The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 21, 1900, Image 4
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Tha Sumter Workman wu loundeu
? I860 aod the Trm Southron io 1866.
Tilt Watchwkmn and Southron oow bat
Ue ooubioeU ? realalieo and iofluenct
al both of lac old papers, and it mani?
festly tat beat adfarlioiog medium in
Sam tor
Hi ?eaiel eeteioae of (be Legislature
woald ba amply tamsitet for Soetb
Carolina The Lt|ieietart doea vory
little ?bea il ?aalt aad Iba little would
be all the better were it spretd o?er
Iww ytara.
Col. Htary WtMtrtoa aaa pal nie
foot iato it aa tftaa at toy fool ia tbo
aonatry, tltbeagu he ia aa able man
aad Ilia a largo plane ia taa pablio eye
Go?. Madmetoty if said to be aa
aaetdeet, baa (be ether gabaroatorial
aaadidates ara voadarieg if bis lock
will follow biet ia tbo primary. Be
?ay bavo tbo task Io via, but bo baa
?a aiortgaga oa tbo governorship, aad
bo aaa ?aaraaly alaiaa that bo moat ba
eietted la viadlaaia bit admiaittration
Ba will batt to raa lika tbo rati of tbo
erawd?jatt bteaate ba wants tbt ofioo
Tbo ditptaatty tytttat it still a Stats
t-eaopoly af aa toil far mooey-makiog
parpoata.
Tbt Sataiar Otitoa Mill it al last fall
af tiatbiotry, aad it is mekiog tjooey
aad baa made tsooey atatdily for tbrtt
years pat:. It tbtrt aow aoy rtttoo
far aoi baildiog a big notion mill io
Sea? t er T For itart tbt aoo loosest of
Ibis mill baa beeo tbe stock argamtot
agate it hmtdiog a atw mill ia Samter,
aad wt art aarioot to kaow wbtt argu?
ment will aow bt broogbt forward
Cbarlestoa baa dttided to batt ao
'aspotitioa io 1901, aod if the entire
Slate will bat oooperato heartily with
Obarlesloa tbt tottrpriio taoaot fail of
oasttts Charleston wi l bo btoefltttd
largely, of coarse, bot if tbo tapotilioo
Ii mtdt representative of (bt 8tatt aa a
whole, tbt betefit to tbt oiiy ia wbitb
ll it held will be bot tmall ia tompari
aaa with that wht?b will aetrat to tbt
remaiodtr of Sooth Ctrolioa. It it
aba greatest opportaaity tvtr offered to
advents j tbe resoorees of tbt Statt aod
it should be utilised lo tbt uttermost.
Wbea it wat propoted tbtt tbt
general assembly rtmaia ia ttttioo a
faw dayt longer tbaa tbt timt for wbitb
ibt members eonld bo paid a groat bowl
was raised by tbe law maker* tbal tbey
eeelo oot aod woald oot work without
pay. yet a largo . majority of tbtm
aalleerod ibeir per diem for tbe fall
taea"> ? aod weot borne before the
logmlaturr edjoarted, leavtog that body
with a- a qaorom doriog tbt last boart
af tbt fttMoo. Which is tbt more
ttatramat* like to work s few days
with ? j pay or to rteeivc pay for work
aot performed T
Wo du not regard the failure of
the Legislature to spptopriate $100,
tX>0 for the public tchooU as a calam?
ity Oa the conttary we believo i
lo havr boon fortunate that the tren?
nte ?tood firm and refuted to agree
10 thn appropriation It lies within
the powor jf each tnd every school
district lo levy an additional Iti for
tbe support of the public schools,
when the regular fuad it inaafficiunt.
aod if beiier echoolt are wanted tbe
scbi? .1 4ittriota thoolri make uto of
the meauo at hand for raising the
needed money iluodreda of achool
dietrict* in tbe Slate have levied tbtm
opeoial tai and are maintaining ex
eelleot ?enoola. and the retp ootibil
ity for the inefficient schools in other
diairiets reals upon the people of
tbote ditlrtoit and not upon the
State at largo A direct appropria
lion lo lbs schoola would have been
unjust to the dittrictt ihtt now levy
a epeciel tchool tax, tnd to have made
11 would have been to establish a bad
preoadenl We regard the improve?
ment of public ocboola at a matter
that retto almost entirely with tbe
paoplo tbtmaalvet and tbe local
achool authorities The crying need
ia not to much for more money but
for tho more intelligent and better
uaa of tha funda now provided The
aaad ia not more ?choole, but fewer
?aboots, batter teachers and longer
terms At present the icbool funds
are, aa a general rule, not wise?
ly applied, but rather dissipated
Schbols hava bean multiplied on
atotttarily in nearly every die
trict and none of them are kept op
to the etendard of what a good
achool should b' When the beat
poesible use 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 olaas schools, conveniently lo?
oated in the several districts, the
people will awake to an intelligent
realitation of their duties and oppor?
tunities and they will conoentrate
tbeir efforts, levy special taxes and
support their schools ss they should.
