The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 22, 1899, Image 3
THE CHA ST SWINDLE.
Amounis Taken From Each School
District.
Tba school chart swindlers took enough
money out of Sumter County to raa twenty
schools for tea months, or forty schools for
five months each-and the average poblic
school ra this county is in session only fi ye
moema per year. The magnitude of the
s wind ls hag never been realized by tbe people
of this coen ty, and anti! they see the gares
they cannot tai ly appreciate bow mach money
has been taken from tbs public schools
to parchase charts that are, to say the most of
them, of doubtful vaine to the schools and
teachers. None of them were purchased for
tbs Graded Schools of this city. Why ?
Bec&ase. Soper in ten lent Edmonds stated teat,
in bis opinion, tbs city schools coo ld not
afford to make the ootlay. Yet che cooaty
schools with bot a fraction of the iocome of
tbs city schools, expended, io some instances,
several honored dollars for each school dis
trict. The iejery oas the schools is great,
lad fi years will not suffice to repair tbs
damage aod place tbs finances of tbs publij
{ boot system on tbs same footing they were
prior to the raid of tbs chart agents.
Tbs chart agents were adepts ia their tine
of badness, and they knew how to make
anything coo nt toward the accomplishment
of the sod in v uw, namely, unloading as
many high-priced chart3 on tbs ?sbool tras
loes as possible. They first obtained permis
sion from tbs Stets Board of Sd owt ion to
canvass tbs State, theo, armed with this,
'.hey went before tbs cono ty hoards sod ob
tained permission to canvass the coontie*.
These permissions to canvass they represented
to the trastees as endorsements and recom
mendations of tbs charts. Smooth tongoes
aod plausible arguments did the rest, and a
majority of tbs trustees very naturally fell
into the trap, belie ring that they were pur
chasing something that bad tbe endorsement
of tbs State aod Go an ty Boards of Educa
tion. /
The following is a verified statement of the
amono ts expended by the trustees of the
vari os school districts io Sumter County :
CHARTS.
Samter, No. 1, $ 187 50
Comoro, No. 2, 450 00
Privateer, No. 3, 450 CO
Manchester, No. 4. ' 75 00
Statebarg, So. 6, ' 112 50
Rafting Creek, No. 8. 337 50
Spring: HUI, No. 9, 375 00
Carters Crossing. ;*o. 10, 187 50
Bisbopvine. No.'ll,. 187 50
Mt. Clio, No. 12, 150 00
Lynchburg, No. 13, 300 00
Shiloh, No 14, . 562 50
Swimming Peus: No. 16, 262 50
MechaoicsvHle, Ne. 19, 150 00
Town of Mayesville, 37 50
$3,825 00
3 AP3 AND GLOBES.
Concord, No. 2, 563 00
Total, $4,388 00
All of this has been paid with the exception
of $225.00 of the amount from Rafting
Creek, No. 8, and $563 00 for maps and
globes from Concord, No 2. The trustees cf
a few of the districts refused to purchase the
carts, aod others spent bot little io com
parison with the femoantis expended io other
districts. These trastees are no doabt now
congratulating themselves, and they bave
good rasson to do so. They sbould receive
tba thanks and veil done of the people of
their districts, for they rendered a signai
servies to the schools when they retused to
speed money Ul advisedly wheo it could not
be spared
It is to be hoped that this chart swindle
will prove a lessoo tb ail trustees, and may
they ali lear o to teware of agents who hoot
t >3mJdown to sdi high-priced school sup
Piies. It should also be a lesson to tbe 8tate
Board of Education and the Coco ty Boards,
and in future the? should be very guarded
and Circumspect tad careful bow they give a
qaasi endorsement to any agent for schcol
supplies by granting permission to canvass
tbs conn ty. Au agent does not need the
permission of tbe County Board of Ed a ca tice
to canvass & cont ty, and the sole parp se the
ageat bas in asking and obtaining permission
as to make use of it as a lever when, be gets
to work on toe trastees
BTJCSLX3TS ARNICA 8ALVJC
' The est Salve m the world for Cuts
Bruisse, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhee ta, Feyer,
Sota Tettsr, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corni
and all Skia Sr&ptb&s and positively ears'
Past or BO poy required. It is guaranteed te
give par as* satisf aot ca, or money reloaded*
prise 2* eats pee box. For sal ay Dr j. .
