The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 22, 1893, Image 5
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WEDNESDAY. FEB ?2, 1S93.
Entered at the Post Office at Sumter, S
<?., as Second Class Matter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JapaDe-aPile Cure.
J H Buchanan-The Lost Bo?-.
W. J. Rodde?-"I *m Pleased."
W. J Physioc-Educate Your F>ovs.
J. Ryttenberg k Sons.-Spring Good?.
Personal.
Mr. V. B. Murray left for Montgomery,
Ala., last week.
Miss Alice Parrott, -of Darlington, is visis ?
ing Miss Bettie Cain.
Rev. C. C. Brown 'has recovered sufficiently
to be able to ride out.
Mr. J. Ryttenberg returned S?rth yester?
day, accompanied by Mr Abe Ryttenberg.
Mr. A J Moses and so?. Mr. Graham j
Hoses, of Atlant*. 'G*-, have been tn "the cfry j
for several d*ys.
Mr. T. H. Hunt, n-avelftng ae?nt for fee
ColuvMn Journal hits been in the city for
severn] days. He in vest-gat ing tin? j
feasibility of establishing a delivery system j
here.
Mr. J E B.lton, who was in charge of th*? ;
Express offi-e here for more rhfaa a \f?r, left
on yesterday forDenver, Ct: ., to en'er ihe
Service of the Rio Grinde & Denver Express
Co. Mr Joe Warren. *wao wa-s for sume
time in the Express c nice here u troter Mr. Bol
ten, accompanied him.
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To-d?-y i? Washington's birth-day, and the '
school children are er.jo\ing a holiday.
Rit-hmond Moor, colored, pressman in the |
Herald t>ffic* hud one of hi-? fingers ?t off tn j
4he press on Friday afiernoon.
Attention is di rec-ed to the advertiser/rent
of Willis J. Physioc. He se?is ?matear print- j
.5ng presser and outfits, and robber stamps, j
The Freeman suggests tha? an electric \i?btX
be placed on the summit of the water works ;
-Stand pipe. It will be prrtty, but is it n?-ed j
ed? aod will it be worth what it will cost?
Mr. H B. Bloom is agent for Draders'
Spade Harrow, an agricultural implement j
that ?? a long ways ahead of anything ever j
on this market. It pulverizes the ground \
thoroughly and will do more work than ten i
plows. With it oat? can be seeded down
without previous plowing, and the land put I
in perfect condition. Give him a fall and j
FX*mine the barrow.
William Lewis, colored is? under arrest of|
U. S Deputv Marshall Heiser, for stealing a j
?pension check belonging to James Lewis. He
Claims to have received it through the mail
by mistake, and then to have returned it to
the office by the advice of Col. J. D. Graham. |
The post office officials s?y that he did not
return the check.
About three weeks ago Mr. J. J. Btoughron
.and two sons waylaid Mr. G. W. Smith, uear
Pinewood, and gave him a severe whipping,
.on-acconnl of an indictment, of one of the
young broughtons for hog stealing, by Mr.
Smith. Although the indictment was thrown
out on account of want of evidence the Brough?
tons were highly incensed over it, and took
that means of obtaining satisfaction. Tue j
broughtons have w??ived a preliminary I
bearing aod have been hound over for trial at j
the next term of Court tn Manning. The j
parties are connected by marriage and the ;
?case hag caused great feeling and some excite- J
?ment at Pinewood and in the vicinity.
Burglary
Janie Davis, colored, entered the residence
?of Mr. Alva Smith, on Saturday night and j
?tole a purse containing $26 50. The money j
.was spent in the purchase of fanoikire from i
"Belitiz"r & Spann and goods from Rettenberg i
and Sons. After spending the money she j
gave the purse, containing the receipt from]
:Belitzer t Spann, to a negro boy, who heur- j
;i?g of the robbery retmrned the purse to its ?
owner, who identified h. The thief skipped !
the town before she could bearre.-ted, but left i
the fGrniture and goods behind, thus ena-;
"hiing Mr. Smith to recover most of the rooney j
-stolen.
The City Hall.
The City Council at a meeting last week
-authorized the circulation of a .petition re
.questing the holding of ar. -election to decide I
whether the city shall issue bonds to the
-amount of J20.000 for rhe purpose of erecting j
a new City Hali. Mr. A. "G. Warren is
.circa lat teg the petition, and ha? already j
.obtained a large number of signatures.
The pran for the proposed City Hall is for
it to be three stories in height, with a bell a:id j
.clock-tower eighty fee? ia height. On the ?
ground floor there will he two stores, a j
Council Chamber and G*ry Clerk's office, office
.of the Chief of -Police, a hall for citizen' i
meetings, guard bouse and entrance to
theatre. On the second and third floors theie
will be a theatre aud offices in iront. There j
will be no meat market In connection with the j
building as there was in the old hal!
