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THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON FEBRUARY 10 1897 MARRIED The Jury List Captain Dick fiit aOlatcijrtiiu aiui Station Married Monday Feb 1 1897 at 5 30 a at the residence of the brotber-in-law Mr Adams Dear Gibson Cant Marion Rich of Sumter to Miss Sailie Gibson Rev Tray wick KON iSDAY FEB 10 1897 Entered at the Pott Office at Sumter iS as Second Class Matter DEATHS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Is a remedy of sterling value It positively cures all Bronchial Affections Cough Cold Croup Bronchitis and Grippe You can aKvavs rely on it DR COUGH SYRUP is indispensable to every family Price 35 cts Shun all substitutes Chew PLUGS The Great Tobacco AntidotelOc Dealers or mailAC Meyer Co BaltoMtJ A Swinton For Sale Hugbson St Co Garden Seeds Sir Wells Magistrate- Estrav Notice Estate of Richard Thompson Deceased Citation Brown Cuttino Delgar Great Dissolution Sale Estate of Jennie Dargao Minor Final Settlement Estate of Rebecca A Woods Executor's Notice The Grand Jury for tbe year 1897 and the Petit Jury for the first week of tbe March term of Court were drawn this morning GRAND JURY Barnes Peter Gallagher Matlbis Dorn James Caldwell Carson Smith Jim Wilson Nick Donald Thos Strange Raffield Clark Joseph Muldrow sler McCoy King Mobley Jr A Rbame Pitts PETIT FIRST WEEK Scarboicugb Dinkins Hud-sou Mayes Thornhill Truluck John McIntosh Jr Holmes Durant ts Lawrence Fraser Saoford Baker 0 Huggins Dick Mills Horace Hsrby Black well Fri rson Henry Cain White ford Thompson Keels Wm Hudson Bingley liatusey Edward Smith Lesesne McCoy Vaughn Herbert Bennett A Moses Brown Brown DuBose Fort South ern Wrigbt Gordon PERSONAL 5 HEAD orses and Mules Mr Oliver McLeod an old and well known citizen of the Bethel neighborhood died on the night of Feb 2 He bad been quite sick for several weeks and his death hss been expected for several days He was highly esteemed in the community where he spent a long and useful life His wife has also beeu critically ill for some time and her recovery has been despaired of Died on Wednesday night the 20th of January little Alma Irene infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Bradley aged one year and nearly two months Miss Mary Cooper died at 1 1 yesterday morning at her home in this city after an illness of two weeks with pneumonia Miss Cooper was a lady of estimable Chris tian character and will be missed in the cir cles in which she was active religious worker The funeral services will lie held io the Pres byterian Church at 3 this afternoon Mr Weldon son of Mr Wei don of Spring Hill died on the 2nd icstant after a protracted illness He was bat 22 years old and bis death is generally deplored by the community Mrs Gerald died at her home near Catchall this coanty last night aged 75 yeras after a protracted illlness She was the widow of the late T- Gerald of this county and was the daughter of the late Charles Osborn originally of Charleston but for many years a resident of the State bnrg neighborhood She was the mother of Mrs Gaillard of ibis city The funeral services will be held to-morrow and iotermeu will he made at the church of the Holy Cross Stateburg A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT The Story of the German Reforma tion or Life of Martin Luther Arrived at GniHiJw Stables Sumter IT Feed and Sale Mr Cain spent Monday in town Mr DesCbamp9 of St Charles was the city Monday Mr Jnlian Earby and family of Arkansas are visitiag in ibis city Mr Dwight Shaw of St Charles spen Monday in the city Mr George Cooper of Mayesville was io the city on business Monday Mr A White Jr after a ten days stay in the city returned to New York Miss Rosalie Harris of Georgia is the guest of Misses Bertie nod Fannie China Mr Henry MeLsurin of Charlotte has been in the city for several days Mrs Zamp and little daughter Claudia of Camdeo are visiting in the city Mrs Abe Levi of Manning and Mrs Levy of Philadelphia are visiting Mr and Mrs Ferd Levi Miss Nora Rnesell has returned from New-bery where she has been visiting relatives for several weeks Mr Delgar has gone to Manning to take charge of the store of Brown Cuttino Delgar at that place Mr Ernst Bultmau has returned From Peoria Iil where be bag been for several months perfrctiug himself in watchmaking Mr Aycock of Wedgefield is in the city for several weeks stay Durine his sojourn in the city he will be to' the office of Pnrdy and Reynolds Messrs Moas and Carson have gone to Charleston to attend the A Anual n-vocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter which convened to-day at high twelve Tbe production of Bertram play by loeal talent under the direction af tbe authors which has been looked forward to wiih such keen anticipations scored a success last night before a crowded bocse There has seldom beeo a I more appreciative and enthusiastic audie ce gathered in the Academy of Music than was there last evening The appreciation ard enthusiasm was greatest at tbe last and was due entirely to the merits of tbe play itself aod the clever and intelligent work of the amateur