The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 12, 1897, Image 8
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12. 1S97.
ODD CHARACTERS.
* 'I thin Tif ail tne'cranks in this coun
try were corralled," remarked the clerk
in the treasury department, ' 'and put
nuder a shed somewhere it would re
quire one bigger than all the buildings
at the World's fair. ' '
* 'Would there really be anybody to do
the corralling?" inquired a pessimistic
?' old party, who thinks there is none good
-no, not one
'"As I was saying," continued the
treasury clerk, "it would take the big
gest shed on earth, and still there is a
new kind.- This time it is a man or wo
man who has been sending in 10 cents
at a time as a contribution to the con
science fund, with a name signed ia
full, and there is no such name on tb.3
treasury books and never has been. I
suppose *it is merely some crank who
thinks he or she will get that name in
the papers and have that much fame out
cfit"
"That's silly enough," chipped in a
^ 'postgffice inspector, "but I heard of the
oddest chap on my last trip down south .
You may not knew, or, if you do, don't
pay much attention to the fact, thas
there is a fine of $10 for sending written
..matter through the mails under any
jj rate except 2 cents an ounce. Very like
ly you have sent enough stuff written
on papers, books and so cn to bankrupt
you if you had the fines to pay, but Un
cle Sam is easy, and I don't know of a
case where anybody ever had to pay the
fine. In this instance a man came into
a certain office down south and gave the
postmaster $500, being the amount of
fines he owed the government for .viola
tion of postage laws as far as he could
recall them. He was a young man, and
he stated that he had violated the law
while in love with a girl to whom he
sent papers and books occasionally, and,
though he wrote to her every day, he
couldn't let the others go without writ
ing something on them. The postmaster
didn't knowhow to act in the premises,
and just what he would have done final
ly nobody knows, but the next day the
I young man's father' came to the post
master and told him that his son had
- been jilted by his sweetheart, and it had
-crazed him. This was an " explanation
which satisfied the official, and the mcn
y was returned."
"Ugh!" grunted the pessimistic old
party, in no wise affected by the pathes"
cf the little story. " Only a crazy perafei
or an idiot would ever think of settling
square with Uncle Sam for a little bun
ko game like.that. "-Washington Star.
1
MARCH HAS ITS VIOLETS.
And Tiere Is & Bright and Cheerful Sid
to EverytLin^.
Edward W. Bok, under the title of
"The Odor of Spring Violets," writes
"most forcibly in The Ladies' Home
Journal on the theme that there is a
bright side to everything-even to
March, the mest disagreeable month of
the year, for it has its spring violets,
" t is true/' he write?, "that it is diffi
cult sometimes to see the bright side cf
sorrow, sickness and death. And yet?
there is distinctly a bright side. Iso sor
row ccmes to us without a reason. We
never snow cur friends until sorrow or
illness comes to ns. Wc never know
What lovjng kindness "and thonghtful
ness mean until we stand in need of
- them, and cur hearts seem to beat
agr nst tho walls cf a edd, merciless
world. Wc leam something from every
- grief and from each p2in which ccmes
te us. We leam to distinguish between
friends, and what more priceless posses
sion is there in the whole range cf
knowledge than this? What develops us
more than trouble? Virtues cf heart,
which we never dreamed of as existing
within us, reveal themselves when we
are sorely tried. That is why sorrow
and trials are given us-net to give
pain, but to develop us, to better equip
us for something unknown which lies in
the future, and which we ccnld not
meet or understand unless we had first
gone through certain experiences.
"We are far tco apt to regard actual
blessings as calamities, to look upon
the dark side of things. Some sorrow
comes to us, and we rebel. It never oc
curs to us that perhaps we need the ex
perience which sorrow alene can give.
