The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 04, 1893, Image 2

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%k MMmm w? ? utitam ^ EPH ESPA Y ? OCT. 4, 1893. The Sumter Watchman was founded in and the 3V*e Southron io 1866. The Frote?wa? a*? Southron, now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in S ?rn ter. EDITORIAL NOTES. Reports from ail sections af the cotton belt indicate a mach shorter crop than seemed probable fifteen days ago, and the highest authorities predict ten cents cottoo before January. We maj confidently expect it to reach the nine cents mark before November 15th. Wherein is the difference between the quartering of Brit iah soldiers in Boston in 1775 and in quartering a force of metropoli? tan police in Sumter in 1894? Boston was ? required to support these foreign soldiers, and Sumter wil! be required to support the for? eign police. Read history, you followers of Tillman, and show a diff?rence io principie if yon can. AH government ts dependent upon the eoas?ot of those governed. This Governor Tillman witt ??d oat in a manner that will be unpleasant to all parties when be undertakes to tjrannieftirr rule the cities of the State by means of un armed constabulary. If be desires civil discord, brood-shed and ruin, he bas mapped out the surest method of accom? plishing his end. The potiUcans arc blaming President Cleve? land for the sias of the Senate. He has done his doty, as he saw it, and if wrong he will be responsible. Bis views on tbe financial and tariff questions are well known. He bas never hesitated to express them freely and boldly, and this makes the condemnation now being neaped upon bim all the more unreasonable ; for the present situation is the work of those Senators who are bitterly antagonistic to Cleveland's views. Give him a fair chance; cou dem him for his own sins and not for the failings of others. Some people may declare it all right to place Cbarlestr-i, Colombia, Greenville, Spar tanburg and Sumter under metropolitan 'police mle ; but how would these same peo? ple like to have the whole of Sumter County under the rule of a body of constables over whom the people of the county as a whole the body politic-had no authority. The people would have nothing to do with the pol iee save to be taxed to pay them. Yet the citisena of the county would be arrested at the will of this police, justly or unjustly, and would either have to submit like slaves, or resist the outrageous tyranny like mea. Gov. Tillman is on record against thc aa?oaditiona! repeal of the Sherman bill ; and. tn appointing delegates to the convention of silver men in St. Louis, intended to nave noon hut those of hts own mind. Be missed it, however, when State Treasurer Bates war appointed, for Dr. Bates is for a repeal and bi-met tai ism afterwards. It happens that Gov-. Tillman and Dr. Bates are the only delegates that have gooe to St. Louis, and Souib Carolina will have two men of two minds instead of a crowd with tue Tillman op?don. Dr. Bates told the Governor bis position before setting out for the convention. We wonder bow great was Gov. Tillman's sopprise. TILLMAN'S LATEST. Attention has been directed to an interview with Gov. Tillman, originally published in the ObxartT, of Charlotte. In it the Governor declared bis intention of saddling a metro? poi i tan police system upon Charleston, Colum? bia, Greenville, Sparlanburg and Sumter. By this system, as we understand it, the Governor has the right to appoint the mem? bers of the force, who thus are in the nature of a State constabulary. With the election of such a force the dtiseits have trothing to do ; ! the only privilege (?) they enjoy in connection j with it is that of paying for its support. Clothed with despotic powers, and responsi? ble only to the appointing power, who, in this case, would be a malignant and prejudiced tyrant, bent solely on enforcing bis own will, such a police force would be menance to tbe . very name of liberty, and strikes a direct blow at the very tounoalion-stone of the re? public, i.e., the right of local s?!f-government. Many of our people have sbov ; themselves Wind followers of blind leaders, t .t we can? not believe that the supporters of Tinman are quite ready to put m bit power the liberties of oter one haodred thoosund ot their fellow citizens, as this measure proposes to do. Be* sides, see now the ive largest centres of popu latioa ia the State are selected and discrimin? ated against for the purpose of putting in practice this infamous measure. Talk about the grand patriotism of the people of 1776 throwing overboard a lot of taxed tea, and of the unbearable despotism of the mother country in seeking to tax us without representation ! Why, it is mere child's play to what is now proposed. If our people have any true love of liberty and country left, they will say to Dictator Ben : "Stop ! Ton forget that you are our servant not our master." The