The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 03, 1904, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1904.
The Sumter Watchman was founded in
1850 and the True Southron in 1886. The
Watchman and Southron now bas the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
the old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
S?OBM SBFFEBEB?sli??S
Dr. Claytor Makes an Appeal for
Further Relief of Farmers in
Lower Richland.
To the Editor of The State.;
. The State, as usual to the rescue, is
timely in its remarks in the issue of
'the 23th instant relative to the need
of. relief for the sufferers from the
storm thai swept a part of lower Rich?
land.
In responso to several articles written
by reliable gentlemen of the storm
stricken area and kindly published by
.The State, a few.'people and communi?
ties have;gj.ven liberally of clothing
and money. But the hearts of the
many have not been reached or the
suffering would not remain so acute.
Why is this? For the heart of the
South Carolinian is proverbially warm
and sympathetic and in casss of known
suffering they usually respond liberally
\ and freely. I think I can expia: a the
apparent apathy in the matter.
In case of a great disaster, as by
Sood, fire or wind, the daily papers
senB their representatives to the scene
at once, the Associated Press takes
a hand and each individual case of
suffering is noted and published to the
world. The suffering then appears in
a tangible form, tiae sympathies of
the people are appealed to more
strongly, because of the immediate
and terribie distress depicted so graphi?
cally by reporters and others in its
midst
Noto the disaster at Pucolet and
vicinity during the last summer. Be?
sides government aid in the shape of j
tents and provisions, the hearts of our
own people opsned wide and money
went to the rescue so freely that it
might well oe compared to the floods
that wrought the awful calamity.
Now as to lower Richland and the
scene of the disaster in question. On
morning of June 1, 1903, the
?ropa, mostly worked by tenants,
were beautiful, well worked a??d grow?
ing well;j ;Thak night, just after dark,
there came a storm, accompanied by a
feign wind and such a downpour of
"hail as tbe^pjeople never h?d known.
The win4:bie;w down barns, killing
6ne person, wounding several others,
aiid killing a number of work animals.
The hail stripped bark from the trees
and destroyed every vestige of the crop
over an area of not less than 75 square
miles. These people did not ask for
aid then? they were not in need, for
the merchants and land owners had
promised to supply them through the
summer and so they di?l. There was a
chance at even so late a date to re?
plant and make part of a crop. So
these-, poor people, uncomplaining, put
their shoulders to the w^eel and
planted a second time. The rain con?
tinued and grass grew apace, so the
cotton conld not be cultivated. The
fields became so boggy that a mule
could not go in them. Even yet, .he
fall having arrived, some still hoped
to make something, until the frost in
October. Tha? blighted ali hopes and
scarcely a tenth of a crop was harvest?
ed. No cora; or-other food stuff but
grass.
To add to all this trouble, sickness
has been more general than ever
known before, due rn part to the ex?
cessively wet season and to the lack of
proper food and raiment. Even now
many of the old negroes ..re very weak
and debilitated from the latter cause,
hence cannot perform any labor, and
so become a burden rather than a help
to their families.
The land owners and merchants have
been very liberal, in most cases taking
only a part of the poor crop made.
The land owners are dependent for
their living on the income from the
land and most of them are in debt.
Hence their inability to relieve to a
great extent the suffering of the
negroes. Many negroes in this section
own lands themselves but have to
mortgage them to get supplies to work
their crops. - These.- mortagges could
not be paid, so they have nothing to
fall back on this year and many have
no money with which co pay their
taxes.
The physicians have practices among
these people and furnished much
medicine without hope of recom?
pense, but they cannot afford to
furnish gratis the large amount of
expensive preparations needed by
many. If February and March can
be tided over I think the immediate
distress will be: relieved. Right now
they need food, clothing and some
medicine. I believe, as Dr. Ray has
stated, that there 1 is enough cast off
clothing in- Columbia to relievo all of
suffering from ri cold. -. Fortunately,
natare has blessed us with an abund
& nee of wood.
O?fc^atb of * tfcoamoant of money
that went to Wa??M- and vicinity
weai? give estire * relief, I think
the suffering here is equally as great,
except as to the loss of life. Dr. Ray,
who lives at Congaree, in the eastern
section of the storm-stricken area will
wisely distribute any money or cloth?
ing placed id his hands. He has
already indicated where it might be
sent.
The writer lives in the western sec?
tion of the same area and will use
every care in placing money or cloth?
ing where it is most needed. Either
can be sent as before requested in tiiis
paper: To B. E. Miot, druggist,
Columbia or to The State office. And
I have no doubt the Southern Express
company, with its usual liberality in
such cases will bring anything free
to me at this place.