actors and actresses who both surprised and delighted the audience The play was well staged tbe costumes were handsome and historically correct and the special pcenery was superior to almost any scenery that has ever been placed on tbe stage of the Academy of Musice The play was alro-ist entirely devoid of amateurish stiffness and the scenes followed one after another with that ease of movement and naturel sequence that takes tbe attention of the aodioce away from the stage business and covet titrates it on the human interest of tne play itself There was abundant scope for individual specialties and the manner in which the amateur artiss made the most of their opportuni ties kept the audience amused throughout the evening If a comparison were to be drawn a majority of the professional theatrical companies that visit this city would suffer thereby for the work of the amatures and the entire production of Captain Dick was im measurably superior to tbe average company that visits Sumter Messrs Bertram Willard and Smithdeal have scored a triumph for it was their skillful management th made la6t sue cess possible will be repeated this evening and as it is again under the auspices and for the benefit of Monaghan Hose Co 2 it should receive a libeal pat' rocage Those who were not present last evening cannot rffjrd to miss it especially as they have not seen Richard Wilder as Uncle Pete a typical negro and Kendrick Wilder as Mr Gugleheimer they are great The following is tbe cast Captain Dick Mr Irving A Ryttenberg Liputeuant Bob Smalley Mr Bassett Wil Hard Col Stafford A Mr Moise Mr Merritt Mr Spann Baron Le Martine and Hans Gugleheimer army contractors Mr Eugene Bertram and Mr Wilder O'Fiynn Mr A Flowers Leon Vespucci a prisoner of war Mr Saoders Pete Mr Wilder Gen Mexia Mexico 'Smith Dan Wheeler and Bill Nulty Army Mr China and Mr Reid Corporal and Sergeant Mexican Army Mr Hood and Mr Chandler Kate Moreland Miss Hattie Ryttenberg Beatrice Mies Daisy Nash Angie a streak of American sunshine Miss Lizzie Keese Samantha Gugleheimer Miss Pearl Win-burn Aunt Hannah Mr Yates Also on hand Buggies FOR SAFE LOW FOR CASH This grand historical entertainment wil be given at the Opera Honse next Monday and Tuesday evening? Feb 15 and 16 under tbe auspices of the St James Lutheran Church It is a lecture-drama illustrated wiih 85 superb stereoptican views and per Fonified in music words and living iciuies by over 125 persons Leading people Sumter in 16th rentury costumes will repre sent tbe roost important events in tbe life of the great Reformer Martin Lutber There will be two allegorical processionals in which tbe States of the Union states of tbe G-raan Empire and tbe leading Protestan countries of Europe will be represented The scenes will represent an episode at tbe Erfurtb Monastery famous trial at Worms before Emperor Charles and the leaving of the convent by twenty-two nuns and novices The lecture will be given by Mrs Monroe of Philadelphia who has an enviable reputation as a lecturer This entertainment has been given this season at tbe Academy of Music at Philadelphia Music Hall at Boston Providence I Lowell Mass Hartford Teon Spring-field and Akron Williamsport and Scran ton Pa Winston Raleigh New Berne Goldsboro aod Wilmington Mnd many other places with great success The price of admission wili be 50c 35c and 25 cents AII Jau 27 -THE- SUMTER COTTON FERTILIZER Offer For 1000 Tons Prime Cotton Seed Meal of our own manufacture ALSO 500 Tons or Brand Am-moniated G-uano 500 Tons (Genuine German Kainit 500 Tons Acid! with Potash 300 Tons Dissolved Bone Wells Esq will continue to preside over the court of justice for the city of Sumter having received the recommendation of the Sumter delegation The re-appoint ment of Magistrate Wells will prove satisfactory to majority of the residents ot Sumter for he has admrnistertd tbe efflee capably and efficiently There is another point io Judge favor that has no direct hearing on the case in question but it is reason why many Sumter people are gratified that he is to continue in charge of the dispensary of justice When there is a case involviog the belligerent rights of two or more negro women on trial in Judge court there is more solid aod original amusement to he derived by spending an idle half hour in bis court than any ether place in tbe county Tbe Judge has the faculty of bringing out all of tbe factF aod if the witnesses and principals attempt to palm off a variegated and highly colored fictioo on the court be starts them at the siartiog place as often as neces snry to bring ont the truth The charge to prevaricating witnesses is strictly original and has to he heard to be appreciated A witness that will swear falsely after an admonition from Judge Wells ha3 no fear of the dungeon no appreciation of the enor raity of perjury and no terror of the hereafter that awaits liars especially those who have the temerity to lie in a court of justice The trial of scrapping match down on Red and White street takes ttye load of any matinee and a repertoir company is not in it at ail Long may Jndge Wells and bis incomparable court survive 