The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 26, 1901, Image 4
?\)t Maternait at? Sou?jjron.
WS-DNESDA?? JUM? 26, 1901.
The Swater Watcnman was roundec
is 1850 aod the True Southron in 1866.
v Tbc Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the beet advertising medium in
Smiter.
We received a few days; ago a copy
of the Centennial Edition of the Ath
enSy Ga., Banner, issued in commemo?
ration of the centenial of the Universi?
ty of Georgia. The paper is hand?
somely illustrated but the illustrations
-aie the least of the many attractive
features of this unusually excellent pa?
per. It is filled with interesting and
.valuable special articles, historical and
otherwise. Accompanying the paper
was the followinfg note from sender :
"I send you a copy of the Athens
Banner, which I think you will en?
joy. This a great city of learning,
and I am glad that I am a fortunate
looker-on during this commencement
season. This week there will be a
gathering here of some of the leading
men of our country, men who were
educated at the University, among
whom will be Mr. Samnel Spencer,
President of the Southern Railway,
. and Judge Emory Speers, who will
speak on Tuesday. This is a great
State-next to my own I love it best.
.-J. J. Ragan. "
The dry wells are getting in their
work and before the summer is ended
there will be a few more converts to
the belief that this method cf dispos?
ing of sewerage is not conducive to
health. Some people have to be
knocked down before they can take a
hint, but a case of fever should be
sufficent to convince the most obdu?
rate.
The striking Southern Railway ma?
chinists in Columbia have forfeited
all the smypathy that the public was
inclined to feel for them and their
cause ,by making an improvoked and
murderous attack upon the non-union
machinists who had taken their places
in the shops. The men who were in
the mob making the night attack on
.the machinists in the railroad shops
should be apprehended and made to
feel the heavy weight of the hand of
the law. The right to strike does not
carry with it the right to murder the
men who do not join the strikers.
Gen. Julian S. Carr, a millionaire
tobacco manufacturer and one of the
best known and most public spirited
men of North Carolina, is playing the
McLaurin role in the politics of the
old North State. He was a candidate
for the United States Senate as a reg?
ular democrat before the iast session
of the Legislature but was defeated and
now he has announced himself as the
leader of the new light commercial
democrats. The contest in North Car?
olina under the leadership of Gen.
Carr will be fully as interesting, if not
more so, as the McLaurin campaign
in his State.
The cotton seed oil trust will surely
meet with the same fate that be- 1
fell the cotton bagging trust when
it undertook to squeeze the farm- i
ers. The farmers have abundant ?
use at home for all the cotton i
seed that they can produce and i
need not sell them to the trust unless j
the price is high enough to be an in?
ducement.
There have been no terrible di sas- j
ters in South Carolina as a result of
the excessive rains during -the past
sixty days, but the losses sustained
by the farmers, particularly those
who plant the river bottoms will
amount to millions of dollars. In
some cases the river farmers have J
lost their entire crop and some of
them have already had to turn over
their stock to the merchants from
whom they obtained advances cn the
crops to be made this year. The con- "
dition of such farmers is deplorable
and there is nothing to look forward
to this year.
?he Virginia Carolina Chemical ?
Co. is reaching out after all the inde?
pendent oil mills in this State, and
will in time undoubtedly acquire all
of them that are really wanted. When
this has been brought about the next
thing to be looked for is the formation
of a big cotton bil trust which will be
able to fix the prie:; of seed, oil and
meal. There is ont* thing aboat the
^cotton seed oil industry that the trust
will have to consider in fixing the
price to be paid for seed and that is
that seed are valuable as a ferti?
lizer and the fanners are not compel?
led to seil them except for a fair
price. If the price is fixed too low
the farmers can put the seed back on
the land that produced them and they
will be just as well oif as
if they had sold them at a
fair price. When the price of j
cotton is below the cost of production
the farmers are compelled to s.-ll and j
suffer the loss, but they ar.- independ- j
ent in respect to the price <>f seed, and
can sell or use them at home as they j
see fit.
Wednesday afternoon while a witness
was on the stand and being examined
[ he was asked if he was in the habit
of carrying a pistol. He replied that
he occasionally did so. He was then
asked if he had a pistol in his pocket
I at that time. He replied in the
affirmative and produced the pistol,
which, by the direction of Judge Buch?
anan was turned over to an officer of
the court. This was the most sur?
prising occurrence that has resulted
from the examination of a witness in
this court house within the memory
of the attendants at court. The result
was surprising, not that the party un?
der exaimnation had a pistol on his
person, for if everybody in court had
been exaimned in the same way and
had been as candid as the witness no
one doubts but that many other pis?
tols would have been brought to light.
