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C je lEaitjnnajt w Bm hen. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1899. The Sumter Watchman was oundea in 185 and the 2V e Southron in 1866. ? The Fate *7ia7i and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in S sm ter. The savagery that bas beea practiced ia Georgia within tho past week is a disgrace to that State, to the country at large and gives the lie to the boasted civilisation and Chrisdan it y of Ameri ca. The wild, savage indian of the Americas continent horned his enemy at the stake and tortured his captives with fiendish cruelty that horrified . civilized Europe. Bat the Indian was a Baked savage and an alien to the teachings of Christianity, he made DO pr tentions to law, order, civilisation and the virtues that differentiate the savage fram the civilized man. Yet ibo mest ferocious Indian that ever burst a captive at (the stake or cruelly tortured a helpless victim, was never guilty of a greater o:r more bloody exhibition of savagery than the people of Palmet to, Georgia, were on Sunday and Mon day. The enormity of the crime of * Sam Hose does not excuse the people who mutilated his body and tortured him to death with a fiendish brutality that sickens. Sam Hose's crime was an vidence of individual depravity and brutality, for which be was amen able to the law, and for which he would have been punished by the law ; bot the eondaot of the mob shows that thc whole community had lost reason, respect for law and deceooy and bad reverted to primative savagery. The act of the mob wai not only an offense against the law of a state and a crime, but it was a blot upon civiliza tion, for law was trampled under foot, when the law was oo the side of the people who composed the mob. THE BAILED AD MUDDLE. As has been remarked many times by other people under other and, per usps, less puzzling and embarrassing conditions, "a condition, not a theory confronts as. What are we going to do about it?" Some months ago the City Council granted to the Sumter & WatereeH. R the right to use twenty feet on the south side of Dingle Street for the pur pose of laying tracks, aod it was also f agreed that the city would grant to the Summer Wateree R. R. the right to cross Main street aod Maonieg avenue. Some days ago the City Council granted a right of way to the North western R R. through Dingle Street and across Main Street, the conditions being attached that this grant should io so wisc encroach upon any existing rights of way previously granted to the Sumter & Wateree, that the road should be completed to Camden within one year and that ample and sufficient room should be ieft for the use of the streets by pedestrians and vehicles. No notice was given to the citizens of Sumter hst council contemplated granting this right of way It was all dane witbio two days, the petition of the Northwestern beis^ presented One day aod the grant mads the next. The South Carolina & Georgia R. R. authorities, the owners of the Sumter & Watsree. tbe people most directly interested next to tbs people of Sumter, had no notice aod were cot given op portunity to be beard in reference to the grant nor did they have the priv ile^e of protesting, if they so desired, again*!; acotber road closing a right cf way previously granted to them. The matter wa? rnsbed through with teed ess hsste, and we fear without a full and thorough investigation acd a thor oogh consideration of the eenditioos that would arise as a result of the grant. Th*t council believed that it was acting for the best interests of tbs city and that all parties io interese were fully protected in their rights co one for a mcoect qnestioos. Bat that thc granting of the right of way was BO: wise, that it did oot subserve the interests of the city, thi! it is an in fringement and an encroachment upon the rights heretofore granted to the Sumter & Wateree R. R , that it has practically closed Dingle Street to ve hicles and damages property owners cn that street, especially the Sumter & vWateree R. R. Company which had upended $10,000 for terminals, to Sich it bad free and uninterrupted \s, at the time of parchase, through le, Seater and Washington \ so one who who has iospected Dingle Street since the Northw tra ok was laid can deo j. The North western track doei eroacb upoi the right of way here granted tbe Sumter & Wateree J This has boen disputed, bot the < ; cannot be made