The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 04, 1900, Image 4
WXDS?SDAY, JULY 4,1900.
The Sumter Watcnman was toundec
o 1850 ?ad the ZVt?? Zvutkron ia lc* o'G.
Thc iTaic???a??> ?KC Southron cow has
fcae combined circulation and influence
of both of thc o?d papers, and is mani
?3stiy the best advertising medina ic
Sam ? er.
August* and ether nearby ci?es are ar?
ranging their courses c? lyceum lectures
fer the winter and now is aa opportune
time for the organizion of a lyceum
in Sumter for the purpose of securing a
series of high class lectures acd con?
certs for the coming winter.
While cany towns are revising there
population claims and knocking off the
excess by the thousands ic aeticipation
of the publication of the census figures,
Samter has to do nothing of ihe kind,
and ?3 eating no orow io this year cf
grace. We have claimed 5,000 as the
population cf Sumter for sometime, and
unless all eigos fail the ceLsas report
will show that we have been too modest
in cur claims by at least a thousand.
if Barney Evans or any other of
the candidates could give a justified
bond to make the railroads build a
passenger depot and train shed in
keeping with the importance of this
city as a railroad center we
think we can safely promise
the full vote of Sumter to
that candidate But talk is cheap
3nd campaign promises are easily
made and jost as easily broken, and
we do not believe it safe to vote for
a candidate merely on account of the
promises he may make. But Sumter
is in sad need of better depot accom
sedations, and the Railroad Com?
missioner who uses bis position to
require the railroads to erect a larger
and better depot here would be per
forming his plain duty and no more.
Coi Hoyt and Mr Gary made the
best impression of the candidates for
Governor who spoke here last week.
Heretofore Mr Gary has not been
considered in this county as a strong
candidate It has been a question of
Hoyt or McSweeney, but yesterday
changed things with many who at?
tended the meeting, and McSweeney
stock went down and Gary stock ad?
vanced proportionately. We have
sot heard of a single vote changing
from Hoyt to either of the other can?
didates, but at least twenty five
changed from McSweeney to Gary.
li the talk on the streets since the
meeting counts for anything Gary
stands a fair chance of beating Mc
Sweeney in Sumter county. Col
Hoyt is by long odds the favorite in
this city, and from what we heard
yesterday from men from all sections
of the coanty his strength is fuily as
great in the county as it 1*3 the town.
.Many men predict that he will re
eeive more votes in this county than
ail the other candidates combined,
and while we regard this as an over
estimate we have no doubt he will
lead by some hundred votes Pat
terso?} has ocme friends here and
they and those who always enjoy
eeeirg the candidate tcrap, whooped
him up for all they were worth, but
?O:S? don't elect, and whet: the votes
are counted h<? will not feel as proud
of his Sumter supporters as he ap
pear ed io be after the meeting. In I
our opinion Patterson is injuring
McSweeney without helping hie own j
cause materially, while Hoyt and
Gary are gaining strength daily The
opec blind tigers in Charleston and
Columbia sr?: to the mindi? of many j
people convincing proof that Gov
McSweeney has failed to enforce thc
law, ar;d wh*n to this is added the
often made and never disproved as j
sertion that Charleston with 300 i
blind tigers is solid for McSweeney !
there is nc power on earth to make
then: believe that McSweeney and
tn?* blind tigers liavD uot mads a
dea? Whitman wili not cat any
ligure in the primary but he makes
charges that are hard to answer and
here again M c3 weeney is the sufferer.
Ali thingd considered, McSweeney
is having a hard road to travel with
Patterson, Gary and Whitman all
attacking Ks record ir-, o face and bi I
ding for thc dispensary vote, while
The Augusta Cb rou iel e is publishing
the best and most readable r- port* or
the campaign meetings in this State.
The reports are written bj John W.
Hammond, a Fiorenca hov, who has
boen on the Chronicle stair' for a year or
I longer.
A large percentage cf the candidates
for State officers are or bare bten news?
paper men. Besides Gov. .McSweeney
End Coi. Hoyt, Jas. H. Tiilm?.o, Knox
j Livingston, John T. Sloan, J. H.
