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VHS SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50 lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, he thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane. 1366 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15.1899. Sew Series-Yoi. XVIII. So. 29 The^News and Courier is preaching a crusade against the hundreds of i cows that are kept in the City of Charleston and we await the outcome with a considerable degree of inter est. It is a question in our mind whether the News and Courier can arouse an enlightened public senti ment sufficiently strong to compel the banishment of the cows or will be defeated by the people who keep cows for the profit derived from the sale of milk, in disregard of the health of the city Crowded and filthy cow stables breed disease and the neighborhood becomes unfit for haman habitation, while the milk from the cows so crowded and mis used is positively dangerous. The cows become diseased, many of them developing tuberculosis, and those who dnnk milk from cows thus dis eased are taking the shortest possi ble cut to a consumptive's grave The News and Courier is taking strong high grounds against the cow nuisance and the arguments ad vanced are as true and sound as gos pel, be t self-interest and greed have to be combated, and these be things that are beyond the reach of argu ment. Neither public welfare, the healthfulness of a community, nor even the lives of one's neighbors stand much show when set against self-interest and the turning of a penny. - Dr. Strait's exposure of Senator McLaurin would have greater effect had it been made by a stronger man. AU that the doctor says may be true but few people pay any attention to anything he has said or may say in the future. The doctor is about the trashiest of the drift wood that the reform tidal wave cast np on the mud flats of politics. The completion of the Sumter & Wateree railroad will not create com mercia! prosperity in Sumter, nor will it develop the resources o the place and make money plentiful. Neither one railroad nor a dozen can do this, railroads are simply means that may be utilized, and unless the people themselves get to work and make the most of the opportunities and advantages that they have there will be no change for the better. Many a man has gone hungry, worn rags and dwelt in a hut with oppor tunities for gaining wealth lying neglected all around him. Sumter baa fine railroad facilities, and the future has bet- T things in store, bot anlese manufactories are multiplied od other wealth creating industries established -the situation cannot change for the better. The trouble is now, and ha always been, that the balance of -trade is against us, the railroads bring in too mach freight and carry out too little, we send too much money away for articles that could be produced at home, and send off too few things from the sale of which money will be derived More factories, more woiksbops, more strawberry farms, more truck farms, poultry yards, stock farms and more enterprise bustle and bard work is what this country needs much more than more railroads. Sumter county has been exempted from the operation of the law to regulate the charges of tobacco ware houses We regard the law as un necessary and calculated to do injury to the tobacco industry in this State The majority of the tobacco ware- j houses in South Carolina have had a hard struggle to make ends meet and the proposed law will injure them and but slightly, if at all, benefit the tobacco growers. Dr James Evans, secretary of the State Board of Health, reports that the smallpox epidemic at Mayesville is under control, but that the disease fis now epidemic at Summerton, Clar endon county, and is spreading in itbat section Perhaps, after avrbiie, itbe people of the State will realize j line seriousness of the smallpox situa tion, and they will make an intelli gent effort to co operate with thc Board of Health in the endeavor to stamp oct the disease. Even the enormous revenues of the United States government are not sufficient to meet the extravagant expenditures now authorized or con templated Chairman Cannon of the j house appropriation committee took j occasion yesterday to v-dru the House that if the extravagant appropriations j are continued a bond issue will be j _ _ . i necessary to meet the deficit that1 will be created He also stated that there can be no relief from the war taxes for at least two years, if ihen. The outlook is bright for heavier taxation and the end is not anywhere in sight, for the Philippine war is not well under way yet The Graded School Commissioners have adopted a resolution requiring that all pupils attending the Graded Schools of this city shall be vacci nated, and in future successful vacci . nation is to be a prerequisite for admission to the schools. It is a wise and timely regulation and we have no doubt it will be enforced Seater Tillman says some of the senators who