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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25

order that we may escape ever haVlng
to 60 through such an ordeal again.
Until we have put about the ballot a
safeguard which will protect it from
those who lack the intelligence and
character which sufragan should
possess, we cannot forget these things
without peril.
Two of the most famous and prob
ably the two ablest reconstruction
Governors were Daniel Il. Chamber
lain, of South Carolina, and Adelbert
Ames. of Mississippi.
They have given recently very strong
testimony against the scheme winch
they were chosen to assist in carrying
out and which they found to be based
upon such false principles that Its
complete failure was not surprising.
In the Atlantic Monthly a few
months ago Ex-Governor Chamberlain
set forth one of the most powerful ar
raingments of the reconstruction pol
icy ever made.
He showed that Thaddeus Stevens,
Zachariah Chandler, Henry L. Wilson
and the other organizers and direc-
tors OF the Reconstruction movement
were animated neither by love of the
Union nor by determination ITO
secure Justice to the negro, but by
hatred of the white people of the
South and determination to humll-
late them as much as possible.
The chief aim of reconstruction was
ssto put the bottom rail on top
Governor Chamberlain contends that
the policy which was directed against
the South for several years after the
war was from every point of view as
discreditable to the statesmanship OF
its authors as it was to their ideas OF
fairness to a helpless people.
Ex-Governor Ames, while not SO
severe upon Thad. Stevens coterie as
is Ex-Governor Chamberlain, IS quite
as emphatic in his condemnation OF
reconstruction as complete failure.
He admits that he came to the South
from New England with preconcelved
notions, which experience proved to
be entirely false. :,
He believed that legislation could
elevate the negro to political equality
with the whites.
After seeing that theory tested and
helping to test it he was convinced
that it was absurd.
In his recent book on his admins
tration as governor of Mississippi, he
records his conviction that no political
party in this country ever made a
greater blunder than did the Republ-
can party when it attempted to place
the negro on terms Of political equality
with the whites.
It is pity that men like Chamber
lain and Ames did not see the light
earlier, but it came to them finally
in overwhelming force, and their re-
nunciation Of the false and vicious
theories to reconstruction is creditable
even though late.
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A Reply to MIR. BrantIey.

Replying to Mr.. Brantley's card
published elsewhere in this issue, we
desire to state that Mr.. Lever is away
from home and cannot be reached to
receive his anwser in time for publica-
tion in this issue. The friends of Mr..
Lever Indignantly deny that he is cir
culating any such report as claimed,
but some of his friends are probably
doing so, having good grounds for so
doing in the statements made by Mr..
Brantley himself In his card pub
lished in the State of September 10th,
he says: Il was willin to pay it (the
assessment if the other candidates
paid, and [ requested him, Mr.. Wig
gins my friend, to pay my assessment
for me if necessary and draw on me
for the amount, - and then. after tend
ing his check, if it was conditionally,
he went into caucus with the other
candidates without stating that he
had offered to pay the assessment. He
now says: F" have never paid or offer
ed to pay the Berkeley county assess
ment.'' There is a direct contradic
tion in the two statements. One or
the other must be wrong. It is self
evident fact that his friend Mr.. Har-
mon of Berkley considered that the as
sessment had been paid as he so stated
in his card published in The Echo
and Press. The card of Mr.. Harmon
published in this issue does not state
that there was no offer of the check
before the agreement not to pay was
reached, but simply that he was
mistaken as to the sending of the
check The conclusion is, there
fore, that he did offer to pay the as
sessment and nothing is to be gained
by denying the fact.
Mr. Lever is on his way to Con-
gress with his baggage checked
through and therefore cannot stop to
contradict anything that Mr.. Brant-
ley might say.-Lexington Dispatch.
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It will be remembered that para
graph was published about two
months ago to the effect that Nj. S.
W. Mitchell, of Hickory Grove, in
York County, had entered suit against
the local Camp of the Woodmen of
the World. at hickory Grove. three
memebrs thereof, and also the ma
tional Order, for s15, 600 for damages
alleged to have been sustained by his
person on account of rough usage at
the time of his initiation as member
of the Order in March of this year.
Information has been received to the
effect that Mr.. Mitchell has deter
mined to amend his complaint
and set his damages at $50, 600, because
of the fact that since filing his origl-
nal copmlaint ne has undergone sur
gical operation, which adds at least
SO. 900 to tie damages supposed to
have been done his person when the
suit was entered. 1t is expected that
the cause will be heard at the next
term of court
\ correspondent of the Anderson In
telligencer makes novel suggestion
in regard to the dispensary law. He
thinks the law should be enforced as
it now is with the exception of the
price at which the stuff is SOLD. He
would have prices doubled and at the
end of each year have the dispenser re-
turn to the wives or mothers of the
purchasers one half OF the amount
they paid in When there are no de-
pendent members the share to 60 to
the county to enlarge the poor house
which is likely to receive the Old
soaks in time. The only fault we see
in this plan is that the man who
makes beast of himself by drink is
likely to wheeddle or steal his wife's
share of the profits and blow it in
Aiken Journal and Review.
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STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE-
posIToRY. SUMTER, s. C.

