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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15,'92. The Swtiter Watchman was founded in 18^0 and the True Southron io;1866. The J&tckman and Southron now has ?be combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. EDITORIAL NOTES. The platform of the Republican party te a plain, unequivocal document Next week we will give it to otr readers, so that they may see what is to be ex pected from the Republicans if victo rious. The address of Dr. J. A. Mood to tbegrtftfaatiag cUse of the Graded School ts given this week. It was our purpose to publish it last week, but it was impossible to do so. It is a paper of great merit and worthy of careful pernal. Col. L. L. Polk, President of the National Farmers Alliance died in Washington ?ast week. Col. Polk was ? briHtant man, and was gifted as an ?rater and writer. It has been said that he was the head of the Alliance while Macune was the brains and spirit of the order. The campaign meeting at Walterboro, CoHetoa county, on last Friday, was a disorderly and disgraceful affiair. A few drunken men, backed by some foolish ones, kept up such a rumpus that the speakers could not make themselves beard. Gov. Tillman being one of the first speakers received tolerable treat ment. Col. John C. Caskell says that tbe report that he bad a pistol on his person 4o the State Convention is a lie, which vre have believed it to be from the first. ol. W. J. Talbert says in a letter to the Freeman that he is required by law to carry a pistol. Now there are Senator Irby and Attorney General McLaurin left to be heard from. Do they carry ! guns io their hip-pockets "that never miss fire." We find that Gen. E. W. Moise's address at the commencement of the Snmter Institute cannot be given this week without great inconvenience and crowding out of other matter. And as tbe address has been given in both the Advance and Freeman we will not publish it. It is a speech worthy of Geo. Moise and abounded in wit, humor and pathos. Benjamin Harrison and Wbitelaw Reid are the nominees of the Republican party for President and Vice-President. Harrison was nominated on the first ballot by a large majority and Rrid iras nominated by acclamation. Reid bas been, eince the death of Horace Greely, the editor of the New York Tributile, and since the Harrison -administration went into office, the *U. S. Minister to France The candidates for State offices spoke at Charleston last night. The meeting was large and enthusiastic, the Se ics and Courier says it was the biggest meeting since '76. The Conservative caodida'es received an enthusiastic re ception and made telling speeches .against Tillmanism and political lep rosy as exemplified by Ti ?Im?n and his -clique. Tillman made a speech of an 'hoars duration in his usual style, but .appeared to lose his temper several times when trying to dodge tbe shafts of hie opponents. Col. E T. Stackhease, congressman from the Sixth District died suddenly at bis hotel in Washington on Mooday night. He was apparently well during *he day and attended to his accustomed j i duties. He was in his GO:h year, but | was comparatively strong and vigorous. I For a number of years he has been ! prominent in all agricultural societiesacd \ orders and feag been a frequent j contributor to agricultural paper?. He j ?ras president of the South Carolina Alliance for two terms and under hi?j administrativ ike alliance attaiuei its j greatest strength in this Siate. Yowmane is shew jug Ttilman up in his true colors. At Charleston he j quoted from a letter Tillman wrote him several years ago. Tillman dared him j io read the letter. Youmans sent to ! bis hotel and procured the letter wbich he read. Here it is: "Dear Colooei; \ Isu't it about time for farmer Youmans i j to realize that he is beai i tbe times,; and has missed an opportunity. You j cao "get in" on the home stretch, if you j Start now, and I will tell you how if j jou will run up to Augusta and let's : have a talk. Write me word whether and when you can come, appointing a j day a week off, or more, as my mail faculties are very poor, ours very truly, B. R. Tillman." When shall j wo find out all about Tillman and bis ticks. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINA- j TION. The nomination of Benjamin Harrison j rar President over Blaineaud McKinley 00 the first ballot, was as great a surprise as his nomination four years ago. For a week, or more, it seemed that the sentiment of the Republican ! party tended irrevocably toward B'.aiae, : and that be would be given the nomina tion, by merly consenting to accept ir.. But it was a mistake; Harrison, and his adherents, bad, by the immense power which official pntrGnage placed : s? his disposal, so fortified himself that party sentiment went, for naught, and be was triumphantly piac?i above the ablest mau in the Republican party, tbe one wh<>, as a member of his awn oficial family, bad contributed, mure than any j ither, to prevent the Harrison ad ministration from going down in his tory as a ooe-horse affair, without ability, and guided iu its small purposes by spite, or a hope for cheap applause to be won and used as political capital. Blaine has made himself a figure in American political history; Harrison will be remembered merely as a figure head that the Republican machine once in default of an available candidate,elect ed president and renominated by the power of patronage, Biaine has won a reputation asa statesman. What has Harrison to hang his claims