The law against carrying concealed
weapons is the most generally disre?
garded law on the statute books and
few people seem to think it wrong to
violate it.
DAVIDS0N~C0LLEGE7
Attention is directed to the an?
nouncement of Davidson College
which appears in this issue. This
college is the Alma Mater of too many
of our citizens to require an introduc?
tion at our hands, and can we say only
this, that Davdison College maintains
the highest standard of scholarship
and that a boy sent to Davidson will
not only obtain a thorough education
but that during his college life he will
be surrounded by the best influences.
MM
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Columbia, S. C. June 25.-The week
ending Monday, June 24th, had nearly
normal temperature, and closed with
extremely hot weather, with maximum
temperatures between 95 and 100. A
minimum of 61 was observed at Spar
tanburg on the ISth. There was less
than the usual amount of sunshine
over a large portion of the State, but
generally it was about normal. There
was a severe hail and wind storm in
Lexington County on the 22d.
The rains of the week were local in
character, but were the heaviest of
the season at a few points. The heav?
iest rains occurred generally in the
North Carolina border counties, where
bottom lands were flooded for the fifth
time this year. Cultivation made good
progress in the central and southeast?
ern counties, but even there low lands
are still too wet to plow, while else?
where plowing was practicable on only
from one 'io three days, and fields con?
tinue to be foul with grass and weeds,
in places, to such an extent that both
corn and cotton have been abandoned,
and lowland oats have been cut and
cured for hay on account of the grass.
Cotton improved slightly where it
could be worked, but the plants con?
tinue to be unseasonably small, and
much of it is yellow. Some cotton is
scalded, and lice are still in evidence,
although less numerous than last
week. Chopping is not finished.
Many fields are still grassy, and much ?
cotton is bing destroyed in cleaning it
cf grass and weeds. Some fields have ?
been abandoned on account of their
foul condition and scarcity of laborers.
Sea island made a decided improve?
ment.
Upland corn looks well where it was ,
worked, but much looks yellow and is ]
rery small, while lowland corn is irre- j
Crievably injured by excess of moisture <
ind lack of proper cultivation. Bot- i
toms have not all been planted or re- 1
planted. Corn is tasselling low, and i
is unpromising generally. ?
Tobacco is being cut and cured in j
Florence County : it is small and poor
in all sections, but has improved dur- ]
ing the week. Rice is excellent in the ?
Charleston and Williamsburg districts, <
?onie was damaged by overflows and i
stagnant water in the Colleton dis- \
;rict, while in the Georgetown dis- \
fcriets freshets injured it, and only <
ibout one-fourth the usual amount of ]
June rice could be planted. Wheat ]
harvest is nearly finished, and late j
?vheat was poor owing to rust and ]
?cab. Oats about harvested. Both <
grains are sprouting in the shock to <
some extent. Thrashing has begun i
with generally good yields. <
Sweet potato slips are still being set ]
Dut. Some peas have been planted. ]
Ln places melons are blighting, but a
general improvement is noted.
Peaches are rotting extensively as ,
they riper.. Apples continue to drop.
Wild plums and berries are plentiful.
A continuation of dry weather is
needed to improve crop prospects
which are still ven-" unfavorable.
insects and Disease.
Washington, Jun?- 2.';. Surgeon
General Wyman has issued a general
circular to officers of the marine hos?
pital service railing attention to tin
importance of insects as factors in
conveying diseases. The circular says
there is no longer doubt as to thc re?
lation of the mosquito to malarial dis?
eases and to fi la ri? ?sis.
According to **Simond. "* it says,
plague is transmitted from the rat to
man by tl.'- flea.
The infection of tpyhoid fever and
to a certain extent cholera may bc j
conveyed by flies. Medical officers are j
directed to place mosquito nett i:-.Lr.- (.vcr j
the beds ??f patients suffering wii !> com :
munica ble diseases. Hospitals are to j
bf thoroughly protected by fly screens .
at all openings, particular attention J
beimr paid to ti:>- kitchen, dining
roo?:! ?and protection (,}' the food. Sui- ;
{>hur fumigation given as .in- hi--:
method of killing ;;i>.-..-t> in a large j
I? i-i'St., ?ggflTiir iZtrZZiJ *->
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CORN WOOTTON"
According to This Report South
Carolina and Florida Are "Hold?
ing the Bag."
Washington, June 25.-The weather
burean weekly summary of crop condi?
tions is as follows : The temperature
conditions so far for the ?week ending
June 24, were highly favorable in
nearly all parts of the country. The
south Atlantic States which suffered
from excessive rains in the previous
week have experienced more favorable
conditions for the cultivation which
has bene seriously delayed.
