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S|e ISrrt?mait ?nib ^ou?ijroii WEDNESDAY, JULY 24,1895. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sam ter EDITORIAL NOTES. Home Role for Ireland and the abol? ishment or reform of the English House of Lards seem to be a very remote possibility at present. There b not muon chance for Jacob S. Ooxey to be elected Governor of Ohio, bac we bet be wonld not allow an army of tramps and barns to trample on the grass around the State capitol should he become Governor. The Sheriff of Edgefield, makes an explanation of bis part in the Dargan row, bat there are some points th&t be does not exactly clear np. Of course j all people have made allowances for the j other side, as it is never safe to accept one side without question. Aocordiog to ex-Congressman Murray Douglass and O'Bear, the attorneys employed by the negroes to fight the registration law in the United States courts, have already received $902 06 leaving a balance due them of $98. The refasaal of the Charleston Con? servatives to agree to a divisico of dele? gates to the Constitutional Convention throws a lot of cold water on the Re? formers who were beginning to think they were carrying everything their own way. We believe tbe Charleston Conservatives acted rightly, for the Reformers have exhibited no desire nor intention of dividing wher 3 they are sure of success. They are willing to divide in doubtful or Conservative counties, but in Reform counties that is another thing entirely. The negro commissioners to the Atlanta Exposition ha^e issued an ad dr<?<:s to the negroes of the United Sures urging them to make every effor" to have a large and creditable ex? hib?*. We do not know what the negroes of the North can do, but those of the South can. if they make the effort, place an exhibit io Atlanta that will be a revelation to the world. The j proges8 of the Southern negro in every j line of effort, industrial and education? al, has been wonderful since the close of the war. This development and progress of tbe race is not realized nor appreciated by a majority of the white peole, bat it is an indisputable fact nevertheless. The negroes have an opportunity, in the Atlanta Exposition, of showing to thousands, who are now ignorant, what they have accomplished and are accomplishing. Florida ts to-day the most prolific of sensations of all the States in the Union Not a d*y passes without some sensation, horrible or otherwise, is telegraphed all over the world as hav- j in? occurred in Florida. But the latest surpasses all others in inuqueness. No one ever heard of a judge being sued for damages for issuing a legal ! process agaist a party to a case iu court. But Florida furnishes such an ; instance. A Jacksonville special gives the particulars as follows : Jos. W. Wood has entered suit for j $25,000 damages against Judge R. M. Call, of this circuit, for issuiog; T. B. j Simkins, sheriff of Jefferson County, for serving, and W. P. Ward for apply- ' ing for a writ on behalf of Mrs Joseph W. Wood to require Wood, who is be-1 ing sued for divorce, to give bond to guarantee his remaining within the jurisdiction of the Court. i The views announced by Senator Irby do not commend him to us as a : suitable maa to have an influential share in framing the new Constitution. To abolish the South Carolioa College and the Citadel would be disastrous to : higher education in the State : extend the homestead exemption to ?2,500 ? would encourage dishonest debtors to defraud their creditors ; to elect judges by popular vote would drag the judi? ciary into politics and, if stich a thing were possible, make it less respectable, and more servile than it is to the ruling political element ; and to restrict free public education would multiply thc ills the State now endures by reason of the ignorance of thc people. Senator Irby is a demagogue, of the most marked type, unscrupulous and devoid of shame. If the views be profcs>es to entertain prevail and arc incorporated in the new Constitution the State will become a veritable paradise for dema? gogues and all sorts of political and business frauds. In the matter of the homestead it its going entirely too far to exempt $2,500 worth of property, aod we believe that the great majority of the honest meo of the State will re? pudiate the suggestioo, if the matter is left to them. POLITICS IN SUMTER. The Reform Convection of Satur? day demoostrated that there are two factions io the Reform party ID this county ; ooe desiring peace betweeo the white people of Sumter Couoty by ao hooorable compromise proposed by the Conservatives, the other determioed to keep the spirit of bitteroess alive aod widen the breach created in former years. The peace party was led by H. R. Thomas, J. L. Parrot. J. T. j Hays, W. A. James, W. S James, B P. Kelly. R. P. Stackbouse aod others. The strife stirrers were led by j D. E. Keels, who was secooded by L D. Jeooings, H. L B. Wells, Walter Dinkies aod others. The convention was the most dis- j orderly and unsatisfactory public meet-1 iog we have witnessed since 1890, and it cannot be said that anything what? ever was accomplished. It is a diffi? cult matter for ooe to decide exactly what conclusion to draw from the drift of the meetiog aod the expressions of opinion made oo thc floor of the con? vention. There are but two things that we are satisied about : First, that a majority of the conven? tion fayored peace. Second, that a majority