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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-19
Getting Busy in indianapolis.

We are little late getting started
at weed cutting this year, as usual,
but then, Of course, it is better late
than neFer.-Indianapolis News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-19
GENERAL OFFICES, III Pine ST.

GENERAL OFFICES, III Pine st.
This company does not insure LII propt
safe and profitable investment to all who can S
It las the same sources of revenue paymel
ance company has. 1t has death osses. Its
4He-Aalf of life insurance. It's field | unlimte
ton are not considered. Dues payabl monthly
You profit and enjoy during life what y save.
Quality between all classes Write TO prospect
Active and reliable agents wante d everywf
ed. Investigation invited and inform alton chez
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-19

The statement made recently that
instead o1 al having been gained"
aE women, they are still struggling
Tor a toothold has just received
hfaetea! illustration in WASHINGTON
city During the last two years for
The first time a woman has been per-
ia1ted to enter the law department
a1 Columbian university in that city
shd prepare for it's degrees.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-19

~ .'1i:.pai Suffrage" IN Massachusetts
Declared to SO a Good Deal CT a
Ffaae-~Votes Tor Women Who Fay
axes
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08

'Twas Central who on your busy
day,
Called, Number, please, to earn
On the board, in numbers small,
The figures fall at anyone's call.
An editor to his phone did rush,
Among his staff there was hush.
Said he, "Will you ring up once more,
For Observation-Disclosures"
"What number did you want, please?'
Replied Central as calmly as sum-
mer seas.
Said he, "I told you twice before
It's Observation-Disclosures
Said Central, and you could hear
her smile,
Hold your phone, please, little
while. -
Five, seven, ten minutes passed along,
And the editor, he said, "D-og- gone. -
Again the bell he wildly rung,
And back again from the sugared
tongue:
"What number are you waiting for?''
The editor responded with roar:
81 want NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
(If only had you here now !''D
Calmly Central's" voice replied:
They're busy now.'
The editor wildly rolled his eye,
And the Devil from the room did fly,
But he only sadly shook his head,
And this is what he weakly said:
"Of all the words of tongue or pen,
The d-dest are, Busy, call again. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
Crop Situation Around Goodwill.

Goodwill, July The first, second
and fourth weeks of June were unus-
ually wet and farmers have had to put
up stiff fight to keep grass from
overrunning crops. Bad as it has been
however, it is not quite as bad as it
was two weeks ago. Cotton is three
to four weeks late ahd some of it five
or six weeks late, but few more clear
hot days will put it in good condition.
There are no blooms yet and not like
ly to be before July 4th. Corn is
still being planted on stubble land,
and if seasons are at all favorable
from now to October, there will be no
western corn sold in this section an
other year. The old corn is all laid
by, and young corn growing nicely.
Peas everywhere, or will be by the
end of the week, make the outlook
more hopeful than for some time.
E. w. D.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
Privateer, Sumter Co., June 80.
Local Weather Record for June.

An unusual amount Of rain fell dur
ing the month of June in and around
Sumter, in fact the fall was over
double the quantity which might be
expected for the season. Rain fell 19
days out of the 80, and nine out of
these was accompanied by electric
storms, and in one instance by hail,
not severe enough, however, to create
injury to the crops. The heaviest fall
was on the 9th inst, amounting to 2.76
inches, and the total for the month
reached Il. .33 inches.
The temperature for the month was
below normal and the average of nights
unusually cool. The mean maximum
S7.S, the mean minimum 64.7. The
highest was "a degrees on the Both,
and the lowest 81 degrees on the 18th.
The greatest daily range was "a degrees
on the 18th.
The month as unit was not at all
favorable for cotton, tobacco or corn,
and should the month Of July prove
dry, the result will be most disastrous
to the farming interests.
F. Prescott Bullock,
Local Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
KATHRYN osTERMAN.
viii! Star Next Session in "B!ss Petit.
Coats

