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FHB SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kitabllahed April, 1SS0. "Be Justand Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God'sJand.Truth's." TBE TRUB SOUTHRON, Ketabll>b?d Jane. 1SC6 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1900. New Series-Vol. XX. Xo. S %\t W?Mmm aub ?m\\ii P^iblisiiod. E^ery TSTednesday, -Bf 1ST. G. Osteel] SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per anoam-in advance. ADTISTISSKKKT: Ono Square first insertion.$1 Every subsequent insertion. Contracts for three months, or longer w be made at reduced rates. All comninaicatioDS which subserve privi interests will be charged for as ad vertiefen Obituaries and tributes of respects will charged for. TM?irr?R NOT TO QUIT The President Must Decic Our Course as to Pekin. Washington, Sept 12 -The que tion of withdrawing the Americs troops at once from Pekin is no before the president and a speed decision is expected and require? There are differences among officia in Pekin on this subject, and ti: issue is for the president to decide. Gen Cbaffee was, some time agi directed to hold himself in readiness i withdraw his troops. Undoubtdly fc bas conferred with the other con manders as to the time and mar ner of withdrawal, according to th terms of the note The sending ( farther supplies to bim has bee stopped, and he now awaits but th signal from Washington to begin bi movement It is for the president t give that signal The considerations now before hit in favor of the immediate withdrawj are : first, the fact that be is ahead committed, in a measure, to sue course by the language in reply t ? the Russian note ; second, it is ref resented that China is on the verg of a terribie famine, and the reteo tion of the troops in Pekin, preven! ing, as they do, the return of th Chinese government and the suppl; of provisions to the capital, place the responsibility for what threaten to be a frightful calamity upon tb powers who sanctioned the occupa t:on. On the other band, strong repre sentations have been made to th president in opposition to withdrawa in advance of the procurement o absolutely sufficient guarantees fo the protection of American inter ests in China and for the safety of th* native Christians. The iast coodi tioa is one most difficult to meet but, being insisted upon by th? missionary element, is being givei . snost careful consideration. In anticipation of some such stat* of affairs the effort has been made tc hasten the dispatch of preliminaries tc negotiations. It is highly desirable that some responsible representative of the Chinese government be recog nized in order that we may secure t sufficient guarantee upon which tc base the withdrawal of our troops Li Hong Chang and Prince Ching are the only lights in the east so fai as our government can see, and it is possible that the present problem may be solved by a decision to deal with them immediately and to accept their pledge as sufficient for our pur poses Therefore the decision an? nounced today to facilit?t^ Li Hung Chang's passage from Shanghai to Pekin may be regarded as significant Later it was announced that Consul General Goodnow had reported that Li wouid leave Shanghai next Fri day for Tien Tsin. His means of transportation are not koowu, but he may have a United States vessel if such a thing is absolutely necessary to bis reaching Tien Tsin It is not known that the powers is prepared to object to Li Hung Chang's visit. Meanwhile the State department is doing its best to foice the Chinese Government, through Li Hung Chang, to restore peace in the pro vinces and cease outrages upon American citizens, which have been continued up to the present day Once I was young, but now I am old, and I have never seen a girl that was unfaithful to her mother that ever came to he worth a ooe eved button to ber husband It is the law of God It isn't exaetly io the Bible, but it is written large and awful io the miserable lives of many mi-fir homes. Pm speak ?og for the boys this time If ooe of yoo chsps ever cane acroee a ghi rna*, r wi<h a face fuil of roses, says to you a? she cernes to the ri .-r. 'I cir/* go ?'.r thirty mioutce vat, for rr,?? dishc* an DO* washed,you v?-*i* f- :. tba: girl YOU i-lt ri^i.f .