The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 17, 1900, Image 4
TBE Ii4IfD O' THK 8KY.
(Wntieo at Aibeville H. 0 )
I
Meeataies teat climb to tb? blas b?od oo
stgb
Le-ass aber? ibt tun cm tbeaaealvea io ibt
?ietot ?Allers of beautv ?od lote,
Waste earth eeocai to eloee to ?he beeveo
?bot?
Tn eao boor the feiet ?ehoes of ttraphtm
fm%
Ae4 Um ami'Ml beet
Of Ue beerte of tbe aage Ij?tb? aooge they
rifin
1 ? tbcir cadaoee? a?eet I
, II.
A wild world of uooouiot tbot drift iolo
dreeaa;
. Tbc rtffd* of nllc ?od tb? deebicg of atreama
Tbat traf to tb? too I Aod tb? beams ?od tbt
gleams
TeaA Uro |oo to g ardeas of b??otifol dreamil
Of beeettrel dreame lb?t have lifted joor
CMl
To the Heeder'? bif b roll I
Weere f? Clip from Itter*? e?r?, ?ud itc core*
Ml control,
With tnc J>j lo yoor cocl.
III
?ad ?rowood wltb old glory tbcet moun
Tbc ct# ?OCthrsg bilt? lo tbot? vailejt ???
sbaabad :
etroaaae io tbc bollowc bj mystery
beaoted?
seketbai et HI wa?? tbsir groco ban
s-tse eadeooteo
Aod dar? Um atorm'a tboodtr I . . . ?od
rwft.ee of preis?
?sesfrtfas Tt?efC, CUM reite
To tAo Vtatoa ?b?te tbem, wbile roaa-acast
cd wsje
Wrests* um beectifol dsys I
IT.
O. lead ?f all boaatj-loved Und of ?ho
???,
Wberc t>MC breotbc? "Good mornlog," ard
"goodby I"
?* ?o?b wild wlod lo melody
Acd Ucmo Um^bright steps of tb? gode of the
TW ?cot of tbe asorntog Ic wblM oo thy
brsaei i
Tbo? ort et? asd? tboo art bleat
Preoa tbc ecoe to tb? ?cit oed tbc noc to the
weet
Witb tbc raeo. wreath of r*?t I
F L. 8
Battery Park. Atbovill?, II C.
?Atleeta Goeatttulioo, 8ept. 22, 1900
For Bryan end Stevenson
Tbc Hailoeal Democratic Committee ia
aorely lo w?ot of .uodt to prosecute tb? ears
aaiga, ?od o call bat bean made by Col.
Wine JotMfl. 8r?t? Oba*rmao, for cootribn
Uooc frost 8ooth Carolina. Tboc far tbo
am ?4 $24 2S baa been gW?o by Soaier
Occatj. Of tbi? aaiooot $20 ?ee donated
r?r.tb? Ooeety Deeaoeratte Ksetative Com
antec owl of foods oo band, and S* 25 by
UM Wedged?M DaoaoeraUe Olaf through the
SMisPifi Mr. Bogcoe I Ayeoek. Tbls lat?
ter eemUdbsjtlee ia an a??rag? of 10 osotc to
ib?r of Iba? ?lab, aod csts so ex
wortby of imitatioo by e??ry other
MMeleb to tb? ?o?ot?. Will sot the
itc ??d staretertss of tb? virioaa clobt
of tb? Ooooty D?eaoerstie Bx
eCetire Committee, beat I r tbamaelvet at once,
sad esc that a eootrfbatioB ic scot f
Boss? ? ssost ukt tbo Isltiatlre, or it
will aot bo doa?. 8amter Coocty ihoold
raloa a beede?me ?ssoooi aod stuiaio ber
rtpotatioa far liberality. Let whatever ia dooe
b? doa? riebt away "He gifts ttiee, who
givea asiealy "
Asv ?aaooais Mat to tb? count; chairman
will ba forwarded immediately, sad any todi
?Ideal aoboeriptioo to tbe fond will be glad
If rewrite! A Hot will be kept at tba store
of Kaigbt Brcc for ibis purpose.
I*arf daSt*?ret \* ?read to do something to
aid la tb? stsetloo of Brrao and Stereoton
John M. Ko'ght,
County Che ihm.
atsttttn? a a ??
Annual Boll of the Burnt er Club.
