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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

He could give 20 lormu!a as 20 the
com position. as clay differs 10 'h-
several sections of the State. But
ordinarily q sand road for oaaie, wish
surface O. fou- inches Of c!sy. is the
proper constituency
la the la:icg Of macacam be u.esG
system The suossrsta OF larger reck
should be carefrliy packed, and It is
leconomy TO tave heavy ro;!er Each
upper stratum should be packed op
carefully
Throughout his talk be showed TIE
exa> peraring difficulties and actual
ezsravagapce of Dad roads, ADD by
comparisoo argued that the perpetual
tex for bad roads would be far greater
than tax for perpetual good roads.
Several good arguments for wide-tire
wagons were advanced throughou; the
address l. may be that 40 individual
in community has hard time With a
broad tire vehicle when the barrow
tires cut the road and make the broad
tire appear at an uunatural disadvap-
tage. ln Is counties 10 North Carolina
they have tho broad tire wagon law
aud propose to have it 10 the others
when the proposed constitutional
amendment is adopted. 1t bad struck
him forcibly that the narrow tire would
always follow the hard surface packed
by the broad tire. he showed that
under equal conditions the barrow tire
cut uioe inches ioto the ground while
the broad tire sank but two inches and
found itself a surface.
He illustrated with attractive views
the difference 10 carrying capacity of q
wagon ten times laden 90 bard roads
and one with a fimsy load on soft.
sticky roads. He claimed that oce of
the items of mud tax was accounted
for 10 the fact that grain could be
shipped here from the Mississippi
valley as cheaply as it could be hauled
over bad country roads to market
AZ the couclueon Of his lecture.
Prof Holmes was applauded and public
ly thanked. He answered number of
questions piled him The large audi
euoe was wonderfully quiet and very
deeply interested throughout the entire
lecture.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
.PISGAH NEWS.

Pisgab, Jac. 30 Farm labor is scarce
through this section, and some farmers are
quite troubled about it We have a distinct
recollection Of bearing or reading that come
time 10 the dim and misty past our forefa-
,hers used to plow and hoe, reap and now,
:or their living, but We presuue the thing
has about goue out Of fashion.
Some Of our people are DOT so upset by the
price OF cotton as 20 make them lose their
heads, especially that class that do and in-
teod to pay lG0 cents on the dollar.
The NE, ,cbants are anxious to supply all
good people aud take some pot so good, hop
ing that their latter days will be the best of
their lives. 90 far as deb,-paying is concerned
There is nothing like hope.
The Ubiquitous financial bill now before the
Uoited States senate, when it becomes a
law, viii, sap the 6oancal life and liberties
of our people. We have not seeu a single
protest from Sumter paper against i.s
passage, but We presume they think it would
be wasted argument
While the papers are advocating the build
ipg of cotton mills in our State, aud the
south, fine one could be built at Swimming
Pens, this county. at the residence of Capt.
N. S. Mcleod. No doubt be would make it
easy for company to build one there, and
it would pay and be such belp to all.
The guano wagons have commenced the
trade for the year.
Oats and wheat are small yet
A good deal of sick nes. is about
Marriage fees are going from 25 cents to
81. If they keep at these figures, it will be
in the power of the average man to pay the
preacher.
The adoption of the majority report by
congress, in the Roberts case, has established
most dangerous precedent Uoder it's
action, par,isan small majority could keep
on: Indefinitely minority The minority
report was the safe one to adopt, for it pro-
vided for the right of the State, aHd the
e1pulsion of the unworthy member and no
bad preceded, could be established 1t is
wrong to trife With the rights of the Slates
10 such matters.
A report is c,rrent here that the white
map foaod dead 10 Wateree Swamp re7ea,ly,
is that of Mr Wyles DaBose. of Camden
He disappeared in the sammer and has never
been heard from The clotb,ug, shoes and
size poiut to this Mr.. DuBose disappeared,
it is said, 10 frame of mind calculated to do
iojury to himself
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

