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?--1---rr Cjje jpnaii w & o niko WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23,1892 9B SSSSSSSSBSSSSS SSBSSSS - The Sumter Watchman was fouoe if ISM) and the Trae Southron n iSi he JatchTnan ox Soutkr&K now 1 ta combi&cd circulation and infiuei of both of Cue old papers, and is ina f etlj &e bwst'advertising medium Sumter* DITORAL KOTES. At tfce Cleveland Celebration* be$f Philadelphia OD Saturday o i ghi, tb' tere 30,000 men t BeV Pretty g< fer Republ icao tow frfce t fi e home the famous ^obo Wan o a ma ber. Tbs Kew York BeraM wants foriego diplomaiic service abolished. is declared to be neither ase fal i ornamentar, and if such be the case .bould be done a wa j with. Bat as ! Sogar de Coverly remarked, there Mob to be said oo both erdtea. Gen. Wade Hampton has been so gested bj a o amber of papers it: t: State and Georgia for. portion one Oerel an d's Administration. Samt County front Capt. Robt. Andrews, oldest inhabitant, down to thejouog< tao be counted en to endorse Barn pto He deserves a place of honor and ai piace that fae would accept be eas counted on to 611 with credit. 'The foot-ball ia*teb between Harra ax Yak on Sat arda j er ea ted su Scie excitement Co cause a temporary d oontiouance of cabinet making by t . Northern papers. If Cleveland wen Bite Co worry over the " efforts of t press to eave him trouble, he would " robt bo glad that the overworked cai et makers took a day off. * The Columbia Register of few di; since says : "The celebration com mitti ol Seater collected over $200 to pi tie expenses of Moad*y o ig bi's mee mg. If - this should not be enough tl members of the committee intend sake up the deficiency. Wby eon not Colombia do the same thing ? This shows how Sumter's ester pri e regarded ur other places. : A letter from Geo. W. AI array " al cong e sst ona I candidate against Gen S. W. Moise, is pub'prtked io a not he <G0*amn. k appears that be explains i: a satisfactory manner how the incendiar Ksgsage eria esed by this paper cam t) be attriboed to bim. As was staten aft the time die writer did not nea Murray's speech and made the criticise oo the report of several persons wbi neard the speech. -Space is. cheerful given for bira to make his ex p a cation from wbieh it appears that the objec tionable words "were not bis own, bol quoted as a o illustration. We do aoi know what bearing the illustration was intended to hare, bot the use of it was qftettisasbfe before, swab an audience, for tbe reason that in the same way be was awssuderstood by inattentive fearers, be was liable to be misunder stood by tbose bes isteliigeofc. J5us?ter bas, to- a notable degree, rf everal of the ela meats that are said tc j, ba ve kelped ta make Atlanta tbe great e i^abe now ki Whew Sumter takes l o\ j f anything expense is not eon v#jjftg<jrl>^aave as a factor es wing sac cess-success it tho end desired-and excellence abare other places is aimed at; and then we want everybody to see and aid oar efforts. Sumter is not at all selfish, on the-.ccatrarj soe waots everybody to have a tere. And theo Sumter people away from home will io ist opon talking about Sumter and de* I claricg it to be better th aa nny other place. If there is aSumter maa io a ero w d be is more than apt to mao the. fact known. During tue CbveUnd Celebra tion io Columbia tbe.other night the wri ter, while watchie g the procession pass down Main Street, beard, ia the midst of hurrahs for Cleveland, coe mao < *Q og J ?.h $t p tbe yeH .'Sumter aod "Moise." He was a Sumter mao aod cold sober too. THE WORK OP THE LEGISLA TUBE. The Ge serai Asffs>b?y convenes to day, aod the session .promises to be one, of unusual interest. There are a num ber of important mallets* to be sbroaght' np for consid ration, and the ei mber6, of "Tillman's menagerie, "-as the "fcanoe . Star bas dubbed thc Scobie and House, collectively will hg criticised io any event. They cannot u*ake a disposition of these matters thai will satisfy any con siderable body of the people, and as; mewbeis of ,*be Legislature .they may | sewell prepare themselves to receive j soy amount of censure. They w.i.ll bc r^ady before the iew Year, to exclaim hat they bave done those tbiugs they Might oot to have dose,.and left undone those things tint they ought to bare dooe. Their position is Dot enviable, especially tbc#e who bolong to the majority. %One of the matters of first importance is the much discussed const itu: ton al ,caayeptioD ; aod as it is ao administra tion measure aod has the endorsement ,of JU .tjby Tillman leaders it wi!! oo doubt he -passed unless a means of side tracking it is found in the Senate. We hare been opposed to this measure from ^be first, /OJT what appears to be go >d reasons, and trust at it may be defeat- j ed by some legitimate means. The oew coooty government seheme j -is soother pet measure that will be j pushed for al* it is w^rts. Unless the j bill bas been radically reyisc since last -year, we are opposed to it, because it > places too much .power io the bauds of tho Governor that should rightfully re main io those of the people, and, also, because it is cumbersome and we believe will prove inefficient. A chaine for s aaethtegbetter from the present f-ys tem s needed, and is generally demand- i ed, and it does seem that the combined vbdoat of oar lawmakers should be able to evolve s plan that would fill the requirements. Cietnsoa College will a aio come up asking, for an appropriation, without whUrh its completion will be indefinite ly postponed. If there was a need for TnTs" o f g , and wc De rere there was, ano* T*, tt should be opened to the young men of the State at onc . A delay of a year pre*e&tt many a youngman from obtaining a collegiate education. We . know of several boys io this county, who would have entered Clemson had: rt been opened last year, but will not do : so ow, and it is taus throughout the i State. The appropriation asked should: be given and the College should be opened .without furtbes delay. Superintendent of Education. >Iay ! field saakes a recommendation^ ia his r. $ oBel eport that may ieaci to a legis Jative fight of constdevrrbfe magnitude. Be suggests that tke* South Carolina College as it now exists be