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Dbe iMiwbiii.ui ?uro jw?iiS>ri WEDNESDAY, FJSB. IO, '92* ? ' , ir The Stouter Watchman, was found m 1850 and Ute True Southron in 18( Hr? ?fateAwa? a?d Southron now I ike combined circulation ?od infiuet of both of the old papers, and is ma featly the best advertising medium ~~ . Sa m ter. EDITORIAL N OTES. **Guv-? is at bis best this week. I letter is one of bis happiest effor abounding io humor of the drolliest < scriptiou with an application plain B all. The statement of Mr. W. H. Iogn in regard to the mistake concerning I publication of bis defence of the straigl ont faction before the Sute Executi Committee, to wbieh we referred li ?' . ? . ? Week if published with pleasure. Attention is directed to the ease Mr. W, M. Wallace) who was inj ur at Carr's Mill last Wednesday. It if ease where charity is needed, and ai . sum, however small, will be accepte I - Mr? Benno ai Carr's Mill will recei any sara that may be donated. We publish an article on co-ed oca ti this week from the Wilmington Af? genfer, edited bj T. B. Kiogsbur L L R With the views expressed io tb nrtielewe heartily concur.and oar opini? is based on experience, having attend? ? co-edccatiooa! college for two yea! We got what we wanted. The/7? man has come down out of the ire ?; We did oet think our neighbor won want to elect men to office merely < account of the views that they mtg; proclaim. That would be placing premium cn demagoguery. Since Blaine has So tabed bul ly it Chile he bas turned his attention to oi Ben Tillman. He informs him that is strictly afra ?Uer of Federal concern i grant permission to foreign cable cou ponies to land to cable on America soil. It will be rembered that Govern? Tillman granted to the French Atlant Cable Company the right lo land cab! nt some point rn this state. ? v Blaine has again declared himself ot of the presidential race, and it is to I supposed that *T - ison is happy, ns i -wat almost ave that he stoo< little chance against Blaine. Wheth? ' Blaine's delaration puts him ont of tb 4Ut of possibilit?s, or not, it is bard I nay, ss there seems to be a strong d< ??nd for him to allow his name to g before the convention. Mr. George W. Kildow, a student i Ihe Theological Seminary io Columbia in a fit of insanity committed suicide b notting his throat on Sunday morning With one stroke he completely severe his bead from the trunk with the ex ?epti?o of the vertebrae. He was i osan for a period last ye&r.bot it wes though that he had recovered eotirely. ? H leaves s wUe lo whom he had been mai . ried but ? few months. The pkto which we proposed for th -seulement of the dispute between th dotions cf the party in this county would bo acceptable to the Straighten faction, we understand ; or in fact ao i plan bused on a primary. From th? leaders of the Tillman faction, witt -whom we have talked, we can get n< .decided expression, they regard it not in their province to agree to eettlemem ?s rae matter has ??ready been settled i? 3>y the State Executive Committee, and they have' no authority to go beyond what has already been dooe. The Freeman should make the dis* tinctioa between views-statesmen and statesmen without views. The latter is an impossibility, while the former ia quito common. A views-statesman is s saan who wants a job of statesmanship for what there is io it, and expresses views ic agreement with the views held by the party be thinks the most power? ful 1er the >orpose of obtaining a job. Such statesmen were ar plentiful in the days of radicalism ss resolutions at ao Alliance meeting. Views-statesmen are fan similes of the Chinese, whom Kev. lan Phou Lee characterises as rice Christian?, because they go with the denomination that provides best for the converts. The chief atm of a views statesman is the office be has in view. We ?re too far from Sumter couti ty to an? derstand clearly the situation there, out from what the newspapers s?y f be Ttilmao leaders there seem to have made fair propositions for bealing* the split in the party, ft is to W boped that these will he fairly considered and acted on in good temper. We hope to see Governor Tillman defeated, bot we would* rather see him re-elected than to bare the dividions among our people Widened. We need to get together, to make our fight among ourselves as fellow Demo? crats and white men and to accept the decjsion of the <D?jority loyally and patiently. If we are to do anything with and for this good old State we mast work side br side a cd all to? gether.-Greenville News. Either the editor or the Greenville News does not read the Watchman and Soutltron or is badly mixed. There seems to be an inclination io all quar? ters to throw sit the blame for the split ?u the Democratic party io Sumter county on tae shoulders of those who opposed Tillman. Instead of avoiding n settlement, the Hugbson faction has ever been ready to make a settlement that will be based on the comparative strength of the two factions. Any set? tlement based on fairness and justice will be accepted. Tbe communication of "A Reader" cont tit ns correct views on the situation in the county. There seems to be little hope for a settlement by a primary, no matter what tbe details of the plan may be. With the latter part of his article we cannot agree. He brings up a : - - wat.,!