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ra? S USITEE WATCHMAN. Established April, IS 50? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Establiahod June. IS6< Cosolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24, 1903. New Series-Vol. XXII. No. 47 %- flniininiiMiiniMiii!BCfl^^ WBMMBMPIOW?I-B- - un ? - .--_ Five Dollnr?1HAVE 0NLY 0NE HUNDRED 0F THESE nACH,NEs But while they last they will go for Five Dollars each, six records to go with every ma? chine. This is the genuine Columbia Graphophone, and every record bears the Columbia trade ^|f|fe mark, as well as the machine itself, which is of the latest design. Do you work hardball ^lTgr?t^? through the hot summer days ? A little recreation and amusement in the evenings will cheer P?p you up and make happiness in the family circle. As you are not to enjoy a thousand years' so ?l""t[MI|M^ journ in this land of flowers you may as well pick up a few lines of pleasure in passing, espe ?P^P cially when the cost does not exceed the five dollar mark. I am not living ten thousand miles ^Bligi I " away from you, and have the goods for sale, open for your inspection ; come and see them. T. B. JBNKIIlSrS, Jr. WITH SIX R*C3f ?S Selling New Home Sewing flachines, Columbia and Cleveland ? " Bicycles, and a high-class line of Sporting Goods. --BT IXT. O, Osteen, SUMTER, S. 0, $1 50 per an a am-in advance. Ose Square first insertion...?1 00 Kvery stsbeeqaeot insertion..... .. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wili oe made at reduced rates. ~\j Ail com.sasnica.WGS which anbserve private interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. ?HJJ?i SEES NEGRO'S FINISH. Tfee Fifteenth Amendment Repeal is ?aeviia?te Some Day, He Declares. Tbe Augusta Herald, of Saturday has the following : "I hace not-seen the interviews with Congressman Hardwick on his bill to repeal the fourteenth and fifteenth anaendiseots and don't know just what it is, but 1 do -know that jost snch a thing is inevitable. . The negro is coming down to his proper status.'7 It was tims.that Senator B. R. Tillman spoke last night w hile waiting in Angosta to take a train to Louisi? ana, where he is going to lecture at a chatauqua. The Senator says he will be away on this trip of lectures for about te&?ays, after which he will return to him home in South Carolina. ?"There is nothing going on in na? tional polities inst now except the usual dress parade of Roosevelt," he ^ said and in reply to the question of , how long he thought these dress parades womld last : "Oh, that's geing to keep up just as long as Roosevelt is President." Speaking of the coming convention and the outlook for President timber in the Democratic party Senator Tili? ntas said that be had never seen the country so barren of material to work upon as it is at this time. He spoke of Parker and Gorman but said he could not tell which, rf either, wonld be the man for the place. He said they would both be mentioned in the con? vention and one of them may be chosen, but he could not say which it would likely be. He did not know enough of the standing of either to say what their relative strength is, but thinks tbat Parker has the advant? age of having no record behind him , except that of a judge. Continuing along the line of the Hardwick bill that is to be presented at the next session of Congress Sena? tor Ullman said : "About tbe only thing that is at? tracting much comment in national political circles now is that Ohio plat? form, and it has not gene far enough for us to see whether ii is to be a local or a nationl measure," He explained that this platform is a measure that seeks to allow the ne? gro, to govern where he is in the majority or else to cut down the repre? sentation of tlie white man, and is of the opinion that if it is made a na? tional affair it will undoubtedly be brought up at the convention and met by the Democratic party. "If this is to bea national rather than a local issue it will mean the re? organization of the old ante-bellam days. I mean if the red shirts make this what that would mean it -will be then a question of this is white man's country and be must rub the government, majority or no majority. I don't mean that it will be a condi? tion of affairs like those of the days of the sixties. Then it was a ques? tion of slavery but now it will be ques? tion simply of the negro or the white man. Senator Tillman says the matter of repealing the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments is certainly inevitable and is a question only of time. He thinks that for the Ohio platform be pushed upon the people of tl ie coun? try, asking for the guarantee of the provisions of these amendments would merely bring the matter to a crisis sooner. "We are waiting for them to play their cards or show their hand, so we will know what move to make, " he said. Speaking of condition in South Carolina, the Senator said : "The thing that is most