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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-10-17
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is only
one way TO cure Deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets inflamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to it's normal condition. hearing will
be DESTROYED forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an iufamed condition Of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY l. CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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A Household Treasure.

D. ". Fuller, of Cansjoharie, N. T., says
that he always keeps Dr.. Kings New Discovery
in the house and his family has always found
the very best results follow its use that he ould
not be without it, if procurable. G. A. DYKE
man Druggist, Cstskill, N. Y, says that DR.
Kings New Discovery is undoubtedly the best
Cough remedy; that he has used it in his family
for eight years, and it has never failed to do all
that Is claimed fofie- Why not try remedy
80 long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at
J. F. ". LeLonne's Drug Store. Regular size
60c. and $1:00. 3.
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Literary.

The Rev. John Kershaw sdelivered lecture
shfore tie fShm1@ Library Association last
Wednesday evening" that was thoroughly en-
joyed by the audience present. He dealt
principally With what might be termed the
unwritten history Of the realm, for much Of
it is to befound only in traditions and in
smns,y old manuscripts.
Mr.. D. u. Young read portion of the
oration Of Ex-Governor James r. Hammond
on the Life and Character Of Calhoun, deliv-
cred before the Charleston City Council, by
request, in 1850. M. Young,s delivery vas
unusually good. he wss fanilisr with bis
sub5ectsod threw lifeaud character into the
reading.
Col. J. J. Dargan, President ofs.he Asso.
citation annouoced that Gen. Edward
.NcCeadv, Of Charleston, and other well
known men have consented to deliver ad.
dresses during the winter.
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1t is gratifying to te able 10 note that
Solicitor John S. Wilson has improved so
decidedly that be may be able to resume his
duties before the work of the present circuit
is concluded.
The 4eoastables began raidiug blind tigers
in Coiambia on Thursday last. They had
searchSwarrants and proceeded in an orderly
manner.
Ex VicePresidert Norton, the Republican
candidate for Governor of New, York has got.
ton into snap by importing an English
eoachnan under contract. The penalty is
$1,000.
Chief Jnstice Bleckiey, Of Georgia, has
resigned. he gives as the principal reason
that thereis more work than Eve men ought
TO do, and there are only three judges.
Anyone can ind anything that is usually
kept in q frst-class drug house, at lowest
figures, at the City Drag Store, A. J. China,
proprietor.
t:hina's Sods is the best. All you waua
is to try it once and you will call aga'n'
Any favor from toxyz.
Why continue paying to foreigners all We
can make for life insurance when we can get
Setter results ct home for one-thlrd the cost
and the money is kept at home where 1e
need it.. This is cooperative life.
A conflict is Impending in Gaiana, Sesth
America. between Veaezuela and Eaglasd
This fact is interesting, inasmuch as tae
United States may be drawn into it ia de-
fence of the Monroe Goctrine.
The st. Asry's Caraolic Abstinence Society
of Kpoxville, Tenn. has adopted emphatic
resolutions regarding she liquor traffic. Tae
resolutions recite taat the object Of the
scciety is to train the Catholic youth in paths
Of sobriety and morality, that they may be.
come practical Gathoscs and patriotic Anera
strongest impedimeut to the consummationef
these objects, as weh as the greatest evil
which confronte the American people, is IN
temperance, and that it coutemplates With
horror the result of intemperance and 5es-
pecially deplores the misery entailed on
Catholics and the odiun cast on them as re-
iieious denomination.
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THE GREAT PUG-A-wUG OF
The HIGH HILLS.
A Few Philosophic Reflections by
Henry r
COLUMBIA, S. c., October

