Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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faran at? Smrtjmnt. WBDNB8DAY, M?T36, 18687 _? ill ?? - ' ' ? ??ll The Sumter Watchman was ?onodep i? 1850 and the True Southron id 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has he combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sam ter Very little is now heard concern? ing the gubernatorial aspirations of Hoc. George D. Tillman, which is strange indeed, for- at one time he had a medium aized boom well under way. It is barely possible, however, that Coi. Jim Tillman, who was man? aging his fathers boom, bas hid it out in the boshes until the war is Over. Suinter County has as Soe tepre sentatioa in Company B (The Sumter Light infantry) as any connty in the State. Not a man who passed the examination flanked, nor waa there single desertion WHAT IS BEING DONE IN COLUMBIA. Colombia, May 23 -To day gass? ed withont any additional companies of the Sooth Carolina regiment being mustered into service, and the situa? tion in this respect remains un chang ?ed- The Go vernor's Guards reported ?that the fol! complement of men necee .sary were enrolled and perhaps they ^woold have been mastered in yeater ; ?day afternoon bat for the fact that ''Capt Faller had gone on a brief visit to his family at Clemson College and : there was no other officer with au? thority to administer the oath. Capt. boiler wi?! be back to-morrow, how? ever, and if there are no other changes m the company before his ?retnro Capt McCreery will have his inen members of the regiment before rta morrow night. The Governor's G nar de, Bamberg ? Guards ano! the Palmetto Rifles are the only commands which are hold? ing the regiment back, and there will jte great relief in military as well as other circles when these companies a?e mustered in. Major Thompson has been notified by Capt. Fuller that he will begin regalar inspection Wednesday. and this means that everything about the t^amp will have to be in tho best shape and order. ;-.?;:?;T??orrow Major Thompson will <&reak camp at the fair grounds and g?ikwe his battalion to the new location ? near Shandon The' site selected is *ae*r the trolley line, jost in rea?* of pavilion. There is ptenty of :??oo? pore water, and Major Thomp -<3o? thinks the site much preferrable ?fbrmany reasons to the present camp The battalion will be famished *w!.h about 69 of the new tents, which the men wilt pitch, and by to morrow evening Shandon will be wearing'a very military air At 7 o'clock tomorrow afternoon Col J. D. Bland i og, one of the few veterans of the Mexican war who are .still left in this State, wi il present a valued, highly prized and historic ; iflag to Major Thompson's battalion. The nag belonged to the famous Palmetto regiment, which served so ga?aut?y in the war against Mexico, and has been long in Col. Blaading's possession, he having been appointed its custodian, hy the Survivors asso? ciation of the Mexican war This is not the flag under which the Palmetto regiment fought That one was so tattered and torn by shot and shell that there wa? scarcely a shred of it left when the soldiers of the r?giment-conquering heroes that they wete-marched victoriously into the City of Mexico. Then it wa? that in recognition of its gallant fighting Gen Winfield Scott present? ed this flag to the brave regiment -from South Carolina Since those days U has been prized as a rare treasure and guarded with jealous care, and this afternoon Col Bland iog will part with it and place it in Major Thompson's care. In no braver or truer bands could it be . left, and thal it witt be go arded aa jealously as it baa been and kept as unsullied as j when it first flattered every one who j ?nows Major Henry Tnompaon is fully aase ? ed The spear which sor | tenants the flag is of solid silver and of beautiful design and workman I ship, and is the same one that sor mounted the old fl*g and went through the battles of Buena Vista, Cberubosco. Palo-Alto, Monterey and City of Mexico. James Blending EtoltnaB, of Sum ter, has been appointed color ser? geant of Major Thompson's battalion. He is a private to Company B (Sam ter Light Infantry). There came very near being al iyscbing io camp to-day about din? ner time, and only the fleetness of the negro and the promptness of the officers prevented it. Jesse Beach? am, one of the negro waiters, cursed a member of the Darlington Guards, and in a few moments the whole ->wd was after him. He ran for .life, and succeeded in eluding his uers until the officers arrived ordered the men to fall in. am was taken in charge by a guard and escorted to the " the camp, where he was in i'ii .to make himself scarce. ?. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Climate and Crop Bulletin oi the Weather Bureau, South Carolina Section. For the Week finding Monday, May 23, 1898. COLUMBIA, S C , May 45 There was a steady high tempera tore throughout the entire week, with day temp?ratures ranging from 84 to 100, the latter occurring on the 2ist at Hodges The night tempera? tures were, for the first time this sea? son during an entire week, entirely favorable for the development of crops, as they fell below 60 at one place only, viz: 54 on the 18th at Trial, and generally ranged between 62 and 74 The mean temperature of the State for the week was 79 and the normal for the same period is about 72 Showers occnrred on the 17th, 18th and 23rd, being widely scatter? ed and generally light on the first two dates On the 23rd good rains fell in Lexington, Greenwood and Greenville counties and light show? ers near the coast. Some rain was reported from 25 places, but only 9 reported measurements of 0 25 or more, with a maximum fall of 1.25 at Bateebnrg. The average for the State is 0.17 of an inch and the nor? mal for the same period is approxi? mately 0 88. With few and limited exceptions rain is urgently "needed over the en tire State. Grain crops are threat? ened serious injury by a continuation of the dry weather until they ripen Minor field crops and gardens all need rain to start them growing, and even corn, and to a less extent cot? ton, need rain. In the Southeastern and South Central coan ties all crops are parch? ed, wells are going dry and streams are at an extremely low stage The drought extends along the coast to B?rry, while io Berkery. Darlington and Marlboro counties freqaent and beneficial showers occurred during the week There was about 80 per cent of the possible bright sunshine, the lowest percentage reported was 50 ; the highest 100. The winds were generally light southwesterly, dry and parching and together with the bright suoshine and high temperature caused the surface of the ground to become very dry Hail occurred on the 18th in Aiken and Greenwood counties, in the lat? ter the hail destroyed cotton along a narrow path. A severe bail storm occurred in the vicinity of Batesburg on the 22od, but did little or no damage. Tba high temp?rature aod brght, warm sunshine had a decidedly favor? able infiaeooe on the staple field crans i ' . - ! causing a general improvement io c ;o ! diiion Where showers occnrred ?he improve? ment wa* particularly marked, *Hhoogb as bas been stated, tbe oeei of rain is general and urgent over tbe eotire ?fate as the partial showers covered compara? tively small areas. Cora has made ?\ow growth but im? provement is noted io its g?nerai ap? pearance as to color and stand, although the latter was damaged hy ont worms oo bottom lands, bud worm* which are more numerous tbao for many years io York county, and wire worms par? ticularly damaging io Chesterfield cono* ty. Owing to tbe dry oonditioo of the soil, late planting B not coming up well, and much bottom land yet to plant, awaiting rain to pot tbe ground to condition for plaotieg Corn is everywhere sm ali for the season, but the fields are well oaltivared K>in is badly needed for coro. Cotton has stopped dying except io a few localities aod shows improvement doriog the week io color, staod aod growth, altboogb in che lr st respect the plaot is oot up to its usual sis3 at this seasoo S'ands, also, are generally be? low an average, with, ?owever, ezoep tiooally eveo aod foll staods noted io maoy localities Late planting and re planted ootton coming np slowly owing to lack of moisture aod crusted soil particularly on red lar.tis and ttiff, heavy soils. A few repor?3 