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WSDNKSDA Y, JULY 7. ll ? r The Sumter Watchman was to is 185? and the 2Vwe Southron in 1 The TPofc?man ond Southron nc - the combined circulation and infi of both of the old papers, and is festly the best advertising medic Sam ter. aWMiMM-M---D JBDITOBIAL KOTES. Charleston appears to have si it's trolly stace the electric car Into operation, and everybody is wi the subject. Placing cotton bagging and ti? the free list is mach more bene to the Southern farmer than a t w per cent, tax on imports of foi cotton If the Richland Volunteers not regularly enlisted, whose was it? Watts', of course. * every. development of the mill mess Watts gets deeper in the 1 He had better get agitation stop The first result of Gov. Ellei weak kneed discrimination io fav< Geo. J oho Gary Watts is the dish iog of the Richland Volunteers, privates naturally objected to r< maud? and dismissals on the stree of the recommendation of the Com Iaqairy, wheo the recommeodat were disregarded where they ap pl ie ao officer. With Irby in the race the Seoato campaign will not be as one-sided devoid of excitement as anticip?t Ir hy's expressed intention is to io; Iio to the fight aa much of the fact io bitterness that attended the campai, ol? 1890 aod 1892 as possible, and have oo reason to doubt that he \ ?pare aay effort to inflame the passi of his friends and" supporters agai MoLaorio ?od all who give him t The fight is OD again, bot we are mt mistaken io our opinion of the pres? : ^ temper of the people if Irby succee ia arousing aoy considerable portioo them They are oot so easily ba boozied, and Irby shoaid recollect 1 own story shoot the lain band. 1 has played it once aod woo, abd it woi go again. At aoy rate Irby a?d Eva from a losing combination, for it lao both character aod brains, The determination of the Peoph Ice Co., to deliver iee io DO less qua tity than twenty pounc.s has broog forth protests from the majority of ti patrons of that Company, for a majo itv of them are said to purcbase ie than twenty pounds at a time. Tl People's Ice Company, to retain its p tronsge, must give th o same service th tho other com patries do, aod it is poi business policy to drive away patroo *. Tfce protest euteied by Maj H. 3 'Wilson ' ia both reasonable aod ti m el; aod he vot?es th? sen:imeut> of. a vei considerable o om ber of those who ut iee Sf- There is neither sense nor reaso in having the Senatorial campaign i - the midst of the sommer, and w cannot imagine what motive piompt ed the executive committee io orde it lat this time. The Legislature (toe not meet until January, and the elec tion cannot be held until that time Wr.at is to be gained by having th campaign now and the primary eevi ral months before the election can b held ? Nothing at all, while the can didates and all who attend the meet inga must endure the discomforts o of torrid weather and campaign meei ings combined The same amount of intelligence, o tireless energy, of character and dis cr?tico that are.reqoired to build op : soooessfol newspaper would make greater success io aoy other field o labor. It ts a great mistake to imagine that aojSody can make a successful newspaper man, and the youo? fellow who casts his lot io active journalism must enter the work with a ttilliogne^s to make sacrifi?es that are sot exceeded io any other field of eodeavor, and tc endure a drain opon his energies that is ooceasiog. Io any other field of en? deavor success aod reputation come to toe individual, but io journalism the froit3 of the labor of the individual are gathered by the impersonal newspaper. Of course there is th-3 little coterie of personal friends who know or think they know the author of articles ap? pearing io the newspaper they constant ly read, but with the great mass of readers-the public-it is the imper? sonal newspaper that is quoted, and who the personality is back of ?be utter? ance they quote, they neither know nor care. They read the paper, praise the paper or condemn the paper, without reference to individual writers -Au gusta'Cbronicle. i HE CHE ANT GRAND JURIES. j The Colombia Register objects to The Item's criticism of the Charleston and Richland grand juries The Charleston grand jory wc criticised for refusing to find trae bills against men charged with violating the dispen? sary law, and the Richland grand jory for its failure to find true bills against Gaston and Scruggs, who were charged by the board of control with "official misconduct," i e. stealing articles from the contraband room in the State dispensary. Io reference to the Charleston cases it was stated that the Solicitor considered that there was ample