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WEDNESDAY, JUNE IO, 1903. Toe &a??er Watchman was toundec IQ 1850 and the True Southron in 1866 Tie Watchman and Southron now has ??e combined cireu?atioa and in?uencs &? both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium io Samter. THE WATER WORKS MEETING. A Meeting Held, Bot Rain Prevented Full Attendance. The mass meeting of citizens called hy order of the City Council, for the purpose of considering the question of purchasing the plant and franchise of the Sumter Water Co, was held in the Opera House last night, but the attendance was so small that no action could be taken, the twenty-five cr thir? ty taxpayers presen; taking the posi? tion that they were two few in number to speak for the people of Sumter in respect to so important matter. . The small attendance was due to the state of the weather principally, but the hour fixed for the meeting doubt? less had a good deal to do with the apparent ?ack of interest. Either a Jater or earlier hour would have been more convenient and when another meeting is called it will be well to take this into consideration. The meeting was. called for 7.30 o'clock, and at that hour there were sot more than twenty persons present. ..After waiting until after 8 o'clock . :?or the crowd to gather and for Mayor Stuckey, who was expected to preside over the meeting, to arrive, the meet? ing was organized by electing, Mr. C. Xx. Rowland, chairman, and Mr. S. EL Edmunds secretary. City Clerk and Treasurer Hurst, by direction of City Council, was pre? sent and presented for the considera? tion of the meeting the facts relative $o the contract with the Sumter Water Co. He stated among other "things that the original franchise period has yet nine years to run, at the end of which time the city has the option of purchasing the water sys? tem and franchise at its fair com? mercial value, said value to be deter? mined by arbitration; that in the event of the city failing to exercise this option thexcontract renews itself for another twenty years; that the City Council, in obedience to a pub? lie demand that an effort be made to purchase the water system, had asked the owners to name price for the .immediate purchase and that a sixty .day option had been given on the sys? tem the price being $110,000; that the ..gross income of the water company Stei year was in excess of $8,000, of "wrhoch gum the city paid $3,000 for feydraai -ent ; that the total operating "expenses of the plant was not more whan $2,500 and that the system would not only be self supporting if '.patchased by the city, but would pay .interest on the purchase price and Heave an annual surplus to be applied %to the creation oi a sinking fund for the retirement of the purchase price feonds at maturity.. The system now lias about nine miles of water mains and 77 hydrants; the city has 42 miles of streets and consequently a large Tpart of the city is without fire protec? tion and a majority of property owners .cannot obtain water privilege if they wished to do so. There is an ever in .creasing demand for the extension of che water system to all parts of the city, and if these demands be granted ? the annual water rent the city will have to pay to the Water Co., will be greatly increased. Every extension in jereases the income of the Water Co., and adds to the commercial value of ?the property. Therefore if the city ever intends to purchase the system it should be purchased now while the price is within reach. The question was discussed in an informal way by a number of those present. The sentiment of the meeting seem ed to be in favo:? of the purchase of the system, the only difference of opinion being as to the value of the plant and how it should be deter? mined. The following resolution offered by Mc S. H. Edmunds was adopted and the meeting adjoured : That it is the sense of this meeting ?hat the City Council are requested to maJke all inquiry that may be neces? sary aad call a subsequent meeting of the citizens at an early date. This meeting feels that it is not sufficiently representative to determine so serious .-a question. - Wants a Change of Venue. Columbia, June 9.