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Cht SMa?cb?M?i ??? Swaii WEDNESDAY, WAY 28, 1 Tbe Sumter Watchman was foj in 1S50 and the True Southron ia The Watchman and Southron ne the combined circulation and infii of both of the old papers, and is i festly the best advertising ra edin; Sam ter. EDITORIAL NOTES. Io welcoming the members of Press don't forget the grip. Gen. Butler gives John Gary E a talk that is filled with hot staff. AD equal and jost division of < gates tn the Conservative coan ties DO division ia the Reform coan ties w be a most unholy arrangement. ' would be peace with dishonor. Gov. Evans made himself the lat ?og stock of the country bj his "Fe Citizens" address, aod theo hied a to Wrightsville Sound to regain spirits. Charleston's car load of flowers the decoration of Confederate sold graves io Ohieago was sent forward ; terday. Cbar?BStoo generally does graceful thing for South Carolina. The HOD. Hugh McCulloch, ; Secretary of the Treasury uoder Pr dent Grant, died at bis . borne o Washington this morniog, aged years. He was one of the ablest n of bis time. The Southern Presbyterian Gene Assembly has Dominated J. ?. Bog as ooo of a delegation to attend t Pan-Presbyterian Council at Glasgc Scotland. ? We wonder if it ?s c South Carolina Julius E. Boggs of l Pickens Sentinel? Charleston wants the Press Assoc tioo next year, aod will se?d a deleg tion up to urge the claims of the oil The Association was organised Charleston, and the newspaper men that place doubtless think that the A sociation should meet in Chariest when ic attains its majority. The Knights have gone, but th ?cit pleasant recollections behind th were tinged with regret that we cou nor nave them with ns longer. Fro first to last the stay of the Grai Lodge in the city was a pleasure, fi the people, one aod all, felt that v were honored in having as tho gues of the city, such a body as the Grao Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Soat Carolina. We trust that the City i Sumter may have another opportnnit of entertaining the Knights. The canvass for stock of the Sumte Manufacturing Company bas not bee concluded, a? all of the tbousan shares have uot been taken. We be lieve that it would be the part of wis dom to perfect the organization wit the stock already taken, so that tb money will begin to accumulate fr oe thc monthly installments. It would b much better to have an $85,000 factor than none at ail. We were opposed to a fight subse queDt to the primary last year, whethe made by Pope or any other man Why ? Because W9 had taken part ii the primary and felt bound by th? pledges made when we did so. The writer was opposed to going intt a primary last year, and this is a mat? ter of record. Why were we opposed to going into the primary ? Because we felt that we would be bound to abide by the result whether we ap? proved of it or not. Now we are opposed to going into a primary and do not pro? pose to do so cn conditions such as pre? scribed by Irby last year and again this year We learoed by experience that our first positioo was the correct one, and that we did wrong to listen to ar? guments of expediency. It is an as? surance of an equal division or the geoeral election. And as the Charles? ton Post say s, "we must have thc equal division guaranteed quick/' Senator Irby is out in ao interview in the Piedmont Headlight, reviewing the political situation from his point of view. We are much more favor? ably disposed towards Seuator lrby's Doint of view than the hysterical and senseless tirade that Governor Evans called a manifesto, but this must uot bc coustrued as an extravagant compliment. The difference between the public utterances of Irby and Evans is the same as between the men-Irby is just a better all round politician than Evans and knows how to talk to suit the times. We like the sound of lrby's I talk much better than Evans's, and we ? distrust to an even greater degree, irby is a bad man in every respect, and to attempt to make us believe that he is influenced by motives of patriotism aod interest in the welfare cf the State and the people above considerations of bis own personal advancement and profit, is to attempt a futile task. He was the main-spring in the movement that set bate, strife, bitterness and un? rest abroad in the Stare, and these have brought about our pre? sent unhappy condition His methods are known of all men, and known to be as fuil of rascality, fraud and malice towards his political opponents as a wasp is of venom We, who have felt the effects of bis methods and seeo bow his schemes have been developed to oar disadvantage and the injury of the State, would be foolish, indeed, to go deliberately to bim and quietly present pur