The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 15, 1897, Image 3
Pisgah Latter?
Mr. Editor: The warm days makes the oats
look green ?ad flourishing, thtfagb cold
weather is wanted to gire people SQ oppor?
tunity to kilt all bogs fat eoongh. Several
people here bare fine ones to tap, as soon as
the frost comes again Notwithstanding the
bard times several around befe are building
and improviog their place. Mr. D.J. Hat*
- field, a contractor of th ?? place, is bniidiog a
neat cottage for Mr. L. S. Vinson who has
purchased land here. Rev. J. Walter
Kenny, is building, and will settle here. We
would gladly welcome many more such good
and worthy citizens like Mr. Kenny, to our
midst. Oar section is fast building ap, and
we will soon hare a little town here. While
there is mach to discourage, there is mach to
encourage, aad if Poor Richard's (Ben?
jamin Franklin) advice was followed :
"He, that by the plow would thrive,
. Himself most either hold or drive,"
hotter times would be here Say what yon
please, and listen to ail Mr. Wilborn, and Mr.
Lane and Mr. Rodney tay, bot until pUnta
tioas become eelf-sa staining, hard ti mei will
he here, for that is the "goose that lays tbs
golden egg" io farming.
Oar acfcoobj are now in fall blast. S. M,
McLeod at Pisgah, Miss Adele McLeod teaches
the Bembert School, 6 Wash . Hatfield, the
Kew Hope School, and Miss Emma Colclough
the Hilliard School.
From what! ?an see and bear, Sumter
county has a fine set of teachers.
Rev Peter Stokes, who has preached here j
tor four years, wit! go to another field hy the
limit of the chut ch We all regret that be is
to go from oar midst. Bit walk bas been |
that of a sincere Chrittian.
Oar neighborhood it comparatively
healthy?
Tba Magistrate's Conrts are flourishing,
with a variety of basinets.
New? is scare. Eren that sly fellow that
invades the homes of all classes of people,
aad changes lives for . better or for worse,
teems to be resting, from overwork or ga th cr?
iag more strengb for greater efforts io the
futore.
"Harvest Homes" among the colored peo?
ple are frequent and at almost ali of them,
there is a fuss
Pisgah S. C. Dec. 14th. _
Two Pointed Questions Answered
What is the use of making a better article
than your competitor if yon cac cot get a
helter price.for it?
Ans.-As there is no difference in the price
the public will bay only the better, so that
while oar profits may be smaller on a'single
sale they will be much greater ia tbe aggre?
gate.
How cao voa cet the public to know yoar
make is the best ?
If both articles ar? brought prominently
before the public both ere certain to be tried
sod the public will very quickly passjedg-.
meat on them and ose only the better one.
This explains the large sale on Chamber?
lain's Cough Remedy. The people have been
using it for rears and have foo nd that it cao
always be depended opon. They may occa?
sionally taie op with some fashionable
novelty put forth / with exaggerated claims,
bat are certain to return to the one remedy
that they know to be reliable, and for coogbt,
colds and croup there is nothing equal to
Cnambpriain's Cough Remedy. For sale by
Dr. Ai J. China.
HO FBOFITS AHB CONSTABLE
- FOB SUMTES
The Astounding Bequest of the
County Board of Control.
The County Board of Control met last
Wednesday in annual session and proceeded
to elect dispensers to serve during taeeosn
jag year.
Dispenser J. B. Raffield, of Sumter, was
re-elected* and Messrs. J B. Baker end J. B.
White were re-elected assistants.
Dispenser A. 6. Warren, of Mayesville,
was re-elected for anotber year.
Mr L. L. Baker wes elected dispenser for
Bisfcopville.
The ordinary routine business wat tran?
sacted sod the reports and accounts of the
several dispensers checked over.
A r?solution was adopted requesting tbe
State Board to withhold the share of the pro?
fits that the City af Scatter is entitled to an?
der the law aod that a constable be appoint?
ed for service io thia city abd county.
