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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
The Fonrth Regiment Band Concert should
be peneroustI ~catronized.

The Fonrth Regiment Band Concert should
be generously ratronized.
Last Tuesday spm1er-tbis Tuesday win
ter. A climate osSSSctious possibilities.
Rev J. W. Danief~will lecture before the
Good Templars this evening. His subject will
be prehistoric South Carolina"
The Democratic Primary has contracted
the circulating medium. Registration certi-
6cates no longer have a value.
The At. Clio Democratic Club held a meet
ing last Saturday aad adopted resolutions
endorsing W. D.. Evans for Governor add
favoring an early nominating convention.
Nj. Joe ". Wilder was arrested last FRI
day morning for riding a bicycle on the
sidewalk Of Main Street, and fined ten dollars
by Mayor Pierson.
Mr. Sol Ryttenberg was arrested on last
Friday for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk
within the forbidden limits. He was before
the Mayor Saturday morning and was hned
$40.
There was ice Monday night in abundance
and the ground was frozen. The fruit crop
has been severely injured, and early vege-
tables cut of. Grape vines suffered, in
particular.
Some OF young people are discussing the
use of sail boats for pleasure 10 the large
savannah two miles from Sumter, on the
Richardson place. alongside Of the Coast Line
embankment.
We call attention to the description of Miss
McDonald's Spring Opening, in another
column. Read what is said By one who has
recently visited the millinery parlors IN large
Northern Cities.
The work on the Bicycle Track is progress
ing finely. There is now uoder consideration
the construction of a driving track at the
Bicycle Park. Let it be laid ont, it will
revive interest in 6ne horses.
Mr.. B. K. LeLorme will run EN- excursion
from Bennettsville aud other stations Oh the
G.. s. &.N. R. R., to Eutaw Springs on May
lst. A portion Of the net receipts will be
donated to the Methodist Church.
An effort has been made within the last
few days to induce the merchants to consent
to close the stores at 6 o'clock on April lst,
instead of May lst, as heretofore A
majority of the merchants have consented,
but several have so far refused to go into the
agreement.
The C.S. 4 N. r. R., has put on a fast
vegetable freight from Pregnals to the porth
to accommodate The Charleston truck growers.
1t is undoubtedly the fastest freight that has
ever passed through Sumter. II is scheduled
to make thirty miles an hour, which is
unusually fast for q freight.
There was q wreck on the Coast Line at
Pee Dee. Bridge on Sunday night. A fast
fruit freight was derailed. No one was
Injured. A large lot of damaged oranges
were sent to this city by the railrord to be
disposed Of, and they were bought at bottom
figures by our people. 1t is an i'll wind, etc.
Mr.. E. A. Tradewell is now canvassing the
city for an interesting book entitled "Charm-
ing Bible Stories, or From Youth to Old
Age" by Henry Davenport Nortbrop, D.. D..
The price is low, and every Christian, and
other persons as we'll, should procure a copy.
The illustrators OF the work are profuse and
fine, and the print and binding is excellent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
NOTICE..

THE UNDERSIGNED GIVE NOTICE
that thirty days after the publication
hereof, they viii apply to the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas Of Sumter County.
State of South Carolina, for a Charter of In
corporation under the nam and style Of est.
James Evangelical Lutheran Church," in the
City of Sumter, S. c.:
J. F. LAUGHERY,
w. ii. WINGARD,
E. W. A. PULLMAN.
J.J. MULLER,
W. T. KEELS,
W. H. SUDER,
Fl. R. HAMMOND,
G.. F. H. BULTMANN,
EENRY MULLER.
February %, 1894. lmo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
Easter.

The sudden change in weather on Saturday
night and the damp, dismal day Sunday,
were a great disappointment TO those whose
anticipations bad been raised by the bright,
s~pring-like days Of last week. Many new
Easter costumes were LETT q, home, aud many
were the vain regrets.
The services in the several churches were
much as usual. The decorations of 81. Law
renee Church, ST. Joseph Chapel, the Church
of the Holy Comforter, and the Methodist
Church were elaborate and tasteful.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
The Graded School.

Ky some means the report has become
spread abroad in the community that the
Graded Schools, white and .%colored, would
close during the month Of April. Superin-
teudent Dnfie is authority for the statement
that there is no foundation for the report.
The School Board is now in better condition
than at amy previous time since the establish
m-nt of the Graded School system. The
schools will not close until the full session
of nine months shall have been completed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
Easter Election.