It will make but little, if soy. differ?
ence in the long run whether the
legislature makes a direot 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 ahape of
additional taxss either way.
BRYAN, THE AMERICAN.
Yesterdsy was the Bryan day in
Sooth Carolina, and if the repobll
cans and gold democrats have ever
entertained a hope that they woold
capture the Palmetto 8tate, yester?
day 'e ovation n honor of the leader
of the democratic boats, the cham
pion of free silver, sounded the death
for all time to that delusive hope.
In Colombia Bryan 'wee enthusiasti
cslly greeted by thousands of demo?
crats and the greeting wss as
enthusiastic and sincere from many
erstwhile gold buga aa it was from
the original free silver meo The
olimax of South Carolina's welcome
was the preseoce of a Charleston
delegation wearing silver dollar
badges, a majority of the delegation
having been, it is aaid, anti-Bryan
gold bogs in 1896 These Charles
toniana not only welcomed Bryan to
the State, but captured him and car- j
ried him to Cbarleatoo, where he
spoko Isst night before the largest
audieuce ever aasembled in that city
to hear one mao speak.
Bryan's speech in Columbia yester?
day was worthy of tho occasion, of
the cause he represents and of hia
reputation as a statesman and orator.
He is an orator of truest and
greatest type, but his oratorical
power is lost sight of entirely while
he is speaking, for the manner is
overshadowed by the matter. Iiis
style is simple, direct and so lucid
that to follow his thought and keep
pace with tue trend of the argument
as idea sfter idea ia developed re
quires no effort. To hear him is a
pleaaure and to forget what baa been
heard Is impossible, for there ia an
earneatneas, an honesty, in all that
he says that carriea conviction and
indellibly impresses the truths so
forcibly and plainly and fearlessly
delivered Full reports of hia great
speech are to be found in today's
iaaoea of the State ai.d the News
and Courier, and all Americans will
be the better if they will read thia
speech, it would be still belter could
they have beard the speech for
themselves Wo regret that the iim
itations of thia paper prevent the
publication' of this speech in full, and
we do not attempt to give a eyoop
sis, for no synopsis can do the sub
ject joeiice.
To epitomize the speech wo would
aay that it wae an authoritative deliv
era.-ce of democratic principles and
a true and damuing arraignment ol
truata and the un-American policy ol
imperialism to which the Kepubli
can party ia committed The evils ol
the money power rule to which thii
country ia now subjected and the
dangers which new confront us aa
people from imperialism are clearly
and convincingly set forth Ilaving
heard Bryan speak we are rendy to
declare that he ia an orator without a
peer, but great aa he ia in this re?
spect, he is greater as a thinker and
statesman
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China. Dec 3D?t
Boers Fight and Fall Back.
Rear Guard Repulse Eoglisb
and Cross Modder River.
Londoo, Feb 20, 5 22 p m ? News
has been received here that Gen Hart
has occupied Coleneo after a alight
engagement.
r
London, Feb 20 ?The following
dispatch has been received nt tbe
war office from Gen Butler:
"Blows Farm. Tuesday, Feb 20,
4 10 p. m ?Tbe Fusilier brigade
yesterday took Rlangwana bill, the
right of tbe enemy's position com?
manding Ooleneo tbe rest of the,
force advaooiog towards the Tugela
This moroiog the enemy has with
drawn all the troops north cf the
Tugela and bad practically evacuated
Coleneo Today Gen Hart occupied
Coleneo after a very alight resistance
by a weak rear guard and we bold
tbe line of the Tugela on tbe nouth
aide, from Coleneo to Eagle's Nest
The enemy seems to be in full
retreat and apparently are only hold
iog the position they occupied across
the Cole nso Lady smith railway, where
it is close to tbe angle of the Tugela,
with a weak rear guard. Hart's ad
vanoe guard is crossing at Colenso.
"Our casualties yesterday and to?
day have, I ho e, been but few "
London, Feb 21, 4 15 a ra ?The
Boris ore 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
Lady smith and this is the large no we
of the day
Gen Clements reports that the
force confronting him has been gr<3at
ly diminished Ten thousand men
are estimated to have gone from the
Colesberg district aloue. Tbe Boers
are also retracing their steps from
Zululand. Thus they are relaxing
their hold on all sides in order to
assemble to oppose Lord Roberta
He is pressing on steadily towards
Bloemfoutein This is shown by bis
inconsequential telegram from Paarde
berg. 50 or 60 miles away. Doubt
leee he was miles behind the coluton
that ie pursuing the Buers and the
next important news may be tbe oc?
cupation of Bloemfoutein
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 tbe war office, but ia
being withheld until the operations
culminate in something conclusive
There is an equally strong disposi
tion 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 tbe Drakenburg mountains.