Tb? aaaoal or opeoing ball of tbaScmter
Glob will take ple-e tbla "tar. the evening of
Thursday Noverajar IS. Tbla denee has
grown to be the a?ost important aod "swell*
ess" ???al of ihe y ?ar, sod la alwajs looked
forward to wltb stieb pleaoore by ibe mem*
bore of tboelob Vhoee lo cb-rg? hope to
aaake tb? eoasiag ocMoton tarpaM all preei
oaa oaea ta tbe way of toeoMt
Tbe follow tog com as 11 lee ^ ba*e been
salted i
Araaagseaast?J O D?Lerma, Chairman,
? A H?ae?a?d W 3 Alfoed
luetMtMO?S J R?uaaberg, Obaii man, T
P Lyaaaa a ad 0 B Yeadoo
floor?H M Baodarr, Cbairsae, 0 K
?arts, O W B?t?bla?oti.
?awtpSMa Mr aod IIrt 8 0 Baker. Mr aod
Mrs Altaaawat Mooes, Mr aad Mrs H J Groeer,
Jr. Mr Aod Mrs Haary Harby, Mr aod Mrs I
0 SlraoM, Mr aod Mrs Marion Moite, Mr and
Mra R 0 Law
Tbe following are asked to ebaperoo? the
Mr ?ad Mra W A Bowman, t A Bult
aaaa, f A Baltaaao, R L Sdmoodn, O F
Mpawreoo, J M lalgbi, J P Laogbarj, R D
Lee Peed La*?, Much L??i, Loma Left. J H
Loejr. Loa la Ljooa, R I Maootoff, 0 P Mr
Paddeo. I H Moaaa. H 0 Moaee, Neill O Doo
aell, H O Oataeo, A 0 P he I pa aod Mra Pelix
Moeeo.
Aecordiog to tbo cooatilotioo of (be club
ao m-lt rMtaeat of ?umter, not a mtmoer,
will ba adatltted.
aaawoawoli*o Iram Ifareo.
Wae Oaa roeoll af bis tplenAid baalrh In?
domitable will and traaeeadvus energy are oot
faaad wbaea fttaeaaeb, Llear, Kidaoja aod
Oowala ara ?ot ?f ?rdwe. If 70? waol ?be??
^oaHtiaa aad tbo eoeeeee Ibaj briag, oaa Dr
Kiag'e Paw Life Pilla They deeelop nwmrj
pawar of beaia aad body. Only SAo at J. F.
W DeLerme's Drug Store ?-S
A Kairo Boot.
Oambliag aagrooa aod the band* pistol
teem 10 go together, aod arerr few dajra aome
aecro pgtg ebot while sjsfbfj thia or crapa.
Htogtetoa Lawellea la tba aaoet recent victim.
He was a bot Moadej aftaroooo wbile gam
bllag "iih ? crowd of oegroae lo a boote
aear tba depot He I? aaid to have beeo tbot
ay Louie Browa, who has aia?a diaappaered
from town. Tba other oegroes prerooi at the
time ara b?ow? 10 tba polte?, bot 00 arrrsta
bate aeoa aaada. Lawellen waaahot through
ibe abdomen, the ball paaaiog ?brougb the
vermiform ap>eadii, the aaat of appecdi
?ittt, oad if bo reooeert ba will oot b? likely
M fall a eMiiat to that faabionabla diee?
for tb? appaadu waa raato?*d wbeo tbe tall
wac ex treated. Hie ooodioou ta critical, but
be VaC a che nee of recovering
1 amstaMa>M?)?)i -aa?
?oloaoio r.roptiooe.
Ara gn*nd, bat Skm Kruptioaa rob life of
Jay. Backlaa'a Araiaa Salve earee them , a!ao
Old Raoaiag aad fever 8or?e, Uloere, Boila,
Peloae, Ceree. Worte, CoU. Brunee. Bone,
?aoUe, Ckappad Hande, t'bilblalaa. Beat Pile
Car* ?a earth Ovivaa aot Fame aad Aabae.
Oaly IA eta. a boa. Oar* gasraatoad. bo d
bo J. f. ef. ?adesssta, 4e?ggia4. |
COUNCIL MEETING
Tb? City Council met in regular session et
7 o'clo'k Uli Wednesdev ni^ht, with Mayor
Stuckey ?od Aldermen Bin le, Ohaudler, W.
