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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-27
From the Daily Item, Feb IS.
Col. bargains Position.

Editor of the item:
You call upon me to define my position. |
thank you fo- your consideration, and would
have answered more ''promptly," but for au
u%nusual pressure ofbus.ness yesterday.
To define my position in Il few words.
take from The Freeman Of last Friday, the
following editorial deliverance and SAY
wrote il and | stand by it, viz:
The man who imagines he can ever hold
high office in South Carolina on negro votes
against the whites is a simple fool, no more
and no less. The white man who would at
tempt to hold Office here, or any where, By an
appeal 10 negro race prej1dicts against the
whites is a fraud and nlack-heartsd villain.
Blu, the white man who wOnl ID rather see Me-
grots in Office than cheated ont Of them by
the whites ard would rather die a thousand
deaths than sufrr an humble, helpless race TO
DC deprived of ali opportunities OF Nh educa-
ton in this enlightened land Of ours is only
true TO his race, and its prond history, its
civilization, is high religious principles, its
justice, its humanity, irs magnaiiniry
| think we, the whites of ,hi. State, have
often struck At The negro uujuslly, through a
mentnl haliucination, the natural birth ofslav-
cry, and have invariably caugh, the blow full
10 our own faces. 1t is to avoid a similar blum
der at the present crisis that | Am reviewing
the past.
You are right in saying | favored a white
primary very s,rehuously Ny reasons for
f%aroring it were often given in Tile Freeman.
| make the following editorial extract from
a recent Issue in regard to it:
yocated a white Primary, instead Of a
stToooc.f o.r bo,an-a ,ba
could be held honestly and the other was a
~palpxtle fraud, as the pc pie voting at such
primary were not al Democats, but only a
minority of them were true Democrats.
Then we distinctly ssw that the speediest
way 10 relieve our people Of party shackies
was to 90 away with party names and Party
action. Ba; our counsel WAS rejected then.
Nos the advocates of Il white primary are
numerous, but they like the lrishman's
chicken s'speak 100 late" For By force Of
circumstances We have passed the white
primary period and have got iato full poll
ticsl freedom. Every n,an, white or black, is
now going to vote, Ms he sees proper at the
General Election" and have his vote count
e6 &c EAST, or know the reason why. Before
cheating by registraiioa irregularities, or
T Other wise, will be loager submitted TO, every
legal remedy Will ne EXHAUSTED ann then Tue
ever reserved right Of revolution, 10y physi-
cal force ~resortei 10. Freemen live in South
Carolina from this time forth and forever,
thank God. buried 10 their liberty hy 'he
into!er.ble tyranny of Tillman and The
glariugly fraudulent, trickery OF lrby trying
10 keep Tor themselves places of power for
purposes OF p%lnnder.
Gratefully acknowledging yonr generous
allowance Of space TO tny candidacy | AIN,
Respectfully,
JOHN j. DARGAN.
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have not already formed decided con-

have not already formed decided con
v~ictions are not called upon to bind
themselves either one way or the other
None of US are buond to the primary
or to the general election. aud We can
aud must choose between the two as
seems best to US. If We can obtain a
better Constitution aud restore peace
between the white people Of the State
by going into the compromise, then
by ell means let US 60 into the
compromise; if We see that we will
lose everything and will not gain peace
nor au homes: constitution ny becoming
parties to the compromise, then let US
choose rather to fight the entire force of
the ring.
The negro vote will not count in the
election to any great exte:t after all, as
we have discovered after examini 20 the
law 10 respect to registration for the
convention election. The section was
drawn with the intent to prevent the
registration of the disfranchised negroes,
and by ''intelligent' management by
Supervisors Of Registration few uu-
desirable voters will be able to obtain
registration certificates. Therefore those
who have been counting 90 the negro
has not counted wisely. OF course
there are sufficient negroes registered or
to be registered to have a great weight
10 determining the election, ii led by
and allied with white men. aud there
nay be men who will rather undertake
to win all or lose ali by the negro 'hao
to compromise for the sake Of peace and
good government.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-27
COL. E E
From the Daily Item Of Feb. %

