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WEDNESDAY, APBIL 25,18 -- The Sumter Watchman wag toa o 1850 and the True Southron in 1 The Watchman and Southron non Che com bi oe J circulation and inflo of both of thc old papers, and is a ?est!j the best advertising mediae Runter Weekly Crop Bolet?n. Colombia. S C , April 24 19( The week ending Monday April ! was mach warmer than asnal dm generally higher minimum tem atures and moderately high maxis temperatures, which, on the 2"?? sad 23d, rose to or above 80 degi at varions points. * The first day, and the iasf days of the week were clear partly cloady, but the rest of week was cloudy, with light tc he; rain3 over the entire State. r. rainfaii for the week averaged abi .i inches, and ia the southwestern { at places portions, was ia exe of 6 inches, while along t immediate coast it amounted to ab< 2 inches. The weeks rainfall v generally in excess of normai prec itation for the entire month of Api Tbe excessive rainfall delayed plat yog operations, and they cannot resumed on clay lands, and bottom lands, for some ti se, est?o: ted at a week or ten days. The damage caused by the bea1 rains was confined principally to t upper and central portions of tl State Lands were badly wash? and gullied ; bottom lands were i undated, or covered with sand ai mud ; roads aad bridges we destroyed ; fertilizers leached c sandy lands, or washed off tl )ands; but the rain benefited whea and oats, pastares, trnck and garden and, together with the 6easooabl temperatures that prevailad, cause rapid germination of recently plante seeds. The preparation of lands for plan : ing made slow progress, or came t a standstill* thus making an airead; late season over the western hal of the State still later. Sunshin and dry weather ts BOW needed. Early planted and replanted corn ii coming op to overage stands, but cu worms are destructive at places Late coro is coming op qoickly Corn planting is nearly finished ovei the eastern half of the State, but bal not made much progress over tb< western half Cotton that was planted early ir April is coming op to good stands The bulk of the crop remains to be planted. Lands are not all prepared Seed is scarce in places. Sea island cotton about all planted Wheat is improvng and is very promising in places it is heading Oats are beginning to ripen in the extreme 33a?heasteru portions To? bacco transplanting has generally be? gun, and piant9 are everywhere ready to set oct Shipments of peas, Deane, radishes, lettuce and strawber rie6 are beiog road?-; white potatoes will be ready to ship The outlook ior peaches continues promising; pear trees are blighting; melons, sor ghum, sugar cane, pastures and gardens responded quickly to the weather conditions now so favorable for them Fioreac3-&3eoez?r ; The wet weather stopped farm work, and it will be eeveral days before any plowing can be done ; some have finished planting cotton sod a few have good stands of corn from the first planting ; wheat and oats are doiog well ; gardens improving ; cat worms ara reported as doing a groat deal of damago.-J C Wilson. Georgetown-Brook Green : The greatly Beaded raies of this week will be of muon benefit to farms and gardens ; or op prospects are good, although a week Ute ; germination of early rioe delayed by backward spring ; high rivers bave interfered with recent preparation ia upper sections, boc conditions now more favorable.-M Willett. Sumter-Statesburg : Light rain fell oo three, and heavy rain on two days ; considerable damage has been sustained by some farmers by the washing away of hillsides, and flooding low grounds ; otherwise the crops now in the ground have not suffered ; corn is pretty well up, and cotton planted before the rains is comiog up nicely ; oats and wheat are growing vigorously.