The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 19, 1896, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, FEB- 19, 1896
The Sumter Watchman was founded
D 1850 and the True Southron in I860.
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
Sumter
Nansen and the Pole.
The reports of Dr. Nansen's dis?
covery of the North Pole make a
world-wide sensation, worthy of so
supreme an achievement. It, is not
too much to say that civilization
holds its breath awaiting confirmation
of the news.
As we said on Sunday, the proba- j
bil i ties are strongly against it. Lit?
tle importance is to be attached to
the report purporting to come from
Siberia, but the dispatch from the
British consul at Archangel t his
government, asserting the c .?forma?
tion of the report, certainly carries
weight Yet why should no details
have been sent by that officer, nor
even a statement as to how the news
bad reached Archangel, which is on
the White sea in northern Russia,
and a place of commercial conse?
quence, in touch with the world ?
The New York Herald, which
ought to be an authority on arctic
exploration, disputes the judgment
of Gen. Greely, Lieut. Peary and
others, and is inclined to believe the
reports It says :
"This news goes very far to cor?
roborate the rumors printed in The
Herald on Friday to the same effect,
but which came to us by way of
Kolim8k, on the extreme north?
western coast of Siberia. Though j
these two places are over 3,000 miles
apart, they form the base of a tri?
angle, with the pole as the apex, and
the messengers would probably not
have had to come over a thousand
miles ii sent out by Dr. Nansen im
mediately after his great discovery.
"With few exceptions, our artic
authorities refuse to believe in the
v truth of the rumors and the Nor
v wegian explorer's success. They
make the great mistake, however, in
imagining that winter is the wrong
season for travel in the arctic, where?
as, as The Herald stated on Friday,
it is the very time when the Arctic
o^odii is solid and progress by sled
or on foot is least impeded by the
breaks in the ice. Of course no one
exp -cts that the Fram is now ap
?roaching the Siberian coast, but \
midwinter is the time of times that
Nansen would send his messengers,
native or Norwegian, to announce
'his discoveries to civilization.
"The further fact that these mes
sengers have reached civilized points
at?Kolimsk and Archangel, though
3,000 miles apart, shows that there j
were thought and design in sending i
out the news. The Herald cannot, j
of course, assert positively that Dr !
Nansen has discovered the pole, but
there is everything in favor of the
truth of the rumors that have reached
us. Such rumors do not spring from
nothing "
, For our part, the only theor. by
which we can reconcile the two
statements, (1) that Nansen has dis
covered the pole and, (2) that he is
returning the way he went, is that
the Fram, after drifting northward in
the pack ice. broke into that "open
polar sea" which Dr. Kane once saw.
This wou'd account for the unex?
pectedly eariy return of Nansen, and
for his abandonment of the route he
had determined upon following when
coming back to civilization. It
might be that the Fram was lost,
leaving the party to return on sledges
on the more familiar route to the
starting point.
But it is useless to speculate on
the subject. The possibilities are
too numerous, and we have as yet
not even one admitted fact to base a
theory on -The State.
Senator Elkins is a Candidate
From N. Y. Herald.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West
Virginia, has announced himself as a
candidate for President. Six months
ago the Herald published the fact that
Senator Elkins was a supporter of his
old chief. General Harrison, but that
his next choice was Elkins. The Sen?
ator at that time would neither confirm
uer deny the rumor.
Senator Elkins' enterance into the
race will take nine votes that were un?
derstood to be pledged to Speaker Reed
and six votes from Major McKinley.
These are the twelve votes of West
Virginia and the three of New Mexico.
The value of Mr. Elkins' business in?
terests in both of these States runs inte
the millions. Besides these votes he
will have the influence ic Missouri ol
Richard C. Kerens, the Republicac
National Committeeman. Represented
in votes thc Kerens influence amouotf
to perhaps six delegates. Chauncey
J. Filley, the "man with the bell-crowc
hat," will run the rest of the delegatior
when it comes to a fi?al vote in the St
Louis Convention. In all likelihooc
Mr. Kerenr will be succeeeded as com
mittceman by Mr. Filley.
