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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Predictions are being made bj o
ctticeos that ibis wilt be a fine fri
Jeer. As the predictions of a cc
winter have been abundantly veril*
we are not inclined to doubt in advane
The United States Senatorsbip is
position a!mo>t as mach sought after
that of County Commissioner in Son
Carotin*. LB Nebraska there are nc
forty-three candidates in the field.
Wkfc Senator Carlisle, of Kentucl
?8 Secretary of the Treasury, that offi
wilt be filled by a man as ab
?t honest; and in ability, as in all tl
qualities of statesmanship, he is tl
peer of any man in pubfle life.
Mumps are fashionable in this city
present. If yo? haven't had thei
beware who yon go 4'cheek by jow
with.
Rumor again saya that the Colomb
Cana! is te be utilised at an early da;
This time it is said that a $700,0(
-docking mill wiS he built with as gre
'exp?dition as posai ble. We trust rum?
is correct for once, but we withhold ot
congratulations until the rumor is vet
?ed.
Senator Irby and Congressman Joh
L. McLaurto have been to New York !
aw Cleveland about the patronage <
South Carolina. To judge from Sen a t<
Irby'a publie record he takes more intel
est tn the spoils of political life than i
the duties he was elected to perform.
Mr. T. H. Richardson, of Gaioesvill
Fla., one of this paper's appr?ciatif
readers, sends us a photo of the Thir
Party movement of Florida. It b
sorry cr?ature-even more so than i
South Carotina. Any one who has neve
seen the Third Party may tale a look 9
its photograph when they pay us a visit
Senator Hill, of New York, bs
offended boas Croker of the Tam
?nany machine. Senator Hill went t
Albany during the progress of th*
election of Murphy to the Senate, ant
Croker pronounced him a meddler, ant
further remarked that he had bette
stay in Washington and attend to bi
duties.
The death of Geo. B. F. Butler, o
Massachusetts, familiarly known as tb?
'-Beast" and the spoon thief, causes ai
little regret, all over the country, and
especially in the Southern half, as that
af any man of equal prominence wbc
has died sw ce the United States was a
nation. Even to tell his history would
he to blanken bis memory.
The United States Supreme Court
decides that it has no jurisdiction in
the railroad tax oases carried to it on an
appeal from the U. S District Court.
?od refuses to enter into a discussion
of the merit of the eases. T!;is evi?
dently leaves the cases unsettled,
although it was upon the question of
the jurisdiction of the District Court
that the appeal was taken.
' Ex President Rutherford B. Hayes
4ied at Fremont, Ohio, last night at ll
o'clock of rheumatism of the heart. He
was said to be a good man,but the odium
of allowing himself to be made President
?ef ike United States by fraud and
Quavery clang to him in life and will
stick to hts memory so long as truthful
history is extant. The latter part of
his life has beea devoted to the work of
prison reform.
Editor T. Larry Gantt bas severed
bis connection with the Colombia Regis?
ter and will remove to Spartaoburg,
where he will ruo a weekly in the inter?
est of Senator S cany arne Wilson. It
will be remembered, by those who read
the Register, that Col. Gantt, not long
since, suggested Senator Wilson, as a
suitable person to succeed Congressman
George Washington Shell.
Col. T. Larry Gantt, is esteemed
most where he is koown best. The
Waynesboro, Ga., True Citizen says of
him : "Larry Gantt elected messenger
to carry the Cleveland and Stevenson
South Carolina vote to Washington ts
too 4fi? for utterance, it is almost as
rich as Platt (Me, Too) entrusted with
the New York electoral rete with Qmj
to pat him on the back and keep his
courage up. Ob, dear! Gb, dear*"
It is believed io Alliance cireies {??at
president 31. L. Donaldson, of toe
State Alliance, viii have at sits disposal
-thc entire Federal pa.tr?*age of the
State. ? Alliance ?leeturers and
organizers 'desire -to replenish the
waning meroberabvp of t-Le order, they
have 'Only to .circulate rbis raper*
S?jlwstnewsty. If oew members be wbat
the Alliance wants, the taint of patron?
age will bring them in.
