Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21,1S95. The SujiUer Watchman was founded io 1850 and the True Southron in 18?O. 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. Senator Tiliman fears some people will charge him with being a Puritan. His fear is groundless. Anything else but a Puritan. Jim Oorbett has h\s bands full at preseci?a new wife to support, an old wife to be paid ooe hundred dollars per week and Fitzsimmoos to whip. The gold advocates will be in a fine frenxy with Marion Butler for organ - iztng free silver clubs and naming them "Sound Money Clubs." The problem bas been solved, and Mr. L. D. Jennings could not be both candidate aod election commissioner. ~y. rov. Evans furnished the solution by appointing Mr. R. M. Pitts tc serve on the Board of Commissioners. 'Qr What will the silver party do with Tiilmao, Bland and Sibley, who are all candidates for the Presidency *i All of p~tbem waut the nomination much worse than free silver. . Columbia will have the State Fair this year aod we hope every year to come, but unless the people of Coluin - bia unite to make Fait* Week a drawing ^-attraction, some more enterprising town will capture it. Mr. Whitney is wise in not desiring the Democratic nomination for the Pres idency. He would he defeated by the South and West, whose support will be as necessary to his success as the sup port of New York. President Cleveland's worst euemies have never accused him with being a fool, but those who are asserting that he will be a candidate for a third term are ccming perilously near doing so Allanta folks are said to dre?d a grtM? visitation of relatives, friends and acquaintances during the Expo sition, and some of them are going into apartments for a season to avoid bank ruptcy. Mayor Strong was forced by public sentiment to be Mayor of New York City, but he has reversed the order and is oow laying plans to force public sentiment to elect him Governor of New York State. A brief tenure of public office works wonderful changes in a man. White caps have made their appear ance in Barn well County, and have been persecuting a farmer by the name of Nevins. A few of the white caps should be seot to Columbia and sup plied with striped pants and put at some work that would keep them out of devilment. Some of the people of the up country who were so much enthused a few months ago over the "Black Diamond" double track railroad from the West via Knoxville to the tide-water, are now inquiring around to find out what has become of the Black Diamond. It was ever thus with these great big railroad booms. We've seen a few of them dowo this way. The race for chairman of the Con stitutional Convention will be between Irby, Jasper Talbert and John Gary Evans. It is predicted, however, that this triangular figbt will result in the election of Hon. Ira B. Jones, who is regarded as a dark horse in the race. Of the lot Mr. Jones is our choice, and we hope to see him down the three promi nent candidates. Ii may bean open question whether the silver craze is dying out or nut, but there is :nuch less interest evinced ic the financial question now than a few 'week* ago. There is less discussion and much les-s demand for Coin's Fi nancial School and similar books. Everybody is anxious for financial re lief, kut there is a growing doubt that free silver coinage is the sort of relief needed. Senator Tillnian h:i> been making speeches in North Carolina in company wi-h Marios Batter. It w<; mistake not this same Marion was the loader of the North Carolina Populists, who forrn od a combiae with the negroes and de feated the Democratic ticket : a?d this same Marion Kotier was rewarded by negrc-fusion Legislature with elee tioo to the United States Senate. Sen ator Tillmao is immense in South i Carolina as an anti-negro man, but in 1 North Carolina b? selects a queer run I . I ning cuate. j Capt. Keels and his candidates did do a \\n\e better in tbe general election than in .ae primary. They received in the neighborhood of odc hundred white votes. The remainder of the votes j received by Messrs. Keels, James and DttPre w re negro votes, beyond doubt, ' and it is to be hoped that tbey are gratified that they were so popular with the republicans. Mr. J E. DuPre will, of necessity, pursue the even tenor of his way as the Sage of Pisgah. He will not be cru elly