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?|? WS^xm ait? Soiii?jroi?. | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1900. I The Sumter Watchman was roundeo J ?S50 and the 2V?e Southron in 18(50. j The Watchman and Southron now has j the combined circulation and influence j of both of the old papers, and ?3 mani- j festiy the best advertising medium in ' 8amter. } In the matter of sewerage, which j is a subject receiving unusual ?aten tion just now, there seems to be diversity of opinion as to its feasibil ity and possibility. No one disputes that it is much to be desired, and must come sooner or later. It is a necessity io any town where water works are maintained. No one knows much about the matter?it is a problem unsolved, and the City Council has done well to accede to the wishes of the Board of Health by consenting to have a competent civil engineer come to Sumter and inform us, that the matter may be intelligent ly considered and definitely settled is soon as it can be done. We hope at may prove prove practicable, though we fear not. But since we must confess as much ignorance on thiVeubject esanybody else, we sus pend judgment and await results. It is a good scheme to retire one of the city dump wagons, at least temporarily, and put two carts into the scavenger service instead. The trash and garbage, weeds and decay ing vegetable matter of all sorts that lie so long on the streets are a constant menace to health. From now until frost falls again, constant effort should be made to keep the city clean. Cleanliness is health, health is wealth, and all are desirable We publish today an account of an accident to our friend aod fellow towns man Joel ?. Bruoeoc, by which he has had tbe sad misfortuoe to lose bis left forearm. Mr. Branson is generally ? beloved aod respected in his native city. His friends are legion, and if their sorrow and sympathy cenld re ptore a lost limb, he would not 50 trough his remaining days, carrying :an empty elee ve THE BLACK RIVER SOAD The appropriation of $400 by City Council towards opening the Black River Road will be a disap pointment to those who were count ing on a more generous sum from that source But it appears the city fathers, who know best about the ^matter, thought the exchequer could not stand more, and we feel that they have done what they believe is the proper thing, and with them we have no quarrel One thousand dollars from the county, four hundred from the city? fourteen hundred dollars, when two thousand are required. Tbe six hun dred dollars must be made up ?rom some source, and we confidently be lieve will be contributed by the busi ness men of the community who are at ?3st n:o3t to be benefited by the road So* small a ^uai with such possible returns is too good an in vestment to go begging We feel that the road is au assured fact, and work will, we hope, soon begin. Already has it come to our ears that private subscriptions have been offered even before any canva3 has ? been made The tobacco trade has done much | for other towne of less importance I that; Sumter. it has done wonders 1 for Timmonsviile, Manning and L>arl ington It will do much for Sumter, j which is already one of (he best cot | ton matkets in the State, if not the I best The merchants of Sumter car j ry ss complete stocks of merchandise i and seii tbem as reasonable as they j can be sold anywhere ir; this section J Sumter i.<? quite ae attractive as any : other piace within a hundred miles, ' and every new trade* :;r enterprise j brings more poop!1.' to enjoy he; hos- ? pitatity and buy her goods. More trade means more population, more h ?uses, more thriit and energy. Anything that brings such im pr .vernent in conditions should be welcomed and encouraged ia every way possible. Lot everybody pul? together and we wii: have a town some of ?hese days. _ I insali ia ?izc: a?d ?jreat is resulta are Pe \Y;::*3 Little Early Riser?, the famous little p:!:9 that cleanse the liver and bow.'3. f hey do not gripe.?J S Hogbeoa & Co. THH) CHAIN GANG. Tbe couoty chain gang force bas averaged lately from 26 ?o 30 convicts with s;x ou?es, a road machine and some carts. Four of these mutes are the ones lately bought iu Atlanta by Supervisor Dom, aod they have proven to be exceptionally good ae?mals. The gang has been employed for several weeks recently at and arcued Smithville, and some good work has been dune on the hill roads there. The road machine does fine work aod leaves the road smooth aod with the proper shape to shed water. From Smithville the gaog haa moved towards Bishopville. Wherever the roads bave been work ed by tbe chain gang they are ia much better condition