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Cjjt Mattjratait w? Sattem W SDK E SD A Y i DEC. 21,1898. The Sumter Watchman was toundea io 1850 iud the True Southron io 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Ssmter. We extend to our readers oar best wishes fer a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Before the next issue of this paper reaches you, Christ mat will ha?e come and gone and the New Year will be at hand, and plans for the year's work will be io process of formation. We tras: tha? the hope that springe eternal io the haman breast and tinges al) plans tor the fotare a roseate bee, will drive the overshadowing feel? ing of depression far beyond she dim perspective of the horizon's rim, leaving each and all the peace and happiness that should attend the Christmas sea* soo. May oar Christmas be serene and happy and may oar plans eome to a golden and bounteous fruition daring the coming year. President McKinley prates prettily of the fraternal feeling between the North and the Sooth, bot if be woold quit appointing obnoxious negroes to office lc tho Sooth in payment of political debts we might bave more faith io the si need fy of his remarks. His Atlanta speech bad a Sae sound, bot words are cheap, and do not effect ch ?ages io the Mark Hanna methods of practical politics. It will require mach more than Mr. William McKinley's Soe words to convince os that / be sod Mark Hanna will change their political methods m dealing with the Sooth, \ and we predict that negro Republican beelera of the Sooth will be cajoled and given office jost so long as they cao be osad to keep Mr. McKinley io |?-the White Hoose aod Mark Hanna | io power. William J. Bryao occupies a larger place in the public eye than a de Teated presidential candidate has done since the days of Clay. His bold oo tibe people grows stronger aod his public utterances are BO statesmaniike and convincing that they inspire confidence io the mao He will be a factor in the campaign of 1900, and the Republicans recog? nize and fear bis strength and inila "nee. The city is io be congratulated on the renewal of the contract for light lug the ci ty at a saving of $1,240 per annum The Sumter Electric Light Co, has al way s given excellent ser? vice, as good as can be found in any town or city in tbe South, and the past is a better guarantee of the future than any promise could possi? bly be Buring the nine years that tbe city bas been lighted by this com pany there have been few shut downs and the city has seldom been in dark? ness, even for a few hours at a time, and then tbe shut down was due to causes beyond the control of the company Riot ia Habana's Suburbs Habana, Dec. 17.-A riot occurred at Cerro, a subarb of Habana, ac 7 30 o'ciock to oigbt A number of shots were fired. Ooe man 13 reported to have been killed aod five lojored. The residents of Cerro, sappo?iog that the Spaniards bad officially evacuated thc sobarba, raiaed Cabro aod Amerioao flag* over a camber of buildings. Crackers ?ere fired aod cpeeches were made on s reet comers, and these rejoicings cc the part of the Cubans led to a nor. Acoordiog to the aooooot of the affair giveo by tbe Spaniards, tbe riot wa.s the resale ot a tavern brawl. Marloo Brill of Jackson ville. Fla., a teamster of the Secood Illinois regi? ment, whi. waa driviog a male wagon through C?fro ac the naie ot tbe affray, was strack by a bullee io the right arm. He was brought to the Inglaterra bocel. Seoor Fernande* de Castro, civil governor cf Elabana, bas informed Gen. Greene tuat tbe offenders will be severely punished. PENAL INSTITUTIONS. The legislative examining commit? tee of the penal and charitable insti? tutions, consisting of Senator W. B. Love, of York ; Representatives L. K. Sturkie of Orangebarg and G. L. Toole of Aiken, has just returned from Cedfltr Springs Institute for the deaf and blind, and has aiso partial? ly completed its work at the hospital for the insane aod State penitentiary. They will visit the State farm io Sam ter coaoty OD oext Taesday.-The State, Deo, 19. DECISION SEALS PEEDEE'S DOOM. Tlie New County Contest Has Been Abandoned. Special to The State. Marion, Dec. 18.-Former Judge J. F. Iziar, the referee io the new county case, came to Marion last week for the purpose of taking evi? dence in pursuance of an order of the supreme court. Col. R. W. Shand of Columbia and Messrs. C. A. Woods and W. J. Montgomery were present in behalf of t;be old county i and ex Judge Hudson and T. W. Bouchier, Esq , of Bennet ts ville and P. B. Sellers, Esq, of Dillon looked after the interests of the proposed new county. The three able gentlemen last named appeared to manifest disadvantage in view of the recent decision in the Lee county case, negativing the right of legislative interference with the proceedings of election commis? sioners ; and finding it difficult to proceed with the reference under the circumstances, they requested and obtained an