The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 11, 1900, Image 4
(Ti c ($latt|)m;w anti Soutbron.
WKDNK8?AY.JULY 11, 1900.
The Sumter Mar? nmun was touu i< .
? 1850 aod the True Southron in 1866
Tbc Watchman and Southron now ha>
Ilia comb mod circulation and influence
of b"?th of the old paper*, and is mani?
festly tbe bent advertising medium io
Bamter.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Oolumbis. S C , July 10. 1900.
Tbe week ending 8 a m, July 9th,
WM extremely hot, with the average
temperature- between 5 and 6 da
grata higher than usual, aod for tbe
first time this season ton maximum
rota to 100, or above, white the low
eat mimimun waa 67 degreea.
The rain.all was largely local in
oharacter. wilb many localities that
bad no rata, while others bad from
a trace to nearly two inches Tbe
hot sun dried uplsods rapidly, and
?oarly all correspondents report red
laoda and clayey lands baked aod
bard to cultivate, aod that showers
would prove beneficial oo such laoda,
while bottom laode generally are still
wet, aod esore raio at tbia time
would cause further iojory
Fares work node rapid progrees
aad waa to tbo main devoted to
cleaning elaple crops of grata and
weeda, somewhat to the oegleot of
the loaa important or ope. * Much
grate wot killed, but aootber foil
week of dry, hot wtatber ia required
to thoroughly rid tht fields of weeda,
eed to pot crope ioto good condition
Tht general condition of ooro im?
proved, hot it ie toaldiog oo wet bot
teal laode, aad firitg oo oaody lands
to a considerable extant Old coro
it btiog ropidly laid by, wbilt young
corn to very grattty. Some aver
flowed bottoms beiog replanted to
toro Tbr maturing portion of tbe
erop needs ralo
Cotton fields that have been clean
l' ed of graae are doing weil, bat much
remain graesy on which cotton is
turning yellow. The hot, dry
weather waa favorable to cotton, aod
in geaeral this crop is decidedly .
better then it waa last week. There i
it tome complaint of rust and blight, !
the latter moat aevere on eea island
variety Tbe plants are growing too ,
touch to weed iu placee, and in many
'instances are now fruiting well. A 1
Jaw localities report cottoo very I
j promising
Wheat thrashing is now beiog bur ,
tied, with cootioued besvy yields, i
?boctosae greio is slightly damaged 1
%y raio-usually only the top bun 1
die of the aheck '{
Karly ric. j generally doiog well
it all regions, except in the upper i
Oossbabee where rice is about teo
days late and ia not doing well
Tobacco improved io saost sect one,
tod is a line crop, with cutting and
curing under way, but the bulk of it
will be cored coming week.
Sw*et potatoes, pastures, cane, and
gardene are promising Melons are
t partial failura Many peaches,
grapes aod other fruits rot as they
lipeo Figs and LtOoult peara are
ripening Vegetsblea for local uce
are plentiful Field laborers are
scare** in man} counties
CORRESPONDENTS REPORTS.
Abb-ville?Abbeville : No rain;
exirem-ly bet W stabs* ; cotton bad
ly d imaged by ibf hf at and the
severe working necessary to cleaning
out graas ; old corn in silk and testet
tod will SOOt need rain ; young corn
ao badly in grass that it can with
difficulty be cleaned without injuring
il ; n. .or crops good ?R Sondley
Ulareodnn ? 8i Paol : This week
clear aod bot ; all crops grassy, and
materially injured bv excessive rains
andsjgrass ; cotton materially injured
aod cannot make a fail crop as the
teasoo is too far advanced for its
reoovery ; fruits and gardens suffer
ed from too much ra?n ?A. J. Rich
burg
Grticr.ville?Greenville : Dry since
the first of July ; corn has Leen
plowed, it looks very yellow, and
cannot make more than half a crop |
cottoo ia very small snd does not
look well ?Mrs Lillian Msyfield
Greenwood?Hodges : No raio
aloes June 27th ; ail cropa badly iu
tbe grase; low lands io many places
art aimost ruined ; some cotton bas
btso abandoned ; small grain all
thrashed, aad gavt good yislds ? W.
0. Maftit.
Kertbaw?Usmdcn | All crops
wars very grassy, but have been
Dearly olttasd tod look well, sod
rain would prove beneficial ? A.
