Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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=>-..' The Stcmter ^(Ut-nman was rouodec and the True Southron in 1866. ^ now has cosaafc?neu circulation and influence f^V-tesaor the old papers, and is mani the best advertising medium io Sumter. |i^S?nator Tillman's speech in Man j.)ni_g oin Friday is generally regarded E?as the areal opening of the anti-Mc l^aurin senatorial campaign. Senator ^ppciaii will not be in the race him but be will be very much in the '^^ht against J?cLanrin, unlessundica ;v?oas are deceptive. The trip to Man pjzxiig is significant, for it is "carrying ^?iewar-into Africa" as it were, Man ^^^being the bailiwick of "My Dear ^^^0^" the particular friend and '^.oost conspicuous and persistent cham ^^oir/of Senator Mcl_urin. In the gt??ia^McIiaurin hair-pulling this leeper ?as no interest save as an nn ^^^diced on-looker; yet we indulge; H^Sope; that before t^he row is over ^^?se^wh?iom politcial chums will di ?^e iii the heat bf combat some of ^^Is?cret history of their devious .poli The-statement that the. Charleston ition may be kept open unti ;_th is made by the Charleston sLj ;Xt is an excellent suggestion ld be carried into effect - The idance is increasing dai?y^ and rete best tbJe advertisement of the great _?.'the Exposition is open on ?^/4St it will tte easy to make that |j^5?& greatest in the history , of the] ^B^-there ooght to be 50,000 visitors ^^?eston to see the Exposition aol celebrate the Fourth. pS?om?Br county can be counted on to ^^|5bute>: generously toward the ^nnp'ton monument fundL. The move ^^^J?" raise a fund: sufficiently large ?lerecia monument worthy of Gen. 3^B3p>ton is one that has our entire ^^?ljand jre shall gladly cc- operate Jii?l ?iaose. who have the matter in ^?e"m every way possible. "We haye &^nesiaggestio? to maker Do not i^^*m?tter"?lag.What is to .be done S^ES-be done promptly and at the ^l^^'a time should be fixed for clbs ^^^e. subscription lists. Twelve ?ga??is? It seems to us is ample time ^l?Hck io, raise all the money needed n^^Bt ibe work well under way on lafermpri ument gp-**-, _____ ?^ol?cco growers should realize high mcesfbr their tobacco this year since fe :_iaeriean Tobacco Company which __??or the past several years, had i_?olute control of the market and Scated the prices, is to have a com jxstaior on the market that is financial ^^^e to fight the great trust to a ?K^L: Tbe _-peria! Tobacco Cb.,.of SBg_md and Ireland, which occupies ute same relation to the tobacco trade ^England that the American Tobacco does to the business.in this conn sry^. iras been aroused by the invasion ??3ts territory by the A. T. Co., and nts retaliated by arranging to place ?ta?|?2?yeis on all leading American _ax_ets- The fight- is on and -_ ; it jrasnises to be a bitter one for the ?eesent season, at least," and the ?boceo , growers will be the bene Idtmes. There ought to be good I in tobacco growing this year. - vVCrumpacker bill may turn out been as great a mistake on of the Republican leaders as. bill was some years ago. ?Moxce Ix J. Williams, Chairman of I Sjjiife,"....... i SeState Board of Control, will be a ! ^cfidate for Governor this summer, i felis said tobe a strong man and ?_! have the uni ted support of the ispensary influence. ?S2?b better plan could be devised for ??Hing the Hampton monument mcve sset at its very inception than to ssdertake to build two monuments o_e in Columbia, the other in Charles te- ; There is but one excuse for the pian tb - build a monument in Cheri eston-that Hampton hap? pened to be born in that ajfy.- As we understand it the monu zaect- to be erected is not to comm?mo? rai? -the birth of Gen. Wade Hampton, bast ios achievements after he attain M _aan_ood and his distinguished ? services to the State in 1876, especial ? jy. As Columbia was the place where bis greatest services were rendered, as ; pefi as the capitol of the State, the aBcnnment should be erected in Co rjrmfeia, on the State House* grounds. Chere the monument will stand for Keyhole State, in Charleston it will ie znerelj a local tribute to the distin? guished Carolinian. If Charleston ?esires to honor Hampton with a aonument on her own account, the st?ance of the State will raise no ob- j |??on, but the Charleston undertak- j ^.should not be permitted to inter- j ere os conflict with thegreater'under- j aking at Columbia, which will be j p|feentative of the State and pa rta k- j eg in no wise of a local character. 3_e latest in fine stationery just re? lived and placed on sale at H. G. steen 3b Cors book store. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN I Columbia, April 22.-The temp j tare averaged about 6 degrees per ; below normal during the week enc j Monday, April 21st, and the week .uniformly cool, with a maximum . 