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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-29
SuursR. S. c.. July a7. Is

SUMTER, S. & July 81, 1896.
Hon. J. VIM. Stokes, Orangeburg, S. G.
Dear Sir: Yourtavor24tb to hand. 4 pri-
mary election is condition required by our
party for the nomination before every elec-
ton a man 10 '94 might be the choice Of
the party, and yet by '96 conditions may
have changed so that he could not get the
party's support at the general election a
man might be democrat in '94 and in SO a
republican or populist hold that the
election is "dc novo, :" aud any democrat had
a right to ile his pledge, as you did, and be-
com a candidate in The primary. Still, while
holding these views, shall not appeal from
Chairman Tompkins decision, and will allow
you, 80 far as am concerned, 20 enter The
general election as the democratic candidate
tor the unexpired term, however, with this
understanding, that there shall be 70 primary
held for The unexpred portion of the 54th
Congress- as I am not willing that there
should be any chance Of confusion at the
polls With this understanding to be off
cially promulgated by Chairman Tomhins.
shall not oppose You for the unexplred term,
but give you every chance &c obtain the vim
dication you desire.
For the full term, bowever am and shall
remain in the field
Very truly.
AIT.xONT Moses
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Candidates Cards.

ir. W H. Commander announces himself
Z candidate for reelection 20 the Office Of
Coroner Having filed the place accepiabiy,
he can confidently ask his felow-citizeu 10
return him.
Mr.. Charles Thames, who is we'll known
throughout the county, and has many friends
who desire TO put MIN IN Office, has an
uouIc Iced his candidacy for Coroner. He is
good man
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w eagefsid Letter.
WEpGEE!ELp, y S. C., july %, 1856

EpGEElELo, S. c., July 26, 1856
We are again nsedirg rei!: Coro, hoia
early ara late. is doing vel in f.c: ,e former
IS ,nsde Pea c:ne hay is 6">. s:.d nrge
qusati:;es 0: i;
/. IS YER: critical t:n's 18th cos;oo. Il
.&:o :oes cot corl@ very soon !, vii srtsr
terric:v. Il IS opening :i-n' t:!!,,.g ;a pia>es.
No. 80 muc3: ;.oa: tas hc. wea'ae: as for
wa,3ress c: he se.aon
Rev J. V Do~e:. 0 :;;::a q; +.:oa:s: c.:l.cis.
~i5o mas nsen 'i..ae y: 1nsood, vi: :ro-e
h;s ::.:o1;: here this xae!,
3zev II: Grcckard. cao h.s beer pastor of
The p.eso. 'e:in. cturrh ios several year,
mas ~coep:ed ;. CAL TO Cha-io;te, y. c. The
,.,i.i; he l-tl vacen! "a still so, ;u' ~i:: net
rsDar yac~n, !5ng, soy ice D.~soy lerinus ire
too go-sFlead fer that.
Our public reads sre io -sry hsd condi-
tion. ss we'll IS Che BRIGGS ovsr them, in
places. Il is great pity m; cur system FOR
working roads is so poor, for With The labor
we ha.e nnd 'ha numoer cf days required ny
law ,ha: 'ile, ccnld he warned out, our roads
could he kept in elegant condition. as it is,
they are rarely improved mach, even after
they bcve been worked over by q score or
more of hauds 10 the mile.
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& Ra.tier II a Soap Box.

M:s. Geoc2e McCuicheu Of 81 Ziol na6e
aa1,ow cScs.:e iron, 5s!r-. oi;:en cl rattle
snake tsw days ago. She wen1 into TIE
smoke aaus- for a piece oi Sosp, ard with
Gu; locking il tie COX ;rs', pu' her aud 10
10 ge! the Soap Instead CT :ae s.ap sae pct
he: hard ou something soft and which she
81, u.oye rs she tonched il. On looking il
she s.w a ,.it!ssn.he winch lad ey tbs tine
pegs.. 10 sound his r#t;!e$ Tat snake was
hi.:sd aaG BAG eight ratyles.
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Mr.. Samuel J. Brown received to-day let
Ter from Aberdeen, Miss dated July 25, say
icg that his 500, Erwin A. Brown, was there
sick with fever-.hougbt to be typhoid. He
reached there few days 5efore-his business
being travelling man. The letter said fur
ther that be was among friends who would
take care of him, and that Mr.. Brown
would be kept advised in regard to him.
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MAYORS COURT.

