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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07
CASE OF YELLOY FEVER

Jackson Miss May 3o-Advices
having been received from President
Souchon of the Louisiana State board
of health that one case Of yellow
fever had appeared in New Orleans,
Dr. j. F. Hunter, secretary of the
Mississippi board sent inspector Grant
to New Orleans this afternoon with
instructions to make thorough in.
epection Of the city. He will be
joined there by Inspector Dunn to-
morrow Unless the situation
becomes very serious, which is
highly improbable, the Mississippi
board will not declare quarantine
against New Orleans Public
sentiment is decidedly opposed to
such step. and the news of the first
case of the season produced On
excitement.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07
Excitement in Texas.

Chicago. June "A special to The
Chronicle from Dallas, Tex says /:
The excitement in Henderson county
because Of the Iynchiug of the three
Humphreys 90 the night Of May % is
e.ill intense Eight prominens farmers
and cattle raises io the vicinity Of Alley,
where the lynohiug took place. h.ve
been placed 90 trial charged with par
ticipating in the crime The State and
Henderson county have offered rewards
.pproxima.iog 5000. The preiimi-
nary hearings have been postponed uosii
next week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07
Notice Registration.

The State of South Csrolins-Sumter Coun.
ty-Onice of Supervisors of Registration,
Sum,e. County, Sumter. s. c., February
let, 1859.
Notice is hereby given that in accordance
with an Act of the Gesersl Assembly, and in
conformity with the requirements of the State
Constitution, the books for the registration
of ell 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
.. m I. and o'clock p. m, on the frat Mon.
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 Do entitled to registration before
the books arc eloaed, if otherwise qualified.
The requirements for . qualified voter are
that the applicant for registration shall be
able to read and write correctly, or possess
in his own name property to the smeunt of
three hnndred dollars, upon which be pays
taxes. e. F. BURROWS,
+. D. DUBOSE,
J. N. KNIGHT,
Supervisors Of Registration Sumter Co.
Ach
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MARKS OF RESPECT.

The State capital is to be closed to-
day out Of respect to the deceased gov
error, and the Gags on the buildisg Wlll
BE- displayed at halfmast for the proper
length Of time. 1t is presumed that
the various public Offices throughout
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07

Then the campaign last summer
came on The governor stood for
re election The story of that cam
paign is still fresh in the minds Of
all Governor Ellerbe attended prac
tically all the campaign meetings..
and really broke himself down Then
came the close election, the second
primary. after several days of doubt,
assuring him Of second term The
race between the governor and Mr.
Feasherstone was one of the closest
and most exciting ever known in the
history of the State Before the
Legislature had adjourned there were
some sensational incidents TO the
administration, and it was at least a
fortnight before the session came to
an end that the governors health
began 10 fail him utterly, and since
tina. time be has been at the State
capitol only once or twice. Steadily
the disease thath had fought against
for some years forged its chains about
it's victim, and his friends soon gave
up hope Of bis recovery
Governor Ellerbe was married
comparatively early in life. and
leaves widow, whose devotion TO
! him in life sootbed many troubled
hour, and an interesting family con
sisting of several children all quite
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07

Mothers, We call your attention to Pits
Carminatiye. 1t acts promptly, it il pleas
ant to the taste, and the children will take it
without cosxinz. 1t relieves promptly and
permanently. If We can get yoa to use it,
you will get others to do likewise. Your
druggist sells it. J.F ". DeLorms.
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THE NEW GOVERNOR.

The Hon. NJ B McSweeney, to
whom, on January 1S. 1897. was ad.
ministered the oath of office as lieu
tenant governor for his first term, aud
who now owing to his reelection in
1898 to that Office, becomes governor
of South Carolina TO fill out the unex-
PRED term, is good example Of
what pluck and perseverance will do
Cor any one against the most adverse
conditions. Young McSweeny was
left fatherless in Charleston at the
age of4 years His tenth year saw
him struggling for livelihood. He
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07
DEATH or
GOV ELLERBE.
Funeral Attended By State
Officials.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE---HIs
SUCCESSOR In OFFICE.

