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i% SEattjjmmt ??? 3mt\)x?n? WEDNESDAY, HAY 14, 1902. The Sumter Watchman was round ea io 1350 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has Ilse combined circulation and influence 0? both of the old papers, and is mani fest!j the best advertising medium in 8am ter. WHAT WILL SUSTLR DO ? In the Southern Christian Advocate of 8th inst, Kev. E. O. "Watson, President Board of Trustees of Colum? bia Female College, announces a meeting of hi? board at the college on Jone 2nd and 3d. Then follows this special notice concerning the Columbia Female College : *4 The last session of the South Caro? lina Conference adopted the following resolution:- ?-Sesohed, That the Board of Trustees of the Columbia Female College be authorized to re? ceive propositions from Columbia and other communities for the enlargement or removsf??ihe College.* Pursuant "to this resolution, the Board wishes to have definite proposi? tions before* it at its meeting in June. . The undersigned will be pleased to enter into correspondence with any who are interested in this matter, prior to the Board meeting. E. O. Watson, President Board of Trustees C. F. C. Adddress,-Charleston, S. C." From all we have been able to learn ( .of this matter it seems highly pro- , bable that the college will be removed < ?rom Cteksffbia to some other city or town -in the -State where more commo- < *dious quartets may be obtained. Sev- j ?ral places are making vigorous efforts < to secure it. A. citizen of Bamberg, ? we are informed, has offered the < Trustees ? site of forty acres and j ^twenty-five thousand dollars cash, as an f 'inducement to take the college to that ] ?town. Laurens, Aiken and Greenwood { tare all after it and will make alluring j "oBers. "Why cannot Sumter enter the ( lists and strive for so valuable a prize? We have an advantage over any other i city by reason of our geographical posi- \ -?tion. Situated near the centre of the ( "State, with unexcelled railroad facili- " ^fcies, which make Sumter accessible 1 "from all directions. This fact would i be much in our favor. Our excellent I " water and good health, with peculiar 1 - exemption from epidemic diseases are i -strong points, which would receive < **dne considertion from tho Trustees. ( 3~But oar most powerful argument is "?at all of the Female Colleges of < Sooth Carolina are in the western part i of the Stata Not one of them being east; of Columbia. Hene? as a busi- < ness proposi lion the Trustees, we think, i will be much inclined to move East- 1 ward, where competition with other J insitutions will be reduced to a mini- < There is every reason to believe 1 that many more pupils would attend J the college at Sumter than many other .< of the cities named. The prospect 3 of increased patronage is a practical i and important factor favorable to I Snmef. Now let us consider the benetfis to be derived from the location among us ? of an established, well equipped college of this character. : First, and from a material stand- 1 point. The college building and the Professors' homes would make a sub- 1 stantial addition to the property of the city and would have the effect of 1 enhancing real estate value, particu? larly in the vicinity of the college. The money spent in the manitenance of so large an establishment would be considerable. Of this our merchants would receive the benefit. Besides the college itself, there will be many families moving into the town where the college is located for the purpose of educating their daughters. Thus we would have most desirable addi? tions to our population, and a corres iponding ncrease in our business and 1 property, for they must build homes and spend money for their living and comfort. Not the least of the benefits would be the good effect, and influence of such an institution upon the intel? lectual and moral life of the commun? ity. It would place within our reach an opportunity to give our, daughters advantages of higher education which so few of theni now enjoy. We say these thnigs not in disparagement of any of our existing schools. We have room for them all and hope to s?e them flourish as they should, but the ! college of which we speak will fill a place not now supplied in Sumter. A il college that will draw patronage from ? all over South Carolina and from other j States as well. It is an opportunity j that the peor;le of Sumter should not ! let pass by unnoticed. It is a golden ? opportunity. There should immedi- j ately be some action taken. The time ! is short but much can be done by | concerted action. We honestly believe it would be better in every way to bring this college to Sumter than to build a large cotton factory. Will our citi? zens sit idly by and seo another city grasp a prize so great and make no effort themselves? A few dozen large feather casters at les3 than wholesale cost to close ont. H. G. Osteen & Co. ST. VINCENT ISiJNB IN IMMINENT DANGEB. Earthquakes Accompany St. Soufri?re Eruption. Fort de France, Island of Marti? nique, May 13.