The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 11, 1898, Image 4
WOW IS THE TIME TO ENLIST
AiWONGST OUR MANY REGULAR CUSTOMERS.
We axe prepared for war of any kind, inasmuch as our stock is well selected, and bought at the very closest figures.
We can not perform wonders or miracles and don't claim to be able to do so, bat we can and do give better value for your money, than any concern doing business in this State. Don't ex?
pect something for nothing, you can't get it Here are a few of the many bona fide bargains we are offering :]
^ One lot Lisse Organdie, worth 15c They are here m XL . TX-, . -,
?TT TTS! LaWnS. EtC. ?t 12ic . j % , UlOtlling and Jb UrniSn- A special assortment of Youth's
OXJ-I-QLO* ,uwvvuo) v " at i??c -And on sale everyday now- ? G K0 . io c -, tU . M .
One lot 300 yards, plaid Lawns, A special lot of figured Linen . J J inn-fl?^r+TYi^T ?Qlt8? 13 ^ 19-Snits that soldat
One lot striped a?d checked Wash worth 7c at 5c Crash, specially suited to outing and The NewLlIie30I Slip- mg UeparXmeUI. $6, ?6.25. ?6 50 and $7 50-your
Silks, al 17c ? One lot plaid and striped Lawns, bicycle soils, worth 12|c at 8Jc peTS * , *A sn \i ? ll . ? choice afc $5
One lot fancy Silks, regular 40c worth 10c at 7fc One small lot of Zephyr Suitings, To wh:cb we calle(1 your attention. We ,Jh/a?V?^ au wool 0Mldrpn WaRb gQ?U ^ ?0 85
goods at 29c - One lot extra fine plaid lawns, worth 12|c at 9c have closed out all of cor original stock and "gm spring * uus at $4.s< *1 and ?1 35 each
One lot fancy Silks, regular 50c worth 18c at 13Je n . - ^ " . n now have an entire new etock of 2 lots our $8 00 Men's all woo! * V . _ ,
good? at 39c One lot Guipere Lace Organdie, Special From our Hosiery Depart- SLIPPERS AND OXFORDS light spring Suits at $6.49 A special lot of Men's Negligee
One lot plain Taffeta Silks, price worth 8c at 5|c menL in black, and all abides of Chocolate, Ta?, A^CA" , " "? J Snirts with detached cuffs, 50c
75cat62c v One lot Molino Organdie, worth Our fine 35c, 3 pair for $1, fine tan Plain and Fancv vesnng tops 4 ?ots our $12 50 Men^s all wool j 0ne ,ot of , $1 ^ ^
10c at 7c and black Hose at 25c ^ P*ir Jr,? *UAraDteed h?ht flPnnS Suits at S10 Crash Hals, 50c *
We are selling 150 proof Kerosene Oil at 10c per gallon.
T RTTTENBERGr & SONS. J. RYTTENB EEG- & SO"N~S,
. &|t ?a??|maK at? So??i|tm
^WEDNESDAY, MAY ll, 1888.
. The Sumter Watchman was toundep
hi 1850 aud the True South-on in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
he combined circulation and influence
tf both of the old papers, sind is mani?
festly the best advertising medium is
Sumter
Soldiers Ordered to Tampa.
Late Orders from the War
Department Yesterday.
Yesterday was an even ti cl one with
oar volunteer soldiery. The orders
from the War Department on Monday
were to the effect that the South Caro?
lina troops weald be pent to Chicks
manga, or rather that the first battalion
thoroughly organized weald be.
Yesterday different ordere were re*
oeived and these latter smack mach
of war and Coba. The orders were re*
. eereed by Governor hierbe shortly be?
fore noon, yesterday and came io the
shape of a telegram from the War De
Apartment.
The message was as follows :
..Referring to my telegram of May
7, you are informed that Owing to
changed conditions the destination of
troops of yoar State mentioned therein
bas been change from Camp George ?