- that o? ooe cares or wishes to discuss. The rn* a ns tbat were used by ?be deiiM-crata tn '76 to gain possession - ?of the government and since then to asiaUiu possession, were, we believe, justified by the end io view. No oue wiil gaiusay the fact that the State and individual citizens are vastly gainers by by the change. We do out think dis? cussion will help to correct the moral wrong, if it was a wrong, that has been done in the past, and if we are reaping the fruits now, we most patiently bear them. We have Biblical examples of political expediency that seem hcribie to us now, but we cannot doubt but that they were right. Vhe Israelites utterly destroyed whole tribes of the inhabitants of Palestine by the direct command of God, for these tribes were a menace to them. So was negro supremacy a menace to our State. A LIBRARY. The Advance has taken up the ques? tion cf a Public Library for Sumter. Our neighbor could not devote its ener? gies to a more laudable undertaking, nor one that is more important to the community. During the past fall this paper and the Freeman also, undertook to agitate the SQ oject tn connection with the early closing of the stores, but the press of other matters, and the non-success of the early closing movement, led us to to drop, for ? season, the library pro? ject, bat it was not forgotten. If the Advance has evolved a plan that will result in the establishment of a library, the Watchman and Southron is ready to bold up the bands of the promoters of the undertaking. The Watchman and Southron is for a library, not only in spirit, but in pocket also. A TIME FOS CHARITY In ihe heart of Russia there are mil? lions of starving human beings. People io no wise different from ourselves in all the essentials tbat go to make up a mao. They are sensible to the extremes of heat and cold; to the pleasures of life, and the pains of death. In that far away land the father has the same care for tb" welfare of his wife and children as ber?, there the mother's love for her child is as tender, there the child's filial affection is no less devoted than in America. Do not deceive yourself into believing that the gnawing pangs of an unsatis? fied eraring for food is any less on the far-away famine and plague stricken plains of Russia than in South Caro? lina. Have any of cur readets ever been huagry? We do not mean hungry in the accepted meaning of the term not that pleasant feeling of anticipation with which you look forward to one of your regular meals. That is Dot hunger. Perhaps some of the old soldiers know the feeling, ?isk some of them to tell you about it. But ?.ven a description of the feeling will give you hut a faint idea of what your fellow creatures in Russia are now suffering. Their crops have failed for two years io succession. For months they have not known, ?bat it is to have sufficient food to satisfy the cravings of appetite. Each day they have lived on less and less to eke out a rapidly diminishing supply, for which there was no hope of replenishment, thus seeking to post? pone the miserable day when there should be so more food for themselves and families. Each day fathers of fam? ilies have been forced to listen to the. cries of their children for more bread, and in kindness and affection have been compelled to deny them. Every day mothers have seen their children sicken and grow ghastly from famine's relent? less grasp, and have been powerless to save them. No doubt many mother* have gone without food that their little children might not die. But it has been of no avail. The slender stock of provisions has been wholly exhaust? ed and there is no help to save. Strong men and women and once happy children are face to faee with death from starvation in all its horrors. They look upon the rising sun in the morn? ing with hopeless eyes from hunger pinched faces, and apon the setting sun with eyes of despair. In their dreams, only, do they know peace, and then it is but momentary, for awakening they find their condition more miserable still Their only resource is death to relieve their sufferings. Words are inadequate to describe the horror of the situation. When Charleston was chattered by the earthquake in 1886 the whole civil iced world sympathised, and (heir sym? pathy was shown iu a substantial man? ner. With the ZML bestowed by a g?nerons public the city of which all South Carolina is proud, has been re? stored and is now more prosperous than ever. The starving tui'lions of Russia need aid ten-fold more than did the earthquake shattered city by the pea. The people of South Carolina now have an opportunity to return to some of their fellow-men what was so gene? rously given by the world to them, and they should not 1ft the opportunity pasa. It is late, but not too late to save many lives. Collections should be taken up in evrry church and school house and household in the land. Human lives are at stake. We appeal to the people of Sumter County in the name of humanity to do their duty. Meteorological Records. The following is a report of o' servAtions of the weather taken at SuieOurg. by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the weeK ending February 7, 1892 : Temperature. Condition 1 43 5 2 57 2 3 ?6 4 43 2 5 51 t 6 37 ? 