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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 189 The Sumter Watchman wats foun io 1850 aod the T. ue Southron in IS The Watchman and Southro7i new the combined circulation and inline af both of the old papers, and is m? festly the best advertising medium Samter. EDITORIAL NOTES! Will either Tillman or Irby ace . the challeoge of Free Lance deleg Dargan? We think not. The Constitutional Convention a not grant female suffrage, it proba! will not, bot the movement is on f io Sooth Carolina. When so many good men-the d pee se rs are all said to be good-t short io their accounts, what is to done about the matter : Baiiroad Commissioner Evans e' d'ently feels his oats. See how rears up oo his fore legs and iets dri with his heels at McLaorio and Da gan. The Womeo SufiFragists will stump tl State during the summer for the pu pose of arousing a sentiment in fav of incorporating female suffrage in tl new Coostitutioo. South Carolina io for a merry old time this summer. The Northern visitors in Florida at in a most unenviable position. The ??. left the North to escape the rigors < winter, aod down io Florida they hat suffered more severely than they wool bad they remained at home. The Senate finance committee has r . ported favorably a bill for the free coit age of silver. The repeated issue c gold hoods has mads thousands of con verts to the free silver doctrine, and e this time we believe the South is thre to one io favor of free silver. The Governors Guards, of Columbia io refusing to enlist io the re-organizei militia takes a stand with the Sumte Light Infantry. As we said io refer eoce to the action of the Sumter Ligb Infantry, the refusal is the only corree position that the volunteer troops cai assume. To take an oath to obey at*} rule* thai may be made would be a sur ? render ot personal liberties and rights and folly of tho worst character. As will be seen from ann ou nee men io the local columns, Col. Dargan wil continue the discussion of the Consti? tutional Convention on Friday night He is anxious for some one to meet bim. Here is an opportunity for some true-blue Reformer to demonstrate bit devotion to the movement. Since Manager Schwerin has surrendered his lease of the Opera House the public is io need of some mild and not too exciting amusement The House of Representatives spent a large portion of Friday wrangling over whether the clerk.- to members should be annual or sessional employees. This is DO doubt a very important and serious matter and the fate of the coun? try hangs on the issue. It would be Sf?tek more to the purpose, however, if the t - present Congress were sent home to m to hang up io private life for an indc T finite time. Attorney General Barber says, in re? ference to the Agricultural Hall case, that, "We are going to hit in a new place. The State is cot yet ready to turn over the property to Mr Wesley and become his tenants, nor are we ready to vacate the property.r This looks like a high handed pie<*e of busi? ness. The courts have decided that the property belongs to Mr. Wesley, and the State cannot invalidate bis olaim by holdieg on to it. The United States never appeared less able to successfully manage its own affairs than at present, nor was there ever more talk of undertaking to inter? fere more extensively in outside mat? ters. One crowd of polit ?cal statesmen are demanding the annexation of Haw? aii, another demands the construction of the Nicaragua Canal and the declara? tion of a protectorate over Nicaragua, another is anxious for the annexation of, Coba, even though it would be neces- ; sary to fight Spain to accomplish the end desired, and there are others who I want Canada. Now, what these men ? L want with these outlying districts we do ' not know, for while possession of them H^k may bring advantages, we believe that j H^tbe disadvantages will more than over-, glance all that the most sanguine ! kmise. This demand by Senators Representatives for foreign activity ! ?une wheo they have confessedly j misely manage the affairs of! ftaavors too strongly of the j X J.J. .?