The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 01, 1893, Image 2

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* * Cjjt SSUir biuau aili) ^onlbn WKDMBSPAY, FEB. 1. 1S9? The Sumter Watchman was foam itt 18V0 and the True Southron n 18 The .fatchman and Southron now the combined circulation and tttfoe of both of the old papers, and is ms eatly the bsst advertising medium Samter. BDITOBIAL NOTES. The men who attacked CoL Peel last Saturday, and accidentally esca] murdering him, should be arrested oaoe and made to feel the severest p aides of the law. The eity of New York has difficulty io placing a loao at 21 oent. The State of Sooth Carol has trouble to find takers of her per cent bonds. It is to be hoped that the man Cle I*-vi selects for Postmaster General \ e> ide oo a series of postage s tam and not make a change every i months as Wannamaker has done. The Mayesville Record is of the op ion that in view of the Democratic o jority in favor of absolute prohibits BO Democrat can consistently sign petition favoring the establishment of dispensary. The death of James G. Blaine Friday deprived the Republican pai of its last great man. For s eve years ha has been not only the leac of the Bepulieao party, bot to a gn extent its life and inspiration. That Ex-Secretary of State Baya trill be a member of Cleveland's cabir teems settled. He was io consultad with Cleveland several days last wee Mr. Bayard will probably fill his c position again. The Port Royal Railroad has paid i taxes. The ease against Sheriff Nan (br contempt has been dismissed < motion of Maj "Ganabl,attorney for tl road. Thus one of the legal tangles which the State was involved is dispos* of. Mr. R. S. Hill, of ?odersoi declines, with thanks, the position State dispenser of liquor. He says th there ts out enough money in it to ps for the work. Gov. Tillman will bai little difficulty in finding a mao not i high-minded. England is not pleased with tl situation io the Hawaiian Islandi The papers are already beginning t bluster about what the United Stat? eso ?o, and what England will nt permit her to do, io regard to th annexation of the islands. The Anti option bill bas passed th Senate. The cotton men say that th business will be ruined if it becomes law. It is a debatable question, ho? over, cotton is too important a produc far a law to wreck the business c handling it. How does His Excellency Goveroo Ellerbe sound to the people of the St?tte The Comptroller General is said t be desirous of camping io th Governor's Mansion before returning to Marion, and his tax circulars are, t us, nothing more thao advertising dodgers. The question in Orangeberg noi seems to be, "will the Coast Lin* build through from Rimini or not The answer to this question mean; much io Sumter as well as Oran ge bur g Sumter feels confident that the roac will be extended, but where to is tnt question ? The liquor men are preparing t< fight the Evans law on the ground tba it is unconstitutional, and are employ tig the best legal talent in the State tc msnsge their case. They have organ? ised a State Liquor Leagao and arc prepared to make a stubborn fight. The Columbia Canal seems doomed to continual notoriety. Its last mishap was the other day wheo the bottom dropped out and all the water escaped in? to the river through a eulvert which runs under the canal. The damage, is not serious and will be repaired by the city A dog law has been the st sn dio g joke of the Legislature for a number of sessions, and waits for some genius of the Evans type to evolve some scheme that will abolish the yaller dog, (theoretically) and still allow every colored individual to keep as many an ean find a living foraging on the neighbors. President-elect Cleveland has the reputation of being a very accessible sod patient mao to offi:e-seekers and cranks generally, but be bas announced that he de>ires to be left undisturbed ootil March 4th, as he a great deal of important work to accomplish before theo. He sbou!d be allowed a month of peace, at least, before going tuto office. The Colamhia Journal succeeds the Record to-day. lt is backed by abund? ant capital, and it is the intention of the management to make it so good a newspaper that it can have no place bot in the front rank. If good wishes can add to its future prospe rity, the Jour? nal should Sourish, for nine out of every teo papers in the State have already welcomed it with felicitous phrases There seems to be a general disposi? tion, and one that grows daily, fur