-W W Ander- ? son, M. D. Clarendon-Aloolu: Continuous rains have stopped work since the 17tb ; bottom lands flooded ; too wet to cultivate at ali ; three-fourths of the cotton planted ; oom has poor stands, on account of birds and cul; worms ; some tobacco set out, plants smail. E D Hodge. A Night of Terror. ''Atrie! anxiety was felt foi the widow of the brave (ien Burnham of Mach?as, Me, when thc doctors said she could not live till morn? ing," writes Mrs S II Lincoln, wno attended j her that fearful nigbt ''All thought she must ' soon die from pneumonia, but she begged for Dr King's New Discovery, saying i: had moro than once saved her life, and had cured her of consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all nigbt, and its further use c:mpletely cured her." This marvelous medicine is guar? anteed to eure ail throat, *.hest and lung dis? eases. Only 50c and $1. Trial bottles free at J F ?V DeLorme's drug store. 1 The Insurgents Lost One Thousand m Battle. Manila, Aprii 22. 10 30 a. m - Last week bas been one of the blood? iest of the war since the first day's ?gbtiDg around Manila. Authentic reports?, mostly official, show a total of 378 Filipinos killed, 12 officers and 244 men captured and many more wenoded. Thc number is hardly guessable. Considering that tbe Fili? pinos entirely lack hospital facilities, a great majority of the wounded will die. Probably the week's work finished 1,000 insurgents. The Americans total loss was 9 killed and 16 wounded. Two sargeants and one private were killed in ambush while esoortiog provision trains. Twenty FUipioos io the province of Bataogas attacked Lieut Wende, who, with eight meo, was scouting near San Jose The lieutenant and five meo were wounded and one private was killed Sergt Ls-odoias of the Thirty-fifth iofantry was badly wounded io an ambo8b near Baliuag. Lieut Raich of the Thirty seventh infantry, with 70 meo, had a five hours' fight with 400 insurgents iu the Uueva Caceras district. Tweoty of the insurgents were killed Col Smith of tho Seventeenth infao try, who captured Gen Montenegro and brought bim to Manila, is io tbe isolation hospital suffering from smail pox, presumably caught from the Filipinos Col Smith's oommaod captured 18C officers and men vtith Montenegro The officers were brought to Manila. Montenegro, who was formerly one of tbe most dapper officers in the Filipioo army, leeks worn and haggard He says he had led a terrible life for months, and he bas offered to return to the north with Col Smith to endeavor to persuade his former comrades of the uselessness of opposing the Americans 0:)e hundred esoaped Spanish prison? ers from tbe province of Tajabas, South Luzon, have arrived" at Manila The insurgents- have 400 more Span? iards io that district l?eoent?y the Filipinos destroyer: several rods of the railway line near Panique io ao unsuc? cessful attemt to wreck a train. The Plague at Manila. Manila, April 21.-Tbe sudden deaths of Filipinos and Chinamen in Qaiapo market have led toan investiga? tion showing tba! fifteen cases cf the plague, fourteen of which were fatal, bave occurred within s week. Tbe market is boated in the centre of tbe city Io black, rotten wooden build? ings the keepers of thc stalls live there, with their families, buddied together in great filtb. Some of the victims were stricken and died within an hour There have been several deaths in other sections of the city recently which have been traced to infection from the market After all the market people bad gathered together today the health officers threw a guard around the buildings and will keep tbe iomates quarantined there for a fortnight. They will theo burn the market. The total number of bubonic deaths are 119 Chinamen and 66 Filipinos. The plague elsewhere has been sup? pressed Not one infected person has beeu io the Chinese district for teo days past. Birmingham, Ala., April 22 -Tbe largest single foreign shipment of cot? ton oloth ever made from the south was forwarded to day by the Dwight Cotton mills of Alaban-a City, Ala The ship? ment comprised 17 carloads, and is des? tined for points io the Chinese empire. COLLECTOR R M. WALLACE Senate Confirmed His Appomtmeet ; Quickly. Washington, D. C., April 13 -Col. Wal? lace, of Sumter, is DOV collector of tbe port of Charleston His nomination was coo firmed bj tbe Seoate io executive session to? day at the mstaoce of both of the Sooth Car? olina