Moore and perhaps others have been j
connected with the press.
-
: Editor Wallace of thc Grecnvslie i
I
News had aD editorial last- week oo the j
eleoticn cf judges by the people that !
! we endorse. We would regard a |
I change in the law so as to peruiit the |
! circuit judges to be elected by popular j
j vole as a decided improvement. Tbe j
j people as a whole have as much sense j
! aod as good judgment as the average !
j legislature, and we believe they would
come as near seieoticg the best men as
the legislature has done. The legisla
ture has gone out of its way at times to
pick up lawyers in one circuit and make
them judges over another circuit with?
out cause or excuse and in disregard of
the wishes of the people. This is
wrong, and if the election of judges j
i could be placed in the hands of the
people it will be impossible to place an
Abbeville man in the judgeship of the
First Circuit cr a Winnsboro man in
the Third Circuit, as the legislature did
iu the not distant past.
Editor Ayer kept his eyes and ears
open when in Sumter Tuesday and be
recorded his observations in The Flor?
ence Times next day. We reproduoe
his artiole with a great deal of pleasure
for it shows what au impartial observer
thinks of Sumter.
The Charleston Exposition is pro?
gressing famously ; nearly all of the
capital stock bas been subscribed ; ?he
company has been organized with
officers and board cf directors selected
from Charleston^ most progressive and
public spirited business men ; a
6ite ha3 been selected and work ou
the grounds will begin at au carly day.
We believe that the Charleston Exposi?
tion will be the greatest and best ever
held ic tbe south, that it will attract a
greater number of visitors from the
north and WbSt than either the New
Orleans, Atlanta or Nashville shows
and that it will be of more Mvbstaotial
benefit, to the south, and South Carolina
especially. The Exposition is to be
io Charleston, but it is a southern aod
a South Carolina show and the business
men of this State and of all the South?
eastern States should, if they have their
own interests at heart, do all wubin
their power to make the best use of the
opportunity the Exposition a?fords them
to have the resources of the State of
South Carolina and the Southeastern
States fully and truthfully displayed.
Cnarleston is assuming the larger share
of the responsibility and burden ot
making the Exposition a success, but
the city cannot, ia the nature of
things, receive thc larger part of the
benefit that will result, consequently
any charge that Charleston is mcved j
entirely by a selfish spirit is uotrue and
foolish. We hope to seo the business
interests of the Slate united as ene man
asd working for tDe i-uccess of the
great Southean Exposition to be held j
ia Charleston. j
The War Not Over.
London, July 3, 4:o? a. m -It is |
clear that Lord Huberts does not coo - i
sider the war in South Africa coded, i
aa he has put a stop to the return of ?
civilians and bas ordered the mining
men back to Bloemfontein He is j
credited with thinking ?bat three !
months must elapse before affairs will j
bc settled enough to permit of ?he rc- {
1 sutoptioo of business. A iarge body I
j of British are ag&io reported to be in ?
S?az ?and
j Gen. Rundle bas issued a proclama- i
; tioo announcing that farmers discover- !
. 1
! ed t;'; be harboring armed burghers and j
! DOC informing against tbcm w:ii have '
I their 'aron cvjnfiica-.ed and the receipts j
they no!d for goods rcquistioned can !
celled, or will ne compelled to pay a j
Sae of not les3 than half a crown per i
morgen orj the area of ibo farms.
BULLETIN FROM BULLER
London, July '1 - I ho war ci??cc ha.-; .
Weekiy Or.;p Bul ie tm.
Columbia. S. C , Ju-j 3. LOGO.
During the week ending 8 a. m.. July
?ii, ?he U cn po rat ure averaged norma?,
and ranged between a maximum o: 1)7
and a minimum of Gb* degrees It
w?> extremely ra Turallo en growing
crops.
