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WEDNESDAY, FJSB. 13, 1901. The Sumter Watchman was rounded in 1850 and thc True Southron ia I860. The Watchman, and Southron now has the eon; bined circulation and influence cf both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium io Snmter. We are glad so nose th as p?aos to provide asp?e accommodations for the Exposition crowds are Well advaooed ic Charleston and tba: the people of that city ara proving their faith by their works. Tbs Exposition is sore to be a success sad Sumter ooa&ty will do its fail share toward that end, both by sending a representative exhibit and many hundred! visitors. The ?vide tire bill has been killed agate, bat it has caora lives than a oat and it will fee on hand to greet the leg? islators agata nest year. The opponents of tbe Sonta Carolina Ce liege appear to be trying to cripple tho institution and kill it by a lingering process of semi-starvation. If they wast to kilt the college why cot come ont openly and hit it one good blow that will knock it ont finally and ac once ? BisbopvUfe is to havo a bask with a capital stock of ?25,000, and we con? gratulate the town on this evidence of solid growth aed business progressive? ness. The politicians seem to have the epper hand in the Ceban constitutional convention, since Maximo Gomez, the saan who did most to throw off Spanish rule is to bc debarred from becoming president. This action may result in w^H>. wrong to Gomez. U McKinley ac? his gang succeed io re tainiog their bold on Ceba, for be is as old man and will probably go the way of ali flesh before thc carpet bag gers save fieisbed pacifying and plun? dering the island, bat it exhibits a eieao spirit of ingratitude to the mao who has gives the best y*ars of his life to the servios of Cuba and the Cabans. Thc sentiment of the peopic of this reity is against the ocntiaaaocs of gam? bling dens in Sumter and (he authori? ties will be sapper tod in any msasares tsey make take to rid the comtsnoity cf this undesirable, demoralizing and sn producive element. I Th-J mac, wno, as a member of the Legislature, draws five eects a mile for every mile traveled going to and re tsrtiU'g from Columbia ?ud still wish? ed to dead beat th? railroads :for ?rco passes, is greedy to put it railcHy and not use noparliament arv ?angoage. Tbe seoate, in defeating the bili that w.cuid have let down the bars f:r the greedy ones, showed that a majority of the. members have respect :tS.*c'.V3d toe Morgan Rockefeller syai iuiehe? gobbling all the rail ^eamsh'p lines; ship building ] >, stili plants, banks, trust ht etc , thai they want it will ?gio syndicating govern ^ira and take over ibe State is to be consolidated into ?neem for the purpose o? unnecessary officers sod ^operating expenses From ?ceded, badness point of re ia-.no earthly need for so goveanofs, congressmen and snbsi diary officials, as they eat up a vast amocut of rasos that could other wise ?o into the CG??rs of the govern - menial syndicate and come out in the 6bape ot divider:ds for the Rockefellers and Morgans At present, accord lng to the creed of the syndicates, there is too much-pernicious competi? tion ic governmental affairs and a reorganization oo business principles is r.hsolctely necessary. The tax levy for county purposes has been reduced a half mill, bat if the Legislators does not call a halt on wholesale appropriations tho State taxes will be increased a half mill or more leaving the tax payers ic a worse state tnan before. We do not snow whose idea it was to reserve $2,000 annually from the dis? pensary profits for thc oreatioo of a siakiog fand to retire the outstanding county bonds, bat the people of Sumter County owe a vote of thanks to the member of our delegation who conceiv? ed the pisa. The Sooth. Carolina Collegs bas beso given $28.107 tao fal? amount asked of the Legislature The eoonomis: cppo nonts of tbe college relented af:er succeeding io their purpose sod had the vote reduoing the appropriation reconsidered. This was right and proper ano we are glad tbs boase deoided to treat all public instituions alike. Second thoughts are usually best. The Columbia State predicts that Co? lumbia and Sumter will be connected by a trolley lice within the next few years. This prediction cannot be verified too soon to picase os. Sumter baa nothing to lese and much to give from the development and increase of population that would follow thc con? struction of a trolley hoe to connect the two largest and moat, progressive towns in tbe central part o? tho State. The towo of Union bas given out the contract for a sewerage system to cost $31.000. Of this amouot ?21,000 is to be paid the oootraotor who does the work aod $10,000 wili pay for tho necessary pipe. It is a reasonable inference, we believe, that if $31,000 will pay for a sewerage system in Union, where the