The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 28, 1897, Image 4
^liatrlj? at? Sontijron.
JDDNSSDAY," JTJLY 28. 1897.
ie Sumter Watchman was rounded
[850 and the True Southron in 1866.
Watchman and Southron now has
e combined circulation and influence
both of the old papers, and is mani
tv the best advertising medium in
I. Irby persists in declaring that
is proud of his record in the Senate,
f he uo sense of shame, or is he
g?
harleaton has subsided into the
?i state of calm complacency af?
ine temporary, florry created by
advent of the trolley.
l?any of the men who are rushing
Youkon gold fields will come
* ig back poorer than when they
tried out to get rich in a burry.
ladree the areooaut who set sail for
jr-north pole io a pallooo the other
tbs most daring mas of the age.
j fa e trill furnish a theme for
0C2S.
lirby did all the work of the re?
jection and the other so called
_were puppets set op by him,
it would he have done had he had
iP?ew men to help him ?
?%$ii>y mar?e Tillman, Evans, Mc
J?anrin, Mayfield, Duncan and al! the
that fed in the reform pasture
then he rested six long yfars in
Senate ' Now he wants to rest
more. What a great man he
??t ?iby persists io stretching him
to impress the people with his
religious bigness in Reform circles
[fate of the frog in the fable may
r?e?aH him. A frog.can't be as big
sir ox no matter how great its
|f?i?a<? power nor# how elastic its
; Mayfield failed to produce the
of Gov, Ellerbeks double-deal?
ing that be claimed to have. He
id Gov. Elierbe to ask for the
m, bot now that the demand has
made he fails to specify. Was
rfieid attempting to blaff Ellerbe ?
Congressman Stokes, who has
Nen cut an interview to the press,
appears to be joining in the fight
M cLaurin and his tariff views
begins to have the appearance of
whole crew of politicians and
fbfSce holders against M cLanrin.
The agitation for good roads ia be?
ing genera* throughout the State.
Is ti very encouraging sign and
seeds planted now will bring
ibrth fruit sometime in the future,
th Carolina needs only better
and less politics to be the best
in America.
Bili ly Bail sooo 'ired ?f tba cam
.|wiJgo and weofc back ?o the Greenville
Kiews, leaving Irby, Evans and May
; field to their fate ; bat he did succeed
io picking ap a f?w capital campaign
res the week be traveled with the
aireas as advertising agent tor the
above mentioned trio
Gov. Ellerbe has Diet the issue
raised by Mr. Mayfield, wh?n he
charged the Governor with double
dealing, like a man and now Mr.
Mayfield must make good bis charges
or he will stand convicted of making
undfoended assertions for campaign
purposes. Mayfield must specify.
Silver leached low water mark yes?
terday. At the current price of bar
[ stiver a standard dollar is worth but
a fraction more than forty five cents
Gold bullion does not fluctuate/be?
cause tb?? Government fixes its value.
There is uo other reason for the
.table value of go'd, and it would be
just as easy for the Government to
fix the price of silver
Once upon a time Col. John Lau?
rens Manning Irby, a vigorous, hale,
hearty John L. Sullivan type of man
hood, * jumped on old man Wash
Shell, drawing a one-bladed dirk to
punctuate that old man's carcass and
put a period to bis career. But it
came about that a bystander inter
posed, no murder was done and the
old man was left to live out bis allot
ed time. Nevertheless Irby deemed
bim dead, and in recent days got on
the stump and spoke despitefully of
the corpse of old Wash Shell. But
Wash was very much alive, so he
got down his old pen, which has
been laid away since the days of the
Shell Manifesto, and didn't do a
thing to John L. but knock the stuff?
ing out of him in the first round.
Verily, and of a truth, the pen is
mightier than the barlow knife with
a dirk blade.
TYPHOID AND MALARIA.
