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<^l^gmHH ira? ^ntipm WEI?KSDAY. JAN. 34, 1894. The S?m?er Watchman was founded in 18 W anti the True Southron io 1866. The Wa^hma^^d Sotting BOW has (he combined circalatioo and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani featly the beat advertising medium io Swater. EMTORIAI, NOT?S. Hg? - 4?*% A Vg & Major Iflekec^ of Osajaeajpo, ?has replied to GOT. Tillman's dispensary circular. The reply is admirable in tone and spirit. The Reform leaders are figoring at a great rate? bat so mr thc figuring baa hid little retail. They want to know which aide caa give them offices, Irby or Bowden. When they figaro that ont, thoa look oat Cor rato* lc dons top-heavy with whereases. Tbeext?et hm&kr&tton Plant pob Habed elsewhere sarpassea fa 4'curiousness" anything we have come across. Observe tbat\e says there aaa beeo ao cancos bot many consultations among the Colombia i lefswmera aa to holding a convention in March or Joly. The Time* and Democrat, of Orangeburg, a strict Refavmer, says that the bosses should find oat that their days are at an end in the Rafawa party. Well, well, here it is again ! What an admission from a Reformer 1 We did not ?i?alpae thal there was such a thing as a boss io the Ref?wm Party We saw ia, an exeaaage, a Tew days ago? something like ibis: **?f Ocalaism is Til nun !?! j eluH MiTef ife!""" We have a mach worse . problem ow oar mind. If Refewm is Democracy ?id Ocalaism is Domaeracy *n4Po^lS*- k 0ealaknT^od io*^ Fvpultt .+*e im?ci Remwmett, GOT. ^Iw^tt^, ?oeste?? W. A. TTinl ? li i Vjg^aaw ? I lilllie, Ti ailing i i> ?. o?r the Colo?Aia rug bc*? been . la Waa>ingtot daring the past ??ck coata?ti-ag w?h the refawm ^agrossmeo and Senator Irby Tbejr are trying to decide bow to divide ou?; thf^flj^ eat it is a most difficult jab as fhete aeeao few offices io comparison witt; thc would-be officers. -IL a? ' . . Th> AJEancemen of Lancaster- Coanyt do ?ot a% think alike A week or two ago the conn ty "ail iance u oder the control of dispen? sary constable Klbolt, passed -J?soloiion? deocuocing Th* ?*nea?Urr. Metiere beca ase it ti??State hy the J a oe Bug Leg?slat u re. Siace thea the sub-alliances have been adopting rjsolations endorsing The Reviera. . The destruction of fish in open streams of the St*te is a serious matter, anti the 'law should be 8UC^ waDton <^e" water ways is aadoobtedly a violation of tba law, * and those who asa it eta be severely punished if reported io tba. Gtaod Jory. Oar Wedgefield correspondant is right when he jays that the evil should be corrected, ana we believe that severe meas? ures should be resorted to ll necessary. We thoa fd regret exceedingly if th prie ting of the little local stating that Gol. D. P. Pvacaa bad rented tbe plantation of Col. jobo S. ftwAerdson, and would in future live io tbii coon ty, should injure bis congressional prospects. Our informant stated that Col. Deneen bad ranted tbe place, tbafhis family were befe and bad been for | soma-time, that Col. Duncan himself spent j several days a week here when not required t?^()otat?b?|i8 o?ficiaT duties, aad was preparing to ruo a large farm. As this j informant was* thoroughly reliable and io addition a family connection of Col. Duncan's j we did nwt doubt. Nevertheless we apolo? gize to Col. Dances, aod beg his pardon, if , we unwitingly knocked down any of his political fences. , HON. S. A. NETTLES FOR GOV? ERNOR. Aoout two months ago the Stouter Herald, owned and edited by one Hon. S. A. Nettles, and managed by Mr. A. W. Knight, undertook the un? usual ia Sumter journalism. A negro was associated in the editorship. That paper, of the date of Dec. 22, before us as we write, con? tai fis the following articles on the editorial j page: "Christmas," "Editorial Correspon? dence." and "Movements of Sumter City and j County Negroes, edited by J. A. B." Theas j articles appeared in tbe order named, the latter i occupying more space than both of the other articles. . Tba first two were preso mabl y written by the Hon. S.A. Nettles. Tbe