special to The State.
Sellers, June 2 2-Governor Eilerbe
has passed away at last. sucoumo'ng to
the disease against which be has made
so vigorous . resistance.
Early this mofoing the governor Was
about tho same - Che night before. but
abons 10 O'Clock be had ssrangling
spell and came very nesr dying. The
eoYerrcr said that shsre Vas no hope !;
that he xas dyisg. and called tor help.
The Doctor gsve him very strong
ssiinnlaats freu which be rallied .
Estle. but lsser in the afternoon be
began 70 sink The Doctor said be
could not live long. bat the ead vas
not expected. 90 seen 10 the night.
AZ 8.26 hs died seemingly very esay.t
The goyssnos's dssthbed wss sar-
rouaded 81 ali tas msnbsts OF hn
.immsdiass fsnily. Ill his bfostets aud
sistsss hang present.
Tia fuasrai ;sesviaes viii be hsld at
osoleok tbia aeteenoou. end the
rsa,iins6 6ase 70 be inferred as tho family
sburyinIA ground. which g Eve milss
fom ths rssidesss of the family.
TIE NEWS AT TIE CAPITOL.
Colsnbis. 8. G.. Juas 8. 1899.-
Tie fsst ssas Of Goveraor Eilsrbe's
Heath rssshed ths city last night
shroaek : tsisessn from the chief
sxssaivsis brother to Private Sersssry
Eysps. While i 1ss Of course not
unexpected. the announcement called
aorth u.sy expressions Of sorrow. In
pdf66oial eirsles. tho nsus was received
nth the NEST profoaad sosrow,- aud ..
once prspssatioas begun fer the of6cisl
family 70 attend the fanersl ct Sellers
The telegram from Mr. J. E
afllesbe, the gasernor's brother. to
Private Secretary Evans. rsad S.
foiioxs:
..Goseeaor Rlis.be died this alter.
uoon st 8.25 Buried tomorrow at 4
p q, family baryiag erosud. Wire
81 G. Moody ct Marion asubsr COM
iiae.
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7. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro,
Ga, writes as follows: ''In the past eight
years, have cold more of Dr.. Pitts
Carminatiye than all the soothing syrups,
collie drops, and other baby medicines COM
eined." Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07

Issmsdiately upsu the receipt Of
this telegram Mr. Evans went to the
Telegraph ofkes aud sent two messages TO
sLisus Gey. MeSweepey. the one
addressed 70 Haapton and the other to
Ausassa. he. Exams having heard that
r. MoSaeeney Vas 10 Augusts during
tbs a.y. He. MoSsseaey, owing TO
tie deash Of the govetuor. now becomes
governor Of Soatt Carolias. It bang
Only necessary % <sppea. before .
nagiassats or oosary. If he % desires.
and take the oash Of Office Il is
s1ndstssood. however. that Nj. No.
Spesaey will decline to be sworn IN ~
xo1srscf satil sfter tho fsaeral Of the
13.s,n. e.a nh:af nva.nN:se
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A4Sax4A4N 04N0
sold newspapers and clerked in q
bookstore, and while engaged in the
latter occupation attended night
school, where he developed fondless
for reading.
McSweeny afterwards worked for
Burke & Lord, job printers, aud from
there he went to Edward Perry's
where ne completed his apprenticeship
as a job printer. While employed at
the latter place scholarship at the
Washington and Lee university of
Lexington, Va, was offered to the
Charleston Typographical union,
which was to be awarded to the most
deserving young man employed in
Charleston printing Offices By q
majority of the votes of the union,
young McSweeny was chosen, and
the scholarship given to him. After
staying at the university for part Of
q session he was forced to leave for
the lack of means to pay for his board
and clothes This ended his hopes
for college education, aud he once
more applied himself to his trade.
He was union printer. aud served
the Columbia Typographical union as
recording secretary and afterwards as
president. While living in Columbia
be was also secretary of the Phoenix
Hook and Ladder company.
Mr. McSweeny has an enviable
record a. T. Democrat. In 1876 he
did excellent service, which 10 not
yet forgotten by men who stood
shoulder to shoulder with him in bic
trying days II ives about that time
that the, Richland Rife club Was
organized, of which Mr.. McSweeny
wss . charter member.
Mr.. McSweeny's fret venture es
iournaiist was when he moved to
Ninety Six and began the publication
of the Ninety Six Guardian His
capital was just $65. but he bought
second hand outfit for $500, paying
$55 in cash. He was energetic,
economical and gave the people .
newsy paper, thus enabling him at
the end of the year to pay the last
cent of his Indebtedness.
Mr.. McSweeney's paper, the
Hampton Guardian, made it's frst
appearance. August %. 1897. From
the FIRST it has been we'll managed and
well edited, and today ranks foremost
among the county papers of the
State.
In oil enterprises for the good of
Hampton county Mr.. McSweeny hss
shown himself indefstigable For
Eve terms he served as intendent Of
the town, aud then declined re elec-
ton. For eight years he was presi-
dent of the South Carolina Press
association /; has been = member of
the South Carolina Press association
has been member of the legislature,
and was q member Of the Constitu
tional conventional. Twice he has
been honored a. delegate to the
national Democratic convention In
1883 he voted 70. Bryan and Sewall
For ten years Mr.. McSweeney Was
county chairman of Hampton.
He: has taken great interest In the
military affairs of the State During
the last two sessions of the legisla,
ture, before his election az lieutenant
he Was chairman of the
on military and WAS .
member of the governors staff with
the rank of colonel
Mr.. McSweeney's interest in edu.
catlonal matters exceeds even his
in military affairs He was
for some years trustee of the South
Carolina college
Mr.. McSweeney was married on
the 18th day of July, 1886, to Miss
Matte Miles Porcher, and brings to
the executive mansion with him
most interesting family
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07
aeeeseed chief executive.
WILL ARRIVE I'm TIME.