COLUMBIA, S. c., October 18th, 1894.
Mr. Editor: While the Watchman and
Southron is bitter Straiehtout paper 1t is
very respectable, and tries hard, seemingly. to
deal With men and measures in a just and fair
spirit. So was surprised to see the little
editorial trying to make it appear that the Re-
formers proposed to run man against Mr..
Mellett because be saw fit 10 "rebuke Railroad
Commissioner Thomas for his impertineut
and unauthorized letter" to the Senator and
Representatives of Sumter county, asking
them TO define their political position on the
questions of the day.
The Editor knows he is unjust to the Re-
formers, for be has seen them tried and
proved. We Reformers all know that the
Haskellism, which the Wdaekman and SomhTo's
and Mr.. Frank Neliett eepoused and indepen.
dentism, of all kind means the negro, and We
assurethe sWatekman ead Sosakron that they
needfee no fear OF us We will GO to the
polls and cast eur votes for Mt. Frank Mel
lett. Ny letter to the Senator aud Representa-
tives, was not as you say, impertinence. The
Straightouts all over the State were making
an effort to run an Independent ticket. In the
interests Of the. faction which has houored me
by electing me their leader, l wrote these
gentlemen respectful letter asking them to
publicly define their POLITICAL position, that
our people, whose votes they seek in toe
general election, might know that they re-
garded their pledge and oath aad would do
their duty BY supporting the State ticket and
ihe Democratic nominee Dr.. j. W.. Stokes,
for Congress. thank the Senator and four
Representatives tor their gentlemanly, re-
epec,ful and courteous reply. Our people
know by the reply that they are not called
upon to support a lot of traitors to the
primary. am told on good authority that
Mr.. T. B.. Johnston, Independent Republican
candidate for Congress, who has always
affiliated with the negro, has been promised
the Conservative vote of Sumter county
! against that life long Democrat and scholarly
gensleDen Dr.. ]. W. Stokes, the nominee o1
the Democratic party for Congress. You are
pledged aud took solemn oath to support
the nominees of the Democratic party. You
are not supporting DR.. Stokes as you have
sworn to do. At the general election we Re
formers intend to do our duty and cheerfully
support every mau on the Democratic ticket
You know we did it in the last election under
greater provocation than we have had this
time. So We beg you will cease making your
liulesspitefut fIngs at the Reformers, and dc
your sworn duty BY al. the nominees of the
Democratic party.
81. R. TEoMAs.
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The Reei Contest.

The reel contest Was pulled off at go clock
on Main Street, and was4w'tnessed o; a
big crowd It was close enough to oe excit-
inr. and untii the time was announced there
vas doubt.
az conrse. the crowd was banking on Sum
ter. and wanted one of the squads to win. It
did not make much difference which. Yet
,be Columbia Independents had lots Of frieods
and admirers present.
The independents are q 6ne looking set of
FIRE laddies. and their ERE record. both 10
actual combat with flames, and IN contests
like this. is we'll known iu Sumter. They
are real firemeu and know how to handle the
real and nozzle as we'll as the best.
The squads are as follows:
Decor Reel, 3.-W. J. AcKageu, captain !;
VIC. Bagnal, W. s. Graham, A. G. Flowers,
Louis Lvons, D. China, " r. Burgess, Phil.
Miller, J. b. Miller, E. O. Ingram, d. Dick
son. /. d. Noses. I... Geo. P. HcKagen, ir.
Solua5;as hdpeps1st Rel Squad.-C- =.
kcJunkio, sapfsSn Pittman, Sweeney.
McDouSa, S6ysna Swygert, Dnnning, Rad:
clife, KrSuiers b. S. Allen.s
Moaaa5ax NG 2.-Johnt Moran, captain
Va. Phelpe., Jno. T. Wilson, joe Vile
nenve, John. PoNer.. Tom Miller, ". Built
man. B. r. Carr, Gus Epperson, G. ). AL
pbonss John Batrstt, Blending Durant;
Thss members bE sthe Independents Squad
xere dressed in white tights and navy blue
e'qssss ,;d M, hin. b,oo,s and
knscketbockefs. ssa
Monaghan Squad, 2, 10 red blouse aud
kniekerboekefs.
The tse3A Mees s,.aleaeas az 1z oeieek;
Number 3xeiKhsd 80 pounds. which entitled
them to 10 men to the reel and hydrant man
and nozzle man. -
Namber 3 1eigbed sse and bad 8 men
and the two extras as above.
The independents weighed sos. aud was
allowed g. men and twoextras.
The course Was from Scafe's to Rytten.
berg's corner, where. connection was made
with the h5drsas.sasdi Distance Of one hundred
yards.
Col. J. a. Rhsme,, Nr. A. W Sudsr. and
Mr. E. a. Noses acted as judges. Ar. 8. l.
Reardon was clerk.
Number 2 ran 6rst, time 353 seconds
Number 3, second, time 80 seconds.
The independently, third, time 80 seconds.
The prizes thereforeg go to the independents
aud Delgaf
There Vas considerable kicking about the
connection made with the nozzle By No. 3,
end the manner in which the independents
used q strap 90 the hose TO facilitate making
Quick correction With the nozzle, but The
iudses,aecided that there was 40 violation OF
fhosrnlSa = ssSF
The Independents just ran sway with thei:
opponents.
Had tie street been level the time would
have been much faster: ~
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The Fantastic Parade.