County Banner. This is a new venture in the field of jour? nalism, h is conducted by H. L. Darr, Editor and Manager, an old newspaper man, for several years connected with toe press in this city as editor and proprietor of the "Advance." It is a seven column paper, patent outside, four pages, and the best printed of any paper that has ever been issued at Bisbopville. The merchants of Sumter have patronized tbe nev ventos liberally with their advertise? ments, as they always do, and tbe Bisbopville merchants seem also to have given it their patronage. In the salutatory the Editor says bis paper is there not to perpetuate political feuds, but to build np Bisbopville. The local page is foll of interesting matter, and altogether the "Hamer" seems to have unfurled itself to the breeze under unusualy favorable auspices We wish the new paper well. After Many Days. Our readers will doubtless recall the Rev. W. W. Mood's reminiscences of Potter's Raid through this section in the early part ef the year 1865 In one of them Mr. Mood speaks most kindly of a certain Lieut. Harrison L. Waterman, who befriended bim and bis family in Manning on the memorable occa? sion of the raid at that place. A few mouths ago wheo our prominent mercantile citizen, Mr. A. S. Brown, was going West OD a trip, Mr. Mood asked him if ha should go to Ottumwa, Iowa, to be sure and inquire after Lieut. Waterman, and give bim ? cordial and aftectioaate greeting for him. It so chanced that Mr. Brown did stop at Ottumwa, and there be remembered tbe fact that Mr. Mood bad asked bim to inquire particularly for soma one, but tbe name had eseaped him! However he purchased at the depot when about to leave, an Ottumwa paper, and on reading it, he found ia an ac? count of a poetical meet tog there, the name of Harrison h. Waterman as the nominee for the office of State Senator from that county. He theo remembered the name of Mr. Mood's frieud, but too Ute to meet him. He brought the paper OD with him, and gave it to Mr. Mood. He learned that the Lieut, had amassed a considerable fortune, and was a prominent man among his people. It gives us pleasure to mention these tacts, as a pleasing appendix to the interesting re? miniscences of the Rev. Mr. Mood. We wish the Lieutenant success io his political ambitions, though he may perhaps find republics more ungrateful than the friends who were delighted to hear of bim after the lapse of twenty-two years. 6,400,000 BALES. A I?ower Condition of Crop Than for Any October in Ten Years. New York, Sept. 30 -Mr Alfred B. Sheppersoo, author of "Cotton Facts, ' has furnished the Southern Associated Press with the following opinion as to this year's crop. Mr. Shepperson is "neither a buyer nor a seller of cotton, but possesses unusually good facilities for accurate in? formation covering the entire cottoo belt. He said : While iii many sections the colton plant has matured so large a proportion of its fruitage that the yield would not t:e ap? preciably increased by delay of frost, there is a great deal of fertile bottom laud upou which the plant will continue to make and mature fruit until killed by severe frost. No frosts have yet occurred in the cotton belt. Estimates at this time of the probable size of the cotton crop are therefore necessari? ly based upon the occurrence of a general killing frost throughout the South at about the usual average dates. Should these frosts be delayed until later than usual, the crop will easily exceed any present estimate by several hundred bales, while should they occur earlier than usual the crop wiil be far below the estimate. The acreage is cal? culated by the Department of Agriculture as practically the same as last season The general conditions affecting the crop hare been unfavorable. A late and cold spring, followed by protracted droughts io Texas, .are resulting in poor stnuds with considerable replanting and some abandonment of acreage. Excess of rain and severe storms in Atlantic states, with drought again in other sections, and serious damage by worms io the Gulf states, are the features of the season. These things are not the usual indications of a good crop. Assuming that general killing frosts will occur at about the usual time, my advices indicate a probable yield of about 6,800,000 bales. Frosts last Fall were earlier than for several years, and seriously curtailed the crop. For several seasons large quantities of cottoo have been marketed with each crop, wbicb was grown in preceding crops. This old cotton bas now been about all marketed, and it is probable that the commercial crop of this year will not differ appreciably from the actual yield. 