The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 27, 1898, Image 7
COUNCIL SWORN IN.
?ayor .Bossard and Associates
R?T?lrn' ?ver th* Affairs cf the '
Bp City to tba New Council.
g -Tfc? Citjr doondi met at 6 30 Wednesday
[^^^?t,5?l<' nw^,'?? t*'0*" e-f especial ?our-1
^^?^?ttncn as "the oM council compl?tai j
KWpiMWQea of a two ye r's admioistratnu
jpjF*?d ?urned over the ?ff ii rs of tbe city to toe
pT-.?ew?y elected Mayor and Council Hrfrr
HpE^Bber of the retiring and incoming council
Sc.- 'Mayor Bcsstrd exiled the mee'iog io order
^?:-a?d directed the derk to read the minutes of
?Epe rag* meeting. The Anditing Commit tte
BtggirtFd that the monthly, annual and biennial
p^'repor'8 cf tte Clerk ?nd Treasurer had b<ea
Epljjrx^saioed and found correct.
||g T6e reaigo*tion of Mr. H. B. Bloom, Chief
B&f tb* Fire Department was read and nc
u Tbe approval of a few billa completed ?be
|j^t*??rfc of tba retiring council.
B^The Clerk then presented the returns of ! h*
me&arers of the municipal election, beldon
J^ApKl li th instant, which declared that Hr
^ H F Wilsoo, had been elected M*5or, and
Xewra H ?. Purdy, W B Boy ie, J S.
?gangosos, S W. Hnr*!, W. R Delgar, A. G.
p flowers, W H Rpperson and L S. Canon
bad been elected aldermen for -?be ensuing
Latera of two years.
I ; Tb* o?Jb of offi.? prescribed by the State
V?'"ooatifa'?ioa was administered and the sew
.^^Grtincil was formally ind oe ted io lo effice ?nd
i:,.:?*8u: ed the control and direction cf be
v '. sffwraof tbs city.
E:c-May or Boss* rd before yielding the a sat
Hw 'ne bead nf the Council tuble, which he
jfcad occupied for two years, made a few ap
psJf-r?priate remarks, expressing the bone that
r i&epreseot Connel will baVe a successful and
; 8*?fei*ctory administration. The retiring
v " Coonci? then withdrew from ?hs C^uacil
r -t?woVr and Mayor Wilson took the chair.
^J?sa^oke briefly as follows :
?|?Gentlemen of the Council ? We have bt*o
I'-'calfi'd to a responsible position by the vote of
? . th? people I have been chosea the bead, and
^fcspeto bave your united and heirty support
Jggo desire that each one of 03 sbail fee! free
g^at??' oairanmel?ed in oar deliberations ; all
^ifcraMiUty- will be dispensed wi?b, except #0
far as may be necessary for promp t and * S
cieoi; work. Oar efforts should be directed
?fong three chief lines, the protection of life,
the projection of property, the lirerty a?**
^feappiiess of our people. To these ends we
Z tso? have efficient polire end fire depart
p^iaeots; we mu3t h*Te such sanitary rezal%
. : ?>ooa and conditions as will beet assure ?h?
p jj^?ervation of the people's health We
f? siost*lbrow ail possible safeguards aron od
?SW? public, treasury, to insure a judicious ex
;> peod?to?eof money. Our duty also will be
make such permanent totere?! improre
HgBe~i7s ss tbs means at our command ?'iii
^Hnnit. We propce? to divide tbe Cour ci!
jflfjjgito three committees: Police and ??re l)e
B&*rtmeot, Finance, ?cb!ic improrexcz rs
g?;?rTbe?e committees shall, prior io each eeii ?g
%ryd Counc?}, prepare the business tobe broojrbt
?? ia foll meen og and no matters will be 133
Bggtgrtained that hare roi been considered by a
?^feo?mit'?e, except by unanimous consent.
