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WEDNESDAY, JULY ll, 190
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c 183*,? and thc SVKC Southron ia 18
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thc combined circulation and infice
of b^th of thc cia papers, ::aa is SK
festly the best ad ver? is: nj: medium
Sumter.
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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,