the Uni ed States to annex the Hawaiian Tslands. President Harrison is believed 0 favor it, Cleveland is said to be not pposed to it, and ms&y ot tho promi .eot Senators and Representatives of otb parties regard the proposition ivorably, but with all due deference it j 1 our opinion tbat the benefit to be ieriv.J by the United Sates does not. approximate the responsabilit?s to assumed with the annexation, a besides, the precedent is a dangen one to establish. If we take, Haw? . there is no knowing what other pla will want to come under the wing of I American eagle. The foreigners resident to the Hai Han Islands having become dissatisf with the government overthrew it a f days ago, andar? now asking .to be i sexed to the United States as a ter ri tor district, with a government similar that of the District of Columbia. T main portion of the population of thi islands is made up of Chinese, nati' and mongrels, and it would seem tl this country does not need any m< race problems than it now has on bat President Harrision has an opp? tuoity to prove himself above I partisanship heretofore exhibited, a greater than the party of loaves a fishes to which he belongs ; but will ose that opportunity ? Will he appoi some Republican to fill the vacancy the Supreme Bench .caused by the dea of Judge Lamar, or will he make appointment in the few weeks of po*~ that remains to bim ? The Rep?blica now have a majority of the Suprei Court Judges. Before any person makes an estinu of the number of freehold voters io place, he should examine the tax r turns. The women hold lots of prope ty aad they, together with non-re: dents, must be taken from the sum tot of freeholders before the number freehold voters, qualified to sign liquor dispenser's petition, can be asce taioed. In this city it reduces tl total from 537 to 220. and we belie' the average will hold good in ot h places. The railroad commission seen desirous of wielding more power nv the railroads than even the sweeping pr vision of the Wilson law permits. Und* this law the Commission has no right put a freight tariff io operation unt after thirty days notice, within whic time the roads have a right to a bearing This provi>ion was entirely ignored in recent order to the Port Royal ao Western Carolina railroad. This roa was ordered to reduce its fertilizar rat about 30 per cent, to take effect on Fel mary 1st. This order was issued o j January 21st, and violated two prov sioos of the Wilson law, viz: Firs ! that thirty days notice of a reductio ; must be given ; and second, that tb roads interested must be given a heat iog before the reduction is made. ABSOLUTEIPR?HI^TION. Governor Tillman has delivered nini self in regard to those counties io whicl it is the purpose of the Prohibitionist to refuse tbeir signatures to any appli cant for . tuc position of County Dis penser. He says : "It is roy opinion, and it may be takei for what it is wortb, tba \ any Prohibittonis wbo refuses to co-operate witb me in th establishing of any dispensaries by not 6ign ing the petitions of the dispensers au< assisting the Government in even possible, way to enforce, rather . thai to prevent it going into ttTr-ct, wi! retrret it. The threatened alliance be tween the wbipkey men and otb?r pol?tica opponents, who are bitterly opposed to th? law, may bring a' out sucha3tateof dissatis faction as Viii seriously cripple ma in m j efforts to help the ca :se of temperance. "If the Prohibitionists." he continued "are bamboosled by the opposition into lend ing tbeir aid to this end they will find them selvet* in the condition of the dog in tlx fable, who, seeing bis shadow reflected in ttx water, snapped at it and iost what he had There will be absolnute prohibition in even county where ?be sale of liquor is prohibited by law, not even druggists being allowed tc sell it for medicine, nor ca-.