1 estimate the actual yield of cotton this season at on y 6,400,000 baler Tbe difference between that and the commer? cial crop is being made up from cotton from the previous crop. Compared with last season's yield the present indications show io per cents, the following gains, viz; Three hun? dred and sixty thousand bales in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, being 20 per cent. ; 200,000 bales in Arkansas, being 33 per cent. ; 240,000 bales in the two Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, beiug 15 per cent. The total of the gains is 800.000 bales. The yield in Texas I estimate al 1,750,000 bales, being a loss of 400,000 bales. This dedacted from the esti? mated gains will leave a net gain of 400,000 bales upon last year's yield of 6,400,000. Tennessee will probably nrake about the same crop as last season. Some of my correspondents, whose facilities for obtaining information are excellent, and whose standing is of the highest, do not think io Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana it will be over tea per ceut. asrd the gain in the two Carolinas over 10 per cent, while I am informed that the commissioner of agriculture of Georgia estimates the yield of Georgia will not exceed that of last year. The receipts at the ports for the week just ended were 20,000 bales more than for the corresponding week last year, and it is pro? bable that this week's receipts will be liberal. Early receipts are no indication of the ex? tent of the crop, for a small crop may mature quickly, and be promptly mar? keted. The visible supply of cotton in the world which means the stock outside of the mills, is about 400,000 bales less than a year ago. The stock held by European and American spinners is far below last year's, while the consumption in Europe is as great as at this time last year, aud many British mills have made contracts for their entire products for several months, ahead. Owiogtothe finan? cial troubles, our spinners are buying very sparingly. European views of the market are based on an American crop of seven and one half Dillions, or more. The Liverpool price today is four and a half pence for mid? dling, being one-fourth of a penny highter than this day last year. Liverpool merchants of standing think that with an American crop of 7,250,000 bales cotton would be easily worth five peuce in that market. In this opinion one of our oldest aod most esteemed merchants concurs, and I agree with bim, but thiuk the resulting speculative purchases .might easily carry the price a half penny higher In the matter of the cotton prices New York follows Liverpool, aud sets the gait for all American markets. Much interest is felt in the report of the condition of the cottoo crop on October i, to be issued hy the Department of Agriculture. While I have not fveu an acquaintance with the statistician j who makes up tbedepartmeot report of crops, I I am satisfied the cotton report will show a ! lower condition of the crop than any October crop reported sioce 1883. WASHINGTON -LETTEB. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1893. The key that will open the dead-lock in the Senate is being made, but the looksmitbs are not working in public. It is evident that something of great importance is going ou ! nuder the surface in the Senate. The talk for and against the Voorhees repeal bill still ? takes up the regulated amount of time each day, and will probably continue to do so until some time next week, but Seaators represent? ing all sides of the silver question are boldiug consultations in private and it is con? fidently expected that the result will be a ?compromise between the conflicting de? mands that, while it will not be precisely what is desired by either President' Cleve? land or the Senator who favor the free coin? age of silver, will be of such a nature that it will be accepted by the free-coiuage men as the best they can get aud signed by i'resdent Cleveland as the only silver measure that can be passed by the Senate. The exact nature of the compromise cannot be given, because it bas not yet beeu decided upos, but that it will provide for the continued coinage of silver by tbe government and for the issue of bonds to streogtbeo the Treasury gold reserve is regarded as certain, as they are the two tbiugs couteuded for by the silver men and the unconditional repeal meu respectively. President Cleveland has taken and will take no part io this compromise. He has made bis recommendation in regular the way and will have nothing more to say until Congress sends bim the bill. While he believes that the proper thing to do is to pass the Yoorhees bill without amendment, leaving other finan? cial matters to follow in a separate bill, it is thought that be will sign the proposed com? promise. Should the expectation ef disposing of the silver question by the 15ihof this month be realized it is probable that Congress will take a recess of several weeks. A recess can easily be taken without retarding legislation, as the House will next week pass the bill tor the repeal of the Feaeral election law and no other important bill will be reported for a while. Tb? committees will, of course con tiuue their work during the recess, if one be