Amnions
Lancaster?O-iccola : Paitial show
er? Monday, remainder of week dry
and hot ; all vegetation looks well,
but will soon need rain ; with a i' w
more fair days crops will be well
worked ? T W. Sccreet
Orangeburg?Bowman : Week fa
vorable for general farm work j some
fields need rain, others still lOO wet ;
corn is firing badly on light soils, and
alro scalding ; cotton not in the
grass, is growing nicely, but much is
hopelessly in the grass ; minor ciopa
doing fairly well ?B 0 Evans
Sumter?Stateburg : Light rain on
Monday ; remainder of week gener?
ally clear, with gradually rising tem
perature : corn and cotton, where
well cultivated, are making fine
progreaa . other crops and gardens
are in good condition, but will soon
need rain under such a burning sun
? rV W. Anderson, M. D
Williamaborg?Cox I No rain past
week ; coro aod cotton look yellow,
caused by tbe previous heavy rain?
fall ; rice yellow also ; potatoea doing
well ; tobeeco poor, coring baa just
commenced ; cabbage rotting ?L
N. Jones
CAN T BE SPARED
FROM LUZON.
The Sort of Peace That Pre?
vails in the Philippines.
Waabington, July 9.?Imperialism
has received a blow from an unex?
pected qoarler Wben the adminis?
tration began to order troops sent
from tbe Philippines to China, Gen
MacArtbor promptly filed a protest,
saying that if the troops were taken
away from the Philippines, tbe Fili?
pino revolt would at ouce be renew
ed Secretary Root telegraphed for
Gen Otia to come to Washington at
once He came and declared that
MaoArthar waa right, aud after a
two days conference Secretary Root
announced that no more troops
would be sent from the Philippines
to China Tbe plain meaning 01 this
is that it is necessary to keep the
big army we now have in the Philip
ploes permanently there in order to
maintain our authority over the Fili
pinoa That is a little more than the
moat rabid imperialist bargained for,
and it ia certainly more than the
people ot tbia country will stand for
What poaaible benefit can we derive
horn the Philippines that will com
pensate us for the expense in money
sod American livea that well be nec?
essary to keep an army of 50,000
soldiers over there. It seems that
ihe world is about to witness tbe
revival of the era of the mercenarv
invading army, which was familiar to
Europe a few centuries ago The
other great civilized governments,
including our own, have hired an
army of Japan to go to China and
fight the Chinese aud after tbe Chi
neee are licked into humbleness, they
are to be made to pay back the
money it will cost to lick them, with
oaorioas interest It is not consul
e ed honorable for an individual to
hire professional thugs to obtain
vicarioua revenge upon his personal
enemies What then makes such a
thing honorable on the part of na
lions ?
Hon Adlai K Stevenson is the
only man ever nominated for vice
president who had previously demon?
strated his fitness for the office by
serving one term therein, and it can
be truthfully said that no vice presi
dent was ever more popular than he
was. True, Mr Stevenson didn't
have much influence with the presi
dfiit under whom he served, but
nobody else had either Mr Cleve
land wan not u president lo recng
n z' influence, snd he seemed to
make a specialty of getting at outs
with leaders of the democratic party
But during those four years, Mr
SieveMOS had and deserved the
confidence of the democrats in con?
gress, and lost no opportunity to
push party interests that he couid
with propriety have taken advantage
of Adlai Stevenson is a whole
souled good tellow, a good democrat,
and in every respect a worthy run
uing mate to Col Bryan, and Bryan
and Stevenson ia a ticket to win
with
If the civii aervice commission had
sand enough it could make a whole
lot of trouble for the administration
ou account of numerous and glaring
violations of the civil service law in
the interests of republican political
workers A case in point is that of
H K. Chenowith, formerly of Clove
land, Ohio. While he wan internal
revenue collector in Ari/.jna, ho
opened aeaied envelopes contamiug
questions for a civil service cxamina
lion, in advanoe of the examination,
in order that his wife, his brother in
law aud his cousin, who were to take
tho examination, might post them?
selves and pass, which they subsu
quently did. The case was so clear
that Chenowith was removed from
the position of internal revenue col
lector, and a proaecution instituted
agaiuat him by the department o
justice Although that prosecution
is supposed to be still pending?
