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Sjf f&tft|jm at? M?h WEBNBSD?Y, JAS. 17? 1? The Sumter Watchman was ibo & 18*>0 and the True Southron in 1 The Watchman and Southron nev he combined circulation and inflo of both of the old papers, and is n fest]j the best advertising mediae Sam ter* mmt "ll' y I ' ^' - ? JJITORI AL NOTES The earnings of the railroads conti to decreas e. The ghost of a ooe-b?aded knife se to be Sitting about the political field. To be or not to be is still nodeei in regard to the Corbet-Mitchell fig! Gen. Farley should have someth to say, or some of the folks may foi him. A Re fa wm problem : If there are soft snaps, and 30 patriotic Refawmi each demanding a whole snap api< bow will the boss make the division Three years of Refawn ; taxes h igt hard times harder, big lawyers I bigger, hungry office-seekers hungri rotten Denmark rottener-and aoot March convention in sight. Since oar last- issue Cong ress n McLaurio, Talbert and Shell have plaioed their absence from Washiogt wheo die Wilson bill was taken i satisfactorily ; and have, io additii expressed their determination to supp the bill. The; ap most question in oar mind i Will Gov. Tillman, as boss of the d pensar y spy system, pay the same i wards to policemen for arrests, wi evidence to convict, as he does to on nary spies ?? In this question we ma! the distinction between $2 per day co s tables and spies. . What is the object of the propon * Bowden March Convention ? Like wis what is the purpose of tbe Irby Ja Convention ? We ask Re fa w mers, ; Conservatives are not supposed to ha> a right to an opinion concerning tl purposes of refawoi. If we did, n should say, "Offices !" The prospect of the passage of til Wilson bill grows brighter every da; When we get the tariff down to tb basis of absolute revenue, then we ma hope for more equitable conditions fe ail classes Then we do not believe will be common for immense fortunes t be amassed tn the midst of dire gaffe: jog By all tbe snakes and monkeys to b generated by dispensary liquor, what i the Refawn Movement coming to ! Ar these disinterested and non-office-seekioj patriots quarelliog ? What, then, mean this stir? What means these r?solu tioos of the Laurens Alliance ? Wha means the Cotton Plant's call for ; March convention ? What means J L. M. Irby'8 letter to the daily papers ' If the chief attractions in tbe meoagerii are not beginning to claw each other what is it ail about ? Thc Sumter Watchman says that not withstanding the anti-blind tiger ordi nance passed by the city council, then is a large force of constables in thai city all the while, aod that after a while they expect to make arrests. Arrest* for what ? Surely there are no blind tigers in a towo that has an ordinance against selling liquor. We have been told that if this city would ouly pass ac ordinance against the sale of whiskey, that the blind tigers would all go ofl .and the constables would have nothiog to do.-Spartanburg Herald. We cannot say why the constables are bere. but it is a fact that one or two are here nearly all the time, and on several occasions we have had four or five of them pointed out. Perhaps they are watching tbe depots. THE NETTLES CARD. In our last issue there appeared a card from Mr. S. A. Nettles, former editor and proprietor of the Sumter Herald. This card was received on last Wednesday morning, accompanied by a note to tbe proprietor of this paper, urgently requesting that the card be in? serted in the issue of that day. There? fore, the card was inserted by the pro? prietor, and we saw it for the first time in the paper. For this reason there was oo comment on the card in the last paper. Now, in the first place, we have kept bands off in the discussion of the Herald and its negro editor, because there was no principle at sta ie that affected the public interests, ?nd no right involved save that of each man being privileged j to choose bis associates. This is a right we allow oo one to gainsay to us, and when the Herald announced its purpose to have a negro department and pro- j ceeded to carry oat the plan, we had DOtbiog to say, as we did not conceive it to be our doty to advise Mr. Netties (or Mr. Koight, it now appears) as to whom he should select as bis associate editor. Bot since the matter has been brought ioto the columns of the Watch' man and Southron, we most give ex? pression to our views on the subject. This new departure io Sumter jour* nalism did not alter, io any particular, our previous opinion of the editor of that paper, for he had, for a loog time, al? most an ideutical department io the Maoning Times. We were not eveu sur? prised. We did oot recollect the