The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 20, 1895, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY, NOV- 20,1895.
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 thc old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sumter.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
When a ooe track railroad is built
from Chicago to Charleston we shall be
fully satisfied, bat this talk of a four
track road is yet far off.
The report, coming from Cuba? 'hat
Gomez and Maceo, the insurgent
loaders have sold out to the Spanish
authorities will chill the enthusiasm of
American sympathizers.
The postponement of the meeting of
the General Assembly uotil January
preclude? tbe possibility of au exten?
sion of tbe time for paying taxes. It
is a settled face that the taxes must be
paid within the time originally speci?
fied.
The Legislature will not convene this
year. By a resolution adopted in the
Constitutional Convention Friday
the next session of the General As?
sembly will convene on the 2d Tuesday
in January, 1896.
The News and Courter is at present
fully as great au enthusiast on the sub?
ject of pindera as the average member
of tbe Legislature ; but the News and
Courier's enthusiasm serves a better
purpose. Spanish peanuts are a Soe ?
and profitable crop for South Carolina,
and in making their merits known the
News and Courier is doing the State a
real service.
Columbia should take hold of tbe
Stare Fair and make it what it should j
be. Tbe orowds that have visited Co- I
i
kumbia last week proves bow popular |
tbe Fair is, and bow easy it would be
to increase the number of visitors ten?
fold. Io the State Fair Columbia has
the greatest thing io the State, if the
people of Columbia would but unite j
ard make it a great Fair io all respects, j
7i*e Lyceum lectures which are
booked for the Opera House this sea?
soo deserve the most liberal patronage
that this city can afford. There are
.complaints year after year that the class
of attractions that are booked for the
Opera House io this city are not of as
high class as they should be to merit
the support of the public. Io deference
io this sentiment, tbe Lyceum series of
lectures was secured. The list of lect?
ures for this season iocludes the name
of the most popular and famous plat?
form speakers in the country, men who
have already won fame and applause in
the intellectual centres of America, and
we say again that Sumter should pa?
tronize the lectures liberally ; those
who hear tbe leotures will be wiser aod
better for having done so.
Cuarlestoo is apparently stirred
from center to circumference over the
municipal election, aod considerable
bitterness has been engendered. Re?
ligious lines are being drawn, and the
A P. A., an organization, whose
chief purpose is antagonism to the
Carbolic church, is tbe most powerful
factor io the contest. The injection of
religious denothinationalism into a po?
litical contest is to be .deplored, as it is
injurious to the cause of religion and
productive of the extremest degree of
bitterness. It is no doubt time to
overthrow the ring that controls the
political life of Charleston, but the
methods that have been adopted are
questionable to say tbe least, although
we do not question the sincerity and
patiiotium of the men who are leading
thc fight against the ring in the inter?
est of a clean, honest, business-like
?oministratioa cf the city government.
The Citadel, South Carolina College,
Ciemson and the Winthrop Normal
College, have been left to the mercy of
ibe demagogues) and politicians, and at
each recurricg session of the Legisla?
ture, those institutions will be worried
and fought over until they are destroyed
by their enemies or their friends prove
strong enGw.?h to remove them from pol?
itics by the adoption of au umendmeot
io the Constitution providing for the
permanent support of these institutions
of higher education. The Convention
acted wisely and well in fixing the Con?
stitutional tax for the support of the
public schools at three mills ; but the
refusal to provide for the support of
tbe colleges was most unwise and was
without question due to the influence o?
those who have long opposed state aid
io any college. The educational sys?
tem of the State should be established
aod maintained as a symmetrical
whole. No part of it should be drag?
ged io to politics by two-for-a-quar?
ter politicians who will seize upon any?
thing that will gain votes by appealing
to the prejudices of the ignorant or
those prejudiced against the State Col?
leges.
