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$BX SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18?0? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all tH6 Ends thou Aims't at, ba thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TRUE SOtf?B?SW?, Established Jone) Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1893. New SerfeS-ToI. XII. 2fo. 33 $M Mmtbmm ato ^otttjKOL ?ufelishe& 67317 Wednesday, BT N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKRMS: Two Dollars per ann am-in advance. ?DT.CRTI8IKIST8. 9o Square. first insertion..............$1 00 livery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will ht made at reduced rates. All communication* which subserve private nte res ts will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be ; bar ged for. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER. STATS, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 11,500 00 Transacts a General Bankin? Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest ai ?owwi at the rate of 4 per cent, per ?Bun. PayaMe quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and Octo'or. S. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. CARSO??, Aug. 7 Cashier. ff? UKI Iff WIRI, I SUMTER, S C. I CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking oust ness. Also hes A Savings Bank Department. Deposits of Si-00 and upwards rapeived. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. RHAXK, President. Cashier. Aug 21._ NEW LUMBER YARD. IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND th? public gener??y that my Saw Mill located on the CS ?N.R. R" just back of* my residence, is now in full operation, and I am prepared1 to furnish ah grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unhled timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible oe North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18_ NEW MARBLE WORKS. COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WS HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For th? purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing lusts, TiMois, Etc., A sd doi eg a General Business in that line. A complete work-shop has been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis? faction guaranteed Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON June 16_ 6dTT8N STALK Ctiopper. ft TM???c?i Sit Chopper Was a?ain awarded the first prize at the Sooth Carolina State Fair, held Nov. 6th to 10th, this year. There is no o'her implement that will clear your land of the old stalks like this ooe. Many of them have been in use for three years, and witbOGt exception each and every farmer using one has pro? nounced it a complete success. Seed in your orders promptly if you want a machine and don't wait until the last moment when the stalks must be cat, or knocked off on the top like your great grandfather used to do. Respectfully, JOEL E. BRONSON, SUMTER, S. C. Dec. 14._ If you want A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RIDING Road Cart, AT A REASONABLE PRICE, GET A ?*ene?eo9 511. STEHERS & SON, ; Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. fatties, (Ms, Jewelry Bepefl. PROMPTLY. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. A. D. Powers, Redd ?c's Barber Shop. Main St., Sumter, S. C. NOTICE. THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA? TION will be in his office on Salesdav of each month, fer the purpose of issuing certifi? cates of Registration to all persons who have become twenty-one year3 of age since the last Genera! election Also transfers to those who have changed place of residence. W. S. JAMES. Supervisor of Registration. Dec. 7. 3-t. JOS. F. RH A M E. WM. C. DAVIS. RHAME & DAVIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attend to business in any part of tb? State. Practice in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21-1._ G. W. DICKTOi S. Office over Bogin's New Store, ??TRANCE OS 1L4I?I ST UK ST SUMTER, S. C. Office Hews.-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8_ Di E. ALTA SOLOMONS, DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE.! jg?trance on Main Street, Between Bftwoajt Purdy and Durant & Son ! OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5.Q/cIock* Som.er, S. C., j Ayer's Pills the best remedy for Constipation, Jaundice, Headache, Biliousness, and Dyspepsia, Easy to Take sure to cure all disorders of the Stomach, liver, and Bowels. Every Dese Effective H. B. WHULDEX, WEST END CALHOUN ST , CHARLESTON, S. C. General Agent for South Carolina RELAY BICYCLES. Self-healing or other Pnenratiic Tvres. PRICES $110.00 and $125.00. Exclusive agencies given at unoccupied points. Correspondence solicited. Feb. 15-v. HOYT BROTHERS, MAIN STREET, SUMTER. S. C. Sold and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, ?BRIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, 4o. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1 ?. WHITE & SOU, Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among o^her Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $75,000,000. Feb. 12 OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER And Liquor Dealer. OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S- C. Nov. 7 o FERTILIZERST FERTILIZERS I FERTILIZERS 1 Baving bought largely, KOR CASH, a full as? sortment of, Fertiim, Acids ai ote Gu? We are prepared to fill orders for such at low ?gureo and on reasonable :erm?. C. VV?LBERN & CO., Wholvsale Grocsra, 171 and 173 East Bay, Sov. 19. Charleston. S. C BEST Alt D CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. . E. T0.UK & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN DOORS, SASH, BLIPS, MOULDING, -AND GENEE AL BUILDING MATERIAL Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hayne St CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 O WILLIAM KENNEDY Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, Nest door to Earle & Pnrdy's Law Offiee. SUMTER, S. C. IDES?RK TO INFORM the citiseos of S?mter and vicinity that I have opened business on my own accou i tat the above old stand, and that with competent and polite assistants, I will be pleased to serve them io any brunch of my business in the best style of the art. Give me a call. WM. KENNEDY, j Oc t . I S._j ?ryans XaL> tifas cure hi v es. Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE GINS! INSURE YOUR GINS -IN THE Plionix Assurance Company, OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT MOSES, AGENT. P. S.-We do also a Gene? ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the * MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE of New York, the largest in the world. Aug. 17. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR. Desires to ?nform the public that be is fully equipped and prepared to do TIN ROOFING, PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS, and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and tinuing shop. -Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES. TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS AND GRATES. Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Belia, Aouuociators. Speaking tubes, kc. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B Carr's Miil Communicatiotis left at Walsa k Co '3 Shoe j Store or through post office will receive prompt attention. Oct 26-0 ! ?MU MIXTURE I WHAT IS IT? j THE PUREST AND BEST TONIC IN ? i THE WORLD. It builds up the systt-m, it purifies the blood, it beautifies the complexion. TRY IT, AND HAVE NO OTHER. Only 50c. per bottle. For s<i'e by al! your Druggists. THE MURRAY GRUS CG., Manufacturers mid Proprietors. April 20. TI?K Sumter Institute. THE INSTITUTE has opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances. Tne boarding department is well appointed and the rooms are rapidiy filling np. Those desiring rooms should apply at an early day The Art room has been en ?urged and refitted, affording ample light, and all necessary facili? ties for good work. Special lessons in Painting and Drawing, each $15 a tern?; in Book-keeping, Steno? graphy, Typewriting and Penmanship, each $10 a term ; Instrumental and Vocal Music eace$20 a term, with $3 fur use of instumeut for practice. Elocution $7.50 a term. Students will be received for any of these special courses at any time during the year, and we solicit pairouage of the young ladies of the city not regularly entered in the school. For further information apply to H. FRANK WILSON, President. C. 0- BROWN 4 BRO. COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS. LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR Freuet an? AmerieaR Win?ow Glass PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orden by Mail. C. O. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 = RECKLING I THE COLUMBIA PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST, Offers Special Inducement to all who have never had a good picture. Old pictures copu.d aod enlarged. NOT I6-1 How to Grow Tobacco. Gradhg and Preparing Tobacco for Marlctt j Many planters make a mistake by not properly grading their crop Some entertain the idea that they can pack away a lower grade with* a I higher and make the whole lot seF? fur the value of the latter, when the result is generally the reverse, Dh* honest packing has never paid ano farmer and never trill. The planter should remember that the buyer gen' [ erally knows more about the quality I of Tobacco than any one else and is j more apt to detect any flaws or de ! fects in packing. You can ptft this down as a rule that whenever you pack a lower grade with a higher you are certain lo get paid for the lower grade, and all extra leaves put in the lot in just so much waste Honest packing always pays. My old friend Maj. Ragland has written so minutely and so fully on this subject that I cannot do bet? ter than give the reader his directions They are comprehensive and need not be supplemented with any explanatory notes. Tiie Major says: "If after the Tobacco is cured, the weather remains dry and it fails to get soft readily so that it can be moved, it may be brought in order in the follow? ing way : Place green bushes with the leaves on over the floor and sprinkle water over them copiously. If the tobacco is dry and the atmos? phere contains but little moisture, aod if the weather is cool, a little 5re kindled in the flues will assist in making the tobacco soft. Straw, wet or made so, will serve the same pur? pose. If the weather is damp, there will be so necessity to use either straw, brushes or.water. But when it is necessary to use any means to order tobacco, it is best to apply them in the