Illness comes, and wo fret. But we can
not always be well. Ailments arc very
often given to us to make our apprecia
tion cf gcod health the keener. God has
an aim, a direct purpose, in everything
he does. His blessings come in different
forms. Nc; are these forms always such
as we would choose. Lessons can be
more effectively taught in innumerable
cases through sorrow than through pleas
ure. Wo should never know what a
pure, beautiful color white is if we did
not have black to bring out the contrast.
We want only pleasure in our lives.
When sorrow comes, we rebel and re
fuse to recognize it for what it so often
is-a blessing in disguise. We cannot
i always have it June. There mast be
March. Yet March has its spring vio
lets." _
The King's Joke.
King of thc Fijis-Say, Arabella, I've
discovered a fine new dish for our bill
of fare.
Arabella-How do you make it?
King cf the Fijis-Wo put a Chicago
man and a Besten man in the pot to
gether.
Arabella-What do yon call that?
King of the Fiji?-Why, pork and
beans of course.-2s cw York Journal.
'
Food and Drink Ccnsnmt d lu a Lifetime.
The average man takes Z}..z pounds cf
feed and drh;k each day, amounting to
a ton cf i=olid and liquid nourishment
annually. In 70 yearshc Cats and drinks
1,000 times his own weight.-Ladies'
Home Jon rn al.
A horse is mere liable to scare wi iii
than without blinders. He is seldom
afraid of what he can fairly see.
/ Bread which is to be kept leng should
be kneaded longer than that which is
meant only for tomorrow's use.
$500 BEWARD.
We will pay the above reward for any case
of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Head
ache Indigestion, Constipation or Costiveness
we cannot cure with West's Vegetable Liver
Pills, wheo the directions are strictly coa
plied with. They are purely Vegetarle, and
never fail to give iatiefatioa. Sugar Coated.
Large boxes, 25 ceots. Beware of of counter
feits and imitations. The genui e ronnu
factnred only by TH JOHN C WEST COMPA
NY. Chicago, ill.
For sale in Sumter by J. F W. DeLorme.
ICiftBIIU'Q FOR EITHER SEX.
LE'Duwil o This remedy being in
Jectfed directly to the
Kfe fa seat of those diseases
I* fi H Bi of the Genito-lrinary
?H Xi 19 Orgrans, requires no
Bl yo H change of diet. Cure
Xffk guaranteed in 1 to a
-days. Small plain pack -
fVTTIIVi^ by mail, S 1*00.
%*9\J Ha Sold only hy
J. F. W. DELORME, Sumter, S. C.
DO YOU K W
DR. FELfX LE BRUN'
Steel! Pennyroyal Pills
are the original and only
FRENCH* safe and reliable cure
on the market. Price, $1.00; sent
by mail. Genuine sold only by
Forsale bv J. F. W. DeLorme, Sumter ,*S.C
HARB Y $ CO. y
WHOLESALE BROKERS,
-AND
Cotton Storage Warehouse
PROPRIETORS.
TJP-TOWN OFFICE:
COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
1,000 Tons High Grade Am
noniated Fertilizer,
1,000 TODS Acid with Potasa,
500 Tons Dissolved Bone.
500 Tons German Kainit,
400 Tons C. S. Meal,
For Sale. ,
We are prepared to meet j
my and all prices for STAKD- j
iRD GOODS. Get our prices j
before purchasing.
Respectfully,
H ARB Y & CO. !
Dec. 16. j
WM id Sum & R. !
In ;efifect January 15ib, 1896.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 72*
eave Wilsons Mill f9 10 am
" Jordon, 9 35 a a
" Davi3t 9 45 m
11 Summerton, 10 10 a m
" Millard, 10 45 an
" Silver, ll 10 a ES
*. . Packs vii le, 11 30 p m
" Tiodal, Il 55 p m
" 4 W. & S. June, 2 27 p m
Lr. Sumter, 2 30 p m
TRAILS GOING SOUTH.