of great ness on? We can admire the iutellect of Blaine, although coudemning him for his want of priociple; for what is Harrison admirable? Harrison is an advocate of the infa mous Force Bill and his re-election would be equivalent to a declaration iu favor of bayonett rule and oppression in the South. He is an advocate of a high protective tariff, and his re-election would be taken as an endorsement of tho system and furnish an excuse for more oppressive duties than ever. He ap. proves of the unholy pension steal which has dissipated the immense suplus left in the Treasury when Cleveland went out of cSce, and is every day further impoverishing the people of the ?Dited States and especially those of the South, who receive absolutely no benefit from tbe $140,000,000 annually paid out of the Treasury. When Harrison was nominated four years ago, be bad no record and had no political enemies, hence the Republi cans had clear sailing in electing him by tbe free use of money. Now it is different, Harrison has made numbers of enemies who will fight him to tbe end. His own party yields him but a luke warm support, and the Democrats are more bitterly opposed to him than to any other Republican candidate before the people in years. For these reasons tbe Sght against Harrison aod the corruj influences of tbe Repu'ican machine will be mo^t earnest, aud there is no reason to pre vent the induction into office, on tbe 4th of next March ,of a Democratic presi dent, who will administer the duties of tbe office io a statesman-like manner, and in accordance with the law, with out reference to section or political afhTuioos. Address of Dr J. A. Mood, Deliv ered at the Commencement of Sumter White Graded School June 2d,1892. There are points in our lives that are mark ed by a peculiar significance. Like the mile stones along the highway which remind the traveller of the progress he has made, and cause him instinctively to torn his thoughts to the f mre; to reSect upon the probable | length or" the road ; to specuiate upon the in cidents that are likely to befall biro, and to f make a mental estimate of the resources upon j which he must rely to accomplish a safe arid j timely arrival at his destination ; so there are events that happen in the course of our expe- i riences which divide them into periods as j definite as the stages of a journey. Events which arrest oar attention by tbe complete- j ness with which they alter the current of our \ thoughts and habits and cbange the phases uf j our live3. To-ni^ht, young !adie3 and gentlemen, is I soch a milestone in your his'oiy. it marks | the end ofyour primary school days, and the I beginning of a period- in which your duties and cares will be widely diffrent ?rom that which has passed. The concourse of ?iends by which yon are surrounded, ihe looks of approval that heam ? from loving fares, 'he public recognition of metit deservedly won, and the inward con- f Sciou?ness of duty faithfully performed, all j conspire to render this occasion one of the j happiest that will ever occur to you, the j memory of which will always awaken the : raost pleasant recollections. White I congratulate you upon this happy termination of the?e months and >eais of patient and earnest labor, I must remind you of the increasing responsibilities you assume j when you receive the diploma which is s->o:i to be presented to you. Some of you will be relieved of the restraints of class-room and | the eriticisra of teacher, but you will ail fi rid | in public opinion ? censor whose requirements are as imperative as those which you leave J The errors which heretofore have been excused on the score of youth and inexperience, will j not be so lightly regarded in the future. The mistake which h^.ve been attributed to the carelessness of schoolboy will have a far more serious aspect when committed by an educated gentleman. The irregularities of school girls will not t;e tolerated in the requirements of polished, young ladtes. Cut armed a? you are with i??e rudiments of a polite education, introducid you have been to she wisest thoughts O? auvent and modern times, with minds well traini to concentrated effort by three years of pains. king study, you are ex pected to tske your place among the men and women of the world and r?Uge yourselves on the side of intelligence, moran*v and culture. I know of no more profitable exercise for one about to enter the threshold of adult life, than to investigate the causes that iia."e. trans piret to surround us with tbe comfort?and luxuries of : kis enlightened era. 1 know of nothing that should arouse the energy and kindle tbe enthusiasm -to a ereater degree than to contemplate the achievements of man in the put and to consider the. privileges and oppor tunities that are. offered to young manhood and womanhood of thi3 nineteenth century. We are the heirs of a noble inheritance. To live in this age is to enjoya breadth of life <ier:ie?i to the wisest and i^-St <>f by-gone times. ' freedom of thought, our liberty of action, our s curii of life and property, all the physi cal comforts that prolong our existence and render it tolerable, all Jtie socia] and mental I enjoyments thai make it happy, are the out- j come of eiviliz-ttion which ha? been slowly ? arid pninfusly wrought otti by human effort through countless centurie? of time. .Man j ws4 not always t?ie industrious, intelligent, ; peaceanle hein g that we find him now. par ; f>*?'< in the twilight of time, our savage ance.? ; tors roamed through -? primeval forest ? houseless ?od home ess: naked and sing!?