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^ S?: pKB8I>AY, MARCH 15,18S8. gr;v" The Stonier Watchman was toundeo. |^3850aodfche True Southron in 1866. listigWatchman and Southron aow has the combined circulation and influence ||^efboth ol tito oid papers, and is mani ^- ssSy the best advertising medium in ;Tbe investigation by the Legisla l^a Committee oT Coi. Neale's man agement of the Penitentiary bas : rafeeady uncovered sufficient crooked pittissv to warrant an action in the pburts against him for misappropria tion t>f public ianda. Everything appears to have been crooked, and Im^ tB^mbers of the board of directors |die^ tor have been ras successfully >eod winked as the pufcHc, although th<3y were in a position to knew, and was their duty to know, how the im of the institution were being administered. There have bgen Ta ^ous scandals, and many hints, rn lacre, and charges of corruption in high places during the past eight Retir , but the present investigation h^ nneiiTthed a scandal of the first magnitude, and proof of corruption ft'i^v w^ing: The . question now w what is going to be done about it? Wiri restitutioE and a settlement of the discovered and proven shortages bf aaliefikctory ? is Coi Neale ito be barded as a rascal, or as a financier . peculiar and unconventional j ?rreenvifie News hits Senator [man between wind and water tm it says : "Ben Tillman used to tat that he waa going about with of bricks to throve at \Now we know where be i his ammunition-bought it from penitentiary and forgot' to pay it" Bogfand editors who are on a tour of investiga ire have issued a rate the enlightenment of the ;^p the cities, they have, re visit They charge a report 11 ns, and no city with a visit unless it the stuff for at least I^Bear Admiral Sampson has of a |ped< eabecome wonderfoliy thought ggre'i tid- magnanimous. He urges Bs^etary Long to promote deserving ^pb^srs of the Navy without regard f Jr ne feels that the failure to * l^aes the bili providing for the pro- ' j^M l o of these officers was owing Hfe ifae opposition in congress to bis ( ^advancement. If Admirai Sampsou { f wbo. was without reason jumped ? HB^m Captain to Bear Admiral over * Bps .leads of several of bis superior J rap eef8T bad shown more considera p|& and fairness in bia treatment of ( EpB fcjr, be would not now have the Hpw ll and contempt of a majority of ISoe; American people His magna fi &mm;A? and thoughtfulness comes too SttS y and the effort is too strained to ) of effect j t For many years tie record of the j j Sumter Cotton Mili has been held up ^aa a bugaboo every time a proposi , ^feon we made to build a large new ( girsntt This was when the m l had a J ^record as a failure and a mooey loser, J At present the mill is making a new j f^recurd. Encumbered as it is with j debt lt bas paid the heavy interest ^charges and cleared in two years ^between 27 and 28 per cent on the j ||>$gp!tol stock Io the past it was a ^ ; bagatoo and deterred many from < ^investing ie other cotton mills ; now i fiit should be an example and should encourage and promote the erection \ of other cotton mills in this city. j The corree ponde ace between 1 Judge 9 Aldrich and the Board of HaaJt'ii, published in our local col nmns, gives an encouraging view of the er cai i pox si teat io a io this city. The d sense is ander complete con- 1 tro!, sod we will have a final end . of it in a few days if no cases are / brought in from other infected dis tricts. The one active case referred to in tibie reply to Judge Aldrich is in peint. The patient, a colored womaci, has a brother living near ; May seville who was recently attack* % ed by (smallpox, and she named bim throngii hu illaets. Ret arning to Swater, she soon developed sn j "active case" for her own entertain ment. It is this kind of thing that ; keeps the disease going, ajad it is this kind of irresponsible ignorance that orjght to have a shot gan quar antine over it The great trocble is that the "irresponsible ignorance" cases greatly outnumber the small pox cases, and it would require a small standing army with the fool killer commanding to enforce proper quarantine. Now we expect that some newspaper correspondent will be rising up to point his finger at Sumter as the pestiferous breeding place of "that dread disease." Memorial Day. ! The Daughters of the Confederacy, who have charge of the arrangements for Memorial Day have decided to observe the 26th of April, instead of the 10sh of May, as heretofore. The Confederate Reunion in Charles ton commences on the 10th of May, nd as a great many wit! wish to attend that, it was thought best to make the change Gen. M. L Bonham bas been asked to deliver the