de? partment "edited by J. A. B." (said J. A. 8. being a negro) appeared; weekly. This de? partment in the issne above mentioned con? tains cotices of the necessity of improvement in the negro cemetery, references to condition of negro schools and needed improvements, condition of negro farmers, death notices of two Bishops of the A. M. E. Church, report of the meeting of Conference A. M. E. Church and concludes with the following : "rtaaoatT,.'' "Miss Cassandra J., eldest daughter -o? H. J. Maxwell, is teaching school io Roanoke, Va. Rev. Dr. A. C Dutton, presiding elder of M. E. church, finished his quarterly visits to churchs* ia ?hiaeot?nty last Tuesday. Mr. Cf H. Fields wy* re-elected?ojarin tendebt of Emanuel M. E. church Sunday school by the quarterly conference last Mon- j. day night. Rev. L. Arthur rode seven miles in bis buggy on last Monday to attend bis 4th j quarterly conference. His friends are hopeful j1 o?his recovery from the stroke of paralysis with which he has suffered recently. j ' We learn through Mr. M. H. Fields that j Emancipation Day will be observed by the colored citizens of Semtex. Mr. E. B. . i Thompson of Barnwell, S. C., will deliver!' the annual oration. Mr. Thompson is a j graduate of a Northern college and is a man of splendid ability. He is a native of South Carolina, and one of the best orators ! in the State. He is conservative in his ' 1 political views, but an earaest and enthusiastic advocate of the educational, social, and financial progress of the Negroes. His coming to Sumter is looked forward to with unusual interest bj the people of the county. Miss Lizzie L. Spann, ol' this city, and a very talented young lady, bas com? posed a beautiful and touching Ode entitled "Emancipation Day/' which, will be sung during the celebration. A great time is expected in Sumter that day. Reporters of all the city and State newspapers will we hope be present to publish proceedings. A daughter has come to stay in the borne of Mr. M. H. Fields. She caiuo on Wednes? day morning last. Mr. Fields bas decided to celebrate her advent by the roasting of a turkey on Christmas day. Financial P?nica Anna would be an appropriate name to give her now that the times are hard." The above outline and extracts are given so that oar readers may, with d?ta as a basis, judge the merits of the discussion We believe tbe extracts given are fair samples of what appeared in the "Afro-American" It will -be '.?atc!* ii is o^pH^K pears in several instances in other paragraphs ship i? fm w ~% m 1 Some time after this journalistic en terr prise of the Herald was well under way, The Freeman called the attention to the innovation in a vigorous manner, as onr readers will re-j member Several other papers did likewise, The Marion Star remarking that the negro bad disgraced himself. The Bon. S. A; Net ties bad nothing to say, neither did Knight. The Wairltmsn%jtnd Southron took no part in the discuswDo fer the reasons given last week; which were brjfcf.y, that Hon. S. A. Nettles bad the inherent right to select bis associates and the piivllege of running bis paper to snit hin?^> .^^^asaociation of a negro in the edit?reb^"o? his paper was a personal affair iijln^ffinaajf and the patrons of the Herald, and^w*s a matter of indifier ecce to ns m <a?5ieomancer which ne senf^^^poffiee on day of pub? ttoo of the ?Mea^w^??eek, actompanlee||by ? an argent perenal rtijtaest to the proprietor : that said card be inserted that day. By Sid? ing this card to Th? Watchman and Southron, and urgency nqpming its ?useriw?t; ?n our colamns,vtbe- Hon. S. A. Nettles ?rgent?y I sought, courted, invited oar crittcjia ?wt ) opinion iathe matter. We could not endorse any ms? ..who would hybridize bis paper, therefore wonid not allow his card to receive the sanction pf reepectibiiity by permitting it topeas uncr?r>??ed through the columns of , The Watchman and Southron. We confined ourself to a legitimate criticism of the subject ? In the Sunter Herald bf the I9th instant; the appended, article appeared. Up to the fchneof this