The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 27, 1901, Image 4
?|t ??afeftitait at? SoHtbron.
WS3 I ?SBAY, KABGH 27, 1901.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
iv 1$5<) aod fte True &n?**r<m io 1866.
The #aic??*?*;[arid Southron new has
?he . tuoioejt (ttrou??tion and inf.dence
'???i **i ?..ty - .'
of boen of tac old papers, and ia mani?
festly the beet i&vertiaiog medium in
SajMefv.-^-^^vir.;-^ . -
LO?StX?ijT VOR HIM.
Mr Ic ^; T?wnas, of Nerta Caro
Bsa. ?ho. S present spending ie??
ra] mootai^ |? poa, Mr F. ?
T?omM,e?/W^??'?e?4? io this ?o aa ty,
feas decided ??'fclia bis time bj sating
aa tr*vel?j| Ji&?eetf?jg agent foi? the
WatebraWi^i'io?tnroa.
Mr T&sssa? is ea old time geatleman
with plej^wS?ftig^, and bu bad
same expenjjMai te. tee itae of work be
bas take? mj?iajd fer qi. We think
ia will bejahte to make big eal is pleas
s*t to oar m??i?i aa v?U a* agreeable
tove.
We oommead bia to our friend? abd
ait?sens getter^ fy and ask th?m to Help !
bim along,'aod1 aS> to De on tbe look
?at for niaj.
THE PHO?0 ???S OF COTTON
*'A ceososfVe???tia on ootton gin
sx2g> inst issue i bj tbe census bureau
is Washington,makes conspirions the
anrvelloas growth of Texas as a
cotton probing Sute. Tbe total ?
crop of 1889 was ?,043.231 bales,
Mes, and if this cumber 2,658,557
feates were grown ia Texas. Wii
Baason count/, in that State, alone
produced balee, and 23 Texas
counties proa? jed morethan 45,000
Wea eacb. Oily lt other conn ties
im the entire south equalled chis
mord Bolivar and Washington
counties, Mississippi, were the only
counties, e?js?die ojf .Tgxas, that pro
?seed morie (h&u 50,000 bales. Two j
counties io ?'exas produced over
$8,000 bal?is each ; three over 70,
?60 ; seven over $0,000, and twelve
ever 50,000. f he statistics for .these
.counties m?w that it is not due to
?e great tertttcria? extent of Texas
iCkne mkai it exceeds in cotton pro
cactio? I$e tftate has wonderful
t?fcv*.
The above $ paragraph which ap
jpesred in Ice cews columns of the
Hews ao5 Coifrier xs incorrect in. ?
?vir?raT pa^&w?ats The bulletin
-xeferred^'fl^6?;8 that two counties
?fe Sont! (fcralio? preluded more" j
Hms. fifty thousand bales each in
1899 Grougebisrg county is credit
.ft with 664$My commercial bales, J,
C?oi>afe?i lp ?w pound .
Isles, wfttf? emiter cadney produced
50,610 commerc?ai bales, eqat valent
te 5IS404 500 pound bales The '
tato coc?r*t??*0??;t io Sumter county -
ll the ^o?wLim o? option were
Marf&oo? w?fc 4?,?0 600 pound j
tafea and ?Q^H?OQ w??h o8,456 500
pwroc? batee
S ver j lb? og , Wcsid?red Sumte;
?BCBtv ie ooiwibtedly one of the
teat ia fee. sod the value of
Sta fera* projects equals or 'exceeds
?st cf soy otb?i county When the
'value of th? tobacco, doro, oats, pea,
ncr* potete, sega? cane and other
Bssor crops is abided to the value of
tbe cotton crop i?e bave a total that
ava ether OQoety Tn the State will.
fifed diSou?t ior.'eij???
Sumter cooMj offers the best op
portunitj t? Pulfers teat we know
ct The Us(5e ase well driiioed, and
fsvdisctfve, (%ere is still a great
desi o? ^Ms?e? Cot all purposes,:
S?e laud is cotD^irativelj c:heap, and
CAD be boegtt on eas j terme The.
cfissaie is SM Utat can be deaire?..
