The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 10, 1902, Image 3
NOTIONS.
This department contains more ar
ticles?more of the little things re
quired in every household, more of the
better class?the reliable grades of no
tions than is usually seen in a single
store.
New Felt Hats?they're new as can be?these felt hats for women's autumn
wear, and are by far the most stylish creations shown this year. There is a
greatly varied assortment of them now on display in the millinery room. It
is useless to attempt descriptions. You must see them to appreciate their un
usual style.
R.eo,cl37" to "Weo,z*.
In this great Ready to Wear department of ours where the newest fall produc
tions are daily arriving, you can find the garment of your choice, and you "can
rely on it being correctly tailored of the best materials, and, too. each and every
garment is marked with a price that will stimulate the cozy corners of your
purse.
CORSETS.
Ths new lines of Corsets are fast fill
ing up the shelves. We are carrying all
the best makes. Made of the best ma
terial and have the best workmanship on
each one.
SILKS.
What a wonderful array of
beauty they represent. Novel
ties in the most elaborate pat
terns?neat designs that are
sedate and effective?plain
colors that are plainly plain.
All fre?h from the best for
eign and domestic looms.
"Quality the M&xirnum, Price the Minimum"
Changing conditions, changing the prices, changing everything?Recapitalizing, rebuild
ing, restocking and reorganizing.
All of this has been taking place in this store, and now we stand boldly in the front with a Price Power and Prestige on the great markets of the East, surpassed.
by no house in the State. It pressages a new order of things?a change of momentous importance to the smart shoppers of this vicinity, as evidenced by the men
tioning of a few of the many good things this store contains.
T5he SUMTER. DRY GOODS COMPANY.
DRESS GOODS.
In the wide range of Dress
.Goods are many beautiful
' weaves full of individuality
and characteristic for their
strength and the foundation
-oftfheir excellence. Fashion
has scattered rays of inspira
tion in every nook and cor
ner of this Department
SILK WAIST.
Why should a woman make a silk
waist when she has such a collection as
I we show select from. They are the
\ ^m?rtest, freshest that the cleverest de
signers have made. They are smartly
underpriced.
Your happiness, health and appearance depend greatly on your shoes. The
Shoes we sell are made to fit the feet. If you wear shoes bought here your feet
will be comfortable and attractive. Our prices in this Department are unmatch
able.
Generous stocks of eve*y fashionable and wanted eort of dress trimmings are
here. They are fresh from Paris, and represent the best of the Frenchman's
charming conceits for the modiste's manipulation in gowning fair women.
HOSIERY.
The stoclcings we sell are built to
wear?and the fact that they do wear
longer than the ordinary stocking is
proof of their value.
Democratic Primary Election,
3, 1902.
Second Primary For U. S. Senator, State and County Officers.
VOTING
PLACES.
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Bossard.
Concord.
Earle,.
Farmers
Gaffla?d's X Eds
High Hills...
Laborers & M'ch
Manchester
Mayes ville?..
Pleasant Grove.
Privateer..
Providence.
Rafting Creek..
Salem.
Scarborough?
Shiloh.
Stateburg.
Samter.
Taylors..
Wedgefield.
Zoar.
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THE PEACEFUL PHILIPPINES.
Twelve Attacks Made on the Am
erican Troops Since May 2nd.
"Washington, Sept. 8.?The war de
I partment received a cable dispatch
from Gen. Charlee, dated Manila,
Sept. 6th, stating that an attack was
j made on the United States troops at
Mataling Falls, seven miles from Camp
Vicars, by Moros, Sept. 1st. Lient.
Wm. Parker, Eleventh infantry, and
two soldiers were wounded, and one
soldier killed.
Gen. Chaffee also says :
"Have authorized Brig. Gen. SamL
Snmner to move troops into Macin
country and exact promise of good be
havior in future from Datos and' fol
lowers. Troops have been attacked
12 times since May 2nd, with loss to
us of four killed and 12 wounded. We
have remained all the time quiet, seek
ing friendship ; in action self-defense
only."
The last part of Gen. Chaffee's dis
patch is intended to infoim the war
department that the army has been
acting wholly upon the defensive in
the Moro country. His instructions
have been to do nothing which would
provoke afconflict with the Moros and
the position of the war department is
that if there is a conflict it must be
justified by the aggressions of the
.Moros.
A HOSTILE COUNTRY.
