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SEABOARD AIR LINE AND ITS EXTENSIONS. The Profiles of the Line From Cheraw to Camden Heady for the Contractors to Study. Coi. V . McBee, general saperia tendent of the Seaboard Air Lioe sys tem, arrived ia Colombia yesterday moroiog as expected aod will remaio here through today. Those who thought that Coi. McBee woald be abie ta famish considerable information as to the plans and intentions of bis sys tem io tbe matter bf the construction ef the proposed new linea were consid erably ctisappoisted, however, for wheo ask sd by a reporter for an interview on thia matter he courteously stated that ho waa sot ia a position to talk ; that there were others who alone could talk for thc system, bat they were elsewhere. He did give some information, however, as to the progress of the work that bas been going on for some time io the esters sien from Cheraw to the connec tion with the Florida Central aod Peninsular division of the system. He says that he has been ia the woods in person supervising the looation of the road aod engineering the survey. The earvoy bas been completed entirely from Cheraw to Camdon sod the pro files i&ave been prepared ready for the inspection of the contractors. The line has alto been ran to the Wateree river. Nothing has yet been done on ihr side of the Wateree. Workmen are now clearing the right of way from Choraw to Camden. Beyond this Col. McBee woald say nothing save that he was here at present in the interest of his system and that the connection of the two divisions of the Seaboard Air Line woald be made as soon as it oonid be done, the chief object of tbe mao .gemeot being to eave every foot possible on tbe distance through from the north to Tampa. From what cao be gathered on the oatside the BassUn engineer who has been locating the proposed line from Columbia to Angosta via Aiken aod. who expected to leave for the north yesterday bas been detained here for the time being, though bis corps of assistants bas been ordered elsewhere It is aleo understood that preparations are already being made for the awarding of the contract for the ^construction between Cheraw and Camden. It appears that bids will be advertised for sod the con traci awarded is very short order. \ There seems, to be considerable uncertainty as to what coarse tbe Seaboard will take from Camden ibis way. The Hoe from Cheraw to Ca oj den if a fraction over 52 miles. Two linea are talked of from Camden to the junction with the Florida Centra! and Peninsular. The one is to mn tc Swansea; the other to Colombia, it bei&g claimed that the latter will be about six miles longer theo the first. The question of getting io and ont of Colombia ts understood to preseot what the authorities of the road consider many difficulties more weighty than the difference ia the distance These difficulties are now being gi veo the moat painstaking attention and from all that caa be ascertained no final determination of the matter has yet been reached. To pass Colombia by when so near woald of coarse meso a greet loss io business to the Seaboard system The business interesta of the city abo are involved in sa ch a possibility will doubtless b* carefully considered in all its phases by the officials of tbe system sod hy the business men of Columbia before anything u done. THE SOUTHERN'S EXTENSION. Chief Engineer Weils of the Southern railway system yesterday morning weot down to Sumter for the parp se of loookiog ioto mattera connected with the Sumter and Wateree branch of the system recency secured. He returned to tba city est night and will remain in Colombia today. By tonight he expects so have received bids from the contractors on the Columbia Perry extension and will be laid before the management on Monday and it is expected that the contract wilt be awarded forthwith.-State, May 26 The planters in Hawaii realize that the contrae: system is at an end, and ere now trying tbe experiment of profit-oharing with the laborers So far the plan bas worked weil, and is believed to be the fioal solution of tbe labor question Tbe sogar industry is by all odds the most important, and to get eufioient laborers the planters bave lo effer liberal terms. They claim that profit-sharing is the fairest to all concerned, and that it wi'.i make the islands more prosperous than was possible under tbe coolie system. SWIFT JUSTICE. Athone, Ga., May 25.