?.HK SUMTES WATCH Established April, 1S50.
Consolidated An?. 2, 1881.1
'Be Just' atfd Fear n<ftr~??t a?l the Ends thou Aims'fa*. bff thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's "
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 189a.
TBK T?T?J? SOTJTHKON, Established Jone, \Z$&
New Series-Yoi. X1?. So. il.
Published ovory Tffedns&day,
BT
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SUMTER, S. C.
TB RMS I
Fwo Dolors per annum-is advance.
? o v SST rsa ?ic SK TS.
J>s*e Square, first insertion.$1 00
Jrety subsequent insertion. 50
Contracts for three months, or longer will
ne made &t reduced rates.
All communication. w.iic;> subserve private
sterests will be-charged for aa advertisements.
Obituaries ?tad tributes of respect will be
charged for".
THE Simm KATI?XAL BINK,
OF SUMTER.
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI?
TORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Paid up Capital.$75,000 00
Surplus F?nd. 11,500 00
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Careful attention given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In
ferest aliow?*d at the rate of 4 per cent, per
ataaum. PayaMe quarterly, on first days of
January, April, July and October.
E. M. W?f&ACS,
President.
L. S. CASSOS,
Aug. 7 G*3h**r._
ll BM (IP SHIR,
SUMTER, S C.
CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
Transacts a general Banking nosiness.
Also hes
A Sayings Bank Department,
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received.
Interest calculated at the rate of 4' per cent.
Ser annum, payable quarterly.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH,
W. ?**MS, PVesfcfeot.
Cashier.
Aug 21._
NEW LUMBER YARSK
IBSG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
tba public generally that my Saw Mill
rootled on the C. S AS. R. R., jost back ot
my residence, is now in full operation, and I
am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow
?*hrer Lumber from cabled timber, at prices
according to grad vs.
Yard accessible on North side of residence.
f. B. ROACH.
Teb 18._
NEW
MARBLE WORKS.
COMMANDER & RICHARDSON.
LIBERTY STREET, SUMTES. S. C.
WE HAVE FORMED A CO PARTNERSHIP
For the purpose of working Marble
and Granite, manufacturing
fa?is, Miles. Etc.,
And doirg a General Business in that line.
A complete work-shop bas- been ikted up ot
LIBERTY STREET. 3SEAR?POST OFFICE
Am? we are now ready to execute with
promptness a!! orders consigned to us. Satis?
faction guaranteed Ou?ain our once befor*
placing an order elsewhere
W Br. COMMANDER,
G. E. RICHARDSON
June 16_
BOTTOM STALK
OtLopper.
Tie TisiT??R?ii ML
Chopper
Was a^ain awarded the first prize at the
Sooth Carolina State Fair, held Nov.
6th to 10th, this year There is no
o*her im^ieaieHt that will clear your
5an<) ef th? ol<i stalks i'r?^ this ose. i
??*ny of tbets have been in use f<>r
fbree years, atid without except too each
?nd every fafrtaer xfr'ftrg one bas pro
aou?ce? k a complets success.
Send in your orders promptly if you
Want a machine and don't wait until the
last moment when the stalks must be
cut, or knocked o S" on the top like your
great grandfather used to do.
Respectfully,
JOEL E. BRONSON,
SUMTER, S. C.
Dec. 14._i
If you want j
A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RIDING j
Road Cart,
AT A REASONABLE PRICE,
GET A
Genesco,
610.1 STEFFENS & SON,
Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C.
l?teles, Cte, Jewelry Repairefl
PROMPTLY.
Satisfaction guaranteed or mooey refunded.
A. D. Powers,
Reddic'3 Barber Shop. Main St., Sumter, S. C.
NOTICE.
THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA?
TION will be in his office on Saiesday of
e?ch month, for the purpose of issuing cfrttri
cates of Registration to all persons who have
beco\in twenty-oae years of a:ie sine* the last
General electioo A iso transfers to those who
b*ve changed place of rewdence.
W. S. JAMBS..
Supervisor of Registration. ;
Dec, ft Z-x.
JOS. F. RH A ME. WM. C. DAVIS.
RH AME k DAVIS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Manning, S. c.
Attend to business in any part of the j
State. Practice in U. S Couria.
Sept 21-1
G. WTDICE, B7B. S.~
Office over Bogin*s New Store,
MtTRANCS OK VAIN SntSS?
SUMTER, S. C.
Office Honrs.-9 to 1:30 : 2c30 Ur 5
Sept 8
BB. i A??lOLQiir!
DENTIS.
Office
0YER BROWNS * PURDY S STORE.
Entrance on Main Stn?et}
Between Browns Sc Purdy and Durant A San
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 1.30; 2 to5o'daek%.