forced from his loved sylvan retreat amid tbe hills, to perform tbe onerous duties of a delegate to the Constitu tional Convention. We congratulate the Sage that' he bas not been forced into a position that be said he did not want. I One hundred and sixteen repre- | senta the white vote of the Keels ticket. Tbe three gentlemen who re- I j ceived tbis vote, or less, have nothing ? I to be ashamed of. They are defeated, I but not disgraced ; would that the same might be said for the others on the ticket. The pitiful Spaniards who cannot : subdue what they protest is a feeble up rising of outlaw negroes and half- | breeds are boastfully talking of calling j these United States to account for not j preventing Cuban sympathizers in tbis j country from assisting the insurgents, i When Spain calls the United States, the show down will be the biggest sur- j i prise she ever experienced. i I The grand jury presentment in j Edgefield reveals that there is a great ? deal of rascality and dowuright knavery j in the administrator of tbe public offi ces of the county. The reform wave j in 1890 appears to have turned the | rascals in instead of out. There was J no such rottenuess under the old re- \ gime, and diligent search was made for proof of tbe charges made ou the stump i by reform office hunters. Aiken aud Edgefield bave been found rotten to . ! tbe core in official circles under tbe re j form dispensation, and the tal?is not . j yet half told. i ? ! The latest freak of Atlanta society is j a circu.- to be run for a limited number ; j of performances during the Exposition, j The Constitution says there will be a \ "beautiful bareback female rider'7 from j the swell society circles. If that airy j j personage bares her back in addition to abbreviating her skirts, Dr. Hawthorne j will have another attack of the new ^ womiD rabies Tillman is still a Democrat, so he j Bays, bjat from the way he is dickering ! with Populists, Prohibitionists and! ' Third Partyites of all sorts, he is keep- \ ing mighty queer company for a simon pure Democrat. That Presidential bee ' is buzzing loud in the senatorial bonnet, j and it will be no great while, if things | ! go right for him, ere the pseudo-Dem- ? j ocratic chrysalis shall throw off all die- j I guise and issue forth "unfettered and j j free," a well-developed Third Parry i butterfly. There are few or no insects ? j of genus Musate on Ben, when it ; ? comes to shrewd and nervy wire-pull ! ing He ever plays a bold game, and : j will bear watching. Therefore "watch ! j Ben." Ten years ago tbe cultivation of to- ; bacco on an extensive scale for market j was declared impossible, and the man ? who proposed it was derided as a vision- j ary. if not an absolut?* fool ; yet to-day i j tobacco is one of the importaot crops in 1 ! central South Carolina. There are ! other valuable products that could be ! grown iu this section with equal or greater profit than tobacco, and before another decade has pas&ed we believe that the cultivation of grapes aud straw berries, aud perhaps tea, will be recog- ; nized industries in the central tier of j counties. Dr Sheppard, of Charles- ; ton, has demonstrated by years of prac- 1 tical experience that the finest tea in the world can be grown in this State. ; Iu Sumter County at the present time there are numbert? of tea plants grow j ing luxuriantly without care or special I cultivation. They are to be found in | many gardens where they were planted ?as ornamental shurbt? or curiosities When the people of South Carolina fully utiliz.' tho advantages and oppor tunities afforded by this soil and climate. . there will then be no hard times When the cotton and corn fields are interspersed with bermuda pasture.- for cattle, sheep, and fine horses, awl tin; hillsides arc covered with vinyards, tea gardens and groves of pecan trees; when tobacco barns beco m : as numerous as tin. old time horse gin was in ante-bellum days . when every water power furr.-s t factory wheel . when the necessarie- of ?i?< arc ,. produced in abundance fr:r all home con ELECTION RETURNS. The following complete returns of* the election held yesterday have been received. The compromise candi dates were elected by a sate majority._ 330 326 329 318 323 320 45 16 15 33 4M 15 114 110 Wedoefield 61 61 61 61 61 61 1 1 : I I 86 86 Mavef, le ' 62 63 60 59 60 59 13 U 10 1 1 51 Lyocbburg. 