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MOSE ABOUT SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH, GA., July 30, S99. ! Edilor Watchman and Southron : Anent my letter published ia your issue of Joly I6tb, I bare received quite a batch of ietter , which fact speaks loadly for the pop clarity and circulation of the paper, as well ts ;be attention wLh which it is read. Some of these coerespoodents have caught the right tre ad if ay meaning; while a Dumber have misapprehended me, and I would beg space for explanation in their behaif. I did say of Savannah that she had "her prospects, her opportunities, her inducements and advantages ; her needs of still other in dQBtries aad enterprises still neglected and omEeveloped:"^ bot this had no reference to mere situations, positions, or "jobs" as they are termed nowadays, and though I would not discourage any who are capable and com petent business men and who are able to come here and cast in their lot with this growing metropolis, and bice their time for a business opening. Yet I had more particu lar reference to the "undeveloped enterprises and industries" yet neglected, in the busy rcsb of business which has set in here, among which is a v&3t area of lands adjacent to and surrounding; the city for miles in every direction and which could be utilized for trucking, brickmaking, timber and lumber, acd which cac be bought on reasonable terms and at reasonable prices, with a cash market at paying prices within easy reach. -Ibis ail stri ck your scribe as a singular and abnor mal condition of things to exist here until by cloe* observation and inquiry I am convinced thai the solution consists in the fact that the pretient energies, efforts and whole ambition of this city arOenttrely absorbed by the large tns ncss cre ted by these vast railroad sys tem;) which concenter here ; the increased ex pori: trade, asoleo the vastly increased whole sale and retail >trade, and lastly, the mint of money left by the U. S. troops encamped for months at thia point, and as one of the busi est business men remarked to me, "I haven't really the time to give to any prospective business enterprises because I have the dol lars in sight in what I am: doing today/' and this is every day ; therefore, it is that Sa vannah is today paying out big mosey for Florida vegetables and fruits, Augusta mel ons and buying Cbataboocb.ee brick, and Ininiter from every where. Therefore, 1 do emphatically repeat that any one who has some means to invest, and some bustle and brains about him would find very* wide and profitable fields of labor here to enlist ali his energies, but there is no cot ton planted io this county. Savannah's need is prodaeers rather than consumers. There is a woeful misapprehension as to the climate here. The average annual tempera ture of this city is 66 degrees, closely approx imating the temperature of Bermuda, Gibral tar aad Palermo, Sicily. A remarkable fea ture of the climate is the cool nights, ? re cuece! by the ocean breezes which arise in the late afternoon, and indeed there is a pleasant stirring of the atmosphere nearly all the time owing to the many open parke and squares and greens and the broad streets. The average date of light frost for the past 27 years is November 5, of killing frost No vember 27, and in 1897 co; until December 23th. . ; This is the first market and distributing center of the world for naval stores ; four < states contribute to th ii result, Georgia, 'South Carolina, Florida and Alabama ; re ceipts fer the past year were 324,269" c sks of spirits and 1,032,625 barrels rcsia, besides rosin oil, pitch and tar. Cotton receipts were 1,192,057 bales, and prices paid were 5| to 7s for middling uplands. Timber and lum ber exported 146,209,434 feet. Rice 32,030 barrels. Fertil:z=r3 shipped would approxi mate 100,003 tone, 70,540 tons of phosphate : reek and a multiplicity of other articles of commerce, the enormous qnautity of wbict can be better imagined when it ls stared tha: there \&re eeven miles of wharves. The Ocean Steamship compacy operates eigh". steel steamships to New York and Boston, and there are numerous other seagoing craft whose trade and tonnage all goes to swell the 1 ci;y;8 industries and to absyrb the attention and fill np the energies of the. present popu- ! lation, while the surrounding lands, consist- | ing of thousands of acres, He idle, unculti- j