excavation necessary will be much greater and more cosily mile i:or miie than io Sumter, a first class sewerage system oan bc secured for this city at a less cost for the same cumber of miles. ? get rich quick oonoero bas fallen into the hands of th9 sheriff in Cbarles too and the people who were gulled into iovestiog by the promise of 24 per cent dividends have concluded that the whole thing was a rascally fake. The manager Fcouped io the dividends and departed on a pleasure trip before the sheriff arrived on the scene. Peop'e who go toto suoh imp.ossibis schemes sboa?d not sqneai when they get skinned instead of being the skinners Senator Mclaurin was elected as a democrat, but for the past two years has voted with the republicans aod bas been allied with the republicans against hts party. We do cot for a moment entertain the idea that he will resigo, even though the legislature should adopt resolutions condemning bia sours?, but we are confident that bc Wiii no: be given a second term. lu marked contrast to Senator Mc Laurius course is tint cf Senator Till? man who has always supported demo? cratic policies and bas fought republi? cans schemes wirb ail the vigor ?sd bitterness of which be is capabablf. Oo Satorday be gave a striking illus? tration of his methods ot fighting tbe republicans, and we are convinced that the stand he took on the rnv-er of po? sion legislation will nos only be effee tive, but that it will receive tho hearty endorsement of his constitoeots. The weather bureau will now begin co report that ibo deficiency in precipi? tation of the past few moc-hs is made up aad an excess cf mobture is irarni The roads are said to bs is Worse condition than for years and this com? plaint comes from no particular section, but from all quarters of the county. To the best of our belief, from informa? tion received, tbe responsibility for this condition rests almost entirely opon the people themselves Sicca the chain gang was es:ahlished a few years ago regular and systematic road working has been to a large extent abandoned and everybody sits down with folded hands and watts for the ehain gang to come along and repair the t oads, lt is a physical impossibility for the chain gaog to work a tenth of thc roads io the couoty, and unless some measures are takes to keep the roads io repair ind3pecdcfit ot the chain gang they Wiii oootinue to deteriorate rapidly If ?he people who uso the roads will neither work themselves nor tax them? selves to have the reads worked syste matically and intelligently they must reconcile themselves to bad roads DOW and worse roads io the future. While on the subject of bad roads will take occasion to remark that Main street, from Dugan, where the macad? am eods, to the depot, is oot surpassed io Sumter county for no all round and altogether disreputable piece of road? way. It is a patcb work of mud holes j aod brick bats, and could scarcely be ! worse if it had been constructed to ' illustrate what a street should cot be. Io a conflagration at Baku, Russia, OD Feb. 7,500 person-s wore killed A 8TJCCi?SsFUL FACTORY. J In thia city there is a roanofactur ! ing concern that sbonld be both an I object lesson and an inspiration to ali who, believe that in manufacturing ies the foundation of the future pros perity of this section of couotry The history of this concern shows con elusively that large capttal ia not the prerequisite of success ; it shows that industry, skill, good business judgment and an abundant supply of cheap raw material can, compete with large capital invested in long established concerns engaged in the same line of business, and. as in this instance, prosper amazingly For sometime the press has been filled with comments on the phenomi nal growth and financial success of the furniture factories at High Point, N, C Now to show that High Point has not a monopoly in this line of manufacturing we wish to relate as briefly as possible the history of the firm of Witherspoon Bros. & Co, manufacturers of cornus and furniture This business was established as Witherspoon Bros in 1895 with a cash capital of lese than $100 and few tools, but a large stock of energy and a definite purpose. The mern bers of the firm determined to make and pot on the market the best cheap coffins to be bad io the United Slates. This they did from the start and their out put almost sold itself, for the workmanship and finish of the coffins were ench that no other coffin factory could or did compete with them in pnces The low prices sold the coffins, and when once introduced the quality was so superior to the average run of cheap coffins the undertakers had been forced to buy, being unable to get any better ia the past, that larger and larger orders kept coming in faster than they could be Siled At the outset the business wa3 very small, but the growth has been remarkable aud today the firm is