The $8,000 of bonds of the old -hall, new j
?drawiug 8 per cent ?ill "tie retired, and the
mew bonds placed at 6 per cert. The income
from the two stores, theatre and offices, will
more than pay the interest on the bonds, the
insurance and repairs on the hall, etc., and it
will be no expense to the city. In fact, it
will, zn ail probability, be a source of income,
*?s the ?tores caa be reu ted for at least ?500 or
$600 apiece per year, the theatre for the same,
and the offices will bring in a good rental.
The city needs the "Hall, and as it will not
increase taxes, ?nd will save the money DOW
expended in renting a Council Chamber and
.Clerk's office, it should be built.
The Caucus.
The Executive committee of the Tiiimanite !
faction met in this city on Stiurd*y and i
recommended for appointment on ihe county ;
Dispensary Board of Control Messrs. R M. !
Wilson, E. M. Pitts ?::d R. A. Frieison
The gestion of th? disposition of the
Federal patronage was discussed, and it wag ?
decided to hoid another caucus io ;
divide out ?be post offices. It seems j
to be their inteution io recommend
members of that faction for appointment to i
the various post offices in the county, Sumier i
office included.
The following resolution was adopted, and j
.it -is a plain declaration of the principles of tiie
{action-a hungry longing for office. I
"We, the Reform Executive Committee of}
Sumter County, believe that the Federal ap- j
poi atmen: s ia this State belong by right to
the Reform faction, because we are the true j
Democracy, who have never ?0ugut a coa ?i- j
tion with the enemies of Democracy, be- j
cao3e we carried the State by ao overwhelm- j
ing majority, and we heing in the majority
gave the vote of the State to Cleveland an? I
.Stevenson. We therefore urge our Congress- ?
men to labor to bestow the Fi-derM patron- ;
age opon the Reform faction who hare been
weighed ia the scales of Democracy and hare |
never been found wanting. But if it ts
deemed wise to divide the patronage to unite
oor people we respectfully recommend to their
most favorable consideration the Hon. C. L.
Williamson -of Sumter, a "Stratghtout,"
candidate for Interns! Revenue Collector
Mr. Williamson is a prosperous and successful
farmer, he is no old political hack, but a
Jive, active conservative^ manly man, who
would make a capable ?nd an efficient officer
?Dd would reflect credit upoo bis endorsers
aod supporters."
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Death of Gen Beauregard
??gw OfSLKA?s, February 20 -Gen P. G. T.
Beauregard died at his home in this city
at 10.30 to-night
He was born in New Orleans in 1813 He
graduated from West Point in 1838 and was
assigned to the corps of engineers. He *err
ed in the Mexican war and was twice wound?
ed and twice brevetted. He was promoted to j
the captaincy of engineers in 1853, and was j
for five days (January 23-23, 1861) superin?
tendent of the United States Millitary j
Academy at West Point.
He resigned February 2-0, 1861 entered the j
Confederate services and commanded the j
Confederate forces in the bombardment of J
Fort Sumter, April 12, 13, 1861. He was in :
actual command of the Southern troops at
Ball Ruo, July 21 1862, io which the Fede
rata were so ingloriously routed. For this
Service he was made full General, ihe highest
grade. From the summer of 1862 until the'
spring of 1864 he defended Charleston and its
outworks when besieged by {?en Gilmore.
At the close of the war he was second in i
command io th? army of Cen Joseph E. John?
ston io North Carolina.
Since the termination of the war fee has re- !
sided io Louisiana. He became president of
the New Orleans, Jackson and Misissippi
Railroad, and for a number of years was one
of the managers of the Louisioa State Lot?
tery and was also Adjutant General of
louisiana, i
Religious.
"Rev". John ?. BeaT?, who is ftss'rstiog R-v.
A. J. Stokes in conducting the infesting
Hod successful revival services in the Metho?
dist Church, nas nad charge cf toe Mission
Work in CXumbia for two years. He found
it necessary to tear down the old .church
which was "both uncouth in appearance and
inadequate for bis work, and erect a Urger
and better structure. This he did, though
not having a cent of rooney, but simply
trusting in God to send the mentis, he bi^an
this great work. He has received about seven
hundred dollars to date, from ail parts of
the country There is re? lucking about two
! hundred dollars to'Co tn p?e te and fully ?qu:p
this building fur ??Scieirt missionary work.
'Brides building, ?his ?ch ut ch hunts up poor
children and clofhea them, so that they can
attend Sunday School ; also 6!s o?t ffee poor
gei emily for~&<?r.*t>rqg%r appearance ic the
church.
Tberr hav?* been about one hundred and
fifty conversions, and rhe prospect is -prop'i
tious for"Cout:fMied good.
Besides this the last Conference put under
ins charge Brookland, where a church must
be built to be ready fer ?he population that
>wi!I settle at this place over the river.
