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WEDNESDAY, APBI&%&& 1 The Sumter Watchman was founded io 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and SoHthron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festig the heot advertising medium io Sumter. EDITORIAL NOTES. Attention is directed to the article explanatory of the service of the Weather Bureau, which is given in another column. Remember to send men as delegates to the County Convention who will vote to instruct delegates to the State Conven tion for the right man for President. We anderstand that the idea of closing Ihn eteree at 6 o'c?ock after tbe 15th Instant, is gaining i a favor. Now is the time tor some one to take the initiative. The fight agaiosi: Tillman must be made on the'record of the past two years, and not npon class prejudice ae the Register and other administration organs would have it. The opponents of Till man will use facts and reason, and the people will be the jury to decide the ease. Every man should decide for himself before the campaign opens, that be will %ave no part in thi unseemly yelling *and howling down that characterized every meeting of the last campaign. Listen to what the candidates have to say aed then decide as rational men sbowt? do. The first number of the Palmetto Teacher has been received. Percival ?. Rowell of Lexington, S. C, is editor and proprietor of the new educational journal. It is printed in neat pamphlet form and contains about thirty pages. The Teacher will fili a deficiency in tbe educational field of the State, and should be liberally support?e, by the profession. The Legislature has passed a law making it a misdemeanor for any news dealer to offer for sale any paper or oth er publication containing an advertise ment of a lottery. There seems to be a determined purpose all over the country to pat down lottery gambling. Perhaps the time of the great American game,-poker, will come next. The Watchman and Southron has always striven to give to its readers tbe fest paper in the county and has spared no effort to eonstantly improve its ser vice. With this week we begin the publication of a weekly cotton report horn the firm of Price, Reid & Adams, the Charleston agents of the great cotton ?rm of Hubbard, Price & Co. This tepori will keep oar readers informed of the condition of the cotton market, and we trust will meet with tbeir approval. Secretary Blaine has recovered from h is recent illness and is able to be at his desk at tbe State Department. Simultaneously with this announce meni, it is given oat that the negotia tions with England concerning tbe Behring Sea fisheries have reached a State where an early aiad amicable set tlement can be foreseen. Blaine does sot tolerate jingoism when it is being used to give another a presidential feoost. Tbe Alliance of Georgia has gone Sxxii?y over to the Third Party. Out of 1600 sub-alliances only three have not ?IwHareo, in favor of tbe Third Party. This action of tbe Georgia alliance is mo surprise. Eighteen months ago we aw thai the tend of tbe Georgia alli an<%. was toward independent ism, and <be course of the leaders of the alli ance was such as to beget a spirit of dissatisfaction with and distrust of the Democratic party, and the result is their followers have left the party. The United States Supreme Court, on /Monday, affirmed the judgment of the ^United States Circuit Court for tbe dis trict'of South Carolina, in favor of the .State against the Coosaw Mining Cooi -paoy. Thie decision finally settles that the Coosaw Company has not a per petual and exclusive right to mine in the Coosaw river. Tbe Coosaw Com pany will now, no doubt, make appli cation for a license to mine, and if it is granted the State will soon begin to re ceive a revenue that was cut off by Tillman. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The election of oScers to whose care the affairs of the city will be confided for the next two years wi'l be held on Tuesday next. Tbe election is important, and a voter in casting bis ballot should not east it for a man who will not place the good of the whole community far above any personal consideration. A. ballot should not be cast for a man who will not use his influence to advance the interests of the erty and carry on the improvements already begun. The next two years should be an era cf rapid improvement to Sumter and with progressive aud prudent men at the head of affairs it can be made to be. We want no backward steps. We must ad vanee and that