H. Bppereon, Kino, Huret end Purdy, pres
eat ; Rowland aod O F. Epperson, abseot.
Tbe ainntf of Sept. 26tb, October 4tb
nod 8th were read aod cootirmed.
Ree 0. 0. Browo waa before Oooocil to
answer to a charge preferred by Health Offi?
cer Reerdoo for diicbergtng kitchen slope
and naih water from bit rseidencs ioto tbe
drain on C?ual Street, in violation of ao
ordinance Mr. Browo stated tbat be bas for
several yrara bad pipes from bis premises
connected witb the drains, as have a great
iiumber of other citiieot; that a rule of tbe
Boerd of Hoaltu prevented him from empty
ieg the slope oo bis premises aod be could
make no other disposition of lltem, except to
empty tbem ioto the dreie. Mr Browo urged
00 Couooil tbe necessity of e sewerage |jstem
of some kiod, eod hoped they woold de?ise
a pleo to tolve the qoee<ioo. On motioo of
Mr. Chandler ecvon waa postponed, and a
tpeciel meeting of Gooneil wea appointed for
ibe lltb Instant at which tbe Board of
Health shall be requested to be preeeot for
oooanltetloo.
The Fieanee Committee reported that the
Clerk's hooka for Auguit bad been examioad
aod fonnd correct, aad tbat bills rs erred at
last meetiog bed teen approved
Mr. Hurst ateled tbat Mr Tbomaa Wilson J
of the Northwestern Railroad had 'old bim
i bat there It no gravel on the iioe of bia rood,
bit ibe city might obtain some from Oamdeo
by tbe Southern Railway.
Tbe License Tax Ordinance for 1901, which
it ideMiceUy tbe lame ea tbe 1900 ordinance
1 and urn Aeouat Tex Ordinance for tbe year
beginoiog October 1st, were read aod order?
ed published, no der e resolution auapendiog
I tbe role which requires two leadings
A letter waa reed from Health Officer B I
Raardon askiog that bia salary be increased
from $85 to $45 per month Accompany log
tbe letter wea a resolution of the City Board
of Health amending the Rnle V, See 3, by
making tbe Health Officer's aaierj $4S per
I month which they requested Council to ap?
prove and ratify.
I Meesrs Rpportoo aod Chandler mowed to
approve the emendmeot anbmitted Measra.
j Hurst eed Pordy moved ea a substitute tbet
the iocreeee be to 140 instead of $45, aa Mr
Reardoo, io addition to bia salary as Health
Officer, also r?v?ivee 111 per month as Secre
I tary of the Boud of Health. Tbe substitute
I waa loat and the previous motion adopted,
thus raising Mr. Reunion's salary to $50 per
aoatb, 1 e, $45 ee Health Officer eod $5 ea
Secretory.
I Aoetber communication from Health Offi?
cer Reardoo, dealiog with tbe question of
aewerege, wea presented, bot Council post?
poned reedlag it nntll another meetiog.
I Mr. H. L Scarborough, Snperinteodeot of
the Somter Water Oo , wee preeeot end read
a letter from hie comptny in refsieoce to de?
ficient water pressure in western part of tbe
city. Tbo company showed wherein they bed
been liberal in their cooceoaiooe to tbe city,
and abonld oet be b.amed for the exiaiiog
defect, aa Council had not taken hydrenta as
the contract required. They proposed, how?
ever, that if Council would teke one addi
I ttooal hydraot at corner of Haroy avenue
eod Republican street, tbey would pot io 6
iocb meio on Republican atreet from Church
to New atreet, connecting witb 4 iocb pipe nt
tbat polot. It waa decided to accept this
offer and an order waa paaaed for the addi*
tiouel btdraot.
I The Clerk stated tbet there had beeo oo
publication in pampblet form of tbe city or?
dinances since 1893, aod consequently refer?
ences to lawaof tbe vlty were difficult. Tbe
ordinances were ordered printed in pamphlet
form.
The Meyor informed Council that aome per
aoos erecting telephone wires oo Church
Strset bed mutilated tbe shade treea, aod
asked what should be dooe. He waa advised
to issue warreots for the guilty parties and
make ao example of tbem
A letter from 8. A. Sch'.oes wee presaoted,
I aakiog Conaell to moke eo offer for the lease
of toe Opeie House, but it was decided to let
tbe present arraogsmeat stood
A request from Mr. WiMiam Yeadoo for oo
j electrto light for Salem eveooe (formerly
New street) and tiaynaworth atreet waa re?
ferred to tbe committee of uublio works.
