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WATCHMAN, BMBkM C?cx>U?Uted Aug. 2.18? ui me TOTHOf. HM4TOR TOLLMAN WRITES A i tmSATCMIIf O LKTTKK. Catuansia. May It.?The .ug of Um Winthrop authorities have hevrag with Rock Hill local heard over the propoeltlon to | to Winthrop what U known I "high school property." just the treat from Winthrop* and th has been the subject of more acrimonious discussion in MIQ for several months has1 forth a characteristically vlg lenieV from Senator Tinman to a seessb<>r of the Winthrop board of erwMese wan has local connections. The tetter has not been given out lev pablteatton. hut those who hsvs seem ft % say It Is full of "flre snd hf Inset lie i.** that the senator says In M that If the feel Acht that Is being satiate Jtceh H1U en President John se? to that matter Is not at%nce stop. Sad e>s seneW win get his friends | taangfusy and Induce the legislature to | isfswa te M BU tho tts.ooo tt ?awe .far Ihe setsbllshment of Wis? te that town sad remove the to a aWre congenial and ap etty, aad turn the present *ph\af late a State asylum that the need for a eepa 4or Mache )m becoming t dally any thia letter was written?be as a result of ft, hewever.^s toagesMy af the Moeh MUl scheel hoard Has eased te sell the property In te the eollege at something tteJswS. which Is nearly three tt sold tor a tow years I ajax and Is.sO more than Win threp afisred toe It at the beginning The property, valuable, sad Is llke r* fwhy worth the price named la the exa*,' the rew Is not yigttlSstiV that this psspmlj eeaaet he need tor ether tamsi hash school psjrposai. Friends -? et to>sthi?i> hew ever, regard the as psaedeaWy closed, believ that the tejunetlou #m not be Tie object of the Wtntrop manage ssent to ef make aa Ideal model school ef Sato property, on which nearly ? lee,apt all told Is to be expended, the toiUlillcn affording true tui Sk>s to peeple In Roch Hill and v* ?aal result of the controversy w? he Waich? J with Seen Interest tbroejwoul the State. la ereor to offset the argument In ef letting the property go to members of the local scheel cedes here tost winter and got S sueesel act passed, la the form of - an ashsndmsat to another local bill, providing for a special election In Roch MUl to authorise an ad dtttoeel tax levy with which to op? erate the school, the biggest property holders la the town are backing this more. One of the Kock Hill local papers bitterly attacked the members of the local board blocking the deal, ac? cusing them of Impeding progress for seinen purposes. The two members of the beard who have been opposing Wlnthjop moot vigorously own prac? tically all the property contiguous to the present Winthrop grounds, and having flacked President Johnson at the rear ef the college with s cotton mill snd cotton mill villages, they are accused of presenting him with the alternative of buying their property for his model school or going without. On the other hand thoee supporting these members of the lo<*al, board say they have been acting for the best Interests of the town of Rock Hill, and that their efforts to continue a school for boys In the community hsvs been prompted solely by pa? triotic motives. The farmer should be a specialist. This requires preparation. Eduea tloa counts for as much as experience In the preparation for profitable farming. Two years of special school work is more valuable than SO or 26 years ef the ordinary farm experi? ence. Young farmers should get hots the school training and the ex* perteuee.?Prof. K. C. Davis. Why let life be made miserable by awful headaches, constipation, bad blood, uleggish liver, sallow gator, when Holllster e Rocky Mountain Tea makes new life, health and strength. That's what It's done for millions. 35 cts.. tea or tablets. Slberts Drug Store. shed April, ISM. . 'Be Just ai I. 8U? PROSPEROUS AND PROGRESSIVE, s School Entertainment at Sunny Hide and Observations on a Thriv? ing Community?The Need of the SuratvT and Bniloh Railroad. Goodwill. May 23.?Sunny Side school, near Pudding Swamp, oc the Bamter and Clarendon line, closed the season's work with a basket pic? nic yesterday. This is one of the communities that knows how to help Itself. Pour years ago the patrons | whose children were too small to' ssnd to the established schools in each county, went to work to secure a school in their midst; each man pulled off his coat and with his own hands helped to erect the neat and oomfortable house. Theyf were for? tunate in securing Miss Bertha Broad I way for teacher. Under her inspira? tion they have a school library, neat? ly cased; a cabinet organ, and she has taught the children tb sing by note. Patent desks comfortably seat the children, pictures adorn the walls, and there Is the air of earnest work that will not be satisfied with less than the best that pervades the entire community. Of course the school boards of each district have helped in the good work, but