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Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23

ne sunshine sweet sSplSLAOT, IIue m1Q.
nights deep Gains, sg s9s s II ~
For stir Of life's challenge and strength Of
its balms; :.
For grace Of the blossom, and rapture of
bird, fs @ S
For gladness unsought, and for need yet
deferred; %s{is sS38s.: u :. ~ q
For the chrism OF joy, the amounting on
We bring Thee, Our Father, thanksgiving
again! 5s5 tf@2 EsSa
For quick ming delight and its rich after
math, X . :st ssss
The peace of our homes and the warmth
II of each hearth;.
For loves proud avowals. and browning Of
gold, sa .s tE
And for r4its bestowals that lips have not
1t told;
For daily providing for blessings still new
For children's blithe voices, for friends
ever true; s Is
For hopes Thou hast tended, Our Father,
we bear K
Our thanks to Thee, owning Thy dear, con-
stant care! 49, Ess5 r, ,t5
For cloud-shadowed heights and STAR
spanned ocean-space, ts t-az,'5'5i 4ss
For forces made captive for strength or
for grace;
For greatenng vision and truth seen afar,
For thoughts that more eager and reverent
are; ..-.= -. ts= -
For justice discerned and it's ways under
stood,
For each mans devotion to all mems real
good
For ministries wisdom itself multplies-
The heart Of Thy Christ in mems ques-
tioning eyes;
For harvests that whitened in field or on
void, .s
Seed in the herbs bosom, and root in the
mold F s- ss.f-
For what Thou hast given that yet none
may claim,
The spirit more steady, the rectified aim;
The trust need has nurtured, the pity it
bred, .i-s..,.sE .e 49,
The petty denials Thy purpose that sped;
For glimpses of Thee that the soul have
oerawed, .s .s.-
For Love that enfolded-We thank Thee,
our God! .-'.H
Olive p. Dana, in Chicago Advance. ~
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
An Old Custom.

A quaint old custom still prevails in
the beautiful country on both sides of
the Danube, some hundred miles above
Vienna, commonly called the Wachnau.
At the summer solstice fires are lit on
all the more .prominen heights of the
mountains that give the Wachnau its
peculiar charm. The picturesque towns
and villages on both shores are beauti-
fully illuminated and the bridges across
the great river are ablaze with million.
lights. The most charming sight of all
this year was the illumination of the
ruins of Castle Durenstein, above
Krems, the. legendary castle where
Richard Occur de Lion heard Blondel
sing outside his prison walls. This
festival is now called Jahannisfier, or
st. Johns fete, by a devout population,
but the old people call it by its real
Papan name, Sonnenwendfeu Sol
stice Fires. london News. s.s Il; d
49, -
Firemen Make Their Own Equipment.
The men of the fire department of
Lincoln, Neb., are setting an example
to their fellows in other cities in thrift
and economy. At the rear Of one of the
engine houses a wagon factory has been
established, and here the men spend
their leisure hours Building, under the
direction of the CHIEF, all the wagons,
ladders and other equi ipment needed by
the department. Skill as a wagon
maker, painter or an iron worker is
now required Of those who wish to be-
come fire,nen in the Nebraska capital.
Chacago Tribune.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
EFFoRT WAS WASTED.
Pa Told His Son Nice Little story
with q Moral, hut It Was
UnavnilinE. .s.s s55

