The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 19, 1902, Image 4
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WEDHE SPAY, FEBRUARY ?9, 1902.
The Sumter Wazcnmav w**- roan?
ID 5 * ? and the True. Sour fir ov in 1866
Tb' Watchman and Southron now bas
lae 'oaibioed ?iroulation and influence
of ?"-?tb of the old papera, and is mani
festly the best adversing ^inn
The application of the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. for
the right to establish a local exchange
in this oity and to use the streets for
the erection of poles should be grant?
ed by City Council. The Bell Com?
pany wjll invest considerable money
in the exchange and will thus increase
the taxable property of the city. The
exchange will be equipped with the
best instruments and the service will
be the best that the Bell Company can
provide. The coming of the Bell
people to Sumter will give us direct
connection with all of the large cities
of the cuontry over their long distance
lines and this is an item that should
be taken into consideration by all who
are interested in the progress and im?
provement of the city. In granting
the franchise the members of council,
who represent the people of the city,
and whose contracts bind the people,
should-see- to it that the interests and
rights of those whom they represent
are amply protected.
We are glad to have new enterprises j
established here, and welcome the
investment - of .outside capital, but
there is a point beyond which the
council should not go, and if they
should knowingly, or for that matter
. unknowingly, go beyond that point
they will not be sustained by their fel?
low citizens; and that is to surrender
rights that"belong to the people and
should be expressly reserved for their
protection. There is such a thing as
being' overanxious to secure an im?
provement, and over generous in the
inducements held out to prospective
investors in some enterprise that is
really a-public utility and in which
the taxpayers and citizens have a cer?
tain right that should not be surren?
dered without adequate consideration.
There is cue condition that should
be made a part of the franchise of any
telephone exchange that may be estab?
lished in any city, and that is an ex?
plicit provision that the rates charged
subscribers shall never exceed a speci?
fied maximum schedule set forth, in
ihe franchise.
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The tax levy for ordinary county
purposes in this county remains at 33^
mills. The total levy for State, county
and school purposes is 11^ mills.
Taxes are lower in this county than in
any other county, with few exceptions.
The levy in Darlington is 12^ mills ;
Clarendon, Il mills. Kershaw 14^
mills. In the new counties, the levy is
as follows: Bamberg, 12 mills; Dor?
chester, 14^2 mills; Greenwood, 11%
mills: Saluda, 13 mills.
A Correction. i
County Supervisor Seale called at?
tention last week to a mistake in the
recently published quarterly report. '
Claim"No. 1365-E. H. McCutchen- ?
for damages to buggy, was published 1
as SS, when it shonld have been $3. 1
Craim No. 1237-J. J. Shaw-for haul?
ing and bridge work, was published
$14.90 bat shouldu have been $14.00.
COURT !N FL8?EHGE.
Judge Dantzler Presides-Stenog?
rapher Tillman Absent.
Florence, Feb. 18.-Court yesterday
afternoon and this morning disposed
of several unimportant cases. The
grand jury has acted upon a number
of bills. In the absence of Steno?
grapher Tillman the proceedings can?
not be carried on very rapidly. Mr.
S. W. G. Shipp has consented to take
testimony in "long band." It is
thought there will be business enough
to keep court running the full two
weeks.
A true bill has been found against
Messrs. Alonzo Smith and W. F. Den?
nis, who are charged with arson. No
day has yet been set for the trial of
the case.
Hezekiah Johnson w ll be tried this
term for murder. He shot into a
group of small negro boys, killing one
of them. This is the only murder case
on tbe docket.
Samples of Sand Wanted.
A new glass factory about to be es?
tablished here is anxious to get all the
samples of fine white sand that can be
secured. The company is having all
the samples obtainable analyzed, and
is desirous of getting the best that can
be found for the purpose of making
glass. So far many samples have been
received and forwarded. The company
is very anxious to have samples from
Ais and Lexington counties, and
indeed from all counties of the State,
and asks that samples be sent to the
Carolina Glass Company, Columbia.
Columbia State.
j BANU! IS ?UKHtNULR PHlSUNth?.
Miss Stone and Madam Tsilka Re
ieased-Latter's Husband
Arrested.
Charged With Having Instigated Brigands
to Capture His Wife and Other
Missionaries.
Paris. Feb. 18.-The Temps this
evening: publishes a dispatch from
Constantinople which announces that
Miss Ellen M. Stone has been released
by the brigands who have held her
captive since Sept. 3, last, and has
been handed over in good health to the
dragoman of the American legation.
The dispatch adds that the "Rev.
