The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 24, 1899, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, MAST 24,18 9.
The Sumter Watchman was tonndea
ia 1850 and the True Soidhron in 1866
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combioeu circulation and influence
ef both of the old papers, and is mani
festly the best advertising tn ed i a m in
Samter.
Gen. Hampton's letter to the peo
ple of Sooth Carolina is character
istic of the man and in keeping with
his whole public life. He has given
always tc the State his time, means
sod service, having * accepted office
ia war time and ra peace only that he
might serve the State and bis fellow
citizens Having given thus freely
in bia days of prosperity and vigor,
sow that the people whom he served
and who accepted his gifts, wish to
build for him a home for his o d age,
he should sot decline to receive this
testimonial of esteem and gratitude.j
China is beginning to object to the
division of ber territory by the Euro
pean powers, but the objection comes
too late to be of avail, as the dis*
memberment is well advanced and
the land-grabbers will not forego the
advantages already gained.
President Kroger is a hard man to
handle, and the British find it no
easy matter to sieze the Transvaal
which they ardently desire for its
rich gold mines in which British
pi tal is largely invested.
The northern papers are making
fools of themselves over the unfor
tunate accident by which Gen.
Wheeler was left out of the Reunion
parade. Seme of the irreconcilable
south haters go so far as to assert that
Gen. Wheeler was deliberately and
intentionally slighted because he ac
cepted a commission in the United
States army and served in Coba.
The charge is preposterous, for
southern people, and Charleston peo
pie especially, never insult an invited
guest, no matter bow they like his
political or other* affiliation. In the
case of Gen. Wheeler there was no
reason for any one to desire to slight
him, for be is esteemed and honored
in the south, and this feeling is of no
recent growth
Superintendent of Education Mc
^Mabsn is doing good and' lasting
work for the improvement of the
schools of the State by establishing
sommer schools for the teachers. The
teachers' institutes that have been
held heretofore have been of benefit,
bat the sessions havejbeen too short
and tbe courses of instruction too
general in scope to give the best
practical results
Prof Dreher'a article on tho sub
ject of lynching meets with our
hearty endorsement, and we hope it
will bc carefully and thoughtfully
read by every reader of this paper.
Prof. Dreher elaborates the identical
arguments that we have, on more
tba one occasion, advanced against
the growing evil of mob violence,
and makes out so strong and clear a
case against lynch law that no one
can contradict or refute a single
statement, nor prove untenable any
of bis conclusions
The dispensary system is not the
mine of wealth its advocates have
claimed it would be as soon as it was
well established. *.nd the most recent
statement of the financial condition
of the State monopoly indicates that
the school fond will not receive any
considerable additions from (be
pron:s on liquor
Speaking of the dispensary recalls
to mind the most recent disclosures
concerning the gathering in olum
bia of droves of tin boin politicians
every lime the Board of Control
meets to purchase liquors These
politicians have a twofold purpose
in Socking to Columbia, neither of
which is creditable : Some of them
are secret agents for liquor houses,
and they are hired to accomplish,
through the political pulls they are
supposed to have, what the regular
drummers are unable to do. in the
way of securing big orders ; others
are attracted by the free samples of
whiskey dod other liquors that are
given away daring the board meet
ing, and they go to Columbia to have
a high old time at the expense of the
hi'skey drummers and to lay in a
month's supply of samples. The
supposed influence of these tin-horn
politicians makes them welcome and
the whiskey men use them for what
they are worth In a few words,
the politicians who regularly gather
in Columbia when the Board of Con
trol meets constitute a quasi whiskey
lobby, receiving pay either in money
or sample whiskey for the influence
they are able to exert on the mem
bers of the board It's a fine busi
ness, surely, in which the State is en
gaged I
Columbia is to have the largest
cotton mill in the South within the
year A obarter for a million and a
half dollar mill has been applied for
and the men interested have all the
financial backing required to build the
mill in the shortest time possible.
This is progress of a substantial sort
and we wish there was more of it in
the State.
With the Atlantic Coast Line and
the Southam Eailway operating roads
entering this city we oan expect first
olass railway services and the best
facilities the South affords, but we
need never look for a rate war or
railroad fights. The Southern and the
Atlantic Coast Line do not fight each
other, but make a rate agreement and
stick to it. Sumter will be a
competing point abd will eojoy the
benefits of competing freight rates, but
there is no hope for out rates.