T overheard a couple Of well-known gem
tlemen relating their experience IN domestlc
affairs a few days ago. One OF them SAID
his boy was inclined to devote too much
his studies, while the other found his boy
devoting his energies to master half a dozen
different musical Instruments, which was
the cause of his neglecting duties assigned
him to perform.
II took the boy aside, "-said the parent,
etand told him the following story: A grass
hopper wasted all the cheerful days OF sum,
mer skipping gay.y about in the fields and
enjoying himself, while the prudent ant
improved each hour by gathering food and
storing it away. When winter came, and
the thermometer registered in the vicinity
Of zero, the grasshopper approached the
ant for the loan of provisions.
"But the ant said: What were you do:
ing all summer? oh, singing singh and dancing,
said the. grasshopper. oh, well, chop ice
per went away and dropped dead from cold
and hunger. 1 thought the moral of the
story was too plain for me to make further
comment, and as I was about to leave it
with him to think it over the little fellow
looked up and said: That's all right, pa,
but there seems to be just as many grass
hoppers 9lopp W.
terville (AIe.) Mail.
Palace on Wheels
is a somewhat hackneyed term as applied to
railroad trains, but it accurately describes
the Alton Limited, the newly equipped day
trains Of the Chicago & Alton r. R. Co.
| which were placed in daily service between
Chicago and st. Louis, November l6, 1899.
The equipment consists of standard Chicago
& Alton passenger locomotive; United
States postal car, sixty-six feet in length;
I;combination passenger and baggage car,
combination parlor chair car and coach, Chi
cago & Alton parlor chair car; cafe and buff
fet smoking car and Pullman parlor observa-
ton car, each Of which is seventy two feet
six inches in length. The framing of all
| these cars is Pullman standard with Empire
| decks, wide vestibules, standard steel plat
| forms and anti-telescoping device. All of
| the cars are lighted with electric lights ex-
| cept the mail car and combination passenger
| coach and baggage car, which are lighted
| with Pintsch gas. The windows throughout
the entire train are of uniform width, the
Gothic lights above being of the new Pull
man standard. The ornamentation is of spe.
| cal design, the color scheme being maroon.
Great care has been used in the selection Of
! plushes and woods for the interior, and the
| lamps, metal furnishings, ETC., are Of special
! design. It is claimed that there has never
| been built in America train which has re-
| ceived as much attention as to constructive
details as has The Alton Limited An ex-
animation of this superb train certainly
bears out this claim.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
NEAL SHORTAGE IS
NOT YET SETTLED.
The Conference Last Friday
: Amounted to Nothing.

No settlement OF the Neal shortage
has yet taken place Though it was
the understanding of the attorney
general that Col Neal and his attor.
neys wished the conference yesterday
for the specific purpose of settling
all accounts, it seems that Col. Neai's
attorneys did not SO understand it
and came to the conference for the
purpose of aseertaining the exact
amount Col Neal is alleged to owe
the State and Of agreeing upon that
figure with the attorney general It
was known yesterday morning before
the conference was held that 10
money would be paid or no offer Of
any made, and it is not known wheth-
any further attempt will be made to
settle the matter outside Of the bond
or net
At noon yesterday Col Meals
attorneys, Col. Nelson, Mr. Prince
and Mr.. Boggs, accompanied by
Mr. j. S. Muller representing one of
the bondsmen went to the Office Of
Attorney General Bellinger. Chair
man Stevenson of the legislative
committee was also present. Attor-
ney General Bellinger bad already
announced that be could recognize
no offer of payment on the part of
Col Neal that did not cover the
entire $1,000 or more as in the
statement in the legislative commit
tees report This position the
attorney general adhered to and de-
ciiped to discuss what Col Neal
admitted he owed the State on any
question as to the liability of the
bondsmen in the matter. When the
conference concluded it was without
any agreement as to any further con-
ference in the matter
The result of the conference yes
terday simply leaves the matter
exactly as it stood before it was held.
Attorney General Bellinger has noti-
fed the bondsmen to come up and
pay in accordance with the findings
of the investigating committee.
Several of the bondsmen have assur-
ed him that they will DO 80. Now
that the conference has failed of
results, the notice to the bondsmen
will doubtless be renewed. If they
should fail to pay then the next step
will probably De suit in the courts.
The State, Sept. 16.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
CHARGES OF CORRUP
TION.

Denver. Coz Sept. II Napoleon
E. Guyot, late private of Co. G, First
Colorado volunteers, who during the
last three months of 1898, served as 8
clerk under Maj Kil|bourne and later
under Lieut. Col. Potter, auditor Of
public accounts, Manila, publishes this
evening signed statement in which
toe gravest charges of corruption are
made against the American officials 10
Manila He says ao examination Of
the vouchers forwarded to Washington
will show that exorbitant prices are
paid for all kinds OF supplies purchased
10 Manila; that vast quantities OF high
class wines and other supplies tave been
purchased osteusibly for the Spanish
boepita's while 10 the American hospi
tails only the coarsess supplies are
furnished. He says courtmartiais of
private soldiers charged With selling
government property have been stopped
because they would result in the expo
sure of official rascality. The roboeries,
be asserts, will aggregate an enormous
SUN.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Seeks Cheap Notoriety.

