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Cure For Smallpox.

am willing to risk my reputation as a
pnblic man, wrote Edward Hines to the
Liverpool Mercury, if the worst case Of small
pox canoot De ccred in three days simply by
the use of cream of tartar: oue ounce of
cream of tartar dissolved in pint of water.
drink q. intervals, when cold. This is q
cer,.ia cure, neser failing remedy. II has
cured ssousaods, never leaves mark, never
causes b,iadness, avoids lingering illness =
New York Freemaps' Journal.
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Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of the English
Bsptis. Church at Minersville, Pa, when
suffering with rheumatiam, was advised to
try Cbsmberlaiu's Pain Balm. he says: "A
few applications of this liuimens proved Of
great service to ME. 1t subdued the inlam-
nation and relieved the pain. Should any
sufferer prost by giving Pain Balm trial it
will please me-" For sale by DR.. A. China.
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THE WATCHMANAND soUTHRoN, MARCH Is. 1899.

health gave way and be gradually sank uotii
death relieved him of his suffering. he was
6ue youog mac and universally liked for
his good traits Of character.
Rev. ]. G. Crouch, pastor of Swift Greek
church, preached an able sermon on Sunday
last. f.on Ezskiel "a chapter and 2e verse.
His subject was historical. Showed the
auffsripgs and expslaion OF the Jews from
Jerusalem and their probable return to Pales.
tine Ee laid q 6ne tribute to the Jewish
race, their patriotism, to their faith, their
their business capacity, the virtue Of tseic
feualos, sna their observance Of the laws OF
the country Of their adoption. 1t was a
sermon calculated to do much good in all the
various relation of life.
Pisgab, March ii.
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Notice Of Registration.
The State of South Carolina-Sumter Coup-
ty-Of6ce of Supervisors OF Registration,
Sumter County, Sumter, 8. c., February

ty-Ofice of Supervisors OF Registration,
Sumter County, Sumter, 8. c., February
Let, 1899.
Notice is hereby given 4at in accordance
With an Act of the Geseral Assembly, and in
conformity with the requirements Of the State
Constitution, the books for the registration
of all legally qualified voters, and for the
Issuing Of transfers, etc., will be open at the
Office of Supervisors Of Registration in the
court house, between the hours OF O'Clock
8. NJ. and o'clock p. NJ. on the first Non
day of each month, until thirty days before
the next general election. Minors who shall
become OF age during that period of thirty
days shall be entitled to registration before
the books are closed, if otherwise qualified.
The requirements for qualified voter are
that the applicant for registration shall be
able to read aud write correctly, or possess
In his owo name property to the ameupt Of
three hundred dollars, upon which be pays
taxes. e. F. BURROWS
T. D. DuBOSE,
J. N. KNIGHT,
Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co.
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Items From Magnolia.
Magnolia, March 10 III talking about

