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ito ff?f?ttau aso ^sotbtm WEDNESDAY, *?B/28; 1894." Snteredatike Post O?ce at Sumter. S O.y as Second Class Matter. 3STW ADVEBTI8BME1*TS. City of Sumter-Ordinance. Docker & Bultmao - Goods and Prices. St. James Lutheran Church-Notice of Incorporation. * Wants-To Sell Lots and Houses-To Sell One-Horse Wagon. Personal. Mrs. D. J. Bradham, of Manning is in the city to-day. Hiss Susie Zei gi er, of Charleston, is in the city on a visit. Mri Charley Ward, of Darlington, was in the citj yesterday. Miss Kittie Hogan, of Blythewood, is visit? ing relatives in the city. Dr. L. G. Corbett, of Colombia, bas been qaite sick lately with grippe Miss Olive Mellen, of Wedgefield, is visit? ing the family of Mr. ?. C. Durant. Mrs. Willie White bas returned from a visit to her father's family in Florence. Misses Sarah Durant and Susie Darr, have returned from their visit to Biafaopville. Mr. Durant, brother of Mrs. Edgar Skinner, baa been here on a visit for several days. Miss Emmie James, of Darlington, is visiting the family of Judge T. B. Fraser. We are pleased to learn that Messrs. R. P. Monaghan and S. B. Ingram are on the mend. Mr. F. F. Tiecher, of Charleston, was ia the city Sunday and Monday visiting his family. ?Capt. A. White bas been re-appointed a member of the board of Regents of Lnnatic Asylum. The Rev. Dr. Evans of Colombia will exchange pulpits with the Rev. John Kershaw next Sunday. .Mrs. Cohen, of Bridgeport, Coan., is in the city on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Schwartz. Mr. W. Priestley Conyers, woo is well known io Sumter has been elected Captain of the Greenville Guards. Mr. R. Mccaskill aod wife of Wisacky went to Chilton last Saturday to see their son who is very ill at that place. Dr. Arhie China bas begoo the erection of his new residence. It is located on Barlett street next to Mr. B. K. DeLorme's. Mr. Isaac Schwartz returned from New York last Saturday morning where he bas been to lay tu a stock of spring goods for his boase Mrs. S. L. Keels and daughters, Misses Edna aod Annie, of Remberts, left last week for Hawthorne, Fla., where they will remain several months. The Misses Calhoun, of Abbeville, who have been visiting Mrs. R. H. Baker, left for their home this morning, much to J be regret pt their niaoy^rneods. Mrs. T. J. Whitton aod little daughter, Roth, of Florence, was in the city last Sun? day visiting relatives. They; lett last Mon? day morning for Laws Bill, Marshall County, Miss., where Mrs. Whitton goes to see ber parents, whom she has not seen' forabont tweoty years. Cadets Weils, Pitts and Maxcy of Clemson College came home Wednesday afternoon. It ia said that Cadet Veils #01 return, emt that the others will no^ owing to certain indefinitely described ill treatment which it is.alleged bas caused quite a number of the students to leave the college The oat crop comes from under the snow apparently only slightly damaged. And the snow may, in the end, benefit the oats rather than have injured them. Toe braded School yard needs elevating, as the water settles on it after every raio. The sidewalks surrounding the square have been boilt op astil the water falling on it has no mean8 of escaping. The teachers of the Graded School spent last Friday in Colombia visiting the schools of that city and the Winthrop Normal Col? lege. The Colombia Graded Schools are as good aa any in the Sooth, and the teachers spent the day profitably and pleasantly. Superintendent Johosoo showed the teachers every attention possible. The scholarships in the Peabody Normal College, NashviUe. Tenn., are worth winniog, and if there are any yooDg men or young women in Sumter County who desire a thorough collegiate education at the minimum expense they would do well to prepare themselves tborooghly aod eater the competitive examination next Joly. Prepa? ration will insure success. A Kew Cemetery. At a point near the old cemetery, the colored people of Sumter have laid ont a new ooe with walks aod drives aod evergreen hedges. This is a move in the right direc? tion. Some of the present grave decorations might with propriety be omitted. Broken lamps aod pieces of china pottery are rather oct of place on graves. Caught and Jailed. Ben. Williams, whose record asan ex-convict might have led to the suspicion that he would hare farther experimented in that Hoe, was caught last Wednesday night, io the act of breakiog into the caboose of a freight train on the Central road. He was promptly arrested and committed to jail for trial at the approaching term of Court. Rebuilding. Gen. E. W. Moise, whose sommer residence on the front beach of Sullivan's Island was badly damaged in the storm of Aug. 27 