WATCHMAN, Kstmbttehed April, I860.
"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's
THK TBDK SOUTHRON, Eatabilfched Jane, Ic60*
ftmaoiidated Ans. 2, 1881.1
SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1893.
New Series-Vol. XII. No. ?Sf.
Nalia*** tn? Wedattday,
IT
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SUMTER, 8. C.
til m :
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Obituaries and tributes of respect will be
ossssjesl for.
SHOWS RfTWNAL BANK,
OF 2 SUMTER.
STATS, CITY 'AND COUNTY DBPOSI
TORY, MO MT SR, S. C.
Paid ap Capital.$75,000 00
SarphisFurid.1L?00 00
Tiaaoam * Ge&er*! Banking Buttress.
Careful alteatioo given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
itt of $1 ead upwards received. Io
?lloved at the rate of 4 per cent, per
Payable quarterly, on first days of
April, Joly sod October.
R. X. WALLACE,
President.
L. S. Ciases,
Aa?. T_Cashier._
TU IM (IF sn,
SUMTER, S C.
orrr AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
?a gereta! Banking nosiness.
Also bes
Bank Department
of $1.00 sod upwards received,
calculated at toe rate of 4 per cent,
payable quarterly.
W. F. ?. HAYNSWOBTH,
W. F. Saan, President.
Cashier.
Ase ?.
NEW UMBB TARO. j
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
tho public geaeraitv that my Saw MtU
located OB the C. S AN. R. R.. just back of
say reaiatacc, is sow in full operation, and I
ass propared to furnish ail grades of Y?lk>w
Pis? Lamber from aobied timber, at prices
oceordtug to grades.
Tard aeeesnhleoa North side of residence.
J. ? ROACH.
HeVit._
NEW
MARBLE WORKS.
RICHARDSON,
U8?RTY STREBT, SUMTER, 8. C.
WS HAYS FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP
For tho parp?se of working Marble
and Granite, manufacturing
Mimesis, Miles, Etc,
And doing a General Business in that lice.
A complete work-shop has been fitted up ou
LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE
, And we are now ready to execute with
promptress ail orders consigned to os. Satis
Castles guaranteed. Obtaia our price before
placing ?a order elsewhere.
W. H. COMMANDER,
G. E. RICHARDSON.
Jeoel?
COTTON STALK
Be We TWO-HOY Coll M
Was again awarded the first prise at tbe
South Carolina State Fair, held Nor.
6th to 16th, this year. There is DO
cher implement that will clear your
laod of the old stalk* like this one.
~ Marjy of theos have been io ose for
three ?oars, aod without exception each
and every farmer asiog coe has pro
coon ced it a complete succ?s*
Seed to y oar orders promptly if yoa
want a machine sad don't watt until the .
ls** sa caa cot wheo the etslke most he !
oat, or knocked off on the top like your ?
?roat grandfather ?sed to do.
Respectfully,
JOEL E. BRONSON,
SUMTER, S. C.
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; NOTICE.
?BB SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA?
TION will be in hts office on Salesday of
mooth, fer the purpose of ?suing certiS
cate? of Registration to all persons who bare
become tweoty-one years of age since tba last
G?rerai election Also transfers to those who
Bare changed place of residence.
W. S. JAMES.
Supervisor of Registration.
Pee. 7. S-t._
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TAX RETURNS
FOR 1S92-93.
RETURNS OF Personal Property and
Polls wilt be received at the following
times and places, viz :
R. I. Manning's Tuesday, January
10.
Tindal!'* Wednesday, Jan. M.
Wedgefield. Thursday, Jan. 12
Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 13.
John?ton's Store, Monday, Jan. 16.
Shiloh, Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Lynchburg, Wednesday, Jan. IS.
Magnolia, Thursday, Jan, 19.
Mayesvilie, Friday, Jan. 20. I
Reid's Mill, Monday. Jan. 23.
?isbopvtlie. Tuesday and Wed?
nesday, Jan 24 and 25
Manville, Thursday, Jan. 26.
Spring Hil?, Friday, Jan. 27.
Mecbaoics?ii!e. Saturday, Jan. 28.
Scarborough, Monday, Jan. 30.
Rem bert, Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Hagood. Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Sta?eeurg, Thursday. Feb. 2.
