The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 16, 1893, Image 4

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?|e ?tlmtbmau m? So tt?broa. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 16,1893, WEAKNESS OF HONEY. flEV. THOMAS DfXO* ON THE POV? ERTY OF SOME MONEYED MEN; Cannot Buy a : Steal Heaaa or Tra? ASteetJoa or th? Life cf ?Lored"Oo?-Jay Goold sad SEi? Booth. CAP? CHARLES, Va., July 281-Ser. Thomas Dixon, Jr., preached today the third sermon in the series on the "Al? mighty Dollar, or the Problem of Money and the Gospel ol Christ," in the Meth? odist church on Cobb's-island. Since the first Sunday the crowds are so large the b^iilding cannot accommodate them. The text chosen was Proverbs xi, 28,"**He that trtxsteth tn his riches shall tall.** . Let no man believe that money in it? self is an omnipotent power-that mon? ey in itself is the power that rules the world. There nevw was a greater Mon? der. There, never was a sadder mistake. As a matter of fact, money in itself is the weakest thing on this earth. First-It cannot even make a gentle? man. We see strutting down the streets of a great western city a man who sod? denly btyftav* possessed of a forton 3 of $l,OOa,??ferHe.pnrchasedhis paperfrom the newsboy on the corner, and in his grandiloquent way, when the little fel? low handed him back his change, re? turned it to the boy, saying, .'Keep yonr money, sonny; keep the change; take it and buy a cake of ?oap io'wash yonr face." The ftttie fellow drew himself np, and handing back the money indig? nantly replied, "Take yonr pennies and, go and bay a book on etiquette and learn how to be a gentleman.* The possession cf money does not even imply that a man isa gentleman. 3g* I 3?Q?vEY AND THE HOHE. ,. Se^toi-it cannot make a home. A man may own houses by the possession of money, bot mosey in itself cannot build a home. I know men who own miles of houses who do not have a home. To -possess a house is one thing, a home another thing. The poor man who be fieves he can boy it with money makes as gravea mistake as the millionaire who tries to construct his ideal in the palace on the crowning Mil. It is said that an irishman, who was so ugly that he could find nobody who would marry him in the old world, came to America to try hi3 fortuna As ne walked the streets he 8sv^ sign winch read, famines sup? plied." He went in at the side door and asked the clerk if iamS?eawere supplied. The gentleman behind the counter re? plied that -they were. He ran his hand in his pocket, drew ont his greasy wallet and began to nmttfll his maney. He said to the clerk, "I veil take ?a-wife and two children.* ; This emposs?fe story bat States in the concrete a-truth so simple and yet so bard for man toJeara that the brightest dream?f .the^oul of man can? not be had in Hfe for money-silver, gold cr bank notes. Eanally Imposable is it for the man of millions to bn?d a home ont of his money. On Knob h??L, in San Francisco, there are magnificent palaces that cost millions whose tosad sweeping lawns are overgrown with tangled grass, whose doors are locked and batted and barred. One of them was owned by a great mil? lionaire senator. Why this desolation now? He built it fora home. It cost miffions. Simply because he walked over the threshold of that boise one day be? hind the coffin of the only child he had in the world. As he crossed the door of his palace home he declared, "I will the. threshold of this house to be 100 years old!" He sent carpenters, bolted and barred and nailed the palace np, ?f* he has never crossed the doorsin since. Money is a mighty power, and yet it is the weakest thing in the world. It cannot make a man a gentleman. It cannot give a man a home. And if a man has no home and is not a gentle? man, what is he? Third-So weak is money in itself that it cannot give a man life. A policeman on the force of New York who has been a brave and faithful officer, who broke np several gangs of roughs in several quar? ters of the city, who tramped his beat with sense of duty and of theJBgbot service'to the state, was recently letta fortune, and a few weeks after he re? ceived his fortune-money sufficient to lift lum from poverty to wealth and lux? ury and the things of t his world-his body was found dead in his room with a pistol bullet in his brain. Why should he slay himself when he had been given release from his hard task, when he would be required no longer to tramp the^streejb ana Dravo the dangers of the storms of 'nrmler and the sweltering su of summer, to go on his dark errand arrest in the dangerous quarters of the city, when he might have lived his life of ease and luxury? Simply because there was a little country girl whom he had learned to love who died turee weeks beforehand be declared that life was not worth Irving because she had been taken from him. He had money ??id all its power, and life was not worth living. MONEY VERSUS WEALTH. Fourth-Money is so weak that it can * net even give a man wealth. We are apt to contuse wealth wft'i money. A nan may have money, but not be rich. Beal riches are one thing, money an? other. 