If the spirit of self-help manifested by the McEl veens. Morrises. Bnddlns and others had been lacking they would not to? day have the attractive school that compares with larger schools so fa favorably. Kot satisfied, they are raising money to paint the building before the next term. This by each going into his pocket aad not waiting for an extra levy. This la the famous, tobacco country, and the crops of the fragrant weed one sees along the fine public roads, with the new, big barns, fine eats, corn aad wire fences show that the owners know how to work as well as plan. , The picnic was la every sense ' a suceees, except, possibly. In the lack of eloquence of the speakers, who, In, homely worfle emphasised the dignity of labor. Intelligently directed. So far as the Una of the Sumter, I Salem and ,8*110* railroad *feaa been hoeated It win pasa right through this favored section tilth a depot located (about half way between Bunny Side and Shlloh. just about as fm\r from 8 hi loh as Broad street Is from the/ Sumter depot. The writer was In? formed by a reliable business man that If the promoters would guaran Ci the building of the road by Tur vllle. just across the eastern side of /Pudtilng Swamp, that a tobacco ware? house would be erected there right along side the track before another season comes around. He said tobac? co men who know the territory thor? oughly say one million pounds of to? bacco will be sold there the first sea? son. If railroad and warehouse are built. He said the tobacco crop In this section Is Increased about 35 per cent. What tobacco, and Improved farming all along the line, which the profits on tobacco made possible as well as Inspired. Is well Illustrated by Ike price of lands: Twenty years ago land sold at $1 to $4 an acre, now $50. $10 or $75 an acre would not even be considered In many Instances. And thlslls the backwoods! With only dirt roads to the market 15 to 25 miles away. Mr. Editor, when the crops are laid by and the farmers have time to show them, come over, and the writer will take you through as much progress aa even the marvelous growth of the city of Sumter can boast of, and no boom growth either, but the result of Intelligent communion with Mother Earth. E. W. D. ^ $70.000 FOR SUMTER. I House Aereee to Senate Amendments for Public Buildings for Tills SUte. Washington, May 23.?The con? ferees on the part of the house on the public buildings bill late tonight agreed to the senate amendment* so far as South Carolina Is concerned, which will give Abbeville $50, and Humt*r and Anderson $10,000 each additional over the amount appropri? ated by the house, which was $10, 000. Representative J/ohnson, a member of the buildings and grounds commit? tee of the house, tonight stnteri that such action had been taken and that the conference report would be adopted Monday. This Is an excellent showing for South Carolina and reflect." the good work of Congressmen Alken and Le? ver, whose district* are affected by the Increase, and Senator (Jary and Mr. Johnson. In iH about $450.000 will go to South Carolina from thl* appropria? tion this year and will be expended in public puddings In the near future. id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aln 1TER. B. 0.. WEDNI CAMPAIGN DATES ARRaHfiED SUBCOMMITTEE FIXES TIME FOR THE MEETINGS. The Political Circus Opens June 17? Senatorial Candidates at Suinter and State Candidates at St. Mat? thews. Columbia, May 26.?A subcommit? tee of the State Democratic executive ! committee, consisting of Chairman 1 Wille Jones, Comptroller General A. j W. Jones and C. L. Blease of Newber? ry, met yesterday and argngecl the scehduled for the Democratic cam? paign this summer. Capt. D. J. Grif? fith, also a member, was unavoidably absent on business. As was decided upon by the State convention there are to be two campaign parties, one for the candidates for the United States senate and congress and the other for the candidates for the State offices. The State Campaign will open at St. Matthews on June 17, and the senatorial campaign will open I at Sumter on the same date. t No pledges for the 1 various offices can be filed after noon on June Id, which Is a section of the constitution on the subject. The following are the schedules: Senatorial Candidates. Sumter?Wednesday, June 17. Manning?Thursday. June 18." Monk's Corned?Friday, June 19. Georgetown?Saturday, June 20. Kingetree?Monday,/ June 22. Florence?Tuesday, June 23. Marion?Wednesday, June 24. Conway?Friday, June 21. Darlington?Saturday, June 27. Blshopville?Tuesday, June 80. Bennettsvllle?Wednesday, July 1. Chesterfield?Thursday, July 2. m Camden?Friday. July 8. Lancaster?Saturday. July 4. Wlnnsboro? Monday, July 8. Chester?Tuesday, July 7. Yorkvifie?Wednesday, July . 