University of South Carolina Libraries
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1901. The Sumter Wa&nman was round ea 2D 185? and tbe True Southron in 1866. The Watchm m and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani estly the best advertising medium in 8a m ter COUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. The campaign for Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Congressman Stokes, will be opened here next Tuesday, August 6th. The lists will close that day, and it is expected that all the candi? dates will be on hand to address the people. The meeting will be held in the Court House, beginning at ll o'clock. On Wednesday there will be a meeting at Bishopviiie. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES. Attention is directed to the cards of the following gentlemen who have en? tered the race for Congress : Hon. Thomas F. Brantley, Senator from Orangeburg county, and well known throughout the Seventh Dis? trict, which he canvassed three years ago in opposition to Dr J. Wm. Stokes. Mr. Brantley has very prop? erly resigned as Senator in order that his successor may be elected at the same election. Hon. A. F. Lever, member of the House of representatives from Lexing? ton county and for the past four years private secretary to Congressman Stokes. Mr. Lever was given the largest vote ever received by a legisla? ture candidate in Lexington county and he will have it is said, practically the unanimous vote of Lexington coun? ty in this contest. Mr. E. D. Smith, of Lynchburg, this county, who is one of our own people and is too well known to need any introduction at our hands. Lexington Calls For Lever. Tomorrow the State Democratic Ex? ecutive Committee meets to fix the date of and arrange for a primary election to nominate a candidate for a Representative in Congress from the Seventh District to succeed the late Dr. Stokes. The time, therefore, is propitious for Lexington to put for? ward her claims to name the candi? date for this position and to urge one o.f her sons to champion her cause and carry her banner to success. Since the troublous days of '76 up to the present time Lexington, cn account of her overwhelming Democratic ma? jority, has been tacked on to the tail end of a doubtful District in order to make it safely Democratic beyond per? adventure. On the proposition of ex? pediency, she has heretofore surrender? ed her ambition to see one of her sons in the hails of Congress and consented to allow the candidate to come from another county and patiently awaited her turn when one of her sens would be called upon to fill this honorable position. She nobly supported the brilliant statesman and eloquent ora? tor, M. P. O'Conner, and largely to her fidelity and patriotism is the Dis? trict due the honor of having been j represented by such a distinguished j Carolinian. After the death of this j lamented public servant, Orangeburg | pressed her claims for the position and named a worthy son in the person of that great commoner and astute coun? sellor, the Hon. Samuel Dibble. Lex? ington again, for the sake of harmony and expediency, di : not press her claims and gave the candidate from Orangeburg her enthusiastic support, and continued to do so until his volun? tary retirement. Once again when the District was threatened by negro domination, Lex? ington rallied to the support of Char? leston's distinguished candidate, 31a jor, now Judge, W. H. Brawley when both justice and equity made this the logical county from which the can? didate should have been selected. Again Orangeburg put forward anoth? er candidate to succeed Mr. Brawley and with Lexington's vote and influ? ence that profound jurist ?and honored son of Orangeburg, Hon. James F. Izlar, was called upon to assume the duties of the Representative from the District. The political revolution of 1890, brought new men, new conditions, and new measures before the people, the one for preferment and the others for adjudication. Orangeburg again put forward thc lamented Stokes, and Lex? ington, true to her traditions and her past record gave him her support, and continued to do so up i:> the time <?f ?is death. Lexxigton's time has now arrived when she intends to press her claims, and she can conscientiously and con? sistently appeal to Orangeburg and the other counties which compose the dis? trict to come to the support of her brilliant young son, who, in point of intelligence, statesmanship and ability is the inferior of none. From tho trend of public opinion, we gather that the Democracy of Lex? ington county almost unanimously looks to the Hon. A. Frank Lever to carry her banner to victory, and