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. WEDNESDAY, APSJL ?5, 1903. r?*? Suinter iFa:c.i???c.?: was rou noe ia ? >5v'a?>?? sae Iv* ?ourtirc?i io Isfib* Fhe Watchman and Stndhron now has she com hi D cd circulation acd in?uence of both of thc cid paperr, and is ma^i ft^s??y the beot severtisiug ?ediom in Seater. The city of Sumter begins the fiscal year in mach better financial condition than it was a year ago. The floating debt is now about $7,000 less than it was April 1st 1902 and there has been no increase of the bonded debt. This showing is most gratifying and, the City Council is to be congratulated. However, the reduction of the floating debt is not due to economy, or, the "curtailment of expenditures, but tib the largely increased income of the city. The Council is to be commend? ed, not for economy, but for keeping the expenses within the income and paying off a part of the floating debt that had been accumulating for sever? al years. If expenses are kept down this year the* balance of the floating debt can be wiped out and the city will be saved a considerable sum that has heretofore been paid out in inter? est. Then the Council will be in a position to proceed with the improve? ment of the streets, and by systematic work all of the principal streets can L^e macadamized within a few years without resorting to a bond issue (to raise the money needed for this purpose. / J. H. Tillman's lawyers have secured a continuance of his case and he can? not now be brought to trial for the killing of N. G. (ronzales until June. It is within the limits of possibility that he will apply for bail and that his * application will be granted by Judge Xlugh. If he is released from jai li the tidal will probably be con- j tinned long beyond June 1903. Being President of the United States is the greatest graft on record. A private yacht is provided for the Presi? dent's family to go on a junketing . trip and the President goes frolicking in the National Park, -all at the ex? pense of the taxpayera "*Th? Governor has the right, under "'che law, to make an appointment to fill the vacancy in the office of Clerk of 'Court without consulting anyone, but 'Gov. Heyward, desiring to make an "appointment acceptable to the people of Sumter county, sought the advice of the legislative delegation, thus showing a disposition to consult the wishes cf the voters. Why not fol? low the lead of the Governor to its ul? timate conclusion and refer the matter to tho people themselves and permit them to name the Clerk of Court in a primary. . Ti mes haye changed wonderfully. If dispensary constables had raided Mrs. W. L. Treaholm's residence on East Battery, Charleston, ten years ago there would have been a howl cf rage .from one end of the State to the other, and there would have been talk of bloodshed and sudden death until the whole atmosph?re would have g^ry. j Now there is quiet indignaton and ! just censure for a fool constable who should have bad more judgment than ! to raid a lady's residence in search of Chicco's liquor. The politicians are not discussing Tillman as a presidential possibility but some of the Western people think he has a chance of bein4 the Democratic standard bearer. Stranger things have happened in politics. If all the rascals "who are holding office in Washington should be turned out and new men appointed the popu? lation of that city would undergo a tremendous change. GIVE L'S A PRIMARY. Gov. Heyward will refer back to the county delegation the matter of.the selection of a Clerk of Court. He will not dictate to the delegation one way cr the other in reference to the pri? mary asked for by so many voters of the county. He will say to the dele agtion, in effect: "You are on the ground and fully conversant with local conditions and local sentiment, and should be far better prepared to comply with the wishes of a majority of the people than I am, therefore I leave it entirely to you to say whether there shall or shall not be a primary. If you see fit to refuse the petition for a primary and make a recommend? ation on your own responsibility, I will appoint your nominee ; if you see fit to recommmend a primary, I will ap? point the nominee-the choice of a majority of the voters of Sumter county." This information as to the action Gov. Hey ward will take on the pri? mary proposition comes straight from the Governor himself and may be reli? ed upon. The whole responsibility is placed upon the delegation and the ction that they take will be final. Speaking for ourself, and expressing the sentiment of a great many citizens -1- T~ *? - r\->-^<-? ld-T!Ti (WU. I slulting, we heartily favor a primary. I We have reached this conclusion after j mature consideration, and we believe I that the primary is the only safe and : j satisfactory solution of a difficult and ( perplexing situation. A primary will be final and it cannot but be more satisfactory to the candidates and peo? ple alike than a recommendation by the delegation. If the deleagtion goes ahead and makes are commendation, in existing circumstances there is sure to be - great dissatisfaction, no matter which of the three candidates is selected. In the interest of harmony in the party, and to keep down dis? cord and bickering, we say, give us a primary. Weekly Crop Bulletin: Columbia, April 14.