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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-28
To the Women of the State.
A Circular Issued by the
Board of Lady Managers.

The board Of managers for the
South Carolina room i'll the woman's
building at the Atlanta Exposition
have sent out circular to the women
Of the State saying;
The women of the board feel that
it is the privilege Of every other
woman of the State to share with them
a personal interest and right in their
room. therefore they wish as many as
possible to contribute to itpersonally.
You are asked to send 20 cents in
stamps or dimes in the enclosed
envelope y
This is to create feeling amongst
the women of the State that each one
has right and share in their room
and the board wish any woman who
has not had circular sent her and
would like to contribute her mite to
send it to the treasurer, Mrs. W. C.
Benet, Abbeville, S. G.
4 very desirable location has been.
secured for the South Carolina room,
and plans for most attractive ex-
hibit have been perfected 1t is SO sit.
uated as to be specially conspicuous,
and we want it to attract the admi-
ration as we'll as the attention Of all.
1t is desired now that the women of
the States cooperate IN this patriotic
effort. Besides there Is the consid-
Grafton that creditabIe display will
undoubtedly be Of benefit to the
State generally as It will induce out
side investment by capitalists who
will visit the exposition for the pur-
pose of locating and engaging in
various manufactures and industries.
We wish to display the best produc-
tions from field and farm, vegetables
and fruits, preserved and picked,
and specimens Of the skill and inge-
nuity in which the women excel in
artistic work and embroideries, paint
ing. etc , besides old and historic
relics.
All this display will show to those
vino should desire to make their
homes among US the degree of cuI-
ture and refinement of our women.
1t is TO be hoped that the women Of
the State will respond at once and
lose no time in making ready their
exhibits. Tie chairman Of the board
will appoint lady in each county
seat of the State to take charge of
the collection and forwarding of ex-
hioits A list ofthese names will be
published later.
The railroads will take exhibits to
the woman's building free Of charge.
Express charges on all Ioan exhibits
will be paid by the board of women
managers
Every reasonable care will be taken
of all articles loaned, and especia.
guards will be placed over them in
Atlanta, and every precautio" ob-
served for their safety from injury or
lire he most valnaOie relics anG
paintings will be in a fire proofbu;Id-
ing So we hope no one will hest
tate to send any old and valuable
relics that will add to the rare collec-
ton. Already large number Of
such have been rendered. All modern
and ingenious work is mach desired.
Prizes will be awarded by the
board of managers to the best work
iu the various departments On ap
plication to the lady agent at each
county seat tags will be given and
directions furnished to each exhibitor
as to the best way to send her art;
cles.
The board of managers would be
very much obliged if all the county
papers in the State would copy this
article
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-28
The Election in the State.

The election throughout the State
was very quiet and the vote very light.
No excitement was reported from any
section of the State and no trouble or
rows occuredred
In Beaufort the Republican ticket is
elected over the Reform and Conserva-
tive tickets by a large plurality.
Fairfield elects the Reform ticket
over the independent Conservative
ticket. a light vote vas polled.
Fraud is charged against the Reform
managers.
At the Darlington precinct fraud
was also charged The Nens md
Courier correspondent says:
Darlington, August 20-The elec-
tion 10 this county was quite every
where and light vote polled, the Con-
servatives and Tillmanites both show
ing apathy The Republicans stirred
themselves, but with what results are DOT
COW known. The Conservatives ran one
ticket, the TiIlmanites another, and the
Republicans still another, and 20 def
mite returns are yet in. The election
at this poll was the greatest farce Of its
kind secs here since the last State cleo
ton Nearly an hour after the ap-
pointed time the polls we're not opened.
One manager was absent. No regis
tratiou book could be found, so the
managers said, and things generally
were badly mixed. After much point
ed and indignant remark made directly
to the managers, they finally sworc in
another man, secured a clerk. got a
copy Of registration book for 1892,
and the farce was opened. Never was
there more patent fraud perpetrated.
This poll has only seventeen Tilmani;e
votes and has several hundred Conser-
vative votes, aud it is at this poll alone
that these "misund erstaudings' always
occur. One Of the managers refused
yesterday TO serve, having as be said.
washed his hands Of the whole affair. y
because of what transpired in his
efforts to get the proper regissra-
ton books. The fraud and conspiracy
we're so plain that afddavits we're
sworn this Afternoon against the
supervisors and managers of election
here, aud also against T. j. Kirveu,
who it is variously reported, more espe-
cially by the managers. irresponsible for
the disappearance Of the proper book
Warrants will be served tomorrow,
morning, and the cases will be pushed
at once. Ignorance and carelessuess
sometimes cause things, but method
was here seen There is only one way
to characterize the proceedings here
to-day They we're uumitigated. ras-
cally, despicable fraud, and those who
are most interested will be called upon
for explanation.
The election of the fusion ticket in
Union county is probably safe. al
though not sufficient uumber Of pre-.
! ciucts had been heard from to place the
matter beyond doubt. Judge Wallace
may be elected.
A B Williams and his iodependen;
ticket in Greenville was defeated by
DO, less than 600 majority Williams
led in Greenville city and would have
received much larger vote bet for the
strict and technical enforcement of the
registration law.
Richland elected the compromise
ticket BY safe majority The negroes
did not poll anything like as large vote
as predicted
Iu all the other counties the election
was without incident.
The Conservatives will have about
forty members in the Convention.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-28
Mile q Minute For Nine
Hours.

