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"WEDNESDAY, FfiB. 21, 1900. The Sumter Watchman was roundea D 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence sf both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Barnier. Bj ennial sessions of the Legislature would be amply euffiaieot for South Carolina. Tba Legislature does very little wheo it meets and the little would be all the better were it spread over two years. Coi. Henry Watterson cao pat his foot ioto it as ?f?en as any fool io tbe country, although he is an able mao tod fills a large place io the publio eye. Gov. MoSween ey is said to be an accident, bat the other gubernatorial ca od id a; es are wondering if bis look will follow bim io the primary. He may have tbe look to wio, but be bas BO mortgage on the governorship, and he can scarcely oiaim that be must be elected to vindicate bis administration He will have to ran like the rest of the crowd-just because be wants tbe office The dispensary system is still a State monopoly of an evil for money-making purposes. The Sumter Cotton Mill U at last fall of machinery, and it is making money and has made money steadily for three years pas:. Is there now aDy reasoo for cot building a big cotton miii io Sumter ? For years the non success of this mill has been the stock argument agaiost building a new mill in Sumter, and we are carious to know what argu meot will now be brought forward. Charleston has decided to have an exposition ia 1901, and if the entire State will bet cooperate heartily with Charleston the enterprise cannot fail cf success Charleston "will be beneficed largely, of ooaree, but if the exposition is made representative cf the State as a whole, the beoefit to the city tn which it is held will be but small in compari? son with that which will accrue to the remaicder of South Carolina. it is the greatest opportunity ever offered to advert?s? thc resouroes of the State and it should be utilized to the uttermost. When it was propoesd that the general assembly remain in session a ' few days longer than the time for which the zs embers could be paid a gr*,.?t bowl ' was raised by the law makers that they ' cou';-- nor. and would not work without pay, yet a large . majority of them collected their per diem for the fail ' 6ess;<'*? acd weet heme before the 1 legislare adjourned, leaving that body 1 withcu- a quo:cm duriog the hst hours of the ?estico. Which is the more ; statesman like to work a few days ' without pay cr tc receive pay for werk ( not Derfcrmed ? 1 We du not regard the failure of the Legislature to appropriate $100, 1 OOO for the public schools as a calam? ity Oa the contrary we believe i to have been fortunate that the Sen- ' ate stood firm and refused to agree to the appropriation. It lies within the power of each and every school district to levy an additional tax for the support of ( the public schouis. when the regular fund io insufficient, and if better schools are wanted the schcol districts 6houid make use of the means at hand fur raising the ' needed money Hundreds of school ' districts in the State have levied this special taz and are maintaining ex ceiiest schools, and the respoosibil ity fv>r the inefficient schools in other districts rests upon the people of those districts and not upon the State at large A direct appropria tion to the schools would have been unjust to the districts that now levy j a special school tax, and to have made ! it would have been to establish a bad precedent We regard the improve? ment of public schools as a matter that rests almost entirety with the people themselves and the local school authorities. The crying need is not so much for more money but for the more intelligent and better use of the funds now provided The need is not more schools, but fewer schools, better teachers and longer j terms. At present the school funds j are, as a general rule, not wise? ly applied, but rather dissipated. Schools have beeu multiplied un? necessarily in nearly every dis I trict and none of them are kept up to the standard of what a good school should be When the best possible uee of the means now pro? vided shall have been made, when the unnecessary schools shall have been abolished and the school funds applied to the maintenaance of a few first class schools, conveniently lo? cated in the several districts, the people will awake to an intelligent realization of their duties and oppor? tunities and they will concentrate their efforts, levy special taxes and support their schools as they should. It will make but little, if any. differ? ence in the long run whether the legislature makes a direct appropria? tion for the schools or the several school districts raise the needed funds by an extra levy for the specific purpose, for it will all come out of the people's pockets in the shape of additional taxes either way. BRYAN, THE AMERICAN. Yesterday was the Bryan day in South Carolina, and if the republi cans and gold democrats have ever entertained a hope that they would capture the Palmetto State, yester? day's ovation in honor of the leader of the democratic hosts, the cham pion of free silver, sounded the death for all time to that delusive hope. In Columbia Brjan was enthusiast! cally greeted by thousands of demo crate and the greeting was as enthusiastic and sincere from many erstwhile gold bug? as it was from the original free silver men The climax of South Carolina's welcome