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?bc Oolatfbmun an? ?outbran. Puhli-.li.?! \\cdm?-Hla> ami Saturday. ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBR. 8. C. Irriu?. $1.00 per annum?in advance. Ad v e r Ibtemeats: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.DO Contracts fur three months, or longer will be mads st reduced rates. All commuiii'dtloni which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Thv? Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1810 and the Tru* Southron In 1%M The Watchman and Southron new has the combined circulation and and jsaee cf both of the old papers, end Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. Till. IIOTIX Mil PROPOSITION. The dissensions and locaalhsRloas that have been brought about by tin effort to select a site for the propos? ed new hotel arc moat unfortunate and are sincerely regretted by every c it lien of Sumter who has the interest of the community at heart, and who feels that there are occasions when private advantage should be entirely subordinated to consideration for the public welfare. The only issue of reel Importance Is that ways and means be devised to provide Sumter with a first class hotel, and the ques? tion of the location, whether It be on South Main street. West Liberty street or some other street, Is not the over? shadowing issue, as one would be lead to believe from the vehemence with which the site question has been debated. What Sumter needs Is a hotel, snd the only way It can be obtained Is for the people to work together with this object In view. If the town Is to be spilt Into factions and 111 feeling engendered over the choice of a site for a hotel, the harm that will result will be greater than the benefit to be derived from the erection of a bigger and better hotel snd has been contemplated by the most sanguine. Unity of purpose, a real public spirit snd a determination to pull together is worth more to a town of this slse and will accomplish more than any other asset that we have. If through dtssemdons over matters o' -olnor Importance the unity at purpose that has been a mark.-d ? bar ?. t? rlMn -f Somt'T f< r rrany years. Is loat. the town will go back? ward instead of forward, and a Con? dition will develop that will divide the town into contending factions working one against the other. Neith? er s hotel, no any other enterprise representing an Investment A a hun? dred thousand dollars, would repay ?mmuntty for the loss of the spirit of ( o-operation that has hereto? fore animated a large majority of our clttsena whenever any movement for the batter no tit of the town has been undertaken. It Is unfortunate that the hotel site has become a bone of cont.h'i n. and barm has nlreads been done, and the wisest and best policy In UM I ireumstatt^es. Is for all to forget the unpleasantness, sink per? sona I feelings, let bygones oe bygones snd make a new atari. The interest of every man In Sumter is best pro? moted bj tie general prosperity of the community, which can bo Insured by team work only, and while we are discussing the pros and eons of a ho? tel site, other things of greb-r Impor? tance are being neglected. There are ether uses to which the various sites advocated for the hotel can be put, and If the town grows, as we bellevo ft win, these lots will soon be more valuable for other purposes than they now are as prospective hotel sites. T1IK toMINt. Ol Tili: SK ABOARD. The Seaboard Air Line Is on Its way to the sea and Sumter has the Opportunity to become one of the im? portant stations on this Kreut trunk line over which will pass the rapidly growing traffic from the west and north. The proposition, submitted to the railroad committee of the Cham? ber of Commerce by Messi Lionsa and Moncure. does got I.mit them to the extension of the road be\ond this city, but there are good and sufficient reuooos for the conclusion that the objective of the road is Charleston. It is a matter of com? mon report that the Seaboard owns estenslve and valuable pn>p, rty on the water front In Charleston, and that, for years, the capitalists who control this system have had their plans made to carry the road to the sea. It is also well known that the ciinehfleld corporation has purchas? ed water front property at Charles? ton and has perfected arrangements to build extensive coal piers for handling the output of the Clinch field mine.