seoator8. DuriDg tbe day Senator Tillman received a nomber of telegrams trom prominent business raen in Charleston urging prompt confirmation of Collector Wallace. Seoator Tillman explained to tbe Seoate tbe circumstances of Collector Wallace's ap poiotment and tbe Senators were greatly en? tertained by bis recitation of the etory of how former Collector Tolbert and bis depn tie3 converted tbe Cbarieeton Custom House into a "blind tiger" and, upon Oeing discov? ered by the State officers, destroyed the con? traband liquor by dumpiDg it into a sewer io the basement of the Custom Boose. Seoator Tillman amused bis associates by relating to them bow the Custom House offi? cers bad unintentionally brewed about 80,000 gallons of rum puocb, wbicb is now oo draught ia tbe cistern wbicb supplies tbe Custom House with drinkiog water In try iog to get nd of the iiquor the violators of the State law emptied tbe casks of whiskey, wine ?Dd rum into the sewer, supposing tbe liquor would flow out into toe harbor and perhaps iotoxic^te tbe shrimps, ?ea bas3 aod | otber fiih which abound in the harbor. There j appears to have been a leak io the sewer so I that the iiquor Sowed into the cistern thal j supplies tbe Custom Houie with drinking j water, thus polluting the wat-r supply and j rendering it uont for use. Coiiector Wallace, accompanied by ,;?css'' j Webster, ?'ad an interview with Seoator Tillcac before the Senate wer.t iuto executive sessioo. Mr. Waiip.ce suvs he wiil bavr.- co ? difficulty in furnishing tbe 550.000 bond re- j quired. He i3 presided cf a Dank, aisn io- i tcre?ted io a telephone company and a cotton ! fictcry and is prepared to give-; bond v.itbout j delay and take cbdrga of tte Custom Reuse. Ia bis interview with Secretary Gage^Coilec tor Wallace rrqaested permission io take one day cff escb week from bis official duties to look after bis personal bus;ne?3 interests, j After tbe situation wes explained Secretary | Gage realized that Collector Wallace is mak- j ing something of a personal sacrifice :? ac? cepting the cal!ector9hip and accordingly granted the request. There is to be a general overhauling of tbe Custom House force ap? pointed by former Colkctor Tolbert and 5: is understood that all of tbe latter's appointees are to walk the plank. This means the de? capitation of Deputy Collector Osteodorff and the rest of the Tolbert gacg. Collecior Wallace is troubled orer the dis positioo cf the 50,000 gallons of rum puuch in the cistern. He will probably have it pumped ou: and pipe all the fish in the har? bor to free grog. Col. Wallace's Appointment. The News and Courier of last Thursday corning in commenting on the summary re? moval of Collector Jobo R. Tolbert and the appointment of Col. R. M. Wallace to succeed bim as collector of tbe port of Charleston, bad this to say of Col. Wallace. The wires said, however, that Charleston was to have as collector of the port Col. R M Wallace, of Sumter, aod the change will surely be hailed as a great improvement Col. Wallace is a Republican nohtictan, but in manners, in business capacity and popu? larity be stands head and shoulders above tbe man deposed. He is well known in Charleston aod will meet meoy friends wben be steps into the city to assume bis official duties. Tbe President sent the nomination of Col. Wallace to tbe Senate yesterday and it is expected that it will be confirmed with? out dela?. Col. Wallace is a native of York County, Sooth Carolina, and is about 62 years of age He was educated at Erskine College, Doe West, and as a Confederate soldier served throughout the war with conspicuous gal? lantry. After the war he engaged is busi? ness and became interested in politics, espousing the Republican cause and receiving at tbe bands of this party several favors, notaoiy the position of United 8tatC9 mar? shal, which be beld for so we years rome years ago Col. Wallace was a cacdidate for Governor on the Republican ticket, but was defeated. He bas recently civen bis time almost entirely to business and bas made bis home in Sumter " The Flood. The rainfall duriog last week was tbe heaviest