very slight differeoce io headiogs, spoken of by Mr. Nettles in his card, and, at any rate, it is a mere distinction without a real difference, in substance ; and we cannot see io what respect he has bet? tered his position by the publication of of the card. As the oase stands sinoe the publica? tion of Mr. Nettles' card. Mr. Knight is left to bear the odium of selecting a negro as associate editor of the Herald, in imitation of Mr. Nettles' department io the Manning Times, and not being wily eoongh to so ?ord the heading of bis * 'Afro-American" department as to be able to quibble out on occasion. As far as we are personally concerned, to be candid, we do oot care whether Mr. Nettles or Mr. Knight or both of them associate negroes with them in the editoral departments of their papers or not. If there ia a demand for that class of papers, some one, will voluntarily supply it, sod as we are not catering to such a demand, our interests would not conflict with the interests of these gentlemen should they see fit to volun? teer in this field; therefore our indiffer? ence. And we also knew that our self respecting readers would justly estimate the hybridized j oar na! without a sug? gestion from os. We are of the same opinioo : Let the negroes have every? thing to which the law entitles them, that they can obtain. Let them have schools, col loges, churches, societies and papers ; but always keep them separate and distinct from like institutions in? tended for the whites. Any admixture in any one of them is a step in the direc? tion of social equality, and the white man who makes the step is deserving of the contempt 'of all Southern men, women and children. County Alliance. The County Alliance met in regular quar? terly session on Friday last. The attendance was cot large but members present inform the writer that considerable interest.was mani? fested. The following was given out for publication : The following resolutions were introduced by Mr. T. W. Lee. Col. J J. Dargan and others made remarks and they were unan? imously adopted : Whereas, our esteemed brother, Robert M. Wilson, bas been removed from us by death. Resolved, That in bia death the Alliance bas lost a faithful, zealouB, and intelligent officer, and the county a citizen of high cbaracter and worth. Resolved, That Brother Wilson's mental and moral qualities and services to the Alliance were such as to entitle him to more than the usual formal resolution of respect to the memory of a departed brother. Resolved, That from the inception of the great Alliance Movement to the day of bis death his thoughts were given most earnestly to the best methods of car? rying on the noble work, and that bis manifestations of courage zeal, and ability io all of its undertakings merit the grateful r?cognition of the order every? where. Resolaed, That bis was no ordinary devo? tion and intellectual effort bestowed upon the order ; but a veritable consecration to its mission, and his reward came not only in personal atticbmeot io him of ail the mem? bers of the Order with whom he came in j contact, but also in the most rapid, moral, . and intellectual development and acquire- j ment of logical and oratorical powers. From j the position of a raw private id the ranks, he j sprang in au incredibly, short time into universally recognized leadership and stood j at the time of bis death the peer of any man in equipment to do battle for Alliance princi? ples. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of to-day's proceedings and a copy thereof sent to his bereaved family, together with an expression of our profound sympathy iu their irreparable loss, and that tb ey be published. The election of a lecturer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Wilson was postponed until the uext meeting, and ; the president was authorized to appoint two ; members to assist the assistant lecturer in j carrying ont the program of having a series of meetings at every sub-alltance in the county. The chairman appointed Col. J J. ! Dargan and Capt. C. L. Williamson. Mr. T. W. Lee was appointed to read an ! essay at the next meeting on the subject of i "The Proper Fertilization a?d Cultivation of ! Cotton." The door of the alliacce will be \ open to outsiders to hear Mr. Lee's essay, j The body then adjourned. ---??M^M>4teM Robt. M. Wilson. "What shadows we are, and what shadows j we pursue." This is the language of Edmund Burke upon the death of an eminent opponent. It is very appropriate to our young friend and neighbor, who, in the prime and vigor of life was so suddenly removed from among us. The funeral services of Mr. Wilson were , held at the Mt. Zion Church on Thursday. | Rev. W. F. Hollin8wortb, the pastor delivered an address, full of tenderness and touching comfort to the bereaved family. ! Quite a large congregation of friends and j acquaintances were in attendance. Mr. "Wilson w?