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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1900. The Sumter Watcnman was roundea ia 1850 and the Trite Southron in 186*6. The Watchman and Sattthron cow has .She coaibioeJ circulation and influence of bo-h of the cid papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. ?MMMngggMMM?BWjUl'l.'lifllllllPII'l IMimBinri Southern cotton iniils realize a profit of $5 more per bale on ali cotton manufactcred from the saving ?n freight alone, as compared with ^Northern milis In addition to this Southern miils have other advantages ?ach as lower taxes, longer hours of ?labor, freedom, from Strikes and labor -agitation, cheaper fuel, less operating -expenses and a more favorable eli- | snate. No wonder the Southern mills have made money and that the towns in which tbe ?iii's are located have grown and prospered The time is ripe for Sumter to have several big -cotton mills and the next year should ?not pass without the erection of at least one There is not another town in South Carolina of the size of Sum? ter without one or more big mills, and cumbers of smaller towns have invested hundreds of thousands cf j dollars in cotton mills within the past five years. This city has magnificent .saturai advantages and if the cotton -aail?ing industry can but be firmly ?estab??hed here its ultimate growth -can oniy be conjectured. ?t is but a question of time when -a bleachery wiil be established in this state and this wiii be shortly followed by the establishment of a plaot for the furnishing of colton prints. If Sum? ter shall by that time take a promi? nent rank as a cotton manufacturing center, no place in tbe South will be I in a better position io bid for the I "b?eschery, for we have an inexhaust- j ible supply of chemically pure and .crystal clear water, easily and cheap? ij procurable, and an abundant sup !- J>lj of pure water is the first requisite "for a bleachery. The advantageous location and railroad facilities of Sum ter are undisputed, no other place Saving so favorable a situation with respect to the cotton mill centres of 'this State and Georgia and the sea? board. But first of all, however, -Somier -must have cotton mills and 3?ke her rightful place in the front dank as a cotton mili town, and the other desirable enterprises may then Jbe secured. 'There should be a law prohibiting the tale of bigb-explosive canoon .crackers. Toe list of accidents in this ?$t*Ce aiooe resulting from the prema ? -arc explosion of these dangerous fire .-?crackers is sufficient argument against 'this sale, ic ia akin to murder to sell ?ach daogeroas playthings to child rec, . .nd if a striogeot law is needed to -prevent- their ?aie it should be enacted at oe:ce. Mao? property owners are treasur? ing the hope that there will be an extension of the time for tbe payment .of t.ax:-s when the ' Legislature meets, ?od are not payiug ;heir's. We 'fceli-7e the hope to bc without fouoda iioa. for there is oo reasoo f^r an ex? tension Toe State is in a fairly pros? perous condition aod if tbe people can? not pij their tases promptly this year they can never do so, a:>d the S'rcai year will bare co be chaoged to fi: their ! ?seeds i The Scuts: ern Railwy ard the At? tar: rio Coast Lio* ?ill feborrty begin the erectos of a fcaodred tbousaod dollar tinton depot ic Columbia. Columbia is to be coogrataJated and we are giad xbat ?be capira" city is at last to be rid -cf the disreputable looking shed here? tofore digci6e<i wWh ihc name of depot. 'We traM. th" railroads wdi at some oot <?i?'an: day awake to the fact that Sum? ter is io sore need of a pa??-eoger depot adequate to the urgent needs of tbe oity ?nd traveling public Columbia i? oo: ten times the siz? of Sumter, bot me weald be pleased to have tbe South? ern Railway aod Atlantic Coast Lice build a ten tbousaod dollar depot here. "We ooald get along without a oostly depot, bat we need a depot and train .ihe-d large eucugh to accommodate S?tntef?a passenger traffic The toughest nut the Legislature m*8 have to crack is the liquor ques? tion, and we are wondering if t?e -$$00.000 net profits the dispensary ??id to have earned this year wiil ?