Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6,1895. ITEMS. There are said to be over . thirty towns io Maine laying claim to the first use of antitoxin io that state. The Commissioners for the colored exhibit from Florida, have issued an j address, that will attract attention everywhere, because of its tooe of high intelligence. San Francisco streets aro really cleaned, not make believe, by the Merchants' Association. One man is statiooed on each business block. Three members of the last Corean I cabinet were Christians who were eda- j cated aod made a profession in the Uuited States. They have been dele? gated by Japao to carry out the work of reformation in that country. Natural gas is reported to have beeo discovered io the bed of the Rio Plata, near Buenos Ayres. A bill granting a monopoly of it to the discoverer is be? fore the Congress. [Q condemning a Munich paper to pay a fine of $25 for an unfavorable j criticism of a new portrait, the origioal ; of which is well known there, the judge said a critic had a right only to judge a picture from an artistic point of; view, and not to draw any moral infer esce. "Rureau de tobac'' is a favorite form j of announcement in tbe two French quarter*, aod has been brought over 1 from France, where, the tobacco bu5?- ; ness is a government monoply and the ; shop a sort of official bureau. ..Trilby" has even reached the sugar ; swamps of Louisiana. It is the name of a railroad station established by a Southern railway company a few weeks j ago. It is away down among the swamps of the Gulf coast, and consists of a frame station, a store and some two or three houses. Spain has jost ordered that all steamers flying the Spanish flag or subsidized by the government shall in future carry none but Spanish engineers The pre? vailing practice is to carry at least two engineers, and formerly all were Brit? ish. ?'Table golf has followed the spread of the real game. A board is marked oat with sis holes and hazards of vary? ing nature, and moves toward the put? ing greens are decided by a pack of cards played according to certain rules which accompany the game. Probably the very largest fire insur? ance pplicy in existence, or ever writ? ten is that covering the property of the Sante Fe Railway Company. It was issued by the Phoenix Fire of London, England, is in amount $17.000.000, and takes a premium of $170,000 to carry. No less than ten new peers were en? titled to take their seats io the House of Lords at the beginning of the session, owiog to the death of their predeces? sors. The Bishop of Rochester, Dr. I Davidson, also became a peer, in place j of the Bishop of Hereford. Paris theaters took in ?5,900,000 in j 1394. The Grand Opera heads the j list with ?630,000; then follow the j Comedie Francaise, $400,000; the Opera Comique, ?309,000; the Vaude- j ville, ?298,000; the Renaissance, j $26i,000, and the variety performance ! at the Folies Berg?res, ?223.000. The State of North Carolina owns a j controling interest in t wo of the prin- i eipal railroads of the State: the North i Carolina Railroad, extending from j Goldboro to Charlotte, 223 miles, and the Atlantic and North Carolina, from Goldboro to Morehead City. This makes a continuous line of road, 325 miles io length, running through the richest aod most thickly populated por? tion of the State. The Interior remarks: As a nation, Japan is a child of the nineteenth cen? tury. The progress of Christianity in Japan is one of the marvels of modern church history The first five years of! faithful Christian struggle produced j one convert. In 1872 was organized ? the first Evangelical Church of eleven ! members. Now there are 365 churches with a membership of 35,535. The Hamburg Fremdenblatt thinks j ? that the new magazine ri?e? will do away with cavalry in general engage? ments, because every saddle could be emptied in two minutes in a charge of i | less than a nile, [t says that seventy- . ( five per cent of the cavalry will be con-1 < verted into infantry, and the majority of j the rest will become bicyclists. The most beautiful spectacle ever j seen in this part of the couotry in the ' j form of an icicle is at the big windmill i belonging to Representative Charles L. ! I Moor, says a Georgetown, Del., letter, j J During the cold weather the windmill j ? bas been running and consequently the j . water bas been pouring down the sides ( of the structure from the waste pipe and freezing as it trickled down. The py? ramidal structure, which is over forty feet high, is now banked with ice three or four feet thick and from four feet j wide at the top to eight feet wide at .he : foot, thence spreading out around the base, making one grand pyramid of ice towering high in the air. From the main column many little icicles shoot off. In the sunlight these, with the mass of ice, present a magni?cent spec? tacle, reflecting every oolor of the rain? bow and sparkling like a heap of jewels. The pyramid is estimated to weigh from six to ten tons, and is still growing, i Photographers from all parts of the state have made pictures of the beauti? ful spectacle. In Switzerland there is a law bj? which railway and steamboat compa? nies, factory establishments, etc., are iiabie to indemnify employees io ease of accident, or their widows and