60 degrees at Bowman and a minin of 37 degrees.at Liberty. Light fr occurrred on the 17th and 18th Horry County. The sunshine was fielest, the sky having been oven during the greater bpart of the w? The winds were generally light, J too cool for vegetation. Some rain fell in the State on ; l?th, 16th, 17th and 19th. The ii fall of the 17th was general and . the heaviest for the week, except t in places heavier rainfall accompan thunder storms on the 19th. The a\ age for the week was less .than inch and wasabont normal, althoi in many places it interfered with fe wort from the 17th to the close of week. Peparation of lands rapid progn except that bottom lands are still wet to plow. In many localities 1 week was unifprmly favorable for fa work, but, owing, to the prevail low temperature,-was unfavorable germination pf planted seeds over 1 central and western counties, ana1 the growth of young . crops, especia corn and truck. "The"former is yell and sickly in places. There is scarcity of good corn and cotton se? Corn planting is hearing completi over the eastern counties, where mn is up to fairly good stands, but i uniformly so, ' and where cultivati has begun : over the central count: most of the corn crop has been' pla] ed, although but little is up: wh over the western counties only a sm portion has been planted, and scarce any is up. Cut worms and crows ha damaged stands, necessitating" soi replanting. Cotton planting is about half finis eel over the eastern counties,, is w< under way and will be: general ti week over the central, and has on been begun over the western 'countie Little, if any, is up to stands. Tobacco plants have been set out a number of localities, but general the plants are too small, althone plentiful and healthy. Rice jdantii icontinues under favorable condition and in places is nearing complerio: There is a general improvement nola in both wheat andi oats; ?lthoug ^neither grain is entirely satisfactory owing to poor stands and latenes Fruits of all kinds are considered safi except places in the extreme wester portions, w here this fruit was serioui ly damaged, if not ruined, by the co] during the spring. Gardens continu backward, but look well Pasturi afford grazing except in the wester counties, where grass has made scar growth. Watermelnos are corning u poorly. . Clarendon.-Pinewood: Corn plant ing about over,- some replanting bein done ; some cotton planted this week but rains prevented during latter part oats small and not as promising a usual ; gardens small and late.-R. S DesChamps. Darlington.-Darlington : "Week fa vorabie for farm work ; good rains o: Monday and Thursday; rather too coe for vegetation; cotton planting is gen eral ; fair stands of corn ; tobacc being set out ; potato bugs appearing trees full of fruit-W. J. Rodgers. Sumter.-Catchall: Wet and - cool sunshine below normal ; weather fa vorabie for preparing lands ; corn no up to good stands;-somje. little cotton planted, but not being hurried; oat: in good condition ; white potatoes up no bugs as yet; fruit promising. R. J. Brownfield. - ^-9 I I - - Fifth Annual Conference for Edu? cation in the South. Preparations are rapidly maturing for the meeting of the Fifth Annua Conference for Education in the South, to be held at Athens, Ga., A.^?l 24 tc 27 inclusive. It is expected that there will be ar even larger gathering of educators anc citizens from all over the South thar there was last spring at Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr., Robert C. Ogden of New York, president of the Southern Education Board, which is the outcome of these conferences and which recently started the General Education Board to finance this great movement in the South, will bring on a special train a number of distinguished educators and philan? thropists from the North and will be greeted at Athens by a large number of prominent teachers, citizens and i public men from the South. All persons interested in education? al advancement in the South will be cordially welcomed. The railroads will give a rate of one and one-third fare on the certificate plan south cf the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi. The program which follows shows the high character of the discussions and includes a number of prominent j speakers. The conference will open on Thursday afternoon, the 24th, a business session : 8 p. m.,. the address of welcome will be made by the Hon. Clark Howell of Georgia; tbe Presi? dent's annual address by Mr. Robert j C. Ogden, of New York : a repsonse, ! by Prof. C .C. Thach of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Friday, April 25th, 10 a. m., a business session of the conference : Education and the Voluntary Tax, by the Hon. C. B. Aycock, governor of North