writing we have- not bees furoitb ed with a copy of this card to "The Editor of The Watchman and Southron. " The Bon, ST A. Nettles' reasons for not furnishing us with a copy-as be said be wonld-can only be surmised. Perhaps he sees wbat an asinine ( spectacle he bas made of himself. Afi to the card-: from headlines to sig naf?re?there ? boto?e thing to be said)-i tis the bowl of impotent rage. *': This Hon. S. A Nettles praises himself, bis attainments and ttoreeerd'of his paper, out the subject mat- j ter thai occasioned our remarks and our crit iciam rearaias un roached. He sought the columns of The Watchman and Southron and , when be received a kick instead of a caress he writes in baste! Bis remarks concerning the writer, are i of no moment, as we bave tbe utmost con? tempt, personally and is every otber way, for th? Bon. S. ?. Nettles. He might arouse our anger should he praise ns on some occasion, j , for then we should begin to regard ourself with suspicion. We have lived our short life , in Sumter, and here where both the Hon. S. A. Nettles and ourself are known I do not [ear the leprous (that is a good refawu word) influence of his opinion. , We are sorry Mr. Knight is in the posi? tion he ia, for we hare aothiog but kind feel- j iu8^^^:.M?'-??o??^*^ *gfe* nor j 'J jealousy. Our feeling is closely akin to pity, for when a man needs another to defend him ; when be does not. defend bis own cause, he ! enlists our sympathy. The Hoo. S. A. Nettles is said to be a can- j , didate for some place on the State ticket, and ? since ^a candidate is not half a candidate j uotil he caa, cry persecution, he works this j dea into bis card;-. Yes, Refawmers, the Hon. j S. A. Nettles is being persecuted by "young j 1 ?steen" until he is nothing more than a shadow. But to prove there's no animosity j in this persecution, we take pleasure in norn- j < ina ting that true and tried Refawmer, that | deferrer to "the superior judgment of that j 1 great and good man," the Hon. S. A. Nettles, j , For Governor ; and, would suggest that the j equally Hon. Ben Perry occupy the second ! place on the ticket. j*, [A letter was received this morning since j ? the above article was prepared, and card in type, enclosing tbe card with a request for j publication.] ; ? A MALICIOUS ATTACK. A Rival Paper'8 Effort to Injure The Herald -Mr. Nettles Shows Up Its True Animus. Editors The Sumter Herald:-I have jost j Been to-night the Watchman and Southron's bitter personal attack on me, and Tts de? testable efforts to injure you. I hastily prepared the followings reply which will be sent to the Watchman for publication in its next issue, and I ask that you publish same ia your this wsek's Issue : Editor The Watchman and Southron .--You have seen 61 in your personal attack'OB me j|* io the last issue of your paper to reach deep ] 1 into the slimy slums, and - I feel sore the j ' public will excnse my brushing off the mud. However, I shall not in reply use a word j that will grate upon the most sensitive ear. ; The intelligent people of Sumter b*ve easily j " perceived that tbe chief cause of the attack is j 1 jealously, coupled with a desire to injure The j j Sumter Herald. I feel proud of the history of ' 1 The Sumter Herald-prood of its success, and j i I sold it not because it was not paying, bat ! : for other and purely personal reasons. Twice during the fifteen mouths I bad charge of the paper did this yoong editor of the Watchman try to criticise its course, and twice was he vanquished. The last effort is ? still fresh ia the minds of all, where an ? Attempt was made to show that The Herald j was misrepresenting facts and trying to stir < up strife between the country add town peo? ple in the discussion of the metropolitan police, bill... He made certain absolutely false charges against us, stating that we bad said things that we bad not said, and after we had shown and proven tbat he bad thus slandered us, be did not have the manhood te acknowl? edge his error and apologize. The people of Sumter, both of the city and