And at the Auditor's office in Sum- !
ter on all other days, from Jan. 1st
until Febuary 20th, inclusive. |
The law requires that all persons owning j
property or in anywise having charge of such
property either aa agent, husbnnd, guardian,
trustee, executor, administrator, Ac, return
i the SHtzje under onto to the Auditor, who re
quests all persons to be prompt io making
i their returns and save the 50 per cent, pen?
alty, which will be added to ihe property
valuation of ali persons who fail to make '
returns within the time prescribed by law.
A good way for ?be taxpayer who has much
property to return, is to make a memoran* |
dum of the number of horses, cattle, mules,
siteep and gouts, bogs, watches, organs and
pianos, buggies, wagons and carriages, dogs,
merchandise, machinery, mooeys, notes ar.d
accounts (above indebtedness) furniture, Ac,
which will sa ve the taxpayer time and enable
the assessor to progress io the work.
Taxpayers return what they own on tb J
first day of January, 1893,
Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first
given name of the taxpayer in full, also make
a separate return for each party for the town*
ship the property is in, and where the tax?
payer owos realty to insert the postoffice as
their place of residence, and those who only
own personal property to give the party's
name ?tho owns the laud the; live on ?s their
i residence, which aids the taxpayer as well
?s the county treasurer tu making the collec?
tion ?rid preventing errors.
Every mnie ci uzeo between the age? of
twenty-one and fifty years on the first day
of January, 1893, expeept those incapable of
earning a support from beiog maioed, or
from o.ber candes, sha:i be deemed taxable
j poils
Ail returns that are made after the twenti
, eth day of February next have to be placed
! on the additional list and fifty per cent, pen
I alty added thereto, unless prevented by sick?
ness or out of the county during the time
; of lifting Not knowing the tune of listing
is no excuse. And ali owners of real estate
! might do their tenants who cannot read or take
a newspaper, a great favor by making their re
! tums or telling them the time of listing, and
chat if they fail to make their returns tn
i time that the valuation has to be increased
: fifty per cent, unless they have a good ex
' case.
The assessing and collecting of taxes is all
done now io the same year, and we have
to aggregate the number *od value of all
the horses, cattle, mules, Ac , as well as the
acres of land, lots and buildings and their
value, that there is iu the county, and bare
same on-fite in the Comptroller General's
office by the thirtieth day of June each jear.
And from that time to the first day of Octo?
ber each year the auditor's and treasurer's
duplicate has to he completed and an abstract
of the work in the Comptroller's office by
that time, which will show at a glance that
the auditor has no time to take in returns,
or so anything else much, between the first
day of March and the first day of October
each yeai, but work on the books and blanks.
Therefore hope ?hit all taxpayers will do us the
favor of makiog their returos in time.
PETER THOMAS,
Auditor Sumter County.
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food to assimilate, nourish the body?
and pass off naturally without nausea
?or griping. Both sizes of Tut t's Fills ?
aro tfold by all dru^qrists. Dos? small.
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THE
Sumter Institute.
THE INSTITUTE hae opened its sessions
under very auspicious circumstances.
1 ne hoarding department ts well appointed
and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those
desiring rooms should apply at an early day.
The Art room bas been enlarged aud refitted,
affording ample light, and all necessary facili?
ties for good work.
Specinl lessons in Painting and Drawing,
each SIS a term; in Eook-keeping, Steno?
graphy, Typewriting &r-d Penmanship, each
$10 a term; Instrumentai and Vocal Music
eace $20 a term, with $3 for use of insturoent
for practice. Elocution $7.50 a term.
Students will be received for any of these
special courses at soy time during the year,
and we solicit patronage of the young ladies
of 'he city not regularly entered in the school.
For further information apply to
H. FRANK WILSON,
President.
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Placing the State Debt
Charleston an Important Factor in
the Negotiations.
The News and Courier has done
all that it possibly could do to assist
Governor Tillman and Treasurer
Bales in their efforts to refund the
State debt. It has not approved of
some of the methods they have adopt?
ed to accomplish this purpose. It
believes that the bonds should have
been offered' to the highest bidder ;
that it was not necessary, to place
the bonds, that a syndicate of outside
capitalists should have been formed ,
that the debt could have been taken
by Charleston bankers and in
veistors had the opportunity been
afforded them equally with outside
dealers and speculators. It has ex?
pressed surprise that the State should
pay a commisaioa of 2 J per cent for
placing the bonds wbeie there was an
agreement between representatives
of the Baltimore and Charleston sub?
scribers to do the work for three
fourths of 1 per cent ; that the pro?
