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WEDNESDAY, MARCH ii, 1903. The Sumter Watchman was toundec io 1850 and the True Soirthron in 1866 The fPafcfanan arce Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of thc old papers, and is mani? festly the ?best advertising medinm in Sam ter. Senator Tillman's speech on the negro question and his decided stand in forcing Congress to pay the just claim of this State have made .friends among people who have always been antagonistic to him and who never expected to be able to give him their approval. When Senator Tillman re? strains himself and resorts to argu? ment rather than sensational effects he accomplishes moxe in the Senate * and wins stronger support at home. Gov. Hey ward's letter in reference to the Wisconsin effort to have a conven? tion to discuss* the race issue meets with the unqualified approval of all. South Carolinians. His remarks were as pointed as they were brief, and he could not have covered the subject I more fully if he had written volumes. | Equally as strong and to the point was Gov. Hayward's letter to Mayor Smyth, of Charleston concerning the enforcement of the dispensary law in Charleston. That a sincere, earnest and business-like effort is now tp be made to suppress the blind tigers in Charleston -no one can doubt. Already Gov; Heyward has made all thinking men arrive at the conclusion that a man with backbone and the determina? tion to enforce the law, not a politician nor a vindictive partisan is in the Governor's chain, and that he will do his full duty as he -sees it, without partiality or enmity or consideration of how his acts will.effect his political future. Congress has made large appropria? tions for the erection of monuments in North Carolina to Generals Davidson and Nash, whose services in the Re? volutionary war justly entitle them to fame and the grateful remembrance of all patriotic Americans ; yet an ap? propriation for a monument to Gen. Thomas Sumter, whose services were as ?reat as those of any of the Revolu? tionary soldiers, Washington except? ed, is refused. The Northern States are dotted with .monuments to men who rendered not a ^hundredth of the service of Sumter, Marion or Pickens, and whose ?claim ^fco fame and recognition rests principal? ly upon their place of birth and resi? dence, and it seems strange that the men who make ap Congress, men who ?re supposed to be acquainted with 3he history of the Revolutionary war cannon t rise above a spirit of narrow sectionalism to do equal justice and honer to the memory of one the great? est soldiers of the war for indepen? dence. The Virginia and North Carolina newspapers appear to be of the opinion that the price of tobacco will be much lower this season than last, and [that farmers would be wise to decrease rather than increase the acreage de? voted to this crop. ----PM How Negro Labor' Was Spoiled. After the war was over and the ne? gro was given his freedom and the crime of the ages was committed in the bestowal of the elective franchise upon the ignorant ex-slaves, who belonged to an immeasurably inferior race, while men representing the intelligence and integrity of the land were deprived of any say-so in local government, there was for a time chaos and stagnation. The negro during this period became imbued with the idea to "hire out" was beneath the dignity of a freed? man, and after absolutely wasting the best part of a year in such childish celebrations of his new con? dition as marching and countermarch? ing up and down the highways with drums and fifes and flags, to be harangued by the escaped criminals that flocked hither from half the wcrld, a soiC of compromise was reach? ed, under the terms of which the negro agreed to go to work if he were permit? ted to be his own "boss." There were those who foresaw the bad re? sults of this arrangement, but the merchants favored it, and with the landowning class it was "Hobson's choice." The outcome was the parceling up of the plantations with a negro tenant on every plat susceptible of supporting a family. Mules and implements were provided by the merchants, to be paid for out of the proceeds of the crop. Food for the negroes and mules was likewise sold, and, not only food, but "finery," since the negro's vanity had to be administered to as well as his necessities. Cotton was fetching from forty to fifty cents a pound, and it was to the interest of the merchant t3 encourage the negro to buy every? thing to eat and raise cotton alone. Thoma P. Grasty, in Southern Farm Magazine. Farm work has been seriously delay? ed by wet weather and the prepartion of land for planting is not as advanced ns usual. ? THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. Government Issues Warning, and Farmers Fly to H?ls. ALL RIVERS STEADILY RISE. (The Low Lands are Completely Inun? dated and in Many Places Stock are Suffering. Washington, March IO.