Sumter, S. G , April 29.
SUPERIOR
to all other
medicines for
purifyimg the blood
and restoring the
health and
strength*
s
Sarsaparilla
is the
standard specifier
for Scrofula, Catarrh
Rheumatism, and
Debility.
Cures Others
will cure you.
H. B.
WEST END CALHOUN ST.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
General Agent for South Carolina,
RELAY BICYCLES.
Self-healing or other Pneumatic Tyres,
j PRICKS $110.00 and $125.00,
Exclusive agencies given at unoccupied points.
I Correspondence solicited,
j Feb. 15-v.
H. A. HOYT,
MAIS STRE?T,
S?MTRK. S. C.
Gold and Silver Watches,
FINE DIAMONDS.
Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacle?,
MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, fcc
REPAIRING A SPECfArtTT.
; Feb 1_
I k WHITE & SON,
i Fire Insnsanet Agency
ESTABLISHED 1866.
. Represent, among* other ?btapaoiea:
LIVERPOOL & LONDON & G-LOSS
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE.
HUME, of New Fork.
j ? N DERW RITE RS' J*. Y
L?NC?K7S? INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented. $75,000,000
j Feb. 12
OTTO F. WEIT?RS,
WHOLESALE
GROCER
And Liquor Dealer.
OFFICE AND SALESROOM :
183 Bast Baj, Charleston, S. C.
Nov. 7 o_
FERTILIZERS ?
FERTHjgRS I FERTILIZERS !
Having bought largely, KOK CASK, a full as?
sortment ?f,
Fertai Ms ai other Gus
! We are prepared to fiii orders for
such at low figures and on reasooable
tens*.
C. W UL BK KN & CO.,
Wholesale (i-rocers,
171 and 173 Bast Bay,
Nov. 19. Charlton. S. 3
--- " !
BEST AMD CHEAPEST.
ALL GOODS GUARANTEED!
Eetim&tes furnished by return Mail.
LARGE STOCK, PRUMPT SHIPMENTS.
lil. I. Tll.lll & (JO.
MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS :N
mm. sa m\vk>
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- ANO
GEKSBAL BUILDING I^ATEHI?L
1 'ffi'*? .? od Salesroom.-;. 10 ?nd 1*2 Havn* S?
CHARLESTON, S. C.
JHTI '?ir o
WILLIAM KENNEDY
Fashioaable Barber.
MAIN STREET,
Next door to Hsu-ie k Ferdy's Law Offio
SUMTER, S. C.
I DESIRE TO INFORM the citizens oi
X. S'smrttr :uid vicinity that I have opened
business on my o*m accou j vt the above old
stand, and that wuh competent and politf
aseistxnf?, I will be pleased to ptrve them ic
an; branch of voy business ir the best styl?
of t he ATL
tri ve me a cail
WM KENNEIi*
Oct U.
v iiipaus Tabule* cure Iii ves. ^ j
Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest ?. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
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i
-IN THE-*
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Assurance Company,
OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY
IN THE WORLD
That takes fire risks on Gins.
For particulars, etc., apply to
?LTAMT HOSES,
? AGENT.
P. S.-We db also a Gene?
ral Fire Insurance Busines?,
and represent the
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
of New York,
the fegest in the world.;
Aug. 17.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ROBERT T. CARR,
Desires to 'nform the public that be is fully
equipped arid t>r?>pared to do
TIN ROOFiNS^ PLUM&?.REPAIRING PUMPS,
and anything naualh done io a first-clasa
pluoibitig and tinning shop.
-AMso
S ETTI NO FANCY WOOD AND MA&3?.2
\1 A N T LES. TI L B H E A RT HS,
FACINGS A->3> GRATE?.
Mak*$ a specialty of putting in Electric
Brlis, Annuuciato:s, Stinking tubes, ftc.
'R*>BT. T. CARR.
Shop at J>. rr S?rr'V Mil!.
Communications at Walsn & Co's Shoe
Store or through post office will receive
nrornvt atientiou Oct 2B-o
IRON FIXTURE !
WHAT IS IT? ;
THE PUREST AND BEST TONIC IN
THE WORLD,
j.t builds up the system, it purifies tbe
b'ood, i? beautifies the complexion.
TRY IT, AND HAYE NO OTHER.
Only 5?c. per bottle. For saie by all your
Druggists.
THE MURRA? DR?S CO,,
Manufacturers and Proprietors.
April 20._I
THE !
S om ter Institute.
THE INSTITUTE has opened ita sessions I
under very auspicious circumstances, j
1 be boarding department is well appointed
and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those
desiring rooms should apply at an early dav. I
The Art room has been enlarged and refitted, I
nffordiog Kinp?e light, and ail necessary facili?
ties for good work.
