The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 31, 1889, Image 2

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WEDNESDAY, JUI?Y 31. The Sumter Watchman was founded ia 1850 and the True Southron io 1866. The Watchman and Southron DOW has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? fest^- the best advertising medium in Sumter. < . . . Several years ago Emil Hyman was convicted after a fair and lengthy trial ia * the General Sessions Court, of Charleston, of the ni ardor of Fannie Cochran, and sentenced to the peniten? tiary. Nothing transpired at the trial that could extenuate the bloody and brutal crime. The unfortunate victim was. thc keeper of one of tho lowest ?iv?s of female pros t? ti lion, with all its ??rttbl? -attendant vices. She was the lew concubine of the mao who mur? dered her." Hyman wa? the proprietor of a bar-room, run as a kind of adjunct io tire bawdy house presided over by fiia*B>!stres8-a bell lower in character, tf possible, tina tho latter more preten? tious establishment. That this unfortunate woman should ?eet ber unnatural and violent death at tao hands of her brutish and dogradod lover, the man to whose sordid and beastly passions her own person had boen, delivered up, seemed according to the-eternal justice and fitness of things lt might have been a lesson from which to point a moral, had not the shadows of the deep gmlt and sensuality sur? rounding it, darkened it away even from popular thought and memory. It seems strange that a person of the character this woman bore could excite jealousy in any human bosom. But so it was, this inhuman man, reeking already with sin, became jealous and ?lew ?ie unworthy cause of it. When we license vice wc must expect such tragic results to grow out of it as wailed es tbe ?ves of these tieensed traffickers tn vice. It was a St ending of an ?* it Efe. <@ur tender-fiearted -Governor feas -seen fit to pardon this man Hyman, ealing in effect : "You are a bad man, too depraved to reside in South Carolina, but too good to be imprisoned in our penitentiary with common malefactors and law-breakers, too good to be longer .restrained of your liberty, and com ?pelled to discharge the menial offices -of a cook for criminals. The State of "South Carolina grants you a pardon on *tke'condition that you leave this State ^and ply your nefarious vocations olse **where.,, The friends of this man are the ene? mies to all that is decent, virtuous and , tpure. He is the embodiment of social vice in ita most loathsome and pern i .cioas form. Seeming to recognise this the parties interested in compassing <fcis {pardon have been so secret m their 'efforts as to escape the linx-eyed 'vigi? lance of the State. The fact that Syman is a Jew is prominently men? tioned as a probable reason for this unwise and unjustifiable exercise of tho pardoning power. How will the law loviag. and better class of * ews, who are as moral as any people on oar ta, accept this solution. We feel that comment an this action of our Governor is needless to evoke that unqualified condemnation with which it must fee viewed by every lover of virtue and morality. No influence ought to 4ave been -so potential as to move -Governor Richardson to grant this pardon ; and in '.his connection wc respectfully ask what power has Gover? nor Richardson to say where a mau s hal i H ve after ho is pardoned ': Tho pardoe restores thc pardoned to his civil rights and privileges as full and effectu? ally as if these rights and privileges had never been impaired. Then how shall the Governor say that thc pardon od convict shall leave the Sta to ? State Teacher's Association. In company with five representatives from our County, the undersigned at? tended the Annual Convention of thc S^C Teacher's Association which was held in Columbia on thc lGth, 17th and 18:h inst. Prof. Archer of thc Charleston evy schools presided ever its j deliberations io a style characteristic of i that distinguished gcntieuiau and j scholar. The Mayor of Columbia, Hon. John j T. Rhett, delivered the address of wei- j come on the part of the city, to which j Mr. Britton respondod in pleasing style on behalf of thc Association. During ? the first day's session the Hen James Ii. Rice, State ?-'up't of Education, dc- i livered an excellent address on the sub-1 jeet, "The ideal Teacher," which was followed1 by a thoughtful and prod table ? paper by Capt. Jno. L. Weber, of1 Charleston, on tho subject of "Techni? cal Training for Public Ssbools." This last paper elicited an interesting and in? structive discussion from Prof. Joyoes and Dr. Flynn of thc S. C. College, Prof. Mellichamp, of Orangeburg, aud Col. John P. Thomas, of Colunjbia. On the evening of the first day thc Rev. Wm. M. Grier, President of Erskine College, delivered a forcible address to a large and appreciative au? dience, taking for his subject, "The Claims of Mediocrity." Seldom has yoe correspondent listened to an ad? dress equal to Dr. Grier's in its beauty and force. On the second day the first address was also a very instructive one, by Prof. J. G. Clinkscalcs, Fuhjoct : "Teachers on Stilts." This was follow? ed by a paper on "School Discipline" by Mr. Edward Carroll, of Charleston, who handled his subject in such a man? ner as showed his peculiar Btncss for the school roora. This paper called forth a lengthy discussion on the sub? ject as to how far,, if at all, is corporal punishment necessary to a proper co? ?t rcemcnt of discipline. Mr. W.H Witherow, of Winnsboro, t on fellowed wifh a thoughtful paper, itthjec^ * Physical Science, as a part ol the School Curriculum,'*1 