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Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1???-1902, 1901-12-16
NIGHT SCENE At awosoS.
Historical and Antiquarian Interests 4.
the Rhone Valley.

the Rhone Valley.
The moon was rising behind the pal
ace at Avignon. throwing the walls
into half-obscurity; a scene full OF ro-
nance and charm. lnconceiv-
ably beautiful was the evening light
upon the river; the jeweled pathway
thrown by the moon. The sill
very flashes danced and sparkled. and
the rushing water seemed to hurry
them away towards the far-off sea.
where they decked the hair OF the ST.
rens, and lighted up their halls. And
all the while the moon rose higher; a
dead world. calm, cold. unsympathetic.
yet full OF a magic that will never die.
A perfect night. a matchless scene; one
Of the most beautiful scenes on earth;
STEPPED In romance. the everything In
fuencc shed abroad by Nature in her
earthly paradises; the undying ro-
nance OF the Middle Ages; OF great
deeds and achievements; passages In
history that revolutionized the world.
and will live as long as time rolls on.
The great days of the Popes
Of Avignon; the beauty OF Joanna, be
fore which all men bowed: the gor-
geous pagean's OF which this river had
been the arena. We seemed
stepped in romance aud magic as we
stood there. whilst the hours chimed:
we gazed down upon the rushing wa
ters; and upwards at tho illuminated
outlines OF fort and palace: and yet
hfuhar ~ the aarl aannhira alv WHARF
the moon rode In silent majesty. and
the stars followed in her train. And
we asked ourselves where else we
could equal all the beauties. all the
historical and antiquarian Interests
that abound in this matchless Valley |
of the Rhone.-Charles W. Wood. In
The Valley OF the Rhone.
Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1???-1902, 1901-12-16
SAY THE AIR WAS STOLEN.
charg. .. Made That The narss,liaiss-
Wa. Of German Origin.

was OF tefhAh virgin
The world has heretofore given 10
aouget De l'Isle the honor of having
composed both the words and music
Of the "Marselllaise, but Karl Blind
In a recent article endeavors to rob
him OF that distinction. II appears.
according to Blind. that the melody
was really composed In Germany and
was the tune OF the "credo" Of an old
mass. The mass In question was writ
ten In i776 by Holtzmann. the kapell-
meister OF the Palatinate and the or
iginal was discovered by Mr.. HANNA
in the musical library Of the towns
church at Meersburg. From the Pa
latinate. where Hoffman composed
the air. It is not a far cry to Alsace
aud from Alsace the music easily got
Into other parts OF France. II appears
then, that Rouget DE llsle only wrote
the words OF the "Marselllaise" and
set them 10 the old mass tune. intro
ducing a quickened tempo for the pur-
pose OF martial effect In a battle song.
G. A. sala about eight years ago wrote
in a London paper that the eminent
French musical critic. NJ. .Castil-BlaEe,
In his work entitled "Moliere. Must
clan" published in 1859. absolutely
denies that Rouget De l'Isle wrote the
music OF the ~Marseillaise" He as
serts that II is a German eanticle i'm
ported into France by julien the elder,
who played II in 1852 at the concerts
OF Nine. De Montessor. BY altering
the tempt church airs and secular airs
are often interchansed. but II IL
curious thing that the great battle and
revolutionary song OF France should
really have been composed In Ger
many.-Chicago Chronicle.
Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1???-1902, 1901-12-16

Hes a good physician IN some
ways" she renRked. but he Is care
less. and that naturally hurts him"
Doesn't get his prescriptions mixed
docs hef" That's Just what he did
in the case OF Mrs. jenkins" Moth
ing serious. I hope" Yes. II was
Not fatal. Of course. but serious. He
failed to acquaint himself with the
easily afford a trip To Europe. don't
rest In the country when she could
easily AFFORD a trip to Europe. don't
think she'll ever have him again"
Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1???-1902, 1901-12-16
A LARGE DAMAGE SUIT.

