The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 01, 1899, Image 4
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.
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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
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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.
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