56 .: 59 5. 3i 2 ?>?* .u'> Ulear. 68 45 SW I .(M. Clear. t>8 5; 51 ?SW KW .Ol jvlear. E-? .Ui ?eait. t? N .05 Fair. E .OOi'Clear. 54. 64 52 65 5 35 5 41 29 38 SE j r-ac* ?Cloudy. LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK OUT. Necessity For a Conference of The State Dtmo cracy. {"Correspondence News and Courier.] The conservative Democrats of the State are anxiously waitiog for some movement to be inaugurated that will secure io tbe coming primaries the elec? tion of a State ticket and General Assembly that will heal all the differ? ences io the party,restore tbecon?dence which formerly existed between all classes of our citizens, and whose ability and influence in tbe money markets of the I country will enable ?bem to place oar State bonds at par before Joly, 1892. j That tbe people are ripe for it the \ correspondence in tbe daily papers and the editorials and correspondence in both weeklies and dailies will show. The question is no longer Haskell or Tillman, bot facing tbe fact that oar people are divided among themselves; the bitterness caused by tbe campaign of 1890 continuing to injure all branches of business; tbe promises made to catch votes being broken and scattered every day by the Administration ; the people suffering from ?lie effects of short crops, low prices and the failure to reduce taxes ; the credit of the State being so seriously impaired a? to make Brown CODSOIS that were worth $1.03 io Feb? ruary, 1890, a drag oo the market to-day at 95c, makiog it impossible to refund the State debt ; that it is no longer a question bf individuals or fact? ion politics, bot a subject which appeals to the patriotism of every citizen to use his influence to the utmost to improve the present condition of af? fairs, and to do this by placing io con? trol of the Government men of broader and more conservative statesmanship that would confine its efforts to advanc? ing the interests.of certaio individuals or members of any particular faction. It must be admitted that however sin? cere Governor Tillman and the present Administration were in their professions of reform in the beginning of their man? agement of the affairs of the State, that their inconsistencies and mismanage? ment of their offices have caused them to lose the confidence of many who were their warmest supporters, and the ac? ceptance by Governor Tillman of a free pass from the railroads, whom he bad charged with ''bamboozling and de j bauching" former state officers and mem I bera of the Legislature, aod the re? turn of bis property for taxatioo far below its market value aod withholding information from other taxpayers of the State in regard to the extension of the ' time for paying taxes, while he was himself taking advantage of it by not paying his taxes, makes him a subject of criticism, and justly too, for no Dem ocratic Governor has ever beeo guilty of like offences. The situation is.to say the least, deplorable, and what we want is men to take the lead. The majority of the men I meet are looking every day to see such men as Gen. Johnson ilagood, Joseph li.Earle, John C Sheppard, Dr. J. G. Maxwell, W. C. Coker. W. K. Davie, D. F. Krad ley, T. J. Moore, Gen. Ellison Capers, conservative Democrats of acknowledged ability, calling a conven? tion of the people to organize and make an effort to restore our State Govern? ment to the position it formerly occupied among its sister States. I find a few who say it is useless to make au effort ; that the Administration bas charge of the election machinery, and if they can? not carry nut their aims by legitimate methods they will resort to unfair means ; but I do uot take any stock in this kind of talk, for our people will not submit to anything like this, nor do I believe it will be attempted, but I will say now that while I have always voted the ticket nyomiuated by the Democratic party, if I find that a ticket is placed iu nomination by fraudulent methods I will not vote for it, and I believe there are thousands of good Democrats who will do tbe same. The present Administration should remember that they owe their election very largely to men who opposed them before they were nominated, and that they should not carry the role or roio policy farther than they cao accomplish by strictly legitimate methods. Let the Convention be called at once and give the people an opportunity of expressing themselves upon all of these questions. A C. JONES. 