Heavy rains prr-vr.'ed during ti.'1 fi-, i
par?, of i he week, and on Jane 29 i.b.
io the southeastern, northeastern arri
northwestern counties thc amounis for
the week rinsed fsom 4 to G isches,
while widely scatrered localities bsd
lesrt :haa ioeh. The average for the
Stale wa? 2 60 inches. This following
the previous week's rainiail, rendered
the groond too wer. for cultivation sen
3rally, and, io connection with the .
high temperature, caused grass and !
weeda to grow very fast, so that there j
is general complaint of foul crops j
Locally bottom lauds were overflowed j
and crops destroyed, and lands were
badly washed and gullied. The out?
look for staple crops, over a large por?
tion of the State, is reported very poor,
but in the Coogaree and lower Wateree
valleys, ever a large portion of the Pee
Dee (section, aod in portions of L?xing- I
ton, Edgefield, Saluda and Greenwood
counties are unimpaired and promising.
Dry weather and sunshine are needed
for cultivation and to clean field?.
Locally high W?D?S damaged corn and
fruit trees.
Upland corn is generally in good
co?dition, but some is turning yellow
at)d firing, while practically the whole
crops lacks proper cultivation. Much
corn was destroyed on bottom lands by
overflows. Late corn on stubble lands
is doiog weil
The general condition of cotton is
poor, on account of too much moisture,
lack of cultivation, and the prevalence
of Hoe. Some fields have been aban?
doned, cr plowed up and plaoted to
peas, while the complaint of grassy
fields ?5 BOW general, except ag to sea
island, which is in excellent condition.
Cotton on sandy lands looks sickly, j
In the western portions much has not j
been chopped to stands It is generally j
email, and not fruiting well, although
recently is growing nicely and bloom j
ins freely.
Tobacco improved, but is ripening
siowiy, delaying cutting and coring.
Worms less numerous. Wheat in
shock was badly damaged by thc rains
C?usicg sprouting ; thrasing progresses i
siowiy, and is not much more than half!
finished. Rice is thriving. Many
peaobes, grapes, and tomatoes rot as
they ripen Cane, pastures, gardens,
and sweet potatoes are flourishing.
Melon vines are blighting and suffer?
ing from excessive moisture, affecting
both the quality and quantity of che
yield.
The Oregon Ashore.
London, June 30 -The Shanghai
correspondent of The Times, tele?
graphing yesterday, says: "Thei
United States battleship Oregon went j
ashore in a fog off Hoo Kie Island, 35 I
milc3 north cf Chefoo. Messrs. Jardine
Mathieson & Co., are sending ber |
assistance
Washington, June 29 -Up to mid 1
night tonight ao official news bad been !
received in Washington bearing on the ;
report thal the battleship Cregoo hud j
-one ashore near Chefoo.
Kirly last Wick Admiral Kemev was j
directed io send this vessel from Hons- ?
kong to Taku. Capt. Wilde is her ;
commander. She left Hongkong last j
Saturday night two days ahead of her j
expected departure, and bad on board I
in addition to ber regular crew 164
sailors and marice?, brought to Hong- i
kong from Manila by the Z&firo. The j
di?taoce she had to travei was about j
1,500 miles and the calculation c! tbs j
naval officials here w;:s that if the ves .
sel m?ide record time 6he would be at ?
Taku in six days. Today is the sixth I
day the Oregon has been on her vov ?
age, so that io ail probability she must j
be in thy vicinity of Chefoo if she maii:- ;
fained ber reputation as a fast battle?
ship.
Washington, June 30 -The follow- j
ing dispatch was received at thc usvy i
department trio morning, relative to 1
;he grounding of the Oregon :
"Che Foo. June 29 -Anchored yes !
i
terday, dense fog, io seventeen fathoms,
three milo* south of flow Ke light,
?>u?f bf Pe Cbilia. Sent out. two boat^ :
and sounded, ?cadi wa;.er fire and half :
fathoms. Weather clear. Got under ;
way and struck Pinnacle rock. Mu:i>.
water io forward compartment. Per?
fectly smooth. Shall charier s lossi er
it nossV&Ie at Che Foo and lisbf'
ID
Rock :h:-:ugh rid.1 of ship ab??\v ? ubi
bot-'om aonu* ;rr'?j- 19 Small h .
