Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1901. ----------- I The Sumter Watcnman was toundec in 1*5<> and the True Southron in 1866 The Watchman and Southron now has ?he combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani e-'ij ihe best advertising medium in Sunter. We give a large amount of space to Senator Henderson's Union speech, but it is well worth all the space it occupies and it will repay careful and thoughtful reading. The- congressional candidates will keep moving at a rapid pace during the next three weeks, and some of them are already complaining that the meetings are too close together, that the campaign is too short and that more meetings should have been held in some counties so that they would have an opportunity to see more of the voters. Smith is the best speaker in the race for Congress, and Wednesday in Bishopville made decidedly the bes: speech and apparently the best im? pression of any of the candidates. He is the Sumter County candidate and the people of Sumter county should see to it that he receives a big vote. Orangeburg will pile up votes for Brantley, Lexington will do the same for Lever, and Howell will leave Colle ton with a big majority. Sumter should do likewise and roll up the votes for Smith. The Board of Health held an impor? tant meeting Wednesday night, and as the purity of the city water supply had been called into question, this matter received the most attention. Until the water can be analyzed and tested to determine whether it is free from bac? teria no satisfactory conclusion can be reached. Heretofore there has been no question as to the absolute purity of the city water and now that there have arisen differences of opinion no time should be lost in having the wa? ter examined by expert chemists and bacteriologists. If the water supply has become contaminated and danger? ous to health we should know it at onere, but if it is as pure as we have always believed it to be, the suspicion should be removed at once. Not satisfied with imprisoning the Boer women and children in unhealthy camps, where thousands are dying from exposure and insufficient food, with burning the homes of the burgh? ers and devastating the country, Gen. Kitchener has issued a proclamation that all Boers who do not surrender before September 15th will be^banish ed from Africa for life as soon as cap? tured. As an exemplar of the most brutal side of war Lord Kitchener will rank in history above Tarleton, Sher? man or Weyler. Gov. McSweeney was so considerate of the feelings of the people and so solicitous that the material prosperity of the State be not retarded by politi? cal turmoil and strife that he stretch? ed his authority to prevent the resig? nation of Senators Tillman and Mc? laurin. That the people do not fear ?political turmoil and strife and that they are ripe for a campaign of educa tion on national issues is proven con? clusively by the Union and Chester meetings held last week, the meeting to be held in Spartanburg on the 27th and the numerous meetings of less magnitude that have been held in oth? er parts of the State. The issue is before the people, they want it dis? cussed and will insist on hearing from the defenders of true democracy and the promoters of republicanism. The plan to have the senatorial campaign this summer having been defeated, the people in order that they may have the issue discussed are having an in? formal, but very instructive campaign of their own. There is but a single drawback connected with this sort of campaign-there is no way to secure the attendance of all the prospective cadidates for office and would be moulders of public opinion. Never? theless the meetings are doing good J?&? ve hope that many more of them be hold. ^.'Tbs Congressional campaign in the Se?eh??* District, while it does not in? terest tho other sections of the State is'of the first importance to the demo? crats of this district. It is important that a true and consistent democrat be chosen* that he be able, energetic devoted to the interests of the district and that he be not a mere office-seek? er, caring more for the office and the emoluments thereof than the good of those he represents. We have repub? lished from the Lexington and Colle ton papers what has been said of Messrs. Lever and Howell, and we have no doubt but that ail that has been said is true. It appears, howev? er, that the race is being run on coun? ty lines and that Lexington is to be kept as solid as possible for Lever, Colleton for Howell and Orangeburg for Brantley, and this being the case the voters of Sumter county should support E. D. Smith, the Sumter county candidate to a man. The peo? ple of Sumter county know E. D. Smith, they know his ability, they know that he is democrat to the core, they know that he is a student of public affairs and an original thinker, they know that by education and bent of mind he is fitted for pub? lic life and that he will worthily rep? resent this district in Congress, if elected. He cannot be elected, howev? er, without the support of Sumter county, but with it he can win. Mr. Smith has strong claims for the solid support. He is the strongest and most eloquent speaker among the candi? dates, he is a student of political economy, his intellectual force and ability are not questioned and he is a Sumter county man, as his fathers be? fore him were. Weekly Grap Bulletin. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in the State issued yesterday by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weather'bureau : Moderate and nearly normal temp? eratures prevailed during the week ending 8 a. m. Monday, August 12th, with a maximum of 96 degrees at Greenville. In the southeastern coun? ties and a few localties in other por? tions of the State the amount of sun? shine was deficient, but generally it was Just right for cotton and other crops. Damaging high winds occurred at a few points, blowing down some corn. General and beneficial rains occur? red on the 5th, and 7th. There were also scattered showers near the close of the week. At a few points in the middle Savannah valley more rain is needed, while over the northeastern counties the rainfall was excessive and to some extent harmful. Some places in that section had over six inches of rain in two days, and the week's average for the whole State is about two inches. Freshets in the Wateree and Great Pee Dee rivers and confluent creeks destroyed all lowland crops, entailing great loss and causing much distress in those sections. After making due allowance for the damaging conditions briefly noted above, the past week was the most favorable one of the season on growing crops, and the ideal weather condi? tions caused a marked improvement on all crops, except early corn and tobac? co, both being too nearly ripe to be benefitted. With few exceptions, correspondents throughout the State report an im? provement in cotton. There are a few fields infested with lice, some with rust, and there .is a little shedding, while on sandy soils cotton seems to have stopped growing, but generally the plants are healthy, of fair size, well fruited and still growing. Ear? liest cotton is opening : sea island is blooming profusely. Little change is noted in old corn, but young has improved and is now promising. Tobacco cutting and cur? ing is nnfinished, having been delayed by the excessive rains. Rice is head? ing well in most districts, and some will soon be ready to harvest. Peas, sweet potatoes and all minor crops are doing well, except sugar cane and sorghum, which are poor in places. The hay crop will be a large one over the western counties. Pas? tures are fine. The soil is in excellent condition for planting fall truck crops, and for sowing turnips. The general outlook for autumn field crops is decidedly better than heretofore. OUR SENATORS TALK. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 13.-Senator McLaurin of South Carolina passed through Norfolk today with his wife and child en route to the Pan-Ameri? can exposition. He talked with sev? eral of the Democratic leaders here for the State convention which will discuss the general primary plan for election of senators. To the Associat? ed Press representative he made the following statement: "For many years the campaigns in South Carolina have been in the na? ture of personal abuse between candi? dates. The present campaign is the ?rst one in which an issue is at stake. My series of speeches which were be? sann last April have started the people to thinking and they have become aroused. Senator Tillman has ans? wered my arguments by heaping per? sonal abuse upon me. He threatened to go out among the mill operatives and arouse them against the mill owners if I continued urging the ex? pansion policy and the carrying of American products in American bot? toms. Expansion is not imperialism : the first a business question, the other a matter of politics. It is foolishness for anybody to claim that a man can? not believe in ship subsidy, the car? rying of American exports in Ameri? can bottoms and expansion without being a Republican. I am going into the primaries in South Carolina next fall and ? expect to defeat Senator Tillman. *' Washington, Aug. 13.-Senator Tillman of South Carolina, who was in this city today en route east to meet an engagement to lecture, said that Senator McLaurin is not so strong in his State today as he was six weeks ago. He was sure that if the primary election for senator were to come off in South Carolina now Mr. McLaurin could not get more than 15,000 or 20, 000 in the first primary a year hence, and he was satisfied he could not be elected. Trying to Upset Monroe Doctrine. Paris Aug. ll.