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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1902. , .The Sumter Wtztcnman was tosnc.ec in 1850 the True Southron in 1866 The Watchman and Southron no w h as the combined circulation tund influence of octh of the old papera, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. Why should the City Council send a committee ?t the expenseof the South ern Bell Telephone Co., to Investigate the telephone system and situation in Savannah, <xa.? We have been under the impression, all the time that it w as a question of franchise involved and /not system. No one questions the ex cellency of the service rendered by the -best exchanges. :maintained by the .Southern Bell Telephone Co. Tliis service is unquestionably first class : in ali respects and has no superior, .but why the City Council should send a committee to Savannah, or anywhere else, to inspect a telephone exchange after the enactment of . franchise ordinance-- for the admission of the JBell Company? which franchise the Bell Company has declined to accept, we cannot understand, unless, it be .that the Bell Company hopes by this means to convert the Council to its way of thinking and thereby gains its point and secures the enactment of the contract-ordinance which the Council ] Jhas heretofore refused to pass. For a man who is not a candidate for ci?ce, William Jennings Bryan has ? lot to say about polities. Perhaps he has an idea that he will be elected without being a candidate. ;: Jim Tillman-is so notoriously disrep utable that we cannot see the necessity cf making his character an issue in the campaign. Only those who endorse blackguardism can consistently vote for him. It is a well known fact that the gamblers, blind tiger keepers, libertines and black legs of all descrip tions are working for Jim Tillman, and the stronger the proof brought to light that JimXillman is without moral char acter^ truthfulness, honor or decency, the closer will his supporters cling to him and the harder will they work to elect him. We take it for granted it no self respecting man will cast a for Jim Tillman for Governor of Carolina, for they have been advertised of the fact that the dd Jim Tillman is unfit for any posi of honor or trust. The exposure been thorough and convincing and Jim Tillman, by becoming a candi lai d himself open tr? criticism he s no right to raise the cry of perse cution when the. truth concerning his .record is published. "The recent decision by Judge Aldrich in the case of the city of Columbia vs. the Southern Bailway settles the point that a city has the right to enact an ordinance requiring a railroad to take all necessary precautions to safeguard the public. The case in question grew out of the enactment of an ordinance by the Columbia City Council requir ing railroads to erect and maintain electric lights at ?ll street crossings. If Von Kolniiz. "the only candidate for the State Senate in Charleston county, is a democrat, he is a very sorry representative of the party. A demo crat who will take the stump for the Republicans in a doubtful State for so .many dollars per week?$100 in Von Xolntz's case if we remember correctly^ should no longer be classed as a demo crat and'ieast of all should such a mar be nominated for office in a democratic : primary. The county campaign begins veste r <!a? with the meeting at Privateer, and it promises to be the most featureless campaign held in this county for years There are fewer candidates than ever before and there seem to be no issues that particularly interest the people. Nevertheless we trust those who attend the several meetings that have been ordered by the county exec utive committee will see to it that the candidates for the Legislature declare their positions on certain questions that are to come before the next Legis lature. The most important question ! is that of child labor and linked with it- and of almost eqnal importance is the question of common school educa tion. Then the good roads question, the proper utilization of convicts, the substitution a direct.tax for the e - tenance of public roaJs for tbe unsatis sfactory system now in vogue and the enactment of a wide-tire law for the preservation of the roads sre issues of scarcely less importance. If the can didates do not declare themselves they should be asked to do so clearly and in explicit terms. A False Report. Mr. Editor: As I and others in this neighborhood have been admiring Mr. Heyward, and having just heard that he led the delegation from his county to the Haskeil Convention in 1890, I would beg to ask if the report is true or not. I think it is due us to know if it is true, and if not, Mr. Hey ward should know of it so he can exonerate himself. Your kindness in publishing the ? above will greatly oblige - . W. J. Ardis. Manchester Township, Aug. 4, 1902. [The above mentioned report is abso lutely false and without foundation. Mr, Hey ward- is a ^strict party m?n and has stated in writing that he not only did not ? bolt the Tillman nomi nation 890 but supported the nomi nees and. voted the reuglar ticket. Editor the Watchman and Southron. ] COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENED. First Sleeting at Privateer on Tuesday. Candidates and About One Hundred Voters Present. The county campaign is under way, but the speed it will make in going from place to place in the county will not break the record for fast time. It promises to be a calm, easy, gentle, leisurely, unexciting affair and the only, persons who are liable to have their emotions stirred in the least degree are those candidates who look forward to a period of office-holding as a happy sojourn on the pleasant side of Easy street. The candidates are few