* a young man of much ; promise and ??t? P usefulness. He was a member of Vue above church. St. Carles, Jan. 3rd, '94. LACOSTE. A Correction. MAYESVILLK, S C., Jan, 10, 1894. Editor Watchman ? Southron: SIB: My attention having been called to an item in jour paper of December 27th, as follows: "The dispensary has not jet open? ed business in Mayes iii le, although the Dis? penser was appointed about a mooth ago. The delay, we are informed, is due to the inability of the Dispenser to make a satisfac? tory bond,*' 1 deem it my duty to correct said report. I was appointed Dispenser at Mayesville about Nor. 7th and gave bond which was approves | by the County Board of Control. For rea? sons satisfactory to myself I then resigned and Mr. K. E. Wells was then appointed.. Wishing to eaten the ' blind tigers" the order for liquor was stopped until the State Constables could get in their work. That is all there is to it. Yours truly, EDW. D. SMITH. [The above-letter, not intended for publica? tion, is given HS the most effective means in our power of correcting the error into which ?tb were led. Our informant was himself, undoubtedly misinformed, as he is a gentle? man not at all interested, for or against the establishment of the dispensary in Mayesville; The item was given as a report, and not as a fact, and as it proves to have been au un? founded rumor, we publish the above in jus? tice to Mr. Smith.-ED.] Rev. D. C. Hardin, Of Arkansas preached at Pisgah Church on Sunday evening and Monday at ll a. m., last, to large audiences who had turned out to bear their forme? pastor and friend. His theme on Sunday evening was "Following Christ;" and be treated it all through in a masterly manner, lt was a doctrinal sermon from a Baptist standpoint. 'The speaker made numerous references from the Bible to sustain his argument, and distributed printed cards of bis own, showing all the passages of Scripture on ,Baptism, aod an ingenious arrangement for the reader to express his opinion on the same He said : "Those who say that Baptism by immersion is indecent, insults God, for God created nothing indecent or wrong." bis text Monday was founded on Genesis 7 chap. 16 v. It would afford me great pleasure to lay before your readers this admirable sermon, but it woold take too much of your space to do so. Mr. Hardin has greatly improved in his preaching since he lived here, and is one of the strong men of the Baptist Church. His stay with us was so limited that I could not get an account of bis new home, but he said from the pulpit, that great reli? gious .destitution prevailed where be was, that he often preached night and'day for a month ata time to help supply the destitu? tion. He stated that men would rise in the congregation during service and argue with the preacher So different from what it is here. Mr. Hardin arrived in this State on 21st, Dec, and will leave for his home on the 19tb inst. He will stay about a week in Sumter and Kershaw Counties, preaching to his old churches, aod visiting friends. Mr Hardin is much esteemed and loved here. His visit bas been a source of great enjoyment to bis friends, and bis sermons have done a great deal of good. A good many have said whose lives have not been in accord with the teachings of Holy Writ, that they intend to mend their ways in the future. We hope*he will come again soon and stay longer, so ali bis many friends caa see bim. J. E. D. Pisgah, Jan. ll, 1894. Letter From Wedgefield. WEDGEFIELD, January 15, 1894. Farmers are shoving their work. Am glad to bear some of them avow that they will not use so much commercial fertilizers this year. Heard one of our large and very successful farmers say a few days ago thai he only in? tended to buy two tons of gumto and that was for his corn. That looks something like coming down to it. If it takes such hard times as these to bring us to it-well we have to gel there some how. It is thought that in this community there will be an unusual number of idle lands this year, owing to the fact that so many "bell rope" farmers will not be able to get advances. Although very inferior, labor is very plenti? ful. Some men are losing very heavily by the swine plague that is very prevalent. One gentleman told your correspondent on yes? terday that he had lost already one hundred dollars worth of bogs and nearly all he had left were sick. McLaorin (more familiarly known as Mc.) Troublefield lett here-bis home-not long since and travelled as news agent