The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 13, 1902, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST (3, 3902.
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The Sumter Watchman was loundec
in 18w) and the 2Vwe Southron in 1866
The Watchman an<? Southron now has
the- combined circulation and iuiiuence
of both of the old papers, and is mani
festly the beet advertising medium in
Samter.
At the campaign meetitng in Ben
netts siile on Tuesday Col. Jas. .
Tillman denied the report that he had
appropriated to his pwjx use $50 be
longing to the Edgefield monument
association.. He road a telegram from
Mrs. Victoria Evans,' president Edge
jgeld monument association, saying
Col Tillman has paid $50 collected for |
the monument fund and a personal !
subscription of- $25, total $75. This
clears him of the charge, but as it is
not stated when he paid ores the
money we suspect that the settlement
was of recent date.
Mr..George Von Kolnitz^ the Ee
^publican candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Senator from Charles
ton eoUEty is to have opposition and
his opponent, Mr. 'Grace, is a Demo
crat. It is rumored that Mr. F. H.
McMaster, who has heretofore repre
sented Charleston in the House, will
also enter the race against Mr. Von
Kolnitz. This shows that Charleston
Democrats realize that it would be a
serious mistake "to nominate a Repub
lican for the Senate, and we trust Mr.
Von Kolnitz . will be overwhelmingly
defeated. If Mr. McMaster enters the
race he will probably win, for he is a
good man and popular in Charleston.
Just as we expected William J. Bry
an denies that he said anything that
could be construed to mean that he
would decline another presidential
nomination.- He says he is not a can
didate in the sense that he is seeking
a nomination, but he could not honor
ably decline it if it was offered. We
-don't imagine, he could, or would.
In all of the tobacco markets in this
State money is circulating and trade
is as brisk as it usually is on cotton
markets in Septtanber and October.
Muliins is now the leading market in
the State, with Timmonsville a close
second. These, places have been made
fey the tobacco business, having grown
?rom insignificant railroad towns,
within ten years, into thriving trade
centers. They handle not only im
rmense quantities of tobacco, but they
nave grown in importance as cotton
rmarkets. Sumter has more than held
her own in all lines of business except
-that of tobacco, and the effort to make
' Sumter a tobacco market seems to
have been abandoned as a complete
?nd discouraging failure.
?ltzhugh M. McMaster announced
yesterday that he was a candidate for
the Senate in Charleston, county. He
is a Democrat o? the right sort and
his record is above question. He has
never been an assistant Republican, nor
did he take the stump for McKinley
for hire, as Von Kolnitz did, and we
hope he will be elected.
Senator Tillman says he is taking
no part in the campaign this year and
does not expect to interfere in behalf
of any of the candidates, State or Sen
atorial His experience in past elec
tions, as well as a common sense view
of the matter, should teach, him that
interference is poor policy and not
likely .to be of benefit to him or to
help his proteges. He has probably
realized that the voters of South Car
olina can select their candidates with
out his dictation.
A shrewd political observer says that
the county campaign this yearvwiL
have a potenital influence on the coun
ty campaign two years hence. He
says the plans are already laid for cap
turing certain desirable officers in 1904,
and if the election results as expected
the plans will work out as desired.
Can yon locate the combination?
That Florence negro found out too
late that it is unsafe to turn on an in
candescent electric light during a
thunder storm.
Jim Tillman's cry of persecution ap
peals only to those who approve of
lying, gambling, drunkennssand gene
ral balckguardism and who havefintend
ed from the first to vote for him. There
is no persecution in telling the truth
concerning an oflSce seeker.
Heyward is the winning candidate
for Governor and if his friends will
all turn out at the primary and induce
all who want a clean and able man for
Governor to turn out and vote he can
be elected with ease.
Congressman Lever has worked hard
to secure the establishment of rural
free delivery mail routes in this coun
ty and the visit of special agent
Boushee is the direct result of his
efforts. Several new routes will be es- ?
tablished here as the result of Mr.
Boushee's visit and the people living
within a radius of ten or twelve miles
of this city will bo provided with bet
ter maii service than they have ever
enjoyed heretofore.
Campaign Meeting at Providence.