TG HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER.
Jtf r. Elkins' chief object in entering
the race is said to be not so much to se
cure the nomination-which politicians
regard, with reference to him, only as
a very remote possibility-but to form
a combination of enough votes to con?
trol the Convention should the time
come when twenty or thirty votes could
elect or defeat any candidate. Such a
contingency is more than possible, after
the favorite sons have, one by one,
fallen by the wayside, and the running
in the homestretch begins between the
leaders.
Privateer Personals.
PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, S. C., Feb. 17, '96.
According to appointment the Amusement j
Club met at e^-SheriSf John M. Tiodal's last
Friday night and the feature of the evening
was a valentino party. The following pro?
gramme was rendered-music, Miss Beaulah
Tiudal ; recitation, Miss Una Wells ; then
came the reading of the valentines, which
was done by the secretary, assisted by Dr.
Richard Forman and Miss Lizzie Wbilden.
There were over sixty valentines and the
reading of some of them caused ' considerable
amusement. With few exceptions they were
all written, only two were comic. The
valentine party was a source of much amuse
ment and pleasure to our young people.
The next meeting of the Amusement Club
will be held at Mr. W. A. Kingman's at the
Bethel parsonage on Friday night, Feb. 28,
and the feature of the evening will be an en?
gagement party. Ail who attend are re?
quested to bring pencils.
The Rev. M. J. Willoughby, of Beach
island, bas been called to tbe pastorate of
Bethel Church, but be has not yet decided
whether he will be able to accept the call.
He preached K remarkably practical and earn?
est sermon at Bethel on Saturday forenoon
against the useless and imaginar}' cares and
worries of this life. He was to preach at the
Graham and Duciey Churches yesterday.
Mrs. Minnie Lampley, of Union, with two
cf ber little ones, is visiting in the com?
munity.
.MissHattie Whilden is visiting in Manning
and will visit other points before returning
home.
Misses Helen and Bonnie Brown, of Sumter, j
have been visiting in the community. j
There was to have been a valentine party j
at Mr. Bratton Iogram's last Friday night, j
An elderly bachelor of the towosnip in?
formed us that be has never couoted in ear
I
DdSt.
It has been sleeting to-day.
McD. F.
Letter from Heriot's X Roads.
Some time since I promised to wri'e you
something about the fever which has been
afflicting this region for several years. After
careful inquiry I am satisfied in mv own
miud that it is largely, if not entirely, due
to the drinking water. I think it WHS in
1892, that the heavy rains filled up a number
of ponds or savannahs-some ten or twelve
or more-commencing near the Cross Ro*.ds
and running through the Colcloush planta?
tion. They have held water ever sines and
are full now Some of tbemare very chvn
sive, particularly about sunset. This wp.ter
has been gradually sinking into the earth
with all of its poisonous impurities, until all
the streams under the earth are polluted.
There is not enough money power in thc
I community to draio them withort help, ?nd
the fever is here to stay until something can
be done. One reason why I say it is not
a!mospheric, is that cold seems to have no
eiFect upon it and when one has beer? Afflicted
once-he is continually subject to relapse
without any special cause. I have known
persons to relapse four or five times. Jas. E.
Heriott who lives within one half mile of the
cross road aod nearthe first pond on the pub?
lic road, has bad a sick family all the year.
He has two driven pumps on his premises,
but they are not deep enough to go beyond
surface water. There are cases of fever now
all over the country, but the cases are not
as fatal as they have bean.
W. D. Colclough bas sold out his interest
in merchandising to W. Sam Colclough; who
is now carrying OB the business
J C . Rhame & Co. is a new firm at this
place and doing a fine business.
R. M. Aman, the old stand-by, is doing a
thriving business with bis store and farm.
He is hauling in a quantity of fertilizers.