taken, and soon after Congress comes together agaio it is hoped that the new tariff bill will be ready io be reported to the House. The republicans in the Hoi e have up to this time shown a fear of the bill for the repeal of the Federal election laws that is in some re? spects remarkable. The attempts that they have made to defend those laws have seen so wenk that trier practically amount to au acknowl? edgement that the laws are bad aud vicious m their tendency and ought to be repealed. "Little Billy" Chandler made one of his usual exhibitions of himself in the Senate Saturday afternoon, while speaking in favor of a resolution recently offered by him, call? ing ou the Secretary of the Treasury for the authority under which be appointed the ? Fairchild commission, which is investigating republican crookedness in the office of the Appraiser of the port of New York. He ! .tarted ont with a lot of rot about the Senate being ignored by the unconstitutional and illegal appointment of the commission, < and wound up by admitting that Congress had given the Secretary of the Treasury expliet authority to expend not mure than $100,000 s, year for the detection and prevention of fraud upon the customs revenue, precisely the duty upon which the Fairchild commission is engaged. The House committee on bunking and cur? rency is engaged in bearing arguments from members of the House in favor of the various financial bills, including several for the re? peal of the tax on state bank currency, which have been referred to it, and later out? siders may be beard both for and against these measures. Neither chairman Wilson nor anybody else can stop the flood of outright lies that are being seut out from Washington concerning the new taiff bill. Mr. Wilson says of the latest, charging that the democrat? ou the Ways and Means committee w*re hesitating about making au attack on the McKinley atrocity, and that the committee had ?greed that the new tariff >hould not go into effect until January 1 1895: "As to hesitation, the democrats of. the committee are now hard at work on the new bill, which we propose to report to the House as soon as we can get it ready. We appreciate the importance of our task,and the pledges which the der;.eratic party has made to the people and there will be uo shirking of duty or of responsibility. Any suggestion to the contrary is unworthy of consideration. The date upon which the new tariff bill will ?o into effect bas not been determined " Mrs. Clevelaud was out Saturday afternoon fc?r the first tim?? siuce the hirth of babv Estt-er. Accompanied hy the Presideut she took a carriage drive. Beyond b?ing a little paler than she usually looks she appeared to be io excellent health and was certainly sn a jolly good humor. Bisbopville Notes. We have had a splendid se?6>u to gather the cotton, and the excessive heal is making it open quite rapidly. The crops around here are short. Some of our largest farmers say that the cotton, as a general thing, will not make ovtr half a crop. Good cotton sold for 8 ceuts here last Friday. Hon. Joseph L Keitt, of Newberry, State Alliance lecturer, made an addi ess iu the Opera House, at this place, on last Saturday. Rev. W. A. Gregg, pastor of ?he Presby? terian Church, who has been spending his Summer vacation with relatives at Hopewell, Florence county, .has returned, and filled bis pulpit on last Sunday. Messrs. Henry McKagen, Heathy Smith, R. E. Muldrow nod J. E. Flowers, of Sumter, paid a flying visit to the "fair sex" on last Sunday. A great many of our young ladies and gentlemen have gone to attend the various universities and colleges. TheBishopville Literary Society had a very pleasant meeting at the residence of Dr. R. E. Dennis ou last Friday eveuing. The follow? ing officers were chosen for the ensuing term : D. U Rhame, presideut ; Miss Azalea Willis, first vice president ; Mr. Willie Reid, second vice president ; Miss Emmie Dennis, se? etary and treasurer; Mrs. S. E. Clancy, librarian and critic. M. G Shiloh Items. SHILOH S. C, Sept. 30tb, 1893. Thc bulk of the colton crop in this section is out aud in marketable order, and from two to three-fifths is about the average yield. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. M iros's child, age 10 months, was buried at Sh il uh Cemetery yes? terday at 12 o'clock. Funeral services con? ducted by Rev. J. C. Davis. Our school at this place re-opens ou Octo? ber 9th, under the management of Mr. T. B. Rbame. If our school trustees will now work up to a sense of duty and justice towards Shiloh school and make a larger yes much larger appropriation, we will stop complaining on this line. In your comments on tne speech of Hon. Jos. L. Keitt, delivered on the 22nd inst., you say, ''he is decidedly a populist." Well, Mess. Editors, if you will inform yourselves as to the sentiments and sympathies of the people of Sumter County, we venture the assertion that you'll find that three