vated and unused, and that can be bought at prices and upon terms that would surprise our cotton mad population who hold oar 4c cotton lands a* from $15 to 50 per acre, while with the same amount of labor and cu ay these lands contd be made to teem with vegetables, melons, strawberries and all marketable "truck," and fruits, besides eucb "long crops" as corn, peas, potatoes, pindar and no doubt tobacco, too. So much for the farmer, or producer. Thousands of these acree have been drained and are worth a price, and only await the newcomer with energy, means and judgment. Other thousands are yet to be reclaimed and can be obtained on easy terms. To nbc manufacturer Savannah offers extra ordinary advantages Directly tributary to the city are all of tbe elements accessary for a manufacturing center, unoccupied land?, abundaot labor and quick and convenient access to every point. Savannah is nearer to the We3t indies than any cf the cities of the north. Sugar from the West Indies to be refined ; bard wood from Georgia and adjt cent states to be made into furniture : bides to be converted into leather ; leather to be made into shoes ; sea island cotton to be worked into the finest fabrics ; phosphate 1 rock to be converted into fertilizer ; kaolio, ! dye stuffs, medicinal plants, gums, &c , form , the basis of varie! manufactures for which 1 Savannah, from her geographical politico, is especially favorably situated. Savannah bas j 1 the raw cotton and tbe-raw wool at ber very j < doors, and possesses unusual advantages for I toe manufacture of cotton yarns and cotton j j goods. Being a very large market, the ha- ( midi'y of atsccsphere, cheap labor and tbe beat of shipping facilities oSkr every induce- ; 1 meut, and the manufacturer who locates here \ 1 will find everything at hand for the success- ! fa', furtherance of his eaterprize, and a help- j ing hand will be extended to him by every ; cit:zeo of the community, who are rich in j 1 capital and streng in credit, and who are i . cosmopolitan, democratic and wear co starched frills. J. Merrick Reid. No. 623 E Broad Street. COUNTY BOARD OF COMMIS SIONERS. What Was Dons at Meeting Yes terday. The County Board of Commisioners met yesterday with Supervisor Dorn and Com missioners McNeill, Rhodes, White, McLeod and Jenfcins present. The supervisor etated tha , owing to the sickness of Commissioner Scarborough, the commit:ee had been unable to ac: on the peti tion of residents of Bisbopviiie tcwasnip for opening a road. Action on petition to open a road from DoBose's gi to Hebron church wa3 deferred until nexi meetmg of board. On motion of Commissioner McLeod it was decided to pey the claim cf T. D. Da Bose for seUing of homestead of D. A Out law in the case of Sumter County vs. D. E Keels *, al. The claim amounting to $3 was ordered paid. The claim of E. W. A. Baltmaa for carn ages to mule that fell into a hole IQ the pub lic road was carried over until nest meeting of board for consideration. Chairman Dorn wa3 requested to,consult the county attorney io reference to this matter. Supervisor Dorn reported that the road law as IQ overseers and rosd hands had been prepare at a cost of $4 and were now ready fer distribotisn. Sydney Johnsen waa admitted to the poor house as a pauper, a petition of eight citizens being presented to the board. The bonds of J. D. McLeod, S. Y. Deigar and J. D. White, a3 public cotton weighers were presented and approved. The bond of JT. McRoy Shaw, public cotton weigher at M a jes ville, was also approved. Oo motion of Commissioner Jenkins it was decided to offer a reward of 10 for each con vict escaping from the chain gang, said convicts to be delivered to the chain gang. - A motion was adopted authorizing the purchase of three bloodhound puppies, three months old, from Tbomaa S. Blanchard, of Louisiana. The poppies will co3t $15 for the three. Sheriff Pierson was requested to order the paprv.es at once. Pocotaligo bridge and the bridge at McRae's mill were reported to be in bad con dition. Commissioner Jenkins was asked to look after tbs repair cf the bridges. The supervisor stated that R. D. Sanders, the night guard for chaio gang, bad resigned and he had appointed his soo, 6. M. Dorn, temporarily. The board approved and en dorsed the action of the supervisor. A number of claims were approved and ordered paid. PUBLIC SALES. Besides the Sheriffs Sales advertised else