The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 30, 1893, Image 4

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?? KDN ?SBA Y. AUGUST 30, 1893, A NEW DAY TO DAWN. COOPERATION IN BUSINESS TO. TAKE THE PLACE OF CG&fPETlTION. Bsv. Dr. Dixon Says It IR the Incarnation of the Dream of the Old Prophet-It Is Christianity Mr. Bellamy's Book Praised. An Eloquent Sermon. CAPE CHARLES, Va., Aug. 13.-Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., delivered today thc seventh sermon of the series on "Money and the Money Problem." The text chosen was Galatians vi, 2, "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ" We have seen in our studies on the subject of money that theresult of com? petition and war with one another is the negation of competition in commercial crisis and ruin. Black Friday is a neces? sary accompaniment to such a condition of affairs. Competition may have had a work to do in the development of thc history of hnmamty. War has doubtless had a work to accomplish in the destiny of the race. War is perhaps morally and commercially a necessary evil inci? dent to our history. None the less are the horrors. o? war.. real horrors. None the less should we h?$e war in itself and seek tS? day of peace as a ?ream that can be realized and never rest until it is realized. None the less should we real? ize the awful waste of war; that it is de stmction of that which man loves and needs most; that its good is remote, and that the good comes only in the overrul? ing of Providence. It :is the duty of the Christian to mitigate all horrors that haunt the earth, to stop the waste, to make4he desert blossom, to bring about a new heaven and a new earth. THINGS TO FIGHT. We may well ask ourselves tho ques? tion: Is it not time to cease fighting against each other and begin to fight for one another? Is it not time that France and Germany and Austria and Italy and Russia and England should cease their terrifie preparations to kill one another and join hands against their common en? emy-famine, hunger, cold, porertjr?Bd wretchedness? What a grand alliance it would be for nation thus to join with nation; for the sorrow of Russia to V the sorrow of the world; for the despaii of Ireland to be the despair of the race If the energies of the nations of Europe, that are now developed in the process of preparing to k?l.xm%?iiother and in killing one another* were turned to the industries of peace and to the fraternal work of helping one another produce the largest harvests and exchange them with greatest freedom and profit to one another, what a different world it would be to live int '-. -f; % ;JV So the industrial problem presses its mighty^nrden now upon ns. soif has been pressing through the past Our great minds have pondered it deeply, and pioneer spirits have gone forth into the wilderness and attempted experiments upon a new basis of society. Most of " these experiments have been failures. The Brooke Farm experiment was one that attracted the most brilliant minds of the age, and it failed. But all the experiments of pioneer minds that are failures are so many index fingers that point to the success that is yet to come. They have simply exploded one hypothe? sis. But as Keppler worked nine years -to find nine suppositions failures-to find the law of the planets, but in the tenth year, on his tenth supposition, found the truth in the orbit of the el lipse, so after our nine failures the tenth may lead ns to the truth "that shall save society. THE PRESS. The signs of the times indicate a pro? found awakening npon this qiv. tion. The press is pouring forth f, :i day to day a stream of brilliant literature upon this problem of social amelioration, and especially upon the fact that man can cease now to fight his brother man and begin to co-operate with him both na? tionally and commercially. Some of the greatest successes in the realm of litera? ture in the past decade have been the books that have dealt with this theme. Two years ago Mr. Bellamy's remark? able book, "Looking Backward," reached 300,000 copies and is still marching on its way of tJtaumpb. The ?eme ofcthis book is t|Br'dieam?of cooperation^ in? stead of competition in society. It is a dream, yes, but it is an evangel and a prophecy. It is the vision of a prophet whose soul climbed the steeps and cried to the sleeping world, "The day dawns !" The feeling of every maa who has a soul who reads such a book is, "May God speed the day of such a social order/ We may disagree as to details. We may disagree as to some of the fundamental estimates. But the idea, the fundamental idea, of co-operation is one that thrills the heart of the Christian with inexpress? ible joy and hope. The trend of all this literature is Christward. Some of is is written by men who do no^r^ijeje^ Christianity, but it is the literal trans? lation into current literature of the reli<| gion of Jesus Christ. The message o? Christianity to the world is emphatically fraternal. Co-operation must gradually but sure-? ly and completely take the place of com4 petition and war. BROTHERHOOD OF MAN. First-God reveals it He has taught ns in Christ the sublime! truth of fatherhood. Christ taught hi* disciples to pray, "Our Father."