The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 29, 1890, Page N\A, Image 2
Cjjt S?afcjpan w? jgrotf jpn.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
1850 and the True Southron in 1866.
Tba Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sumter.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILD?
ING.
The Commissioners of the City
Graded Schools have addressed a com?
munication to their fellow-citizens, in
this issue, relative to the proposed build?
ing for the use of the school fe the
whites, and additions proposed to be made
to the building used by the colored
school. Their presentation of the sub?
ject is clear, impartial and temperate.
They show that they were elected by
their fellow citizens to discharge the
duties of City School Commissioners,
without solicitation on their part, and
in the absence of several of them, and
that, therefore, they must be held to be
free from any motive to recommend or
do anything tuat would militate against
the best interests of the city or its peo?
ple. In farther assurance of this they
invite the appointaient of an advisory
board of citizens to co-operate io the
matter and see that ito waste or extrava?
gance occurs.
The main objection raised to tte fro* ?
jest, as we are informed, is tfeat it will
greatly increase the rate of taxation.
This is au error. Oat of the special two
mill levy, the Board fees ?ow to pay
$30) for a house, which, however good
and suitable ss a private dwelling, is
wholly unsuited, as everybody "knows,
to the uses and purposes of a public
school-house. This being so, tbe sole
increase in the rate of taxation necessary
to pay the six per cent interest on $10,
000 of bonds, or ?600, would be one
fourth of a mill, or tweoty-five cents on
every thousand dollars worth of prop?
erty io the city limits, which will bring
io $300.
That any one should oppose the pro?
ject io view of what the increase means,
viz: a handsome and suitable, and
healthful building, we decline to believe
in advance of the proof. We believe
that wheo our people understand the
matter, and are assured that the bonds
will not be sold below par, and that
there will be oo extravagance io the ex?
penditure of the money raised by their
sale, they will all come in and endorse
tbe project heartily.
As a proof of this we offer the fact
tiat io oo city or town we know of, ie
this or any other State, where the sys?
tem of graded schools has once been
-.adopted, have the people beeo found
swilling to give them up It will be so
"kere. Our people are not going to let
"three hundred dollars a year stand io
the way of having our public schools f
put on the basis of assured excel?
lence and success.
.Already, several families ha?e moved j
into the city tc get the benefits of our j
graded schools, aud that this influx will !
continue we are reasonably sure of,
since that has been the case everywhere.
This influx means money spent here
which otherwise would not be. All
trades and professions are thereby bene
fitted. Besides, if our city continues to j
increase in prosperity in the future as it
baa for tte last five ycart,, that increase
alone will in all probability, pay the in?
terest on the proposed issue of bonds,
io a few years. At any rate our city j
readers have before them all the facts !
of the case, and food for-reflection, in i
this communication of the Board, to j
which they invite earoest consideration j
OUR SOCIAL SH??T ANCHOE |
The watchmen on our walls need to j
cry with one voice and warn the mil?
lions agaiost class prejudice. Doctors,
lawyers, preachers and mechanics, are
not the natural enemies of the farmers
The great majority of the men in the
professions and trades are sons or grand?
sons of faroisrs; and from the quiet
country homes DO small proportion of
them have elected the queens of their
towo and city mansions. . Intelligence,
industry and thrift make the farmer in
our land the peer of any, and give to
his family the highest social privileges
The day has long passed, if indeed it
ever sb^De here, exe? pt in a few invid?
iously conspicuous places, when broad
lioes were drawn about any cla^s of eur
people, so that the rice-plauter's daugh?
ter would lose caste by wedding the
cotton-planter'* son, or the lawyer's?
Boo might "go DO lower in the social
Beale'* thao to mate wit h the clergy -
man's pet and pride. Nor will the facts
sustain the allegation, so persistently
made of late as to have attained to a
"method io the madness, no clearer
proof being needed than the deplorable
manifesto filling three columns and
more on our first page, that the farmers
are designedly kept out of the high po?
litical offices.
Two facts here are wrrthy to be con?
sidered. 1. Our social fabric is so con?
stituted as to make it difficult to se!?-ct
for any public office a man, who is not
either a farmer or so bound by strong?
est ties to the farming community as to
be io perfect sympathy. Sumter is a
fair specimen by which to illustrate
the fact alleged. "The trained poli?
ticians" with us are incontrovertibly
environed after the manner described
above. Almost without exception they
have mooey, time and thought, invested
in fields whose fruits they would sadly
mis? in the golden days of autumn
2. O-her things being eq??al, "the train?
ed politician*' is a desirable individual
to have io the State Parliament. We
voice the sentiment of all good Caro?
linians in saying that, in these days
when every man io public life stands in
the blaze of electric lights and has hie
tones borne on waves of lightning tc
every place islauded by the ocean ol
air, our legislators should be statesmen
free from class or provincial bias, whose
heart beats true to the cause of the peo?
ple and the world-wide cause of man,
able to speak "thoughts that breathe
and words that burn," and so to write
as that the readers shall hope often tc
see 4ithe flash of their pen and hear the
musical thunders that follow." The
science of government is not a book ol
Mother Goose rhymes whose only requi
! site is that the lines shall jingle. Train
! ed intellects informed by light from the
highest and purest sources of political
wisdom and deeply conversant with the
characteristics of. the people to be gov?
erned, and hearts thoroughly imbued
with unabating and intense desire for
the promotion of the truest good of all,
are the grand essentials for oihce-bold
ers of South Carolina. Men thus en?
dowed are to be found tn every profes?
sion and business, and these are the
men to whom we should proffer the offi
j cial crowns.
