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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, I?K)2. The Sumter Watcmaan was foundec ?n ?8?0 and the True Southron in 1866. Ths Watchman and Southron cow has .the combin?e circulados and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising znediam in Sauner. STILL SUPPRESSING FACTS. The Wateree Messenger proves itself to be unworthy of respect or courteous treatment, and a fit vehicle for the - dissemination of false and slanderous charges against an entire community. The Messenger now denies that it published a slanderous charge. This denial is: as false as the original publi cation that the Gamden team won first prize but was cheated out Of it and that the Gamden team had deficient water pressure. In the same article in which this charge appeared there was a demand that Sumter explain. The explanation has been made and facts produced sufficient to prore conclusive ly that the charge of cheating was faise and slanderous, sjid now the Wateree Messenger with smirking self complacency declines to irive publicity in Camden to the facts that convict it of publishing and end-oreing a false charge detrimental to the good name of another community. The Wateree Messenger has already received too much notice, too much consideration, and more weight has' been attributed to its charges than the character of the sheet warrants. Had we known beforehand what character of journal we had to deal with, its landers would have been treated with . ;;ntempt. If it is willing to'dismiiss the signed statements of the captains of every visiting hose wagon : company taking part in the tournament, save Camden, with the assertion that Mr. Graham has made, a partisan statement of the the Sumter firemen can afford to >fe their case. The Wateree Messen pubiished a false and slanderous trge against the Sumter firemen and Diaasded an explanation. The expla nation was made and every statement of fact made by Chief of the Fire Department Graham was substantiated by the signed statements of reputable men, residents of Sumter, Columbia ^and Charleston. The charges against iter-firemen were fathered by the it?r?e Messenger and backed up by person who was ashamed to sign name but hid his identity under ?he? nom-^e^plume, " A Camden Fire man. " I"We are in receipt of a request from Mr. W. S. Graham, chief of the Sumter Fire Department, to publish several columns of matter from the Sumter Item of the ?Sth Last The letter is couched in very courteous language, but we do not feel called > upon to p?bish the voluminous mat ter hi question, and therefore must decline to do so. Chief Graham says the Camden Company was the only one "detected in'the attempt" to violate the rules and regulations of the contest, hut not one word is said about the Sumter company that was ruled out on account of having eil in its hose. What good could be accomplish de by publishing the partisan state ments? The Camden firemen, ' detect ed" "in an attempt at wrong-doing, have been " branded" by the Sumter papers as a "disgruntled," "ill nature," "disappointed," set of "slanderers," and the Watchman and Southron also includes the Wateree Messenger as having made "slander ous charges. " This is the first time in our newspaper career that we have been accused of * * slander, ' ' . but there is some satisfaction to us in knowing that the charge is absolutely untrue. We have made no charges against the Sumter firemen, and defy the Watch man and Southron to point to a single charge we have made. . "No, Mr. Graham, in view of the very low estimate your people put upon the young gentlemen who com pose the Camden Fire Department, and their having been already "branded" by the Sumter papers, The Messenger included, it would be "preposterous" for us to be expected to publish three and a half columns of certificates to ease somebody's conscience."?Wa teree Messenger, July A commission has been issued to the Columbia and Georgetown Steam boat Company, of Columbia. The cap ital stock of the company at the outset is to be $50,000 and the right to in crease to half a million dollars is askd for. The corporators are all prominent business men- of Columbia. John Gary Evans has a devoted ad mirer in the Spartanburg Herald, which says of him that," no man in this State has ever been more maligned and misrepresented. " If that be true the Spartanburg Herald is largely re sponsible, for it in the forefront of those who heaped upon him what it is now pleased to call mi lignant misrep resentation. The very nickname, "Jaggery," that has stuck to him so long was of The Herald's invention. If our contemporary shall persist in its slurs at those who believed what it said in 1894-? 7 sonie one may be tempted to republish what it did say, as of its own knowledge and virtue, against Evans before he washed his \ sins away by taking himself and his I money to Spartanburg.?State. $100,000 FIRE IN CAMBEti. Block of Business Houses in Heart of Town Destroyed?Flames Fought by Bucket Brigade. Oamden, July 23.?This city suffer ed the most serious conflagration in its history last night, the loss amount ing to more than $100,000. The water works having been destroyed by fire several months ago the city was totally without fire projection and the fire de partment was helpless without a water supply. The fire started in the store of B. E. Appleby by the explosion of a lamp and the flames quickly spread to the ' drug store of F. L. Zemp,- the clothing store of W. H. Zemp, Jenkins Bros., S. E. Matthis (shoes'), Gersehheimer (furniture), J. C. Man {two stores), the postoffice and store of C. J. Shannon, in which is also the Bank of Camden. The loss was estimated at $100,000. The. citizens had fought the fire with buckets of water.