A few weeks ago Larry Gantt
unloaded The Piedmont Headlight OD
Mr. W. M. Jones and signed an
agreement not to engage io newspaper
work in Spartanburg County, but
reserved the right to "write for
papers." Now his former partner, a
Mr. T backs ton, begins the publication
of a new paper in Spartanburg, for
which Larry writes from six to eight
columns a week. Mr Jones fell into
a confidence game and Larry lives up
to the recommendation given bim by J.
L. M. Irby.
Wade Hampton to the Peo
ple.
To the People of the State :
My duties during the past week at
the reunion in Charleston left me no
opportunity of expressing to my friends
my grateful sense of the spontaneous
and almost universal sympathy shown
by them for the loss I have recently
sustained by fire. Lst me now assure
them that I am profoundly touched by
their manifestation of kindness and by
the proposal to rebuild my home.
But they must pardon me for asking
them to abandon this intended aot of
kindness, thought the motives which
prompt it are fully and gratefully
appreciated. I cannot accept from my
friends a testimonial of regard as they
propose, but the affection shown by
them in wisbiog to reimburse me for
my loss can never be forgotten, for it
is prised by me higher than any gift
from them could ever be.
It is the duty of every citisec to
serve bis State whenever called upon to
do so, and bis s >!e reward should be
the consciousness of having fulfilled
that obligation. If my fellow citizens
think that I have ever been able to
serve my State in any manner, only
discharged my duty in doing so, and I
am amply compensated for any service
rendered by their verdict of "Well
done, good and faithful servant
I am, with heartfelt thanks for the
great kindness shown me.
Your fellow eitiieo,
Wade Hampton.
LET BUTLER LEAD.
Kellogg Building,
Washington, D. C ,
May, 18. 1899.
To the editor of the State :
I see by The State received this
morning that Gen Hampton declines
the public subscription to rebuild bis
bouse.
This is very creditable to him, and
what might have been expected, but
I trust the project will not be aban
doned The matter ought to be put
in the hands of a committee with
authority to ask for bids to rebuild
the house, meau time collecting the
money to pay for it. I am puke sure
every patriotic man and woman in
the State would be glad to help in a
movement so eminently proper and
praiseworthy.
I am ready to act in any capacity
where it is thought 1 can be of ser
vice, and to make my contribution.
M C. Butler.
We agree fully with Gen Butler
The movement ought not to be aban
doned, but rather a committee should
be chosen to direct it. We take the
liberty of nominating Gen Butler as
chairman of that committee As
Hampton's former lieutenant in war,
colIe8gue in the senate, and a friend
always, he is eminently qualified to
lead. What say the people ?-The
State.
Jj CUBAN OIL cures Cuts,
*^ Burns, Bruises, Rheuma
tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts.
Sold by Haghson-Ligoo Co.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
Columbia, May 26 -Stace Suprio
tendent of Education McMahas is hard
at work on the schedule and ccurss for
the summer school, already annouoced.
Today he gave out the following
courses decided upon at Winthrop :
The following courses will be offered
in English by Prof Snyder four weeks :
1. Anglo Saxon ; six hours a week.
In spite of the many ohanges it has
undergone modern Engiish is essential
j ly Saxon as to its basis and any proper
historical study of the language mu3t
begin with a study of the sources as
they are found in Anglo-Saxon, or old
English. The purpose, therefore, of
the course offered io Anglo-Saxon will
be to give the student a reading ac
quaintance with characteristic speci
mens of old Eoglish prose and poetry,
and such a knowledge of old Eoglish
grammatical forms, phonology and
vocabulary as will enable him to under
stand its relation to modern English, j
And this-the relation of old English
to modern English-will always be the
point of view of the coarse.
The text book used will be Smith's
Old English Grammar, (Ailyn &
Biooo.) This ooaree will be especially
helpful to two classes of persons : to
teaehors who wish to get a proper
scientific basis for the study of English,
and to those students who expect to
take a university coarse in Eoglish
philology.
II-ENGLISH LITERATURE.
I. Yiotoriao poetry; six hours a
week. In this coarse it is thought best
t\ make a definite and comparatively
thorough study of a representative
writer. In many respects the Yiotoriao
era is the most significant era in the
history of Eoglish literature, . and
Tennyson the most significant product
of the Victorian era. The course,
therefore, will be given mainly to the
study of the poetry of Tennyson, its
contents, its art forms and its literary
and thought relationships. Readings
from Browning, Arnold and Rosetti
will be assigned, and there will be
lectores, investigations of oertain topics
and discussions of the more important
currents in the literature of this era
Text books used will be Tennyson's
complete works in one vol me;
(Macmillan & Co.;) Ward's "English
Poets," Vol IV, (Macmillan & Co ;)
and Walker' "Age of Tennyson,"
(Bell & Sons.)