Mr Purdy called attention to tbe .poor
coodit ooof tbe npparaiusof the Hook aod
Ladder Co , and ibe saner was refarred to
Vie po ice end fire departmeot committee.
Mr. Epperson reported tbat io opening
ditcbee to ley terro cotto pipe several water
pipes tbat were fonnd croaaiog tbe ditch woold
have to oe lowered by meoea of coopliuga,
aod asked if tbe city should have the altera?
tions made at puolic expense Couocil
thought tbe owners abonld do tbia, and the
superintendent of strsets wea directed to so
ootify tbem. Oo their feilore to do so, tbeo
to cut tbe pipe out of bia woy eod plug tbe
eodo
Tbe September report of tbe clerk eod
treasurer wee referred to tbe finance commit?
tee. Couocil theo ecjjoroei.
Meeting of Board of Education.
Tbe City Boerd of Bdocation met yester?
day ofieroooo et ft o'clock, with Messrs.
Moiae, O'Doonell, Hoyoawortb, Stockey aod
Sept. Edmunds preeeot.
Mr Edmunds read o letter from W. T.
Andrews, principal of lbs Llncolc School in
reference to teilion fees As e result of this
common icatio:) a resolution waa adopted :
Tbet bersofter tbe tuitioo fees io tbet school
t'e 7ft cents per mootb for 1st, 2d, 3d eod 4th
grades ood $1 per mootb for 5th, f.th, 7th
aod 8th grades ;
2d That the Secretary be iostrocted to
communicate witb Principal Andrews request
iog from bim o list of those pupils liviog io
District No 1, eo tbat tbe matter might be
referred to District No. 1 for action.
A letter was read from Mise M H Oirar
deou( teocber, requesting on increase of sal?
ary. Tbe board decided io pay ber oo In?
crease of $5 per mootb
Tbo application of Ree. W. R A Palmer
to beeo the eoroilmeot of bis school reported
moetbly wee referred to Mr Edmunds and
the Coooty Superintendent of Education
Tuition and Contingent Fees
j Some people neve a misconception of tbe
I action of tbe City Boerd of Education io fix?
ing the tuition to be charged con resident
puuiia who otteod Lincoln Graded School.
Tuition fees era collected from pupils who are
not resideots or this cit? aod from oo others
There ere o few pupil* attending the school
wbo live in tbe country acd tin rule of ibe
board appliee to these pupils ooly. No
ebaoge was made io tbe contingent fee re?
quired of all pupils ood it remaios tbe same
as it bos beeo for eevsrel years.
QfjlMTlON A NSW KHK I).
V?g, August I luwer still has the largest sale
of any loedleine io tbe eiviliaed world. Your
mothers and granum -thers nevrr thought of
using anything else fur indigestion or billious
net*. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom
beard of appendicitis, nervous prostration or
heart failure, ete. They used August Flower
to clean out tba system aod stop fermentation
of undigested food, regulate tbe action of the
livar, sttoselate the nervous and organic action
of the system, and that is all ibey took when
feeling dell aod bad with beadaehss aod other
ache*. You only aeed e few doses of Green's
August Flower, ia liquid form, to make yen sat
UAed there Is sfsjJgglJdPlI JsMlta^Jfljl
Wedgefleld New?.
Wedgcheld, Oct. 16?The cottoo crop id
about harvested here aod mast of it has been
sold.
I expect it would cause "ooeaaineas" at
Brrao campaign quarters if it was known be
would lose some votes in the democratic
town of WedgeCeld
Ageots for the Aroericao Bible Publish?
ing Co , are in town this week, aod are ink?
ing tbe last $6 SO from lots of tbe colored
families. Cottoo picking is over, it looks
like they c.o't resist taking anything oo
time iq the summer. They will lake off over
$600 from bere. t
Dr. P. M. D?*igbt has m red back to bis
winter borne.
We were glad to see Miss Brie Wilson oor
assistant teacher at her post on frkuday aod
looking so well.
Very few peas and corn have beeo offered
for sale so far. Tbese too crops are very short.
Qoldeo Rad is io bloom, sod droves of
black birds are seen around which it a sign
of ao early fall acd frost.
Dock.
JPISGAH NEWS.
