Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W^oy BSD A Y, AUGUST 22? lSCxT The Sumter Watchman was rou n deo a 1S50 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has che oom bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium io S*a>ier Booaer sod Derbam have done everything else bat 6gbt oo the stump .od if either of them had tbe proper amount of self-respect be would find a time aod opportunity to call tbe other to amount This thiog of candidates blackguarding each other on the stomp, bandying the lie back and forth, making m ?bo? of wanting to fight when in the presence of a crowd of voters and still traveling around the State together in patee and good fellowship briogs tbe offi-e seeking politician into wei! merited contempt. Senator Tillman says he wants all who do not approve of bis charges against the preaehers to scratch bis .ame from their bailots when they vote sn the 2Sth. This may be one of his bluffs but he will find that thousands had already determined to scratch bis Dame before be volunteered advice on She su j act. The negroes in New York have been ??viog a rough time the past few days. Tney bavo been set opon every time Sbey showed themselves on the streets and beat, cot, shot and otherwise .hosed by mobs of white people. A thousand poitoemeo were unable to protect the negroes aod preserve order, .nd, io fact, the anti negro mob has bad almos* foil away io some sections 3f the city. This is ao outrage oo the negro that ehouid be discussed by the Pharisaical south-hating papers that have hysterics every time a negro rapist b^ng^d io the sooth. These papers should send for Ida Wells and the JawAtt woman to do missionary work io New York. -----mm What Tillman Said. j the Editor of The State : ;Ieasmuob as Senator Tillman in his f letter co Tba Chester Lantern, repub? lished io The State of today, complains that my report of his Bennetts vii le ? speeeh was *'condensed and therefore incorrect,99 I desire to forcish a few details necessarily omitted io a tele - arabic report of so many speeches. He did ose the word "unholy aili .ooo," io r?f?rence to the alleged eoalitioa of preachers aod liquor meo so defeat the dispensary I will ezteod tke metaphor as be did at Bennettsville, although I CftQQOt recall bis ezaot kognage ai this date. He likened the "unholy alliance0 of preachers and liquor meo to . va9t .rmy in white, progressing in two divisioos to tbe sb rice of a common deity. The one division in the white ves tm ea ?? of prohibition, approaches -the pleastog preseoce of the two-faced divinity which sereosly and benignly represents prohibition Bot to the other division, decked in the white apron of tbs bartender, is presented the ether face of this divinity, a horrid countenance suggestive of all crimes of the cup. That was the pioture be presented-one deity, doubled faoed, bein? worshipped by p--.hibitioo and liquor men alike. He presented no raodn'yiog definition ot "unholy aili ance." aod did oot explain whether such alliance were the result of oocopact or of mere coincidence io a commoo parposa At Difiiogtoo, oo the way to Ben cett?V?ile, I asked Senator Tillman if be wonid beforehand dicate to tie a sycosis of bi- ppeesh He half sneer? ingly replied thai he did not know what ne wr.cld *ay catii the time came to s^y ir After thc Beiocrtsvide meet cg, while situog on the speaker's efaod at Darlinjtoa. he bair laughingly asked me f'i?t to "ct'::" tay report of the meeting then <r. progress I a?ked bim i I hid mil-quoted or misrepresented him Beo-oettsviiie. and b^ replied that 1 had not but thar I bad comment? ed, etc Th? ex*eut of roy coos meats was .u^relv to ?rate that Tillman's 9pcech at B fooottsviHe h-id driven Col Hoy?/? fr ten d.t closer together. William Bink? Columbia, S C . Aug 16 OEsUTION ANSWERED. Yes, August Flower 6till has trio largest ?-'ale cf any* medicino in the civilized world, i'uur mothers and grandmother* never thought of adng anything else for indigestion or biiliou^ 3323. Doctors wens scarce, and they seldom beard ->f appendicitis, nervous prostration or heart failure, etc. They used August Flower io c'ean out the system aad stop fermentation of undigested food, regulate tho action of thc Jiver, S'imalata tho nervous and organic action of ?ha system, and that is all they took when ? cling dull and bad with headaches and other 3Che< Yoa oo?y need & few dose3 of OreeuV Aogu-". Flower, in liquid form, to make you sat j fie i rhere is nothing serious the matter witt jvu, for sale bj A. J. China. A Books for Our Schools. Being interested in the adoption oi text books for the schools of the State, by the State board of educa tioD, Dext month, the writer bas examined the publications of varions houses, and inquired into their au tborship