The, second of the campaign meet
ings arranged for the benefit of the
candidates and the enlightment of the
j voters, many of whom are anxious to
j ascertain why the candidates are seek
ing office and why the voters shonld
vote for them, was held yesterday in a
pleasant and shady grove of oaks a
short distance from Dalzell station.
The crowd of two hundred or more
that had gathered to hear the speech
es, represented not only the Providence
neighborhood but four or more neigh
boring townships, the city of Sumter
and Privateer. There were many la
dies present and they were as interest
ed listeners from first to last as any of
the ballot-holders. The ciindidates
were glad to see the ladies and they,
without exception, laid posies of elo
quence?more or less?at the feet of
the fair visitors.
The meeting was called to . order at
1? o'clock byfcCol. W. D. Scarborough
who presided until relieved by Mr. J.
B. Kaffield. ,
Senator E. I. Manning who was the
first speaker said that it was not his
purpose xecite his official record nor to
blow his own horn, but would say
that he had taken an active interest in
all measures for the benefit of Sumter
county, that the interests of Sumter
county had always been His first con
sideration, and that on general ques
tions he had taken an active part in
the debates.
Having no opposition the people
have no opportnity to vote for a better
man and they " will have to take me
as ? am." It might seem unnecessary
to make an address, but thought it
was due the people to at least make a
statement of his position. Commer
cial democracy is not an issne, it has
been relegated to the rear for all time.
The success of this political movement
would have marked the decadence of
the fixed and true principles of the
democratic faith and would have been
a sad day for the south.
The dispensary is not now an - issue,
for by common consent it is agreed
that at , the present stage, the dispen
js?ry system is the best practical means
devised for reducing the evils of the
liquor traffic.
No question is of more importance
than that of regulating the trusts.
The magnitnde of the combinations of
capital have startled the world: the
necessities of life are now in the
hands of the trusts and the price is
fixed without reference to the laws of
supply and demand. The evil grows
greater day by day and is a menace to
people and country, and in another
aspect the menace of the trust evil is
still greater?the control, of state and
national legislation by the money of
the trusts and the consequent debauch
ing of public morals. Nothing short
of a revolution can wrest power from
the trusts and no means have yet been
devised to regulate them. The best
suggestion yet made for the destruc
tion of the trusts is to remove the tariff
from all articles made or controlled by
the trusts. He regards the trust ques
tion as more a national issue than a
State, and Congress must take action
against them. However he pledges
himself to work for any proper meas
ure to control and regulate them by
State law.
The State colleges should be main
tanied and kept abreast of the times
in the line of work they were created
to da There should be no extrava
gance, however, and appropriations
should be made only for actual needs.
He is an earnest advocate of improve
ment of commcn schools. There is al
ready sufficient law, and improvement
must come largely from the, efforts of
County Superintendent of Education
and the trustees. Local taxation that
gives the people of a school district
control of the money raised is one
means of school impropvement, and it
is a well settled proposition that
money cannot be better spent than on
education.
. His record on the good road question '
was known to all and he was glad to
see so general interest in a matter of
so vital importance. In his opinion the
county should be laid off in sections
and road work in each section let out
by contract to th? lowest responsible
bidder.
He is opposed to child labor in cot
ton mills and yet a friend of the mills
which have done a great work for the
State, having benefittd all classes of
citizens by helping to pay taxes and
furnishing better mart?t for farm pro
duce. He had made a personal inves
tigation of the child labor problem by
visiting the mills and bis conclusion
was that there is need of reform and
regulation, but that the fault does not
rest wholly upon the mill men. The
parents are as much to blame as any
one. He favored a law that would
I reach the seat of the difficulty and
cure the evil as far as possible.
Mr. J. H. Clifton made a capital
speech, was more at home on the
stump than at Privateer and had a
thoroughly interested auaience. The
dispensary is a settled issne, the sys
tem being the most reasonable and
most business like method of handling
liquor. He is strongly in favor of a
law requiring the domestication of |
foreign corporations so that they can !
itt forced to obey the laws of the State
just ^.individuals have to obey them.
He favor>v^ablic road improvement
and the use ofNdcnvicts on fcueh work.
: He believes in the improvement and
extension of the public school system
and the liberal support of the State :
colleges for it has been well saicf that I
education proceeds downward, mean
ing by this that good colleges must be
maintained for the education of com
petent teachers for the common schools.