-Business here is sus? pended. The people of the city have assembled in the church and at the cathedra! where services are being held for the St. Pierre dead, has been thronged since daylight. The United States government tug Potomac leaves here tonight for the Island of St. Vincent where conditions are reported to be worse. La Soufri?re on St. Vincent was in foll eruption May 10. A stream of stone and mud half a mile wide was then issuing from the volcano. Stones two inches in diame? ter fell twelve miles away. At Kings? ton, the capital^of the island, the ?Shes were two inches deep. Seven hundred d?aad were reported Sunday, May IL It is estimated .that the total number of deaths on St. Vincent reaches 2, COO. Most of the victims are said to be Carib Indians. Seven estates on i;he. island have been burned to ashes, and it is authentically re? ported that; two earthquakes occurred there. It is believed the submarine cables at St. Vincent have been broken by the disturbances. The present volcanic enptibn on St. Vincent is the first since 1512. Gov. Hunt of Puerto Rico has asked Louis H. Ayme, the United States consul at Guadeloupe, who is now here, what assistance he could ren? ier Gov. Hont's ojffer was communi- . lated to tho government which will jladly accept it. The tug Potomac cruised along the coast of this island yesterday atfer aoon. She encountered an inky black column of smoke which made it neces? sary for her to go five miles out of her ;ourse. Words fail to describe the present situation at St. Pierre. A small detachment of French troops is making effoits to bury the dead al ;hough the government seems to be strikingly unconcerned as to what is lone in this direction. Strango to relate, in view of the lumber of inhabitants of St. Pierre who were?w^pt to death by the vol ?anic waves from Mont Pelee, on rhursday last, very few corpses have ieen found by those who are engaged n the work of cremating the dead x>dies. Thiis is due to the fact that j iie most pop ulous quarters of the town ire buried under a thick layer of cin? dered lava which apparently entirely .onsumed the bodies of the victims. Public interest centres in the stories ? )f the survivors and in the efforts be? ing made to snzccor the refugees. A woman named Laurent, who was ?mployed as a servant at St. Pierre in ;he household of M. Gabriel, and who was among those taken to the hospital in this city, in describing her experiences, said that on the day of the terrible disaster she heard a loud report and thereupon fainted. When she regained her senses, a few hours later, she was horribly burned, and, glancing around, she saw two mem? bers of the Gabriel family still alive but they died before assistance could reach them. Mille. Jjaurent,- although she lived for some time after being taken to the hospital and was con? scious while under the care of physi? cians, died without being able to im? part any additional information con? cerning the catastrophe. The work of succoring the refugees continues incessantly. Immediately upon the cable repair ship Pouyer-Quertier, Capt. Thirion, started on her mission of mercy she had to pass through clouds of burning cinders at the risk of catching fire, in order to reach the terror-stricken peo? ple ashore. But she succeeded in bringing to this port 456 people, main? ly former residents of the village of Le Preacheur. This was on Saturday last. Since the the steamer, as the result of ether daring trips, has succ? eeded in bringing many other persons to Fort de France. On Sunday she rescued.923 persons, and piloted the French cruiser Suchet and the Danish cruiser Va?kvrien, who took on board 1,500 persons. The Pouyer-Quartier has distributed to the sufferers large quantities of biscuits, milk, wine and cheese. The specie found in the vaults of the Bank of Martinque. at St. Pierre, amounting to two million francs, has been brought safely here. The specie in the public treasury at St. Pierre is still buried under a layer of lava about six or eight metres thick. The path of the volcanic torrent j which swept over St. Pierre is marked i ont in a strange manner. Tho vicin? ity of the shore where vessels anchor? ed was swept by a whirlwind of vol? canic gas, which ripped, ron* and shattered every: bing in its passage, but left few traces of cinders behind. On the other hand the fort, centre and adjoining parts of St. Pierre are buried u?d'-r a thick bed of cinders which consumed evervthing beneath it. The Rev. T. C. Ligoon. a Methodist minister, in charge of the Gospel Tab? ernacle, in Columbia, died there on the 12th. He was editor of "The Way of Faith" and minister in charge of the Gospel Tabernacle. He was a na? tive of Lexington County. He was at work on Saturday and died from an attack of peritonitis. ANOTHER YEAR FOR THE FAIR. Congress Takes Action for the Posiponment of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to 1904. t St. Louis, May 10.