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: -fc=r:_:_?:-r-~-r w ??DI? ??SPAY, JUNE 23, 1897. I - > The Suntfer Wait:timan was loanded ? io 1850 and the iTra? Southron io, 1866. ^ The Watchman and Southron now has i "he combined circulation and influence of both of tbfe old papers, and is mani? festly ?he best advertising medium in Sumte-. ?DITOBIA1Y NOTES. The News and Courier has been bragging on tho comparative coolness ? Bfc?of Charleston when the thermometer j registered 95 degrees in the shade ? That was an exhibition of martyr like devotion to borne institutions. There h not mach choice between ! the U S. Courts and the dispensary j law. Both are guilty of usurping the j rights of the people and infringing upon the Constitution. The judiciary j are becoming entirely too potent :n _ affairs of government and in busi? ness of a corporate character as well j - ' Sumter did not get quite so warm j as Charleston, but the few degrees of j comparative coolness added nothing to anyone's comfort. It has been ? hot in Sumter for several days-which we do not hesitate to confess-and the Sumter people who spent Tuesday in Charleston assert, with an appear? ance of sincerity, that the city by the ? sea was as hot as blazes notwithstand J ing the comparative coolness theory, j Dr. Woodrow has resigned the j presidency of the South Carolina ! college, to the sincere regret of all i friends of the institution. He has j done much for the college, * but his j distinguished scholarship and pre- j pre eminent ability are too well I r known wherever learning is sp-j predated for it to be necessary to re- j mark concerning the great loss his j resignation is to the College. He j may continue in office for another j year to give the trustees full*oppor- ; tunity to secure a successor who will i fil! the position acceptably, and it is j to be hoped that he will consent to do so ! gig* v j The trustees of Newberry College j have decided to admit women to the j eoliege classes Forman University admitted women two or three years ago, and the movement is so popular it is bat a question of a short time wheo all colleges will permit women to enter their classes Chancellor Boggs, of the University of Georgia, in his annual report, which was made public last week, recommends that the classes of the university be open ed to women. Women are entitled to the best educational advantages provided by the State, and it was a spirit of narrow old fogy ism that has heretofore denied them the privi? lege of higher education in the best schools. The resignation of President Graig bead of Clemsou bas been productive of very few expressions of regret, and there seems to be a well defined convic? tion that the los? cf Prof Creigh ead is a gain to the College. Prof. Craig bead is undoubtedly a scho'iat ly. ma*? I and a teacher of anility, but under hi* management dissension has prevailed i io the faculty and dissatisfaction among j the students. Thus far the college has ] been a success neither as an agricul ' taral and industrial school nor as a j military academy Prof. Craighead bad j a difficult 'ask, and every allowance ! should be made for him sioce he was \ enable to accomplish all that was ex? pected of him. He was not thelman for tbrt pUce-tht? was demonstrated I by the rer-ult* ??f hts incumbency of the Presideocv-and while he Jiay be fitted for large achievements to a college where the curriculum is purely literary and a distinguished career may yet be wa? yet bis term as President of Clem j soo was very nearly a complete failure. ; The dispensary will probably come i" to the succor of the State treasury when the board of control meets July 6th The board now bas on deposit $54,000 of profits that have accured ? since the first of the year. Only j about one half of this is available, as the other is due for purchases and expenses. A portion of this will most probably be turned in to the State treasurer for current expenses. It will come in at a time that it is most needed, for Dr. Timmerman has -al ra dy stated that in the early part of July he will be forced to borrow a sum of at least $100,000. Should $25,000 be paid in by the dispensary,, however, he may be enabled to post? pone borrowing any money for a few weeks at any rate, The board wilj decide when it meets how much of I the $54,000, if any, can be spared the State NEGROES IN COTTON MILLS. ! When white laborers cannot be se j cored in sufficient numbers to ope j rate a factory the management is justifiable in employing negroes, and it is no affair of outsiders. The fear is entertained in some quarters that the result of the suc? cessful and satisfactory utilization of negroes as factory operatives will be a general displacement of the white operatives in Southern cotton mills, and the substitution of negroes, who may be employed at a much lower rate of wages than now obtains. The saving in wages to be made by the substation of negro labor will serve as a powerful incentiv? to