selling nearly $50,000 worth of coffins annually and is stijj unable to [ soppiy the demand. Ia 1896 Mr. John E Whiidea was j admitted as a member of the firm, ; the capital increased by ?1,000 and the firm name changed to Wither spoon Bros & Co The total amount cf capita! put into the business first and last has been less than ?1,100, but the total amount now invested io buildings, machinery and stock aver? ages between $15,000 and ?20,000 the year through. Every dollar of this has been earned by the business, oxcept the original investment, not to mention other profits withdrawn from the business by members of the firm, sufficient to h ?ve paid very large dividends on the total capital now invested At the present time there are sixty hands employed in the factory and as the business grows steadily the number of hands in? creases from month to month. The coffins are sold all over the United States, but the bulk of the trade is the States of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida^ Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama This record may be equalled by j some other factory, but that is doubt I fal The growth in capita! from $1. i 100 to $20,000 in five y??f?, the io crease io business from nothing to $50 000 per year in five year*?, the increase in the number of hands employed from five to sixty in five years makes up a record of ?business building that will be difficult to match The senate has taken a stand against largo appropriations, and by a vote of 20 to 13 the amendment to the appropriation bill giving the public schools ?100.000 was killed In our opinion the senate acted wise? ly, for the reason that the people of the State now have it within their power to levy extra taxes for school purposes, and if any school district wishes to spend more money on the public schools the money can be secured by voting an extra levy for that purpose Many districts now tax themselves two, three or four mille for school purposes and it would be manifestly unjust to levy a general tax to support schools in districts that pay no extra tax Pneumonia Can 'ce FreTcntcd. Thia disease always results from a cold or j an attack of the grip and may be prevented by tbs tiruely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used during the epidemics of La Grippe of the paet few years, and oot a single ct?se hts ever been reported that did not recover or resulted in pneuaoaia, which shows it to be a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy oas gained a world wide reputation for its cures of colds and grip. For sale by Dr A J Chioa. NEW PENSION LAW. The new pension law ie now in operation and seems to be working very weil Applications that have beeD filled ont and have paused through the bands of the county boards are reaching: the State board. Before the applications can come to headqaarters now they have to be handed to the coonty auditor who fills in a blaDk showing what property the applicant ba? on the tax booka The wisdom of this proviso is already apparent Several cases have devel oped io which the applications wiil be and should be rejected.-The State. Tb? Pekin Programme. Pekio, Feb 4 -Tomorrow will be held the first joint meeting between the foreign envoys and the Chinese plenipo? tentiaries. Only Li Hung Chang and Prices Ching have plenipotentiary rights The other Ch?nete have merely tho status of advisers. Ali the envoys have agreed to main? tain absolute secrecy and will endeavor to impress the Chinese with tho import? ance of similar reserve ; but, as a matter of faot, there are many Chinese who already know exactly the programme of tomorrow's meeting. m li ? ? tt^tmmam Penitentiary Statistics. The following summary of the state? ments as to convicts io the South Caro lina penitentiary for the year endiog Deo 31, 1900, has been issued : lo oocfinement Dec 31, 1900, 795 males, white 69; colored 6S6 ; females ?bite 2 ; colored 39 Of the above number received, there wer?1 males, white 31 ; colored 204 ; females, white 1 ; colored 10 ; total 246. The ages of prisoners wheo received for the year 1900 are thus giveo : Under 20 years, 63 ; from 20 to 30 years, 134 ; from 30 to 40 years 26 ; from 40 to 50 years 13 ; over 50 years 10 ; total 246." The consomption of coal by the big Atlantic steamers is ao interesting pub jeot cf study. The fastest passenger steamer io the world is the Deutsoh laad, which has made 584 miles a day, with a consumption of 570 tons of cual, almcst a ton a mil?, while the Kaiser Wiihblm has made 580 miles cn 500 tons of coal The Deutschland is 38 feet longer than the Kaiser Wilhelm, or 680 feet, and one foot wider It has a displacement of 23,000 tons and en? gines of 35,000 horse power, wn?e the Kaiser Wilhelm is of 20,000 coos aod 28.000 horse power. The Lucania. :be qaeen of the Cuaardere, makes 562 miles on 475 tons of o jal. The St Paul, the rastest American ship, made 540 mites on 300 toes of coal, which show? how expensive fast steamer* are. For evrry additional mile of speed the conscm rion of coal must be greatly increased.