WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31 1894.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 18W and the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sunter.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Hill will have hard work in carrying I
New York, and even if be succeeds be
will not have a walk over to the Pre?
sidential nomination for there is Adlai.
Patrick Walsh has worked in the :
ranks for the democracy as faithfully
as any man in Georgia, aod with an ?
ability recognized throughout the coun?
try. Since he has beeo in the Senate,
short though the time, he has been one .
of the leaders. He seems fitted for the
' place, he should be sent back for the
long term. <
The bicyclists are beginning to com- 1
plato of the poor sidewalks since 5
they have been required by Council ^
io pay a license of $1.25 per year, and "
a few of them are demanding that 1
-Council give them better sidewalks. f
The wheelmen may be right from their '
point of view, but a majority of the (
pedestrians feel that the wheels are
permitted on the sidewalks by suffrance 1
alone, and that it would be ?a good 1
move for Couocil to require no license
of the bicyclists but forbid riding on c
r
the sidewalks io any part of the city.
c
In September-October number of the t
Pallidum, the college magazine of the r
Presbyterian College of South Carolina, e
Clinton, S. C., there appears an article, j
*'Advantages of An Education, credit* a
ed to the Watchman and Southron. t
This essay was published in this piper ?
about two years ago, but it should nave a
had the additional credit, ?.by W. D. \.
Barrett." It waa the prise essay writ- . \
ten by Willie D. Barrett, then a mern ^
ber of the Eighth Grade in the Sumter j
Graded School. It was pubj?S?ed on t
account of an usual merit, and its re- j
appearance this time is proof that such a
production is not forgotten in a day. j.
The acquit al of McLendon, the dis- *
pensary outlaw, who murdered Fraok *
Norment, by a Tillmanite jury in 1
Darlington on Saturday last, in total 8
disregard of the evideoee, and the law F
as laid down by Judge Norteo ends &
the chapter that is black with damna- &
tion of Tillman and Ti limar i sm. The d
Bible says, * 'Ve o geo ce is Mi oe, I will *
repay/* aod being a firm believer in 1
retribution in this life, we confidently F
expect to be a living witness of God 1
Almighty's vengeoce upon those who 8
were responsible for Normen t's murder r
They have overridden and set at naught
all human law, io the insolence of 8
their power, but they cannot escape the 8
vengence of One who will mete out to *
them the justice io His Own good time. G
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The colt show during the Carnival j,
has already begun to have the effect
desired by those who advocated and t
agitated the matter until the show be
came * reality. There bas been a
decided revival of interest io horse rais- ^
tog already, and we believe that quite a
a number of men who have not done so ;
heretofore will undertake to raise horses ^
another year. We are glad to be able ,
to record this interest io stock raising, j
for we believe that the future of this
country depends io a great measure a
upon this industry. South Carolina can ?
produce as 6ne horses aa the world ever t
saw, and it is folly to send so much '
money to the West every year for horses ?
and mules. We have never seen finer z
looking colts io the blue grass regions c
of Kentuckey and Tennessee than some t
which were exhibited at the colt show, j y
The thorough breds from the Palmetto j (
Stock Farm were as pretty as ever seen j j
on the famous Belle Meade of Ten- j
nessee. i
Dr. O. R. Lowman, of Orangeburg,
who made himself slightly notorious
a few week's since, io his capacity of
Chairman of the Organized democracy
of the Seventh District, by writiog a
letter to the Chairman of the First Dis-1?
trict, which was io very bad taste to ?1
say the least, has published an open j '
letter addressed to The Watchman and j(
Southron. Dr. Lowman has some
cause to feel aggrieved that he was
criticised in this paper without the
publication of his letter which was the
cause of the criticism. It was not our
intention to do so, for a copy of his
letter was given out to be put in type
the day before the editorial paragraph
was written, and we did not know his
letter was omitted until after the paper
had been issued. This much we re?
gret, but we stick by every word we
said concerning his letter. The criti?
cism was made deliberately aod after
a careful reading of his letter.