received of ootton fields having been plowed up and planted to carn. Chopping to stands bas been completed io a few lo? calities only, bul made rapid progress, and was general in all p>rti>M.4 of tbe State being generally froiu half to tbree-foortbs finished. Fields are geo orally olean aad well cultivated, al? though with grase noted in rtersbaw Edgefield aod on new ground princi? pally io Barnwell. Sea-Island cotton io a bad way for waot of rain . Tobacco ts growing oioely aod where showers occurred io the tobacco district, a marked improvement io growth was ooted. Over portions of this diet riot more rain would be of benefit Rice ?3 growiog well and, with the exception of some fields beiog grassy, is io a very satisfactory oondition. Up? land rice is, however, not doing so well aod stands io urgeot need of rain. Wheat continues promising, but woold be helped by raio. Rust on blades exists quite extensively but to oo harmful degree. Whe is begin? ning to ripeo aod birvest will begio about tbe first of Jane The seoood week of oats harrest bas passed and yields continue up to, or above, au avertge. Ii; is feared that the dry weather has injured oat? to tbe west central counties, and that a coo? tie cat ion of the absence of raia no til harvest time will materially affect the yield Late aod spring scwo oats will in many places be complete failures, aod they deteriorated everywhere daring the week. Sweet-potato draws are generally plentiful with some reports to the con? trary, bot owing to tbe dry weather bot few draws have as yet beeo set, aod where it was dooe the sets were wiited and killed. Irish potatoes oeed raio urgently io the eaetero aod southern counties and would be greatly beneficed elsewhere. Where they have been dug the yield was small, exoept that in Barnwell oouoty fair yields are the role. Colo? rado beetles have appeared io large aod destructive numbers io Newberry, Lau reos aod York counties. There is ao im prove meo t ooted io melons, very marked io a few localities, but stand* are far from satisfactory, while io Barnwell the area andar cul? tivation is smaller tfoau usual and the vines less promising. Peaohes are doing well except io Piokeos, where only sheltered trees bear aoy fruit Blight on apple aod pear trees seems to he oo tbe increase Grapes are very proomi&g, aod it may be said ibnt this fruit seldom or never fails in this State where proper atten? tion is giiven the vine? Plums are ripening, and appear plentiful, io the southern oountifcs Dew-berries oo the market bat berries small aod iofeiior, owiog to lack of rainfall. Rhaep-ber ries aod bookie-berries oo the market io Florence. Str?w-berries quite plentiful irj the western conoties. Gar dens need rain badly. Pastures dry aod parched. The favorable weather permitted farmers to do a foll week's work, aod they are oow op to the rpquirements of tbe oeeds of tbe crops, with fields clean well cultivated. TBE HOTEL PERITS. Gov. Ellerbe Tells Why no Letter Was Written. There seems to be u little trouble Ure wi->g between Governor Eilerbe aod lae State board of control, growing out ot certain bot?is being granted dispeu sary privileges Governor Ellerbe bas ?aid (bat there was oo warrant in law for these permit? to be granted aod (bat they would have to go At the recent - meeting of the S'ate board of control it was expected that some action would be taSeo io tbe matter, bot that body adjourned with? out anything beiog done Governor Eilerbe, it was thought, wontd send a lotter to the board, giving them his views on tbe subject and suggesting a piao of aoiioo, but no snch letter wai sent by the governor. Wheo asked about the matter, Gov? ernor Ellerbe dictated tbe following ?