abolished a&d a coeducational normal college be established io its place. We *re unal terably opposed to this scheme of Mr. May&eld's. The college as it stands, a classical aud literary school of a kag h standard, filia a place that ie necessary i to the educational life of the State. And we are opposed to She co education al plan o principle. There are any advantages to be derived from it, and mao reasons to be urged in ks favor, but after having had two years experi ence, as a student itv a co-educational eullege, asd becoming weil acquainted with the advantages and disadvantages of the system,, we find ourself unable to recommend o? commend ft. We also believe that the province of a formal College does not begin where the high school leaves oB, as other colleges do, i bat that to bestow the most benefit, it should Supplement the work of the ordi nary, literary and classical college, : rather than attempt to take its place. It is not probable that Mr. M a 3 field's suggestion will be adopted, but it is a Ojuestkrti that should be carefully con sidered if it comes before the General Assembly. The Prohibition question is the one that will cause more reeling than ail the others together, and just at present, it is the one about the final disposition of which, the pablie generally is in rae &*e t doubt. There is no doubt in ocr mind concerning the duty of tbs Legislature. It must pass a prohibitory law or diso bey the direct iostrngtio&s of those who ! elected its membership. The element of doubt, is the character of the prohibi tory measure that will be passed, and j the probability o a possible disagree ment in ,the prohibition ranks. It is ! said that more (Lau a dozen members have already prepared bills for intro duction. Some of the bills are Fer? general and sweeping in their provjs- j ions, while others go into the minutia ' af the affair. Some prohibitionists de- 1 ire te have the law become operative j inmediately, e* fehing out the liquor:; :rafiLc at once, bile others, more con> jj iervative, wish Lo fix a future aVe for iie law to go into effect. - In coDbider ng the question the friends of the H^uor'Uealers n*u&t not be forgotten, rbey wiri be on band to make the hard est fight possible. They arc at wrrk ww, trying to bring sufficient Kfi^ence ,0 bear upon the members of & Legis* ature to cause theta to dci y the pass ige of a law,. Dr to Uave the whole, mat- } :er refelled Ucfc to the people. Tbrs j 'ise tfill not work, however, unless i ;he members see fit to violate their io- * >tr notions, ij fl The movement to establish County1 ourts in some of the upper counties is liable to spread over the entire State.' Lhere will be bitter opposition to it, and tij may tai - at this session, but tbeidea is a jood one, and we hope to see County :ourts, with ample jurisdiction, estab lished throughout thc State, with in the next few years. County courts would prevent, in a great meas ure, the delays of the law. about which there is so much complaint,; and 'agi; they are eoj.ine.ct.1^ satisfactory tn other' States, it is not likely that they would prove the reontrary -be-re. \ The State debt, and rhe question of what are we to .'o about it ? will un douhtedly agitate thc minds of Gov Tillman and his lieutenant* more than anything else, and it should if it does not, for it is by far the tnost serious public question now confronting thc | Slite. Gov Tillman's message is ex- !; pected to give sout additional informa tion eot>cerniog lie situation and bis efforts to refone) tie -debt iu i ew York. The me&sage is awaited with interest. The establishment of a homo for disa bled Confederate veterans will be again brought up, and thc prospects seem bet ter for it than heretofore. Seuator ] AbboU i* oise of the most zealous work ers io hs faror. The av? iu relation to the manufac ture and ale of yuano will be taken up 1 and rcvi:>f d R0 to pre?( ut fraud and provide for the punishment of those who violate th laws. The con>titu:ional anieuuuienl chang ing the time f t the .in et ir g uf thc ij-gislature will be brought up again b) Mr. Moses. Tlicie is opposition from several fuarteis. but. the obj et<>rs do not meet the arguments used in np j favor by M<"- M>ses. Tu J oily objec tion so Ur tu ems to be caused by a fear that the pijange might reknit iu unduly prolonged sessions We nc ej>taud :hat an attempt will be made to repeal ; e concealed weapon j law. The repeal of the law would be a 1 good thing for the State, as it li now ?jorse than a deal le ter. A'-\ who wish ! to carry w-*po s do so iu tl:-1 f e the law aud go unpunished, and th law-abiding citizens are placed at a dis [advantage when coining ia contact itt the criminal classes. There are other ruatte?s>of some im portaoce not entraverated above, bu from what we can learn the most im pofSaat are those mentioned. It wil be seen that the Legislature will h-av little time for idling. SUMTER COUNTY'S CANDI DATE* This county has- aever been product l ive of candidates for State or Federa ; positions. This has been neither fo j the want of men qualified to fill any o the positions at the disposal of the gov ern aient, nor. from the absence of : -right on the part of tho democracy o . the county to demand reignition ina feh< disposal of the places of houor ant trust. During Cleveland's adminis tration of 18cU-S&, not a man iron Sumter Conney, rf our recollection- i correct, asked for or received an office not falling naturally to the county. All tbe principal places were bestowed uDon men from other sections, whc asked for then . For this reason alone ; a man endorsed by the Democracy o! ifebis county would seem to merit par ticular consideration when the Cleve land-Stevenson Admriuistcation comet t te-power. The above is merely prefatory to t few words in relation to tbe candidacy of Capt. C. L. Williamson, for th< ? o&ee of Collector of Internal Revenue Capt. Williamson, as- is well knowi within tbe county, ran ahead of bil j kieket at the recent primary, and wai elected to the House of Representa tives;. which- when the tightness wit! which factional lines were drano I considered, vs proof of his general pop ? ularity, and the high esteem in wbict he is held by the people of the county Be is a democ-at with as bright a