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Cot ?tifeitan at? Soutlron. - s j WSDNESD AY. JAN. 3, 1894? The Sumter Watchman was ?oaoded in 18W aod the True Southron in 1866. The ?Fofc?man a???? Sovtkroh new bas he combined circulation and infine&ce <)i both of the old papers, acd is mani? festly the best advertising medium io ^ am ter. EDITORIAL NOTES. The time for pay tog taxes has been extended te February 1st. The Freeman appears this week as a semi-weekly. The publication days are Tuesday aod Friday. Stokes aod Evans have replied to Geo. Hampton's answer to their opeo letter. Read it io another column. The cause of the wonderful meteor a week or two ago is oow explaioed. A dispensary consubie has been given a dose of hickory by a few negroes. Eighteen ninety-four ia a much better year than nioety-three ; the one is foll of hope acd promise, the other has giveo os all of good aod bad that it possessed. The Spartaoborg Herald very justly condemns both the whippiog of the dis? pensary constable by negroes aod the threats oow being made by the refaw mers against the negroes. The anti-Tammany democrats of New York are moving to purify the politics of the city and restore the party to a position of respectability. May they succeed in the Herculean labor. Gov. Till mao enjoys hts little joke now aod theo. Wheo he paid his taxes by telegraph oo the last day, it was im? mediately surmised that the time would not be extended. But it has beeo, aod he has the laugh oo hts cr?tica. v The City Council of Columbia has positively aod decidedly refused to turo the police of that city io to dispensary constables as required by the io famous new dispensary law .ott paio of forfeiting the city's share of the dispensary profit. The Orangeburg Times and Demo? crat is severe oo thc Secretary of State, James E. Tindal, who waots to be Governor, It says that be is a mao without a backbone. We have heard it said'that J. L. M. Irby once said about the same thing concerning the same man. The dispensary spy system is produc? ing its legit?mate results. Bloodshed sod murder have commenced, aod much more blood will be spilled-if the Ad? ministration persists io the attempt to mle the State by means of ao army pf hired spie?, who have authority to shoot and murder those who do not submit meekly to them. The reform papers are still straggling to find ao excuse for the State printing steal, sod with little success. The best ? that cao be said about it is that is was a fraudulent perversion of the people's money to support the Register. The latest excuse is that the committee came to the conclusion that the bid of the Bryan Printing, Co., was put in for the express purpose of weakening the Register. A lame excuse, true ly for quaaderiog public foods. The majority of the Juoe Bug Legislature proved themselves to be Refawmers and not reformers by side? tracking with scant consideration the Manning Australian Ballot bill. They do not desire true reform, nor the settlement politically, of the oegro ques? tion in thia State. The negro dom? ination bugaboo is too valuable as a vote gainer, and they would oot have it disposed of uoder aoy consideration no matter to how great extent the well fare of the State would be advanced by a settlement. Gov. Mitchell, of Florida is firm io his determination to prevent the Corbett-Mitchelt prize fight in Jackson? ville, and the respectable people of the whole country hope that he cao legally succeed io preventing this moral out? rage. The matter bas beeo taken into the courts by attorneys of the prize fighters who are equally determined that the fight shall take place. Gov. Mitchell says that he will obey the ruling of the Supreme Court, ooly, and that in the extremity he bas the power to invoke martial law to prevent the fight. The News and Courier of yesterday contained a lengthy review of the indus? trial condition of the State, which gives, perhaps, ?s true a picture of the out? look for another year as eau be obtained. The condition of the farmers, laborers and manufacturers of the several counties are reported by correspondents who are io positions to give the facts. The condition is bad enough, but the outlook, taking the State as a whole, i ts not as gloomy as many have declared ' it to be. The factories have rao fall time,' with few exceptions, a have prospered. In some counties t farmers enter the new Tear with ho ful outlook for they have sufficit provisions f?