iu which h favored thc introduction of such science to a moderate degree, sustain ing his position with forcible argument. The next paper, "The Relative Respou sibility of Parents and Teachers in tb Training of Children," should find its way to the home of every parent and teacher in tho State, for in it Mr. H. G. Sheridan , of Orangeburg, bas grasp? ed the subject in au tts nicety and diffi? culty. By reason of the absence of Mr. Frank H. Curtis, of Aiken, S. C., who had been appointed to read a paper cn "Moral Education in the Schools, and tts Relation to Good Citizenship," the hour set apart for this subject was, on motion, granted to the School Commis? sioners from the various counties in the State for the discussion of the subject, "How can the Public Schools of tho State be Improved." Both at this hour, and the one set ?part the next day for tho discussion of this important discussion, the School Commissioners prose ut-sixteen in number-entered into a lively discussion, during which plans were volved which if followed out will result great improvement to the public school system. It was generally conceded that the Executive Committee have acted wisely in inviting and urging the School Com? missioners of thc State to join the As? sociation for i s meetings furnish much information and assistance to these officers, who have heretofore been con? sidered by the masses of the people as only figure heads in the great work of education. On tho evening of the second day Rov. Dr. 0. A. Darby, President of the Columbia Female College, address? ed thc Association, taking for his sub? ject, "Higher Education of Women." This distinguished educator, in lan? guage pure and elegant, expressed him? self in favor of all the education neces? sary to fit women for their proper sphere in life-the domestic circle-but op? posed to higher education for them if thc effect should bo to remove them from that noble sphere for which Prov? idence had intellectually and physically fitted them to spheres where they must be brought in contact with thc business and professional world. nis tribute to the ideal mother and daughter was in? deed beautiful. The last day of the session was oc? cupied first, with an address by Mr. B. F. Bailey, of Beaufort, on the subject "The Schools of my Youth and Man? hood," followed by "Methods in Teach? ing" by Prof Wm. S. Morrison of the Greenville Gxaded Schools.. Mr. J. Fleming Brown, of Johnston, S- C., then ful lowed ?ri tb an excellent paper on the subject, "How can Teachers Secure the Cc-speration of their Patrons." This, too, was a most instructive and practical paper and should be read care? fully by every teacher and patron in our State Tte hour set apart for the ScbosI Com missioners having again ar rived, tlie discussion of the public j school question was taken np and con? tinued for tiie time allowed. Governor ?Too. ?P. Richardson being present was intred-ueed to the Association by Pres? ident Areher. In a style of oratory koe-wo only to our distinguished Gov? ernor lie entertained the Association for a few moments. Ho? urged upon the "teachers of the State the importance of their positions and the nobility of their lifo work, and bade them God-spccd in their efforts to advance the intellectual progress of the human race, l?o was followed by Comptroller General Ver ncr who also addressed tho Association in a practical and appropriate manner. After the annual election of officers the Association, at 2 o'clock, adjourned to meet at the call of the Executive Committee. Time and space does not allow the writer to enter more into details. He wishes that it were in his power to place into the hands of every teacher in the County copies of the addresses de? livered aud papers read on this occasion. It bohooves every teacher and frieud of education to join in tho effort to increase, if possible, thc membership of this As? sociation, for no teacher can attend such an Association without feeling proud of his life-work and stimulated to greater efforts to succeed. J. T. G. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26, 1889. Thc Pension Bureau is enjoying a sensation of thc biggest kind. Certain newspapers have been making charges of more or less importance agaiust almost every branch of that office ever since Commissioner Tanner took charge. And now the action of Secretary Noble in appointing a committee to investi? gate the ro-rating of all pensions dur? ing the past twelve months, and tho charges of favoritism ic making thc ap? plications of a prominent pension attor? ney of this city special, has opened the eyes of a gt-od many people to the fact that there must be some basis for these charges. The committee investigating holds daily sittings in the Pension office. Thc sessions are secret but enough has leaked oat to make it certain that they have discovered a very loose way of doing business in thc matter of re rating pensions ; k has been learned to a certainty that many clerks in the office hace been largely benefited by getting their pensions re-rated, some of them getting an increase of as much as ?10 a mouth. It is believed that many discharges will follow thc investigation unless the thing is hushed up, which is not at all probable now 1/ this com? mittee should make a white-washing report there will be a Congressional in? vestigation as soon as Congress meets, that will shew up thc rr-al condition of things. Commissioner Tanner is said to have received several letters from Govcrner Forakcr, of Ohio, urging him not to change his liberal policy toward the veterans, at hast not during the gu