last, is engaged io rebuilding the same. He expects to occupy the building this sommer. The General would fiod it hard to get through a sommer without those salt water baths aod the fishing, and the sailiog on the moonlit waters. -j ? ? -? Just in Time. Mr. Harry Hood was at work yesterday aboot midday, fixing the stove and smoke fine of the house occupied by bis brother, Mr. R. S. Hood, which is situated next to tbe Sumter Institute grounds. When the old flue was taken down he discovered that the rafters of the house had jost taken fire from the old floe aod were begioniog to blaze. By turn? ing on a stream from the water pipe the fire was extinguished without farther alarm or damage. - - i *~mmm Accidental Burning. Oo Satorday last io the southern suburbs of the city, Mrs. Riles was badly burned by the contact of ber clothing with the fire on the hearth. Mrs. Riles was attempting to wind the clock on. the mantelpiece with one hand, while holding ber baby with the other. She was not aware of what was taking place until her entire dress front was on fire. Her screams brought ber aunt to the rescue, but not before Mrs. Riles had been fearfully burned from the waist down. The baby was not burned, the mother having put the child from ber immediately upon ascertaining that she was enveloped in flames. Medical assistance was procured as sson as possible, and Mrs. Riles, it is believed, will recover. Death. Mrs John Carrait died at ber home in this city Monday .moroiog. about 12.30 o'clock. She bad been sick but a few days and the cause of her death waa heart disease. She was a oative of Walhalla and a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The Rev. j' Marion Boyd, presiding elder of the Spartanbnrg District, died suddenly at the residence of Mrs. Foster, near Rich Hill, Spartanburg Couuty, oo Sunday evening, presumably of heart failure. Mr. Boyd has filled maoy of his church appointments acceptably, land was widely and favorably known He bas been .presiding elder for many years, ?ad was hew in high esteem by the authorities of his church. Mr. J 6. Thorpe, who will be remembered by maoy of our citizens as the first superintend en!, of oor cotton factory, died last Thursday at Greer's, S\ C., of pneumonia. We take from The Aiken Journal and Recorder the followiog particulars of Mr. Thorpe's life aod career. Mr. Joesph G. Thorpe, was boro in Broftoo, Derbyshire, England,April 10, 1823, and was nearing bis seventy-first birthday. He leaves a widow, Mrs. J. C. Thorpe, of Graniteville, two daughters. Miss Josie Thorpe, of Graniteville, Mrs. J. Frank Baker, of Langlev, and tn ree sons Messrs. James H , Geo. W., and Joseph L. Thorpe, ! of Aiken. The funeral services were con \ doocted at tbe residence io Graniteville, Monday, 19th inst, at ll a.m., by Rev's Beard, of the M E. Church, nnd Knight of the Baptist Church. John Smyth Bichardsoa. Died at Sunnyside, Saturday, Feb. 24th, 1894, at 7.20 o'clock, John S. Richardson, of this county. The subject of this sketch was boro, Feb. 29, 1828, at Bloomhill, Sumter County, the residence of his grandfather, Judge Jobo S. Richardson. His father was the Rev. Jobo S. Richardson, a local Methodist preacher. After graduating with first honor at the Cokesbury School in Abbeville County, he entered the Sooth Carolina College in 1847 and graduated in 1850, taking one of the appointments of bis class. The same month he married Miss Agnes D. McDowell. He studied law under the late James S. G. Richardson and Samuel Mayraot, who were theo law partners in this place, and was admitted to the bar tn 1852. He practiced law alone, and filled the office of Magistrate for several years until 1855, when he formed a law copartnership with Col. J. D. Blandiog, and continued in that copartnership until 1876. He was also conaected with the newspapers of tbe place as co-proprietor and editor, first of the Sumter Banner, previous to 1855, when that paper and the Black River Watchman were united, as the Sumter Watchman, and for some time afterwards with the latter paper, from which he retired on account of the de mauds of bis law business. In 1861 he joined the Sumter Volunteers, the first company that left Sumter to go into ! the war, and was elected captain. He was on Morris Island at the bombardment of Fort Sumter, with his commaod, called Co. D, and afterwards went io the 2nd S. C. Regt., Col. (afterwards Gen.) Kershaw, to Virginia, and ??sat the.first battle of Maoassas, where he was severely, wounded in tbe leg. At the reorganization in 1862 he went into the artil? lery service, and after that served as Adjutant of the 23rd Regiment. He was with Gen. Joe Johnston at Greensboro, N. C., when he sur? rendered. After the war be