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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 189 T. The Simter Watchman was toundea io 1850 and the Trite Southron in 1866. The fPa c fo a a: a Southron now has toe combined circulation and influence cf both of the old papers, and is mani fsst y the best advertising medium in Shunter. areal m II II III I I.? m III II.II ilium.nm.?nm -1 The farmers of Sumter county who nay desire to experiment with Japanese rica eau ob tai o seed from Prof. J S. Newman, Clemson College, who bas seed for distribution. We trust shat seme of oar readers will obtain some of the seed and make a careful test of the crop this reason and give the result of the experiment publicity next fall for the benefit and guidance of others, if . t&e Japanese rice is ail that it claimed for it, it ill be a valuable . addition to the list of field crops of this section of ; She state. The Edgefield papers are beginning already tc boom Hon. John C. Shepard for Governor. Eegefield will never fail to get a faH share of ail the poli - tisa! pie that is to be bad for want of . asfetog for a slice. The House of Representatives killed the bili to require the dispensary boo stables to give $500 bond cn the last ' sight the Legislature was io session. There was no real reason advaoeed against bonding the constables, the Hanse simply voting to kill it oat of hand the drift of the remarks of the members who opposed the bill being I that it was a piece of presumption on he part of the Legislature to seek to make the constables financially responsible for an? misconduct of which they might be guilty. The result of the policy par sued by the Governors who have held o&23 since the dispensary law went into offset in pardoning all constables con* convicted of morder, manslaughter or assault bas behn to encourage the con* ; stables to disregard the rights and lives of citizens and the Legisla: ore has en dorsed this mistaken policy of the Gov* ern ors. JBB &'..-. i I The Memorial edition of Timrcd's poems will be ready for distribution i within a short time, bot thus far we have heard of no movement in this 1 comity ^to organ iz 2 an association of subscribers to the edition. The edition ; is to be issued by the Timrod Memorial Association and ali profits derived from the sale of the books will be devoted to the erection of a suitable and appro priate monument ia honor of Sooth Carolina's greatest poet. The presi dents of the various1 colleges of the State, Hon. W. A. Courtenay, Maj. J. C. fiemphili and other prominent men of the State, who organized the SSS *. .V" .... Association, are obligated to defray the cosi of the Memorial edition and they should have the co-operation of all South Carolinians who are interested in the literata.-e cf the State and wish to honor the memory of Timrod^ The Memorial edition will sell for $ 1 50, and is within the reach of ail. Representative Stokes scored a strong point in the interest of his .constituents a day or two ago, when be succeeded in placing on tbe post office appropriation bill an amend merit which goes s long way toward bis star route free delivery scheme. Finding that it would be difficult to get through s separate measure on any subject this session, and realiz* ing that something most be done at ibis session, if done at ali in time to benefit Sooth Carolins, Mr Stokes pissed it as a rider on the appropria tion biii. As contracts for star routes in South Carolina are doe to be re newed next fall, and as these con* tracts are for four years, it is import ant that law be passed in some form prior to the giving of these contracts. While Representative Stokes' dis* trict will get a large slice of the benefits from this legislation, it is more than a local matter. It will reach the rural communities all over South Carolina and over all the States. It is a measore that is national in ita sweep-covering something over 22.008 star routes and the millions of rural residents served by them- Wheo the system is supplemented, as it will be iu time, by his ra ral delivery system, where applicable, the rural districts will have a fairer proportion of the bene fits of the postal system than ever before. The killing of Mrs John Staart and the serious wounding of Mr Stuart by Dispensary Constable W. R. Crawford io Colombia OG Saturday e?6Biog is the darkest end* most detestable chapter io the bloody record of the dispensary monopoly. The story is told io detail io another part of this issue The plain, unvarnished troth is sufficient comment oe, and more than sufficient condemnation of the methods adopted to enforce the dispensary law. The constables may have had sufficient evi dence that Stuart was celling liquor to warrant a search of the bouse, but neither this evidenos nor anything said or done by Stuart warranted Crawford io slapping Stuart's face and striking him over the head with bis pistol. Crawford committed an aggravated as saoH and for what follawed he was re sponsible. The blood of the woman is upon Crawford's hands, and he is guilty of provoking the diffioolty that led to her death. An officer of the law bas oo right to slap a man's face cr to strike him with a pistoi wheo he refuses to permit his house to bs searched, and bad oot the constables been sustained io all their outrages in the past, Craw ford would never have dared to assault Stu art as he did. The house could base been searched without morder, and had Crawford heeded the advice of his companions be would not now