address on this occasion and accepted in the following letter: ANDBBSOK, 8. C., Feb. 14, 1899. Mrs R. D. Lee and Mrs. R. A. McLanrin, Committee, Sumter, 8. C.: Ladies : Your letter of the 11th Instant, conveying to me the invitation of Dick Anderson Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, to deliver an address on April 26th, at the time of the decoration of the graves of the Confederate dead, ts at hand. I have a sentiment of profound admiration for the loyal and loving devotion of the Ladies cf the South to the memories of the heroic dead, which you so feelingly touch upon in your letter. If, therefore, I can at any time show my appreciation cf their services it grat fies me to do so. I accept, with pride, the doty yon ask me to discharge, and place myself at your service. Kindly write me when you have arranged your plans in order that I may conform my movements to your program. I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully Yours, M. L. Bonham.. ._ . In connection with tbis subject the following article from "The Lost Canse" will be of interest : THE ORIGIN OF MEMORIAL DAY, BY W. D CHIPL5Y. Certainly nothing can be of more general interest than tbe origin of Memorial Day, a beautiful custom [hat appeals to the hearts of our satire people, both North and S ou tb, thongh this loving tribute to the dead serces of the war was a "southern inept ration. Col. Chas. J. Williams, rf Columbus, Ga., was a Georgian of prominence and active in pnblic iffairs when Georgia 'seceded from ;he Union. At that time he was a veteran. In L846 be became major of the First Georgia Volunteer Regiment, com nanded by Col. Henry R Jackson, >f Savannah. Ga , and . served gal n tty in the Mexican war. W hen the war between the states jame on, he went to the front as col- < mel of ibo First Georgia Regulars, md died in the service in 1862. When Major Williams left Columbus, Ja , with the First Georgia Vol un eer Regiment in 1846, the regiment vas presented with a handsome flag >y Miss Mary Ann Howard, the laughter of Major John H Howard, i mao of marked character, and of rreat promioence in his section and (tate At the close of the Mexican war Vliss Howard married Major Wil iams. Mary Ann Williams belonged o that nobie band of women who lid everything for the South save xght our battles "All her life bad i'een full of good works," but her patriotic character shone oct re splendent during the dark days of the Confederacy Her zeal never abated. Many Weary, hungry and sick sol Hers carried ber blessed name to ) their graves, and many dying soldiers found solace and peace in her minis :rations The writer was a member of her .oosehold duriog the year immedi ately following the war, and remem bers distinctly Mrs Williams* sug gestion of "Decoration Day," as she designated it, and as it is now known in maeiy communities in the South. The South bad observed the custom from 1866, then the Congress of the United States adopted tbe idea, and by legislative enactment made the 30tb day of each May a public ca tiona) holiday. It was designated, however, as Memorial Day, and was not called "Decoration Day " Tbe 30th day of May can never be adopted as Decoration or the Memo rial Day of tbe extreme southern states for the reason that on the 30tb of May the flo wera have bloomed and gone, and the day ia too early for those flowers that come later. Several states have by state legis lation fixed the 26th of April, the date first named by Mrs. Williams, as a public holiday, notably Georgia and Florida. Io Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and other of the more northern states of the Confederacy, a day in May ia ! usually selected as Decoration Day, as the 26th of April is too early for their flowers. THE ORIGIN* Wheo Mrs Williams first suggest ed the idea, which will live always io the hearts, of our people North and Sooth, the writer exclaimed, "How beautiful your suggestion is. Tell me where yoo got your inspira tion ?" Her face beamed with the love that filled her heart as she told me the story, while the unrestrained tears filled ber expressive eyes, that spoke so eloquently of love for her dead, duty to the living, and unper iehable loyalty to the memories of our cause She said that when visiting her husband's grave, and laying vpon it the beautiful flowers of his own southland, she talked to her little daughter about her soldier father, she being too young at the time of his death to understand his services to his country. . One day while on a visit to her husband's grave, the little tot, now bereeif an angel, asked, pointing to a plat where many hundred soldiers lay buried, "Are not those soldiers* graves ?" "Yee," was