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The Scanter Watchman was toan deo gio 1850 Md the ZVwe Southron in 1866. The IFa&?maft and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence af both or' the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Samti r. IN RB MB. DABBS. In to day Js issue space is giver to a communication from Mr. E.W. Dabbs, criticising our report of tfce proceedings of the County Ex* restive Committee. Mr. Dabbs claims that we did him an injustice in the report, and he may honestly . ^believe that we did not give him epace commensurate with the impor Bltance of his remarks, but, as we en? deavored to give a fair and impartial .summary of the proceedings, and still believe that we did so, we stand by .the report as printed. To refresh the memory of onr readers we quote what was said concerning M r. Dabbs' re -33 arks: "Mr. Dabbs disclaimed the wish to do 'Injustice to any one or to prevent the fullest and most exact justice to all .parties. He offered bis motion as the 'best meaos of settling the matter, for it would be impossible to go behind the retaras of the swore managers, ap? pointed by the committee, witbont lead? ing to endless tronble and confesi?n . asd being the means of doing greater "injustice than the acceptance of the retaras on their face would entail/' 'Compare this with other portions ^of the report, and it will be seen that f Mr. Dabbs was reported as folly as others who spoke. We joia with Mr. Dabbs in re? gretting that he did not "put in writ? ing (and thereby make a part of the eecord) 'the reasons why in my" (his) 4 'judgment the committee could not go behind the returns." Had he 4one so there would not be excuse for reopening the case and introduc? ing an amended argument. With due deference to Mr. Dabbs, we submit j ) t?at in his communication he has ad? vanced arguments and made state taents that we have no record cf or any recollection of having heard made .daring the session of the committee, ? viz; : that Earle precinct was not - opened -nntt! 10 o'clock; that ail "..snrplna" ballots had been destroyed -.ai seven precincts; that foor "sur? ?*>1 us" votes in Scarborough box were -"??EX ted for the contestant; the grounds ow which the several votes in Sumter box and one vote at Pri wiieerwere challenged, aud that the returns from the Laborers' and Me vchanics' Club was sent to the secre i&ary of the committee in an ic? sealed -envelope by some one other than a manager or executive committeeman it is time, as Mr. Dabbs says, that no motion had been made to take up the challenged votes, but a motion was scarcely in order since the .request that they be taken up and .acted ou WAH specifically made io the protest filed by A B. Stuckey, Esq. We have given editorial expression ?heretofore to our opinion of the -action of tbe com mi; tee and there is 42o need to reiterate them in this con ?ec ti OB, as what has been said applies ia Mr. Dabbs' argument advanced in Justification of his iud the commit tee's action. We give Mr. Dabbs' communica -t*eo all possible publicity with .pleasure, but we submit it as au -?amendment to our report, not as a ?correction There is much complaint from all sections of the State that the primary is unsatisfactory, and thete is a grow? ing demand for some change for the .better. We candidly admit ibat the primary is not perfect and leaves omen to be deeiied. but what better .arabetitute do the kickers offer ? Not -a suggestion bas been made. The primary is infinitely to be preferred to t&e old convention plan and we pre? fer holding fast to the primary lt is ^thoroughly democratic, and when ifairiy managed is the best meaus ever Revised for ascertaining the wishes of the members of the party. What is seeded is a clearer and more explicit -set of roles, a law requiring the rigid atad impartial enforcement of those estes and suitable penalties for fraud or failare to carry ont the rules. New Book Free. 3L valuable book giving complete inf?rma? los hpw I 8acces8fally cure consumption and ?atke? lung diseases will be aent free to tbe readers of this paper, address Dr. Ba*jz, Ablator Ocean Bldg., Chicago, Ul. cia* 24-6iH Gen. Wheeler will have the s; I pathy of the entire country in great sorrow. The loss of his so ore of the saddest occurrences the war, though he neither fell in 1 tie nor succumbed to disease, sudden and tragic end falls beai upon Gen. Wheeler.but the gallant; soldier will bear it as a mau and i dier, and bis grief should be tempe by the knowledge that millions Americans mourn with him. The greatest outrage of the v I and the greatest imposition on I I government and the taxpayers is payment of hundreds of thousands dollars in prize money to the offie and men of the navy for