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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

sage may be disappointment to
those who looked for 1orclDe aud
revolutionary document, filed with
demands for changes III old laws aud
suggestions for new laws, but to
those who did not look for such
things the message is not a thorn IN
the flesh Gov McSweeney is a
capable executive, in SO far as the
enforcement of the laws and the
painstaking discharge of the routine
duties of his Office are concerned,
bat be who expects him to inaugu
rate new systems, stir up strife,
make enemies for himself or lead a
determined and aggressive fight for
any man or measure is preparing
for himself day of disappointment.
TIE message is pretty lair message,
as far as messages go, and contains
very excellent and comprehensive
review of the reports Of the heads OF
the several departments of the State
government.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
III. HAIR B Y.
Sumter, s. c., Jan. IL, 1900.
FOR SALE.
One small End hand Safe.
Cabbage Plants grown in the open air.
Notice Of negiistlati9l.

The S,ste cf South Caroina-S:mteT Coan-
tv-Ofice o! supervisors O! Registration,
San,ec County, Sumter, s. C, February
ls., 1899.
Notice is hereby given that in sccordsace
with IN ACT CT The General Assembly, AID IN
conf5rc,i;y With the requirements Of the State
Goas,i;utio-, re tocks for the regisirasloo
OF al! Legally qualified voters, aad fer The
issn!uc of transfers, etc,, VII! b. opec 81 'ae
cffce 81 Supervisors OF Registration 10 The
court a5aaa, belaeen tie hours Of O'clock
.. n. and 5 o'clock ?. u. on The irstHcn.
aa7 Of each o3a:b, cutil thirty Gays before
the ne1t geaersl eisc,ion. Minors Who shall
become 0. ase during that period of thirty
aevs sbal oe eot;tled 10 registration before
the books are closed, if otherwise qualified.
The requirements Tor qualified voter are
ha, the applicant fo- registration shall pe
able 10 read acd write correctly, or possess
in his oan uame property 10 the ameunt o:
three :suodred dollars, upon whicn be pays
tayes. Z. F. BURROWS,
=. D DUBQSE,
J. II KNIGHT,
Supervisors Of Registration Sumter Go.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

The request of the managers of the
Sumter Tobacco Warehouse Company
that the City Council renew the lease
Of the property aud expend $3.50 on
improvements is calculated to take away
the breath Of the average taxpayer.
The cisy has leased the property here
tofore for the nomioal sum Of 81 per
annum, aud if toe lease.i is renewed on
the same terms, the City Council vii.
be doing all that could reasonably be
expected to foster and encourage The
sobaceo warehouse business A tobac-
CO warehouse is business enterprise
pure acd simple, sud, as such it must
be conducted. The City Couoci! should
nos spend tue public funds .e bolster ap
a weak business enterprise, and we
have cot the remosess idea shas the re-
quest Of tie Tobacco Warehouse Co.,
will be grated. Taxpayers whose sp-
preheas:ons have teen aroused may
ealm themselves and worry no more CO
this score-.te members OF the couocii
knew their duty too we'll acd 20 ose
realizes more fcliy .han they that the
city cannos afford to expeod money 10
the manner proposed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
James 81 Carlisle Intends TO
Resign.

spartaoburg, Jan 13 james H
Carlisle, L. L D., who has been
president of Woford college since
1875. viii positively resign this position
and retire from the bead Of this
historic institute after June. 1900
ibis session viii be bis last Dr.
Carlisle mas carefully considered the
matter and feels that this step is the
best, as his duties are more conGoiDg
to bis advanced sge. 1t is not bis
Intention, however, to sever his conoec
too sith the college entirely. aod be
will doubtless accept some chair after
this session. Dr. Carlisle has sign!Gcd
The beard OF trustees of his intention.
aud The move is due to no friction or
disagreement
Dr. Carlisle bas been connected with
Woford college sioce 1854 His 6rs'
work vas the filing Of the chair OF
mathematics What his iod;viduaIi,y
acd character aod ability have accoul-
p!isbeo III the educator of hundreds o!
tncc ot tac coaotrv is too well knowo
70 desccbe The fact ;ha: be tas d f
ni,el1 decided ;o rel;oqasa tbs corfio!
Ok the institution OF !earains @n:ca fer
a!o, ost .;.;t century ;as "sen quick
eae,! aad c.i.vcocli aa5 o:oa.E e. ga: 70
- ;r.!esf ex:e:lt foc eco;. wcik azd
rese $ % bis rn:iF1ng i&o2fs sl:l as
rscc.vcd - wy SAD tess % % pee3'e
I. .: tle a..9..see ) a'c a.: n&a7 osis:Gt-
! .II.aa 9.Iy cogsala::eo 70 % css::Tld !fo:a
-. :;4a:;as ia taai !. i aaj his !:.;et.t.ao
70 $ p3:asa t:cn2 tie eeiiac sa1:resg
TIE q1e,iiaa . ais sae.4ss9. L
iisc v&.55 ,:=si s;.cc;i ann
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