bernatorial campaign. From what can be learned on thc outside almost every pensioner employed in the Pension bureau has had his pension re-rated and increased during the last twelve months It is said that it was thc amount ol I money spent by cert ai u Pension office i officials that first, aroused thc suspicion of a wide awake aewspeper manas t< j where it came from, j Smith, thc colored democrat, wiu ! was dismissed from thc Sixth Auditor* {oiTicc bids fair to become a na rio tia j issue. He sajs ho will appeal his eas? j to thc civil service commission ami dc I mand reinstatement on thc ground tba j he was di-missed on account of his pol j itic-j. lie is indulging ia a great wast* ; cf time, and does not seem to rcaliz that the civil servite law was passed fe the special purpose of being vi-lat cd. Thc alleged combination of Souther.! republican Representatives, who wert ito vote for Brewer, of North Carolina for Speaker of thc Heu5C uotil he wu elected, or the administra ti JU agreed to give them tho patronage claim, is already going to pieces, ] resentativc Ewart, of North Caro j having announced his iutcntiot voting for McKinley, for Spoakcr, ! in the event of his withdrawal for j rough's or Cannon. The Chief of tho Secret Servioo ?l Treasury department is a very im j ant position in more ways than one, considerable talk has followed thc den withdrawal of thc oppositicr ! Grand Master Powderly and other 1 leaders to the appointment of Thc Furlong, a St. Louis railroad dote? to thc position. Furlong's princ j backer is Russell Harrison, son of President, and it is generally belie now that tho labor opposition is ren ed, that he will get the place, labor people opposed bim because ol work during the Western raili strikes. Why they withdrew their position is a conundrum that is much for mid-summer weather. Senator Barbour, of Virginia, wfc also chairman of the Democratic S Committee has bcon interviewed on political situatiou in that State, says: "Virginia is naturally de ! eratic It is too carly to outline issue on which the battle will be fouj but I prosurre Mahone will make j high protective tariff bis rallying i I do not know how much of a fig 'Langston, tho negro would-be-C [ gressman will out. He hates Mah enough to give him trouble if he c bat he may be bought off with a g office by the administration before campaign opens. The campaign excite national interest because Republican National Committee prop to aid their party with money speakers. I cannot name the dei eratic nominee, but, whoever he is will be the next Governor of Virgini Senator Hampton "has just retur from an extensive Canadian tonr. says the people there are very seriou considering the annexation questi and he thinks a large majority are posed to it at the present time. The EutawviUe "Railroad. Thc Eutawville Railroad is mov on to Sumter at a rate that will si put this city and that town in close i quiek communication, j Presideut Barkley has been pushi thc interests of thc road with enci ever since he took charge, and but the unfortunate delay caused by i washing of a part of thc San tee bric would have, by this time, been ii Sumter with his railroad. President Barkely and Direct Pregnall, John S. Silver, and A. Howlett, of New York, have just co plctcd a thorough inspection of the rc from PregnaH's to Sumter. Tho obj of the tour was to loeate depots on t linc in Clarendon and Sumter counti and in tho city of Sumter. The completion of the- trestle o\ the Santee Swamp will take from fe to five weeks. The plans and spec cations of thc passenger depot in Su ter, tho round house, the express ofiT thc car sheds, etc., have been contract for with a view of having these buil ings completed within the next t months. Thc city of Sumter has grai ed the railroad the lands on which t buildings will be erected. From t plans it appears that the depots a ornees will bc the finest in point of a pointaient in thc South. Thre? hundred tons of rail have be shipped by steamer from New York enable thc company to commence lay i; the track from Sumter immediatel Eight hundred tons of rail are now sea on a schooner, all of which will 1 and relay thc line with GO pound ra from Sumter to PregnaH's. The company had hoped to be able be running through to Sumter by t 15th of September, but on account the unforeseen obstacles it is nc thought that it will be the first of Oct ber before the Hue is in complete oper tion. I It is understood that the name of tl railroad will be changed from thc E tawvillc Railroad to the Charlestoi Sumter and Chcraw Railroad, but tl change is as yet only uudcr advtscmeo Thc assurance is given by the manag mont that thc railroad will be operate .in the interest of this port.-News ai Courier, July 27th. --th- ?mm i Big Sale of Santee Land. The Columbia correspondent of tl Charleston ll 'odd writes July :29th : The World representative has learn? that a party of Michigan gentlemen a negotiating for a big slice of Clarendc county-about 20,000 acres in tl region ot thc homes of the Richardsoi and Mannings. Tho parties expect put up a big saw mill at Wright's Bli and to saw timber for tho northet markets. Col. James G. Gibbes is no making thc survey. - mmu.1- -emmmm Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania has decided to houor thc requisition > i thc Governor, of South Carolina f< j thc Rev. E. F. Flem?n, colored, ali: i ?cldcll, who is wanted in Edgcficld c I a charge of murder committed iu 1 SS-. - . --?