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&j)f ?atf jjmait aiib ^outljroii. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1903. The Sumter Watcnman was toundeo 20 1850 and the True Southron in 1866 The Watchman and Southron now has che combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium is 3amter. A SUGGESTION. We learn with regret that the Daughters of the Confederacy have de clined to permit the City Board of Education to erect the proposed school building oa the northern end of the monumental square. It has never been j the purpose Of the Board to have two buildings for pupils of the same grade; but the present building is to be used for the primary and grammar schools, while fcc? building to be erected is to be purely for high school purposes. It is, therefore, very important that the two buildings should be in the centre of population. We respectfully suggest to these ladies that they.reconsider their action, permit the Board to erect a high .school builiing on the northern end of this sqnare, let one of them be dedicated to* the memory of General Lee, the otner to Stonewall Jackson, to be kaown as the Lee and Jackson memori al, buildings respectfully. Thus wiirthejpurposes of their" as .sociation be emphasized, andtnus will they best- hand down to generations yet unborn the sacred traditions of the southern confederacy. WHY HIDE THE TRUTH ? The New York Herald publishes let ters from a number of editors and oth ers in South Carolina, expressing their opinions as to the nature and extent of the punishment that will be given to James H. Tillman for his cowardly assassination of Mr. N, G. Gonzales. The editors generally concur in saying that his punishment shall be light, or that he will escape altogether, or that a mistrial will ensue. It is not credit able to South Carolina that an intelli gent set of men will draw such conclu sions in advance, and they have un wittingly injured the State by this public exposure of the laws' inability to punish a' dastardly crime.?Green ville Mountaineer. The sentiment of the above may be approved by many people, but we do not see the wisdom of trying to hide from the world a condition that all the world knows to exist. Why not tell the truth, even though it is not creditable to the State? That our laws are not enforced as they should be, that the blackest crimes frequently go unpunished and that this condition has prevailed for so many years that no sane man really expects the court to punish, as the crime merits, any white man of means or influence who kills another is too well known to ad mit of denial. We may as well abandon the ostrich policy now as later and look the naked facts in the face. The outside world sees the conditions, and though we should deny the facts or refuse to ex press an opinion, outsiders will draw their own conclusions. A PRETTY THEORY, BUT? A Northern paper recently made the statement that if the railroads of this country should be under government control, the first step taken by the em ployees, would be to adopt an eight hour day and this being granted, would be, an additional tax on oper ating expenses of many millions of dollars. This seems tio satisfy this cor poration paper as an excellent argu ment against government control of onr railroads, but it forgets that even if the government should pay out a little more money in an effort to give its employees better wages there would be an immense saving in oper ating expenses. Under government control useless figure heads of high salaried presidents and other officials would be dispensed with, separate sta tions both freight and passenger, would be combined and thus much saving effected. There would be no necessity for paralleling railroads as is now in vogue, and freight would be hauled the shortest way to its destina tion, saving a large amount of useless expense and energy now expended by rival lines in trying to outwit each other on freight rates. As a matter of fact the government control of the rail roads would be a splendid thing all round.?Aiken Journal and Review. A beautiful theory, but it leaves out of account the stealage, the pensions and the well known fact that the Gov ernment has never succeeded in run ning any of its departments as efficient ly or as economically as private enter prises are conducted. At the February-meeting of Dick Anderson chapter' U. D. C, the fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Alta rnpnt Moses: vice president, Mrs. J. M. Knight; treasurer, Miss Lucy Gra ham; recording secretary, Mrs. Agnes Bogin; corresponding secretary, Miss Edith DeLorme, historian, Mrs Ruth McLaurin. The chapter met at the residence of Mrs. J. M. Knight on North Main street and after all busi ness was over refreshments were serv ed and a social hour enjoyed. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. BOTH HOUSES DEBATE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND. Bill to Change Distribution of Dispensary Profits Killed? $100,000 for Schools in Appropriation Bill. Columbia, Feb. 10.?Senator Warren of Hampton, introduced two bills in reference to carrying concealed weap ons. Both are proposed amendments to the constitution. One disqualifies any one convicted of carrying conceal ed weapons from holding any position of honor or trust, and the other adds to the usual official oath an affirma tion that the official does v not carry concealed weapons. The senate reversed its action on the bill requiring county superintend ents of education to have a first grade teacher's certificate, and the bill was indefinitely postponed by a vote of 21 to 32. An effort was made also to kill the bill relating to the sale of dynamite used to kill fish, but it failed. The bill requires dynamite dealers to ascer tain what purpose the purchaser is to put the dynamite to and to keep a re cord of sales. Senators Manning, Marshall, Mc Leod and McCall made a minority re port on Gov. McSweeney's veto of the state bond bill and recommended that the veto stand. This report, with a majority report on the same matter, will be considered Thursday. In the house Mr. Anil's bill provid ing for the appointment of one chief state constable who shall have charge of all the dispensary constables was passed. The salary is to be $2,500 and the appointment is to be made by the governor. Senator Johnston's bill to change the manner of distributing dispensary profits so that schools financially weak should first be looked after created much debate. Senators seemed to favor the principle of the bill, but ob jected to details as being radical and impracticable. The bill was killed by a vote of 22 to 14. In the house the appropriation bill came up for its second reading. There was some opposition to the item of the South Carolina college, bnt the amount stood as reported by the com mittee. On motion of Mr. Pollock an item was inserted appropriating $100,000 for public schools. In the senate today Mr. Johnson had a bill intended to prevent sympathetic strikes and lockouts, the bill being in duced by the experience of Horse Creek valley during a strike in the King mill at Augusta. Opposition was made to the bill on account of its alleged impracticability, unconstitu tional and because of its paternal ism, but the senate refused to strike out the enacting words by a vote of^ 18 to 17. Senator Marshall introduced a bill making a half holiday on Saturday for Columbia banks. The appropriations for State colleges excited the usual number of hostile motions, and the appropriation for Winthrop college was cut down $12,000. To the Richard bill to increase the amount of each scholarship from $44 to $100 may be assigned the cause of this reduction. At any rate it afforded the means to accomplish by indirection what the house did not do directly. The house by a majority of 21 refused to make a direct cut, but afterwards adopted Mr. Lide's motion to require all scholarships to be paid out of the general appropriation. The bill had provided for an appropriation of $52, 000 for operating expenses and $5,456 for scholarships. After failing to reduce the $52,000, identically the same amount appropriated last year, the opposition to the proposed appro priation accomplished their object by erasing the suggested allowance for scholarships. The point was carried by reason of the fact that in passing the Richards bill the house committed itself to allow no increase in the ap propriation. The Richards bill has not passed the senate, but should it have done so the appropriation would have been in a snarl. As the matter stands, nothing but a free conference committee report can straighten out the kinks. Winthrop got $57,456 last year and asked for $65,456 this year, but instead is given $46,544. Last night Mr. Moses presented the supply bill to make appropriations for the several counties and also the legis lative supply bill. The State levy is fixed at 5 mills. A Mural Tablet A neat Mural Tablet, about three feet square, has been set up in the First Baptist Church, just in rear and to the right of the pulpit, as a memo rial of our former valued townsman, Mr. B. R. Nash. The Tablet is in scribed as follows: In memorv of our Brother, B. R. NASH. Born, Feb. 22. 1846: Died, April 25, 1902. A brother honored and beloved. A faithful member of the Building Committee, and largely instru mental in the erection of this house of worship. Erected by his friends and brethren. After an appropriate address by the pastor' the Tablet will be unveiled on Sunday Morning, Feb. 15. CROWDING VENEZUELA. German and Italy Persist in Their Misunderstanding. GLAMORING FOB A PREFERENCE. Venezuela's Representative Can not Sign Their Protocols as Submitted?Another Explanation Washington, Feb. 9.?Although Mr. Bowen and the other negotiators are closely gnarding the provisions of the several protocols it is understood to night that' the demands which are known to exist in the German and Italian agreements as they are at pres ent drafted which Mr. Bowen cannot agree to, concern an increased pay ment by Venezuela prior to the hand ing down of The Hague's decision regarding the allies' contention for. preferential consideration in the settlement of their claims. It is re ported that Germany asks that she re ceive in addition to the $27,500 cash j j that Mr. Bowen has agreed to pay, a I j certain