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?jg Mattta at? ?raflw WBDN?SB?YTJ??- 9, 19oT7 The Sumter Watchman was mondeo, in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron cow has the combioed circulation and isfiuence of both of thc old-.papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising mediata ic 8amicr. * ?OTICJ3 TO STJBSCBIBBKS. It ia not necessary- for ns to seed a j statement to each individual ?nb scriber who ia indebted to us for subscription, aa the label shows the time to which each one has paid Examine toe label OD your paper and if yea are io arrears please cali and settle at year earliest convenience If it is not convenient to catt in per eon send the money by bank draft, registered tetter or post office or ex press money order. The amount doe by each one is small, but tbe aggregate amount doe ns is large, - and this is the reason that we expect our subscribers to make settlements. We have carried some of these subscription accounts over from year to year as an accom modetioo to our subscribers, but we cannot do so longer as there is now no excuse for non payment with cot ton selling for. ten cents and over. The Penitentiary made considera tie mouey on the State farms the past year, and this will be the great argu . ment sgaiost selling the farms and putting the convicts to work on the public roads There are, however, good aud sufficient reasons, io our opinion, foe the retirement of the State from farming, and the single fact that it has at last been made a profitable business should not counterbalance the arguments in favor of the sale of the farms Tbe Sooth hating Republican mem? bers of congreso who are so much tu love with the negro that they are willing that they be dis? franchised provided the represen? tation of the Southern States be reduced, should either come south and otay long enoogh to thoroughly understand tho conditions that exist, ? or should accept the statements of those who do understand the condi? tions that tender necessary the dis? franchisement of thc ignorant and irresponsible ?egroee They utterly! ignore ibn fast that no educated negro j is disfranchised, and their speeches in .congress tvoold lead at? uoinform .ed perso? to believe that the ne>r*> has been disfranchised as a race and for no other reason than that he is a negro Che effort that is being made tc reduce the South's represen? tation is aomteta&ably an outcropping of the icgrc?ned bate of tbe South 8ti I i prevalen* io certain sections of the North, and the restriction of the suffrage in tte South is used simply as a dob to et?ike the section that the radicals haie. The Republican party as managed by lianna. McKinley & sCo , is the greatest rogues' protective league conceived The way that McKinley protects the Coban postal thieves and covers ap their rascality is a positive invitation to rascally officials to help themselves. The uew century bas dawned, but Sumter is etiii without a passenger depot commecicrale wtth the sizo of the city or tbe volume of passenger traSe that originates here. Let ns hope that tit? inhabitants c f Sumter j one hundred years hence will not j find t-iemeetVes in the seme fix Active efforts should begin at once to collect and prepare the Sumter county exhibit for the Charleston Exposition T??e county that is not ! represented by a first class exhibit at j the exposition .will miss the greatest! opportunity for a profitable adver- ? tisezient that has ever beeq within reset) Thc VT. T. 0. 0. tackied a bigger proposittoo than tile liqaor evil when they undertook tc pat e. stop to the practice ct kissing. Senator Hanna's ship subsidy bill has been side tracked by the army bill, and th>s is but coe indication of the powerful infiiieooe that tbe spirit of militarism aod imperialism bas devel? oped already. 