Special lessons in Painting and Drawing^
each Si5 a term; in Book-keeping, Sieno
gruph^ , Typewriting ai>d Penmanship, each
$10* term; hnstnicnetUal and Vocal Music
euee $20 a term, with !?3:for use of iustumeni
for practice. Elocution $7.50 a term
Students will br. received for any of these
Special courses at any time during the year,
and we solicit paironage of tire young ladies
of the city not regularly eotered vn the school.
Sor furttier information apply to
H. FRANK "WILSON-,
Piesideut.
C. 0. BROWN I BRU. j
COLUMBIA, S. C.
ID O On S ,
s A SB k mm.
LATHS, LIME,
CEMENT, PLA STETS
AND HA TR
French and American WMow Glass
PAINTS, OILS
AND VA KNISH MS
CARTES WHITS LEAL
The Bent in t-he Market
^pretal Attention (jrivoit to Ordn I
hy Mail
C. O. BKOWN k BRO,
Opposite Post Office,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Mr? f;-(,
i RECKLING ii
THE COLUMBIA
PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST, j
Offers Special Inducement to all
who have never had a gocd picture.
Old pictures copied and enlarged.
Nov 16- x
Gra?d Jury Pr?sentaient.
To Kon. J H. Hudson, presiding
Judge.
We the grand jury for Sumter Coun?
ty* beg leave to make the following
presentment : We have passed upon
all the hills given to u? by the Solici?
tor, and returned our fiudtngs thereon
i to th J court.
I JAIL-.
I We have examined the jail and find
same in fairly good conditiou, except
as to thc roof, which contains several
i leaks. We recommend thai the dry
li well be enlarged as the present one is
not sufficient and that the pipe leading
?thereto be so constructed as to ruo in a
i straight" line, instead of angular, as it
now does. The prisoners complain of
being irregularly, and not sufficiently
fed j
POOR HOUSE. j
We visited the poor house, and found
the buildings in fairly good condition,
except as to brick work which requires
immediate attention. We find th
inmates as comfortably clad and as well
provided for as could be expected.
There are now in the poor house
seventeen patients-fourteen white and
three colored
ROADS.
From various sources come com?
plaints of encroachments upon the
public roads by plowing into them,
leaving the roads so narrow that it is
impossible for vehicles to to pass each
ftber. Particular attention is called to
the condition of the road between old I
Bishopville church and the John 0. j
Durant place, also the road leadiog
from L C. Coker's to Sidney Smith's
place. C C Manning, Esq., reported
a bad condition in the road one and a
half miles below Wedgefield, at the
house of MT J. G Singleton, oarjtssd
by what is known us the Odum ditch.
The condition, we are informed, is the
resuit of a permit granted Mr. ?'dum
by the County CorH-mi<6iooers to drain
his land, and as a conse?uence stag
nant water remains arouud the house
of Mr Singleton to the serious injury
of his property aud health of his fami?
ly as well We rec< ra-mend that the
Cou-nty Commissioners take immediate?
ly, steps to remedy the evil
COUNTY OFFICES.
We have not ai this term of the
court made any extended investigation
nf the various county offices, have
appointed a committee from the grand
jury who will, before the next term of
thc court, make such investigation a^id
report at ibe next term.
i
TRIAL JUSTICS3
As most of the Trial Justices are
serving thoir first year, aud ouly been
in office a few months we deem it un?
necessary to require report from; thom
We recommend that the various Trial
Justices have their books,, also treas?
urer's receipts, rea^ry for- the inspection
of the grand jury at the next term of
the corm.
OTHER MATTERS.
We recommend that the grand jury
room be used by the School Cominis
stoner as an office, same being more de?
sirable than his present office, and
thereby saving the expense of reniai
to the County.
We note your Honor's remarks re?
garding the inadequacy of the couit
house to meet the present requirements,,
and we discussed the same, but agree
to make no recommendation until we
could have time to further investigate it
Three ca.^es of adultery in differeut
sections of the county w*e?e brought to
our attention, one of which we investi?
gated, bat the evidence would not war?
rant bringing it to the attention of the
court. The other two we cootioued
for further investigation.
Mir. W. N Hammett appeared be
fore the grand jury sod made complaint
charging Messrs Nat Barnett,. E 1
Frank McCutchen and Frank Gook with I
riot, assault and battery of a nigh
aggravated nature, and carrying coo- ?
ceaied weapons on January T, 1S93.
His complaint and affidavit are herewith
submitted, to which we bag to call the
attention of the Solicitor.
Mr. W S\ James, Supervisor of Reg?
istration, appeared before us and made
complaint that the registration books for
Sumter N^, 2; Lynchburg, Providence,
and Privateer townships, given out at
the last election, have never been re?
turned to him-, \?e recommend that he
be put in pos$essfn3> of them by the
proper authority.