He has .undert?eo this work nt a great
'persona 1-sact rice and any con tributions that
will enable him to carry it forward will be
acceptable.' i
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Lenten Services
. The special Lenten Services at the Church
of 'he Holy Comforter, Sumter, will be as
follows : On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri?
days, service and lecture at 5 o'clock p. m.,
and on every Wednesday morning at 7 15
o'clock there will be f.. celebration of ihe
Hoiv Communion.
Y. M C. A.
There wis a Urile crowd present at the
pru;rr mating on Sunday afternoon to hear j
die addtesis o? Stat*- Secretan Lewis, who j
camet>v~r'rroT;i Columbia to nttend. Hemadei
a. v-try forcit,!e a:>d interesting t?ik ?.?d
urged the m-m':ers ot the assort <t tion to tie
diligent in obtaining ?ll the gond possible
from the association and zealous in extending
tts sphere of asefutness. He extended a j
general invitation to the association to at?ei*d j
?he meeting of 'he Slate Association rn
Columbia on *he 23d and 24'h
Henry Wattersoe.
Col. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louis?
ville Vcvritr-Jotirnal will deliver his lecture,
''Money and Morals." in this city ott April
13:h provided a sufficient guarantee is ronde.
He will lecture under the management of the
Y. M. C. A , and the *fi\>rt will be made to
have the necessary amount guaranteec
. Col. Watterson has a reputation as ex'ecded
as the limits of the country, and he is greeted
by large audience wherever he lectures It is
an opportunity that the people of this city
should take-advantage of, as il is but rarely
that a man of Col. Patterson's reputation
consents to lecture ic "a place oT Sumter's I
size.
Since the above was put in type, arrange- i
meats have been perfected with Mr. Watter- \
son, assuring his visit here at the time stated, j
Facts m the Moseley Case.
WEDGEFIELD. S. C., Feb. 20th, 1893.
To ichom this may concern :
This ?5 to certify I did during the mouth ot
December, 1892, copy two or three letters
written by Mr. B. P. Kelly, of thia place,
addressed to Gov. Tillman, which letters
contained the charges against Mr. J. M. Mose?
ley. I knew nothing about the facts in the
case, and it was by special request of Mr.
Kelly, that I copied the letters. Mr. Kelly
ass?red me that my na*>e wout? never be
?inown in the matter, and that at tfc? proper
timefce, Mr. Kelly, would gi^e his t arse in
the matter, which he did, arid tried to prove
the charges by the witnesses wiiose names
were sent to the Governor ; ail the witnesses
were present at the time of the investigation,
which was held at Wedgefieid some time ago
by Honorable H. T. Abbott and R, T. Man?
ning. 5 have been n<quested to state these
facts. Respectfully,
R. B. GAMBLE.
The above cora'munication fully explains
the animus of the charges rosde agniirst Mr.
Moseley, it shows thai Mr. B P. Kelly, who
had been Trial Justice at Wedgefield, and
was defeated, for re-election, at the primary
t>y Mr. Moseley, desired to retain the offke
and resorted to underhanded m-ea-ns to accom?
plish his purpose. Few people placed any
belief in the charges, and the investigation
resulted in the complete vindication of Mr.
Moseley and the -discomfiture of bis detrac?
tor. He is to be ?corrgra ulated on the out?
come, which is as satisfactory to his friends
MS it must be to himself.
Mr. Moseley has received the appointment.
Jury List.
The board of Jurv Commissioners met on
last Tnursday and drew the following
^Grand Jury for the year :
J.J. Baker, Sr. John W. Buckner.
McDonald Furmxn. fl. M. Bra-iisford.
W A Cooper. W. W. Anderson, Jr.
K F, Burrows. T. ?i Burkett.
H. Drau-e Tindal. i. C. Ingram.
J. Wesley Bradford. Wm. Yeadon.
Ii B. Diukins. T. S Dunlap.
R. D. Cuttino. Kell O'Donnell.
A. K Sanders. A. S. Brown.
The following are the petit jurors drawn
for the first week of court, beginning March 6: j
R. P. Stuck house. Frank Beckham.
\\\ E. ?>ick, Jr. James M. McCutchen.
E. F. McCutchen. W. H. Bryan.
Scriven Moore. J. H. Wilson.
John Turner. J. T. Frierson.
R.S. Whilden. Frank Smiling.
J C. Dinkins. S J Brown.
W. A. Mcilwaine. Jam<-s Tisdale.
A. W. C:0>swell. H. L Scarborough.
Ed. Baskin. Bertrand Colclough.
J. S Fincknec. I) Bali.
R.C. McCutcbeo. M R Wilson.
W B. Moore. R R. Singleton.
R B. Gambie. R M. Wilson.
C.E.Strange. S M. Gralnm.
R. C Tisda! . Geo. P. Ardis.
W. W Reese. D. E. Well:..
R. L. Fraser. J. A. Rna me.
The jurors lo serve during the second
week ot court will oe drawn tomorrow. Thurs?
day.