bands for him to tie them. If we are tied this time it will be not for one year oniy, but for as long a time as Irby can possibly force the Constitutional Convention, tbat he will have'eleefed by his ring primary, to provide for by law. If Irby controls the Constitutional Convention, and this he wilt sorely do if tbe primary is held io accordance with his plans, we may as well say good-bye to all hope cf fair elections or an impartial govern* ment. As we remarked months ago, it does seem that the Conservative fac? tion will persist in making a fool of itself at the very time that it will most advantage the Reformers. It will be bot adding another to the list of fata! mistakes; headed by the failure to read the whole crowd oat of the party wheo nominations were made by toe March convention io 1890, if we consent to go into any arrangement oot based on some understanding similar to tbe plan of the Forty, lt must be an absolute guarantee of fairness and justice, or we jhould appeal to all citizens of the State, as Hampton did in 1876, to rally together for the parp?se of setting ap a government that will be just to all meo, aod one that we can respect. TASS HEED ! The Irby Committee manifesto order? ing a general primary to nominate dele? gates to the proposed Constitutional Convention has by this time been thor? oughly discussed. We have ceased to look upon the primary as either a fair or jost method of nomination. The slime of corruption and cheating marks, io many places, tbe track of the pri? mary hitherto, and many of us have tost confidence in it as a means of ascertaining the will of the people. We hope, nevertheless, that in view of the recent general awakening of the public conscience and the revulsion of feeling that has *et in against cheating at elections, whether primary or other? wise, the coming election will be a fair ooe and expressive of the will of the people. It is not too late LO*; to return to tbe methods of better and purer days, but to do so we must unlearn some of the lessons so thoroughly learned from the plunderers and harpies of the Reconstruction era ; and refuse to sanction either the immoralities of the schemers who prefer personal suc? cess at any cost of principle, or the demoralization that cannot but come to those who persistently do evil as if they expected good to come out of it. In view of these facts, it cannot be too strongly stated that our people can be united only under th3 plan suggested i by the "Forty"-equal representation of both factions-the delegates to be nominated in convention, we suppose, and agreed upon beforehand by both ! factions, and voted for at the primary ordered by Irby. If this plan is not ! adopted we see not the most remote j hope of uniting our white people, be- j cause tbe Irby plan means tbe complete submission of the conservatives to the dictation of the dominant faction, and unless they undergo the most thorough change of mind ever heard of in poli? tical history, they will be necessarily strongly antagonistic to the results of the work of the Constitutional Conven? tion, and thus will the foundation be laid of inducing an appeal to the col? ored vote to upset what will have been unjustly forced upon the whole people by a mere faction. In this event it is manfest that our last state will bc far worse than the first, and that the bliud and headstrong desire to rule or ruin, so persistently evinced by irby and his crowd, will result in forcing upon us the very condition which they claim to bc desirous to avoid or avert. Meu reared in thc atmosphere of freedom and aversion to tyranny, political or govern? mental, will, if unjustly treated and roughly ridden down, employ any means in their reach to resist the tyrant and deprive him of power. Nor can, they be censured for sojdoing. j may deprecate and deulore a res< I such methods of resistance as siro as we please, but when men's past become inflamed their reasons furs them, and they are ripe for the a tion of any means that promise rt Let Irby and his associates take and go slow ! STAND ON HAMPTON'S PL POR M. About two weeks ?go. when in lumbia one day, we met oue of men who led the fight for good gov ment io 1876 In reviewing the ? atioo theo aod now, and contras one with the other, he referred to platform of principles on which fight was made and won in 1876 Gen. Hampton. His quotations f that platform and the comments m concerning our political difficult made an impression (bat grew dee thc more we thought of the mat Several days after returning home went to the files of the True South and looked up the platform of ' After reading it, we determined to p lish it as our platform of '9?. T we did in these columns and since tl the platform has been