be lodged in the penitentiary. Crawford is, however, bot the creature and product of the system, and so long aa the methods of enforcing the law re mata as they are, such men as Crawford ill continue to commit ootrages aod the a shoot their way oot of the diffi culty with ao utter aod careless disre gard for human life. BISHOPVILLE'S SMALLPOX. The Columbia State of last Sunday published a statement from its Bishop vili'3 correspondent concerning the ex [stance of smallpox in the city of Sum ter after this fashion, "That Sumter (city) has been the nursery of thai dread disease, aod that while the Sum ter papers nave beeo publishing every thing they could about the spread of the disease in the sections of Mayes ville, Oswego and Bosssrd's, they have Bevor said anything about the epidemic beiog ia Sumter, though it was posi tively known that there are now in the city of Sumter 40 or 50 cases ? We do not soppose there was any intention to misrepresent facts in this statement, but it is a gross exaggera tion, and scarcely excusable in one who takes upoo himself the doty of impart ing reliable information to the pubiic. Particularly when injury in done to the interests of a community a carefol in vestigation and correct statement should be made. Yet the author says "it was positive ly known that there are now io the city of Sumter 40 or 50 oases," showing a recklessness, and disregard of accuracy, which characterizes assertions made opon-bearsay aod rumor, and is aboat oo a par with the threadbare illustra tion of the sick man and the three black crows. Sumter has never been "the nursery of that dread disease.'7 Wheo small pox appeared here early last year, prompt and vigor os measures were taken, aod the disease was completely stamped out. This winter other oases were brought io by oew comers-peo ple who had never been vaccinated and for the past two months there have been some cases here and these care fully isolated. The few oases now uoder treatment are all convalescent. No nsw oases having beeo reported io mere than a week. The action of tbe pbyiitoiaos and bar of Sumter which appeared io yesterday's lian, is as complete od reliable ao answer as cao be made. We do oot know of a single instance where aoy person visiting Sumter has taken the disease. Our misfortune bas been principally to care for cases developed by contagion brought from elsewhere, as doubtless has beeo tbe experience of other towns of the State, and probably wiil be for some time to come. Smallpox exists io different parts of I South Carolina, and we fear will spread ! over the entire State, and indeed over I the South. It is a condition of affairs | which is likely to continue fer some ! time to come, and the sooner the people realize that fact the better. City, ham - j lot, country, all staod upoo the same | grouod with reference to the disease. Vaccination should be general and thorough. People who evade vaccina tion are enecciees to the public health whether they realize it or not They are endangering not their own health alone, but the health and prosperity of their neighbors, and of tbs country at large. Sumter is not biding ber small pox. Every bouse where it exists is placarded, and a yellow Sag at the gate warne the people. The greatest care is taken to prevent new oases and if the same precautions be adopted everywhere, as in this city, smallpox will be a thing of the past in a few days, and remain only as an unpleasant memory. There is one statement in the Btsb opville correspondence that flatly con tradicts the assertion that Sumter bas been the nursery of smallpox, viz : that "if this is smallpox (the case pronounced genuine smallpox by Dr. Baoot) it has been h re for the past twelve months, as a great many children suffered with an erup tive disease a year ago, which covered their bodies from head to foot with acres.:' If Bishop ville had smallpox twelve months ago, then Bisbopville is open to the charge of beiog the nursery of the disease rather than this city, for smallpox did not appear in this city until April of last year. Sumter spent nearly $3,000 in stamping out the epidemic, sud no effort was spared to prevent the spread of the disease to other communities What did Bisbopville do? Was any effort made to ascertain whether or not the "eruptive disease" was smallpox? Was any effort made to prevent the spread of the disease to other parts of the county ? How many hundred dollars did Bisbopville spend to proteot itself and other sections of the county against the ravages of the "dread disease ?" The receipts from the war tax 1 si nee its imposition to February 18 are officially estimated at $170,000, 000, indicating a total for the fiscal i year of $269,042,000. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Feb 27.-Mr. Mc Kinley's backdown from bis army bill bluff will go down in congres sional history as the most complete ] ever made by a president. The * democratic victory is complete The < new army bill is practically just what ] was offered to the administration by ] Senator dockrell, on behalf of those senators who opposed a large stand- 1 ing army-it provides for continuing 1 the present status of the regular < army of 62,000 men for two years 1 from next July, and for . enlisting 35,000 volunteers for the same period. * The administration esnators fairly 1 fell over each other in their anxiety ' to accept Senator CockrelPs offer. 