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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9. 1S99. The Sumter Watchman was toundea ID 1850 and the True Southron in 1866 The Watchman and Southron now bas the co_abined circulation and infiuence of both of thc old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. THE TILLMAN PICNIC. The picnic at which Senator Till man, spoke last Friday was gotten op by his friends who wished to hear him discuss national issues. It was in the origina! plan to have the picnic at Pocotaligo, several miles in tba country, but it was decided later to bave it at Richardson's grove, in the suburbs of this city. It was not until this change was made that the Mayor of Sumter and other officials were requested to welcome Senator Tillman in their official capacity and attend the picnic Mayor Hoghson and others, who were requested by those who were getting up the picnic to serve on the compt es, consent ed, and they performed the duties assigned to them. Senater Tillman's friends, who got up the picnic and invited bim to Sumter, selected Dr H T, Abbott, who was one of the most prominent reform leaders in 1890. the candidate of that faction for the senate, and was finally seated over Gol. W. D. Scarborough, the straightout candidate, after a bitter factional contest before a legislative committee, to introduce him. Dr. Abbott's introductory remarks speak for themselves. In his over zealous admiration for Tillman he said many things that were neither pleasant nor agreeable to those who have never been followers and supporters of] Senator Tillman, and who still be lieve, while recognizing his shrewd ness and force, that Senator Tillman is a demagogue, not a demi god. Many Btraightoots had been invited by Senator Tillman's friends to attend the picnic, and to serve in various capacities to the end that the oe casion might be made a cuccess, with no tinge of factional feeling about it. " Dr. Abbott's descriptive remarks concerning the opponents of Senator Tiiiman were not in very good taste, but, knowing Dr. Abbott, we freely absolve him of any intention to offend any one, for we believe bis motives to have been good, whether his per formance was or not. He thought only of welcoming and honoring Senator Tillman, whom be has con sistently supported from the Srst, before offices and spoils were in sight, and other people were' not even taken into consideration. Sen ator Tillman's speech in the .morning was admirable fo tone and temper, and he discussed national issue? in a clear, forcible and enteitaining man ner He showed that he appreciated the fact that in his audience were many of his former opponents, and he said nothing that could offend them, sticking to the national issues. In the, afternoon he made a red hot Tillmanite speech, bet this was pro voked and* invited by Representative E D Smith, who criticised and strongly condemned institutions and policies that are the bone and sinew ol Tiiimanism and the favorites of Senator Tillman. Mr Smith drew Senator Tillman out and made bim show bis baud, bot we are not alto gether satisfied that is desirable to have next year's campaign started this summer. We have had so much strife and bitterness and excitement in State politics in the last nine years that we welcome an oft year gladly and enjoy a few peaceful months We know that there will be a fight next year, but we prefer waiting until next year to fight, on the ground that it doesn't pay to attempt to cross a bridge until we come to it As to the merits of Senator Tiliman'ei afternoon speech comment is unnecessary. It was a Tillmanite speech in ali that the term implies, and we have sufficiently expressed ourselves in the past on the subject of Tillmanite speeches. Sumter county should have repre sentatives at the Wheat Growers Con vention to be held io Greenville on Tuesday, August 15tb. Prominent agriculturists and ex perienced wheat growers from this and other States will be present and ques tions of a practical and helpful nature will be freely discussed. Southern farmers who bava made a success of wheat growing will tell how they culti vated wheat, and what measure of suo cess they have met with ; cost, yield and retaros, at a cash value, being considered. Wheat growiog ba9 beeo made a marked success io middle and southern Georgia, aod io many sections of this state. We believe that every farmer can grow wheat for his own use, at least, with advantage and we trust ibera will be many more wheat plant era in Sumter county this fall than in any previous year. Those who are planting wheat or contemplate doing so this fall, will gain valuable information by attending the Wheat Convention, and we trust this county will be repre sented by a strong delegation. GOV. CANDLER'S APPEAL. Governor Candler