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WEDNESDAY, FEB 20, 1901. .The Sumter Watchman was rcuodeo ID 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has I she cot&bioed circulation and influence of both of ?he old papers, and is mani? festly th? best advertising medium in Barnier. LOOKOUT FOR HIM. Mr. h L. Thomas, ot North Caro lina, who ts at present spendiog seve? ral months with his soo, Mr F. E Thomas? ot Wedgefield, io this county, has decided to fill to bis time by acting as traveKeg collecting agent for the Wat cb mao and Soo tb reo. Mr Thornes is an oid time gentleman with pleasing manners, and bas' had some experience in the linc of work he bas taken in hand for os We think bs will be ablo to make bis calls pleas ant to oex friends as weil as agreeable tO;US. We commend bim to ocr friends and eitizsas generally and ask them to help him along, and also to be OQ the lo?k .oat for him. The need for a book and ladder truck was demonstrated in a most prac? tical and forcible manner at the fire Thursday, and it was only by accident that the fire department was able to handle the fire successfully and extio guisa- the fi?mes promptly and without serious loss. The old book and ladder is so dilapidated that it is cut of service sod the fire department is without the ladders necessary to enable the- firemen to reach the roof of a burning bouse, Thursday there happened to be a ladder on the premises which tho firemen found after a brief delay. Had this not been the caso they wooid have been so seriously handicapped that the fire would, without qaeetiicc, have been mach more serious. If the city is to ?ave aire department it ?hocid provide the apparatus that is absolutely naces *ary. Candidates for Stats oS ces aod for 'MoLaurio's seat in the senate are said to be already so numerous that a o calcu? lations can be made. The candidates will be chined down to a stand before the campaign eighteen months hence *nd there ?a co necessity for the State makers to get worried at tbis time. ; I The fiesh pots were too seductive for the members of the legislators to resist and they have repealed the anti fres pass law. The repeal of the law is saotamcuot to imposing a special ta: cf at least $40.000 a year on the rail roads, for very few legislators will be -se ehariisfe as to refuse the courtesy wheo a free pass is teodered by a friend who happen to be ts the railroads'em oby. Thc cities of Sooth Carolina are to fee invited to erect buildiogs on the avenue cf cities at the South Carolina and leter Slate exposition. As the fif.h cit? cf the Stats in point of popo ii?ioa v?amtcr should be represented co this avenue and if anything ts to be done it is time for the Bcsicess League to be moving. IS Silenter is to be rep j resented a.* the exposition the exhibit ?boald be.a good oce ic every respect, and money aad work will be needed to collect and arrange the exhibit. What ?3 icing to te done abent it ? The S?ato Convention of tho Young M:a*s Christian Associaiion which ad? journed Sunday eight was,by the verdiot of all the delegates, the most successful convention the association has et er beid in this State The attendance was large aed more represeat&tive than haretofofe, and the results accomplish el were more ioportaot and satisfac? tory Tee resolutions adopted at thc fareweii meeting Saocey night speak for themselves, showing tba: the deiega-cs w^re pleased with Sumter, with oar people and er joyed their stay with us That the people of Sumter enjoyed having the convention meet here and took pleasure in entertaining the dele? gates goes *withou: sayiog aod we koow that they were made to feel that j the weiceme extended was sincere acd that they will be ever welcome when? ever they return. The convention was eade up o? as Sae [ot of yoaag men as the State* . affords and the impression that they .made j in this community was such that-the Young Men's Christian Association j bolds, by reason of their visit io Sum ter, a higher place io the esteem cf oar people than ever before. We ?o cot think that wc exaggerate when we assert that the consensus of ooiaioo is that the city tbst entertains the Y M. C A Convention is the beneficiary and i hat the t: Saeoce for good that the cooveoticj exerts io a community will bc lasting We are glad to have had the convention and wo bid the delegates goodbye with regret. The legislature left the appropria tiorji bill in such a tangie that the Attorney General. Comptroller G?n? erai and Treasurer are potting their heads together trying to decide whether certain sums appropriated by special acts, bat not mentioned io the general appropriation act, can be legally paid out Sumter has passed the 6,000 mark in population and is stilt growing. New house* are being built more rapidly than ever before in the his? tory of the