We beg to return thanks to your
Honor for the full and explicit charges
covering the various duties imposed on
us during our term and will discharge
the same to the best of our ability.
All of which is respectfully submit?
ted. NEIHEO 'DON NELL,
Foreman
In di.? m ?Seing the grand jury Jajdge
Hudson again urged up-m them the
itu por'a II ce and uecesMfy of having a
. ?-w court hoo>e. He *aid that Sumter
i* peculiarly blessi d with natural ad?
vantages, anu is ?me of I he prettiest,
t?M)st progressive, anti prosperous towns
ii. the ?State, but that in the matter of a
e<>urr bom"*:, we a; o far behind many of
out sister po unties. He recommended
alco that the pew court house when
built-and if is oniy a matter of time
when ir. will be built-?bou?d be put on
a more desirable site.
?i?? - - ?
A serious accident occurred to KiJ
kineti uew college building, at Du?; W*st
ou the Kith inst. A loud crash was
heard about dark by the people in the
vicinity. On g"it>g to the collrae it
was found that a considerable portion
1 the build iv. 2. including the an.ii on
HM. -. jf v n ?>:. -iuii:, w:< < in ruins I
i -oppo? . I . be di?a-?t? i r?-u
Worn the excessive weight of a brick liie
wall that the pHlars supported1 above
If the crash had* come arr hour or two
earlier the painters aud' workmen, who
bad5just left,.might have lleen buried
in the ruins. The loss is estimated at
$5,000
- i tl I Tl" II ? <!? i? -
To the Planters of the South.
Within the past ten years the cot?
ton crop of the Southern States has
been gold for $3;39i;, 1 O?" 354. Value
of cotton exported to 2?;rope bas been
$2,287,927,976. 188990 7.307.2LS
B C at the average price of ll 53
brought $373,161,831, in 1890 91
8\652,597 baies at the average price
of 9 03 brought $429.792,047,
189192 9,03M*9 bales at the
average price of 7 50 brought $391,
424,715.
A little over seven million bales in
' 1*889 90 sold for nearly as much as a
crop of nine million bales in 1891 92
and, but for the enormous over-pro
ducrn>n during the past two years,
the planters would have received:
highly renun.erative prices*last? year.
The South produced last year about
82 per cent, of the commen?ai cotton
of the world, and it has been in uni?
versal use by nearly all the inhabit
tauts- of the globe. The Southern
planters are in position to-cfoy to
:make the price of their great product
highly remunerative to themselves
and without disadvantage to any one
else. In fact there is hardty any
dealer HI cotton1 or cotton goods, or
:any mill throughout the United1
States, who would not prefer that
?cotton should sell at mach higher
prices, for, should it do so, all kinds
of business, particularly in the South,
would be quickened and- rendered |
more profitable ;: while at thc 6ame j
time it is a fact that, should a
reasonable advance in cotton occur, j
it would scarcely be felt by the cou- j
sumers who wear cotton goods.
The foregoing are simple facts-- j
they have been stated repeatedly by j
.us and by other commen?ai men j
everywhere. Now, why is it that j
low prices for cotton prevail, and
distress and embarrassment of so i
many planters is so pronounced 'I
The solution of this question is easy, j
The planters stake all they have on<
I cotton, over-produce it, au& do not
[diversify their crops sufficiently,
j Cotton, under these circumstances,
I goes down, and the planters pay out
j annually millions of dollars for mules,
j. pork, hay, corn and other necessaries
I which can be readily produced much
|j cheaper on the plantation- than they
j eau be bought elsewhere.
V\ hy will not a planter stop for a
day, or a week-, if necessary, audi
I think over a business proposition like
Ubis ?
The whole financial welfare of the
South depends upon cotton. If the
planter can get nearly as much money
for the production of a crop of 7,500,
000 as he can for one 9:,000>000- bales,
why shoivld he expend so much
time and labor to produce the great?
er quantity I Why will he produce
SOO bales of cotton, worth $20,000!
when it costs- him ?25-,000 to raise it ?
j; If he had to work as a day laborer he
might make some mon^y and keep
?out of debt, but just so long as he
overproduces cotton he will keep
continually in debt, and the interest
alone upon his indebtedness will
j sooner or later ruin him-.
lt would be far bettor to decrease
a cotton crop of average size 1,00?),
000 bales than- to-increase it 500,000;
bales.
The statement of such1 facts cannot
be questioned. At the same time it
is natural for the farmers to ask how
the present situation can be changed'
I ?or the ??. tier t In answer to this5
j question we would say : Abandon for?
ever the one crop idea-cotton;
Adopt new methods and new Chinga.