the people call upon him, in the rame of the "grand old Comnionwea "the State of Lexington"-to la} his personal preferences and r< to her demand. In calling upon Mr. Lever to the race as Lexington's choice proper to give a brief outline c history of this brilliant and ren ble young man. He is twenty years of age, but this fact shot no means be placed to his disadvg as there are many notable instan history of young men in politics have shed lustre on the State anc ed glory and honor to its i Among these we recall the nar Calhoun at the age of 29 ; Clay, S er of the House, at 27 : Randol 21 ; Crisp at 24 ; and today the: a large number of members of gress under 30 years who are abl; efficiently serving their constitu I Indeed, public sentiment is favo j toward selecting young men for j gress, and, again, what Mr. ] lacks in years he more than n up in experience and ability. He was born and raised upoi farm of his father in this countj attended the public schools of community between harvesting planting times. He developed an ; trude for knowledge and informs far beyond what would be expe from one or his tender age, and a grew older his thirst after highe: tainments grew with him and he cided to prepare himself for coll He entered Newberry College and g uated in 1895, with first honors, ' ning his laurels from the largest c that, up to that time, graduated f that institution. In 1894 he awarded the medal for oratory < eighteen competitors. Since his graduation he has ben close student of economics and ha^ had exceptionl opportunities to i after the best and most conserva' authorities on these subjects, whicl vitally affect the interest of the T pie, he took advantage of them ? today there is no 'better i nf orr young man in the State on Natio questions than Mr. Lever. In 1897 he was appointed Secret to Dr. Stokes and acceptably served this capacity until the death of latter. During his encumbency won the confidence and esteem of 3 Stokes by his fidelity, his never fl: ging industry and close attention his duties, the prompt and intellig? discharge of which greatly assisted 1 Doctor in carrying out his measu tending toward the convenience a interest of his constituency, and 1 came a personal and intimate friend the now dead statesman. He graduated in law at the Uni vi si ty of Georgetown, and in 1899 stood the Bar exmination before t Supreme Court of the State and w admitted to practice, but has .ne\ practiced, and it is not likely that ever will as his taste, inclination a: early training all lead him to folk the avocation of his ancestors, aj during the intervals between the se sions of Congress, "he followed ti plow. " In 1900 he was elected to the Sta Legislature by the largest vote ev given a candidate in the history of tl county, and his record has ever bee consistent with his promises made c the stump. Such is the brief life's history < Mr. Lever and now, you, Frank Leve the people of Lexington call upon yo to do battle for her, so get thee uj gird your loins, buckle on your arme and go forth to conquer. Being thoroughly familiar with th plans, purposes and work of Dr. Stoke he is pre-eminently qualified to pic up the threads which have bee broken and carry on that work with out delay and without friction to successful completion. Being brainy progressive and persevering, elingin; to that which he undertakes with ; wonderful tanacity, he is fully equip ped in every respect to worthily dis charge the duties of Representative with credit to himself and honor t< the District, and we can assure th( voters of the Seventh District thai they cannot possibly bestow theil suffrage upon a more deserving, com? petent and worthy candidate shoule: he harken to the call of his county, and enter the race.-Lexington Dis? patch, July 24. Tot Causss ITigflit Alarm. ..< ne night my brother"* b?t>y wm taken with Cr?ap." writer M > J C Spider, ->1 Crit tend^n. Ky. "\i Feetued it w??uJ i strangle be re we could get a ?lector. - wc "?7e it Dr King.-* New Discovery, which give quick re? lief Ufid pcruiHU?nfly eurea :;. W?. always ke-p i? in ihe house r<> pro jet '-ur c'r:;'..jien from Cr'-ip, ?.i ?i Whipping Couarh. It cured ::>- t?f a chr<>ui<- bronchial rrou?ie that "o - tfi-r remedy ?<"jM relievo" Ir fa iii ole tor C wgh's, Cold-, Throat ?nd Lune troubles 5?c and $!. Tria! b -'tie-- free at > F W l>e Lor me's A commission for a charter has been issued to the Greenville-Pied? mont Traction Company. The com? pany proposes to construct and ope? rate an electric railway line between Greenville and Piedmont. The line is to be twelve miles in length. The corporators named ar?' GeorgeM. Hun? ting, of Chester, Pa., .joseph S. Keen, Jr., Bayard Hodge, H. P. Keen and James H. Dawes, all of Philadelphia. The company proposes to start out with a capital stock of 8100,000, and asks for the right to increase its capi? tal stock to ?250,000. Th?