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Sj)* a&atebmaa at? ^oa?ljron. ^??B?????S^ 1901. The Sumter Watchman was rounded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of thc old papers, and is mani esr.'y the best advertising medium in Sumter The congressional race is still in a very nebulous condition and it is still difficult to name the candidates, to say nothing of picking the winner. In Sumter County, many have been spoken of as candidates, but only ene has formally and positively announced that he is in the race. Orangeburg . County furnishes two "bona fide candidates, Senator Thomas F. Brantley and Dr. Starkie, while others are mentioned as possibilities. Lexington county may have several candidates, but none has put a card in the Leixngton papers thus far. Colle ton County will probably have one candidate. Mr. Howell, but at last accounts he had not fully decided to -enter the race. After the State Executive Commit? tee meets on Thursday, the 25th inst., the candidates may be expected to de? clare themselves, and out of the many mentioned as possibilities it is but . .reasonable to suppose tnat few will be left to toe the mark. Judge Buchanan, who has been a nominal resident of Sumter for a few years by reason of his election to the judgeship of the Third-Circuit, is said to be quite an active candidate, and his eagerness to be elected to Congress is believed by many to be due not so much to an ambition to sit in the hall of Congress as to avoid the inevitable that he sees will follow the election of judges by the Legislature in Decem? ber. He has, it is true, a congressional ambition and has had for some few years, but his ambition did not go so far as to hazard a contest with the late Dr. Stokes and he held on to- the office he had. Now that this job is about out and there is to be a general scramble for the vacant seat in Con? gress, his ambition has taken fire and he enters the arena full-armed with hope for the fray. It is hard to esti? mate Judge Buchanan's strength, for in no particular county is he said to have a 'strong following. In Sumter County he will be snowed under by any other good man, identified with the district, who may run. It will not require a Sumter County man io defeat him in Sumter County, un? less we are greatly deceived by the re? ports received, although we have heard that he is to receive a certain meas? ure of support from those who give as a reason for supporting him the desire .to get rid of him as a judge. This is the status of the only avowed candi? date who claims Sumter as his resi? dence. If Mr. Altamont Moses and Mr. E. D. Smith both enter the race the vote of the county will be badly cut up, and with the candidates from the other counties to divide the vote in the bal? ance of the district in almost the same. manner, the race at present does not seem to hold out any particular en? couragement to any particular candi? date. Until the candidates are thinned clown to a strand it is anybody's race. Charleston will eventually have to enforce the dispensary law and the city authorities may as well recognize this at once. If the proper efforts were made by the city authorities, and the police acting under their orders, the open violation of the law could be suppressed and the wide-open liquor saloon driven out of business. Of course liquor would continue to be sold surreptitiously but this would not be a drop in the bucket to what is now sold openly and without a pretense of con? cealment. Having about made a finish of the benevolent assimilation of the Indian lands the time is at hand for the ex? tension of the same practice to the Philippines. When the land boomer gets to work the Filipinos will long for the easy time they had when the greedy and grasping Friars were in control. Col. Harvey Wilson, who is a candi ' date for Secretary of State at the next election, has some "friends," not in the Seventh District, who have been remarkably eager for him to become a -congressional candidate. Will they be ~as zealous in his support in the next ' election when he needs votes to be '-elected Secretary of State? We think uwst, for there is such a thing as kill? ing a candidate by putting bim up for another office. The Appelt-Hoyt feud is settled and j no one need anticipate a bloody d?? nouaient of the recent bandying of j -epithets. The fire-eating Senator from Clarendon has returned the soft an? swer that turneth away wrath. It is strange that we have heard <>f no commercial democrat applying for the Sumter Postoffice. Senator Mc? laurin assuredly wants support in Sumter and the postoffice here pays a pretty fair salary. 