The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 17, 1897, Image 8

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

WEDN ESDAY, MARCH 17,1897. THE CHECK SYSTEM. AJB Knglish Visitor Tells the People About the American Way. The American constitution bas been ?ailed a system of checks. So in Ameri? can life. When yon want to travel, you I give your baggage to the porter of your ttotel, and h? gives you a check in re? turn. At the station you reclaim it with the check and pass it in at a coun? ter and receive another check. As you approach your destination another func? tionary comes along the train, takes your check and gives you another check in its place. He fishes ox? your baggage and conveys it to your hotel-for a con? sideration. You have left your third and last check at the office cf the hotel you enter it, and thence it is de? livered up on receipt of the baggage. ;.- At first you bless this arrangement as : the salvation of the traveler. After a few weeks of it the tyranny of the check becomes so galling that you begin to long for the fine old English method of Rdumping down your goods in front of a porter and leaving them to find the way - themselves. You would even hail it as , & personal triumph if some of your bag Brgage wouic; get lost. Bat it never does. Sometimes it arrives late, but it always : arrives. Yet it seldom arrives in the shape in % .which it started, if that is any consola> tien. "They who have to do with bag . 'gage see to that. You vary soon discover gBfcwhy Americans carry tbeir goods in Spronoiad trunks, and why it is madness for anybody to do anything else. I started out like an idiot, with a new leather portmanteau. They ripped the ?tout brass lock off the first week .:f not for plunder, apparently, but simply because it :1s the tradition of the service. They punched it and kicked and danced on il In softer hours, when literary inspiration came, they wrote on it. My portmanteau today is an epitome of the A political sentiment of the United States from New York to San Francisco. As a historical document it is beyond price, and I am contemplating the gift of it to tho library of congress at Wash? ington. As a portmanteau it has both feet in the grave. v The system of checks is not confined to travelers' luggage. The conductor of the train passes carelessly to" and fro asking for your ticket and giving you a check in return, or asking for your ^ Ccheck and returning your ticket If yon ""' hand your stick to a boy in a hotel while you write your name* in the reg? ister, he dashes off to stow it away in some secret place and returns triumphant with a check. In the very hotel bar, when yoe buy sevenpence ha'porth bf whisky you get' a check and walk two yards across the bar to pay at a desk. But the apotheosis of the check is at Niagara. When you go down to the Cave of the Winds, you strip off all y?*r.- clothes and leave them, as well as .your valuables, in a tin box with the attendant. Then you go down to battle with the cataract attired only in a suit of pyjamas, a suit of oilskins and a check lashed around your neck and ris? ing and falling with the beating of your heart. No wonder the American speaks of death as "handing in his checks. " It is only by death that he can rid himself of them.-London Mail. irr* NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT. It Was Provided, by a St. Louis 2Ian For His Wife's Feminine Friends. A wealthy St. Loaisau living in the vicinity of Lafayette park provided a novel form of entertainment for his wife's guests one evening, says the St Loni? Benn biic. The hostess was extremely anxious to - provide something original for the edi? fication of a score of gaests whom she intended to call together for an informal evening. Her husband promised to pro? vide such novelty and took a boen com? pton into his confidence to that end. They had not exchanged ideas 30 con? secutive seconds before they hit upon the device of