good io the face c ; facts. The Samter & Wateree j granted twenty feet on the soath j of Dingle street and guaranteed, t j minutes of oouocil will show, the i to cross Maia Street aod Maoniog ooe. The Northwestern track ci i Maia Street at the exact point an j only point that the Sumter & Wa ' ooold cross it. The Sumter & Wa R. R. has the undisputed right u twenty feet oo the sooth side of D Street. The track of the North we; K. R. is so laid that the rai! oe sooth side of the track comes with; iocb of the twenty foot Hoe ; tber the ends of tbe cross-ties of the N western are oo the right of way o Samter & Wateree. Io layiog the t tba Northwestern has made o o al anoe for the overhang of the oar passenger coach is more tbao tea fei width-aod coe se qa en tly if the t remains where it is, it will be possible for the Somter & Wateree make ase of its right of way op to twenty foot line, even thoagh allow* was made for the overhang of the aod the projection of the cross ties laying the track. Io laying par tracks of railroad the regulations, ret ni zed by all railroad men, preses that there shall be a clearance of tl feet between tracks, in order that, w necessary a mao may pass io sal betweeo cars standing or moving these parallel tracks. No such oleara was left in laying the Northwest track throogh Diogie Street. It \ stated before . jancil tLat the rail of Northwestern R. R. was laid within inch of the right of way cf the Sam & Wateree. If tbe City Council requires 1 Northwestern Railroad to move t track in Dingle Street, so tbat thc shall be no encroachment apon t twenty foot right of wsy of t Sumter & Wateree Railroad and leave also tbe clearance between t tracks essential to the safety of traf on tbe two parallel tracke, the tre will be entirely closed to vehicle for acto al measurement shows tb the track of the Northwestern Ra road must be moved five and on half feet toward the north side of tl street . from its present locatioi When this bas been done there wi not remain "ample and eefficier. room for the free use of th street by pedestrians and v< hieles/' and this was one c the conditions attached to th grant to the Northwestern Railroac In figures the condition of the stree will be about as follows : 20 feet o sooth side of steet for the Sun ter & Wateree right of way, 1 feet for right of way for Northwest ern Railroad (this being necessary as pasenger car is a fraction more thai 10 feet in width) 3 feet for clearanci between tracks, total, 33 feet oi south side of street occupied by th two railroads ; on north side of street the sidewalk occupies 10 feet ; lh< street is fifty feet wide, consequently there ia left about 7 feet for the fre use of vehicles. Now for vehicles to reach this seven foot wagoe road from Main street it will be necessary for them to cross the Northwestern track where il crosses Main 6treet, turn in the Atlantic Coast Line yard and recrose the track cf the Northwestern,as weil as crossing the right of way of the Sumter & Wateree, because there ie not room between the Northwestern track and the corner for the passage of vehicles, unless the trees are re moved and vehicles given the right j to pass across the sidewalk Granting, for the sake of argument, that the City Council had the right to give the Northwestern a right of way across Main Street at same point that it had previously granted a crossing to the sumter & Wateree and that it was for the beet interests of the city to grant another right of way through Dingle Street extension, which was to be opened under an agreement with the Sumter & Wateree principally for the convenience of that road, that road now holding the title to the land through which the extension runs, was it wise tc do so ? We think not, espe cially because the building of the Northwestern track through Dingle Street and Dingle Street extension shots io the terminals of the Sumter & Wateree and places that road in an oofavorable and inconvenient posi tioa for the transaction of the business contemplated when the property was purchase i for the use of that road. Another condition that confronts the City CoQiicil as a direct result of grant ing a right of way through Diogle street to the Northwestern is the liability of the city for damages to property owners whose right in the 6treet have been curtailed and their property rendered less accessible from the street A similar case was recently decided by the Supreme Court, where