The reason assigned for the request to with?
hold the city's share of tbe dispensary pro?
fits is that the City Council reo ted a store io
the City Ball to an origioal package dealer.
The request was forwarded to the State
Board of Control, now in session in Colom?
bia, sod it wat taken ap for consideration this
morning with the result set forth in tbe fol?
lowing telegram received from Columbia
to-day :
Columbia, S. C , Dec. 9-Sumter Board of
Control req neets that Sn oater's share of
profits oe withela aod constable be employed
Council b?s rented store to original package
shop is the cause assigned. The request ot
the Board bas been endorsed as to withhold?
ing profit ?sd request as to appointment of
constable bas been referred to Governor El
lerbe.
The Board of Control for Sum:er County
jj composed of J. T. Hays, chairman, H. C.
Canico, clerk, ead J. Waiter Dinkins.
Mr Hardin Norris, clerk of the drag store
of R. Shoemaker, Perry, 111., says : "A maa
came into oar store the other day aod said,
'I want a bottle of that stuff that saves chil?
dren's lives. I read in tbe News about it.
The children may get sick when we can not
gel toe doctor quick enough, lt's tbe medi?
cine you sell for croap.' " He alluded to
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy aod bo nj: ht s
bottle before he left the store. For sale by
Dr. A. J. China.
Th? Discovery of the Day.
Aug. J. Bogel, tbe leading druggist of Shreve?
port, La., says: "Dr. Wm.King's New Discov?
ery is the only thing that cares my cough, and
it is the best seller I have." J. F. Campbell
of Salford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New Dis?
covery is all thalia claimed for it : it never
fails, and is a sore cure for Consomption.
Coughs and Colds. I cannot ray enough for
its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Cooghs and Colds is not an ex?
periment. It has been tried for a quarter of
eentnry, and to-day stands ac the head. It
never disappoints. Free trial bottles at Dr. J.
p. W De Lorine's Drug Store . 6
Mac James, the well known base
bal! pitcher, who was with the
Washington team last year, wilt
nitch next season for the Baltimore
team. He is at present studying
medicine at tbe Charleston Medical
College.
Meteorological BecoriL
The following is a report, of observations
of tbe weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the past two weeks ending
Dee. 12, 1897 :
Temperature.
SS
9
M
3
CU
?3
se I
2, j Condition.
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
ll
49
50
57
57
53
57
60
48
58
61
66
69
66
67
40
34
29
44
45
44
40
34
35
44
46
43
54
55
44.5
42.
43.
50 5
49
50.5
50.
41.
47.5
52.5
56
56.
60.
61.
v
5 B
8
E
X- B
B
8 W
M B
O 8
8
8 B
B
8 B
W
.09
.00
.00
.01
.05
.28
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
00
Trace
00
?Oiuudy
Clear
?Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Clear
?Cloudy
Clear
?Cloudy
?Cloudy
Clear
?Partly cloudy.
General killiag frost and - thin ice on Dec.
lat. Bains hare been very light. Ho. severe
cold ai vet.
? -J I I ttmm
Pains in tbt chest when a person.baa a cold
indicate a tendency toward pneumonia. A
piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's
Pain Balm and bound en to the chest over
the seat of pain will promptly relieve the
palo and prevent the threatened attack of
pneumonia. This same treatment will core a
lame back io a few boars. Sold by Dr. A J
China.
Bobbed the Grave.
A startling incident ol' which Mr. Tohn
Oliver of Philadelphia, waa the subject, is nar?
rated by bim as foHow.8 :. "I waa in a most
dreadful condition. My skin was almost yel?
low, eyes sun ken, tongue coated, pain continu?
ally in back and side?, no appetite-gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three physi?
cians had given me up. Fortunately, a friend
advised trying 'Electric Bitters/' and to my
great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement I continued their use
for three weeks, and am now a well man. I
know they saved my life, &nd robbed the grave
of another TIC ti m." No one should fail to
try them. Only 50 cents per bottle at J. F.
