The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 01, 1901, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1901.
The Sumter Watchman was rounded
ic 1850 and the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the com bined circulation and influence
of both of the o?d papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Samter.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Columbia, April 26 -The week end?
ing Monday, Aprii 29th, averaged from
10 to 13 degrees per day colder than
nsual, with as extreme minimum 34
degrees in Greenville. There were
light frosts on the 22d, 23d and 24th
in places, and a traoe of ice io Coiieton
County. The freers killed oottoo that
waa np, cucumbers acd melons, yellow
ed oom, checked the growth of truck
and gardens, bat was apparently not
injurions on fruit.
There were light, scattered showers
on the 22d and 23d over the central
and western counties, acd scow Sorries
On the same dates in the extreme north?
western portions The ground was too
wet to work, from the previous week's
1 heavy rains over the western half of the
State, until the middle of the week, and
only from two to four days piowiog
could be done As the soil dries it
becomes baked and hard. Atong the
coast, and for about 50 miles inland,
there is need of rain to supply moisture
to germinating seeds and growing
Crops, and for transplanting tobacco, j
Bottom lands are oot yet dry enough to
plow There was more thao the usual j
amount of sunshine, and the winds
were generally light, but were chilling.
Corn has poor and irregular stands,
owing to poor germioation and the
ravages cf birds, and in plaoes whole
fields bare been plowed up and replant?
ed The cool weather checked its
growth and caused much to turn yel?
low In the southeastern counties only
lias cultivation become general Up?
land corn is not all planted.
Cotton planting made slow progress,
and much remains to plant io the west?
ern couutiee, white the eastern aod cen
tra! counties first planting is about
finished Stands are very poor. A
large portion of the cotton that was
planted previous to last week's heavy
rain aod subsequent oold weather will
have to be replanted, as the young
plants that were op have died to a
large extent, while newly sprouted and
-onsprouted seed are rotting in the
aground There is a general scaroity of
.seed for replanting.
Tobacco/ plants continua small, and
. aro ?carce io Williamsburg County
Transplanting progresses ?lowly except
in Marion County, where it is nearing
-comp'ctioo. Rice made slow growth
generally In tbs Georgetown districts,
the rivers and tides were 'ow enough to
permit planting operations to be
resuood.
With limited exceptions, wheat ao?V?
oats cor.ticcv to look promising and are
Stooling well. Oits aro heading over
the southeastern counties, ac? o^er
limited localities elsewhere. Sweet
potatoea are rotting io beds. Waite
potatoes appear to be doing weil.
M?lo-os have poor stands Truck needs
warum weather and laote moisture,
but shipments of peas, beans and straw?
berries are going forward, the latter
ripening slowly The acreage of straw?
berries is smaller than usu^l Toe
eomcc?-roiai peach crop will not be as
large a* expected, but generally peaoo
es, p'-ars acd pluxs have been only
alight!? ir jared by the prevailing
aoseaM'??hic weather Gardens look
well, bu: are backward
4- WIT I I ?? -
Omaha, Neb.. April 28 -James
Callahan was declared not guilty to
day of any complicity in the kid
napping of Edward Cudahy, Jr
FeSin, April 28 -Tue report of
Gen Kettler received here from Kuo
Lu, differs from the others reports
concerning the German French ex
pedition previously received Geo
Kettier's report shows that the
Chinese troops did not leave the pro?
vince till they were forced to do 80
The entire brigade commanded by
Gen Kettler m t the enemy on April
23 and inflicted immense loss upon
them. Tne report dues not give
the loss The Germans bad one
officer and three soldiers killed and
28 soldiers wounded The Chinese
were forced to leave the province
sod were fully demoralized The
French authorities stated that the
Chinese had crossed the border of the
province on April 19, in which case
they mast have su9equently returned
Cape Town, April 28.-During the
last 48 hours 16 fresh cases of the
bubonic plague have been officially
reported Eight of these are Euro?
peans Since the outbreak of the
se there have been 319 cases of
England's Costliest War.