converting the elegant parlors into a gambling house pro tem. A faro bank, a roulette wheel and po? ker and keno lay on ts were easily pro? curable, as the conferees well knew, and that part of the programme was soon settled. The friend suggested as a pretty epilogue the introduction of a pair of bulldogs, guaranteed to reduce each other to mince meat in three rounds. This rather staggered the ambi? tious host, but his friend is award poli? tician, and with the eloquence he always keeps on draft soon convinced the other thai the evening would be a failure without those bulldogs. The evening arrived, and with it came the guests. The ladies were prettily shocked at sight of the gambling para? phernalia, bot became accustomed to it in au astonishingly short time and shar? ed in the games with becoming vim. It was when the yellow bulldogs made their unexpected eu trance that the hor? ror of the fair guests proved genuine. The beasts yelped and growled and showed other peculiarly canine symp? toms of "spoiling for a fight."" There? upon the ladies sought refuge on the pi? ano and card tables and chairs, con? ducting their retreat as from a mouse. Notwithstanding excited feminine protestations, the friend who had been consulted as to a revelry in entertain? ment unleashed the do?s. It was an ex? citing climax to an "original" evening. The dogs feasted for five minutes on choice bits of each other's anatomy. The ladies screamed and the friend who was consulted exulted in the success of his novelty. When he was quite con? vinced-and it took a considerable time to convince him-that the ladies' desire for gore had been fully gratified, he doused the dogs into a convenient tub of water and separated them. J- M Laoop shades when artistically made c crepe ti?sue are things of beauty. If yet: wftct to make shades to beantify yonr bornee H. O. Osteen & Co. can supply the materials. A large stock of crepe tissue in ten foot rolls jost received. "Blight" costs cotton planters more than five million dollars an? nually. This is an enormous waste, and can be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala? bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of - "Kainit" will prevent that dreaded plant disease. Ail about Potash-?-the results of its use by actual ex. p?riment on the best farms in the United States-ii told in a little book which we publish and will gladly mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. lESO?GH IS SAID a pretty good "1? 01 of our products-such te ?Doors, Sash, Blinds, Wdings, StaK Wo?' [Lumber, Shingles, &c, copy and wc ^ant to seno. Y I of this puce list. It is go r Reform of a folder and is ^ convenient for M We send it free at request. AUGUSTA LUMBER CO.? AUGUSTA, GA. ? Buy of thc Ua**r? and ." (226) Soling-gj^ $500 REWARD. We will pay the above reward for any case of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Head? ache Indigestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot ct'-e with West's Vegetable Liver pills, when the directions are strictly com? plied with. They are purely Vegetar-le, and never faiPto give iatisfation. Sugar Coated. Large boxes, 25 cents. Beware of of counter? feits and imitations. The genuine manu? factured only by THE JOHN C WEST COMPA? CT. Chicago, lil. Forsale io Sumter by J. F. W. DeLorme. U.ftftHII'C FOB EITHER SEX. PljUn O This remedy being in? jected directly to the S= M?k seat of those diseases O H * of tho Genito-Urinary X? ??Organs, requires no ya ll chantre of diet. Cure m?W? gnaraateed in 1 to 3 -- days? Small plain pack* tZ*m ITF "T* VT9 a^e? by mail, Sl.OO. K*jtJ X& J? Sold only by J.. P. W. DBLORMS, Sumter, S. C. . ' LADIES D?YO?K??T: DR. FEUX LE BRUN'? Steel! Pennyroyal Pills are the original and only FRENCH, sate and reliable cure ?on the market. Price, $1.00; sent * by mail. Genuine sold only by Fors-Ue by J. F'. W. DeLorme, Sumter, S.C HONET. Choice Extracted Honey, bj the gallon or less quantity. For sale at my residence, or orders may be left office of the Watchman and Southron. G.