resumed the practice of law, in which be continued until 1876. In 1866 he was elected to the Legislature and served until Reconstruction, when the Republicans got control of the State govern? ment. ' In 1876 he was nominated for Congress by the Democratic Convention, and took an active part in the great campaign which re? sulted io the restoration of Democra tic govern? ment in South Carolina. He was elected but was uot allowed bis seat. After a long con? test he obtained a favorable report on bis case from tbe Committee on Elections, but Congress, which was then in control of the Radicals, never acted upon the contest, and allowed Smalls to serve oot the term. He was again unanimously nominated and elected to Congress in 1878.and also in 1880, and served two foll terms. . In 1884 he was appointed Master for Sumter County which place be filled uotil last year. Jost one year and two days before bis own death, be had the great grief of losing bis wife, to whom be was mach devoted. Life largely lost its brightness for him after that, and although be went about attending to his duties with cheerfulness and composure, ao observant eye readily detected the presence in bis heart of a great and irremediable sorrow. A bu ut the first of the year he contracted la grippe, which was followed by pneumonia, from which he recovered bat slowly. A re? lapse ensued, and about one week before his death, be bad a paralytic stroke which affected his entire right side, and also ren? dered bim speechless. In this condition be gradually- sank until Saturday when, a3 stated, he quietly breathed bis last. The funeral services were conducted on Monday at the Presbyterian Church by bis pastor, the Rev. Dr. Edmunds, who, io his sermon, eulo? gized the deceased in language of great beauty and power. A large number of his friends attended the services, in spite of the very un? favorable weather, and a long procession fol? lowed his remains to the City Cemetery where they were placed by the side of his wife's. Captain Richardson leaves three children, I David M. and John S. Richardson, and Mrs. D'Arcy P. Duucan, and a number of grand? children, between whom and himself existed the strongest and mo3t affectionate attach? ment. He will be missed by the city and county, in whose welfare he always took the warmest interest, and by the Bar of which he was a distinguished ornament. To his distressed family we tender our heartfelt sympathies. Religious. Presiding elder W. C. Power will preach in the Methodist Church next Sunday morn? ing. Don't forget tbe meeting of the Epworth League next Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Rev. J. W. Daniel will lecture. Union services next Sunday night will be conducted by Rev. C. C. Brown in the Methodist Church. i Rev C. C. Brown did ot preach the special sermon that had been announced for last Sunday eight. The sermon will be preached at another time. Notwithstanding the severe weather, there was a good attendance at the V. M. C. A. meeting last Sunday afternoon and tbe services were unusually interesting. The services next Sunday afternoon will be con ! ducted by Mr. H. F. Wilson. i Rev. E. D. Wells will preach at the High ! H?ls Baptist Church on next Sunday, March 4th at 12 m. The members of the Church are especially requested to be present to^confer ' about a matter of much importance to the j Church. The Rev. W. E. Evans, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church, Columbia, will exchange with the Rev. John Kershaw on Sunday, next. The services will be held at ll a. m., and 5 p. m. The reputation of Dr. Evans as a preacher has preceded him, and doubtless the eloquent divine will be greeted by large congregations at both services. Mrs. J. Watson, 1022 Arizona St., Phil? adelphia, Pa., says: "I think Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup is a splendid remedy, I bau to cough night and day and one bottle relieved me wonderfully." The Library Meeting? There was no joint meeting of the Library Committee and tbe Committee from the Y. M. C. A., owing to the bad weather, on Monday afternoon. The meeting bas been postponed to Tuesday, March 6tb at 8 o'clock, Y. M. C. A. Ball. S L. I. Notes. At their meeting last night sixteen men were selected as a picked squad to give an exhibition drill as soon as they are perfected in the manual and movements. There is a good deal of enthusiasm now maoifesied by the members, who show their interest by attending meetings and proposing measures for the good of the company. Almost Frozen. A white man, whose name is withheld out of consideration for his family, on Saturday last celebrated ibe arrival of*the snow by imbibing an overdose of Tillman's meanest, and retiring to