-William E. Curtis io Chi? cago Record. --?- i ? aili? Mrs Nation bai addressed beth houses of the Kansas legislature. Arrest disease by the timely use of Tuft's Liver Pills, an old and favorite remedy of increasing popularity. Always cures SICK HEADACHE, sour stomach, malaria, indiges? tion, torpid liver, constipation and all bilious diseases. TfJTT'S Liver PILLS B?RRED AND WHITE ROCKS. E,'ts $1.50 per 15. My Barre* Plymouth Rorke bavf 'won for me and my customers at three large chews this season. L. C. DAB5SY, Box 12, ,?un?y Side, aa? Feb ?-2a Esta'e of Miss Emma S< Wither? spoon, Dec'dt ?Wr-ILL APPLY to the Ja?gc of Probat* cf Samrer County on March 6th, 1900, fer a ?final Discbarge aa Szecntor or aforesaid H3?ta;e ABNER D. WITHERSPOON, Fit? 6-4t Exeeatcr. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge. WrHEREAS, MRS. FANNI ? WOOD ARD SMITH, (a s'gter of said de? ceased) a ade suit to rae to grant W C. Smith, her basbaoa, Letierg of Administra? tion of tb" Estate of and eflect9 of IRA P. WOODARD, late of said Connry and State, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the Si id IRA P WOODAPD, as afore? said, deceased, that they be and ap? pear before me in the Court of Probate, to oe hftld at Sumter C. H., on February 20tb, 1901, next, after publication thereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the e:tid Administration should not be granted. Given under my band :h;s 6th day of Februar?, A D., 1901. THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. Feb. 2-2! TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. WILL held ir? the Court Hou.'-e, Sumter, S C , on Friday, the 15th day of Feoru ury, nf 9 a. m , an ex?mination ?or teachers' certi6cated All persons wishing ?o sta-d this (umination will pie??*- f>e on h*>nd. W. P. BASKIN, Feb 7-2t Co. Supt. of Education. Tillman Swears in Good Cause. CALLS 3ENATE TO TAW. Washington, Feb. 9 -During tba entire session of today tb?, aenata bcd ander sorpideration the naval appro? priation bill Practically tbe bill wa* coxpleted when it was laid a*i'ie fer th? day. all of the committee amendments being adopted, bc: as the measure wa? ?boat to bo placed on ita passage, Mr Bofler of North Carolina precipitated ! a disocfsioo of tbe artoor plate qua?- j tion. Io order to enable others to! speak upon the roattor, the bill was laid j aside cotil Monday The passage at the beginning of the ' session of t?e senate of a biil granting \ n pension of ?50 a mooth to Stacy H ; Cogswell, Co F . Gee Hundred and ; Thirtieth 7olaoteer infaotry. iedaced ; Mr. Tillman cf South Carolina, to make Hocne forcerai commenta opon ths boase ic cot taking act i oe apon a bill : providing a pension for a Mexican war j veteran who resided in Sostb Carolina daring the Civil war and naturally ?ad been in sympathy with the Confederacy, j Tbe bili had been passed by tbe senate bat the boase invalid pension commit, tee wad delaying f?nai aotioo opon it Mr Tillman urged. He said that there was mach seetion- ! al animosity in the boase committee, that the members refused to permit action upon tbe biil for the benefit of thia old Mexican veteran. "Ia tbs war over or is it not V de maoded Mr Tillman wit* vehemence ''Let as find ont whether it is or not "I swear by the Almighty God that ? ? wiil not let another pension bill paes this senate until this old mao gets jus tice " The reso?atio? offered yesterday by Mr Berry calling upon the president i for information- as to whether tbs American minister to China bad joined with the repr?sentatives of other powers j io demanding the execution cf Prince Toan and otber Ch?cese officials was adeptfd without debate While tbe naval bill was under con sidpration Mr Botler of North Carolina called attention to che paragraph io the bill onpropriatieg ?4.000,0l)0 to pay j j for armer plate airead? contracted 'or. j If the bill had provided tho er. tire gam j oece?sary to pay for ihe armor eonfraet ' ed for it woald carry fr?r that p?rpese, ?be said. $16 564,550 He paid the i senate absolutely was precluded from ; considering tho matter now because ' congress btd authorized the secretary I of the narr to pay for armer whatever ; the armor trasr. eoa!d bold bira op to. ! Io the course of hi? speech, in which ; he revised tbs cid armor question. Mr Bailer declared that by thu present arrangement ibe government wat? m*k iog a clear deration of $5.000 COO tt : too armor croat. Mr. Mark Twain ?6 another loyai American who is speaking bis mind on current public matters with re I freshing frankness and force in this era of nationalism, corruption and cant. Describing oar course in the Philippines, is an article in tbs Februajy North American Review, he