-Osteen. Wita ant Sii?ri?i S. ?. Io effect January 15th, 1896. TRAINS GOING NORTH, No. 72.* Leave Wilsons Mill 9 10am " Jordon, 9 35 a m u Davtj, 9 45 a m " Summerton, 10 20 am " Millard, 10 45 am " Silver, ll 10 a rn Packsville, ll 30 p m " Tindal, ll 55 p rn " W. & S. June, 12 27 p m Ar. Sumter, 12 30 p ra TRAINS GOING SOUTH No 73.? Leave Sumter, 2 30 p ra " W.&S.Jonc., 2 33 o ra " Tindal, 2 50 p m " Packsville, 3 10 p m 11 Silver, 3 35 p m " Millard, 3 45 pm " Summerton, 4 40 p m " Davis, 5 20 p m " Jordon, 5 50 p m Ar. W?lso" Mill. 6 30 p rn Trains between Millard and St. Paul leave Millard 10 15 a m and 3 45 p m , arriving St. Paul 10 25 a m ard 3 55 p tn. Returning leave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 p ru, and arrive Millard 10 45 a m and 4 20 p m. Dai? ly except Sunday. ?Daily except Sundav. THOMAS WILSON Prednir-nr. ec : EARS' EXPE?iEtti.? IraWV TRADE NA Sc ?CS, ^SSHSP^ DESIGNS, rn'1 COPYR.Cr.TS ?"?c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain, free, whether an Invention ia probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. Oldest apencyforsecuriniipatcnts in America. We have a Washington office. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice iu the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, beautifully illnstrated, largest circulation of any scientific journal, weeli!v,terms$3-?<l a year; ILoOslx months. Specimen copies and HASD BOOK OX PATENTS sent free. Address MUNN & CO., 361 Broadway, New York. Atlantic Coast Line. Manchester & Augusta Railroad. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Ia effect January 19, 18?>o. TRAINS GOING SOUTH No. *3/. No. f57. A. IC A. ll Lv Darlington, 7 53 Lv Elliott, . 8 40 Ar Sumter, 9 25 Lv Sumter, 4 30 ArCrestoa, * 22 Lr Creston, 5'45 Ar PregoalUs, 9 1? Ar Oraugeburg, 5 47 Ar Deo mark, 6 20 P. K. A. M. A. X. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. f56 No. *32 A. St. P. H. Lv Denmark, 4 55 Lv Orangeburg, 5 25 Lv PregnMte, 10 00 Ar Creston, 3 50 Lv Creston, 5 47 Ar Sumter, b 40 Lv Sumter, 6 55] Ar Elliott, 7 40 Ar Darlington 8 30 p ic p. it * > .Daily. fPaily except Sunday. Trains 50 and 51 carry through Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between Ne = York and Atlanta via Angosta. T. M. EMERSON, H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager Ass't Gen. Pass. Agt J. R. KEN LY, Gen'1 Manager. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND A?G?S TA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Feb. 7, 1896. Leava Wilmington Lea^e Marion Arrive Florence Leave Florence Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No.55, P. M. *3 25 6 05 6 45 P.M. *7 15 8 42 P.M. S 45 10 05 No.51 A.M. *3 25 4 3o No.52 A.M. *9 35 10 55 No. 52 rana through from Charleston ia Central R. R., leaving Lanes 826 a. m., Man ning 9 05 a. m. TRAINS GOING NORTH Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter * ' Arrive Florence Leave Florence Leave Marion Arrive Wilmington No.54. A.M. .5 50 7 12 A. M 7 15 8 25 A. M 8 55 9 34 12 15 No.53. P.ft *5 15 6 35 No.50. P.M. *6 401 . 7 55 ?Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 5?> runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Central R. R., arriving Manning 7 10 p. m., Lanes 7 48 pm., Charleston 9 30 p. m. Trains on Conway Branch bave Chad bourn 10, 40 a. m., arrive at Conway way 1 CO P- m., returning leave Conway 8t 2 25 p. m., -ive Cbadboarn 4 55 p. rn*, leave Cbadooum . 20 p. m., arrive at Hub at 6 00 p. m., retarni ?eave Hub 8 30 a. m , arrive at Chadbourn S.15 a.m. Daily ex? cept Sundav. JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen'l Supt J. KEN LY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON, TrafFc Manager Olio Riw&telesiiRailway ci) SAMUEL HUNT, Agent for Purchaser, lin efiect January 4, 1896. CAROLINAS DIVISION NORTHBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.) No. 33. No. il. Lv Camden. Lv Kershaw. Lv Lancaster. Lv Catawba Junction Ar Rock Hill. Lv Rock Hill. Lv Yorkville. Ar Biacksburg. Lv Biacksburg. Lv Patterson Springs. Lv Shelby . Lv Rutberfordton. Ar Marion. 