41 47 40 41 41 42 LO * l\ l\ Concord. 87 87 87 87 3, 8, I 1 *4 74 Privateer 79 7? 79 79 ?f- ?9 1 1 ??* ?4 S" 62 60 57 59 55 56 1- 4 4 ? 4 4 36 36 Bailie, 104 104 103 102 105 102 6, 13 14 73 7 16 57 Carters^rossin. 83 82 83 82 83 ^ ^ ^ l p ? g Stateburg, 18 Spring Hill, 51 IS 18 18 18 IS 64 65 65 62 62 51 51 51 51 51 22 20 20 20 21 21 24 24 Providence 48 43 48, 45 45 42 11 10 4 4 4 28 28 oc.- ni - ^<^ 18 18 18 18 18 77 7 7 7 77 7 77 77 mm, ' ? Jl Ja J5 _!! Jl ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -? ???? 1175 116? 1155 1158 1153 391 116 lof 377 366 116 336 832 sumption aDd to spare, then there will be do bard times. Aud this cao be brought about by energy and perse veranee. First it must be recognized that the rule of King Cottoi has passed and that cotton is but one of the ser* vants of the soil. A B. Williams, of the Greenville Netcs, auuou?iced himself a candidate for election to the Constitutional Con vention as a straight democrat, inde pendent of ail factions In his announce ment ha cays : "I am a candidate pledged to be free of all factions and parties and not to go into any caucus in the convention if I shall be elected ; aud pledged, also, to do all I can to have the new Constitu tion submitted to the people that, they j may express their opinion of the work j of their servants and representatives . and say whether the law under which they must live is satisfactory to them.'7 ? "The result is a matter of indiffer- j enee to me personally. If I receive j only half a dozen votes I will feel satis fied because I will know that men who j think as I do have bad tbeir say and I been allowed to express their senti ments and feelings at the ballot box.'' - nf ? - THE ELECTION. The election in this county yester day was marked by a light vote and no excitement The result vindi cated tbe judgment of those who maintained that the white people were almost unanimously in favor of the joint ticket, and that Capt Keels and Iiis followers had little greater strength than they developed in the so-called primary of forty-eight votes The negroes made the greatest effort they have in several years* to poll a ; large vote, aud the failure to do so is i proof that a very large percentage of the negroes have lost interest in po litical affairs and cannot be wrought ; up aud induced to turn out at elec tions. Scarcely one-half of the registered negro vote was polled yes terday, notwithstanding the activity of the negro leaders. The part taken by Capt. D. E. Keele in this election was laid bare by tiie election, and all of his pro testations, past and future, will be in sufficient to remove the belief that he had made a trade with the negroes. : The vote lie received here and else- : where settles beyond doubt that there was some sort of understand : ing between Capt. Keels and the negroes, and that Capt. Keels, Mr. W. A. James and Mr. J. E. DuPre were the beneficiaries of the agree ment. Capt. Keels based his hope ! of election on the support the : negroes were to give him, and his ; overwhelming defeat is very gratify ing to all true democrats. The negro leaders wer?4 unable to deliver the goods auu Caot. Keels lailed in his designs The vote considered in detail shows that Capt Keels. Mr James and Mr. Du Pre received the support of the negroes, and none of them need deny it. The triumph o? the joint ticket is ' gratifying to the true democrats of j Sumter County, inasmuch as it is a victory of common sense and politi cal patriotism over bitter partisan ship and personal candidates who placed individual success above all other considerations That the vic tory was so complete and overwhelm ing but increases the gratification. Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin For South Carolina. Col L>i ; , S. C . Aug. 'Jo, 1 S?;>. The principal feature of last week's weather was the excessive rainfall over tin greater portion nf the State. The drought that had persisted ever j the western and northern counties throughout July and the two weeks in August was thoroughly relieved, and vegetation of all kinds revived, and crops again look promising. The rains came too late to benefit early corn to any great extent, but late planting is now an assured crop The rain came in a succession of gentle showers, except in Kdgefield County where field* were washed to pome extent, and in Green , ville where there were two heavy wash ing rains. It was remarkable that, the heavy rains had but a slight effect on the rivers and no freshets were even threatened anywhere. In the eastern portion of the State the rains were also I heavy and caused great injury to fodder which was already pulled and to much on the stalk which i -id to br rotting. Cotton also was injuriously affected by the rains, as the flowers that get wet fail to fructify and the squars .