it was held that the town of Gaffney was liable for all damages to property, because it was not specified io the grant thal, the railroad receiving the grant should assume liability for ali damage sustained by abutting prop erty owners. Much more could be said in refer ence to this matter, but we believe the people of Sumter have a clear understanding of the conditions, and lengthy discussions do little good. The.question of the greatest moment is, What relief bas the city ? From the information which we have before us, we believe that the track of the Northwestern Railroad encroaches upon the right ot way previously granted the Sumter & Wateree; that ample and sufficient room has net been left for the free use of the street by pedestrians and vehicles, and that the terms of the grant not having been complied with, the grant is vitiated and of no effect If the Northwestern Railroad is required to remove its track from Dingle Street a d Dingle Street ex tension the damage to that road will not be serious, merely the cost of laying the track, and there are sev eral routes open to that road for leaving the city If the track is permitted to remain, the Sumter & Wateree will be permanently dam aged, and there is no remedy for the injury to the terminals , of that road, nor is there any relief for the prop erty owners abutting on Dingle street who will be seriously damaged by the practical closing of the street by railroad tracks We know that Council now real izes foll well the importance and serious nature of the situation with which it has to deal, and we know that it wil give it full and conscien tious consideration, and, furthermore, we know that the property owners and citizerjs of Sumter believe that the Connel- will exercise ite utmost power to do what is just and right to ali parties interested and what is best for the city. TIME TO ENTER PROTEST It is reported, we hope without foundation in fact, thal the United States government will put a negro in charge cf the National Cemetery at this place That would never do In proper hands the cemetery is and would be a very attractive park. It will be very different under other circum stances. The Times will investigate the rumor. We hope it is unfounded, but it would be weil for the citizens of Ftorpnce to take the matter up and enter their protest One thing that lends color to the report is the per sistency with which the present administration has tried to push the negro on tie people of the South Mr. McKinley and his advisers ought to have had enough of it by now, but as long as the appointments are giveu the lives of two or three negros more or ies8 do not affect them -Florence Times. Wm. J. Bryan has written a letter to the Fresno Democrat giving his views on imperialism Ile says in part : "I think it can be shown from a pecuniary standpoint that it wili cost us more to conquer the Filipinos and keep ttern in subjection than we shall be able to make out of the enterprise, and that money which does return from the Philippines will not find ite way to the pockets of those who uupply sons for the army and whose taxation furnishes sinews of war. B ut there is a higher view to take of it than the money view. The piinciple of the conquest is wrong Our nation has steadily contended against it, and it is impos sibie to calculate the far-reaching effect upon our people of a doctrine that would substitute force for reason in the declaration of the nation's policy. Those who oppose imperial ism plead not for the Filipinos ; but for the American people. Our nation is strong enough to do harm ; but it ought to be too great to do wrong I feel confident that the sober second thought of the American people will sustain those who believe that the Filipinos should be treated like the Cubans, namely, given their inde pendence and protected from outside interference.'*' A number of counterfeit hilf dol lar coins ara in circulation in tho city. Th$y arc very good imitations and easily pass acles9 a C!OSJ impaction is made Tho metal is soft, yielding easily to pressure of thc fioger nails. Colum bia LU cord. BLACK HIVJER UNION. The noxt session of the Black Riv r Uoion i wi!! be held with Grab: m Baptist church, j Sumter Couaty, S. C., April 28-30 PROGRAM. Friday, 8 p. ra -Sermon by C. C. Brown ; subject, Brotherly Love. Saturday, 10-10.30 a. m.-Devotional ex ercises coaducted by J. O Gough. . 