-Tfie^week end? ing 8 a. m., Monday, April 13th, had a mean tempreature of about 66 de? grees, which is 4 degrees above normal. The first of the week was cool, the middle and latter portions were very warm. It appears that the frost of the 5th reached to within a few miles of the coast, and that thin ice formed over the northern counties, but .that the damages were slight, and was con? fined to white potatoes and other, 'ten? der garden {ruck. Fruit escaped in? jury. There were quite general rains on the 8th, heavy in the western and northern counties, that delayed farm work materially by mking the ground too wet to plough in the already named divisions, where ploughing was prac? ticable on one or two days only at the close of the week. The rainfall was light over the eas? tern half of the State, and farmwork was scarcely interrupted by it. The week closed with warm, cloudy, threa? tening and showery conditions pre? vailing, that are favorable for growth of vegetation but are unfavorable for the rapid progress of farmwork. Planting operations made favorable progress in the eastern and southeas? tern counties, where they are as far advanced as usual at this season. In the western counties planting is from ten to fifteen days later than usual, with but little corn and no cotton planted. Corn that was planted early is com? ing nj to fair stands, and some is be? ing cultivated. Birds are destroying stands in a few counties. Cotton planting ha.s*hot advanced beyond the central counties, and in places in the eastern counties is being purposely de? layed, awaiting more settled weather, i Oats look well in a few localties only. Generally they have been seriously damaged by grain anhis and by rust. Some fields are rained. Wheat has an unusually rank growth, but in places the plants are turning red, in other localities rust has appeared, both con? ditions tending to mar-its prospects. Rice planting bas made fair progress, except in the Georgetown district, where the lands are still too wet to work. Tobacco plants are plentiful and early. Transplanting is actively un? derway. Some farmers have- almost finished this work. Strawberry ship? ments are being made from all the eastern truck districts. Melon plants are sickly in the Charleston district, i owing to defective seed. Other truck Crops are growing slowly. Bugs have appeared on white potatoes. Pastures afford fine grazing. Fruit prospects appear to be unimpaired, with, how? ever, a few localities that report peach? es sparsely set. The Negro and Education. The Rev. Dr. S. A. Steel, formerly of this city, insists that education bas made the negro worse, and there are others who agree with him. But what proof is there of this? They say that the South has spent a large sum of money in giving the negro education : that the negro race is "increasing in crimina'"'*:y therefore, education has made the negro worse. We cannot accept this conclusion as necessarily logical. Suppose we apply it to the white race also. Suppose we put it his way: Virginia has been spending large sums of money: in educating the whites; there are more white men in the penitentiary than there were ten years ago; therefore, education is making the whites worse. Wouldn't that proposition be brushed aside at once as a nonsequitur? Who shall say that the negroes would not have been worse: that there would not have been a greater increase in criminality in that race had they re? ceived no schooling? Does Dr. St^el believe and does any sensible man be I lieve that the negroes of the present j generation would have been better in morals and better citizens, if they j had been turned adrift in childhood and left to grow up as so many wild brutes, with no training and no in? struction? Nonsense. There are bad negroes and some bad negrees have been to school, but that they are worse because of drilling and discipline they obtained at school is absurd. Let Dr. Steel make some inquiries concerning the negroes that have been sent ont of the high schools of Rich? mond and Lynchburg, or the Normal School at Hampton, and we think he will find that the great majority cf them at least are not only not crim? inals, but that they are amongst the best and most useful of their race. Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Every time a small boy gets run over by a trolley car in this city," says the New York Tribune, 'somefcol sets up the cry of "Lynch him!" and the police^have to be called to pro? tect the motorman from hysterical people wanting to work off their feel insg and rowdies ready to take any ex? cuse for making disorder. " It is about time to circulate r.he 0 o'clock closing agreement. It is an un? derstood thing that all stores shall close at 6 o'clock from May to Septem? ber, but it does no harm to circulate the agreement annually. The city board of education is re? ported to have made a con rac t with Mr. C. C. Wilson, of Columbia, U> pre? pare plans and specifications for tho new school building It is to be boped that the city is protected against the building costing more than $15,COO, the sum available for providing tho "addi? tional school facilities," lot, building and