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?i)e ?lattbm;m n?l Southron. WKDNK8DAY, JULY 4,1900. The Snmtfr WatiMnun was loundeu ? 1850 and tbe Trrui Southron io I860 Tbe Watchman and Southron now has Ike combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, und is maui featly tbo b?et advertising medium in Sweater Aogatle nod otber ootrby oitiss ere ur ? ringing their oouries of tyceom leoturos for tbe erioter tod now ia to opportune time for the orgeoiittiso of a lyocutn it Sumter for tbe purpose of seouring a eerise of high olasa Isstarss aod coo* oerte for Ibe oosaiog winter. While esaoy towns are revising there popaistioa oleims nod koookintr off tbe eieeee by the thousand* in anticipation of tbe publication of the eeoius figure*, ?amte: bee to do nothing of tbe kind, and U eating no erow to this year of greoe. Wa have oUimed 5,000 ?? the population of 8otnter for sometime, aod unless all sigos fail tka oslsus report will show that wa ka?t been too modest it our eleims by at least a tboueaod. If Barney Evans or any other of the candidate* could |i?e a juatified bond to moke tbe railroada build ? paaaenger depot aod train abed io keepiof with Ibe importance of thie oilj aa a railroad center we think we can safely promise tbe full vote of 8umter to toot candidate But talk ia obeap and campaign promises are eaaily made aod just as eaaily broken, aod we do oot believe it safe lo vole for ? candidate merely on ao count of tbe promisee be may make. Bot Sumter ie io wad owed of better depot aooom modatiooo, aod tbe Railroad Com misaiooer who uses bis position to require tbe railroads lo ereot a larger aod better depot bare would be per forming bit plain doty and oo more. Col Hoy I aod Mr Gary made tbe best impression of Ibe csudidstes for Goveroor who spoks here laal week. Heretofore Mr Gary bas not beeo considered in this couuty ss a strong i3 snd id ate It baa bean a question of Hoyi or MoSweeney, bot yesterday cbaogsd things with many who at? tended tbe meeting, aod Modweeney etock weol do wo aod Gary stock ad vaoced proportionately We have not heard of a aingte vote changing from tloyt lo either ot Ibe otber can didatee, bot at least twenty five changed from MoSweeney lo Gary If tbe talk oo tbe streets since Ibe .meeiing counts for aoytbiog Gary staods a fair chance of besting Mo Sweeney io Somter coooty. Col Hoyi ie by loog odds the favorite io ibis city, sod from what we heard yesterday Irom men from all sections of tbe eoonty bis strength is fully ss gresl io tbe oouoty aa il ia Ibe town Many meo pred'et that be will re ceivs more votes i.i this county Ibao all the other candidates combined, aod while we regard this as an over estimate we have no doubt he will lend by some bundred votes Pal I arson has some friends hsre and they aad those who si wayh enjoy eeeing the csndidatea ccrsp, whooped bim up for all they were worth, but noise don't elect, and when the votes are counted b?? will not feel as proud of his Fumter supporters aa ho ap peered to be after the meeting. In our opinion Patterson is Injuring McSweeney without beipiog his owu oause materially, while Hoyt and Qsry are gsining strength daily The opeu blind tigers in Cberleston aud Co!umbis sr? to the mind* of many people convincing proof that Gov Moweeucy hsa failed to enforoe tbo law, ?nd wIhmi to this is added the oft??; made and never disproved aa eertion that Charleston with 300 bliiid tigers ia solid for McSweeuey tbero is no power on earth lo make them believe that McSweeney and th? blind tigers hav3 not made a deal Whitman will not cut any figure in the primary but ho makes cbargea that are hard to answer aud here again McSweeney is the sufferer. All things considered, McSweoncy is bsving a hsrd rosd to travel with Patterson, Gary aud Whitman ull altacking his record in office snd bid ding for Iho dispensary vote, whib Heft has n ?t only the who!o prohibi? tion strength at bis bsck but ulso tuo support of all wno beliovo that he id tbo bed mau in tho races Ol MOOUBfJ ?if his high poftiop.il character, bli sssjU known ability and tlio t <ufi Jencu that if ho is elected the laws wi'.l be wisely, justly aud fcarlossly cufoiccd. The Augusta Chronicle is publishiog the best sou* most readable r? ports of the oampaigo meetings to this Suto. Tbe reports sre written by John VV. Hammood, a Flonnoo boy, who bas boeo cn the Chronicle stuff for a year or longer. A large peroentage of the candidates for State offisers are or bate beon news* paper meo. Besides Gov. MoSweeney ind Col. Hoyt, Jss. H. Tillman, Koox Ltvingscon, John T. Sloan, J. H. Mooro and perhaps others have been eonncoted with th press. Editor Wallace of tbo Greenville News hsd sn editorial last week oo the sleotion of judges by the people that wa endorse. We would regard a obaoge in the law eo as to permit the oirouit judges to bo eleoted by populsr vote ss a deeided improvement The people as a wbols have as much sense aod as good judgment ss tbe average legislature, aod we believe tbey would come ss oesr seleotiog the best men si tbo legislature bss doos. Tbo legists* lore bss gone out of its way at times to piok op lawyers io oos eirouit aod make them judges over soother oirouit with? out cause or excuse aod in disregard of tbs wishes uf the peoplo. This is wrong, aod if tbe election of jodgos eoold be plsced io the bauds of the ptople it will be impossible to plaee ao Abbeville men io the judgesbip of tbe First Cireuit or a Wioosboro man in Ibe Third Cireuit, as tbe legislature did io tbs oot distaot past. Editor Aysr kept his eyes aod ears opso wbso io 8umter Toesday aod be reoorded bis observations io Tbe Flor* sooe Times osxl day. Ws reprodooe bis artiole witb a great deal of pleasure for it shows wbsl ao impartial observer Ibioks of Sumter. The Cbarlestoo Exposition is pro? gressing famously ; osarly all of tbo eapital stook bas beeo sutsoribed ; the eompsoy bas been organised with offieers sod board of direetors seleoted from Charleston's most progressive sod poblio spirited business men ; s lite bss been seleoted aud work on the grounds will begin at an oarly day. Wo believe that tbe Charleston Exposi? tion will be the greatest and best ever held io tbs sooth, that it will attract a greater number of visitors from the north aod w?st than either tbe New Orleaos, Atlanta or Nashville shows aod that it will bs of more substantial benefi; to tbj south, aod South CaroVua especially Tbe Expositioo is to be io Cbsrlestoo, but it is a soutbero aod a Sooth Carolina show snd tbs business eo of this State sod of all the Soutb esstero States should, if tboy bavs their owo ioterests si bssrt, do sll wttbio their power to msks ths best use of tbe opportaoity tbe Expositioo affords tbem lo have tbe resooross of ths State of South Carolina aod tbs Southeastern States fully and truthfully displayed. Charleston is assuming tbe larger share of the responsibility aod burden of makiog the Exposition a suocess, but tbe city osonot, io tbe nature of tbiogs, receive tbe larger pert of tbe benefit tbst will result, consequently soy obarge that Cbarlestoo is moved entirely by a selfish spirit is untrue sod foolish. We hope to see tbo business interests of tbe Slste united ss ooe man aod working for tbe suocess of the great Soutbeao Exposition to bo held in Charleston. Tho War Not Over. London, July 3, 4:30 a. m ?It is elear that Lord Huberts does oot con? sider tbe war io South Africa ooded, as he bas put s stop to tbo return of civiliane sod bss ordered tbe mining men baok to Bloemfooteiu He is orcdited with thinking that three er. nibs must elspse before affaire will bo settled enough to permit of .he re< sutoptioo of business. A large body of British are again reported 10 be io ifJtglsntsI Geo. Kuodle bas issued a proolama tioo announcing that farmers disoot/.-r od to bo harboring armed burghers and oot informing against them will havo their (arms nonfiioa'.ed and tho reoeipts tboy bold for goods requisttootd oan ettiled, or will be oompcllcd to pay a fioo of not letis than half a crown per morgen oo tbo area of tbo farms. BULLETIN FROM BULLBB London, July 2 ?Tbs war cfiioc ha* rcocivcd I he following dispito'i from Qet Bullor: "Standcru.n, Suuci*y. July 1.? (Jca. Talboi Coke tsiih lbs Tenth ongadc rsfoiooitsred Jons *U inwardi Attjc*foort, Tr sue veal, sod louod 2 ( 1 oi inc cm my inert, with ,\ui.