rest io rear of a store on Main Street. Oblivious to what was happen? ing, the snow covered him in a white winding sheet and h* lay there forgotten or mistaken for a log. In the night his groans attracted attention, and the police appeared and escort? ed bim to the hotel de ville, where he com? plained of being cold, after getting rid of his snow mantle, and a bard rubbing by the police. He was very stiff and entirely unconscious when found. The Post Office Bemoved. Like the Arabs who quietly fold their tents aud as quietly steal away, Capt P. P. Gail lard and bis corps of assistants moved the postoffice over to tbe new place under Masonic Temple last night. The office was opened promptly at 8 o'clock tbis morning, as usual, and everything is going on exactly as usual. The arrangements are very con? venient. The genera! delivery window is in front ; ladies' delivery and stamps on tbe right, men's delivery and money orders on the left. Lock boxes on both sides. Electric lights are (teing put in, and in a day or so Sumter will bave what it bas long wanted-a conveni? ent posioffice. M?^t>-<?>H??^ Municipal Matters. Mr. H. Ryttenbergbas decided, after mature consideration, aud consultation with bis friends, to enter the race for Major Mr. Ret? tenberg baa served on tbe Board of Aldermen for two terms, and his record proves bira to have been ? faithful and efficient official. He is a man to make ibe city ae efficient a Mayor as Sumter has bad. There are several other candidates for Mayor spoken of, but no others have been positively announced. The Aldermanic candidates are also, as yet, unannounced, but there is no doubt but that there will ne a large number of starters in the race, and everybody will have a chance lo select a ticket. Mr. H B. Bloom, who bas been mentioned as a candidate for tbe Mayorality, stales that be is not a candidate. E. Genseuleiter, Liveryman, Pittsburg, Pa., cured a valuable horse of influenza by using Salvation Oil on bim for a few days. The Pythian Celebration. OD Monday night, pursuant to notice, the | local Lodge of tbe Knights of Pythias, and their invited guests, celebrated the 30th anniversary of tbe establishment of their Order, according to'programme. At 7.50 o'clock a large audience, among whom were a few ladies who had bra red the slush and mud of the streets, assembled at the Opera House to listen to a lecture on Damon and Pythias by the Rev. Dr. Creasy of Charlotte, North Carolina, who had been invited to perform that duty. The lecture was brilliant and fairly capti? vated tbe appreciative audience. Argument and illustration, wit humor, pathos and mirth, succeeded one another in impressive style, to which most be added the charm of a fine personal presence and a grace of manner which was most pleasing. The Doctor show? ed how Pythian Knights have illustrated the principles of the order on many occasions, combining personal courage with exalted love cf the brethren. The Knights particularly were charmed with tbe lecture. Tbe banquet was spread at the Jervey House, mine host, Col. Jim giving as sumptuous a repast perhaps ever was set in Sumter. Alter the guests bad done justice to ibe elegant supper, sentiments were offered and rosponded to by several gentlemen pres? ent, whose speeches were above the average. A feature of the occasion was the absence of intoxicants of any sort, which rather added to than took away from the pleasure a sd good fellowship. Ali in all the Knights have good cause to congratulate themselves on the success of their celebration. An Arctic Scene. About mid-day last Saturday it began to snow here quite heartily, and continued for several hours, when sleet, or more properly hail, succeeded, which continued all night, and, intermittently, unlil after midday Sun? day, by which time six inches of mingled snow and hail bad fallen. It was accom? panied by a keen northeast wind which sent the thermometer down to 25? by Sunday morning. The wind shifted at about one o'clock Sunday, to southeast and thea to southwest, wheo rain fell, producing a con? siderable thaw. By four o'clock the wind bad backed to nearly due north, and ihe rain abated. The thaw continued all night, though the temperature went below the freezing point again, making the crust of ihe snow hard enough to walk on in protected places. When thesun got well up on Monday the thaw began in earnest, and by 12 o'clock pedestrians were ploughing through a mixture of slush and mud which was simply horri? ble. The merchants on Main Street had the snow shoveled off the sidewalk in their front, but except where there were brick pavements walking was wretched. The necessity tor proper street crossings was certainly apparent to all but tbe wilfully