[it. be shipped inte those counties by express or otherwise undei ?be new law, r*nd, therefore, the experiment as to whether the people will stand absoluu prohibition will be made in at least ten coun? ties, and I shaii take particular pains to se? that the law is as strictly enforced in these counties as it is anywhere else, let it bring what it may. It will be time enough for tb? Prohibitionists to advance to a stronger posi? tion after tbey have found that they caa bold what they have alreauy gained." If refusing to sign a petition will give absolute prohibition, then the pro? hibitionists should, with one accord, re? fuse to sign a petition,and Gov. Tillman stands pledged to do the rest. If he will see that prohibition will be enforced to the utmost lt tn ir, let us then have prohibition. We have ever taken the ground that absolate prohibition is impossible, but our friends, the prohibitionists, have ever and again assured us that it was not only possible, but as practicable to enforce a prohtb tory law. as to enforce one against murder. They have just as often declared themselves only too anxious to have a test of the matter made under favorable circumstances. Now they have an op? portunity to make the ks*, and the Governor and the whole State govern? ment stands ready to uphold this law Will the test be made ? We favor absolute prohibit!or? if it can be obtained, and'do so on the prin? ciple that liquor does much more harm than good, and that it is possible to get along without it. Consequently we have the curiosity to see the experiment tried. If it proves a failure afrer a year or longer, the remedy is at hand. We oan petition for the appointment of a dispenser, and at the same time make arrangement for the establishment of a Keely Institu'e. Cheap Money for Planters. Mr Alexander Hamilton Gunn, of; Scotland, wa* io C'iailesttwi yesterday' on business for the Union JJ ?ok of South I Carolina aud h ndon {Ie w?s staying I at the Charleston Hotel, where; he said be received thc finest treatment arid tho best fare he had seeu in America except1 in New Yoi k Mr. Gunn came to the city f r the \ purpose of employing a solicitor, and ! he offered the position to a prominent attorney in Broad street. "Our p t poso/" said Mr. Gunn, "is to get as large a clientage as possible. While making ir the clearing houe?e of the South, we are determined to do away wau the present system of loaning money and propose to gire the planters ap opportunity to borrow money on a fair and reasonable basts as is dooe in England. The system there is entirely different from what it is io the United States. The direction in England is an important one even among banking institutions. Each director holds a large vested interest in the capital of the company. The ehsirman of the board has over ten thousand pounds sterling in the company, and others have even more than that, "The object of the bank is, as tn prospectus sets forth, to advance money to planters and others. Io fact, we intend to control the entire cotton inter? est of the country. There is another important body associated with our bank, and so it is notas if we English? men were coming here to ask them to do something for us. We prefer to have the borrowers a stockholders, even if for only one share. "We look oo the national banking system here as little more than extortion, lu fact the business of tbe Jewish money lenders io England in surpassed by the bankers of America, who ought not to be ashamed to be called jackals from New York. We expect to extend all over the Southern States, and so have these men as customers. We mean to lend money at an average rate of 5 per cent, and no other bank here can afford to carry on business on the same prin? ciple, because in England we trade on uncalled capital and are thereby enabled to lend money at a low rate of interest, as we keep it turning over, and hence are enabled to declare great dividends. We had rather have a holder of one share to tell his neighbor where to borrow money cheap than to have a man with a hundred shares. "We will shortly open our doors with not not less than two million sterling- We have already arranged with another institution that has a mil? lion sterling aud a large amount paid up to merge with our concern." The prospectus is an elaborate one. Tbe general idea may be gathered from the contents of the outside page, which reads as follows : The Union Bank of South Carolina and London, chartered and limited, 20,000 shares and 100 founders* shares. Directors-Kalph D. M. Little, E. B.f D. C., London, chairman; the Bight Honorable the Earl of Dunmore, Dun? more, 'Eoglaod ; the Hon W. T. C. Bates, Colombia, S. C.; A. H. Gunn, Midlothian, Scotland ; the Hon T. A. McCreery, Columbia, S. C.; Sidney L Pbipsoo, M. A., deputy cbirmao, Milford Haven Kail way and Estate Company, London ; the Hon S. A. Pearce, Columbia, S. C.; the Hon J. E Tindal, Colombia, S. C. The ordinary shares are entitled to a preferential dividend of 7 per ceot per annum after an appropriation being made towards a reserve fund, and in priority to tbe founders* shares, which then takes half of the sorplos profits Issue of 13,334 ordinary shares of ?100 each. Terms of subscrition : ? S D Deposit on application.2 0 0 pershore Payment oa allotment.3 0 0 " ** Payment one month after allotmeot."