The following cases were disposed of by
tie Mayor on Monday morning:
Charles Durant and John T. Beard-Qnar-
relling, wracglins and fighting. Each fined
500 or ten days on street
Frank McLaip and Lawrence Cordes-
Fighting Frank McLa.n fined S. 90 or ten
days
James Ross-Disordeclv conduct, cursirg.
&c. Sentenced to pay So 90 or work 4 days.
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GO. = Palmetto Shacpshooters.

The Aaeua; ae-Urion Of Compsry E, Pal
:zei;o Sharpsboote:s, vii; os held at ;iares-
vile CT .August 7fa. prox;uo al me",aers
OF ;he con?au; are expected 10 be present..
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STATE OF SorTn CAROLINA, S.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
|. l.. S. CARSON, Cashier OF the above
nance. bank, do Solcmnly swear that tEe
above statement IS trne to the best OF my
knowledge and belief.
L. 5. CARSON, Cashier.
Subscribed ard sworn 10 hrtote me 1h's
% day of Ja'!. 1895. ,
Notary Pub. for S. G.
Correc,-Atiest:
r. N. WALLACE,
R D. LEE, : Directors.
NELL O,DONNELL.
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Clarem0nt LODGE No. 64 A. F. NJ

TINE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU-
NICATlON of Claremont Lodge, No.
81, A. F. NJ. will be held on Thursday
Evening, Aug. Goth, at y p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly.
By order, F. VI. SPANN, w. NJ.
Il. C. Moses, Secretary. ju29-lw
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Insst upon fIocd 5 Sarsspar'la whe; you
need a medicine to purify yonr hlood,
strengthen your nerves and give You All ap-
re:i!e. There caE be 40 substitute for Hood s.
Hood Pills are the best efter-dinner pill /;
assis' digestion, preven, constipation. pc
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Soda +erved IN 1ltf. q, CHM ;,ur.t IN /.

Tobacco Baskets cheap as the chcai i'es;-
for safe ty Levi Bros July
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Sewing iiachines and Organs cleaned and
repaired ii the Sumter Music aouse
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Chamberlains Cough Remedy cures colds,
Group auG whoopipg cough 1t is pleasant
safe md reliable For sale by Dr.. A. j..
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Daily Output 500 Dozen.
AGENCIES MAINTAINED Il
ALL THE LARGE CITIES.

From the Bridgepor, (Conn J Morning Tel
egrsm, June l6.
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Shiloh Letter.

ALTaMoNT MOSES.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

ri al u
St. Paul Dispatch: The first trial
In the election OF q postmaster has
been made at Van Meter, Iowa, a
town of seven or eight hundred in.
habitants, about twenty miles west Of
DesMoines, on the Rock Island rail.
road. Eighty-nine votes were cast by
the patrons of the Office, seventy-three
of which were cast for one candidate,
and the rest were divided among four
others. The successful one is an old
soldier and Representative Hull, of
that district, will recommend him for
appointment when the proper time
comes. -, y
Pipestone Star: Senator Fl. j. Mil
ler of this district is all right. The
last legislature passed the Miller ex.
press bill-our Bert being the father
of it. The bill required all express
companies doing business in this state
to post up in their offices a schedule
OF rates and :gives the railroad and
warehouse commission authority to
say whether such rates are reasona BILE.
OF course the express companies
fought the bill tooth and toe nail, but
last week the Supreme Court decided
that the bill is all right, and now
Senator Miller is receiving deserved
praise from all shippers.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16
A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison of Worthington,
Ind, "Sun," writes: "You have a
valuable prescription in Electric Bit
ters, and I can cheerfully recommend
it for constipation and sick headache,
and as general system tonic it has
no equal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2O25
Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, was all
run down, could not eat nor digest
food, had backache which never left
her and felt tired and weary, but six
bottles Of Electric Bitters restored
her health and renewed her strength.
Prices SO cents and 81 90. Get a bottle
at Dorr & Wold's drug store.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

ments come under the same general
head of gross falsehood. The pension
fraud cry was mainly shrewd Demo.
cratic scheme tn create q large lot OF
fat offices for party barnacles. We
have had a gang of pension spies
sneaking around this vicinity trying
to discover fraud but in the mean
while living like lords on the best of
every thing. Their work amounted
to nothing as statistics showed. The
first thing that congress should do is
to cut off all appropriations for the
useless and insolent horde and make
their pension Investigations in legiti-
mate and legal ways.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