would accept no terms of peace tbat they did not dictate. We know that the first conclusions ts correct, for the vote oo the direct question, "Do we favor peace io Sumter County V was almost uoamious io favor of the affirmative. And that the second is also correct, by the repeated majority votea rejecting the pian proposed by j the Conservative Conveotiou. The factioo led by Capt Keels dis? played the true Reform spirit-a bitter determioatioo to rule or ruiu. They think that they can force the Conger- ; vatives into the Irby primary and there ? succeed in electing all of thc six dele? gates from Sumter County ; heuce they I do oot consider the advantages of peace or the good the whole county will de? rive fro'ji a cessation of strife. No,,j they hope to rule aod get office, aod this glimmer of hope blinds them j against every other consideration. The idea that the Reformers eau win j in a primary in Sumter Couoty has got ten into the heads of the rabid Reform? ers and they can see, or thiok of ooth- j iog else. It is a mistaken idea, for all that it is so firmly belived. If thc Coo- j servatives would all go into the primary as they have in former years, the Re-1 form faction would be worse whipped than ever before. This is not au idle boast, but a deliberate assertjou made j after a careful study of the situation, j The Reformers think that the Sumter club has lost a great deal of its strength ,' and that the vote of former years could not be polled in this city. Herc is | just where they are mistaken, for we know that if it were to come to a bitter fight, where all the people are aroused, that the Sumter club would poll more votes than last year. We koow what I we are talking about and if tbe Re formers do oot believe it, let them in? vestigate for themselves. When they imagine that the Conservative factioo i fears a contest they deceive themselves. A majority of the Conservatives be? lieve it is to the best interest of the county, that there be no fight this year, as there was no organization for a fight all over the State, and uo reasonable grounds for hope that the control of the convention could be taken from the Reformers. For tbis reason we advocated a division of the delegation in this county, and not be? cause we were doubtful of the result of a contest. There is no use discussing thc proba? ble result of a primary, for a primary is out of the <]uestiou as far as weare con? cerned, for the reasons giveu heretofore, and we are fully satisfied that very many of the Conservatives, if not a large majority of them , are with us io the firm determination to be hands off thc primarv. We are willina to divide the delegation with the Kef . ier>, be? cause the yare entitled to representation, since they are a strong minority, and be? cause peace is more desirable than strife, owing to the peculiar conditions confronting thc white people at this time, bet we are not willing to divide io thu primary, where we tic our hands, commit ourselves to to any fraud that Irby may see (Utopian, u?d the prim&ry i is no more entitled to be called "demo? cratic'' than the general election itself. We stand by the plan proposed in thc resolutions adopted by the Conservative Convention and trust all Conservatives ; will, to a man, do the same. I ! SUMTEJa AS COTTON MARKET. [From the Daily Item, July 18.] I The question of the prices paid for j cotton in this city and elsewhere and the methods of buying cotron pursued here is being discussed by the farmers ! and others, and is being used to the ! detriment of the business interests of Sumter by those who will be benefittcd by the transfer of trade from Sumter to Camden and other towns. The same assertions made in previous years are going the rounds again, and will un doubfedly have the effect desired by j those who are circulating them, unless \ the merchants and cotton buyers of this ! city take some decided measnres to re fute the statements. It is said that there : I is a cotton ring in this city, composed : of some half dozen or more merchants, | who are able to dominate tbe market, and that they fix the price that is paid the farmer. This ring, it is said, will not allow the regular cotton buyers to 1 buy from the wagoo, but sell out the cotton that they hive bought during the day to the buyers in the afternoon, and j by this method the members of the ring make a profit on the cotton. This be? lief is firmly rooted in the minds of a i great many people, and it is an almost useless task to argue the question with ; them. It is a fact that cotton sold for more money in Camden than in Sum? ter 00 several occasions, and this is claimed to be indisputable evidence that j there was something wrong in Sumter ; ; although it is also a fact that on other j occasions prices were higher in Sumter than in Camden. The latter fact does ; not appear to weigh at all with those who have become possessed of the Sum- : ter cotton ring idea. And what is j more to the point, we have it from sev- : eral reliable parties that the matter is j being agitated at present with a per? sistence and system that ?6 proof that i there is a purpose to drive trade away i from Sumter and, if possible, destroy her importance as a cotton market. The business men of Sumter will find j it to their interest to take measures to counteract the effect of the damaging reports above refered to, and to settle ! beyond the possibility of doubt the .ut- ! ter falsity of the assertion that a ring controls the cotton