makes a strong appeal to the people of Georgia oe be half of law and order, lt is high time that something should be done to turn the tide of crime. If Georgia continues at ber preseci rate of lynching bee oelture she will easily distance all competitors ic the business and further establish ber claims to industrial pre-eminence. Un fortunately the lys ohing bee is ali sting and DO honey. We are not oasting stones at our neighbor in a self-righteous spirit, for the record of South Carolina is not one that we regard with pride-not by any means-nor is the record dosed. The south bas had enough of this thing to make thoughtful men shudder when they contemplate its effect on the white man's civilization. So far as concerns the victims of mob violence, grant that they, io every instance, are guilty brutes who at last escape with a punishment altogether too light for their atrocious crimes. Grant that without reservation ; a sd the main question remains untouched. Think of how it lessens respect for law, of ail things most necessary to the weil being of society. What will we do wheo every man takes vengeance into his own hands ; regulates his own affairs ; punishes bis soemy when, where and io th J manne? he likes ; what will we do when bloodshed, anarchy, turmoil, heli itself spreads over the land and like a besom of destructions takes away peaoc, happiness and prosperity or the hope of prosperity ? These are strong words, but tell truly the direction io which moves the monster this lynching evil is producing. We are sowiog to the wind and will reap the whirl wind. The white man is patting on himself a burden he will be unable to take up, and prostrate he will yet lie beneath the load of his own folly The system of laws built np by the patient toil and deepest strength of many centuries, constitutes the fortress withio which are protected all our dearest rights and sweetest liberty. Reverse the order of things, tear down instead of building higher aod more impregnably the noble structure, and even a fool em comprehend that there must be retrogression and ultimate dis aster. Tbe voice that encourages or condones lawlessness is crying aloud for sooial disintegration and mediaeval barbarity. THAT EOMESTEAD CLAIM. In the report of the proceedings of tbe July meeting of the County Board of Commissioners whicb appeared in the Watchman and Southron of Jalj 19:h. we referred to a claim for services in setting oil a homestead and criticised it as unusual and akin to the "40 acres and mule" claim of reconstruction days. The Board refused to pay the claim add referred iii to the county attorney. The nature of tbe claim and the reasons for bringing it before the Board did not appear io the record of the proceedings, and we criticised it with a mistaken ooooeption of tbs faets of theease. The Board at t'as next meeting paid the claim by tho advice of the eoaotr at torney, who stated that the plaintiff in homestead proceedings is liable for costs ic the event that the costs cannot be collected from the defendant. In this case the county was the plaintiff io the case or Sumter county vs. D. E Keels, et. al., and Mr. T D. DuBose filed bis claim for $3 for services in set ting off tbs homestead of D A. Outlaw, one of the defendants io the suit against D. E Keels and his bondsmen, of whom D. A. Outlaw was one. The thrust thai Senator Tillman made at Senator McLaario in bis speech seems to have escaped the attention of most people. In speaking of McKin ley's Philippine policy and bis duty and manifest destiny and benevolent assimi lation cant. Senator Tillman empha sized his contempt by word, tone and gesture for the "some others'7 who talk the samo way. If this was oot a lick at MeLaurin's Spartanburg speech, which was full cf duty, morality, religion, patriotism, etc , io reference to the P h i I ippia es, what was it ? If the dispensary was not intended as a moral institution it is the most infa mous of trusts. This is so clear that it cannot be disputed Therefore how does Senator Tillman pose as an enemy of trusts whilo dedaring his willingness to go dowo io the ruins of the dispensa ry system, Sghtiog to uphold it. Mr. Featherstone bas said all that was Bdoessary concerning Senator Till man's denunciation of the prohibition ists as hypocrites and cowards. He oovers the ground, and we endorse all that he says The "Supe" Missed His Cue The State, August 7. Somebody bas sent us a copy of the ; Sumter Evening Item of Saturday, j containing a report of a meeting in that oity at which Senator Tillman made an address. This is not our year for poli tics, and we have in time past given the esteemed Tillman more than bis due 3hare of free advertising ; jet, as there seems to be a challenge in this paragraph from bis speech, specially marked by the person who sent it