Whether this meaos more cotton or not I cao
! not say.
j Mr. Wactor is also io the mercantile and
I farming business and is quite successful,
j During that heavy wind last week, a tree
j fell across the private school house in Mr.
j Amati's yard and a 13 or 14 year oid daugh
: ter of Mr. Anderson, had her thigh broken,
j A few feet more from where the body of the
I tree struck the house, it would have killed
I every one in it. I am glad to hear that un
. der the skillful treatment of Messrs. Du?iose
j and Fraser the little one is doing very we!!.
I will give you more ANON.
We all know that any tired muscle can be
; restored by rest. Your stomach is a muscle.
Dyspepsia is its manner of saying au
tired. Give me re3t." To rest the stomach
you must do its work outside of the body.
! This is the Shaker's method of curing in
1 digestion, and its success is best attested by
? the fact that these people are pracually free
J from what is without doubt the most pre
j valent of ail diseases. The Shaker Digest
live Cordial not only contains digested food
i which is promptly absorbed without taxing
i *he tired digestive organs, but it is likewise
f an aid to the digestion ot other foods in thc
! stomach. A 10 cent trial bottle will con?
vince you of its merit, and these you can ob?
tain through all druggists.
Laxol is the best medicine for children,
Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil
The Sumter Music House, in Masonic Tem?
ple, sell3 Pianos, Organs and SewiDg Machine
Ionia Items of Interest.
IONIA. S. C., Feb. 14. 1896.
Mr. Editor : The farmers of this section are :
prepariog for another crop, and from the ;
way guano ?3 being hauled, I think there
will bea big crop of cotton planted. One
more year like we managed last year, would
set us straight. There will be very little
corn and bacon to buy here, this year, but if
we plant a big cotton crop and neglect our
corn crop, we will have it to buy another ?
year. Then we will be in as bad a fix as we
were in previous to last year.
Mr. Douglas Carnes, of Bisnopville, and
Miss Irene Galloway of this place, were mar?
ried on the eveniog of the 12th at New Salera.
The bride was one of our sweetest young :
ladies The ceremony was performed by Rev j
T. W. Scruggs, of Bishopville. Also on the
12tb Mr. Johnnie R. McLeod of this place to j
Miss Eunice Carson, of Fairfield, S. C. And
by Rev. J. R. Smith, of Antioch, Mr. J. B. j
Corbett to Miss Keenie Davis; on the 5th, i
by Rev. J. R. Smith, Mr. S. M. McCaskill to j
Miss Sallie Johnson ; on the 2nd, by Rev. J.
R.Smith, Mr. Henry Calvin to Miss Estelle
Brown.
The above are all from this place, and you
may guess how we feel ?>n the cake subject.
Mr. and Mrs. Murchison, of Beulah were j
in this section last Sunday.
The first quarterly meeting for this circuit !
will be held at Salem Church on the 4tb !
Saturday and Sunday. j
Little Farmer. I
FIRE AT ELLIOTTS.
One House Burned and Four Oth?
ers Damaged.
Elliott, S. C.. Feb. 14 -Special : A three j
room house of James Chapman was burned
this raorniug at 3.30 o'clock. The occupants
were awakened barely in time to escape with
their lives.
It required bard work to keep four other'
houses from burning. Two of these are I
owned by 2. H. Deas, one by Jnlv Ocanty
end the blacksmith shop of John Atkinson.
W. D. H.
Tissue p?per, all shades, at H. G. Osteen
&Co's.
AT THE WORLD'S FA?R.
ST LEADS
ALL OTHER *
BLOOD
Purifiers.
COTTON SEED FOR SALL
rA BUSHELS HAWKINS' IMPROVED
?X/ PROLIFIC COTTON SEED. The
finest variety of seed known. Beat 47 va?
rieties at Experimental Station.
I have planted it the past two years and
? can endorse nil ihnt is claimed for it.