- K Themas, Georgia', to Tampa, Flori ?
di, and will be sent there provided ,
your troops are uniformed, armed and ,
equipped for service. ,
"R ?. ALGBR, (
"Ssoretary of War." e
When this change got noised abroad ,
there was much sp?culation among {
the troops aa to what companies wonk! j t
form toe battalion to be sent to the I <
front AU agreed that the ohange ! j
meant that part of the Carolina sol-j j
dier's would be ioeladed in the army | <
of invasion, and be it said ta the i
eternal credit of every officer and man j
m the three camps, that they are ail ,
anxious to be io ol oded in that 5 rat bat ?
talion
By common eoosent the battalion
tb-tt trill go to Tampa and probably ,
from that, place to Coba is now spoken ,
of aa the "First Battalion." It may
rank as first, second or third io the <
official military cc&ie. when the bat- ,
talions are really made op, but it is
first io importance at present and
thereby secares its name. Who will
command this battalion and what
companies will compose it are the,
qatstions on every lip Lieut Colonel
Tillman and all three majors are
aoiioae for the honor, and friend? cf
ali the officers will bustle to secure the
appointment for their favorite.
The appointment of both command
and troops to this battalion rests abso?
lutely with Governor E'lerbe aod be is
as silent as the sphyox on the subject.
He ie quietly waiting for the companies
to be mastered io before saying a
word on the subject; as the battalion is
wanted as soon aa possible it is reason?
able to suppose hat the first four com?
panies mastered in will receive the
honor. The Abbeville volunteers are
now ready. The Catawba Rifias lacks
bat a few men and are only waiting to
hare new recruits examined to secure
a foll oomplemeot. Recruiting offre s
are oat from all companies working like
beavers and it will be a race for the
honor.-Colombia Register, May ll.
Prince Bismarck's son-in-law, Count
Raotzau, bas been sentenced to a fine
of 50 marks, or 10 days* imprisonment,
with costs, for insulting Herr Brnos, a
Hamburg newspaper correspondent.
Ho answered the latter's inquiry after
Prince Bismark's health with the words
"Get ont. It's not my business to ans?
wer the questions of every vagabond
peony. a-Une r. ''-Angosta Cbronide.
?. S. DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.
Climate and Crop Bulletin of
the Weather Bureau, South
Carolina Section.
For the Week Ending Monday;
May 9, 1898.
COLUMBIA, S C , May 10.
The warmest weather of the carrent
season occurred during the week with
a maximum temperature of 99 on the
4th at GiliisQQville, while over the
State generally the temperature rose
above 90 on the 3d, 4;h, 5tb, with cor?
respondingly high night temperatures,
bot daring the afternoon and night of i
the 6:h the temperature fell rapidly
reaching a minimum of 30 oo the
morning of the 7th at Spartanburg.
The rest of the week remained cool
The average temperature deduced
from 44 weekly means was 70, and
the normal for the sam : period is ap?
proximately 69. Light frost was I
noted on the morning of the 7th and
5th at various place in the northwestern j
soonties, but in no instance was the i
frost heavy enough to destroy vegeta- '<
;ioo. * i
The rainfall for the week was con- '.
lined to the 6th, on wbioh date thuo- i
ier showers occurred over the entire i
State, having been heaviest to tbe 1
mrthward of the Santee river. The 1
?aiofall was light, and. in many plaees 1
here was none, over the northern and
vestern counties and tn the southeast- |
>ro group of counties. Io the latter j
lection the ground is very dry and rain i
voa ld prove beneficial, while over the
ipper counties rain is needed to soften I
be surface, as the ground is badly 1
?rosten*( making it difficult for sprout- ;
ng plaots to come op. Forty-four <
places reported rainfall measurements i
)f wbioh 31 were less than half an i
inch and bat three of more than ooe <
inch. The average of all measure?
ments was C 42 and the normal for the ?
?ame period is*about 0.78 inch. <
There was a large percentage of j
bright suDshioe averaging 83 per cent, j
of the possible, and on two days only
did any cloudiness prevail.
High winds, atraioiog to almost <
tornadic force io Orangeborg, Flor?
ence, Clarendon, Lexington aod
Horry counties, prevailed on the 6;b,
doing considerate iojury to fruit
trees, fences, and ia some instances
to buildings, and the ooid, high winds
on the following days bad a damag?
ing effect on cotton, corn ana to?
bacco.
The first portion of the week with
its high temperature, light winds aod
bright sunshine, was extremely favor
able to growth and made a toticeabie
improvement ia the appearance of field
crops generally.
Daring this time the farm work made
rapid progress. The latter portion
of the week, however, was below the
aotive growing temperature for some or
the principal crops cultivated io this
state, for iostanoe oottoo wbioh will not
grow or thrive under 55 degrees.
