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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, i860. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THK TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane,1366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1896. New Series-Yol. XV. No 29 t\)t W?r??yiixmx ?n?? ^onfljroit Published E7cry Wednesday, JXT. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rares. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. IO Handsome 2-Horse Farm "Wagons GIVEN AWAY. To induce farmers to keep a record of the re? sults they get from the use of "HOME FEBTILI2EBS." and to impress upon them the advantage it is to compost their fertilizers at home, we have decided to give as prizes Five Handsome Two Horse Wagons, Which retail for $65 each, to the ive farm? ers in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina aod Georgia who make the largest yield of COTTON per acre exclusively from the use of "Eoine Fertilizer," composted by either formula printed in our Annual Circu lar; and 5 Handsome 2 Horse Wagons, To the five farmers who make the largest yield of CORN per acre exclusively from the use of "Home Fertilizer," composted by either formula printed in our Annual Circular. This offer is open to all farmers, no matter what quantity they buy.* RV LES FOR THE CONTEST. The laud to be measured and crops weighed by two disinterested parties, who are to report .in full to the dealer from whom the goods were bought; be to forward the reports to us on or before December 1st, 1896. The wagons will be distributed as soon as the reports are in and it can be ascertained which ones have made the five largest yields per acre. No reports will be considered which reach our office after December 5tb, 1896. Boy kin, Canner & Co., BALTIMORE, MD. FOR SALE BY DUCKER & BULTMAN. SUMTER, S. C. Of Interest to Farmers. The State Grange's Annual Meeting Yesterday, The organization known as "The State Grange of South Caroltoa" held its annual meeting yesterday at Wright's hotel. The following granges were represented : J. F.? Boykio, Cleveland grange; J. N. Jones, Hill? side ; N. Moseley, Gam Spring ; C. J. Rollings, Dumpford; D. M. Bethune, Sandy Grove ; J. W. Eog- 1 lish, Mount Clio ; F. A Atkinson, Black River; B. B. McWhite, Lvnch e's Creek ; W. B. Allen, Reedy Creek ; \ W. K. Thompson, Liberty Hill ; R. A. ] Love and T. J. Cunningham ; Bull 1 Run ; Mrs. G. W. English, Mount Clio. Master Thompson made his an? nual report. 1 In his annual report be referred to the State Grange having once been a flourishing organization io South Caro- ! lina. In some counties the granges 1 have never ceased to work. To-day, many who onoe thought the grange too 1 conservative and slow, now concede 1 that it is the best organization for the ' farmers and best adapted to their wants. 1 The grange has escaped the rocks upoo I which other orders have been wrecked, * and is now ready, at all times, to enter 2 any contest in which the rights and in- 1 terests of the farmers are concerned. ( Our efforts should be to so educate the * farmer that he will be enabled to retain 1 his legitimate share of his products, ( and see that other professions got no more than their legitimate share. It * matters not how progressive the agri-r ' culturist may become, if he cannot < reap the benefit of what is rightfully 1 his own, bis best efforts are lost and he ( becomes the dope of somebody else. 1 Mr. Thompson spoke of the grange 1 and its educational influence. He said ' that all farmers should be educated so 1 that they could be better fitted for their * line of work. He alo referred to the ' social influence of the grange In reference to their financial benefits Mr. Thompson said that he though too much stress bad been isid on the finan? cial featureof the grange totheexclusion of other benefits to be derived. In some counties of the Stats the grange's trade has grown to such proportions s that it is earnestly sought. The co- 1 operation among the members has been i the means of saving thousands of dol- j lars to the farmers in the matter of fer- t tilizers and supplies. c Mr. Thompson said that the financial i atringetcy and low price of cotton for ( the past few years had been a blessing io disguise to the framing class. It had taught them economy ; it had taught that the cotton crop alone could not do ; it taught them to produce more and buy less ; it had taught them that a small cotton crop had increased the de? mand and thereby brought more than a larger crop which increased the supply. He thought the future policy of the government might be unfriendly to the best interest of the farmer. Still, the farmers held the key to the situation. Let them plant less cotton and reduce the cost of makiog it by producing everything necessary on the farm, and thus become producers, and not alto? gether consumers. He asked the in? fluence of every member of the order to prevent any increase io the acreage of cotton and then earnestly urge all of the members to use every effort to induce the national legislative bodies to pass such laws as will forever prevent future speculation io farm products, and let