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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IL 1S97.
A Series of Articles Contributed by
Advanced Thinkers.
THE WORKINGMAN'S ECONOMIC MAN?
AGEMENT IN EXPENDITURE.
II.
PARIS, March 2.-A dealer in pianos
"Will have bis ene room filled with in?
struments standing in parallel revrs
with just space enough between for
placing a stool. (This, of course, in the
Latin quarter. ) Furniture? rooms show
the same close packing, and grocery
" stores are a study in this respect A
shoemaker around the corner hammers
happily away in a room hardly large
enough for a doll house and lighted
with one window. The home of our
concierge consists of but one room, a
third of which is comprised in its bow
window. Here she cooks, eats, sleeps
and receives her company, yet there is
not the slightest hint ot squalor or dis?
order in ker domain. On the contrary,
there is always a bouquet of flowers on
her window s?L and her well kept
plants' and singing birds, to say nothing
t of her beautiful manners, suggest that
both comfort and refinement may sur?
vive in such conditions.
Still, there must be some underlying
reasons why this power to rise above
unfavorable conditions should be so
general ?ere. The reason I think is this:
Whatever this nation's faults, one fun?
damental instinct seems to exist, from
the government down, that is the dispo?
sition tc multiply work by every possi?
ble means instead of lessening it or per?
mitting it to be lessened either bv in?
dividual greed or tte indiscriminate
use of labor saving (and man wasting)
devices.
Doubtless many defects exist in car?
rying out this instinct, but it must
make Vori: more assured, take the
sting out of poverty, and leave courage
to make the most of what one has. #
I am told that this government dis?
courages in certain cases the introduc?
tion of machinery. In certain small
towns where shipbuilding is the means ?
of likelihood the work is ail done by
?and. The wood for the timbers is saw?
ed and planed in this way, and the iron?
work, the bolts and screws, are cut and
fashioned by the same means. Also the
making of the thread for the sails and
the spinning, weaving and sewing of
these, ali furnish work for the hands
of needy laborers.
A live business man. would say,
"Why, I could bring a sawmill here
and do this work up in no time and
without using a fraction of the men
now employed." And doubtless an at?
tempt by our government to interfere
in this way would be considered by
even, very intelligent people as an un?
warranted interference with the rights
cf "free bora citizens. "
And yet coes being "free born" mean
the right to make a slave of another
"free born," as many are today the
slaves of poverty? A man may be-of?
ten has been;-the slave of another man
and yet kept his manhood intact, but a
man out cf work continually is the
slave of conditions in which manhood
can rarely survive. Why should not a
government liberate these slaves by put?
ting in circulation work which already
exists, for work is not scarce, never was
and never will be; it is simply kept out
of humanity's reach by a combination
of institutions. To see that this wcik
was put in circulation would interfere
with no one's rights.
Work which is paid for is scarce, but,
again, this is not because money is
scarce, if we use the word "money" in
its legitimate sense. Mau works for
money in order that he may obtain with
it work of some other kind. Th* money
in its legitimate sense is merely an
agent for facilitating this exchange of
work and is necessary only because it
facilitates i t and also checks dishonesty.
Work is really paid fer with work, just
as in the most primitive times, and this
instinct to erxchange work would be al?
ways on the increase if not deliberately
interfered with.
True, it would take the closest think?
ing to keep money down to its legiti?
mate business of facilitating an ex?
change of work instead of serving the
purposes of speculation, but it would
make it no longer possible to check the
natural circulation of work, as is done
now.
It is this interference with the nat?
ural increase and circulation of work
that is checked to a certain extent in
this country. Of course this divides the
burden of discomfort more evenly be?
tween the workingmen and more inde?
pendent people, and to many this alone
would be sufficient reason for condemn?
ing the government's interference. The
most noticeable instance of this is in
the tram system of Paris, in which the
motive power is mainly horses and
horses which do not hasten. In addi?
tion, while these tram lines are numer?
ous, the number of trams is limited be?
cause all above a certain number are
taxed so high that it hardly pays to put
them on. This is doner-1 am told, to !
prevent the trams from crowding out
the older and more expensive cab sys
tem, which gives employment in this j
city to thousands of men.