The robbery of Mr. J Frank Pate's
store illustrates the folly of keeping
aoy considerable sum of money iu so
insecure a place as an ordinary safe.
Professional burglars seldom visit this
section, but wheo they do the combina?
tion safes prove playthings in their
hands. *
Tbe Columbia Register in yesterday's
issue makes use of a paragraph from
our last issue as a text, and at tbe same
time took occasion to refer to this paper
in what it appeared to ooneider a com?
plimentary manner. We beg of the
wgau not to do this, we grow suspic?
ious of ourself and there is a bad taste
in the mouth for several days every
Lime it occurs.
VOTE "THO," BECAUSE IT IS
BIGHT.
There is a single question for Demo?
cratic voters at the approaching election
io decide. One question only, but it is
1 question of the greatest importance,
it is not a question of meo, of office
lolders, of tbe servants we shall choose
o administer tbe laws we have agreed
x> obey, but a questioo of the law itself.
Tbe question of office-holders-oow-a
lays tbey are more like bosses than
iervants, unfortunately-was deter
nined by the result of the General Pri
nary.
The question we must settle before
lasting oar ballotta on next Tuesday is
whether we desire the fundamental law
if the land wholly changed in many of
he most important particulars, or would
at h er have it remain as it is. The
iffeots of a mistake in the selection of
mblic officials are serious enough, but
te DOS permanent ; Ipr at the expira
ion of a term of office the unworthy or
ooompeteot officiai can bc removed,
md, furthermore, these officials are
(edged about by the limitations of the
aw and are not given opportunity of
toing- ali the evil they may desire,
t is not so with the Constiin
ional Convention. This convention
s absolutely supreme. It ?an
dopt anything it may desire ts the
aw of the State, and so frame it that it
rill be well-nigh Impossible to undo
he evil work. The results of a OJ is?
ak e in this matter will be far-reaching,
nd, as far as many of us are concerned;
permanent, for our checks will have
?een passed in long years before it will
? possible to undo what a few men
l?s?re to have done, at their dictation,
rithis a few weeks. We believe that
t will be the most terrible mistake the
leople of this State have made or will
aake if they decide io favor of a Con
titutional Convention. And we have
easons for this belief.
1. The Constitution that wit! be
dopted will not be the work of a repre
entative body of men, who will have
be interest of the whole State as their
Ir8t consideration, but the scheme of a
ew men who will frame an instrument
beforehand to advance selfish aims, and
rill rush it through a packed conven?
io n. The Constitution will be like the
.oe adopted by the last State Convention
if the Democratic party. It will
>e carnied there io the pocket of
erne man and will be swallowed
ritbout question by a select Con?
tention of men who delight to
indicate their citizenship by obeyiog a
toss.
2 The Convention will be expensive
ind the State is not in condition to
ndulge in a thing that, viewed in the
nost favorable light, is a luxury.
There will be about 160 delegates in
he Convention, if it is held, who will
eceive per day just as much as they
iecide to pay themselves. Of course
hey will be moderate and will proba
)ly not pay themselves more than five
loilars per day and mileage. This, with
ocidental expenses, will amount to cot
ess than ?1,000 per day ; and no one
ia? tbe remotest idea that the Conven
ion will remain iu session less than 60
;o 90 days. It might have thesbameless
iess to go to Columbia, adopt the
scheme dictated by the bossess and go
lome without even the pretense of wo?
ndering the instrument under which
bey would bave to live ; but this is
but a wild supposition, as they will be j
leterred by tbe per diem and a desire ?
;o play at being Constitution makers, j
Therefore the expense may be esti- j
sated as not less that $50,000 or, j
perhaps, $100,000.
3. There is no valid reason for holding
i Constitutional Convention. The pre?
puse that a provision will be incorpora?
ted in the Constitution eliminating the
negro vote, while not disfranchising any
white man, is based upon a lie and the j
simplicity of the ignorant white men
who will lose the right of citizenship.