The following Wardens, Vestrymep, Dele
gates and Alternates we're elected for the
Church of the Holy Comforter, Sumter, S. c.:
Wardens-J. S. Keayes, W. R.. Delgar.
Vestrymen-R. Dozier, J.. F. W. DeLorme,
T. E. Richardson, Mark Reynolds, G.. D.
Shore.
Delegates to the Diocesan Convention-R.
Dozier, Mark Reynolds, W. R. Delgar. J. F.
w. DeLorme. Alternates-T. E.. Richardson,
W. H. Ingram, C. F. n. pullman.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
When You Hear q Bicycle Bell or
Horn.

The BicycalisIs, who grow more numerous
everyday, request pedestrians, and the ladies
in particular, uot TO be alarmed when they
hear Il bicycle bell or horn. The signal is
not given Ms a warning to clear the track OF
be run over, but merely to inform them tina,
a wheel will pass them in a movement. Is
those who are walking will but continue
uuconcerned1y on their way when the bell il
heard the cyclist will do the rest, and no one
will be run down.. In the event of attempt.
ing to give the wheel a part of the side walk,
everyone should remember to keep to the
inner edge of the sidewalk, leaving the outer
edge to the wheel.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28

Lates, Spring Novelties can be found at
MICS McDonald's. Country orders solicited.
Go to Miss McDonsld's and see her lovely
stock of Spring Millinery.
Bug the handsome, light running Wheeler
l. Wilson, No. 9. For sale By Robt. Win
gate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
The Scenery for the New Opera
House.

Mr.. in Alphonse has returned from New
York, where be went to make arrangements
for the drop curtain and scenery FOX the new
Opera House. He placed an order for the
drop curtain, which will be one OF the hand
soonest ever brought to South Carolina. 1t
will be a reproduction of the drop curtain of
the Grand Opera House, New York, and viii
be the work of a leading scenic artist. The
scenery and stage fittings will accord with
the curtain in every particular. Theatre
eoers do not yet realize what the new Opera
House means to them. Sumter will now be
able to draw and accommodate the best COM
pauies on the road. With proper concessions
from the railroads in the way of excursion
rates, every high class company that visits
Sumter should and will draw crowds from all
the surrounding places.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
Personal.

Miss Zec:a Talley has returned from Column
bia.
Mr.. F. Y. csossuell spen, Sunday in
Chariessoa.
Capt A. Levi, Of Manning, was in the city.
Monday
Mr.. il. Hayusworth and wife have gone
to Baltimore.
Mr. c. II. Hurst, Jr.,si is sick again with
malariai fever.
Nj. r. P. Williams is on a visit to ~reIatives
in WATERFORD.
Rev. John Kersbaw is spending s@e.eral
days in Camden.
Miss Annie Graham is on a visit to relatives
and;frieads at Denmark.
Mrs. q. W Dick, of. Union, is visiting her
sister Mrs. r. A. Brand.
Mrs. o. II. Moses and daughter, Miss Car
RE, returned to Sumter Monday.
Miss Susie Spsnn has returned home after q
visit of se~ve,slsweeks osKingstree.
Mrs. E. ". Noise returned yesterday from
q visit of several weeks 10 Charleston.
Mr.. Ed. v. Green arrived home this morn
ing from Baltimore, QUA visit of two weeks.
Mr.. William Scafe who has been in Balti-
more several months on business is at home
on a visit.
Miss Mamie Warren who is teaching school
in Kershaw County is at home on a weeks
vacation
Miss Annie Lou Tufts has gone on a visit
to Atlantis, Ga, where she will remain for
several months
Mrs. S. L. Keels and daughters, of Boykins,
who have peen on a visit of several weeks TO
Florida, are expected home 10 \ few days.
Mr.. S. q. Edmunds, of Rock Hill, arrived
in the city last Friday and remained until
Monday evening. The Presbyterian High
School had a few days holiday for Easter.
Senator W. D. Evaus. Of Marlboro, spent
last Thursday night in Sumter. He was on
his way from Columbia and had TO lie over
for the C.. 8. l. n. train to go on 10 Benefits
vile next morning.
Misses Helen McLaurin aud Mamie Mccall
lum, and Will Graham aad Fl. 6 Osteen
have gone over to ut. Zion 10 attend the
marriage of Mr.. L. Montgomery and Miss
Matte McCutchen, which will occur this
evening
M. Eugene l.. Brown, formerly of this
county, son of Mr.. John E. Brown, and
brother Of Mr.. ". a: Brown, has been
appointed postmaster at Eufala, Ala. Mr..
Brown was appointed to the same position By
Cleveland four years ago.
On the 18th of this month the cornerstone
of q new Court House was laid al Fort
Worth, Texas, by the Masons. .Theceremo.
MES were witnessed by thousands, and the
orator of the occasion was the Hon. Merry IL.
Furmau, at one time of this county. The
Fosth Worth Daily Gazette speaks in the
highest terms Of this Grafton and among other
things, says, ...The Hon. Henry Forman GER
tainly acquitted himself with honor in his
mastery address"
Mr.. Vivian Moses, a con of Mr. A. Noses,
who is attending school in New York City,
was the recipient Of quite an honor a short
time ago. he was selected from more than
seven hundred boys attending the High
School to recite the Ode on the Battle of Get
tysbnrg at a celebration of the school, when a
number Of distinguished visitors were
present. After the conclusion of the exercises
he was called for aud publicly complimented
bv the orator of the. occasion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
Married.