* H? taught the universal fatherhood of Godh and the universal brotherhood of man. As this truth takes possession of human? ity it becomes more and more impossible for us to fight one another. When the day comes that we are Christians, war must cease-martial war and commercial war. It is impossible for two brothers to join as brothers into gonging each other's eyes, and destroying each other's lives. The moment they engage in that pastime the woid brotherhood becomes a negation. They are no longer breth? ren. When the brotherhood of man be? comes a living reality, and it is becom? ing so every day, we must, from the very necessities of the case, cease to fight each other. God reveals it to us ?in Christ, our Sa? viour And teacher and exemplar. He was the great burden bearer. His disci? ples told him their sorrows. Their bur? dens were his burdens. His work was the ministry of burden bearing, of heal? ing, of helping the sick, the lame, the blind, the leper, the dead. His teachings bore tha same relation to society as his life. "Thou shalt love tny neighbor as thyself." "A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another." "No man liveth to himself or dieth to himself." "All ye are brethren." "God hath made of one blood all the nations." FLOWER NOT DIRT. Second-Nature proclaims it. The fin? ger of nature points forward, not back? ward. It is from the brute upward that we move. Nature may begin with us in war, but nature is not satisfied with war. The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now for a divine purpose. War and barbar? ism are to be eliminated. Peace and fra? ternity are the ends aimed at. Nature's watchword is ever onward and upward It is the language of creation. Man may have risen the first steps of the ladder by competition, but it does not argue that he can never co-operate. I A flower grows out of the soil, b flower is not dirt. Alan doubtless developed from brute-world through the process of ? vine evolution. The preponderarle evidence seems to confirm the theoi an evolutionary process of creation, man is not a brute because ho grew of this underworld any more thu j flower is dirt because it grew ont of j soil. Nature points onward and upw War may be a step in the process of development of humanity, but wa not humanity. War is hell, war is barism. and it is all the more barb when it is transferred to the realx commerce. The natural course of progress tu shows that co-operation is a higher p ciple than competition. Wo observe fact in the development of the most i cessfnl corporations. They are made ?ombined effort. The combination small firms make these great ones. T once fought one another. They mal combination and tight for one anoti Their success was phenomenal. Thi the basis of every successful trust great corporation-in our nation toe We antagonize them because we rec nize them as the evidences of social order. They are the evidences of sn disorder, but the}' are the index fin? that point us to tho way of success. Ti abuse does not argue against their val ^WORKINGMEN S SCCCESS. Co-operation, when used by worki men, has resulted in advancing their c ditton in life. The history of the op? erative societies of England and ScotI; is a most marvelous chapter in the velopment of the laboring men of world. They have millions of dollars capital invested now and ships that pl between the great ports of the world t supply them by simple, fraternal co eration. Simple workingmen, numl ing hundreds of thousands, have seem for themselves immunity from pover Some of them-in fact, all of them-ir be considered rich as compared w those who are outside their ranks, w the same advantages of education a personal environment. Wherever co-operation in communit I has been substituted for competition ? has proven when thoroughly tested 1 higher principle. In Glasgow tho transit facilities of t ccity are managed by the people, a they have 1 cent car fares. The gas I also owned and managed by the pcoj and costs them 60 cents where it cos us $1.25. THE DIVINE IS MEN. This process must continue until e\ lution has reached a point of devele ment "that revolt is no longer necessar We are reaching that condition gradin ly now. Our legislation is more ai more in the direction of co-operation < the part of the community than it h been in the past. Our laws touch mo fully the whole range of life, and tl people are beginning more and more see that they are competent to take ca of their own affairs if they only make i their rnind to do it. Third-Every instinct of the prophet soul of man leaps to the thought of th dream of the race. The highest instincts of humanil throb ia harmony with their divine law TJjel?ivine in man goes out to the suffe ing. We must co-operate with one ai other. We cannot endure the sight < the suffering and pain of the wori longer. We have societies for the pr? vention of cruelty to animals. A ma cannot beat his own horse unmerciful! in the streets without being arrestee The divine in man more and more gc* out to suffering wherever seen. An when the world knows really as it is th suffering of man. because of his wa with man in this world of trade, of con merce, of labor, the heart of humanit cannot endure the knowledge. The r< organization of society upon a co-opei ative basis is a foregone conclusio: when the heart of society recognize things as they really are today. THE RACE'S ENEMIES. The idea that we are to be benefited ty war and pestilence and famine in the re mova?of^our f?U?w creatures may be i conception which the political economist qf anundredyears ago thought scientific rjutlt is certainly an id?