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EM Rag WEDNESDAY, JUNE-25, ?902. The Simser Watcnnuzx. was rounder In 1850 aas.the 7r*e S&uihrcn in 1866 ?. $*a&;/bnern a?io7 Stnithron now bas Ice ss&bioeJ circa liti on and I-annonce cf b*>tb of the o?d papers, and is mani ' ^sstly the beet advertising aied?aia ia Samter. The reports from the State campaign held last week indicate that Capt D. C. Heyward is the favorite candidate for Governor in Sumter, Orangebug d Bamberg. We hope the reception i ven bim in these counties is an omen 3 his success throughout the State, apt. Hey ward, is decidedly the best 3nan in the race, and is not an old political hack, who has for years lived t>y holding office. He is a clean, honest, able and patriotic citizen, who as Governor will reflect credit on the Stite and give us a business adminis tion. If a man is in doubt as to ;who.to v?ie for, he will make no mis take by deciding to vote for. Hey ward, he*wants to see the best man in the race elected. The Firemen's. .Tournament is sure to be a great- success; The firemen are j Coming and the crowds are coming, for I ?he people of th?- State ' have learned ? that Sumter never half does a thing j she undertakes. The iitthmian canal% has received what amounts to-.a knockout blow .for the presen :. When' the Senate adopt ect the Panama substitute bilJ/and laid - aside the Nicaragua route, the enemies ; of any and all isthmian canal legis :ion scored a triumph. They found it impossible to defeat the isthmian dual 'outright and by uniting' with the opponents of the Nicaragua route have succeeded in s? confusing the fight '; ,/that there--.is no hope cf anything :. -definite being done in the near future. 'Then the issue is ' again brought up key will probably join forces with the ; Nicaragua route senators against the Panama roete. The real enemies of k' -the isthmian canal are the Pacific rail roads, and it has been openly charged ior several years that they have spent, are spending and will spend millions i ? the effort to prevent the costruction : any canal across the isthmus. Cong?ssman Johnson, of the fourth District, is the only South, Carolina 'Congressman who is at his post of '' doty in Washington. The other six are -'Campaigning in the Si&ate. Mr. John - son Ja^sss * the pospon that he was ^elected ?<f*?torgBent his district in Congress and reject all * advice to re turn home to meet the strong fight that is being made against him by those who aspire to his seat. He says it is his duty to remain in Washington as long as Congress is in session and he will do so at whatever cost. He is the sort of man to send to Con fess and keep there. A??ew years ago good roads were not "an issue in the State campaign and the men and newspapers that persistently preached good roads and insisted that it was a question of the first magnitude were regarded by office-seekers general ly as cranks. Now all the politicians are bunched together on the good roads platform. The work of the good roads cranks has already brought forth fruit-and the improvement of the roads in all parts of the State shows the practical results of the campaign of edacation. The blatant advocacy of .goods roads by the office seekers is .another result of the good roads move ment, but it is not a result to take much 3?ide in?it is merely an indication ihat they ?ave felt the pulse of the poeple sad have ascertained what is -the popular sentiment. A Fine Resort Mr. H. S. Simpson, one of the pro Tprietoss of the Glenn Springs hotel, was in the city Thursday. He is traveling in the interest of the springs, which .grow more popular each year, there being a steadily increasing demand tot the water in all sections of the 'South. Mr. Simpson reports that the Stotel at the springs is already filling ?p with guests and the season promises to be the most successful in the his tory of the Springs. During the win ter extensive improvements have been jsade in the hotel. The interior has had a thorough overhauling and the entire house repainted. Electric lights hare been put in and the hotel is brilliantly lighted from top to bot tom. The dining room is kept de lightfully cool by electric fans, and at the request of any guest fans will be put in the bedrooms. Mr. Simpson is not a frequent visit or to Sumter, but counts his friends here by the score, for all who have visited Glenn Springs for health or pleasure know him well and are in debted to him for many thoughtful at tentions that contributed to the pleas are and comfort of their stay at Glenns. A. A. Pope, of Cleveland, will re build the interior of A del bert College ?vt an expense to himself of about $100,000. Mr, Pope's gift is in re membrance of his friendship for jAmasa Stone, who endowed the insti- [ tation. with serious illness - The Coronation, in Consequence, is Indefinitely Postponed. SURGICAL OPERATION NECESSARY. [.li Affor&ed Temporary Relief, Bui His i" Majesty is Siiti in a Very Critica! Condition?The Nation Paralyzed. London, June 25.?With dramatic suddenness, King Edward has been stricken down upon the eve of his coronation, f?e now lies in a critical state at Buckingham palace. The Earl Marshal has promulgated the foilwing decree : "I have to an nounce that the solemnity of the coro nation of their majesties, King Ed ward . VII and .Queen -Alexandra, is postponed from the 26th to a date hereafter to be determined.' ' The best informed opinion places the coronation in about three months' time,' provided- King