Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tU WSaifam d? ?s?im WEDNESDAY, J1ME 18, t? 2. The SuTOier Watciiman was tcundei iu IS?O and th? 7Vm? Sout/iron in i860 The TFafo??raa?va7it? Souih.ron now hifi the - combined circulation and ia?uecse f both of the old papers, and is tzt .?: f.^dy the best advertising medium in smier. The Ancient Order of United Work men :s the Original fraternal co-opera tive association in America, having been organized in August, 1868, and now numbers over 400,0C0 members. The Supreme Lodge is now in session i Portland, Oregon. The question of most vital importance to come up be fore the present xneeiiing is the propo sal to advance the rates, of insurance over the age of 55. It is said that the proposed increase is necessitated by s the fact that the order is accumulating liabilities which it cannot meet under the present plan. Represen ta vi ve Thompson, of Ala bama, has introduced a bill in the House approbating. $100? 00(> for the removal of the decesised presidents of the United States exi^ept George Wash ington to the national cemetery at Arlington. The president and the governors al the States are designated a mmiss?cnL to provide all the neces sary arrangements for the removal. The Audubon Society of Chicago is going to take active steps to prevent the slaughter of birds for hat orna ments. The;r have tried moral suasion witiout anj good results. Committees waited on State officials to secure their aid. Notice has been served on milliners and their attention called to the law. . Voters should be very careful when promising to vote for a candidate, says the Spartan. It is stated as a jest that hal: the voters will make promises they never expect to fulfill A voter may be quite friendly with a candidate, invite him to his home, introduce him to friends, without even an implied promise to 7ote for him. Candidates must not consider acts of courtesy a promise to vote for them Third Amassant Postmaster General 'Madden has issued a notice that on and after Aug. 1 postal cards treated by enameling, bronzing or other coat ing process will not be recognized. The President has rewarded Capt Charles E. Gkrk, one of the heroes of ~the battle of Santiago, by advancing him saves numbers in rank and mak ing him a rear admiral in the navy. 'Capt. Clark commanded the battleship -Oregon is the Spanish-Amsrican war. " King Edward, who was- attacked Sunday by lumbago following a chili contracted while reviewing the troops at Alderafeot, passed a good night Monday, and is much better. Editor J. H. Setoli, of the Savan nah Morning .News, who recently steed ior the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georiga, was defeated, t?? he made a good run and is now x?t in a card expressing his gratitude to his friends for the their loyal sup port. To his friends in Savannah he says: **i wish -tosay an, additional, word. I have lived among you from early boyhood. My life has been as an open book h?fOro,. you.. You know my 'incomings and outgoings.: And in this, the first-time I have asked for consideration ??r your aands, yon nobly gave nie. .your hearty support. This was, indeed, "one of the excep-. tiens to the biblical rule- that a ' prophet is .not- without honor sav? in Ms own country;* You, my friends, save honored me beyond any other of my people. ". The trial ?n Memphis of Mrs. Georgia Emma. Hooks on the charge of poisoning her husband, Cerro Good Hooks, is drrawing to an end. The fight is largley between chemists, who dil?er as to whether the arsenic found in Hook's stomach was taken as medi cine or was in the embalming fluid. Hooks was given $50,000 by Mrs. Hooks to marry her. A previous hus band and son died suddenly and with similar symptoms, from whom Mrs. Hooks inherited about $130,000 in property and insurance. President Roosevelt's fondness for horseback riding is responsible for a sensational advance in the price of good saddle horses in Wash h ing ton. Local sortie dealers declare that there never has been during the past twenty years such a strong demand for gen tlemen's riding horses as now exists. For a number of years saddle horses were a drug on the Washington horse market and dealers could hardly give them away at any price. Among the well known men often seen riding with President Roosevelt is Senator Mc^.turin, of South Carolina. D?: George H. Hepworth, the ? preacner-joumalist who wrote the ser mon appearing in the Sunday issue in the New York Herald, is dead. He was sixty-nine years old. In addition to newspaper work and preaching, he Jhad written a number of books. The recent showers have brought out the cotton crop wonderfully in the Charleston district. In many sec tions the staple was suffering for lack of raie, but the precipitation of the past few days has helped the tender plants. Nearly the entire rice crop has been planted and is in flourishing shape. The farmers have about com pleted their second spring flooding. The outlook for a big coiton and rice harvest is very promising. I The twelfth International Conven ! tion of the Baptist Young People's I Union of America will be held July 10-13 next in Providence, R. L A special rate of one fare, plus $1, has been granted by the