Attorney John @. Miller has been
notified that $50, 900 damage suit
aSsintt the Illinois Central, in which
he is interested, is on trial at Dyers-
burg, Tenn. IL is OF the admins
traitors of the estate OF q former sta
tion agent there, a man named Eau
cett, who was killed by cars several
years ago. and who sued the company
for $4,000 damages. His widow
now resides here.
Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1???-1902, 1901-12-16

ILLINOIS CENTRAL EARNINGS.
The Illinois Central statement for
Oototsr shows gross earnings of s3.-
FOG. G79. an intreass OF s20l, 100. The
net earnings increased tl70. 1856.
Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1???-1902, 1901-12-16

The Sun has removed TO the old
News stand, IFS South Third street.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
It Happened II a Igug Store.

'One day last winter lady came to my
drug store and asked for brand of cough
medicine that did not have in stock
says Mr.. C. R. Grandin, the popular drug
gist of Ontario, N. Y. "She was disap-
pointed and wanted TO know what prepa-
ration I could recommend. I said to her
that could freely recommend Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and that she could
IKE a bottle of the remedy and after Civ
ing it 6. fair trial if she did not find it
worth the money to bring back the bottle
and would refund the price paid. In the
course of day or two the lady came back
in company with friend in need of a
cough medicine and advised her to buy q
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
1 consider that very good recommends
ton for the remedy" 1t is for sale by Dr..
A. J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
WALLACE SHOWS WELCOME.

The Evening News of Evansville,
Ind, says: '.TIe announcement Of the
coming of Wallace strikes JOY to the
hearts of every llrchin and show-goer
in the city who has seen the Wallace
Shows, and WHO has not seen this
famous aggregation of entertaining
features? Practically everyone, for
Wallace has been here many times,
and his popularity has increased with
each visit. His show is undoubtedly
the greatest now travelling, and the
Evansville public always accord 1T
hearty welcome. :"
The above statement is heard every
place where these shows exhibit. The
Great Wallace Shows will be IN Sum
ter on Saturday, October II.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

cast aside in the mad rush for gain,
that few real estate owners may
make money and a few ofice-seekers
obtain public Office?
Is this to be foretaste Of CONNER
cial Democracy? Not unless the old
County of Sumter is torn and dismem
bered to form two Pocket Boroughs"
possessing neither weight, influence
nor power in the affairs of State.
No! a thousand times, no!
Then 90 to the polls and record your
solemn protest against the same.
Another matter:
Those of you who have been induced
to sign the petition are by no means
committed to the new county. Signing
the petitions meant only that the pub
lie may be allowed an opportunity to
vote upon the proposed measure. All
fair-minded men are willing to give
their neighbors an opportunity to ex-
press their sentiments upon pubic
question at the ballot box. The bal
lot, not the petition, is the method
provided by law for thes citizen to
record his choice
Besides men have the right to
change their minds upon any question
upon learning the true condition sur
rounding the proposition.
We therefore earnestly entreat you
to vote down this new county scheme,
for the third zine, and, as we believe,
forever. Respectfully,
Your fellow citizen,
T. j. McCutchen, James M. Mathis,
E. Alexander, j. T. Green. S: j..
Hill, H. B. Skinner, Jno. NJ. Miller,
S. Lilies Miller, j. D. Clark, J. A..
Hickson, j. E. Mccoy, W. B. +.
Mccoy, Jasper L. Horn, Henry v.
Anderson, G. W. Stokes, F. S. Potts,
L. Lane, P, Rodgers, E. j. Goodman,
.. ". Sessions, J. W. Hodge, G. ".
Durant, J. A. Mcleod, E. E. keels,
j. W. Wilson, G. ". Hawkins, Z.
Taylor, J. A. DuRant, Henry I.
DuBose, NJ. D., R. G. Wactor, Jr., j..
P. Wilson, Jr., 7. j. DuBose, i. u.
Fraser, Jas. E. Herriot, ]. A.
McCutchen, H. T. Strange, E. G.
McCutchen, II. D. G. Williamson, S.
H. Colclough, L. NJ. King, ". a.
McNeill, W. W. Fraser, H. b.
Fraser, L. Lawrence Fraser, Jr., T..
d. DuBose, W. D. Fraser, W. Z.
Mcleod, Jr., ". E. Dick, c. Gray, j.
H. Gray, W. 7. Mcleod, J. W. Hug
gins, E. B. Colclough. R. J. Yates,
". B. Colclough, ". S. Dinkins, and
others.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
The State of South Carolina,
Sumter County.