Governor-elect Peter Torney, of
Tennessee, was inaugurated io bed at |
his home in Winchester, on Monday, i
Thia does away with the possibility of
Soobjg&O holding cvvsrjo the event of
jjodga Ifcrney's death. Gov. Buch
juna, at first, refused to sign the resolu?
to? jjitboriziog thc inaegiuratioc of
JTudge Turoey ; but the pabilo pressure j
?as too strong for bim to carry out his '
original intentioo, as he woald have ]
been tbe one benefitted by the death j
cf Judge Taraey, without having beeo
aseogurated.
Tbe present schedule of tbe A. C. L-,
aa far as this eoctioo of the State is con- I
eerunl, s return to the d-iys just sub- j
sequent to the war. A person going
North has to leave hereon the 2 o'clock
freight to make connection at Florence.
If ona leave? hereon the evening train,
be will have to lie over in Florence
uotil the next morning. There bas
already been great ca m plain t and it is
just beginning.
Mr. J. E. DuPre, an ex-Legislator,
having been a member of the body
called "driftwood" by Gov. Tillman
himself, criticises the work of the last
Legislature and of the Sumter delega?
tion especially, in view of the fact
that Mr. DuPre has the wisdom gained
by experience, and is folly competent
to judge of matters legislative, we
refrain from remark an til the criticised
geutlemeu have had an opportunity to
avail themselves of their rightful per?
quisite of cracking the ex-Legislator's
head with the sticks he bas so thought?
ful iy provided. .
Capt. 0. L. Williamson, the popular
member of tbe Legislature from this
county stands an excellent chance of
appointment as Collector of Internal
Revenue for South Carolina. His peti?
tion bas been signed not only by the
people of Sumter County, but by num?
bers of the most prominent and influ?
ential men of Charleston, Columbia and
other places. The names on his peti?
tion represent both factions of the Dem?
ocrats, and with such endorsement his
application should receive favorable
consideration. If Sumter County is
not supporting him solidly, we have
not beard it.
The Columbia Regieter, for about
the space of a year, bas been the public
mouthpiece of the Tillman Administra?
tion, and Col. T. Larry Gantt has been
organ-grinder. Aud, to carry the
illustr?tioo a degree farther, Mr. Calve
bas been the monkey, that received the
pennies in his little tin cup, while the
organ played that familiar refrain,
--Gathering in the Spoils." Had Mr.
Calvo been familiar with the record of
Col.Gantt he would have known that the
Colonel has the faculty of overshadow?
ing with his own personality the im?
portance of the organ he edits, and that
the when this personality is withdrawn
from the organ, it seems to those who
admire his style, that the organ is in?
sipid and without flavor. It is said that
the taste for Limberger, once acquired,
causes other cueese to seem without
flavor, but the irrepressible odor of Lim?
berger is offensive to the uninitiated, as
is a disregard for truth and a servile
toolsbip io a newspaper writer, to hon?
est men. We venture the prediction
that those who have been attracted to
the Register by Col. Gantt's style will
fall away by the same iuflueoce and
cannot be brought back to ita support.
It is boped that tbe monkey collected
enough pennies while the organ was
playing to keep it in heart when the
melody is stilled.
.'THE LEG-ITIMATJ3 DRAMA."
Our city is again billed for a public
entertainment in which tbe main
attraction purports to be women in tights.
Obscene pictures are fully as objection?
able as obscene literature, and if one is
suppressed, so should the other be. It
takes all sorts of people to make a
world, and there is said to be no dis?
puting about tastes, but there are snch
things as depraved tasha and diseased
appetites, which should not be, but
whick are, developed by means of such
stage representations. They tend to
demoralize and corrupt men's thoughts,
to stimulate passions already too strong,
tbey have no elevating or beneficial
effect, but quite the contrary, aod
even the quality of the am tn use tn cat
they afford is wholly antagonistic to
genuine pleasure or true enjoyment.
FUTURES AND SLANDER.
Rumor, that irresponsible jade,
whose charges are so easy to make and
so hard to refute, has been busy of late
in this city. Oue of her charges is to
the effect that the whole town has gone
erasy on the subject of speculating in
cotton futures, and that among the
demented are several "preachers." We
know that preachers are sometimes
given to speculating in futures, but we
have never heard that cottou had any j
part iu their speculations-asbestos
would be more fitting, in our judgment.
This performance of the jade has a pis?
catorial aroma about it-decidedly so.