Tie Fantastic Parade Brought out big
crowd last night. Maia Street was thronged, /,
and from Republican to the Nixon House the
sidewalks were almost blocked. The deeora.
tons of the stores and residences added a
great deal TO the attractions Of the display
along the liue Of the parade, aud the sight
seekers were unanimoas in their praises of
that happy nnion Of enterprise and artistic
taste that marks every effort in this iioe made
in Sumter.
On Main Street the decorations receiving
most praise from the passers by were:
Schwartz Bros, O. Doanelik + Co., the table iu
Ducker & Bulsman's widow, Chandler's and
Burn's joint deoosaaiog Bsfnett, Brown, Cut
1ino + Del9sr, DR.. China's window, Rytten-
berg's, Hammond,s, the Monaghan Block, as q
whole; Mics AcDonalas and Lewis. Miss
the Monaghan Block aud Burns and Chand-
Ter. 1t is di6eule to cay which was the most
admired.
cially beautiful. Nj r. P. Monaghan
eelipsed all others. bat all were festoosed
with bunting and illuminated by long strings
of Chinese lanterns.
The Nixon House, d.. Dicks, Mr.. Rosen-
QOl 8, tue JeIVSS aOese, NE mdsou 9, W.
Chiaa's, Mr. Nash's aud Mr.. Laughery were
el, profnsely decorated
The Fantastic Psrade started from the Moo
umental Square, headed by the Fourth Regi-
men, Band in the big band wagon. Then
came the Sacred White Elephant from
Mayesville," with banner bearers and body
gaard. lThe sacred beast was calm aud
geutaes eswhiees OK thas has recently received
emancipatieo from the ,plow- Mr.. Sid.
Stubbs oeeupied tie post honor, .sstride
the beasts back. Then came Tod Felsom in
billy goat cart snrroaDded sby lansens and
Aags. Rex. Ttbeswritergsess followed in
an OK cart. symbolic Of agriculteyes patience
and frugslity surrounded ay hiscourt beau
ties.
The Devil-there were seSeral Of them this
,ime-and the angels followed atrayed in
long white robes and bearing torches.
Frank Little, the only original, brought up
the rear of the procession as the clown,
astride the trick mule.
The parade was success and Dr.. Dick and
Mr.. ]. n. Alphonse deserve much credit for
getting it up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-10-17
RHEUMATISM. .

n>BE NEW FRENCH RHEUMATISM
LOTION, by an eminent French Pbysi-
clan. cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lum-
baeo. all Diseases of the Skin quickly, often
Immediately however, Rheumatisms OF long
standing require some time to be cured; but
thew are relieved whenever the Lotion is ap.
piled. Cramps in the limbs, hands, ETC., pre-
cusorrs to partial paralysis, are cured imme-
dia,ely. Price Sl.oo at DeLorme's Pharmacy.
July l8.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-10-17
On the Diamond.

Tue base ball game between Sumter and
Colsmbia proved to be aregular Waterloo for
the latter. Columbis was not in it alongside
of James and Gibson, Sumter's battery,
and, in consequence, the Game Cocks wiped
ND the diamond with them to the tune of 20
to 0. The game was without feature to
recommend it.
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Notice.

Highest cash price paid for cotton seed.
All who have seed for sale or to exchange fol
meal or feed will do well to see me before sell
ing. au an old buyer and can give the
people great advantages. Give me call al
Office on Main Street, or at G. 8. l. n. 4. T.
Respectfully, W. B. BOYLE.
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Paper by the ream, half ream or quarter
ream is the real economical way to buy. B..
G. Osteen + Co., sell it that way.
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There is no use in writing on shoddy paper
when good, smooth paper can be bought from
q. G. Osteen h Co., for the same price.
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Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick headache
indigestion and biliousness. 25c.
The New York World for sale by H. G.
Osteen i Co.
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Rev. J. ". Daniels lecture, ..Mooushine, -
was heard by a large audience-for lecture
-on Thursday evening. 1t was intensely
anusing,, and was 80 enjoyable that it is
hoped that Mr.. Daniel will before long deliver
a00thera
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-04
Epwolsru PARK.