-Counsel for James H. Tillman have been in con? sultation here for a day or two and to? night Col. Croft announced that an application for a change of venue would be mads. The grounds will be that Tillman cannot get a fair trial in this county, and affidavits will be served on the solicitor next Friday. The Court decides in what county the <cat3e shall be tried in case a motion to change is granted. The Court con .?enes the fourth Monday in June and Judge ^Townsend will preside. The criminal docket is light and will hard Jy coburn? more than half of the first week, in which case the motion will be made and decided abont three days after the Court opens. Weekly Crop Bulletin. The week ending Sa. m., Monday Jane 8th had a mean temperature of about 72 degrees, which is 6 degrees below normal. The winds were light easterly, except high in places, accom? panying thunder storms. There was more than the usual amount of cloudi? ness. The incipient drought was broken in all parts except Georgetown county. The average precipitation for the entire State was 3.25 inches. The fol? lowing excessive amounts were report? ed: Anderson 5.65, Batesburg 3.45, Chester 4.50, Columbia 5.82, Green? ville a 82, Greenwood a 63, Little Mountain 5.12, Longshore 4.87, Pine? wood 8.00, St. Matthews 7.90, State burg 7.32, Sei vern 5.83, Spartanburg 6.37, Sumter 3.63 inches. Owing to interrupted mail communication, re? ports from the extreme western parts of the State are missing. These exces? sive rains did great damage by wash? ing lands, and flooding bottom-lands. All crops are destroyed on bottom lands in the western part of the State by floods. The ground is too wet in all parts to permit cultivation, and fields are becoming foul. On the night of the 1st, damaging hail occur? red in Abbeville, Barnwell, Hampton, Lexington, Newberry, Oconee, Orange burg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter counties, causing the total destruction of hundreds of acres of corn, tobacco and some cotton as well as ruining many acres of uncut oats. The rainfall was of great benefit to crops where it was not excessive and where not ac? companied by*hail, causing a marked improvement in their prospects. Cotton improved in stand, color and growth. Chopping and cultivation made slow progress. Lice have ap pared in a few places. The plants are generaly small, but are healthy. The formation of squares has been noted. Sea-island cotton is thriving. The rains improved corn material? ly, but it needs cultivation and sun? shine. Some being laid by in the southeastern counties. The stands have improved, but worms continue troublesome. Tobacco is still small and is buttoning low, although a num? ber of places report improvement in both conditions. Many acres were totally ruined by hail, especially in Richland county. Rice is growing well in the more southerly districts, but is unsatisfactory in the George? town district The crop as a whole needs sunshine. June sowing under way. Wheat and oats harvest was in? terrupted by rains, while much is in the shock and damaged by the wet weather; Much of that that is uncut was lodged by the heavy rains and high winds. A general improvement is in? dicated in the minor crops, except that the wet weather has caused peaches to rot as they ripen. Local Weather Report. For 24 hours ending 7 p. m., June 9, 1903: Temperature: Maximum, 91; Mini? mum, 70; Mean, 80.1. Precipitation, 0.48. Character of day-Cloudy. Di? rection of wind-West and East. Sun rises, 4.51; sun sets, 7.07. Forecast for 36 hours ending 8 p. m., Thursday, issued from Washing? ton, D. C. : For Sumter and vicinity-Showers tonight and probably Thursday. Sta? tionary temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Generally, unsettled weather with light scattered showers prevails over the whole cotton belt, except the northeastern portion where the weath? er is clear. A general rain over New England has relieved the long existing drought in that region. Heavy rain fall ocurred in east Georgia and Mis? sissippi. The barometric pressure continues below normal over the Southern half of the country, but without any well defined storm forma- : tion. Temperatures about stationary over the whole country, and weather conditons are favorable for the staple crop everywhere except in the Dakotas whera it is too cool. The highest temperature was 90 at Portland, Ore? gon, the lowest 46 at Bismark. F. Prescott-Bullock, Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. - ? i - Rainfall at Stateburg. Stateburg had an unusually heavy fall of rain last week, the total pre? cipitation for the six days from Mon? day to Sunday, being 8.65 inches. On one day of the week the precipita? tion was 2.93 inches. Persons desiring to buy good books or exchange books and magazines for books are referred to the advertise? ment of Mr. T. E. Richardson. Louisville, Ky, June 9.-A passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from New Orleans to Cin? cinnati was wrecked on Muldraugh's Hill, thirty-two miles south of Louis? ville this afternoon. John Keller, of Louisville, the fireman, was so badly scalded that he died here tonight. Thirteen persons were injured. The hammocks being sold by H. G. Osteen & Co., haven't a superior in Sumter, at the price. AFTER THE PIEDMONT FLOOD. Yesterday in Spartanburg and the Vicinity. First Trains and Mai! Since Saturday. Spartanburg, June 9.