The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 07, 1897, Image 4
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* WfiDNJBS DAY, APRIL 7, 1897
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The Sumter Watchman was rounded
u 1850 and the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
he combined circulaci?n and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sumter.
^Fbe reduction sf the phosphate
royalty to. twenty-five cents per ton
|;>-was a wise conclusion on the part of
the phosphate commission It was
the only means of keeping life in the
one time lusty octopus.
The establishment of school book
dispensaries is left optional with the
county boards of education, and it is
safe to predict that few will be es?
tablished
Hon. John L McL-aurin can be the
I. next Governor of South Carolina if |
he wants to. f?e is growing in pop?
ularity steadily, and from a begin?
ning of small promise he has risen to
< the top of the political heap in this
" State. ,
?
Ex Senator Patrick Walsh is a
. candidate for Mayor of Augusta, and
Ksnd will be elected. Augusta is
^fortunate in having him for a citizen,
* j and vrili be thrice fortunate with him
Iin the Mayor's chair.
Dispensary constables must keep
Rtheir bands ofif of liquor imported for
Rpersonal use, the new iaw to the con
Sptrary notwithstanding. If they have a
longing desire to go to jail, however,
Hpthat nothing short cf incarceration
will satisfy, they can proceed with
the"seizure, and Judge Simonton will
promptly send them up for contempt.
The owners of the confiscated liquor j
may also obtain redress by entering
suit for damages against the consta?
bles *
i The most surprising and unexpect?
ed thing of the year that has come
under our observation was the ad?
mission of Congressman Lovering of
Massachusetts, that the best planned,
I best built, best equipped, best man?
aged and most profitable cotton mill
to be found in the world is in South
Carolina Of course ii is true, but
I who would have expected a Massa?
chusetts man to acknowledge the fact?
One single objection is that there are
not more of 6uch mills in the Slate,
j We want, yea med, a few in Sumter.
Newberry will entertain the Stale
Press Association during its annual
meeting in that city, May 25-27, in
royal style Wc have uo inside in?
formation, but a few facts -that have
leaked out iu oonnectiors^gHth the
preparations that are being
made satisfy us that the ecntors will
> be in clover while in Newberry.
The writer has attended a few of the
annual meetings, and experience has
taught him to read the signs with
tolerable accuracy. Newberry and
President Aull make a good team,
and we stake our reputation as a
prophet on the prediction (hat. the
record is going to be broken about
May 25-27, and the lem will b? On |
hand to drink a few toasts to their ;
success
We have noted with a degree of
pain and sorrow that some of the
newspapers of this State that have,
on occasion, been most outspoken
in defence of lynch law are now la
menting the lawless and bloody
record of our people. Such incon?
sistency is actually painful. If it is
a highly murai and justifiable pro?
ceeding f >r a crowd-we won't say
mob-numbering anywhere from
three to a hundred, to avenge a crime
against society by putting a sup
posed criminal to death hy torture or ?
otherwise, why is it not equally as j
moral, justifiable and edifying gener?
ally fer an individual to appeal, also,
to a ''higher law" iu defiance of the
statutes and avenge a public or pri?
vate wrong by putting his adversary
to death with the nimble pistol ? The
one proceeding is equally as moral
and justifiable or fully as outrageous
and culpable as the other. There is
neither logic nor sense in defending |
and praising collective murder while
defaming and condemning the indi- ?
vidual manslayer.
Lamp sbad?s when .artistically maviecfj
crepe tissue ?re things of beauty. If ycu \
wact to make stades to beautify your bornee i
H. G. Osteea & Co. can supply the materials. ?
A large stock of crepe tissue in ten foot rolls ?
ju3t received.
Cinco, the 3 cent straight Havana Cigar,
for sale by H. G. Osteen & Co.
Another Chance For Sa?
lem County.
mt
Changed the Lines Hence it is
Possible for Another Elec?
tion to be Ordered.
There is to be ano?ber election in the
district of the State which it was orig?
inally proposed to form the new county
of Salem. It will be remembered that
Govrrno Evans ordered ?n election on
the question of forming this new coun?
ty last fall. The advocates of the new
county failed to carry the eleotion.
j Until a few days ago noth- |
? ing was heard of the pro?
i posed new county, the Constitution
j prohibiting another election within four
years. But the men who lived in cer?
tain portions of the territory concerned
wanted a new county and so they set to
work to arrange other territorial lir.es
aod so on. The result was that [they
wrote the governor submitting their
position in full aod asking if an elec?
tion would be ordered in case all con?
stitutional requirements were complied
with.?