The Preparations All aIado for the open-
ing of Assembly, Monday.
Special DfSrd.ch 10 the IattIitoeaesr.
BErnBsDA, August 3.-The final pro.
parations for the Assembly arc rapidly
being madc and by Monday, tho open
ing day. all the arrangomcnta will have
been completed.
Everything points toward most sue
cesstul season. Never before at this time
has there bcen 90 many people on the
grounds, and the attendance this year
promises to far exceed that OF any pro.
vious assembly.
DR.. Osborne and family are now at
homo at their cottage on the grounds.
As superintendent the doctor will be IN
ideal man.
Thursday, the 9th inst, will bc Ep.
worth day. Dr.. J. T. Perry, editor OF
the Ep,oOHh Herald, will give two ad-
dresses. Good music and other features
will mako It q great day.
An excursion train will start from
Wheeling at $3.50 central time, 1880
Wheeling time. Leaving Bethesda in
tho evening it will reach Wheeling at
1850 p. m, Faro for tho round trip no
cents. All Epworth leaguers should
take notice,
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WASHINGTON. D. O., August 3.-Tho
understanding among tho tariff con-
iercea when they adjourned late this
afternoon was that tho session to-mor-
row should bring about either
an agreement on the sugar sched-
ule or a decision to report
d disagreement To-day was devoted
by tho conference to discussion OF the
sugar question. This schedule In de-
taft provides o duty Of 10 per cent nd
valorem on sugar below 16 Dutch Stand
ard. and 40 per cent on sugar above this
grade, the duty on refined sugar to be
collected on the basis Of tho saccharine
strength Of tho raw sugar used In II,
with one-lfth OF a cent diGerential on
tho refined, and a discriminating duty
equal to the export duty levied by auch
sugar producing countries as pay q
bounty on sugar production.
A report received from ap inside
source ia to the effect that some OF the
house conferces found tho schedule
Objectionable from several points Of
view, and when the timo for
adjournment was reached had not
only failed 10 Indicate u willingness
10 accept tho schedule but had
said, that so far as they have been able
to master its details they considered 1t
unacceptable. 1t was this expression
Of opinion on their part which left tho
situation in such doubt whom the con-
forcnce adjourned and render cd il pos
sible that instead oil an agreement being
reached tho result might be disagree
mont. Tho pressure for bill is SO
strong in tho party, however, that tho
probabilities are still favorable to an
agreement on aomo line.
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LONDON, August 4.-The Times says;
The Royal Geographical Society has re-
ceivod tho following telegram from
Baron NOrdeuskjold:
"Tho steamer Rugnvald JarI. which
conveyed tho WCllmSn expedition TO
tho Polar regions, has boon crushed in
tho ice noar Walden island. Sixmeu VITO
were with the expedition have returned
to Norway. Tho othor mcmbcrs Of the
party continued northWasds on tho les.
but It is evidently impossible for
them to penetrate far. and the
expedition Is likely to return, worry
much exhausted, to tho Swedish houses
at MoSaCl bay. These houses arc excel
lent, but tho provisions they contain
will not DO sufficient. In August aud
September there will probably DO no
leo between Enyl and lCGGord. aud
MosScI bay will then bo accessible. !
think relief expedition is Desirable"
Tho Times, commenting on the fore
going, says that Baron NordonSki iold'a
opinion deserves tho most serious at-
tontion. 1t Is too late. It remarks, 70
oxpross an opinion upon tho toolhnrdl-
ness OF tho expedition. Mossel Bay
may bo beset by ice earIy in tho season.
and It 10 to be hoped that tho party will
get safely ont Of their rash adventure.
Doubtless Mr.. Wellman's countrymen
will not delay in taking stops TO prevent
tho possibility OF lamentable catas'
trnnha
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Tho RIyor aud narbor Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. G. August s.-The
river and harbor appropriation bill was
reported from tho conierees to both
houses to-day and agreed to. AS finally
passed the bill carries 81, ,4SS, ,lS0, an
increase Of $l,940,49l from the house
bill. Compromises were reached on
sixty-five Of the senate amendments.
The senate receded from twenty, and.
tho remainder were accepted by tho
house. Some OF the most important
compromises we're:
The reduction from sl30,000 to Sl10,-
600 Of the item for Winyaw Bay, S. G. |;
from SS00,000 to S275,000 for Sabine
Pass, Toxas; the provisions Tor On in
vestigation and report to Congress on
the amount necessary to acquire tho
locks and dams OF the Monongaheia
(Penna.) Navigation Company; reduc.
ing from S250,000 to Sl50.000 the item
for the Potomac at Washington.
To the allowance for survey for a ca
nal connecting Lake Superior and the
Mississippi river, proviso Is added
that 1t shall not commit tho govern
mont to the project; decreasing from
$lS0,000 to $4,000 the item for New
Orleans hatbor.
In mauy cases Of difference between
the house and senate in tho sums appro.
priated for minor improvements the
confereea agreed upon amounts half
way between the two.
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Cnnlhn,t TniIc n Hint.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, August 9.-Colonel
J. a. Watrous, department commander
OF Wisconsin, who has boon denounced
by Phil Kcarnoy Post G. A. r., oil
Richmond. for interfering with tho col.
lection OF funds in the North for tho
decoration OF soldiers graves in tho
South by reporting that the money was
used to build hall al Richmond, says
llc wants tho mattor takpn up by the
National EncNmpment. He says his
action has been endorsed by tho com.
mander-in.chiei, tho past commander
in.chief and nearly Nil tho departments
Of tho North.
made to got tho Richmond people to
stop their practices without cxposure,
but thoy would not tako the hint.
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TREND OF TRADE.
Improvement AL Depends on tho ActioI
40 t,on,vyn1s... Hyool m nd Iron nSnrtRts.