blind, and again we plead with the city fathers for granite blocks or anything that will enable us to cross the streets without getting over shoe top3. It is conceded by every visitor to the city that Sumtei's Main Street is the worst thing by that Bame in the civilized world, and they say, "what ! electric lights, waterworks, fourteen passenger trains a day, a ?20,000 opera house house, a $15,000 schoolhouse, and a long-drawn mud bole for amain street, with not a decent crossing from one end to the other?" Local pride replies, "Ob, we will have that all right someday," but from appearances it will be "in the sweet by-and-by," and not before, that we will have a properly graded street and suitable crossings. These would ! make good issues for the municipal campaign j now on. The same company that is furnish i ing the stone for the city hall would doubtless j supply what is needed for crossings at a cheap i raie. ; But, to return to our muttons-the storm had the effect of keeping most people close at home Suuday, and such church services as were held were slimly attended. Everybody was promptly out al business, however, Mon? day morning, and the same people who would havej found walking impossible Sunday, bravely waded and slided aod slipped along Monday. Somebody given to understanding and explaining mysteries, should give us a solution of this thing. By this morning, except in a few sheltered snots, the beautiful show has all gone, and the worst blizzard of the season is a thing of the past. The weather now is clear and bracing. Carving and Engraving. Mr. S. Riley Venning who is well known to our people is now at H. A. Hoyt's, Jewerly establishment,* where he is engaged in engraving on silver, gold, or o'her metal, and in carving walking canes, umbrella handles and the like. Mr. Venning's work is excellent ia every respect. Mr. Harry Hoyt says his engraving equals that done abroad, and he ought to know because he bas sent so much work of that sort to the north. Mr. Venning's talents as carver and engraver are marked, and should be encouraged. Second Week Jurors. Following are the names of the petit jurors for the second week of court drawn last Friday. ? W "J Pigford, J H McLeod, J S Ti3dale John J Capel, C T Player, S R Fraser, W R Delirar, Jr., B R Ingram, S B Hatfield,. Daniel Yoong, J N Spann, Jr , J H Tallon. W J McKain, N S McLeod, SJ Bradford^ Ed R Sanders, Joel E Bru o son Isaac Barnett, D 6 Rerabert, H G Scarborough, S H Ram? sey, J W Allen, W W Ross, Julian Flowers, C M Rovkin, Jr., WB Tronblefied, W H Tart, F W Dean, S D M LaCoste, J R McLeod, J L Goodman, Willie Plowden, Charles Pinckney, W K Crosswell, S W Trolock, W S Thompson. City Council Meeting. At its meeting on last Wednesday the City Council leased the new Opera House to J. A. Schwerin & Co., for $600 per annum. The large store was leased to R. M.& L. W. Jenkins for the same annual rental.. The Simoods National Bank takes the room on the south-west for a long term at $500 per annum. There will be offices to rent in the building which will bring the annual income up to between $1800 aod $2 000, enough to meet the interest on all outstanding city bonds. The school bonds are not, strictly, city bonds, because they are issued by the School District which is cotermioonus with the bounds of the city. It was resolved to take a census of the city io the spring. It would have been better, in our judgment, to bave waited another year before taking this census. Mr. J. N. Alphonse was present at the meeting and submitted plans and specifica? tions for fitting up the interieor of the Opera House, but no action was taken by council upon the proposition. It is hoped that the interior decorations and stage fittings will be in keeping with the handsome character of the building externally, for it would be like a fly ito the ointment to have it otherwise. Sales Under Mortgage. The following is a list of the property to be sold on Mooday next. There are no sales by public officers for that day. 1. Undivided one half in terest of Lafayette Mickens in 125 acres in Swimming Pens, ad? joining ?ands of T. B. Fraser, W. F. B. Haynswortb, Mrs. Lenora Jenkins and others 2. Tract of 58$ acres in Swimming Pens, as the property of Charles Vaughan, adjoin? ing lands of Jim Vaughan, Brown and La? fayette Micken 8. 3. Tract of 130 acres as the property of Franklin W. Winkles, adjoining lands of Sarah Wells. Susan S. Tindal, Estate of J. A. Osteen, aud E. W. Moise. 4. Tract 160 acres ss properly of Henry Heriot, on Little Rafting Creek, adjoining land formerly of John R. Philips. Also tract of 50 acres adjoining Frank Wash? ington, Stephen Johnson, estate Wiley J. McKain. 