Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21,1897 The Sumter Watchman was rounded io 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and inflaence of both of the old papers, aod is mani? festly the best advertising medium io Sumter ATTENTION. Ia ordering jour paper co a o ged from one post office to another, always name both offices. Very often we know the post office at which a svbscriner has been receiving the paper, bot sometimes we do not ; and when a request to change is dated and mailed at the new office and the former address is not named, it requires some goessing and search? ing through the mail list in order to find the came-it being necessary to take it off the former list as well as pot it on the new. irby, Evans aod May Seid are whim poring because the newspapers hava't printed all they have said since the campaign began They should employ a few expert stenographers, buy a dozen Ltootypea and a perfecting press, aod roo a paper of their owo. They woold be equipped theo to spread broadcast full reports of their harangues. Peo? ple who pay for newspapers want news, Dot a 4'danjoable iteration" of pleas for office The Charleston aod Co iumbia papers have exhibited good judgment aod a merciful consideration for their readers. There was ao 'epidemic of fever at Clemson, seventy to eighty boys were sick, three or four died, others are still at death's door, the college bad to close aod all the students able to leave were harried home. These are facts that seither trustees, students, nor faculty dare deny. Three of the most promi? nent sod most highly honored physi? cians of the State were sent to the col? lege to investigate the epidemic, dis? cover the cause, If possible, aod sug? gest means to prevent a' recur renee of the epidemic io future. These gentle? men spent two days aod a half io mak? ing a careful and searching investiga? tion ; they theo reported that the fever was typhoid and that it was caused by filth. They have established their ca se; the typhoid bacillus was found to the Wood of the sick stodeots aod also io tile spring aod oo further proof of the correctness of their opinion is Deeded. The trustees! faculty aod stodeots may contradict their statements aod de? nounce them as ali sorts of liars? but lbs facts cannot be altered. Taber, Beet ?od Eraos are cot the men to lie about any thing, sad the trustees, faculty aod students who are charging them with lying about Clemson are merely stultifying themselves. There has been too mach secrecy about the affairs aod management of Clemson already and taxpaying people are growing tired* of general deo?ah?, unsupported by proofs, j of all ' facts that leak out of the dark ? closet io whtoh the board of trustee* tod faculty have eodeavored to shot j Clemsbn and all of its affairs. Toro OD the light, there may be other things rotten besides the sanitary arrange? ments. A Bili of Abominations. Tbe tariff bill, au it passed the sen? ate, is estimated to carry with it an average doty of 54 per cent OD duti? able Imports. Thia ie 4 per cent greater that was imposed bj the McKinley bill, aod 14 per cent, greater than was imposed by tbe Wflsoo bill' Senator Teller, a republican and protectionist, refused to support the bill on tbe ground of its monopolistic features Senator McEnery, demo? crat from Louisiana, supported the bill Some populists and free silver republicans in the west voted against it. But, in the main, it was voted for and against as a party measure. The bill put ?i tax of two cents a pound on sogar, which was on the free list, that will inevitably make the cost of living higher for every poor family io the uoion. lt may proper? ly be termed a bill of abominations, or a bill in favor oi trusts and monop? olists. . Three years from now the people will very probably bari from power Bill McKinley ani this substitute for the McKinley bill.-The Register. Waiterboro, July 19.