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ip 1EH%UW at? Son??jro?i WEDNESDAY, KOV~l, 1899. The Sumter Watchman was loundeo. io 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Souihron now has the combineu circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly 'he best advertising medium in Samter. The reply of Mr. Hazelden to D A. G. Ouzts' charge that he had liquidated ?10,000 in debts since he became a member of the Board ol Control, is full, satisfactory and com plete. His statement is clear cut and to the point, and the letters from the county officials, bankers, lawyers and other business men of Marion afford convincing proof that he not only bas not paid oat $10,000 but be has never owed that amount in his life. Mr. Oazts will now have to -furnish proof and good proof before his charge that Mr. Hazslden has feathered his nest since he has been a member of the Board of Control It is with great satisfaction that we are able to announce that New? man & Mims have decided to erect a twenty five barrel roller flour mil! at Elliotts, this county. They now have well equipped wagon and repair shops, grist mili and rice mill, and the flour mill will be in the nature of an enlargement of their milling busi? ness rather than a new enterprise Their rice mill, so far as we are in? formed, is the only one in the county having a complete outfit of improved machinery for bulling and polishing rice, and for several years this miil has been kept busy. The roller mill w*l! be the only one in the county, and it should prove a profitable en terpriee as there is no roller mills nearer than Darlington and Vaughan's, above Camden The establishment of this mill should have the effect of encouraging the farmers of this county to plant more wheat than they have ever before planted, for the greatest obstacle that has heretofore stood in the way of wheat culture was the lack of mills for converting the wheat into first class flour quickly and economically Ev ery farmer ia Sumter county can and should raise sufficient wheat to make all the flour ueeded for home use. With this mill near at hand it wiil be ? matter of littie difficulty to have the wheat converted into flour as good as the best that can be pur? chased anywhere and better and purer than much of the flour that is now in constant use We cannot too strongly urge oar readers among the farmers io plant wheat this fall It will be a surplus crop and it will be worth a dollar a bushel next summer. The Boers have cleverly outpoint ed the English io the campaign in Natal They have driven them out of Dundee and Glencoe, capturing several batteries and Maxim rapid fire gans and a number of men ; have shot the iargest force up in their strongly entrenched camp at Lady smith and are besieging the garrisons of Kimberly and Mafrk:og. There is great uneasiness in English circles that Gen Joubert will overpower Gen. U'hite'a force at Ladysmith and capture the place wiih its large store of munitions before reinforcements can reaob him. Ail the news we receive comes from Eogiish sources and is favorable to the English and full of rumors and unfounded infer? ences un?aii' io the B >erd It i?? imu-jiog to read the severe strictures on the mismanagement of the dispensary and the harsh con demoations cf the petty pilferers who have been picking up odds and ends that fell in their way that ara now appearing in the true biue re? form papers Four or five years ago for any one to hint that rebates and side commissions were being gather ed in great gobs of filthy lucre by the big Reformers who were running the big giu mill was like waving a red cloth in the face of a mad bull and the impious one who dared to speak of rebates and 6tealage was denounced as a liar and a traitor. Time is said to prove ali things, and we are beginning to believe that some of oar reform politico editors are at last convinced that the dis pensary isa prolific source of corrup? tion aud the nursery of thieves who have feathered their nests at the ex? pense of the State. Say Writing Tablets, Pencils and Paper at 03:een'a Book Store. Washington News. j THE ANTI-IMPERIALISTS j SHOW HOW THE MON j EY GOES. j Westlington, Oct. 30-That Mr. j McKinley baa become somewhat I alarmed by the harsh criticism ol Gen. Otis, by the press of the coun? try, regardless of party is shown by 1 the semi-official announcement that Gens. Lawton and MacArthur, who are said to be slated for the -vacancies in the regular amy made by the re ' tirement of Brigadier General Shaf ter and the death of Brigadier Gen? eral Guy V. Ilenry, who was buried today at Arlington, with military 1 honors, are to have practically inde? pendent commands in the coming campaign on the island of Luzon. That is to say, they are to carry out the general pian of campaign as arranged by Gen. Otis, but are to be left independent as to the movements of their respective commands while in the field, and free to do as they think best, without having to first get the consent of Gen. Otis. The