1 heard of a grocer who was growing rich. They said, by way of' parenthesis, that he was so stingy and mean that he would chase a fly all around the room for a grain of sugar. Kiches are impossible under such condi? tions. Such a man may accumulate money-he may possess it-but he is not rich. The Duke of Brunswick had accumu? lated his treasures. He bad bis wealth in diamonds and gold. He had a room built whose windows were of iron bars, whose doors were of iron, double riveted. There was an opening in the solid stone wall of the room in which there was an iron safe. His treasures were there placed. He slept in an iron bedstead rolled against this iron door. There was only a single window through whose dim light the sun greeted him. He slept with two enormous pistols by his bedside &vA with a light always in the room. Was th i3 man rich? Did he possess his wealth, or did his wealth possess him? As a matter of fact, he was a miserable dog chained fco his treasures. I had rather be a com? mon cur dog and wander through the streets and highways than to be such a alan shut up in a dog kennel forever. THE RUSSIAN S BED. Was the Russian nobleman rich who owned his vast acres and his millions, who proudly displayed his treasures to his friends, in the possession of them? He took the stranger through every room in his house, showed him each art treas? ure, wki?e he wondered at their beauty and value. He took him into his bed? chamber, showed him the magnificent tapestries, wonderful eastern rugs, the marvelous bedstead, with its quaint carv? ing, its inlaid precious stones. The Rus? sian fairly swelled with pride as he look? ed down on this bed, the laces on which were worth their weight in gold. "But is it not magnificent?'* he asked his guest. The guest replied that it was certainly the most wonderful bed he had ever seen. With a sly wink the Russian re? plied: "But you do not suppose, man, tUi'.L 1 sleep on top of that? I sleep un der hera-." He- lifted the covering ai showed a mean* trundle ted beneath tl great bed. Yon could not make a ma Kke that rich. Put him in a palace; gil him a bed worth a million dollars to sie? in; he would not sleep in it; he^ould ? out and sleep with tho- dog. It fe his nj tare. He has not the capacity for riche Wealth is sot a question of arithmet: merely; it is a question of capacity, < power in the possessor. MONEY A FICTION. Fifth-Money in itself is so weak th* it has no intrinsic value. Money, whet! er lt be of gold or of silver or of pape; has in itself no inherent value. Thegolc tag believes that gold is the cure for a ills. The silver fanatic declares that th evils of the financial world are due to th demonetization of silver. And the greer back dreamer declares that all we nee fa for government to print the monej Now, as a matter of fact, the man wo supposes that either paper or silver c gold or copper have in themselves an intrinsic value makes a fundamental ei ror. Money m itself has no value. It i valuable not in itself, but for what it sig nines in the community. Suppose that a millionaire tura hi fortune into gold. Suppose Mr. Goul had liquidated ail his possessions in busi ness, yboed the result, |75,OOO,O0O, i bia yacht and started around the worli m a pleasure tour. Suppose he had bees cast on a desert island, his vessel wrecked he alone surviving, having saved hs money. He piles it up in the sand; thor it lies. ? He 6its down on it and proceed to starve, to death. How much is h worth as he sits on that pile of yellov mold? He is worth nothing. He is J pauper; he is" a beggar. The gold is al there. The coin is of due weight. It i not short, has not been injured in th transit ; it does not tarnish in the water And yet he is worth nothing. Suppoo a passing vessel takes him aboard, trans ports him to New York with his moue] and again lands him in Wall street. H< has his money in the vaults of the Saf < Deposit company. How much now ii he worth? He is worth the face value o: his coin-$75,000,000. Why? Becaus( the community gives to this metal th? supposed value. Wealth is power ovei men. Money is wealth as it is powej over men. The true value of money is a comma nal value, It is one that is bound nt with the heart blood of the whole com muni ty. It is one that comes in anc* through the community. No man there? fore has the right to do what he pleas? ( with what he may possess. A man't money is not simply his own. It belongs in one sense-and a high sense-to thc community. No man has a right to do what he pleases with what he may pos? sess. A man only has the right to do not what he pleases, but what he ought to da Money is power. All power is a trust. JAY GOpLDOR MBS. BOOTH? Sixth-As a matter of fact, money ia so weak that it does not touch the heart range of real life. A millionaire died the other day and was buried, and no? body cared as to where he was buried. It was a matter of no importance. As to the incidents of his death, they did not touch the heart of the people. He owned money enough to shake the finan? cial world from ocean to ocean. A. woman died in London recently who had no money, but thousands thronged to her bier and begged the priv? ilege of looking on her dead face. For