-Germany certainly and probably France also, is striving to upset the' Monroe doctrine by try? ing to purchase Cayo Romano and Cayo Cruz two of the Islands of the Greater Antilles just off the northern cost of Cuba. Both islands are very fruitful. They are the property of Prudencio Ebanez j y Vega a rich Spaniard living here. Neither country seeks to buy the islands directly." Germany seeks to gain control through a German syndi? cate the chief of which is Baron Adolf Oppenheim of Paris. Cayo Romano is the third largest Spanish island of the Greater Antilles and both islnds being the nearest to the United States coasts would give foreigners power through a command? ing position. The French Jesuits who are compell? ed to leave France are bidding for the islands. The French Government pre? fers that the Jesuits get them rather than the German syndicate because notwithstanding the practical expul? sion of the former Frenchmen their interests in the islands could be ar? ranged in exchange for other consid? erations. Ambassador Porter though not in Paris today has cabled to the State Department concerning the purchase. It is understood that he believes France is satisfied with Martinique, but that Germany is working tooth and nail to get control of the islands. A TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH. Prof. Schwab of Yale has written a book called the Financial and Indus? trial History of the Confederate States of America. It is a severely criti? cal review of the Confederate financial policy by a northern man with no sympathy for the southern cause. The writer censures Mr. Memminger, the secretary of the Confederate treasury, for depending on public loans to raise the money to carry on the war, in? stead of resorting to the levying of taxes. But Prof. Schwab admits the almost insurmountable difficulties of collecting from States overrun by in? vasion a sufficient tax. The work re? veals the astounding fact that the Confederacy had but $27,000,000 in the entire four years of the war. Mr. M. P. O'Connor of Charleston said in 1864 in the hearing of the writer of these notes, that the true financial policy of the Confederate government was to have used the su? preme authority of government for the "safety of the state," and seized in 1861 all the cotton from its owners and before the blockade became effect? ual to have offered it to British ships for shipment to England upon which to draw for supplies and ammunition. Prof. Schwab reluctantly admits in view of the overwhelming odds against which the south contended, that the southerner's sacrifices far ex? ceeded those of the Revolutionary pa-: triots. As the passions engendered by the war recede in the vista of time and men look at the plain truth of history, the southern people will re? ceive the just admiration of the world for their heroic endurance, surpass? ing the record of any people of ancient or modern ..times.-South Carolina Baptist. Washington, Aug. 12.-The navy has selected Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson, now in command at the Port Royal naval station, to succeed Admi? ral Sampson in command of the Bos? ton navy yard when the latter officer shall retire. Miss Victoria Levi and Mattie Busby were killed by lightning Monday after? noon in the Sampson Mill village, Greenville. Several other persons in the same house were severely shocked and burned. MOUNTAIN EXCURSION RATES, Commencing on Friday, August 16th, and Saturday, August 17th, and continuing on successive Fridays and Saturdays until October 6th, the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad will sell week end tickets from ali stations Camden to Yorkville inclusive to Blacksburg and Shelby at $1.50, to Rutherfordton $1.75, to Marion $2.00, tickets good returning until the following Monday. Also on and after the above named date and continuing until October 5th, will seli round trip tickets to above named points good to return within ten days after date of sale at one first class fare for the round trip. This will afford an opportunity of every one desiring to spend their vacation in the moun? tains during the hot weather, to do so at a small cost. Ample hotel and boarding accomodations can be secured at all of these points. They are ideal summer resorts and noted for the beauty of the scenery and health giv? ing properties of the natural mineral waters. The climate is cool and de? lightful and the country is entirely free from mosquitos. Any further information with regard to hotel or boarding accomodations may be had by applying to the undersigned. E. H. Shaw, General Passenger Agent, Blacksburg, S. C. -in- - ? ? . -g? "Through tbe mootoa of June and July our t>>*by waa teething and took a running off of the bowels and 8'cknes3 o? the stomtcb," ?je O P tt Hol.idny, of Deming. Ind ' His bowels would cco'e frooj 6 ve to eight times a day. I bad * bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Durrhcei Remedy io the house and gave bim four drops ?O a teaspoonful of water and he got netter *t orce " Sold by A J China. Trade With Japan Booming. Washington, Aug. S.-A report re? ceived at the State Department from Consul-General Bellows at Yokohama gives a comprehensive insight into conditions in Japan. . Japan's total exports in 1900 aggre ! gated in value ?101,806,137, and 21.9 i per cent of this amount came to the ?United States, or 326,178,065 worth, i The imports from the United States j amounted to 831,265,075, making the entire volume of trade between the two countries nearly 857.500,000. 