ceedings before the State Supreme
Court touching the construction of
the Refunding Act was extraordinary ;
that the hearing before the Supreme
Court waa entirely esparte and that
the decision of the Supreme Court in
the alleged test case was of doubtful
validity. But the News and Courier
has refrained from publishing any
statement in regard to the negotiations
which have been in progress in this
city for the past three weeks because
it did not care to place any obstacle
in the way of the certain settlement
of the State debt
Three or four weeks ago Mr John
S Williams, of Richmond, Mr R A
Lancaster, of New York, and Mr
F. M. Colston, of Baltimore, came,
to Charleston to interest the capi?
talists of this city in. the work of
placing the State debt. They said
io effect that the Sute debt would be
pl teed without doubt, and that they
had* come here to admit the Charles?
ton people to the ground floor After
frequent and earnest consultation with
the Charleston people and much
communication by wire and mail
between Charleston and Columbia,
Charleston and Richmond, Charles?
ton and Baltimore and Charles?
ton and New York, they se?
cured a subscription in Charleston
of $2,000,000 towards the State
debt The understanding between
Messrs. Williams and Lancaster and
the Charleston subscribers was that
they, or the syndicate which they
represented, were only to receive
three-quarters of 1 per cent commis?
sion, and that they controlled the
entire issue of State bonds, amount?
ing to $5,800,000 : that the expense
connected with the placing of the
bonds would consume almost the
entire three-quarters of I per cent,
and that the syndicate expected to
make their money by selling the
bonds at a per cent over par, and
every subscriber in Charleston signed
an agreement that he would not sell
the bonds before the 1st of July next
at less than 103
In the meantime a question was
raised as to the construction of the
Refunding Act and a test case was
made up by the Administration and
presented to the State Supreme
Court. The question involved in
this cass was whether uud*r the
terms of the Act permitting the Gov*
ertior and State Treasurer to sell the
bonds at not less than par or lace
value they could be sold at "par
flat, ' which was explained in the
contract between the State and the
Baltimore syndicate to mean that
nothing should be paid for accrued
interest. Under the decision of the
Court the contract as made by the
Governor and State Treasurer was
sustained, as being authorized by the
Act, and by virtue of this decision
the Governor and State Treasurer
have authority to pay 2| per ceut for
placing the debt.
When this decision was made the
Charleston subscribers to the syn?
dicate held a meeting to deter?
mine what course they should pursue.
At their meeting on Monday last the
action indicated in the following
paper was taken :
CHARLESTON. S. C., Jan. 22, '93.
To the Chairman and other mem?
bers of the conference of subscribers
tn the new issue of 4| per cent bonds
of the State of South Carolina
Gentlemen : The undersigned com?
mittee, appointed by your conference
for the purpose of recommending the
proper course to be pursued in view
of recent developments in thc matter
of subscriptions to said issue of new
State bonds, respectfully be? leave
to report :
That at a meeting of your commitee
held on Saturday, 21st instant, at 1
o'clock P. M., at the Germania Sav
inga Bank, at which all the members
of the committee were present, it was
resolved to send the following tele?
gram, prepaid, to Mr. John S. Wil?
liams, Richmond, Va:
"Before making recommendations
to Monday's meeting we will be
pleased to have your syndicate and*
representative of the Baltimore Trust
Company appear before our commit?
tee at ll o'clock, Monday, at Ger?
mania Saving? Bank; we wish to
see all original contracts. We
expect yon Co notify other parties."
feigned by the committee.
That said telegram was duly sent
over the Western Union wires at
hall past 1 o'cibek P. M. on said
Saturday, -1st instant, all charges j
prepaid That ?oar commiite met |
ai tji? Germania Siftings Bank this.
day, at ll o'clock A. M., and no
member of the committee having;
received any communication from
Mr. William?, and neither he nor
any representative being present,
your committee continued the further
consideration of the matter, and asa
result beg to submit to you for con
siderat ion the propriety of passing the
following preamble and resolution :
Wheareas, the subscriptions of the
undersigned were procured from us
upon the representation to us res?
pectively of the existence at the time
of our respective subscriptions of cer?
tain alleged facts, especially the re
preMentation then made to un that the
entire issue had been then taken by the
parties represented by those solicit
ing our subscriptions, which we have
since become reasonably satisfied did
not then exist, ami
Whereas, such subscriptions would
not have been made had it not been
then represented to UH that the entire
issue had been then taken by thc
parties represented by those solicit?
ing our subscriptions, and had not
such then conditions also been then
represented to us as existing ,
Be it therefore resolved. That in
view of these developments we do
hereby withdraw our several subscrip?
tions.