The Constitution of the United States
protects tue negro against any discrimi?
nation based upon race or color, and no
provision can be placed in the proposed
Constitution that will conflict with
this guarantee of the Federal Constitu?
tion to the negroes. The Tillman
leaders are all pledged to an educatienal
and property qualification,' which will,
it is true, disfranchise the majority of
the negroes, but will place in the same
condition thousands of white men.
Besides we do not believe the leaders
of the Tillmanites, those who will con?
trol the Convention, desire the elimi?
nation of the negro vote. They
dickered with the uegro when they
defeated Hampton, they dickered with
the negro wheu they had Gen. Moise
oounted out and they are now openly
joining forces with the negro in Beaufort
County to defeat the Straightout
candidates for the Legislature.
4. The public school system will be
destroyed by the repeal of the 2 mill
school tax clause, and the barden of
taxation made heavier upon the poor man
by the futile attempt to make a $3 poll
tax take the place of the 2 mill tax,
which will be abolished.
5. The homestead law will undoubt?
edly be repealed and the unfortunate
debtor will be left without a single pro?
tection.
6. The Tillmaoite leaders propose to
frame and adopt a Constitution without
referring it to a vote of the people for
ratification This is an outrageous
assumption of power which the people ?
should deny auy body of men.
7. A Constitution under which all
the people are expected to live peace?
fully and contentedly should be the
work of repressen ti vcs of the whole peo?
ple, and not of a faction, filled with
rancour and hatred for an intelligent
and powerful minority, which they
have endeavored to humiliate and crush
by all the means at their command
since they came into power four years
ago. With Gen. Farley we think that
a Constitution should not be adopted
while bate and partisanship is inc the
ascendency.
A Constitution ia not needed, but
even if it were, the time is not propi?
tious for framing it.
Salt Rheum often appears in cold weather,
attacking the palms of the bands and other
parts of the body. Hood's Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purifier, cures salt rheum.
H. 6. Oateen & Co., make a specialty of
paper, and now have the finest and most
complete selection of paper ever in Sumter.
They sell more paper for tbe same money than
can be bought elsewhere. Store on Liberty
street next to the Watchman and Southron
office.
Blank books of all kinds; daily, weekly
and monthly time books. H. G. Gateen ?
Co.
Claremont Loflp i. 64, A, F. M.
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
64, A. F. M.. will be beld on Thursday
Evening, November 8th, at 8 p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly.
By orderr S. C. BAKER, W. M.
H. C. MOSES, Secretary.
Oct 31.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, BURRELL G. MORRIS
made suit to me, to grant him Letters
ot Administration of the Estate of and
effects of THOS. W. MORRIS, late of said Coun?
ty and State, deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and Creditors
of the said Thos W. Morris, as
aforesaid, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of Pro?
bate, to be held at Sumter Court House on
November 14th, 1894, next, after publication
thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
Given under my band, this 31st day of
October, A. D., 1894.
T. V. WALSH,
Oct. 31-2t. Judge of Probate.
J^p) NEED OF A COTTON TRUST 1
MONEY CAN BB HAD ON COTTON !
On Reasonable Terms from the undersigned
who ia prepared to make advances on Cottou
and furnish Storage for the same at Reason?
able Rates to any person desiring to bold
Cotton.
Write for terms to
G. W. EGAN, Warehouseman,
ACCOMMODATION WHARF,
Oct. 31-lm. CHARLESTON, S. C.
Estate of W. Burrows Mathis,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County on December 1st, 1894,
tor a Final Discharge as Administratrix of
aforesaid estate.
SUSANA H MATHIS,
Oct. 31,-4t. Administratrix.
ANNUAL MEETING
-OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
OF SUMTER COUNTY.
THE BOARD of County Commissioners
will hold their Aonnal Meeting on
Tnursday, November 8th, 1894.
All persoua holding bills or demands
against Sumter County not already present?
ed, are required to file same with Clerk of
Board on or before that date.
By order of Board.
THOS. V. WALSH, Clerk.
Oct. 31, 1894.-2t.
Regulators at Work in Bishopville.