Kathryn Osterman's new play Miss
Petticoats'' is story Of rare fascina-
tion, with rather more than the aver
age of enliyening incident. 1t is the
history of mill girl who becomes a
Countess. The first three acts occur
in New Bedford, Mass, city OF mills,
and the last two in New York, the
city of millions. AS first step lead
ing to her development Agatha Renler
she is the girl of the title-stops q
pair of runaway horses at the risk OF
her life. The team has been purpesely
frightened by Agatha's mill mates,
angry at reduction in wages. Be-
hind the horses rides the woman who
is part owner of the factory. This
is Mrs. Copeland, and she practically
adopts, under the pretense OF employ
ing her as secretary, the girl who has
saved her life and also caught her
hearts fancy.
Manager Ryttenberg has booked
Miss Osterman at the Academy OF
Music for the coming season. She
will appear with her strong supporting
company in only a few cities in this
State, and Sumter theatre goers will be
privileged to enjoy one OF the theatrical
treats of the season.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08

The fact begins to appear that
Tillman is in close place and has
ceased his confident assertions of &C.
ouittal and abandoned his defiant
attitude. The people of South Caro-
lima, diverted from.all political as
poets of the case, are now calmly
considering the act of the accused
man as they would if he were an or
dinary murderer. and the result,
there now appears to be reason to
hope, will be that justice will be
done and the laws Of the State vim
dicated. 1t matters little what the
decision of the court may be on the
question of change of venue, pro-
vided the case be not removed to a
locality of the murderer's own selec-
ton. We believe the temper of the
people of the state is now unquali-
fedly for equal and exact justice,
even though the accused be Till
man.-Chattanooga Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
| GREAT DEBATE IN SUMTER.

ssThe practice of Alien. Immersion is
subversive of Baptist Principles as taught
by the New Testament" is the subject
which will be discussed in the First Bap-
tist Church of Sumter, S. c., by Rev. j. j.
Porter, DID,, of Joplin, Mo-, and Rev. c.
C. Brown, DID,, of Sumter.
The discussion will open at 8 P. M,
Wednesday July 18TH, extend through
Thursday, and probably embrace Friday.
A large number of visitors is expected
to be present, and it is feared that the no.
tells, and Private Bording houses will not
be prepared to accommodate them all.
If such private families as are willing to to
take boarders for that occasion, at $1.0O
a day, will notify Rev. F. NJ. Satterwhite,
No. 15 w. Bartlette ST., of that fact at
once, stating where they live, and how
many boarders they will take, he will
place them in communication with such
visitors as will make their home in priv
ate families.
June 10 22 % l
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08

in the course of his speech in De-
half of murderer Jim Tillman, ask
ing for change Of venue, lawyer
named Buchanan, said to be a judge,
is credited with this language: 1.-The
press is a cowardly institution, and
there is not man in the court room
who does not pay Difference to any
little So a week scFibbler." II the
circumstances warranted the asser-
tion this man has indeed paid a high
tribute TO poorly paid profession,
or put low estimate on the charac-
ter OF those who were in the court
house, including himself. II he was
wrong he has established a reputa-
zion for yeracity second only to the
distinguished criminal he represents.
Ia either case it is deplorable state
of affairs. But the truth is that
Buchanan deviated from the horizon
tai bar OF rectisude in order to pref
udice his hearers and the court. He
did the scuttle-fsh act-muddled the
water in order to keep others from
seeing what bad case he had. But
twill not work. AS sure as a just
God reigns supreme, so sure Will
Jim TilIman be made to pay the
penalty of his crime, unless he buys
the Jury, and we do not believe
enough Lexingtonians can be pur-
chased to acquit him.-Ganney
Ledger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
State Sunday SchooI Convention.

To Pastors, Superintendents and
Teachers:
The 26th annual Convention Of the
South Carolina Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held in the Washington
Street Presbyterian Church of Green
vile, S. C, August25-27. The Executive
Committee recommends that the Coun-
ty Conventions be held either during
July or August and that delegates be
elected to the State Convention. Mrs.
Mary Foster Bryner, known as the
most expert primary teacher in this
country, will attend the Convention,
teach the lessons and make addresses.
We are very fortunate in securing Mrs.
Bryner's services for this meeting.
Prominent speakers of all denomina-
tions will take part. Programs will
be issued later.
Let all of our Christian people en-
courage by presence as by sympathy
this important gathering, that great
good may come to the cause we all
love so much. W. E. Pelham,
Chairman State Executive Committee.
County papers, please copy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
A Fool OF Himself.