A majority ot the Charleston sub?
scribers to the syndicate withdrew
their subscriptions and a formal state?
ment of their action, as indicated in
the foregoing paper, was mailed to
the Baltimore syndicate yesterday.
The amount represented by the
Charleston subscribers withdrawing
from their agreement with the syndi?
cate is about $1,200,000 out of the
$2,000,000 of bonds originally sub?
scribed for in this city, leaving sub
scriptions to the syndicate of about
$800,000 in Charleston.
What effect this ac? iou of the
Charleston subscribers will have upon
the bonds and what course the syndi?
cate will pursue i em ai ns to be seen;
the withdrawing subscribers represent
banks and other institutions and trust
estates. Whether it will be possible
to make up to the syndicate in
Charleston what has been lost by the
withdrawal of a majority of the
subscribers here it is not possible to
say. Dispatches were received here
yesterday saying that the Baltimore
syndicate would probably take the
whole available issue. It is certainly
known that the syndicate has
deposited $100,000 in the Bank
of Charleston, the agent of the
State, this amount being 5 per
cent on the purchase of $2,000,
000 of the bonds. It is not known
whether or not the syndicate has
actually placed any of the bonds
bought by it-probably it has not
tried to place any of them ; but it is
known that the syndicate has put up
the margin on $2,000,000 of the
bonds, and that Charleston has
invested $800,000 in them So far
as known the only bonds that have
been actually placed are the $31)0,000
of bonds placed in Charleston.
Charleston could and would have
taken the entire issue, it is believed,
had Charleston been placed on an
even footing with the rest of the
financial world.
Whether by word, intimation or
inference, the impression has obtained
with the Charleston subscribers
thai the whole nsue was placed as is
shown, however, and when from the
proceedings in the test case before
tue Supreme Court it appeared that
it would net be placed bet?re the 1st
of April, most of the subscribers with?
drew their subscriptions. If the
syndicate would now assure the sub?
scribers that the whole issue will be
taken on or before April 1, it is
believed that two millions or more
would be immediately taken here.
It is a long story, however, and
this chapter is long enough and inter?
esting enough tor the first day.
News and Courier.
Gold Dust Cotton
Believing it is our duty to let the
light there may be on us shine, I wish
to avail myself of the columns of The
Cultivator, the best Southern argr i cul?
tural paper, in delivering to my
brother farmers what I believe to be
a valuable message.
Planters are all more or less fami?
liar with the improved varieties of
cotton that have beeu long in general
we. The Feterkin, the Welborn's
Pet, the Herlong, etc , have been
tried in nearly every community and
have gained more or lesa popularity.
Gue of the latest claimants-in* this
section is the * Gold Dust. ' And I
firmly believe that it works an ad?
vance over all other varieties as great,
if not, greater, than has ever been
made at one bound by an? cotton. I
believe that it is the best cotton ever
plauted.
Only one year ago my attention was
first called to this cotton in such a
way as to induce me to investigate it.
Having seen a letter from the mana?
ger of the South Carolina experiment
station at Columbia, in* which he gave
his experience with this cotton, I
wrote him. Ile replied very
fully, describing his experiment and
conclusions and advising me, if-able to
do'so, to buy seed for my whofe'crop
lie said that it was "by far the beat
cotton he had ever seen." Oh one
half acre only half manured, he made
a good bale. This and ail his other
varieties came up late in .lune, and
the Gold Dust had, when the frost
come October 8th, matured every
boll ; while the other varieties were
caught with about one-half tire crop
unmade.
I further found that every mau that
had ever tried the (Void r>Ust, had for
it only praise of the highest kind
So, though 1 had never seen a stalk
of it, nor a man who had4, I decided1
to buy enough seed- to plant my
whole crop! "A rash*venture/' tl?
you say ? I reasoned- t4iat ir it was
ouly half as good ar jts rftemfir said,
1 Would make twice as* much as I had
ever done with the Feterkin or thc
Pet, and would doubtless find ready
sale for my seed at a good price. To
secure the best, I bought seed two
and three years old, planted separate
trout any other cotton.
