The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 20, 1899, Image 4
S|* lEaitjjinait w? Soatgnm.
The Sumter Watchman was roundeu
n 1850 aod the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sumter.
The City Council has oooe more
spoken on the bog question, it says
again in stern and decided accents (he
hogs must go, teo days beiog granted
for the ?xodos. We hope the exit of
the hogs will be successfully consum?
mated before another petition oan be
laid before the ccuooil.
Col. Jim Tillman wants to go to the
Philippines as coca mander of an inde?
pendent battalion composed of Indians.
What about the indians? Do they
want Col. Tillman to oommand them ?
There are all sorts of cranks in this
world, bat the two star freaks of the
day are Phelan, the bard man from
Kansas, and Paul E. Ayer, of Ander?
son, S. C., who bave advertised
themselves by issuing challenges to
Esterhazy to fight a duel.
Why should the stores be kept
open until 12 o'clock Saturday night
when the same volume of business
can be done if they are closed at 10
o'clock ?
Senator McLauriu tells the Washing?
ton papers that a majority of people in
Sooth Carolina favor explosion, bot be
neglected to locate the expansionists so
that they might be found and identified,
and such directions are necessary, for no
one besides Senator MoLaurio has sno !
oeedsd io finding expansionists in snob
numbers. Senator McLaurin should
have attended the much talked of
Tillman pie nie uear this city to find
out what people in this section think of
expansion, manifest destiny and holding
on to the Philippines. On that occasion
Senator Tillman made certain comments
on expansionists who were eohoing
McKinley's manifest destiny can't
that the junior senator could have taken
to himself without a stretob of the
imagination.
We do not know whether lo credit or
disbelieve the report coming from
Kiogstree that Soiioitor John S. Wilson
will be a candidate for Congress io tbe
Sixth district at the next election. If
fie should 03 a candidate the people of
.the Sixth district should elect him at
the first primary. A better mao for
the place could not be found.
Sumter should be weil represented in
"Progressive Sooth Carolina" by a
clearly and concisely written statement
of the industries and resources and
advantages Sumter ' possesses. This
book wi? ce the staodsrd hand book of
the State for the nest five years and
will he consulted bj every mao who has
any idea of coming South to live or
wishes to invest moue} in Southern
lands, factories or other business enter?
prises
Th? old 6oidters will ask the Legisla*
ture to appropriate $10.000 for a
monument at Chiokamauga If the
Siafe can afford it the appropriation
Should b? made, for there is nothing to
mar2 the hoes OT tho gallant Carolinians
who tock part io the hattie
While the seaboard Air Line is giv?
ing attention to the coast, its manage
ment would do weil to lock toward
the mountains An enormous manu?
facturing business is being developed
all along the foot hills of the Blue
Ridge raDge-a business already
giving hoodreds of thousands of
dollars of freight every year and pro?
mising indefinite growth The time
is coming when Utile cotton will be
shipped out ot the South Atlantic
States by rail or sea and when the
freight business o? the section will
be the hauling of cotton mill machia
ery and merchandise for the peo
pie to the mills and the hauling
of manufactured goods from the
mills. The system that would pianl
its roots firmly in the living, growing
parts of the South needs to be in the
manufacturing districts.
Augusta and Colombia are botr
important manufacturing points anc
connections from them to the sea a
Charleston and Savannah mean, o
course, large business ; but there is ?
long and busy belt of manufacturing
district which the Seaboard skirt
but does not reach.-Greenvill
News.
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Wives I Simmons' Squaw Vine Wine o
Tablets bring happiness to sorrowing ha?
banos and barrea homes.
Climate and Crop Condition.
?. S. Department of Agricul?
ture, South Carolina
Section.
COLUMBIA, S. C , Sept. 19, 1899.
The week ending Monday, Septem?
ber 18, 1899, averaged slightly cooler
than usual, although the temperature
departures were small. ? maximum
temperature of 92 degrees occurred at
St. Matthews and Yemassee, and a
minimum of 55 at Greenville and
Spencer.
There were light to quite heavy
showers on the 10th and 11th, over the
western and northern portions of the
State, after which the week was dry
and oool, affording ideal weather for
gathering crops, and for preparing
lands and sowing rye, oats and wheat.
The indications are that a larger acre?
age than usual of wheat will be planted
this fail.
The heavy rains were of great
benefit to growing crops, and only
slightly damaging to open cotton and
to bottom land corn.
Cotton continues to open rapidly, and
faster than it can be picked, although
the {weather was extremely favorable.