- : handed he contended tor supremacy wi:h tt;^? j reptile and tbe beasts, tortured by a super- i 3M'io>?s dread of the unseen und conscious ef ; dangers ?ha! lu'k?d or; every side; seeing the j an.cr of a (j >d in every cloud atid storm and ] a demon in f'/^ y r >< k ?1 cave ; distrustful ; of btsfel?ow-d and distrusted himself, his life ; whs tne embodiment of hopeless gloom and ? belptess degradation. With an eye inferior j 11 the bird, with strength interior to the ] beast nut with a mind superior to either, he j r>-e?n to wu:k out bis destiny from this poor j bsgi't?ing. j Tt c :ir".:*?dsity for food fcr.d iheher were j doubtless the first"*wants that faced him,"and to provide them taxed his ingenuity and oxer- ' Ci:H-n :ns energy and sent?e. From the over- ? hanging cliff wbi< :h gave nino a horn" and the ; ruoti and tierries upon which he fed, he grad- j u *. i ?CQ'iired possession of a hut and added ; to his bill of fare a diet o? Mesh. The fr ig- j ment of stone which served as a means of de- I tense, became as : m ? ro led on, the polished I tool of another >?e ??nd was finally discarded ' for tb* importiert! o? ?rot'Ze al a Inter dav. | As his mind d^yelop^d, tl.?- advantages of as- ! socinting together were recognized aud with : such association tii? ;< :' or exchange of poses sion been?oe common, personal rights and ownership of property wbh *?;! the concom?-| 'ant machi.tery of law became a necessity, ! tu ie governments were founded and the , roving lorjg-haired savag? i*ee*zae t>\ sheer force of energy and < : tv?r^ of brain the wan dering ?hepherd or a tiller of ;':te s<:l, no? | only learning in?. ? ; .? I ;.i..-: ot the world in which he ii?ed but i?ejjtoni.u-g duiilv to feel itia own superiority ai;ov<; tbe beast of the ; ?eld a'd ttie fowl <?' the air. i'. v.? not iui.? ??.'. er mau raised him ?elf from the low condition of his primitive* j ttate and supplied the wants of his body that | ' le began to hear a voice within, which to!d | aim that eating and drinking were not the j : thief ends of life. He saw the multiform ; Matures of tinture around him, tne esrth with its lofty hills and fertile valleys, its rugged ridges of purple-tinted mountains and wastes of desert sand, its trees and fragrant flowers, j ihe soaring bird, the graceful r?< er, the king ly lion, ali the wide scene paintei with colors by the radiant touch of sunlight or darkened by the shadows cast by passing clouds. He saw the sun rise and travel toward the west taking the light away and at ni^ht the heav ens bespangled with stars which looked like sparks struck otf from the wheels of the sun god's chariot. He listened to the varied seuud of nature'3 music, the murmur of the flowing river, the roar of the never silent sea, the rustle ot the foliage as it was swept by the unseen fingers of tbe breeze, tbe patter of the drops as they fell from the moist laden clouds, the rumble of the thunder as it fol lowed the 9pear-?ke flash of the lightning:. These and many other sounds, some harsh, some sweet, made him ask; "What does it ail meat.? Whence and what am 1? Whence came all that I see and hear and fee li? His just emotion of wonder was soon followed by a wish to know the cause and meaning of it all. From the simple data furnished by his sense of sight and sound he began to construct a philosophy that would explain the phenom ena around htm. Crude and full of error as bis reasoning may have been it served to stimu late his mind to better efforts a3 time rolled on. It was the exercise of thought thai res cued the nobler part of man from the domain of brutish apathy and helpless ignorance, nourished it with impulses, eaercised it in magnificent efforts, gave him that unslaked nnslakable thirst for knowledge that has dig nified his life and enabled him to multiply ten-fold-the length of his days and an hun dred-fold the measure of his happiness. The long struggle from darkness to twilight is an unwritten chapter in man's history. No record is left of how be conquered the night mare of his own fears and from a crouching, criuging savage made himself aman ; of how he subdued the beast and bird and made them serve his pleasure ; of how tbe simple sounds he used for words were shaped into a language or figures were evolved from his ideas of number. Of the first efforts to con struct a written language or the process by which the exercise of arbitrary force was formed into systems of law and government are things that none will ever know. The few relics that he left, tbe rude implements and carvings that we find buried deep in tbe earth with the bones of animals that, bave long since disappeared from the earth are the only evidences we have that such a creature was the progenitor of our race and were it not for the fact that this phase of humanity is still to be found, we would doubt the iestimony of the rocks and picture our ancrstor as a widely different bring. But tbe fact remains, that the foundation of ail that has since been done, was laid by this primeval man. The magnifi cent architecture that adorns the world found a beginning in the first pile of stones he heaped together. He who twanged the first stretched sinew or made ?. whistle from a. hol low bone was the father of all music. He who scratched the first rude picture of a man i commenced the art of painting. The tact ! that our maternai ancestor U3ed, to avert thw ? anger of a savage and capricious mate, the j blandishments which served instead of j strength to cope with