market in Sumter and deprives the farmer of a part of his profits. From numerous conversations with the merchants of the city, we are satis fied that they pay the full price for 1 cotton at the time it is bought, and that it is very often the case that the market falls off decidedly in the after- 1 noon, and that the cotton bought in the morning is closed out at a loss to the ex- i port buyer. There are days, it is true, when the price advances during the day and the merchant closes out at a profit. But this would not benefit the seller in the least, for the merchants ! who buy cotton receive hourly reports j from New York and the price they ' pay is governed by the reports; and they pay just as much as the men who buy for export. But of this we find it im? possible to convince many men who seem determined to believe that they are being defrauded. Under the circumstances we believe it would result to the benefit of Sumter and increase the cotton trade, if thc merchants would agree to request al ? cotton buyers to buy from the wagon It would mean more work for the buy? ers, but that is what they are supposed to be hete for. Facts from a Cotton Buyer. The Methods Pursued in Sumter and j the Prices Paid Editor oj The Daily Item. We have read the editorial io your issue of the ISth inst, in reference tu Sumter cotton market ?nd to the belief of some farmers that there 13 a ring among the merchants who buy cotton and the cotton buyers, and we would be glad to have you eire us space to state a : few facts, which we hope will go far towards provine the utter falsity und absurdity ot' the j rine idea First. Tli?- merchants make advances to thc* farmers, nod when the tanner brings his cotton to markt-t he usually gors to thut mer? chant who has advanced to him ?ud has his cotton sampled. The farm tr then takes his sample around tbe streets, and the regular cotton buyers, as well as other mere!.ants, bid on ?ame. In nine eases out ot' ten be sells to the mer? chant who has advanced to him an:! who has sampled his cotton, this merchant always paving more than the highes: bid on the rot ton ; and very often 1-Tti to .Mo" ot a cent above the market The merchant nays th:s advance tor tbe reason that it pays him bet? ter 'o do this and collect the money owing bim a: his office, than to be put to tbe trouble and inconvenience during the busy season <>: sending out '<> collect from some other nartv to whom the cotton may have been soi :. So much for the farmer thai hus had advances made to iiim Second. Those farmers who have no ad? vances made tc them, anil arc perfect Iv free io the handling ol their cotton, usually stop at ibe stores ol their choice ; th;-smut meth? od of sampling und biding is pursued : io bis case the merchant jDften pays considerahlv more than the market price io the hope cf securing his "trade." The cotion thus bought is seldom ever carried over night by the -nerchant, but is sold in the afternoon to the regular buyers for export, whom, I venture to aa?-, from my own experience as a buyer, buy it cheaper than they could on the street?, for the reasons as ?et forth above. From my own observa tions and experience I am satisfied that there is hardly a merchant in the town who buys cotion. but who finds that his cotton account will give him n clear loss Ht the end of the season Now these are facts and c?u tie attested to by any merchant of our city. Sumter, on an averngf, has always paid ?B much for cotton as any market in the State, low grades having always brought from J to ? a cent above competing markets; ano I mn satisfied we will continue to be one of the largest cotton markets in this section of the Slate, uot only on account of the fact that Sumter is entitled to it by reason of her natural position and advantages, but by j further reason of the fact that her merchants ! are careful, honest and progressive business men and that the largest cotton exporting 1 houses in America are represented here in j the cotton season by experienced buyers, and j competition between them is very great, and ; cotton on the Sumter market is thus always | made to bring its full market value. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, I beg to say ! that The A. C. Phelps Co. will buy cotton j this fall on the streets and from wagons for ? one of the largest exporting houses in j Charleston, and we propos*- to buy cotton ; simply on its merits and the farmer will re- j ceive from us just AS high a price as that j paid to any merchant. Yours respectfully, A. C. PHELPS, j For the Attention of the Post Of- I fice Department PISGAH, S. C., July 23, 1895. ! Editor Watchman and Southron : The Sumter mail to this office is again had ; Letters mailed in Sumter on Wednesday ; don't get here until Saturday. So with ; Watchman and Southron. The Herald a nd ! Freeman, and Camden papers published on ? same day, get here on Tuesday. Can YOU ! locate the fault? The government ought to ? deliver promptlv, as we pav for it. J E DuPas. I Tbe fault must be either with the mail ! service on the Camden R. R. or at the dis tributing office through which the Pisgah mail goes. It i9 the duty of some official to I look after this complaint. It has been made j many times before - ? - ? m The dilapidated condition ot *.be Court | House is in great contrast to the Opera House ! just across the street and causes comment hy j nearly every visitor. The Court House, with I its window blinds hanging on by one hinge j and