Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The S?rn^er Watc/Mnan wis toun?ea is ISo?andfche True Southron in 18?6. Tie Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of- both of ^he old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium io Sunter. Lieut. Gov. Tinman must be an en? thusiastic; chicken fancier, for he made a .^injg visit to Sumter last week to witness a cock fight that was. pulled afc ?fceui six miles from this city. Ii ia currently reported, that he is not aa exp?rt judge of the caj?bili tiesor#a^*eoc?s^for he backed the , loosing coi?|fc ivi most of the fights, and pa^^t.4early. ipr his poor judg? ment. Ifi*? Lieutenant Governor did "Hot traveL:^c?3gnifco'as is the custom of M^-^?isGks^es in Europe, but he did not see&,U^e<^ssary ^ and* but few ot his acquaintances, chicken . fanciers e??i>fced, knew of his presence in the county: until after his d?part? ie. Our recently * elected State geologist should hustW around and discover oil in South Cprolina before Texas and Louisiana. . succeed in flooding the world. South Carolina has so many undeveloped resouces that it would be strange if there were not also abund? ant reservoirs of petroleum lying un? touched beneath our feet. The hog-in-the-town question is be? ginning to agitate the citizens of Manning. An anti-hog ordinance is demanded by certain citizens of that town and the town council, is up against an anti-hog petition. Man? ning is in for an agitation that will be several degrees hotter than the Sena? torial fight. We haven" t forgotten the hog and anti-hog campaign in Sumter, and it is safe to say that the members of council will never forget it, nor the citizen who, being summoned before council for unlawfully keeping a hog within the city limits, appeared with the said hog in a bird cage, which he exhibited when he entered the Irish girl's plea " that it was such a little one." Manning and the Manning pa? pers especially have our sympathy while the hog question is pending. If Charleston does not succeed in obtaining a new passenger depot pret? ty soon it might be a good idea to move the Exposition to Sumter. We will have a big, new passenger station this fall, and will not be ashamed to welcome visitors in it. Our recollection is that the first cot? ton bloom last year was reported about June 3d and the crop was in a flour? ishing condition. At this time scarcely a farmer has finished chop? ping out his cotton crop and many have not yet secured a stand. Only the wilfully blind cannot see that the cotton prospects are as unfavorable as ever known in Sumter County. Senator Tillman has accepted an in vitation to deliver an address in Bish opviile on June 20th, the occasion be ing the laying of the corner stone of the new Town Hall. The occasion is not intended to be political in charac? ter, but it is safe to predict that more or less politics will be on tap for the entertainment of those who thirst for that brand of moonshine. Bishopville seems to be more interested in the railroad connections than Senatorial aspirations^ and Col. V. E. (Bunch) McBee, General Superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line and other S. A. L. officials have been invited for the same occasion, the purpose being to interest them in the proposed S. A. L. exten? sion via Bishopville to Sumter. If Col. McBee accepts the Bishopville in? vitation .the Business League of Sum? ter should cooperate with Bishopville in the effort to induce the S. A. L. to build a branch line to this city.. If the matter is properly presented the S. A. L. officials cannot fail to be in? terested, even though they are not now prepared to undertake the con? struction of the Sumter branch. The refusal of Gov. McSweeney to ^acc^?-fc the resignations of Senators hillman and McLaurin shuts off a re? gular'campaign and primary, but it does not prevent political discussion nor will prevent the growth of iii feel? ing and bitterness. The seed have been planted and the ill-feeling, which is already present, will grow in strength and spread until the state be .filled with pent up strife, ready to break out with violence when the issue is joined in the campaign of next summer. Then the issue be? tween the democracy and republican? ism will be complicated by the trades and deals of the office hunters and it will be impossible to have a clear cut and decisive fight to decide whether the people will endorse or re? pudiate the McLaurin new style demo? cracy that is so closely akin to Mc? Kinley republicanism that even an expert could not distinguished be? tween them unless they were labeled. For some reasons we are inclined to endorse Gov. McSweeney's action, for from one point of view the course