MaRnOIIa, Ma!cn 13 -! ta!al0R aoCUt
person causes his or her ears to burn, az the
ola saying goes, then Col. Neal, ex-superin-
tendent of State penitentiary, must be ninue,
at least, one ear and, if the investigation
doesn'. hold up, the State may 5000 be minus
Col Neal. Well, it is 9 small (?) deficit, but
it does seem like the colonel was not alto
gether as particular as be might have been.
The smallpox scare, in tbs vicinity, mas
abated, es only two cases have developed,
and, understand, one of them, a lady, says
that she had this same kind of smallpox
year ago. She was only slightly sick. The
negro who mas this disease, is at work again
on the railroad. This is indeed queer type
of smallpox, and am afraid that the grow
ing belief that vaccination is worse than this
form of smallpox. will greatly retard the
early ''stampipg out" Of this disease. Now
it is fact worthy of mention that not one
person ont of twenty who are or have been
exposed to this infectious disease, develops
case of smallpox, or kindred disease re-
sembling it. Vaccination certainly is note
go far, in the way of its spread in this
section, for numbers OF negroes who visited
the Effected house in this place, while the
patient had fever, are still unvaccinated, and,
as vet, ne hear of no new cases. A few days
more will tell the tale Dr.. Darby vaccinat-
ed over 800 people 10 this and adjoining
neighborhoods-on some it has had no effect,
while number of others are undergoing
much Inconvenience and suffering.
Mrs. Toon, wife Of our Efficient and popu->
lar railroad agent, after several days visit to
her pareats at Bishopville, has returned, and
Mr. Toon is more smiling than ever.
Mrs. Mason, wife Of Rev. e. W. Mason,
after protracted visit to her father sup the
country, has returned in safety, and brother
Mason is again quite happy.
Dr.. Frank Darby went to Florence to-day
on business pertaining to his profession.
Hoa. E. D. Smith is frequent visitor to
our little town, and favors us with recitals
both amusing and edifying, of bis experience
during the session of the Legislature.
Mr.. J. W. Wilson's son, Roland, who
sailed oo the steamer, Grant, in January with
Gen. Lawton's command, has reached the
Philippines, Mr.. Roland Wilson, of the 4th
o. s. Infantry, was in all the hard fighting
around Santiago, and was brave soldier.
He was anxious to 60 to the Philippine lsl-
ands. His brother, Doonough Wilson, is on
the Island of Cuba, in the I'd 8. ". We
hope they will return ERE long to their pa
rents and many friends in safety.
( Occasionally "b'ind tiger" pours ont his
vials of wrath and then disappears. Where
is he? Ask of those that danced.
OccAs1osAL.
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AZ Su0 ooot 30 oA W.
and South, the writer exclaimed,
.How beautiful your suggestion is.
Tell me where you got your ipspira
ton ?' Her face beamed with the
love that filed her heart as she told
me the story, while the uDrestrained
tears filed her expressive eyes, that
spoke SO eloquent'y of love for her
dead, duty to the living, and unper.
ishable loyalty to the memories OF
our cause.
She said that when visiting her
husbands grave, and laying -pon it
the beautiful flowers of his own
southland, she talked to her little
daughter about her soldier father, she
being too young at the time of his
death to understand his services to
his country.
One day while on visit to her
husbands grave, the little tot, now
herself an angel, asked, pointing to
plat where many hundred soldiers
lay buried, care not those soldiers
graves p, EYES," was her mothers
reply. "Then,' she said, "Why
don't we put flowers on their
graves p Then and there in the
city of the dead, at Columbus, Ga.,.
was born the inspiration that led to
the suggestion and to the appeal
from Mrs. Williams which follows
But the matter was not left here.
Day after day appeals from Mrs
Williams pen urged her suggestion
upon the people of the South, and
Decoration Day" as well as the
Memorial Day" of the nation were
born through the inspiration from
the little child Of the dead soldier, a
veteran Of two wars.
TIE APPEAL
On March IL. 1866, Mrs. Williams
erst made public the idea Of Deco
ration Day" in communication to
the Columbus, Ga, Daily Times, Of
which the opening paragraph Is the
amplest testimony needed TO show
that she was the first to publicly ap.
peal for Decoration Day set apart
to honor the memory of departed
Confederate heroes
'.The ladies'" she wrote, care now
and have been for several days enc
gagged in the sad but pleasant duty
of ornamenting that portion of the
city cemetery, sacred to the memory
of our gallant Confederate dead, but
we feel that it is an unfinished work
unless day be set apart annually
for its special attention. We cannot
raise monumental shafts and inscribe
thereon their many deeds of heroisn
but We can keep alive the memory o
the debt we owe them by dedicating
at least one day in each year to en-
beliishing their humble graves with
flowers
..Therefore, we beg the assistance
of the press and the ladies through
out the South to aid Us in the effort
TO set apart certain day to be OBJ
served from the Potomac to che Rio
Grande, and be handed down through
time as religious custom Of the
South, to wreathe the graves of our
martyred dead with flowers and we
propose the 26th day of April as the
day. Let every city. town and viii
lage join in the pleasant duty.
..Let the soldiers graves,
for that day at least. be the Southern
Mecca to whose shrine her Borrowing
women. like pilgrips. may annually
bring their grateful hearts and fora
offerings"
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SOUTHERN FARM MAGAZINE
OF BALTIMORE, MD.
Published by
Manufacturers Record Publishing Co.