94 Plain street, Columbia. An Explanation From Mr. Ingram. Mr. Editor : After an absence from the city of more than a werk, j return to find that the newspapers are somewhat mixed as to what I said on the subject of roy defense of the Straightout faction in this county before the State Executive Committee. Your paper of 13th ult., said editorially, that I had prom? ised to give rou for publication the manu? script of m j speech before the said committee in reply to Mr. Thomas, lu that statement you were only huit correct. I told you that I had made no set speech before the Commit? tee, when asked for my manuscript. Where? upon YOU asked me to give you a full history of the controversy between the respective factions in our county leading up to our pre? sent division and tbe argument for that side represented by me, which I promised to do. But subsequent engagement called me away before I could prepare the statement desired Your editorial of the following week on tbe same subject was so clear and explicit that I I no longer thought it necessary to gire you the article, being glad of au excuse to keep ont of the papers. I i hud a conversation with the junior Editor of the Freeman al my office a few days after the publication ot your editorial on that and kindred snbj-cts, in the course of which I told bim that vou were mistaken in saying that 1 hud promised you the manuscript of ray speech before the Executive Committee, bul that rou had asked for a review of the matters of political differences in the county lending up to our present unfortunate predic? ament, which I had promised, but was glad I had neglected to furnish it for the reason that I did not want to be drawn into a newspaper controversy and for the further reason that in my opinion the present controversy could not b* settled nor hat mory promoted by stirring the matter at this juncture. ?So Mr Editor, both the Freeman and your? self are boil? right and wrong in quoting me. The phraseology used by each, while not wholly misrepresenting me, is unintentionally misleading. Vou aie doing noble ?nd valiant work in thc cause of truth and justice in the county and State, and ?ill ahvnjs find me upholding ; OU. 1 am eorry of the misunderstanding in re? gard to my?eif. I am sure the Freeman has not intentionally misled anyone on a subject where that paper and I are perfectly agreed. Trusting, Mr Editor, that (his commun ?ca? tion will dos? the iucident without hurling any bod} 's feelings, I am very truly, W. H \ san AK. -i? -i? - Shiloh Items. The public are requested to attend a Valen? tine Party to be gi rm at the residence of Mr. It. A. Frierson on ihe evening of the 12th. This entertainment will consist of a substan? tial supper served about 8 p. m., and the refreshments about 11 p. m. This entertain? ment will t-e given fi>r the benefit of the par? sonage We promise all who shall favor us with their presence a mee time. We are having delightful weather for the last two weeks and the farmers 6eem to be busy making arrangements for their new oops. The general health of this community is \ery good at present. AGRICOLA. Teachers' Association Department. Teacher's Association. The Teacher's Association of Sumter coun? ty met at the Washington street Graded School on last Saturday morning with about twenty members present. Mr. Robinson, of Mayesville led the discus? sion on the topic assigned for the day. The teachers present participated generally in the informal discussion which followed. The sentiment of the Association is strong? ly in favor of holding a Teacher's Institute there during the coming summer. The Value of Articulate Language. Among the rich endowments bestowed upon man by his beneficent Creator, there is none which he should appreciate more highly or for which he should be more sincerely grateful than the faculty of articulate lan? guage. It is this alone that makes man great, this mainly that separates him from the brute creation, and that makes bim what be is a little lower than the angels. Jn this be has a weapon mightier than the sword, one which has overturned and restored nations and the power of which has been felt throughout the civilized WoHd. In all subjects worthy of thought, language bas long occupied a distin? guished and conspicuous position. Various theories have been advanced concerning its origin, words have been dissected to show their relations and affinit?s ; but it is not my purpese to discuss the subject from a philo? sophical or yet from a philological point of view ; but only to speak of its value in con? nection with some cautions as to its proper use. It bas been said and is now generally be? lieved that ail creatures possess the faculty of thought and that it is not. reason, as was once supposed, but the faculty of articulate lan? guage which separates man from the brute. They