Columbia, S c., Sept. IA THE
following challenge to mortal combat
was cabled this morning to Count
Ferdina" Walsh Esterhazy at lis
address - London
"Sir: Believing you to be answer
able for the misery and humiliation
of Capt Dreyfus, of the French army,
and he, Capt Dreyfus, not being able
to call on you personally for eatis-
faction, / as free born, loving Iiber:
ty, do volunteer in my own right to
meet you on the field of honor in
behalf of Cap; Dreyfus az any time
and place agreeable to you.
Paul E. Aver. Anderson, S c."
Aver is son Of the late Confeder.
ate Congressman Aver, aud was
sergeant of the First South Carolina
volunteers in the Spanish war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
SUMTER S. c.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1899
pany that "your cotton contract will
be sent you fully covering all the

pany that "your cotton contract will
be sent you fully covering all the
claims"
have been in the ginning busi-
ness ever since when sat on the
lever and drove the teams around in
the old horse ginneries, and every
single improvement in ginning or
baliDg or the methods of landing
cotton has brought increased value
to the cotton and additional profits TO
the ginner at a lower take.out than
was common, but here comes the
round bale press and does none of
these things, but makes an actual
loss on the ginning business on top
of the fact that it proposes to ad-
vance the take out from the custom
ary charges, and yet the claims for it
are larger than all the claims COM
bined ever made for single i'm
provement. My experience would
say that it all appears to me lot of
talk, fostered and pushed by those
interested in the new venture.
The president of the American Cot.
ton Company, after visiting the south
in the interest ot the round bale,
gave an interview in Baltimore in
which be went right off talking and
elaborated on the advantages of the
method of baling, the lap. the saw
ings of insurance, freights, storage,
etc., but be did not show his lessees
while south how they were going to
get their money back, or snow any
new people how they were going
to make money, out of the contract
offered.
also notice in "Cotton Facts" !"
that Mr.. n G. Bsll has quite lot to
say concerning tie uniform bale
adopted by the square bale people
last season. and says that the interior
folks are now beginning to receive
returns from this bale aud that the
little 80 cents expected on this cot.
ton has nos materialized It is bad
thing foT him to talk about "those
returns. Z" for his people have 8: last
received some returns and all the
mighty claims of the round bale goes
into the air
If all my mistakes and losses of q
life time thus far were added togeth.
er, they would not equal the harassiDg
experience l have had with the round
bale. Yours truly.
E. E. Middleton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Hubbard's Cotton Letter.

New York. Sept. 14.-Liverpoo!
traders agaiu refuse to be Influenced oy
advance 10 oor markets, but believe
that America will faally have to sell
to them the cotton they want upon
their own basis Of values. The gen.
eral belief abroad lis that large crop
is certain and that all reports of a les
seued production this seasoo are absurd
With these views domioant there the
marke; has been supplied with selling
orders from abroad and the cotton has
been absorbed at small recession from
last evening. Exporters here state that
it is impossible to buy ia the south 90
the basis of present prices in Liverpool,
as American spinners are taking their
cotton at higher prices than exporters
can pay. The large buyiog of Jester.
day was not evident this morplug. in
fact the trade thought some Of the pur-
cbeses had been sold ont early in the
day.
Hubbard Bros. & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Collecting Negro Girls.

Memphis, Tenn Sept &c A.
Ricser, of Minneapolis. MINI, is now
working in the south to collect as
many negro girls as he can to take
them to Minneapolis, where there is
said 10 be a wonderful scarcity of
servants for household work 1t is
his intention to &c. the most of them
from Baton Rogue. and Saturday ne
passed through the city en- route to
Louisville, where he went to inter-
view railroad men on the SUBJECT of
cheap rates from Mississippi to Min.
neapoiis
While in Memphis Mr.. Ricter told
passenger officials that it was his
hope to get up at !east thousand
negresses 10 take north with him
He says it is almost impossible to
secure white servants in Minneapolis
and that those who are at work com.
mand exboTbi!ant wages, many of
them receiving as high as $50 per
month.
The reason assigned for this copdi-
tion of affairs is that the white girls
who have been doing household work
have gradually married off and now
are prosperous. and it is not neces-
cary for them to do household work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
NO EXTRA SESSION
IS NOW PROBABLE.
Senator McLaurin has 80 Ex-
pressed Himself.