When my cotton began to put on
forms, it attracted attention. Neigh*
bore from far and near came to see it.
and every one said that he had never
seen anything like it. The limbs
came out right at the ground, grew
quite long and averaged at least one
for every inch of height of stalk. The
forms were very closely crowded on
every limb and all the way from stalk
to end of limb. Stalks three feet
high with 200 to 300 forms were
common enough.
When the bolls began to near
maturity, every one was struck with
their great size. Mr. Gaillard com?
pared it in this respect with his other
varieties, and found that while the
others took about 100 bolls to make
a pound, 100 bolls of Gold Dust gave
the unprecedented yield of one pound
ten ounces.
How about the yield of lint ? The
seeds are large sud the lint not lon?
ger than usual, so one would hardly
expect an unusual yield. From
thirty-five to forty per cent, is about
what is claimed for it ; yet I see from
all quarters much better returns than
that. One report gives forty-four
The fine body and longness of lint
is another valuable feature. I sold it
to the most experienced buyer in
Sumter, one of the best judges in this
State, and he said that it had the best
body he bad ever secu on any cotton.
All I have sold has brought the top of
the market. The Gold Dust will make
a crop in three or four weeks less
time than any other 1 know anything
about.
These, then, are the points in which
the Gold Dust has proved its superi?
ority to all others: Quickness of
growth; .sureness of crop , earliness ;
number atid length of limb ; number
and size of bolls ; ease in picking ;
turn out at the gin : fineness and
toughness of lint; ability to stand
bad weather ; large yield per acre.
Mayesville, S. 0. Il W. B
-From the Southern Cultivator.
How to Grow Tobacco.
No crop in the ?South has so many
enemies to contend with as tobacco.
These begin to harras the existence
of the plant bed. Tho horn worm
plys his avocation in June and Ju ly
and tries to destroy the crop. After
the leaves are gathered and manu?
factured then the anti tobacco crank
begins his work and really for the
bewitching weed there is no rest
until its substance is lost in smoke
through the gentle pipe of peace.
There are different kinds of insects
which attack the plant during its
growth, and which must be guarded
against vigilantly. Then comes the
cut worm, the pest which attacks the
plant first after it is set out. The
bud worm begins later and destroys
the growth of the plant. The last of
all is the horn worm, aud the most
deadly in its ravages on the plant
the one insect of all others to be
most carefully watched. I give be
low the mo t approved means for
destroying each :
i The Flea Bug is the first to
attack tobacco and begins its de?
predations in the plant bed soon
after the plants are up. The most
satisfactory way of destruction is to
apply to the young plants plaster in
which raga are saturated with kero
I sine oil have lain for a short while.
If the insects are very troublesome
cover the plants with the plaster and
repeat after each rain if necessary.
Keep a close watch on the plant bed.
Planters who do not canvass their
! plant beds find that green " dar
brush scattered over the surfs "i
often effective in driving away <.
Flea Bug. These little pests are
worse some seasons than others, and
nothing but the closest watchfulness
will insure the safety of the young
plants whenever they make their
appearance.
In April or May or even early
June when the plants have been set
in the fields the cut worm begins its
work. This is nothing more than
the ordinary cut worm which crawls
from the ground during the night and
cuts off the tender plant just above
the surface. There is no way to de?
stroy the insect except by hand and
when there are many a close watch
should be maintained for them
Stubble latids and such ai have been
allowed to grow off in weeds or
clover the year before are prolific
yielders of this troublesome pest.
Of all the insects which infest the
Tobacco plant the Bud worm5 is- per?
haps the least troublesome, and yet
it will do great damage to the crop'
! unless watched. Its home is in tue
tender bud of the Tobacco stalk
where it feeds on the tender heart
leaves, so that when they grow out
they are perforated with holes and
almost useless- tor anything except
trash. The only way to rid the
plant of the pest is to h mit them
down and kill them, which is a
slow and tedious job.