But let the Convention be held in
Columbia on the 27th day of March.
We wit-h that the citizens of every
county, who are Democrats, not the
farmers merely, had been invited to
elect the delegates. Nevertheless, we
are not greatly regretful, for, as we an
aoaaced at the first, our sheet anchor
?6 ?bis, that almost all of us in practice,
and witfeoat exception all of us in heart,
are faraaejs. Let us convene and
search out wb&t we all have done or
suffered ?Lat ie wrong.
We give below twp significant edito?
rials from the Columbia Register and
the Greenville News. Each paper has
con viet io ns.and the. appropriate, courage,
and -each from a different -etend-rpoint
'expresses its.absolete faith in the people:
Columbia Register.
President G. W. Shell, as Chairman of Hie
Executive Committee of the Farmers' Associa?
tion, calls a convention of those sympathizing
with what is called ''the farmers' iuo.vemen.t''
to meet on the 27th of .March fur the purpose
of nominating a ticket for State officials, sub?
ject to the ratification or rejection bj the neit
Democratic State Convention,
President Shell in ??king this call proceeds
to skell the woods in tbe liveliest sort of Hen
Tilman style, leaving nothing from the hoary
past to the jejune present na ace used or un
abus?: d.
This retsarkaWe address begins by inform- j
ing the people of South Carolina, and the rest
cf the world, that ".-"outh -Carolina hns never
had areA? republica-n government. Since the1
days of tke '?.ords Proprietors' it has been an j
aristocracy under the forres of a democracy,
aad whenever a champion of the people has
attets^ited to stow /.hem th*-ir rights and ad?
vocated those rights an aristocratic oligarchy
has bought him with an oCiee, or, failing in
that, turned lowe the flood gates of misrepre?
sentation and slander in order to destroy his
influence."
So far for our honortd past.
As to the kind of men and influences sur?
rounding us at the present, the address says :
"All the cry about 'existing institutions'
?.?ich must rennin inviolate shows that the
ring-tl? South Carolina University, Citadel,
Agricultural Bureau, Columbia C'ub, Green?
field building ring-intend ia the future as in
the past to get all they can and keep all they
get. These pets of the aristocracy and its
nurseries are only hoping that the people will
again sink into their accustomed apathy."
Everything in the present State govern?
ment, from the Governor to the humblest of?
ficial, is arraigned, and ehargps or broad in?
timations of worthlessness and inefficiency are
scattertd round with a free baud
Wt are glad this convention has been called
at so early a date. If these things are true,
or in HD) way true, it is time to bring them
before the people Let the charges be squarely
made and squarely met. We want no more
stutf and nonsense about this thing;. These
charges are of a deeply injurious character, and
go directly to the good name of South Caro
lina. If there is no good ground for this
wholesale arraignment and it amounts only to
a bitter-tongued tfFort to arouse the lowest
flung social antagonisms, it is hiyh time we
shouid meet suth unmanly methods before
the people of the State as they should be met
.Mr. Shell and his convention will therefore be
welcome and thrice welcome, Let them come
and put their charges home. The Register is
ready.
Greenville A ?tc*.
The manifesto of the Farmers' Movement
issued by Chairman Shell, of Laurens, and
published to-day. indicates that the Mends of
the Clemson College are strongly disposed to
accept the implied challenge given by some of
I the friend? of the "South Carolina University
.o try the strength of the two institutions be?
f?te the people. In fact it is likely that the
; fight between them will he oue of the main
issues on which the Farmer's .Movement will
! go into the canvass. Some of the opponents
; of the Clemson College iu an excess of inriis
i crenion put this Weapon in the bauds of it?
friends.
The South Carolina University has never,
we believe, t?een a popular institution Hmong
I the people. When its revival on a rery mod
! est scale and in au entirely new guise was
j proposed in 1 d78 many of the hard-fisted leg
! isUrors, fresh from the rough and tumble
; fight with radicalism and Bl ?rd with demo
; eratic ideas and popular pr?judices, opposed
j it bitterly. lt will be generally acknowl?
edged that it the establishment of the Univer
\ sity in i's present shape and on its present
j basuj bad bren proposed thru it would have
been buried undera fearful m;>jirity. As it
; wns. if we remember correctly, ii was squeez
' ed through tb> House of Representatives by
the r-T??rt"rit of the Radical vn'e anti \\\?s re
: established MS a free agricultural college for
: the free tuition Of the sons ot {?.?or famers.