-The wea? ther burean tonight issued the follow? ing special river bulletin : The Ohio river at Cincinnati has risen 1 foot since morning and is now at a stage of 48.1 foot and rising at the rate of one-tenth of a foot hourly. The lower Ohio continues to rise, the stage at Cairo being 48.3 feet, a rise of 0.6 foot since morning. The Mississippi at Memphis is at a stage of 35.05 a, rise of 0.3 foot since morning. No material change has occurred in the lower Mississippi. Heavy rains in Arkansas have caused the White river to rise rapidly and the prospects are that it will reach the highest stage ever recorded. Moderately heavy rains have fallen in the ?JOhio basin and in Tennessee. The present indications are for fair weather for a day or so. Memphis, Tenn., March 10.-The river tonight is above 35 feet on the gauge and rising. The current is swifter and more driftwood is running than at any previous time during the present rise. These sign are taken.as indicating that there will be a rapid increase in the speed of the rise to? night and tomorrow. Between S o'clock this morning and 4 o'clock this afternoon a rise of three-tenths inches was recorded. Ali of these conditions tend to give a most gloomy view of the flood situa? tion and uneasiness is increasing on every hand. The officials of the levee boards and the United States engineers continue to say there is no immediate necessity for excessive anxiety but further than this they give no encour? agement and say that a grave state of affairs seems inevitable. Tfie government steamer Atlee left tonight for White river with a cargo of material and a large body of patrols under arms. Memphis, Tenn., March ia-The river situation shows but little change here today. Refugees from the low? lands are arriving at this port by ev? ery boat and many have sought the higher land in the vicinity of their homes, awaiting developments. The government engineers have stated that the situation is very serious and pre? dict that within a week the the high? est water ever experienced will be rushing through the levee, channels. Reports from points in Mississippi say that the low lands are completely inundated and in many cases stock is suffering. The negro farmers have abandoned their homes for high ground. Capt. Lucas, chief of the government forces, has furnished the St Frances levee board the use of the steamer Abbott, and this vessel under the direction of Capt. Lee Vasseur, assistant engineer, will patrol the levees stretching along the river be? tween Cats Island and Pecan Point. From Pecan Point north the steamer Graham will do sentry duty. In ad? dition to these vessels the government boat Chisca will be used as a reserve vessel. The condition of ?he embankment 20 miles north of Memphis, where the water is flooding around the end of the levee in the T7-mile gap where embankments, have never been built, is serious. It is believed to be one of the most dangerous places along the river. It is reported that the water is slowly washing away the levee there by running around it. The engineers in charge have put in temporary revet? ments but not before the counties of Lee and Crittenden, in Arkansas, were overflowed. Capt. Potter, chief engineer of the third levee district, said today that his force was prepared for the flood and that the embankments are all in good condition. Three steamers are patrolling the territory with all the necessary emergency supplies aboard. THE COTTON MARKET. New York, March 10.-Flood news gave the upper hand of the cotton mar? ket to the bull party after the bear leader had prices of 2 and 3 points un? der the closing basis of yesterday. The shorts became badly frightened by fears of the overflow. The bull party bid prices up to 18 points or 30 points up from the low point of yesterday. There was a scramble to cover short contracts, but public speculation was comparatively flat. May, the leading month, sold up from 9G6 to 9S4. Still later the clique bid with energy and forced covering with the dose strong at a net rise of S and 25 points. This brings cotton to within Wc. of the top of the late bull movement. ----^t----- - Smallpox is epidemic in Walhalla and the bar and county officers of that place have requested Judge Purdy to issue an order postponing the session of I court. TERRIBLE AUTOMOBILE ACCI? DENT. Buffalo, N. Y., March 10.