brutal force or cajole i caprice, has been bequeathed to her daugh- j ters of to day, and perfected by countless 1 years of exercise have grown into those win- \ ning ways of coquetry and grace, '.hose name less charms that make her half divine. Of course I lack the time to trace the in tellectual development of man froai the dawn of history to the present day, to tell of the ancient civilization of Assyria and Cbaldea an! Persia, of the systems of philosophy ex pounded by Confucius and Buddah, of the inspired teachings of Moses that gave to man his first glimpse of God, to tell of the savants c?f Arabia and Asia Minor who made the first steps io natural philosophy, o? the gathering of tbe ancient intellt-ct at Alexandria bj the Ptolomics and the stimulus it gave to mental j progress, of how it wa9 advanced by Grecian 1 thought and literature softened and refined by her poets, strengthened by her law-givers and statesman, and brightened by the wit | and wisdom of her philosophers; of the rise and growth of Roman literature, of its wide- : Spread influence as it followed in the wake of her victorious iegiotu to every quarter of the , globe, of bow the sunset of her glory was I followed by intellectual darkness that lasted ? for over a thousand years, o? how another | day began to dawn when Copernicus and ! Kepler and Galli leo announced the results of J their investigations, and Bacon a:id Newton I established the scientific methods o?" inductive j philosophy, of how that philosophy has revo- j luttonized the world, overturned the arro- { gance of dogma and bigotry, cleared away the dark shadows of superstition and tmcer- j tainty and placed the foundation of knowl- [ ? dge opon the solid basis of sdentine facts. To tell all this would be to repeat the history j of the world. Enough has been said, how- f ever, to show you that man's whole history | has been one of development, not continuous it is true, for there have been times when the hands seemed to stop, or even logo backward, ! but these pauses when ende?! seemed to have served only to increase the momcitum of bis advancement. Each age has added a little to his accumulation of knowledge, eacli evolu tion has brought with il a new superiority, i every new fact discovered has had i:s bearing on bis improvement, every mechanical inven tion has opened up ftesh sources of power, onward and forever onward, bigher and for- | ever higher has tbe irresistible impo ses of his I efforts tended until he stand* today upon tbe highest eminence of enlightenment that be has ever reached. No rival in al! tbe ages past can question the superiority of modern man in all his rela tions. Ne^er before has his ingenuity in me chanical invention so overcome the limits of time and space as in this age. Never before has commerce assumed such vast proportions nor the earth been coaxed to yield so freely of her treasures. Never before have the barriers of prejudice been so completely overthrown and the nations of the earth been united in closer bonds of a common brotherhood as they are today. The iron-throated dogs of ! war have been chained possibly forever, the i gaunt visaged forms of famine and pestilence no longer stalk abroad unchallenged and claim a tribute from every condition of man. In the security of peace and surrounded by the means to gratify every reasonable want, humanity has made a tremendous r.tride in the last two score of years. A new world of inventions?of railways uud telegraphs and electrical applicaucts?has grown up around us, which we cannot help seeing, and every department of life has felt the increasing mo mentum as man yokes the forces of nature to bis ipleudid chariot of progress. The very atmosphere of thought too is pervaced witti scientific ideas. The loose and uncertain bdbiiJ of investigation which satisfied in quirers of foi mer times have given place to the exactness of scientific method, every atom j of matter, every unit of force must be rigidly j accounted for in ti:e mutations of experiment. Armed with better v>*apons than ever before man enters new fields of scientific research. Year by year and almost day by day his way is marked by some substftutial gain. The priesthood of his genius has enured the very j sanctum sanctorum of nature's leui| ie, has drawn aside the veil that hides the mysterious j alchemy of his forces, and learned the secret j of her laws. He has compelled the rocks to j tell the story of the earth even in tin-morn- j ing of time when mighty monsters swam in ! shoreless seas where continents cow ?tand j and long before God bad 6aid -'L-t us make : tutu !. our own image." He has questioned i the stars and made their rays unfold the very j names of the elements that compost them. J He ha? scanned the limitless depths of star-lit ! Space and learned from other suns and other ! systems the wondrous mechauism of the uni verse. tA'?il the mind of man continue to achieve new conquests, until he sha.'l have reached the utmost confines of all possible knowledge, will the blaze of enlightenment which illu minates thi* evening of the nineteenth cen tury cou ti ue to shine until the closejof time, j or will passion and avarice and indolence, I hose active agents of mental and moral dis- j integration and decay,lay hold upon the fonti daiions of man's intellect and accomplish ite j ruin?the clouds of superstition and iguo- i tunee again obscur** the clear light of knowl- j edge as they have m the past? We dj not know, bn: we do know that this progress di pendi upon himself, that the