He favors liberal pensions for old sol
diers. As to child labor he favors the
enactment of laws that will meet the
difficulties and evils shown to exist ty
investigation. He recognizes the diffi
culty of framing a law that will meet
the conditions, but he does not believe
in leaving a loop hole of escape to
worthless parents, who, by making an
affidavit, can escape the provisions of
the law. He is opposed to trusts and
will work for a law for their control.
He favors a law making it a misde
meanor for any one to enter into an
unlawful combination. He would
take the trust matter out of the civil
court and into the criminal side of the
court.
Mr. W. G. Wells said he was a can
didate on account of the solicitation of
numerous friends. He had no record
to hold up, having worked for others
who have sought office from 1876 to
this time.-. He would not attempt to
make a long speech bnt merely outline
his position on the issues. He favore4
liberal pensions for old soldiers and
the improvement of public roads by
systematic work economically perform
ed. Trusts and all unlawful combina
tions for the control of trade and prices
should be put down. As to child la
bor he favored a full investigation,
taking no sensational reports from in
terested parties or enthusiasts, and
then the enactment of a law to meet
the condition. He favored education?
the support of the colleges and the
development and improvement of the
public school system.
Hon. T. B. Fraser who is a candi
date for reelection thanked the people
for the support given him two years ago
when they selected him to represent
Sumter county in the House of Repre
sentatives. He favors good roads but
would not bankrupt or burden the
county with debt. Ho favors and will
advocate the very best public roads the
county is.able to pay for. He has ad
vocated and favors liberal pensions for
Confederate veterans. He is a friend
of public schools and has worked for
them during his term in the Legisla
ture. He believes in the liberal sup
port of the State colleges, but one
vote of his needed explanation. At
the last session he did not vote for all
the appropriation asked for by
Winthrop College. In 1901 the trustees
asked for and received 810,000 more
than the previous year's appropriation,
at which time they promised not to
ask for another increase. In 1902 they
came back and asked for the same $10,
000 increase over the regular appro
priation and $15,000 additional.
When asked what they had done with
the money given them they said " spent
it," but gave no itemized statement.
He did not charge misappropriation of
funds, but there seemed to be either
bad business management, .extrava
gance or an inclination to keep the
Legislature in the dark, consequently
he was opposed to giving moie money
to be spent by the board of trustees.
He would always favor giving the
State colleges all they needed, but
would never agree to be a party to
spending money blind folded.
He had favored from the first a law
requiring foreign corporations to take
out a charter in this State. When the
Southern Railway said that they did
not have to obey the State laws, he fa
vored a law to3repeai the railroad's
charter, but upon promise of the road
to obey laws had not pressed the pass
age of the charter repeal bill. He
stood for a law requiring corporations
to give the same obedience to the laws
that is required for individuals. The
trusts should be controlled and regu
lated by both State and national laws,
and the people could always count
upon him to see that their interests
were guarded against the exactions of
combinations. The child labor issue
was discussed at some length, and a
statement of the conflicting reports be
fore the Legislature made for the in
formation of the audience. Xhere are
three parties in the Legislature (1)
Those who demand a law prohibiting
child labor?those whose cry is God's
fresh air and sunshine for the mill
children ; (2) Those who oppose all
legislative interference with mill labor
?those who assert that mill children
are better off than they were before
they were brought to the mills ; (3)
Those who wished a full and unbiased
investigation of the whole matter for
the purpose of arriving at a clear and
reliable understanding of the condi
tions existing before taking action.
He belonged to the third class because
the statements made before the Legis
lature were so entirely contradictory
that it was impossible to tell what was
the right thing to do. f?e believed
there was good reasons for a child
labor law and he would give his sup
port to a measure that would best
meet the conditoins that an investiga
tion should prove to exist.
Hon. Altamont Moses, who is a
candidate for reelection, was not pres
ent. A letter from him was read
stating that he was called out of the
State on business and regretted his in
ability to be present.
Messrs. T. W. Lee and Marion Dorn,
candidates for Connty Treasurer, next
announced their candidacy and pre
sented their claims.