is Nt0 keAte0 tAeS tue Heute0S0t
4 seouernor would aot be reached By wire
and uoaid thus 30 unsble to get 20
Ssliera In time for the fuDersi. bat later
n sbe night Telegram Game from him
saying that he would Iesve for Colum
I bis on the 6ess traio aud would arrive
he.e q 6 o'ctoek this morning over the
Florida Central aud Peoinsular in time
to go en- to Sellers. Mr.. MeSveeney
10 Lis telegram expressed the deepest
syupssby .t the sad announcement of
The governor's death.
Mt. Esaos also notified BY wire the
tao Uoited States senators. the seven
con Sressmeo aud number of the dead
governors most intimate personal aud
political friends
TO ATTEND The FUNERAL.
Es then saw that all the State hoqse
ofi:ials we're nosi6ed. These proceeded
as once to arrange with the officials of
the Atlsutie Coast Lioe for epecial
tsain to be ruo to Sellers. leaving here
10 time to reach Sellers for the obse-
quies. The rao will be 107 miles aud
the train vii leave here about II 30
O'Clock. The e ierbe homestead is TWO
miles 10 one direction ircm the station
and ths family burial ground is three
miles in another
Lss last oigh. Mr. Evans was no;i
fed that bis message to Senator
McLaasin had failed to reach that off
cial Mr.. E7aos requests the state
meos made that ov;og to the demands
upon bin last oight be may bsve over.
looked vfisiog to some OF the governors
best friends, bat be hopes that they will
understand aaa appreciate the cause Of
any oversight
The NJ essase from M. McSweeney
read as follows:
Hampton. s C.. june 2, 1899.
W. Boyd Esaos, Columbia. S. C:
am truly sorry to learn Of Cover
nor El;esbe;s death Will &C to Co
lumbia at oooe
M. B. MoSweeney
Bg reason of the fact toat Lieuteo-
ans Governor McSweepey becomes gov
ernor. Senator r. B. Scarborough OF
Horny county. who is a prominent at.
tosney Of Conway, and one of the most
highly esteemed members OF the State
senate, being president pro tenn OF thai
body, now becomes lieutenant COVER
nor to succeed Mr.. MoSweeney.
MARKS OF RESPECT.
The State capital is to be closed to-
day out Of respect to the deceased gov
error, and the Gags on the buildisg Wll
be displayed at halfmast for the proper
length Of time. It is presumed tina
the various public ofiees throughou
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07