where in thia paper, the only other sale ad vertised for next Monday, is the following by the Master : Jas. H. Burns, plaintiff, against LeGrsnd Davis and R. 0. Purdy, defendants. Lot of land and three room dwelling on Sumter Street, City of Sumter, adjoining Ellen Bennett, Henry Waities and others. Spring Hill Doubles Lynchburg. Last Friday Spring Hii and Lynchburg crossed bats on the. former's diamond, which resulted in a victory for Spring Hill-8 lo 4. Lynchburg played 9 ionings to Spring 3i l 8, Spring Hili being ahead in that in ning. Lynchburg played a very nice g:me, but they could not stand Sering Sill's cicse and hard playing. Durant, Lyccbbcrg's pitcher, lost bis repu tation as a pitcher here, for our tove batted him as they bat ny ordinary pitcher, and if it had not been for their good fielding Spring Bill would have scored twice as many as they did. Lynchburg had a See set of boys, hut it seemed like they could not nod Ostcea's balls. "We hope to see the boys up on oar big hill again when they learn how to play better bal!. Batteries for Lynchburg, Durant and Du rant ; for Spriog Hill, Ostees and Mathis. Umpire, Byrd. Lieut. Carson Ordered to Fort McPherson. First Lieutenant Carson received an order Wedoesday from the War Department to re port immediately at Fort McPherson, Atlan ta, for duty He was notified also that his commission had been forwarded to Fort McPherson and would be thereoa his arrival Lieut. Carson left for Atlanta Saturday morning and reported for duty at once. He has oeen assigned to the 29ib_Regiient. We nav|.' used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy in otr borne for many years and bear cheerful testimony to its value as a medicine which should be in every family. In coughs and colds wc have found it to be efficacious and in croop and whooping cough in children we deem it iadiepeasib e.-H. P. Ritter, 4127 Fairfax ave,, St. Louis, Mo. Eor sale by Dr. A. J. China. The Tobacco Warehouse wiil open for busi r 93 Augu3t 8tb or 10th. Messrs. Cook aod Adams ha7s been in Danville, Va., during the psst tin day3 making the final arrange ment? for the season aod nothing has been left undoof; that will tend to make the season at this warehouse a succes3. A number of regular buyers will be stitioned here and there will be throughout the s^ajon sufficient comp tition to guarantee the best prices the emaod fer tobacco warrants. The w re house is to be run cn strictly business prin ciples, and it will be the effort of Messrs. Cook & Adams to build up a strong market here that "iii merit the confidence of tGb-cco growers, and that hiving once obtained their patronage will retain it and attract a con stantly increasing trade. Fair treatment for the patrons of tue warehouse, reasonable :barges acd the very best prices for all to bacco will be the unvarying poi icy of Messrs. [Jock & Adams, and the tobacco growers of Sumter county will Ged by a trial thit it wiil be to their lasting advantnge to patronize ind support a borne market. Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey, Ga., 3 ys ba u f.red with itching piles twenty years be fore trying Dewitt's Witch Hezel S-ilve. two j sozes of which completely cured him 3e ware of worthless and dangerous counterfeits -Hagfasoo-Ligon Co. Sumter District Conference. The twenty-ninth anneal eess'.on of the Sumter District Conference of tbe M. E. Church. South, convened at Manning, S C., Wednesdav evening, July 26th, 1899 at 8.30 o'clock. The president of the conference was Rev. Tboe. J. Clyde, Presiding Elder of the distict. Rev. Wm. Aiken Keily was elected secretary and Rev. E P. Taylor, assistant secretary. The opening sermon of the con ference was preached by Rev J. Thos. Pate, D. D. An p.ddrces of welcome was made by W. C. Chandler in behalf of the people cf Manning, which WR9 responded to by Rev. J. . Clif ton, D. D., in behalf of the conference. Ail the preachers of tbs district but two were present and the lay representation was exceedingly gratifying. J. W. Yarnel discussed tbs question, "The True Basis of Sunday School Work," tvsd wes followed by the Presiding Elder on the same sa^ject. Rev. Jno. 0. Wiilson, D. D., addressed the conference concerning his work S3 editor of the Southern Christian Advocate. A cornmitte on public worship consisting of the presidenr, Rev. P. B. Welle, W. C. Chandler aad J. W. McLeod, WES appointed. Tbe varions committees needed