THE annual value of the dairy pro-
ducts Of the United States is esti-
mated to exceed $40O,0O0,000. There
are about 100000 cows in this coun-
try, or one to every four inhabitants
This country is the largest and great
est dairy country in the world. 1t is
estimated that the milk from 5000,
600 COWS is annually consumed as milk
in the United States-an average OF
25} gallons per year to each person
The COW is queen and Mower county
is in the fairest portion Of her do
xminiOn.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16
A Uniuae Republic.

The republic Of Goust is the smallest
in the world. Andorra is an empire in
comparison. Goust is about mile
square, and it houses 1870 persons. 1t
has been independent these $50 years.
1t stands on top of mountain by the
Spanish border, near the edge of France,
and it gets along very comfortably with
out ever mixing itself in other peoples
Iffairs. and without reading the even
ing papers, or, so far as we know, the
morning ones. The delectable 1870 govern
themselves by council, one member Of
which is selected to see that the busi-
ness agreed upon is executed. Matters
60 along very smoothly, and Goustians
are all the happier because nobody
knows much about them, and therefore
they are unenvied. kansas City Times.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

The statistics show that since last
July the shipments of apples to Eu'
rope have been from l50, 900 to 175, ,O0(
barrels a week, the total up to De-
cember l exceeding 100000 barrels,
which surpasses all previous records
This is one Of the American products
for which the foreign demand is con
stantly increasing, with but little
competition from other countries.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

STATISTICS compiled by the crop de-
Dartment of Iowa show loss of over
80 per cent of all the hogs ia Iowa by
cholera, the per cent being from ! to
II in the different counties. The loss
in money is given at $l5, 100000. Here
is a chance for our agricultural scien.
tists to make record in discovering
a remedy for this wide spread plague
Our national department of agricul.
tnre might to advantage 60 out OF
the seed business and get down tC
something practical.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

baoy doesn't always hnd this world ar
inviting place to come to. It is world of
struggle, at the best. Prospective mothers
ought to make it a. hopeful world as pos
sible for the little stranger. It is her duty
at least to confer on her baby as strong and
healthy constitution as possible, by keep
Ing her own physical and mental condition
at its best during the expectant time.
The best promoter of health and cheer
fulness prospective mother can have is
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t tones
up the whole system and gives special
strength and elastic power to the delicate
makes the mother stronger and brighter in
body and mind; it shortens confinement
makes delivery easy and entirely free from
danger; gives the mother recuperative en-
ergy and power and promotes an abundant
supply of nourishment for the child.
Delicate women should be extremely care.
full not to i1nperil their health by resortine
to any preparation put up by unskilled, UNI.
educated persons, or mere nurses. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the onlv
preparation of its kind invented by repu.
larly graduated physician, an eminent spe.
cialist of thirty years. experience,
The most valuable knowledge for women, and
especially for prospective mothers, is contained
In d1.s Dr. Pieree's great Ioo8page free book The
Several chapters are devoted to womens repro.
ductive physiology. There are over 900 illustra-
tions and colored plates. paper-bound copy
will be sent absolutely free on receipt of FL one
cent stamps to pay the cost of mailing only Ad-
buffalo, N: Y. French % cioth.bonnd, oa't1n: em::
bossed. and beautifully stamped binding is pre-
lerred, send ten cents extra Al cents in all to nav
the extra cost OF this more handsome binding.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

IT is announced that the lake trout
sent to New Zealand some years ago
from Canadian waters, instead Of re-
manning in the rivers in which they
were placed, went down to sea and in
the Pacific grew to be large fish weigh
ing from Is to Is pounds. There is
nothing strange about this. We have
heard of fish right in Mower county
streams growing several pounds in.
side of an hour after their escape from
the hook.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND could not
finish up his last message without
another detestab BILE fling at the old
soldiers who are pensioners and says
"In our opinion from much ihforma-
tion and observation, the abuses
which have been allowed to creep into
our pension system have done incal-
culable harm in demoralizing our peo-
pie and undermining good citizen
ship.". This goes along with his
previous public statements that there
are '"gigantic pension frauds against
the government, ETC." All these state.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