| The best business block in the town was destroyed. In addition to the Appleby store the fol lowing places were burned: W. E. Zemp, shoes. F. L. Zemp, drngs. Jenkins Bros.,, bicycles. S. E. Matthis; shoes. Wm. 'Geisenheimer, furniture. J. C. Man, two buildings, one unoc cupied, the oth T occupied by the own er in a hardware and general mer chandise business. In tnis building were the postoffice and i?nglish Bros, barber shop. The mails and contents of the postoffice were saved. Very litt-Le was saved from the other places named. The plate glass windows of the stores across the street were all ruined by the intense heat. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Columbia, July 22.?The tempera was above normal, durng the week ending Monday, July 21st, with an average of about 84 degrees. The highest was 103 degrees at Heath Springs on the 17th and at Seivern on the 8th, the lowest 62 degrees at San tuc on the 7th. This, the second hot wave of the month, was of compara tively short duration, for by the end of the week the temperature was again normal or below. The winds were generally, light, and dry, but without the wilting effect so noticeabe during the previous hot wave. Showers occujred in every county, but they were partial and generally light, and at a few points only did they supply enough moisture for the need of growing crops. The rainfall was heaviest in the southeastern por tions, but was not general in that section. Over the greater portion of the State, crops are suffering for rain, severely in piac res, and in others not so much. This has caused a great di versity in the condition of crops, so that now there are places in every county where they are doing well, and other places where they are partly ruined. This applies particualrly to corn and cotton, while other crops are affected in like manner," but in vary ing degrees. Showery conditions pre vailed at the close of the week. Fieids crops have been laid by in clean condition, except some cotton that is receiving its last plowing, and stubble corn that is yet small. Some early corn has reached ma turity and is a fair crop, br/.t hot weather and drought cut short a large portion of early corn, while late corn is generally promising, and in a con dition to be benefitted by timely rains. Ctoton improved in a number of localities, but generally it deterio rated during the week, depending on the ranifall distribution. Over by far the greater portion of the State there are reports of blooming to the top,"of shedding, of the plants turning yel low, and a few reports of rust. Gene rally the piante are small, but bloom ing freely, and in a few sections there are nearly full grown bolls. The crop as a whole is in a condition to be greatly benefitted by rains, should they occur within the next two weeks. Tobacco cutting is being rushed to j the neglect of other farm work, and I the crop is curing nicely. In a num I ber of localities, this year's crop is the best ever raised, while in other locali ties it was damaged by heat and drought. Rice is threatened by salt water in some districts. Caterpillars have nearly all disappeared after dam aging young rice. Peas continue to look well. The majority of reports con tinue to indicate an inferior fruit crop, with much premature ripening and j dropping, except grapes which are fine where not rotting. Minor crops, such as sweet potatoes, cane, pastures, j grass for hay, and gardens, need rain. | A charter has been issued to the Clinton Furniture Company, of Clin ton. The officers of the company are : J. A. Bailey, president and treasurer : P. S. Bailey, vice ^president and |W. B. Farr, secretary. The capital stock is to be $22,500. CURSING HE WENT ; _JJ J&EET HIS ?0 ? Heart Rending Spectacle at Green ville, Mississippi. Greenville, Miss., July 22.? With curses on his lips, with eyes bloodshot and with the expressed wish that the people of Greenville perish in the fires of hell, Ashley Cocke died here today. With him, but silently, Tom Lau derdale also met his end. Both were convicted of the murder of Engineer G. M. Wray and were hanged from the same gallows and the swing of a double trap seni; both men to their doom. The fatal trigger wr.3 snapped at 11.27 this morning. At 11.41 Cocke was pronounced dead. At 11.43 the pulse of Lauderdale ceased to beat. Both bodies were cut down 10 minutes later and turned over to their respect ive families. I Cocke died boasting [that he would be in hell in a few minutes and damn ing everything and everybody. He said that those who had planned his murder would meet their end and that ?11,000 had been deposited in bank, $L0OO of which would be paid for the death of each of the 11 men who pros ecuted him. The execution was wit nessed by 6,000 people. This morning before the time for the execution both men appeared defiant, Cocke especially being very abusive to everyone around him, while both cursed continually.. After the death warrant had been read to the men in their cells^Coeke yelled through the window to the great crowd which had gathered outside to witness the execu tion : { "Damn you, don't be impatient, we're coming." When the sheriff and