on the rail? road where he met up with a gentleman, who resided in Asheville, N. C., who took quite a fane? to Mc, offering bim a roucb better situation there, which Mc. had -business enough aoout bim to accept. Sin' then he has joined the Roman Catholic Church and is to be'educated by them. He expects to leave ! very soon io attend St. Mary's College. We wish for Mc. everything that is good and hope that be may some day make a great good [ man. Mr. A. J. Wilson, agent at Middleton, runs a store also. Some oue, evidently familiar with the way he was in the habil of closing his windows, struck him a severe blow upon the head just as he reached out, standing within, to close the shutters not long since. Fortunately for Mr. Wilson, the blow al? though painful did not prove to be a serious one. His assailant Sed and no clue haseier been obtained. Mr. Alex Troublefield, who has been at? tending school at Lenoir, N. C., returned home a few days ago Am glad to chronicle that lion. R. 1. Man? ning has sufficiently recovered io be able to be out again. Miss Betty Aycock is visiting friends in Darlington. -:---?-???? -? News From St. Charles. ST. CHARLK8, Jan. 9, 1894. The funeral services of Mr. J. E. Law were soleminized at St. Luke's Church on Sunday the 7th inst. The services were conducted by Dr. Darby nnd the Rev. Mr. W. H. Holds? worth. It was the largest and saddest gather ?og at an interment that 1 ever witnessed. The high estimation of Johnnie's worth and merits was evinced by the large concourse of friends and neighbors. Those only who were in? timately associated with him knew the nobility of his character. He was a very un? assuming and modest young man, full of energy and perseverance. Had bis young life been spared he would have made bis mark in the business world. He was a kind hus? band and devoted to his afflicted father. His fearful and terrific death is deeply lamented by all classes of our people. Mr. J. C. Luckey is suffering severely from burns received at the explosion. Mr. Bul? lock is also severely injured. L_LACOSTS. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION j will be in his office on Salesday of each month, for the purpose of issuing certificates of Registration to all persons who have be- j come twenty-one years of age since the last j General election. Also trnnsfers to those j who have changed place of residence. W. S. JAMES, Supervisor of Registration. P. 0.-Bisbopvilie. Boiler Explosion. One of the eighty-horse power boilers used ; to run Lukens & Reifsnyder's lumber mill, i this city, exploded on Monday between ll j and 12 o'clock. The boiler was comparative? ly new, having been in use only about three j years, and the explosion WHS wholly unex- j pected. The other boiler bas been in use j eight years and is stili perfectly sound. The ; explosion was caused by internal corrosion, j which affected only one plate, the others now being sound and uncorroded while the one corroded appears to have been not more than a sixteenth of an inch in thickness in some places. The corrosion was due, with? out doubt, to some defect in the plate. ! When the explosion occurred there was a j pressure of about 65 pounds registered on the steam guage and there was an abundance of water in the boiler. The defective plate was in the front end of the boiler just over the furnace, consequently the front end was blown out and up into the air to the height of sixty or seventy feet, passing over and beyond the dry kilo, a distance of at least one . hundred and fifty 'feet. The smoke stacks were also blown to a considerable height. The other portion of the boiler was blown out of the brick work and turned completely over, knocking down and wreck? ing the water tank and frame work The other boiler was blown out of the brick work but was not injured to any extent. The twenty or more thousand brick surrounding trie boiler were scattered broad cast in every direction, each one having the force of a cannon ball. The boiler bouse was totally demolished, the brick shavings house near by was knocked into a cocked bat, freight cars standing on the A Gi- L. track near by bad boles knocked into their sides, and several houses and sheds surrounding the boiler house were damaged by the flying missiles. The wbitste attached lo the boiler fell near Carr's planing mill, about five hundred yards distant; and other pieces of the wreck? age were blown lo as great distances. Tbe end of the boiler blown over the dry kiln weighs at least one thousand pounds The remarkable fact connected with the disaster is that no one was killed. Mr. John Kennedy who was running to get out of i he way of tbe flying bricks was struck on the head