and merits, and we feel that we have a right to say something along this line. We believe, with every true son of the south, that the histories, geogra? phies and readers used in our schools Bhould be written by southern men and women who can do justice to our literature, our heroic deeds and our geographical advantages We find that the University Publishing com pany is the pioneer in this southern school book work. It was organized by southern men soon after the war and it has labored long and faithfully, sometimes almost without hope Gen Robt E Lee was the originator of the idea that our school books should be written by southern men, to preserve our history ; and he fully endorsed the efforts of the University Publish ing company, of Gen Gordon, and others, in providing books for our southern children. We have now in use in the schools of th?6 country and State, Maury's geographies, Holmes' readers and HaoselPs (Chambers') histories ; and in several counties Sanford's arithme* tics. These books, we believe, are giving satisfaction. There are none better, that we have seen, and we see no use of changing them now, there? by upsetting the work of the schools and causing the people needless ex? pense, with the possibility of getting inferior books. They are by southern men. Com? modore Maury was born in Virginia, and went to school to James Ote j, afterwards bishop, of Harpetb Shoals, Tenn. This "Pathfinder of the Seas" great scientist, inventor of the weath? er chart, etc, is known as the world's greatest geographer, and one of its greatest benefactors JJe was a Con federate soldier. Br George F. Holmes spent his boyhood and early manhood in South Carolina He graduated at the South Carolina college, and, we have been ; told, taught his first school here at Bennettsville. He was for a time a professor in the University of Geor gia, and later president of the Uni? versity of Mississippi. For nearly 40 years and at the time of his death last year, he was professor of English and History in the University of Vir? ginia. He was a southern man and a Confederate soldier. Prof H. E Chambers, author of Hansen's Histories, was for a time a professor in Tulane University, Louis? iana, and is now bead master of ''The Boya High School," of New Orleans. He was not old enough to go into the war, but his father was a Confed? erate soldier Prof Sanford, author of Sanford's arithmetics and algebra, established, and was principal of a preparatory high school in Greene county, Ga ; and when Mercer, the Baptist Uni? versity, was established at Macon, he became professor of mathematics in that institution. Col Chas F Venable, author o? Venable's arithmetics, algebras, etc, was, for some time, professor of mathematics in thc South Carolina college In ?1862 he went in?o the Confederate service with thc first regimeut of South Carolina infantry. Later he was raised to the rank cf colonel, and make chief of the Top graphical Engineering Corps, on the staff of Gen R E Lee, in which capacity he served throughout the war Since the war, he has been senior professor of mathematics in the University of Virginia nc died Saturday. Aug ll. Another South Carolinian whose bo)ks arc published by the Uaivcrstty Publishing Company, ia che great Latio Scholar, Dr. Basil L Gilder eleevc, a native of Charleston. His books are the acknowledged Latio 4 gems" of thc century Ho is now Professor of Latin in Jobo Hopkins University, Baltimore. Ha was a Confederate soldier and lost bia left leg in thc service At present in tbe South Carolina College is Professor Biin, author of First Latio Book, universally acknow? ledged as one of the best beginners books on thc marker, and heartily endorsed as ?uoh by the Professors of the Universities of Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, and others. Another Latio book (Ovid j, by Pro' fesaor Anderson, of Wiiliamstoo, S. C , is receiving highest commendation bj our Latin sohclare. Tbe compaoy is owned and con? trolled by Southern men Charles L ? Patton, of Mississippi, is BusioesB Manager. That valiant soldier and statesman, Gen. John B. Gordon, of Georgia, h i one of the Vice Presidents His name is a guarantee of fair dealing and honesty. The printing is done in Nev Orleans and Nashville, except that which can be done best by using the New York presses, such as colored maps, etc. The books fully represent the pro ducts, scenery, brains and chivalry of the South. They are as well made and as cheap as any we have seen. The company does not deal io sectional? ism They do not ask adoption on account of Southern authorship. Thev rely on intrinsic merit, believing that their books are the equal of any io this country. They have done moro than all other agencies combined to preserve and protect our Southern history and literature, and they deserve our sub staotial encouragement. We will say in conclusion that this article is not a paid advertisement. It is the voluntary work of the editor We have written it to show that we are using Southern books in our schools, and to give due credit to the authors aod publishers who have labored faith? fully and long to make and perfect them.