Col. Dargan mndeh his second speech Friday
night TO An audience that WAS atimated At
two hundred, Of whom one hundred and fifty
were negroes. The speech was similar 20
that made on the preceding Friday night
He WAS more bitter in denuncia'ion of Till
man than ever. He also paid his respects to
the NewS and Courier and all those who are
f%avoring a compromise in the interest Of
white supremacy. Portions of the speech were
app!auded to the echo by the negroes. This
speech has not created rs mlcn ommen rs
the first one, and the people, as n rule are
e%vincing little interest il Col. bargains
candidacy.
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Editorial in The Dali ircm, Feb. IS.

Editorial in The Dali irem, Feb. IS. :
"Justice, as tlind as thc tabled god
ddcss, hastens to defend and explain
Col. Dargan, aod there is no doubt
about an explanation being necessary.
But, as usual with he person who es-
saws the role of Justice" he loses
himself ln a maze Of supposed insinua.
tons and imputatious. The editor OF
Tile Item made no imputat;ons or TO-
situations. What was said, was said un-
equivocally and there is no excuse for
finding imputations and insinuations,
save a desire to hunt devious ways. or
an obtuse understanding.
We made direct assertions and there
is no necessity of going into herolcs be-
cause Col. Dargan is the man under
discussion.
Ii vas stated mat:
/. Col. Dargau's course tends to ally
him with the negro against the white
uan.
? Tie negroes are taking up the
charges against the white people made
b. Col. Dargau.
3. Col. Dargan is exciting hopes IN
the minds of pegroes that can only be
realized By means of white leadership
i. Col. Dargan must choose between
the negro aud the white man. VIII he
lead the negro OF will he not?
5. Col. Dargan assailed those who
favor a compromise.
These are neither i%nsinuatious nor
impa,a;icns, bus facts.
Justice asserts that the cdito: Of this
paper knows thus and so conceriDg Co!
Dargan. There never was a greater mis-
mistake. The editor does not pretend to
imagine whatCol. Dargau will or will not
do. 10 -s past he has been the most
persistent advocate of white primaries
under any and all circumstances. at
present he talks as if he prefers a black
primary to anything else. We do not
know what he wants or what be intends
doing, therefore We asked: Will be lead
the negro or will he not? We want
information.
If there is to be a political fight
on the color line we are going with the
white people every time, sink or swim,
because the evils that will result from
the triumph of the negro and mongrel
party will be a vast des!! worse than the
ills that could follow any other condl-
ton We eau imagine. To 90 a little
further for the purpose Of preventing
other imaginary inslnuations and i'm
putatious We will state a few facts con-
ccrnius oursclf III relation tc the ques-
tons at issue:
We oppose incorporating il the Cen
%stitution
|. Any provision that will not bear
Ill
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State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.

By T. i. Walsh, Esq, ProJote Judge.
WHEREAS, MOSES WILSON, made suit
w to me, to grant him Letters OF Admin
i%stration OF the Estate of and effects OF KELLy
WILSON, late OF said County and State. de-
ceased.
These are therefore to cite ard admoniSh all
and singular the kindred and Creditors
OF the said Nicely WILSON. late O: said
County and State, deceased. that ihev be and
appear before me. in the Court OF Pro-
bate, to be held at Sumter Court House on
March 9Th. 1898, next. after publication
thereof, AT II o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the said
Administrator should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 10th day Of
February, a. D., 1898.
7. V. WALSH,
FEB. 20-2t. Judge Of Probau..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-27