The matter was refeared the attorney
general's office ano* the following opin?
ion rendered yesterday wiH be read
with joy by those'interested :
To His Excellency, W. H. Eilerbe.
Dear Sir: The letter of Mr. J. L.
Parrott, referred to this office, bas had
careful consideration.
It appears that the people propose to
form a new county from portions of
Sumter, Kershaw and Darlington to be
called Salem. ? petition was filed in
the executive office last year, and
Governor Evan?ordered an election at j
which two-tbir?j^o? the qualified eleo- i
tors according 'to tbe returns of the
county board of canvassers did not vote
in favor of the formation of tbe new
county io Darlington aod Kershaw.
The proposition of the people now is
to change the lines of the new county
so as to take 50 miles less from Ker
shaw county, 35 miles less from D?.r
liog/oo and 75 miles more from Sumter
and also to change the name, aud the
question submitted is : Can you order
an ejection for the creation of the pro?
posed new county ?
The'answer to this question depends j
upon the construction of the last clause
in section 2, article 7, of the Constitu?
tion of 1895, which is as follows :
*'Ao election upon the question cf
forming the same proposed new j
county shall not be held oftener :han
once in four years "
What is the meaning of the words :
"the same proposed new county ?*'
Clearly they signify the same cour?ty in
area, population, taxable property,
oame, etc
No election could be ordered tof be
held m precis?ly the same territory
oftener than ODce io four years But
when there are substantial changes io
the area, population, etc , it *wouid not
be au election upon the question of
formiog "the same proposed new coon
ty"
The manifest object of the inhibition j
io the Constitution upon tbe power of '
the governor to order elections upon |
the question of tbe forming of the j
same proposed new counties oftener j
than once in four yesrp, was to save the j
people from the excitement and trou- |
ble incident to frequent elections. Bf- j
sides this it was presumed that it was j
not probable that wheu the people had j
voted adversely upoo 6uch a question, j
they woold change in a short time and j
it was, therefore, a work of supererro |
gation to again submit the question j
until time had its effect upon the seoti- \
meat of the voters.
Where immaterial chaoses are made !
io the area, etc , of a proposed new
county, which has beoo voted upon by j
the people, such as are insignificant, j
then an election would rot b? cribed j
again in four years because to do so ;
w*u!d be a mere evasion of tbe Coosti- j
tution and in violation of it, Where j
the changes proposed to be made nre as j
subs?aiitial as these stated in the letter
of ,Mr. Parrott, I am of the opinion
that thc oiection can be ordered and it
will not violate the Constitution and
w?l c?-.t be ordering an election upon
'ri f
the question of forming the e-ame nev?
county of Salem
Yours v?>ry truly,
C. P. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Attorney General
Io accordance v.i:h this opinion thc
governor V7i. 1 order the desire! election
upon the presentation cf thc proper pe?
titions signed by the requisite number
of electors residing in thc territory pro
posed to be included ia the new county.
,- ?? -?mmmm
It nay sive you tiras ani money to be in?
formed that, when you need a blood-purifit-r,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is tlje kind most io favor
with the medical profession It is tne standard
and, as such, tbe only biood-puri6?r adaiitud
at the Chicago World's Fair.
Rules for Pension Boards.
Circular Prom State Board
Winch Will Make the
Work Uniform in the
Several Counties.
J At last the State board of pensions
? bas coostrued the complicated oew pen
I sion law and issued some rules aod
j instructions "for the guidance of town
j ships and county boardsTof pensions as
j authorized by an act wip leference to
i peosious," which is wended to sim
! plify the new law to such an estes'.?
that the boards will be able to carry out
its provisions without, much difficulty
It is earnestly to be boped that the
rules drawn up will prove effective in
accomplishing what is desired. They
are being printed in circular form and
will be sent out by the comptroller to j
those interested in all parts of the
State.
Here are the instructions :
The pension boards organized in
1896 will at once call together the sol?
diers and sailors resident in each town?
ship in their respective couoties, "fixing
the time and place for such meeting in
each township. Those soldiers and
jailors, when assembled, elect one of
their number chairman and another
secretary. Ten days after this town?
ship organization the chairman of these
township boards meet at the county
seat and elect four of their number and
one physician as a county examining
board of pensions.