pigeonholed in reality?Chenowith
was put hack on the government pay
rolle as a special agent ot the treat
ury department, and he ia mil! there,
and the civii service commission is
afraid to do more than mildly pro
test and ask what in to be done about
the prosecution of Chenowith foi
violating the law
If getting the Other fellows half
scared to death, be good politics,
then the Kansas City Convention
must be credited with much good
politics, for tho republicans are a
badly frightened lot They figured
on a big democratic fuss at K ansas
City, but found that instead of a row,
tho regular democrats, those who
called themselves gold democrats in
1H96, the silver republicans and the
populists are all enthusiastically sup?
porting Bryau and Stevenson, and
the Kansas City platform. These
elements working harmoniously
together are believed, even by re
publicana, to be strong enough to
carry the country.
THE BRITISH
MISMANAGEMENT.
Responsible for Much of the
Suffering in India.
The New York Independent pub
iiahes an article by Edgar Mela, for?
merly editor of an organ of the Brit?
ish government at Johannesburg,
who has made a special study of
South African and Indian affairs. Mr
Mels does not hold the British gov
eroment blameless for the present
conditions in India
"Leaving aside the parsimony of
the government,1' be aays, "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 rive years of control by the
East India compauy and 130 years'
control by Britaiu has left India no
better off than it was 300 years ago
?in the matter of famines, at least
To show how little is done to prevent
famines the writer will quote the
official figure :
"In 1397 98 the expenditure for
military and military woiks was
$90,000,000 in round figures For
tho far more important work of
irrigation it was $3,000,000 ! The
expenditure during the same period
for salaries to government officials
was $50,000,000 ; for tho relief of the
famine ptricken only $17,000, was
spent.
"But by far the most serious
charge, and one that has so far been
hushed up with considerable success
is the one which imputes the disap?
pearance of a famine fund ot $100,000,
000 to government officials Shortly
after the famine of 1877 the govern
ment then in power?Lord Lytton be?
ing the viceroy?decided to take pre?
caution against the recurrence ot the
distress of that year. Accordingly
every native in the British provin
cea was taxed and tho above sum
raiaed.
"Time passed and many good crops
drove all thought of famine out of
the beads of the government. Then,
with the suddeuess of a thunder-clap
came the famine of 1898, finding the
government not only totally unpre?
pared, but with a white elephant on
ita bauds in the shape ot a missing
famiue fund Every effort was inado
to hush up the scandal A report
was sent broadcast that the fund had
been utilized in building military
roads and for similar purposes The
public at large, being complacent,
shrugged its collective shoulders and
said nothing The press of India re
mained remarkably quiet?ell save
the Bombey Guardian, which charged
openly that someone was guilty of
theft and malfeasance But the fam
ine soon rote uppermost in the minds
of all and the famine tuud was for
cotten."
President Diaz Reelected.
Ci'7 sf Ntsieo, July 9?Tbo elec?
toral Colltge* met in the ohief towns
and cities all over thiirc publio today and
east their votes for president Tue
returns will come in slowly from the
outlying states, but a great majority of
tbo votes were osHt from Gen Dios, in?
curring bis reelection for the term of
four yoara from Deoeaiber 1 next
??mm- ???>? ??ammmwmm^
Gen Butler Arrives at The
Old Boer Capital.
London, July 1 ?The war office
today issued the following dispatch
from L >rd Roberts :j
"Pretoria, July 7 ?Gen Buller ar?
rived this morning He lookud very
well, and is apparently none the
worse for the hard work no has gone
through during the past eight
months
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Hltmiart'k'n Iron Nerve, r ~
Was tho rr-uit of kit .splsadid bsaltb. Ia*
i ?saltasls win aad irtsaao4uua si iT^y are nut i
fossa1 whoro Btosssebi Liver, Kidntyi inJ I
Howela ar? oat '?I <ir<hir. It )'"U want these
.{ualitM'h and the huivo.-m they tiring, use !):?
King'* New Life Ihlln They develop.'every
power al brain an 1 body. Only - ~>a at J. F.
W. DeLoruie'* Drug .Stora. 1-6
Tired of Tbem.
