Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?jj? Mailman m? Sai?%ort. W^??^BAYT??AN. 16, 1801. The Sumter Watchman was rounded . io 1850 ?od the 3V?e Southron in 1866. The ?Fc?c&??i??. ?/sd. &??ftrcm 'now has the .combined oir^lation and influence of both of ?he o?nY papers, and is mani? festly the host a<l-rertieing mediata ic Samter. LOOKOlf? FOR HIM. Mr. L. L. poemas, of North Caro lisa, who is at pfeeecc spend io g ?e ve ral mouthe with his soo, Mr. F. E Thomas, of Wedgefield, io ibis oonoty, has decided to fiil io his time by acting as traveling ool'ectiog agent for the Watobmao acd Sootbrco. Mr Thoma? is an o!d time gentleman with pleasing manners, and bas had some experience io tbe linc of work he has taken in band fer us. We think he will be able to make bis calls pleas - ans to our frieods as well as agreeable to us. We commend bim to our friends and j eik"zeD3 generally and ask them to help him along, and siro to be co the lock? out for him. The Legislature cannot begin the century better than by rushing the I necessary work, and adjourning at the earliest possible day. Wc woaid be giad to have some one inform cs if beer ts a part of the ration famished the militia ot South Carolina when it is ordered oat on a war foot iog? The sopreme court bas decided that j Coba is and of right ought to be a free and icdepsodect nation, a:?d with-this deoisioo to block tbe sshemes of these j who are aosices to hold on to Cuba, thc task will bc much more difficult. Pablic esteem for the morality of the dispensary system appears to increase i with the growth cf the prcfiis turned ioto iee State, oonoty and oify treas aries. The more than balf-miliioo of profits tsade during the past year bas converted many to the belief that the dispecsary is quite a moral and a very desirable acoex to the State gcvero-ji meet. i Teachers who desire to improve themselves, keep abreast with the advance of educational science and methods and thereby Qt themselves for sigher and better paying positions, can do no better than to take-advantage of the special coarse* of study offered by tbe faculty of tbe South Carolina Col? lege dari ag thc spring term.. Thc cotton marke': ts ct? agaio sod ' there appears to be oo good reason for the decline. Tbs sise of tbs crop, j both estimated ?nd the portioo broagbt , ioto fright, and toe amouot known to be j oe*es?ary to supply the milts ant;' the , next crop cac be marketed, should -, insure higher prices this spring, bat no , ooe cc predict with tbe least certainty j that nigher prices will prevail. At . presera the market is said tobe purely j speculative, and as ioog ag this condi- , tion prevails oothicg is more ' uncertain , than the prie J from day to dav. Prints Ching and Li Hu cg Chang ' are artists io p-ccrastioatton They ' ?have spesc weet? in getting to the point ' of signing thc agreement to the 1 desauds of toe powers, and now ihet ' the agreement bas been signed the 11 wboi: thing ts blocked until the 11 imperial seat eas be found. Ween thc |1 seal ii found i: t* ea-?? -o ?uess that j ' som? other essential wsii be wanting and m.-rc drji? wtM folios. l>as?d ?>. H?\, cf New Vork. is airead? ao avowed cand?ate fo;- the next demo3re*:c nomination for the j presidsr;cy Within the past week Bird S Coter, oe New York, has been j in Walkington working ia HUI's j interest This is taking time by the j foreciock for a fact. I _ Speaker Stevenson will be a candi? date for go7crow to succeed -Governor j McSwesney, and tbe Chesterfield papers j are already boocaicg bim. The campaign is a long way o? and many things may happen in the meantime, but Stevenson j will bo a bard mao to defeat, judging from his present popularity, based upon j bis recognized ability and fitness for j that high office. Tbs sentiment in favor of selling tho State farms bas taken shape io the form of bills, rcita that end io view, introduced io both the senate and house by members from se?? MM?MJlfWMMMMMJlM?lMJlM 1 A Quarter off Sale. O.YE Ki OB, ?"itt FOR SE f*EwVT V-FI VE CEJTTS ? % O s s ? ? s s i? . That is exactly what we are giving in merchandise to our customers during this One Quarter Off Sale. If you will but stop to consider that our goods at regular prices are always as low as any in price, and in many instances sold for less than their real value, you will readily perceive that this twenty-five cents rebate on every dollar's worth of goods, means more to you than a casual glance might indicate. If we were offering you old goods or cloth? ing hastily put together for bargain sale purposes, then such a reduction as we offer would mean nothing to the economical buyer. But when yon can purchase high grade standard goods at an ac? tual saying cf one-fourth, then you are really getting ONE DOL? LAR FOR SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. 1-4 off on all OVERCOATS, 1-4 off on all SUITS, 1-4 off on all CHILDREN'S CLOTHING-, 1 4 off on ail TROUSERS. 