The* Irorn- Worm-This is the
crop destroyer and the insect
of all others which does the
greatest damage. Maj. Ragland has
made a careful study of the Horn
Worm and not of his majesty alone
but of methods calculated to best
de?troy the peat, and gives* the fol?
lowing valuable advice :
"The hawk moth or Tobacco fly
usually makes his appearance in Vir
gq'nia in the month of May. The
eggs deposited by the first mi ?nt ii s
hatch out in from five to seven days
larvae'o'- worms. The worm sheds
its outer skin twice before it gets its
growth- The growing stage of the
worm las hr from twenty five to thirty
days and after it has attained its
growth it gorges itself a few days
longer, and tl*en crawls or burrows
into the ground', where it soon passes
hito the puya state ; and after some
twenty-tl^ree or twenty five days
from- the time of its crawling into the
ground the pupa sends ft ? rtll a- moth
tn lay more eggs and hatch out more
worms. Each moth is capable of
laying on au average two hundred
e?rgs. So that for t^nry moth in
May we may leasouably expect at
Irani one hundred worms of the first
hatch and if none of these are de?
stroyed but all allowed, to change ta
moths and tl ?ese latter to raise a
horde of worms, what wonder that
second brood sometimes appears in
such countless numbers as to defy all
efforts to destroy them before they
have ruined the crop. Every moth
ought to be destroyed as they ap?
pear, and this may be done to great
extent by ejecting a few drops of
sweetened cobalt (wuich is a poison)
into the flowers of the Petunia,
Honeysuckle or Jamestown (Jimp
son) weed which will give them their
quietus. But this hunt for the moth
is not general, and if it were .some
would escape. But if the plauter
would wage a war of extermination on
the first batch of worms-unfortunate?
ly a tiling rarely done-they would
rarely appear in unconquerable hordes
later in the season.
It has been found advisable to
plant Jirapson weeds about the To?
bacco fields in order to have their
flowers as a means through which to
administer the Cobalt.
Tobacco is a plant whose growth
must be checked in early Summer or
it will put on too much leaf. This ts
what is known as topping. When a
bud appears in the top of the plant'
that indicates that the plant is get?
ting ready to seed, and at this stage
the plant should be topped. This is
usually done by going through the
field and pinching off the top of tue
plant. The number of leaves which'
should be allowed to mature on each
stalk depends very much on the qual?
ity of the land aud the amount of
fertilizer used? If the laud is quite
strong or the fertilizing heavy, the
plant may be topped at from 14 to 16*
or even 18 leaves If the laud is
poor and the fertilizing light, let the
topping range from 10 to 14 leaves.
The h aud who does the topping has
to judge of each plant how many
leaves should be alo wed to remain on.
the stalk and ripen A little practice,
however, soon makes this au easy
part of the work.
The suckers that appear soon after
the Tobacco is topped should not be
! allowed to get longer I hau a man's
j thumb, for by letting them remain on
I the stalk the leaves of the Tobacco
do not broaden or become fully de?
veloped, as the suckers take up* the
substance of the stalk and cotise
quently the Tobacco is thereby
damaged and will make nothing: but
light, chaffy aud: unsalable Tobacco.
Tobacco requires*about three courses'
of suckers to be taken off; and' then
it is nearing maturity.--So. Tob?ceo
Journal.
Will Not be Big Barkeeper.
_ i
ANDER ON, January 2?-Oil seeing
the siatesment tn The News and Coo-i-r
today to the effect that Governor Till?
man bad appointed Mr. It S Hill of
' this city. Sute dispenser uhdtT" the
Evans law your correspondent called on
! Mr. Hill to sse whether he bad been
notified of the fact ot Whether bs wodld
! accept tbs appointment
Mr. Hill stated that fae had received
a communication from Secretary of
State Tindal this evening informing him
that on haring the inclosed bonds filled
out and returned'the Gu vernor would
send him a enmmtflsion as ivate dis?
penser. Mr HUI Waa very much
surprised that ks should have been
seleoted for the position, as he was* not
an applicant for it, and stated that he
would have to decline to accept it. ile
expressed his appreciation of the compli?
ment to his business ability, knotting
the office to be one of great' respon?
sibility and trust. .
Mr. Hull's refusal ts not a surprise
to his friends, rte could' not accept the
appointment without a serious sacrifice of
bis large business interests. He is presi?
dent of the farmers' and Merchants'
Bank and'manager of the Alliance store
here, and has larg? mercantile inter?
ests ta other portions of the State as
well as tn Gfeofgia.
This makes the secottd appointment
tendered by Governor Tillman to an
Anderson mab; botif of WhHctr were
refused. The Governor tendered' Dr.
W. H. Nirdin the superintendency of
the Asylum some months since, but the
Doctor declined-'it.-Nfews and1 Courier.
Judge Gary Appointer!