It becomes evident more and more i
tout the people of the north an
getting tired oi' the negio Even the
politiOADI of the republican putty '?
do not cultivate hi? good will and
fraternize with bin as formerly. It
bai come to this that the southern
Negro is of no use in national poii
tics except to help Dominate the
candidate for president, and since the j
nomination this year was a foregone
conclusion, the southern delegate was
Dot of much consequence in Philadel
pbia, and therefore did not receive 1
much attention from the leaders of
the G, 0 P
5*o marked of late has become the
Change of northern feeling toward i
the Negroes that leading men of that j
race are endeavoring to organize a |
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.
For sick headache, malaria, bil?
iousness, constipation and kin?
dred diseases, an absolute cure
TUTT'S Liver PILLS
SOUTH CAROLINA M I LI TRY
ACADEMY?
Oos Beneficiary Scholarship ig to be filled
from Sumter County by competitive rxami
nations Application blanks, with accom?
panying instructions, ma? be obtained from
the County Superintendeet ot Edtcatioo.
Tbese blanks, properly filled out, must he in
the bands of COL C S. G A DSD BN, Cbnir
man Board of Visitors, by the first day of
Aegmt_July 4?2t
Blaster's Sale.
BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of
Common Pleas for Sumter county, in
tne Statt of South Carolina, in the case of
Ella P. McPaddin againnt Cbarirs L Wil?
liamson, The Imperial Fetiltzer Company,
Tbe Raain Fertiliser Company aod Tbodore
Melchers and L A Melcbers, copartners as
Melchere & Co , I will sell at public auction,
to tbe highest bidder, at the Court House in
the city of Sumter in said county and State,
on 6*lesd*y in August. 1900, being the sixth
day ot s iid month, during the usuh! hours of
sale, tbe following described real estate, to
wit :
"All that *.ot of land situ^ie in the city of
Sumter, county of Sumter and State of South
Carolina, lyiug on the west eid? of Council
8'reet, and measuring one hundred and sixty
three fest and six Inches front oo Council
otreet, one hundred aod 88T?nty-two foet la
depth on the northern Has, one hundred and
Hixiy-nine fVot und four lacbsi in dentil on
tha soutti line, and one hundred and sixty
two feet und four lochet more or lees on j
tne back line?bounded on the chot by Coun?
cil street, north by the parsonage lot of the
Methodist KaiSCOpal Church, South, Sumter
fetation, s:uth i<y land fnmerly of L M. Lit?
tle and wire uud wef! bv land now or former?
ly of M A .YUddfn " *
Terms nf eale caeb. Purchaser to pay for
papers.
H. FRANK WILSON,
Ju?v 11. 1900. Muster.
THE UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA
THE HEAD OF THE STATE'S ED?
UCATIONAL SYSTEM.
Three aoademio courses leading to
Degrees.
Professional courses in Liw, Medi
oioe and Pharmaoy.
Summer Sobool for Tesohers
f Scholarships sod
j Loans to Needy.
TnitiAi tt?fiJ Free Tuition to Can
I UlllOll ?pUU-j didatcs for Ministry,
I Minister's Soor aod
I Toaobers.
512 students besides 161 in Summer
School 38 teachers in tho faculty.
For catalogues and information ad?
dress
F P. VKNABLB, President, ,
7 11 Chapel Hill, N. 0.
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3 RELIEF CAME. >
Mrts. E. C. COLYERF
kv
of Salubrity, Chi., Aug. if
8th, 1898, writes: Ben-^
edict! has certainly h
been ;i blessing to k
, ?
my sixteen yearC
\ \ffljL\lam>mi& 1 hi daughter. She|
was in wretched Er
health and had
missed fourmonthf
Two bottles of Be
edicts have entirely restored her health. L
The monthly periods have returned F
and are now painless and regular.?
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v Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular
<Q or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta Bl
4lias cured many luffertog women and k
will eure you In the privacy or your*
fl home, without the necessity or physl-|l
x c lan'a e x?
Jamlnatlom j\ p
? its marvel
jous action
J on tho rtia*
Jjlnlne or- If or* W?FEMALE b
(S? F^BEGlbATOR I
M tliens them so that the monthly periods m
jj may n<? regular and painless* Headache, |T
4 Dlsslness, Nervousness, that dragging Br
a sensation and 11\? >so terrible pains inpj
3 tho back, lilpa and abdomen quickly ?