ber mother's reply. "Then," she said, ' Why don't we put flowers on their graves Then and there in the city of th dead, at Columbus, Ga., was born the inspiration that led to the suggestion and to the appeal from Mrs. Williams which follows But the matter was not left here. Day after day appeals from Mrs Williams* pen urged her suggestion upon the people of the South, and 'Decoration Day" as well as the "Memorial Day" of , the nation were born through the inspiration from the little child of the dead soldier, a veteran of two wars. THE APPEAL On March 12, 1866, Mrs. Williams first made public the idea cf "Decov ration Day" in a communication to the Columbus, Ga., Daily Times, of which the opening paragraph is the amplest testimony needed to show that she was the first to publicly ap peal for a Decoration Day set apart to honor the memory of departed Confederate heroes "The ladies," she wrote, "are now and have been for several daye en gaged in the sad but pleasant duty of ornamenting that portion of the -city cemetery, sacred to the memory of our gallant Confederate dead, but we feel that it is an unfinished work unless a day be set apart annually for its special attention. We cannot raise monumental shafts and inscribe thereon their many deeds of heroism but we can keep alive the memory o the debt we owe them by dedicating at least one day in each year to em bellishing their bumble graves with flowers. "Therefore, we beg the assistance of the press and the ladies through out the South to aid os in the effort to set apart a certain day to be ob served from the Potomac to She Kio Grande, and be banded down through time as a religious custom of the South', to wreathe the graves of our martyred dead with flowers ; and we propose tbe 26th day of April as the day. Let every city, town and vil lage join in the pleasant duty. . "Let the soldiers'graves, for that day at least, be the Southern Mecca to whose shrine her sorrowing women, like pilgrims, may annually bring their grateful hearts and flora offerings.'* . . . Cure For Smallpox. lam Willing to risk mj reputatioo asa public mao,* wrote Edward Bines to tbe Liverpool Mercury, if the worst case of small pox canoot be cered in three days simply by the 'nee of cream of tartar : One ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in a pint of water, drink at intervals, when cold. This is a certa i n core, a never failing remedy. It bas cored thousands, never kates a mark, oever causes b'iadoess, avoids a lingering ilroess - New York Freemaos' Joornal. Spring Tiredness is difFereot from the wearioess caused by labor. Tbe last is cored byiest;tbe first reqoires a few bottles cf Hood's Sarsaparilla to cure it. That distress after eatiog is cored by Hood's Pills. Tbey do cot gripe. 25 ceo ts. Fire in Ti m mons vi! le. Timmoosvilie, S C., March 14.-Mr. John McSween'8 barn and stables were boroed this morning between three and foor o'clock. Mr. McSweeo had several bead of horses in the stables bot they were all gotten oat. The loss was about one thousand dollars, insurance foor bondred dollars. This build ing was near The John McSweeo Co's Store bot tbe wind was favorable sod no damage wai dooe to the store. Origin of the fire is unknown Graded School Notes. In consideration of the opportunity it will afford aa an historical object lesson ; in con sid ration, also, of tbe subservience of rega lar ity of attendance, it bas been decided to postpone the usual spring holiday to the time of the Confederate Reunion in Charleston. During the quarter aboat to close the at tendance bas been irregular on account of the extremely disagreeable weather and the preva lence of measles. For this reason there will be oo public exercises at tbe eod of tbis quar ter. Aa customary the Rolls ot Honor will be published io the city papers. Wben you ask for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve don't accept a counterfeit or imitation. There are more cases of Piles beiog cored by tbis, tbao all others combined.