railroads from ail points in South Carroll na for this'oc casion. * The first batch of armor for the new armored crusiers of the Pennsylvania class, which, hardened by the Krupp process, is much thinner than that hitherto employed on vessels for the second line of battle, has been success fully tested at the Indian Head prov ing grounds; These fine ships, there fore, will probably begin to be added to our navy at no very distant day. Huntsville, Alabama, has ten cot ton mills, and is soon to have eleven. The president of one of them, M. T. M. Pratt, is quoted as saying: "There is small probability of any of the Huntsville mills joining the Cotton Spinning Trust, which is conceived by the New England spinners to discour age the building of new mills in the South." A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Saturday, June 14, says 25,949 Boers have surrendered since Friday, June 13, and that every thing is proceeding satisfactorily. Prof. Virchow, the German physiol oigst, celebrated his eightieth birth day recently by taking a double v dose of borax, to prove that this taking was a benefit to the health. He has taken a dose of borax daily for years past. Governor McSweeney has at last positively announced that he will not be a candidate for United States Sen ator, neither will he offer for re-elec tion as Governor, but will devote his time to his personal business interests. Gov. Wood brought away from Cuba a souvenir, in the form of a machete, presented to him by veterans of the Cuban war. The hilt has the Cuban coat-of-arms and a single gold star one side, and the general's initials on the other in gold. The Senate has fixed next Thursday as the date for a vote on the canal bill and there is really a possibility at last that the present Congress will author ize the undertaking of this great and long delayed undertaking. A dispatch from Havana says that C. F. W. Neely, who, March 2?, was sentenced to years' imprisonment and to paya fine of $56,701 for complicity in the Cuban postal frauds, has been released under the bill signed by Presi dent Palma granting amnesty to all Americans convicted of crimes ia Cubs during the term of the American occupation and those awaiting trial. The great Suburban handicap of $10,000, a mile and a quarter, was run on the Coney Island Jockey Club course on Saturday. Gold Heels, 3 to i, won ; Pentecost, 5 to I, second ; Blues, 6 to l, third. Time, 2.051-5. At least $800,000 was handled in the ring on the event Admiral Dewey is to go to sea again. He is to take command of., the great fleet (comprising the North Atlantic, t he European and ths South Atlantic squadrons), which is to be assembled near Culebra Island in the West Indies next December for the winter manoeuvres. The Tippecanoe Battlefield associa tion held its annual exercises at the battle ground at Lafayette, Ind., Sun day. The graves of the men who fell at the battle of Tippecnoe, both the blue and the gray, were beautifully decorated. An address was delivered by Hon. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, his subject being "Heroes in Homespun." King Edward was suffering Sunday from a chill, which prevented him from attending the church parade of the Aldershot garrison. The chill came as a result of the King's pro longed stay outdoors Saturday night upon the occasion of the torchlight tattoo at Aldershot. The chill was ac companied by symptoms of lumbago. The Grand Prix de Paris, of 200, 000 francs, distance 'about one mile and seven furlongs, rain on Sunday, was won by M. E. De St. Alary's chestnut filly Kisil-Kourgan. Ca mille Blanco's colt Eetz' and Baron Leonino's colt Maximum ran a dead heat for second place, while M. E. De St. Alary's colt Arizonia was fourth. Eleven horses ran. American jockeys were not successful in the contest. Six had mounts, but not one of them obtained even a place. In the autobiography which he fur nished for the Congressional Directory Representative Davis, of Florida, tells of his early struggles and subsequent achievements, and gallantly adds: "Before reaching his majority he was married to Miss Mercer, and to her influence is due whatever of success he has attained." Col. William E. Peters on the 19th of June will retire from the chair of Latin in the University of Virginia, af ter forty-six years of continuous ser vice, When his commanding general . ordered him to burn the town of ; Chambersburg during the civil war he ! declined to make war on helpless women, and children. j Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the new presi dent of Princeton, who was formerly j professor at Wesley an University, at ! Middletown, Conn., has accepted an ! nvitation to speak on "The Kistcri- I j cal and Social Significance of the I ! Wesleyan Movement," at the celebra- j tion of the bicentennial of the birth ; of John Wesley at Wesleyan Univcr- j sity next year. The Imperial Council of the Mystic j Shrine, in annual session at San ? Francisco, has elected the following i officers for the ensuing year : Imperial potentate, Henry C. Aiken, Omaha: imperial deputy potentate, George H. Greene, Dallas ; imperial chief rabban, George L. Brown, Buffalo; imperial high priest and prophet, Alva P. Clay