v ashington, Sept. l2 Talk of an
extra session of congress has been
revived recently, but Senator Nc
Laurin, of South Carolina, who
who was seen by a Post reporter as
he was leaving the White House
today, does not believe there is any
foundation for the rumors Il de
not expect an extra session." said
be. Nothing has come from an
official source which would in any
way indicate that the president con-
templates such action "
Senator McLaurin- says, however
that congress, when it does meet,
ought to get to work as promptly as
possible, because it will have an un-
sual number of important questions
to consider. eff the war in the
Philippines is still in progress" said
he, eve will have to provide means
for it's prompt conclusion, and if it
has ended, we will have the future
disposition of the islands to dis
cuss. The people of my State
are very much divided on the policy
of the administration regarding the
islands, but the general consensus OF
opinion is that, as we have got into
the situation, we have got to stay.
We cannot afford to retreat now :.
Whatever may have been the pro-
priety Of getting into the Philippine
war we must see it settled with honor
to our country. If the war con
tinuess it will be a political issue,
but if it ends, / doubt whether the
question of the permanent retention
Of the islands will figure so largely in
the next campaign. The trouble
with all of US is that we lack informa'
ton. confess that it is the great
trouble with me-
elf our people are not talking much
now about silver,'' added Senator
McLauriu, sit is because we regard
the position of the democratic party
on that matter as settled. The
financial plank of the Chicago plat
will be rea6irmed at the next nation.
al convention and South Carolina will
send Bryan delegates TO that con,
vention There is no opposition to
him in the State.''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Bermuda Cyclone

Island Of Bermuda, Sept ia
cyclone swept over this island last
night Houses were blown down
and others were unroofed.
The storm ragged the whole of last
night. No lives were lost but heavy
damage was done to public and pri-
vate property. fruit and cedar trees.
The causeway was badly injured and
the government house was damaged.
The storm vas the worst known
here since the hurricane Of 1880.
In fact many cf the inhabitants say
it exceeded the gale of 1880 in vio-
lence.
The weather at 4 p. IN, today is
mild and the storm has disappeared.
Information from the dock yard
says the dsmage done there is very
serious The breakwater is badly
damaged On Ireland and Boaz
islands everything is more CIR less
The damage is roughly estimated at
sl00.O 900
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Capt. Jas. H. Tillman and Lo,
the Poor Indian.

Washington, Sept. IA james II.
TilIman, son of ex Representative
Tillmau, of South Carolina, who
served as colonel of the First South
Carolina volunteers in the Spanish
war, has been promised by the presi
dent captaincy in one Of the new
volunteer regiments Col. Tillman
came to Washington hoping TO raise
an independent company of Indian
scouts. The president did not ap-
prove of forming any Independent
commands at this time, but said there
was no objection to enlisting GER
tain proportion of Indians in a COM
pany which he authorized Capt Till
man to organize. A A Girard
formerly of the Rough Riders, has
been named as first lieutenant of
Capt. Tiilman's company.
One platoon of the company will
be composed of educated 1pdians,
leading men of the Chippewa, Nez
Perces and other tribes Chiefs Jo-
seph and Pug.a-M Ma Gi Shing of these
tribes are much interested in the
work aud have been in Washington
with Capt Tillman The two re-
naming platoons will be composed
of South Carolinians. Recruiting
stations will be opened in South Car
olina and St. Paul, MINI Already
enough men 10 fll regiment have
applied, 80 the question of personnel
is only one of selection Capt. Till
man was the youngest colonel in the
Spanish war He is vice commander
of the Spanish War Veterans asso.
citation. Lieut. Girard is chief of
ordnance and a member of the coun-
Gil of administration of the same
organization.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
DIR. PORTER IMPRESSED.

Clemson College, Sept. 14.-Dr.
a. Toomer Porter, of Charleston, is
here. DR.. Porter is one of the best
known educators in South Carolina,
having trained 3,40o boys. In an
swer to the question How do you
like Clemson ? Dr.. Porter said !:
"Well sir, l am simply amazed l
am astounded at what see. i be
,ieve Clemson college will revolu.
tionize South Carolina, it is new and
will have to face the Indifference of
those who are igonrant of its objects
and the suspicion that attach to all
new systems. But when these
young men get out in life they will
show the the people the need Of
manufacturing and improvement on
all industrial lines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
A Youthful Professor.

