Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WKPffgSJJAY, DBCT29T1?897. The Sumter Watchman was tounded io 185? and the True Southron in 1866. Tile Watchman and Southron now has . the combined circulation and influence cf both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sam ter. In the near future we expect to see at large a force of dispensary constables as there ever was, and if there is po moro excuse for their re-appointment in other oom mao i ties than there ts io Sumter, it will be a needless expense that the state will burden itself with.. What the State needs is oot sermons to the church-going people on the sic of Wood -guiltiness, as a rigid- and stern enforcement of -the law. There is far too much consideration for the marder? ers io the courts, and the juries are too t prone to recommend to mercy or let the cri min iii go ecottjfree wheo they richly merit the severest penalty the law per? mits. ?iuestion and moral lectures are excellent foi* the young' and those who have oot yet violated the ?aw by . taking osman life, bat the prompt sod rigid enforcement of the law is the ; medicine lor the criminals The mar - derers require a treatment of hemp aod nota course of lectures; and the effect apon the criminal classes would be :\ much more festing. --7 Hie dyed in the wool republican papers of the north and west are at iast awakening to the enormity of the pension frauds and the grievous burdon ii is upon the whole country. The expose of the fraud s tba! are now being made may result in the .? enact? ment of laws that will purge the pension rolls of at least a few of the trams and rascals who have lived for years on the public. What the coon f try needs' U a clean sweep of the J fraudulent laws and the prosecution i of the attorneys and officials who have i connived at and made possible the glaring i nd outrageous frauds ?nie* i called pensions. i If the Hon. George D Tillman ? enters the race for Governor, the present incumbent will need all the force of precedent and a powerful fine record to enable him to hold on [ to the office He should be very careful about that record, for it will not satisfy the people who vote intel ??gent?y to be told that Gov. Ellerbe is honest and tried to do right : ?nd wished to be the Gov \ernor of the whole people. In \ tentions are all very well, in a way, .bnt of what good are intentions if the performance falls far short of what I it should be ? . , ?> The objects of the Cotton Grow- ' ^ers1 Protective Association, as set forth in the several articles of the constitution adopted at the recent j convention in Memphis, can be sub 'scribed to by all who are interested in the condition of the cotton grow era of the South, and if the officers ' of the Association succeed in de? vising a plan or plane that will ope rat? practically and successfully to- , warda reducing the production of cotton and the increased production of those Crops that wilt render the ' farms of the Sooth self sustaining, they will be a wise set of men. Cot- J toa is still king io the South, and niles with a most oppressive tyranny. ' Tne Colombia State on Thursday last issued a handsome aod most ioteresting illustrated edition io celebration of its removal ioto the new "State" building, recently erected. The issue was a credit to The State and to the City of Columbia, which il represents as truly as a' psper ever represented a city. Tbs State has grown and prospered as Columbia bas, and we are more tbao ready to believe that the unwearied and well directed labor of Tbe State during the past seven years ha? had a large share in makiog Columbia the prosperous and growing town it now is. The new State build jog, which we bad the pleasure of ia specfing a short time ago, is a model and is as handsome externally as it is convenient, comfortable aod well adapt? ed to the needs of a newspaper co the interior. The State is handsomely housed, well-equipped mechanically and ably and bravely edited ; success should attend its future and we are sincere io extending to The State our best wishes for a prosperous New Year, for the wish is boro of a knowledge of the brave, fight it made throughout long years to wring an ex is tanca from adverse Ac editorial ia reference to the crime of homicide to Sooth Carolina is re? produced from the News sod Coorie r to day as it relates directly to some pointe that we have endeavored to make wheo discussing the same subject The fact cannot be made too plaio nor etnphhasized two strongly st all