-,vi; i : :?C y,. :T -TT) watt fer brr. because scar? other ?;'ii:?w Di a 7 orr:', ai ?og and carry ber - it. a: ct ::?rht there yon U .. so an?-1 Wai; fsr t-iac giri aod .-tick to n^r ?-h:. a barr to a male's :?.??. -hill Arp. - 1- . ? > . -q^ - September fashion books in et O-teeo's j cook store. Ch?nese Puzzle Unsolved. The Whole Matter Still in a Diplomatic Phrase. Washington. Sept 14.-There were oo developments in ?hs Chinese negotia? tions today with r/bich tb2 public coola be made acquainted, the whole matter being still io the diplomatic phase and, therefore, not calling for military or? ders. Too war department officials are awaiting word from the State depart? ment as to the next step expected of the troops, bat it is now intimated that this will not be taken immediately The situation bas lost something of its acuteness, owine to the change in the attitude of the Kassian Government, as indicated in yesterday's dispatches and, although no officia1, confirmation has reached Washington of thc postpone? ment of the withdrawal, the fact is not doubted here. Bat. regardless of the course to be taken by Ru.isia, it is now said there is nothing in the Amerioan note of respoosc to Russia that demands an immediate evacuation io tho event that the Russirn troops are called away Instead it is stared that the control of tho s'tuation would sim? ply pass from the State department info Gen Chsffee's hands and ir would be for him. af;er conferring with the cher military commanders, to de? termine when and bow and to what, cxteot the American forces should bo wirbdrawo. He might choose his own time 3nd in a degree his posi*io2 would be similar to that occupied by bim io the advanre upon Pekin, so far as oavlog a free hand is concerned. This statement of the conduirions governing ?be American reply to the withdrawal proposal may be of sigoiScaroe, in view of the faot that it is made with the express purpose of clearing away an erroneous impres? sion that has been made upon the public mind. GOES UP AND ?P. Held up to Highest Balge of Recent Rise. Now York, Sept 12.-Just as the so called protcssjonai contingent was settling down to the idea that tbe great advaace :n cotton bad been overdone and the market was getting in shape for a coisldsrabie reaction, the specu? lative fever broke out again today The bali faction succeeded in forcing prices well up to the high level of the Jaie bulge, being aided by bullish cables and generally favorable condi? tions on ail sides for such a movement. Trading started with a display of hesitation and prioes failed to rise in proportion to a sharp bulge in the English market. Parties having profits to their credit unloaded freely and some eelliog was done for short acoooot, oo the belief that the bear interest had been wiped oat by the steady upward moven: = at of the past ten days or two weeks, and that a burdensome long accoaot has beeo established. Bat the feeliog of pessimism was later dis? pelled by reports that soatbero spot; markets were named 1-8 to l-2o higher prioes. The fica! advioei from Liverpool were vt ry bullish and intensified the firmness here. Gradually prioes work* ed upward anti! the close of the first hoar when a rapid advance cccarred OB a break of early sellers for cover and a flood of outside baying orders. At tbe best figures of the morning a uet advance of 18 to 22 points was sched? uled Private telegrams from New Orleans declared cables from Liverpool hinted at possible failures abroad inasmuch as several houses bad been placed in straightened circumstances by the wrecks of steamers in Galveston loaded with eot:on which bad been counted upon to meet demands A report that Neill was coming oat tomorrow with a circular io wbiob he would ooofiitD the findings of the bureau, threw the market into a bali fever in the early afternoon on which January sold ap to 9 95, this being a net rise of 41 points. Though a sbarp tambie succeeded tbis uplift, the market exhibited strong characteristics pretty | much all the rest of the afternoon with investment buying the feature of the trading. Shorts who bad doggedly withstood the trying advance of the last two weeks, were disheartened and unable to withstand the tremendous 6train longer. The south and Wall street were free buyers on the upturn. The room traders attached great signifi? cance to tho presence of large Kaglish buying orders, these conveying the impression that soother big ri^o was assured in Liverpool tomorrow. The j buying continued to the ead if the! session The close was 9troog at the '< ritL'.