interesting over there now is a few days sunshine. I have just come down from Clem? son and through the upper part of the State to Columbia and I must say that I never saw the crops in such a bad condition. The grass has taken everything. Why-, the country is woolly with grass. The lowland crops have all been washed away and will have to be replanted. "No there is nothing going on in politics here now, you know this is an off year. The only thing going on that I know of is with the Governor. You know he is shooting a few tigers now. Every time he sees one he shoots him down." Senator Tillman looks the picture of health, and while his conversation shows that he is as much as ever in? terested in the affairs of the American government, he seems more taken up just at this time with the condition of farm lands in his own State. The fact that he is not himself a man of a gloomy disposition, rather being in? clined to be an optimist than a pessi? mist, when he makes the statement that the crop conditions of the Palmetto State are worse than he has ever seen them before, it would in? dicate at once that there is time for some concern. Marvels sf Corn Culture. Thousands of practical instances could be gi^ven to show the value of improved varieties, of corn, says the Cosmopolitan. tor instance, one Southern Illinois farmer, more pro? gressive than the Test, was induced to secure enough improved seed to plant 300 acres as a result of his study of corn in the Illinois College of Agri? culture. These 300 acres outyielded all of the other fields on his farm more than thirty bushels per acre and, so far as could be determined, the fields of that estire .section yielded about thirty bushels per acre. This increase of yield meant a total gain of about 9,000 bushels, which represented a cash value of about $4,000 that season. ?s this i necease did not represent an increased cost <flf production, the gain was pure profit. In another case a farmer in Central Illinois became in? terested ia improved seed corn through the -school of corn judging in the Illinois Agricultural College. He secured enough seed, grown by a corn breeder, to plamt weighty acres. As a result he raised almost twenty-five bushels more per ?acre of this field than where the on?i*sa?ry seed was planted. ta Earnest Then. "I have aotieed,'r' said the off-hand ' philosopher according to Judge, "that a woman will get a golf dress when she has no intention to play ?golf." "That's so," agreed the man with the incandescent whiskers. "And," continued the off-hand philosopher, "she will .get a ball gown when she cares nothing about dancing, and a tennis dress when she wouldn't play tennis for fear she will freckle, and a bathing suit when she has no thought of going into the water, and a riding habit when the very thought of climbing on a horse gi^es her the chills, and-" "Yes," interrupted the man with the incandescent whiskers: "but when she gets a wedding dress ehe means business. Ever notice that?" All persons conversant with the his? tory of North Carolina knew fchat Ten? nessee once formed a part of that state and that it was ceded to the federal government by our state for the pur? pose of forming a new state. The ces? sion was made in 1790 and the state of Tennessee was formed in 1706. But how many people know that in the deed of cession, which the federal wavernment accepted and of course, gos bound by the condition and limita? tions which it contained, there was a stipulation that the government of the United States should never interfere with the system of slavery then exist? ing in that territory? Is not the federal government liable to the owners under this contract for the value of every Tennessee negro emancipated.-Wil? mington Messenger. A Serious Mistake. E. C. DeWitt & Co. is the name of the firm who make the genuine Witch Hazel Salve. Dewitt's is the Witch Hazel Sai ve that heals without leaving a scar. It is a serious mis ake to use any other. DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve cures blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles, burns, bruises, eczema and all skin diseases. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. LEE COUNTY'S COURT HOUSE. The Proposed Sale of the Opera House Building Causes Discus? sion. The people of Lee county are some? what exercised over a proposition to seU the Bishopville Opera House, which was donated to the county by the town for use as a court house. The question has become an issue of importance in Lee county and is generally discussed throughout the county by taxpayers. The Granges which are strong in point of membership in Lee county ? have taken up the matter and have adopted resolutions condemning the proposed sale. In the last issue of the Bishopville Vindicator the following article, and resolutions in reference to the pro? posed sale appeared : My Dear Grand Jury : Your proposi? tion to sell the court huose has been duly considered and we have decided a compliance with same would be un? wise and unprofitable. It seems just and fair that we should complain over the absence of reasons for making such a proposition. It is customary with pub? lic officials in all civilized lands to accompany all propositions with rea? sons and argument bearing on the subject matter. Now, why yon have seen fit to transcend an established custom we know not. lt may have been your lack of confidence in us or it might have been that you held us in contempt. However, we do not propose to act on jour suggestion and submit the following reasons for not doing so; 1st, The cost of building the court house when material and labor was much lower in price tl?an at present was $.7,000. 