2 30 3 15 3.55 3 49 4 49 p m p m p m p m p m 4.54 p m 5.c0 p m 6.30 p m ll 8.00 a n. 8.33 9 10 10 50 12.20 a m a m a m p m SOOTH BU?ND.-( Daiiv ?-xceut Sunday.) No. 32. No. 10. Lv Marion. Lv Rutberfordton. Lv Shelby. Lv Patterson Springs. Ar Blacksburg. Lv Blacksburg. Lv Yorkville. Ar Rock Hill. Lv Rock Hill. Lv Catawba Junction. Lv Lancaster. Ar Kershaw......... Lv Kershaw. Ar Camden . 8.30 a m 9.35 a m IO.IO a m 11.00 a m 11.30 a m 12.05 p rn 12.45 a m 12 45 pm 1.30 p m 1.30 3.05 5.30 5.45 6.10 p m m m p m Dinner at Kershaw. CONNECTIONS No 32 has connection with the Chester & Leooir Ruilroad at Yorkville, S. C., wi'.h the Southern Railway at Rock Hill, S. C , with the Seaboard Air Line af Catawba Junction, S. C., with the Lancaster & Chester Railroad at LanciiSier, S. C., and wnb the South Car? olina and Georgia Railway at Ca m ri en, S. C. No. 33 North bound 'rain 1ms same connec? tions ?s No. 33. SAMUEL HUNT, Preeidenr. S. B.I UMPKIN, Gen.P*cs."V*rf Fast Freight Line i BETWEEN Sumter, S. C., The Korth, Northwest, South and Southwest, VIA AUGUSTA & GEORGIA li R. Rates and information furnished .by H. R. JACKSON,.T. F. A.. Columbia, S. C. A. G. JACKSON, G. P. A., Augusta, Ga Dec 8. "THE CHARLESTON LINE." SOUTH CAROLINA ANO GEORGIA RAILROAD. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Corrected to April 19ih, 1?96. Lv Charleston Ar Summerville 11 Preenalls u Georges " Branchville " Rowesviile " Orangeburg " St Matthews " Fort Motte " Ringville Columbia Lv Colombia Ar Ringville " Fort Motte " St Matthews 11 Orangeborg " Roweaville ,? Branchville 11 Georges 11 Pcegnalls 11 Summerville " Cbarle8ton DAILY. 7 10am 7 46 a m 8 18 a m 8 30 a m 9 00 a m 9 15am 9 28 a m 9 48 a m 10 00 a m 10 10 am 10 55 a m 7 00 a m 7 40 a m 7 51 a m 8 02 a m 8 24 a m 8 38 a m 8 55 a m 9 35 a m 9 48 a m 10 22 a m 10 00 a m DAILY 5 30 p m 6 10pm 6 50 p m 7 04 p m 7 50 p m 8 07 p m 8 24 p m S 48 p ta 9 03 p m 9 20 p m 10 10 p m 4 00 p m 4 -:4 p m 4 55pm 5 09 p m 5 27 p m 5 42 p m 5 55 p m 6 37 p m 6 50 p m 7 22 p m 8 00 p m Lv Charleston " Branchville " Bamberg .* Denmark " Blackville Williston " Aiken Ar Augusta Lv Augusta " Aik*n " Wjlliston " Blackville " Denmark " Bamberg 11 Branchville Ar Charleston 7 10 a m 9 15 a m 9 41am T9 52 a m 10 10 a m 10 27 a m 11 09 a m ll 51 a m 6 20 a m 7 08,a m 7 49 a m 8 08 a m 8 20 a m 8 33 a m 9 10am ll 00 a m 5 30 p m 7 50 p m 8 19pm 8 31 p m 9 50 p m 9 10 p m 9 57 p m IC 45 p m 3 20 pm 4 07 p m 4 44 p m 5 03 pm 5 17pm 5 29 p m 5 55 p m 8 00 pm Fast Express, Augusta and Washington, with Through Sleepers to New York. Lv Augusta Ar Aiken >l Denmark Lv Denmark 14 Aiken Ar Augusta Daily Except Sunday. Lv Camden '8 45 a m " Camden Junction 9 35 a m Ar Ringville lo 05 a m Lv Ringville 10 25 a ra " Camden Junction M CO a m Ar Camden II 55 a m 2 35 p m 2 15pm *4 19 p m .8 25 a m 7 28 a m 8 10 a m 2 25 p ra 3 55 p m 4 35 p m 6 (0 a m 6 40 a m 8 15 a m E. S BOWEN, L. A. EMERSON, Gen'I Man'g'r Tr?thc Man'g'r. General ofuces-Charleston, S. C Atlantic Coast Line. North-Eastera R. R. o? S? C. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Feb. 7, 1896. Le. Florence " Kingstree Ar. Lanes Le. Lanes Ar. Charl't'n KO. 35 A. H 3 25 33 33 02 A. M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. NO.78 9 Le. Charl't'n Ar. Lanes Le. Lanes " Kingstree Ar. Florence A. M. 30 05 05 7 23 8 25 A M 4N0.32 * P. M. 5 20 6 45 6 45 7 55 P M NO. 52 A. M. 7 00 8 26 P. M. NO. 50 V. 00 45 45 05 15 M. *Uailv. TUaily eXCrpl bumlay. No. 52 runs through to Colurubia via Cet; tral R. R. of 3: C. Trains No?. 78 and 32 ron via Wiison and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make ci-;te connection for all points Nortb. Trains on C. & D R. R. leave Florence 8 55 am, arrive Darlington 9 28 a ra, Che raw 