* and delivering It on beard sh*p at a minimum cost. Within the past ten days the fact haa been made public that the Seaboard Air lam end the Chespeake and Ohio have ? ? ?? -? ? ciinehfleld railroad annoum teen made that the C? M nediutely begin' the const* short line of road to 00 nchfleld with the main 11 and O, at Elk horn. \V. troby unite the CUnchtlel 0, and O.'S through line i ?ncinnati and Chi < The present southern terminus of the flint htield Is at Spa rtanburg antl .ill the traffic of this road to the Southward aiul lo the s?a is turned over to the Southern end the Char? leston snd Western Caroline, the lat? ter an Atlantic Coast Line property. The Seaboard, to obtain any benefit from ihe lease of the Cltnchfleld must be !? .i position to divert the through ettStneoS orginatlng on the Clinch held from competing roads and car? ry it over its own trucks to the ports At present the greater part of the freight tonnage of the Clinchfield is made up of coal from the mines of the Cltnchfleld corporation, and for tnarw years to come the coal busi? ness of this road win be an Import? ant item. Although the development ot the fhnchrteid mines is scarcely bogus an Immense business Is being done and the Charleston and West? ern Carolina and the Southern Kail way are hadling a very large traffic out of Spartanburg. The bulk of the l OS] business, however, is said to be handled by the C and W. C. for de? livery at Charleston and Savannah. The Seaboad can secure none of this business at present, for the reason that it has no road to Charleston and its route to Savannah from the junc? tion point with the Clinchfield is so long and circuitous that the traffic cannot be handled with the necessary dispatch or at a profit. Hence It Is essential that the Seaboard secure entry to Charleston over Its own tracks and that It have a more direct route to Savannah. This it can on taln most quickly and economically by building a road from Monroe, N. c.. to Jefferson, S. C.?bridging the gap of twenty-five or thirty miles that exists In its road from Monroe to Me? la.- and from MeHee to Charleston the most direct and desirable route is via Bishopvllle to Sumter and thence to Charleston, crossing the Santee river at Ferguson, on the steel bridge that was built several years ago. From the present Junction of the Seaboard with the Clinchfield the former has a direct route to Mon? roe, via Charlotte, and from Mon? roe bv Jefferaon. McBee. BtshopvtH* Sumter and Icrguson to lestOo] th* route weuid eleeely t | an air Ihe . and would, i ion,! opeti up entirely new terrt to tl i Seaboard that would furn . largv, and profitable business from the day the road waa put in operation. The road from Monroe to McBee would al j furnish a more direct route to Savannah, via the main line which pa -.s throuuh Camden and Co'um bla, and thence In an air line to Sa? vannah. i'h ?se are, briefly stated, the rea H us why it seems certain that the Seaboard will build the proposed new rOSd immediately. It must not be concluded, however, that It Is Inevi? table that the road must follow the route via Bishopvllle and Sumter, a.< outlined SbOVe, This route Is the Shortest snd the one m<>st to be pre? ferred, since it will pass through a rich farming Country and the towns of Bishopvllle and Sumter, und will give the new road a larger 1 uslness than either Of the alternative routes that the Seaboard may adopt. If it should be decided not to build by \av of r.ishopvllle and Sumter, a Slightly longer ruote, that Is said to be ander consideration, is from Harts vtiie, via Lnmar to Tlmmonsvllle and theme to Charleston. The Seaboard now has a road in operation to Harts Vttle and the rights of way from that pines to Timmonsjvllle and all the terminal fatalities that are needed hnvs been gurnnteed, If this route Is selected, From Tlmmonsvllle a -hori read of eight or nine miles will i onneci with the Aleolu railroad) winch, reports say, oan be acquired on advantageous terms by the Sea? board, and by utilizing thtl road to Aleolu it will be necessary to build only about eighteen <>r twenty miles of new road to carry the Seaboard to the Santee river at PergUSOn, Another alternative that hits been urged Upon the considerstIon ??f the Seaboard is to build from Florence to the presold terminus of the Aleolu road In Flor? ence county?about twelve or four? teen miles?use this road to Aleolu, and build thence to Ferguson. This proposed routs has some advantaged to recommend it. si the Seaboard is now building Into Florence, and will have the road that la now in oper? ation from McBee, via Hurtsvlllo to Darlington completed to Florence within a few weeks. Either of these alternative routes would be longer antl b h desirable than the route through Sumter. but unlesw It la made to the interest of the promoters of the road f?