Probably no young man of our com
muDity aud few of our State, have at
the age of seventeen, occupied chair in
a large university. And to Mr.. Harry
Tran tham. youth Of seventeen years.
we extend our congratulations 90 bis
unanimous election as assistant profes.
sor Of Eoglish at the University Of
Wake Forest. We always predicted
for this Young man successful career,
bet our predictions we're ANTICIPATED oy
this early confer of honor. His cleo
ton should be pride to our conmuni-
ty, for it is certainly au unusual
compliment to confer on one go young.
.Wateree Messenger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Outrageous Conduct.

Columb bia, Sept. IA crowd of
whites, full of whiskey, wen. to negro
camp meeting in Lancaster County last
night. Negro men objected to their
conduct and the whites fred into the
crowded church. The negroes returned
the fire and the whites scattered. Two
whites, named Hough. brothers, were
seriously wounded and a number Of
negroes. just how many cannot be
ascertained, we're shot None is report
ed dead No arrests have been made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Tobacco Growers Protest.

Hartford. Coun.. Sept. l2 The
board Of directors of the New Euglaud
Tobacco Growers Association held a
meeting in this city today. A letter
was addressed to United States Senators
Plat aud Hasley aud the four Counec-
ticus coueressmeu, protesting against
tie admission Of new possessions as
territories and demanding that they
continue for the present uoder the
government aod control OF the execu-
tive and war department..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
More Trouble Among
The People Of Kellytopn.
Kelly Tries to Avenge His
Old Scores.

Darlington, Sept. l3-There is
trouble and great deal of it among
the folks of Kelly town. This new
trouble has grown out of the old
matter for which Mrs. Lou Kelly aod
Arthur Atkinson were arrested last
week. This it will be remembered
was an alleged attempt on the part
of two parties named, to poison Jim
Kelly, the husband of the woman,
Mrs Lou Kelly.
1t was on the return home on Mon.
day from the preliminary hearings in
Darlington. The stories of the trou-
Bile are conflicting, but the main fact
is very apparent and indisputable,
and that is that Atkinson was cus
and very badly cut by Kelly. Some
think that his condition is really seri-
Gus.
The facts in the matter so far as
they are obtainable are that on
Monday the parties to the case ap-
peared at Darlington to answer at
the preliminary The case was call
ed by Magistrate Dargan but before
entering into it Atkinson made
affidavit that he couldn't have All i'm
partial trial there and asked for a
change Of venue. Magistrate Dargan
sent the matter to Magistrate San
ders in this city, and here Mrs. Kelly
made affidavit that she could not have
an impartial trial. and she asked that
another change of venue be granted.
From this court the case was sent to
Magistrate Bell in Hartsvilie The
hearings in this court is set for Fri
day.
Atkinson make complaint that Jim
Kelly had made several threats
against his life and asked that he
be but under a peace bond. Kelly
denied that he had made any threats
and asked that the hearing on the
applications be adjourned until he
could get his witnesses down 1t
will be remembered that Kelly was
under peace bond when he shot
jenkins in '95, so Atkinson asked
that the bond be made a good one.
This case was also sent to Magistrate
Bell.
From this point the stories differ.
The best authority says that the
friends of Atkinson and Kelly bad
arranged peace between them
before they left town that evening,
but it seems to have been only an
armistice. Kelly, it seems, left town
first and having reached Dr. Lees
place, about nine miles out on the
Kellytown road. he stopped and
waited for Atkinson When tie
rest of the party came up he asked
Atkinson for drink of beer.
Atkinson reached under the seat 10
get the flask but instead of taking
/ it, Kelly made rake at him with a
knife, eashing his right wrist.
Atkinson then jumped from the
buggy and ran with Kelly after him,
cutting at him at every step.
When Atkinson attempted to get
through the fence his body was
caught and Kelly's knife got in some
good work. The calf of Atkinson's
leg was literally hacked.
When Kelly was surfeted with
blood he drove off The sheriff j:
after him ncw.-Florence Times Sept
| 10
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Clemson College Crowded.

Clemson, Sept. 14-Presideut Hart
zog authorizes the following statement :
"There are now over 400 students
N matriculated and every room io barracks
is full. About 200 applicants were
refused. Had there been dormitory
room the attendance this session at the
opening would have exceeded 800 STU
dents. We regret very much that we
cannot receive any more students at
the present time. A few vacancies will
occur this month, resulting from failure
to enter the desired classes Students
desiring to eli vacancies that may occu.
hereafter should write or telsgrah
before coming"