Aove ia ffooes ie Sumter count j for
tfecttsand* ?T t????rable settlers, and
te tbe ioVfusttioiZS abd progressive
Baan the opportucitj for owning bis
mvta ??d SfeVoJpg. a comfortable liv.
istg in a feeahbfal and pleasant c i
maie, where he can live in the open
BK ten mo?lbs out of the year that
SUB* tr count j oilers today can
wc*r~~iy be f.'tiod elsewhere
^ bile cotton is ibe staple crop, a
maw can plant not on acre of cotton
aod still noske bis ftrm pay him well
SDI the labor expended, for there are
% ba]f dozen othei crops that can be
jnodaced that pay profitable returns
"Tobacco as a crop is yet in 1*9 infancy
ia Sumter conntj, yet many who are
planting it have caade a net profit per
acre for several years in succession
that far exceeds any profit ever made
on a cotton crop anywhere. Others
have planted sugar cane and from it
?ade syrop of such superior qualifiy
that they have sold it at prices that
brought them a set profit per acre
greater than they ever received for
cotton. The growing of truck for
market has been undertaken on a
ima!! scale with profitable results,
and as we are able to obtain an
inexhaustible supply of artesian
water for irrigation at no expense,
save the first cost of sinking the
wells (tba average cost per wei!
being about $100), this branch of
industry appears to be capable of
almost unlimited expansion
These are mere random sugges
tioas, but they show ic a i?ngh way
that Sumter county not only pro
daces more than 50,000 bales of
cotton annually, but ia bleat with
unusual natural advantages, and, in
aotditjon to whist is now produced on
tie farms, csu be mad? to yield a
much greater returi in cotton and
other crops if our advantages are
properly ott?ized ana* aft our fields
are tilled to the best advantage
koLAURIK'S CANDIDACY
The 'general impression in the
State is that Senator SScLauric will
sot run in the primary for re election,
but that he will be appointed to some
good position by the president when
kia senatorial term shall expire
It occurs to na that both these
events may happen McLaarin
could hardly expect to win in the
primary, though he would get a
much larger vote than bis political
enemies have any idea of The doc
trines for which McLaurin is being
condemned and which are styled
undemocratic are quite popular in
some sections of this State as well as
io the country at large ; and a signi?
ficant fact is that they are most popa
?ar in the most progressive and pros
perons sections of the State and na
tion. But he cannot be renominated
Then why should he run ? Well,
McLaarin is a pretty good speaker
and is thoroughly saturated with the
doctrine of expansion, ship subsidy
and other doctrines held by the re
publican party, and he could make
the campaign one of education, thoa
helping to build up a republican
party in the south-a thing that
President McKinley has his heart set
on. Alter the primary the president
can give him a good appointment as a
reward for his service.
Thia may be the program. We
shenld like, to see it carried out, for
South Carolinians otfgiit to lia ve ac
opportunity of hearing both sides of
?hese great political, questions that
livide the country Otherwise they
are in danger of political stagnation
But the state committee may block
the scheme bj ruling McLaurin out
of the primary on the ground that be
ia not a democrat. We bave a poli ti?
esl censorship in South Carolina as
strict and aa overbearing as the press
censorship that prevails in the Philip
pise islands, and nothing Ts allowed
to pass muster unless it measures up
to the standard of the bosses.-New
berry Observer.
If McLaurin is willing to trust the
people, his opponents should certain
ly be, and if they refuse tb let him
go into the primary by adopting a
platform repugnant to his views, and
require as a qualification ?o enter the
primary, a pledge endorsing that
platform, it will be an scknowledg
ment of weakness on Ibe part of Mc
Lanna's opponents, and it will have
the effect of encouraging a great fall
of io the vote at the primaries. Be*'
cause, if th? leaders of the Demo
eratic party are going; to be permitted
to say what white men shall run, and
who abai) sot run io the primary,
there will spring up a spirit ef resect
ment, and numbers will refuse to
participate tn such a close corpora?
tion ; this feeling will grow and cul
m?nate in the destruction of the pri
mary system of this State.-Manning
Time3.