country, have always found in the The Herald* true and truthful friend, and that tbe metropolitan police bill is not a law to-day is due more to the influence ol The Sumter Herald than to any other cause. Had it not been for The Herald's efforts in showing up the true sentiment of tbe peo? ple of Sumter, but had it been left to the misrepresentations of the Watchman and Southron, the outside world would bave supposed that Sumter was tbe belligerent, insubordinate, lawless p?ace that the latter paper attempted to make it appear that it was. The Herald s truthful course backed up by the statements of tbe oScera of the Sumter Light Infantry and tbe sentiment of tbe peo? ple of the place, together with the confidence that "tbe power that be" had in th* editor of the paper, convinced them that Sumter was all right, that it was a law-abiding place; and that it was not represented or iaflenced by ..the reflected vaporings ot the Mate) man and'Southron. Th?young: editor ofi^. Watchmm is still smarting from that castigation, and this is one cause of bis last Aaollfcr cause is an attempt ta injure The Herald lin an emily-a " hope "that such an attack, will cause it to lose subscribers and advertising patronage, but this attempt will be as futile as tbe effort to try to injure me personally. Wilkes Knight entered my employment more than four years ago, and is a noble, honest yooog man, with far more than average brain and push. He is an honorable, high-toned young mao, deserving of : the esteem and confidence of tbe commun? ity, and the miserable efforts of tbe Watch? man to pull him down as be is starting out in life on his own account, will bnt help to upbuild him. He bas nobility of charter and true laen hood about Ima, and in publishing a newspaper wiJLuoMry tu pervert facts. k I have no fears of barm from any .ach attacks. JSyen my bitterest political eaemias who know me, wou ld not for a moment believe that I r would sanction social equality, and tb^|ujhJo'Teadily sees through the flimsy veil * of such an attack. My card last week is sufficient to fully define my posi? tion, and I have replied to this article of ; .^steen's, simply to show up tbe real >f bis maltciona^ttacfcv ^ . - -S; A NETTLES. fanning, S. C., Jan. I6yj?94. Char leaton'*ft no. harbor. w trw . CHABXJSSTOK, S. C., ^aKi8.--In October la? Capt.. Frederick A^bot* tbe United St*t?j engineer in charge oi the Government improvements in Charleston, harbor, announced in bis annual report that the fiftrec-fbot cbaooel of 1884 had become a twenty-foot channel in 1??92-., -A new survey of the harbor and the jetty channel was completed by Capt. AbLot ia '"December, and bas just been charted. It shows that in two months the channel gained a depth of one foot of water? This meaaa that ? vessel drawing twenty-one feet of water can pass through the jetty channel at high water, the least depth anywhere in the channel being 15.8 feet on a small shoal at the harbor end of the passage. Off of tbia shoal the depths io the cbannel ate 18.3 next the shoal, and 18.9 feet at the .entrance from the sea, with a depth of 27.2 feet all the way between these two points. So that with the small inner shoal removed a vessel,drawing twen ty-tbree feet could now come into the harbor at nigh water, ? hb some inches of water clear under ber bottom at tbe shallowest poi o ts, and sever?, feet clear in tbe rest of tbe channel. Considered from every point of view, therefore, ; as Capt. -?Abbot Says, the' latest chart "is the most favorable showing yet obtained," and it appears to give certain promises that the twenty-three foot cbanoel> from deep water outside to deep water inside, will be obtained at a very early day, even earlier than was expected last October. It is not safe to make predictions in regard to events occurring under water, bul there bas been a gain of one foot io depth since tbe survey in October, and tbere is much less work for tbe tides to do now than tbere was then. It is expected that the small shoal, which is now in the way, will disappear in its turo tu the