Tsilka" has been arrested oh the
charge of complicity in the kidnap?
ping of Miss Stone. :
The companion in captivity of Miss
Stone was Madame K. Tislka, a Bul?
garian woman', wife of Mr. Tsilka, a
Macedonian teacher of Samakove.
Miss Stone while traveling with
Madame Tsilka and a party of about
15 friends was captured by brigands
in the district of Salonika, Sept. 3.
Since that time vigorous efforts have
been made by the United States gov?
ernment and by missionaries to ob?
tain the release of the captives. The
brigands demanded a ransom of 25,000
pounds sterling (Turkish) but only:
$72,500 was collected for the ransom
and this sum was paid over to the
brigands Feb. 6 by M. Gargiulo, chief
dragomaster of the American legation
at Constantinople, and "W. W. Peel,
treasurer of the American mission at
Constantinople, who met the brigands
on the road to the Podrome monas?
tery.
Madame Tsilka was educated at the
Northfield semin?ry. . At the time of
receiving her American training and
education she was 'Miss Stepenora, a |
Bulgarian. Having been converted in
childhood to the Christian belief she
came to America after having refused
to marry a man of her parents' choos?
ing. Dr. Dwight L. Moody, becom?
ing interested in her welfare, found a
place for her in his noted schooL Hav?
ing finished her training at that in?
stitution she became a trained nurse.
While engaged in her professional
duties, she became acquainted with
Mr. Tsilka, a Macedonian, who had
also been educated in the United
States. At that period he was prepar?
ing for work as a medical missionary.
Soon after the completion of their
training the couple were married and
went to Bulgaria, where they at once
entered upon missionary work.
Miss Stone is one of the mission?
aries of the American board of foreign
missions. She has been attached to
fche Salonika mission since 1878. She
was born?t Roxberry, Mas0., and her
home is in Chelsea, Mass., where her
mother resides.
Four of Miss Stone's brothers are
in business in Boston.
It appears that the plan of the
French government outlined some
time ago to establish schools for the
education of French students in ?he
United States, has been farther devel?
oped by the French representatives in
fche course of their visit to the United
States. They have decided to recom?
mend to the French government the
establishment of two schools, one for
educating French engineers, to be
located at Pittsburgh, and another for
the training of French students in j
political science, to be located in New
York. In pursuance of this plan the
goAernment will select the brightest
students in the French academies, and !
will pay the expenses of their educa?
tion here. The students wi il take
courses of from three to five years, in
return for which they are expected to
devote themselves for a like time to
the service of the government. This
is a striking recognition of the ad?
vance which has been scored by the
United States in the mechanical arts
and in the science of politics. A gen?
eration has not passed away since it
was regarded as necessary to the com?
pletion of the course of an American
student in political science that he
should pass some time at a French
school ; now the French propose to send
their students to us.
--
Monday was the anniversary of the
burning of Columbia by Gen. Sher?
man and his army of raiders. The day
was celebrated in some of the grades
at the Washington Street Graded
School by relations of the truth con?
cerning the memorable acts of vandal?
ism of which Gen. Sherman was
guilty. This city is fortunate in hav?
ing a corps of teachers who are famil?
iar with the truths of history and tako
occasion to acquaint their pupils with
it as opportunity offers.
There was a heavy fall of snow
throughout the up country last Fri?
day afternoon and night. In some
places it is said to have been the
heaviest in twenty years. In this sec?
tion of the State the storm assumed
the form of sleet and rain, tho rain
freezing as fast as it fell. The rain
began falling soon after 10 o'clock and
it continued to rain and sleet off and
on until nearly daylight. Next morn?
ing trees, buildings, fences and tele?
phone wires were all encased in a coat
of ice and sleet.
Tdt FORAGE PLANT EXPERIMENTS.
Prof. Spillman Postpones His Visit to
Sumter.
We are in receipt of the following
letters in reference to tbe intended
visit to this eonnty of Prof. W. J.
Spillman, of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, for the purpose of mak?
ing & soil investigation and to arrange
for experimental work with grasses
and forage plants :
Washington, D. C., Feb. 10, 1902.
Editor, The Item, Sumter, S. C. .
Dear Sir: As you are probably in?
formed by Congressman Lever, ? had
intended to make Sumter on a trip
which I shall make this week, but
owing to lack of time, I shall be un?
able to do this. I shall write you
again in the near future as I hope to
arrange for some experimental work
with grasses and, forage plants with
the farmers in your section of country
the coming season. Yours very trulv,
W. J. Spillman,.
Agrostologist.
Goodwill, S. C., Feb. ll, 1902.
