The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 16, 1895, Image 4
?k SEatrinmm w? Sanaron.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1?, 1895.
Tbe Sumter Watchman was founded
is 1850 aud tbe True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now h?.s
tbe combined circulation and influence
of both of :he old papers, and is mani
festly tbe best advertising medium in
Ssmter
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Senator Irby proposes to make it bot
in tbe Convention when it reconvenes,
but we fear he has wasted a great dea!
of bis thunder beforehand, and pat his
opponents on notice. He has, however,
advertised his great and original per- j
formance io a most thorough manner,
and will have a large audience when he
fights Tillman to tbe last ditch.
The prisa fighters are having a bard
time to find a place sufficiently disrepu
table and lawless to permit them to maul j
each other for a big purse Public sen-1
timent is not against fighting, when it j
is between man and man for sufficient j
cause, but is against legalized pogilis- !
tic brutality, tbe sole end of which is !
to gain money.
The Constitutional Convention re
assembles to-day to finish making the j
new Constitution. It is said that the j
reason the convention adjourned was
that tbc delegates wanted to go home j
and consult their constituents as to j
what tbey should do. We siocerely hope I
the constituents who were consulted
advised tbe delegates to talk less and
work more wheu ibey returned to Co
(ambia
Congress will be flooded with such a !
wave of petitions for the recognition of j
the belligerent rights of the Cuban In- j
survente that there will be no dodging !
tbe iesue. If tbe Insurgents can hold
their own against tbe Spanish and main
tain a government until Congress meo t?.
rhey will be recognized, and the neu
trality laws will then no longer inter- j
fere with tbe purchase of arms and j
ammunition in the United States. If
men are needed there will be no diffi
culty in enlisting several thousand in
*S;- country. Tbe outlook for Cuban
independence is bright, and we really
bel*- ve that it will be attained.
I
The announcement that Rev. John ?
Kershaw has been called to tbe rector- |
ship of St. Michael's Church, Charles-j
ton, will besad news to this entire com- j
munity. Mr. Kershaw has made Sum
ter bis home fer nearly ten years and in i
that time tue people of all creeds aad j
faiths have learned not only to know
and respect him for tbe many noble !
traits of character that make a mau !
and a minister, but to love him for the i
i
^ personal characteristics that have
drawn aud retained tbe friendship of all j
who have come in contact with him. '
So ter will regret to lose Mr. Kershaw, !
but should he decide to accept the call j
to St. Michael, we sball unite in bid- !
diug him Godspeed to his new field of
labor where there is more scope for his
ability as a preacher and pastor.
There is a rumor that President 1
Cleveland will declare himself on the j
political situation aud particularly in !
reference to a third term for himself.
We belive that Grovor Cleveland has '
more consideration of what is meet and j
proper than to do any such ioappropri- j
ate thing.
The Atlanta Exposition is now un- ?
der full headway and everybody that
can should go over to Atlanta and spend
a few day? at the very least. The Ex
po?i'iou is the World's Fair in a more j
compact shape and is more easily to be
seen. The magnificent work Atlanta
a* accomplished is the wonder of the
entire country.
The Liberty Bell reception in At
lanta was a perfect ovation, and it did
no barm to anybody. The superabund
ance of enthusiasm is a striking exam
ple of the excitement and enthusiasm
that an immense crowd, martial music,
pomp and parade will spontaneously en
gender. If a crowd can but be col
lected it is easy to create tbe enthusi
asm.
Every report concerning the cotton
crop confirms tbe fact tbe crop is an ex
traordinary short one, and that unless
tbe spinners are able to form a power
ful combination to hold the price down,
the price will go yet higher than it is
> present. The demand for cotton
goods is much larger and prices are
biger than for a period of several years,
the consumption of cotton duriog the
next twelve months must neccessarily
be greater than ever before, and with a
short Egyptian and Indian crop tbe
price must go higher. A powerful pool,
with an abundance of money, is tbe
only tb?Dg can keep the price of cotton
j down. The farmers should be wise
l enough not to let ali of the cotton get
into the hands of speculators bafore the
price rises to the top notch.
I The Monroe Doctrine has long been
j an unwritten law, supported in the
main by the belief that the United
States would maintain it by force
should the attempt to violate it ever be
j made. Just at present England has
assumed a position that not only vio
lates the doctrine, but is also a con
temptuous defiance of the United
States The administration should not
yield an inch, for the time when this
country would submit to buii-doziog by
England passed by long ago. If the
Monroe Doctrine is based upon princi
pie, and we believe it is, it must be
maintained intact.
Charles B. Rouss, a New York mer
chant, offers to give $500 for the pur
pose of erecting a monument to the
Sooth Carolina Confederate dead bur
ied at Winchester, Va., provided there
shall be $500 given to the fund from
the State of South Carolina. Surely
there are 500 men in South Carolina
who will give SI apiece. A list opened
in each of tbc cities aud towns of the
State for thirty days, askiog only ?1
subscriptions ought to promptly raise
the sum. Why not start the li?t in
Sumter ?
