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%\t W?Mm\\ n? jSoutjiroR. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 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. If Gov. Tillman bad tried he could not bave devised a plan for regulating the suffrage question that suits us lese. Well, we knew the Conservatives would not go into a primary, and said so weeks ago. Now the prediction has been verified. The speeches delivered at constitu tional convention campaign meetings in different parts of the State are alike in the large amount of information and statesmanship that tbey do not contain. We are impressed with the idea that the people of Samter county know just a little more about managing their own affairs than any one outside can tell them. We generally manage to land all right, no natter bow long we wrangle nor how much advice we re ceive. It may be claimed that the meeting ' of Reformers Friday was composed of only forty or fifty men, and repre sented only themselves This is but a? ?-ile assertion. The fact is that the meeting represented twelve of the nine teen clubs controlled by the Reformers. That looks like representing some strength. The ticket nominated by the Con servatives and Reformers independently of each other and then ratified as the joint ticket of the Democrats of Sum ter County, is made op of as good men as Samter county affords. Three-fourths of the Reformers will support it to the end, come what may, and the-Conserv atives are back of it to a man. "Le men who bave an itching to climb into higher offices by means of the Populist party are trying to gal vanize the alliance to life. The alli ance has proved an utter failure as an industrial and beneficial oaganization, but as a political machine it was a magnificent success. Henee the efforts of the would-be office holders. They know a good thing. The Conservative men of both fac tions in Sumter coooty are so willing t? ignore factional lises, Irby primary and persons who have kept them apart, that the leaders and strife-stirrers are be coming alarmed lest they speedily find their occupation gone 9rA their shining positions things of the past. There is more substance and reality to the peace and unity in Sumter county than the regular politicians like. The idea of Senator Irby being made the highest judicial officer of the State j ( is too horrible for serious considera tion. The rumor that originated in Liureos and was published in the At lanta Constitution is given to-day for what it is worth. We cannot believe that even irbj himself would desire to j ' see the judiciary of South Carolina de- ' bauched by placing at its head a man i j who has been so notorious as he him- j < self has been. The very idea of the ? Chief Justice of South Caroliua being created out of a man known to be a drunkard ? ? The duty of every man in Sumter | county who has the beet interest of the j < county at heart will be to turn out and j vote for the joint ticket at the election j on August 20th. The ticket is a good 1 ( one and represents a large majority of j ] the white citizens of lue county. The j1 ?najority of the white people, who pay ! ' the greater part of the taxes of ?he \ ' county, and who are most deeply and j ] earnestly interested in the weli-beiog 1 and prcsoerity of the State, have rati- j ? fied the nomination of this ticket and ! . ail citizens should for once lay aside personal preferences and indi vidual bias and support the the ticket as a whole. It will be the height of 1 folly to vote for only one, two, three or u3ore of the nominees on the joint i , ticket, fcr by doing so the election of! ! much less acceptable tuen will be pro- < moted. There will be other tickets in ? the field, composed of men who repre ! sent no one but themselves, and whose , election would be a reflection on Sum- I ter County ; therefore we see but one > wise course for all good citizens to pur- j sue?vote the joint ticket at the gen eral election. j} The Primary Election. 