-The Walter boro Dry Kilo aod Planing Mill com? pany's eotire plant was totally destray? ed by fire this morning at 4:30. Four carloads of dressed lumber and all lam? ber in yard aod several empty box oars were destroyed also. The Waiterboro aod Western railroad schedule could not be made owing to damages to track by the fire. Loss about $20.000; in? surance $12,000. The plant will be rebuilt at ao early date. Weekly Crop Bulletin. , COLUMBIA, S. C , JULY 6, 1897. TEMPERATURE The week was cooler than asnal with temperature deficieDcies ranging from 3 degrees per day io the eastern, to 8 io the western portions of the state. The weekly average, of 50 mean tempature reports was 76 while the normal ts ap? proximately 82 The highest reported was 98 OD the 11th st Hodges aod the "lowest 64 on the 13th at Walhalla. The Dights were oosoally cool over the extreme northwestero counties. RAINFALL. Heavy rains, aod quite general shower?, fell OD the 12th except that over the Dorther D COUD ties the sbowors were light, or DO rain fell ; OD the 17th a more general rain fell except over the southeastern counties where there was o ooo, or at best light showers only. The hier rain is not fully reflected ia this weeks measurements. Sixteen places reported less than 1 io for the week; tweotj from 1 to 2 inches with a maximum fall of 4.40 at St. Georges. The average of these 48 measure meats is 1.44 aod the normal for the same period is about 1 32 ioches. Hillside laods were badly washed aod gullied OD the 12th ID Eigefield, Saluda, Oraogeburg. aod Sumter coun? ties. There were no damaging bail storms or destructive wiods The sunshine averaged about normal but varied greatly io di flo rent portions of the state, being most abundant io Marboo aod Spartan burg with least over the central couoties. CROPS The week was a favorable one for crop development over "the western por? tion of the State generally aod over macy seetioos io the eastero oouoties. The exoeplioos were that io places the need of more raia was iodinated, but since reports closed , quite geo eral aod heavy rain8 have falleo where most needed ; to other places there was an excess of moisture aod io such sections the recent rains will prove harmful. The temperature, while not generally low enough to retard growth except to obeck the previous rapid development of cotton, was rather cool dorio g the Dights, but oet low enough to prove io? jurioo.8 ; aod no high winds or damag? ing hail storms occurred Cora improved very much over the greater portion of the State, excepting limited areas where ?osuffieieot rain fell, .aid other seetioos where on account of too much rain corn is firing badly oo saody laods, notably io portions of Clarendon, Lexington aod Berkeley. Coro is being rapidly laid by where this work bas cot already beeo oom* ploted. The present improved condition po?ut to a foll crop yield, exeept where it was two nearly matured to be bene? fit! ed by the recent rai os Coro plant? ed lo May and Jcoe is, over the entire Stute, in fine growing oooditioc aod locks very promising Some report ears not well fecundated oa acoooot of the rains waghing off the pollen from the tassels. The condition of cotton bas ira proved in many places/ but the stalk generally continues undersized al? though well fruited, with full-grown bells numerous. Holls nearly ready to open ia southeastern counties The prevailing unseasonably cool nights hindered the growth, and caused the plant to become lousy, while "honey-dew" is ^reported from a number of counties. Shedding of leaves, squares, and small bolls is quite common. Many fields are be coming grassy, aod in Fairfield some fields have been abandoned on ac? count of grass. Rust has developed in Barnwell, Bamberg, Florence and Williamsburg counties. Over quite large areas there bas been too much rain for cotton. Laying by is well under way and more than half the reports indicate that the fields "laid by" are clean and in good condition. [Notwithstanding the numerous ad? verse reports from eastern aod cen? tral counties, the majority of all re potts indicate that the present con? dition of the crop is promising, but that it is in a critical stage. A con? tinuation of rainy weather will, by hindering cultivation of which many fields staod in need, tend to cause deterioration in condition. Sea lel? and cotton continutes to do well. Tobacco curing making favorable progress, and recent reports indicate a better quality of leaf than first cut? ting. Some tobacco has been mark? eted. Rice continues in excellent condi? tion generally, except upland of which some is very poor. j Peas are about all sown and they j have come up to good stands, in some fields the lower leaves are shed ding excessively. Watermelons generally late, un dersized