! Supervisor W. H. Seale announced
j his candidacy for reelection and asked
for support on his official record dur
ing the past two years,
i "When he took charge in Dec. 1900,
the amount already paid out for that
year's county expenses was 825,816.72;
debts contracted but then unpaid
$4,000, total for 1900, contracted
by predecessor 29,816,72. In 1901
amount paid out $30,602.95, but from
this must be deducted $4,000 from
1900 as above stated and $3,200, total
$7,200 leaving $23,402.93 as the actual
expense for 1901. Besides he had add
ed 5 mules costing $765 ; 2 road scrapes,
$100 ; 1 road machine and outfit $350 ;
and 3 tents, $100 ; a total of $1,315 to
the property of the county, which
amount should be deducted from the
expense account stated above. Besides
the chain gang averaged about 18
under his predecessor in office, while it
now averaged 40 to 47, while bacon had
advance in price from 6c. to 12% and
15c per pound and other groceries in
proportion, whereby the cost of feed
ing the convicts had been greatly in
creased. Again, a fence had been built
around the Poor Farm at a consider
able outlay, and nine convicts hired
from the State at $4 per month and a
State guard at ?30 a month, all of
which increased the legitimate expense
of the county and enabled the Super
visor to get better results and do more
work. His work was before the people
and spoke for itslef ; he stands on his
record and is willing to let the people
judge of his fitness for office.
Mr. T. N. Huggins said he was can
didate for County Supervisor. In ref
erence to Mr. Seale's record he would
say that no credit for $400 worth of
lumber sold from Poor Farm had been
given ; nor had Mr. Seale said any
thing about the $600 spent on the
Charleston Exposition, He .had no
right to spend people's money that
way on an Exposition which people
were too poor to go to see. He had
been told that the chain gang convicts
were rationed five pounds of meat
which was extravagant. If it cost 30
cents a day to feed convicts, they got
more than he did. If he was elected
he would run the county for less
money and build good roads at less
cost.
In reply Mr. Seale said the Coupty
Board of Commissioners had made the
$600 appropriation for the Exposition
after consulting with many of the
largest taxpayers, but he was ready
and willing to take all responsibility,
as it was for the benefit of the county,
and the city of Sumter had appropri
ated $400 to supplement the county ap
propriation. Later he said that the
$400 received for timber sold from the
Poor Farm had been turned over to
the County Treasurer, and would be
found on the receipts. The reports
published show only the expenditures
of the Supervisor.
The candidates for County Superin
tendent of Education were next called
on. Capi A. P. Vinson, S. Dwight
Cain, B. D. Wilson and W. J. Rees
made speeches. Mr. T. M. Keels was
absent.
Letters from Col. T. V. Walsh and
J. Diggs Wilder, candidates for Pro
bate Judge and Auditor, respectively,
were read expressing their regret that
they were unable to be present.
Messrs. R. C. Folk and W. A.
Spann, candidates for Magistrate in
the 3rd District, and W. R. DuBcsci
candidate for Magistrate], in the 4th
District were introduced and announc
ed their candidacy.
Messrs. A. F. Lever and J. B. Mc
Lauchlin, the candidates for Congress
from the Seventh District, spoke for
twenty minutes each, concluding the
speech making of the day. Mr. Lever
made a practical speech, outlining his
record in Congress and stating his po
sition on the leading issues of the day.
He devoted particular attention to the
trust and tariff questions.
Mr. McLauchlin gave up most of
his time to aphilosophical]and academ
ic discussion of the theory of govern
ment under a Democratic system. He
declared his position in oppostion to
the trusts evil and the tariff and asked
the support of Sumter county.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETln.
Columbia, August 12.?-The tempera
ture averaged about 3 degrees per day
above normal during the week ending
Monday, August 11th, with a mean of
82 degrees, a maximum of 100 degrees
at Florence on the 5th, and a mini
mum of 60 degrees at Greenville and
Liberty on the 8th and 9th. There
was a slight deficiency in sunshine,
and the week closed with cloudy,
threatening and showery weather pre
vailing. There were numerous wind
storms, but the resulting damage to
crops was slight and confined to small
areas. Widely separatedfpoints report
ed hail, but only in Pickens and Ker- j
shaw counties did the hail damage :
crops to any extent
As during the previous week, no
general rains occurred, but light )ocal
showers are reported from nearly every
portion of the State?heavy in Wil
liamsburg, where, at Kingstree, the
weekly amount was .'{.47 inches. There
were numerous localities that had no
appreciable or beneficial amount. The
drought conditions sre most severe in
the middle and upper Savannah val
; ley, and adjacent sections, and in
Fairfield County, where the total rain
? fall for July amounted to less than an
inch. At most places, the week's
rainfall amounted to less than an inch.