The planters' present mode o? doing
business lVwrong -experience shows
it. Change it immediately. Organ?
ize farmers' clubs, associations and
meetings and discuss cotton parti?
cularly before the planting time.
I Keep your organizations entirely'
j free from- politics* do not rely upon
the Government to grant you- assis?
tance. If it gives you aid, it must
grant every other citizen assistance.
The people suppoit the Government,,
but the Government does not support
the people. Avoid all schemes that
politicians get up to catch votes
Roly upon your opinions and do not
run after impracticable ideas. -Con?
sult your Congressman or write
letters to them urging that the ?i?tic
tions of the Agricultural Department
at Washington be enlarged, and that
liberal appropriations l?e made for
this purpose, in order to enable tiiat
department to keep the planters
freqoenly and fully advised about the
production and consumption of the
cotton Have the Governors of
your Statt? impress upon the Legis?
latures the necessity of increasing
the scope of the Stale Agricultural
department, and have distributed to
every county, town, precinct and
neighborho' ' information touching
the future prospects of supply and
demand tor cotton With proper en?
ergy and vim, these Departments
could distribute information to every
planier in the South, which Would*
enabh? him to know, in some de-give
what the requirements of the world
would likely be the m-xt year.
Lat!i.?m A-lexander Sc Co .Hankers and
Cotton Commission Merchants, of
Nx'W York.
By a serif? of calculations it has boen
demonstrated- tb st it costs a railroad
company lpn cent? to stnp a loco tiro fi ve
and four cent? foreracsf stop of a passen?
ger car. lt often happens that a p-w;
senger (?oes not discover that he or sha
(and it is generally a woman) makes no
move to leave a train until the order is
given to go ahead, and a train must be
[>.:? ught to a stop again to let the slow
going passenger ot! This little iocideo
iosts the railroad company sixteen to
openfy cents, sometimes as much a-* tin
tardy ?at'SSOger has paid. This is onr
of tiie littlb lesUs that a railroad come
pany undertaken to guard against, and
the Dauber of coaches to a train is lim
ired ns well to save expele of stopp ?ges
as well a?- to lessen the' number of pounds
ol coal consumed and wear aud tear ol
its ruD?iog g/ ar.
Choose Your Governor.
j Uhe Slate of Probable Candidas
Eighteen Months Hence.
It is really wonderful to hear
j asnount of talk already being indulg
j in by the politicans of the State abi
i who arcg-oing' to be the aspirants
Governor eighteen mouths hen
This is GVY. Tillman's last term
Governor of South Carolina*, unless l
J custom be broken, and such will hare
j be the case, inasmuch as the raoe
I already--on for the Uuited States Sena
j A wonderful transformation scene fc
been going OD, too, in- the- last f<
j weeks, which will leave its marlvont
future of South Carolina politics,, a
will very likely result io doing entire
away with any one candidate for t
men, wbo have bere to fore been in t!
Reform Movement, to consolida
upon.
The fact is-, that it rs pretty certa
that there will be no such thing as
Reform Movement before auotb
twelve mouths roll around. There a
men who went into the "Movemenl
originally- with au object. They wei
willing to follow a leader, but the
have ambition, and-now-tbey ali wai
j tro reap the beuefits- of their worl
There is likely to be a great h'urabt
of candidates before the people in th
nest campaign-. Each one of thet
will draw their friends from the forme
solid Reform Movement and it will be
general scufile. What course the Coe
servatives will pursue is as yet? in th
dark. They are resting easy on thei
oars, and waiting developments. Bb
there are other causes which will likel
result io placing several men in- th
field, aside from the fact that mao
will be actuated by ambition alooe.
It is generally talked that Governo
Tillman, in order to place himself in
stronger position to make the fight fo
the United States Senatorship, will ru
! again for Governor, and be elected
j having whom ha wants for Governo
I placed- on the ticket for Lieutenao
Governor. The idea is fur him to re
sign the Governorship after the electioi
bas served its purpose and let tb
Lieutenant Governor step up.
Then again some are saying that th'
Irby faction, if Earle should fait to-gi
the appointment as district attorney
will take bim up and run him fo
Governor. Of course thi3 is only talk
'.Uncle George'7' Tillman may b
classed among the probable candidate
for Governor. K*e is very sore abou
the way he was treated in the late elec
lion, and is thoroughly aroused. B
will certaiuly be heard from, and as
candidate for Governor the people gen
erally think that he wiil be a strong
adversary for any one.
Congressman Talbert is entirely ou
with ttie reform ring, and is s> possibi
candidate. He has already said that h'
"would make no rast?-promises," whet
asked if he was-going to be a candidat
for Governor.