2nd, That the present worth of the bare land on which the court house stands is $1,500. 3rd, Commercially this point will steadily increase in importance throughout the whole of the next ten years, hence the continous enhance? ment of present values andas our court property is as advantageously situated as any property in the village, we deem $500 per annum a reasonable amount to expect from enhancement. 4th, That the stores underneath the court house will rent for ?650 next year. 5th, That for shows etc., the hall of the court house will yield an annual income of at least $150, 6th, That the court house will seat a great? er number andmore comfortably than the Sumter court house. 7th, That the Jury rooms are as commodious and comfortable ?S the Sumter jury rooms. 8th, That the purchasers wit? charge us quite a heavy rent for the use of the court house when we use it' to have court in. 9th, That a five year contract has been executed for offices for ali of the county officials. 9th, That for the five years our income from the renting of the property would be for Hali .$150 per annum, total $750: from the stores $650 annually would amount to $3250. The enhancement of $500 a year would amount to $2500, all of which added to the present worth of the court house which has been shown to be $115?0 would amount -to $18000. Now, if we deduct the cost for the five years of the offices which will amount to $3000 we would be worth at the expiration of five years the sum of $15000. 10th, That if we sell now, we can but presume that the proceeds of such sale will be de? posited in some bank without interest, and as now no move can possibly be made, to build a court house within the next five years, necessarily we would have to rent the property f ronrthe puchasors to hold court ia, at, we dare say, an annual rental of not tess than $300 and tbat added to the annual rent of the offices of $600 would be for the five years, five times gK)0 or $4?00 which amount deducted from the proceeds of the sale would leave us with ?5500 on hand as against the alternation of holding possession of the property of $15,000 showing a clear gain or a clear loss of $9500. Up to date it is universally conceded that a great many injuries and foolish things have been done in Lee county. Now when this proposed sale is con? summated we will be in the street without shelter and the climax will be capped. Lee County. RESOLUTIONS. Adopted by Wayside Grange : Resolved, That we think it very unbusinesslike to sell our court house at present. R. K. Huggins, Secretary. Adopted by Cedar Creek Grange: Whereas, we feel that the interest of the country is ignored in all large transactions; and whereas, a move? ment is on foot to force a sale of our court house; and, whereas, such a sale would leave the county without shelter; and, whereas the present Court House is sufficient for all pur? poses, Therefore be it resolved, That we enter our protest againts making such sale of said property, at the present time. J. E. Davis, Secretary Pro Tem. Tomato Culture in the South. By Guy E. Mitchell. The place where tomato culture can be said to have attained its highest degree of perfection is Crystal Springs, Miss., and the methods em? ployed by the growers of that section can be advantageously followed by every gardener, if not commercial grower. The unusual feature of the system consists in pruning the plants, and the plan has been followed by the writer in his home garden since 1895, when he learned of it tn the Florida winter tomato section. Coincident with the appearance of the third leaf of a young, tomato plant will come a sucker or branch ; and as the plant grows, additional. suckers will appear in the axil of each leaf until a vigorous plant will have twenty or more branches, the larger ones having branches of their own, and the whole plant spreading over an area of ten or twelve square feet. Such a. plant of course requires an immense amount of soil nutrition and moisture to support its foliage. The Crystal Springs planters set their to? matoes somewhat nearer than do or? dinary growers-as close as three by three and one-half feet-and when the first sucker is two inches long it is pinched out, as are