The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 19, 1900, Image 2
ESENATE
AMENDS TREATY.
Aod Gives the Administra?
tion a Black Eye
Washington. 1) ?o 14 ?The eenate
'committee on /ore ig n relations today
hold a epeoiel meeting and decided to
recommend four amendments of the
Oay Pauooefote treaty
Toe committee adopted an amend
mem suggested by Senator Foreker,
which declare* that th j Hiy Paoooe
ffnle .treaty eoperaedes the Oiaytou
Bolrr r treaty and ilto etrikee oot of
tbe Bay Paoooefote agreement article
3 which permita the submission of
tbe Hay Peanoefote treaty to tbe
othei povrere end invitee their aocept
sooe of it
Unleee aotended beyonc ? ny de
gree proposed to the eeoate by the
responsible leaders, and resolved into
etch form ee to make it an absolute?
ly disooortfoos matter to be com
sonicated, the pending Hay Parjoce
fote ireety will be eubmitted to the
British government by the preoident
Tbe comonioetioo will be purely
pro forma, for vhe administration hae
?ot th?* slightest idea that tbeconyen
tion will be accented by the Br'ieb
government Any expectation that
tbe action of the eeoate yeaterday
wpoo tbe Davle ame ndment to the
B*y Paoncetote treaty would result
is tbe immediate retirement of Seore
tery Bey from tbe cabinet, ie nega
tlved by tbe fact that the secretary
bee oot resigned, end eccording to
bie owo statement, will not leave the
cabinet etpreeent.
mum ? ? -4mm?? .
Itt)mates of Cotton Crop of
United States 19001901.
New York. Deo 12? Having re?
ceived many lettere of inquiry con
corning tbe probable total oottoo
crop of tbe United Stales for this
?wer. on Bee let. we mailed 3,800
lettere to selected end relieblo our
reap* ode nie?banks, bankers, cotton
Commission merchants, brokers, pro
prietore of public gins, railroad offi
wiels and, plentere, covering every
Cotton growiog county in tho south
?seeking information
Up to this date, in response to our
lettere we have received 2.235
replies of average date Deo 6th,
which we cooeider aa reliable aa any
information that ceo be obtained on
tbieanbject, end we tebolate as fol?
lows :
Estimated total crop this year a?
ecrnpurd with laat year
Average of 21S letters makes de
creese io Alabima, 13 per cent or
crop of 00fe,4'20 ; crop last year,
1,044,000
Average of 249 lettere rnakee in
creese in Arkansas, 8 per cent or
orop of 810,000 ; crop last year,
750,000
Average of 16 lettere makoe de
crease in Florida 15 per cent or orop
of 43,500 ; crop laat year, 50,000
Average of 419 letters ro*kes de?
crease in Georgia, 4 per cent or orop
of 1,254.610 ; crop bet year, 1,809,
00*
Average of 63 letters makes de
crease in Louisiana 8 per cent or
orop of 516,000 ; crop laat year,
625 000
Average of 332 lettere tnakea de
crease in Mieeiesippi 20 per cent or
crop < f 1,163 500 ; crop laat year,
l,i8* 000
Average of 253 letters makes de?
crease in North Carolina 4 per ceot
or crop of 539,560 ; or^op leei year,
561 010
Average of 197 lettere makes de
ere in South Carol mm 6 per ceot
or orop of 865,740 ; crop lint veer,
921,?M?0
Average of 82 letters makes do
gSWeee in Tennessee lo per ceot or
coo of 351,45') ; crop last year,
865,000
Av ra#je of 45i Icltera makes in
oreeav in Texae, dec, 10 per cent or
cr?.t? .f >\ 210,100 ; crop last year,
2,5 m moo
T estimated crop 1000 1901,
e%1* '10 ; total crop laat ytar.
