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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-11
He Wanted the Earth.

Stanley and Henry, two 4-year-olds.
gazed with wide open eyes at a Knights
of Pythias funeral the other day. The
uniforms made strong impression upon
their youthful minds, and the band,
playing funeral march, stronger one
still. After the parade had passed on
they resumed their play.
'sL.et's play fooneral," said Stanley.
call wight" assented Henry. "Il
dwive de toach. J"
.No, I'll dwive," asserted Stanley.
e"Den I'll be de band. :"
''No, I'll be de band. !"
'sTan I be de dead man, den?'
"No, you tan't, I'm doin to be dead
man. insisted Stanley.
"You want to be de whole fooneraI l
won't play, /" and away he went In In
dipnaticc.-Detroit News.
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THE SEA or SAND.

Marco Polo,s Account Of the Great Desert
OF Cobb.
Lop is a large town at the edge OF
the desert which is called the desert
Of Lop and is situated between east
and northeast. It belongs to the great
khan, and the people worship Moham-
med. Now, such persons ss propose to
cross the desert take q weeks rest IN
this town to refresh themselves and
their cattle, and then they make ready
for the journey, taking with them a
months supply for man and beast On
quitting this city they enter the desert.
The length of this desert is SO great
that it is said it would take year and
more to ride from one end OF it to the
other. And here. where its breadth Is
least. it takes month to cross it. 'Tls
all composed Of hills and valleys OF
sand, and not thing to eat is to be
found on it. But after riding for day
and night you find fresh water,
enough mayhap for some 90 or 100 per-
sons with their beasts, but not for more.
And all across the desert you will ind
water in like manner-that is to say, in
some 90 places altogether you will find
&c d water, but in no great quantity,
and in four places also you find brack-
ish water.
Beasts there are none, for there is
naught for them to eat. But there is
marvellous thing related Of this desert,
which is that when travellers are on the
move by night and one Of them chances
to lag behind or to. fall asleep or the
like, when he tries to gain his company
again. he will hear spirits talking and
will suppose them to be his comrades
Sometimes the spirits will call him by
name, and thus shall traveller ofttlmes
Be led astray, 80 that he never finds his
party. And in this way many have per-
ished. Sometimes the stray travellers
viii hear, as il were. the tramp and hum
Of q great cavalcade Of people away
from the real line Of read, and, taking
this to be their own company, they will
follow the sound. and when day breaks
they find that q cheat has been put on
them and that they are in an Ill plight
Even In the daytime one hears those
spirits talking. And sometimes you
shall hear the sound of variety of
musical instruments and still more
commonly The sound of drums. Hence
in making this journey it is customary
for travellers to keep close together. AL
the animals, too, have bells at their
necks, so that they cannot easily get
astray. And at sleeping time @ signal
is put up to show the direction OF the
next march.
So thus it is that the desert is cross
ed.-ssThe Story of Marco Polo, by
Noah Brooks, in st. Nicholas.
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BE Had Sense.

The Louisville Courier-J Journal tells
a story of woman who was learning
how to ride wheel. One morning.
when she was out on her bicycle, max
ing good time in rather uncertain
curves, she saw man coming toward
her in the middle of the road. Still
speeding along, she hailed him:
''Oh, mister, mister, won t you please
get out Of my way?'
The kind hearted gentleman jumped
nimbly off on the grass at the side of
the road, and as she sped by he ex-
claimed:
eyes, indeed, I will, good lady. !
wouldn't stay in your way for a $40
bill. "
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All male citizens between the ages of 81
and 60 years, except those incapable OF earn.
ing support or otherwise exempted, are liza.
bic to poll tax of one dollar
The Treasurer would respectfully urge
prompt payment, inasmucb as there is no pos.
sibilisy of an exteoslon. Those waiting unit
the last will be liable to serious delay aud
Inconvenience, as there is always rush to.
ward the end.
b. L. SCARBOROUGH,
Treasurer Sumter County.
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THE WHlPPooRWlLL.

Listen how the whippoorwill,
From his song bed veiled and dusky.
Fills the night ways warm and musky
With his music's throb and thrill.
'Tis the western nightingale,
Lodged within the orchards pale,
Starting into sudden tune
Mid the amorous air Of June
Lord Of all the songs Of night.
Bird unseen, OF voice outright,
Buried in the sumptuous gloom
OF his shadow paneled room.
Rooted above by webbed and woven
Leaf and bloom. by moonbeams cloven'
Searched by odorous zephyrs through.
Dim with dusk and damp with dew.
he it is that makes the night
An enchantment and delight,
Opening his enhancing tale
Where the evening robins fail,
Ending the victorious strain
When the robins sing again.
20. C. Anzinger in Boston Transcripts.
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Trans between MlllArd and st. Paul leave
Millard 10 IS no aud As NJ, arriving
St. Paul 10 25 ID and 3 IS N Returning
leave St. Paul 10 35 m and 10 p m, and
arrive Miliard 10 45 a q and 20 NJ. Dali
ly except Sunday.
*Daily except Sunday.
THOMAS WILSON
Predeient.
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soUrHBoUND.-(Daily except sunday.)