Que of the'most likely candidates i
! Congressman Snell. K?is recent cours
in Washington, and his utterance siuc!
his return home, have shown tbnt h
has kicked out of Reform-traces-. Mao;
thing th2t he means to be a candidate
and regard him as a-sirong: man
Tbe alliance is likely to present tw;
men and take a hand in the fight Ouu
altrsco and S^uator W. D'. Evans an
mentioned as thc alliance candidates
They are both- ambitious men and arc
known to have a longing for gubernato
rial honors.
Then again there is John Gary Svans
He has had his eye on the Governor'*
chair for some months, aud is a favorite
j with the administration. Eugeae Gary
? the prosent Lieutenant. Governor, and
Secretary of S"rate Tindal are also men?
tioned io connection with the Governor's
office.
Outside of ail this, however, are thc
unknown eglantines of the Third part*
and the prohibition movement. Ft is
thought that Bnwdeu may lead the more
extreme Tillinanites into a third party,
and claiming as they did last year to be
Democrats, cotse into the primary and
take a place in the picture. The prohi?
bitionists are very much dissatisfied with
the way in which thc reform move:oenr
has attempted to settle the prohibition
question, and they may place a candi?
date in the field1..
The mo?? important unknown quanti?
ty however seems to bethe Wage Work?
er's Movement. It is becoming power?
ful, and with so touch division it will
I hardly hare much trouble in running in
j any candidate for Governor that it may
j decide upon.
j It is thus seen that the outlook for
j Soufh'Caroiina-eighteen months Lenee,
! as gathered'from this presentation of t'?e
j geticrel talk- going the rounds on the po
; litical surface, shows a very interesting
j problem -'I h<- State.
j High Medical Authority cn
; Hog Pens and* Typhoid-.Fever.
-- ? ,
A special meeting of City Council
: wrrs held last Friday night to consider
j a numerously signed petition praying
! for a repeal of the ordinance against
j keeping, hogs in the cit}*, ci-cept dur
I ing the mouthe of Decrmbu, January
j and February. Drs Narden and Orr
laud Sharpe, of the Iv ard of Health,
, were present by reaUest of council, and
: their unanimous opinion was that if tue
j petition was granted the presence of the
' hog within the city would endanger the
lives of the citizens; E^eh member
; gave strong reasons for bis opinion.
"Every day for eighteen mouths be?
fore the ordinance was adopted," said
!5r Orr, "Dr. Nardin and myself
I viv. ted one or more typhoid fever
i patients. But within the last two
yeats." ho continued, '".ve have not
j had over a dozen case* of typhoid fever,
I and they were of a*mild type? as would
! be found among thc mountains, on the
I seacost, or' anywhere. Tbe repeal cf
j that ordinance would invite that dread
! disease to return to our city. Hon. J;
j K. Brcazeale, the other mealier of the
, board, was not present, but he V?J*S
! known to bold similar opinions to those
j of the other members. In the light of
! the facts adduced by the board the
: council promptly resolved to refuse thc
prayer of the petitioners. Had the
petition been granted it would have
been in order tu revise the old 8aw,
"root hog or die*' so as to read, "root
hog and let the other feller die/'
1 Anderson Intelligencer.
I The Work of the Abandon?
ed Land Department.
A- Million- Acres of Land Hive Bc>m
Placed tm the Tax Booh
and There Ts Nothing
Else to Do:
j Just about three years ago the Aban*
doued Land Department was created by
tlie State Sinking Fund Commission, and
Col James G. Gibbes, one oftbebest
and most eoergetic civil engineers ir; the
State was placed at the head of it as
State "abandoned laud agent."
The object of tbe State io creating
the department was to have the- thou?
sands of abandoned lauds known- to be
ir> tte State buuted up, soid and placed
on the tax boots. Col. Gibbes-was not
toreeeive auy salary from the State,
but was tc be allowed a commission ou
all lands placed- oo tbe tax- books,
defraying his own expeuses in the
j search for them.
j He set to work, employed assistants
and has ever siuce beeu bard at work..
Be said yesterday that he had up to
date succeeded iu placing about-ia
rouud numbers-one million acres of
such lands heretofore not known to exist
on tobe tax- books iu tbe several couuties
.of thc State. He says tbis-is about all
of such lands in the State and' he is
about ready cow to w-icd- up the affairs
of the departmect. fife says tbe- lands
now beiug found are so poor aud are of
such low grade that it does not pay him
or anyone else the actual expenses- of
pursuing thc search frnther.
Be says even as it is, about half of
the lands that have beeu found aud sold
are so poor that they will be gradually
dropped or?the tax books, aud in the
next fi?e years will have to placed there
again.
We says he will bav? a few safes- in
Berkeley, Horry aud Greenville coun?
ties on April salesday, but they will be
about the last.