0.436 ??00
2 Oftl *? ?!.-?? posdeett report ihal
the ?*r<?p t;.m h-rn ? its fwptdlj
m?'k< '?'d .o shipped io market as
qni<> y ia ??. fofM**f ye ire
$$Jm BH reap indents leporl th>?i a
Iwrgjr quantity tl?*n Uet yeal bee
been held oo plantations, town* and
cit'.e* tVr higher pricta
K ? r] awtfoUy submitted,
Latham, Alexander Sc (Jo
L ? I n Dee 11 ?Tbe BfSStSfj
I r l e?ia the t* ? I wt1" betweei
Gee K ? x Ger? DstVat oont 'ju?'S,
aed \ ite< ferst* ?ban;?1 <? ? und
io<r-- > y L*rk r.f dsdoite iof ?rma- i
tu:> oil to abience oi tell grab
to o i< Svieatioo with the ?o:oc of
lotion Wi. r vtor office is rrti
eent ' e are iodiectiooe that tbe
rfli*a* ^ato rrc/ivcd otwa luggtaliog :
aelderebl I ?rttt?h sueeris against
!*eiufort, Des 11 ?Ts?? o^ie. of
Smallpox aro reported oo P*tifl Kelswd,
bolb pMi^ota .belog negroes, F -ory ,
Howard 80 yeare old and Buddy Sewtt,
j% boy. Fjrtioately the c%*e* aro SvtS
isolated, being oo the Broad river iborc
of the nUod aod nmote from other
habitations Ti?j Pert Royal dnral
etaiiooe is looated oo Parie Islcod, but
is ssveral milee distant from the place
the disease baa appeared
The T'iwdb of South Carolina,
At last we have tbe census figures
fur the incorporated places in South
Carolins having a population of more
than 2,000 but lens than 25,000 peo
pie, and ttiey present some surprises,
both pleasant and unpleasant
Tnere are 23 such towns sud cities
but from the list are excluded all uu
incorporated mill towns like Pelzer,
Paoolet, Orauiteviile. Clifton and
Piedmont, places which have shown,
perhaps, the must remarkablo per
centagcs of growth of any communi
ties in tbe -t?te Were' these mill
towns included in the count South
Carolina would have as many towns
of 2,000 people and upward as her
much larger and more populous
sister, North Carolina, which has 32
There is no reason that we can see
why these mill communities, although
not incorporsted, should not hsve
been separately enumerated and
retorned with tbe other towns of
South Carolina Their absence from
the list unfairly minimizes the urbsn
growth of this State in tbe last ten
years
Charleston, of course, st?nde at the
bead of tbe list of South Carolina
cities, its population previously
reported, being 5o,807 against 54,
965 in 1890 ; a gain of 852, or U
per oent
Colombia is the second oity, with
an accredited population of 21,108
against 15 353 in 1890 ; a gain of
5.755 or 37J per cent
Greenville comes third, with 11,
460 people against 9,607 in 1890 ; a
gain of 2,853, or 3S 1 per cent
Spartanborg ia a close fourth, with
11,395 people against 5,544 in 1890 ;
a gain of 5,851, or 105.5 per cent
Snrater?and this will be a surprise
to our friends in tbe Piedmont?is
fifth, with a population of 5,673
against 3,865 in 1890 ; a gain of
1,808, or 46 7 par oent
Anderson is sixth, having 4,498
agaiuat '3 018 in 1890 ; a gain of
2,4X0. or 82 2 \>et cent
Rook Hill is seventh, with 5,495
against 2.744 in 1890 ; a gain of
2,741, or 100 per cent
Union?and here ie another sur
priae?ia eighth, with 5.400 people
sgaiost 1,609 in 1890 ; a guiu of
3,791, or 235 6 per cent
Greenwood takea ninth place over
many older competitors It has
4,824 peeple against 1 326 in 1890 ;
a gam of 3,498, or 263 8 per oent
* Florence follows as No 10, with a
population of 4 647 against 3 395
in 1890; a gain of 1,252, or 36 9
per oent
Newberry is eleventh, with 4,607
against 3.02 > in 1890; a gain ol
1 587, or 52 5 per cent
OrangeJurg has twelfth place, with
4 455 inhabitants against 2 964 in
1890; a gain of 1.491, or 50 per
cent
Georg-town has passed Bsaaforl
and taken tbe thirteenth place, but
tbe number in this case is not un
lucky Georgetown has 4,138 peo
pie agtiiiMt 2,895 in 1890 ; a gam of
1,243, or 42 per cent
Beaufort is fourteenth, with 4,110
inhabitants against 3.587 in 1890 : a
gain of 523 or 15 per cent
Chester is fifteenth, with,075 4
against 2 703 in 1890; a gain of
1,372, or 50 5 per cent
The sixteenth place is held by
Liurens, with, 4,029 p oplo against
2,245 in 1890 ; a gain of 1,781 pi 79
per cent.
