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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1900. ---- - .. - ..-n-m-r- nm i ? mi mm mt.i.? The Sumter Watchman was oundec D 1850 and the 2Vixe Southron in 1S6?. The T^afc?Th^K and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of thc old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. There are two issues that should not be obscured in the State cam? paign this summer, and if the people are wise they will insist on having an expression from all legislative can? didates as well as the aspirants for the governorship. The issues are the sale of the State farm and the use of convicts on the public roads. If there are soy possible meaos by which the Atlantic Coast Line can be induced to provide depot facilities io Sumter adequate to the needs of the travel i og public and com mens?rate with the importance of this place as a railroad center, something should be dooe at oooe to set the bal! io -motion. ^ The boiidiog DOW doing service as a passenger depot wouid be adequate to t the Deeds of a hamlet of three huodred popuiatioo enjoying the benefit of a single railroad, but for a town of six thousand inhabitants, the busioess cen? tre of a large eec ti on of country and the juncture aod transfer point for four railroads it is oot adequate, aod any one with half ao eye cao see it at a glaooe. The depot is too small for the passenger business that the road han? dlea ; the waitiog rooms are small aod cramped, three large rooms are oeeded where two small ones are provided. There is oo train shed to protect the passengers who transfer from one train to another, aod the discomfort they suffer io raioy weather cao be appre? ciated ooly by those who have bad ex? perience. It is the role that a major? ity of those who go to the depot to wait for a traio have to remain OD thc plat form because the waiting rooms are overcrowded and there is neither com* fort oor pleasure io this, as hundreds will testify. Sumter needs a depot, and the Atiaotio Coast Line should appro? priate a sufficient amouot to build one that will be a oredit to itself Sumter. Rsv Arthur Crane, an evangelist of some note, who was receDtly iostalled pastor of one of the Charleston church- j es, began his career io bis new field of j labor by visiting the blind tigers, j gambling hells and all other dens cf j vice and iniquity that he could Sec. Re did this to make a personal acquain? tance with ci>e sin and vice cf his new j jiome and to cottee: material for the grcu?d work cf a crusade against the j devil and bis works ia Charleston. Mr Crace preached a sensational sermon io which be made charges of the blackest description against Charleston and ber residents-city and county officials, church people and ali others who have aliowed the old city to become a very Sodcm of vice and corroption. j I His crusade has created a decidea ! sensation aud the people of Charleston are mildly excited. There is more or less truth, DO doubt, io the charges, for Cbarleetoa is a wide open otu towo aod there is lots cf sin and wickedness hiding ia the shadows of the historic old churches, there are hundreds of blind tigers io which liquor is sold openly and co Charleston man can deny this ; there are maoy gambling den?, where ene may run up against any sort j of game desired exeept the one by j wbioh the wayfarer wies instead of j losing ; there are maay other dene of vice of various descriptions, r.nd co one wilt deny their existence, but it is more j than questionable whether Mr Crace j has adopted the wisest plan fer fighting j the sin as it exists in bis pastorate | He is stirring up the Rip Van Winkles. I however, and in this way may do good. The town council has issued an order authorizing the police to shoot down any dog found rnonijj^ large unmuzzled. This precautionary meas? ure was considered necessary in view of the large number of rabid dogs now doing so much damage, and bringing so much distress ali over the j county -Manning Times. The town couucil of Manning has acted so wisely iu this matter that j we trust the city council of Sumter will, at the next meeti?