for the work of the conference were appoiated by the president. Rev Mr. McDowell of the Presbyterian Church was introduced aod addressed the conference. Rev. J. Thoa. Pite read memoir on the death of Rev. Wm. B. Verdin, deceased, formerly a member of thia conference. The conference ordered a page in the minute book inscribed to the memory of 3ro. Verdin, and that a copy of the memoir be furnished to the Southern Chris tiad Advocate for publication and a copy be sent to the family of the deceased. Revs. E. P. Taylor and J. A Clifton ad dressed the conference on the topic, "Pasto ral Visiting-What 3 it and how to it." Rev. D. A. Phillip discussed the subject, "The Spirituality of Our Young People-How to Improve It." Special attention was given -by the presi dent and the reports cf the preachers showed considerable improvement and cause for thanksgiving concerning the condition of the cbnrcb, Snnday Schools and finances. Bishop W. W. Duncan arrived and occu pied the chair at the morning session of Friday. IQ bis openiog remarks be laid great stress npoo the need of Sunday School libraries and Epworth Leagues Rev. H. B. Brown, secretary of the execn tive committee, addressed the conference on the ''Twentieth Century Educational Move ment," and was followed by Bishop W. W. Duncan ic au earnest appeal cn the same subject, i J. S Caotey, F. M. Z mp, C R Sprott and T. 6. McLeod were elected delegates to the annual conference, with W. P. Baekins and W. P. Smith as alternates. Sumter was selected cs the place of session for the District conference for 1900. Reports from the following committees were received and adopted by the conference : Spiritual State of the Church, Sunday School and Epworth Leagues, Bible Cause. Temper ance, Church Literature, Finance, Quarterly Conference Journals. Rev. S. D Bailey w*d recommended to the annual conference for admission on trial. Rev. Geo H. Waddell, superintendent of Epworth Orphanage, addressed the conference and took a collection for the work. Rev J. A. Rice, D D , represented his work as president of the Columbia Female College. Prof. Jno. G. Uiickscales addressed the conference in the interest of Wofiford College and Christian education. The licenses of the following local preachers were renewed : T. B. Owes, A. E Drigger3, W. S. Kogan, J. V. Davie. Resolutions of thanks to Bishop W. W. Duncan for his visit to and work in the con ference, and to the people of Manning for hospitality and courtesies extended were adopted, after wbich the conference adjourned sice die The . reaching during the ses9iou3 cf the conference was done by toe following preach ers : Bishop W. W. Duncan. Revs. J* Toes. Pate. Jr o. T. Beckwith, E P Taylor. Geo. H. Waddeil, Jno. 0 Willson, J. H. Graves. The Sunday school m= S3 meeting was ad dressed o y Bishoo W. W. Duncan and Jr.o. G. Beckwith. Pref. Jno. G. Ciir.ksc^ es delivered an earnest aod impressive Uy-sermoa to the i yc^cg people. ' Wm. A. Ksliv. Sscretarv. ,rDeW ttrfl Little Early Risers did ce mora good than ail blood medicines and other I pills,1' v? ri'es Geo. Fi. Jacob?, cf Thompson, ' Conn Prompt, pleasant, never grippe-they ! cure constipation, arouse the torpid liver to j action end give you clean blood, steady j nerves, a clear brain and a healthy appetite -Hogbeon-Ligoa Co Thought the Dispensary Was Beleg Robbed. Wednesday night several person? happen ing in the vicinity cf the dispensary beard a noise in the rear of the building, and think ing some one was attempting to break in the back doer, informed the poi ice. Upon in vestigaba it was found that Policeman Gal lagher VT as the man making the noise. He was masing a hole in the fence through which he could crawl in ord r to try the back doers of the several stores in the Tuomer block, the gate to the lot being locked - mi mt i i i wu - Kodol Dyspepsia Cure thoroughly digests food without aid from the stomach, and at the same time heals and restores the diseased , digestive orgars. It is the only remedy that j does both cf these thing3 and can be relied j upon to permanently cure dyspepsia -Hugh- : son-Ligon Co. A Long Ply for Pigeons. On the morning of July 2i Mr J. M. Spann, the Southern Express agent, liberated sixteen homing pigeons sent here by the Anthracite Homing Clon, of Pottsville, Pa. The bird were liberated at 5 o'clock in the morning, and they strack oat oa their 523 mile fiy corthward as soon as the door cf their I Cige was opened. Mr Spann bas received newspapers from Pottsville stating that ten ! of the si: teen birds have reached home. The j time mad? by the first to airive is not given The tenth bird did not arrive until the 18:b, sixteen dfcys arter leaving Sumter. ""*?