Meteorological BecorcL
The following is a report of observations
cf the weather taken at Statebarg, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the 14 days ending Sun
day March 19, 1899:
Temperature.
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58
Condition
3
8
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151 69
161
17
1
19
54
36
51
70
72
75
77
65
57
68
71
78
63
36
21
22
40
51
43
57
51
49
48
46
44
49
49
44.5, sw
28.5'
36.5
55.
61.5
60 5
67
58.
53.
58.5
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57 5
63.5
58 5
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Cloudy
Cioody
?Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Cioody
?Cloudy
.Cioody
.Cioody
Clear
Clear
Clear
?Cioody
Cloudy
. Partly cioody.
The ligbt rain oo the 6tb before eo iog be
came mingled with fioe sleet, aod was fol
lowed by high west wiods which caused a
rapid reduction or temperature and by next
morning a sharp frost and freeze. Tbs con
tinuation of tbs wind and freezing tempera
ture on tbs 7tb was very injurious to such
plants and trees as had begun to put ont
leaves aod flowers, but fortunately peaches
were not advanced enough to be entirely
destroyed.
On the morning of '.he 19\b, Sunday, a
thunderstorm passed over this place accom
panied by high wiod and heavy rain, the
thunder was generally distant, co sharp peals.
Too much rain daring the week for steidy
ploughing.
>t Never Disappoints. This is one of the
peculiarities of Hood's Sarsaparilla, lt cares
scrofula, salt rheum, humors, stomach and
kidney troubles, ne r TOUS cess.
flood's Pill's cure all liver iils. Easy to
take, easy to operate; reliable, sure. 25c.
If yon want a good, bonest.sewing machine
trade, see Baodls.
Good Sewing Mach ines from $10.00 op a
Randie's.
The Veterans' Reunion.
I To tbe People of Sam ter C^QDtv :
The Reunion of Confederate Veterans will
assemble io Charleston on May Otb.
Sumter county is called upon for contribu
tions of money or provisions to assist io the
proper entertainment of the Sarge numbers
who are expected to attend.
Those persons wno desire to make their
contributions io cash wili please, deposit the
sane with the cashiers io either bank in
Sumter. Mr. Carsoo or Mr. Rname will re
ceive sod credit such contributions to the
Secretary and Treasurer of the Reunion Com
! mittee at Charleston, and will remit to bim
; direct on May 1st the whole amount of such
contribution)). :
j The list of contributors will be published
! io tbe papers of Sumter county, the editors
of which are hereby appointed sub-agents for
the receipt of all contributions, either of cash
or supplies.
Tboea persons who desire to give provisions
in place of money will please deliver such ar
ticles to Mr. Bartow Walsh, or the Clerk of
the Court, Mr. Shepard Nash, at Sumter, or
to.Mr. H. G Scarborough, Mr. G. H. Reid or
Mr. D.E DuRaut at Bishopville, or to any
of the township commissioners
All such contributions of supplies will be
forwarded to Mr. Wm. W. White atCharles
toa, ia accordance with the request contained
io the letter published below.
E. W. MOISE,
Mem. Ex. Com. for Sumter County.
Cberlestoo, S. C., Jao. 21, 1899.
To General E. W. Moise, Sumter, S. C.L
Dear Sir-We have had inquiry from a
number of county chairmen, requesting us to
state to them the amount and kind of pro
visions required from their respective coun
ties for tbs Reooiou of Veteraos' Entertain
ment io ~ May next. We have, therefore,
thought it would help them and you to sug
gest tbs amount io detail which, if you can
secure it, wilt make up the quota of your
cojonty.
To properly feed the Veterans who cannot
find board, who will require such care, we
will need from your county :
950 pounds of meat, composed of ham,
beef, mutton, pork, eggs, chickens.