the doomed men mounted the scaffold Cocke again began to berate those about him, and turning to the crowds, said : "It's all a plot to kill me; damn you all ; damn everybody. I'm going to die like a man. I am killed for nothing, but I am the bravest man in the State of Mississippi. There is $11,000 waiting for any one who will kill the 11 men who made this plot. I will be revenged, for every one of these 11 will be killed and no ques tions will be asked. They have murdered me, but revenge, revenge, revenge." Before he could say any more the blackcaps were adjusted. "Are you both ready?" asked the sheriff. "Yes," yelled Cocke through the folds of the black cap. "Damn you people of Greenville, go to bell all of you." The trap was sprung and the men dropped into space. ?? The crime for which Cocke and Lauderdale paid the death penalty was committed on a railroad train Dec. 30, 1901. With them were Will Black burn and G. M Phipps. All were intoxicated. G. M. Wray, an engi neer, was also a passenger and was asleep when the drunken quartete entered. They ordered Wray to leave the car and as Wray, realizing their condition, started to do so, Cocke, Lauderdale and Blackburn opened fire on him. He was riddled with bullets and fell dead. The murder created great excitement. Blackburn, helped by his previous good character, escap ed with a life sentence. Cocke and Lauderdale fought their cases to the supreme court, and powerful influence was brought on Gov. Longino to com mute the death sentence to life im prisonment. The governor yesterday refused to interfere. Hagood News Notes. Hagood, July 2L?Mr. Henry Da vis, after a protracted illness, died at the William Atkinson homestead on Tuesday, July 15. He leaves a wife and three children to whom we extend our sypmathies. Mr. G. W. Wingate has taken an extended trip with his family to the old "North State." They left on the afternoon of the 15th instant. Dr. Algie Alston, the only son of Mrs. Emma Alston, sustained very serious, if not fatal, injuries, by a runaway Saturday night, the 19th, while returning from Sumter. He had just graduated, as we hear with distinction, in medicine. Every one deplores the accident. Dr. Alston is a fine young man with a host of friends. He was found on the above named night near Thompson's hill on the Catchall road in an unconscious condition. We have not been able to learn just what his injuries are. We sincerely hope they are not serious and that he will speedily recover. Crops are looking fairly well, but are needing rain now. Quite a cloud passed just north of us last night, the "20th ; we fear there was a storm attending. We passed up to Camden the other day by way of Hagood returning by way of Rembert. Mr. T. P. Sanders as is usuai with him has fine cotton and corn at Rem bert. We saw fields of corn and cot ton that were pleasant to behold in the fields of D. V. Keels and E. E. Rembert. Mr. C. L. Emanuel has completed his store house at Bord?n where he will soon open up a fine stock of goods. The children and young people at tended a most enjoyable occasion in a moon light picnic at the. grove of Rev. H. C. Bethea on the night of Friday, the 18th. The health of the community is fair. Most of the people are now at Provi dence. Mrs. L. L. Emanuel is at Wades boro N. C, and Mr. Emanuel will follow soon. Ilagood. ? li m m Pisgah News Notes. Pisgah, July 21.?After another week of hot weather we had a light rain last night, which has relieved the heat to some extent. North from this point the clouds indicated heavy rains. The efforts of corn to recover from the dis astrous heat with only partial success, show how severe it was. Cotton has suffered, too, more than we thought it would. It is safe to say that only medium crops of both will be made. One thing is demonstrated that the farmers will have to prepare for these extremes of weather that we are sub ject to in later years, more than ever. Deep ploughing, and'good width for corn, seems to be the only remedy with good manure to enable it to stand such heat as we have experi enced. There is some fever through this section, but of what type I can't say. Mr. William Dees has several of his children down with it and last week he lost one of his daughters. Measles, have broken out afresh among the negroes. The crops are about all laid by . and several of our neighborhood spend their time fishing with good success, j For being asked for a few cents ! that he owed Mr. Davis Brown, Henry Scott got mad, and struck Mr. Brown on the back of his head with a hoe, inflicting a wound. A little lower down the lick would have been fatal. After knocking Mr. Brown down, he hit him several times. For this Scott is in jail. A time spent on the public works of Sumter will no doubt teach him a lesson for his future good. This is not the first time he has been in jail for hitting pepole. Mr. Brown is a very quiet and peaceable man. The protracted meeting at Pisgah will commence Aug. 3d. MEET THE HIGH PR2CE OF MEAT. How Farmers Can Make Money Out of Cattle. The Best Food Right at Home. What makes the price of beef so high? The price of anything is high either because the demand outstrips the supply, or because of some combi nation of dealers to artificially raise the price. But whether a price is naturally or artificially high, the remedy is the same?greater production on an inde pendent basis. Fortunately for con sumers of beef, and fortunately for the southern farmer, there is no trust