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THE U1EHICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1900.
A ROUGH RIDER CAMPAIGN
A VERY WET JUNE
If the Kooseyelt candidacy continues
on the lines upon which it has been f COJIJIISSIOXKR
projected,says tlie Nashville American,
it will disgust a very large number of
people who have heretofore entertain
ed a high opinion for Roosevelt as the
man although they had no sympathy CORN IS JJADLY DAMAGED
for his political opinions* .
“The office of Vice President i* one . jujy tJpened Very Promising For All
of great dignity and importance. Crops-Valuable Pointers to
If the President should die, '
the Vice President becomes Presi-J
dent, possessing more real power than
the Czar of Russia or the Queen of,
i- ii • , . [ month, both for the number oT its rainy
England, more, in fact, than J
STEVEN’S
TALKS OF CHOPS AND
THE WEATHER.
Planters by Commissioner
.j June has been
very remarkable
^The Times-Recorder Is the
Official Org^n ot the Cltv of Ainerlcu?.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Official Organ of Railroad Commission ol
Georgia for the.3d Congressional District.
AKERICUS, GA., JULY 20, 1900.
Roberts has a bard time trying to
convince England that be is constantly
victorious and yet cannot spare a man
io help in China.
Atlanta was without water for ten
hours recently, owing to a break at the
pump bouse, but the Mayor -pulled
through the crisis in fine shape.
While at St. Helena, Napoleon said
“When China is moved it will change
the face of the globe.” The moving
process seems to be now going on.
Mark Hanna is taking lessons from
the Jersoy mosquito in the gouging
process, though it must be admitted
that Mark is already quite proficient in
the art.
She waB truly a wise spinster who
laid that she would rather be laughed
at for not being married than to be un
able to laugh because she Has.- Chica
go News.
Sumter's farmers are solid on the
Bread question this year. The wheat
erpp was abundant, while the corn
will be plentiful as well. The growing
arop is indeed mnguilicent.
The appalling news of the whole
sale butchery of all foreiguors in
Pekin, just confirmed, is most appall
ing. Vongeance, swift u'ul sure, will
be meted out to the yellow devils by
America and the Powers.
SOUTH’S INTEREST IN CHINA
The South’s interest in the present
unhappy condition of allairs in China
ie perhaps greater than that of any
other section of this country. A very
large part of the product of the South’s
cotton mills has been finding u market
in that empire. This trade of the
South with Chinn was growing rapidly
before the beaiuniug of the Boxer
^movement. If the disorders continue
very long Southern mills at least, those
which have been seudiuj* their output
ioChiua -will have to fiud now markets
or shut down until peace is restored
over there.
The banks are refusing to make
advances on shipments to Chinese
portB. The excuse given is that thero
is not sufficient storage room at Shan
ghai and other Chiuene ports, but the
real reason is that they are afraid to
risk anything in that country while
the revolution is in progress.
Tlae policy that the government is
pursuing relative to the troubles in
China is the best for this country that
is possible. Its aim was to avoid a wur
with China anil to protect its officials
at Pekin and all other American
reaideuts throughout the empire. It
seems that the American warships
took no part in the bombardment of
the Taku forts.
Io fact, the American Admiral ad
vised against the bombardment.
It is also the pm post* of this country
to do what it cau to preserve the integ
rity of the Chinese empire and to
maintain the open door policy. The
South expects that its trade with China
will increase very rapidly as soon as
the troubles are over. It wants
chance to compote for trade in the
whole empire. That it would not hav.
If!the empire should be partitioned
among the Powers of Europe or the
opendoor policy should be abandoned.
The South is sending only cotton
goods ana cotton sued products to
China now. It expects to liml there
very big market for the products of its
iron mills. The building of railroads
has begun in the country and it will
not be very long before all sorts ol
manufactured iron goods will be in
demand there. As the South cau pro
duce iron cheaper than it can be pro
duced elsewhere it will naturally find
in China a very great market for its
Iron and steel products.' With the
construction of the Nicaragua canal
and an open door policy in China the
South would be well^on the^way to
great 'prosperity and .wealth.—Sevan*
aah News,
posses
sed by any European monarch, un
less it be that of the anointed William
of Germany, who is responsible to God
uud not the German people for his
acts,
“And yet the w hole trend of Senator
Wolcott’s speech lu formally notifying
Roosevelt of his nomination is that
be was nominated b;canse he is a gal
lant rough rider.