Probably a part of hie 40,000 meu
will ultimately join the legions of
Lord Roberts. If, aa Gen Buller
avers, the Boers are retreating from
him, then the news on every side is
favorable to the British Neverthe?
less troops continue to go up The
war office thinks that the call to
veterans to rejoin tbe colors, together
with the bounty, will bring 45,000
men to the home defense. The ur
gency with which home defense in
pressed excites some wonder.
With the casualties just reported,
the British losses in killed, wounded
and captured now aggregate 11,103
London, Fob 21. ? A. correspondent
of tbe Daily Chrooiole telegraphing
Sunday thus describee Gen Crouje'u
retreat with the Boors at Magorsfon
tein on learning of Gen French's tuo
cess
4'On Thurn.l.iy at midnight, headed
by (ion Oroaje, 0,000 B>ura wub tnuir
boavy guus and ox wagons, evacuated
the Magersf?utciu lines. Oj Friday
the retreating H )cr army was sccu from
the British oaval statioo on Klip drift
\
korje, trekking eastward aorosa tbe
British front at a distance of 5,UUU
yards. Our guns opened upon theo?,
and a for je of mounted infantry cross
tog the rif+r, made a dashing charge
io the attempt to out off tbe head of
tbe enemy's column. Bat io half an
hour their whole foroe had gained shel?
ter under tbe Hoe of kopjes.
"Meanwhile two of our batteries bad
oomo up and also the Oxfords, Buffs,
West Hidings and Olouoeiters. Our
infantry crossed the drift and for three
hoar* wese engaged with tbe enemy
while our batteries shelled his position.
The mouoted iofantry kept bard at
work.
"Uoable to withstand our galling fire
the enemy retired, disputing every inch
of tbe way and took up a eeoond posi?
tion on tbe kopjas to the eastward. It
was a magnificent spectacle to see tbe
Boer army thus at bay. Their rear
guard, 2,000 strong, fought us, while
tbe main body trekked further eastward
and then brought their guns into ac?
tion, while tbe rear guard retired.
"Tbe aotioo lasted through tbe day.
Our infantry fought splendidly, but the
enemy held bis ground under the con?
tinued bombardment. Liter on the
Boer commander ventured on a bold
stroke. L?aviog 2,000 of bis men
under oover be withdrew the rest from
bis maio posit'ou and headed for Klip
Kraal drift, six miles to tbe east.
"This movement was soon discover?
ed. Our mounted infantry oame baok
across tho drift and marohed along the
south bank to oudeavor to head off tbe
enemy When they reached the neigh?
borhood of Klip Kraal drift eight bad
fallen and half (be Boers wero already
across to tbe south sido. Our mounted
infantry harassed their movements
"Meanwhile tbe Boer rear guard,
having covered the oroesiog of the maio
body retired slowiy acd successfully
passed tbe drift Tbe Boers' rear
guard fought desperately and when it
fell baok to tbe river it was harassed on
the flank and on tbe rear by tbe Brit?
ish.
"Having tbua passed the Modder
uoder cover of darkness, the Boers
trekked throughout tbe night io toe
direotioo of Bloemfootein Gen Kelly
Kenney, with the Sixth division, pur
sued them at daylight, Gen MacDonald,
with tbe Highlanders, following bim.
MacDonald reached Klip Kraal drift
by forced marches Sunday. Geoeral
Kelly Kenny, moving from Klip Kraal
drift, was endeavoring to outflank tbe
onemy to out tleaj off from Bloemfoo
teio, so as to drive tbeua baok into Gen
MacDooald's hands. When I left the
front Gen Kelly-Kenny bad not oome
up with the enemy V
It is now known that thero is a de?
cided decline in the sale of paper
cigarettes The falling off for Jan?
uary ia about one-fourth. It is a
good sign and it is to be hoped it
will go down another quarter soon.
This ia regarded as the outcome of
anti cigarette agitation. It may not
show actual decline, however, but
may indicate only a glutted market.
But let tbe fight against the "dead
ly cigarette" be continued. Theie
is no decline iu tobaccos Tbe
returns show a heavy increase in to?
bacco for chewing, smoking and
snuffiug That in paper cigarettea
alone there should be a tremendous
falling off is a phenomenon justifying
attention Tbo cigar output also
shows increase Down with the
baleful, murderous cigarette.?Wil
mington Measenger.
