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The Sumter ?Va?cnman was rcunaec ia 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. ? \ The Watchman and Sofithron cow has the conbineu circulation and influence ?? both of thc old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Somier. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1302. WADE HAMPTON. Death has removed South Carolina's most distinguished and best beloved citizen, and the whole State mourns today beside the bier of Wade Hamp? ton, patriot, soldier, statesman. No man in ail America occupied a position similar to that of Wade Hampton. Other States have had great men and influential leaders; South Carolina has had in the past and now has men who were ali recog? nized as leaders, but Hampton stood alone, and for a quarter of a century he has been the first citizen, the most representative man of South Carolina, the man in whom ail men had confidence, the man whose name aroused in the heart of every true Carolinian a feeling of pride that South Carolina possessed such a citizen. Prior to 1861 Wade Hampton was one of the prominent and well known men of the State ; from 1861 to '65 his services as a soldier shed lustre on his State and won the admiration and confidence of his superior and inferior officers, as well as the devotion of the men whom he led in battle ; but it was his services in 1876 that raised him to the proud eminence he has since occupied. He was the man to whom all turned when a leader was needed at that crucial t^me in the Sate's history, and the way in which he dis? charged the onerous and heavy respon? sibility placed upon him amply justified the faith reposed in him by South Carolinians. 1 More than twenty-five years have passed since Hampton and his red-shirt brigade swept the State from the fountains to the sea, but still the memory of those days brings back the fire to age-dimmed eyes and vigor to ; time-palsied limbs of the men who then implicitly followed Hampton and under his leadership redeemed their native State. To those who have but childhood's impressions of the days of '76, Hampton's campaign is a land ' mark, a bold headland, in memory's chart from which all other early recol? lections are assigned a place. The name of Hampton is graven deep in -the very life of the State and time can jeerer wear it away. No monument of -stone or brass made by hands could be 4ts enduring as the vital, living force .of his own life and its effect upon the lives and history of his fellow citizens And posterity. South Carolina trusted and honor? ed him in life and he fulfilled every trust, and the State honored herself by bestowing honors upon him. Today he lies dead, and a whole State is in mourning. We publish elsewhere today the re? port of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the United Charities of Sumter to which we direct attention of all our readers. With the end of this month will also end the first year of the society. There were many who predicted; at the time cf organization tfhat it would not I've through the rear, but it has lived and accomplish? ed great good in the community. We feel that the thanks of the citizens of Sumter are due to the Executive com? mittee ar d especially to the ladies of the Ward committees for their unselfish labor of love. Feeding the ungry, .clothing the naked, caring for tho jsiek, ministering to the. dying chil? dren of destitution, this is the work -which has been done silently and, ?ritheut show or flourish. A work upon which angels might smile and ? to which ali men in whom is any : of the milk of human kindness must ; give their approbation. We hope the society has come to stay among our permanent institutions. It is hard to realize how we ever got along without ; such an organization and harder still to see how we can dispense with it after the first year's experience. JSvery ene who gives at all to charity, and who does not, every such one j should be a member. Instead of one ? hundred and eighty subscribers, there ! ought to be two or three times that j number. Though the amounts con? tributed be small, yet the aggregate would make a handsome sum, which placed under coontrol of discreet com m i tees will do incalculable good. Much more good than the same sums given at random to beggars. We hope that pubic interest will be awakened as never before in this important work of benevolence. The County Board of Comissioners at the regular meeting on Tuesday decided to erect an iron fence around the Court House square. Supervisor Seale was instructed to obtain prices and at the next meeting of the Board the style of fence to be erected will be decided upon. i ~ HAMPTON. ? _ ' Peace, Toll no Bell-All is tonight, Carolina's son has seen the ligh' I Of God's approving smile. Shed no