Mr. Editor | Ws are baviog the cold wave
which was bailed with delight, though it
makes some of oi examine oor little mooey
bag to ascertain if we can replenish tbe ward?
robe lo due season or oot.
Farmers ars nearly through harvesting
their crops, esd oat plaoting seems to be
geoetai, which we are prone" to see, for tbe
short grain crop will place many of us at tbe
mercy of the speculators soother year,
Mr Editor, we hope jou will join io with the
editor of the Weekly Constitution sod insist
upon every farmer oot to iscresse bis cottoo
crop, hot to increase the graio crop ; other?
wise tbao this, we will oot be able to cootrol
the apecalatora who have caused sore oppres?
sion io loog smoog tbe farming class of peo?
ple.
It is tros tbat tbe intense hot wave spoken
of by D bas beeo eery trying, but when we
coosider the condition of oar ' community,
their on6inest to meet ao untimely death,
we say God forbid that a small Oalvestoo
burricaoe or any thing almilar to ooe should
sver viait oor community.
If we rightly understand the aitualioo of
the farmers io our section, we thiok it to be
a very serious situation, especially for. the
laboring class, therefore we have failed to
locate tbe untold visions of wealth spoken of
io tbe Pisgah news by D.
Tbe youog ladies' ooo-marryibg society,
spoken of by D., seems to bs progresaiog
oicely. No ooe to oor koowledge baa made
aoy comolaiot, except D We appreciate tbe
wisdom ot oor fair sex, and wish tbem grand
success. A Subscriber.
Pisgah, Oct. 15, 1900.
Powder Mill Explosion
Removes everything in sight; se do drastic
mineral pills, but both are mighty dangerous.
Don't dynamite the delicate machinery of your
body with calcmel, croton oil or aloes pills
when Dr. Kiog'i New Life Pills, which are
gentle as a tu turner breeze, do tbe work per
fectly. Cures, headaches, constipation. Only
26c, at J ? W DeLortue's drug store. 2
A New Variety of Qrapes.
Mr D James Wion brought to this office a
few days ago two bunches of a new variety
of grape, the Columbian, wbich he is grow?
ing. The grapes ate the largest tbe writer
ba< ever seen, some of tbe individual berries
being four inches in circumference. The
Columbian is a late variety and is just now
ripening weeks after all other bunch grapes
have matured. Tbe statement in reference to
tbe a zi of tbe grapes may ?oood rather ex?
aggerated but we have the grapfs to show for
it. Mr Wioa has also male qoite a aoecess
with Keiffsr pears and he brought us several
very large aod handsome specimens from his
orchard of five year old treea.
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Hla Life Waa Savtd.
Mr. J. E- Lilly, a prominent cltiien of Han?
nibal, Mo., lately bad a wonderful deliveranoc
from a frightful death. In tolling of it be says:
''I was taken with typhoid fever that ran into
pneumonia* My iung? became hardened. I
was ao weak I couldn't even eit up in bed.
Nothing helped mo* I expeeted soon to die of
Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New
Discovery. Ooe bottle gave great relief. I
continued to use it, and now am well and
strong. I can't say too much in its praise."
This marvellous medicine is the surest and
quickest cure io the world for all throat and
lung trouble Regular sites 50 cts aod $1.00.
Trial bottle free at J F. W. DeLorme's Drug
Store, every bottle guaranteed. 2
TO LOCATE TBE LINE
Today officials aod employes of tbe South
Carolina Telepbooe company will make a trip
acrosi tbe c ountry from the city to Ooogaree,
tbe object being to loeate tbe tine of telephone
wires tbat will connect Columbia with tbe
entire |*ee Dee section at Sumter, the system
beyond Sumter already having about 800
?phones connected and working. It ia pro?
posed to build a line acroaa tbe country from
bere to Congaiee, thence following tbe line of
tbe railroad into Sumter. It ia aaid that thia
line te to be built at ooce end Columbia put
ia touch with the Pee Dee country at the
earliest posaible moment.?The State.
Dr H. W. Lewis, Lewreoceville, Va ,
writes, "I am using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure in
my practice among severe cases of indigestion
and find it an admirable remedy." Many
hundreds of physicians depend upou tbe uae
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure in atomaob troubles.
It digests what you eat, aud ellowe you to
eat ail tbe good food you need, providing
you do oot overload your atomacb. Oivea
instant re'ief and a permanent cure. J 8
Hughaon A Go.