Wheo the Eoglisb budget was iorro
doced somebody said that every Boer
siled had cost $5,000 The estimate
was generally accepted aod commented
upon without examination. The truth
ts, as a moment's reflection will show,
that the figure is ridiculously low. Toe
British have certainly not killed 10,000
Boers, lt is doubtfal whether they
have killed 5 OOO If it bas cost them
$750,000,000 to kill 10,000 Boers,
that is $75,000 per Boer. If ooly
5,000 have been disposed of, the butch?
er's bill amounts to $150,000 apiece.
There were less than 40,000 Boor
families in the two republics when the
war began England could have given
every family ?20,000 to ksep quiet
without spending any more than she
has paid for fighting
The Boer republics, whose combined
population is less than that of Detroit
or Milwaukee, have given tbe British
Empire the most costly war it bas ever
bad in its whole history in tbe sams
space of time.
This week England is borrowing
$300,000X00 to pay a mere instalment
of the cost of the Boer war.
The British national debt practically
began in (he reign of William III, aod
the entire amount borrowed in that
reign, including the support of an
eight years' war with France, was
$60,000,000
The ten years' war of the "Spanish
succession added $115,000,000 to the
British national debt.
The nice years of war from the
beginning of hostilities with Spaio io
1739 to the end of the general war of
the Australian successioo in 1748 call?
ed for borrowings to the amount of
?145 000,000. .
Tbe great Seven Years' War involv?
ed $290,000,000 of new debt.
The eight years' war of the American
Revolution, including wars with
France, Spain and Holland, required
loans to the amount of $580.1)00,000.
The greatest amount borrowed by
Great Britain io any one year in the
wars of the Frenoh Revolution was
$150,000,000, in 1795, repeated in
1797 The greatest amount borrowed
io any one year during the Napoleonic
wars was $198,000,000, io 1813
The Crimean war of three years
increased the national debt by $195,
000.000
The Boer war has lasted a year and
a bait. In that time Eagland has bad
to borrow more than she ever borrowed
io any two years of any otber war io
her history.
Moreover, she has spent more than
we spent in our civil war io the same
length of time Our most expensive
year was the fiscal year 1865, when we
bad over a million soldiers under arms
In that year our war expenses, military
and naval, were nominally $1,153,
307,834 13, but as they were paid in
depreciated paper, whose average
value was 49? cents on the dollar, the
actual gold oost of the war for the year
was $570.885,377 88. Eogland has
paid over $750,000.000 io gold for a
year and a balf of Boer fighting, and
expects to pay a billion before the job
is over -N. Y. Journal.
Biliousnsss is a condition characterized by
a disturbance of the digestive organs Toe
stomach is debilitated, the li?er . torpid, the
bowels constipated. There i3 a loathing cf
food, pains in tbe bowe!?, dizziness, coated
toogue and vomiting, Srst o? the undigested
or partly diee3ted food aod theo of bile.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver TaMets
allay the disturbances of tbe stomach and
create a healthy appetite. They also tose up
the liver to a bsaitby action and reenlo'e tbe
boweis. Try them and jou are certain to be
mach pleased with the result For sale by
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"WRONG MAN."
Columbia, April 28-After ali, it
turns out that the mau under arrest at
Oxford. Teen, was no: the much desir
ed M R Reese. Mr Newbold, whoo
? be lefc, stated that be did not believe
that the Mississippi authorities had got
ten R?ese. Thc authorities there were
so positive, however, that the goverocr
thought it absolutely oeoe^?-ary to at least
seed some one to see whether it was the
man wasted L*st oigbr the following
telegram was received by the govcr
oor :
To Gov McSweeoey. Columbi*, S C :
Wrong mao. Locks nothing like
Raese. VVill write from home
W H Newbold
A Puzzle for the Lawyers.
