WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1903.
f he Sunder Watenman was roueaec
2 3 1850 and the TVve Southron in I860,
i ie ?Fa&?i?a?< and Sovtkron now has
th5 combined circulation and influence
?vf ?>ofch of the old papers, and is inani
f<: Stly the best advertising medium io
Seater.
If Gov. Heyward undertakes to pre?
pare an address for every commence?
ment he has been invited to attend he
will have to work overtime for the
next few weeks.
The salt trust has been knocked out
in California after a hard fight in the
courts. Now can't something be done
to knock out the Standard Oil mono?
poly?
If the. farmers of this county want a
Farmers Institute this summer, it
will be necessary for them to send a
request to President Mell of Clemson
College,' signed by not less than fif?
teen farmers, that an institute be held
here. These institues are beneficial in
many resp 3c ts to ' ie fanning interests
of the counties in which they are held
and we would be glad to see one held
/ in Sumter county each year.
I The corner in May cotton engineered
by the Wall Street speculators came at
the right time to induce the cotton
growers to plant a big cotton crop,
and by raising hope of high prices
this fall to cause them ;o bend every
.effort to produce the .'largest cotton
crop on record, even though this be
accomplished at the sacrifice and ne?
glect of other crops.
Russia holds possession of Manchuria
and possession is nine points in law,
particularly when the application is
to territory of a weaker nation, Mr.
Hay and the representatives of other
jsowers may continue to write notes of
polite inquiry respecting Russia's in?
tentions as to Manchuria, and Russia's
replies will been qually as polite, but
the grip of the Bear on Manchuria will
Jiot be relaxed. ?
Following the release of Mrs. Plume
Hall, the Florence county murderess,
from the penitentiary there have been
covert charges and insinuations that
there are> gross abuses in the treat?
ment of women prisoners in that in
. stitution. If there is ground for
^these insinuations, if the female
^prisoners are mistreated, if they are
not given the protection to which they
are enticed, ^searching and fearless
investigation should be made im?
mediately and those responsible for
these abases should be punished with
the ntmost severity.
The prospect of a fight between the
Hanna and Roosevelt wings of the Re?
publican party is arousing great hope
in the hearts of the Democrats who al?
ways predict Democratic success as a
.result of Republican dissensions. It
is a futile hope, for the Republicans
seldom if ever permit party strife to
interfere with the party success. They
always manage to get together before
election day and work together against
the Democrats. Only Democrats carry
party differences to the polls and as?
sist their antagonists to defeat their
own party.
The city of Sumter should hold up
on macearaizing the business streets
until a definite conclusion is readied
as to the sewerage system. In the
meanwhile there is a work of equal or
greater importance that can be prose?
cuted vigorously with great advantage.
We refer to . the improvement cf the
suburban ends of the streets leading ?
into the country. Supervisor Seale is j
building clay and sand reads up to
the city limits and will continue the
work systematically on tbc:-:e main
travelled roads. It is ci the first
importance that the city take up this
work at the city limits ano continue the
good roads into thc business sections
of town. What advantage is it to have
good reads leading up to the city limits
if there are heavy sand beds a half
mile in length left within the city? A
road is no better than its worst section
and ten miles of good road outside the
city is of no benefit if a half mile sand
bed is permitted to remain unimproved
within the city.
Farmers Institutes.
By authority of the Board of Trustees
of Clemson College, Local Institutes
will be held in such counties as send
requests, signed by fifteen farmers,
before the fifteenth of June, to J. S.
Newman, Director of Farmers Insti?
tutes, Clemson College, S. C. The
p3titicners will name the places at
which instifntes are desired and the
dates will be arranged by the college
authorities. The State Institute will
be held at Clemson College commenc?
ing Monday evening, August 10th and
closing Friday evening, August 14th.
Darlington county has a Scarborough
for Sheriff and so has Sumter ; Dar?
lington has a Parrott for Clerk of
Court and so has Sumter. The Dar?
lington Scarborough is an uncle of
the Sumter Sheriff, and the Darling?
ton Parrott is a brother of the Clerk
of Court of Sumter.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Columbia, May 12.-The week end
j ing 8am., Monday, May 11th, had
mean temperature of about 65 degrees,
which is between 5 degrees and 6 de?
grees below normal. The temperature
! for the season since April 1st to date
has been below normal. There were a
few comparatively warm days early in
tlie week, followed by steady low tem?
peratures and fresh easterly winds,
that had a detrimental effect on crop
growth, and made germination slow.