1A Very Light Vote?The Con ser vatives Take Little Part Anywhere and the Re formers Indifferent. The primary election yesterday excited little orno interest any wheve, and the vole polled was the lightest ever known in a primary election held in this State. The full returns are not yet o b tainable, but those already in show that the Conservatives did not partic ipate hi the election to any great ex tent anywhere in the State, and that the Reformers themselves were very indifferent. The result of the pri mary was, of course, favorable to the Reformers, but in some of the coun ties where compromise tickets were run, the joint tickets were nominated. In Anderson two Conservatives and three Reformers were nominated, and two Reformers will have to run over for the sixth place. Barnwell nominated a full Reform ticket, and Clarendon did the same. In Cheeteriield county three Re formers were nominated on a very light vote. In the town of Cheraw only twenty votes were cast. Darlington voted for a straight Reform ticket. Conservatives held aloof. At the Darlington preoinct only twelve votes were cast. The indications are that B. R Tillman, VV. . Timmerman, W. J Talbert, George D. Tiilman, R. Watson, and Jno. C. Sheppard were nominated in Edgefield. Greenville nominated two Conser vatives and four Reformers. Georgetown nominated one Re former and one Conservative and left one place blank for the Republicans Newberry voted for a divided del egation?two Reformers and two Conservatives. The result in Spartanburg was in doubt, with the Conservative ticket in the lead, but the precincts still to be heard from will probably elect Re formers. No reports of interest from the [>tber counties have been received. One of rhe greatest spectacular per formances at tbe Cotton States and international Exposition this fall will be the r-. roduction in fireworks of the storming ?-f Wei-hai-wei in tbe recent war between China and Japan. Tbe performance will begin with tbe first sight of the Exposition and on ti nue ?very night for nearly a month. Im mense sea .oldings will be erected on tbe north end of the lake, on which will be stretched the painted scenery of tbe company. The position is ooenbat nay be plainly seen from almost any part of the grounds. Huodeds of real Chinese and Japanese will be in the production, and the sight will be ex tremely realistic. The attack of the Japs will be made from tbe lake in ships modelled after the Japanese war vessels. The storming parties will land in the face of a terrific cannonade ind the City of Wei-hai-wei will be taken by storm. Over a thousand dol lars* worth of fireworks will be burned it. every performance. It is probably ? the grandest and most realistic scenic production of the age, and will be one )f the greatest attractions in the spec tacular way at tbe Exposition. The Southern Planter says tbe com- j sieted returns of the cotton crop of L894 have now been published, and >how the crop to have been one of ; ),476,435 bale?, the largest crop ever ; *rown. An examination of the details )f thiecrop show how utterly impossible it is for cotton growing to be profitable, ; ?ven at a price much io excess of that obtained for this crop under existiog sondinone of production. The largest j production per acre was in Arkansas, j where nearly half a bale per acre was ; jrowD. In'North and South Carolina. ! ibout one third of a bale per acre was raised, whilst in Virginia not quitp a ; quarter of a bale was grown per acre, j With such yields as these, even if cot- j ton sold for ten cents per pound, no j planter could afford to grow it, and at the same time purchase his home sup- ; ies A third of a bale per acrj, even ; it ten cents per pound, means only ?10 per acre gross returns. At five cen's per pound, a means only ?8 per acre. When the cost of the labor and ferti lizer is deducted, the balance cannot ?t-ave anything whercwi:h to buy. mear, Dread aod clotbiug. Yet. not withstand Ing all that we havf said on the sub ect. and the fact that for many years planters have been saving that they jannot make cotton for less than ten jents per pouud, large numbers still i persist in planting cottun and neglcoting their food supplies It is true that the . ;rop area for this year shows a reduc tion of 15 per cent., ami it tuay fairly De presumed that a larger area is p''^t_ in corn, yet it will need a much greater change than this to bring pro* ^crity to Southern cotton planters. SVe trust that the experience of the past pear is going to be a lesson tor the :uture, and that every effort will be ilade to increase the production of jome supplies. It is not too late yet to make fodder for live stock, and )Otatoes, both sweet and Irish, for lome consumption, for man aud beast. ! MR. THOMAS AND THE COM PROMISE. He Wants it Understood That N< Factional Lines Are to be Wiped Out. The annexed correspondence between Mr H. R. Thomas on the one hand ami Maj Marion Moise, Coi. R. D. Lee and Judgi Thos. B. Fraser, on the other, is publishec at the request of Mr. ThoniHS, who appear: to believe it so necessary to k^p the twt factions thoroughly