2. Teaching literature in the schools.
Conferences oo the teaching of litera
tare will be held with those who take
the two English conrees. Thc aim will
be to make these conferences as
practical as possible. There will be
full aod free discussions of what books
to use, how to use them and what
results to expect. These conferences
will be held once or twice a week.
Dr. Joyces will be engaged in the
summer school for two weeks His
icurse io Eoglish will be :
I.-CHARACTERISTICS OF ENG
LISH LANGUAGE.
A coarse of twelve lectures, deeigo
sd to illustrate the special characteris
tics of tbs Eoglish laoguage as a guide
in the teaching of Eoglish. These
jharacteristics, based upon the history
ind development of Eoglish, will be
exhibited tn the different parts of
speeoh, with reference especially to the
iisticotion between analytic and syn
:hetic language, and to the peculiarities
)f English grammar. So far as time
nay allow, the same view will be ex
:ended to the Eoglish vocabulary,
with reference to the origin and relation
)f its constituent elements, as illustra
ting the spacial importance of diction,
sr the choice of words, io English style.
H.-ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
As supplementary to the foregoing a
i course of twelve lessons will be given
OD the teaching of English grammar,
13 based upon the characteristics of the
English laoguage. The special topics
considered will be : the semence, the
parts of speech, tbs analysis of sen
tences and the parsing of words. This
course, intended especially for teachers
of Engiish io common schools, will be
kept within elementary limits, and will
be conducted mainly by-actual ques
tions, recitation and criticism.
Dr. Woodward will give three leo
tares upon "Shakespeare and the
English Drama : 1. The Preparation
for Shakespeare. 2 What Shake
speare did for Eoglish Drama, 3.
What Shakespeare did for Eoglish Life
and Letters.
ANY PERSON
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health should not fail to send for a valuable and
new 64-page Booklet which will be sent FREE
for a Bhort time to those who mention this paper.
This book is published by the celebrated physi
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Dolls, ladies, misses and babies.
One Year's Respite.
The ordinary citizen of South Car
olina who happens not to own personal
or real property subject to an excution
covering the amount of his poll tax is
in luck this year. Attorney General
Bellinger, in looking over the acts
yesterday, noted that the new act pro
viding for the punishment of delinquent
poll taxpayers does not become effective
until Jao. I, 1900. This therefore,
leaves no means whatever for the
enforcement of the collection of the
poll tax or puni hment cf the delin
quents of the kind indicated above.
Of course where a man has property
the execution may issue and thus be
will be forced to pay ap.
Fertilizer Trust.
BoetOQ, May 22-The American
Agricultural Chemical Corrpacy, which
is the corubioa ioD of seveial fertilizer
coocercs, announced the consummation
of its piacs today. Tho authorized
issue of capital stock of thc company is
$40,000,000, divided into$20,000,000
6 per cent, cumulative preferred aod
$20,000,000 common stock The
present issue will bs limited to
$34,000,000, divided into 170,000
$100 shares of preferred and the same
amount of oommoa leaving $6,000,000
in the treasury.
The new company includes twenty
two concerna in the Northern and
Eastern States, which are so located at
distributing centres as to enable them
to market their produots at a minimum
cost.
To those living
in malarial districts Tutts Pills
are indispensible, they keep the
system in perfect order and are
an absolute cure
for sick headache, indigestions
malaria, torpid liver, constipa
tion and all bilious diseases.
Tutt's Liver Pills
Derelict Estate of Jos T. An
drews, Deceased
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of
Sumter County oo June 21, 1899, for
a FiDal Discharge as Administrator of afore
said Estate. SHEPARD NASH,
Maj 24-it_C. C. C. P. & G. S.
Derelict Estate of W. Smith An
drews, Deceased
1WILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of
Sumter CouDtj, oo Jase 24, 1899, for a
Final Discbarge, 83 Administrator of afore
said Estate. SHEPARD NASH,
May 24-4 * C C. C. P. & G. S.
FIRST RATIONAL BANK OF
S KTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE
POSITORY, SUMTES. S. C.
Paid np Capital.$ 75,0Cf* CO
Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock
holders in excess of their
stock. 75,000 00
Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00
Transacts a General Banking Bosioess.
Special attention given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. In
terest allowed at the rate ot' 4 per cent, per
annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed
ing $300, payable quarterly, on first days o
January, April, July and October.