*%>? .????? wm - Thc Scuth Carolina University oHfei j li alumni scholarships, each worth $1;" j cash and freo tuition. A com pct i tit I j cxamitiatiou will bc held at each Counl i I scat, to award thc scholarships. Puring thc last year 127 cott'igc i 20 two-story r?sidence*, 15 stores, j churches, 1 Sunday School hall, j gospel tabernacle, and 1 plaining mi j have been put up in Columbio by th resident contractors, and dozens < ' buildings have been remodeled. Thc regular summer meeting of th i State Agricultural and Mechanical Af ! sociation is to bo held at Pendlcto I from thc 7'h to thc Otb of August. An immense gas well at Kuthvcr ?Ont., which has a flow of 10,000,0(1 1 ? feet per day, was set on fire by an it . i ccudiary some time ago, and no ur ' I preach nearer than two hundred fe? *' \ was possible Jjii>t Friday a ma 1 j named C. H. Marvin, protecting bin ) self with asbestos clothing, went to til mouth of the well and ?lid work thei ' I (hat will allow the fire to he cxtinguisl s ? ed. Thc owners of thc well paid hil ? ft 1,0?0 ?jr his servi -es. ? ' - - ! Lawyer John it. Dunn w:i" sent i t j ^ing Smg prison laK week to serve ot - a sentence of nine years and six monthl e j Dunn was found guilty of having it c !~d deed Cat-bier Scott, of the Mau hat tts r Bank, to steal 185.000 AB soon i ? Dunn received thc greater part of tl i ! steal he advised Scott to ?lee the coui Q j try Subsequently thc cashier can , thick and appeared as a wituess again; Grand Lodge ?. O. G. T. of South Carolina, Tho Grand Lodge of Good Templars, of South Caroliua met in Chester, July 23 and 24, and the following officers elect were installed for tho ensuing Grand Lodge year : Joel E. Brunson-G. C. T. T N. Bcrry-G. C. Miss Ida Guess-G. V. T. A. C. McGee-G. S J. T. W. F. Rhame-G. S. Jos. Lindsay-G. A. S. Rev. J. L. Sifly-G. Chaplain. Dr. G T. Walker-G. Marshal. Miss Bessie McFaddin-G. D. M. C. F. Wood-G. Messenger. J. T. Freeman-G. G. J. R. McCallutn-G. S. Rev. II F. Chrietzberg-P. G C. T. In a circular to subordinate Lodges, the Grand Secretary says : The meeting was moro than usually pleasant, as well as profitable. Wc mutually agreed to do a good year's work for the good old cause, and we have every reason to believo that our next session, which will be held at Pel zer, will show a largo increase in our membership. m m .?..>- - John Myers, a Baltimore carpenter, was at work last Friday on a building, when a gasoline stove exploded within and thc dwelling was threatened with fire. Ile rushed into the house, grasp od the stove, around which tho flames were leaping, and raising it to his shoulders ran out into the street. Tho gasoline poured down his back and arms and soon tho flames were barning his flesh, but be clung to his fiery bur den until ho had conveyed it where it could do no further damage. Bystand? ers extinguished tho flames. His back and arms were literally roasted and blood ran in streams from his burned body. Thero is little hope of recovery. - TTI?- -i^m i Not a week has passed since thc Johnstown disaster that thc breaking of a dam or a destructive cloudburst has not been recorded in some part ol the country. It is a year of water. Thc colored Baptists of the State will commence, at an carly day, the publi? cation of an organ, the Baptist Herald, j at Florence, S. C. Rev. E. R. Robcrti j will be thc business manager. - lil 111 - COMMON SCHOOLS. Speech at Wedgefield by Mr. H R. Thomas, Mr. President : I thank God we're got r School Commissioner who looks like he want: to do something fur the people, wants to dt something more than draw his salary, and I becomes ns to help him in his laudabh efforts. We rdl know that the public schoo system is an arrant farce, it hasn't got th< respect of any one of you, it's a humbug anc you all know it, and I do pity the Schoo Commissioner for he can't do anything if h< would for the lack of means. Do you farm er3 want to know how he feels. Have yoi ever seen a farmer plant his crop and worl hard to have as good crop as any of hi: neighbors and about the 15th June it was al clean and looked beautifully, the prospects o a fine crop wa9 most encouraging and tbi farmer was happy, but about this time a lonf season of rain came, and the crab grass spreaij all over the crop, and encouraged as he is, lu set ia to work it out with determination, anc his merchant informed him his lien was ou and he couldn't get another dollar. He jus had to stand and see the grass ruin his crop see all of his labor go for naught and his rep utation as a good farmer lost, when in trutl he only lacked a few more dollars to give i thc last hoeing, to have a3 good crop as th best. Now, you all know the matter with th public school is that the lien gives out lonj before it is time to lay by thc crop and liv School Commissioner comes to tell you to day that he must have more money or h never will bc able to make a crop, conies ti tell you not to expect him to make a ero] with only half enough money to do the nccc3 sa ry work. Now, what is our duty in these premises Let us look at some of the inducements ti vote this extra tax. lu the first place we liv i in a country where the negro is ia the ma i jori ty. They are appreciating their oppor tunnies and are going ahead; they hav every advantage of the white man ; they ein dress on ten dollars a year And live a gooi purt of thc year on plums, blackberries au< watermelons. The white man can't do it Then how do you expect your children, will no better opportunities, to compete with J negro in the race of life? 1 tell you, friends there is but one way under heaven, and tha is to give our children superior educationn advantages. If you don't you'll live to se many of them working for negroes. .1 har already seen a