Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8. 18 -- - The Sumter Watchman was foe in 1S50 and the True Southron in ] The Watchman and Souihron nov the combined circulation and infle of both of the old papera, and is o festly the best advertising mediar Sumter. EDITORIAL NOTES. Congressman Sibley is working the free silver party as the Preside candidate. ' Re has an ambition least. Japan seems destined to be f victorious io every respect and will umph over the jealous opposition Kassia. JapaG is a marvel. Adlai Stevenson has the best oha of securing the nomination of the D oeratic party if it declares in favor free silver. Clemson College is the center of cheese and batter making industry the State. We are free to confess t this beats a dade factory. President Cleveland is the a thoroughly denounced man in Amer; He bas been denounced by everyth from the Farmers7 Alliance to thc 2s York Legislature. It is said that Governor Tillo thinks of ranoiog for the vice-pn v deacy on bis war record-the Darli: ton war. He may get as close to i offioe as be did to the Darlington wax have telegraphic connection.-Spark burg Herald. The two boys who ran away fri their homes in Virginia to help t Cabins fight, and were arrested Havanna and sent home to tb< parents, no doubt think that the d of romance has passed away. Th should be thankful that they were f rested before yellow fever bad a chan at them. England has consented to withdra her marines from Corio to, IN i car agu upon the guarantee of San Salvad that the $75,000 will be paid with two weeks. To say the least of it, En land is engaged in a dirty basinet Nicaragua insulted England, in tl person of a consalar agent, therefore salve of gold must be applied to Ea, land's wounded honor. The North Carotina Republioar favor Thomas B Reed for the Pres dency. They prefer him to McKinley on the ground that Reed is a bi-aeta list and McKinley a gold bag. Reed record proves bim to be opposed to sr ver and the Tar Heel Republicans wii have to hunt np some other excuse fa supporting the mau from Maine. Mr. M. F. Dwyer and Mr. Croker of New York, are big inen in Englan* because they happen to have a goo string of horses. New York's Four Hun dred will make a fool of itself over thes men when they return, although in th? past they were not supposed to exist, a far as the Four Hundred was coo cerned. Crooking elbows with tb< Prince of Wales und other heavy Eng lish sports makes a world of difference in the social standing of a New Yorker, The Atlanta Exposition will bc greater than all the expositions pre? viously held, save the World's Fair alone. South Carolina was not repre? sented in Chicago by an exhibit ol the products and resources of the State, and it is very gratifying to know thal ?n effort will be made to have the State properly represented in Atlanta. The extent of the exhibit will determine the benefit the State will receive from the Exposition. The trade of the tobacco planters of Sumter, Clarendon, Florence, Darling? ton and Williamsburg Counties will be a big thing this fall. If Sumter does not have a warehouse oar merchants will get none of the trade With a warehouse Sumter will get toe lion's share. What is needed in Sumter is not one warehouse but two or more. Just think of the thousands of acres of tobacco that will be grown in the five counties mentioued, it becomes evident at once that the warehouses iu this State cannot handle the crop. The money paid out for tobacco on the floor of a warehouse located in Sumter will, to a great extent remain here, for the tobacco planters must have the neces? saries of life and there is no better mar? ket in South Carolina than Sumter. The merchants will be enabled to extend their trade and sell more goods if Sumter is made a tobacco market, and they should not postpone too long the equipment of the warehouses on the C. S. & N. yards. JL HU Slate Disp-icser Misson ears dirt with as free appetite as ever Judg.. Goff could desire, but will that purge him of contempt ? The Tobacco Warehou*e i" tiow H eertaiuty. We are glad to make this announcement, for we have been urging this matter so long that we are glad to transfer it from the list of things de? sired to that of the things that are The Belt Line Railroad Tunnel, which was opened to traffic in Baltimore May 1, is one of the most remark? able engineering achievments of modern times, It is seven and a half miles in length and cost more than $8,000,000. The work of construction required five years. THE DAILYTTJSM