by a failing brick, when about two hundred or more feet distant from tbe boiler house. His injures are severe but not necessarily fatal. Mr. Thomas Smith, slightly injured. Ransom Pea, colored, waa painfully ecalded. Hampton Cn rr, seriously bruised by bricks. Steven Mack, bruised on head, legs and body by bricks. Simon Witherspoon, injured on legs by brick. There were a large number of bands at work near tbe explosion and their escape is nothing short of remarkable. Mr. C. P. Berwick's wagoo, which was at the mill was smashed, the horse taking fright and running away. Mr. J.' P. Lau h rey's wagon was also damaged. The total damage is estimated to be be? tween $7,000 and $10,000. The boiler was not insured. The large force of hands employed will be thrown out of work until the damages can be repaired, but it is hoped that the mill will be in running order again soon, as it is tbe most important enterprise in the city, 35 head of fine Beef Cattle, and Mjlk Cows to arrive to-day, E. Hogan. Sold either for cash or on installment plan. tm m nu TBE WASHINGTON HAND PRESS heretofore used by. The Watchman and Southron, will be sold low for Cash It will print an 8 column paper. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY VIRTUE of sundry Executions, tome directed, I will offer for sale at Public Auction in front of the Court Bouse in the City of Sumter, on the first MONDAY in FEBRUARY cextand as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within tbe legal hours of sale, the following property ; One 40-borse power return tubular boiler, One 35-horse power engine, Charleston Iron Works make, One Alexander Saw Mill and Fixtures, One 12-borse Power Boiler and Engine, j Also all Tools, Belting and Shaftings be-j longing to said machinery, Levied upon and to be sold as the property of E. H. Holman at the suit of Sin glu ff, Disney & Co. Terms Cash. I MARION SANDERS. Jan. 17. SberiffSumter Co. NOTICE. WILL BE SOLD for account of borrow ere, at my office on Main Street at 6 o'clock P. M., February 2d? 1894, the follow- ; ing stock of the shares of the People's Build- ! ing and Loan Association, of Sumter, S. C , the same being more than 3 mouths in arrears ; on payments, viz: Two (2) shares for account of Maggie j Graham. Three (3) shares for account of Rebecca ? A. Harris. R. 0. PURDY, Sec. & Treas. Jan 17-St. FOR RENT. COTTAGE at corner of Church Street and ! Blanding Avenue. Possession given at once. Apply to P. P. GAILLARD or R. 0. PURDY. Jan. 17-2t._ State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esa., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, MRS.ANNE E. LAW, widow, made suit to me, to grant her Let? ters of Administration of the Estate of and j effects of JOHN E. LAW, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Credi? tors of the said John E. Law, 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 February 3, 1894, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock io the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under ray hand, this 17th day of January, A. D., 1894. T. V. WALSH, Jan. 17-2t. Judge of Probate. To Electra, Administrators, Guar? dians, Committees, Etc. j THE PROBATE JUDGE respectfully asks the attention of the aforesaid par ties to the Returns now due by them at bis 1 office, and hopes this notice will be sufficient, j Jan. 10, 1894. 1 Shiloh Items. SHILOH, S. C., Jan. 13, 1894. Our people are fully awake to the fact that ! an unusual bard and trying year confronts i them, and that there will be more or less suffering for lack of the actual necessaries of life. Many, and some *in this section, bare not paid their rents in full, and have not even paid a dollar for their supplies. Now what some of this class will or eau do, is left for the future to answer. People who have a sufficiency of the need? fuls, or can at least, see their way clear to pull through, can inspire your soul with hope, and send sunshine to your heart, (if you will listen to them,) hut the outlook is gloomy all the same. The health of this community continues good. There is a good deal of moving going on in this neighborhood. Mr. W. J. Keels has mored back to his old place. Mr. F. S. Player bas moved a short distance, and Mr. James S. Keels has mored sereral miles. There are also several others io readiness to more, and some names to be changed, which we will report later on. The free schools at this place closed on the 41 h inst., and Mr. T. B. Rhame has been employed to teach a prirate school. His school is well patronized. AGRICOLA. Guaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised druggist to sell Dr. King's New Discovery fur Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this rem edy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and expe? rience no benefit, you may return th*4 bottle and have your money refunded. We could not make this offer did we not know that Dr. King's New Discovery con ld be relied on. It never disappoints. Trials bottles free at J. F. W, DeLorme's Drug Store. Large bottles 50c. and $1.00. 