the inexorable law of supply and de? mand fix the prices of their farm pro? duce. He spoke of the solid foundation on which the State grange stood to-day, and urged upon the members their hearty support and co-operation for its future success and prosperity. The grange then proceeded to the election of officers. The following is a result of the electioo: W K Thompson was re-elected master; B. B. McWhite, overseer; J. YV\ English, lecturer ; Gr. W. Mose? ley steward ; D. M. Bethune, assis? tant steward ; C. J. Rollings chaplain ; W. B Allen, treasurer; T. W. Hollo? way, secretary ; J. F. Boykin, gate keener ; Mrs. W. K. Thompson ; Ceres; Mrs. J. W. English, Pomona: Mrs. B B. Mo White, Flora ; Mrs. G. W. Moseley, L. A. S. The following is the executive com mittee elected : G. W. Moseley, J. W. Stoae, A. K. Sanders. All of the newly elected officers were dilly installed by Master Thompson. The annual meeting was a very en? couraging one and much zeal was mani? fested by the members of the organize hon for its success. The next annual meeting will be held at Sumter, S. C.. the first Wednes? day io February, 1897.-The State. - The State Fair Memorial. South Carolina Asked to Re? new her Appropriation. The following is the' memorial of the State Agricultural and Mecchanical society transmitted to the general as? sembly yesterday by Governor Evans together with a message recommending that the request be granted. To the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina. The petition of the State Agricultu? ral and Mechanical Society of South Carolina would respectfully show to your honorable bodies : That this society organized under the laws of this State for the purpose of ( encouraging agriculture, mechanics and the related arts, to develop a healthy , rivalry and ambition among our farmers , and mechanics and to aid in the dissem- , inatioo of information relating to these , industries. 1 That to this end the society annually , it the close of the harvest seasons holds ; a State fair in Colombia, which is at? tended and supported by the people of , the whole State. That to maintain the fair upon the ; proper basis, to pay its operating ex- ] penses and to provide such premiums as ] will secure the best class of competitors j 308t8 a large amount of money. That ( the revenues of thesooiety, which oome 1 from the gate receipts and from cooees- ] 510ns are uncertain in amount each , pear, and that two yeats ago, when the t jociety found itself badly in debt, an t ippropriatioo of ?2,500 was made by \ be city oouncil of Columbia to pay its j iebte. Again last year, the citizens of ( Columbia contributed a fund of $2,000 ^ which was used in paying the premiums , )ffered to exhibitors by the society. That it is the desire of the society to r secure its establishment firmly, so that x it will not be liable to the danger of 'a , ?eficit from time to time, as has been ^ be case io the past, and that to this \ ind the society would petition for an f appropriation of $2,500 at your present t jession, this amount to be expended by r be officers of the society for the pay- ? nent of premiums at the fair to be , jeld in the city of Columbia io Novem- E )er, 1896. And your petitioners will ever pray. l L. D. Childs, j President. j Thos. W. Holloway, \ Secretary. t - m - - a The negroes of Mississippi have \ sent a delegation to Gov. McLaurin t ;o protest against the proposed sepa- c .ation of the school fund. The pro- r. position is to appropriate thc school I axes paid by whites to the support a )f schools for white children and 0 ;axes paid by negroes to the support I )f negro schools. a The Popular Loan. Offers Aggregate More Than Six Hundred Millions. Washington, Feb. 5 -Bids for $100.000,000 30-year 4 per cent United States bonds were opened at the treas? ury department at noon to-day uoder the conditions prescribed in the circular issued Jan. 6 last by Secretary Carlisle The principal condition ?9 that the bonds must be paid for in gold. For the con? venience of the purchasers the bonds may be paid for in intallments as fol? lows : Twenty per cent at the time of the notice of acceptance and 10 per cent at the end of each 15 days thereafter. The total number of bids was 4,640, aggregating ?684,269,850, but one bid of $100,000,000 from a physician in Michigan and one of ?16,000,000 from Texas are evidently bogus. Deducting these amounts leaves the ag? gregate of genuiue bids $568,269,850. At 3 o'clock it was generally understood that the whole $100,000,000 of bonds would briog 110 50 and over. The official average figure at which the $100,000,000, will be awarded will not be known until to-morrow. The bids were opened in the room of Secretary Carlisle, an apartment about 40 by 25 feet. A large table was placed io the south end of the room overlooking the Potomac river and the Washington monument, at which table sat Secretary Carlisle, Assistant Sec? retary Curtis and several clerks. Io front of the desk were placed a number of chairs, and every seat was taken by those who bad come in person to present bids, and many were compelled to stand. Hundreds of millions of dollaas were represented. A large number of those