was the presence of a Charleston delegation wearing silver dollar badgee, a majority of the delegation having been, it is said, anti-Bryan gold bugs in 1896 These Cbarlee tonians not only welcomed Bryan to the State, but captured him and car? ried bim to Charleston, where he spoke last night before the largest audience ever assembled in that city to hear one maa speak. Bryan's speech in Columbia yester-1 day was worthy of thc occasion, of the cause he represents and of his reputation as a statesman end orator. Ile is an orator of truest and greatest type, but his oratorical power is lost sight of entirely while he ia speaking, for the manner is overshadowed by the matter. His style is simple, direct and so lucid that to follow his thought and keep pace with the trend of the argument as idea after idea is developed re quires no effort. To hear him is a pleasure and to forget what has been heard is impossible, for there is an earnestness, an honesty, in ali that he says that carries conviction and indellibly impresses the truths GO forcibly and plainly and fearlessly delivered Full reports of his great Bpeech are to be found in today's issues of the State and the News and Courier, and all Americans will be the better if they will read this speech, it would be still better-could they have heard the speech for tbemselve3. We regret that the iim itations of this paper prevent the publication of this speech in full, and we do not attempt to give a synop sis, for no synopsis can do the sub ject justice. To epitomize the foeech we would say that it was an authoritative deliv erance of democratic principles and a true and damning arraignment of trusts and the un-American policy of imperialism to which the Republi? can party is committed The evils of the money power rule to which this country is now subjected and the iangers which now confront us as a people from imperialism are clearly and convincingly set forth Having heard Bryan speak we are ready to declare that he is an orator without a peer, but great as he is in this re? spect, he is greater as a thinker and | sleeman - - . ? ? . -? - <^jjS CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, a Burn:?, Bruises, Rheuma? tism and Sores. Price, 25 els. Sold by Hugbsoo-Lieoa Co. Dr. Cady'H Condition Powders are just what a hoi se reeds when in bad con? dition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine, and trie best lo use to put a horse in { rime condition. Priro 25 cents j.er package. For'salc by Dr A. J i Chiuu. b- r :;o_o j Tetter, Salt-Kltcuni and ICczctna. The intense itching and ^martin" m rident to these disease?. i~ instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. Many . very bad cases have been pertnanetly cured bv : ir. It is equally efficient ?->T itching piles and a favorite remedy for .-"re nipples*, chapped hands, chilblains, lro-r bites and <. rir?*r>. sore eyes. 25cts per box. Fur .-ale by Dr A. J. China. Dec 30-o I I Boers Fight and Fall Back. j Rear Guard Repulse Eoglisn ! and Cross Modder River. London, Feb 20, 5 22 p m - Xews has been received here that Gen Hart i bas occupied Coienso alter a slight eDgagecent. London. Feb 20 -The following dispatch has been received at the war office from Gen Buller: ?.Blows Farm. Tuesday, Feb 20, 4 10 p. tn -The Fusilier brigade yesterday took Hlangwana hill, the right of the enemy's position com manding Colenso the rest of the, force advancing towards t Tugela This morning the enemy has with drawn all the troops north of the Tugela and bad practically evacuated Colenso Today Gen Hart occupied Colenso after a very slight resistance by a weak rear guard and we hold the iine of the Tugeia on the south side, from Colenso to Eagle's Nest The enemy seems to be in full retreat and apparently are only hold ing the position they occupied across the Colenso-Ladysmith railway, where it is close to the angle cf the Tugeia, with a weak rear guard. Hart's ad vance guard is crossing at Colenso. "Our casualties yesterday and to? day have, I hope, been but few " London, Feb 21, 4 15 a ra -The Boers are leaving all the positions held by them on British territory and are concentrating for the defense of their own Sir Redvers Buller thinks they are about to raise the seige of Ladysmith aud this is the large news of the day Gea Clemente reports that ?he force confronting him has been great ly d'miuished Ten thousand men are estimated to have gone from the Colesberg district alone. The Boers are abo retracing their 6teps from Zululand. Thus they are relaxing j their hold on all sides in order to | assemble to oppose Lord Roberts I He is pressing on steadily towards Bloemfontein This is shown by his iocon?-equential telegram from Paarde* berg. 50 or 60 miles away. Doubt less he was miles behind the column thai is pursuing the Boers and the next important news may be the oc? cupation of Bloemfontein Nothing has been heard from the chase of Cronje for two days. There is a strong disposition to believe that favorable information has been received by the war office, but is being withheld until the operatione culminate in something conclusive There is an equally strong disposi lion to think that Gen Cronje has got away Owing to the lack of transport, the British are not likely to invade Boer territory except where Lord Roberts is operating Gen Buller will have to stop at the Drakenberg mountains. 