It appears not to have occurred tc
either the Observer or Times that
Senator McLaurin bas the right,
which no one can deny him, to be a
candidate for reelection to the Senate
on any sort of a platform he himself
may frame He may advocate as
many principles as he sees fit, or be
may disregard ?il principle and sim
ply leg it, at his hottest gait, to
cap?urfi the office and the appurte
nances thereof Bat unless he is a
democrat and subscribes to the tenets
of the party as laid down in the
national and slate platforms he has
no right to the privileges of the demo
eratic primary, nor has the State
Executive Committee the authority
to permit him to become a candidate
in the democratic primary or a re?
publican platform and ae the cbam
pion of republican measures and
policies
If Senator McLaurin is ruled out
of the democratic primary it will be
his own act that will mle him ont,
jost as he separated himself from his
party in the Senate and wi thdrew
from the democratic caneas on
account, of his support ind advocacy
of republican measures The primary
must either be democratic in all that
the term implies or it bad best not be
labeled democratic. If candidates,
who supp port republican policies and
stand OB the repcblicnn platform,
work for and vote for republican
measures-ship subsidies, territorial
expansion, an imperialistic army and
almost imperial power for the Presi?
dent-are to be allowed io be candi
dates ic a democratic primary simply
because they elect to call! themselves
dem?crata for the purpoiie of obtain
ing office, what of democracy is left
io the system save an empty name ?
If the democracy of South Carolina
bat no more -substance and sound
principles left in it thain has been
intimated by those who wish to have
Senator McLaurin expounding re
publican doctrines from a democrstic
platform ss a candidate for the votes
of democrats, we had better hasten
to kick the little remaining life out
of the moribund weakling, and go to
the general election as free men and
as free democrats, or free McLaurin
republicans, without trying our bands
io advance.
We would much prefer trusting the
people to trusting a party organiza?
tion that would let in si candidate
who repudiates the principles of the
party and antagonizes its measures,
who votes against his party and
hobnobs with the opposition. If Mr.
McLaurin can convert ii majority
of the voters of the State to bis way
of thinking, and, by making galvan
fzed republicans of them, can secure
the election of a L?gislature pledged
to him, well and good. We have
quite frequently submitted to the will
of the majority and can do so again
with practiced resignation.
Finally, if Senator McLa ann is not
afraid of the people and is confident
of hts position and confirmed in his
principles he should not at this late
day be trying to recover tho descerd
ed democratic cloak to hide his Re?
publicanism while seeking reelection.
He should not endeavor to reenter
the fold that he desert?! for the
enemy's camp whee that fold was
encompassed by the enesay. He
baa gone over to the republicans, let
him remain there like a man and
stand for re election wes ring the
colora he cas adopted
"DOC" CALDWElL
Florence I?cf e? ^yaisje?, Citisen
Goes to tlie Game Cook City.
"Dock" Caldwell, who bis been identified
wjth the f>ntr$lfi^?ib?r* .for -Uie past fif?
teen or mote-jeacrat bM.?nnoQncrc>.his inian
t?o?.of leafing FJoreM* tni casting bil for*
.?oe? wjtb^jiotej Sonater, } Sumter, S...G.,
which bat been completad sod newly furn?
ished throughout, and ja laid to^bu elegantly
.poointed. Some days ago, Hr. Caldwell
withdrew, from tba.management of-the Acdi
toriom, and of coarse, will shortly serer his
connection with the CeBtra! Hotel.