administration is bending every effort towards counter acting the adverse sentiment against its Philippine policy, which it realizes is increasing. The Philippine com? mission, which met in Washington today, has been ordered to hurry a preliminary report in favor of the administration policy, so it can be j put before the public at once. Mem? bers of the commission present are Admiral Dewey, Cd Denby, Prof. Schurman and Prof Worcester The meetings a:s held with closed doors. Gen Fitz Lee is in Washington, on his way home from Cuba, on leave of absence His position in the army keeps his mouth closed as to the conditions in Cuba, but he teils his friends privately that there is an awful mix up on the Uland, and his manner indicates, that he could tell some interesting things if he were at liberty to do so John Sherman has been talking again, and what he said, made it evident that the old man had neither lost interest in Ohio politics nor the faculty of properly sizing up the situation in that state Mr Sher? man predicts republican defeat, be? cause of the opposition of the German voters to the foreign policy of the administration, of which he said : "It cannot be sustained in morals and is in contravention to the American Declaration of Independ? ence, and the teachings of the brave men who signed that instrument,'' and of the republican opposition to a continuation of Hanna's leadership Mr Sherman didn't say that he would be glad of republican defeat in Ohio, or that resentment of his own treat ment by the Hanna-McKinley clique was responsible for the attitude of any of the republican voters, but there are 6ome things that are fully understood without being said. At the last meeting of the Washing? ton branch of the aoti imperialist league, Gen. Wm. Birney, a life-long repoblicao said : "Imperialism respects oo. law. To it the coogrcss is oothiog, the commander in chief of the army everything I; disregards constitution aid statutes and transfers ail power to the executive. The writ cf habeas corpus docs not exist io the imperial j colonies The prisons of Coba, Purto i Rico and the Poilippines are vocal with j the cries of men woo cannot be beard i bevood the walls. Imperialism knows j no limit, exoept the caprice of the J emperor. It bas the 6word, it will ; seize the purse. Nay, u has airsady ! defied the limitation imposed by con I gress ; it has expended two hundred millions where only 80 were appropri? ated. It hap, without authoriry of law, transported immense; bodies of troops to the other side of the globe Ic bas built up an immense patronage in its control of military appointments. It bas used this patronage for political parp?se-*. Its icflaence is asea to discredit all the fuodameotal doctrines of American institutions." Another republican-Capt. O'Farrell-said : "We hear a good deal about the trade with the Philippines It takes from & thousand to thirteen hundred dollars a day to coal each transport on the PaciCo ocean betweeo San Francisco and Manila. This coal is imported from Cardiff, Wales. The beef supplied to our troops aod thc potatoes and vege? tables come from Australia. Maoy of the uniforms worn by our o;?cers and men, in the Philippines, are now manufactured in Hoog Kong, while tte cost of our army and navy amounts to $650,000 a day. And the appropria ?on made by ocogress for twelve months bas been expeoded or wasted io ?ve months. What a piospect fjr the American taxpayer and workingman!'' Inquisitive persoos are a.-kbg if Mr. McKinley's coachman is consider? ed to be in the classified service ? The reason for the question is that Mr. McKinley, having for some reason, tired ot his old coachmen, had bim given a place in the Pension Bureau aod theo hired a new one. Bnh men are negroes. Men who have passed the civil servies examination, with high percentages, are unable to get plaoee, but Mr McKinley's coachman j can gee on the pay roil without aDy trouble. The call of Boss Hanna'e Commit? tee for contributions from the employes of the government in Wasbiogtoo, for use io Ohio, is panning out big. The failure of the administration and of the eivil service oommissicn to make ary effective move against the employes contributing, frightened the clerks and they are putting op their money more freely than was ever done io a state campaigo since there was a law agaiost political assessment of government employes, believicg that their positions depend upon their contributing. Dr. Bull's Cougb Svrup is tbe rexedy on waicb you can depend for the cure of pro? tracted cough or lung affection, brought on i by exposure to cold. It is the most excellent medicine sold. A bottle coets only 23 cents. ?