The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 22, 1896, Image 4
~WED ?* ESr A Y, APE IL 22,1896.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
n 1850 aud the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influenc
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sumter
EDITORIAL NOTES.
^? Senator Tillman bad a great time io
Denver, Colorado, the other night and
-his nostrils doubtless snuffed the in?
cense of applause to satiety, but we
would like to know simply to satisfiy an
idle curiosity how bis Senatorsbip rel?
ishes, the endorsement Boies of Iowa,
is receiving for the Presidency at the
hands of the silver democrats.
The State of South Carolina will be
represented at the Chicago Southern
States Exposition by a first olass ex?
hibit. This was settled at the Spar
tanburg Convention, and it now re
mains for the people of the State to
provide the money to pay for the ex?
hibit. That they will do so we have
oo doubt, for every one realises that the
Exposition will be of incalculable ben*
?fit to the South.
The iaooming City Council will be
called upon to provide for the adequate
support of the re-organized Fire De?
partment, aod we believe that it is the
almost unanimous opinion of the peo
pie of Sumter that this support shall
be given. Look at the matter as we
may we can arrive at bu a single con?
clusion. The Fire Department is a
necessity to the city and since it is now
better equipped and far more efficient
than it has ever been in the hi>tory of
the city, it t-? the duty <>f the City
C'?uncii to provide for its maintenance,
amply and economically.
The Republicans and Populists of
North Carolina succeeded at the last
election in carrying the State by a
union of forces and the commission
of numerous frauds There was
great jubilation and the offices were
parcelled out to the leaders of the
repec?ive parties to the compact ;
but this happy state did not last
long, and there has been a discordant
note in the mongrel political orches?
tra for several months Each side
thought the other had obtained a
forger share of the spoils than enti?
tled to, and now they are quarrelling
They are afraid to separate, knowing
that the penalty will be defeat at the
hands ot the democrats, yet each set
oi leaders is demanding the lion's
share of the spoils. They may com?
promise their differences and thus
continue in polical control of the
State, but these dissensions are the
hope of the Noith Carolina demo
erat s
Looms of tue South.
The Looms of the South, to which
w-? have bemre briefly called attention,
deserves more than passing notice. It
is a unique publicar ion. Its text is
"Cotton Mills 'Mid Cottoo Fields,"
and it is io the iuterestof cotton manu?
facturing io the South Io poiot of
typographical excellence it is a thing of
beauty, and the oonteots are worthy of
their fioe dress.
The publication is in magazine form,
with illuminated covers, and contains
sixty pages Toe legend on the title
page, "Vol 1. No. 1. March, 1896,"
justifies the hope that other numbers are
to follow, lt makes an admirable pre?
sentation of the ?!*ims upon public at?
tention of the Southern States Exposi?
tion at Chicago. It deelares that its
primary purpose is "*to make clear that
the South is the best pt ace for new in?
vestments, either io industries or lands,
because Southern factories and farms
can produce at the least, cost, command
the greatest number of consumers and
earn the largest profits."
Under the subhead, "Underlying
Facts and Causes," Mr. F. B. DeBer?
ard writes as fol lews :
It is obvious to the most casual ob?
server that the Southern States are not
utilizing their natural resources to their
fuli extent.
The South has farms-it needs fae
tories. One 50,000 spindle cotton j
mill will consume the cotton raised on
1,500 to 2,000 ten-bale farms Its
wages are more than the total earnings
of 790 farms ; 1,000 cotton mill ope?
ratives earn as much as 700 small far?
mers' families.
Every cotton mill increases the value
of every adjacent farm ; it. creates a
new and large body of consumers of
more than doable the purchasiog power
of the old ; it reduce* the competition
among farmers by providing new oc?
cupations, and creats a new demand
for more varied farm procluots
That is true in greater or less degree
of every maoufaaturing industry ; and j
the most favorable economic combina- j
tion possible ts that of the f-tnn that
produces the raw material and the fac?
tory that converts it.
The South produces inaoy kiods of
raw arterials, and io large part senda
them elsewhere to be manufactured. ,
This is unwise, for the South can
convert much of its raw material into
fin tabed products for less than the cost
of conversion elsewhere
The conditions that favor the growth
of manufacturing ia the South are of
extraordinary weight ; and it is inevita?
ble that the Southern States will become
the principal site of some of the most
important manufacturing industries -
The exceptional advantages of the
South are these :
A great diversity of "heap, abund
ant, bod excellent raw material
Cheap motive power, coal and water
power.
A plentiful supply of intelligent aod
tractable labor, of great productive ca
pacity and freedom from labor agita?
tion.
Low wages, due largely to milder eli
mate and less oost of living.