days and weeks the procession filed i/ the body. Day and night, an unceasing stream, thousands and hundreds of thou? sands of eager faces, looked into her face with love and with infinite tenderness. Men who had been Hf te "? from the ditch and the gutter and clothed and in thy ir right minds stood over the coffin and cried like children. Women who had been abandoned to all hope and life and who had been snatched as a brand from the burning stood with tear stained faces and kissed the cold lips with passionate love. A mother passed by the bier and looked with longing eyes into the face of the dead. Those who were standing in line, impatient to see, fearful lest the body would be removed before they could have their longed for look, cried to her that she must move on. She lift? ed her streaming eyes to them and re? plied: "Let others move on. I have the right to stay. I have the right to look into her dead face. She saved my child.* Kipgs and princes and nobles, emperors and chiefs of tne race, have been buried m pomp. Sations b^ye (Jone honor to their honored dead. But tbis-??rtn never, saw such a funeral as that which waa spontaneously, was resistlessly given to Mrs. Booth, the mother of the Salvation Army. Wealth has been defined to be power over men. Money does not touch the highest realm of this power, MANHOOD OR MONET? Seventh-? worct from the lips of man, backed by manhood, can do what all the gold ol earth cannot accomplish. Money isa mighty power, bot manhood is a mightier one. Wealth is power over men. Let us tee what can be done with money. When Napoleon was engaged in one of his great wars, you remember that the town of Batisbon was taken. He depu? ted his chief marshal to do this work. Batisbon was a walled town, practically impregnable. Napoleon saw that it was the key to the situation. The marshal commissioned his officer to do the work. He drew up his soldiers before the town and called for volunteers. Immediately the number of men called for stepped forward. They were ordered to the charge and gallantly made the assault. Every soldier fell back from the walls dead. Not a man returned to tell the story of their gallant assault. Again the officer called for volunteers, and again they stepped forward, more slowly than at first, but still a sufficient number, all that had been called for. Again they rushed to the walls, again they made the assault, and again every man fell back dead. Not a living soul returned to tell the story of the straggle. Apm the officer called for volunteers. Not a man stirred. They looked upon the pile of the dead that lay beneath the walls, and no mau would venture to make the charge. Now you may bring before that line of men all the money on this earth, and you may offer it to them if they will make the charge, and there could not be piled before them money enough to induce those soldiers to charge over that pyramid of the dead, over those walls. But you remember what happened Tho marshal himself, seeing these two fruitless charges and seeing the failure of the officer to enlist for the third assault, rushed himself before the line, and snatching the standard from the stand? ard bearer, turning to the men, he said to them with his face flashing with the elec? tric fire of his great personality, "Sol? diers, I will show you that a marshal of France was once a grenadierP Snatch? ing a scaling ladder in the other hand, he rushed toward the walls. Instantly a hundred brave men had leaped from the ranks, snatched the ladder from bis hands and the standard, and hurrying the mar? shal to the rear with a shout they rushed to the walls, scaled them successfully and took the town with scarcely the loss of a single life! Wealth is power over men-power to command men. Money may or may not signify this power. There are hours in the lives of men that it has no power to command. THE CHRISTIAN AND BRUTE WAR. Let us be sure that no Christian can engage jn the modern brate war of money for money in itself. That? strug? gle and all that it signifies I would ar? raign and impeach in the name of the widow and the orphan; in the name of the hungry, and the homeless, and the de? spairing; in the name of the weak, and the downtrodden, and the oppressed; in the name of your potter's field and its clustering institutions. Christianity means weakness ruling strength. The work of the Christian is not to seek money for itself, of itself. The world may be mad in its struggle for money in itself. Men may forget humanity in that strug? gle. It may be impossible for the Chris? tian today to convince the world that the world is wrong. It may be impos? sible for us to revolutionize at once the methods of a social organization which makes the seeking of money and the ac? cumulation of money in itself the end and aim of life. TEE DIVINE ORATORIO. However this may be, it is the duty of the Christian to live his life, to play bis, part, toeing his own song, whatever be the chaos, the confusion, the disorder about him. In thus playing his own part he will bring the world at last into har? mony, just as that singer in the choir brought order out of disorder, harmony ont of discord. A