2 The State pharmaceutical society is prosecuting druggists in whose shops prescriptions are copounded in violation of the law. A dispensary con? stable was assigned to the task of working up the cases and a number of drug store proprietors are now unde/ indictment. It is the case that drug? gists who are licensed and authorized to practice frequently employ unskill? ed apprentices to compound prescrip? tions. The law is severe on such par? ties, declaring : "That it shall be un? lawful for the proprietor ofany phar? maceutical shop to allow any person not qualified in accordance with the provisions of this act to dispense poisons or compound thej prescriptions of physicians. " It is stated that some of the candi? dates will oppose the entry of Dr. L. J. Sturkie in the Congressional race in this district on the ground that he is not a resident of the district and, therefore, not elegible. The facts are that Dr. Sturkie is a citizen of Or-angeburg county which he former? ly represented in the Legislature, but is now holding an official position at the penitentiary in Columbia.. The ob? jection to Dr. Sturkie seems to be far fetched, puerile and not worthy of con? sideration except that it shows that a candidate or candidates fear the oppo? sition of Dr. Sturkie. If we are not mistaken in our recollection there are cases on record were men have been elected to congress to represent dis? tricts in which they had never resided and that they were seated and served out their terms, but this precedent is not needed to establish the eligibil? ity of Dr. Sturkie, for there can be no reasonable question of that. We do not know Dr. Sturkie and probably would not vote for him if we did, but we are opposed to any attempt to arouse prejudice against any candidate on such flimsy grounds. This is going to be a great race ,for congress, and | the more candidates the merrier it will j be. The State Board of control has very properly withheld the dispensary profits of Charleston and will employ additional constables to enforce the law in that city. We have never been a friend of the dispensary law and do not now approve of it as a system, for many satisfactory reasons, but we do believe in respecting and enforcing a law so long as it is on the statute books and this the people of Charles? ton have never pretended to do. Th? saloons have been run as openly for the past few years as they ever were before the enactment of the dispensary law and we do not believe, judging from the view point of an occasional visitor to the city, that an earnest effort has ever been made by either the State constables or the municipal authori? ties to enforce the dispensary law in the city of Charleston. The blind tigers, so-called, have been too open in the conduct of their business in the past tc admit of the belief that they feared any interference and we arrived at the conclusion, from observation, that whatever raiding was done was all an understood and prearranged mat? ter. The Best Bemedy Fer Stoaaca and Sovel Trouble. "I have been io the drag rosiness for twenty ?ears and have sold .most all the pro prietary medicines of any note Among tbe emire list I have never fou: d aov thing to eqTal C?aorprlain's Co?c, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for all stomach ?od oowel focb'.es,1' e?yj ? W. W8ke6e!d. of Coiuoa bos. G-i "This remedy ?cured two severe cases of choiera morous in my family ar.d I h*ve recommended and sold hundreds rf bottles of it to c y customers to their entire satisfaction. I* -Mord? ? qu?ck *T d sor*? cure in a p'.MSant fo m F jr g.le by D- A J Ubina. The attitude of the McKinley gov? ernment as to Sampson and Schley is one of free and unmixed corruption and injustice. The public fully under? stands the really rascally conduct of that Yankee Secretry Long, who rich? ly deserves the contempt and detesta? tion of every upright American citi? zen. The new medal just made by or? der of this infamous fellow recognize only "the man behind the gun,*" while giving no sort of credit to the great hero who commanded. Rear Ad? miral Schley. the modest Marylander. A profile of Sampson appears on the West Indian medal. If Sampson were half a man, much less a hero, he would not allow the completion of that detestable infamy. A Washing? ton dispatch to the Baltimore Sun says: "The friends of Admiral Schley will possibly resent the fact that as second in command their is no thing on either side of the medal to indi? cate this fact, and all the glory ??roes to Sampson, whose name as well as likenss. appears upon one side.'*-Wil? mington Messenger. The Alabama Constitution. Montgomery, Ala., July li).--Thej Constitutional Convention this morn? ing after a short debate reconsidered ; Section 27 of the Legislature report ! adopted yesterday, which confines the; appropriating power of the Legisla ture to estimates of the Governor and ; auditor for four succeeding years. Judge Coleman moved an amendment That the Legislatur?* may appropriate a surplus and provide for capital en largement independently of estimates. ! Judge Coleman also presented a peti- ; tion from the citizens of Birmingham, representing 81,"XK),000 taxable proper ty, protesting airinst the improvernen 1 bond issues authorized by a certain . section of tin- artic!'* <>n taxation. The articles on local legislation and '. on State and county boundaries were read the third time and passed. The, latter leaves the county boundary at j 600 square mi lev. ! Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbai, July 53.