The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 16, 1896, Image 4
%\t WS??prn at? Soutljroii
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16. 1896.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
io 1850 and the True Southron in I860.
The Watchman and Southron now bas
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Samter.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
We congratulate Judge Earle that
one of his most cherished ambitions
bas been gratified-ot almost, for he
:-8 not yet Senator Earle What
?ext ?
And ll R. Thomas has been kick?
ed too ! Poor Thomas, he has work
ed too faithfully for the faction and i
the movement to be kicked with
both feet at the same time.
We are rejoiced that Evans has
been defeated, because it would have
been a disgrace to the State to nomi?
nate him ; but the nomination of
Judge Earle carries with it no thrill
of delight There are dozens of men
in the State fully as well qualified for
the position and much more deserv?
ing of the honor
Wheu John Gary Evans was run?
ning for the Governorship against
W. H. Ellerbe he promised to ap?
point Eilerbe Trial Justice. It has
been suggested that Mr Ellerbe
make John Gary Evans a dispensary
constable.
The State Board of Control has
acted with commendable promptness
in calling an extra meeting to inves?
tigate the charges of corruptness
made by Evans, Mixsou and Duncan
Let them but sift the matter to the
very bottom and permit ?one of the
rascals to escape and the people of
the State will give the board their
unqualified endorsement and sincere
thanks
Cotton went up with a rush Thurs I
day after the Agricultural Depart j
ment report was issued, but went off
next muming more than thirty points
This slump can but be temporary as
the short crop can no longer be dis
puled, and the demand for cotton will
force the prices up Nine cents for
cotton may be expected before No?
vember 1st.
McKinley will be invited to meet
Bryan in joint debate in Chicago He
will be as little disposed to meet
Bryan as Ben Harrison is to encounter
Ben Tillman The Republicans j
know that they have to rely upon the
money power for success, and they
<io net care to go before the people
in debate with such an antagonist as
Bryan
The County Democratic Executive
Committee in refusing to have any- j
thing to say in reference tc? the vote
at Rattlesnake Spring? precinct, in
the absence of the official returns,
adopted the only correct policy. The j
managers at that precinct neglected '
to send in the boxes and returns with- j
in the time required by law, and the
committee had no right to tak*> no - :
tice of any private returns that '.?th*r
parties had received, although t!u-r?
was no question as to the reliability i
and correctness of said returns Ti>e
failure to receive the returns from j
this single precinct had no effect ott j
the result of the primary and it would j
ha^e established a da:.ger?us prece- j
dent had the committee accepted the
unofficial returns available,, as some;
members of the committee proposed j
should be done.
REJOICING IN GEORGIA.
The Kicker, of Augusta, Ga, j
issued a red ink special edition <>n ?
Wednesday to commemorate the de
feat of John Gary Evans. The fol- (
lowing is a full reproduction ?f the
matter contained in the extra :
"j?fTThe telegraph brings the sat?
isfactory intelligence that Sou-th
Carolina has been redeemed from the
thraldom of her base servitude.
Honesty has overcome vice by at
least 10,000 votes.*'
"Carolinians '? Again we greet you !
Noble mea of Noble Sires !
Earle, the spotless- candor splendid
Light your hearts with fervent fires !:'
"Georgians : Now d'ye heed 'The Kicker' 7
And by your votes DO longer slicker
Hear the welkin ring in-'lina,
And search for something yet sublimer !"
"With best wisbes,
"The Kicker."
Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines sold
on easy terms, and exchanged for old ones a
tb.8 SamterMusic House, in Masonic Temple.
COMMENTS ON THE SAL?
ARY TAX.
I What is Said About the Sum?
ter Tax on Labor.
? The present experiences of our sis?
ter town of Sumter which seems to find
herself necessitated to put a tax on
all her young men who earn as much
as ?25 per month by their daily labor,
to help meet current expences and in?
terest on the public debt.should fur
j nish the object lesson of wisdom
I how easy it is to create a public debt
j and how difficult sometimes to pay it
without being compelled to impose
heavy taxes on young men, strug
gling hard by their daily labor to
j make an honest living, to pay their
honest debts and met their just obli?
gations out of this small pittance of
I ?25 a month, more or less. It should
I further teach, and likely will, the les
j son that town property can be so
j heavily burdened with taxation that no
bod}" will care to own it because find?
ing it nonremnnerative on account of
too heavy taxation.-Newberry Ob
server.