evidence to convict. It haji never been denice that there was sufficient evidence of the guilt of the accused to warrant the finding of trae bills, and we do not doubt there was. If such strong evidence was laid before the Charleston grand jury, trae bills should have been found. The grand jory has no option in such circumstances. Whea there is sufficient evidence to throw a doubt upon the innocence of the accused it is the duty of the grand jury to find a true bill. Theo, wheo brought to trial, the State must estab? lish the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt. This is the law as we understand it, and it was tbe disre gard of the law by the Charleston grand jory that we condemned, for there was, at.tne very least,a very strong ? presumption of the guilt of the per? sons accused of the illicit sale of liquor, Tbe Richland grand jory exhibited a bolder and more contemptuous dis? regard of the law, and of their sworn duty ander that law, than the Charleston grand jury, and was therefore more deserving of censare. Consequently we have no apology to make The facts as repeatedly published io the Register and other Columbia papers bear as oat in the contention that the Richland grand jury/ailed to perform a plain doty. After a foll and impartial investigation it was established that both Gaston and Scruggs appropriated to their own use property belonging to the State. Scruggs admitted his guilt, and against both of the accused there was more than sufficient evidence to give ground for a true bill. The graod jury arrogated to itself discretionary powers wheo it refused to find true bills, powers that the law does not accord grand jorie?-; and that grand jury was therefore guilty of a violation of the law,and the individual members were guilty, either willfully or ignorantly, of violating their oaths The grand jury had no right to go behind the indictment, the sole duty of tbe jury was to decide whether there was sufficient evidence to create a doubt of the innocence of the accused, and no one will undertake to deoy that there was strong evidence of goilt. What the Register has to say concerning the character of the offense committed by Scruggs aod Gaston is the merest nonsense, and serves only to throw dost in the eyes of the unwary. They took, appropriated or stole goods owned by tbe State. The choice of terms is im? material, and sugar-coat them as we may the facts are not altered. We venture the assertion that bad some minor employee of the dispensary, some poor devil wirb'ot political influence or pall, provided himself with a hocus pocas key and made free with the contents of the contraband room as did Scruggs, be would have been summarily jerked op indicted and sent to the chain gang for larceny in 6hort order. There would have been no long-winded and ex? pensive investigation and no grave doubts io reference to the precise char? acter of thc crime. A spade would have been called a spade iu plain terms, it wcuH have been stealiog pure and simple, and the grand jury would have found a true bill against him for lar? ceny and housebreaking. A grand jury should be no respecter of person?, and we criticised and censured the Ricblnnd grand jory doing that very thing - ma mm - Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. Cinco Cigars are made by a firm with 47 years'experience and a reputation for first class gcod-i only. Sold in Sumter exclusive ly toy H. G. U?teen k Co. I DIPHTHERIA IN SUMTER. J We learn that the report is current j in other portions of the State that diphtheria of H malignant and fatal type is epidemic in this city, and that the number of cases is increasing. ' The report does Sumter a grave in? justice, particalarly as it it false. The facta do net furnish grounds for the report. Daring the latter part of May and first weeks of June there were nine cases of diphtheria reported to the Health Office Of these cases, bat one, the first, was attended by fatal resalte The other children recovered, and there have been no new cases within the past three weeks. The promptest measures were taken by the Board of Health and the physicians of the city to iso la te all cases and to prevent tbe spread of the disease, which was at no time epidemic. The disease bas been eradicated, and a sufficient time bas elapsed since the last case was pronounced cured to satisfy the Board of Health and the physicians that there is no danger of the disease spreading. Every house in which a case of diphtheria occurred has been thoroughly disinfected and fumigated by the Health Officer, and we can, without hesitation, assure the public that Sumter is free of diphtheria, and all reports-to the contrary are false and misleading Weekly Crop Bulletin. COLUMBIA, S. C., JULY 6, 1897. TEMPERATURE The week was a.