Pensioners now applicants for pen?
sions cannot be elected a member of
township pensions boards. When old
soldiers caonot be found in tbe town?
ships, reputable resident citizens may
be elected. If any township shall fail
or refuse t<* crganize as required by
this act, thea the county boards should
recommend three good men not pen?
sioners to the State pension board, ?ho
will appoint such township boatds.
All pensioners resident io the town?
ships must appear in person before the
township boards Those already on
thc pension roll need not prepare and
file new applications. AU new.appli?
cants must be presented to and have
the approval or disapproval of the town
boar?? and county boards before the
State board can approve. Township
boards can drop from the roi? of pen?
sioners, as now constituted, tbe name
or names of any party or parries which
in their judgment are not enticed to a
pension under tbe-raws, and add to the
roll only such names of new applicants
a-* may fi?e such applications, with proof
of service i hereon, as indicated by tbe
blat.k forms prepared by the State
board
Applications defective or not filled up
correctly in each particular, although
aproved by . township and county
boards, will be disapproved by the State
board
Applications approved or disapproved
by thc Stare board caonot be returned
to tb? county or township board? after
money bas been pro -atea and paid ont
Township and county boards will notice
that tho law provide? three classe*?,
"A," * B." and ."C." (with five sub?
division-) of olas* "C.") as follows:
Cla.-s A-Those who have lest both
arm?, on both hands, or both legs, or
loth eyes, or whose absolute disability
arising from wounds are equivalent to
the loss of either. Tbis dje* not io
elude soloieis whose disabilities arise
from diseases t r cau-ts arising since the
war
Class B-Those who have lost oce
arm or one leg, or whose disabilities
from wounds s*re ?qui valent to the loss
of in arm or a leg.
Class O-(No. 1 )-ThcS3 soldiers
and sailors disabled by wounds, but not
sufficient to be placed io Class B,
wbo*e incomes do not exceed $250.
Class C-- (No 2 )-Those who have
reached the age of sixty years and
whose incomes do not exceed ?100.
Class C-(No 3 -Widows of those
who lost their lives io the service of
the State or Confederate States, and
whose incomes do not exceid ?250.
Class C-(No 4) Widows above
the age of six'y years, whose incomes
dues not exceed $100
C?ass C-No. 5.)-Widows of^jen
sioocr* This class is not mentioned
in th? printed acts sent our, but by the
act approved-Dscember, 1894
B auks for the report of township and
c unt y boards lit accord with these
clasps and subdivisions have been pre?
pared and mai eu to auditors to distri?
bute among these board?. Class A
gets ?6 per month or $72, and will be j
paid io full ibis amount ; Class B, p?r
month cr ?4S ; and QIsss C, with each
of i's fubuivisions, ?o per month or
?36. After Cia?s A is paid, the bal- '
ance will be pro rated between B and C j
on the basis of $4 to ?3 This money
will b? sent to the clerks of court as
heretofore provided in the appropriation
acts each year, and will \ rs sent just as
?.coo as the r<di for the State eau be
corrected and completed.
Ti>*vor?lrp- board? can'not b-s loo care
ful in ?li:-so matters of "income" and i
'.physical condition r It is a very !
poor mau whose gio.1* income from j
labor, rent ?rid other sources, does not J
exceed $100, or poor lands, if any. ;
which will not produce this amount, j
Properly in applicant's or his wife's j
name debars them Where soldiers-or]
widows dispose of their property by j
giving or selling to their children, iht
are debarred from receiving a pension
The question of service to the State
io connection with the various classes-j
of reserves called into thc service of j
thc State at the close of the w;;r. wii!
depend much upon the evidence sub- ;
twitted to thc State board When real
service was rendered, the pension j
should be allowed. Aoy citizen of the
State over sixty years of age, and
otherwise qualified, is as much eoritled
to a pension as that class of her good
i citizsn3 who merely met aod organized
j on cali, without real service.
Let township and county boards act
prorop.ly and fairly, giving the State
board full information with complete re?
ports by township fur each county,
writiog names full and clear, with par?
ticulars for approving or disapproving
oase. Township boards must first ap?
prove or disapprove, in writing, each
new application', and then county
boards, and afterwards the State
board
When the boards (1896) have acted
under laws then of force and approved
or disapproved applications for pen?
sions, let such applications be sent to
township boards, then to county boards
to be approved or disapproved under
the act of 1897 amending former act?.
D. H Tompkins,
Secretary of State.
W A. Barber,
Attorney General.
Sames Nortoo,
Comptroller General.