fourths of them are just such populists as the Hon. J L. Keitt is, and encouraging prospects for a big increase in their rauks ere long Our Sub-Alliance meets here on Wednes? day, the 4th prox , to re organize, or as Bro. Duncan would have it, to have a "big re- ' vival." A socalled evangelist bas appeared in a community about five miles North of this place, who, declares his ability to beal the sick and afflicted, raise the dead, cast out devil?, and, do all manner of evil. For aunointing he uses olive oil, but io the j abSense of which castor oil will do. In j annointiug one candidate last week he ex? claimed : "Ob my brother, here comes one big det?l out of the top of your bead, and several more will follow-there's a heap of devil io you." No one doubted this. AGRICOLA. Notes From St. Charles. Mr. Editor ; 1 feel that this may be ni? last will and testament to you and your indul? gent readers, and I wish you to give it a con? spicuous place in your paper. If you should see fit to reject this letter you must reject the writer. "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing." While we have not carried out these injunc? tions we have recently realized their full force and power. God, in his infinite wisdom and goodness, sent to us last June, Rev. W. F. Hoi lins worth, a young man peculiarly gifted and of earnest piety. The sped sown under his ministry has been gathered into the ark of safety at the termination of our protracted meeting. The Rev. N. R Smith, of Charles? ton aided most powerfully in these services with bis grand music and wonderful pleas to the imp?nitent. "Lives of great men all remind us, We eau make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Foot prints on the sands of time," Twenty-one additions hy profess on, seven, by letter. Mother Reid and her family have been, by a; rising_ vote of the membeis of the Church, most cordially welcomed back to our confi? dence and affection. ''Home sweet home, there is no place like home." My heart was filled to overflowing when I saw an old Confederate soldier, who surren? dered at Appomatox with myself and others under the white flag, come forward and enlist for the war under the banner of the pi ce of righteousness and king of peace. i have beard that some of our friends say, "Good, if lasting." lu reply, I say; "A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing." Miss Sadie LaCoste has been visiting friends in this community. Messrs W. W. Dick and J K While were here last week. Mr. J. N. Lacoste, of Marion, gave us the light of his countenance a few days ago. Mr. Tom Hazell, of Charleston, greeted us too, with his bland and happy smile. Tom was not in search of the pearl of great price, but I hear he will soon take away one of our jewels. S. D. MILLER" LACISTK. The Phosphate Royalty to be Tem? pora; liv Reduced. The State will share the losses by the receut storm with the phosphate miners. Such was the decision of the Board of Phosphate Commissioners at the meeting in Beaufort on Saturday afternoon. The board passed the following resolutions setting forth the terms upon which the phos? phate compauies may mine the State rock from now until January 31, 1894 : "Whereas the losses sustained by the river phosphate miners have been very heavy, re sultiog in the total stoppage of the works and a loss by wreckage or being bunk of all the dredges hut one, and* great damage to the drying sheds, wharves aud other properties, amounting in the aggregate to. a very large sum of money, which will be required to re? store the business to its status before the Storm : now, therefore be it Resolved, That we recognize the necessity and the equity of the State doing all that it legitimately can to assist the miners to resume operations. We recognize that this industry, which has yielded the State a large revenue, is, in effect, a partnership, and that as the State has shared in the profits of the miners it should bear a portion of its losses. Theie fore, under the authority of the act of the General Assembly of 1892, we will, until the first day of January, 1894, require the pay? ment hy the miners of only 50 cents per ton upon all rock on hand at the time of the storm or mined and sold between now aud then, with the condition that any company which shall not notify us in writing of its purpose to actively begin at once the work of restoration to the status before the storm shall be required to pay the present royalty of $1. and will be liable on ?ts bond for the full amount of $1 should it rail to act in good faith. "Resolved, second, That the conditions of tbe contract made by tbe State with ita bo ad holders to set apart $75,000 of the phog phate royalty aa a rinking fund, for the re? duction of the new Brown consols, forbids our changing the present royalty on the rock dur? ing the year 1894, until the said $75,000 of royalty has been received. We will there? fore require all minera engaged in the