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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 f 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. J 0 C R A I 6 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.