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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1895. The Sumter Watchman was founded ?D 185? 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 Samtcr . EDITORIAL NOTES. With LaFar in jail for contempt of fourt and Bowen at liberty and not to be found, the Reform state of mind can be imagined. If Bowen knew that he was guilty and felt conviction certain ts it surprising that he skipped ? The dispensary in Sumter is a moral j institution after a fashion, for the sale ' of liquor is decreasing. We greatly fear Sumter will fall into disrepute with the heads of the State ring and monopoly. They wish the dis? pensary to be immoral and sell much liquor. The business review and the increase ID wages in the industrial centers of the North and Northwest bas given the j free silver sentiment a very black eye. It makes no difference whether the revival is due to national causes or bas been brought about by the efforts of j the gold interests, the result is the same, j The laboring classes who are benefitted j will be satisfied and cure nothing about silver as long as wages are good and they are prosperous. The decision of the State Supreme Court rn the Registration case is not a sarpr'rse. That Chief Justice Mciver should declare the law unconstitutional should create DO surprise ; for bas it not been one of the things conceded that the law was unconstitutional and would be SD declared, if it ever came before the Supreme Court? That Jus? tices Pope and Gary should declare the law constitutional by an evasion of the <cam issue should create no surprise lt is the expected that happens in such cases and under such conditions. ? A? appeal has been sent out to peo pfc of the South to contribute money io build a monument in honor of Jef? fers :>n Davis. We trust the people of th*e South will respond more promptly and liberally than did those of the North when the effort wa? made to build a monument to Gen. Grant. Jefferson Davis is worthy of the grandest monument that ihe people of the South eau erect, ss he is worthy of the place his memory holds in the hearts of the people of this section. What is to be done about the decis ion of the Supreme Court in the Regis tration case? Why, nothing, of! ourse. Nothing if the proper thing j o be done by all who are not Reform- j ers. It is treachery to the party for j any being not a Reformer to do any-1 thing or even think, though where the j ghost of the party has its abiding place Or what it is supposed to represent, ! beyond the will of Senator J. L. M. j Irby, we have no idea. We must do j nothing and after awhile Senator Irby j and his select circle will give us a free j exhibition of up-to-date cussing for j having been such meek and placable ; fools. The Supreme Court has rescued j Irby and bis circle for the time being, j and with Irby in control of the Con- ! stitutional Convention things will be so fixed that he will be able to take care of j himself io future without assistance, i whether the anti-ring party adheres to its do-nothing policy or not. Charleston's Compromise. Special to The ?State. CHARLESTON. July 8 -The Charles-1 ton Democratic executive committee ; met to-day and adopted a resolution recommending division of delegates to the Cost itu tional convention. P. H. Gadsden offered the resolution and the two Charleston Senators appeared before the committee and advised it. A : convention of Democrats was orderd for July 16, for the nomination of nine delegates to be voted for at the primary an July 30. -ii .??????? -- All's Well at Gray Gables. BUZZARDS BAY, July 8.-All is tjuiet and serene at Gray Gables this morning. Not until late this morning did the village learn of the arrival of ihe little girl at the President's summer home, and it is the topic of conversa? tion here. Congratulatory messages : are being received to-day from ail parts of the country. To prevent pa!e and delicate children from lapsing into chronic invalids later in lfe, they 3bonld take Ayer's Sarsaparilla together ?with plenty of wholesome food and out-door exercise. What they need to build up tht system ia good red blood. Timely Talks on Tobacco. Large Meeting of Growers of the Weed in Florence. Special to The State. FLORENCE, July 8.-If any one doubts the solidity of the tobacco in? dustry in the Pee Dee section of South ( arolina Iiis fears will soon subside if he will but attend one of the monthly meetings held by the Florence Tobacco Growers' Associa? tion. The regular monthly meeting of this association was called to order at 11.25 this morning by the president, Mr. M S. Hay ns worth, himself a well-known and successful grower of the weed After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and adopted, the regular business was- taken up This consisted of free and open dis cussion of the modes of handling tobacco, from the practical and econ omical point of view. The first sub? ject was "The Handling of Crop from Field to Barn, and the Handling of it After it is Cured " ..In the absence of Mr J. C 0. Brimson, who had been appointed to speak on this sub? ject, Mr. Smilie A. Gregg gave his experience and described lu's meth? ods of housing the crop. He said that in cropping the leaves from the stalk U was very important to mash and crumple them as little as pos 6ible. Ile does not uss baskets at all. His men were instructed to run their hands under each pile of leaves, resting it on their arms and loading