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??M e?atr|man ?mir Builymi WEDNESDAY, DEC ll, 1895. The Stonier Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1S66. The Watchman and Southron DOW has the combined circulation and influence ot both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter EDITORIAL NOTES. Mr. W. W. Ball bas resigned the editorship o*f the Charleston Evening Postt At the request of the directors of the paper be will retain the editor? ship temporarily. During his connec? tion with the paper he has made it both bright and influential; and in saying thi?t we tru9t The Post may obtain an editor as compereot and able as the one re? tiring, we express our utmost good will The Constitution bas been made and ratified. If the state is much the better off by the change we cannot see it. Those who wanted a chance to tinker with the law have been gratified, and the tax payers have paid the bille. The Legislature will have to elect an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court at the next session. It could do no bet? ter shan elect Hon. Thos. B. Fraser, whose legal attainments, integrity of character and the esteem in which be is held by members of all parties throughout the state, qualify him in au eminent degree for the position. Senator Call takes the American view of the Cabn.D revolution. Wheo America was struggling for indepen? dence the Revolutionary patriots asked and obtained assistance. We, as a free nation, blessed with liberty, ob-j tained by the assistance of another j nation, should not hesitate in assisting those who now fight against such great odds for the same blessing. Cuba has a right to govern herself and America should give them at least recognition, if sot material Assistance. Thc men who brutally murdered the two c?groes in Colleton should be pros? ecute to the fullest extent of the law ntin punished with the 'extremest penalty. A more fiendish affair has not bee?, recorded in this State since John Peterson was lynched in Barnwell. Senator Tillman has introduced a bill in the Senate providing for the appro? priation of $15.000 for the payment of the elaims "c Newberry College. This ps a good start and his firs' bill will have the best wishes of everybody. It is a just claim and should have been paid long ago. Senator Irby was not present to es? cort Senator Tillman to the Vice Pres \ ideot's desk when he was sworn in. j Was this by acoideot or design? It j would have been a pretty picture had - our senior Senator been present. The dispatches wouid then have read: t4Sen ator Tillman leaning on the arm of Ssnator Irby * * * etc.;' But Irby was not there I Cotton is kopi; down by the ?pecula? tors and will continue to be kept down a? much as possible until time to pi?nt the next crop. Then it will jump up, for a large acreage is desired. The Dispensary is makin-: money right along and there is no doubt DOW about the profits amounting to some? thing handsome, in time. Had the system proved unprofitable there wouid be some hope of riding the State of thc monopoly by remodelling ir 2nd elimi? nating the objectionable features, but since it is a mooey maker it is become a fixed institution and we must accept it, bad feature and all. There are few. if any, who will now deny that the system has excellent features and that it has wrought beneficial results in many respects. Charleston's Fall Festival begins to-day, and the "country cousins," as Charlestonians so quaintly cail us, are invited io spend the week in the city. It will be a week well spent, and we hope that a large crowd will go to 'Charleston. The weather will pro? bably be Soe during the latter part of the week and none need be deterred from going on account of the threaten? ing clouds. Columbia is doing more ia the way of mill building than any town in the State. Columbia is the center of the State and what she does in any line is know throughout the State more thor? oughly and more quickly than what any other town does, and re are led to believe that the progressive industrial spirit that sow animates the Capital City will soon be diffused into every corner of South Carolina. ? If the local authorities do not take j active steps to apprehend and punish the Coller?n County lynchers at an early date, il seems to us that the State authorities should feel called upon to j do something to vindicate t?e dignity of j the law This affair wa* not an ordi? nary lynching The victims were not guilty of murder or rape, they did not i confess guilt of the crime of petty larceny with which they were chorged ; They j were not hanged and quickly put ont j of misery, but were tortured to the limit of endurance beneath the lash, and