'Hanna is tbe most in? fluential mao iu the republican party, but the army influence is greater than Hanna. It will be sees that the larger the army is made tho greater power it will exert io aud out cf ooo g re ss. Just a few words by way of explanation, so that the people may understand the full meaning of our Clearance #ales : Twice in each year, January and July, we hold these Clearance ?ales for the purpose?! closingout the reason's stock If we carry our heavy-weight Suits and Overcoats over to next Fall, we will probably have to sell them at a loss then, how much better it is to take our loss now-to get the money out of the goods and invest it in new goods, to keep our stock clean and fresh; so until FEBRUARY the 1st, we will offer a uniform Offs sm On all l l Is! i i I ?fff n's, Boys' and Children's Winter Suits, Overcoats, Trousers and Woollen Underwear. This means a ?20 Suit or Overcoat for S15 00 This means a $10 Suit or Overcoat for $7 50 This means a $15 Suit or Overcoat for $11 25 This means an $8 Suit or Overcoat for $6 00 This means a $12 Suit or Overcoat for $9 00 This means a $6 Suit cr Overcoat for $4 50 This means a S4 Suit or Overcoat for $3 00 This means a $3 Suit of Underwear for $2 25 This means a $2 Suit of Underwear for $1 50, eta, etc. An early selection counts for much, as first comers fare best. It is needless for us to mention that this will be a cash sale. It wouldn't be business-like, to sell goods at a sacrifice and charge them. TUB CLOTHIER., I off! Will any member of the l?gislature have the nerve to iotroaoee a biil re pealing the dispensary law ? Ex-Congressman George W. Mor ray 6aid, in a speech delivered in Laurens on Tuesday, that giving the negroes civil and political rights after the war was premature If the negroes bad not been granted these rights immediately after the war when sectional feeling was intensely bitter and the north knew little of the negro, it is almost a certainty that the negroes would still be without j the right to vote. That the negroes j were not qualified for citizenship I when it was granted them is now ad I mitte? by ail well informed men, ne groeg ae well es whites ; and it is equally true that a large majority of the negroes are today no better qual- I ified than thirty five years ago The conquest of the Boera is not at all certain, and Gen Kitchener is in a fair way to lose bis hardly won reputation as the most successful i soldier in the Eoglish army The broad tire bill will be brought I np in the legislature again, and Senator Manning, who was the j pioneer in this movement in the Sooth Carolina legislature, is armed this year with stronger arguments in favor of tte measure than ever before. The bill sbouid have become a law several years ago, and if it sbouid be again defeated this year it will be before the legislature next year as sure 38 fate. Thc governor refased to extend the time for the payment of taxeB, bot cs the members o* the legislature j are in touch with the people they j may decide in favor of giving the j usual extension to the delinquents j Every extension helps a few poor j men, but it is a well known fact ? that is the rich and wei! to do, the big taxpayers, who usually wait until the Issi minute to pay laxes, prefering to I keep the money in use as long as I possible to paying the State and j county what they owe Except iu exceptionally hard times the small taxpayers and the real poor people ore among the first to pay taxes, and the extension of the time usually comes too late for them to hold on to the tax money for a month or so longer, just for the pleasure of having it in hand. The following editorial tribute to the Hon Richard Dizier appeared ta The News and Courier today : *'Tbe Hon Riobard Dozio? died at his home in Sumter on Sunday last in the 79th year of bis age. Be had lived a most honorable and useful life and wa? highly respected by a large circle of acquaintances io all parte of the State. He was a distinguished lawyer, trae to the best traditions of the profession, and bad many friends at the bar of Charles ton, by whom he was highly e?t:emed -QgH?BBB-M---M-BW LMI"m GD accouDo of bis ability as a la aod bis wort h as a man. His last sei was as recator from Georgetown C ty, where- he spent the greater pa bis life, and in this, as in all o positions, he discharged his daties ' no other end in view bot the goo tba State For nearly 60 years Dozier was a regatar reader of Nows and Courier and its pre'decese and was an appreciative scodeoi of times in which he lived. He posse! accurate information cpon great variety of subjects and a most charming member of high social circle in whioh he mo? There wiil be tiooere regret that C;uid not be spared yet a little long although be had lived more than allotted span of life, and death to I was doubtless a blessed relief fron? cares of this transitory exi*tcnoe. left behind biro the record of a blat less lifo, and notbiog bot pleasant me ories of doty will performed " SUPT. MCMAHAN ASKS FC ?200,000. j Sapori?tcodect of Education Mc$ I ban recommends that tba legislate appropriate $200.000 for the pob j