-Pee Dee Advocate. A Mother Tells How She Saved Her Little Daughter's Life. I am the mother of eight children and have bad a great deal of experience with medicines' Last sommer my little daughter bad the dys? entery in its worst form. We thought she would die. I tried everything I could think of, but nothing seemed to do her any good. I saw by an advertisement in our paper that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recommended and sent and got a bottle at once. It proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever bad in tbe bou33. It saved my little daughter's life. I am anxious for every mother to know what an excellent medicine it is. Had I known it at first it would have saved me a great deal of anxiety and my little daughter much suffering.-Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. F. BurdiekJ Liberty, R. I. For sale by Dr. A J. China. Weekly Crop Bulletin. Coiumbia, S C , A og 21, 1900 The mean temperature of the State was 87 degrees the week ending 8am August 20th and the normal for the same period is 78 degrees. The highest maximum ranged from 100 to l?4 every day; lhe lowest mini mom was 67 at Spartanburg on the j 13th. j The drought was relieved in spots, nearly every county reported some rain but over by?far the greater por? tion of the State the rainfall was in sufficient sud many points had no rain Where the rain was followed by bright sunshine, crops were scalded, and injured instead of benefited There was more cloudiness and lighter winds generally than during the previous week except that heavy winds accompanied some of the thun j der storms Damaging hail fell in j Lancaster and Aiken counties. The weather was two hot and generally to dry for all vegetation, the crop reports indicate wide-spread deterioration, amounting in the case of young corn and complete ruination of such that has but recently tassel! ed Earlier planting not matured, is not Milling well, and the blades aud ?taiks are dried. The Corn Crop will be short, Fodder was pulled from early corn and saved io fine condition. The weather conditions were also unfavorable to cotton causiug con? tinued shedding of leaves, forms and even yoLtig bolls, and checked all growth Rust bas decreased. Pre mature opening ie general, and pick ing has begun in all sections. Sea Islandjcontiuues to blight, is dwarfed, and is fruiting poorly In places late planted cotton contiuues to look well, but the prospect for the middle and top crops are poor. River rice is exceptionally prom? ising, except at a few points, and and harvest which has begun will soon bo actively prosecuted. Upland rico bas failed materially. Peas of young growth were literal ly killed, while earlier plantings have been severely injured. Some Pea vines have been cut for bay. Sweet potatoes and cane, pastures and gar? dens, in short, all minor crops have shared in the general deterioration caused by tho unprecedented period of prolonged excessive heat, and drougth in ploceo CORRESPONDENTS'' REPORTS. Charleston -Charleston : Owing to long drought, ali crops rxocpt rice look poorly : carly rice cutting v?iii be general oexc week ; truckers have lott most of their berry aod cabbage plant?; dry too bard and dry to plow.-L 8ahl ! mano. ! Clarendon-Clarendon : No rain ibis I week ; late cotton looks fairly well ; early planting bas stopped growing aod is opening prematurely ; rice looks well ; peas suffering very little ; sugar eane stands the dry weather well.-R S DesCbamps. Florence - Effiogham : Another record-breaking week for beat and dryness bas further reduoed condition of all crops ; cotton cannot make muob over half a full crop ; tho same is true of corn and other crops ; forage crops suffering severely -A J Howard Kershaw-Antioch : The extreme heat and dry weather of the past four weeks have ruined all crops ; cotton and eorn will not make more than balf crops, and not that much, unless rain comes soon ; thermometer from 100 to 104 every day ; peas and potatoes dying oo light lands.-C M alexan? der. Oraogeburg-Bowmao ; The con? tinued excessive beat and drought have done serious damage to all crops light rain yesterday (17tb) will be of no material benefit unless followed by more very soon ; late corn will make practically nothing; fodder puiling about finished ; cotton prospects quite gloomy ; opeoicg prematurely ; leaves all falling off; minor crops suffering intensely-B 0 Evan6 Sumter-Ramsey : Continued dry and hot weather ; temperature ranged from SO to 102 during the week ; crops are in bad eonditiou ; fodder burned ; ootton parohed and shedding ; forage peas dying ; this is tbe most disastrous weatbc* c crops since 1856.