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(The ???|BOT w? Wiitin WEDNESDAY, JULY ll, 190 The Sumter Wcstcnman was toun c 183*,? and thc SVKC Southron ia 18 Thc iTaic?^j??? c?iot Sou?hrcn nos? thc combined circulation and infice of b^th of thc cia papers, ::aa is SK festly the best ad ver? is: nj: medium Sumter. _ mi in*r'" *"~~TI~T-I-ff tim ?"""?^ ? Weekly Crop Bulletin. Cciumbia. S. C , July 10, 1900 Tbe week ending 8 a m., Juiy 9 was extremely hot, with the avert temperature between 5 and 6 < grees nigher than usual, and for ? f?r6t time this season the maximi roee to 100, or above, while the lo est mimimun waa ST degrees. The rainfall was largely local character, with many localities ti bad no raia, while others had frc a trace to nearly two inches. T hot sun dried uplands rapidly, a nearly all correspondents report r lands and clayey Ianda baked a bard to cultivate, and that ahowe would prove beneficial on such lane while bottom lands generally are sti wet, and more rain at this tic would cause farther injury. Farm work made rapid progre and was in the main devoted cleaning staple crops of grass at weeds, somewhat to the neglect the less important crops. ' Muc grass was killed, but another fe week of-dry, bot weather is require to thoroughly rid the fields of weed and to put crops into good conditio! The general condition of corn in proved, but it is scalding on wet bo; tom ?ands, and firing on sandy land to a considerable extent. Old cor is being rapidly laid by, while youo corn is very grasssy. Some oves flowed bottoms being replanted t corn. The maturing portion of th crop needs rain Cotton fields that have been clean ed of grass are doing weil, but muc! remain grassy on which cotton ii turning yeliow. The hot, drj weather was favorable to cotton, anc in general this crop is decided!} better than it was last week. There is some complaint of rust and blight 'f. the latter most severe on sea island variety. The plants are groking toe much to weed ia places, and in many instances are DOW fruiting well. A .few localities report cotton very .promising. Wheat thrashing is now being hur? ried, with continued heavy yields, ?bui-some grain ?9 slightly damaged '*by rain-usually only the top bun? dle of the shock. Early rice is generally doiug well in all regions, except in the upper Conibahee where rice is about ten days late and is not doing well Tobacco improved in most sections, and is a fine crop, with cutting and curing under way, but the bulk of it wi?! be cured coming week. Sw?-, et potatoes, pastures, cane, and gardens are promising Melons are ^ a partUI failure Many peaches, grapes aod other fruits rot as they ripen Figs ar;d LeConte pears are ripening Vegetables for local use are plentiful Field laborers are scare** i.i many counties CORRS3PONDENTS REPORTS. Abbeville-- Abbeville : No ram; extr'-rrXy bot weather : cotton bad ly d?caaged by tbs heat and the severe working ueeessary to cleaning out grass ; old com in siik and tassel and wiii soon need rain : young corn so bad?y io grass that it can with difficulty t>3 cleaned without injuring it ; m i a or crops good -R Sondley. Ciareudon-St Paul : This week clear and hot ; ail crops grassy, and materially injured by excessive rains and grass ; cotton materially injured and cannot make a fail crop as tbe season ie too far advanced for its recovery ; fruits and gardens suffer ed from too much rai o -A. J. Rich burg Greenville-Greenville : I>ry eince the first of July ; corn has been plowed, it looks very yellow, and cannot make more than half a crop ; cotton is very small and does not look well.-Mrs Lillian Mayfield. Greenwood-I?odges : No raiu since June 27th ; all crop3 badly iu the grass ; low lands in many places are aimoat reined ; some cotton has b3en abandoned ; small grain all thrashed, and gave good yields -W. C. Martin. Kershaw-Camden : AU crops were very grasay, but have been pearly cleaned and look well, and I raia would prove beneficial -A. j Ammons Lancaster-Osceola : Paitial show j ere Monday, rf mainder of week dry ; and hot : all vegetation looks well, ; but will soon nerd rain ; with a few ; more f;iir day:? crop;' wi!! bc well ! worked -T. W. Secrest Oraageburg-Bowman : Week fa ! vor able fur general ?arm work ; some ; fields need rain, others s?iU too wet ; ? coi n is firing badly on light soils, and also scolding ; cotton cot ia the gtv.s:-;, is growing nicely, but much is hopelessly in the grass : minor ci ops ! doin^ fairly well.