rapidly, or other towns cf the State will pass aed leave Sumter far to the rear iu the tnareh of progress. When this paper began to agitate tbe questionai a system of electric lights there were (es supporters. The plea of expense was *rged, and many said | that the old oil lamps vere good enough, j So with the Graded 8?heoi system. We 4*are not yet forgottee the stir that was made by the ee* - m rtion that tbe eld publie school was a disgrace to a place of this sise, j ,Stili the assertion was true and tbe intelligent people of tbe community saw it. The result is the excellent, sys tem of Graded Schools that Snmter now possesses aod the handsome build ing now nearing completion. Is tbere a man in Sumter who would bare ns go back to oil lamps s?s a means of lighting, or have the Graded School abolished ? We believe not. There are other improvements that the city needs, and no manflshould be put in office unless he will aid in mak ing those improvements. IS THE BEP?BT PUBLIO PBOP EBTY, OB NOT? The Revision Committee completed tbe work of purging the club rolls Mon day evening, and made a report of the work to County Chairman Keels. This report should be, and is, in our opinion, public property, yet Captain Keels has not given the report to tbe papers for publication and refuses to do so. We anticipated giving tbe full report to our readers, but we could not obtain it, although the public is clearly entitled to it. Upon application to Captain Keels for tbe report of tbe committee he furnished us with the meagre infor mation which is given in another col umn. We neither ask, nor expect favors from Captain Kaels, and when we asked for the report it was for the public, as a public purveyor of infor mation that the public expects, and has a right to demand of us. It will be observed that be gave the membership of the Sumter Democratic club and of the Mechanics and Laborers club, and yet does not feel authorized to give tbe report. It is plain to any clear-seeing person, that if Captain Keels was authorized to give the num ber of Barnes on the rolls of two clubs, he was authorized to give the number of names on all the ctub rolls. We know from Captain Keels himself, and from other sources that be has given copies of the report of tbe committee to two individuals, and yet he is not au thorised to give it to tbe public. We maintain that if he has authority to give this report to individuals be also has au thority to give it to the press for publi cation where it would be accessible to every individual who does not happen to be favored. We have entire confidence in the members of the committee and feel as eared that they performed their duty fairly and fearlessly. The doty per formed, however, was a public one and tbe public bave a right to know bow that duty was performed, and the re sult arrived at. Captain Keels may have good and sufficient reasons for refusing tbe publication of tbe report, but if so, he failed to State those reasons to ns. We have performed our duty to the public in attempting to get tbe report, and with the consciousness of having done so, we leave the'matter as it stands. THE CAMPAIGN.. Tbe Greenville News has made a suggestion that is timely and sensible. It is that the campaign be postponed ? on til late in the summer after crops are ? laid by, when everybody will have leisure, and will feel more like taking time to attend tbe campaign meetings. We regard this as a suggestion to which there can be no reasonable objections. We do not believe tbere will be any ob jection .unless incited by a spirit of pure contrariness. There is nothing to be lost by either faction and everything to be gained. The campaign of educa tion can be vigorously prosecuted by both sides through tbe papers, and the people of every corner of tbe State will be more effectually reached than by a stumping campaign, begun now and continued until tbe general eleetioo. Without tbe aid of the press to spread abroad what is said from the stump the campaign would amount to little, com paratively. TJie Watchman and Southron will publish, if possible, all the legitimate campaign literature of both sides, for we bave nothing to gain by' holding back anything. We shall give all tbe facts, all the argumente for and against either faction ; and all those who do not care to read what their opponents have to say, need not do so. We have no doubt other papers will pursue a similar course, guaranteeing fairness to .both sides. If so, there can be no objection to the suggestion, for evety one