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%\?i Ma??jjntait w? Bm?ljim WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1896. "BOCK OP AGES.'' BY FRANK L. STANTON.J -O "Rock of Ages, clef: for me, Let me hide myself io thee!" Sang ?he lady, soft aod low, And the melancholy flow Of her volee so 9weet and clear, Rose upon the evening air With that sweet and solemn prayer : "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let -ic hide myself in thee!" Yet she sang, as oft she had, When her thoughtless heart was glad ; Sang because she felt alone Saog because her soul bad grown Weary with the tedious day Sang to while the hours away : "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee !" Where the trembling starlight falls On her mansion's stately walls ; On the chill and echoing street Where the lights and shadows meet There the lady's voice was heard, As the breath of Night was stirred Wbitb that music, floating free : "Rock of Ages, cleft for me." Wandering, homeless, through the night, Praying for the morning light Pale and haggard, wan and weak, With the death-hue on her cheek, Went a woman-one whose life, Had been wrecked in sio and strife : One of whom, io one far land Wrote the Master on the sand ! And her soul, by Sorrow wrung, Heard the lady as she sung : "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me bide myself in thee !" On the marble steps she knelt, And her soul that instant felt Mercy's bealing touch as there, Quivering, moved her lips in prayer. And the God sbe had forgot Smiled upon ber lonely lot Heard her as she murmured of, With an accent sweet and soft : "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let roe hide myself in thee !" * * * * * * * Little knew the lady fair, As she sang so sweetly there, That a voice had reached a soul .Which bad lived in sin's control I Little knew,-when she was done, That a lost and erring one Heard as she breathed that strain And returned to God again ! Spared a Spartanburg Spy. Special to the State. 'Spartaoburg, Jan. 15.-A scene oc? curred on the northbound vestibule passenger train last night just before it reached this ci*y, which might have resulted seriously. Mr. J. Q. Little was a passenger oo the train and was talking to some friends when a drunken stranger approached him and stared at him in a mysterious way. Mr. Little inquired of the stranger what he meant by bis conduct, whereupon Mr. Little was invited to take a drink. Mr. Lit? tle refused. The drunken man went away, but in a few moments he carne back and repeated his performance and Mr. Little could not get rid of him until he promised to go in tbe smoker with him They went back into the smoker. The stranger produced a quart dispensary bottle of corn liquor. Mr. Little asked if it was dispensary stuff, to which he received a negative reply. Mr. Little pulled the cork, and. af? ter smelling the bottle, again declined. This seemed to anger the stranger, and J he said: "Oh,.it is not dispensary/ stuff ; it is good old blockade, for I cap tared 1$ barrels of it to-day for the State." As he said this he pulled his badge oat of his pocket. "I am not in the habit ot drinking with dispensary spies," remarked Mr. Little, as he handed the bottle back. Then the stranger became very abusive and was boisterous in the ex 1 treme. Mr. Little told him to "dry up," whereupon the man with the constable's badge tried to draw bis pistol. Mr. Little grabbed the weapon as it was half out of the man's pocket and taking it in bis right hand he gave the con? stable a slap with his left which sent bim spinning across the car. "I do not desire to take the life of any man," said Mr. Little, "but I have yon now and could easily kill you with the pistol yon tried to kill me with, bnt miserable scoundrel that you are, Til let you live." Mr. Little turned the pistol over to the conductor. The drnoken confiable ?aid he was on his way to Danville, Ya. to get married. H. G. Osteen & Co., make a specialty of paper, and now have the finest and most complete selection of'paper ever in Sumter I They sell more paper for the same money than ! can be boQght elsewhere. Store on Liberty street, next to tbe Watchman and Southron ofjce. 