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A. C. L. Notes.
Cap: Gasqne of th** Florence nnd Charles- j
ton Local bas ?Ven tunning extra with i
Engineer Thrower arid the "Big 36 :' They !
pu!! 40 and SO cars without trouble.
Harry Farmer's Pet "the62" is ??gain doing i
service between Florence and Sumter.
Pa^s-ngers for Washington and northern !
points, should leave on No. 9, at 2 10 P. M. j
Nu 85 is a great convenience to stockmen !
?nd others. Bas quickened the schedule, j
arriving at 6 30 P. M. instead of 9:30 as;
heretofore.
Engineer Ray and Capt. ''Billie'' Smith are
on No's II arid 12 Ray can tell you what is ?
needed ic your upper story, as well any ?
man his srz?. Several of the boys are "great
exaggerators" from what he says.
Engineer Sneed and Capt. Henrv Wells are i
holctng down No's 4*0 and til between |
Charleston ard Lanes.
Engineer C. il. Divine of the W. <fc W. has !
"been appointed Foreman of the new shops at !
Rocky Mount. N. C., on thc Wilsou Short '
Cut. j
A colored gentleman from the rural dis?
tricts remarked ?[:*. OTYIT flay thnt he wished ' ;
Mr. Tillman would make the guano men pul ?
"ears" on both ewds of the sacks.
Mr. J. C. Higgins, formerly chief Train !
Dispatcher, h?s h<-en. appointed assistast
Train Master with office at Rocky Mount.
While watchman Lew?9 is taking a resting ?
spell, Mr. J.J. Mu:ler can be found on duty, j
Special car, No. 40 of.the S. F. and W. '
Railway carne ti* on No. 58 on Thursday last i
with the Tin ily of Mr. Hayr.es and was
transferred to No. 53, after spending the day j
in Sumter.
General Superintendent, Capt. ."?ihn F. j
Divine and Mr. Morris, of the roadway de- I
partaient, passed through Sumter lastweek i
on an inspecting tour, running special with ? .
Capt. Joe Jame3 and Engineer Jackson.
Opt. Day has added to trie machinery at \
the shop, a machine for "frosting"' glass
which is much quicker than the way used
heretofore.
D'vision No. 134 of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engim-trs has been moved to
Rocky Mount from Wilmington, N. C.
To "M" "that's right." j :
Special rate tickets to Washington, on ac?
count of inauguration, will be on jaie March '
1st to 3d, with fiual limit to March 8th, for
$19 85.
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Every man, woman and child who has once
tried that specific, Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup,
cannot say enough in its praise.
Buy the light running New Home Sewing ?
Machiuc Headquarters, al Lt vj Biv?.
Sumter's Confederate Monument.
Mr. McDonald Fuman Suggests Thai it be
Unveiled Tiiis Sp'rinp.
Mr. 'Editor': More ;han a^uarter-of a cen?
tury has passed away :tf.nce H?ht. Edward
Lee gave up his sword a'? Appomatox and the
Southern Confederacy cased to exist-that
Confedeiacy whose fl>g was never trailed in
dishonor and whose history way written with
the life-blood of heroes ?nd patrio s. On one
of Sumter's squares there stands a handsome
monument that was erected to them-mory of
the "Confederate dead" of this county. That
monnaient has never b??n unveiled aTid I sug?
gest thal i: be unveiled this Soring.
Winn we think of tue Confederate memo?
ries associated with our County, we can in?
deed teei proud of them It is ar. historic
fact that a lamented son of Sumter-George
E Haynsworth--fired the first gun of the
war. Ttrere was another SOD of the county
who hore a distinguished part in that mighty
struggle-'-wiiose valiant deeds were such that
the word "Fighting" became a part of hts
name. The reader bas already guessed that
"Fighting Dick" Anderson is the person re?
ferred to. Io the Pprmg-tiroe of 1865, there
was fought, on the batrks of Dingle's Mill,
one of the last battles of the Confederacy. It
was fought between a handful of Confederates
and'General Potter's soldiery. No one can
read the story of that battle without a feeling
of admiration for the little'band of Southern?
ers who struggled so bravely against the
overwhelming numbers of Federals. Ought
a County that can point to-gaCh Confederate
soldiers as'George E.'Hay tisworth and Rich?
ard H. Anderson, and to a na'ttle like that of
Dingle's Mill, longer delay l'he tioveiliug of
her CoefederfcJe "monument ':
This year is suited to su; h an c'vent. There
is? no disturbing political campaign to draw
i ? the attention o'f Our people. Let the un?
veiling occur in ihe-Spnng-rime, the season
when the flowers bloom and the hirds sing ?
the?r sweetest sou??3. If it could be So I
arranged, u good da'e for the unveiling would j
be the anniversary ol the Dingle's Mill battle.
