The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 27, 1896, Image 3
LOGAN NOTES
LOGAS, S. C., Slay 25, 1893 --It hns been
sometime since you heard aayihiug from thi
section, so we will endeavor to write you
about the condition of things in itr.s vicinity.
Most of the farmers have finished chopping
cotton and the crop iain a fair condition.
The corn crop is promising, some rew of the
farmers are talking of laying this crop by
this week. Oats look very well, except crops
tba: were planted late in the spring.
The fruit crop will be a failute. The trees
are dying without any apparent cause, for
we have oot suffered a day for rain this year.
The crop of candidates must be increasing,
judging from the number of announcements
ia your paper, and if the announcements con?
tinue to be made your correspondent will
have to quit writing, for the candidates will
take up all the space in your paper.
Catching fish is the order of the day among
tbe people or at least among some of them
We are told that two particular men in this
vicinity spend most of their time about tbe
fish holes of Cow Bay. We guess it's true,
for we met the aferesaid fishermen on tbe
road the other day and each man bad a sack
filled with the following : Muds, Cats, Pikes,
Maw-mouths, Sucks, Tad-poles, Cooters, etc.
HAPPY JAKE.
PRIVATEER PERSONALS
PP.IVAT?E3 TOWNSHIP, S. C , May 25, '96.
The moonlight was simply charming and
the weather was delightful las: Friday night,
j ust the sort of weather for people to enjoy
themselves in and the charades at Miss Calley
Wells's w.-reattended by a large, pleasant
and an interested crowd, who enjoyed the
weil rendered programme, which was as fol?
lows :
Song-Whispering Hopes-sung by the
ea tire company.
Broom Drill-Five Little Girls-Misses Carrie
Brown, Fannie Nettles, Kite and. Rennie
Bradford, and Aramie Welte.
Charade-Changed Housewife-two scenes
-Misses Nina Wells and Susie Bradford, and j
Messrs Rollin Kolb, Willie Brown, and LeRoy
Wells.
Recitation-Curfew-Miss Una Wells.
Charade-Domestic-Mr. Jimme Whilden, j
and Misses Una Wells and Lizzie Whilden. j
Tableau-Three Graces-Misses Julia Net- !
ties, Una and Nena Welis.
Charade-Mistake-Misses Taluiah Ram- j
3ey and Lizzie Whilden, and Messrs. Hey- ]
ward Ramsey aud Willie Wells.
Taoleau-Voice of Prayer-Miss Edna ?
Ramsey.
Recitation-Mollie-Miss Lizzie Whilden.
Tableau-Rock of Ages-Misses Una Weils
and Lizzie Whilden. The last mentioned !
was attired io garments of white, with wings
fastened to her dress and she placed a crown ;
on .Miss Wells's head as tbe latter knelt at the j
cross. During this tableau Mies Taiulah !
Ramsey and Mr. Rollin Kolb sang a vers? of !
"Rock of Ages" behind the scenes. j
Charade-A Touch of Nature-Mr. Jimmie !
Wb?dec and Misses Una and Theodosia j
??bl?a?-? Suit That Did Not Prosper- j
Mr. Willie Brown and Miss Lizzie Whilden.
Charade-The Successful Courtship- :
Messrs. McDonald Furmaa, Ashly Bradford j
and Jimmie Mason. The last mentioned was
dressed in giri3 clothes.
W? ^ill bQt a/u^mpf a synopsis of t.hi? in.- j
ieresting programme, iha: Ao?la take ?2p loo j
much space. There was a considerable dish I
of humor in the charades and the tableaux j
were pretty-the one entitled "Rock of Ages"' j
we regard as-one of the prettiest things. w:; ;
have ever seen on the stage. We can say |
that it is not often that our girls-wa beg j
pardon-we mean Privateer's girls-lock ;
sweeter than they did while acting their parts ?
in this programme the other night. Mrs. |
Kate Kingman, who has been training the j
young people for this occasion, can bi con- j
granulated on the success which has crowned j
ber efforts. We will state here that Missess
Katie and Laura Whilden and Mary Nettles, ?
who were also to have taken part, were pre- j
vented by sickness and Miss Mabelle Beck- i
ham. who was al3C to have taken pert, was
prevented by the illness of one of her sisters, i
Mr. Dwight Cain was master of ceremonies i
curing the rendering of the programme, j
After this had been carried out, refreshments '
were sold in the open air. Mr. Whitfield
Wells acted as auctioneer io selling off some j
of the cakes.