The city council of Sumter has
taken an unusual step in the raising
of supplies. Incorporated in the or?
dinance is a section imposing a li
cense tax on all clerks and other ern
ployees who receive a salary of ?25
or more per month. The "Daily
Item"* says : "All person receiving
a salary of $25 to $40 per month will
be required to pay a license tax of
$5 per annum. Those receiving $40
or more-how much more cuts no
figure-must pay $10 per annum
Bank presidents will be required to
pay ?75 per annum. Brokers who
buy or seil options, $50 ; ice fac?
tories. ?10 ; lumber mills, ?25 ; sash j
and blind factories, ?10 ; sales sta?
bles, $50 ; livery stabler, ?25 ;
livery and sale ?tables. ?75 ; mer
chants doing a business not in excess
of ?3,000 per year. ?5" The tax-'
mg of salaries wiH rightly be resist
ed as a tax on incomes, which the j
Supreme Court of the United States
has decided as unconstitutional. The
solon8 of Sumter are unwise to thus
attempt to mulct the industrious at
the expense of the do-nothings.
Aiken Journal and Review
---
Why Cotton Leaves Sumter
The larg-* amount of cotton that in go-tug
from tbi- county to Camden instead of beiou
brought to this market fo?r sale is st i ; ? the
subject of considerable discussion among
cotton buyer*, sellers, metchants nod mhers
interested in The prosperity of ibis market.
The attempt is now tutd* to attribute the !os*
of cotton hy this market to the opposition
among the farmers to the public weighing
of cotton, bo nh ts plea is too ill-founded to
merit serious consideration. The stubborn
fact that cotton has Vern going to Camden in
increasing quantified euch rear for thr*e or
four years past ?acnot te concealed, and it is
a vain attempt io tr?' to saddle all Hie blame
on the pubiic weigher. The reason that cot
foB go^ to Camden frosi Sumter's territory
is more dec-p seated and powerful than mern
opposition to pablic weighing. The fact that
Camden merchants do not buy from the
wagOLS in competition wUh the regular cot?
ton buyers, ag in Sumter. that the Camden
buyer? buy according to grade and pay the
man who has fine couou the highest market
: r>?* and the oue having inferior cotton ex?
act y what it is worth, that Camd%-i ontnirjs
rou< !.. :?.wer freight rates by reason or' com- ?
pe-?r,? lines and can therefore p?tt mort for j
n.i grades of cotton than Sumter buyers; are j
tbe influences that attract conon tc? th?t j
market.
Competing lines Sumter hus no?, and at !
present we are powerless to obtain lower ',
ft eight rates on cotton, therefore ibis factor j
that is so much in Camden's favor cannot be I
discounted. The other influences that j
girt* Camden the ad vantage can be counter-j
actr-d, if ?he merchants will adopt the same j
methods pursued by tbe. Camden merchants j
The present system ia injuring Sumter as M ;
cotton m -rket, and the h'jury becomes great- i
I er each } ear j
j The following letter received last wt-ek ;
? gives certain facts that are wei! worth con-j
; 8?deration.
.ST. CHA:?.?}, S. C , Sept. 7, 96,
; Mr. H G Os?cen. hui tor Daily Item, Sum- ;
ter, S. C. .
I am just from Camden. Made very panic-j
? ular inquiries in regard to prices paid for j
: cotton, &c. On Friday, Sept. iib, 8c. was j
': paid, in Camden, for several baies by three j
' dsffereot buyers, 7.75(^,7.35 hoing the ruling :
, bide. I got the ?ame information from seil- j
ers as well as buyers. On the same day yon :
quote Sumter market 7 7-16 .More than Jc
I lower than Camden's lower price. The rea
i sons are : lit. By a combination of rail- .
' roads and ships, Cam .en cotton is landed in
Liverpool for 50c per hundred pounds
; There are competing lines in and in reach of .
Camden aL? as a last resort there is the Wa- :
teree River. She is, therefore, not ''Bot- j
tled.': Other reasons why Sumter cotton'is
going to Camden are, the cotton buyers buy
the cotton from the farmers direct and r.re ex?
pert cotton graders, and do grade cotton
i very carefully. There are four special, lead- |
ing cotton buyers, Messrs. Shannon, of
I Spriog's Heath, and|Shannon, Blake Stead?
man, H. C. King and Capt. Clyburn, each j
j hare an office, a platform, scales and even i
, stalls, ?c., for accommodation. And there
! ii no combine or collusion between merchant j
? and totton buyer.
Now, I plant no cotton'myself and have no i
j direct interest in its sale or price, and would I
! be glad to see my own Jtowo able to induce 1
j arjd bu? every bale of cotton withio hauling !
j distance, but the stubborn fact ?3 that hun- j
I dreds and hundreds of bales are seeking '?