Paid up Capital 5 IS, occ 90
surplus ard Profits 25, 900 90
Adil,ional Liscili.y of Stcck-
holders in excess Of their
stock $4,000 %
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
se7aa years IN Bed.

"will wonders cease?' inquire the friends
of Mrs L Pease. of Lawrence. Kan. They
knew she had been unable to leave her bed
in seven years on a ,unt of kidney and liver
trouble, nervous prostration a0d general de-
bility out Three hotties of Electric Bitters
eaab,ei me 20 walk she writes, ''and in three
months felt like new person" Women
suffering frem Headache. Backache. Nerv vous-
ness, S!eaplessness. Melancholy. FaintiDg and
Dizzy Spells will fnd ia priceless blessing
Try it Satisfaction is guaranteed Only 9oc
at F w DeLorme's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
Our Ruined Streams.

When the first white men came to
America they found pellucid streams
scanning the entire land. Wherever
they went they heard in the forests
the tinkle Of laughing water. They
could fish and battle in the rivers and
even drink from them. Even within
the recollection Of middle-aged men
''the old swimmin' hole'' was place
of delight for the boys of every village.
There was always a clear creek with
in reach in whose depths they could
get aquatic joys with an incidental
cleanliness that could hardly have been
forced upon them in any other way:
All that is gone, or is rapidly going.
Modern sanitary science in America
has advanced just to the point at
which every stream is being converted
into an open sewer. The old-fashion-
ed town knew nothing about drainage.
American towns of today are convlnc-
ed that they must be drained, but they
think their duty in this respect per
formed when they have turned their
sewage into the nearest creek or river.
It never occurs to them that they are
committing an atrocious outrage upon
the people below them. Those same
people do the same thing for the
dwe1Iers still further down, and so on
until the sewers that have no running
water left to poiIute take it out on the
bathing beaches at the seashore.
With the growth of population and
the increase in the number OF towns
and cities pure water is becoming an
unobtainable luxury outside of the
mountains. Some cities, like New
York, secure a tolerable drinking
supply by fencing in catchment areas.
Others, like st. Louis, frankly drink
sewage.
In Others the people buy spring wa
ter or distilled water by the bottle.
BOYS continue to swim in the streams,
because they would swim in anything
wet. But the old times when the
creek rippled transparently over polish
ed pebbles and the most fastidious
swimmer could dive in it and fearless
ly swallow the liquid he took into his
mouth are gone-let US hope not
forever.
If the ruin of our streams were a
necessary accompaniment of advancing
civilization we might reconcile our
selves to it, butt is not. It is merely
the mark of civilization that has
stopped half way. We have learned to
drain our towns but we have not learn
ed to drain them properly. In Europe
things have been carried further.
There the largest cities dispose of sew
age by chemical methods that do not
pollute streams, and, which, instead
of proving costly. actually return a
profit. We can do the same thing
here. All we need is public senti
ment which shall recognize the impor-
tnace of the end to be gained.
Fortunately the evil is not past
remedy A polluted stream will purify
itself if we stop adding new pollution.
We have learned that our towns must
be drained let US advance the rest of
the way by learning to drain them
scientifically, and our land will again
be threaded by limpid streams instead
of by noisome sewers-N. Y. Journal.
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Gen. Geo. P. Harrison.