Col. Gibbes says that it has-not? been
and is not, only the abandoned lands
wbich have been escaping taxation. HH
says there are hundreds of owners of
tracts of 1,000 acres who return only 700
acres, and pay on that much. The
State bas no township maps giving
surveys which:show the exact Dumber
of acres in a township, and it has to
accept the inevitable result, being too
poor to have such surveys made.-The
State.
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Ballot Reform.
_
If this country is to be redeemed
from bossism the ballot must be made
secret in reality as well as in name.
So long as oue own can know how
another mau voten tbe w-?y is open for
intimidation and bribery and -other
forms of improper infloence.
p The present plat! often gives a local
j boss a- dozen, tw-euty or even a hundred
? votes^-that utwnber voti-rig a? he directs
[them.
At every election there are men who
?.make it their business to 5x up tickets
, and put theta- iii-'the hatids cf weak,
ignorant, and vicious voters, whose only
exercise of the ri?ht of suffrage is to
vote as they are told. For ail political
j purposes the boss, or heeler,' or worker,
or whatever you may call him, votes
many ballots:: it is the same as if he
went to the polls and put so many ;
ballots in thc box. A candidate who
refuses- to stoop to that sort ?if work j
j has often a very small carnee cf eloc- i
Itioo.
A reform is needed io the ballot in
this State ;' sucb a reform as will render
the ballot absolutely secret and thus
secure the voter against intimidation,
bribery and all other sorms of improper
influence, and leave him to exercise his
choice as a free citizcD.
The Australian ballot will do it,
while at the same time acting to some
extent as an educational qualification
and debarring those v?bo cannot read
from voting.
Under this system the* ba'lots, which
include the names of a-li the candidates
I as weil as blank spaces for
I names of parsons not candidates, are
printed- b; the State, county or munici?
pality, all the vorcT has to do is to
make a; oross mark opposite- the eames
he wants to vote for. The ballots are
kept by the managers and a voter can
; get only one. That he takes into a
; private apartmect, where no one can
j see what he does, marks the names
! and then goes to the ba'.lot box atjd I
j drops it in.
j The States-of Alabama and Kansas j
I have adopted the Australian system j
j within the past month. lb l^d'Jr three j
I States adopted the* system-Iowa,
i Mississippi and Maryland- Massacbu
; setts was the first State to adopt thc
[system-iu lSlSS. She was followed
in 1889 by Connecticut, indiana,
j Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Moo
! tana, ilhode Uland. Tennessee- and
Wisconsin ; in l&Nrby N'ew Jersey,
New York, Oklahoma, Vermont.
Washington and Wyoming, sod 1891
by Arkansas-, Colorado, Delaware. Illi?
nois, Maine, Nebraska,. New Hamp-*
shire. North Dakota, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Ohio, Oregon and West
V irginia-States in ail.
The secret ballot, is a free ballot.
There is a striking illustration of this
in the case of indiana That State in
1 SSS went for Harrison by 2 OOO
The bribery and corruption were
notorious, for the Australian ballot
system was nor tbeu iu opt atice- if)
that Srate. In 1 $92-1 be system WJS in
op?ration, lhere could be no bribery
and Cleveland carried the* State by'
10.000.
South Carolina should have ?he
seciet ballot ?aw- Newberry Observer.
Egyptian Cotton Seed.
WASHINGTON, March 15-Thc
Egyptian cotton seed purchased by
Secretary Uu*k through the Knited1
Slates ?consul general at Cairo, Egypt,
If?s been received al'tbc Department of
Agriculture. The purpose of tiris im?
portation of aced'is, as set forth in
Husk's last report as S?cretaryOf Agri?
culture, to undertake, with the co-ope?
ration of experiment stations in the cot?
ton States, experiments with a view to
producing cotton of homo growl h which
may serve as an efficient substitute for
theEgpytian, of which, during the last
fiscal year, mere than, three tuilUou dal
lars worth was imported imo this coun
j try, an increase of 15 per cent, over the
j previoas year ending lSOO.
i The cot on seed received at the de
i part'ments consists of two-of the best
kuown Egyptian varieties*, "A'fifi"' and'
'". Bannah.'' Distribution will be made
; tb experiment stations in the Cotton
j States and" also through Senators for
' those States to planters whom they may
i r?eomrjnend as persons weil qualified1
j and willing, to give the Egyptian seed a-'
careful trial.
A report on conditions of foil a?d
climate and the methods of cultivation*
of Egyptian cotton is being prepared tor\
the department under the direction of5
our consul general ia Egypt.
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Ia Contempt of Court.