mill own? ers for making the change as soon as it has been thoroughly de? monstrated, by some years of practi? cal experience, that the negro opera? tives perform the work required 38 skilfully and as regularly * as whites. There is not the least reason to doubt that ultimately the great abun? dance of cheap negro labor in the South willi be utilized in the cotton mills that are being built in such numbers every year, as well as in all other branches of industry. The ne^ro is a fixture in the Southern States.; they form the bulk of the laboring class of this section, and will continue to do so until long after a majority of the present generation have passed from the scene of earthly activity ; they are wealth-producers as well as the white people of the South, and whenever tbeir condition is improved, and new fields of labor are opened to them, fields in which there is a prospect of steady employ? ment at better wages, we should be pleased and gratified, rather than filled with forebodings of disaster it will be the best thing that ever happened for the cotton manufactur? ing interests of the South, and for the South as a whole, if the negro can be employed in the. cotton mills satisfactorily and profitably. The suc? cess of the experiment will be the greatest possible stimulus to the more rapid expansion cf the cotton mili business in the South, and the next ten years will witness an industrial development as great as it will be beneficial to all classes and condi? tions of society in the Sooth. The haunting fear that the white factory operatives will be the suffer? ers by the utilization of negroes does not appeal to the writer, for several reasons, principally, however, be? cause we are firmly convinced that long before the negroes come to be in any wise an important element among the cotton mill operatives of the South, there will be a demand for labor sufficiently great to utilize all of the -available supply of both whites and negroes. The cotton mili business is but in its earliest in? fancy in the South, and when it has attained even a partial development, more labor will be required than the South will be able to supply, unless the negroes are called into service We have not the least partiality or fondness for the negro, but we do recoguize and appreciate their value as laborers in every branch of in? dustry in which we have known ?hem to be utilized under competent ami intelligent directiou, and we have sufficient knowledge of what they have done as laborers and as skilled mechanics to warrant the be? lief that in cotton mills or in milis cf other sorts the negro will be found equal to the requirements ; cotise- j quently we entertain the hope that the negro will bc the reserve upon which the cotton mills will draw for i labor when the supply of native i white labor is exhausted, for the | negro is fdr preferable to the igno? rant, degraded, vicious and unman? ageable foreigners who fill the mills, mines and workshops of the North. If it be true that the presence of the negro in the South has kept back the tide of immigration of this class of foreigners, then the South owes the negro a debt of deepest gratitud-' If it is possible to keep these unde sirable foreigners out of the South another quarter of a century, or even a decade, by putting the negro in the cotton mills and workshops as rapid- | ly as additional labor is needed, such ? a course had best be adopted. We have the negroes and we know them; fori irately wc haven't the Huns and Slavs and Dagos, and we don't want them now or ever. Wo have negros, and it is nothing more than common 6ense to make the best possible use of them at all times and in every line of industry. We have spent millions of dollars since the ! war in educating them, and j should give them a chance to re ! these millions by assisting in a menting the South's wealth by tak part in the active work of develop I the manufacturing interests of South. There is work enough in South for ail, both white and bia and there is no just and tona grounds for uneaeinese because il proposed to take a few of the negr from the cotton fields and put th into the cotton faetones. It is I right to give white factory hands j preference if they render good a satisfactory service, but it would olly to keep a mill closed or lea roany mills unbuilt because wh operatives are unobtainable, when the same time negroes could be cured to perform the required wc in a thoroughly satisfactory manne Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FE VEJ TONI C. ^-~wS^tm-* - L-i - -^mmm* Weekly Crop Bulletin. The following is the report of t Weather Bureau on the crop cone tions for the week ending June 22 The week averaged 5 degrees p day hotter than usual with a maximu temperature above 100 at many place The highest reported was 102 on tl 19th at Gili:?onville ; the lowest 68 ( the 13th and 16th at Florence. Tl mean of the btate, for the wee deduced from 50 reports was S3 ar the normal is approximately 