>r the year, aod in one two instances the correspondents f that lhere is more home-raisd bacon band than ever before. The Neics a Courier bas done the State a real serv by compiling and publishing the i view. Judge Hudson's decision io the D pen sa ry vs. James case, which we i publish (o day from the Darlingt News, -places the matter in the sa? situation as it was immediately afl bis deci ion of last summer and the can be no change until the Supre: Court reaches a decision which shoo have been given before. The employees of the Northern Pa fie Railroad found themselves in a que position last week. Their wages we cut and they determined to strike. T receivers got wind of what they we going to do, and applied to the Unit States Court for an injunction to restra "the employees aud the unions fro combining and conspiring to quit wit out notice the services of the road This is interfering with individu rights with a vengeance. The New Yerk Herald states that tl protected manufacturera are raising a immense fuud to be used in defeatic the Wilson tariff bili now under consn eration by Congress. The mann? in which the money is to be use has not been decided upon as yet, bi the Herald says that a meeting is to t held on the 10th instant when the plat will be perfected. The amount < money raised has not been divulgec bot that it is enormous is known ; an this sum will bc used to corrupt Con gressmen and secure their votes againi the Wilson bill, if possible. The ev of the protection syetem is illustrate by this far-reaching attempt to contre legislation by bribery, and the soooe the democratic majority in Ooogres gives it the death below the better i will be for the country. We are in receipt of a "Report on th CHmatalogy of the Cotton Plant by F H. Mell, Ph. D., Professor of Geolog; and Bota Dy io Alabama Poly tech ni institute. Th is Report is publishe* by the U. S. Department of Agricul tare, and distributed by}, the Weathe Bureau. We are indebted directly t* Mr. L. N. Jesunof8ky, Observer of th* Weather Bureau Charleston, S. C The Report is a valuable contributioi to the literature of Agriculture, con tain tog a history of the origin, introduc tion and culture of the plant in America a general discussion of those couotriei where cotton is cultivated to any extent the general climatic features prevailing in the Southern United States during the preparation of the land for planting the climate of the seed planting season, the growing period of the plant character of weather best suited for th< production of fiber, commeut on yean of good and poor crops, etc., etc. The Report will be found, we believe, ol interest and service to the cotton farm? ers of the cotton belt. The philanthropists of the great cities of the North, but especially those of New York and Chicago are aroused over the desperate condition of the unemploped and destitute who are suffering for the bare necessities of life. Sixty thousand persons are esti? mated to be in this condition in New York and an equal member in Chicago. These people have exhausted their own resources, pawned everything of value they posses, to obtain food aod are u?W? needing assistance. All that they need is employment, and public spirited men are now bestirring themselves to give what immediate assistance is needed and then to secure employ? ment for them. It is in the crowded cities that the real pinch cf bard times is felt; there thousands are suffering for food and fuel ; and if there th?H?e millionaires have million? stored away ; in the vaults of the banks ; opulence ? and want are side by side. It is time j the rich were bestirring themselves. j ? press dispatch from St. Louis Mo., j under date of Dec. 26th gives one an ! excellent idea of the good results ob? tained under co-operative plan operating j manufacturing establishments. There : would be much less friction between j proprietors and operatives were all establishments conducted in the same | manner and strikes would be almost I unheard of. The despatch says : The N. 0. Nelson Manufacturing Company, one of thc largest industrial establish? ments iu this city, with branch fac? tories in Mound City and Leclaire, III., j is conducted on tho profit sharing j plan. The meu have received divi- i dends for the past ten years, and when \ the ojooey strigency became severe last August they cheerfully accepted a cut of 25 per cent, in wages. To-day a meeting of the directors was held, and Mr. Nelson announced that a dividend of 7 per cent, would be paid for the current year, and that the loss by the cut in wages would be returned in ca?h to each employe on Jan 17 next. The company employs 500 men. A revival of business is ascribed as the cause of this action. Our Good People. Rev. J. S. Beasley has written a letter to the Southron Christian Advocate, in which be bus the following to say of the people of Sumter ia connection with the recent meeting of Conference : I began this, however, to write of the late session of our Conference. In many respects we have not had a pleasanter one within the last twenty-three years. To