> m u strata, position Having sbsllsd them ho tutircd and vrun nut followsd U| . I In t i.-u i'1; i r.s ; kil'.t -i .ih i - :. wouuded." lUutaockj frosi sss lo M at the ioc>U gtofi ci H, ?. Ostsss k lo. Weekly Crop Bulletin. Oolumbla, S. U , July 3. 1000.? Diirinc tbo vrcek ending S a. m., Jotf 'id, ? be Wmporature averaged Borstal, and ranged bsmoMi a maximum of '.IT and a minimum of lii> degrees It wan (x?rcmcly favorable uo growing oropa Heavy rains prevailed during the first part of tbe week, and on June 29?b. Io tbe southeastern, northeastern and northwestern counties tbo amounts fo; tho week ranged fsora 4 to G inches, while widely scattered localities bad less thao inch Tbc average for the State wa? 2 60 inches. This following tbo previous week's raiolall, rendered tbe ground too wet for cultivation gen? erally, and, iu ooooeotioo with the high temperature, caused grass aod weeds to grow very fast, so that thero is general complaint of foul crops Locally bottom lands were overflowed and orops destroyei, aod lands wore badly washed aod gullied. Tbe out? look for staple erops, over a Urge por? tion of tbe State, is reported very poor, but io the Coogaree aod lower Wateree valleys, over a large portion of the Pec Dee seotioo, aod io portions of Lexing? ton, Edgefield, Saluda and Greenwood counties are unimpaired and promising. Dry weather and sunshine are oeeded for cultivation and to olean fields. Locally high winds damaged corn and fruit trees. Upland oorn is generally io good condition, but some is toroing yellow aod firing, while praotieally tho whole orops laeks proper cultivation. Much oorn was destroyed on bottom lande by overflows. Late ooro oo stubble lands is doing well Tbe general condition of oottoo is poor, oo aooouot of too much moisture, laek of cultivation, and tbe prevalence of lioe. Some fields have been aban? doned, or plowed op aod plaoted to peas, while the complaint of grassy fields is now general, czoept as to sea island, whieh is in exoelleot condition Cotton on sandy lands looks ?iokly. Id tbe weitem portions moob has oot been chopped to stands It is generally small, and oot fruiting well, althoogh recently is growing nioely aod bloom ing freely. Tobacoo improved, but is ripsniog slowly, delaying cutting aod ouriog. Worms less numerous. Wheat io shook was badly damaged by tbo rains oausiog sprouting ; tbrasiog progresses slowly, and is oot moob more than half finished. Rioe is thriving. Many peaobep, grapes, and tomatoes rot as they ripen Oano, pssturcs, gardens, aod sweet potatoes sre flourishing. Melon vines are blightiog aod suffer? ing from excessive moisture, affeotiog both tbo quality aod quaotity of tbe yield Tbe Oregon Ashore. London, Juoe 30 ?Tbe Shanghai correspondent of Tbe Times, tele? graphing yesterday, says: "The United States battleship Oregon went ashoro io a fog off Hoo Kie Island, 35 miles north cf Ohefoo. Messrs. Jardioe Mathieeoo & Co., are seodiag ber assistance Washington, June 29 ?Up to mid night tonight oo offiaial news bad been received in Washiogtoo bearing oo tbe report that tbe battleship Oregon hsd gone ashore near Ohefoo. Ktrly last week Admiral Kemcy was directed to send tbis vessel from Hong? kong to Taku. Cspt. Wilde is her Commander She left Hongkong last Saturday oigbt two days ahead of ber expected departure, aod bad on board in additioo to ber regular crew 164 sailors and marines, brought to Hong? kong from Manila by tbe Zafiro. Tbe distance she bad to travel was about 1,500 miles and tbe calculation of the naval cfboials hero was that if the ves sei made record time she would bo at Taku in six days. Today is tho sixth day tho Oregon bas been oo her voy age, so that io all probability she must be io the vicinity of Cbefoo if she main? tained ber reputation as a fast battlo ship. Washington, Jone 30 ?The follow? ing dispatch was received at tho ucvy department this morning, relative to ibo grounding of tbe Oregon : "Cbe Poo, June '29 ?Anchored yes tcrday, dtorfe fog, iu seventeen fathoms, three miles south of How Ke light, gulf of Fe Chili*. Sent nut two boat* aod souuded, least water five and half fathoms. Weather olear. Got under way and atruok I'ionaole rock. Much water in forward compartment. Per fectly mootb. Shall charter steamer it poastblsj at Obi Poo aod lighten ohip Rook through Fid<? of ship above double bottom about fratoi 11) Small holt.. al*u through bottom of ship. ???BSS> ???? ???????