WEDNESDAY, AUG 10. 16
Th3 Sumter Watchman was toi
in 1850 and the True Southron in
The Watchman and Southron no
fclae combined circulation and iofi
of both of the old papers, and is
fsstly the beat advertising media
Sam ter.
That was a severe, though mei
rebuke which Col, "Teddy" R
reit received at the hands of, S
fcary Alger. Teddy has WOE
spurs, and bas every reason to
elevated over the splendid peri
anees of his men. But be ma
mistake in drawing comparisons
men wno bad not been tried,
wbo wonld most likely prove ss
fective fighters as the famous R<
Biders* They are great, bot
there are others.
The appeal to the war depart?
by tbe officers of General Sbefi
army tc be removed from Santiag
moat pathetic, and will stir the pi
of the people greatly. The' co
tiona existing in that plague spot
appaling. An unseen foe wi
larks in the humid atmosphere
is inhaled with the very breath of
' ?9 threatening and terrorizing
brave men who faltered not nc
Brthe 5re of Spanish guns. The g
ernment is alive to the situation ;
D|wil? give relief as speedily aa po
ble. Let ns hope for the best ;
hav e confidence in the powers t
be
Accordiog to the Spartanht
Herald, ito county has 286 men
listed tor (.he war, and Capt. Th;
C. Dean io now recruiting anotl
company Jost think of th
What an enviable position. If t
other sections of the State had i
aponded half so well there wot:
have been all tbe soldiers asked for
with men to spare. Sumter Coop
bas at least come np to the averag
bot cannot compare with Sparta
borg. There bas been practically i
rec;niling in some counties. Ko
Rivithsts,nd!Dg; ali discouragemen
the officers of tbe Second Regime'
are sac gui oe of filling their rank
We hope their expectations may soo
be realized for the good name *
-Sooth Carolina
The London Times administers a
"editorial castigation to Secretar
Alger, on account of the manner i
which operations in Coba have bee:
conducted and the present condition
there, which are not satisfactory t
that paper. It thinks *ve have a
elephant on hand that will not be got
ten ride of easily. Well we are soi
ry'the Times is not satisfied, but s
far as we know the American peopl
are not finding fault to any gres
extent. In fact the vas t majority ar
pleased and have an unfaltering con
fidence in the men who are manag
fog the momentous affairs of th(
nation, and after all. that is the prin
cipal thing. If the people of Ameri
ca are satisfied it does not make 8(
much difference what others maj
think. The Times says Mr. Alger ft
I a candidate for retirement to privat?
life. That may be true, though w<
are not ioformed from any otbei
source. Ia the usual course of poli
tics Mr Alger may be retired, at the
next general election by Democratic
success ; and as Democrats we hope
he will But that will not argue thal
we have any quarrel with bim ovei
bis methods
WILL SOU PH CAROLINA COME
UP TOTHE MARK?
) Cols Jones and Thompson have re?
torced from Washington whicher they
went for the parp?se of asking some
modification io the roles governing the
enlistment of soldiers, and which it
was thoaght woatd remove the difficul?
ties encountered io filling our qaota.
It is gratifying to learn that their mis?
sion was successful, the desired modi?
fication bas been made, and we hope the
results will be all that was expected.
Sooth Carolioa needs seveo hundred
recruits-an average of twenty to every
county. It will mean mach to the
State to meet this cali and we hope to
be relieved of the present humiliating
co?ditions speedily.
Georgi), Mississippi. Kentucky and
Alabama have also failed to get the
camber of meo asked for-all Southern
States. It may bo some consolation
that we are not ?lone io this respeot,
bot the short-comfogs of other States
should not reooooile cs to failure. Re?
newed efforts should now be made to
obtain our fal! oambcr.
THE GRADED SCHOOLS.
In leas than s month the people of
Saunter will be interested in the open?
ing of the next term of the city
schools. '
It is a matter of importance to
every parent whose children attend.
Oar graded schools have a reputation
for excellence all over the State.
The teachers are intelligent, indus?
trious, conscientious in their work
and up-to-date in methods. We are
justly proud of these institutions and
most see to it that the standard is
maintained, and that they are kept
abreast with the best along all lines
of advancement.
The schools began operations in
debt-went into debt for a start.
The amount is something more than
$2,500, and under present conditions
there is no prospect whatever of pay?
ing out, as the taxes and contingent
I fees are so regulated as to barely
cover current expenses without pro
j vision for anything farther. It costs
something to continue renewing notes
which represent the indebtedness, to
say nothing of the depressing effect
which is a necessary consequence.