1 barrel grist.
2 barrels flour.
3 barrels potatoes.
2 barrels meal
1 barrel rice. -
170 poucds butter.
Pickles, c., as you may be able to send.
If yon cannot send in kind, their value in
money will be an equivalent.
Yours respectfully,
Wm. W. White,
Chairman Committee Commissary.
PRIVATEER PERSONAL?.
Privateer Township, S. C., March 20.
The Rev G. T. Gresham has resigned the
pastorate of bis churches to take effect June
15. He will remove to Spartanburg coonty,
where be will be co-priccipal of the Campo
bello High School (co-educational). He will
have served Bethel Church for three years.
Miss Helen M. Prescott, an enthusiastic and
cultured genealogical writer of Atlanta, is
compiling a history of the Blount family of
North Carolina. Oftl. John B. Miller, who
will be well remembered by your older read
ers as a prominent jurist of Sumter, and who
spent his declining years^and died in what is
oow Privateer Township, was descended from
this family through bis mother whose maiden
name was Blooot.
There were two deaths among the white
people of this community last week. Ons
was Mrs. Balda Jane Hodson, wife of Mr.
Tom Hudson. Her maiden name was Wise,
she was Sd years old and leaves three chil
dren. She was buried Wednesday at Bethel
Church.
Tba other death was that of Miss Renee
Ramsey, eldest child of Mr. Wallace Ramsey.
She was oineteen years old and was of a
loveable disposition. She was buried at the
Cane graveyard on Thursday.
Miss Hattie Whilden is teaching a large
private school at tbe Privateer Alliance
Hall.
Miss Naine Jackson has a position at the
asylum iu'Colnmbia. McD F.
The Health Regulations Will
be Enforced at Laredo,
Tex.
Laredo, Tex., March 20 -The crisis
in tho die tar bao ce here over the carry
ing o it of the State health officers* re
g?!at 0B8 io suppressing the smallpox
epidemic, seems to be passed. Wheo
the work of removing the patients was
resomtd this morning the scenes of
yesterday were repeated. Capt Rogers
of tho State Raogers and foor assistants
attempted to disperse the crowd, bot
were fired opon aod Capt. Rogers re
ceived a ballot in the left shoulder.
The Rangers returned the fire, killing
Agapito Herrera, an ex policeman, who
was leading the rioters, and another
Mexican and wounding a woman, a
sister of Herrera, who had fired at the
officers from the window of a bouse
nearby. Several other Mexicans were
wounded, but the number cannot be yet
ascertained as they escaped in the
crowd.
Tho shooting was followed by a num
ber of scattered shots io'different parts of
that quarter of the city populated large
ly by Mexicans aod they were coo
stroed as prearranged signals by the
rioters reinforcements. Dr. Blunt, ac
cording to arrangements made, bsd
notified Capt. Ayers, in command at
Fort McIntosh, that tbe United States
troops were needed and at 11.45 a. m a
detachment of the Tenth cavalry,
mounted and fully armed with 100
rounds cf amunitioo each, arrived at
the market place. City Marshal Joseph
Bartholomew was sworn io as an officer
and ander bis direction the crowds were
quickly dispersed.
The leader of the first crowd encoun
tered by tbe military undertook to talk
instead of obeying orders to clear oat
and was promptly knocked down with
the batt of a carbine and so badly hurt
that he died within a short time after
beiog carried away. His followers
took the hint and rapidly fled. A Gat
ling gun and an ambulance corps ac
companied the cavalrymen and affairs
took OB a decidedly martial appearance
AU plaecs of business were closed.
The battleship Oregon and transport
Iris arrived at Manila oo Saturday and
ported to Admiral Dewey.
THE REPUBLICAN
BOODLERS.
A Few Pacts From Washing
ton About the Payment of
Cuban Soldiers.
THE McKINLEY-REED COMBI
NATION.
Washington, March 20.-Accord
ing to war department officials, Gen
Gomez will not receive a dollar of
the $3,000,000 about to be distribut
ed, entirely on his say so, among
Coban soldiers, by this government.