within tbe recollection of all save the very oldest inhabitants and even they have to rummage around in the for? gotten recesses of memory to fina a spell of weather to match our present experience. The streets have been flooded, gutters and ditches overflowing acd all the low groucds are under water Turkey Creek id on a rampage aod tbe bottom lands adjacent have been transformed into n lake. A great many oridges on the streams to the cooDtj are reported to have been washed away, but thus fnr no washouts have oeen reported on the railroads in this county. Owing to high water in a branch this side of Eiliott the train from Bishopville did cot reach tee city today. At Camden tbe Wateree bas risen rapidly and hfis passed the daoger hoe. The water bas b-tcksd up uctil the Southern Railway track is covered aaa the low grounds near the depot are covered. The Seaboard tracks have been seriously damaged and it is feared that the temporary bridge across tbe river ?ill be swept away. All the railroads throughout the State cave already suffered more or less damage and if the rain continues as it bids fair to do for a d*y or more the damage wi:l be very serious A report was circulated here this morning tbat the Seaboard eteel bridge across the Pee Dee at Cheraw bad been p?ept away, but the report was afterwards contradicted by the telegraph operator at Cheraw. Eut a part of the trestle in the low grounds ha3 oeen washed away and traffic has beeo interrupt? ed The new railroads will be the greatest eufferers |as the unsettled rosd bedn wiil not be as well able to withstand the flood as the old and solid tracks of tbe older roads. Junior United Mechanics. Laurens, April 19.-The annual State council of the Junior Order of Uoiied Amer? ican Mechanics met in the Knights of Pythias Hall here on Tuesday night, about fifty delegates being present Cambridge M. Trott, of Charleston, State councillor, presid? ed, and emong others present were Past State Councillor Atmar R. Smith, of Charleston ; State Secretary J. F. Tata, of Florence, and Vice Councillor J. F. Gaston, of Columbia. The convention adjourned yesterday morn? ing to meet io Sumter io 1901. The follow? ing officers were elected to serve for tbe eneo iog year : State councillor, W. P. Berkes meyer, Anderson ; State vica councillor, D. W. Lloyd, Charleston : State council eecre tary, D. R Morrow, Anderson ; State treasurer, C. L Rbame, Sumter ; conductor, J. A. Seaber, Spartaoburg ; warden, B. C. Wallace, Sumter : inside sentinel, E. E. Brown, Greenville; outside sentinel, J. S. Adams, Laurens ; past State councillor, C. M. Trott, Charleston ; chaplain, G. S Donan, Charleston. COUNCIL MEETING. j The City Council held a special meeting Wednesday evening to hear the protest of certain ciriz?ns against the erection of wooden frame iron clad building for Mona? ghan Hoee company. Tbe protest ?nd argu? ments of the protestant were beard and a committee appointed to investigate the matter and take action. This committee has made a full investigation and bas beld a consulta? tion with tba insurance agents m reference to the fff?cr, if any, ;he erection will have upon the rate of ineorance on adjacent pro? perty. Ascertaining ibat insurance rates wili not be increased at ail, the committee has decided :bat tbe building shall be erected as specified in the plans prepared. A Deserved Promotion. Capt I. E. Keele, of this city, who baa been in the service of tao Atlantic Coast Line as section master for several years pa9t, bas been promoted to the position of roadmaster, and wi I bave charge of the Augus'a division of tbe road, with headquarters at Sumter. Capt. Keel's advance 'S well-deserved as be bas given the Coast Lice faithful and effi? cient service in the past, and be is thorougb ly fitted in every way for tbe datifs of hi9 new office. He and the road ar?- to be con? gratulated. To Build an Oil Mill in Charleston. Charleston. April 22.