But the cab driver is not allowed to j
profit beyond his rights by this discrim?
ination in his favor. His fare is limited
by law and serves fer a ride to any part
of the city, with a slight increase after
midnight. (They are a most comfort?
able looking lot, however, in spite of
this interference. )
Preparations are being made now for j
the introduction of electric roads, but j
these are not to be used until, the ex- j
piration of certain omnibus charters.
Omnibuses are also very numerous 1
here and are usuallv run with three i
horses abreast. It must he evident then !
that this supervision keeps an incalcu?
lable amount of work in circulation. \
The number of horses used, their care
and the cultivation and hauling of j
grain for their use must keep an army i
of men employed and give them means ?
IvryTrtr^f?^T^T^fifJTT* SB BOB
? also to spen? upon stili otber kinds of
! werk. Surely this is a better use to put
a man to than forcing him to uso bis
j wits in making a living oil of others
j either bj fraud or crime. And the only
j thing really interfered with is the accu?
mulating cf fortunes big enough to buy
j up governments and. so interfere with
j the execution cf just laws.
MES. C. H. STOXZ.
! SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS FRO?." THE:
j GREATNESS Cr ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
i HISTORY.
The Egyptians in all ages had had a
rich natural environment. It illustrates
what great possibilities are in the nar?
row limits cf a river and thc valleys
on either side and that greatness is not
in estent but in intent.
From Menes of the first d^-nasty "back
through the mysterious shades, demigods
and gods, where we see the serious at?
tempt to interpret their origin and to
link themselves with heaven, down
through the 25 dynasties to the close of
the reign of Amasis II, and the preva?
lence of the Greek arms under Alexan?
der,* 332, we seo one continuous budding
of art, religion, literature, government
that were so great that we are amazed
by "their mere fragmentary remains. We
fain would see this Solomon of nations
"in all its glory."
They had a belief that Apophis, the
dragon cf darkness and fog, fought
against the sun and had finally con?
quered. It seems that Egypt, the sun of
nations, has been eclipsed by the fogs
of barbarism, and yet Egypt is living
and at no distant day will arise and be?
come great in the glory of her past and
the pride of her present strength. Her
dead hand reaching out of the pas?
hands to us the same keys at least that
aid in unlccking these mysteries, the
origin of government and of religion.
Work, ny brother, rest is nigh.
Pharaoh lives forever!
Beast and bird cf earth and. sky,
Things that creep and things that fly,
All must labor, all must die,
Bu: Pharoah lives forever!
In its literature we have the "promise
and potency" of all that fellows. There
are tho "Inscription of Xnumhetep,"
'Sookof the Dead," "Hymn to the
Nile," "Hymn to the Supreme Being,"
"Litany cf Ka." "Dirge of Meneptah,"
"Festal Dirge, " "Song of the Harper, "
"Hatasus' Inscription, " "Inscription of
Pianchi Mer Amen," "Papyrus of
Barneses III," "Tale cf the Doomed
Prince," "Travels of an Eygptian,"
"The Two Brothers, y eta In these va?
rious literary works we find such sug?
gestive phrases as these:
"Making the dues by the valuation of
the greatness of his love of justice. "
"Usertesen il, giver cf life, estab?
lished, strong like the sun, for he mado
his memorial in Cynopolis, making good
what he found defective."
"Osiris-I am he who made the heav?
ens, who created all living beings; he
who governs all he has made. "
"Ra-He wipes out all sins end de?
stroys all impurities. He gives life, de?
stroys evil and disposes the ?curse of
time>
ETMN.
Bringer cf feed, great Lord cf previsions,
Creator cf all geed things,
Lord cf errors and of choicest ?cys.
All are combined in him.
He produce:!: grass fer thc- oxen,
Providing victims for every ced.
The choice incense is that which he sup?
plied.
Lord in. both regions.
He fille?h thc graneries, enricheth thc store- j
houses.
He careth fer the state of the peer.
PHAYLri.
Establisher of just ice,
Lend thine esr to him who is peer!
Thcu are him who giveth bread to him who
has none. <*
The Lord is my ?ofender.
There is none mighty except him alene.
Strong is Amen, lino wing how to answer, ?
Fulfilling thc desire of him who cries to him. 1
Here vre see the fine ethical enthusi- :
asm, religious insight and lofty spirit- |
uality of the Brahman, Buddhist or
Parsee, cf the Clean thean hymn to Ju?
piter cr of the noblest of the Psalms;
an ethical concept, a helpful thought of
God, that made them strong anti true
to what light they had.