Dinner at Kershaw..
CONNECTIONS.
Camden-with S. c. Ry., for Charleston.
Columbia, Augusta and all points South.
Lancaster With Cheraw & Chester N. @.
R. H., for Chester
Rock Hill-Wi,h Southern Railway.
Yorkville-Hith Chester + Lenoir R. +.
Blacksburg- With R. 4 D. R. P. for Spar
anbrrg, Greenville, Atlanta and pointa
toutb, and Charlotte and points North.
Marion-With Southern Railway.
SAMUEL HUNT, Gen. Manager.
4. TRIP, Superintendent.
B.lUHPKIN. Gen. Pass. Aot
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Nos, 50 and SO Solid trains betweeo
Charleston and Columbia, S. c., and carry
through coach between Charleston and Al
lanta. N. EAEEoCN
Asst Gen. assenger Agent
J. R. KENLY, T. 81 EMERSON,
Gan'l Manager Trab "anags
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*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
Me- 50 runs through to Columbia via Cen
trail R. f. of S. C.
Trains Ncs. rs and 80 run via Wilson and
ayetteville-Short Line-and make clos
connection fer all points North.
r. KENLY, JNO. F. DIVINE,
Gen'l Manager, Gen'l Sup't.
r. NJ EMERSON. Traffic Nanaper
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Sumter Cotton Oil 4 Fertilizer
COMPANY


Beg to the public that they have just completed
the erection Of their New Gnnery and ready for bu
The system the sWnship" latest improved for eeva
ting conveying ginning and packing cotton with Revolving
Double Box Press Positively long waits delays to have
your cotton gnned and packedCan gin and pack bale in
Is minutes We will turn you out lint and of better
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anywhere.
SEED! SEED! SEED!
We will pay the highest cash market price for your seed
you Cotton Seed Meal in exchange for Seed which will give
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seed and you onehalf labor in handling Cotton Seed
Meal from to per cent ammonia and cheaper
the farmer than using the seed
FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS!
We beg say that handling High Grade Guanos Acid
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prepared make prices you want first class goods
before you make your purchases we will save you
money
Ginnery and MILL Main Street, below A. G. L. Depot.
Uptown Office Main Street, next to Court House Square,
Sumter Cotton Oil and Fertilizer O.
Perry Noses Prest Manager A. c. Phelps Sec Treas.
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Tax Notice.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN the County Tressurer's books for the
mouths Of November ard December, 1895.
and the fiscal year 1896 will be open for the
collection of said taxes from the 18th day Of
October, 1896, to The 3lst day Of December,
1895, inclusive, at his cfflce 10 the County
Court House in the city Of Sumter.
The total tax rate is loz.5 mills, appor-
toned as follows:
For State purposes, d mills.
For ordinary county YAK $40 mills.
For school tax mills
There is also the following additional
special school taxes evind in the school dis.
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No. SO runs through froms Charleston via
Central r. R., leaving Lanes.s "a q. m, Nan
ming 8 l0a. M.
Evening journal., 1896-09-09
AN ASSASSIN'S KNIFE.

BLADE SET IN A WOODEN HAN
DIE IN WHICH A LOOP is
SPL1CED.
Policeman Matthew Tobin exhibited
at the New Castle Evening Journal
Office last night the weapon which he
found after the Saturday night row on
the Opera House pavement, and II it's
owner can be identified It is the gem
eral opinion that he ought to get D
year in Jail for the murderous intent
displayed in the makeup of this assas-
sins knife. IL is q razor blade set in
a short wooden handle with rivets. In
grooves in this handle are spliced the
ends Of a twisted tarred rope, forming
a double loop of pressure-proof cord
that would prevent the weapons being
wrested from the assailant as long as
life lasted. The razor blade has been
run off almost to a point, and has a
doubly keen edge,
There can be no doubt that this
weapon was made either for murder or
for the desperate who owned it to cut
his way out of any fight that he might
get In.
Evening journal., 1896-09-09
NBVIS OF NEW CASTLE.
REORGAEIzED PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
BETTER ACCOMMODATIONS. MORE
PUPILS AND AN EFFICIENT
CORPS or TEACHERS.