! Step by sup it ba.- moved ? om timi posi
I tion until th*? agricultural feature bas bee?me
. a in? re annex There bus t?een a very general
j feeling thal the institution b.ts berti forced
j and kept upon the State no* to merl i demand
j or IO Supply a want run to gr?tifv the feel
ii gs and wants o' ? few ; and that it has i?een
I e-*!a'dished and maintained upon a hasis o'
! remarkably clevei and able ??ob?, ing and
i brilliant parliamentary and politic*! mctics.
j The institution nugi:;, however, remain
I * .fe with the powerful political and sc?? ?al in
. fi ten* es guarding it >?t?il with tit" strength o' 1
! tradition arni ms om, if il w not for? ???! ititi?
; direct ni:HM-i a-, i MD tagon ism .iith !he nev. j
inatitution piopovd to be rstahl^hed ni Fort I
I Hill.
i The rwocoafrnnt ea'-h other-quarely >?> the ;
j represen tn'i v.-.* of the old mi I new ideas and :
' powers in tue .>t*i". ihe Univers-1-, is ->c- ?
j cepted as a means for producing p dished arid |
! weil informed gentlemen and for giving voting I
[ men fairly good training ;,:,<; instruction tor ?
j the professions lt- diplomas :?.r. social pats- i
; por i - ; the stat?-suia n at?tj 01 n tor are I ?s ideals, j
' The Clemson Col "ge i- intended to tr ?in men
for practical work wi h ihf?r hands and bends 1
i on the farms and in the >n"ps hs purpose
is to turn out produ eis with h- w powers of '
? production developed to tm- hi-'h-st d?-gree i
. . i
: l's ruling tendencies ate to be lowatd fr ti - j
: ga! i ty. si rn ?.i ?ci tv and labor.
1 En such a confrajtt the collei/' appeals ru
the practical common se>??e ot me people
. They k:io.\ that it i J upon the a I ?itv of he|
: producers 'hal the wealth g row'h und pros?
perity of th?* State depend I h--\ are enge;
to ie*? the brains and strengt] ot the Stat?
concentrated tipon her malena! ad van? -erwen t
- the development o? h?-r lan ls. the exten?
sion of the commerce and mn of ot ues of j
i her towns They believe tnat f ihe Statt- is !
to help anybody the producing class sho*ild :
heber Sesteare, both for !I>T protection aid j
interests, and as a matter ot jos1 ce.
There are other considerations of l*?8
? weight, but a!i tending toward the s un? cou !
elusion. Among the Blisses of I ho vo< ng j
and influential white p?riple of th" S ate
there is a deep religious spirit, ?nd a very
I rigid code of morality and they have sttou?
feeling against paying taxes toward the s
port of an institution of which the mc
standard differs so widely from their o'
Among others there is lingering ft stn
resentment against what they believe 1
an injustice done the denominational insti
lions which were established by the lab
benevolence and enterprise of communi
and churches and which stood ready J
willing to do the work the University is do
in higher education without cost to the Si
and at no more cost to the student than
tendance at the University involves. Tl]
remains, too, some of the prejudice agai
the University caused by the feeling that
was a training school for politicians and
convenient means for maintaining an org
ization to keep the power of the State in i
set of hands and p iss it down from gene
tion to generation. Resentment is arou
by the belief that the State is being made
pay for the educational advancement c
class of young men who are able to pay
themselves.
All these considerations and influences <
be met and neutralized at Columbia wi
they are carried there by seventy or eigl
men. But on the stump and through
country and at the polling places they v
tell with undiminished power and their ?fi
will be felt and known at the counting
ballots and noses.
The conflict, in which, from all we (
hear and from ail we know of public set
ment, the University is doomed to disasf
would not have come if all the friends of tl
institution had followed the wise example
the Senators from Charleston and even
the eleventh hour given evidence of frieudsl
or toleration for the Clemson College. 1:
they stood against it-most of tbem-to t
very last aod hurled into the faces of t
public lite assurance that so long as <
University of South Carolina has a reams
of influence in our politics that iii?ueuce w
he used against the new enterprise whi
commends itselfto the sense and sentiment
the people. They made and invited w
when, as we think, they were in poor com
tion to meet it and they have a mighty fi
prospect of getting the worst of it.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger, say
The South Carolina-farmers have deterroin
to bave a State ticket of their own. Supp(
they succeed in remanding their State
negro rule, what then ? They have issued
address in which they charge the governi
Democracy of the State "with gross misma
ageraent, extravagance and inefficiency, a
declaring that the State never had a repub
can form of government, but has been don
nated and ruled by an aristocratic oligt
chy."
They have grievances that if well found
should be redressed. They are a power
any State.
- m e- -
Col. McMaster Explains His Speec
in the Senate.
Neut and Courier, Jan. 27.
To the Editor of the News and Courier:
an article addressed to the Democracy
South Carolina, purporting to come from t
executive committee of the Farmers' Associ
tion of South Carolina, published in yoi
paper of the 23d inst., I ara described as ie
resenting the sentiment of the South Carolir
.University and Military Academy in cons
?otence of my using what appeared to be a
uuoharitable expression against the C'emsc
iCollege in a speech in the Seuate last month
The boner of being a trustee of the Soul
Carolina College was conferred on tee on i?
ooc>\?ions, each time without my solicitado
?r know-ltslge of the purpose to elect me. Bi
fer tfee Vast two years i bave had no connet
liar v. ith tl?? University or Military Academj
a*d, Therefore, these institutions should nc
be birl-d resatotisibie for any offence charge
against -Fr?.