W* De Lor m e's Drag Store- 6
COTTON MARKET.
Samter,S. C., December 15.-Market to?
day 5$. Receipts 20 balea.
Liverpool, Dec. 14, 1897.-Market opened
quiet, dosed steady.
Opened. Closed.
Nov. aod Dec. 3 09 3 09$
Dec and Jan. \ 3 08$ 3 09$
Jan. and Feb. 3 08$ 3 09$
New York, Dec. 14, 1897.-Market opened
quiet, closed quiet.
Opened. dosed.
December, 5 70 5 69
January, 5 71 5 70
February, 5 74 5 74
A stomach full of undigested food io about
as unhealthy a meas as one eau well imagine.
What can be dorre with it?
There it stays. It won't digest. It churns
np, ferments and decays ; becomes poisonous
(as all putrid matter does) and causes great
pain and deep-seated disorders.
In order to change all tbis, take Shaker
Digestive Cordial.
It stops fermentation aod decay at once,
sc that no more poisons are ceated.
It clears tbe stomach o? poisons already
there It helps it to turn the food that re?
mains, into healthful noorisbmeot. It
strengthens the stomach for the next meal.
Here is the whole philosophy aod core of
indigestion in a few words. And what more,
ii'a all trne. Try it.
Shaker Digestive Cordial is for sale by
druggists, price 10 ceo ts to Si.09 a bottle.
Dr. Stokes' Cotton Bill.
Washington, D. C. Deo. 1?.-Repre
sentative Stokes called OD the secretary
of agriculture to-day, with s view of
gettiog bim to attend tbe interstate cot?
ton growers convention which meets io
Atlanta OD the 14th inst ; bat the Ut?
ter, while expressing cordial sympathy
with the movement, will oot, owing to
pressing ba si ness matters here, be is un?
able to go Be stated that while be
bad not studied in detail tbs provisions
of Mr. Stokes's bill to prevent gam?
bling io futu res, vet its general features
sod underlying principles met with bis
no qualified support, aod be believed
that, whatever the ultimate resale of the
measure, it would be productive of ben?
eficial resulta by awaken i Dg the publie
to the importance of it.-Colombia
Register.
- - % i i- -
Small Fox in Hock Hill.
Rook Hill, Deo. 13.-Tbe smallpox
scare is going over tbe country so rap?
idly aod there is so mach unreliable
talk being made about Rook Hill that
it is deemed best to give a plain state
ment of the absolute facts of the mat?
ter Mr. J. B. Johnson's soo Julian
recently went to Atlanta for treatment
of his eyes aod while there wts perhaps
exposed to the contagion He return?
ed home about ten days ago. Three or
foor days ago be was taken with sus?
picious symptoms upon which there was
a disagreement among the physicians
Io a consultation yesterday morning it
waa agreed that it is smallpox io avery
mild form Tbe case was immediately
isolated and tbere is no reason to appre?
hend a spread of the disease.
Tbe board of health met the city
council last evening and presented tbe
following recomendations, wh;ch wero
adopted : Tbat every person in the
city shall be vaccinated, and that a hos?
pital building be recured in cape fo
emergency. A building bas been se?
cured one mite frpm town and situated
off tbe road, and any case arising v,ill
be placed tbere, where an experienced
nurse is in charge There is no res
son for alarm about this matter, bat this
statement bas been made to set right j
any erroneous ones io regard to it.
M'KINLEY AND PEN?
SIONS.
The fact tbat President McKinley
said not a word about pensions io bis
message is taken in some quaters as an
indication that be does not intend to
encourage or tolerate tbe loose pension
policy which has prevailed under bis
Republican predecessors. The present
commissioner of pensions has been in?
dustri?os io bis efforts to swell the pen?
sion list. He has declared that there
are many men entitled to pensions who
have not com? forward aod claimed
them, and he advisees them to do so.