young man belonging to th proudest family in Sumter County working tor one of his father's old slaves. There ma; be no disgrace in it, but I wouldn't choose i negro for a boss, and I don't believe you cai find a white man in our community but wh< has higher ambitioD9 for his children and Si great a pride in his Saxon blood that he'd b willing to vote an extra tax tqgpave his whit neighbor's childreu from this humiliation, an< this proposed tax would be comparatively fo the benefit of the whites. You all know iiow we have been forced ti struggle and risk our lives to keep ii power. There is not one of you, old o .young, Christiau or sinner, but i3 ready I fight and die before we will submit to negr rule, and why? not simply because he is negro, but because thc world over, intelli gence will not submit to ignorance. J tell you friends tlie public schools ope: wide the gate to enter in and through it th negro is quietly but surely crawling on uj Louie ai the Clafiin university widi an ab! corps of professors, they have 5)50 student I and they are nul only well educated bu trained in all the useful industries. Now where have thc whites got anything in th State to compare with it? Kdio ausweri nowhere. Don't tell me their education i superficial and only fits them for the peni ter ? tiary An education never yet filled any ma j f..r the penitentiary. 1 tell you it isn't so, know better. Look at Keene Addison, in neighbor, and a good neighbor too, he is Ulaflin boy, got a good education and tho rei i peet of black and white. Ile and his lathe j make about 100 baic3 cotton and in the e)i ' of the merchant he outranks many of u? Essex Taylor'.? eon, another Chi flin boy, gt a good education, ain't afraid or ashamed I work : lus father paid $5,UUO casjh for a pic? of laud sgiue time ago, has built a nice hom and li ves m ease and comfort and they ai respectable mid we!! behaved. VV. J. Elliso has been making exhibits for three years t the State Fair of bees and honey and all :i improved appliances i?>r extracting hone) His exhibit lias always taken the first pr raium and is the most creditable exhibit fro Sumter County and he is one of the bc authorities on bee culture in the Stale. So warn 30a, white men, look to yoursclve while we are depcuding for supremacy ti much on ways that are not of God, these mc are mailling on us in ways that compel? tl respect of ail men and commands thc a] proving smiles of thc Almighty. Some may say, I have 110 children an therefore 1 hare no interest. Others may sa I have children but 1 don't patronize tl punlic school;?, and therefore I won't vote ti ! the tax. To all 1 answer, suppose you we I to advertise your property for ?ale, thc fir j inducement von would mention would I I churches, schools, educated and refini j neighbors. Have you no interest in the things? If they don't enhance the value your property why always make princip ! mention of them ? Who wonldu t pay mo j for property bounded by Churches, school . and thc lnm.es of cultivated and rt fined ge \ deinen, ?han that bounded by the lands rough, ignorant and uncultivated men wi no Church or school in reach. Again, yi may give your own childreu the ver)1 best a vantages, tf your neighbors are ignorant ai ( uncouth your own children unis' ? unie un-J Hie inw ut' "evil communications corrupt good manners," and there is no influence, in the world so potent as one's surroundings. Yon cannot escape an interest in your neighbor's children, your property cannot escape being affected by them, and it vras for this reason that the all-wise God commanded us above all tilings to "Love our neighbor as ourself." To those who have children, (?od says, "He is worse than an infidel who provideth not for his children." I tell you I would rather provide my son with a good education and turn him loose in the world without a cent, than to give him $100,000 and no education. Thc education is a legacy of which no man can rob him, it is a permanent and perpetua] inheritance "that fade th not away," and who wouldn't rather be an Abraham Lincoln than a Vanderbilt? Who wouldn't rather be a "Stonewall" Jackson than Richardson, thc biggest colton planter in the Southern States? These considerations, show you the necessity, yes, thc duty of providing your children first of all, with thc opportunity of getting an ed? ucation. To give them the opportunity, let us perfect this imperfect and farcical system j by voting thc necessary means. You've all seen little pigs caught and when they squealed for protection, seen the hogs from every side rush out at you and they never stop to enquire whether they were re? lated to the pig or not. Well, friends, the children of our community arc squealing to. you for help, let us show by taking care ot them that we have as nobie instincts ns a common bog. ---??.> .