The "fewarkable philiippic published by
body of Toen who style themselves uTb
?Farmers' Association of South Carolina" tr?
d?ces cur people and dishonors our State
The document is unworthy of Carolinian;
and bas i's parallel only in the diatribes of
Wbittemoreand L. Cass Carpenter in the dar!
days of Radicalism. Ii is not my purpose t
answer this manifesto, but when this commit
tee undertake to arraign me as opposed lo th
higher education of the farmers of South Car
olioa by insinuation and R garbled extrae
from a speech, I will resent the imputation a
false aud calumnious, whether it coin?s frou
an individual or an association.
At intervals, during many years, I hav
giv?n my services fur the education of th
masses of the ptople and I rejoice in the frui
of my labors, as Columbia does especially
But I will always oppose, to the best of nr
ability, any effort at class legislation whicl
will sow discord and bitterness amongst ou
people, and give one class of citizens a pre
eminence over another. I see no reason o
justice why the farmer shall be favored anj
more than the mechanic, the railroad man
merchant or any other calling Moreorer,
have no sympathy with any legi??aiio i whicl
is measured by the horizon of any little neigh
borhood : and any legislator who works foi
the benefit of a town or a county at the ex
pense of the interests of the State is urwortbj
of his position. South Carolina is a sm.il
and poor State, and her bonor and prosperity
dipend upon the unity, integrity and educa
lion ot her people; and whoever seeks ti
cripple her institutions or divide her peoph
is not a friend to the Commonwealth. Tnere
fore I protest against a single garbled extract
HS the keynote of my speech, as it will create
a false impression. I, therefore, beg to sub?
mit a short extract of my Speech on the Clem?
son College bil!, as well as 1 can recall it :
I began with a history of the ''Farmers'
Movera-nt," so-called, as originating in tin
brains of a witty and eloquent enthusiast, whe
desired to restore the grandeur of the ancient
planter, without any reference to the changed
condition ot affairs. That after much wastt
of eloquence and floundering amidst figure*
he boiled down to the scheme of a '.Farmers'
College," pure and unadulterated, ?s the pan?
acea for all the ills of the State. Tiie Missis?
sippi Agricultural College became the issue,
It was thoroughly discussed throughout tht
Slate, and demonstrated that the "Annex"'
to the University was tar superior to tlie Mis?
sissippi model ; and here we thought the matter
was euded, and our schools and college?
would go on dispensing their blessings as they
have berti doing since 1^82. But, aias, about
this time a poor cranky Agnostic, who sought
to perpetuate his name by allyytg it with thai
ofS'>ulh Carolina's greatest Sage, by eff.-ri ?
to the Stale a few hundred acres of h?ls in K
remota corner of Anderson, which could bc
duplicated at two dol?ais per acre in (konet
or Fairfield, and au annuity of $3,000 a year,
and immediately the noisy advocates of the
"Farmers' .Movement" granbed at it as it it
was a magnificent legacy, showing an unholy
desire to co-operate with a crank in depriving
n descendant of Calhoun of her rightful ju
hentMi.ce.
I challenge any Senator to point to the in?
stance of any purely agricultural college suc
ret-diiif?- thal it would require ihe wealth of
a Vanderbilt to estat> ?sh one : that n techni?
cal agricultural college couiil only diffei
fruin otlu r colleges in boeing, ploughing and
attending to ?tock, 1* could mo, und Would
rpo, be attractive to farmers' sous, ?iud would
prove failures, ->s all manual labor school?
had Tnat only polytechnic colleges, where
different xrts ind s "?enees were I aught, could
?titract Mininer- sufficient for a CoIie<??? Th.o
? .i tht-se expensive nuildiiigs and apparatus
Could ne used m common, saving thousands
of dollar-:, /ifi i the variety of branches would
increase the ?nteres' o! patrons and pup:!.?.
That the Sta'e al great expense hts already
established the finest technological school-i ti
the South. Thai there were eighty-one in
the University in the College o' Agriculture
'ird Mechanics. Thal since J .S J the n u tn (?er
ol chemists, engine? rs and farmers graduated
at the UniversiM were much greater than
those from the ?li-v-ussippi. and it was a source
of congratulation to ?.vre citizen 'f the
State Tb it Science Hall, which is princi?
pal Iv devoted to mechanical tiri?, chemistry
and agrici ?"un-. cost tn?* S'ate $?>ti oho, ;t;n!
was an oi n un nt tn the S'ate, and should be
a -?ride to . vcr \ larmer and meehan! ? in lin
limits of South Carolina. Thai t<> cripple
such an institution would be a crime against
civilization, arid to attempt to duplicate Sut h
colleges would create a i?urd?-n the St ite ? as
unabit to endure Tir?t farm?is desiri I t<
give their sons WM be.-l <>,!?< ti t II ni ?es t<-r edu?