SUSPENDED. _ From the Daily Item, May 3 With the issue of to-morrow the ' Daily Item will be discontinued. This waa determined upon several weeks ago, j and the paper has been continued, until j this date to complete advertising con- j tract? that were in force. Otherwise the publication would have ceased on April lat The reason for the discontinuance is, no doubt, so patent that ao explanation is oot necessary. The Daily Item bas not received sufficient patronage to render it self-supporting, and we do not feel justified or encouraged to con? tinue the experiment longer in hope of realising success io the future. We havd the satisfaction of fee'ing j that we have given Sumter the best paper possible under the circumstances, and do oot regret, io the least the time and energy expended io what bas prov? ed a futile task. Io other years we be? lieve the experiment would have been a success, but the stress of hard times bas made it impossible for many in this community to give The Item that support that they would have given it ander other circumstances. The support, both moral and finan? cial, that the paper has received is thor? oughly appreciated, and we take this oc? casion to thank the patrons of the paper who have stuck to it from first to last. Those who have paid in advance for subscription will have the money re? funded for the unexpired time. PRE8S NOTICES. "If the people who live to Sumter j and want to make money are ordinarily sensible, they will handsomely support the Sumter Item A town like Sumter which has a future, because her business men are I alive, would withe it a daily paper be handicapped. We do not know what j the condition of the Item is, but we ! i observe that it has not the advertising I it deserves Mr. Osteen, among South Carolina newspaper meo, is one of the j especially capable, and with half a chance he would give Sumter a j "snatching" paper. A Sumter mer? chant who hopes to do business could well afford to take a column ad. every . year in the hem. Sumter has an oppor? tunity in the Item because the Item has an editor who knows his business.'' Charleston Post May '1 LTnder any circumstances we would appreciate the above uotice, but since it comes just two days before thc death of the Item, instead of two days after, as is the custom, it is doubly appreciated The State receives wich siucere re? gret the news of the suspension of the Sumter Daily Item. The publication of the [tem was undertaken about six months ago by the publishers of the Watchman and Southron, who have DOW discontinued it on account of the lack of advertising patronage. In per? mitting its suspension for such a cause, the business men of Sumter have made a mistake which we are sure they will i regret, for the Item was not only an ! excellent afternoon paper, but it was in ! itself a greater advertisement for Sum- | ter than that city could have secured ; by the expenditure of double the money in other ways. Mr. H. G. Osteen, its editor, has proved his journalistic abil? ity, and we bope that in times more I propitious than the present for news- : paper ventures he will be able to revive his paper and place it on a sure founda? tion.- Thc State. The Sumter Daily Item has suspend? ed publication because it did not re? ceive "sufficient patronage to render it self-supporting," and the publishers did not "feel justified or encouraged to continue the exoeritnent longer of realizing success in future." We con? gratulate the Item on its brilliant career and we are sorry for the people of Sumter who did not appreciate a good thing when they had it. The little paper was always as full of meat as an egg and was most creditable to its editor and to the town of Sumter, j lr filled it? field, it did hs work well lr- views ni public questions were well considered and its positions were gen er? il y well taken, aud we shall miss its cheery face. Wc are glad, however, that we shall not mi*!? some of the best work of Editor Usteeo which will come to us hereafter once a week in the Sum? ter Watchman instead of every day in the Item.