'I -s-rrggcs-t that the day he made .rn hobday oc?
casion in-Sumter.; let rh* schools, stores and
other business ti o'fi ses all he elostd ) then htr
business men, her matrons, her lads and her
rosy cheeked lasses cots ld nil be prc-sent. I
sugee?t that tnt- descendants of Haynsworth
ard Andeison be the persous to uneeil the
monument. Another suggestion is this-let
cards be published in all the county pap?is
nquesting every Confederate soldier in the i
county to attend. What a proud and happy i
day it \vo7ild he in t'he armai; of the dear old
"oar.ie'Cock City? There would be music
and e;oq'ience,atiJ as those who wore the grey
met and c;asped each ot'herV- trie'hand, what
Stirring and hallowed memories would arise! 1
While this article is written for the Watch- j
man and Southron, it is ??oped that every paper
published in ihefoanty will noora the idea of!
the unveiling, and that the active conespon- ?
dent C? the daily pap-w will also speak ?
pleasant "wcrds in its favoT.
Let the people of Sumter commence now to
discuss this matte'," and prepate for the occa- :
sion. IT they will, they can make it a g:arid ;
success. MCDONALD F?RMAX
Ramsey P. O , Privateer Township, Feb- j
mary, 1893.
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Dots From'Elliott.
ELLIOTT, S. C., Feb. 15, 1393. j
Ow?Bg to the heavy snows of a few weeks j
a<io, followed by the recent rains, the farmers ;
of liiis section ate very backward in their pre- j
paralious for another crop and are anxiously ?
looking for fair weather. The high, price of I
cotton seed bas induced a gr??at many to sell !
or exchange for fertilizers ?nd thete has been !
mote see i shipped from this poi l this seasou i
than ever before.
Mr. J. A. Smith, the tf5 ient apentof the j
C. S. & N. R. R. hr.s netti removed to Silver, j
Atid left for that place on last Tuesday, |
accompanied by Iiis charming bride. Mr. !
Smith has made many friends in this section, ?
who regret to lose him.
Miss "Dora Drown, who has been 'here on a I
visit to her sister, Mrs. Dr. Dunn, left on j
Monday for her frome near Camden.
Mr. W. B. Alford, of Marion, is visiting j
his brother. Dr. N. V. Alford, of Wisacky. j
Miss Hattie McLeod of Providence, is on a !
v sit to ber brother, Mr. W. B. McLeod, of !
Wisacky.
Mr. J. A. Scarborough, of Bishopville, was J
in tomi this morning on business.
The valentine party, which was given hy I
the young people of this neighborhood on the ?
evening of the 14th, inst , was a success in !
every particular. At half p?st 8 o'clock, j
the commodious residence . f Mr. T. D. ?
Duran: was brilliantly lighted and tastefully '
decorated :o receice the expected guests who j
ii: a short time bec*"n to arrive. Each young '
lady wore a bow ef ribbon corresponding in
Color to a smilar bow to be worn by a \oung
man. After the distribution of the hows ;
among the young men, the couples were as :
fol ow s :
W. I>. Alford with Miss Maggi? DuRant,
J. H. Wood with Miss Hattie McLeod. Eu- j
gene Brown with M it-s Mary McLean, J. S.
Brown with Miss M.-.a?ie Fullwood, W. T. I
McLeod with Miss Minnie ?Scott. Bradley j
Wilson with Mi-s Be-ilah McKenzie. H. P. j
Scott with Miss Bessie Law, Waiker Frierson
with Miss Hattie Wilson ar:d E. D. Law with I
Miss Lois Wilson,
The valentine post office, an interesting
f-ature of the evening's entertainment, was
presided over by Mrs. W. 3. McLeod, who
filled the office of post Mistress in a manner
satisfactory to all. The music of the evening
was rendered by Mrs. McLeod and Misses
Durant, haw, Wilson ?nd McLeod. At 1
o'clock the guests dispersed carrying with
them many pleasant recollections of this
most enjoyable occasion. J.
A Letter From Florida.
CSSTKK HILL, FLA., Feb. 17, 1893.
Editor Wai'< h man and Southron:
Ti.inking thai my friends and acquaintances
in the old Palmetto State would appreciate a !
li tie as to my w heieatiou's, I will give you a {
i.rief description of my trip to Florida. On
the 14th day ot January I boarded the train
at Elliott, Sumter Co . S. C , with Centre
Hill, Florida, as my destination. ? came by
the way of Charleston and Savannah to Jack?
son ville,arriving thereat 2 3d o'clock Sunday
From ?here to Pa'atka by the way of Jack
so ville, Tampa and Key West R R.,and from j
thVre South to ('entre Hill by the way of the
Florida Southern making the trip from start- i
ing poiot to Centre Hill in twenty-eight hours. ?