Council ret q, 6 O'clock n. Wie1nes
day, January q Pcsseat Mayor Hu:; sou,
Aldermen Epp=lsor. Stuckey. F'on Flower;
and Hurst.
Minutes of January 10th aud 18th were
read ard egprovsd.
Council considered request of the Sumtei
Tobacco Co for renewal OF their lease 70, 6
;erm of years at a nomissl rent. I. was de
termiped TO make the lease, and the clerk va:
directed to correspond with the a G L. al
,horites 10 ohtaia pc missicn for the com
pany 70 build an addition to the warehouse
Tue Fiosnce Coz miltee reported approval
of bills referred 10 toeu at last meet.c9; and
that they bad examined the C!etk aud Treas
urer's accounts for October. November and
Decem ber, which were fouod correct.
Mr. Finn reported that the Sumter Cottoo
Mills would not consent to pay greater
sum than previously offered on extepsioa Of
water MANS to their property, and moved
that the extension DE made on terms offered.
The motion wss adopted
Mr. Finn reported that au inspection of the
City Hall showed the roof to be in 8 leaky
copditioo, and it should be repaired wlthou;
delay. % his motion it was decided to re-
cover With paper. tar and sand as originally
done. The clerk was directed to call for bids
for the work
Mr. Finn stated that be bad been informed
that some Of the city limit marks had been
removed and be thought some means Of an.
chorisg the targets should be adopted. %
motion of Mr.. Flowers tbis was referred to
the Committee on Public Works
.Nr. Flowers reported that the services OF
the c3nty chain gang could not be secured
10 dSsthe work ou Factory branch, or so
much Of it as lay withio the city liz its
Mr.. Stuckey suggested that the committee
in charge Of that matter should frame bill
for the legislature which would give to cities
and towns fair proportion of chain gang
labor.
A Communication from the City Board OF
Heal,h was read asking council to adopt as
an ordinance their Rule As, PROHIBITING the
keeping Of hogs within the city limits. The
rule wss unanimously adopted and ordered
published
The clerk read letter from Mr.. Borden,
Superintendent of Transportation Of the
Atlantic Coast Line, 10 which be promised to
see that .rains do not stop on crossings as has
been subject Of complaint. Mr.. Finn stated
that on today train bad blocked street
crossing for IS minutes.
An ordinance prohibiting the throwing Of
banana and orange peels and watermelon
riuds on the sidewalks or streets was adopt
ed.
Mr.. a B Bloom stated that be bad an
offer for purchase of one Of the old hand FIRE
engines, and desired couccil to have photo
graphs of it made and to FIX Price on it,
referred to FIRE department. committee with
power 10 act.
BIDS for building two hose company houses
were received from v c. Ksvaoaueh at
1908 each aud ". b Eppsreon at 81: :624
each On motion Of Mr. Fipn epeclal meet
ing was called for Jan. 25th, 6 .. NJ, to con-
slider these hids
Mr. Finn reported ,ha, drain pipe is great
~ needed on Republican and Washington
streets. The pipe was ordered put down.
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Reel House Contract Awarded.

The City Couocil bed special meeting las,
Thursday night to cor slider the bids for erect
ing the Two station houses for the FIRE depart
nens. The matter was discussed fully from
every poiat of view and resolution was
finally adopted providing for the Immediate
erection of the two houses as provided for in
the plaos and specifications drawn by Con-
tractor ]. W McK,ever under ,he direction
of the con mittee of courcii The contract
was then awarded 10 M C Kavanaugh, bis
bid being the lowest submitted His bid was
81, ,608 for each house-S3, ZIG .or the two
he will be required to give bond for the per-
Torrance of the work as specified 10 the
plans
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Mayesvllle's Big 1heck Record

Mayes,ille, Jan 25-There bas oeen con-
siderable said late y abou, blg checks ven
for Gotten Well, Maye vile thitks it eau
20 "cpe better ~ Last week Mr. N. P
Mayes, buyer for J II SoA gave Mr. j.
Barnett, a check for SIS, 285 ter about 500
bales, while on last Satard ,y the 20ih, Mr.
S. NJ Mccall representing A e1 Sprubf h
Sou, paid $32 ,99s a3 by check for lot from
Mr. A. A Strauss 1t is estiDs'ed that over
S65, 900 have changed bands here tor cotton
since Jan Let.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

Lewis Deoo ois, Salem, Ind says, "Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure cid me more good than any,
tbiog I ever took. 1t digests what you eat
aud can not help but cure dyspepsia ADD
stomach troubles -JSHughson l. Co
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
a Frighftul Blunder

Will often cause horrible Burn, Scald, Cut
or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnca Salve the best in
the world will kill the pain and promptly heal
it. Cures Old Sores. Fever Sores Ulcers,
Bpiis Felons. corns, all Skin Eruptions. Bes.
Pile Cure on earth Only 25 cts. box Cure
guaranteed. /. Sold by J. +. W.DeLortne, prug
gis,. Is
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MR.. EDITOR