...5 0 0 "" Payment three months after allotment.5 0 0 "" Payment five months after allotment..?...5 0 0 "" 20 0 0 It is not intended at present to call up more of tbe capital.-News & Cou? rier, Jan. 23. WASHINGTON LETTES. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 1893. President-elect Cleveland has loog ?go Fhown that he possesses the rare faculty of being able to see and to do the right thing at the right time and place. Therefore it was not surprising that his telegram of condolence should have been among the first received by the widow of James G. Blaine, the American statesman. Although dif fenn g widely in many of their ideas there was one bond of sympathy be? tween them, one prominent trait tn the character of each of them that the other could admire without forgetting their political differences, and that was tbe intense Americanism, which was the keystone of Mr. Blaine's great popular? ity, and which makes Grover Cleveland the most popular living American to? day. And therein lies a lesson that should not be lost upon men ambitious of popularity and power. There never was a period io the history of our coun? try when sturdy, uncompromising Americanism was more highly appre? ciated by the masses tban it is now. Mr. Blaine's funeral, whiob was held today at tbe Church of tho Covenant, was by request of the family made as simple as possible. The pall bearers were ali intimate personal friends of the deceased and the services at the church were confined to the reading of the Presbyterian burial ritual and a prayer by the pastor. With the exception of an organ dirge before and after the short service, played by Walter Dam rosch, the husband of one of Mr. Blaine's daughters, there was no music. Not one-tenth of the people who wanted to atteod the funeral could get in the church, and a very large crowd remain? ed outside during the services and after? wards followed thc remains to Oak Hill cemetery, where the interment was made, Mr. B.ainc having requested that he be buried by the side of his son Walker, who died suddenly several years ago. There was much disap? pointment here because the funeral was nut puhtic and at the Capitol. Con? gress adjourned from Saturday to two o'clock this afternoon to give its mem? bers an opportunity to attend the fune? ral and ali of the Government buildings were closed today. Unless there is great change in the present opinion of the Democratic Sen? ators nothing short of a cloture rule, which the Senate refused to adopt when the Force Bill was under consideration, will enable thc Republicans to confirm the nomination of the Republican sue cessor to the late Justice Lamar, whom Mr. Il an issa is said to be deteraiiued to nominate. The Democratic Senators are unanimous in the belief that this vacancy should be filled by a democrat and they will not allow a vote to be taken on the nomination of a republi? can unless compelled to do so by a clo? ture rule. The Howe committee on Rules has set a-ide February 0 and 10 *or the consideration of the Andrew*s bill for the repeal of the Sherman Silver law. The g?nerai impression eeems to be that a vote will not be reached, al? though a number of the friends of the bill express confidence iu its being passed. It the Postmaster General holds the reception to the employes of his depart? ment which was to have been held at his residence tonight, the invitations to j which were withdrawn on account of the death of Mr. Blaine, he will retire from office with the personal illwill of nine? tenths of the white employes of the department. The reason ls oot difficult to locate. In sending out the invita? tions for the reception he included all of the negro laborers, watchmen, messen? gers, and scrub women on the depart? ment payroll, and the white, clerks^ particularly the females, object to asso? ciating on terms of social equality with the negeoes. Considerable interest is felt as to what position the administration will take on the petition of the provisional Hawaiian government for annexation to the United State. Whatever view Mr. Harrison may take of the matter it is hardly probable that any action will be taken by tb* present Coogress. The House Ways and Means commit? tee is putting in some hard .work study? ing and digesting the Treasury state? ment furnished by Secretary Foster last week, and Senator Carlisle has