Governor McSweeney has received
quite a peculiar inquiry from Mr
W B Holmes, of Charleston, which
is as follows :
My Dear Sir : If a body, buried
some few years ago, is wsshed up
by the tides, and on that body is
found the sum of $160, does the money
belong to the parties to whom the
lands belong where four.d, or does it
belong to tbe State ? If to the State,
does tho State give a reward for in?
formation leading to the recovery of
such find ? Information from you on
this point will oblige
W B Holmes
The Governor replied that be knew
of no law regulating such a ca6e, but
would suggest the matter be report?
ed to the coroner, who might in
stitute an investigation
South McAllister. I T , April 29.
-An explosion of gas occured today
in the mine of McAllister Coal com
pany at Alderson, by which five men,
tbree of them negroes, lost their
lives, 7 were injured, and another ia
j Soffrage in the South.
I Republican Politicians Discuss?
ing Disfranchisement of Il?
literates.
Washington, April 29 -The at?
tempt of President McKinley to split
the South Carolina Democracy by the
wedge of Federal office, or at least to
build up a respectable white Republi?
can party in the south, draws atten
tion to the wide extent to which the
disfranchisement of illiterates -which
is geueraliy more or lees synonymous
with negroes-has proceeded in the
southern States
Four of these-Mississippi, Louis?
iana, North Carolina and South Caro
lina-have amended their constitu?
tions in the past ten years so as to
disfranchise illiterate voters altogeth
er Arkansas and Maryland have
adopted an educational qualification,
which will shut out a large propor?
tion of the negro vote On May 21
the Alabama constitutional conven?
tion will meet in Montgomery to
frame a new constitution, the declar
ed purpose being to deal with the
suffrage problem. The State will
doubtless follow the example of
other southern state and deprive
illiterates of the right to vote. The
Virginia constitutional convention
will meet in June and will discuss
the adoption of an educational quali?
fication-an issue which has long
been a barning one in the State
Of course, in the states of the
black belt more drastic raeasure?i are
required to attain whit6 supremacy
than where the negroes form a smaller
proportion of the population. Ac?
cordingly, in Louisiana, a voter must
be able to read and write, most own
$300 worth of property assessed in
his name, er mast have been able to
; vote Jan 1, 186T, or be lineally de
scended from a person able to vote
on that date (The latter provision
in the celebrated "grandfather"
clause ) North Carolina bas a simi
lar law, omitting, however, tho prop?
erty qualification Sooth Carolina
now requires that a voter wishing:
to register must be able to read
and write any part of the State
constitution submitted to him: or
show that be paid taxes on prop
erty amounting to $300 ; bul; for
several years previous to Jan 1,
1898, the registration books were
open lo those able to understand any
article of tbe constitution wheu read
to them, and those who registered
under that provision will be entitled
to vote as long aa they live In
Mississippi, tbe voter most "be able
to read any section of tbe constita
tiou of tbe State ; er be shall be able
to anderstand the sarae when read
to bim, or give a reasonable inter
pretation thereof99
In Arkansas andr by the new law
in Maryland, tbe voter most mark a
ballot without party emblems or di?
visions of the candidates into party
groups, and is not allowed to take )
any one into the voting booth with
bim to help bim in ntakiog his ballot,
so that education enough to pick his
favorites one of the alphabetical lists
will be necessary
With Virginia and Alabama added
to the list of Southern States which
bave already excluded illiterates from
the suffrage, the negro problem in the
South will no longer be as menacing
as it has been in the past The 3os
ton Herald and other New Bogland
newspapers assert that the "indiffer?
ence" of tbe Republican party to the
disfranchisement of negroes in the
South will not continue. On the
other hand, these newspapers frank
ly admit that any attempt to upset
tbe laws enacted by Southern legis
iatures, or to reduce Southern repre
sentation in Congres?, would make
the South 'more solid than ever,'*
and defeat the plans which have been
made to establish a "lily white,r
Republican party in the South In
view of this last fact, the attitude
which the next Congress wiil assume
toward the "illiterate negro" stalia
tics called for from the Censu9 by the
last Congress will be of great inter?
est
Killed on the Stage.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 27 -A
special from Burosviile, N. C , says :
While playing tbe tragedy "Cast.