A Monthly Illustrated Journal devoted to
Southern Agriculture, dealing with all mat
ters related to General Farming, Live Stock
Poultry, Dairying, Truck Farming, Fruit
Growing, and every farm interest and pur-
suit in the South.
tits widely read by Nortbern and Westeru
farmers contemplating moving South.
Ii ought to be in every Southern family, for
it is .tof the South, by the South and for the
South
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Pisgab, March Ia.

Geo. B. secord, the we'll known contractor
of Towaoda, N. Y, says; 81 have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family
for long time and have found it superior to
any Other" For sale by Dr.. Al. China.
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In connection with this subject the
following article from aThe Lost
Cause will be Of interest
TIE ORIGIN OF MEMORIAL
DAY.
: BY w. D CHIPLRY.

Certainly nothing can be of more
general interest than the origin of
Me1norial Day, beautiful custom
that appeals to the hearts Of onr
entire people, both North and South.
though this loving tribute to the dead
heroes of the war was southern.
Sinapiration. Col. Chas. j. Williams.
of Columbus, Ga, was Georgian of
prominence and active in public
affairs when Georgia seeded from
the Union.
As that time he was veteran. In
1916 he: became major Of the First
Georgia Volunteer Regiment, com.
manded py Col Henry r Jackson,
of Savannah. Ga and served gal.
lantly IN the Mexican war.
When the war between the states
came on, he went to the front as col
.onel Of the First Georgia Regulars.
and died in the service in 1862.
When MAJOR Williams lef. Columbus,
Ga with the First Georgia Volun-
teer Regiment in 1916, the regiment
was presented with a handsome flag
BY Miss Mary Ann Howard, the
daughter Of Major John 81 Howard.
a man of marked character, and of
great prominence in his section and
state
AT the close of The Mexican war
Mics Howard married Major Viii
liams. Mary Ann Williams belonged
to thai noble band of women who
did everything for the South save
fight our battles "Ail her life bad
been full of good works. y but her
patriotic character shone oct re.
spleudent during the dark days of the
.Confederacy Her zeal never abated.
Many weary, hungry and sick sol
diers carried her blessed name to
their graves. and many dying soldiers
found solace and peace in her minis
trations
The writer was q member of her
household during the year immedi-
a.eiy following the war, and -emem-
bers distinctly Mrs Williams sug
ges,ion of Decoration Day." as she
designated il, and as it is now known
in macy communities in The South.
The South had observed the customs
from 1866. then the Congress of the
United States adopted the idea, and
by legislative enactment made the
3O.h day of each May q public ma
tional holiday. 1t was designated.
however, as Memorial Day, aud was
no. called Decoration Day y
TIE 30.h day of Msy can never be
adopted as Decoration or the Memo
rial Day of the extreme southern
states for the reason that on the 30tb
Of May the flowers have bloomed
and gone, and the day is too early
for thoee flowers that come later.
Several states have by state legis.
ls.ion Fixed the 26th of April, the date
6rst named 6y Mrs. Williams. as q
public holiday, notably Georgia and
Florida.
In kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
and other of the more northern states
of the Confederacy, day in May is
usually selected as Decoration Day,
! as the Goth of April is too early for
their flowers.
THE ORIGIN
When Mrs Williams first suggest
led the idea. which will live always
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this kind Of irresponsible ignorance
that ought to have shot gun quar-
antine over it The great trouble is
that the irresponsible Ignorance"
cases greatly outnumber the small
pox cases, and it would require a
smell standing army With the fool
killer commanding to enforce proper
quarantine. Now We expect that
some newspaper correspondent will
be rising up to point his finger at
Sumter as she pest:ferous breeding
place Of ..that dread disease.
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ha areenviile News hits Senator
m a ms between wind and water
Is Tihnan nsedsto5
ss1 that he wsa going shout with
iS pockstfall of bricksso throw as
Jos Ne k1oss where he
;sss s ion-bonght f tIom
ileatIary and forgot 20 pay
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ftbaan auS SmtEnoll.
'ssE1,lsasDAY s2 Arch Is, 1899.