Greece owes not a little of its great?
ness in literature, philosophy and art to
Egypt. Especially in ait were Phidias,
Praxiteles and Apelles indebted, what?
ever may have been their greatness. We
may well profit by taking seriously to
heart tho secret of Egyptian greatness
and of the marvelous success of the
great painter of Cos, "Kulla dies sine
linea." J. W. CALDWELL.
Governor Richards of Wyoming is a
thoughtful and practical statesman and
gives his views on a very grave subject, j
the land question. He says: "It is my
belief that the time has arrived when
the United States should retire from
the land business, except in the terri?
tories, and that all of the public land
within their borders should be ceded to
the states, even the mineral lands. Col?
orado when admitted to the Union was
allowed to retain all of its school land,
whether mineral or otherwise, and its
mineral land is now bringing in a large
revenue to thc state. Texas retained all
of its public land and has managed it
successfully and profitably. There is no
reason why Wyoming cannot do the
same. I would recommend that it be
brought to the attention of congress in
the form of a suitable resolution or j
memorial."
j
The power capable of being exercised ?
by the steam engines of the world in ;
18S7, according to the Berlin bureau of j
statistics, was 200,000,000 horses, or j
1,000,000,000 men, cr three times tho j
working population of the cart)), whose |
pepuiation is probably 1,460,000,000. |
In the United States the machinery was j
capable of doing 3,500,000 horsepower,
each horsepower doing the work of six i
men, or 21,000,000. representing a pop?
ulation of 100,000, OOO, while in reality |
4,000,000 men carried cn the work, rep- j
resenting a population of 20,000,000. !
From 1880 to 1890 there was an in?
crease of 74 per cent in horsepower, in- [
dicating that if men were required to
do the work it would take 30,000,000
men.
Cinco, the 5 cent straight nsvao~ Ci^ar, i
or eale by H. G. Osteea & Co.
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1,000 Tons Acid with Potasn.
. 500 Tons Dissolved Bone.
500 Tons German Kain it,
400 Tons C. S. Meal,
For Sale.
We are prepared to meet
any and all prices for STAND?
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before purchasing.
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Dec. 16.
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
SUMTER COUNTY.
0FFIC5 OF
SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION,
SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C., May 1, 1837.
Notice ls hereoy given that in accordance
with an Act of tb^ General Assembly, tbe
books for the registration of all legally quali?
fied voters, and for the issuing of transfers,
&c, will be open *t the court house, between"
the hour3 of 9 o'clock a. co., and S o'clock
p m.. on the first Monday of each month,
and for three successive dajs, until thirty
days before the next eeoeral electioo.
Minors who shall become cf ?ge during that
period of thirty days, shall be entitled to
registration before the bocks are closed, ti
otherwise qualified.
W. S. JAMES.
E. F. BURROWS.
J. M. KNIGHT,
May 12. Supervisors of Registration.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
RAILROAD.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Corrected to Jan. 24th, 1897.
DAILY. DAILY
Lv Charleston 7 10 a m 5 30 p m
Ar Summerville 7 46 am 610pm
" Pregnalis 8 18 a ta 6 50 p m
" Georges 8 30 a m 7 04 pm
"Branchville 9 00 a m 7 50 pm
" Rowesville 9 15am 8 07 pm
" Orangebarg 9 28 a m 8 24 p m
"St Matthews 9 48am 8 48 pm
" Fort Motte 10 00 a m 9 03 p m
" Ringville 10 10 a m 9 20 p m
"Columbia 10 55 am 10 10 pm
Lv Colombia 7 00 a m 4 00 p m
Ar Ringville 7 40 am 444pm
" Fort Motte 7 51am 4 55 pm
" St Matthews 8 02 a m 5 09 p m
" Oraogebnrg 8 24 a m 5 27 p m
" Reesville S 38 ft m 5 42 p m
" Branchville" 8 55 a m 5 55 p rn
" Georges 9 35 a m 6 37 p m
" Pregnalis 9 48 a m 6 50 p m
"Summervale 10 22 am 7 22 pm
" Charleston ll 00 a m 8 00 p m
Lv Charlestos 7 10 a m 5 30 p m
"Branchville 9 15am 7 50 pm
" 3a rn berg 9 41 ft m 8 19 p m
" Denmark 9 52 am 831pm
" Blackville i0 10 a m 9 50 p m
'. Williston 10 27 a m 9 10 p m
" Aiken ll 09 a m 9 57 p m
Ar Augusta 1151am 10 45 pm
Lv Augusts G 20 a m 3 20 p rn
" Aiken 7 08 a a 4 07 p m
" W:lli3t02 7 49 am 4 44 p m j
" Blackville 8 08 a m 5 03 pm
"Denmark 8 20 am 5 17 pm i
" Bamberg 3 33 a m - 5 29 p m j
"Branchville 9 10am 5 55 p m j
Ar Charleston ll CO a m 8 00 pm
Fast Bxpress, Augusta and Washington, with
Through Steelers to New York.