^, do like? wise. There is no reason for allow? ing dogs to run at large on the streets, and if dog owners cannot or wili not keep them at home they should be required to muzzle them. "American missionaries io China are io danger on account of the anti-foreign movements whioh are agitatiog the flowery kingdom. They are so far inland as to be beyond protection of gunboats. The State department is io a quandary over the situation, whioh is complicated by uooertaioty as to the government to which they should look for protection, whether China or Ger? many. This uooertaioty grows out of the indefiniteness of the latter's sphere of inf?uecoe. Promise of proteotioo has been made by Germany, of Amer? icans, to the same extent as will be aooorded German missionaries. The greatest appareot difficulty io this respect lies io the faot that Germany has oot sufficient military force oo the ground to assure safety io case of an uprisiog of serious proportions. Must EDforce Vaccination. Columbia, S. C , March 26.-Mag? istrate Mobley bas been reported for not issuing a warrant for the arrest of a person who refused to be vac? cinated under the recent act The matter was investigated by Senator Douglass at the request of the gov ernor and Mr Douglass reports that Mobley consented to issue the war? rant. But Dr Going positively denies this. The governor wants it understood that magistrates must cooperate with the health officers in carrying out the law aod enforcing vaccination wherever called upon. He will remove magistrates from office where they refuse to carry out the law. Tlie Kentucky Trouble. Culton Seeking Clemeocy by Making Important State? ment. Frankfort, Ky., March 27.-Toere were some startling developments ic the Goebe? as3a?sinatioo case today. This afternoon W. H. Culton, wc o waived examination and was iieid over to thc circuit court, went to the C*pi toi hoteit where be was in conference with the attorneys 1er the prosecution for over two boara. He was aecom , panied by his brother io-iaw, E E j Hogg, who is aiso his attorney. Cal- j ton was reported to have made a con? fession, but later tonight ic developed that the informa:ioo gained wa?? not as sweeping as thought. His frieses ad? mit that he gave the prosecution such information as he had and which had heretofore uot come out. Henry E. Youtsey, Republican Audi tor Sweeney's clerk, was arrested at noon and locked up in jail, charged with being an accessory to the assas? sination. He is a half brother of HOD L. S Crawford, a prominent Republi? can of Newport, and detectives arrested bim as the m&n with tba black moustache whom Golden mentioned as being given the key to Caleb Powers' office Yoatsey oompiaiaed that the prosecution had broken faith in arrest iog him, and it is stated be is ready ro make a pab?o statement for whioh the prosecution is not aoxious at this tim*; At today's session of the esamioing trial of tho Republican Secretary of State Caleb Powers, the court room wis cleared of all persons except attor? neys, newspaper representatives and j court officers. The defense announced j they would intrcducs no testimony and j tendering Governor Taylor'** pardon of Powers, asked the defoadant be dis- j cissed upon thc evidence Thc CJ:?- j monwealth disputed Taylor's right :,c.l ! ihe CJurt overruled '.bj o i i - > :J . Bail ; wa? asked for, Judge Moore r-.i-A : "It is not my belief ti?at Powers Gred tho shot which killed Gov (Jeebel, . but from tho evidence ii is ay <;r,i:.,i. u j that bo was connected with thc coospi racy to ki'l him. I shill therefore order that he be held over without bail to the Franklin County grand jury that the case may be furth'T iove?tii?a;ej " This afternoon Ccitoa*s couosei an? nounced that Calton would w ire bis esiminini: triai ai^d bv agreement of the arrornc-y? be will remain at home with bis Mck wife, under prir -,'c ?uard. Capt Juhn Davis aiso waifed exs'sina- , tion and was admitted to bail in the j sum of ?5,000. He was