! Camden market and the ?xodos is on the io j
I crease and it is utterly uselesss to stem ?he j
tide or influence it save in one way, to do as 1
j Camden does, compete in bids from the wag
j on and compete in nrice. Mere assertions
1 (vide "Freeman" I*.*' issue) are not worth the
blacking that inks the type. It' Sumter can j
afford to lose the handling of a large portion j
of the crop that ought to go to it, why then !
, well and good, my trouble aad interest is i
thrown away ; out if not, theo she had best \
s*e to it, for you can't fool the "Hayseed " i
Verb sap.
You can make what use you choose of this ?
information. I. myself, met a dozpn wagons 1
on Friday afternoon and each wagon had !
carried cotton which was mide, and ginned, i
and packed much nearer Sumter than Cam
den, and these were not all. Yours truly,
J. MERRICK RKJD. ?
j
- Ml- ?P ?? -
JAMES H. AYCOCK..
The subject of this notice W9S a son of the :
late Jas. H Aycock and was born Aoril 15, !
1856 His death was great shock ti? his faro- j
?ly and many friends.
Of strong robust body, moved by energy
and untiring will power be was conspicuous
among us in the busy circles of every day j
lite, and any of us would hare predicted for j
bim a long life. But He who rules all things
deemed it uest to call him away while yet in t
the zenith of his manhood, showing to all
that in the midst of life we are in death. Toi
His will we humbly bow in submission. j
The wriur, on account of his close and io-1
timateassociation with him, claims the privi?
lege of paying this humble tribute to the |
memory of his friend.
Natutaily endowed with a rice mind, his '
reading bad made him one of the best in- J
formed men. He was lacking in that self as?
sertion which of.en makes others of less abili?
ty more conspicuous, yet when approached he
would be found conversant on almost any
subject claiming the attention of men. He
Strove to excell in whatever he undertook,
hi3 farm with its varied crops is a monument
to his enterprise and success And now when
we come to speak of the higher, the nobler
qualities of beart.'who is possessed of these
to a greater degrte than was he he knew
not how to turn a deaf e-*r to an appeal for
charity or for any worthy cuuse. yet be did it
not for the applause of men, for even bis left
hand knew not the doings of the right.
The writer has bad the privilege of serving
as the medium through which some of these
charities have passed, and knows whereof he
speaks. His extreme modesty pievented hs
passing for his true worth. Few knew him
as he ? HS
He is gone, th? places that oi.ce knew him
shall know bim no more forever. Yet he has
left behind many things to remind us of him j
as the da) s go by. Farewell "Jim" we will1
miss you while we live but will cherish the
hope, that when we too shall have "crossed
the river," that we wili mee: aguin in tout
dunnipr, th-it bftTer land. P.M.
It is a fact that Hood's Sarsaparilla the
O ?e True Blood Purifier, has proved, over
and over agnin. that it Ins power to cute, j
even when other medicines fail to do any
good
Hood's Fills are purely vegetable and do
not purge, pain or gripe. AM druggists. 25c.
--^mtma- - -
Flots in America
To Assassinate the Czar on
His Visit to England.
LONDON. Sept. 1.-A communication j
of a semi-offiical character was issued j
this afternoon touibing upon the arrest j
of the alleged dynamite conspirators I
The communication says, among other |
things, that, the Scutlaud Yaid officiais j
have been fully aware for some time ?
pa?t that a gang of desperadoes have j
been engaged in America iu preparing
the derails and arranging the rarniSoa- ?
tiens ot an extensive and diabolical plot j
to perpetrate a d>namite outrage io
England and establish a reign of
terror.
Chief Inspeetnr Melville of the \
metrop an polios bas had charge of}
the Scotland Yard arrangements fer
frustrating the designs of the couspira- j
tors and gradually and with great ?e- ,
crecy drew a net work around the p\bt- \
ters. The fact was known to the police
that the conspirators were in close com- j
municatir.n with promirient Russian |
nihilists in the Uoited States and j
through this information the police were ?
enabled to discover upon almost un?
doubted evidence that the conspiracy
bad recently developed a scheme to per- ?
pirate au outrage upon the czar upon
the occasion of his visit to England j
The prime covers of thu plot were ?