1 The next congress, which will be I republican in both branches, will 1 probably inflict a large standing army i on the country, but that will not J deprive the senators who killed the . bill, to do so at this time, of deserved ' credit 1 Our Philippine poiicy is bearing < fruit quickly. In addition to having i an expensive war with the Filipinos ' on our hands. Dewey's despatch to 1 hurry up the battleship Oregon indi < cates the belief on his part that there ] is danger of war with more powerful opponents. Jost bow great this I danger is can only be guessed, be- < cause officials are concealing what j information they hsve and pretend ing that the depatch from Dewey, J which was made public by mistake, < had no meaning. Little information 1 can be gained rom private despatches - from Manila, aa they are all strictly censored, but it is known that con ditions are critical, and that European consols there are making some stiff claims on account of the recent par tial burning of the town. Mr McKinley has been catching it again from members of his own party in congress Senator Sewell, who voted for ratification of the treaty and for everything else that ha been asked for by the adminis tration, was so stirred up by the progress of the war with Filipinos, that be let out the fact that he bad been supporting the McKinley policy against bis own judgment. He said emphatically : "I never was in favor of the acquisition of the Philippines/7 and added that he had begged Mr. McKinley to order Dewey away from Manila, after he won his victory. Mr. Sewell thinks the Filipinos will have to be practically exterminated before we can control the Philippines. He also thinks that we shall soon be at war with Cuba, because of the ad ministration policy Representative Johnson, of Indi ana, a republican* made a long speech, nearly every sentence of which contained an attack upon Mr. McKinley. Ile said of those who attacked Alger and praised Mr McKinley that they have "lacked the courage to lay their ax to ihe root of the evil and censure the gentleman who, to reward him for his political services and disburse meats in the campaign of '96, ap- [ pointed him (Alger) to bis present position, and had maintained him there ev?;r since, notwithstanding bia incompetency and against the right eous complaints that have been made against him " He said that Mr McKinley's recent Boston address ' was nothing more nor iess than a carefuliy devised misstatement of the issue," and of the Philippine policy : "I insist that ihe whole policy is not simply an error, but that it is a crime, and that the chief executive of this nation is the one who has precipitat ed upon us the embarrassments and difficulties by which we are now confrontedSpeaking of the claim that Mr. McKinley acted upon the advice of Dewey, in demanding the Philippines, Mr. Johnson said : "The chief executive cannot screen him self behind the gold lace of the hero of Manila " Ile expressed the opin ion that the real reason for Mr. Mc Kinley's policy was "his concessions to the selfish capitalists of the coun try, bis surrender to their demands. These are the gentlemen who furnish ed the money for his nomination and election, and who, I doubt not, have pledged him a re-nomination and re election. These are the gentlemen who are already grasping after spe cial privileges in the Philippines, in Cuba and in Porto Rico. It was, I imagine, for their especial benefit that the president created his advis ory board to the war department." It is an opeu secret in Washington that Mr. McKinley would be giad to receive Alger's resignation. The story circulated last week that Alger was about to resign originated in administration circles, and was doubt less intended as a hint to Alger. It brought out the defiant statement from Alger that he did not intend to resign, of his own accord.. He is said to believe that Mr McKinley is afraid to ask for bis resignation, although be knows that be is con stantly being advised by prominent republicans to do so. When the Morgan Nicaragua Canal bill passed the senate, there were Reven votes cast against it ; when the river and harbor bill, containing an amendment providing for the building of the Nicaragua Canal passed the senate, only three votes were cast against it-Senators Petti grew, Teller and Rawlins, neither of whom are opposed to the Canal under what they consider proper conditions Mr. McKinley has nominated Ex Secretary Day to a U S, Circuit 3ourt judgeship. Poultry for Profit, It seems to be a part of the busi ness of every farmer or the family of very farmer to have some poultry connected with the farm, and it is 'easonable to suppose that the object s the profit that comes from it. So far as the purely farmer's aim is concerned, the actual profit de fends upon several conditions, some Df which he can control and others ire influenced by bis acts. The profit from chickens comes from having them ready to be put Dipoo the market at the first demand in spring, and this can be accom plished only by securing early set ters ; those that are good setters and thus secure an early hatch So far as the setters and mothers are con cerned, we believe the Plymouth Rocks will fill the bill ; again these ire large bodied fowls, the young Trow rapidly and mature early, ail conditions that are requisite to good broilers ; then if the chicks are batched early and are well cared for, they will be ready for market at a ?eason when they will double the price that they will later. We mention Plymouth Rocks for the reason that they are excellent and careful mothers, and besides they are full average layers. There mav be other breeds that are rn* is good, or a little better layers that lo not possess the other good quali ties -H B Geer6 in Tennessee Farmer. GOMEZ WELCOMED. Habana. Feb 24, 3:30 p m.