too bav? a language of their own ; but they are denied the privilege of expressing their thoughts by means of articulate lan? guage. These creatures give evidence of a highly emotional nature, they clearly ex? hibit feelings of pleasure and of pain, their every action indicates the elements of a rea soning faculty and it seems to be the lack of language alone that prevents their develop? ment in mental culture. Man is in full pos? session of this blessing and is therefore ena? bled to communicate his thoughts, to unfold the mystic coverings of the soul and reveal to others its varied activities, "Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go Abroad upon ber errands to and fro ; They are the sole expounders of the mind And correspondence keep twixt all mankind. They are those airy keys that ope (and wrest Sometimes) the locks and hinges of the breast. By them the heart makes sallies-Wit and sense Belong to them ; they are the quintessence Of those ideas which the thoughts distil And so calcine and melt again, until They drop forth into accents, in whom lies The salt of fancy and all faculties." What a blessing is this power of communi? cation, wbat sympathetic union is thus es? tablished and what an incentive to the fur? ther cultivation of our minds ! Without this man would be an isolated ^creature, having a mind it is true; not one unfruitful and use? less ; in its realisation we can justly appre? ciate that "Speech is memory to the mind It spreads the beauteous images abroad Which else lie dark and bidden in the soul." Yet it frequently happens that thought is greatly degraded and belied by Iargu?ge ; a thought grand in itself is shorn of its gran? deur by the unseemly garb in which it is attired. How common is it to hare the lan? guage so much bigger than the thought thal one is affrighted by its appearance; when if be should investigate, he would find it a cob? web and not a real spectre. It behooves us then to guard well our words, for "Words are things and a small drop of ick Falling like dew upon a thought produces That which makes thousands, perhaps mil? lions, think." Who can describe the power of a single word? When Bruce wished to incite the Scots and urge them on to deeds of dat ing and to feats of valor, he had bot to mention the name of Wallace and every true soldier was willing to lay down his life for his native land. The name of Stonewall Jackson was sufficient to fire the heart of every Southerner and incite him to deeds of glory and honor. Thus single words have turned the tide of nations and of empires, have shaped the des? tinies of mankind and have entered the s-icred domains of the church itself, causing dissen? sions and divisions, whose in flu euee will he felt to the end of time. Words therefore, are sometimes entirely substituted for thought, and some are used which have no meaning sense is sacrificed to sound and the flowers of rhetoric too often prove to be only worthless chaff Yet in our criticisms care should be exercised in adapting our words to circum? stances of time and place. Exception is some? times taken to arguments because the critic views them from the standpoint of his own age, instead of determining the exact signifi? cance of words of different periods. How much discussion would Sir Wm. Hamilton have been saved, if he had only thoroughly understood the precise terminology of rival philosophers. Tue value of language is again seen in the consideration that it gives stability to our thoughts. Thoughts are fleeting. They are "Like the snow-fall in the river A momeut white, then melts forever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point the place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm." It is necessary that there be some means of restraint, something to enable us to lock them within the chambers of our minda so that we may enter and hold converse with them when we will. Language does th's, and thus enables us to look upon all that is therein contained. Words not only thus restrain our fluting thoughts; but by the wonderful and mysterious law of associa'ion, they bring these thoughts before us in endless procession This law serves as a connecting link between thoughts and words. As it is impossible for us to travel an unknown way without the assist? ance of guide-posts, so it is impossible to advance along the rugged paths of our minds without the intervention of words-the guide posts of our mental development. Language and thought are thus indissolubly connected they are mentally dependent, useless each without the other. This intimate relation tends to make words a lasting light-house to those who attempt to traverse the almost trackless ocean of human research and inves? tigation. The peoples of every age have words characteristic of their lives. Their religious rite?, their secular institutions, their ideas of war, of social and political questions, their domestic lives, their scientific, literary and artistic