next sixty or ninety days, and that the next official survey will show twenty-three fiat of water throughout the jetty channel at ?enohightl^e. The Palmetto Brewing Company to be Hun by the State. The State of South Carolina now has an official brewery in which supplies of beer tor the dispensaries throughout the State will be manufactured. The plant of -the Palmetto Brewing Company of Charleston will hereafter be,ran by the State. At the meeting bf the stateuoard of control Governor Tillman offered the following resolutions, that were prepared by bim, which were adopted:. "Resolved that the county board of control of Charleston be authorized to establish a dispensary at or near the Palmetto Brewery, and that the snid dispensary, in addition to selling liquors, shall be distributing depot for all beer sold in Charleston, other than export beer. "Resolved second, That said dispenser may under rules adopted by? the county board, and approved by tbe State board, use the wagons and employes of the brewing company in handling tbe beer made by said Palmetto Brewing Company in the city and shipping the same to all points outside the city to other dispensers, when ordered by tbe State commis? sioner." Tbis~saves the brewery "company from ceas? ing their operations, as they would haye been obliged to do according to the new dispensary law. A great deal of red tape matter wt s gone through with before the.deal was af rected. Rules to govern the running of the brewery will be prepared by Mr. W. Gibbes Whaley, chairman of the Charleston county board of control, and the State board will ict upon them. Governor Tillman says the board was forced to make such arrangements to protect the int?r?t of the State. The brewery will De ruo by the com;-any under control of tbe State board. Wiek ly settlements will be nade between the board and the company. - ColuBibia Journal. Superintendent Brand. Augusta, Ga., January 21.-(Special in Atlanta Constitution.)-Mr. William Sanford 3rand, who was private Secretary to General Manager Green, of the Georgia railroad, las 'been-promoted to the post of aci? ng superintendent of the road by General Manager Scott, vice Superintendent Hemp aili, whose resignation takes effect March 1st, [then Mr. ' Brand will succeed him as roperiotendent. Mr. Hemphili being in bad wealth, Mr. Brand becomes at ooce acting superintendent. -He is a young man twenty line years old. He was a telegraph operator n Jacksonville when taken .into' Major green's office. He is courteous and com peleai, and will make a popular officer. J. Austin Best operator in the train dis- j patcher's office, will succeed Mr. Brand as i private secretary to General Manager Scott, j ! Y. M. C. A OP THE STATE. i The Seventeenth Annual State Con j vention to be Held m Sumter j The Elaborate Programme An? nounced. From the State, Jan. 20. Tbe approaching State convention of the Youog Men's Christian Association promises lo be a most notable gathering of yoong men Christian workers. The convention is tbe seventeenth annual gathering of the organiza? tion, and will be held at Sumter. February 8 to ll, next. All young men who are members of eran* gelira! churches, whether members of the Young Men's Christian Association or not, will be welcomed as delegates to tbe conven? tion if they present a certificate signed by the pastor of their church, or the secretary of their association. College students are espe? cially invited. The Snmter Yoong Men's Christain Association will provide entertainment for. all accredited delegates, and those author? ized to 8it in tbe convention as correspond? ing members, provided they send their names in advance to George Mano tte, the general secretary of the Sumter association. THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME The official programme of the convention has just been completed and announced. It is as follows : Thursday, February 8.-6 to 6:30 p. m Opening prayer service. Rev. C. C. Brown, D. D. Meeting to be held at Young Men's Christian Association ball. 8 p. m.