BISHOPVILLE, S. C., Oct., 25/94.
Yesterday evening Mrs. T. M.
DeLorme who lives on East Cb arch
street, received a very insulting anony?
mous letter, which she showed to some
gentlemen, who promptly investigated
it. The writer of the letter proved to
be one Mary Wilson, who is Mrs.
DeLorme's washer wowan. Martha
Abe, aoother notorious character was
said to be implicated in the writing of
the letter. Last night about 10 o'clock
several disguised men called upon these
ladies of color, took them out in an ad?
joining field, where they whipped them
soundly. The affair caused no excite?
ment. Both of these oegroes, I am
told, are unpopular with the negroes
around here.
M. G.
II ? ^
There is BO medicine so often needed in
every home and so admirably adapted to the
purposes for which it is intended, as Cham?
berlain's Pain Balm. Hardly a week passes
but some member of the family has need of
it. A toothache or headache may be cured by
it. A touch of rheumatism or neuralgia
quieted. The severe pain of a burn or scald
promptly relieved and the sore healed io
much less time that when medicine bas to be
sent for. A sprain may be promptly treated
before ioflamation sets in which insures a
cure in about one-third of the time other?
wise required. Cuts and bruises should re?
ceive immediate treatment before the parts
become swollen, which can only be done
when Pain Balm is kept at band. A sore
throat may be cured before it becomes serious.
A troublesome corn may be removed by ap?
plying it twice a day for a week or two. A
lame fen ck may he cured and severn! days of
valuable time saved or a paio in the side or
chest relieved without parias: a doctor bill.
Procure a 50 cent bottle at once and you will
never regret it. For sale by Dr. A. J. China.
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.
TO RENT-House OD Calhoun Street near
C. S. & N. R. R. Apply to W. F. B.
H ay ns worth. Sept. 12.
WANTED-Every sick person in Sumter
County to go to Glenn Springs at once
and get cured.
?OTIOJE?
--OF
FEDERAL ELECTION
AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD
on Tuesday, the 6tb day of November, 1894,
at the legally established polling precincts in
Sumter County, for a Representative of the
7 tb Congressional District of South Carolina,
in the 54th Congress of the United States.
The polls will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m.,
and kept open without intermission or
adjournment until 4 o'clock p. m.
At the close of the election the managers
shall immediately proceed to publicly count
the ballots. Within three days thereafter the
chairman of the board of managers, or one of
them, to be designated in writing by the
board, shall deliver to R.M.Pitts, at the
Sumter Herald office, in the city of Sumter,
ibe poll list, the boxes containing tb? ballots,
and a written statement of the result of the
election at bis precinct.
The managers shall administer to each
person offering to vote, an oath that be is
qualified to vote at said election, according to
the constitution of the State, and that he has
not already voted io said election.
The following named persons bave been
appointed to manage said Election by the
Board of Commissioners of Election for Som*
ter County, to wit:
Sumter.
H. L. B. Wells, J. Diggs Wilder,
R. B. Dinkins.
Stateburg.
T. W. Lee, Peter F. Melier,
Levall Jackson.
Rafting Creek.
J. M. Jenkins, J. K. McLeod,
J.C Gillis.
Providence.
J. B. Raffield, S. J. Brown,
J. J. Myers, Jr.
Bishopville.
W. H. Hearon, D. E. Durant,
W. I. Green.
Mannville.
W. K. Cranwell, T. R. MoCatchen,
I. Barnett.
Bossards.
Charles Thames, Lesley D. Brown,
J. J. Leesesne.
Mayesville.
Peter Thomas, E. D. Smith,
Whitworth Rhodes.
Lynchburg.
M. L. Keels, Wm. Tallon,
T. F. Cole.
Shiloh.
J. L. Keels, R. W. Chandler,
J. K. McElveen.
Concord.
J. B. White, Jr., W. G. S. Seymore
S. S. Davis.
Privateer.
D. E. Wells, J. D. Bradford,
R. C. Tisdale.
Smithville.