From Jacksonville to Palatka we ran near |
the famous St. Johns Kiver, part of the time
in full view of that magnificent stream which
ranges from one to five miles in width, aud
is the channel by winch a large portion of
Florida commerce is carrie i on. From
Jacksonville South, we saw many beautiful
orange groves. The green orange tree loaded
with tiie golden fn.il presents a most pleas?
ing appearance Centre Hiil is a pleasant
village situated on the F. S. R. It. 15 miles
South of LeesMirg. Since being in the State,
I have visited Lecshurg, and a number of !
places including the orick City of Ocala.
Tins city is well-provided with hotel Hccom> j
modations, the icuding one being the Ocala
House. It is thought by many only a short i
while until Ocala will be the capital of the I
State.
Tiie climate is quite different from that of
South Carolina. The month ot February
feels as if Spring was fully open.
The principal industry ts fruit and vegeta?
ble growing. There are a large number ot !
elegant orange groves in the vicinity of this 1
piace. Veg? tables aie grown on an extensive
Scale for shipment to Northern markets, j
Here we rind people from nil sections of the j
State, ?ind some foreign countries South j
Carolioa has a large representation ia the j
population of ibis sunny clime
W. AUTHUR ORKEN.
Meteorological Records.
The following is a rein.?rt of observations >
r *
)f the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. j
W. Andersoo, for the week ending February
19, 1893 : j
; Temperature, j j " J ^
?* c - . "? ? Condition
13 42 5 49 2 31 8j NE . .291 Fatr.
14 52 8 02 5 34 5 K . .00 Fair. I
15 60 ? 6S. ' 55 7 s N SK .7"? Cloudy.
16 63.2 69.5 56 5j s ; oo'Cloudy.
17 60 5] 7:-! ?;' 54 . s .26 Fair. "
18 48 8; 50 6 44 5 w .00 ( 'lear.
IV* 47 5j 54 6 36. w 00 Clear.
17th-Thunderstorm with high wind. Hail !
reported near Wedgefield.
1 Uth-White frost.
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Torpidity of the liver, and disorders of
the stomach and bowels cau-e headache and ;
the failure of all drsite for food. Ayer's 1
Cathartic Pills etimulatejaction of the stom
fich, liver, and bowels, cure headache, and 1
restore the Appetite.
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Titles Mortgage?, Lease?, Liens. Boods
?tc, at '.bc ll 'olehtnan and Scuthrun office. 4
TOMS OF A ROMANTIC PAST.
Venice N'o Longer a Living: City, But
Merely Vast ?.Iuseuai.
Venetian life in the large ol il sense
has since coin:? to an end. and the es?
sential present character of the mos**
melancholy oil cities resides sirapTv ii
its hoing the most beautiftil of tombs,
says Scribners. Nowhere oise has the
past been laid to ro?;t with such tender?
ness, stich a sadness of resignation and
remembrance. Nowhere else is the
present so alien, so discontinuous, s?
like a crowd in a cemetery without
garlands for tho graves. It has no
flowers in its hands, but as a compensa?
tion, perhaps-and the thing is doubt?
less more to the point-it has money
and little red books. The everlasting
shuffle, in the piazza, of these irrespon?
sible visitors is contemporary Venetian
life. Everything else is only a rever?
beration of that. The vast mausoleum
has a turnstile at the door, and a func?
tionary in a shabby uniform lets yon
in, as per tariff, to see how dead it is.
From this constatation, this cold curi?
osity, proceed all the industry, the
prosperity, the vitality of the place.
The shopkeepers and gondoliers, the
beggars and the models", depend upon
it for a living: they are the custodians
and the ushers of the great museum
they are even themselves to a certain
extent the objects on exhibition. It is
in the "wide vestibule of the square that
the polyglot pilgrims Ijgathcr most
densely: Piazza San Marco is like the
lobby of the opera ?n the intervals of
the performance. The present fortune
of Venice, the lamentable difference, is
most easily measured there, and that is
why, in thc effort to resist our pessim?
ism, we must 'turn away both ff om the
purchasers and from the venders of
ricordi.
ANECDOTE OF JAY GOULD.
He "Was a Newspaper Correspondent as
Well as Surveyor.
The papers of late have been well
filled with all sorts of talk, some true
and some false, about Jay Gould and
family. Old John Gould, o? Roxbury>
Jay's fa th. er, is spoken of as very poor,
which, according to the Detroit Free
Press, is not true. He was a sturdy,
Well-read, intelligent farmer, in good
circumstances. At the time of the
anti-rent war in the county he stood up
boldly for the laws until better ones
could be made. When ordered by the
Big Thunder not to have the dinner
horn blown to call thc men to meals he
Went right on as usual. One day the
horn was blown and in less than an
hour a body of disguised men appeared
to call him to account. Big Thunder in
command. ile told him his family
would do as tliey pleased, and he was
threatened. Ja}' stood by and said:
"I know who you are. Big Thunder;
you are Dan Squires, and you dare not
kill my father." Herc is tho keynote
to the whole career of Jay Gould-an
independent audacity that never failed
him. When mapping the county and
making up his biston- of Delaware
county he was a correspondent for the
Franklin Visitor, and its prospectus was
published in the history in full. His
letters to the Visitor were always spicy
and interesting and were kept up until
he built thc tannery in Wayne county,
??e then advised me to ask his sister
Betty to write for the paper, and I
found her one of the best correspond?
ents I ever had. She became Mrs. Dr.