cation, um] wanted th? .ii to coin?' in contact
with the sons of ail classes; that lb,s atUae
tion was best for "H Students, and for tht
State
I did not believe then, nor tb? I now be
I:w?>, ?ht? th.- farmers approve ..' or s\rn
prihiz-' with t't\ sut h movement T i y iv?*re
satisfied and ? mid prefer to send \'.>- 'M Sons
lo I lie Uniyersirv, i ? in r than to a S?'h?>o! tn
the clav litis ol Anderson, inaccessible in
tin- Winter lime and without H hotel ur :t .
ilVer\ si ib!- in lui es nt it ' Their VaS tin i
use for it That nil atiernnts io carrv nil
i .
lite scheine ol a purely agricultura' college |
had failed, aiid from the nmare of the case ?
mus? fail. i'ri u ' the C-einson C-dhge was
an unmitigated arid internal .i ttibiig." H it ;
as a few i?f out people were demented ott the ;
subject, ?'nr S ke of the peace of the State I
was willing io vote lor a tax of ?30 Ono a
year. That I wanted the matter t.? gi before '
the people, H ol if ii WHS fully ?bsc ?ssed thev
would conclu-le thai they already enjoyed
much belter advantages in the University
than a farmer's college ever can give. And
then the people in four years' time would sins
the Clemson College out of sight.
After I made my speech H friend told me
I used the word "infernal." I admitted it wa3
unparliamentary, and used in rbi heal of
debute. Since 1 have seen the pronunciamento
I think the word was Prophetic, and was the
proper word, if this address voices the senti?
ments of Clemson College advocates.
F. VV. MCUASTER.
Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1890.
---MIMI -
Public Schools.
The undersigned deem it proper to make
some statement to the public in reference to
the proposed issue of bonds for the purpose of
buying a site and erecting a public school
building.
First.-As to its necessity. The building
now in use is entirely unsuited to its pur?
poses It is a private residence, temporarily
leased and liable to be reclaimed by its owner
at any time. There are nearly 300 children
over-crowded in the building. It cannot be
properly heated in cold weather, and its over?
crowded condition must render it unwhole?
some during the summer terni. It is danger?
ous from fire. The Graded School is a pub?
lic, not a private institution, and in its con?
struction and appointments it ought to be not
only serviceable, but should bring oo dis?
credit on our city. The public schools afford
the only hope of educating hundreds of poor
children in this community, and a suitable
building is a necessary factor in their main?
tenance.
Secondly.-As to its cost. To contract for
plans, specifications and estimates from com?
petent architects is to incur considerable ex?
pense, and involve the Board in debt.before
any authority is granted for that purpose.
The act of the legislature authorizes the issue
of $12,000 of bonds, if so much be deemed
necessary. Judging from the cost of similar
buildings in other towns in South Carolina
we would say that SlO,000 ought to be suffi?
cient. Should the Bi ard get permission from
the proper authorities to erect the building
on some public lot, the Monumental Stjuare,
for instance, the cost of purchasing a site
would thereby he avoided. Should we also
be able to sell to advantage the old public
school house and lot on Republican street,
the amount would be still further reduced.
Besides, justice and fairness would seem to
require that some needed additions and re?
pairs be made to tbe school house for the
colored children.
Thirdly.-As to increase of taxation. The
annuli interes4on $10 000 of bonds at 6 per
cent, will he $600. We now pay $300 a year
as rent. The only increase will then be $300
per annum. To raise this sum will involve j
an annual tax of one-fourth of one mill, iii- I
as-much as the total assessment of property
in the city of Sumter is about one million two j
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. So that j
every taxpayer who owns $1,000 of property j
w-ill have to pay but twenty-five cents each
year. The steady increase of property values
in the city will, of course, tend to lower this
rate. The principal of the bonds will not
mature for 20 or 30 years. Their final liqui?
dation will largely rest npon the shoulders of
the children now receiving the benefits of the
public schools, and who, it is hoped, will
then be among the prominent business men
and property holders of the city.
Finally. We pledge ourselves that we will
not dispose of a single bond at less than its
full face value, and, if possible, at a premium.
We are personally as deeply interested as any
one in protecting the credit and preserving
and fostering the business interests of our
city. We were elected at a public meeting of !
citizens (most of us being absent at the iimej j
to disc barge the responsible and onerous
duties of our ofiice. We hope not to betray
the confidence thus reposed-and we cheer?
fully invite the appointment of an advisory
commit tte of citizens to co-operate with us
and see that no waste or extravagance may
occur.
C. C. BROWN,
R. I). LEE,
J. A. Mt un,
ALTAMONT MOSFS,
JOHN KICKSHAW,
B*d School Commissioners.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24, 1890.
Speaker Reed is every day showing
how unfit he is to occupy his present
position, and the republican members j
of the House are daily whipped into
supporting him in his unparliamentary
decisions.