place and new people are : coming in so rapidly that houses are j nofbetng built fast enough to sapply the demand. Of the members of the legislature who will hencaiortb ride on free passes how many do yon suppose will fail to draw the mileage aiiowsd him by the State ? Senator McLaanVs friends are at last beginning to show that they are uneasy and do cot like the signs that indicate his loss of strength and growing unpopularity The op cocotry cannot 6opply the cotton needed by the mills already io operation or io process cf construe tioo in that section of the State, con? sequently the men who have money to invest ia cottoo mills wilt io future look to this section of the State for mill sites since it has few mills and produces a largo surplus of cottoo Sumter coooty caa within the oext year or two secore several targe cot? too mills if our own people will but take the initiative sod do their part toward furnishing the capital stock It will require no great amooct of money either, as the balk of the capi Lal cao be'secored elsewhere The cottoo market closed Monday so eighth of a cent lower than on Sat ar day and the bears seem to have sverythiog their own way. The outlook for any improvement in cotton prices is Bot encouraging and co one is sanguine 20oagh to predict high prices io thc aear futuro. There is, however, the bare possibility of better prices during the spring? months as receipts are begin? ing to fall of!. Tba price of cotton is going down day after day and those who have been hold? ing co for an advance to ten cents are beginning to get shaky. There is undoubtedly a shortage in the crop, but ?he preparations for an immense acre? age have already begun to have an iiflaence on the market and the tansers ire thereby placing it beyond their power to control the price. A big jrop this year means five cent cotton .>ut as the farmers appear to prefer islling at that price instead of it nine or ten coat? nobody else sh acid abject. Ao extra session of congress ii? to be j held for the p?rpese of putting through j the frbip tubsidy bili and to devise uew j icbemes for holding on to Cuba. Tho government, ali things eoosideied, is aa unspeakable fraud. A furniture factory would pay hand? somely and the Business Imagos could do no batter work than to push this matter. This section furnishes an abundance of msny kinds of bard woods suitable for furniture makiog and tb?? first cost of rac? material is as low, if not lower, than elsewhere We have said mor? than once th*t this county has one of the strongest and best delegations io the genera! assem? bly, and if the record of our delegation ! as a whole and of each member j individually is scrutinized thc justness j of this broad claim will be mede as clear ss day. They have taken an influential part in the deliberations of both senate and house and their votes have becD recorded on the side of righi and common sense io one particular we are especially gratified and that is that our delegation voted solidly against the repeal of the sntifrcc psss law. They bad tho rroper rcrpect for themselves and for their cos st i tue nts and did r?> t by their votes invite ?a? rosiiroads to tender thea free pas-cn. We cannot congratulate the members for doing right, but we do not think ;t out of place to say that wa expected co less of them, knowing tbe men *ho represent Sumter County THE LEGISLATIVE WORK. The following aro some of the ac/s that the geotrai agsembiy passed ac j leceni session : I Aa act :o provide for lighting (he j state booie and other paniio builuiogs An act to provide for the appo:t? : mont and compensation of a &tate j geologist. j An act to amend seotiou 1615 of the j \ revised statutes ot 1893, relating to j j the consolidation of railroad com j pautes AD aot to amend sections 1 and 4 of J 80 act entitled "An act tc iacorporate the A R P. orphanage, empowering the board of trastees to change the name and locality of the orphanage Aa act to increase the appropriation for Confederate peosiooers to ?$150, 000 An act to authorize the state peel- j tentiary superintendeot to hire out i convicts to the several counties to work j on the public highways, and not to j hire them oat for farming purposes. An aot to regulate the carrying, manufacture aod eale of pistols. An act to increase che powers of local boards of health Ao ace to set aparfi for Confederate { relies aad souvenirs a room ia the state j boase. Ao set to provide for toe establish- j meot of cbaingaogs io cities and towns! | ?in counties that have no chaiagaogs. | Aa act to amend the law as to damages caused by defective highways, j etc. j An act to require railroads to operate j double passenger trains in each direc j tion. Ao act to make appropriations to ! meet the ordinary expenses of the state -goveromeot for the year 1901 An act to provide for the election of a poblio cottoo weigher in tbe city of j Sumter. Aa act to regulate the hoods of ? pubitc officers, ar.d to provide penaltis : for persons who assume such effie?