afternoon, that the tobacco may be removed the next morning. If the weather continues warm and damp or rainy, tobacco that remains hanging will be apt to change color, unless dried out by flues or charcoal. When this becomes necessary, build small fires at first, and raise the heat grandually." Tobacco should never be stripped from the stalks except in pliable order * and the leaves on every plant should be carefully assorted and every grade tied up separately Usually there will be three grades of leaf, assort? ed with reference to color and size, and two of lugs Of leaf, tie six or eight leaves iu a bundle, and of lugs eight to ten. As fast as you strip, either hang the "hands" on sticks, twenty-five to each stick, and hang up, or bulk down in two layers, the heads of the hands or bundles facing outward. The latter mode is best, if you intend to sell in winter order, loose on the warehouse floors. If bulked down, watch frequently to see that it does not heat. If the bulk be? comes warm it must be broken up,air ed and re-bulked, or hung up if too soft. It is safer always to hang up as soon as stripped, unless you desire to sell soon, and strike down in "safe keeping order" in spring or summer. It is considered in "safe order" when the leaf is pliable and thc stem ( will crack half way down the tie. i If you sell loose, deliver in large i < uniform piles; such will cost less and | ? your tobacco bring more in price, j But to sell iu a distant market, pack < in tierces-half hogsheads make the ? i best and cheapest-to weigh about 400 pounds net, taking care not to j press the tobacco so as to bruise it, < or pack it too closely together, jj The beet leaf is wanted for wrapper ?j and it must open easily when shaken j 1 in the hand. Back one grade only in h each tierce, uniform iu color and j< length ; but if it becomes necessary ; ? to put more than one grade in a tierce, ii place strips of paper or straw between : to mark and separate them. Pack ? honestly for honesty is always the- ? best policy. The man who "Desls"* his tobacco will certainly go on the "Black List," and buyers have good :? memories. j If your tobacco is fine, sound, and ; nicely handled, you will have the satisfaction of getting, at the least, : a remunerative price for it, although poor and and nondescript stock may ! be selling for less than the cost ol | production. The world outside o?; this country makes, as as rule, ,low grades plenty, and at a cost to raise . much less than we can compass. We must plant lees surface, fertilize heavier, and cultivate and manage ; better, if we would get the best prices. \ -Southern Tobacco Journal. Murder Most Foul. Mr. S?d Mrs. H. Tweitmao were murdered at their homo in Liocoloville, near Charleston, on Mooday, by un? known parties. The murder wa? most brutal, both of the victims having their heads crushed. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive of tho crime. Oscar J on CP, a negro has been ar? rested tor thc murder of II. W Twied rr.au a?d wife, at Lincolnvillc, near Charleston. Ile turns out to bc a noted criminal. In October, 1891, he out? raged his sister. Lucinda Sims, io Au? gusta, Ga., and chopped her bead all to pieces and then threw ber in the Savan? nah river. He was tried for the murder but got off on tbe insanity dodge. Jones was then committed to the lunatic asylum at Milledge ville. Ga , but subscijucufly escaped. Ur is suspected of having been j implicated aibo in several other brutal murders. City Against Country. One of the most siogular and unreas mabie ideas imaginable is that business nen in a city are inimical to the inter ;s?s of the farmer in the country. Poli ;ic:.ans we are willing to appeal to pre udice rather than reason lay great stn s< JU rbib anti-town sentiment, and yet nothing is more unjust. The idea that city merchants are con? stantly conspiring against the welfare )f tte farmer is too absard for con? templation by any but the ignorant or :he very biased. It will not be claimed by us, or by ihe merchants themselves ?hat their first cancero is for the farm- ; er?. Of course they are o-nly human, iud they are looking out for their own interests first, But it is eaualry true that their ioterestsaod the farmers' do- Dot conflict and they have much to | expect from the prosperity of the far? mer, and nothing from bis poverty, ?io merchant ever wau ts to see cotton sell low. ile ?9 interested iu the farmer getting a good price for his crop Prosperity among farmers nieass pros? perous trade amo?.g the mercbauls of tbe town where they transact their business, but hard times amoug the farmers means hard times among the merchante with whota they trade. This is a matter so plain to the man who thinks that it seems strange that . farmers in the country will allow them- I selves prejudiced against city merchants whose interests are so identical with their's. The farmer's faiiare means a ! dull season for the merchant, while the ' farmer's prosperity means the mereoant'iH 1 prosperity. No doubt some farmers thought it harsh' treatment when the merchants a year ago cut down so ?harply on the amoubt* advanced to i them, sud iusisted upon a, redactiou in the acreage of cotton, bu? the s< ctuei j has shown the true wisdom and friend- j ?sip of their course. Th S farmers have ; ouly to look into these