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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30,
Trie Sumter Watchman, was founded
ia "1850 and tire True Southron in 1866.
Tn? Watchman and Southron ?ow has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of tho old papers, anddsmani
> featly the best advertising ^medium in
EBITOBIAIs NOT?S.
\v are no? engaged in sending pot ;
statements to ali subscribers of* this
paper who are in arrears. We-trust
they will meet a-ready response.
The article from "Progress," relative
le tho sale of the Court House and jail j
property contains a pertinent sugges-j
tfon. Beajl it and consider the matter.
Mayor Hennemas, of Spartan burg,
was shot and killed on last Sunday by j
John^Wi?iiams, colored, while attempt?
ing to stop a row between Williams
and wife. Williams has been taken to
Columbia to escape lynching.
The article by "Taxpayer," stating
tue grounds . upoa which the Grand
Jury advised the sale of th? Court
House and jail-property, contains sev?
eral wefl taken points, but as Sir Roger
?? dc Ceverly so often remarked, "there
is a great deal to be said on both
?des." Our columns are open for a
free discussion of the question.
Ten negroes, were sentenced on last
Saturday by Judge Hudson at the Lau?
reas court to be hanged at one time
The*? negroes waylaid-another negro
one ?ghi after a religious meeting and
murdered him. It was a cold-blooded,
premeditated murder, and hanging is
the just, deserts of tho whole crowd.
The crop repor ts of the last week
. ?how that the shortness of the cotton
crop has bot been overestimated.
The shortage in every county in South
Carolina b at 4east 25 per cea t. and
in several it is estimated tc be 35 per
cent. In some of the other States the
wop is 8:-?-ter than in this State.
Ute . ~ ras to be no reason why the
pnce of cotton should not advance.
A few years ago the people bf Green?
ville became dissatisfied with their court
House, aSd wanted a large and more
modern building located In a quiet part
of the city. They erected a handsome
new building in a retired part of the
city, but did not dispose of the old
bat iain g. Now, it is said that every- ?
. body is heartily tired of the new build- ;
isg> and its secluded quietness, and. it
is seriously thought pf making the
De-oeesary additions to-the old building
end moving back to it.
From the* appearance of the fields we
believe the cotton crop will all be gath?
ered before the middle of November,
perhaps by the 1st of that month.
In quite a number of .fields we noticed
between this place and Brick Cu arch,
while on a trip last week, more than
ODO-half of the crop had already been
gathered, and some fields two-thirds or
more appeared to have been already re?
moved from the fields.
?J The observance of Memorial Day,
when the graves of the gallant dead
are covered with flowers is a beautiful
custom, and it ts also right to wreath io
-garlands the monument to the 'dead ;
but it shows a wast of appreciation of
a valuable thing to allow*the wreaths
Aod garlands, placed upon the monu
wast, to ?tay until rotten, disfiguring
it with ?taina and mildew. -There are
gaverai wreaths ?tili upon the monument
th*t should be removed before greater
disfigurement occur?.
Tizo South * is making grand indus?
trial progress. D?ring the pass three
mouths, says the. Chattanoga Trades?
man; 6 rolling mills, have been est ab- '
lished ; BO street and electric railways, !
Texas leading with 12 to her credit,
Al?bame, Georgia sod Tennessee hay?
ing 5 each, Arkansas and Florida 3
. each, Louisiana and North Carolina 2
eueu end' Virginia and West Virginia 1
each. Six tanneries have been erected;
27 water works; and 213 wood work
establishments, this industry leading all
;? others in the number of new compaoies
organized. The es tab! i sh m e o t of wood -.
work m g plants has been very equally
divided in the different Southern States,
and the timber resources of this section
are rapidly being utilized. Wirb 111
miscellaneous enterprises reported, the
total for the past quarter makes a grati?
fying showing when the conditions sur?
rounding the industrial development
during the past three months are taken
into consideration.
SUPPOSE WE EEASON
ABOUT IT.
There is always a reason for every
advisable act, although the reason -may
not be discovered by a great many in?
telligent people. Every question, any
proposition, no matter how abstract io
conception, is capable of being discuss?
ed in a reasonable manner.
So it is about tho question of selling
the Court House Square. If any one
favors, or opposes the sale, he should
at least, be able to give reasons for bis
opinion. Of what weight is the sim?
ple assertion, "I am io favor of selling
the Court House Square, it ought to be
solo"*? People who have DO opinion of
their own may. be influenced, but upoo
intelligent men it will have no effect.