record as- any in South Carolina. From 1876, when many who now lead were passive, or acStve in the ranks ol j'tbe enemy, to the present time, be hae ( done bi duty on every occasion, and often bas volunteered when others held back, f e is qualified to fill the ofirce i of Collector, and will do his duty every time without fear or favor. He has never been a candidate of bis own mo tien, aud in this instance is tbe can didate of Sumter County, brought for j ward by bis friends, and endorsed by j the Democrats irrespective of faction He j is a successful business man and a farm : er ; and finally, if there is anything tu his : record, either public or private, that would disqualify bim from holding office, we have never beard it, and we think we would have heard anything there was to hear. The WatcJuuan and Southron en dorses Capt. William on for the office of Collector of Ioter&al Bevenue. but regrets that the county is in danger of losing bis services in the Legisla ture. EQUIVOCAL H AN GUAGE* Tte .Sumter Herald in it? last issue charges the Watchman and Southron with violating journalistic ethics in one instance, and goes ahead, it appears, with ma!i>& ;aforet-bought, and makes it irr pop;jibi fto comply with its idea of ethics. The Sa-ald complains that it and the Manning j mes were criticised without giving what they said calling forth the criticism. Adopting the lan guage ef the Herald, this is true, but only half true.. The article from thc Times was given in full on another page, and the omission .of the Herald article was an oversight^itt having been clipped,for publication. Tic malice of tbe B-"nld in its last issue was as clear as day. It striugs out au article more than two columns iu length a&er hading said that to omit what a contemporary has said., when criticisiug ie* breach ot journalistic courtesy ! We are ia a quandery-is it better to make* breach in Bro. Nettles' journalistic ethics or to fill our columsrs with, thc article from the Herald. We choose the first -horn of the .dilemma. The whole matter in brief is this : There was a very -small vote polled in Sumter County, which unfortunately, is guilty of the -unpar donable sin of having a consercra-ticrc majority. The Watchman and Soirt'k- j ron did not hesitate to say that thc light j vote, under the circumstances, was a' disgrace to the Democracy of the coun ty, and of the city of Sunter especially, j We staod by this assertion. &uaiter; County shoal have gi?en a Do mucra-'j tic majority of at least 1800. Hut as we said the , one faction was as mach il - to blame as the other, as the strength of j the factions is nearly equal. The causes that led t> he lt ht vote li are various, o*he of which are uot hard to find and explain, others are; but j taking the vote of the county through- j out, the city r.f Sumter did as weil, if not better, than thc average. This is indisputable. These facts being granted, it would seem that a ciitioiscn based upon them would be unobjectionable, and so it would, were it not tinged with an ani mus, Lot ii uncalled f r and uij ust. lt was this animus to both the Herald and Thnes-that we obj eted to. Thc editor cf tbeso pape rs has a neat way of placing his words, *>o as to express in . qui vocal language, an objectionable i'ica?, but conveying at the .saine time an insinuation apparent to ail. X >t being so prodigal of space as the ; Herald, we cannot review its two and a quarter Column article at length, for were we to icvote sp ice proportionately to the way tbs Herald ti iii to our eight- j e n or twenty line paragraph, we would ; have to liil a whole side of the Walch- ! mon and Southnja. Hal to convince' our friend that we aro uupredjudieed, while maintaining that his attempt was rc- fasten the blaine of the light vote ou the Conservatives, we give both articles and leave it to the readi g public to de cide whether we are right or wrong: [From the Maiming- Times.] The city of Sumter g*ve Moise for Con gress, 369 again.-t 57 for Murray, a majority of312. Evidently the political knife was used, and Sumter's son and Democratic candidate was the viciim slaughtered. The personal popularity of Generaf Moise led os to believe thav.be would carry his owu city by a large and almost unanimous vote, but he did not do rt, to the' shame of Sumter. The white vote of that city according to the primary retarns,.showed a Conservative vote of o-ver five hundred, and a reform 7ote ol over one hundred, vet only about half of this number voted in the general election, when they ba a ran idate in the field whom they should have felt prou<? of against a Republi can negro who could not md woald not rep resent them. Gen. Moise-may be elected, and we hope he is, but the knifing be reteired at his home is a severe blow not only to bira hui to tfee Democracy of that county, and humiliating indeed to the Democracy of the entire State. From tkf Sumter Herold. The political condition of Sumter is de plorable, indeed When men pledge them selves to the performance of a certain duty, and then wilfully disregard their pledged hon or, it is lime to probe deeply for the canse of the m o ra!-polit veal ulceration. TillnannVtes and Conservatives are both at fault, and il is seles to hunt up excuses. We have found it impracticable to get the vote in the couuty, except t SurrMer. and- our comments must be based on the vote in this city: Tillman.263 Legislature.387 State Officers...272...County Officers ..286 lo view of the pledges at the primary tc support the nominees,, what can be the mean ing of the above, that there were 24 more votes cast for the members of the Legislature than for the Governor of the StAt r At the recent primary there was more th*u S & votes east by the two Democratic cl rbs in this place, each of which voters pledged his honor to support the ticker, ye' not 'half of them voted the State election. This in all very wrong. Kvery man should have supportai the Democratic ticket, regardless of bis 3ikes and dislikes, or else he should come out lik< a man, acknowledge, that he is rrot a Demo crat, aud hunt soiae other party. But most inexplicable of all is the vote ol the Sumter Conservative club. This clul claims, we believe, more tha-n six hundred votes, yet in the election last Tuesday, nol half that niauy white votes were c*8t in Sum ter. An explanation is certainly needed. General Moise should have received al least 700 vetes in Sumter. He cot only 369. And that, too, when be was opposed by a negro who would ia no sense have represent ed this Congressional district. Every Sterno erat in Sumter, who failed to vote for Moise, indirectly cast a half vote for the negro Mur ray. In this matter don't say the Tillmanites didn't vote, but put the nlame where ri rests. In Sumter city the fault fies with the Conser vatives, and they should not attempt to shirk it. _ WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. 