- - lie Ifoolad a I??< Burg? on ?. dvetori ? IU ll?'r 'u-k Hamilton,uf \V< ? Jeflevuii, 0., after suffering Is months fruni Kectal Fistula, he would ?i'.o unless n * Mly operation a*" I si I >rined , but bo cured liluisvll wir'? u?? b?>aci i I buekkn's Arnica halve, the surest ptla cure on aartn, am! tha I csi ? .i>vc In be world. 19 eanti i box? >>d. by J. r. u ikLome, Druggist t A Strong Fortification Fortify the body against disease. by Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malar: constipation, jaundice, bilious ness and all kindred trouble 44 The Fly - Wheel of Life Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills arc the fly-wheel of life, i shall e be grateful for the accident thai brought them to my notice. I fc: ds if I b ia a new lease of life J. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Co!, Tutt's Liver SOUTH CAROLINA MI LI TRY ACADEMY One Beneficiary Scholarship is to be filled from Suinter County by competitive exarri d&tioro Application blank*, with accom? panying instructions, mav be ontnined from the Count: Superintendent of Education. These blanks, properly filled out, must be la the bands of COL C S GAD3DKN, Cbair roan Board of Visitors, by the first day of August July 4 ? 2r. SUMMER SCHOOLS. NOTICE TO TEACHES. OFFICE OF CO. SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. Sumter, 8. C , Jure 19, 1900. THE BUMMER SHOOL for colored teach ers will be bold here beginning, July 16th for (our weeks and For white teachers August 16th to Septem? ber 1 ltb inclusive Attendance mean? renewal of all certifi? cates except "Class B." The County Board of Education will pay $5 to every teacber elected to teacb in the public schools of the county, who attends punctually and regularly J. EDWIN REMBKRT, County Superintendent Education. June 20?3c QUARTERLY STATEMENT of thk condition and business of The "Bant of Sumter" Sumter, S. C. At the close of the quarter ending June 30, 1900, published in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts, $227,730 33 Bonds, 12,000 00 Bills Receivable, 615 67 Furniture Fixtures, and Vault, 1,975 91 Cash in hand, Cash Items and Cash Banks and Bankers, and Cash Item?, 27,878 83 Total, $270,200 71 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid to, $ 75,C00 00 Deposits, 134,025 11 Rediscounts, 44,233 08 Dividends payable on and alter July 2, 1900, 3,000 00 Undivided surplus, 13 942 52 Total, $270.200 71 Statk of South Carolina, 1 ?? bUMTM County. j I, W. F. Rhamk, Cashier of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. F. RH AM K, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd d?v of July A D 1900. MARK REYNOLDS, [l s.J a Notary Public tor S. C. Correct?Attest. RICH D I. MANNING *) MARION MOISE, }? Directors. R. L. COOPER, J July 4 *"? A, WIDTH & SUN, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE! HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb 2? X RELIEF CAME. I t I Mm. e. c. colyer of Salubrity, Ga., Aug. 8th, 1898, writes: Ben? edicta has certainly been a blessing to my sixteen year old daughter. She was in wretched health and had ?r missed four month* Two bottles of Be edicta have entirely restored her health, j The monthly periods have returned J and arc now painleif and regular. a? r 3 Do you suffer from Painful, irregular ? or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta jj* 4lias cured many suffering women and it will euro you In the privacy of your? ? home, without the necessity ?