The deeds of preachers are sometimes
cited as justification for actions that are
felt to be somewhat unjustifiable other?
wise, but it is a poor defense to shield
one's self behiud what others do or are
alleged to have done. Let every man
judge for himself in cuch matters, and |
not unman himself by repeating the j
offense of Adam in charging Eve with
being the first offender, and endeavor- j
.ing ts eaut the blame of the whole '
<*ransaetnon su her.
Of course there is no scintilla of truth
tn this rumor, as regards the preachers,
but we are sorry to kuow that macy
have gou-? into ??jeeulatiou of this sort
Where ac art-icle is really bought and
sold, as cotfi** fur instance, and thc
buyer holds for a fcigber price, there is
absolutely no eleven*, of immorality in
the transaction Kui where uo real
sale and purchase takes place, what is
the transaction but a bet that by such j
a date cottjn will be worth such a !
price? X >w is it or not against good i
morals to encourage such transactions?
Do tbry not tend to demoralize and un- !
?ettie legitimate bu-iness? And is not I
this contra bonus morts.' The history
of Wall street furnishes an impressive !
oom tuen tary on this ''futurea" business, j
Xot one mau in a hundred comes oui, i
better than he wvmt io, aud the eiaie-j
-uittut id .hat, with few exceptions, the i
"tittle fish," or small operators, are j
invariably gobbled up by the "sharks/
or large operators. The ootopus c.
Wallstreet is ooiy reaching out :*K
bage tentacles for a wider sweep-the
sharks are only baiting the small fry.
When the end comes, it will not be the
sharks but the small fry who will suffer.
Mark our prediction !
Again, when a man makes a lucky
speculation, the news spreads like a
prairie fire, and many are tempted to
invest who otherwise would not. The
lucky man is largely responsible for the
effects of the example he sets. But
who ever hears of the losses that are
made ? Why is it that we hear only of
the gains? How many who gain, hold
on to their gains? And why not?
Simply because the temptation is too
strong-the greed of gain too powerful
to resist. Is the greed of gain a good
thing to encourage-good for oharaoter
-good to make pure, noble, patriotic,
godly men, men to admire and follow
after ? If not, then must it be conceded
that all this sort of thing is against good
morals, and therefore to be condemned.
The main consolation in all this lies
in the fact that in the long run such
violations of good morals punish the
violator by leaving him worse off in
pocket and conscience and character
than he was when he started. He so
often kills the goose that laid the gold?
en egg-he so seldom knows when to
quit. But the harm lies in the misery,
the desperation, the misanthropy, the
irreligi?n, the trusting to chance instead
of in God, which are the logical results
and effrcts of such habits. The inno?
cent are involved in the sufferiog, the
trusting are taken advantage of, the bur?
dens of life, already heavy enough, are
made heavier by ali this, and it is time
to call a halt.
A Surprise for the Bar.
WASHINGTON, January 12.-Special :
During the argument of the South Caro?
lina cases in the Supreme Court today
Chief Justice Fuller stopped the counsel
for the railroads with the announcement
that the Court has co jurisdiction in the
case. This was a great surprise to the
array of counsel present representing
the railroads aod the State authorities,
and the decision of the Court will pro?
bably cause the Tillmaoites to rejoice,
for it is a justification to a certain
extent of their methods of taxation.
The Chief Justice stated, however,
that the Court was nob prepared to go
into the merits of the case, but was
convinced that the Court has no juris?
diction, and therefore further argument
would be unnecessary. The'sudden
termination of the argument, after the
counsel bad been detained here last
Friday, occasioned considerable disap?
pointment, especially among the rail?
road men.
Mr. Lord opened the argument on
behalf of the State authorities, aod upon
the conclusion of his remarks Mr. Smith
proceeded to present the argument for
the railroads. Immediately certain
members of the Court plied Mr. Smith
with questions, all of which seemed to
indicate that the Court doubted its
jurisdiction to deal with the question
involved. After Mr. Smith fioished
his argument Mr. Fitzsimons, also
representing the railroads, began to
supplement and reinforce the statements
made by Mr. Smith. In the midst of
this argument the Chief Justice held a
whispered consultation with his Asso?
ciates and then announced that the
Court did not care to hear further ar?
gument, as it was clearly of the opinion
that it had uo jurisdiction to consider
the case.