Judge Buchanan gave that disagree
ing SpaT;auburg jury bitter rasp'ng
and doubtless relieved bis overcharged
feelings for the time being, but tue
papers Of the Sta,e have taken up the
matter asd are pouring bos shot ln;o
tie Judge for what they pronounce an
pniadic;al apd uncaliec for trade from
the beech. Tie Anderson Mais says !:
"Jcdge Buobaaaa's repriusod 70 the
Jury 10 the Meares case 10 SpsrtaGburg
last week Gor their failure 20 agree oo a
verdict was, 10 cur opinion. gross
outrage or the jury ao6 un9orthy OF
the dignity o; the bench. AID while
We know soat Judge Buchanan IS not
a coward. his treatment Of that jury
came very oear the border line OF
being cowasdly, fof the ju7y could ros
resent the josuls heaped upon them
without being 10 contempt Of co0rt and
10 dagger Of Imprisonment. ;"
Judge Buchanan gay not think SO but
his conduct on the beach did nore to
cast reproach upon the courts than
thousand such juries could do. All
honor to each oae of those jurors for
their loyalty to their oa'bs ADD their
honest COZ victions. -
The Yogk7ille Eaqu!:er concludes
cri,icisn Of Judge Bacbauan's remark.
able charge ln these @o:ds
.'Accoydiog to tie judge. then,
ate: aii, The principal: issue was oae CT
dollars acd ecD;s-nos laa: tae cocntg
should s:2nd ready to bsnSrups l'seis
io o,dee 10 Insure justice tots citizens !:
bus that jurors should ooly look to 'he
cheapest way out ln lis application
to cur judiciary machinery Toe idea is
certainly new aad Dovei but perhaps,
after ali, it is 20, altogether ;oapplica
b!e to the especial case OF Judge Buch-
apan. Fsou the record be has made
as presiding judge on the bench aud
ucaer The review Of TIE supreme court,
buud,ed; cf lawyers all over the state
have long slooe come to the conclusion
tha, bis place could be te:;er filed by
some one Of the best $500 magistrates,
aad 10 our opinion i; would be capi
tai idea if the next general assembly
would institute some kind Of change.
We DO not suggest, Of course, the pro,
motion of $500 magistrate; but We
would like to see the substitution OF
vell.eqaipped lawyer who is capable of
property filing the place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

Sumter county has been exempted
from the operation of the county
court law that passed the House OF
Representatives Friday We re,
gret that Sumter was exempted, Tor,
under the law. the people of each
county have the right to decide,
in au election. whether a county
court shall or shall not be eetab
lished We are strongly inclined to
the opinion that county courts, sup
Elementary to the present. system,
would be grea, improvement aad
would give cs prompt and more
eAicien, enforcement of TIE laws
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
retter. Salt-Rheum and Eczema