tear, have no fear, a ran soul On the shore all adore, has reach Goal. A spirit hero without guile. Wade Hampton, dead! No, nc dead I j He lives where e'e.r wisdom's are said, Or noble deeds inspired. A life like his can never pass earth Whilst mortal mei still wc worth, Or heroism be fired, By actions which a world reveres Or thoughts too tender e'en for t< Are still admired. His spirit before thousands passei Has -reached its final home at last And rests in peace. The world is better tnat he lived, i And brighter they who have survi ! His grand release. His place within our heart of hea: His kingly bearing can depart. Nor can his memory cease, Whilst virtue, valor, manly grace Maintain on.earth their wonted pl His came will live for Aye. In song and story, And the child who knows Of nis fame, of his modest mile pose And courteous gentle way, Will strive to be a better man or m Will pause to leave an unkind ^ unsaid For his dear sake. And many an act of generous desig In example so humble, so benign It's root will take. Until th'3 name of Hampton to youth Of Carolina be indicative of the tn That love is far more dear Than all earth's triumphs, that L is less Than duty, that no kind of success Can justify a needless tear. Build him a monument of marl white, And on its stainless surface let wri'te These words-no more : "He was a man, take him for all all, We shall not look upon his li! again." Ef W. Moise. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Columbia, April 15.-The early pa Di the week ending S a. m., Monday April 14, was unseasonably cold, wit heavy frost and thin ic? in expose places to within about thirty miies < the coast, on the 9th. The close t che week had about normal tempera kure. Light frosts occurred in th northwestern portions on the 10th an Llth. The> frosts of the week nippe some corn, yellowed some oats, prob ibly injured peaches slightly in places but otherwise did no material damage awing to the backwardness of th' season. On the 7th, there was a beneficia rain that covered the entire State and ranged in amounts from one third to over an inch. In places i was accompanied by hail. There wa a snow flurry in Newberry County oi the Stn. The sunshine was a bon normal. High winds prevailed on the 8th and 9tt. The week was generali] favorable for farm work, and rapic progress was made in preparing lands for spring planting, except on botton lands which are still too wet to plow. In the southeastern and east cen? tral counties corn planting is nearh finished, and much is up to poor stands, while some has been replanted. Birds and cut-worms have injured stands. In the central upland corn planting is well under way, while ovei the western it has only begun. Not much cotton has been planted anywhere, scarcely any in the western portions of :he State, but over the eastern portions the bulk of the crop will be planted during the present week. Rice is being planted, in all the regions where grown, under favorable conditions. Tobacco plants are plenti? ful but small : transplanting will not begin for some time. Truck had favor? able weather, the rainfall having been particularly beneficial along the coast. Wheat is generally promising, al? though small, with, however, numer? ous exceptions where the crop is poor. Oats arc exceedingly variable in con? dition, with only a few localities where the crop is entirely satisfactory. Gardens are backward. Pastures afford grazing over the eastern por? tions of the State only. Fruits are late in blooming, and the majority of correspondents regard it as safe to date, but in Lexington County and a few other localities, peaches have been materially injured but not all killed. Clarendon-St. Paul: Heavy rains and high winds packed and dried the soil, causing poor stands of early corn, and hinders cotton planting ; medium to poor stands of oats ;. gardens late and poor; fruit materially thinned by the cold weather.-A. J. Fichbourg. I Darlington - Darlington : Upland ! corn nearly all planted : some cotton planted, but most will be next week ; tobacco plants plentiful but small; oats and wheat, where not killed, doing well; gardens backward.-Hon. E. R. Mciver, j Florence-Lynch : Farmers well np I with their work: cotton planting just begun ; corn coming up to poor stands ; tobacco plants are generally small and beds weedy; transplanting will not begin for several weeks: oats are promising.-E, J. Smith, Kershaw-Tiller's Ferry : Frost and thin ice on 9th killed some beans and melons; but little cotton planted; rapid progress during the week in pre? paring lands; tobacco plants nearly ready to set out but are scarce.-J. W. Gardner. Sumter-Hagood : Cotton planting begun, and will be general next week; early corn coming up to poor stands; fall oats and wheat up to average; gardens backward, fruit safe, an abundant crop promised.