Faliy half of the orop bas been picked,
and in many places unopened boils are'
scarce. The yields are light except ia
seciioLs, notably Hampton County,
where there is the largest yield in
years. Late cotton continues to grow,
bloom and fruit, nevertheless there will
be a top crop in spots only. ? slight
improvement is reported in sea-island
ootton, which is opening rather slowly.
Lite oom continues to grow nicely,
aod unless there comes an early frost,
will be a fair good crop. Fodder pull?
ing is about finished over the western
counties, and it has been saved in
excellent oondition.
Early rice harvest is about finished,
with a good yield of fine quality. Late
rioe is ripening, and being cut and
stacked. There is some improvement
to be noted in upland rice.
Peas, turnips, sugar cane and sweet
potatoes have made great improvement
and with few exceptions are now very
promising.
Fail track is about all planted, bat
there is need of rain to germinate the
seeds and to support the young plants.
Hayiog is under way ; with general?
ly good yields of both graes and pea
vines.
EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS' RE
PORTS.
Charleston-Charleston : AD ideal
week for harvesting ; the bulk of
early rice has been harvested, and
quality above the average ; late rice
still on the fields ; sea island cotton
picking has been heavy, the staple
looks well, and is up to a good aver?
age in fineness ; truck farmers busy
planting last of fall snapbeans, having
been delayed by a scarcity of green
beans ; white potatoes stands poor,
some few planted this week ; small
garden seeds have come poorly ; tur?
nips poor stand.-L Sahlmann
Darlington-Society HUI : Weather
favorable for picking cotton, which
is weli advanced ; out come probably
two thirds of an average crop ; rain
on 9th very beneficial to late corn,
sweet potatoes and sugar cane ; sor?
ghum being harvested, yield fair -
Maj J J Lucas
Florence-Lynch : Heavy fall of
rain on 11 th, since which time the
weather has been very pleasant ;
there is not more than haifa yield in
any crop ; cotton is being harvested
very rapidly, and there is no late
"fruit ;'7 picking will soon be finish?
ed -E J Smith.
Orangeburg - Orangeburg : The
weather has been favorable for gath?
ering ail crops ; cotton picking pro
greasing rapidly, and with good
weather will soon be picked out ;
colton crop very short ; peas, pota?
toes, sugar cane and rice growing
finely -Jno S. Rowe.
Sumter-Statesburg : Kain on the
ll th was very beneficial to ali grow
iog crops, but retarded cotton pick
ing; cotton opens very briskly and hai
gotten considerably ahead of the pick
ers, who are unable to keep up ; pro
bably two thirds to three fourths o
the crop now open : moro rain ii
needed for turnips, pastures, peas
potatoes, etc.-W W Anderson, A
I)
Williamsburg-Cox : ?Veek endei
dry and cool ; cotton nearly al! opei
and is not a half crop ; peas and po
tatoes fine ; turnips crop will be
failure ; rice crop sorry.-L N Jone
DREYFUS HAS
BEEN PARDONED
Announcement Causes no
Excitement in Paris.
Paris, Sept 19.-The COUDO? of
ministers decided today to pardon Drey
fas in principie. The pardon will take
effect in a few days.
Dreyfas has relinquished his appeal
for a reversal of the judgment of the
oourtmartial.
The announcement that Dreyfas was
to be pardoned had already been dis?
counted by predictions and there was
absolutely no excitement displayed aoy
where along the boulevards when the
newsboys ran along at about 3 15 p. m.
with the first editions containing the
statement that the cabinet had decided
to pardoo Dreyfas. The newspapers
sold quickly, but there was no rush for
them upon the part of the boule
vardier8. Those who bought the
papers sat down io froot of the cafes
and read the announcement without
comment. Every one expected it and
the decision met with oo opposition.
rgS CUBAN OIL cures Cuts,
' ' Burns, Bruises, Rheuma?
tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts.
Sold bj Hogbson-Ligon Co.
TOM REED A "TRAITOR "
The distinguished Thos. B. Reed,
of Maine, had until we got into the
Philippine fracas enjoyed the reputa
tion of being a typical Republican
and a man of unquestionable loyalty
to the flag, but ?ve very much fear
that if he doesn't padlock his mouth
be wiil have to take his place among
the "copperheads'7 and "traitors,"
with ex Senators Edmunds and
Sherman, Senators Hoar and Foraker,
and other leading Republicans, not
to speak of hundreds of Republicans
less conspicuous and the millions of
other people of all parties who do
not endorse this war of "criminal
aggression "
Tom has a habit of saying what
he thinks, in robust English, without
asking the permission of the other
fellows or submitting his remarks to
the censor's blue pencil. The latest
from him is thus reported in a Port?
land, Maine, dispatch of the 12th
inst :
"io a railroad train today Hon
Thomas B Reed got into a discussion
with two Portland men, and plainly
expressed bis sentiments in regard to
the war io the Philippines. One of
his eeatmates, who is a radical expan?
sionist, remarked that to withdraw oar
troops from the Philippines now would
humiliate our nation before thc world.