times that the people of Sooth Carolina, taken as a whole, negroes as well as whites, are not more lawless nor more given to the crime of murder than the peo? ple of other States io America or the people of European coan tries The faot that should be most strongly em? phasized and oftenest reiterated is that the crimes committed io this State by the white people, the intelligent and re? sponsible element of the community, from a very email percentage of the whole namber recorded each year or daring a term of years. The wbUe people are not as law-abiding and pa? tient to enduring the ills which they suffer aa they should be, bat they are far from being of a blood-thirsty dis? position. It should be the effort and consistent purpose of the press of tbe State not to magnify and sensationalize the crimes committed io our midst or to compile a world-startling array of crim? inal statistics to which we may point with shivers of self-accusing horror. The facts should be told, of course, but the whole facts and not a part that does oat tell the tale truly ; the truth the world is entitled to know and we our selves will be the better for knowing it, since knowledge must of necessity pre? cede any reform or betterment. The magnitude of ?he task undertak en by the News and Courier, and tbe difficulties encountered io obtaining a complete and accurate record are not underestimated, but we are conf?deot a fuller and more comprehensive showing could have been made that would hare been a lesa damagiog in die: meat of tbe White people of South Carelios. We give the News and Courier full credit sod praise for the motive that inspires it to undertake and carry on the rather thankless and hopeless task of suppress? ing crime, aod we bave not criticised it ic a faolt-fiadiog spirit, but to suggest bow the work might be prosecuted more beneficially, ia ooe respect, at least. We are io receipt of a communica? tion, dated Sandy Grove, S. C., which ie without signature and there fore cannot be published. Tbe writer sf the article in question has a good deal to say about the illicit sale of whiskey in certain sections of thia county, giving the names of parties selling the whiskey and othet partie liars that if laid before any magia trate would secure the arrest of the accused parties The familiarity with the facts displayed by the writer of this anonymous commuai cation marks him as the proper per? son to institute and push the prose cation of the illicit whiskey sellers, and this we advise him to do in a legal and orderly manner Threat* to hang law breakers in the night, and without warrant of law is folly as lawless as the illicit sale of wbis key, and far more injurious to socie? ty. Our advice to our unknown cor? respondent is to use the evidence in his possession to make out a case in the courts against the parties he com plains of, and quit making threats, which, if idle, are very foolish, but if made with earnestness, evince a lawless disregard for law that every good citizen should discountenance. Our correspondent should also re member that the law officers, of whom he complains, cannot suppress crime and punish the criminals with out evidence, aod strong evidence, of go?t- _ "There U a curious paradox io such a situation," says the SprtngnVid Re? publican, speaking of McKinley's ap? peal for the starving in Cuba. "We are asked to give in tbe name of hu maoity to keep tbese miserable people from starvation, yet for a year or moro oar government has not felt itself under any obligation to stop this struggle for the sake of hamaoity. We have not been justified hitherto in intervening in a contest that shooks humane hearts, yet we are now appealed to to have pity OD the nafort?nate of this unhappy i6ie." Aye, and there never was a land where starvation had les? excuse In Cuba you plant an eye of sugar cane and the stalk renews itself annually ; yon set out a banana root and for years upon years there is a succession of banana trees ; you put a sweet potato io tbe ground, and without cuitiva'ioi> it multiplies itself every few months. The woods need to be fal! of fruit, the streams and bays of fish ; cattle and hogs run wild. Starvation tn the country districts of Cuba is proof of a devilish policy of **concentratico" of people and destruction of crop?