then left to perish of cold. There could be no excuse for the lynchers had their victims been red-handed murder? ers. Their method of execution was barbarou beyond comprehension by civilized people. Should President Cleveland re? ceive the nomination for the Presiden? cy and stand for election to 6erve a third term, hundred ol thousands of the most consistent Democrats, who have stuck to the party in defeat and in victory would not vote the party ticket. There is a sentrment that no ; man shall serve more than two terms as President, and this sentiment will prove stronger than party fealty. There are plenty of men in the United States who would make good Presi? dents, and there is no necessity for violating a time honored precedent. President Cleveland has the cour age of his convictions and has never failed to declare himself on all pub? lic questions as the occasion demand? ed. His annual message, which was presented to Congress yesterday, is not an exception, as will be seen by reading the summary of it given in another column. President Cleve land declares himself on the financial j policy in distinct tc' ms, without i equivocation, and the country is not left to surmise what his course will be in the future. The President's views will not be well received by the majority of Southern Democrats, and if his views on finance are to be adopted as the policy of the Demo? cratic party, the majority of Southern Democrats will leave the party itt the hands of the gold men, who will have to make the fight i'? the next cam paign unassisted by those who believe in bi-metalism. But the geld stand? ard and bond issue poiicy will not be adopted as the financial policy of th? Democracy without a determined opposition from the bi-metalist Demo? crats. The Democracy is composed of discordant elements and we be? lieve that it will be impossible i?? get the opposing views on the finunuial question harmonized. The party will go into the next campaign itt a disorganized and inharmonious con? dition and success is not to be ex peeled. - tm - i ? wmm Privateer Personals. PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, S. C., Dec. 9, ujb. According io appointment the A HI ?-einen l ? Club met at Mr. Whttfiel ! Wells's ??st Ft i- ! day night ?ad the tol'owttitr programme was ? rendered: So?o, tfiss Talulan Rumsey ; Reading, Miss Susie Bradford ; Rending, Air. j vVai'fr Lyruss; Music, Mes?is Her ?turd Mud ! ? Hampton Ra*r.se> j The next club rceeiing wi!! te beM a< Mr. ! \l;>?[ Ramsey's ou Dec 20. >?t v? <. i? h MOI? nt\ j flection tor in? duh officers will if m-?d Mr. Kiott and Mr. Winifield We is attended j the recent mee:ing ot tie Bnpi.st Sca-e Con- . j 76Dtion in G'tenviUe. ,\!r. W?-|Js is a !or:uer ? : student of Kunnar. Univers::;.. Nev: Saturday Mr Willie Kolo will be i ordained a deacon at ?J.jiiie! Cfcarch, ?md Mr. I Hiott will preach a Special sermon <m "the dillie.-: of deacons." U?; Sunday Mr. Hiott will preach his farewell sermon n? unstor of the Church. That popular traveling demist, ?>r. A. J j White was i?? our community rer?i!tiy. ile j ha* pattons in a. larue ?steiit of territory ! and is kept pretty busy Tbe Dr. is one of ; the Coi.ferferate survivors uh ti took part in I Gen. Lee's surrender ; he was a member of Compatit I, 23 8 C. tegiment, known ad the Sptoit Guards D would be interesting to j learn how many of the 8 OOO Southern sol I diers who were p.esent on that memorable j occasion arc still living. As some ot my ! I readers are aw:tre, one of the prominent fig? ures on the Union side at the surrender passed away last sum ?>er-that was the distinguish j ed Indian Chief Gen. Ely S. Parker, (Done j hoya wa) who, as WBS mentioned in these ! coluo.ns several months ago, was Gen. I i Grant's military secretary. Mr. David Wells is raising six roll?, sil of which wete foaled on his place. In addition I to them, he has too working horres which he j raised and last spring he sold a colt of his j raising. He has probably the largest drove i } of hojjs in the township : includiug large I and small, it raumners 50 head. Mr. Jimmie Brogdon, of Silver, Clarendon I County, was married last week to Miss Annie : ' Brad ham, daughter of Mr. Tom Bradhaui, i who lives on the Privateer and Clarendon ! lice. Several days ago the Xacs and Couritj- had i quite a pleasant editorial notice of Mr. Jira ! mie Whilden's success with the now famous i Spanish pinder. j Yesterday a letter was read before the Gos j pel Mission Society ot Bethel Church, which ? was to the society from Mrs. League, who, ! with her husband, a missionary IQ China, \ j the Bethel S. M. S. helps support. Miss Cassie Lynam is teaching school at i Middleton, in an adjoining