great musician hap? pening in a church one Sunday found the choir in discord. He stopped his ears to keep out the din, and through the dis? cord caught the single note of a sweet soprano voice in that choir, singing the Bongin perfect tune. She did not at? ; tempt to drown the voices of the others, either those of the choir out of tune or the congregation that floundered help? lessly in the effort to follow. She sim? ply sang her own part, in her own time, in her own way. She was singing it to a leader unheard by others. She was keeping time to the harmony of her own soul So struck was he by the weird effect of this voice, singing in the midst of the din and roar, that he removed his hand from his ear to listen. Sweeter and sweeter grew the voice until presently one of those in the choir nearest caught the note from her and joined in perfect time. In a few moments the whole choir were in tune and this voice leading, and then the congregation were m perfect harmony, and then the great church building was flooded with a glorious melody that swept every soul with re? sistless power. So the Christian is called upon to play his part. So he is called upon to sing his divine oratorio of the ages. The time comes to every man when he must choose once in life. The end of life it must be-self or sacrifice, dirt or dia? monds, worms or immortality. Sweet Potato Meal. A few week s ago we printed an article from the Cotton Plant, giving some information in regard to the pre? servation of 8weet potatoes, as the re salt of experiments made by oar friend, Maj Thomas W. Woodward, of Fair? field County. The statements con? tained therein have been the cause of mach inquiry as to the mode of keep? ing the potato, and as the plans adopt? ed by Maj. Woodward for catting and grinding the potata into meal cannot fail to prove valuable to the farmers, we have procured from him a more de? tailed statement of his experiments. As he is known far and wide as one of the most intelligent and practical farmers in the State, the letter of Maj. Wooward ought to secare a careful perusal from every man who is desirous of improving bis eondition, and we are sure that the directions given are based upon an actual knowledge of the facts, which ?Ul enable any-one to fol? low (be example of our distinguished friend. By the way, if the man is re? garded ae a benefactor who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, surely the mao who dis? covers a plan to keep the sweet potato idefinitely deserves to be canonized as the patron saint of the farmer in South Carolina. No crop that is grown \o$es so large a per centage after it is gath? ered as the sweet potato, because it is subject to the changes of climate, and often a farmer loses one-half of his crop in a single night. By converting the potato into meal, the danger of loss is reduced to the lowest figure, and the crop is ?,nereby greatly enhanced in va-ue. The letter of Maj. Woodward is as follows : ROCKTON, S. C., May 20,1892. My Dear Hoyt: You desire tbe de? tails of the manufacture of sweet po? tato meal. This does not require me to treat of the cuitare of the potato and its advantages to the land, both as a preventive of washing-each row being a terrace-andas a source of humus, supplying as it does an immense amount of vegetable matter. But all farmers will readily understand that these ad? vantages are part and parcel of the scheme. We will, then, begin with the pota? toes harvested. If much dirt adheres, wash or pass through a series of revolv? ing brushes, so arranged as to clean the potatoes ; then pass them through a machine which crushes and cuts them into pieces, the smaller the better-a New England vegetable cutter will do, although cutting rather large ; or if on a small scale, slice by band about a quar? ter of an inch thick. The problem DOW is to dry and griod. Having purchased a roll of wire netting, with meshes not larger that one-fouth of an inch and about two feet wide, cut the roll into pieces four feet long and tack on the bottom of a tray, made from strips three inches wide and three-fourths of an inch thick. These form the vessels for drying thc green mass upon. With ordinary sunshine two days will suffice to fit it for grindiug, but for greater safety and more expedition a kill must be provided where fire takes the place of sunshine, and where the work can be done in a few hours. I haye been using a kill made just as is used for curing tobacco, the potatoes spread apoa the wire bottom vessels, about a bushel io each, and stacked * so the bot air can permeate to the best advantage. This kill, although an? swering the purpose, is not as efficient as many of the more improved plans now in use to supply currents of hot air to buildings, aud I recommend investi? gation io this direction. The potatoes are now ready to be turn? ed into meal, and can be ground on any corn or wheat mill, provided arrange? ments can be made to feed them into the stones, which can best be done by crushing the dry mass into smaller shape. For this purpose I use a Kelly duplex corn and cob mill, set so as to pass the coarser particles as large as cow peas. This