LoxDoN. Aug 2l-E!'he London and
Northeastern RailSay Companys fast
train. which lett Eu-fon Sfs'iou at s
clock Ia>t evening. arrived at .Aber-
iieeo q; 4:5S 'cock his rornins. hav-
ing covered the distance 81 541 miles
IN the 81 e..e~t tim on record
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-28

Maydri Rordiguez has been sent
to Maximo Gomez with dispatches
from Roloff.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-28

The board Of managers would be
very much obliged if all the county
papers in the State would copy this
article.
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
the SWINE INDUSTRY.
Hogs Good Property and Are Quickly
Turned into Money.

Hogs Good Property and Are Quickly
Turned into Money.
Hogs are always good property If
kept healthy. when ordinarily fat cat
tie sell at five dollars per hundred,
gross. Beef is likely to be still higher
within the next twelve months With
the advance in bovine products pork is
sure to be in sympathy.
Not every month affords desirable
prices for swine, but scarcely three
months 60 by in the average year in
which the price for good fat hogs is not
remunerative.
Good quality of stock, In fact, the
best obtained, is required for uniform
success in meat production. Breeding
and feeding, when conducted intelli-
gently, are prime factors in good
results. There is always a defect
in the one or other or both if
good quality is not realized In
machinery, often single nut lacking
renders powerless the whole effort Of
the craft and crew. With live stock a
single point lacking in the proper
makeup of the sire in herd may
mean the loss of all profit on herd for
the season. and even more than this.
Defective form in the pigs Is, how
ever, not complete bar to average
success, If one is master of the feeders
art During the next six months the
question of profit and loss hinges on
feeding and management Having Sc
cured all the seemingly important
articles of food, without the important
small quantity of fax-seed products
Tor an equivalent-difficult to name),
the element of profit is liable to be
lacking in the returns when the hogs
are marketed. without factor to
regulate and invigorate the digestion,
waste often attends feeding without it.
1t is often true that simply lack OF
pure, clean water causes loss, varying
in degree from loss of one animal to
that OF the plague and an annihilation
of herd. Pure. clean water for drink
ing, in the hog yards, into which the
pigs even can not wallow, and which
flows cool and fresh from spring OF
fountain at temperature which the
animal relishes the soothing draught
during the hot and dusty weather of a
good share of the year, has value In.
calculahle.
There are half dozen and more
other little (0 things which are not tc
be omitted If a good profitable lot ot
| pork is to be marketable Western
| Rural.
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
WHEN BABY SINGS.


When baby sing1 seem to hear
The music OF the angels near.
The melodies she must have heard
Before she came, our little bird.
Her words are singing "bye-o-bye,"
But full OF sweetness from on high,
And truth nnd purity each note
Atrume with beauty In her throat
the brooklet's voice. the song Of birds
Are sweetest sounds. though lacking
words.
And baby's song. though but IN air,
Is music, true. divine and rare
When the baby sings, so soft and low,
I'm in the Ixnd where flowers grow;
Where vihleta shy peep through the srass
And breezes kiss them as they pass
The robin and the tobolink.
The meadows sweet and rivers brink.
The rustling leaves and cooling sprin9s,
All come in view when baby sings
Her dolly Ia her arms she holds,
And closely TO ker heart enfoldA,
Her trusting face II like rose,
When ba9y sings tt TO repose.
Oh, baby dear. I'm truly blest.
TO see thy face by heaven caress'd,
My heart Il JOY and God Is love,
When baby sings, like saints above.
C J. VOLTA
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
Tho Value of Mixed Feeds.