> oome lo Sumter, ths Oholee <?f the route to Charleston may fall upon tum or the other ?.f the routes menttonedi in behalf of which the people Of Tlmmonsvllle and Flor- ' Ones are actively and energetically Working, These fgetl are mentioned vllle ami Lee County and of Sumter ?and Bumter county may not become poaieaied of the Idea that force of olrcumatancei and the preponder ancc of the advantage! of the Bl?h? opvllle-8umter route will compel the Seaboard people to adopt this route whether or not Sumter and Bishop vllle lift a Anger to comply with the conditions na ned by m< un Bon? sai and Ifoncure. The advantage that the coming of the Seaboard would be to Blshopvllle and Bumter and to the counties of Lee and Bumter Is too great and too apparent to rcQutre any discussion. The two towns and the Intervening ? amntry need this road and every ef? fort should be made by the people <>f the towns and counties to comply with the condition! laid down by Mr. Bonsai, if it is found that the con? ditions are reasonable, when compar? ed with the direct benefit that the road will be to the towns and coun? ties through which the road will pass. * * ? A VALUABLE A8SET. Consult any good map that shows the railroads of the South Atlantic States and a glance will be sufficient to convince you that the most direct route from Cincinnati, O., through the coal Holds to Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia. Virginia and East Ten? nessee, to the ocean at Charleston and Savannah, utilizing existing lines of the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Clinch field and the Seaboard Air Line and short connecting links, now project? ed, is that route which will include the short line to be built from Mon? roe, X. C, to Jefferson, B. C, which w'U carry the road to McBee, and the "Air Line to the Sea," to be built from McBee via Sumter to Charles? ton. This is the most direct line practicable, it is, in fact, the ideal route for the C. & O., the S. A. L. and the Clinchfield under existing conditions, and it will be speedily built and in operation?provided, Biahopville and Bumter comply with the conditions laid down by the rep? resentatives of the Seaboard. This is the ideal route, but not the only one that is available; and it U a well known fact that it is not the practice of railroad builders to adopt the ideal route, when there are substantial ma? terial benefits to be gained by the choice of a route that is only slight? ly longer and little less advantageous, all things considered. This is just the situation st this *???-- ?- ~~~<->?? Ing eq . the r? .?>. would ? nuflt i .g;h mis city, regardless of whether the rights of way and ter? minals are provided by Sumter and Bslhopville. But unfortunately for Sumter and Biahopville the matter is not to be decided on the naked merits of the geographical, topographical arid com? mercial advantagei ol this route, tuber towns and sections that would be greatly benefited and many mer. of large means, whoae property en? hanced in value and business interest would be promoted, have offered, and stand ready to make good their Ter. material inducements to the Seaboard, If one or the other of the ilternatlve routes Is adopted. Bumter tnd Blshopvllle are thus in the posi? tion of being forced by clrcumatance! to counterbalance the inducements tendered by other interested sections by complying with the condition! that the promoters of the road have in? dicated will be decisive of the ques? tion of the selection of the route. It is squarely up to Sumter, City 3nd and County, to say whether or not something like a quarter of a million dollars worth of additional railroad property shall be added to the taxable