**. -- The Reunion at Swimming Pens. Mr. Editor: A3 announced, thc reunion of Co. "E" Palmetto Sharp-shooters took place at Swimming Pens on Friday, 19th inst. Few Companies saw harder service than did these old veterans. They were present at thc siege of Fort Sumter, saw from Morris Island the stars and stripes lowered, and the Palmetto flag raised proudly over its dark ramparts. For four long years they endured all thc suf? fering and privations of Longstreet's and Lee's campaigns in Tennessee and Virginia. Took part in twenty-six regular buttles, and finally surrendered with Gen. Lee at Appo? mattox C. II. Thc Alpha and Omega ?f the war, the first and thc last, the beginuiug and the end. To the survivors these reunions r.re occti I sions of joy and sadness. They talk and I laugh over the scenes of thc past, the jolus around thc camp fire, the march,' the bivouac, the picket post. The hair-breadth escape some one made on the skirmish line, the des? perate charge, the bloody hattie when side be? side, elbow to elbow, shoulder to shoulder, . j they faced the rattle of arms, thc thunders PI of artillery and the bursting of the bombshell 1 j with the heroism of the Roman, ami thc sto ! icism of the Grecian soldier. Bul when thc ! roll is called, as ?3 their custom, in mcdita ! live thought their minds revert to the remin . j iscencesof the past, and as some fallen com ; rade'S name is called whose bones perhaps arc j bleaching on some bloody battlefield, no i ; wonder you sec some eye suffused with tears. J Bat the Committee of Arrangements, con? sisting of Dr. II. T. Abbott, "Capt. K.M. I Cooper, Mr. E. G. Brown and Mr. Burrows j Colclough, realizing the fact that "Tempora ? mataiifar et nos matamar in Ulis," seemed de j termincd that the past should be forgotten in the pleasures of the present. So after the ! survivors and their friends from different sec J tiona of the County had assembled, they were j invited to a side table of refreshment, con ! sisting of beer, cigars, ice cream and the . fruits of the season, which seemed to be ap I preciated as evidenced by the "patronage j bestowed." After indulging in these Iuxu j ries for a while, and which put all in best ; humor, and which brought out the latent wit I and sharp repartee of some present, and which caused roars of laughter, thc President of thc i Association called the meeting to order. Thc ' roll was called and then in a few appropriate j and felicitous remarks he introduced the ! orator of the day, Hon. Ii. F. Wilson. Thc j speech of Mr. Wilson was admirable, and j eminently appropriate to the occasion. Ile had evidently studied the origin and causes j which led to the war, and, like the turn of ! some grand kaleidoscope, gave in quick snc ! cession vivid pictures of original thought and ! apt quotation from distinguished statesmen j and orators the unjust legislation and high j handed usurpation of the North over thc I South, which justly caused her to withdraw j from the Union. The speech will long be re I membered by those present as aa intellectual j and oratorical treat. j At the appropriate time dinner was an? nounced, and. as before intimated, was all : that could be desired. ID fact, as we glanced I over the table and saw the profusion of dain I ties, tile exhuberant plenty of cakes and cor I dials, the rich abundance of the substantials, I and the faultless cuisine of the same, we could not but conclude such a feast would have : pleased the most fastidious taste of thc epicure I or provoked the gastronomical excesses of a j Heliogabalti3. The rest of the evening was spent in social j intercourse, many of the gentlemen lingering I for some time, as loth to leave a place where they had enjoyed themselves so well. J Thc next meeting of the Association will bc j at or near Mayesville, on theist Friday in I August, and our distinguished fellow-citizen Col. J. J. Dargan was unanimously elected orator of the day. IGXATUS. --ll - -JIU? -. "I was troubled with Catarrh for over two years. I tried various remedies, and was treated by a number physicians, but received no benefit until I began to take Ayer's Sarsa. pnrilla. A few bottles of this medicine cured me."-Jessie M. Hoggs, Holman's Mina, N. C. WANTED. IT IS PROPOSED to establish departments of Art and Music as adjuncts to the White Giaded School. Applicants for these posi? tions will send in their papers before August 15th prox. For further particulars apply tc REV. JOHN KERSHAW. July 31. Chairman Board. THE BEST INVESTMENT Tor tho Family, t'^o School, the Proie?don.n! or IV:vate Librarv. I^si'fpsmanyothcrvaTnablefeattirc^itcomprises ? Dictionary of the Language containing ITS,'?)0 Word ; and .TH) Engraving:-, A Dictionary cf Biography giving fu'-t.s nearly 10/MK? X... d Persons, ? Dictionary of Geography locating and briefly d?\?eribii>g !'*.,;.".) place.*?. A Dictionary of Fiction f mud .>n!y in Webster's rna!?id: <-'d, ?N in One Book. 3000 moro Words ??<. nearly 200O tnoiv Kim Initions than anv other American i ???-t i'man*. Y7EBSTER IS THU STANDARD Authority in thc- Gov't Prinfi.vfj 0?ucn, and vrhh tin' V. S". Sunremc Court, li recommended by tin: Stale Stip'ts of Schools ot 3C Stator., and by l.'adiugCoUeqe Prcs'tSof thc I'.s.a?d < '-matta. Sold by ai! jbuk.M-tb-t'S. Pamphlet frvc. G. <iC. MERRIAM ?CO., Pub'rs.^pringi'urM, Mc?B. STALLION MESSENGER. S IC A SON 1SS0. ^G? S?? T!,c "i?? brC(1 Stallion, M ESS EN G ER, i? now on thc plantation of A. J. Salinas <S Sons, Mayes ville, S. C., where he will reniai - until Oct. 1st, during which ttmc he will Ix allowed io serve 2u mares. Terms ?15.00; payable in advance. Messenger is a very highly finished blacl horse, i">.i hands high, with pure trotting action, ilia offspring arc handsome, natura trotters, troi !';is! and mature carly. One of his lillies showedn milo in "..10 ii her two-year old form. Apply to J. h. McltK'DE, Sup?.. June 2G Mayesville, S. C. "RUBBER STAMPS"."' NAME STAMPS F?R. MARKING CLOTHING with indclliblo ink, or for printing v?shinj card.?, and STA M PS () F A X V iv IX1) fr.r -tamping JB?S?NKSS CARDS, ENVKL OPES or anything else. Specimens <>f var iou styles "? hand, which will bc shown wiih pleas uro. Thc LOWEST PRICES possible, am orders filled promptly. Call on C. P. OSTERN, At the Watchman and Southron Office Suntn-r vS. C WT MS JOB DBS AT BOTTOM PRICES. WATTH.I?N A'Sfl: SO UTI! ROS M UFFR'i The attention of Mill