it on the wagons. He thought his way not the most elaborate, but the cheapest. He tries to keep freshly cut tobacco in the shade as much as possible. Tobacco commencep yel? lowing as soon as pulled off the stalk, so he would avoid filling a barn partly one day and the balance the next day. Mr R. C. Commander recommend ed the use of wooden frames, seven feet long with cloth bottoms as car Tiers. The leaves are piled up on them in the field, the frames then put directly on the wagons and carried without further handling to the barn. Mr M S Haynsworth said he used baskets in much the same way. The tobacco was not taken out of the baskets when put there by the crop? pers until it is hung np in the barn. Two wagons can fill two twenty-foot ! barn? in a day. Mr. A. E. Curran said he also used j baskets, but that the most important j thing was to start at the tops of the plants when picking tke leaves and to crop downward The next topic was "Curing To? bacco " Mr Gu6 McSween, who is said to be the best curer of tobacco in this county, white stem-going fast at a higher temperature 5 de? grees higher than the outside atmos? phere. He first tries to make the leaf wilt at 100 degrees, then lets it yellow at 105 degrees That the ! amount o? yellowing to be permitted i is a matter of judgment. When the tips of the leaf curls he raises the temperature by 2 degrees per hour j to 130 to kiM the leaf, then to 135 for I several hours to make certain of this; ? after that to 160 by 2 degrees per j hour to kill the stem. It takes near ly a week to cure a barn. He cures j very slowly, so as to make a white 6tem, going fast at a higher tempera ture titan 160 degrees produces a | black stem, which does not bring j nearly so high a price A heat of 115 degrees without any air being ? introduced will make the yellow color "set " If a man can get to ' 115 degrees successfully he will, probably cure his barn all right. He : uses log barns, weatherboarded in- .' side and out, without patent veti- , lat ors in the roof Next came "Grading and Prepara- j tion for Market" On this point, j Mr. Smilie A. Greeg said that twelve-cent tobacco if put up in an j ungainly package, would bring less than four-cent tobacco in neat pack- j ages. The piles as laid on the ware- : house floor should be uniform, the tying neatly done, stems together j and the ends even, lt is better to : sell wrappers late in the season, but j cutters and smokers at any time Mr. R. E. Curran said he made about eight grades of tobacco to the barn. Thinks graders of tobacco : should be familiar with the different j prices of tobacco and not simply the j colors Mr. S. C. Dusenbury, of Williams \ burg, who is planting his first crop this year, was advised by the expe? rienced growers present not to cure on the stalk. Ile said that he had heard the president of the associa? tion recommend the use of "common sense" in growing tobacco, and that he thought he had a fair share of it' but that somehow he couldn't apply it to tobacco. A committee of three was ordered to be appointed to prepare a tobacco exhibit for the Atlanta Exposition and to solicit subscriptions to pay the expenses of same. The meeting was a large one and much interest was shown Florence has secured Capt. Ellington, of Rocky Mount, to manage one of her ware? houses. He is considered to have made Rocky Mount the important tobacco market it now is, and hopes to do the same for Florence. The market here will open during the first week of August. .-^ ?????- m - Did you ever tbiok that you cannot have good health without pure blood? Health comes by the use of Hood'a Sarsaparilla, because it makes the blood pure. Was There a Change? A Significant Feature of The Court's Decision. The State. There is something mysterious j about the decision of the Supreme j Court in the case brought to test the i constitutionality of the registration I law i The opinion of Chief Justice i Mciver purports to be a dissenting j opinion. It is so entitled on its face. But a reading of the paper, as it ap? pear* to have been submitted by the chief justice to his own associa*'-, fails to disclose anything going to show that it was such Lawyers say it is the invariable practice of judges who write dissent? ing opinions to state that fact in the outset This Chief Justice Mciver has not done. His opinion opens with a statement of the proceedings and of the questions which are raised thereby Throughout the paper he '? uses Tlhe pronoun "we,'' never "I " The opinion contains the following: "We must, therefore, conclude that I the registration law of thin State is j : unconstitutional, null and void, and j i hence any appropriation of Ihe public I I moneys for the pay of the supervisors ! j of the registration for carrying ont I the provisions of this unconstitutional I statute is without the warrant of law ! and should be forbidden " Next there is what was once, willi out doubt, the conclusion of the docu- ? ! ment in the following words: .'It is, therefore, ordered and ad? judged that the prayer of the com? plaint, in so far as it asks that the Comptroller General of the State be perpetually enjoined from issuing a warrant on the Treasurer of the State for the pay of any supervisor of regis 1 tration, and that the State Treasurer be perpetually enjoined from paying any such warrant be granted Any formal order necessary to carry into effect this order may hereafter be passed. A conclusion such as this would never have been appended