separated Hnd absolutely distinct that it mus'be so stated in writing The correspondence is published as irjfonna tion, but with no idea that it will aid in th< restoration of good feeling or promote tb< election of the joint ticket to any appreciable degree. Maj. Marion Moise, Chairman Conservativi Democratic Party, Sumter County, and Col R. D. Lee and Judge T. B. Fraser, Can didatos for the Constitutional Convention. Gentlemen : A majority of the Reform fac tion have worked hard for a compromise ticket for Sumter County inside the Demo cratic party. On iast Friday it w?3 my reso lution which called the Democratic Executive Committee together to overrule Mr. Keels' ruling in regard to pledges and go into the primary election. With me the executive committee had a majority, without me there was no quorum. In a matter of vital con sequence everything should be frank, certain and specific. Maj Moise introduced a reso lution before the executive committee, doing away with the primary to wh-ch our faction j were committed, by mass meetiog and other wise. ? withdrew because of this resolution, leaving no quorum. The Conservative Convention then passed a resolution which may be construed that the Reformers place themselves under the Conservative Executive Committee aod ig nore the County Democratic Executive Com mittee. This construction is obnoxious to our faction, who will only work for the com promise ticket inside the Democratic party on terms of perfect equality. Now in order that we may understand each other and oceupv equal grounds and co-op. rate together, I. as chairman of the Reform faction, beg to know if ii is the in tention to work together on terms of equal ity inside the democratic party, thus making a non-factional fight. Yonr reply to this will govern our conduct in the primary. Respectfully yonrs, H. R. Thomas, Pres't Reform Democrac v. II. R. Thomas, Esq., President of the Reform Democracy. Dear Sir: In reply to the foregoing com munication we beg to say : That it was not j our understanding or intention that in nom j inating aod electing the joint ticket that the j Reformers were thereby placing themseives j under the Conservative Committee ; on the i contrary we understood and intended that jl j was a purely non-factional agreemeot within I the ranks qf the Democratic party. We recognize those Reformers as Reformers ! still, and intended to express this idea more I fully in the resolution refeired to The election is not to be under the control ? of the Conservative Committee or faction, , but under the joint control of both factions j of the Democratic party upou terms of abso I lute equality. Marion M disk., as Chairmao. T. Fhaseb. R. D. Lee. Sumter, July 2?>, 1895. A goodly number of Reformers, who were lsrly instrumental in bringing about the truce between the two fac tions and the nomination of a joint ticket, are asking themselves, each other, and some of the Conservatives what Mr. H. R. Thomas was driving at yesterday when he addressed that letter to Maj. Moise and the Conservative candidates for the Constititutional Convention. They are of the decided opinion that Mr. Thomas has nothing to do with the joint ticket ; that when he withdrew from the committee on Friday last that his connection with that branch of the Reform faction ended and that he has begun to meddle with things that do not concern him. This is a Reform view of the correspondence published Monday. The Conservatives do not express any opinion beyond the surmise that Thomas is up to some new dodge. Or that be is apparently afraid the two factions will get together and in future factional lines wi!! be disregarded in Sumter County. The article of Mr J E. Norment in the Sews and Courier of the 24th, telling of the vineyards of Witiiarasburg and the large profits realized by those who are growing grapes for shipment, was read with interest and curiosity by a great many people who never once stop to think that what has'beeo done in Williarcsburg can be done with even greater facility in Sumter. Grapes ot al most every variety flourish in this soil and climate as they do in few places. The yield is large, the quality as fioe as produced any <?her* and the crop certain. All that is needed is the varieties best suited for ship ment and intelligent cultivation. The farm ers and land owners of Sumter county are neglecting an industry that the farmers of W??amsburg find very profitable. Mr. James Reave.*, of the Coucord section was in town Thursday morning and called at this office to show samples of his this year's tobacco crop. In the lot o' samples be had with him wer?