assets of the county, besides securing all the other benefits that the com? ing of the new railroad will confer upon this section. It is a business matter that this community has to decide. The question is. shall we meet the conditions and increase the real property of Sumter County by many thousand dollars and at the same time secure another railroad outlet, or shall we do nothing and let passi the only opportunity we have had In many years to secure a new railroad?perhaps the only oppor? tunity this section will ever have of securing a through line from the great northwest and the coal fields to the sea? The condition! on which the road can be secured within a year are not burdensome or impossible of attainment. The coat of approximate? ly 20 miles of rlKht of way and the terminal site ln this city will not be so great that ways and means can? not be devised to secure the necessary funds. Sumter county and the City of Sumter will be directly benefited Immediately by the building of the road In that the taxable assets of tin- COUnty will be increased to the extent <>f the cost of the road-bed and equipment, and as a cold business proposition it will pay to offer the Seaboard Inducement! to build the road through the county. This Is tin point of view that every cltlaen should take of the matter and wo should all get together for the nur seeur?- the right-of-way through the county. ? ? ? The location of the proposed hotel on Main street, or Liberty street, or some other street, u undoubtedly of great Importance to tome Individuals, but to ninety-odd rjer cent of the people of Sumter and to all the traveling men, the ?hing of first im? portance is that a hotel he built somewhere In Sumter at an early day. in tile dissension over the choice of a site there Is dangei that the only matter of vital moment will he en tirely lost sight of. it would be a happy solution of the matter if those who believe that South Main street is the only proper place f?>r a hotel WOUld go ahead and build a hotel where they think it ought to be. and those who hold a like opinion as to YNYst Liberty street Would do like? wise. Sumter is large enough for two first class hotels, and a majority of the traveling men and others with whom we have discussed the hotel matter have predicted all along that another bot? I w ould be built with'n a short time if the hotel we have talked about so much is ever built and properly .'onducted. If we an n >t have a hotel on account of dis? sension over the choice of a site, why not build two? This would afford a double chance of pleasing every? body. CONGRESSMAN LEVER MARRIED Representative Prom Seventh District Married to Miss Lucile Scurry But? ler. Lexington, July 5.?Surpassing in beauty and splendor all Lexing? ton marriages in rec at years wast the wedding this evening of Miss Lucile Scurry Butler and Congressman As bury Francis Lever, which was sol? emnized in St. Stephen's Lutheran rhurch at 6 o'clock, the Rev. W. H. Hiller of Columbia, a. collegemate of the groom, assisted by the Rev. T. S. Brown, performing the ceremony. The historic churc h was beautiful in its decorations of green and pink. Ixing ropes of pink crepe myrtle sus? pended over the altar, while South? ern smilax entwined around the col? umns. A hank of ferns and potted plants formed a beautiful back? ground. A ten-minutes musical programme, .v.- ??i,.?| tTnt. bridal sol h grad of th College f ?? \ Women, Ml<sj Bo tei playing a m? ? Ody in F\ from Rubenslein, and Miss Meetze singing two solos, "All For You" and "The Sweetest Story Ever Told." To the strain of Lohengrin, by Miss Booier .the ushers, Dr. P. H. Shealy. C. E. Leaphart, B. H. Barre and Lern Sox, entered the aisle, fol? lowed by the bridesmaids, Miss Alice Mae and LllUe Butler, sister of the bride. Mr. Lever, accompanied by his best man. M. IS. Zeigler, of Ur angeburg, entered the right aisle, while Mrs. W. A. Wright of Atlanta, sister of the bride and dame of honor, approached from the other, followed Closely by the bride, leaning on the arm of her father, Maj. John Wilson Butler. The bride wort' a dark blue traveling suit and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and valley lilies. Mrs. Wright was attired in a handsome white hue robe, with touches of pale blue, she carried a hunch of white roses. Miss Alice Mae Butler was dressed In a lovely pale blue meseallne, trimmed In r.hlte lace and pearls, and carried pink roses. Miss LUlte Butler was dainty in white silk marquisette over blue sat? in. She carried a bouquet of pink rosea During the impressive ceremony Miss Booser delightfully played "Mel? ody of Love," and during the exit from the church Mendelssohn's wed Ing march. While no cards had been issued, the church was tilled to overllowing with the friends of th? young people. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lever left for the mountains of North Carolina, where they will spend ten days before going to Wasr Inglon. for the remainder of the ses? sion of Congress. The bride is a daughter of Maj. John Wilson Butler. She Is a young woman of many graces of mind and person. She Is a graduate of the Wo? man's College of Duo West, and since coming to Lexington, about two yea'*s ago, ehe has mach a host of admirir g friends, who wish for her much hap? piness. Mr. Iyever has been a men'her of congress for ten years. He Is a na? tive Lexlngtonlan, having been reared in the Dutch Pork, Among the out-of-town visitors were: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wright of Atlanta, Miss Minnie Scurry of Rome. Ca.. Mr. an Mrs, S. J. Derrick of Newberry, Miss May Meetze of Colum? bia, MISS Lizzie Dreher of Selwood. Modern Mathematics. ? little hobbies make one harem, 1 little harems make one searem. I little scarems msk?? ***** ? >????"> SEA SIDE HOTEL The Sea Side Hotel, Myrtle Beach, is Now Open for This well know hotel having be n refitted and refurnished, located OH one of the finest beaches on the South Atlantic Coast is ready f-?r the summer resorter. it appeals strongly to those wanting a sea side vacation, exceil r.i surf bathing, boating, fish? ing, etc. Absolutely no malaria in this region, the sandy soil thorough best families, those wanting all the comforts of home life. The summer schedule of trains to and from Myrtle Beach en? ables one to leave any part of Kastern South Carolina and reach Myrtle Beach f<?r noon dinner. Special Rates by the Week for Families and C hildren the Season. Music and Dancing at the Pavilion ly draining the surrounding country. We desire to cater to the MYRTLE BL ACH, SOUTH CAROLINA Richardson? DunUip. On Wednesday afternoon at 7:00 O'clock at the Presbyter! in ehureh one of the most beautiful weddings of the season was solemnized when Miss Sophie Elisabeth Richardson, daugh? ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richardson of this city, and Mr. Thomas Coke Dunlap of Yorkville were united in marriage. The Church was beautifully decor? ated with smilax and ell kinds of potted plants. K?-i?.1.- the altar was arranged a beautiful arch draped in white ar.d green, under which the ceremony was performed. The music for the occasion was rendered by Miss V. Marion Girardeau ard her ex? cellent chorus of fifteen musicians and was most enchanting. The "Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin" was sung just prior to and just after the ceremony. The bridal paTty entered in the following order: Bffiai Leslie Arthur of Spartanburg with Mr. Bar ron Kennedy of Rock Hil , Miss Ruth Richardson of Hartsville with Mr. Quinn Wallace of Yorkville, Miss Margarite Richardson of Sumter with Mr. W. W. Wallace of Yorkville, Miss Line Ehrich of Georgetown with Mr. Holmes B. Springs of George? town, Miss Carrie Law of Hartsville j with Mr. James Richardson of Harts- ' ville. These took their stand at the ? bride, Miss Emily Richardson of Spartanburg, wearing a white linger? ie dress over pink with pink sash; the ma/id of honor, Miss Agnes Richard? son of Sumter, a sister of the bride, wearing a dress of pink crepe de < hene with real lace trimmings. The two little flower girls, wearing white lingerie dresses over pink with pink -ashes, Misses Sarah Conway Belser of Sumter and Andrella Buchanan of Darlington, preceded the bride who entered leaning on the arm of her brother, Mr. John s. Richardson of Spartanburg. The bride was dressed in a beautiful gown of white satin draped with marquisette and hand somely trimmed with \ border of flower embroidery and pearls. She also wore the bride's veil. At the altar she was met by the groom who was attended by his best man, Dr, Will Williams