-The Atlant? ic Cotton Oil Company of Sumter j will bui:d a cotton seed ol! mill in j Charleston It will be "located j near the Mutual Oil Company, j which was purchased last Saturday bj tbe Atlantic Cotton Oil Company. The deal between the oil com? pany of Sumter and the Mutual Refinery has been pending for some time, though it was not cons-um nated until iast Saturday, when thc stockholders agreed to sell out their stock to the Sumter concern, which had offered a fair price. The pur? chase was concluded by telegraph on Saturday afternoon. The Atlantic Oil Company is cap? italized at i\ quarter of a miilion dollars and has a greater output than any other oil mill in the State, having a capacity of 10,COO gallons per day. Toe company operates four oil milli-: and will soon begin the erection of a fifth mill, which will be constructed on the site of the Mutual Refining company which is considered a mo6t advantageous location for an oil mill Besides being near the refining works it wiil have ail the space necessary for the successful manufacture of cotton seed oil, and being near the railroads and water will have all the shipping facilities necessary. The mili wi:i be equal to any oil mill now being; operated by thc At? lantic company. All the newest machinery and the latest methods in the making of cotton seed oil will be used and only a first class product will be put on the market May Puritan, McClure, Munsey, Arcosy, Century. Black Cit.-Osteao's Book Store, Liberty Streu. Secret of Beauty is health. The secret of health is thc power to digest and assim? ilate a proper quanity of food. This can neve/ be done when the liver doer, not act it's part. Do you know this ? Tutt's Liver Pills are an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malana, constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious? ness and kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills fftjgt AnArTftr A ^ T*tr ^ ^ T?h T**' 4 RELIEF CAME. I sgjl&gSk Mes* E* C- COLYER I T| f?jX&l c f Salubrity, Ga., Aug. jr ? llyf^^ 8*? 1S9S, writes: Ben-^ q VsKa^^^ edicta lias certainly ^ j: ^^^^^^ ^ teen a blessing to ^ ? ^^^wSj^ ^ missed four months? * Two bottles of Beni 1 edicta have entirely restored her health, t 2 The monthly periods have returned* iland arc now painless and regular.Sr 4 _ * & h TJ Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular W ^ or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta M has cured many suffering: women and k *w'M cure you In the privacy of your? ?9 home, without the necessity or physl-g? ?cian'spx- ? J animations ll ?kllS?IlPT? ? < Its marvel- II 3 HFOf^ l/l ^ ?ous action Bj& Si^f^ 5* Jon the dis- 1 A^NANTT?S v Emotiv fem- IIP^M^?S > Jjlntne or- M ORj SfertMAlt & is? f^mmow si ^ thens them so that the monthly periods & jj may i>c regular and painless. Flea dache, JT ^Dizziness, Nervousness, that dragging? A sensation and those terrible pains inj^ ?.tho back, hips and abdomen quickly2T ^disappear, r ? Sol fl h v all Druggists or ?onr post-paid for? ~?l. A b?x <if "Monthly" Regulating TUN to J Jj uso lu connection, is with each bott!?? jl * LADIES BLUE BOOK sent free to any ad - k TJ dress. A sample box of "Monthly" Reg- if jg ulatlng Pills sent for 10c. In stamps.? *8 Address. Woman's Department, New? jj Spencer Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenu, lt ^ Mention this paper. w Sold by Bugbsoo-Ligon Co CROMWELL, & CO. Did you know that we have the largest aod most complete Hoe of Groceries of an y boase io Sumter, sod always prepared to meet the demands io oar lioe ? Our trade bas grown to such extent chat we ?re forced to have more room. Io addition ro oar Urge store aod warehouse that we DOW have, we are fitting op a 90-foot warehouse between the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern depots io order that we may be in better positioo to eapply tbe demande. Io addition to our large stock of goods on band, we have lots of goods bought at factories that we can ship direct to you aod eave you mocev. We give you a FEW PRICES BELOW, but as we have cot space to give you a full list of price?, will ask that you write or come and get our prices which we will furnish with pleaf-ure. Best large Lump Starob. 40 lb boxes.3?3 lD Best Soda, 60 lb boxes, 1 lb passages, at.