in number save for the office of County Superintendent of Education, which office, notwithstanding that it provides the poorest pay for the hard est work, is the most sought after of any in the gift of the people. For sev eral of the other offices there are bare ly sufficient candidates' entered to make a race, while for Senator, Auditor and Judge of Probate, the candidates, hav ing no opposition, will be re-elected so easy that the campaign is just like a picnic. The meeting at Privateer was attend ed by a hundred, or perhaps a few more, of the voters of that township and Manchester. While there was n? enthusiasm the speeches of the candi dates, were heard with the closest at tention and if appearances count for anything the candidates who endeavor ed to deal in buncombe and glittering generalities failed to blind the eyes or mislead the judgment of the thought ful and intelligent audience. Mr. McDonald Furman, who pre sided over the meeting, made the can-. didates feel at home and at ease,by the happy and appropriate remarks he made by way of introduction when he presented each one in his turn. Hon. Eichard I. Manning, who is a candidate for re-election to the Senate, was the first speaker. He stated his position on the issues that he conceiv es to be of the first importance at this time. He favors the* enactment of a child labor bill, the improvement of the public schools, th maintenance of the State colleges, the enactment of laws, state and national for the control of the trusts, and curtailment of their powers and the prevention of their un lawful and burdensome exactions. He referred to his advocacy of road im provement years ago at a time when many who are now riding on the good roads platform were opponents of the good roads movement. He is still a believer in good roads and his position on that question is now just what it has always been. Mr. John B. Clifton was the first of the candidates for election to the House of Representatives to address the crowd. He outlined his platform briefly. He is in favor of legislation to restrict child labor in factories, the improvement, development and liberal support of the public school system, the regulation and control of the trusts, the improvement of the public roads. The liquor question he regard- ' ad as settled and not now an issue, but : believes thai the dispensary is the 1 best solution of the matter that has yet been devised. Hon. Thomas B. Fraser, who is a candidate for reelection, discussed the ' issues of the day and in doing so gave some account of his record in the Leg islature. He favors the regulation of trusts and corporations by State law as well as national law. He has favor ed and still favors a law that will compel all foreign corporations, wheth er great trusts or not, to become' domestic corporations and thus put themselves under the control of our State courts. He stands for fair and just treatment of all corporations, but he believes that a-corporation should not have privileges that individuals do not enjoy. He favors the improve ment nf the public schools and the education of the people. The State colleges should be properly supported but the people should know where and how the money given these colleges is spent. At the last session of the Legislature he voted against the in crease of the appropriation for Winthrop College for the reason that the trustees failed to give a satisfac tory report of the expenditure of the previous years appropriation. The year before the college trustees asked for an appropriation and then stated that they would not asked for an increase again. As to the child labor question he stated his views at some length. He favors legislation to prevent the working of little children in mills, but an investigation and study of the matter had convinced him that a law that would fit the condition in any locality would not do at all for anoth er. When the matter came up in the Legislature he favored the appoint ment of a'commission to "make a full and searching investigation of the en- I tire matter for submission to the-Leg islature and upon the facts so reported a bi?l could be framed that would come nearer meeting the conditions than could be drawn by any other means. He favors the improvement of public roads. Hon. Altamont Moses, also a candi date for reelection, thanked the people for the spuport they had given him in former years. He favors the regula tion of child labor but does not believe in radical legislation on this line. While there are abuses and in many cases hardships, in other'cases the mat ter has been exaggerated and the peo ple who work in mills are better off than before they moved to the mills and obtained employment. Practical experience has convinced the mill men that child labor is unprofitable, but the parents of the children say that they would rather have the children at work than loafing around on the streets. If it were possible to keqp the children at school it would be well to prevent their working in mills, but the matter is a most complex one and would require the most careful hand ling to bring about the proper adjust ment. ' His record as ' to the imrove in eht of public schools was an open one. He had always favored imrovement and had made every effort as a private citizen and as a member of the Legis lature to secure better schools. He believed that the matter was now largely in the hands of the people themselves and was simply a question of local taxation. If the people of a community desire better schools they have the right to establish a special school district and levy an extra tax as large as they feel able to pay for the support of their school. He did [not believe in a direct tax for the com mon schools unless the money so