taken a copy of it over to Presidont-elect Cleve? land. Senator Carey has given notice of two amendments to the House bill for the admission of New Mexico ; one inclu? ding Utah and Oklahoma in accordance with a decision of the Republican caucus, and another including those two and Arizona. Unless the plans of the Republican caucus are changed it is very doubtful whether any vote will be reached on this question at the pres? ent session. The election of Representative Mitch? ell, of Wisconsin, who was Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Com? mittee in the last campaign, to the Senate is gratifying to Democrats here, and they regard the promotion as de? served. THE SNOW SHOWEE. Lines For My Friends at Pleasant Bill. Slumber bad long in sweet forgetfulness Locked ap my senses ; lulled to deep repose By the slow pattering of the winter rain Beating with watery footsteps on the earth, I had been waudering through the land of - dreams, That fairy land where fancy bolds ber reign Within imagination's airy balls. Mem'ry with lingering feel bad trod the paths Of long-departed joys, wept over the graves Of buried bones, and with ber magic glass That glass which like a panorama, brings In quick review the varied scenes of life; Revealed the misty past in startling hues; While ever and aeon, her low sweet strains Came like soft music o'er her shadowy sea ; Telling the story ot those by-g*>ne years, In tones whose melody entranced the soul. Thus journeyed night around our sleeping world Wrapped in ber gloomy robes of mystic shade Beneath whose fold* so mach of good and ill Of joy and woe is hid. Morn came at length From out the dewy East, io silent pomp. .'See, see, look oat ?" thus rang a merry voice Close to my dreaming ear. Its music waked il y slumbering senses, and I started up. The sash was lifted and the heavy blinds Thrown back, so that the strange and bril? liant scene Flashed on my eyes, like some bright picture drawn By rare enchantment. Winter from his throne Of ice and frost, had laid his mantle down Upon the silent earth, on bill and vale, On tree and shrub, covering them all with robes Serenely white, as those with which we shroud The still cold clay of dear departed frieods When they are placed-to sleep their dream? less .sleep, On the kind bosom of their mother earth, Or that we fold about the brid', when forth From home and its endearments, she goes out With one whose smiles or frown, is her life's all Of hope and happiness. The trees were bent With the pure drapery, their leafless limbs Glistening like battle spears-their shining trunks Like thick-mailed warriors clad in burnished steel. Nature had donned her winter gala dress In honor Of the new-born infam year, And opened up her rainbow treasury, In which she hides during the loBg dreary months, The georgeous hues of Spring and Summer time, Hanging au arch on every bonding twig And ou each browo and withered leaf or flower, Her jewel-casket had been brought and gems Of every form and hue-from ruby red To the clear, shining light of the pale pearl Were strewn in latish wealth, to catch the light Of the first sun thtt had illumined the year. Nature in every change is beautiful, Ia ber bright youth when through the laugh? ing earth Gladness and joy are heard, and beauty smiles From each low violet dell, and lily bank : In Summer's prime wheo flowers and luscious fruits Teem on her fields and hills, plenteous and rich ; In sober Autumn's melancholy days, When the green trees put on their russet robes, And the frail flowers bend their perfumed heads Beneath the falling leaves-in Winter fury When shivering winds rattle the forests bare And the wild storm-king from his Artic home 'Mid cloud* and tempests, comes with frosty breath To sail 1 those mighty pulses of the earth ; Loud rushing river and furious roaring brook, Or drift the crystal rain with noiseless show? ers In feathery heap? about the frozen earth. Oh 1 should we not io every change bow down Before the Unseen Power which rules the world "And look through nature up to Nature's God." LIZZIE CLARENDON. The above lines were sent to the editor by a lady of this city accompanied by the fol? lowing note: Mr. Editor: The recent fall of snow brought to my recollection a piece, never pub? lished, by our n;??ive muse, "Lizzie Claren? don," who now lies in Sumter Cemetery. I send it to you, as 1 presume il will interest many friends. Respectfully, L. R. M. Jan. 27:h, 1893 VALUABLE Suburban Property For Sale. 1 \ A ACRES-WITH RESIDENCE