The^ Constitutional Convention has
placed the public schools beyond the
reach of demagogues and one-horse
politicians by the enactment of the
clause fixing the school tax at three
milis. ID our opinion this is the
wisest act of the Convention and the
one that will prove of the greatest
benefit to all classes of citizens in years
to come. When the citizenship of the
State is educated the State will be pros?
perous aod peaceful, for the power and
influence of the demagogue and strife
stirrer will be reduced to a minimum,
ant? the people will oo looger be such
easy prey to the shylooks and dishonest
meo who thrive and grow rich by
oppressing the ignorant. The public
school, liberally maintained and made
efficient, is the hope of the State. The
Convention has proven its friendship to
the publio school aud many of its short?
comings can be overlooked on this ac?
count.
CHARLESTON TO THE WEST.
Thc capital stock of the Security Con?
struction of Charleston has been sub?
scribed and it is announced that the
company, of which Mr George A.
Wagen er is the head, will proceed to
execute the purpose for which the com?
pany was organized, viz: tbe construc?
tion of a railroad that wi!) give Charles?
ton direct connection with the West
This is good news, indeed, and let us
bope that the road will be built speedily
It is like threshing over old straw to
give the many reasons why such a road
is needed and should have been built
years ago. Many of the reasons were
discussed so thoroughly thirty odd years
ago that every intelligent person "in
this seotion of the State was convinced !
that the road was a necessity ; and so
fully oonvinced were the business men
that a meeting was held in this city on
t July 4th, 1860 to organize a company
j to build a road from the West to
j Georgetown At this meeting repre?
sentative men from every county be?
tween Georgetown and Charlotte, N.
C., were present and after an all day
session a company was orgaoized and
more than sufficient money subscribed
to build the road. Work was rom
menced at Georgetown and the road
bed graded for twenty-five or thirty
miles before the turmoil of war cruded
it to be interrupted. This is ancient
history, and, perhaps, uuiotereMing to
many of our readers, but we introduce
it to illustrate the point, 'that the way
to build a road that is a necessity to a
a section of country, is for the peuple I
who live in that country to put ?heir)
shoulders to the wheel and do the work !
themselves. Had the war not occurred
when it did, ibe road to the West, via
Sumter, would have beeu built.
Ever since the war Charlesion and
the rest of us have been waiting for
somebody to como along and build the
highway to the West and have done
nothing ourselves. The result of this I
waiting was that no road wa* huilt. At j
last Charleston has undertaken the work
ia the rational manner and we have faith |
that success will crown the efforts of the j
Seourity Construction company, if the !
undertaking is nusbed in an energetic !
and business-like manner When the j
road is opened for traffic through to j
j the West, Charleston win bc in a posi- j
j tion to compete with any ot the sea- j
j board cities, and a period of growth !
and prosperity will follow that will
surprise Charleston and her conserva- ?
tive people.
Charleston will not alone receive the I
benefit, but the entire Stute wit! partici- ;
pate in it, for at present this State has '
no direct communication with the West,
and the immense amount of freight
comes over rouod-abont roads that levy
heavy, and often excessive freight tolls.
Since all of central Siuth Carolina will
participate in the benefits derived from
this road to the West, all central South
Carolina should join with Charleston in
the enterprise. Whether this will be
done or not remains to bc seen, but of
one thing we are satisfied, and that is
the road must come by the city of
Sumter. It is the best route for thc
road to take and Sumter needs thc
road.
You ?nay eat cheap food and not be serious?
ly burt by it; but you cannot take cheap
medicines without positive injury. If you use
any substitute for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, you
do so at the peril of your health, perhaps of
year life. Insist on having Ayer's and no
other.
mmtn ?PO- ~rwn
To Start Again.
Mr. W. P. Smith, the marble man. has de?
cided to reopen business in Sumter, and will
shortly open a yard with a stock of marble,
&e., to meet the wants of the public in that
line.
A GREAT OFFER.
The Watchman and Southron is
making an unparalleled offer to those
who subscribe and pay for a year in
advance. For Four Dollars the
Watchman and Southron will be sent
to any address for one year, a full
leather bound Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary will be given, and Wo?
mankind, a 50 cents ladies' magazine,
sent to any address for one year.
This offer has never been equalled by
any South Carolina weekly, and we
do not believe that it will be equalled.