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Nearness to thc great body of coo j
8umers, and coose^ lent small cose of
distribution
A vast extent of the most fertile and
productive farming lands in the world,
whose products will find a home market
and support a great manufacturing pop?
ulation at small cost
Mr DeBerard makes a personal state
ment with refertmoe to bis former con?
nection with The Dry Goods Erono
mist, and acquits that publica'! HI of
any responsibility for his view* cou
r
cerning the necessity of the OONOO mills
removing to the South, or of the advan?
tages to be derived by making Chicago
the distributing point for Southern
manufactures. Mr. DeBerard declares,
however, that his own views on these
subjects are unchanged, and in a .series
of articles he ably sustains his position.
"The Looma of the South" chould be
read carefully by every manufacturer in
the country. No business mao eau
read it through without being impress?
ed both by the ability with which Mr.
DeBerard presents bis arguments and
tho soundness of his views from a busi?
ness standpoint -Augusta Chronicle.
Diaz Championed.
Washington, April 20.-Representa-1
tive Black, of Georgia, had an inter?
view to-day with sute department offi?
cials io regard to the Rev Diaz, the
Cubau Baptist tui.ogiouary, who is
? oder arrest in Habana for complicity
in the insurrection. After the inter?
view. Mr. Black said there was no
doubt that Diaz bad taken out natu?
ralization papers during his residence
in the United States and is a citizen of
this country.
The state department, he said, will
see to it that Diazis given a fair trial
and is accorded bis rights as an Amer?
ican citizeu Many requests are com?
ing to members from the Southern
States fr? tn Baptist churches which con?
tribute to the support of the mission?
ary work carried ou by Diaz, that the i
congressman will usc their influence to
secure the missionary's release. There 1
is, however, nothing to be done by
members of .congress, except to request
the department of state to use its power
io Diaz's behalf.
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Indiana is almost solid for Harri- j
son for President and at least half of!
them will not go for McKinley, even ;
though Harrison's name is not placed I
before the Convention.
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The treasury gold reserve decreased
yesterday to ?125,952,568.
EXAMINATION.
j
THE SPRING EXAMINATION of persons j
wishing teachers certificates, in Sumter
County, will be held at the usual places, on
Friday, Auril 24th, beginning at 10 a. m.
wy. DURANT,
\ School Com.
j^April 8th.-2t. \
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE
A Short and Uneventful Session
Held.
The Con nt j Executive C.>mmiPesraet in the
Court House Saturday nt noon in pursuance
to ?he tull of County Chairman D. D Keels.
A majority of the cluhs ?fie represented,
and fitter roll call the Committee got down
to work irnmediHtely. The meeting waa
devoid of interest and there WHS no discus?
sion
Mr H. Fl. Thomas offered a r?solution that
the cluhs meet on May 2d and elect delegates
to the c?anty convention which will he held
in the city on the first Monday in and
that etch club also elect a member of the
county executive Committee. The delantes
to the county convention will be elected on
the basis of the dun membership at the time
of the last primary election
Confederate Pensioners.
The Pension Board for Sumter county m^t
Monday for the purpose of receiving appli?
cation for peosiona from Ex-Confederate vet
eran8 who are eligible to receive a portion of
the State appropriation. There were in the
neighborhood of a hundred applicants before
the board, but aa the State Board had sent
an insufficient number of blanks, all of them
could not file applications in accordance with
the form required by law Sixty right ap?
plications were filed, and the othera who ar?
eligible will file ?heir applications when an
additional supply of blanks have been re?
ceived.
The number ol pensioners will be consider?
ably larger under tb* new pension law than
heretofore, and the increa.-ing age of the old
soldiera and their growing infirmities a'so
have a tendency to swell the pension li?t, as
roany of them hive been dependent for sup?
port on their manual labor for years, and are
not no*- capable of earning sufficient tor sus?
tenance. The State owes these old soldiers
much more than it can ever give them, and it
is to be hoped that so long aa they live the
State will contribute as liberally HS possible
towards relieving their necessities.
Tho Fastest Tram Yet.
The attention of the public is called to the
fact that the Atlantic Coast Line has ar?
ranged with Camp Hampton. U C V , to
take them to the reunion at Charleston to?
morrow. The special train will leave the
union depot promptly at 9 a m A sched?
ule of 50 m i ?es HO hour has i?een arranged.
The ers will he beautifully decorated by the
veteran camp. The ladies will receive spe?
cial attention at the hands of the manage?
ment, *nd Camp Hampton will be pitied to
have their friends accompany them The
fare will be onlr $2.60 for the ro'ind trip,
and parties who ?roon this train may re'urn
on an y rtgular train until the 27th. - The
State.
Fire Near Hagoed.