Lv Augusta 3 05 p m
Ar Aiken 3 44 p m
11 Denmark 4 59 p m
Lv Denmark 6 25 a m
" Aiken 7 28 a m
Ar Augusta 8 10 a m
Daily Ercept Sunday.
Lr Camden '8 45 a m 2 25 p m
" Camden Junction 9 35 a m 3 55 p m
Ar Ringville 10 05 a m( 4 35 pm
Lv Ringville 10 25 a m 6 00 a m
" Camden Junction ll 00 am 6 40 am
Ar Camden 1155 am 8 15am
E. S BOWEN, L. A. EMERSON,
GenM Man'g'r Traffic Man'g'r
General offices-Charleston, S. C
Atlantic Coast line.
Manchester & Augusta Railroad
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
In effect May 16. l?9?.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
rio. *35. No. T57
A. IC A. If.
Lv Darlington. 753
Lv Elliott, 8 40
Ar Sumter, 9 25
Lv Sumter, 4 40
Ar Creston, ft 32
Lv Creston, 5 45
Ar Pregnalis, -9 15
Ar Orangebarg, 5 57
Ar Denmark, 6 3J
P. K. A. M. A, X
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
' No. f56 No. ?32
A. K P. If
Lv Denmark, 4 55
Lv Ore.tigeburg, 5 25
L7 Pregc?.?s, ?OJCO
Ar Creston, 3 50 ?
Lv Creston, 5 47
Ar Sumter, 6 40
Lr Sumter, G 55|
Ar Elliott. 7 40'
Ar Darlington 3 30
? v p. v..
.Daily.
tDaily except Sunday.
Trains Zl and* 3S carry tbrortirh P;:Ilm&:
Palice Buffet Sleeping Cars betveen Net
York ind Macon vie Augusta.
7. M I M EKS?N, B. M. EM E RS* ?N.
Traffic Manager. Ass>t Gen. Ptr-e A. 1
." R KFNLT. Gert'i Manager.
Land S u r v ey i n g.
MR, K D MOISE, will give prompt ar
tent ion to cal!? for surveying and platting
iaixl Can be fouod at his office, next door i
to office of Lee and Moise. Sumter, S. C.
Nov. 18. 1
THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER-, S. C.
City and County De post or y
Tr.ic?f.c*; a g?nerai Banking business, u'so
bas
A Savings Bank Department,
Deposits of Si and onwards received Jd
terest allowed 'fie race cf 4 T c-r cent, per
Hnt:i:^. Payable^uarteriy, <;n fiisi days.cf
January. A:.ri!, Juiv abd October.
" W. F. ?. HAYNS WORTH,
W F. REAME. Cashier. Presideot.
J?;; 13.
Order Your
PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES
FROM
GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON,
holesale Agents, Charleston, S C
-AgeDts for
MOTT'S CIDER
BED SEAL CIC-ABS,
AND DOVE HAMS
Atlantic Coast Line.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUG?S
TA RAILROAD
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
! Dated Aug 1, 18S7
I Leave Wilmington
Leave Maries'.
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Arrive Sunter
Leave Sumter1
Arriie Columbia
No.55,
No. 3 5.
P. M.
*4 00
G 42
7 25
j P. M. A.M.
I *7 30 ? *3 35
j 13 12! 4 40
?No.52.
[P.M. A.?<5.
I 9 151 *S 35
j IO 351 10 55
No. 52 runb thrccgl: from Charleston v;a
Central R. E., leaving Charleston 7 a. m.,
? Laue? 8 26 a. m.. SffaooiGy 9 05 a. ci.