things to &?e the ; ?justice of their prejudices, and if they ; will follow the advice given them by j their merchant frieuds in the city they i will find it much more valuable than that of politicians who try to convince | them that city merchants arc their ene- j mies. The merchants do not attempt to advise them how to plant, but from ; their dealings in the world of trade they j have knowledge of the supply and de maud, and they nre qualified to advise farmers what to plant. And if the far-. mer will follow the advice that is given them on all sides to plant less cotton, and raise at home their mules, ij. >??s. | hay, com, potatoes, molasses, and otho'- j necessaries that they can raise much . cheaper iu the long run that they can buy, and let cotton be their surplus nosey crop, the farmers of Georgia aod he South will be the the most inde pei dent cass of people in tbe country; and they will realise that their advisers are much better friends than the poli ricians who are new deceiving thea. Augusta Chronicle. Hurrah For Hampton I A Deserted Compliment to the Old Chieftain. [Special to the State} WASHINGTON, March 7-Gen. Wade Hampton has had, perhaps, the highest compliment paid him by the Senate that could have been paid, and he will, without doubt, remain in Washington four years as Railroad Commissioner, I have the informa? tion directly from one ot the leading members of the Senate, who has signed the pape;;. Gen. Hampton, as he has said ail along, would not seek an office, and until to-day knew nothing of it. The leading Senators got up a request in the Senate chamber to President Cleveland, asking him to appoint Gen. Wade Hampton Railroad Commissioner, it has been signed, the Senator tells me, by every member in the body with the exception of, pei haps Irby. It has been placed in Mr. Cleveland's hands by the Senators. My infor? mant adds : "President Cleveland has said that lie would give Gen. Hamp? ton anything that IW? wanted. Since In.? would not make know.-) a pre? ference his friends did it for him, and the appointment will 6oon be an? nounced." Gen Hampton is still hero, and will remain fur perhaps a- week Iw?sreF. o Uncle George Talks. Thc Washington correspondent of the Columbia State, under date of March ?ni., writes tims :-"Uncle George" Tillman, with tomorrow, bids farewell to public Iii*; in Wash' iugton, tor a while. I saw the veteran Congressman to-day. Ile says he has been a close observer of national pol Flies fur forty years. "i never saw," said he, so many un? known factors likely to influence the polities ol' the land in the near future UH right now. Thete's so much uncertainty about them and about what policy Cleveland ami his cabinet j will inaugurate, that it makes it! difficult to say what is ahead The i whole country is iu a ?tato of. teni-] ble unrest, lt is the same iu Soutl Carolina, the onknowu . quantitiei being the railroad war, the proh?bitioi question, etc. One thing is certain there are going lo be many new de parieres. I may not take a hand ii the future of politics rn ?1 Stare cr nationality but I cannot tel yet:" Honors Easy.* Senator, fr by is worki&g bard foi Col. Earle, of Greenville, for ?istr?c Attorney. Col. Barre is aa able law yer and woald 51i tbe positwo w\tl I credit to himself and the State. /Thc ? Senator and he are cousins'. Col Earh j ran against Capt. (Tillman for Grover I Dor in 18S?. Io 1892 he took no par! I in the cavass except to say some verj ! cnmplimeotary things about Governor I Tillman. It is said that Senator Buller ts sup ! porting B F. Perry, of Greenville..foi j Collector of Internal Revenue. Ferrj j is a Tiilmanite. If we mistake not, ? Senator Butler and Mr. Perry' arc re j lated The Observer, however, ha? its ! doubts about Butler's endorsing Perry, -Newberry Observer. --?i^. m ? ? ? um Gen. Feaurogard's Will. The will of the Gen. Beaareg?rtf", has been probated. ll?.s estate, with the except wii* of a' fev7 behests, is left to his children. To the city of Charleston, Sj. C , the General gives the sword vrh?ch was presented to him by some ladies ol Now Otleatrs in 186i as token ol honor for his Services in capturing Fort Sumter. To the State of ?ouisana lie boqeaihs the life-size portrait of himself painted hy G'enin, the artist, of Now Orleans, and by hil? present? ed to Beauregard. After disposing of hi? property, the testator instructs, his executors to have bis body cremated provided however, that there be a'erornatory hi successful operation in or near New Orleans at the time of his death. The General gave as a reason for want? ing his" body cremated that He con? sidered" cremation better for lli? the sanitary condition of such a climate as Louisana than the present mod.; of burial. As there is no crematory7 any whore near this request was considered void. Dr. James Woodrow, who bas for ni:mv years published the Southern IVsbvteiian at. G;durrbia. has sold the pip:>r to a company at Clinton, S C.,.j where,it will hereafter be published^.- 1 $BX SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18?0? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all tH6 Ends thou Aims't at, ba thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TRUE SOtf?B?SW?, Established Jone) Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1893. New SerfeS-ToI. XII. 2fo. 33