>a chat the hear of humanity in the closing of this cen tury cannot endure. Want, hunger cold, nakedness, men are more and rn? i \ regarding as the grim and terrible em? mies of all the race, and when we realize their true ravages we have reached ; point that endurance will cease to be -< possibility, for it is in projiortion as w< bear one another's burdens that we our selves attain the highest life and th? world really made the brighter. This burden bearing means the pressing ol our lives into the lives of our neighbors until they are common in sorrows anc burdens and joys, lt means the estimat? ing of life upoii a different basis thar mere money return. It is true there are some people whe are not worth much and who rate them? selves commercially at a low estimate. But we recognize in man not si m pl j what he is, but what he ought to be, what he is capable of being, what liewa? born to be. A man rescued three people from drowning in the East river a shorl time ago. Their boat capsized, and they were about to drown when the brave young fellow risked his own life, swam out and savecl tho three. In a violent fit of generosity after they were safe; they took up a collection and gave him a purse of 35 cents. A DISPIRITING FACT. The knowledge that there are such people in the world is dispiriting to us when we dream of the day of universal fraternal co-operation. But this co-op? eration does not imply equality. It does imply Christianity. It does imply that we are to bear the burdens of the weak that we are to teach the ignorant-we who are strong; that we are to sav.. those who are even in their own estimate of little value, not for what they are. but for what they ought to be. They are born in the image of God. They are his children. We cannot separate our? selves from them, for, after all, we eau see to be in our hearts the beginnings of greater faults than we see developed in others. We cannot separate ourselves from the race if we would. We say that the stranger is nothing to tu?, but they are. If we are human, their burdens are our burdens. A railroad train crashes into another. Hundreds of lives are lost, and we read the story. Wo cry over tho description -we cannot help it. They are nothing to us. We do not know them. But they are made in the image of God. They are human. They are some one else's brothers and sisters and fathers, and therefore they aro our brethren. And we weep with those who weep. Our hearts are made so that, if we car? ry out the deepest aspirations and truest yearnings, we must love one another. We must fight for one another. We must co-operate one with another. It is this burden bearing, one for another, that makes the brightness of the world today. It is only in such hours that we bury our little animosities and the world be? comes a fit place for men and angels t< > dwell. When General Garfield was dy? ing, the south as well as tho north bent over his bed with tears and prayers and j boundless sympathy. The asperities of { a bitter conflict were all forgotten. Sec- j tionalism was buried, and around the bed of suffering the nation gathered as a ! nation, ami all its minor diiierences were I ! washed out in the tears of love and sym I pathy. A DREAM. Co-operation a dream? Yes. I know it is a dream-the dream of an enthusiast. I thank God I am one. "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Christ was an enthusiast Christianity is an enthusiasm. Chris? tianity is a dream. It is the incarnation of the dream of the old prophet, who told of the Messiah who should riso and free j the people, who would smite the earth i with the rod of Iiis month and judge tho poor in equity, who would slay the wicked with his brea!li, and whose knowledge should cover the earth as the waters cover the sea, and in whos? name wcctfaiess sltould rule strength. Ii : is a dream, I know, out it is Christian j itv. I call 3'ou to ii. It is the dream of Jesus of Nazareth. RESPONSIBILITY FOR BLUNDERS. *'I Blundered" Mnst Be Accepted as Con? fession by Human Tribunals. The degree of responsibility for a blun? der is the hardest of all things to decide. Morally we feel certain there is often .none at all, nor do we believe that there is any one who as regards his own ex? perience will question the accuracy of that statement. We know t hat the act or speech, or avoidance of ei t her was ab? solutely involuntary. The man's wits are suspended, "gone wool gathering' for a moment, just as completely as his physical power would be suspended by a momentary stroke of paralysis. He is as sure of his own guiltlessness as of Iiis own existence, and supposing Iiis sure ness sincere he is entirely in the right. It is probable, however, that in most cases-certainly in some-there is par tial responsibility, the victim having been able by concentrating attention to keep ont of the liability to mental acci? dent. The switchman knows that his mind must not go as the train approaches, and consequently even when tired to death physically he holds it there and the train passes on in safety. We have a good deal of control over the mira, though it is not. complete, or the management of human affairs would soon become im? possible. The absentminded man, who is the commonest kind of sufferer from the disease we speak of, generally knows when he must not be absentminded and can hold his attention fixed until the special crisis is past. The sufferer is not responsible for lus failure, but for not keeping lils mind in tiie condition in which the failure could not occur. At all events it is impossible to admit the excuse of blundering while on duty into human pleas. There can be no* per? fect evidence except that of the accused which cannot be received without abol? ishing the rules of circumstantial evi? dence altogether. "I blundered" must be accepted as confession by human tribu? nals-not as a plea justifying acquittal A man might otherwise sign 'a check he had no right to sign, and then plead that he did it automatical 1}'.