and the crop as a whole small. Sweet potato slips still be ing planted and this crop has made rapid growth Late peaches ripening but are rot ting badly. Apples generally plen? tiful. Grapes ripening and are a large crop, but many report them rotting. Cane of various kinds, and minor crops, generally, is in satisfactory condition and promise abundant yields. Turnip sowing has begun. J. W. BAUER, Section Director. Lee, of Virginia. (From tbe Memphis Commercial-Appeal ) The Pall Mall Magazine gives prom? inence io its Joly camber to an article by Henry Tyrell eutiiled -'Lee, of Virginia, from the Defence of Rich mond (1862) to the Battle of Gettys barg " The article is splendidly illus? trated with excellent pictures of Gen. Lee, Fitzhogb Lee, Gen. James-Long? street, Major Gen. Henry Lee (L:ght Horsd Harry,) Gen George B. Mo Cellan, "Stonewall" Jackson. Gen. J E B Stuart, Gen. Joseph E Johnson and a picture of the Confederate Capi? tol at Richmond. Byron it was who said that reading the opinioo of a for? eign nation was like readiog the opin? ion of prosterity, because a foreign Da? tion was a contemporaneous posterity, and in this view of tbe case it is pleased to see justice d*oe to the virtues of Southern commanders and the valor of Southern arms. The article starts oat by reviewiog Geo. Lee's conduct after the war io devoting his time to the education of the youth of the land, "in bringing these yoong men to Christ," and, while giving bim unstinted praise as a Christian, as a citizen and as a civilian, concludes that "it is as a sol? dier that Lee will stand io immortal history. His name is written Cu the same brief scroll that contains those of Caesar, Hannibal, Marlborough, Fred? erick and Napoleon. It is one of the four that America t' ons highest upon her panth?on of war-Washington, Lee, Grant, Scott." Undoubtedly it is trae that the time had not yet come for a final aod deliberate estimate of Geo. Lee's character, and those living Who knew bim best have always been undivided as to whether be was the -greater in peace or in war, as a soldier or as a civilian, and all agree that he was matchless in peace and in war, as a soldier and as a ci7iliac. It is diffi? cult to determine in what particular Gen. Lee excelled. The panegyric pron cu coed 00 Was hi no.on by the elo 1 i quent Pbilllips fits him. "Caesar was merciful ; Scipio was continent ; Han? nibal was patient." Lee was all of these. "As a general be marshalled ! the peasant into a veteran, and sop plied by discipline the absence of ex j periecce. * * * A revolutionist, i he was free from aoy stain of treason ; for aggression commenced the contest, and a oountry called him to the com? mand ; liberty unsheathed his sword ; necessity stained it," sod if victory did cot crowu his efforts hie defeat empha? sized the gteatnesB of the man. As he himself wrote after the war : "It will be difficult to make the world believe the odds against which we fought.-'?j Bat the world will eventually believe because, as time rolls 00, aod the pas sioos and tba prejudices of the war die out with those who harbored them, im? partial writers and truth-seekers will take up the theme and the truth of his? tory will be vindicated. Tbe snarling and saturnine vindictiveness of Gold win Smith's lying history will pass away, and tbe history now beiog pre? pared to flatter the Grand Army of the Republic and libel tbe South will ulti? mately be vanquished by the invincible j j truth. Mr. Tyroll's historical sketches I are charmingly written, aod are well authenticated, ll* is doing a work for j which posterity will have reason to thank bim. FROM THE WIRES. Joly 20. laurens, July 19.-Tho current i was turned on this evening and the j little city is beautifully lighted up with the arc lights J. C Duncan and O C. Ben9on are operating the plant. This is written in the power bouse, after se? curing the bright lights. Grading on the branch of the Ohio River and Cborlestoo railroad from Blacksburg to Gaffney is progressing this side ef Bro?d river and it is being graded to Gaffney. A special to The Constitution from Columbus, Ga., says: Dr. W. L. Ryder, who, on Easter Sunday a year, ago brutally shot to death the sweet? heart who rejected bim, was to-night taken from the sheriff and is probably lynched. Gov. Taylor this evening made tbe offi? cial announcement that he bad appointed Hon. Thomas B. Turley of Memphis, United States senator to succeed the late I. G. Harris. The senatorial con? test bas been a sharp and warm one. The governor, it is said, has experienc? ed considerable difficulty in making the selection, owiog to the fact that the candidates .in tbe main were his friends. Tbe governor wired' bis choice to Mr. Turley and received a polite telegram acceptance.? Spartaoburg, July 19.