-i TV . old European custom of going to war or undertaking a vigorous foreign policy when domestic affairs became unmanage? able, to appeal to the sober judgment of ? the true American citizen, who con? ceives it to be the first duty of ?he gov? ernment to manage its own affairs wise- : ly and in the interest of all classes of j its own citizens, and the second duty 1 to keep free from foreign complications. I A war abroad might secure peace at J home, of necessity, but there is no rea? son to assume that the conditions that are creating such great dissatisfaction in all classes and distress in industrial circles would be changed for the better. We cannot see bc the people of the United States will be greasy beoefitted by the acquisition of either Hawaii, Coba, or Canada, for the benefits will accrue directly and principally to the countries annexed. The construction of the Nicaragua Canal would be of vast benefit to the commercial interests of the country, inasmuch as it would place this country in a commanding position io competition with Europe for the Eastern trade, but the scheme for con? structing tb" Canal involves the govern? ment to the extent of a hundred million dollars in the event of a failure of the syndicate of capitalists. This makes the people of the entire country directly responsible for the debts of a corpora ion, while they are excluded from participating directly in the profits in the event of success. And eveo though the syndicate should succeed in opening the Canal it is to be feared that it might prove another case of the Pacific rail? roads. The members of the syndicate will find means to saddle the debt on i the government by bankrupting the ! Canal Company, but building up im? mense fortunes for the members of the syndicate at the same time. Instead of an active foreign policy, the chief ingredient of which is jingoism, the country stands in urgent need of an active domestic policy, com? bining common sense and an intelligent consideration of the interests of the country. Unless such a policy is deve? loped 60on the inevitable result will be that the citizenship of the country will conclude that this government is a failure and then they will demand and obtain, by force, if not otherwise, a change. It is too much to expect that the people will hold fast indefinitely to a belief in the generalities of the lle tublicao form of government, while ob? taining none of the benefits. The Sumter Democratic Club has on its rolls a large number of raen | who have never registered, and it is ? time some etion was taken to make ! certain that every member of the club will register. Every vote will be ! needed, and it will be folly to neglect j any piecaution that will insure a full registration. The Valentine edition of the Atlan- j ta Journal, which was issued under j the direct supervision of the women of Atlanta is a daisy If they could get out a paper like it every day, it would lead the field from the start. i The more we think about Col j Dargau's speech the less we like it. He was very bold, independent, out? spoken and all that short of thing, but there remains a bad taste in one's mouth after it is all said and done. He said some very good things and i some very true things, but the way in which he said some of theee things and some other tilings surprised us j beyond measure notwithstanding that we have been fairly well acquainted with Col. Dargan and his record for several years. If the gold bugs do not hasten with the harvest of their crop the silver 1 deluge will catch them. The finan- I cial panic and the business depres? sion of the past year or two has changed the current of public senti-1 ment to a wonderful extent, and the demand for bi-metalism is made in all parts of the world. The bankers have been quick to perceive the ; change of sentiment, and right now j they are exerting every eftbrt to fix j the gold standard upon the civilized world, and to realize as great profit ; as possible with as great dispatch as circumstances will permit. The issue ! is now squarely down between gold and silver, between the money lender and mass of the people, and the next j campaign wilt hinge in a large meas? ure on this issue, unless it is sooner settled. Germany has declared in j favor of bi-metalism and an inter- j national monetary agreement. The other continental nations will probab- ; ly follow the lead of Germany in de manding relief from the evils that have followed the continued contrac? tion of the currency. 