I PRICE SI 00 PER BUSHEL
A. c. DURANT,
! Feb. 19-Ira. Sumter, S. C.
j ^?N ORDINANCE^
Entitled 1 An Ordinance to require and regit
: late the Registration of Voters cf City of
Sumter, S C, for the Municipal Election
for Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sum?
ter, to be held on 2d Tueiday, 14th day, of
j April, A. 2>., 1896."
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Aider
j men of the City of Sumter in Council assem?
bled and by the authority of same.
Section ?. Tba. Books of Registration for
the registration of persons qualified to vote
j at the Municipal Election to be held in the
City of Sumter on the 2d Tuesday, 14th day
j of April A. D., 1896, for Mayor and eight (8)
j Aldermen, to serve for two years next ecsu
! ing, shall be opened, at the OSce of the
j Clerk and Treasurer of City of Sumter on the
j 13th day of March proximo.
; That said Books of Registration shall be
kept open for registration of voters, during
fifteen (15) days thereaf:er, from 9 o'clock
a. m., until 2 o'clock p.m., each day, aod
shall be fiually closed on the 28th day of
' March thereafter at 6 o'clock p. m., and only
I such persons as are duly registered in said
I Books of Registration, shall be entitled to
vote at said Municipal Election.
Sec. 2. That each person presenting him
I self for registration at said office of Clerk and
? Treasurer shall be required to give his age,
: name, residence and satisfactory proof of his
j qualifications to vote, and shall be entitled
? to receive a Certificate of Registration, which
j Certificate of Registration may be required of
, any voter ni said election as a condition pre
j c?dent to voting.
' Sec. 3. That at the next meeting of the
i City Council of City of Sumter, after the
i closing of the Books of Registration, to be
' held on Tuesday, the thirty-first day of
March thereafter, at 4 o'clock p. m.. all com?
plaints and petitions of any person or per?
sona, who may have been refused a Certificate
ot' Registration by reason of any doubt of
riiiht 'o register, are hereby notified to be
: H ii d appear before said City Council, with
evidence necessary to establish such richt to
register, as may be claimed, and if so estab
I Iished to the satisfaction of said City Coun?
cil, such person or persons shalt re?oive such
certificate.
Sec. 4. That after a certificate of Regis?
tration has been issued to any person, and
; been lo.-u orde<troved such person may apply
to the Clerk and Treasurer, for a duplicate
: certificate, and the Clerk nod Treasurer is
hereby authorized to issue such duplicate cer
. tiricate upon proof of loss or destruction of the
Original Certificate ol Registration, and upon
j payment, of twenty-five cents for use of City
: of Sumter for every duplicate Certificate so
! issued.
Done and Ratified in City Council assem?
bled and under the Corporate Seal of the City
of Sumter, S. C , this 19th day of February.
A. D., 1896.
B. G. PIERSON,
[SEAL.] Mayor.
C. M. HURST, Clerk & Treasurer.
Feb 19-21
is a remedy of sterling value. ?t positively
cures all Bronchial Affections, Cough, Cold, Croup,
Bronchitis and Grippe. You can always rely on it.
DR. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP is indispensable to
every family. Price 25 cts. Shun all substitutes.
Chew LANGE'S PLUGS.The Crec? Tobacco Aniidote.i?c. Dealers or mail.A.C.Meyer & Co., Balto^Md.
In addition to the standard brands of Fertilizers that we hav
been handling for a number of years, we have added to our list,
the Old Reliable
3X1 A. V^.S?S^5L,
And are now prepared to offer you the following brands for
which we are the sole Agents for Sumter County:
Wagener's High Grade Ammoniated Ferti?
lizer.
High G-rade Blood and Bone Fertilizer.
Navassa Universal Fertilizer.
Genuine German Kainit and Phosphate.
Cotton Seed Meal.
All of which we are prepared to sell at Rock Bottom Prices for cash, or OD
approved paper.
Special attention will be given to inquiries
from Alliance and Grange Clubs.