When we consider that Judge
Buchanan was for a long time prac-
ticing attorney, that he was once a
presiding judge and that he ran for
various offices in South Carolina.
during the campaign meetings and
talking with a good many intelligent
men, it is hard to conceive of how he
can, in common parlance, make
such a fool of himself as he did be-
fore thu court in Columbia the other
day. Of course, he is worried, and
this in part excuses him, but still,
to employ our figure of speech again,
he did make such an awful fool OF
himself.-Spartanburg Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
PROF. S. H. EDMUNDs.
Warm Words Of Praise for the Able
Young Educator.

To the Editor of the State:
The selection of Prof. S. II. Ed
munds as president Of the State
Teachers association was a merited
compliment to one of the best young
educators of South Carolina.
Prof. Edmunds is young man, full
of energy and thoroughly devoted to
his nigh calling. For several years he
has been uperintendent of the Sum
ter Graded Schools, which he has
managed most successfully. Having
been a frequent visitor at the white
Graded School, We have had excellent
opportunities to observe Prof. Ed
munds' work and we have beer struck
with the marked affection and re-
spect the pupils have for him.
We confidently expect yet to see
Prof. Edmunds president of some lead
ing southern college.
Mcdonald Furman.
Privateer, Sumter Co., June 80.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08

It's pity for some of the parties
interested that Mr.. Ossy Buchanan
could not be Judge instead OF attor-
ney in the case of the State VS.. J. II.
Tillman. The supreme court once
said of one of Ossy's rulings, How
the court below could so f1nd with
out one particle of evidence to sus-
tain that finding is beyond our conf
prehension.' With recommends
tion like this, Ossy would suit the
occasion splendidly. In his own inn
mortal words, slightly paraphrased,
ssBy grabs, I'd make the most OF 1t. .
-Yorkviile Enquirer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
MAGNOLIA NEWS BUDGET.
Crop Prospects and Other Matters Noted
by Our Correspondent.

Magnolia, July 2.-The outlook for
an average corn crop, in this section,
is by no means encouraging, though
there is some improvement in this
crop. On some farms [ notice rapid
improvement in the cotton crop, while
on Others where the land is sandy or
rolling, there is very little to en-
courage the belief that more than
half of an average crop will be
made.
With the harvesting of the oat crop,
which was much better than anyone
had any idea it would be, the vet
spell opened up, which greatly dam
aged the oats before they could be
housed. a very small per cent. OF
this crop was saved in first class
condition.
We have had nearly three weeks Of
fine weather for farm work, and the
farmers are making good use of it.
Willing laborers are growing scarce,
and, as general thing, contrary.
Another year it may be quite differ
ent. This little lien business is, in
fact, responsible for it.
A warrant was issued by the magis-
trate here, ten days ago, for the ap-
prehension of one Singleton, colored,
for attempting to and nearly taking
the life of one Simon Davis, colored,
by striking him a heavy blow with a
handstick. Singleton is hiding out.
= Very little business will be done
here on the 4th instant, and that day
will be more generally observed as a
holiday. Nearly all the stores will be
closed in this place. [ hear of no
special amusements in this neighbor-
hood.
How few, comparatively speaking,
will know or care for the event which
we are celebrating on that day. Ask
numbers why they celebrate that day,
and they will answer readily, s'Cause
it's the 4th of july and this is all
they know.
Nh. Henry Hickson, after several
days visit to his father, Nj. j. A.
Hickson, has returned to Lake City.
Hon. Thos. G.. Mcleod, now of
Bishop7ille, spent several days here
recently, returning to his home yes
terday.
The W. j. Mcleod Co. is repainting
their store in this place, which will
much improve its looks. This firm is
also building a large warehouse in
rear of their store.
Drs. Darby and Tenant report all
their patients as doing well.
The pupils Of our Graded School
after several months close application
seem to be enjoying vacation.
Messrs. Gordon Griffin, yno. I.
Mcintosh, Jr. and Ernest Mcintosh
will 60 to the mountains the middle OF
this month.
= Our railroad agent, Mr.. House, and
wife will leave for North Caralina on
four weeks stay in a day or two. We
wish them a pleasant trip and q safe
return.
Col. J. A. Rhame will spend the
Fourth in Columbia, he states.
The tobacco warehouses in Tim
monsville will not be opened until the
lst of August, which is disappointing
and mountaineering to those of our
tobacco growers who need the money
to aid them through. The trick seems
very apparent.
Several of our farmers around here
are smiling (?l over their dwarf or
g bantom" cotton, but are afraid they
will loose the seed, as the plant is ex-
ceedingly delicate and Of yellowish
or reddish tinge-really very pretty.
The bumblebees had better call
convention in time to make other ar
rangements-for-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
pAMNATloN FROM DEAss
STATE Republican Leader Discusses Roose-
veis.s Admintssratlon-sie Declares It
the Dirsiess and Rosteness that Ever