Dr. Wyman will take a vacation for M few j
nionths and in his sermon yesterday (which;
was a thoughtful and earnest discourse) he ?
alluded most kindly to our people If his
health does not permit, he will not return to
.:s nest fall. He is an earnest and an inter- |
es?iog pteacher and we wish him a pleasant ?
vacation.
Mr. John Betts, whose death was an- :
nounced in your last issue, was a member of ;
Garden's Battery during the Confederate war. :
He was originally from Germany and would j
have been 55 years old next July. Io Jan.,
1 Sol he married Miss Winnie Norton. HP is
the only person, so far as we know, who h;*s !
ever been buried with Masonic honors ia Pri- i
va'cer Township.
Prof Richard Cain, wiio oas been with his
relatives on account of ill health, has r^:ur:?- ;
-i to Williston.
Mrs. Ada Wheeler, of Wedgefield, has been
visiting in the community.
We have naen telling of iitf?rest peopi? o:
ibis county who shook hands with President .
Davis; we may mention he.-" that our town?
ship has a namesake of thi-j eminent iSau:!-:
I
?rn statesman, Mr. J. D. McSlveen and we
may also mention this fact-Mr. McEIveea's
balf-brofcber-in-law, the late Capt. J. A. i
?uraes was preseat a: Mr. D.-ivis'e buriti i'.i
New Orleans.
Mr. Mack Kolo, one of Privateer's eater- j
prising tVrasrs, is President of the Manches- .
ter Democratic C?ub.
The Black River Union ef Baptist Churches ,
uieets with the Packsville Baptist Church .
this week.
Mary Knight, aa old woman ot the Red- j
bone stock, who lived below the county line,
was buried ia the township last week.
"Palmetto Republican" is the name of a;
small newspaper, which ha3 been started at j
Packsville and is nublished by H. C. Tindal,
colored. McD. F. j
The institute Commencement
Toe annual t-omnifric?-ca^nt of the Sumter
Institut* wit! re held on J;:::- 1st Ktid 2 :. '
Th? progr* mtu? i- .i? follows :
Baccalaureate S?*rmon S tin ?lay evening, j
May 3ist, oy Rev. S. M. Smith, D'. D.
Annual Concert Monday evening.
Commencement exercises, Monday moraine :
at i 1 o'clock.
Literary address by Col. James Armstrong, ;
cr Charleston.
The members of the graduating class are:
Miss-s Aleine Du Run*, Mary M. DuRaot,
Georgia L. Edmondson, Georgia Ingram.
BU? M. Meyers, Julia h. Power, Pauline E.
Sanders, Ella L. Shaw, Hertha L. Strange.
Ron. H. Cowper Patton, of Columbia wes
expected to d?lirer the Literary Address, but
he has been forced to cancel his engagement
on account of continued illness. He has
been suffering with asevere attack of inflima
tioq of the eyes and hts been under the care
of an oculist for several weeks. rle ?vi!! not
be able to use his eyes for sometime, and his
physician has advised him tn cancel ali en?
gagements. Col. Armstrong has conssnted
to deliver the address and there is a treat in j
store for ail who attend the commencement ?
for there is no more eloquent and polished i
platform orator io the Stnte. lt will be re- j
gretted that Mr. Patton could not fulfill hts j
engagement and it will be the sincere wish of i
all of his friends that he will soon entirely j
rceover the use of his eyes.
Capt B. G. Pierson Offers a Tro?
phy to be Contested for by the
JReel Squads.
The following letter is self explanatory :
SUMTER, 8. C., May 2Gth, 1896.
Mr. H. B. Bloom, Chief Fire Department,
City.
Dear Sir-I have selected and ordered Mr.