We publish to-day a coromunica
tion from Mr . W. F- Rhame in ref?
erence to the epidemic of fever at
Clemson College Since he bas
spent several weeks at Clemson nurs?
ing his son, who has been critically j
ill with fever, he has had an oppor- j
fcunity to investigate the epidemic on j
his own account and to ascertain
facts not in the possession of the j
general public, and, consequently, is'
qualified to that extent to express an
opinion on the disputed question ;
vix : Was the fever at Clemson ty
phoid or malarial ?
With Mr. Rhame's testimony be?
fore ns there is no course left but to j
revise our first opinion that there was
an epidemic of typhoid fever at
Clemson. We now believe that both
typhoid and malarial fever was prev?
alent tp an alarming and dangerous
extent.
Proof of the fact that both types j
of fever prevailed does not improve
the situation in the !east{ nor does it
disprove or impeach the opinion of
the State Board cf Health That
opinion is sustained by irrefutable
facts. Five boys developed typhoid
fever 3nd were too sick to be sent
home ; two of the five died of ty?
phoid fever at the college. But the
five were not all. Another returned
to bis home in Spartanburg County
and died of typhoid fever. Stil! an
other died at McClellanville with ty?
phoid fever And another returned
to his home in Kershaw County and
has ;*een in bed with typhoid fever
since the day of reaching home.
There may have been .other cases of
typhoid of which we have no infor?
mation. These are facts ; sad, de
plorable proofs that whether or not !
each and every student who feil sick
at Clemson had typhoid fever, ty?
phoid fever did originate there.
Clemson College S is in even a
woree condition than we surmised.
With malignant ndalarial fever going
band in hand with typhoid, crowding
the hospital until there was not room |
for the sufferers, there is work not
only for the State Board of Health,
bot for a sanitary commission as well.
Neither malarial fever nor typhoid
originates without cause, and to our
mind it seems that the most sensible
thing for the friends of Clemson to
do in the preeent crisis is to use
every means within their reach to
discover the causes. of malaria and
typhoid at Clemson and then' set
about, intelligently and systematical?
ly, to improve tbe sanitary condition
of the college and its surroundings
and remove the cause of these twin
epidemics.
Alabama bas had a (earful epidemic
of lynching during the present month.
We recall no such record of orime and
lawlessness io a single state within tbe
same short period. Every one of the
fiends who were put lo death io a sum?
mary manner probably deservid death ?
for tbe crimes that they committed, but
their disregard of law is fearful to
contemplate io a civilized, and suppos?
edly, law abidiog country. -
Oo another page of this paper we
publish articles from the News and Cou?
rier and The State on tbe subject of
dead head advertising and the imposi- j
tiers that tbe newspapers suffer at the j
bauds of tbe public, that exactly reflect
our views, and which we heartily ?o
dorse. The newspapers of the State
give freely and ?berallv of their ?pace
and labor to aid any and all enterprises
that promise to benefit thc community
and State, but there is a limit to all
things and tbe limit has been over?
ridden in this State anti! the public j
spirit of tbe newspapers has been ex- ?
haosicd, and patience and en
dorance bave ceased to be a virtue
Tbe time is ripe for a reform
of newspaper policy io respect to this
matter and we see no reason why ?be
publishers should cot get together, j
either through the medium of the State
Press Association or by mutual agree?
ment in eaoh county aod make reg?
ulations to restrict the volume of dead
bead advertising, free themselves' of
I
'the burden and make those want sd- ?
vert?8?ng pay for it at a regular rate.
The news columns would oot be over?
run with matters of minor importance
and the income cf the papers would be
inoreased. The papers would be net- j
ter in everv respect, tbe reading pub j
lie would receive more for their money j
and the publishers more for their labor, j
TakeJollNSOWS
j
CHILL <St FEVER
TONIC.
