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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,1895 The Suinter Watchman was founded in 1850 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 Sumter EDITORIAL NOTES. Colorado has taken to killing Italians, believing, no doubt, that the State is safe from a bombardment by Italian warships. Rice at four cents a pound is a long T way ahead of cotton at five cents, and a good many farmers will plant rice as a money crop. The moonshiners of the upper coun? ties continue to pursue the uneven tenor of their way, ?nd those who prefer the pore mountain dew to dispensary still have the satisfacci?n of drinking it occasionally. Sumter couoty has several entries for the News and Courier bog prize, and if the prize does uot o me to Sum tei County, some other county will have a very big hog The experience of those who have advertised in The Item has been that they obtained what they wanted. The moral of this is applicable to those who ace grumbling about the dullness of trade. Tom Watson, over io Georgia, is pursuing a policy of moderation and conciliation that is passing strange wheo compared with his policy in the last campaign. Tom Watson is not out of politics by any means, but be is taking another tack. Where be will land po man knoweth. Judge Simoatoo has sent the dispen? sary law to the United States Supreme Court, where it should have gone long ago, and it is to be hoped that the en? tire law will be taken up and sifted through and through by this highest tribunal of the land and finally settled. The law is, on tts face, a monopoly, aod i?Tfrff?rr?* with commerce between the Stares as weil as iofriages the personal liberty of the individual citizen. We have no doubt that the rabid friends of the dispensary will proceed co have hydrophobia over tbe decision by Judge Simontoo. These folks have become so deeply enamoured of one, two and three X that anything against their dearly beloved bas the same effect upon them that wa?er does upon the hydrophobia-afflicted unfortunate. The raving will not effect the law nor Judge Simon;ou and may" serve to relieve the overcharged dispensaryites. The farmers who io tend using ferti? lizers have adopted a plan that appears to us as wise. They are, says Mr. D P. Duncan, manager of the State Alliance Exchange, buying the materials-cotton seed meal, etc-and manipulating them into ammoniated fertilizers themselves. By the adoption of this plan the farmers will save not less than ?3 per too, and will obtain fertilizers that are as good in every respect J those prepared by toe fertilizers companies. Gov. Evans refused to appoint the gentleman nominated for County Treasurer, of Charleston County at the regular Democratic primary, and, in consequence, the regular Democrats of Charlestoo are somewhat indignant and grieved. This action of Gov. Evans is a black speck in the bright sky of reconciliation between the domi? nant element and Charleston. We are not surprised that Gov. Evans did not appoint the gentleman in Charleston, for we know that had he had sufficient excuse he would not have appointed the nominee of the primary in Sumter County Tbe representatives of the British Government have begun at onoe to in? vestigate the circumstances surround? ing the killing of the British subject by the rioters in New Orleans, and have called upon che Secretary of State, at Washington to look into the matter on behalf of the American Government. Thfi acting Secretary of State tele? graphed itua?ediatf!y tn <rov. Foster of Louisiana for a statement of tho cir? cumstances, to be submitted to th-j English Ambassador. This is the man Ci ?.cr in which England looks after her subjects, and American citizen? who travel in foreign countries have long expressed the wish that the United States would imitate England in this respect at least. -i. ?A - Mr Whitney talks as if he w have no hesitation about fighting Sf and if the Spaniards do not give s faction pretty quick there will be a more Americans of the same opinioi Gov. Evans is going np *.o Spar burg for the purpose of pacifying discordant elemeots of the ring, said. He had best keep out of ir and Wilson's preserves. The opportunity for the vigoi foreign policy so greatly desired io s quarters bas arrived. The Un States bas been insulted by Spain, an explanation and an apology is order. Firing upon an Ameri merchant man on the high seas b; Spanish gunboat apparently witt cause or even excuse should arouse