perform: the duty required of them. R< Admiral Sampson alone is to recei $40,000. The officers and men the army receive only their pay, a j many of them died for want ot prof food and medical attention. The Georgia Iieuteoant, who order all the "damn cowards" io his coimpa who wanted to be mustered oot to st to the front, must be a rare speoimeo the brave and gallant soldier broug to the front by the recent war. He fa oot offered au apology or excuse for 1 outrageous, uosoldierly and uogeot manly conduct, but goes a step forth with his rowdyism and makes a pe gonai assault OD the correspondent The Atlanta Constitution who report* his speech to his compaoy. He do not deserve the honor of being moste ed oct, bot should be degraded io rai and drummed out of the service in di grace. Lieut. Coi. Jim Tillman made bad break yesterday by going to tl camp of the Second regiment in 0< Iombia and creating a disturban: among the men and treating Maje Eaves, the commanding officer, wit 6uch disrespect that he was final! ordered to leave the camp. He wa interfering with things that did nc concern him, and his example wa calculated to create dissatisfactio and insubordination in the conman of another officer. It is always goo? policy to attend strictly to one's ow business, leaving the affairs of other alone, and had Col Tillman refrainei from meddling yesterday the unpleag antness would have been avoided Col Jim Tillman's mouth is alway in working order acd be is alway loaded for a speech, and it seems tba the First Regiment S C. V bas ai insatiable craving for imprompti speeches. The regiment and the Lieut. Colonel are well met and tbej dove-tail together to a nicety. I Lieut Colonel Tillman would tali less, or, if unable to hold his speech making proclivities in check and con? fine his talk to his appreciative and pandemonio audience in the First Regiment, he would not be forced tc adroit that he spoke hastily aud un? fortunately There is a lie out somewhere oi somehow between the officers and gentlemen of the First Regiment S. C. V. Some of the said officers and gentlemen charge that the petition to be mustered out of service was in? stigated by misrepresentation, gotten up by fraud and filled with lies ar?d forgeries. Others of the said officers and gentlemen assert just as positive? ly that the petition is straight and bona fide in every respect This is a pretty state of affairs, and on its face indicates a casns helli without an excursion to Cuba If that petition was made up of lies and forgeries, somebody must be a liar and a forger, and these are strong words-fighting words when applied to officers and gentlemen The consolidation of the Three C.'s railroad with the South Carolina and Georgia system removes ali hope of the extension of the former road from Camden to this city. The Sumter and Camden road will never be built, unless by an indepen? dent company, and that, we fear, is not to be hoped for, as au indepen? dent line would not be self sustaining, owing to the fact that the expense of operating it would be out of all pro portion to the earnings, sinceit would be almost wholly dependant upon local business The dream that Sum? ter would some day be on the raain lit?e of a great western and deep water railway system has vanished, and it is now more important than ever before that those who are inter ested in the future of Sumter should bestir themselves to promote the con? struction of the Sumter and Wateree railroad. This road offers the only feasible outlet for Sumter,and the onlv one of which there is tbe slightest probability of being built. Hon J W. Stokes, woo was renom ioated by a flattering majority to suc? ceed himself as the representative of the SeveDtb District, is naturally Vrry mach gratified at the endorsement by his constituents, and he publishes a card to the voters of this district that speaks for itself. Dr. Stokes had active and determined opposition, bat the re salt shows that his friends are in a ma* jority io every county io the district, notably in hi* own county. We are gratified to learn that the engineers have arrived to locate the Sumter & Waterce R K., so that con tracts for earthwork, bridges, trest ling, &c, can soon be given out. They re? ported to Col. Blanding, President of the Company, who pat them right to work from Green Swamp to the river. We hope and expeot the cars to be run* niog before the new year from Sumter to the Camden branch. The dispensary system is the rot tenest political machine that has ever cursed this State and alt that it has ever accomplished toward diminish? ing the sale of liquor and de? creasing drunkenness does not com I pensate for the debauching influence j it has exercise in State politics. The damuing evidence against the