furniture. There is a disposition in some quarters to criticies the board for not advertising for plans for tito new building, before engaging Mg a/ehiiect and making a contract. Jg The News ArcunrJ Pisgah. Pisgah, April IL- These April showers are just the thing to bring up cotton and for the young crops. Sev? eral of my neighbors who planted their smalL grain in cotton and corn land and w.30 used soda and cerealite on it will save a large portion of their crops. Where the oats were grazed off, and kept so until late they are do? ing fairly well. I notice the advanced oats on light land fared the worse, and are about all dead. It is hard to tell what rule to follow in tue future about planting oats as the conditions are so different. Let us hope that some way will be found to stop this wholesale destruction of our main summer crop. In tbe fine contribution to your col? umns sometimes ago, by Hon. Henry T. Abbott of your city, which is high? ly spoken of, but with that modesty for which he is so noted he failed to mention the great industrial and com? mercial progress of the State for the last ten years which is greater than any thirty years before. Charleston's fine reception and magnificient entertainment of Senator Tillman shows that the people there have at last realized that they are a part of tho State and not the whole of it, as they tried to be for years. The just tribute to the Senator shows the good sense of the people to worth and merit. Tillman was right, and Char? leston wrong these many years as the equel shows. No other senator from this State ever discovered or made any effort to get the money due the State from the United States, and his success under difficulties, shows the ability of the man. We hope he will live long to fight for the cause of good government against the fanatics of the North. If the people of the North would look at Sumter, they would see working upon the buildings going up, negro carpenters at good wages. Where is the oppression of these people? Pisgah church has ordered a new communion set. Miiss Alice A. James, who has been visiting her brother's family in Colum? bia, has returned home, to the de? light cf her friends. Mr. Crouch preached a fine sermon Sunday, on the Gospel of Christ. As usual, he handled the sinners with gloves cfc. Easter Elections. At a meeting of the congregtion of the Church of the Holy Comforter, Monday evening the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Wardens-Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, Senior Warden, Mark Reynolds, Ju? nior Warden. Vestrymen.-R. I. Manning, B. G. Gibson, R. L, Cooper, Geo. D. Shore, W. M. Rees, .J. S. Moore and John B. Fishburne. Delegates to Diocesan Council Council meets at Church of the Good Shepherd, Columbia, S. C., May 5th-the following delegates were elected : Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, R. I. Manning, Dr. J. C. Spann, Mark Rey? nolds. - Alternates-B. G. Gibson, R. L. Cooper, W. R. Delgar, Thos. E. Rich? ardson. At this ^meeting the congregation ratified ana' approved the purchase made by the Vestry of the two lots on Main and Calhoun Streets, one mea? suring 150x218 the other 70x218. Easter Services at the Episcopal Church. Easter as is the invariable custom of the Episcopal Church was observed with every mark of reverence and ex? altation. The high and holy f?stival received emphasis through every act of its* sacred ritual. Every prayer each vocal note would tend to crown the Risen Jesus Lord of all. The building consecrated to the worship of God received new beauty, by being robed in a vestment of flowers. These fragrant offerings of our gardens which had received from the hand of God their exquisite coloring and whose tints no humane art could rival mutely and symbolically1 testified by their .presence to*the life of Him to Whose Divine authorship they owed their own Easter tide. The grouping of these flowers was most natural the various shades seem? ed to blend in unstudied beauty. Though through it all may be detected the touch of woman's hand as she fashioned these garlands to the Glory of her Risen Saviour as only the ten? der heart of woman could suggest. The music was singularly fine. We do not believe sweeter strains here ever filled that temple of the living God. The voices which contributed to this sweet anthem of praise com posed entirely the regular choir. The sermon by the Rector Rev. H. H. Covington was a masterly de? monstration as to the tremendous fact of the resurrection. His text was a part of the 18th verse, 10th Chapter of St. John-"and I have power to take it again." He handled his subject with much ability. The congregation was a very full one. In the afternoon, at the same church, there was a celebration by the Sunday School. The exercises of which were most interesting. In a large recepta? cle, representing an egg, the children by classes deposited their Lenten offer- j ings. It was a tender and inspiring J spectacle to see these lambs laying at j tlie feet of the Great Chief Shepherd their offerings to aid in spreading be- j j fore all the world the gospel of Him, ! i who, on that day, rose from the dead, j ! The oat louse is continuing its rav- j j ages with unabated vigor and some