Mr. Baron was to have followed Mr.
Fitzsimons on behalf of the railroads ?
and then Speaker Jones was to have |
made the closing argument for the
State. The action of the Court today
practically reverses the decision of the
Court below, which was in favor of the
railroads. Those who arc familiar with
the praotice of the Supreme Court say
t hat the announcement of the Chief Jus?
tice that the refusal to hear further argu?
ment without passing upon the merits :
of the case cuts but little figure in the.
proceedings. The failure of the Court !
to take jurisdiction in itself virtually
decides the case io favor of the State
authorities.-News a; Courier Jan. 13.
The action taken by the United States
Snpreme Court in the South Carolina
tax cases before it was the all-abso jing
topic of conversation yesterday. Owing
to the fact that the Court hus uot yet
made public its decision in the case the
entire matter yet remain? in a certain
degree of doubt, and gives rise to much
speculation among ali persons who have
taken an iuterest in tho important
litigation which has taken place on the
subject.
There has been no amendment of any
decision by the Supreme Courts, but
from what occurred upon the trial it is
ouly reasonable to conclude that deci?
sion will be iu favor of the State. Mr.
Lord commenced his argument for the
State on Wednesday : on Thursday Mr
Smith and Mr. Fi'zsimons were heard
and Mr. Jones being about to reply on j
behalf <>f the State, the Court announced j
that it did not desire to hear atty further
argument from that side.
The casc9 were argued in the Circuit. ?
Court upon demurrers which in brief!
made the questions that the Court, had j
uo jurisdiction, and that even if all
the allegations tn the complaints of the
railroads were true the facts did not I
warrant (he interposition of the Court
lu the Supreme Court no question
was raided either by the counsel or by j
the Conrt itself as to the j ot isdictioo of j
the Supreme Court. The question,
however, of the jurisdiction of ihe Cir-!
cuit Court for th-- District of South Car- !
ulina, which originally heard the cause, j
a question which from the first and all I
aloug had been made iu these cases, |
wa?? pressed and fully argued
Those who were present and heard j
the trial at Washington can draw their j
own inferences from what took place, j
but. as yet the Court has not. announced I
its decision, stil! less has it stated the !
??rounds of its opinion.
If the inference from thc nature of
the questions asked at the trial and
from the fact of stopping thc counsel
for the State be correct, that t-i? deci?
sion is to b-; in ?ivw uf the State and
against the railroads, it will probably
rest on one or moro of the grounds, j
that there was uo illegality it? the as
sessme.ut of the tax, that tn* ie was ati
adequate and exclusive remedy a Horded i
bv the lawi of Sou: h Carolina iu tho
statute providiog for the payment of the
whole tax and for suit to recover back
the part claimed to bc illegal, that there
was uo case made justifying the inter?
position of a Court of equity, that
there was no case made showing that
thc 3'ate or the officers had denied to
any of these corporations the equal pro?
tection of its laws, and that the amounts
claimed against any road by any county
treasurer and disputed by the road must
be at least ?2.000 io order to give the
Court jurisdiction-that is, (hat the
different amounts iu dispute by the.
same road, but in different counties,
cannot be added together to confer ju?
risdiction upou the Uuited States Circuit
Courts.
Two test cases were brought before
the Supreme Court. If the decision
sustains any one of the above grounds
except the last, it will in effect dispose
of all the other cases. If based upou
the last alone, the present two cases
will only certainly fix the law with re?
gard to the tax on the roads and in the
counties where the part of the tax
claimed to be excessive equals or ex?
ceeds ?i,000. The large majority of
taxes will be found to be below $2 OOO.
A table is given showing the amount
claimed as in excess by each road and
in each county. If tue Court should
pass upon the jurisdictional amount
alone, the other questions can still be
made where the excess happens to
exceed the ?2 OOO.
There were originally several snits,
each suit in the name of a separate
railroad. As every one of the railroads
ran through several counties the taxes
upon the railroad were payable to the
treasurers of the counties through which
the railroad ran. So when the rail
roads came into the United States Court
it made as parties defendant the several
treasur?rs of those counties and the
sheriff of each county, embracing them
all in one suit.