-B ? Evans, j Sumter-Sta?eburg : Li^ht rain on Monday ; remainder of week geaer ! ally clear, with gradually rising tem j ! perature : corn and cotton, where I well cultivated, are making fine j j progress ; other crop3 and gardens I are in good condition, but will 6oon need rain under such a burning son i - vV. W. Anderson, M. D Williamsburg-Cox : No rain past week ; corn and cotton look yellow, caused by the previous heavy rain? fall; rice yellow also ; potatoes doing well ; tobacco poor, curing has just commenced ; c&bbage rotting.-L N. Jone9. CAN'T BE SPARED FROM LUZON. The Sort of Peace That Pre? vails in the Philippines. Washington, July 9.-Imperialism has received a blow from an unex? pected quarter When the adminis? tration began to order troops sent from the Philippines to China, Gen MacArthur promptly filed a protest, saying that if the troops were taken away from the Philippines, the Fili? pino revolt would at once be renew? ed. Secretary Koot telegraphed for Gen Otis to come to Washington at once. He came and declared that MacArthur was right, and altor a two days conference Secretary Root announced that no more troops would be sent from the Philippines! to Chica. The plain meaning of this ? is that it is necessary to keep the : big army we now have in the Philip- j pices permanently there in order to j maintain our authority over the Fill- j pinos That is a little more than the most rabid imperialist bargained for, j and it is certainly more than the people of this country will stand for What possible benefit can we derive from the Philippines that will com pensate us for ibe expense in money and American lives that will be nec? essary to keep aa army of 50,000 soldiers over there. It seems that the world is about to witness the revival of the era of the mercenary invading array, which was familiar to Europe a few centuries ago The other great civilized governments, includiag our own, have hired aa army of Japao to go to China and fight the Chinese and after the Chi nese are licked into humbleness, they are to be made to pay back the money it will cost to lies them, with usurious interest It is not consid j ered honorable for an individual to ? hire professional thugs to obtain j vicarious revenge upon his personal enemies What then makes such a j thing honorable on the part of na ! tions ? Hon Adlai E Stevenson is the : only man ever nominated for vice j president who had previously demon- j stiated his fitness for the o?ce by j gprving one term therein, and it can j be truthfully said that no vice pres: dent was ever more popniar than he ! was. True, Mr Stevenson didn't : have much influence with toe presi . dent under whom he served, but; nobody eise had either Mr Cleve ! land was not a president to recog : n:z> influence, and he seemed to j make a specialty of getting at outs ? with leaders of the democratic party But during those four years. ?ir! Steveuson had and deserved the j confidence of the democrats in con- j gross, and lost no opportunity to | pu*h party interests that he couid j with propriety have taken advantage of Adlai Stevenson is a whole- i souled good lellow, a good democrat, ; and ia every respect a worthy run ning mate to Col Bryan, and Bryan j and Stevenson is a ticket to win : with if the civii service commission had ; Fand enough it could make a whole lot of trouble for the administration j on account of numerous and glaring ' violations of the civil service law ia ! the interests of republican political I workers A case in point is that of II K. Chenowith, formerly of Cleve ? land, Ohio. While he was internal j revenue collector in Arizona, bel opened sealed envelopes containing, questions for a civil service examina tion, in advance of the examination, iu order that his wife, his brother ia law and his cousin, who were to take the examination, alight post them-. selves and pass, which they subse quently did. The case was so clear that Chenowith was removed from j the position of internal revenue col lector, and a prosecution instituted ' against him by the department of j ' justice