I, Shepard Nash, Clerk of the Courts
of Common Pleas and General Sessions
for Sumter County do hereby certify
that there appears of record in ray
Office in Book No. So of the record of
mortgages of real estate at page 419, a
certain mortgage executed by the Town
of Bishopville to E. P. Kicker dated
18th April, 1901, covering the lot of
land in the Town of Bishopville,
whereon the public buildings are locat-
ed and being composed of two parcels
bought by the Town of Bishopville
from j. NJ Seigneous and Mrs. NJ. G.
Dennis, respectively: which mortgage
secured five bonds of said Town of
Bishopille, each forssone thousand dol
lars, and each dated April 18th, 1901,
andssdue and payable in one, two, three,
four and five years time with interest
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
LASTLY.

Is there no county pride dwelling in
our people? Is there more than hun
dred years of the glorious history OF
old Sumter District to be sacrificed at
one blow9
Did not your heroic ancestors under
Generals Sumter and Marion drive the
British invader from its borders and
aid in achieving the independence OF
our common country?
Are the survivors of the civil war,
the Confederate soldiers of Sumter
District, the men who fought side by
side in the Seventh Cavalry, in Gard
ner's Battery, in the Sumter Greys,
the Sumter Volunteers, the Chicora
Rifles, the Claremont Troop, the
Claremont Rifles and many other
heroic commands; are they to sur
render the proud record of the past,
desert their old county, and In their
old age become strangers to each 9th
er?
Are the children and grandchil-
dren of the dead Confederate heroes OF
Sumter County to be told that if they
would learn of the fame of their illus
trious ancestors who died for their
country that they must go into other
counties and search for their names
upon their monuments?
Must we surrender the proud record
of Sumter County made in the dark
DAYS of 1876 when we threw off the
yoke of the alien and the negro and
resumed the government of our be-
loved State9
Are these glorious memories to be
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

tral Railroad, The Wilmington, Colum-
bia & Augusta Railroad, except small
portion near Magnolia, and the Char
lesion, Sumter and Northern Rail
road. except above ST. Charles, will
all lie within the County of Sumter
and pay taxes only therein. The new
county will get none.
We repeat, therefore, that the new
county will practically have no pro-
perty to bear the burden Of taxation
except the lands and live stock of its
farmers.
The advocates of the new county
may undertake to deny the probablll-,
ity of high taxes, but the facts are all
arrayed on the other side.
A new county at heavy cost and no
corresponding benefit is doubtful
investment.
Another important consideration:
Many Of the merchants of the new
county and hundreds Of its farmers
have for years depended for financial
aid upon the banks at the Court
House with their half million dollars
of capital, surplus and deposits. They
have been accustomed for years to
borrow money from these financial
institutions wherewith to conduct
their mercantile and planting opera
tions.
We have understood that it is the
custom of banks, as rule, not to lend
money outside of their county limits.
The reason is plain: they have no
speedy means of consulting the public
records in other counties to obtain
the necessary information as to the
financial standing of their customers
and hence they refuse to make loans to
outside customers. Many country
merchants and farmers are therefore
likely to suffer inconvenience and loss
for want of financial accommodation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