tous, we are moved to coosider it. "While sitting here and listening to Dr. Abbott's words of praise I could not help thinking of what The News and Courier and The State would do if Dr. Abbott's speeoh were to be printed j in their columns. I believe the presses would explode with indignation.7' Speaking for The State, we beg to eay that the senator is mistaken. The press of this newspaper is a tolerably tough piece of machinery and is not so unaccustomed to recording evidences of folly on the part of public speakers that it can be "exploded" by the utterances of one more oratorical fool. If our press ever felt indignation at the stupid flunkeyism of a class of Senator Till man's admirers that indignation was long ago fatigued and has retired from active service. It appears from The Item's report that Senator Tillman was introduced to his Sumter audience by one Dr. H. T Abbott. Dr. Abbott in turn needs an introductipn to us, although wc have a misty memory of somewhere and at some time seeing his name in print. It is to be presumed that be was chosen to perform this task because of his powers as a Satterer, toe Sumter people in an excess of courtesy, desiring to "go the whole hog" and make the senator happy-knowing of course his excep tional capacity for the deglutition of taffy. At any rate the job was thor oughly done. Dr. Abbott did not offer to get down os ail-fours, harness him self to a wagon and drag the enthroned Tillman around the streets as some of his Sumter County worshippers did in 1890. but nevertheless he did his best io another way to show that he was willing to make au ass of himself for the man of his adoration. Dr. Abbott began by comparing Ben Tillman to John Wesley and seemed to intimate that like John he deserved a tomb in Westminster Abbey-a sugges tion wbioh the Home Secretary may adopt as soon as be likes without protest from us. He concluded by nominating Benja min fer vice president next year. It is not our purpose to contest Dr. Abbott's opinion of his hero or of thc men who opposed him io 1890 aud after There is no disputing about tastes, and few meo arc so unfortunate as not to find meaner and smaller men to toady them. For people who like that sort of great man Ben Tillman is the sort of great man they like, and mav continue to like for ali we care. Nevertheless it is pleasant to observe that notwithstanding the little outburst of tickled vanity which we quoted at 1 the beginning cf this article Senator ! Tillman realized that his Satterer had made a fool of himself, for ho immedi ately added : "Had I been consulted I 1 would have advised Dr. Abbott against makins the speeoh he did in introduo- : ing mc, but as I was not consulted and ; was not prepared for what was said, I ' take it as it was iotended. I am not here to rake up old feelings or to stir up strife that belonged to past years. We are getting along pretty well, and I would utter no word that would tend to incito feeling and prejudice." The fact is that Tillman's cue at present is conciliation. He is in office and wants to stay in, and if be can do so by being amiable, tolerant and paci ficatory he is quite willing to adopt that polioy. Had he been abie to get into office originally by employing the same means we cannot doubt that ho would not have created his ten years' heil in our politics. Dr. Abbott io his super 8ervioable stupidity did not realize that bis master'? interests had changed, that the curtain bid been rung down on the tragedy of "Get In" and had risen on the pleasant comedy of "Stay Io," with the leading man in an entirely new role. Any other "supes" of tho Abbott so;t who may bc lying around loose io South Carolina waiting for their cue may profit by his experience. We bare used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy io our home for many years and bear cheerful testimony to its value as a medicine which ebould be in every family. In coughs and colds we bave found it to be efficacious and in croup and whooping cough in children we deem it iodispensible.-H. P. Ritter, 4127 Fairfax ate,, St. Louis, Mo. Ecr sale by Dr. A. J. China. / Save Your Money. One box of Tutt's Pills will save j many dollars in doctors' bills j They will surely cure all diseases of the stomach, liver or bowels. No Reckless Assertion For sick headache, dyspepsia, malaria, constipation and bilio usness, a million people endorse TUTT'S Liver PILLS TO RENT-A large store to rent at Hagood fer a nomical sam For terms apply to W. L Saunders, Claremont, S. C Aug. 9-3t. Master's Sale. BY J. E. JERTEY, AUCTIONEER. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. i IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Alfred J China and Altamont Moses as surviving Trustees, Plaintiffs, against Sumter Electric Light Com pany, Defendant. LJNDER AND BY VIRTUE of a Decretal I J Order made in the above stated case and ! dated I6tb day of June, 1899, I will sell at public auction in front of the Court House in \ tbe city of Sumter, in said County and State, oo Monday, September 4th, 1899, being Saleaday between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following described property, real and personal, to wit: All of the real estate owned by the said defendant, the same consisting of two parcels of land situate in the City of Sumter, to be sold together just as though embraced in one ! description, viz : 1. All that ot, piece or parcel af land, sit nate and being in the city of Sumte;, in tbe ! county of Sumter and State aforesaid, bound ed on the North by lands formerly of Frank L. Stewart and Burrill Smith, East and South by land of tbe Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company and Weat by Manning Avenue of said city; tbe said lot having a front on Manning AveBue of fifty- ! eight feet, and measuring on its Northern line a distance of two hundred and forty-eight j feet, be the said dimensions a little more or : less. j 2. All tbat parcel of land situate iu tbe city cf Sumter, Sumter county, io said State, described io the thirteenth paragraph of the Complaint, extending sixteen and three ter as faet n Manning Avenue, and bounded North and East by land formerly of said Frank L Stewart and Burrill Smith. South by lot of the defendant herein before and just above described, and West by Manning Avenue, and measuring on its Northern line one hun dred and ninety-six feet, on ita Eastern line nineteen and eight-tenths feet, and oo its Southern line one hundred and ninety-three and seven-tenths feet, be the same a little more or less; the Electric Plant of the de fendant being now situated upon said two lots Also, the following personal property situ ate upon said lots, and located there and else where in said City of Sumter, viz : One Buckeye Engine, two Westinghouse Engines, two eighty-borse power Boilers, one Steam Pump, one Feed Water Hsater for boil ers, two Hancock Inspirators, one Garfield Injector, one loOO-iight Incandescent Dyna mo, two Excitor?, one line of Shafting 3 15-16 dia. 32 feet long, three Iron Pulleys, two Clutches, one Main Driving Belt 26 ey 83i feet long, two Dynamo Belts 10 by 20 feet long, two Dynamo Belts IO in by 15 feet long, two Excitor Beits 3 in. by teo feet long, one Fire Extinguisher, one Idler 28 io. by 36 io., one Oil Waste Can, two Oil Tanks, forty-two Arc Lamps, eleven hundred Incandescent Lamps, nine Fire Buckets, two Step Ladders, three barrels of Oil, one bale of Waste, six teen boxes of Carbons, one hundred extra Incandescent Lamps, two Transformers 20 lights each, ve Cut-outs for Transformers, four Lightning Arresters, five hundred feet of Copper Wire No. 10, one Letter Press, one Clock, twenty cords of Pine Wood, one Water Tank, one Magneto, three Rheostats, six D. P. Switches, one Valrxeter, three Amperme ters, one Ground Detector, one Wheelbarrow, three Lamp Hoods, three Switch Boards fer Arc Lights, one Portable Valmeter, one Steel rim Pulley, fifty feet of Canvas hose, ons Vi p, ons extra Pulley for Arc Dynamos, one ! Hoe. one Shovel, one Axe, one barrel of Soda j Ash, one hundred and sixty-eight Cieets, two hundred Fioor Bush ngs, thrte hundred Par Knobs, three Pole Stops Frames for Arc j Lamp3, twenty-eight Horseshoe Cut-outs, j thirty Sockets, thirty-five Cut outs, eight ; Maia Cut-outs, eight meters, two Globe Valves, two Chees Valves, three hundred j Pole Brackets, twelve rolls black Tape, one j pound Solder, one Gasolene Torch, about eleven miles of Wire and Poles supporting same connected with said Plant in and near Sumter. Also, all other Fersonal property which may be owned by tbe Defendant at the time of tne sale, whether herein enumerated or not. Also, ail of the Rights, Privileges and Franchises of the Defendant, and all of the said property, real and person**' and ail rights, privileges and franchises t 1 be sold as a whole, save that saco articles as may be destroyed or consumed in the use before the day of sale shall be excluded from such sale. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. Property to be resold if bid or bids be oot complied with. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. August 9, 1899._ Everything in DRUGS, Soda Water, AND Cigars, -AT HUGHSON-LIGON CO. Successors to J. S. Hug'nson & Co. MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEAD QUARTERS WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN. THROW AWAY YOUR OLD STRAW HAT For you can take your pick of our entire line of Men's Straw FOE 5 Cents Reduced prices on all Summer Clothing A Radical Change in Marketing Methods as Applied to Sewing Machines. 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