Your attention U directed to a special advertisement of the Navassa Guano Co.,
which appears in this issue, of their
NAVASSA GUANO FOR TOBACCO. j
For which we are the sole agents, and any person interested in the culture of J
tobacco wil! do well to consult us in regard to these goods before placing their
orders.
PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
Our stock bas oever bee. ?nore complete in this line, and having bought largely
at about the lowest point of the market, we feel assured that we can save you
money on your purchases.
Indications are that bacon will be higher and we could not advise a better in?
vestment by our friends than putting cash into what hog product they will ueed
for their year's supply. We are prepared to sell for delivery any time up to
July 1st.
Sumter, S. C.
Jan 22.-2m
Navassa Guano Co.,
Wilmington, N. C.
i Manufacturers of Standard Southern Fertilizers for Cotton,
Corn, Tobacco and all crops.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GALLED TO
NAVASSA GUANO FOR TOBACCO.
Guaranteed Analysis:
8 ner cent Available Phosphoric Acid,
2h per cent Available Ammonia,
2 per cent Available Potash K ? (from Sulphate Potash)
Used by the most successful growers of tobacco is the two Carolinas, because it
insures a crop which for bright color, full flavor, fine curing properties and gen?
eral excellence caL be bad in no other way. Twenty-eight years have proved
the Navassa Brands the Best Special Manures for this crop.
We are the only Fertilizer Company using exclusively Sulphate of Potash in our
Tobacco Guaoo.
For sale by O'Donnell & Co., Sumter, S. C.
Cali on or write to them for Free Pamphlets.
Jan 22
LET US SELL HARDWARE !
YOU YOUR
We have had years of experience in the business, and think
we can satisfy you in quality and price. For
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY
COME TO US.
WE LvEEP IT.
FOR BEST GOOK AND HEATING STOVES
O?E STORK IS THE PLACE.
For Engine Supplies, Farm or Shop Tools, House Furnishing
Goods. Harness, Razors. Scissors, Guns, Pistols, Car?
tridges, Etc., Come right here.
Riler and baiter Mn Pails aiifl Oils are Specialties.
CAN'T WE FURNISH. YOU W1TE\S0ME?
E. W. DURANT St SON.
Oct 16
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NOT. 6.-o
BEAUTY HATH CHARMS
and ail the charms which beau?
ty likes best to don are shown
in our grand 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
conque* 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,
SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH,
Oct. 16.
FLYING ARTILLERY.
(No. 22,759.)
This registered trotting stallion will make
j the season of 1896 at Barby's Stable, Snm
' ter S. C.
FLYING ARTILLERY was bred at the
Woodlawn Steck Farm. Lexington, Ky.,
j will be four years old April, 1S96, is from
standard bred trotting blood, and bas al?
ready made A record of 2 28$. Ie a beauti?
ful bay coior, and is a mos: promising horse.
Jan 15.
HAMB Y 8? CO.,
WHOLESALE BROKERS, ,
-AND
Cotton Storage Warehouse
PROPRIETORS.
(JP-TOWN OFFICE:
COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
500 Tons Ammonialed Guano
500 Tons Acid Phosphate.
!500 Tons German Kainit.
COTTON SEED MEAL, AND MEAT SALT
FOR SALE.
GET OUR PRICES.
j We keep oo band a full line of heavy
! groceries.
I FEED AND SEED OATS,
DRY SALT MEATS,
LARD, MEAL, GRIST.
FLOUR, SUGAR, RICE,
COFFEE, POTTED
MEATS. &c, &c.
! ??3" Correspondence solicited.
Nov. 27.
Just Opened,
ALL FRESH G000S,
LOW PRICES.
J. A. FOXWORTH
Informs bis friends and the
public generally that he has
opened a choice stock of
Family Groceries,
1 VEGETABLE au? FRUITS,
lu the Tucmcy Block
-fourth store North.
Vic invites all to give him a call, and
will try by offering the best goods at
bottom prices, to give satisfaction.
J. A. Fox wort h.
Oct. IC-v.