Administration to demand of Spain f most ample and full apology. I Spain does not give evidence ol prompt willingness to give satisfaol to the Uoited States, theo the Uni States should demand, and enforce demand by force, if necessary, t Spain give satisfaction. At this ti the position of Spain in very vulc able, for she has the Cuban revolt hand aod the United States is able make it very disagreeable to Spain, few war ships *vnd possibly an ar landed in Cuba would bring Spain her senses in a hurry and create in Spanish mind a profound and last respect for the United States. Gov. Evans has revoked the co missioDs of two colored Notaries P l?o io Columbia on the same grout that the commissions of those in otl parts of the State were revoked, displays a determination to adhere his plan, and be may be safe in dei so as far as the results will effect h individually, bot he will fail to have I support of the white people of i State as a whole. We have nc been so advocate of universal sufra or negro role, and never expect to 1 bat we do advocate a just and bon treatment of the negro. Even a neg is entitled to fair treatment and cannot anderstand Gov. Evan motive io acting as he bas in revoki the commissions of Notary Publii who have done nothing more than co ply with the provisions of the la As a matter of fact we believe tb. there would be more grouod for revo iog a Notary's commission w refuses to take the affidavit a man who desires to make o in compliance with the provisions of law. Gov. Evans may possibly 1 actuated by a sense of duty or he ms have evidence before him of misco duct on the part of the notaries questioo that he has not given to tl public, but on the face of what h been done and what he himself h said, we are not prepared to give bi the benefits of the doubt. He pretem to ignore public sentiment and assam that he is empowered to act as he set fit withoat explanation to anyone, n even the men he has removed fro office. The people who are threatening Co Dargan are making fools of themselvi and playing exactly into his hands : one and the same time. Nothio could please Col. Dargan more, for b his own public utterances he bas a j unutterable hankering to become some j what of a martyr. Just leave Co Dargan alone, and after awhile be wi j realize wherein he is wrong and wi: j quit his foolishness. Of course harr j will result from his present course, a he is stirring up a feeling that will g j beyond anything that he at presen forsees in his misguided enthusiasm fo j the theoretical and ethical principles c ; abstract justice. Let him speak any ; where at anytime, but for heaven'' ! gake don't martyr him, for this is th ; nineteenth century, and the dawn of th twentieth is almost at hand. The Conference to be held in Colum j bia on the 281b instant io response ti ; the call of the Forty, will be attendee ; by Reformers and Conservatives fron j nearly every couuty in the State . Twenty-one counties have already sig? nified an intention to send delegates , and the other c"unties will probably : come into the Conference it is de? sirable that the Conference be largely attended and wc hope that a represen? tative delegation will he sent from this county. We are ali heartily tired ol so much politics, and if we can get together and live together peaceably in future we shall be bettor satchell chan wo aro. For this reason, and because wo honestly believe that it will be for the best interests of the State and all the people who live in it. we favor a settlement of factional differences. We are not wedded to any [dan, and are I oo'v anxious that thc best and mobt j just to all parties will prevail. Mr. Ambrose E. Gonzales bas given the readers of The State another of bis inimitable Silhouettes after a long silence. We trust he will let us have them oftener. The negroes who are going to Libe? ria will not be able to walk back home as those who went to Mexico are doing. But this they will learn in good time, and its none of our business anyway. The hard times have ?tirnuiated the towns of this State to unusual exertions, and tn short time the good results will become apparent. Not a week passes, hut two or three new manufacturing enter prises are reported under way It is time for Sumter to take a place in the procession. Secretary of State Gresham is after the Spauiards in the right style. They need to be handled in sharp manner, since they display a disposition to add diplomatic insolenoe to the naval in? sult.. - -^?-????