In the two cases before the Supreme
Court the amount of taxes io dispute
was less thau $2.000 in each county,
which is the limit of the jurisdiction of
the Circuit Court of the United States,
tbe jurisdiction of tbat Court being
limited to cases in which the matter in
dispute exceeds ?2,000, exclusive of
costs.
The Attorney General and Mr. Lord
demurred to each bill, that is to say,
I denied the jurisdiction of the United
States Court, first, because the matter
in dispute was less than ?2 000 ;
second, because each county treasurer
and sheriff was a separate and distinct
party from every other county treasurer
and sheriff, responsible for his own
acts only and in no wise connected
with or responsible for the action of
any other county treasurer or sheriff,
and claims that for this reasou the bill
was multifarious and could not bc
sustained ; and third, because the Act
of tho Legislature provided a plain,
adequate and brief remedy by a suit
at law in every case of an imposition of
an uulawful tax.
In such cases the taxpayer could pay
the amount of the tax, and bring bis
suit against the couuty treasurer for
so much of it as was illegal This
being so, that the United States Circuit
Court, sitting as a Court, of Equity,
conld not entertain jurisdiction of the
suit. These objections were overru'ed
by tbs United States Circuit Court and
an appeal taken.
If the Supreme Court of the United
States, hearing these objections on an
appeal, were of the opinion that they
were well taken, the State has gained
its case. If, however, the Supreme
Court of the United States found from
tho record that none of the cases in?
volved a sum of mere than ?2,000,
exclusive of interest and costs, and
upoo this reason di>uiifcbed the oases,
the Supreme Court not having jurisdic?
tion unless the sum involved exceeded
that auicaut, then the S'ate has lost the
case.
Only two cases were before (he
Court, the Northeastern Railroad and
the Central Railroad *>i South Carolina.
This action of the Supreme Court
affects only those cases, and if the
Impression be correct that thc oases
weut off because of the amount in?
volved, thc action of the Supreme
Court in no wise affects the counties in
which the amouut of taxes involved
exceeds $2 000.
Should it prove to be true that the |
cause of the Supreme Court's actiou
was the btlit-f ou the part of the
Judges that the cases could not be
heard uuless they involved $2,000, it
will become interesting to know io
exactly which counties and in the case
of which roads this disability is re?
moved.
The statistics given below have been
compiled from the original records.
They give the amouut o?* taxes ten?
dered by the roads in each couuty, and
also thc amount which was claimed by
the State.
The Charleston and Savannah,
Carolina Midland and Georgia, Caroli?
na and Northern roads are not men?
tioned because they were not interested
in the suit. Their taxes were adjusted
witbout protractod litigation.
It will be noticed that iu many coun?
ties thc excess of taxation alleged by
the railroads is less than $2,000 For
thi.se tho matter has been fiually de
cided, if it. is true that tho Judges were
actuated by this point of Jurisdiction.
lu several of the counties, however,
thc excess is ?2 0?U and more, in
which cases the questions will of course,
remain open, unless they should be
brought up before the Supreme Court.
-A'cus and (Jonricr, Jan. 14
I find Salvation <.):! the best cure for
rheumatism I have ever known. Joshua
Zimmerman, VVetberedville, Md.
Tbe world-wide reputation of Ayer's Hair
Vigor, ia due ' ld healthy action on the hair
and scalp. Xii.5 incomparable preparation
restores the original eolor to gray and faded
hair, and imparts the gloss und freshness so
much desired by ali class?s of people.
Fitting School Scholarship.
A Scholarship is offered in Wofford College
Fining School for the Spring Session,
beginning Feb. 17th, that reduces the cost to
$48 00.
Til-; Scholarship will be awarded by a
competitive examination, conducted by the
School Commissioner at his office ou .Monday,
J M ri Suth
The Examina iou will consist of ten ques?
tions On each of : i ? *- folio? ing brant hes ;
I English Grammar-Patts of Speech,
Forms, and a short story teat! for reproduc?
tion, as a test of expression and ?pelling.
li. Arithmetic. em ?'raring Fractions,
Common and Dreimal, aud Compound Quan
ti'ii s.
Iii. D. S. History.
IV. Geography.
Buts over fourteen years of age may
compele. Further information may be ob?
tained from. A. G RKMBfcart
Spartanburg S. C.
For the best Sausage in the city go ?J Eugene j
Hogan. All ui d'rs will l.*ve his special at
teut ton.