proud eminence ! he has reached h as been attained Oiily bv pa tient and persls'eni work, that the growth of bis knowledge or even tbe main tenace of j ins present st;:te can only be accomplished bv honest and persistent effort, effort that should ': be made by you aud me a:oi every man of every stati?u in life, whose environments h ive bi-cn so immeasurably improved, whose op- ? portunities have been >-:<? widened and multi- i plied by the virtuous the unselfish the. great- ? hearted mea and women who have lirvd be- : fore us. vet y individuai who meets the obligations which 'ace. dim whethei -ceja!, business or [rolilical ; s *ii? important ?actor in tlie eleva tion ot the race, every violator of law, every Btiirker of duty j; weight to bs dragged of the hill by better men. I do not mean by this that we are called upon to make quixotic ef forts to accomplish impossible ends, to ?.spire to deeds outside your sphere and beyond our capacity. The fireman far down in the en gine room of the steamship may know noth ing of the admiration she awakens in the he holder, as he watches the graceful sweep up hrr outliues upon the water, he may know nothing of the precious burden of life and treasure ihat she carries, of the storm that threatens or the dangers that lio overhead; he may not see the eyes that watch the chart and compass or the hand that directs her des tiny, but the homely duty that he performs of keeping her fires alive is as needful to her progress as are the duties of him who treads the quarter-deck. So it t3 with you and me, though other minds may control the great affairs of State and direct the course of na tional events, the brilliancy of genius may charm the world, the warrior, the statesman, the king may shape tbe destinies of nations and alter the status of the race, but let us not forget that the prosperity, the intelligence, the greatness of every nation is but the aggre gated, industry, intelligence and worth of its citizens and that the humblest duty faithfully performed, the uneventful deed* that build up individual character and de?er?nine individ ual worth will not be lost in the grand aggre tion of canses that continually operate to promote the advancement of humanity. -??ei^m - Educate For What? The following is the essay of . Mise Maxwell, delivered at the Commencement of the Lin coln Grsded School (colored,) of this city on June 3d. It is published at the request of several of our white citizens who were pre sent on that occasion and who were farvorably impressed by it: Adam was the first rational being that inhabited the earth. He opened his eyes upon the beautiful scenes of Paradise, iu the full vigor and manhood of his physical power, but not in that full vigor and intellectual power, which this our nineteenth century possesses. We do not doubt, but that be had indeed been endowed by the great creator, with mental faculties ?3 we are now ; was an intelligent being, had organs of speech to communicate ideas, but what was tbe lan guage or dialect, used to communicate with them in a way to be understood, until some element imaginary or otherwise instructed them. Let us assume that he wa3 the being of bis creator, and that he favored him with bis presence, while be remained in that innocent mind and abode in the garden of Eden. A little while after we find Adam exercis ing that mind which we today exercise as rational beings, by naming the various tribes of animate and inanimate nature. Grant that be had but the bare rudiments of language and the medium by wbich be worked was so simple, pure, and sure that we see its rnmification today extending from ocean to ocean and from pole to pole. As tbe tree3 have grown up and spread out their branches all over this sunlit land, that is what we should educate ourselves for?the diffusion of learning all over God's footstool. Who, for the palm in contest high shall join, or who, in equal ranks shall stand. in all the operations of nature, in all move ments of machinery, from the simplest to the most complex, the growth of a blade of grass, we see that the order of progression prevails. The oak, monarch of the forest, springs up from an acorn ; in the field of the husbandman the blade first appears, then the ear, afterward the full corn iu the ear. So commenced and so continued the progress of arts and sciences ; aod so commenced education. In our progress onward to tbe shoreless ocean of intelligence and knowledge, we hare not as yet become an oaks from an acoru or a ripened harvest from a bringing blade; but we are destined one day to be the consummation of human knowledge. Education obscure in its origin and gradual in its progress, is destined at no distant day to completely deluge the earth with a pure ?ood of moral and intellectual light, a3 the waters fill the deep blue spa. Educate for what ? There never was a time when the commun peuple more needed education than they do now. Educate the farmer and he makes a better farmer; educate the mechanic and he makes a better mechanic ; educate man in any sphere of life and he makes a better man. Who have read history cannot fail to see the great advancements made in the human race, in a short time, since God H?de us a being. Education brings us nearer to God, neuter to truth, and nearer to perfection. America today is one of the grandest room ries. Oo every side we hear the hum of machinery, and see new institutions springing up. Thre are a million more spindles moving in our southern factories now than one year ago. More coal is being dug fiom