Just think of it ! The Watchman
and Southron, the best weekly paper
in the State, giving eight pages of
fresh news matter each week, Web
ater's Unabridged Dictionary and
Womankind, for $4 The aggregate
value of the two papers and Diction-1
ary is $10 50. |
Besides this offer, we are offering
an unusually attractive and advanta
gous clubbing list. See the adver?
tisement for particulars
The following offers are. made to
agents who will send in new sub?
scribers, paying for them in advance :
One subscriber-Womankind for
one year
Two subscribers-either Munsey's
or The Cosmopolitan for one year
Five subscribers - Womankind,
Munsey's and Home and Firm for
one year
Eight subscribers-Tba Watchman
and Southron, Womankind and The
Cosmopolitan for one year.
Ten subscribers-Webster's Una?
bridged Dictionary, leather bi;und,
and the Watchman and Southron for
one year.
There are other premiums that we
will mention from week to week.
Sheriff R. B. Williams, of Kershaw County,
spent Tuesday uight ot last week in the city,
on bis way from Clarendon County, whither
he had gone to arrest William McCaskill,
colored, who shot and dangerously wounded
Funny Hampton. After the shooting,
?hieb occurred near Camden, McCaskill
fled to Clarendon County, where he was
located and arrested. He was confined in
the jail that night for safe keeping, and was
taken to Camden next morning by Sheriff
Williams. McCaskill says that the shooting
was accidental, and that he ran away because
he was frightened. He and the woman were
playing with the pistol, which confined but
a single cartridge, and in the scuffle it was
discharged. The bullet struck the woman in
the breast and. ssinir entirely through her
body, was rem. ! from beneath the skiu of
ber back, where it lodged
The novel, entitled "The Hand ol Fate,"
by Miss Kate Lilly Blue, of Marion, S C., is
for sale by H. G. Osteen & Co.
THE COTTON MARKET.
SUMTER, S. C., Nov. 20
During- the past week the cotton market
has been dull, only about 400 bales being
so'd
The local market to-daj- is steady, with
quotations as follows:
Middling. 7$
Good middling; 7?
Strict good midd' jg, 8
ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less
will be inserted under this head for 25
cents for each insertion. Additional lines
5 cents per line.
LOST on rend between Wisackv and Sum?
ter, by Swimming Pens, Nev. 13th.
a hoe black double Shawl. Finder will be
rewarded, if left at office of Watchman and
Southron, or, with the agent at Wisacky.
Nov. 20-lt.
HOTIDAYNOT??CK
THE SIMONDS NATIONAL BANK AND
THE BANK OF SUMTER will be
closed Thursday, Nov. 2Sth, that day being
a Legal Holidav.
L. S. CARSON, Cashier.
W. F. RH AME, Cac-hier.
Nov. 20._ _
Estate of 3Irs. Susan ll Furnia?,
DECEASED
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County on December 20, 1895,
?ora Final Dischaige as Administrator ot
aforesaid Estate.
RICH'D B. FURMAN, Adm.
November 20, 1805.
Estate o? Lucinda Co? vers, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County on Dec. 20, 1895,
fora Final Di sci; arge as Adm'r of aforesaid
estate GEORGE MARTIN.
November 20, 1895-4r. Adm.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER,
By T V. Walsh, Esq , Probate Judye.
WHEREAS. JOHN W. McCOY, marie
?.nit to me to grant him Letters of
Administration of the Estate of and efiects
of MIDDLETON AMERSON, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
said Middleton A merson, late of ?aid County
and State, deceased, that they be and appear
before me, in the Court of Probate, to be
held at Sumter Court House on December
otb, 1895, next after publication thereof, at
ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, it
any they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, ?his twentieth day
of November, A. D., 1895.
THOS. V. WALSH,
Nov 20-2t. Judge of Probate.
The o?r] Jervey House is heinz torn down
j and the material in it will be sold by Gen.
j Moise, The brick annex containing the dining
! room on the firsr floor and a number of bed
j rooms on the second floor, will not be di?