-Hogbsoo Ligoo Co. Items From Magnolia. Magnolia, March 13 -If talking aboot a person canses big or her ears to burn, as the old saying goes, theo Col. Neal, ex-superin tendent of Slate penitentiary, must be minns, at least, one ear; and, if the investigation doesn't bold up, the State may sooa be minus Col. Neal. Wei!, it is a small (?) deficit, but it does seem like the colonel was not alto gether as particular as he might have been. The smallpox scare, in this vicinity, baa abated, as only two cases have developed, and, I understand, one of them, a lady, says that she bad this same kind of smallpox a year ago. She was only slightly sick. The negro who has this disease, is at work again on the railroad. This is indeed a queer type of smallpox, and I am afraid that the grow ing belief that vaccination is worse than this form of smallpox, will greatly retard the early "stamping out" cf this disease. Now it is a fact worthy of mention that not one person out of twenty who are or have been exposed to this infectious disease, develops a case of smallpox, or a kindred disease re sembling it. Vaccinatioa certainly is notM so far, in the way of its spread in this section, for oumbers of negroes who visited the infected house in this place, while the patient had fever, are still no vaccinated, and, as yet, we bear of no new esses. A few days more will tell the tale. Dr. Darby vaccinat ed over 300 people io this and adjoining neighborhoods-on some it bas bad no effect, while a number of others are undergoing much inconvenience and suffering. Mrs. Toon, wife of our efficient and popu lar railroad agent, after several days visit to her parents at Bishop ville, bas returned, and Mr. Toon is more smiling than ever. Mrs. Mason, wife of Rev. E. W. Mason, after a protracted vjsit to her father "op the country", has returned in safety, and brother Mason is again quite happy. Dr. Frank Darby went to Florence to-day on business pertaining to his profession. Hos. E. D. Smith is a frequeot visitor to our little town, and favors us with recitals both amusing and edifying, of his exp rience dering the session of the Legislature. Mr. J. W. Wilson's son, Roland, who sail'd on the steamer, Grant, in January with Geo. Lawton's command, has reached the Philippines. Mr. Roland Wilson, of the 4th j . S. Infantry, was in all the hard fighting around Santiago, and was a brave soldier, rle was anxious to go to the Philippine Isl ands. Bis brother, Donnougb Wilson, is on the Island of Cuba, in the 2d S. C. V. We hope they will return 'ere long to their pa rents and many friends in safety. Occasionally a "blind tiger" pours out his nala of wrath and then disappears. Where is he ? Ask of those that danced. O CCA nos AL. tmm Rev. E. Edwaids, pastor of the English Baptist Church at Miners ville, Pa., when suffering with rheumatism, was advised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He says : "A Tew applications of this liniment proved of great service to me. It subdued tbe inflam mation and relieved the pain. Should any Bufferer profit by giving Paia Balm a trial it will please me." For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Pisgah Happenings. The farmers have made things hum for the last week acd it begins now to look like a :rop will be planted. So far tbe purchase of guano is not op to last year in this section. Last Tuesday was % good one, and it gave the small grain crop mother set-back. Whether all the peaches are dead or not remains to be seen: The blossoms don't ;nont for much as the germ may be dead. Gardens are way iu the rear. I observe that the invariable rule with the newspapers when speakiog of the dispensary law, is to hit it a lick. Never speak of its good qualities, but always when anything aappens in its enforcement 83 all laws of that sature will have, abuse the law, and hold it responsible for tbe mistakes of one man. Most of the papers had rather have the grog shops to make drunkards out of the boys, or so-called prohibition to teach our people to DU/ on the sly and violate the law. That ibows how fair the papers are. [The editor of the W. & S. does not take this "point" of irony as applying to this paper, which bas never favored grog shops, ind which now evidences its fairness by admitting in its columns these criticisms, regardless of whether they are meant for It Dr Dot. The dispensary is a great improve ment upon the old "grog shop" system ; but that law, or the way it is administered, will take the "hitting" of a good many "licks" jct before it is jost what it might be.-ED W. *S] Some people here are speaking of getting op a series of lectures as follows : One "how to catch 'possum," another *3>ow to beat your living out of other people," and third "how to bait fish books." You most cooee up, if we are successful in getting noted lecturers. The fee charged will be in propor tioo to the hardness of the times. Mr. C. L. Turner, who lived near here, died last week at hospital in Charleston. He was a soldier boy in 1st Regiment, but h a health gave way and he gradually sank until death relieved bim of bis suffering. He was a fine yooog mac aod universally liked for his good traits of character. Rev. J. C. Crouch, pastor of Swift Creek church, preached an able sermon oo Sunday last, free: Ezekiel 34 chapter aod 26 verse. His subject was historical. Showed the sufferings and excision of the Jews from Jerusalem aod their probable return to Pales tine He paid a fioe tribute to the Jewish race, their patrioUem, to their faith, their their business capacity, the vrtue of their female, nd their observaoce of the lawa of the country cf their adoption.' It was a sermon calculated to do much good in all the various relation of life. Pisgah, March 14. -?mat- .