*-*"" . * ? j "Cur l.aby was sick for a month with I severe cough and citarrhal fever. Although j we trie many remedies she kept getting worse until we used One Minute Cough Cure ; -it relieved at once and cured ber ia a few i days"- B L. Nance, Prin. High School,! Blaffdale, Texas - Hughson Ligon Co. - mm ? ? <B- - Tho Fourth Ward Club Beats Pri vateer. WednesiUy afternoon the base ball team from the Fourth Ward went down to Priva teer and pla}ed garee wi:h the Privateer coys. After eight tanings the ecore etood 14 to C in favor of tte Fourth Wa.-i i lab of this city. Kodol Dyspe: Cure cur^s dyspepsia be cause it3 ingredients are such that it can't help doir g so. "The p;i-j :c c-.n reiy upon it 69 a master remedy for ali disorders arising from impeifect digestion.' -James M. Thom as, M D , in American Journal of Health, N. Y.-H'jghsou-Ligon Co. MAYOR'S COURT. Lum Mathis, the incorrigible and penitent Lum, as his custom i?, etood before the Mayor icstSaturday morning and plead guil ty to the charge ot public drunkenness, while tears cf sorrow chased each other down his cheeks and f io puddles cu the floor, like wise bis oft repeated promises of amendment, and plea3for mercy filled the court room, and melted the court. Lum wa3 told to go aod sin no mort. He went-but sad to relate, be sinned eome more. When the shades cf evening bad fallen oo the town, Lura forgot his penitence in a good supply of "blue steel," aod sought a pleasant place io which to sleep it off Fate directed Lum's stagger ing steps to the Hughson-Ligoo store, where he acted io a rao3t unseemly manner. The police pulied him, and now Lum will lead a quiet life for the oc-xt thirty days on the chain gan?;, contemplating the vanity of human effairr, and occupying his time dodg ing work, j Moses Pierson alias Cy Plunkett and Cal vin Pring.e, two young bop:fu!s; distinguish ed themselves last ni^ht by molesting a woman on Canai Street. One of them ex hibited a knife with which he threatened to sever her jugular vien, and between them managed to frighten her pretty badly. They plead not guilty this morning, but the evi dence was against them. Two dollars or four days for Pringle. Ooe dollar cr four days for Plunkett. Pringle took the dollars, and Plunkett the days. All the parties are colored. ANOTHER VICTORY FOR A SUMTER BOY. Mr. W. L. Moise Win3 Medal in Southern Oratorical Content at Mont Eagle. Mr. W. L. Moise, of this city, who went to Mont Eagle, Tenn , as the representative of South Carolina in the Southern Collegiate Oratorical Contest, held there on July 28;h, came out with flying colors, winning the medal over a number of competitors who represented the various colleges of toe South. Mr. Moise has a series of victories in orator ical contests to his credit this year. He woo the right to repre&ent Clemson College at the inter-collegiate oratorical contest held at Due West. At Due West he won the medal snd the honor of representing the State in South ern Oratorical Contest at Mont Eagle, and now he has carried off the honors for bis State against the strongest competition. His friends are delighted that he was suc cessful "in this contest, for it is an honor worth striving for, and winning it is an achievement in which be and his friends well feel a ju3t pride. He bas reflected credit upon himself, Clemson College and the State which he represented. mm-~-+- + ~ wm* Change in Bank Officers. The appointment of Mr. L S. Carson, cashier of the First National Bank, as First Lieutenant in the 29th Regiment U. S. Vol unteers, made necessary a change in the officere of tbs bank. Mr. R. L. Edmunds, who has been bookkeeper for several years and who served acceptably as cashier durisg the absence of Cashier Carson last summer, has been promoted to the cashiership and Mr. Dave Winn, collection clerk, bas been made bookkeeper. Mr. Ernest Carson bas been elected, collector. The new officers have assumed their duties, and as they are compe tent and thoroughly conversant with the routine of the bank's business everything will move along as emoo'bly as if no change had been made Irritating stings, bites, scratches, wounds and cuts soothed and healed by DeWitt's W'tch Hazel Salve-a sure and safe applica tion for tortured flesh. Beware of couoter eits.