5. Two parcels in Spring Hill Township, as the property of Franklin J. Murray, the the first containing 80 acres, and adjoining lands of W. B. Capell and Marion Moise, Mrs. John Maxcy, Madison McLure and others; the second containing 80 acres and adjoining lands of Martha A., and W. B. Capell. Mrs. S. E. Wilson and Mrs. J. Maxcy. All the above to be sold by Marion Moise, Mortgagee. One half interest, of James Alston in 40$ acres, situated on Long Branch bound? ed by lands of L. M. Spann, Cyrus Kelley and others, by Horace Harby, Mortgagee. City lot as the property of Brister Pogue, conveyed to Pogue by L. S. Carson, by Jesse Lu kens, Mortgagee. . Tract of land containing 55 acres, as the property of William A. Partin, bounding on lands of same, W. J. Reynolds and Mrs. Jane Davis, by E. W. Moise, Mortgagee. Prohibition vs. Dispensary. Our people bad the opportunity of hearing this subject handled by a reverend gentleman who has paid considerable attention to it. We take the following report from the Sumter correspondence of the News and Courier. The Rev. E. O. Watson, Grand Chief Templar of the Independent Order of Good Templars of the State of South Carolina, lectured in the Baptist Church, this city, Thursday night to a large and intelligent audience, The speaker was introduced by Dr. C. C. Brown in a few pleasing remarks. Mr. Watson first paid his respects to Sum? ter Lodge of Good Templars, by whose invita? tion he wa3 before the people of Sumter. He spoke of the steady and conscientious work of the members of toe lodge, and complimented them on the results accomplished and the in I fluence now being exerted by their example, i He said he would speak on one of the prin I ciples of Good Templars and Prohibitionists "Prohibition for '.be State"-and in speaking I of this be would necessarily have so touch j upon the dispensary law, and in doing so he would endeavor to show that there was a ; great deal of unreasonable and senseless I support and opposition to the law. "When the dispensary law was passed the i Prohibitionists were exultant aod the whiskey j dealers were defeated, but, alas! the thing appeared to be a double-back-action some? thing, and before very many days a great many of the Prohibitionists had discovered that they were also defeated, that they bad been tricked. For prohibition they had voted, and they had only secured the 'same old devil' dressed up in a more beguiling and respectable suit of clothes : that temperance men and Prohibitionists were opposed to the sale of liquor as a beverage, no matter whether by State or individuals; that the principles for which they had been fighting had not been secured, but the stuff was still being dealt out to the youog and old across a counter: it mattered little whether it was a bar room or a dispensary counter " He also said that "there is a good deal of opposition and support to this law from purely political reasons, but tba: temperance people were not in this class, for they were endeavoring to have prohibition, and the dispensary law was not, nor never could be, termed a prohibitory measure, and, therefore, they were opposed to it on that ground." He did not think that the framers of the law ever intended that it should be a pro? hibitory law, but that it was framed for one purpose, and that to bring revenue into the the State treasury. He believed that the State had a right to pass a prohibitory law, and possessed the power to enforce it, but that the dispensary law could not be considered such. Tbat the search and fight against blind tigers were made more to benefit the dispen? sary and increase its business than to uphold the law. He did not consider that the law destroyed or took the right of good and peaceable citizens, but ihat any man could still claim his "home as bis castle," for no where in the Act could he find where any person was vested with authority to invade a home with? out proper legal proceedings. He concluded by saying that all good men, whether temperance men or not, should fight the dispensary the same as they did the old j bar room, for the principles involved were the same. ' Ducker & Bultman. This enterprising firm, realizing the value of printers ink itt dull times, presents our readers with a four column advertisement of their goods and prices, which will be found attractive to housekeepers, and appetizing merely to read about, much more to experi? ence by actual consumption. Gen. Gordon's Great Lecture. General Jno. B. Gordon has consented to de? liver his famous lecture on "The Last Days of the Confederacy/' io Columbia, at the Opera House, Friday evening, March 2nd. Every veteran, and soo of a veteran, should hear him. The General ia, to dav, the greatest living hero of the Confederate army. His