This condition prevailed over the
whole State. There was an excess of
cloudiness that had a harmful ten?
dency.
The rainfall at the close of the pre?
vious week and the beginning of this
one, covered practically the entire
State, but with small localities where
ih was light, or absent, and with hail
over a wide extent of country reach?
ing from Anderson county along the
Savannah river to Barnwell, and with
the western limits on a line from Lex?
ington to Lancaster, thence extending
eastward almost to the coast, and into
the extreme northeastern counties.
The hail was heaviest, and most de?
structive, in portions of Edgefield,
Florence, Darlington, Lancaster,
Chesterfield and Marlboro counties,
although quite heavy in a few other
counties. ? In the counties named,
whole fields of tobacco and cotton were
destroyed, as well as much fruit,
necessitating extensive replating of the
two first named crops. Rainy condi?
tions prevailed over the eastern coun?
ties on the 8th and 9th, with heavy
rainfall along the coast where it was
most needed, but none over the wes?
tern counties on these dates, where the
need of rain is indicated to soften clay
lands that have become hard and break
up cloddy under the plow.
Corn planting is finished, except on
bottom land, and much is up to fairly
good stands, but is growing slowly,
and looks sickly. Birds and worms
continue damaging especially on bot?
tom lands, and a great deal of replant?
ing is being done. Much corn has re?
ceived its first, and some its second
cultivation.
There is an improvement in the
stand of cotton, as late plantings are
coming up better than early ones;
much of the latter was replanted and
this is now coming up to fairly good
stands. Planting is nearing comple?
tion. Some fields have been chopped.
Cotton is growing slowly and looks
sickly from the effects of the easterly,
cold winds.
Tobacco has fair stands, but con?
tinues small. Transplanting is finish?
ed, and relpanting generally finished.
While oats continue poor, and will not
make even a fair crop, there is gener?
al improvementjin^condition, especially
where the rainfall was heaviest. Oats
are in full head, and ripening in the
eastern counties, but the heads are not
filling well. Wheat continues poor,
owing to rust and hessian flies. Some
fields of grain have been plowed under
and planted to other crops. Fruit
continues promising, although there
are numerous reports of dropping. The
commercial crop of peaches will be
an average one, from present indica-.
tions. Rice is doing poorly. Melons
need warmer weather. Upland pas?
tures are failing in the western coun?
ties. Gardens are doing well Truck?
ers are shipping beans, white potatoes
and large quantities of berries. The
western counties need rain, and the
whole State warmer weather.
Local Weather Report.
For 24 hours ending 9 a. m., May
13. 1903:
Temperature: Maximum, 79; Mini?
mum, 61; Mean, 70. Precipitation,
0.02. Character of day-Cloudy. Di- !
rection of wind-East.
Sun rises, 5.03; sun sets, 6.50.
Forecast for 36 hours ending 8 p.
m., Thursday issued from Washing?
ton, D. C. :
For Sumter and vicinity-Rain to?
night and Thursday. Stationary tem?
perature.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A storm central .in the lower Mis?
sissippi valley this morning, caused
rainy and showery weather over the
cotton belt, except the northern por?
tions from Texas eastward to the
Atlantic. The rain fall was heavy at
many points in the central portion of
the belt with amounts ranging _from
one to over 2 inches. There were also
moderately heavy rains in the lower
Missouri valley. New England, the
lake regions and generally west of the
Mississipi have clear weather, while
it is raining in the lower Mississippi
valley, Florida and along the south
Atlantic Coast. Temperatures re?
mained nearly stationary over the en?
tire country during the past 24 hours.
The highest temperature was 86 at
El Paso, the lowest was 32 at Bismark.
F. Prescott-Bullock.
Local Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
Pinewood,T S. C, May ll, 1903. ?
Mr. T. B. Jenkin?, Jr., Sumter, S. C.,
Dear Sir: My pet Greyhound arrived
this morning in fine condition. Please
allow me to thank you again for this
splendid gift, a silent and swift grey?
hound that can run so lightly all day
long without moving out of its tracks.
Remarkable indeed ! Thank you !
Yours truly,
Janie Revill.
HAGOOD NEWS NOTES.