of . ! the most conservative farmers in the I county estimate that three-fourths of i the small grain crop in Sumter county j has been destroyed. The less will he j ? heavy, but what is more important ! than the loss of the crop this year is j ' that the farmers will be deterred from ? planting small grain next year. The j appearance of the oat louse and tho ? . destruction of the oat crop this year : ; is a calamity to this section of the ? State, the effects of which will be felt ? for years. Judge of Probate vValsh has taken charge of the office of the Clerk of | Court, as the law provides he shall in the event of the death or disability of the Clerk of Court. This is the third j time that Col. Walsh as Judge of ! Probate has had to assume charge of the Clerk's office, three clerks. W. ll. Cuttino, J. D. Graham and Shepard Nash having died in office. .Game Cock Lodge has not abandon \ ed the idea of building a Castle Hall. - ,i"<yr,>Trii"rnf-r-i ?Maa--M?-MBMW? - xcxurrsauurssz \ APPOINTMENT OF CLERK ?'iO? MADE. - Legislative Delegation Meets Eind Refers Reqmst fnr Primary to Governor. ! ; Senator Manning the Chairman of ; the Sumter County Legislative dele ? gation, received Monday morning a \ letter from Gov. Hey ward requesting j that the delegation meet no later than ? Tuesday and make a recommendation, j at once, of a suitable man for appoint ? ment as Clerk of Court for the unex? pired term. In compliance with this request the delegation was called to? gether Monday and the matter was dis? cussed, hut no recommendation was made. The result of the meeting as given out by the delegation was as fol? lows: "The petition asking for a primary election has been received by the dele? gation. This petition has been refer? red to the Governor to whom the law gives full power to, make the appoint? ment." Sumter's Clerk of Court. Columbia, April ll.-Official notice has been received by Governor Hey? ward of the death of Clerk of Court Nash, of Sumter County. He prompt? ly commnnicaced with Senator Man? ning that it was his desire to have a recommendation from the Sumter delegation as to filling the vacancy, and he expressd the desire to have the place filled as soon as possible and hoped for an early recommendation on the part of the delegation. This is on the line of the expressed policy of the Governor in county appointments. Candidates for Clerk. The candidates for the appointment as Clerk of Court, for the unexpired term, to succeed the late Shepard Nash announced themselves Thursday and began active work at once. There are three"candidates in the race: Mr. L. I. Parrott, now deputy Clerk, Mr. H. L. Scarborough, the retiring county treasurer, and Mr. H.. L. B. Wells, Magistrate. Each of them had a petition in cir? culation for signature by the voters of the county. These petitions were presented to Governor Heyward, who will make the appointment: but as is tho custom, the matter was refer? red to the county Legislative delega? tion and upon the recommendation of the delegation the appointment will be made unless a primarv shall be held. COUNTY BOARD MEETING. Contract for Index of Deed and Mortgage Books Awarded- New Road to Black River to Be Built. The Board of County Commission? ers was in session Friday for several hours. The accustomed amount of strictlv routine business was disposed of. The following matters of general in? terest were taken up and acted upon. Bids for making a general index from the records of the office of the Clerk of Court of the conveyances of real estate and mortgages for the yeras 1886 to 1901 were opened. The bids were as followsh I. C. Strauss, SI, OOO. C. L. Cuttino, 81,000. H. L. B. Wells, $300, printed and bound index $925. Horace Harby, Jr., $930 county to furnish all stationery. B. D. Wilson, $900. Thos. E. Richardson, three (3) cents per sheet, one entry to be made on sheet : stieets to be made suitable for filing or binding. ' The contract was awarded to B. D. Wilson. The bond of II. H. Smith who was appointed cotton weigher to succeed S. Y. Delgar, resigned, was approved. The appointment was made on the recommendation of City Council. The petition of land owners that a new public road be opened from the end of Graham's boulevard, in the suburbs of the city, to a point at or near the present western terminus of the new road across Black River, was granted, and the Supervisor was directed to have the road surveyed. The new road will shorten the dis? tance from this city to Shiloh full five miles, it * is claimed. The proposed route will require the construction of j 8 or 9 miles of roadway. Easter Services at the Methodist Church. At the First Methodist Church the usual decorations had been made under the tasty direction of Mrs. L. B. Durant, Mrs. C. C. Reynolds and Mrs. C. L. Stubbs with a corps of young ladies who rendered assisitance. The floral display was beautiful. The chancel, railing, the gallery, the arches over the pulpit and windows were gracefully wreathed in smilax. Just in front of the speakers' plat? form a pyramid of potted plants, calla lilies, ferns and palms, in living green and lovely blooms, made the central and most conspicuous figure. To right and left were smaller pyramids of equal beauty, while here and there, where space permitted and artistic taste suggested, were placed vases of flowers and geraniums. The choir railing presented a hand? some appearance with trailing vines on white background. Notwithstanding the threatening clouds and occasional showers a large congregation was in attendance. Rev. Jones the pastor preached a thought? ful and highly practical sermon from Mark xvi, 3: ''Who shall roll us away tho stone from tLe door of the sepul? chre." Music appropriate to the occasion was effectively rendered by the choir, accompanied by tho talented organist. Miss Irma Smith. .??i ?: .?.