In Sumter there are only two open
squares- where an open-air meeting can
be held, unless the suburbs are sought,
. and permission . to use, obtained from
the owners of some of the vacant build?
ing iota or fields The Court House
Square and Monumental Square are the
owly vaoaas places we have, and when
we eob-ider how much such breathing
?.paces are ueeded in a city, we should
oe BIOW to part with one, and that
most centrally located. Io maoy
the municipal authorities purchaj
great expense vacant squares and
squares kept for the use of the r.
generally. Sumter has few en
such places now, and it would
short-sighted policy to do away wit!
of them. Hereafter the Mooum
Square will not be available for
public speaking or political ?meetio
the incidental noise and excite
would disturb the exercises of
Graded School, should it be in ses
When a road has been open to
by the public for a certain term of '
no one has the right to close that i
as the public has acquired rights
can be secured from the courts,
many years our Court House Sq
has been an open and pubiio thoro
fare, it is more used than many of
streets, and vastly more than nutx
of public roads. This being so,
Grand Jory bas no more right to ac
the sale, of "the square, thus closio
. thoroughfare to a man's place of 1
ness, than to advise the sale of any
of the public roads of the county. .
in g oo the belief that the Court H
Square is a permanently opeo pi
thoroughfare, a number of parties 3
purchased land facing on the squ
and have erected offices and other I
nessi buildings, from, and to, wi
there is' no avenue except through
square. In the event of the sale
closure of the square the county w<
immediately find itself with a half dc
law suits on hand, for lot owners w<
not calmly allow their property to
bottled up with no exit to the str
nor suffer the consequent loss f
deteriorated values.
From an economical standpoint
would be advisable to add to the j
sent Court House, improving it so a
give ' adequate accommodation to
demands ; for the sake of conveoie
it is better to have the Court Ho
where it is, than in any other part
the city ; and to avoid the expense <
lawsuit, not to mention the damages
property that would have to be pt
should the suit result adversely to
county, it is best not to sell the squs
WHAT IS DBBLOOBACY.
Io these latter days one is more tl
apt to become confused in his cone
tiona of what are the true principles
Democracy, if attention is paid to
definitions of the essence of Democn
which are so freely given by the s<
constituted enterions, who a:e ni
aptly named when called demagogo
For instance the Cotton Fiant asse
with the boldest effrontery imaginai
that "the Oeala demands because tb
are remedies for a popular evil, z
Democratic to the core-those that c
pose them are not Democrats, a
should get out cf the party, or agr
to abide by the voice of the majori
that is supporting the nj," Is tl
Democracy ? Is it true that the Oca
demands constitute the essence of Dei
ocracy because they are proposed as
remedy for evils ? IQ the first pla
the demands are not remedies, for
yet no test has ever been made of the
remedial power ; sod until it has bee
proved by a trial that the demaods a
real remedies, it is absurd to claim
much for them. In the second plac<
I granting as much for the sake of arga
! ment, how is it that those that- oppo*
these demands are not Democrats, ac
should get out of the party or agree i
! abide by the voice of the majority.
j they are not Democrats, certainly the
should get out of the party, or be kicke
out immediately, if they will not go i
their own volition. But still ah h ou g
they are not Democrats, they can ri
main tn the party if they agree to vol
as they are instructed to. This
democracy with a veogeance-so long a
a man lopes with the herd, be ts all rigl
j no matter if he is not a democrat. W
prefer to be delivered from such demc
cracy.
Again, we have the much-vaunte
democracy of the people, in contradit
tion to aristocracy or oligarchy, or wha
not. Such expressions are the inven
tioo of demagogues ; invented for th
purpose of arousing prejudice, whic
perchance, may be opportuotdy turne
to their own advantage.