&fid the law makers tc the evils of t^fe system. Congressman Stokes has proved a workiug member and has already accomplished a great deal for his constituents The establishment of free delivery of mail along all star j routes in the State is bis most im ? portant achievement, but it is such . things as securing mail boxes for ! this city that benefit the people j directly and make them feel that they j have a congressman who does more ; than draw a salary Congressman ! Stokes is a worker, and he bas done ! more real good for his district than many others who make more speeches and cut a bigger figure as talkers in congress The penitentiary scaudal will be thrashed over when the Legislature i meets, and there will be an opportun? ity afforded for reforms in the man? agement of that institution It is wrong for the State to opera* a big cotton farm with convict labor when the public roads require so much work to put them into good condi? tion. The excellent results accom? plished by the county chain gangs supply all the argument necessary in support of the plan to build pub lie roads with convict labor. The j Legislatuie can do nothing more beneficial to the State than to evolve i some plan to abolish the Stale cottOD farm aud utilize the convicts in build ing good roads. Our attention has been caiied to the need of a first-class and well equipped hook and iadder truck in the fire department of this city. We can do no better than to quote the words of our correspondent : "I do not care to go into any newspaper discussion of the ueeds of the fire department, but I do wish, as always^ to see the department kept np. It is a crying need now that a hook and ladder truck be provided . Time after time this has been de raon8trated. and some good work has been impossible on account of this lack in times past. Not an expensive or elaborate machine is needed, but beyond question a better one than is now is in service is necessary. The city is fixing up other branches of the department, and I assure you cone more needs remedying than this Think it over, and give us a lift " This is conciso, clear cut and cov? ers the ground fully. We do not see where we could add anything, for the facts so wei! stated are known to ail who are in anywise familiar with the fire department, and no one de nies that a hook and ladder truck is needed and has been needed for sev? eral years. We pass the matter on to the City Council, with the hope that the finances of the city will enable that body to provide the needed truck at an early day. Tbe d nd for houses bas never been greaser or more urgent in Sooner than it has beeo for a mooth and is now We hear of dozens of families wantiog houses, but unable to obtain them owing to the scarcity of suitable booses for rent Tbe population of the city bas been iooreasiog steadily during che oast year aod the bouses are now all. or nearly all, filled. Property owners should take the initiative in tbi matter sod build a number of neat cottages for rent. We have no doubt there will be a decided growth in the popu'atioo of Sumter during the next year, and additional houses will be in great demand and can be rented at .i j price that will pay good interest oo the investment. The appearance of the bubonic plague in epidemic form at IIooolulo is a very serious complication of the Philippine situation and inorea^es very largely the danger of introducing the disease into thia country, for that city is tbe port of call for a majority of the trans Pacific steamers, and all govern? ment transports and warships to and from Manila with outgoiog and return? ing troops have foond it Decetsary to stop at Honolulu for coal and provis? ions. Sumter stands sixth io the list of counties for amount of capital invested io chartered enterprises during the y?ar. The record is not one to be ashamed of by any means, bu; we hope the county will oocupy a relatively higher position at thc end of thc coming year. The six counties at the head of the list are, Richland, $1,910.000 ; Anderson, $998,000 ; Charleston, $756,000 ; Greenville, $372,700 : Chester, $250,800 ; Sumter, $220, 000. ? The Irish Societies i Express Sympathie i -- ! j Anti-British Mass Meeting A j dressed by Prominent Men ? - i j New lork. Deo. 31 -Tho (Joit . Irish societies of New York ana viein filled