- company will construct broad gauge road, on which steam or electricity may be used, and it is to be built for the handling of freight as well as passen? ger business* SUMTER'S GREATEST NEED. The City Must Have Some Practi cal System of Disposing of Sewerage. Editor Daily Item: The question of the proper disposal of the sewarage of the city is like Banquo's ghost, it will down at no man's bidding. We are brought face to face in our everyday life with what we believe to be results of fecal matter, kept in various ways,' within city limits: and are beginning to see the fearful necessity of its im? mediate removal. The burning ques? tion is not, shall we remove the sew? age? but how? Three methods are advocated. Some are bent on having a sewer or nothing, some say earth closets are the one thing necessary : and other some are saying: "You can do as you please, but as for me I'm going to put it in a , arv well." And the third ''some" are I making all the progress, i The authorities seem to agree that where easy disposal of the sewerage like emtpying it into a river of suffi? cient size to carry it off-that the sew? erage system is the best yet devised by man. It is true, we have no stream into which we can empty the sewerage, but we can make arrangement to cre? mate it at the terminus of the sewer, or utilize it in some way. Of course, it will be expensive, for we must not only put in a good and complete sys? tem of well-laid sewers and provide for the care of the sewerage as it flows from the sewer, but our water supply must be largely increased to properly flush the sewers and keep them clean. If nothing but a sewer will satisfy us, then let us take steps at once to put it in at the earliest practicable moment next winter. In the meantime, we might adopt for immediate relief the dry earth sys? tem, which is not only inexpensive, but can be discontinued without seri? ous loss when the sewer is ready for operation. While the dry-earth sys? tem does not undertake to remove ev? erything, still it takes away the bulk of the most offensive matter: and Dr. Jas. Evans, secretary of our state board of health, says of it with reference to our neighboring city, Florence: "The town has vastly improved in health since this plan has been introduced especially of infectious and contagious diseases. " The dry well (cess pool) ystem, now making such progress in the city is a disgrace to our civilization. It is con? demned by nine-tenths of the leading physicians of our time. Parties in the city are digging old fashioned wells into the water-bearing stratum of sand which underlies the city-and from which we obtain our entire water supply-and are pouring all the filth of their premises into these wells. Suppose that the city water, which thirty per cent, of our people use, was beyond contamination ; the wells of our neighbors, used by seventy per cent, of our people, become the reser? voirs of this stuff and the poor neigh? bor who cannot pay for city water must drink it. This might not concern those who live upon the devil-take-the hindmost plan, but for the fact that when their poor neighbor gets a case of typhoid fever from his pump or open well he dumps the germs upon the surface of the earth and the flies, without respectt of persons, distribute them in the homes of all, and thus the evil comes back to the man who begat it. .But is our city water beyond pullu tion from this source? The point at which the water is taken is only about a mile from the Court House and we have dry wells much nearer to the water works. The water level is just about the same at these places and when the pumps at the watter works are opearted for several hours the wa? ter level at that point sinks five or six feet, so that the supply of water is drawn from all directions including that underying the city. Xow then, it is easy to see that ina few years the fecal matter poured in large quan? tities through these dry wells into our own water supply must be drawn into the pumps and pumped back to us through the city mains for ns to drink. Dr. T. Grange Simons, one of the most prominent members of the State Board of Health, says with re? ference to our city: "Your water supply is, I believe, from driven wells, but how remote from the town such supply is derived, as to the nature of the soil of your water shed, I am not familiar, but with a porous soil and water bearing on *'quick sand,*' as you call it, 10 to 12 feet below the sur? face, I