Manila, Sept. 8.?Gen. Chaffee has
ordered Gen. Sumner, commanding
the department of Mindanao, to lead a
column against the Macin Moros. In
his order ;,Gen. Chaffee suggests that
eight companies of infantry, two troops
of cavalry and one battery shall form
at Camp Vicars, island of Mindanao.
It is expected that the column will
move within a week.
Most of the attacks upon the Ameri
can forces have orignated in the Macin
country. This movement is to be di
rected against hostiles, several of
whom are enumerated in Gen. Chaffee's
order.
Gen. Sumner is directed to require
the hostiles to give satisfactory pledge
to refrain from aggresion in the fu
ture. There are several Moro strong
holds in the Macin country. It is not
definitely known where the first op
position will be encountered. This will
depend upon Gen. Sumner's course af
ter moving. Gen.Sumner is directed to
protect the friendly natives.
RIOT IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Two Italians Assaulted Monday
One Dead ; Another May Die.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 8.?A fight
today between striking miners at
Maltby resulted in the death of one
man and the fatal injury of another.
Both victims were Italians. The man
killed was Sistieno Vancastelli, aged
36 years. His companion, Frank
Portay, was stabbed several times and
is in the Wilkesbarre hospital not ex
pected to iive.
All last night strikers gathered in
the vicinity of the Maltby mine of the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company at Maltby
and the Henry E. colliery at Forty
Fort. It was rumored that both of
these mines were to start today with
a full force of men, and the strikers
had pickets out on all r?ads? leading to
the mines to intercept any men who
might be on their way to work.
A heavy fog prevailed and it was
difficult to see people in the roadway.
Shortly after 7 o'clock a number of
strikers on guard at ?/che Maltby col
liery saw two men approaching carry
ing guns. The pickets came to the
conclusion that they were non-union
men going to work. The strangers were
; stopped and strikers crowded around
I them. One striker in the crowd who
j spoke the Italian language, said the
j men were starting on a hunting trip
j and that they were union miners.
The other strikers did not under
! stand what was said and believing that
j the foreigners were non-union men on
! their way to work, attempted to take
I the gun away from Vancastelli. He
; resisted, a fight ensued and soon the
two Italians were lying in a pool of
i blood in the roadway. Vacnastelli was
! shot in the side ad rne left side of his
i face was crushed in. His companion,
j Portay, was stabbed in the side seve
I ral times.
They Felt Hur.rry.
She?Well. Clarence, dear, the situa
tion is not quite us rosv as it was pic
tured to us Uefore marriage, is it?
ile? WYIi. not altogether so. love.
She?I wish?er?I wish
He-What do you wish dearest?
She? I wish we had the rice and the
old shoes they threw at us when we
Were married.
Purification of Sewage.
The Manufacturers' Record describes
a system of sewage purification, that
of the Cameron Septic Tank Company,
j of Chicago, which appears to have
I special claims on the public interest
by reason of several features which are
brought out in the account of it?among
them being its adaptability for service
on any scale, from that of a single re
sidence up to that of a manufacturing
community or a large city ; its autom
atic and economic character; its em
ployment of natural instead of artifi
cial (chemical) agencies; and its effi
ciency of operation and freedom from
offensive manifestations.
The company, it is noted, has just
installed a plant for the purification of
the ^ewage from the county buildings
and jail at Clayton, Mo. The plant is
situated in the public park, and the
purification of 10,000 to 15,000 gallons of
sewage daily is effected "by the aid of
microbes developed in the sewage it
self," which do their work so perfect
ly that the discharge from the plant
is without offence to sight or smell.
Similar plants are being installed at
many other places in the country,
among them being named the State
Insane Hospital, and Orphans' Home,
and Girls' Industrial School, of Iowa.
The capability of the system to deal
with factory sewage has been demon
strated at Yeovil, England, with a
sewage pronounced by competent
judges to be one of the foulest in the
Kingdom, as it comprises the wash
ings from breweries, slaughter houses
and leather dressing yards. A plant
is being installed at Sherman, Texas,
to purify the refuse of a packing house
delivering 10,000 to 25,000 gallons
daily of the vilest kind of organic
liquids, and will "completely purify
this sewage, rendering an effluent
pure and sparkling and absolutely free
from nuisance."
The system, it is said, is the result
of years of research and study, and
the construction and operation of a
plant is described in detail in the
Record, but we need not do more than
note a few of the particulars here.