Twenty seven cents paya. Bnutr your
Cotton Seed io W fi. Bojle.
Oct. 13-lw.
Cottoe Seed Meal aod Hallo and atock of
all hinds for aale by W. B Boyle.
Oct. 13?lw.
Highest eaab price paid fur Cottoo Seed.
More New Road
South Carolina now baa another piece of
new railroad property. It has joat beeo !
completed aod will tomorrow r>e inspected
and tbrowo opeo to traffic by the State rail*
road commission. It ia tbe Camden branch
of the Nortbweatero railroad, which ia ao
extension of the old Wilson k Summerton.
The branch runs from Sumter to Camdeo, a I
distance of about 28 miles, going into Cam?
deo on tbe 0. R k C track, usiog about I
three miles aod tbe termioals of tbe last
named Tbe road baa been built in about e i
, year's time. It opens up a fine agricoltoraj
and timber section Several stations have
already beeo established. Somter tbua gets a
shorter coooectioo with tbe Seabonrd'a maio
line.
Mr. Thomas Wilson is president of this
railroad aod ha ta to asod a car bere for tbe
commissioners to oae oo tbeir trip. Qot.
McSweeney baa been invited to accompaoj
the commissioners oo tbeir inspection?The
State.
? ??> ? ? SJJSW ?
Duriog tbe winter of 1897 Mr James Reed,
one of the leading citizens and mercbanta of
Clay, Clay Co, W Va, atrock bia leg ageioat
a cake of ice in auch o manner ea to bruise it
severely. It became very much swollen nod
pained him eo badly tbat be could oot walk
without tbe aid of crunches. He wea treated I
by physicians, also used several binds of lini?
ment ood two and a half gallons of wbiakey
io bathing it, but nothing gave eoy relief
until be began uaiog Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. This brought almoat a complete core
in a week's time end be believes that had he
oot used tbia remedy bia leg would have bed
to be amputated Pain Balm is uneqaaled
for epraioa, bruises aod rheumatism. For
aala by Dr A J China.
A Tenor Rivaling Jean de Besike.
On Monday night, October 29th, Sydney
Woodward, the famoua colored teoor, will
aing in the Opera Houae, aod the people of
Sumter will have an opoortonity of hearing
a tenor whose yoice ia surpassed only by tbat
of Jean de Resske.
Madam Barbot, the highest muaical author?
ity in"Charleston, gsve the following state?
ment to Iba Newa and Courier for publicatioo
a few weeks ago, joat prior to a Woodward
concert given for tbe benefit of the Qalveatoo
sufferers :
"1 have heard this remarkable teoor three
times end oo each occasion I have been more
anxiooa to bear him again. When I first
heard him I waa charmed witb bia deliciooa
voice, but ] then thought it might be the re?
sult of novelty in listening to a colored
singer. But on the two aubacquent occaaiooa
rfouod out that it waa the true merit io the
singer that impressed me. Hia voice baa a
wide range aod ia under perfect control. Hia
atyla and maooer are eaay without affectation.
I have oo hesitation in saytng that he ia tbe
finest teoor I have ever beard aod I wiah you
woold let thia be koown. The lovers of
music should not miss thia concert aod the
place in which he sings ahould be packed oo
Monday night Tbe cause for which he siogs
abonld also be aootber iaducamsot to attract
a large audience."
Madame Barbot added thia : "A musical
c.itic with wbom I am intimate, and to
tthosn judgment I defer greatly, told me tbat
of all tbe famoua singers b9ard ia the Opera
House in New York last seaioo, witb the
exception of Jem de Raezke, this tenor ex?
celled tbem all."
Barton Levan aod other local talent will
assist in tbe coucsrt.
Decision in Garret-Weinberg Case.
Tbe following synopsis of tbe decision of
tbe aopreme court io tbe GUrret-Weinberg
case, which waa prepared for the Columbia
State by John S. Reynolds, Esq., of the Co?
lombia bar, will be ot interest to quite a
Dumber of our reedera :
Joho A. Gartet et el, appellants, v. Rosa
Weinberg et al, rfseoodeota.-?Evidence.
Grounds of appeal. Form of exceptions.
Conati;utional requirements.
Tbia was an actioo for the partition of real
estate Tbe defendants settiog op title, tbe
case was tried by a jury, bis booor Judge
Aldrich presiding. Tbe verdict being for tbe
defendants, and e motion for a new trial hav?
ing been overruled, the plaintiff* appealed
from the judgment thereon entered.