locked up for | the night. The Democratic militia will be j retained here tili after the April term of the circuit court which begins Monday and at which Secretary Powers and others are to be tried. Came by f?imself-J. K. Stuck? ey in the Penitentiary. Sunday afternoon Stuckey, the Spar tanburg merohaot, who was convicted of manslaughter aod sentenced to ten years io the penitentiary, presented himself at the prison office, handed over his commitment aod announced that he was ready to eoter upoo the service of his eentenoe. He was taken io, shaved up aod giveo a striped sait. The supreme oourt last week deoided Stuck? ey 's appeal case against him, and there was nothing for him to do but to flee or come on to the penitentiary. He pat his business in shape and came. Supt Griffin will put him to farming near the prisoD.-The State. mnm i i - - Must Give Up Cigarettes. Washington, March 25 -A death blow was given cigarette smoking ia the weather service Sunday when Chief Wili8 L. Moore issued an order prohibiting persons connected with the service from smoking cigarettes during office hours,"and stating far? ther that those who smoked cigarettes at any time would be mentioned in the confidential reports, which are made quarterly to bim by chiefs of the several offices and divisions throughout the entire service The order is plainly worded aod the chief evidently meaos that it shall be obeyed. "The order was issued after care ful consideration aod thorough inves tigation of the evils from cigarette smoking. It will stand In this service we are compelled to maintain a very strict discipline in order to secure satisfactory service Some of our men, who are regarded as the most thorough and competent, doing every detail of their work with the utmost promptness and accuracy, gradually became careless and lax I sent inspectors to investigate and in a number of cases it was found directly attributable to the use of cigarettes. I am not prudish nor do I wish to assume any authority whatever over any privilege which the emplyeee of the service should have, but as a public servant I feel that it is my duty to correct any evil which may exist, even if in attempt? ing to make this claim, that I am over stepping my authority I can state most emphatically that the order will stand and that it applies to the entire force of the bureau throughout the service Cigarette j smoking must cease Cigars and pipes are not barred. " Charleston as Sodom. The Rev Arthur Crane Begins His Crusade. Some of the sinners who got in the j frorst seats at the First Baptist Church j \eeterduy afternoon expecting to hear a wild, weird, thriiiing and ghastly recital of vice and sin in Charleston, were a trifle disappoint? ed They heard a story of, sin, how? ever, as preached by the Rev Arthur Crane after what he called a personal observation of the bare, tho gam? bling houses and the questionable resorts in the city. Mr Crane talked about many things not heard in a Charleston pulpit heretofore. He taiked about municipal affairs He said the town was wide open ; that . there was no liquor iaw here to be enforced. He attacked the police force and said it was not safe for ladies to be on the streets after dark. He said he could meet more drunken men in fifteen minutes in Charleston than in any other city in the country. He said he had seen policemen in front of bars and gambling houses, where the clinking of the glasses and the chips could be heard He inti? mated tnat be wouid talk later of | individuals who were helping to break the laws Mr Crane had some things to say j which were now to some of the men ? about town, who listened to his I sermon yesterday He said he had j been asked by people here to slow, but be thought the time ripe to teii how vice and ;>in was ruining the City A.30MyC30t:s letter?, he r;::M. had beeu sent him as gentle warn inga but these were treated with the contempt they deserved. Speak ing of the places where the laws were broken openiy, as be considered it, /ir Crane said he was prepared to furnish evidence, if this