-very hot one with maximum temp?ratures of 100, or above, reported from every portion of the State except the northwestern and on the immediate coast. The highest was 104 reported from Beaufort and Hodges on July 3rd ; the lowest 67 at Greenville on Jone 29tb. The aver? age of 51 places reporting weekly mean temperature is 85 5 while the normal is approximately 80, the excess averaging 5.5 degrees per day. Twen? ty-nine places reported temperatures of 100 or above. The rainfall came io scattered show? ers, though quite general, during Che first of tbe week, but its beneficial effeets were largely negatived .fay the extreme heat which followed. . Twen? ty-six measurements of less than 1 inch were received, 18 of from 1 to 2. jtnd 6 ofj over 2 with a maximum fall of 3.25 at Govau. The mean of all measurements was 0.98 while the nor? mal is about 1.29 The sunshine averaged 80 per eeot. of the possible, the estimate ranging from 55 to 100. Destructive wind storms occurred in York near Leslie, Sumter, Berkeley and Aiken counties. Hail damaging tobacco in Florence, and injuring corn and cotton in Clarendon and Dorches? ter, Piokeos and Aiken. Washing rains in Greenwood and Laurene, x ; - ' I* . ... CROPS *K Although the week was exceedingly bot and in places dry, yet on the whole correspondents pronooounoe it a favor? able one for the farmer, with many ex? ceptions principally on account of lack of rain, and extreme bear. The greatest need of rain exists io the upper Savannah valley, the ex? treme northwestern and northeastern counties, and in Battered sections else? where, but since reports closed quite heavy rains have fallen over portions of the State, but whether the rains cover? ed those portions most io need of it, is not known. Cotton is blooming over the Entire state aid although the staik and weed continue small, is fruiting heavily. Cotton was damaged by bail in Clar? endon, Dorchester and AikeB counties, while from Berkeley there ore reports of too much rain. Complaints of shed? ding, and that the plant bas stopped growing, were received from Claren? don, Orangeburg and Edgcfield, and of grassy condition of fields from Barn? well, Fairfield Berkeley, York, Bam ! bers, Bampton, Florence. Newberry, ! Chester and Clarendon. However, i j favorable reports preponderate greatly ! those to thc- c-'.ntrary. Sea Island cot ! j ton continues in splendid condition, j growing and fruiting well Eirly tobacco is being cut and cured j out its quality is nor as good as ihe : later planting promues to bc. ?I2? 1 damaged this crop slightly i'i Florence. Rice ir growing weil generally a! though tbe nelda arc ?ju i to grassy, an 3 : caterpillar* continue troabief-cme in : places, but. thc fields are being 8 ?oded. Sweet potato ts li ps arg s'il! Kein g set I out and (be creo is doing well general ll Melons are ripening and being ship? ped bat the crop is a small one in acre? age, yield and generally in size of the melons Only a few report this crop up to an average. Peas are doing well with generally good stand?* Are still beiog sown for forage. Cane is tasseling. Army worms in Charleston county. Gardens failing. Special reports on the present con j dition and probable yield of early corn were received, and indicate a more promising outlook than here? tofore, but the final results are as yet dependent on the weather for the next few weeks. The stalks are smaller than usual, and are taeselling low, but have a healthy color generally. The stands are irregular due to poor germination of some seed and to the [^ravages of worms, the wet spring and poor preparation of land. Con. is earing heavily and in ex? ceptional cases the crop is made. Condition of corn not unform, even in same neigborboods. Uplands more even than bottom-lands Tak? ing present condition as the basis of probable yield, and with "good corn weather" until the crop begin! to mature which will be within the next six weeks,correspondents reports may be grouped into three divisions the first, and amounting to 45 per cent, of the reports estimate condition up to a full average, 35 per cent a fair crop, but not up to the average condi? tion and 20 per cent, a poor crop. In York, Chester and Lancaster, chinch bugs on "blackjack" lands destroyed whole fields and damaged others materially. Com planted late in May and during June looks very promis? ing but is not far enough advanced to estimate its probable j'ield. which will depend on the weather from now on especially on the rainfall This lete crop forms a considerable pro? portion of the total for tbe state Mr W. T. B Littlejohn of Boiling Spring offers the following sugges? tion : "I would suggest that when grapes are rotting, cut off tbe foliage and let in the sun , it will generally stop rotting.' ' J. W. BAUER, < Section Director. mm > ? i mm> CHRISTIANS BURNED J MORMON CHURCH. Spf cia I to Tbe State. Ridgeway, Joly 5.