1 THE GREATEST "l?EED. Wheo T/ir Kc cs and Courier \ lished (he map of South Carol showing the immense water pov developed by the streams thut i from the mountains to the sea. th sands of native Carolinians w amazed, for they had never given matter a thought. Yet they with accord exclaimed, "This state intend by nature to bp a great ma factoring center. Surely the North mills will hasten to remove South c that this evidence has beeu placed fore them." The Northern mill will not all be moved South, and it is useless to exp it. The men who have their mot invested in Northern milla, and ? bound by every tie and interest to t North, will not remove to the Sou as long as they find it possible to ke their mills on a paying basts wb< they are. The North is their boa and they and their forefathers have energy and persistence made it prc perous and rich, even though it v? not blessed with all the advantages this State. The manufactnring indt try is firmly established in New En land, and even while the large prof of former years are uot possible, nc on account of adverse legislation ai sharp competition of the Southe mills, yet the mills seldom feil to pi dividends. Those who have the money invested in these miils will n readily consent to have the chief i dustry of their sectiuu destroyed at transported to a distant State. As rule they are believers io their OH section, and labor to build it up. Ti South may expect a larger investmei of Northern capital than beretofor but no avalanche of Northern mouey < procession of Northern mills is possibli The average Northern man will do a io his power to keep the money an mills as long as there is any profit i all to be made. Therefore we mu? not expect the development of tb South to be wrought by Northern me and Northern money. What the people of the South shoul do is to unite and bend every effort t utilize the advantages that lie aroun them on every side. By energy, ecoi omy, persistence, and co-operation th people of South Carolina could mak South Carolina take the rank as manufacturing state that the people c Massachusetts have won for their State Massachusetts did not build immens factories at the start, nor did they buil a great many small factories, but yea after year the industry was graduall developed ; and as it was developed tb peopled increased in wealth and abilit; to build up their State. Thus the obtained the entire benefit themselves. We are not so selfish as to desir that only our owu people should obtaii the benefits from the utilization of th advantages of the State, but we di desire to have them obtain a fair shan of those things that are their heritage and which they have so long ueglectet to improve. We do not desire to se< the owners of the soil sit supinely fy and ask others to come in and wir riches while they themselves seem con tent to remaio io comparative poverty. The erection of mills with Northerr money means that the profits will gc North to the mill owners to be spent and the South will be more than evei tributary to the capitalists of thc North. This section would be in thc hands of the capitalists, and the de? pendence would be actual and not merely incidental, it would not be an unmixed blessing to have a large ioflux of Northern capital in the South, but it would be real improvement and a great blessing indeed were our people to grow prosperous by means of their own exertions. The South's greatest need is development by Southern men. The scarfs knows as cravats or croats came into France about 1656. They were copied from the shawls which the Croats wore round their necks, and were immediately adopted and exaggerated by the ladies. Au express locomotive, recently built at the Rochester shops of the Buf? falo, Roohester and Pittsburg Railroad, from the designs of Mr. C. E Turner, superintendent of motive power, is fitted with an electric headlight, current for which is furnished by a small motor at the back of the lantern. Four Biff Successes. Having the needed merit to .core than make good all the advertising claimed for them, the following four remtdies have reached a phenomenal sale. Dr. King's New Discovery, for Consumption, Coughs ?ind Colds, each bottle guaranteed-Electric Bitters, the great remedy for Liver, Stomach and Kidneys-Bueklcn's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, and Dr. King's New Life I'iils, which are a perfect pill. All these remedies are guaranteed to do just what is claimed for them and thc dealer whoso name is attached herewith will bc glad to tell you more of them. Sold at J. F. IV, DeLorme'i Drug Store. 