-^ PATTON'S PLAN. The State on yesterday published a lengthy article from Mr. Cooper Patton, of thc Columbia bar. who has repre? sented Richland County in the House of Representatives for several years. The article is a clear and able presenta? tion of the conditions which confront us, and au outline of the requirements that the proposed constitution must posses to satisfy the people of the ^tafe His plan is simply stated so that any one can readily understand it, and is fortified by an argument in .unport of the principles involvea. He says with respect to the require? ments: "I think, therefore, that it may be considered as settled that no plan will be tolerated by our people unless it shall satisfy the requirements set out above-that is to say : "1. It mast not be obnoxious to the Constitution of the United States. "2. It must establish effectively and permanently white supremacy. "3 It mast provide forclean and honest elections. "4. It mast not disfranchise that large body of oar citizens who, though poor and unlettered, have served their State as useful and faithful citizens in time of peace, and risked their lives for her in time of war." The people worthy of the ballot, to j whom it would be guaranteed by the i pian noted above, would be divided into three classes and a section inserted io the new constitution would make operative the plan. Mr. Patton sug ! gests a section as follows : ''Section 1. Every male citizen of the i State of South Carolina, of the age of twenty-one years, not laboring under disabilities named in this Constitution, who shall have resided io the State one year and in the county in which he j offers to vote sixty days next preceding j any election, and who shall have paid ] all poll or other tax due by him to the ! State; and who, in addition thereto, **(1) "Shall be able to write legible ; and read the Constitution in English ; print: or "(2) Shall owu in h'm own name and return for taxation property io this State to the amount of ?300 : or "(3) Shall have been engaged in the j active military or naval service of the j late Confederate States of America, or ! shall be the lawful lineal descendant j of such person ; shall be a qualified i elector of this State, and, when duly j registered, shall be entilted to vote for j all officers that are now or may be here j after elected by the people, and upon i all question, submitted to the electors at j any election." j Two other sections be also suggests ! to strengthen and make effective the j provisions of Section 1. These sec-! ; tions are as follows : "Section 2 The General Assem ? bly shall enact just and equal laws for ! an accurate registry of the qualified ; electors of this State ; and they shall also establish convenient, fair and im * partial tribunals to pass upon and de j termine the qualifications of citizens ; offering themselves for registration as qualified electors. ' "Section 3. A popular government , cannot exist without' a pure ballot. The General Assembly, therefore, sbaii enact stringent laws for 'he regulation of the registry and elections in this State, with severe penalties for the violation of the 6ame. Any person who shall, willfully violate such laws, shall, upou conviction, in addition to such penalties as the General Assembly shall impose, be forever disqualified from voting anil debarred from holding public office in this State ; aud the dis? abilities imposed by this section shall not be removed by the pardon of the Governor or by act of the General Asset lbly." Mr. Patton argue.- that the {'inn meets the four requirements -.md Joe* uot infriugc'Upiiii the Federal Constitu? tion in any of its fundamental princi? ples, That it will insure white suprcm ecy And that fair and. honest elections aro not only possible but made certain under the operation of thc plan. Thc letter of Mr. l'attou is a val?a de contribution to the discussion of thc suffrage question as r-jlated to the Con stitutional Convention soon to be held and is on a line that will meet with the approval of a great uurnber of the white people of the State. It is no7e! in many respects and will have to be carefully considered before it c*n be either ac? cepted or rejected. Ths.t the ends aimed at by Mr. PattoD are identical with those of many of the truest Democrats in the State there is no question. The only difference that exists is in the means to be adopted to secure thos : ends. Collecting Agency. Messrs. Frank J Moses and N. G. Osteen, Jr., have formed a