OafF.ioy follows To seventeenth
place, with 3.937 people againtt
1,631 in 1830; a gain of 2 306, or
141 per cent.
Abbeville is No. 1?, with 3 766
inhabitants against 1.696 in 1890 ; a
gain of 2,070. or 122 per cent.
Aiken is nineteenth, with 8,414
iahabiian|s against 2.30- in 1*90 ; u
gain of 1,052, or 43 per cent
Darlington is twentieth, with
3,208 people against 2.389 in 1890 j
a gain of 819 or 34 3 per cent
Camden in twenty first, with 2,441
people against 3 533 in 1890; an
apparent loss of 1,092, or 31 per
cent
Summervilie is twrn'.y second.with
2 420 against against 2,219 in 1890 ;
0 gain of 201, or 9 1 per cent
Mf Po;*?*nt holds twenty ibild
nUoe. with 2 252 people against
1 13* in 1890 J a gain ol 1,114 or
98 pet cant
Yoihville concludes the Hal H00)01 i
Oaltj und ilphabotiOtHj with 2 012
lotah tints agoloat 1,558 in 1890 ; u
gain of 449, or 20 per cent ?The
State
A Tho.mutul ToniguoN
i! I i ot ?*xi.rra?? l!io roStON of Aoolt K.
farlagar, af Itfl Bowers' St, Petleietshla
1' b all I urjtl lh:il t)r. Ktag'l New Die*
*(.tcr , f.ir Casfomsttea ha4 samotolsli cured
.. i. ikftg r.,u?h Iksl | >r m:?:iy .vtura
t.i m%4m) Ha> a bottles. AM other r^iueJi*?
i> \ i! ??? ,|t| i;\ve bor S? luln, l?ut she
uri <? i i< Royal Tors? "it pass removal
h*? |-?iin In my sheet a?nl I van Saw ?lerp
n is lly, i iwetalag ! ass stare* l| :?<.: omit r
I I-iT N I feel liko .' 'ait ling |ti pralSM
tOtoofOaw! |ac Uatverte-" Ha will every eaa
who I a' ?-? lo. SIir?.f: *"(.<..? Iii- ..o: | .r any
Iroooto af Iba Throat, Oaaal i?r loage. Mr.?'?
50.: ml II. trial batik i was al 1- w\
Deborme'e tsv sjj Btere i every bottle cue* an?
-??mwm ? i ? ? mm*
W lebtogi in D?< I.: - Toil Qo??
?toaiaot baa oias v red ibof *h: Porto?
tu is ii il ?tot I Mi ao, Ipoatsd oo
ih" ( h ? 1 tod s nv< oh nt to th-1
Philipp.tuM , i > "u< p inc ol insurgent
activity and pr< b'.h y the abiding place
nf on'.) of the Philippine juntas A
, further investigation i- in progress
The Genius Figures.
Population Statistics Given
Oat Lust Night.