-News and Courier. Meeting of Survivors. At a meetiog of the local ramp of Confederate survivors, held in li'od dey's Hall last Saturday, a very pa? triotic aod stirring address? was made by Col. J. D. Blanding, of Sumter. Col Blanding was a good soldier and made a speech which his old comrades appreciated. Oo motion, A. F. Ruff, W. L. Rod dey and J. J. Hagins were elected del? egates to attend the re-union of the soldiers of the Confederacy, to be held in Houston, Texas, in May. T. C. Beckham. J. W. Marshall. L Sherfessee, J. H. Barry and Peter Garrison were appointed a committee on the part of the survivors to arrange a program for Memorial Day. The camp adopted a resolution in visiting a reunion of all the Confederate soldiers of York County, to be held at Rock Hill about the first of August At a later metting of the camp the date will be fixed-From Roch Hill Herald Tile Woman's Convention. LAST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. From The Sute, May 5. The woman suffragists have con? cluded their series of mass meetings j in Columbia and have certainly add- ! ed to their life saving equipment two | more breeches "buoys" -John Sam i Venier, the .versatile, and Mr. T S. Moorman. They have not yet reach? ed the stage of balloon sleeves and imaginative angel wings, for that i kind of support is not necessary to such "buoys," and while they are blooming forth a la Ilemphiil they cannot yet be said to ba^e reached that stage where partiality to "bloom ers" is a necessity. But this flippancy is not intended to cast reflection on any one-least of al! upon the accomplished women whose addresses have pleased and made an impression upon the culti? vated audiences they have had here. It is simply a "figger of speech" and "we'll just let that pass". The ladies had a good audience at their second meeting yesterday after? noon John Sam Verner, Esq , acted as "introducer" in a very happy man? ner. The first speech, a most interest? ing one, was delivered by Miss Yates. She showed herself to be a woman of unusual intellectual capa city, and this together with her fine presence and manner greatly im? pressed the audience. She was followed by Miss Clay in a strong address, connecting the principle of equal rights with the j doctrines set forth in the Holy Writ Mr. Vertier at the conclusion o. the addresses said that for twenty i years he had been attending gather inga and listening to political speeches, but in all his experience he \ had never heard two finer political ; addresses than the two he had just ? listened to. Ile believed that these j women held the solution of the polit- ? ical ttoubles in their hands Last night the farewell meeting was held There was a good-sized and attentive audience of cultured peo? ple present ? Mr. T. S Moorman introduced Miss Clay as the first speaker. Sire! Said Iii is country was settled by men and women together, and they bore their hardships together. They should now have equal rights; they j were entitled to them. It had been said that America owed her great success as a nation to her women. ' A great change was coming now, , and it would not be long before equal j rights would be given the women. j Man and woman must work side j by side and resist the oppression now j placed upon them. They must have j a voice in the legislation of the j country. Then would the times ? change. Legislation would be better j given Women, she said, had no more constitutional protection in .this j country than in the countries of the j Orient. Wenau now had no real power whatever. American worner | had not even a portion of the power with which to shape the laws and j future course of the country, and to j resist the foreign ideas which are ] engrafted in this country. Miss Yates was then introduced. ? She recited the better condition of: affairs, the features of the higher state of civilization, that existed in Colorado where equal lights were given j Does the voting of woman al?eet man ? Is he not the same sturdy political brute y But the voting of women would chango him. Woman : was created as a companion to man, and would not mau be lonely with ; out her? If one is good enough to vote, is not that companion good enough '( The woman wanted to cast their ballot to correct thc com-1 mon errors of judgment. The inde? pendence of woman had beeu ad-1 vocated by an ancient king, but woman herself had not taken it up ! before this. She spoke feelingly of the influence of woman upon men who were about to "kiss tue hand that smote them " During the war of the Revolution siie entered the room of conference and directed the men in their wo.'k, which ultimately proved to be the right and only course Woman was prepared to be no longer ruled over ! by brute force She was to declare ; herself independent and fight brave I ly for her cause. "Woman can't fight, then why should they vote ?" Have we not proven here in Colnm ! bia that women can fight? Men j hired others to work the