can well understand the danger of your dry wells penetrating to this depth and discharging their contents into this stratum. If the dry well was not so deep, the danger would perhaps be lessened, but not removed, for fil? tration to bc effective should be inter? mittent, so that proper aeration of the soil can be performed : also that the chemical processes* of oxidation "and nitrification may also contribute to the proper purification of the water. But with populous centres super satura? tion of the soil must result, and through this filth no proper purifica? tion of ground water can occur." He further says: "As to the distance such contamination may be carried, no definite opinion can be given. Some authorities claim that the typhoid germ can be water borne through po? rous soil or along hard strata of rock or marl for over a mile." This article is already too long, but I am anxious to know what we will do for water to drink, if under analy? sis we should find our city water pol? luted with the germs of disease and the water supply underlying the city one common cess pool. Joel E. Branson. South Carolina Military Academy. Office Chairman Board of Visitors, Charleston, S. C., July:;. 1901. Vacancies in Beneficiary Cadetship exist as follows in the counties named : Aiken. '1? one: Beaufort, (1) one: Berkeley, iii one: Charleston, il) one: Fairfield, il) one: Florence, il) one; Oconee, (ljone; Orangeburg, dj one: Sumter, '1? one: Union. '1) one: Williamsburg, il) one. Application blanks, with accompany? ing instructions, may be obtained from jhe County Superintendents of Educa? tion. These applications, filled out in every particular, must be in thehands of the Chairman bv the 1st of August. C. S. GADSDEN, Chairman Board of Visitors. June? 12-19 Happenings at Glenns. Glenn Springs, July 2.9. The guests of the Glenn Springs j Hotel had a rare treat last Monday j night in an illustrated lecture by Mr. K. H. Shimmon, a native of Persia. The lecture was largely attended by an apprecitive audience. In his usual simple, though forcible style, he de? picted the life and customs of his na? tive land, making an earnest appeal in behalf of his countrymen, who live in utter ignorance of the life that is to come. On Sunday morning the doors of the Presbyterian Church were thrown open to Mr. Shimmon. He gave us an excellent sermon, and again at night he gave us an interesting lecture on the religions in his coun? try. It is not often that one is so for? tunate as to hear an instructive lec? ture by a native Persian in behalf of his people, and, in passing it might be said that audiences at other places where he will lecture will be fully repaid by hearing him. A progressive euchre party, one of the attractions of the week, was great? ly enjoyed by all who participated. One of our distinguished ex-governors honored the occasion, j The crowning feature of the week was the Tacky Party of Saturday ? night. Two days' notice only was j necessary to make the suggestion of a "tacky party" a successful reality. The party assembled at. the head of the stairs and marched down in line into the ball room, where they were greeted by loud applause and ! shouts of laughter from the dense j crowd assembled, for the occasion, j We can truthfully say that none of the j entertainments of which there have ? been many, have been more heartily enjoyed than this. An old time quad? rille was danced to the lively strains of ' ' Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight. ' ' A committee consisting of three gentlemen, Messrs. D. C. Heyward, J. D. May, and N. G. Osteen were appointed to decide upon the fair contestants for the prize, which was a golden cantelope, and three ladies, Mesdames C. E. Flemming, R. W. Hunt and X. Y. Alford to decide upon the sterner sex. The committee's re? port rendered by Mr. D. C. Hey wa rd as chairman of both, gave the ladies' prize to Miss Sallie Ross Bell, of Shreveport, La., and the gentleman's prize to Mr. A. O. Simpson. The committee further reported that Miss Moneta Osteen, of Sumter and Mr. T. 0. Lawton were close seconds. Among the many contestants, Mr. G. A. Lemmon and Miss Theo. Gregg, of Sumter deserve special mention the latter's costume causing much merriment. As a wind up the "tack? ies" were served cider and watermelon on one of the back verandas of the hotel. Next on the programme of amuse? ments is a repetition of the Glendale trip for Tuesday night. Then in quick succesison will follow field day for the small boys, in which the bag, potato and three-legged races will be run, winding up by a grand chase after the historic greased pig. Thus life at Glenn's glides merrily on, but the time has come for your scribe to bid adieu to these pleasant scenes and the friends found during this too brief stay. To the Messrs. Simpson and the efficient clerks we tender our sincere thanks for the many courtesie extend? ed, which have gone so far to make our stay a real pleasure. The p lea ta*t ai?noy j-ou ?) wei n*. qi?'cii |y had perm-inp'.'lv Denied if yon use DeWiu'i? v% ?tcb H-z-1 Su?e Bewn-e cf worthless coun\f-rie:-3 J > Hughson & Co. London. July 27.