knows that few people can afford to neglect their farm work from now until the crops are laid by. THAT PJBKSIO? PLANK. Some weeks ago we published, in all good fejfh, the twelfth plank of the St. Loots puttorm concerning pensione. We thought then as we know now that we were right in our statements, and were ero*Z"d to find any one denying the existence of the pension plank. Wc give below the statement of two eye witnesses : Livingston say?: "I will show by the sworn statement? of any number of delega'^ that the sold erg' plank w? s read and adopted as a part of the platform " Congressman Moses.Fays: ''Thecor nittee on platform brought in th'-:r demands, and la gan wi:h plank one and reati on without a break fading with the Union soldiers' p?ar:k. Then there was a j ell and demands ihat the platform be adopted ag a whole. This wag done, and it was correctly printed in all the newspapers in ?he coun-ry, including Polk's p;<per and tne Knights of Lahor Journal. The Economist arknowleriges that the divi sion of the platform was done here by them after adjournment of convention. Jerry Simpeon sax g bere openly thai it is a part of the piatform." Those who deny it have never been r?*h enough to swe^r oa ir, ?-s it would he a- ? isy matter to prore that they swore falsely Will the tfeird party sheets' which have been deny ing the pension planjk. do th<? i>emocra:ic press the kindae-se-to retract such har^h statements as "liars," etc , afrer <his showing. And if they don't tike the proof furnished, will tbey please write to some reputable third partrite who was there and get his sworn statement, and we feel assured thar he will bear mit t ur statftneB-ts.? True Ci>rzm, Waynefboro, Ga. The Watchman and Southron also (published the pension plank of the Third Partf., and commented editorially thereon at the time of its ??optio?. The next week we stated ti at the Uotlu/i Plant denied the adoption o? that plank, and as the assistant; editor of that paper was a member of the Third Party con vention, he doubtless knew. We gave him credit for veracity. If it is trae, and we believe it is, that the Third Party has a platform, a portion of which will catch votes in the Sooth, and another portion to deceive the voters of tbo North by false prom ises that it will be impossible to fulfill, then the Third Party deserves to be the party of all the unprincipled rascals of all sections of the Union. We would respeotfully ask the Cotton Plant whether it is Democratic in pol itics or is it of the Third Party in pol itics, but Democratic, for profit, as far as State politics are concerned ? We would also ask whether the assistant editor of the Cotton Plant is ready to swear that there was no pension plank io the Third Party platform ? We merely want to know who is handling the truth carelessly. If the Cotton Plant is not willing to enlighten os we shall oot feel hart. A SHINING LIGHT. In oar political course we have always been upheld by tbe coescioosness of acting upon the highest principles and bare been animated by an earnest desire to be of use io our day and generation. Some however, have suspected and even intimated that there was something of the demagogue about us. Admitting for the sake of argument that there wns a touch of deraaeoguery about us, we bave been so completly cast in the ebade of late that such a charge against us will no longer be pressed. AU over the State the malcontents who got optbe Thirteen Conventions ave beeo "swear ing by the seven Jupiters" that they are dead In love with the farmers and will do every thiDg for them. The Convention itself "slopped o er" about them and a great transformation has taken place in the Ring newspapers The simon-pure demagogues are at the front now and those who bave been merely sus pected of that inclination will be lost sight of. ?Abbeville Medium. Gen. R. K. Hemphiil, Senator from Abbeville county and editor of the Abbeville Medium, is one of the shin ing lights of Tillmanii m, and stands squarely oo the platform written by Tillman. The above ie given not on account of any merit or evidences of ability perceptible in it but merely to show our readers the class of campaign literature tbe leading Tillmanites are producing. It cannot be called cam paign argument as there is no argu ment discoverable in it. In the days of good stealing this same fellow, Gen. R. R. Hemphiil, was "check by jowl" with the ring leaders, and in a letter to Governor Scott said that he (Hemphiil) stood squarely on the Re publican platform and could