8. Gaffney?Thursday, July t. Spartanburg?Friday. July 10. Union?Saturday, July 11. CoJumMu?Tuesday, July 1-5.? Newberry?Wednesday, July 15. Greenwood?Thursday, July 18. Abbeville?Friday. July 17. Anderson?Saturday, July 18. Walhalla?Tuesday, July 21. Pick ens?Wednesday, July 22. Greenville?Thursday, July 23. Lauren??Friday, July 24. Lexington?Tuesday, July 28. Saluda?Wednesday, July 29. Edgefleld?Thursday, July 30. Alken?Friday, July 81. <^ ' Eamberg?Saturday. August L Bamwell?-Tuesday, August 4. Hampton?Thursday. August 8. Beaufort?Friday, August 7. N Walterboro?Saturday, August 8. Charleston?Wednesday, August 19. St. George?Thursday, August 20. Orangeburg?Friday, August 21. St. Matthews?Saturday, August 22, 4 The State Campaign. The schedule for the candidates for State offices Is as follows: St. Matthews, Wednesday, June 17. Orangeburg?Thursday, June 18; St. George?Friday, June 19. Charleston?Saturday, June 20. Walterboro?Monday, June 22. Beaufort?Tuesday, June 23. Hampton?Wednesday, June 24. Barnwell?Friday, June 26. Bamberg, Saturday, June 27. Lexington?Tuesday, June 30. Saluda?Wednesday, July 1. Edgefleld?Thursday, July 2. ' Alken?Friday, July 3. Sumter?Tuesday, July 7. Manning?Wednesday, July 8. Monk's Corner?Thursday, July 9. Georgetown?Friday, July 10. Klngstree?Saturday, July 11. Florence?Monday, July 13. Marlon?Tuesday, July 14. Conway?Thursday, July 16. Darlington?Friday, July 17. Blshopville?Tuesday, July 21. Bennettsvllle?Wednesday, July 22. Chesterfield?Thursday, July 23. Camden-r-Frlday, July 24. Lancaster?Saturday, July 25. Wlnnsboro?Monday, July 27. Chester?Tuesday, July 28. Yorkvllle?Wednesday. July 29. Gaffney?Thursday, July 30. Spartanburg?Friday, July 31. Union?Saturday, August 1. Columbia?Tuesday, August 4. Newberry?Wednesday, August 5. Greenwood?Thursday. August 6. Abbeville?Friday, August 7. Anderson?Saturday. August 8. W;iihaiia -Wednesday, August 19. Plekons* Thursday. August 20. Greenville? Friday, August 21. Lawn ns Saturday, August 22. Th*? next annual convention of the United Commercial Travelers will be held hi Charleston. ? Mit* I _ is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an SBDAY. MAY 37, 190 REGULAR STRIFE BREEDER. SENATE INNER RING WOUNDS HIS PRIDE. Brownsville Cause? More Trouble? Bulkelcy, of Connecticut, Sore Over Foraker'h Sudden Change. Washington, Mar 20-<-Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, United States sen? ator from Connecticut, is today a sadder and a wiser man. Also a madder one. Brownsville did it, Brownsville and that intangible but powerful thing known as the senate "inner ring." For when th^ "inner ring" got together and determined to shelve- the Brownsville affair until after the election Morgan Gardner Bulkeley was left holding the bag? and the bag was empty. i It was not at all a nice way in which the "inner ring" treated the honorable senator from Connecticut. i It is true that Bulkeley is a new sen? ator and that new senators do not come in for a great deal of considera? tion at the hands of the old-timers; but even if he is comparatively new as a senator he is a man of dignified years and distinguished career, hav? ing beeil governor of his State and other things, and it would seem he should have been entitled to a little more consideration. It happened something after this manner: Next to Senator Foraker, Senator Bulkeley has been the most ardent champion of the negro sol? diers who Were discharged front the army without honor because of the Brownsville shooting affair. He had loyally supported the Ohio senator In every move of the latter to bring about the reinstatement of the dis? charged soldiers, not caring if he did "get in bad" at the White House for doing so. He. had prepared an able speech on the subject and was pre? pared to help Foraker force the mat? ter to a vote in the senate. I Then one day Foraker got up In the senate and announced that he would not try to secure a vote on his BrowneVllle resolution until next De? cember. Bulkeley was dumbfounded, not to say flabbergasted. It was the first intimation he had had that the fight was off. Left without time to map out a course of action, he got up and protested against the delay. But what was the use? Everything had been arranged in that "never slip a cog" manner which prevails in the "greatest deliberative body in the world." The senate heard Bulkeley politely and then went ahead with the postponement,/ as per programme. To be left marooned like that now was enough to make any man mad; but Bulkeley didn't really get hop? ping until theS^ rubbed salt into his wounded pride. When the "inner ring" saw how Bulkeley felt about the matter it sent an emissary to smooth things out. This emissary was not exactly a diplomat. "Bulkeley," he aid, "we're awfully sorry you weren't consulted about that Brownsville matter. We'd have been perfectly willing to have told you of the programme if we'd thought about it, but, the truth is, you being a new senator, it never occur? red to any of us that you ought to be told." Now, if you were a dignified old gentleman of more than seventy years, were a