The El ?erne family residence ne ir Hagood
caught un fire H few days a*o and was dam?
aged to a slight extent That the house was
no' humed to the ground is considered re?
markable. It was saved hy prompt and dili?
gent, efforts by those on the premises at the
lime.
Indigestion is often taken for consump?
tion. The word consumption means wasting
away, und dyspeptics of'en waste ?way as
badly as consumptives.
The reason people waste away is because
either they don't g-t enough to eat, or they
don't digest what they do eat.
If the latter is your trouble, take Shaker
Digestive Cordial This will help you to
digest your food and stop your loss of fl??3h.
Shaker Digestive Cordtal is made from
herbs, barks and juices of fruit, by the well
known Shakers nt Mount Lebanon. It pos?
sesses great tonic and digestive powers.
Shaker Digestive Cordial hns cured many
supposed consumpives (who wer?.' really
d' Spepiics), by -?imply helping their stomachs
to digest their foo-i, thus givmg them nour?
ishment ?nd new srengrh
Sold by druggists. Trial bottles 10 cents,
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Something new and original in tablets at
H G. Osteen & Co.'s Book Store. Tablets
with paper doll covers for 5 cents
"IN MEMORIAM.
''One by one we cross the river,
One by one we pass away."
Death has again invaded our fraternal
household, and Brother LARRY S GRIFFIN,
in the zenith of his manhood, obeyirg the
summons of the Supreme Architect of the
Universe has laid aside the working tools of
the Master Mason, and has passed from time
into eternity Suddenly the silver cord was
loosed ; the golden bowl was broken, so that
in our surprise and sadness, we are led to
exclaim, Thy way*, t'h God, are mysterious
aiid past finding out. But bush, from with?
in the veil there seems to come a voice say?
ing, "Queston not the right of tne Creator to
do wi:n the subjects ? his own creation what
seemeth tn him good ; what thou knoweth
n??t now, thou shalt know hereafter, although
the stroke may seem severe, it carne from the
hand of One who cannot err."
Therefore be it Resolved, That in the death
of our Brother Larry S. Griffin, bia family
has lost a kind and loving husband and
father, the community a good citizen, and
Salem Lodge, a worthy brother whose
Masonic light had just begun to shine. Let
us all cherish his memory, emulate bis
virtues, and cover with the broad maulle of
Christian and Masonic charity his frailties
and his faults
Resolved, 2d, That our altar be draped in
mourning for the nex' 30 dais ; that a page
in our book of records be dedicated to bis
memory, on which shall be inscribed the day
of hts birth, the da of his death, and the
days that he was initiated as an E A., pass?
ed "o a F. C ?nd raised to the degree of a M.
Mason.
Resolved 3d. That wc extend to his
afflicted family our 8'iicere sympathy in their
sad bereavement, and that the Sectetary be
requested to forward to them a copy of these
resolutions.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. WILSON, ]
S M. GRAHAM, ['Com.
E. M. COOPER, J
FOR SHERIFF.
Please announce Capt. R Scoot Carson us
a candidate tor Sheriff a*, the ensuing eleetiun
Having served faithfully in that capacity, we
nelieve if elected be will fill the office with
ability and fairness and will give g?nerai
satisfaction. DEMOCRATS.
~RJBLlCltOfiCE
CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE,
SUMTER, S. C., April 21, 1896.
AN ELECTION FUR CITY OFFICERS,
viz : Clerk k Treasurer, City Attor?
ney, City Physician, Public Printer, Street
Superintendent, Ch itt ol Policy, Policemen
and Scavengers, will be held on Tuesday. May
5th prox Applications Jaust oe -on file at
o fii C^^^^j^^pj^^^^^^
The Dispensary in Kussia.
A few day ago Mr. Moses Green received a
letter from H brother at his oid home io the
Russian Empire, in which it WHS stated that
the public sale of all sorts of liquor had been
prohibited and that a nrw system had been
put into operation by the government. All
liquor, he said, is bottled and is sold only in
bottles, and the sale of it by the drink, as
had been the custom from time immemorial,
is prohibited. It would iet-m that Ruesin
has adopted the South Carolina dispensary
system, or the Gottenber-r or ?weedish sys
tem, as it is known in Europp.
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The Delgnr Reel Squad has fitted up qi*r
ters for the members of 'he squad who ?ill
be OM duty Ht night. The quarters ?re in the
building oppo-ire the reH ionise OM Repub?
lican 8trt*t, and connected *nh tt-el houje
ny m electric ?Un? bf!? The tooms ?re
comfortably and tnt?tefully furnished, Hod tb*
boys who will do night duty will htveelegnnt
Hccommodatioos. The HtitoniHtic harness
w^-re received last Thursday.