There may be here and there a veteran
who is witboat a pension who should
have one, bat for every such exception
thee is probably a score of pensioners
who sboald be dropped from tbe list.
General fl. Y. ?Boyotoo, a distin?
guished Union voe eran, io a recent news
jodtdartiole declares that the pension
rolls contain thousands of names which
were placed there by fraud, and that
a thorough purging of the list should
be undertaken at once.
After making a full investigation of
the matter General Boynton says :
"If tbe pension lists could be print?
ed, every oommunity io the land would
be disgusted with it revelations
Wealthy men in large numbers would
be found upon it. Thousands would
bejrevealed whose disabilities were only
temporary, aod BO loog since disappear?
ed. ? small army of meo would be
discovered to whom their pensioos are
to no sense a necessity. While this
state of facts would appear it should
not be forgotten that there are mea io
good circumstances, and macy in pub
lie positions of honor and emolument,
whose disabilities and persistent wounds
are of a character for which no
pension which the law pro?
vides can even approximately compen?
sate. At every step they have found
themselves handicapped in the battle of
life. For such, and indeed for all of
every rank sod position, through the
various grades and disabilities,'a pen?
sion is not as fully proportioned to the
needs and deserts of the oase as the
government can afford, but it is also a
badge of honor. To those who are not
thus incapacitated for foll effort in the
struggle of life, and who do not need
it because of the comfortable life which
they can command without it, a pen?
sion should be a badge of shame."
These ar* the words of a man who
distinguished himself as a soldier of
the Union and whose sympathies are
with all honest and deserving Federal
veterans. The sentiments and convic?
tions he thus expresses are held by
thousands of men who fought and suf?
fered in the Union army. Slocum and
General Rosecrans, when they were in
congress, frequently exposed pension
frauds and contended for stricter exami?
nations of the claims of those who were
already on the pension roll as well as
those who sought pensioos.
The horde of pension attorneys in
Washington and elsewhere are largely
responsible for thc prevalence of fraud
io the pension office. For the sake of
fees they trump op bogus evidence and
thereby pack the pension list with many
men who have no more claim upon tbe
government's gratitude and bounty
than the insurgents in the Phiilipine
Island -Atlanta Journal.
Hung in Darlington.
Darlington, Dec. 10 -John Wright,
colored, was hanged in the jail at this
plaoe to-day at 12:15 for the murder of
Clarence Byrd, white, on Aug 3, last.
The execution was private, according
to the law as it now stands. The body
has been turned over to the relatives of
the dead mao. There was quite a
crowd io towo bot only those selected
by the sheriff, and the colored minis
ters, Rev. IP Brockt otoo of the col?
ored Baptist charob and Rev E B.
Burroughs of the colored Methodist
church, together with the county physi?
cian were present.
The State penitentiary farms break
their cotton record this year. Fifteen
hundred bales, even at ?25 a bale, will
toaks a big dividend. The money is
practically clear profit, bot a large part
of it will be Deeded to complete the
payments OD tbe Kershaw aod Sumter
farms and for improvements which are
essential. The yield oo these two
farms, which adjoin each other, was
about 1,200 bales on some 1,400 acres ;
the rest of the crop is presumably from
tbe Lexington farm. Superintendent
Neal bas bad distinguished success in
bis agricultural operations By levee?
ing and high coltivation be bas built
up a magoifioeot property for the State.
Next year the twin farms will probably
average a bale to tbe acre.-The State
A majority of the South Carolina
Delegates to the Cotton Growers
Convention have gone to Atlanta,
notwithstanding the small pox scare.
Johnson's
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.
New flan Devised.
By Mt. Clio Grange for Set?
tling Liquor Problem.