than formerly, aod no ooc can fail to see the improvement. Workiog oonviets on the public road is the proper use to make of them, much better than planting oottoo, and far better than keeping aod feeding them in jail. We hope to see the time when all convicts will be utilized on publie im provements, and whatever farming is dooe will be restricted to raising provi sions to feed those confined in the peni tentiary. Tbe State and county needs all the improvement possible en the reads, but we do not need a cotton plantation. Spain Has Reason to bo Satis With the Outcome of War. Dr. Leopoldo Arnud, the Spanish CjdsuI at Chicago, takes an encourag ing view of tbe result of the conflict between bis country and the United States. "The war," he says, "wa. a good thing for Spain. The nation bad : been giving its best men and $100,000,? 000 annually to the ware in progress in Che Philippines, Coba and Puerto Rico. As a result of the recent oonflict with America the powers of Spain are con centrated for the country's develop ment aod advancement. In 10 years tbe world will .not recognize the na tion. " Dr. Arnud believes his coun try is on the way to become "one of the foremost powers of Europe.'7 The Spanish people, he says, realize that "tee war with the United States was a war of governments, and no animosity exists between the iohabitaota of the two countries." Of course, 83ys the Baltimore Sun, the average expansionist will sooff at Dr Arcod's frank state ment and will say that his philosophy is of the '"sour grapes'7 order. Bat as matter of fact Spain is io a very mush better position than she was three years ago, and tbe lose of her 3oionies has proved an incalculable blessing to her. Her young men were sonecripted by thousands every year and sent to tropical islands to subdue Spain's rebellious subjects. Her treas ury was exhausted by the maintenance of a large military and naval estab lishment for service in the oolonics. The people were taxed beyond their capacity to ray. All the profits of the colonies went into the purses of a priv ileged class. Thousands of young men who were forced into the army died of disease in Cuba and the Philip pines. For these sacrifices there was no adequate return. The people of Spain were impoverished and their country was fast taking its place among the "dying nations" of the world Today Spaia is without a colony of any importance. Her burden has been transferred to the United States. Af ter centuries of existence as a colonial power?at one time the greatest in the world?Spain can devote all of her en ergies to her own development. The ruinous war in Cuba was stopped by the intervention of the United States, and the Spanish soldiers who were fighting to hold that island in subjeotiou to their queen have long ago returned homo, to become producers in tbe fields of agri culture and industry Spain's war in tbe Philippines has been shifted to the shou!der:i o? the American people, who j have carried the burden for nearly 17 j month? at a cost of many millions of : collars and a great sacrifice cf life. The soldiers who fought under the ' Spanish flag in the PhiUippines have ? been ?cnt back to their homes in Spain ; at the expense of the United States, to I join the artr.y of workers cegaged io productive pursuits. Spaia is no longer com pel led to feed uu'i clothe them a?d pay them to fight ;i hopeless batt?o i'hey arc prouabiv self-sup porting sow, and can ad? to the pn s perity of their country, icjrc.:d of be ing a burden upon t:. ia not Spain's posili oc preferable to thai cf the United States from every point of view, so far as her relations ! with ber former co?oD?es are concerned ? I Tbe Spanish goveromeut ?3 do ionser I compelled to speod ?100.000,000 a j year io coDqueriDg rebellious Filipinos ! and Cabans Tbe goveromcni of tbe j United States, with its treasury over Sowing from the excessive taxatioo of tbe American people, is now fiuaocios the war in tbe Phiiippioes and main taining an immense army there. Tbo cos: of polioiog Cuba with troops al?o devolves upon the United States, as well as the expense of establishiog a government in Puerto Rico. We bave taken up a burden which Spain long ago felt to be more than she couid bear, and which is likely to become too much for our broader aod stronger shoulders. With Spain's sad aod costly experience before oar eyes, we have voluntarily assumed obligations which bave nearly crashed tbe life out of tbe Spanish people and we are paying the oostg of oar folly in blood aod treasure, as ail colonial powers have had to pay siooe they began to impose their yoke upon aliens who hated aod resisted foreign domination. Spain