] ?urbed. Gen. Moise has not decided how he
j will dispose of the lot noon which the build
i ing now stands He will either build brick
! stores, a large brick hotel, with all modern
improvement*, or sell the lot A new hotel,
such a* the tow n needs would cost not less
J than ?25,000, and nnlesss Gen. Moise obtains
j the co-operation of other moneyed men in
j the enterprise, or a guarmtep of ? lease by a
, reliable tenant for a term of years, he will
not invest so large an amount of money in a
I hotel. Sumter needs a hotel with all the
i modern improvements, and handsomelv fur
j nished, and were there such a hotel here *
j larger number of winter tourists from the
I North would spend the season here in prefer?
ence to other places. For years the cry of
Sumter has been for a large, modern hotel,
commensurate in syle and appointments with
the demands of the travelling public: and
now is the time for the roonpyed men of the
place to unite with G?n Moise ??nd build
one. This has been a prosperous vear and,
in consequence, there is a great dpal mote
money in town for investment than for many
j ears, which should make it easy for those
who are interested in the growth and ad?
vancement of the town to build the hotel
Gen. Moise bad plan? drawn for a hotel seve?
ral years ago and knows what it would cost
to the last detail he has proven bis public
Spirit on numberless occasions, and when he
says he is ready to do his part, no guarantee
is needed to convince the people of Sumter
that he will do all and even more, if neces?
sary, than be saj s he will Sumter needs a
nig hotel, with electric lights, steam-heated
throughout, and ali the other comforts that
Northern tourists are accustomed to. Why
not build it this y em?
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable and do
j not purge, pain or gripe. Sold by all drug?
gists.
LOOK
NEXT
WEEK
In this Paper
For the
ANNOUNCEMENT
of
T. C. SC AFFE.
i
I
He is opening a lot of choice
goods in all his lines.
?AADZ FROM
H?ff? Irais Tobacco
ABSOLUTELY PURE
HARB Y Hf 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,
COTTON IRON TIES.
Ordert? by sample for all goods ih
the grocery line.
May 29.
Claremont Lorlge jo. U A. F. M.
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
64, A. F. M.. will he hold on Thursday
Evening, November 28:h. at 7i p. m. Brethren
will tHke due notice and govern themselves
accordingly.
By order, A. C. PHELPS, W. M.
H. C. MOSES, Secretarv.
LAND FOR SALE.
APART OR WHOLE of the Maj. W. M.
Green plantation, at Wisacky, for
Sale cheap and on easv terms. Particulars,
address 'W. McD GREEN,
Nov. 13-4t. Silver, S. C.
J,
yttenberg
ons
We place on sale to-day
5 SPECIAL LOTS
OF
S
j These garments we intend to ciose out
at 25 per cent- less than New York cost,
i Do not misconstrue this now, but bear
in mind we say less than N. Y. cost.
Every garment guaranteed as repre?
sented or money refunded:
Loi No. 1 at $3.69,
Worth #7.00.
Lot No. ?g at $4.73,
Worth #9.00.
Lot No. 3 at $5.93,
Worth #11.00.
Lot No. 4 at #7.87,
Worth # 14.00g
Lot No. 5 at #9.98,
Worth #20 and #22.
J. Rettenberg & Sons,
SUMTER, S. C.
PRINCETON.
The '"Princeton" Sack will be worn
a gond deal this hjasoo. It is a long
4 Butr?n Cutaway Sack. fquare shoul?
ders, corset waist and perfect fittiog io
every respect. I have them of the
most popular fabrics.
REGENT.
. The "Begent" i* * long o Button
Cutaway frock. Very popular with the
youog men now. If you want a suit of
this kind I eau please you in price
quality and fit.
OXFORD.
j The "Oxford" is a long 3 Button
i Sack and decidedly one of the most
I popular coats that is worn now.
i -
Io addition to the ''Oxford, *'
"Princeton'' and "Regent" suits, I
have a full liue of others, iu Sacks,
Cutaways and Prince Alberts, from the
cheapest to the finest Also a complete
line of Boy's Suits, including the cele?
brated "Mrs. Jane Hopkins" make.
If you want anything io the way of
Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods.
I think it will be to your interest to see
what I have before buying.
Respectfully,
DE J, CHANDLER,
THE CLOTHIER. ^
Sumter, S. O.
Sen ll