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 1S.-The an
nouncement of General Geo. P. aarri-
son, of Opellka, Ala, for governor of
that State was pleasant surprise to
his many friends in this state, but one
that will be more surprising still, ex-
cept to few intimate friends, is that
of his forthcoming marriage to one OF
Georgia's most brilliant and charm
ing women.
General Harrison will soon lead to
the altar Miss Sarah Nunnally of
Lagrange, Georgia.
Miss Nunnally is the daughter Of
DR.. Nunnally, formerly president of
Mercer University, and now the eff
cient head of the LeGrange Female
College.
General Harrison is very popular
in Atlanta, where he is well known.
In fact, he enjoys an extensive ac-
quaintance in this state outside of
Atlanta. and is everywhere known for
his sterling integrity.
It seems now that General Harri-
son will have no opposition for gov
ernor of Alabama, and it will likely
be Georgia's honor and good frotune
to furnish the first lady of that fair
commonwealth.
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j Poor millionaire

Lately starved in London because be c uld
not diges, bis food. Early use of D. Kings
New Life Pills would have saved him They
strengthen the stomach, aid digestion. promote
assimilation. improve appetite. Price 25c
Money back if not satisfied soll by J W
D.Dorme. druggist
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Orangeburg, Sept. 17-Collector of
Internal Revenue, f. \. Webster. died
at his home here today about ~
O'Clock noon. after having been i'll
several months. Few of Mr.. Web
ster's friends knew that his condition
was so serious at this time, as be was
out last Tuesday and cast his ballot at
the municipal election.
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BoERs MAY INVADE NATAL.

Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Sept. 49,
In view of the imminence of the rein
vasion of Natal by Gen. Louis Botha,
with a force Of 1,500 men, special
issue of The Gazette has called out a
number of men Of the Natal corps, to
muster here today.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
CITY BREVITIES.

Mr.. H. w. Witcover. who is direct
ing the remodeling of the Sorrel build
ing, is the only tenant not to desert the
building. He finds IL convenient to re-
main there while the work is going on,
hence will not vacate.
The Morning News Early Fruit and
Vegetable Bureau has received from
Mr.. Stephen Rabey four mamouth
Wickson plums. The fruit was grown
in his garden at the corner of Forty
first and Montgomery streets. Fruit Of
all kinds have been very fine in and
around Savannah this year.
The August meeting of the Georgia
Historical Society will be held to-mor-
row night The chief matter that will
be considered will be the report of a
committee consisting of Col. G. A.
Mercer, Mr.. j. II. Saussy and Judge
Robert Falligant, which was appointed
at the July meeting to draft suitable
resolutions upon the death of Mr.. b.
A. Denmark.
Mr., William Harden has recently
received from Col Asa Bird Gardner
of New York. the manuscript of a
sketch of the life of Gen. Nathaniel
Greene and of the finding Of his body
In Colonial Park last spring. The ad-
dress was read before the Society of
the Cincinnati Of Rhode Island on July
4, and will be printed and placed
among its archives.
A pleasant entertainment was given
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John e.
Mcguire wednesday night, the occasion
being the celebration of the marriage
OF Mrs. Ida Cannon to Mr. S. L. Miller
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
FATHER Ouinlan Of st. Patrick's Church,
IN the presence of the immediate rel
atives OF the contracting parties. The
attendants were Mr.. Robert Miller and
Miss Mamie Hanly,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
CONTRACT. FOR DECORATIONS.
A. Haniey Company to Improve In
terror of Postonice Building


terror of Postonce Building.
The contract for the repair and i'm
provement of the United States post
office and court house has been award
ed by the Treasury Department to the
A. Hanley Company, whose bid for the
work was $500. The acceptance of
this bid was recommended by POST
master Doyle.
Arrangements are now being made
by the successful bidder to furnish the
bond required by the department and
as soon as these preliminaries have
been completed the date for the COM
mencement of the work will be set.
1t is expected that this will be in the
near future.
The repairs to and improvements of
the interior of the Federal building
will be on an extensive scale. All the
walls and ceilings are to be handsome
ly tinted. This work was not done
when the building was erected, because
it was thought better TO leave IL until
the foundations had had time to settle
and the various pieces of stone and
wood that went into it's construction
to become acquainted and familiar
with each other.
With the improvements to be made
the walls and ceilings will be as hand
some as the woodwork and the other
decorations of the building and the
ientire structure, interior and exterior.
the most imposing Federal building Of
it's size in the country.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
PREPARING ron THEIR PICNIC.
Council No. z, A. o. II. Goes to Tybee
Thursday.