- London Spec? tator. flaking the Exterior Artistic. Suppose, for instance, that on a broken site you have a house which shows a long main wall of rough stone below and of wood above, with at one end a project? ing turret where the stonework h;is been carried to a higher point, and at the other end a piazza, with sturdy posts and a low, sloping roof. Clothe such a house all in creepers of ono sort and you do your best to obliterate the architect's accentua .ions and to turn what should be a strikingly picturesque into a mo? notonous picture. But plant Japanese ivy against the long recessed wall; let Virginia creepers drape, more loosely and boldly, the pro jecting turret; in the angle between the turret and the long wall set a trum?>et creeper, whose dark, glossy foliage will contrast with the lighter tone of the Jap? anese ivy and the medium tone of the turret vines; let honeysuckles and clein atis/fewine around your piazza posts, and then you will have draperies which will be beantifully varied in themselves and will accent, not conceal, the architect's intentions, while bringing his features into closer harmony with one another and the ground which bears them.-Art Out of Doors. Fire? In Russia. ? Every summer one hears of an appall? ingly large number of conflagrations in the Russian provinces. No ono appears in the least surprised. If you call your neighbor's attentiou to these numerous reports of extensive "fires, of the whole or partial destruction of villages, he will quite unconcernedly observe that it is the "fire .season," and with a character? istic shrug of the shoulders hu implies, if he does not put the query verbally, "What else do you expect-what would you have?" Tims, for instance, the of? ficial journal of the government of Pensa quite lu-osaically announces that the "fire season" has commenced in that province and goes on to relate in curt phrase that in the village of Agafonoff kanine and in Kosheffka DO peasants homesteads have been burned. On the following day 21 houses were destroyed by fire in the village of Yelesina, in oue of which a child was burned to death. A couple of days later 55 houses and 21 granaries were totally consumed in an? other large village named Terismorg. The last mentioned fire caused damage to the amount of 12.000 rubles.-Lon? don News. - Personality of a Much Discussed Author. Tho"Lounger" in The Critic knows a man who married a woman believing her to be Saxe Holm, and after years of mar? ried life believes so still, lt is one of the oddest things that in the perennially re? vived discussion as to who Saxe Holm really was no one has spoken of the cir? cumstantial evidence in the name of the "One Legged Dancers." In that prettiest of Saxe Holm's stories, published in the book "Draxy Miller's Dowry,*" "'one legged dancers" are suggested to the whimsical fancy of the artist hero by the tangled old vine roots in an Italian print some one has given him. He designs a chintz, carrying ont the queer notion which chintz in tho end leads to fortune for him. That is Saxe Holm. Now, ia Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson's (H. II.)-'Bits of Travel" l.iere is a fanciful description of an Italian vineyard wherein may be found the simile of tho tangled old vine roots taking hold of each other in a fan? tastic group "like one legged dancers.' It is not in tho least probable that that especial resemblance should hare oc? curred to two separate women.-Chicago j Tribune. ? - Now For the Earthquake Maker. Since tho famous earthquake in South Carolina the soil of Berkley county has been much more productive. Professor Newman of Clemson college accounts for this on the theory that the earth? quake provided better drainage than previously existed.-Atlanta Journal. She Liked Our Slang. The Duchess of Veragu?is said to have j been delighted with the scraps of slang', she picked up among New York's Four Hundred. At Mrs. Paran Stevens' she j said to the hostess that she thought the j phraso "in the consomme" very express? ive and hospitable.-Philadelphia Led? ger. CHIMMIE'S SCURSION. How a I?right Urchin of tb? Street Spent One Pleasant Day. 7 ' flo sauntered down to the foot of Woodward avenue, where he hung a "bout for over an hour. "Here dey come." he said, and at the same moment several hundred children hove in sight up the avenue. They belonged to-Church Sunday school, and this was the day of their annual excursion-to a delightful grove. The steamer that was to take them there was lying at the wharf, and Chimmie, with every faculty on th alert, was dividing hisat?cn?ion between the steamer, the policeman* and the ap? proaching battalions of boys and pirls. He moved rapidly up the avenue a short dist ance, allowed a part of the proces? sion to pass him, doffed his 'cap to one of the teachers and fell in. When almost at the gate through which he had to pass before reaching the steamer, he duckedtiis head, squirm? ed in among the folds of the teacher's skirt, who happened to be very stout, and in another moment Chimmie was safely aboard. He mingled among the other boys and girls *and made himself very much at home. By the time the j steamer had got under way Chimmie j had been closely surveyed on account of ! his shabby appearance. One hi Ider than ! the rest approached him and s;;id: "Say, you don't belong to ou.