huai? ness, January I, 1894, or intending to engage in it, to pay a royalty of $1 per ton on rock mined and sold by them until the said $75,000 shall have been collected, after which miners will be permitted to mine and sell all the rock they can free of royalty during the balance of the year 1894. "Resolved, third, That io order that there may be an equitable distribution among the companies which have availed themselves of the benefits of the reduction between now aud the 1st of January, 1894, in the proportion of their product during this year, every com? pany will be required under bond to pay, whether it mines or not, its proportionale share of the said 75,000 tous at $1 per ton be? fore it shall be allowed to mine any rock at all." Comptroller Genera! Ellerbee returned to tbe city this morning from Charleston. He says that the mining companies have bad notice of the action of the commissioners. Whether they will accept the State's proposi? tion, which was the most liberal that the State could offer, remains to be Seen He says that be has no intimation whether or not they will accept. "But." said he, "it is the beat we could do, as we did not care to make an agreement that would bind our successors." - Columbia Journal. Sept. 18. - - - Webster's Dictionaries. G. & C Merriam Co. having won their suit against the Texas Siftings Co of New York, for offeiiug a 40 jears old reprint of the edition of Webster's Unabridged as pre? mium for subscribers for their paper, are devoting their attention to several other suits of a like nature now in the courts,-The Topeka Capital Co of Topeka, Kansas, be;ng one of the latest. They claim they N.C com? pelled to do this injustice alike to the public and to themselves and have therefore giren directions to their attorney to prosecute ia every case wnere a publisher makes use of misleading announcements. There eau be no health for either mind or body so loug as the blood is vitiated. Cleanse the vital current from all impurities by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla- This medicine ie cruits the wasted energies strengthens the nerves, and restores health to the debilitated system. Rev. U. S. Stringfield, of Wakefield, N C , say?: "Five boxes of Japanese Pile Cure cured me after 12 years' suffering." Sold by Or. A. J. China. W. P. Drop, Dru guis i, Springfield, Mass., writes: "Japanese Pile Cure has cured lady 7 years afflicted ; could not walk half mile in last 3 years; now walks any distance." Sold by Dr. A. J. China. Pimples, blackheads, moles, freckles, tan and sunburn removed by Johnson's Oriental Soap. Medicinal. Sold by Dr. A. J. China. Mr. T. E. Wiley, 146 Chambers St., New York City, says that Ayer's Sarsaparilla curtd bim of a dry and scsaly humor, from which he bad suffered intolerably. He adda; ''I have not now a blemish on my body and my cure is wholly due to Ayer s Sarsaparilla." ?Ms*-e?e Bis Hate Ia Church. "Who were those ladies with the big hats on who sat at the back of the church?" the rector asked his wife while he balanced a forkful of sweet peas and carried them successfully to his mouth. "I didn't suppose you would counte? nance such a thing in your congregation, let alone know anything about the wom? en's hats yourself," some one ventured to remark. "I cannot help noticing them," he ex? plained. "The hats were large, and the women who wore them would persist in keeping their heads down till it became quite a serious matter to administer the elements. I could not get around the hats." So it will be well to remember, lor your rector's sake at least, to either wear a small hat or hold up your hand when you go to partake of the blessed sacra? ment. Think what a trial it must be for a clergyman and a scholar to have to make ] calculations how to get around a broad brimmed hat. Bear this in mind and j profit by the suggestion. -Buffalo News. ! New Jersey's Barled Forest?. A piece of contemporary geology is be? ing worked in New Jersey. The whole coast line has been long sinking, and the process is still going on. A curious in? dustry is carried on in the southern part of the state-the mining for cedar. Some of these noble trees exhumed from their swampy burial exceed 3 feet in diam? eter, with their timber perfectly sound. The "lay" of these uprooted trees, ac? cording to an American naturalist, in? dicates the devastation probably of ex? traordinary cyclones occurring at im? mense intervals of time, thus leveling one forest upon another that had been thrown down long before. The cedars growing there today send their roots among their long buried ancestors. The rings upon the exhumed trees show a growth of 1,500 or possibly 2,000 yearc, and the existence of at least two buried forests below the present growth is in? disputable.-Pittsburg Dispatch. Plain Kutileh. It was at the general's ins?