-A. K. Sanders. ---MM?- ll - At the Exposition on President's Day. Mr/Editor: Were you in Charleston i on President's or Charlotte day? If I not I will undertake the task to de I scribe it to you. From every quarter i the people had been pouring in for more than a day, some of the trains being so long and full that they could barely move on a dead level after a halt. The schedule trains were insuffi? cient so there were a number of extras. The one I went on was an extra which carried not less than a thou? sand j people, so I was reliably in? formed. There were not fewer tiian thirty thousand visitors there Wednesday morning. It was difficult to secure ac? commodations in the cty. As a result on Tuesday night some were on the streets well nigh all night. Early the i next morning I made my way to the Exposition'grounds, but none too soon for the vast crowd had begun to move in that direction, acar and afoot. Transportation was vastly insufficient. When I arrived at the grounds I found that a very great company had already preceded me so that even at that early hour I found it difficult to secure a ticket for admission and more so to pass the gate. Mr. Sam Boykin told me it 'took him two hours or bet? ter to get in. He came at a later hour and had his girls with him. Once on the inside what a surging mass of humanity presented itself to your eye ; 40, OX) people is not a small crowd. You could scarcely move for them, all bent on sight seeing. At half past ten they began to collect round the auditorium where the president was to make his appearance. The writer secured a comfortable seat but the great majority had to stand. Walks, promenades, all space was fully taken up in front and on its either wing by the immense company. We wsndered ; where the review would take place : ! no space was?there for it. The people were pouring in incessantly, swelling and swelling the mighty multitude in front of the auditorium. Expectation i was now on tiptoe. All bent on seeing the president. You know how people do on such occasions ; they will not sit still. When everybody in front stood up on the benches I overcome the ? difficulty by getting on the back of : mine, but myr it was tisesome for we remained in that position more than an hour. He came, the President, ! af ter a while and the people seemed almost wild with excitement. He made entrance to the auditorium |by a side door. Thea began the hard task of clearing space for the review which was done with considerable difficulty and no casualties that I heard of. After a time the President came out and such cheering you never heard. Then camejthe review which was per? fectly splendid- When this was over, retiring within* where he was to pre? sent that seven hundred dollar sword to gallant Jenkins, the President made a stirring and felicitous speech that I heartily wish our people could have heard. Under great emotion he spoke with considerable difficulty. It was evident that he was'a captive, a happy captive. He was pleased with Charles? ton, he was pleased with the people, with the occasion, "I have seen few occasions that I enjoyed so well." All the while he was speaking the people were speaking through their throats and by their faces tiU a great love, a fellow feeling, of kindred relation had sprung up in the midst of which our Chief Executive exclaimed, "Ye are my people." What a wave of ap? plause swept over the audience then. But I must stop, time will not^allow more. Hagood. WOODMEN ANNIVERSARY. You Can Join This Great Insurance Or? der for Two DoMars. Friday, June Gth, is the Twelfth Anniversary of the organization of tho Woodmen of the Worid, the 4th largest life insurance fraternity in the United States. The growth of the order in the short space of 12 years has been phenomenal; the membership now exceeds 240,000 and more than-810,000, 000 have been paid iv. settlement of death claims. The growth and popularity of tho order resulted from merit alone and anyone examining the. plans under which it operates cannot fail to be convinced that it is the best and most business like of all fraternal insurance orders and that it affords its members the greatest security and the cheapest insurance to be had. A reserve or emergency fund assures a limit of only 12 assessments a year. Xo extra assessments, no step rate plan increas? ing amount of assessment each year. The" assessment rate is always the same, as is established for the ase at joining. The rate is graduated accord? ing to age from 65 cents per thousand at ?8 to 25 years to $2.75 per thousand for 52 years. To commemorate the Twelfth Anni? versary it has been decided to reduce the entrance fee to S2 for one day Only, This includes medical examination and all other expenses. Applications should be handed in