1892. Mr. Harrison has boroe bis defeat in such a mau y way that be bas won the respect and admiration of even the staunchest democrats. The members o bis Cabinet have had little to say, although it was well kuown that more than one of them might have said some very interesting things had they been so disposed. This being the situation, a sensation was created io high repub lican circles when Jovial Secretary Rusk opened his ammunition box aud fired a red hot shut straight at the head of the man who has been privately charged by Mr. Harrison's close per sonal friends with having exerted his powerful infiaence'in the republican par ty to lessen the vote for Mr. Harrison. Although Secretary Kusk called no name he made it as plain as though he had spoken through the most powerful trumpet ever made, that n'brs opinion James G. Blaine, the ex-head of the Harrison Cabinet was the traitor upon whose head the wrath of the republican party should be poured. t is learned from trustworthy sources that Mr. Harrison was averse to such a statement being made by any member of his Cabinet, not because he believed :t untrue, but because he thought it undignifi d aud unnecessary; but Sec retary Husk who had it iu for Blaine, whom he one admired so much that he named his soc after him, ever since last summer wheu Blitnc tried to deprive him of the credit for restoring thc Euro pean privileges of the Ameriuau hog, and later lo use him to defeat Mr. Harrison's renomination ; io bis own language: "tried to make traitor of mc." He might have held in until be was out of office, but for his accidental discovery of indisputable evidence that Mr. lysine bad mach to do with the loss of his owu state, which he worked so hard to keep in the republican column. That settled it ; he had to have bis say, and it was iu pretty close accord with what niauy mem bers of his party think without saying. The question of pensions is one of the most important that the coming admini stration-and Congress will have to deal wif-h ; it directly arfjc:s every man, woman and child in the United States, [t is now certain that there will be a deficiency of 35,000,000 for the cur rent fiscal year, which must be appro priated at this session of Congress, and those who ought to know estimate the amouDt that will be required for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1893. which must also be appropriated at this essioo as .somewhere in the neighbor hood of $200,000,000. lt is difficult for human intellect to comprehend the immensity of the pile of money represented by those figures. If represents more tban^ $o, for each inhabitant of the country, and Secretary Foster of the Treasury predicts that before the close of Cleveland's adminis tration it will take 250,000,000 a year to pay the pensions-more than all the other expenses of the country added together-, lt is scarcely to be wondered af that the old idea, champ inned in the House som years ago by lion. Wm K Morrison of Illinois, of raiding the money to pay pensions by imposing au income tax, should be revived at this time. If pensiou expenditures are to.keep-growing pome extraordinary method of racing the money will certainly have to bc resorted to There is so much rivalry among Washingt>n democrats to be members of the citizens committee wiich will make the arrangement, for thc most largely attended inauguration the country has ever had thut if has resulted in a more or less bitter wrangle for ils control, between the National commit teeman for the District, of Columbia, who took the matter in his own hand and forwarded the name of gentlemen to bo members of the committee to chairman IJanity for his approval, and the central democratic committee, which believes that it should have selected the inaugural committee. Full details of the claims of both sides ha7o been forwarded to chairman liarrity ami his decision will be cheerfully accepted by all parties. "Teddy" Kossevelt, the President of one of the greatest Amciican humbugs the Civil Service Cool miss-ion, has J forgotten all about the numerous prosecutions he was going to make for violation of the law by various individu is, . in eoliehtng campaign contributions from Federal employes, previous to the election, and is now lying awake nights to stndy up schemes to keep the democrats out of the patronage to which they should be eotk ed after the fourth of March next, by extending the Civil Service to branches of the Government to which it never .wwsid hare been extended had Harrison been re-elected. Mr. Harri son has so far refused to endorse this scheme to keep republicans in office under a democratic administration by issuing the necessary order to carry it into effect, but he may be worried into it yet. The people of this country have voted against perpetual office holding, and a democratic Congress might take a notion to let this old hirro&ug ixe for the want of an appropriation. The tears would be few, and they wouldn't be from democratic eyer. - --- .?. . - Some Reform Measures. ^JKOTNVILLE; Nov. 15.