Carolina ; general discussion, introduced by the Hon. H. St. George Tucker, of Vir? ginia, Dr. John Massey of Alabama, and the Hon. Robert B. Fulton, chancellor of the University of Mis? sissippi, 3 p. m., Popular Education as the Primary Policy of the South, by the Hon. Hoke Smith of Georgia ; the Press in its Relation to Popular Edu? cation, by the Hon. Edgar Wilson bf Mississippi, and the Hon. St. Clair McKinway, editor of the Brooklyn ?Eagle; the Bureau of Investigation and Information of the Southern Edu? cational Board, by Prof. P. P. Clax? ton of Tennessee: general discussion introduced by Mr. W. H. Baldwin, Jr., of New York, and the Hon. Hugh H. Hanna of Ind. 8 p. m., Education through Handcraft by Carleton B. Gibson, Superintendent of Schools, Columbus, Ga. ; The Child of the Operative, by Lawton B. Evans, Superintendent of Schools, of Augus? ta, Ga. ; the Child and the State, by Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, President of I Tulane University of New Orleans, La. ; School Houses and School Envi [ ronment, by Dr. Charles D. Mciver, President of the State Normal School, Greensbroo, N. C. Saturday, April 26th, 10 a. m., a business session of the conference ; Educational Supervis ion, by Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S. Com? missioner of Education : the Denomina? tional College and Popular Education by Prof. H. N. Synder of Woffbrd Col-, lege, S. C., School Equipment and Re-enforcement, by Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of ' Review of Reviews, New York; g?n?ral discussion, introduced by the Hon. John M. Small, M. C., from North Carolina and D. B. Fris sell, Principal of Hampton Institute, ? .Virginia. The afternoon of Saturday, ?-the 26th, will be given' to attendance upon, the exercises of Memorial Day, 8 p. m., Educational Progress at the South, by the Hon. A. BL Longino, governor of Mississippi : Coperation in Educational Effort, by Judge Thomas C. Jones, Ex-Governor of Alabama ; general discussion, addresses -by Mr. "Hamilton Mabie of New York, Prof. Farnam of New Have_, and Dr. Felix Adler of New York ; benediction by the Rey. W. N. McVicar, T. S. D. Bishop Coadjutor of Rhode Island: Sunday, April 27th, Sunday services in j churches, morning and night ; general assembly in afternoon to be addressed* by a number of sneakers. BOT ON FI6HTIN6 CLOTHES. The Moros Villages Flying Red Flags to Show They Intend to Fight to Uttermost. Manila, April 22.-Two engagements have been fought between the Ameri? can troops and the Moros of the island ,of Mindanoa during the last 24 hours. Moore, of the Twenty-seventh infantry, while out with' a small party hunting for water, was fired upon at long range. Lieut. Col. Frank D. Baldwin, with a battalion of troops and a mountain gun, went to the assistance of Moore's party and drove oh* the Moros, who lost seven men. The firing was at 1,100 yards range. The Moros vilages were flying red flags, meaning that they intended to fight to the utter? most. : Later, Sultan Puao and a force of natives attempted to reoccupy the ground gained by the Americans ; but the Moros were forcibly dispersed. Datto Ganasi has sent a delegation to the American commander tendering the absolute submission of the men under his control. Brig. Gen. Davis, in command at Zamboang,*an island of Mindanao, has acknowledged the receipt from Wash? ington of instructions to wihdraw his troops from Mindanao,. but he urges that, owing to the present state of affairs, the withdrawal of the troops will result in the absolute loss of American prestige among the Moros in Mindanao. His orders however are explicit, Lieut. Col. Baldwin and his forces are beyond the reach of the tele? graphic instructions from Washington, j Washington, April 22.-The war de? partment has instructed Gen. Chaffee to delay the departure of the proposed expedition into Mindanao until after the receipt of further directions from Washington. The president desires to exhaust all other means of effecting the capture of the Moros who mur? dered American soldiers, before dis? patching an armed expedition for that purpose. Meanwhile, however, that portion of Gen. Davis's command which was selected for the journey will still be held in readiness, and all preparations up to the point of actual departure will be made. Aiken, April 21.-The condition of the six thousand lock-out operatives of the Horse Creek Valley is serious and foreboding. At this time there are no indications that the mill owners will abandon their position so long* as the strike at the King Mills of Augusta continues. The credit of many of the factory hands at Langely, Bath, War renville and Graniteville has been ex? hausted numbers of them are reduced to the extremity of begging for their daily food, and many have abandoned their homes and gone to other States in search of employment. THE WILL OF THE LAT? QR. T. DE WITT TALMAGE. lt Leaves an Estate Valued at $300,000-Heirs are Satisfied With Division. Washington, April 21.