invest sgation. By the hsgisIa
siye Committee o; Col. Neale's man
sement of the Psnitentiary has
eaay uncovered sufficient crooked.
aea to warrant 40 action IN the
s|5sssustssgainst s him for misapps sopria-
sn &c public funds. Every thing
ppears to hare been crooked. and
So Sid smbers of The board Of directors
50 es to have been as successfully
s IIsodwinked aa the public; although
h stl.,s we're u 5 position e know. and
M ss their duty g know, how the
Ss1 81 she institution we're being
aninisterea There have heen va
s on s. scandals, and many hints, ru-
ss ild charges of corruption u
sh places during the past eight
siils bas Tue present invessigasion
unasllhed scanda sof the FIRST
and prooI s. corruption
a.n ssnliDg The question nov
g be done about i s
Siif and aettl lemens OF
eeosered and proven shorssges
s 81 aslcto1y o Col Nealesto be.
s |s asded s. rascal q as 8 finsncier;
M sMsfs peeaIiar md unconventfoDaI
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Sprioe Tiredness is different from the
weariuess caused by labor. The last is cured
by ,est 1.-The FIRST requires few bottles ct
Hoods Sarsaparlla to cu:e 1t.
That distress after eating is cured by Hoods
pills. They do not gripe. Is cents.
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Claremont Loalp No. 60. 4. I. Il

THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU-
NICATION Of Claremons Lodge, No.,
"a, A. F. NJ, will be held on Thursday
Evening, March %, at u pm. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly
a..... n ~ M.,z,
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.seu neIand editors who are.

Nk ew sng land editors who are
lssn South on ! tour Of investiga-
81 seasure haye issued 8 rate
he anlig ghtenment Of the
The cities they have
siI snvite VISIT They charge
psgs sc pasiiehpg : report
||l,sir saTessig gatiOns. and no city.
Il be honored with : visit unless it
lasIes dossn with the stuff for al least.
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Pisgah Happenings.

The farmers have made things hum for the
last week ard it begins now to look like 8
crop will be planted.
So far the purchase of guano is not up to
last year in this section. Last Tuesday was
good one, and it gave the small grain crop
another set.back.
Whether all the peaches are dead or not
remains to be seen: The blossoms don't
count for much as the germ may be dead.
Gardens are way in the rear.
observe that the invariable rule with the
newspapers whec speaking of the dispensary
law. is to hit it a lick Never speak of it5
good qualities, but alwsys when anything
happens ia its enforcement as all laws of that
nature will have, abuse the law, aod hold it
responsible for the mistakes of one man.
Most of the papers had rather have the grog
shops to make drunkards out of the boys, or
so.called prohibition to teach our people to
bu; on the sly and violate the law. That
shows how fair the papers are.
IThe editor of the ". b S. does not take
this "poin.' of irony as applying to this
paper, which has never favored groR shops,
and which now evidences it's fairness by
admitting in its columns these criticisms,
regardless Of whether they are mesnt for 1t
OF pot. The dispensary is great improve
msnt upon the old "grog shop" system; but
that law, or the way it is administered, will
take the .'hitsing" of good many ''licks" yet
before it is just what it might be.-ED
W.6S
Some people here are speskiDg Of getting
up a series OF lectures as follows: Oae chow
to catch 'possum," another ehow to beat
your living out of other people" and third
chow to bait fsh hooks" You must cone
up, if We are saccessful in getting noted
lecturers. The fee charged will be in propor-
ton to the hardness of the times.
Mr. C. l.. Turner, who lived near here,
died last week at hospital in Charleston. He
was soldier boy in Let Regiment, bnt hsa
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The State Of South Carolina,


By Z. Y Welsh, Esq, Probate Judge
1N7HEREAs, MRS. o. @. PLUaaER,
w widow, made suit to me to grant
her Letters of Administration Of the Estate
of and effects of WM. P. PLUMMER, late
Of said County and Sta,e, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors Of
the said Wm. P Plumner as aforesaid, de-
ceased, that they be and appear before me
in the Court OF Probate, to be held at Sum-
ter, C. a., on Mach 18th, 1899, next, after
publication thereof, at II O'Clock IN the tore
noon, to show cause, if sny they have, wby
the said Administration should cot be grant
ed.
Given under my hand this lst day of
March, A. D., 1899.
TH0S Y. WALsH,
Judge Of Probate.
March LIT
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Graded School Notes.