<>?*? - Geo. B. Secord, the weil known contractor of Towaoda, N. Y., says; "I have csed Chamberlain's Congh Remedy in my family for a long' time aod have foond it superior to aoy other." For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Clacking From field's Mill. There are not many instances which illus trate the fact that an investment io a luxury becomes more economical than supplying a bare necessity, bot such is the case in the matter of good roads It is estimated that the average cost cf hauling 100 pounds is 8 centa while the J coat of hauling the same freight the same distance over bad roads is 9 cents and . we willj venture'the assertion that there have been many instances, recently, in which the cost has been much more to bani a less load a le?,? distance, owing simply to bad roads ; indeed, from what we bear and see published, it would seem that both our county aod municipal roadway system, if there is aoy system, is rotten to.tbe core, and instead of highways we have low ways, and it is marvelous that neither our people or their legislative representatives appear to con cern themselves greatly about the matter when it is such a potent factor in oor domes tic economy ; especially io these days when there is so vast an amount of traffic through the medium of road vehicles, as well as greatly increased travel by all kinds of wheel COD*.yance The press may possibly ham mer the subject into some shape for action eventually; Ont like the cotton problem it seems a slow process. We heard of quite a unique entertainment within the bounds of our bailiwick the other day. This was a vaccination dinner party. A doctor was invited and a number of friends gathered to be vaccinated thereby making .pleasure a point along with the vaccine points. This is a new departure but a very sensible one at this juncture, and pointedly appropriate and wortby'of wide imitation, as the more alluring tbs operation can be made the mora universal it will become. We are not advised whether the smallpox or the doctors are ahead. The disease appears very mild and leoient type thus far, and that is probably the prime reason why it bas oot been sooner suppressed, as it permits the affected persons to rove and roam at their own sweet will, aod disseminate the gay and festive germs in various and different locali ties. The solid sooth of this day three weeks ago has disintegrated. Any one could "cut ice" on that day. We 1 cut some ice" our self, but do, emphatically, not hanker after cutting any more at that temperature. Farm work is mocb retarded by the unpro pitious season, and if the weather men can't do any better for aa seeds will be very late getting to bed this spring. The Lee-vitcs are calm and quiet ; but whether it is that portentous quiet that pre cedes a seismic COBvulsion or toe serene calm of resignation this deponent sought not. T. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro, Ga , writes as follows : "In the past eight years, I have sold more of Dr. Pitts' Carminative than all the soothing syrups, colic drops, and other baby medicines com bined." old by J. F. W. DeLorme. Wanted*:-Cotton seed. Highest prices paid. W. B. Boyle. HOME ENTERTAINMENT Is so largely a matter of mneic that there is very little entertainment at home without a Piano. . re solid merit, as attested by the high praise of everyone who has bought a Stuff Piar.o for he past fi'ty years. Call and esamice our stock or write for Il lustrated Catalogue. CHAS. M. STUFF, BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 9 North Liberty St. 521 11TB ST. N W. Secret of Beauty is health. The secret of health is the power to digest and assim ilate a proper quanity of food. This can never be done when the liver does not act its part. Doy on know this ? Tutt's Liver Pills are an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys ! pepsia, sour stomach, malana, I constipation, torpid liver, piles, j jaundice, bilious fever, bilious i ness and kindred diseases. I Tutt's Liver PiSSs 1 -THE SOUTHERN FARM MAGAZINE OF BALTIMORE, MD. Published by Manufacturers' Record PoblisbingCo. A Monthly Illustrated Journal devoted to Southern Agriculture, dealing; with all car ters related to General Farming, Live Stock Poultry, Dairying, Truck Farming, Fruit Growing, and every farm interest aod pur suit io the