-Charles Col quitt. the negro who attempted to rav ish Eugenia Dooley, white, last Sunday eight at High Shoals, was tried today by Judge Russell at Watkins vi Ile. Colquitt entered a plea of guilty and ^ was sentenced to a term of 20 years in the peoiteotiary. This is the maxi mum penalty for unaccomplished at tempt at criminal assault upoo a woman ^jfffder the Georgia law. CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheuma- j tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts. j Sold bj Bagbion-Ligon Co. . & L Association Usury. Important Decision of the Courts. The rece&t decision cf the Supreme Court io the ease of the I o ter State Boiidlog and Lose Association Finlayson, from cois county, io favor of the defeodant, is another blow at the usurious charges and unfair advantages that these corporations try to take of those having transaction with them. AU manner of flattering indooements are held ont by the solicitors for business of these foreign associatioas, but the big earnings they promise to make do not materialize, and instead of furnishing mooey at a very low rate as proposed, they generally try to collect io tbe eoe 12 to 20 per ceci. The courts of the State have put them to flight of late, and aoy that attempt to victimize borrowers hereafter ia South Carolina will bave to depend opoo the ignorance of (hese they deal with, for certainly they cannot hope to have the courts assist them to evade the laws after the recent otteraoees of those ttibnoals Money at 6 per cent, and sometimes less, h offered, the literature is entioing, picturing big earnings, which are to be shared io by the borrowers, but "the associations usually come op wita all manner of excuses for failing to realize their calculations or expectations ; yet they want tbe borrower to "toe tbe mark." The Supreme Court bolds that this literature is a part of the oootraot, as much as the by-laws o the association, and rightly, too, for it is oo tbe representation that many borrow. IQ the Finlayson case they admitted their owo failure financially, and inability to fuiSii their part of the contract, yet wanted him to fulfill his, and they went even further, tried to colieot 30 per cent additional for losses the association had met with. The defendant offered to pay the principal and interest, aod, rather than submit to a lawsuit, one half the claim for losses. This they declined, claiming principal and interest, and on top of this 30 per cent additional, as stated, to make op the losses the association claimed to have sustained, which wodd have it very dear money to the borrower. The Supreme Court bolds that a borrower in a building and loan association is no longer a member, that it is not a oo partnership, and that he occupies only tbe place of a borrower jost as if be obtained bis money from a bank or ao individual and that wheo the principal and interest is paid the bond is met and the mortgage must be marked satisfied. Tbs ease referred to was heard by Judge Ernest Gary at Chesterfield aod Bonntttsviile last sommer, aod bas been since then bard fought by the attorneys on both sides, resulting io tbe recent decision sustaining Judge Gary. The defendant had repaid the principal, and part of the interest, aod was willing to pay tbe remainder of the interest,J and to avoid a lawsuit, one-half tba losses eiaimed. This liberal offer was reject ed, and the receivers of tba defunct ooneero insisted upon going into Court to ascertain how much was still doe, aod there was ootbiog left for tbe defendant but to 1st them go ahead, and as a result they have $1,000 less than they could have bad bot for the greed of the grasping concern. The decision of the Supreme Court relieves the property of the mortgage and wipes out tho alleged debt entirely. Consid erable interest has been taken in this and the Darlington oases of like nature, as so many property-holders io tho State are involved with these foreign associations.