Corn bas improved geoeraliy al
though its condition is extremely varied
and in bu* few places entirely satisfac?
tory. Stands in m ?ny pisces are very
irregular owiog to replautiog, and cut
worms have destroyed stands io many
places. Early corn on sandy ?ands i?
doing fairly well. In the western
COUQties a considerable area remains to
be planted, while io York couoty fields J
planted to oottoo and wbioh failed to
come up to satisfactory stands have
been plowed over aod planted to corn.
Corn that is up has received ita first i
and second cultivation The cool '
weather recently has given it a yellow
cast.
Cotton did fairly well during
first of the week, especially on ea
soils where it is up to fine stands
ic the more easterly counties is
ing cultivated and chopped ont.
stiff lands the surface is so crue
and baked that cotton' cannot cc
up readily The recent cool weat
gave cotton a severe set back aq<
number of correspondents repon
the plants dying Fields are repc
ed grassy in Edge:5eld and Kerena
Probably more than the usual arnot
of replanting is necessary, as wh
fields are being replowed and
planted Planting is not entin
finished, but the area yet to plant
small and confined principally to t
upper portions of the State, althouj
planting Sea Island cotton still co
tin u es The region devoted to tl
variety bas been too dry for its be
development
Reports on wheat continue fr vor
ble except that rust has developed
a slight extent in Anderson, Greei
ville, Lexington, Newberry, Laurel
and Spartanbnrg counties. Wheat
heading, but the straw is short.
?s oats near maturity the proi
pects for a full crop diminish in man
sections, although over tho northeast
ern, northern and western counties il
condition continues very promising
in Bamberg and B am well counties
9y has attaked oats, while over th
southeastern counties generally it ba
been too dry. Oats are beading witl
the straw short. Spring oats ar?
looking fine
Some rice is still being planted an<
the stand, color and -general condi
;ion of this crop has shown market:
improvement during the week
Transplanting (tobacco ie being
rushed to completion Th* weathei
sas, on the whole, been too cool foi
young plants to grow well, but thie
?rop bas received oo serious set back,
although in some places cut worms
ind grasshoppers damaged it more
Dr less.
Sweet potato sets are being trans?
planted, but not as yet to any great
pxteut Draws are not very plenti?
ful. Irish potatoes appear to be do?
ing finely, except in Charleston and
Beaufort counties, where they will
?ot yield more than one fonrth of a
crop
Melons have not shown much, if
any, improvement and have not made
satisfactory growth, except in Wil?
liamsburg county, where the vines
are growing nicely.
Fruit prospects vary greatly
throughout ?he State, being exceed
ing promising in places while in other
places there will be none. Pears
appear to be dropping badly and do?
ing poorly Peaches give promise of
a fair average crop generally, and in
Greeuwood county the trees are over
loaded. The winds of the tveek
shook much fruit off the trees, al?
though it is thought to the advantage
of the fruit remaining on the trees.
The crop of wild berries promises to
be quite plentiful
Gardens are backward but are
looking well and yielding seasonable
vegetab'es in abundance
Large shipments of garden truck
and berries continue from the Charles?
ton, Williamsburg and Florence
truck raising districts
Chinch bugs have made their ap?
pearance on all grains in Chester and
York counties in those sections
where they did so much damage dur?
ing 1897.
Another Case of Bheumarisin Cured
by Chamberlain's Pam Balm.
ii 9 900 WAS vflicted wi;b rbeum*ii?rn
which contracted his r< g ht limn until ba r.as
unable to walk A tier using one aod a naif
bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm he was
abl? to b;a>>out a?ain lean heartily re?
commend it io pereons ^-dering from rheu?
matic.-JOHN SNIDER, Free?!. Calhoun Co.,
W. Va. For sale by A. J. China.
Dispensary is Saved.
Tho Supreme Court Reversed
Judge Simon ton
Friends of the dispensary are jobi
laor, aod its opponents are correspond?
ingly sad The o?ase of these different
emotions is a decision from the Sapreme
Coart of the Ucited States Tuesday
io the famous Vac der cook case.
The first news of the decision was
the foiiowiog telegram, received short
iy after noon :
WASHINGION, May 9. 1898
Governor W. fl. Ellerbe, Columbia,
S C
The Supreme Court reverses Simon
ton io Vaoderoook case Knocks our
the inspection of liquor brought io for
private ase. Dispensary vis oo too,
and you can suppress the blind tigers
and o. p men without farther molesta?
tion by iojanotioo. Congratulations.