L. \V. Folsom to pre?are and turn over to
you a medal, which I wish you to offer upon
the conditions embodied herewith, to be i
competed for during the stay of the cadets
(this being the first contest) in our city.
This medal is to remain in the fire depart- j
ment as long as it is in existence, and is to j
be known BS the "Pierson Medal." It is to j
be contested for annually and awarded to the ?
company or squad making the best record, j
the contest to be of such nature and under \
such rules aod regulations as may be decided I
upon by the chief, or soco persons as he may j
appoint.
With coatinned good wishes for the wei- !
fare of the department, I atc.
Yours truly,
B. G. PIERSON.
The First Money Sent Forward
From Sumter County.
Hon. Richard I. Manning forwarded 3300
to the Treasurer of th? Chicago Southern
States Exposition Fund Friday afternoon.
Mr. Manning has done good work, and by
his work has demonstrated that in selecting
bira a wise choice was made. But $77 re?
mains to be collected to complete the amount
assessed on Sumter county, and this is al?
most in sight; in fact, at least one half of it
is pledged by responsible Dartie?, so that it
may be said with confidence that Sumter
county has done her fall share towards sup?
plying the fund for making the exposition a
success aod has set an example to the other
couQttes of the Stat?.
The 3300 already forwarded was raised as |
fellow s t
City of Sumter, . $100
Town of Mayesville, 25
Personal subscription in this city, 175
Total. S3C0
It is noted as a matter of some personal
interest that Mr. McDonald Forman, of Pri?
vateer, gave the first rooney toward the Sum?
ter county fund.
The ren;pinder cf the money to be collected
in this county and in all other counties
should be made up at once and forwarded to
headquarters so that the work of arranging
the SM th Carolina exhibit may be pash?d
forward with vigor a.nd. dispatch.
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Official RunniDg.
Daily Item, May 23.
Messrs. J. A. Schwerin and W. K. Com?
mander established a record last Saturday a3
the champion foot racers of this section.
They started cat tn capture Gran: Williams,
who also has a record, bat strictly as a chick?
en thief andan all round rascal, and cam? up
with him on Main Street. Williams broke
corer as soon as the officers of the law flash?
ed him and tit oat down Main Stree' with
the speed of a five-pronged buck. The j
officers gave chase and Williams led them a
hot race ont beyond the Hoyt place almost to
Green Swamp, where he was headed of? by
Mr. Wess Blanding and captured.
Mr. Schwerin is open for wagers that he
and Mr. Commander can beat any horse in
town on a cross country race, and unless
some one with more money than judgment
takes bim up he will continue to claim the
championship.
Grant Williams is in jiil awaiting trial for
chicken stealing. Had be been aware that he
was attempting to out run the champions he
doubtless would hive surrendered quietly
and saved himself a long, tiresome and fruit?
less ruc.
Daily Item. May 24.
* Mr. W. H. Commander '.vas unduly adver?
tised as a foot racer in the account of the
capture of Grant Williams which appeared
in Saturday's issue. Mr. Commander is an
excellent officer but is not a sprinter. Mr.
Schwerin az:d Chief Bradford are the cham?
pion runners and will hold the belt against
all comers. The way tn which Mr. Com?
mander happened to be advertised ns a run?
ner, w-.s that when Williams was captured
?ie WHS delivered into the keeping of Mr.
Commander, who is the regular constable of
Magistrate Weils, .-.nd ?he impression was
mad" that he w?<.s one cf the racing squad.
Meetings.
There will be a meeting of Sumter Lodge,
I. O. G , this evening at 3.30 o'clock.
Good Te;: plars will take notice of thc meet?
ing snd make aa e?f$r? t?.? r.e pres?:::.
Tilers wi?: be ^ ;. 2?c: ? mee'in-j of Holly?
wood Camp, Wood urta of the Wov.M, at 3
o'clock this: Wtruaesc&y. evening.
Th??s wi!! b? a meering of the members o'
the Snmter Club ?n ?lie Masonic Temple
this evening at G li o'clock.
Csucucla Lodge No. 201, O. G. G . siee!3 .
this afternoon &x 6.15. Members .ire
requested to be prompt.