Although that prosecution ! is supposed to be still pending j pigeon holed in reality-Chenoweth j was put back on the government pay j rolls as a special agent ol the treas ury department, and 'ne is still there. I and the civil service commission ia : afraid to do more than miidiy pro j test and ask what is to be done about j the prosecution cf Gnenowitii fo? j violating the law If getting the other fellows hali : 6c?red to death, b?' good politics, j then the Kansas City Convention S must be credited V7i:ii much good j politics, for the republicans aro a j badly frightened lot They figured on a biff democratic fuss a: K-msas i ; City, but found that instead o? a row, the regular democrats, those who called themselves goiu democrats in 1896, the silver republicans and the populists are ail enthusiastically sup ! porting Bryan and Stevenson, and ! the Kansas City platform. These I elements working harmoniously I together are believed, even by re ? publicans, to be strong enough to i carry the country. THE BRITISH MISMANAGEMENT, j Responsible for Much of the ! Suffering in India. The New York Independent pub iishes an article by Edgar Mels, for? merly editor of an organ of the Brit? ish government at Johannesburg, who bas made a special study of South African and Indian affairs. Mr Mels does not hold the British gov ernment blameless for the present conditions in India. "Leaving aside the parsimony of the government," he says, "the fact remains that with Great Britain rests the onus of the frequent recurrence of the famines und their terrible consequences One hundred and | forty five years of control by the j East I?dia company and 130 years' ; control by Britain has left India no better off than it was 300 years ago j -in the matter cf famines, at least, j To 6how how "little is done to prevent famines the writer will quote the i official figure : "In 1S9T 98 the expenditure for ; military and military woiks was j $90,000,000 in round" figures For j the far more important work of irrigation it was $3,000,000 ! The expenditure during the same period j for salaries to government officials i was ?50,0U 0,000 ; for the relief of the j famine stricken only $17,000, was; spent. "But by far the most serious j charge, and one that has so far been hashed up with considerable success j is the one which imputes the disap-; pearsnceofa famine fond of $100,000,- ? 000 to government officials Shortly j after the famine of 1877 the govern j ment then lu power-Lord Lytton be- j ing the viceroy-decided to take pre- i caution against the recurrence ot the distress of that year. Accordingly j every native in the British provin j ces was taxed and tho above sum raised. "Time passed and many good crops ! drove all thought of famine out of tbe heads of the government. Then, with the suddeuess of a thunder-clap came the famine of 1898, finding the government not only totaliy unpre- ? pared, but with a white elephant on j its hands in the shape ot a missing famine fund Kvery effort was made to hush up the scandal A report was 6ent broadcast that the fund had been utilized in building military roads and for similar purposes The ! public at large, oeiug complacent, ? shrugged its collective shoulders and paid nothing The press of India rc i rnaiued remarkably quiet-ali save j the Bombey Guardian, which charged openly that, someone was guilty of theft and malfeasance But the fam ine soon rote uppermost m the minds j of ail and tile lamine lund was fur- j coiten/' President Diaz Reelected. ! K/i.j i>t Mexico, .July y.- inc elec? tora! Colleges met ?ti the chief towns and c?t?e? ail over tbore public today aod cast their votes for president The returcs will come io slowly from the outlying states, but a great majority of the votes were cant from Geo Diaz, in surriog bis reelection for the term of four yetrs from December 1 next Gen Buller Arrives at The ! Old Boer Capital. London, Juiy 7 -The war office; today issued the following dispatch j from Lord Roberts : j "Pretoria, July 7 -Gen Buller ar- ? rived this morning. Ile looked very i weii. and is apparently none the worse for the hard work ne has gone through during the past e:got j months ?iUmartk*? Iron Nerve. C ~! j WHS th? r?--ui: <>:" bis ,.