to some member of Hollywood Camp at once-all ap? plications must be in on or before May 15th. If you want insurance-you certain? ly need insurance-now is the time to seeure-$2 admits you to membership in the Woodmen of the World if ap? plication is made between this date and May 15th. Literature and full particulars may be procured of E. S. Hood, Clerk, or any other member of Hollywood Camp, W. of W. Sumter, S. C. April 15-lm. Spartanburg Girl to Wed. A large circle of friends will be in? terested in the approaching marriage of Miss Elizabeth Margaret Archer to Dr. J. Grenville DeLorme, of Sumter, S. C., on the afternoon of April 16 at 5 o'clock. The affair will take place at the home of the bride and will be witnessed by relatives and intimate friends about 50 in number. Miss Archer has made herself a great favor? ite by her lovely disposition and bright manner and numbers of her friends regret that her marriage will take her from Spartanburg. Dr. De? Lorme is a prominent druggist and is one of the most successful and popular young business men in Sumter.-Spar? tanburg Herald. Off for the Exposition. Still the crowds go from Sumter to see the big show. On pesterday morning's tri-weekly were bound: Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Seals, Maj. Morse and family, Mr. V. H. Phelps and family, Mr. M. D. Moore and family, Mrs H. C. Moses, Misses Arabella and Katie Moses, Lizzie Din ki ns, Alice. Anita and Gussie Harby, Mi? kel! Schwerin, Sanders, LaMotte, Atkinson, and Messrs. Willie Moran, Harry Scarborough, Charlie Smith, Jim Chandler, ?artow Walsh, Jr., Hazel Dick, Jr., and many others. The regular tr?an this evening will also take an immense crowd. Among the Lodges. Game Cock Lod?re, K. of P. con? ferred the Rank: of Knieht at its meet? ing Mondav nig?t on Esquires C. C. Brown, W. H. Seal and T. S. Chipley, and these gentlemen are now full fledged members of this popular order. The following P?st Chancellors have been elected delegates to the Grand Lodge which meete in Greenwood on May 20th, G. W: Dick, J. H. Levy, C. M. Hurst, Jr.,. H. L. Scarborough, L. I. Parrott and T- E. Richardson. Hollywood Campr Woodmen of the World is growing at a rapid rate. They meet once a month on the third Wednesday and there are always candidates for initiation. There is an unusual boom on just now due to the fact that the order celebrates its twelfth anniversary in June, and the initiatory fee from this time to June 6th, has- been reduced to $2 for medical examination. We have heard of twelve or fifteen applications to be presented at the nert meeting with the probability of a much larger number. The camp' already numbers more than one hua?red members. Mayor's Cwrt. There was quite aa array of offend? ers before the Mayor's Court Tuesday. Carrie McDonald and Viney Shaw two colored women- soi into a fight on Well's street and plead guilty. No serious damage was done and they were lightly punished. Carrie was fined three dollars or six days and Viney one dollar OT two days. Theodore MeFaddin was charged by his better half with disturbing the peace of the home and running her off the premises, The Mayor admon? ished the pair of the evil of such con? duct and dismissed the prisoner on his promise to live with his wife in peace. John Smith a young white man was arrested at the passenger depot in an intoxicated condition. He also had a pistol which he had drawn on two citizens on separate occasions. Cursed and resisted the officers and conducted himself in a riotous manner general? ly. Smith managed to break the lock of his prison cell and escaped, but was overtaken by Officer Barwick before reaching the city limits and again taken into custody. He seemed quite penitent when he faced the Mayor and invoked the clemency of his Honor promising to shake the dust of the city from his feet and depart never to return if released. But the court didn't see it that way, so Mr. Smith was given ten dollars or twenty days, and promptly paid the fine. Three other white men charged with various offences. Disturbing the peace, carrying concealed weapons, cursing, interfering with an officer in dis? charge of duty etc, etc. These being represented by Claude Aman Esq., demanded trial by jury. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Harmony Presbytery. Harmony Presbytery convened on the 9th instant in Beulah Church, Florence county, and was duly organ? ized by the election of Elder R. M. Cooper as moderator and Elder Reeves as temporary clerk. The sessions occupied three days, adjourning Friday afternoon to meet in Sumter on May 30th to transact a small item of business and in its rogu ! Jar fall session in Richmond Church, Williamsburg County. The matters attended to were main? ly of a routine nature. Much stress was laid on public preaching, two services bein? t?l* ??Z^ *.av corning and night. The congregations were large and seemed to enjoy all the ser? vices both business and devotional greatly. The attendance of delegates was un? usually large notwithstanding the fact that Beulah church is twelve miles distant in every direction from rail? road connections. The pastor of this church, the Rev. W. W. Sadler was chosen as commis? sioner to the General Assembly which meets the middle of May in Jackson Miss., with the Rev. W. H. Mills as his alternate. As lay-commissioner Elder B. F. Wilson was chosen with Elder M.. R. Wilson as his alternate. Mr. W. J. Barrett was unanimously elected treasurer of the Presbytery to succeed Mr. Shepard Nash who resign? ed on account of ill health. The roads in the Beulah section are ideal. One can ride a bicycle at full speed from Lynchburg to Lake City without dismounting. The people are thrifty and prosperous. Tobacco cul? ture has for the most part supplanted that of cotton which has saved the community from bankruptcy. The cloth-covered hot beds for the young plants appear right and left and the unsightly curing barns are conspicu? ous . A" good deal of trade comes to Sumter from that section but the bulk of it goes to Timmonsville on account of its being the best tobacco market. If Sumter had continued in that line as it started a few years ago and if it had exerted itself to improve the roads in that direction as perhaps might have been done the benefit would now be apparent. The hospitality of this community is fully up to the standard of true south? ern hospitality and the people are well able to practice it. The meeting was . altogether an enjoyable one and no less profitable we trust in all respects. Presbyter. Harness Yon can torrie your har? ness as soft as a glovo and as tough as vrire by using EUREK A Har? ness Oil. You can lengthen its life-make it last twice as long &3 :t ordinarily would. Marinas ill makes a poor looking har? ness lilce new. Made of pure, heavy bodied oil. es? pecially prepared to with? stand tiie weatner. Sold everywhere in cans-all sizes. Hate bj STANDARD OIL CO If You Need a ?ras? -. You wa Latest P< andn TTp-To Sty] To obtain these ye line of Strouse Bro art clothing; where patterns and styles t of a "Swell Dresser If You Ne You want a}Howard bod?ment?of sty WE HAY J, EYTTEMB Hampton Day Memcria! Exercises. The Graded School deserves the credit for the successful conduct of the Hampton memorial exercises. It was the Graded School that requested the pastors to announce at Sundays' ser? vice that these exercises would be held in the Opera House under the auspices of the Graded SchooL It was the Graded School that requested the merchants and others to close ?heir I places of business, that procured the j services of the band, that arranged the ; entire program, that requested the i other schools to be present at these I exercises jn_ honor of Gen. Hampton, j It is one to the Graded School to I say that it deserves all the credit for the pleasure and privilege of these memorial exercises. ? HAPPY ! HOME Is one where health abounds. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. ?vivify the torpid LIVER and restore tts natural action. A healthy LIVER means pare blood-irm Pure blood means health. Health means happiness. False no Substitute. All Druggists. Master's Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Caroli? na, in the case of Mark Eeynolds, against Marcus Sumter, Charlie Sum? ter, Binky Wilson, Richard Sumter, and Dorcas Sumter, the two last named being infants under fourteen years of age and sole heirs at law and distributees of Richard Sumter, de? ceased, I will sell to the highest bid? der, at public auction at the Court House in the City of Sumter, in the County of Sumter, in said State, on sale day in May, 1902, being the fifth day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate to wit: All that parcel of land containing forty-five acres, be the same a little more or less, situate in the County cf Sumter and State of South Carolina, bounded on the North and Northeast by land of estate of Dr. Mark Rey? nolds: South, Southeast and South? west by the Cane Savannah Road and on the West and Northwest by lands of estate of Dr. Mark Reynolds ; hav? ing such shape and boundaries as are represented on a plat certified by M. A. McLaurin, August 2d, 1893,"and attached to Deed of Dr. Mark Rey? nolds to M. Sumter, recorded in R. M. C. office for Sumter County in Volume V. V. page 268. Terms of sale, cash. Pnrchaser to pav for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. April ll, 1902.-3tw n Easter Suit. at the 3,tterns lost -Date le. tu must inspect our s.' celebrated high you will find those hat delight the eye 5? sed a flat, , which is the ern? ie and quality. E THEM. M & SONS