State Board of Pensions.
County Pension Board.
Sumter, S. C , April 5, 1897.
Tbe County Board of Pensions met to-day
at Auditor's office, a?d passed the following
resolutions :
ResolTed, That in accordance with tbe
rules as laid down by the State Examining
Board, the veterans, soldiers aod sailors
in the war, are called to meet on the I4th
day of April, 1897, at ll o'clock, a. m., at
the fellowing places :
For Bishopville Township at.Bisbopville.
For Car.er's Crossing Towoship at Mann
viile
For Concord Towoship at Gordoo's vtill
For Lynchburg Township at Magnolia.
For Mayes^ilie Township at Johnson's
Store.
For Manchester Township at Liue School
House, near Mr Berkley's.
For Middleton Township at Wedgefield.
For Mt Clio Township at Reid's Mill.
For Privateer T . woship at Privateer Sta?
tion
For Providence Township nt Scamoro, P.O
For Rifting Creek Township at Remberl's
Store.
For St&teburg Township at Stateburg.
For Shiloh Township at Shiloh P. 0.
For Springhill Township at Smitbvill ,
P 0
For Swimming Pens Township at Bossard,
P. 0
Fer .Sumter Township fit Sumter, C. H.
Each meeting wi'.i elect from their number
three members for a Township Board, ihe
Chairman of which shall meet at tl.e Cour!
House in Sumter, S. C.. OD the 24?h day of
Apri!, 1857, to elect from their n;:njber four
members and a physician (o constitute the
County Examining Board.
Township Boards mus: be composed of vet?
erans who are.not applicants for pension
R L. ? CARBO RC UGH,
Chairman, pro tem. !
J D. W?der, Secretnry
Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
most stubborn case
of Fever in ONE DA Y.
Monroe D Wheeler, tbe ooe time colored
merchant of Main btreet, bas returned to the
city after a protracted sojouru at tbe well
known State institution on the banks of the
Wateree, Dear Hagood
Births and deaths reported to Health Officer
for past two weeks are es follows : Births:
2 colored males, 1 colored female. Death*:
1 wbite female, age 30years; 1 colored male,
age 30 years; 1 colored male infant ?nd 1 col?
ored female infan'; 1 colored male, age 68
years, and 1 eo'cred m-?ie, 8ge 2 years.
A brick crossing has ?een put down on
Main Street from Ry tteni-erg's cor?
ner to Delgar's corner, ?nd another is
being lair! between rVosswell's corner
and the Drv Gool;? Co The way the ;egs
and lines a*e set :; dicates thit Tbis one wjl
be an itnprovemer t on the one between Ryt
?enberg's and Cromwell's.
?
mts Piiis
Cure All
Liver ills.
ARE YOU1
BANKRUPTinhealth,
constitution undermined by ex?
travagance in eating, by disre?
garding the laws of nature, or
physical capital all gone, if so, ?
' NEVER DESPAIR j
Tutt-s Liver Pills will cure you. j
For sick headache, dyspepsia, j
sour stomach, malana, torpid j
liver, constipation, biliousness j
and all kindred diseases.
Tuttis Liver Pills j
an absolute cure,
_ _
.4 D V E RT IS EM ?NTS of five hues or leis j
j\ will oe inserted under this bead for 25
cents for each insertion. Additional iine.
:'. cents per ?i?-e.
\"TJ~A2?TEO-Ti ture Dyspepsia, Sick
y\ b'endarh.' ?nd Biliousness. Saropie j
P?ckage <<f Rawson's Specific mailed (rfe :
Kerver fails to cur? No sufferer should be :
w : i ri ; i u T it Address Singleton & Co . State ?
Agon's, Wedgeeeid, S. C ,
Maret) 0"1-1 mo. !
The leading liniment of the age, rapfdiy cures
Rheumatism, Neuralgia and all pains, For Cuts,
Sores, Burns, Sprains and Bruises it ss invaluable*
SALVATION OIL should be In every house, it costs
only 25 cents. Insist on getting st. "Take no other.
Chew LANGE'S PLUGS. The Great Tobacco Antidots. 10c. Dealers or mail.A.C.Meyer & Co.,Balto..Md.
The Spring Openings at Miss McDonald's give
hundreds an opportunity of examining the
exquisita styles for the Spring and Sommer.
Tie Oping Is Spring is Ttasday and May, April 8 th & 9i
The 38ssortmeot is large, and in every style there is a variety to please the
individual taste Former patrons and the public generally are cordially
invited to call and inspect the Pattern Hats and Bonnets, and they will be
suited in anything: they may want.