-Several weeks ago the body of an infant wt s found at tbe dam below Clifton Mills, No. 1, in Pacolet river. Further de? velopments proved the fact that the body was that of a male infant two days of age, and its bead was horribly bruited, these blows presumably beiog inflicted before death Tbe body was desposited in two sacks-flour and crocus. Suspicitioo pointed forwards a certain party, but the corner's inquest, which was held the day after the find, developed no sensatinal features. Di? rectly after the event happened a white waman named Lillie Black, who resides at Clifton, left and everything seemed to point to ber as mother and murderess of tbe child Oo Suoday she was arrested at Henrietta and to? day she was lodged io the county jail The warrant for her arrest was sworn out by Mr. N. O Cunningham ci Clifton. Attorney General Barbar bas decid to conduct the prosecution of Solicitor ' Thurmond for the murder of G. W \ Harris. The trial will commerce the j first week of Aogust. Tbe best joke of tbe campaigo is oo Irby, Evans and Mayfield. Because the reports of tbe speeches io the Co? lumbia aod Charleston papers were cot extended eoough to suit them they appealed to tbe Greenville News, io toe ioterest of "fair play." to give their utterances to a waiting world The editor of Tbe News responded io person and was effusively thanked. He attended four meetiogs aod made reports about half as loog as the horri? ble, oews-suppreftsiog "syndicate.7' Theo be went home We take this to be a mute but eloquent admission that tbe speeches are o ot worth more tbao h&lf the space tbat The State aod its associated press contemporaries have been giving them ; indeed, as a sort of; hint that the reports ought to be abao dooed altogether.-The State. Despeosary Constable Newbold bas seized a lot of dispensary liquor io Chester that is short 'measure. Tbe stuff was bottled at the state dispen? sary. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. AGENTS WANTED. Male or female io every county. Business respectable. Compensation good. No trouble to make some n>oney. Address Chronicle, Augusta, Ga., for particulars. WANTED-Position to teach in town or country or io private family by s competent lady. References furnished* Ad? dress Miss Kitty Doer, Suma orville, S. C. July 7-tf. TTTANTED-Reliable hard-working nen fy *in our business Men who are will? ing to work for what they get, can make money. Apply to The Singer Manfgr Co, No. 115 Market Street, Wilmington, N, C., or T. S Sumter, Sumter Street. July 14-3t. Estate of John K. Barrett, Dec'd. ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS against aforesaid Estate will present burne duly attested, and ali persons in any way indebted to 8?id Estate will make im med?ate payment to GEORGE F EPPERSON, and MRS. A. PAULINE McK AGEN, Qualified Exor. and Extrix. Julv 14-3t. M CUHtS WHERE ALL ELSE PAILS. Erf U Best Conpb Syrup. Tastes Good- Uso F9_in time. Sold by druggists. r~l THE CRESCENT IS A PERFECT WHEEL AT THE RIGHT PRICE. Its reputation has been won by its merit. You will be proud to compare it with any wheel made, and you will know that your neighbor paid just the same price for his Crescent as you did. Western Wheel Works ^L^r/wbere OlCagO-"New Yotk Removal. The Bicycle and Sewing Machine Es? tablishment of the undersigned has been ! - \ From the Monaghan Block to the Car? riage House next to stable on Liberty Street. Better suited than ever to make close prices and easy terms on all grades of Bicycles and Sewing Machines. Give us a call. Respectfully, H. Barby. Sumter, 8. C., Juiae 30,1897. FOR ?O BAYS. Beginning on July 1st, We will offer our entire stock of Summer Clothing, Straw Hats, Underwear, Negligee Shirts -AT Sweeping Reductions. We sell goods as advertised, and you can count on a genuine bargain when purchasing from BROWN, CUTTINO & DELGAR, Leading Clothiers, ^Hatters and Furnishers