Mr. Reed replied.
" "You don't rbiok the Fi li pi?. Os
would chase our soldiers 7,000 miles if
they should start tor home, do you V
"The Portland man replied that it
was not fear of the Filipinos, but
humiliation in the sight of other nations
that was referred to, whereupon Mr.
Reed said :
*' 'i have always observed that with
individuals the fear of hamiiiatioo is
exactly in proportion as they deserve
io, and I believe the same principle
bolds good with a nation aod with a
party Some peopie seem to be afraid
that these Fiiipioos will put their
tongues io their cheeks at us They
have done that already. They have
watched our failure as others have.
I doo'c know how long it wiil be before
the American peopie get tired of spend
ing fifty millions a year in trying to
conquer these F??D?OOS, but it doesn't
seem to me that it wili bc very long.
I eau conceive that freedom is jase as
dear to them as it is to us, and that
they will fight for it just as long.' "
He puts the figure very low at
?50,000.000 a year, for this is less
than half the Washington estimate,
and we are spending at the rate of
$15,000,000 a month now. Of course
the American people will get tired of
it. A majority of them are tiled of
it already There is no better proof
of that than the cold re.-ponse to the
calls for troops -Wilmington Star.
There is a growing list of special
ailments and deformities caused by
over indulgence in various athletic
SDorte, and already the number ie
almost sufficient for a special medi?
cal treatise. On the list there are the
bicycle hump, the bicycle heart, the
tro?ley foot, the football nose, the
oarsman's stoop, the ball pitcher's
glass arm and similar manifestations
ol American intemperance in sports,
Now there is added to the list the
"golf shoulder." It consists of i
painful swelling in the dorsal rausch
used in swinging the heavy golfciubf
for long drives and is said to have
been acquired by many of the g?lten
at Newport, St. Andrews and othei
fashionable links If neglected, it ii
said to effect the spine and may uiti
mutely produce paralysis Quite ai
interesting chamber o? borr?n
ai i erbt he m?de in the shape of ai
anatomical museum consisting o
piaster models of the physical in
firmities resulting from two mucl
and too vigorous sport -Spartanburf
Herald.
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taken in time will prevent
Sick Headache,
dyspepsia, biliousness, malana,
constipation, jaundice, torpid
liver and kindred diseases.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BASK,
O? SUMTER, S. C.,
At Sumter, ia the State of South Carolina,
at the close of busice83, Sept. 7tb, 1899.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, $188,376 72
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 1,989 74
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation, 18,750 00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 1,500 00
Stocks, securities, etc, 12,356 98
Banking house, furniture and fix?
tures, 5,000 00
Other real estate and mortgages
owned, 9,646 35
Due from National B*nks (not
Reserve Agents) 7,293 34
Due from State Banks and
Bankers, 13,694 54
Dne from approved reserve
agents, ll 567 74
Checks and other cash iteis, 6,781 42
Notea of other National Banks, 1,000 00
Fractional paper currency, nick?
els ?nd cents, 323 26
Lawful Money Reserve in Ba?k,
viz:
Specie, 12,867 00
Legal-tender notes, 1,200 00 14 C67 00
Redemption fund with U. S.
Tr^as'r (5 per cent cf circula?
tion,) 843 75
Total, $293.202 84
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid io, 75,000 CO
Surclus fund, 15,000 00
Undivided profits, les9 expenses
and tax?3 paid, 4,889 92
National bank noted outstanding 16,875 00
Due to other National Banks, 3,062 09
Due to State Banks and
Bankers, 2,635 70
Dividends unpaid 20 00
Individual deposits subject to
check, 128,756 09
Time certificates of deposit, 20,000 00
Note3 and bills rediscounted, 26,963 04
Total, $293,202 84
State of South Carolina, 1
County of Sumter, j
I, R IL. EDMUNDS, Cashier of toe above
Damed bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to tbe be3t of my
knowledge and belief.
R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
28th dav of September, 1899.
D. W. CUITINO, [LS J
Notary Pu o lie for S. C.
Correct-Attest :
JNO. REID, )
A. J. CHINA, V Directors.
NEILL O'DONNELL, J
Sept. 20, 1899.
Last Teacher's Examination.