This statement has caused everybody
to wish to know where Gomez got
the money to pay for his present
very extravagant mode of living, in
Havana. It is known that previous
to his beginning the negotiations
with R P Porter, who acted as Mr.
McKinley's personal representative,
which resulted in the agreement to
pay $3,000,000 for the disbandment
of the Cuban army, Gomez had no
money, and that ever since then he
has apparently had plenty. Did
Porter make an individual payment
of money to Gomez ? If so, how
much, and from what fund was it
derived ? These are some of the
questions suggested by the situation
and asked on every hand. Congress
did not appropriate a cent to pay
Cuban soldiers, but there was an
item added to the sundry civil bili by
the last congress, appropriating 3>
000,000 as an emergency fund, to be
expended at the discretion of the
president. That is the money that
will be used, but if the ciaim that
Gomez has got none of it and will
get none of it, be true, the source
from which Gomez extracted the
wealth to pay his present enormous
expenses is left a mystery But it
will be solved The acting.secretary
of W8r says that the administration
intends to make Cuba repay from its
revenues, this money
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska,
isn't one of those wild republicans
who regard the presidential election
of next year as already settled. In
an interview, Mr. Thurston said :
"The presidential battle next year
promises to be lively and exciting.
McKinley will probably be renomi
nated and I presume that Bryan will
bead the democratic ticket. I be
lieve that the republicans will win if
we stand together and work bard,
but our democratic friends will
undoubtedly put up a stiff fight.
We mast not indulge ourselves with
the delusion that we are going to
have a walk-over."
Secretary Alger doesn't appear to
care any more about being consist
ect than he did about the welfare of
the soldiers during the war Several
days before congress adjourned,
Alger announced that the junket be
had intended to conduct to Cuba and
j Porto Rico was off, because his polit
ical duties would prevent his leaving
Washington. Of course, it was well
known that Alger abandoned the
intended junket because he failed to
get a sufficient number of democratic
senators and representatives to ac
cept invitations to accompany him
But for consistency's sake, it was
supposed that Alger would remain
on duty and make a bluff of being
busy. Not he. He left immediate
ly after Mr. McKinley did, for a trip
to New England, which was extend
ed to Canada, and this week be is
going to start for Cuba and Porto
Rico, but he won't carry any cou
gressmen with him He says he is
going to pay the expenses of himself
and the two men who will accompany
him/ but it would require the vouch
ers for the payments to convince the
public.
If any proof were needed that Mr.
McKinley isn't in the South solely
for rest and recreation, it is furnish
ed by the fact that he will during the
present week, meet Czar Reed in
person, on Jekyl Island, where Mr.
McKinley will be the guest of ex
Secretary Bliss, and Mr. Reed will
be the guest of a rich Wall Street
banker, both at the same club house.
It is stated by Mr. Reed's friends
that the meeting is his idea, and' that
he inteuds to compel an immediate
show down on the part of Mr. McKin
ley that wilt make the position of
the administration on the Speaker
ship of the next house, perfectly
clear. The queer part of the whole
business is that two men who have
spent the winter within a stone's
throw of each other, in Washington,
should find it necessary to meet in
the Spring, on an island of South
Carolina, in order to come to an un
derstanding.
Private news from the Philippines
indicates that the administration is
again juggling with the public in
regard to the situation. While no
official dispatches have been quoted,
officials have talked so as to leave the
impression that the reports of Gen.
Otis, since the victories of the past
week have been to the effect that
Aguinaldo's army is about ready to
ask for terme and that a general col
lapse of the rebellion may be looked
for at any time. Owing to the strict
censorship no private telegrams deal
ing with the conditions existing, can
be sent from Manila direct, but some
have been sent to Hong Kong by
boat and cabled from there, which do
not take such a rosy view of the sit
uation. According to these the war
is a long ways from being over, and
the only effect that will follow thrash
og Aguinaldo's army, which they do
avery time they come into contact
with any portion of it, will be to
transfer the gghting ground to the
nilla and bushes, where it will be
difficult for our men to get at them
except when they choose to be got
it, and possibly to other islands of
ihe group. There is a nightly panic
in Manila and meet of the white
women and children have been sent
away for fear of a native uprising.