>ection, and the "big man" was going round the hos? pital with the medical officer in charge. I Presently they stopped at a cot on which reposed a pallid and emaciated specimen of England's warriors. "What's the matter with this man?'' inquired the general. "Phthisis, sir," replied the surgeon. "What's that?" "Consumption, sir." "Then why couldn't you say 'con? sumption' at first instead of using your confounded medical terms?" The sawbones ventured no reply, and presently a halt was made at another cot. "What is the matter with this man?" again inquired the general. "BoozeI"exclaimed the doctor prompt? ly.-Loudon Tit-Bits. To Replace the "Fainted Post." A movement has been started at Paint? ed Post, N. Y., to raise sufficient money to erect a monument at the "Four Cor? ners" to succeed the historical painted post which has stood at the corner for many years, and from which the place derived its name. The legend is that an Indian was killed at that point, and the post which was erected over his remains was painted with blood. The pole, sur? mounted by the figure of an Indian, has stood at the place np to the present day. The Proper Sitting Position. "A proper sitting position," says some? body, "requires that the spine shall be kept straight, aud that the support needed for the upper part of the body shall be felt in the right place." There? fore sit as far back as possible in the chair, so that the lower end of the spine shall be braced at the back of the seat How ? New Ye; ker Speak? of Brooklyn. Visiting Englishman-Where is Hell Gate? Resident New Yorker-Just the other side of Brooklyn bridge.-Club. The Prayer of a Small Boy. A boy of 6 was crazy for a drum, to which his mother and the other inmates of the house objected on account of the noise they knew be would snake. One night after he got in bed his mother heard him repeating earnestly: Now I lay me down to steep I want a drum. I pray the Lord my soul to keep I want a drum. If I should die before I wake I want a drum. I pray tba-Lord-my-soul-to-taka ?-want-a-4mm inst as he was falling into dreamland. New Orleans Picayune. QUARTERLY STATEMENT Or TBS CONDITION AND BUSINESS OS The "Bait of Suiter/' Suiter, S. C. For the quarter eodiog September 30, 1893, published io conformity with the Act of the Genera] Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts, $179,950 79 Cash on hand, and in other Banks 44,566 77 Furniture and Fixtures, and vault 1,975 91 $226,493 47 LIABILITIES. Capital stock, $75,000 00 Undivided profits, 15,570 73 Deposits, 90,749 36 Unpaid Dividends, 16 00 Doe to other Banks, 6 36 Rediscounts, 43.151 02 $226,493 47 STATS os SOUTH CAROLINA, > SUMTER COUNTY. j* I, W. F. RHAMR,'Cashier of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the nest of my knowledge and belief. W. F. RHAME, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this. 4 th day of October, 1893. H. C MOSES, FL. s.] Notary Public S. C. Correct -Attest. W. F. B HAYNSWORTH,} R. P MONAGHANf'6*1^1' [directors. ALTAMONT MOSES, j Oct. 4. NOTICE." OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, SUMTER COUNTY, SuMTBa, S. C., October 2, 1893. THE regular examination of person! with? ing to teach in tbe Public Schools of Sumter County, will be held on Friday and Saturday, the 27tb and 28tb, inst. For Whites, at Sumter Graded School. Fur Colored, at Line?lo School. After this dat*, tbs School Commissioner will be io bis office, only on Saturdays and Sale days W J. DURANT, Oct. 4-3t. School Commissioner. TAX NOTICE. } OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, SUMTSB COUNTY, SUVTSR, S. C., Sept. 20, 1893. THE TREASURER OF SUMTER Couoty fives notice that his book? will be open from the I5tb doy of OCTOBER. 1893, to thelma dav of DECEMBER, 1893, for the collection of Taxes for tbe fiscal year 1892 and 1893, for Sumter County. The following are the rates per centum of the levy : For State purposes-five and one-half mills on every dollar of the value all taxable property. For ordinary count/ purposes-two and tbree-fqutbs mill? oo every dollar of the value of all taxable property. Special coon ty tax for past indebtedness one-fourth of one mill. Special couoty tax for new jail-one mill. Constitutional school tax-two mills j-.1 May estille, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the town of Msyesville. Swimming Pens, two mills extra levy fur school 'purposes in the township. Sumter (outside of city limits), two mills extra levy for school purposes in the town? ship. Ose dollar on each Poll between the ages of 21 ?nd 50 years. Tue total levy in this couoty is eleven and one-half mills. D. E. KEELS, County Treasurer. Sep. 27. _ Tie Equitable IS ALWAYS OM TIMK UNION, S. G., Sept. 23rd, 1893. Mr. W. J. Roddey, Gen1! Agt., Equitable Life Assurance Society, Kock Rill, S. 0. DEAR SIS : Your letter of Sept. ?1st containing check for Fifty? one Hundred and five ($5105.00) dollars received, same being in full pay meut of policies Nos. 382,581 aud 119,160 on the life of H. L Goss, deceased. Allow me to thank you for my? self, as