*4 disappear. If
Jj Bold t>v ;>li Dni?irlHt? i?r sent rumi.paid forQI
f*?. i. a box of "Monthly" Itesulatinn IMlh ton
? u*e In connection, la with each bottle ^
v LADIES BLUE BOOK sent ln-<> to any ad- ?
V* itn-v>. \ saui|>i<> n<?x ol 'Moot lily" lle-z ff
u ultit Ina Pills sen! for inc. in stamps, a.
y\ Addr?'t*?. Woman's Department, New?/
M Spencer Modicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tcnit.lL
t? Mi tttioii //,<..? /"?;?< i. it
tV "fl* V V IT IF V -V* V *y "VW
Sold by Hwghsoo'Ligon Co'
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. C. SOAFFE,
The Stove Man, Sumter, S. C.
June 6
THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC
Has Never Been Equalled as a Pulverizer.
i - - k v %-' to viSLz
^ ^
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^rne and see me in my new quarters, corner of Liberty and Harvirj Streets.
FIRST CLASS LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES.
W. B. BOYLE. Sumter, S. C.
July 11
Tie Larpt anil Most Complete
it
Geo. S. Hacker & Son,
CHARLES C. LESLIE,
Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer ia
MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS, SASH, BUNDS,
Moulding & Building
Material.
ofticc and Warerooms, King, opposite Cac
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C,
?sff* Porcbas* o^ir Daks, which we guar&ott
superior to any soli South, and
thereby pave money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October 16?o
SUMMER SCHOOLS.
NOTICE TO TEACHES.
T
OFFICE OF
CU SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Sumter, S. 0 , June 19, 1900.
1HE SUMMER SHOOL for colored teach?
ers will be held here begiooiug, July
16th tor four week? and
For white teachers August 16th to Septem?
ber 11th inclusive
Attendance means renewal of all certifi?
cates except "Class B."
The County Board of Education will pay
$5 to every teacher elected to teach in the
public schools of the county, who attet.ds
punctually aud regularly
J EDWIN RRMBCRT,
County Superintendent Education.
June 20?31
SURVEYING.
Oysters, Game and Poultry.
Stalls No. 1 and 2 F.sh Market.
Office, Nos 18 and 20 Market Street.
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
Consignments of Cooniry Produce, Poultry,
Eggs, Ac., are respectfully solicited.
Prompt returns made.
Fish pickel in barrels aoc". boxes for tha
country trade a specalty.
Dec 6 x
THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depositary
Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, 16,000 00
Individual liability of stockholders
in excess of their stock, . 75,000 00
Transacts a general banking business ; aiso
h;?s a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of
$1 and upward received. Interest allowed *%
the rate of 4 |er cent, per annum, payable
semi-annuHliy.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.
Marion Moisk. W.F. Ruamb,
Vice-Presidcnt. Cashier.
Jao 31.
1801-1900.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA, 8. C.
j A. B , B S , A M , LL B , L I Courses
Spring Courses free for Teachers Fourteen
j Professors ; 33,000 volumes in library ; ex
I cellent laboratories, class rooms, gymnasium
I mrirmary. athletic grounds. Tuition $40,
' other fees $18, a session . tuition remitted'to
I needy students Kxpenses $135 to $175 a
! session Certified Pupils from forty-fite Ac
1 credited Schools enter its Freshman Class
; without examinntion.
Entrance and Normal Scholarship Exami?
nations held at every county seat, Friday,
; July 20, 1900, by County Superintendents
Next session opens Sept. 26, 1900. For
catalogue, address,
F. C. WOODWARD, President.
June 6
Mtiirri & sun,
SURVEYING and Civil Engineering work 1
promptly and accurate!*- done
W. LORING LRR, Civil Rogr.
May 2.'. ?6 u j
II T ANTED? t'ermaneni nnd tra'iyieni
\ f boarders Children under 12 not
taken. For terms ad?.rest?, Mi*9?s Lee, 56
Spruce Street, Asbeville, N. C.
June 27 ? 41
Fire Insurance Agency,
ESTABLISHED 18(56.
Represeut, among other Companies :
LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE,
NORTH BRITISH A MERCANTILE',
HOME, of New York.
UNDER WRITERS' AGENCY, N. V.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capita' represented $75,000,000.
Feb 28.