Time will tell which is correct, the
jfficial or the private view of the sit
aation The Oregon has arrived in
yianila Bay.
The Desolation of Cuba.
From a letter published ID The State
rom its staff correspondent *'W. E.
3." DOW io Coba, dated at Camp
Columbia, March 16th the following
xtract is made :
"But through .all the province
mtside the important towns, there is
little pleasing to the eye that is the
srork of mau There is wealth of land
with poverty of people. The h ls and
ra'Ieys are ss frequent as the swells and
croughs" io a rolling sea, and ascending
my hill is like turning a kaleidoscope ;
i new scene is presented, always a fair
landscape. The breezes never die and
;n the shade on one of these hills one
deed not go farther to Sod the garden
?pot of the earth, as God made it.
Even within a few miles of the great
3ity of Habana grass grows in the
raiieys, sage and myrtie bushes on the
ailis. Here and there are cabins with
little patches about them, but of
prosperity, that was only one long
endless chain of rains of grand
mansions bears witness. There does
not seem to be an intaot estate io the
province.
"The American who comes here
expecting to walk through orange
groves and play ball with lemons, will
be disappointed. Years ago, they 6ay,
lemons and limes used to be banked up
in stores in Habana to be had for the
taking. Now it is difficult to buy
either. Limes are brought here from
Florida, 1 have been on the island
nearly three months and have yet to
see a sweet orange tree.
"There are quite a number of cattle
in the meadows, and around each cabin
one will find chickens and pigs, but
they are not for sale except at
prohibitive prices. They are the stock
from which the oountry is to be
supplied. Four years ago dooks were
worth 60 cents a pair, now they are
$3. Chickens that are on the farms io
the States would fetch 30 cents per
pair, are here held at 1 50, with no
disposition to sell. Eggs are quoted at
60 oeots a dozen, but cannot be obtained
at that price, and milk from the milk
pail is held at $1 a gallon.
The few men io the country are
making some attempts at farmiog,
?sing the most antiquated methods, the
only improvement on the plow of the
ancients, made from the crooked limb
of a tree, is that here the point
sometimes bas an iron tip. The
plowman carries a pole seven feet long,
ou9 end with an iron spike fastened to
it, the other with a scraper like a
miniature spade The first is used to
prod the oxen and the other to serape
the clay off the plow.
While the United States government
is feeding thousands of Cubaos in the
towns, there are many people in the
country who are starving, and death
from starvation has not been checked.
Three children who were found in a
bouse near Marianao by the side of
their dead mother, who perished from
starvation, are being nursed back to life
in a hospital in this camp. When the
troops camped during their marches
through the province women and child
ren who existed in little filthy decs
made of palm bark, flocked to the camp
to piok up scraps that the soldiers let
fall, and many were living skeletons, as
awful to look upon as the reooncen
trados of 18 months ago. Doubtless
many unworthy people are living on the
oharity of the United States, but there
are thousands in misery and who have
not yet tasted our bread. The oonnry
in the war-riven sections of the island
is Skill paralyzed. Nature seems cogni
zant of the needs of the oountry, or
rather years ago looked into the future,
for almost every bouse is alive with
little children, and it is probable that
the first word many of them uttered was
"Americano.n They all koow the for
eigner and must have had good reports
of him, for all smile at the uniform.
There are no wild animals here
about ; not a rabbit or a squirrel or a
woodchuck, the frog being the only
thing that travels the earth with four
legs. A few jaokdaws, quail and doves
are practically the only birds except
the ever present bozzard. Look where
one will in the heavens at anytime of
day and the buzzard is there, somo
times a few and often in scores. A
curious fact is that the vulture is not
herc-the smaller species of bozzard
with white on the tips of the wings
that vastly predominates io the states.