The sewage enters a septic tank, of
suitable dimensions, from which light
and air are excluded, and flows in and
out through submerged pipes so that
the contents are disturbed as little as
possible. From the tank the effluent
passes to a system of "bacterial filter
beds," which are filled and emptied
automatically, and passes from the
filters to the outlet, where it is dis
charged pure and odorless. The
effiuent from the tank remains on each
bed from two to four hours only, dur
ing which time the impurities present
in solution are removed by the bacte
ria. In the septic tank the solids in
the sewage separate, rising to the sur
face or settling to the bottom, accord
ing to their specific gravity, "and the
organic matter is acted upon by the
liquifying microbes present, by which
it is broken down into gas and water,"
the fluid flowing to the filter beds,
as described. The deposit is drawn
off through a-pipe to a cleansing well
without drawing the liquid contents
of the tank with it.
The system "is automatic through
out, and the only attention required is
the occasional oiling of the gearing,"
No chemical is used, and there is "no
sludge from the works."
When the system was introduced at
Exeter, England, it was used to deal
only with a district of the city having
a population of 1,500. It has since
been extended to include all the city,
with its population of 50,000, and dur
ing the last four years nearly two
hundred plants have been installed in
Great Britain, ranging in size from
plants for single residences up to those
designed for large cities. A system
has been planned for Poonah, India,
with a population of 200,000.
The elastic feature of the system is,
of coarse, a notable one, and com
mends it to the consideration of large
and small communities alike. If the
other claims that are made for it are
sustained by the experience of places
which have tried it, it is evident that
the system marks a most important ad
vance beyond all others that have
! preceded it.?News and Courier.
Serions Impediment.
Teacher?Can you mention some great
man who had au impediment in his
speech?
Little Willy?Please, ma'am, George
Washington did. He couldn't tell a
lie!?Puck.
Estras In the Bill.
Clerk cf the Burning Hotel (present
ing bill to escaping guests)?Ali guests
of this hotel will piense step into our
new office across the street and pay
for this extra fire and water service.?
Chicago News.
When a man fools his wife, it is not
that he is so smart, but that her faith
is so great.?Atchison Globe.
Cultivation in Shade.
The"piney woods" have developed
a most unexpected use and value, ac
cording to a Georgia paper, quoted
in the Southern Farm Magazine.
It is generally known that the culti
vation of tobacco under shade, or par
tial, is now an established business in
Florida and New England, where it
originated, and is extending to Cuba
and other countries, the importance
of the system being due to the fact
that it applies mainly to the finest
varieties of the plant and is immense
ly profitable. It has been suggested
by the agricultural authorities in
Porto Rico that the great expense
of the artificial system could be
obviated by planting the crop in the
shade of established fruit orchards, and
the same idea has been employed suc
cessfully in Georgia, as is now ex
plained, for the benefit of fruit or
chards by planting them in the shelter
of pine trees for protection from the
cold in winter and the heat in sum
mer. The experiment has been tried
by Mr. Dukes, I of Colquitt. County,
Ga., and the local paper, the Moultrie
News, says that if there be - those who
doubt that the plan "will work," they
ought to visit his orchard. The trees,
it adds, have flourished, and their
growth and yield do not seem to have
been hindered in the least by .their
surroundings. "Trees younger than
three years are so loaded down with
fruit that in many instances the limbs
have broken." The new departure in
fruit grownig has excited attention all
over the State. The State entomolo
gist, Prof. W. M. Scott, went from
Atlanta to see the new orchard and
"after a thorough investigation- pro
nounced the experiment a great suc
cess." The fruit grown on the orchard
is of the highest quality."
The hint may be of value bcth to
peach growers and tobacco growers in
this State, and to many farmers ? who
may presently join the ranks of such
growers. If fine tobacco can best and
most profitably be grown in the shade,
and the shade of pine trees will an
swer, and if successful peach orchards
can be established in such shade, our
piney woods, so long surrendered to
cattle and hogs, ought to become
among the most valuable lands in the
State. The profits on Sumatra and
Cuban tobacco grown in the shade are
reported at incredible figures. From
one acre of peach trees at Batesburg,
it is noted, the cwner cleared $500
during the past season. We should
have a rich country hereabouts if all
the available pine forest iands were
devoted to growing toabcco and peach
es.