- - HM - Haselden Tells of Personal Business. What He Owed aod How He Has Paid His Debts Mr. J. Dudley Kaselden of the State board of control addresses the people of the State today as follows-: To the People of the State : Were it not for the fact that I had promised to answer the charges made by Oozts, I would not notice them, since he has been sbowo up to the public io his true character. While I am cot ashamed of cy private busi? ness, yet it is with regret, I assure you, that it must be ventilated and aired in order that exoneration before tho pub? lic may be had. I trust that the public will pardon a short statement of my busioes3 career, while ? invite the most searching investigation co contra? dict the same. Oo Jan. 2d, 1889, I commenced business without a dollar of capital, securing a lease of several yecrs on a large plantation and obtain? ing sdvanoes without a particle of security, investing every year what money I made for three or four suocess fui years io business, after which time I had reverses. The low price of cotton and the scarcity of labor in geting my crops on the market in time to meet my obligations made it seem that I would fail, aod to what extent I could not tell. My father being at that time my largest creditor, I coofessed judgment to bim for ?2.110, the greater part cf which was collectable, anyway, first, as it was for reot. This confession of judgment was made prior to my at? tempting to settle any of my accounts. While I was deiayed in meeting my obligations, yet it turoed out that, after plaotiog my crops on the markst, even at the low price, I was able to meet and pay them all, except a com? paratively small amount, which creditor I approached and offered to settle by sacrificing some of my property, which he decliced to have me do, and 1 set? tled with him by ncte, payable the following yoar, which note was settled satislactorily. As to accouots du2 my father, they were settled then, but he signed my note given in the settlement to other creditors as security. The judgement was not marked "Satisfied" uotil later, which reasons, luckily for me, ? cao thoroughly satisfy the public. I wrote my father duriog the mooth of Feb? ruary, while io the legislature, to know if he bad marked the judgment, "Satis? fied." His aoswer was "No," but would do so the first tims he weot to Marioo, which was done. It must be remembered, however, that my services on the board did not go into effect on my electioD, for I re tained my seat io the legislature until its dose. While I was present at the March meeting, yet my actual service did not commence for several meetings after entrance for duty-evidence of my non participation the reorganization was not until May There were two other judgments, one for $11 and the other for ?01, that W?TJ in dispute. These amounis would have been paid before last year had they not been io dispute ; they were, however, settled by my acccuot. It is not ueces?ary for me to state that I was sucoessfui from mat time up to 1898 IQ 1898 almost my whole time was given to the State of South Carolina as a j member of 'he bouse ut rcprt-sectacives, ! and as chairman of the S:ate board cf control, to tbe neglect ot my bui-ioess, wh'.oh did uot pay current expenses ; and in December, 1898, I was forced to rcconvey 450 acres of land that l had been endeavoring to psy for, which property I was very at<sieus to retain, j As to thc charges of Oozts in rcfer ! ence to my liquidating $10.000 indebt edoe.?s, I pronuunce as untrue ; and when the public reads the personal letters from the lawyers, bankers and business men of my home they will 6ee the falsity of his statement. I pror/unce also as false that I reoeived ?ess than ?1,500 for public services, datiog baok from my retire? ment as chairman, for 1898 Tbe facts are that I received $1.988.40 I havo paid ali claims against me at maturity, other than those mentioned here, aod never had one discounted. I append hereto 'letters from the law? yers at my home and the business men of Marien, which I ask the public to carefully re*d. From day io day I shall take up charge after charge and aoswer, in which I a?.k the public to bear with me; after then. I promise never to notice anything in public prints from the pen cf D. A. G. Oczts or any of his cohorts. Respectfully, J. Dudley Haseldeo. I, (^?5 CUSAN RELIEF cures Colic, j Neuralgia and Toothache in j v^Aj/' ii ve mi nutes. Som- Stomach and j p Summer Complaints. Pr?cc.25c. Seid by Baghson-Lig?n Co. Onion Sets AND Garden Seeds. A suppiy of Onion Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for the season's planting, cow on hand. F?LL LINE OF MEDICINES, PERFUMERY and Fancy Articles, Usually found in a first class Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully com? pounded at reasonable prices. J. F. W. DeLorme. Oct 25. MRS. L ATKINSON, FASHIONABLE MILLINERY. I have just fLled io my stock with a com? plexe line of Fall and Winter Mil? linery. The latest novelties in shapes and trimming, ao<i the newest effects on St eet Hats. We can furoish a stylish b't at th? lowest price, and guarantee our work to ne ceat and up-to-date in every respect I hire a Northern trimmer whe has been working: in large cities for year3 Since our opeuing we have been so busy that it keeps four bauds busy wah ibe work alt the time Call io aod see us. a?d you cannot fail to be pleased out of our large assortment of trimmed bats, and complete stock of f?ood9. Yours truly, Mrs. L. Atkinson. Oct IS SUMTER, S. C. rj?St? 2&r rife A a&t ?Sc A RELIEF CAME. E MKS. E. C. COLYER ff of ?Salubrity, Ga., Aug. if 8th, J SOS, writes: Ben- ji edicta has certainly ^ been a blessing to j? my sixteen yearly old daughter. She j** was in wretched Sr health und had|? missed four month jj ' ?