-A. hill has been prepared, and will be introduced in the Legis lature by a member from this connty, r quir ing the county com,T,: -stoners to take charge of aad ftr d the prisoners of the county jail. It is claimed that the bill will be passed and that it ia a "retrenchment and reform" measure. Advocates of the measure say that sheriffs are now paid thirty cents a day for feeding prisoners, when it does not cost over ten cents a day. The coramissioners, it is claimed, can buy food by the wholesale, and probably keep the prisoners on less* than ten cents a day. Representative-elect SH aiaa will introduce a bill, which be has already drawn up, establishing a county court for Greenville, ! and it is not improbable that a bill making cotroty courts all over the Sta-'.e will be passed. The bill for this county provides for a judge at Si,OCH) a year salary and a prosecuting attorney $500". The regular grand jury is to consider indictments aud jurors will be drawn as usual. The court wiil have juris diction of ai* criminal cases except murder, arson-, burglary, rape and a few ether serious crimes, lt will also hea-r civil cases. The court will be run wry much as circuit courts, and the terms will be brid every other month.-The State. Everv season brings a new crop of cough remedies, but they cannot compete with t^at grand, old Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup-. - mi rn - There was a row on the Saturday night special over the M & A R R., on last Satur day night between Frank R ch*rdson and R. M.Johnson, both white, which terminated in a cutting affray, both men being: cut, Johnson severly. None of he circumstances hading to the unfor" late difficulty are obtainable. - Used up. Ifs; MVjrZr^r^^^* the only way to /C^^/\\^vN^f\ 1X56 801116 things, *V T\SI^XA^\\4 kut it's a bad A V\VA VS ndition for a wc-W%^bAA \ 1332111 or womim O \N\V^JV>X:*^XV\\ I* means disease. \ A WA J Y Take'Dr. Pierce's *x\j &^ /l^vPv Golden Medical ^ \ KJ%* " H1 ' Discovery. That means health. It Invigorates the Srer and kidneys, purifies the blood and cleanses and renews the whole system. For all scrofulous humors and blood-taints, and even consumption ( or lung scrofula), if taken m time, it's a positive remedy. It's a rpiaranteed one. In all dis eases of the liver, blood and lungs, it's war ranted to benefit or ciro, or the money is re funded. No other medicine of its class is sold, through druggists, on this pccidiar plan. You can judge why. You only pay for the good you get. In other words, it's sold on trial. No other medicine of its kind is. And that proves that nothing else is " just as good " as the " Discovery. " The dealer is thinking of his profit, not of yours, when he urges something else. Judge for yourself which is likely io be the better medicine. For fine Butter, and Cheese and pure Leaf Lard Kingmao & Co. lead. Go to Kingman & Co., for delicious Hams and breakfast Bacon. Itch on human and horses and al! animals cured in 30 minutes by Wooiford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by A. J. China, Druggist, Sumter S. C. MARKETS. SUMTER S. C , Nov. 23, 1892. COTTON-Receipts during week ending 23d, about 600 bales. Middling 9@0i. Mark et steadv. Holiday Notice. TP J L^gai Holiday The Simonds National B.itik wili be closed on that day. AU papers maturing that dav must be paid November 23d. 1892. L. S. CARSON, Nov. 23 Cashier. Holiday Notice. rp3UR>DAV, November 24th, being a I Legal Holiday, the Bank of Sumter will be closed on that day. All paper maturing oa that day must be paid Nov. 25'h, 1892. V/.' F. RH A ME, Cashier Nov. 23. NOTICE. BY VIRTUE OF A COMMISSION -IS sued to the undersigned by the Secretary or State constituting them a Board of Corpo rators of 'The Sumter Club," they will open the book? of subscription to the capital stock ! of said proposed corporation at the office of H .mian Schwerin fn the city of Sumter, S. C. on Friday the 25th day of November, 1892, herweeu the hours of ten and two o'clock. H SCHWERIN. ABE Ii ITTENBERG. Nov. 23-21._ Crockery ! The largest and cheapest lot of Crockery ever brought to Sumter, is just being opened at Scaffe's, And will be sold at astonish ingly low prices for cash. Embraces all lines and grades. Call and see it before buying anything you may want. ALSO A large and select line of llo ls, Toys, Etc., To be bc sold low down. T. C. SCAFFE. Nov. 23. Estate of Mrs. Abigail Peebles, DECEASED. VFILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on December 9th, 1892, tor a Final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. ll. E. L. PEEBLES. Nov. 9-4t. EXECUTOR'S SALE. ROPOS A LS for the purchase of the val uable plantation and residence of the late Josiah Haynsworth will be received by the undersigned, his Executors, who are au thorized by bis Will to sell. Terms easv. W F. B H AYN'S WORTH, J. C. WILSON. Oct 19. WANTS. JL D V E RT f S M EN TS of fc>e line* or less will be inserted under rbis bend for 25 ems for each iwerrrt/P.- Additional lines > cents per line. IT ON EY TU LOAN-Six iho s nd ^ 4 lars on first class real estate security. i. U. Lee, attorney at law. P TANTED-Four boarders, 1 couple and YV 2 gentlemen, or 4 gentlemen. Apply o Hrs. VV. H. Ingram, corner Canal and Vasbington Streets. Nov 23-tf. PIANO FUR SALE-A good Durham Piano, will be sold fer 125 CO. Apply .u Mrs. Kershaw. 200 PIGEONS FORSALE at 10c. each. H L. Darr. WANTED-By-Dec. 15th, a four room dwelling, witb kitchen attached. Ap )ly at this office. FOR" RENT OR SA LB-A four room cot tage with kitcbea attached, situate >.n Calhoun Street, 2d door East of Karvin Possession given January.1 Apply to Miss Wary Darr, nest door to above. Nov 16. TO SELL-Lot a Republican Street. 60x150 feet. Apply at* this- office. "fTVjR RENT-The residence on the corner Jj of the Barle place. Healthy loeation and rood neighborhood. Apply to Rerabert & Marshall. Oct. 19. YOUNG MAN Are you envious of (hose icho are wealthy Tlien become a capitalist hy laying ly i small part of your yearly income and 'n vesting it iii a life policy. For S20 you can instantly secure cr capital q/$1000 (or for $200 a capital f 10,000), thus- acquiring an estate chick you may leave to your Jieirs, )r retain as a fund Jor your own ntppori in old age, if your life be pro longed. Snch a step mill prompt you io save, &ill strengthen your credit, will increase your confidence in yourself, and a1 low you freedom in spending the rest of your incomz. If you marry, it will preserve you igainst care and anxiety, and furnish what you cannot theil well do w'-hout. Today you are p/ #sica#y sound; \he time may come when assurance tcili he an absolute necessity, but impaired health may- then prevent your obtaining it. Therefore, asssure NO W. Note thc profitable returns now made hy the Equitable to liviug policy holders who twenty years ago