copied in a no ber of papers and has been recei' with much more enthusiasm tbau anticipated The principles set forth io the pl form are as worthy of respect and si port to-day as wheo first enuuciat<d 1876. When we read aod'coos? this platform, we do not wonder ti Hampton swept the State from i mountains to the sea and made l gang of men who were despoiling ! Stale aod robbing ber people flee b borders. It was-a platform to fight I aod win on then, aod we have as gre need DOW for such another uprisiog the peop'e, demanding honesty andji tice in all branches of our State gove* ment, as existed in 1876. Hampton has expressed himself the situation, and he speaks wisely. E honesty and patriotism have never be questioned by any ooe, not eveo t ring politicians, who have made eye attempt to drowo his voice io this Stat We must go ioto DO coalition whe our hands will be tied and we shall made parties to fraud, rascality and justice that will io time afflict us mc onerously. Neither must we appeal the negro, asking bim to help us drive from power the Reformers. Th would be a coalition that would be pr< ductive of evils worse than those ioc dent to a Reform administration. Let us stand squarely upon tbe prit ciples of the platform of 1876, and sa to the Irby element, "Hands off! n will bave none of your primary schem? which are devised to defraud ari di ceive us. We demand a free, ope and fair electioD, io which all men wh desire an honest, fair aod just gov eminent may cast their ballots.'7 The we can abide the result with clear con sciences. Let it be understood now and here after that the men who have ruled th State by ail manner of devices sine 1890 are responsible for the conditio! ic which the State now is. By fraui in elections, by primary schemes tba defeated the true will of the people, bj oppression, by legislative eoaetrnent by eogeoderiog strife among the peopli and by filling the offices with a cliqui of politicians, held together by blooc relatioDship and the cohesive power o spoils, the leaders of the dominant ele meat-Reformers they style themselvei i -are wholly responsible for our pres i eot political cooditioD. This is knowe j of all meD, and they caooot escape the j responsibility. It is uoalterabiy fasten I ed upon them ; aod DOW that thc time j has arrived, wheD we should appeal tc j the whole people for a verdict against i these men, we should make the appeal I boldly and plainly. The responsibility j is fixed, let the issue be made. THE PRESS. As we go to press, the fir6t arrivals j of the South Carolina State Press As I sociation are io the city. These are j welcome, and the oia?y others who are i to arrive this afternoon are welcome to Sumter. We are glad to have them with us, glad to have them visit Sumter and remain long enough to see nod ap I prec?ate what manner of place the j Game Cock City is-then they will j know why wi; are all so proud of our ! town and al! SJ loyal to it. The members of the Press Associ 1 ation are mcu who occupy a position ! apart from other meu of the State for j the responsibilities resting upon them, ! and the duties expected of them ly the ' public, are many and great. They are, j as a whole, men who do the duty that : i lies nearest them, honestly and ac- I cording to their sense of right, without hope of reward, and very offen in rh<> face of public ^eotitneDt that will rout to their disadvantage. They are *<> honor to the State, and w<i hon ir our? selves in honoring them. State Press Association. Story of its Organization Twenty Years Ago. The State Press Association is to hold its twentieth anniversary this year at Sumter, and it goes without saying that the hospitality which the Association has received during- these twenty years agone will in no wise be diminished on account of the place of meeting. Far-famed are the citi zens of Sumter for their generosity and kindness to the stranger within the gates, and they will welcome as brethren the men who are wielding: the pen and pencil in this day and generation. Mr. E H Aull, the president of the Association, has introduced a new feature in the coming meeting, and indeed one that was hardly ap? propriate hitherto In addition to the regular members and all others engaged in newspaper work he has extended an invitation to the surviv? ing members of the original organi? zation whether or not they are now connected with the fraternity. The role adopted at the outset was that membership in the Association termi? nates when the member retires from the business, so that no one takes part in the proceedings unless he is directly interested as editor, publish? er or propri?t? r of a newspaper or magazine This is the basis on which the organization was made twenty year? ago