A Manning Opinion cf Sumter Bali .
;Fiayers.
A base h?ll le-tra from Sumter came to
Manning inst Friday and play ? i i g'iUi'.
with a scrub nin- of this place Th" score
was 25 to 16 in favor ut Sumter. The game
was not finished on acccaat of Sumter quit?
ting when they found the Manning uoys
gaining on them. The local tenn; played at j
a great disadvantage, because- they were not
organized and had not practiced toger:;i r.
?od until the Sumter men replaced I
their players with giants the Manning boys i
did theta up badly. The Sumter's made the i
most runs and they clowed about it furious
ly, but wheu the next game is played our j
boys will take the starch out of these windy j
dudes.- Manning Time3.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 2G, IS!Hj.
This bulletin cover? the weather and
crop conditions for the week ending
Saturday, May 23,and in its preparation
were used report trous one or mer?.'
correspondents in each cj'joty of the
State.
WEfAT??ER.
The average mean temperature of
40 places for the we?k was 79 decrees,
the same ac for tho previous week, and
was duo to somewhat lower day tem?
peratures, but warmer nights. The
means ranged from 74 at liagood to
83 at Gillisonville. The normal for
the week is approximately 72. Tbe
maximum temperature was 100 at
Blackville on the 17th, Gillisonville on
the 18ih, and Cberaw on the 21st ; the
minimum was 60 at Batesburg on the
2lsr, Greenwood on the 22d and 23d.
There were numerous showers dur?
ing the last three days of the week
over the greater portion of the State,
but in lower Barnwell, Coliecon, Hamp?
ton, Charleston and Beaufort Counties
the rainfall was either verv light oren
tirely absent, and there the drought
was intensified to the detriment of crops
generally.
There are other limited areas where
but little or no rain fell, as follows :
Io the vicinity of Hawthorne, Wind?
sor and Oakwood, Aiken Countv ;
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Springfield, Orangeburg County ; Jor?
dan, Clarendon County; Wincsboro,
westward to Broad River, Fairfield
County ; Anderson, Anderson CouDty ;
portions of Pickens and Greenville
Counties; Waterloo, Laurens County;
Poverty Hill and Trenton, Eigefield
County; Little Mountain, Newberry
County; and Leesville, Lexington
County. Heavy rains damaging crops
and washing lands occurred in lower
Richland, Greenville, Piokens, Ander?
son and Fairfield Counties. Hail fell
in various western add central counties
on the 21st and 23d, damaging the
stands of cotton to some estent.
The following heavy raina were re?
ported : Columbia 1.20 ; Greenville
2 07 ; Florence 1.94 ; Effingham 2.53:
Camden 1.69; Elloree 1 50 ; Liberty
1.50; Centrai 1 30 ; Pinopolis 3 24;
Darlington 1.15; Clio 2 35; Society
Hill 1 55 ; Statesburg 1.51; Clemson
College 1.25. Six other places report
ed amounts from 0 50 to 1.00 ioch ;
and 22 places amounts under 0 50 of
an inch, the average of 42 reports be?
ing 0.80 and the normal for the State
is approximately 0.88.
The sunshine ranged between 70 and
90 per cent, of the possible, except in
Berkely and Williamsburg Counties,
where it ranged between 30 and 60.
CR0P9.
The geoerel condition of croDs ia de
cidedly better than it was on the pre?
vious week, tits exceptions being eon
fined to those sections where there was
little or so rain, as already noted, and
elsewhere to such crops that were too
far advanced towards PASturity or we;o
?00 SCari)' ruined by the previous
drought to be beaefitted by the laic rains.
Corn has made saiisfactory advance in
growth and has been generally well cul?
tivated, is clean, healthy and of good
color. Io places it wilted badly during
the day. Iviriiest planting is about
ready to "lay by '7 Bud worms did
some damage on bottoms ir* Eigfiold
County, but generally worms have giv?
en very little trouble. Late corn com?
ing up and some being planted.