-hed; the reports indicate that this was the case, and the crop that would have put on from the 14th to the 17th. inclusive, is lost. In this connection attention has been called to the f-.ct. that such portion of the crop that puts on after the 20th of August is not certain to mature. The rainfall was well distributed, as the following amounts by station- will show : Kingstree 2.23, St. Matthews 3 23. St. George 2.74. Yemasee 0 85. Batesburg 4 55. Greenwood 4 02, Blackville 3.97, Allendale 2.93, Chcraw 3 34, Florence 2 10. Greenville 2 29, Spartauburg 2.63, Beaufort 1.85. Charleston 1 47, Liberty 3 75 Eiloree 2.35, Chesterfield 2 00, Society Hill 1 96. McColl 4.50. Darlington 3 84. Edisto 4.55, Camden 4 68. Statesburg 2.15. Trenton 4.31, Santuc 2 38, Long shore 3.11, Columbia 4.88, St. George 4 50 Gillisonville 2.19, Oakwood 2 25, Ridgeway 16, St. Stephens 2.69, Pinopolis 5.14, Anderson 2.24. Central 3 70, Reid 4 25. Effingham 2 80, Loop ers 2.90. The average of these thirt) eight stations is 3 23 inches and the normal for the same peri" " is approx imately 1.47, the rainfa! haviDg been in excess of the usual nv? r the entire State, except at Yemasee. The week had a favorable tempera ture, with no excessive beate or cool nights ; the daily range was beiow the usual owing to the great amount of cloudiness. The highest tempera ture reported was 96 at Kingstree on the 13th. and the lowest 64 at Green wood on the 15th. The average meau temperature of the week for the State, deduced from 30 reports, was seventy nine degrees, and the normal for the same period is approximately seveuty nine degrees. The duration of sunshine varied between 29 per cent, and 90 per cent of the possible, the least cloudiness having occurred in Marlboro County and the greatest iti the western and central cointies. The winds were generally, ligb', except that in Greenville County in the vicinity of Reid there was a severe local storm, with hail, that destroyed considerable corn by breaking it off. In general, it may be said that the average condition of all crops is better and more promising than for some weeks, with the important exception of cotron, which in the eastern and cen tral portions of th* State has takeu on rust and is shedding too freely. These reports are not confined to any county, but are general, and even include por tions of the western counties. Over the western half of the State, however, there was a marked improvement in the plant in most places, so that, taking the ! State as a whole, there was little change j in the average condition of the staple, ?n the lower part of the State it is beginning to open. The bolls appear to he of good size and the bottom crop heavily fruited ; the uncertain top crop looks promising, but, owing to tbe late ness of the entire crop, there is smali likelihood of much of it reaching maturity. In places the plant is grow ing too much to weed. Sea ' Islaand ? cotton appears to be thriving. The iate tains have given the ground : enough moisture to insure late planted j corn, aud in all parts of the State its 1 condition would be truthfully depict ed by calling it superlatively fine, bottom lands having particularly fine crops In the western portion of the State early corn was too ripe to be much benefited by the rains, but is neverthe less a fsir crop. The total crop will be a very largo one. Fodderouliing ; was general, as the weather permitted, but much fodder that was pulled was I damaged, especially in Orangeburg and | Hampton Counties, aod the eastern ; portiou of the State generally, evc-n I some on the stalk was greatly damaged . In the lower counties molasses mak ing hae begun, and sorghum in ripeo iug generally The condition of :he ! crop is fair but very uneven. Peas are doing well as a rule, and ; are growing better than ever after tbe heavy rains. E*rly peas are ripening, anil some are already on