-More terrible almost than the death of E. T. Burdick, was the tragedy that oc? curred late this afternoon when Arthur R. Pennel, one of the chief figures in the investigation of the Burdick mur? der, was hurled headlong into eternity. Mr. Pennell was riding in his electric automobile with Mrs. Pennell. They were on Kensington avenue near Fillmore avenue, skimming along the edge of the Gehrs stone quarry, a huge rockribbed hole in the ground. Mr. Pennell's hat blew off. The automobile swerved and in some inexplicable man nei it leaped over the curb into the abyss below. Pennell was killed in? stantly, his head being crushed to an unrecognizable mass. Mrs. Pennell was injured so severely that the sur? geons at the Sisters' hospital, to which she was taken, say her chances of re? covery are very slight. Battle in a Baptist Church. Augusta, Ga., March 9.-At Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, six miles from Johnston, S. C., two factions sprang up in the church. One faction forbade the Rev. Kit Jones to preach last Sunday night. The other faction insisted on preaching and the minister went into the pulpit. As he announced the hymn the opposing faction enter? ed the church and fired upon him. Two of the preacher's friends were in the pulpit with him and they re? turned the fire. Joe Hammond was shot dead and his three sons serious? ly wounded. Darlington, March 10.-Mr. R. Kel? so Charles, a native of the county and for many years a practicing lawyer at this bar, died last night. He went into a barber shop to take a bath and remained in the bath room so long that the attendant went in to see if any? thing was the matter. He was found in the bath dead. MUST H?NG BROWNFIELD. Negro Who Has Been Under Sen? tence of Death Since 1899 Must Now be Executed. Washington, March 9.-The United States supreme court today affirmed the opinion of the supreme court of South Carolina in the case of John Brownfield vs. the State Of South Carolina. Brownfield is a negro who resides in South Carolina and was convicted of murder. He alleged .that he had been denied the equal protec? tion of the law under the constitution because that notwithstanding, ,jfour-: fifths of the people of the ornmunity are colored, all negroes were excluded, from the grand jury by which he was indicted. Justice Holmes, who de? livered the opinion of the court, said there is no proof of;the allegation) and therefore sustained the judgment of the State court,, which was adverse to Brownfield. ,~ . Judge Purdy, who presided over the court of common pleas here last week and over the court of -sessions two weeks ago, made a splendid impression on Anderson people-lawyers as well as laymen. He is a learned and able lawyer and an affable gentleman, and is so honest and conscientious in all that he says and does that he is an ideal judge".-Anderson Mail. Mazatlan, March 9.-There was, only one death from the plague today, and that in the lazaretto. Jose de Arvi ala, a medical student, while conduct? ing an autopsy on the body of a patient who died of the plague, innoculated himself and fell ill at once, but is now recovering. The plague at Siqueros was caused by people emigrating from this city. Richmond, Va., March 9.-J. M. Webb, a prominent farmer of Floyd county, and his son had an altercation last night which resulted in the son's shooting the father twice and fatally woe Lcling him. Local Weather Report. For 24 hours ending 9 a. m., March ll, 1903: Temperature: Maximum, 72; Mini? mum, 62; Mean, 67. Precipitation, 0.00. Character of day : Cloudy. Di? rection of wind, East. Sun rises, 6.15; sun sets, 6.05. Forecast for 36 hours ending 8 p. m., Thursday, issued from Washing? ton, D. C. : For Sumter and vicinity-Showers tonight. Thursday fair. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Over the cotton belt continuous cloudy and threatening weather con? tinues. In Florida and the south? western states clear weather has been the rule for the last 24 hours. From the North Pacific coast comes a storm of considerable energy. The highest +emperature was 84 at Tampa, the lowest 6 at Bismark. F. Prescott-Bul lock. Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. Itchiness of the Skin and Eczema The only remedy in Inc world that will at once stop itchiness of Hie skin on any part of the body that i? absolutely sale and never failing, 13 Dean'.- Ointment. Free sample at China's Drv.? Store Thurs? day, Mardi 19th. TERRIBLE OIL EXPLOSION. Collision of Oil Tank at Olean, N. Y.--Fifteen People Incine? rated and Thirty Injured. Bradford, Pa, March 9.