system and the men who control it and use it to advance their selfish interests is piled higher and higher in each cam? paign. Tbe story of the dispensary's infamy in this campaign is not yet fully told, but the testimony of Messrs Featherstone and Epton throws some light upon it The men who have prostituted the system should be rebuked and men elected who will enforce the law instead of abusing it. V e take no stock in the stuff that bas been written about the men of the First Regiment S. C V. shirking their duty and bringing the State of South Carolina into disrepnte by asking to be mustered out of servios. The men have not shirked duty nor have they discredited the State. They volunteer? ed for service io time of war, and as long as it was continued- they were ready and anxious to be sent into ac? tive service. They did their full duty, and any attempt to cast a reflection on the men in the ranks is little less than an outrage. A majority of these men sacrificed their personal ioterests, gave op good positions, and have endured exposure und hardship in order that they might discbarge a duty that all able bodied men owed the country, and it does not come with good graoe from the stay-at-homes to ciritioise them or to impugn their courage and patriotism. Nor is it beoomiog io tbe well-paid officers to insinuate that the privates are shirking duty The men have dis* ch af ged their full duty equally with the officers, have suffered greater hardships and have made greater sacrifices. They bave a right to ask to be discharged, now that the war is over, and the United States Government should not require a single man to remain in ser? vice who does not wish to do so. The regular army can be increased in strength and the men who are in love with the service, or who deem it their duty to do garrison duty in time of peace can enlist. Perhaps the officers who are clamoring against being mustered out will enlist as privates and discharge tbs duty of which they prate so much, and thereby exemplify the courage and patriotism that they would have thc country believe is wanting in the ranks The Row in Spam. Madrid, Sept. 12 -The session of the senate to day was stormy. Count D'Almenas, challenged to give the names of the generals who be recently said ought to be disgraced, replied : "Very wei!, as you wish it, I will. Tbe generals to whom I referred, are Geo. Weyler, Geo. Bianco and Gen. Primo de Rivera. I will also ioolude in the sams category, Admiral Cer vera.:' This announcement led to an extra? ordinary scene of tumult. A REPORTED BATTLE Madrid, Sept. 12.-Capt. Aunoo, minister of marine, received to day ao important dispatch frcm the Philippines describing a conflict between thc Span? ish gunboats and an insurgent flotilla, in which the former successfully prevented an insurgent landing io the Visayas. Aocordiog to the dispatch, the insur gents had five vessels, all of which were sunk. The Spaniards had no loss, but the telegram asserts that hundreds of the insurgents are believed j to have perished. New York, Sept, ll -Dev. Dr. j Albert S. Hunt, for 20 years B3cretary j of thc American Bible society, died to- i day at his home in Brooklyn, of bron? chitis aged seventy-two year?. LT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Climate and Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau, South Carolina Section. For the Week Ending Monday, September 12, 1898. COLUMBIA, S C , September 13. The opening of the week was very warm, aad the last of the week unseasonably ooo!. The mean tem* perature for (he week was 73?, and the normal is approximately 75?. Over the ceotral counties heavy local showers occured, but over the remainder of the State the rainfall was generally light, with, however, a continuation (during the greater portion of the week) of the cloudy weather heretofore prevailing The average rainfall for the week was 1.14 inch. The latter portion of the week was dry, generally clear, and with cool N. E. winds-conditions favorable for sea? sonable farm-work, snob as haying, picking cotton, and stripping fodder. ? slight improvement was noted in portions of tbe State in crop conditions, owing to better weather, bot there is still lack of sunshine and dryness. Farm work, while still backward, ad? vanced rapidly in some localities. Late corn doing fairly well now Ripe corn not yet housed, and some rotting and sprouting in the bosk. Fodder-palling practically finished, and bat little saved in good condition. Cotton-picking was hindered and de? layed over a large portion of the State, and mach open cotton was weather stained, beaten to the ground, or dis? colored by mildew, wbiie reports of seeds sprouting in the bolls, and ripe bolls rotting, continue to come from all sections. There