-Matt G Ramsey. Doiisg tbe civil war, es well as in our late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one of the most troublesome diseases the army bad to Contend with. In many instances it beean 6 chronic and the old soldiers still suffer from it. Mr David Taylor of Wind Ridge, ? Greene Co, Pa, is ooe of these. He uses j Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea j Remedy aod says he never found anythieg j that wculd give him such quick relief. It is or sale by A J Cbina. Gomez Writes a Letter to the Revolutionists Habana. Aug. 20 -Geo. Maximo Gomez publishes a letter in La Lucha regarding the election of delegates to the forthcoming constitutional conven? tion which be asks all tbe papers of the island to print Ic is addressed to (he old soldiers of the revolutions of 186S and 1895. Gen. Gomez says ia part. "Ideas most not be confounded with prioeipies Hooor demands that prin? ciples sboold be saved even et tbe eotfc of life The convention should con? sist of genuine revolutionists ; and it will so consist, unless tbe people, Bat? tered by fine words allow what they have conquered to be taken away from them j "Nobody should he allowed to eater the oooventioo who formerly defamed thc revolution unless Cubans wish to outrage hooor aod doty. "Tbe eoemy are working bard ; but let Cubaos remember that those who opposed tbe revolution oanoot be ac* oepted at tbe last moment. Many rich and intellectual persons have shown opposition to'the revolution. AH these should be left out. Patriotism has the right, to choose the worthy-not the most wise-until the republic is estab lisbed. "Although ali parties may be out? wardly harmonioup, still old fcircs will not be forgotten. Therefore let tbe Spaniards stand aside until all cac enter equal through the gates of thc re public." j Because Bryan is Invited. Philadelphia, Aug. 20.-James M. Morrison, ?tato department oommander of thc Grand Army of the Republic, ! today announced that but three of the j ob poet* in this city, with a member j ship of 7,000, will send delegations to j thc national encampment in Cbioago ; nert week. Commander Morrison j stated that this action is the result of j tho invitation given to Wm. J. Bryan ! to attend the encampment. "It is customary," said Mr. Morri I soo "to invite thc president, but never I a candidate, and the old soldiers express 1 indignation because they object to pol ! itics being injected into thc enoamp I ment. The delegation from this city j will consist of about 150 meo, the j smallest number that bas attended an I encampment during the past ?0 years/' j Philadelphia, Aug 19.-While I frightening a crowd of negroes I tonight by pretending she was a j ghost, Florence Almond, age 15 years, was struck ou thc head with a brick thrown by ono of the negroes and killed The negroes were gath ered ou the lot and the girl, who lived nearby, had wrapped a wbite sheet about her and soddenly appear before thc crowd Tho letter scat? tered ?nd the girl was about to re turu home when tho brick way thrown. She expired ia a few min? utes. Thc negro suspected of throw? ing thc missile has not been captur? ed Charleston Suffering. Charleston, Aug 20 -Tbere is a veritable water famine on iu Charles? ton and the vicinity The records of the weather bureau show a deficieocy of 14 inches in the normal rainfall since January 1 The situation is getting to be serious. The streets are full of water car Hers. Many families are using the artesian water from the Wentworth street artesian wells for drinking purposes. The garrison on Sullivan's island bas been forced to secure its needed water supply from water boats be cause the supply at the garrison has rnn short, as is the case with the residents generally on the island. arrest disease by the timely use of Tutt's Liver Pills, an old and favorite remedy of increasing oopularitv. Always cures SICK HEADACHE, sour stomach, malaria, indiges? tion, torpid liver, constipation and all bilious diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS Blaster's Sale. B? VIRTUE of a Decree of the Cocrt ot Common Pleas for Sumter county, in . De Staze of South Carolioa, io the case of Ella H. McFaddio against Cb?rle9 L. Wil? liamson, The Imperial Fertilizer Compaoy. The Rasin Fertilixer Compaoy and Theodore M etchers and L A. Melcbers, copartners as Melchers & Co., I will sell at public auction, to tue highest bidder, at the Court House io tbe city of Sumter io said county and State, on salesday in