9 The United States takes each year three-fourths of Japan's tea, nearly all her floor matting and more than half her raw silk, and leads as a pur? chaser in many other lines. On the other hand, Japan gets near? ly one-half of her raw cotton from the United States and most of her locomo? tives and other machinery, leather, kerosene and other oils and flour. Mr. Bellows deplores the lack of a single American bank in Japan, and says that an American bank with good connections in New York and San Francisco, skilfully managed, should prove a paying investment and also aid materially in extending United States commerce in the East. It is eas:er to keep wen thin eet cured DeWitt'8 Little E*r!y Risers teken DOW and theo, will always keep yonr bowels in perfect order. They never gripe bat promote aa eagy actioD. J S Sn?beoo & Co An Alabama newspaper, the Luverne Journal, has the following : The 13th amendment freed the negro, the 14th made him a citizen, and the 15th amendment made him a voter. What the Alabama convention will make of him the Lord only knows. Those famous lirrIr oil!?, DeWitt 9 Little E*rly R'sers compel your lirer and bowels to do their duty, thus givirjg you pure, rieb blood t? recuperate yonr *>r?dy. Are **sj to take. Never gripe' J S Hogbsou & Co. -^ Manila, Aug. ll.-Governor Taft, speaking at the banquet given today by the Californians in Manila to Rep? resentatives Julius Bahn, of San Francisco said that in order to prop? erly develop the Philippines satisfac? torily legislation dealing with tariff reform must be passed at the next ses? sion of congress. He asserted also that laws prohibiting the sale of public lands and timber laws providing 1 for the incorppration of American banks and laws granting franchises and mining rights were imperatively de? manded. ? ??.?-?.- mm W L Wal! ace, M. D , o? Kinzstree. S. C tare: 'Io my practice I b* ve u'ed a "ot of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, tHe great remedy for indigestion aod other stomach trooh'es and hare bad no failure' hut relief io a'moat all cases Tbis is the first time 10 45 year's practice that I have ever bad ocasi?n to pahlic y advise all dys">epTic3 of a certain remedy I? Kodol Dyspepsia Cure " J 8 Hagh-on & Co. David Nation, husband of the Kan? sas temperance crusader of hatchet fame, has begun suit for divorce, declaring in his petition that his wife held him up to public N ridicule, neglected her family duties and aban? doned her home. At the outset of Mrs. Nation's campaign David figured as a bodyguard for his wife, but after a briefs though strenuous, experience, he retired, saying the pace was too fast for him. The '^ws of bealta require that the bowels move ooce each dat- and noe of 'he penaides for vjola iog thia law is pi>9 Keep your bowels rezolar by taking a doee of Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when nec? essary and yon will never have that severe ponisbm?nt irfl:c*ed nnnn *ou. Price, 25 cents. For sale by A J China. Dr. Karl Peters, the noted Geramn explorer, has discovered in the district of Umtasli, Rhodesia, a curiously carved image engraved with Assyrian or Egyptian hieroglyphics. Careful examination has convinced him that he possesses the key to the solution of the-mystery as to who were the an? cient workers of the mines in that country. In the central portions of the cotton belt, in parts of the Atlantic States, and over a large area in Texas, there has been a decided improvement in the condition of cotton, but over con? siderable areas in the northern portion of the western States drought has been but partially relieved, while ex? cessive rainfall in North Carolina was very damging. There is about the usual amount of shedding reported, but otherwise the plants are doing well, and fruiting satisfactorily. Cot? ton picking will soon be general over southern and central Texas, ?*nd open bolls are becoming common in the gulf States. The plant continues small and late. A Hiaistsr's Good Woi'.t. 1 I bad * severe attnek of bilious colic, got a bottle cf Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrtcei Remedy, took two doses and was entirely cured," says Rev A. A Power, of Eooporia, K?n. "Viv neigboor across the street was sick for over a week, hid two or three bottlei of medicine from the doctor He used them for 'bree or four days without relief, thea called ia ano'ber doctor who treated bim for Boms days and gave b m no relief, so discharged bim I went over to see him the o^xt morniog He e-?i<3 bis bowels were in a terrible 6x, that they had b?en roo niog off so long tb*t it was a!mo3t bloody luz I aiked biro if be bad tried Chamber? lain's Colic, Cholera aad Diarrhoea Remedy and be said, 'No 1 I went borne and hroogbt bira my bottle aod eave bim one done ; told h'm to take another dose 10 fifteen or twenty minutes if he did not fiod relief, but be tock no more and was entirely cured " For sale by A J China. NOTICE. Notice ?3 hereby given thal; there will be a meeting of the County Democratic Executive Committee of Sumter County in the Court House in Sumter on Wednesday, August 21st next, for the purpose of making arrangements for the Primary Elec? tion to be held on Tuesday, Septem? ber 10th, to select a Democratic nominee for Congress to succeed the late Congressman Stokes. A full at? tendance of the Committee is re? quested. JOHN M. KNIGHT, j County Chairman. \ l I C. P. Sims, an attorney of Sparta] ' burg, announces that he will be a cai didate for the United States senat He will announce his platform at tl 1 political speaking in Spartanbui j Aug. 27. Wb* mos* pe jp e w?nt is something mi ?. d ce'it'.f. ? *en in teed of a