Any institution, educational, religious
or otherwise, which is burdened in
this way, labors under a disadvantage
and is clogged in its efforts and en?
terprise.
1 The present two mill ievy cannot
raise the amount. Indeed, will not
be sufficient for running expenses if,
as we fear, there is any considerable j
decrease in property valuations this
year.
Now what are we going to do ?
What means shall we adopt to meet
the situation ? We know there bas
been at times some little opposition
to the payment of the contingent fee,
which ap to this time has been only
twenty-five cennts a month-$2.25 a
term of.nine months for each scholar.
The people who patronize the school
are the ones who are directly bene
fitted. Benefit to the public is indi?
rect, but direct to the parents of
scholars. There is money saved to
them iu the education of their chil?
dren ; they are the people who
should be active in providing the
means for liquidating this debt. How
is it to be done ? We hardly know.; i
pei haps a suggestion here would oct
be popular : thc pocket nerve is so
tender we almost fear to disturb it.
The question is npon us, however,
and mast be disposed of-it must be
settled, and settled right.
We venture the assertion that the
average patron does not pay school
tax sufficient for tuition of one schol?
ar two months Many do not pay
one month's tuitioo in the average
pay school. Yet some send several
children for nine morphs It requires
no argument to prove the advantage
these enjoy if there were no pub?
lic schools our children would have
to be sent to private schools or re
main ignorance. Appreciating these
facts which admit of no denial, it
seems to the writer the duty of the
patrons to get together on some pian
which will result in the retirement of
this debt
Suppose the contingent fee was
raised to fifty cents a month for the
next three years. That would dis
pose of the matter. Perhaps there
are a few who cannot afford even
that small sum, and on a proper
showing should be excused We
should look upon this as a neces
sary, an inevitable obligation, which
must be met, not as something with
which we may, or may not, dispense
at our option.'
We would, therefore, respectfully
suggest that toe City Board of Edu?
cation call a public meeting, at which
the matter should be discussed, and
some plan adoDted We are not !
" I
wedded to any particular scheme. If ;
somebody else bas a better one, we i
shall be delighted to aid in carrying
it out, only something will have to !
be done sooner or later-the sooner
the better and cheaper.
One thing we believe is that if the
subject is properly presented the peo
pie will combine to carry out what
ever may be deemed the best way of
solving the problem. This is too
vital an interest to be neglected, or
to be lightly treated.
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We have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem- j
edy io our home for many years ind bear 1
cheerful testimony to its value 'as a medicine
wbicb should be in every family. In coughs
aod colds we bava fouod it to be efficacious
and io croup and whooping cough in cbil
dren we deem it indispensable.-H. P. Rit?
ter, 4127 Fairfax A've-, St. Lous, Mo. For
sale by A. J. Cbina.
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Come aad 3ee us before buying or trading.
We caD please yon with a White-Randie.
"Jackson's Silverware."
To tbe Editer of To ? State :
The inquiry mad<? over two weeks
eiaoe bj Coi. Cantwell, of Wilmington.
N. C., through the (governor as to tbe
whereabouts of the Jackson stiver be?
queathed io bis will to the bravest man
io tb? Palmetto regiment, is still unan?
swered.
It it a eiogular comment on Ioeal his?
tory at least that bree of our most
prominent dailies (your enterprising
State among them) ?tated last week that j
the Jaoksoa silver ras in tbe Carolina
National Bank here, but the president
of tlat bank (Mr. Clark) in a card io !
your paper last Sunday stated that it
had never beeo plaoed io that bank,
aod I have it oo good authority that it
ta oct oow io aoy bunk io this city, aod
very likely is DOC in tbe State. Theo
where is it ? Aod if out of the State
by what authority was it sent out of
the State ?
! The Jackson silver has bad a siogu
j lar aod somewhat chequered career since
it was origin s I ly pissen ted by the Leg?
islature of Sooth Carolioa to Geo.
Jackson after the battle of New Or?
leans. A short tine after the civil war
lt was plaoed io Scott's Bank, and
wheo that bank wai robbed in the early
seventies it was taken out of .the vault
aod carefully placed on a side shelf by
the gentlemanly bcrgulars, who did cot
otherwise molest it.
The old Palmetto survivors, some 60
or more of whom are still living, five
or sis at least among the number being
first or second lieutenants, feel ao in?
terest io this old relic and woold like to
know where it is.
My recollection of the last disposi?
tion made of the silver was that it
should go to the last survivor, and be?
come his sole property. C.