Further and general improvement in
the condition of corn is indicated. In
the Southern States the corn is doing
well except in Texas, Louisiana and
southern Mississippi, where it is
greatly in need of rain, especially in
Texas. In the Atlantic coast States
the crop has made favorable progress,
but needs cultivation in portions of
Virginia and the Carolinas. Winter
wheat harvested and has advanced un?
der favorable con itions during the
week. Increased reports of rust are
received from Ohio and Virginia. In
the Carolinas grain in stock has suffer?
ed some injuries from moisture. In
the central portions of the cotton belt
cotton has continued to improved. In
the Carolinas and Florida the crop is
very grassy, but has received much
needed cultivation in Georgia. In
South Carolina, however, a slight im?
provement is reported, but in both
Carolinas and Florida the condition of
the crop is not very promising, some
fields in South Carolina have been
abandoned. Over the northern portion
of the western districts cotton has
made rapid growth and while holding
out well in Louisiana and Texas it
would be greatly benefitted by rain.
Some picking has been done in south?
ern Texas. In the principal tobacco
State tobacco is growing well and the
stands are good. Transplanting is now
about finished in the more northerly
section and cutting has begun in
South Carolina.
"It is w;tn a ??ood deal of pleasure and
sati-fiction that I recommend Chamberlain's
Colic, Cho era ar.d Diarrhoea Remedy," s-ije
Druggist A W Snwe?e, of Harttrdor, Conn
'A lady customer, seeing the rf-m-dy expoeed
for sa e O J my snow casp, said to ce : 'I
really believe that medicine saved my life the
past fcmtner while at the shore,' and she be?
came so en?husi?3tic over it3 merits that I at
once mjde up my mied to recommend it io
:be ^o ure Recently a cen llaman came into
my store so overcome with colic pains tha'
be sank at once ta the floor I gav? him a
dose of tots remedy wbictvhelped him. I re
pelted the dose and io fifteen miotres he left
my store ii Mio* informing me that be felt ag
wei! as ever " Sold by A J China
OUR CHILDREN.
Are children born orators? One day
Mr. Moody preached a most moving
sermon : it was soon after he began
to preach. Some one went up to him
and asked, "How did you get up that
sermon?" He answered, "By study,
meditation and prayer." Does any?
body believe it would have come to
him any other way? Demosthenes,
down by the seaside with pebbles in '
his mouth, speaking to the waves, is a
pathetic picture of one fighting obvi
3QS destiny. Could anyone have con?
vinced him that his name would have
became synonymous with eloquence
without a struggle? I have seen it
related somewhere that one of the
presidents, I am not sure it was John
\dams, was turned out of the school
louse for a dunce. The little fellow,
is he sat on the steps, reluctant, saw a
stone beneath the eaves much worn by
:he dripping of the water. He
:hought, "If the constant dripping of
>vater can so wear that stone persistency j
)f effort will reward me with success. "
[ know not how true it is, but have
aeard it remarked that the real gen?
iuses is come from the plodders. Some
nen deserve little credit for being
?ood, while some not very good men
deserve much credit. Here is-a fellow
Lhat grew up in a hovel, and was
schooled in vice from infancy. He
has a bright mind and is capable, but
he has no love for anything good.
Already, though young, he is a ter?
ror. One day he stumbles into a
murch, where he hears a message
which goes to his heart. Deep convic?
tion seizes on him, which he vainly
tries to shake off. After days of sore
trouble, in which he has eaten little,
liLclit comes into his darkened soul.
His path is not a smooth one. In every
conceivable way he^is tempted. Some
of the rough fellows by insult by
taunt, try him, ami he is plied by
?.very Delilah of sin.
How he feels his weakness. More
than once his feet are in slippery
places, and he stumbles on the brink
of the pit. At such times how his j
s?>ul cried out for help, as he real- !
?zed, "My soul is among lions.";
Hungry and houseless, with no one
t-.> counsel, to comfort him, from the :
very fi rsi he has felt impelled by a |
great love, to which !:?. before was an i
utter Strang? r. to (."?:n:>?,l an?! comfort
others. ii<- had procured a Bible in
son;'- way. which he tried to read;
and study .;: every chane". Work
was hard to find such ;:s he would
now consent to do. and he could :
barely obtain the necessities of life. !
? One day he stumbles upon a fortune,
a purse some one had lost. How he
j was tempted to keep it ? But no, he
j must find its owner if possible. A few
days after he hears some speak of
the lost purse. Cautiously he seeks
to know its owner, whom he has no
sooner found out than he delivers it
up. They offered him a reward which
he refused, saying it was work he
wanted. This he obtained, and ap?
plied himself so industriously, so
faithfully that he steadily gained the
confidence and esteem of his employ?
ers, till at last he is at the head. All
this time he was reading, studying,
praying, working among the people
with whom he had been brought up.