You may have had in mind when referring in recent
issue Of your paper to the popularity Of merchants regard
to advertising, in which you quoted them as saying that Sin
good times not necessary advertise in hard times
did not pay While have always found that advertising
paid must confess that for the past sixty days any In
of business that by that MEANS could
not have been satisfactorily waited on clerical has
been taxed to its utmost capacity.
Now that the rush Of cotton is and have an
opportunity to say few words to friends the country
desire to acknowledge through the columns of the Watch
and Souhon grateful thanks to them for the liberal
patronage bestowed upon for which offer nothing
except promise that their interests will be
fully guarded by in the future they have been the past
It is particularly gratifying to acknowledge very
liberal trade during the months Of September and October from
farming friends to whom pleasure extend
credit during the It proves that they appreciate
endeavor o be just and reasonable with them when they
need assistance have always tried to beour motto
being
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
The State of South Carolina
COUNTY OF SUMTER
By T. 7. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judqt

By T. 7. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge.
NTHEREAS, BENZ F KELLY, E.Q.,
w mrGe sut to me to grant him Letters. .of
Administration of the Estate O! and effects Of
Mrs Ella Buford Rurzess, late of said Coun-
~ and State. deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors Of
the aid Mrs Ells 8uford Burgess as aforesaid.
deceased, lhst.they be and appear before me IN
the Court of Probate to he held at Sum
ter c II on February Is. 1900, next, after
publication thereof. at l ! clock IN he fore
noon, to show cause, i; any they have, why
the sid Admin:strat Oh should no. be grant
e.
Givea under NY hand his 3! st day OF Jan
nacy, a. 1900
THoS WALSH,
Judge OF Probate.
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Take DR. Bulls Cough Syr.p TOR all those
dangerous elections, severe COLDS, pleurlsy
aod gripps,-wbich fall and w,uter btiog
along 1t is the greatest cure fer broucnitis
and all throat and lung affections.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

Or. Bulls Cough Syrup. the peoples
friend, has been IN use over 6fty years 1t
cures the severest affections of the throat and
lungs such as, bronchitis, gripp. lsryngitis
and incipient consumption. Price only Is
cents bottle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
MUNICIPAL Law BREAKERS
Abstract From the Mayors Cour,
Docket for 1899

The following is an abstrac, from the
records of the Mayors Conrt for 1899 i
shows ,ha, there were 254 arrests aud trials
during the yea, and also the nature of the
offenee for which the arrests were made:
DruDka, discrderiies, profaue and
obscene language, &c, 7(
White malss, 10
Colored males 48
Colored females, IL
Disturbance of peace, .arreling.
fighting, &c, Ill
White males, "A
Colored males, 73
Colored females q
Gambling. II
White males, 3
Colo.ed males.
In addition to the above ther: we're
3 cases of d:sorderlies in 1hch
gambling was part of the
charge
Concealed weapons,
White males,
Colored males,
In addition to the above there
were cases included in other
charges.
Discharging firearms,
w ute ufles,
Colored males,
Violation of Sunday Law,
White males,
Reckless driving o; borsee, and
y violation of bicycle law, 3s
White males, %
Coiored ms es, p
Coiored females,
Refusal to perform street duty,
Coiored males
Violation Board OF health rules,
Colored mates,
Blowing stean whistles uoneces-
sarily,
White males,
Colored males,
Boarding trains 6
White males,
Colored males.
Total, 254
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
Meteorological Rec,rd.

The following is report of observations
of the weather taken at Sta:ebure, by Dr. ".
w Anderson, fer the % days ending Sun
day, January %, 1900:
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Supreme court Decision.

A. Brooks Stuckey, as adnin,s'rator, ap
pellan,, vs. the Atlaouc Coast Line Rail- DAD
Company, respondent Order granted dis-
misslog this appeal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
*Cloudy.

The new year opered very clear aud bright,
but very cold, Tuesday, the I'd day of Jauu-
ary, having been the coolest dav that we
bad this winter 80 far. On the 9th light
suow fell, but melted rapidly.
Blue birds have been seen in numbers 10
ibis vicinity recently
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

. 16S CUBAN RELIEF cures Collie,
y tNN Neuralgia and Toothache in
wv five minutes. Sour Stomach and
b Summer Complaints. Price Csc.
Sold by Hughson Ligon Co.
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LIVE AND LET LIVE

Although tried to anticipate this seasons wants by
buying heavier than BEFORE trade has so far
exceeded expectations that have been obliged
penh frequently and freely every department. of store
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
In Dry Goods

We bought very heavy stock of staples fair percentage
Of which still have hand and selling at old prices
Those
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

The following is an abstrac, from the
records of the Mayors Conrt for 1899 1t
shows tha, there we're 254 arrests aud trials
during the yea, and also the nature of the
ofepee for which the arrests were made:
, 1900-09-19
WORTHY OF HER WEALTH.