Was.
CHARLESTON, S. c., June 29.-E.
Ideas, the leading negro repubii-
can Of South Carolina, has prepared
for publication vicious attack upon
President Roosevels's admlnistra-
tien of party affairs in this State.
Just after the Ohio convention was
held Deas, by request, arraigned the
national republican administrator q
! in The New York World. He said,
among other things, that it was the
dirtiest and rotteness administration
that has ever disgraced this section,
and the statement that he has just
given out for publication is put forth
With 8 view Of substantiating this
charge.
In ii Deas attacks with great bit
Serness United States District Ateor-
uey John CT. Capers and Collector OF
Internal Revenue Micah jenkins.
Both Of these men were formerly
democrats and were appointed to
Office as. republicans. Capers bolted
BRYAN and stumped for Mckinley,
while Jenkins was a major under
Roeseyelt Ia theS Rough Riders.
Capsrs is son Of Bishop Ellison
Caners. OF South Carolina, and Jen-
kins is q son Of the Confederate gen.
eral of the same name. Deas charges
shat Capers was present at the lynch
ING OF Thompson and Preston, at
CASTOR, July so, 1893, and that ne
was indicted for pension fraud IN the
same wear busthe matter was drop
ped for some reason never explained ;
that he was not 8 resldent OF the
State when appointed United States
district attorney ,of South Carolina;
tiaat he swore he voted for Mckln-
lev and yet the records OF the town
*of Maryland, in which he resided,
fail to show any such record.
OF jenkins, Deas says he is such a
personal favorite of President Roose-
Welt that is is impossible to get an
investigation OF charges against hlm
and his slsyarsm eat. When such
charges have beer preferred, Deas
saws. they are referred to jenkins
himself, ne reports fayofaDly TO hinl-
self and the matter is dropped.
The statement made by Deas IS a
long one and is replese With the
most violent ntslanguage, denunciatory
of Roosevelt, Capers, jenkins and
the republican administration OF
affairs In South Carolina. Deas was
formerly national republican com.
naitteemail from the State. and is
now chairman of the ssblaek-and-
ssan.s sorgailization, He was a candl-
date forcollector oil internalrevenue,
and is populariy styled by his ad-
herents as Is Deas, the Duke OF Oar
iington.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
eRum ADVOCATES LyNeH'NG.
The cosored Collector of Charleston
Srsafes Sensation IN Chicago.

a special dispatch from Chicago
TO the Atlanta Constitution says:
stCollector w. D. Crum. of Char
lesion, S. c., has shocked his fellow
negroes by advocating lynching. At
meeting tonight he said:
sLynchings savor OF the barbarism
of the dark ages, but we must think
Of the crimes that provoke them.
These crimes are SO atrocions that
sse punishment is too severe for
chem.
sLynching is not.a q race problem, !"
said Dr.. Crum.. There is no north
sor south. but the form Of unlawful
punishment is generally all over the
country. The most horrible lynch
ing which ever took place in this
country, occurred ia Delaware only
afeWs days ago. Such punishments
saYor OF the barbarisms of the dark
ages, bat we must consider the
crimes that provoke e.lem. They
are so arocious that no punishment
is TOO severe.
..Too many persons denonnce
SlVnehings without considering their
canse. If the law was quick and
decisive there would be fewer lynch
ings.
the horrible wretches who commit
the crinaes-not by killing them, but
By teaching them better"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08