Siuce the last turn of affairs We are
much more favorably disposed to the
plan of compromise agreed upon by the
conference called together by Mr.. J.
C. Hemphill and other gentlemen.
And furthermore, the address issued by
the committee Of that conference gives
more light on the subject than we had
before obtained. There are features
that we have not 5scn able to agree to,
but conditions may arise that will make
it preferable to accept those features Of
the compromise plan rather than be-.
com a party to a coalition that would
necessitate the surrender of principles,
sentiments aud rights more Important
and far more sacred than any
opinion that we may have entertained.
Just at present., With the lights before
us, we believe that it will be both
sensible and polite to reserve judg-
meut and take no decided action
beyond using every effort to register
every white voter. The line of action
g not rot clearly defined, ard those who
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-27
SUMTER TIN SHOP.
III. A. HOYT,

TINE WELL.KNOWN Wstch and Clock
workman has sold out the Jewelry
Business, and will devote his entire time and
energy to repairs. He can be found at
Walsh & Shaw's Shoe Store, next door 10
Bank OF Sumter. Sign of Big Watch. Will
do work in frst-c!ssS manner, and cheaper
thar any other.
Feb. 20. H.. HOYT.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-27

The Sumter Watcnn,an vas founded
in 1850 and the True Somhron in 1866.
The Watchmam end Sou.hrom nov has
tae combined circulation and influence
Of both of the old papers, and is mani
fsssly the best advertising medium in
Samter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04

made two years ago. Many a literary
worker is beginning to suspect that to
misspell as many words as possible is no.
exactly the noblest of ambitions. We by
no means anticipate the complete dissp-
pearanee of the dialect element from our
imaginative literature, nor would such a
reaction be desirable. But we Go expect
the time to come when dialect shall &C
cupy its proper place in composition and
be treated as means rather than as an
end. There Is an important distinction
between the story written for the sake OF
dialect and the use Of dialect for the sake
Of the story. The latter practice is as ex-
cusable or even praiseworIhy as the former
IS reprehensible.
When used with discrimination and
artistic restraint, dialect is, Of course, an
admissible element in both poetry and fic-
ton. English literature would be far the
poorer without the treasures of Scotch
dialect preserved in the poems Of Burns
and the novels of the author of Waiver
ley" Likewise We could Ill spare the
work Of the Provencal poets from the lit
erature Of France, of Goldoni's Venetian
comedies from that Of Italy or of Reuters
Plattdeutsch tales from that OF Germany.
Even in our country q similar plea may
be made for the language of Hosea Big
low, or of Mr.. Cables creoies, or of Miss
Murfrees Tennessee mountaineers But
the swarm of commonplace and uninspired
scribblers OF dialect that have descended
upon our periodical press during the past
decade need not hope TO find n safe refuge
in the shadow Of such really significant
names as have been cited. Their pretsn-
sions are too utterly without warrant and
their productions too entirely without
Justification Dial.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
The PUZZLE IN ANCESTRY.
Mathematician Tries TO Clear Up DIFF
fieulty In Family Descent.