presenting an appearance of general j neglect and out of date dilapidation bas long J bpen an exesore to the people of tbisa city ?nd county. In pursuance of a penny-wise ? economy it will be allowed to remain in it3 ? present condition until it is burned and all ! the valuable records ?f the county destroyed. ? Then, perhaps a new and costly build- j ing will be erected and a fire-proof vault for ' the storage of the records provided To build J a new Court House will cost not less than j $12,000 to $15,000; to repair the old Court j House and build a record vault, will cost ; not more than $5,000 Besides, the records, j which cannot be valued in dollars and cents. ? will be preserved by providing a pince of sa?V | keeping at once. , A representative Conservative from a thick ly settled community, when questioned a few | days ago as to the political p?-nttment in his '? section, said tba: the peop ? in his section ? were taking little interest in -'oliticsat pre- ' sentanddid not intend doini; . They are all j sick and tired of the whol*- ;r*ir ami will keep entirely aloof from all j- ?it.cal under? takings until conditions charge. His people are convinced that the Reform?is, who control \ the political and election machicery in the State, will raanipiulate things so that they j will have as large a majority in tae Conven? tion as they desire and that only such mea? sures as they favor well become pirts of the Constitution. He favors a hand3.off policy for the Cooservatives as the sole responsibility for the Constitution should be upon the Re- j formers. He would make a straight fighe at the general election if there was unity of action and some decided policy that would give hope of success. Hood's Pills are the best family cathartic j and liver medicine. Harmless, reliable, sure. JOSEPHINK HAS DESEETED GEORGE. She Sang a?d Prayed and Left. ORANGEBUKG S C JulV 17(1 Mr Editor I Write you to day asking of I you for H Space for one of the Wonders of ? the World I was in your city a few Wreks a \ go. With this Wonder George ? Josephin Which was on Exerbision too days there ' Some people say that the boy don the talking him Self and it waa not a Spirit on the 15 Monday night 12 30 Josephine Sane and prayed and bid the hov good hy k all the next day the boy call for Josephine Josephine has taken her flight nnd not Rptur.n y*-t to i him the noy Seem to dont Mind it about : Josephine is gone I Wants tn let every body No of these j trues a grate crood of people both White j and culerd in Augusta ga. yesterday has j witness these fack that the boy has not got j No controol over Josephin if he did he : Would have Made Josephine talk. I put a notice in here fur you to let it come : out in ;our parer to World H. adams ?rangeburg S. C. NOTICE. ?he Boy wiih too voices the voice which Proclaim to he Josephine have stop taking rver since Monday night Josephine 3ang a peace & pray k bid the boy good by some people s-ir it was the boy dun the talking he havp bin calling for Josephine but she has not Return yet So the boy k he's Fnther have Return bnck home ?rangeburg S. C. There is one thing that puzzles everyone when thr political situation in :hi9 county is considered. How can the primary be held without candidates? There are no candi? dates in the field and none can now comply witii the rulrs prrscribed by the Irby Execu? tive Committee. The rules require that each and every candidate shall file a pledge with rhf county executive committee teo days prior to i he primary. No pledges have been Hied, ao fur as can be learned, and the pri? mary is to be held on next Tuesday, the 30tb instant. How can a primary be held that will compiy with the rules? A Reformer and office holder said on the street this morning that The Item is exactly rieht on the Primary, in so far as it is con? tended that the irby committee had no right to order a primary in which Republicans and mTi of divers political persuasions are to be allowed to vote. He said that Mr. Irby, as chairman of the Democratic Executive Com? mittee, had no right orderine any thing save a Democratic primarr ard that when he went beyond his powers he did great injury to the organized democracy. That is not exactly Re? form doctrine, but the way some of the Sumter Reformers talk. The city treasury will r?e considerably re? plenished if the bicyclists do not quit riding j around at night without, lights The law ! seems to be ignored by a great many who en- ? joy riding at night. It would be rather se? vere on the unfortunate who happened to get j caught, but it would make the law more ef- j fective if ti f<-w violators were to be arrested and put in the station house until morning. lt is dangerous for wheelmen to ride on the sidewalks without light? at the high speed that some of them find it necessary to main? tain, ?nd in time some one will be seriously injured. The dancing school gave a soiree at the old Jervey House last Thursday evening, that was attended by quite a number of young people. How's This? We niter One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J. CHENEY k Co , Props, Toedo, 0. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for tbe lait 15 years, and believe him perfec'lv honorable in H11 business transac? tions ?nd financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West&TruHX, Wholesale Druggist?, Toledo,0. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug? gists, Toledo, 0. 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