was needed Mr Crane had a mixed congrega tion. There were men there to hear him through curiosity atone : there were men about town who nave not been seen in the church in year?, and there wer* Christain workers, who be?eved in the work ?lr VV. T Bett ison and Mr Roack occupied seats in the pulpit-News and Cou? rier. trank Lsi?ie s a opular ?rion'civ, Ke?ropc !?;?'i ? ?l?uafey Juniors for Apr: i, ?t ii G Oa;<-6n & Co -MIO ? - Popular stories for boys and girls, Heniv ?eries, and to-icy otcers at H. G. Ofcteen & C?'B. If you want to porcnase a nice buggy or or a good boree, go to W. M. Graham's stable. He has just received a car load of each March 7. Cure For Mad-dog Bite. The following letter bas been handed us for publication by Dr. W. W. Anderson, of Statebu;g, who received it through the mail a few days ago. Be pays that be will write to Mr. ?arlingbam sod make further inqui? ries io regard to the use of the remedy, ?od will give us the information, wheo he gets it, for publication. lu the meantime the letter is giren to tba public so that it may be used by any who may need it It is simple and harmless, and also easy to obtain : Danielson, Coon , March 20, 1900. To a Leading M. D,, of Stateburg, South Carolina : Dear Sir-I notice in the Norwich Bulletin that Mr. S. Nelson has recently died of hydro? phobia. Now as soon as yon or any other M. D , bas a case of mad-dog bite, take Cnions, boil them, aod apply as bot ag can be borne by your patient. Change them as oftsn as they cum black, and io 12 hours your patient will be out of danger. Io 1876 or 7, a man at South Hadley Falls, M?SJ , was bitten bad os the band-my ser too tcld me of the fact. He was ringing tbe bell for prater tueeti&g I told him to go to the borne of the man aod order onions. Thsy were applied, tne man was cured, and 20 years after I beard from him, a well mao. I was then a M E preacher and stationed at S. H. Falls, Mass. I am nearing my 84 mile post. Very truly yours, fcc, Erastus BurliDgham, Box 34, Danielson, Coon CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic, jp'v Neuralgia and Toothache in ' five minutes. Sour Stomach and Summer Complaints. Price. 25c. Sold by Hngheon-Ligon Co. In a New Piace. My friends and the Fruit consuming public generally, are hereby informed that I have changed my fruit stand to the front of Mr. j L. W. Joye's Grocery, next to Barnett's store, where I w-.ll keep a stock of Fruit, fcc., and solicit a continuance of patronage. EDMUND R. MURRAY. t Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS: SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Materiah o?ce and ft'arerooms, Ktn^, -jppo?i?e. Can non Street, CHARLESTON* S. C, 1&S~ Pnrci>a?p our cake, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby ?=9ve money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty Octobpr 16 -o I RELIEF G?&1E. ft % I % Mas. E. C. COLYER J 'n>(^^L of?aiubril-v>Ga->Auo-F ?yj ||y??^^^ 8ik> 1S98> orites: Bec- ? 4F? edictfi has certainly ^ s? ?-^^^^?^i? ?^ daughter. She F 3 /FK/ffiL^^ra^K was in wretched* ^ ff ^^?P?l??ftk health and had jp ? 9 '^WBroiy missed four months? 5 ^ Two bottles of Ben? jj edicts have entirely restored her health, v 2 The monthly periods have returned p ^ and arc now painless and regular, jr ^ Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular w ?1 or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta ? j; luis cured many suffering women and ? 2 win cure you In the privacy of your F ^ home, without the necessity or physl-8? dan's ex- ,\ k animations Sra ?KIV Vf^-T* rc ?^c?m W lit, marve.- If |S|IiCPl ^ xoas action Mk* mt*~ . & gl nine or- M Jg ?c> FEMALE & I K f ^KG'JMTOB h I - rheas them sothat the monthly periods*} ! : nay he regular and painless, Headache. 5 j Dizziness, Nervo'isness, that dr^??ringlr i .' . nsation ar.?I those terrible pains In K ; back-. Mps and abdomen .:i?!ok?v!; I - :l;.'y" rt? :; ?:.n .. l . with each !? rii? .r -A? LACES BLUE BOCK son! freo to any ad i Vi SS. v .- :i ii;; >Ie 1><>\ i >i . ?.'.