-(a.) Song service. Baptist church, East Liberty street, Le Roy G. Henderson, Walterboro. (b.) Welcoming service (c.) Temporary organization. 9 p. m.-Address: "Some Needs of Oar Colleges and How the Yoong Men's Christian Association is Supplying Them." Rev. J. B. Fox, Ph. D., Newberry. Report of co ann it tees. Friday, February 9.-9:15 to 9:45 a. m. Consecration service. Rev. W. S. Jacobs, Edgefield. Yon ag Men's Christian Association ball. 10 a m.-Praise service. S. S. Jones, Wotford College. Baptist church. Permanent organisation. Bible study. A. T. Jamison, Charles? ton. Paper and Discussion : "The Da ty of the Association to the Boys of the Community." Thomas B. Lanham, Edgefield. Paper and discussion: Social Work. How? When? Where?" %unoeI B. Love, Columbia. Ten minute praise service. George H. Cornelson, Orangeburg. Paper and Discussion : "The County Work of the Yoong Men's Christian Association not Employing a Gemeral Secretary." Prof. H. F. Wilson, Snmter. Afternoon.-3 p. m.-Song and testimony service. George Bearden, Newberry College. Baptist church. Paper and Discussion : "The County Work of the Young Men's Christian-Association." John Lake, Edgefield. Paper and discussion,* "The Essentials of Good Business Management.' ' James Dilliog ham, Charleston. Five minute song service. H. W. Murchi? son, Presyterian Theological Seminary. Paper and discussion : Fundamental Principles in Association Work." H. P. Anderson, Atlanta, Ga. Paper and discussion : "The Bible Work io Our Associations." C. W. Sims, Clemson College. Night -8 p. m.-The Gospel ia song. Rev. John Kershaw. Baptist Church, j Address: "Jesus Christ the Model Young ! Man." Rev. David M. Ramsey, Charleston. ! Report of treasurer of State committee, T. j S. Bryan, Columbia. Report of chairman of State committee, D. t B. Johnson, Columbia. Saturday, February 10.-9 : 15 to 9 : 45 a. m.-Consecration service. Rev. W. S. Jacobs, Edgefield. Youog Men's Christian Association hall. 10 a. m.-Song service. A. B. Haynie, Cattersville. Baptist church. Bible study. A. T. Jamison. Report of committee on State committee's ! report. ' "Our State Work." James Dillingham, ! Charleston. j Paper and Discussion : "Entertainments j and Entertainment Courses." Wilson G. j Harvey, Charleston. Afternoon-3 p. m.-Prayer service. Henry M. Jobson, Columbia. Baptist church. Paper and discussion : "When to Organize 1 an Association." H. E. Ravenel. Spartan ! burg. Paper: "A General Outline of Association j History." W. A. Wynne, Columbia, j Paper: "Reminisces of Association Work j in Sooth Carolina." A. C. Jooes, New? berry. Reports from associations. Night.-8 p. m.-College session, in charge of F. S. Brockman, New York city. Baptist church. Sunday, February H.-9 a. m.-Consecra? tion service. Rev. W. S. Jacobs. Yonng Men's Christian Association ball. Bible study. A. T. Jamison. Ila. m.-Services at city churches. 3 p. m.-College men's conference. F. S. Brockman. 5. p. -m.-Meeting for men only. L. A. Coulter, State secretary of North Carolina. Methodist Episcopal Church South, West Liberty Street. 5 p. m.-Meeting for boys. T. B. Lanham and H. M. Johnson. Young Men's Christian Association hall. 5 p. m.-Meeting for ladies. H. P. Ander? son and E. K. Marshall. Presbyterian church, Main and Calhoun streets. 8. p. m.-Farewell service. W. M. Lewis, ; State secretary of Georgia and South Caro lina. Presbyterian church, Main and j Calhoun streets. Dr. A. J. Cbina, Druggist, will tell you that Johnson's Magnetic Oil always gives j satisfaction and is the cheapest. Japanese Pile Cure costs you nothing if it does not curs you ; samples free. Guaranteed by Dr. A. J. Cbina. I Cotton Market. For the week ending January 24. Re? ceipts 100 bales The following are the quota? tions : Middling, 7. Market nominal. Charleston Cotton Market. CHARLESTON, Jan. 23, 1893. Market nominal. The Quotations Middling 7f. are Meteorological Records. The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W W. Anderson, for the two weeks ending Jan. 14th and 21st, 1894 : Temperature. QB .a ea Condition. 