and X ju\J all accessary outbuildings-30 acres under cultivation, on the suburbs of the city of Sumter, suitable for Truck Farm, Poultry or Dairy Firm. Price low and terms reason? able to approved purchaser. Apply at the Watchman and'Southron office. HONEY FOR SALE. I have on hand a Soe lot of CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY, for sale by the gallon or less quantify. ALSO, HONEY IN THE COMB. Orders filled at residence, on Republican Street. Samples can be seen at Watchman and Southron office. N. G. OSTEEN. [By Request.] Youthful Ambitions. Oh, dreaming lad, thy years are few In the kind protection of a mother dear; But think of the mauy things to do In this wondrous world of care. Remember (bose protecting arms Cannot e'er 'round you cling ; For tier's soon will be bearen's charms To help the angels sing. So think not of ?be past and gone, Flowerer sweet the memory be-? Remember manhood's glorious dawn Must also come to thee. Look thou, in the Starry ski?? And *ce what's written there, What weans this grand display before thy eyes? Who put those glories there ? Tis God j who with his own band Made yon and, ob, what bliss That in this universe so grand Be made you one of bis. So in thought in word, and in deed Strive to make thyself a man After the pattern that God bas laid And moulded with bis band. Can mind be held Fn any band That circumstance ever laid, And stunted there as the years roll round To wither and to fade. Ob, no, witb intellect to lead the way What are the chains'of chance ? You soon will find the"light of dsy. Which triomph will enhance. Go upward, onward, ever higher Strive to make a name, So perchance you may be nigher To a monument of fame. G. R. R. TRIBUTE OP RESPECT. WHEREAS, AS we once again meet in monthly-communication to renew the obligations we have taken to "love one another, and be friendly towards all mankind," we are painfully reminded of the impotency of buman will and of our dependence upon divine aid. Our ranks have been invaded, our chain has been broken, and death, the great leveller, has stricken down in the pride of manhood one of our best and truest members. He struck the fatal blow and on the 13th of January the soul of pur beloved brother, C. F. A. BUXTMAX winged its Hight into the presence of God who gave it. After months of sickness and suffering, with the hope of a greater immortality before him, quietly and peaceable as a child who goes to sleep, surrounded by those he he loved, lie breathed his last, and dy? ing, has left, as a legacy for his child? ren, a spotless name "That life is better life, past fearing death, Than that which lives to fear." Be it Resolved, That in the death of Brother C. F. A. Bultman, Claremont Lodge, Uso. 64, A. F. M., has lost a true, tried and worthy member, a Mason who exemplified by his daily acts, the teachings of our order, an npright, honest man, fearing God and eschew? ing evil ;' the State a true citizen, who in her hour of need rallied to her defence, and in peace, respecting and conscien tieusly obeying the laws of his coun? try; his Church a true and consistent member willing to help and do all he could to further its interest; his fami? ly, a tender, kind and loving- husband and a considerate and indulgent fath? er. Resolved, That a page in our Record Book be dedicated to the memory of Brother Bultman, showing thereon the date of his birth and death. Resolved, That our sympathies be tendered to the family of our deceased brother with the hope that time, the healer of all woes will bring balm to their wounded hearts. Resolved, That a copy of these reso? lutions be sent to the family our de? ceased brother, and be published in the papers of our city. H. C. MOSES, Secretary. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY given that the part nership lately existing between E. G. MALLARD aud T. N. GRIFFIN, of Magno? lia, S. C., under the 6rm name of K. G. MAL? LARD & CO., expired on the 12th January, 1893, by mutual consent. T. N. Griffin is authorized by power of attorney, to settle all debts du? the company. E. G. MALLARD, T. N. GRIFFIN. Magnolia, S. C., Jan. 12, 1893.