partnership for the pur? pose of collecting rents and any other He counts that [hay he placed in their hands. They have an office with Mr. Atlarnor.t Moses in tbe Mason ?c Temple, and one of them can be found there at ADV time. They are both young raeD of experience in collecting ac? counts and will push the'ousiness th^y have undertaken for all it is worth. Those who have accounts for collecting will be acting for their own best interest it they place them with this firm. Meteorological Becori The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Statehurg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past two weeks endiug March 10 aod 17, 1895 : Temperature -. j Condition. 5, 56. : 38. 6, 61. j 53. 7| 67. I 53. 53. 4, 62 j 40. i 51 I sw j 09 ??Cloudy, 47 j s j .00 Idear 49.5! SK .01 Cloudy. 60. E 1 25 Cloud.v 56.5' sw .45 ;*Cloudy, 45. w .00 ?Clear. 52. s 00 ??Cloudy. 51 5 El .38 Cloudy. 53. I S3 ! .07 Cloudy. 57. ! SE I .65 *Cloudv. 61. I K I 74 (Cloudy. 39 iCloudv. 8; 60. Si 55 10 64 ll! 55 12! 58 35. 41. 48 48. 13| 65 49 14 68 54 15 62. 54. 16 69 46. 17! 51. J 30. 58. I SE 57 5 w 40.5 w .69 Cloudy. .00 Clear. ?Partly cloudy. Light frost 00 the 5th. Thunderstorm on the ni : of the 7th, And heavy white frost on the morning of the 9tb. Thunderstorm on the 14th and 15th, and killing frost and thin ice on the 17th. Wind on the 16th variable sw-w-?-a?d also on the 17th XE--w-ssw. Guv. on the Lenten Season. OCR COUNTRY SKAT, ) March ll, 1395. J It i9 not generally known that we possess a country seat, bat as humble as we appear, it is nevertheless a fact. It also has a mortgage on it, aod we are not even proud of that, nother. Our seat may not be strictly archi? tectural, but it is ancient, very Ancient. As old AS any other seat in America, and with? out sign of decaying. It is called "ligbt-ud 8tump," and we occupy it only in op?u weather, and wheD toiling and struggling io make our bread by the sweat of-of-the nigger's vicarious eye-brow. We don't know if this conforms strictly to the scriptural in? junction and decree, but really we don't love to sweat ourself We'd rather hive our'n doDi, ?nd thus resting agrees with us better than anything we ever tried, so we do the resting while the hands !o the sweating, And think it's a very equi ible and suitable division of-of-. Weil, t suits us so well that we have never once 1 >ught of striking for higher wages, and b< e thus set a good example to the other ha. os, which we con? sider creditable on our par:. !. ts said some? where that "time is money," but that old aphorism is busted into atomic flinders be? cause had it been true we'd all have been wealthy by the 1st March inst., for, though we didn't have much else, euch man has had nigh on to 1,000 good soiid hours of spare time thia year, nod we ain't realized A red cent out of it so far, but lost-temporally speak i og. The weather bas thawed some, but it still seems to be as undecided what ir's going to clo this year as-as the average farmer is. Your rip-pcrter rode through, or over, or hy, or across St. Charles to-day, and went to Mayesville and back, and we haven't yet smollen the faintest little smeller of guano anywhere, but the odor of fresh turned earth and the fragrance of barnyard and Stable manure perfumed the ambient air. Some folks are workirg with some degree of will and hope ?nd energy, and with faith somewhat like the "grain of mustard seed," small yet. Others appear to be striking sorter perfunctory licks, seemingly without hope and no mustard seed. They don't know whether to sink tbe lay off stakes 3? foot or 5 foot. Cotton or corn, fertilizer or no ferti? lizer, lien or no lien., and whether to be honest this year or not. We sorter opine that a good many have been economizing in the matter of honesty for some time. This will be a year of economy, ex necessitate, nolens voleos, et cetera, amperzant, world without end. We, ourself, have long ago resolved and swor?i and determined not to live one cent beyond our expense?