me it was usually pleasant. There is no place on the face of the earth I feel more at home than in Sumter ; no place where there are more people I tenderly love, and I entertain the comfortable persuasion I aro? loved by them in return. Eight years of my itinerant life have been spent in and around this oeao tiful city. It has been the scene of many precious, sweet experienced, and also of some sore (conflicts and severe afflictions. I am always glad of an opportunity to go there. There are many noble, good people in Sumter, in all the churches, including the synagogue of the Jews. Some as fine specimens of true manhood as you will fiud anywhere are amongst the Israelities of this city More generous, charitable, kind-hearted, open? handed people it is not my privilege to know anywhere. This session of the Conference to me could not hare been otherwise than delightful. TBIBUTB OP RESPECT, Forth goes the mandate I Again the insa? tiate archer lets fly his shaft and another vic? tim is hurried into eternity. For the fourth time since the beginning of this year of light bas Death claimed one of our brotherhood. Early in the year before we had scarcely made our preparations for our work, the genial, the loved, the worthy C. F. A. Bult man was called to his rest. Before a mooth had passed, in the flush and vigor of man? hood, stricken down at his post, his sense of duty being paramount to his sense of self, we mourned the loss of Bro. J. J. Troutman. In the long days of Summer, after a well spent life, and a membership of over thirty four years in our lodge, Bro. P. M. Gibbons crossed over the river. Now again as we meet in Annual Common. ?cation to review the events of the past twelve months we look in vain for the form of one who for years seldom missed a communica? tion. After months of suffering, on the afternoon of the 23d of November the soul of our lamented brother, ROBERT M. JONES, was ushered into the presence of the God who gave it, and with appropriate Masonic honors, surrounded by weeping relatives, friends and brethren ou the afternoon of November 24th his body was consigned to the dust whence it came. "We shall meer, but we shall miss him." For thirteen years he served us as Tyler, and our Records show that' whether it be fair or foul weather, whether sunshiny or tempes? tuous, in all that time, although living seven miles distant, he pever, until bis last sickness missed half a dozen communications of the Lodge, and those chiefly extra ones of which he had no notice. This is the season of glad? ness and rejoicing, but we mourn with bis loved ones the death of so "good a man" as Robert M. Jones, and it is meet and proper that we should give expression to the estimate and worth in which his brethren held him. Resolved, That in the deatb of Bro Robt. M. Jones, the State has lost a true and tried citizen, who in his early manhood evinced his love for her and for over four years followed the fortunes of her flag in the "limes that tried men's souls," from '61 to'65 ; Sumter County a faithful son, ever striving to pro- j mote her interest, sacrificing his private opin ions for the public welfare; bis family a! loving and devoted husband and father, whose place can never be filled and whose loss is incalculable ; Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M., a worthy and loved brother, j serving it with "fervency and zeal," aod i loving and revering the principles inculcated by ourorder. Resolved, That we tender to the ?rief strick- j en family of our deceased brother our tender- j est sympathies at their bereavement, and pray j that the Ruler of the Universe may deal kind? ly with them all. Resolved, That a page in our Record Book be dedicated to the memory of our brother, giving thereon his Masonic history. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent the family of our deceased brother, and that they also be published in the Watek manW?t<S6?lhron. Fraternally submitted, H. C. Mosas, . J. S. HABTZBLL, ABE RYTTENBEBG, Committee. Public Sales. The following sales were made yesterday by the Master : The Sumter B. & L. Assoc'n against Martha M. Doby-defendant, two tracts of 20 and 70 acres more or less. Purchased by Lee & Moise, A tty's, $50. The Simoods National Bank. Assignee Plaintiff against Robt. E. L. Kirven, Thos. j J. Kirven and others, defendants, 1221 acres ! more or less. Purchased by J. D. Blanding, Att'y, $11,500. William A. James, Admr. of William J. i Reynolds, Deceased, Plaintiff against Eliza- 1 beth Spann and others, ll lots, bought by | Haynswortb & Cooper, A tty's, $25 each. The following sales were made under fore- ? closure of mortgage: Sumter B. & L. Assoc'n, against Sarah ! Mathews, 217 acres, bought by Lee & Moise j $50. Sumter B. & L. Asso'n, against E. O. i Ingram, 226i acres, more or less, bought by j Lee & M oise, "A tty's, $505. Sarah P. Chambers to J. J. Dargan, Lee & , Moise, Atty's. 54 acres, Lee & Mo se Any's, j $50. Captain of Police, Phillip J. 