In consideration Of tho opportunity it will
afford as az historical object lesson; 10 Coz
sidera.ion, also, of The subservience of segu-
larity of attendance, it has been decided to
postpone the usual spring holiday to the time
of the Confederate Reunion in Charleston.
During the quarter about to close the at
tendance has been irregular on account of the
extremely disagreeable weather and the preva.
lence of q easles. For this reason there will
be no public exercises at the end of this quar-
ter. As customary the Rolls OF Honor will be
Published in the city papers.
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T. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro,
Ga, writes as follows SIN the past eight
years, / have sold more of Dr.. Pits
Carminative than all the soothing syrups.
collie drops, aud other baby medicines COM
pined." sold by ]. F. W. DeLorme.
Wanted Cotton seed. Highest prices
paid. W. B. Boyle.
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sr many years he record Of the
sncsaer Cotton MiilI has been held mp
as bngaboo every time q propoel
sson .s msde.1o build . large new
m mn The Was when the mil had q
record q sfsi,use and smoDey loser.
ks present the mill is making new
1eesrd Encombered ae it IS With
Idebt u has paid the heavy interest
Sekarges and cleared in two years
q and % per cent on the
capasa stock 10 the pas. it was Q
aud deferred many from
sinsesing 10 other cotton mills; now
Sc should be 60 example and should
sencoulage sBd promote the erection
sof oaker coston mills fn this city.
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EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS:
Chas W. Dabney, Jr Ph. D., IL. D.
Ex.United States Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, Ex-Director United States Ag-
ricultnral Experiment Station 10 North Caro-
lima, President University of Tennessee aod
President Of Uoited States Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station in Tennessee.
j. B. Killebrew, A. NJ, Ph. D.
Ex-Commissioner of Agriculture for Teu-
nessee, author of Couture and Curing Of To-
baccc" for o. s. tenth census, Tobacco
Leaf" "Sbeep Husbandry, /" Wheat Grow.
ing," Grasses" and other agricultural
works.
The regular subscription price Of the
Southern Farm Magazine is 81 year, but
we offer it and tie Tatchman and Southron
together one year for So. Oct l9.
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When you ask Tor De Wits Witch Hazel
Salye don't accept counterfeit or Imitation.
There are more cases of Piles being cured by
this, ,hau all others combined.-Hughson.
Lyon Co.
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Rear Admnal sampson has of 9.
dsIan become wond erfnlly thought.

ear dmITa1 sampson mas OF g
become wonde fully thought.
M and nsgnaninous. He urges
assry Gag g promote deserving
ssssBesrs 81 the Navy without regard
fsr be feels that the faiinTe to
DE bill providing for the pro-
S oason these officers was owing.
IS shs opposition 10 congress 70 h1s
s xsneenens &c Admiral sampson
siithous reason jumped
se espsasn 10 Rear dmiral over
81 1esds of several Of his superior.
bad sbown more considers
s son and tairness n his treatment OF
S Sc he uonld not now have the
and consempt OF 9 majority Of
Ssh 1nerican peoph, His magna-
lS5ssay aud though htfulDess comes too.
M mud the effort is 100 strained TO
q 81 effect
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At,est-?. G. NOSES. Sec.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-31
PARK VALLEY.
Death Of Az I,timahlo Young woman
Interesting Nows N0tcs.

Special Correspondence.
Park Valley D0Nrld6r county. Aug.
2t,- Death invaded the homo OF our re-
spcCtod tuWnsmuu Abraham Rose and
unatChcd from h.H fond embrace His
beautiful aud loving young wife Alice,
almost without moments
warning, leaving two little chll-
dren mothDrlcss and n host
OF relatives and friends diaconso-
late by her untimcly death. She was
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. n. n.
Carter, a direct deHcerdant OF Dominl-
Gus Carter OF Nnuyoo ana early Church
history fame, and was but 20 years, four
months ana twenty days old when she
died She was a faithful daughter. vito.
mother and friend, beloved by ain who
knew her
The lucorn and hay crop "a very light
this season and Will be- corrcHpuudlnrly
high the coming winter.
Park Valley has been afflicted with
late ana early irpsts which ana very
great damage
Mr.. j, II Raleigh Is preparing 10
build a brick rusIdencei Mr. 4. A. Yates
VIII do likewise.
The Park Valley store OF A. Goodllds
win enlarge and make other Improve
ments.
Coyotes are getting away with the