II goes without saying that man has
two parents. four grandparents, eight
great grandparents, and 50 on, so that IL
we go back, say. ten generations. doubling
at each step. we have =. 04s ancestors This
sort OF argument has been used by super
fetal eenealogists 20 show that az the time
OF William the CoDqueror each Of Us had
more ancestors than the total population
OF England, hence We must each Dc de-
scended from every Englishmsu OF that
day, including the immortal William
himself
The absurdlty OF this sort % reasoning
has been pointed out by Professor Brooks
Of Johns Hopkins HIS Immediate object
IS to establish a point tn the theory %
evolution, but be oonfutes all silly gen
ealogists az the same time While 10 10
true that we do have four grandparents
they need no be four separate and distinct
persons. FIRST cousins have not more
than TIRES separate grandparents II they
are doubly cousins. they have bat two. 80
in the tenth generation ones 2.Oss ances-
tors are never 2,Ois separate persons
They abound In Duplicates, % 80 70 speak,
as every one knows who has tried 20 trsos
his dssceut. net 10 ons line, bat In al
Ee1-s0sE A4ss-- .sr-< tARaa@8N-.
especially in small communities. wboss
inhabitants have intsrtnsrrist for year,
Besides this the lines FROM . given pair
Of ancestors tend % bsooras ertinct sooDef
CT later. 50 az ancestry Is trsoea back the
probability i thar ali TIE perzoss living
IN given o5Tnmcni;y VIII - fognc -
be desccScsd. not from all. b1s from .
very fsw-Perbafs only ous or two-ot TIE
IL
centuries ago. %. instead Q. having AL
Engiishnsn q the yea, 1000 for Ozr al.
cessorz, the probability "a ;nst We are de-
sosoded from comparatively few q them
the number may hs technically many
thc1szDds. but oo> irdisiessl Goes duty
for several scorss. O. even several ho5t-ust
OF tkese, the lines Il snnestfy ecsys-gioS
upon bitn from mary dlfcrsrt cirsc:8oas
This Is what Prstr~scr Brooks calls tss
: eonvsrsencs of ancestry ."-EEcssnss-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
Mind and DiseaS 60.

There is a great deal to be said in
favor or what is best described as the
mental science" cure for many Of the
minor ills of life. 1t is possible to
throw off weakness, inertness and Ian
guor, and infuse new life and spirit
into ones own failing system by mere
effort OF will. True, it is hard at first
but with every trial it becomes easier.
until one may almost feel that the mind
has gained a supremacy over the tody.
1t is certain that the mind can, to a
great extent, control the body, and
drive away much that sapS vitality
and undermines the strength. 10 keep
ever before the mind the idea that will
power is one of The strongest forces in
nature, and steld;as.ly to refuse to
yield to weakness, is to have gained
something that, one possessed, no one
will ever be willing 20 lose.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
Rushing the Business.

The following story is told of one tims
Pennsylvania legislatures;
The session was about TO expire. In
accordance with the usual custom, the
chair was occupied by rapid worker,
who was deaf 10 objections and blind TO
directors. His name was Alexander Nc
Clure. Under his able management ths
bills were going through at lightning
express rate when one measure was reach
Cd that was particularly obnoxious to a
noisy minority Utterly obliviors to the
demonstration, Mr.. Mcclure declared that
the bill had passed.
Over in ono corner OF the legislative
chamber one member was especially voctt-
erous. He would not be quieted, and Mr..
Mcclure was finally compelled to notice
him for the sake Of peace.
For what purpose does the gentleman
risei" asked the chair.
II want 70 offer an Amendments to the
bill was the reply.
TOO late" said Mr.. Mcclure without
q smile. Offer it 20 the next bill. The
clerk will read. w asliington Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04

An Enyiish tours: arrived IA IN irfsh
town. where q uaao was sbous - -
hange1 for shooting bis lsndIord igno-
rant O. The caase % The ss;asrsns. -
questioned ope Of TIE peasants
Engllshnan-"h4s u going On -
csy. my rE-An2
Pezs4n,-I sey're yotng ,7sxss Hssas
ecr.
ErviisSunan - What % hs "a -
hanged far
Peasas,--Jus: sor . bs. Nv soke, soe-
EogiLsAzzn-Hsnzs z-zn for te.ksS
Absurd, VIA. I'D b dor
Pess.n:--Iis srss z->As game ~ hss
landlord. so<.-Liss-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
DRY GOODS MARKET.

New York. April 3.-Agents have adj
vanced the price Of the Fruit of the
Loom bleached to 6Is cents net. and
Hero A. bleached to 81 cents net; Pep
pereIl "R" and Constitution A. and 9-S
each 81. cents and Pembroke wide
sheetings Il cent on narrow widths and
y cent on broad, or to the basis of 1612
cents for 10-4 bleached. There was an
improved demand for brown sheetings
and bleached cottons with more busin-
ess doing in the lower grades of the lat
ter Salesias in black and colors, plain
and glaze. also figured. are in good re-
quest as hair cloths. Printing cloths in
demand at 2ia cents bid and declined
and 3Ss cents asked for $50 inch sixty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
Bad Einanciering.