Rent Liens, plain find with cotton seed
clause, for sale at ihe Watchman aud Southron
o tlice.
Chance For The Alliance.
It is possible that through the united efforts
of the Farmers Alliance, something of actual
benefit to the farmers of South Carolina and
the country, as well as to all other citizens
uiaj be accomplished.
A national league for the "good of roads"
has been formed io New York, and it is pro?
posed to organise such a league io this State,
and, under the auspices of the Farmers
Alliance, push the the great work of better?
ing tha public roads of the State.
The following letter from the secretary of
the State Farmers Alliahce gires some
information OD the subject.
RRJ os VILLE, S, C., Jan. 9, 1893.
His Excellency Governor Tillman,
DKAU Ma: 1 have been io correspondence
with Gen. RcyStooe, of New Yerk, to whom
I WHHTvferred by Governor Levi K. Fuller of
Vermont.
I send a letter recently received from Geo.
Stone. My pian, to which he refers, is to
send circulars to every Alliance io the State,
and to all the State aud county Alliance
officers to enable them to gaio information un
the subject and to bcgio the organization at
ooe.
My directory contains about a thousand
names of prominent farmers in all parts of the
State, consequently my sending out the
circulars would scatter them weil.
He has sent the circular I wrote for, I will
go to Washington if I Hm able to gel out and
make the trip. Yours respectfully,
J. W. REID,
Sec F. A. of S. C.
The enclosures is as follows :
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 1892.
J. W. Reid, Secretary Farmers' Alliance:
Dear Sir: I have sent you the literature re?
quested, aod should be pleased to hear from
you when the same is received. Tbe execu?
tive committee think your plan of action ad?
mirable, be good enough to let us know if we
can't support you further.
Governor Tillman bas accepted the position
of vice president for the State, but has not
yet named the State director?, under article 5
I of the constitution, page 40 of the pamphlet
sent you.
Will you kindly communicate with him,
and please indicate that it would be very
agreeable to have you Damed as ooe of the
directors of the State.
Would you be abie to come to Washington
to attend the general board meeting on Jauu
ary 17. Very truly yours,
ROY STUNS,
General Vice President.
Governor Tillman DA. replied to Mr. Reid
as toilowe :
Replying to your letter of yesterday, Gov?
ernor Tillman directs me to say that he will
be glad to receive suggestions of live and
active men all over the State to be appointed
vice president of National League for Good of
Roads, And will be gelid to appoint you one
of the directors ol this State. Very respect?
fully, D. H. TOMPKINS,
Private Secretary.
New crop 1892 Londoo Layer Raisins at
15c. per lb. at Kiogmao's.
You cao get more goods for less money
from En ene Hogan.
A full stock of Trial Justice blanks kept on
hand at this office.
Supply Liens at bottom prices. Lien mer?
chants should get our prices on the hundred
or thousand before placing an order elsewhere.
I manufacture Sausage of all kinds, *>nd
am prepared to sell in any quantity, from
1 pound to 1.0C0 pounds, at short notice.
Send me your orders. I guarantee satisfac?
tion in price, weights, and quality of goods.
Eugene Hogan, second door west of Post
Office._
COTTON SEED FOR SALE.
IMPROVED PeterkiD Short Limb.
R. J. BROWNFIELD,
Catchall, S. C.
Jan. 18-3t
MONEY TO LOAN.
IN SUMS OF $300, and upwards, on im?
proved cotton lands. ^Eigbt percent
interest and a commission. Apply to
LERA MOISE,
Attorneys at Law.
3 mos.
FOR SALET
O NICE BUILDING LOTS on West side
Jj Har by Avenue, next to residence of H. J.
harby.
ALSO
SLOTS OD North side Republican St. be?
tween Harby Ave. and New St. Apply
to A. C. PHELPS.
Jan. 18-tf
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
WU KKK AS, SIMON TI. KELLY made
suit to Die tu gr* nt aim Letters nf Ad?
ministration of tbe Estate ?nd effect* of JAS?
PER WAYMS GALLOWAY, deceased, unad
iuini*>crcd.