-Formal action 1 for the postponement of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to the year 1904. was taken on May 2nd, when the Secere tary of State, John Hay, sent to the United States Senate a letter stating the necessity for an additional year in which to prepare the Exposition. The reason for the postponement exist in fact that many foreign governments would be unable to participate in the Exposition in a befitting manner if compelled to prepare themselves for 1903. In as much as the plans for the Exposition comtemplated a World's Fair in the broadest sense of the term, it became evident that without the complete participation of the leading governments of the world it would fall far short of the ideal which the pro? jectors have in mind. The postpone-, ment of. the Fair to 1904 is provided for in an amendment to the Sundry Civil Appropriations bill now pend? ing in the Senate offered by Senator F. M. Cockrell of Missouri. The amendment provides for the dedica? tion of the buildings of the Exposition on April 30th, 1903; for opening the. Exposition to visitors not later than May 1st, 1904, and for closing not later than December 1st following. The amendment also provides for the coin? age of $250,000 in gold dollar pieces to be used as souvenir coins and to be a pari; of the $5,000,000 appropriated by Congress for the Fair. The postponement will not only per? mit the participation of all foreign governments upon a much broader scale than otherwise would have been possible, but it will assure a complete exposition in many other details. The plans of the Exposition management up to the time of action for postpone? ment were based upon the expectation of holding the Exposition in 1903, but, as Presdient Francis has said, "While the management were ready to hold the Exposiiton in that year, the addi? tional year will enable them to pro? duce a far more magnificent and completed Exposition." WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Columbia, May 13.-The temperature was again about 6 degrees per day above normal, during the week ending Monday morning, May 12th, the aver- i age for the week having been 76 de? grees, with a maximum of 99 degrees at Bowman on the 4th, and a mini? mum of 48 degrees at Gaffney on the 8th. The sunshine averaged about normal : with partly cloudy days and clear nights. The rainfall for the week was gen? erally light, except in spots over the ? southeastern counties and the Savan? nah valley, where it was copious, and of great benefit to crops, although it failed to thoroughly relieve the drought at any point. There were also numerous but widely scattered showers on the 7-8th over the entire State, but they were local, partial, generally light, and entirely insuffi? cient. In the Pee Dee sections the drougth is becoming serious. There were heavy showers on the early morn? ing of the 12th, in the central and northeastern counties, and possibly throughout the State, but they occur? red too late to be fully reported in this bulletin The week was favorable for farm work which made rapid progress. Planting operations are practically finished, expect on bottom lands that have been either too wet or too hard to cultivate. It is the exception this year to have poor stands of corn reported, and much . less than the usual amount of replant? ing has been necessary owing to birds and worms. Corn has a healthy ap? pearance, and is well cultivated, most of it having received its first and some its second working. As yet, the dry weather has not hurt corn to any ap? preciable extent. Cotton is up, or coming up, to from "very good" to "fairly good" stands over the whole State, with slight ex? ceptions limited to late plantings, where the ground is too dry for germi? nation. Much has been chopped to stands, and considerable has been cul? tivated. The plants arc sturdy and healthy in appearance. Tobacco is not doing so well as last week, owing to the prevailing dry weather that injured stands, but where sufficient rain fell the crop continues in excellent condition. Wheat failed materially and will be below average. It is heading and some is turning color. Oats are ex? ceedingly . variable. but generally stand in need of rain. Harvest has made slow progress. Truck and sea island cotton were benefirted by the rains along the coast. Rice planting is practically finished : stands are good, most favorable in the George? town district. There is an increased number of reports on peaches drop? ping. Sweet potato slips are being set out. Colorado beetles on white potatoes are moro numerous and de? structive than ever before known. Gardens, pastures and minor crops need a general, soaking rain. HEAVY HAIL STORM. Sections of Marion County and Lower North Carolina Suffer From Sunday Night's Storm. Sellers, S. C., May 12.