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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 1896. Guv Soliloquises on His Visit to ^the City of Sumter and Writes on Ancient History. "Ob, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, some endless contiguity of sbade," where all this twaddle of hard gold or softest silver talk "shall reach me nevermore."?Hez. . 4-15. We've lately been a transient resident of our own beautiful city of Sumter, a volunteer resident, and we've spent some of the pleas antest days of our later life in the enjoyment of the hospitality and kindnees of the private citizens and-the entertainment of the Jervey - Honse and Ed Carpenter's. (We didn't quite reath the "Nixon." Hope to do so later.) We've been cordially welcomed and kindly treated by all and bave some invitations still in reserve and tbey are accepted and tbe en gagements will be fulfilled so sure as we can travel back to town. We are more than ever anxious to become acquainted with tbe good people of our towa just now when there seems an imminent probability of a line being es tablished which will make us inhabitants of a foreign country. We'd make a mighty poor alierfyost now. We've noted the city under all conditions, from the crisp and early hours when the darkness is giving birth to another young day and tbe streets are empty save a Jone and tired sentinel or an early wege earn er whose hurried footsteps make a.sharp and echoing click upon some distant pavestones; along tbe later and lighter hours as the. elec tric lamps go out and toe town slowly wakes and the-laborers appear, thus the early sales man. At the ninth hour when tbe back ... doors unclose aud the day's whirr is getting under, w-ay, and as it gathers way, and along tbe bright hours of the busy day, wbile tbe marts are thronged with tbe buyers and the sellers, and the bosses and the buggies and bicycles manoeuver for right of way in the swarming streets and invoke blue and h&rx less benedictions upon each other, wbile the dry good3 stores are dealing out comfort for the outer man and the drug stores and dis pensary deal confusion to the inner mar. In tbe waning honre, when tbe rustic customer puts his 4-legged critter to the wagon a: d his 2-X critter in his pocket and wends his way to the first spring or well on tbe road to his rural borne and then and there spiles a drink of?good spring water, while the tired clerk emerges from behiud tbe counter to catch a breath of pavement air. After the closing hour, when the throngs have disap peared and Mercury is dethroned and Vesta and Cupid assume the sway and domesticity and sociability and varied pleasures rule, until the dead still hours again. We have witnessed the multitude of brothers and sis ters m black who gathered to listen to some latter day, 32nd degree, 22 carat, z?ro dema gogue, orate to them all day and we saw but one drunk man and he was white and from our own side of the country, and we do un hesitatingly assert that our city is the most peaceful, q>:iet and law abiding town we have everepent tbe same number of days and _nights ia, but we can temember when tbe place was even more caltr^and peaceful than now, when there was no railroad or tele graph, or telephone, or electric lights, or water works except ? long handle wood pomp?when real estate was cheaper and licker wa3 better and credit was easier, when Sumterville was a large sandy X roads with the jail opposite the Court House and A. White & Co., (oot^or present Hon. Author y, he is young Ant'ny), comprised the present Eeid block, and