New Castles public schools reopen
ed yesterday under most favorable
auspices. All enrolling, grading. dis
tributing and assigning was done per-
sonally by the principal. To-day the
schools will begin work in earnest
with 567 pupils, divided as follows:
Miss Mary Janvier first grade, 46
pupils Miss Emma Davidson first,
second and third grades, 62 pupils;
Miss Reba E. Saunders, second grade,
49 pupils; Miss Mary j. Fleming, third
grade, So pupils; Miss Carrie Downie,
fourth grade, 90 pupils; Miss Flora
Lunt, fourth fifth and sixth grades, 81
pupils: Miss Annie NJ. Reber sixth
grade 56 puPils Miss Margaret S.
Baird. seventh grade, AZ pupils; Miss
Kate Shellenberger, eighth grade ~
pupils, High School, Prof. G.. w. An
drew principal; Miss G. M. Kast, as
sistant, 55 pupils
There are forty-six new pupils in
the primary departments all of whom
are Just past the limits years old.
IN the High School there were two
more applicants than could be pro-
yided with desks, something very rare
for the highest grade.
Miss Davidson has the largest num-
Der of pupils-G2, with four more to be
admitted to-day.
The new teachers created decidedly
favorably impression and went about
their new duties as though they thor
oughly understood their business.
Miss Kast made felicitous remarks
20 her pupils and asked them to regard
her as their friend at all times and in
everything relative to their advance
ment as men and women.
Professor Andrew inaugurated his
new style of giving out text books
Every book was numbered in rotation
( ley the principal. Then each teacher
was charged with the number of text
books received by her She, in turn
rcchargod them to the pupils
Miss Rober comes from a family OF
professors and school teachers. Hei
brother Is Professor G. E. Reber, now
of the State Normal School at slippery
. Rock She and Miss ShellenburgeI
were schoOimates, but had "drifted
apart and never met again. 1t IS said
until they began professional duties
together in New Castle yesterday
The curriculum is far in advance OF
any ever known in the schools. Mem
tai arithmetic has been introduced in
the High School More Latin is now
studied, this branch being introduced
in @ class. Caesar is taught at the
beginning of the year instead Of along
toward the close, as formerly.
Evening journal., 1896-09-09
SOMETHING ABOUT "REEDIES,
BIRDS THAT ARE OCCUPYING
THE ATTENTION OF SPORTS
MEN ABOUT THE DELAWARE.

All along the Delaware, from Bonn
bay Hook up. gunners are still in hot
pursuit OF the festive little reed birds
and the equally toOthsome rail birds,
which are unusually numerous this
year.
There is a vast dissimilarity be-
tween the reed and rail bird. The
reedy Is a gentlemanly bird, and in the
Summer, as the bobolink, poses grace
fully on a mullen stock in a northern
pasture and rings out his challenge
TO the other song birds, while his mate
raises the family in the dainty home
nest
AS September approaches he gets
into dissolute ways, f0rgets his home,
changes his brilliant-hued coat for a
more serviceable yellow and black,
and enters into a course of gluttony
amid the reeds of the middle states.
Later he drifts farther South and, in
still more seedy suit, he poses as the
rice bird.
The dangers to which rice is sub
jected, from the time of planting to
the day when the crop is sold, are
many. but probably the greatest
enemy the rice planter has to contend
with is the rice bird. 1t is said that
this bird, which is known in different
localities as Java sparrow, bobolink
reed bird and other names, destroys
from one-fourth to one-third of the
Southern rice crop.
They are slaughtered in enormous
numbers, but such Is their greed that
they will hardly fly when a shot kills
the companions by their side, but will
continue to eat until they are them
selves slain. This makes a haven for
sportsmen, and many take advantage
! of this season to put in a few days
shooting In the rice fields.
This, however, has it's drawbacks, as
the hunter must leave the banks and
enter the fields, and in doing so meets
with many obstacles. But reward
/ sweetens labor, and IL a couple OF
sportsmen kill from 500 to /, 900 birds
in the course OF a days hunt it is not
considered remarkable.
When what is left of the rice crops
after the frost, freshets and rice birds
have had turn at 1t, is stacked, il
then falls prey to an enemy second
only to the rice bird, the black bird
which settles on the stacks In great
numbers and has no difficulty in APP
peasing its hunger. Sportsmen stand
at one end OF the long rows, and firing
along the line, have been known to
kill more than 200 at a single dis
charge
Evening journal., 1896-09-09
NEXT SATURDAYS ELECTION.
DEMOCRATS GETTING READY FOR
THEIR IMPORTANT PRIMARIES.
WHITE WITHOUT OPPOSITION.