Governor Tillman did not give-praree','.
as we thought he would do, or" remain
silent, as his official position should5
lend him to do, in regard t?" Judge
Simonton's decision on the dispensary
bill, whioh decision wa? favorable to the"
Govetnor'.s position in the matter. '
Unfortunately be made ano h?r uowar*"
ranted attack upon the judiciary, which'
should be, and i's, the safeguard of the
country. The very man who has sworn-'
that he will do aM in'bis power to**
uphold the law, is briugiug the law into
disrepute by making: utterances,
amounting to churrea of dish on es tyy
against, a jHidge.
The Governor is quoted as saying'
that the Judge's decision "bears al? the "
marks ot a job gotten up between
Simonton and those two lawyers to give*
au opportunity to h et?ge by a decision
iu the State's favor, to obliterate io a
measure the unfavorable impression
created by his recent decision in the
railroad- oa^ed-."' Fo ascribe to a Judge
in making a- decision a desire to-'
"hedge'* ie- to- accuse him- cf being:
swayed- by an unworthy, dishonest
motile. Pf such accusations against
Judg.es-are to continus to come from '
the Chief Magistrate of a great State, ?
what will Le the end ?r With the '
Judges in disrepute and the Courts'*
held iu contempt, this country will soon/1'
be in chaos -The Darlington News.
Chickens on the Farm.
A generation ago the chickens to be"
:seeii around th? average farm house
were of a mixed and haphazaid bleed.
There are fanners who still keep such'"
'poultry : there are also farmers who
;do not believe that the world is
round and revolves on Us axis every
twenty four hours. But farmers so
careless as to their poultry
are almost as scarce as the
latter ignorant class. You may
rneet a farmer whose ideas are a:
; little mixed about the rotation of
crops and the value ol silage, bat you
will have to go far indeed'to find one
wini has- not his pi efe renee as"
between Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns,
Laugshans, Cochins, and Brahmas.
Chickens on a farm are a kind of siv-"
inga bank, and those which' lay the"
most eggs and fetch the highest
prices as broilers are "very naturally
more highly esteemed Now the farl?
ay farmers were the first to attempt"
to breed better chickens in-this coun?
try, and they continue fo lead iii the-*
experiments looking towards the far?
ther betterment ol domestic fowls.*
There is cue thing that has been in-"
.sisted oti in vain, so far as ordinary
farmers are concerned: That is the
value of cleanliness-cleanliness it?f
the chicken houses and cleanliness ia?
the food and water given to the fowls.';
Unclean houses are productive of all
kinds o? disease, and unclean ' food
and water also. There is an oMfash-^
iotied notion that chickens are good-*
scavengers, and that if allowed the
freedom of the barnyard' tbey will'
forage for themselves. T:n"s'i?r true,*
btu it is very unlikely that any' cock"
or hen from such a range would' ever
take a prize iii a poultry show. The
way to get prize"- chickens is to mate"
tiie best with the best, and rear the'
broods with' care. As the reward,
both in profit and satisfaction, is well
worth the trouble, it seems* strange"
that any" cot??try people'- tmouM be'
content with any but the best.-J nov
Gilmer Speed, in Harper's* V\*eekhv
-- ? ? ?? - m* - ~
Ei-Seyretary of the Interior, Noble,is*
quoted as saying just before h'? left'
Was hi sgt on, when he was asked what
he thought of President Cleveland's*
reference in his iuaugural address" to'
j extravagant, pension expenditures,that it'
was the "biggest h?mbuggery"" li?
ever heard, and that "the attempt to'
reform pensions would be more ex
.pensive than any possible amount that
could' bc saved.'" This means, if it
means anything, th%i thc American'
people mest cc?tiuu? to' pay the ?fen-*
strops pension cribute they" pay now,'
with au increase of manymillious more,'
laud that they cau't help'themselves.
J Just such talk as this emphasizes the
j necessity of handling this pension"
j questiou at once, for the sooner' li is'
j done the more easily and the more
j effectively it can be done. Reform can be
j accomplished at a trifle compared with'
j what the people now pay and it can* ij?
j radically done by repealing the latest
i pension laws passed'under which mosfc
. of the frauds are perpetrated aud pass-"
i iug laws iu their place which will"
j rec?gnizr} just claims whii? they' will*
! eliminate the fraudulent!
A Million Friends.'
A friend in r.eed is a friend indeed, sna no?-.
less th.m co'e million people h***? found just'
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j for Co??hs, and Colds.-lt j on have never
used this Grertt Cough Medicine, one trial
I will convince y cu that U h?s wonderful
i curative powers : i ail disessiS of Throat,
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j DeLormes Drug store. Large bottles 50c."
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! Sores, Ulcers; SaUKheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, '
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ijorii'S.
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A ll dealers keep it. $1 per bottle. Genuine bas
t4&de-mark ^ad crossed red lines oa wrapper.
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