THE first horseleSs mail wagons ever
used in the United States arc to be
put upon the streets of New York
They will be employed in the collec.
tion of mail from letter boxes about
the city, and letters thus collected are
to be sorted, stamped and sent to
their proper railway stations without
going to the general p1stotfice or any
branch pOStOtfice.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

In a museum of natural history just
opened in New York, fossils are shown
carrying back the history Of the horse
two million years. When it comes to
pedigree the horse has nothing to
fear from bicycles, trolleys and motor
w2uOnS
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16
Annual Meeting.

A meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Citizens National Bank of A Austin,
Minn., will be held at their banking
rooms on Tuesday, January u, 1891
at 2 o'clock p. M, to elect directors
for the year ensuing, and to amend
Article Three Of the articles of asso'
citation.
JOHN w. SCOTT, Cashier.
Dated Dec. /, 1896.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

ST. PAUL is ready to trade anything
and promise everything if only an in
creased appropriation can be obtained
for the new state capitol scheme. We
are just hankering to print the list Of
legislators who can be bought up to
SUPPORT this measure.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

MONDAYS dispatch es seem to con-
firm the news of the death of the
brave and patriot Cuban leader, Gen.
Antonio Maceo. It is earnestly to be
hoped that the rumor is untrue. In
either event, the Cuban uprising will
continue and we believe will be sue.
cessful in giving oppressed Cuba real
liberty. There are other capa bic lead
ers, Garcia, Rivera and others, to take
Maceo's place if he is really murdered.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

IT would be singular if Venezuela
should object to the proposed arbitra-
tion after all the buster we have
made over having the boundary line
controversy with England submitted
to arbitration, and after Great Britain
has consented to our determined
demands. There is rumor, however,
that one party in Venezuela is raising
objection to this mode of settlement.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16
paper

EDITOR @. G, WHITNEY of Marshall
is receiving lots of compliments for
his able work as expert state printer.
He will receive reappointment as
nob:dy opposes him except a few who
would like to succeed him in his office.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16
Holiday Excursions.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway will sell excursion tickets to
stations within 200 miles Dec. "a, 25
and 81, 1896, and Jan. l, 1897, good to
return until Jan. 4, 1897, at fare and
one-third for the round trip.
G. w. SNERE. Act.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

"A genuine ghost-story has yet to
attested; but not so genuine blood
purifier. Over and over again it has
been proved that Ayers Sarsaparilla
stands alone among medicines as the
most relia ble tonic-alterative in phar-
macy. 1t stood alone at the Worlds
Fair.
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

c.. F. MALLAHAN has sold the Ma
della Messenger to w. B. Cole and W..
S. Mills Mallahan has worked hard
at Madelia and has got out a good
DaDer
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S message
surely did not come under the head of
the old adage "short horse, soon cur
ried."
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16
MEMS OVERCOATS.

A small lot in Brown Plaids. .....
Black Melton Overcoats. 80. -.
Black Kersey Overcoats 49,.
Black Melton and blue Cheviot Owe
Black blue and brown Kersey Overc
Mower County transcript., 1896-12-16

These Lands are Either
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-05
Wonders of the Land.

Tuesday evening DIR. Baum and Mr..
Fred M. Da vies will give their stereopti-
CON lecture at City hall ON the "Won-
ders of the Land" The tickets are on
sale at sStockbridae's. The route trav-
ersed by DR.. Baum and Mr.. Davies was
the Maine Coast from Portland to East
port, St. Georges Bay, the St. Croix and
ST. John rivers to Grand Falls, thence to
the Fort Fairfield and Caribou region to
North Twin Dam and Camp Gerrish,
from which point they made the ascent
of Nit. Katahdin,s thirty miles away.
Returning they went to the katahdln
Iron Works. Moosehead Lake, the Range
ley Lakes, Poland Springs, Dixv1lle
Notch, Colebrook, Quebec, over the
Nj aine Central to Jefferson, Fahyans,
Mt. Washington, Mt. Willard, Craw-
ford's and Crawford Notch to jackson.
North Conway, and the Franconia Noun
tains. All the interesting points along
this route were photographed and the
panoramic views made from the noun
tains are said to be among the finest ever
made in any part of the world.
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BOARD OF TRADE.
Communication Received in Regard to
Naval Dock.