Hubert Claytor, M. D.,
Hopkins, Jan. 29, 1904.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Election Treating Discussed in the
Senate but no Action Taken.
' Columbia, Feb. 2.-In the senate
today a long debate was held on the
"treating" at elections bill. The
bill provides that one who offers a
drink within three miles of a voting
precinct shall be liable to punishment.
There waas a long debate on Senator
Raysor's motion to make the words
read "in the immediate vicinity."
The bill had a majority unfavorable
and a minority favorable report. The j
test vote was made when Senator
Hay moved to adopt the majority re?
port. This was defeated by a vote of
19 to 10, and that shows about the
sentiment of the senate on the bill.
After a great deal of debate further
consideration on the bill was adjourn?
ed until tomorrow at ll o'clock. The
senate also adopted thc bill which
makes the salaries of the chief justice
and justices of the supreme court 83, -
OOO. This is the same salary as circuit
judges receive. The bill to pay the
travelling expenses of circuit judges
received an unfavorable report which
was adopted.
Senator Marshall offered an amend?
ment to tho medical bill which would
include homoeopaths and osteopathists
in its regulations. The bill has not
been considered yet by the senate.
The house met this morning and
new bills were introduced. Several
matters came over from i;he senate.
Forty-five bills were on the calendar
for a third reading, and these were
sent to the other side of the capitol
without contest.
The four bills, relating to an in- i
crease in the State's revenue, which !
were prepared by the tax commission,
were made special orders for tomor?
row. This was done after a long ver?
bal tangle. By a vote of 45 to 53 the
house refused to strike out the enact?
ing words.
. Mr. L.anham's bill to amend the act
requiring electric street railway com?
panies to affix vestibules to their cars,
so as to include Charleston county in j
its provisions, was vigorously urged
by its author, after which Mr. Wba
ley, who had moved tc strike out the
enacting words, withdrew his motion,
and the bili was ordered to its third
reading.
Mr. Pollock's amendment to change
the commutation law from IS to 50 to
21 to 50 caused the usual wrangles and
discussions that attend any effort to
bring about a change in the require?
ments cf thc law as it now exists.
Capt. Ivy M. Mauldin, of Pickens
has declined the position of trustee of
Clemson Collee to 'which he was re?
cently elected by the Legislature, giv?
ing for his reason for declining that
he did not care to displace Hon. J. E.
Tindal on the board, that gentleman
having in the past rendered valuable
service to the college, and feeiing sure
that Mr. Tindal would have been re?
elected had the members of the Legis?
lature been informed that his term
had expired.
The roof of one of the large brick
warehouses of the Independent Oil
Mill cf Marion, S. C., was crushed by
the weight of snow and sleet on Sun?
day. When the roof gave' way more
than 100 feet cf the side wall fell out.
Tlie damage to the building and cotton
seed amounted to several thousand
dollars.
""NOTICE^"
Dr. C. P. Osteen has removed his
office to No. IS West Liberty street,
over Osteen'? Book Store.
Jan :5o--lw
Wcrniii,
All na?ious save iii-1 worshipers ?if.
Buddha oat the flesh of animals. Even
(ho lowest and mos! disgusting to eye
and palate liinl a home where they are
welcomed. Worms and inserts must
furnish food and grace the tables not
only of tiie poor.'but of tho rich. Think
of tho gourmet who praises tho luscious
wocdsnipe, and still moro tho black
mass from the inside that he carefully
places on his ?oast and eats willi a
feeiing akin lo v?n?ration! Ile is eat?
ing the worms that live in the snipe's
intestines, of equal value is the fa?
mous palm worm of the West Indies,
which forms one of the best dishes of
luxurious dinners. Its near relation,
the grugru worm of Java, is said to be
richer still and more delicate. Xor do
costly silkworms escape the fate of all
that is eatable. Freed from their co
cooi:s and daintily dressed they are
highly prized and largely swallowed
by the people of Madagascar.
Richland Sufferers.
Attention is directed to a letter from
Dr. Clayton that appears in today'
issue relative to the destitute condi?
tion of the sufferers in thc south?
eastern part of Richland county.
There is much in what Dr. Clayton
says concerning the unfortunate condi?
tion of thdse whose lot it is to suffer,
not from a dramatic disaster, but in
I the silence of that suffering that with
no display but no less surely wears
one's life away.
At a meeting of Game Cock Lodge
K. of P. on Monday evening this mat?
ter was brought to the attention of the
Lodge and it was determined then to
make a systemtic effort to raise some
money for those who are so destitute
and whose appeal for aid is so pitiable.