-Telegraphing from Pretoria under date of July 20, Lord Kitchener reports to the war office as follows: "A detachment of Steinacker's horse occupying Bre? mersdorp was forced to evacuate July 24 by a superior force of Boers, prob? ably the commandos from Amsterdam and* Pietretie. The detachment fought its way to Lembobo. a distance of 16 miles, losing about ten killed or wounded and a few missing." S stimulate thc TORPID LIVER, strengthen the digestive organs, regulate the bowels, and are un? equaled as an ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE, In malarial districts their virtues are wi?ely recognized, as they possess peculiar properties in freeing the system from that poison. Elegantly su^ar coated. I ake No Substitute? - 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 creditors of the said Winter Pinck? ney, late <if said County and State deceased, that they be ami appear be? fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H. on August Sth, 1901 next, after publication thereof, at II 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 j of July, Anno Domini. 1901 THOS. V. WALSH. Judge of Probate. July 24-2t Shoe?rHbmen The equal of any high-grade $5. and $6. Shoe but at half the price. The only advertised woman's shoe awarded a medal at the Paris Ex? position. Fifty-eight styles to select from in high shoes and low shoes-$2.50, $3, $3.50. Stylish, comfortable. The Shoe that wears/ For street, house or dress occasions. Made and guaranteed by G. W. Herrick & Co., of Lynn, Mass., who have been making nothing but womens' shoes for the past thirty-eight years. WALSH'S SHOE STORE. $2.50 S3.Q0 $5.50 THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC Ha* Xever Been Equalled as a Pulverizer. I sell these Harrows on so little margin that my greatest comfort is in the i-atisfacnoD they give rattier than the profit I make My dooss are open to all-My stock is ready for inspection. C <uit and see cae io my new qaartera. corner of Liberty and Harvin Streets FIRST CLASS LIVERY. FEED AND SALE STABLES. W. B. BOYLE, Sumter, S. 0. lev ll 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, Mai-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 out. Mail orders a specialty. Yours to serve, 3F*-?kBffi?3ST5r ??3 00. July 24-3m Wedgefield, S. C* We Have Added to lour Milling Business new Outfit for mak? ing pure FLOUR. Send us your For samples and further in-, formation address or apply to Dwight & Co., ! Wedgefield. S. C. j July 10 BETTER THUN BABBIT METAL. Mill men who have nerd 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 elimination for tbe scholarships ia the Peabody Normal College announced scms time ago will be held at the following places: Columbia, Soar'an'oure, Greenville and Charleston. Tte questions will be furnished by the Peabody Normal College Committee at Nashville. They will be sent to tbe State Superintendent of Education who will geed them to the various committees. Tbe ques? tions will be answered by tbs applicants in the presence or' the coa thittee and the papers all iorwrnded to the central committee in Co? lumbia, who wiil determine the successful applicants There are four appointments' to be made. Toe scholarships are good for two >pars and are worth SIGO and the stu.irots ra*lro?d fare to Nashville and return After the first year the amount o?v he rrduced frcra ?100 to $ZQ The examination wili begin at 9 o'clock, Tuesday, July 23d The following commit? tees will have charge of the exircioations at ?he various points. Columbia, Professors A G Rfccoert and C W Bain ; Grem'ille, Mr 0 B Martin and Prof B E Gt-er : Spartanborg, Mr EC Elmore and Mr Geo S Briggs ; Charleston, Messrs W K Tate and Claude L Ugge Instructions have been received from Mr John M Base, Secretary of the College, that the appo.ntee shall be required to make an average per cent not lower than 65 per cent. REPAIRING DUBOSE'S BRIDGE, LYNCH'S El VER. THE COUNTY Board of Commis? sioners will let out*Repairs of said Bridge, on August 3d. prox. Plans and specifications made known at that time and place. Right reserved to re? ject anv and all bids. W. H. SEALE, Co. Sup'r. Thos. V. Walsh. Clerk. J July 24, 1901. |JH*lta?L-.J -J