o. Thursday afternoon last, in this city,
AT the residence Of Mrs. l.. G. Little. mother
of the bride, Mr. w. E. Jennings, of Charles
ton, to Mrs. n. P. Moody, Rev. w: G.
Power officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings
left for Charleston on the evening train,
where they will reside.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28

Buy your Sewing Machine Of Robt Win.
gate, new machines ranging ia price from
SIS, S22 so, 1923, S35, S45, and S54-sold
on the iDstallment plan.
The magic, silent sewer-The Wheeler b
Wilson, No. 8. The best Sewing Machine on
eartn, lightest running, most easily adjusted
and guaranteed for ten years, is for sale by
Robt. Wingate, at Cuttino l. Delgars' Sum-
ter, S. C. Prices low and terms easy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28
Church Entertainment at Bishop.

There will be an entertainment given by
the ladies of the Presbyterian Church 10
Bishopville on the 9Th April, for the purpose
of raising funds to erect a wire railing
around the Cemetery.
The public are cordially invited to attend.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28

Have you bought a new hat, if not, you
will be sure to be pleased at Miss McDonald's.
Excelsior Baking Powder is the best, be-
cause it is pure, tryis. Prepsred by Dr.. A..
J.. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28

Hoods Pills do not weaken, but aid
digestion and tone the stomach. Try
them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28

Call on Eugene Hogan, next to Scafe's,
for fine beef, pork, mutton and other meats.
Mich COWS for sale or trade. Don't forget
the Mace
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DFOOerly. IL d 7 lilo 10 ~ ~ VIII w
mistake, and we should not be driven to make
a mistake by mere street rumors.
Mr.. W. A. Bowman being called on by Mr.
q. Schwerin, said shat the committee from
the negro meeting did wait on Capt. Pierson
aud Capt. Pierson informed him that ne told
the committee be would make no promises.
He must be judged by his past official con-
duct.
Alb. Stuckey again taking the floor said {:
! The negroes have said they would vote for
the white mans candidate. But who is the
white mans candidate? How is this to be
decided unless by a Primary. This very
point should decide the meeting in favor OF a
Primary. Let the democrats have the Prlma-
~ and settle upon their candidate for Mayor
and Aldermen.
J.. A. Schwerin said that it is too late to
hold a Primary now, and there is no necessi-
ty for it. Suppose there should be a tie, a
second Primary would be necessary and there
| is not time for one Primary, not to mention
two. At this late day it will be an outrage
to force a Primary on the people and it should
not be done. What does it. signify anyway
if the negroes have made demands, and have
received promises from one candidate, Qne
member of the Council cannot control 1t.
The promise of one man does not signify that
the negroes will get on the police force.
w. q. Commander spoke in favor of a
Primary, using the JUNIORS as an argument to
show tina, the Democrats should organize,
put a stop to such runners and decide the mat
ter for themselves.
Col. j. D. Banding spoke quite earnestly
in favor of the Primary. Personal preferences
have nothing to do with this question. | am
satisfied that owing to differences OF opinion
among ourselves we are compelled to go into
a Primary to settle them and at the same time
retain the control Of the city government.
This is a white mans country, and they must
administer it, Federal, State and Municipal.
1T the same time we must give the negroes
what they are entitled to and no more. We
are the negroes best friends, and they must
be told that they shall have all their rights,
but they must not interfere with the rights of
the white people.
The previous question was called for, and
Mr.. Moses's resolution having been r%estated,
a riua vocs vote was taken. A division was
demanded, and the chair directed those 10
favor of the motion to assemble on one side
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-28

Miss zec:a Talley has returned from Colum.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-18
A WHOLE STACK OF sTRAWs