Upon the World'' in the closing exer?
cises ot the Staoisy McCormick High
school a> Burtville last night a real
tragedy wes enacted when R B Mo
Inturf, oue ot the r-turJeots, was shot
and kiiled by Bacov.8 Bailey, another
student, both representing oharaotersin
the p!ay Wheo it bjoame necessary
for Batley io his role to defend himself
with a revolver against a drawn knife
in the bands of Mclnturf he u*ed by
mistake a loaded pistol instead of
blacks, and in the presence of several
hundred pei)pie Mclnturf was shot dead
on toe stage The boys were room
mates and special friends
Fall River. Mass , April 27 -The
reduction in the price of print cloths
has not oniy made further curtail
ment probable, but a reduction in
wages possible The price paid for
weaving cloth today ie the highest in
the history of the business, and the
margin of pro?t is as small aa it ever
was Under such conditions it is
feared that wajges cannot be main?
tained with any certainty for a definite
period of time.
Sidz>ey NSW, April 2$ - Hen
Mercke, a German millionaire whc
? was cruising in bis yacht, and? Hen
Caro, bis private secretary, -?ere
j recently mnrd^red by natives of ?be
island of New Britain, off the north
east coast of Papua Her Carole
body wee eateD
London, April 2&-Col Piumer's
force captured a smali iaager of 45
men, including the notorious Trans
vaal state engineer, Munnick, who
planned the destruction of the Johan
nesburg mines in the spring of last
year, and his father, who was former
ly landrost at ?oksburg.
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m
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Co'?df?D?er9
1 60 Saw Hal! Gin with Feeder ?ind COB
denser
1 Extra heavy Winship Press, a fine oce,
compile
40 feet of 2 ?neb Shafting
AH in gool repair
Apply to W W DESOHA\??S & CO r
WisHckv, S C.
Or 'o A. A STRAUSS.
April 17-tf Mave3*il!e, S C
PURVEYING.
SURVEYING and Civil"Engmeerine work
promptly md Hccnr*t?lv done
W. LO RING LEE, Civij Eogr.
May 23-0
WM B ALFORD, E PLUMER ALFCBD,
ALFORD BROS.,
Dentists^
Office over Sumter Dry Goods Co's
Store,
MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. G
Api 24-tf
Womanly Beauty,
Sparkling Eyes and Bright- Z&ces.
Are the frons of sound nerves*
HINDIPO the great Frpocb N*rve Tonic
and Vii?1 z-r cures Nervous Exhaustion,
Hysteria, Dizziness, Headache, Backache and
Female Wt- d-iess BO common attending the
monthly pciods GIRLS pase'ng tbroocb
the trying c?mnee from girlhood to Woman?
hood will fi::d in it a wooderful reiief and
benefit. If quiets ?nd strengthens the nerves,
cleanses tbe oiojd, c'ear* the brain aod- tooee
u& the whole system Makes ? woman look
voung aod feel yoong Price 50c , 12-boxes
?5 Sent by mail to any address Sold by
Dr J F W DeLorme, Somier, SC 4
BARRED AND WHITE ROCKS.
Ecus SI-50 per 15 My Barred Plymouth
Rocks have won for me and my customers at
three large shows this season.
L. C. HfiBSEff,
Box 12, Sunny Side, Ga.
Fen 6-2m
Life and
Fire Insurance.
Call on me, at my residence, Liberty
Street, for both Life and Pire Insu
rance. Oniy reliable Companies rep?
resented. Phone No ISO.
???dreifrst WI oses.
Oct 25-o
Land Surveying.
IWILL GIVE prompt attention to all
calls for survevinp and nlattra l*r>ds.
BANKS H BOYKIN,
Oct 10-o Catchall, S C.
BIDS WANTED.
Sora'p.-, S C . April 12. 1901.
THE COUNTY BOARH OP COW Mis?
sioners <-f Sumter County, will, at
their meeting, May Ttb, proximo, receive oiJs
for reoui!din2 the Cou My Jail as it stands,
or for ?nu di og a New J>-il
Tbe B >ard reserves tat right to rej?ct any
or ail bids
By order of Board.
