Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, HOV 10,1897. Tho Sumter Watchman waa rounded io 1850 and tbe True Southron in 1866. 'Che Watchman and Southron DOW has & : abe combined circulation and influence cf both of '.he old papers, and\?9 mani? festly the lest advertising medium io Samter - The State Pair is the feature of the week for South Carolina. Thousands will spend their annual holiday iu Columbia, and :t will be their own fault ii*they clo not have a good time. Tte fair itself wiU be as good, if not better thats last year, while the sup plementary attractions are of a su? perior order. The military feature alone should be the means of increas? ing the attendance several thousand ; :tbe foot bell game is a drawing card .and the entries for the races are more numerous than for several years The indications are. all in favor of a great fair and a greaI crowd-H the weather will but clo ita part The Cbsraw Fair ' is being exten? sively advertised and there are evi? dences that it is to be a success, % second only to the State Fair. We have recived premium lists and adver? tising matter of attractive character from Mr. F. B. Jones, General Man ager, who has been hustling for se v " eral months to make the fair a suc? cess. The fair opens on Nov. 22d and CIOSCB Nov., 26th As Thanks giving Bay falls on the 26th there will doubtless be a crowd in attend MES Z SS . that day equal to one of the big at the State Fair. On , Nov 23d, Senator Till? man will deliver an address, and there are many other attractions to Jf^?raw crowds and entertain thenhafter ?: they arrive. The horse, and bicycle races are leading features of the ex? hibition, and handsome purses aire j offered to the winners of every event f ?ne thousand dollars will be given ?way in premiums. * To Seduce Cotton Acreage. Jacksors, No?. 1.-The farmers of Chis section have been preparing to or? ganise a onioo, or alliaooe, for the par X pose of reducing tbe acreage of oot ; lt is moro aggressive than the Cot? ton Planters* Proteetile association, and bas seme strong and very binding ; prOV?8?OO? io it. Thc following are some of the provis ions of the plan : 1 Every land owner or farm labor? er is eligible. 2. No member will he allowei to fi?; pian? mote tbaa one acre to every three io?cuUivatioo. 3. Tbe ?bole onion will be compos ed of the cotton-grow io g States I Each State ?ill have a union, and each ccat<ty and each district a union 4. lt ?ill be ao oat?-bound organ? ization, bat not necessarily a secret so? ciety The penalties for violating soy of the rules are very severe and' ?ill cause the average to be reduced io fact For instance, each district ?ill have a surveyor ?bo ?ill measure all che .corps after plaming is done, and a man who bas planted more tba? allowed by the society ?ill forfeit two bales to the acre for ?very excessive acre he bas planted,, to go into the treasury of the associa? tion No member w<ir employ a laborer except for ?ages, who is not a member, and no member ?ill work a mao's land ?hose owner is bot a member They ?ill not patron ii3 a merchant or a railroad that deals with meo ?bo are not members. They mean to reduce the cotton crop or die ia ibe attempt Tbe president of tbe county union will be authorized to em ploy the county surveyor to investigate every suspicious cause. After he bas compared tbe digest stock returns with the average of the returns of the union's surveyor, tbe unions* surveyor ?oald forfeit ail bis compensation for any mistake be bad made. Th? increased acreage io grain crops would prevent millions of dollars from leaving (be cotton States. The system would improve the lands 100 per cent io 10 years. The improvement in oat tie and ?took would be immense. Tbe increase of h. me made manute would save more than tbe farmers clear on their crops DOW. There are hundreds of of ber advantages too numerous to mention. There should be a convention called at once sod the plao of organization dis cussed. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. Henry George's Theory. The New Orleans Picayune bas Tory good and brief summary of the George system. It says : Henry George's political economy is based on the assumption tbat all human beings are entitled to an equal share io )he enjoyment of this world aod all that is io it. No individual should be allow? ed to "have any more of the earth and its prod acts th8n is neoessary for his personal maintenance, and the land or substance of cor globe should be free for ali. As a consequence, any large ownership, or any ownership of land at all, is a wrong upon those who have none. In this view of the matter the great lard owners, whether in cities or in the country, are outraging the natara! rights of their less successful fellows Bat since this private ownership of the substance of the earth has been allowed to exist for so many/ ages, it cannot be broken up without a bloody revolution, find Mr. George's remedy is to lay such a tax upon all lands as will absorb all the profits, and barely leave to the owner enough to pay bim