raised is kept in the counties where it is paid. If this is not done some coun ties will pay a heavy tax and get no benefit, the money being spent in oth er counties. He told of the division of the dispensary profits so that some counties that had no dispensaries re ceived the lion's share of the money while other counties with several dis pensaries received very little, and his efforts to change the law to its present form so that the dispensary profits re main in the counties where the dispen saries that earn the profits are situ ated. He favors good roads and the regulation of trusts and the preven tion of unlawful combinations. Mr. W. G. Wells, of Privateer, who is a candidate for election to the House of Representatives, said that he felt that he needed no introduction having spent his whole life among the people who were present. If elected he would serve Sumter county to. the best of his ability. The issues having been so thoroughly discussed there was lit tle left for him to say except to state j his position. He believes in improv ing the public schools and the proper support of the State colleges ; the child labor,matter is one that needs wise regulation ; in common with pub lic spirited citizens recognizes the necessity of goods roads and favored systematic improvement of the high ways and he favored the continuance of pensions for the support of needy old soldiers and the widows of old sol diers. The candidates for County Superin tendent of Education?Messrs. T. M. Keels, W. J. Rees, . D. Wilson, A. P. Vinson and S. Dwight Cain?spoke next in order. They stated their qualifications for the office, declared their interest in education, their ex perience that fitted them for the satis factory discharge of the duties of the office and asked for the support of the voters of Privateer and Manchester. Messrs T. N. Huggins and W. H. Seale, candidates for County Supervi sor spoke next. Mr. Huggins said he favored good roads and other improve ments, but thought the cost should be counted and the expense kept within bounds. He gave some figures relative to the county expenditures inti mated that there had been more money spent that the county could afford. He promised if elected to give faithful service and endeavor to dis charge the duties of the office to the satisfaction of the people. Mr. Seale who asks for reelection on his record of two years made a brief statement of Iiis administration and j from the books of the office quoted figures proving that he had reduced expenses,"although the chain gang had been larger than ever before and the price of provisions higher. He had bought two new road scrapes, a new road machino, new tents and other wise increased the properly of the county to the amount of several thou sand dollars and had, nevertheless, de creased the expenditures. The work he has done speaks for itself and can be seen by all. If his record is satisfactory and the people feel that he has discharged his duties faithfully and efficiently he will appreciate their votes, but he does Jnot want the office unless he has the approval of the peo ple. He has no promises to make ex cept to go on doing his best;, as his judgment dictates, for the interest of the county. Auditor. J. Diggs Wilder, who is a candidate for reelection without op position, thanked the people of Priva teer for their past support and express ed the hope that his record in office would continue to merit the endorse ment of the voters. Messrs. Marion Dorn and T. W. Lee,, candidates for County Treasurer ? spoke next. Mr. Dorn referred to h?3 services as County Supervisor, saying that he had doubtless made mistakes, but mistakes if he had made any were mistakes"-of the head and not of the heart. He felt confident that he could discharge the responsible duties of Treasurer in a capable manner, else he would not seek the office. He asked for the suport of Privateer and Man chester and promised to merit all sup- j port given him, and to give each man who had business with the office prompt and courteous attention. Mr. Lee told of his experience as a book-keeper and business man, as a farmer and as county dispenser. In his business experience he had handled hundreds of thousands of dollars and and never found but one mistake j and that he could never explain except I by the supposition that he had lost I the amount $2.55 required to balance his books. This amount he made good, of course. He knew he was competent to fill the office and his friends who knew him best thought so. He would give the office his undi vided attention and the people who came to pay their taxes would have no complaint to make of she treatment received. He would extend to the peo ple every accommodation possible not in conflict with his duty to the coun ty. The last speakers were Messrs. W. A. Nettles and John F. Ingram candi dates for Magistrate. Col. T. V. Walsh, candidate for re election as Probate Judge was prevent ed by sickness from attending the meeting. Manchester News items. Dark Corner, Aug. L?Well, Mr. Editor, this hot and dry day I will try and write a line for the Watchman and Southron. We are having and have had the dry est time I have ever seen. We have not had any rain to amount to any thing in* over three weeks, and not enough at one time to run down the steepest places on my place since last March. Crops will surely be short here again this year, not more than half crop of cotton and two thirds of corn. Peas, potatoes and corn look very poor, with no prospect for hay this fall. Cotton is opening and -fod der burning up before the corn-gets matured. Theie were good rains at Eamsey Postoffice three miles from here on the evening of the 2d. I have been visited by two of the candidates so far, Messrs. B. D. Wil son