>r physt-B do n*i e x [ amtnatlons Its marvel? ous actlou on tiio <n> tlnctlyfem- II Hr_u|v If i "?v^plantbis i 31 n i n? n,-. (If* or (^female c> jS? f ^?XftlitATOR i JJ (hens them so that the monthly periods m ';: maj b ? regularand palnles?. Headache, E 4 Dlxslncss, Nervousness, thai drainingOf "? nsatlon and those terrible pain Inn jtlio lur]. h!ps and abdomen i|UlCklyE v dUappeat. j M by i !l Dntirsl i i nr nonl nnot-pnl I lot', J*l \ |l 1.1 ? f M< lltlll) " It 'iftlllltlll : ItlU Utk im> lit coiutei'tloti, la with ? acli lie ? LADIES BLUE BOOK ? ? nl hreetoan) ad ? I - .. V f ampto tiox of "Monthly" Itetf* Pi j nl .tin ; Pills ??> 'M ;>>:? IOi*. In stamp**. ? v?ldr< \V< nan' hepaiimont, Newn Sp ncerM?diclnoCo.. Oliatt.iimoKa.Teiin. y M ntitm IhU i><>}?. ? i; Bald by Bi|bf)n*Ltgon it* Well, et' RANGES HAVE ARRIVED. S CD b? s O X ? oi ? n c3 ? CO CD > o +?> CO r5 r?I o H O t? 60 ? ?i-H ?-4 M Now customers, its your own fault if you don't take advantage of the very low price on Ranges. Don't blame me and regret paying trust prices when you see our Superb Range. T. 0. SCAFFE, The Stove Man, Sumter, S. C. Juoe 6 Osborne All Steel Bake, 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. ' MM . ? en Prices for repair* aa cheap as anybody oao make tbem. FIRST CLASS LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES. Come and see me in my new quarters, oornor of Liberty and Harvio Streets W. B. BOYLE. Sumter, S. C. June 13 The Larpt an? Most Complete Establishment South Geo. S. Hacker & Son, 0 HARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale aod Retail Commission Dealer ia CO CO Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 aod 2 Fish Market. Office, Xos. 18 aod 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Coosiesments of Couoiry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, Ac , Hre respectfully solicited. I Prompt returns made. ' Fi?Q P*cke1 in harrels and boxes for the jK I country trade a specalty. 3E ! Dec 6 x I CO ? MANUFACTURERS OF doors, sash, bunds) Moulding & Building Material. office and Wareroom9, King, oppcsi'.e Car non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ?Sf Pnrcbas? our make, which we gnarantt superior to any sold South, and thereby nave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16?-o the bank of sumter, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid in, Undivided surplup, $75,000 00 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders in excess of their slock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking bu?ine$s ; also has a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of $1 and upward received. Interest allowed a) the rate nt 4 (er cent, per annuii, payable ? mi-annually. W F. B. HAYNSWORTR, President. Makion Moise. W.F. Rbamb, Vice-President. Cashier. Jan 31. THE examination tor the award of vacant frcholtrebips in Winthrop College, and , tor the admiesion of new student w?|l be held at the County Court Houb?, ou Friday, July 20tb at 9 a va. A pelican t| must not i>? Ie?3 than fifteen years ot age When schoUrehipd are vacated after July 20tb, they will be Hwr.rded to i bore rtiukmg lbs bigbest nveri'm* ?t thin eietaiaetioo Tin1 co?t of attendance, ittClodiag bourd, furnished room, heat, ligbt and Siasbtl g \3 only $8 f,0 i er DOOtb. For further infoi mation ard a catalogue, address, PRES. D B. JOHNSON, May 22 ROOK HILL, 8. C. Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. TC - LEArT- T?L?G;;APHY5 Railroad Accounting and T) pewritisg. Tilts ..' sodors I by ail '< idieg railway i\r\ pauits as the otih t-; ... and i liable ?: "i turion of kiid A ; ocr graduates r\? Emitted to positions Ladt * aisu admitted V? i! .? im tr.i- i ii !?'.. ?'? Fall ?'. '.r 64th Year Kegins Sept. ?. CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, BIBLICAL, COMMRRl IAL. Courses Offered for A. 2., S. S. and A. H. TartSIS moderaie, Location henlihfu 1, Laboratories eosjsplate, Teaching (borough, Qytaaattaei iqaipftJ. Scr.d for a Catalogue. J. B. SHEARER, Pr <? t J i OI SURVEYING. Ju it 13?f SVh\ Kl i Nt> at?d I !?i il Kogvi i ? ii g werk . ua ptly a nd acearwtelv '.toe . . LORINU ! EE, Civil Regf,