78. RAINFALL. There were showers in some po tions of the Sta*e each day in th week althongh, with a few exception the rainfall was light, as 26 places rc ported less than one inch ; 10 froi one to two inches; 10 over tw inches, with 5 21 at Peck's Station 3 50 at Mount Clare ; 3 15 at St George ; and 3.55 at Florence Th average of the measurements wer 1 09 while the normal is approximz tely 1.00 There was an abundance of sun shine, the estimated percentage of th possible wa? 83, and not below noi mal at any place. Destructive hail fell in Florence Anderson, Sumter, Darlington, New berry, and Orangebarg Counties. High winds destructive to crops especially corn, occurred on the 17tl in Florence, Clarendon, Darlington Marion, Chester and Chesterfield There were also destructive winds ii Hamp.on, Spartanburg, Picken s Greenville and Beaufort. The in jury was in each case confined tc comparatively small areas. CROPS. The combination of steady high tem perature, abondant sunshjpe, and geo erally sufficient moisture was vet} favorable on crops, which made rapic growth except that in ploces corn anc cotton wilted in the midday sun, reviv lng again at night G?er portions ot Barowell, Bamberg, Pickeos, Edge field, Horry, Anderson, Aiken ano Lexington Cc-unties th* ground is verj dry and hard. Over portions of Berke ley, Florence, Clarendon, Orangcburg, Horry, Chester and York Counties the ground is too wet to plow and grass has become a menace to small corn and ro cotton. Grassy fields aie also re? ported from Sumter, Udion and New? berry Counties, otherwise fields are generally clean, and free trorn grass or being rapidly put into such condition From Spartanburg and Fairfield com plaint is received of crusted soil after the heavy raios of the previous week Lands were badly washed tn Edgefield and Greenville. All these adverse conditions are more than offset by reports of improvement in crop condition.*), over tho State gen? erally, and applicable to all crops raised. Inseots were less numerous and destructive than during any pre vious week of this orop season, although chinch bug? in York and Chester, on corn ; a root louse or beetle, on cotton in Richland may be noted as excep tions. The latter insect is new to the region infested. Some of thc lands flooded by the previous heavy rains have been replant? ed and others abandoned. Corn ia being laid by with prospects ' decidedly bettered although adverse re? ports are numerous. Early com is in silk an-1 tassel. Its color is ^ood ex? cept in Berkeley where i: is turning yellow. The improvement noted docs not yet promise a full crop. Cotton continues small, is healthy . : aud thc^W^*'' 'ls oeS*iaD^Da tJ bloom. ? Tbe plant made fair growth and its condion is generally satisfactory, ex? cept where injured by excessive rain? in Berkeley, Chester and ?ork. Some rust is noted in FairSeld and Lexiog t on Sea island cotton io splendid condition, free from parasites and blooming Tobacco was injured by hail in por? tions ot Floreuce, Clareodoo and Dar? lington. Its condition ha* generally improved but i* not uniform, and in places tobacco shows s:gns of maturing too eariy. Rice doing well ic Coileton, but last planting some what injured by caterpil? lars. Is small io Williamsburg. Small and yellow in Lexington, Early rice beadiog well Watermelons poor and late, although showing decided improv^inet latterly. Eirly peaches inclined to be small and faulty. Grapes rotting badly io 1 Darlington. Peas being sown in with corn and on j stubble lands. Seed scarce over the eastern counties but plentiful over the : western. The .crop is making good \ growth. . i Wheat harvest practically finished i Fail oats also harvested, with generally good yields. Some damaged in the shock hy rain. Spring oats being cot and are ooor Threshing begun with ; yield of wheat good, of oats from poer ! to very good. Gardens haye kept up their aban- j daot yield of seasonable veg?table?. j Pastures are better than heretofore. I Wild berries are abundant over the I entire State. Sogar cane of all var?e- ? lies doing very well. From the national bulletio of Jone j 14 : "There bas been a general im- I provemen' in the condition of cotton ! throughout the cotioo beir. it being j most marked io South Carolina and ; Georgia. "Corn, while generally backward, j ba3 made good progressin ?he principal j corn Stares under the favorable weather i conditions of tb? p-jsr wefk. A mark cd improvement in the croa is reported : from Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, ; and generally throughout the central j valleys. J. W. BAUER, Section Director. ! Take JOHNSON'S CHILL ?t FEVER MCKINLEY'S MESSAGE. Presents Victoria the Felici? tations of Americans. London, June 21.