-The averge temperature for the week ending S a. m. Monday. July 22d, was SO decrees, or practically normal, with a mini? mum of 66 at Greenville. The average sunshine was below normal, and more sunshine would have been beneficial in the north border counties. High winds broke down much corn in a few coun? ties on the 14th. The rainfall ranged from less than half an inch to over five inches, the former in the central portions of the State, and central Savannah valley. The larger amount fell in Marlboro and Newberry counties, while over the eastern, northeastern, northern, and extreme western counties the rainfall was generally excessive, and damaging to crops by flooding bottoms and low? lands, and by preventing much needed cultivation. A few points had insuffi? cient rainfall, and there crops are suffering and did not improve, but over the larger portion of the St?te the weather was favorable on growing crops, causing a general and in places marked improvement in their condi? tion. Cotton improved throughout the State, and, while still very small, is growing fast and in most places is fruiting satisfactorily. In a few sec? tions it is heavily fruited, while some young cotton has not begun to bloom. The outlook for this crop is decidedly better than heretofore, although some fields remain grassy, and all cf it needs cultivation, but over the eastern, northeastern, and portions of the northern counties the ground was too wet for cultivation. Sea-island con? tinues to blight in spots. Early corn is a failure in many places, and, although somewhat im? proved, is very poor generally. It is maturing rapidly in the eastern por? tions of the State. Young corn, espe? cially that planted on stubble lands, looks quite-promising. On river bot? toms, where usually the finest corn is raised, the crop will amount to practi? cally nothing. Tobacco shared in the general im? provement, and in places has started new growth that will delay cutting, but cutting and curing made fair prog? ress, and some has been marketed. Sweet potatoes look promising, some slips being set out, while in Charleston County some fields are ready to dig and market. Rice is excellent, but caterpillars are destroying upland rice in Hampton County. Peas came up to good stands : some sections report more than the usual acreage sown, others less. . Sugar cane and pastures are good. Melons are generally poor. There is widespread complaint of peaches-and grapes rottting. "LYNCHINITAVOSDED. Denmark, July 20.-Wash Jamison, who attempted rape on Mrs. George Hutto, in Orangeburg County, and only failed in his purpose by the ar? rival of field hands, who, hearing screams, came to her assistance, when the nergo Jamison ran off and escaped, was traced and caught at Woodbine, Ga., and brought to Denmark on the Seaboard train this afternoon. While on the train Jamison grabbed a pistol from one of his guards, and attempted to kill A. D. Pearson and J. J. Fogle, who had him in charge. The conduc? tor of the train had to come to their assistance, beating the negro over the head with a club before he could be overpowered and the pistol taken from him. On arrival here Jamison was placed in a buggy and in charge of four men was starte'd through the country for the scene of his crime, but after going several miles they returned to Den? mark and placed him in the hands of Magistrate Ray, who immediately swore in citizens to protect the negro against any lynching party that might come from Orangeburg County. There was never any danger of lynching, because very few knew of th-? crime or his subsequent arrest. Denmark citizens are indignant a the report going to the Governor of any threatened lynching in our town. Sheriff Hunter, with his deputies, and also the Bambers: Guards arrived on the 8.30 train from the county seat. Jumping off the train, they double quicked to the town guard house, to find all quiet and guarded by Denmark citizens. After a thirty minutes' rest the command was given to fall in and with the negro in the lead the line of march was taken from Denmark to Bamberg jail. It is now midnight and no signs of any lynching party, the town being quiet and peaceful. ? Fireman's Close Call. "I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached anj ererv nerve was racked with pain," writes 0 W Beliamr. a locom >nve fireman, of Burlington, Iona. '-Iwas weak and pale, with? out any appetite and ail run down. As I was about to give np, I go: a bot'le nf Electric Bit ters and, a'"ter taking it. I felt a? well as I ever did in my life " Weak, sickly, run down peo> p;e al ways gain new life, strength am vigor from their u-e. Try them Satisfaction guaran t-ed by J F W DcLorm- Price 50 cants. 2 CADETS" PROSTRATED. West Point, N. V., July 20. - During th*- funeral of Gen. Butterfield lien' today, '2~, or 30 cadets fell, overcome by th?* heat and fatigue A sufficient number of carriages which were at iii?- cemetery conveyed them to the hospital. The victims are mostly of tin- new class. Thc cadets were sub? jected t?> a long practice march in the hot sun during thc forenoon and upon their return to West Point, without food, were ordered immediately to change their dress and fall into line for tin- fuiieral. At the cemetery they were required to stand in a constrain? ed position for a considerable time and this ordeal was more than thc fresh recruits could endure. None of the cases are regarded as dangerous. JUST ONE WORD that word is TuttH lt refers to Dr. Tutt's Liver Piiis and MEANS HEALTH. Are you constipated? Troubled with indigestion? Sick headache? Virtigo? Bilious? Insomnia? ANY of these symptoms atad many others indicate inaction of the LlVFP _You BTo?c3. Tott's Pil Take No Substitute. 