he selected is the wisest and best for the state in that it prevents a regular campaign in the off year, shuts off open and violent political strife and spares the people the turmoil and harassments of a primary election. But for other, reasons we are of the opinion that Gov. MeSweeney has made a mistake and that we are also mistaken in welcoming the postpone? ment of the fight between democracy and McLaurin's republicanism. This year the fight would have been a, ! clear cut one with opposing princi ! pies as the sole issue, while next year the place hunters from the highest to the lowest will take a hand in the contest and the principles at stake will be overshadowed by the greed for office. It is true that the individual strength of Tillman and McLaurin would have been factors of. importance in the contest this year, but as they are recognized champions of the two opposing brands of democracy, so called, that we have in South Caro? lina, the issue would be clearly defined? even, though no other real democrats or McKinley new-light democrats en? tered the race. We ar? as sick and tired of the kind of politics, we have been having in South Carolina for ten years past as it is possible ior anyone to be, but we do not see that we are to gain anything by postpon? ing the inevitable conflict between real democracy and the commercialism of i 1 which Senator McLaurin is the expo- \ nent. The contest has to come, and, ! ' save for . the trouble and expense, it had far better be made in an off year than in a regular election year. Senator McLaurin says that news? paper notoriety is nauseating to him. He must have a fondness for nausea for no public man in the state has gone to greater lengths to secure news? paper notoriety, in season and out of season than this same John Lowndes McLaurin. It is even said that he has laid out much hard cash to retain the services of a certain type of editors, whom he once likened to "dog-meat, purchasable at so much a pound." Senator Tillman was slightly sarcas? tic in his reply to Gov. MeSweeney, and the skillful manner in which he makes a comparison of MeSweeney and Tillman to the disadvantage of the former is very clever. ------ CIVIL SERVICE HUMBU9. President McKinley Pays No At? tention to Flagrant Violators of Law. Washington, May 31.-The way in ( which the Administration permits the . Civil Service law to be deliberately defied and set at naught where any- : thing can be gained by .so doing, "is ? well exemplified in a report from the . National Civil Service Reform League to the Secretary of the Treasury and the President in regard to the conduct of Internal Revenue Collector Sapp, of Louisville, Kentucky. This case , is particularly outrageous, Collector Sapp not only dismissing clerks that refused to contribute to the campaign funds, but also forbidding them to at? tend meeings of a Rdepublican fae- < tiqn-opposed to that with which he is identified. * These facts have been officially report? ed on several occasions by inspectors of the Civil Service Commission and < the results laid before Secretary Gage 1 and the President, but without the . slightest notice being taken of them. ' Mr. Sapp continues to bulldoze Fed? eral employes just as he has done ever j since placed in office. The violations of law were first in? vestigated as long" ago as 1899. On November 14, of that year, the Civil < Service Commission sent to Mr. Gage, j Secretary of the Tresury, a brief con? taining a summary of the principal facts stated above. The Secretary re- * plied November '28, suggesting that the matter, so far as it related to the < collector's official conduct, should be referred to the President, and that . evidence showing violations of the ] penal provisions of the law should be ? brought to the attention of the De-1 partaient of Justice. [ * Accordingly, on February 26, 1900, [, the commission transmitted both to I the President and Attorney General | * summaries of the testimony. The pa- j < pe rs were forwarded by the Attorney |( General to the district attorney at : Louisville and submitted to the fed- 1 eral grand jury, during the week be- ] diming' November 26, 1900, but the < grand jurv ignored the charges. On the" 18th of April, 1901, the chairman of the executive committee ' of the reform league called the facts 1 to the attention of thev Secretary of < the Treasury, and of the Commission- t &r of the Internal Rerenue, in a per? sonal interview, and was informed that inasmuch as the office of the col- < lector was a Presidential office, the ? matter ought to be communicated to , the President directly, and that the Secretary would be glad to investigate 3 the case if referred to bis department by the President. S < Accordingly, upon the 19th day of s i April, 1901, the chairman addressed to ' the President a communication set? ting forth the principal facts and call- ? ing his attention to the sections of the civil service act forbidding politi? cal coercion and the soliciting or re? ceiving of campaign assessments and the discharge or change of official rank or compensation for giving or with? holding political contributions, and also to the rule for punishing all vio? lators of the law by dismissal from the service. "But," says the report, "Collector Sapp still holds his place." The National Civl Service Reform League has now again appealed to the President to remove Mr. Sapp, citing all the facts in such a way as to be absolutely conclusive. But no one ex? pects Mr. McKinley to take action. New York, May 31.-Arbuckle Brothers today reduced the price of all grades of refined sugars 15 points. The American Sugar Refining Compa? ny made no changes. Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbia, S. C., June 4, 1901. The week ending Monday, June 3d, had a mean temperature of 66 degrees -about 10 below normal-with a maxi? mum of 86 at Columbia, on| the 2d, and a minimum of 44 at Greenville, on May 29th. The cool weather, and a deficiency in sunshine, were detri? mental to all crops. Although the rainfall for the week averaged but little over 1?? inch? es, yet this amount is much above the normal, and following the heavy rains of the week immediately preceding, kept the ground too wet to work, ex? cept for a day or so on well dried up? lands. The week's rainfall ranged from less than an inch to nearly fpur inches and covered the entire State. The ground is saturated, and the ecxessiye moisture is proving injur? ious to most field crops by preventing cultivation. Complaints of grassy fields. come from every county and every section of the State. Cotton chopping made slow progress, and cultivation practically none, so that fields are becoming foul, and in a few localities stands ar? dying. Bust and lice have appeared at a few points. The weather was too cool for the growth of cotton, and at " many places it is losing its previous healthy appearance. There has been a slight improvement in sea island. Upland corn made little growth, but retains its healthy look, while on low. lands, all of which are very wet, some corn is turning yellow and is firing, for lack of sunshine and cultivation. Bottom land planting and replanting has not been finished. In places corn improved, and in others it deteriorat? ed. Tobacoo with few exceptions, is do? ing poorly, and is in urgent need of dry, hot weather. Rice made fair growth, and planting is in places Snished. Rust is spreading on late wheat, but the crop generally is free from rust, and all will soon be harvest? ed, weather permitting. Oats are be? ing harvested, but the weather has been unfavorable for this work. The fruit prospects, especially for peaches and apples, are not so bright as they have heretofore been, but, wild berries, cherries and plums are plentiful. Gardens show marked im? provement. Pastures afford fine graz? ing. Melons need warm weather. Large shipments of beans and other truck are being made to northern markets. The freshets of last week were more destructive than first reports indiciat ed, and the overflowed areas have since been kept wet by frequent rains, giv? ing little or no opportunity to replant : the fertile lands on which the crops were destroyed. Boers Making it Hot for Kitchener. London, June 4.-The war office to? night published the following dispatch > from from Lord Kitchener, dated Pre? toria, June 4: "Jamestown (Cape Colony) surren ierd to Kritzinger's commando on che morning of June 2nd, after four flours' fighting. The town guard and local volunteers were overpowered be? fore our pursuing columns could come np. "Our casualties were three killed and two wounded. The Boer loss is said to have been greater.. "The stores were looted but the garrison was released. "Have placed Gen. French in charge jf the operations in Cape Colony." London, June 4.-Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretori, dated June 4, says : "Dixon's report of the fighting ait V'IakfonteinT 40 miles from Johannes- ( burg, May 29, just received. On our 3rde Iriott men with seven guns were mgaged.. The force was returning to :amp at Vlakfontein when the enemy . auder cover of a veldt fire, rushed the rear guard, consisting of two guns 1 >e the 28th battery and 380 men of ! i&e- Derbysfcires and Yeomanry. They temporarily captured the two guns, i Kaen the remainder of the force ?ame into? action the Boeres wer? iriven ofi% the guns recaptured and she Boer position was occupied. Oar casualties were six officers and 51 ?nen killed, six officers and 115 men wounded and. one officer and seven men missing. One officer and four nave since died of wounds. Fosty one Boers were killed on the groand, The farther Boer casualties ara not known. Reinforcements are being 9ent. ** Raleigh^ N. C., May 31.