MISS MCDONALD,
MAIN STREET,_SUMTER. S. C.
An Easter Greeting to the
Ladies:
Good fortune smiles and you ignore rightful advantages
I if you do not claim t7ie benefits offered in this announcement
Many are the needs that, confront you with the advent of Spring. It is
' concerning thet-e requirement? and how they may be secured with satisfaction
; and f-conomy that we wish to speak. Our new line is now ready We present
{ tho latest sod best Spring goods at a scale cf uniformly low figures-so low, in
fact, that they may be (tuthlu?y called "price cooees? ons " Those goods are
j fully as attractive in style and qualify as they are in price, and we feel perfectly
j confident that th^y will appeal to your best judgment as a careful buyer in every
I way Thin is a conservative statement regarding facts which can be easily
substantiated any time you visit cur t-toro. Our great desire is to have you call
and see cur new Spring line, if will speak for itself-the quality and style
will be apparent a?:d tbe price will present it* own argument, fn extending this
j invitation wc are not urging you to become a bujer on the strength
j of our statement.*, bur to become a visitor. We do not ask sou to
j buy ; but hiing your experience and best judgment with you and com?
pare our reasonable attractions with -.our most cherished memories of cheap
buyi:?g-we'il leave the rest ro your own iodination. Our *t<>ck is of the prac?
tical, popular kir.d, that shows in a marke*.: degree thc evidences of a careful and
judicious selection from the best roarke's Variety, new novelties, and a
thorough up fo-dafe quality in all things is everywhere apparent. Our goods
have a s?y!e which pleases the fancy, a qualify that appeals to the judgment, and
a price inducement that sweeps ail doubts away Just whether present, prices
will ever be duplicated ip. of course, bard to say. but such values as we now
offer for Spring needs may surely be counted as one of the safe and satisfactory
investaieuts of a life-time. Our Spring goods are marked for quick selling It
is a time for you to decide quickly as to whether you shall select from our full
assortment ot fresh, desirable styles, or take chauces on perfect satisfaction a
little latrr on, when stock?, of necessity, must be more or less broken. We
should prefer to see y<>u to-day or to morrow ; later in the season wc shouid be
likely to please you but now we are certain to do so. Remember, such opportu?
nities do not have to wait iong fer new comers. A look will convince you these
are nu idle words-will you call and give it?
Ml
OUR
Clothing and Furnishings Department
Has a few brief things to say fur/itself:
Up-to-dateness has
ever been one
ot cur
Scarf features
To day's comers will ?
perhaps land us a
little ahead-bul that's
expected. Every new
birth of fashion finds
healthful nourishment here
5, IO, 15, 25 and. 50 cents.
J. RYTTENBEBG Ss SONS.
CHEAPNESS
in apparel doesn't
al ?ayn mean l- w
priced-Som*? folks
(hieking ol
CHEAPNESS
i have littlei-e.-- ui
price in m!0:l
hf the cost oi:
intrinsic vu lue.
CHEAPNESS
here means
betterment of garments
in every def ?ii
frcm cloth to buttons
and not. a cont foo
much to pay
That's honest
CHEAPNESS.
J. BYTTENBEBG 8s SONS.
To call a shirt
a fit whee
it is'ot, is fibbing
Call a fit a fit when it fits.
The shirt tbat doesn't,
isn't worth calling a shirt
These new arrivals are
in every sense, shirts and
no room for the tiniest fib
to squeeze in
At '*oewiy" small prices.
Launoried Shirts, Peaii Buttons, 50c
J. RYTTENBERG Sc SONS,
GOODNESS
in c?c-h, make,
style. St aod
finish, is crowd
iog a whole heao of
GOODNESS
into a suit
o. c'othes, but
sui'.s without
these points of
GOODNESS
finds vo
place
here
from ?5 00 to ?15 OH
the same
story of
i GOODNESS
J. EYT?ENBERG Ss SONS.
SHOE DEPARTMENT OH?T,
As usual our line of Ladies' Oxford Ties, Strap Sandals, ( pera
Slippers in black, russet and tan are the talk of
every one who lias seen them,
and they deserve it too. Look for yourself.
MEN'S OXBLOODS for Spring are the latest. Our line ol'
tans and black is complete. Enough said, prices are
made to suit von.
y a
The Large Store.
Sumter, 8. C.