-Tonight an extra freight train on the Erie Road broke in two in the Olean, N. Y., yards. The detached parts crashed together and six tank cars containing oil ^caught fire. A large crowd of sepctators gathered about the place to look at the flames, when an ex? plosion occurred in one of the tanks. Burning oil was hurled over the crowd and the consuming heat enmeshed many victims. The exact number is at present unknown, because the in? tense ' heat renders it impossible to reach the bodies which are being in? cinerated. One estimate is fifteen dead and twice that number burned seriously. Sydney Fish, a prominent business man, returned from the scene of the fire at midnight. He said : "I was attracted to the scene of the fire between 9.30 and 10 o'clock. When I was within a quater of a mile of the wrecked train there was a terrific explosion. Flames shot outwards and upwards for a great distance. I saw several persons who started to run away drop on the railroad tracks and they never moved again. Others who had been standing close to the wreck? age were hurled through the air for hundreds of feet. The scene was aw? ful. Half a dozen young boys ran down the tracks with their clothing afire, resembling human torches. I could hear their agonizing screams distinctly from where I stood. "They ran some distance down the track and threw themselves to the ground, grovelling in the "ditches in their frantic efforts to extinguish the flames. Then they lay still, some of them unconscious, others dead, I don't' know how many were killed, but I counted twenty "bodies before I came fcway." Word was sent at once to Olean police headquarters by telephone. Every doctor and ambulance in the city was summoned. Grocery wagons and carriages of all kinds were pressed into service, and everything possible was done to bring the injured with? out delay to the hospitals for treat? ment. At midnight the first of the injured arrived at the hospital. They were four young boys. Their injuries were frightful. Great patches of flesh were burned off and hung in shreds from their bodies. TWENYT-TWO BODIES RECOVER? ED. Olean, N. Y., March 10.-A report from the scene of the accident at 1.01 o'clock this morning, {Tuesday,) says twenty-two bodies have been taken from the wreckage. Some of them are burned beyond recognition, only the trunks and skulls remaining. Itching Piles. Any one who suffers from that terrible plague, itching piles, or from eczema, will appreciate the immediate relief and per? manent, cure that comes through the use of Doan's Ointment. It never fails. Free samples at China's Drug Store Thursday, March 19th.' . J . Nashville, Tenn, March 9.-The house of representatives today adopted a resolution requesting the governor to ignore' the request of the governor of Wisconsin to appoint delegates to a convention to settle the race question declaring that the race question will settle itself. FREE! FREE! TO KIDNEY SUFFERERS. An Opportunity Worthy of Your Notice. If you suffer with kidney disease or any j ailment arising from an improper action j of the kidneys or urinary organs, this offer we make to the people of Sumter should interest you. In the advancement of med? ical science, the kidneys, the organs of the greatest importance to human health, have not been neglected, and in placing before you such a cure as Doan's Kidney Pills the proprietors recognize how far so many statements of the makers of similar prep? arations have fallen short of their claims, being convinced that no remedy for kid? ney complaints in existence equals Doan's Kidney Pills for such ailments ; strength? ened in these convictions by letters that are daily received of the work they are doing for mankind's benefit, old backs and young backs are being constantly freed from never-ceasing aches, and many a lame and shattered one, stooped and contracted, is strengthened, invigorated and infused with new life. With such a medicine an offer of this kind can be ! made without hesitancy, for while we lose the box we give to you, we make a friend that assists us in the sale of many others. Full Boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills will be given away free to every person suffering with kidney ailments at the undersigned address. First come, first served, and only this one chance offered. For those in the country who cannot call in time a box will be mailed upon receipt of 4c to pay postage. Remember this is not a sample box, but a regular size box of Doan's Kidney Pills, which retails at 50 cents. Remember Free Distribution One Day Only. Thursday, March 19th, At Dr. A. J. China, Druggist, Main street, Sumter, S. C. Cut this advertisement out and bring with you. Sole Agents for the United States Fos ter-Miibarn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. ? Victims of the Oii Explosion. Olean, N. Y., March 10.