Jackson Moses tbe Rytten burg corner and Perry Moses the present Scott corner, and afterwards the Solomons (Jake and Gus) the O'Donnell house, and Hacks the Barnett house, and there was China's Hotel on the China block, and old Fed Myers kept a genuine old time tavern on *tbe S. D G Company's corner, with "enter tainment for man and beast," and its yawn ing fire place, and sanded floor, and odiferous tap room, where were dispensed the choice vintages and pure (not chemically. Bab!) distilled liquors from ali parts of the world, uataxed, unlicensed and un-X-ed. Sumter then seemed to be a finished and completed town Tbe most distinguishing evidence of an arrival in town wa3 tbe steat from tbe stables combined with tbe aroma of Principes (fine Havana cigars) and the fra grance of E tu de vie and Madeira and sich. Welrr well, these days belong to tbe dead past. The old land marks are disappearing, and, like the old trees near the Judge Moses mansioD, will soon be removed as unsightly We m*ust have some little cf tbe esthetical in our composition for we were very loth to see those grand old oaks come down and felt like howling "Woodman spare that tree." But tb?y showed signs of decay and disturbed tbe blamed wires, and Mr. Tribble {was ahead of us. We remember, in th,e "Lang Syne" that Columbi? was proverbial for ?ts pretty women and handsome horses; but, we should say Columbia would have to yield the palm to modern Sumter as regards the women at leas:. In the streets, in the stores, in tbe yards and booses, at church and in the 0;?era House cur eves have been greeted and grati fied by the sight of pretty women, har;dsome women, maids and matrons. Drat the j horses. We went to church. To the dea old church of our younger and happier da;, s, and listened to the r?v?rant voice of the minister ?and the devout responses ci the people and the swelling chant3 of the choir, and the tender associations and sweet memo ries of the days of yore arose up before us like ? a panoramic mist, and there was mist on our 1 glasses also, e sat alongside of one of the judges of the earth, we mean an earthly judge of course. The little transient experience we had of judge Becet wouid lead us to believe ? him a high-toned, cultured Christian gentle- j man instead of as pictured , only a year cr two since, in odo of our local papers. Thanks to the kindness of tbe accomplish ed Editor of the Item, we wer? admitted and J saw and heard Rhea, in Josephine, and must \ say that we are far behind the times if we are wrong in saying that Coi. Abe Ryttenberg's i management of the Opera House is not j siaiply complete, us complete as tbe Opera House itself. We were a season ticket theatre goer in the old days, in the eld "city by the sea," and this will explain why we presume to assert that the Sumter audieoce on'that night can be de scribed io one single word, "Elite," from gallery to footlights, not one disturbing, or even unrefined, act, sight or sound interposed to mar the complete enjoyment of the play, as is eo frequently the case in so many piacer, and we felt complimented and proud to have a place id such company, and we'll be dog goced if we are any dratted booti ick nother. We are just beginning to commence to start to get acquainted with our modern county metropolis and if she don't grow too fast we'll try to catch up with her before con cluding to ' shake eff this mortal coil." But we've wandered far from our text and it is time to get back to it, "Oh for a lodge in some vast wildercess. some endless contigui ty of shade," where all this