ton, St. Joseph; imperial Oriental guide, Frank C. Roundy, Chicago; imperial, recorder, Ben j. W. Rowell Lynn ; imperial treasurer, William S. Brown, Pittsburg. After the installa tion of the new officers, the Imperial Council adjourned to meet at Sara toga, . ., next year. CONDITION OF THE CHOPS. The Weekly Bulletin of the Uni ted States Weather Bureau. Columbia, June 18.?The following is the weekly crop bulletin of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service, United States weath er bureau, issued by Section Director J. W. Bauer: m The average temperature for the week ending Monday, June 16, was 77 degrees, which is slightly below nor mal. A maximum of 102 degrees oc curred at Hodges on the 12th and a minimum of 52 degrees at San tue on the 10th. There was considerable cloudiness, although the middle of the week was nearly clear, and the close was cloudy and rainy. High winds accompanied the thunder storms of the 8th, doing much damage in places. Beneficial showers occurred on the 8th, over a large portion of the ) State, that partially relieved the drought in the southwestern counties. On the 12th there were showers in. the north west counties, but they were partial. Other sections also had showers, but there were many points that had no rain unti ^Saturday and Sunday (14th and 15th), when a general rain set in that covered the entire State, and was generally heavy. This rainfall is not reflected in the reports for the current week, as it occurred after the^majority of the cards were mailed. Hail on the 8th damaged crops extensively in the central and eastern counties, espe cially tobacco. Farm work made rapid progress, and fields are remarkably clean and well cultivated. Worms continue to injure corn, while chinch bugs nearly ruined some field* of wheat and corn in the central counties. Early corn is being laid by in fine condition, and is well eared. In some sections it was suffering for moisture, and looked yellow, but the recent copious rainfall will make this portion of the crop. Bottom and stubble lands can now be planted to corn. Cotton continues to look well, with only a few reports of damage by lice, and that the plants are smaller than usual. Lice are fast disappearing. The crop is clean and well cultivated. Blooms are not yet general, but the plants are full of squares. Some re port a yellow cast, but generally the plants are dark and healthy. In most places cotton has fully recovered from the recent cool weather. Sea island cotton has improved. Tobacco is being laid by and topped. In places it needed rain, which has now been copiously supplied. Some was cured during the week, but cut ting will not be general until next week. The condition of rice is up to a full average, and June planting has been nearly finished. Wheat and oats harvest is about finished and threshing has been begun. The yields of both grains are very poor over the western half of the State and from fair to excellent over the eastern counties. Melons are very promising and are beginning to ripen. Canteioupes are being marketed. Sweet potatoes have been poor and slips scarce, but trans planting can now be actively prose cuted. Peaches and apples continue to drop extensively, and some of the former rot as they ripen. Pastures have been scant. Gardens were nearly ruined, ;but have revievd somewhat recently. Minor crops generally prom ising. 'ROUND ABOUT CLAREMONT. A Lunatic Terrorizes the People?Bad Negro on the Rampage. Claremont, June 18.?A man on Mr. Pinckney's place went crazy on Mon day. He got away from the man he was working for and went to his moth er's house, who lived on another place, near by, walked in and proclaimed himself sent by the Lord to burn up all who lived there. In a few seconds he had full* possession of the place except a few children and a sick woman who was on a cot near the door. In the meantime the man who lived there was making haste very slowly to get to the house to prevent the fire, if possible. Just as ho get to the door, the woman came out, as he says, like a corkscrew. He "could not teft which een come first. Den dere wus jist a rain of little niggers." The woman was kicked out, and the little niggers flung cut any way? by head, leg, foor or arm. The candidates will soon be around j now, telling tire people how much ! they love them, kissing the little : kids and telling their fathers snake j stories, dog stories, or any old story j they can dig up out of tbe mouldly j old past?things we have heard ever [ since '76. One dav last week a ne^ro broke into ! two or three houses on a gentleman's place here in broad daylight. In one of thepiouses he was caught by the negro who lived there, whom he gave j a good beating, took what meal and meat he wanted and walked over to another house, near by, ran the- man of the house out, walked in, helped himself to a gun, shot and powder, then went off to a nearby swamp and threatened sudden death to any one who came within range of the old musket. Now, the gentleman's best and most prolific cotton field lies all along the swamp, in easy range of the devilish Old Musket, which is about three yards long and can sling a hand full of slugs about a mile. His hands won't work now anywhere