In the report of the Judiciary Com
mittee the General Assembly is grant
ed the power of establishing County
Courts, if it shall see fir.. Unless
County Courts are created by a con
stitutional provision, we greatly fear
that it will be many a day before there
will be County Courts in South Caro
lina, despite the general and wide
spread feeling that County Courts are
needed in this Stare more than any one
thing that can be obtained by a simple
change in the law. We had hoped
hat the Convention would meet the de
mand for Coanty Courts by a direct and
unequivocal clause in the Constitution
making the change in the judicial sys
tem. Instead of this the judicial com- j
mirtee has shifted the repousibility and j
proposes to leave the County Court pro- j
position to be fought over ?o the Legis- \
lature year after year, and perhaps it
may in time become the issue in a po
litical campaign. County Courts are
a necessity, and urgent need for the
addition to and improvement in
the judicial system of the Sta'e i- be
coming more plainly manifest <u al!
thinking men every year. The ? vii* of
the law's delays are to day seen l*v ali
men and unless there is a change in the
judicial system that will ensure i^eedy
trials and expedite the settle tu - n r of
all causes at law there is but sligfr hope
for a change for the better under the
present system. County Court* arc
needed and the people at large n?n only
feel the^ necessity but they see the
harmfu1. effects of the present *ysteoi j
that metes out but tardy justice t<> evil j
doers ; and County Courts will be i
established, if not uow, then by the
Legislature, under orders from the peo
ple
THE DAILY ITERI.
_
Yesterday was the second birth-day
of The Daily Item, and was teferrcd to
in that paper as follows :
With this issue The Daily Item com
pletes the first year of its existence.
The year included between October 15,
1894 and October 15, 1S95, was abatd
year on everybody and ali of busi
ness, and now that it is en i^d and we
can look backward over the months that
have passed since we undertook the
doubtful experiment of publishing a
daily paper m Sumter, we wouder how
the paDer managed to survive The
truth of the matter is, that for several
months at a time the paper did
. not survive, but we kept it alive
! main force, doing all of the edi
; torial and local work, attending ?o
I whatever of a business end there was to
the paper and putting up the difference
I between receipts and expenses out of our
own pocket. At the end of a year we
are out of pocket in cash and in labor,
; but the paper has been established on a
substantial basis, and is worth to-day
! more than we have put into it in money
and labor. What the paper has accom
plished we leave others to say. We
hoped to make it an element in the
material growth and advancement of
Sumter and of the State, aud with this
end in view we have worked for the
past year.
With a more liberal and cou
tinuoub patronage from the business
men and the poblic at large of
the City of Sumter we cau and will
make many improvements in the paper
that will render it more representative
of Sumter and a paper for every resi
dent of the city to be proud of.
by
?lG?EETIISl
g-y-y*"?by
fSl?qr DURHAM .
M??h inde 1
ABSOLUTELY PURE
WANTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less
will be inserted under this head for 25
cents for each insertion. Additional lines
5 cents per line.
TTfANTED TO FIND ?A colore.? man
\V named John Reed who was enrolled
in Capt. Snodgrass' Company, Gen. R B.
Hayes' Brigade, 15th Corps Uoited States
Army. Ke served with Kenoion Ferry, of
Crtiaden. Bo'h belonged tu Co!. Daniel w.
Jordan, of Camden. John Reed was last
heard of in Sumter Oouuty. Address A W.
Pave!!, Catndw, S C. 2r.
TT/ANTED? Energetic Aj-^nts to take
YV subscriptions for the Watchman and
Southron until January 1st. .Money to be
made. Address N. G. Osteeu, Proprietor.
Sutnter S C
WANTED? Sa le.-men. 0:?e to each coun
ty?it' Sumtes; Kersttnw, Clarendon,
Darlington and Ricbland. A man with
horse ?nd buggy preferred. This an op
portunity for Any ma i? with even an ordi
nary educa'ion to obtain good paying em
ployment for the remainder of this year and
al! of 1896. Those interested should write
and arrange t(j see me personally. J. F.
Hodge, Sumter, S. C Seo:. 16?2t.
W & S?5t.
A
old.
FOR SALE.
VERY H AN DSO:VI JERSEY BULL,
-tiiitleit to registratiou. Two years
Price $25 00. Apply t?
N. G. ELLERBE,
Oct. 16 -3t. Haeood, S. C.
Estate ef Mrs. W. S. Stuckey,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Suinter County on Not ?6. 1895,
fora Final Dischargeas Adm'r of aforesaid |
estate J. F. WOODWARD,
October 16, 1895?4t. Adm.
Estate of Wilson Couyers, Dec'd.
Sale of Personal Property.
