Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mataran d? ?mi\xiTti WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6,1900. The Sumter Watcnman was toundea fi 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising mediata in Svmter. Senator Tiilman will have a walk over in the primary do matter who else may be a candidate, but op to this time no one bas bad the temerity to offer himeelf as a victim for the slaughter. HEB ????? It would be more sensible for the State Executive Committee to adopt a rate to prevent cranks and nonen tities from foisting themselves on the public as candidates in the Democrat ic primary than to attempt to rule : ont the candidates endorsed by re spectable and ' influential factions of the party. 8nder Senator Appelt's construction of the party law G. Walt Whitman or a dozen each cranks could go ?round the State making themselves a nuisance at every campaign meeting while a man ' like Joel ?. Branson or James A. Hoyt, simply because they were en dorsed by some thousands of voters and represented a principle, would be ruled out of the party and not allowed to speak at the democratic campaign meetings It is the Whit man type of candidates, not the Hoyts, that the party needs to be rid of. It would fcave been the irony of fate had the State Democratic Exe cutive Committee ruled Coi J. A. Hoyt out of the primary. When the March convention nominated Tiilman for governor Col Hoyt, who was then chairman of the State Executive Committee, was appealed to by the regular democrats to rule Tiilman out of the primary as an independent, but be refused to do so. The prece dent then established by Col Hoyt holds good and this year he is the beneficiary. The predictions so freely made by tile office holding politicians and dis pensaryites that Col Hoyt and the prohibitionists will be snowed under ?n the first primary are based princi pally upon hope and have not a solid foundation. The prohibition element is a large and influential body in this State, it is made up of sincere and . earnest men who place principle above all other considerations, and tfeey have a moral strength and an influence that is felt in the primary. In addition to the strength of the sincere prohibitionists there is a con siderable element, composed of men who, while not prohibitionists by any means, can be counted on to fight tbe dispensary with any weapon available. Heretofore these men have voted largely with tbe prohibi tionists and they can be connted on to do ? this year Thus the prohi bition candidate has at the outset a strength that is not to be despised, a strength so great that the office hold ing politicians fear it and would even go to the length of ruling tbe prohi bitionists oat of the party if they cootd do so Bot this year teh pro hibitionist* have a candidate who brings into the campaign a greater personal strength than any candidate who has yet m ?de the fight. He is known in every community in South Carolini?, and it would be hard to find a place in the State where he has not influential personal friends who will work for faim and make votes for bim on election day. Col Hoyt is a strong mau? e clean man, a pure man, and tie experience and ability fit him for the position of Chief Magistrate of South Carolioa. He was a brave Coo fedet ate soldier, end from the close of the war down to the present day he has done all that a large hearted, public spirited citizen could or should do for the State As a man he ?3 worthy of the confidence and votes of the democrats of South Carolina, for there is no traer demo crat in the State than he, and apart from the cause he represents it would be well for tho State should be be elected. He is a prohibitionist, but be is more than a prohibitionist, for he is first of all a democrat and a man of hard, common sense and con* ssrvative judgment. If he is elected he will enforce the laws as he finds them, and he will do so honestly and impartially. Knowing these things, as thousands who know Col Hoyt know them, the people of the State will not regard bim simply as a pro hibitionist, perhaps a fanatic on the subject, but as a democrat and a safe man for the office as well as the rep resentative of the prohibitionists; and they can vote for him even though they may not wholly endorse the pro hibition platform. Col Hoyt may not be the next governor of South Caro lina, but the man who receives a greater number of votes in the pri mary than he does will be the nomi nee. Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbia, S. C , June , 1900 ? About normal temperature conditions prevailed daring the week endiog 8 a. m., Monday, Jane 4th, bat early in tbe week were too cool for rapid growth of crops, with, however, favorable condi tions at the olose. There was an entire absence of rain until Friday, when light showers occurred over the extreme northwestern portions, followed on Saturday and Sun* day by showery weather over the cen tral and eastern portions also. Rain was badly needed over the eastern half of the State, while the moisture condi tions were quite favorable over the western half. The weather was extremely favorable for the cultivation of crops, during the week, most of which have been well worked, and for harvesting wheat and oats now under way, except in the extreme "northwestern counties, where both are fast ripeoiog. Wheat is an excellent crop generally, vrhile oats varies greatly, but falls little, if at all, below the average of former years. Upland corn is small but healthy, and has good stands. Bottom land corn has made good growth, but stands are kept badly broken by the ravages of worms. Early corn is in silk and tassel. The cool nights retarded the growth of cotton which is unseasonably small, and also caused it to die on certain soils. Stands are generally full, but very lousy io piaoes. Cotton is gener ally well worked, but a few fields are still grassy. Early cotton is puttiog on forms. Sea island needs rain. The weather conditions at tbe close of the week were very favorable for cotton. The condition of tobacco ranges from good to vary poor, and geoerally the plants are email for the season, and in Marion County are buttoning. Worms are numerous and damaging Some fields have been laid by. Rice, truck, gardens, sweet potatoes, sugar oaoe and sorghum are doing well, bat in need of rain, which has been quite copiously supplied. Fruit prospects, except for apples, comiooc promising. The shipment of pe&obes have beguo Many farmers have began to plant peas io coro fields, whioh is unusually early CORRESPONDENTS' REPORTS Florenoe?Ebenezsr : Unfavorable week for all crops ; weather v?ry dry and oooi nights ; rain needed ; wheat aod oats being gathered, tbe latter not as good as usual ; fruit dropping badly ; white potatoes nearly a failure. ?J C Wilson Kershaw?Tiller's Ferry : A dry week has enabled farmers to get their orops free from grass ; oats harvest under way ; peas are being planted, earlier than usual ; tobacco in good condition, but lacks moisture ?J W Gardner. Darlington?Stckes Bridge : Cotton made very slow growth daring the past week, week too oool ; corn is growing oicely oo uplands, bottom stand? poor, owiog to eut worms ; wheat and oats good, and are being harvested ; rain badly needed ; tobacco has poor staod? aod is late ; there is not tbe interest taken in tobacco as formerly ?J H Pate llichland?Congaree : An ideal week for work, but rather oool aod dry ; bo rain this week ; all crops are small, but geoerally well worked aad look health;: wheat is ripening ; oats are being gathered, and turning out better thao was expected ; fruit dropping, but promises a good yield.?J F Smith. Williamsburg?Cox : Week favora ble for all farm work, with oo rain ; oottoo dying, oaused by cool nights ; corn aod rice doing well ; tobacco sorry ; ail crops stand in need of rain. ?L Jones. A Card of Thanks. I wish to say that 1 am under lasting obli gations for what Chamberlain's Cough liera- 1 edy has done for our tamii/. We have usf?d it in so many cases of coughs, lung troubles and whooping cougb, and tt h*s always given j tbe most perfect satisfaction, we feel greatly indebted to the manufacturers of this remedy and wi9b them to please accept our hearty thankB.?Respectfuilv^-Alrs. S. Doty, Des Moines, Iowa. FC^^ y Dr. A. J. Chioa. Georgia Raised Horses. Bob Branch, of Bishop, Oconee county, is an authority on slock rais ing. He ha9 a magnificent race track of hie own and makes a special ty of raising race horses Hie ! horses have won many prizes at county and etate fairs He was the leader of the movement which ter minated in the successful organiz* ! of the Oak Branch Fair association, ; which is composed of many promi ! nent planters of Oconee, a county I noted for its blooded stock and fine racers Mr Branch is not a horse breeder