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? bt (t?lattlmtaii anb ^outljron. WKDNI'SDAY, 8o.PT- 19, 1800. The Sunder Wttrmman was toutideo ? MM and the True Southern in 1866 The Watchman and Southron now baa the eombtood circulation and influence if both of the old papers, and in mani? festly the best advertising medium in Samtcr. Fraud in tbe democratic primaries has become so frequent that there is a growing demand for a reform or tbe abolition of tbe system. For some years il baa been the custom to speak of saoh freads aa "irregularities," and to gloss over lbs corruption that bas nrept it. Bat at last a great maoy men have grown tired of tne existing abuses and ars desatadiog that tbe primaries be booestly eondiioted Tbs Stats Bosrd of Education bas adoptsd a list of h.oks for ose io the poblio sohools of the Ststs for a period of five years that is, as a whole, so septabla to Dot a siogle teseber ot sebool official with whom tbs writer has discussed tbs saattsr. Better books than those adopted havs been io uso in tbs sebools for years, and the people of tbs Slats bavs thousand* of dollars invested ia them. The books d-'soard ed, have, with tbs sxoeptioo of Tar Veils Grammars,givee entire satisfaotioa and a large majority of tbe tesohors sod all of tbs ooooty superintendents of education recommended that tbe old list be roadopted Io tbs circumstances it is dtffiou!' to ooderslsod tbe reasons im? pelling the board to make tbe sweepiog ebaogee. Tbe editorial oritiotsm of tbo Qreeoville News is just aod pointed. The editor of tbe News, Mr W. H Wsilaee, i? one of tbs best kaowo aod sblset teaskers of tbs State, and writ? ing fross a fall knowledge of the subject kis opiaiosj is acrtby of tbs fullest acceptance. Tbs wsr ia South Africa is pratieally at ao sad, aod President Kroger of tbs Transvaal aod tbe members of bis cabmen ars sa route to Europe It is said that a oomber of tbs prominent meo of tbs two republics will ooas to this ooeetrv aod beoosss American .eitis-os KogUad bas oerrisd ber point aod now owas tbs gold aod diamond ssiese of Sooth Africa, but tbs prioe sks bas paid io blood and moos? is exocseivs. Tbs cease of freedom dies bard, aod tbe B>ers made a most gal laat flgbt against tbe greatest odds. Had the edde beeo as grsat tbs fats of tks tbirteea eolooiee in 1776-81 woald base beea tbe ssmc as that of tbe Transvaal aod tbo Oraogs Frss State io 1899 1900 A SCENE IN THE PHILIP? PINES Thomas W. Jones, private in Troop G. Hth Cavalry, U S V., writing from Santa Cruz, Philippine Islands, to bia brother George Jooes. in Washington, D 0 , under dste of Jin ?? tti d'scribes a massacre of Filipinoa in which he took part on Jone -5, and which he relates aa tpitf in the line of bis ordinary duties Up lolls how sixty members of bis regiment were ordered out to kill or capture a famous, Filipino general, known to be living; in tbe neighborhood After some rough aoout?ng the general'a boose was loea ted aod the Americans orawled through lie uoderbrush until they secured positions but a few jarda distant Then ihey discovered that they had unwittingly chanced upon a wedd*ng There waa a large crowd Crecent to partake in tbe festivities loat of theai ot course, were worn -M aod children, but there wero about 76 men present wbo were armed The Americans were order? ed t i Are a volley from ambush and then ? barge ; which they did with ternb.e resutte. "Tne scrip that teeulted was hor ribK' wiiie* Pri? etc Jones "On the ground near (be bouse lay tbe body of the bilde, whose brains bad been blown out The groom, wbo bad received a bulb t io the stomach, waa lying near by in a dying condt lion Twelve of tbo Filipinoa had been killed and about the seme num? ber woonded. An elderly woman waa shot through the leg and a little obild had hsd her arm shot off But," adds Private Jonea cheerfully, "we got the old general all right and we burned the insurgents' quarters before we left " Tbia ia the kind of imperial civili? zation this administration is paternal? ly brioging Io Ibe Filipinos ; aod probably Joaoa' letter is not ao unfair description of tbe sort of warfare this great government ia waging agaiuat theae far away islandera ( whose only crime ia their love of liberty) in furtberanoa of "the just rcoponsi bilitiea cf our victories in the Span wai." fc - _ It may be also remembered that tba imperial English troopa found "good pig ttiekiag7' Io Sonth Africa. Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbia. 8 C , Sept 18, 1900 Tbe first part of tbe week ending Sam, September 17th, was ex tremely bot, with maximum tempera lures of 100 at three points The latter part was cooler but tho heat continues abnormally high The lowebt temperature was 02 at Green Tills. The drought was broken by gener? al rains beginning on tbe 13th and continuing to the 16th, with amouuts ranging from a half to over three inches, The rainfall has put the soil into excellent condition for plowing, a id for sowing oats and turnips, and was beneficial to minor crops, but came to late to benefit corn acd cotton. It replenished creeks and streams where cattle watered, tbe supply of stock water having been scarce in places There is no improvement to be noted in late corn, which in many places failed to ear ; the corn crop as a whole is estimated at less than half an average yield. Some farmers are gatberiog and housing their corn. Cotton continues to open rapidly, aod oearly all is now open but the j rain will tend to check premature openiog, and to increase the size of immature bolls Io places the plants are again blooming, and some report a small top crop, but generally tbe top crop is unpromising Tbe weather favored rapid picking, and about half tho cotton is gathered. Tbe rains damaged open cotton slightly. Correspondents estimste tbe yield this year at about half an average crop. Sea island shows slight improvement, but is blooming to the top snd the plants sre dwat od. Peaa, aweet potatoes, pastures, fell gardens and late rice, which were very poor, have begun to improve Rice bsrvest is progressing and in places is nearly finished, except for Juoe plantings which will ripen io October. Beans, cabbages, white potatoea aod other truck are being planted on the coast track farms ander favorable cooditions The bsy snd otbsr forage crops will be short aod are incapaple of being much improved. Some oats have been sowo. CORRESPONDENTS' REPORTS. Abbeville?Abbeville : A good sea too yesterday (14th) the first stooe July 26.0 ; oottoo will oot make more thao half a crop ; ooro oo good exoept a few fijld.i of vary early plaotiog ; turnips will oot bo replaoted.?R Soodley B?rowell?Fairfax : Cottoo all opeo aod mostly picked out ; a few patohe* have a small promise of a top orop : there will bo bot a small fraction of too usual top crop ; sweet potatoes and sugar oaoe need raiu ; peavioo hay beiog gathered ; peas poor. Chesterfield?Chesterfield : After aaothor soorchiog week, a gectle raiu is now falling ; it will beruht all minor orops aod pastures, but will iojure open oottoo aod retard picking ; cotton oeariy all opeo ; sorghum aod sogar oaoe poor, as are all other crops ?Goo W Speooer Clareodoo?Clanodoo : Fine raio oo 14th, but too late to benefit oropa moob ; tbe hay erop will be very short io this seotioo ; sogar eaoe small ; riee suffered severely aod is almost a complete failure ; oo gardens plaoted. -KS DesCbamps. Charleston?Charleston : Tbe loog dry spell brokeo by raio Thursday oveoiog, beiog the first good raio io tbw seotioo aiooe Juno ; will favor plaotiog beaos aod white potatoea ; berry aod cabbage plants burnt up ? H M Simonds Darliogtoo?Darliogtoo: Cotton piek tog oearly finished ; yiold not exceed iog two thirds of ao average erop oet of lint, aod oottoo below ao average ; tbe floe raios