-President Mc? Kinley has sent the following person? al letter to Queen Victoria, which was delivered to her by Minister Whitelaw Reid as special envoy : To Her Majesty, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India Great and Good Friend : In the name and on behalf of the people of the United States 1 present their sin? cere felicitations upon the sixtieth anniversary of your majesty's acces? sion to the crown of Great Britain I express the sentiments of my fel? low citizens in wishing for your peo? ple the prolongation of a reign illus? trious and marked by advances in science, arts and popular well doing On behalf of my countrymen, I wish particularly to recognize your friend ship tor the United States and your love of peace exemplified upon im? portant occasions. It is pleasing to acknowledge the debt of gratitude and respect due to your personal virtue May your life be prolonged and peace, honor and prosperity bless the people over whom you have been called to rule. May liberty flourish throughout your empire under just and equal laws and your government continue strong in the affections of all who live under it And I pray God to have your majes? ty in Iiis holy keeping. Done at Washington, this 28th dav of May, A. D , 1897. Your good friend William McKinley By the President : John Sherman, secretar}' of state. Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from 5 to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. One of the candidates for Con? gressional honors, while advancing his claims why he hud a right to ex? pect tho suffrage of the people of this district, staled as his chief rea? son ?hat h? (the candidate) was born partly in Marion and partly in Bor ry.-Marien Star. DAUNTLESS SEIZED. Drifted From Cuba With Her Engines Disabled. Jack-noviile. Fia, Jone 21.-Dis? patches to-night ro The Citizen report that the cutter McLean searched tho steamer Biscayne Sunday afrercoon and ""later proceeded ta Alligator Reef iight, opposite lOKPr Matecomb ICey, where the steamer Daancle^s was ashore, hav? ing drifted from the Cabar, coa^r. with her engines damaged Toe McLan?; to-day seized the Dauntless, which had men and arms aboard when the Bis? cayne spoke io her Sunday aud brought her to Key West. The cutter For w*rd had the Childs in charge Agricultural Hall Fight. Charleston. June, 21.-The legal battle for the agricultural hall, now used as the State dispensary, will be re Dewed in the United States circuit court tomorrow Borh Attorney Gen? era! Barber and Assistant Attorney General Townsend are expect? ed to be on hand. The ca.-e comes up on the recent order of Mr. Berber, compel?og E B. Wesley, who was declared to be the rightful owner of the property by the United States supreme court, to show cause, why S. W Vance should not be mace a party defendant, with liberty to get up by answer the defence of action. Mr. Barber also wanta the court to pass upon the rights of an officer to dispossess the State of the building, and he also petitions for a stay in the judgment untii the rights and claims, of Vance be determined according to ?aw Eugene Debs has had himself elected president of the Co operative Common? wealth at a salary of ?100 per month. Indigestion ?3 of;en taken for consumption. The word consumption meaos wasting away, and dyspeptics often waste away'as badly ai consurnptires. The reason people waste away is because either*?r.ej don't get enough to eat, or they don't digest whit 'hey do OH!. If' the latter is your trouble, take Shaker Digestive Co:dial Tf.is will help yo? to diger? your food and s'op your loss of health. Shaker Digestive Cordial is made from herbs, barks and the juices of fruit, by the weil-known Shakers at .Mount Letj.mcn. I: possesses great tonic and digestive powers. Soaker Digestive Cordial hts cured mar.? supposed consumptives (wbo were re*ily dyspeptic?), by dimply helping tb<?irstomachs to digest tt-eir food, thus giving tbtm nour isbaent and new strength. Soid by druggists. Triai bottles 10 cents. PROCLAMATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EX?CUTI VB CHAMBER. Whereas, a petition signed by the quali?ed electors of certain parts of Darlington, Ker? shaw and Sumter counties having been gled with me, and from said petition ?econ: pany iog pupers it appears that one-third of the qualified electors residing within tbe area of each section of each of tbe old coooties pro? posed to be cut off for a hew county have signed siid petition, ard, Whereas, the bouudaries of the proposed name, the number of inhabitants, the taxa? ble property as shown by the last tax returns, the area, and that tbe proposed lines of tbe new county do not run nearer tban eight miles of any court house now established, are set forth in said petition : Now, therefore, T, W. H. Elierbe, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in compliance with the requirements of an Act of tbe General Assembly, entitled "Ao Act to pro? vide for the formation of new coun? ties, etc approved March 9th, A. D. 1S96, do hereby oroer an election in the territory to be cutoff for the new county on the 20tb day of July, A. D 1897, to be held in ac cordauce with the requirements of said Act ; at which the elecioia shall vote '"Yes" or "No" upon the qucsiion of creating a new county and upon toe uaroe and county seat of the proposed new county. Io testimony wbTrof, I have here? unto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the ."