The Senatorial situation in a
shell is ju6t this : McLanrin is
only man in the lot who has e
given evidence of decided ability
desire to benefit his constituents ;
the industry to put his intention i
execution. The others are, a shre
wire pulling schemer arid brawler
narrow, bitter partisan, with a sh;
official record ; and two nondescrj
who are running to learn the road
office We don't tie io McLaui
We do not believe him the best ?
greatest man in the State. He n
have forsaken and betrayed forr
political friends and allies, he n
betry others in the future, he may
a tricky, wily and smooth politic
and everything else charged by
opponents, but with all this set do
against bim, he is still by such lo
odds the best and ablest man in :
lot that we would be ashamed to v
against him and for any of the othe
We believe in getting the best, 1
when the very best can't be had th
take the best in reach In this ci
it'sJMcLaurin.
Weeklj Crop Bulletin.
COLUMBIA, S. C., JULY 27, 1897.
TEMPERATURE
The first portion of the week vs
cooler tbao usual and the latter no
tioo warmer. The average of
weekly mean temp?rature reports w
79 while tbe normal for the week is 8
The highest tempature report
was 100 on the 23d and 24th
Gilltsonville and the lowest 6i oa tl
22d at Spartanburg The tewperstu
was well suited for plant growth, si
crop development.
RAINFALL.
Showers occured in various sectioi
of the state on the 18tb, 19th, 20
and 21st, quite heavy ever the cectr
counties, and Hufficient generally exee
io Spartanburg county and scattere
localities elsewhere. Lands were was:
ed and small streams ovetflowed the
banks io Aiken, Edgefield. Abbevii
and Fairfield.
Damaging hail occurred io Ande
son, and hail doing oo injury als
noted io various counties Hig
winds, injuring corn and cotton, accon
paoied the rains iu Lexington am
lower Richland. Showery weatbe
again set io since the reports for tb
week were received
Tbe a.erage of 51 weekly rainfa
measurements was I 89. the normal fo
tbe same period is appro mi m a te ly ] 41
Eieveo of these measurements were les
than ono inch ; 19 from 1 to 2 inches, ac
21 of over 2 inches with a maximuc
measurement cf 4 15 at Hagood.
The sunshioe averaged about 64 pe
cent, of the possible, but ranged fro;
as low as 32 to 83. More suosbio
would have beneficed some crops ii
portions of the state.
CROPS
Crops are in every promising cond
ditton, aod the weather during the pas
week was extrem ly favorable fo
growth. Bat few adverse reports wert
received io comparison with favorable
ones, and they related chiefly to to?
much raia, although io Spartanburg
county and more limited sections ii
other counties, more rain would prov?
beneficial. The needed rain bas Urge'
ly been supplied since the report!
closed.
Tbe general crop outlook ?3 partie
ularly fine in Llorena, portions o
Oraogebnrg, Anderson, Greenwood
Saluda, Chesterfield, Greenville. Sum?
ter and York counties and poor no?
where.
Old corn is practically all laved by
io fair condition with general improve?
ment noted. Some has put out new
tassels and is shooting new ears since
tbe raioy weather set io.
Uplaod corn is generally a full crop.
Late corn, while not yet made, contin?
ues io very promising condition. Corn
fired badly ia Berkeley county. Fod?
der pulling has begun in the eastern
counties, but is not yet general. Corn
is neediog raia io porttoos of Korry
and Spartanburg.
Nearly all correspondents report ool?
loo baring made rapid growth, io
places growing too much to weed, and
generally continuing to put on fruit;
some fields are already well enough
fruited to make an average crop
There are, however, localise* where,
on account of excessive rain?, the
plant has deteriorated Such reports
were received from Aiken, Berkeley,
Birnwell, Hampton, Chester, Bam?
berg, Kershaw, Sumter, Darlington,
Dorchester, Fairfield and Richi aod,
but generally include portions of those
counties only. Excessive shedding ot
squares and bolls, i- as yet confined to
K-gtfield, Berkeley. Aiken. Fairfield,
Florence and Lexington althongh some
shedding noted in many other counties.