should fall upon a vibrating sieve, which separates the coarser portion suitable for stock from the finer for family purposes. If extra family is desired, pass the coarser por? tion through a grist mill, into which it now readily feeds, and you have a sub? stitute for corn starch, for boiled cus? tard, the finest ingredient for baked custard, and mixed half and half with flour or corn meal thc basis of thc finest potato hoecake, johnny cake or bis* cuits yon ever tasted. Horses and moles eat the potato meal ravenous!? and cows delight io it, while bogs and poultry rave' over it. The argicaltural chemist tells us that three sad a half bushels of green pota? toes make one when dried, and that the dried bushel is equal to one of eoro. By my experiments it has taken bely three to one, but I probably did not dry so thoroughly. Now a few ideas in closing. Five hundred bushels can be made to an acre ; two bnodred is an ordinary yield, and certainly the standard can be raised to three hundred. Three hun? dred bushels, if I am correct, will make one hundred when dried, equal to one hundred of corn, lt is tben practicable to cease .raising corn at about seven bushels, to the acre, and make one hundred-feeding a horse on the product of one acre. Not only this, bot weight and bulk and ability to ro being removed, the potato crop bet comes merchantable and can be sent all over the world, sod may be made to compete with wheat, corp, oil-cake, and the other products now sought after by stock men everywhere. Io ooaclaston, let me say to my brother farmers, that I conscientiously believe there is more in the culture of potatoes than we will ever get by pro? mulgating the political heresies of the day, or by blindly following dastardly dung-bill demagogues who would use os permanently as steppiog stones to office. Let me, then, ask you to dab? ble less io politics as now practiced, and give more attention to home mat? ters, before the ancient gentilities of oar people are forever obliterated, and ourselves transformed permanently into cot-throats and blackguards. Sincerely yours, T. W. WOOWABD Ambrosio Jose Gonzales. General Ambrosio Jose Gonzales, father of A. E., N. G. and W. E. Gon? zales, of -he Colombia State, died io New York oo Monday, aged 75 years old. He was a Cuban by birth, and was the son of a prominent journalist of that country. Io his early life he was a professor in a Matanzas college, bot he took a prominent parc in the uprising of Cubans against the Spanish io 1848 and since that time bas been practically an exile from bis coon try. He was engaged in the Lopez expedition and has had a prominent part in the many other movements to free Cuba He was partly educated io New York, where he was a schoolmate of Gen, G. T. Beauregard. He married Miss Elliot, a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of this State, and at the begin ! ning of the war volunteered in the Confederate army. He was inspector general on Beauregard's staff, and sub? sequently joined Johnston's army and surrendered with it. His life was a very stormy and event? ful one. Its fruits will, perhaps, be gathered hereafter when the purpose of his life work is accomplished and the country he loved and strove for takes her place among the free nations. He has left sons here who will do his name honor and his adopted State good ser? vice.-Greenville News. State Banks. The State Alliance adopted a resolu? tion against the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on State banks. This does not look like the Alliance wants more money put into circulation. And, besides that, the resolution is in direct conflict with a resolution adopted at the National Democratic Convention in 1892 declaring for the repeal of this 10 per cent. tax. The men composing the State Alli? ance claim to be Democrats -Newberry Observer. Mr. Jack Griffeth, the junior mem? ber of the firm of GriflFoth Bros, who have a five mile contract to grade a part of the Coast Line Railroad bed ? between Bernini aud Denmark, was in town last week. He reports work as hustling all along the line as far as Deo mark, and says that the gen? eral belief is that thc Coast Line Road is making for Milleu, Ga. Io confirma? tion of that statement, on last Monday the advance surveying corps reached J Barnwell and continued their survey oo towards Appleton. It is scarcely pro? bable, however, that they would even? tual 1 j decide on Appleton as the point at which to oro8s the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad, unless their purpose is to strike the Central Railroad at a point lower down than Millen. The beet route to Millen from Barnwell would strike the Port Royal Railroad at a pointa mile above Martin's Station, at the plantaiionsof James C. Brown and J. W. Furse, crossing the Savannah River not far from Brown's Landing This route was surveyed and staked by a party of railroad surveyors some fifteen years ago.