-The State board of agriculture today decided that North Carolina should make a creditable exhibit at the South Caro? lina Inter-State and West Indian Ex? position and appropriates nine thou? sand dollars for that purpose. This amount goes much further than would appear at first blush, as a large part of the material to form an exhibit is already collected and North Carolina can draw on her permanent State ex? hibit and stock in the museum. Man? ufacturers say they will largely defray the expenses of making the exhibit. Manufacturers' and other individual efforts will greatly aid. The western legislators who arc for? bidden by Stat?- laws to use railroad passes, must look with amazement, says the Richmond Dispatch, at the whole presidential train load wearing chalked hats. 11 Minimion Weight Gasolina Engine. Made by Prof. Barnes of Clemson. 5 h. p. and Weighs Only 200. Clemson College, May 30.-South Carolina, along with other southern States, is making wonderful strides along manufacturing lines. This changed and changing condition ne? cessitates an adjustment of the educa? tional system pf. the State to the de? mands of the times. As the manu? facturing industries expand and be? come diversified trained men are need? ed to fill the positions thus created. Clemson college is striving to keep abreast of the times. This correspond? en fc'p?id a visit to mechanical hall and among many other interesting facts, obtained the following from Prof, Albert Barnes, who has just completed "a gasoline engine of novel desigm ' This motor is the result of numerous experiments extending over $9. past y;ear. It is ot the double cylinder type, with an enclosed crank caso, protecting all moving "parts' from dirt' a%(i foreign substances. Tn its construction, " only the highest grade materials haye been used, and by this means the weight has been reduced, sp that the engine, which is rated'at 5 h?rs?; power, weighs only 200 pounds. This light weight makes the engine available for" automobile services, fpr small yachts, and for driving small dynamos for lighting country homes. These engines differ from steam en? gines in that they have neither boiler nor furnaces; but they utilize the gas or gasoline in the cylindler itself. This gas, properly mixed with air, is drawn into the engine cylinder by the piston and exploded by an electric spark. The energy of the explosion drives the piston forward and produces power. The speed of the engine is under per? fect control, and can be varied from 200 to 900 revolutions per minute. "With reference to the field of use? fulness for the gasoline engine, Prof. Barnes said : "Since the discovery of the Texas oil fields, the price of coal has dropped over 20 per cent. This is due to the fact that the products of petroleum compete, not only with coal as a fuel, but also through the gaso? line engine, with the steam engine as a source of power. It is also interest? ing in this connection to note that the gasoline engine in its imperfect state has a higher efficiency than the best steam engines of today. When we re? member that the steam engine was in? vented over a hundred years ago, and that the gasoline engine is of compara? tively recent development, and has al? ready surpassed the steam engine in the economy of fuel, its importance in not to be underestimated. The gasoline engine is perfectly safe, it requires no engineer, and when ad? justed for its work will run for hours with little or no attention. End of "Ex-Proprio Vigore." The constitution does not extend itself by its own force into all terri? tory acquired and held by this gov? ernment. The constitution does not follow the flag, until such time as congress sends the constitution after the flag. Territory may be a part of the Uni? ted States in the geographical sense without being an integral part of the United States in the constitutional sense. The area covered by the flag of the United States may consist of states, organized territories on the way to statehood, and" other territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Citizenship in American possessions is hot necessarily citizenship of the United States. Notwithstanding constitutional re? quirements as to uniformity of legisla? tion, congress can legislate for differ? ent territories according to their vary? ing conditions and requirements. These principles follow inevitably from the declaration of the validity of the Porto Rican tariff under the Fo raker act. In the most pregnant de? cision rendered by the supreme court since the period of the civil war that tribunal has now refused to grant an injunction against American progress during the Twentieth century along the lines indicated by the events of 1897 and pursued up to this time by the American congress and the Ameri? can executive.