roads foi ; them and woman would attend to this ! in any equally satisfactorj' manner I Woman would do her duty still as a ? I mother and wife when they won their ! fight for woman's rights. She ateo spoke of woman's educa- j i tron in a clear and well-defined man ! ner. The world was fast becoming ; reconciled to the fact that woman's; superiority must be confessed. Look : at America and you will leel safe tn fighting for their cause. She told i many witty anecdotes of the former I condition of women, and compared | them with what would be the case when women were upon an equality with men. They tell me that women do not . watit to vote The women of America ' are practically without eyes for they have heard nothing in defense but i everything against the cause for which they are fighting. They would learn by the hard and stony road of j cold experience. She thought very little of those women wUo left their bornes and household duties to vote j and preach woman's suffrage But j such could bf? done without any of these things. The men slouched up to the polls, i received bribes here and there, and voting as the money tempted them to vote. We have made a mistake, said she, in giving the right of suffrage to men I only. Tliia should be rectified and ! anickly took. Then would there be i an absence of financial depression and other political wrongs. A just government must be founded upon j the consent of woman and directed by her. Women are as competent as men to fill nearly all positions and they should not be reprimanded for look? ing out for themselves. Men are learning the millinery and dressmak? ing occupations and are as competent aa most women. If a man can cook better than a woman, let him cook, and if woman can manage the affairs of government better than man, why then should she \ not take th fe reins in hand ? Woman j could deal better with political prob-j lems than mau. It would he a very excellent thing [ to have a separate poil for women. This she gave as an aru nnent against j that used in reference the poll not I being a decent place fi)' vornan. She! did not think it was, in one sense of the word, but this c?uld easily be ' rectified by the adoption of this sug? gestion, j She appealed to the men of South.; Carolina to trust the women of the': State and give them the reins of! "ovemment (Jail on woman for re ief when such is needed and it will be given. Miss Yates' address was most heartily applauded at its conclu-j sion. j She will return to Columbia and ; speak again on Tuesday night next For Colds and Coughs RECEIVED MEDAL and DIPLOMA AT THE . FAIR. FERTILIZERS FOR SALE CHEAP! ACID, KAIMT -AND im nu on i uteri Goods, MARSHALL BROS. April 24.-lt. i. Mint: i rn, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, anionji oilier Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON ? GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY. N. V. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000.000. Feb. 23. Unrestricted Snffraae. T?e Registration Law Knock? ed Out. Constitattonal Convention iE M The Supervisor of Registration Restrained by Judge Goff. The Dispensary Crippled. Special to Watchman and Southron. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 8, 2 P. M. Judge Goff to-day decided that he has full jurisdiction in registration cases as a federal question. He finds no warrants in toe constitution for registration certificate Finds uo authority for change of certificates by change of residence, as it is harassiug. Cannot understand why the books close mouths befope election. He considers ic a stupendous outrage where citizens not registering in 1882, who were then qualified, being de? barred in the light of allegations. The remaining days make ou difference. Th? effect of the system in to fearfully impede the right of suffrage, and stab to death the rights and immunities ; granted citizens. He holds that it is J his duty to interfere. lie grouted order io the Mills case and restrained him in any of his acts as supervisor. He was severe in his remarks against the law. AUGUST KOHN. I - Special to the Watchman and Southron. COLUMBIA. May 8, 2.15 p. tn. The Dispensary ia knocked out as far J a? briogiug liquor ioto the State is concerned. The Registration Law is knocked out completely. A. E. GONZALES. Schedule cf Freight Trains. TRI-WEEKLY. Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Leave Florence 6 28 A.M. Arrive Sumter 9 35 " Leave Sumter 11 00 " Arrive Lahnes 3 00 P.M. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday: Lea vt; Lanes 9 00 A.M.. Arrive Sumter 110 P.M. Leave Suturer 3 30 " Arrive Florence 6 10 " DAILY, EXCSPT SUNDAY. Leave Atkins 8 30 A.M. Arrive Sumter 9 10 " Leave Sumter 5 00 P.M. Arrive Atkins 5 40 Both trains hive ? coach attached for ac? commodation ot passengers. The Stearn ?Wrr holds nearly ali the world's records. The Stearns Special is the finest combination tr?ck and road whee! built. Aud the Stearns Mode! A is the road wheel par excellence. The Stearns Ladies' Wheel and Tandem are perfect models : ot' their kind. H. G. Osteeo k Co., Agents . or Sumter and Clarendon. He Standard Bred Stallion FANCY BOY. LS NOW AT W EPPERSON & CO.'S Stables. LIBERTY STRKKT, SUMTER, S. C., Where he icill make (he Season of 1805. Mardi 15-v. LOASE?. Do you want to borrow money on equita? ble terms? Do you desire to pay ot? a mortgage and re-borrow the money at 5 per cent, interest annually ? Wouid you care to be so situated that you could reduce the mortgnge 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 borne0 If so read the following: F 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? Can you {?resent any good reason why it is not a? well to receive profits yearly as to wait from 7 to l'J year* as one dois in many o' the Associations? ls not the reduction of interest yearly better than wniting many years tor profits? Borrowers under the plan represented by me assume absolutely no risk HS every dollar paid on 'he loan is credited on thft mortjiHge, thereby reducing it in pro? portion to the arnon nt paid. Building Association? have benefitted hundreds nf thousands, so did the old ears that were propelled by horses. Our pian is 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 an investment to those who have a small amount to save monthly that has no superior ns to safety and seldom equaled for profits. Call or write. H KN RV L. B. WELLS, Jan 30. Attorney, Sumter, C. H. S. C. I * It <i ^ L r ..jli?lI?Hffi?l Hg^rrW^Dukc Son'; ?cz'X'^^Sw Sgf DURHAM. r?.C. U.3.A. M ft DI FROM Nigh Iradi Tobacco JL5D ABSOLUTELY PURE 1 WORD OF CAUTION!" 1HEREBY caution and warn ?ll parties against using Tobacco Sticks with wire at right angles to the stick, DO matter how fastened. ? own ?I! patents on Tobacco Stick? of this charaeter, and must protect my pat? ents Parties who wish *o manufacture Tobacco Stick? for their own use cando so by buring the right from Mr Jos. E Brockin ton, of Kingsfred, S C., whom I hare this day appointe] as my sole and only agent for the State of South Caroona to sell county rights or far.J rights to make and use paient Tobacco Sticks, Tobacco Baskets and Fur? naces aod Burns, he being my only agent for the State of South Carolina. W. H SNOW, High Point, N. C. April 24, 1895. All popular flavors with Pure Fruit Juices. Try our Clarry Phosphate. J. S. HUGHSON & CO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET Feb. 8. SUMTER S. C., THE NEW YORK HERALD, AMERICA'S FOREMOST NEWSPAPER. Baily sud May. A MAGASINS POE 5 CENTS. THE SUNDAY HERALD increases in beauty and value with every issue. It is a veritable MAGAZINE of contempo? raneous LITERATURE of the best class from i he pens of FAMOUS FOR? EIGN ?Dd AMERICAN AUTHORS It cotains each week a SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT of HANDSOME PIC? TURES ic COLORS, HALF TONE and BLACK and WHITE. ?2 a year. THE DAILY HERALD contains all the news of the world gathered by its own cor? respondents and reporters and for? warded by unequalled cable and tele? graphic facilities. $8 a year. Address THE HERALD, Herald Square, New York. May 1. ole. Nine times ^rj out of ten when we are cut oj sorts i-Slour trou? bles can be N removed '% by that re? liable old medicine, 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 peculiar combination of iron, the great strength-giver, with selected vegetable remedies of true value that makes Brown's Iron Bitters so good for strengthen? ing and purifying the system. It is specially good for women arid children-it makes them strong and rosy. m'v>?*ti s Iron Bitters is pleasant ?o t and it will not sta::; the teeth nor > v. . ;t;r>ation See the crossed red li: . ... II-, i r ~ ears, tells all abo LL >xown CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE. OSBORNES COIXKGE, Augusta, Ga. Oi-,e of thc most com? plete Institutions ni the South. Actual Business: Collage Currency. Many cra?k;.,t ?? tn pood paving: positions. Fall course, 4 month';. Shorthand and Typewriting aisC aught, free trial lessors. Sem: fot eire?!?-.