I Ideal growing weather prevailed
I along the coast and in the eastern Pee
Dee region, with favorable weather at
? a few points in the central counties
and in the extreme western portion of
the State, but over the larger portion
I of the State crops need rain badly,
and have deteriorated.
! Old corn was not affected by the
prevailing weather, but young corn in
places is suffering for rain and is less
promising than last week, while bot
tom corn is fine. Fodder pulling and
curing are general, and nearly finished
in the sontheastern counties.
The condition of cotton is more
promising this week than it was last
in a few of the eastern counties, but
generally less so owing to the spread of
rust and continued shedding. At many
points the plants have turned yellow
and are seemingly dying. Mature
bolls are opening freely and some bolls
prematurely, but picking has not be
come general, although it has been be
gun at a few points, and will soon be
general.
Tobacco cutting and curing continue
in places, and are finished in others.
Rice is heading, and the heads are fill
ing well. Fall truck is excellent along
the coast, but gardens are poor. Peas
for forage, and sweet potatoes need
rain. Sugar cane and sorghum are
doing nicely, and some syrup has been
made. Haying has begun under favor
able weather conditions.
Gen. Fred Grant's son, U. S. the
third, is at West Point, now a first
class man and cadet adjutant. Earlier
in his course his father was somewhat
anxious about him and wrote to an
official of the academy asking how the
lad was getting along. He received
this reassuring, if somewhat dissem
bling reply: "You needn't worry.
The boy stands higher in everything
than you did in anything."
THE BEST METHOD OF FRYING FOOD.
Some Valuable Suggestions and How to
Get Satisfactory Results. No Need
of Having Dyspepsia.
Most physicians, especially in th?
northern United States, say that fried
food is responsible for most of the dys
pepsia, especially in the south, where
frying is most prevalent.
This is no doubt true, in a broad and
average way, but it is not necessary
that it should be true. Too much grease
of any kind, and in any way, is cer
tainly bad for the digestion; but the
conclusion must not be too hastily
reached that fried food is necessarily
greasy. Grease for cooking should be
looked upon merely as as a medium for
communicating a high degree of heat.
It is not usually possible to cook things
in water to a higher temperature than
212 degrees, and hence in many cases
it is necessary to cook meats, etc., a
long while at this temperature to get
them done. But it is easily possible to
cook things equally well done in grease
in a much shorter time, on account of
the higher temperature that may be
reached?sometimes 300 to 400 degrees.
The true way to cook in grease is to
get it very hot before introducing the
meat or other article. When it is
dropped in the higher degree of heat
immediately chars the outer surface
send closes the pores, so ti at the grease
cannot get inside. It is important to
keep the heat up, and not to put the
articles Into the grease ?jo fast as to
lower the temperature. When done,
they should be immediately removed
and laid on a cloth to absorb the ad
hering grease. Many cooks take a
frying pan off the fire with the eggs
or meat in it, all cooked, and leave it
so until served. This is the next best
way to let the grease soak through to
the centre. The very best way to soak
the grease in, and the very best way
to promote dyspepsia is to put the ar
ticles in the frying pan to cook when
the grease is not hot enough.
Prying is generally a most wasteful
manner of cooking, for the reason that
so much of the grease is thrown away
after the article is cooked. This is gen
erally unnecessary. . If the frying has
been properly done, the grease has not
taken up much from the article cooked.
The grease may be poured from the
frying pan into a vessel of hot water,.
when most of the foreign matter will
settle and the pure grease will float,
after somewhat washing itself in the
water. It may then be used again and
again with the best results.
There is naturally a smell from any
frying grease. In Europe, where many
kinds of grease and oils are used for
frying, people become accustomed to
the different smells, and do not mind
them. In this country all are accus
tomed to the smell of frying hog lard.
When it was first proposed to cook
with cotton oil the new smell was ob
jectionable, especially the smell of
badly refined oil, and thus there grew
a prejudice against its use. Another
cause for bad results with the oil was
the fact that often times the cook
would not wait for the oil to get hot
enough before putting it in the articles.