FIRE ! FIRE!
Is an ominous sound to the man Who
isn't insured. vhea he sees his home
disappearing 10 flames and smoke.
We can hardly haye any compassion
on him. when it is so easy aed At such
. small outlay TO provide sgainst such
loss a policy 10 the Hartford 1nsur-
anee Co. costs you but . small sun
when We draw it for you, and gives
you security as safe .s the Bank Of
England.
4. c. PHELPS co.,
Gen'lInsursnee Agents. Samser. s. G.
Aeh 1b-o
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES.

The Bee has several times had occa-
sion to war; brewers and liquor
dealers against themselves as their own
worst enemies. This was notably true
when not long ago they organized Il
state association, ostensibly for the pur-
pose of mutual protection, but in reality
to exercise an influence as a factor in
state politics.
1t was true again when the liquor
dealers, regardless of consequences,
came to the support of a discredited
and lawless police board in the hope
that n continuance in power of the out
laws would mean greater opportunities
for them to purchase prohibited priv
ileges.
The same recklessness of their own in
terests has been more recently mani
tested in appeals to the courts to com
pei by writ of mandamus the issue of
liquor licenses and the protection of the
lawless sale of liquor without license
by injunction restraining the city au-
thorlties from interfering with the Of
Tenders. Although the usurpation by
a court of the power vested by law eX-
cluSively in the police board may ac-
complish its object for a time, the
liquor dealers seem to forget that 1t is
a poor rule that will not work both
ways. If the court can interfere by
mandamus TO compel the issue of n
license on petition of the applicant it
can also interfere by injunction on pc
tition of a taxpayer to prevent the issue
of "A liquor license. And should the
practice of judicial interference with
the police board become established
every contested application for liquor
license may be expected to be trans
ferred to the courts and fought over
there on petitions for mandamus and in
junction.
The appearance of paid emissaries in
the lobby of the Legislature seeking the
enactment of measures intended TO
throw the doors more widely open TO
the liquor traffic presents another In
stance where the liquor dealers invite
retaliation. Among the amendments
which the liquor dealers ask is one
empting them from responsibility for
damages arising from the sale of liquor
to habitual drunkards. Under the
statutes as they now stand every appli-
cant Tor license must file a good and
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The attempt of the Filipinos to burn
determination to employ all means at
their command in resistance to Ameri-
can rule. This act will be properly de-
nounced as On atrocity, but no one
should mistake its significance. 1t
means that the people we are fighting
are desperate and are ready to make any
sort of sacrifice rather than submit to
American authority. This fact, it would
seem, should now be fully understood
and the idea dismissed that if we al
make these people comprehend our good
intentions they will accept u rule.
They want independence and they in
tend to fight for it as long as they are
able to, which may be q great deal
longer time than some of our military
men profess to believe.
1t appears to have been decided at
Washington to direct General Otis to
make an aggressive movement against
the Filipinos and this will doubtless be
done Is soon aS the reinforcements on
the way arrive. These will give him
about 6,00O more troops and as they are
regulars most of whom have seen
service in fighting indians they are
reasonably expected to do very effective
work against the Filipinos. Undoubt-
edly this is the course to pursue if sub
jugation is the intention. Perhaps in
the end American lives will be saved
by prosecuting a vigorous campaign
and bringing the wal to a conclusion as
soon as possible. If we must whip the
Filipinos into submission the true plan
is to go about it aggressively and keep
at it unremittingly.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Commodore Philip, who is now at the
head of the Brooklyn navy yard, gets a
salary of $4,000 a year for his new duties.
The mothers congress is in favor of ex-
pansion in the right direction. A resolu-
ton in favor of looser corsets was enthusi-
astically adopted.
The cyclone of epithets hurled at the
new president of France Is a puny affair
compared with the record made by Ameri-
can democrats in the winter of 1857.
The national government has given an
S-inch howitzer with forty shells to mark
the grave of Major General Sedgwick, in
Cornwall, Conn. General Sedgwick was
killed in battle during the civil war.
j. Frank Wheaton, a member of the pres
ent legislature in Minnesota, is the first
colored man who ever sat in that body.
He was elected by a constituency of 5000
voters, only fifty Of whom are colored men.
The section Of the lingo Cape-to-Cairo
railway from Mombasa to Uganda will
probably cost $50, 900, 900 instead of the S15,-
000, 900 voted for it by Parliament. Incl
dentally 1t is mentioned that already 5000
coolies have lost their lives in the construc-
ton Of the line.
The latest photograph of Giuseppe Verdi
received in this country came the other
day to Nine. Sembrich. 1t was taken in
Milan a few months ago, and shows the
composer quite as healthy and vigorous in
appearance as the accounts of his doings
prove him to be.
Thomas ]. Lee of Missouri, whom Presi-
dent Mckinley has nominated to be profess
sor Of mathematics in the navy, first came
into prominence through his discoveries re-
garding celestial heat, which have practi-
cally changed the whole nebular hypothesis
of HeTschel and Laplace.
Representative Sherman's appointment on
the Board Of Appraisers leaves an Indian at
the head of the house committee on Indian
affairs. This representative, Charles Cur
tie of Kansas, who belongs to the Kaw
tribe, draws, quarterly from the government
his share Of the tribes annuity. He is a
republican with silver tendencies, and rep
resents the Topeka district. He is a man
Of education, and can always be depended
upon for a warm defense of the rights of
the Indians.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
BOOK TRUST
Character of the Books UnIOaded on
Portland, Ore.