Gfeenville. June 3O-In an election
here today the question of bond is
sue of $4,000 for improvements OF city
school facilities was a success by a vote
of 371 to "a. A handsome new build
ing will be erected and repairs made
on the present buildings.
In Texas the other day man
named Whele married q Miss Bar
row, and the editor of the local paper
had no more sense of the fitness Of
things than to print his account OF
the wedding under the head OF
Whele-Barrow.' The Free Lance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08

The wife of a Wichita, Kas.. man
makes him wear tucks in his night
gown, trimmed with pink rlDDon. SO
>Shat the baby won't know the dlffeI-
ace when he walks the floor with it
Night. Ain'tit shame?-Augus-
seraId.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
THE PAY OF SOLDIERS.
How the Militia VIII be Paid During En-
campment-prlvates TO Receive 43
Cents Day, and Brieadier Gen
erals Sl5.2e-pay for Five
Days.

The militia of the State is greatly
interested in the pay they will re-
celve during the encampment OF
July and August. AS has been
stated, the officers and men will be
paid for five days, and in addition
be provided with food and shelter,
or receive a ration allowance, dur
ing that time, and mileage. The fol-
lowing is the scale Of pay for each
6ov.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
Two Hundred Dead.

Hanna, Wyo., July 2-of the 234
men entombed by the mine explosion
on Tuesday the bodies of only tive
have been recovered and all hope that
any others arc alive has been abandon
ed. Fire and smoke are preventing
exploration of the lower workings and
it is feared that many if not all the
bodies now in the mine will be con-
sumed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
Good Roads conyensson, july 25sh. 1908

-, 4 49,
The above Convention will meet
az Sumter OH above date at IL
O'Clock in the forenoon. The citi-
.zens Of this and adjoining counties,
and the public at large are respect
fully invited TO ATTEND. The desire
is to arouse the people as q whole
co the great necessity for, and oene-
ht arising from having good roads
and highways all over our county.
Respectfully,
VIM. H. Scale, County Supervisor,
r. I. Manning,
Richd. D. Lee,
DR.. A. J. China,
DR.. Waiter Cheyne,
@ II. Frank Wilson,
Altamont Moses,
A. B. Stuckey.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
Land Surveying

Capital stock paid il, $4,000 90
Undivided surplus, $1,000 90
Individual liability of stockhold-
ers in excess Of their stock, $4,000 90
Transacts general banking business;
also has a Saving Bank Department. De-
posts of 81 and upward received. Inter
est allowed at the rate of per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.
r. I. MANNING, ". F. RHAME,
Vice-President. Cashier.
Jan. 81.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08
A FORGOTTEN POET.

For The Item.
In searching for information in re-
gard to little matter of history, l
came across the enclosed lines, which
impressed me as being so beautiful
that / showed them to few friends,
one of whom asked me to have them
published by our local press.
The authorship of these lines is at
tributed to Charles Clinton; born in
ireland 1890, emigrated to America
1929; settled first in Massachusetts
and afterwards moved to New York,
in which State he died in l773 in the
SD year of his age-when Robert
Burns was yet a boy, and probably
before Mary in Heaven'' was ever
dreamed of.
l do not find Charles Clinton's name
even mentioned in any history of
American literature to which / have
had access; but the biographer of De
Witt Clinton, in his sketch Of the
Clinton Family, tells that "He some
times also courted the muses., - and
gives US the following quotation from
De Wits "Common- -place-Book. +"
(S60 CampDSll dilS VI ~. w. VI, P'
xiii:
LINES.
''Written by my Grandfather
Charles Clinton, and spoken over the
grave of dear departed sister, who
had often nursed and taken care OF
him in his younger days. y
Oh canst' thou know, thou dear de-
parted shade,
The mighty sorrows that my soul in
wade;
Whilst o'er thy mouldering frame I
mourning stand,
And view thy grave far fromI.thy ma
tive land?
With thee my tender years were early
trained,
Oft have thy friendly arms my weight
sustained;
And when with childish fears or pains
oppressed,
You With soft music lull'd my soul to
rest.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-08

The chief musician in drum corps
receives 81 per day and the other
members according to their rank,
which is the same as in the infantry
and cavalry.