-The first train that has left Spartanburg for the out? side world since Saturday morning left this afternoon at 5' o'clock for Charlotte. A bridge over the Laurens Fork, two miles north of the city, has been constructed and a train came in from Charlotte at 4.30p. m., return? ing at 5 p. m. Many passengers who had been detained for several days were on the outgoing train. Another means of communication has been established in a tramway at the site of the Tyger River Bridge, on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, where passengers are being transferred. Until this afternoon the people of Spartanburg had not seen any out-of-town newspapers or received any mail since Saturday. The thing of chief interest in con? nection with the disaster now is the relief of those at Clifton who have been deprived of their homes and belongings. The money collected for this relief is in the hands of a committee in Spartanburg, who will use it where it will do the most good. Up to the present the means of distributing aid have not been well organized, as such a state of demora? lization and confusion has prevailed among the people at Clifton that it has been hard to ascertain their exact needs and how to relieve them. Orders have been in the company stores at Clifton to supply pressing needs and charge to the committee. Mr. W. J. Snyder, the Baptist minister; Mr. Putnam, the Methodist minister, and Mr. W. S. Hogan, the school super? intendent, have been rendering much aid in finding out the needs of the peo? ple and ministering to them. The trolley line being down and the Southern Railroad bridge being down between here and Clifton tl?ere has been no means of sending to *M;fton the large amount of clothing and pro? visions collected in Spartanburg. This, though, will be promptly sent out in the morning since the Southern bridge is now up. STILL LOOKIN8G FOR THE DEAD The Clifton people are still wander? ing up and down the river in a dazed condition, looking in an aimless and bewildered way for some signs of their lost ones. It is hard to determine exactly how many have been drowned. Whole families just moved into the town were swallowed up in the cur? rent. Their neighbors knew little about them. Those who live there and knew the location of the houses and the number of inmates make vari? ous estimates of the drowned. These estimates vary from forty-eight to sixty. So far only seven bodies have been recovered. Two were dug up out of the sand today just below the Clif? ton No. 2 Mill. One was identified as Julius Biggerstaff, the principal means of identification being his false teeth. The other was supposed at first to be Jimmie Hall, a lad of 8 or 9 years, whose whole family of seven or eight went'down, but it was after ward said that it was Lawson Waddell. Another body, that of a woman, was found down the Pacolet River in the nieghborhood of Jonesville. This was sent up on the train and carried by Mr. Kennedy, of the Clifton Company, to Converse station this afternoon. The body was so swollen and mangled that no one could identify it, so it was bur? ied in the cemetery unknown. Albert Green, 65 years old, who was rescued from a tree on Saturday morning died this morning. It is supposed that a number of bodies are buried beneath the debris of Mill No. 2, as just above there about a dozen were carried down.. They are supposdto have been washed down against a portion of the mill just before it collapsed. A few of the Clifton people are pre? paring to move away to various mills in South Carolina and North Caro? lina. As soon as trains are running regularly quite a number will move. Several agents are on the ground soliciting them. The Southern Rail? road has offered, to transport any of them free of charge, and certificates of transportation are now being pre? pared under the direction of the Rev. Mr. Snyder. The board of directors of the .Pacolet Manufacturing Company met this aft? ernoon to consider the calamity which has befallen them. A resolution wa9 passed calling for a meeting of the stockholders on July 14, to consider the question of rebuilding Pacolet Mills Nos. 1 a:.id 2. Another resolu? tion was passed authorizing and directing President Montgomery to have repaired and put into operation the No. 3 Mill. This will take about sixty days. As has been stated the contract for the repairing of this mill has been let to Messrs. Cutting & Co. All the directors of the company were present, Messrs. Milliken, of New York, Waring, of Baltimore, and Taylor, of Charleston, having come in. The other directors live here. The Clifton directors have not yet been able to have a meeting