No. 73.*:
reuve Sumter, 2 30 p m
" W.&S.Jucc, 2 33 ora
" Tindal, 2 50 p 25 j
" Pscksvilie, 3 10 p a
!i Silver, 3 35 p si
" Millard, 3 45 p m
" Scrsmertcn, 4 40 p m
i; Dari?, 5 20 p 15
41 Jordoo, '5 50 p sa
Lr. Wilson Mill, . 6 30 p m
- ^
Tra na between Millard and St. Paul lcav i
lard 10 15 a m end 3 45 p m., arriving j
t. Paul 10 25 a m and 3 55 p m. Returning
ave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 p rn, aad j
rrive Miilcrd 10 45 a sa end 4 20 p sa. Dal- j
j except Sunday.
?Daily except Sondav
THOMAS WILSON
Predsient.
Fast Freight . Line
-^nong ?oro
BETWEEN
Sumter, S. C.,
foe KortH, Northwest, South and
Southwest,
-VIA-.
AGOSTA GEORGIA R. R.
RateS;Snd*information furnished \hy
E , ^JACKSON,.T. F. A.
Columbin, S. C.
A. G JACKSON, G. P A., Augusta, Ga
Dec 8
THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
3ity and County Depository
["rsnsacts a general Banking business, also
has
I Savings Bank Department,
Deposits of l and upwards received In- j
erest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per ;
innu'C. Payable quarterly, on fi ist davsofi
fanuarv, April, Juiv and October.
W F. B BAYN3WORTH,
W. F. RHAMB, Cashier. President.
Jan 13.
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coD dentiaL Oldest ageucy fortecurrn!* <
in America. Wc : .w * ;i .,'.'::.-?.!. .;. .. ..
Patents taken t'trcu;.''-; Muna . Co. ry; ; vo
rpecial notice in the j
8GIERTIFI0 MSmmi,
beaut ful y iilnstratcd, la.r~c->t circulation ci
any scientific jnarnal, weekly,terms$3.(l n year;
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MUNN CO.,
361 Croadwuv, Kew York.
Atlantic Coast Line.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND A Q 8
TA RAILROAD.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated Feb. 7, 18S6.
Leave Wilmington
L?a<re 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.
8 45
10 05
No.51.
A.M.
3 25
4 30
No.52.
A.M.
*S 35
10 55
No. 52 runs through from Charleston 19
Central R. R., leaving Lanes 8 26 a. m., Man
oiDg 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.M.
*5 15
6 35
No.50.
P.M.
?6 40
7 55
?Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C.,
a Central R. R., arriving Manning 7 10 p.
m.. Lanes 7 48 p m., Charleston 9 30 p. m.
Trains on Conway Branch bave Chad
bourn 10 40 a. m., arrive at Conway
way 1- 00 p.m., returning leave Conway at
2 25 p. m., ir -ive Chadbourn 4 55 p. m*
leave Chadbourn > 20 p m., arrive at Hub at
6 00 p. m., returnee eave Hub 8 30 a. m.,
arrive at Chadbourn 9.15 a.m. Daily ex
cept Sunday
JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen'l Supt.
J. . KENLY, Gen'l Manager.
T. M. ICMERSON. TratFc Manager
Atlantic Coast Line,
Manchester & Augusta Eailroa
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
In effect January 19, 189 .
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
JNo. 35. .No. t/57.
Lv Darlington,
Lv Elliott,
Ar Sumter,
Lv Sumter,
Ar Creston,
LT Creston,
Ar Pregoalle,
Ar Orangeburg,
Ar Denmark,
P. M.
A. S .
4 30
i 22
5 4?
6 20
A. K.
i. il
7 53
8 40
9 25
5 45
9 15
A, M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No Tab
A IC.
Lv Denmark,
Lv Oraogeburj,
Lv Pregnails, 10*00
Ar Creston, 3 50
Lv Creston,
Ar Sunter,
Lv Sumte-, 6 55
Ar Elliott, 7 40
Ar Darlington 8 30
p. J*.