is much open cotton in thc fields, and good weather for pick? ing prevailed at tbe cloee of the week. No improvement in tbe condition of the plant itself is noted, it being nearly dead in many places from rust. Sea Isiaod cotton is opening and picking is under way, but the general condition of this crop is not promising, especially for a top crop. Early rice harvest has at last begun, but some is sprouting in the shook; up? land rice is fine, and ripening. There is promise of a large crop of pea-vine and other hay Sugarcane, peanuts, and sweet potatoes are doing finely. EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS* RE? PORTS, BY COUNTIES. Aiken-Seivern : Rain about half the week, copi the latter portion ; fodder all gathejed, and fully half ruined ; scarcely any cotton picked ; cane and potatoes doing well, turnips a bad stand ; rice fine.-J F Lyles. Adderson-Iva : No chenge re? port ; etill having frequent showers, and all crops daily suffering further damage -T C Jackson. Bamberg--Govan : Cotton shed? ding off all top crop, and doing badly in every way ; picking getting on slowly on account of rain ; peas, cane, rice and potatoes are fine - Geo Mather Barnwell-Blackville : Continued rains and lack of sunshine still fur? ther injured the cotton ; hay and pea-vines are getting over ripe, very little harvested ; peanuts and peas very promising; remarkable growth of sugar-cane.-G D C Lange. Beaufort-Hardeeville: All crops ruined, except sugar cane, by recent storm ; estimates cannot be gotten at until water recedes, as yet it is im? possible to get around even on horse back to make au approximate esti? mate of damage; corn is rotting in the fields ; cotton badly stained, weather wont permit gathering-J S Coburn, Sr Berkeley-Pinopoiis : Frequent showers and cloudy weather have caused continued shedding of cotton; cotton opening rapidly, but picking hindered by rain and cloudiness ; same cause also injured peas and po? tatoes.-Thos P Ravenel. Charleston-Charleston : Had few I days cf sunshine this week ; many j farmers are busy putting in, or get- j ting ready to put in, fail beans; all farm work backward -L Sahlman. Chesterfield-Cheraw : The past twenty days of excessive rain have doce much damage to ali crops, more | particularly to cotton, causing it to | rot, sprout and shed badly; young corn in lowlands turning yellow, j otherwise not seriously damaged by | recent freshet; more sunshine this | week, and ail "crups much improved -E M Wells Colleton-White llail . Weathe favorable fur repaiting damage bi freshet last week; river back repaired, ?nd on lower river th? handling of damaged rice is unde way, but up river freshet has no gone off eutirely -W E Haskell. Darlington-Society Hill : Cottei rotting and sprouting in the b^lh from continued rains; corn made, am is a satisfactory yield; sugar cam very promising; rice ripening; crab grass never finer: pea vines injure) by excessive moisture; sweat pota toes a good crop -J J Lucas Dorchester-St Georges: If tin corning week turns out fair, one hal of the cotton will be picked; ove half of the crop is open and damage( by the recent bad weather - L A Harper Edgefieid - Poverty Hill : Th? week has been very damp and dis agreeable, with some rain and verj little sunshine ; cotton rotting badly even after it has been picked ; corr that was blown down is rotting anc sprouting -H L Bunch. Florence-Jeffries : The past weefe has been unfavorable to' harvest cot ton ; cotton is damaged by the rain, one-sixth is lost by falling out ; hay? ing under way, but it fr a short crop on lowlands -L S Bigham. Greenville-Simpsonville : Rainy and cloudy during the week ; cottoD shedding and rotting ; what cotton has been picked is damaged ; open bolls blued ; no good fodder saved yet ; potatoes fine ; large yield o? sorghum.-S T Moore. Greenwood-Greenwood: Cotton has the rust badly; opening slowly; the crop will be short in this county. -31 M Calhoun Kershaw-Camden: The weather continues wet, ?nd has . caused con? siderable damage to cotton; it is rot? ting in the boll; rains prevented picking and beat out a lot, damaging it; the weather is not favorable for pul?Dg fodder -B Amnions Laurens-Barksdale: Fodder gath? ering is about over, with very little fodder saved ; cotton opening rapid ly, and is being picked and ginned ; pea crop and late corn are very good ; fruit all rotted -S B Garrett. Lexington-Elia : Much fodder damaged by iain of 7th ; nearly all cotton is in a rough condition, rotten and sprouted, picking will be rushed; peas are fine ; beautiful grass for hay will be cut if weather favors ; pea? nuts and potatoes are good ; turnips growing tapidly -S S Lindler. Newberry-Little Mountain : The latter half of the week too wet for gathering cotton or fodder, mucb fod der rotted in the fields ; cotton still shedding and rotting in the boll ; haying retarded ; with favorable weather large crop of pea vine hay will be made ; much late corn blown down.