adjournment until Tues? day next, intending to deliberate in the meanwhile on the advisability of maintaining their contention. The result of [their consultation was made known yesterday, when it was an? nounced that the attorneys for the new county had decided to relinquish their case. There will in conse? quence be no need of resuming the reference, and it it supposed the supreme court will grant an order that will have the effect of imposing a temporary quietus upon the,contest that has agitated our citizens for the last two years. This disposition of the matter de? fers the determination of the vital questions of complying with the con* stitutional requirements in regard to I area, etc. Tease issues bad been for? mulated with much paiotaking and with mnch hope of their successful denouement ; and our new county friends will have to confront them if, as now seems likely, they renew the contest at the expiration of the quad? rennial limit of quiescence. It is hoped, however, by many friends of the old county that the multiplication of railroad and telephone facilities and other favorable conjunctures will rivet the bonds of union and quicken the pleasures of communion and reconcile our brethren of north Marion to the view of preserving the entirety of the grand old Swamp Fox county. Senor Montero Bios on the Destruction of the Maine. London, Dec. 17.-Senor Montero Rios, president of the Spanish peaoe commission, in bis interview with M. de. Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the London Times, (a portion of which was cabled to the Associated Press last night), bad the following to say ic regard to the Maine : "Bat what most pains me is that in this grear whirlwind in wbioh we have lost ail, lost our last armada, there bas been an attempt to deprive us of honor as well. Oe December 1st I proposed to the Americans to appoint a technical commission to examine the question of the Maine. We said Amerioa will appoint an American, ac Englishman and a Frenchman, and we will appoint a Spaniard, and au Englishman and a Frenchman, all specialists, and that the commissions of the two governments appoint a German, and that these seven men bring in a verdict. If they declare Spain incoccent, the president of the United States will address a message to the senate declaring Spanish honor intact and tba4 Spain was falsely accused of having betrayed tbe laws of hospitality by blowing up a vessel at anchor in one of her ports. If Spain is ieolared guilty a Spanish ship will go to America, sainte the United States flag and Spain will pay the cost. This is tbe proposal we made on December 1. lt could have been and masc have been telegraphed, for it could be pat in 2?0 words. On December 5 io his message to congress the president made no allusion to oar proposal, bat describ? ed the blowing ap of the Maine as a suspicious e7eot. '*On December 6th tbe American commissioners declared ?bey refused to discuss this question This is what especially irritates us. We have great defects, bot temper and cruelties even. But our national honor is dear to us. At that hooor tbe Americans wished to deal tbe rudest blow " Some Fine Dividend Payers The declaration by the Fifth Avenue bank of New York oity of a regular quarterly dividend of 20 per cent, and an extra dividend of 5 per cent, on its $100,000 of capital called attention to tbe tact that this is one of three banks there that yield 100 per cent, or more yearly apon tbe par value of its shares. The First National bank, oapital ?500, 000, also pay 100 per cent, in quarterly installments, wbile the Chemical Na? tional bank, capital $300,000, pays 150 per cent, in bi-monthly installments. The stock of all three banks comes on the market but selbom. The last re? ported sales were : Chemical National bank, $4,110 a share ; Fifth Avenue bank, $3,205 a share ; First National bank, $8,105 a share. I Cruiser on a Rock. , Bad Luck Befall? the Cincin natl off Santiago. Santiago, Dec. 18.-While the i United States, cruiser, Cincinnati was leaving port about sunset yester? day, she ran foll speed upon a rock clearly defined in the charts bot not buoyed. I Last September, Gen. Leonard Wood, considering that the absence of a buoy there might lead to some accident, anchored a small one, the first ever placed there, but the Bessie On enteriog tbe harbor one night, carried it away, and since then there has been no buoy to mark the loca? tion of the rock The Cincinnati is probably not seriously damaged, as ehe is not making water. For the last 20 hours tbe government collier South ery and the Mayflower have been engaged m an effort to pull ber off. Capt C. M. Chester, the cruiser's commander, insists that the land? marks are in the wrong places and have not been altered in anyway since the American occupation New County Government Law. It may not be generally remember? ed that tbe state will have practically a new county government system next year. The law providing for the