-, nnd we have stuck to it with an amazing degree of resoluteness and obduracy, and are now beginning to re? alize that we are-are not one dratted whit better off. The lenten seasou is much more I generally observed by all sects this year, leastways in the matter of diet. There is no lavish prodigality of living uow, scarcely the comfortable abundance that we were wont to indulge in about the opening of the lenten and the-the lien season. We are faring now like the prodigal just before he accepted the invitation to dine on fatted calf {and we only wish we knew where there was a fat calf cooked for us right now). Our dark complected brother is a mystery. How the I more improvident of them have managed to keep their bodies from the tomb is an enigma. They apparently have nothing, and are cer? tainly earning nothing, and ain't caring a darn. But. this kind can live on plums and ro.is'n ears in the summer, and on freedom the balance of the time, and be happy just because they ain't dead, aod be joyful and sassy just because-well just because they're alive. As a matter of news we announce ?tn eclipse of die muon last night between tin hours ot 9 and 12 m. The sun has also been eclipsed to-day. totally, and h?d -iot been seen up to the hour of going to-set. Weean only hope it may batch out (?right to-morrow. The weather is soft, the earth is soft, and ive b'lieve our brait; ii Soft, ton. hilt the times 1 emain han! ami so do tin- hardened .--.urie:-?. Guv - --?a?- . ? *? ? um Chamberlain's Cough Remedy give? tiu i'e-; satisfaction ut any cough medicine I handi?, ?nd as a seller leads all other prepa? rations iu this market. I recommend it be? cause n is the be5! medicine I ever handled !"? cou g hi, colds and croup. A. W. Bald ridge, Millsville, |?:. For sale b\ Dr. A. J. f 'h nm. H. G. (.?steen ? Co-, make u specialty of paper, and now have the finest and t complete selection o? papei ever ?ri Sumter They sell mere paper for the sanie money than can be bought elsewhere. Store on Liberty street next to the Watchman and Southron mee. Ho I For Liberia. The Horsa to Sail With Emigrants A Negro Preacher's Protest. SAVANNAH. March 18.-The steam? ship Horsa will saii from Savannah to? morrow for Monrovia, Liberia, with 200 emigrants, men, women and children. The emigrants, who are mostly from thc neishborhood of Mem? phis, Tenn., and Birmingham, AU., have been waiting here for ten days for the ship They are all very enthusias? tic on the subject of Africa, which they declare to be the true borne of all the sons of Ham. The Horsa came up thn river this morning, and was greeted by immense crowds of negroes. Th? gates at the wbarf at which she stopped bad to be closed to keep the crowds of curious negroes out. The Horsa is a 700-ton fruit steamer and has been newly fitted up with rough bunks aud other temporary conveniences to coovert I her into an em'graut ship. She passed a rigid inspection by the customs '.->use officers this moroiog, who gave it as their opinion that she complied with j the government regulations for emi- j i grant-carrying ships. Rev. C S. Smith, of Nashville, a , ; prominent minister of the African Meth- : ; odist Church, is making a fight on the 1 : movement. He declares that the ship . does not comply with the government ! regulations, and will make an appeal : to the collector of the port to morrow | ; to refuse her clearance papers Rev. Smith has been to Liberia recently aud j I gives a verv unfavorable report of the j erare of affairs there He considers i i the movement simply a scheme on the j ' part of the white men to make money ! I out of the ignorant negroes. The move i^ a: 'er the direction of! : the International Migration Society, ] j which has its headquarters in Birmiog I ham. The Secretary, E. B. Cottm I ham, and two other white men inter : ested in the company, will make the ! trip to Liberia on the Horsa. I New York's Extraordinary Grand Jury Hands in a Batch of Indictments. NEW YORK, March 18.-The extra I ordinary grand jury which was sworn I in on January 7, and has been in ! vestigating the police department j and the testimony taken before the j j Lexow Senate committee, came into I j court at 1 o'clock to-day and bauded ? j a big bundle of indictments to Jus- j ! tice Ingrahan. It is believed that j j there were twenty-five indictments | ! in the package, but Justice lngraham ! refused to tell who thev were i j against. Bench warrants were at j once issued for those who had been ? indicted lt was said on the authority of an I assistant district attorney this after- j i noon that all of the indictments ? I handed down were against members j ! of the police force. Five indictments j were found against Inspector Mc j Laughlin. ? The extraordinary grand juiy j to-day dismissed the charges of co i ; 8piracy brought against Agents S. E. j Whitney and Arthur Dennet, of the j Parkhurst Society by Detective Ser j geant Jacob. Similar charges j against Charles Liss and Samuel ' Cohen were also