Crop Prospects-Picnics-School Clos
ing and Other Matters.
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I Hagood, May 12.-Af ter an extended
trip through several counties I am
: prepared to say that the present
prospect for a crop in Sumter is the
best I have seen. Up to date we have
been comparatively free from floods of
rain and hail storms. I have been
where the hail lay on the ground
twenty-four hours and saw oat fields,
where I was told the oats were waist
high, with only stubble a half foot
high. Of course cotton in those sec?
tions had to be planted over.
For one or another cause the acre?
age of cotton that has been ploughed
up is greater this year than any other
we have ever known and this is not
confined to any one section of the
State. The stands of corn are gener?
ally fair bu: it is not looking well.
Speaking of oats, Mr. E. E. Rembert
has one hundred and four acres that
will catch one under the arm pits. He
says he would not take forty bushels
per acre for them.
There will be a school picnic at
New Hope Baptist Church on May
23. Dr. C. C. Brown will be present
and deliver an address. Can't you
come? I invite you.
The Stateburg School gave a picnic
last Saturday at Dinkins Mill, the
writer was not present. The pleasure
of the occasion was somewhat inter- I
fered with by the rain.
The Rev. S. H. Booth, the popular
pastor of Rembert Circuit has been in
attendance upon the sessions of the
Epworth League Conference which |
convened in Charleston. He expresses
himself as well pleased every way.
Most of the country schools have
closed. Some of them do not run more
than four or five months. It does seem
that they could do better. The schools
in Rafting Creek township have an
eight m jnths session this year.
What is the Educational Commis?
sion, about which we read and hear
so much, doing?
When does the State Normal Insti?
tute for teachers open? I suppose it
will be held at Rock Hill? And the
county institute ; what about it? Who
will conduct it? Mr. Edmunds I hope.
Mr. Garner Sanders, a worthy Con?
federate veteran, is still postmaster at
Hagood. He did long hard service
faithfully and well, and deserves to
be remembered by the Daughters of
the Confederacy.
That was a most shocking crime
perpetrated in Lee county the other
day. Kelley rode his man, wounded
to death, down and while he begged
for mercy emptied both barrels of his
gun and then his pistol into him. It
is hard to imagine how one conld ever
bring himself to the commital of such
deeds. Creech, on the advice of Mr.
Little, was on his way to Bishopville
when shot by Kelley. The latter a few
days ^before, while trading baggies
.with him had threatened him if he
did not go back, so I heard. The
deed helped no body but hurried one
man into eternity without a moment's
preparation. Hagood.
Sunday School Picnic.
The Magnolia Street Church Sunday
School, having been invited by the
Bethel and Mayesville schools to join
them in a Sunday School picnic at Os
wego; all members of the Magnolia
Street Sunday School and any of their
friends who wish to join them in a
day of pleasure and recreation, will
meet at the A. C. L. passenger depot,
promptly at 10 o'clock a. m., Satur?
day the 16th inst. The fare for the
round trip will be for adults 21c. for
children Ile Eeturn leaving Oswego
at T'o'clok p. m. All are expected to
take a basket. \
Mayesville Dispensary Closed.
The Mayesville dispensary was closed
several days ago by order of the coun?
ty board of control and Dispenser Best
removed as a result of the filing of
charges of drunkenness against the
dispenser. The charges were found
true on investigation, and the dispen?
sary will continue closed until another
dispenser files bis bond. Mr. George
P. McKagen has been recommended for
the position by citizens of Mayesville,
and as soon as he can secure his bond
he will be appointed.
The General Assembly of the Presby?
terian Church, U. S. A. (the North?
ern Branch of the Presbyterians)
which meets in Los Angeles, California
on May 21st will be attended by the
following members of that denomina?
tion; from this county: Rev. 1. D.
Davis, delegate from Fairfield Presby?
tery, Rev. Metts, delegate from Mc?
Clelland Presbytery, and R. H. Rich?
ardson, of Wedgefield, who goes as lay
delegate from Fairfield Presbytery.
They left on yesterday morning.
The town of Bishopville has voted
to give a franchise to a company to
furnish the town with electric lights
for a period of thirty years. The
town is to take twenty or more arc
lights at an annual rental of 890 each.