The wise dairyman will always strive
to furnish variety Of feed to his cows.
Further than that, he will also strive
to have each kind of food cut and cured
in it's most palatable state, for he
knows that to have the food palata bio
taste well"-is very profita BILE
feature to him. There is something a
little strange about the value Of mixed
feeds. For instance. when fed to pigs Of
100 to 125 pounds weight, . bushel Of
shelled corn will produce ten pounds Of
gain, and 100 pounds of skim milk will
produce five pounds of gain. That
means when fed separately the two
feeds will produce fifteen pounds Of
growth. Now mix the two feeds. corn
meal and the sweet skim milk, and
they will produce eighteen pounds.
Such at least has been the result Of
repeated experlments-Rura World
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
Wanted to Fit in His Conn.

There is not in Europe more mag
nificent burial place than the mauso-
leum in the park of Hamilton palace,
where the late duke Of Hamilton was
recently buried. This mausoleum was
built about sixty years ago by the late
dukes grandfather Duke Alexander,
the son-in-law of Beckford) at cost Of
one hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterling, and Italian artists and work.
men were principally employed. 1t is
square building, surrounded by a
round tower and stone cupola, with
bronze gates which are copied from
those of the Baptistery at Florence.
Duke Alexander, who died in 1854, is
himself buried here in the alabaster
sarcophagus of an Egyptian queen,
which was purchased during his life,
when travelling in Upper Egypt. This
he always intended to be his own cof-
fin, and it was kept in Hamilton palace
many years. The duke frequently lay
down in his sarcophagus, and. finding
it to be too small for his body, he left
another direction, that If necessary,
his breastbone should be sawed
through, SO that it might be doubled
up and the corpse laid in the coffin
which he had so carefully prepared for
it's reception. The sarcophagus was
an exquisite piece of work and covered
with Observation-Disclosures Ga
zette
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
-. :. .f,,4.rnal~ "a commercial

\ sort of sfrsternal" ard commercial
treaty swith her. The COW has .
maternal side to be considered. MIX
Il secreted first and primarily for the
calf, and dairying and good milking u
= plan to get the milk, and have thas
mother Office extended. To do this
there must be confidence awakened
and maintained, to the end that milk.
ing this COW shall be q pleasure quite
akin to supplying tho calf and some
authorities claim, keep in continu'
snce the "emotions," that can b
called without violence, but an occae
sion OF Ito herr actual enjoyment
The man who pets q cow, and Will
feed her and does not give her pain
when he milks. may be said to be more
than a mechanical milker, but one
who has gone further, and is-al'
though in an artificial way-keeping
alive the cows maternal affection. and
this can but be stimulative influence
to induce milk secretion. The reader
has witnessed on Untold occasions the
cows greatest desire to suckle her
calf, or be MIXED, and II milk giving
and milking can be closely associated
by pleasurable contact, sthere Is al
once answer that there is a secret in
milking, and 1t is fashioned on tho
everlasting law Of good care and kind
ness.-Practical Farmer.
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12

t'You know my VOW"
Break it,
II called you devil. and you are.
Would you have me plunge my soul
into perdition for the sake of your
love?'
pierre, if you did. II you did, with a
song of rejoicing ! would follow you
to your deathless doom"
She had put her arms around him
and leaned her cheek caressingly
against his own. Then began a con
fiict in the heart of the monk that
tested his moral fiber to the full. Had
he yielded the religious record of the
northwest would never have opened
an immortal leaf to his memory.
Let me think" he said, finally.
You see"-he hesitated. 1t was the
crucial test of his conscience. 1tcould
never be tested more than it was at
that moment, no matter what might
happen to him in all his after life.
Madeline, you call me- he sobbed,
"but God calls me, too, and l must go
the way that He has pointed out. One
kiss, Madeline, and then farewell for
ever"
"Oh, say not, say not forever!" cried
Madeline. 1T cannot be that God
wants this sacrifice. 1t is too great a
sorrow for my soul to bear"
ut must be borne" replied Pierre,
and he started back with shudder,
for strange. meaningful look had
suddenly flashed into the eyes of his
beloved.
'Oh, not that, not that!' he ex-
claimed. Il divine your intention 1t
is damnable, your life is not yours to
take. Promise me"
IL will promise nothing. You have
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
One Acre In Hens.