At the stated meeting of the board OF
managers of the Board Of Trade Thurs
day a communication was read from
Hon. Charles II. Chase, relating to the
needs of United States naval docks and
more adequate repairing shops and IL
was felt that early action should be
taken to present the matter properly to
Congress, to call attention to the fso1ll-
ties that this port offers in view OF the
extensive dredging to be very soon COM
menced here. The material taken out
could be deposited to such advantage as
to facilitate the building of ample docks
here very much less than can be done
anywhere else in tho country.
On motion of Seth L. Larrabee, ESQ.,,
it was voted to lay the matter on the
table for mature consideration of a SUBJ
iect SO important. It will come up as
soon as it can be advantageously present.
ed to Congress in proper form by dele
CATION or otherwise and pushed through
to ultimate SUCCESS.
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Maine Industrial Notes.

The shipment of Christmas trees to the
big cities from Central Maine. seems to
have been on the increase in late years
and probably the present year Will De
no exception to the general rule. About
three car loads day now go out OF
Maine over the Maine Central, beside
large number that go by boat down the
Penobscot and Kennebec.
1t is estimated that within few
months one-thlrd of the pulp and paper
product of the United States will be
made OH tie Androsooggin river. q
The ESmith & Dexter Lumber Co.,
PittfieId, have received and accepted
orders for 225, 600 spool bars which they
will begin saving as coon as there Is
snow to get the stock. This order will
require 500 cords Of white birch for
which the company is ready to make
contracts.
At special town meeting held at
Newport an agreement was entered into
with the Newport Wooden Co., by which
IL is expscted that the WOODEN mill of the
above company will soon resume opera
tions with full complement of help.
This mill has been idle since the failure
of the East Pond Manufacturing Co.,
nearly q year ago, that fixture being in
cidental to the failure of the Shaw &
Morse Lum Der Co. In March the prop.
erty was sold by public auction to Mr..
Gordon Dobson Of FittsfieId, and he has
for his associates in the Newport Wooler
Co., Mr.. Henry G. Fuller, wooler
manufacturer of long experience at Hart
land. and j. W. Manson, Esq., leading
lawyer of Somerset county. At present
they are negotiating with another maj
to take quarter interest and go ther'
az superintendent aud doubtless the mil
will be in operation in the course OF an
other month.
1t is expected now that with goo'
weather the work on the foundation TO
the new Wateryille City building Will D.
completed by week from next Saturha!
night. The foundation walls will thei
lie covered with tarred paper and remain
uudisturbed until spring.
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Funeral of Edward Sawyer.

Tbs funeral services of the late Edwin
Sawyer were held yesterday afternoon at
the residence of his son No. $50 Congress
street, and was largely attended by
many of the Oldest residents of Portland,
who had been intimately acquainted
with the deceased for more than half a
century, and on account of his sterling
character, and many genial qualities
were anxious to pay fitting tribute Of
respect to such long and useful life.
The services were conducted by the Rev.
S. i. Pearson, who read appropriate
selections of Scriptures, and paid a
tribute of respect to the memory OF the
departed, and a most eloquent eulogy 20
tie long and varied experience OF forty
two years service in the Portland Fire
Department. The funeral was attended
by large delegation of the Veteran
Firemen League, and the Ladies
Auxiliaries. The Interment was al
Evergreen Cemetery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-05
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate
In this county have been recorded 10
the Registry of Deeds:
Lillias M. Merrill Of Scarboro to John
A. Rolfe of Portland, for 81, lot OF
land in SoarbOro.
Lorenzo g. Hawkins to Lsnore ).
Allen. both of Deering, for 81. the two
story, four tenement wooden house on
the northerly side of Ocean street. in
Deering.
Alice S. Dunning to Charles P. MUS
tard, both of Brunswick, for 50 lot OF
land in Brunswick.
Il Granville McKenney to Lillias M;
Merrill, both of Scarboro, for 81, lot Oh
land 10 Scar horo.
Ruth W. Goodsll of Sanford to George
P. Wescots OF Portland, for 81, lot OF
land in Scar bOro.