1 A QUEER GHOST. ! The other night a badly frightened ne^ro : was met on Harviri Street, and hud hp not [ been so terribly scared a more detailed ?c j count of the cause of his fright might hnvn ; been obtained. He was so badly scared th^r ! his face shone ashy in the moonlight and j the whites of his eyes were like rings <>!' j phosphorescent light in the darkness. His ? j knees were shaking and striking against i each other and nervous tremor shook his : j frame as he basteced aloog as ins MS his . trembling legs would carry hin). At every ; step he glanced fearfully over 0:3 shoulder, I as if looking for some running pursuer. Bu 1 j there wa3 nothing to be seen in the moonlit 1 j street when the narrator of this true "tory : I met the negro. , j Observing the negro's unusual trepidation, ! j the wayfarer stopped him and inquired the I cause of his fright. Between the chattering of bis teeth the negro related his story, n story of a gbost, the fellow of which has never been seen before. He had heerj up town shooting "craps'" j until about ten o'clock and then started home, j Soon after turning into Harvin Street he Wt 1 bis flesh creep and bis hair twist up into j tighter rolls until his head felt as if it was ? covered with cockle burrs. Looking back a f bicycle was seea corning at a terrific rate, i An old-fashioned high wheel affair, and j without a rider. On it came with the j rapidity of the wind and without a sound, j Too greatly terrified to move, the negro said i he stood rooted in his tracks. Almost he- j fore he conld wink his eye, the ghostly j machine was upon him aud had passed right through him without a shock. He felt noth? ing except as if dipped in ice cold water. Before be could think the wheel was gone Theo be started to run as hard as he could, j but before he had gone twenty yards his j flesh "creeped" again and bis bair twisted i tighter than ever. As he looked over his | shoulders the riderless* wheel WHS upnn him : j again it seemed to pass through his body HS if he had not been in the track of the ghostly thing. Now frightened almost out of his wits, be ran as if hts life was at stake. But again the wheel overtook him, and ran over j or through bira like a cold wind. This was 1 just before the wayfarer met the ghost-seer, | and though coming from the direction { whence the riderless bicycle ghost hud vanished h* had seen nothing of it. The ; negro u-as loutn to be dvtniued, and as soon I HS he concluded his story he took to the | middle of the street, and hat io hand with ! head thrown back he too soon vanished, for j he ran faster than Duffie did when the patrol j was after him. The wayfarer did not tarry long on the \ spot, nor on Harvio Street for that matter, ; for he had no desire to encouoter any sort : of ghost, and more especially the ghost of a j bicycle. Sumter is known far and wide as a bicycle town, but this story, toid the reporter at 1 second band, goes ooe better on all records, ' and Sumter deserves the palm. If not fori having a bicycle ghost, then for having such a ready-witted rascal as that fleeing son of' Hara. JUST TEN YE ABS Since a Remarkable Happening. ; - An Interesting Interview With a Prominent I Commercial Traveller. The newsgatberer 00 bi3 daily search for items of interest often comes across happen? ings of more than passing note. It was dur? ing a recent conversation with Mr. A. H. Craosby, the well-known commercial trav? eler, with the Cochran Lumber Company, that a reporter of the Commercial learned of a wonderful case. Mr. Craosby is well known in Memphis and surrounding country and now resides at 158 Kerr street. "Just ten years ago," s*:< he, "my wife DOticed a small lump in ncr breast She thought nothing of it, but n iucreased in size rapidly, and soon broke 1 tough the skin, and commenced to dischar?.-*. She was put under treatment of the bes; physicians, but they very soon found that they could do her no good, and simply prescribed antiseptics to keep the place clean. Both her grandmother and aunt, by the way, had died with cancer, and when apprised of this fact, the doctors told me that they would not attempt to save her: that she was incurable. Although the cancer bad by this-time become deep seated, and her health very low, I had one of the most noted specialists ot New York to treal ber. After treating her awhile, this doctor admitted that the case was hopeless and fur? ther treatment useless. It is difficult to ma giae bow despondent weall bectme, knowing that she must die, and unable to give ber any relief. I had spent over five hundred dollars with the best medical skill to be had, and felt that there was no further hope. "One day I happened to read an advertise- ; men: of S. o. S. recommending that remedy 1 for. cancer, and iu view of the failure of the most eminent physicians in the country, I confess I had little faith in any human agen- | cy. However, I purchased a bottle of S. S.S. I and to ray delight, it seemed to benefit her; j after she had taken a couple of bottles, the cancer began to heal, and astonishing as it I may seem, a few bottles more cured ber en- j lirely. You can probably better understand how remarkable thi3 cure was, wbea I explain that the cancer had eaten two holes in the breast two inches deep. These healed up en- ; tirely and although ten years have elapsed, not a sign of the disease has ever returned, and we are assured of the permanence of the \ cure which we at first doubted. "1 certainly regard S. S. S. as the most | wonderful remedy in the world, and it is tru- ; ly a God-send to those afflicted with this ter? rible disease. Yes sir,"'be concluded, "you may be sure that ? shall always be grateful to that remedy, for without it my home would now be desolate and my children motherless."-Memphis, Tenn., Commercial. A Million Friends. A friend in need is a friend eed, and not less iban one million people ha^^ found just such a friend in Dr. King's New Discovery for Coughs, and Colds.-If you have never used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonderful curative powers in all disease3 of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug store. Lar^e bottles 50c. and $1.00. 1 The leading book makers have vied with . each other in publishing handsome editions of the standard authors. H. G. Osteen & Co., ; have the latest and handsomest at the lowest ; prices. ? Native Red Rust Proof Seed Oats for sai : by W. M. Grabara. PATRICK MILITARI INSTITUTE, ANDERSON, S. C. Seventeenth Session OPENS SEPTEMBER 12TH. OOD COURSE in English, Mathematics ~jr Latin, Greek, German, French, Draw ng, Book-Keeping, and Tactics. Send for Catalogue. COL. JOHN B. PATRICK, Aug. 15 Supt. How tho Grided School Ccilar ?3i? be Drained. To Editor Watcleman ar?n Southron: D??T Sir: f often T'O'trKS-ftcr A h-avy thal the cei!??r to school house-Grude.i School becomes so full of water that ir bas to be pumped out. A VP*, orso ago, ? suggested to one of the ecbool t?o*rd thai they sink holes in the yurd, say fifty feet from t.und? ine;-make holes a few feet de?'tvr ib?n the cellar and put in a curbing, ii this i-1 dorn? it will cost but rt trw dollars, and cellar will bf? drained. I tried the sinking of four barr?is io a yard on Sumter Street wh>n I lived there and had no trouble with <vr:fi?Mv of jard, hut before s oking Duneta the yard WHJ always full ot WHter. Yours truly. C W. KlNGMAN. AYER the Only Sarsaparilla AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. IT LEADS ALL OTHER * BLOOD Purifiers. SUMTER TIN SHOP. HAVING PURCHASED the tools and outfit of the shop formerly of E. Oardarelli. I will conduct the Tin business in its diff?rent branches at the same stand, on Renublicnn Street near Graham's Stables. Orders tor Roofing, Gattering and general Repnir Work will have prompt attention I have good workmen employed, and guarantee satisfaction Feb. 20. H. A. HOYT, Agent. H. A. HOYT, THE WELL-KNOWN Watch and Clock workman bus sold out the Jewelry Business, and will devote his entire time and energy to repairs. He can be found at Walsh & Shaw's Shoe Store, next door to Bank of Sumter. Sign of Big Watch. Will do work in first-class manner, and cheaper than anv other. _ Feb^O. _H. A. HOYT. OTTO Mfl?RDT. THE FLORIST AND GARDNER informs hts customers and tb" public that he is prepared to furnish fine articles in FRUIT TREES, ROSES, AND ALL KINDS OF FLOWER PLANTS, ALSO CABBAGE PLANTS AND OTHER VARIETIES OF VEGETABLE PLANTS. 100 Cabbage Plants 25 1,000 " " 2.00 He offers his services to lay out gardens and put i hem in good shape. Reasonable terms. Feb. 10._ State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Prolote Judge. WHEREAS, MOSES WILSON, made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Admin? istration ci the Estate of and effects of KELLY WILSON, Ute of said County and State, de? ceased . These are therefore to cite and admonish all I and singular the kindred and Creditors j of the said KELLY WILSON, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro? bate, to be held at Sumter Court House on j March 6th, 1895, 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 mv hand, this 20th day of February, A. D.,* 1895. T. V. WALSH, Feb. 20-2t. Judge