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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16,1899. The Sumter Watchman was rounded ia 1$50 and the True Southron in 1866 ~ The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of ooth of thc old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sarnter. We have received a copy of the premium list of thirty first annual fair of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina. The fair will commence on Monday Nov. 6th and end on Friday Nov. 10th. Sarnter is generally well repre sented at (he State Fair, and this year we trust the exhibit will be more numerous and of better quality ! than ever before. The premium list is inlier, and every inducement ia offered to exhibitors. The Jewett woman and her backers who went to Charleston for the family of Baker, the Lake City postmaster, and carried them to Boston has pat the negrees on exhi bition and ten cents is charged as an admission. It will be a money making scheme, for more tl an three thousand attended the first perform ance. The Jewett woman made a speech,other members of the company sang and Baker's wife did a turn by shooting and going into a ' 'trance" religions exhiliration the Northern papers call it. How this sort of monkey show is to help the negroes of the sooth or mitigate the lynching we fail to see, but that it is a bonanza for the Jewett woman e nd her crew is unquestioned. The pig question is assnming more importance than ever. It will not down. City Coancil aid the Board of Health both had something to say on the subject at their respective meetings last week. It would not be difficult to get a large anti pig vote The hog ot* the quadruped variety is sn intolerable nuisance and can be regulated only in the quiet walks of rural life. He is totally unfit for citizenship in a town The sooner he goes the better. His presence is a constant menace to health, and may prove injarious to oar business interests. Those who wau S factories will have an opportunity of placing themselves on record OB the 28th instast Those who are opposed to progress, growth 5 and improvement will show their hand at the same time. On that date will be held the election to deeide whether Sumter shall or shall not take her place io the march of progresa hy exempting faetones from taxation for five year?. The arguments io favor of tax exemp tion for factories atcNnaoifold, but if there were none stronger it would be sufficient to say that other places that have every advantage that Sumter has are exempting ail factories, and we must mee: thtm on the same ground, unless we wish to publish to the world that we are content to remain in the same old ruts, ooprogrcssive asd unprospercus By exempting factorisa that may be induced to locate io a city nothing is lost, for tho taxable property is cot reduced by thc exemption Oa the other hand mach is gained ; every factory that is added to a town increases the vaiue of ali property, gives employ ment to the unemployed, pats oat io wages hundreds or thousands cf dellars a year that go to swell tbe voiutre of trade, invests capital that, at tbe end of five years, will be placed on the tax book and from that time onward will pay taxes jost as other property owters does. To exempt faoiories from city taxes is a good h usin es policy, and Sumter should have bad snob a law ten years ago. What we have lost by not haviog it we can never koow, but that is behind us now aod the present and future is what ooocercs os. We moat exempt factories and every voter io the city should torn out and oast a ballot for progress and improvement. A half hearted election that goes by default is almost aa had as no election at all, and we urge the people cf Sumter to wake up, fchake themselves, and get in line to puen Sarnter along. We have a good town, a fine surround ing country, great opportunities and a bright future, bat unless we grasp the opportunities, there will be no change for the better, no improvement, and there will bs no realization of our bright prospecta-the fature will con tinue to hold oat elusive hopes to a lot of dreamers who will wait for for tune to drop unearned rewards into their profitless hands. Steps to Secure Shortage. Penitentiary Directors to Be Consulted. The board of penitentiary directors has been requested to meet at the gov ernor's office Friday at ll a. m , for a discussion of the penitentiary shortage. The governor, aoting upDn the advice of the attorney general, has asked the board to meet in order that certain matters may be discussed fully before the State authorities take action ia the matter. In referring the report of the legis lative investigating committee to the attorney g nerai, Governor MoSweeney wrote : "I herewith beg to transmit to yon as the head of the legal department of the State the report of the committee appointed by the last legislature to investigate the management of the State penitentiary and to ask that you take ! snob action as the law requires to pro tect the interests of the State and to secare the administration of justice. "I would ask also that you advise me what further steps are necessary to be taken by me in order to carry out the findings of the committee as con tained io the report.77 Mr Bellinger yesterday replied as follows : "Replying ic yours of even date transmitting to me the report of the legislative committee charged with the iivestigation of the affairs of the peni tentiary I beg to say that immediate stsps will be taken to protect the inter ests of the State and to secure the ad ministration of justice. "I would call your excellency's at tention to tho fact that before suit should be commenced that under that law a meeting of the board of directors of the penitentiary should be called and that some action should be taken by them authorizing this office to act io certaia particulars. * "I shall freely otil upon your excel