-'t point of tho 'lav - a ur.i ad? vance of "J.'L47. M : ot his, T -ur.. Si pt 12.-- A . pecial io the Commercial Apr ai from Cairo. ! ill, s?.y> : 'l bc ?[? ci**! car <>i the ] Duncan i'iari::- female minstrel troupe W;?- wrecked ar Mounds ibis cf?ernoon and cf sixteen occupants ui:.e ;ire now dead and six others are seriously injured, some of them perhaps fatally. ADOPTION OF TEXT BOOKS COMPLETED. The Full List as Agreed Upon by tbe State Board. From The Stale, September 14. ! The State board ot education yester j day had another hard day's work of it j oo the matter of tbe all important j adoption of text books for use io tho j public schools of the State for thc Dext five years. Several sessions were held aod when the recess for dioner occurred it was bebeved that tbs work could be completed by nightfall Yesterday afternoon the following copy of the ccotrsot to be executed by the publishers whose books may be adopted by the board, which was approved on Wednesday night, was wade public : This contraot, made and entered into this day of September, 190<>. be? tween , of the State of , part of the first part, and the State board of education of the State of South Carolina, party of the second part, witnesseih : i. j That the party of the f?rt?t part, for ? and in consid?ration of the adoption of j certain of its publications, hereinafter oamed, at the prices and upoo tbe j conditions stated herein, for use in these of the public schools io the Statt cf South Caro?Da for which the party of the second part may lawfully pre? scribe text books, from tbe present este to the 1st of July, 1906, subject to the law as to changes, covenants and agrees : 1. That the party of the first part will sell and furnish to the county deposito? ries in the charge of thecouoty superin? tendents of education in the several counties where Euch depositories oow exist or may hereafter exist, the follow? ing named books at the ?oUowiog named prices delivered in said deposi tories ; Provided, That orders be made for the books to be shipped by freight and cash accompany the orders, the said party of the first party agreeing to ship wheo so ordered within five days from the receipt of order and to make no charge at any time for boxing, packing or drayage and to pay the transportation charges nod to cooform to all reasonable regulations cf the State board of education touching said j depositories Provided, however, that . oorders are not made for less thaD ?10 ! worth of bocks at a time. 2. Thc party of the first part will likewise furnish said books lo aoy otber dealers or other persons in any county in said State upon the same terms as to toe county superintendents of educa? tion , Provided, That orders are net made for less than ?25 worth of boobs at a time, and will furnish books to euch dealers or other persons in quanti? ties less than $25 worth upon the same terms, exoept that in each eases the dealers or other persons mast pay the transportation obarges. In all oases of] shipment by express or mail, the pur? chaser shall pay the transportation charges. 3. The party of the first part will take ap til text books of any series or of any edition in the bands of the pu? pils aod designed to be displaced by the text books herein adopted aod in ex? change for said books will cause to be sold to said pupils, through the couoty depositories or other looal dealers, the books herein adopted at the pri?es here? in given as exchange prices : Provided, That tbe period dariog which these ex? change prices shall continue shall ex? pire November 15, 1901; aod provided, further, That the party of tbe first part will take from the oounty depositories, at actual cost of delivery to said depos? itories, the displaced books that may be in the bands of the county superin? tendents of education unsold aod in merchantable condition, so that tho permanent fund now invested from the school foods by such officers, pursuant to an act of the legislature, shall not be diminished by said exohaoge of books. 