. No resolution ebon id be effired uules* in
Bsvrificg With the adoption of inese rales
??'~and. regulations our meetings will be brief,
ss; b*?:,?es3-l?ke ar d satisfactory. Ia order thai
may be informed alang sil lines I a k tba'
.'.X'-aaiay be m*ds a worktog member of each of
l?bese committees. These com o i trees should
i?; b*v? weekly meetings at a stated time and
*yf*fcce I hope we may work harmonioi. )ly
^ together, and that wbeo our terms of o3ice
? Shalt have expired, we can co ly say, we
B rna ve done- the best that could be done.
The policy thus outlined was endorsed by
'""- the Ald-rmea and ^iV waa agreed that all in
. dividual opin i ona Bbo&ld bs merged io 1 be
^- judgment^of tte majority and thus avoid dis
. sessions which impair tbs chances of SUCCMJ
?^; committees were then ac
s? Po*iee a-?d Pt? Department-R. 0. Purdy,>
1^ " W. H '^pperao? and B F'TPlteou .
Pc" Poblie improvements-J. S flugbsoo, W.
I *. Deigar, B. Boyle and H F. Wilson.
Finance-L S Carson,' A. G Plowers, B.
M0?-VSsjrtt ?md H. F. Wilsoa.
I ? The committees arranged their weekly meet*
V Police sod Fire Depart men , at office of ll.
\m& Pardy every Friday at 6 p. ?a
H"" Fi a* nee, at-First National Baok every
^ Jtonday ats pm
? Pattie Improvements, at Dr J S Hugli
sooV office every Tuesday, at 6 p. m
j. The regular meetings of Council were 6x< >j
^ for the seen ol and fourth Wednesdays of each
Tbe election of/Clerk and Treasurer, Po
3 IteeaMfi. aod all other officers was poetponod
s u itit tbe first meetioz io Slay, except City
jp Attorney. The immediate election of an at
I:: moey wasdeexsd necessary ou account ot'
p - tending litigation under tbe License" O.-di
ij^.nasce. Judge Fraser was unanimously
?" eiseted.
I Dr 8. C. Btker appeared before Council
?_ aa President of tbe Board of Health and iai.d
pf before them the small pox situation ; the ne
I eessity of police and finan?ai aid. By reso
t lutton of Gouacil, $100 was appropriated for
? pressot needs, and further appropriatioo
I' promised when necessary.
^ The C.'erk was directed to request Mr. J2
I R. Moses to act as Chief of tbs fire Depart
?L went outil that office can be regularly filkd
^ by election
*A word to tte wise is sufficient" and a
Hp*o*d from the wise should be sufficient, but
^--joa ask, who are the wiae ? Those who
?' know. The oft repeated experience of trust i
- ^worthy persons may be taken for knowledge. |
f:: Ut W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's Oooj.b
.. Remedy gives better satisfaction than ar y j
?- other in the market. He bas bees ts the dreg
%. hssiness at SIktoo, Ky , for twslve years ;
^ftas sold hundreds of bottles of this remedy
siftftd nearly all otber cough medicines nana
^fwtared, which shows eonclasively that
^Chamberlain's is the most satisfactory to the
poop's, and ts tbs best. For sals by Br. ii.
?9. Cniaa.
The Sore La Grippe Core.
There is no use suffering from this dreadful
iy, if yon will only g?t the right remedy,
are having psis all through your body.
?or liver is out of order, have no appetite, no
or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact are
-completely used up. Electric Bitters is the
?ly remedy that will give you prompt and
ire relief They act directly on Liver, f iom
acb a sd Eidneye, tone np ibe whole system
and make you feel like a new being. They a -e
iran teed to cure or price refunded. For sale
J. F. W. De Lo rm e's Drug Store, only i?0
>ts per bf ttle 1
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
Tb? best Salve in tbe world for Oatt
Bruise??, Sor's, Uleer#,SaIt Rheum, Fever,
re Tetter, Chapped Hands,Chilblains,Corm
all Skin Eruptions, and positively cure
'ilet or no pay required It is guaranteed tc
ive perfect satisfaction, or money r?:unde<i
25 couts per boz. For sale by Dr J V
DeLorme.