With thc osceptoin of small and
comparatively unimportant areas where
the stands were damaged by hail, and
also where it is just coming up, or
came irregularly, cotton is in fine con?
dition. It is of fair growth and improv?
ing ; is of good, healthy coior, weil
cultivated, and only a few sections are.
threatened with gras?. It is free from
insects and disease generally. The
drought did cotton no apparent injury,
and thc abnormal heat since planting
favored it? development. Squares are
forming plentifully on April cotton
Tobacco grcwiog weil rind trans?
planting is again being pushed.
Plants continue scarce, and some in
beds are too large to transplant, so that
lands intended lor tobacco are hoing
Dur. to cor u.
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Wheat in thc western counties prom?
ises a fair yield, hut elsewhere u; poor.
Oats aro generally poor, and spring
oats wi:! amount to nothing. Wheat
aod oats harvest quite genera!.
Sugar and ribbon cane aro in very good
condition, and seemingly have cot -of?
fered from lack of rain .
Melons generally in blossom and look?
ing promising. Have been attacked
and aro dying fron? 'i fungous disease
in lower Richland County."
Sweet po:at<5 draws being trans?
planted and arc J-d?:g weil. In New?
berry and Union Counties oro being
watered. irish potatoes are not pro?
mising, and are cf inferior i'is?ty ?nd
stnaii size genera I Iv
Gardens are somewhat revived, but
vegetables are very scarce and of poor
quality. In places garcon." are entirely
ruined.
Fruit pro.-peet:: aro poor. Peaches
continue to drop aod apples :o r;":* on
the tree*, ir is 'ho opinion sf corres
pondents thar rho extreme bea: was
unfavorable for fruit. Fine blackberry
cronin Pickens County, and general?
ly over thc whole State.
J. W. BAUER,
Section Director.
Columbia, S. C.
- HCJW ??>*. <CWi -
Tho filibustering steamer, L^.urada,
is still at the Charleston jiarantine
station, but co information can be ob- j
tained concerning ber recent trip and
future movements. I
The Privateer Redbones.
Mr. McDonald Forman Makes a
Study of This Isolated and
Unique People
Twenty yeais ago, during my
childhood days, I became interested
in that isolated people of this town?
ship, whose correct racial name is
Ked bone. For the last ten years I
have been making a study of them,
and although I have already written
a good deal about them for the pa?
pers, yet there remains much to teil,
and as the proprietor of the Watch?
man and Southron has kin cl IyT given
me space, I will now write more
about them.
These people are known as "free
negroes/' also "old issue*/' but, as I
said above, their correct name is
Red bone. I will try to give the
reader a clear meaning, according to
ray understanding, of this word, also
its use, which is this : the word
"Redbone" is and should be used, to
designate those mixed breed people,
who as a race were never slaves, al?
though they may have negro blood,
and who have, or are supposed to
have. Indian blood. Ii" my under?
standing of the name "Redbone" is
correct and this mixed breeded, iso?
lated people in Privateer Township
can't be classed as Redbones, then
what are they ? As a people, they
are a combination of the white, the
negro and the Indian races.
From the best accounts, there are
at present between 70 and SO of;
these people in this township ; they
are Chavises, Gibbeses, Goinses, I
?SmiJings, and some others This ena- j
meration does not include some of ;
this stock in the township who ap-j
pear to have become weaned off from ;
the main body. Of the four families j
mentioned above, I have never dis?
covered that any of them, as fami- ;
lies, aie descendants of slave ne?
groes. With probably less than half
a dozen exceptions, all of these TO j
edd Redbones are descended from j
Tom Gibbes, the Revolutionary char-1
acter of whom I spoke in these col- ;
urous a while back. Whether all of \
these have Indian blood, I can't posi- j
tively say, though my opinion is that ?
they have. Over haif of them are de- j
scended from Jerry and Edie Goins, '
the latter was a mixed breed Indian |
woman who appears to have been a j
well known fortune teller in her day. j
Her name is probably familiar to !
many of my older readers, and from j
what I have learned of her, she must
have been quite an interesting char- ;
acter. I may mention here that of;
these people (I mean those who are!
identified with the main body), less;
than hali a dozen have married other !
than among their race It would be j
hard (if it could he done at all) to '
estimate the racial per cent, of j
white, negro and Indian blood among I
these people, which varies in differ- i
eat individuals.