These ar? therefore to cite ar.ci admonish all
and singular tbe kindred and creditors of the
.?aid J ?ar KB WA TM li ALLAWAY, late of said
County and State, deceased, that they be and
appear before me. ia tb? Court of Probate, to
be held at Sumter C. H., ?n Feb. 2d,
1S93. next after publication hereof, at ll o'clock
in tbe forenoon, to shew canse, if any they
have, vrby the said Administration should nut
be granted.
Given under my band, this I Si h day of
Ji.u , A. D., 1893. T. V. WALSH,
Judge ef Probate.
Jan. 18-2t.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, E$$.t Prob?le Judye.
WHEREAS, SIMON H. KELLY, made
suit to me, to grant him Letters of
Administration of the Estate of and effects
of MRS. ARGENT L. KELLY, Widow, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and Credi?
tors of the said MRS. ARGENT, L. KELLT,
Widow, late of said County and State,
deceased, that they be and appear be?
fore me, io tbe Court of Probate, to be
held at Sumter OD Febroary 2d 1893, next,
after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they have,
why the said Administration should oot be
granted.
Given under my hand, this 18th day of
Jaouarv, A. D., ?893.
T. V. WALSH,
Jan 18 - 2t Judge of Probate
State of South Carolin,
COUNTY OF SUMTER
By T. V. Walsh, Esquire, Probate Judye
WHEREAS, EDWARD E. REM BERT has
made suit to me, to grant him Let?
ters of Administration of tbe Estate of and
effects of MES. ESTHER GOURDIN GAILLARD
REMCERT,
These are therefore to cite and admonish nil
?nd singular the kindred and Creditors of
the said Mrs Esther Gourdin Gaillard Rem
ber!, deceased, that they be aud appear before
me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at
Sumter, C. H., on February 2d, 1893, after
publication thereof, at ll o'clork in the fore?
noon, to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not be grant?
ed.
Given under roy band, this 18th day of
January, Anno Domini, 1893.
T. V. WALSH,
Jan. 18-2t Judge of Probate.
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 10, 1893.
rpHE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will
I let out at the County Poor House on
January 21st, 1893, the repairing of certain
houses, at said Poor House. Sp?cifications
made known at that time, and thc right
reserved to reject any <-r all ?>ids. Bids to jg
sealed, and contractor lo give bond for faith?
ful discharge of his contract.
By order of Board.
THOS. V. WALSH,
Clerk Board, County OouamiBsionerf, Sum?
ter County. J?n- H
Freeuiau aud Herald, pleate copy.
WANTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS of ?ve Hues or less
will be inserted under this bend for 25 j
cents for each insertion. Additional lines j
5 cent3 per line.
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FOR SALE OR KENT-A new 7-rootn
cottage on Ca houn St., near C. S. k j
N. R. R. Appir to Vt. F. ?. Hainsworth, j
Jan. 18-tf.
FOR SALE-One fine grey Saddle or
Draft Horse. Also complete Ladies
riding outfit. Low cash terms. Address
Lafayette, " Ramsey, S. C. Jan. 4-tf
IWANT Planters to know that I have
purchased the celebra-ed Jack, named
GOVERNOR ZEB VANCE, sired by the
$4,000 Jack, Longfellow, of Tennessee. J.
J. Neason, Louellen, S. C. Jan. ll- 4t.
WANTED-GOOD TENANTS for two
handsome brick stores on Liberty
Street, next to Browns k Purdy, also, office
over store of Browns & Purdy. Apply to
Haynsworth i: Cooper, Attorneys.
MRS M. A. FLOWERS informs* ber
friends and patrons that she has re
eumed dressmaking at her residence on Re*
publican Street, one door Weat of Church.
She will be pleased to serve them a9 formerly.
TO SELL-Lot on Republican Street.
60x150 feet. Apply at thia office.
Sale of Land Mer Powers Coi
?aiae? in Mort?.
NOTICE IS HERKRY given that under
and by virtue of the powers contained
in a mortgage executed by Joseph Keene,
Eliza Keene, Carolin?? Harley, Lucy Nelson,
Robert M. Keene, Annie Keene and Elizabeth
Keene, to Hattie I. Dinkins, bearing date the
twenty-first day of September 1888, and dun?
recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne
Conveyance for Sumter County, South Caro?
lina, io Real Estate Mortgage Book No. 18, at
Page 143, default having been made in the
payment of the debtsecured by said Mortgage
and the Mortgage and the Bond which it was
made to secure having been duly transferred
and assigned to us, the undersigned, and also
under and by virtue of tbe power contained
in a Mortgage made to us by the said Joseph
Keene, Eliza Keene, who signed the last
named Mortgage as "Eliza Jane Keene,"
Carolina Harley, Lucy Nelson, Robert M.