No. *32
P. K.
4 55
5 25
5 47
b 40
. v.
?Daily.
fDfcily except Sunday.
Trains 50 ar,d 51 carry tbroagb Pullman
Palr.ce Buffet Sleeping Cars between Nf?
York and Atlanta via Augusta.
T. M. LM EKSON, K.M. EM SRSON,
TraSc Manager Ass't Gen, Pasa. A gt
J. R. KENLY. Gen'l Manager.
OMo Siver& Qiarlestoii Railway Co
SAMUEL HUNT, Agent for Purchaser.
In effect January 4, 18S6.
CAROLINAS DIVISION.
NORTHBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.)
No. 33. N" il.
Lv Camden.
Lv Kershaw.
Lv Lancaster.
Lv Catawba Junction
Ar Rock Hill.
Lv Ro-:k Hill.
Lv Yorkviile.
Ar Blacksburg.
Lv lacksburjf.
Lv Patterson Springo
Lv Shelby .
Lv Rotherfordton.
Ar M rien.
SOUTK BOUND.-(Daiiy excer-t Sunday.) j
No. 3i. No. 10. i
Lv Marion.
Lv Rutherfordton.
Lv Shelby.
Lv Patterson Springs
Ar Blacksborg.-..
Lv Blacksburg.
Lv Yorkviile....
Ar Rock Hill. 10.10
Lv Rock Hill.ll 00 a m
Lv C3.tawbaJunction.lll.30 a m
Lv Lancaster. 12.05 pro
Ar Kershaw.,. .12.45 am
Lv Kershaw. 12 45 p m
Ar Camden ..1 .:J0 p rn
Dinner attershaw.
[CONNECTIONS
No 22 has connection with th Chester k
Lenoir I? . road :;t Yorkvilif, S. C., wi'li thf
Southern Railway KT. Rock hill, S. C , with
the Seaboard A r Lino at Catawba Junction,
S. with the Lancaster C :e?trr Railroad
ai Lancaster, S. C.j 'ir... \;\:\\ the. South Car
olina and Georgia Rn:is?a? at Camden, S 0.
Ko. 33 Noni, bound train : i5 M J;- connex
ions KS No. 23.
SAMUEL HUNT, Presid
S. B. LUM PK IN. Oft., pf,- .
it/
K.l. Mliiffllil
DENTIST.
o iii ce
OVER STORE OF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY
outrance on Main Street,
etwe o Dry Goods Co. and Durant Son
OFFICE HOURS:
S to 1.30 : 2 to5 o'clock.
April 9. 2
Order Your
PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES
FROM
GD. f. STEFFENS & SON,
holesale Agents, Charleston, S C
-Agents for
MOTT'S CIDER
BED SEAL CIGARS,
AND DOVE HAMS
Notice!
THE co-partnership existing between
Peterson & Cuthbert has beeo dissolved
by mutual consent. Ned Peterson will con
tinue the business at the same stand. With
an experience of twenty-eight years in the
Cabinet Shop of Mr. J. D. Craig, be is well
qualified tc conduct a business of th 13 kind.
Cleaning and repairing furniture a specialty.
The preparing and dressing of dead bodies
lor bunal will be promptly and carefully at
tended to.
Shop opposite the Episcopal Church.
NED PETERSON.*
Mcb 17.
"THE CHARLESTON LISE."
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
RAILROAD.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Corrected to Jan. 24tb, 1897.
Lv Charleston
Ar Summerville
" Pregnalls
" Georges
11 Branchville
" Rowesville
" Orangehurg
" St Matthews
" Fort .Motte
. Ringville
Columbia
Lv Columbia
Ar Ringville
" Fort Motte
" St Matthew's
" Orangebcrg
" Rowesville
" Branchville
" Georges
" Pregoalis
" Summerville
" Charleston
DAILY.