-Fourteen charred and half consumed bodies ly? ing in the undertaking establishments or in their late homes, 14 people lying in the hospital and a dozen or so not so seriously injured at their homes is the result of the accident on the Erie railroad last night when an oil train was wrecked and several oil ?;ars ex? ploded and scattered death and de? struction in every direction. Several of the patients in the hospital are seri? ously burned, one of them, Richard\ McDonald, aged 9' years, fprobably fatally. W^t?0^k REST0RES VITALITY \?m^\ Made a m Well Man THE ~ ??^^N^t?" of Me. GREAT 5c??y - ?JTRENCH REMEDY produces the above result * in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility.Impotency. Varicocele, Failing Memory. Stops ali drains and Josses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In? sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man? hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in the vest pocket. Price CA PTO 6 Boxes $2.50 ry mail, in plain pack*QU U | Ot age, wit? bitten guarantee. DR. JfcAN O'HARRA. Pail* China's Drug Store. hamrock TT ose. We have recently added to cur stock a new line of ladies hose under the above brand, and from the limited experience we have had with them we regard ourselves as extremely for? tunate in securing their Exclusive Agency and unhesitatingly recommend them to our patrons, as they are at least 33 1-3 Per Cent Better Values than we have ever offered before. You might think from the name that we had something to do with suggesting the brand on account of its association with our nationality, but such is not the case. he Shamrock Mills are probably the largest manufacturers of hosiery in the south and the brand is distinctively their own. It may be that the manufacturer had a leaning towards the Land of hamrock on account of some pleasant ancestral connection, which caused him to give to his mill its name, or like many others of us, he may have been a direct production Of Erin's Isle. He seems to be quite an admirer of Lord Lipton, as every pair of the product of his mill has woven in them a cut of the de? feated Shamrock II? and while the Yankee boat defeated our friends from across the water he may have wished to retaliate by showing them that he was their superior I Io the Manufacture of Hosiery In which he has certainly succeeded. It only remains for you to see the line, ladies, to endorse our statement. - We have recently bought 2,500 pairs of % hose that vere made by the now farnotts Manning Mills to sell at 10 cents per pair, but on account of a slight defect in the ?weave, we closed out the lot at a price that justifies us in selling them at 5 cents per pair. The def ects are hardly perceptible. Our buyers leave this week for the Northern and Eastern markets to buy Spring stock, and our friends may rest assured that we we will be prepared to show them complete a line as the market affords or their return. O'Donnell & Co. THE JV'MZ. Ut it May produce the conventional rabbit from the empty hat, but we challenge him or the most experienced painter to produce a finish that will preserve and beautify, with the paint sold for just as good as ? MOORE'S PURE HOUSE COLORS. The mere fact . that such paint is sold for 'just as good" should be sufficient for you to insist upon receiving Moore's Pure House Colors, a pure linseed oil paint for interior and ex? terior painting. Before purchasing any paint, whether a half pint or enough for your house, just call upon or write our representative?, THE BURNS HARDWARE CO., SUMTER, who will show you a beautiful line of colors that don't fade, and refer to standing test? imonials right at home. BENJAMIN ZS OSS & CO., Manufacturers, Brooklyn, IT. Y. - - - - Cnicago, m. Mcb 2-e o d-ni a ni j & s I mm CRACK GOES THE WHIP ^ ^^jS^ ^ j IN COME THE ORDERS SELLS THE VERY BEST GRADES OF f Ir^J^ J FERTILIZERS / g AT THE VERY LOWEST oSTjr ^ I It pays to fertilize your lands -wmi I THE VIROINIA-CAROLINV^ I CHEMICAL COMPANY^ PRODUCTS. (_ SOLD EVERYWHERE/ TBE IIIBIlIl-fillBLin TT^Virginia-Carolina Chenca. Cc jfllJUHl 6 O M fl 11 CHARLESTON. S. C. ^- "The Largest f Manufacturer of !K -s ^ Fertilizers on Earth" v^gggy>g^ rorty odd j^~7=^*-\ Manufacturing plants >v^?|Py \? ( f Wholesale purchasers jjjji Largest importers ^: ^?^^^ Concentration of ^"">^A^ Management I i* 9 mit'Kt \t>