-Gen. Maximo Gomez, the Cuban command er-in chief, entered Habana this afternoon escorted by Gen. Ludlow and Troop L, of the Seventh United States cavalry. He marched at the bead of 2,000 armed Cuban horse men and footmen The population of the city was wild with enthusiasm, throwing themselves in front of the general's horse, impeding its progress and pelting bim with flowers The general reviewed the troops at the palace. Steadily Improving. Gov. Ellerbe is steadily improving He is able to devote considerable attention to bills passed by the legis lature and has already signed the most important of them. It is tedi ous work looking over the provisions of over a hundred bills, but the gov ernor stands the ordeal very wei!. Columbia Recoid, 24th. "Filipino" means a person of pure Spanish extraction boro in tbe Philip pine* islands. The people of mixed blood are Mestizos, while the Spaniards call the aborii,'oee3 "Indians." The Ind'.aos of Luzon bate those of Panay, while both are cordially bated by the Mahometans of Mindanao Eivers to Rise. Special tc The Daily hera Charleston, Feb. 27., 1 :10 a. co. The Wateree at Camden bas risen 14 feet, and ie 1 foot above the danger point The CoDg3ree at Colombia bas riseo 12 feet and is close tc the danger poi t. The Wateree at Camden and the COD garee at Columbia will rise 2 feet to ft feet additionally within be next 24 boars. The Pee Dee at C eraw will rise 14 feet to 18 feet doing the next 24 to 36 hours, exceeding the daoger point by 3 to 5 feet. Dangerous ffocds will occur in the lower streams of Sooth Carolioa within the next 4 to 8 days L E. Jesuoofsky, Local Forecast Official. Mm of ptra i. The State of Sooth Carolina-Sumter Coun ty- Office of Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County. Sumter, S. C., February ist, 1899. Notice is hereby givec that in accordance with an Act of the Geeeral Assembly, and in conformity with the requirements of the State Constitution, the books for the registration of all legally qualified voters, and for the issuing of transfers, etc,, will be open at the office of Supervisors of Registration in tbe court house, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m . and 3 o'clock p. m., on the first Mon day of each month, until thirty days before the next general election. Minors who shall become of age during that period of thirty days shall be entitled to registration before the books are closed, if otherwise qualified. The requirements for a qualified voter are that tbe applicant for registration shall be able to read and write correctly, or possess in his own name property to tbe amount of taree hundred dollars, upon which be pays taxes. * E. F. BURROWS, T. D. DuBOSE, J. M. KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. Mob 1 The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, MRS. 0. 0. PLUMBER, widow, made snit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of WM. P. PLUMMER, late of said County and State, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish ali and singular tbe kindred and creditors of the said Wm P. Plummer as aforesaid, de ceased, that they be and appear before me io tbe Court of Probate, to be held ai Sum ter, C. H., on March 16th, 1899, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why tbe said Administration should not be grant ed. Given under my harfd this 1st day of March, A. D., 1899 - TBOS. V. WALSH, Jadge of Probate. March 1-2t F Strong Fortification, Fortify the body against disease by Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys j pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, J constipation, jaundice, bilious j ness and all kindred troubles. "The F y=Wfaee! of Life" j Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills are I the fly- wheel of life. I shall ever j be grateful for the accident that broughtthem to my notice. I fee! as if 1 had a new lease of life. J. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Col. Tutt's Liver Pills -THE SOUTHERN FABM MAGAZINE OF BALTIMORE, MD. Published bj Manufacturers' Record Publishing Co. A Mootblv Illustrated Journal devoted to Southern Agriculture, dealing with all nat ters related to General Farcing, Live Stock Poultry, Dairying, Track Farming, Frnit Growing, and every farm interest and pur suit io tbe Sooth. . It is widely read by Northern and Western farmers contemplating moving Sooth. It ought to be in every Southern family, for it is "of the South, by tbe South and for the South." . EDITORIAL COS.TRIBUTOBS : Chas W. Daboey, Jr , Ph D., LL.D. Ex-United States Assistant Secretary of Agricolture, Ex-Director United States Ag ricultural Experiment Station in North Caro lina, President University of Tennessee and President of United States Agricultural Ex periment Station in Tennessee. J B. Killebrew, A. M., Pb. D. Ex-Commissioner of Agriculture for Ten nessee, author of "Culture and Curing of To bacco" for U. S. tenth censns, "Tobacco Leaf," "Sheep Husbandry," "Wheat Grow ing," "Grasses," and other agricultural works. The regular subscription price of the Southern Farm Magazine is $1 a year, bu; we offer it and tte Watchman aod Southron together one year for $2. Oct 19. If BUH tH: Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. 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