theme is dear to every Southern heart, for with the closing dajs of the memorable struggle, there are the most hallowed memories that will ?ever fail to awaken the tenderest love in the breast of every person wbo loves the men who wore the gray. General Gordon's lecture is most valuable from a historic standpoint, the General knowing more about the last days than any living general. Wherever be has appeared he has been greeted by crowded bouses. Io Washington fully 8,000 people assembled to bear bim, and from every tongue comes praises of the orator statesman. Says a gentleman who beard bim ia Washington : "General Gordon's review of the 'Last Days of the Confederacy' is, un? doubtedly, a master-pieace ot oratory, io which historical remiaisceoces and the pathos that only Southern hearts can understand, are pictured in language beautiful and sub? lime " General Gordon comes to Colombia at the invitation of General Ellison Capers, Gol. McMaster and other prominent gentlemen of the city, for the benefit of the Yoong Men's Christian Association. Io New Orleans General Gordon was re? ceived as a hero whom the people idolized. The Opera House was packed, and so wild was the enthusiasm that ladies stood upon chairs and waved their band kerchiefs. Ju Atlanta the veterans turned out in full, and tbe yells they gave made one think that Gordon was again leading them to the front. Geueral Gordon's lecture teems with gener? ous 8eontiments and lofty purposes from be? ginning to end, and if every man, woman and child could hear it, Nor'.b and South, it would lend tone and sympathy to a higher and better national union, and be an inestimable contribution not only to history but would strengthen the bond of sympathy between a great and courageous people. A large number should go over to Columbia to bear bim. Meteorological Becords The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the week ending Feb. 25tb, 1894 : Temperature. T5 C c "2 es Condition. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 64. 62.5 60. 59 5 47.5 35.5 285 71. 71. 64. 67. 52. 43. 34. 57. 54. 56. 52. 43. 28 23. S s 8B E B ENE ENE .00 .00 !oo .03 1.25 1.34 ?Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. ?Partly Cloudy. Sleet began to fall 12.30 p. m. oe the 24th, soon changing to snow, which fell very rapidly and thickl;, very large flakes for about three hours, then slackening somewhat, ended aboot 4.10 p m. Depth 5 to 7 inches, on bare or ploughed ground. A good deal melted soon after falling, which was net the case on ground covered with grass. Light sleet, or sleet and rain, continued te fall occa? sionally till 10 p. m., when brisk sleet began aad did not end till after ll a. m. the next day, 25th. Light showers, chiefly rain, fell after this, ending about 5 p. m. Amount 2.59, much heavier fall than that of the 18th and 19th January last year. Time used is local mean-time. All wishing fine beef, had better see D. M. Campbell before buying. Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls in any quan? tity at the lowest cash price. Call on me before you buy. Also exchange meal for cotton seed. One good Horse to sell cheap for cash or on good papers. Respectfully W. B. BOYLE. Cotton Market. For the week ending February 28. Re? ceipts 50 bales. The following are the quota? tions : Middling, 6} to &|. Market firm. Charleston Cotton Market. CHARLESTON, Feb. 27, 1894. Market quiet. The Quotations are : Mid? dling 7 to 7 1-16. Mr. Eugene Hogan has for sale a light one horse wagon and set of second-hand harness. I have a good gentle family horse, that I will trade for beef cattle, milk cows or hogs. EUGENE HOGAN. 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. WANTED-Purchaser for a light one horse wagon aod set of second hand harness. Apply next door to Scaffe's to Eugene Hogan. Feb 28 WANTED, TO SELL l-The house and lot between Mayor Pierson's and Graham's mill, also, several tenenent houses well located. Bargains will be given. Bids are invited. R. O. PURDY, Secretary and Treasurer. Feb. 28 tf. TO RENT-Large and Roomy Dwelling House on Harby Avenue, now occupied by W. F. Shaw. Possession given on March 1st. Apply to C. M. Hurst. _Feb'y 21-2t. COTTON Seed Meal and Cotton Seed Hulls in bulk, for sale by H. Harby. Feb 14_ FOR 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-500 more customers to buy their Bread from Jno. F. Beard. FOUND-Hundreds of People io every part of the State who testify that the waters of Glenn Spring3 are simply THE BEST. LOST-Sufferers From Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Malaria and Liver Complaint unless they at once commence the use of Glenn SpriHgs Mineral Water._ WANTED-100,000 Whiskey drinkers to know that since July 1st Glenu Springs Mineral Waterand Bichloride of Gold are the fashionable drinks. WANTED-The Drinking Public and the thinking public to know that while 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 daily in the public esteem and are simply unrivalled. Paul Simpson, Shipper, Glenu Springs, S. C. "AN ORDINANCE" Entitled "An Ordinance to Require and Regu? late ike Regulation of Voters of City of Sum' ter, S. C., for Municipal Election for\Mayor and Aldermen to be held April loth, 1894." Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermea of the City of Sumter io Council assembled and hy the authority of the same, SKCTION 1. That Books of Registration for the registration of persons qualified to vote at the Municipal Election to be held in City of Sumter, oo 2od Tuesday, 10th day of April A. D.} 1894, for Mayor and four (4) Aldermen, to serve for two years next ensuing, shall be opened at the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of City of Sumter on Friday, 9th day of March, proximo. That said Books of Registration eball be kept open for registration of voters, during ; fifteen (15) days thereafter from 9 o'clock A. M., uutil 2 o'clock P. M., each day and shall be Goally closed on Saturday, 24th day of March thereafter at 6 o'clock P. M., aod only such persons as are duly regis? tered in said Books of Registration, shall be entitled to vote at said Municipal-Elec? tion. SKCTION 2. That each person presenting himself for registration at said office of Clerk aod Treasurer, shall be required to give bis namo, age, residence and satisfactory proof of bis qualification to vote and shall be entitled to receive a certificate of Regis* tration, which certificate may be required of any voter, at s&id election, as a condition precedent to voting. SECTION 3. That at the next meeting of the City Council of City of Sumter, after the closing of the Books of Registration, to be held on Wednesday the 28th day of March thereafter at 4 o'clock, P. M., all complaints and petitions, of any person or persons, who may have been refused a certificate of registration by reason of an? doubt of right to register, shall be made to the said City Council, and al! persons so refused, and demanding such certificate of regis? tration, are hereby notified to be and appear before said City Council, with evidence necessary to establish such right as may be claimed, and if so established to the satis? faction of said City Council, such person or persons shall receive sucu Certificate. SKCTION 4. That after a Certificate of Registration has been issued to any person, and been lost or destroyed such person may apply to the Clerk and Treasurer for a dupli? cate certificate, and the Clerk aod Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue such duplicate certificate, upon proof of loss or destruction ? of the original certificate of Registration, aod upon payment of twenty-fire cents for use of said City of Sumter, for every duplicate cer? tificate so issued. Done and ratified io City Council assem? bled and nuder the Corporate Seal of the ! City of Sumter, S. C., this 21st day of February, A. D , 1894. B. G. PIERSON, Mayor.. C. M. HURST, Clerk and Treasurer. Feb 28-2t NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED GIVE NOTICE that thirty days after the publication hereof; they will apply to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Sumter County, State of South Carolina, for a Charter of In? corporation under the name and style of "St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church," in the City of Sumter, S. C. : J. A. RENNO, J. F. LAUG H ERY, W. M. WINGARD, E. W. A. BULTMAN, J. J. MULLER, W. T. KEELS, W. H. SU DER, H. R. HAMMOND, C. F. H. BULTMANN, HENRY MULLER. February 28, 1894. Imo. --r~r-r The j Wage amer is. without doubt, the greatest bsniSciary of life insurance. It ! affords him an absolutely safe means of investing his savings and a guarantee that those de Dinding on his earnings will be amply provided for at his demise. Under the Tontine j policy cf the j Equitable Life j he is also provided with a safe? guard against misfortunebesides : receiving a much larger amount j of insurance for the same amount ; of premiums paid in. Itisbet I ter than the savings bank, better j than the building association, better than government bonds. Better for the wage earner, ot for anyone, than any other method ever originated. For facts and figures, address \V. J. RODDEY, Manager, For tie Carolinas, Rock Hill, S. C. THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. The next session of the In? stitute will begin on SEPTEM? BER 12th, 1893. For terms and catalogue apply to II. F. Wilson, President, June 21 Sumter, S. C.