eobools. He says : j "I therefore urge opon the legislate a duty which I bops will appear also a privilege, the-appropriation of ?20 OOO to ba apportioned to the schools the spirit of the constitution. Ti taxable property of the State is nea ly $179,000.000, so that 1 VS m would raise over ?200,000." j io the next p^ra^rapb be gaye, * ! recognize that in SDaae quarters th j will be an unpopular measure," ar 1 proceeds to make a- 6troog and u? biased argument in support of hts r commendation. Of cocTse there will be oppositio to the proposed measure and it wili b intensely unpopular io some quartet! for there is already widespread con j plaiot that taxes are excessive and tba public money is expended in an extras agant manner. Any effort to inoreas the rate of taxation will be fought ii the legislature by those who like to po? a? economists and protectors of over burdened taxpayer?. There ts nos tha general interest in educational malten in South Carolina that demands rb< improvement of the common sohoo! system even though it cost a great dea of mooey ; an'd toe majority of tax payers arc content to pot np with poo: schools if by doing so they save a few dollars a year. If it is possible to pul the public achoo! system on an efficient footing by the appropriation of $200 - 000, annually it would be a good invest? ment and a wise thing for the legisla? ture to do. "Wo fear, however, that I lhere will bc so many demands fer ' appropriations this year that the public I schools wili be put off with promises j until a more convenient season. William P Rockwell, a fifteen year old boy prefers selling lunches in a Florida restaurant to returning to his home with bis millionaire grandfather :n Taunton, Mass., from which he ran away sometime ago. The Legislature Assembles. Senate and House Organize Officers Elected and Get Down to Work. Columbia, Jan 8 -The serrate was ?lied to order ct 12 o'clock by Koa R. B Scarborough, rho rstiring lieutenant i governor, who made an address to the old nod new members Ail ot tbe members, both old aod DBW, except; Senator Williams, of Williamsburg, were present. He was granted an indefinite ie^ve of absence OD account j of ii In es?? Hon John C. Sheppard was rejected j ape8kt pro fem and Gen R R Hemp- j bill cl.- k without opposition ? Mr J F Sohumpeit, of Newberry, j was ?t?cvf'd sergeaot at-arms. defeating | J. T. Gaston, of Columbia, and E A. ! Crawford, of Yoik. Mr W H. Stewart, of Rock Hill, was reelected reading clerk, and Rev S. H. Zimmerman was elected cbapl&io. The appointment, of mioor officials made by Lieut Gov-eleat Tillman were j announced by the president, by request; j ss follows : Jourcal Clerk-M L Clark. Bill Clerk-E S Dingle. Dootkeepers-downstairs, J C Ra gan, C F Holmes ; upstairs, J A WA?te Paget-Halsey Fox, Willie League. Mail Clerk-R J Parks. Porter-H D Butler. Keeper of President's Room-L B McCracken. Assistant Clerk-R M McCown. Laborers-Jack Pressley, Aiberl Nanoo. The committees Were announced a?** tbs senate wa9 ready for business Senator Manning was elected cbair mai of tho committee on claims and grievances, aod a member cf the follow ing committees : Agrioalturo, peniten tiary medical affairs, and public build? ings. Thc Governor's message was read j and received ns informaiion. Senator Marshall introduced his j obild labot bill, and Senator Barnwell j ictroduced the bill appropriating ?50,- ! OOO for the Cbarleeton exposition. Thc first member of the house to take the oath of office io the new cen tcry was Mr. Altamont Moses of Som j ter As soon as tho house was called to order by tbe olerk, Mr T. C. Hamer, Mr. J. O Patterson cf Barnwell moved that Mr Moses bo elected temporary chairman. The motion was put by Mr Bacot of Charleston, and Mr Moses presided during thc organization. Tbe members j of tuc several counties appeared before thc bar of thc bouse as the names cf tho repeotivo counties were called fn alpha? betical order. BEING SWORN IN. Delegations foom two or three coun? ties were sworn at a time-as many as could lay their right hands opoo the Bible held by Mr N. H. Stansell, ser gaaut at arms. When they had handed io <bur credentiaie, hcd sub-sbribed tho catt ac i bad kissed ibe Bible, tl book being passed around with special sbov/ ol reveranc3 or veneratk ;bo members signed the roil of t house, and were eben iaw makers South Carolioa After ita icoue?ion mi? m em be rt t the eieorion of cffic?rs wss held Tl part of the organization was not 001 pietcd ye3t2rd?