be counted on. Scott appointed him a Trial Jus tice. Hemphiil in thanking Scott for tbe office said, in effect, that small favors were thankfully received, and that in filling the vacant judgesbips he hoped to receive consideration, as he possessed tbe ability and necessary qual fications. No doubt bis position, squarely oo the Republican platform, was the main necessary qualification. ???? ?? ? - ? A dispateh from Vienna, dated March 25, 1892. says: a decree issued to-day by tbe Minister of Commerce announces that from April 1 next a direct post office money order service will be estab lished between Austria-Hungary and the United States Taken in time, even Consump tion yields to the wonderful effects of Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. It won't make new lungs?but it will make diseased ones healthy when nothing else wifl. There's reason for it, too. Consump tion is Lung-scrofula. Por every form of scrofula, ana all blood-taints, the "Discov ery " is a positive core. It's the most potent strength-restorer, blood-cleanser, and flesh buflder known to medical science. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Bronchitis, Asth ma, Catarrh, and all lingering Cougfis, it's ?a unequaled remedy. It's a guaranteed one. iIf it doesnt benefit or cure, you have your money back. You've everything to gain from it?nothing to lose. It's especially potent in curing Tetter, Salt rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbun cles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands, Tumors and Swellings. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign influence. QUARTERLY STATEMENT of thk CONDITION AND BUSINESS of For the quarter ending March 31, 1892, pub lished in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. 'assets. Loans and Discounte, Si 76,356 99 Cotton drafts, secured, 465 64 Furniture and Fixtures, and vault ? 1,975 1 Due from Banks and Bankers, and cash on band, 33,471 61 $212.270 15 LIABILITIES. Capital stock, $75 000 00 Deposits, 89,775 81 Uoe to banks and bankers, 99 45 Unpaid dmdends, 60 00 Rediscounts, 29.312 75 Undivided profits, 17,422 14 $212.270 15 I, W. F. Rhamk, Cashier of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above statement ie true, to the beet of my knowledge and belief. W. F. RH A MF, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d day of April, 1892. L. S CAUSON, (L.?.) Notary Public S. C. Correct?Artest VV. F. Ii HAYNSWORTH, ) Presided, ! ... , ? A. S. BROWN. Directors. ALTA MUNT MOSES, j April 6 HEADQUARTERS ic Ei. ScMTXB, S. C, April 5, 1892. To The Preti lenti Democratic Club? of Suin ter County. Gkstiy.ukx : Your club roll, ai compared, revised, and corrected by the Committee on revision if herewith returned to you which I truat will bsfound satisfactory. I beg to cull your Attention :o fie fact lhat the Committee on revision, wherever they found the gaine rrnnses appearing on two or more club r?>Ma, in the absence of certificates signifying the intention of the parties as to which club they wished io Itlong, bave eresed *?cb names from all the mils, nnd hared referred the matter back to the*cl?be to t*e arf??g-'d and adjusted among them as'ves. f>. K. KEELS, J?. Mix? Pittj, bounty Chairman, ?ectetajy. 1 TRADE T?Sr MARK. CHWARTZ BROS. Palace Dry Goods Em porium THAT YOU READ OUR ANNOUNCEMENT? And believe in them, is evidenced by the immediate responses you give them. We invited 3^011 to participate with us in OUR SPRING OPENING, YOU ACCEPTED THE INVITATION And saw that we had not said too much. Our Grand Spring Opening is a thing of the past, but UNLIKE MOST PLEASURES, The realization far surpassed the anticipation of ever}7 one. In fact the Jadies declared the store with its wealth of ?-lovely goods to be A Dream of Beauty not Easily Forgotten. All the New Styles and Colorings for Spring Wear, now brighten Dress Goods Department, Making the possibility of pleasing you a Foregone Conclusion. Here are a few of the new weaves in Dress Goods of which we have full lines : Elephantine, Cr?pons, (Fancy & Plain. Crocodile, Crinkled Cr?pons, Chevrons, Gloriosos. Fancy and plain Bedford Cords, Etc., Etc., Etc. The most beautiful line of Trimmings to match all the above. The Popular Chiffons, In large variety of colorings. 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EPARTMENT Is in full blast under the efficient management of Miss McLean, formerly of London, who has both a for eign and domestic training. Fit guaranteed. Respectfully, BROWNS & PURDY, SVJflTER, s. c.