southern mines ; more iron beiug sent out from her plants and foundries. The section is growing richer ; progress is among the people, new enterprises, new business associations, and corporations are springing up. There isa demand for the skilled laborer; there is a demand for tut; trained band and the trained head. Educate for what? Educate for the pulpit; educate for the bat; educate for the business bouse; educate for the farm; educate for the home; and above a'l educate for God. Educate for what? Statistics prove that crime decreases in that section where true edu cation iucrcases. New England is the richest section of our country and it is a noted fact that New Eng land has the best schools and colleges. Tr?e hope of the state, the hope of the communi ty, the hope of the home,?all is founded upon the education of the masses. Educate the pews and the pulpit will have to be edu cated ; educate the men that must join in making public servants, and the servants of the public must be educated. Educate for what? Educate the boy so that he may know and understand the laws of his State, bis county and his city and he will be tess liable to violate those laws. Educate tbe girl to see how beautiful is the noble and pure? character of the great women of the world, and she will follow their examples Educate for what? The boy or girl who loves books has less time to plot crime and mischief. The man or woman who spends Ins or her time in communion with minds now gone, has leS3 time to idle, worry or fret. We have gotten a part of our education, class mates, now what shall we do with it. When Mr. Scott the great railroad mag nate, was working hard to get his charier through tbe Legislature of Maryland, a joky clerk inserted the word under, so that it would read "in, through and under," the city of Baltimore. The charter wa3 granted, and when one asked, "wbal are you going to do with it?" "I am going to use it," said he. He used it, and today no road is greater | than the road which runs, "in, through and under" the city of Baltimore. Many look at us here tonight, and wonder, yea, ask, Educate for what? So many young j persons jf fine and brilliant education have | failed. So miny got diplomas and after that j nothing ; so many have tied up their beauti ful certificates, and made the world no better by having them, that no wonder we ask ; Educate tor what ? Let me see the orderly school presided over j bv talented, moral, God-fearing teachers, ami I ? show you a better people, a richer town, better homes and iess crime. Our own school is a worthy example. The good school has brought more inhabitants to j the city ; m?re business, more money. Uur ! town took a new stride when our citizens called for better schools. Do you set tbe ? effects today ? If you sec it so soon what can, j and must be the result five, ten, fifteen years hence. Our people are more prosperous in Georgia than they are in any other southern state; and they have better schools, longer terms and better pay than any other state south. Educate me, aud I want to be a better wo man?nobler, purer and more useful. Teach me of tbe stars and 1 learn of a God; teach me of the laws and I want to obey them; teach me of eternity and I shall live for eter nity. The day is fast approaching when, Deither hard hands, nor dark faces will be the symbol of ignorance. Education increases the wealth of a nation, it makes labor more effective, her cities Heed j no walls, her men re walls, high-minded m , men who their duty know aud knowing dare maintain. With our frail bark, like the mariner, we j are about to ventine upon mid ocean, the ? compass to guide, must be the fountain of ' learning watered by tbe floodgate, education, so we can deluge our pathway with moral and j intellectual light, iti every nook of this broad south land. Educate the laborer to render his labor more effective, to make him sktlin.l in all the | avenues of life save crime, to centr l dark-; ess and ignorance, and btnish from our: midst superstition and jealously and plant j upon the outer wall the only incentive, feel- j i?g, \\ ho best tan work, Aud best agree. ? By so doing education will dignify the laborer, spread his canvass to the breeze, and soon the favoring gale will bear him gently from the shores of superstition and ignorance. Then there will be no necessity of bridging over that dark abyss, but Columbus-like, dauntless through calm and through storm will cross the ocean to fair Canaan's Heav enly land. Educate for what? Educate the child that he may bring blessings on you, good to the community and service to his Maker. Cul tured intellect is quick to perceive truth and beauty ; our chief delight should be to grow in learning as we grow in years. That such would be the case, I would pray with my latest breath that posterity may en joy a free, political, intellectual and moral elevation, and may Heaven's blessings attend the efforts. ? mm ? * ? - Misapprehenson, Not Misrepresen tation. Editor Watchman and Southron: In reply to your statement in last week's issue as to my report in the Neves and Courier of Supt. Duffie's speech at the recent Graded School Commencement, allow me to say that I bad no intention, in the least way, to misrepresent Mr. Duffie. I was not preseat on the occasion, but was informed by several reputable parties that Mr. Duffie said what I reported him to have said. A large number of those present understood Mr. Duffie to say exactly as reported by me. June 13. Sumtbr Cor. News and Courier. Alxcays open? the