1 Probably a part of his -10,000 men wiil ultimately join the legious of , / Lord Roberts. If, as Gen Buller avers, the Boers are retreating from him, then the news cn every side is favorable to the British -Neverthe? less troops continue to go up The war office thinks that the cali to veterans to rejoin the colors, together with the bounty, will bring 45,000 men to the home defense. The ur gency with which home defense is pressed excites some wonder. With the casualties just reported, the British losses in killed, wounded and captured now aggregate 11,103 ! London, Feb 21.-A correspondent j of the Daily Chronicle telegraphing j Sunday thus describes Gen Croojo's j retreat with the Boers at Magcrsfon- ! teio cn learning of Gou French's sue ce S? "Oa Thursday at midnight, headed j by Gen Cronje, 0,000 Boers wi.h their heavy suns and ox wagons. evac.Uitcd thc Magersfeotein lines. OJ Friday ; tho retreating B jcr army wss seen froai [ I the British naval station on Klip drift j korje, trekkiog eastward aorosa British front ac a distance of 5 yards. Our guns opened upoo il and a forje o? mounted infantry c iog the rivtr, made a dashing ch io the atteu;pt to cut cff thc heai the enemy's column. But io bal hour their wnole force had gained ? ter ucder the line of kopjes. "Meanwhile two of our catteries come up and also the Oxfords, B West Ridings aod Gloucester, infantry crossed the drift and for ti boor? wese engaged with the en while our batteries shelled bia posie The moucited infantry kept bard work. "Unable to withstand our galliog the enemy retired, di?puciog every i of the way and took up a second p tion on the kopjas to the eastward, was a magnificent spectacle to see Boer army thus at bay. Their i guard, 2,000 strong, fought us, wi tbs main body trekked further eastw and then brought their guns into tion, while the rear guard retired. ''The aotion lasted through the d Our infantry fought splendidly, but enemy held his ground under the c tinued bombardment. Liter on j Boer commander ventured on a b stroke. L^avio^ 2.000 of bi? a under cover he withdrew the rest fri his main posit'.ou and beaded for K Kraal drift, six miles io the east. "This movement was soon discevi ed. Our mounted infantry came ba across the drift and marched along t south bani: tc endeavor to head off t enemy When tbey reached the neig borbood of Klip Kraal drift cigbt b faiien ard half thc B;crs were alreai across to tbe south side. Oar mount tD?aotry harassed their movements "Meanwhile the Boer rear guar having covered the ore-sing cf the u:a body retired slowly and successful passed the drift The Boers' re: guard fought desperately and when fell back to the river ir. wa9 harassed c the flank and on tbe rear by the Bri ish. "Fiaviog thoa passed the Moddi under cover of darkness, the Boei trekked throughout the night in tn direction of Bloemfontein. Geo Kell] Kenney, with tbe Sixth division, put sued them at davligbt. Gen MacDonald with the Highlanders, following bias MacDonald reached Klip Kraal dril by forced marches Sunday. Genera Kelly Kenny, moving from KlipKraa drift, was endeavoring to outflank tb enemy to cut them cff from Bioemfon tein, ?o as to drive tbetn back ioto Gei MacDonald's hands. Wben I left tb front Gen Kelly-Kenny had not com up with tbe enemy " -$ ? +-*mmm It is now known that there is a de? cided decline in the sale of papei cigarettes The falling off for Jan uary is about one-fourth. It is a good sign and it is to be hoped it will go do wn another quarter soon. This is regarded as the outcome ol anti cigarette agitation. It may uol show actual decline, however, but may indicate only a glutted market. But let the 6ght against the "dead ly cigarette" be continued. There is no decline iu tobaccos The returns show a heavy increase in to? bacco for chewing, smoking and snuffing That in paper cigarettes alone there should be a tremendous falling off is a phenomenon justifying attention Tho cigar output also shows increase Down with the baleful, murderous cigarette.-Wil mington Messenger. August Flower. "It isa surprising fact," says Prof. Hou toQ, "that in my travels ia all parts of the world, for the last ten years, I have met more people b-.ving used Green'a August Flower triao any oiber remedy, for dyspepsia, de rangt-? liver and stomach, and for constipa? tion. I find for f-jnris-s and salesmen, or for persona filling o fire positions, where head? aches and centra! bad iec-1 igs from irregular habits r-xi?', that Green's August Flower is a grind reined v. It does not injure the system by frtq::ent use, H;-,d" i? cx.v?ent for sour stomachs aud indigestion." Sample bottles free at Dr A J China's. S>!d by dealers in all civilized countries. 