-Hughson-Ligon Co. Quickly cure constipation and rebuild and invigorate the entire system-never grippe or nauseate-DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Hughscn Ligon Co. -- nc- -msu - Bishopville Items. From the Recorder. The telephone polea are . being pieced fer tho line from here to Mann ville. Work will be pushed forward and ir. a few more days the iice wli! be completed. The headquarters will be established io Mr. J. M. Henron's store. Mr. W. J. Bramiett, who is the prime morer in the Primitive Baptist house of wor ship, has met with success, and wiii have tr;e lumber sawed in a few daj=, and the contract will be let for the erection of the building. Dr. Darby Receives Appointment. Dr. E. F. Darby, cf Magnolia, bas been appointed Resistant surgeon, with the rank cf captain, ia ~l\7. S. volunteer army. Dr. Darby has not fully decided yet whether he will accept or decline the appointment. Dr. Darby is one of tbe beat known, most popu lar and ablest physicians of Sumter County, and his friends are highly gratified that the appointment has be9u tendered him, though many of them Dope be will decline it and remain in bis present sphere of U5c-fjlces3. - i ?? 11 II. - MUST DELGAR REEL SQUAD DISBAND? Want of Safe Quarters May Force the Squad Out of Service The present quarters of Delgar Reel Squad No. 3, which are leased by the city for the use of the squad, are said to be unsafe ss well as too small and cramped for the needs of the squad. The ease expires on August 31st, and although the officers of the equad have petitioned the City Council mere than once to provide other and safer quarters for the squad, nothing at all has been done in that direction. Under the present circum stances the members of the squad do not feel it incumbent upon them to remain in their present unsafe quarters after the lease expires, and the Equad will therefore go out of service on August 31st, unless the City Council in the meanwhile provides quarters fortheequad that are safe and adequate to the needs of the squad. The squad bas rendered tbe very best service within it3 power to the city since the date of i's orgauiziticr, and the members have, individually an<k collectively, made sacrifices in the service of the fire department. They have giten liberally of their time and money and it i.i due entirely to the volunteer firemen of Delgar and Monaghan Reel Squads that the city bas now and bas had for the p-tet five years an efficient, reliable and up-to-date fire department that is the equal in every respect of the fire departments ol other cities larger than Summer. it would be little short of a calamity to have either of the two qj*ds disbanded, and disbandment of Deigar squad is not to bethought of for a moment. Some errunge nem must be made by which suitable and safe quarters can be provided for the fquad, nd inc committee on fire department should t'.ke steps immediately to secure quarters for Delgar equad. It will net do for the squad to be out of service a sir.yle day it' it can be avoided. The people &f Sumter are proud of tbe fire department, and the believe in supportic it. The volunteer firemen have j done too much for the city, and the property owners are too pntirely dependent on them for protection for them to consent to crippling the department. The people will say with one voice, if they are consulted, that Delgar tquad shoul be given safe aDU suitable quar ters now, not next year or some other time in the future. THE SUMTER GOLD MINES. Superintendent of the pumping sta* j tien of the Sumter Water Works, our ! Sumter correspondent reports, is author ity for the statement of tbe'eurious fact that the water "level in the wells from which the water supply is obtained '.'has risen more than two feet within the past month/' in face of the long continued drought and deficient rainfall of the pas i three months. The wells, it is explained, ire eight in number, and each is six inches in diameter and about forty fest deep. "Tho water rises ordinarily to within eight feet cf thc surface of the grouse, ^nd the supply is inexhaustible." Oa j one occasion a half million gallons were pumped from these wells within twenty four hours, without appreciable effect on the supply, and without lowering the water moro than a