dismissed. The j jury says that in its opinion the great ! I body of subordinate police officers | ! are honest and capable men, and ; their assistance in the jury's inves- j ligation would doubtless ha^eproved j ? most valuable had they (the jury) j i been able to command it The sooner you begin to fight the fire, the ? more easily it may be extinguished. The ? sooner you begin taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla ; ; for your blood-disease, the easier will be the | : cure. In both cases, delay is dangerous, if j ! not fatal. Be sure you get Ayer's and no I other. Ayer's / "WAS THE ONLY Sarsaparilla ADMITTED AT THE GET The Best. State of South Carolina, CO TN TV OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. TT7HEREAS, DR. F. M. DWIGHT, made W suit to me, to grant bim Letters of Ad? ministration ot the Estate of and ewerts of Miss MARV S. BROUN, deceased These are therefore to cite ai:d admonish all mu? singular the k -nire? and Creditors of the said MARY S. BROUN-, late ot* said Coun fv ?nd State, deceased, that they be ?nd appear before me, it! the Court ot Pro? bate, to be held ai Sumter Court House on Aprii 5 th, 1825, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they hare, why the said Administration should not be gr?mte 1 (riven under my han.'., :hi< 20th dnj ot March, A. P.. 1S?>5 y. V WALSH, March 20-2t~. Judge .<! Probate THE VINELESSJAM. \rERV PRODUCTIVE, easily cultivated, ?nd the best Potato in the world. <et'.i tor sale b\ March G-3L .IAS. G. WHITE. j ABSOLUTELY PURE FANCY BOY, IS NOW AT J. W EPPERSON & CO'S Stables. LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C., Where he will make the Season of :.895 March 15-v. GRIST MILL. ON TCFSDAY oext, March 12th, I will start a Grist Mill at the lambe: mill of C. R. Earvin (formerly Carr's mill) near the C. S. & N. R.R. Junction, and will gire prompt atrention to grinding Meal and Grits. The patronage of the comraucity siolici?ed, and first-class work guaranteed. A. D. HOLLAND. March. 13, -4t. MOSEY LOANED. Do you want to borrow money on equita? ble terms? Do you desire to pay off a mortgage and re-borrow the money at 5 per cent, interest annually ? Would you care to be so situated that you could reduce the mortgage against your borne by paying off a small amount monthly and at the end of each year receive cedit for all paid? With interest being charged only on remaining portion of loan. Would yon like to buy your family a home? If so read the following : I represent a Company that has embodied in its plan all the features enumerated above and many more. Can you see *Dy reason why yon should pay a large interest for money when you have good security ? Can 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 roany of the Associations? Is not the reduction of interest yearly better than waitinz many years tor profits? Borrowers under the plan represented by me assume absolutely no risk as every dollar paid on the loan is credited on the mortgage, thereby reducing it in pro? portion to the amouot paid. . Building Associations have benefitted hundreds of thousands, so did the old cars that were propelled by horses. Our plan ls as far superior to Building Associations as the trolley cars are to the old antiquated horse car system. My time is too much occupied to answer questions for the curious, but those seeking information for the betterment of their condition will receive full information promptly. We offer un investment to those who bave a small amount to save monthly that has no superior as to safety and seldom equaled for profits. Call or write. HENRY L. B. WELLS, Jan 30. Attorney, Sumter, C.F.S. C. So Simple via S Nine rimes out of ten when we are out of sorts our trou? bles can be removed by that re? liable old medicine. Brown's S ron Bitters, which for more than 20 years has been curing many people of Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Ma? laria, Impure Blood, Neural? gia, Headache, Liverand Kid? ney troubles. It's the pe culiar combination of iron, the great strength-giver, with selected vegetable remedies ot true value that makes Brown's Iron j litters so good tor strengthen? ing and purifying the svstem. It ls specially good for women and children-it makes them and ros v. bu U rn<>?*? s iron Titters i< pleasant to : * End it will not stair, the teeth IKT ? , nst'paiion See the crossed red li (?it tie wrapper. < H:r book, 'H.' 3 ive a Uundrcd Years, teils all s: i L:.v/..:: CHEMICAL CO., BALTXMCR* V-;