pursuits are all crystalized and per? manently preserved in their language. The study of a language is, therefore, the best key to the history of a people, and one word sometimes enables us to identify and determine the age and value of a literary production. It is very important then that we study the ancients in their own individual and original tongue, that, hy a comparison of their idio? matic expressions with those of our own language, ive may obtain their full significance and meaning. "Homer translated or Virgil modernized is," iu the words of another, 4'fort elf ii Ines?, dull and ead. It is the silence of death-a dusty sojourn upon a neglected book-shelf. It is the nurse of poetry covering her shamed face ascending heavenward away from this uuworthy and ungrateful earth ot' ours." Shakespeare has said that the music of the spheres "is tn the immortal soul; but while this muddy vesture of decay doth grossly close it in we can not bear it." Cari it be that we are so blinded by ihe brilliancy of our progress-the "muddy vesture" of ambi? tion and greed, that we can not appreciate the beauty of a word as it first came from the mind of tbe author unpolluted by modern manipulations. Thus we hare shown in brief the value of the boon of articulate language, attempting to point out at the same time the conditions under which that value accrues. It remains only to be said that language has its pleasures as well as its profits. The pleasures of memory and of hope are entirely dependent upon it. Richter Imo truly said ?foat memory is the only paradise out of which we can not be driven. It is both pleasant and profitable to revel in it and partake ai will of its prof? fered fruits; but without language we could not remain in this paradise, we could not turn the magnifying lens ol'our imagination upon the canvass of the past and read there in bril? liant characters, its portrayed events. Every? thing has its history; but without language history would be almost a blank. The h'ghes? end that man can hope to attain in this life is expressed by the words of Horace, "non ninnis moriar," but it was only when contemplating the words that he hud. written that he could say, "Exrgi monumenfum mei perennius aere." And so it is with everyone that has attained an earthly immortality. The writings of Moses have made tor him a name which the corroding showers.the count? less series of years and the Dight of ages shall Ltrer efface. It is language alone that pre serves the memories of Homer, Virgil, the myriad 'ongued Shakespeare, the soul-stirring Milton. They have long since died; but their writings havejpierced the very heavens and sealed their fame for eternity. And so it is with nations. Even Egypt's pyramids will crumble into dust while the few word3 she lins left ui.l still rt-main. Babylon's lofty towers, Greci-tn works of art, and Rome's massive structures have all been swept away by the tempestuous tide of time, but their literary relics have bequeathed to them a lofty place on fume's eternal scroll. Thus man dies and nations disappear, mon? uments of marble and of brrss crumble into dust, but language lires on "unhurt amidst the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds." S H EDMUNDS. Call for a Convention. OFFICE OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. COLUMBIA, S. C , February 5th, 1892. To the Citizens of South Carolina: Appreciating the importance of a proper representation of South Carolina at the World's Columbian Exposition as to its agri? cultural, mechanical, and other resources, the Board of Trade would earnestly ask every city, town, and hamlet, every manufacturing and every public organ zation, to send dele? gates to a convention to be held in the city of Columbia on Thursday and Friday, March 10th and 11th; the purpose of such conven? tion being to settle upon some definite plan of representation, and to elect five commission? ers, wbo9e duty it shall te to carry out such plan. Very truly, W.J MURRAY, President. FRED A. SALK, Secretary. To the People of Sumter County. The undersigned invite the planters, merchants and business meo generally of Sumter County to meet in the Court House io 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. H. A Y COCK, G. M. SAUNDER?, W. L SAUNDERS, W. D. SCARBOROUGH, R. M. JENKINS, D BULL, JOHNS. RICHARDSON, W. T. BBOGDON. J. D. CHANDLER, J. T. MULDROW, A. F. COUSAR, W. W. DESCHAMPS, T. P. KILGORE. Prices that cannot be equalled in the city. At China's Drug Store Hoyt's German Cologne 20c. per bottle, 3 for 50c. Also lamps that will cost you $5.00 elsewhere can be bought for ?3.50. Come in and see for youself and be convinced. Feb. 10 3t. It is sweet to live, but oh ! how bitter-to he troubled with a cough, day and night. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, however, is a sure remedy, 25 cents. "I cannot sing to-night ! My throat is sote." "Of course you haven't tried Salvation Oil ?" "No," "Then get it, and you will sing like the birds." CT^-BM I vii M.