Again, the proposed new county is
an agricultural county. There is no
large accumulation of wealth at any
one point, and hence the small tax
payer must bear the burden.
The only town in the new territory is
Bishopville, with no aggregation Of
wealth there Its buildings and town
lots are assessed at only some S42, 600. :
We believe it now depends mainly
upon the dispensary for the means to
conduct its government.
The new county will therefore have
no municipal wealth to draw taxes
from and it has very little railroad
property.
a small part of the W. G. & A. Rail
road about Magnolia, and an incon-
siderable part Of the c. S. & n. Rail
road is all that lies within the new ter
ritorv.
What, then, we ask, will be left to
bear the burden of taxation? On the
other hand the City of Sumter with
its 5000 inhabitants or thereabouts,
now pays about one fourth Of the en-
tire taxes of the county. It's banks,
factories, mills and manufacturing es-
adjustments represent in the
aggregate large wealth and large
taxable values. It's total assessed
values is some 81, 800, 600.
The railroads, which are heavy tax
payers and represent an enormous
wealth will remain in the old County
of Sumter and swell its taxable values.
The Southern Railroad, The Sumter
& Wateree Railroad, The North
Western Railroad, The Manchester
and Augusta Railroad, The Wilson
and Srmmertcn Railroad. The Cen
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
bonds issued in aid of the 3 C's Rail

bonds issued in aid of the 3 C's Rail
road.
Under the Constitution the new
county must assume and pay its just
share of these 500, 10000 of bonds.
Sumter County owes bonded debt
of s15, OO0.0 the new county must
assume large part of this debt also.
The proposed Lee County will there
fore start out with heavy debt.
The condition of Darlington County
is not known to us.
Then, too, the public buildings must
be paid for.
A Court House and Jail must be
erected, and Poor House and farm
must be provided.
The cost of Court House, is con-
siderable. The only one built in this
section in the past few years was at
Bennettsville, said to have cost be-
tween thirty and forty thousand dol
lars.
See also the expense of roads and
bridges.
The new county is traversed for
many miles by Lynch's River. Expen-
sive bridges and constant repairs will
be necessary.
Taxes must necessarily be high, and
the people cannot be deceived. The
petition for the new county only claims
some 81, 700, 900 of assessed values. The
present county of Sumter has about
Sc, 600, 10000 of assessed values, and
yet taxes are entirely too high now. .
How then in reason can a small
county with small income sustain a
County Government and pay all of the
salaries, fixed charges and expenses
unless by heavy taxation. The thing
is impossible. Business men cannot
be deceived. The unthinking may be
aroused too late.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

stance it is said that the people OF
Spring Hill have been told that Bish-
opville is not to be the county seat,
but that the same is to be located IN
the centre of the new county, and that
it would likely be somewhere between
Ryttenberg's Plantation and Smith
vile.
Again it is rumored that the advo-
Gates of the new county are spreading
it abroad that Major Coker has 5000,
0oo. 90 to spend on an effort to estab-
lish a new county with Hartsville as
county seat, and therefore unless the
people voted in favor of Lee County,
they would have go to Hartsville as
the Court House.
Akin to this plan and in order tc
frighten the people seems to have been
the alleged effort four years ago te
form Shiloh County. Since the defeat
of Lee County we have never hearo
OF Shiloh County. This is significant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
A Commitment to the Sumter Graded
School,

M. Lee, teacher of Reading in the
public schools of st. Louis, Mo-, was
in the city last week and spent several
hours in the Sumter Graded School.
He afterwards told gentleman that
this is the best ordered school that
he has visited in the South" He is
on tour through the South, visiting.
the Public Schools.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