?The ?o!e purpose of * question asked a
witness beiog ;o elicit testimony abowiog tbe
insolvency of a party, such testimony waa
admissible. General reputation is one of tbe
modes of establishing tbe feet of insolvency.
Q leatiooa to a witness, whether be "ever
knew" a certain party "to have any pioper
tj" and wheih;r auch party bad "aoy other
property besides" tbe land in dispute were
properly ruled Ineompetent, aa the manner in
whieb appeller its tbn* attempted to show
ownership of lucb land is not one of tbe
modes recognised in ibis State. But tbe
error, if any, was harmless error, since tbe
witness anawered tbe first question in tbe
negative, and eticb answer was not stricken
oot?tbe answer really preceding tbe objec?
tion of counsel.
Tbe admisaiot of evideoce of certain judg?
ment rolls (appellants contending that tbe
judgments had beeo fully paid) ao far as it
involved a question of fact is oot tbe subject
of review by this court. But if there was
error io aucb admission it did not prejudice
tbe rigbts of the appellants.
Tbe record failing to disclose tbe fact that
tbe appellant* insisted upon tbe exclusion of
certain records in former actione between tbe
partiea hereto (auch actions lesultiog in noo
suits for failure to give security for costs)
tbe admission of such records in evidence was
aot error of law.
Tbe supreme court, io former appeals bere
io, did oot undertake to decide aoy questions
ot fact arising out of tbe issue of title, out
only to rule upon tbe questions of law pre?
sented for its consideration. Tbe presiding
judge evidently did not intend to exclude
from the coosidetatinn of tbe jury any evi?
dence offered upon o former ttial, wbtcb waa
properly introduced on the trial before him.
If in stating the issues raised by tbe plead?
ings tbe presiding judge made a mistake, bis
etteotion should h ive oeeo called tbe.eto if it
waa to be made a ground of appeal
Under aection 8 of article 5 of tbe consti?
tution partiea to a cause are oot entitled to
the opinion or judg mt-nt of tbe supreme court
upon any poiot ' made and distinctly stated
in the cauae ood fairly ariaing upon the
record of the case " For this coert to under
take to formulate tbe exceptions, sub-divisioas
sod brooches of sub divisions, so ai to Stole
distinctly tbe point* which appellants claim
arise upon tbe record of tbe case would im?
pose upon tbe court a duty net cootempUted
ov tbe cooatuution, especially aa the supreme
court la required to 8le decisions witlrn 60
days from tbs lest d?y of the cou t ot which
Io the present case exceptions opeo to
I criticism under tbe above-cited provision of
tbe constitution have been considered and
overruled without a statement of tbe reason!
of this court in reaching i s conclusions.
An exception which points out no specific
error cannot be considered.
Tbe record showing tbat tbe circuit judge
ruled upon all tbe grounds of tbe motion for
a new trial, appellant's exceptions founded
upon an alleged incomplete consideration, by
the circuit j idge, of tbe grounds ot such
motion cannot be eubtaired.
Tbe conclusion of tbe circuit judge upon a
question of fact presented io a motion for a
new trial cannot be reviewed ov this conn.
Tbe circuit judge having charged substan?
tially the law, and the appellants bavlog
omitted to request him to charge more speci?
fically, there is uo ground of exceptioo to
such charge on tbe ground that be did not
charge more specifically.
Ao exception founded upon an affidavit
held by ibis court to be incompetent as evi?
dence cannot be sustained.
Judgment below affirmed. Opinion by Mr.
Justice Gary.
Messrs. A. B Sluckey, Tboi. S. Moor?
man for appellants ; Messrs. Lee A Moise for
respondents.
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I have j ist received a ear load ot good
Tennessee Hortes For eals cheap for cash
or for approved paper.
Call and hoy before expenses are added.
Oct. II. W. B. Boyle.
-?^mm*>~~++' ^sjstaa
Richard, the Lion Hearted.
Oo tbe !0tb of December, 1897, Rev S A
Dooahoe, pastor M K Cburcb, South, Pt
Pleasant, W Va, contracted a severe cold
which was attended from the beginning by
violent coughing. He says: "After resort?
ing to a number of so called 'specifics,' usu?
ally kept in tbe boose, to oo porpoee, I pur?
chased a bottle of Chamberlain's Ooogb Rem?
edy, which acted like a charm. I most cheer?
fully recommend ivto tbe public." For aale
by Dr A J China
Attention Confederate Veterans.