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 49. 41. 44.5 55 5 45. 46. 55. 56. 58. 53.5 47.5 49. 46. 55 54. 44. 49. 64. 53. 57. 64. 61. 63. 61. 52. 60. 54. 62. 44. 38. 40. 47. 37. 35. 46. 51. 53. 46. 43. 38. 38. 48. s NB NB W N SW SW 8 NW B N B ? W .06 .69 .08 .48 .00 .00 .00 .16 .17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .02 jCfoody. Cloudy. Cloudy. ?Cloudy. Clear. Clear. ?Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. ?Cloudy. ?Cloudy. ?Cloudy. ?Cloudy. Cloudy. ?Partly Cloudy. 16th rain during the night, eloode clearing away before rooming. 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. FR SALE-Lot and two-story cottage dwelling thereon-high up on Main Street, opposite Capt. White's. Apply to Jan 24-tf._ R. D. LEE. WANTED $700.00 on improved City Property, fine location, worth much more than double this amount. Address, LOAN, Box 141, Som ter, S. C. Jan. 24. _ BANK STOCK r*OR SALB-25 Shares io Bank of Sumter. Apply to Drawer K, ?amter, S. C. Jan. 17-it _ FOR SALK-One fine full Jersey bull calf, six mootbs old. From registered stock. Apply, Acton, Stateburg. Jan. 10-2t*_ r> RENT-That desirable farm koowo ss the Tisdale place about 2J miles from Sumter. Apply to Mrs. H. R. Sanders, HagoodS C_ Jan. to^if. WANTED-500 more customers to buy their Bread, from J no. F. Beard NOTICE. LANDS FM SALE. 1. One lot with two story dwelling, new house, on Washington Street, between Cal? houn and Republican Streets. 2. One lot, with dwelling house, on New Street, formerly property of M. H Wells. 3. One lot ip the town of Bishopville, on Dennis Street, formerly property of C. S. Davis. 4. 90 acres of laud consisting.of two tracts, one ot 20 acres aud one of 70 acres, on Provi? dence road, six miles from Sumter. 5. 250 acres, of land, 3 miles east of Sumter, formerly owoed by Miss Jolie R. DeSchamps. 6. 40 acres of land on Turkey Creek, for? merly owned by W. W McKagan. For particulars a pp Iv to A. J. CHINA, Jan. 24. Pres. Sumter B. k L. A?so. SALE . UNDER CHATTEL MORTGAGE. ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1894, commencing at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and continued through the day, and from day today (if necessary) until concluded, I will Sell at the STORE-HOUSE of LEVI BROS., on Main Street, in the City of Sumter, S. C., to the highest bidder, all the Stock of GOODS, lately of LEVI BROS., consisting of Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Millinery, Gent's Furnishing Goods, Clothing, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Tobacco and Cigars, Store Furniture and Fixtures, including One Iron Safe. It being the property conveyed by Chattel Mortgage of Levi Bros. to Moses Levi, dated November 2, 1893, and recorded in R. M. C. for Sumter County io Chattel Mortgage Book, No. 21. page 535, on November 17, 1893. Terms Cash. MOSES LEVI, Jan. 24-4t. Mortgagee. THE FARMERS' MUTUAL ! INS?KANCE ASSOCIATION OF SUMTER COUNTY, Is a CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION oper j ating?under an Act of S. C. Legislature, 1891, which makes it the safest Insurance in the World. Beiog Co-Operative it is the strongest ; carrying tbree-fourth3 of the risk by Pire, Wind sod Lightning at about one-tenth of old line rates for fire only, it is the cheapest. They can disband by paying all losses, but they cannot fail to pay their losses. Don't pay all you make to enrich foreigners. See our Pamphlet, save money, secure yourself and help build up your own section. W. F. RHAME, H. G. SHAW, Treasurer. President. A. G. WARREN, Agent. Jan. 3. *_ CABBAGE PLANTS TVTOW BEADY FOR 'SETTING X\ OUT. AH the different kinds of CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE At 25c. per 100 or $2 per 1,000. Also a fine assortment of Geranium's and others flowers. Orders can be left for me at the store of Mr. W. H. Yates, or call on me at the Ceme? tery. OTTO 4? A RH A ROT, Jan 24. I Blaster's Sales. By J, E. Jervey, Auctioneer. State of South Carolina, COlttTY OF SUMTEK, TN THE CO?RT OF COMMON PLEAS. PURSUANT to the judgments ?od