- an ??ssorirnont or extr? lemon wrappers, fancy cutters a:."i severa! grades ot fine smoker?. The sani; 1rs were examined by a tobacco man, who sni 1 that the tobacco would seil os a warehouse ii for 2u to 6*5 cents according to ???- several grades. Mr. Reaves lias already cured three barns from four acres and had ont- barn of the finest tobacco that he raised burned. The average of his crop he sai i '.vh? very good, and that it bad .-ill cured finely ?o tar. The burning of the barn was a heavy loss to his crop which would have proven quite profitable. Mr Reaves will bring bis crop t.. ibi? market :'<>: sale it the price- In :?? compare favorably with hose i other pince?. - ? ? ?? ? ? Remember?only sue!, medicine* were admitted for exhibition at the World'? Fair a.-- are accepted lor use, by physicians, in the practice of medicine, Ayer's Sarsaparille, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and Ayer's Pills ! being included in the list. They art 9tan ard medicines. 1 Eestricted Suffrage. Mr. Editor .-?There are times when the discussion of certain questions becomes of 5 1 paramount importance because it sets men to ! thinking, and without this education is a fai1 j ure ora'.togethet futile. And what iseducation but the preparation of men to grapple with . tbe problems of their environment ; and witb \ out it how can they become masters of the autonomy of their government, without ? which citizenship is hut a poor boon or alto 1 gether futile. 3 Those thoughts are suggested by a con > sideration of some of the problems which confront U9. And first is the matter of the ballot. This we regard not as an inherent, but rather as tin acquired right. By way of illustration, here is a young man, say 2G years of age, in every way qualified to vote ( safely ; here \s another man, 30 years ohi, ic ino way qualified to vote except in the mere matter of age. To tbe first tbe law says : "You cannot rote"; to the second it says j "You are at liberty to exercise this privi ! lege." i If it is right and just to require a certain j number of years as a prerequisite, why not \ go farther and say you must also be quali " fied to cast an intelligent and safe ballot ? We have always been opposed to ari unre stricted ballot. And again, what right ? I under heaven has a man to cast a vote bear ing upon the estate of a property holder when he owns nothing himself? And again, a re : striction would not be permanent, hut j should be a stimulus to the di?qualified to ; prepare themselves to discbarge this inestima ble privilege intelligently, safely and justly. I We therefore ha7e always been opposed to an ; unrestricted ballot, and favored a qualified I and safe suffrage that individuals and tbe I government might be protracted ir. the safe exercise of this great and inestimable func j tion and privilege of citizenship. Then if it be right to regard man as an ; infant in the eye of the law, in connection I with tbe ballot, until he has reached bis 21st : year, surely it would be bur consistent to still regard him as such till he has acquired the essential of an intelligent and safe suf frage. With regard to what constitutes these esseotials and their bearing upon the I momentous question of negro suffrage, we 'may have something to say in a future article. John* H. Fcbman, M. D. Privateer, July 28, '95. A sii'ch in time."?A dose of Ayer's Pills bas saved manya fit of sickness ; bat ' when a remedy dors not happen to be at i hand, slight ailments are liab'e to be neglect I ed, and tbe result, frequently, is 9enous ill ; ness ; therefore always be supplied with ! Ayer's Pills. Blank books of all kinds at H. G. Osteen & Co.'s i The r?gulation forb?dtog bicycle riding on ! the wej! side of Main Streeet front the depot j to the corner < Republican Street has been : disregarded to., great degree t>v the ladies i who ride the wheel. They h*vr been accus I Joined to ride on the forbidden sidewalk I from lb* depot to Witherspoon"* coffin fac ! tory wiihout reference to the city ordinance, and this custom cot two young ladies into trouble a few evenings ago. This trouble was nothing less than an arrest. They were spinning along at ? brisk pAce, when Police man Gallagher, who whs on duty on that bear, signed them down and told them to consider themselves under arrest. When asked to give their names they refuses to do so, hut this did not avail them anything for Policeman Gallagher knew their names and told them so. The ^oung ladies were released without bail, and as the Mayor's Court has not been in session since, they have not been calied upon to answer to the charge of riding I on forbidden ground. When they go before Mayor Pierson he will probably be lenient with them. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toedo, 0. We the undeisij?ued, have known F. j. Cheney for the laat 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially at>le to carry out any j obligHtions made by their firm. West&Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.0. Wiildmg, Kinnau & Marvin, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Citarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directiy upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials tree. ? ?? ?^ Harpers' Magazine, The Century, Cosmo politan, Munsey's, The Illustrated American, Review of Reviews, and McClure's Complete life of Napoleou, just received at H. G. Osteen & Co.'9 Book Store. Success in Life depends on little things. A RipansTabule isa little thing, but taking one occasionally gives good digestion, and that means good blood, and that means good brain and brawn, and that means success. 7?25?o Schedule cf Freight Trains. Tri-Werkly. Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Leave Florence 6 28 A.M. Arrive Sumter 9 35 " Leave Sumter 11 00 " Arrive Lanes 3 00 P.M. Tuesday, Thorsday and S&*urday: Leave Lanes 9 00 A.M. Arrive Sumter 1 10 P.M. Leave Sumter 3 30 " Arrive Florence 6 10 " Daily, E e Sttoday. Leave Atkins ? 30 A.M. Arrive Sumter 9 10 " Leave Sumter 5 00 P.M. Arrive Atkins 5 40 *' Both rrrtins have coach attached for ac commodation or passengers. For Colic, Cramps, Cholera Morbus and all Summer Complaints, there is no cure equal to Pain-Killer. Get a bottle to-day. Keep it con stantly on hand, for there is no kind of pain or ache?internal or external?that Killer will not relieve. Accept no imitation or substitute. Genuine has Perry Davis & Son on bottle. The J quantity has been doubled, but the price is still 25c. & 1a STURTE VAST'S SLUG KILLER Is Destructive to all Vegetable Parasites, Bugs, Worms, Lice and Slugs. This Powder contains POISON, but it is so thoroughly mixed with fertilizers that it is perfectly safe if used with ordi nary care. As it... a very lively fertilizer, a new growth will be noticed immediately after application. F. C. STUKTEVANT, Hartford, Conn. Office : 216 State Street. Mills. 162 & 164 Commerce St. For Sale in Sumter, at CHINA'S DRUG STORE, July 24 4 Price 5 Cents a Pound. Paint Your Roofs. Now is the time to Paint your Root's, and DIXON'S GRA PHITE PAINT is the sort to use. One painting has been known to last fifteen years. We sell the Paint, or contract to put it on, guaranteeing satis faction either way. [f you want a book on tins subject let us :now MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS. Belting, Oils and General Machinery Supplies. Sanitary Plumb ing in ail its branches. THE SUMTER MACHINERY AND SUPPLY HOUSE, . B. BLOOM, Manager. East Liberty St., Sumter, S. C. March 4. I Duki l?UKRBjJRHAK,. ?/y^5by<^ V ~?!?^ - ~/W.?uKeSon3&Co. ^ . SUCCISfDK DURHAM. n.c. U.S.A M ADS F??OM High irado Tobacco A>T> ABSOLUTELY PURE HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, AND PROPRIETORS OF Cotton and General Storage Warehouse. ?P-TOWX 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, COTTON IRON TIES. Ordere by sample for all goods in the grocery line. Mav 29 So Simple. Nine times out of ten whenwe are out of sorts our trou bles can be removed by that re liable old medicine, / : 4, ?? ? ' *1 " Iron 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 and children?it makes them strong and rosy. i>rc*ii's Iron Bitters is pleasant to ta!: \ and it will not stain the teeth nor c:r co::st:oatior.. See the crossed red li - nn the wrapper. Our book, "Ho-. Live :\ Hundred Years," tells all aboi.: lr< : i. r 2 ?. s:ar.-.n. E Chemical Co., Baltimore. 11 MONEY TO LEND. THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES HAVE authorized us to resume the business of lending money on improved farming lands, and we are now prepared to consider apDlica tions. LEE & MOISE. June 26, '95?3 mos. 1837. 1895. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON, N. C. Next Term Begins Sept. 12th. Ample Laboratories, Apparatus. Cabinets, Libraries, Readi?g Rooms. Gymnasium, Bali Grounds, Tennis Courts, &c. CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC. BIBLICAL. COMMERCIAL Send for a Catalogue. J. B. SHEARER, Prest. Julv 3. 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