Keene, Annie Keene, and Elizabeth Keene,
who signed the last named Mortgage as
"Lizzie Keens," dated the sixteenth (16) da.y
of February A. D. 1891, and duly recorded
in the office of the Register of Mesne Con?
veyance for said County, in Real Estate
Mortgage Bock No. 21, f Page 400, default
having been made in the payment of the
debt secured by the said Mortgage, and the
conditions of both of said Mortgages having
been broken, we will sell at public auction,
at the Court House for said County of Sumter,
ic the City of Sumter, State of South Caro?
lina, on the first Monday of February, A. D.
One Thou8Riid Eight Hundred and Ninety
Three, (A. D. 1893.) the day aforesaid being
the 6th day of February, between the hours
of ll o'clock A. M. and 3 o'clock P. M.,
and as near the hour of 12 o'clock noon, as
may be practicable, all of the land embraced
in the said two Mortgages to wit: All that
piece or parcel of land with the buildings
thereon composed of several parcels, and
containing in the aggregate twenty acres
more or less, situated in the village of State
burg, in Sumter County and State of Soutb
Carolina, bounded on the West by the
Charleston and Camden Road, and adjoining
lands now or formerly of William Ellison,
Johu W. Buckner, estate of John B. Moore,
-Jackson and others ; being all the
lands on the East side of said road which
have at any time been heretofore conveyed to
said Joseph Keeue. Terms of sale cash.
Purchaser to pav for papers.
CAROLINE B. SALINAS,
C EDWARD SALINAS, AND
ANTHONY J. SALINAS,
Copartners as A. J SALINAS k SONS.
Assignees of Hattie I Dinkins and Attorneys
in feet for the said Joseph Keene, Eliz*
Keene, Caroline Harley, Lucy Nelson, Robert
M. Ktene, Annie Keene and Elizabeth Keene.
Jan. ll, 1893.
Sumter, S. C., Jan. 10, 1893.
Since our last we have received
A Car Load of Mules,
-And will have in
A Car JLoad of Horses
AB O UT JANUAR Y IStk or 2Mh.
THEY ARE FOR SALE.
Hi HARBY,
I Hereby .Innomiee
That I have opened a Shop, opposite H. Haiby's Stable on Liberty St., for the purpose o
GENERAL REPAIR WORK. BO'LERS. ENGINES, BICYCLES, BABY CARRIAGES, fiUNS & PISTO ?5,
Pumps put down promptly. Also Electro Silver Plating. All work guaranteed. Give me
a trial. Yonrs Respectfully,
Oct. 5-3m.
Fall Announcement of
CROSSWEL & CO.,
We have now in stock all fresh and new a most complete line of
Foreign and Domestic
GROCERIES,
Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Meats and Fish
of all descriptions.
No 1, 2 and 3 mackerel in 10 lb. kits and in bbls. to retail.
Cheese and Macaroni, Pickles, Sauces, Catsups and Mustards.
JELLIES, JAMS, PRESERVES,
CITRON, RAISINS, CURRANTS,
PRUNES. PLUMPUDDING-, PUDDINE,
CANDY, CAKES and NUTS.
OAT MEAL, OATFLAKES,
BUCKWHEAT prepared and plain,
PURE N. O. MOLASSES,
SUGAR, TEAS. COFFEES and SPICES.
Woodenware, Tinware and Crockery.
-A full stock of
Heavy Groceries
That we ure selling cheap in quantities. Send us your orders
early and often.
Free and prompt delivery in any part of the city.
Respectfully, GROSSWELL & CO.
Oct. 19-v
SELLING
OUT
AT
Cost*
Commencing on this day we wiU put on the market an immens?
Stock of
Dry Goods, Notions
Shoes, Hats,
Furnishing: Goods, Carpets
and Rugs, AT COST.
This sale will continue until the
FEBRUARY,
At which time Mr. Purdy will retire from the Finn.
BROWNS & PURDY,
SlTJtlTjER, s. c.
Sumter, S, C., January 9,1893*