owing to the inability of the out-of-town mem? bers to get here. It is only a surmise as to what they will do. Arrangements have been made "by both the Pacolet and the Clifton com? panies with the Clear Water Bleaching and Manufcturing Company to clean and bleach the recovered goods. Tiie Pacolet Company has already recover? ed over 1,000 bales: the Glendale Mills people have recovered about 150 bales. The Clifton Mills lost no1 manufactured goods. Efforts are being '. made by the Clear Water Company's agent, Mr. L. P. Devaughn, now here, to get a special train to take these goods tomorrow to Clear-water via Charlotte and Columbia. I am informed by an engineer, who has just come from Lockhart, that Lockhart escaped absolutely without damage.-News and Courier. HO HORE HELP*" HEEDED. The Mayor of Spartanburg Says that the Relief Funds Already in Hand are Ample. _ j Charlotte, N. C., June 9.-A special i to the Observer from Spartanburg, S. I C., says: Mayor Arch B. Calvert this after- ; noon gave out the following: "The, people of Spartanburg and the suffer- ! ers from the recent floods in this I county have been profoundly touched ! by the generous contributions that have come so promptly from all parts j of the country to relieve distress; among the sufferers from the flood at the mills in this county. These con- i tributions have been so large that" it; is now thought by the relief com- j mittee here that further funds will not be needed." THE FLOOD AROUND ST. LOUIS, j Mississippi Reaches Highest Water Mark Ever Made Officially. St. Louis June 9.-The Mississippi . flood, which began to recede last1 night, after reaching a stage of 37.5 j feet, began a rapid rise today, estab- j lishing the highest official water mark ever recorded in St. Louis. The j rise was rapid after the dawn of day, the water creeping up from 37.1 feet, steadily increasing until at noon the 1 stage had reached 37.7. From that time until tonight the river remained stationary. It is estimated that 8,000 ! refugees have found shelter in St. ! Louis and vicinity, and that 4,000 people are still living in flooded homes j in Granite City, Venice and Madison. [ A supply boat has been outfitted and will make daily trips to relieve suffer? ing. The flood situation in East St. Louis is still critical. Last night it was be? lieved that the flood had been con? quered and work on the levees was stopped, but the additional rise of i today caused work on the levees to be resumed and all business was aban- I doned once more. Lee County Commissioners. The commissioners appointed to effect a settlement between Lee county and the old counties from which Lee was cut off-Sumter, Darlington and j Kershaw-were to have met here yes-1 terday to make the settlement, but ow? ing to the failure of the Darlington county commissioners to attend this meeting but little could be done to? ward making a full adjustment. The comissioners of Sumter-Neill O'Donnell, and C. G. Rowland; of Kershaw-H. G. Carrison and N. A. Bethune; and of Lee-G. F. Parrott, and T. C. Perrin,..were present. The meeting was held in the office of Probate Judge Walsh and the pre? liminaries of the settlement between Sumter and Lee and Kershaw and Lee were discussed. The commission adjourned to meet in Columbia, June Hth. ._ WAK TED. TO SELL-or exchange for Southern Books or Magazines published before 1S6S: Washington Irving's Works, 12 vols. Irving's Life of Washington, 5 vois. Coleridge's Works, 7 vols. Rise and Fall of Confederate Govern? ment, Davis, 2 vols. Memoir of Jefferson Davis, by his wife, 2 vols. Memorial Volume of Jefferson Davis, by J. William Jones. Southern History of the War, Pollard. Manassas to Appomattox, Longstreet. Southern Generals and their Campaigns. Women of the South. Mrs. Ellet's Women of the Revolution. Address T E. RICHARDSON, . P. O. Box 74, Sumter, S. C. GENUINE Imported Peruvian Guano analysing-3.50 percent Ammonia; 3.70 per cent Potash ; 20.25 percent Phos. Acid ; For rushing crops, this fertilizer has no equal. For sale by Harby & Co., Special Agents. June 10-3w. Master's Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of Mark Reynolds against Wade Capers, I .will sell to the highest bidder at public auction at the Court House in the City of Sumter, in said County and State, on sale day in July, 1903, being the sixth day of of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate, to wit : All that parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, Providence township, and State of South : Carolina, containing twenty-five acres, j bounded on the north and east by lands of ! Mrs. Teresa M. Spann, south by the neigh- j borhood road running between this and j L. S. Carson's land, west by land of George [ E. Martin. The