percentage of the customs re- j I ceipts until the remainder of the $340,- j 000 demanded in the original ultima- |< tum addressed by Germany to Presi- j dent Castro last autumn is paid. Italy j it is believed is insisting on a similar demand, though the amount asked for in her ultimatum was over $500,000. It is the principle, however, to which Mr. Bowen so strenuously ob jects and which he has informed the German and Italian envoys he cannot subscribe to. Until their protocols are relieved of these objectionable demands Mr. Bowen says that they must remain unsigned. He contends that Germany and Italy are insisting on preferential treatment, a question which they agree in their protocols shall go to The Hague. / - mmm -mmm? Wedgefield Items. Wedgefield, Feb. 10.?More rain is the cry every day or two, but it seems as if it is needed, water is so shllllow in our wells. We are still picking cotton, there were fourteen bales ginned at Mr. F. E. Thomas's gin today, and still there is some to pick and gin. Nine cents was paid here for good cotton today, but unfortunately there was very little tc be offered. Judging by reports and the appear ance of strangers in town on Sundays, which has been quite frequent of late, I am afraid some of our homes are go ing to be invaded by the sons of some distant towns for the purpose of break ing the family circle. As we were the gainers, though, in the last instances of the kind, I guess we will have to submit to it. Miss Nena Wells, of Sumter, spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. R. H. Ramsey. Mr. W. D. Whitmire, of Greenville, spent Sunday in town with friends. Local Weather Report. For 24 hours ending 9 a. m., Feb. 11, 1903: Temperature: Maximum, 64; Mini mum, 45; Mean, 54.1, Precipitation, 0.15 inches. Character of day, cloudy. Direction of wind, North. Forecast for 36 hours ending 8 p. m., Thursday, issued from Washing ton, D. C. : For Sumter and vicinity?Fair. Colder tonight and Thursday preceed ed by showers on the coast tonight. WEATHER CONDITIONS. A storm of slight intensity over Tex as has resulted in light to heavy rains in the lower Mississippi valley, with the rain area spreading rapidly east ward. The northern half of the coun try has clear weather. There was a decided rise in temperature throughout the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, where it is from 10 to 30 degrees warm er, while over the remainder of the country the temperature remained nearly stationary with a rising ten dency. High winds have visited Tex as and the upper lake regions. The highest temperature was 80 at Key West, the lowest 2 below zero at Mod ena, Utah. F. Prescott-Bullock. Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. Appointments Made. Gov. Heyward has made the follow ing appointments for Sumter county, on the recommendation of the legisla tive delegation: F. E. Thomas, Wedgefield, member county board of commissioners, vice J. P. Kilgore, disqualified by reason of being a citizen of Lee county. J. T. McNeill, re-appointed mem ber county board of commissioners. Silas Mellett, Sumter member i | county board of control, vice W. S. James, likewise a resident of Leo i county. The appointments are good and will j give general satisfaction. Bicycle thieves are getting bold and daring. Several wheels have been stolen lately, one being taken from in the front of Masonic building, and j others will be, perhaps. To lookout j for the thieves and not leave wheels within reach is the only remedy. COURTS IN THE THIRD CIRCUIT. House has Passed Bill Fixing the I Date in Each County of Circuit. The house last Saturday passed a bill providing for the time for holding court in the Third circuit, composed of the counties of Lee, Florence, Georgetown, Clarendon, Williams burg and Sumter. The main provisions of the bill are: The court of general sessions at Bishopville, for the county of Lee, on the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June and the fourth Mon day in September; and the court of common pleas at the same place on the Wednesdays first succeeding the Mon days herein fixed for the holding of the court of general sessions at said place. The court of general sessions at Florence, for the county of Florence, on the second Monday after the first Monday in March, the second Monday in June, and the second Monday after the fourth Monday in September,'and the court of common pleas at the same place on the Wednesdays first succeeding the Mondays herein fixed for the holding of the court of general sessions at said place. The court of general sessions at Georgetown, for the county of George town, on the fourth Monday after the first Monday in March, the third Mon day in June, and the tenth Monday after the fourth Monday in Septem ber; and the court of common pleas at the same place on the Wednesdays first succeeding the Mondays herein 'fixed for the holding of the court of general sessions at said place: Pro vided, That no peremptory call of cal endar No. 1 shall be : made in said county of Georgetown at the spring and fall terms of the said court of common pleas before the Fridays first succeeding the days herein fixed for the