-Mews and Courier. The New York Herald seems not to approve the proposition to colon ize from one to ten thousand negroes on Long leland The Herald thinks they had better remain in the South, and it at last realizes that the negro has more to hope for in the South than anywhere else It says it has watched "with some degree of solici tude and a good deel of curiosity the movement on the part of the seven millions of colored people in this country to make for themselves a better environment, to increase their financial and educational opportu nities and to demand for themselves a chance to earn the respect of man kind." But the Herald thinks "this purpose must of necessity be accom plished in the south or not at all." The Beales are falling from the Herald's eyes -mm- - JUDGE BENET'S LEAVE. Judge Benet bas been granted by the governor a three months' leave of absence. He had the leave last year but vas unable to take advantage cf it. It is understood that he intends to make a trip to Europe in the period of bis vacation -The State, May 26 - o Ullin in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the ale of liquor ia a Government monop oly, there are now 5,000 places dispeo sitg ardent spirits, where formerly there were as many as 25,000 shops where liquor could be obtained. Some tims ago, owing to the greatly increased number of intoxicants, the Government summarily closed these shops and in their stead opened 5,000 places which are run by wemen. The liquor sold in these stores is served in smali flugoos. etch one of which 9 eealed and stamp ed by ibo State. No oce can obtain more bao coe drink at each tavern, and any one who shows the least sign of intoxication will not be served. . THE FUTURE I OF THE NEGRO. LYNCHING AS A PRE VENTATIVE FOR RAPE IS A FAILURE Raleigh, N. C , May 25 -A spe cial to the News and Observer from Greensboro, N C.. says : Col Julian S. Carr, in his address before the colored agricultural and mechanical college here, spoke at length upon the subject of lynchings. Col. Carr is very kindly disposed toward the negro. He said that the recent atrocious crimes in one of our southern states, and the barbarous death meted ont to the brute guilty of them, had broogbt ns face to face with conditions that threaten our very civilization Lynching as a preventative of rape had proved a horrible failure. And while no death was too terrible for tbe assailant of innocent woman, for the honor of tbe south, lynchings should be stamped ont and the law permitted to take its course. The pulpit and the press should join in the work to make it respected At the same time, U technicalities, delays and challenges that give criminals such an advan tage must be wiped out, so that men may know that the execution of a rapist will swifty and surely follow the capture Turning then from the responsibil ities of the white race to those of the black, Col. Carr said : '.The question of tbe future of the southern negro is ene that moat be deferred for settlement until we have restored safety and a feeling of secur ity to the humblest woman in the poorest cabin of the most thinly settled portion of the sooth The southern white man cannot restore that security. That is the mission of the leaders of the negro race. They must make a public sentiment so strong in their race that no brute can faii to be impressed aud deterred by it. Criminals must be made to un derstand that crime shuts the doors of respectable homes to the criminal Let bim be a pariah-an Iehmaelite an outcast to be received nowhere except by charity and opon proba tion " Complaints of Discrimina tion. Washington, May 25.