II is a progressive farmer who can
succeed in making one acre support .
COW. and he is then perfectly satisfied
with a profit of $50 from her. II an
acre OF land can be made to yield any
kind of crop that will pay profit Of
$50, the success attending such aresult
will be considered worthy Of notice.
Profit means, Of course, all that portion
of the gross receipts which remains
after the full expenses are paid, and ,
profit of $50 an acre is very large. 1t 10
easy to figure ION paper) the possibili.
ties of an acre of land. but there are
facts abundant to demonstrate that $50
Is but small sum to derive from one
acre Of land devoted to poultry. 1t 10
rare to find a case where q large flock
of poultry has been given the space Of
one acre that the hens did not pay
we'll, although due credit is not always
allowed for home" market, which
calls for poultry and eggs, accounts
not being kept with the family table.
Farm and Fireside.
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
Milking.

In reply to query, rs there any
secret about milking COW so as to get
result not wholly related to the food
and care of the cow?" we would say
that successful milking of e COW to
secure the greatest and best results u
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
Seaside Love.

Willis-Then it's mutually under
stood, is it? You are to be my own lovey-
dove till your real fiance comes, and ]
am to be your own dearest sweetheart
till my real fiancee comes.
Agnes-Yes. But suppose neither
should come, then what?
Willis-O, that would be too bsd.
The thing would lose half its spice,
and all its danger. 1t would be moth
ing but common, SLOPPY, cheap-J ohm
love affair-N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12

AT Sebastopol the opposing com
manders exchanged civil courtesies.
Sir Edmond Lyons sent Admiral
Machinoff the present of fat buck,
and the Russian admiral returned the
compliment with large cheese.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

primordial william wasn't there? Or was ne
Williams? or were there several Of them? For
this is not only Willamsbridee. II Is also. Va
ri0usly and scvcrlly Williams Bridge. ana
Williams Bridge and also WINS Bridge have
not vet observed a Hins Bridge. or Billybridgc
Yet in this Yankeclandw wide range of Triby-
isnus why not the Bridge of Little Hillec?
And now right here before us. In the brief
space between Williamsbrdge ana West Farms
within the limits Of Bronx Park. we shall ma
. rnlcrocosn or AL that We have passed through
from Bear Ridge down All the varying contours
Of the land: all the varieties Of soil. ana more;
al tn different trees and plants ana also the
ono constant factor in it all the unfailing clear
ness Of the stream. even now. anna the eop OF
the spring time frcshets. There is. indeed,
scarcely elsewhere t. BE- found in the same space
SO great a variety Of natural conditions Here
are wet oozy swamp and level uplands, and
steep hills: warm. sheltered valleys and storm
swept hntops: deep shady glens' ana open,
sunny meadows: stately and ordered woodlands.
and tangled thickots. rich garden soil, and stony
wastes
John Taylor johnston many years ago. made
his fine park at Plainheld sort 81 wonderland
t. all the country round by planting IN IL. so
they said. specimen of every kind OF tree mat
would grow in that climate In the open ar
Whether he really had them all, ana no" many
there were | do not know But "eie' III a
scarcely larger place. are growing surely some
representatives Of almost every oroer "'i 'ipe
and genus Indigenous to New-forh S"''' IL
would be delightful labor OF love So'"e 'ay
to explore and fully catalogue th'S "o"''ouS
natural arboretum. For the present VIC may
make only some random notes In pass'"s,
have said that there is a charhihs o'u apple
orchard at the very entrance TO the p"'h Else
where. in more remote and wilder pa. '"ere
are ether specimens OF Pyrus maius' a''''''' re-
lapsed into savage state. There Is '"e T,'e
| norachis too or choke-berry. and fy.u. o',o
the American mountain ash Ano OF '"e AIRS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