to an opin-? ion which did not embody the judg? ment of the court It is altogether meaningless except as a part of an opinion which, adopted by a majority of the court, was the mea/ns of carry iug into effect the conclusions pre-; viously reached. But this concluding part is marked j out with pen and ink-this to such an extent that it can only with great : difficulty be deciphered Next there is a statement of the j chief justice'e reasons for hi? dissent, from the conclusions reached by . Associate Justices Pope and Gary in their respective opinion.; In this portion o{ the paper Chief Justice Mciver, following t-e invariable form in dissenting opinions, uses the pro- ? noun in the singular number. lt is plain that had the chief justice j really dissented from conclusions pre? viously reached by the majority of the court, he would have so stated in the outset of his opinion. It is also clear that his opinion divides itself into : two separate parts-that which dis? cusses the law and declares it void, and that which discusses the reasons of the associate justices for denying jurisdiction in the Supreme Court to ; determine the questions raised. Between these two portions is the erased passage-the passage grant? ing the prayer of the petition. From ail this the conclusion is irre? sistible-that the chief justice and one, if not both of the associates, had concurred in the opinion that the registration law is altogether uncon? stitutional, null and void ; that the chief justice was assigned to writr the opinion, and that the dissent o. one or both ol the associates was the result of later consideration. The Greatest Need o? The Cuban Insurgents. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 7 -A special to the Times-Union from Tampa Fla., says : A fair passenger list from Key West on the Mascotte this afternoon, but only a few came from Havana and they were UCL very communicative It was learned, however, that Campos is moving on the Santa Clara district with a force of 4,000 men, well armed and equip? ped. Gomez is coming towards Hava? na with a force of4,OOO men,all armed and equipped, and the probabilities are that there will be a collision be? fore many weeks. In his march Gomez iscanying the country before hin?, and the number of people joining the insurgents is simply astonishing Gomez is re? ported as saying he wants no more men. but arms and ammunition The report that'Sandoval, who led the forces who murdered Marti, has been captured, is confirmed by the passengers. They assert he will bc shot. TIM: REBELS LEVY .\ TAX. JACKSONVILLE, Fla , July T.-A cablegram to the Times-Union from Key West, Fla., says: Private ad? vices to this city s'.ate that the insur? gents, under the command ol Antonio Maceo, are in possession of the entire east end of the island, except thu town of Santiago de (Juba, and have levied a tax on all thc. farmers in that district. At the battle of Manzanillo, on J une 24, thu insurgents under command of, Amador Guerra, were routed with considerable loss, the Spanish loss being six killed, it if rumored that 1 Amador Guerra was killed, but the rumor is not confirmed It is report? ed in Havana that six expeditions are being: fitted out at Costa Rica and . Mexican ports The Spanish gun? boats are expected to keep a sharp lookout for them A band of one hundred under command of Machado, itt Las Villas, has joined the insur? gents TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. WHEREAS, For the sixth time Death hus invaded our sanctuary and claimed a? its vic'ira a bright ?nd shining li?ht, one who exemplified in his every <i?y life (he well known tenets of our order, "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence." Brother JOSEPH B. .MAYES departed this life on the 27th day of June. His death was a peculiarly snd onp. Just starting in life, with a companion, who only a few months ago he had led to the alar, in a new home just built, living in a community that admir? ed and loved him for his uprightness, for his virtues and for his many good qualities of bead and heart, after a short notice, a few day? sickies, he is called '0 appear in the presence of Iiis Maker, and render an accoun' of his transactions here on earth As his whole life hnd been one of honesty, integrity and simplicity, the summons did not find him unprepared, and while we his friends and brothers mourn his death, we are consoled by the thought that our loss is his gain Ap? preciating him as a man and brother, it is but right that we should pince upon record the esteem in which he is held. Therefore. Resolved, That in the death of Bro J B Maye?, Gamecock Lodge. No 17. K. of P. has lost a true acd tried Knight. <>ne whose example we should all try to errwlate, whose ? irtoes were numerous ?nd whose faults few, the City, County and State an upright, pa? triotic citizen, his wife a loving and devoted husband, and his family a kind and ?fr"-cnon ate son and brother. Restleed, That a blank page in our Record Book, be dedicated to his memory, giving the date of his birth and death Btsoive?, That the heartfelt sympathies of this Lodge are extended to his young wife, in this her first great grief, with the hope that Time the consoler, will hind up her wounds and mitigate the sorrows of her sad heart: also to his paren's ?nd family do our sympa? thies go forth ; hot they have the consolation of knowing no act of his ever brought the ?lush of shame to their cheeks. Resolved, That these