South Carolina's Tea Crop.
The measure of ridicule which, froos
time to time, has beet) visited upoo the
project for high grade tea cultivation in
the Soa'h is rapidly giving way to s^ri
ona consideration, bated opon a demo fi?
ltration of possibilities. As eiose news?
paper readers will recaii, the assertion
that snob cultivation was practicable is
I at Us?t twenty years old. The earliest
converts to tba belief that the United
States embraces both climate and soil
j adapted to favorable results were io
o ioed to believe the amount of high
? grade tea that might be grown woold
> probably b-? so limited ss to suppj
i only a private market, and in no sen
eible degree affect imports. from the
Orient. It is plain, however, that
more pretentious achievement ii pos
sibl?. with willing capital and the use
of soi) now devoted to other purposes
This is convincingly set forth in a paper
oo the Sooth Carolina experiment, writ?
ten by La Fayette I. Parks and pub?
lished in the current number of the
Cosmopolitan
0 : the tea plantation established near
Sommerville. Dr Charles U. Shepard
bas succeeded in demonstrating, to his
ow i satisfaction and that of others, that
there is really a respectable future for
fc.-a co hi vatio o io this country. From
the smallest beginnings, he advanced
to a crop of 1,100 pounds last year, for
which high prices were secured without
difficulty This year he estimates hie
crop at 2.000 poa ods ; and this, it
shou'd be remembered, is exclusively
high grade. N ? other is attempted be?
cause it has been shown that no other
co ni J be made profitable ; while with
increased skill and a redaction in the
cs: of labor through the ose of machi?
nery, Dr. Shepard is confident of the
,4no%c flittering resal?s..
Thc point of chief interest to Amer;
oana in this matter is the contention that
wc are seldom abls to secure by im
portatfoo such tea as is consumed by
.*ho best classes in the population nf
Cums aod J ?pan. I: is held, oo relia
b'e autboritty, that.the very highest
grades of Oriental tea are largely oon
earned by the domestic demand io these
countries, ind that what is not s > coo
{turned goes chiefly to Russia, which
uses au enormous amouot of tea, while
the bataneo is cakes by one or two other
countries.ot Europe
If Dr Shepard is right ic his declara !
?i to that the aristocracy of China and
Japan would cot deign to touch most ci
?oe toa maiketed in *be United States,
and if, a1? he aisn asserts. South Caro
lina u capable ot producing an article
equal to me best io eisner CJUIU.y, *beo
t&ere shou'd indeed be ?tvelope? a na
tiou~l interest ib the effort to ??ive the
native prod act a conspicuous place upon
the Aaoeiicau table
We may yet see Uncle Sam annually
crossing bis tea, even if be be too care
less toUjt hrs ?.!."-N. Y. Mail and
Express.
THE BEST SEED CORN.
Owe Cause of Poor Quality In Seed Cotta
Selecting Seed From the Bin.
That tbe success or failure of the
oom crop is every year much more
largely dependent on the seed planted
than on any other one factor is affirmed
by The American Cultivator, which es
presses the following opinions in regard
to the best seed corn :
Last year was not reckoned a good
one for corn over a large part of tbs
country. It has been found that in ev?
ery year of general com failure is apt
to be followed by a second year of at
least partial failure on account of tbs
poor quality of seed corn, which the de?
ficient crop always produces. This ii
more noticeable in the western states,
where the slow maturing-Dent varieties
of corn are mostly grown. Dent, ox
horse tooth corn, is slow to dry out, even
when its seed is matured. Its seed is
apt to be still quite damp when the
freezing of winter opens the cells in the
germ of the grain and diminishes, if it
does not entirely destroy, its vitality.
The Flint varieties of corn ripen earlier,
and as the grains are also much smaller,
they can dry out thoroughly before
freezing weather sets in.
Where Dent corn is grown in the east
farmers understand that its large ears
and thick cob take a long time to dry
out, so they give it extra care, and tbil
corn herewith such treatment is as sure
to grow as any. We grew a western
Dent corn several years in a northern
?tate, and never found a season when
any of it failed to grow.