Mrs. Mary Wixon, nee Foster, who
was born and reared in Portsmouth, N.
H., and married in Dorchester, has had
more than her share of adventures In
the Arctic mining fields. Twelve
years ago she was a chambermaid in a
hotel at Portsmouth, N. H. Seven years
ago she was the wife Of a laborer in
the Idaho Mine at Grass Valley, Cal.
Six years ago she was a Pullman car
scrub woman at Sacramento. Five
years ago she and her husband sailed
with their little all-some 5000 OF
hard-earned and pinchingly saved
money-for the Yukon river gold dig
gings. Three years & she was the
pioneer hotel landlady in Dawson City.
Today she has about $3.50, 900 invested
in gilt-edged securities and first-class
real estate in California and her yearly
income from her placer mines and her
interest averages $4,000.
At the age of 81 years she has
achieved by her own grit and lndomit-
able perseverance, a fortune that tens
of thousands of successful business
men do not begin to achieve after a
, 1900-09-19

The Disagreement Of outstanding
Ears should be checked in early child
hood, otherwise it is apt to be an OBJ
stinate matter to overcome. Various
simple little exDedients may be re-
sorted to in order to accomplish the
end aimed at. For instance, a broad
elastic strap or webbing band passed
from the lower part of the back Of the
head obliQuely across the ears to the
top of the brow will help to conquer
the Disagreement. This band can be
worn all night or for al hour or two
during the day, or, as IN alternative.
there Is the special ear cap which has
been invented with the object of en-
G%ouraging the ears to lie close against
the head. The muslin caps which
years ago babies used to wear acted
in a great IS preventives
against %obtruding Ears.
, 1900-09-19
AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF
SUFFERING.

Il suffered for thirty years with
liarrhoea and thought I was past be-
ng cured" says John S. Holloway, OF
French Camp, Miss. 81 had spent so
much time and money and suffered so
much that I had given up all hopes OF
recovery. l was SO feeble from the eff
fects OF the diarrhoea that I could do
no kind Of labor, could not ever travel,
but by accident I was permitted to find
a bottle Of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, and after
taking several bottles I am entirely
cured Of that trouble. I am so pleased
with the result that I am anxious thai
it be in reach Of all who suffer as ]
had" For sale by F. H. Eggleston.
, 1900-09-19
Free Of Charge.

Any adult suffering from a cold set
tied On the breast. bronchitis, throat
or lung troubles of any nature, who
will call at Frank H. Eggleston's, will
be presented with a sample bottle OF
Boschee's German Syrup. free Of
charge. Only one bottle given to one
person, and none to children without
order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such a sale as Boschee's German Syr
up in all parts of the civilized world
Twenty years 6 millions Of bottles
given away, and our druggists
will tell you it's success was marvel
ous. 1t is really the only throat and
lung remedy generally endorsed by
physicians. One rs cent bottle will
cure or prove its value. Sold by deal
ers in all civilized countries.
, 1900-09-19
SUNLIGHT AS A CURE
Successful Experiments Conducted by
Two Physicians In Europe.