When Mr.. Groschen carried out his
conversion scheme the entire cost in
commission TO agents, other than the
banks of England and Ireland, in
CURED in converting f55S goo 900 of 3 per
cents. was f23t.000. And now We see
the United States compelled to allow
Intermediates TO earn prfit Of over
II COG, 900. OF course. the laborer is
worthy OF his hire, and no one would
dream of blaming the syndicate for
making the best possible terms for
themselves. But if the monetary af
fairs of the states had been managed
with ordinary prudence their services
would not have been needed.-The Lon
don Economist
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
DID you EVER

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and get relief. This medicine has been
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plants, exerting a wonderful direct in
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
Notes from the stock Yards.

Dent Mccormack OF Mount Hope who
makes plenty of money running hogs on
alfalfa and corn marketed q car load
of hogs today.
J. r. kell sent in car of hogs from
Clearwater today. Markets may go up
and down and crops occasionally fail
but J. =. Kel never. If there were only
one hog left in all western Sedgwick coun
ty Ken would bring him in and sell on
the Wichita market.
William Johnson of Attica went on to
Kansas City with two car loads OF hogs
and If the market is not about ten cents
higher tomorrow Mr.. Johnson Will know
a good thing when he sees il the next
time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
COTTON MARKET.
New York.

New York, April 3.-The cotton market
opened 2H3 points lower; May, June. July
and August declined a point more; other
wise the opening figures were the lowest
OF the day. The early weakness was due
TO disappointing opening cables The
market subsequently rallied 3d4 points
and closed firm at a net advance of 1point
on August and September contracts, and
at last nights closing figures for the 9TH
er months. Total sales SO. 800 bags. Mar
ket quiet; middling 63s; net receipts $40;
gross 2.515; forwarded 80: sales COO: spin
receipts 1887; exports to Great Britain
2,4i2: TO France 6,256; to the continent
10, 1S3; stock Sli 754
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
A RousEHoLr TREASURE.

u. w. Fuller of Cana tohaire, y. Y.
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 would
not be without it, if procurable. g. A.
Dykeman, druggist, Catskill. y. Y.
says DR.. Kings New Discovery is I'M
doubtedly the best cough remedy; that
he has used 1t in his family for eight
years, ~and it has never failed to do all
that is claimed for il. Why not try
remedy so long tried and tested.
Trial bottles free ar the drug stores of
Charles Lawrence and G- Gehring.
Regular size, SOC and S1.00.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
A Delicious Sandwich.

Mrs Christine Terhune Herrick. the
authority on all delicate feasting, stands
sponsor for a new blend Of sandwich that
is delicious addition 20 these acceptable
morsels. A fairly thin slice Of Boston
brown bread is halved, each piece Is spread
lightly with cream cheese, Gu. ia two
pieces, and crisp bit OF lettuce previously
dipped in French dressing put between
the two quarters. Try it a. Jour O'Clock.
with chocolate or Russian tea, and tcss for
yourself its delec;ab!.ity. New YORK
Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-04
M,lljonaire Anarchist.

There was a millionaire among the
anarchists recently expelled by the
Federal council of Switzerland. He
was an Italian named Borghetti, and a
temporary resident of Lugano, the
great anarchist center in Europe.
Borghetti is only % years old. He
dressed very simple. but kept open
house for his fellow revolutionists, who
frequently had recourse also to his
purse. Borgettis father, who did not
share the anti-ptriotic and anarchistic
ideas OF his son. used TO hoist the 1tal-
ian flag on national occasions, but
young Goghetti promptly replaced il
with the red banner of the revolution
lists.
ALI. lies have the smell OF birthstone on
their garments, no matter whether they are
white or black.-Ram's Horn.