that nook among the rocks where the early vio-
lets grow. do YOU know IL? The rocky rampant,
twenty feet high crowned with great chestnut
trees and jumpers sweeps round IL on three
sides leaving 1t open only toward the warm,
sunny south And there. when scarcely leai or
"A bud is to be found I'm all the woods. You may
find winl-nowers nodding t. the balmy breeze.
and purple and white hepaucas, ana fragrant
violcts ab'oOm. Then there are those amazing
rocks huge masses big as houses. cut true ana
equarc as If by some Titanic quarryman. ana
hung about AZ random ON the ground Thtre -
one rockwell like a model OF the failsades on
smaller scale with big trees rooted IN us race
anpar.nfly i'm clefts I'm solid stone. with not a
grain of soil within their reach There is that
serpont tree tWinod In a close-embracing
spiral round It's mate. There Is the lllte. o,d
forgotten apple orchard i'm the border Of the
woods I'm which through the long late summer
DAYS the bees and hornets gorge themselves on
the neglected fruit and many-coloied butterleS
balance their lazy pinions on the perfumed air
And then there Is that hilltop do not know
,h,t 4 has any particular name. or yet that II Is
the highest point in all the park. though II seems
n h.. But I, those who have climbed up 10 IL, IL
viii ALWAYS remain the hilltop or all hilltopS III
his mart Of the world The path is an Indifferent
one not compromising II winds about anna
trncs ana rocks sometimes getting almost lost IN
the tangled underwood. You don't imagine IL is
Isadinp Won anywhither in particular, and are
chiefly conscious Of its roughness and steepness
and general perversty. Then, just as you are
about 10 abandon 1t in disgust and turn BACK
Won break through the last leafy barrier ana
stand supreme upon the sky-roofed summit me
crest is a huge rock. with crannies ana creNIces
nraJ with velvet moss and starred with flowers
XII around and below are the tossing tree-tops'
nor another open space In sight. II Is ROCKY
isI, In blowy sea of verdure. from whose
denths come up. faint and far away, Ike mer-
maids voices the song of birds. the plashing OF
Tho falls and the drOwsy susurrus or the pines
al hamlock -spruces The indistinct chatter or
ann,e noisy picknickers on the river bank, ana
,bn occasional roai Of a train on the railroad,
snem vague intrusions from another world AS
-, H.. ON the messy cushioned rock, with the
;;rea-curtains drawn closely all around and watch
The white clouds drift across the azure main
,hove YOU want sound save those when
%ature gives: unless indeed. some chosen COM
rode al your side lends to the words OF the
met the beauty Of her voice. There you may
dream a summer afternoon away and afterward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

exercise. You will hear the water calihg You.
ana answer 1T and 60 to II. and If you nave not
seen the Bronx before will stand upon us DRINK
win heart a-throb with glad surprise. FOR II Is
the l'eal crystal forest stream 81 your Dest
iancies ana If The artist brightest vision Ihere
Is no other like it. that you can get 10 IN an
hour. at any rate. And you marvel that so clear
and beautiful stream can flow through the
borders Of the great city
II is away up north. on the slopes OF Bear
Ridge between Plcasantv!lle and Armonk that
the Bronx has lis source. \ single spring 1t
used - be said, sent cae-third Of its flow to form
the Bronx. one-third into Wampus Pond to
swell the Byram and ono-third through Dark
valley into kisco River and the Croton The tale
bears more fancy than of fact. no doubt. But
the clear little rivuct that irickles and nipples
down the foot-slopes Of Bear Ridge, and. grow
ing as it goes. pours at last a goodly stream into
Nensco Lake. is assuredy the Bronx. And here.
at kensico or Nalhalla its more familiar course
begins Indeed the courses OF few streams are
more familiar to the public eye Mile after mile
II zig-zags along the Harlem Railroad, now on
one side Of the track. now on the other. nut
seldom out of public sight from the windows
of the cars from Kensco to Wiamsbridge
And there are scarcely hundred yards Of IT
without some striking change. Southwark from
kensco il winds in countless curves. through
steam:ng swamps. where myriads of cattails
grow. and great crimson lilies flaunt themselves;
through pleasant pasture lands. whose close
cropped turf is starred with buttercups and pale
hepaticas; through fertile farming lands. among
old gnarlcd and knotted orchards. and through
dense Woodlands in the shadows Of the hills 1t
drains the pleasant lawns and gardens Of White
Plains and then rushes down to one of the
II all through
Iartsdalc and Scarsdale There its rocky cham
mel is at the foot Of overhanging cliffs and lofty
hills. shaded now by graceful hemlock -spruces.
now by soft waving willows. by rugged and
sturdy oaks. Now trees battle their roots In
The nmp!d stream. and now stately beech