originally opposed the ratification of the treaty yielded to pressure and cast their votes in favor of ratification What bas Senator McLaurin, who was one of the yeild ers, to say about it ? The United States has the worst of the Philippine bargain thus far .and the end is not in sight by any means Spain is to be paid twenty millions for territory that was not in her possession and which she cannot deliver, while the United States in herits a war begun by Spain. This war will cost thousands of lives and millions of dollars, and if it is ever to benefit this country in the least the manner or the means of this ben efit is now hidden. The tobaeeo warehouse should be open ed and ruo this season, for the accom moda tics of the tobacco planters of Sam ter coan ty. A great deal of tobaeeo will be grown in the upper portioB of this coan ty, two or three times as mach as ever before, sod every pound of it will have to be handled through or around Sumter to reach a tobacco market n n less the war ebrose is re-established, i As a role about tiioety per cent of the j money received from the sale of tobae* , oo is spent where the tabacco is sold, ] and unless Sato ter has a ware house a large vol me of trade that is tributary 1 to this city will be diverted to other towns. Accident on IS. C. & Ga. Road With Fatal .Results. \ Charleatoo, Feb. 14.-A construe- ; tioo eogine wan wrecked by the spread* ( iog of the tracks oo the Sooth Carolina tod Georgia railroad eleveo miles oat- , Bide of this city ali 1 : 45 o'clock to-day j sod two meo wem killed sod eight were . more or less seriously injured. The j eogine bad gone oat of this eity with % erew of five meo who carried five others, who were io the employ of the long dis- j tan ce Bell Telephone company, DOW 1 constructing lines between here and Au- - gasta When eleven miles oat the engine was rnnoing on a straight track at < about fifteen miles speed. Without a moment's notice the track spread and ( the eogine was thrown into a ditch. . with one exception the men who had , been on it were caught under it. THE DEAD. M. B. Jackson of Atlanta, telephone , employee. , Fred B Forbes, of Ypsilante, Mich- , igan, a telephone employee, f e leaves a widow. THE INJURED. W. R. Etberedge of Macon, inter nally injured aad may die. R. Mulligan, Augusta, Ga., out and bruised about body and face. W. F. Wellie of Atlanta, bruised about the body. Conductor Edward Cougbmsn, this city, fractured collar-bone. W. D. Morman, engineer, dislocated shoulder, fractured collar-bone. J. E. Clark, fireman, wounds oo band and head and legs. John Doyle, brakeman legs mashed. Mr. Mulligan was the only one of the entire party who was not caught uoder the engine. He assisted the other men to escape from their perilous position. Another train that was duo at the ll mile post W3S flagged before it ran into the wreck, and from it assistance was obtained froto the city. Durins the afternoon ail the wound- | ed meu were brought here and C3red j for. They are all doing as well ss could bc expected. We have a limited number of the Treatise on Tobacco Culture, issued by the United States Department, o Agriculture, one of which any of cor subscribers may obtain by dropping ns a postal card The supply is limited, bot whiie they last we will mail them free of charge as soon as the request is received This pamphlet may be of service to some of our friends who expect to plant tobacco this season, and for that rea son we wish to place it in their bands. General Assembly. mi ' WHAT THE LAW-MAK EHS ABE DOING. Colombia, Feb. 14.-The liquor question was disonssed io both the senate and house at great length. The senate finally passed the Archer bill, which will permit any county to vote on the subject of prohibition, and a majority in any county DOW having a dispensary may establish prohibition. An amendment to give the people the right to vote on high Iieeop . prohib tion was voted down, as was also Mr. Appelles bill, and Mr. Henderson's substitute. The bill to apportion the dispensary fonds in the counties tbat have dispen saries, sharing out the prohibition counties, was killed. After a discussion of several boors the house last night adjourned at j 10 30 o'elook without taking action oa the liquor question. It seems that the sod will hardly be reached before tc sight. There are evidences of i procrastinating policy OB the part of the dispensary sopporters, bot the house refused to consider the motion to resume the discussion yesterday morning. Mr. McCullough's prohibition bill eras killed by a vote of 83 to 20. The bill under discussion yesterday was Mr. Robinson's refrendaos. How 3ver the discussion embraced the liqaor problem generally rather than this bill. No factional politics have been injected, ;xoept for come allusions by Mr. Blease. Strong speeches against the dispon* ary were made by Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Dargan. Dr. Wyobe and Mr. Winkler are the strongest supporters of .he dispensary who have so far spoken. Dr. Bali's Cough Syrup cares any case of Droncbitis, lang affection sod grippe. Phy sicians prescribe this reliable remedy, and iruggists recommend it ; because it never fails to cor , and costs bat 25 cents a bottle. Negro's Careless Hand lie g of a Gan. Special to The State. Manning, Feb. 14-Jnnius Boyd, solored, while handling a shotgun in the Levi store this afternoon, accident ally discharged it, hitting Mr. M. Jacobs in the head and shooting the arm of Peter Manning, colored, about Dff. Mr. Jacobs is painfully, though ?ot dangerously, hurt. The negro's arm will have to be amputated. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Al I ways Proves Effectual. There are DO better medicines oo the mar ket than Chamberlain's. We have used the Coach Remedy when ell others failed, and in every instance it proved effectual. Almost j daily we hear the virtues of Chamberlain's remedies extolled by those who nave used | them. This is not ao empty puff, paid for at BO mach a line, but is voluntarily given in good faith, in the bope tbat suffering human ity may try these remedies, a Dd like the writer be benefitted.-From the Glenville (W. Va.) Pathfinder. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Yankton, S. D" Feb. 12.-One of the moet horrifying fires in the his tory of Yankton occurred this morn ing at 2 o'clock at the state insane asylum, when one of the cottages took fire in the basement, completely {rutting the the building and causing The loss of lives of 17 inmates con fined there. Care Scrofula promptly and permar.ent'y j by a thorough course of Hood's Sarsaparilla, j All forras of this painful diseass yield to : i blood purifying power of this great rri-dieine Hood's Pills ere the beet family cathartic and liver tonic. Gentle, reliable, sure Call, see, and buy embossed or riorei Crepe Paper. H. G Oatse.o Co. Cow Feed for sala at W. B. Boyles Stables. Yellow Jack Attacks I Soldiers at Guanajay. - j Several Members of the 2023 New York-Prompt Meas ures Taken to Prevent a Spread. Guanajay, Provice of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Feb. 8 -Six cases of yellow fever nave developed among the soldiers belonging to the Two Hundred and ecood New York regiment Private Ciooney is very sick, bot the other cases are not regarded as being specially serious Dr Echeverr a, the yellow fever expert sent here by Lieui. Col R. M. 0;Reilly, chief surgeon of the depart* ment of Cuba, says there is no doubt the soldiers are suffering from yellow fever, but he adds that there is no likelihood of its spreading, as every precaution in the way of isolation and quarantine has been taken. The camp is outside the town, and the fever was caught there There are no cases in the town, but there are placee which are always infected. O'REILLY'S STATEMENT. Habana, Feb. 8-Chief Surgeon O'Reilly to day handed the corres pondent here of the Associated Press the following statement regarding the outbreak of yellow fever among the American troops at Guanajay : "There were reported yesterday one serious case and four or five mild ones of yellow fever in the Two Hundred and Second New York regiment at Guanajay. The regi mental camp will move from its present location as soon as the weather permits. It is believed that that the sanitary measures taken will prevent a spread of the disease. There are no new caves to day. The sick are reported lo be doing weil.'' g- ? i . ? mm Dr Ball's Cough Syrup banishes at once all forms or throat diseases, and always ef fects a permanent curs. This wonderful r sat ed/ has cured thousands of sufferers from bronchitis; hoarseness and octher bronchial troubles. A Pretty Story Spoiled By the Truth. I do not exaggerate in the least wheo I say that, as we hauled off into a bay, the gloom oo the bridge on the Olym pia, was tbioker thao a fog io November. Neither Commodore Dewey nor aoy of the staff believed that tbe Spanish ships bsd been sufficiently injured by our lire to prevent them from renewing the bat tle quite as furiously as they had previ ously fought. sdeed, we had all been distinctly disappointed io the results of our fire. Our projectiles seemed to go too high or too low-just as bad been tbe cate with those fired by the Span iards. Several times tba commodore bad expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of our gunners to hit the enemy. We had begun the firing at too great a distance, but we bsd gradually worked in further OB each of tba taros until we were witbio about 2 500 yards at the close of the fifth round. At that dita tin ce io the smooth sea, we ought to bave made a large peteentage of bits ; yet, so far as we could judge., we had not sensibly eripped the foe. Conse quently Commodore Dewey hauled into the open bay at the end of the fifth round to take stock of ammunition and devise a new plan of attaok. The gun captains were weil satisfied with the results cf their work. Wheth er they had a better knowledge of the accuracy of their aim than we bad on the bridge, or whether they took it for granted that the enemy most have suffered severely after so muoh fighting, I don't know ; but at any rate, they were eager to go on with the battle, and were confident of victory. 