former governor of your State and a veteran of the civil war, how would you like to have some young fellow, not much over fifty, pat you on the head, figuratively speaking, and call you "sonny?" The Hon. Morgan Gardner Bulke? ley, United States senator from Con? necticut, didn't like it a bit, and his chief occupation in these closing days of the session is to sit and glare at the members of the "inner ring." A Mail Order Wife. Among the visitors to Manning last Friday were a bride and groom from Summerton, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Co bia. They attracted unusual atten? tion because it was reported that Mr. Cobia had ordered a wife fiom Sears?, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, and of course, it was natural for the curi? osity of people to get aroused, but while it is true Mr. Cobia secured his wife through an advertising medium, it Ih not true that he got her from ?ears, Roebuck & Co. The bride is a Tenneseean, comely in appearance, a blond and has every indication of being In robust health. We are told she was a Ml??s Ms'son and brought with h? r a dslighter five years old.? Manning Times. Ous Hey ward, colored, has been committee to jail by a Charleston magistrate on the charge of attempt? ing to make a criminal assault. id Truth's," THE TRUJ 8. New 8eri LITIGATION OX TAI?. The Proposed County Court Has the Appearance of Being a Useless and Needless Luxury. 4 Mr. Editor: A few thoughts about the proposed county court I think the voters should consider before the election next week, and with your permission I will briefly call atten? tion to them. "A Voter" in your last issue has shown known cost of $3,000. Is it not likely that the other items he mentions will cost fully as much more, How long will it be before there will be pressure brought to bear on the legislative delegation for increase of the salaries o all those county court officials? My observation leads me to think not two years before it will be said you cannot get good men without more pay; and $5,000 is more likely to be the size of the salary bill, not count jurors, etc. Then it will be very burdensome on a man who has any business to attend to, to serve as juror in the county court for an indefinite time (the act says the court shall sit as long as there Is any business before it, four times a year with juries), and then have to serve right away in the circuit court, for the act says service In one does not exempt from service in the other the same year; whereas, now one can only be called on for one week's service in each calendar year. So much for expense and in? convenience. la It not a trade maxim that you supply an article, and there will be a demand created for it? Keep the courts open all the time, or practical? ly all the time, and there will be plenty of litigants. Keep litigation | on tap and there will be a constant demand to turn the faucet. Some of us country people, and I not only speak for myself but for others whom I have heard express the same opin? ion, find that we get on better, our laborers lose less time in useless brawls and litigation when the mag? istrate is so far away we oftentimes have to stop and think who he is, than when he is our next door neigh? bor. This is no reflection on the magistrate at all, but a common characteristic of human nature. 1 sometimes think it would be a great thing for the State if we could elect a legislature with brains enough to know what laws to repeal, and grit enough to repeal more than half the laws on the statute books. The late Hon. Altamont Moses said when he8 first went to the legislature he thought the State would go to the "demnitlon bow wows" unless he could stop it by introducing bills to correct all the evils, but he soon found his greatest service to the people would be as a bill-killer, and he lived up to that discovery. We have in recent years had in? crease of counties, and this year in? crease of circuit courts. If there Is congestion, some of us laymen think we can locate the trouble with the leniency of judges who allow what to us appear trivial and need? less delays. If we are in error Mr. Editor, a good many of .us would like enlightenment before the first Tues? day in June because we wish to vote right on this as well as on every other question. Respectfully, ? E. W. Dabbs. CURE THE CAUSE. How to Remedy Much of the Suffer? ing in Suniter. Half of the sickness and suffer? ing in Sumter comes from a weak stomach. Cure the cause by using Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets and be well and happy. Even the most chronic cases yield to Ml-o-na. W. C. Worrell, connected with the Lake Shore Railroad for years, says: "For fifteen years I had acute stomach trouble and nothing helped me. A friend recommended Mi-o-na and two boxes entirely cured me. Cure the cause of your suffering and be well and happy. If the stomach is weak and von have indigestion, flatulence, dizziness, headache, etc., get a 50-cent box of Mi-o-na from j. F. w. DeLorme. fie gives an absolute guarantee to refund th?' money unless Mi-o-na cure*. 