or combination that can prevent a most lavish production of beef, if only the way is pointed out. The breeding of cattle on a farm, at least in an unsystematic manner, is natural and almost spontaneous. But in the absence of some systematic way io follow up the subject, and select the proper animals, and care for them through the winter, and finally prepare them to make fat, tender beef, there is no proper beef production on the farm. The farmer in the cotton region is- surrounded with all the elements to make beef raising successful. The climate is such that there is natural forage most of the year. It requires just a little forethought to provide for the few winter months. The mate rial?cheap material?is always at hand, cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulls. The meal and hulls are offered just as you want them by the Southern Cotton Oil company, of the Carolinas and Georgia, and may be bought at any of the local mills or from head quarters at Columbia, S. C, Atlanta, Ga., Savannah, Ga., or Charlotte, N. C. Mixed in the proper proportion, this makes the most nutritious and ac ceptable feed that is now available. It is a feed, which by varying the propor tions will answer equally well for a sustaining ration or for a fattening ration. It contains all the ingredients of nutrition, namely, fat, nitrogen and carbohydrates. The cotton seed meal contains fat and nitrogen and the hull contains carbohydrates. A good sustaining ration is made up of 24 pounds of hulls and 4 pounds of meal per day, and a good fattening ration is 20 pounds of hulls and 5 pounds of meal. These proportions in both cases must be varied to suit in dividual cases, according to the con dition and taste of the animal. In fattening cattle, the ration should be gin with more hulls and less meal and the proportion of meal gradually in creased. A steer may be fattened ano put in good condition for the market on 400 pounds of cotton seed meal and one ton of hulls. At average prices, the cost of this feed in the southern States would be about $9.00. There is great profit in fattening beef for the market, even at ordinary prices, but at present the industry should prove unusually attractive. The following estimate of the profit that can easily be made in this business is taken from a book which has been carefully prepared on this subject, "Cotton and Cotton Oil," by D. A. Tompkins. AVERAGE PROFIT IN FATTENING . A STEER ON COTTON SEED PRODUCTS. Cost of steer, 100 lbs, at 2 l-2c..$25 00 Cost of hulls, 2,000 lbs at $4.00 per ton. 4 00 Cost of meal, 400 lbs, at $20.00 per ton. 4 00 Cost of attendance and sundries., CO Total, cost of fattened animal ? $30 00 Sale of fattened steer, 1,31)0 lbs, at 3 l-2c. 45 50 Profit per steer.$ 6 50 The price quoted for the fattened steer, it will be noted, is very low, con sidering present prices. WANTED?To sell 15 or 20 Pigs, suitable for breeders, or pork. Pure Berkshire from Vanderbilt's celebrat ed strain. Prices reasonable. E. W. Dabbs, Goodwill, S. C. July 23?It SECOND HAND MACHINERY for sale?One 20 horse Liddell Engine and Boiler and sixty feet of Shafting for sale. Apply to J. E. COUSAR, July 23?It* Bishopville, S. C. GLENN SPRINGS WATER For the liver. For sale by A. J. CHINA. J. F. W. DaLOEE. j Items of interest From Weiigefield. Wedgefield, July 23.?Our dry spell still continues, we have had one or two showers which did not amount to much. Cotton is shedding aadcorn is not filling out well. The collectors are making it interest ing for delinquent taxpayers. - ? Magistrate Kelley sent ur Charley Lane to shovel twenty days ; some were fortunate enough to raise the necessary funds. Miss Sarah Seay, of Columbia, is j spending some time with the family of Mr. J. S. Dwight. Mr. Eugene Aycock is at Harris Lythia Springs enjoying the water and rest. Messrs. J. S. George, S. R. Cain and Mrs. J. S. George and children of Pineopolis are visiting relatives in town._ STOLEN--An open-face, stem wind, I nichle case watch, Mo. 10 38391 works, J size 16, with L. W. Folsoin, Sumter, S. C, I on face, and "C. W. M." engraved on back, ! was stolen from my house on J one 26. A reward will be paid for its return, with j evidence to convict the thief. G. Weston I McGrew, Sumter, S. C. I j Furman University, GREENVILLE, S. C. _ Will begin the next session on WEDNES ! DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1902. Location, convenient and healthful. Courses of study, elective or leading to B. A. and M. A. degrees. Full corps of instructors and ample mess accommodations for lessening cost of boarcling. For details apply to the President. A. P. MONTAGUE, LL. D. July 16?2m. GLENN i MINERAL WATER. Nature's Greatest Remedy For sale in Suinter by FOR DISEASES OF THE ' ?. - . . t ... ? ' ... Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Skin. Physicians Prescribe it, Patients Depend on it, and Everybody Praises it A. J. CHINA, J. F. W. DeLORME. The balance of our Embroidery stock will be sold at Actual Cost. The assortment is not large, but there are some EXCELLENT VALUES. * Only a few pairs of those 50 cent Oxfords left. If you can find your size, you save SO to 85 cents on every pair. O'DONNELL i CO. TYPE WEITER SUPPLIES. KIBBONS?Copying and Record, all Colors, for al standard machines. Quality guaranteed. ....CARBON PAPER OF ALL COLORS.... Full stock of Fine and Medium Price Paper, All Standard sizes and several weights. MANIFOLD PAPER AND MANIFOLD TISSUE. H. G. OSTE EN & CO.