Your name will ever be identified
with the heroic achievements of our
army, aud your warmest friends au<l
most devoted admirers are the gallant
baud of rough riders whom you led to
victory.
•‘This is the keyuote of Wolcott's re
marks. When the American people
come to the point of nominating men
for positions of great trust because
they are dashing army fighters or be
cause for some other reason they havo
caught the popular fancy, the country
is in danger.
‘‘Gen. Grant was “picked” up aud
made President because of his military
prestige, and the country has rued
the day it did it. It w ill probabij- be ad
mitted that Grant accomplished as much
as’ILoosevelt as a soldier. Old soldiers
of the civil war say there were a thous
and unnamed battles in the struggle
where fiuer exhibitions of military
courage were displayed than at San
Juan Hill. Not that Col, Roosevelt
was not a gallant and courageous sol
dier. He was, but take the novel and
picturesque from his brief military
career and little else is left.
The civil, not the military, idea
must prevail in America. We cannot
afford to raise men up who are stu
dents and thinkers and then turn them
aside for the hero of the hour. If the
English would give Lord Salisbury’s
post to Col. Badeu-Powell their ship of
state would soon be water-logged.
“A rough-rider campaign may eittch
the rabble, but it is going to thorough
ly disgust the quiet, respectable, thiuk-
iug people of the country.
McKinley says we have “saved !0,-
OJO.OOO people iu Ae Philippines from
imperialism." The president only
states half the truth—we have saved
them from Spanish imperialism only
to subject them to tho crude but none
the less despotic American article.
Since the amnesty proclamation in
the Philippines tho slaughter of .Fili
pinos has shown a lively rate of in
crease. A few more pacific proclama
tions would serve as cover for a verit
able extermination of the natives,
Iu case the Hon. David Bennett Hill
ever openB a school to teach the art of
declining nominations we desire to
outer the Hon. Theodore Boosovolt for
a scholarship.—Washington Post.
Mr.Stevensou's name does not appear
upon tho roll of the world’s military
heroes, but he has one war-like dis
tinction, He was once known as the
man behind the ax.
Every woman in the country
ought to know about
IME£P’$ SfM
?ho$e who do know about it
wonder how they ever got along
without it. It has robbed child
birth of its terrors for‘ many a
young wife. It has preserved her
girlish figure and saved her much
suffering. It is an external lini
ment and canies with it therefore,
absolutely no danger of upsetting
the system as drugs taken intern
ally are apt to do. It is to be
rubbed into the abdomen to soften
and strengthen the muscles which
are to bear the strain. This means
much less pain. It also prevents
morning sickness and all of the
other discomforts of pregnancy.
A druggist of Macon, Ga., says:
“ I have sold a large quantity of I
Mother's Friend and have never
known an instance where it has
failed to produce the good results
claimed for it.”
A prominent lady of Lam-
berton. Ark., writes:' “With my
first six children I was in labor
from 24'to '30 hours. After using
Mother’s Friend, my seventh was
born in 4 hours."
Get Mother's Fr lend at the drag
•tore, £1.00 i*r bottle.
THE BRtDFIELD REGULATOR CO.
ATLANTA* GA.
Writ* tor ow fr** 111 artrUt* took, "BEFORE BART
days, and for the excessive quantity of
its rainfall, which averaged something
over ten inches. It is true that in June
1SS4, rain fell in about the same quanti
ty, hut not every day. The continuous
downpour of last month caused the far
mers to lose most of the corn planted in
the bottom lands of the rivers aud'ereeks
This area represents in many counties
from one-fourth to one-third of the corn
crop. In some sections, too, a consider
able portion of the upland corn has been
damaged by grass and weeds aud the
unavoidable lack of cultivation. • Hence
the present outlook pomts to a corn crop
reduced considerably below our first ex
pectation.
The cotton reports are far from en
couraging. In the first place, the cold
aud backward spring retarded the early
growth of the plant to such a degree that
in some sections the cotton had aot been
worked out before the June rains set in.