on a large scale He only raises two or three fine colts a year,and develops their speed. He says he gets from ?125 to $1,000 and npward for those he seils, and when asked why horse raising is not engaged in more ex tensively by Georgia farmers the the other day, he said : "I do not know unless it is because men unacquainted with the business plunge into it an get dis couraged before they learn what is necessary to success. A good strain is the first issential, then knowing how to treat your animals, how to feed them, how to handle and bow to develop them. A man must learn the business before can hope to sue ceed in it." On the subject of feed and economy to be exercised in raising horeee in Georgia, he said : "I find that to cot wheat and oats in the dough and feed this to trotting horses is a very fine feed and enables them to get along on about half the grain they otherwise would require A man wants to have plenty of forage crops, such as sorghum, Ger man millet, peas oats, corn etc , and then some rye for winter grazing If your land is rich euough barley will make the best grazing in the world, but it won't do for thin soil. Rye beats it There is money in stock if you understand the busi ness." Mr Branch is right Horses can be raised as weil and as profitably in Georgia as in Kentucky, and it is strange that more of our farmers do not engaga in the business In Au gusta's vicinity Burke and War ren counties have won rep utations Dy the fine steck they raise and every effort should be made to encourage this in dustry, which means so much for the prosperity of the farming interests of the state ?Augusta Chronicle. Tien Tsin, June 3?Six men and two ladies, French and Belgian refu gees from Pao Ting Fu, have arrived here Nine are still missing A body of mounted Cossacks have gone in search of the missine: and to take food to Yan Lieu Ching for the relief of the party there It is reported from Pek?n that Mr Stevenson of the Church of England mission at Tern Ching, has been murdered and that Mr Norman of the same mission is miesing. The Commissioners Arrive at Manila. Manila. Juoe 3 ?The United States transport Hancock, from San Francisco, April 17, arrived bere this morning with the members cf the Philippine commission. The members of General MacArtbur's staff welcomed the com missioners on board the H&ooook At nooo the commissioners landed and drove to the palace, escorted by General MaoArihur's staff, a band and two oom pa??es of the Twenty sixth infantry, with artillery. At tbe palace the commissioners were welcomed by General MoArtbur io a short and forceful address. After Judge Wm. H. Taft, president of tbe commis sion, had replied, the commissioners returned to tbe Hancock, where tbey will remain natii tbey bave selected suitable dwellings on land. During the morning tbe members of tbe Filipino supreme court, the local editors and many of tbe leadiog mer chants repaired to the transport, where tbey conversed with the commission ers Collision Near Weldon. Weldoo, N. C , Juoe 4?A disas trous collision occurred on tbe Atlantic Coast Lioe Railroad this morning at Garysburg, near Weldon, in which two men were instantly killed and three seriously injured. No 32, koowo as the Atlantic Coast Line fast mail train, ran into an open switch at Garysburg resulting in a collision with some freight oars. The killed: Engineer Cheatham, one *f the oldeet engineers on the Coast L oe ; anknnwo white tramp, who was stealiog a ride The injured : Maii Clerk McGeorge, seriously, may not reoover; two colored firemen, injuries fatal. None of the passengers were hurt. The baggage and maii cars were badly wrecked, and three other clerks beside McGeorge were iijured, but not seri ously. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatur? of A CLEAR HEAD; good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some of the results of the use of Tutt'sLiver Pills. 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Chattanooga,Tenn.It ^ Mc*lk>nihi.<v?Pa & 9 ~* nr-^-v- ? .~ ??