2 WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. BANK STOCK FOR SALE-25 Shares in Bank of Sumter. Apply to Drawer E, Sumter, S. C. Jan. 17-4t FOR SALE-One fine full Jersey bull calf, six months old. From registered stock. Apply, Acton, Stateburg. Jan. 10-2t.* TO RENT-That desirable farm known as the Tisdale place about 2\ miles from Sumter. Apply to Mrs H. R. Sanders, Hagood SC _ Jan. lo-if. WANTED-500 more customers to buy their Bread from Jno. F. Beard "Home Fertilizer" FOB . Corn anil (jiggi Craps. See what prominent farmers in North and South Carolina say about it : - CHBBAW, S. C., Oct. 16, 1893. Messrs. Boykin, Carmer k Co. It gives us pleasure to say we have been using your Home Fertilizer for more than fifteen years continuously, and expect to con? tinue to do so. Of course, we are entirely satisfied that it pays us to use it Respectfully, J. W. McKAY, R. M. McKAY. OAK GROVB, S. C., Oct. 19, 1893. Messrs. Botkio, Carmer ? Co., Bulto , Md. Gentlemen : In reply to yours of the 15th., beg to say tbat the Home fertilizer chemicals paid this year on my farm better than any other fertilizer used by me. I think it was owing to its holding out so much longer than the ammoniated fertilizers which appear to start off crops early and after appear to fail too quickly. Yours truly, S. D. LANE. JACKSON, N. C., Oct. 17, 1892. Messrs. Boykin, Carmer k Co. Gentlemen : In reply to your enquiries as to the efficacy of Home Formula, I hare used the same for the past six years io quantities varying from 3 to 25 tons. I consider it one of the most reliable fertilizers that I bare erer used, and, cost considered, cheaper than other fertilizers that I have used. My experience is confined to its use under and by the side of corn and cotton only. When carefully and properly made, and used as per directions, I consider it unequaled. Respectfully, GEO P. B?RGWYN. MARLVILLE, N. C., Sept. 20, 1893. Messrs. Boykin, Carmer k Co. Gentlemen : The chemicals I bought of you for making "Home Fertilizer" continue to give satisfaction. I only use it under cotton. You know I must think it good or I shoold not have used it so long. This make3 16 or 17 years that I have been using it, and its use bas made me able to pay for it in cash, not on crop time. Yours truly, THOS. S. EVANS. Buy some and you will be able to do the same. FOR SALE IN SUMTER BY Ducker & Bultnian. Ask for circular about "Home Fertilizer." Jan 10-6t. PUBLIC NOTICE. City Taxes. CLERK k TREASURER'S OFFICE, > SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 10, 1894. J THE TIME FOR PAYMENT of City Taxes as required by law, expired Nov. 30th, 1893. Delinquent taxpayers will please tr.ke notice, that payment of their city taxe3 must be made before 1st day of February, proximo, after which date, 20 per cent, penalty will be added, and execution issued to Sheriff of Sumter County for collection of all delinquent taxes. By order of City Council. C. M. HURST, Jan 10-2t Clerk k Treasurer. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, ELLEND0R GOODMAN, widow, made suit to me to grant ber Letters of Administration, of the Estate of and effects of HARRY COODMAN, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said HARRY GOODMAN late of said coun? ty and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., on January 26, 1S94, next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause', if any they hare, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under ray hand, this 10th day of January, A. D., 1394. THOS. V. WALSH Judge of Probate. Jan. 10-2t Master's Sales. By J! E. Jervey, Auctioneer. State of South Carolina, cowry OF SUMTER, IN THE COURT OV COMMON PLEAS. PURSUANT to the judgments and orders of the Court aforesaid, severally made in the following entitled cases, I will offer for sale at Public Auction, before the Court House in tbe City of Sumter, County and State aforesaid on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY, next, (being the 5th day of said month,) between the boors of eleven o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in afternoon of said day, the real estate in each case described, on tbe terms in each case specified. In the case of Thomas R. McGahan, Andrew S. Brown, Robert P. Evans and James Billingham, co-partners as McGahan, Brown &. Evans