in the City of Charleston The meeting for the purpose of forming an Association was projected originally by Mr. J. C. Hemphill, of The News and Courier, who was at that time co-editor with his brother of the Abbeville Medium Various efforts had been made to form a simi? lar organization, and during the twenty years previous there bad been at least two associations, but both of them were short-lived They under? took to regulate the management of newspapers, and fix the rates of ad? vertising and subscription, or other? wise interfere with the freedom of the individual to conduct business in his own way. The promoters of this organization wisely decided to 6teer clear of the rocks npon which the others were wrecked, and it was ex? pressly agreed that the Association should never enter into any combi? nation as to business methods nor seek to contn-1 the action of its members in any way relating to his private conceits, nor meddle with his political or ?'''ligious views Be yond question ' ?is feature had a con? siderable influe:.ce in attracting mem? bers during thc earlier years of the organization md its preservation is largely due to this foundation prin? ciple. Twenty-six newspapers and period? icals were represented at the first meeting, which was held in the old Hibernian Hall, in Meeting ^treet. large enough to hold a thousand or more, even if they were editors. The following is a list of publications rcpresesented and the original mem? bers enrolled that day : Abbeville Medium-R R Hemphill, J C Hemphill. Aiken Courier-Journal-John C McRae, dead. Anderson Conservator-E B Mur? ray, dead. Anderson Intelligencer-Jae A Hoyt. Barnwell Sentinel-E A Brimson, dead. Beaufort Tribune-Thomas G White. Charleston Rural Carolinian-Ros? well T Logan. Charleston News and Courier-F W Dawson, dead, B R Riordan, J A Moroso Charleston Zeitung-F Melchers. Greenville Daily News-W II Whitsitt. Georgetown Times-B II Wilson, dead. Kershaw Gazette-F P Beard. Camden Journal-W D Trantham. Lancaster Ledger-D J Carter, dead. Lexington Dispatch-W D Har? man. Laurensville Herald-Thos B Crews. Marion Star-\V J McKerrall, dead. Marion Merchant and Farmer-J D McLucas. Newberry Herald-T F Greneker, dead. Newberry Progressive Age-J S Fair Keowee Courier-R A Thompson. Carolina Spartan-H L Farley. Spartanburg Herald-T Stobo Far? row. Sumter Watchman-A A Gilbert, dead. [Inion Times-R M Stokes. Kingstreo Star-S W Maurice, dead. More than one-third of the mem? bers have crossed over the river, and there aro only nine cl' the survivors at present connected with the Asso? ciation. The meeting was convened by Mr. J. C. Hemphill, if we mis? take not, and the writer was called upon to preside. A committee to draft the constitution was headed by Capt. F. W. Dawson, and it is a model of brevity and conciseness that they reported at the afternoon ; session. The election of officers took place after the adoption of the constitution, when Messrs. Dawson , and Hoyt were put in nomination Jot president, and both of them prompt? ly declined. The members did not seem disposed to name another, and the ballot resulted in the choice of : the following officers : ' President, Janies A Hoyt. First vice president, F VV Dawson. Second vice president, T ?tobo Farrow. Third vice president, ? VV Mau? rice. Fourth vice president, R R Hemp I hill. j Fifth vice president, E A Brunson. j Recording secretary, A A Gilbert, j Corresponding secretary, E B Mur ! ray Treasurer, T F Greneker. ! Of the nine composing the list of : officers only three are living, and one j of them is no longer affiliated with ; the Association These officers with i very little change served four years, j and during this period the Associa* ? tion grew and flourished. It will be observed that there was no chaplain elected, which was owing to the fact that none of the religious editors had joined us, but when the Rev. Sidi H. Browne, of the Christian Neighbor, honored us with an affiliation he was at once chosen for that position, which he has held ever since, and will enjoy its honors and perform its duties until the Master calls him to a higher service, lt ought to be said, however, that one preacher aided in t'ne organization, which was Dr. Wm. H. Whitsitt. of the Southern Bapj6t Theological Semiuary. He was in attendance upon the Southern Baptist Convention, which held its meet j ing in Charleston that year, and he j was requested by the editor, Mr A. M Speights, to represent th? reen I ville Daily News in the organization, and to which newspaper he was a contributor in those days. Col B. II Wilson, of the Georgetown Times, was among the oldest of the charter members, and very close to him in age was the venerable R H. Stokes, I late of the Union