'Barber, o? Baltimore, Md., says : "Salvation Oil has been used at our station the past winter for i rheumatism, neuralgia, pain tn ihc hack, etc., a.id I have tel to meet with its equal. It is the best." E Nulty of St. Paul, Minn., writes. "Was confined to bed for 3 weeks, doctors could do me no good ; Japanese Pile Cure entirely cured me. Sold hy Dr. A. J China. Dr. A. J. China, Druggist, rtcominer.ds Johnson's Orienta! Soap for all skin and scalp diseases. Try it. Meteorological Becor?s The following is a report of observations of the v ?tither takeo at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anaerson, for the week ending Dec. 31st, 1893 : Temperature. Condition. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 60 5 55.5 43 56.5 60.5 61.6 56. 70. 64 55. 67. 65. 67. 64. 51. 47. 31. 46. 56. 56. 48 sw j .00 NW j .00 sw j .00 88W I .00 ssw s B Trace .81 .26 Clear. Clear. Clear. ?Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudr. ?Partly Cloudy. QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF Tie "Bant of Sumter," Sumter, S. C. For the quarter ending December 31, 1893, published in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts, $129,669 88 Overdrafts secured, 1.054 31 Furniture and Fixtures, and vault 1,975 91 Cash on hand, and in other Banks 57,785 29 $190,485 39 LIABILITIES. Capital stock, $75,000 00 Deposits, 95,848 37 Dividends payable on acd after January 2,'1894, 3,000 00 Uudivided profits, 16,637 02 $190,485 39 STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, V SUMTER COUNTY. J I, W. F. RHAME, Cashier of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above statement is* true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. F. RHAME, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d day of January, ?894. J. D. GRAHAM, C. C. P. Correct-Attest. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, *) Prt*sid^ct ' MARION MOISE, ' j-Directors. A. S. BROWN, j Jan. 3. OF THE CONDITION OF Tie SUM NATIONAL BANK SUMTER, S. C., At the close of business December 30, 1893. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, including overdrafts, $120,787 98 U. S. Bonds, 18,750 00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds. 1,750 00 Real Estate. 1,454 03 Furniture and Fixtures, 779 00 Five per cent. Redemption fund 843 75 Cash in vault and doe from Banks, 88,918 31 $233.283 07 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in. 75,000 00 Surplus fond and profits, 12,555 82 Bank circulation, 16,300 00 Dividends unpaid, 2,250 00 Due depositors, 127,177 25 $233,283 07 I, L. S. CARSON, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. L. S. CARSON. Cashier. Sworn to before me this January 3, 1894. D. W. C?TTINO, [L. s.] Notary Public S. C. Attest-Cfrrect. R. M. WALLACE, ) JNO. REID, [ Directors. NEILL O'DONNELL, J Jan. 3. OK THE CONDITION OF The SIMONDS NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER. AT SUMTER, S. C., At the close cf business, Dec. 19tb, 1893. ' RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $118,103 13 Overdrafts secured 5,001 58 U. S. Bonds, to secure circulation 18,750 00 Premium on U. S. Bonds, 1,750 00 BankiDg House Furniture and Fixtures, 779 00 Other real estate and mortgages owned, 1.454 03 Due from National Banks, (not Reserve Agents) 2,085 58 Due from State Banks and j bankers, 9,249 58 Due from apptoved reserve agents, 33,422 69 Notes of other National Banks, 4,165 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels aud cents, 39 98 LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK, viz: Specie, 12,263 90) o, qn7 o0 Legal-tender notes, 22,044 00/ Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circu? lation), 843 75 Due from U. S. Treasurer, other than 5 pr. cent, redemption fund, 180 00 Total, $230,132 22 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 75,000 00 Surplus fund, 12,000 00 Uudivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid, 2,598 74 National Bank Notes outstanding 16,47f? 00 Due to State Banks and Bankers, 3,425 G6 Individual deposits, subject to check, 120,632 ?2 Total, $230,132 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 ..^ COUNTY OF SUMTER, J I, L. S. CARSON, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knott ledge and belief. L. S. CARSON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn tc? before me tins 29th dav ot' December, 1893. I). W. CUTT INO, Notary Pub. Correct-Attest : R. M. WALLACE, ) A. J. CHINA, \ Directors. NEILL O'DONNELL, J Jan. 3. I Cotton Market. For the week ending Ja nu? rv 3 Re ceipts IU0 bales The following are the quota tiona: Middling. 