July opened up with a promise of con
tinued rain, but has, fortunately, chang
ed to clear and warm weather. But
June had left the cottou fields green with
grass and weeds that must be cleared
out within the next teu days, if wo would
make a fair crop. Judgment nnd energy
must now bo brought into play. Both
man and beast have had a long rest, en
forced though it was. Now every mo
ment must be utilized to the best advan
tage. If you cannot clean out nil your
crop, work your best lands first. With
ten days of sunshine and judicious work,
from early dawn till late at night, a
mighty change may be wrought, and,
notwithstanding the gloomy outlook, a
fairly good crop of cotton may be made
iu Georgia.
Consider well the plow best suited to
do the most -harm to the grass and weeds,
with the least chance of injuring the
roots of the cotton. Consider whether
it is best to work toward the center of
the middles and cover everything up
there, or work toward the drill. Under
present conditions the former is the
better plan. List on the water furrow,
keeping the bar next to the row all the
time. Run carefully and as shallow as
possible. You cau cover up most of the
grass, which will then, after a few days,
die. Thou work back toward the drills.
The grass that is left among the plants
iiust be pulled out to the middle with
a hoe.
Use the above method only when the
necessities of the situation demands it,
as we prefer the shallow plowing daring
this ruontli.
Extra work must bo done now to make
up for tho time lost iu June. Though
the month of July in ordinary years sees
the growing crops laid by, the fanners
must this year work most of their crops
until the middle of August.
Fornge can now be planted. Peas and
millet cau be sown. Prepare the land
well. It is conceded that the value of
the pen crop, as an improver of the soil,
is not lost when the vines are cut off for
bay. Much plant food may be evolved
by turning under the stubble! Plant
now second crop of Irish potatoes.
THE FRUIT CHOI 1 .
Though the magnificent promise of
tho fruit crop was somewhat discounted
by the Jane rains, farmers can do much
to utilize even tho (lauiaged portion of
the crop. Feed to tho hogs all fallen or
portly rotten and otherwise decayed
fruit. Market os far as possible the
fresh, ripe fruit aud utilize the surplus
by drying or evaporating. Remember
that evaporated fruit commauds higher
prices than the sun-dried. For sun-
drying the best cheap dryer Ls mado by
using a frame of light strips of plank 1
inch thick by 2 inches wide. Let the
frames be fi feet by 3 feet, covered with
white cloth. These frames will cost but
a trifle and are much better every way
thau boards or plauk.
Sweet potato slips set out by the mid
dle of the mouth make good potatoes for
winter and spring use. They also keep
well, and perhaps better than those
planted earlier. Open hole, insert slip,
aud place just enough dirt to cover the
roots, pour in a teacup of water and fill
hole with loose dirt, but don’t press it to
the plant. Then draw the earth up around
them to retain moisture aud keep heat
of enu from the roots.
Rutabagas should he sown this month
iu well prepored soil. Plow and harrow
aud harrow and plow and rake until thf
land is iu fine tilth. The turnip needs
nitrogen, potash anil phosphoric acid.
Plow in a liberal quantity of lot manure
and in planting put in the drills with
the seed a small quantity of commercial
fertilizer. Press the seed in bottom ol
shallow drills aud cover lightly. Plant
up to middle cf August.
O. B. Stevexs,
Commissioner of Agriqplture.
1 T'HIS store is full of the needfuls for summer comfort, and they are offered
1 * below the prices they were made to sell for. This space tells as much
of the story as it can. If Yye have skipped the article you want that is no indi=
cation that it is not here, and the good kind at the lowest price.
Boys Summer Suits at 50c.
That seems like a redicu’ous price. The
pants alone wouid be good bargain
for that amount. Yet these are gocil
and handsomely made suits for boys
from 3 to 8 years old. They are made
of crash, cheviots, linen colored suit
ings, and are well worth up to $1 50,
Now you can take you choice for 50c
On sale Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
A Sale of Umbrellas and Parosols;
This should be a very short sale, the val
ues are so very attractive as to make
improbable any lingers after this week
maybe there will be some here next
week, but don’t depend on it. The
U mbrellas cf pure Twilled Silk of ex
cellent quality.
At 98c. Ladie-s’ and Men's twilled Silk
Umbrellas, natural bandies, worth up
to $1.75.
At $1.19. Ladies’ twilled Silk Umbrellas
in a great variety of fancy handles.
Some of the handles are worth 75c,
and the value of the Umbrellas range
up’to $2 50.
Women’s Summer Skirts.
Fifty well-made Summer Skirts at
98c each. The price is remarkable.
You must get a bargain in the cloth
to buy it alone for that price.