The best time to cut corn for seed is
as soon after all its grain has glazed aa
possible. All that the root will give te
the stalk or grain bas then been stored
in one or the other. If cut from the
root, the stalk will furnish the starch
to the ear quite as well as if it still
was on the root, and there is no danger
that an early frost will injure the leaves
and stafce, and thereby injure the grain.
After a few days standing on the stalk
in 8tooks the ears may be stripped off
and hung up by the husks to dry. The
warmer the air up to 120 degrees that
these partly husked ears are exposed to
the better and quicker the seed grain
will dry out There is nothing better
than fruit evaporators for this purpose,
rnn at a temperature of 100 to 120 de?
grees and exposed to a free current o?
air.
So far as possible seed corn should be
used which has been subjected to soma
of this treatment. Avoid corn that was
left in the field until -winter, and there
exposed to much cold and wet. If yon
aro obliged to take seed cern from a biD,
take some part where it bas been dri?
est, and where the ears havo not been
exposed to rains or to be covered by
snows. Even if well dried out, seed coru
when exposed to wet will absorb enough
to injure tbe seed if severe freezing
comes afterward.
How to Prepare* Codfish Toast.
Half a pcrand of cold ced, 1 >? ounces
bntter, three eggs, three tablespoons
milk or cream, a half teaspoon lemon
juice, three rounds of buttered toast, salt,
pepper. Separate the fish into small
pieces, free from skin and bone. Beat
the eggs to a light froth. Add to them
the fish, milk, lemon juice and season*
ing. Mix wei;.. Melt the butter in a
clean, bright pan. When it bubbles,
pour in the eggs, etc. Stir with a wood?
en spoon over a slow fire till the mix?
ture is soft a ad creamy. Take it off at
once and beap upon the buttered toast,
which must be very hot. Serve at once.
How to Hake Picked Codfish.
Pick the fish into flakes and wash re?
peatedly until it is no longer salt, then
put it into a pan of cold water and let
it come gradually to the boiling point.
It must remain this way for at least 20
minutes, and it is important to remem?
ber that the water should not really
boil. An excellent sauce is made by
measuring a pint of rich milk for each
pint of codfish and stirring into'it a ta?
blespoonful of flour which has pre?
viously been mixed in an equal meas?
ure of butter. The sance must simmer
slowly, the bubbles rising only at the
sides. When the water on the fish is at
last allowed to boil, turn it off and put
the drained fish into the cream sauce.
Let it boil up for two minutes, then
draw it to the back of the stove. Season
with a little white pepper and add two
eggs which have been previously beaten
with a little of the hot cream sance.
The cod may stand in the sauce for
three or four minutes, but it must not
boil Prepare three delicate slices of
brown toast, lay them on a hot platter
and pour the picked cod over. Three ta?
blespoonfuls of cream, stirred in when
the eggs are beaten, will be found to be
an improvement.
How to Polish Braaawork.
The simplest means of brightening
brass is to cover it with a solution of
oxalic acid in soft water, made in pro?
portions of an onnco of acid to a pint of
water. When the metal is well covered
with the fluid, polish it briskly with a
wash leather. It must be noted that
this oxalic acid preparation is a poison
and very strong in its effect upon the
brass, so I do not advise that it should
be used too often or be kept where irre?
sponsible people could reach it The
bottle should be labeled "Poison."
How to Make Pumpkin Sonp.
For ingredients take pumpkin cooked
down to a -cupful ; butter, size half an
egg; flour, a large tablespoonful; milk,
a quart; pepper and salt to taste. Boil
or steam suf?cient pumpkin to make a
cupful when passed through a sieve,
draining off all superfluous water before
pressing. Put the butter in a double
boiler. When it is melted, put in the
flour, mix into a smooth paste, then add
the hot milk gradually, turning contin?
uously until the liquid is as thin as sin?
gle cream. Season to taste with pepper
and salt. Cover the kettle and let the
ingredients cook until the flour loses its
raw taste. Three-quarters of an hour
before serving add the pumpkin and the
remainder of the milk. Serve *~;th or
without croutons.