When using lard, the cook would natur
ally wait for it to melt, and it wpuM
get hot without provoking impatience.
But the oil looks ready when it is first
put in the frying pan, and there is a
temptation to use it too soon. There
has been much steady work done by
those who make cooking compounds
from cotton oil, with a view to reducing
or disguising the smell. The result has
b?en most gratifying. There are sev
eral concerns making a specialty of
oil refined for use in cooking, without
further manipulation. The Wesson Pro
cess company of Savannah. Ga., has
been very successful in this line and
will be glad to mail cook books.
There are also a number of highly
satisfactory cocking greases made
from cotton oil and beef fat, .such as
"Palmatena" and "Snow Drift," both
of which products are extensively
manufactured by the Southern Cotton
Oil Company of the Carolinas and
Georgia at their works in Savannah.
They are both high class and reliable
products in which the pure cotton seed
oil is ""ed and they resemble lard in
appearance and results, but are more
satisfactory and healthy, and which are
superior to hog lard from every point of
view. ? That they are much more
healthful there can be no doubt.
GLENN SPRINGS WATER
For the liver.
l-Tor sale bv A. J. CHINA,
j. F. W. DeLORME. I
Senators at Union.
Union, Aug. 12.?The senatorial
meeting was held here today in the
grove near the graded school building.
! in the presence of about 400 people.
I Nothing of any special interest was de
veloped and the now daily specialty act
between Evans and Latimer ? with
slight variations called forth cheers
i for each of the contestants. Some
times both were cheered at the same
time. These little "spats" now come
, so frequently that the candidates' mer
mories often fail them at critical mo
I ments and hence members of the press
are called upon to quote the record.
Evans claims that Latimer holes up
his record and defies any one to find
even a flaw, and he has on more than
one occasion driven four-horse wagon
through it and claims to have smashed
it. The order of the speaking was
reversed about a week ago and as a
consequnece the meetings go off with
more 1* snap. '' All the speakers seem
ed refreshed by the two days' rest but
the audience today was anything but
an enthusiastic one.
Scarcely more than 10 per cent, of
the voters in each county have attend
ed the meetings in this campaign.
R. F. D. AGENT HERL
New Mail Routes to Be Established
Special Agent Frank P. Boushee of
the postofSce department arrived in
the city lastThursday and will be herea
week or ten days inspecting and lay
ing off rural free delivery mail routes
in the country surroundning this city.
There are six or eight petitions on file
for the establishment of rural routes
having Sumter as their starting point,
and Mr. Boushee will inspect each of
the routes before deciding upon the es
tablishment of any of them. After it
! has been decided how many routes are
to be established an examination will
? be held to select the carriers. Mr.
Boushee is stopping at the Hotel
Sumter, and while he is here will be
; glad to see and consult with all who
are interested in the establishment of
i rural routes.
WANTED?Position as clerk in gro
j eery department of store. Have had
I several years experience, can give ref
j erences if required. W. R. Jen kin
son, Pinewood, S. C.
WANTED 5 YOUNG MEN fromSuin
! ter county at once to prepare for positions
in the Government Service?Railway Mall
Clerks, Letter Carriers, Custom House and
Departmental Clerks/etc. Apply to
I Inter-State Corres. Inst., Cedar Rapids, la.
July 30?1m.
STOLEN?An open-face, stem wind,
nickle case watch, No. 1038391 worke,
size 16, with L. W. Folsom, Sumter, S. C,
on face, and "C. W. M." engraved on back,
was stolen from my house on June 26. A
reward will be paid for its return, with
evidence to convict the thief. CL^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 candidate
for the House of Representatives, and
pledge myself to abide the result of the
Democratic primary.
John H. Clifton.
FOR 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, appre
ciating Ms 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? Y SUPERVISOR.
Mb. Editob:?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 term. His Fbeekds.
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.
~~SnPT. OF EDUCATION.
We hereby nominate Mr. W. J. Rees as
a candidate for Superintendent of Educa
cati?n 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
st tantly 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 efficiency, 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 solicited
him to allow his name to be used as a
candidate for County Treasurer, and he
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 part v. Yours
for service, THOS. ". WALSH.