township. Mrs. Euphrasia Dabbs, of Saiem, recently paid a brief visit to our community, ia which she spent several years of her life. Miss Babel Beckham has returned from her . visit to Manning. I Miss Mertie Hiott paid a visit of several ' days down in Clarendon not long since. Misses Annie Bradford, of Wedgefield, and Rose Holliday and Lee Beatson, of Claren- ; don, are visiting in the township. Mr. George Brown, of Ga., paid a visit to ! the community recently. McD.F. i Letter From Guv. OUR COUNTY SEAT, Dec. 9, 1395. Sweet Hre the juices of adversity,-Hez 4 : 15. If this aphorism of Hezekiah's) be true, then we surely hud raw ma ?erial sufficient du rid fr the l??t year, and th** opening of thia one, to have manufactured saccharine stuff enough to sweeten ihe Dead Sea or the bitter waters of Marah Shakerpesire ?Iso wrote, "Sweet fire ihe USPS of adversity,'' ?nd both sayings amount to about the snme From our own experience und observntioti all around us we are convinced .hat the above proverns of H^z^kiah and Shakespeare are worthy enrollment as axioms. Adversity teaches us many salutary, ?nd sometimes, severe lessons which we would n?-ver learn otherwise This Anno Do m ni ope:.ed upon us with as gloomv and hope dampening out? look, financially, a9 the present generation had ever known. Notwitsunding the enor? mous money (?) crop of the year before the country was, apparenfly, without means of providing the absolute essentials wherewith to make another crop. The signs were omi? nous ?nd all betokened a different course from that we had been pursuing, (especially the "sign" of a lien or ? mortgage) and we are forced to heed, and the results are that the juices of adversity have devel 1 into cane and sorghum syrup, gaV re. ?c?c. g ape and berry wines und cordi? als. There will also be more "Tomacula porci," as Juvenal calls ir, this winter and more ham juices next year than for ye>?rs In short, besides the syrup and wines and ciders, than Hre now more horre productions housed and husbanded, more Ci rn ar.d peas and hav and hog ; more rice than ever be? fore made in our 3eciion (poor year for rice ton) more attention paid to milk ?nd butter, chickens and eggs, more preserves ?cd jeil'es and j-tms and pickles and catsups and cans and jais of raised household I usu ties. Ail the result of a little more rffort forced upon us by that fool's teacher, adversity. And the end is not yet. Indeed we are but be? ginning to commence to start to learn some? thing of the immense resources of our bhssi-d soil and climate v'ien combined with brains and energy and industry and perseverance, and if a right smart measure of ambition is mingled willi the above, the Combination bi? cornes perfec and success sui e. A love of and interest ;n one's nosiness will neces? sarily create an ambition toexoell, ?nd ambi? tion is apt to produce inspiration : ?nt brains is the first requisite and main ingredient of success in any cnllmg Some one wrote io aa agricultural editor to know the quickest f.nd che?pest wav to fertilize land, and his an? swer WHS : --For fertilizing ourposes there is no'hipg that tq'ials brains." Jess so-Tobacco has divided allegiance, somewhat, with King Cotton, in these parus in a matutinal ride you count nearly a Oz:jn barns that have been in full Mist this fail. We are not yet pos ed as to prices and profits received Now. although the past year's ex? perience has taught us so much and rendered us so much better able to face another ^ear, and ir.eogre the bitter lessons i-f p?st yenr?, it is greai'y to lie feared ihm, under the stimulus of present price.-, toge'her with our natural proclivities, (hunkering utter the old flesh pots-Western, lien men') there will ne an (ocreas* of cotton it?renle M?XC yei" ?nd "the last state of thai mau will be worse tb? .: the firs: " Yes. ye?, orooer, we know you won't ?dnii: this, out rather protest against if, and advise your neighbor not ?t?. Even while you are sly ly calculating to put in a few acres more, or to run nnother plow cn m some way to ieali:je more spot c?sh from bigger sales while the price is up and ? efore tother fellows go to making big cropa agai'i. Yes, you ?te going to increase a leetle, theo the "Missis" wiU want her P'tch and the hands will want mote cotton land and the boya* 11 want some p.nd the mer? chants will open "de lien" e-?sy, and ihe fpecula ore will boom the price just in the nick of time and everything will help to make gol darn fools of U3 ali again. 'T'wouldn't stun us with as ouishraent if "all creation" was put ia cotton next year and some tater patches across the creek. Sweet are the juices of adversity. But the lessons of adversity are not always salutary, sometimes they soften and amend, but as often they indura:e und pervert. If we con? sider ourselves hardly treated by f?ie and do not acknowledge in o?r own deeds the jus? tice or the severity we become :of> pro.'