Times, who is now j living in Charlotte, N. C. The year 18T5, was an eventful j one for South Carolina It was the j formative period for the great politi- j cal revolution which followed in 1876. ; lhere were conflicting ideas as to the j best policy for the white people, who ; were under the heel of the negro and : carpet bag regime The gathering j j of the editors and the delightful I ! hospitality of Charleston lasted for : ; several days, and during this time i i there was abundant opportnnity for j conf?rence and exchange of views. ? but there was also a favorable season j for the editors to leach an under standing with each other that their ' differences should be composed in the end for the betterment of South Caro? lina. The second meeting of the : Association was held at Spartanburg jin the month of May, 1876, and for; nearly a week the members took counsel with each other as they j mingled together, including a joyous i trip in carriages to Tryon Mountain \ They still differed as to polie\T, but the decision a few months later to make a srtaightout fight for the re? demption of the State was followed by a compact and united effort on the 1 i part of the newspapers to make the ? ! movement a success. The formation 1 of the State Press Association had j far more to do with the unity and con? cord among the newspapers than the casual observer might be willing to acknowledge, and it was this bond of j I fraternity which contributed so large-: ! ly to the victory than ensued in . j November. President Aull does well to invite j i a re-union of the charter members, ! ! and to recall the fact that the Associa- \ \ tion was formed at such an important j I era in the history of South Carolina. I ! Sumter has thrown wide open its ; ; doors, and this ought to induce atten- j I dance not only of the survivors, but ; i also bring together the younger men upon whom now rests the heat and burden of the day. it is a great mistake to suppose that * sim- : pie tonic givea strength; it OQ ly stimulates j the stomach to renewed action. To impart ' real 9irength, the blood must be purified and ; enriched, and ibis can only be done by such & standard alterative as Ayer's Sursapa- i rilla. ic t&^tfv Cures &5?2*v A OTH ERS, WILL Cure You. AYER'S Sarsaparilla THE WEAK STRONG. ?SB0RHE COLLEGE, Augusta, G:u One of jtt.Mnr.ft com COMMENCEMENT EXER? CISES. Lincoln Graded School. Ti;e commencement exercises of Lincoln Graded School wiii be hf d nt Shiloh Baptist Chnch on Friday evf-nin^, Maj .'-!l=t. The order of exerd?*; wili be HS follows : March - friand Center.',i*! Triumphal. ??Iu?ic-(.'pening C?oru- Praise the Lord. Invocation - R*-v. J. ? Harmon. Music-'Solo and Chorus - Dance aGd ?i'on?r. Salutatory-Chnr?es W. Maxwell. S?E?SHJ - Essentials of Success-Georgie E. titrion. Vusic-Duet-Two Little Birds are We. Essay-The Influence of Literature-Car? rie M. Wilson. Class Prophecy-Maggie V. Howe'.;. Music-Solo-Oh ! How Delightful. Oration-Danger Signals-M cirer L An? derson . Essay-Opposition Impels to Action-Rosa B. Robinson. Music-Medley Chorus-The World is Whrtt we Make it. Essay and Valedictory-R. Gardena Har? rison. Music-Sweet to the Milkmaid the Plough boy Sacg. Annua: Address-By Rev. I. D. Davis. Preientation of Diplomas-By Supt. Pro. J. B. Duffie. Music-Class Song-By the C!as9. There are eight graduates in the class of 1895, who, having completed the prescribed course satisfactorily, will receive diplomas. The graduates are: Mciver Lawrence Anderson, Ruth Gardena Harnson. Maggie Veo tia Howell, Charlea Wendell Maxwell, Rosa Bertrude Robiosou, Georgie Elizabeth Singleton, Emma Agnes Spears, Carrie Madeline Wilson. Columbia Female College. An invitation to the Annual Cororoecce ment of the Columbia Female College bas been received, and it is the handsomest of the season. The followiae announcement! are made: Sunday, June 2d 11.15 a m.-Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. E. 0. Watson ; 8.30 p. m. Anmal Sermon before Missionary Society, Rev. G. T. Harmon. Monday, June 3d, ll a. m.-Alumnae Ad? dress, Prof H. M.Synder; 8.30p.m. Joint Celebration nt Societies. Tuesday, Jnne 4tb-ll a. m. Commence? ment Day, Literary Address, Rev. A. Coke Smith ; D. D. ; 8.30 to 12 p. m., Final Con? cert and Annual Reception. There are seven full graduates, one of whom is Miss Louise Beaseley; eight gradu? ates in the English Course, and one in the Science Course. Food, when it sours on the stomach, be? comes innutritive and unwholesome. It poisons the blood, and both mind and body suffer in consequence. What is needed to re? store perfect digestion is a dose or two of Ayers Pills. They never fail to relieve DUKE j GlGASETTESj --. 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