invested tn Tonthie insurance which is now maturing. . I E0DDEY, General Agent Equitable Life Assurance Society ii the United States, Seck Hill, S. C. CORONER'S SALL UNDER AND BY ViRTUE of an Execu tion issuing out of the Court of Com non Pieas for Sumter County, to me directed ind delivered, T will offer for sale in front of :be Court House of said cc oty on Salesday n December next, the-same being the 5th day )f the month, between the hours- of eleven )'clock in the forenoon- and" five o'clock in :he afternoon of that day, to the highest bid ler for cash : All the rights, title and undivided iaJerest )f the judgment debtor D'. Ternon Keel? in ind to all that tract of land, situate and being n Sumter CooDty, in said Stare, containing our hundred arjd thirty five acres-, more or ess, in Rafting Creek township, lying on the millie road leading from Sumter to Camden ria Hoy kin's Mill, and adjoining lands now or ormerly of R. G Ellerbe Dr.-. E. J. Efenv bert, James A. Gillis, Mrs. Haile, Frank 3oykin3 lands of Y>4tes and others : levied on md to be sold under the execution of H-a-rry i. Hoyt and E. Scott Carson, Sheriff ol Sum er County, judgment creditors against TS lameroo Keels and D. Vernon Keels, judg nent debtors. S. A. NORRIS, [L s ] Deputy Coronor for Sumter County. Nov. 9, 1892. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. TN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The People's Building and Loan As sociation of Sumter, S G-Plain tiff, against James II. Dixon and A. Clarence Durant-Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause aod da'.ed Oc ober 11th, 1892, I will sell at public auction n front of the Court House in the City of Surutrr, in said State on Monday, December >th, 1892, being Salesday, between the bou'S >f ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock iu .he afternoon, the following property to-wit; All that lot of land, wiih lb* dwelling louse and other improvements thereon, iituate and being in the City of Sumter in aid County and Stale, hating a front on Sumter Street of seventy-eight feet, and a iepth of one hundred and sixty feet, he the laid dimeusion a little more or ess, bounded >n the North by lot of B. G. Pierson ; on the South by a lot conveyed to F. Wentworth )rosswell by said Defendant James H. Dixon, >n the East by Sumter Street and on the West >y a lot of F. A. Tradewell, th same being he remainder of the lot conveyed to James i. Dixon by R. F. Hoyt after ihe aforesaid ion rey ance to F. Wentworth Crosswell. Term6 of Sale-One-half casi:, ihe balance m a credit of twelvemonths from the day of ..ile: the time portion to be secured by the >ond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the .remises sold ; the bond to bear interest from he day of sale, the building on the premises o be insured and the policy assigned to the laster; the purchaser to have the option of >aying bis enure bid in cash; purchaser to ay for all papers, recording, and the insur nce on premises. JOHN S. RICHARDSON. Master Sumter Co. Nor. 9, 1892-4t. MASTER^ SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OK SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Vite People's Building and loan Asso ciation of Sumter, S. C-Plaintiff against Jacob Washington and Alar ion Moise - Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated Oc uber ll th, 1892, I will sell t public-auction in rout of the Court House in the City of lumter, in snid State, on Monday, December th, 1892, being Salesday, between the hours f ll o'clock in the forenoon aud 5 o'clock io he afternoon, the following property to-wit: All that lot of land with the buildings [.creon situate and being in tlve City of Sum ir in the County of Sumter and State fore8aid, bounded on the North by lards now r formerly of Marion Moise ; E-ts; by lands I Rose Gary ; South by lands now or for lerly of Letty or Lydia Shiver and Mary mn Singleton and West by Main Street of id City : said lot having a front on Main Itreet of ninety-two feet more or less, and a op th of one hundred and fifty-four feet more r less. Terms of Sale-One half cash, the balance n a credit of one year from the day of sale, he time portion to he secuKfrd by the bond of lie purchaser aud a taortgage of the premises ) sold, the bond to draw interest from the ay of sale and the building to be insured and ie policy assigned to tho Master; the pur liaser to have the option ot pay ing his entire id in cash, purchaser to pay for expenses of apers and lecording, and insurance pre liums. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Masi r Sumter Co. Nor. 9, 1892-it. MASTER'S S LE. Stafceo South 0 aiolixte COUNTY OF SlfttTE fc tS THE COURT OF COMBON PL & The People's Building and Loan As sociation oj Straiter, S C-Plain tiff, against Adam- W. B yd-De fendant. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the ano ve entitled cause and dated Oct. I Ith, 1892, I will sell at pubiicauctton in front of tire Coart House in the city of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December bib, 1992, being Salesday, between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following property to-wit: All that lot piece or parcel of land with the dwelling house thereon, frootir.g oo Sumter Street, MI the City of Sumter, in >be County of Sumter tnad Srate aforesaid si tinged op posi'e to Bee Street of said city : the same containing one-third cf an acre nd designa ted as Lot No. 9 , on a plat of ihe lands sold by the Master for said cooa ty m.der tbe case of Reid-assignee, vs. Blanding and others, said plat beiDg filed with the proceedings in said caose, ihr aforesaid lot being bounded on the North- by lot formerly of J. Yr. i>argan : East by Sumter street ; South by lot No. 10 on said plat and West by lot No. 8 on said plat ; the same being the lot conveyed to said .idsra W. Boyd by James D. B andiag by deed duly executed. Terms of Sale-One-half cash, the balance on a credit of one year, the time portion to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises so sold, the hawid to draw interest from the day o# e le-the purchaser to have the option of paying his emire bid in casb-tbe building to be in sured and the policy to be assigned to the Master ; the purchaser to prny r e prenaiams thereon and the cost of papers and recording. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Master for Sumter Co.. Nov. S, 1892- t._ MASTER'S SALE ~ State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN TITE COURT OF COMMON* PIEAS. Joseph C. Scott, assignee-Plantiff, against John T. Green-Defendant. T>Y VIRTUEof a decretal order roadein the Jj above enirtled cause aud datad October II ib, 1892, I will sell at pu-blh* auction in front of the Court House in the city of Sumter, in sard State, on Monday,December 5tb, 1892", being Salesday, between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and &o'eloelfcin tltea&ernoon, the following property te wit. AU that lot or parcel of land with the two-story residence thereon, situate and being in the City of Sumter in the County of Sum ter aud State aferesafd :;" bst ded on the North by lot noW or formerly of Arabella S. Pbelps> on be east by Harby .Avenue of said City i South by land of L- F. Parrott and by lot now or formerly of W. B. Mims, and west by lot ow or formerly of Mrs. W. W. Geddings. Terms of Sale-One-half of the purchase money to be paid in cash, the balance on a credit of twelve months from the day of sale, the time portion to be secured by the bond of the purchaser, the same to bear interest from the day of sale-a*** a- mortgage of the premises; purchaser to have che* option of paying his entire bid in cash. The purchaser to pay for all necessary papers and for recording same, aad Sur policy of insurance upon the buildings, to an amou<nt to be fixed by the Master, said policy tobe approved by che Master and* assigned or made payable to him as further security. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Master for Sumter Co. Nov. 9, 1892-4t. M ASTERTS SALE State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, " TN TUE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Sinwnds National Bank of Sum ter, Assignee-Plaintiff. against Sc ip*o De L arge- De fen da nt. BY VIRTUE of * decretal order mad in the above entitled. cause- and dated March 8th, 1892, I will sell at public auc tion in front of the Court House in the city of Sumter, in sahl State, on Monday, December 5<h. being Salesday, between the hours of II o'clock io the forenoon and 5 o'clock io the afternoon, the following property to-wit; Ali t'hat piece paree' oe iaract qi land situate in-Middleton Town fitp ta Snores County and- State aforesaid, containing twenty-two and one-Tourtb-acres, cnore ol less,, bounded on the'North by lands now or formerly of John A Kelly r Hast by lande claimed by Robert Broun -r South by the Bell Mill Road and west by lands of William P. Singleton, the same being the tract of land con-wjad to th above named defendant by William P. Sin gleton. . Terras of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary paners. JOHN S R CH- RDSOtf, Master for Sumter Co. Nov. 9, 1892-4*._:_ MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN TUE COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Sinwnds National Bunk of Sum ter, Assignee-Plaintiff, against William P. Singleton-Defendant BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated March Uh, 1892, I will sell at public auc tion in front of the Court House in the city of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December 5th, 1892, being Salesday, between the hours of ll o'clock io the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following property to-wit: AU that piree, parcel or tract of knd sit uate in Middleton Township in ^Sumter County and State aforesaid, containing fweuiy-two.and one-fourth acres more or less, idjoining lands of Scipio DeLarge and others, the same being the tract oi forty-four and jne-half acres of land wbieh was conveyed to said William P. Singleton by Richard R. S cgleton, less tweuty-tvso acd one-fourth icres thereof which was subsequently con reyed by William P. Singleton to Scipio De Large.. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay 'or all necessary papers. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Master for Sumter Co. No . 9, 1892-41._ MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The American Freehold La.nd Mort gage Company of London (Limited) - Plaintiff, aga in st James T. Mun nerlyn and John T. Matthews-De fendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order mada io the above entitled cause and dated Mober H th; 1832, will sell at public auc ;ion in front of tue Court Hou-e in the city of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December >th 1S9/2-being Salesday-between the hours )f U o'clock io the forenoo and 5 o'clock in be afternoon, the following property to wit : AH thatpiece, parcel or tract of land sit^'.o \ ing and being in Spring Hill Township in he County of Sumter and State aforesaid, jontaining two hundred acres more or les9, joufided by lands now or formerly of Col. W. 1. Reynolds, Mrs. Madora S. Smith, Mackey barfield, Lawrence Chewoing, 0. M. Boykin md others, with tbedwelling howse and other mprovenients tht-rte , and being the same and which was conveyed to the defendant fames T. Munnerlynby Mrs. Mary Agnes Smith. Terms of Sale-One-halt cash, tb balance )n a credit of one year from the day of sale, he credit portion to be secured by the bond )f the purcnaser and a mortgage of the preci ses sohl ; the bond to bear interest from th* iay of sale, the purchaser to have the option >f paying his entire bid in cash ; purchaser o pay tor all necessary papers and recording. JOHN S. RICHARDSON. Master for Su.mter Co. Nov. ?, 1892.