orders of the Court aforesaid, severally made in the following entitled cases, 1 will offer for sale at Public Auction, before the Court House in the City of Sumter, County and State aforesaid on the FIRST MONDAY io FEBRUARY, next, (being the 5th day of said mon tb,) between the hours of eleven o'clock io tbe forenoon and five o'clock in afternoon of said day, the real estate in each case described, on the 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,cQ-partners, doing business under the firm name of J. S Brown-Defendants. All that lot of land situate at Elliott, in Sumter County in said State, purchased by John S. Brown, one of the defendants, from W. J. Dunn, containing ooe-foartb of one acre, whereon the store boase of the said John S. Brown is situated; bounded North by Public Road leading from Darlington to Sumter ; East by lands of J: H. Skinner, South by lands of the estate of. the late Maj. William F. DesCbamps, and West by the Georgetown Road. J 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 Rentiert, 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. AU that parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Magnolia, in the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, containing one acre, and boanded as follows: On the North by land now or formerly or - Whitehead ; on the Sooth by land now I-or formerly of Mrs. Annie Hickson; on the East by bind now or formerly of J. A. Ic M. E. Boddin and on the West by the Right of Way of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Rai! Road Company, and also ad? joining the lot hereinafter next described, the same being the land which was conveyed to Alfred H. Smith by J. A. Baddin and wife by their deed bearing date October 18tb, 1878, and recorded in the office of the Regis? ter of Mesne Conveyance for Sumter County in Book W. W. at page 129. 2. Ail that lot of land, situate, lying and beiog in the Town of Magnolia, in the Coun? ty of Sumter, and State aforesaid, containing one acre, more or less, bounded on the North by land formerly ot A. H. k T. M. Smith, being the tract above described ; West by land cow er formerly of I. A. Hickson; East by land now or formerly of D. J. Brad bam, 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. 10, 1894.-4t. THE 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, to me directed, I will offer for sale at Public Auction in front of the Court House io the City of Sumter, on the first MONDAY in FEBRUARY next and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, tbe 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, Also all Tools, Belting and Shaftings be? longing to said machinery, Levied upon and to be sold as the property of E. H. Holman at the suit of Siogluff, Disney k Co. Terms Cash. MARION SANDERS, Jan. 17. Sheriff Sumter Co. VICK'S 1394 The Pioneer Cataloga* of Vege? ta blet and Plower?. 'Contains 112 pages 8 x 101-2 in., with descriptions that describe, not mislead ; illustrations that instruct, not exaggerate. Thecover is charming In har - monious blending of water col? or prints in green ami white, with a gold background, -a dream of beaut?. SS pages of .if Novelties printed in S different colors. AH the leading novel? ties and the best of the old va? rieties. These hard times you cannot afford to run any risk. /Buy HONEST GOODSwbeie you will receive F17IX MEAS t'RE, It is not necessary to ad? vertise that Vick's seedsgrow, this is known the world over, and also that the harvest pays. A very lit? tle spent far proper seed will save srwer's and doctor's bills. Many concede Vick's Floral Guide the handsomest catalogue for 1SS4. If caaj-mer re* W vou ?OVe a ?ne garden sena ad? ir?s? now, with 10 cents, which may be deducted from irst order. $360 Casa Frists for Potato**. Q """1ft. JAMES VICK'S SONS. HEW LUMBER YARD. IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public generally that my Saw Mill located on the C. S. k N. R. R,, just back of my residence, is cow in full operation, and I am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18.