Ed ward, progresses well in the meantime. Peparations for the festivities have come to a complete standstill and the elaborate'^ - decorations are being taken dawn. Indescribable "consternation prevails throughout the country. The king's doctors believe thairhis majesty would have been dead-before now except for the. operation. His condition became so.' planning. last'" night thap a? one tme at was feared death might ensue before the sur geon's knife could afford him relief. Intense spelling of the extremities,, accompaied/by alarming symptoms of mortification, constituted the emer gency which demanded an immediate operation. If last night's progress is maintaied he will probably tide over the effects of his severe operation, which has successfully relieved the local trouble. : Eut should any complication occur, ( such as septic peritonitis poisoning, it . is feared his majesty's present physical and nervous condition would . prove unequal to vhe stain involved. At 'twenty minutes past 4 o'clock this morning the officer of the guard , at Buckingham palace informed a rep resentative .of the Associated Press that there was no new development in ? ?he king's condition. Genomen of the crops. The Weekly Bulletin of the Uni ted States Weather Bureau. Columbia, June 25.?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: The average temperature for the week ending Monday, June 23, was 79 degrees, which is slightly below nor- , mal. The highest was 97 degrees at Darlintgon and Florence on the 20th, the lowest 61 degrees at Liberty on the 21st. Partly cloudy weather pr?- , vailed during the greater portion of the time. The winds Were generally light, except over limited areas high winds accompanied thunder storms, and in Beaufort county, where almost hurricane winds prevailed early in the week. y The rains on the 14th and 15th were general and heavy over the western half of the State, where the amounts ranged from two to over five inches, shading off to less than an ineh in the eastern portions. There were frequent scat tering showers over the whole State, except in the Pee Dee sections, where the rainfall was limited, and where more rain is badly needed in many places. The ground has been too wet to plow in the southeastern counties, especially in the Salkehatchie valley, where grassy fields are becoming com mon, bnt generally the cultivated fields are still clean and show the good effects of their previous thorough cultivation. The rains earned a material im provement in corn, and the earliest has about all been laid by in good con dition. It is in "silk and tassel." Later plantings look promising. Stubble lands and bottoms have been planted extensively, with the soil in condition for quick germination. Bud-worms are still doing damage, bnt on the whole there is less damage by worms than heretofore. The condition of cotton is very fine, except in a few localities, where ex cess of rain has caused deteroraion, and in other localities where lice have broken the hitherto almost perfect stands and checked its growth. Lice are fast disappearing. Mexican weevils have appearred in Marlboro county. A few fields have become foul with grass and weeds. Blooms have been noted in every portion of the State, and a few points report the plants blooming freely Sea island cotton made moderate improvement. Tobacco has made rapid growth, and the crop is above average condition but needs rain in Florence and por tions of Marion counties. Topping is general, but curing has made slow progress. Rice is a very promising crop. A large acreage of peas has been sown on stubble lands. Wheat and oats thrashing is well underway : the yields of both crops are poor over the west ern half of the State. The weather was favorable for transplanting sweet potatoes: slips are scarce in Pickens county. Some peaches are rotting on the trees. The fruit crop will be a moderate one, except- blackberries and plums, which are plentiful. Pastures, gardens and other minor crops were greatly improved by the copious rain fall and warmer nights. He Knew Jim Tillman. A good many amusing stories have been told at Jim Tillman's expense, but none, whether founded on fact or pure fiction, take precedence over an incident that occurred when he was attending the campaign meeting last Tuesday. Jim was shaking hands with a small knot of men who claim ed to be his friend and supporters, and as such gatherings were few and far between in Sumter that day, he was giving the boys a great jolly. While thus engaged aman with a local celebrity.as a boozologist meandered along and he was pretty well loaded. One of Jim's friends and admirers, thinking the subj vt a good one and the time opportune, undertook to make another friend for Jim. He caught the boozologist by the arm and steer ed him up to Jim, saying at' the same time, "Mr. -?, let me make you acquainted with Go v. Tillman.