Colombia, Dec 12- Since it bas
been known there is no chance what?
ever of the United States supreme
coort rendering a decision in the
matter of the right of citizens of
other States to sell liquor in this State
in original packages through agen?
cies, in time for the guidance of the
general assembly. Governor Ellerbe
has beeE receiving many suggestions
as to plans for the solution of the liquor
problem. The governor has announc
ed that be will devote the balk of his
message to tbe liquor question. Yes?
terday be received a letter conveying
resolutions adopted recently by the
Mt. Clio grange. The resolutions
suggest a plan for dealing with the
problem, which has not heretofore
been mentioned Tbe letter is as fol?
lows :
His Excellency, Governor Ellerbe,
Columbia, S. C. :
Sir : I herewith take the high
honor of enclosing preamble and reso?
lutions adopted by the Mt. Clio
Grange, $fo. 14, at a recent meeting
of said Grange at its hall. Your obe?
dient servant,
J. M. Smith, Secretary.
The resolutions read as follows:
Whereas, by the enactment of the
dispensary law in South Carolina a
long stride towards co-operation by
aH for all was made, and the allure?
ments to drink and temptation to con
tract debts for liquor offered by the
barroom system removed, and
Whereas, lhere are those who
through lack of education along social
Hoes and others who copy tho past
following precedent, and yet others,
a third class, who are by far the most
numerous and strongest of the three,
and who are materially interested, are
all consistently and systematically op?
posing the administration of the law,
therefore be it
Resolved, That we do hereby de?
clare in favor of the dispensary law
and hope that it will be allowed to
remain on the statue books of the
State. And as a meads to attain this
desired end we respectfully suggest
the following changes :
One. That a license tax of $5,000
be placed on all liquor selling estab?
lishments, local dispensaries includ?
ed.
Two. That the price of liquors sold
thtough the local dispensaries be re?
duced.
Three. That the general assembly
appropriate annually' to each of the
several counties of the State a sum of
money equaling the amount collected
annually from the dispensaries situ?
ated and doing business in each of
the several counties.
While euch suggestions are con?
stantly coming in to the governor,
the prohibitionists are going ahead and
thoroughly organizing throughout
the State. They intend to see that
their prohibition measure that is now
pending before the legislature is
rushed to a vote at the coming ses?
sion. They are very hopeful of win?
ning.
It has been determined to raise up an
ambidextrous generation in the state
Noevo Leon, Mezieo, and the govern*
ment bas ordered that the pupils in all
the official schools shall be taught to
write and perform all manat? tasks as
well with the left band as with the
right.
Governor Northen is being charged
with a genuine Irish boll It is
claimed that 'in his speech at the
Atlanta exposition he trusted the oc?
casion would prove "the entering
wedge which would bring about a
more perfect unity between the north
and south " The Philadelphia Press
says this is matched by Sir Boyle
Koche, who recently said in speaking
of England and Ireland that he "was
an enemy of both kingdoms who
wishes to diminish the brotherly af
fections of the two sister countries.
Augusta Chronicle
TO SUFFERING HUMANITY.
THE MEDLIN CHALYBKATE SPRING,
located ot Duobar, S. C., is DOW the
attraction of sufferers from Indigestion, Dys?
pepsia, Rheumatic affections, Kidney Trou?
bles, Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Catarrh ard
all skin diseases, from the fact, wherever the
water bas been used for these diseases, it has
relieved, and when usad sufficiently, it bas
cured
It is being used for all tbe diseases men?
tioned above, all over the country.
This water has been analyzed by Prof M.
B. Hardin, Soutb Carolina State Chemist
and found to contain the following Medium 1
properties :
Sodium Carbonate 893
Potassium Carbonate 274
Calcium Carbonate 571
Magnesium Carbonate 344
Iroo Carbonate (Ferrous) 1.411
Manganese Carbonate Trace
Copper Carbonate Trace
Potassium Sulphate 041
Sodium Chloride 1 347
Alumina Trace
Silica 2 391
7 277
Ammonia .02 paris per million.
Albumenoid Ammonia .08 " "
We ba?e glowing testimonials from people
all over the couotry, and from people in your
own town. Among them ihe Rev C. C.