Palen, of a well-known medical finn of
Philadelphia, and has her home in Cam?
den, X. J., opposite that city.
WHY WOMEN ARE NOT BALD.
Natural Selection Protects Them from
the Prevailing Tendency.
If the unsatisfactory statistics that I
have been able to collect can be relied
on, the proportion of baldness in boys
and girls under twenty is about eighty
to seven, says Miss E. F. Andrews in
the Popular Science Monthly. As the
majorit}' of girl s at the age under consid?
eration wear their hair loose, or in sim?
ple "Marguerite" braids, so that there
is little likelihood of deception, while
unwholesome headgear or other indi?
vidual practices can hardly, as yet, have
had time to produce any material effect
upon either sex, we may regard the dif?
ference indicated by the figures as prac?
tically due to the working of heredity
alone.
Now. there is no apparent reason why j
girls should not inherit a tendency tc
baldness as well as boys, unless that
tendency is checked by some other fac?
tor. Such a factor is sexual selection;
for I presume it is hardly necessary to
argue here that a bald-headed woman
would not stand much chance of "sur?
vival" in the struggle for matrimonial
honors. As men have always practi?
cally done the "selecting/' and will
probably continue to do so more and
more as the conditions of modern life
render the competition for husbands
more severe, the woman's voice in the
matter, when she has any, being limit?
ed to a simple negative, it is not likely
that the state of baldness to which the
humasi race is said to be tending will
ever affect the feminine half of it.
Sunday Schools at the World's Fair.
The Sunday-schools of the United
States are to have a special - building at
Chicago, costing 850,000. It is to be of
brick, and located just outside the ex?
position grounds. It will contain a full
and instructive exhibit of the past
history and the best mcxlern methods of
Sunday-school work, in this country
and Canada; with books, maps, lesson
helps, and every appliance that has
been approved by those best acquainted
with the subject. The auditorium will
seat about two thousand persons. Al?
together it will bc a new and remark?
able development of the effort toward
religious education for the vounjr.
From Vienna.
A street of Vienna will be one of the
attractions of midway plaisance. It is
to be a reproduction of ancient Vienna
at the time of Maria Therese, built in
the gothic and renaissance style, with
shops whore the typical Viennese work?
ers in metal, leather, amber, meer?
schaum, etc., will be reproduced and
sold to visitors. The street will also
have a Vienna cafe and concert garden,
with a military band of sixty meek
Viennese singers will appear daily.
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Dont fail lo call and examine the ??c'tit run?
ning, handsomely finished, perfectly adjusted, I
New No. 9 Wheeler k Wilson. Levi Bros.
The Secretary of State issued, on Mondar,
a charter to the Sumter Water Company,
capital ?65,000, all p -.M in.
For the hest assortment of Cigars zo lo
U. M. & L W. Jenkins
Rent Lie:*.-', plain :ind xvi?II cotton v-d
r-WuS'-. for sale at the Watchman and Southron
office.
Navassa Guano !?nd other standard brands
nf fertilizers sold hy R M k L W Jenkins.
If you want fine Red Rn?? Proof <>:it<, gu
to R. M. k L. W. Jenkins.
Supplv Liens ai hottom pries. Lien mer?
chants should get our prices on the hundred
i.r thousand tW'ore nlacine an order elsewhere.
FULL ASSORTMENT
EST NEW GARDEN SEED, !
-FULL Li NH
Purest Drep and Chemicals, j
CALL ON
J. 3. KUGHSON & CO.,
Monaghan Block. MAIN STKK?T
Feo 8. S?.MTLK. S, ?.t
9
and ends
April 2d
WE WILL KEEP
DURING THIS SEASON A VARIETY OF
! : Lenten Specialties. : !
? 1 <.>
ILook ont next week for
a long Hst of
Fish,
Fruits
and
Vegetables*
At specially low prices*
This Week we Have in Stock
Nice and New :
Pickled Fish Roe, Pickled Salmon,
Dutch Herrings, Pickled Mackerel,
Boneless Codfish, Fresh Shrimp,
Soups in Cans, Dried Fruits, &?.
Always a full line of the best Canned (roods, Heavy Groceries
and Choicest Meats*
?. O. Molasses and Maple Syrup.
Oat Meal, Graham Flour,
Cerealine, Buckwheat.