-" "That's' all right," said .Mr. Booz ologist. "I know Gov'ner Tillman an' he knows me ail right. ' ' "Yes, indeed!" replied Jim. " know you, your face is perfectly fa miliar, but can't recall your name. However, I am glad to see you again." "Yes, that's so," said Mr. Boozol ogist, "I knew you would know me." "Oh, yes," said\ Jim, "didn't I meet you when I was in Sumter two years ago?" "No!" said Mr. Boozologist, "No von didn't do no such a damn thing. You know well enough you saw me every day when you came to Keeiey in Columbia to get a ' dope. ' and you know it didn't do you a damn bit more good than it did me." "Good evening," said Jim to his little crowd of t dmirers. k'I must be ?oing?have an important engage ment." "I told you he knew me and I knew him," said Mr. Boozologist. "He knows me all right, better' he does you. ' ' AFFAIRS AT*WED6EFIELD. The Earliest Ripe Melon?Diversification of Crops?Personal. ;J\ederefield, June 25.?Lewis James colored, holds the record for the ear liest ripe watermelon, he having cut one on the 18th instant. It looks encouraging to see the number of wagon loads of wheat that have been coming to Mr. S. E. Thomas' thrasher. It looks as if peo ple are gradually learning it is best to diversify and not depend solely on cot ton. Cards are"*out announcing the mar riage of Miss Mary Dell Mellett, of Sumter, to Mr. E, L. DuCom, of this town, on the 3d of July, at the home of the former. Some ofvour people are getting up a picnic for the Fourth, but the place of holding it hasn't been decided on yet. Miss Laura Orr, of Charlotte, N. O, is visiting the family of Mr. A. E. Aycock. Mr. Charley DuPont, of Orange burg, is on a visit to his mother, Mrs. J. H. DuPont. HAGOOD HAPPENINGS. The Crop Outlook Better Than Any Year Since 1880. Hagood, June 24.?Crops are look ing fine all over the country. This is especially true with regard to this sec tion, and farmers generally are cheeer ful. It is a common remark that this resembles the year of '30, which is conceded to have ben one of the finest the country ever knew. A very fair oat and wheat crop has been harvested, especially where per sons used soda or cerealite, so that there is little occasion for distress. There is an abundance of berries and vegetables are promising, so there is no complaining save at the price of meat. There is little sickness anywhere and all promises well. There will be a picnic at Old Provi dence Springs on July 5, given by New Hope Sabbath school. Dr. McLaughlin is away at the springs for his health. The other day while out in my cot ton, where the lice were vroubling it, discovered what I would call worms, full grown ones, five-eighths of an inch long, with red spots and a few hairs or prickles. ^ When these worms go into chrysalis they change to a red color and come forth as bugs. When I first discovered them I thought they were like the lice, enemies, and killed a few of them. But on closer obser vaton I found that they, worm and bug, were killng the lice. A davor so later I discovered a bug, a flat, round fellow, one-third of an inch in diame ter, that seemed to be destroying the worm. The last named resembled what is cailed the chinch bug. I mention these facts- because they may be of value to cotton growers. I hope, therefore, that proper attention will be given it. PJSGAH NEWS NOTES. Condition of the Crops -Gossip Concern ing Lee County. Etc. Pisgah, June 24.?The seasons have been very good for the crops up to this time. Not in years have such fine spring oats been made, almost equal to winter oats, and the strain on buying so much corn is relieved. If|the rains continue regular during the month of July, this section can sell corn another year. Cotton is still holding its own and the minor crops look well, also gardens. The health of our section is good. Mr. James Burkett has a daughter very low, and that is the only sick case that I know of. A part of the chaingang under Mr. Gilbert Brown is working the bad places on the roads here. I find Mr. Brown a very pleasant young man. ;He has made many friends here, who will be always glad to see him. In working the roads, he strictly follows the road law, takes good care of the county property and is kind but strict with the convicts. Owing to so many irregularities in the formation of Lee County in this section, the people here are unanimous for the suit^to test the act in the Su preme Court. It is not a personal suit, but a legal one, and all should be glad to have the matter passed upon by oar highest court. A good many from here will attend the fire tournament in Sumter this week. If held a little later you would have had a crowd sare, but our people can't leave the. crops, and in this con nection I wish to say that I have never seen farmers stick more closely and work harder than they have this year. It has been a dead strain and drive all the time, but it willK now soon end. Saturday was the longest and hot test day in the year. Clara Barton visited the White Ho?se the other day to say good-by to Presidert Roosevelt before sailing for Russia. The President reminded j her of their meeting in Cuba, when Miss Barton told him that on that oc casion he was the dirtiest man she had ever seen. Within two weeks ten negroes have been driven from Decatur, Ind., once a station on the "underground rail way." One now remains in the town and he has been warned to leave. The place is said to be kept clear of negro citizens by a secret organiza tion that has worked against the race for thirty years. Concerning the State campaign meet ing in Charleston, the Evening Post says: "The pronounced ovations of the meeting were those of Candidates D. C. Heyward, for Governor, and John D. Frost, for Adjutant and In spector General. Dr. George D. Rouse, the only Charleston candidate who aspires to a State ofBce, was also given generous applause, as were Messrs. Mobley and Prince, who are candidates for railroad commissioner. One of the surprises of the meeting was the favorable impression which was made by Col. James H. Tillman, who is a candidate for Governor. He seemed to be in favor among the younger men in the hall and his rasping of Col. Talbert was particu larly severe. This seemed to meet with the favor of the audience, and Col. Tillman did not spare the veteran officeholder from Edgefield county. ' ' WEEK-END RATES From Sumter to Popuiar Summer Resorts, Via A. C. L. Now effective and continuing to and including Saturday, August 23, the following week-end rates will apply from Sumter: To Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms?Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays, limited to return not later than Tuesday morning following date of sale, $3.00. Also to Conway (for Myrtle Beach), sold Saturday and limited to Monday. To Wilmington, N. C?Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays, limited to re turn not later than Monday following date of sale, $3.00. To ^Waterloo, Spartanburg, Green ville and Cross Hill, S. C?Tickets sold Saturdays and Sunday mornings,. limited to Monday following date of sale, $3.50. To Glenn Springs, S. C?Tickets sold Saturdays and Sunday mornings, limited to return not later than Mon day following date of sale, $4.00. To Georgetown, S. C.?Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays, limited to re turn not later than Tuesday morning following date of sale, S3.00. Iron-clad signature form tickets, limited to continuous passage, to be used. Baggage will only be "checked to Charleston on tickets to Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms. For information, address T. M. Em erson, traflic manager, Wilmington, N. C, or call on J. T. China, ticket agent, passenger station, Sumter, S. C. 1 Jim T?lman was "Tired." Jim Tillman and some friends took ? a street car ride in Charleston, the I other night. The Charleston Post I thus tells the story : j "This is Chicory Park, the damned , est longest ride that I ever got for my [money." This *s the way that Jim ! Tillman, the parliamentarian, deb'ver ! ed himself when the car reached the j station at Chicora Park about 10 j o'clock last night. He was accompan ! ied by four friend's. They all repeated j the remark of Tillman in turn. They ! were all probably candidates for offices I or coat-tail swingers, and they wanted j to be in accord v/ith their chieftain. One of the party suggested that sleep ing cars ought to be put o?i the run, which seemed to find ready acceptance among the statesmen. There is no ! question of the fact that a sleep would have proven a good thing for the en tire party, they needed it. A kept by a practical painter of SO years' experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Heady Mixed Paints and Painls for different use, such as Floor, Roof, iron, Tar nishes, Bronze, Sandpaper, Put ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors. Calso mine, etc. I want some work i painting and upholstering. I will paint your house, Kalso rnine or paper the walls cheap, for while at work I am very apt to find a Sofa. Rocker, or Sideboard that needs scraping and varnishing, also upholstered. I have some pretty colors in Mcrocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair P?ush, or I may find a Car riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and give you a j set of harness free, or paint the buggy for five dollars and no gift. Buggy tops $9.00, fitted on Wheels, steel tires, painted and put on ready for road, ?10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint ed and trimmed, ?2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu bricating Axles. Ofifice in Curtis House, No. 326 South Main street. . B. CURTIS. Thone 196. I paint signs. JUST ONE that word is p9 It refers to Dr. Tatt's Liver Pills and EMIS HE?&T Are yoxi constipated? Trcub?ed with indigestion? Sic^'i lsca?2^*he? Virtigo? Bilious? insomnes. ANY of these symptoms and many ethers 'n??cate inaction of the LIVER_ ^o-o. Meed Take No Substitute. TO ill Do you want a flat-opening, patent, flexible-back Ledger, Journal or Say Book? We can supply your needs in these particulars, And also all other needs in the way of Blank Books, Office Supplies and Stationery. Wq buy direct from the manu facturers; our prices are right and quality guaranteed. E. G. GSTEEN & GO. Liberty St. Tip Siale of South Carolina COUNTY CF SUMT3R. By Thos. V. Walsh, Esq.. Probate Jndge. Whereas, Mrs. Lela C. Meiletr, widow, made snit to me to grant her Letters of-. Administration of the Estate of and effects of Soule Melleit, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish ail and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Sonle Mellett, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in'the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Sumter, S. C, on June 28th, 1902, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this loth day of Jtme, A. D., 1902. THOS. Y. WALSH, June 13?2t Judge of Probate. Estate o? Capt. Jas? , JIcLeo?, DECEASED. ALL persons having claims against said Estate will present the same, duly attested; * and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment to T. D. McLEOD, Qualified Executor. Kembert P. 0., Sumter Co., S. C. June 11th?3t. Are Yon Going Away Thi? ? m ramier ? If so you will probably need a TRUNK OR DRESS SUIT CASE And we would be pleased to have you call and examine our line before invest ing, as we are just in receipt of a com plete line from the i Cheape?t to The Finest. / Another lot of those FIVE GENT COLLARS Just inj Call early before your size and style is gone. LL & CO.