'Twas a Cold Day in Texas. "I stre,"'; said the grocer, thought iessly, for he had forgotten that the j man with tha ginger beard was sit? ting behind the stove-"I see that the temperature dropped twenty de? grees in fifteen minutes down in Texas the other day." "I don't call that nothing," said the I man with the ginger beard. "I re member when there was a party of | us campiV up in the Black Hills that the temperature drapped so sudden that one of the mules in the outfit, which was in the act of kickin', was caught and froze that way, an' stood with its heels in the air two days. We had a thermometer along, but the cussed thing went back on us, so I can't ezzactly say j ist how much of a drap it wuz." "Oh, yes," 6aid the school teach? er, "it is a well known fact that at a temperature of about forty degrees below zero the mercury freezes and cannot register." "That wasn't it at all, young man/' said the man with the ginger beard, with fine scorn. "The durn mercury drapped so quick that the friction made it red-hot and busted the glass " The man from Potato Creek began to snicker, but the Ginger Beard stopped his mirth with a stony stare. -Indianapolis Journal. ?.?.?.B8l?l?BeeH?l?l?B?E? ? Feel I [Badly ? .To-day? I S We ask this repeatedly, because serious ? 5 diseases often follow trifling ai Imen ts. 2 I If you are weak and 5 . D^nvwr.? I Senerallv exhausted, g ? W\Vel?Af Si Q nervous, have no A S Ul Vf TY ll O appetite and can t ?J g I work, begin at once ^ ? |f*iYfl taking the most rc- S g? ll Vrll liable strengthening gs A -pfc . J * medicine, which is ? ? ?>l???P?"Ql Brown's Iron Bitters. S S Ul UV 1 O Benefit comes from g j I the very first dose, Q . IT CURES ? ? DYSPEPSIA. KIDNEY AND LIVER ? . NEURALGIA, TROUBLES. ? ? CONSTIPATION. IMPURE BLOOD, ? . MALARIA. NERVOUS AILMENTS, ? . WOMEN'S COMPLAINTS. 9 5 Get only the genuine-it has crossed red J g" lines on the wrapper. - ? BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD. J * To Yon 1 Who Use I PENS, INK, Paper, BlankBooks:| At H. G. OSTEEN & CO'S You can get everything that you waDt at the lowest prices. We are so situated that we can afford to make prices closer than any one else. All Goods are new and of the best quality. No shop? worn goods. We mnke a specialty of School Supplies and also keep a full line of Sta'ionery, Blanks Books, Etc. Come and inspect our troods. . ill I LIBERTY STREET, | SUMTER, S. C. "TSE CHARLESTON LINE." South Carolina and Georgia Railroad, | PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Corrected to Nov. loth, 18S5 (Daily.) Ii7 Charleston 7 20 a m 5 30 p m Ar Summerville 7 56 a m 6 10pm " Pregn?!l3 ? 28 a m 6 50 p m I " Georges 8 40 a m 7 04 p ta j " Branchville 0 i2 a m 7 50 p rn ! " Ro-.vesviiie 9 25 a m 8 07 p ra | " Orangeburg 9 38 a m 8 24 p m | t: St. Matthews 9 58 a m 8 48 p m 1 "Fort Motte 10 10 a m 9 03 p m i " Ringville 10 20 a m 9 20 p m ''Columbia 2105 am 10 10 p m ^ Lv Columbia 7 00 a m 4 00 p m Ar Ringville 7 45 a m 4 44 p m ! " Fort Mo:te 7 57 a m 4 55 p m ? " St Matthews 8 08 a m 5 09 p m [ " Orangebiirg 8 32 a m h 27 p m I " Rowesville 8 48 a m 5 42 p m j "Branchville 9 05 a m 5 55 p m ! 11 Georges 9 45 a m 6 37 p m I ct Pregnal?3 9 58 a m 6 50 p m " Summerville 10 32 a m 7 22 p m " Charleston ll 10 a m 8 00 p m Lv Charleston 7 20 a m 5 30 p m " Branchville 9 25 a m 7 50 p m " Bamberg 9 51 a m 8 19 p m *. Deomark 10 02 a m 8 31 p ra | " Blackville 10 20 a m 9 50 p m j ,c Willistoa 10 37 am 9 10 p m 1 Aiken ll 19 a m 9 57 p m Ar Augusta 12 01 p m 10 45 pm Lv Augusta 6 25 e. m 3 20 p m "Aiken 7 14 a m 4 07 p m " Williston 7 57 a m 4 44 p m " Blackville 8 14 a m 5 03 p m M Denmark 8 28 a m 5 17 p m " Eamberg 8 4L a m 5 29 p m " Branchville ! 9 20 a m 5 55 p m Ar Charleston ll 10 a m 8 00 p m Fast Express, Augusta and Washington, with Through Sleepers to New York. Lv Augusta 2 25 p m Ar Aiken 3 05 p m " Deomark 4 12 p m Lv Denmark 6 16 a m " Aiken 7 19 a m Ar Augusta 8 00 a m Daily except Sunday. Lv Camden 8 55 a m 2 25 p m " Camden Junction 9 48 a m 3 55 p m Ar Ringville 10 20 am 4 35 Lv Ringville 10 35 a m 6 00 a " Camden Junction ll 10 am 6 40 am Ar Camden 12 05 pm 8 15 a ra E. S. BOWSN, L. A. EMERSON, Geo. Manager. Traffic Manager. General offices-Charleston S. C. Cotton. With careful rotation of crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. Thc application of a proper ferti? lizer containing" sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain? ing not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainit is a complete specific aeainst "Rust." o Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom? ing special fertilizers, but are practica works, contain? ing the results of latest experiments in this line. Every cotton farmer should have a copy. They arc sent free for the asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau St., New York. Atlantic Coast lAne. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. WILMINGTON, N. C., Jar. 6, 1896 Fast Line BETWEEN NORTH CAROLINA AND ATHENS AND ATLANTA. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. WEST. Daily Train No. 52. 