Feoiaus in America, and when they bad j
carried their conspiracy as far as they :
could in the United States, Tynan anti
rh?? oihe, principal agents were sent to j
Europe to put the designs of the plot?
ters into operation. They left, America
as secretly as possible, coming by diffei*
ene routes. Their arrival was known, ;
however, ?nd their every movement ;
was dogged fey thc Scotland Yard de-j
tective*
After treating of the arrests of thc
dynamiters and the capture by the po?
lice of all of their documents, etc , the
communication adds that Bell was '.
assigned to go ?.? Scotland to direct a
series of c?utT?ges tindee, the. necessary ;
explosivas to by sent to bira from Bel- i
gium as they might be required. When
Ben wa< taken into custody, he had be?
tween ?o00 and .?400 in cash upon his ;
person, together with American hitters i
of er- <i;f 1
L-a veu wort u, Kan?? , Sept.. 13.
Lieut Charles Young, nin'b cavalry .
and the only colored ofheer bu *.hr.
United States regular arm v. was refus?
ed accommodations at the Leavorwotth
hotels yesterday and he was compelled
to go to Kansas City for thom
Lieutenant Young is a gradua.'e t.f
West Point, and a few days ago he was
ordered to report ar Fort Leavauworth .
for examination for promotion from a
second to a ?rst lieut R ri ant. He came j
in with a number of officers and thc re?
fusal of accomodation bas caused con?
siderable ffieiiog.
Senator Marion Butler, of North
Carolina, upon whom the duty was
devolved, notified Thomas E. Watson,
of Georgia, of bis nomination for the
Vice Presidency by the Populists
?ac ki en'8 Arnie? Salve.
The Beat Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruiae
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, le ie
Chapped an?ii? CbilbUias, Corne au a 1
S* n Eruptions, and positively cure? r*iie** ?>
no pay required. It ia ?uar^ntae-l to give per?
re: ?Htislac?oo, ur un>nov refunded. ?ric
52eent8 per HOT. F<T *HI> hv Dr J. F. W De
Lorme
--?
A choice select inn of high grade five and
ten cent cigars for sale by H. G. Os'een ?fe Co.
Chamberlain's Syo and Shin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, Tetter, Salt
]inetira, Sea!:! [lead. Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns Frost Bites,
ChronicSore Eyes and Granulat .-? Eye Lid.i
For .sale by druggists at 23 cents per box.
TO HORSlToWNEBS.
For putting a horse in a fine healthy con?
dition try Dr. Cud;*'s Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy woutis, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. 2?
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
For sale in Sumter, by Dr. A J China.
Tutt's Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Tried Friends Best
For thirty years Tutt's Pills have
proven ablessing to the invalid.
Are truly the sick man's friend.
A Known Fact
For bilious headache, dyspepsia
sour stomach, malaria,constipa?
tion and all kindred diseases.
TUTT'S Liver PILLS
AN ABSOLUTE CURE.
TASTELESS
LL
IS JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE BO cts. !
GALATIA, ILLS., Nov. IG, 1853.
Paris Medicine Co., St Louis, Mo.
Gentlemen:-We sold last year. 600 bottleB of
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have !
bought three gross already this year. In all oar ex- j
perience <>f 14 years, in the druu business, have ;
never sold an article that gave such universal satis* :
SaCtion aa your Tonic. Yours truly.
ABSCY.CASB &CO> I
SOLD-No Cure. No Fay, ty A J Chinai
J. F. W DeLorme, J. S. H ugh son <fc Ce,
_ . I
The State of South Garolina, j
COUNT Y OF SUSI TER.
IN THE COURT OJf PROBATE.
In the vw.iter r>j (he Estate nt Mr.- EL!a ii
Gillespie, deceit std.
IHERKBT GIVE NOTICE that on I
Wednesday, iher seven1 h of Ocio*?*r, j
next. 1 will apply io Hon T V. Walsh,
Judge ot Probai? for Sumter County at his p
o??ite tor a final discharge as Administrator j
ot i he estate of the .-aid Mrs, Elia M. Gilles?:
pie, deceased.
Sumter, S G
JAMES O SPANN,
Administrator.
September 2, i SOG -4t
Claremont Lote flo. U A. F. ft1
THB REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
64, A. F. M.. will he ln-ld on Thursday
Evening, Sept. 17th, ?J 7?J p. m. Brethren
will tnke die riM'.ice and govern themselves
accordingly.
By order, F. M SPANN, W. M.
H* C. Mesas, Secretary. jul2P-lw
8,000 Merchants sell Hawkes' Spectacle !
successfully. Half of them handle other
Spectacles without success.
Showing the Great Popularity of HAW-1
KKS' GLASSES overall others'
Tr.?-- Famous Glasses arr> fined to flo* eye j
I'r.A. J. China's Drug Store. Sumter. S C
Der M -e.
Notice!
AFTER ati experience of twenty-eight
years in the Cubicle: shop of Mr J. D.
Urn'-/, the undersigned have gone into the
business of repairing und . ?eanine lumi'tire,
on tiif-ir own account. Mid feeling confident
of ih<-ir nhi?tv lo give perfect satisfaction,
jefpec'fully solicit ihe patronage of the peo?
ple iA Slimier wnd vicinity.
The preparing and dressing of dead oodies
lor burial will he promptly ?cd carefully at?
tended to.
Shoo opposite the Episcopal church.
PETERSON ? CUTHBERT.
Sept. 1st. 1896.
Sumter, S. C. t
Clothing !
Clothing for Men*
Clothing for Boys.
Clothing for Children?
Fine Clothing, Medium Clothing,
Common Clothing.
I think I can say without any exaggeration that 1 have one
of the best stocks of
CLOTHING, HATS AND FURNISHING
GOODS,
For Men. Bo>s and Children that has ever been brought to
Sumter. If you want a real cheap suit you can get it. if
you want a medium price suit, I have hundreds for you to
select from, if you want a line, tailor-made, perfect fitting
suit, you will find a good assortment of the most popular
fabrics made up in Cambridge, Princeton and Oxford Sacks and
the latest style Cutaways. No other house will show you a
larger or better selected stock. No oilier house will sell you
cheaper, and no one will appreciate your patronage more than,
Yours truly.
e
Sept 16
THE CLOTHIER.
Sumter, S. C.
We wish to call your
ATTENTION
again to our low prices of Staple Groceries. We are now otter?
ing them at prices at which never before have they been sold
for in Sumter.
We buy in large quantities and for cash and in this way
we buy cheaper. We have not space to give you prices of aB
our goods, but will give you some, that you may see that we
can make it to your interest to see us before buying elsewhere.
100 Sro*l! tull Crt nm Cheese nt a bargain,
FLOUR. MEAL.
Fancy PH tent, per Bbl (? $4 25 j 2 Bu Bh?$ r" *i tc
Hail 11 . ?, 3.90 *
Good Strath' " " 3 75 HAM*.
" Family " .* (a 3.00 . Orange Brand uer ?h Ot k>
Choice ? ? " ff, 2 75 j Cim.ee Family" ? 9
GRITS. j Pie-mc " " @ 7?
2 Bu Sacks fa $1.25|SFGAR.
RICE. j Granulated & 5|
Bfst ? hole Grain, per ?h. Ak Ex'M C 4 n
Good QiMlity " '6% COFFEE.
100 lb. Bags " " .52 95 \ He5r Ri? Grten ?/, 21
BACON- ?Good- ;i (rr, 18
White DS Sides perlt (?/ 4j ?! *| " '* ]6
Smoked " .. (>~< 5 I " " 14
Li A RD. OOMMON " ("
Pore 50 lb Tins ('.'. Si ! SARDINES. '
" jo ?. " Oj. ?\ Amencon 100 in cans 6? S3 00
'." lo .. '. (,i ' ! Motard per doz (<? .90
!l 5 1 " (a 7.1 j French M " g 1.50
Mackerel-80 fish to the Kit, per kit 7-5c.
H?K Barrans in Crackers and Candies.
Special prices given to large buyers.
Come and see us. All mail orders will have prompt atten?
tion.
CROSSWELL & CO.
COMPANY
Beo* to announce to the public that thev have inst completed
the erection of their New Ginnery and are HOW ready fer busi?
ness The system is the t:Winship" latest improved for eleva?
ting, conveying, ginning and packing cotton, with Revolving
Double Box Press. Positively no lung waits or delays to have
your cotton ginned and packed.-Can gin and pack a bale in
lo minutes. We will turn you out more lint and of better
grade than on the ordinary gin, and guarantee you perfect satis?
faction. Bagging and Ties can be had at ginnery as cheap as
anywhere.
SEED ! SEED ! SEED !
We will pac the highest cash market price for your seed or give
von Cotton Seed Meal in exchange for Seed, which will give
you much better results as a Fertilizer than putting down your
seed and save you one-half la boa- in handling. Cotton Seed
Meal contains from 8 to 10 per cent, ammonia and is cheaper
to the farmer than using the seed.
FERTILIZERS ! FERTILIZERS !
We beg to say that we are handling High Grade Guanos. Acid
Phosphate with Potash, and Genuine German Kainit. and are
prepared to make prices on same. If you want first class goods
see us before you make your purchases, as we will save you
money.
Ginnery and Mill, Main Street, below A. (J. L. Depot.
Up-Town Office : Main Street, next to Court House Square.
Sumter Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co.
Perry Moses, Prest k .Manager. A. C. Phelps, Sec. k Treas.