st. Paul Pioneer-PreSS.
1t seems that Omaha is not the only city
In the country that believes itself afflicted
with book trust Vaccinations. The Portland
Oregonian is waging a pretty vigorous at
tack on the methods by which the pushing
of certain text books, the purchasing of SUI
perintendents and school inspectors is car
ried on. The following extract from a re-
cent editorial in that paper will show its at
titude:
"Of the quality of some text books in use
in our Enthusiastically the grammars and
geographies-it has been frequently stated
that a large majority of the teachers, were
they secure enough In their positions to war
rant an expression of opinion, would con-
denim them as practically worthless. Be this
as it may, any competent person who Will
take the trouble to examine the books mem
toned will find that the word '~abominable,"
as applied to them In an educational sense,
is not too strong. The geography, especially,
contains a smattering of many things con-
fusedly presented and for all real knowledge
of the science which 1t processes to eluci-
date pupils must have recourse to outside
sources of information-the old geography
in the attic, the encyclopedia in the library,
or the modern atlas, which many parents in
their perplexity have bought to help their
iiOit w S'H"N
ing of the rhyAcal and political divisions of
the earth's surface. 1t is AN open secret that
teachers do not dare to ~criticise the book
supply within certain limits. They are sim
ply given to understand that these are the
text books and they must be used unques-
toned"
The Oregonian proceeds to say, what any
reasonable person admits, that it is not
necessary to conclude that all books pub
lished by the American Book company are
bad, or that they must be excluded wholly.
In fact, the matter OF text books and their
merits, important as 1t is from the profess
sional point Of view, Is comparatively insig-
nihcant when set beside the methods by
which the book agents in Portland, in
Omaha and in several other parts OF the
country are accused Of accomplishing their
ends. "What is OF the last Importance, "
says the Oregonian, sis to ascertain whether
or not our public school system is in the
grasp Of an unprincipled ring of book agents
and educators, and If such a ring is found,
to cast 1t out, root and branch" Yes, it is
important. The crux of the matter, however,
is how to find 1t out.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The shipments of young cattle from
eastern states to the ranges of South
Dakota promise to be heavier this year
than ever, and it is announced that
many who have not been in h bust
ness are about to engage in the cattle
industry. There is a vast section of this
state which is gaining rapidly in i'm
portance as a cattle country, from which
the Omaha market is practically cut off
by reason of lack Of direct rail COM
munication. A road to the northwest
would open up this territory.