opening of said court. The court of general sessions at Kingstree, for the county of Williams burg, on the sixth Monday after the first Monday in March, the fourth Monday in June and the eighth Mon day after the fourth Monday in Sep tember; and the court of common pleas at the same place on the Wednesdays first succeeding the Mon days hereing fixed for the holding of the court of general sessions at said place: Provided, That no jury trial of civil cases shall be had at the summer term, except by consent. The court of general sessions at Manning, for the county of Claren don, on the eighth Monday after the first Monday in March, the first Mon day after the fourth Monday in June and the fourth Monday after the fourth Monday in September; and the court of' common pleas at the same place on the Wednesdays first succeed ing the Mondays herein fixed for the holding of the court of general ses sions at said place: Provided, that no I peremptory call of calendar No. 1 shall be made in said county of Clar endon at the fall term of said court of common pleas before the Monday next succeeding the Wednesday herein fixed for the opening of said court: Pro vided, further, That there shall be no trial of jury cases at the summer term of the- court of common pleas, except by consent. The court of general sessions at Sumter, for the county of Sumter, on the tenth Monday after the first Mon day in March, the second Monday af ter the fourth Monday in June and the sixth Monday after the fourth Mon day in September; and the court of common pleas at the same place cn the Thursdays first succeeding the Mon days herein fixed for the holding of the court of general sessions at said place: Provided, That no peremptory call of calendar No. I shall be made in said county of Sumter at the spring and fall terms of said court of common pleas before the Mondays next succeed ing the Thursdays herein fixed for opening of said court. That the business of the court of general sessions shall have precedence in the respective counties of this cir cuit, and this section shall not be so construed as to terminate the court of general sessions before the business thereof is disposed of; nor shall it be so construed as to prevent the opening of the court of common pleas for the purpose of hearing cases by consent of parties before the time herein fixed for the opening of the court of common pleas. Attention, Daughters of Confederacy. At the last meeting of Dick Ander son Chapter held Feb. 3rd, Misses Lucy Graham and Adele Moses were appointed a committee to call on March 2d, at the residences of all the members of the Chapter for their con tributions to the South Carolina table of the Confederate bazaar to be held at Riehmond. Anyone else desiring to contribute to the South Carolina table can notify the committee, or send their donations by 2nd March to the residence of Mrs. Altamont Moses. Cure for Smal!-pox. In 1864 Col. C. R. Hanleiter, of Atlanta, furnished for publication the following remedy for smallpox. This ' remedy for smallpox' was communi cated to Liverpool, England, Mercury, by Hon. Edward Miner, who says: "I am willing to risk my reputation as a public man if the worst case of smallpox cannot be effectually cured in three days simply by cream of tar tar. This is the never failing remedy : One ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in a pint of water, to be drank when cold, at short intervals. It is known to have cured in a hundred thousand cases without failure. I have myself restored hundreds by this means. It never leaves marks, never causes blind eess, and always prevents tedious lin gering. If the people would only try it and report cures to you, you would be required to use many columns if you gave them publicity."' Followed Order?. "Max, did you peel the apple that I gave you before you ate it. as I told ycu to?" * "Yes, ma." "That's a good boy! What did you do with the peel?" "Ate it!" The first day a man is a guest, the second a burden, the third a pest?La Doulaye. O'BOJT^ELL $ CO., General Merchant Sumter, S. C, February 10,1903. Dear Sir : We are sole agents for the counties of Lee, Clarendon and Sumter, for the Caldwell Cotton Planter. Thia Planter, after two years7 experience in our section, has con clusively proven its claim to being the most satisfactory and all-round most economical Planter now in use. It plants the smallest possible quantity of seed, 12 to 15 quarts sufficing for an acre, and spaces them at the exact distance desired ; mosfc desirable points in view of the high price of cotton seed and the present slovenly condition of labor. All agree, hands just will not chop out the cotton uniformly, so that a machine that will counteract this difficulty, must commend itself. This cer tainty of a perfect stand, together with the enormous saving of cotton seed, should induce every farmer to own one of the Planters. Read the following testimonials from some of our most reliable farmers. For terms apply to us. O'DONiVELL & CO. WASTE OP COTTON SEED 22T PLA2TTI2TG. The south has never stopped to think how much money is wasted in planting each cotton crop. Let us figure it out and see. Upon a