1030-12 - Discussion for the best method of conducting a Sunday school James E. Tindal, A. L. Cnttino. 12 m. Serraoo by C. C Brown. 8 p. m. Sermon by M. A. Concers. Snoday, 10 21 a m -Sunday school mr.sp meetinc, speakers M. A. Connors, D. J Bradham, A. L. Cuttino. ll a. m -Sern:on by J. O v jgh ; subject State Missions. Collection for State missions to follow. G T. Gresham, For Committee. CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheuma tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts. Sold by Hogbson-Ligoo Co. Program of Sumter Union. The Samter Union of the Santee Associa tion will meet with Antiocb Baptish church on Friday before the fifth Sunday in April, and proceed as follows : Friday Night -7 30. Devotional exer cises, conducted by W. R. Pennington. In troductory sermon by R97 A. T. Jamison. Saturday.-10 a m. Devotional exerceses, conducted by A. C. Watts. First Query : What 9bonld be our atti tude to our Denominational Educational Institutions 1 Opened by McDonald Davis ; alternate, J. E. DuPre. " Saturday Night -7 50 Devotional exer ciee83 conducted by Rev. J. W. Smith. Second Query : What should be the attitude of oce minister cf the gospel toward another? Opened by Bro J. W. Davis. Sunday.-8 a. m. Sunday school mass meeting. llb. m. Missionary sermon by Rev. J. R. Smith ; alternate, Rev. W. D." Entzmin ger. Amendments, That Rev J W. Kensey ad dress the Unioo cn the Theological Seminory. Jas. Davie, Jr., Sec. cd Treas. The Next Chan y Play. Rehearsals are taking place daily for this play, which is to he presented on May 3d by home talent. Under the directorship cf Miss Coburn, of Savannah, tbe members of the ?*8t are fast coming ioto the desired form for the final production. All during tbe play, dances and drills by young ladies and chil dren will be produced. At tbs play Mr. R. X. Wilder will settle the question of a man being in tbe moon, and whether or not that globe is made of green cheese. Arrest disease by the timely use of Tutt's Liver Pills, an old and favorite remedy of increasing popularity. Always cures SICK HEADACHE, sour stomach, malaria , indiges tion, torpid liver, constipation and all bilious diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS Notice of Eepstratii. Tbe State of South Carolina-Sumter Coun ty-Office of Supervisors of Registration, Samter County, Sumter, S. C., February 1st, 1899. Notice is hereby given that in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly, and in conformity with the requirements of the State Constitution, the books for the registration of all legally qualified voters, aad for the issuing of transfers, etc,, will oe open at the office of Supervisors of Registration in the court house, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m . and 3 o'clock p. m., 00 the first Mon day of each mooth, ootil thirty days before the next general election. Minors who shall become of age during that pcr.od of thirty days shall be entitled to registration before the books ere closed, if otherwise qualified, 'be requirements for a qualified voter are that the applicant for registration eball be ibie to read and write correctly, or possess in bis own name property to tbe am&uot of tnree boodred dollars, upon which he pays taxes. E. F BURROWS, T. D. DrjBOSE, J. M. KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. M cb ; I RELIEF CARSE, j E t^^0k Mks* r c" colyek| ? U^i)^^- *Salubrity, Ga,, Aug. j? <j| llyf^ftg^ 8th, 1S98, writes: Ben- & ..r edicta has certainly fe { ^^^^^^^^ a ^^nS t0 ^> v ^^BgffBp* missed lour months^ Two bottles of BenS * edicta have entirely restored her health. jj The monthly periods have returned J T"|and are now painless and regular, ir 4 Do 3'ou suffer from Painful, Irregular^ 3(j or Suppressed Menstruation ? Benedicta j jj has cured many suffering women and k Q -will care you In the privacy or yourff 4g home, without the necessity cr physl- 1 k clan's ex- k 5^ laminations f*t|EMJ0M fi q its marvel- ; | fe t JJjii |/| ? Mons action &| f%9^ ." fe * on the dis- mS c M ANTRS I itlnctlyfem- i^^^Jf J Jlnlne or- WW OR ^rtMAlt & ^ thens them so that the monthly periods fe jj may >e regular and painless. ITeadache, 5 ^Dizziness, Nervousness, that dragging r M sensation and those terrille pains in fe y the back, hips and abdomen quickly ^ % disappear. ? a Sold by all Druggists or sont post-paid for A box o "Monthly" Regulating Pills to JJ 3 uso in connection, is with each bottle jj LADIES BLUE BOOK sent free to any ad- k ^ dress. A sample box of "Monthly" Reg- W jj ulatlng Pills sent for 10c. In stamps. Ti Address. Woman's Department, New? ja Spencer Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn, fe " Mention this poper. ~ Sold by H ghsoo-Ligon Co. We can't live on air, so we are trying to sell We have recently contracted for quite a line of COLUMBIAS-the neatest and prettiest finished job that we have ever handled. An inspection will convince you. New Buggies from $25.00 up. Also a full line of other vehicles. Come and see them. Money talks. H. BARBY. 