.e to deem the world our enemy In ihe Utter case the uses or adversity ate neither sweet nor salutary. Thtr^was a poor fellow who had lost Iiis -'critter" and bad-nothing to "crop" with ?nd we promised to meet him saleday and try to heip him to get a plow puller hD't on our way to town, half way, we met him coming back and he said 'twant no u?3 for him to go, and he "Mowed them as di'ir.'t do no tii i ri " got alone "bout as well as them as worked bard," end h'r c?rre back s-ins critter and saris everything f-ls^ and is so yet and we wouldn't giv" a sickly f^iz for his whole life's prospect, flippy is the man who can say : .'Corr? in the corn cr:h, Chicken in the y?rd: Meat in :\\^ smoke hons:* And u tn"; fuli of lard. M i:k rn ihe ?airt. Butter by the lone; Cojfe<- in the '.-ox And Sugar in the gourd. Ore ?rn in the pitcher, Honey in the mug; Cider in the demijohn And h'juor ia the jug." Let every man figure out his own silva: on - Hez iv, xv. Guv. wnaeaaaKa-a-- ? ? -a^ Pectoral w For Colds and Goughs RECEIVED M'?.DAL and DIP LOMA AT THE GRANDS UPRIGHTS Are withe.;' i rival for Tone, Touch and Durability. The Highes! Standard of Ex? cellence maintained fur fifty years. PRIZE M EDA LS : Centennial, 1876 ; Paris, 1878; At!.ima. 1881 ; New Orleans. 1881-5; Chicago, 1893. Liberal Terms ?Send for catalogue. CHAS. M. STIEFF. Baltimore, 0 N. Liberty Street. Philadelphia, 1204 North 5th .Street. Washington, 417 11th Street, N. \Y. Chicago. 178 Wabash'A venue. Sent. 13. j The inquest in the case of Bella Caldwell was concluded IH?r Tuesday eveni' g, after a I thorough investigation Bracey Dargan, ! who is suspected of murdering the girl, was represented at lae inquest hv R. (> Purdv. B:q., of the firm of Purdy <fe Reynolds The j evidence was sifted HS ihomughlv as possib!e( ?nd no fact that could throw ?'ght on ihe mysterious death of the girl WHS overlooked j When all the witnesses had been examined, ; the jury retired, and after deliberation, re? turned the following verdict: "From the ' evidence before as, Bella Caldwell came to j her death from the hands of Brarev Dargan." j Dargan h*s been confined i" j-?i> for safe I keeping ever since the body of tn* girl was i found, but he w*? regularly committed io I day under a warrant issued by Coroner ; Commander. Coroner Cnramander received a telegram from Mayesville la=t Tuesday ?oon after he ; returned from holding the inquest in the eas* ' of Bella Caldwell, notifviog him of the de?tb j of one Monre-e Kt?llev, on the place of Mr. j W. D. Rhodes, The telegram stated thai ! foul play was suspected, and that un inquest i was necessary. Mr Commander went to I Mayesville nt once and held th" inquest last night After an es.", rn i nat ion of the body hy Dr. King, and the examination of witnesses, it was decided that death was due to natural causes and that there had been no foul play. Dr King gave it as his opinion that death was caused hy apoplexy. The extensive additions to the residence of Mr. T. J Tuomey are now nearly completed; and the hoare is one of the handsomest ami most modern in appearance in the iet.\ j Sumter has ?9 many handsome private iesi ? dence9 es any town o' the same size in the I Slate, and the truth would not be misstated ! were it to he said that there aie mo'e hand? some houses in Sumter than in ?nv other town of the same population in South Caro? lina. The house is lighted throughout hy electricity f.od the fixtures are ihe handeoroest obtainable. It is often a mystery how a cold hus been "caught." The fact is, however, that when the blood is poor and the system depressed. I one becomes peculiarly liable to diseasps. j When the appetite ot the strength fails, j Ayers Saraparilla should be taken without delay. Mr. Dave Browder, of Broader & Whin's , ! Monumental Works. 462, 464 and 466 Plum j Street, Macon, Ga., will vj^it this section shortly with a large line of new and original i designs. Pflrties contemplating purchasing 1 Marnie or Granite Monuments and Iron fencing wiil please examine designs and get our prices before placing th?or orders The highest grade of wo'k and very best maet rial guaranteed . Nov. 20-if. Rice Mill. i The Rice Mill and Cleaner of W E & J. Li Brunson is now fully rquipned and running at their mill in this city. The patronage of the public is solicited. The mill is of the latest design, which insures perfect work and satisfaction to patrons. Dec. 4-4'. D?sirai Real Estate for Sale. AVERY DESIRABLE LOT at Effing-! h>im, Florene.' County, containining 4 j acrei, ' vine ?dj.