-The inter state commerce commission began a hearing today in which the Hilton Lamber company of Wilmington. N. C., appetred as the complainant, in volving the Southern railroad, the Seaboard Air Line and other lines entering New Eogland. The complaint ts alleged discrimina tion io lumber rates from Wilmington to Boston and other northern points, where the preference is said to be given to Norfolk as a shipping point. Tbe bearing was continued and will last several days. The commission yesterday concluded the bearing in the case of the Wilming ton, N. C , Tariff Association against various western roads. Tbe complaint is of discriminating freights from Chicago and other western pciots in favor of Norfolk. The commission hasset July 10th for oral arguments. Successful Physicians, We honrtily recommend Dr. Hathaway & Co, pf 22 i S Broad St., Atlanta, Ga., aa being per fectly ret anle and remarkably successful in tho treat mont of chronic discasesof men and women. They ctiro when others fail. Our readers if in need of medical help should certainly write these eminent doctors and you will receive a free and expert opinion of your case by return mei' without cost. -- Call, see, and buy embo^ed or floral Crepe Paper. H. G. Osteen & Co. Bucker Sf Buliman Offer for sale the fol lowing-now is your chance to buy these goods cheap : Tobacco-ICO boxes-in 6, 10, 20 and 25 pound boxes at 3 C, worth 41c. We have a lot of Ice Cream Sait-will be sold cheap. 200 los be3t Gunpowder Tea at 45c-a fine article for making iced Tea. \mou jo p^oj TOO i osje ares sog .ISOO XV HAOaV 3HI JO TIV saippeo punod Q\ pu? saxoq jjaq ot-ooocqoj^ saxoq Q .Sozis OQ[ pun -a q SDBSO QC 'ajXjs p|o- gong qoioos loo^S Bll!W K 'H 89xo(l OZ 'souipjeg aeotjoray sosco QJ 'eaJ, spunod ooi 'epo ? saxoq 'QMBjg qsjiSug sasso QI 'jaog jseoy SOSBO o I 'jaag aiop sosco QI 'UOCQjBg 80SB0 QT 'deog ifjpune^ saxoq Ofjl of 2,8 z P aod qi \% asco jad *spoo3 pjBpucjs S88|0 JSJg '800 6UIOJ, g 0 80880 ~, OS9 zop jad 3 ]$ aseo jad 'epooS pjcpacjs ssejo jsjrj 'saojeraoj, g ONJ easeo q~, 00 ll z^P *Z% 39 o jed 'ajoQ ftfvg&oug sasso ox (richman mw .Southron SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS Consolidated Aug. % ISSI. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899. New Series-ToL XTIII. 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Melod a P.-cd<, 1 Setof 87 t'baralis ly Brilliant Celeste ^^^^^^^J^^^S^^^S^^lpB^^f^a R*"dS) j s-; 0f '_>4 KiehSelSowSaooth DlapatoaBccds, 1 S*t of | j .nm j L_^ ^^^S^^^^^^aM^ ' J^^f Till Af li? niiCPH acti0" insist of.the celebrated ; JOSCAS ^B^^BpM iTj^B.^B iflt U SL yUitil .WcIBeeds, which i-re only u-KSd 'slr P "W&IHtffN la the highest irrada instruments, ah;o fitted with M,^|E^Tj J$!*S Hi JP?-'" I ' ' ? ^rPa SSK^ gondConpleraand Yoi llomaao. also best Polee felts. l^lhnragT**^ *33 'Ug ""'r \ I '" % llWma etc., bellows of the best rubber cloth, S-ply bellows stoci -osa** f iw! if '.?'Jl :'i p.": : ' ; EnSEj Q and finest leather in valves. THE ACME QUEEN is BHfrP&T- ? \-"<~y'-> % '.? ";-IKSSBSIS finished with a 10x14 beveled plate French mirror, nickel L%wm WM ' F ..b&'J4 i . R: # !. WBR plated pedal f rame* and every modern improvement. HB JSKSttk Bflfisgg^^ :|-.| : ! :-' '~'I<S9R &M Fl'R.Msri FKEK a handsome crgun stool and the bert organ ra^^^l i ^^fil^^^i ' l?Mi:'*tl CU AR A WTEED25 YEARS ^^^gljl^^^^^ jil j^Hfe ir a Queen r;jawe issue a written binding 25 v.? r - $ & f gB&3. I Bfe! C g rfjHwB8 ^^& guarantee, hythe terms and conditions of which if any S^/^r^ B^^S^^3 W ^^ vmrnmrZaSBbA part pi ves ont ve repair it free of charge. Tr/ lt ont*;-j^^;|?gS^^ month and we xviii refund yonr money if. you are notfe^^^g^8M^^S^^^^^^^^5^K^^^3^^aP^P^S8 perfectly satisfied. SOOcftLeee organe will be iola a i g OUR RET AI U ii Ts1* ESTAB LIS H ED L .T^|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1 not deaU with us as.; your neighbor about us, write j^^^^^^^^s^^L^^^^rX"^^^^^^^^^^^^r Ban , National Bani: of the'Repablicfor Uanlc of Comm sree, Chicago; or German Exchange Bank \ew York any railroad or express company in Chicago. H. bate a e.plul of er 430,000.00, occupy entire one lithe Janr Kt business hloxrks tn Chjca^o and employ over 800people In our own building. TTS SELL 0RSSS AT 5 iNfcaS op; naSOS, 123 M . od ap; a so everything in musical Instruments at lowest wholesale prices? Write" Iar<.frZ ?pedal orpaa. piano and :nusical instrument catalogue. Address prices, iv nie ror tra SEARS,* ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.). Fulton. DesplainesandWayroanSta.. CHICAGO. ILL. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA R. R. CO. TIME TABLE fNO. 15. In effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday October 2d, 1898. West-First Class Daily. East-First Class Daily. Leaves, am 7 10 Charleston, 8 00 arrives p m Leaves, am 6 20 Augusta, 10 45 arrives p zn Leaves, am 9 20 Columbia, 5 20 arrives p m Leaves, am 10 10 Ringville 4 28 arrives p m West. North Carolina Division. Sast 81 75 77 2d Class. 2d Class lat Class A. M. j A. M. A.M. 7 40 8 00 S 10 9 00 / o. 9 48 10 10 10 35 11 00 11 45 12 IC! 12 35 P. M. 11 40 12 00 12 12 12 40 12 55 1 00 1 20 1 35 1 50 2 15 2 35 2 48 3 03 3 lo 3 30 3 65 4 10 4 lt 4 25 4 45 4 52 5 02 5 19 5 24 6 59 6 14 6 30 P. M. P. M. 8 20 8 50 9 05 10 10 10 30 10 40 11 50 12 15 1 50 3 10 3 50 4 40 5 10 5 30 5 45 6 20 73 ! 7* 32 STATIONS. 1st 2d I 2d J Class Class C lass Leave. ArriTe.j p>M. j P.M. j P.M. Camden DeKalb Westville, Kershaw Heath Springs Pleasant Bill Lancaster Riverside Catawba Jaoction Rock Hill Tirzah Yorkville Sharon Hickory Grove Smyrna Blacksburg Earles Patterson Springs Shelby Lattimore Moor ea boro Henrietta Forest City Rotberfordton Thermal City Gie o wood Marion 3 00i 2 40! 28 15 45 j 40! 20! C5l 30 00 40 15 10 00 20 12 60! 12 25! 12 05 ll 52 ll 37 ll 22 ll 10 10 45 10 30 10 25 10 15 9 55 9 48 9 38 9 21 9 06 8 41 8 24 8 10 12 15 ll 20 9 50 8 15 6 00 A.SI. 7 25 7 00 6 45 6 30 6 10 62 25 00 30 60 25 00 A.M. P.M. WEST. 85 Mixed. P. M. 4 10 4 35 5 00 GAFFNEY BRANCH. EAST. 83 Mixed. A. M. 5 30 5 50 6 20 Leave STATIONS. Blaeksburg Cherokee Falls Gaffney Arrive 34 Mixed. A.M. 7 ZO 7 05 6 40 86 Mixed. P. M. 6 30 6 05 f 40 Train No. 77, going west irak s daylight connection at Lancaster with the L. & C. R. R , al Rock Hill with tbe Southern R. R. goiog D rth, at Blacksborg with the South era. Train No. 78, goisg east make3 connection at Marion, N. C., with the Southern R. R , at BUcksbarg with Southern atd at Lancaster with L. & C. R. E. Train No. 81, going east makes connection at Shelby, N. C. wirh the S. A. L R. R , going east. AU local freight trains will carry passengers if provided with tickets. S. B. L MPKIN, Division Passenger Agent. L. A. EMERSON, Tr&ffic Manager. J. N. ROBSON & SON, Commission Merchants, And dealers in HAY, GRAIN AND COW FEED. Consignments of Eggs, Poultry and Farm Produce Solicited. Weights and Goods Guaranteed. J. JV. RobiOiD & Son, Feb 16-x Charleston, S. C. TS i Caveats, a::d Tradc-Marlcs obtained and all Pat ient businessconductsufor MODERATE FEES. OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U.S. PATEN TOV^CEJ and wc can secure patent ia kss tirac taan Chose j |rcn:otc from Washington. e m < S^ad model, drawing or photo., r ih descrip tion. Wc advise, if patentable or not, free of J (charge. Our fee not due tiil patent is secured. ( > A PAMPHLET, " How to Obtain Patenta," withi ?cost of same in'thc U. S. and loreign countries J |sent free. Address, IC. A. S N OW & CO. OPP. PATT.'JT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. D. C. RE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN ERAL AGENT for the Alpine Fire and Bur ar Proof Safe Company. I am prepared to offer liberal terms to thope who are in need of a good safe. For prices and terms address J. A. M rh 24. RENNO, Sumter. S. C. LANDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE are requ?sted to put them in my bands tor sale. I em in constant receipt of so rcany letters of enquiry about lands from Northern and Western parties, that I may be able io effect sales for those who wi!' give me accu rate detailed descriptions of what they havo. No charge will be made unless satisfactory sales are made. Descriptions must be suca ss can be guaranteed and must give: No. of acres, location, character of land, proximity to railroads, post offices, schools, churches and tov.ns, kind of ittproveTents. Communications strictly confident, when so desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent, No*. 10. Cc'umbta, SC BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street second door south of the Nixon House, I am prepared to accommodate a few jepular boarders, and also lodging and meals to traisient customers. Terms rea on*^ e. Mas. W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8.