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 Depot HOSES President A PHELPS Sec Trcas Spring Mrdiciue is a necessity which Hood's Sarsaparilla grandly supplies It purifies and vitalizes the blood and thus gives tone and strength to the whole system Fifth Session Clemson College Why will yon buy bitter nauseating tonics when Tasteless Cbill Tonic is as pleasant as Lemon Syrup Your druggist is authorized to refund the money in every case where it fails to cure Price SO cents An extension until the 15th instant has been graded delinquent city tax payerF Those who do not settle before tbe extension expires will he charged with 20 per cent penalty aod executions will be issued against them It is a good chance to make money by paying up before the 15th Monday night about 10 there was great tio pan and bugle serenade io the vicinity of tbe factory- Ttere was eoougb noise made for a foll-fle6ged campaign meeting or a fourth of July celebration I quiries next morning elicited tbe information that a newly martied couple bad arrived and the friends of the groom wete welcoming tbe happy einple A few months ago Mr Byron Every of Woodstock Mich was badly afflicted with rheumatism His right leg was swollen th full leogtb causing him great suffering He was advised In try Chamberlain's Pain Balm Tbe first bottle of it helped him considerably and the second bottle effected a cure Tbe 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by Or A China Lonis Matthews white was before the Mayor yesterday morning charged with disorderly condnet aod carry ingconcealed weapons He was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or -work the streets for 20 days He raised a disturbance at tbe factory last night defied any one to arrest him and was posing as a bad man generally Policeman Weeks was sent for and when he arrived Matthews was promptly jerked up and run in to tbe lock up The production of and by local amateur talent has not been abandoned although nothing has recently Deen said about it The various members of the cast are bard at work and tbe public performance will not be had until the play can be gives as it should be Tbe costumes have been ordered anti the drama will be staged as handsomely and correctly as it is when produced by professionals Tbe Stateburg road betweeo the city limits and Shot Pouch branch iB being improved in a substantial manner by tbe chain gang The road has been ditched graded and a sufficient quantity of clay put on it to give a bard roadway where formerly there was a heavy sand bed The chain gang has within the past year accomplished a great deal of work and the extent of the improvement wrought on the roads wherever the gang has spent aoytime is more apparent as time passes The chain gang is far ahead of tbe penitentiary 8s a means of disposing of the convicts for tbe chain gang dees not come into competition with free labor in any wy aad the work done by the chain gang will be of present and future benefit to the public at large With careful and intelligent administration of tbe chain gang and the pursuance of a systematic plan io tbe improvement of the roads of tbe county it is but a question of time when the roads of tbe county will te excellent when compared with wbat they now are in many sections Thursday when the chewing gum slot machine at the post office was opened remove the accumulated peonies a liberal proportion of the contents was made up not of pennies but of pieces of lead that had been hammered out to the exact sizs and thickness of a one cent coin The enterprising gum chewing youth who established an individual mint for the coinage of imitation lead pennies that would deceive the slot machine is undoubtedly a foxy fellow and has kept himself supplied with gum at a slight expenditure of time aod labor He has bad the additional satisfaction of kuowiog that be has cheated a machine out of sundry copper ceovs He is a bright youth and will make his mark in tbe world if he continues as be has begun All he has to do is to keep everlastingly at it and by gradually enlarging and extending bis operations bis success will be assured and be will have bis name known far beyond tbe small circle that now admires him for bis smartness and enterprise His mark will be made and he will be a successful counterfeiter a swindler and a rascal generally He will have to be very smart very foxy indeed to keep clear of Sing Sing a place where the government entertains those enterprising citizens who establish individual mints for tbe purpose of increasing the circulating medium Tbe boys who have made a practice of feeding the slot machine on lead pennies tobacco tags and other substitutes for the real article bearing the profile of thenoble red man on it toiler give themselves a iie- talk filled with good advice aad theu hunt some other amusement The slot machin-js charged with being a swindler of the worst sod that the boys who have been putting Ha tooacco tags in lieu of pennies were just iring to get even with tbe game The machintSuever refuses to take a penny or anything oM shape of a penny but does very often fail rS? deliver the gum