.r There has been very rapid fall in
the 4 tenn perature OF, Republicans cock
sureness of sweeping victories since the
election in the Ohio Third congress
sional district. There has been Sober
ing down, subsistence of the froth on
their berry enthusiasm, aud doubt has
taken its place whether, after all, ca
lamlty is so good card to play. The
more. the facts of that contest develop,
the more reason there is for their doubt,
and there is in it world Of comfort for
those weak -kneed Democrats who have
fe AIRED that the cry of Democratic. hard
times" would have marked effect -
The election bore directly OH the great
issue that divides the parties. 1t was
not like those of last fall, a local ques-
ton of state politics, but one in which
protection and free trade were at
swords points. In the state election of
1898 Mckinley carried the counties COM
posing the district by several hundred.
though the district was normally Demo-
cratic by from 5000 to 5000. Mr.. Sorg
carries the district by 5000 majority
over his Republican competitor.
But this is not the significant feature
which makes this election not only a
straw, but a whole stackfuI of them.
The issue was free trade, not the tariff
for revenue of the national platform,
nor the half-and-half protection and
revenue of the Wilson bill, nor the
''mush of concession of the senate bill,
but free trade of the Tom johnson kind.
Matters were not minced; questions
were not lodged. but free trade, pure
and simple, with all its conse
locked horns with protection of all de.
greeS and kinds, and literally wiped he
floor with it. -e =
The district was flooded knee-deep
with Tom Johnson's famous speech;
what he said in it was amplified OIL the
stump, and the question really sub
mitted to and passed on by the electors
was whether they wanted free trade of
the Johnson brand or protection of the
McKinley-Gorman-H ill-Brice order, and
the response was an emphatic demand
for the former. 1t is not at all probable
that the significance of this fact will
penetrate the dull wits of the senator's,
but it Is one which the great rank and
file of the party grasp readily and
heartily enjoy. 1t is TO be hoped that
the representatives will sense its signif-
icance. and be braced by it to lashtback
to the senate the monstrosity which tits
now incubating, with determined de-
mand that the senate pass the Wilson
bill or none. -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-18
OLIVE BRANCH OF PEACE
Continued Fro,u First poge

COhuhhHcN fOHis Il EESe rage.
conference lasting an hour was held.
At its conclusion President Mcbride
offered resolution reciting that.
whereas large number of operators
who had refused to attend the confer
ence had refused the hand Of c0ncilia-
ton and peace that had been extended
to them. the miners believed that any
settlement arrived at in the
absence of those operators
would only add to and accen-
tuate the miserable condition of the
miners and that it was impossible TO
make any settlement with the operators
who had met them here. While ap-
preciating the efforts OF the operators
who had attended the conference to
reach settlement. the miners asked
their cooperation i'll bringing peaceable
and persuasive pressure to bear upon
the absent operators TO induce them to
agree to terms with the MIXERS.
These resolutions were offered to the
conference as expressing the views of
the miners. and. aS there seemed to be
nothing more to do, the conference ad,
Journed sine die.
OPERATORS DISAPPOINTED.
The coal operators met tonight and
adopted statement of the result from
their standpoint. 1t declares that the
operators of Ohio and Pennsylvania
responded to the invitation 10 consult
with the miEe workers in good faith,
and did all in their power under the
present trade conditions to effect a
settlement of the strike. but that
the mine workers in secret SEES
sion refused TO agree upon any terms
whatever, and ended the conference on
the ground that the Illinois operators
were not present. The statement de-
clares that this action of the mine
workers is not in accord with their pro-
LESSONS or peace and Cancellation.
The Ohio operators will meet in Co.
lnInbus next Wednesday, and the Penn
sylvania operators in Pittsburg OH MoH
dau
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-18
SENATORIAL SNORING.

Good, simple people, susceptible to
the enchantment of distance. and with
well-developed bumps of reverence for
all that is or seems to be great, if they
ever think of the senate as engaged in
the discussion of the tariff or some other
equally great measure. doubtless picture
the grave senators sitting in dignified
attention as some fellow of the club UNI
winds his roll of wisdom before them
with stately, sedate eloquence BETTING
the awful dignity of that body. The
irrevereBt and posted reporter of the
proceedings of that august body is
under no such decisions. and. OCCASION
ally.in burst of confidence. he runs the
chance of mourning senatorial disfavor.
violates senatorial courtesy. and tells
his little public just how they do be-
have themselves when matters of ma
tional import, about which the dear
people are botherlng themselves, are
under debate.
One of these aweless youths says that
between the hours of and 5 IN the
afternoon the senate chamber is we'll
emptied OF the grave and reverend SEN
ators, who are occupying the soft.
leather-covered lounges in the cloak
rooms. where they are giving the gray
matter of their brains chance for re-
cuperation IN that sweet restorer of
tired nature, balmy sleep, and reveals
the tremendous fact that some of them
snore so loud that the doors leading to
the chamber have to be closed SO that
the orator in possession of the floor may
proceed undisturbed. He tells us that
Coke, of Texas. is the champion, while
our own Davis is good second. the
former making the windows rattle,
while the latter only imparts an I'M.