twaddle of bard gold and softest silver tilk shall reach u; neveremcre ?Hez. 4-15. Guv. P. S. We are very glad to be able* to etate that we have lately had convincing proo^ that Sumter is now as good a cotton market a3 any town within nach, and also that we have been long convioced that it is the cheap est mnrktt to>uy goods in and we hope that his statement will prove satisfactory to any who were disposed n> misapprehend us in cur cotton communication sometime since. G (To be continued.) -?e?e?? . Tight Ciothing. A yoeog lady a few weeks ago ap plied to a physician for treatment. She suffered from continual headache, and bad done so for yeirs, and she had o'her troubles. The physician exam ined ber thoroughly, and satisfied her self (the physician wa3 a woman) as to the causes of patient's maladies. "I cannot treat you," said the doc tor, ' unless you will follow my in structions implicitly. But if you promise to do so, I think your health will improve immediately, and will soon be entirely restored." The patient promised entire compli ance with the instructions of the phy sician: "The first thing for you to do is to take offyour corsets, or wear them so loosily that the vita! organs will not be at ali compressed even when you take a full breath Then suspend ali your clothing from your shoulders, and have nothing haog from your hips. Procure a pair of lowheeled shoes about two sizes larger than you wear now. Give up drinking tea or coffee, or take them very weak. At first you may j miss the stimulus, but only for a few ! days E it nourishing food at regular ! interva's, and go ro bed early and get J your sleep out. Walk to and from your place of business so as to get all the exercise possible for you in the open air ? 11 A. little medicine was given to the patient for some local trouble, but treatment was relied on for the main d'ficukies She did exactly as her physician told her. in a few days she was free from bsadache, and in a few weeks she was enjoying a degree of health up tc that time entirely unknown to her. Tbe heart was able, without check from tight clothing, to do its work; her lungs bad full play, acd could purify the blood without hin drance from corset iaces ; the abdomi nal organ?, no longer crowded down upon tbe delicate organs below them, performed their functions without in terfering with any other organs of toe body; elasticity gradually came back to the step of the young womao, color oaaic to her face, light to her eye, and the cbeerfuloess born of good health to her hart. The physician from whose mouth i this statement was received, averred f that the good results that this patient enjoyed were directly from the treat ment she received and gave herself and not frorathe medicine*?Ex. Sewing Machines and Organs cleaned and repaired at the Sumter Music House. A New York daily World or Journnl is given free to every purchaser of a five cen? cigar at H. G. Osteen & Co.'s The Discovery Saved .His Life. Mr. G. Caiilouette, Druggist, Beaversville 111., says: "To Dr. King's New Discover- ij owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and ! tried all the physicians for miles about, but of j no avail and was given up and told I could not live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its j use and frcm the first dose began to get better, i and aiter using :nne bottles was up aud | about again. It is worth its weight in gold j We won't keep store or house without it j Get free trial bottle at J. F. W. DeLorme's | Dru^ Store 2 j -..y* h g fe Ski? i 1 til Short ens laber. lessens pain, ? diminishes danger to life of i both mother and child u:>d leaves her in cond?