Lice are less onmerous than last week,
! also fewer reports of rust and boney
? dew were received.
j In a few, limited localities this crop
stands in need of rain. Lajing by is
largely under way and finished where
j the ground was dry enough to plow,
j the frequent heavy rains having bin?
j dered and delayed this work Sea
j island cotton coutioues to thrive.
J The pea cr;;p is doing well ?encrailj
j having attained good stands. Io the
j western counties a large acreage was
j planted. In places where it is too wet j
j there ?6 an excessive shedding of leaves
j noted.
Tobacco curing is progressing rap
idly and favorably. In Marion and 1
Horry half the crop has been gath?
ered. The quality of the leaf is
superior, except in upper Darlington.
The crop is being marketed in places
Rice has improved with the season
and is doing very weil, except up?
land which in places is rather poor
More rain would benefit rice in the
Georgetown district.
Turnip and rutabaga sewing is
well under way.
Sugar cane was greatly improved
by the rains and is very promising.
Late peaches are better sized than
early varieties, but they rot as they
! ripen.
Figs and apples plentiful. )
Grapes very abundant, but ru any
are rotting
Chufas excellent in Williamsburg
Pastures afford excellent grazing.
The August hay crop will be heavy.
The entire crop situation is at this
time exceeding brightly with promise
of abundant harvest.
From the national bulletin of July
19 :
"In the southern States late corn
has been greatly improved during j
the past week, except in portions of
Louisiana^nd Texas, where rain is
needed."
"A general improvement in the
condition of cotton is reported from
the central and eastern portions of
the cotton belt, and also portions of
the western section Picking con
tinne8 in southwest Texas "
J. W\ BAUER,
Section Director.
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL & FEVER
TONIC.
There is only one naval power of
j the first rank-Great Britain. The
French navy is barely half as strong,
and France must consequently be
classified as a sea power of the sec
ond rank. As none of the other
naval powers is equal'to France, they
are placed in the third class, which
includes, Russia, the United States,
the Japanese, the Italian and the
German fleets
mm ? > mm
Two negroes were killed in a fight
at a negro Odd Fellow festival on
Saturday night at Ridge Spring.
Johnson's
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.
WANTS!
A DVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less
will be inserted under this head for 25
cents for each insertion. Additional lines
5 cents ner line.
AGENTS WANTED. Male or female in j
every county. Business respectable.
v,ouiperi?>ation good. No trouble to make
some money. Address Chronicle, Augusta,
Ga., for particulars.
TT7ANTED-Position to teach in town or
ff country or io private family by a
competent Indy. References furbished- Ad?
dress Miss Kitty Doar, Summerville, S. C.
July 7-tf.
TT7ANTED-Reliable hard-working nen
W in our business. Men wbo are will?
ing to work tor what ibey ?ti, CM? make
money. Apply io The Singer Manfgr. Co.,
No 1*15 Marset Stree', Wilmington, N, C.,
or T. S S ? roter.', Sumter Street.
J::iv 14-3!
wm
Ses: Conch Syrup. Tastes
in time. Sold Ju- druirci?'t.*
KONSUM PTrPfit
ESTABLISHED REPUTATION
The buying of a bicycle ?S a matter of serious importance* AH your
pleasure in cycling depends on your wise choice. In choosing the
Crescent you run no ri k. The unanimous testimony of Crescent
purchasers --70.0CO cf them in J896-should convince you that
Crescent qui!;ty has co superior.
tem Wheel Works
Chicago-New York
emova
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 eyer
to make close prices and
easy terms on all grades
of Bicycles and Sewing
Machines. Give us a call*
Respectfully,
. Barby.
Sumter, S. C., Jane 30. 1897.
DATS.
Beginning on July 1st,
ff ie 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
I, .GUTTINO & DELGAR,
Leading Clothiers, ^Hatters and Furnishers.