of Prohate. j PROPOSALS FOR SUMTER COUNTY BONDS, j OFFICE OF Comity Supervisor, ! SUMTER COUNTY. I SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 13, 1895. THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMIS? SIONERS for Sumter County hereby ? give notice, that pursuant to the provisions of a i act of the General Assembly of said State, entitled, "An Act to Authorize the issue of $15,000.00 of Bonds of Sumter County, to raise funds for past indebtedness j and for repairing and furnishing the Court : House." approved December-, 1S94, they will receive sealed bids for the whole, or j any part of said issue not less than five hun? dred dollars, up to the 15th day of March, j 1895, at 12 o'clock, M. Said Bonds to mature in ten years, to bear interest at the rate of six per centum per j annum, payable annually, to be exempt from : any and all County, State and Municipal . taxation, secured by an annual levy of taxes ! to pay the interest thereon, and the accumu? lation of a sinking fund for the ultimate re? demption of the same. The same to be sold at not less than par. The right to reject any or all bids is expressly reserved. By order of Board. 1 Attest. W. S. DINKINS, THOS. V. WALSH, Supervisor. Feb. 13. Sec ty. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. rxiHE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore ex-? j i9tmg between the undersigned, has j been dissolved by mniual consent. The business will be continued by R. Dozier Cuttino and William R. Delgar, as co-partners, under the old name of Brown, : Cuttino & Delgar, and ali payments due the late firm, must be made to them. A.S. BROWN, R. DOZIER CUTTINO, WILLIAM R. DELGAR. Feb. 13.-2t. . MADE FROM High Ira?e Tob?ceo ABSOLUTELY PURE PUBLIC NOTICL CIT? LICENSES FOR 1894-5. CLERK & TREASURER'S OFFICE. SUMTER. S. C., Feb. 6, 1895. MERCHANTS AND OTHERS liable ce? der the License Ordinance are here? by notified that on and after February 15th, instaut, all City Licenses, as required by said Ordinance, now of force, then unpaid, will be put into execution and lodged with County Sheriff for collection. Bv order of Citv Council. C. M. HURST, [L. S.J Clerk & Treasurer. Feb. 6. NOTICE QF DISSOLUTION. THE DEATH OF ISRAEL REIFSNYDER has dissolved the late copartnership, heretofore conducted under the name cf Lukens & Reifsnyder, and all bills will be paid by the undersigned, surviving partner. And all dues collected ny him. JESSE LUKENS. Feb. 6, '95. 3-t. Survivor. Cia?! M?e No J4JL I M. THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No. 64-, A. F. M., will be held OD Thursday Evening, March 7th, at 7? p. m. Brethrec will take due notice and govern themselves accordinglv. By ordei, A. C. PHELPS W. M. H. C. MOSES, Secretary. Feb 13. MONEY LOAMED. Do yon want to borrow money on equita? ble terms ? Do you desire to pay off a mortgage and re-borrow tbe money at 5 per ceot. interest annually ? Would you care to be so situated that you could reduce the mortgage against your home by paying off a small amount monthly and at the end of each year receive credit for all paid? With interest being charged only on remaining portion of loan. Would you like to buy your family a home? If *o read the following : I represent a Company that has embodied in its plan all the features enumerated above and many more. Can you see any reason why you should pay a large interest for money when you have good security? Cac you present any good reason why it is not as well to receive profits yearly as to wait from 7 to 10 years as one does in many of the Associations? Is not the reducion of interest yearly better than waiting many years tor profits? Borrowers under the plan represented by me assume absolutely no risk ns every dollar paid on the loan is credited on the mortgage, thereby reducing I in pro? portion to the amount paid. Building Associations have tenefitted hundreds of thousands, so did the old cars that were propelled by horses. Our pian is as far superior to Building Association?: as the trolley cars are to the old antiquated horse car system. 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It is specially good for women and children-it makes them strong and ros v. i'fo?vn's Iron Bitters is pleasant to ?afc?, and it will not itain the teeth nor c. v. constipation. See the crossed red li on thc wrapper. Our book, "Hov Live ;? Hundred Years,'' tells all abou. free iv r 2c^*t5mp. BJLOWN CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE, MS