chil? dren in case of their death. Croft was an enclosed field, and in various modifications gave its name to Crofter, Meadowcrofter, Ryecroft, Ban? croft, which was originally Beancroft, Berecroft, that is Barleycroft and Hay croft. Keeping a diary was a confirmed fashion among the literary Romans. Most of them carried little tablets tied to their belts, in which they kept mem? oranda of their doings so as not to for? get anything when they eame to write up the record at night. Gottlieb von Kuckenberg, a South African Boer, has two racing ostriches. One of them has developed a speed of twenty-one miles an hour, and has a stride of fourteen feet. The breeding of ostriches for racing purposes has been seriously interfered with by the passage of an aoti-bettiog law by the English government. The practical defeat of womau suf? frage in South Dakota has enraged the Black Hills members who were push? ing the bill, and they will revenge themselves by defeating the divorce bill in which Sioux Falls and other towns are interested. A strong fight is being made on the bill, and petitions are pouring ia daily remonstrating against it. Four handsomely bouud volumes cor.taioiog 12,000 clippings from the 'leading journals of the United States in regard to the illness, death and funeral of the late Emperor Alexander III, of Russia arid the marriage of the present emperor, have been presented to the Russian minister. Prince Caotacu zene, to be placed in the archives of the Imperial Palace of St. Pettersburg. As an indication at this late day of the relative popularity of the works of the Bard of Avon, the Westminster Gazette learns from the Eoglish publishers of Scott's novels that for 360 copies of "Ivanhoe/' 280 of "Waverly," are sold, 275 copies of "Rob Roy," 265 of "Kenilworth," 255 of "Guy Manuering." 230 of "Old Mortality," 230 of "The Anti? quary/' 205 of "Quentin Darward," 190 of "Woodstock," and 160 bf "Count Robert of Paris." A "Court of First Instance." "Justice was administered in pretty crude shape io California in the year of our Lord 1849." said Col. T L. Locb rane, of that State, to a group of friends at Page's, according to the Washington ?Star. "I shall never for? get one scene at Stockton. We bad then what were styled 'Courts of First Instance * A judge named Reynolds presided. He wore a high silk hat, about the only one, I think, in the whole State at that time. He was utterly destitute of moral principle. One Williams was prosecuting attor? ney, and a bigger thief never lived. The sheriff was Dick Winn, equal in "knavery of the other two. They held I court in one corner of a big tent, the rest of which was devoted to gambling, monte being the prevailing sport. The play was often for pretty high stakes, and the swell gamesters 'tapped the bank' regularly. "On the occasion I have in mind a Mexican dropped IQ and began to play with phenomenal success. Hr won $2.000 in less than an hour, and was | preparing to leave with his gains, when the sheriff arrested him on a charge of horse theft. He was taken to the other end of the tent, where Reynolds sat be? hind a big dry goods box, orking very solemn and dignified. Williams, as prosecutor, made a very I brief speech, in which he proved to the ; satisfaction cf the court that the poor greaser bad committed the crime of horse stealing. His money had pre- j viously been taken away from bim. It \ consisted mainly of coin, and was heap? ed np on the judge's desk. The ver-j diet of the court was confiscation of the money and two hours to leave the town, j The Mexican cast a wistful glance on bis wealth, but slunk off as if glad to escape with his life. Meanwhile Wil? liams and Winn had advanced to the desk and were filling their pockets with specie. "Well, I guess the court will have to look out for it? interests," remarked Reynolds, and hastily coming forward be swept the remainder of the gold and | ?ilver coin in'o his lofty plug hat and ieclared the court adjourned." --?J Say ! You Bee-Keeper ! Send for a free sample copy of Root's ; handsomely illustrated 36-p*ge, Giebings in j 3ee-Culture, Semi-Monthlv, (Si.00 a year) : iad hts 52-pages illus, catalog of Bee- ! beeper's Supplies free for your name and : iddress on a postal. His A BC of Bee- j Culture, 400 double-column pp. price $1.25, j s just the book for you. Mention this paper. . \ddress A. I. Root, tbe Bee-Man, Medina, i J. CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT ? Fora prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to MUNN & CO.. who have had nearlyfiftv wears' experience In the patent business. Comniuni<;a tions strictly confidential. A Handbook of In? formation concerning Patenta and bow to ob? tain them sent free. Also a catalogue of mechan? ical and scientitic hooks sent free. Patents taken throuirh Munn ft Co. receive special noticeinthe Scientific American, and thus are brought widely before the pullic with? out cost to the inventor. This splendid paper, issued weekly, elegantly illustrated has hv far ti:?? largest circulation of anv scientific work in the world. &:i a year. Sample copies sent free. Building Edition, monthly. $l5?a Year. Single copies, ttS cents. Kvery number contains beau? tiful plates, in colors, and photographs of new houses, with plans, enabling builders to show tLe latest designs and secure contracts. Address MUNN & CO., NEW YORK. 3t?I BROADWAY. ; Makes CHILD BIRTH Easy. COLVIN, LA., Dec. 2,18S6. ?My wife used "MOTHERS' FRIEND" before lier third con I finement, and says she would not be without it for hundreds of dol? lars-DOCK MILLS. Ij3j Sent by express or mail, on receipt ssjof price. Si. per bottle. Book "To "1/MOTHERS" mailed free. Sold by all 1 Druggists. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR REGISTRATION, SUMTER COUNTY. THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION* WILL be opened In the Court House, io the city of Sumter, as the law directs, ou the first Monday in euch month, until the first Mon? day in July, 1895, when the law require? ibero closed. This is for the purpose of regis? tering all persons who hare become of age, or entitled to register since the lust election : to transfer persons from this to another county, ! ?nd {rom one township to another, or from j one residence io another. All this must be ? done before or on the first .Monday in July, 1S95. Lost certificates may be renewed to : within 30 days of the election, and those who become of ace between 1st of July and the . election, may register at any time hefore election. Those who refused or neglected to register hefore the last election, cannot register until the law is changed. Also in accordance with an Act of the '? Legislature providing for a constitutional convention tlie books for the registration of voters wi!! be open on the first Monday in March and kept ope?) for 10 consecutive days thereaiier between the hours of 10 a. ra. and 4 p. ra. SECTIONS 4, 8 and T of said Act. provides : j SEC. 4 Every male citizen of the United j States nrd of this State of the age of twenty '? one years not laboring under the disabilities \ named in the Constitution of this State, and j duly qualified to vote under the existing laws ; of the State, aDd duly registered as now rr i quired by law, or who, baviDg beeo entitled j to register as a voter at the time of tbe geoer fll registration of electors in this State, which ; took place in the year of our Lord 1882 or at j any time subsequent thereto, failed to regis I ter at such time as required hy law, or who bas become a citizen of this State and who will register as hereinafter provided in socb cases, shall be entitled to vote for delegates to said convention. SEO. 6. That on tbe first Monday of March, on the year of our Lord 1895, the Supervisor if Registration of each county shall, Ht tbe couoty seat tbereof, open his books of regis? tration, and shall hold the same open for ten I consecutive calendar days thereafter, between j the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and ; 4 o'clock io the afternoon, * * * ; during which time any elector then or hereto I fore at any time entitled to register as a qualified voter, or who oas become a citizen : of this State, shall be, during the time bereio ! fixed for such registration also on the days i now fixed by law for registration, and en ; titled to register as such as hereinafter pro? vided ; and any elector haviog been hereto? fore dulj- registered, or haring lost his certi? ficate, shall be entitled to have the same transferred or renewed as now provided by? law. SEC. 7. Any elector who shall have been | entitled to register at the general registration , in the year of our Lord 1882, or at anv time | subsequent thereto, and who failed to j register at such time as required by law, and ! who shall make application under oath, in ! accordance wiib a printed forra to be pre- | pared by the Attorney General, setting forth ? in each case the fact, to wit : The full name, ? age, occupation and residence of the appa- j cant at the time of the said general registra- | tion, or at any time thereafter when the said j applicant became entitled to register, and the place or places of his residence since tb? I time when he became entitled to register, j which affidavit shall be supported by the j affidavits of two reputable citizens, who were each of twenty-one years of age ou the 30th day of June, Anno Domini 1882, or at the time tbe said applicant became entitled thereafter to register, or any elector who has become a citizen of this State by moving into the same, according to the Constitution of the State, and who shall make application under oath, stating the time of his moving into the State and his place of residence since living in the State, which application shall be supported by tbe affidavit of two re? putable citizens, who were twenty-one years of ?ge at the time the applicant became a resident of this State; such applicant shall be allowed to register as a voter, and have isiued to him a certificate as a duly qualified elector in the maoner and fuira uow pro? vided by law, and be entitled to vote at said election for delegates to said convention. W. S. JAMES, Supervisor of Registration. P. 0.-Bishopville, S. C. Feb. 11th, 1895. LE BBSHi'S FOIt EITHER SEX. This remedy being injected directly to the seal of those diseases of thcOenito-Urinary Or. . pans, requires no cliange of diet or nauseous, mercurial or poisonous med? icines to bc taken internally. Vi.ca used - AS ? PREVENTIVE by either sex it is impossible to contract any venereal disease; but in tho case of those already UKFCHTCBATELY ArmcntD wah Gonorrhc-a and Gleet, we gu*rau. tee a cure. Price by mail, postage pai^, ? 