-New York Sun. A German scientist, having exam? ined the contents of the stomachs of over 5,000 crows, has determined the character of the crow diet and found how largely this is made up of farm and garden products: Wheat, rye, oats and barley were present in per cent ranging from 5 to 8, together with varying quantities of fruit and garden vegetables. Crows fed on ex? clusive vegetable diet died within a short time, showing that they abso? lutely require animal" food, which normally constitutes about 30 per cent of their food. The animals eaten, included mice, insects, rabbits, pheas? ants, small birds, frogs, snails and earth worms. The insects and other animals destroyed were for the most part injurious ones either, for agricul? ture or forestry, and hence the author i considers the crows to be beneficial birds. Various methods were tried to f prevent damage to crops by these jj birds by treating seeds with such sub- j stances as assafoeti??a and kerosene, without success. Mr W J Baxter, of North Brook, N C sar? bi suffered with piles for 6fteen years He tried many remedies with no results un-il be used DeWitt'a Witcb H*ze! S?lve ?od 'b*t quickly cured bim.-J S Hugbpon ? Co. Tbe least m qaaosiry aod most io quality describes DeWitt's Little K*nv Risers, the famous pills for constipation, aod tirer com? plaints -J S Hogbaoo * Cn BETTER THAN BABBIT METAL Mill men who have need for babbit metal for renewing bearings can obtain old type from the undersigned. Type metal is much more expensive than commercial babbit metal and is much superior as any one who has used it knows. I have a lot of old type on hand which will be sold as babbit metal at a price that will make it cheaper than babbit. May :i<J N. Cr. OSTEEN. Z ! COMM? ..... ri jVy :" .. Two carloads of lime, one carload of hay, one car, each, corn and oats* One carload of Ship Stuff, One carload of Corn. Besides our regular full stock pf horses, mules, carriages, buggies, wagons, hay, etc. yVe need your services. I)o ypu need ours ? $2.50 "Better than ever and ever the best." The new styles of The Herrick Shoe are followed everywhere, but the quality and workmanship cannot he imitated! The shoe that wins medals stands at the head and rightly. $2.50, $3, $3.50-all leathers in high shoes and low shoes. Unequalled styles from the centers of fashion-quality and work? manship that would cost you half again as much in any'other shoe. WALSH'S SHOE STORE. I THE NULITE. 75? CANDLE POWER ARC ILLUMINATORS TABLE LAMP. Produce the finest artificial light in the world. Superior to electricity or gas. Cheaper than kerosene oil. A 20th Century Revolution in the Art of Lighting. They darkness into daylight turn, And air instead of money burn. No Smnke. No Odor. Xo Noise. Absolutely Safe. They are Portable. Hang: or stand them any? where. We also manufacture Table Lamps, Wall Limps, Pendants, Chandeliers, Street Lamp?, Etc The best and only real ly successful Incandes? cent Vapor Gas Lamps made. They sell at sight. Each burner 104 candle power. Nothing like them. Good ?fft? Wanted. Write for catalogue and prices. Chicago Solar light ?o. THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC Has Sever Been Equalled as a Pulverizer. i sell these Harrows on so little margin that my greatest comfort is in the satisfaction they give rather than the profit I make. My dooss are open to all-My stock is ready for inspection. Come and see me io my new quarters, corner of Liberty tod Harvin Streets FIRST CLASS LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES. W. B. BOYLE. Sumter, S. C. Jalv ll MCDONALD Takes pleasure in announcing stock of that her FOR THE Spring and Summer is complete and one of the handsomest she has ever shown. Largest variety of ROSES, FOLIAGE and SHALL FLOWERS That we bave ever shown. Millinery is still OD a "gold basic)/ one-half the fancy materials sbowiog ic as a constituent about Hats For Ladies' and Children .* (Untrimmed) io the leading shapes. We have engaged the services of a most competeot trimmer from Louisville, Ky , who bas bad tbe advan? tage of working in tbe wholesale bouses of that city, Cincinnati, and other fashionable centres throughout the country. Closest attention given to designing and executing. Come and see us, we take pleasure in showing our goods. Hiss MAIN STREET, SUMTER. S. C,