-ioenr to ihe depot at Effing- i ham, on thc N. E. R R . hounded on ?ll 1 ?ides now or formerly hy ?ands of estate of | John M. Timmons, deceased. ALSO ATRACT OF 250 ACRES, situate About 3 miles from Effingham, bounded by Lynch's Creek, the public road and land now or fore.ri y of Jes3e James. The Inst named tract of land well timbered, ?nd admirably adapted tor planting and pasturage. Terms j eas v . A pplv to PURDY & REYNOLDS, Attorneys HI Law, Oct. 30. Sumter, S. C j np HE REGULAR MONTHLY COMM? X N?CAT?ON of Claremont Lodge, No. | G4, A. F. M.. will he j.eld on Thursday j Evening, December 2Gth. ni 7?p m. Brethren j wili luke due no!iee and govern themselves ; accordingly The annual eieetiou ot officers will be held, and members mos' come prepared to pay their dues. By ord^r, A.C. PHELPS, W. M. H C MOSES, Secret?ry. is a remedy of sterling VwU:ie. - ?c. .. cures all Bronchia! Affections, Cou^h, Cok!, crow ?, Bronchitis and Grippe. You can always reiv on DR. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP is indispensable to every family. Price 25 cts. Shun all substitutes. Chew LANGE'S PLUGS. The C-eat Tobacco Antidote.l?c. Dealers or mail.A.C.Heyer & Co., BaKoJM. Ti WML And Again Our ^Ift?lsfr |??f y \X\ ! |\\ Greatest yent o? tlie S Ladies, It's time to do your Holiday shopping. SELECT FROM OUR New and Varied Stock Books, Uric a Brae. Doiis, Jewelry, Dressing and Toilet Cases, Umbrellas, Canes, (Stationery, Etc. J ||ytteiiberg Q N. W. Corner, Main and Liberty Sts. Sumter. Sc C. New York office, 84 West'Broadway MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN eau always find prize shoes in our stock. There's nothing gained by wearing inferior foot? wear. ?o one ever saves mon? ey by doing so. There isn't enongh wear in a poor shoe to make it worth while to wear it. Attempting to make a poor shoe pass for a good one is like trying to make a quarter pass for a dollar ; it can't be done. Our shoes are up to date in style, handsome in shape, and appearance, first class in quali? ty, and low in price. As good a shoe as ours would cost you more anywhere else. Come and see for yourself. Oct 30. i?^S"&}i it n BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and ali the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our graild display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight : they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made easily irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, SIGH OF THE BIG WATCH, Oct. 16. ~PUBLIC NOTICE^ "VTOTICS IS K ERE BY GIVEN that an J^l election for H Dispenser :md CJejfk-for tn?*Sumter Dispensary ?nd H Dispenser for the Mayesviile Dispensary will he held nt the meeting of the Goo ?ry Be? vd of Control on Monday, December 0 . Vi instant. Applications mun he filed cn or before ?hat date. W. ? DINK INS, Chairman Boa id of Control. ri. C. CCTKSO, Sect era ry. Dre. 4-lt State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. TT TH ERE AS. JOHN A. McCU i'CHEN. y 7 made snit ?o me. to grant hit? Let ? ters of Administration of th? estate of and effects of TH S R MCCCTHEN*, deceased. ; Theie arc therefore to cite and admonish all ' and singular the kindred and Creditors of the 1 said Thos. R. McCutcheo !:ite of said Coun? ty and State, deceased, that they t>eand appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held a: Sumter, C. H., on December ISth, 1S95, nest, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any tiley have, j why the sa i il Administration should not oe ! granted. Given under my hand, this 4:h day of : December, Anno Domini, 1895. T. V. WALSH, Dec 4-'li .Judge o? Probate. Chamberlain's Icy? and Skin Ointment ls unequalled for Eczema, Totter, Salt Rheuta, Seul:! Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped Hands, itching riles, Burns, Frost Bites. ChronicScre Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids. For suie by druggists at 25 cents perbor. TO 1103330 wICSES. For putting a horse in a fine Kealthv er.r. t?iion try L>r. L'ady's Condition Powders, riiey tone up thc system, aid digestion, care loss of appt rite, relieve constipation, correct Kidney disorders and destroy worms, ^ivirig nev.- lite to tm <-ld or over-worked horse. 2-5 cents per package. For sate by druggists. Korsale ir, Sum ter ny Dr. A. J. China. GUARANTEED IN WRITING. Stu? dents' complete course ?n HALF the TIME at HALF the EXPENSE of other colleges. 24 placed [art month. Address at once- GEORGIA BUS, COLLEGE, Macon Ga. Nov. o-o Est?te o? Lucinda fois vers, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on Dre 20, 1895, tora Final Discharge ns Adm'r of aforesaid estate. GEORGE MARTIN. November 20, 1895-4t. Adm.