this week will help peas, potatooa aod gras** ; also late rioe ; oottoo has put on new growth aod is blooming io plaoes, but too late to mature before Christmas ?E R Molvor. Fair field -Ridgo way : Crop pros peota poor ; oottoo half a crop ; ooro oot equal to half a erop ; peas poor ; gardens parebed ; light showers 14th, heavy raio 15tb ; turnips oot yot up ; potatoes suffered from drought ; late ooro will oot make seed.?E A Sessions Floreoee?Ebeoeior : Good rain on 14, 15th, bat too late for any erop exeept peas aod potatoes, whieh were tot late ; all otbor crops roioed by the dry aod hot weather ; oottoo about half gathered, erop extremely short.?J C Wilaoo Kcrshaw?Camdeo : About two ioohes of rain on 15:h ; will benefit peas and potatoes ; cotton ooariy all pickod ; will bo about half a normal orop ; corn will ho loss than ono fourth of a normal crop ?J B Iii ekle Lexington? Lecsville : Plenty of rain siuoo the 14;b, whiob will do peae, potatoes and gardens some good, but u )' muoh, as they are too far spent, ; a stand of luroip9 is now probable. ? A J Boat wright Marlboro?Beoncttsvillc : Rain oo the night of the 14th, first in three weeks ; cotton all open and half of it picked ; orop very short ; late ooro, peas, potatoes and hay crops almost entire failures ; gardeos barren of vegetables.?T S Evans. Sumter?Ramsey : A two weeks drought damaged peas and potatoes ; some fields are entirely bare of oottoo ; I think the oottun crop will all be gathered by On 15.h?Matt G Ram? sey. Orangebarg?Bowman : Tho first good raio in six weeks fell oo the 14th; too late to bo of any material benefit to orops ; some fields of corn being gath? ered yielding about half a orop ; cotton is being rapidly picked, the weather haviog been very favorable ; first picking loaves little on the stalk ; sugar oanc cauoot mako over bait a orop.?B 0 Evans. School Text Books. The State board of eduoatioo, after several meetings and a careful exami? nation of the books submitted for their inspection, have coooluded their task of adoptiog a list of text, book* to be used io the pubiio schools of South Carolina for tho next five years A oopy of tho list is published io this issue of The News The agitatioo in behalf of southoro books for southern sobools evidently had its effect oo the board lo oo other way is it possible to aooouot for their adoptioo of Leo's histories of the Uoitod States. This series is, with poarocly ao exception, the dullest, heaviest, least interesting and there fore the least teachable of all the his? tories io existence. But it was written by a southern woman, aod her oame is Lee ; aod it is published by a southern publishing bouse, whiob has maoaged io some way to interest a large oumbor of influential persons in its behalf, aod which has worked the old soldier raoket for all it was worth There is oot ooo praotioal, capable school teaob or io fifty that would select these histories for teaobiog children, for the simple reason that they are oot writteo io a style to interest children, or grown folks either for that matter The writing of history requires special taleot, ja?t as the writing of poetry, aod few poasess that taleot ; aod Mrs Leo is not cambered among the few We cannot aooouot for the discard iog of Maury's geographies, unless it is io obedience to the oew oraxa for the new method of teaobiog geography. Some regard Maory's as aotiquated. We regard this eerie? as the best of all, though Frye's is exoollcut, of its kind? and that is the kind that is in demand now by most soboolmco. It doe* look like a pity, though, that a book by ?o distinguished a southern author?tbe "pioneer of the 6ea"?should have to give place to a New Eoglaod book But if Frye's is the best, that is tbo ooo to have. There should be oo sec? tional lines io school books ; aod it is to be regretted that the board were oot so liberal-minded in selecting histories, so that