Columbia. August 3, 1898
IQ reference to l be above, as far as
this newspaper if concerned, it need
only be said that ;he information pub
lished that the siller io question was in
the vao[t of the Carolioa National
Baok was obtained officially at the ex
eootive office. Io making the error,
The State, it will ta seen, was not at
fault.
Upon inquiry yesterday it was found
that the silver is not in the Central Na?
tional Back. Capt Staoley plaoed it
there wheo it was io his custody, aod
there it remained for about 20 years.
Its custodian of Ute years allowed it to
be sent to the Atlanta exposition, aod
from there it was returned to the Cen?
trai National Bank. After this it was
sect to the exposition at Nashville, and
since that time (be ^entrai National
Baok bas oot seer or bad possession of
it.-State.
The vase in quastioo, as oo doubt the
most of the Palmetto regimeot survivors
koow, is io the temporary custody of
"The Natiooal Hermitage Assooifitioo,"
io the Hermitage of Old Hickory,
where it was left by its custodi?is until
oailed for by fains, after securing the
consent of the minority of bis comrades.
We republish the following from the
Daily Item of Joly 30, which was
printed oo that day io connection with
the letter of Mr. Cantwell, referred to :
We called Col. Biaodiog's atteotioo
to Mr. Cantwell'* letter and told bim
we would publish anything be wished
in reply. He st ited that as the govern?
or bad called for information, it was due
to him to give a full statement of facts.
In the meantime he would only say
"that bis old oomrade and friend has
blundered terribly throughout. Andrew
Jackson never bequeathed to the State
of South Carolina any silverwere. The
State of South Carolina has no author?
ity whatever over the Andrew Jackson
vase, of which he is custodian for tbe
last survivor of the Palmetto Regiment, i
Mexican War; that he did not earry
the vase without proper authority, to
the meeting of the Natiooal Associa
tioo of Mexican Veterans at Nashvil'e,
July, 1897 Nor has he jeopardized
the interest of any comrade by leaviog
the vase io tho temporary custody of
"The Natiooal Hermitage Association,77
io the Hermitage of Old Hickory, co
til called for bj' bim."
These are denials of the wbole sub?
stance of the complaint of Mr Cant?
well.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
At the Municipal League Annual !
Convention, held in Detroit, Mich.,!
last week there was a discussion of the j
methods of controlling the liquor traf- j
fie. Mayor Smythe, of Charleston, j
outlined the South Carolina method,
and claimed that there is more drunk?
enness under the dispensary system
than formerly prevailed Certainly
the mayor is entitled to his opinion, but
facts speak louuder than opinions ; and
we believe statistics will prove his error.
We haven't the figures at hand, but :
know that with the dispensary io Sum?
ter County there has beeu a large re?
duction in thc consumption of liquor,
and a corresponding decrease in crime
of all sorts
We do cot approve the sale of liquor i
by the State, nor by individu?is, as ai
I a beverage. Everybody, topera and j
teeroraler?, recognise the drink habit as
a great evil, the fruir?a! source of much
of human woe; yet marjy desire to re* j
tain the liberty of beoomiog slavs to
a debasing appetite, in case they should
see f?t to do so. We woald gladly see
liquor banished from the State and na?
tion ss a beverage, and restricted to
m?dicinal, scientific and mechanical
purposes, where it is of incalculable
beneficed where its U9e is indispensable.
Bat ts long as it mast be used asa bev?
erage we unhesitatingly prefer that it
remain uoder state control than to re
tarn to tbe saloons with their entice
meats and snares to trap ind rain men.
The O. H. & C. Railway.
The following is an extract from a
letter cf Mr. Samuel Hoot, President
of the Ohio River and Charleston Rail?
way, which appeared in a late issue cf
the Spartanburg Herald. The letter j
was in reply to inquiries of the Gaffoey |
City people anent the reoeot sale of
that road :
"It affords me pleasure to be able to
say that the O. R. Ss C. Ry. Co. is not
a failure financially. It is owned by
people who are financially strong
enough to take care of it, who have coofi- j
dence enough io their property and the
country it traverses to be willing to not
only defer expectation of immediate re?
turns to themselves, and use its earn?
ings io betterments, but to expend
large sums in addition to their original
investment.
The recent sale of the property was
not due to any financial failure, but was
selected as the best method by which
all the owners could adjust their securi
ties, and put themselves in a stronger
and more aggressiv? position for future
operations ; all of its current debts j
being provided for precisely as if DO
sale bad taken place.