-bien wad read to him and approved as correct : ''As soon as tbe obairmao of tbe board arrived io the cry, I sent for him and talked with bim and otber members of tbe board abcut tho abuses of these hotels permit, and tbe chair mao assured me that it was the ioten tioo of the board to revoke them, and that it would be done For (bat reason I sent no formal communiotioo to tbe board " What the outcome will be remain? to be seen. This is a matter about wbiob the board of cootrol is supreme, aod without a mandate from tbem, tbe governor is powerless to close up the hotel dit-pensaries There may be some friction, but the likelihood is that the beard will acquiesce in the govern? or's wishes At aoy rate, the hotels can continue to sci 1 liquor to their guests uotil the S?atc board meets again -Stace. S. E. Parker, Sb?rou. Wis , writes:-' I ! have irird DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salve for i itching pile* and it alwuja stops them in i two minutes. I consider DeWitt's Witch j Hfz ?! Salve '.he greatest pile cure ou the mar- \ et '"- Hagbeon-Ligon Co. THE BOARD OF LETHARGY. Wbat ia Thought and Said of the Conduct of the War. Washiogtoo, D. C., May 23, 1898 Had the administration been as success fal io bottling ap that Spanish fl^et, wbicb is flitting aroutd io Coban wa tere, as it bas beeo in oottiiog ap every partiaole of in te ree tin-j war news, the end of the war wenld be in sight. Of coarse everybody recsgoizes the neces? sity for keeping news of contemplated movements oat of the newspapers, lese their publication should aid the enemy, bot there is no good reason why this state of affairs should exist. Had every cable from Coba beeo cu: as sooo as war was deolared, and tbe same rig id censorship been pat into effect apoo European messages rh;.t is now exercis? ed, Spain oonld bave derived no bene? fit from tbe publication of war news by American papers. If be present cen? sorship be followed ly results, there will not not be muoh complaint, but if it be merely a cloak tc bide the blun? ders of somebody, Coogress will not loog remain silent Orders bave bee? issued io profusion to our fleets in Cuban waters, and there is. of course, a general bope that they will succeed in finding he Spanish fleet -nb ooe doubts that we cao lick if we cao get at them-bat Seoretary Loog seems to take it for granted that tbe Spaoiarde oan avoid a fight jost as they may desire to. Those who for ooe or another reason are desirous of dragging the war on in? definitely havo again beeo trying to persuade Mr McKinley to postpone the invasion of Coba un il fall. They have got a oew argument now-that it will take four mootbs to make such am? munition as they think tbe army ought to bave before beiog sent to Coba They also nog the ehacf es oo the old argument that military operations on a large scale cannot be cat r ed oo in Coba during tbe raioy season, which usually begins about tbe teotb of Jooe aod contin?en for six or eight weeks-ao argument loog ago disposed of by the active oampaigos of the insurgents du~ iog raioy *eacoos If the statement about ammunition be trie, which there i? reason to doubt, tbera ie something radically wrong aboot the War Depart? ment. It is supposed from the hurry iog of volunteers to the south, that th? invasion of Coba will be poshed at onee. bot plaos have been changed so ofteo that it is diffioulr tc say what will be doo e. Czar Reed has the Hawaiian an nexationieta on the anxious bench. The other four members of the com mutee on roles are evenly divided and it is for bim to decide whether the committee wiil report a special role for tho consideration of the an nexation resolution, without which the resolution cannot be brought to a vote As a sort of answer to criticisms from every direction, it bas been semi-officially announced that the Naval War Board, popularly known as the "Board of Stategy." and spoken of by some irreverent persons as the "board of lethargy," wbicb is composed cf naval officers, has notb ing to do with conducting the war, but is merely charged with the duty of advising Secretary Long This will strike most persons asan attempt to make a distinction where there is no difference If Secretary Long did not consider the advice of the board worth being followed, the board would speedily be abolished It would be safe to aav that every important order issued by Secretary Long bas been upon the advice of thir board. It would be the most natural thing in the WOE id that both Mr McKinley and Secretary Long, neither of whom has had any expe rience in naval fighting, should seek the assistance of navnl officers in conducting that branch of the war. The unnatural thing is that such a statement should