Owners, House Builders and Real j Estate Owners is called to thc economy and advisability of ! using Fire Brick. Furnaces built of them are seldom out of repair and when once a fire-place is built with Fire Brick, the j trouble, annoyance and expense of repairing it (which usually ; occurs about once a season) ceases entirely. T handle Fire Brick by th? car load, and am therefore en? abled to oiler them at prices as cheap as they can be bought in small quantities anywhere. When in want of them I hope to supply you. Lime. Cement, Plaster Paris and Gow Hair also on hand. Respectfully, July 24, '89. !?, WILSON & SPAWW, INSURANCE AGENTS, SUMTER, S. C. Representing some of thc best Fire Insuranco Companies doing business in the United States, for Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, wo beg to solicit a sbaro of the patronage of our friends in these counties. FRANK N. WILSON, Manning. J. M. SPANN, Sumter, S. C. July 10-x A NSW ENTERPRISE, ! NEWLY OPENED BY E. CARDARELLT, CORNER OF MAIN AND REPUBLICAN STREETS, MANUFACTURER OF I TINWARE AND LAMPS OF ALL KINDS, j Hoofing and Guttering, i Cornice Sheet-Iron, Metal Work, Pumps, &c. f?C2r> Prompt attention given to all parties. c~13$r -ALSO ICE! ICE! ICE! To be bad at E. Cardarelli's all thc season at the usual price. Respectfully, . E. CARDARELLI. April 17. i Hew Advertisements, j TO AD VERTISERS i A Hst of 1000 newspapers divided into STATES AND SECTIONS will be sent on ! application-FREE. To those who want their advertising to pay j we can oiler no better medium for thorough ! and effective work than the various sections i of our Select Local List. GEO. P. ROWELL cfc CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, ! 10 Spruce street, New York. 1 SOOTH CAROLINA MILITARY Thc following Beneficiary vacancies exist in the'South Carolina Military Academy, to wit: Spartanbuxg, one; Chester, one; Aiken, ?one; Abbeville, one; Union, one; Williams ; burg, two; Richland, one; Kershaw, one; j Uconce, one : Sumter, one ; Charleston, one. i Thc vacancies will be filled hy competitive . examinations before County Boards, which i will convene for the purpose at their respective J county seats on Thursday, the 12th Septem j ber proximo. ? Thc County Examining Boards will receive j tl-.cir appointments and instructions from the ! State Superintendent of Education/and will j report results directly to the undersigned at j [Jamwell. j Applications fur information and forms on i which tu apply for permission to appear before \ thc Examining Board will be made to the j Chairman of thc Board of Visitors at Barn ; well, in time to bc received prior to the 2d ! September. j Thc Bonrd of Visitors will pass upon these ! Applications at Columbia on Wednesday. 4th ' September, and grant permits to such as up j pev.r to be entitled thereto. No one without sueh permit will be cx ; ami ned by County Boards. No applicution will be considered by the j Board of Visitors which is not fully and j clearly made out in accordance with proscribed i regulation ; and under no circumstances, j whether the delay bc from mishap or other j cause, will an application be considered after j the adjournment of thc session of the Board ! held for the purpose on the 4th of September, j It is therefore desirable that applications be forwarded Jo the Chairman at thc earliest j day. to the end that they may, when ncces I sary, bc returned for amendment before the session of the Board, and parties be asstued j that their claims sro properly presented. In j the cager competition for these vacancies experience has sbswn that justice to all re? quires a rigid adherance to the conditions an? no un cod. Each paper published in the counties from which vacancies exist is requested to give this notice one insertion, and send its acconr.t to Lieut. W. W. White, Quartermaster at Citadel in Charleston. JOHNSON IIAGOOD, Chairman Board of Visitors, S. C. M. A. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. Jhj T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. XT Til EE EAS, Mas. ARGENT L. GALLO VT WAV, Widow, made suit to me to grant her Letters of administration of the Estate and effects of JASPER WAYNE (?ALLO? WA V, Dcc'd. Those arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular thc kindred and creditors of the said Jasj>er Wayne Galloway, late of said j County and State, deceased, tiiat they bc and appear before mo, in tho ("our: of Probate, to bc held al Sumter Court House, on Aug. 15th, ? 1330, next, after publication hereof, at ll j o'clock in thc forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have why the said administration should not bc granted. Given under my hand, this 31st day of I July, A. I)., 1339." TH03. V. WALSH, July 31- 2t, Judge of Prolate. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT FOR Bank of Sumter. ON MAY 1st, next a SAVINGS DEPART mcnt will bc opened in connection with '.Tho Bank of Sumter," interest at-1 nor cent, per annum, payable quarterly, according to regulations which will be furnished denos itors. In addition to the. regular daily hanking hours, the Savings Department will be open fur receiving deposits on Saturday evenings from G to 0 o'clock. W. F. !.. HAINSWORTH, A. WI?ITB, J;*.. President. Cashier. April 24. WANTED VBOOK-KEEPER. Employment to com? mence October first, lb?3. State salary wattled. Address MERCATOR, July 21, 188?. Sumter, S. C. DRESSMAKING. ?ADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE j in t'ne latest style, fit and work war? ranted and satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss Adele Ostcen, Republican street, opposite liai hy Avenue. Prices as reasonable as good work can bc done for. Feb 8 For Sale. ANUMBER OE DESIRABLE BUILDING Lots iu various portions of thc city. THOS. E. RICHARDSON. Jan. 2 - -if. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY. ; SUMTER, S. C., May G, 1889. THE FOLLOWING ACT IS PUBLISH EE in accordance with Section 3 : j An Act to allow unimproved lands whicl have not been on the tax books since 187? to be listed without penalty. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate an( House of Representatives of the 'State o j South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen ; oral Assembly, and by the authority of tb< ! same. That in all cases where unimproved lam ! which has not been upon the tax boons sire j the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1875 j and which are not on the forfeited list, shal j at any time before the lit day cf October I 18S8, be returned to the County Auditor fo ? taxation, the said Auditor be, and is berebj I instructed, to assess the same and to enter i j upon the duplicate of the fiscal year cora j menang November 1, 1S87, with the simpl i taxes of that year. j Section 2. That all such lands as may b ! returned to thc Auditor for taxation betweei j thc first day of October, 1S3S, and the firs ? day of October, 18S9, shall be assessed am . charged with the simple taxes of the twi j fiscai years commencing, respectively, on th j first day of November, 1S38. ! Section 3. That as soon as practicable afte j the passage of this Act, the Comptroller Gen : eral is directed to furnish a copy of the sam I to each Auditor in the State, and the Audi i tors arc required to publish the same in enc j of their County papers, once a week for thre ' months during the year 1S88, and for th . same period of time during the year 1SS9 and the c^?* of such publication shall be pail ' by the Co.:nty Treasurer, upon the ordere : the County Commissioners, out of the ordi j nary county tax lust collected. Approved December 19, 1S37. W. R. DELGAR, May 8-3m. Auditor Sumter County. I SUITER MARBLE WORKS, } . ESTABLISHED IN 1869. -BY I W. P. SMITH, i WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH j Improved Facilities, TO FURNISH j MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES -AND ?ll Kinds cf Coznctory Wort, In First Class Workmanshig. Dec. 21._ MONEY TO LOAN. MONEY TO LOAN in sums from $300 t $25,000 on improved farms, etc. COLIN C. MANNING, Attorney at Law, June 27. v Main St. Sumter, S. C. I FOR RENT. j POSSESSION GIVEN AT ONCE. THE STOT?E lately occupied hy the Ixl F. J. O'Connor,* on Main Street, know I as thc Crane Store. Apply to Junco D. J. WINN. Executor. j GLENN mimW, SPARTANRURG CO., S C - i This Famous Resort nill bc Open to Visitors i FROM MAY M TO OCT. l?tt it is accessible from Spartanburg by a DAILY HACK LINE, nviking good connections with all trains. Telephone in operation to Spartanburg, an DAILY MAIL. GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER A Safe, Pleasant and Effective Remedy fox a diseases of thc KIDNEYS, LIVER, STOMACH, AND SKIS IT ACTS ON THE BOWELS, CLEANSES THE SYSTEM, AND REGULATES THE LIVEI And is a specific for most FEMALE DISORDERS. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, Glenn Springs, S C. For sale by all leading Druggists. Juh 3 _ _ Estate o? John B. Jobsten, Dec'c IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Proba of Sumter County on the 24th day Aug., 1889, for a finaf Discbarge as Execut of aforesaid Estate. THOS &. JOHNSTON, July 24-lt. Executor. I?ingman I Co. U?DIMI MM, SUMTER, S. C. We are selling an elegant Tin Toilet Set of three pieces for $1.25 per set, wen worth $1.75. This is an opportunity seldom offered, and those that desire these goods had best call early and avail themselves of the opportunity. ' They are in all shades. Having quite a large stock of. LADIES' SHOES in small sizes (ones to fours) we have concluded to sell them AT AND BELOW COST, which is from 95c. to $1.50. - A well assorted stock of Handkerchiefs you will find here at 30c, 40c., 50c, 65c, 75c, 85c. and $1.00 per doz. These sjoods are worth 15c. to 25c. per doz more than we are selling them at. We are still to the front in the GROCERY LINE. Our goods as usual are. alw of the best quality an?"guar anteed fresh or money return? ed, prices in accordance with the markets. Have you tried Hires' Root Beer? It is a most delightful summer drink. We sell the ?nest Butter ever brought to Sumter ; come and try it and you will buy of "nb other. Goods delivered at once to any part of the city. It is our desire to please all those that call. We still handle the justly celebrated A. E. and Sodia Crackers always fresh. KINSMAN ft GO. Mav 29 LOOK HERE! We have some beautiful DRESS GOODS -IN Attractive Styles, AND CHEAP. We have some beautiful Black Silks. A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF JERSEYS, Handkerchiefs, Hoisery, SHOES, ETC. Ladies who buy of us SAYS money. The store is full ' of pretty things* FOE MEN, WE HAVE CHOICE GOODS. CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, NECKWEAR, Etc. IN GROCERIES REMEMBER WE ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST. ALTAMONT MOSES. Sept 2Cx. Attention Cotton Ginners. IAM PREPARED, with the best applian? ce^ to GUM, RE?UT ANO POINT gin 8itw teeth. Long experience ia th? busine?? enables me to guarantee satisfaction*. OMI refer to 56 gins worked on the peat season, in and out of the County. Your p&trouage is respectfully solicited. Address, J. M. REID, MayesTilte, S. C. Residence Greggs X Roads,. Mt. Otto T#wa-. step. jau*