Between the small boy wkfid the slot machine the game sesms to be a stauli off I have giver Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a fair test and consider ii one ot the lertf best remedies for croup that I have ever found One dose has always ecu sufficient aithrugb I use it freely Any cold my chil dren contract yields very readil icine I can consientiously recommend for croup and cold iu childre Wolfs Clerk of the Circuit Court Feruao-dma Fla Sold by Dr A China cold my chil- io this med- I) ecomtnende it I Geo I WALSH SHAW FIRST FALL ANNOUNCEMENT 040440tOM)fOOKl Have you looked for our ad before 1 You did not see it No well we knew you knew where we wete and that you would oome to us for Shoes Until now SJwe bad nothing special to tell you Now we have We are working a scheme now which we think will please cur patrons In addition to giving you the best Shoes to be had for prices asked we are now having made for you a life size Crayon Portrait from any photograph you may leave with us without charge after the purchase of $10 in Shoes Come and see how we work it The Oil Mill ii selling cotton seed meal rapidly as It can be turned out The Board of Health has not succeeded expelling the bogs from the city The time for paying city taxes without penalty expises on the 15th instaot Kerosene oil users are again kicking about the inferior quality of oil with which they are beiog supplied Sumter is having more shows an 1 entertainments week in and week ont than soy pi -ce of the same size in the State The supply of disagreeable weather was exhausted before the bureau reached Sumter hence the excellent sample given out to-day Mr Lewis State Secretary of the Young Christian Association spent Sunday in the city In the afternoon he attended the regalar prayer meeting of the local association and delivered an address Tax returns are now being made rapidly as the time in which it can be done is rapidly drawing to a close Those who have Dot made returns for this year should do so at once as a failure to make the returns as required by law subjects property owners to a penalty The Orangeburg Amateur Theatrical Company is negotiating for a date at the Aradf-my of Music to produce the war time play which was recently played at Orangeburg with great success The success of the Manning Hosiery Mill baa set a great many of the business men of Sumter to thinking It is to be hoped that their deliberations on the industrial needs of Sumter will have tangible results The cate to Charleston during the naval review will be one fare for tbe rouod trip Tickets will be on Bale Feb 10th to 18th inclusive with the final iimit three days from day of sate There js a great deal o' complaint that the rates charged by the Electric Light Company have been raised nntil tbe superiority of tbe electric lights over kerosene lamps does not pay for the greater cost Tbe Eiecttic Light Co has not increased tie ratesebarged for lights in stores and residences bat has equalized the rates as provided io tbe regular schedule of rates Heretofore special rates bad been made to various parties and now all persona using tbe same number of lights pay tbe same rate This is what produced tbe kick The IeeCo has closed a contract for a complete plant and tbe factory will be in operation on or before tbe first of May Tbe latest improved and most economical system for making ice from distilled water has been contracted for and those who have stock in tbe company will find it a good investment Tbe company has already received inquiries from ice dealors in several places io reference to supplying them with ice during tbe coming season There is no doubt about tbe new factory disposing of its entire output at a fair profit In the production of last evening Col Stafford wore the gold epaulets which Gov Manning wore when a Colonel io the Army during the Mexican War When Geo Moiee was Dominated for Adjutant and Inspector Geoe-ral io 1876 Gov Manning presented him tbe gold epauletes which be wore duriDg bis incumbency of tbe office It is worthy of note that Col Stafford the character in was a Colonel in tbe Army to the Mexican War and that the epaulets be wore last evening were owned originally by a Colonel la the Mexican Wtfr The Sumter Electric Light Company has changed hands ot will within a short time Negotiations for a controlling interest have been under way for more than a week and have nearly reached a successful conclusion Tbe patties who are seeking to purchase a majority of the stock aot obtain control of tbe management of the cOinpany are represented by Mr Henry McDqurin The plans for the future management af the company have not been made public but it is stated i a general way that the po icy of the new managers 11 he progressive and thkt the very best service wili be given the patrons' of the company Wherever possible improvements will be made and tbe electric light service in Sumter will be kept where it has been for a long time the nest in' tbe State If there are other plans they are keeping them in tbe back part of their heads at present and wilt not take tbe public into their confidence until