A. ciew lae?.
"Grant that nursery trees are cheaper
and better than home grown, are they
always true to name? What greater
misfortune than tu plant and give ten
years' care to a tree, only to find its
fruit different from what you intended!
Why not send the nurseryman scions ot
what yon want and know what you are
planting? Let him send you the trees,
grown from your own varieties. If they
cost more, they will be cheaper in the
end. " This idea cf a ?uralKew Yorker
correspondent deserves consideration.
How to Make Pein Perdue.
Cut delicate bread into "fiugers" an
inch wide, three inches long and a half
inch thick. Spread with butter and a
rich jam or jelly. Fit two together. Dip
in beaten egg and fry a golden brown.
Serve with powdered sugar and quar?
ters of lemon.
T
to which thc Expectant Mother is
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for?
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
OTHER'S FRIEND
allays Nervousness, and so assists
Nature that the change goes for?
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations-she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pain-is left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of "Mother's Friend," and
the time of recovery shortened.
"I know one lady, the mother of three
children, who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained a bottle of
'Mother's Friend' of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All a^rree that their
labor was shorter and less painful."
JOHN G. POLHILL, Macon, Ga.
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or cent by mail on receipt of price.
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BEAUTY HATH CHARMS
and all the charras which beau?
ty likes best to don are shown
in our grand display of fash?
ionable jewelry for this season.
Jewels like these would en?
hance the charms of the most
fascinating belle, and surely no
fair one would despise such
brilliant aids to her beauty.
Like personal loveliness, they
conquer admiration on sight :
they score new victories at ev?
ery inspection. Those who
look over our stock do not
willingly stop with examina?
tion. Beauty may now be
made easily irresistible by a
few judicious purchases from
our display of up to date jew?
elry.
L. W. FOLSOM,
Jeweler and Optician,
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Oct. 16.
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quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
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sent free. Oldest nee', j for securing patents.
Patents taken throueh Munn 4 Co. receive
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Land Surveying.
MR, H. D MOISE, will (tire prompt at?
tention to calls for sorvet io? and platting
land Can be found at bis oflice, next door
to office cf Lee and Moise, Sumter, S. C.
NOT 18.
HONEY
New Crop 1897.
Choice Extracted Honey, b}
the gallon or less quantity
For sale at my residence, OJ
orders m^y be left oiHce of the
Watchman and Southron,
tf. G. Ost&en.
BARBY # CO.,
WHOLESALE BROKERS*,
-AND
Cotton Storage Warehouse
PROPRIETORS.
?P-TOWN OFFICE:
COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
1,000 Tons High Grade Am
moniated Fertilizer,
1,000 Tons Acid with Potaso,
500 Tons Dissolved Bone,
500 Tons German Kainit,
400 Tons C. S. Meal,
For Sale.
We are prepared to meet
any and all prices for STAND?
ARD GOODS. Get our prices
before purchasing.
Respectfully,
HARBY & co.
Dec. 16.
Order Your
PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES
FROM
GEO. W. STEFFENS & SON
Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C
-Ageols for
MOTT'S CIDER
BED SI AL CIGARS,
AND DOVB HAMS
To Lend on Improv
ed Real Estate, a Fund
of $1,000.
Sumter, 8. 0., April 23, 1898.
J. N. ROBSON & SOKT,
Commission Merchants,
And dealers in
HAY, GRAIN AND COW FEED.
Consignments of Eggs, Poultry and Farm
1 Produce Solicited.
Weights and Goods Guaranteed?
J? N? Robson & ?on,
Charleston, S. C.
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PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE
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tor pale. I am in constant receipt of so nany
letters of enquiry about lands from Northam
and Western partite, that I may be able to
tfifect sales for those who wi give me accu?
rate detailed descriptions of what they have.
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churches and toms, kind of irrproTeients.
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NOT. 10. Colombia, S. C.