guardian, and the lam i ly of Mr. Goss, for the prompt set? tlement of these claima, which reassures me of the willingness of the Equitable to meet all obli? gations with the greatest possible dispatch, and I most heartily re? commend her to those who may be seeking safe and sound insu? rance on their lives. Yours Respectfully, J so. A . PANT, Guardian. A CARD. ITA VINO SOLD OUT my Bakiry Business X <o Mr. Joo F. Beard, ? desire to re? turn my thank? to the public for their kind patronage and to solicit a continuance of same for my successor. GABRIEL LEVY. CALL AND LEAVE YOUR ORDERS. HAYING PURCHASED thc Business of Mr. G. Levy, I am now prepared to furnish Bread in any quantity, also Cakes, Pirs, kc. Order? from the surrounding country soli? cited. Fre?b Bread and Rolls every morning. Sept. 6-1 m JNO. F. BEARD. NOTICE! ALL HUNTING, Trapping or Trespassing forbidden. No timber, nor wood al? lowed to be cut or taken from the land of Mrs. Hallie C. Cheyne. DR. WALTER CHEYNE, Sept. 27-1m. Attorney. ESTATE NOTICE. a PPLICATION WILL BE MADE on Wednesday, ??I d? j of November next to the Judge of Probate for Sumter County, for final discharge a? Executor of the Eclate of Jane C. Haynswortb, dee d. J. D. BLANDI S G, S?pt. 27th, 1893._Executor. E?tate wf Mi *. Vtwfc, toeM* ?WILL APPLY io the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on November lit, 1893, r a final discharge as administrator of afore Baid Estate. SPENCER J. MARSH, Sept. 27, 1893-41 *. Adnu. SPECIAL ATTENTION ls called to the FALL AND WINTER OPENING OP sass MCDONALD, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 10th & 11th, A cordial invitation is extended to all. Oct. 4. We Always Lead. - JF'irs't Class / / WOVEN WIRE SPRINGS/^^, / At #2.50. ACS>y /OUR , /<?X?V / Stock We make themX ^*^r / __0F_ while you /l^y / Furniture ~ /<?<& /PICTURES COME AND f ?W^V^V M SEE IT Af O.XVT ? f is now complete. DOi,K X >?>& /just watch our prices. / /They cannot be equaled. CHEAP OAK SUITS OUR SPECIALTY. Said the) TH TfQ Di,W (Takea Bicycle J 1U Hw lilU?l j Tumble. ALSH & J.OIIPANY, THE LEADERS, Have said the same to the PRICES of SHOES THIS SEASON. Our SHOES were being made up and most of them finished when the Disastrous Storm struck us. We laid in a Stock for a Now we MUST sell them. * If you are looking for Bargains in Shoes SEE US. We have just opened a Shoe to catch young men, 'Genuine German Cordovan, Hand Sewed for $5.00. Never seen before in this country. Our $3.00 Shoes still Lead all others. Our $2.00 Ladies' Button Boots, are Unexcelled. WALSH & CO., THE LEADERS, Monaghan Block - Sumter, S. C. Oct. 4. <V fe MARK. AN IMMENSE SUCCESS, The words used by al! present at Our Grand Fall Opening* We feel more than satisfied with the success of same, and extend thanks to the Ladies for their presence, which constituted the largest assemblage ever seen in a single store in Sumter. OUR LINE OF DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS are the bight of perfection. Our display of French and German Novelties, in suit lengths (no two alike) surpass in quantity and richness of styles all previous exhibits. As for DreSS Trimmings we have an endless variety. The largest line of high Novelty Silks and Velvets ever brought to Sumter. Remember besides carrying the finest lines of Dress Goods, we have the Cheap .od Medium grades als >. We start them as low as 12s cents, and even in this cheap grade you will 6nd prettier styles than elsewhere. MILLING: nt Y DEPARTMENT. The Ladies are invited to inspect our line of HIGH ART MILLINERY. Our Imported pattern Hats and Bonnets, together, with the creation of our own Millinery Artists, we feel sure will please all. Prices X-iCVW, Doivt forget our CLOAK DEPARTMENT. Which is filled wirti ali the New Style Garments, and we've got them at the right prices. REEFERS, CAPE COATS, etc., etc. Beautiful line of KID GLOVES to match all dress goods. The best thing ever shown, Ladies' Fast Black Ribbed Hose at 16 2-3 good value for 25 cents. Large line of Carpets, Oil Clot hs, Rugs, G tc ?5 cte? Mattings from 10 cents a yard, up. Our DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT is open for the Season. We solicit your patronage. * Very Respectfully, SCHWARTZ IL?.,., PALACE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM Oct. 4. ASK FOR NEWARK FINE CANDIES. IN SEALED PACKAGES AT Heavy AND Fancy GROCERIES INCLUDING Seasonable Delicacies. New No. 1 Mackerel-retail and in 10 lb. kits. New Prunes. New Canned Fruits and Vege? tables. New Cream Cheese. New Dutch Herriogs New Seed Rye, Barley Seed and Red Rust Proof Oats; Just Received Fresh Lot Cerealine, Tapioca, and Farina, AlSO Fresh Fancy Crackers, Cake, &c_ Dry Goods* NEW GOODS in all lines. THE IflOST COMPLETE STOCK IN TOWN. ?IN DRESS 6Q0DS We have every novelty in all shades and figures, with the latest and most stylish trim? mings to match. NOTIONS"New ideas. SHOES-Rig Drive. TIWNKS-Cheap. HATS-Job Lot. Sept 27.