R. P. Weldon, C. F. Evans,
R. L. Herriott,
Wedgefield.
B. P. Kelley, James Caldwell, Jr.,
F. B. Bradford.
Corbett's Store.
W. E. Green. J. S. Brown,
J. J. Shaw.
Ooe of the above named managers at each
box will call upon the board of commissioners
at Sumter on November 3, 1894 to receive
ballot boxes, poll list, and instructions, and
to be qualified.
D. E. KEELS,
R. M. PITTS,
SHEPPARD NASH.
Commissioners Congressional Election.
Sumter, S. C., Oct. 22, 1894.
! STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
I
THE ANNUAL MEETING of ?be Stock?
holders of the Sumter Klectric Light
Company will be held at the Simonds National
Bank, of Sumter, on Monday, Nov. 26th,
1894, at 12 o'clock, noon.
R. M. WALLACE,
Oct. 25. President.
FOR SALE-Any part of my large farm in
the suburbs of the City of Sumter.
Situation healthy and desirable Terms
easy. T. D. Chandler April ll-tf.
i ?willni:
HEADQUARTERS
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COKMITTEE.
SUMTER, S. C., Oct 24, 18S4.
THE COUNTY Democratic Executive Com?
mittee is hereby called to meeton Friday,
November 2nd, in the Court Honseat Sumter.
Managers of State and Federal Elections are
requested to meet the Committee on that day
and get ballot boxes, etc.
D E. KEELS.
County Chairman.
E. F. MILLER, Asst. Sec. & Treas.
Miss McDonald
Would annonc?e her asnal
Well Selected Stock of Millinery
is now ready for exhibition and sale.
HATS AND BONNETS in FELT, VELVET, STRAW, ETC., will be shown,
-ALSO
RIBBONS and VELVETS in the newest colors. A foll line of
Ostrich Feathers in the very latest make np, together with Aigrettes, Quills,
Bird Fancies, Ste., Etc.
-PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS.
October 24.
OFFICIAL.
The time has now come when you must
think of
FALL Sg WINTER P UR CHASES,
And we want you to connect these thoughts
with
Our preparations have been made with a
view to offering buyers great latitude
of choice in
We are now ready to submit the STOCK which represents
our taste and judgment to the critical test of public opinion, and
hope to hear your voice in the general verdict.
It represents the best the Market affords both in
MATERIALS AND STYLES,
and the Prices are the Lowest that can possibly be
made.
Before you make your selections we respectfully ask an ex?
amination of our Goods. We shall not request any one to buy,
feeling that, if our Stock will not make Buyers, nothing we
can say will win custom.
A half hour spent in looking over our
ASSORTMENT will give you a fair
idea of the
Popular Style?,
and we can only hope that it will be as
much pleasure for you to see as for us to
show our Goods.
J, RYTTENBERG ?i SONS,
N. W. Cor. Main & Liberty Sts., Sumter, S. C.
New York Office, 84, West Broadway.
PRICES
Reduced
TO SUIT
Hard
TIMES
And the
LOW
Price o?
COTTON.
Also
OFFERING
Inducements
TO REDUCE
Stock
FOR A
Change in
BUSINESS.
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Now is the time to buy FURNI?
TURE or anything else tn my large and
complete stock, as I have put down
prices to correspond with the low price
of cotton-realizing that the people have
not as much money this year as when
crops borught better prices.
Besides, I desire to make some
changes io my business, and it is neces?
sary for me to reduce some lines of my
large stock, therefore I am offering bar?
gains to cash buyers.
Come aod see me for anything you
want in my line, and I will make it to
your ?Dterest to buy from me.
UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY.
In the Undertaking Department I
have added several oew styles of Coffins
aod Caskets, and carry a full line of
sizes in each. Can supply promptly
aoy size or style of Coffin or Casket at
as low price asean be bought aoy where.
AU calis day or night promptly attend?
ed to.
I have two nice hearses, one for
white and one for colored, and funerals
will be attended with hearse when de?
sired, io city or country.