. Switzer. Fruit. COFFEE. Laguayra. -:o: Santos. o&o. T E A . Oolong. Cocoa. -: ( i : lleno. C HE ESE. Sapsago. Edam. - -:o; Nuts. Raisins. Ri?. Yung Hyson. Broma. Cream. French Candy* Thc above Bill of Fare and a more 'elaborate one can be pro? cured by applying at CKER JJ 1 i Sumter, S. C.