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 30 X. G. OSTEEN. PEABODY SCHOLARSHIPS. Au eximioaiion tor 'be 3?bolar3hips m 'be Peabody Normal Coileee announced scm? rime ?20 wi?! be held nt tbe fcllowio? places: Columbia, Scar-rtD^ure, Greenvil e ?nd Crjar!e3'oo. T?e que-lion? w;h be furnished by the Pe-ibcd/ Norm il Cohere Committee at Nashville. Thev will b* sent to tfceSt^'e Superin'endent of Eiuratjon who will send .hem to 'he varions commut?es. Tbe ques? tions w.il1 oe answered bv the apic-cums in the pr?sence or rh? co r-itteeand the papers all fcrwradfc TO the central committee in Co looiMi, woo wi;i deirrm?ne the successful applicants Tberf ?retour ap* cinrcoerits to be made. Tbe scbcla-?n-ps arr good for two years ned are worth 51 CO *nd tbe stuieuts ra-'roe-d fere to Nashville and return Af'er 'be first year the amount maj tie r-duced frcm $100 to S 0 Tbe e^aTiina'ion ^ tli nfgin ar 9 o'clock, Tuesday. July 23i Toe following commit tf-es wi'l nave coarse (f 'ne ezan ioations at 'be various points. Co urr.bia, Professors A G Rtmr-ert *nd C W B^in ; Gre-n/ilie, Mr U B \U-tin and Prof B E G<-er ; Spartanbur-j, Mr ? C Elu-ore and vr Geo S Briggs; Cr.arles'on, Messrs W K Fate and Claude L L?ege Io8tructione b'*ve bet*n received from Mr John Vf Ba*?s, Secretary of tne College, that ; the appo n'ee tjhall be required to make an average per ceot not lower mau 65 per ceot. The State of South Carolina, County of'Sumter. By Thos. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, William Smith made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration, with Will annexed, of the Estate of and effects of ?Winter Pinckney, Deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad? monish all and singular the kindred and creditorsiof the said Winter Pinck? ney, late of said County and State deceased, that they be and appear be? fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H. on August 8th, 1901 next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 24th day of July, Anno Domini, 1901 THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. July 24-2t. REPAIRING DOBOSE'S BRIDGE, LYNCH'S RIVER. THE COUNTY Board of Commis? sioners will let outj Repairs of said Bridge, on August 3d. prox. Plans and specifications made known at that time and place. Right reserved to re? ject any and all bids. W. H. SEALE, Co. Sup'rs Thos. V. Walsh. Clerk. Julv 24, 1901. We Have Added to our Milling Business new Outfit for mak? ing pure FLOUR. ?Send us your WHEAT. For samples and further in? formation address or apply to Dwight & Go., Wedgefield. S. C. July 10 The State of South Carolina, County of Sumter. By T. V. Walsh, Esq.,Probate Judge. Whereas, Jas. E. Mayes, made suit to me to grant him letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Nelson Brockington, dee'd. These are therefore to cite and ad? monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Nelson Brock? ington. late of said County and State deceased, that they be and appear be? fore me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., op July 20th, 1901, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in tht* forenon. to show cause if any they have . why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under mv hand, this 10th dav of Julv A. D., 1901. Tl IOS. Y. WALSH. Julv 10-2t Judge of Probate. co Pi SO'S CURE FOR to i -linn 11111 y ni u 11 mnBi 1 FOUND ! The opportunity you have long looked for to get a desirable city lot at the Big Auction Of Lois in the Hughson Subdivision, CORNER OF CHURCH AND PINE STS. Thursday, JULY 25th, At 9.30 a* m. This is the healthiest part of the city, being 18 feet higher than the level of the city and right near the Water Works. TERMS AME EASY. Only One-quarter cash, balance in twelve equal monthly payments, j * : One JLot Free ! % % i To the lucky winner. Everyone attending the sale has an equal chance on it whether you buy or not. The steady growth of Sumter is bound to continue, the large manufactur? ing as well as tobacco and plantation interests insures it. Free Carriages Will convey everybody to the grounds. Do you realize that houses are scarce and small investments in Sumter realty are bringing large returns. Don't miss this chance-Thursday, July 25f at 9.30 a. m. On Friday, July 26th, We will sell the Lots on corner of H arvin and Liberty Streets? Terms-20 per cent cash balance to suit pur? chasers. For further particulars address, NATIONAL AUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT GO., JOS. H. Phillips* Pres. Brunswick, Ga. Or L. K. Phillips, Representative, Hotel Sumter. DeLorme's Pharmacy MAIN STREET. Removed across the street opposite O'Donnell & Co's. New Store, New Fixtures, New Stock ; Everything new and fresh Prescriptions Carefully Compounded by Experienced Licensed Druggists. Complete stock of Toilet Articles and Sundries. J. F. W. DeLORME. Joly 13 eT Ramsey & Co. Palmetto State Chill and Fever Core. A Guaranteed Cure. We take great pleasure in placing this sovereign remedy an absolute antidote for malarial poison-before a suffering public, and feel safe in asserting it will fill a long-felt want. PALMETTO STATE CHILL AND FEVER CURE Will cure any and every case of Chills and Fever, no matter whether it is the product of Malaria, Mal-aqua or the Mosquito. All we ask is that you give it a trial. Don't wait until you are broken down in health, but begin right away and see what the wonderful remedy will do for you. We will gladly refund the purchase price, -50c for any failure to cure when the directions are strictly carried otit. Mail orders a specialty. Yours to serve, Julv 24-3m Wedgefield, S. C.