bas every reason to feel satis fied with the result of her war with the United States. Her pride may have suffered temporarily when her fleets were destroyed, her soldiers were de feated aod her colonies were taken from j her. But in the moment o? their defeat the Spanish people achieved a substan- j stial triumph. They threw of! the bur- J den which oppressed them for centuries, j They got rid of oonseription, of exces sive taxation, and of the blight upon their agriculture and industries caused by the neglect of their own resources ?h the impossible effort to maintain com mercial aod military sapremaoy in far off islands. Their young men arc no longer dying of disease in Cuba aod tbe Philippines. The people of Spain are not compelled now to waste their substaooe in supporting a large army and navy for service thousands of miles from home. The United States hag assumed tbe responsibilities which proved too much for Spain, and is learning by bitter experience the lesson which the Spaoish people were taught only after centuries of disaster. Spaio can now devote all her energies to her J own development and advancement, as j Dr Arnud says. What a pity it is our I government was dazzled by the thought of empire that its folij began where j Spain ended ! What an uoparalleied measure of prosperity this country j might attain if, like Spaio, it were to j concentrate ail of its powers upon its internal development, aod leave tbe remote islands of tbe world to those who have greater need of them than we ! Assault on a Florence Girl. A speoial to the State, dated July 16, says : Miss Gertrude Rbodenkerohen, step daughter of J. C Deiecody, super intendeot of tbe National cemetery, was this afternoon tbe victim o a brutal assault with intent to ravish Her assailants were two brutes of the lowest Afrioan type. While the pur pose was not accomplished, the young iady is severeiy injured. A long gash is on her forehead, her throat bears tbe marks of brutal t?nger^, aod she is prostrated from the shook. Several squads are scouring the coun try od norseback, in buggies aod on foot. The National cemetery is two miles from Florence. Miss Rhodenkerchen was alone, her father having gone off with the gardener after water. Two oesrocb?she thought them larm hands ?came and asked politely for water, which she gave them. They returned on another pretence, and then for a third time, when ove of them struck her down with bis fist. The brute knelt by ber and with bis hands at her throat drowned her screams. At the instance of bis accomplice, the chief assailant out a deep gash in the strug gling youDg lady's forehead and dered her senseless. Both negroes, are thickset, of m? diam height., eoe black, tbe other dark mulatto ; both without coats. does it pay to but cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is ull j right, but you want ?our.ithing that w?l re* ? lieve :tii'i cure the ujor?r severe and dangerous j results O? threat ami lur.g truuhk-s. What j shall you d<> ? (?o to a warmer and more regu j lar (. Hu?ate Yes, i? possible ; il" < ' possible ; ? ir you, thon in either casta take lLc oaJy rem- : cdy that bus -eeu introduced i:i ai! civilized . countries with suce.-.-. i:i .?evere throat and Lungtroubles, "Ds?scbce*s;<Jcrmaa Syrap.*' It not only heals and stimulates :i;<; tissues to d*;str??y the gcrtn diseases, but allays inilam- j ma lion, causes easy expector?t ion. gives a good night's rest, and cure? the patient. Try one! bottle; tlicoiamendc ? many years by all drug- | p?s ir. tire world. .r -alo by J Chl s. l? ? nr ?->??? Perhaps toc man who relegraobed from iVro?e b? - ;<?< ' -??, dur:o?^ the Spaoish war, on duty -.? >. Shanghai. ivy ?ii;:;v i:::/, poisuo .";?.:???!s un * un other accidental ir j.ri : may be quickly cured \,y using DeWitt'a Witch E&zz'. Salve, it is aiso h certain cure tor piles and skin dis eases. Take no ?.?tht r.?J S Hughson & Co. Invit? :he Veterans. - ! Col. J. . Wilson, cornmarjdmt, issues in today !? .per special order, convening I Dick AnJfe'Soo No. 33-i, . C. V , at 'he : Conti Hons:;, oi Satuiday, July 2lor, at ! 