.l
A Strong Fortification
I ;ortiiy the body against eliseo :
? TYvH q ] ;vor PrUc isr^ oner
A U-t-O JUi'iCl J?.iiJ.O. C*.;: C. .Jw -
* * f 7 "I t
i?tw cu: ? ?or SICK n?adaCiiCj cv
pepsia, sour stomach, malar:
constipation, jaundice, bi)ii ::.
ness and all kindred troubi
"The Fly=Wheel of ?
Dr. Tu ti; Your Liver Pills :--.rc
. i n ?? i ri*?- - t *
?ne ?iy-wnec? O? hie. i sna?! e.
be grateful for thc accident ? ...
o
hrousfhtthem to my notice, l i-.-,
do if I liada new lease of ?ile
J. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Ce L
Totfs Liver PI Hs
SOUTH CAROLINA M1L?TRY
ACADEMY
Or.e Beneficiary Scholarship is to he filled
from Sutc'.^r County by competitive es^iri
cr.tior.? Application blanks, with accom?
panying instruction?, ERV be ootatned from
the Cour.tr Superintendent ot Education.
T?ese blanks, properly filled out. oust be in
the bands of COL C S GADSDEN, Chair?
man ?jard ol Visitors, by the firat daj of
August Jolv 4-2t
SUMMER SCHOOLS.
NOTiCE TO TEACHES, |
OFFICE OF
CU. SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. I
Sumter, S. C , Jure 19, 1900. j
rpHE SUMMER SHOOL for colored teach- i
JL ers will be held hf*re beginning, July j
16th for four weeks and
For white teachers August 16th to Septem?
ber llt? icdusivs
At?er.dince mean? renewal of all certifi?
cates except "'Class B."
Tbs County Board of Education will pay
$5 v.-. every teacher elected to teach in the
public schools of trie- county, who attends
nunctu??r and regularly
J. EDWIN REM BURT,
County Superintecdent Education.
June 20-3t
QUARTERLY STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF
le !M of Suter; Suter, S.C.
At the close of the quarter eoding June
30, 1 ODO, published in conformity with
the Act of the General Assembly.
ASSETS.
Loans ?ind Discounts, $227,730 33
Bondi, 12,000 00
Bills Receivable, 615 67
Furniture Fixtures, and Vault, 3,973 91
Cash in hand, Cash Items and
Cwsb Banks and Bankers, and
Cash Items. 27,873 SO
Total, $270,200 71
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid tn, .$ 75,COO 00 '?
Deposits, 134,025 II
Rediscount*, 44,233 OS |
Dividends payable on and alter
July 2. 1900, 3,000 00
Undivided surplus, 13.942 52
Total, $270.200 71
STATE OF SOCTH CARUI.INA, \ ^
SI'MTER COUNTY. j
I, W. F. KHAME, Cashier of "The
Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear
that th- above statement is true, to tbebest of
my know ?edge and belief.
VF. F. BK A ME, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
2nd dav of July A D 1900.
MARK REYNOLDS, [L s.J
a Notary Public lor S. C.
Correct-Attest.
RICH'D I. MANNING }
MARION MOISE, j-Directors
R. L. COOPER, J
July 4 ma^Z
Fire Insurance Agency,
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, among other Companies :
LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBS,
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE';
HOME, cf New York.
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented $73,000,000.
Feb 28
1 RELIEF CAME, f
?rafS^t?^ 8til' JS08' writes: Bea*&
V^K^?iS cdicta has certainly ^ j
Jj *'ecn ;l ^c^ns t0 ~> I
. j i ry sixteen^ year^ j
2 v- Two bottles of Ben*
M edicta have entirely restored lier health. L
2 Thc monthly periods have returned jj"
* and arc new painless and regular, iv
i _ &
? &
H Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular *
(y or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta g? !
? iiasrcured many suffering women ami ? !
*3 will rare you In th9 privacy of your F !
Gliome, without the necessity of pliysi- |& '
t^lfipiciill
pinino or- M 08 ^flM?l? & '
?s:;T f ^mvmm.