-A very de? structive storm of wind and a heavy rain passed through this section last night about 8 o'clock. At 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon it was hailing heavily at Rennert, N. C., about 40 miles above here on the line of the Florence railroad. The storm zig? zagged across the country, coming by way of Clio, Marbloro county ; then coming down on a line with the Latta branch to Latta, and thence by this place, going nearly south from this point. The lightning flashed almost continuously, while the roar of the thunder was to be heard every moment. The wind at times blew with great force,{blowing down trees and leveling fences and almost cover? ing the ground with leaves and broken twigs from the trees. The hail began- to fall about 8 o'clock, and for 45 minutes the cease? less patter could be heard and when the storm passed the ground was al? most white with- the fallen hail. The lumps were about the size of marbles and. in some instances much larger. Great destruction was apparent on every hand this morning. The ground under the peach, plum and apple trees was covered with the youngjf rnit beat? en off by the relentless haiL Many of the young poultry, where exposed) were killed outright, and in one instance a house cat caught out in the storm was killed stone dead. Yonug corn and tobacco were whip? ped to a frazzle and cotton in many places was completely destroyed. Terrific Explosion of Naphtha. Pittsburg, Pa., May 12.-TheShera den yard of the Panhandle Railroad was the scene this afternoon of one of the most disastrous explosions and fires known in this section for many years. At least 23 lives were lost and about 200 persons were so badly burned that, according to the judgment of physi? cians in attendance, 75 per cent of them will die from the effects of their injnries. The cause of the catastrophe was the explosion of a train of naphtha cars, which was being switched at the yard, and in the switching the rear car tele? scoped the car forward. The leaking naphtha ignited from a switch light, causing an explosion, which threw the flames fifty feet high. Much of the escaping naphtha ran through Croks Run to Esplenborough, a dis? tance of one and one-half miles, caus? ing an explosion, blowing to atoms the Seymour Hotel and the Collins House, and badly wrecking, a frame building near-by, in which were con? gregated two hundred or more sports from Pittsburg and vicinity, betting on the races, base ball, etc. Few of the occupants of this building escaped injury, many being badly hurt. Mrs. Seymour and her daughter, of the Sheraden Hotel, were seriously and, it is feared, fatally injured. The first car of naphtha exploded about 4.40 o'clock and the spectacle soon attracted a large crowd on streets lining the hills on both sides of and parallel to the railroad. The second car exploded about 5 o'clock, but it was at 6.15 o'clock, when three more cars of the deadly stuff went up with a roar that could be heard for miles, that the work of destruction really began. A torrent of flame belched forth on each side of the track, sweeping back the terrified spectators like a charge of artillery, and sent a shower of flames over their heads, resembling Mont Pelee on a small scale. The scene that followed beggars description. The successive explosions had heated the air to such an extent that before the third explosion many were rendered unconscious by the ex? treme heat and the gaseous fumes, and were being carried away when the tor? rent of flame swept over the excited crowd. There was an awful hush for a moment, then followed a scene of frenzy. Men and women, their cloth? ing ablaze; their faces scorched and blistered and their hair burned off their heads, ran wildly shrieking hither and thither, only intent on escape from that awful furnace of fire. Some gave vent to frenzied appeals to kill them and put them out of their misery, and little children, with their ? curly locks and light summer clothing, j small pillars of fire, cried piteously as they were swept along by the tide of burning humanity. The townspeople did all in their j power for the stricken victims and all . the Pittsburg ambulances were imme- ! diately dispatched to the scene with a corps of physicians. Many of those not seriously burned were removed to their homes in Sheraden, while others j were sent to the various Pittsburg hospitals, and the dead removed to undertaking establishments in Shera? den and vicinity and to the Pittsburg morgue. Ifl'he Panhandle Railroad Company has thirty-six tracks through Sheraden and has succeeded in keeping commu? nication open. The property loss will j amount to at least 8000,000. The list of known dead numbers ? twenty, all residents of Sheraden or ! vicinity. Several have died tonight in hospitals. LATER. Pittsburg, Pa., May 13.