6f lo 6? .Market firm. Charleston Cotton Market. CHARLESTON, Jan 2. 1893. Market firm. The Quotations are : Mid ing 1\; Good Middling 7?. WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of five Unes or less will t>e inserted under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. LUVT OR STRAYED-Une large Mack and white spotted sow. A liberal reward will be paid for her return to G. F. Epperson. Jan. 3-2t. WANTED-500 more customers io buy their Bread from Jno. F Beard TO KENT :-Residence corner of Main and Warren Sts., new occupied by Mr. Pnillips. Possession jHnuarv 1, 1894. Ap ply R. D. Lee. " Dec 20. FOR RENT-A Farm containing 85 ?cres of good land. Dwelli"g and necessary outbuildings on sume This farm is about two miles from Sumter bordering on the Cen? tral R R Apply to W. H. Commander. Dec 13-if. _ FOUND-Hundreds of People in every part of the State who testify that the waters of Glenn Springs are simply THE BIST. LOST-Sufferers From Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Malaria and Liver Complaint UDless tney at once commence the use of Glenn Spriwgs Mineral Water WANTED-100,000 Whiskey drinkers to know that since July 1st Glenn Springs Mineral Waterand Bichloride of Gold are the fashionable drinks. WANTED-The Drinking Public and ihe thinking pu h i ic to know that white the whole county is flooded with min? eral springs which spout for a awhile, enjoy an ephemeral popularity and are forgotten, the waters of Glenn Springs, the "old relia? ble," grow d?ily in the public esteem and are simply unrivalled Paul Simpson, Shipper, Glenn Springs. S. C._ STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. THE ANNUAL meeting of the Stockholders of the Cardarelli Electric Light Crane C<>., of Sumter. S C , is hereby called to be held at the office of Messrs. Lee* Moise in Sumter. S C , on 5th day of February, piox., at the hour of ll a. m. A.C. PHELPS, H. BARBY, Sec. & Treas. President. Jun. 4. J i 1 THE MEMBERS of The Fanner's Mutual Fire Insurance Co. ?re hereby notified that a meeting of the Association will be held in Sumter on THURSDAY, JAN. 11th, 1894. All are requested to he present as the election of officers will he held, and other business of importance attended to. Jan. 3._H G. SHAW State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq.. Probate Judge. WHEREAS, THOMAS J. WHITE made suit to me, to grant him Let? ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of LEMUEL A. WHITE, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Credi? tors of the said Lemuel A. White late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter Court House on January 18, 1894, next, after publication j thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to j j show cause, if any they have, why the said i Administration should not be granted, j Given under my hand, this 3rd day of i January. A. D., 1894. T. V. WALSH, i Jan. 3-2t. Judge of Probate. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, ADAM M. BOYD, made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Admin? istration of the estate of and effects of DAVID C. BOYD deceased. These are therefore to rite and admonish all i and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said David C. Boyd, late of said Coun? ty and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Prob?te, to be held at Sumter, C. H., on January 18tb, 1894, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under ray hand, this 3rd day of Januarv, Anno Domini, 1894. T. V. WALSH, January 3-2t Judge of Probate. CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? For a prompt answer ?nd aa honest opinion, write to ! MUNN ?Ss CO., who have had nearly fifty years' experience In the patent business. Communica? tions strictly confidential. A Handbook of In? formation concerning Patent? and how to ob- I tain them sent free. Also a catalogue o? meehan? ; leal and scientific hooks sent free. 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C. Attend to business in*any pan of the State, j Practice in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21-x. ' ! YOUR PROPERTY IN Association. By the FARMERS and for the FARMERS. SO LOSS-NO P1Y. Apply to W. H. SEALE, Agent, Jan3-3m SUMTER CO?NTV S. C. Sale Under Mortgage. IN PURSUANCE and exercise of the Power of Sale io the Morreare executed by Samuel Ernest Cooper on 7|h February, 1893. to William Plowden, to secure the payment of a bond therein referred to (which bond and mortgage have been assigned to me.) T will sell at public auction on Thursday the 18th day of January, next, (A.D. J 894) between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M.. and 2 o'clock P. 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