likewise all suck? ers appearing thereafter. Before the plant begins to fall, light pine stakes are driven in the ground and the plants tied to them with ordinary white cotton strings. The tomato is then trained up this stake, requiring three or four tyings, until it reaches the top, four feet from the ' ground. Then the bud is pinched out. This gives a plant with about twelve or fourteen great leaves, four times the size of the oridnary tomato leaf, and five ?r six clusters of magnificent, per feet fruit. The patch now looks like a diminutive orchard loaded with fruit. Bushels of ripe tomatoes are in j plain -sight as the eye wanders over the field. Under this method there is no daoger of tomatoes rotting or mil- j dewing; they ripen seven or eight days earlier than if the plants are left to their own devices or stalked in the ordinary way, and it is practicable to get through the rows at any time and keep down objectionable weeds, and perhaps the most important, the ' plants having a comparatively small leaf surface for transpiration do not require so much moisture to mature their frort. If a somewhat bushier plant is de? sired, the vine can be trained to two instead of to a single stemm.-Scien? tific American. John Brownfield Resentenced. Special to The State. Georgetown, June IC-John Brown? field, who three years ago killed Deputy Tas Collector Jas. C. Scurry while in the discharge of his duty, was today resentenced by Judge Ernest Gary and will be hanged on Friday, June 26. That Throbbing Headache j Would quickly leave yon, if j ou used j DT. King's New Life Pills. Thonsands of j suffers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They ! make pure blood and build up jour health. Only 25 cents, money back if not cured. Sold by J. F. W. DeLonne, Druggist. * Indianapolis, Ind, June 12.-In the Circuit Court today Col. Russell B. Harrison, as trustees for his children, won the suit brought by him against Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow of Ex-President Harrison, and the Union Trust Company, as executor under the will of Benjamin Harrison. Judge Allen ordered the property sold and the proceeds of distributed among the heirs. Driven to Desperation. Living at an out of the way place, re mote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in case of accident, resulting in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in a supply of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the best on earth. 25c, at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. COMPRESSED COTTON. Alleged That Railroads Have Been Discriminating. Washington, June 16.- The Plant? ers' Compress company, with princi? pal offices in Boston, in complaint filed with the interstate commerce com? mission, makes a series of charges of unjust discrimination against com? press cotton in railroad tariffs. In a complaint against the Central of Georgia et aL, it alleges an unlawful practice of issuing and crediting ex? pense bill, which, it says, is at least unlawful if extended so that such ex? pense bills are credited on any other than the cotton originally shipped thereunder. The complaint says that such practice allows rates different from those published. The commis? sion also is asked to stop the substitu? tion of otheror different cottonon any through bill of lading when the cotton originally shipped thereunder has been stopped for compressing or any other purpose. The company complains that the practice of the j Southern and other roads, called by i them "equaliztion of export rate," is i illegal and constitutes a rebate or ! shrinkage from the regular published rates in the case of such exported cot ? ton. A complaint against the Mis? souri, Kansas and Texas et aL alleges that the so-called "back hauling" of cotton and other alleged practices are unawful. It asks the commission to adjudge the defendant roads guilty of unjust discrimination, of unlawfully charging less for a longer haul than for a shorter one, of violation of the law in hauling uncompressed cotton from the stations north of Muskogee south to South McAlester and then north again through those States at the rate of 65 cents per 100 pounds, and of similar violations in all simi? lar cases of back hauling at other points on their lines. The commission is asked to declare that the practice of exacting the uncompressed cotton freight rate from shippers of com? pressed cotton is unlawful. LOWEST ON RECORD. The Temperature Minimums for June in the South. Washington, June 16.