- school.'' j "What ye givin us-go on now, I do. " j "Whose class ye in?" "Shut your head, will yor?" and Chim- j mie looked so threatening that the boy inquired no further. Chimmie changed his place and ap? proached a little fellow who was stand- j ing looking over the side. "Say," said Chimmie, "who's de mug ! wid de white collar on Iiis neck?M at the j same time indicating the gentleman he! meant, who stood not far away, by an j inclination of his head. "Why, that's the minister," said tho boy. "And who's'es whiskers in de hat?" Chimmie further mquired. "The superintendent." Chimmie walked away. At the grove he had a delightful time, although he | knew none of the company. Tl ie min-1 ister had spoken to him and gave him lots to eat and plenty of milk to drink when the refreshments were served. Chimmie had not enjoyed such a royal time before and felt disposed to chum with tho others. The latter, however, did not regard the youngster favorably, and Chimmie was obliged to keep a good deal to Iiis own company. On the return trip the minister came up to him and asked: "My little fellow, do yon belong to the Sunday school? You seem to be enjoying 3-onrself." Chimmie looked the minister all over i before answering. "I dunno,'" he said, "but I want to." The minister, who was a big hearted ! man, spoke kindly to Chimmie, and when the latter returned to the dingy streets with which he had always been familiar the other gamins noticed a change in him and could not account for it, as he went silently to his humble home. Chim? mie had intended only to have an excur? sion, but it improved his character, and Sunday schools are now among tho things that he loves, especially in the summer time.-Detroit Free Press. A Little Slow But Solid It is pleasant, to see that South Carolina lias four national banks on the "roll of honor" at the Treasury Department Only such banks as have surplus and undivided profits amounting to more than their capital stock are placed on this roll. The big State of Georgia has but four banks on it. No Southern States have more and only three or four of the larger Northern States excel little South Carolina in tin's respect. It is probable that this State has a larger proportion of her total number of national banks on the roll than any State iii the Union. We may be a little slow in some respects but we are very solid -Greenville News. Are You Going to the World's Fair ? If 30, see that your ticket reads via Cin? cinnati and the C. H. k D. and Monon-the acknowledged ''Worlds Fair Route." The onlv line out of Cincinnati connecting with E T" V k G. and Q k C. train No. 2, arriving Cincinnati 10:30 P. M. A solid train carrying through sleepers from Jackson? ville, Savannah, Birmingham, Atlanta, Chat? tanooga. Macon and New Orleans vK E. T. V.&G-?Q & C, C. H.k I), and Monon Route to Chicago. You can stop over in Cincinnati if your ticket reads vin the C. H. k D. and Monon Route, by depositingsnme with the Merchants' and Manufacturers Association, Chamber of Commerce Building, corner of Fourth and Vine Streets, one block from Fountain Square (theC H.&D ticket office is in the same building.) This enables you to visit the picturesque "Queen City" at no additional cost, and speci.il efforts will be made to enter? tain strangers hospitably and reasonably. The universal verdict of the traveling pub? lic is that the Pullman Safety Vestibuled trains, running every day, "and Sunday 100," via the C. H. k D. and Monon, between Cincinnati Indianapolis and Chicago, are without doubt the "finest on earth." These trains were especially built by the Pullman Company for this service, and embrace every improvement. Their magnificent coaches, luxurious smoking cars, superb sleepers, ob servatin cars, compartment sleeping cars and unexcelled dining car service, afford "all the comforts of home." Leaving Cincinnati yon pass through the beautiful Miami Valley, and for twenty-five tuiles !he double tracks ru ri through the very front door yards of the finest suburban homes in the country. Beyond Hamilton and up to Indianapolis, the line is noted for its scenic beauty. A Stop over at Indianapolis, 'he capital of Indiana, may be obtained by depositing your ticket with the Secretary of the Commen?ai Cub. This city is more worthy of a visit thari almost any other ci its size in the West, and offers the greatest inducements to travel it;- and tourist. Between Indianapolis and Chicago the line traverses ?he very best agri? cultural and commen?ai territory, and the ride is one of unparalleled comfort and beauty. Bear iti mind that the C. H. k I), and Mo? tion Route trains all run via Burnside Cross? ing, from which point the Illinois Central suburban trains run direct to the World's Fair Grounds every moment. At Englewood