Mr. Editor: Congressman Lever
writes that he has secured the promise
of the Dept. of Agriculture to make
a soil examination in this disrict with
a view to determine what grasses will
do well on our various soils. For this
purpose Prof.. Spillman will be here
this week, and everyone interested
will do well to communicate with him. j
I understand that, be is to make a '
canvass of the district, and try to see
and examine all the various soils.
The more interest our farmers take in
his work, the more thorough can his
examination be. I would suggest that
every one interested in stock raising
OT who would like to be, endeavor to
have him visit their locality. This
appears to be a good scheme, and I
am hopeful of good results. It seems
to me we need a better knowledge of
the value of grass and stocky and how
to secure the change from fighting
grass to encouraging its growth, and
then utilizing it . in keeping more
stock. There is an old Dutch adage,
"More grass, more stock; more stock,
more manure, more manure, more
grass." Ad infinitum. "So mote it
be. ?> ? ? E. W. D.
PROF. SPILLMAN'S VISIT.
What he Says About his Mission-He
Will Begin With the Seventh District
in Which Meetings Will be Hehl
at St. George's, Orangeburg,
Sumter and Lexington.
Coumbia, February 16.-The depart?
ment of agriculture has sent Prof.
Spillman to this State to excite inter?
est in the cultivation of grasses. He
will devote himself to the 7th district
for some time, and a special commit?
tee, consisting of Messrs. A. Stroman,
T. G. McLeod and D. F. Efird, has
charge of the arrangements.
The following is Prof. Spillman's
announcement regarding the work:
The object of my visit to the State
was primarily to look after the grass
garden established by the United
States department of argiculture . in
connection with the Exposition at
Charleston. This garden contains nu?
merous grasses and forage crops of
more or less interest to agriculturists
in the South. Its object is to fnrnish
visitors to the Expostion an opportun?
ity to observe the characteristics of
the many pasture and hay crops that
are adapted to Southern conditions.
Some of them are entirely hew to this
country and .we hope to see the be^ of
them come into favor with your farm?
ers. Another important object of mv
trip is to investigate forage conditions
in South Caroilna, in order that the
department of agriculture may be in
position to render greater service to
your farmers. The department is
carrying on extensive investigations
with this end in view in connection
with several of the Southern experi?
ment stations and with progressive
farmers in all the States. We. have
been greatly aided in this work by the
Congressmen from this section : in
fact, I stopped at Columbia mainly to
see a number of gentlemen interested
in agriculture, whose names were
handed me by Congressman Lever, and
I may say that lam very much grati?
fied to find so much interest on thev
part of your leading farmers in ques?
tions pertaining to live stock farm?
ing. In order to meet as many farm?
ers as possible and secure their coope?
ration in the experiments we have un?
dertaken, it has been decided to invite
your State experiment station to join
us in a number of meetings to be held
early in March. It is hoped that a
large number of representative farm?
ers will be present at these meetings,
in order that we may discuss other
problems with them and make our
efforts to aiid them more effective.
The agricultural experiment station
in this State has for a long time been
conducting experiments with Southern
foratre crops, and we want the benefit
of their experience in these co-opera?
tive experiments with farmers.
We shall bring to the meetings a
number of bulletins on Southern forage
crops and distribute them to those who
may be present. We shall also bring
along seeds of some crops which, we
think, valuable for this section, and
select experimenters who will agree
to plant these seeds and plants and
report their results either to us or to
the State experiment station.
Meetings will be held as follows: St.
George's, Monday, March 10: Orange
burg, Tuesday, March ll : Sumter,
Thursday, March 13; Lexington, Sat?
urday, March 15.
A very sad death which occurred last
Thursday was that of Mr. John
Colclough, of Jordan, a young man
about nineteen years old. He had
been ill with pneumonia for ten days
for more and was fully resigned.
Before passing away he made a num?
ber of requests of the family, one
being that he should be buried in tho
Jordan cemetery, as he had spent his
happiest days in that community. He
also requested that Rev. P. B. Wells
preach his funeral, and selected his
own pall-bearers from among his
school-mates.-Manning Times.
The macadam work on Main Street
will be completed within the next two
weeks.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Work Done Tuesday By the House
and Senate.
Columbia, Feb. 18.-No bill which
has come up this session has caused
more of a flurry in the house than Mr.
Kinards' measure to let the county
boards of education appoint the teach?
ers in the county summer schools.
There were eight ballots by the roll
call before it was finally decided what
to do with the bill. The contending
sides were so close to each other in
numbers, that the finish was exciting.
The bill was recalled from the sen?
ate yesterday and was killed after
some parliamentary skirmishes, as a
result of which a pesonal encounter
between Messrs. Ashley and Sinkler
was for awhile imminent. On no bal?
lot were the two sides more than two
votes apart.