said tract of land being i represented on a plat made by W. Loring j Lee, surveyor, dated November 8th, 1900, and being the same tract of land conveyed to Wade Capers by Mrs. Teresa M Spann. Terms of sale, cash ; purchaser to pay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, June 10 Master for Sumter Co. NOTICE. To all and. Singular tne Creditors of i J. S. Trimnal, Deceased. You are hereby required to come in and prove before me at my office in the city of Sumter, in the County of Sumter, in the State f of South Carolina, your claims against the late J. B. Trimnal, on or before the 20th day of June, 1903, or else be for? ever barred of all right to any funds aris? ing in the case of J. D. Trimnal vs. Susan E. Trimnal in her own right and as admin- j istratrix of the Estate of J. B. Trimnal, j deceased, and others. H- FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. June 8, 1903. 2t_ Glenn Springs Mineral Water clears the complexion and softens the skin. Glenn Springs Carbonated Water, gives immediate relief from attacks of Indigestion. ? Ask yonr physician if Glenn Springs Mineral Water is not what yon need. Glenn Springs Mineral Water is a safe and sure cure for kidney troubles. THE STATE OF SOUTH GAROLINA SHUTER COUNTY. Court of Common Pleas. Robert N. Owen, Alfred Owen, Thomas B. Owen, William C. Owen, Nancy J. Owen, John Robert Owen, Eloise Owen, Flor? ence A. Martin, Mary Burnett Maxwell and Hannah Booth, plaintiffs, AGAINST . Margaret Jane Dixon, William H. Owen, Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton, Eliza? beth Johnson (of Great Britain), Luke Blumer Owen, Warren Watson Owen, Ola Owen, Alice Owen and M. Carlisle Owen and all and singular any others who are the heirs at law of John Owen and Hannah Owen, deceased, defend? ants. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. To the defendants above named : You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in the city of Sumter S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint ?within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated, Sumter, S. C., June 1, 1903. And the defendants, Margaret Jans Dixon, William H. Owen, Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton and Elizabeth John? son and all and singular any other he'rs at law of John and Hannah Owen, deceased, are hereby notified that the complaint in the above stated action has this second day of June, 1903, been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of ' Common Pleas for Sumter County, State of South Carolina. MARK REYNOLDS, June 10-6w Plaintiffs' Attorney. This is the opportunity you have been waiting for, and this is the time you need them. We have just effected a settlement with THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. For a case of waists that were due to arrive the early part of February, and which, for some unaccountable reason, known only to the railroad people, were sixty days in transit, and for this reason we declined to accept them, unless at A DISCOUNT OF 33 1=3 PER CENT. Which they finally agreed to accept, and wishing to dispose of them as promptly as possible, we have decided to give all this discount to our customers, which means that you get them at least ten per cent less than the actual cost. The case contains quite an assortment, some sS^^-E Fine Madras and Pique That were intended for early spring trade, but are just the proper thing for those who contemplate a trip to the moun? tains or seashore. There is also a limited quantity of pongees bought to sell at $6. The greater portion of the case, fortu? nately, consists of medium and fine lawns bought to sell from $1 to $3 The offer practically means the selling of $1.00 Waist at 1.50 " " - - 2.00 " " 3.00 5.00 ii ii 67 Cents. $1.00. 1.33. 2.00. 3.33. They will be shown on our centre counters tomorrow, and at these prices a large percentage of them ought to be found next day in the homes of ladies who are seeking the best val? ues ever offered in waists. O'DONNELL & GO. E?rrE LADIES, LOOK THIS OVER ?ss We place on sale for flonday and Friday, these days only 10 pieces corded wash Silks (all Silk), at 25c 50 pieces new colored Lawns, all the best of 10c qualities, for these days, at 7%c. 5 dozen ladies' Corset Covers, all sizes, at 10c. 4 dozen Corset Covers, embroidery trimmed, at 15c. 50 Mosquito Canopies, copper frame, worth $1.10, at 89c. 50 dozen ladies Collars, all styles and sizes, at 8c. Also, 40 rolls new Japanese Mattings, a delayed shipment-the 25c grades-will be sold in any quantity at 19c. Also, the 15c quality for this sale at 10c. The above are on sale Monday and Friday only. Our New Perfection Spring Mosquito Canopies for metal and wood beds have arrived. SCHWARTZ BROS