The annual picnic of Council No. 2,
A. o. H., will take place at Tybee on
Thursday. and arrangements have been
made that assure those who attend an
enjoyable time. The picnic crowd will
hold forth at Bohan's South End pa
villon, and Shaw's band will furnish
the music.
An interesting programme is being
arranged by the committee in charge,
and those who attend are promised a
nice time There will he a tug of war.
and probably a bicycle race. other
sports will also be on the list, and a
game of baseball will be pulled off dur
ing the day.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
NEAR BRUTON HILL
SITE OF SOUTHERN STATES FERTI-
LIzER WORKS DECIDED ON.
WORK WILL BEGIN AT ONCE.
FRANK sCREvEN TO BE sUPERIN-
TENDENT OF WORKS.

The Plant VIII Have a Wharf Front
and VIII Connect with the Plant
system Tracks - The Factory to
Have a Capacity of 10000 to 49,
Oeo Tons of Fertilizer-Rock From
the Pom Pom Beds viii Be Used.
Capitalists Interested In the En-
terprise.
The erection Of the new fertilizer
factory, which Augusta capital. as
sisted by some from Savannah, is soon
to erect in this city, will begin shortly.
The factory will be erected near Bru-
ton Hill. east of the terminals of the
Plant System, by the Southern States
Phosphate and Fertilizer Company of
Augusta.
1t is proposed to place the factory
near the river and close to the Plant
System tracks, near enough at any
rate to make a connection by means
of a spur easily practicable. This will
give the new factory the beenfit of ad
mirable water and railway connections.
Mr.. J. A. G. Carson, Mr.. A. S. Quicken
heimer, and Mr.. Frank Screven are the
principal Savannah stockholders in the
new enterprise.
Mr.. Screyen has been made superin-
tendent of the company and will be in
charge of its works when they are
completed. 1t is anticipated that the
building will be finished, the plant in
stalled and some fertilizers manufac-
tured in time for the fall trade. Pope
& Fleming, a leading Augusta firm of
cotton and fertilizer men, are at the
head of the enterprise and will be its
executive officers,
The other incorporators outside of
Savannah are j. NJ. Berry, George r.
Lombard, Joseph Day and Thomas
Barrett, Jr., of Augusta; e. r. Hodg~
son of Athens. t, NJ. Green of Wash
ington, and r. C. Nelly of Waynes-
boro.
Stock in the company has been sold
largely among the country merchants
who handle fertilizers, and it is believ-
ed that as they are themselves inter-
ested in the profits of the enterprise
they will do what they can to induce
large sales of the products of the new
factory. The plan upon which it is TO
be operated has commended itself to
the business judgment and acumen of
lhe odNdnndH men VINO nave gone lnlo
it and they believe the investment will
be financially profitable.
The phosphate to be used in the fac
tory will be from extensive mines near
Pom Pom, S. G. The mines are said to
be some 1000 acres in extent, the most
important in that section. The beds. it
is said, are the only ones in South Car
DINA not under the control of the Vir-
ginia-Carolina Chemical Company.
The erection of another fertilizer
plant will mean three in Savannah
Two of large capacity have been OPP
Grated for some years. That of the
Southern States Company will have a
capacity of from 3d. 900 to 10000 tons.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
A CURIOSITY IN ROCKS.
A Peculiar Rock Formation Mt OPP
penheim, sIOat & Co.'S. store.

A Peculiar Rock Formation at op-
penheim, slOat & Co.'S. store.
At the store of Oppenheimer, Sloat &
Co. IL Broughton, east, is a peculiar
specimen of rock which nobody has
yet been able to name.
It was rscked up at Beach Hammock
and brought to Mr.. Jacob Gardner,
manager of the store, who is one OF
the best posted man in Savannah on
"curios."
He is unable, however, to name the
specimen.
It is a grayish color and has the ap-
pearance of a sponge, or of petrified
sea foam, If such thing there is. IT is
very light and has suiphurous door.
II has been suggested also that 1t is
petrified froth or Swimming from tur-
oentine still The bottom OF the speci-
men is black like pitch.
The piece has attracted a great deal
of attention and will doubtless find
somebody who can name 1t, soon.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
ed with the Ocean Steamship Company
at New York, and with whom he has
business relations.
CONCERT IN THE PARK.
shaw's Band VIII Play in the Ex-
tension Tomorrow.