New Castle hundred Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee met last evening
and talked over next Saturdays i'm
portant primary elections, in which
there is much local interest. For
county commissioner from the Fourth
Levy Court district, there will be no
opposition to Henry NJ. White, the
present incumbent. He is the only
fortunate candidate yet heard from.
For representative in the General
Assembly, William B. Mccoy is MAX
ing an active canvass, and will prob
ably come out on top. Mr.. Mccoy is
a successful farmer and a strong can
didate. He is opposed by Thomas p
Morgan, a well-known secret society
man. who has been an active member
of the police force for five years.
There is a spirited nip-and-tuck race
for assessor between James Down
ham, new man in politics. and John
j. Sheridan, who now holds that Of
fee. The chances are slightly in IA
vOr Of Assessor Sheridan. although he
will have to work hard to win. A
leading Democrat said last night:
'Mr. Sheridan will receive a heavy
vote, because many Democrats believe
in following out an old custom of re-
electing the assessor who has worked
hard in an Off year when there was nc
money in it. Now, as the general as
sessment is coming on. Sheridan is
surely entitled to the job"
Another interesting race is that in
which Samuel II. Landers and Samue
{ Armstrong have engaged for roaC
( commissioner Mr.. Landers will pol
heavy vote because Of his persona
popularity and the efficiency alread,
displayed by him in work upon tn,
roads Mr.. Armstrong is a new mar
In politics.
For inspectors of the four election
districts. all the candidates are not We
agreed upon, but Councilman William
W. Cooper will probably be nominatel
for the north. and James ]. Finnegal
will be the west district nominee.
The Single Takers were claimin
last night that if Chairman Sauls
bury's edict is carried into effect OF
Saturday, 400 Democrats" will be de
prived from voting, as not one viii
pledge his honor to vote for whoeve
is nominated.
Evening journal., 1896-09-09
CAROLINE ELECTION oTFICERs.

DENTON, Md, Sept 9.--The SUPER
visors Of election yesterday appointed
the following officers OF election for
Caroline county: First district, Will
liam G. Lumb and Thomas w
Straughn, judges, and George T. Jones
and George E. Smith, clerks; second
district Mark l.. Weaver and James
H.. Hopkins. judges, and John S. Nit
chell and William Townsend Downss.
clerks Third district, II. Franklin
Stevens, II. Frankliiyl oind idond ood
Stevens and William II. Anderson,
judges, and A. r. Wright and DR..
Theodore Salisbury, clerks; Fourth
district, Alexander Noble and George
c. Dixon, judges; J. w. Bradley and
A. w. Sisk, clerks; Fifth district, M. l..
Sullivan and J.J.Frampton, judges, and
B. George, clerks; Seventh district,
John IA. Swing and Thomas G.. Clnss
Judges, and George lmler and W. p
Day, clerks; Eighth district. A b.
Todd and Robert Pattern, judges, and
G. II. Todd and r. w. Liden, clerks
Evening journal., 1896-09-09
new CASTLE NEWS NOTES.

All the pretty hedges surrounding
the Leslie estate were trimmed by
skilled hands yesterday
A large fire of hedge trimmings. near
Seventh and Railroad. last night Gre
atod considerable alarm for some
time
An increased force of men is at
work endeavoring 10 mend the river
bank above town. They have made a
large artificial hole pending repairs.
Lawrence O'Connor and J. Harry
Stewart still have I'm their possession
the pretty little boats found by them
floating IN the Delaware.
Tho Addicks men are still asking
each other the important question.
Whom have we nominated for county
commissioner from the Fourth Levy
Court district"
Evening journal., 1896-09-09

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MARYLAND POLITICS.
T. PLINY FISHER, OF CAROLINE
COUNTY, NOMINATED FOR CON-
GRESS.

GRESS.
EASTON, Nd, Sept. 9-The Prohi-
bitiOnists of the first congressional
district met in Easton yesterday and
nominated T. Pliny Fisher, of Caroline
county, for Congress by acclamation.
He was put in nomination by Rev. Il.
H. Webster, of Caroline. The national
platform made at Pittsburg, on which
Joshua lowering stands as the candi-
date for President, WAS indorsod. No
reference was male % the bOlters.
There were fourty -four dclgatos pres
ent, every county in the district being
represented. Daniel W. Miles, Of Som
erset, chairman of the congressional
committee, called the convention to
order, Levi S. Nelson of Worcester,
was made president and James Swan,
OF Caroline, secretary.
Mr.. Fisher is a native of Caroline
county and a lawyer by profession. He
commenced political life as a Demo-
crat. Several years ago he organized
the anti-bribery party in Caroline and
ran as its candidate for states attor-
ney, but received only. small vote.
Since then he has acted generally with
the Prohibition party. Last year the
Prohibition vote in the district was
2,209 for Levering for governor.
Evening journal., 1896-09-09
pIcKAXE THROUGH HIS ARM.

Tony Ballentine. 16 years old, en-
ployed as water-carrier for the Ital-
ians engaged in grading for the Will
mington and New Castle Electric rail-
way, was severly injured at 10 o'clock
this morning BallentiRe was hand
ing some water 70 men near the cst-
OFF railway when a workman. facing
the opposite direction. raised a pick,
ready for o blow on the sod. The pick
axe ran through the boys forearm.
and was extracted with some difi-
Guilty, the boy screaming with pain.
He was taken to New Castle to ply