offer m aide by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy. It's a reward of 8500 cash for an incurable case of catarrh,no matter how bad, or of how long stand ing. TheyTl carry it out, too. It's one thing to make the offer. It's a very different thing to make it good. It couldn't be done, except with an extraordinary medicim. But that's what they have. By it's mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties, Dr. Sage's Remedy cures the worst cases. It doesn't simply palliate for a timo, or drive th? dis ease to the lungs. It produces a perfect and permanent cure. Try it and see. If you can't be cured, you'll be paid. The only question is?are you willing to make the test, if the makers are willing to take the risk ? If so, the rest is easy. Ton pay your drug gist fifty cents and the trial begins. If you're wanting the $5o0 you'll get some thing better?a cure ! Can you havo better proof of the healing: power of a medicine ? ?'-?mm* ? ? ---mmm Ripans Tabules are of great value. For Over Fifty Years. Mrs. Win3low's Soothing Syrop has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cares wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. It is a fixed and immutable law that to have good, sound health one must have pure, rich and abundant blood. There is no shorter nor surer route than by a course of De Witt's Sarsaparilla. J. S. Hughson & Co. LADIES Needing atonic, or children who wantbuild ing up. should take BROWN'S 1KOX BITTERS. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indi gestion, Biliousness and Liver Complaints. MOUNT AIRY WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, A DELIGHTFUL HEALTH ani SUMMER RESORT. WE TAKE PLEASURE in informing our friends and the public generally that the Hotel at this Famous Resort has iu3t been ! well furnished with a nice selection of new furniture and an entirely new outfit thoughout, and will be opened June 15th. The water at this Spring 1*3 claimed by competent judges to be superior to any of the I kind in the State, and equal to the Greenbriar White Suiphur of "Virginia ; and for beauty of scenery and pleasantness of location, is ] hardly surpassed by any other resort. [ It is situated at the base of the Blue Ridge I mountain, and that beautiful mountain stream, the Ararat river flows through the grounds ne?r the Spring, affording such delightful sports as boating, bathing, etc. A few hours ride carries you to the wonder ful cave, the "Devil's Den," the far famed "Pinnacles of Dan," and other elevated points on the summit of the Blue Ridge, from which you behold scenes of indescribable loveliness and gradeur. Near by, and convenient of access, is the Pilot Mountain, capped with ; that lofty and wonderful freak of nature, "The Pinnacle." Board firs?-clas3 in every particular. Rates, C30 00 per month or $10 00 per week ; Children under >2 years of age and servants, ! half price. These rates also apply to families 1 and parties. Laundry and Livery Stable convenient to the Spring. I Ou'-s's will be conveyed directly from the trains to the Spring over a new and beautiful road Parties in South Catolina can reach Mount Airy via the C. S. A N. Railroad, which connects with the C. F. ? Y. V. Road at Ben nettavi He, S C. Close connection made at Greensboro, N. C , with the R. & D., and at Walnut Cove with the N. & W. Road The Trains araive at Mount Airy at 4:45 in ? the afternoon, affording sufficient time to reach the Spring before night. Ample mail, express and telegraph facilities. Address, JORDAN & BROWN, MOUNT AIRY, N. C. THE PATTERSON MINERAL SPRINGS. Under new management. Hotel enlarged to twice its former size, and surrounded by double porticos. Charges least of any first cla3S springs in the South. IN SIGHT OF BLUE EIDGE MOUNTAINS. Two daily mails. Four miles South of Shelby, N. C, on (3-C'? Railroad.) Charles ton, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. Patterson Station one-half mile of Springs. These celebrated springs are now open for the reception of visitors. We pledge our selves that the fare shall be the best that the markets of Western North Crolina affords, and that no pains will be spared in furnishing our guests with the ra-ist interesting programme of amusements that is to be seen at any resort in the mountain section. These waters are highly recommended for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Diseases of the Kfd-; nevs, Liver, Bladder,and ai) cases of Debility and Weak Constitution which need a stimu lant, and all Rheumatic and Scrofulous auc tions. We are so situated, owning the Springs with farm attached, from which we get most of our supplies, we can furnish our patrons with the best Mineral Water, the most whole some food and lirst-ciass accommodations tit the following extremely low rates : BATES Of BO.UiD. Per d.ny, when one occupies room S 1 50 Per day,when two or more occupy room 1 25 j Per week, when one occupies room 8 00 j Per week, when two or more 7 00 | Per mouth, when one occupies room 2.? j Per month, when two or mor*? 25 00 Children and colored servants at half price, j Amusements?Bowling Alley, Lawn Ten nis, Croquet, Foot Ball, and indoor games of ull kinds. For further information addrw GEORGE B. PATTERSON, June 15 3 SWANGS, N. C. PAWLEY'S ISLAND 2 ! 