And perhaps other crops might do as
well as these two in the solemn shade,
or half-shade, of the pines. There is
the whole range of fruit trees and
forage plants, cereals, grasses, vegeta
bles, etc, to try, at our leisure. It
may be that we have a great "natural
advantage" in the possession and pres
ence of so much natural, lasting, and,
therefore, cheap shade for agricultu
ral and horticultural purposes as is
afforded by these brown woodlands all
about us. Mr. Dukes's discovery is a
very interesting one at any rate : and
there is no telling what may come of
it.?News and Courier.
NOTICE.
it is better in planting small
grain to place with the seed
while planting a limited supply
of Ammonia and Potash to
insure a well developed and
consequently strong and deep
root to withstand freezes. The
Home Fertilizers Chemical
Works of Baltimore, Md., have
carefully made up just what I
need for my country out of the
very best material that can be
had for the purpose.- And I
hope to take your orders at my
office in The Bultman Building
or Box 203, Sumter, S. C.
JRespectfully,
Thos. S Sumter*
Sept 10?4t.
LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED.
The Citizen's Building and Loan
Association will1 be wound up this
month, the last payment on stock
being due on the 15th instant
The farmers are not holding cotton
for higher prices this year, but are
rushing it to market as rapidly as it
can be picked and ginned.
The cotton oil mills are running up
the price of seed and in some places
the buyers have already paid 40 cents
a bushel for seed.
The high price of tobacco and the
prosperity of tobacco growers has re
vised interest in tobacco growing and
many cotton farmers are already talk
ing of planting tobacco next season.
The Stateburg Postoffice has been
removed from the "borough", where it
has been located for nearly 125 years, to
the residence of Mrs. Holcombe, about
a mile from the old location.
It is stated that a move in the Lee
county litigation is to be made in the
near fatare. The case is to be push
ed by the Attorney representing the J
opposition to Lee county.
If a man conld\buy all the property,
real and personal in thi3 city for twice
what it is returned for taxation and
sell it at the ordinary market value,
he would make enough on the trasnac
ton to live in comfort the balance of
his days without making another deal.
Magistrate H. L. B. "Wells is branch
ing out in business. Besides bei ng a
fish dealer he has had some experience
recently in financing an excursion that
panned out more experience than
profit
Keep your eye on the advertising
columna The leaders in every line of
business in Snmter will be represent
ed, and those who do not read tne ad
vertisements5 cannot keep posted on
business news.
The county chain gang, which has
been at work on the Stateburg road,
has completed the greater part of the
work on the sand and clay roadway
from the city limits to Shot Pouch
branch.
Cotton has opened so rapidly that
there is a great demand for cotton pick
ers and there is no excuse for idleness.
There is work for everybody, from the
oldest to the youngest and there will
be no change in this condition for
a month or more.
There is talk of a large hotel being
built at Providence Springs in time to
accommodate next summer's visitors.
If the land owners of Providence
would lay out a village and sell lots
at prices within the reach of men of
moderate means the Sumter summer
colony could be largely increased.
The Sumter County Charleston Expo
sition committee met on the 2d inst., in
the office of the County Board of Com
missioners and after receiving the re
psrt of Mr. A. W. Suder, who had
charge of the Sumter county exhibit
the business of the committee was
wound up. After all debts were paid
there was a balance of 818 on hand,
which was divided between the county
and city in proportion to the amounts
appropriated by the county and city.
Now is the p*per hat season. Nice
assortment material at H. G. Ost e en
& Co.
WEDGEFIEL9 NEWS LETTER.
School to Open September 22? Personal
Ment? im.
Wedgefield, Sept. 9.? Ths second
primary day has come and the politi
cal fate of ono-half of the candidates
will be settled for two years. All we
wish is, may the best man for each
office be elected.
The Graded School here will com
mence its next session on Monday, the
22d, with Prof. J. W. Chalmers, of
Houston, Va., as principal, and Miss
Evie Wilson, of Sumter, assistant.
Prof. Chalmers comes very highly
recommended and we may expect the
coming season to be a very successful
one.
Misses Annie May Cain, of Congaree,
and Sophie Blakeley, of Columbia,
spent Sunday in town with relatives.
Prof. F. N. K. Bailey, of Edgefield,
President of the S. C. C. L, dropped
in to see his friends here yesterday.
