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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.
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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
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Estate of Miss Marj S. Broun,
DECEASED.
A LL PERSONS having claims against
XJL aforesaid Estate, will present same,
duly attested, f.o? all persons indebted to
said Estate, will make immediate pavment to
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