few inches at any time, although the pamps were driven at utmost speed. "In addition to the abundant supply, the water is as nearly chemically and absolutely pure as can be lound anywhere " The description of the quality and supply of the water strongly isdicates, of course, that li is of artesian origin : but this doco not explain the strafe behavior of the water in rising two feet, ic a tims of drought. Even if it be assumed that the supply is drawn from the hiii and mountain regions north and northwest of Sumter, and that its source ie, therefore, far from the wells, the drought has been as severe and as long continued in those regions, we believe, as about Sumter, and the question remains, where does the extra supply come from ? The answer would not be made any the easier by assuming that the welis penetrated a subterranean lake or pond, unless it be further assumed that some kind of slow seismic disturbance is producing an upward pressure cf the bottom of the cistern, and we hesitate to make such an explana tion lightly. We oannot account for the phenomenon, in hort, and cheerfully pass it on to more imaginative or less reserved scientists. Besides, the scientific aspect of the situation is of mere secondary conse quence. We are acre interested io the practical ene, and the practioal one is that the town of Sumter is certainly to be congratulated on having euch wells at its command. An inexhaustible supply of "absolutely pure" water, obtainable by boring a few wells, ouly 40 feet, or less in depth is an inesti mable treasure for any community in the country, even if the crater be em ployed only for the ordinary purposes of the community. Philadelphia or New York, or any other large city in the country would gladly pay several million dollars for such a supply at its doors, and Samter can, therefore, reckon its wealth as enhanced by so much. Th* supply, if really or practically "inexhaustible," however, ia worth far more to the community which possesses it than is represented by ifs value for domestic and strictly munici i pal uses alone. River water and plenty I of it is an essential cf many ki feds cf j manufacturing precesses, as thc bleach j ing of cotton cloth, the mailing cf j starch, fer instance, and with such ! water obtainable from a depth of only six or eight feet or a little more, Scm ! ter should be able to induce the estab I Hshment.of large and important bleach j eries, starch factories, etc , cte , I wiihin i<s territory without difficulty GT delay. And il should be able to do even more than that. The command of a ready and abun dant supply of water, cf good quality, and cheaply obtain able by means of pumping plants, is ac invaluable adjunct to farming and fruit growing operations. It makes the community which is so favored independent cf droughts and deficient rainfalls as far as the supply can be employed for irrigating purposes, and ii can be em ployed, a3 has beec proved by agricul turists io other parts of the country cc hilly and lev:! lands alike. If the people cf Sumter town, therefore, will sink more welis and train the water from them over their fields and orchards and meadows, they will make the environs of tbe town not only "to blossom like a rose," but to fruit like a Ls Co te pear tree, or Carter's oats, and will make their own home the garden spot cf the State io a few years, and if the same conditions exist throughout the county that exist in or Dear tbe town in respect of so free water supply, the county can be made to share the happy estate of the town. Shallow, inexhaustible wells of good water, ia short, are very much io the nature of gold mines in ibis day a td country, and, having discovered such sources of wealth in their district, tuc people of Sumter should make toe most of them. We hope they will -News and Courier. Capt, H. T. Thompson Resigns. Florence, Juiy 2S-Congressman James Norton was here a while tonight on his way tc Darlington. Mr. N rten stated that a letter received from Col. Henry T. Thompson informs him of thc latter's resigoation of the appointment of senior captain of the Twenty-Ninth Infantry. Mr. Thompson's resignation is duo to his appointment as commandant of thc priccipai military academy to Ohio, fie has accepted the appointment. Mr. Norton intends to aid a Darlington man io getting the o-ice vacated by Col. Thompson. - ?? II. Coe Minute Cough Cure quickly cures tb stin-ite summer coughs and cole's. "I cot sider ii a most wonderful meiicice-quick aod safe."