for the care of the property. This would virtually be ?hs assuming of ownership by tbe government of all lands and the renting of them to the owners, who wonld be really tenants. The George policy proposes to raise all the money required for the uses of government from a tax on the lands alone, so that .there wonld be no tariff or any other restraints or tributes laid upon the business of the people. But it is easy to see that .the assumption by the government of ownership over all the real estate in the country wonld fall far short of satisfying the people There would still be vast accumulations ef wealth, jast as there are now. The lands are only a portion of the accumu? lated riches. The rich men would, be able to rent from tbe government as much land as might be needed for their uses, while tbe poor who to-day cannot buy land would noi then be able to rent it. Therefore this land socialism wonld entirely fail of its avowed object, which is to establish ac equal distribution of wealth. . But the only difficulty wonld be in taking the first step. Be that the assumption by ?be government of the ownership of all lands, or all railways and other private corporations, the movement wonld ultimately aim at the seizure and distribution of all property, or its administration by the government for tbe common ose. It is not iotended bere to do more than present amere outline of Henry George's political philosophy, and cer? tainly not to discuss it tn detail. Bat the candid observar must see that Mr. George, io his effort to solve the pro? blem of the-'equai distribution of wealth among mankind, bas lost signt of the extraordinary inequalities in the per? sonal endowments of individual?, through tbe exercise of whioh some 1 have discovered, developed, creased or collected vast wealth, while others have done nothing in that direction. If all adult men were equal io physi? cal, mental and moral qualifies, there would be some assurance tbat wealth once divided wonld remain so, and be properly used. But when tbe actual differences in men aro considered, snob a distribution ooah! not be maintained for even a short period, for very soon some wonld have all, and others would have nothing of their newly acquired possessions Bat there is no 'desire here to dis? parage either the ability or the phil? anthropie deeigns of Henry. He was filled with pity for tbe distress in - the world, and he devoted his great mind to the devisiog of some means for its wholesale amelioration. All such at? tempts heretofore made have failed, and it appears from tbe very nature of man that only divine wisdom can ever right the evils which George, in a spirit of the highest benevolence, has at? tempted to remedy. CHARGE "OP"HEROES ON THE TREASURY. Washington, Nov. 5 -The fi>3t an? nual report of Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay Evans to the secretary of the interior was made to-day. There were added to the rolls during the y;-ar 50,101 new pensioners and there were restored to the rolls 3,971 pensioners who had been previously dropped, a total of 54.072. Losses were 31,960 by dearh, 1.704 by remarriage of widows ?cd mothers. 1,143 by legal limitation (minors), 2,683 for failure to claim pensions for three years and 3.560 for other causes, an aggregate of 41,122 The whole number of pensioners on the rolls June 30. 1897, was 976,014 The net gain over the previous yesr was 5,336 It will thus be seen that the pension roll bas not yet begun to show any diminution, though it has been anticipated by my predecessors in office that such would be the fact Seven widows of Revolution soldiers and nine daughters of Revolutionary soldiers are still on the rolls. The amount disbursed for pensions by the peosion agents during the year was $139,799,242.12, and the amount dis? bursed by treasury settlement was $150,475.23. a total of $139,949,717 This exceeds the amount disbursed during the fiscal year 1896 by thc sum of $1,584,480. Make it clear as sunlight that, when you de? mand some article advertised in this paper, you want precisely that article, and nntbing else. 0. P. Knocking Ont the Dis? pensary Profits. OCT., 1897, OVER $43,000 BEHIND OCT. 1896. The original package competition throughout the State is steadily eat ing. a very large hole in the sales of the dispensaries Month by month the effect becomes more marked, until now the volume of dispensary sales bas been reduced by at least a third, as compared with last year's record, when there was no competi tion and when the dispensary people bad absolute sway and could tlx what? ever prices they chose. Commissioner Yance's report to the State board of control at their !?st meeting showed a falling off io sales for September of $37,355.90, as com pared with the same month of the previous year. At the board's meeting next week Commissioner Yance will report that the slump for October, 1897, as com? pared with October, 1896, is $43, 166 15. In spite of all this, however, Com missioner Yance is making a busi ness success of the institution, as the records will show, and be now stands ready to pay the first money to the state treasurer for the public school fund that has been paid for this pur? pose since the dispensary has been in operation.