-The weather bureau's weekly crop report is in part as follows: The week ending June 15 was ab? normally cool in nearly all districts east of the Eocky mountains, the minimum temperatures from the 10th to the 13th throughout the central valleys and southern States being the lowest of record for the second decade of June, and heavy frosts were of general occurence in the upper Mis? souri valley with light frosts as far south as Tenenssee. Under these condtions the growth of vegetation has been slow. Corn is unusually late and has made very slow growth under the low tem erpatures of the past week. In the middle and south Atlantic States the crop rs much in need of cultivation, and in the southern States is largely laid by. Cotton continues very backward, having made slow growth under ab? normally low temperatures. Chop? ping lias made favorable progress tnroughout the belt, but cultivation is not well advanced except in portions of the central districts. Rains have been beneficial in Texas where fair stands of early planted are now indi? cated, but cut worms are proving in? jurious in north central and boll weevil continue destructive in south central counties. All reports respecting tobacco indi? cate that this crop has made favora? ble progress and that transplanting is now finished, except in the more northerly sections and on some bot? tom lands in Virginia and Ohio. Startling Evidence. Fresh testimony in great quantity is constantly coming in, declaring Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds to be unequaled. A recent ex? pression from T. J. McFarland, Ben tor ville, Va., serves as example. He writes : "I had Bronchitis for three years and doc? tored all the time without being benefited. Then I be^an taking Dr. King's New Dis? covery, and a few bottles wholly cured me." Equally effective in caring all Lung and Throat troubles. Consumption, Pneu? monia and Grip. Guaranteed by j. F. W. DeLorme, Drsggist Trial bottles free, regular sizes 50c, and $1.00. CELEBRATING MURDER WITH TE DEUMS. Servians Hold High Religious Ser? vice io Commemorate Assas? sination of Alexander. Highest Church Dignitary Praises Army Officers who Planned and Executed Assassinations. Belgrade, Servia, June 16.-A dep^ utation of the two chambers composed of four Senators and twenty Deputies, headed by the Presidents of the two houses, left Belgrade by special train last night to inform King Peter of his election to the throne. The officers who have been appointed to attend the King went on the same train. The deputation is expected to return here with the King on Monday or Tuesday next. The chamber met at 10 o'clock this - morning and adjourned for the pur ponse of going to the Cathedral, where a great thanksgiving service, including a ''Te Deum," was cele? brated. The ministers attended the service,. which was carried ont with alf the stately ceremonial of the Greek Church. The Cathedral presented a picturesque scene. The aged Metro? politan; in goregous vestments of pur^ pie and cloth of gold and with jewel? led mitre, was snrrounded by the Bish> ops and priests of the Cathedral chap* ter. Half the congregation was com? posed of army officers in full uniform. The ministers wore dress snits and all their orders. The Metropolitan, in a brief address, congratulated the na* tion on the restoration of the Karageor gevitch dynasty, a dynasty which had included so many brave and noble men. While deploring the necessity for re? cent events, he thanked the army for what it had done and praised its be? havior. The officers audibly expres?ed their pleasure at these remarks from the prelate, who concluded with invok? ing a blessing on King Peter and ex? pressing the hope that under him Ser? via would enjoy peace and prosperity, The town is perfectly calm and quiet is apparently assured. Guns boomed frequently in honor of King Peter, the church bells rang' merrily, and, simultaneously, along: the nain street, marched a funeral procession. Accompanied by ali the panoply of the Greek Church, a regi? ment of soldiers, with its band, was= carrying to the grave the remains of a young lieutenant, to whom had been accorded the title of the "army's hero," a title which was gained as follows: The commandant of a division en? camped in the environs of Belgrade was surprised in the palace by the conspirators on tho night of the as? sassinations and managed to escape. He found a mounted orderly, took his horse and galloped to the encampment of his division to summon some of the regiments to the assistance of the King. Just before reaching the camp, the lieutenant who was buried today overtook the commandant and in the sanguinary fight which ensued, the commandant was killed and the lieu? tenant was mortally wounded. He died yesterday. A Brutal Murder. . Charlotte N. C., June 17.-Informa? tion from the mountain section of Ashe County is to the effect that Levi Barker was murdered and his father, Alfred Barker, fatally injured by Crack Davis, who also mortally wounded Mrs. Davis, his wife, when she endeavored to save Barker's life. The Barkers were travellers from Vir? ginia and had stopped at Davis's house for the night. In the middle of the night he attacked them ? i th an axe with the result as stated. No motive is known and it is believed that Davis is insane. Worst of all Experiences. 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