-3t NOTICE. SUMTKR, S. C., Feb. 1, 1893. N MARSHALL having purchased an "Jo ?ott ?st in the firm of RKMBKRT & MARSHALL, Merchants, at Sumter and Rem? berg S. C., the business will be conducted in future un 1er the firm name of REMBERT, MARSHALL & CO. All debts due to former firm are payable to new firm of Rembert, Marshall ? Co.. and debts due by former firm will be assumed by Rembert, Marshall St Co. Thanking our friends for past favors we solicit a continuance of the same. E. E. REMBERT, W. Y. L. MARSHALL. G. N. MARSHALL. ILLUSTRATION Of Policy in the Equitable Life, Pay? able in 20 Equal Animal Instal? ments, Beginning Immedi? ately upon Maturity o? Policy. Amt, of Polic?jt $10,000. Tontine period 20 yrs. Kind, Limited Payment. Age, 35 Annual Premium, $257.40. Total Premium paid in 20 yrs. $5,148 00. OPTIONS AT END OP TONTINE PEBI0D, Payable in Same Number of Instal? ments as above. 1. Gash Value, Consisting of Reserve, $5,266 50 \ *Q AA and Surplus, $4,493.50/ *9<7b0'?0 Payable in installments. OR 2 Pitid up Policy, $18,500.00-installments beginning at death. OR 'I Cash S tupi ns, $4,493 50-payable in installments. (Retaining original policy which ie now fully paid up.) Write for further information. W. J. SODDY, Manager, Fer the Carolinas. Bock Hill, S. C. 5Qtlx Year. The Great Farm, Industrial and Stock Journal of the South. ws rs xa ?e? $1. Sample copie? will be mailed FREE on ap plication to THE CULTIVATOR PUBLISHING CO., Box 415, Atlanta, Ga. Special Premium of Free Ticket to World's Fair. Dec 14. ' WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this bend for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. _ ' FOR RENT-Two desirable rooms in pleasant neighborhood, convenient to business. Apply for information at this office. Feb. 1-4t. O RENT, MY RESIDENCE on iLe North? ern extension of Church Street. Six rooms, kitchen and pantry, fire places in fire of the rooms. D.8. Anderson. LOST-A BICYCLE CHAIN between Sumter and Mayesville. Rewarded if returned to C. D. Cooper, Mayesville, S C. Feb. 1 -at. _?__^ EARLY COTTON SEED) for sale. Tirnitt's Improved. 40 bolls make a pound. Cotton sold August 15th to 20th in 1890, 1891 and 1892. $2.00 per bushel f. o. b. J. J Neason. Hagood, S. C. Dec. 21, 2t-?_ F\)R SALE OR RENT-A new 7-room ?j cottage on Ca.bouu .St., near C. S. ? N. R. B. Apply to W. F. B. Haynsworth. 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 MRS M. A. FLOWERS informs ber friends and patrons that she has re? sumed dressmaking at her residence on Re? publican Street, one door West of Church. She will be pleased to serve them as formerly. IWANT Planters to know that I have purchased the celebrated Jack, named GOVERNOR ZEB VANCE, sirei by the $4,000 Jack, Longfellow, of Tennessee. J. J. Neason, Louellen, S. C. Jan. ll-4t. THE NEW ll?TIE -AND New No. 9, leter ai Wilson. ITAKE PLEASURE in offering to the public the above named machines. They can be bought ou satisfactory terms, aod I am confident they are the best family sewing machines made. Lightest running, most dor able, best set of attachments and most easily adjusted of anything in their line. Their handsome finish demands your patronage. Call at the reliable store of Levi Bros., or write to Robt. Wingate, Sumter S C. These machine are the best articles ever placed on the market Call and see for your? self, and get a gcod machine for small money. Any machine supplies you need can be found at my headquarters. Respectfully, ROBT. WINGATE. Feb. 1._ State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsk, Esquire, Proha.it Judge. WHEREAS, BENJAMIN McLEOD, has made suit to me, to grant bim Let ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of W. H. MCLEOD, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said W. H. McLeod, late of said Couoty and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in tbe Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter, C. H., on February 16tb, 1893, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the fore? noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grant? ed. Given under my hand, this 1st day of February, Anno Domini, 1893. T. V. WALSH, Feb. 1-2t_Judge of Probate. Ono GARH?RDT, FLORIST AND GARDENER, OFFERS HIS SERVICES To the people of Sumter and vicinity. Gardens laid out and attended to and grape vines, and fruit trees pruned. CABBAGE PLANTS In abundance, soon ready to set out. Jan. 25. MONEY TO LOAN. IN SUMS OF $300, an- upwards, on im? proved cotton lands. ?Eight per.cent interest and a commission. Apply to LEK & MOISE, Attorneys al Law. 3 mos. FOR SALE. 9NICE BUILDING LOTS on West side ^ Darby Avenue, next to residence of H. J. Harby, ALSO 3LOTS oo North side Republican St. be? tween Harby Ave. and New St. Apply to A. C. PHELPS. Jan. 18-tf D. Gk ZEIG-LER, Architect, 36 BROAD ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. Plans and specifications furnished