the Academy of Music tonight ! a rnaas mee tioe caiied to express svxr r i thy with the Boers una opposition i Elland in consequence of the Sou I African war. Senator Mason, or i. I nois, Congres:-mao Su'zer. Congram Cummings, of New lork, and crhc addressed the meeting Justice Fi zgeraid, of the suprer court, prertded After calling the met ing to order he said : ' Ir is a gre honor to be &?ked to speak to this gre audience tonight and to join io expree ing our deep indignation at tho ur.jcsi ?able war now being waged by Gre Britain upon the people of the Tran vaal and to ?ive utterance to our sec ments of deep admiration for the ga iant stand being made by the cmD2 tied farmers of South Africa in defen of their properry, their jives, the liberties. "The British colonial effice seems have, up to this point, made a misra"? in calculating the fighting qualities these farmers. It is said that tt colonial secretary will send more frooi to Africa. Perhaps when the yeorue fozbunters, and by the gracious pei mtssioo of the queen, the Duke of Cot naught, go to tee relief of the besiege troops, England's cup may be aga? filled with bitterness. "The great heart ?f tho America people goes out to the people of th Transvaal and the Orange Free StaK They are fighting for tho same princi pies, they are against thc same sovej eign and red coated soldiers that fough us a century ago, and would ?shr u tomorrow if they dared aod thought i would benefit them.'7 Congressman Solzer spoke next. H said : .*I am opposed toan Aogic-Americai alliance, expressed or implied,especial!; when its object is the advancement o imperialism, the marob of armies, th dowofali of republics, the destruction o free institutions, the enslavement o man and the perpetuity of the power o kings "The ' an people should crj out agait the Sacrifice of prinoiple this surrender of rights, before it is toe late. England never was and nevei will be our true aod lasting friend You oanaot make monarchy harmonize with democraoy. Tbe'i principles arc antagonistic, aod association is incom? patible. "This rs the great repablic-for a century it bas been the beacon light ol tbe world Io the press?t Anglo? American crisis, why should it secretly aid Great Britain ? Should it cot rather be true to its traditions aod opeoly sympathize with tba Boers ? Look about you, my friends, and answer which it is doing ? It seems the very altars of our liberties are being betrayed by men io high places wbo are sworn to guard theta. In tots fight for borne rule against English tyranny to be true to ourselves our sympathy mast aod should be with the Boers "The president should have offered the friendly offices of this country to prevent this cruel war He should have responded to ?be great and mighty petition for peace preeented to him at tae beginning. He should have acted OB the findings, the conclusions and the judgment of The Hague peace oooferenoe. He ooniJ have done so consistently. "But the friends of free institutions should cot lose hope-we should not despair even though the White House settDS to be enveloped io the atmos? phere of an Eoglisb fog. It is not too late for this republic to assert itself in behalf of republican institutions It is not too late for nts to demand an honorable peaoe in the interest of humanity, Christianity and civiliza j iion. i When Coogressmen Sulzer in the ? course of his speeoh brought iu che came of Chamberlain, the crowd mingled, groans with their hissee Stamping, waving Boer Sags, whistling and cheers, with occasional remarks, interrupted the speech all tho way through Ccngres?man Amos J. Cummings j told of tho history of British aggression j ic South Africa begioning with the ? taking of the Cape Colooy in tru.^t, when Napoleon took Holland, and the refusal to give it back to the Dutch after Napoleon's defeat. "She hated Napoleon," said be, "but was wiiliog to pick up the scraps that he left." I He referred to Chamberlain'* recent chango of front and added : "Cham? berlain is a liar, and that is not putting it a bit too strong, for three years ago he said the same things that I have told you tonight. Congressman Cummings blamed Ambassador Choate, among others, for thc existing situation of affairs, as far is the position oi the Uoited States is concerned. RESOLUTION'S ADOPTED. The resolutions which were adopted with a cheer were io part as follows : "Resolved, That we, citizens of New York, in mass meeting assembled, ooc demn the action of the British govern meat and recognize the strenuous struggle carried oo for geoeration after generation by the burghers of South Af rio? to secure the right to rule themselves io their ono way as au example worthy of the embattled farther- whose vaior woo Americio ! freedom, ar.