He bal been a citizen of Florene?? ever si nee
there was anything mach to be called Flor?
ence, and it is with regret that wu give bim
ap. "Doc" bas marie many acc? nain tan ces
ana has warm friends-all over the country,
espeeiallr amoeg trareliog men, to whose
comfort be bas ministered sp. long and faith?
fully. The traveling men regard bim ai tbe
best hotel derk in tbs State, and be bas be
come one of the., landmarks of Florance, Be
will be chief clerk of Botel Sumter -Flor?
ence Times, March 22
i-?> ni m/mmm
OL?HsKDOSf KEW8.
From tbe Ti mea. .
Petitioni from all the stations cm the Cen?
tral Railroad wiii be aent lo the.railroad
commission-, aikioff that tbe Atlantic Coast
Line be required to run two passenger trains
eaeb way daily on tb ie road!
Mollie English, colored, from down about
Bear Creek, came to Manning last Friday to
see tbe doctor, and after getting some medi?
cine, which Doctor Brown baa prepared for
her, while waiting.for tbe rebicle to come to
take ber back borne she died io the doctor's
office Notice was seot to Coroner Brewer,
but wbeo be arrived be decided that nuder
tbe circumstances an inquest was ur necessary.
From tbe Farmer.
Mr Lawson McLeod had the miofortnoe to
Lose $65 in cash while coming io town ene
day this week
Mr. E A. Stevens, who seems to bare
taken op bis abode in Manning, and who is
offering for sal? eome kind of furniture v<*r- i
nish and polieb, seetes to be somewhat un?
fortunate A week or more ago, io Sumter
be became insulting to a lady while offering
bia polish for sale, and when the husband
c?me io and ascertained the status of affairs,
he proceeded ai once to gire the id Stevens
a d.ffereat kiod of polish, something in the
shape cf a biack eye. H is conduct in Man?
ning has been such ag to c*uae hotel men to
refuse him entrance.
If the proper authorise will kefp thfi
eyes open aoout the dispensary pn ojisfs on
"bvttle dav" they can easily find ? ut where
the bliod tigers live. When a mau fr.>m tue
country brings empty bottld? ir: by ?be
wagon load, men wirb ordiusry jjd>?m?:?t
know that be bas r.ot consnu ed the cooten?s
And when he carries away a load of tull bot?
tles, men of ordinary judement know tbat
it is not for private use. We shall expect the
proper authorities to investigate the matter.
Death Dealing Tornado.
Birmingham, Ala, March 25 -
Shortly before 10 o'clock this morn?
ing a fearfnl tornado swept over the
aontbero section of this city travel
ing in an easterly direction
The number oi killed is estimated
at 25 Only five of them are wh'te
The destruction of property is
placed at a quarter of a million
dollars Eighteen bodies had been
recovered from the debris np to dark
aud scores of injured have been re?
moved to tbs hospitals.
Dispensary Profits.
. Tbs Coanty Board of Control met on Mon?
day and settled up tbs dispensary affairs for
tbs son tbs of Jan uar j and February. Tbs
following profits wsrs paid over to tbs
towns :
Sumter, $1,380 07 j
B.isbopville, 6CS 90
Maycsville, 1ST 00
Tbs coanty received tbe sim? amounts, be*
ing one balf tbe cet profits each of tbe three
dispensaries io tbe coooty for tbe mon:bs of
JaDoarj and February
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Wby is it tbat s roood trip ticket from
Enterer to Colombia, . distance of 22 miles,
is sold for 93 cents, while a roood trip ticket
from Bagt07er to Sumter, a distance of 21
miles, costs $1 26 ? It is stated tbat Sumter
would receive a much larger share of E?st
over's trade if the railroad fare was the sams
as it is to Colomoia.
The suggestion that tbe streets tbat are
not used for heavy traffic be improved by the
addition of day to the sand, thereby convert?
ing them into bard, smooth roadways is
meeting witb favor aod every citiaeo who has
given tue matter any thought endorses The
Item's suggestion.