Which is the truer democrat, the ic
teiligent, educated man, who couvers?u
with the best thought of the ages, ba
by a' process of reasoning arrivod at
belief in the fundamental principles c
democratic government-and a demo
eratic go vere ?neo t we take to bc tba
government which fosters the iuterest
of all classes under it, equally, an
under which a man ts allowed to ac
and speak as pleases him, so long as h
respects the right of others-which, w
a*k, is the truer democrat : the man wh
caa give a valid reasou for believing ii
the principles of democracy, or the mai
who with blind prejudice stan.ls am
bellows to the utmost limit of bis lung
4,I am a democrat, I am the wool-ha
boy ! burrah for Den agogue, who i
against the aristocrats " T What sort o
a democrat is such a mau ? fie has n<
more notion of the real difference be
tween democracy and a monamby thai
of the difference between oxygen an?,
nitrogen. The only feeling he has i
one ci' jealous envy of th'-se who ar?
above him io education, re ti ne m eut anc
wealth. Su<:b democracy. Bail I Sutl
democracy is boru of the covetousness
of the human heart, uot of the mind't
perception of the principles of righi
and wrong. But s ill h is the deuioc
: racy most popular just now tn South
Carolina. As soon as a m?-i begins to
i reason about right or wrong, unless it
i be the imaginary wrong* suffered by
j thc dear p' opie at the hands of thc
j aristocrats and plutocrats, he is speak
iog to ears that bear not, nor care to
bear.
A o?an is a member of a political
party for oue of three reasons: either
for principle, what is to be made oat
of it, or he is influenced by some per?
son to do so. Those wbo influence
others to become members, do so for
one of two reasons : principle or
personal gaio. Of these two classes,
which is the more likely to appeal to
reason as a means of conversion, and
which is more likely to appeal to the
passions, to prejudice, envy, batred and
covetousness ? We leave every man
free to draw bis cwn conclusions. But
before doing so be should consider
carefully the present anomalous politi?
cal conditions of the State, and who are
the true democratic leaders, and wbo
the selfish time-servers.
THE COURT HOUSE MATTEB.
Editor of th? Watchman and Southron : i
.'Who wants the Court Hooae square sold !"
appeared in your last issue.
In answer : The Grand Jory of Sumter
Connty.
Provided : That the Court House and Jail
property bring not less than $30,000, and
that said purchase money be invested in a
modero Court House and Jail in a more desir?
able location. If this cao be done the Grand
Jury voices tbe sentiment of the people of
Sumter County.
The Court House at Florence cost a little
less than $15,000, and tbe jdl about ?8,000 ;
so I haajJteen informed. Surely suitable
lots QMI abad within one block of Main
StreeMBoHerty or Republican Street, for
$5, OOWR^TOOO, and we would then have at
least $2,000 left to pay damages to parties who
own lots and have buildings facing the
square; that is, if the County have not the
right to sell ?nd shut the outlet to Main
Street-through the County's-laod.
The recommendation of this sale was not
made solely on account of the noise that dis?
turbed the Court, but owing to the prospect
of selling the property for enough to build a
new Court House and Jail On a modern plan
without taxing the people. Also owing to
the fact that the Court House and jail were
in need of considerable repairs. The Grand
Jury could see no advantage in taxing the
people to repair the old Court House and jail,
and still hold the unoccupied valuable land
wheu it could be sold for a good price.
TAXPAYER.
Foxgrove; Sept. 26, 1891.
Mr. Editor ; Now that the project of remov?
ing the Court House is beingjpressed, would it
not be well to consider the proper location of
the new structure, before we sell the old.
When the present building was erected, Sum?
ter was as nearly a central locality as could
be found, the extreme distance North and
aud South to the county line being 30 to 35
miles. Now while the northern limit re?
mains the same the southern line is within 10
miles of the Court House, The Bishopville
section bas long been anxious for a division
of the county, a project impracticable from
lack of territory.
Bot if the present Court House building
and lot are sold, then a removal of the Coun?
ty seat to Mecbanicsville or some point on
the C. S. & X Railroad near Oswego would
be in order, would again make it nearly cen?
tral, and would make the distant citizens of
the northern borders hippy. How does this
idea strike the advocates of improvement and
PROGRESS.
- > ? -
"The intensive sj stem is my motto. I
dont know how to make money any other
way." So says Mr. D S Bornett, Eulala, S.
C., in a letter to the Globe Phosphate Com?
pany, Columbia, S. C., and adds, "I used this
season 300 lbs. of your Ammoniated Dis?
solved Bone, and I regard your fertilizer as
ahead of anything on the market. My pros?
pect is fine."
WANTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less
will be inserted under this head for 25
cents for each insertion. Additional lines
5 cents per line.
FOR SALE-A very desirable lot for
sale on Calhoun Street, io the city of
Sumter. Apply to A. B Stuckey.
Sept. 30-4t._
TTTTANTEO-By a young man, a position
VT as book-keeper, or some similar work.
Apply at this office.
Sept. 30 2t.