- j tion more favorable to speedy recovery. ' "Stronger after than before confinement" ' . says a prominent midwife. Is the best remedy i : Known and worth the price forlbat alone. Endorsed una recommended by midwives and ail ladies who have used t. ?ewarc o? substitutes u:.? imitations. lakes Ghitd-S?rth Easy, Sent by Express er mail on receipt of price, $1.00 per bottle. Book "TO MOTHERS" mailed free, containing voluntary testimonials. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GAc SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Atlantic Coast Line? ?/r?!-'~V' ,. . -. .. ' & & *.-?*^*t ' ' '! ? aas??;*; PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Wilmington, N. C, Ja? 6, 1*96 Fast Line bktween, Uli. UUU Ulm .. [1 lu NORTEL CAROLINA and ATHENS AND ATLANTA CONDENSED SCHEDULE. ?i ??nnpj1 WKST. Daily Train No 52. 7 00 8 35 9 48 11 05 12 17 12 30 25 34 00 10 45 a m a m a m a m m m P.? m m m m lz effect January 6'.h, 1896. Stations. Lv L? Lv Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Charleston Laces {Sumter Columbia Prosperity New berry C lit; ton Greenwood Abbeville " Athens Aliatila Ar Ar Ar Lv Lv Lv Lv Lt Lv Lv Lv EAST. Daily. Train No 53. ,6 mi Ar 8 20 oilAr Winnsboio Charlotte l.vjlO 56 6 Lv 8 50 r? 3 45 21 40 36 45 p EP DG m m m Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Anderson Greenville Spattanburg Lv Lv Lv flf-ndcrsonvi?e Lv Asbev?le Lv 11 00 a rr 10 3?? a a 11 45 am 9 16 a a 8 20 am Nos, 52 and 53 Solid trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C , and carry through conch between Charleston and At ianta. H. EMERSON Ass't Gen . <L3senger Agent J R. KENLY, . , SMERSON, Gan'l Manager Tra .. v-an8g ?TL?NTAj rVS?CON ?ND ALL POINTS WEST, VIA AUGUSTA, GA., and GEORGIA R.R. Leave Sumter, 4 33 & m Leave Angosta, 7 15 a m Arrive Atlanta, 12 15 m Arrive Macon, 1 i GO a in Connections for all poiots in Union Depots A. G. JACKSON, JOE V7. WHITE, G. ?. A. T. P. A. H. R. JACKSON, ?ol. Freigh aad Pass Agt., Augusta, Ga "THE CH?BLSSM LIE." South Carolina and Georgia Eailroad PASS SM G E R D EPA RT M EN Corrected to Aprii I0;h: ISOG. Li7 Charleston A r S:;ojiE?rvii!3 " Pregoalls ??' Ge:>r.-:c-s i! f?-anchvi?le <! R.>^?-?v;:;e t: Orangcburg <: Si. Matthews rxort Sioltb ( ?Engrille " Co-ambia jv Colombia ir Kingvi?le " Fon Motte :? Si Matth; w? : Orangebarg :: Rowesvi?e :' B;nriei:viiie :{ Georges " Pregun?is ?: S:r:??:iefville <; Ce ari esten (Daily.) 7 10 ? m 7 4G a in 8 1S a m 8 30 a m 9 00 a :.i 9 ? 5 a sa 9 28 a :a ? 48 sa 10 CO a rr. 10 10 a m 10 55 a li 7 ??') a m 7 40 a a 7 51 a ra 3 02 d"; S 24 :o 3 33 S 55 a m 9 Z'j a m 9 43 a m 10 22 h m 11 00 ii ru 5 30 re ' 6 10 { r:. 6 5;) r : 7 04 r; fi 7 50 u S 07 s S 24 S 43 0 "3 f S 20 10 10 :? 4 00 ;? c: 4 44 [' rj 4 55 rr? 5 <)?> m 5 27 ;? 12 5 42 m 5 55 ni | 6 37 p m j 6 50 re I 7 22 m S ? :'; m jv Charleston " ?raochviiie " Bamberg " Denmark '? Blackv?Uc " WiltistG2 ' Atsen Lr Augusta j7 Augusta !t A i ken :< Wiliiston " ??Uekville " Denmark " Bamberg '? Branchville ir Charleston LO a m ?0 ?Ga?? 9 41 a il 3 ?2 a m 10 10 a m 10 27 a m 11 03 a i 1 5 i a r-: S 20 a m 7 08 a m 7 49 a m S 08 a m 8 20 a m S 33 a m 9 10 a m 11 00 a m 5 3;) ;? te 7 50 rr S 19 s 8 Si a? 9 50 rr 9 10 a 9 57 r;. 10 45 :c 3 20 p re 4 07 4 44 re 5 03 tr 5 17 5 29 a 5 55 : 8 00 ^ast Express, Augusta and Washington, witu Through Sleepers to ^ew York. jv Augusta ir Aikea i Denmark iV Dea mirk " Aikea ir Augasla 2 35 m 3 15 m 4 19 m 6 25 a ti 7 28 a tr. 8 J 0 a te Daily except Snnday ?v C.