tbe opportune time arrives Mr Ward Smith of Fredrickstowo Mo was troubled with chronic diarrfccei for over thirty years He bad become fully satisfied that it was only a question of a iort time until be would have to give up He had been treattd by soae of tbe best physicians in Europe and America but got no permanent relief One day be picked up a newspaper aod chanced to read an advertisement of Colic Cholera and Diart hoe Remedy He got a bottle of it tbe fitst dose helped him and its continued use cured him For sale by A China The fifth session of the Clemson Agricultural College will begin Thursday Feb 18th 1897 To the two regular four-tear courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science a special two-year course tn Mechanics and Engineering has been added The courses of Instruction include the following eubj-cts Agriculture Chemistry Horticulture Dairying Veterinary Science Botany Geology Mineralogy Electrical and Civil Engineering Mathematics and History Board washing fuel lights for session of 49 weeks $59 00' For Catalogue contatng full particulars ad Iress Craighead Clemson College Jau 12 4t An Eminent Specialist Dr A Byers an eye specialist of wide experience is in the city for a short stay He can be seen at the residence of Mr Stubbs on Main Street where he has fitted up-an office for the practice of bis profession while in Sumter Dr Byers has tbe highest endorsements from tbe leading physicians in South Carolina nd other Southern States In every town aod city in' this State that he hns visited tbe physicians have individually and collectively endorsed him aod speak io the highest terms of tbe success with wbidh he treated the eyes of their patients He has hundreds of letters from prominent business and professional men in this and other States wbosa names have but to be mentioned to be immediately recognized as those of influential and well known citizens whose endorsements carry weight Dr Byers ha9 recently visited Camden Abbeville WinFSboro and Georgetown and when be left those places tbe physicians and clergymen endorsed him and testified to the remarkably successful results attending his treatment of deep seated and apparently in curable eye troubles Dr Byers has made the eye a life long study and has attended the lectures of the most eminent eye specialists in this country and Europe He has occupied a chair iu tbe Pott Graduate School of Medicine of Indianapolis Iod for several years and is now in tbe Sooth primarily for the benefit of his health He has the most complete equipment of instruments and apparatus for the determination of visual defects and optical weaknesses to be found in tbe South several of which were invented by Dr Byers himself and those who have bad trouble with their eyes will do well to consult Dr Byers while be is in Sumter His credentials have been carefully examined bv the physicians of this city and they have recommended him to such of their patients as are in need of the services off a specialist GreeDville has bean the headquarters of Dr Byers and thera he is known by all both as a specialist and as a man and citizen The Greenville News a short tine ago said of him Byers tbe eye specialist after a few weeks of unavoidable absence is again in his office more fully prepared than ever to meet the demands of those who need his skill and experience in the proper adjustment of glasses lie has treated more deep seated ej troubles caused by errors of refraction than any specialist south of New York city Patients who reside in this immediate vicinity and who ere treated by such eminent specialists as Drs Calhoun Chisolm and Graham testify to his superior ability where the above have signally failed Excursion Rates to Charleston The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round to Charleston lor one first class round trip from all stations be on sale Feb 13th to 18th inclusive final limit for retura February tre from Sumter is $330 Jtiler (PERRY A Sure and Safe Remedy in every case and every kind of Bowel Complaint is In addition to this inducement wo have a limited quantity of Fine Shoes formerly sold at $6 which we are offering to close at $4 Come to see us Yours to please rlfiter a in This a true statement and it be made too strong or too emphatic Walsh Shaw and quick Rheuraasm Neuralgia Toothache It is a simple safe cure for Cramps Colic Diarrhoea Two sizes 25c and 50c Keep it by you Beware of Imitations Buy only the Perry Sold Every trhere The Premier Flour of America Use the cld reliable PATAP3C0 SUPERLATIVE PATENT FLOUR Ground from tbe cream of Maryland and Virginia wheat stands in the lead not only at bonce but in foreign markets For purity strength and uniform quality it has no equal If ycu want the best be sure you get this brand For sale by CROSSWELL CO It makes more Leaves ot Bread than any other Flour ClareiBont Lode No 64 A ffl THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNICATION of Claremont Lodge No held on Thursday Brethren govern themselves rip tickets fare (or thi Ti(kfU wi trip tickets with 31st The 4 A will Evening Feb 11th will take dae notice and accordingly be at.