TO RENT-A highly productive farm in
Stateburg towuship near Catchall. Land
under cultivation for a Four Horse crop. 4
tenants' houses. Healthy and cool Springs of
water. Apply at this office._Sep 30-2t
FfUND-A Daughter of Israel Badge.
Owner will please call at Watchman and
Southron office and;describe same. "
WANTED-TO SELL HOUSE AND
lot on Republican Street. Apply at
hi? Office.
WANTED-Any young person desiring
to attend a first-class Business, Short?
hand or Telegraph College c*n get valua?
ble information bj seeing the Editor of this
paper in person.
C^fTANTED-Active men to canvass for
ff t,,e 3rt^e ?V the Improved Singer Sewing
Machine, the fastest seller on the market.
None but active men need apply. Address,
L. W. Hydrick, District Agent, Sumter S. C.
Ans. 26-2t.
Holiday Notice.
OUR STORES will be cloded on SATUR?
DAY, OCTOBER 3d, on accouut ot
Haliday. Will n-open at 6 P.M.
J. RYTTENBERG & SONS.
Sep 30_
STOCKHOLDERS' MEEWG."
SUMTER, S. C., Sep. 30, 1891.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock?
holders of The Sumter Electric Light
Company will be held nt the Simonds Nation?
al Bank at 6 P. M. on Friday, October 30,
1891. All stockholders are requested to be
present or represented bv proxy.
R*. M. WALLACE,
Sept 30. President.
TAX M)T1C?,"
THE BOOKS tor the payment of the City
Taxes will be opened *t the Clerk and
Treasurer's offbe, on OCTOBER 1st, and close
October 31st. All parties who have not paid
ny that lime, will be charged a penalty of 20
per cent.
W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR.,
Clerk and Treasurer.
Sumter. S. C.. Sept. 30, 1891. _
HOT SUPPER.
ON- FRIDAY, the 23d of OCTOBER, at
six and a-haif o'clock there will be a
Hot Supper at Maunville, S. C , for the bene?
fit of Manville Lodge, U. D. The publicare
invited to attend, especially the ladies. All
coutiibutioas will b? th-.nkftillv received.
J. E. STUCKEY.
NATT BARNETT,
BRAD. SCARBOROUGH,
J. F WOODWARD,
I). M. JOSEY,
R T. COOK,
W. F. DAVIS,
I). A. OUTLAW,
N. BRAM LETT,
G. P. FORD,
Sep. 39, Committee.
CHARTER NOTiC?.
?\T?TlCK IS HEREBY GIVEN that thc
J^l undersigned will apply to the General
.-ijsr-erublv of this State, nt iis next session,
for H chaf er of a Railway Company, to rua
from the city of Slimier in the State of South
Carolina, through the County of Clarendon
via the town ot Bethlehem, through the Coun?
ty of Williamsburg via thc town of Lake City
and through the County of Horry to the town
of Conway in this State. Said Railway to
be known HS the Sumter, Lake City and Con?
way Railway Company.
H. W. MACKEY,
J. B. ED WA RDS,
M. H. FIELDS,
ADAM YOUNG,
ADAM BOYD.
b'tpl. 30, 1801.
CONOMY Is W EAL TH.
Get Rich by buying your
Fall and Winter Goods,
of the House that will
Save l*otf Big JKoney.
You caa reap a harvest of Bargains in any of our stores.
They are running over with
Newest styles
Best qualities
And inviting prices*
A careful inspection of our immense stock will convince you
that we are "IN IT," and that it is a hard thing
to down the "OLD RELIABLE"
Leaders of Low Prices.
We started for the Best.
We procured the Best.
WE OFFER THE BEST.
If you do not accept them you will miss one of the chances
, of your life time.
ALL OUR PRICES ARE LEADERS.
.IN OUR
SILKS, CLOAKS. NOTIONS,
Carpets, Rugs, Woollens,
Domestics,
SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS,
.AND
Furnishing Goods,
We show many exclusive styles of both Foreign and Domestic
manufacture, that are strictly confined to us. Recol?
lect that each department is a store in itself.
We Have Opened the Finest Line of
In the City, and invite the attention of
Housekeepers to the many nice things
we have for the table, as well as
our usual line of Staple G-oods.
Entrance to Grocery Department, on Liberty Street, 2d door
from Main.
Entrance to Clothing, Hat and Furnishing Goods Department,
and Shoe Department, 1st door on Liberty Street and
Main Street.