-W. W. Merton, Mayhew, Wis. Progress of the Fever. Energetic Efforts to Confine Epidemic to Soldier^" Home. Washington, July 31 -The latest ! oficial advices received ap to 8 o'clock tonight show a total of 37 cases and 7 deaths at the Soldiers7 Homo at Hampton, Va. Oae new case occurred at the home today. Thoa far tho dis ease has been coo ocd to tho home but all surrounding towns aro escited and a vigorous quarantice is being main tained. Dr. Wasdio of the Marine Hospital service, is in charge of affairs af Hampton and ia working io coopers ! tion with the local boards of health, j He has strength enough about the town 1 of Phoebus, which he says is in very * ad sanitary condition. The fact that only one new ease appeared today is encouraging to the officials here, who are taking every measure to prevent a spread of the disease. They feel that the fact that the affected locality is ia the hands of tbe government and under one management will be of great value in dealing with the scourge and enable better results to be obtained than where epidemics break oat in commercial piaces. Already a number of inquiries have been received by Dr. Wyman from quarantine officers throughout the United States asking whether they shall impose a maritime quarantine against Norfolk. He has replied that there appears to be no necessity fer such restriction in the case of either Norfolk or Newport News. Dr. Wasdin's official report of his examination of existing conditions at the Soldiers' Home reached Dr. Wyman today. It is dated yesterday and notes the fact that the doctor has seen all the cases of suspected disease at the home. He sums ap the history of the contagion as follows : "Early in Jane an 'old soldier' entered the hosie for a short rest and soon afterward appeared at the dispen sary, where he informed tbe physician in charge that he was bat recently from Santiago, via transport to a northern port ; thence he started for Manila via San Francisco; beat his way to the home on a freight train and entered with his baggage. He complained of dumb chills and fever and was pre scribed for. He mingled freely with the inmates of the home and a shore time ago disappeared. From this as a possible cause the outbreak is as follows : Preceding Friday, the 21st instant, there bad been noticed nothing of a suspicions nature. The weekly death rate was ss usual. But on the 21st and 22d there became iii during night with more or less chills and high the fever, some eight or ten inmates,men usually io good health. These seizures, although noted, as peculiar, had occa sioned no alarm until about Thursday, the 27tb, when a death occurred, the man becoming distinctly yellow some j time prior to death. On cr about the . saoie day not bet ene died without i having attracted particular attention, j Eic also turned quire yellow Autopsies ! were held on beth by tba resident : pathologist t tras then or a little j later that a telegram ^ras sent you j askirig for an expert. I found .here i were 3,500 inmates and that 35 had j been taken iii sin-ce the 21st." Dr. Wasdb says he withceid a \ positive diagnosis in bis Orst cotniuni cation because of ;he assertion ct Sur : soon Vickery ct tbe homo thar, there had j been co communication of tho ideates j with any Cuban soldiers returned rince j last May or early in Jucc. With tbe ! discovery cf the probable origis o' the j infection acd tbs two eu-cspies today I there can be no doubt, be sa>?, about ; the disease beiesr yellow fever and ! continues : i 4 I have advised 'Axjir Vckery to j cristy the dormitories iaieete-d a* once, i putting the men, crefcrablv. io ii nts. | Tbe grounds are closed. There has '] been a vcy free toter cc m mu r icu ion j between the inmates and the reepie cf j Phoebus : a public house Lear the i grounds having been freely vi i:c until i last hight. have suggested Dr. j Pettas to meet eec or more cf the local j boards cf Phoebus, and, iefer&iing i them of the state of affair?, ask their j cooperation in watching the village. ; These iomares, as I uoderstace it, do i net mingle much with people outside of j the village From this fact u would i seem possible to COL CC i: is the home.'"' For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of yyspepsia Digests what you eat. 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