10 40 a rn, Wadesboro 2 25 p m. Leave Florence, daily except Sunday, 8 10 p rn, ai rive Darlington 8 40 p m, Hartsville 9 35 p m, Bennettsville 9 36 p m, Gibson 10 CO p m". Leave Florence, Sunday only 9 00 p ra, Mr rive Darlington 9 27 a m, Hartsville 10 10 a ra. Leave Girsoa daily except Sunday 6 15 a m, Bennettsville 6 41am, arrive Darlington 7 40 a m. L^ave Hartsville daily except Sun? day 6 30 am, arrive Darlington 7 15 a ra, leave Darlington 7 45 am, arrive Florence 8 15 am. Leave Wadesboro, daily except Sunday 3 00 pm, Cheraw 515 pm, Dar? lington 6 27 p rn, Florence 6 55 p m Leave Hartsville, Sunday only 7 00 a m , Darling ton'7 45 a m., arrive Florence 8 10 a m. J R.KENLY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager, Geo 1 Sup't. T U BMERSON. Traffic Maoaser DR. 1. ALVA ILODi, DENTIST. office OVKR STORE OF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPAN -unauce on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Son OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to5 o'clock. April 9. 2 HARB Y $ ?O~ WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 1,000 Tons High Grade Am moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tons Acid with Potasn, 500 Tons Dissolved Bone. 500 Tons German Kainit, 400 Tons C. S. Meal, For Sale. We are prepared to meet any ana all prices for STAND? ARD GOODS. Get our prices before purchasing. Respectfully, HARBY & CO. Dec. 16. .THE SUMTER COTTON OIL AND FERTILE laffer For 8ales 1,000 Tons Prime Cotton Seed Meal of our own manufacture. -ALSO- . 500 Tons "Standard" or "Royal" Brand Am moniated Guano. 500 Tons Genuine German Kainit. 500 Tons Acid with Potash. 300 Tons Dissolved Bone. You will save money by giving us a chance to sell you. Up-Town Office : Main Street, next to Court House Square. Mill at A. C. L. Depot. P. .HOSES, President A. C. PHEEPS, Sec. & Treas. Machinery. SEE THE LATEST DEERING BALL BEARING SHOWING MACHINE i Buy none but the Deering ; it is the best up-to-date Mower. MACHINERY OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. BL B. Bloom? Sumter, S. C. MIlMfJWMlMIl Hardware. Jl?lflflJiMllJUM WWWMLMMMfL Hardware. Let us Sell You! We have had years of experience hi the business, and think we can sat isfy you in quality and price. For Table and Pocket Cutlery COME TO US. For Buggy and Wagon Material Wfi KEEP IT. For Best Cook and Heating Stoves OUR STORE IS TBE PLACE. For Engine Supplies, Farm or Shop Tools, Uouse Furnishing Goods, Har? ness, Razors, Scissors, Guns, Pistols, Cartridges, Etc., Come right here. Ruler ai Leather Beltii, Faits aid Oils are Specialties CAN'T WE FURNISH YOU WITH SOME? R. W. DURANT & SON, Oct. SHEPHERD SUPPLY CO. 232 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR SALE OF Wholesale Stoves, Tinwares, House furoishiog Goods, On Heaters. Tia Plate, Sheet Iron, Tinners' Supplies, Galvanized Gutt* r and Pipe. Over 200 different styles of Cooking and B^atiog Stover. Also Oil Cookers ar,d Beaters. We want the leading merchant io every towo in the StMe to sell our lines of Stoves. We guarantee full protection in h\> territory to each :^nt we appoiot If not *old in your town send dirtct to us for cuts ana prices. Oct 27, " .? ri-r"**^ t'?? -?? ? i:--. ..; . : . .. 1 cv* ?vi ta v BS ip ...->.' " -i is? ss ?g a -Ol.t?tllioa. :i?"i lMV/..\ j ?.;-..V/..>> :ii vended i<> i"! MO?>I:I:A'?R FE-E* i'm in??re i> opposite i ti?* I', s l*jit?'M" ???liiv. sin'? i w?* can ob? tain l'atetits ni less lime'l hau !in->v iv:.Hom WASH I SOTOS, -?-ti.l MuJO'I.. .' '.? 'WISO ?.: WIOTO of inven!:'?! v\e ?fVvfy- :.. ?.a!ont ObilitV free of rliaruo ant] nyumU' A" < ilAliOk VS?.iCSS l'A TES '/' />' >/? . < ;. ;.?'. For circular, ml vire. U*.'!:I? ati.? .....rtri-ces to actual clients in your?ovn State. < ?tunny. ?"jty or To wit, write to ?My^WgaT|fgff^r?5?gf^ Oppotitc Patent Office. Washington, D. 0, I WHITE & Si Fire Insurance Agency; ESTABLISHED 1866. 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*