present as bidders came from New York, but there was a sprinkling of financiers and bankers from Chicago, Cincinnati and other western cities, and some from Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. The first bid was received January 13th of $600, at 110. The first bids read out were in small amount, rang? ing from ?50 to $10,000 each. Among these was one of ?5,000 at 110, from the Loan and Savings bank of Charlotte, N C. At the beginning of the reading Comptroller Eckels announced that the bids ranged from pav to a fraction above 119. The comptroller read until his voice gave out, when he was relieved by another member of the committee. The treasury department was simply overwhelmed by the enormous number of bids received. With 15 expert clerks at work scheduling the bids at 6 o'clock to-night, they having worked incessantly since 8 o'clock this morning, 1,200 bids remained unscheduled. They will be copied to-morrow. It will take many hours of bard work to straighten out the tangle as to the bids received and the prices offered. In spite of the care exercised by the committee which opened the bids, many unavoidable errors were made in an noucing the bids. As proof of this, it may be mentioned that a number of offers from prominent eastern financial institutions, all apparently acting in concert were read out as being at 110. 75. This had progressed for some time, when the correction was suggest? ed by one of the parties interested, that ill those bids were at 110.075. In fu? ture readings they were so announced. The official analysis of the figures will determine the result, and this will be necessarily a work of great labor. The great feature of the bidding was the offer of J. P. Morgan's syndicate, which as now composed includes only his own banking house, the Deutsche bank of Berlin, Germany, and Harvey Fish & Sons of New York. They pro? posed to take the entire issue at 110 - 3887. Only one other bid of anything ike an equal amount was received. Mr. Morgan, after figuring on the bids -eceived, said to-nigbt that be estimated hat be would bc awarded on bis bid ibout 60 per cent of the ?100,000,000. rle reached the conclusion simply from learing the various bid* read, as he lid not think that more than $40,000, )00 bids above that figure had been nade. The number of small bids was quite emarkable. The fifty dollar offers ran ip into the hundreds and at fairly good )rices, and over 1,000 small banks and private individuals whose offers at the ligbest rates of acceptability ranged rom ?500 up to ?8,000 or $9,000 are tot included in the lists published. Fhe offers by all classes of small bid leis below the 110 and a fraction limit, which seems to shut off the issue, we*o till more numerous. A feature in these rffers was that as nany of those of large amount, ranging n many cases up to one or more mil ions of dollars, came from fiduciary nstitutions which thereby indicated hat they had no better outlet than that .fforded by United States bonds at the )rice at which they will undoubtedly >e awarded. One of the curious inci leDf8 of the day was the fact that the ?ids of the Union Trust company of sew York for $78,000,000 at 11?.075 Jmost escaped notice in the monotony f the reading, while the bid of the borgan syndicate was received with pplause. Hitting the Railroads, j -? The House Passed a Jim Crow Car j Bill by aD Overwhelming Ma? jority--Passenger Rates to be Fixed by Law-Peni? tentiary Directors Elected. Columbia, February 5.-This bas beeo a rather "blue'' day for the rail? road interests of the State. They were rapped on all sides. Last night the House passed a bill providing for the repeal of the charters of the railroads if they did not carry out the rates of the commission. To-day this was fol? lowed up by a bill to provide for a three cent and a two and a half cent pas? senger rate, with the privilege of in? creasing it for the poorer lines. Then the separate coach bill was passed, as it usuallv is by the House, and the House declined to indefinitely postpone a bill to prevent all freight trains for vegeta or anything else to run on Sunday. The bill was about to be passed when the electioo of three directors of the Penitentiary was entered upon lt did not appear from the debate that rail? roads had many friends. Two of the bills had been unfavorably reported, but this did not appear to stem the tide. The Senate bas always seen to the defeat of the separate coach bill. The General Assembly elected as members of the board of directors of the Penitentiary Messrs J. H. Black? well and W. 0. Tatum, members of the House, and S. P. J. Garris, a member of the present board. The name of Mr. Willoughby, whose term expires soon, was not placed in nomination. The report of the special investiga? ting committee, which has already been printed was considered to-day and adopted without debate. Before the work of the day was start? ed the registration bill was recommit? ted. The railroad charter forfeiture biil was sent to the Senate, aod just after it came Judge Townsend's bill to require through way bills and close connection between railroads entering the State. A message was received from the