-'tate to be affixed at Columbi* this 24th day of May, KA A. D. 1897, and in the one hundred and twenty first y?ar of the lode pendence ot the Uoited States of AmeriCi. W.H.ELLERBE. By the Governor : D.H. TOMPKINS, Secretary of State. June 23. NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR LEE COUNTY. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COCNTY. Whereas, the Governor of South Carolina having issued and served on us a copy of bis Proclamation requiring the Commissioners of Election to provide for and hold an election in the portion of Sumter couoty proposed to be cut off to form part of tbe proposed new Lee county : Now, therefore, notice is hereby given of such election, to be holden on the 20tb day of July, 1837, at the following precincts of Sumter county : Lynchburg, St. Charles,Reid's Mill, Biah opville, Carter's Croping, Bossed, and Smithville. The Coronrssiou^rs of Election will meet j at the court house ia tlie city of Sumter at | ll o'clock a. m. on Monday, the 5tb day of July, t.eit, to appoint Managers and attend j to such uther bus;neid *?s may properly com? ? before them ED WIN WILSON. A. G. WARREN, Chairman. j Clerk. Jone 23. 13 CUHES WHERE ALL EIS? WIS, ?S it* Best CouKb Syrup. Tastes GoocL Ure gi Ln time. Soid by druspists. gt I Saratoga, X. Y., June 20 -Austin j S?sifh. i?ged 18 years, of Sandy Hii:? i was killed to day while piaviog base j ball on the Washington County fair j ground*. Smith was at the bat when Pitcher Edward McGinois threw a ! curve bali whicn struck Smith under j the ea?-. 'causing concussion of the j brain and almost instant death. I Tait's Pills ; Cure All ?Liver Ills. A CLEAR1 HEAD; i good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some of the results of the use j of Tutt's Liver Pills. A single dose will convince you of their wonderful effects and virtue* A Known Fact An absolute cure for sick head? ache, dyspepsia, malaria* sour stomach, dizziness, constipation bilious fever, piles, torpid liver and all kindred diseases. Tiitt's Liver Pills A trial of a SHEFF PIANO will leave you ia DO doun t ii s to its merit. The rieb st:d elegant cases gi?e an *dded charm tc them Possessing a delightfully sweet aed musical tone and clearness Mid purity which eztends to the uppermost not? ot' ihe scale. !3 II HOV wonder that the STIEFF PIANOS are in such demand to-duy. Mu ay pianos are high Driced, but none are fcuperior .md few are equal io the STIEFF, if one ffl'iv judge by the unstinted praise from all patrons wno hare used n Stieff for nearly a quarter of a ceotury Terois to ?uit. Send for catalogue. CHARLES M. STIEFF, 9 N. Liberty Street, Ballimore. 416 Main St . Norfork Va. I Claremont Loose Eo. 64 A. F. M. THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Cl?i.-emont Lodge. So. i 44, A. F. M.. wiil be held on Thursday j Evenicg, Joly 8th, at 7$ p. m. Brethren j will take doe notice and govern tnemseives accordingly WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this bead for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. AGENTs WANTED. Male or female ia every county. Business respectable, uouipensation good. No trouble to make some money. Address Chronicle, Augusta, Ga., for particulars. THE CHEROKEE INN, 1,000 Feet Above the Sea. i A Perfect Summer Home. Cool Rooms. 800 feet of Wide Porches* Extensive Weli-shaded Grouods. Tennis Courts, Dancing, Children's Play Grounds, Good Drives, Reasonable Livery Charges. Cool Nigbis, Pure Air, Litbia Springs, Coolest and sweetest water in tbs State. Frebh Fruits and Vegetables, Cuisine and service the best. Easy of ac? cess, rates reaso&able, 8 mails daily. JNO. F. JONES, June 9- BLACKSBURG, S. C. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, JOHN J NEASON, made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of tbe Estate of and effects of JOHN E. NEASON, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and credi tors of the said JOHN E NEASON, late of said CouBty and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in tbe Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., on June 24, 1897, next, after publication thereof, at 1< o'clock io tbeforeDoon, to show cause, if any they have, wby the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hanr?, this 9th day of June, A. D., 1897. THCS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. June 9-2t._ Notice of Examination. rjpHE NEXT EXAMINATION FOR I TEACHEaS in the public schools of Sumter County will be held on the 4th Friday, the 25th day of June, next, at the usual pisces. No ono less ih-m 18 viars of ?ge can luke the examination. W J. Dc!?ANT. Co. Supt. Education. Mar 26-41 1). M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to him. Office on Court House Square, ic Bianding oftce.