4 That the party of the first part agrees to print upon the back cover of each book herein adopted, tbe price to "j dealer aod the exchaoge price, with the words "South Carolina Edith-n " Pro vided, however, after July 1, 1905, the party of the firet part may print the said words oo a slip and attaoo the same to each book. 5. The party of the first part agrees to sell nooe of the books hereio named io thc State of South Caroiioa without the prices prioted oo the back cover as hercio provided for. 0 The party of the first part guar? antees thar the books adapted shall at all times bo t ri o same in evcrv respect ! as the samples submitted, of the -ame | qualify nf p:ip.T, print and binding. 1 .?ti.i tba' thc trice (shall na? bo increas? ed during thc period <^f &do:ti :> ?o July 1. 1900. atid funner sgVe . -I; t j if. at any time duri rye- tl.-? p . r] (:f. this r^Mrri^, a book here ir; ad< o ar. j any edition of ir fha!! he sold or . fer- j ed at a lo war r?rie?? to aa* dealer or other persona outside of the State of ' South Carolina, than the price agreed upon io this contract, then rhat lowest j prioe shall become tbe contraot_r?nce_ ! between the parry of the first, part bet j in and thc parry of the second part. 7. The party cf the first ps ! attaches hereto as a part of this co ! tract, its affidavit, which was filed <si 1 its bid, as follows : That the party of the first part is j no way directly or indirectly, either j its own right cr through the person ! interests of its stockholders, connect! with any other publishers, firm or co poration that has submitted books at bids to this board, upon the occasion j this adoption and that said party ar its stockholders have no pecuniary ii terests individually or io trust in ti business of any other publisher, fir or corporation that has made a bid ! this board, and that neither said part I nor any of its stockholders has been < ! is a party to any compact, syodicate < I other scheme whereby the benefits < competion have been or will bs denie the people of the State of South Car lina using the books herein ; and tl party of tho first part, further guarar I tees that it has DO stockholders wh owo stock in aoy other publisbin bouse or control such stock as trustee or have aoy interests, legal or 'cquiu ble, in the stock of other, companiei except as hereinafter stated, and full set forth in this contract, (to wit: and the party of the first part furthf j agrees that the validity of this contrac I shall be conditioned upon the truth the statements herein mads and in ev dence of such statements binds itself t submit, for inspection, at any tim when thc question may be raised b tho party of the second part, its book and private records S. Thc bocks herein adopted, an the prices, are a9 follows, namely : Name Price of Dealer. Exchange price II I. The party of the second part, fo and io consideration of the foregoing 'and the further consideration that th party of the first part do execute am deliver to the party of the second part a good and sufficient bond in the sue of dollars, for the faithfn performance of this contract, the fore and execution thereof to be approve* by the attorney general of the State o South Carolina, has adopted thc book herein named at the prices here:: stated and agrees and contracts thc thc said books shall be used to tb exclusion or all ethers cn the subject (this shall not. exclude the use o supplementary readers) in the schoo for which, by law, the said party of th: second part may prescribe text bock during thc period extending to July 1 1906 : Provided, however, That up ti July 1, 1901, the said books need no be introduced except where the teacher: and trustees deem their introductiot feasible and desirable. 2 The party of the second par agrees that it will urge upon tb< teachers of the public schools anc upon the school officers, the introduc tion of the adopted books to the ex elusion of all books on the sam? subjects as rapidly as may seem tc said teachers and school officers feaei ble dur?Dg the period up to July 1 1901, and the said party of the second part farther agrees that it will enforce as a rule for the government of the public schools, tbe follow ing: That no pay warrant shall be issued by any board of trustees oi approved by any couoty superintend ent of education in favor of any teacher who, after July 1, 1901, uses in the public