Judge Ernest Gar j Was appointed on
the 25th to hold court in; di? Fourth'
Judicial Circuit in place of Jfcdge
Kershaw,who is incapacitated by illness
The appointment was made bj the Gov?
ernor at the request of the Supreme
Court, who, in a commue i cati on oil' the*
subject, said ;
Having been officially informed4 that
the Hon J. B Kershaw is disabled by
illness from ho ld m g the Courts of G?n?
erai Sesxioas and Common Pleas of the
Fourth'Circuit at the next ensuing terms
thereat, to which' bo had heretofore
been assigned, sod there being co other
Circuit Judge disengaged at the time
appointed for bbi&og said courts, we !
beg leave, pursuant to* provision of j
section 2123 of the General Statues, as j
amended by Act of December 24. 1890,
to recommend the apporWmeat of Hon i
Ernest Gary to hold said court's at tHe
next ensuing terms thereof.
Heorj Mciver, C J.
j S1 HfficG'owao, A. 4.
1 J Pope. A\ J.
-- ri ir -
jfothtag Short of Slavery.
Colombia, S". C., Jan. 24.-Assistant
Adjutant General Bocbaman returned
to the city today, and bas wade a
detailed' report to the governor on tb?
alleged fth-treatmeot of French and
Italian laborers ra the phosphate mines
of this stater. This report confirms ali
that was san? to the co in plaint of the
French- a4ti kalian toned*. Tb?
luliaS' eotap&iut had not bees-received
when he left hero, therefore he had
only the Fletch complaint to investi?
gate. He says in his* report thai he
found six Frenchmen imprisoned in the
mines under g nardy Who know nothing
,of the Keg Ihm language aud" ate ?baWe
to make koowa their complaint, as all
the overseen are Intalians. The only
alleged reason for their detention was
that they were in debt to tbe store
keeper. Investigation showed that
they were forced to buy their supplies
from the Italian store-keepers, and at
such price* air they please^ to 'charge
them that tbej are wor?t^^Ftibl)^ bv
Italian bosses and are as helpless as ?
though they bad oo tongue, so far as!
making tfceir abuses known to any one.'
The resort further states that ac ono
time these men were actually sadt into '
by one of these bosses with a gun:
loaded with -miall shot and several o f:
them wounded. The Italian who did *
the shooting has, in the meaati'ue, ru*i
away to New York. The condition as
described in the report is oe; of
thoron ?fa and complete slavery-;
The report concludes with the oph"-*
ion that the remedy- is beyond tbs
power of the stare, and should find itsx
permanent relief in the extension .* of the '
national law on i*t?fui?*Tarion. "Bit,*
it concludes, 4t( would* recommend that'
a detective be employed to investigate*
the condition of work in'these raines,
and to report any violation of the law."
Au* A?-Round Rascal.
PRIVATEER, SUMTER Cctx?v, Janu-"
ary 25*-Special : The newspapers"
have atready made mention of Arlen*
Bryant, of P?cksvill?, trying to hang-'
himself in one of the jails in Maine. I
have been making some inquiries abouti"
him* and I find that his career is a
startling one. I' don't suppose South'
Carolina* has ever produced a more'
thorough rogue than he is. He ap?
p*?ar8 to have always beeu a hard case. -
Wheo about 14 he f?rged his father's*
name and got twenty-five dollars and a*
suit of clothes. He then went; to
Florida, where he stole a gan and was"
put in jail. He has been in the Min-"
oing jail about half a dozen times, twice1"
in the Columbia jail,- and once io the'
Lexington jail. Two years ago he waa?
ia the Georgia chain gang. H?*
married io lexington, but left his wife.
Among hts crimes was the forgery-of*
his father-in-law's name for a large'
amount, some hundred dollars. He is"
charged with having stolen the wine"
aud hymn books from the Home Branch-'
Baptist Church,- uear Packsville. Ile*
sroie some properry from bis uncle',-a*
mule'and* wa i cb, if i re*henyher aright," -
but was caught up with. Lid and hrs*
father have shot at each o?berv It ap-""
pears that among the last, thiog.s he dit?
before leaving for New England was to*
forge Ms mother's name for fifteen'dol?
lar* with which he got a suit cf clothes.
Bryant hr described as a man cf piensan tr
manners. A* surprising thing about"*
bim is bis youthfulness,for it seems that;
he is ?ot more than 25 years otd; rtadr
be lived iu Kogland durmg- t^e middle
ages what a name he would have made?
:for himself as a robber.