resolmions be publish? ed in the Watchman and Southron, and that ibe Keeper of R. k S. be instructed to -?end a copy to the wife and family of our deceased brother Fraternallv submitted in F. C. B., H. C. Moses, ) BARTON WALSH, > Committee. H. F. WILSON, j Death of Mr. Willis Ramsey. PRIVATBKB. TowN3Brp-, S. C., July 8, 1395. Mr. Willis Ramsey, whose accidental death atBostwirk, Ga., hasalready been mentioned in the papers, was formerly of this township. H?? was jus: entering upon the full vigor of his young minhood, being only 24. and had before bim a life of usefulness. Wherever he went, he made friends, he was a remarka? bly steady young man, a member of the Baptist Church, and while a salesman in Sumter, he wa? a member or the Temperance Lodge there. The wriier of this brief tribute knew Mr. ? Ramsey well aud never saw ?nvthing amiss with bim. h rs peculiarly *d when one so yoting, with a life of use? ness stretching ; out before him, should be . ur down so sud? denly, especially away fr< his home and friends, and the hearts of o< ..ommunity go out in deep sympathy to bi* ?rief stricken family. McD. F. i W. H. Nelson, who is in the drug business at King-ville, Mo., has so much confidence in Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy that he warrants every bottle and offers to refond tbe money to any customer who is not satisfied after using it. Mr. Nel? son takes no risk io doing this because the Remedy is a certain cure for the diseases for which it ts intended and he knows it. lt is for sale by Dr. A. J. China. COL. MAEGAN'S SPEECH. SUMTER, S. C., ?uh 9, 1805. Editor of the Item : Will \ mi kimi i v ti! vt notice in tnt- I'tni and I Watchman mid Southron ihnr I will ?jit-?k in I Sumter, :?ext Saturday, 13th instant, in tilt Court House ai 12 o'clock, und that I spe? cially invite the white people from the Conn \ try to com* ?nd hear me. ir r. is desire*! i I wiil address whites only. This I have of? fered to do many times and hope for the op j purtanny now, ri*-ar the close of ruy cam pa ?n to do so. j I shail. of course, ask some one as usual j to reply to ray remarks Jso J. DAKGAN. i Success in Life I depend? on little things. A Ripans Tubule isa little thing, nut takiog one oceasionnlly giv?-s good digestion, and that means good nlond, and that means good brain and nrawn, and that means success 7-25-o HONEY. j NEW CROP 1895. White Comb Honey in Sec j tions. Choice Extracted Honey, by i I the gallon or less quantity. i ?For sale at my residence, or I orders may be left office of the ! Watchman and Southron. N. G. Osteen. I NOTICE. _ ON THE 1ST OF JULY, I transferred to ! THE A. C PHELPS CU , my Fire In- | surnnce business and interest and good will j in same. In retiring from the business I beg lenve to thunk my friends for their patronage in the past *nd to recommend to them tnv ! successors TH rt A. C PHELPS CO, who j will make ?ll necessary endorsements ou pol? ; icies now in force and who will he pleased to J j serve you iii the future. Respectfully, ALTAMONT MOSES ! HAVING ON THE FIRST, instant, nought the interest and goodwill of! j Mr. Altamont Moses in the Fire Insurance j j msiness, and the Companies formerly repre- ? j sen ted by him having been transferred to our I ! Agency, we neg to inform all policy-holders i that we will be pleased to renew the business i and respectfully solicit a continuance of same. ! We would also state thnt we will renew all I policies expiring in otder ' > protect policy? holders. We are now helter prepared than ever to attend to the wants of those desiring insurance 'n any branch, and any business : entrusted lo us will receive careful and prompt attention. Respectfully yours, THE A. G. PHELPS SO., General Insurance and Real Estate Agents. July ? THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. The next session of the Sumter Institute will begin on September 5th, 1895. A fall corps of efficient teachets, a thorough cur? riculum, a high standard of scholarship, a well regulated boarding department, under the immediate supervisiou of the President and his wife, a healthy locality, (not a case of sickness last year) commends the Institute to those who have daughters to educate. For catalogue or particulars apply to H. FRANK WILSON, President, June 27. Sumter, S. C. Cramps may assail you at any time, without warning. You are at ii complete disadvantage-so sudden and violent is their attack unless you . re provided with a sure cure. Pain-Ki Her ia the ' -.rest cure, thc quickest and the safest cure. It is sohl everywhere at 25c. u I>o:Uc. Sec that you get the genuine-has "Perry Davis ic Sou "on bottle. J7 W. F. DeLORME, -DEALER IX Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kinds of Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a I^irst Class X>x*xxs Store. Tobacc", Snuff and Cigars, Garden Seeds, Sec., also Paints, Oils. Varnishes (Jlass, Putty, Sec., Dye Stulls. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of best quality. Call and sec for yourselves. N:ght Calls Promptly Attended To. u. fi. DZ mo M High %mh Maceo ABSOLUTELY PURE HARB Y 8> CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, AND PROPRIETORS OF Cotton and General Storage Warehouse. UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE. Keep on consignment FEED OATS. SEED OATS, CORN, HAY, COTTON SEED MEAL, DRY SALT MEATS. HAMS. LARD, GRIST. FLOUR, SUGAR. * MEAL. kc. BAGGING, SUGAR BAG CLOTH. 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