the market. Turnip sowing will now be pushed as the grouud is in the best condition for quick germination. Turcips al ready planted are growing rapidly. Tbe wet weather has caused sweet potatoes to run too much to vine, neces sitating trimming ; hut their condition geuerally is greatly improved. Along the coast late sweet and Irish potatoes wiil soon be gathereu. Some complaint 1 of Irish seed potatoes (secood crop) rotting in the ground. The rice harvest will scon begin, and rice in general appears to be beading fiuely. The weather for rice has been uniformly favorable the entire season. Late fruit quite plentiful and of bet ter quality than the earliest varieties. Tbe prospects are that there will be a large crop of pea-vine, and second growth of meadow hay. - ? ? * mm Hood's Pills cure jaundice, biliousnsss, sick head*che. constipation and all liver ills. Sumter County International Sun day School Convention. Will hold hold its annual meeting in Bishopville August 29th and 30th. The programme will consist of addresses by prominent Sunday school workers, Bible rending, question box, etc. Delegates are expected from all our schools, and we earn estly hope every superintendent will attend. See to it ih?t ar least one delegate comes from your school. Other counties are re porting enthusiastic meetings. Let Sumter not he in the rear in so important an interest. F. JoXKS, Chairman J?x. Com. C. M. Hurst. Secty. How's This? We otl'er One Hundred Dollars Reward tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F j. Cheney ? Co , Props, Toedo, 0. We :he undeisigned, have known F. j. i Cheney r\>r the last 15 years, and helieve him : perfectly honorable in all business iransac-; lions and financially able to carry out any j obligations made by their firm. West ATruax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.O. ; Waldinsr, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug- > gis?s, Toledo, 0. Hall's Citarrh Cure is taken internally, *et- ' nig diieetiy upon the blood and mucous tr aces of the system. Pru-e. 75c. per houle. Sold by a!! Druggists. Testimonials free. IIIIIIMJl There is no pain that Pain-Killer will not stop. Colic, cramps, toothache, ear ache, spraius, cuts, burns, bites and stings, all yield to its magic. A record of more than fifty years proves that toe Hiin? is cerbi Pain "Kille kills pain Keep Pain-Killer constantly ?11 haiid vGVL f can never know when it wili be needed. y The quantity has !? <.? doubled, but the price is still 25 cents. J[? tn i tat it >ns and substitutes iua\ be offered v?-?u ic<>: ..?;? ,.-rj>^ 1. .... ... ?? ASS?" ?' >*! 5i I tic ircnumc bottle bea: M TT gjs - - - - -r- >^/c ?* |URlfDHl|H??K I ilG?RETTES^ ST W. Duke Sons &Cc.T^T ^_??r THE AMERICAN TOBACCO C0>V*?/ fcif DURJ AM. N.C. U.S.A. made: rnoM High ira?e Tobacco ?3TD ABSOLUTELY PURE HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, and proprietors of Cotton and General Storage Warehouse. ?P-TOWK 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. &c. bagging, sugar bag cloth. cotton iron ties. Orders by sample for all goods'in the grocery line. May 29_ So Simple. .% t ; ';??? .; . /' *'???.?. - '-. en ,??;:' &? ? tf ,?>-,?. .?.-,? ? 5| Nine times cut of ten whenweare oui of sorts our trou bles can be removed by that re liable old W medicine, ! iron Bitters, which for more than 20 years I has been curing many people I of Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Ma lana, 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 trae 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. l>ro?ii'S Iron Bitters is pleasant to t-.':\ ami it will not stain the te?*:h nor ca constipation. See the crossed red Jf . on the wrapper. Our book, ' Live Hundred Years," teils all abou; fr-, c :? r Sc. s:ur.:p. En.ov.-N Chemical Co., Baltimore. MONEY TO LEND. The mortgage companies have authorized us to resume the husiness of leuding money on improved farming lands, and we are now nrepared to consider applica tions. lee & moise. June 26, '95?3 mos. 1837. 1895. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON. N. C. Next Term Begins Sept. 12tli. Ample Laboratories. Apparatus. Cabinets, Libraries, Reading Rooms. Gymnasium, Rail Grounds. Tennis Courts, &c. CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC. BIBLICAL, COMMERCIAL. Send for a t latalogue. J. SHEARER, Prest, Juh 3.