-A careful and systematic search for the dead and injured in the Sheraden horror of yesterday reveals tonight a list of twenty-three dead and 202 injured. The complete list of the injured may never be known, as many were able to get away without making their identity known. A conservative estimate, made by those thoroughly familiar with the situation, places the number more, or tess seriously hurt at not less than 300. A few feet below the wreckage lies the big thirty-six-inch main of- the Philadelphia Company, which comes from the gas fields in the southwestern portion of the State and supplies the McKee's Rocks and lower Allegheny districts with natural gas. It is feared that this main may burst and cause another terrific explosion. Great effort is being made to prevent such an accident An Absconding Postmaster. Norfolk, Va., May ?2.-Postmaster Samuel L. Burroughs, of Portsmouth, is missing, and Postoffice Inspector Bulla is in charge of {?his accounts, which are?short. John W. Rutter has been placed in temporary charge of the office by Burroughs's bondsmen. It is stated that the accounts of the missing postmaster are short from $2,000 to $2,500. He was not known to be a speculator nor to have had other expensive habits. Mr. Bnrrongh's term expired the latter part of March, but he 'heidover, awaiting the action of the President in'naming his successor. He has been very active in seeking reappointment. Mr. Burroughs was recently mar? ried and his wife, who has several children by a former husband, is still in the city. Crepe paper Sc. the roll. Osteen's Book Store. Some Reasons Why You Should Insist on Having EUREKA HARNESS OIL U neo naled by any other. Renders hard leather soft. Especially prepared. Keeps out water. A heavy bodied oiL HARNESS An excellent preservative. Reduces cost of your harness. Hever burns the leather ; its Efficiency is increased. fecures best service, tjtches kept from breaking. OIL |s sold in ali Localities MannffcWby Standard OU Company. So Tired It may be from overwork, bot the chances are its from an in? active nvgp ^ With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds ahundred per cent to ones earning capacity. it can be kept in healthful action by, and only by Tim's Pills TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. REPOST OT TBS C0SDITC03 07 THE FIRST NATIONAL BASE, 0? SUMTER, S. C., At Sumter, in the State of South Caroline, at the close of buBitess, April 30, 1902. RESOURCES. Loaos and diaconats, . $250,333 49 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 7,191 13 U. S. Bonds io secure circulation, 18,750 00 Stocks, securities, etc, 15,4C0 00 Banking house, furniture and fix tares," ; . 3,000 00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 4,24? 75 Due from State Banks and Bank* ers, 3,408 29 Dae from approved reserve agents, 12,426 86 Checks and pthe? cash items, 517 ll Notes of other National Banks, l,t00 00 Fractional paper currency, nick* els and cents, 2,024 09 Lawful Mosey Reserve ic Bank, liz : Specie, 7,549 00 Legal-tender notus, 5,000 00 12,549 00 Redemption food with U. S. Treas'r (5 per cent of circula? tion,) 9S7 50 Total, $333,195 21 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid io, 75,000 00 Surplus fund, 15,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses aod ?ases paid, 23,7 ? 9 34 National Bank notes outstanding 18,750 00 Due to otber National Banks. 529 63 Doe to State Banks and Backers, 747 40 Due to Trust Companies and Savings Banks, 4,308 00 Individual deposits subject to check, 183,286 47 Notes and bills rediscounted ' 10,814 37 Total, $332,195 21 State of South Carolina, "? gg County of Sumter, / I, R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier of the abore named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief:. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this !3tb day of May, 1902. D.W. CUTTINO, [i*8 } Notary Poolicfor S. C. Correct--Attest : B M WALLACE, ) JOHN REID, [ Directors. H. D. BARNETT. J May 13, 1902. Just received a fresh lot of Crape paper 8c. a roll. H. G. Osteen & Co. Flower baskets to. suit all. H. G. Osteen & Co. WEEK. OF MAT - 26, - 1902, if At Our Store? N ALL LINES, Extraordinary Inducements in Boys' and Girls' Wearables. (ons cen te Tem c" tither tn Wearing or Washing. n A H" H Th; Mother's Fiieiiil Jo? away entirely willi W.? sewing sa of Sutton* I: is supplied ?Ith ?ii l?juslaolc tKlt. which ii easily Uk?a off ?hon the ?ra?xt ?s washed he fcutton? irr Civet ed jn the DCtt. con>cc;uent:y can not Ni ^ tern o'J. L-tthcr '?i ? cariup, wasthinj or .-.\t Is thc original detachable-belt Shirt Waist. Von wash the Waist but not the buttons. Best BOYS' Waist ever made. Bring the Children. O'DONNELL & GO. SUMTER, S. C.