September 1900, beiog the third day of said month, duriog tbe usual boura of 3ale, the following described real estate, to wit : 1 All that lot of land situate in tbe city of Sumter, county of Sumter and State of South Carolioa, lying on the west side of Conoc?! street and measuring one hundred and sizty three feet aod six inches front OD Conseil street, one hundred &u? seventy-two^feet in depth on the northern line, one hundred and sixty-nine feet arid four inches in depth oo the south line, and one hundred and sizty* two feet and four inches more or less on tbe back li oe-bouot ed on the east by Council street, north by the parsonage lot of tbe Meth? odist Episcopal Church. South, Sumter ata* non, south by laud formerly of L M. Little I aod wife aod weet by land now or formerly of M. A Madden." Terras of sales cash Purchaser to pay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Aug 16-23 30 SET A HOME ON EASY TERMS WHILE YOU PAY BENT. j See Sartov Walsh and .take a fev snares in the nev Building and Loas Association and in eight years you viii ova a little horns, If you are a young man and don't need a borne it ie tbe very best way for you to eavs a little "for a rai iy day " You pay $1 per month on each share Tbe Association will run 100 months, hence you pay $1C0, at which time yoor share will be worth not lees tbuo $150 You make $50 on each share; on wt at cao yoo do better? The mao wbo vants to oorrow money will find it greatly to bia interest to go into the Aseociatioo. Here is a Comparison in Slain Figures : Say you want $900-8traight inter? est plao at 8 per cent-time 8? years or 100 months : Loan. $ SOO lotersst 8 percent 8? years-$72 600 Total to pay principal and interest, $1,500 Building ?nd Loan Plan. To pet $900 take 6 Bhares. Borrow on 6 shares ??150 each-SS0O. For tbi3jou p-iy $)3 per mooth. Time loo'months at $12, $1,200 You make by B A L. plan, $200 j If you cao borrow at 7 per cent you will save by B. Hcd L pUo $225, or eveo if you \ can get it at 6 per ceot you will save $150 ; aod the treat advantage is you pay pnncipsi and interest monihly. aod for very little more than you now pa;,* for reot. Shareholders are not restricted to residence io the citv. See me at once. KARTOW WALSH. "Strongest in the World" THE EQUITABLE SURPLUS means more than * 'strongest j in the world''- jj It means also most, profit? able in the world : for the surplus is the fund from which present and fu? ture dividends are paid It belongs to the policy holders-every cent of it- g It means tho aime to the 1 policy holders that a bank's surplus l?oes to the owners of the bank. llave yon an inrerest in. the Equitable Surplus of over $01,000.000 V A W CROSS WELL Resident Agent (or Sumter And vicinity. Aug : ; * Turnip Seed Full line of all desirable va? rieties, new crop seed just re? ceived. Havana Segars. Large line of fine Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLorme's DIM Store. Tie Largest ai Most Complete ! M? Geo. S. Sacker & Son. -i-MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS? Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, Eiog, opposite Cas DOD Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Perchas? our make, which we guarani superior to any sold Sooth, and thereby sare money. Window anet Faacj Mass a Specialty October 16-o 1870 1900 Pa?ict Hary MMe STANDS cw rrs MEBITS. For catalogue apply to Cen. JOHN B. PATRICE, July 18-In Anderson, S. C. THE UNIVERSITY I OF NORTH CAROLINA ? THE g&M) OF TBS STATE'S 22 TTCATIO&?L SYSTEM. Three aoadcmio courses leading tc Degrees. Professional courses io Law, Medi? cine and Pharmacy. Summer School for Teachers. f Scholarships and I Loans to Needy. Tnitmi QfiO ? Free Taiiiofi 10 Cao" 1 lllUlm ?]>UU "j didates for Ministry, I Minister's Sons and ^Teachers 512 students besides 161 i? Sommer School. 38 teachers in the faculty. For catalogues aod information ad? dress F P. VENABLE. President, 7 ll Chapel Hill, N. C. SUMTER INSTITUTE For Young Ladies and Girls. The thirty-third scholastic year opens September 18th. 1900. for circulars and in? formation, address Mrs. L. A. Browne } or > Principals I Miss E. E. Cooper, ) Sumter, S. C. j Aug 8 _ 1801-1900. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S. G. A. B , B S , A M , LL B , L. I. Coursea Spring Courses freo for Teachers. Fourteen Professors ; 33.00t) volumes in library ; ex cel'.eDt laboratories, class rooms, gymuasioui infirmary, athletic grounds. Tuition $4C, i other fies $18, ? szssion ; tuition remittedjto j needy students hxpensM $135 to $175 a j ses?ion Certified Pupils from forty-fife Ac j credited Schools enter its Freshman Class i without examination. Entrance ?nd Normal Scholarship Exami ' nations bold 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 8