Sold l'J Hy ;hs s-Lt^cu ( c
3?
gs
SJ
P
O
>>
?
..-i
PP
.S : ? . - '.' - '. ? ':V-' ?.? : ?.'.-"E=T>^
' ir.* . . - i :- .-, . ' "?^5^g^^^2S3!5*s
jNTow customers, its your own fault if you doirt take advantage
of thc very low price on Ranges. Don't blame me and regret
paying trust prices when you see our Superb Range.
T. C. SCAFFE,
The Stove Man,
June 6
Sumter, S. C.
Osborne All Steel Rake, Also Osborne Mowers,
I have secured the agency for the Osborne line that for fifty
years has led the procession Come in and see the good fea?
tures of these machines.
Prices for repairs sa cheap as anybody can make them.
FIRST CLASS LIVERY. FEED AND SALE STABLES.
Come and see me in my new qaarters, corner of Liberty and Harbin Streets
W. B. BOYLE. Sumter, S, C.
June 13
CHARLES C. LESLIE,
Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer ia
GBO. S. Hacker & SOD,!Oysters, Game and Poultry.
I^^^^^l Stalls "N"0' 1 2 ,Market'^
^ r-V'^lill (T YSSV SE i Constes scents of Couoiry Produce, Poultry,
CO ^^^^^^^B 1U| \0. j y Eggs, &c , tie respectfally solicited.
C3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^P^^p ??2 1 *i?'a packed in barrels and beses fer tba
J^^B- THE SANK OF SUMTER,
^^^^^^ SUMTER, S. C.
-MANUFACTURERS OF
BOORS, SASH, BLINDS, jCity aad CoODty Pepositary
Moulding & Building j ?S?,iD'. . . . . ?
7V/f o fpri Q ] I Individual liability of stockholders
?V?ahV??CL?. j lnf,scegSof meir stock, . 75.000 00
ofice and Wareroom?, King, opDcsite Car 1
non Street Transacts a genrra! banking business ; also
CHARLESTON S. C% ! bas a SaviDgs Bank Department. Deposits of
_ , , ,3. , ? cl and UDward received. Interest allowed aa
,23?-Portas, our make which we guaranis j f e ra:e or 4 ier cer)-. per annou:, payable
superior to any soid boath, and j o mi-aenuallv.
therebr .??are mone7. : K _ _* " * ,T _
. . i w. F. I?. HAINSWORTH, President.
Window and Fancy Glass a specialty . MAKIO* MOISE. W. F. RHAME,
October 16-o Vice-President. Cashier.
-! Jan 31.
THE examination tor tte award of vicant
?-cbo!irsbips in Winthrop College, nod
tor the admission of n?w students, will be
held at the County Court Bous?, OD Friday f
July 20tb at 9 a va.
Applicants most cot bs !c53 than fifteen
ye;ir? of age
Wheo ?cbolarshipt? are vacati-d after July
20th, ihey will be awarded to ?hose making
tb? highest aver^:'.' ai thi? examination
The casi of atter.ds::ce, rcciadiog i?o:ird,
furnished room, hem, fight and washing ii
only SS to per mooth.
For fun ber ?n?ormation ar.d a catalogue, I
address,
PRES. D B. JOHNSON,
a*i- 22 iuUK M1 LL, S. C.
Davidson College,
Davidson, N. C.
64th Year Begins Sept. 0*
?*?38S3?? ^Mes? Wanted
?i'-???B? - "SSMPHY,
CLASSICAL, MATHE M A TIC A L,
LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC,
LMCLICAL, COMMERCIAL.
Courses O?crcd for A. 2., 3. S.
and. A. H.
Terms moderate. Location heslthf'jl,
Laboratories coa.p)tte.
Teaching thcro;:gb, Gymr.a?iua3 tQuipped,
j. B. SHEARER.
. >' line :o - o a Pres?deos.
SURVEYING.
-, .'?. . . ?- P* ? P tv "ti t '
;8L??B
V
rrieg werk
KVrrr