$2 per box Star Lye, $3 per case. 4 dcz^n. Delivered in 5 case lots. Rex Baking Powders J aod 1-lb caos, ?3 60 per case of 100 ? and 50 lbs. De? livered in 5 case lots, with 1 case Rex. Soda, 60 lbs.f free. TEA--Good Black and Green, 10 lb oaddies.35c !b DIME MILK-Four d?zen in case, at $3 50 per ease OLD VIRGINIA CHEROOTS-Three for bz at . . $12 50 per thousand OLD GLORY CHEROOTS-Five for 10c . . . $14 per thousand CIGARS-Tbe finest 5c Cigars on the market . . $35 per thousand SCHNAPPS TOBACCO-10 lb caddies .... 35c per lb EARLY BIRD TOBACCO-10 lb caddies .... 353 per lb SWEET APPLE TOBACCO-10 lb caddies .... 34o oer ib LALLA ROOK TOBACCO-10 ib caddies .... 32c ?er ib BIG WHISTLE TOBACCO-10 lb caddies, .... 36s per lb RED EYE TOBACCO-8 plugs to poond, 10 ib caddies . . 27c p*r lb FLOUR, MEAL, LARD, BACON, GRITS, MOLASSES, Aod other goods at lowest prices. A&k for prices which we will furnish you. Cro??we!l <& Go. Phone 53. Sumter, S. G. Summier is Coming! The weather of the past few days would indicate the near approach of Summer, and the consequent necessity of pro? viding one:s self with appropriate wearing apparel. S In looking around for your wants in this line, do not fail to give us a call for we feel assured we can supply a liberal percentage cf your needs. Our line of WASH MATERIAL AND WHITE GOODS Is the most complete we have ever carried, and the man? ner in which we have been selling them is a guarantee to us that The Styles and Prices are Right, Already our stock is badly broken in some lines which we hope soon to replenish. There has been a great deal said about the advance in prices of Dry Goods, but we see no justification for this, except in domestic goods, such as bleached, brown and plaid homespuns, that are directly affected by the price of cotton, the advance is not appa? rent. We are still selling A Good Print at 5c per yard 36 in Percales at 8 l-3c per yard These are in very desirable patterns plaids and stripes* suitable for Shirt Waists or Children's suits. Woven Madras Cloth, in plaids and stripes, at lOc Probably the best value we have in our stock, and most appropriate for this season of year is Oar India Linens. For some years we have been buying this class of goods in short lengths DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURERS. The goods are perfect, and buying them in that manner and the quantities we do,, we are selling them at 25 to 33 -per cent less than regular goods. Our JLine of Silk Waist Patterns Are very attractive. The prices range from 50c to $1 pr yard We will be pleased to send samples of anything in stock. Mggs* BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Wi!"; seit a liro'ted riumner of Sittings cf j Eggs from ibis popa kr variety of fo&'I at ; $2 per 13. Buff Rock9 are Sarge, h-.udsome fowls, with j c?e^o yellow lesrf. yellow skin and beiutiful j Duff plumage Tte? grow nipidiy aod aer j wonderful layers Buy some e??gs ind rear a j yard of fuwia different from your neighbor. ? DR. D. B. FRONTIS, j Feb 7-2m Ridge Sprioe, S C. j A FINE PIANO. At a High Price Is Easily Focud, But Fire Pianos Like the At our prices, are only found in our ware rooms. They present B happy combination of excellence, impossible to surpass elsewhere. Catalogne and Book nf Suggestions for the asking. TERMS ACCOMMODATING. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. ST?EFFj Warerooms, 9 North liberty Street. Factory-Block of E. Lafayette Are , Aiken aod Laural? streets. ni L?rmst ai Most Complete Estaisiiient Sift Geo. 8. Hacker & SOD, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH. BLINDS) Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite. Cati non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, Pnrchas* our make, wbich we gu?rante superior to any 6old South, and thereby .?ave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o_ ~?0TICE TO TEACHERS. IN Compliance with instructions of State Supt. of Education ever j teacher, white and black, ic Sumter County is requested to seed me a list of books of each kind (giving name and author) owned by children to their school. J. EDWIN REMBERT.