12-18 I Chickamauga Commission. j Gov Mcsweeney Makes Ap j pointment. j j Columbia, Feb 20 -The governor ! yesterday announced the appointment of the three Confederate veterans who, under the act just passed by the general assembly, will, with the governor and adjutant general, con? stitute the Chickamauga monument. The appointments were made from among a large number of applicants, and the veterans selected are as fol? lows : Gen C. Irvine Walker, of Charles? ton, who is at present the commander of the South Carolina division, Uni? ted Confederate veterans, and was one of those who fooght for the stars and bars on Chickamauga's bloody battlefield. Col J Harvey Wilson, of Sumter, whom there is no more devoted Confederate veteran in the State, and few are more eloquent when the old soldiers are referred to. He is at present chairman of the ways and means committee of the house of rep? resentatives Capt C K. Henderson, of Aiken, who is likewise a veteran of the Civil War. The act passed provides for sn appropriation of $10,000 for the erec tion 6? an appropriate monument on | the battlefield of Chickamauga to the ! memory of the South Carolinians who gave up their lives in that mem? orable battle The commission 1*3 to select the design of the monumeut, give the contract for its construction, and attend to the details of the work. The commission, it is thus seen, bas no small undertaking ahead of it. The desire is to have the monument completed at the earliest possible moment, as practically all the other States who had troops in this great fight of the war have already erect? ed suitable and handsome monu? ments. The governor, who is chairman of the commission, expects very soon to call a meeting of the commission and get the work under way as soon as possible DEALING IN FUTURES. Mr Editor : Please insert in your columns rhe following clipping from a Texas paper Subeoriber. Bro B S Pollard, Bowie, Texas, ask* : 1. From a scriptural, or reli? gious standpoint, ia* dealicg io cotton futures gambling ? Wilson's Texas Penal Code, Art. 377 (354a) reads: "If any person shall, directly or Through an agent or agents, manage or superintend for him self, or ebali as agent cr representative of any other person, firm or corpora? tion, conduct, carry oo or transact any business which is commonly known as dealing io futures,, in cottoo, grain, lard, any kinds of meats or agricultu? ral products, or transact any business commonly knowe aa a produce or stock exchange or bucket shop, where future contracts are bought or sold, with no intention of an actual bona fide deliv? ery of the article or thiog bought or sold, such person whether acting for himself or tor another, as aforesaid, ?bail be deemed guilty of a misde? meanor, and shall be fined io aoy sum Dot less (ban one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, aod in addi tion thereto shall be imprisoned in the county jail not lest than thirty days nor more tbao six months; provided, that each day that such business or house io carried on shall constitua a separate offense.7' Ic is also provided that permitting premise?i to be used for such business is a misdemeanor and the owner of such premises shall be guilty of a misde meanor and fined not less than one hundred or more than five hundred dollars. Eich day he so permits shall constitute a separate offense. Nearly all the states have practically the same statute The language of the I statute of Illinois is as follows : "Who ever contracts to have or to give him? self or another the option to buy or sell at a future time any grain" etc , shall be fined, "and ali contracts made in violation of this seotion, fha!! be deemed gambling contracts and void " See Cyclopedia of Law, Vol. S, p. j 1,011. The supreme ccurts of both j Texss find the United States have held j that fuch contracts are null, such busi- j ness Doing "against publio policy " j Under the same bead and for (he same j reasons are statutes against gambling of ? very kind. Shall the state caro more for public morals than the church of Christ? No | such members ought to be excluded I and if they will gamble, let them do I BC ou'9ide the charon Tried Friends Best. For thirty years Tutt s Pills have proven a blessing to the invalid. Are truly the sick man's friend. A Known Fact For bilious headache, dyspepsia sour stomach, malariaxonstipa tion and all kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS AN ABSOLUTE CURL FIEE ! FIRE ! is ao ominous sound to the mao who isn't iosured, wheo he sees bis home disappearing in flames and smoke. We can hardly have any compassion on him, wheo it is so easy and at such a small outlay to provide against such loss A policy io the Hartford Insur? ance Co. costs you but a small sum when we draw it for you, and gives you security as safe as tie Bank of England. A. C. PHELPS GO,, Gen'Unsurance Agents. Sumter, S. C. Mcb 15-0 ? Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, Z CHARLESTON, S. C. ?SST Purchase our make, which we guaraate superior to any sold South, and thereby .-ave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, il IT Y AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Pod sp Capital.S 75.0CC CO Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability cf Stock? holders io rzcess of their stock. 75,000 00 'otal protection to cepoeirors, S175 OOO 00 Transacts a General Backing: Business. Special attention civen to collections. S 1 VINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of Si and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate or 4 per c?nt. per annum, on amounts ?hove ?5 aud not exceed? ing $300, pavab'* quarterly, cn first days of January, April, Julv .-?od Goober. R M. WALLACE. L. S. CARSIS. President. (?at.bi?r r RELIEF CAME. j MES. E. C. COLYER ? of Salubrity, Ga., Aug. jr Sih. 1S98, writes: Ben-|> ed ic ta has certainly been a blessing to j my sixteen year old daughter. She was in wretched J health and had! missed four monti Two bottles of Bei edicta have entirely restored her health, v ^The monthly periods have returned?} $ and are now painless and regular.? *9 Po you suffer from Painful, Irregular? $ or Suppressed Menstruation? 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