WW H SEALE,
County Supervisor.
April 12-3t.
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food aDd aids
Nature in strengthening and recon?
structing the exhausted digestive or?
gans, lt ls the latest discovereddigest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach lt in efficiency, lt in?
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn.
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand
all other results of imperfect digestion.
Price 50c. and $1. Large size contains 2H times
small size. Book all about dyspepsia mailedlreti
Prepared by E. C- DeWlTT ? CO.. Chicago.
J S HUG-HSON & CO
Tills Sale Next Friday,
As the items below represent some of
fhe best values, we have ever offered :
i
50 pieces fancy Lawns, Organdie and Dimities,
all new, just received, special Friday,?only
35 pieces new colored Piques, regular price 10c
for Friday these go on sale at
1 case of 40 pieces colored Batiste Lawns, 27
inch, regular 7c-for Friday,
6 pieces 40-inph colored Organdies-for commence?
ment and evening suits. Shades-pink, blue,
maiz, nile, lilac, red. Just as a ieader Friday,
25 pieces white Wash Organdies, a fine quality,
They will go quickly Friday, at
2 WHITE QUILT SPECIALS.
25 extra size, hemmed and shrunk, Friday,
25 extra size of fine quality, Friday,
These are the best values ever seen in quilts.
OPENING AND SALE OF NEW PARASOLS
AND UMBRELLAS.
SHOE SALE FRIDAY,
THESE CUTS FOR THE DAY :
All the |1 50 grades for |1 37 The 8tyles 8nd ,Uy of our Shoeg
AU tbe Si td grades tor ipi 09 | sre weil known Tbey are the best
All the ?2 00 grades for SI 79 ! can be made We gaaraotee every*
All the ?2 50 grades for $2 23
81
2c
8c
5 c
lc
9c
?9c
98c
pair.
8 c
40 doz children's Bkck Ribbed Hose; size? 6 to
9?-Just for Friday,
Again 20 dozen Ladies' Black Hose. Can't be . | | ^
matched anyway at 15c-For Friday, M. JL ^
We'll show you other things too, that
are money savers Friday*
Schwartz
j. imnuE & s
Special Money-Saving Announcement
to all?
Prices are the things that talk, so read the*
following and compare. Yon will see the*
money saved by calling on us for your Spring:
and Summer shopping :
50 dozen Ladies' Black Hose, 9c, 3 pair for 25c; Best,
you've ever seen for the money.
10 dozen Children's Brown; Sose, 6 to 9, 12?c. Will stand,
the hardest kind, of wear.
20 doz. Ladies' all linea hemstitched Handkerchiefs, 9c.
New lot just in.
About 25 odd Corsets, 75c and $1 values. If your size is*
here, will close out at 50c
New lot of Ladies' Leather Belts with the new dip buckle*
25c and 30c value, at 19c
1 lot 36-inch Colored Organdie," price 52c for 19c
Our entire line IS and 20c col. Organdie and Dimity;, for 15c
One lot Si and 10c Dress Ginghams for Sic
15c Fancy Oxfords for 10?c
Colored Dotted Swiss, price 15c, for ll Ic
Small lot of Foulard Silks, formerly sold at 40c and 50c.
To close this lot 29*;.
The new Crepe Albatross-thc new material for Waists,
special at 44c
5 pieces Dotted Cachimo. regularly sold at 35c, now 29c
About 75 yards black Perola, a $1 skirt material. Special
price 83c. We have sold 300 yards of this material this season
About our Shoe Department. Well we have them for every?
body. You know the old reputation-Ryttenberg's Shoes are
good shoes. It still holds good. Quality the highest, prices
the lowest.
Five Points About our Clothing Explains its Superiority:
1. The quality is always good.
2. The styles are invariably correct.
3. The workmanship is the best. We guarantee its relia?
bility.
4. The variety is large. You're never at a loss to find a
pleasing pattern here.
5. Our prices are always fair-always the lowest for which
good clothing can be sold.
J. RYTTENBEHG & SONS.