< >n: hiv" Keir- S? : t??aMair I'rtls sent for 10c. In ?tamps. * ? Vddress. Woman's l>epartiwnt, NewS: ? : poncer Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. ^. j MtniUtii thit paper. ST I Sold by Hughsoo Ligon Co, ARE YOU * BANKRUPT in health, constitution undermined by ex . ivncance in eat I ncr, kv dis re .arding the laws of nature, O? physica? capital all -jone, if sot NEVER DESPAIR ' '?.??.'Xs Liver Pills will cure you. For sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, malaria, torpid liver, constipation, biliousness and ail kindred diseases. Toil's Liver Pills an absolute cure. Estate of John S. Richardson, DECEASED. WE WILL APPLY to the Judge or Pro? bate of Sumter County OD April 9th, 1900, for a final discharge as Executors of Estate of said deceased. R. D. LEE, MARIJN MOISE, Marcb 8-4t Eiecators. Eggs: BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Will sell s limited number of Sittings of Eggs from this popular variety of fowl at $2 per 13. Buff Rocks are large, handsome fowls, with clean yellow lege, yellow skin and beautiful Doff plumage. Tbev grow rapidiy and aer wonderful layers. Boy some eggs and rear a yard of fowls different from vonr neighbor. DR. D. B. FRONTIS, Feb 7-2m Ridge Spriog, S. G. losing -0 THOROUGH] Several Essc shire Hog* ; sale, at my fi west of H Sumter, S. C., M< JraJ?iiJD V With tbe largest stock of goods that we "ca better prepared to serve our customers. It \ prices before buying elsewhere. In addition baud, will say tbat we are agents for manufac direct to jour searest stations, and ia this 1 wbicb we ?iii furcisb with pleaenre upon ap New A 1 car White Corn, 1 cor best Pearl Gri:s: 1 car good Rice, 2 cars Flour, I car Meat and Lard, tOO cases Canned Goods, Tobaccos, Ciga: ? 00 lbs Scbr.aps, 34 and 33c per lb 500 ?bs Mable Tobacco 34c por ib 300 lbs Sweet Apple, 34c per lb 400 lbs Cock Robin, 30c per lb 100 lbs Long Cotton, 30c per lb 1C0 lbs Blue Jay, 30s per lb IO * ?ts Jay Bird, S4c per lb 100 lbs Mablee, 33c per lb 100 lbs Dady'8 Dollar, 34c per lb 500 ibs Lalla Rookh, 32c per lb 200 lt'3 Red Eye, 27c per lb 100 .'bs Eirly Bird, 35c per lb 100 lbs Baitle Axe, 34c per lb Other brands not mentioned. The Roller King fane best-Try Cross Phone 53. Columbia Bus COLTJM] Most thorough Bus Courses. Better inducements, and mor tiens than ail other Business s Carolina combined. Write at once for a catalogue W. H. Nev ? Hf you want i the best Seeds i Bin Vick's OUR OWN GROWING AND THE WORLD'S CHOICEST The handsomest and most com? plete Catalogue we ever issued sent free, if you state in what you are most interested-Flow? ers, Vegetables or Small Fruits. JAMES VICK'S SONS, ROCHESTER] N. Y. Feb 7 CHARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale ?od Retail Commission Dealer ia W 3E SS 3E3E Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 aDd 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Consignments of Couoiry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, &c, are respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made. Fisb packe! in barrels and bcies for the country trade a specialty. Dec 6 x ?????????????????????I Out Sale >F BRED HOGS. )\ and Berk? an?! Pigs for arm one mile Sumter? I. HARRY. ch. 16,1900. WE ABE. re bad since we ha*? been in business and nil be to your interest to see cs or get our to pupplj?iig y cu from our immense stock ea Murers, packers and millers, and can sbip you way can ss.ve you freight. Ask us for prices, plication. ^rivals, i 350 bores Starch, I 60 ba?s Coffee, i i car Salt, j 175 hoses Soap, 100 cases Star Lye, j Molasses and Sugar. rs and Cheroots. j Old Va. Cbersots, j Old Glory Cheroots. ! 3 Rattler Cheroots, ! World Best Cheroots, Big "T" Cigars, I Lcdy Bird Ciears, i Captain Cutler Cigars, ALL AT FACTORY PRICES. Duke's Mixture, Duke's Cameo. School Boy, Yellow Leaf, Maryland Club, acd Powhatan with pipes-Smoking Tobaccos. jy patent Flour is the r a barrel. mell & Co. ?ness College, 3IA, S. C. ?ness and Shorthand e graduates placed in good posi tnd Shorthand Schools in ?outh ' and full information. berry. President