schools of this state any text book to the exclusion of the text book or books herein adopted OD the same subject. Supt McMahan prepared the follow? ing pointing out the features of this contract : j 1 The adoption is to expire July let, 1906, after al! schools are closed and just before they are opened The present date of expiration is Nov 1st, after most or all of the schools have begun and when there fore a change cannot be generally effected. (a) . A change in the new books will not be forced until July 1st, 1901. Hence the present school ses sions may continue with the old booka. (b) . Exchange (reduced) ptices for new books sold to pupils that have the old books will continue till Nov 15th, 1901, after which time all the schools having opened aDd every pupil having had a chance to get rid of his old book, entire uniformity in j books will prevail in the schools j (Section 3 ) 2 Price to dealer ia to bc printed j on each book. The county paperin tendent in the counties where there I ate county depositories (nearly the : counties) will retail tho booka nt thia price Tho private dealer will m!<i in's profit (Sections 4 and 5 ) ? li during th?1 period of adopt: n adopt; ?i !.'.> >k is sold or t v. ;i i il.-r i ..I i \i .<- :!'. :.t a lower pries anywhere, in th" \v; :!(i, that lowest price ia to become th;' contract price in South Carolina Thia waa ?? the old eo?j?T?icr, but ta required iii most j States that haye recently made sd op t:..(...?;. .*iur y of ice books adopted in this State in 1893 for ?even years j a^^no^^8olo^elsewj^r^a^^o^^^ I prices, though we have been held to ! our contract price By this ciause m the new contract this State is at once assured cf as low a rate as now pre I vails anywhere else. For instance, ? wo are offered the prices lately ac eepted by Tennessee and Washington in their State adoDtions. (Section 6) 4. Books in the county depositories (sold at actual cost by the county su perintendents) are to be taken up at cost by the publishers whose books are substituted. This is a protection of the school fund which by act of the legislature has been invested in books for sale a cost. (Section 3.) 5. Publishers pay freight, drayage etc, on ail books where as much as $25 worth is ordered at a time, and pay such transportation charges where the orders are as 6tnall as $10 worth, if ordered by county superintendents. This small limit was put because if the only books uged from one publish? er should be copy boose or algebras, the dealer might have to order, a small quantity and should not be re? quired to pay the freight It would not be jnst to the publisher, however, to allow a dealer to harass bim with a ? ?order on which the freight might mere than equal the profit. The limit in the old contract was $100 and many county superintend ents have been compelled to pay the freight and add a few cents to the prices of each book. ^Section 1 and 2) 6 The affidavit and contract clause that the bidder is not in a trust con stitutes a striking feature This was suggested by the Indiana law which bas attracted considerable attention, j but the affidavit here required goes much further in that it inquires after ? the private holdings of stockholders and their holdgings as trustees or beneficiaries, and further binds the j publisher to show his private records ? if the truth of the affidavit ia ques I tioned. Moreover, the contract is j void ab initio if any untrue state j nients enters into this affidavit or I clause This is a practical way to ! fight trusts. (Section 7 ) LIST OF BOOKS ADOPTED. The board last night completed the work of adoption and the results were given the press as follows, the first price quoted being the price to dealers and the second the exchange figure : READERS. Johnson's Readers-B F. Johnson & Co, Richmond, Va Price to Excb'n'e Dealer. Price. First reader, $ 16 ? 