4-POUND CATALOGUE FREE 8 THIS 8!G CATALOGUE C0STA1KS i 120 PAGES is 9x12x2 inT i nze, contains over 100,000 quotations, 10,000 illustrations, the largest, most complete and lowest priced catalogue ever published. N MES THE LOWEST WHOLESALE CHICAGO PRICES ON EVERYTHING,' mclading everything in Uroeenes, Ur-?*, Dry fciccds, Notions, Clothing, Cloaks, Dresses, Boot and Shoes. Hatch-??, Jewelry, Booka, Hardware, Store , Agricultural Implements, Farnitare, Harness, Saddles, Baggies, Sewing Machines, Crockery, Organs, Fiasen, Siulcal Instruments, Faraishinffiood , Cans, BmhrcN, FUl>!nRTackle. Bicycles, Photographic Good, et . Tells j ust waat your storekeeper at home must pay for everything- He buys and will prevent him from overcharging you on anytniugyou buy: explains just how to order, how much the freight, tiprea or mall will iSSSSS^SS^SF^SS' TH 8,0 Bcw C STS US .NEARLY SI, ..ne poi tage alone is 30 cents. OUR PREF Cut this advertisement out ; T. W* ^d sendtocswiii 15eenuin stamps to help pay the SO cents postage and the Big Book will be sent to you FREH by mail postpaid, and if you don't say it is worth 103 tuna the 15 cents you send, as a key to the lowest wholesale prices or everything, say so, and wewin Immediately return your 15 cents. WHAT THE PRESS SAYS ABOUT THIS CATA LO CUE: _"it is a monument of business information."-Minneapolis (limn.) Tribane. "A wonderful piece of work."-Washington National Tribune.' -?The catalogue is a wonder."-Manchester CS. H.) Onion. -/'Sears, Roebuck & Co. is ene of the largest houses of its kind in t^ZxT!TTrT^^^^^mmm^maa Chicago."-Chicago Inter Ocean. ?Boyo^s Monthly0 CbiS3 OD* flne3t *aopP >S mediums that could possibly be cent lato a district," ^eiT SS,l0* ? i3 a Ta*t department tore boiled dovm."-Atlanta Constitution, .i i c&r*1 i^t certainly a merchandise encyclopaedia."-Chicago Epwc rth Herald j w "Tr1 . PMsed compt-llingthe use of this catalogued all publicschocls."-The Hon. G. A. SouSitoua. * We eoQld quote thousands 1 similar extraet*. SE SD 15 C EX 73 AT OSCK and yon wUI receire the 4-lb. bock by retsmmal Wdress,SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.(Inc.),CHICAGO,ILL.. U.S. Ac With every cash pur chase (groceries except ed) we give yow a punch card When you have traded $5 we present you with a ticket good for lOO lbs of ice. OXFORDS AND LOW SHOES. We are now prepared to show you the pret tiest and most complete line of these goods ever shown in this city. We have them in black and tan, with and without Fancy Cloth and Plain Tops: with and without Patent Leather Facing. In two-button Low Shoes, Southern Ties and regular Oxfords. Heel and Spring Heel. Prices right. Men's Shoes. W. L. DOUGLAS has sent us a complete line of Drummers samples and allows us to sell them at 10 per cent, discount. Come early and get first choice. SUMTER WAREHOUSE For he Sale of Leal' Tobacco, SUMTER, S. C. HAVING LEASED the above warehouse tor a tena ot years, we will, about AUGUST FIRiriT, open our market. With thc advantages iSumtsr offers, and cur past experience, we fed assured co market ia South C.*troliaa caa tffer better ioducsRieDts i than Sumter. j We will bare a full corps of buyers with orders for all grades of tobacco, aod the high ejt raarket prices gu'>rt>nietd ou every pile. Cur mono wiii be "Fair Dealiugs and Good Pries For You." We are, Yours to serve, GOOK & ADAMS, April 26-3a j THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. j City and Oounty Depositary i_ Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders ia excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a g nerai banking business ; also I has a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of : $1 and upward rtceWed. Interest allowed at ! the rate ct 4 j:er ct t. per annum, payable j semi-anoual!v. W. F.'B. HAYNSWORTH, President, j MARION MOISK, W. F. RHAME, Vice-Frikident. Cashier, j Jan 13.