-Barnwell Cor. News and Courier. -Two North Carolina papers, the Wilmington Messenger and the Ware renton Record, have been looking back? ward to see how the Southern farmers lived seventy-five years ago, says the Atlanta Constitution. At that time cotton was sold in the seed, and aver? aged two cents a pound, or a little under. It was hauled by wagons, and the freight was high Tobaoco sold at from $3 to $4 per hundred-the same grade which uow brings $50 per hun? dred. What did the farmers pay for supplies? They bough' calico at 25 cents a yard, iron at 6 to 10 conti a pound, salt at ?3 50 a sack, brown sugar at 10 or J.2 cents a pound, loaf sugar at 20 or 25 cents, shirting at from 10 to 25 cents blankets at from $5 to $15 a pair. Yet they lived well and prospered. The people steadily grew rich, bought slaves, built fine bouses and had money to lend. There is ooly one way to account for it. The farmers made their own provisions and lived at home- Their lives were sim? pler and their wants fewer than at the present time. A return to the old policy of producing our foodstuffs would soon make the South rich. The indebt? edness of our people has been greatly reduced in the past few years, and there is no reason why they should not forge rapidly ahead. ? --B?? .*>*>. - - So far from public office being an in? ducement to a young man to change bis politics or disguise bis honest opin? ions, we think it fortunate for bim if these things keep him out of office seeking. We can imagine few worse evils that could befall a yoong man than to become a politician and office seeker.-Newberry Observer. The term t4free Coinage oF silver'* maj be taken in two senses. In one it may mean the Coinage of silver by the govern ment for aoy one free of cost to the owner-free of seigniorage, the part going te the government for the expense and cost of coinage ; or it may mean the unlimited coinage of silver, without limit by the law on the amount coined. At present any person may take gold bullion to the United States Mint and haye it corned, not only free of seign? iorage, but also in any amount the par?y desires without restriction of !. but with silver the government itself coins the silver or issues certificates, from the bullion (4,500,000 ounces) a stated amount each month and no more. The term "free coinage" bas been and is now being used in both these senses. - > > ? mm Statistics show that murders are rapidly on the increase, while legal hangings and lynchings are small in proportion. Murders in 1887 amount? ed to 3,885: ia 1889 there were 36,567 ; 4 230 in 1890 ; 5,905 in 1891, and 6.772 in 1892. The nam ber of legal hangings in 1861 was 123, or one to forty-eight murders ; in 1892 there were 107 legal hangings or one to sixty-three murders. On the other hand, hanging outside of the law or in defiance of the law, has been on an increase. There were 105 lynchings in 1891 and 236 in 1892. For kidney and ?iver trouble Glenn Springs water is a cure. On draught at Hughsou k Co's drug store. - -- BaeHen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Braises Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Shin Eruptions, and positively cares Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr J. F. W. De Lorme. Par-a-sit-i-eide. Cures Itch in 30 minutes. Price 50 cents. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. June 28-4tn When Baby was sick, wo gave her Casto rio. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. Drink Glenn Springs Water for headache, indigestion and general debility. For Malaria, Liver Trou? ble, or Indigestion, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS K?Kga ERADICATES BLOOD POI SON AND BLOOD TAINT. SEVERAL bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S. S.) entirely cleansed my system of contagious blood poison of the very worst type. WM. S. LOOMIS, Shreveport, La. SSS. CURES SCROFULA EVEN IN ITS WORST FORMS. IHAD SCROFULA in 1884, and cleansed my system entirely from it by taking seven bottles of S. S. S. I have not had any symp? toms since. CW. WILCOX, Spartan burg, S. C S.S.S. HAS CURED HUNDREDS OF _CASES OF SKIN CANCER. Treatise on Blood and 61en Diseases mailed, free, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, Atlanta, Ga? Low Me Excursi?n Tito AND THROUGH CARS TO CHICAGO ARD THE WORLD'S FAIR. The Queen and Crescent Route, widely known as the road running the "Finest Trains in the South," is in the field to carry every? body from the South to the World's Fair at Chicago. No part of the Southern country is left uncared for by this great railway and its connections. The Through Car System is an adm;rable exposition ot the wonderful capa? bilities of American railroading. From New Orlons and Birmingham Through Sleeping Cars run daily via Cincinnati to Chicago without change. From Shreveport, Vicksburg and Jackson another Through Sleeping Car Line comes to join and become a part of the magnificent Vestibuled Through Trains, which passing through Birmingham and the famous Wills Valley of Alabama, is joined at Chattanooga Oy the train from Jacksonville, Fla., Bruns? wick and Atlanta, Ga., over the E. T. V k Ga., Ry ., and proceeds north over the beauti? ful Cincinnati Southern, through the grand? est natural scenery and most attractive historical country in the world, to Oakdale, where two magnificent Pullman Cars are re? ceived, coming from the Richmond A