They are made of white and
colored Pique’s; also made of extra
good dress linen, and are worth up to
$2.50. You can buyfthem here for
9Sc. each.
Under Priced Shoes.
There is still abundant opportunity for wo
men to choose from our regalar stock
of low cut shoes and get the best kind
of a bargain. All our low cut shoes
have been reduced to $1.25 a pair.
These are the best shoes tbit the best
makers have produced to sell for jslJj,
$2 25 and $2.50 a pair—a Splendid col
lection at an unusual price—$1.25 a
pair.
Summer 0R§ss Goods.
A Good Offering Repeated.
At 9jc About five hundred yards French
Organdies ;twenty patterns; all new
goods; nothing wrong with them more
than they have outworn their welcome;
reduced from 20c. Lengths of less
than 8 yards, at 5 C * yd.
At lie. About four hundred and fifty yards
Iris Dimities; fourteen patterns re'
mains. They are good values at 18c.
Lengths of less than 8 yards, at 8c yd
At 7-lc. About one thousand yards of
Jaconet Lawns; beautiful line patterns
reduced from 12j4c. Lengths of less
than 10 yards, at 5 C * yd.
At si’e. About seven hundred and fifty
yards prirted Dimities; fifteen different
patterns; regular price 8c. Lengths
of less than 8 yards, at 4jc. yd.
At 8Jc. Fifteen hundred yards Dublin
Dress Linen, twenty patterns, guaran
teed fast colors, reduced from 12£c
Lengths of less than 5 yards, at 5c yd
At 5c. yd. Five hundred yards of tVhite
Pique. They have’nt been in the
house mo;e than thirty days; reduced
from 10c yd, at 5c, yd.
At ioc. yd- Two hundred yards White
Pique, wide wail, reduced from 15c yd
to ioc yd.
The 20c Pique’s are now 12j^c; the 25c
Pique’s are 18c; the 35c Pique’s are
25c; the 45c Pique’s are now 28c.
WAS COMPELLED TO
SHOOT HIS WOUNDED
Horrible Story of the Retreat
of Seymour’s Force.
MEN BEGGED TO BE HILLED
They Preferred Dcutb At tbe Hands
of Their Comrades to Cupturc By tbe
Chinese — Foreign Prisoners Were
Frightfully Tortured By Boxers.
Ties Tsin, July 8, via Shanghai,
July 10.— Ineffectual efforts havo been
made to conceal the horrible fact that
Admiral Seymour was compelled to
shoot bis own wounded during tbe re
cent disastrous retreat of tho Peking ro-
lief expedition.
All the wounded and prisoners who
fell into the bauds of tho Chinese were
frightfully tortured.
The bodies had been cut into pieces.
First tbe oyes had been hacked out;
then the cheeks, arms and legs cat off,
until death ended the sufferings «r the
poor fellows.
When Admiral Seymour, in his re
treat, found himself so hard pressed that
he was unable to longer carry his
wounded with him, he asked them:
“Which do yon prefer, to be If ft to
the mercy of the Chinese or be shot by
your own comrades?”
As Admiral Seymour put tho question
the tears were running down his cheeks.
“We prefer death to torture, shoot us
now that we may die like men,” was
the piteous response of the helpless men.
A firing squad was told off and while
tbs little ullied force stopped and beat
off with gun fire the Chinese hordo that
surrounded It, inside its lines an act of
mercy was performed as tho firing squad
carried oat Its orders.
A few merciful volleys from tbo rifles
in the hands of friends aud the harassed
ex[>cdition was relieved of its burden of
wounded; the fanatical Chinese horde
was cheated of victims for Us torture,
and tho sufferings and fears of the un
fortunates were brought to on end in an
honorable death under their own flag.
Brained With an Ax.
Saxdersville, Ga., July 18.—Charley
Jones was killed at his home near this
place by some unknown party, his head
bfing cut open with an ax. The party
on whom the crime has been saddled is
Forrest Hamilton and his mother, who
is tbt wife of tbe deceased. ~ [
GREAT BRITAIN IN CHINA.
Revolt Means Heavy Loss to Kngllstl
Merchants anil .Manufacturers.
London, July 10.—Robert Verkbcrgh
has been the leader in the house of com
mons, who represents the British view
of the Chinese situation, said:
“The whole foreign trade of China in
1899 was £33,000,000, (8203,000,000) of
which the British empiro hail £31,000,-
000, and the success of the Boxer move
ment practically destroys that interest.