and M. Dorn. We are trying to keep calm and \ serene down here. I see they (the poor candidates) are to chin-sboot at Privateer tomorrow. \ I will pull fodder and let them shoot. ; But beg leave to say, hurrah ! for my j, friends, Billie and Whit. Mr. Frank Ridgill, Jr., of near j Manning, is visiting his aunt Mrs. J. < M. Ardis of this place. ' Mr. T. C. Wells, of Cades, Wil- ? liamsburg county is visiting his sis- ; ters Mrs. Pink Weeks and Mrs. Will Kolb of this place. ( Mrs. W. J. Ardis visited the family ; of Mr. R. Kolb of Privateer last Fri- ; day. (: Well this will do for Sidra until a < pleasanter day. ] Later?August 5th?Had a fine-rain r! last night. S. j WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN!. \ Columbia, Aug. 5.?Nearly normal J temperatures prevailed throughout the ] week ending Monday, August 4, with an average for the week of about 81 ,? degrees, and a maximum of 97 degrees j at Darlington on the 30th, and a min- ? i mum of 63 degrees at Liberty on the 30th. There was a slight deficiency in sunshine, with much cloudiness ? during the afternoons. The winds were' ] generally light except for a local high s wind in Laurens County that did slight damage. Showers occurred on every day of the week in some part of the State, heaviest over the eastern and western portions, where also it was most gene ral, but with some heavy local showers in the central counties. The greatest local amount was 4.70 inches at Beau fort. Although rain fell over a great er portion of the State, there are still a great many localities that are suffer ing from drought. The rains were, for the most part, local in character, and the dry spots are not confined to any particular section, but are found in nearly every county. Old corn is ripening rapidly, and fodder stripping has become general. Later plantings, especially bottom land corn, look promising where enough rain was received, but are suffering for moisture, and doing poorly in places. In a few localities the corn crop is the best in years. The general condition of cotton was but slightly improved even where the rainfall was copious,"|owing to the pre valence of rust, shedding and bloom ing to the top. The plants are gener ally small, but are well fruited. Cot ton is turning yellow on sandy or light soils, and shows signs of early matur ity. Cotton is opening freely over practically the whole State, arid 'some has been .picked. The first bale for the season..was ginned at Blackville on Augast 1st. The first bales were ginned in former years as follows: 1901, August 17th ; 1900, August 6th : 1899, August 4th ? 1898, August 9th ; 1897, August 2d; 1896, July 28th: 1895, August 20th ; 1894, August 15th. The present season is, therefore, the second earliest since 1894. The weather was favorable for cur ing tobacco, and this work is nearly finished at many points. The condi tion of rice is very promising, with plenty of fresh water for the last flood ing. Upland rice is a poor crop. Sweet potatoes are doing well where showers occurred. Peas for forage also take their condition from the rainfall. Gardens are generally poor. Fall truck is being planted and is coming up nicely. Turnips are being sown. Late fruit is inferior. THE USE OF COTTON SEED OIL AS FOOD. How It Came Into General Use and Why it Gained in Popularity?It is Safe ami Wholesome. From the earliest Bible times to the present day nations of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean have made the oil of the olive one of their principal articles of diet. It is used in all cooking operations and replaces the butter arid lard of the nations in north ern Europe. There is no question but what a pure vegetable oil is a most useful and healthy article of diet. We never read of dyspepsia and troubles of a similar nature among the people of the Levant, doubtless because the fat taken as a necessary part of a well regulated diet is always taken as a ; pure vegetable oil. In our own coun try up to within the last few years oil has been used but little as an ar ticle of diet, except by Europeans who have made their homes in our midst. We have clung to the traditions of our Saxon ancestors and used the hard fats prepared from hogs and cattle. The people of this country are beginning to realize their mistake. Throughout our southern States we have trees, small it is true, but great in numbers, which produce a fruit far more wonderful than the olive, we refer to our cotton ! plant. Its fiber clothes the world, its ; seed yields an oil which is unrivaled j in sweetness and purity by the finest : product of the pressed olive. Cotton seed oil was refined in small ! quantities prior to the Civil war. It found its way to Europe and came back in fancy bottles mixed ^rith olive oil. In the early 80's the production of the oil increased rapidly. Great quantities finding' their way to Chicago in mys teriously marked packages, the contents of which properly blended with other material, traveled all over the world in the form of lard. About the year 1887 it was discoyered that the amount of lard shipped from Chicago greatly exceeded the weight of all the hogs received and an inves tigation was instituted by Congress which brought forth the information that the product of tbe cotton seed was entirely unobjectionable as an article of diet and liable to be preferred by many to that of the hog. For various reasons our people have always been prejudiced against the oil itself, though eating large quantities of it in the I form of lard compound. This preju- j dice is no doubt largely due to the ; faulty refining methods used by many j of the manufacturers who turned out an oil of unpleasant flavcr which gave ? off very disagreeable odo:.