The House committee on Huies met
yesterday and the republican members
of the committee, against the protest of
ex Speaker Carlisle, decided upon a
schedule of Rules, to be reported.- Mr
Carlisle will make a strong minority
report, and will fight the adoption of
the Rules by the House in every way
possible, but of course if the Speaker
perbi.-ts in deciding everything accord?
ing to bis own sweet will the deuiocrat5
stand littie show of defeating them,
unless some of the conservative repub?
licans shalt display courage enough to
vote against their party. Many of
them are known to be opposed to the
proposed Rules but whether they have
nerve enough to vote as they think, is
a question.
The House has passed the Oklahoma
townsite bill, after nearly a week ppent
in debating it in committee of the
whole.
Senator Togalls delivered a charac?
teristic harangue in the Senate" yester
day afternoon, alleged to be a reply to
Senator Butler's speech in fovor of his
negro emigration hill. This senatorial
spit-fire does not mellow with age, hut
grows more wicked with less tempta?
tion. Thc woist of it is that he cannot
be left to stew in his own juice, because
he is nothing but skin and bones and
veins filled with nitro muriatic acid
The indications now are that the
special House com twit tee on the Worlds
Fair will soon find itself in an inter?
minable dead lock The Senate com?
mittee does not appear to be getting
along much faster. Everybody pro
fesses to want to see the matter set?
tled at otice, but the prospect of an
eat ly settlement is not good.
As was expected the House commit- |
tee on el? ?tions has, by a strict party!
vote, reported in favor of unseating j
.Ja kson, the democratic sining mem?
ber friim West Virginia, and giving the j
seat to Smith, the contesting republi- j
can. Thi? H il"" fir.-t of the seventeen j
contested election cases, ami it would ?
not be at all surprising if the repubii- j
?MUS bf the committee reported in
favor of every republican contestant,
except Langston, the negro, contestant '
from the Fourth Virginia district
(Malione's home.) lt is understood
that M thone has secured prosni e*
enough to heat Langston
;.Oovernor Campbell having been
unable to come to V\ abbington this
werie, th - House committee in vest ?gal
?IIcr the Ohio ballot b->x forgeries has |
postponed ihf further owning of wit?
nesses until February .*? Tue wit
nesses So far heard made havoc ol what. :
lint-' reputatititi ex <? iveruor I'oraker
had
The Civil Service Commissioners
having Mated to the H ?use Commit?
tee on Reform in thc Civil Service that ?
they desired an investigation, that
committee will n x' w?*ek make a favor?
able report on ihe resolution ordering
ati investigation
Kx Speaker Randall has pined the
Presbyterian Church. His health still
keeps him confined to his residence,
hut he continues hopeful, ami expects
if he is not able to go to th? House, to
send a written protest against the
adoption of the schedule of Rules pre?
pared by Speaker Reed.
Commissioner of Pensions Raum j
gives it out flat-footed that all the I
clerks io tb&t o?Ticc who bad their
pensions rer.i?ed will be bouDccd. A
chief of division, who was a special
protege of Tanner's, has already been
marie to walk the plank.
Mr. aod Mrs. Harrison gave a State
dinner to the diplomatic corps Tuesday
evening. They have made an innova?
tion in White House entertainments by
having the dinner furnished by an out?
side caterer.
Ancient history sometimes crops out
in Congress. For instance Senators
Pasco and Chandler had a dispute about
the famous Florida Returning Board of
1876 this week. Mr. Chandler, it will
be remembered, was one of the visiting
statesmen on that intereFting occasion.
Secretary Tracy has ordered a naval
court of inquiry to investigate the
charges of certain naval officers band?
ing together for lobbying purposes, as
alleged in a recent Senate resolution.
Ex-Secretary Yilas and ex Commis?
sioner of Pensions Black were in
Washington this week.
--?.*??. mri
The tax books close the last day of
this month. Dou't forget to pay jour
taxes.
A CARD OP THANKS.
DURANT &SON beg their friend, white
and colored, to believe them most grateful for
tbe help so freely given wbeo their store was
threatend by ihe fire on yesterday.
A CARD OP THANKS.
WE RETURN HEARTFELT THANKS,
and will ever be grateful to our friends, white
and colored, for so ably aiding us in saving
our stock from the recent fire.
Respectfully, DURANT & BeirrzBR.
WANTS.
TU SELL a few good voting Milch Cows.
Apply to S. VV. RAFFIELD,
Jan. 29 Sumter, S. C.
WrAXTED, THREE UNFURNISHED
ROOMS, without board in desirable
part of city. Address, Stating location and
terms, "Rooms," care Watchman and South?
ron. Jan. 22-2
TT7ANTED, TO SELL, a first class Pony,
T V Road Cart and Harness. The pony is
six years old, perfectly gentle, and works
anywhere. Cart and Harness in good repair.
C. P. Osteen, at W. and S. office.
YT RANTED, People to know that they can
\ f get thtir burnt-out cooking stoves re?
paired by A. G. Warren. Adjustable parts
on hand for al! stoves. Have it done before
the damage is greater, and save money.
BUSINESS MEN, and others, should see
what can he done at home before giving
their orders for job printing to parties away
from home. Fine work and low prices can
be had at the Watchman and Southron office
FOR RENT. "
AFARM (one-horse or two horse) iu good
condition, 3 miles East of Sumter, com?
fortable bouse now goiug un.