-Jno M Sease, M D. Orangeburg-Bowman : Showers till Thursday, fair weather bince ; cotton picking is very rauch retard? ed ; some hay bas been cut, but not cured satisfactorily ; good weather is anxiously awaited for haying, as very little good fodder was saved in this vicinity ; rice crop is very fine, and turning out weil -BO Evans Pickens-Loopers : Lack of sun? shine ruined nearly all our corn fod der and what was pulled was rotten ; cotton is damaged full one fourth by the wet, cloudy weather.-W. N. Hughies Saluda-Travis : The weather con? tinues unfavorable for picking cotton and puUing fodder ; very little sun? shine this week, yet it did not rain much ; a great deal of late fodder to pull yet -Jas M Forrest. Spartanburg-liil?svilie : Not much j rain, but cloudy weather is injuring cotton and com ; fodder pulling very nearly finished, but was saved in poor condition ; turnips poor -J M Calvert. Sumter-Shiloh : The past week j has been very unfavorable for pick- j ing cotton, and very little has been picked as yet ; it is rotting in the bolls : peas and potatoes are doing very well -S C Turbeviile Union-Santuc : The heavy rain of the 7th caught and damaged a large quantity of corn fodder ; corn not up to expectations, yet in places it is good ; open cotton was badly ; injured by dirt and stain ; many bolls : only half open, and Hot blue from ! mildew; outlook gloomy ; pea vine's, and grass for hay, very fine ; turnips not doing well.-E \V Jeter. Williamsburg - Chapman : The ; week generally has been favorable ? for harvesting cotton and peas ; late peas have improved siuce the rains ; ce3ied : rice, chafas, potatoes, and ribbon cane are doing well : cottorj seems to be taming out very iig'it since picking has begun ; some good hay has been saved this week -D N Johnson York-Leslie ; Weather still un? favorable ior crops ; fodder puUing about done, very little good fodder ! saved ; on account of rain, very lit? tle cotton picked ; crop badly injured from rotting, bluing, and j sprouting in the boU ; if weather permits, the deficiency in fodder can be supplied by pea vine and other hay -D T Leslie. A CRITICAL TIME During the Battle of Santiago. SICK OR WELL, A RUSE NIGHT AND DAY. V The Packers at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba were all Heroes. Their Heroic Efforts in Getting Ammuni* tion and Rations to the Front Saved the Dag. P. E. Butler, of pack-train, No. 3, writing from Santiago, de Cooa, on July 23d, says: "Weail had diarrhea* in more or less vio? lent form, and wheo we landed we had ?D time to see a doctor, for ic was a case cf ro3h and rash night and day to keep the troops supplied with ammunition and ra? tions, but thanks to Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrfcoi Remedy, we were able to keep at work and keep our health, io fact, I sincerely believe that at one critical time this medicioe was the indirect saviour of our army, for if the packers bad been unable to work there would bave been no way of get? ting supplies to the front. There were no roads that a wagon train could ose. My comrade and myself had the iood fortune to lay io a supply of this medicine for our pack train before we left Tampa, and I know in four cases it absolutely saved life." The above letter was britten to the mace? factur?is of "hi3 medicine, the Chamberlain Medicioe Co., De? Moines, Iowa. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. DAVIDSON COLLEGE DAVIDSON, N. C. ?23 Year Begios Sep?eier 8& Eieven Professors aod Instructors, Three Courses for Tegrees, Ample Cabinets and Laboratories. LOCATION HEALTHFUL, GYMNASIUM COMPLETE, TERMS REASONABLE. SEND FOR A CATALOGUE. J, B. Shearer, July 13 President. TH'S SUMTE REINSTITUTE The Thirty-first Annual Ses? sion will begin Thursday, Sep- ? tember 8th, 1898. For cata? logues address MRS. L. A. BROWNE or Miss E. E. COOPER, Sumter, S. C. Vinegar . Homo-Hade Vinegar Superior Vinegar. I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very fine quality. The llavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. 3*. G. OSTEEi?. Claremont Mg Ho. 64, A. F. M. TiHE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No* 44, A. F. M.. will be beld on Thursday Evening, Sept. 20, at 13? p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly L. S. CARSON, W. M. Attest-P. C. KoSBs. Sec. _ Money to Loan. ON FARMING LANDS Easy payments. No commissions charged; Borrower pays actual cost of p.'rieciing loan, interest 8 per cent. Time five tu eigh: yenrs JOHN B. PALMER & SON, .Aug 3 T Columbia S- C.