connection is made with the electric cars, which run every five minutes to the grounds, but we recommend al! persons to go directly ?uto the Dearborn Station, which i> located in the heart of the city und from which all street car lines converge, then go j directly by car or cab to your hotel or board? ing place. First locate yourself"; know ?A here and how you are to live while in Chi? cago. Get the locality firmly fixed in your mind, before going to the World's Fair by noy ol the numerous convenient ways ; cable cars, electric roads, elevated railroad, Illinois ('entrai R. R., suburban trains and the Steam? boat afford 'ample accommodations for all possible visitors, and it is but five minutes ride from the business portion of the city to the grounds. Take your breakfast down town, buy your lunch at the grounds, and take your supper down town. If you will follow these suggestions you will save money. The facilities for serving lunch at the World's Fair Grouuds are extraordinary and the prices are cheaper than at your own home, but breakfast and supper should he taken down town, or at your boarding house The World's Fair is already the most astounding ?md stupendous spectacle ever attempted by any people, and a days visit will afford more delight and instruction than can possibly be obtained in any Other way or by the s?ime ex pendiure of money. For farther particulars, descriptive pamphlets, rates, etc , address E. A. H. OVBR General Advertising Agent C. H. k I). R. R , No. 200 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, 0 Ripans Tabules cure thc blues. There is an interesting.story behind the name of "black Maria/' says the Savannah Press: "In colonial days Maria Lee, a gigantic negress, kept a sailor's boarding house io Boston. At one time she took without assistance three drunken sailors to the lockup The authorities came to rely on her aid io arresting sailors, and 'black Maria' became a synonym for a conveyance to the lock up." For kidney and liver trouble Glenn Springs water is a cure. Un draught at Hughsoo & Co's drug store. Backleu'ft Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuta, Bruges Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, ("happed Hands Chilblains, Corns and all SItin Eruptions, and positively cures Files, or BO pay required It is guaranteed io give per ?ect iatisfactit.ii, or money refunded nrice 25cents per box. For sale by Dr J F- W. De Lorine -mtmm - Par-a-sit-i-cide. Cures -Itch in 30 minutes. Price 50 cents. J Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. June 28-4m When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. Wileri sire l>ecame Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, Drink Glenn Springs Water for headache, indigestion and general debility. - >? mw BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsiaj In? digestion & Debility. SSS UR ES SCROFULA Mrs. E. J. Rowell, Medford, Mass., says her mother has been cured of Scrofula by the use :.>f four bottles of ?E?S after havinS ::uch other treat- TwBVrtf* mont, and being . jtluced to quite a low condition of health, as it ..vos thought she could not live. V7^2K? Cured my little boy ^ of heredi tary scrofulawhich ap? peared all over Ws ^?'^^^y^'^face? For : year I had given up all hope .I his ^^VAX^recovery, when finally was S^^^ induced to use KKKS lew bo tiles cured him, and no S32?9 ;. rnptoms of the disease remain. Mas. T.L. MATHERS, Mat! I orville, Misa. _rt>ook on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions to me directed, I will offer for sale at public outcry in front of the Court House in the City of Sumter, on the first Monday iu SEPTEMBER next, and as many days there? after as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale the following property : One lot and buildings in the city of Sumter, Sumter county, State of South Carolina, bounded North by Houser street, East by Sn vage street, South by lot of Joe Gratbam, and West by lot of Phillip Bosard, levied upon and to be sold as the property of estate of Benjamin Lawson at the suit of the State for taxes. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying, and being in Sumter township, county of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing ten acres, more er less, adjoining lands of Mrs. A. J Hulbert and Geo. W. Reardon, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Charlotte Wright at the suit of the Sta e for taxes. All that niece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lying and being in Sumter township, Sumter county, State of South Carolina, containing seventeen acres more or less, known as lot No. 1 of estate of Mingo Mciver ou Radical road, adjoining lands of Charlotte Wright and other heirs ot Mingo Med ver, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Munro Mciver at the suit of the State for taxes All that piece, parcel, or tract of Und situate, lying, and being in Sumter county, State of South Carolina, containing ^ven? teen acres, more or less, known as lot No. 6 of the estate of Mingo Mciver, and adjoining lands of other heirs of Mingo Mciver and ? J. Barnett and estate of Patrick Moran, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Adaline Wright at the suit of the State for taxes All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate lying, and being in Springhill town? ship, county of Sumter, State of South Caro? lina, containing