A free concert will be given in the
Park Extension at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon by Shaw's Concert Band,
and it is expected that a large crowd
will be present. The band has been
holding forth at Bohan's South End
pavilion, Tybee Island, and has given
perfect satisfaction to visitors to the
resort.
Director Thomas Shaw is arranging
a special programme. and the latest
selections will be rendered. Selections
will be played from the popular operas,
and music that pleases will be given.
If the attendance is large enough the
concert may be repeated at a later
day
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
THE LOUISE A SUCCESS.
capt. w. T. Gibson Satisfied with
Her Initial Trip to Augusta.

Her Initial Trip to Augusta.
Capt W. T. Gibson, general manager
OF the Southern Transportation Com
pany' is greatly pleased with the trial
ulp OF the steamboat Louise. which
mas Just made her first trip to Angus
Ia The new boat behaved beautiful
~ and she did all that her builders
expected of her.
capt Gibson said the new boat made
an average speed of fifteen miles an
nour coming with the stream, and an
average of twelve miles an hour going
up against it. Returning she made the
UP from Stoney Bluff to Savannah, a
Instance of 1870 miles, in very satisfac-
.ory time. Owing to the power of her
enslnes ana the quick turning of her
Mheeis 1t was found difficult to steer
o ole louise Her steering gear will be
changed before she goes out on an
9tner trip. On the whole her owners,
oolh at savannah and at Augusta,
are pleased with the boat, and believe
sne VIII make an admirable addition
to the line.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Miss Adelaide Vale is the guest of
Mrs. Rountree in Montgomery.
Mr.. C. Sparks left for Montgomery
yesterday via the Plant System.
Mrs. d. ]. Collins left over the South
ern yesterday for Hendersonville.
Mr.. P. w. Trice left via the Seaboard
Air Line yesterday for New York.
Mrs. ]. Pinkussohn left via the
Southern yesterday for Waynesville.
Mrs. L. H. Logan left via the South
ern yesterday for Wilkesboro, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ Conner will leave
via the Southern to-day for New York.
Mr.. L. Adler and family left over
the Plant System yesterday for New
York.
Mr.. Arthur L. Dawson left over the
Seaboard Air Line yesterday for Gal
weston.
Miss Essie Walls has returned from
Augusta after a delightful visit to
friends.
Mr. Gadsden Phillips was a passenger
of the Southern yesterday for Hender-
sonville.
Miss Ethel Hague left yesterday for
a few weeks stay with friends at
Meldrim.
Mr.. H. B. Kirk was among the
Southern's passengers to Philadelphia
yesterday.
Mr.. William G. Walsh left on the
Itasca yesterday for a few weeks
stay North.
Mr.. H S. Meinhardt was a passen-
ger of the Plant System yesterday for
New York.
Mr.. ]. H. McClevy was a passenger
of the Plant System yesterday for
Montgomery.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Tietjens and Mr..
Cochran left for Saluda yesterday, via
the Southern.
Mr. Thomas Casey was a passenger
of the Seaboard Air Line yesterday for
San Francisco.
Mr. G. E. Duncan was a passenger
on the Seaboard Air Line yesterday
for New York.
Mr.. H. R. F. DeLoach left for Fort
Worth, Tex, yesterday over the Sea-
board Air Line.
Miss Agnes Famm is the guest of
Miss Stella Sanders at Bull and For
ty-seeond streets.
MISS f1eien Levy Ol OHdIleSIOH ~
the guest, for the coming week, of
Miss Edith Robinson on CASTOR street,
east.
Miss Myrtle Owen returned from
Charleston last week, where she was
the guest of Mrs. ]. S. B. Myers on
King street.
Mrs. Thomas r. Crawford of Athens
and Mr.. r. ]. Sorrels of Boggs, who
have been the guests of Mr.. A. H.
Lane, have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Mather and Mr..
and Mrs. L. w. Kirkland form a pleas
ant party for Hendersonvile, N. c., TO
spend the rest of the summer.
Miss Mamie Schaupp returned home
last week from Charleston where she
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
l. Cunningham and Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Mel. Martin.
Mrs. A. NJ. Cohen has returned home
from cambridge. after visit of sew
eral weeks with relatives. She was
accompanied home by her nephew,
Master Julian Kivilecki.
Capt. John Flannery left during the
week on a two months visit to the City
of Mexico. where he will join his
daughter, Mrs. r. T. Semmes, of Sa-
vannah. who has been there for some
time.
The friends of Mr.. Houston John
ston will regret to hear that he is i'll
with appendicitis at the Old Dominion
Hospital, in Richmond. His mother,
Mrs. James H. Johnston. is with him
An operation on Mr.. Johnston was to
have been performed yesterday.