safe estimate not less than 400,000 tons of cotton seed are used each spring in planting. The seed is sown lavishly in drills?not dropped at certain distances, as corn?and after the plants are up the crop is thinned ?with a hoe, more than nine-tenths of the the young plants being cut out. Here we find that the seed used in planting the cotton crop -would bring in the market at least ?6.400,000. As nine-tenths of this is wasted, we see here a total waste of over five and one-half million dollars ($5,760,000). It is time for the cotton growers of the south to call a halt to this extravagance. Tho oil system of sowing cotton ?eed in the drill is a remnant of the times when cot ton seed was almost wo rthless. Since then their value has so much enhanced that a change should be made in the m?.nner of planting, instead of sowing the seed in drills, drop them at a distance wanted,and by following this method not only the labor of thinning is saved, but nearly 400,000 tons of good cotton seed is saved for com mercial use, and the farmers of the south are five million dollars richer. The Caldwell Cotton Planter saves the seed, plants and gives good stand with one peck to acre, saves enough seed to pay for itself in one season. Inquire for it. Agents in all principal towns. r Sumter, S. C, August 21,19u2. Messrs. O'Donnell & Co., Sumter, S. C: The Caldwell Cotton Planter I purchased of you I would state worked satisfactorily. It spaced with regularity, giving me a de sirable stand. I intend using it again next season. Richard I. Manning. Mayesville, S. C, August 16, 1902. Messrs. O'Donnell & Co., Sumter, S. C. Dear Sirs : I bought of you last season a Caldwell Cotton Planter. Will state that it is a perfect planter, and I was well pleased with it. In my judgment it did all that was claimed for it. I intend using it again this next year. It struck me cotton stood drought better where this was used, as it was properly spaced. J. E. Wilson. Catchail, S. C, August 23, 1901. I used the Caldwell Cotton Planter the past season, and can say it gave satisfac tion, and proved in its simplicity and accuracy, all that was claimed by its inventor. I. is strongly made, and all the combinations in spacing, distance and regulating amount of seed used, etc., were quickly and readily made. Used on well made beds, there was, besides the saving of seed, assurance of a good stand regularly spaced, with a uniform number of plants to the hill. Yours truly, R. J. Brownfield. Panola, S. C, August 18^' 1902. O'Donnell & Co.: I have used several cotton planters, and discarded them all for the "Caldwell."' It gives me most satisfaction by dropping any amount of seed at whatever distance wanted, and by causing less draw on fertilizer than drilled cotton. Also economizing in seed, better stand by seed being concentrated, making hoeing much easier to unskilled labor. J. M. Richardson. Sumter, S. C, August 16,1902. Messrs. O'Donnell & Co., Sumter, S. C. Gentlemen : I U6ed one of your Cald well Cotton Planters this year and am much pleased with it. I used one half bushel of seed per acre and got a good stand. The cotton planted with it cost 30 cents less per acre to hoe than that planted with a drill planter. I planted 30 acres and saved, in seed and hoe work, more than the cost of the planter. Tours very txuly, P. M. Pitts. Pir ewood, S. C, August 15, 1902. Messrs. O'Donnell <fe Co., Sumter, S. C. Dear Sirs : It gives me pleasure to state the Caldwell Cotton Planter I bought of you proved very satisfactory. The spacing at exact distance was of great advantage. It struck me that those of my neighbors who like myself used your Planter, did not have their cotton to turn yellow like those where the cotton was irregularly chopped out, and where there were left in many in stances two stalks. Respectfully, D. W. Brown. ?Atlantic Coast Line. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Florence to Augusta Leaves " 54 Columbia to Wilmington u *57 Gibson to Sumter Arrives " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves " *46 Creston to Charleston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) " u 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " " 32 Augusta to Florence u " *56 Sumter to Gibson " " *47 Charleston to Creston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) li " 55 Wilmington to Columbia 4 20 am 8 20 am 20 am 30 am 30 am 27 pm 28 pm 50 pm 8 20 pm 9 30 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *39 Sumter to Robbins *24 Sumter to Hartsville *12 Sumter to Florence *11 Florence to Sumter *36 Robbins to Sumter *25 Hartsville to Sumter Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden to Sumter 41 *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter " *68 Camden to Sumter " *71 Sumter to Camden " *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill " *69 Sumter to Camden Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to Leaves 10 00 am " 10 OD am " 3 10 pm Arrives 1 40 pm " 5 25 pm " 7 40 pm Arrives 9 00 am " 12 01 pm " 5 45 pm Leaves 9 45 am " 3 00 pm " 6 36 pm J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. VALEN TINES OF ALL KINDS Big .A. 16 W. Liberty Street.