South. It is widely read by Norther o aod Western farmers contemplating moving Sooth. It ought to be io every Southern family, for it is "of the South, by the South and for the South." EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS : Chas W. Dabney, Jr , Ph. P., LL.D. Ex-Un i ted States Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Ex-Director United States Ag ricukural Experimec t Station io North Caro lina, President University of Tennessee sod President of Ucited States Agricultural Ex periment Statiou in Tennessee. J. B. Killebrew, A. M., Ph. D. Ex-Commissioner of Agriculture for Ten nessee, author of "Culture and Curing of To bacco" for U. S. tenth census, "Tobacco Leaf," "Sheep Husbandry," "Wheat Grow ing," "Grasses," and other agricultural works. The regular subscription price of the Southern Farm Magazine is $1 a year, but we offer it and tte vTatchman and Southron together one year for $2. Oct ld. Clarmont Lote No. 64 i 1.1 THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No-w 64, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday Evening, March 23, at 7} p. m. Brethren will take doe notice and govern themselves accordingly B. J, RUAME, W. M. Attest-P.. C. MOSES. Sec. Notice of Eeg strat on. The State of South Carolina-Sumter Coun ty- Office of Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County, Sumter, S. C., February 1st, 1899. Notice is hereby given in accordance with an Act of the G eeral Assembly, and in conformity with the requirements of tbe State Constitution, the books for the registration of all legally qualified voters, aod for the issuing of transfers, etc,, will be open at the office of Supervisors of Registration in the court house, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m.. and 3 o'clock p. m., oo the first Mon day of each mooth, until thirty days before the next general election. Minois who shall become ot age duriog that period of thirty days sball be entitled to registration before the books are closed, if otherwise qualified. The requirements for a qualified voter are that the applicant for registration shall be able to read and write correctly, or possess tn his own name property to the ameuot of turee hundred dollars, upon hieb be pays taxes. E. F. BURROWS,. ' T. D. BDBOSE, J. M. KNIGHT, Suoervisors of Registration Sumter Co. Mrh 1 The State of South Carolina! COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. TTTHEREAS, MRS. O. 0. PLUMMER, VV widow, made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of WM. P. PLUMMER, late cf said Count; and Sea:?, deceased. These are tberefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of tts said Wm. P. Plummer as efoiesaid, de ceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sum ter, C. H., on Masch 16th, 1899, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the tore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grant-' ed. Given under my band this let day of March, A. D , 1899. TBOS V. WALSH, Judge cf Probate. Mnrch 1-2t f African Limbless Cotton Seed Free.... Anyone who sends one dollar for a year's subscription to the At lanta Set i-Weekly Jonrnal can get postpaid one pound of the cele brated African Limbless Cotton Seed without charge. A pound of these seed will plant one-fifth of an acre, and with proper attention should yield enough to plant a crop. The seed were tested in a list of thirty varieties by the Georgia Experiment Station and a bulletin recently issued by Director Red ding shows that the African Limbless Cotton produced 70 pounds more per acre than any other variety, and 161 pounds more per acre than the average of thirty leading varieties. The African Limbless Cotton produced 780 pounds of lint per acre, which is nearly four times the average on the farms of the South. This shows what high fertilization and thorough culture will do with these excellent Seed. The value of the product, counting cotton at 5 cents and seed at 13 cents a bushel, was over $45 per acre. The cost of fertilizers used was $4.77 per acre. The Journal does not guarantee results, but the result of the test at the Experiment Station makes it worth a farmer's while to test these seed when he can get them for nothing. The Journal brings you the NEWS OF THE WORLD TWICE A WEEK with hundreds of articles of special interest about the farm, the household, juvenile topics, etc., and every southern farmer should have the paper. You don't have to wait a week for the news, but get it twice as often as you do in the weeklies, which charge the same price. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Send for a sample copy. Address, li s THE JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga.