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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 1897.
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The Sawyer ffate/wraan was rounded
in 1850 and the True Sottthron in 1866.
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
SHmter.
Congress is quick on the trigger
when it comes to passsing resolutions
of sympathy with the Cretans, Greets
and Armenians, but cautious and cir?
cumspect when dealing with Cuba to
the verge of the ridiculous.
The free school book bill converts
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every county Superintendent of Edu?
cation into a dealer ic school books,
and the next move will be to allow
each arkl every one of them addi?
tional compensation for the great and
onerous additional labor imposed
upon them, lt would not be at all
surprising in those days of reform
were the Legislature, in the effort to
eave money for the dear, destitute
people, to employ a clerk at a good
round salary to assist the Superinten?
dent of Education in dispensing
books Of course the books would
be sold at cost, but the same dear,
i
destitute people, whom the State
must take care of like a rich parent,
will be taxed just a little more to pay
the salary attached to the new office.
We do not condemn the creation of
new offices, not by any means, for
Leach office provides support of anoth?
er one of the dear destitute, who un?
fortunately have a constitutional dis?
inclination to hustle around and pro
vide for themselves the necessities
v and luxuries of life. Everything
points iu the same direction nowa
days, and the desire for State support
ia^spreadiDg among the people with
greater rapidity than any contagious
disease ever swept through a land.
We are drifting into paternalism, and
the worst of it is most people would
gladly welcome the advent of such a
condition of society. Taxes are
piled up year after year, new offices
are created and new schemes de?
vised to consume the result of the
tax levies, and the people are becom
ing more helpless, more destitute,
more incapable of maintaining them?
selves as independent, free, self-re?
specting citizens, and dearer to the
solicitous law-makers over in Colum?
bia who enjoy life on ?4 per diem
and long for free passes on the rail?
roads. At least this is the conclu?
sion we have reached after a careful
study of the proceedings of the Leg?
islature.
But to return to the original topic
-the free school book bill. We will
put the public in possession of the
inside facts of the book business and
then a clearer idea of the results of
the operation of the law
will be general. The school
book business is practically controlled
by three great concerns, and they in
conjunction with the State Board of
Education not only arbitrarily pre?
scribe what books shall be used, but
what prices shall be paid for them
A scale of prices has been fixed and
from these prices the trust allows a
discount of twenty per cent to the
book dealer. The dealer pays the
freight, which is high on books, and
by the time the books are sold his
margin of profit is wiped out entire?
ly. Ask any dealer in school books
and be will tell the same story-there
is nothing in it for him, and were it
not a leading line which be is forced
to keep in order to retain his trade in
more profitable lines, he would gladly
sell no more school books. For that
reason theie has been no protest from
book dealers against the passage of
the bill, for they regard it as an eman?
cipation from one of the tyrannies
of trade. It may be added that
twenty per cent, is the maximum dis?
count allowed from the schedule of
prices ; in some cases the discount is
less.
We wish the State much success
iu its new venture into the border
land of paternalism, but if thc people
do not pay for it indirectly in heavier
taxes, we shall be mistaken
*.?r. Wnrd L. 8-n::h, ul Fredricfcstowa.
Mo., V7??2 troubled v. ?th chronic diarrhoea for
over thirty years, lie bad bicorne fully
satisfied that ir ^:\? only a tjucsMori of a
suort time nr)i?: be would have to gire up.
He bad been treated by poxe cf the best
physicians tn Europe and America but got
no permanent relief. One day he picked up
a uewspaper aod chanced to read an adver?
tisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. He got a bottle of it,
the first dose helped bim and its continued
cse cured bim. For sale by A. J. China.
TARDY JUSTICE.
ID view of all the facts brought
out in the investigation of the claim
of Judge Thos. J Mackey for ser?
vices to the State of South Carolina,
it seems that the postponement of
the matter to the next session of the
legislature is not only unnecessary,
but wrong. That he did the work
under contract, that the State re?
ceived the benefit of his services,
that the money has been set aside for
him, and would have been paid then
had he been here to ask for it, are
facts that have been clearly establish?
ed. Judge Mackey ie now an old
man, and in his petition set forth that
bis ueeds, more than his wishes,
impel him to ask for it now.
Judge Mackey's claim against the
State is supported by the testimony
of Governors Hampton, Hagood and
Richardson and ex-Comptroller Gen?
eral Veiner, as is shown in the fol?
lowing letters :
Millwood, S. C., Feb. ll, 1897.
To Judge Skinner, Chairman Judi
ciary Committee, House of Repre?
sentatives.
My Dear Sir : As my views about
payment to Judge Mackey have been
asked, I write a few 'tines t<_ reiterate
what I expressed when Congress
passed the bill allowing payment foi?
rent of the Citadel Academy. I am
still of the same opinion that the
work of Judge Mackey was useful
and influential, and that be should
receive his share of such amount as
was set aside by the Legislature to
pay Bouknight and himself.
Excuse my use of a pencil, as I
cannot leave my bed to use a pen.
Respectfully yours,
WADE HAMPTON*
Office Ch'n Board of Visitors,
S C Military Academy,
Barnwell, S 0 , Feb. 12, 1897.
Judge Mackey. Columbia, S C.
Dear Sir : * * * The Gen?
eral Assembly on deliberation acted
upon it, and covered ?5,000 into the
treasury for compensation of the
agents. This seems to me as far as
the State is concerned res adjudicata.
You might ask more, but the State
can offer no less. Mr. Bouknight
appeared before the commission and
received, ? am told, one-half of that
amount. You have not claimed yours
until now. I have before said that
your services, as far as I saw them,
were incomparably greater than Mr.
Bouknight'8. I ara told that accept?
ing the Act of the Aesembly of 188S,
you are only claiming the other half
of the fund reserved in full of all ser?
vices. In the light of that Act it
seems to me that you are as clearly
entitled to this sum as oue deposited
in bank to your credit by a client to
whom you had rendered professional
services. * * * Respectfully,
JOHNSON HAGOOD,
Chairman, &c.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 15, 1897.
Hon. T. J. Mackey.
Dear Sir : I would state in answer
to your letter of this date that I was
a member of the commission appoint?
ed under the act of Assembly of De?
cember 23. 1889, to adjust the claims
of the agents employed in the prose
cution of the claim of the State
against the United States for
the rent of and damage of
the ?outh Carolina Military Acad
erny. The fund paid into the
the State Treasury on such claim was
?77,250, of which the sum of $5,000
was set aside to pay the expenses of
the collectioi: of the same The
commission was composed of the
Governor. Attorney General, and
Comptroller General which last
named office was heid by me at that
time. The commission awarded to
Caleb Bouknight, as one of the
agents employed to co?ectthe claim,
$2,500, on January 23, 1890, and as
it was in evidence that you were the
other agent and entitled to the bal?
ance of $2,500 of the said reserved
sum, it would, no doubt, have been
awarded to you had you been present
to claim it. It was stated to the
commibsion that you had been re?
cently beard ufas residing in France.
Very respectfully,
JOHN S VER.VER.
To the best of ray recollection the
above statement is correct
J P. RICHARDSON
If we could trace Dyspepsia to its source,
it would lead hack to our kitchens. IQ fact,
the secret of t?ood health is good cooking.
If well cooked, foods are partially digested ;
if poorly cooked, thev are less digestive than
in their raw state. If you are a victim of
faulty cookiog ; that is, if you suffer from
Dyspepsia, the rational cure must be looked for
io an artificially digested food, and a food
which will at the same time aid the digestiou
of other foods. Sucha preparation virtually
rests the tired digestive organs, -thereby re?
storing then to their natural strength
The Digr ~e Cordial, as prepared by the
Shakers ?. .ouot Lehman, is just such a
preparation, *?d a single IO cent bottle will
convince y ou cf its value If your druggist
doesn't keep it, he will he glad to get it
through bis whoiesile bou*e
L. xol is the best medicine fer children Doc?
tors recommend it in phce cf Castor Oil.
According to The Herald, an
Albany, Ga , jeweler has unearthed the
greatest fool since Simple Simon. "I
sold a clock to a county negro,'' said j
the jeweler, ''aod be came in after-?
wards and claimed that the thing was j
no good-that the bands wouldn't, work j
right. I told him to bring it in and I i
would see what was the matter with it. J
When be came again and brought the !
clock he had the bands tied together |
with a cotton strin?. The longest j
hand he snid. would go clean round the
d i H 1 in an hour, while the other only j
cuoved an inch or so. He jost couldn't
make them ruo together, he saH, until
he ried them, and then he said the
thing wouldn't run at all. Ar':er so
long a ria>e I succeeded io explaining to
him i bat ir. was the business of the
long band to go while the hour hand
moved only from one hour mark to
another, but I'll be blamed if he aia't
the blue ribbon fool of the county "
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Tae Finest assortment of choice stationery
at H. G Osteeo and Co's, book store.
The March numbers of the Fashion Maga?
zines ai fl. G Osteeo & Co's.
j-?; frtSCTS CURE FOR,?to.
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Estate of Mrs* Rebecca A? Woods?
DECEASED.
ALL P3RSONS HOLDING CLAIMS
against Estate of said deceased, will pre?
sent same dui? atteeted, and ail Persons in?
debted to said Estate will make immediate
payment to
ALLISON H. TRULUCK,
Qualified Exor.,
Feb. 10, '97-31*. Taylors P. 0., S. C.
Estate of Miss Jennie Dargan,
MINOR.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County on March 10th, 1897,
tor a final discbarge as Guardian ot the Per?
son and Estaie of foresaid Minor.
MILTON DARGAN,
Fib. 10, '97-4t*. Guardian.
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The liver is the preat " driving
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Claremont Lodge 1. U A. I M.
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
4, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday
Evening, March 18tb, flt 7? p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly
PATRICK BURNS
Ioforrrs his friends and the public that he.
ba9 re-opeoed business on Liberty Street,
opposite Boyle's Stables, with ? stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
a?d solicite patronage.
Prices as Lew as Anywhere
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JUST A FEW THINGS TO START THE SEASON WITH
Dry Goods Department.' SHOES. Furnishing Goods.
2,000 yards of 36-::ich Percales, 116 di?crent styles to select
from at Si c^s. We are ready for the OX- j ^e state positively that we have the greatest line of 25c and
Choice patterns for Shirt Waists and Dresses. ?FOKD and SLIPPER trade, 50c NECKWEAR that has ever been in Su nu er. Where
! do we set them.-such Teckb, Reversible 4-in-h:inds, Puffs,
Better COme early as they are being \Y?a Sh0M HU? W? CIubs/&? : and at 25 cents. Such things have never been
. - . ? . /. mi ?have: really itrs a pleasure io heard oil.
picked over and going last. 1 ney '
should they are bargains. ? , * T uU?Our?O^eiitonesaredreamsofbeauty. Just
J 0 pride and pleasure m showing > 100? a? onr willdOWS and S8e for yourself.
them. Ju?t stop in for a look i
Novelty Checks, Suitable for early Spring and get the prices> You williSee ;he new shape hat-the straight-brim Alpine. Tho latest
Shirtwaists, very stylish, 12 1-2 cents. besurprise(L ' j thing m Hats.
J. RYTT?NBERG
On Account of Change of our Business, we
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