Sen? ate that Mr. Otts's bill repealing the emigration agents7 fee had been killed. The resolution was then passed fixing the 15th as the final day for new bills. Mr. Garris's bill fixing a three-cent passenger rate was taken up. After debate the hill was ordered to a third reading. It provides for a first clas3 fare of three cents per mile, and for -a second class fare of two and one-half cents per mile, and that first and second class tickets shall be sold. The power, however, is left with the railroad com? mission to change the rate on any or all roads as it may see fit, and railroads may still sell excursion and mileage tickets. The house passed without debate a bill to prevent the issuing of due bill? or checks in payment of services. During the morning Governor Evans sent in an address recommending an ap? propriation for the State Fair. Legislature Work. Pension Bill Passed-Something About Fishing and Diving Committee to Inquire Into Cost of Printing. COLUMBIA, Feb. 6. There was more than usual interest in the senate proceedings yesterday, al? though not a great deal was accomplish? ed. Several bills of questionable char? acter rv ere up duriug the two sessions. Ooe of these, relatiog to roads and highways, was slightly crippled in the first skirmish, and was withdrawn for repairs until 1 p. m. to-day. Another to prevent black-listing by corporations, was executed at the night session after ? lengthy fight. A third to stop fish? ing in all streams of the State between April and November, except with hook and line, was recommitted after a lengthy debate. The new pension bill, increasing the appropriation from $50, D00 to $100,000 passed. A concurrent resolution setting February 20th ae the iay to adjourn was sent down to the lower louse. Another concurrent resolution poking to decreasing the expense of jublic printing, was also passed and lent to the house. An idea seems to lave taken root in some quarters that l?verai thousand dollars can be saved in public printing. The senate couvened yesterday mom it ll o'clock. Mr. Moses offered the following cao arrent resolution : Be it resolved by the senate, the muse of representatives concurring, hat a committee consisting of two on he part of the senate and three on the ?art of the house be appointed a special ommittec to inquire into the subject of irinting the reports of various depart nents and ' inquire if there is any nnecessar^ jrinting, and if it is practi able to cut down the cost of the same without impairing the public service, aid committee to report by bill or other? wise, j This was immediately considered anc adopted. A concurrent resolution, offered fy Mr. Finley, immediately considered anc adopted, fixed Feb 20 as the d-ite foi the legislature to adjourn sine die. The resolution from the house pro posing the erection of a monument ic Washington by the Southern States tc George Peabody and appropriating ?1,500 as South Carolina's quota, wai presented. It being a concurrent res? olution and carrying a proposed ap? propriation, was ineffective, and wai referred to a senate committee to report it in the shape of a joint resolution. HOUSE. The house of Representatives yes? terday got up to that point in ?te railroad legislation where it decreed that no employee of a railroad cor? poration should work more than IS hours continuously, and then branch? ed off leaving the railroads for a while. Then it very appropriately, so some remarked, took up the bill providing- for the admission of emer? gency cases to the State hospital foi the insane, and passed that. The house then after an interesting debate, decided that only women be employed in the engrossing de? partment of the general assembly, and that the number of such clerks should be limited to eight. These were about the ily matters of general interest at the morning session so far as the calendar was concerned During the morning, however, the concurrent resolutions of general in? terest were received-one a concur? rent resolution looking to the final adjournment of the general assembly on the 20th instant; the other look? ing to the investigation of the matter of the public printing. THE RAILROAD BILL Section 1. That from and after the passage of this act it shall be un? lawful for any railroad doing busi? ness in this State to require or permit its employees, who are engaged in the business of operating its trains over its roads, to make runs of over thirteen hours, or to make runs ag? gregating more than thirteen hours in twenty-four bouts, except when such train is detained by reasou of casualty, or other cause, from reach? ing its destination on schedule time, and no trainman, after having been on a run or runs for as much as thir? teen hours cit of twenty-four hours, shall be required to again go on duty i/?til after ten hours' rest, ex? cept in case above stated No em? ployee of any railroad company shall be deprived of his right to recover damages for personal injury by rea? son of the fact that he, at the time of such injury, wa j making a run of more than thirteen hours, or making a run aggregating more than thirteen hours in twenty-four hours, or had gone on duty after a thirteen hours' run, or runs aggregating thirteen hours, before ten hours' rest. Sec 2. That any railroad violating any of the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $50 nor more than $500. That one half of all forfeitures collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the State treas? ury, to the credit of the school fund, ind the other half to the informer. A.RE THERE ANY HERE ? "My old black auntie," said Repre ientative John Allen to a Washington Post man, ''the old black shepherdess ivho raised me, and who still looks on me as a lamb of her rearing, grows at ?mes very congratulatory and proud of nc. " * 'Deed ! I is proud of you, Mars lohn,' she said, on the occasion of oui ast meeting. 