-;> len did health. lt.? '1 imitable will un 1 tremendous et ergy are not lound where Stomach. Liver, Kidneys and ! Bowels ari; nu! of order. Ii you want thoo ? .jua?tic.? and the succ?s? they bring, u.-e !):. King'.- New Life Pills They develop "'every ! power of brain and body. Only 23;; at .J. F. I W. De Lorine'* Drug .Store. --6 ? Tired of Them. _ It becomes evident mort? and more ; that the people cf the north are ! getting tired O? the negro Even the : poi??icaus c;?" ?tie republican party <!o not cultivate his good will and '?? fraternize with him as formerly. It ; has come to this that the southern Negro is of no use in national poi i ..?cs exempt to help nominate the candidate for president, and since the nomination this year v?as a foregone conclusion, the southern delegate waa , not of riiiieii consequence ra Fniladei phia, and therefore did not receive much attention from the leaders of ; the G. O P ?o marked of late has become tb fi j change ol northern feeling toward j the Negroes that ieading men of that ! race are endeavoring to organize a j Negro party -Greenville News Perfect Health. Keep the system in perfect or? der by the occasional use of Tutt's Liver Pills. They reg? ulate the bowels and produce A Vigorous Body. t or sick headache, malana, bil? iousness, constipation and kin? ked diseases, an absolute cure TUTT'S Liver PILLS SOUTH CAROLINA MILITRY ACADEMY. One Beneficiary Scholarship is to be filled from Sumter Couoty by competitive exami? nations Application blank?, with accom? panying instructions, ISAT be obtained from the Couoty Superintendent ot Education. Tbese blanks, properly filled ont. must be in the binds of COL C S. GADSDEN, Chair? man Board of Visitors, by the first day of Aoeust July 4-2t Master's Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter county, in trie State of South Carolina, in the case cf Ella P. McFaddin against Cbaries L Wil? liamson. The Imperial Fetilizer Company, Tne Rasin Fertiliz-r Company and Tbodore Melchers aod L A. Melcbcrs, copartners as Me'chers & Co , I will sell at public Ruction, to the highes: bidder, at the Court House in the city of Sumter io said county and Sute, on saiesd*? io August, 1900, beinjj toe sixth day of 8?id month, during the usu*! hours of sale, the following described real estate, to Wit : "Al! that lot of Und situate in the city of Sumter, couoty of Sumter and State of South Carolina, 1 y :L:g on tbe west sid" of Council s'roer, tind m?a?u:icf? one tiuadred and sixty .tire? IV?: and six ir.eines trent on Council rtreet, one hundred and S?TODIV-I?VO fret i:> depta on the ncrt-if-rn i;::?, one hundred and sixty-nine f?et ?.r?d four inches in deoth on the sauta lin?, wi one hundred ard 3ixty two fVet i;nd four inches more or less on :ne back line-bounded OH the ct.5t by Coun? cil street, north by the parsonage lot of the Kathodist Eaisccpai Church, Sou'h, cumtrr station, scatn by Innd f)rmer?y of L M. Lit- j ;io ?ind wire? und wes', by '.ind now or former- j ly of M A M*dd?0 ,: * Terms of sale cs?h pipers. Ju'v H. J900. Purchaser to p-iY for H. FRANK WILSON, Master. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA THE HEAD OF TSE STATE'S ED? UCATIONAL SYSTEM. Three academic courses leadiog to Degrees. Professional courses io Liw, Medi cine and Pharmacy. Summer School for Tesonera. f Scholarships aod I Loans to Needy. Tm'f im Qftfi 1 Free Tui,ion t0 CaD lUlUOIl ?pUU-J didates for Ministry, ] Minister's Soos and ^ Teachers. 512 students besides 161 in Summer Schoo: 33 teachers io thc faculty. For catalogues and information ad- j dre?> F P. VENABLE, Pr?sident, 7 ll Chapel Hill. N. C. ; F & BELIE! 6? I ffZ^^ Mns.^ E. C. CCLYEK :" : J J M edic?a have entirely restored her health. L j jj Thc monthly periods have returned.^ j Haud are nov,- painless and regular.?' .I _ > \ ? M? i " Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular s i ? or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta p j ,g has cured many suffering women andu j "will rare you In the privacy of your" j home, without th<- necessity ot physl-pi I I ela n's e x- ^ ^ . s, j ?.mini or- |if CR ?^FEMALE & ! ls" f^- ftmmu > .J- thens them so that the monthly periods j* . :. may iv; regularan*! painless, Headache. Z Fuzziness, Nervousness, thar drag^In^j? sensation and those terrible pains In'-. ', the !>:!