J. R. H ARVIN,
Jan. 29._ Agent.
THE B?N?T OF:" SUMTER."
IHAVE THE SATISFACTION of inform
ing the public that the rSoneys, securitbs
and books of our Rank are uninjured. The
recent fire will occasion only temporary in?
convenience.
The Bank will be ready to transact busi?
ness or: and after to-morrow (Suth inst.) at
the office of Mr. Stubbs, nearly opposite our
late banking house.
VV. F. R. HAYNS WORTH,
President.
January 29. 1890.
MULE STOLEN."
4 BAY MARE MULE was stolen on
XJ night of 2Jnd January, from stable cf
J. T. Yann, Sr , in Darlington County. Said
mule is 8 or 9 years old, with white nose,
light colored flanks, slightly cat hamed On
same night a buggy and harness were stol-n
from Mr. T. E. Howie Hickory buggy with
yellow running gear, piano body, coropar
?lively new. A liberal reward will be paid
for recovery of propel tv ?nd thief.
T. E H OW LR.
J:.vann P. O., Darlington Co , S C.
Jm 29-3
FBESH BREAD,
OAKES, PIES AND
FRENCH CONFECTIONERY
Always on hand.
Your Orders are respectfully
solicited, which will receive
prompt attention, by,
M. L. MAJEWSKI,
City Baker,
Jan. 22 -3m Main Street, Sumter, S. C.
PUBLIC NOTICE
OF
Registration and Election,
CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE.
SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 20, 1890.
IPURSUANT TO THE ACT OF THE
General Assembly in this case provided,
notice is hereby given that an election will
t>e held at Sumter, C H., on Wednesday tie
26?h day of February, 1890, between the hours
ot 8 a. m. and 5 p. in , to determine the
question whether the School District of the
Citv of Sumter shail be authorized to issue
Twelve Thousand Dollars of Bonds, if so
much be deemed necessary, the proceeds ot
which to he used for the purpose of purchas?
ing a site or sites and erecting one or more
Public School Buildings in the City of Sum?
ter and furnishing the same: Said Bonds to
bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per
centum per annum, and to mature in not less
than twenty years from the date of issue.
For the purposes of said election a Registra?
tion of the qualified Electors of said School
District is hereby ordered : the Registration
hooks to be opened at the office of the Clerk
and Treasurer of the City of Sumter on
Monday the 27th, day cf January, 1890, and
shall he finally closed fifteen days previous to
such election to wit. on the 1 oih, day of Feb?
ruary, 1890. Due notice will be given of the
named of the managers of saul election and
the form ol ballots to be used.
Uv order of the City Council.
[L.S ; J. A. MOOD,
C. M ?UKST, Mayor.
Clei k and Treasurer.
Jan 21.
A CARD.
SINCE WITHDRAWING FRO VI THE
linn of A. P. Levy ,fc Co, and at the
Solicitation id' numerous friends I have de?
cided to open a first-class saloon on Liberty
Street opposite J. Ryltenberg k Sons'
grocery, and I can Inn-alter be found lhere al
all hours, hiving j ist opened up -is tine a
stock of Liquors and Segars as has ever been
brought to Sum IT. 1 extend a cordial invi
l>iH,.:i lo all of my friends and patrons to
cal!. Respect fa tl v.
Jan 22. A P. LEVY.
State of South Carolina,
SUMTKK COUNTY,
thj T. Y W-thh, AV/ . rrnhnlr Jmhic.
VirilEREAS. J AS D GRAHAM. G.O.
W C I*, ?nd O S. for Sunter County,
ittaOe suit In tue. to granl him Letters ot Ad?
ministration of the Kstah ?nd i fleets ol M KS.
VIA ll \ Iv REM IS EB r, Deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and ?ul.?r the kmdt I nod Ci edi lois ot the
Said Mrs Marv K Rembert, late of Said
Conn M and Stale, deceased, thal they bc and
appear Indore me, in the Court of Probate, to
be heb! at Sumter Court House, on March
4th. le9o, next, after publication hereof, at
I 1 o'clock in thf forenoon, to shew cause, if
an v. the* l>"-c, why the said Administration
should not tie granted.
(liven under mv hand, this 22nd dny of
January. A. D., 1890. T. V. WALSH,
Jan Z'l -6 Judge of Probat^.
FOR SETTING.
Eggs from fine THOROUGH-,
BRED FOWLS can be sup?
plied at short notice, at follow?
ing prices :
Light Brahmas, per set?
ting of 13, ?2.00
BufT Cochin, per setting
of 13, $1,50
Single Comb Brown Leg?
horn, per setting of lo, ?1.00
Apply to the undersigned at
J. Ryttenberg & Sons' store or
at residence Republican street,
West of Harby Avenue.
\V. E. M IMS.
Jan. 15-2ra
SALE OF LAW BOOKS.
ON S ALKS DAY LN" FEBRUARY NEXT,
Will be Sold :tt auction in the Grund
jury Room of the Court House building,
Sumter, S. C., a Library of unout 200 vol?
umes of" Law Books, consisting of Text
Books and Reports, and one took case, to be
sob! tinder mortgage from \V. J. Beard to C.