R M. WALLACE,
L.S.CARSON, President.
Cashier.
Everything in
DRUGS,
Soda Water,
AND
Cigars,
-AT
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Successors to J. S. Hughson & Co.
MONAGHANtBLOCK
SUMTER, S. C.
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Prepare io pend it now
The following items of interest to all desir
ing new seasonable merchandise.
Words don't amount to much, prices are the
thing-so here goes.
^ Hosiery.
20 dcz black sod tao Bose, piain and
dwarf stitch 13o, 2 fer 25c- elegant
value.
20 dozen ladies black and tao hose
plaio aod drop stitch 22c-best ralae
ever sold for the mooey
25 dozen ladies black Hose, balaoce of
several lines ome as high as 65c,
oooe cheaper than 40c-all at 33o
nfaofs BOX, sizes 4 to 5J, wbite<blaek
aod tao-17c, 3 for 50o
Ali other qualities of oor infants acd
children's Hose, reduced for this sale
Handkerchiefs
Are sorely needed these hot days. You
can sopply yourself from our stock
and it won't cost much either.
20 dcz embroidered aDd lace edge bdkf e at 5c
15 dcz white hemstitched handkerchiefs, a
good one for The price-3 for 25c
2Dc white linen Handkerchiefs, 3 for 50c
25c " " 11 3 for 65c
35c " " " 3 for 90c
See oar embroidered Handkerchiefs at 9, 13,
18. 22, 29 and 34c.
INFANTS WHITE LAWN AND LACE
CAPS-AT COST.
Children's white acd tan duck hats at 22c.
Balance of our 40c dack bats at 29c
SPECIALS IN
Striped and White
Plaid Lawns.
Percals. Etc.
AU of oar best Percale, light od dark colors,
never sold for lets than 12jc- now 10c
Balance of oar 8 and 10c Per ais all at 7c
Small lot of fancy Lawas aod Dimity, 10c
aod 12 c qaalitj to close them ont 9c
15 pieces colored Lawes, &!. good patterns
at 4c
The balance of onr fancy Docks aod Piques,
lCc and 12 c qaalitisa at 9c
Not much of oar 15c Cordelie left, you caa
hare the balance at lie
Four specials in Table
Damask.
3 lots stripes and plaid at 7c, 8|c, li$z-all
new desirable goods-prices cat for this
sale only.
1 piece 34-io white Pique Ile
See oar specials io white Piques at ll, 19,
23 27 and33c
1 piece 64-in bleached, ail linen at 44c
1 piece C8- D bleached, all linen at 69c
1 piece CO-in bleached, all linen at 52c
1 piece 72-in bleached, ail linen at 89c
All ocr oiber Damasks reduced fer this sale.
Specials in Towels.
20 dczen all linen buck Tcwe:s 1S x 46
inches, grand value at 17c
A small lot only cf Turkish Towels 22 x 48
inches-while the last, 21c
10 dozen all linen Damask Towels 22 x 45
elegantly fringed 25c, no more at this price
after these are sold.
3 Soap Drives.
Ask to see ocr Eighth Wonder Soap, a fina
tar soap, for this sale 4c cake
100 boxes Buttermilk Soap, 3 cakes to box,
9c box.
75 boxes splendid Toilet Soap, 3 cakes to
tox, 14c box
Mattings
AT WAY BELOW VALUE PRICES.
3 pieces fancy Matting at 12 c
5 pieces fancy Matting at 16ic
5 pieces fancy Matting at 2Ic
3 pieces fancy M utting at . 25c
Remnants of Matting less than cost.
BELTS.
All styles and sizes from 26-in. to 44-in
from 15c to 1.00
-ranging in price
J. R
Hammock* !
Hammocks, Hammocks,
Hammocks
WE HAVE A LOT OF SAMPLE HAM
MOCKS
That we are offering at prices that cannot
be duplicated from regular stock.
These Hammocks are first quality and big values. When this
lot is sold no more can be had at same price.
The Hammocks season is at hand and every house needs one
or more to render it comfortable. If you need one let us
upply your wants.
Spalding and Reach
Official League Balls,
$1.25
Fully guaranteed. If ballTproves de
fective return it and receive another
$1 25 ball or your money back.
Spalding and Reach
Balk. $1.00 Down.
Catchers9 Mitts, Basemen
Mitts, Fielder's Gloves,
From the best professional $7.50 Mitt
down to Boy's 25c Mitt.
Liberty Street.