change of system is not in the statute books. It will not be printed in the statutes until the acts for next year are published. This happened in this way : The general assembly, at its last session, passed the new county government bill, and provided that it should go into effect in several counties shortly after its adoption. Representations were made to Gov? ernor Ellerbe that it would not be well for the new system to go into effect during last spring and last summer in the counties indicated, because of certain work then in progress, which might be jeopardized by a change of officers. The act was "held up," and it does not go ioto effect until after the assembling of the general assembly. It has neither been approved nor disapprov? ed by Governor Ellerbe ; but simply goes ito effect by the operations of the constitution, three days after the session of the general assembly begins The act will no doubt go into effect on the 1st of February, when the new commissioners are to begin their term of office, under the provisions of the bill. It may be that the machinery can be started before that time. The act provides : Section 1 provides "That the office of county supervisor, as now pro vided by law, shall continue, and the successors of the present supervisors shall be elected by tbe people at the next general election, with a term of office for two years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified." Section 2 provides "That the gov? ernor shall, before the first day of February, 1899, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and before the first day ol" February of each succeeding two years, appoint, upon the recommendation of the members of the general assembly from the several counties or a majority of them, two persons from each county who sball be known as the commissioners of the county, and who shall act with tbe supervisor in the governmental matters of the county, the said supervisors and commissioners together to constitute a board to be known as 'the1 board of county commissioners ' The super? visor shall be chairman of the board of county commissioners so to be constituted. *' Section 3 provides "That on the first day of February, A.D. 1899, the office of county commissioners and township commissioners, as now provided to be appointed by the governor, shall be abolished, and the jurisdiction, duties and powers now' devolved by law upon the appointive boards of county and township com? missioners, are hereby devolved upon the board of county commissioners herein provided for, to consist of a county supervisor and two commis? sioners." Section 4 "The board of county commissioners and township commis 8?oners now apoointed by the gov? ernor after the appointment and qualification of the commissioners provided for in this act, shall continue in office as county boards of equaliza? tion and township boards of assessors until their successors shall be ap? pointed, and the governor of this state is hereby authorized and em? powered, on the recommendation of a majority of the members of the general assembly of the respective counties, every two years, to appoint such county boards of equalization and township boards of assessors as are now provided by law for the appointment of county commission? ers and township commissioners." Section 5. "That sections 1 and 2 of an act approved March 9. 189b", entitled 'An act to amend sections 2,315, 2,376 and 2,402, revised statutes of 1892 be, and tbe same are hereby, repealed ;' Section 6 "The county boards of commissioners shall have the same right and duties with reference to the preparation of jury lists as are now devolved by law upon the present county board of commissicBKHttHfi Section 7. "That all acts aud parts of acts inconsistent with this act he, and the same are hereby, repealed ?' Section 8. "The provisions of this act shall not apply to Bamberg, Barnwell, Chester, Fairfield, Hamp? ton, Sparlanburg, Kershaw, Charles? ton and Cherokee counties. MORE EMPHATIC THAN ELEGANT. Savannah, Den. 18 -at the collation of the officers of the? Third Georgia regiment to Postmaster General Smith and the newspaper correspondents this afternoon, Geo. Sbafter had some interesting things to say about Coba aBd the Cabaos. He did not make a I speech, bat io a conversational way expressed himself, his remarks beiog nominally addressed to Col. "Bonner of the Georgians, though they were intended for the whole assemblage. **It seems to me," said Gen. Shafter, "that a great many persons bave an erroneous idpa respecting oar relations with tbe Cabans As I view it, we have taken Spain's war open ourselves. We shall io all probability bear a good deal more of the 'insurgents.' " "How about self-government for the Cabans?" Gen. Sbafter was asked "Self-government,71 he repeated. "Why those people are no more fit for sei-government than gunpowder is for hell." In the same line Gen Shafter went on to tell why tbe Uoited States woold, in bis opinion, be obliged to remain in the island for some time and govern the territory by military force. Wilmington, Del , Dec. 17.