1 per box, or C boxes ??r ?i. For saleby Dr. J. F. W. DtLorme, Sumter. S .C DO YOU KNOW DR. FELIX LE BRUN'S STEEL PD PEWYHOYIL PILLS aretne original and only FRENCH, safe and re? liable core- on the market. Price $1.00; sent by mail, Genuine sold only by Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, Sumter, S. C. VITAL TO MANHOOD. DR. E. C. WEST'S NERVE AN?> BRAIN TREAT? MENT, fl specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Fitr-. Neu? ralgia. Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by alcohol ort^bacco. Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Softening <>f Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay, death, Premature OM Ajre, Barrenness, Loss of power m either sex, Impotency, Leucorrhoen and all Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses, Sperma? torrhoea .no.bj over-exertinn ->f brain. Self abuse, over-Induhrence. A month's treatment,?!, r, ?..r>.">. I>y mail. With each order for?', boxes, with SS wilt send written guarantee to refund if not cured. Guarani. es issued bj aeeut. WEST'S LIVE? PILLS curesSick Headache. Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Sour Stni?.'.i li, Dyspepsiaaud Constipation. GUARANTEES issued only by J. F. W. DeLorme, Sumter, S. C. SUMTER INSTITUT TAKE DUE NOTICE THEREOF AND GOVERN YOURSELF AC CO RD IN GL Y. SPECIMENS OF THE WORK NOW ON ^ exhibition at the Studio, and we ask ?ii the Indies of the town who are interested in this work to call and examine these speci? mens. We desire particularly to interest the married ladies in this beautiful home decora? tive Art. The painted* china will be fired at the Institute. A kiln has been ordered for this purpose Come and see what we can do in this line. H. P. WILSON, Pres., Sept. 19. Sumter, S. C. Hill UH MHS, DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN & BROWN'S STORE Entrance on Main Street Between Brown & Brown and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2 Maiu Street. Next to City Hall. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compounding Prescriptions. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK OP SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 12,500 00 Liabilities of Stockholders to depositors acccordmg to tbe law governing National Banks, in excess of their stock . . $75,000 00 Transacts a General Banking- Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of Si and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of Januarv. April, Julv and October. " R M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON'. President. Aug 7. Cashier. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. W. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. j -Agents for MOTT'S CIDER, BED SEAL CIGABS, and DOVE HAMS, j NEW I MARBLE WORKS,! COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, ; LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. ? WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and { Granite, manufacturing Monuments, Tombstones, Etc., ! And doing a General Business in that line. \ A complete workshop has oeen fitted up on Ll BERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFiCE ? And we are now ready to execute with . promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis a.tion guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jnne 16. I To Yon I Who Use I I PENS, INK, I j t Paper, Blank Books:! I-"-I f At H. G. OSTEEN & CO'S % : X T ; X You can get everything that you <*> i? want at the lowest prices. W?areso ?' y situated that we can afford to make K ; \] prices closer than any one else. % \\ All [Goods are new and of n j l\ the best quality. No shop- i; if worn goods. f We nuke a specialty of School :< Supplies and also keep a full line ol' . ' ? Stationery, Blanks Honks, Etc. i .I Come and inspect our good?. -V LINTHKIOO, LI3SETY STREET, SUMTER. S. O. lc ison Avenue OTEL, Madison Avenue and 58th Street, JNTEW YORK. Three Dollars per day and up. American Plan. FIREPROOF AND FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY PARTICULAR. Two blocks from the Third and Sixth Avenue Elevated Railroads. The Madison and Fourth Avenue and Bel Line Cars pass the door. H. M. CLARK, Proprietor, Passenger Elevator run* all night JE WE LR I*. I Watches, Diamonds, Sterling and Plated Silverware, LARGE STOCK SUITABLE FOR WEDDING PRESENTS. Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles. &c. FOLSOM. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. ESTABLISHED 1868. Sumter, S. C. Hay Presses. We are able now to offer the cheapest and best portable Hay Press ever put on the market. Bale your hay; it becomes more marketable and more valuable. Baled hay looks better and sells quicker. Henry H. Bloom, Sep 5. Main St., Sumter, S. C. smi BETTER HARDWARE ! FOR YOUR R. w. DURANT & sOx\, THE OLD RELIABLE.55 -Are DOW prepared to Offer Lower Prices than Ever. sT-sst Our Stock is Complete We have added to our immeose Stock of Hardware a large Hoe of PAINTS, OILS, ETC., - i^mr~: Harness, Saddles. Great Bargains in Leather, &c. Guns, Pistols, etc. _11E A DQUART K RS F< ) R Powder. Shot and Shells Uoaded and empty. ? Engine Supplies, Belting, etc. Headquarters for COOKING and Heating Stoves, WARRANTED.