A committee has been appointed and
this afternoon this committee will
begin its work. Amounts from one
cent to one dollar will be received. It
is the purpose of the committee that
this aid shall come generally from
Sumter's citizenship and that not just
a few shall bear this burden. While
the charity committee of Game Cock
Lodge has not yet subscribed any
amount, it is confidently believed
that ten dollars will be received from
this source. Sumter always does its
duty and it will do it in this instance.
Dark Corner Correspondence.
Manchester's Dark Coroner, Feb.
1.-News is scarce. Ice, mud, burning
woods, eating and doing nothing is
the go now.
? I wanted to go to the Black River
Union at Bethel Church last Friday,
but was prevented by the bad weather.
I had a tramp of seven miles in it last
Thursday which proved most too much
for me.
Farmers have done but little as yet,
as it has been so cold.
I was in your city on the 19th nit.,
at the meeting of the Confederate vet?
erans. It was surely a fine time for us
old vets to hear the strains of Dixie,
Maryland My. Maryland, and the Bon?
nie Blue Flag. But then, Mr. Editor,
it made me think of those old days,
when I left Sumter on the 24th day of
October, 1861. and offthose that left
there with me. I saw but one of the
15 or 20 that left with me to join Cnl
peper's Company on that day and it
made me ask myself the question,
"Where are Josh Moses, Press McCoy,
Wm. A. P. Davis, John G. W. Hodge,
Charles Cole, Sib Opry, Bill Nettles,
Dave Lide, Charles Bass'and old Cap?
tain Joe B. White (and his faithful
old servant, Daniel Tuck, as we boys
called him)?" All gone over the si?
lent river. Those others, I do not
know whether they are dead or not
Wm. H. McRoy, John W. Newman,
Henry J. Lowry and Elihu J. Hodge.
Old man Bill Lackey and 1 are the
only ones that left together on that
day that were present at the meeting
on the 19th ult. A few more rising
and setting suns and we will all be
gene.
I was also in your city on Saturday,
the 23d ult., and found it (mud) ali
over town. I had the pleasure of din?
ing with my old friend, Mr. Geo. W.
Hancock, that day, and met Capt. J.
M. Ross and son, and was glad to
meet them.
I have just heard of the death of
Mrs. L. A. Graham, of Pinewood.
She was a Miss Barwick, daughter of
Mr. James M. Barwick, cf Pinewood,
and sister to your ex-policeman, de?
ceased, Charles P. Barwick.
I have heard a great complaint
about the railroad crossings, as they
have taken up the plank and now one
has to jump th 9 vehicles over the
rails, which is a great strain on the
wheels, etc. Some think the legisla?
ture should pass a law to make the
dirt reads on a level with the railroads
rails; but so much for this time from
Sidra.
Critic*.
A parly of compositors and printers
from the country, up for a day's out?
ing in London, visit the National gal?
lery and pause in front of Turner's
"Ulysses."
Foreman (to his companions, both
lost in admiration)-It's marvelous!
All done by hand too!
Second C*<>mi?ositor and Printer (en?
thusiastically) - Why. it's every bit as
good a*: col ?!. printing!-Punch.
Horn Diplomat.
The famons portrait painter threw*
j down his brushes with a sigh.
"What is the matter?" asked his
1 elderly blossom of a customi/.
"It's no use!" he cried. "1 cm never
j reproduce your loveliness."1-Cincinnati
! Commercial Tribune.
One of IiiJl \y<-"x .Joke*.
When P.iii Nye one day happened on
the modest sign of M::j<"' Pord. tue
lecturer manager, in :i window of the
Everett House, in New York, he sak.
to ?a friend who accompanied him:
"Here's the man that incites the lec?
turers. Let's go in and see if we can't
induce him to lend a bener lifo." En
tering. Nyc removed Iiis hat and ran
his hand over the hairless expanse of
i his bead and after staring about for
; a moment said. "This ls Major Pond,
i I believe." "Yes. sir. What can 1 ?lo
j for you?" answered the major. "1 want
I to get a job on the plat form." returned
? Nye. "Ah, yes." said the major slowly,
j "Have you had experien.eeV" "Weil.
. I've been before the public for a couple
of years." "Yes? May 1 ask in what
capacity?" "I've been with Hammil
Sat concealed in the bottom of a cab
inet and exhibited my head as ihr
largest ostrich egg in captivity."
Pisgah New3 Notes.