* : withoat giving bonds An act to ratify the amendment; to j the constitution, to be known as article j I, of amendments, to authorize the ? general assembly to provide by law (or tbe condemnation of land for drainage pnrpose8 Aa act to provide for a building and ? a state exhibit st the South Carolina and West Indian Exposition. An act to rcqaire owners cf real property situated partly within nod partly without incorporated towns ro> list the same separately. An act to ratify the amendment, to section 7, article viii, of the constitu? tion, relating to municipal bended indebtedness Ac act to prevoot thc sale of goods within one half mile of a religious cs-mp ground. An aa: to apportion the members of the house of representatives Aa act to provide for in?ur"iDg the buildiogs of the South Carolina College. A joint, r?solu ion to estond the limo for tbe pavaient of taxes for the year 1901. Ao act to prGvida for the clectioa ci directors, trustees and managers of corporation*, and to carry out the previsions of tbe constitution io regard to voting cumulative steck An act to remit fees to teachers attending the special courses in South Carolina College Ao aot to require the railroad commissiooers to fix storage rates An act tn exempt graduates of Charleston Medica! College from olaad* ing examination before Siam board An act to provide for a Sf-ate board of eotomoiogy and to prescribe its powers and duties. Au act to provide for thc completion cf Winthrop College AQ act relating to the insuraccs of public buildings An act amc-nding the road law as regarde Samrsr and Marlboro. An act as i;? the meaner of drawing jorors ia courte of common pieas SUGAR TAXED. Washington. F?b 17-Count Lieh tcrvcldc, the minister to thr? United Slate* frem Belgiern, .says his govern meot ha3 not takeo any steps looking to ibo retalia1 ion against the United States because of tho continued imposi? tion of a countervailing duty on Bel? gian sugar* imported info this country The countervailing duty on Belgian (ingar bas been imposed for sevcal years past. Recently, as bas been the oustom annually, it has restated or readjusted, aod this ha? given rise ro rbe impression that the step way taksn r9oeotiy by tbe government. The teadjustfd dnty makes little if any dif ferenoe in the existing rates. NEGRO LYNCHED. i JNew Orleans, Feb 17.-A nejjro named This Jackson was lynched to day at St Peter, a station on the Texas and Pacific road about 20 m;iea above the city. Jackson's crime was particularly fiendish. About 0 o'clock this mom ! ing he visited the home of Alex j Bourgeois, the engineer of th? drain j age machino on Belie Point planta- ! tion. some distance from the planta- : tion quartern, goinj there cu a tricy? cle. Ho told Bourgeois thc manager wanted him and tho nr:^ino(:r mount? ed the tricycle with him A little way further on Jackson stabbed thc engineer in the back arid then threw the rody into a ditch He then returned to the house end butch ered Mrs Bourgeois and her two babies and ransacked the house. Two boys wei o visiting the family and when they caugbt the first glimpse of the attack ou Mrs tfoor geoie ihpy hid in the woods After the negro's departure they went to St. Peter and gave the alarm sind returned with a mob of seveial hundred Tue negro was traced to his home, fuily identified by the boys und was banged and his body riddled with builets before the sheriff arrived. Storms in Europe. London, Feb 17.-Ail Europe ii experiencing a return of winter weath? er. Severe cold and *uow storms are reported (rom all parts of England, France, Germany, haly, Austria aod Rassis Tbe blizzard continues in the Odessa district In Switzerland many villages are cut off Numer?os death? are reported. Telegraphs communica? tion is partially interrupted in Franco and France. io wrestling with thc Filipinos oar government may leam something frota trie esperieitoe of tbe Datch govern ment in its fruitless efforts, with a large army, for twenty years, to subjugate tbe Acbcoeese io tbe island cf Suma? tra. The conditions in Sumatra are very similar to the conditions iu the Philippines. The climate, the topogra pny and the character of thc natives are very similar The Dutch soldiers are brave and arc weil cffissred and weil equipped, but the natives have re sisted them for moro than tweo?y years and arc still unsubdued. Fighting still goes on. Tee 5th annual festival of fun a*d frolic given under the auspicss of tbe Merry-Mak? ers Association, will be given Ht Augusta, Ga , commencing April 22J, 1901, for ooe ?et?i. Tbs 20?b century will be opened witb oce grand week of splendor, tbe ?ike of wbicb he.9 never