Tbe I pension laws having been cbaoged,
you are notified to meet at your election
precincts oo Friday 2Sth day of October
1900 to elect ooe Confederate Veteran to
represent you io Sumter S. 0. oo tbe Coooty
Board of Pensions. All persons so elected
will meet st the Court House oo Monday
Nov. 5th to elect from their cumber 4 of these
represeotatives who with a Physician to be
elected by eaid 4 representatives will consti?
tute tbe Couoty Board of Pensions.
All those oow receiving pensions are noti?
fied that all pensions have beeo dropped and
those desiring pensions must make new ap?
plications to tbe new Board.
P. P Gailiard,
Chairman Couoty Pension Board.
All papers in tbe county are requested to
copy.
Tetter, salt-Rncani and Eoiema.
Tbe intens? itching and smarting incident to
these diseases, ia instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlain's Bye and Skin Ointment. Many
very bad cases have been permanetly eured by
it. It is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped
bands, chilblains, frost bites and ebronio sore
eyes. 25cts per box. For sale by Dr. A J.
China. Dee 30?o
Robert Dowoiog and bis strong sopportiog
company gave io the Opera Eooee
on lost Mooday oigV, a most artistic
and satisfactory production of "Rich?
ard tbe Lion Beefrted," t*>e oew ploy
writteo expressly for Mr Doweiog sod pot
00 tbo stage by bim for Ibe first time this
season. The ground work x>f the play was
evidently taken from Seott's "tVaohoe," aod
"Tbe Talisman" and tbe English chronicles
of tbe crusade period. The entire play is
permeated with tbe spirit of chivalry, and tbe
glamors of romance with which tbe Crusades
and Richard, tbe Lion Hearted have erer been
surrounded is tbe atmosphere that is success
folly reproduced in this ploy; Robert Down*
ing's latest and greatest creation. Tbe spe?
cial scenery, costumes and slags' effects have
all beea desigaed wttn reference to tbe period
In which the sctioa of tbe play occurs, aod
the result is ab historically botorafe produc?
tion in these respects. Downing was at bis
best and those who bad seen nod admired
bim io other prays io past years bad all ex?
pectations a ore than ruTolle* *n this charac?
ter. He baa bot com? to tba falloees of bis
powers ss a tragedian ana In tbe romantic
school, oow so popular with the play-goiog
public, be is io bis element.
His support was fareaperidr to that found
to tbe average compaey, and hie lead i Dg lady,
Miss Alberta Coo verse, who created the part
of Priecees Berengiria, is a'star who easily
divides the honors with bin. She is beaoti
fnl, talented aod pceeeesea that attractive stage
presence and megnetftm that will always
make her a favorite with tbe andiene?
Charles D. Herman, as Bogb of Mow bray,
had a difficult and unpopular character to
play, bot be did it cleverly and well Miss
Mionie Lindley, aa Rose de La Foix was
a charming and coquettish old-world maid and
made a decided bit, while Miss Lillian Kioga
bory, as Lady Matilda Plantagenet looked
and acted tbe part to perfection. Friar
1 Tack, the jolly, wine-drinking, deer-stealing
I shepherd of Robin Hood's merry men, was
admirably portrayed by Alban W. Purcell.
All things considered Richard, tba Lion
Hearted ia a play tbat ehoold be immensely
popular every where and with Robert Down?
ing io the title role it should draw crowded
houses for maov seasons to come
Dr. Cady'e Condition Powders
re just what a horse needs when in bad con
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They are not food but medicine, and tbe best
to use to put a horse io prime jndition. Price
25 cents per package. For sale by Dr A, J
China. Deo 30?o
MY OPENING
OF PATTERN HATS
AND MILLINERY NOVELTIES
Will take place on Tuesday, October 23d, 1900, to which you
arc most cordially invited.
Miss McDonald?
main street - - sumter. s. c.
Oct 17 _ _
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and each grade is
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r-wept away.
Oxfords 60 cents
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Ha* Never Been Equalled as a Pulverizer.
I sell tin no Harrows on so little margin tbat my greatest comfort is Im the
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My doossAare open to all?My stock is ready for inspection.
Come and see me io my oew -quarters, corner of Liberty aod Herein Streets.
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