1 told one of them that we were merely haul ing off for breakfast, which statement elicited the appeal to Capt. Latsberton, as be came past a moment later : "For God's sake, captain dun't let us stop now. To hell with break fast ! " When told <he commodore that I intended to attribute our withdrawal to the need for breakfast, he intimated that it was oct a matter of much importance what reagon gave, so long as I did not give the true one. And so the breakfast episode weot to the world as a plausible excase for what seemed like an extraordinary stragetic maneuvie one which has been the sabject of mere comment than any other event during the battle Many people have said to me that it would be a pity to spoil so good a story by telling the truth ; but, as tho commodore will be sure to let the cat out of tbe bag some day, I may as well ht her have her freedom now.-J. S. Stickney, in Har per's Magazine. 4-POUN THIS BIG CAT contains ova complete and LOWEST WMI everything i Dr MC , uot Acicv Itara! JJ Hatajara, Croc Gana, Kt'olTct just what you and will prov expi is* just be on a-iythi: tiie potage* OUR Fi Ftampa to hoi to\.>u FREE I tii oy tho !."> c of everything WHAT TH ?.it la a (JtUnn.) Tribu ..A won de 'The catt "Se3rs. K< Chicago.*'-C The bic catalogue ionna out- o tte linest shopping r -Boyce's Monthly. Chicago. . "Their catttlo :ie is a va*t department store bo ed dov "Thecatalogue i* certainly a merchandiseencyclopsedi "A law should be passed c rape iin>fthe use '!" this catal Wocould qcoto tboatnod* of aiattarntr fi . KKXD 15 CES1 Wress, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. ARE YOU1 BANKRUPTinhealth, constitution undermined by ex travagance in eating, by disre garding the laws of nature, o? physical capital all gone, if so. NEVER DESPAIR Tutt's Liver Pills will cure you. For sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, malaria, torpid liver, constipation, biliousness and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills an absolute cure. -THE SOUTHERN FARM MAME OP BALTIMORE, MD. Published by Manufacturers' Record PoblisbingGo. A Monthly Illustrated Journal devoted to Scotbero Agriculture, dealing with all nat ters related to General Farmiog, Live Stock Poultry, Dairying, Track Fanning, Pro Growing, and every farm interest and pur* suit in the Sooth. It is widely read by Northern and Western farmers contemplating moving Sooth. It ought to be io every Southern family, for it is "of the South, by the Sooth and for the Seatb." EDITORIAL CONTRIB TOBS : Chas. W. Dabney, Jr , Pb. D., LL.D. Ex-vJoited States Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Ex-Director United States Ag ricultural Experimeat Station io North Caro lina, President University of Tennessee'aad President of United States Agricultural Ex periment Station io Tennessee. J. B. Killebrew, A. M., Ph. D. Ex-Commissiocer 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," and other agricultural works. The regular subscription price of tba Southern Farm Magazine is $1 a year, bat we offer it and the Watchman, and Son th rec together one year for $2. Oet 19. Ctait Life II fit 11.1 THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU NICATION of Claremont Lodge, Ho* 64, A. F. M., will be held on Thursday Evening, February 23, at 7 p. m. Brethren will take dne notice and govern themselves accordingly B. J. B8AMB. W. Si Attest-H. C. Mesas, See. EIPOKT 07 7BI C0MDITI0 07 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANI, OF SUMTER, S. C., At Sumter, in the State of Sooth Carohaa, at the close of business, February 4, 1888. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.. $153,038 64 Overdraft, secured, 3,039 if U. S. Benda to asure circulation, 18,750 00 Premieres os U. S. Bonds 1,500 00 Stocks, 9ecurif.es, ate, 10,537 95 Banking boose, furniture and fix tures, 5,000 00 Other reel estate mod mortgages owned, 9,640 35 Dna from National Basks (not Reserve Agente) 5, 60 35 Due from State Banks and Bankers, 392 36 Doe from approved reserve . agents , 12,924 52 Notes er" other National Banks, 240 09 Fractional par.er currency, nick els and cents, 139 Ol Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie, 13,917 50 Legal-tender notes, 5,178 CO 19.095 50 Redemption fund with U. S. Treas'r (5 per cent cf circula tion,) 843 75 Total, $245.747 53 LIABILITIES. Capital stock; paid io, 75,000 00 Surplus fund, . 15,0C0 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxe3 pnid, 5,348 7 8 National bank notes outstanding 16,875 00 Cue to other National Banks, 2.601 Si Due io State Banks and Bankers, 4,949 61 Dividends unpaid. 20 00 individual deposits subject to cbeck, 125,952 20 Total, $245,747 53 State of South Carolina, V ~" County of Sumter, j I, L. S. 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