Cloak, Carpet, Rug, Curtain, Blanket, Jobbing and Dressmaking
Departments, 2d Floor. Entrance from Main Street,
and 1st and 2d Doors, Liberty Street.
"W^e would say tliat our
Dressmaking Department
Is now in full blast and yon have only to see
The Beautiful Creations
We are turning out to immediately place your orders.
WE WOULD CALL THE SPECIAL AT?
TENTION OF MERCHANTS
?-TO OUR
.lobbing Department,
In which we are prepared to sell 3rou as cheap and on as lib?
eral terms as any wholesale house in the trade.
Respectfully
Cor. Main and Liberty Sts., ; Sumter, S. C.
New York Oilice, 84 West Broadway.
SHBE53BB35 3BBE3
ONCE ON A TIME, A YOUNG MAN NAMED
Met a beautiful young lady named
And it is related that he fell in love with her as soon as he
Such will be your experience as soon as our handsome display of
Fine Dress &o?d? and Trimmings
Is seen, and the superiority in style of work turned out by oar
Dressmaking Department
Will at once
WEB
you to our
House as a permanent customer. Attractions too nume?
rous to mention. Call and see them.
JUST RECEIVED
New Stock Ladies' Plaid and Striped Gossamers, all sizes,
$2.00 to .$3.50. Also cheaper grades of electric
circulars.
Ladies Rubber Shoes 25c, 50c, 75c.
Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests 25c, 50c, 75c, $1, $1.25 to
$2. Silk and Wool Jersey Vests $2.50. Ladies Fine
Scarlet Vests $1,50.
Respectfully,
DY.
$6 C/?
Sep. 30
ros?
YOU HEAR
MANY
UNFLATTERING
REMARKS EVERY DAY
ABOUT
THE TELEPHONE LINES,
BUT FOR THE
i
rn,
.fr ghi
OPENED BY
DESCIIAMPS BROS.
YOU HEAR
NOTHING BUT PRAISE;
AND THEIR
LOW PRICES
EXCITE WONDER.
MANY NEW LINES
THEIR SPECIAL LINES ARE
NOTIONS, BRESS GOODS AND
Men's, Boys3 and Children's Hats.
In the first and last named they have the largest stocks ever brought to Sumter.
In Clothing*, Furnishing Goods, Shoes
And DOMESTICS they can meet any and ali competition.
Their Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries
IS AS SELECT AND COMPLETE AS ANY IN THE CITY.
If you wish convincing proof just call in at that stylish looking store on-Main Street
two dcors from Republican, and see
esChanips Bros?,
SUMTER, S, C.
Engravings! Oil Paintings!
MAIN ST.
Sept IC
AT OUR
AND
Sept. 2-x.
We have purchased ao immense Hoe of PICTURES from a Factory going
out of business and have marked them
At Prices that Will Startle You.
Fine Engravings, ?1.10 to $2.40
Large Oil Paintings, 26x40 $1.40
Imported Oleographs, 75c. to 80c
JLIT^E?I & SPANN,
Furniture and Coffins.
B ? ? E fBllcin h." cnrnp-t at ..ur Afc Ti Uatoftvi rfc,
nfl ? 1 Sal 1 iff WP?*15" 3,1(1 honorably, by tko*? o'
luB ?jj E n?j B* w cit Ii. r M-x. younv" or ?.?il. Rnd theil
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your spare morora!*, or nil yonr time to the work. This N nr.
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Urpiiintrs are earning from i-? to ??O per week and upward*,
and ni'.re after a littlo experience. Wc cen furnish yon the rm.
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""A??AKESIS " gi vos instant
relief ami is an infallible
Care for Piles. P?iceSL By
Druggists or mail. Samples
fro.Address**ANAKESlS,"
Box 2416, $ew _YoiJ&_Cit7.
NEW LUMBER Y ABD.
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
the public generally that my Saw Mill
located on the C. S. & N. R. R., just back of
nay residence, is now in full operation, and I
arti prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow
Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices
according to gradi?.
Yard accessible on North side of residence.
J. B. ROACH.
Feb 18.
STIEFF PIANOS.
THE ARTISTS FAVORITE.
UNSURPASSED IN TOUCH, TONE,
workmanship and durability. Palace
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exceedingly low p.-i*?es. Don't parchase be?
fore seeing our catalogues and prices.
JOHN A. HOLLAND, Ninety Six, S.C.
Please say where you saw this adrertise
nient. March 25