12 m., for the purpose of electing delegates to i tbe State Annual Reunion to oe held at : Greenwood, S. C, on Wednesday Au?. 1st, ; ana to attend to any other buemesa that mny j be brought before it. All veterans are re ? quested to be present The question has j been mooted, arjd discussed to sotre extent j in these columns whether Sumter should ask ? the veterans to meet here in 1901. We are heartily in favor of this, as we be lieve such a meeting would be of great bene fit to ua. The delegate* who attend these reunions are generally men wbo are able to pay their own way and not be a burden upon u3 But if the veterans should meet here, the City Council aod tbe citizens generally should make some provisions for their entertainment. It would be too mueb to expect Camp Dick Anderson to undertake tbe whole work ; it is ready to do its sbare in tbe future as tbe members of it always bave done in tbe past All things being equal, there are as many bona fide veterans in Somter county as in any county in tbe State. In the past we did our duty and in the war between the states Sumter county furnished more than ber full qoota of men and material. We believe that when volunteers for 12 irontbs were called to go to Virginia our county furnished tbe first company that responded to such call. (Tbe 1st S. C , Col. Gregg, were sis months vol unteers.) Wherever the veterans meet tbe sons of veterans a!?o meet. We believe that the veterans should meet here and that the said meeting woulri draw a large crowd of visitors and would inure to our benefit, eo by | all means let the veterans come, end let the j City Council and our citizens generally go to j work and sec that no means are spared to make the old feilows have a good tice during ! tbe two C3ys they will cs with U3 ? II li i? THE FIREMEN'S TOURNA MENT Oar firemen have every reason to be proad of their performances at the tournament in Wilmington cn lest Friday, and tbe citizens of Sumter bave just cause to be proud of tbe boys. We publish tbe official record of tbe races in another column. That ian't all, for we are informed that tbe Delgars bave lowered tbe record for the two Carolinas ; probably for the Southern States, and possibly for tbe United States. Of tbi3 we cannot know, be cause we are not familiar with tbe records. But any bow it is glory enough for Sumter for one time, and for that reason we are satisfied. Tbe Delgars made a magnificent dash, and went through the trying ordeal without a hitch. Tbe Monaghass also did splendidly, a>;d might have won, or tied the Delgars, except that James Miller, wbo made tbe cennection at the hydrant, stumbled in makinc the jump, and so one or two seconds were los*. Except for ibis most natural ac cident, which so frequently happens, their work WHi perfect. Secret of Beauty is health. The secret of health is the power to digest and assim ilate a proper quanity of food. This can never be done when the liver docs not act it's part. Do you know this ? Tutt s Liver Pills are an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious ness and kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills Notice to Executors, Adminis trators, Guardians and Com mittees. OFFICE JUDGE OF PROBATE, Sumter, S. C, July 10, 1900 To Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Committees : I respectfully call your attention to annex ed statute. You wiil please give this matter early attention. Ver respectful! , THOS. V. WALSH, Jodge of Probate Sec. 2064 (1942). Executors, Administra tors, Guardians and Committees, sbali an nually while any estate remains in their care or custody, at any time before the first day July of each year, render to tbe Judge of Probate of tbe County from whom tbey ob tain Letters Testamentary or Letters of Ad ministrators or Letters of Guardianship, &c, a just and true account, upon oath, of the receipts and expenditures of such estate the preceding Calendar year, whicb, when ex amined and approved, ?hr.il be deposited with the Inventory and appraisement or other -.pers belonging to fuch estate, in theoffi:e of said Judge of Probate theie to be kfpt for the inspection of such persons as may be in terested in the estate?(under iornjer penal ties) Approved the 2d diy ut March, li'!*T. Irem, Freeman and Herald, put-lish ou ce a '.?. ?.?( k .'or :\ weeks. J?lv 10?::?.?.?. PURVEYING and Civil Engineering work t i ?iromptlv >::..! accurate dor.e w" LO RIX G LKE; Ci vii Er.gr. 1870 1900 Patrick Military Institute STANDS ON ITS MERITS. r'or calsio^ne H; p!j !t> Coi.. J'.::iN B. PATRICK, Juiv IS?lm Andersen, S. C. ! Suinter. S. C,. ? July 12,1900. Down go Straw..** &' HATS... it's the last straw that break.- the camel's back, and wre don't propose to have our hearts broken by having a supply of Hats left over for next season. Not if price cutting will help us to sell them now. Profits are Gone i To the winds, as we want all our Straw Hats worn this season. PRICES THAT APPEAI^ TO YOUR PURSE s $1 50 straw Hats $1 75c straw Hats 50c $1 straw Hats 65c 50c straw Hats 33c 25c straw Hats 18c 15c straw Hats 10c 50c Crash Hats and Caps. 33c 25c Crash Hats and Caps. 18c The above prices apply to New Nobby Goods Bought for this season^ trade. In addition to Straw Hats we are closing out LAP ROBES. LINEN AND CRASH SUITS Medium Weight, Light Colored Suits and all Negligee Shirts. $15 Suits now ?11 ?12 Suits now ?9 $10 Suits now $7 $S Suits now $6. $4 Crash Suits now ?2 50 $3 Crash Suits now $2 NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. llegular prices $1. 