Danville System from Charleston. S. C., through Columbia, S. C., the beautiful French broad country, and Asheville, N. C., and Knoxville, Tenn., one carlo Cincinnati, the other via Louisville to Chicago. The Sleeping Cars (rom Jacksonville, Savannah and Macon also run through to Chicago via Ciocinnati with? out change. The time to Chicago is made so as to afford the most convenient hours for departures from the principal cities, and arrivals in Chicago. Passengers can purchase tickets good over one line north of the River, and returning via another if they desire a variable route with? out extra charge. Or they can go via Cincin? nati, returning via Louisville or vice versa. Round trip tickets on sale at reduced rates. Agents of the Chicago Ime will, on request, assist in looking up rooms or accommodations for visitors to the Fair. Everything that an almost perfect system can devise to deserve the praise and patron? age of the traveling public bas been provided. Any of the agents of the company named below, will cheerfully give all possible information and assistance. R. H. GARRATT, New Orleans, La., I. HARDY, Vicl"?burg, Miss. J. R. MCGREGOR, Birmingham, Ala. E. T. CHARLTON, Chat tan nooga, Tenn. W. O. Coz ATT, Junction City, Ky. ?. G. EDWARDS, Cincinnati, Ohio, or aDy Agent of the E. T. V. k Ga. Ry. _ Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. ?. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. -Agents for MOTT'S CIDER, RED SEAL CI3ARS, and DOVE HAMS. NEW LUMBER YARD. IJiEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND thy public generally that my Saw Mill located on the C. S. k N. R. R., just back of my residence, is now in full operation, and I ara prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pino Lumber froru unbled timber, at prices according to gr?ni. s. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18._ Rtpans Tabules cure colic. Jiipans Tabules cure nausea. jUipans Tabules cure the blues CHILD BIRTH . . . * * MADE EASY ! " MOTHERS' FRIEND " is a scientific? ally prepared Liniment,- every ingre? dient of recognized value and ttl constant use by the medical pro? fession. These ingredients are com? bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS* . FRIEND" . WILL DO all that is claimed for lt AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother ?nd Child. Book to " MotffcRs " mailed FREE, conv toing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. ??nt by express on receipt of pnce flaper bottle BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlarta.Gs. BOjn BY ALL DRUGGIST."* MAGNETIC NERVINE. ts sold with written guarantee to core N ervou 8 Prostra? tion, Fits, Dizzi? ness,Headache and Neuralgia andWake fulness.caused by ex? cessive useof Opium, _ , , _ Tobacco and Alco . AP-cinPA r 'aV-rto bo?: Mental Depres ?. ? . E APTER* ?on, Softeninsof the Brain, causing Misery, Insanity and Death ; Barreneas, Impotency, Lost Power in either sex. Premature Old Age, Involuntary losses, caused by over-indulgence, overexertion of toe Bram and Errors of Youth. It gives to Weak Organs their Naturat Vigor and doubles the joys cf life; cures Lucorrhcee and Female Weakness. A month's treat m 9nt, in plain package, by mail, to any address, $1 per box, 6 boxes $5. With every ?5 order we give a Written Guarantee to cure or refur/I the money. Circulars free. Guarantee issued only by our ex? clusive agent. DR. A. J. CHINA, SUMTER, S. C* NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing" ; M And doing a General Business in that line. A complete workshop bas been fir.ted 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. Jone 16. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T CARR, Desires to inform the public that he is fully equipped and prepared to do TIN ROOFING. PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS, and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and tinning shop. -Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS and GRATES. Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Sells, Annunciators, Speaking: Tubes, &c. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill. Communications left at Walsh & Co's Shoe Store or through post office will receive prompt attention. Oct 26-o JOS. F. RHAME. WM. C. DAVIS. RHAME & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. G. Attend to business in any part of the State Practice in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21-x. ii un DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN lc IBROWN'S STORE, Entrance on Main Street Between Brown & Brown and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 29. L. ii LeGRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler, "TTatchmaker and Engraver, At C. E. Stubbs' office, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Livery, M ai? Dray Stable WE desire to stat? that we are now better prepared than ever to furnish first class Livery and Drays. Thankful for patronage in the past, which bas exceeded our most sanguine expectations, we hope by close personal attention to merit a continuance of same. Hauling of all kinds solicited. Your's to please, W. J. HERRON & CO. ATTENTION, COTTON GINNERSJ IAM PREPARED, wiih the best appli? ances so far known to renovate Gui Saw Teeth, Stripped and Broken Teeth cut in with stamp aod die. Short and Misshaped Teeth gummed out and shaped with reciprocating file gummer, awd all teeth pointed with Duplex filer, making thc round or needle point. Eleven years experience warrants me in guaranteeing satisfaction. Telegraph and P. 0. address, St. Charles, Sumter County, S. C. J. MERRICK REID. May 1Y._ Are Yon any &oo?at Pnzzles ? The genius who invented the "Fifteen" Puzzle, "Pigs in Glover" and many others bas invented a brand new one, which is going to be the greatest on record. There is fun, instruction and entertainment in it. The old and learned will find as much mystery in it as the young and unsophisti? cated. This great puzzle is the property of the New York Press Club, for whom it waa invented by Samuel Loyd, the great puzzle? ist to be sold for the benefit of the movement to erect a great home tor newspaper workers in New York. Generous friends have given $25,000 in prizes for the successful puzzle solvers. Ten Cents sent to "Press Club Building and Charity Fund," Temple Court, New York City wiil get you the new mystery by return mail. FIRST HISS J0? ? AT BOTTOM PRICES* WATRHHMAft AND Siil.'f RUN JOB OFFICE SUMTER, S. Q for Infants and Children '* Castorf a is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." IL A. ARCHER, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N". Y. "The use of 'Castoria ii so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it- Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria TTitbia easy reach.'" CARLOS 3IASTYH, D. D., Kew York Caty Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di? gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your4 Castoria, ' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.'. Enwuf F. PABDEE, M. D.. 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York Ctty. THE CENTAX-R COMPACT, 77 3ICRBAY STREET, NEW YORK OTT. Drags and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Brashes Tooth Brushes, Tooth Powder, Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Floor Stains, Xalsomi?e, all colors for rooms, Artists1 Paints and Brushes, Luster Paints, Convex Glasses. Nice line of Hanging and Stand Lamps, Lanterns, Shades, Wicks, Chimneys, &e. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. Keep the following popular brand of Cigars : "Plumb Good," ' 'Custom House/' "Rebel Girl." Sep 30 FRESH GARDEN SEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Typewriter Headquarters. J. W. GIBBES & CO., 101 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. SOUTH CAMU?A AGENTS FOR TOE "DENSMORE," The Twentieth Century Typewriter. WE fill orders promptly for all kinds of Typewriter novelties and supplies fot all Machines and for Mimeographs and Neos ty les. The DENSMORE is the latest achievement of the Den s m ore family, by whom its predecessor, the Remington, was developed. It bas fixed type-bar hangers and non-vibratiog-two points which insure lasting alignment. It is the most modero and practical machine on the market. The DENSMORE is used by the famous Carnegie Steel Company, the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, the Rapid Addressing Company of New York, which exhibits IC Densmores in operation at the World's j?air, the New York Central and Hudson Uiver Railroad, R. G. Dun & Co's Mercantile Agency** Some of the users of the Deosmore in Columbia, are : The Evening Journal, Jones & Mixson's Business Coiiege and Typewriting School, Richmond and Danville Railroad, Master of Trains'Office, Judge S. W. Melton, Union Central Life Insurance Company, Benedict Institute tad others. We can supply dealers at good discount. "Ii SI M II" WELL! NOW ! ! Whether the Sim do move, ordo not move, we are not here to discuss-but will leave that to our more learned friends-but we are here to say that we have a LINE OF SHOES that must move, and that at once. And if PRICES and QUALITY will move them, then they will be walking-and that at once. . We have a Gents' Satin Finish Shoe, in Bals and Congress, for $2.00, that can't be sold by any other house for less than $2.50 to $3.00. It's just the finest in town. . Our Ladies' Button Shoes at $1.25, Are Beauties. Just come in and examine these Shoes before you buy. They are all guaranteed to be "ALL SOLID LEATHER" or money returned. Buy your shoes from us and save from 50 cents to $1.00 per pair. KINGMAN & CO. Glenn Springs Water, ls unsurpassed and invalids find sure and speedy relief by its ose. Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of rjiver and General Debility, following upon Malarial Diseases, Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorroid.s Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Homaturia, Rheumatism, Catamenial Derangement, and OTHER FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Highly recommended by the medical profession. For circulars containing certificates, etc., apply to Paul Simpson. GLENN SPRINGS, S. Cfc -FOR SALE BY Dr. A. J. China, Dr. McKagen, J. S. Hughson & Co., J. F, W. DeLerme* ?Dd W. R. Delgar, Jr.