-.:n.?en ?' C.imden Junction ir Kir^gvi?e j~ KtngvH'e Camdeo Jonction Ir C'tm E S Bjwbh. Gf-n. Manage? Heriera.1 o'rkre: ? 8 45 a te 2 25 ," rc 9 35 a tu 3 55 m 0 05 a m 4 35 tP 10 25 a m 6 00 a ti ll 00 a ta G 10 a re 11 55 a ra 15 a re L. A. BiiBRSO?. Traffic Manager. Chaire? an S. C Atlantic Goast Line. Borth-Eastera R3 R8 o? S. C. CONDENSED SCB EDULE. TRAINS GOING SO0TM. Dated Ju?i?? ?so.35 2. 1S96. ! y So.23:?o.5 >e. Florence il lC:tiirc!r?e ?.r. Lsses Le. Lanes ?r. Cbarl't'n a. 5i. ? 3 2 7 45 8 5^ 9 12 4 33 4 33 9 i 2 Il 12 p. m. 7 15 S 50 :?. m ; r*. m TRA INS GOING NORTH. so <S ?21*0.52 a. m.| :?. u Le. Cbar?'t'o 4 ^5; i i Kr. Lanes 7 00 Le. Lanes 11 Kings?r?-o Ar. Florence 5 52 8 201 7 20 . m i m . a. m, A.M. 7 00? 8 30 i i?.?ii i esc?*t?? Sunday ?;:i !o Colur?ibia via Cs fi R ;? of S. C T?ai:-? Nos. 78 !?t:d 32 run vi- Wilson ar< Fayeiieviiic?Short L'ne?ao? v?.i&-? c?o iotme? tion forai! . ?: North. : . KENLY, JNO. g^?TINK, G? n'l M ^p?ri ..::?'t. M. KMK??si?N. Tr?ai:.tJ?Tr2?:t.r. i H?R & NN, 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 $75,000,000. Feb. 2.? lo finer & tetta Railway Co ?SAMUEL KUNT, Agent for Purchaser. In eSect Dec?mbor 1 1894. CAROLINAS DIVISION. NORTHBOUND.?(Dai iy except Sunday.) Lv (Jamden. Ar Keren aw. Lv Kcrshaw.. Lv Lancaster. Lv Ofttawba Junction Ar Rock Hill. Lv Rock Bill. Lv Yorkville. Lv Blackst'ure. Lv Patterson Springs. Lv Shelby . Lv Rutherfordton. Ar Mario*!. 8.45 9.15 9.40 11.40 1.15 a a m a m a m ra SOUTHBOUND.?(Daily except Sunday.) Lv Marion. Lv Rutherfordton..... Lv Shelby., Lv Patterson Springe Ar Blacks'ourg. Lv Blacksburg . Lv Yorkville. Ar Rock ili. Lv Rock Hi 11. Lv Catawba Junction Lv Lancaster. Ar Kershaw. Lv Kershaw . Ar Camdrn .,. 7 45 8.58 9 35 9 45 10.10 10 50 11.29 11.23 12 15 a in a m 4 23 5. GO 8.03 S.19 8 4$ Dir.ner a: Kersha w. CONNECTIONS.; Camdea?With 8. C. Ry., for Charleston. Colon;bin, Angusta and ali point? South. Lnacaster?With Cberaw ? Chester N. G. R. K., for. Chester. Ca:?:wbr. Junction--With 0. 0 & N*. R. 5. Rods FIil??With Southern Paiir^v. Yo ;C7;i;o_fl Geeister & Lenoir'R. R. Bkcksburg- With R & D. . R. for Spar enburg, ?;r?c:;vi!;e, Atlanta aad points toutb, ftnd Charlotte and poicts North. Marion?With Southern Railwr.v. SAMUEL HUNT, ?j?n. 'A& & . \. TRIP?, Superintendent . . L?MPK?N. Gen.Pa?s. Afet ?tiantie Coast Line, Manchester & Augusta Bailrosd CONDENSED SCHEDULE Jo eSecs Jnne 2, ISOG. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Lv iifcrltncioa. Lv Elliott, Ar Sumte r. Le Sutster. Ar Crest?n, Ar Prevalili?, Ari;; ar.gebnrg, Ar Denmark, No. *51. No. ?57 P. M. A 4 33 22 5 47 6 20 A. ??. 7 58 8 45 9 ?-r A. L'. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No f5S ? M. Lv Denmark, Lv i frangefcBMf, Lv Prrs:?.! .>!?, Crest?n. Ar Sum ter. Lv Suro ter, Ar Elliott, ' ' Ar Dar??ogloa 6 30 7 13 S GO if. No. ?50 ?. 4 17 4 51 5 Ib r >: ?Drt?y. fPaily except Sunday. Trains 50 and 51 carry tbrousb Pullman Pai-.ce B'j?fet Slpcpi-.g Cars between New York an*: Atlanta via Augusta. . M. EM KS ON, HM EM ERSCN, Traffic Manager Ass ; Gee. Pus?. Ag? J R KENLY, Geo'l Manaeer Wilson ami Sommertoli R. R In oiled January 15th, 1896 TRAINS GOING NOBTG Leave Wilsons Mill, " Jordon, " Davis, *' Sunjraerton, " Miiiard, " Silver, '? PaeksviHe, Tindni. " W. S. June, Ar. Sumter, No. 72.? 9 10am 9 35 a m 9 45 a m 10 10 ft m 10 45 a in 11 10 a F2 II 30 c 11 55 m 12 27 ra 12 30 m TRAINS GOING SOUTH, No 73.*;; Leave Sarater, 2 30 p-m " W.&S.Jnoc, 2 33 m " Tindal, 2 50 ,s Packsvil?s. 3 10 a " Silver, 3 35 ra " Willard, 3 45 pm :' Saramrrt?>.