tbey might have adopted real histories, snob as Fiske's or Egglestoo's * Tbc grammar we are oot familiar with and therefore have ootbiog to say of that seleotioo. The algebras aod arithmetics are very good Tbe text book oo physiology?a eubjeot to whiob muoh attention is givon io schools oow?is far superior to tbe book it replaces Tbe nature readers ovideoee a good idea oo the part of tho board, aod is somethiog oew aod need? ed io tbe public sobools Io short, with the exception of the histories, the seleotioo seems to bo a good ooe.? Greet.villo News -??HBWJ> ? - The Appetite or a Goat Is enviod by all poor dyspeptic* whose stotn ach and liver are out ot order. All ?ucli ?hould know that Dr. King'* New Lite Pills, tbe won derful Stoutacb and Liver Huiuedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion nnd a regu? lar bodily hitbit that loeUftS perfoct bnalth and great energy. Only 25c at J. F: W. DeLorme's drug store, * New York Life Insurance Company. OLDK8T and largest International Life Insurance Company in the world Op? erating under the control of H- imvernrneots No sherfholdm Assets over $236 000,000. All pronto pail to policy holders Life Ordi? nary. Accumulation Policies Ten, Fif? teen, Twenty Payment Accumulation Poli? cies. Ten, Fifieen, Two-?y-year Kndowmrot Accumulation Poicies Po'ieieg nonforfeita? ble, incontestable. H PRANK WILSON, Agem, 8ept 12 ?3m Sumtei, 8 0, I o those living /i malarial districts Tutt's Pills rc indispensible, they keep the .ystom in perfect order and are absolute cure I r sick headache, indigestion, malaria, torpid liver, constipa? tion and all bilious diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills rr pout ok thk condition ok THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, O? SUMTER, S. 0., At Suooter, in the State of South Caro'ina, at tbe close of busiress, Sept 5, 1900. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $271,550 02 Overdrafts, secured and unsecuroa 1 1,130 03 TJ. S. Bood9 to securecirculatiuo, 1 8,750 00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds 1.500 0U Stock?, securities, etc, 11,510 00 Banking house, furnnureand fix? tures, 4,797 09 Other real estate owned, 9.646 3* Due from National B> nka (not Reserve Agents) 3,622 97 Due from State Backs and Bankere, 22,399 18 Checke and other ca*h itoie, 3 643 21 Notes of other Nattooal Binks, 1,000 00 Fractr nul pa^er curreocy, niclc els and cents, 1G9 63 Lawful Money Reeer?e in Bnnk, viz: Specie, 7,1 If. 00 Legal-tender notra, 1,000 CO 8 111? 00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treas'r (5 per cent of circula? tion,) 937 50 Total, $363,101 10 LIABILITIES. Capital ftock paid in, 7^,000 00 Rorcloi (uud, 15,000 oo Undivided prcfi s, less eiptnses and iax*s p*id, 10,282 92 National t?aok noifa outstanding 18,75? 00 Due ?o otber N*tiuDai Banks 8,016 43 Due to State Banks and Bnt.kere, 140 61 Individutl deposits sutject to check, 102 247 6) Nous and bills rediscounted, 79,543 51 Total, $369,101 10 State of South Carolina, 1 ^? County of SunMer, j3a' I, R L. EDMUNDS, Cashier of the above nuined bank, do solemnly swear that tbe abore statement is true tu tbe test of my knowledge and belief. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of Sept , 1900. D. W. tUTTINO, [l s J Notary Puohc tor S. C. Correct?Attest: R M WALLACE, ) A. J. CHINA, [ Directors. NRILL O'DONNELL, J Sept 19, 1900. Estate of John Martin, Dece'd. WE WILL apply to the Judtte of Probate of Sumter conoiy on October 12tb, 190o, for a Final Discbarge as Kiecutora of aforesaid E*ute. JAEKS I) MARTIN, ISAAC M MARTIN, JOB JACKSON. Sept 12, 1900?41 Turnip Seed Full line of all desirable va? rieties, new crop seed just re? ceived. Havana Segars. Large line of ?ne Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLonne's Drwr Store. The Lamest awl 1st Complete it Geo. S. 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