75c, 65c and 50c?NOW 75c, 50c, 45c and 40c. NO GOODS CHARGED AT CUT PRICES?STRICTLY CASH I). J. Chandler, Jaly 12- THE CLOTHISR. Tbe Land aM 1st Complete isim?it M Geo. S, Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ^ST-Pnrcbase our make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16?o THE UNIVERSITY | OF NORTH CAROLINA I THE HEAD OF TSE STATE'S ED UCATIONAL SYSTEM. Three academic courses leading to Degrees. Professional ooursee io Law, Medi cine and Pharmacy. Summer School for Teachers. f Scholarships and I Loans to Needy. Tnitini Qi^A j Free Tuition to Can 1UU1UIJ OUU-j didates for Ministry,; j Minister's Sons aud ' ^ Teaohers. 512 students besides 161 in Summer j School 38 teachers io tbe faculty. For catalogues and information ad- | dress F P. VENABLE, President, 7 11 Chapel Bill, C. 0 SOK Fire Insurance Agency established 18(30. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON ? GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH A MERCANTILE} HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY. . V. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capitai represented .f "3.0001000 SOUTH CAROLINA MILITRA A CA 1>EM V ??::? B?;hc5cis-ry Scholarship ?? ?.. ? Suco frota Suu?'.T County by ???;:;. .: i ::?.?.? ? *a j : . ' ?? \? A p?jlicntum l? Ifink-', wit ti aeco hi pa nyiss instructions, cai ' ? ?. ? : >.. ? i from the County Super ten ??rs j ?: Education Ti ?!?< * blink?, proper h tilled out. must he i ri tbe hands et t'<'i. C S G?DSDKN, (' . ?r inan B: ard ol Visitors, by the ?r?i davo! August. July i ? -j? I CHAULES C. LESLIE, I Wholesale and Retaii Commission Dealer ic FISH Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Couniry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, &c , are respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made. Fish packed in barrels aod boxes for the country trade a specalty. Dec 6 THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid ic, . . $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 ; also bas a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of Si aod upward received. Interest allowed a; the rate of 4 per cen?, per annum, payable semi-annoally. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. Marion Moiss, W. F. Rhame, Vice-President. Cashier. Jan 31. 1801-1900. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S. C. A. , S , A. M., LL.B , L. I. Courses. Spncg Coursr? free for Teachers. Fourteen Professors ; 33,000 volumes in library ; ex cellent laboratories, class rooms, gymnasium infirmary, athletic grounds. Tuition $40, other fees $18, a session ; tuition remitted^to needy students Kxpeoses $135 to $175 a session. Certified Pupils from forty-fire Ac credited Schools entsr its Freshman Clas9 without examination. Entrance aod Normal Scholarship Exami nations held at every county seat. Friday, July 20, 1900, by County Superintendents. Next session opens SeDt. 26, 1900. For catalogue, address, F. C. WOODWARD, President. June 6 Master's Sale. J)Y VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of 3 Common Pleas for Sumter county, in toe State of South Caroiipa, in the case of Eil? P. McFaddin against Charies L Wil liamson, The Imperial Fetilizer Company. Tne Rasin Fertilize Company and Thodors .Melchers and L A. Melchers, copartners as Melchers k Co , I will sell et public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Court House in the city of Sumter in said county und State, on saiesday in Angus'. 1900, bring the sixth day of s*id month, during itie asnal hours of calo, tho following dcsc:ibed ren.'. estate, to wit : "All that lot of lan i situate in the city of Sumter, county ofSumrerand State of South Carolina, lying on t^e wtst sido of Council Street, and measuring on? hundred ar.d sixty three frei and inches froit on Council street, one hundred ;*::?! sc .?;.?;.-two feet ia j: ? ^. ,<n the nort; ra line, one hundred and s:x!-y-?cine feet and four inches; in depth cr. the south line. and . :;? huadrsd and sixty two ;?? ; iu>.? io-jt' inches more or Jess or. tne m .. ?r ^ilt'ii ?\ tbt ( :vst by Coun cii s'?r?-?j? north by parsonage ?;i the Metboiisi Episcopal Church, Souih, Sumter stata , scuth ? lac i formerly ol L M. Lit tle. ?!?.'! wife :iud west bv k-J. cow or former h ol Madd< r; " ' Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Juiy 11, 1900. Master.