of Yorkville. Stand-! rng under the arch they were united in the bonds of matrimony by the Rev. Dr. James McDowell, of Mc ClellanvUle. a great uncle of the bride. Immediately after thv ceremony a reception was given by the bride's parents to the many friends of the bride and groom who gathered to congratulate them. The guests were ushered into the room where the bride and groom received. The room was decorated in pink and white and the newly married couple stood un? der a beautiful bower of pink while receiving the guests. Prom this room trie guests were taken into the dining room which was decorated in yellow, lb-re refreshments ware serv? ed. In the two outer rooms some of tin- presents received by the bride and groom wore displayed, a very beautiful assortment of cut glass and of silver being arranged on the tables. After the reception the happy couple left for Columbia from which place they expected to go on to Yorkville. their future homo. Among the out-of-town guests for the wed? ding were: Mr. and Mrs. .1. R. Coggeshell, Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williamson and Mrs. Buchanan of Darlington; Mrs. i>. P. Duncan, Miss D'Arcy Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. E. Leroy Reeves, of Co? lumbia; Hiss Carrie Law. Miss Ruth Richardson, Mr. J. M. Richardson, of Hartsville; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richardson, Miss Leslie Arthur, of Spartanburg; Ml SI Jennie Richard? son of Bradentown, Fla., Mr. L. L. Baker of Blshopvllle; Mrs. G. M. 1'. lser of Columbia; Mr. Quinn Wal? lace and W. W. Wallace of York? ville; Col. II. B. Springs of George Righc in your busiest season when you have the least time to spare you are most likely to take diarrhoea and lose several day's time, unless you ! have Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera j and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand and ' take a dose on the first appearance j of the disease. For sale by all deal? ers. The next meeting of the ^mDaign for "Good Roads" will be Trinity at 11 a. m. on Fri On July 14th at 11 a. m lug will be held at Wedgefi On July 20th at 11 a. m. be a meeting at Cain's Mill The last meeting of this be held at Sumter on Th?r the 27th. Hon. E. J. Wat missioner of Agriculture State of South Carolina, wh. _4 the Court House at 11 a. m. At 10 a. m. on the same day Mr. Chas. H. Hoyt of the United States Depart? ment of Agriculture will give an ad? dress on this subject at the Lyric Theatre, illustrating the same with lantern slides. This address will be free to the public and every citizen is urged to attend. Mr. Fisher, own? er of the Lyric, has donated the use of his theatre to the Highways Corn mi.toe for this address. Happiest Girl in Lincoln. A Lilcoln, Neb., girl writes. "I had been ailing for some time with chron dai was abb; to bo up snd got bej$ ' ' " t 1 ? ? 9 T I I f i ? . I. ' T medicine." For sale by all deaier?. >pralns require careful treatment. Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain's Liniment freely. It will remove the soreness and quickly restore the parts to a healthy condition. For sale by all dealers. ^MBNBSSUSaaWkflSBSBSSSUSMMeBSMSCSSS^ I WANT TO SELL?My carriage and harness. The carriage is of me? dium weight, has pole and shafts, and can be used single or double. Neill O'Donnell. 7-U-2t-W READ THIS It May Be What You Want Do you ever have Fever, Chill* or Rad Colds? Do you ever feel as if you were tired and worn out, with no ? desire to eat, with pains in your back and shoulders, a headache, and 8 had taste in your mouth when you get up in the morning? If you do you've got MALARIA, and the small I sum of 25 cents will buy you imme? diate relief. The name of this won? derful remedy is i FRANKLIN'S 44 TONIC The guaranteed remedy for CHILLS, FEVER, LAGRIPPE and MALARIA. i Take this to your druggist and get a bottle. It is guaranteed to do you i good. Only 25 CENTS. Take no 1 Pills Calomel, or any other medicine, is the tonic acts on the liver. It will make you feel like a new man. Try it. 1 For sale by all druggists and country I merchants. If your dealer does not 1 keep It, write us The Franklin Remedy Co. Jacksonville, Florida. 1 HINTS CURE GuaranUej Cur* for all SKIN DISEASE Sold By Sibort's Drug Store. A, B. Richards Medicine Co., Sherman. Tai