-.i we recoin?ze shat the ?'.to ;-i?ter republics wcose citizen >o-d c>< ! nave de-eated iii a tech s o- pitchi d ? buries thc veleras legions of lv.)g:ao?, . have teas wuu a ti'to to irjdepenu-.:.ce I v/h?eu al) mankind should reco^niz^ as ! V:.hd "Resolved. That wc protest against j he terzGrc of America-.: foci supplies ! 13 transit to ? central territory as an : act ci m human itv and a breach cf .? I international law. thc estaeot Dur?os" or WD'.ch !.i to accomplish by thc- srarva ; ?iC? of Dcn-ocs?batasts a Ksult which i tao i>? I?:bri arms !jaYv fallid to I achieve " Amor;g the vice presideuti of the j meeticg were N. A Povutcr, governor of Nebraska ; George L. Wellington, [ United S'ares senator from Maryland, j zni thc following congressmen : Dao- | if l E Johnston, West Virginia ; Wm. i F Kbea and John F. Limb, Virginia ; ? Stauyarne Wilson, Somb Carolica, j and Thomas pit;bc, Mississippi An overflowing meeticg was attended i by over 3,OOO persons io Irviog Place, j WASHINGTON LETTER j Washington, Jan 1.-That queer j things occur in politics everybody j knows, but nobody ever expected to ! see republican members of congress | trying to get democratic members to j assist them in resisting what they ? call an underhanded attack on the j protective tariff system by the repub Hean administration Yet that is j precisely what is being done Re j publicans representing .sections which i produce articles affected by the sev j eral reciprocity treaties, negotiated ! under the Dingley tariff law, which J require the approval of tn^e house as j well as the ratification of ?the senate, i are trying to get democrats to help j them defeat the treaties Mr McKinley pulled off his New ? Year reception without a scrap be? tween those who have been fussing for weeks over whether Gen Miies or Admiral Dewey should be given precedence Gen Miles was given precedence under the rule which has always been followed. There is another row on between i Gen Miles and Adj Gen Corbin It I was started by the recommendation of Gen Miles that this year's West Point class be graduated in February instead of June, in order that the graduate's, instead of civil appointees, might SH the numerous vacancies in second lieutenancies in the regular army For some reason, Gen Corbin bitterly antagonizes this recommend? ation-of course, be, as adjutant genera} of the army, has no personal interest in the appointment of civil? ians to be second lieutenants io the regular army. Secretary Root is said to lean towards Corbin a little, although he has not actually decided the question yet. While no one in Washington seriously believes the republican caucus will dare to indorse the bill of Representative Crumpacker. o Indiana, which proposes to reduce the congressional representation and the elyctorai votes of a number of southern states, Representative Wil? son, of South Carolin?, who is an able constitutional lawyer, has \ gathered a number of legal decisions showing that coogreoS has no consti tutional authority tu do what Mr Cruropacker's bill proposes, even if it had the inclination, which be doubts Mr Wilson quotes several decisions of the United States su? preme court, one of which contains the following plain language : "The right to vote is a privilege regulated by municipal law, and inhering ex elusively in the state " He also points out that the right to vote has I been denied by a large number of j states For instance, an educational qualification is required by Mame, Massachusetts, Connecticut, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisana, Col orado and Wyoming, while the pay- j ment of certain taxes is required | before citizens can vote by Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, ; South