<?- ? nj.nw - Important Contract Given Mr. J. F. Jenkins. Formerly of Sumter. The contract for installing the entire sanitary system in the old Gov. Man? ning mansion has been awarded Mr. J. F. Jenkins of Camden, formerly of Sumter, and as this contract runs up into the thousands, Mr. Jenkins is cer? tainly to be congratulated. As our readers doubtless know this magnificent old home place ar.vi estate was recent? ly bought by northern sportsmen for the purpose of stocking with game, and using as a general private winter resort. It is one of the most historical landmarks in the State. .?. - . c.".. _- V 'V.^ii . -\-?v...,.'..;.-v<.', MR. LUDLOW IS HERE. j Surysy For Sewerage System Wi;i bo Started rnonday. iMr. J. L. Ludlow, of Winston-Salem i N. C., the well-known sanitary en?i j neer who made the plans and superin? tended the installation of the sewerage systems in Columbia, S partan burg and Anderson in this State and in a number of cities in North Carolina and other states was here for the purpose of ! making a survey for a sewerage system for Sumter. When the survey is com? pleted he will make an estimate on tho j cost of the system and submit to j Council and outline of a scheme of sewerage suitable to the needs of toe city. The sarvey, which will require several weeks, will be commenced on Monday morning and will be completed at the earliest pcssible date. . Mr. Ludlow drove over the city and I out to Green Swamp and Turkey I Creek in company with the committee of Council and board of health this morning for the purpose of getting a general idea of the lay of the land be? fore beginning the actual survey. The city was' covered pretty thoroughly during the drive and Mr. Ludlow was enabled to obtain a fairly accurate conception of the nature of the task he has before him. He says that, owing to the fact that the town is so level and the absence of any great fall from the town to Green Swamp or Turkey Creek, and also to the fact that the natural drainage of the town is j divided between the two streams, it is j a somewhat difficult proposition to design a sewerage system that will meet all the needs of the town in a satisfactory manner. He does not re? gard the undertaking, however, as mi practicable, nor does he believe that the expense of putting in a com? plete system will be very great. There will be no deep excavating necessary and the" character of the soil is such that the work can be done at the minimum cost. Exactly what the cost will be cannot be deter? mined even approximately until the survey has been made and the system mapped out. But when this shall have been done, Mr. Ludlow will be 'able to submit to Council an estimate that will give the cost of the system and such other information as will place Council in position to act intel? ligently on the proposition. Festival at Bethel. There will be an oyster supper and ice cream festival at Bethel school house, Privateer, on Friday evening, April I7th, for thc benefit of the church. The entertainment will be ! ur/Jer the direction of the young | ladies of the neighborhood, and it is sure to be a pleasant occasion. The I public is invited to attend. The. fire department was called out at 1.30 o'clock Friday by an incipient fire on the roof of Mr. C. F. McFad? den's kitchen. The blaze was quickly extinguished and but little damage was done. FOR SALE. . _ ! A SAW il ILL out?t. guaranteed ia good j condition, capacity '?0,000 feet per day. i Apply co * VV. E. BK?NSON, April b-'2z Salter. S. C. i WANTED. -A man to soli Sewing ila i chines. A No. 1 com ?viet to right kind of I a man to ?lari on, with good chancss for ! promotion. Experience not uece-sary. ; Call on or address THE SIXGEB M'F'G. Co., Main Street. Columbia. S. C. j March 18 -4t. v I 1 . WANTED.-Respectable jcung wemen j to learn elgar making. ?G to ?8 per j weck can be made in two months time, i Eudorsed by the ministers .cf Charleston, i Board secured for girls from the country. kXiBZCAS CIGAE Co., Charleston. S. C. March ll-6t. Your Easter Suit. Let us show you our line of clothing. It will pay jon to get our prices before purchasing. The same kinds we have always sold you. J, H TT KBFR6 ? SONS, The latest in fine stationery just re? ceived and placed on sale at H. G. Osteen & Co's book store. We are giving away absolutely without cost to you the Celebrated B?lterick Patterns We want you better acquainted with our spring and summer stocks. During the coming week we will give with every dress purchased at our store from ?Oc a yard up, your choice of any Butterick Pattern positively without cost to you. 7e are offering Special Values in every Department Yours, J.