Successful Experiments Conducted by
Two Physicians In Europe.
Recent experiments indicate that the
sun may be a potent remedial agent
in the case of persons attacked with
smallpox, scarlatina and measles.
These experiments were made by D..
Finsen of Copenhagen and Dr.. Chat
iniere of St. Mande, and so novel we e
they hat they have aroused a good
deal of discussion among the members
Of the Academy of Medicine in Paris.
DR.. Chatiniere a short time ago treat
ed twelve children, who haG measles,
according to this new method. which
Is scientifically known as photother-
apie. Red light was the only cure
which he used, and this he made seTv-
iceable in the following manner: On
the windows of the sick looms he hing
red curtains. and on the table, Ell
each bed, he placed a lamp which gave
forth a red light. He iJted thus be
cause he felt satisfied that the irrita-
ton of the skin in cases of measles Is
due to the chemical rays of the solar
spectrum, or, in other words. to the
ultraviolet rays, and not to the So
called caloric or heat rays. If this We e
not so, how account for the fact that
the poStules and scars are especially
deep and marked on the face aEd
hands, which are the very parts of the
body hat are most exposed to the soar
rays? The result showed hat he had
not erred in arriving at this conclu-
sion. His little patients rapidly re-
gained their health. and the virtue that
lies in red curtains and red lamps is
being eXtolled by many physicians.
Impressed, like DR.. Chatinierc, by the
fact that the influence of the solar
rays is especially manifested on the
faces and hands of patients. DR.. Fin
sen conceived the idea of subjectine
persons suffering from smallpox to
the influence of ultraviolet rays. which
reached them after the light had beer.
filtered through thick red curtains.
The result was that the little vescicles
or bladders gradully disappeared, and
the patients did not suffer from the
customary fever. and, furthermore,
were not pockmarked. The ~ultravlo-
let rays, indeed, in the case of these
patients produced practically the same
effect as the red light in that of DR..
Chatinlere's, the most notable tokens
of their efficacy being the absence OF
fever and restlessness, and the grad
ual disappearance of the eruptions be
fore coming to maturity. 1t was ais
noticed that the rays had a marked
effect on the maladies in so as far as
they effected the bronchial tubes. DR..
Finsen's method of cure has been in-
troduced iLto France by DR.. Larat,
and is being used not only In cases OF
smailrox. but also in cases of certain
forms of skin diseases.
, 1900-09-19
COUNTESS CASTIOLiONE.
Emperar's Favorite Buried with Her
Dogs

Dok
When the once beautiful Countess
CDstiElione died in Paris recently a
withered old woman retaining no race
OF hat physical splendor which
brought Napoleon III to her feet, it
was found that she had made most
complete arrangements for her burial.
In her will she directed that only sew
en- persons should have the privilege
of seeing her after death. Two of the
persons designated, an Italian Am
bassador and a French prince, died be-
fore the Countess, so five people only
came to look upon her after she had
been laid out according to her tesla
mentary directions. h directed that
her body should be beautifully Glad
with the raiment contained in a box
bearing on a brass plate the inscrip-
ton Clothing for my burial" In the
box were a lawn night dress heavily
trimmed with lace and with a card on
which was written "Compiegne, Octo-
Der %, 1851" pinned to it; a plush
dressing gown with black and white
stripes, the favorite necklace OF the
Countess consisting of three rows OF
large black nearIs and six rows of
white ones, to which was attached a
Iocket containing n nunched son. a
rosary I ourdas silver medal and two
br,calats ono Of onvx set with nearls
tho otbor NJ bl,cL anomeI GET with dia.
monds In these clothes and wearing
Ait. ;o,rolr. u,,, lo,IynI Gov tho GRO We
tho woman who once dazzled the Tuil-
cries Tho nack,ace was given to the
Countess nv her erandfather or her
fourteenth birthday which was the
anniversarv of her mothers death. II
was snecif.d further nv the Countess
In ber vii, that her feet arms and
hands should he left hare She had a
, 1900-09-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

The commercial travellers of the
country were not so favorably i'm
pressed with the last democratic ad-
ministration as to demand an encore.
Not a single nation disputes our pos
session of the Philippines. The only
organized opposition to the consum'
nation of the Paris treaty comes from
Aguinaldo and the democratic party.
The Hon. Grover Cleveland has not
formally declared for the Philadelphia
ticket, but he has advised a cores
pendent to vote according to his con
science and informed patriotic sense
Mr.. Bryan declares the farmers can
not be deceived by reports of prosper,
ity. No, indeed; they know the real
thing when they experience it.
The Hon. George Fred Williams
charges that Minister Conger is preju,
diced against the Boxers. OF course
ar unprecedented person like George
Fred would highly enjoy being walled
in and shot at for three weeks.
The Hon. SiXto Lopez, owing to the
regulations governing treason, will not
be able to come to this country and
make speeches for the Kansas City
ticket, but he is writing Bryan and
Stevenson letters with all the vigor
OF an Atgeld or a Sulzer.
The Hon Charles A. Towne says We
are existing in the shadow of an EN-,
pire." This is the same Mr.. Towne
V no Joined the democratic party in or,
der to save the country with the fec
silver cure.
The Hon. Ton l.. Johnson. million.
aire, las returned from Europe and is
prepared to renew his attack upo1.
plutocracy.