The intense ;:cning and smar,ins incident to
these diseases, is Instantly al!aycd by applying
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin ointnect. Many
very bad cases have beer permane:ly cured by
It. 4; is equally efficient for itching piles aad
favo.ite remedy for sore nipples. chapped
hands. chilb!ains, frost bites and chronic sore
eyes. o5cts per box. For sale by DR. a. J.
China. Dee SO
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

s:.e &, net fad anything in Gov.
Mc5veeney's message, after two
csre'ai readings. 70 KICK up fuss
abon, It ia tong. bat it :s not radi-
cai; aac tie aogses,ioas made a'c
not calculated 20 e;;. uo stsfffe 10: 70
aa,aga.lza ,:e aemoaTs q the !.eers 6
islatuse-;hey are @e'eiy Suggestions
and if tie members ot tae denefa:
Assembly should ''ia lae!E wisaoa' ;
see fs to disregard esca ead e7e:y
one of the governors recommends
tons we have 90 idea there would
be breach In the cordial relctloas
the governor seeks to preserve With
all mankind. The message, while
either epiggaraatic nor forcible, Is
rather pleasan: reading than other
wise, being filled with roseate optim-
ism and kindly generality, turning,
as it were, the bright side of the
picture toward the public. The mes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

c. 4 Snow & Co. Paten, LsSyecs, oppo-
site ,be Caited States Patent Office, Wssbing-
toD, D. G, wbo have acusl c'eots 10 e'er,
c,ty and town of toe United States acd
Caoade, report tha; cerec oetcre II lheif %
years practice has 'he wors OF the once oeea
50 well I'D to date. They ciai:n that psieo' IS
can nov le procured 10 less than haif the
,;n,s formerly REQUIRED. Nov l-3m
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

II toe members o. the Legislature
cannot qaenca their thirst with
beverages oosaiaable in Co'um-
bia and will be satisfied with
pure water. they can be sup
piled vita toe purest and best
water cb,ainaa'e by applying to the
Sumter. Ws.ee Company If free
samples were not 10 bad repute we
would suggest that the Superlntend
ers 0; the Sumter Water Company
send the thirsty law makes few
barrels o: the Game Cock brand o.
chemically pure Adams ale
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

Dr. Bulls Cougs Syrup is the best nedi-
cioe for sore 1h,oat aryugi,is, quinsy or
toosl,tis Every drop OF it soothes and
heals A twenty-five cent bottle Of this
wonderful remedy will cure cough or cold
10 one dav
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
Or. Cady's Condition Powders

are .'1s: what hsrse needs when in bad con-
ci;tioa Tonic, blood purifier ani vcrnifuge.
They arc not food but medicine, and the best
in use to pu, horse in prime condition. Price
25 cents per package. For SAFE by DR. 4. J
China Dec 60
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
State ofSouth Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.


By Z. Y Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, WILLIAM Fl. INGRAM
w uade su!: 20 ,De to grant hin Letters
ot admiuis,ratio" Of The Estate OF apd effects
of Agnes JaNE CHANDLER, decasssd.
These are therefore 10 cate and admouish
all and singular ;he kindTsd ond creditors
of Zoe said Agoes Jane Cpsrd er, late OF said
Courtc AID State, deceased, that they
oa end appear before rae, 10 the
Court OF PROBATE, 10 ee held at Snm'es
C T., on aaaaary 25lh. 1900, nexs, after
publication thereon, at II O'Clock in the tore
rooa, to show cause, if sGy they have: Why
tie said Administration should cot be grant
ed.
Given under my hand this 10th day OF
TEos V. WALSH,
Judge of Probate.
Jar lo-2t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

Sumter is cc. as "swagger' IS
some otter South Carolina towns. n
tha: we have 30 golf links, but We
now have golf s.ick f4c:c,y, which
is decidedly more PRACTICAL end
profitable ,ha. a ha:s dosen inks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

The Sunster Watcnmean was founded
in 1856 and the True Southyon in 1866.
The Watchnaop oad Soutaron now has
the combined circulation and influence
OF both of the old papers, and is mani
festly the best advertising medium IN
Samter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

spac,zn7urg. JAP 13.-Geo Wn
Munro, Of uaioa, S c., died tocay at
4 D. oo 10 Florida. wbere he had gcbe
Tor h:s Seauh
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

Passr ccssis, o=w paper eoves at 3 G
Ostces & ,ic'-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
STILL UNDER THE BAN.