*:; 4 40 ;n " ?>>;?i.-, 5 2? ?: re t: Jordon, 5 50 m Ar. W?isoi ';,.<:??, S 30 \> ?n Train? r.-etwwn Mil?ard and S'. Pani leave j Mili ::-.: 10 i 5 f. m and 3 4'j m . arrivinv j St. Paul i? 25 ;i m and 3 55 : Retarnine | leave St. Paul 10 35 m il 4 ?0 .?.. : ?-; : ! rtriivr- M !?''d :?; ?5 a ra saJ 4 20 tv. D?i j 1} r S'. : pt Sund? v. Dativ esce pi Snndty. THOMAS ST?LSON r?ri..j..;^n. Caveat, and Trade-Marks obtained and ail a -j |cnt business conducted for moderate Fees. ? Office >s Opposite U. S. Patent Office? >.?::J we can secure paten in less t;nic than i?usc< [remote iront Washington. Scad mode!, drawing or photo., with descrip-j on. We advise, it patentable or not, free cf [charge. Our fee not due tii! pattnt is sceured. A "pamphlet, " How to Obtain Patents," with* ?cost of same in the U. S. and ?orciga countries] iseni free. -Address, . . ip?. Patent Office. Washington. D. C. The Merits of a Piano Make a pedestal which holds it high and finn. A poor piano is usually propped up with giittenug bubbles of promise, which burst at first touch tt'e make the beet pianos, and sell lots of them. Can't we sell you one ? Terms to Sait Send for Catalogue OH?RLES M. STIEFFj Baltimore, Md . 9 LiberlySt.. Washington, D. (!., 521 11th St^JLW Sumter Cotton Oil I Fertilizer COMPANY * Beg to announce to the public that they have just completed the erection of their New Ginnery and aremo w ready for busi ness. The system is the "Winship" latest improved for. eleva ting, conveying, ginning and packing cotton, with Revolving Double Box Press. Positively no long waits or delays to have your cotton ginned and packed.?Can gin and pack a bale in 15 minutes. We will turn you out more lint and of better grade than on the ordinary gin, and guarantee you perfect satis faction. Bagging and Ties can be had at ginnery as cheap as anywhere. SEED ! SEED ! SEED ! We will pay the highest cash market price for your seed or give you Cotton Seed Meal in exchange for Seed, which will give you much better results as a Fertilizer than putting down youi seed and save you one-half labor in handling. Cotton Seed Meal contains from 8 to 10 per cent, ammonia and is cheaper to the farmer than using the seed. FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS! We beg to say that wTe are handling High Grade Guanos, Acid Phosphate with Potash, and Genuine German Kair.it, and are prepared to make prices on same. If you want first class goods see us before you make your purchases, as we will save you. money. Ginnery and Mill, Main Street, below A. C? L, Depot, ?p-Town Office : Main Street, next to Court House Square. Sumter Cotton Oil and Fertilizer o. Perry Moses, Prest & Manager. ?. C. Phelps, Sec. & Treas. SEE THE LATEST m\m m m I ny none but the Deering ; it is the best up-to-date Mower. MACHINERY OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. 6 Sumter, S, C, A FIRST CLASS LINE IN EVERY RE3PE0T. GARDEN SEED. We handle all kinds. Our new crop of Turnip Seed now in. 200 lbs to select from. SMOKER'S ARTICLES. Cigars and Smoking Tobacco, Fine French Briar Pipes, Amber Bits. We sell the best of these goods. FRUIT JARS. We have a few dozen of Lightning Fruit Jars at ?1.25 per dozen. 1 dozen in a case. PRESCRIPTIONS. Our Prescription Department in charge of graduate Phila delphia College Pharmacy. We make a specialty of Prescrip tions. XMJ PHARMACIST. Prescription Specialist. SUMTER, S. C. A Car load Horses and Miiles Arrived on October 3d, and Car load all Horses. Arrived on October 6th, -A T THE e ed and Sale Sta e fel? Mm Sumter, S.;C,. Oct. 7, 1896.