* Twa bottles ot Be j edicts have entirely restored her health. W ^The monthly periods have returned F ^Saiid arc now painless and regular.T i 1_ t ^ Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular K <fl or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta |? M has eurool many suffering women and * ^win cure you In the privacy of your F ?home, without the necessity of ptiysi-a jg cia n's ox- ?\ ? laminations Ir*lLIllP?^Mi^^Wl 1 Its marvel- IfUFBllXI^ Jjous action fL\ ? Jon the dis- I Li, p DI A\TFD\ I ?mine or- M 0R| ^ttMAlt ? thens them so that thc monthly periods fe 2 may be regularand painless. Headache. C Dizziness, Nervousness, that drains?? .^sensation and those terrible pains In ?4 3tho hark, hips and abdomen quietly? * : disappear. ir {S Sold hv all Dnurc?srs or :.: post-paid for& *!?1. A 'box "f" Monthly" it^ulatinu Pills to?; in connection, is with . ari: l?<itlo jj* ; LADIES BLUE BOOK senl fi.tb any ad- k dross. A sample box of "Monthly" Ito^r- ?r % ularino Pills soul for 10c. tn ?ta in ps.'fc. ^Address. Woman's Department. New ? ii Spencer Medicine C">.. Chattanooga. Tenn. ^ *?? Mention titi*paper. ?T r- ty. fe ?SF ?5F "Sf" ^ r& :r-.P T*F a?? Sold b;. Hsgbsoo-Ligon Co . Miss McDonald Aspires to make all dealings with her customers mu? tually pleasant-and that she succeeds in almost every instance, is found in the fact that scores upon scores of her patrons recommend her establishment to their friends. You may always feel sure of getting full value for every dollar you spend with her. Miss McDonald Ts prepared to fill all demands made upon her in her line of business, and gives every order her personal supervision, her chief object being to please. Ladies residing in the country and not finding it conven? ient to visit the city, will have their written orders filled accurately, and satisfactorily. Hats at all prices. To See is to be Satisfied. NOTICE. For Sale. 40 Horse?. I wish to say tc the public that I have added to wy business Live Stock, and will keep on hand at my -itabies, a nice line of young and well-broke Horses and Mule?, for sale ac the lowest prices. Give me a trial and be convinced [bat my prices are as low as the lowest. Creo. F, .Epperson. y fens 100 shs The past record of this great make cf goods has proved their durability of wear and perfection of fit, while the accompanying illustration taken from a window disDlav of one of the many great establish? ments who use the Dut= chess proves the actual test of strength every garment is guaranteed to possess. Every pair sold under the Dutchess guarantee. The most simple and yet strong? est warrant ever promised on any make of Trousers. Life and Fire Insurance. Call on me, at my residence. Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Ooiy reliable Companies rep reseuted Phone No lb'0. Andrena Closes* Oct *J5-o. DR. W. B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER, S. C OFFICE HOURS-8 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.; 3:15 to 6:30 p. ca. Office over the Sumter Dry Goods Co. May 2-6m Walsh's Shoe Store Again in "full blast," j NEW SHOES ARRIVING EVERY WEEK FROM HEADQUARTERS All shoos that were oh shelves August 1st sold regardless of what they cost. i Walsh's ?hoe Store Under City Clock. j Sep 27-T A FINE PIANO. At a High Pnce Is Easily Found, out Fina Pisnop Like the At our prices, are only found in our ware rooms. They present a happy combination of excellence, impossible to surpass elsewhere. Catalogue and Book of Suggestions for the asking. TERMS ACCOMMODATING. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. SHEFF, Warerooms, 9 North liberty Street. Factory-Block of E. Lafayette Ave., Aiken and Lanval? streets. SHERIFF'S SALE. BY VIRTUE of ao execution to me direct? ed, I will offer for sale at Public Auc? tion, io froot of the Court House in the City of Sumter,on the first Monday in NOVEMBER next, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within tbe legal hours of sale, the followiog property : Ali of that lot of ?and in the Town of Mayesville in the County of Sumterand State of South Carolina wberoo Hillary B. Holle man resided in hi., life time, tbe same being ''cmposrd of two ?ors known respectively as the J. B, Trimnal and J A. Mills lots and bounded on the north by MH?O Street of said town, enst by lois of" Marion Moise or of Lowry Institute, soutb by land or Mrs. S. D. .Mayes and weit ny the Bryant Ellis lot form? erly of H. B. Holleman, ievied upon and to be ecld as tbe property of Hillery B. Holle znan, at the suit of Charles B. Rouse. B. G. PIER-ON, Sheriff !or Sumter County. 0:t 14, 189?.