*s in cooking. Modern science has shec: its rays on this great product of our section and the oil is now ? produced in enormous quantities, absolutely free from odor j and flavor and almost colorless. Shipped In barrels it finds its way into the larg est bake shops of the country, where it takes the place of many tons of lard and butter. Packed in hermetically sealed cans it is invading kitchens of our best families. It is making friends everywhere. The greatly extended use of cotton seed oil in the household has added greatly t o the wealth of our farm ers by making a sure market for all the seed which they can produce. This rapid increase in the use of the oil has Dnly been made possible by improved refining methods which were the re sults of long, patient and expensive ex periments by the leading company in the business. Such experiments could Dnly be made by the combined re sources centered in a large corporation which can command the needed brains ind materials and furnish the neces sary money outlay to conduct expen sive experiments on a practical scale. The farmer of the south has no better friend than the large companies who ire daily striving to improve the prod act of his cotton seed and extend the use of cotton seed oil as a food prodtsct, and the most successful of these com- ' parn?s in the manufacture of these . products is the Southern Cotton ? Oil Company, whose works are at-Savan nah, Ga., and who have headquarters ind general offices in Columbia, S. C.j Savannah, Ga., Atlanta, Ga., and Char otteCN. C, any of which will gladly furnish information. Jenkins Bro?. have ju^t received a large ihipment of ball bearing, drop head. New 3ome machine.-. See them. Under Ma tonic Temple. July 30. For sale in Sumter by HORSE* STOLEN?Last Tuesday, Bay Stallion, 5 years old, both hind feet white, black mane and tail; short tail, foretop cut between ears. Notify Ezekiel Baker, Wedgefield, S. C, or Levi Bros. Sumter, S* C. Aug. 6 WANTED-Position as clerk in~gro cery department of store. Have had several years experience, can give ref erences if required. W. R. Jenkin son, Pinewood, S. C. WANTED 5 YOUNG MEN from Sum ter county at once to prepare for positions in the Government Service?Railway Mail Clerks, Letter Carriers. Custom House and Departmental Clerks, etc. Apply to Inter-State Corres. ?nst., Cedar Rapids, la. July 30?lm. STOLEN?An open-face, stem wind, nickl e case watch, No. 1038391 works, size 16, with L W. Folsom, Sumter, S. C., on face, and "C. W. M." engraved on back, was stolen from my house on J une 26. A reward will be paid for its return, with evidence to convict the thief. C. Weston McGrew, Sumter, S. C. CANDIDATES' CARDS The cards of candidates for county and State offices will be inserted in this column continuously until the Primary Election for Five ($5) Dollars, payable cash in ad vance. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the House of Representative?, and pledge myself to abid the result of the Democratic primary. . ' John H. Clifton. .IFOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Congress from the Seventh Congres sional District, and pledge myself to sup port the platform and and nominees of the Democratic party. _A. F. Lever. FOR CODNTY AUDITOR. The* friends of J. Diggs Wilder, appro dating his past faithfulness and fidelity to duty, hereby announce him as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Audi tor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. COU?TY SUPERYISOR. Mb. IEditob -.?The friends of W. H. Seale beg to present him as a candidate for re-election to the office of Supervisor. He has been faithful, diligent and eco nomical and should be rewarded with a second i?rm. His Frtknus. The undersigned begs to announce to his friends and the voters generally of Sumter County that he is a candi date for the office of County Supervi sor, subject to the Democratic primary. He is acquainted with the duties of the office and will give the same his best attention if elected. T. N. Huggins. SUPT. OF EDUCATION. We hereby nominate Mr. W. J. Rees as a candidate for Superintendent of Educa cation of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Yotebs. We present to the voters of Sumter county at the primary election the name of S. Dwight Cain for the office of County Superintendent of Education. Mr. Cain is thoroughly qualified, and has been con stantly engaged in teaching in this, his native county, and Richland, the past six years. % Friends. FOR COUNTY /TREASURER. The friends of Marion Dorn, having con fidence in his ability and effidency, hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the Demo cratic primary. He will abide the result of the election and support the nominees of the party. The friends of T. W. Lee have solidted him to allow, his name to be used as candidate for County Treasurer, and ha has consented. His competency is without question and his Democracy unimpeach able. Mr. Lee will abide the result of the primary and support the nominees of the party._ FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. Thankful to the citizens of Sumter County for their suffrages .in the past, I most respectfully announce myself as a candidate for re election as Judge of Pro bate at ensuing Primary. I will abide the result of the Primary and support the nominees of the Democratic party. Youru 4 for service, THOS. V. WALSH. * Furman University, fir GREENVILLE, S. C. WTill 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 boarding. For details apply to the. President. A. P. MONTAGUE, LL. D. Julv 16?2m. jLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. i's Greatest Remedy FOR DISEASES OF THE , Kidneys, Stomach and Skin. ins Prescribe it, itients Depend on it, and Everybody Praises it A. J. CHINA, J. F. W. DeLORME.