7 10 a m
7 46 a m
8 18 a m
8 30 a m
9 00 a m
9 15 a m
9 28 a m
9 48 a m
10 00 a m
10 10 a m
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 33 a m
8 55 a m
9 35 a m
9 48 a m
10 22 a m
1 i 00 a m
DAILY
5 30 p m
6 10 p m
6 50
7 04
7 50
8 07
8 24
8 48
9 03
9 20
10 10 p m
4 00 p m
4 44 p m
4 55 p m
5 09 p m
5 27 p m
5 42 p m
55 p m
6 37 p m
6 50 p m
7 22 p m
8 00 p m
Lv Charleston
;< Branchville
" Bamcerg
" Denmark
" Blackville
*. Willistoa
'* Aiken
Ar Augusta
Lv Augusta
" Aiken
" Wiiliston
" Blackville
*' Denmark
" Bamberg
" Branchville
Ar Charleston
7 10
5 15
941
9 52
10 10
10 27
11 09
ll 51
6 20
7 08
7 49
8 OS
8 20
8 33
9 10
ll 00
a ni
a m
a m
a m
a rn
a m
a m
a m
a m
a m
a m
a m
a m
a m
a m
a u
5 30 p m
7 50 p m
8 19 p m
8 31 p m
9 50 p m
9 10 p m
9 57 p tn
10 45 p m
3 20 p m
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
" Denmark
Lv Denmark
" Aiken
Ar August.-.
Daily Except Sunday.
Lv Carecen 8 45 a m
" Camden Junction 9 35 a m
Ar Ringville 10 C5 a m
Lv Ringville 10 25 n m
" Camden Junction II CO a m
ir Camden II 55 a rn
3 05 p m
3 44pm
4 59 p m
8 25 a m
7 28 a m
8 IO a m
2 25 p m
3 55 p m.
4 3D p m
6 00 a m
0 40 a m
8 15 a m
E. S BOW KN.
L.
EMERSON,
Gen'I Man'g'r Traffic Mno'g'r
3enersi cruces-Charleston, S. C.
Atlantic Coast Line.
North-Eastero R. R o S, ?"
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
?ated Aoril INO 35'NO 23INO.53
15, 1896. 1*1*1*
.>e. Florence
" Kiog8tree
ir. Lanes
je. Lanes
ir.Cbarl't'n
A. M.
3 25
33
33
02
M.
P X.
7 15
8 25
8 42
8 42
10 20
P. M
NO 51
IA. re
9 00
!10 131
1 . 10 34
52 IO 34
25 12 20
M.I P M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH
NO 78
*
A. M.
>. Charl't'n 5 30 5 20 I 7 00
ir. Lanes
>. L-tces
" Kinysirpe
^r. Florence
I 7 05 ! 0 45
7 05 ; 6 45
NO.32
*
P. M. A. M
NO. 52
*
7 23
8 25
A. M
8 26
NO.50
*
P. M. I
I
4 00
M.
5 45
5 45
6 05
P. M. I ?. M.
?uaiiy. uiiy exe -pi fcuoaay.
Ne. 52 russ through to Columbia via Cen
;ra! R. R. of S. C.
Trains Nos. 78 *r .i 32 ruo via Wliso" a;v
Fayetteville-Short Line-acid make ;.i'.^e
;oonection iorf.1! points North.
Trains on C. D R R. leave Florence
j 55 a m, arrive Darlington 9 2S a m, Cbe
:HW 10 40 a rn, Wadesbcro 2 ll p m. Leave
Florence, daily except Sunday, d 10 p n;, ar
r i v e Darlington 8 40* pm, Hurtsville 9 35 p
tn, Behnettsvilie 9 36 p rn, Girton 10 00 p ru.
Lea VP Florene^, Sundi, y on iv 9 00 p rn, ar
rive Darlington 9 27 a m, Hartville 10 10
i m.