Brown, A. W Cross well, F. B Grier, et al.,
if you are suffering, and want relief, aod
cure, come and 6e*1 me. I am here to supply
you ?his water, and take your orders, or to
make arrangea ents with you for visiting the
Sprirjp, where ample accommndfitioos are to
be bad, at low prices.
J. E. WILSON,
Dec 15-3m Sumter, S. C.
"Rust,"
the dread of the cotton grower,
can be prevented. Trials at
Experiment Stations and the
experience of leading growers
prove positively that
Kainit
is the only remedy.
We be glad to send, free of charge,
interesting and userai pamphlets which treat
of the matter in detail.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St., New YcA.J;
DONT PASS !
Two stores, Main and Liber?
ty, well filled with
Staple ai Faocy Groceries,
in any sized package. Large
supply of
TOYS,
FANCY GOODS,
APPLES, ORANGES,
NUTS, RAISINS
-AND
FIRE WORKS.
Bought at the lowest market
price and to be sold at a close
margin. Candies from six cents
to 80 cents a pound. Your pa?
tronage appreciated by
MOSES GREEN.
Telephone No. 58.
? Dec 15-2 w
1S9S.
Chainle8s Colombia, ?125
Standard Colombia, $15
Models 1 & 8, Hartford, $50
Models 15 & 16, Vedett, $40
2d hand Columbias, $25 to $50
Satisfaction guaranteed on every
wheel sold by me.
D. JAS. WINN
Dec 10
SUMTER, S. C.
HOWEY.
New Crop 1897.
New Comb Honey in pound
sections.
Choice Extracted Honey, by
the gallon or less quantity?
For sale at my residence, or
orders may be left office of tbe
Watchman and Southron.
N. G. Osteen.
? ~~
Christmas
Present?
U often a difficult thing to select, bat it is
half tbe battle to find a choice stock of beau?
tiful articles suitable for Cbiiitmas gifts. I
do not claim to be able to render the select
tioo of Holiday Gifts a matter of no diffi
cnltT, bat I am satisfied I have a stock of
Gold and Sterling [Sifter Novelties
from which it should not be a difficult task
to make a selection. The steck is all new,
coming direct from the factory, every article
is of the latest and most fashionable design,
and the prices are so low that even expe?
rienced buyers are surprised. I boy direct
from the manufacturers and save the middle?
men's profit. I will take special orders and
guarantee prompt delivery and satisfaction.
All articles engnved free of eJiarge.
Call at Brown, Cottino & Delgar's, corner
Main and Liberty Streets, and examine my
Christmas stock.
ERNST A. BULTM?N.
Nov 13
BABD TO ESCAPE. .
giving as an order for pooltrrj aod
meats after yon bave s eeo the cleanli?
ness and order noticeable abont oar
establishment and witnessed the care
with which everything is handled.
Jost now we are receiving fresh daily
poultry, game, country fed pork, sau?
sages of the best manufacture (our
own)-besides of conree beef, motton,
bams, and bacon.
Orders by mail or wire promptly attended tc.
EL HOGAIST,
TOOMEY BLOCK. -
Oct 25
THE
Weather
DID IT!
In making our contract for Blankets, whick
we did in June we failed to consult the
weather man, so that the mild Fall we have
had has beaten us and left us with just
34 pairs
Tar Heel Blankets,
On hand which we do not care to carry another season, for two
reasons, the first of which is we need money, and the second,
it is hard to keep them clean and free of moths, and for these
reasons we have determined to dispose of them, even at, a loss
to us, and will make the price as long as they last'
$2.85 per pair.
Don't be surprised if you should call in a few
days and find them all gone.
Another item in our stock that has not moved as rapidly as
we would wish, is
Children's Jackets?
We have picked out 31, sizes 4 to 10 years that we have been,
selling at $1.50, $2 and $2.50, and. make a round price of
$ 1 . 1 5o
This is the greatest opportunity offered this
season of making your child" comfortable for
little money.
Nov 29-3a?-3w