Chicago, May 2s.-By a close vote,
and after Il debate which exceeded
in bitterness and feeling displayed
anything yet heard during the session,
the Methodist general conference
practically decided Saturday to make
no change in the attitude of the church
in regard to card-playing, dancing,
theater-going and other forms of
amusement which, since 1872, have
been under the ban of the church.
BY the laying on of hands of IL
bishops in the presence of 5000 per-
sons at the Auditorium four new
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church were consecrated yesterday.
The newly-consecrated bishops are:
David Hastings Moore, assigned to
the Shanghai district; John William
Hamilton, assigned to the San Fran
cisco district; Edwin Wallace Parker
and Wesley Warne, missionary
bishops, assigned to India and Malay
asia. The ceremonies We're brief and
simple. The delegates to the confer
ence and hundreds of their friends
came forward when the services were
at an end and crowded the stage to
congratulate the four new bishops. On
the stage were II bishops, the four
bishops-eIects and eight elders.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
A GROUNDED STEAMER.
The Cunard Line Steamer on the ROCKS AZ
Point GravOis, Hayti-Four Hun
dred Mules Lost

Kingston, Jamaica, May 2S.-The
Proserpine returned yesterday from
the wreck of the Cunard line steamer
Carinthia, which grounded May Is at
Point Gravois, Hayti, while proceed
ing from New Orleans for Cape Town
with 1,4O0 mules ON board. She re-
ports that she could not move the
steamer off the rocks. The hull is full
of water forward. Arrangements
have been made with wrecking COM
pany to save the vessel If possible,
and steamer is soon expected there
for that purpose. The company be-
lieves the effort will succeed. One
thousand mules have been safely
landed and ship has been chartered
to convey them to South Africa. The
other 400 were lost.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
REPORT BY GEN. SCHWAN.


Washington, May 24.-The war de-
partment has received an interesting
report from Brig. Gen. Theo Schwan,
in which he submits thorough re-
view of the state of affairs in the Phil
ippines up to the time of his departure
from Manila on April 16 last, making
particular reference to what he be-
lieves to be the irretrievahle collapse
of the Filipino instruction as whole
and expressing the conviction that, If
left alone, the l'iipinos would soon
demonstrate their absolute inability to
govern themselves. "rhe principal Is
lands" he says, are now as before,
held with an iron grip by the military,
In Luzon all the interior, as well as
all the coast towns Of Importance, are
occupied by American troops"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
THE ANTI-CANTEEN BILL.


Washington, May 24.-rhe anti-can-
teen bill was ordered iayorably re-
ported by the house committee on
military affairs with an amendment
which will exclude liquor at the capt.
tai ana other public buildings. The
bill is known as the Bowersock bill
and applied to premises used for mil
itary purposes" The bill as reported
is as fellows:
"Be is enacted, etc, that the sale
of, or dealing in beer, wine, or any
intoxicating drinks as beverage by
any person in any post exchange or
canteen, or transport, or upon any
premises used or owned by the United
States is hereby prohibited,
Section 2-That the penalty for
any violation of this act shall be not
less than 500 and not more than $500
for each offense.'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
Tn. A NJ. H. GENERAL Conferences

Columbus, o., May si,-nishops
Tyree, Moore, Smith, Shofer and
Coppin were ordained by the A. NJ L.
general conference with impressive
ceremonies yesterday. At the business
session resolution was adopted that
after June 10 bishops and ministers
may wear robes, Friday, May 25, was
set as the date for final adjournment.
The woman question was given a
whirl by an effort to have Mrs. Sarah
Edwards, of Plttsburg, seated in the
place of a lay delegate who had gone
home. The resolution was re- ected
almost unanimously,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
THE CUBAN SCANDAL.


Washington, May 2s.--Both houses
of congress Saturday took action
looking to thorough investigation of
the Cuban scandal. The senate passed
the Bacon resolution, directing its
committee ON relations with Cuba to
make Il thorough investigation regard
ing all receipts and expenditures in
Cuba since American occupation, and
the house two resolutions calling for
information. One of the house reso-
lutons asks the secretary of war for
detailed statement of payments
made from the revenue of Cuba and
Porto Rico, "and the necessity there
for The other calls upon the post
master general for information as to
n report of Z. G. Rathbone in April,
in which he stated that the postal ac-
counts in Cuba were correct,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
naicars NJ the Church Rene Violence. and
Editors Elected-Lively Debate Antic'-
pated To. Day Over Amusem-nts