The house pave third reading to the
railroad consolidation bill, to the bill
fixing the salaries of county officers
? and three local measures. Second
reading was given Mr. McGowan's bill
to change the penalty for non-payment
of taxes; Mr. Carter's bill to regulate
t ie sale of seed cotton ; and Mr. Lock?
wood's bill to abolish the office of
phosphate inspector.
THE SENATE
The State senate did a very good
day's work disposing of a number of
matters .j at the day session, and at
night commenced work on the general
aprpopriation bill. One of the results
of the morning session was the virtual
passing of the street car vestibule bill,
with necessary amendments, but not
applying to Charleston. At night
there was quite a debate over the mil?
itary item in the appropriation bill.
For , the Hard Times.
O'Donnell & Co. are introducing on
the market something new in the way
of a Cotton and Pea Planter which
exactly suits the present hard times.
This Planter saves enormously in seed,
lessens expense of hoeing, economizes
fertilizer and abo^e insures a regular
and uniform stand. Read their adver?
tisement elsewhere with accompanying
certificates.
tm tam
An Exposition Number.
The Sunday edition of the New York
World last contained a handsome color?
ed supplement devoted exclusively to
the Charleston Exposition. It is pro?
fusely illustrated and the doscripti ve
articles, prepared by staff representa?
tives of the World who have visited the
Exposition, do full justice to the great?
est exposition ever held in the South.
So Tired
lt may be from overwork, bot
the chances are its from an in
active I IVCP
With a well conducted LIVER
one can do mountains of labor
without fatigue.
It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity.
it can be kept in healthful action
by, and only by
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
Cabbage Plants ! !
Cabbage Plants ! I
50 OOO Cabbage Plants of de?
sirable varieties, now ready for
putting out
TOMATO AND OTHER PLANTS
IN SEASON.
OTTO GfiRH?RDT,
feb 19 SUMTER, S. C.
A NEW
BU?LQINO I LOAN ASSOCIATION
In view of the fact that the Citizens
Building and Loan Association will in
the course of a few months wind up its
affairs, a New Building and Loan As?
sociation is being organized. This As?
sociation will be conducted upon the
same general plan as the "Citizens"
and the 1 'Equitable," that is, each
stock-holder will be required to bor?
row the money in his turn, provided
same cannot be sold in the usual way.
An association of one thousand
shares, conducted on this plan will pay
its stock-holders $100.00 on each share
in 100months: that is, each stock-hold?
er for 8100.00 paid in will receive
$150.00 in 100 months: this will repre?
sent 6 per cent on 8100.00 for 100
months tho entire time, or 12 per cent
for 50 months the average time.
Books of subscription are open at the
office of H. F. Wilson, and also at
the office of L. I). Jennings, Esq.
Anyone desiring to subscribe stock
in the new Association can call at
either place and do so.
Each share represents $200 payable
81.00 per month.
H. FRANK WILSON.
Feb. ll-2t\v-Ira (W. 1 ra;
FOR SALE- A limited quantity of
King Cotton Seed. Apply to W. B. Boyle
Oct 9-tf
ATTENTION FA HHS
O'Donnell & Co are offering for sale a
new and most desirable Cotton and Pea
Planter. The amount saved in the quan?
tity of cottonseed required, twelve quarts
in many instances, having sufficed, will
pay for the dropper the first season.
This planter drops the seed at any re?
quired distance, insuring thereby a per?
fect, uniform stand. There is no drawing
on the manure until chopped as in the
old way
Read the following testimonials from
Mr. Shephard Nash, Clerk of Court, and
Messrs* J J. Harby and E. H. Moses :
OFFICE CLERK OF COURT,
SHEPHARD NASH, CLERK
SUMTER,. S. C., FEB. 13, 1902.
Messrs. O'Donnell & Co. :
I used one of your Caldwell Cotton Planters last
j season to-plant twenty-five acres of cotton. I got a good stand
! saved a hoeing and at least one half the seed.
This planter will also plant peas in rows or in
middle of corn rows very satisfactorialy.
Respectfully,
Shephard Nash.
SUMTER, S. C., FEB. 14, 1902.
Messrs. O'Donnell & Co.,
We take pleasure in stating we used one of the
Caldwell Cotton and Pea Planters. We found it saved greatly
in the quantity of seed used for planting, also the saving in
manure as there was no drawing on the fertilizer in the space
between, as is ordinarily the case. We are so much pleased
with this planterwe intend using it again this season.
J. J. Harby and E. H. Moses.
Our
Entire Stock
-OF
Winter Un?
derwear and
Clothing....
AT COST,
AT COST,
AT COST!
J R?TERBERG & SONS.