B R. TILLMAN
A reporter for The Register called
at the Attorney General's ofiice to in?
quire as to the effect of the decision
on the presant lav:' Judge Townsend
was in the office and expressed bim
self as highly pleased. He said that
the main question involved was that
ooooerciog the original package
ageors
The decision does not permit of
these agencies any longer. No foreign
liquor dealer can oow store whiskey
in this State and sell it ont a? the origi?
nal package people have been do?
ng. Any foreigo firm oan send an
?gent or drummer into this State aod
?el 1 to any citizen for private ose, bet
jan not sell whiskey to be resold w?b
o the borders of Sooth Carolina. The
>art of the Simooloo decidion eustt>i>
>d makes no material difference with
he operation of the dispensary, for
o only ?ffeo?s whiskey- for private
ise.
Mr. Maneke closed as soon as be rr
ieiv>d the new*
By Associate ! Press The Register
las received the following condensa
ion of the decision :
Washington, May 9 -In the Uoited
States Supreme Coart to-day the Sooth
Jarolioa liquor hw was again made
be subject of a deoisioo which was
landed down by Justice White The
State dispensary law having been
tmended since the recent decisions
molding it invalid, to-day's decision
ieals with the new law. This law at
empted to elim nate the feature of
:he old law discriminating against
nher States in the shipment of liquor j J
o individu?is fer their own use in | j
3outh Carolina, bat while this io bibi
:ion was eliminated aod the privilege
restored in the new law it was accom?
panied with conditions of inspection
?hieb it was claimed stiM amounted to
discrimination The court in to-day's
decision accepted this view ot the
?at<e, holding that the inspection pre?
vision of the law was tantamount to
a deoial of the right of interstate com?
merce and therefore antagonistic to
the constitution of the United States
The court held, however, that the por?
tion cf the law regulating the na le of
original paokages within the State was
valid The decision was rendered io
the case of Vance and Scott vs. the
Vaoderoook Company of California.
The decision io the United States Cir?
cuit Court for South Caroiioa was io
favor of the California oompany. The
opinion rendered to day bad the effect
of iffi;miag this opinion io part aDd
reversing it in parr, aod the case was
remanded with instructions to proceed
accordingly
Chief Justice Fuller aod Justices
Sh iras and MeKeooa dissented as io
the portion of the opinion reversiog
any part of the decision of the court
below. They took the position that the
law io its entirety is in violation of
the constitution, aod that the opinion
antagonistic to it should be sustained
The court re?ersed the opinion of
the cirouit court for South Carolina in \
the case dealing with the seizure cf
liquors shipped iato South Carolina by j
Vandsroook & Company, on tho ground ;
that the court bad no jurisdiction.
Senator Tillman, the author of the ,
dispensary law, fays 'bat th? part that
is rf??"?^d by tho Supreme Court will
not affect rbe wo-kings of the law and
that tho point sustained is sufficient.
He hb? already secured the psssage
of a bill in the Senate to meet the ob?
jections wbioh thc former decision
rendered' iovalie. but says that it will
not be necessary under the decision to?
day to have the bill pass the House.
Wheat Supplies at Low Ebb.
The statistical position of wheat at
the present time is a most interesting
one Even ?he most cursory exami?
nation of the figures of supplies,
alike in this country and Europe, will
show the shortsightedness of those
who credit the recent sharp advance
in prices of this staple to the fear of
interruption of shipment from this
country, which is at present and for
fully a year past has been the deter
mining factor in the wheat trade of
the world Just how critical the
position is now is well brought out
by the figure of stocks held in this
country and abroad on May 1, tele?
graphed and cabled to Bradstreet's
The ?tock of wheat in this coun?
try and Canada on May 1 was 34,
090,000 bushels, the smallest total
held at that date for ten yearn past,
17,000,000 bushels smaller than one
year ago, over 49,000,000 bonnels
smaller than at. that date in 1896, 56,
000,000 bushels smaller than in 1895,
and 65.000,000 bushels smaller than
on May 1, 1893
Both east and west of the Rocky
mountains in this country and Cana
ia. it will be seen, the stocks of
wheat have reached extremely low
points, and the date when new crop
wheat may be expected to be availa?
ble in any quantity is still months
iway The available supply, it might
je observed, decreased in this coun?
ty and Canada over 10.000,000 busb
;la during April, the heaviest falling
)ff shown in any month for a Tong
ime past
When cognizance is taken of Eu?
opean supplies, the situation is like
vise found to be an extremely inter?
esting one.