lency for such aid and advice as I am sore will bs gladly given/' Without the authority of tte board to proceed with the legal action some eompiioatioD8 might arise, and the at torney general wants to make a olean eut fight for the State * It is the opinion of some who have well considered the entire case that it will be tn the courts for a long time - The State, August 16 Climate abd Crop Condition. U. 3. Department of Agricul ture, South Carolina Section. COLUMBIA, S. C , August .15, 1899 The week ending August 14th, 1899, gave a continuation cf ihe ex cessively hot weather that has pre vailed almost without cessation since the opening of the crop season The weekly mean temperature was about 5 degrees above the normal Thunderstorms occurred on tbe 8th, 10th and lith, quite generally over the State with, however, locali ties that had no rain or insufficient amounts, while generally there was enough, and in Colleton and Edgefieid Counties excessive rains occurred In the latter county, at Poverty Hill, nearly 9 inches fell during two show ers, flooding bottom lands, and dam aging crops thereon. High winds and hail also did some damage by blowing down corn, and beating dowu other eld crops Army worms continue to destroy young corn aud grass, and were re ported from more counties than last week, but their number is apparently decreasing. Horn worms on tobacco have spread over three counties and are very troublesome Eairy cotton is openins over the en tire State, and picking has begun in localit s. There is somewhat less shedding than last week, but rust is spreading Tbe bottom crop is a heavy one. the middle crop very poor having been sheC, while the new growth JS putting on a top crop in places. As a whole, its present condition cannot be said to be prom ising, nor yet extremely poor, both conditions prevailing accordingly to locality. Sea island cotton shedding some, still blighting, is weli fruited and beginning to open. There is general improvement in corn that bas not reached maturity, with a few reports of exceedingby 5ne crops, but the contrary is the rule Fodder pulling is well under way, and being finished in the southeastern counties. A fair yield of fodder has been saved. Tobacco cutting and curing is about finished in the eastern districts. The quality of the crop has been further injured in places by excessive beat and worms. In the western districts cutting bas only begun Rice is heading and some is ripen ing, while harvesting has begua on a small scale. Many report upland rice very poor. Sugar cane, sorghum, peas and pindera doing very well generally. Turnips being sown, and lands prepared for fall truck crops. EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS7 RE PORTS. I Clarendon-Pinewood : Had fine raina this week ; cotton is doing wei! late corn has improved very much ; very little fodder being pulled owiDg to unfavorable weather; the indica lions are that the hay crop wiil be fine ; sugar cane above the average ; no army worms here.-R S Des Champs Darlington -Society Hill : Horn Worms have given tobacco growers much trouble this week, curing con tinues ; upland corn seriously dam aged by drought accompanied by excessive beat ; cotton has stopped growing, but is well fruited ; it is opening prematurely ; moisture need ed for potatoes, rice and peas ; rain greatly needed in sections -Maj J J Lucas. Fiorence-Florence : Excessively bot weather ; temperature ranged from 94 to 98 ; the drought and bot sun have caused cotton to open pre maturely : corn and tobacco crops are suffering from the same cause. E W Loyd Kershaw-Tillers Ferry : Severe j thunderstorms on the 10th and lltb, accompanied by wind and rain ; crops are growing finely, especially peas and potatoes ; poor stand of turnips ; Fodder pulling becomes general ; tobacco infested with worms, curing best leaves this week, some few are grading -J W Gardner. Orangeburg - Springfield: Unus ually warm this week ; fodder pulling well advanced; the week's rain pa iiy impeded work ; crops not looking well ; cotton opening fast where rusty ; pastures in good condition. D E Sturkie. Sumter- Statesburg : The refresh ing rains of the 8th and 10th have been of great benefit to ail growing crops, such as cotton, late corn, peas, and potatoes, sugar cane, sorghum, etc, but these rains were by no means general ; to the northeast of Statesburg they were only moderate. W W Anderson, M D. Williameburg-Cox: Week dry and hot ; all crops damaged for want of rain ; not over half a crop of corn or cotton is expected ; rice is also a failure ; great complaint of worms damaging tobacco ; curing is about half finished, and the weed cf inferior quality.- D N Jones. Baptist fargonage Barned. Florence, August 15 -The Baptist Church parsonage, a large two-story building was consumed by fire this morning. The fire started around the kitchen Sao at 7 BO o'clock, and fanned by the high winds, burned so rapidly that saving the house was out of the question. A heavy rain began to fall, and this materially aided the fire depart ment io saving adjoining residences from destruction. The household ef fects were nearby all removed from the lower fioori, but that in the seoond story oould not be saved. Dr. H. R. Mose ley's choice library was destroyed. mi I - - ut i - CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Kheuma and Sores. Price, 25 cts. Sold bj Hughson-Ligon Co. W NTED-To exchange a double barre! breech-loading gun for a bicycle in gocd repair Apply to R. F. Anderson, Sumter, S. C. Aug. 16-lt* TO RENT-A large tore to rent at Hagood for a nomioal eura. For terms apply to W. L Saunder?, Claremont, S. C. Aug 9-3t._ DR. WTB. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER, S. C. .UFFICS Heuaa- 9 a. m. lo 2:30 p. m.; 3:15 to 6:30 p ra. Office over Baltman's Shoe Store. May 2-$ra ARE YOU1 BANKRUPTinhealth. constitution undermined by ex travagance in eating, by disre garding the laws of nature, oi physical capital all gone, if so, NEVER DESPAIR Tutt's Liver Pills vrill cure you. For sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, malaria, torpid liver, constipation, biliousness and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills an absolute cure. Master's Sale. BY J. E. JERVEY, AUCTIONEER. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Alfred J China and Altamont Moses as surviving Trustees, Plaintiffs, against Sumter Electric Light Com pany, Defendant. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made ic th Dove stated case and dated 16th daj of JUL I899, I will sell at public auction io front of tbe Court House in | the cit j of Sumter, io said County aod State, j on Monday, September 4tb, 1899, being j Salesday between the hours of ll o'clock in tbe 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 9aid ! defendant, the same consisting of two parcels ! of land situate in the City of Sumter, to be j sold together just as though embraced in one description, viz : 1. All that lot, piece or parcel af land, sit uate and being in the city of Snmter, in the 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 the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company and West by Manniog Avenue of said city; the said lot having a front OD Manning A renae of fifty eight feet, and measuring on its Northern line a distance of two hundred and forty-eight feet, be the said dimensions a little more or less. 2. All tbat parcel of land situate in the city of Sumter, Sumter county, ir said State, described io the thirteenth paragraph of the Complaint, extending sixteen and three tenths feet on Manning Avenue, and bounded North and East by land formerly of said Frank L. Stewart and Burrill Smith, Sooth by lot of the defendant herein before and just above described, and West by Manning Avenue, and measuring oo its Northern line one hun dred aad ninety-six feet, on its Eastern line nineteen and eight-tenths feet, and on its Southern line one hundred and ninety-three and seven-tenths feet, be the same a little more or ess; the Electric Plant of the de fendant being now situated upon said two lots Also, the following personal property situ ate upon slid lots, and located there and else where in said City of Sumter, viz : One Buckeye Engine, two Westinghouse Engines, two eighty-horse power Boilers, one Steam Pomp, one Feed Water Hsater for boil ers, two Hancock Inspirators, one Garfield Injector, one lUOO-iigbt Incandescent Dyna mo, two Excitors, one line of Shafting 3 15-16 d a. 32 feet long, three Iron Polleys, two Clutches, one Main Driving Belt 26 by 83 feet long, two Dynamo Belts 10 by 20 feet long, two Dynamo Belts IO in by 15 feet long, two Excitor Belts 3 io. by ten feet long, one Fire Extinguisher, one Idler 28 in. by 36 io , one Oil Waste Can, two Oil Tanks, forty-two Arc Lamps, eleven hundred Incandescent Lamps, nine Fire Buckets, two Step Ladders, tbree barrels of Oil, one bale of Wasfe, six teen boies of Carbons, one hundred extra Incandescent Lamps, two Transformers 20 lights eacb, five Cut-outs for Transformers, < four Lightning Arresters, five hundred fee: 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 Valaeter. three Amperme ters, one Ground Detector, one Wheelbarrow, three Lamp Hoods, tbree Switch Boards for Arc Lights, one Portable Valmeter, one Steel rim Pulley, fifty feet of Canvas bose, ooe Vise, one extra Pulley for Arc Dynamos, one Hoe, one Shovel, one Axe, one barrel of Soda Ash, one hundred and sixty-eight Cleets, two hundred Floor Busb'ngs, tbrte hundred Par j Knobs, three Pole Stops Frames for Arc ; Lamps, twenty-eight Hor3e shoe Cut-outs, thirty Sockets, thirty-five Cut outs, eight j Maia Cut-outs, eight meters, t*o Globe Valves, two Checfc Valves, tbree hundred Pole Brackets, twelve rolls black Tape, one pound Solder, one Gasolene Torch, about eleven miies of Wire and Poles supporting same connected with said Plant in and near Sumter. Also, all other Personal property which may be owned by tbe Defendant at the time of tbe 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 personal, and all rights, privileges and franchises shall be sold as a whole, save that such articles as may be destroyed or consumed in the use before tbe day of sale shall be excluded from snch sale. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. Property to be resold if bid or bids be not complied with. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. August 9, 1899. Everything in DRUGS, Soda Water, AND Cigar 5 -AT HUGHSON-LIGON CO. Successors to J. S. Hugbson & Co. MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEAD I QUARTERS WHEN YOU COME j TO TOWN. THROW AWAY THAW HAT For jon can take your pick of our entire line o Men's Straw Hats, .FOR SO Cents* Reduced prices on all Summer Clothing. j. imnme A Radical Change in Marketing Methods as Applied to Sewing Machines. An original plan under which yon can obtain easier terms and better value in the purchase of the world famous *' White" Sewing Machine than ever before offered. Write for our elegant H-T catalogue and detailed particulars. How we can save you money in the purchase of a high-grade sewing machine and the easy terms of payment we can offer, either direct from factory or through our regular authorized agents. This is an oppor tunity you cannot afford to pass. You know the "White," you know Hts manufacturers. Therefore, a"detailed description of the machine" 3 its construction is unnecessary. If you have an old machine to exchange we can offer most liberal terns WTrite to-day. Address in foll. """" COMPANY, (Dep t A.) Clcvelaal ebie. Mme Ball Spalding and Reach Official League Balls, $1.25 Bats in variety at all prices* Spalding and Reach Balls, $1.00 Bown. Catchers9 Mitts, Basemen Mitts, Fielder's Olores, From the best professional $7.50 Mitt down to Boy's 25c Mitt. Liberty Street.