Washington, Dec. 13 ?The popu
lation of conaio incorporated places
in South Carolina, having a popuiu
? ion of moro than 2.000 but less than
25,000, ib as follows I
Abbeville, town, 3.760
Aiken, town, 3 414
Anderson, town, 5,498
Beaufort, towo, 4,110
Camdeu, town, 2.441
Chester, town, 4,075
Columbia, city, 21,108
Darlington, town, 3,208
Florence, city, 4 647
Gaffney, city, 3 937
Georgetown, town, 4,138
.Greenville, city, 11 460
Greenwood, town, 4 824
Lsurens, town, 4,029
Mount Pleasant, town, 2 252
Newberry, town, 4,607
Orangeburg city, 4,455
Rock Hill, city, 5,485
Spsrtesbsrg, city, 11.395
Summervillo, town, 2,420
Somter, city, 5,673
Union, town, 5,400
Yorkville, town, 2,012
DISASTER TO BRITISH
ARMS
London. Deo 14 ?The daily Eipres*
publishes a rumor nf a serious diaaator
to the British arms Aooording to this
report the Boers atteoked the oaiop of
Gen Olemaste, in the B:rbert ?n district,
oap'uriog 1h ? ? nip, silling a number
of Britifth officers and ukiog prisoners
all tho British troope, isotsdiog f>ur
companies of the Northumberland
Fusileors Too s'ory u oof. ooufirmei
in any qiartor anU is not generally
believed.
HUSH RECEIVE KUUQER
Limerick, Deo 13.?The eorpuretioe
of Limerick today uouferred lbs free
dorn of tha oity upoo Mr Kru*er
The two members wbo opposed lbs
pr* pusal were howled dowo.
CANADIANS COMING HOME
Cipo Towo, Deo 13.?Goo Kitchen
or has cabled to the authorin g of Sou'b
Australia asking that tho wogsdsS I n
la per til Bushmen, wbo are u?nr ocu
viir-O'iii, bo raturned to South A'rica
Aooiber cootingeut el Oesedieo
troops started on tboir way hum ? today
on board the Roslyn Caaiie.
London, Deo 13 ?The Vieona enr
respondent of tne Daily Cbrojie'.e sSfg
I rumor is in circula i n in lbs
Auntiiau oapital that ?urmer King
MiUu is r.bout to besoms ongagod to
Mi?* Atzel, an A varieso beirsee.
Havana, Deo 12 ?Tne committee*
of tbe Coostititioti'ii Ooetestioii art
diligently preparing draft ooosti u-mol
oo tbe bitsis of lbs unitary, or MStral
ised, f'rm of givornui nt. with rudlc*
changes in tho exiting regime It is
thought that lbs final draft may be
ready for revie* by tho Unite! States
Congress during tbe pr eeot lessioo.
Dublin, Ireland, Deo. 12.? The
Nationalist Convention todi.v adopt*
ed resolutions strongly favoring
abolitiou of landlordism in Ireland
.?-.jd transfer of too soil to Ibe occupy
ing proprietors ; amending tbe con
etilutiou of the United Irish L^aguu
and making (he Nationalist cooven
tion an annual fixture; asking funds
from America and inviting Michael
Duvitt and Thomas Sexton to return
to parliament,
ft t
fill TsU
In Egypt th?i custom is for Princesses
to bide their beauty by covering
the lower part of the face with a veil.
In America the beauty of many of
our won: en is hidden beeause of the
weakness and
siekness pecu?
liar to the sex.
If the Egypt?
ian custom pre
veiled in this
eountry, many
sufferers would
be ? 1 a d tc
t h e i i
cover
? ->P rem a tu re
fV\> \ ^hjwrinklea, their
/ \ sunkencheek*.
their unhealthy
complexion, from the eyes of the
world with the veil <>f tho Orient.
Bfai
brings out a Woman's true beauty.
It tnnk 11 ?' ? irons and well In those
. ?u| which her whole general
1. >;i!tn dej?< nds, It turret ts all men*
?.? utl disorders. !t stops the drains
of Lt ueorrhtoa. It restores the womb
;i? Its pro er place, ll removes the
caui t if Ii adache, backache and
Ii rv : ??.?:?. ll taki ? lh? poor, de?
bilitated, weak, hazard, fading
woman ami puts her on her feet
makin; rn r face b< autiful by
.: n?< i v. Ii ?:? ' dyi wellt
Dm v hi Kl?t lor $i a battle.
? i ? lnv.i i'c ! hunk for wonaeKj
Ibc brautl i ? ?. i la K Co., Atlanta, Ga.