2 rpiiiS FAVORITE RESORT, UNDER ? the management of Mus. WINTHROP WILLIAMS, will be open for the season on \ ill A Y '?O? h. Ihst. Good table, no lUOiquitoes, line surf bathing and deep sea fishing. Boats leave Georgetown on Mondays, ! Wednesdays and Fridays. Comfortable trrnsportation from Waverly j Mills to the Hotel. Excursion tickets now on j sale. For terms address, MRS, WINTHROP WILLIAMS, W A VERL Y MILLS, j Georgetown Co., S. C. May 18. J.'ipnns Tabules cure ?olic. i 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. WANTED.?Estimates to furnish a cou ple with two meals a day. Address P. 0. Box, No. 16._ STRAYED OR STOLEN. A handsome pointer puppy?White with liver-color spots about head and body, six months old. j Any person finding and restoring him to me, will be suitably rewarded. W? H. Ingram. FOR SALE?Planting lands iu all sections of Sumter and Clarendon counties. Small farms and large plantations, city lots in all parts of the city. W. H. INGRAM, October 14. Broker. Early Risers, Early Risers, Early Risers, the famous iittle pills for constipation, .sick headache, dyspepsia and nervousness. J. S. Hughson & Co. IRON MIXTURE ! WHAT IS IT? THE PUREST AND BEST TONIC IN TBE WORLD. ]t builds np the system, it purifies the blood, it beautifies the complexion. TRY IT, AND HAYE NO OTHER. Only 50c. per bottle. For sale by all your Druggists. THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Manufacturers and Proprietors. April 20. NOTICE TO TEACHERS. Office Secretar? an?> Treasurer, SCHOOL DISTRICT CITY OF SUMtER, SctfTtR, S. C , June 6, 1892'. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF School District, City of Sumter will hold a meeting f ? election of Teachers for both the White and Colored Graded Spools on MON DAY, JUNE 20th, instant, for life ensuing terra. Applications must be on file in this office by that date. Bp order of Board of Commissioners. C. M. HURST, Secretary and Treasurer. June S 2t NOTICE -?TO? Property Owors ai otte Citizens. Clerk and Treasurer's Office, V Sumtes, S. C , June 5, 1892, f YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that during the month of June of each vear. RETURNS OF PROPERTY in City of Sum ter for taxation, and report of all male citizens between eighteen *nd fifty years of age, for enrollment for street duty, must bo made to this orTk-e, as required hy Ordinances of City of Sumter. Your immediate attention is requested. By order of Couucil. C M. HURST, Clerk and Treasurer.^ 1 Jnne 8?_2t State of South Carolina, j COUNTY OF SUMTER, By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge. WHEREAS, JAMES D. GRAHAM, C. C. i C P. ?c G. S made suit to me, to j grant him Letters of Administration, of the Estate and effects of NEYTIE PENNING TON, (Derelict) deceased. [ These are therefore to, cite and admonish jail and singular the kindred and creditors I of the said Nettie Pennington late of said j ; County and said State, deceased, that they ; be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro- j f hate, to be held at Sumter, on July 5th, 1892 next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any j they have, why the said Administration I shou'd noi be granted. Given under my hand, this 25th day of May, Anno Domini, 1892. THOS. V. WALSH, Mav 25?6t Judge of Probate. We beg to say to the trade that, as heretofore, Our Suinter House Will remain open in charge of Mr. EL B. Bloom. The saving of money is more of an object than ever in hard year?, and Lo those contemplating the parchase of machinery we offer the opportunity :>f saving money by dealing direct with manufacturers. With men of ex perience and ability in all departments, and a thoroughly equipped shop at your doors we are able to offer High grades at Low Prices. T?e fnrnisbf competent machinists free of charge to erect all machinery vre sell. Call otr [>r address CHERAW MACHINE WORKS, Engineers, Founders and Machiaists, Sumter, S. C, and Cfteravv, S. C. KING-MAW & CO., THE GROCERS. We always keep the best CANNED MEATS, FRUITS and VEGE TABLES atfd self them z?t rock bottom prices. We v/itl quote bere only a few articles and will be pleased to famish prices on anything in our line, not here quoted, on application. We handle KINGAN & GO'S. CELEBRATED -RELIABLE" HAMS AND STRIP BACON uncanvassed. Martin's Butter and Cbeese, Yan Derver and Bolinear* Crackers, and Heinze'd pickles: 2 lb. Tripe, the best goods, 15c. per can. 2 lb. Roast Beef, the best goods,- loc. per can. 2 lb. Corned Eeef, the best goods, 20c. per can. 1 lb. Lunch Tongue, the best goods, 20c. per can. 3 lb. cans Pie Peaches, only a per can. We sell the best TEA., Green and Mixed, ever brought to this city at 50c. per pound. We deliver all goods bought of us, promptly. KINGMAN & CO. May 4._^ BEIERT & mmii Wholesale and Retail Grocers. GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Will keep on hand a full stock. We will not he undersold, Give us a call. Save Money. Corner Main and Republican Streets. April 15_ Howard Fleming^ - 276 EAST BAY STREET, - <Dl?&j&.&lX* JSf, &m C, - IMPORTER OF - ENGLISH PORTLAND CEMENT -AND DEALER IN Lime, Cements, Plaster, Hair, Terra Cotta Pipe,&c, and all Building Material. Orders Given Prompt Attention. Correspondence Solicited. Lowest Prices. Best Satisfaction. Oct 21 o _ AGAIN 71 . Just Received and in Stock, New line of Black Dress Goods, Cashmeres, Battiste Albatross, Tourise Cloth, Nuns Veiling, Bedford Cords and Henriettas* Black Lawns, Striped and Plain. A Beautiful Line of Gray and Tan Bedford Cords. Henriettas and Nuns Veiling in the latest and most popular shades. Also nice assortment of Parasols, Fans and ilibbons, Taffeta and Silk Gloves. Be sure and examine our line of White and Black Embroidered Skirts. threat Bargains in these. Respectfully DY, SWMTMR. S. C.