Plaintiffs, against John S. Brown and Benjamin M. Brown,co-partners, doing business under the firm name of J. S Brown-Defendants. All that lot of land situate at Elliott, ic Sumter County in said State, purchased by John S. Brown, one of the defendants, from W. J. Dunn, containing one-fourth of one acre, whereon the store house of the said John S. Brown is situated: bounded North by Public Road leading from Darlington to Su rr, ter ; E*si by laods of J: H. Sk in Der, Sou ;h by lands of the estate of the late Maj. William F. DesCbamps, and West by the Georgetown Road. 5 fTerms-Cash. Purchaser to pay for neces? sary papers. In the case of The Bank of New Han over, assignee-Plaintiff, against Orrie P. Smith, Henrietta Rembert, Andrew T. F. Smith, H B Smith. A. H. Smith, G. W. Smith, E. B. Smith, W. W. Smith and Thomas M. Smith-Defendants. 1. All that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Magnolia, tn the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, containing one acre, and bounded as follows: On the North by land now or formerly of -Whitehead ; on the Sooth by land now or formerly of Mrs. Annie Hickson; on the East by land now or formerly of J. A. & M. E. Buddin and on the West by tbeJRigbt of Way of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Rai! Road Company, and also ad? joining tbe lot hereinafter next described, the same beting tbe land which was conveyed to Alfred K. Smith by J. A. Buddin and wife bv their deed bearing date October 18th, 1878, and recorded in tbe office of the Regis? ter of Mesne Conveyance for Sumter County in Book W. W. at page 129. 2. All that ?ot of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Magnolia, in the Coun? ty of Sumter, and State aforesaid, con raining one acre, more or less, bounded on the North by land formerly ot' A. H. & T. M. Smith, beiug the tract above described; Westby land-now or formerly^of I. A. Hickson; East by land now or formerly of D. J. Bradbam, and South by land now or formerly of J. A. Buddin. Terms-Cash. Purchaser to pay for neces? sary papers. W.H. INGRAM, . . Master Sumter County. Jan. IO, 1894.-4t. Sale Under Mortgage. IN PURSUANCE and exercise of the Power of Sale in the Mortgage executed by Samuel Ernest Cooper on 7th February, 1893, to William Plowden, to secure the payment of a bond therein referred to (which bond and mortgage have been assigned to me, ) I will sell at public auction on Thursday the 18th day of January, next, (A. D. 1894) between tbe hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 2 o'clock P. M. at Sumter Court House, in the City of Sumter in Sumter County, State of South Carolina, the mortgaged premises, consisting of that tract of land in the County and State aforesaid, containing four hundred and thirty three acres, which was conveyed to the said Samuel Ernest Cooper by the said William Plowden by his deed dated 7th February, 1893; the said tract lying on the North side of the 'public road leading from the City of Sumter across Muldrow's Crossing over Black River, and bounded on the North by land formerly cf T. Reese English and after? wards of Barber, on tbe East by lands now or formerly of D. E. Keels, on the South or South-east by laods now or formerly of Mrs. M. F. Muldrow, and also on tbe South by land formerly of Robert M. Plowden, after? wards of D. E. Keels. Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, as Assignee of said Mortgage, and as Attorney of Samuel Ernest Cooper. Dec. 27. 1893-4t._ CERE ALITE, A RELIABLE CHEMICAL TOP-DRESSING FOR Corn. Cotton? Wheat, OATS, GBASS, BYE, ETC, Will increase the yield and prove a pro? fitable investment. CAMKEN, S. C., Oct. 14, 1862. Messrs. Boy kin, Carmer ? Co., Nos. ll and 13 N. Liberty St., Baltimore, Md., Dear Sirs : In reply to yours of the 7th insts, I wbuld say I used the "Cerealite" bought of you, principally as a top-dressing on oats. Applied it about the 10th of March, and in my opinion the yield was increased from 25 or 27 bushels per acre to 40 or 45 per acre. I was much pleased with the dress? ing. In 4 days after the application I could see a marked improvement in the growth and condition of the crops. The soil on which crop was grown is a light sandy loam, which, without fertilizer, would produce say, 25 bushels oats per acre, or 12 bushels corn. I used some of the "Cerealite" on corn, applied it at time of planting and was much pleased with the result. The corn grew off rapidly and matured early. I am much pleased with your "Cerealite," and will continue to use it. Yours very respectfully, E. MILLER BOYKIN. TOP-DRESS ALL CROPS WITH "Cerealite." FOR SALE IN SUMTER BY Ducker & Bultman. Ask for circular about "Cerealite." Jan 10-41.