A. Henshaw, and by consent of mortgagor.
For information applv to
A. B. ST COKEY,
Jan. 8. Agent for Mortgagee.
FOR" NERVOUS" DYSPEPSIA,
RRE?M ATISM, EPILEPSY AND OTHER
troubles that Medicines cannot cure, ap?
ply for Hali's Health Pamphlet to
HF. OLIVER, Sumter, S. C.
^3!?~In my absence at aDy time, see Mr. J. J.
M oller at Barnes? Store Jan. 8.
SI ? YTmTfllLT Taite no shoes unless
I! A I I I 111 ft! W. L. DoHRlas' name ar. i
U*?%J M. AVXl price are si amp? d on tho
bottom. If the dealer cannot supply you.
send direct to factory, enclos ng advertised
Brice.^ ^
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN.
Fine Calf, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed
moor Waterproof.
liest in the world. Kxamlno his
85.00 GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE.
84.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE.
83.50 POLICE AND FARMERS' SHOE.
82.50 EXTRA VALLE CALF SHOE. n
82.25 & 82 WORK I NOM EN'S SHOES. ^
82.0O and 81.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES.
Ail made in Congress, Button and Lace.
$3 & $2 SHOES LADIES.
81.75 SHOE FOR MISSES.
Best Material. Host Stylo. licet Fitting.
W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Sold by
FOR SALE BY
J. Ryttenberg & Sons, Agents,
Jan. 1 SUMTER, S. C
"LOOK OUT AGAIN"
-FOK
T. B. CURTIS,
Who is selling goods as low as the lowest, and keep* on band tbe best gooda for
the least values. Persons who patronize us will kindly let us know at what hour
most convenient to them, to send for their orders and to have same ready for the
wagon when sent for. In order to insure prompt deliveries to all, our delivery
wagon will lake round a receipt book which we request our patrons to sign for the
number of parcels delivered. This is done in order to correct errors in deliver?
ing. We are selling now to close-out tbe holiday stock
Mixed Nuts, at 15c per lb , Almonds. 15c., English Walnuts, 15c., Pe?
cans, 10c , Butter Nuts, IGc , California Hams, 7c , Roast Beef. 2lbs , 20c ,
Brawn, 2'bs., 25c.. Brawn, lib.. 15e , Kolette Beef, per lb., 10c., Crackers,
fresh from Philadelphia, 15, 20 and 25c We make Teas oar specialty at 50,
75. and ?1 00. We are also" headquarters for Garden Seeds A call will con?
vince that I am in the front rank and propose to stay.
T. 33. CURTIS,
Jan H.
STILL THEY COME!
2 Car Loads choice, large Mules to
arrive at my stables ; one OD Jan. 22nd,
and one on Jan, 23rd.
Also,
1 Car Feed Oats.
2 Cars Timothy Hay.
1 Car White Corn.
1 Car Ship Stuff.
IX. HARBY.
Sumter, S C., Jan. 20, '90._
ARRIVED".
1 CAR LOAD
HORSES.
2 CAR LOADS.
MULES.
1 CAR LOAD
ROAD CARTS.
W. M. GRAHAM
HAS JUST OPENED AT HIS KEW RE?
POSITORY ON REPUBLICAN STREET
A FULL LINE OF
CARRIAGES, JUMP-SEATS,
PHAETONS, BUGGIES,
(open and top)
AXD HOAD CARTS,
ALSO ON'E CAR LOAD
CELEBRATED OLD HICKORY WAGONS.
NATIVE HAY AND NATIVE RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS.
WE CAW BE
POUND
For the Next Few Days at
STONO WAREHOUSE
AT DEPOT,
And from Next Monday at
the
Brick Store,
Cor. Liberty and Harvin
Streets.
Good Stock and Low Pri?
ces.
WE ARE HERE TO STAY.
Durant & Belitzer.
DS
DOLLARS!
CAN BE SAVED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.
NOW IS THU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY !
Stoves ! Stores ! Stoves !
PUMPS! PUMPS! PUMPS!
HOUSE FURNISHING GOOPS, CROCKERY, GLASS?
WARE, HARDWARE, WOODEN WARE, CHINA,
FANCY GOODS, TOYS, TINWARE,
in fact our immense assortment of
1 3STew Fall and Winter Goods
is now In stock mil opened for'inspection and offered at extremely low prices.
While mninrainins the uniform standard of quality and excellence by good management, careful buying and being
content with SMALL IVHOFITS. wc bave raised tbe standard and lowered our price, until it is now a fact that tb?
nico*t ?tock of goods in tbis section is now heine offered for salo bv us for the least money.
GOME AND CATCH ON. NEW GOODS FOR EVERYBODY. GREAT VARIETY TO SELECT FROM.
Roofing, Tinning, Guttering and Repairing done at short notice. Pumps put down and taken
up al lowest rates! Sole agent for the Safety Tether Machine for grazing stock.
Thanking the public for their past kind patronage and soliciting a continuance of the same, I remain, respectfully,
T. C. SCAPPE,
Aug 28
Sumter, S. C%