1-4 off on all WOOLLEN UNDERWEAR. 1-4 off on all LA? ROBES. I EXAMPLE. \ g Our entire line of Under-Shirts and Draw- 'tfgfo? ? o ers that used to sell for ?1 per garment, r^ST r^5L?ffi& X % and are fully worth it, can now be pur- ?? ??rfEy Q g chased for 75c per garment. ? All of our goods are marked in plain figures. Youcan examine the goods advertised., select what you want, deduct 25c from each dollar, pay us the re maindei and the goods are yours. Anything fairer? De J . The Clothier? MMWWWIMBBMPOM---^-B eral counties. The bill that pi vides for (be appointment of a coma tee to investigate the matter tboroog ly is the one we prefer too see passed The Georgetown riot was an expe sive affair, more expensive than oece sary ander the circumstances, bat i believed ?.t tho time that Gov. McSwc ney actec. precieeiy as bis da?y rcqsir with the information before him was very evident, as soon as the r? facts became knowe outside of Geory town, that the affair partook in mat respects more of thc catare of a pen than a riot, and that so largo a cody troop-; iras never at any tims needed restore order and preserve thc peace Senator Barnwell^ bill carryin an appropriation of $50.000 for th Charlee? on Exposition should be tb 5rst to pass both Senate and Rous and the first to receive the Governor1 signature. There can be no reasonabl objection to the appropriation an captious opposition should nut b countenanced. In the contest-if it can be digni Bed by that term-for the speaker 3bip of the House of Representative the best man won on the first ballet ?nd if the result was a surprise ti anyone, including the other candi ?ates themselves, they have not kep in touch with public sentiment whicl was strongly in favor of Stevensoi from the time his name was firs mentioned in connection with tb< speakership There b no use in the Legislatur? backing down and shying around the State farm matter. Toe people ara io sarnest and rnaoy of them believe that tho State should quit farming, sall the farms and put the conviots to work on the public roads if this belief is er? roneous the Legislature is in a position io have the matter thoroughly investigat? ed, obtain and make public the facts thar 5?rc c^ecsiry to convince the people at large i bat \l is expedite* to the bes: inter?s of the Stare t-> r^a':u the Sia.'e farms and eon ti cae in tho busit.ess of farming on a r*rge scale Charleston is to be congratulated. Th? naval board has reported in favor of transferring the uaval station from Port Royal to Charleston and submits an estimate of ?1,000,000 to begin work on th'i nev/ station Charleston has deep water on the bar now and the cbannei is deepening so rapidly that it i? but a question of time when the largest ships that float can enter the harbor aud have plenty of water to spare under their keels The trans? fer is believed to be necessary and will result to lae best interests of the navy. Thsre can bo no question but that the transfer will benefit Charles ton and the naval station will bo a constant sourco of income to the business interests of the city. Port Royal may possess the finest harbor on the South Atlantic coast, bot it also has the biggest run of hard luck of any pbce io the co i try. As a town it seems doomed j failure The future may have gi i things io store for Port Royal, j the present outlook is discourag ! in the extreme-the railroads app j to be against tho place, the pt I paste industry has .declined and u ? the government finds it necessary abandon the naval station after i pending miliious cn it. i ______ Toe news that come ft om Charl ton last Friday that a syndicate northern capi?nlists hss purchae four thousand acres o? laud near tl city for tue purpose cf establisbi an extensive tea farm is good ne for the entire low country of tl State. If this tea farm proves financial success many sirnila farce will be established and lands w increase in value. Tea can grown in all the middle aDd low counties of the State, and. perhaps, the course of time many of tl cotton fields of Sumter county w bc converted into tea farms. F years tea plants have been grown ornamental shrubs in the gardens this city and tbey have sorvivei uninjured, the ?everest blizzards ac the most protracted droughts c record. No experiments have bec made in tea culture in this Stat? except at Sommerville, where E Shepherd bas made a complet success, and it may be shown i time that this section of the State better adapted to tea culture toa the coast region. At any rate w should be glad to see an experimentf tea farm established in this county b; the United States Department c Agriculture. The committee oo Fire Dcpartmeo or thc City Council itself should tak some action to limn the speed of th hose wagons wheo goisg to ^r^a. It i not necessary for the horses co bi ddveD at breakoeok speed sud, owinf to thc mcosca thar, thc practice is to all parsons-meo, women acd children - who happen to be 02 the sueet wber ao alarm