7 00 8 35 9 48 11 05 12 17 12 30 a m a m 25 34 00 10 45 p m p m In effect January 6tb, 1896. STATIONS. Lv L-v Lv Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Charleston Lanes Sumter Columbia Prosperity Newberry Clinton Greenwood Abbeville Athens Atlanta Ar Ar Ar Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv i LT EAST^ Liai ly. Train No 52 15 58 40 16 02 25 24 50 41 15 a m a m Ob 20 p m p m Ar Ar Wiousboro Charlotte Lv 10 56 am 8 50 a m ? 4b 4 21 2 40 5 36 6 45 p m p m p m p m p m Ar Anderson Lv Ar Greenville Lv Ar Spartanburg Lv Ar Hendersooville Lv Ar Asheville LT ll 00 am 10 36 a m 11 45 am 9 16am 8 20 am Nos, 52 and 53 Solid trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C., and carry through coach between Charleston and At lama. H. M. EMERSON. A8s't Gen'1 Passenger Agent. J. R. KEN LY, T. M. EMERSON, Gan'l Manager. TraiBc Manage OMo River & diarleston Railway Co SAMUEL HUNT. Agent for Purchaser. In effect December 1, 1894. CAROLINAS DIVISION. NORTHBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.) 1.00 1.45 2 00 2.42 3.15 334 Lv Camdeu. Ar Kershaw. Lv Kershaw. Lv Lancaster. Lv Catan ha Junction Ar Rock Hill. Lv Rock Hill.j 3 44 Lv Yorkville.i 4.20 Lv ?lacksburn.I C.25 Patterson Springs.! Shelby . Rutherfordton ., Marion. Lv Lv Lv Ar p m p m p m p m p m p m p m p ni p m 1 ;;8.45 j 9.15 9.40 3.1.40 1.15 a n. a m a m a m p m SOUTHBOUND.-(Dajly except Sunday.) Lv Marion. Lv Rutherfordtou. Lv Shelby. Lv Patterson Springs Ar Biacksburg. Lv Blacksburg. Lv Yorkville. Ar Rock Hill. Lv Rock Hili. Lv Catawba Junction. Lv Lancaster. Ar Kershaw. Lv Kershaw. Ar Camden. 7.45 6.58 9.35 9.45 10.10 10.50 11.29 11.23 12.15 a m a m a m a m a m a m a m a m p m 4.25 ?.50 8.03 8.19 8.45 p m p m p tn ;p m p m Dinner at Kershaw. CONNECTIONS Camdes-W.th S. C. Ry., for Charleston. Columbia, Augusta and all points South. Lancaster-With Cberaw & Chester N. G. R. R., for Chester. Catawba Junction-With C. C. & N. R. R. Rock Hill-With Southern Rail .vay. Yorkville-With Chester & Lenoir R. R. Blacksburg- With R. & D. R. E. for Spar anburg, Greenvale, Atlanta ?.nd points touth, and Charlotte aod points North. Marion-With Southern Railway. SAMUEL HUNT, Gen. Manager. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. Pass. Agt. In pffect September 16th, 1895. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave Wilsons Mill, " Davis, 11 Summerton, " St. Paul, " Silver, Packsville, " Tindal, Ar. Sumter, No. 72.? 9 10 a m 9 45 a m 10 10a m 11 10 a m 11 45 a m 12 05 p m 12 25 p m 12 50 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. 73* Leave Sumter, 1 30 p m " Tindal, 1 55 p m " Packsville, 2 25 p m " Silver, 2 55 p m " St. Paul, 4 00 p m " Summerton, 4 35 p m " Davis, 5 20 p m Ar. Wilson Mill, (5 20 p ra W-?*DaiIy except Sunday. THOMAS WILSON1 . ^President. Tissue paper, all shades and tint!), for sala by fi. G. Osteen & Co. GO-PARTNERSHIP NOTIGE. THE UNDERSIGNED have this day form? ed a Co-partner?hip for the practice of law, under Brm name of Wilson & Huist. AH business entrusted to them will receive prompt attention. Will practice in Sumter and adjoining counties. H. FRANK WILSON, C. M. HURST, JR. Jan. 9. TAX RETURNS -FOR 1895-96. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C. Nov. '27, 1895. RETURNS OF ALL PERSONAL ?RO perty and Poll Taxes will he reef i ved ! at the following times and places :$S5B3 I Mechanic8vi!le, Thursday, January 2d. Smithville, Friday, January 3d. Providence, Saturday, January 4th. Auditor's Office, Monday, Janu? ary 6th. Wedgefield, Tuesday, January 7th. Stateburg, Wednesday, January 8th. Hagood, Thursday, January 9th. Rernbert's Store, Friday, January 10th. J M. Tindal's, Saturday, January 11th. Mannville, Monday, January loth. Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, January I4th and 15th Magnolia, Thursday, January 16th. Lynchburg, Friday, January 17th. Concord, Saturday, January 18th. Reid's Mill, Monday, January 20th. Mayesville, Tuesday. January 21st. Johnston's Store, Wednesday Jan? uary 22d. Shiloh, Thursday, January 23d. And at Auditor's Office in City of Sumter from January 24th to Febru? ary 20th, inclusive. The law requires that all persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such property, either as agent, husoand, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, etc , return the same under oath to the Auditor, who re? quests all persons to he prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per ceci, penal? ty which will be added to the property valu? ation of all persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what tbey own on the fir8tday of January, 1896. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each Township where tbe property is located and also in each and every case the No. of the School District must be given. Every male citizen between the age of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of January, 1896, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed or from other causes shall be deemed taxable Polls. All returns must be made on or before the 20tb day of February next. I cannot take returns after that date and all returns made after the 20th day of February are subject to a penalty of 50 per cent. A. B. STUCKEY, Auditor Sumter County. Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 18G6. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH ? MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb. 28. I To Yo? I Who BOY School Books: Why should ? pay unreasonable prices for books, when $ you can get them from I H. G. OSTEEN & CO. I - WHOLESALE PRICES. $ By a special arrangement we are selling a!! books used in the Public School and other schools of this city at prices quoted io the wholesale list. We have a full line of Tablets, Pens, Pencils, Erasers, Ink?, and ty everything Deeded hy school children. II. MSTlii i COL, i LIBERTY STREET, $ I SUMTER, S. C. I M m * -*W COPYRIGHTS.^ CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT ? Fora prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to !>IL'N N & CO., who have had nearly fifty years' experience in the patent business. Communica? tions strictly confidential. A Handbook of In? formation concerning Patents and bow to ob? tain them f ent free. Also a catalogue Of mechan? ical and scientific books sent free. Patents, taken through Munn & Cb. receive special noticeinthe Scientific American, and thus are broueht widely before the public with? out cost to the inventor. This splendid paper, issued weekly, elegantly illustrated, has by far the largest circulation of any scientific work in the world. S3 ?i year. Sample copies sent free. Building Edition, monthly, $2.50 a year. Single copies, *25 cents. Every number contains beau? tiful plates, in colors, and photonraphs of new houses, with plans, enabling builders to show the latest desisms and secure contracts. Address MUNN & CO., NEW YOUK, 3?1 BROADWAY. FREELAND & ROGAN, Proprietors, Have got settled from the great rush of the holiday trade, and propose now to continue to ofter bargains {'tom time to time on their special coun? ters, as well as general stock, which will consist of China, Dinner, Tea and Chamber Sets: Open stock in Plain White China of Haviland and Austrain ware. JJ, A WL 3F* Sa Which will lange from 20c, 25c, 30c, 40c, 50c, andffup ;toj?5.00 each Will keep in stock a general line of the best Tinware on the market, Woodenware,*Broon)8 and a general line of house-f'urnishinggoods. &*2> ~X~ XLu ?ZZ2> m'? We have just received another car load of the Home Pride Cooking Stoves and Ranges, and our line of stoves is complete and range in price from $6 00 to $25.00. We invite inspection on this special line, as our j stoves are cheap and go?d. FREELAND & ROGAN. CITY HALL BUILDING, OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE, SUMTER, S. C F. W. -DEALER IN Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kinds of Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a First Class Drug Store. Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, Garden Seeds, &c, also Paints, Oils, Varnishes ' Glass, Putty, &c, Dye Stuffs. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Night Calls Promptly Attended To. Buy "Tup nrnfw^r?? HI? Ml?l Wire Spring. Our price now, ONLY $2.00. All other kinds of Furniture just as cheap. Arthur Belitzer. Oct 8-v. AGENT FOR THE South and North American Lloyds, New York and Chicago Lloyds. I GAN INSURE all classes of property at greatly reduced rates from the prevailing Fire Insurance Rates with equal responsibility on the part of the Company. Office at Haynsworth & Haynswortlvs Law office. Feb- 6 Sumter, S. C. HJLIT FIUE1SSEI3. Now is the time to look around for a Hay Press. We sell the best and Cheapest. MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS. H. B. BLOOM, SUMTER, S. C. Oct. 16. THE SD10?DS SiTIOMl BIM OP SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital. $75,000 00 Surplus and Profita .... 14,500 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders io excess of their stock $15,000 oo Tcidl protection to Depositors 5164,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January. April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON, President. Aug 7. Cashier. FISH, OYS TEK FISH, OYSTER F. KRESSEL, AGT. Wholesale and retail dealer in FISH, OYSTERS and Game, X. E. Corner East Bay and Market Sts., CHARLESTON, S.O. Oct. IG-v. D. M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to him. Office on Court House Square, in Blandiog office.