OFFICE OF
CO. SUPERINTENDENT EDUCA?
TION, SUMTER COUNTY,
SUMTER, S. C ,Sept 20,1899.
rriHERE WILL BE AN EXAMINATION
J_ of Teachers for Certificates on the 13th
ot October, (2d Friday), open to white and
colored.
White teachers who did not attend the
Summer School and bav? not been excused
by the State Board Ind betier attend, for if
their certificates expire before another Sum?
mer School they will not he renewed.
J EDWIN RE vi BERT,
Co. Supt. Education.
Sept. 20-2t.
Claremont Loiie 1.64, A. F. M.
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
64. A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday
Evening, October 12. at 1\ p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly
B. J. RHAME, W. M.
Attest-H. C. MOSES Sec.
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RELIEF CAME.
MKS. E. C. COLYER ?
of Salubrity, Ga., Aug. ,1*
8th, 1S98, writes: Ben- &
edicta has certainly
been a blessing to k
my sixteen year 5
old daughter. She W
was in wretched
health and had |>
missed fourmonths?
^ * Two bottles of Beni
edicta have entirely restored her health, v
The monthly periods have returned F
and are now painless and regular. W
T Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular^
or suppressed .Menstruation? Benedicta gt
jj lias cured many suffering women and ?
*v.-iiLcure you In the privacy of your?
fi home, without the necessity physl-gi
jj clan's ex- k ?
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?2 thens them so that the monthly periods K
^ may bc regularand painless. Headache. C
*g Dizziness, Nervousness, that dragging*
A sensation anil those terrible pains in g
3thc back, hips and abdomen quickly L
^ disappear. k
S<>M l?v ;'.!! Dragsters OT sent post-paid lura
~$1. A box ot" MonthlyRepainting Pittston
-> use in connection, is with cacb boule ?
LADIES BLUE BOOK sent free to any ad. '
?. dress. A sample lx>x of "Monthly" Re.^- U
M"u?atlnirPills sent for 10 c. In stamps.
Vddrcss, Woman's Department. New S
jj Spencer Medicine Co.. Chattanooga.Tenn.g
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Seid bv Hagbson-Li? on Co.
1699.=^T 1900.
WHERE DO YOU BELONG?
Are you wide awake enough to use
20th Century ideas or are you sat?
isfied with snail pace methods?
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Our methods are, buy for Cash and sell for,
Casu. Buy close and be satisfied with a
small margin.
Having bought early we are not affected as yet, by the little
advance in some lines of merchandise.
This season we have added 2,000 square feet to our floor $
space which will be used largely for showing our elegant line of
Cloaks, Capes, House Wrappers and Tailor
made Suits.
As usual, our assortment of Suit Patterns and Trimmings is
up to its high standard cf elegance, and it is not possible to
see the new shadings elsewhere which are being shown-this
season in Venetians, Ladies' Cloths,, Poplins, Scotch Cheviot
Plaid Skirtings, Fancy Cr?pons in all of the novel importa?
tions from foreign looms.
Having permanently established the fact r
that we handle only good shoes, we merely
make the statement that this department
has been greatly enlarged and the line of both
Ladies' and Children's Shoes is more com- j
plete than ever before.
In this announcement we extend to you our semi-annual
invitation to call in and make our establishment your head?
quarters, whether to purchase or not. Come in and get a
posting on prices.
Very Truly Yours,
Hinter jjry poods ^o,
PROPRIETORS OF
Sumter's Leading Dressmaking Establishment
-AND
Regulators of Prices for this Section of the State.
Sepi 20
1st L.OAD
Our Mr. Stansill will
return this weet with
our first importation
of horses and mules?
H. HARRY.
Sumtor, S. C , Sept. 18, 1S99.
MIL** MOVED U*P MM.
t.
Has moved his stock of
Hardware, Stoves, Cut- *
lery, Crockery, &c?,
Into the large store next to First National
Bank, lately occupied by the Ducker &
Bultman Company,
And is DOW better prepared with a larger stock than ever, to supply the publia
with everything in his I?DC. Especial attention is directed to tne very large
line of
Stoves and Stove Fixtures,
Both cocking and hcatiog, and also to our large Hoe of
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, WINDOW GLASS, PAINTS, OILS,
Oar regular lines of Hardware, Tonis, Cutlery, Gur?s, Am monition, Harness,
Saddlery, Houseiurnishiog Goode, &3., wili bc lound larger and more complete.
Wc also carry Eogine and Mill Supplies. Remember, ail our stoves are #^
warranted. Call and see us. Very respectfully,
L. B. DURANT.
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