ia sent io, it should be stop ped I? the Gremc? wi!! nc: of theil owo notion drive at a reasonable speed, the couooil should issue preremptorj orders ayeio3t racing to fires. This practice of coming our. of thc houses with the horses at a dead rao is not on? ly unnecessary and neither saves time nor accomplis?e? any other good pur? pose, but it is injurious in the extreme 10 tho horses, and is a positive menace to the life and safety cf those who may bc walkin?? or driving on the streets through which the hose wagons pass in their wild career. We yield precedence to oo one io our admiration : for aod appreciation of cur volunteer fire department, bu: as a friend of thc department wo feel it a d;ty to express a dcoided opinion on this matter. Working Night and Day. The bueicyt nn? mightic?: littl: thine lhat ever was in.-iile i? Dr. King'? New Life Pills Every pill is a sogar-coaled gloltilo ii ho:ilih. that change? weakness into strength. listless oe:-t? into energy, bfitrn-fag irtto ?ucriu! power They're wonderful in building up ?he heat th. ; Only 25c per box. Sold by J. F. W. Dc Lor m Druggist. 2 1 n *-*---- _ I THE GOVERNOR'S M ESSA : j - j GOT McSwoecey'a message wi i was read io the senate on the 8;b, I j lecgtby paper, and as a rrview of 1 affairs of toe S?ate, from rheexecu:i j point of ^iew is well worth readi i The recommendations thac sre made I noitber radical nor extravagant and' ; message has not a single suggestion ; ii that calculated to antagonise i j interest or creake opposition in I introductory remarks reference is m j ;o the material progress that the St j bas made the pa?t year in all ?ines j particularly in the growth and devel ; ment of rbe manufacturing cnterpris j I: is pta'ed that taxable values b: j increas.' i ??,245,695 during the p ? vear, *M ut tbe increase is not near j large a* if. should bc or woald be if ( i system oi assessment and taxation wt j so revised and amended as to ha { plaoed on tho tax books all the prop; j ty of tbe State now eocaping taxati j and if that which is assessed w? j equitably assessed." I The financial condition of the Sri j is quite satisfactory and the outlook j qualifying. i Io reference to educational matters i ! is recommended that the public scho i system be improved, the term ieegthe j ed, more competent teachers cmployei I and the gap between the comme schools and the oollegee be bridged. The question of child labor io facto ies is discussed, but no positn j recommendation is made, and tl I members of the legislature are ?eft i i work out the problem unhampered b I ibo executive's diotation. I As to taxation the message toy? : j "That taxation does not bear oveol j upon all property is patent ta ever j thoughtful person. If you can io yoo j wisdom devise aoy plan by which th ! assessment of property for taxation cai be mere equitably made and ali the pro perry of the eiato can bo placed on thi ? tax books yen will have contributet j much to lessen tho burden on that cias of property wbioh in its nature caono I escape taxation. ! wIn some of the States tax inquisitor! ? aro provided to discover property that is ? omitted from tho tax list. There is cc doubt that a great deal of property escapes taxation which should booo thc books and made to bear its portion ol thc burden, and some pian should be devised by which tlrs property can be reached. Missouri has adopted a law which provided for the taxation of mort? gages, and the man who owns thc pro I perty has it assessed at thc value of the ; property, less thc value of thc mort i gage, and the owner of thc mortgage h j required to pay tax upon tho value cf j his mortgage ? "Some such provision in our laws j would be just and equitable, for it is j not right for the owner of the proper y ; rc pay taxes upoo thc full value wben I in rcaiity his ownership is only the I value of thc property less th? value of : tho mortgage, lt would not be right ' to fax the property at its fall value and j then tax the mortgage, for that would be pay i t. g tases apon the same properf twice '*' The Dsei of relief for the congested condition of the onerts in seme of the counties is commented on acd the tVLZZ^??ov? made tba: t;oe or two new judicial circuits be created, as this would net materially increase th? cost and would add very much to the soeedy adjudication of canses bronght for tria!. I A geological survey of the State is j recommended and the reasons for the I recommend a? ?ot) ar? sound aod business j like. The ~pprcpna:ioa ef ?50,000 for i the South Carolina ioter State and j West lociibu Exposition is heartily I recommended. j A chiDijo io the iaw governing the j iovestmont of the sinking fund is sug? gested to the ced that the security of thc loanr> m?.y be increased and & greater portion ci thc fund be kept invested. The report of the State Board of j Health is favorably commented OD and ! a liberal provision for thc support of i the body aod the extention of the im ! portant work it is oalled opoo to do is ! i recommended. j The message as a whole is business* 1 like, conservative aod practical rather { than political. It is a message that can be read v/tth profit, for it is non-parti- j san and deals more with taots thao with \ political politics. ? Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks Pref Roxa Tyler, of Chicago, Vice-Preji-1 deot Illinois Woman'* AliiaBCf, in speaking j of Chamberiaio's Cough Remedy, ?aje: "I; suffered frith a severe cols' thia winter which j threatened to ruo toto pneumonia. I tried j different romsdiea but I seemed to grew worse : and the medicine npse: mj stomach. A friend ; advised me to try Chaoiberlain'? Cough Rem- I ec; and I found it was pleasant to lake aod j it relieved me at once I am now entirely j recovered. Saved a doctor's bill, timk and suf- | faring, and I will never be without this sp?en did med-.ctne agata." For s*Ie by A. J j Cnina. ; VOTE CAST FOR BRYAN. Columbia, Jan. 14-Today the1 Democratic presidential electors j chosen in thc last general assembiy. ; Mesi-is R 1) Lee. B H Moss. M W Simmon?, V> W Williams, Cole L, Bleaoe, vV McB Sloan, W P Polloch : M S Canley and D II Bebre, met in j the office of the secretary of state . yesterday at noon, all being present j The electors organized by the selec? tion of RD Lee as president, WP Pollock ss secretary The whole number of votes cast for the office of. President of the United States was j nine, of which William J Bryan of ? Nebraska received niue The same j thing was done in the matter of the j election of vice president. ? Capt W. W Williams of Aikeu j waw chosen as messenger to bear the i returns to Washington MONEY TO LEND. H.r?j prepared to negotiate lonne on ; f f unproved ?-irr?i?nc: lands in .Sumter j a\-? ('?Hiendon Counties on long rime in j amount* of $300 and upwards a?* seven per j cent intrre'f, and wiib no ^xpen?-.- to ifce J borrower except ? sm*!! brokerage commis J sio:. We cnn atao cegociate loan? ic snv amount itt 8 ppr Cf-nt on terri's ?<? ?!iii ter borrower Apply to LER& MOISK, Dec 19 - 20) Sonner. S C ?CHINESE ENVOYS I HAVE SIGNED. i_ At Last the Two Signatures Have Been Affixed Pekin, Sunday. Jan 13 -The joint note of the powers has been ; finally signed by the Chinese peace j commissioners Prince Ching signed yesterday and Li Hong Chang, who is better, signed it today It is understood that the malady from which Li Hong Chang is suffer? iog is Bright's disease He was feel? ing worse yesterday and therefore postponed the affixing of his signa? ture ; but Prince Ohing was hopeful that he would be abie to sign today, which proved to be the case Prince Ching has protested to the court against the appointment, said to be contemplated, of Viceroy Chang Chih Tung as a plenipotentiary in the place of Li Hung Chang. He thinks the latter's advice absolutely es?ential although he believes it might be advisable to appoint a third plenipotentiary for China, and reite? rates bis desire for the appointment of Sheng, who would be acceptable to the foreigners So far as Chang Chih Tong is con? cerned, the envoys who koow him personally say that, while he ia strongly aott foreign and has never made any secret of bis likes and dis? likes, they believe he would be a satisfactory representative of the Chinese ; and there would not be aoy objections to him on the score of his recent utterances Indeed, some of the ministers think it would be wise for China to make Chang Chih Tong a plenipotentiary Most of the eovoyB have received word from their governments that the negotiations must be conducted in Pekin, on the ground that for var? ious reasons other places suggested would be ojectiouabie The Russians say they wiil for? mally tum over the railroad to the Germans immediately. M de Giers, the Russian minister, objects to the British attitude in re? fusing to permit the Russians to dis? tribute rice and wheat to destitute Chinese in the British section Prevention :.ter than cure. Tutt's Liver r'ills will not only cure, but if . J-cn in time will prevent Sick Headache, ) spepsia, biliousness, malana, .^nstipation, jaundice, torpid [Iver and kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS ABSOLUTELY CURE. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Br Tboe. V. Walsh, E;q , Probate Judge. 1T7HEREAS, DAN'L M. YOUNG, ESQ., W oade suit to me to grant bim Letters o? Administration of the Estate of and effects of Kc.-" THUS. B. FRASER, deceased. Tbe6e are therefore to cite ard admonish all and singular the kindred aud creditors of the 8*id Hoa Thoa B. Fraepr, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Cunt of Probate, ta bo held at Sumter. C H . on January 24th, li>03; Ber'., niter publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show canse, if any they hare, why The said Administration should coi ce granted {}:reo ur.der mv hp.nd, thu moth day of JntrcarY. A D., Ipi i TROS V. WALSH, Jii?.?- of Probit?.