Experience has taught other towns
that the giving of such franchises is a
very unwise and unbusiness-like pro?
ceeding. If the people of Bishopville
give away a few more franchises on
similar terms they will wish some
day in the near future that they had
held on to the franchises and given
the town to the corporations.
Summer Sale.
We will sell at prices that will convice you
that we only wa?t a living from our business,
hut want all that are in need of Furniture to
have it. We have the goods, but not the room,
and must sell. Our sales of the past show that
our prices are right, and now that we have cut
prices on all goods for cash, it will pay you to
see us early. We will be pleased to quote
prices to merchants in small towns who handle
Furniture as a side line, and will make it to
their interest to give us their orders.
We lead-others follow.
Yours for business,
7
No. 10 Liberty St., (Next to Postoffice,) Sumter, S. C.
April 22-it
White Stone Lithia Springs.
The best Lithia Water in America, the largest
and most modern brick hotel in the Carolinas
or Georgia, the coolest resort in the State.
All modern improvements, electric car line
from Southern Ry. to Hotel. Well shaded,
pleasant grounds, scenery equal to the moun?
tains, and all amusements found at first class
watering places. Come to White Stone Lithia
Springs for health or pleasure.
Read what the noted Dr. L C. Stephens, who stands at the
head of the profession in South Carolina, and who was presi?
dent of the State Medical Association, also president of the
Medical Board of Examiners of South Carolina, until he re?
signed to move to Greenville, says :
Greenville, S C , October 10, 1902.
After a service of one season at White Stone Lithia Springs,
as resident physician, I do not hesitate to say that the effect of
the water upon those who drink it for any length of time, has
been perfectly marvelous Invariably an increase both in flesh
and appetite was perceptible in one week, proving it to be a
mineral water of undoubted powerful tonic property. Its pe?
culiar adaptability to diseases originating from disorders of the
kidneys, bladder and liver, such as dropsy, Bright's disease,
diabetes and*uric acid calculi, and all forms of dyspepsia, rheu?
matism and gout, is to be expected from the splendid analysis.
It has been noted frequently that: visitors before coming here
had to follow every meal with some form of corrective, or con?
fine themselves entirely to predigested foods ; soon discarded <
these entirely, being delighted to find that the water alone
nature's own remedy-sufficed.
Of the many who drank this water this season for ten days
consecutively, not one but experienced decided benefit and a \
perceptible gain in weight, varying from two to five pounds.
L. C. STEPHENS, M. D
Columbia, S. C., October I, 1902.
Mr. J. T. Harris, White Stone Springs, S. C.
Dear Sir : Your favor of the 8th ult. was duly received.
In reply thereto I would say that it affords me much pleasure
to add our words of commendation to your springs and all its
surroundings. Our visit there last August was highly enjoyed
and greatly appreciated by us all. We derived much benefit
from the use of the water, and we can say without hesitation,
that we have never used any mineral water with greater bene?
fits. The actionn of this water on both kidneys and liver was
very marked and beneficial.
We are also pleased to add our commendation to your hotel,
and ail of its surrroundiags We found the building all that
could be expected, and fully up to your representation. The
table was well kept and afforded us entire satisfaction. We would
without hesitation commend it most favorably to any one seek?
ing a mineral water of this character ; and we trust that you
will enjoy a future of great prosperity for this enterprise so well
started ; and which deserves the patronage of our people.
Yours very truly, W. A. CLARK,
President Carolina S. Bank.
For rates and particulars, adddress
WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER CO.,
May IS y White Stone Springs, S. CL
ARE YOU INTERESTD?
Read the following, perhaps
you are :
About 20 patterns of wash Silks, 4 yards to
the pattern, worth $2, special for the pat?
tern, $1.48.
Five pieces of wool Challies which we desire
to close out ; they cost a great deal more than
we ask for them ; very special price, 19c yard.
Two pieces Mercerized Damask, 72 inches
wide ; must be seen to be appreciated ; worth
85c. We bought them at a special price and
offer them to you the same way. 69c per yard.
Twenty dozen Turkish Bath Towels, 25 inches
wide, 48 inches long, with fringe, 52 inches
long ; you are your own enemy if you don't
take advantage of the price, 21c.
Colgate's Guest Room Soap, considered by
many the best ever-a cake, 10c.
Children's bleached ribbed summer vests
as long as the lot lasts, 5c.
The above are cash inducers, con=
sequent?y not to be charged.