have been allowed to have been made The Naval War Board has certainly dono all the con? ducting of the war that has been done from the Washington end ; if there IH any credit, it should not be deprived of it any more than it should be shielded from cnticism Senator Daniels made one of the strongest speeches yet made against an issue of bouda, and in favor of paying the expenses of the war as we go along, rather than saddling them upon posterity. Replying to the contention that the issue of boods proposed was intended for effect upon Spain, Senator Daniels said that if the desired effect could be assured he was ready to vote to issue the bond?. "But," he impressively con tinned. ' if Spain was not convinced at Manila that this country was in earnest in this war. then Sampson and Schley and Miles and their lieu tenants have some arguments to sub? mit to her that will prove to be even more assured vehicles of conviction than any issue of bonds could be " He declared the stamp tax to be the most odious and pestiferous tax in veuted by man. Good Sewing Mncbinea from $10.00 up at Randie's. if** XZWSO'S CURE FOR tai CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. U Best Cough Syrup. Tastes G ood. Use Bj in tima Sold by drawrLsts. CON SU M PT Southerners in the Navy. From the Baltimore Sun. Nearly all the officers of the United Stares navy above the raok of lieuten? ant are from tbe northern states. Tbe 'reason for this is apparent. No officer who entered the navy siooe tbe close of the war bas vet reaobed the rank of commander. Tbe navv was a favorite avocation for southerners and at tbe breaking ont of the war that section had its foll quota, and perhaps more, on the (fficial list But with few ex? ceptions they resigned as their states receded, end during the war none came to tbe academy frrn> tbe routh. The southerners io the service now are these who entered after the recoostino? tion. These are ail io the ranks below commander at this time, and there are a great many of them. Carminative i Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Cures Cholera Infantum Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Teething Children, And all diseases of the Stomach and Bowels. It is picotant to the taste and I NEVER FAILS to give satisfaction. A Few Doses will Demonstrate its Superlative Virtues. 4 Is Highly Recom- z mended for COUGHS, Z COLDS, Ho A ESE NE ss, z SOBE THEOAT,3BON- ?? cHiTis. ASTHMA,: WHOOPING COUGH, Z and All Diseases of = 5 the Throat, Lungs and Bronchial Tubes, z z - * POSITIVE SPECIFIC FOB CBOUP. ? ?u iMUiniiiii mini iniiiutiiiiuiiiiiiiii ?i ! linn M tmr mm5 COUGH-CROUP E^PECTOfjANT NOMINATIONS. FOB: CONGRESS. THOMAS F. BRANTLEY, of Oraneeborg is nominated for Coo erees from the Seven tb District, eo^j-ct io the acion of the Demo* eratic primary. 810.00 REWARD. FOR ONE- VICTOR BICYCLE-MODEL 1896. Steel Bars, Black Victor Pad? ded Saddle, Ru?b-r Pedal?, 24-incb Frame. Ooe Searcbliebt Lantern. Nu ai ber. on wheel 100,8*6. Stolen April 6 MAT 18 D. JAS WINN. THINK OF IT ! There isn't a weak point anywhere about the The? are a perfect eximp'e of Puno-bcild icc, and the prices are right. STANDARD ORGANS. TUNING AND REPAIRING. Pianos For Rsnr-Terras to Snit CHAS. M. STIEFFj BALTIMORE 9 North Liberty St WASHINGTON 521 UTH ST. N W. NORFOLK VA., 116 MAIN ST. Charlotte, N. C., 213 N. Tryon St WAR! WAR! WAR! But the "White" is. viteori 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 easy terms. We are head quarters for Sewing Machines and supplies. Old machines taken in exchange for new ones. OT. Be R?NDLE, Manager, Sumter Music House. SUMTER, S. C. PE EFE CT EKJOTXEHT 027 A STJ?OCBB BAT can be taken in ooe of our easy riding ?nd weil baili traps, ran abouts, bag? gies, pK-e ons, surreys, and carriages trimmed in either ii?bt or dark colors, and finished in the best manner. Oar stock is tbe acme of M ty le and comfort. H. HARRY. Base Ball Goods. Spalding9* and Reach's OFFICIAL LEAGUE BALLS, * 1.541 each. Sold Under Positive Ghiarantee. A full assortment of cheaper Balls from S cents up? Bats of all grades, Mitts, &c. Large stock of Fine and Medium grades Stationery. Pound Papers a Specialty. Liberty Street, SUMTER, - - S. C.