-Yesterday the Mormon congregation, led by ll elders, held a quarterly conference a? Jake Freeman's place, about eight miles southeast of this town, the servioes beiog attended also by outsiders attract ed by curiosity. A feature of the oc? casion was the presence of 16 Catawba Indians, who have : been oooverted to thi* faith. The rapid increase of the Mormon d?nomination io that portion of the cone try bas created much feeling, so that one was hardly surprised to bear that a little after midnight Saturday the choren which the Mormons bad erected at the cost of much self-denial was set afire and horned to the ground, necessitating the ose of the primitive bush arbor for the celebration yester? day. However much any ooe may deplore the spread of the doctrine around bim, it is needless to say that this form of argumeot against it (arson) is not cal? culated to injure the Mormoo faith by superiority of reasoning or of Christiao practice. As a matter of fact, the church will be rebuilt iu short order aod of superior size by the members- justly iocensed, and with tbe help of contributions from sympathizers who depricate the use of isuoh weapons as were used on rbis occasion. i i i mm* Chicago, June 30 -Three persons were killed outright and aboui 20 or 30 persons injured in a rear-end col lision on the Chicago and Northwest? ern road at 12.45 this morning at West Chicago, 30 miles out of Chi? cago on the Galena division Many medicinal planr.5 can be grown witb profit, as thc demand for some kinds is increasing Absinthe (worm? wood) can bc raised as far north as New England, and this country imports it from Europe. Saffron, wbicb sells for $8 per pound, may be grown in i nearly all sections Peppermint ?nd j spearmint find ready sale, and sage, j which is well known to every farmer, \ \ is io;ported, frequently selling at $150 ! per ion. Then there are hoarhound, I ? booesst, mandrake, hlocd icot, peony! I royal, etc , wbicb are regarded as weeds j in somo localities, all of which are j largely used and have a value in mar- ? k?t. Kucfclen'g Arnica Salve. lb? Best Saivs in t!ie world for Cats, Braises Obres, Ulcer?, Salt Rheum. Feror Sores, Totter Sbapped linii'if Chilblains, ?orns and all zi I'rapt'.os.i, s'-ii positively cures Piles or no riv require 1- iz ^uar.intoed to ^ivc per? fei t satisfaction, or cionej refunded, "'rice 25 c?Tsts par box. Fer .-.V. hy Dr. J. ?. V?*. Dc Lora? Cinco, th-- i> cen: srraigot Havana Cigar ro gale bv H. G. ('steen & Co Were the belief among the Conservai tives strong that Mr. McLaurin wi? first, iast and all the time stand firmly by Senator B. R Tillman, be would, io our opinion, receive no considerable Conservative support in the approach? ing primary It is a lingering hope that lurks in their minds that Mr. McLaurin may one day be useful in the ever contemplated undoing of Tillman, that impels many Conservatives to yield bim some meed of favor -Green? ville News. Of all the persistently wrong folks who have ever come wiitbso our obser? vation, our esteemed contemporary seems to be one of the mo?t irreconcil? able. . Had it not been for the death of the lamented Earle, it ia not im? probable that Mclaurin might have one day become a formidable rival of Tillman. This would not have beeo because of aotipathy to or a desire to undo Tillman ; but because McLaurin is a man of remarkable force of char? acter, breadth of intellect and, withal, a statesman Such men naturally rite toward the top, and it is out of tbis inevitable rising that there would have been tbs rivalry referred to And it is also on accouot of tbese attitudes that "Conservatives," who are really con? servative, admire him-not because of any possible antagonism to Tillman If our esteemed contemporary will just take occasion to think a little bit and cool off somewhat, we think it will bring itself to an entirely different view of things generally, and that new view will be rather more correct. Yorkville Enquirer. Not Yet Ended. The Agricultural Hall Case to Have Anoth'r Hearing The Agricultural Hall ca?e is not yet ended, and there is to be still further litigation io the matter Assistant Attorney General Town? send went up to Fiat Rock yesterday and appeared before Judge Simonton and asked for a new order in this case, wh;ch he fucceeded in getting. Judge Simonton granted a writ of error and accepted the supereedeas bond of Commissioner Vance upon which Governor W. H. Ellerbe and Treasurer W. H. Tim merman are the sureties This means tbat the case will now go to the Circuit Jourt of Appeals which meets in Richmond in November next, for a further hearing. So the end is not yet.