>y. The nest step woo bare beeo to notify the governor tb the tense ?as ready for'the traG9sctli of business The governor would tb? have S20? ap bis message end it won have been re*d. Yesterday, howeve thc house adjocroed witbour the rea' iog of tho governor's message, an a most un pa ralleled prooedure. Thc dSeers elected are : W. i Stevenson, speaker ; T. C. Hame clerk ; Jco 8. Wishers, reading clerk J L. Wilson, sergeanc-at-arms. Tl chaplain vas not elected yesterday. WILL NOT DISQUALIFY. During the induction of the aaembe: into offioo, Mr Harvey Wilson of 8an ter called attention to tba fact teat tr. commissions of tho legislators issued b the secretary of state were dated "Ji 8, 1900," and he inquired if that woal invalidate th? election of the bone* Mr Stevenson suggested that as tb commissions stn "ed specifically "tn tb 125th year of our independence/J lb io6irum<-'nte were valid. Theri. were but two members elec who did not qualify yesterday : Mr ? B. Ragf daie of Fairfield and Mr H. H Woodwird of Horry THE ELECTIONS. Wbea the* members had all beet sworn io, the eleoticn of officers was ii order, the first office to be filled beioj speaker, or presiding effieer cf tht house. Mr W F Stevenson, bi Chester 5-ld was pul in nomination by Mr T Yaoecj Williams, of Lancaster Mr Fraocie E Weston, of Richland, was noruicatec .by Mr John McMaster, of Richland Mr George E Prince, of Anderson, wai nomioated by Mr EM Racker, ol Anderson On ibe first ballot 116 votes were cast, 59 being necessary to elect Mr Stevenson received 73, Mr Welton 17 and Mr Prince 26. Mr Stevenson wai declared elected NAVAL JSTORES. New York, Jan 8.-Turpentine oasy 40 to 40?. Rosin steady. Charleston, Jao 8.-InrpeBtine firm 36. Rosin firm, unchanged. Savannah, Jan 8 -Spirits turpen? tine firm S6h ; receipts 451 ; sales 250; exports 355. Rosin firm and unchang? ed; receipts 6.65S; tales 3.615; exports 10. i Wilmington, Jan 8.-Spirits turpen I tine cobing dejof ; receipts 140. Resin 1.20 io 125; receipts 768. Crude tur? pentine quiet ?.30 to 2.30; receipt 24. Tar firm 1.30; receipt-? 165. Gol Roocie ve if nae g'.?ne out West cn a hunting trip. Tile State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By Tbo9. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. TTTHEREAS, DAN'L M. YOUNG, ESQ., Vf made suit io me to grant bim Letten cT Administration of the Estate of and efftota of HON TBOS. B FRASER, deceased. Tbese are therefore to cite and admonish a!l and singular tbs kindred au J creditors of tbe said" Hon Tbos B. Fraser, lore of said County and State, deceased, that they bs sod appear tefore me, in tbe C;urt of Probate, te be held at Sumter, CH, oo January 24(h, 190), ?ext, after publication ir.rrecf, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to she?/ cause, if any they bare, why the said Administration ebould not be grunted Gi*eo under my bend, this ninth day of Jacuarr, A. D., 1961. THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. Jan 9-2t Estate of Hrs? Leonora J? MaJ drow, Deceased. . IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on January 10th, 1901, tor a Final Discharge as Executor of afore? sa.d Estate. JOSEPH U?LDROW, Bxor. De?. 12, 1000-41 THE BANK AF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 OG Undivided surplus, . . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders I io excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Traoeaeta a geaerfti basking boniness ; ?tao bas a Savings Bank Department. Deposits Of $1 and upward received. Interest allowed ai : tbe rate of 4 j. er cern, per annum, payable i ecmi-annoaliy. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, President. I MAKIOH MOISS, W. F. RHAKB, i Vice-Preai?sot. Cashier, j Jan 31. MONEY TO LEND, tl7E ari prepared to negotiate leans 08 fy improved farming lands in Sumter ard Clarendon Counties oo long time ia amount? of $300 and upwards at; seven per cent interest, and with no expenea to the borrower except a small brokerage commie sion We csu also negotiate loans in any amon?te at 8 per cent on terms to suit the borrower Apply lo LBS 4 W?"?ISB, Dec 19-211 Socter, S C. SASH ! - DOORS ! BLINDS ! ETC. I am agent for a reli? able Sash,-Door and Blind Factory in the State, and am prepar jed to fill such orders ? with promptness and dispatch. You can save money by giving me your or? ders. ? Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. Leave all orders at H. Har by's Stable. Dec 12-3m.