Chicago, May 26.-With but four
exceptions the Methodist general con-
ference yesterday elected to serve dur
ing the next quadrennial all the seeie'
taries and assistant secretaries OF tie
church benevolences and the editors
of the various official church publica"
tions. present officers being in most
instances reelected The exceptions
were one secretary Of the Freedmen's
Aid and Southern Education society,
the assistant secretary of the Mis-
sionary society, and editors of the
Central and Western Christian Adyo-
Gates. The conference also took up
for final disposition the report of the
committee on the state of the church
in regard to the attitude of the Meth
odist church on card playing, theater-
going and other at present prohib-
tied anusements, and the prospects
appear favorable for an exceedingly
lively debate on this subject to-day
before it is finally disposed of. The
majority report as presented by Gov.
Pattison, Of Pennsylvania, fayors
the removal from the penal code of
the Book of Discipline of the matter
bearing % this subject and placing
it in the advisory. The minority re-
port favors no action. Many of the
best debaters Of the great Methodist
body have announced their intention
of speaking on the subject.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
EXCITEMENT IN COTTON.
Announced on the New York Ex-
change, Caused ~ Panic.

New York, May 25.-The widest ex-
ritement prevailed at the cotton ex-
change yesterday with phenomenal
activity following unprecedented
liquidation of long cotton, supple
mented by heavy sales for short ac-
count, the latter in good part on or
ders from the south. The market
opened steady with July contracts one
point higher and the rest of the list
from unchanged to nine points lower.
The selling movement was not SO
marked on the opening call and some
of the local traders prepared a little
upward movement but they soon saw
their mistake when an avalanche OF
long cotton came on the market and
carried the smaller traders off their
feet 1t was evident that some house
or houses had reached the distress
points but it was not until 1884 p. M
that the prime factor of weakness
vas definitely known. although pref
ty generally suspected. At that hour
the failure of Price, Mccormick &
Co., for Sl3,OO0,0O0 was announced. 1t
was not wholly unexpected. Never
theless it threw the market into a
panic and for time pandemonium
prevailed on the exchange. August
contracts which this concern original
" undertook to advance to ten cents
and did advance to $50 cents, sold OIL
to s.35 cents, this being decline OF
1875 points from the top OF the bull
movement and decline of 10 points
from the closing price OF yesterday.
Nav contracts, in which this concern
also had a heavy interest, broke rs
points, or more than three-fourths
cent for the day. Rumors of other
failures were current but later it was
announced that no more failures were
looked for. The market closed irreg-
ular at net decline of II to Is points,
having failed to recover from the ex-
IRENE depression of the day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31
PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.


Manila, May 2s,-Scouting, small
engagements and the capture of arms
and prisoners continue daily in north
ern luzon. Last weeks operations by
the Ninth, Thirly-thrd, Thirty-fourth
and Thirty-sixth regiments resulted in
the killing of 4G of the enemy, the TAX
ing of $50 prisoners and the capture OF
800 rifles and a quantity of ammuni-
ton.
Col. Edward L. Gardin, with three
companies of the Twenty-ninth regi-
ment and 5lueiackets from the gun
boat Helena, landed at palong, Mas
bate island under the enemv's fire,
routing the insurgents and, after an
engagement lasting half an hour, oc-
cupied the town with casualties.
The insurgent commander, with 20
officers and $50 men, surrendered ON
May 20, giving up 100 rifles. An i'm
pressive scene occurred on the Plaza,
when the prisoners were disarmed and
liberated The islanders We're found
suffering from lack of food, owing to
the blockade, and the American au-
thorties are endeavoring to relieve
them,
Peace reigns and no trouble is ex-
pected in Manila, although the city is
crowded with people from the PROV
inccs, and were leaving the unprolect-
ed hamlets in order TO avoid the con-
scriptions which the insurgent leaders
are enforcing, as well as robbery and
outNges at the hands of rowing in
surgentS and bandits
The investigation of the charge
against Brig, Gen Funston of having
summarily executed two natives in
the province of Zambales has resulted
in disconinuancc of the proceedings,
1t developed the fact that Gen. Funs-
ton caught the natives in thd act of
numbering bound Maccabbe scouts, his
action In view of the circumstances
being regarded as justiflable.