'I takes de vastest pride n ye, honey, an' de way you does hoi' iffice. You is jes'like yo' ol' father, liars John, jes' like him fo' de worl'. Ie was allers hol'in' office 6ame as you, loney ; hoi' office all de time, yo' paw id, au' be'minds me of you so much. Deed. Vee proud of bof of ye.' " 'Why, what office did my father old ?' I asked. I was a bit astonished or while I had a dim recollection of he old gentleman running several imes, I never knew of any office he eld. 'What office did my father o?d r " 'Sho ! Mars John ; you go an' for? et de office yo' father hoi',' the old uoty replied, reproachfully. 'I'se ihamed fo' you. He was a candidate, lara John. De whole neighborhood I Bmember it well. AH his life he hoi' at offioe. yo' paw does ; never I knows im when he warn't a candidate. iGoks like you an' yo' falber jes' same lat away ; bof allers hol'in office.' " linierest in the Exposition. _ ! Augusta Doing Ali She Can to Promote Its Succ?s. - Augusta, Feb. 6-The greatest inter? est is taken io Augusta in the proposed Chicago and Southern States exposition, The provisional committee here is ac? tively at work promoting the exposition. Ex-Senator Patrick Walsh has address? ed the following letter to thc governors of 14 Southern States aod the mayors of 57 southern cities : "The idea of the proposed Chicago and Southern States exposition ori? ginated in Augusta. The suggestion has been taken up by the leading business men of Chicago and cordially endorsed. Invitations have been sent by the mayor and leading business men of that city to the governors of the Southern Statesand to the mayors of 57 southern cities to appoint delegates for a conference at Chicago on Wednesday, the 19th of February. The first proposition was to hold an exposition to be confined to cotton and the products thereof, to show the won? derful progress the south has made in the last 15 years in the development of t li is great iodustry, but the exposition has been broadened to embrace the products of sou'bern manufactures, and the products of southern agriculture, and all the natural advantages of the south embracing its mineral and forest resources. "The proposed exposition being ex? clusively for the Southern States, it is claimed by its projectors that the oppor? tunity should be enthusiastically em? braced to show to the people of the west and northwest the products of the south and its wonderful wealth of raw mate? rial for almost indefinite development. "The south missed a great oppor? tunity io not being properly represented at the world's fair io Chicago. The Cotton States and International expo? sition just closed at Atlanta displayed as never before the wonderful progress and natural bounties of the south. To make io Chicago this fall an excusively southern exposition would be to ceocen trate upon it the public attention of the west and northwest and to publish and promote by the most thorough and practical object lesson the speedy devel? opment of the south's anrivalled wealth of natural advantages. "The success of the exposition de? pends upon the southern people them? selves. It will cost very little for each State to be represented-a mere trifle for rxhihits, good will being the main \ capital required for the enterprise. Its j success means closer trade relations be j tween thc scuth and west and northwest j and the migration of people from thesG j sections to the south, and the invest ? ment cf capital and the certain devel? opment of the south. '.Now is the accepted time to prefect in the most active and convincing man? ner, the varied and wonderful products and resources of the south to the people of the west and northwest, who are anx? iously looking in this direction for homes and investments. "Your co-operation by the appoint? ment of delegates to the convention at Chicago on the 19th instant is urgent? ly requested "Yours respectfully, "Patrick Walsh, "Chairman committee ou publicity and promotion. "For further information telegraph or write and advise me of your action in this matter. Howard H. Stafford, "Secretary provisional cc mmittee." The little daughter of Mr. Fred Webber, Holland, Mass , had a very bad cold and cough which he had not been nble to cure with any thing. I gave him a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, says W. P. Holden, merchant and postmaster at West Brimfield, and the next time I saw him be said it worked like a charm. 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