-Columbia Register, Joly 6. The practice of requiring entries for the primaries to be made by a given date and at a specified place has, both this year and last, caused I th? queerest sort of jockeying for position Half a dozen would be ; candidates attend the initial meeting, , watch each other like pugilists in the ring, anc: spar for an opening. A. will run, but he may in his opening : speech take line No. 1 or line No 2 B wants to run, but doesn't intend to do it unless A takes line No. 2. C watches every movement of B., for if B. run? he won't. D. will only run if C does. And so it goes. "We are a peculiar people."-State. Johnsons Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this held for 25 cents for each insertion. Add i tic nal lines 5 cents per line. AGENTS WANTED. M?ie or female in every county. Busit.ess respectable, compensation good. No irooble to make some money. Address Chronicle. Augusta, Ga., for particulars. Estate of Jno. Edward Season, DECEASED. ALL PERSONS holding cuims a^inst aforesaid Estate will present same duly attested, and all persons in any way indebttd to said Estate will make payment to JNO. J. NRASON, Administrator, Julv 7-3t Hagood, S C. Estate of Miss Mary S* Broun, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County cn August 7th, 1397, tor a final discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. F. M DWIGHT, Julv 7-4t. Administrator. Anmuj TT/'S. THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS Y Y of Sum!?-r County. South Carolin*, will apply <o the Clerk of Court on July 30t; 1807, lor a charter incorporal i . ? ' liepztbah Presbyterian Church/' le.cutt) ne.-.r Mana vil];? in tai>i State ?n i Cot?'.ts-. J M McC?TCBEN, I? X STUCKEY, -I. A McCUTi H KN, E. ALEXANDER, O. B. DECKER. J ED STUCKEY Jijr.?' 30-ll Tutt's Pills 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 Tutt's Liver Pill? will cure you.. For sick head' .e, dyspepsia, sour stomach, malaria, torpid liver, constipation, biliousness and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills an absolute cure. QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION* A>'D BUSINESS 0? Tie la? of Siter," Siter, S. C. At the close of the quarter ending June 30, 1897. published in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. 5 Loans and Discounts, 2219,747 55 Furniture and Fixtures, and Vault 1,975 91 Bills Receivable, 615 67 Bonds, , 9,000 00 Cash on hand and . in other Banks and Sinkers, and cosh .item?, 2S.792 50 Total, S260.131 63 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00 Deposits, 2 67,28) 33 Due to other Barks, 31197 Rediscounts, 39,527 66 Bills parable, 17,000 00 Dividend payable on ar.d after July I, 1897 *. 3,000 00 Undivided profits, 28.011 62 Total, $260,131 63 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, \ gg SUMTER COUNTY. J I, W. F. B HAYNSWOBTH, President of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. PB. HAYNS WORTH, President. Subscribed and sworn to before me this ^ 3d day of-Jul v. 1897 MARK REYNOLDS, [L S.J a Notary Public tor S. C. Correct-Attest. MARION MOISE. ) JNO S. HTJGBSON, ^Directors. R. L. COOPER, J Joly 7. This statement is made by ibe President be? cause of the absence of tbe Cashier, who is io attendance upon a son, very tick at Clem? son College A trial of a STIEFF PIANO will leave you in no douot as to jts merit. The rich aud elegant cases give an added charm to them Possessio? a delightfully sweet and musical tone and clearness and purity which extends to the uppermost cote of the scale, ia it any wonder that tbe STIEFF PIANOS ate in such demand to-day. Many pianos are bigh priced, bot none are superior and few are equal to the STIEFF, if one may judge by tbe ucsticted praise from ali patrons who have used a Stieff for nearly a quarter of a century. Terms to Suit.. Seod for catalogue. CHARLES M. STIEFF, 9 N. Liberty-Street, Baltimore 416 Main St., Norfork Va. Clareromel.64? F.M. THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No. 44, A. F..M., will be held on Thursday Evening, July 8;h, at 7$ p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly BEAUTY HATE CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight : they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made ca n/ irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to (late jew? el rv. L. w. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, SIGN OF THE BIG WA TC H. Oct. 16.