0 PISCTS CURE
UURtS WHtP.t All US! rA!ls.
lieJt I'uiiMh Syrup. TantcaOood. ?I
in i Irne. f ?ld by druggists,
ONSUMPTION
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
office .of
COUN PY TREASURERv|TKRCOUNTY,
SOXTOO, H C , dtpt. iS. 190'J.
lkTOTICfi bereOy given thai I will no :<.
BJ office in 158 County Court Haue*
.i tieejter trjtu October I5ih 10 eremner
Silt, I9u) luola.tte, f r ice collection 01
tagte for ue flacot jtar 1900 Tue lery |j
follows :
For StHie purpose, a. Billa
Fo;1 CotiDtv puroosrS, $| toills.
For ?o?ool f urposes, , 'a" ui.liti
Toiui levy, 11$ oi-lli
Also th? to I lowir.^ special fctbjol lefiet:
Bobool Uittritt No 1, 2 will*
dobool Dtairict No 16, 2 ntbt
ticbool District No ib, 2 iMiirt
Schori I) strict No. 2j, 3 uji 11?
Mi. Olio, 2 Bill?
?oncor?, 2 ru'.lld
Pi ivtiiee., . 2 toil la
No ft, 1 Bill.
No 17, 1 mid
Comu. Jtation Rund T>?x for IfUl $ 1 00,
payable from Oct. lVn 1909 to Feb l*i 19J1.
U. L SCARBOROUGH,
Treasurer Sututtr 0o.
S*?pt 26?131
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Jig |*4?
>*? *< 1 -
TJjed by peop'e v*h ? know a good 'r isno Ibol
any other Btge. Iis becau8fl S'if-ff Pianos
are better ard O0|t ieaa 'b4i others.
Moving, Toaiog *nn Repairing ; Accotn
rood-uiag Ttrrus Catalogue nod bock of
eayjeqtlons gbtvrfully yiven.
CHAS. M. STUFF,
W^rtrooni?, 9 Nr>r'h L.Otrty Stnet.
F-ietorv? Block or 5 Lofutttte Avr
Aikeo ood Lanvale -ito*:*
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Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Mature in strengthening and recon?
structing the exhausted digestive or*
pans. It is the latest discovered digest*
aut and tonic. ?0 other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in?
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Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Grampsand
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Price50c. and f 1. Large size contains 2H times
small size. Book all about dyspepsia noaUedf ret
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Land Surveying.
Wl 'j OIVE Brom pi attention to h!I
ci 1 for iorfetiot" a< d i?latr| g l>ifrjj
BANKS H ROYKIW,
Oct 1 -0 V*h h ill, S 0.
Onion !Sets--ieading
varieties.
Also assortment of Garden
. Seeds.
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 Drug Store.
Tie Lamest anil Most Complete
lislieiit Si
Geo. S. Hacker & Son.
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DOORS, SASH5 BLINDS,
Moulding & Building
Material.
office aod Wareroome, Kiog, uppotltt Car
Doo 8tr? t,
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[*i 11. ??.. >: \ Bake, which we guarootf
-.;.!.- ! ? any ? Id South, aod
t hereto; mi tri money.
' " ,&w and Fancy Slaw a Speoialty
ii r l ;
Life -and
i^ire Insurance?
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muco Only reliable Oompoiiir?? rep
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Atlantic Cotton Oil Company,
Sumter, Charleston, Camden, Bennettsville,
S. C.e and Gibson, N, C.
Offer for.Sale for Cash or on Approved Security, High Grade
Cotton Seed Meal, Acid Phosphate,
German Kainit. Nitrate of Soda,
Muriate of Potash,
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Nov 21-*4m
JUST A It RIVE IK
A fresh car load of
Horses and Mules,
With prices and qualities calculated to suit any and everybody.
All animals well broke and sold on a
lull guarantee to be sound.4
|That'ti the way 1 buy them and they must turn out so to my
customers.
1
Buggies. Wagons, Harness. Grain, Hay,
Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire-brick,
Lattis, Terra-Cotta and Sewer Pipe
On hau I, and 1 am prepared to sell the same at very close profits
Our WHITE HICKORY WAGONS cairl be beat Give
them a trial. They are as cheap as others and better.
Respect fully,
. 1111:11 V.