They had watched him narrowly at
the first, and thought he would soon
fall through, but when weeks and
months had passed, having been tried
in every possible manner his very life
began to bear fruit. In the meantime,
with the assistance of some he had
started a sabbath school, at first few in
numbers but which steadily grew.
Here, as occasion offered he exercised
his homely gifts in an awkward way,
not without results. Gradually his
work grew upon him, calling for more
time, more attention, more study,
more work. His employers were loth
to give him up when at last he stood
before them and declared his purpose
to devote himself to this work, a work
that wrought reform in the darkest
part of a great city, He has passed to
his reward, but that mission, a great
church now, stands as his glorious
monument. " Can any good come out
of Nazareth?" "Hagood."
The Chinese Forts.
Peking, June 23.-There has been
no meeting of the ministers of the
fe -eign powers at Peking since last
Tuesday, but the ministers them?
selves all profess satisfaction with the
present course of events,.
The Chinese forts have not yet been
destroyed. It has been determined
that each nation will destroy those
forts now occupied by its troops, but
the ministers find that the respective
military commanders object to destroy
ing Chinese forts not occupied by
their troops. Consequently the minis?
ters will probably have to employ Chi?
nese labor to effect the destruction of
the unoccupied forts and at the joint
expense of the different powers.
Columbus, 0., June 24.-The Re?
publican State convention assembled
today with a large attendance. During
the forenoon interest centered in the
control of the new State committee,
the construction of the platform and
the fight that the State Anti-Saloon
league was making against the renom?
ination of Lieut. Gov. Caldwell and
the accompanying resolutions are still
being agitated tonight, but the contest
for State committeemen resulted in
what is called a unanimous victory for
the Hanna men, including the friends
of Gov. Nash and others. The result
assures the reelection of Congressman
Dick as chairman of the State execu?
tive committee.
Charles Foster, ex-secretary of the
treasury, ex-governor, ex-congressman
and for many years a delegate at large
to national conventions, was defeated
for member of the State central com?
mittee because of his opposition to
Senator Hanna. While the Hanna
men captured all the committees they
give special attention to the commit?
tee on credentials as well as to the
State committee, so that none of the
Daugherty contesting delegates could
be seated.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The maa who insures his life is
wise for his family.
The man who insures his health
is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health hy guard?
ing it. It is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani?
fests Itself in innumerable ways
And save your health.
BETTER THAN BABBIT ITAL
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.
Mav 30 N. G. OSTEEN.
Estate of John Holland, Deceased
I WILL APPLY to the Judge of
Probate of Sumter County on July
12th. 1901, for a final discharge as
Administrator with Will annexed on
Estate of said deceased.
R. J. HOLLAND,
Admir. C. T. A.
June 12- 4t.
NOTICE
WE HEREBY give notice than an
election will be held at the McDonald
School House, "?i Friday, July .")i!?.
1901. b r tin- pur] ?ose deciding
whether or ?o; the constitutional
school levy shall be supplemented with
an extra levy of four ?4' milis. All
legally qualified voters are entitled
vnic in : iii-; election.
W. K. LEMMON.
.i. s. Li-:wis.
STYLE!
j A light buggy for sum?
mer driving, a handsome
j carriage?
COMPORT!
A good horse or a pair
for ladies or gentlemen.
What about a mule? We think we can
please you in these particulars, also in
the selection of wagons, feed, lime and
such supplies.
H. KARBY.
S2.50S5.j00 13.50
THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC
Has Never Been Equalled as a Pulverizer.
I sell these Harrows oa 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 in tny new quarters, corner <>f Liberty and Harvin Streets
FIRST CLASS LIVERY. FEED AND SALE STABLES.
W. 3. BOYLE, Sumter, S. C.
July ll
MISS Men o jr Jim
Takes pleasure in announcing that her
stock of
FOR THE
Spring and Summer is complete and one of the handsomest
she has ever shown. Largest variety of
HOSES, FOLIAGE and SMALL FLOWERS
That we bave ever shown Millinery ?9 still on a "gold Dasi?," about
one-half the fancy materials shewing it as a constituent
Hats For Ladies' and Children ..
(Untrimmed) io the ?eadiog ?.bapes. We have eogaged the services of
a most competent rrimtDiT from Louisville, Ky . who has had the advan?
tage of working ic the wholesale houses of that oity, Cincinnati, and
other fashionable centres throughout the country
Closest attention given to designing and executing. Come and
see us, we fake pleasure in showing our goods.
Miss McDonald.
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