To show ?l?? wandering disposi?
tions of some of these people I will !
mention that their church roll (a;
copy of which has been kindly sent;
me by Sclson Chavis, of Clarendon,
who is church clerk) nov/ shows j
members in this, Clarendon and Wil?
liamsburg Counties, as well as in j
Georgia. ?fi a former communica?
tion, I gave some account of their ;
church-Bethesda-which is situated
in this township hardly a mile from
the Clarendon line. Hardly more (han
three of the members are "late freed
men.'"' AU of these people are not;
identified with this chuch ; for in- |
stance, Lorenzo 1). Chavis, who is
one of the most intelligent of them ;
in the township, is a prominent j
preacher of the A. M. E. Church.
An interesting Redbone character
is Wade Goins, who is considerably
mixed willi Indian and is descended
from Jerry and Edie Goins. He is
as straight as an arrow, his skin is j
decidedly copper colored and his '
face, ? think; looks more like that of
an indian or white man than a ne?
gro, lie is now an old man. aged
TO or T-, and is one of the deacons ;
ul" Bethesda Church. During a por?
tion of the war he ran on a govern?
ment train
Tom Gibbes, who may be called
the spiritual head of* these Red?
bones, is another descendant of
Jerry and Edie Goins, and has the
sam-:; am on nt of Indian blood that
Wadi; (joins has. Gibbes is the
pastor of Bethesda and is about 60
years o? age A gentle-man of this j
township informs me that for year.1;
he lias boon renting land to Gibbes j
without taking the scratch of a pen.
The oldest ono of these peopie is
J. E Smiling, who over 50 years ago
married Matilda Goins, sister of
Wade Goins. During reconstruc?
tion times in Soul;; Carolina. Smiling
was a somewhat prominent figure in
county politics. At a future time ?
mav five a more extended notice of
tiiis remarkable old man, who is a ,
person of considerable intelligence
These people own about a thou- ,
sand acres of land in the township.
According lo tho "Privateer tax re?
turns, as given in the County Audi?
tor's book, J. E. Smiling and S. D. ;
Chavis are the largest ?and owners
amongst them.
As a race I have lound the Red?
bones oolite. Au intelligent ?ate
freedman was speaking to me about
them and I remarked that they were
more polite than the white people or j
late freedmen, and tiie late freedman I
replied, ;,yes sir, they is "
The following statement will give
the reader an idea as to the quiet
character of these people. During j
j
the time that Mr. VV. A Nettles has
filled the position of trial justice and
magistrate (about 9J years) only one
criminal case has been brought before
him against any of the Redbones,
and they were acquitted by a jury of
white men.
Mr Duke Lackey, who is between
06 and TU years of age, recently told
me this, "I have been knowing these
people all my life, and have found
them a peaceable people. I have been
living close to them about 3$ :>r 39
years/'
Mr. David Wells, one of Privateer's
younger -armers, who also lives close
to the Redbones, told me this not
long; since. "Taking these people as
a race they are honest and the older
ones among them are free from curs?
ing. These people have done differ?
ent work for me and I have general?
ly found Ihem reliable.''
While these people are classed with
the negroes, their features and color
as a race show unmistakable evi?
dence of white or Indian blood, or
both. They are cerainly an isolated
people and I repeat here what I said
in a communication to the News and
Courier and The Columbia State a
few months ago-that as a people,
they are, if anything, more apart to
themselves than are the Hebrews of
our State.
There is much more that could be
written about the Redbones-I
would like to give a more particular
account of their church, also of some
of the families, but! may do that in
the future. I could also give con?
jectural accounts of the starting of
these people as a race, but I will not
make the attempt here, as I wanted
to make this article descriptive and
not conjectural.
In writing about these Redbones,
I have tried to be accurate in my
statements and descriptions, and in
conclusion will say if this article
interests many readers and wili be
a contribution of any value to the
ethnclogcial history of South Caro?
lina, then I have not written it in
vain. MCDOXA?.D F?RMAN.
Privateer Township, Ramsey P. ?.