I think I oao say without fear of suc?
cessful contradiction that tbe 0 R. k
C. Ry. Co has excellent credit where it
is known best and bas given no occa?
sion heretofore to have it questioned.
Ir pays its employes and its bills as
promptly as any of its competitors.
- So far as its usefulness to. and treat?
ment of, its patrons generally, is con?
cerned, I leave tbe towns on its iine,
whether they be competitive or non?
competitive, to speak for themselves."
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xl oct.
? Ml Will?
To Embark Prisoners at
Once,
Santiago de Cuba, August 8, 5:20
p. m -Geo. Shafter and the Spanish
general, Toral, held a consultation at
tbe palaoe this afternoon with regard
to tbe embarkation of the Spanish
prisoners of war
As a result ot the oonference, 1,000
of tbe Spaois? sick and wounded will
be taken on board the Aliante tomor?
row morning aod be sent to Spain as
soon as the vessel is properly loaded.
There is to be no bunching or wait?
ing of transports ; each will sail as
soon as it can be landed after arriving
here.
Washington, August 8 -Informa?
tion was received by Adj. Gen. Cor?
bin to-night from Col. Humpbires, in
charge of the transportation arrange?
ments at Santiago ; that the Spanish
hospital ship Alicante sailed from there
to day wirb 800 of the Spanish pris?
oners for Spain.
BATTLE AT MANILA, f-]
Washington, August 9,-General
Merrit cables, confirming the battle at
M slate. The Americans lost nine
killed and nine seriously and thirty
eight slightly wounded. The Span
lards lost three hundred and fifty kili
ed Americans killed include six
of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment
The Spaniards were forced back
into Manila. Gen. Merritt also ca?
bles the arrival of McArtbur with
troops, of whom five died on the way.
Washington. August 8 --Addi?
tional details from Manila say that
desultory fighting lasted three days
All told, thirteen Americans were
killed. General Merrit cables that
his troops behaved bravely
DEPARTMENT OF SANTIAGO.
Washington, August 9.-The mili?
tary department of Santiago bas been
orea ted, with General Chaffes in
charge.
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NOTICF.
Headquarters Democratic Ex?
ecutive Committee.
SUMTER, S. C., Auguat 3, 1898.
According to resolution of the Countj
Democratic . Executive Committee, County
Campaign Meetings have been appointed as
follows :
SHILOH. Wednesday, August 17.
PROVIDENCE, Wednesday, Au?
gust 24
SU.VITER. Saturday, August 27.
Candidates are expected to be present and
address tbe voters on these occasions.
Tbe pledges of all candidates, together with
the asses;ment of one dollar, must be io the
hands of the Secretary of the County Execu?
tive Committee on or before August 16tb.
By order, R. 0. PURDY, Co. Ch'n.
J. M. KNIGHT, Secretary.
Aug 3_
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. \
TX7HEREAS, VICTORIA JAMES, widow, !
W made suit to me to grant her Letters '
or Administration of the Estate of and effects
of PRINCE A JAMES, late of said County |
and State, deceased.
These aie therefore to cite and admonish
all and sioaular the kindred and creditors of!
the said Prince A Junes, as aforesaid,
deceased, that they be and appear before me ;
in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sum?
ter, C H., on September 1st, 1898, next, after
publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the lore- j
noon, to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not 'oe grant- j
ed.
Given uoder my baDd this 3rd day of
August, A. D , 1398
TH OS V. WALSH,
Judge of Probate. j
August 3-2t oaw
-
Estate ol' Leonard Brown, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probase
of Sumter County on September 3, 1898,
tor a Final Discharge as Executrix of afore?
said Estate feUSAN L. BROWN,
August 3-4t Executrix.
Estate Miss Ethel Ec Brown,
MINOR.
XWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter Couciy on August 6th, 1898,
tor a final discharge as Guardian cf Person
and KstHte of aforesaid MiLor
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TEE
SUMTER INSTITUTE
The Thirty-first Annual Ses?
sion will begin Thursday, Sep?
tember Sth, 1898. For cata?
logues address
MRS. L. A. BROWNE or
Miss E. E. COOPER,
Sumter, S. C.
Vinegar.
Ilomolflade Vinegar
Superior Vinegar.
I have on hand a lot of
Home-made Vinegar of very
line quality. The iiavor is del?
icate, while the strength is
equal to any lo be had.
Will be sold at my residence
for 40 cents per gallon.
?S. G. OSTJBEfl.