-The will of the late Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage was filed here today. It leaves an estate of moie than S300,000, of which about 8250,000 is in personal property consisting of secured notes, United States 4 per cent bonds, stock and cash in bank, furniture, pictures and household effects. The real estate is worth about $50,000, comprising his house, No 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, in this city and property in East Hamp? ton, Long Island, and in his former home, Brooklyn. The Washington Loan and Trust Company is named as executor and today petitioned the district supreme court to admit the will to probate. All the heirs at law are said to be entirely satisfied andx have consented to the probate. The will gives "the widow's third" to Mrs. Talmage and the remainder share and share alike to all of his children and their linear descendants. The will is dated Feb. & 1898. The heirs at law'are as follows : The widow, Mrs, Eleanor M. Talmage, of this city, and his children, Mrs. Jessie T. Smith and Mrs. May Mangam, both of Brook? lyn ; Mrs. Edwith T. Donnari, Rich- j mond, Va. ; Frank De Witt Talmage, j Chicago; Miss Jennie C. Talmage J of this city, and Mrs. Maude T. Wy coff, Cape Vincent, N. Y. Mr. Talmage's widow, his son, Frank De Witt Talmage, of Chicago, and Or. Louis Klopcsh, of Brooklyn, are appointed literary trustees under a codicil. The will gives . to the son, Frank, all the books, manuscripts,, and copyrights thereon now or hereafter secured in trust to superintend, manage and control the printing, pub? lishing and sale and gives his son ex? clusive control of all contracts exist? ing at the time of testator'sv death relating to all literary work with full and .unrestricted authority to fulfill and enforce them for the benefit of the estate. MILITARY ABSOLUTISM AND TYRANNY. Mr. Rawlins of Utah Attacks Gov? ernment's Philippine Policy. Power to Make Peace ot Declare War - . " .* Without Asking Congress. Washington, Aprill 22.-Formal dis? cussion of the bill temporarily to pro? vide a government for the Philippine islands was begun in the senate today. Mr. Rawlins of Utah, the leading minority member of the Philippine committee, opening'^ the debate with a speech in opposition .to the measure. He denounced the bill as an unwar? ranted imposition upon the Filipinos, declaring that it would establish one pf the foulest oligarchies in the history ! bf the world. He maintained that ther Philippine commission was given 1 too great power by the bill and assert? ed that under its provisions, the isl? ands would be exploited for private gain. He will conclude his remarks tomorrow. While he was speaking two efforts were made to maintain a quorum, the second resulting in a lively tilt among several senators. Mr. Scott of West Virginia intimating that no argument that could be made upon the subject would influence any senator. "We seem to have arrived at that point in our history," said Mr. Raw? lins, ' ' where there are those who affect to believe that it is sedition to think and treason to talk. 'For God's sake, j let us keep silent until the war is J over!' exclaims a peripatetic hero and graduate from the Philippines who wants to make free speech treason and to cart us away to the gallows, al? though he migjit give the senator from Massachusetts the benefit of clergy on account of his sympathy for a * super? heated conscience. ' All, if we are to believe him, with the approval of the president of the United States. "Congress no longer has to declare war. An Otis or a Chaffee are pre? pared to attend to this any day in the week. A few days ago a message came to us that Malvar, the last of the insurrectos, had surrendeed. The next 'day it was announced that Gen. Chaffee had declared a new war and had dispatched an army to wage it against two millions~of people in the island of Mindanao. But mum is to be the word so long as there is any disturbance anywhere within our bor? ders or in any one of the more than thousand islands beyond the seas. j "This bill sticks its roots into and | derives its support tfrom that excres ence upon the army appropriation bill of 1901, known as the Spoonner amend? ment. The qualification of the abso? lute power therein conferred, adopted at the instance of the senator from Massachusetts, by this bill is elimi? nated. "All property rights in the islands and^the fate of their inhabitants are turned over to the control and disposi? tion of the commission, without any qualification of importance. "The commission may declare war and make peace ; raise armies and pro? vide navies regulate commerce with all sorts of discriminations between islands and ports r" levy taxes without limit and without uniformity. It may coin money and regulate the value thereof: and may establish religion and punish those who do not conform to its tenets. It may destroy free speech, and punish as an act of sedi? tion the publication of truth in regard to their administration. It can estab? lish an inquisition ; devise and apply methods of excruciating torture, com? pelling persons to be witnesses against themselves and disclose information which the commission may desire to extort. It may practice any or all of the acts of tyranny which history has disclosed or genius may devise. "It is useless to say that this power will not be abused. Attention will be invited to some instances in the his? tory of our relations with the islands showing the extent to which our repre? sentatives have gone in acts of perfidy, injustice, oppression nd cruelty." News in and Around Hagood. Hagood, April 21.-Corn planting here is about over for the early plant? ing, *and the prospect for a good stand is very fair. People are busy planting or preparing to plant cotton. Never was ground put in better condition for a crop, showing as we have before stated how much interested the farm? ers are. The oat crop, too, where planted in time, . promises well. A man should never plant the red or black oat after the 1st of . February. The best oat for late planting is the Burt. I think it as good a croppers any, where planted in time. 3 lt was my pleasure to attend the I closing exercises of Miss Courtenay Atkinson's school at New .Hope. She I is a most successful teacher, having given her patrons perfect satisfaction, ' and is a most admirable young lady. We regret to say that the excellent wife of Mr. J. S. Jackson is critical? ly ill. Her many friends will be glad \ to see her recover. . Quite a number of people from this community have been in attendance upon the exhibition at Charleston. Many of our teachers are looking forward to our "summer school" for the county with the hope, the earnest hope that we may have the same instructions we had last year. Of the teachers in the Sumter Graded SchooJ we know little save Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Rambo, men thoroughly qualified and capable as teachers. We are puzzled to know how it can retain in its service so long such a man \ as Mr. Edmunds. He ought to be the Presi? dent of some college, and will be if life lasts. We are selfish enough to hope he may not so suffer soon, if that will rob our county summer school. Quite a number of people are get? ting married. That is well. A man TSE MOTHI PATCNT S Duttons can be. Wearing a. Thc Mother's Fri? with the' icwinf: oa O? ?nth 3n adjustable Sci: CS when thc waist is w riveted out thc oeit. cc lorn oZ. either <u ?cnn We handle tl Mother's Boys' Shirt Suits and Boy They are made teed to wear ai styles. All mot amine the line i Youri or woman is better by being married, at least is apt to be. But it is a risky business. Tuft's Pi wfll save the dyspeptic from many : days of misery, and enable bim to eat whatever he wishes. They prevent SICK HEADACHE, cause the food to assimilate and nour? ish the body, give Seen appetite, DEVELOP FLESH ?. and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar onfrft - Take No Substitute. In every town and village may be had, . the Made by Standard Oil Co. that makes your, horses glad. s 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 Reynolds, against Marcus Sumter, Charlie Sum? ter, Binky Wilson, Richard Sumter, and Dorcas Sumter, the two last named being ' inf ants 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 Conrt House in the City of Sumter, in the County of Sumter; in said State, on sale day in May, 1902, being th? fifth' day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate to wit : Allx that parcel of land . containing forty-five acres, be th? same; a little more or less, situate in the County of 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 Dy 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. Ai McLaurin, August 2d, 1893, and attached to Deed of D? Mark Rey? nolds to M. Sumter, recorded in R. M. C. office for Sumter County in Volume V. V. page 268. Terms pf sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. - H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. April U, 1902.-3fcw ?RS' FRIEND, H!RT WAIST. , Tor*~pff tither Ut r WasJiiiz?. id docs away entirely Suttons. I: is supplied " which ts easily uliea ?ashed -he bullan, are >n.???qucnrry eua not b* D?. v.J.-.'.I?is; or iri/?iil?^ ie Celebrated j Friend Waists, Wash 's Shirts of cloth guaran id of the latest thers should ex ve are showing. 5 truly, LL & GO.