for al classes of buildings. Correspondence cheer? fully replied to. Remodelling of existing structures a specialty. Dec. 14-x Sale tf M Mr POTO Con NOTICE IS HERERY given that under and by virtue of the powers contained ia a mortgage executed bj- Joseph Keene, Eliza Keene, Caroline Harley, Lucy Nelson, Robert M. Keene, Annie Keene and Elizabeth Keene, to Hattie I. Dinkins, bearing dat? the twenty-first day of September 1888, and duly recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Sumter County, South Caro? lina, in Real Estate Mortgage Book No.18, at Page 143, default having been made in tbe payment of tbe 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 the power contained tn 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 Keene," dated the sixteenth (16) dav 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 Book No. 21, at 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, in the City of Sumter, Slate of South Caro? lina, on the first Monday of February, A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Three, (A. D. 1893. ) the day afore*?td being the 6th day of February, between tbe hours of ll o'clock A. M. and 3 o'cloek 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 tbe buildings thereon composed of several parcels, and containing in the aggregate twenty acres more or less, situated in thc village of State burg, io Sumter County and State of South 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 tbe lands on the East side of said road which have at any time been heretofore conveyed to said Joseph Keene. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. CAROLINE B. SALINAS, C EDWARD SALINAS, AND ANTHONY J. SALINAS, Copartners as A. J. SALINAS * SONS. Assignees of Hattie I Dinkins and Attorneys in fact for the said Joseph Keene, Eliza Keene, Caroline Harley, Lucy Nelson, Robert M. Keene, Anote Keene and Elizabeth Keene. Jan. ll, 1803.. : . ?? SUMTER S.O. 5P JAIL -FOR To'inorrow, Dout and the balance of the weelo ' ECES Spoons, TELS WI iSD FORKS. (6 Tea Spoons ia package, 3 Table Spoons in package, 3 Forks in package.) ?SSM* ONLY 25 cents. .Napkin "Rings, Sugar Shells, Butter Knives, PICKLE FORKS, PEPPERS OR SALTS, Triple Plate, 11.-Each in Satin lined Box.-Choice 25 cents eadu Also a special lot of Ladies' Fancy Hose a* 25c. These area Foreign Manufacturers Samples, and at the price we are offer* ing same are about one-third their value. WE ARE CLOSING OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF Cloaks, Blankets, Flannels, Clothing, &c, To make room for our immense spring stock which is now conn arrive. No shelf-worn or damaged goods offered but everything strictly 5ret class Do not fail to see our stock. J. Rettenberg & Sons? Northwest Cor. Main and Liberty Sts., Sumter, S, 0. Feb 1 & Co. S Solid JJ Stylish, SHOES. Correct E S Durable. ''FIRE DAMAGED," "AT COST," "SNOW DAMAGED/5 "AT A MERE SONG," 1 BELOW COST," &<x We frankly state to Shoe Buyers, that none ot onr shoes are sold ris a manner indicated by either of the above worn out catch lines. \Te pay the factories for making our Shoes, have them made for comfort and service, and. we make a lair, legitimate profit on every pair, but we give you nice fresh goods, direct from manufacturers, and after yon have paid us a smafl profit, yon will be better pleased than you would be with poorly made, and dam* aged shoes bought "at cost. Sec." Just opened and ready for you inti ^ases bright New 1UU Shoes, of all styles* Ladies $2 and $3 Boots and Gents $4 and $5 Bals, and Cong, are Eye-openers. CALL EARLY. Walsh & Co., Monaghan Block - - Sumter, S. C. BETTER PREPARED. Having rented the building occupied by the Cheraw Iron Works on LIBERTY STREIT, 1 Hm now better prepared to promptly execute all orders in Plumbing, Gunsmithing, ELECTRO SILVER PLATING and General Eepair Work. Pnmps put down cheaply. Electric BelMVork a specialty. All work guaranteed". Yours respectfully, Jan. 25-3m. KC. HOOD? Liberty Street Next to P. O. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compounding Prescriptions JOHN" C. STQUTV CONTRACTOR ANO BUILDER, - WILMINGTON, N. C. Offers his services to citizens of Sumter and vicinity. Plani and estimates furnished for any class of work. Reference-J. W. Nor? wood, President Atlantic National litnk, Wilmington, N.'?, DccJl I Crockery ! The largest and cheapest Jot 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 Doli?, Toys, Etc., To be be sold low down, T. 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