Leave Git-son daily except Sunday 6 15 a
tn, Bennettsville C 41 a m, arrivp Darlington
7 40 a or. Leave Hartville daily except Sun
lay 6 30a ra, arrive Darlington 7 15 am,
leave Darli'JCton 7 45 a ni, arrive Floret.ee
3 15am Leave Wade?r oro, 0 ;, .- <;;-,;-<.
Suodat 3 00 p ci . Cheraw 5 ID p l)*;
ifigtn-i G 27 p '.' . F n'uirn 8 55 - ri L>-;ve
Hurtsville, Sundav o"lv 7 00 rr. , [).t; !>::;.
o:> 7 45 a m . hrrivr- Ft*>r<?., <- 8 I1 m. .
! shops io town-ooe of Mr. J. N. Nunnery and j
! the other of Tom McLeod (colored). Tbere
. is a colored brass baod, composed of twelve i
.' members ; the bund master is A. P. Fielder, !
'?? who is also the town butcher. Another col
! ored mao ho deserves mention here is Fran
i eis Rhodes, the shoemaker. '
! During cur visit we were the guest at tbe
I pleasant home of that, genial gentleman - Mr.
I Peter Meliett, than whom there is HO more
1 bosoitable man in South Carolina. Mr. Mel
i lett not only belongs to the we known Mel
j lett family of Privateer Township, but was (
; himself a Privateer boy.
! We are much indebted to those who kindly J
i aided us in gathering up our material for this j
! article, and we will state that our objact is
I not to "boom" Wedgefield, only to describe |
I the pretty little tov.n and its pleasant people
j as they really are. The memory of th'u visit
j will ever remain with us as a very pleasant
j one MCDONALD FORMAN.
Ramsey, Privateer Township, April 29.
Oswego Ramblings.
Mr. Editor: You have been faithful to me
and can say I have not been true to you. We
have bad a bard time on our flat lands this
year getting ready aod planting. Lands
btf.ve been plowed too wet and hastily pre
pared for the best results, and yet we may
make a fine crop. Dry weather has caused
bad etands of cotton, but the late rains have
counteracted to some extent tbe effect of the
dry weather. When I get my cotton up
every year I think of Capt. Jas. McLeod's
saving, "8ixty days will decide our fate as to
a crop," and I reckon price to .
Oats are looking very well in some places.
Good stands of corn, bnt it is suffering from
sand by the former heavy rains.
1 don't think there is any tobacco aroond
here, except what is being chewed and
smoked, and a wise conclusion, I think. We
farmers are too easily drawn from one crop
to another that somebody else has made
money ont of. Let our money-crop price go
down and the last son of a man wants to try
something else. A new grass, weed, berry,
squash, sugar beet, and some take up the hog
and corn, melons and fruit, and finally return
to tbe beautiful white staple and oily seed,
convinced that cotton will make more mooey
per acre and get you more credit than any
thing we can grow or raise. I favor diyersi
fled industries, but do exempt me from
planting everything that grows and promises
a dollar. Some for one thing aod.same for
another, is an established truth that cannot
be downed. These agents are clever fellows
areot they. Once in a while they condescend
to stop a night with us and tell us bow to
make a fine crop, and a paying one, and
why we dor't prosper. This, tboogb, is only
human nature, for I have often thought if I
had my neighbor's farm I could do so much
better than he, and men have often said to.
me if they only had my land they would be
independent. Now and then you stumble on
a brag who thinks be has the best land and
makes more on it than anybody else, with
less manure and work.
You want news Mr. Editor, not so much
common talk you will say, but how can J
give you what I haven't got. If there bas
been anything of the kind in this commnoity
lately, I have not heard anybody 3ay any
thing aboot il.
Tbe churches under Revs. Rushton and
Richards are movfbg on nicely, with live
Sunday Schools.
Prof. Covington's school at Bethel will
continue another month as a public school,
and may run another month as a private
school. Patrons are highly pleased and will
employ bim for another year if they can.