Old negroes designate these as "sol
diers,'' while the others that lazily sail
aronnd looking for feasts to which
they are said to treat soldiers, are
called "majors."
- -? IW> -
Kingston, Jamaica, March 20 -The j
American Line steamer Paris, Capt. j
Watkins, with thc party of American
excursionists who are touring in West
Indian waters, sailed at o'clock this
eveoiog. Mr. Sherman is worse and is
not likely to survive the night. The
United States cruiser Chicago has not
arrived, but it is supposed she will meet
the Paris at Santiago de Cuba.
COMING VIA CAMDEN
ON INTO COLUMBIA.
Seaboard's Engineer and Con
struction Forces Have Ar
rived at Cheraw.
Special to The State.
Camden, March 21.-Wm. Mon
eare, superintendent of North Caro
lina and another railroad official are
io Camden. They have been procur
ing maps of Kershaw and Richland
counties, and it is thought that the
purpose of their visit here is to look
Into the matter of the extension of
the Seaboard Air Line from Columbia
to Cheraw, by the way of Camden.
A LATER DISPATCH.
Capt. W. E Walton, ..J is bere
with V* m. Moncure, brought a letter
of introduction from Gen. Supt.
Mc Bee, cf the Seaboard system, and
is this afternoon looking over the
plats of the city to ascertain the
best way of entering the city with
the Seaboard Air Line extension.
MORE DEFINITE NEWS.
Representative W. F. Stevenson
reached the city last night from Cheraw
and brought with bim pleasing news
that the Seaboard Air Line would soon
begin work on its road between Cheraw
and Colombia. The engineer and con
struction forces are arriving in Equad9
daily at Cheraw. Quarters for ten
months have been engaged for the con ,
straction force,, and this is taken to in
dicate that work on tho road will not be
long delayed. Th3 chief of the force
bas already reached Cheraw and be
will soon be followed by the remainder.
London* March 20.-Th? Rome cor
respondent of The Daily Chronicle says :
Although there is no immediate alarm,
it ts generally felt that the pepe's life is
ebbing away. Communications have
recently passed between the different
cabinets relative to the eventuality of a
eonolave.
-THE
SOUM FARM IA&AZIE
OF BALTIMORE, MD.
Published by
Manufacturers' Record Publishing Co. j
A Moothly Illustrated Jonrnal devoted to
Southern Agriculture, dealing with all mat
ters related to General Farmiog, Live Stock
Poultry. Dairying, Truck Farming, Fruit
Growing, and every farm interest and pur
suit in the Sooth.
It is widely read by Norfhsrn and Western
farmers contemplating moving South.
It oofi;ht to be in every Southern family, for
it is "of the Sooth, by tbe South and for the
South.'
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS :
Chas W. Dabney, Jr , Ph. D., LL D.
Ex-United States Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, Ex-Director United States Ag
ricultural Experiment Station io North Caro
lina, President University of Tennessee and
President cf United States Agricultural Ex
periment Station in Tennessee.
J. B. Killebrew, A. M., Ph. D.
Ex-Commissioner of Agriculture for Ten
nessee, author of "Cnlture and Curie g 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 the
Southern Farm Magazine is $1 a year, but
we offer it and tte Watchman and Southron
together one year for $2. Oct 19.
STANDARD BRED STALLION
Modoc,
Will Stand the Season in Sumter
-AT
Boyle's Stables.
Chestnut Stallion, foaled May
1892 ; bred by Maj. Campbell
Brown, Ewell Stock Farm,
Tennessee.
"MODOC," sired by McEween, 2.18$; first
dam Lady Radawa; registered in Vol.12.
American Stud Book. He is one of 'hefinest
bred stallions in the State: bred for size,
style, beauty and speed. He is of kind and
gentle disposition. A sure foal getter.
VHv BBHTOB WATCHMAN, Established April. 18S0. "Be Just and Fear not-Let al! the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE THEE SOUTHRON, Established Jone. I3fc6
Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER. S. G., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22.1899.
New Series-Yoi. XVIII. No. 34