07 Second reader, 24 10 Third reader, 27 12 Fouth reader, 36 15 Fifth reader, 48 20 Total, SI 51 $ 64 HISTORIE3. Lee's Histories-B. F. Johnson & Co, Richmond, Ya. New Primary, cloth, $ 40 $ 17 New school, cloth, 60 25 New school, cloth, 68 28 GRAMMARS. I. Wheeler's Graded Studies in English-W. H. Wheeler & Co, Chicago, Ul-32c, 20c II. Buehler's, "A Modern English Grammar''-Newson & Co, New York (provided index be made) 45c 25c. III Reed & Kelloggs High School Grammar-Maynard, Merrill & Co, New York-48c, 25c. GEOGRAPHIES. Frye's Geographies-Ginn & Co, New York. I Introductory-34c, boards; 17c. II Advanced, 75c, boards ; 37c. Tarr's Fir6t Book of Physical Geo graphy {special edition for South Carolina-Macmillan k Co. New York-87c, cloth ; 55c ARITHMETICS Wentworth's-Ginn & Co, New York. I Elementary, 19c, 10c. II Practical, 36c, 18c Brook's Mental Arithmetic-Chris topber Sower & Co, Philadelphia, 22c, 14c. ALGEBRA. Wentworth's Algrebras-Ginn & Co. I. First Steps in Algebra, 48c, 24 c II New School Algebra, 90c, 45c. GEOMETRY. Brook's-Christopher Sower & Co, Philadelphia Brook's Elemetary, 50c, 32c. PHYSIOLOGY Hutchinson's-Maynard, Merrill & Co, New York I Oar Wonderful Bodies, '22c, Ile i Our Wonderful Bodies, 3S j i.:C ; i ? t>'U?gy and u.ygtcnc, b'Jc, \ Air: NA LURE STUDY AND AG RI I < ULT URE Wilson's Nature Study in Eic-men- j tarv Schools-Macmillan ct Co, New j Yoik ! II Second Reader, 23c, 21c. ? A Manual for Teachers, 72c. I Bailey's First L?83ooa with Plants I -Macmillan & Co, 32c. Bailey's Principies of Agriculture, ; SU 75c. MUSIC. j The Normal Music Course-Silver Burdette ? Co, New York. First Reader. 24c, 19c Second Reader. 45c, 36c. Third Reader. 30c, 24c. SoDgs of the Nations, 45c, 36c. DRAWING. Normal Course ia Drawing-Sil? ver, Burdette & Co. Books No I to 3, 72c per dozsn; 58c per dozen. Books No 4 to 9, $1 35 per dozen, $1 08 per dozen Blank Drawing Books, 54c per dozen, 43e per dozen COPY BOOKS The Natural System of Vertical Writing-D C Heath & Co, New York. Nos i to 6, 5c each, 60c per dozen Nos 7 to 3, 6|c each, 80c per dozen. The Graphic oystem of Practical Penmanship (slant writing)-A Lov ell & Co. Nos 1 to 6, large size, 48c per dozen Number 7, 60c per dozen Numbers 1 to 5 and tracing 36c CIVIL GOVERNMENT Peterman's Elements of Civil Gov? ernment-American Book Co , New York-45c, 30c COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC. William's Composition and Rheto? ric by Practice-54c, 30c. GENERAL HISTORY. Myers' General History-Ginn & Co, New York-$1 20, 72c SUPPLEMENTARY READERS Cyr8, Ginn & Co. First, 22c Ile Second, 29c 15c Third. 40c 20c Fourth, 48c 24c I Fifth, 56c 28c The following were adopted for libraries and for literature study : English Classic Series-Maynard, Merrill & Co The Riverside Literature Series Houghton, Mi3in &, Co Star Series-Globe School Bock Co Macmillan's Pocket Eoglish Clas? sics-Macmillan Co. Historical Tales-J B Lippincott & Co The following were adopted for a teacher's course : White's School Management American Book Co White's Elemento ef Pedagogy American Book Co LandonT8 School aud Class ?<lan agement-Macmillan Co SPELLING BOOKS. 1 English Words Spoken and Written-Globe School Book Co., New York. 2 BensoD and Glenn's Speller and Definer-D C Heath & Co-25c, 15c SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY. Chapman's History of South Caro? lina-Everett, Waddey Co, Rich? mond, Va-60c. DICTIONARY Webster's Dictionaries, A, B, C. Handy Dictio?ary, 15c, 9c Primary Dictionary, 36c, 24c Common School Dictionary, 54c, 36c. High School Dictionary. 74c, 43c. Academic Dictionary, $1 13, 75c. MAPS. South Carolina map-Rand, Mc Naliy. Series of Maps-Rand, McNaliy. Tbe governor ar.d superintendent of education have been empowered and directed to fix the bonds of the companies A Snake Bite Cure. A Brazilian doctor claims to have discovered an infallible cure for snake bites of all kinds In a sworn state? ment sent to the Academy of Medi? cine at Rio de Janeiro, he says : "I neutralize opbidic poison even after it ha3 entered the blood in circula? tion, and when the patient has been overcome by the hemorrhage and is blind, deaf with deadly ver? tigo, anorexia, only faint pul? sations of the heart, by ad? ministering 2 tablespoonfuls of soup containing two grams of calomel and 30 grams of 6troag lemon juice, and repeating the dose within two hours. After the third dose the patient is free from danger Ht- Footed the Surjreone. Al! doctors told Eei?ic? HaiE'ilton.of V, e Jefferson, O.. :::':tr suffering !S santas from Recr.-il Fistula, he would ?lie unless .i costly oporutt< n v.\i?" performed ; hat Lo cured himself with five bojes of Buck len's Arnica Suive, the surc?t Pi e cure on tartr., and thc best Salve in he world. 25 cents a box- Sold b