-41. MASTERS SALK State of South Carolina* COUNTY OF SUMT R TN THE CoettT OF COMMON PLEAS'. The People's Brtildiaig and Loan As* sedation of Sumter S C, P i - t 'ff-against, Edmund S. Slat r Defendant. BY VIRTUE of Decretal Order made ra the above entitled cause, and dated Oct. 11th 1892, I will sell at public section ini frent o'the Court House in the city of Samtet-int said State, on Monday D*c. 5tb, 3892-being' ! Salesday-between the hoars of ll o'clock in th fbreoeos-'and 5" o'clock ia the after ; noon, the foltewlng premises, situated in saul County auc^Sftate', to wit All that oVor parWo Uo irit&lhe new dwelling house thereon, situate, hine and bring near to and South East of the Cit j ..of Sumrer, in s*id county and State, containing one-fourth of an *cre, Iy g oe r Mrs. Jane Vaughan's residence, and adjoining; iandfc now or formerly of William Manser, land of i Shannon and toad of - -Singleton. Terms of S*le-?foe-bal* f the pureba**, money to be paid iu c*afa, the . balance o V jm credii of twelve months, ta* trae portion J be secured by the bond oTrotpoeeoaser and i mortgage o the premises so; ol^ the bond to ; bear interest from toe dar'dta&J "the dwell* ing bouse on said premises tb te insured and* the policy assigned to the 'Master ; the J>t*t j chaser to pity UK aline effija/y. m u C m for recording ; and to hare option of pav n the estire bid io cash; " - ? ? fjff ; JOHN S. RICHARDSON, . Master for "Sumter Ce frov. , 1892-4t. i MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina* COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OP CO *OS PWSAS.: Sarah Bowell Lee, Assignee-Pluia tiff, against John W. Sr iitht Sr 9 John W Smith, Jr., Edward D~ Smith, Mar g A. formait. Emma Taylor, William Ch Smith, Addie E. KoMey-Defend ante BY VIRTUE"of KT^okk mifc k the above eoiirfetf est se u ^t^i^k' tooer I lib. 1892, I wiil sell at ubfic auction in front ot tie Court House ia--tbe City of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, ^Decem ber 5tb, being Salesday. between |be..hours of llo'clock in the forenoon and! 5 o'clock it the afternoon, the following property to-wit; Al! that parcel or traet . /^Ian jrbereaa ; Mrs Sarah- C. Smith' resided in ber lifetime-,. ! with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter .and State'off South Carolina, containing eighty-eit bt (8e**> acres mere or less, beuoded on the North by the lands now or formerly of Hilliard Berry formerly of Olivia Green ; East by la ads f R. C McFaddin formerly of Cresa Woods sadr Ticer elson; Sooth- by lands of Estate. oC Henry Roberson ; West by land of^B^'C. Mcfaddia formerly of A. A. Gilbert, and be i og the same land which was-CODveyed to1 ! the said Sarah C. Smith by " Mrs. Frances E. Dingle- by ber deed dated January 5, 18**5>, and recorded in the proper.office io Book at page 275. v ' Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. " -0 - i JOHN S RICHARDSON,' Master for Sumter Cb- * Nor. 9, 1892.-4t. II ASTERN SAHLi State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Ix THE COURT OF COMMON P.je*e. TJie Svmond's National Bank of Sum* ter. Assignee-Plaintiff; * * against j WiSey J. McDaniel- Defendant. ? BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made-io the above eutitled cause and dated Octo ber 11th 1892, I will sell at public aaat onj in front of the Court Howse in t* er^or" Sumter, in said State, Monday,.. Oecemfcer 5tb, being Salesdaj;, between tbe boure cf Ti o'clock Lo, the forenoon- and 5 o'clock to tba; afternooo, the following property to-wiu First*. All that- tract of land situate and being io Swimming Pens* Township io the County of Sumter and* Shete aforesaid, con taining twenty-five acres, bounded on tba* Nocth>tey lands of Manson Milloo, aaoj-aha* gast by ianda now or forra erip qfcJ. .W^jgcp bert, on the Stroth by lands a W&aapfcn glish ao<fon the West' by*" fne public road leading to Sumter Court House; the asms being the land, conveyed to Wiley J. )te jl&oiel by ^leTandeS- or b> fetitofy' re corded. ^ Secord. All that tract of land. aUuate and being in Spring Hill Township in the County i of Sumter and Stare aforesaid, coaraiarng one hundred'And Eve acres and three-fourths of an acre, bounded on the North" by landa now or formerly of Washington Pearson, on. the East bv lands of Castello McCatbmm f on the West by lands of Wesley L. McIMsiel aa Ransom Gamble; and on the Sonfb'by Und of Paul H. Wilson and George Mose** being th t lands purchased by Wiley J McDaniel froo A. C. rrsJwaa, and is a part of the Bowie lands of the Bradford Springs Tract.- "f Terms of Sale-Ooe-baIf cash, the balance , in one yea? front the d=ty of sal .-, tbe. credkeOi portion to be secured" by the bond of tbe -J>or chaser and a mortgage ol the premises sold,. the bond to bear interest from, tbe day of le and tbe purchaser to hate the-optba of pay ing bis eatBrebiot io cash. The purchaser to pay for all Decessarv pajjersandjfcr mrordiag.^ JOHN S rJ CHAR ) SSr - ; f vJtasiee S8**t SXK Not. 9, 1892-it. MASTERS SAIJ| State of South Carolina* COUNTY OF IN THE COURT OF COMBON -FXE*R. Tlie Dundee Mortgage aajfr^Trust Tn vestment Com j>a ny ( Limited)-' Plaintiff, ojgaitt^ x >hrasjjfa E+ Dalos-DefendCn*. - - " BY VIRTUS of a decretal order made io tbs above eutitled cause and dated October 11th, 1892, I will sell at .public aucjtoo io front of the Conrt House in th City of Sumtes in said State, on Monday December 5th r892^ being Salesday,between the hour of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, tbe following property ioew^t^ AU that plantation or tract of U tt^ form erly known as the "Pugh Plantation," with the large dweiiing boose and other improve ments thereon, situate, lying and being in Privateer Township in the County of Soxnter and State of South Carolina, containing . nin% hundred acres more or less : bounded on tba North by lands of Dr. J. H. Furman, on the East by lands now or formerly of John N Ingram and Estate of Gabriel Os^feas jon tba South by land now or fonne'rfr of Col. W L. Remolds and Sam') Harvin and on tba West by lands of the Estate of Toot. H. Osteea. Twms of Sale-One-half cash, th balance on a credit of one year from the day cf sale, the credit portion to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premi ses ao sold; tbe bond to bear interest from the day of sale, the dwerling baos tba premises to be insured and the policy to ba assigned to the Master ; the purchaser to pay for all necessary papers, recording, andi in surance premiums. . JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Mae ter S am ter Ca, Nov, 9, lS92-4t. - j * -;--r-V -* ? Two Unusually Good Offers- Beai Christmas Gifts, FIRST-The great Hobday No. (enlarged le> 256 pages of that brightest of quarterly pub , licatiops. TALES FROM TOWJT TOPICS." On Decemoer first all news and book stands and railways trains, pfice 5Q cents, will be sent FREE to all vb*. 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