- ^ Sold bj Hv.gusoo-Liccn Co Did yo? know (hat we have the largest aod most complete line of Groceries I of any boa>e in Sumter, and always prepared to meet the demands in our line? Our trade has grown to such extent that we are forced to ba7e more room, j In addition to our large stori? and warehouse that wo now have, we are fitting up j a 90-foot warehouse between tbe Atlantic Coast Line aod Southern depots a j order that we may be in better position to supply the demands. In addition to our large stock of goods on band, we have lots of goods bought at factories that we can ship direct to you and save you monev. "We give you a FEW PRICES BELOW, but a? we bave not space to give you a full list of prices, will ask that yoa write or coooo and get oar prices which wo will furnish with pleasure. Best large Lump Starch, 40 lb boxes.3ry3 lb Best Soda, 60 lb boxes, 1-lb packages, at.?2 per"box Star Lye. ?3 per case. 4 do2en. Delivered in 5 case lots. Rex Baking Powders J and 1-lb cane, ?3 60 per case of 100 ? and 50 lbs. De livered in 5 case lots, with 1 case Rex. Soda, 60 lbs., free. TEA?Good Black and Green, 101b caddies, . . . 35c lb DIME MILK?Four dozeu in case, a6 . . $3 50 per case OLD VIRGIN! A. CHEROOTS?Three for 5o at . . $12 50 per thousand OLD GLORY CHEROOTS?Five for 10c . . . $14 per thousand CIGARS?Tbe finest 5s Cigars on tbe market . . $35 per thousand SCHNAPPS TOBACCO?10 lb caddies 35o per lb EARLY BIRD TOBACCO?IO lb caddies .... 35o per lb SWEET APPLE TOBACCO?10 lb caddies .... 34c per ib LALLA ROOK TOBACCO?10 lb caddies .... 32c per lb BIG WHISTLE TOBACCO?10 lb caddies, . . . . 36o per lb RED EYE TOBACCO?8 plugs to pound, 10 lb caddies . , 27o per lb FLOUR, MEAL, LAUD, BACON, GRITS, MOLASSES, And other goods at lowest prices. Ask for prices which we will furnish you. Cro?swell & Co. Phone 53. Sumter, S. C. Summer is The weather of the past few days would indicate the near approach of Summer, and the consequent necessity of pro viding one's self with appropriate wearing apparel. In looking around for your wants in this line, do not fail to give us a call for we feel assured we can supply a liberal percentage of your needs. Our line of WASH MATERIAL AND WHITE GOODS Is the most complete we have ever carried, and the man ner in which we have been selling them is a guarantee to us that The Styles and Prices are Right* Already our stock is badly broken in some lines which we hope soon to replenish. There has been a great deal said about the advance in prices of Dry Goods, but we see no justification for this, except in domestic goods, such as bleached, brown and plaid homespuns, that are" directly affected by the price of cotton, the advance is not appa rent, ; We are still selling A Good Print at 5c per yard 36-in Percales at 8 l-3c per yard These are in very desirable patterns plaids and stripes, suitable for Shirt Waists or Children's suits. Coming! Woven Madras ClOth, in plaids and stripes, at lOc Probably the best value we have in our stock, and most appropriate for this season of year is Our India Linens. For some years we have been buying this class of goods in short lengths DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURERS. The goods are perfect, and buying them in that manner and the quantities we do, we are selling them at 25 to 33 per cent less tlian regular goods. Oar Une of Silk Waist Patterns Are very attractive. The prices range from 50c to $1 pr yard We will be pleased to send samples of anything in stock. O'DONNELL CO. t 16 Largest anil Most Complete charles c. Leslie, Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer in 3F* X ?3 3E3L Geo. S. Hacker & Son, i?ysters> Game and Poultry Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. 09 CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Couniry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, 4c, are respectfully solicited. Prompt returos made. Fish packed in barrels acd boxes for the country trade a specalty. Dec 6 -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH. BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. cft?cf ami Warerooms, Kin;;, opposite Car non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, j0?"Pnrct?asp our make, whic'.i we g'^raatf superior ?? .my -jo'ld South, Mnd rhereb* .*hv,- money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October ] ~ THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . . . 16.000 00 Individual ?iabiliij of stockholders io excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Traosacte a general tanking business ; aiso hs a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of $1 and upward received. Interest allowed aj tbe rate ot 4 per cent, per annuo:, payeble 9emi-annually. W. F. B. HAYXSWORTR, President. Marion Moise, W. F. Rhamk, Vice F resident. Cashier. Jan 31.