The First Steps/
Columbia; S: C , Jan 25.-The first*
move iu the dispensary fight was*
made today when petitions were read
before the Supreme court for the"
issuance of a'rule to require the town
council of (/hester to show cause"
wliya writ of mandamus should; riot1
issue requiring them to grant liquor'
licenses for one year to W. IT.
Hoover and Groeschel & Co. The*
petition shows that the town council*
refused to graut licenses for the fuit*
year because of the passage of the'
dispensary bill. They issued Iicenses
for six months"--to end when the*
dispensay law is to go into eS?ct.
li ie petition alleges that the a-ct of
1$8S; allowing the town* council to*
grant license to seil' liquor is manda-"
tory and: that the dispensary law' is^
Unconstitutional for the following"
reasons : That it is au act to a raise'
revenue for the State and should have
Originated' in the House instead' of
the Senate that the bill was nearl
titree'times in the House:! that the'
subject* tb'which the act relates is*not"
expressed in its title, 3S required by**
the constitution, it clothes the' gov?
ernor of the State with- 3 power"
prohibited by the constitution, thai
it was never delegated by the people*
of Soutu-Carolina in the consitution'
of lfc6#to the State of South Carolina*
t*> enter into mercantile business to'
sell spirituous liquors for Hie purpose-"
of revenue ; that it was never dele'-*
gated to the State government" to*
create a' monopoly for itself in tho'
sale of liquors-; that no power was
ever delegated to appropriate $50,-'
OOO to carry on such business by the'
State:
The court granted the rule to show"
cause why a wi if of mandamus should*
not? ibsUc, returnable A pril IS.
fte Best Qualified.
Sessrtor Carlisle, Who r'esigr.'-d yes?*
feruay to become Secretary of Treas-*
|;ury, is* better fitted by ability and'train-*
ihg for the place than any mau who'*
codd be selected* in the democratic5
party. Whether bis methods of work-"
Si him' for the exhausting, undeviating-'
routiner of work in the Treasury f>e
partroeiit, Which has killed so many'
strong men in the last t wau t'y yeiws,.
|!is another matter.-Phi?adel-jhia Press,
Rfcp-.
B^srpe08ia and Liver Complaint*
Is it sot worth the small price of 75c. 1&
free joumflt of every symptom of these dh****
'tressing efompiaitity, if ye? thi;:k so call ?&
o?V mor? and pet a bettie of Shiloh's Vi-"
taliser, every bottle h*s n prit..ed gua"raote**f
on it,- cse accordingly and i*"it does you no1
good it will COST yon nothing. So!d: br D^.
y J. Chin?, Stutter S. C. 5
i^othing so distressing ?d a hacking Cjugh1
Nothhig- so fool i?h* HS to soffVr from iv
NotWnj-so dirigerons if niiovwd to cohticuel
She minute Cough-Cur? sives immediate re:
iref. J1. S. Hughson k Co.
Now Try lilia,
ft will cost you nothing-au t will surely do'
yon good, if y< u har? a Cough, C??M, or any"
trouble **Hth Throat. Cbc*' ur Lungs: T)r.
f?ngt New' Bise?very M Consumption,
Coogh? ?nd Colds if g**tr*a??iee? to ?ive relief/
or money wilt be p.*i?d biu-k. Sufferers from"
La Grippe found it il?t the thing and-under ita
j^ace bad a speedy and perfect recovery. Try ?
s?oirple bottle *t out expense and learn for
yourself jast hoW good"a thing it is. Trial bot?
tle* free at J; P. \T. D?Lonne's Drug Store.
Large sirte 50c. and $1.00 Z
- - i - -as*- ---
i Sesdache is the direct result of indigestion"
and stomach disorders. Remedy these by
using De Witt's Little Early Ris-rs, and y-our"
headache disapneats. The favorite little pilaf
-rr-irywbrre. J. S. Kughson & Co.
itcb on human and horses and all finirais'
cored in 30 uiiu?tt^ t?y Woolford's Sanitary
Lotion. Thisr never fails. Sold by A-.??.
Cbiua,.Druggist, Su;u:er S. C.
Sweet breath, sweet Scomscb, s-reet temper;
alt result from tb-: u:-e of De Witt's Little'
Karly Risers; t5.c tamous little pills. J. S:
Hughs JU *. t-'o.
Titles Morigpies, Leases, Lien?, Bondi?
e-'c., at -be \Y^ch?! ct^ dnd ^M^m oSki^' .