BY ORDER of the Court of Probate of
Sumter County, S. C . I will sell to the
b:gbest bidder for cash, at Sumter 0. H., on !
SALESDAY. NOVEMBER 4tb, 1895, at 12
o'clock, the following property:
2 c< od Mules,
One 1-horse Wagon.
One Buggy, &o.
LINDSAY CONYEBS, Ad'm'r.
jr. 9.-2t._?
Estate Wilson Conyers, Dec'd,
IWILL APPLY to the Judee of Probate
of Sumter County on November 9, 1895,
fora Final Discbarge as Administrator of
aforesaid estate.
LINDSAY CONYERS, Adm'r.
Oct. 9?4t. _
Estate o? Wni. M. Reid, Minor.
IWILL APPLY io the Judee of Proba e
of Sumter County on November 2d, 1895, j
tora Fiual Discharge as Guardian of Person ;
and Estute cf aforesaid Minor.
GEORGE H RSID, Guardian. !
Od 2 ?4t !
FOR RENT OR FOR SALE, j
FOR RENT FOR THE YEAR 1896, or j
tor .?ale?'he whole or acy part of the t
MCDOWELL PLANTATION, containing 640 j
acre?, about a mile and a-hali South of the ?
City of Sumter. Apply to
James McDowell,
Cet 1?tf. Manning, S. C.
SUMTER RESTAURANT. ~ !
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NEWLY OPENED.
MEALS TO OBDEB AT ALL HOURS |
OYSTERS AND GAME IN SEASON, j
Special attention to Lunches for Ladies. j
Prices i??oiSea'aic,
Yuur paironage solicited. Liberty Street,!
near Watchman and Southron Office.
Oft 2. _
Darlington Store
TO RENT.
14x80 FEET.
BEST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE, SUIT
ahle for any purpose. Address,
Sept. 18?lm. ' S. MARCO.
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We ask this repeatedly, because serious J
diseases often follow trifling ailments. 5
If you arc weak and a
generally exhausted,
nei vous, h a e o a
appetite and can't ?g
= work, beR?n at e ^
I taking the most re- B
11 v/ll i liable strengthening
medicine, which is n
Brown's Iron Bitters.
Benefit comes ?rom
the very tirst dose.
CURES
Kidney and Liver
Trouoles.
Impure Biooo.
To-day?
Brown's
Iron
Bitters
IT
Dyspepsia,
? Neuralgia,
Constipation.
Malaria. Nervous Ailments,
? women's complaints.
2 Get only the genuine?it has Crossed red ?
"r lines on the wrapper. &
J BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MO. J
?3?!? ?? ? *1? ?1?
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Tlii? is our special bar?
gain day and our store is
crowded. We are too
busy to write an adver
tisement. We hare the
goods to suit you, and you
can get bargains every
day.
Lat?t*-* *Owing to the
great number of person
who cannot be served to
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yttenbei
. W. Corner, Main and Liberty Sts.
New York office, 84 West Broadway.
IT
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We are at the same
Stand and leading all.
We have the largest stock of all class of goods we have had for
years, and we are going to sell them, if right prices and fair
dealing will sell them.
All goods have advanced except Staple Groceries, which are
still cheap. We bought our
Dry Goods, Hats & Shoes,
Before the advance and can actually
sell them cheaper than you could buy
them from the manufacturer
or wholesaler to-day.
You Have Done Without as
long as you can, now
COME BUI
Don't cry hard times anymore, they are past. We keep every
thing you want from a paper of pins to a saddle, and
are boucd to suit you, whether you want something
to wear or something to eat, we have got it.
Ducker & Buitman,
Main Street, Suinter, S. C
PRINCETON.
The ? Pricostoa*' <At'< ??" ne wt'rG
a good deal t.'!'- * *?? ?. it is a long
4-Buiron Cm-way Sa??k. ?quare shoul
ders, corset wai-" ?nd ;>*?rf?et fitting in
everv respTf. ? hnvp the:a of the
uio^t DOpular fah<-"
REGENT.
The "E? atw ?- ? S-BottOB
Cutaway ?n ck. very p -;.u!ar w.tn the
voucg meo t??--w. !: . a a -uit cf
this kind I. -vu y.- a>?- y; u in price,
quality as^d ?f.
OXFORD.
The "Oxford" ?- a ? a :> Hutten
Sack and decidedly ? r?f the most
popular coats that i> won: now
In addition to the 'Oxford,''
"Princeton" and ' Regent" suits, I
have a full lim* of others, iu Sacks.
Cutaways and Prince Alberts, from the
cheapesr to the finest Also a complete
line of Boy's Suits, including the cele
brated "Mrs. Jane Hopkins" make.
If you want anything in the way of
Clothing. Hats and Furnishing Goods.
I think it will In- to your interest to see
what I have before buying.
Respectfully,
HANDLER,
THE CLOTHIER.
Sep