Pisgah, Jan. 1.-The rongh weather
for the last few days has knocked farm
work into a pi. We have the inxnry
of plenty of the best of wood and
lightwood to make fires and the only
cost is to cut and han! it. The luxury
of a nice fire on a cold day can only
be enjoyed by those who have ex?
perienced it. We can sympathize
witt those who have to stint their
weed these cold days. If the roads
were better Sumter would get more
wood, aud the price would be more in
the reach of all.
Farm labor is scarce. Some of my
neighbors who have five horses have
only one hand. Very few have enough
to run their plows. The agents from
Florida and elsewhere have drained
the country of the best hands. "The
forty acres and a mule" argument
is worked fer all it is worth but on a
different key. Fine houses to live in
at 10c. per month rent. Two and
three dollars a day:-.for little work,
has proved the winning card. When?
ever the negro ?dewelopes proper citi?
zenship the South will accord, as it
has always done, all the rights that
his station requires. When these peo?
ple no North and commit crimes they
are more roughly used than here.
They will find that the South is the
best place to live in, and the whites
their best friends.
Mr. Peter Hawkins, one of tho
oldest men of this section lies very
low. At this time there seems to be
no hope- of his recovery. There aro
no new cases of fever in this section,
and I hope it is ended. With ^ the ex?
ception of tbe usual colds and coughs
for this time of the year we are
healthy.
Possibly no mau in public life ever
had as many petitions against retain?
ing his seat in the U. S. Senate as
Reed Smoot, the Mormon Senator from
Utah, and rightly so for no man who
believes in Mormonism should be a
law maker for this nation.
The remarks of your Hagood corres?
pondent in reference to Mr. C. S.
Baker, are fully endorsed here. He
was a modest man m his church,
liberal in all benevolent work. The
writer of this never appealed to him
in vain for money to carry ou church,
or denominational work. He was a
good neighbor, a friend to all. He
leaves a large family to mourn his loss.
His church and neighbors deeply re?
gret his passing away. His funeral
services were conducted by Rev. J. J.
Myers in the absence of the pastor.
Comparative Statement of the Bank of
Sumter.
Sumter, S. C., Feb. 2, 1904.
Jany. 2. Feb. 2.
Cash on hand and
in Banks 8121.796 $157,476
Loans 242.773 275,540
Deposits 267,463 331,275
Profits 20,100 25,450
W. F. Rhame, Cashier.
Feb. 3.-lt.
COTTON MARKET.
Yesterday cotton sold on the local
market for 16% but the big slump in
the future market has had a depress?
ing effect on the spot market and to?
day only 15;i4 is being paid cn this
market for middling cotton.
Weather Forecast.
FEBRUARY 3, 1904.
For South Carolina : Fair and
colder tonight, with freezing tempera?
ture. Thursday fair.
C. S. Kingsmore,
Local Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
Received today another shipment of
"Pitt." the most popular game on tho
market. Osteen's Book Store.
LOST-Two Cows-one butt-head,
white and red, other solid red, with
horns, has scars from shipping.
Liberal reward. Address J. L. Beach,
Sumter, S. C._Feb. 3-2t.
WANTED-Faithful person to travel
for well established house in a few
counties, calling on retail merchants
and agents. Local territory. Salary
$20.00 per week with expenses addi?
tional, all payable in cash each week.
Money for expenses advanced. Position
permanent. Business successful and
rushing. Standard House, 330 Dear?
born street, Chicago. Nov. 1]
FOR RENT-One storehouse, with
three room dwelling attached, with
necessary out buildings, for five
months. Three and one half miles
from Sumter in the fork of Providence
and Stateburg roads. For terms applv
to R. M. Edens, Sumter, S. C.
July 29-tf._
FOR SALE-Sewing Machine in
good condition. Apply at Watchman
and Southron Office. Setp. 30-2t.
/CAN WE"TNTER
_. IN A
HEGE IMPROVED LOG-BEAM
SAW MILL?!
WITH THE
HE ACOCK-KING VARIABLE FEED WORKS,
IT CAN'T BE BEAT.
Writf "The Machinery People" for prices
W. H. GIBBES (El CO.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
ENGINES. BOILERS. COTTON SINS.
THE GIBBES PORTABLE SHINGLE MACHINE
Should not delay in attending
BIG SALE.
While it will last throughout this
month, you ought to come and get
some of the many big values before
the stock is picked over. We must *
sell at least $15,000 worth of goods
during this sale to make room for
j Spring Goods.
Yours for trade,
BECK BROTHERS.
W. A. BOWMAN, Prest G. W. BQSHAMER, Sec. X Treas. -
The Sumter Banking
& Mercantile Company,
Sumter, S. C.
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j
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