physi Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver T?ole fi ! tb* bili to H dot. Thev ?re PAS* to tal and pleasant in effect. For eale by A Chm?. It is claimed that Hon. Thomas I Watson is the originator of the rurj free delivery of mails in this countr and that his services as the pioneer ( this great step in progress have bee ignored, while the credit was give wholly to others who took up th work later and pushed it to succ?s: The ?rst small appropriation of S10,0C for this service was made in 1893, an it is said that Mr. Watson pushed i through in the face of ridicule. Posi master General Bissell refused to obe the law. At the instance of Hor Charles L. Moses, when Mr. Watso was no longer in congress, another ar propriation of 820,000 was voted at th next session. Again Bissell ienore the law. It was only after Hon. W L. Wilson became postmaster genen that the system was inaugurated with the success which is now appa rent. ''I ^isb to trcthfally st*te to yon and tb reading of fbe3? few linea tim yoar Kode Dyspepsia Core is without question, the bei and only cure for dyspepsia that I have ev* come in contact wiih and I have osed man other preparations J- ho Beam, West Mid diesel, P-i No preparati n equals Kode Dvepef sia Care as if contains all the natur? digestanta It will digeat all kinds of foci and caa'', help but do you good J S Hugh SOB & Co Estate of Dr* F. 91* Beckham DECEASED. ALL persons having claims agains said Estate will present same dub attested, and all personse in any wa] indebted to said Estate will mak< pavment without delav to " MRS. ALICE V. BECKHAM, Qualified Executrix. Aug. 14-3t*_ The State of South Carolina, County of Sumter. By Thos. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, William White made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration, of the Estate of and effects of Mrs. Elizabeth H. White, Deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad? monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Elizabeth H. White, late of said County andState deceased, that they be and appear be? fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H. on Aug. 29th, 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 14th day of August, Anno Domini, 1901.' THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. Aug 14-2t. ii CHICHESTCR'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS H .~<X"T*V_Ovic*?*I aad Only Seaaiae. K^./TW^SJEJAFZ. Alwari raUabje. Ladle?, uk Oroctftt r? xS^MBL. for CHICHESTEK'S . ENGLISH |*<Sy9>M6pvin KED aai Gold mauUie bom. aealtd ? ST* W? I.ilh fc:" ri?)b<5s- Take a? etker. Befase ' T1 <^ *Jj De?*eroa? Sabatitatieaa aa d' I ad ta / fn t? oas. Baj of yoar Drouin, or md 4e. ia W af ??ap*?ft' Particular?, Teetlaaealal? 'if fr "Baller far Lad lac,9* tn Ututr, bj re -\ kr tara Mall. 10.OOO Ta?Us?oniali. Sold br 7-~*{ alJDruKiju. Celeaeater Cbeaaleal Co^ Maatioa tM? papar. Madiaea Sonar*, PHILA.. I'll The price of cotton ties is advance ing. They have been quoted recently at 61 per hundred in 2,000 lots. All quotations have been withdrawn by factories and it is not known what the next prices announced will be. Tint's Pi will save the dyspeptic from many days of misery, and enable him to eat whatever he wishes? They prevent SICK HEADACHE, cause the food to assimilate and nour? ish the body, giv2 keen appetite, DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar -tri - Take No Substitute. 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 X. G- OSTEEN. 50 YEARSr^ EXPERIENCE PATENTS 1 RADE m AK*.-a ^B)HPP DESIGNS rrfff^n COPYR:GHTS &C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention is probably patentable. Communiqu tious strictly confidential. Handbook on ratente Bent free. Oldest agency for securing patenta. Patenta taken thronen. Munn 4 Co. recelva tpecial notice, without charge, in the Scientific American A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest eja? culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, S3 ? year: four months, SL Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36,BT"""- New YoA Branch Office. (25 F St- Washington. P. ft The Sumter Solool ol Music AND SCHOOL OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, Sumter, S. C. Virgil Clavier Method of Piano Playing taught. Voice Culture and Artistic Singing. Violin, Mandolin and Cornet. Highest Standard of Art. The only and largest school of its kind in the Stete where a thorough musical education from the beginning, and in all its branches is obtained at moderate rates. Only serious students desired. First Assistant Piano-To be sup? plied by Virgil School of Music, New York. Second Assistant Piano-Miss Rosa Gillespie, Sumter School of Music. Professor of Violin, Mandolin and Cornet-To be supplied by Conserva? tory of N. Y. City. Director-MISS A. P. EWELL. For catalogue address (until Sep? tember 20th) the Director, 29 East 22d St., N. Y. City, after that date address in care of the school. Aug 5-2aw tf Ab OURBUYERS are now in the market and we are commencing to receive our Fall Goods We have determined to get rid of the remainder of our summer stock. Some unheard of bargains for you in all de? partments. Don't miss the chance, as we must have the room, and goods must go.