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"It is a surprising fact," says Prof. Hou
too, "that in my travels io all parts of tbe
world, tor tbe last ten years, I have met more
people having used Green's August Flower
than any other remedy, for dyspepsia, de?
ranged liver and stomach, and Tor constipa?
tion 1 Hud for t.inrid'fl sad mlcarnen, or for
persons filling office positions, w. ere head
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habits exiit, that Green's August Flower ia a
grand remedy. It does not injure the system
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Chickamauga Commission.
Gov McSweeoey Makes Ap?
pointment.
Columbia, Feb 20 ?Tbe governor
yesterday announced tbo appointment
of the three Confederate veterane
who, under the act just passed by
the general assembly, will, with the
governor and adjutant general, con
atitute tbe Chickamauga monument.
Tbe 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 tbe commander
of tbe South Carolina division, Uni?
ted Confederate veterans, and waa
one of those who fought for tbe stare
and bars on Chickamauga's bloody
battlefield. j
Col J Harvey Wilson, of Sumter,
whom there is no more devoted
Confederate veteran in the State, and
few are more elcquent when tbo old
soldiers are referred to. He is at
present chairman of the ways and
means committee of the bouse of rep*
resentatives
Capt C K. Henderson, of Aiken,
who is likewise a veteran of the Civil
War.
Tbe act passed provides for sn
approptiation of $10,000 for the erec
tion ?f 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 is to
select the design of the monument,
give the contract for its construction,
and attend to tbe details of the work
Tbe commission, it is thus seen, has
no small undertaking ahead of it.
Tbe desire is to have tbe 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.
Tbe governor, who is chairman of
tbe commission, expects very soon
to call a meeting of tbe commission
and get the work under way as soon
as possible
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DEALING IN FUTURES.
Mr Editor : Please insert in your
oolomos tbe folbwiog clipping from a
Texas paper Subscriber.
Bro B S Pollard. Biwio, Texas,
asks : 1. From a scriptural, or reli?
gion itaodpoiut. ie dealing io cotton
futures gambling ?
Wilson's Texas Penal Code, Art.
377 (354 a) reads: "If soy person
snail, directly or fbrough an agent or
agents, manage or superintend for bim
self, or shall as agent or representative
of any other person, firm or corpora
tion, oouduot, carry on or transact any
busioess which is commonly known as
dealing io futures, in cotton, grain,
lard, any kinds of meats or agricultu?
ral produots, or traosaot any business
oommoniy koowo as a produce or stock
exchange or bucket shop, where future
contracts arc bought or sold, with no
intention of an aotual bona fide deliv?
ery of tbe artiole or tbiog bought or
sold, such person whether actiog for
himself or tor another, as aforesaid,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde?
meanor, and shall be fined in any sum
not less than one buodred nor more
tbao five hundred dollars, aod in addi
tion thereto shall be imprisoned io tbe
oounty jail not lest than thirty days
oor more tbao six months ; provided,
that eaoh day that suoh business or
house io carried on shall coostitu'e a
separate offense."
It is also provided that permitting
premises to be used for such busioess
ie a misdemeanor aod the owner of suoh
premises shall be guilty of a misde
meauur and fined not less than one
buodred or more than five hundred
dollars. Eiob day be so permits shall
constitute a separate offense.
Nearly all the states have praotioaliy
tbe same statute The laoguage of the
statute of Illinois is as follows : "Who
ever oootraots to have or to give him?
self or another the option to buy or
sell at a future time aoy grain" eto ,
shall be fined, "and all oootraots made
in violation of this section, shall be
deemed gambliug oootraots and void "
See Cyclopedia of Law, Vol. 8, p.
1,011. Tbe supreme courts of both
Texas aod the United States have held
that euch eontracts are null, suoh busi?
ness being "againtt publio policy "
Uoder the same head and for the same
reasons are statutes against gambliog
uf every kind.
Shall the state care more for publio
morals than the church of Christ 7 No
suoh members ought to be exoiuded
and if they wili gamble, let them do
so ou'side the oburoh
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October 16?o
FIRST NATIONAL BANK ~W
SUMTER,
STATE, riTY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Pod up Capital.$ 75,000 CO
Surplus and ProG'8 - - - - 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock?
holders in ezofS8 of their
stock. 75.000 00
Total protection to depositors, $175 000 00
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Sp?-cial attention riven to collections.
81VINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 ?"d upwards received In?
terest allowed at tbe rate nt 4 per c?nt. per
annum, on amounts above $5 ?ud not exceed?
ing $303, parsb'e quarterly, oo first days of
January, April, Julv nod Lh'tooer.
R M. WALLACE
L.S.Cabstn. President.
C?*hi?r
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