(.!?. hips and abdomen quickly? ^disappear. ?? S <?.:.! Uv a!l Dr::--:-' . -v sont p?*t ;.;.:.! for 3 "Vii. \ -M..i:t!ily- K.-Ml:tt:'i_- Pills t<>. .'?.-> iii . con:i?.*cifoti..js \C~nU I ;???!I !>"::!.? ^ UOIES BLUE ROfiK ^<M:I freo TO any ad- ? -V dress. \ sninp'ebox ol -Monthly" Res- ? vitiating Pills som for l'.-. In stamps, "?.Address. Woman*:- Department. New V ;-. Sp'nccr Medicino Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. ? ? Matth,?, tv* M? :'. f Sold by Ilugheon-Liton Co pq -- -.-. 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 paving trust prices when you see our Superb Range. T. C. SCAFFE, The Stove Man, Sumter, S. C. June 6 THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC Has Never Reen Equalled as a Pulverizer. I sell these Harrows on so little margin that my greatest comfort is in the satisfaction they give rather than the profit I make My dooss are open to all-My stock is ready for inspection. C-ime aod see me in my new quarters, corner cf Liberty and Harvin Streets. FIRST CLASS LIVERY, FEED AJSD SALE STABLES. W. B. BOYLE, Sumter. S. C. July ll Tie Largest anil Host Complete CHARLES C. LESLIE, TI . VII I , M ii Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer ia Establishment Soitl y g s ss Geo. 8. Hacker & Son, ?>sters> Game and PouItry Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. ^^^^^^li^B Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. 111 vTmtkv j Consignments of Country Produce, Poultry, ?/y ?SBBfiralSg If ilf Eggs, ?c., are respectfully solicited. ^ ^^^^^^^^I^^^^^^^ jjljpj rrl i Fi?h pickei in barrels aod boxes for ;hj F ^^^^^^te ^ ! "THE BANK ~0F SUMTER] gi ^ SUMTER, S. C. MANUFACTURERS OF- j c?ty and county Depositary 000RSS SASH3 BLINDS, - 2 3 * Capital stock paid ID, . . i>75,000 00 Moulding & Building j ESI^?^^M,? ,M00 09 Material. i ,n escess of ?b?:r 5lcclc- - ?5'000 00 c??ce and Warercoms, Kin?, o-pposite Cac, Transacts a general baokiog business ; aiso non Street,' ' j has a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of CHARLESTON, S. C. j $1 and upward received, interest allowed sj -.jwr, ? J? , . . ., 1 the rate of 4 ter cent, per annum, oava&ie 32?^PnrCBasp ot\t make, which we gu'iraotc i . ,. 1 r ' * - , j o .u J ; semt-annua tv. superior to anv sold South, and i - _ thereby save money. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH. President. TTT' i 'j-,'' ni ' ? . i* ! MARIOS MO?SE, W.F. RHAMS, Window and Paney Glass a Specialty j vice-Presideot. cashier. October 16-0 j Jan 31. SUMMER SCHOOLS. Um CAROLINA COLLEGE, NOTICE TO TEACHES, i COLUMBIA, S. C. j A. B , B. S , A.M , LL.B , L I. Courses OFFICE OF j Spring Courses free for Teachers Fourteec PO SPPFRIVTFVOFVT OF rr PC A TI ON ' Proftseo" 5 33,000 volumes in library ; ex CU. SUrUKIN I h.\Dfc,M Ot t?.l CA 110>. : cd)eot laboratories, class rooms, gymoasium Sumter, S. C., June 19. 1900. i infirmary, athletic grouods. Tuitioo $40, HPHE SUMMER SHOOL for colored teach- 1 other fees $18, a session ; tuitiou remitted?to I era will be held here begiooiog, July j needy students Kxpenses $135 to $175 a 10th for four weeks and sessioo. Certified Pupils from forty-five Ac For white eachers August 16th to Septem- j credited Schools enter its Freshman Clas3 ber 11th ioclusive | without examinion. Attendance me*os renewal of al! certi?- Entrance and Normal Scholarship Exami catf-s except -Ciass B." nations be!d at every county seat, Friday, The County Board of Education will pay ; July 20, 1900, by County Superintendents S3 to every teacher elected to teach ?n the , Next sesi?n opens Sept. 26, 1900. For public schools of the countv, who attends : catalogue, address, punctually and regularly ' F. C. WOODWARD, President. J. EDWIN REM BERT, June 6 Countv Superintendent Education. Fire Insurance Agency, ~~7T~ J ESTABLISHED 1866. Si u\ l.i I.Mi anil (.IVI! Scgineertng work promptly ?tod accurate!* doc- Represent, among other Companies : W. LO RING LEE, Civil Engr. LIVERPOOL k LONDON & GLOBE, Mhv Q j NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE? j HOME, ot" New York. W^^I l?teM CNDERWR.TBR8-AGKSCr, K T. taken. For terms address, Miss-s Lee. 5S j LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Spruce Street, Asheville, N. C. j Capital represented $75,000,000. June 27-4t . peb 28,