says: "There have been lies, but they were told in a good cause. We have been treacherous, but that was only in order that good might come out of apparent evil We have crusa j ed a deceived and confiding people.; ! we have turned against the weak j and the friendless wbo trusted us ; j we have stamped out a just and ia j telligent and well ordered republic; I we have stabbed an ally in the back ? and slapped the face of a guest ; wa I have bought a Shadow from an enemy ; that hadn't it to sell ; we have robbed I a trusting friend of his land and bis liberty ; we have invited out cieaa yoong men to shoulder a discredited musket and do bandit's work under a flsg which bandits have been accus? tomed to fear, not to follow ; we have debauched America's honor aad j blackened her face before the world , ! bat each detail was for the best " I This is one of the great humorist's j best efforts What a fine joke OB the miserable little Filipinos it bas ail ' been, to be sure.-News and Courier. Fire destroyed quite a number of large building in Darlington on Sat? urday night. They loss is estimated at $25.000. Norris, Cooner & Co's isrge ware? house in Columbia was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon Fortunate? ly, the less is covered by insurance SALT RHEUM CURED BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. JUST SEES Di T?EE. Slight Skin Eruption? arc a Warutas of Sotnefthins: More Serious io Come? TAC Only Sale Way is Co ?3e?d the Warning. Johnston's Sarsaparilla is the 31o*t Powerful Blood Fariner Known. Nature, in her efforts to correct mistakes, which mistakes have come from careless living", or it may be from ancestors, shoots out pimples, blotches and other imperfections cn the skin, as a warning that more serious troubles (per? haps tumors, cancers, erysipelas or pulmonary diseases) are certain to follow if you neglect to heed thc warning and correct the mistakes. Many a lingering, painful disease and manyan early death has been avoided simply because these notes of warning have been heeded and the blood kept pure by a right use of JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. Miss Abbie J. Rande, of Marshall, Mich., writes: kt I was cured of a bad humor after suffering witb it for five years. The doctors and my friends said it was salt rheum. It came out on my head, neck and ears, and then on my whole body. I was perfectly raw with it. What I suffered during those fire years, is no use telling. Nobody would believe me if I did. I tried every medicine that was advertised to cure it. I spent money enough to buy a 'house. I heard JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA highly praised. I tried a bottle of it. I began to improve right away, and when 1 had finished the third bottle I was completely cured. I have never had a touch of it since. I never got any thing to do me the least good till I tried JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. I would heartily advise all who are suffering from humors or skin disease of any kind to try it at once. I had also a good deal of stomach, trouble, and was run down and miserable, but JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA made me all right." The blood is vour life and if you keep it pure and strong von can positively re? sist disease or face contagion fearlessly. JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA never fails. It is for sale by all druggists, in full quart bottles at only one dollar ead* aacrcszio-^xw SDXLTTG- COMFAHTY, DETROIT, mc^ J S. HUGHSON & CO. Sumter.S.? WTlKMTBT-iirrnn^oH rfi ? m n~ i* - - - m-". ?. ? ? -*- r..?^mmji | mam ?n I WE?M mm\m mnm I a hip-- HW--- II i ----TT 11 i i II i * S I wr~ w~~~--Y?! ? IM ' J? * I 'sq y / Herc's a warranted and ?ruar- i^nf ft ^ ?S&?i rcr?-* Shoe ?or womea ff f ^ T> > - f &ii has t?umo " I?err!? '; i?e* of it- \ \ I ^.v^/fV T I a narre that Stands for thirty-eight years ? a ^T?lTiw^ 1 nf cnpcrlsr.ce :n t?.c n:.i?c:n?r of womer/s fl. ? ??L}/9 fl I^^^M^t^* dealer xA\c r'o? nc: sell tho? has ff ? I SBt^O a reason of his rv::; a::c". perhaps ifs he- 3 ?L_? 8 S MTA0" rr1 cause there's ro iancv nr?fit: to bc ma<!c **A " ? ??f? \Iv? '^'nt derrick. Shoe is honest-thoroughly C il jLj^ ^ made, stylish, easy: Iiis thc only ?dver I {??&b**ji??!!& Vse<^ A tn erica n slice exhibited at thc f^)l \ ,^^mfSm^? ''"or walkin j, house or dress occa*i ms ^SSKP^?? ?SC^. .S*? "Jnst ri??:t." Three $2.50: $3.00, $3.30. j | i^m^^^^ V_ Oxfords 5 oren S a pair less than | .II III III i II II II BI wi MIHI mia.wimm.II IIIMIMWII ??.saw II II-ia inii ING GIFTS 040^ 0*0+ 040+ In Fine China, Bric-a-brac, Bronze, Clocks, American Cut Glass, Mirror Plateaux, Sterling Silver and Fine Plated Ware, etc. Showing finest line of Goods ever exhibited in Sumter, SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. E* A. B?LTMAI, Jeweler and Watchmaker, MAIN STREET.