Children's Day-third Sunday in May
will be observed at Bethel Church.
Last Friday Mr. Clyde held his Second
Quarterly Meeting for Oswego Circuit. The
rain made the congregation small, but we bad
as big sermon as a big crowd wonld have
bad. Tbe lunch wa3 quite an attraction in
our large and comfortable school house. To
have our official members and friends all
seated around a long table well loaded, is re
freshing io more than one way.
War seems to *e on in good earnest over
the water. A christian war they say, but
don't seem to arouse Christendom to their
help. Tbe great powers seem to be afraid
one of the other, and when the two little fel
lows were about to bitch all the big boys
ran up in their great ships to see the fight
Why don't they do like we did, appoint a
commission and make a settlement for them.
I hope this letter will reach you in good
time, for sometimes it takes from two to
three days for a letter to go from Oswego to
Sumter.
TI MMONS VILLE KOTES.
Meeting of Florence District Con
ference.
Timmonsvilie, April 30.-The Florence
District Conference met in the Methodist
Church here yesterday morning at 9.30
o'clock, Presiding Elder Hodges io the chair.
' Rev. Jobo O. Wilson preached last night.
Prof. C. B. Smith of Wofford College, will
lecture to-night.
To-morrow closes tbe business of the Con
ference, but tbere. will be preaching in the
different churches Sunday.
The Conference promises to be very inter
esting and profitable to those who attend.
$100, Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
leam that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science bas been able to care io all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure cow known to
the medicial fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cnre is
taken internally, acting directly opon the
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so mnch faith in its
curative powere, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for aoy case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.
0. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
New York, May 3.-More demands
for gold for export were made at the
sob-treasury to-day with the results that
$1.500,000 io gold coin was removed
for shipment for steamers sailing to
morrow. The total withdrawals since
the movement began a week ago have
been 7,977,000
Seoator Tillman aod Senator Morgan
engaged in bitter personalities while
debating the public land biil jester- j
day.
Mrs Marilla M. Rtcker, a member
! of the Wat-biogton bar, is aD applicant
for the appoitjtmeut as minister to
Colombia.
I Fitzsiromons has declined to fight I
?! Joe Choynski, who must first whip I
! Corbett and Maher, Fitz says.
! shops io town-ooe of Mr. J. N. Nunnery and j
! the other of Tom McLeod (colored). Tbere
. is a colored brass baod, composed of twelve i
.' members ; the bund master is A. P. Fielder, !
'?? who is also the town butcher. Another col
! ored mao ho deserves mention here is Fran
i eis Rhodes, the shoemaker. '
! During cur visit we were the guest at tbe
I pleasant home of that, genial gentleman - Mr.
I Peter Meliett, than whom there is HO more
1 bosoitable man in South Carolina. Mr. Mel
i lett not only belongs to the we known Mel
j lett family of Privateer Township, but was (
; himself a Privateer boy.
! We are much indebted to those who kindly J
i aided us in gathering up our material for this j
! article, and we will state that our objact is
I not to "boom" Wedgefield, only to describe |
I the pretty little tov.n and its pleasant people
j as they really are. The memory of th'u visit
j will ever remain with us as a very pleasant
j one MCDONALD FORMAN.
Ramsey, Privateer Township, April 29.
Oswego Ramblings.
Mr. Editor: You have been faithful to me
and can say I have not been true to you. We
have bad a bard time on our flat lands this
year getting ready aod planting. Lands
btf.ve been plowed too wet and hastily pre
pared for the best results, and yet we may
make a fine crop. Dry weather has caused
bad etands of cotton, but the late rains have
counteracted to some extent tbe effect of the
dry weather. When I get my cotton up
every year I think of Capt. Jas. McLeod's
saving, "8ixty days will decide our fate as to
a crop," and I reckon price to .
Oats are looking very well in some places.