Caiolina. Georgia. Florida, j Mississipi, Tennessee and Nevada j Mr Wilson says the educational qualification imposed by Massacbu- ! setts debars a larger number of citi- j zens tuan are effected by the consti j tution or laws of any southern state, j and that he feels sure the best senti- j ment of the country, regardless of politics, sustains the solution which the suffrage laws of South Carolina j and other southern states have se i cured to the peopie of intelligence of those states Sacretary Gage's expressed wili- j ingness to answer any questions Con- j gress may ask him, concerning his choice of a New York bank to re? ceive on deposit all nioner* collected from internal revenue taxes-about $1,000,000 a day-and to distri? bute the same to banks in ali parts of the country, as may be ordered by i the secretary of the treasury, is likely to be put to voe test very soon, aa there are several things about this transaction which many senators and representatives would like very much to know. For instance, even among those who concede thc legai right of ? the secretary of the treasury to give ] the free use of government money to ? eome banks and not to others, which many do not, there is curiosity to! know why a bank controlled by one j of the biggest aud worst of the ! trusts-the Staudard Oil Company- j was made the distributor of these j funds, and how long that bank is al- i lowed to retain the money before dis tributing it to the otrjer favored banks, and whether those banks are given the free use ot the money for any ?.oecified time. It was this same N'ew York bank that bought the old Cus tom Hou&e property in New York, and while questions are ia order, Secretary Gage will be asked to es plain the legal jugglery in delaying the transfer of title from the govern ment lo the purchaser, by waich the bank ha.-? escaped the payment of city taxes amounting to more than ?120,000 Boss iiaana was rie-ut when he ?aid that the talk y bout Sec? retary Gcge resigning was bosh TOP interests which put Mr. Gage in tue cabinet have more work for him to do , for their profit, and nobody knows it any better than Boss lianna Mr j Gage could not resign, even ii he really wished to, without queering | himself willi those interests D- Bali's Cou? h Svrup. tb>.t rnnrveirjus j medicine for throat acd 'nog troc?les, quick? ly relieves aud cure3 t'r.e painful dre*inir!?r ' a'fri dan*viousi.f ioen?^nc eou^b, ?nd?ca'ire of congested lucgs No other re^i-dy is i;s j ?q ?al. Dr Bull's Co'jgb Syrup cures :he worst co-i ri in a day ; 3tr>ps the running of the nose ; ' r^.ks the fever and banishes all tendencies toward pceamoaia it is the quickest re'ierer and corer of throat and i o fj g diseases. EOOKS! A ??ree Assortment at H. G. Osceen & Co's Liberrr street COTTON Culture" ^ is the name of a valu? able illustrat? ed pamphlet ?| I which should of every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent FREE. Se?? name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THK CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF Tie M of Siter;'Siter, S.C. At the duse of the quarter ending December 30,i 1899. published in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts, $264,328 30 Furniture Fixtures, and Vault, 1,975 91 Bills Receivable, 5,314 07 Bood6, 12,000 00 Cash in hand, Cash Item?, and cash due by other Banks, 69,614 27 Total, $353,232 55 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid io, $ 75,000 00 Deposits, 262,540 9i Due to other Backs, 579 33 Undivided surplus, 12,112 28 Dividends payable after Janua? ry 'ar, 1900, 3,000 00 Total, g $353,232 55 j SS. STATS OF SOUTH CAROUXA, SUMTER COUNTY. I, WILLIAM F. RHAMB, Cashier of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of mv knowledge and belief. W. P. RH A ME, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of January, 1900. A. C. PHELPS, [L S.J a Notary Public tor S. C. Correct-Attest. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, ] President, j n. R. L. COOPER. I Directo... MARION MOISE, J Jan 3 ?! % RELIEF GARIE. > ^ MRS. E. C. COLYER W % (fy Vira ol' Salubrity, Ga., Aug. :r ^ ^^^^^^^^^ *t'^a^ ^ I ^P^^S^L lK-:ih?; amI hdd* j J Tv. o Iv>t 11 es i >f Ben^ j! edicta have entirely restored her health, y 2The monthly periods have returned** *and aro nov,- painless and regular.? I _ jj no you suffer from Painful. Irregular j? j3 suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta g has cured many suffering women and jt . will eur? you in the privacy of yourw ?home, without the necessity <>f physi-^ A'cia n's ex- k ^ I SSE .I^^NTttS I glnlne or- W _ ORj ?fe FEMALE ? JS?S f ^KGIMTOR & x tlu-ns them so that tho monthly periods 1% * may be regular and painless. FTeadache. C *i Dizziness, Nervousness, that dragging!? .^ sensation and those terrible pains in & j*rhe back, hips and abdomen quickly C ^disappear. x ii Sold by all Dru exists or sont post-pnid fora j A !)o\ cf "Monthly" lt<*suln.ttna Pills^-toj: ' ^.j us?.* in coiwction. is with each bottle ?*> j ?j LADIES BLUE BOOK sent free to any ad- ? ! v dress. A sample i>ox of "Moni lily" sf tjulntlng Pills sont for 10c. In stamps. ? ?"Address. Woman's Department. New? ? Spencer Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn. k. "*$. Mention thispttpff. w it -:p *3F?& zgrqp *F ^'JT'JB Sold by Hagbion-Ligon Co Walsh's Shoe Store Again in "full blast," NEW ?iHOES ARRIVING EVERY WEEK mm HEAOQSABTERS All shoes that were on shelves August 1st sold regardless of what they cost. Walsh's Shoe Store Under City Clock. SOD 27- v UH ?TKI?S0N, FASHIONABLE MILLINERY. I have just filled ?D my stock witb a cora ple'e line of Fall and Winter Mil? linery. The latest novelties in shapes aod trimming, aad tee newest fSVcts o;? Steet Hats. We caa furnish a styhsh b^t at the lowest price, ?ad guarantee our work to he ceat and up-to-date in every respect I have a Northern trimmer who has been working in Urge citie3 for ye*rs Since oar omening we have been so busy that it keeps . our haods busy with :be work ali the time. Cail in and se? us. and you cannot fail to he pleased out of our iarae assortment cf trimmed bats, and comp'ete stock of goods. Yours truly, Mrs. L. Atkinson. Oct IS SUMTER, S.C. STENTS ? Caveats, aad Trace-Marks obtained ? rent busiaess conducts* for MOOERATE FEES. 5OOR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. S. PATENTOR fand v.c can secure patent ia less time than f remote from Washington. I Send model, drawing or photo., with de ition. We advise, if patentable or not, ii Jcharge. Ocr fee not due till patent is secar > A PAMPHLET,44 How to Obtain Patents;' ?spst of same in the U. S. and foreign coo [?sent free. Address, ?C.A.SNOW&CO.! ? OPP. PATENT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. D. C. Estate of Alfred E. Gregg, Dec'd? IWILL APPLY to tbe Judge of Probate of Sumter County for a Final Discbarge as Administratrix of aforesaid Estate on Jan? uary 6th, 1900 HRS. CELIA R. GREGG, DPC 6-4t Administratrix. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER) STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 00 Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock holders io exeess of their stock. 75,000 0? Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Banking Bosiness. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and opwards received. In? terest allowed at tbe rate ot 4 per cent, per ann o aa, on amounts above $5 ?nd not exceed? iog $300, payable quarterly, OD first day? of January, April, Joly and October. R M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON, President. Cashier. . FIEE 1 FIEE ! is so ominous sound to the mao who isn't insured, when he sees bis home disappearing io fi?mes and smoke. We cac hardly have aov compassion oo bim, wheo it is so easy and at each a small outlay to provide against such loss. A polioy in the Hartford Insur? ance Co. costs you but a small sum when we draw it for you, and gives you security as safe as the Bank of England. A. G. PHELPS CO:, GetTIIasuraDoe Agents, Sumter, 8. C. Mcb 15-o Estate of Julius J? Myers, Dee'd# IWILL APPLY ro the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on February 3 1900, for H Final Discharge as Administrator of afore? said Estate. FRANK J. MYERS, J?n X-4t Administrator. Estate of Mrs. Leonora J. Mul drow, Deceased? ALL PERSONS having claims against said Estate will present game duly at? tested, and ali persons indebted to said Eeta'e will m (ike D?V men r at one? to JOSEPH MULDR0W, Dec 20-2t Qualified Executor.