The Psousylvania railroad last year
paid oeariy ?250 OOO in peDsions to
1,202 retired employes, nioe-tentbs of
whom are over 70 years or age The
number of pensioners who died dnriog
the year was 102
Tbe Sports (Ga) Ishmaelita soys it is
only a fool eoitor who will "take op tbe
quarrels of bis friends acd roast their
eoemies in pri?t." To this tbe Mont?
gomery Advertiser adds : "And yet
there are thousands of newspaper read
ere who think it the duty of an editor
to do what they themselves are too
cowardly or too mindful of their own
interests to undertake "
The Supreme Court has rendered a
decision in the case of Houser vs
Oaangeburg County which ?ill be of
general interest, especially to the
County Superintendents of Education.
The Court desides that Coanty Superin?
tendents ere entitled to their $100 pay
for traveling expenses except where
specifically repealed ? similar opinion
was rendered some time ago by tbe
Attorney General .
In 1898, the last year of Spanish
raie in Cooa, ihe death rate in Havana
was 9168 per 1 000 The average
from 1890 to 1898 was 35 per 1,000
In 19??. according to the report of
Major W. C. Gorgas* ehief sanitary
offioer,. the rate was ,22 74 per. 1,000.
This is pr?etie?lly the same aa the rate
io New Xork and Paris, a littlebisher
than that of London and considerably
jb?lowjt^Jr|i?> in 8t Petersburg..
Perfect Health.
Keep thfe system in perfect or?
der by the occasional use of
Tutt s Liver Pills. They reg?
ulate the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
For sick headache, malaria, bil?
iousness, constipation and kin?
dred diseases, an absolute cure
rUTT'S Liver PILLS
T?e State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF 8UMT?3R.
By Tho*. Y. Walsh, B?q , Probat* Jodgs
WHEREAS, R. 8. BOOD made suit to
sse to grant hiss Litters of Admin?
istration of tba Estate of and effects of W j
?. Spane, deceased.
?bes* art tbsrefors to cite aod admoatsb
all sod singular the kindred aud creditors of
thsjaid. W: .P.Spana, hueof Ir*dellCo, S. C,
deceased tbat they be ned appear before me,
io the Court of Probate, te be held at Sum?
ter, C. H., on April 11th, 1901, sezt,
after pnblication thereof, at ll o'eloek in
the forenoon, to show canse, if any they
have, wby the said Administration shoo ld
sot be granted.
Given nnder my band, this 2?th day of
March, A. D., 1901
THOS. V. WALSH,
Judge of Probate.
March 27-2t_
MRS. L. ATKINSON.
Announces her
Spring Opening
OF
Fine Pattern Hats,
APRIL
3d and 4th.
Tbe public are cardi-.ily invited to cull and
? nspect ber stock. *she spent ?pverKl weeks
North getting up ber styles for th" trude ai d
they will find a complete lin- of Novelties for I
the eeifoo Sb? DAB a full assortment of
"ready-to-wear" Hate and Children's H-tt9
Call acd see the Pattern Hats-I ?test desigr;s
of Paris *nd New York, oo display, Thurs?
day and Friday of next week.
Main Street, Sumter, S. C.
Mcb 20
.AND
OF
Dry Goods, Shoes.
CLOTHING
AND
General Furnish?
ing Goods,
Slightly damaged by water,
At Cost,
For the next 15 days.
Levi Bros.
March 27-2w
NEXT WEEK,
Every Week,
During the entire Spring purchasing season, we will give for
the benefit of all interested,
A daily Exhibition of
Dress Goods and Trim*
?11132*.
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Many Novelties in High-art printed Fabrics for washable cos?
tumes (never before seen in Sumter) White Goods ?nd Em?
broideries.
The verdict has already been rendered, and weVe been found
guilty of showing the prettiest and most varied Spring stock ia
Sumter. We mention incidentally that our lines of
Linens*, Upholstery
Goods, House Furnish?
ings and fine Footwear
Are fully up to their usual standard of
excellence and completeness.
Your name or initials hand-painted on every Trunk or Um?
brella purchased in our store.
he Sumter Jjry Roods Jo.
March 27