We are opening a Spring Stock of goods in this line, including
Dress Goods, Domestics,
Trimmings, Notions*
SHOES, ETC.,
In the store on Main Street, recently known !
as 'hahn's Fancy Gr'rooery."
A general stock of
WeW and Fresii Goods,
TO SELECT FROM.
JFicre>& Delivery.
Respect fi il ly,
VALUABLE
Suburban Property
For Sale.
i
5j Afi ACRES-WITH RESIDENCE and :
X"X\/ all necessary outbuildings-30 acres j
under cultivation, on the suburbs of the city .
of Sumter, suitable for Truck Farra, Poultry j
or Dairy F.irm. P.ice low and terms reason- j
able tc approved purchaser. i
Apply nt the WcJchman awl Southron office, j
THE MEW 5??JlB j
111. 9,1* ant fill J
ITAKE PLEASURE in cnvnng to the
public the above named machines. They
can ht bought on satisfactory 'em s, and 1 :
am confident the} are the best family sewing
machines made. Lightest running, mos! cur?
able, \ir?\ set of attachments and mo8t*eas?ly
adjnsted of anything in their line, "'heir
handsome -finish demands your patronage
Cali nt the 'reliable store cf "Levi T>fos., or
Wf??eto Hobt. Wingate, Stin?er S 'C.
These machines are the best articles "?*er
placed on the market Cull and see for your?
self, and get a ?rood ro:tchine for small riioi.?y
Any machine supplies you need Cih lie
found at ray headquarters.
Respect fully,
ROBT. W?S&ATE.
I?th. 1.
Liberty Street Xext to r. ?:
SPECIAL ATTENTION
("?ivcn to Con;pounriing Prescript i?r?.
OTTO l?RHARD?
FLOH]ST AND GARDENER,
CTFFSTTS HIS S?RTICJ8S
To the people of Sumter anS vicinity.
Gardens laid out and at tenden to iTriu grap%
vines, and fruit trees pruned;
CXB3?GF PLANTS
In abundance,- now ready to set ont;
Jan. ?5.
VED!
s
Oar Load Mule
T
f
Car Load Horses,
Feb. ?
1 Car Load Mules?
H. HARR Sf.
*4
AT RINGMARS
Choice Tomatoes
S lb cans
2 lb "
$ lb
5 lb
2 lb
liane! pa'eke'd Tomatoes
Choice sweet Corn
Finest "
Choice Early Jane Peas 2 lb "
Finest sifted " ? " 2 lb "
Pie Peaches in 3 lb "
Apricots, Best Quality 3 lb "
Bartlett Pears, Best Quality 3 lb "
Crawford Peaches, Bt Ql'ty 3 lb "
Best quality Peaches in quart glass jars,
Finest quality French Sardines
Fine quality Dried Apples,
Fine quality California Prunes,
Si.20 per doz:
?1.00 " "
1.35 " "
1.35 " "
1.85 ? a
1.50 " "
1.85 "
10c. per caii;
20c. " **
20c. " "
20c. " "
30c. per j?f:
15c. per cati.
8c. per lb.
12Jc. per lb:
The above Goods are Bargains
Kot often seen in this market, every article warranted to t)?
of the best quality. None of these goods have been damaged
by Fire. Snow or Rain. We sell no damaged goods.
&
Feb i
m
S H
Korreot
g Stylish,
O E Se
Durable.
"FIRE DAMAGED,' "AT COST," "SNOW DAMAGED*/
"AT A MERE SONG," ' BELO VT COST," kc.
We frankly state 16 Shoe Buyers, that none ot our shoes are sold in af
ma?mer indicated by either of the abo-ve worn mit catch lines. W? pa* th?
fact -l ies for making" our Shoes, have them m*le for Conrfcfrt ?nd servrce; and
we make a fair, legitimate profit on every pair, but \ve give you nice fresh1
goods, direct from manufacturers, and after you have paid tis a small profit;
yoti will be better pleased than ?sou would be with poorly m;?de, ?trd dam?
aged shoes bought ''at cost, vee."
Just opened and ready for you
Ifi? Pasc? Bright ?ew
yy Shoes, of all styles*
Ladies $2 and $3 Boots and Gents $3, ?4?
and $5 Bals, and Cong, are Eye-openers.
CALL EARLY.
Walsh & Co**
Monaghan Block - - Sumter, S. G.
D W ARE
M. W. DURANT & SOW
SELL HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS.
Machinery Supplies,
Buggy and Wagon Material,
Cooking and Heating Stoves/
Potware, j Wooden wa re,
Crockery and Glassware,
Tia tr a rc,
Hardware and Sadicry,
Cutlery-Pocket and Table,
Scissors,
GUNS, PISTOLS and CARTRIDGES'/
Powder and Shot.
Shells-Loaded and Einp'ty',
B "bing:. Lacing.
Pac! ing. Bristles,
Whips, Robes, ?ic, ito.
Prices io suit the titans*