The question recurs. For whose
benefit is all this agitation?
Aside from the real estate owners IN
Bishopville and certain politicians
who want public Office, who is to
derive any advantage from the forma-
tion of the new county?
Is the public convenience to be pro-
noted? Just look at the situation a
moment:
A ride of an hour or two by rail, at
small cost and at great saving to men,
animals and vehicles, enables the peo-
pie of Bishopville and vicinity to at
tend to all public business at the
Court House. The telegraph and the
telephone have annihilated distance.
The Rural Mail Delivery about to be
inaugurated precludes the necessity OF
ever going to the Post Office.
In the good cid days" the people
came to the Court House to make their
tax returns and pay their annual
taxes. Now in most counties the
Auditor receives returns and the
Treasurer collects taxes almost at the
doors of the citizens.
The people of Lynchburg and OF
Shiloh are now in an hours ride by
rail of the Court House.
In the new county they will have no
railroad connections with Bishopville,
but must ride eighteen to twenty-five
miles in their buggies and wagons.
The same is also true of the people
of Spring Hill Township. How then
is the convenience of the public i'm
proved9 The pretext is preposterous
Indeed a prominent supporter OF
the new county, residing in Bishop
vile, is said to have recently remark
ed, that owing to the rapid increase
of public utilities, the railroads, tele.
graph, telephone ETC., that If they dc
rot secure the new county this time
they never would get 1t.
e So much for the convenience OF the
public.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
Change of S hedule,

4 change in the schedule of the
afternoon train from Columbia went
into effect Sunday. Hereafter the
train will arrive at 6.03 p. m. There
was no change in the time of arrival
of the morning train from Charleston
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

on each from the date thereof at 7 per
cent per anunm, payable annually.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
affixed my hand and seal, this 7th day
of October, 1901.
Shepard Nash.
Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas
lis. and General Sessions for Sum-
ter County.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09
IN ADDRESS
To The Voters Of the Proposed
New County Of Lee.

Fellow Citizens: It is to be re-
gretted that the agitation for the for
nation Of a new county has again
arisen, and that this matter should
once more disturb the public mind.
Twice before has the attempt tc
form new county been defeated at
the polls.
Private interests and personal am
bition are largely responsible for this
continued agitation.
We think this agitation proceeds
from two classes Of men-Flrst, those
who desire to speculate in real estate
about the proposed county seat: and,
secondly, those who desire to obtain
public Office.
The public at large will secure but
few of these benefits, and their prop
erty instead of being benefited will
have to bear increased taxation.
Does the record sustain the forego-
ing statementss Let us see:
In the year 1895 the proposed coun-
ty OF Salem was defeated at the polls.
Efforts were made to have the county
and State boards Of canvassers reverse
the verdict of the people, but these
failed. In the year 1898 the agltatorsS
changed the name to Lee County and
slightly changed the lines, all for the
purpose of evading the requirements
Of the law. This scheme was again
defeated at the polls.
New tactics are now being resorteo1
to. Zigzag surveys IN KershaW ana
Darlington Counties, as the map
shows, have been made, the object be-
ing to include those individuals favor
able to this last project, and exclude
those who are opposed to It.
The so-called survey, it is said, was
made in part, by counting the revolu-
tions of buggy wheel while driving
along the public road.
Even by this extraordinary method
only a bare fraction of ten and one
half square miles above the Constitu-
tional minimum has been obtained. A
block of territory two and one-hali
miles each way and amounting to two
or three large plantations is the mar
row margin claimed by its promoters.
A competent corps of surveyors to
resurvey these lines will be put IN the
field in a few days by men who are de-
termined that the truth shall be ascer-
tained regardless Of whether the result
be favorable or unfavorable.
During the United States census
last year typographical survey was
made for the purpose OF the census,
and it was discovered that two OF the
new counties in South Carolina, VIZ
Bamberg and Cherokee, have less
SQUARE miles than the minimum re-
quired by the Constitution, and are
now, so TO speak, unconstitutional
counties. The truth shall be known
about the Lee County area at whatever
cost.
Again, the assessed values Of prop
erty in the proposed new county is put
down in the petition at about 81, 700,
600.
This is also only small fraction
above the Constitutional limit, and
as the record shows, is only result
of a conjecture The truth about this
fact will also be carefully ascertained.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-09

Then as to the important question,
VIZ:
What will be the effect of establish
ing a new county as to the public debt
and taxation:
The Constitution requires that a
new county shall assume its Just pro
portion of the debts of the old coun-
Kershaw FCounty is now groaning
under public debtZof 500, 600, OF