Mr. W. ?. Cain, Jr., leaves for
Clemson College today, accompanied
by Messrs. F. M. Dwght, Jr., and F.
E. Thomas, Jr.,
The rains of the past few days have
stopped cotton picking which was pro
gressing finely. Unless the top crop
amounts to something most of the cot
ton around here will be gathered by
the 1st of Oct.
Lee County News.
From the Vindicator.
Dr. McLure has cut the old Bishop
ville Hardware store in two parts,
will roll it back and make two cottages
out of it. The Doctor with his char
acteristic public spirit contemplates
erecting a large hotel with modern
conveniences on the old lot.
Mr. Zan Law, of Elliotts, and Miss
Mabelle Dove, of Dovesville, were
married at the home of the bride on
Tuesday, August 26th. They left for a
trip to the Springs.
Rev. Luther McCutchen, of Black-1
stock, son of Mr. J. E. McCutchen,
is on a short visit to his parents.
Miss Edith McCutchen has been
elected teacher in the Graded School
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Mr. A. B. Cargile, who has
moved his family back to Saluda and
will ran a newspaper there.
A Remarkable Family Record.
Mr. Madison Hearon, of Bishopville,
who was married nineteen years ago,
has nine children. Four of them were
born on the 11th day of December, two
years apart, three were born on the
18th day of December, two years apart,
and the last two were born of the 3rd
day of May, three years ago. This is
certainly a most remarkable record and
one which has rarely if ever been
equalled. Whenever the 11th and 18th
days of December and the 3rd of May
come around -there must be lively
times in the Hearon household. One
birthday creates a considerable com
motion in a household, but when
three or four of them come on the
same day. it must be bewildering
indeed.?Darlington News.
Crepe paper Sc. tae roll. Osteen'??
Book Store.
MEETING OF SPORTSMEN CALLED.
Organization for Enforcement of Game
Laws Needed.
From reports that are current in
this county and elsewhere it is. learned
that there is some laxity in regard to
the observance of the game laws. ? The
necessity, therefore, of a compact or
ganization for the purpose of a strict
observance of these laws hes arisen
and a meeting to perfect such an
organization is hereby cajled to be held
on Monday, Sept. 15, at 4 o'clock, at
Major Moise's office. All gentlemen
who are interested in the game laws,
especially as they relate to quail,
woodcock, snipe and doves, are urged
to be present at this meeting.
Ey order of the temporary organiza
tion,
E. K. Bradford, Marion Moise,
Secretary. President.
The following decision was filed by
the Supreme Court Thursday, the
opinion being written by Associate
Justice Ira B. Jones: Mary A. Ep
person, respondent, vs. Charles W.
Stansill, appellant; reversed.
W. E. Curtis, the newspaper corres
pondent, is authority for the state
ment that David B. Hill kas never
taken a drink of liquor, smoked a
cigar or kissed a woman. Mr. Curtis
may be a man of veracity, but state
ments like this ought to have a duly
attested affidavit hitched on to them.
The Archbishop and the Irishman.
Archbishop Ireland tells a good story
on himself, says Eamblerof the Catho
lic Union and Times of Buffale?, . Y. :
"Recently in Chicago he stopiied at a
fruit stand behind which stood a
swarthy individual whom he naturally
took to be a son of sunny Italy. His
grace is handy with many languages.
Italian among the rest, and he ad
dressed the fruiterer in supposed native
tongue, only to bring forth this re
tort. "Wirra may God forgive your
reverence for taking me for a dagcl'
To square himself with his fellow
countryman, the 'archbishop selected
a few bits of his choicest fruit, for
which he offered an overgenerous
price, and this time - he was greeted
with something like this: 'Begorram
'twas bad enough to be taken for a
dago, but to offer me pay for the bit
of fruit that 'tis an honor for me to
have your reverence accept is more
than I can stand. Oh, what did I
ever do to earn this insult!' So the
archibshop gave the case up as hope
less and departed, having loft his bless
ing as an offset to the wounded feel
ings of the Celt."
It is not lawful to shoot doves in
Soutli Carolina now before Novem
ber 1. August 15 used to be the date,
but the last Legislature changed the
law.
One or the Other.
"What do you think of that wheel?"
usked Sprockets, whose bicycle had
been in a collision.
"! think it ought to be re-tired or
retired." replied ?Hnwid ie.-Pittsburg
Chronicle-THegraph.