-trn.mi .mu unman-^ajgagg^g TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a regular meeting of Sumter Lodge, No. 8,1. O. G. T. held this evening the following resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted. WHEREAS, in all wise, and unerring Provi? dence has, deemed it proper to remove from our midst, and from her sphere of useful? ness, our Sister FLORENCE HURST. Bowing in humble submission to His divine ruling, Be it Resolved. 1st That in the death of Sister Hurst Sum? ter Loddie has lost a useful and beloved mem? ber and our community an influential and highly esteemed citizen. 2d. That a blank page on our Minute Book be inscribed to ber memory. 3d. That a copy of these resolutions be published in our city papers, and a copy sent to thc family of our deceased ".ister. Respectfully submitted in F. H. k C., BARTOW WAI/H January 28, 1892. A G. FLOWERS. LIZZIE CUTTINO. ff jDoni be deceived by dealers who "cut" prices. "Cutting" prices leads to " cutting" goods. For this reason and to pro? tect the public, thc genuine medi? cines of Dr. R V. Pierce, aro now sold only through r?gulai ly author? ized agents, who can jsell only at the follow? ing; loncc-esablished prices : Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, $1.00 per bottle. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pro? scription, ?1.00 per bottle. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, 23 cents por vial. The genuine medicines, which can bo had only at these prices, aro thc cheapest reme? dies you can use, for they're guaranteed. It's " valuo received or no pay." In every case whore Dr. Pierce's medicines fail to bene? fit or cure, tho makers wiU return the money. Refuse everything offered os Dr. Pierces medicines at less than tho above prices. They aro generally spurious. Dont get something that the deader says is "just as good." It may bo bettor for him, but it's pretty certain to be worse for you. WANTS, ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be in5erted under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. AAA To lj*n? on CilJ Re*l Estate. fD^UUU Apply to Lee k Moise, At? torneys at Law, Sumter. S. C . Feb. 10. TO RENT-Two or three large rooms and kitchen. Also yard and carden. Pos sesi?n given immediately. App'y at Sum? ter Advance Office. FOR SALE-All that house and lot of land, situated ?nd being in the village of Magnolia, in the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, containing four acres, more or less, adj>ining the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Co., A. S. Boyle, Mrs. Hogan and othets. Terms easy. Apply to MAKION MOISR, Feb 3 3t. Sumter. S. C. FOR SA LE -Planting lands in all sections of Sumter and Clarendon counties, ?mall farms and large plantations, ritv lots in all parts of the city. W. H. INGRAM, October 14. Broker. ~~ GARDENING. OTTO GARHARDT, an experienced florist i and landscape gardener offers hw servilces to the citizens of Sumter to lay out and fit up gardens, attend vineyards and fiuit trees. All work attended to promptly and done in a manner to guarantee satisfaction. He hus made the business a study and understands it thoroughly. Also will take charge of lots at the Ceme? tery and keep them in condition for a mod? erate charge. Orders can be left with W. II. Vates. Feb. ?0-3tn. NOTICE OFTISM?TIO?TF CO-PARTNERSHIP. SUMTER, S C . Feb. 4, 1S9?. "j^TOTICE is hereby given that the co-part J^i nership heretofore existing between DAVID J. ("HANOLKR, WILLIAM F. SHAW and CALVIN W. CHANDLER, doing a general clothing business, at Sumter, S. C., under the name of ('HANDLER, SHAW k Co., has dissolved by mutual content. MR CALVIN W. CHA??LES has withdrawn from said business and it wiil be conducted as heretofore, by MESSRS DVAID J. CHANDLER and WILLIAM F. SHAW, as co-partners, using the name ot CH AN OL F R k SH A W. DA VU) J. CHANDLER, WILLIAM F. SHAW, CALVIN W. CHANDLER. Feb. 10. Estate of Lillis A? Crosswells DECEASED. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on March 3d, 1892, for a final discharge as Exector of aforesaid Estate. L. 'A. CROSS WELL, Feb. 3-4L Executor. B mt?* S We are in the field offering great fear gains in all our Hne? Hals iii ra til to make room for Spring ?toek. 'ant Prevents our giving particulars but stiil we have time to tell you that we are handling large quantities of Fert 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 Eil 1 8. 0. Call and look througnofir ?Large lot of remisants at li alf value. Germantown Wool in following colors at actual cost : Garnet, Scarlet, White, Blue, Black and Brown. Saxony Yarn : Black, Scarlet, White, Gray and Blue. Ladies9 Wool Vests at Cost, ?ne Lot Heavy Shawls at Cost. All CLOAKS, WRAPS AND JACKETS at actual cost. Fine Blankets at $10, formerly $12.50, and other blankets from $6.50 up, at same reduction. Other bargains we cannot enumerate? Respectfully BROWNS & PURDY. Sl\V TEH, s. c.