% He has $20,000 on band, ready to be turned into this fond, and will so report to the board, which fully verifies his prediction publicly made a month ago fie further stated to a Register re? porter yesterday that in December he would have $25,000, for the same fnnd, and the first of Jafrtrary he would ''come again with an equal amount, o p *s or no o p 's." As to Mr. Vance's success with the business, it is due him to state that the records show that jost pre? vious to the time he assumed charge of the institution the board required eighteen months within which to torn in $100,000 of profits, while dering the time has been at the helm, since last May, the profits have - amounted $112.000, inclusive of the $20,000 he will turn io next week In his report next week Commis? sioner Yance will submit the follow? ing significant statement : Cash received Oct., 1896, $135,065 88 Cash receded Oct , 1897, 91,88915 Difference $43,166 15 1 attribute this large difference somewhat to the competition of the original package shops, and blind tigers, but principally to the low price of cotton, and the general de? pressed financial condition of stbe county. If affords me pleasure to inform you that notwithstanding this large difference in cash received, that we have met promptly every obligation of the state dispensary when present? ed, and that 1 now have $20,000 ready to pay to the free school fund. -The Register Take JOHNSON'S CHILL ?t FEVER POLICEMAN KILLED AND BIG LIQUOR MEN AR? RESTED FOR CRIME Atlanta, Nov 8 -Patrolman J. T. Ponder . was , killed here to night at 7 o'clock while he was shadowing a supposed burglar who had entered the wholesale whiskey house of L Steinau The officer saw a man enter the building and he followed bim. When the officer struck a - atch to light bis way, he was fired von five times by an assassin He died' in a few minutes. Early this morning the business of Steinan was placed in the hands, of a receiver and Officer Ponder knew the house had been closed by the sheriff when he saw the man en? ter the building. The police inti? mate that some member of the firm, endeavoring to secure money from the vault, entered and finding himself discovered, killed the only eye wit? ness, who was Officer Ponder. Steinau was immediately placed un der arrest and is now being subjected to a critical examination Other members of the firm are under ar? rest and the investigation bas created a tremendous sensation in th- city. When the receiver left the build? ing this afternoon, he locked the big vault and turned the combination After the assasination, the vault was found unlocked and a bunch of keys were picked up near the vault. All who are under arrest deny knowing anything about the tragedy. The Anti-Football Bill. Atlanta, Ga , Nov. 8.-Representa? tive Cole's football bill prohibiting match of prize games of football or games of football where admirion fees are charged, came up io thc house to? day with a favorable report from the general judiciary committee, with an amendment striking out ''games of like character." This was adopted and the bill passed without discussion by a vote of 91 to 3. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, ' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. PURSUANT, to the judgments aod orders of the Cour; aforesaid, severally made in the following entitled capes, I will offer for sale at Public Auction, before the Court House in the City of Sumter, County and c-tate aforesaid, OD the First Monday in De? cember, next, 1897, (being tba 6tb day of said moDtb) between ?he hour?? of eleven o'clock in tbe forenoon and five o'clock io the after? noon r<f said day, the rea! estate io each case described, on tbe terms in each case speci6ed : Robert C. McFaddin. plaintiff, against John R. Cousar and others, JHzecutors, W. F. B. Eaynsworth and B. P Barron, Executors, and M E. Muldrow, defendants. That tract of land devised by T. Rees English by tbe 3d clause of his will to A. F. Cousar and T. B Cousar as three hundred and twenty acres of land, iyiog near Pud? ding Swamp, once known as tbe Hancock landend bounded bj lands of H Harby, Theo. Torahneon aod Mrs. Nesbitt. Terms- One-half cash, and tbe balance on a credit ot one year with interest thereon from the cate of sale, until fully paid, se? cured by ?be eond of tbe purchaser and bis mortgage of the premises sold Purchaser to pay for necessary papers and recording. Mark Reynolds, plaintiff against Martha Keith, Kate Douglas, Malinda Brown, Rebecca San? ders, Sarah Geddis, Wm Singleton, Wil? liam Singleton, Jr., Thomas Singleton, Kate Pinckney, Ophelia Brown, Caesar Singleton, Jeff Singleton, Edward Singleton, Scipio Sin? gleton, Eenry Singleton, Benj. Singleton, Agnes Singleton, Rebecca Singleton, j the last 12 named being children of Clarissa Single ion deceased). Elizabeth Keith, Hannah Keith, Eliza Keith and Nellie Keith, {the last 4 named being children of Jefferson Keith, Jr . deceased), heirs at-law and distributees of j Jefferson Ktith, the older, deceased. All that parcel or tract of land with tbe buildings thereon, situate io the County and I,State aforesaid, containing twenty-tire acres; bounded on Southwest ny Cane Savannah ; Road; on North by land of Estate of Marcus Sumter, aad East by land of Estate of Dr M Reynolds, and South by land of Essex Tay? lor; being tbe same tract conveyed to me by Dr. M. Reynolds by deed, recorded with plat, in R. M. C. office, book '-TJ. U " page 494 S? Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay for neces? sary papers. Robt. M. Jenkins and John W. McCoy, co? partners as Jenkins ?r McCoy, plaintiffs, against J. M. Reid, defendant. AU that piece, parcel, or tract of land, situate at Greggs X Road?, County aforesaid, measuring and .containing (7) seven acres, be the ?ame more or less, and butting and bouoding North on the public road known as the Can.den road. East on the pub,ic road leading to MayeeviUe, Sooth or. la?.d of H. D. Corbett, and We>too land late of J. M. Reid, now of R M Plowden Ter? s-Cash. Purchaser to pay for necessary papers. Robt. C. McFaddin, assignee, plaintiff, against Thos. E Richardson, A. M. Richardson and others, defendants. AU that lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and being i?* the County of Sumter and State aforesaid and kn?wt, ns "Sherwood," con? taming seventy acres ned bounded North by lands ot Jftoies C*ld?el?. K?*8t by lands of Dr M S Moore (th* Ch?r!eeton and Camden rond dividing the ?ame from the tract herein conveyed), South br int,cs -ow or formerly of D B McLnurin md West by lend.? of M?Laurin and W-et by Ur.ds of McLaurin & r&ldwe ! Terma-v-One-tbird casb, and tbe balance on a eredit of one and two years, with inter? est from dav of sale, payable annually ttl! paid, secure?* by mortgage of the premises sold, with privilege to parcbaser to pay more tbao one-third, or tba whole of the purchase money io cash as be may elect Purchaser to pay for necefgary papers and recording. * W. H. INGRAM, Master of Sumter County. Nov. 9. Estate of Wm. W. Bo;kio, Dee'd. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, on December 10th, 1897, for a final Discbarge ss Admr. o aforesaid Estate W. D. SCARBOROUGH, Nov. 10-4t. Admr. ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN ERAL AGENT for the Alpine Fire ana Burglar Proof Safe Company. I am prepared to offer liberal teims to those who are in need of a good safe For prices and terms addrees J. A. RENNO, Mch 24. Sumter, S. C. YELLOW FEVER PREVENTED BY TAKING "OUR NATIVE HERBS," the Great Blood Purifier and Liver Regu* lator. 200 DAY'S TEEAT2?E2TT $1.00 Containing a Registered Guarantee. 32 page Book and Testimonials, FREE Sent by mail, postage paid. Sold only by A geo ts for ALONZO 0. BLISS CO., Nov 3-4t WASHINGTON, D. C. NOTICE, Under Insolvent Debtor's Act JOHN GRANT HAVING FILED HIS Petition for Discharge Under the Insolv? ent Debtor's Act, in the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, Now Therefore, It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be brought before the Court, and also all credi? ton at whose suit such persoos stand charged, as well as all other Creditors to whom be shall be indebted, are hereby summoned tobe and appear before rae, the undersigned, in my office, at Sumter Court House, on the 21th day of November, at 10 o'clock a m. SHEPARD NASH, C C. C. P. & G. S. Nov. 2, 1897-3t. TgelJUF.M THE REGULAR V. ON TH LY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No. 44. A. F. M.. will he held on Thursday Evening, Dec. 2d, at 1\ p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselv(8 accordingly rr Wi tr?- , ? COPYRIGHT i8?7 Winter ?? Coming and is now on the way from the frozen noses, and possibly "toeses *' of our Klondyke friends So the ladies should be prepared to give her a warm reception by encasing the "toeses"' of the school children and her own dainty foot in a pair of our handsome, strong comfortable and durable shoes. Our Ladies' and Men's Shoes, and our handsome Shoes for children's wear, combine the best points of merit Large Line of Trnnfcs and Yalises. BULTMAN & BRO, Noy 3-* Exact reproduction of our $8 Suits when worn. DON'T BUY A CHEAP SUIT. ; Buy a good suit as cheap as possible. This you can do from D. J. CHANDLER, THE CLOTHIER. Our Snits at $5, $6, $8, $10, $12, $15, $18; $20 and $22 are undoubted, ly the best values ever offered by any reliable house* Our stock is large and you will hardly have any trouble in getting suited. Sep 2-3m. , CATTLE WANTED. H. Darby. Sumter, S. C., November 5, 1897 BEATING JL GOOD HORSE, if you have one of your own, is easy wheo you have such a light running gear, light weight buggy and one made strong as steel, such as you will find io our superior stock Lightness, fine springs, superior woodwork aod workmanship is combined with beauty and lew price in our buggies, run? abouts, surreys, carts, &c. See our $20 farm one bress wagon. H. HA RBI .