but in the middle of the field, and they do not seem to think that they are safe there. CARDEN FIREMEN CONFIDENT. They are Coming to Sumter With the Determination to Win. The last edition of the Camden Messenger contains the following, which will te read with interest by the firemen : Some time ago it was definitely decided that the Camden Hose Squad No. 1 would enter the firemen's tourna ment to be held in Sumter on the 25th and 26th of this month. With a good water pressure, a splendid track and an enthusiastic interest on the part of firemen throughout the State, it is safe to predict that our enterprising friends in Sumter will make this ap proaching contest a very interesting and successful event. Our team has been practicing some time for the event. While the absence of water from the mains may place them under a slight disadvantage, yet their practice record is of such nature as to insure a decided victory. The boys realize that their brilliant achievement at Newberry last year must remain with them, and in the event that the record-breaking time of 35 seconds is lowered, they are deter mined that no other team shall carry off the honors. -Feeling this way and moved by this motive, we believe that our active and efficient chief, Mr. H. Ii. Watkins, will once more put out a winning team. The team to be taken to Sumter is the one that made the famous record at Newberry, and is composed of .the following young men ; B. W. Rhame, buttman and foreman; R. G. Mc Creight, hydrantman; Jno. F. Jen kins, nozzleman; T. B. Wilson and W. M. Young, slack pullers; G. A. Rhame, coupling breaker. Mr. B. W. Rhame, not only a skill ed and expert buttman,-but a cool and efficient foreman, is training his men with great care. The other men can not be excelled in their respective positions, which fact has been so fully demonstrated as to make individual mention entirely useless. We sincerely liope that a large and enthusiastic crowd will ?ttend this contest. At this time of the year business is not pressing ; the distance is short-and the expense of the trip extremely small. The sport is inno cent, useful and highly exciting. There is nothing that will help the team as much as our interest and en couragement, and especially that inter est and encouragement manifested in the presence of a considerable number of our people to witness the contest. If you are not a candidate this year you will be a little lonesome, but you may be happy. You will not be asked for a contribution to carpet churches, furnish school houses, replace dead mules and a dozen other worthy ob jects. You will not be begged by a thousand people to lend money from ten cents up to fifty cents. You will miss all that by not being a candidate. It might be well to sow cotton or corn land intended for cotton next year in crimson clover. A bushel of seed will sow five acres. It can be covered by runnnig a light harrow between cotton rows in September or by run ning a smothing harrow over the corn land. It should be sown early enough to get a good start before the freezes come. _ Sorghum Seed Planted after oats, with peas or alone, makes the finest and greatst quantity of forage. For sale by Levi Bros. June IS?It CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, commander ? of the British Second army corps, lias ? just entered upon his fifty-first year ; of service, having received his first ap- j pointaient in the royal navy on the ! 18th of April, 13"?2, when little more j than 1-1 years o? age. Sarah Ann Orandall died recen tlv at ; her home in Green, X. V.. having j lived a complete recluse in her house! for forty years. None of her neighbors r had seen her face in that preiod. Booker T. Washington has refused numerous o??ers of high pay to go on I the lecture platform, preferring to devote his time exclusively to the in- ? terests of Tuskegee. * ?or?II?d ? ve^ ^ ^ A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE, - Byspepsia9 Costlveness, Rheu matism, Sa?Sow Skin and Piles* There is no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTT'S Li VER PILLS, as a trial will prove. Jake No Substitute* South Carolina, QUEEN OF Southern Summer Resorts. ZErEE rXl JED JLi Open from June 1st to October 1st. Electric Lights, Electric Fans, Elec tric Bells, Baths and complete water and sewerage system Pure air, free from malaria, free from mosquitos. Jli.VO:R.IJL WtATER Still in the lead for the Liver, Stom ach, Kidneys and the Blood. For further information apply to THE GLENN SPRINGS CO. C0LEMAN-WAGENER HARDWARE CO. (Successor to C. P. Poppenheim.) 363 King Street, ...... Oharieston, S. 0? SHELF HARDWARE A SPECIALTY. ?Agents for? Buckeye Mowers, Brioley Plows, Oliver Clied Plows. OFFICERS: GEOKvffi A. WAGENER, President; GEORGE Y. C0LEMA2?, Vice President; L G. BALL, Secretary and Treasurer. Correspondence Solicited. Jone 11?3m. WE HAVE A FEW LITTLE LOTS OF Which we desire to clo?e out. THE FOLLOWING PRICES WILL ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSE. Balance of our 35 and 40c Wool Chal Iies at 23c. Less than cost. ALL OUR FANCY WHITE GOODS At Cost. . At Cost. ALL OF OUR SHIRT WAISTS At Cost. At Cost. Ladies' Drop Stitch Hose worth 20c now 15c. Yours, J. RYTTERBERG & SONS.