5-6&S&W27 Rev. D. L. Thomas, of Bennetts ville, pleaded guilty to the Charge of selling and exhibiting obscene pic lures and was sentenced to pay ;i tine of $200 or serve six months. Judge Gage refused to grant ball to Ren and Lag Stogner, charged with killing Bart Sims in Lancaster. 9! SOUTHRON, Established Jane, UN es?Vol. XXVII. n?43 TO BRING ENGLISH GIRLS HERE WILL? SOLVK NEGRO SERVANT PROBLEM, SAYS COL. WATSON. State Immigration Bureau Entering Upon an Experiment of Great In? terest Not Only to South Carolina But to the Entire South?English People Brought to This State Last Month Satisfied and Satisfactory. Columbia, May 24.?In the experi? ment which Commissioner Watson has started of substituting a high type of English-speaking household girl for the negro servant girl he is con? vinced both from employers and the girls themselves that he has firmly laidi the foundation for a successful, practical solution of the vexed negro servant problem in this State, and if the experiment proves a success it will be "a go" throughout the South. After repeated failures during four years' hard work the commission is now satisfied that success is at hand. The first experiments along this line were with foreign-speaking peo? ple, and In every case this proved a failure. These are the kind of for? eign servants that are being placed to a large extent in the North. Commis? sioner Watson ther. concluded that this section would have to have a higher type than is used in the North in order to supplant the negro, who Is daily growing nore useless and exacting, and that the new servant* must speak English. He was further persuaded that the new-xomers in or? der to be satisfied themselves and ren? der satisfacatory service would have to be in touch with the ether mem? bers of their families, so as to give them the restraining influence of the home touch and alleviate the social alienation which had made other ex? periments with English-speaking girls failures. Accordingly persistent, en? ergetic work was carried on in the desirable farm section of England with literature, lectures and person? ally conducted tours with big vans. The 33 English people brought here leas than a month ago and located In and around Columbia, Edged*Id, Ab? beville, Greenville and elsewhere in the Skate, have all written letters te the department expressing satlsfa tlon, and every girl so located has writ? ten letters through the department friends and relatives abroad, urging* then to come on to South Carolina, and live. dj A Columbia case that has proved a striking success is that in which a former Charleston lady ?1' means em? ployed two English sisters, who have written numerous letters back home, urging their friends and relatives to come here, and whose mistress is bragging on them throughout the town. It will not do to mix white and. colored servants in the same house? hold. This proved a disastrous fail? ure in Columbia before. Thjs house? wife discharged her three negro ser? vants and taking in the newcomers and the result has been perfect sa Re? faction on both sides. The parenrV of the^ girls have been placed on a diary farm near Columbia, and by tel? ephone and frequent visits they are in constant touch with each other; An older sister, who stayed home with her grandmother, is now on her way to Columbia. Six other English far? mers located near here at the same time haev written for their families to come on to Columbia. The department has suspended all efforts to get immigrants to come to the State for the present. In the fall a vlgorious campaign will be renewed i among the English farming people, but even then only share croppers and small purchasing farmers will be ask? ed to come. Of course those people who may want to come In oh a re? sult of the experiment mentioned will be taken care of. . Early in the fall Commissioner Wat-, son hopes to see the new steamship line from Great Grimsby. England, direct to Charleston, in operation, which will be a further inducement for these people to come to this sec? tion, and locate not only here, but throughout the South, as It is the in? tention to have the ships stop in Gal veeton and Vers Cruz as well as in Charleston. The principal reason for failure of the forme* experiment of a direct line to Charleston was the fact that a full return cargo was not pro? vided. With the new scheme however, Mr. Watson says full cargoes both ways are assured entirely Independent of either Charleston or this State as a whole. The incoming ships will bring people from England and Norway Sweden, and articles of commerce from South America, ami the out? going will cany raw cotton to the English mills and manufactured cot? ton goods to South America. Ste M. B. Randlg and get the r?si machine In the world. 0-2^-tf