Good stands of corn, bnt it is suffering from
sand by the former heavy rains.
1 don't think there is any tobacco aroond
here, except what is being chewed and
smoked, and a wise conclusion, I think. We
farmers are too easily drawn from one crop
to another that somebody else has made
money ont of. Let our money-crop price go
down and the last son of a man wants to try
something else. A new grass, weed, berry,
squash, sugar beet, and some take up the hog
and corn, melons and fruit, and finally return
to tbe beautiful white staple and oily seed,
convinced that cotton will make more mooey
per acre and get you more credit than any
thing we can grow or raise. I favor diyersi
fled industries, but do exempt me from
planting everything that grows and promises
a dollar. Some for one thing aod.same for
another, is an established truth that cannot
be downed. These agents are clever fellows
areot they. Once in a while they condescend
to stop a night with us and tell us bow to
make a fine crop, and a paying one, and
why we dor't prosper. This, tboogb, is only
human nature, for I have often thought if I
had my neighbor's farm I could do so much
better than he, and men have often said to.
me if they only had my land they would be
independent. Now and then you stumble on
a brag who thinks be has the best land and
makes more on it than anybody else, with
less manure and work.
You want news Mr. Editor, not so much
common talk you will say, but how can J
give you what I haven't got. If there bas
been anything of the kind in this commnoity
lately, I have not heard anybody 3ay any
thing aboot il.
Tbe churches under Revs. Rushton and
Richards are movfbg on nicely, with live
Sunday Schools.
Prof. Covington's school at Bethel will
continue another month as a public school,
and may run another month as a private
school. Patrons are highly pleased and will
employ bim for another year if they can.
Children's Day-third Sunday in May
will be observed at Bethel Church.
Last Friday Mr. Clyde held his Second
Quarterly Meeting for Oswego Circuit. The
rain made the congregation small, but we bad
as big sermon as a big crowd wonld have
bad. Tbe lunch wa3 quite an attraction in
our large and comfortable school house. To
have our official members and friends all
seated around a long table well loaded, is re
freshing io more than one way.
War seems to *e on in good earnest over
the water. A christian war they say, but
don't seem to arouse Christendom to their
help. Tbe great powers seem to be afraid
one of the other, and when the two little fel
lows were about to bitch all the big boys
ran up in their great ships to see the fight
Why don't they do like we did, appoint a
commission and make a settlement for them.
I hope this letter will reach you in good
time, for sometimes it takes from two to
three days for a letter to go from Oswego to
Sumter.
TI MMONS VILLE KOTES.
Meeting of Florence District Con
ference.
Timmonsvilie, April 30.-The Florence
District Conference met in the Methodist
Church here yesterday morning at 9.30
o'clock, Presiding Elder Hodges io the chair.
' Rev. Jobo O. Wilson preached last night.
Prof. C. B. Smith of Wofford College, will
lecture to-night.
To-morrow closes tbe business of the Con
ference, but tbere. will be preaching in the
different churches Sunday.
The Conference promises to be very inter
esting and profitable to those who attend.
$100, Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
leam that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science bas been able to care io all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure cow known to
the medicial fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cnre is
taken internally, acting directly opon the
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so mnch faith in its
curative powere, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for aoy case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.
0. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
New York, May 3.-More demands
for gold for export were made at the
sob-treasury to-day with the results that
$1.500,000 io gold coin was removed
for shipment for steamers sailing to
morrow. The total withdrawals since
the movement began a week ago have
been 7,977,000
Seoator Tillman aod Senator Morgan
engaged in bitter personalities while
debating the public land biil jester- j
day.
Mrs Marilla M. Rtcker, a member
! of the Wat-biogton bar, is aD applicant
for the appoitjtmeut as minister to
Colombia.
I Fitzsiromons has declined to fight I
?! Joe Choynski, who must first whip I
! Corbett and Maher, Fitz says.
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