two hundred and fifty-three acres, more or less, bounded on the North, East, and South by lands of R L Heriot, on the West by landsof Julius Myers and Grand Pane, levied upon and to be sold as the pro? perty of Israel Pogue at the suit of the State for taxes All -hat piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lying, and being io Springhill town? ship, county of Sumter, State of South Caro? lina, containing two hundred acres more or less, bounded North by lands of Mackey Barfield, East by lands of James Corbett, South by lands of M. Tuneing, West by lands of W. J. Reynolds, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Mrs. M. A. Smith at the suit of the State for laxes. All that piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, hing and being in Sumter township, Sumter County, State of South Carolina, containing seventeen acres, more or less, ! known as lot No. 7 of the estate of Mingo Mciver and adjoining lands of othT heirs of Mitigo Mciver, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Chloe Gary at the snit of the Stale for taxes. All that piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lying and being in Sumter township county of Sumter, State of South Corolin*, containing one lot and building on Radical road, adjoining lands of W. B. Smith, estate of George Scarborough, Mrs. A. J. Hulbert, and others, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Oscar Singleton at the snit of tue State for taxes. AU that piece, parcel, or tract of land siluat?, lyir.g and being in Sumter township, county of Sumter, and State of South Caro? lina, containing twenty acres, more or les-, bounded North by lannis of - Durant, East by lands of Laura Jackson, South by lands formerly owned by the estate of Moses, and West by the Moses road, levied upon and to be sold as the property of July Laws ut the suit of the State for tnxes. All that piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lyir.g and being in Sumter township, county ot Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing thirty acres, more or les*, being a part of 60 acres conveyed hy T. J. Coghlan, sherill', and adjoining lands of estate of Wm. Weld), J. L. Morrisey, Thomas Monaghan, and others, levied upon ?ind to lie sold as the property of John Capel! at the suit of the State for taxes. 25 cases display type, 1 job press, :>00 lbs. type, 1 paper press, 1 wood stool, 4 chairs, 1 keg printer's ink, and printing material, levied upon and to tie sold as the property of The Bishop vi I le News Co. at the suit of John S. Reynolds & Co. MARION SANDERS, Sheriff Sumter Co. FIRST ULMS Jilli WIM AT BOTTOM PRICES? lr Vi Cl! HU A\ J NH SOU TRAN J il B IlKPSCE SUMTER, S. C Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM &E0. W. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. Agent8 for MOTT'S CIDER, BED SEAL CISARS, and DOVE HAMS. I -*TC WOMENS Vi Have uixd and recommended it to my friends. All derived great benefit from ita use. MES. MATILDA LAKSOX, Peoria, DL Best remedy I have ever used for irreguhw menstruation. MES. G. JETT, November, 1888. Selma, Col. I have suffered a great deal from Female Troubles, and think I am completely cured by Bradf ield's Female Regulator. MES. EMMA F. SWOBD, Mansfield, O. Book "To Woman" mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., For sale byall Druggists. ATLJL>TA, GA? Oft JOHNSON'S MAGNETIC OIL! 'JM. Instant Killer of Palo. R^PS Interna! and External. % ?g?S Cares RHEUMATISM, ??EUEAL ' -\ ^jm? GIA, Lume Back, Sprakel, Bruisep, i.-aafSu. m*UL Swelling?, Stiff Joints. COLIC and bafe?y%?g^CKAMPS instantly. Cholera Mor taflKafiiP^fl?^us, Croup,Diptheria, Sore Throat, G^BSSfc?iBHfHEADACHE, as if by ms-gie. THE HORSE BRAND prepared for A. V^in?C DflAIIU, stock, Docile Strength, the most Powerful and PenetratingLinimentforMan or Beast in existence. Large fl size 75c, 50c size iOc. JOHNSON S ORIENTAL SOAP. Medicated and Toilet. The Great Skin Cure and Face Beautifier. Ladies will fud it the most delicate and highly perfumed Toilet Soap on tho market. It is absolutely pure. Makes the skin soft and velvety and restores the lost com* f?lexion; is a luxury for the Bath for Infants, t alays itching, cleanses the scalp and promotes the growth of hair. Price 25c For sale by 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 Monuments, Tombstones, El And doing a General Business in that HBP. A complete workshop has been fitted up on Ll BERTY STREET, NEA R POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned lo U9. Satis? faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E RICHARDSON. June 16 ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR. Desires to inform 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 tinning shop. -Also SHITTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES. TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS and GRATES. Makes a specialty of . putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, Speaking Tubes, &c. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B. Cnrr's Mill. Communications left at Walsh & Co'e Shoe Siore or through post office will receive prompt attention. Oct 26-o Manufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker and Engraver, At C. E. Stubbs* office, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S C. ATTENTION, COTTON GINNERS ! IAM PREPARED, with the best appli? ances so far known to renovate Gin Saw Teeth, Stripped and Broken Teeth cut in with 9tamp and die, Short and Misshaped Teeth gummed out and shaped with reciprocating file gnmmer, and all teeth pointed with Duplex filer, making the round or needle point. Eleven years experience warrants me in guaranteeing satisfaction. Telegraph and P. U. address, St. Charles, Sumter County, S. C. J. MERRICK REID. M ayj 7:__ Are Yon any Good ai Pozzies ? m The genius who invented the "Fifteen" Puzzle, "Pigs in Glover" and many others has 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 KS much mystery in it as the young and unsophisti? cated. This great puzzle is the property of (heNine York Press Cfub, for whom ii was invented by Samuel Loyd, the great puzzle? ist to be sold for the benefit of the movement to erect a great home for newspaper woikers in New York. Generous friends have given $25,000 in urizes for the successful pNZZle solvers Ten Ceilt8 sent to "Press Club Building and Charity Fund " Temple Court, New York City will get you the new my?tery by return mail. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. George L. McLeod, as administrator of all and .*iityu lar the goods and chattels rights and credits, which were at the time of her death of Martha A. McLeod, deceased, and in hi? own right- Plaintiff, against George Mc(? McLeod, William J McMeod, Junior, Marion K. McLeod, Henry S McLeod, Mart ha II. McLeod, Mayar et E. Mc Len! and Mary ./. McLeod-Defendants. In obedience to the judgment of the Court of Probate of the County of Sumter, in said Stale, dated 2d August, 1893, in the above stated action, I will sell at Slimier Court House on the first Monday in September next, bein?; the fourth day of said month, during the legal hours of sale, at public auction ; tbe following tracts or parcels of land of the esiale of Martha A. McLeod, deceased, late of said Couuty and State : All those two parcels or tracts of land situ? ated in the said County and State. 1. On^ of said places containing about one hundred and twenty-six acres (upon which the late Mrs Martha A. McLeod resided at the j lime of her death,) bounded on the North by. laud of J. Harvey Wilson, and land formerly I of R. M. Wheeler, on the East by thc public high wa} separating it from lands of William J. McLeod, Junior, and Henry McCutchen, \ South by land of B F. Wilson, and on the West by land of J. Harvey Wilson : 2. The other of said parcels containing I about fifty acres, bounded on the North and 'East by land of S. D. Smith. South by land of J. W. Cooper and on the West by land of Miss M. If. Herring. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for [tapers. TAOS. V. WALSH,Judge of Probate. Sumter, S. C., August 2d, 1893. for Infants and Children " Castoria is so well adapted to children that ? recommend it as superior to any prescription : nowa to me." II. A. ARCHER, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use of 'Castoria ii so universal and j..; merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria v.thin easy reach." CARLOS MASTYN, D. D., l\ew York City Castoria cares Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomacli, Diarrinea, Eructation, KilLs Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di? gestion. Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your 'Citoria," and shall always continue t.-> do so as it has invariably produced beneCcial results.'. EDWIN F PASDCS, r?.. 125th Street and 7th Ave., :,Vv York City. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 ?II-RRAY STREET, NEW YOUS CITY. Typewriter Headquarters. J. W. GIBBES & CO., 101 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA. S. C. SMITH CAROLINA AGENTS FOR THE "OENSMORE," The Twentieth Century Typewriter. WE fill orders promptly for all kinds of Typewriter novelties and supplies for all Machines and for Mimeographs and Neostyles. The DENSMORE ?8 the latest achievement of the Densmore family, by whoo) its predecessor, the Remington, was developed. It has fixed type-bar hangers and non-vibrating-two points which insure lasting alignment. It is the mo^t modern and practical machine on thc 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 16 Densmores in operation at. the World'.- Fair, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, R. G. Dun & Co's Mercantile Agency. Some of the users of the Densmore in Columbia, are : The Evening Journal. jE>ne? & Mix^on's Business Collage and Typewriting School. Richmond and Danville Railroad, Ma*ter of Trains' 0fic\ Judge S. W. Melton, Union Central Life Insurance Company. Benedict Institute and others. We can supply dealers at good discount. Glenn Springs Water, Is unsurpassed and invalids find sure and speedy relief by its use. Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver 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. C. -FOR SALE BY Dr. A. J. China, Dr McKagrn, J S. Hughson & C., J F. W. DeLnrme and W. R Delgar. Jr FAST TIME FROM Asheville, N. C. to Chicago, Ills. Through Pullman Car. Lv. ASHEVILLE, Lv. KNOXVILLE, Ar. HARRIMAN, Ar. LEXINGTON, Ar. LOUISVILLE, LY. LOUISVILLE, Ar. INDIANAPOLIS, Ar. CHIC AC?, VR. & D. R. R.) (E. T. V. & G. Ry.) (E. T. V. & G. Ry.) (Q. Si C. R. R.) (Lou. So.) (Penn. R. R.) (Penn. R. R.) (Penn. R. R.) 4:0s P.M. 8:0O P.M. 9:50 P.M. 4:30 A.M. 7:59 A.M. S:i5 A.M. IH4O A.M. 5:45 P.M. 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