before been seen io tbe Southern Stale*. $10,0)0 in cold cash will be the out? lay Tor the free street shows to be eeea day aud night. Tbe grandest Poultry, Pigeon ard Belgian B-are Show eve-r beld io August* will throw its Q-jcz-j open April 22d, for one we^k. Ihe ?ce;t poultry *ad pet stock of different states and cities will be seen at this show, tb* bes; jit?go3 bav? bc6o engaged tojjdge ibe shc-.v, and the largest number cf cash and sp'.e'r.i premium* yet eeeo ia a catalogue wiii r e offeree, noibiog will be ?eft undone to :r>>.ke this show a success. Entries open to the world. When you were here each of ibe p-iat four year?, you thought tbe fire works were grand, we can oalj assure you that they fade into insignificance ccmparrd to what yon will see at this year s festival. Thc pictures j in fire will be kept a secret from you until ? you 6ee tbem. Don't fail to coae The military di6ptar wiil te a feature if your company is here on that occasion to drill for the prize3 come with ibem and cheer diem on to viccry. Five first class band- of music will give coucens hourly each day of tbe week. Nothing bot tbs highest class attractions w;i: be seen on the sfreetp, instructive and entertaining. Let tbe old. th? younj, the rich, tbe peor, high and low, let everybody come Lciw railroad rates have beeo secured which will cnaoie everyone to drop dall j earp, and :-p?nd cue week of j>y at-.d pleasure | at August?, Ga , 22i i;-. 27tb April. 1601. Erervibing fret: Hourly concerts eacb day, great rxiliiarv pnrad? and contests The hi ? heit case aero*?its and ?p*ci>t!ty ar? tists disporting for the p!ea=ure of the public on Broad Street div and oiafct the entire i weefc. Coroe at d be a Merry-Maker. A CLEAR HEAD; good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some of the results of the use j of Tutt's Liver Pills. A single dose will convince you of their wonderful effects and virtue. A Known Fact. An absolute cure for sick head? ache, dyspepsia, malaria, sour stomach, dizziness, constipation .'bilious fever, piles, torpid liver and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills BARRED AND WHITE ROCKS. E.ZE8S1.50 per 15 Mv Btrr'-l Plymouth j Ro? li? hare won for tu* and ray customers at j three large this seaecn. L. C. DAESBV, Boz 12, Sunny Side, Ga. Ken ti-2m Estele of Wm Emma S, Wiihe? TWILL A PP LY to ibe Judge of Probate cf Su rn ?er Coa'ntr o--- M ?ron 6r- , 1900, for ! .. ?Final Discharge as Es cu?or o: aforesaid Est re ABNER D W ITMERSPCOf?j Y y., C-4'. fcxecalcr. air Buyer is in the West and will return with Head Horses and Mules. There will foe some fine Mules among them. Competition being the life of trade we will have to hustle to merit our share o patronage, there being six sale stables in the city. UAMBY. FOR h LIMITED TIME. Your Greatest Opportunity! It may never Reach You Again. Special UNTIL MARCH 1st. Special We have decided to add to our extensive retail business A Wholesale Stove Department, and we Rre row getting op a large catalogue, which will be io the hands of the printers in * few day?. Now custom era, jon have helped ns to build np this extensive bcsices?, and we expect to give ycu the b?ne6t of our progress. We, of conree, bave to boy in large quanti? ties acd co&fioe ooreelves to A few lines ; so ia order to clear ont the odd stock, We will sell Crockery, Lamps. China, Glass? ware and Toys at Special Prices. But Stop ! Look ! ! Listen ! ! ! Our No. 8 ELMO STOVES, sell for $20 00, Now $17 00 with ware. No 7 ELMO STOVES, sell for 17 00, Now 14 00 with ware. No. 1636 CAPITOLA STOVEfe. sell for $16 00, Now 13 50 with ware. No. 7 COTTON OPTION STOVES, eel! for $14 00. Now 12 00 wi.h ware. No. 7 KENTUCKY JEWEL fell for 12 00. Now 10 75 with ware. No. 7 LITTLE DANDY " fell for 10 00. Now 8 50 with ware. No. 7-14 HAPPY TIMES sell for 8 50. Now 7 50 wi:b ware. PICTURES sold tor $1 25, now 75c. LAMPS you can't buy for $8 now $4 50. Everything as represented-no fake. No goods obarged during this sale T. C. SOAFPB, Jao 30 THE STOVE MAN. Poes Your Son Need a Mew Suit ? 9 here i? a chance to get one foi* him s In order^ to make room for our Spring stock, we will close out the balance of our Children's Suits and Overcoats about 250 suits at One-half oif. $>1 Suit will cost you 50c A fl 25 Suit will cost you 63c A 150 " will cost you 75c A 1 75 " will cost, you 88c A 2 00 " will cost you $1 CO A 2 25 " will cost you 1 13 A 2 50 " will cost you 1 25 A 3 00 '* will eost you 1 50 A 3 50 " will cost you 1 75 A 4 00 ': will cost you 2 00 A 5 00 " will cost you 2 50 A 5 50 " will cost you 2 75 A 6 00 " will cost you 3 00 A 4 50 Overcoat will cost you 2 25 A 3 00 Overcoat will cost you 1 50 Your choice from a lot of odd Overeo??^ size 5 to 8 for 60e, Come early and get first choice. s. This sale does not include Cla}^ Wprstec|*and Serges.