-The jory in tbe ease of United States Senator Eichard E Kenney, charged with con? spiracy to rob a bank, is still oat. At 8.30 they were locked ap for the night It is believed Jadge Bradford will keep them confined for several days? in the hope of reaching a verdie. The jory, it is understood, stands 10 to 2 for ac? quittai. Hanson's great opera, the Gyps; Queen will be produced at opera boose on Thursday evening, tbe 22 inst. 100 performers. NERVOUS WOMEN Do you feel like screaming: just before and during- the monthly sick? ness ? Are you easily irritated ? Do you get the blues and wish some- j times you were dead ? If your answer is "les" to any of these questions, you should lose no time in taking BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR It will overcome and cure every form of irregular menses, leucor rhoea, failing of the womb and other uterine trouble. $1 at Druggists. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO, Atlanta, Go. HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse ?PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 1,000 Tons High Grade Am I moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tons Acid with Potasa, 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, KARBY & CO. ec. 16_ -TUE SOUTHERN ?ARM MAM OF BALTIMORE, MD. Published bj Manufacturers' Record Publishing Co. A Monthly Illustrated Jourual devoted to Southern Agriculture, dealing with all irat ters related to General Farming, Live Stock Poultry, Dairying, Truck Farming, Fruit Growing, and every farm ioterest and pur? suit io the South. It is widely read by Northern and Western farmers contemplating moving South. It ought to be in every Southern family, for it is "of the South, by the Sooth and for the South." EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS : Chas W. Dabney, Jr , Pb. D., LL D. Ex-United States Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Ex-Director United States Ag? ricultural Experiment Station in North Caro? lina, President University of Tennessee ?od President of United States Agricultural Ex? periment Station in Tennessee. J B. Killebrew, A. M., Ph. D. Ex-Commissioner of Agriculture for Ten? nessee, author of "Culture and Curing of To? bacco" for U. S. tenth census, "Tobacco Leaf," "Sheep Husbandry," "Wheat Grow ing," ' Grasses," ?nd other agricultural works. The regular subscription price of the Southern Farm Magazine is $1 a year, but we offer it and tte Watchman and Southron for $2. Oct 19. Improve your stock and raise your own meat by buying thoroughbred BERKSHIRE PIGS from H? HARRY* December 5, 189?. "MMMMMMBMMSSlMm Fall .Announcement OF O'Donnell & Co. Owing to the remarkably low price at which our staple product is selling we bad about determined not to do any advertising this season, upon the principle that "it is bard to get blood out of a turnip/' and we fear our country friends, upon whom we principally depend, will be pretty weli bled al 4|- cent cotton, particularly those who have any obligations to satisfy out of it, the consequence being that there is little left to invest in the Fall and Winter necessa but as it has been our annual custom to extend to them an invitation to come and see us, to which they responded most heartily, we beg to renew that invitation with the assurance that we can give them better value for their money than we have ever done before. A glance at the interior of oar store, will satisfy any one that we have a larger stock than we have ever carried, much to our regret, as it is not moving with the rapidity that we would like to see it, but it was purchased on a basis of higher values for cotton, and now will have to be disposed of in accordance with present prices. It ia difficult in iimited space to do justice to the various departments of our store, but we feel assured it will be a sufficient guarantee to those who have kindly favored us with their patronage in the past, to say that our stock is larger and more varied in every department than ever before. To those who may doubt the truthfulness of our assertion we can only say come and be convinced. OVERCOATS. Overcoats ! Is not a very large price for a good Overcoat. Yet that is all we ask for a well-made, well-trimmed, stylish Overcoat. No man need be ashamed to wear it. Finer Ones $9, $10, $12, $15. Lar^e stock to select from, D. J. CHANDLER. SeP 27- The Clothier. Money to Loan. ICtait L?? 1. 61, If.I ON FARM NG LANDS Easy payments. No commissions chirged.. Borrower pay? f.ciunl com of prrlec:icR loan. Interest i 8 per cent. Time five to eipht year*. I JOHN B. PALMER & SON, Aug 3 T Columbia S. C. REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No 64,' A. F. M.. will be beld on Thursday Evening, Dec. 22, at p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly L. S. CARSON, W. M. 1 Attest-H. C. MOSES, Sec,