! _._
TRAINS GOING NORTH
Leave* Columbia
Arrive Sitat- r
Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Leave Marice
Arrive Wilmington
|No.5i.|Nc 53.1
; A.M. ? P.M
i *5 50 *5 I5?
7 12
A. M.
7 15
8 25
6 35|
No.50.
P.M.
*6 45
7 55
A. M. j
8 55
9 34
12 15
.Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C.,
via Central R. R., arriving Manning 7 10 p.
m., Lanes 7 48 p m., Charleston 9 25 p. m
Trains on Conway Branch Isave Chad
boarn 10 40 a. m., arrive at CoDway
way 1 00 p. m., returning leave Conway at
2 45 p. m., t -ive Chadbourn 5 15 p. m*
;eave Chadbourn '?> f0 p.m., arrive at Hub at
6 20 p. m., returning- leave Hub 8 30 a. m.
arrive at Chadbourn 9.?5 a. m. Daily ex
'< cent Sunday.
JOHN F. DIVINS, Gen'! Supt
! J. KEN LY, Gsa') Manager.
i T. ii. EMERSON, TrafFc Munaeer
; ?Mo River & Charleston Eailway Cs I
i
S^v^-?^^^iT'-'"' '.*"?'?!
?otu - fF^tei *i& i#jraaF~xrvf trv- \
SAMUEL HUNT, Agent for Purchaser.
In effect .May 5, 1897.
CAROLINAS DIVISION.
NORTHBOUND -(Daily except Sunday ) j
No 33.
No. Ll.
Lv Camden.j 2.00
Lr Kershaw.i 2 45
Lv Lancaster.j 3.25
Lv Catawba Junction) 4.CO
Ar Rock Hill. 4 30
Lv Rock Hill...! 4 30
Lv Yorkvilie. 5.05
Ar Blacksburg. 6.20 p m
Lr Blacksbnrg.
Lv Patterson Springs]
Lv Shelby.j
Lv Rutberfordton.j
Ar Marion.'
ll
8.10 a m
8.40 a m
9.1G a m
10 00 a m
12.20 p m
No. 32. No. 10.
Lv Marion. , 4. 45 p sr.
Lv Rutberfordton.1 ! 6.20 . o
Lv Shelby. j 8 25 tr.
Lv Patterson Springs. 1 8.40 rx
Ar "Blacksburg. j 9.CO p rr
Lv Blacksburg. 8.30 a m j
Lv Yorkvilie. 9 35 a m
Ar Rock Hi!!. 10.20 a m
Lv Rock Hill.10.20 a m
Lv Catawba Junction. 10.45 a m
Lv Lancaster. 11.22 ara
Ar Kershaw.j 12.05 pm
Lv Kershaw.j 12 0 ? p m
Ar Camden .I 1.00 pm
Dinner at Kershaw.
CONNECTIONS
No 32 has connection with the Chester ?
Lenoir Railroad at Yorkvilie, S. C., with the
Southern Railway at Rock Hill, S. C., witb
the Seaboard Air Line at Catawba Junction,
S. C., witb the Lancaster ? Chester Railroad
at Lancaster, S. C., and with the Soatb Car?
olina and Georgia Railway at Camdea, S. C.
No. 33 North bound train has same ccneee
ion? HS No. 32.
S E
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
. LU M PK IN. Gen Pft*3 Act
New Crop 1897.
Xew Comb Hone}' in pound
sections.
Choice Extracted Roney, 03
the gallon or less quantity.
For sale at my residence, oz
orders may be left of?ice of the
Watchman and Southron,
\. G. Osteeo.
?ki.* :
Glenn Springs, S. C.
Hotel Open from June 1 to October 1.
Large, well-ventilated rooms. Best sanitary ai rangements,
first and second floors. Baths- and electric bells.
Italian Band from June 1 to end of season. Glenn
Springs Railroad runs within 300 yards of the Hotel.
Glenn Springs Water has no Superior on the
Continent.
Write for Certificates.
For rates of board, apply to
SIMPSON & SIMPSON.
Glenn Springs Water for sale in Sumter at the Drug Stores
of J. F. W. DeLorme. J. S. Hughson & Co., and A. J. China
Sold also by TT. II. Dehrar
hillery
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Buy none but the Deering ; it is tbe
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Sumter, S, C,
Neither will proclamations on dead
walls revive languishing trade.
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