I consider the question of reparation
premature until it has been proved
whether or not this is really a rebellion
for which the Cbineso constituted au
thorities are responsible. ,
"It is impossible to extract pecuniary
recompense from the Chinese govern
ment whose finances already in a
chaotic condition, are being annually
depleted £24,000,000 by corruption.
“It is evidently futile to attempt to
compel tho corrupt mandarins to dis
gorge their wealth, evon if it wore prac,
ticable to fix the individual responsi
bility.
“Great Brituiu wants no territory, only
trade, aud under the new order of tilings
Britain's aim will be to open tbe inter
nal waterways, reduce -the interest du
ties and pay the revenue under the con
trol of honest English or Americon offi
cials.
“The liberality of the viceroys is tho
most gratifying feature of the gloomy
sitnation.
“There are 6,362 British subjects in
China, of whom about 650 were in Pe
king, for wbose relatives, following such
precedents, the British government will
undoubtedly exact final compensation I
on a heavy scale.’’ !
Mr. Verkbergh said he knew that Sir
Clande MacDonald, the British minister
at Peking, had foreseen the possibility
of such tragedy as seems to have oc-'
curred and had In a way pre|»red to
meet it. Sir Claude, said Mr. Verk
bergh, pledgod his wife to shoot her if
it were nocessnry to prevent her from
falling into the hands of the uativos in
the event of ail uprising, and had pro
vided her with a quick poison to bo used
in case of his inability to fulfill his part.
” stotortnen stnue ar Uunaa,
Dallas, July 18.—The motormen and
other union employes of the Dallas Con
solidated Electric Street Railway com
pany are on strike. Cars are running
irregularly, manned by nonunion men.
Friction has existed between the com
pany. and its employee for several weak*.
Death of Colonel Deaumontw !
Denveb, July U.-A-Colonel Samuel
Beaumont, aged 70 years, for a number
of years connected with the freight de
portment of the Denver and Rio Grands
railroad, is dead, from gastritis.
MAKING THE FINAL SURVEY.
Engineers Are Locating the Route of
the North Alabama Road.
Birmingham,‘Ala., July 18.—The final
survey of the North Alabama railroad,
the new line to be built by the Louis
ville aud Nashville Railroad company
from its main line near Phelans, Cull*
man county, down through Blount, Jef
ferson and into Walker county, con
necting with the Ensley Southern
branch of the Southern railway near the
Warrior river, will be completed this
week, after which plans for the imme
diate construction of thb road will be
perfected.
• The two companies have already ar
rived at an understanding with refer
ence to their connection. The line will
be about 80 miles long and will involve
some heavy work, as it will pass through
a rough section.
TO FIGHT THE ASSESSMENT
Uullroud, aud Ollier porporutlous Ap
peal to the Courts.
Raleigh, July 18.—The corporation
commission is engaged hearing excep
tions to its recent assessment of railway
and telegraph property. The Western
Union has filed its exceptions to the as
sessment of 81,000,000 nnd servisl an in-
S ou upon the commission signed by
Simoutou of. tile United States
circuit coart, enjoining it from assessing
that company ovor #600,000 until tin.
mutter is settled iu the courts.
The new assessment increases tlie as
sessment of the Atlantic Coast Une.
Southern and Seaboard Air Lim- t
000,000. These companies have also tin
exceptions. They have cases ix court
which, like the Western Union matter,
are undecided.
Officer Kills a Prisoner.
Asheville, N. C., July 18.—Chief
Politic J. A. Lyerly killed Joe 5Ic ’
Clatchey in the city jail with a pickax
handle. McClatcliey had been placedin
the dungeon because of tbo noise n
mode nnd was breaking out
Lyerly went down. McClatchey uit tn-
chief with a buggy spring twice, where
upon the chief struck McClatchey wit
a pickax handle, crushing his skuU.
300 Chinese Slain.
Shanghai, July 18.—A dispatch from
Tien Tsin, dated July 11, says the CM-
nese attacked tho railway stations tins
morning. The French were
£ ve ground and the Japanese charge
their support. The casualties were-
Japanese, 60 killed, including five om
cen; English and Indians, 20;
80. It is estimated that 800 ChuM*
itefe killed.