May 25, 1896:
A severe tornado swept over Western
Kansas Saturday, devastating seventy
?vc square mil?. r territory. A num
ber of persons w killed or injnred.
Rev. Francis He? ..?an, pastor of the
Scandinavian Church, Salt Lake ('itv,
is charged with murdering seven wo?
men, six of whom were his wives.
Heart Disease Kills
Suddenly: but r-ever vritbout warningsymp?
toms, sueh as Faint. Weak or Hungry Spells,
irregul?rer Intermittent; Pulse, Fluttering
or Palpitation >.? tho Heart, Choking Sensa?
tions, Shortness o? Breath. Swelling of Feet
and Ankles, otc.
Dr. Miies5 Heart Cure,
Cures Heart Disease.
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Mr. Gee L. Smith, of thc G<:<.>. L. Smith
Mantel Co., Louisville, Ky., writes Feb. ZC,
l?f;4: "For about a year I wa- a terrible suf?
ferer from heart trouble, whi::: got PO bad
I was obliged lo sit ap ia bed to get ray
breath. ? had to abandon business and
conic? hardiy crawl around. My friend, Slr.
Julius e. Voglit, one of <;ar leading pharma?
cists, asked -no totry Miles' Heart run-.
I had used little mure than a bottle when
the pain ceased and palpitations entirely
disappeared. I have not had tho slightest
trouble since, and today ? ara attending to
business ::.-* regularly as ever."
?old by druggists everywhere. Hool: or.
Heart and Nerve.- sent free. Address Dr.
Miks Medical Cu., Elkhart, Ind.
Dr. Miles' Ernefe Restore Health.
ard ware. Ci
and Guns,
WOODWARK,
TO WARE,
POT WAKE*
MG?LTOBALIMPLBKH TS
For salo itt lowest marke? pri?es.
MARSHALL WESS3?T O0,s
CHARLESTON
Oe*. 16-x.
The Sumter
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NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE.
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Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines
Ox" the best grade sold cheap for cash
or on easy terms. Old ones taken in
exchange for new ones.
CLEANING AND REPAIRING
DONE PROMPTLY.
We aiso keep
NEEDLES. Ol LS,
Anti parts of every Sewing Machine.
We have some rare bargains in
Pianos, Organs andiSewins Machines.
M. B. HANDLE,
^an 8. Manager.
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BEAUTY HATH CHARMS
and all the charms which beau?
ty likes best to don are shown
in our grand display of fash?
ionable jewelry for this season.
Jewels like these would en?
hance the charms of the most
fascinating belle, and surely no
fair one would despise such
brilliant aids to her beauty.
Like personal loveliness, they
conquer admiration on sight :
they score new victories at ev?
ery inspection. Those who
look over our stock do not
willingly stop with examina?
tion. Beauty may now be
made easily irresistible by a
few judicious purchases from
our display of up to date jew?
elry.
L. W. FOLSOM,
Jeweler and Optician.
SIGN OF THF BIG WATCH,
(?er. 15.
THE PLACE TO GO. -
F. H. WARREN,
Manufaturer of all kinds of Harness
and Saddlery and Dealer in
HORSE BLANKETS;
LAP ROMES.
TURF GOODS AND
G EN E RA L STA B LE
SUPPLIES.
First Class Work and Satisfaction
( riuxratitced.
SEND FOR PRICES.
?dmmJ ?J bi. Cw bj
Charleston, 3, C,
Oct. Iii-o
le Laif st si Most Coi*
EstaWiiiit Sill
Geo, S. Hacker & Son.
BOOBS,'SASH; BUNDS,
TWr* TI 1/3 i vi a* "ni VI in c
Machinery?
.\KW ?ft SECfOXD E?ASD.
Parries having second hand machioery fsr sale wi:! do weil to confer with us.
Wc have several bargains on hand now in this lino for those'who wi-h to buy.
The Gheraw Machine Works
In addition to making machinery manufacture about the best T- bacco ]>arn
Flues to be had anywhere, at very low prices.
H. il. Bloom.
We have a Pisston Saw Gammer for sale at a EacriSce.