-a polioy Cleveland and McKinley bave tekr?ted and by inaction sustained. The Good Roads Move ment. Outline of Work by tne Good Roads Association. The principal object of the Sooth Carolina Goods Association, as de? clared in its constitution, is to awak? en a general interest, in road improve? ment throughout the state, and to conduct or foster such publications as may serve this purpose. The Association is so far, however, en? tirely without funds, and has no means of conducting that work without the co operation of the press of the State And presuming upon the interest which the papers have already manifested, without which this organization would not have been possible, it bas been decided by the Executive Committee to pre pare a series of articles discussing the road question in all its phases. These articles will be given simul? taneously to ali the morning dailies of the State, and it is boped that all other papers will reproduce them in their colums as soon after their first appearance as possible They will be made as brief and practical as each division of the sobject viii per? mit The question is a new one in South Carolina, and there is much to be learned before a satisfactory plan of general road improvement can be presented It is thought that a gen? eral discussion will not only serve to agitate the question, but will bring out many valuable ideas, and any who may be enough interested are urged to contribute their views as the subject develops As it is im? portant for the association to keep posted on the discussion, and as it is impossible to subscribe to, or read, all the papers in the State, the Edit? ors are requested to furnish the Secretary with marked copies of their papers whenever- any comment or discussion on the sobject may ap jpear. The series of articles, so far as has been determined, will include the following topics : Historical. A Brief View of Road Building. The Modern Development of Road Building Hoad- Location and Classification Road Construction. Road Maintenance. An Economic View of the Road Question A Review of Road Legislation. Financiering of Road improve? ment Practical Application to South Carolina No claim is made to originality in any of the articles ; they will qnote freely from standard works on the subject, and from th** circulars and bulletins of the office of Road In? quiry. The object is merely to put the whole road question before the people in such a manner that it may be intelligently considered, and to direct thc discussion systematically. Chas. C. Wilson, Secy. S; C. Good Roads Ass'n. Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from S to IO days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY* Bethlehem, Pa , Dec. 27 -George A. Morast, aged 56. to night shot his wife, Annie, and then blew ont his own brains. The* woman will re? cover They quarreled and separat? ed a week ago, and to night he call ed to attempt a reconciliation. She ejected him from the house, and the shooting resulted. Charleston, Dec 27.-Lewis Allen, the 21 year-old son of James P Al? len, assistant engineer of the United States engineer corps, while out bunting on James island, near this city, to day, was accidetally shot by Richard Williams, of Gleasonbury, Conn The load of bird shot enter? ed Allen's right side, and it is proba? ble that he will die. We bare a selected stock of more tbao four hundred books suitable for holiday gifts. All prices. H. G. Oateen fe Co. 1898. Chaintees Columbia, $125 Standard Colombia, $75 Models 7 & 8. Hartford, $50 Models 15 & 16, Vedett, $40 2d hand Columbias, $25 to $50 Satisfaction guaranteed on every wheel soid by me. 0. JAS. WINN, Dec 10 SUMTER, S. C. Meteorological BecovcL The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, bj Dr. W W. Anderson, for the past week, ending Dec. 26, 1897 : Temperature. se B a c a. Condition. 42 61 53 51 42 33 40 36 41 49 36 32 28 32 39. 51 53.5 43.5 37. 30 '. 36. S B 8 NW W w B B NB SW .02 .03 .20 Trace 00 ft5 H .33 Uloudy Cloud? Cloudy ?Cloudy .Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy ?Partly cloudy. Rain on the 25th, Saturday, began about ll a. in. and partly froze as it fell, covering trees, &c , with a coating of ice a quarter of an inch or more in thickness, t>ut happily, thawing before midnight, and before midday following '.he ice had all disappeared. like every other crop, needs nourishment. A fertii?zer containing nitro? gen, phosphoric acid, and not less than 3% of actual will increase the crop and im? prove the land. Our books tell all about the subject. They are free to any farmer. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York? WANTS. WANTED a wbiie married mao to feed stock, Qii?k cows, and make himself eeoeraliy useful. Noone ?bo drinks or is afraid of work need apply. One without children preferred. Comfortable house and especia ly healthy neighborhood. Wages eight dollars per month and ration?. Reco ir. j mendations required. Address Jas Temple Care Watchman and Southron. FOR SALE-One pair farge Mare Mules, one medium size Mate Mule, one good Milk Cow, one good Two Horse Wagon, one Single Buggy, one cood Horse Rake. Apply to W. t?. Yates, Sumter, S C, or S. W. Raffield, Goodwill, S. C. FjR RENT My Manning Areoue Farm, in suburbs of the city. Contaios about 80 aeres of planting land. Apply to Mrs. T. J. Toomey. Dec 15-tf WANTED-Permanent Winter Boarders. Rooms comfortable. Terms reason? able Apply to Mrs M L. Doar, Sommer? ville, S. C , Opposite Dorchester Inn. FOR SALE-Cheap-My one BUck Mare, Maud, Buggy and Harness Irving A. Ky t ten berg Dec 27-\i FOR RENT-My Maoniug Aveoue Farm, ia suburbs of the city Contains about 80 acres of planting land. Apply to Mrs. T. J. Toomey. Dec 15-tf The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge WHEREAS, GEORGE G. COOPER, of smd County and Stute, made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration, ctim testamento annexo, of the Estate and effects of Joseph M. Cooper, deceased These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Joe M. Cooper, jaie of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held ai; Sumter, on January 20tb, 1898, nest, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock io the fore? noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grant? ed Given under my hand, this 28th day of December, A. D., 1897 THOS V. WALSH, De<- 28-2t Judge of Propate. Belitzer's Furniture Store. Furniture, O?3J.xx?t Sets? COME AND SEE US, YOU VVIL?, NOT BE DISAPPOINTED We repair your Furniture, We repair your Lounges, We repair your Baby Carriages, We make over your Mattresses. WELL AND REASONABLY. Belitzer's Furniture Store, Monaghan Block, Sumter, S. C. Just Think of It! A high grade standard Rock Hill open huggy for $55. The same top joh for $TO. Plenty of horses and mules on hand. A ear load of the former re? ceived last week. H. Barby. Sumter, S. C., November 80, 1897. Lord Byron Making Good ^solu? tions br the New Year, afterwards assert ?d that "hell is paved with good in entions.,; Possibly that was after a New Year's "spree " A good reso ution to make, and to keep, if you ffish to preserve your health during Winter's raiuy and sloppy weather, s to buy good coiksoled shoes, or )ur impervious Russian calf, with English bull dog toe. that will keep he feet drv and comfortable BULTMANN & BRO. Tho OM RelU?ie. The Pianos that excel in point of . rai that quality which really makes M. Ol, R*J? lDe j,re"t difference hetween the best and the inferior, is found in it? greatest perfection io Their cost is more reasonable than any oth? er good pirco, because sold by the manufac? turer direct. SUITABLE CONVENIENT TERMS. STANDARD ORGANS. OHAS. M. STEIFFj BALTIMORE 9 .North Liberty St. WASHINGTON 521 11th St. N. W. Charlotte, N. C., 213 N. Tryon St. Norfolk, Va., 4?6 Main St. How To Treat Tour New Tear Call? ers when they come to wish you many happy returns of the day should be with the most lavish hospitality. There ie nothing that will taste bet? ter to a man on a cold day than a cop of hot bouillon, a alice of chick* en, turkey, or a cold bird, while a chicken salad is indispensable Toa will find everything in meats, poul? try and game, choice enough for the most fastidious epicure at this mar? ket Manufacturer and shipper of Sau? sage, orders by mail or wire promptly attended to E. HOGAN, Telephone No 26. TOOMEY BLOCS. Oct 25 GARTERS INK. Some people prefer CARTER'S INKS to all others, and are not sat? isfied unless they can ob? tain what they want. We have a full stock of CARTER'S INKS and FLUIDS-something to suit all ink users. These inks are put up . in Quarts, Pints, Half Pints and smaller bot-. ties. STAFFORD'S OKS anff FLUIDS. There are as good inks made as STAFFORD'S. perhaps, but none bet? ter. We have in stock at all times a complete assortment of ST AF" FORD'S INKS and FLUIDS i" aU sizes CREAM PASTE. It is better than muci? lage and more conveni? ent to use. Try it in tubes-5c and 10c a tube. INDELIBLE INK. Mark your clothes and avoid loss in the laun? dry. One bottle, cost? ing 25c, will mark a whole lot of clothes. School Books, Blank Books, Writ? ing Paper, Office Supplies, Holiday Goods, Magazines and Feriodioals>nd General Stationery H. G. ?STEEN & 00.