Vir E. N. Carpenter, the restaurant keeper,
had a curiosity Tbursdav thnt is seldem seen in
this flection of tbe country The curiosity
referred to is a soft-?helled turtle, which ia
found in thie State, so the writer has been in?
formed, only in the Wnteree River and tri?
butary strenmn. Whether the soft shehed
turtle is thus restricted in its habits cannot
he stated positively, but that it is rarely seen
is unquestioned.
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Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines sold
on *H8y terms, and exchanged for old ones at
the Sumter Music House, in Masonic Temple.
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The book fully describes a method by which
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The book is purely medical and scientist*,
useless to curiosity sc*el_:v, invaluable to rita
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NOTICE.
HAEDQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SUMTER COUNTY,
SUMTER, S. C., April 18, 1896.
IN ACCORDANCE with resolution this I
day adopted by the County Executive !
Oommittpe, the Presidents of the Democratic
Clubs of Sumter County, are beteby ordered j
to call together thrir respective clubs on the
2d day of May, 1896, for the purpose of re- |
organizing the clubs for the ensuing election |
afier which they shall proceed : To elect one j
member of the County Executive Commute'; .
to elect delegates to the County Convention j
this day called, said representation to oe on
delegate for eh ch 25 members or ranjority
fraction thereof; said representation to neon
the hasis of the club roll of the first last pre?
ceding primary election held in the county.
It WHS further resolved, That a Democratic ;
County Convention be held in the Court i
House in said County, on the first Monday j
in May, prox , at II a. m. tor the purpose of :
electing delegates to the State Democratic j
Convention to be held in Columbia on the j
3d Wednesday in May, pros., for the purpose !
of electing a member of the State Democratic i
Executive Committee, and for such other j
business as may properly come before said j
Convention.
D. E. KEELS,
Chairman Ex Committee.
J. M. KNIGHT, Sec. !
Claremont Loflge No. 64 A. F. M. i
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No. ?
64, A. F. M.. will be bald on Thursday ?
Evening, April 23d, at 7$ p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves \
accordingly.
Bj order, . F. M. SPANN, W. M.
H. C. MOSES, Secretary.
The modern Pain Annihilator, will positively
cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, Bruises,
Cuts, Sores, Earache, Backache and ail other
aches. SALVATION OIL is sold everywhere for
25 tents. Only the genuine_wiH do the work.
Che* LA.iU?*S PLUGS. The Great Tobacco Antidote,1 Qc. Dealers or mas!.A. C. a eyer * Co.. Balto..Md.
Spring Millinery.
Tha Spring Opening at Mies McDonald's gave
hundreds an opportunity of examining the ex?
quisite styles for the Spring and Summer.
The assortment is large, and in every style there ie a variety to please the
individual taste Former patrons and the public generally are cordially
invited to call and inspect the Pattern Fiat* and Bonnets, and they will be
suited in anything they may want.
Miss McDonald,
Main Street, Sumter, S. G.
Do You Want to Make Money?
Then go to Crosswell & Co's
and buy your
:! Groceries !;
"<s>
We are headquarters for everything in tfie grocery line. Dealing direct
from the Manufacturers and Packers, buying and selling for cash, we are at
ail times in position to offer the lowest possible price? for which money cati
buy. We are wholesale as well as retail dealers and invite Special Atten?
tion to those who buy in unbroken quantities.
In buying we are always on the alert to pick up bargains and will
At all times have some special advantages to
offer the trade.
It shall be our constant aim to give our customers the most and best goods
for their money
rosswell & Go.
JB ?jttC,lberS (jj jj011*'
Sale.
Our prices require no comment,
They tell their own story.
This week we are showing something
new in Ladies' Waists.
A F?LL LINE OF LADIES7 NECKWEAR.
Good Judges say our Silks and Dress
Goods are the finest ever shown
in this market.
WHITE GOODS and GRASS LINENS
The success of this department is sensational. It is because
you find the scarcest and newest goods very plenti?
ful. Best sorts for what common stuff usually costs.
We are now showing a handsome line of
Ladies' and Children's Parasols*
Visit our Shoe Department and and see our line of Ladies' and
Misses7
OXFORDS AND TIES.
Even if you are not in need of Shoes for immediate service it
will pay as an investment to purchase now for future use.
IN OUR CLOTHING OD FURNISHING DEPARTMENT,
We arc prepared to show you a nobby line of Men's, Youth's
and Boy's Suits, and we are offering great bargains.
All the New and Late Styles in Hats.
500 doz. Straw Hats at about 1-2 their value.
In our Grocery Department we are proving every day that
choicest groceries can be sold at the prices
common goods usually bring. No matter what you need it
can be found at the old reliable.
J. Rettenberg & Sons
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