Improvement All Depends on tho Action
OF Congrsss--wool and Iron Markets..
New YoRK, August 3.-R G. Dan g.
Co.'S weekly review OF trado, which is-
sues tomorrow, will say: An import
ant change III tho state Of business is
near at hand. Congress will act on the
tari(t question, one way or tho othcr, in
all probability, within wcOk. II it
passes the pending bill. or II 1t fails, in
either case tho doilnito basis for luturo
business will enable many to act who
arc now waiting.
Salos Of wool worc $3.50, 900 pounds,
against 3,749,05O last yenr, and 1885,
400 tho year before. and for tivc weeks
ending with July were So,SS2, 72I
pounds, against II, ,43S,050 last year, and
$3.50, $50 in 1902.
Recovery in iron manufactures Is
hindeted by greater tronblo In tho coko
regions, whcro many OF the now col.
ored hands havO quit aud gonO back to
tho south, and tho strikers have dccid-
to continue tho struggle. Somewhat
botter business appears at Phil
adelphia. but tho market hOrc ts
dull. There Is no improvement in
quantities Of manufactured forms re.
ouirod at Pittsburgh OF tho west, aud in
general tho domNnd ior finished pro.
ducts Is disappointing. Prices remain
nearly unchanged, though with nuncr'
Gus small contracts for structural work
beams arc shade stronger, whilc besse.
NOR iron, bar iron and wiro nails arc q
shade weaker.
Tho failures this week have been 2l0
in tho United States Hgninst 1896 last
year, aud "A in Canada against "a last
yNnf
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ARomANoE OF THE SEA.
The Ship CAmbrIan Chief Is lost, a
Then Is FOuud AgAin.


SAN FRASotsoo, August a-The Brit
ish ship. Cambrian Chicf, supposed to
havc been lost enrOute to Coquimbo,
and on which s. per cont was paid SOW
eral weeks ago for Reinsurance, is re-
ported safe III tho barbor at TaltNl.
Chile. a letter from Captain Thomas
was received hero to-day. Several
weeks ago tho British ship Dec, from
San Francisco, arrived at Valparaiso,
having on board the wife and child OF
Captain Thomas and several Of the crew
OF the Cambrian Chief. They reported
the Cambrian Chief as probably lost.
During terrific gale the vessel had
been dismastod. Just at nighttall the
Dee sighted tho Cambrian Chief, in
distress and succeeded in getting boat
to her. This boat rescued Mrs. Thomas,
her child and several OF tho Cambrian's
crew. A second boat from the Dec was
sent back for Captain Thomas and tho
others Of his crew. Tho gallo increased
in tho darkness. and tho Deo lost all
trace OF her own rescuing crow and the
Cambrian Chief.
The second chapter Of this thrilling
tale OF the seq now comes from Captain
Thomas. He reports that tho gallant
rescuers from the Dee reached his ves'
sci In safety. When tho dawn camc
and tho Doc was nowhere in sight,
despair seized the little band OF sailors.
But, finally. when the pumps wcro
sounded aud II was found that tho ves-
sol was making very little water,
hope came back to them. Jury
masts wero rigged and, ut last, the
Cambrian Chief was got under way.
Another peril was yet to be on.
countcred. During the ships progress
south all her provisions had beon con-
sumed and 1t became necessary 10 put
the crew on short allowances, later on,
very short allowance. When the Cam
brian Chief reached tho Taltal the sailors
had just enough strength left to shorten
sail aud ship anchor.