The total combined stock on May 1
leid in thia country, Canada, Europe
ind afloat, is shown to be only 100,
80,000 bushels, smaller by 7.000,
100 bushels than a year ago, 46,000,
100 bushels smaller than two years
?go and 72,000,000 bushels smaller
han in 1895
An approximation of the world's
risible supply abotm a decrease dor
ng April of 13,377 000 bushels as
igainst a decrease of 5.789,000 bush
ils in March. 7 667.000 bushels in
february, and 4,711,000 bushels in
lanuary The decrease in April,
urthermore, beside heavily exceed
ng the decreases in recently preced
ng months, compares with decreases
>f 15,178,000 bushels in April a year
igo, and of 16,582.000 bushels in
ipril. 1896, or nearly as large a fall
ng off as occuned in years when
he larger volumes of supplies made
be decreases shown appear smaller
>y comparison. With the above
Satieties in mind the present excited
?tate of the wheat market may be
>asly understodo even when the pos?
sibilities of large returns from crops
low growing are considered. As has
)e frequently pointed out hereto
fore, the aggressive strength of the
narket is largely centered in the
nore immediate positions-Brad
beet's
I bave been a sufferer from ch'onic diar
.bo*?a ever since the war and b-ve used all
iinds or medici?n for it- At U?< T found
>ne remedy that b?s bee . a success ? 8 a corp,
?nd ?hat ip Chamberlain's Colic Oolera ar d
Diarrhoea Kerned v. -P E. GRISHAM, Gaars
Mille, La. For sale *f A. J.China
I Pitts' I
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I ?I
I Aids Digestion, ^
X Regulates thc Bowels, J
fl Cures Cholera Infantile, *j?
I Cholera Morbus, \yj
$ Diarrhoea, Dysentery, h
& Teething Children, |
i5 And all diseases of the Stomach. j|
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??/ to ?be taste and <f?
I NEVER FAILS I
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Arms and Ammunition Sant
to Cuba.
Tampa, Fla.. May 9.-The steamer
Gussie, one of the Mallory Liae of
boats chartered by the government for
use as & transport, wiil pail for Cuba
before mernie?, loaded with arms, am
munition and supplies furnished by tie
Uoited S-ates eovernment fer the use
of the Coban insurgents A company
of one hundred Upited State? troops
from the First regimen* of iofaotry will
accompany the expedition and aid io
guarding the landing of the valuable
cargo on the coast of Cuba, aod will,
if necessary, penetrate io?o the interior
far enoogb to place the sepplies io the
hands of the insurgents The exped?*
lion will be io charge of Captain J. H..
Dorst, General Miles5 aided, ?bo bas
jost returned from Coba The Gussie
bas oo board between six and seven
thousand Springfield rifles, about 200,
000 rounds of ammunition aod several
hundred boxes of provisions, consisting
principally of canoed meats and hard?
tack Toe utmost secrecy U maintain*
ed regarding the point of landing, bat
in view of Captain Dorst's reeent laod
iog near Havana where be communi?
cated with th? insurgent leader, Gen?
eral Delgado, it in believed that the tx
pedition will be beaded for a point not
far from Havana The Gussie bad
mounted oo her forward deck to-day a
ooe.pounder rapid-fire gun for proteo
tico It is onderstsod, however, that
she will be met at some point noe far
from Key West by a ponboat from, the
American blockading rqnadron and es
oorted to the designed landing place.
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by Tutt s Liver Pills, an abso?
lute cure for sick headache, dys?
pepsia, sour stomach, malaria,
constipation, jaundice, bilious?
ness and all kindred troubles.
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Tuttis Liver Pills
TO! WAR! WAR!
But the "White" is vitcori
ous. We are now selling sew- ,
ing machines from ten dollars
up We have a few machines
that are slightly used that we
will sell cheap. We also have
a nice line of Organs that we
will sell on easj' terms. We
are head quarters for Sewing
Machines and supplies. Old
machines taken in exchange
for new ones.
TH. B. JRANJMLE,
Manager,
Sumter Music House.
SUMTER, S. C.
THINK OF IT !
There isn't a weak point aojwhere about the
r
They are a perfect example of Piano-build?
ing, ?nd the pnces are right.
STANDARD ORGANS.
TUNING AiiD REPAIRING.
Pianos For Rsnt-Terms to Suit
CHAS. M. SHEFF,
BALTIMORE 9 North Liberty St.
WASHINGTON 521 11TH ST. N W4
NORFOLK VA., 116 MAIN ST.
Charlotte, N. C., 213 N. Tryon St