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?l)c lU?tcI)mt\n ani) ?outl)roiu THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 185?. "Be Just and Fear not--Let allCthe Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Z?tablisiied jane, 1366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1894. New Series-Vol. XIII. No. 39. Cte ISattljra w? Jbn?ljim . Published ggars Wednesdays -BY KT. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-io advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.......$1*00 Every subsequent insertion..... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. THE SUMTER INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN. Despite the stringency of the times, the Institute has had a fairly prosper? ous year. With tts foll corps of effi? cient teachers and high standard of scholarship, it offers advantages for educating your ladies, equal to aoy col? lege for women in this State. We in? tend that it shall grow in efficiency as it. grows in years, and thus command the continued favor of its patrons, and commend itself to the favor of all who hare daughters to educate. For terms and catalogues apply to I H. FRANK WILSON, President, March 21 Sumter, S. C. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BASK OF SUMTER STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SU SITE Li, S. C. Paid op Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund . . . . . . 12,500 00 Liabilities of Stockholders -io depositors acccording to the law governing National Banks, in excess of their stock . . $75,000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business, Careful attention given to collection?. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January. April, Joly and October. R. M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON, President. Aug 7. Cashier. NEW ~ MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE H AYR FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing ipeits, Mles, Etc, And doing a Geoeral Business in that lise. A complete workshop bas oeen ??ted op on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to ns. Satis action guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jane 16. JOS. F. RHAME. WM. C. DAVIS. RHAME & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. Attend to business in any part of the State Practice in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21-x._ Qt. W. DICK, D. D. ST Office over Levi Bros.' Store, ENTRANCE OS MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1 ; 2.30 to 5.30. DR, I MU SOLOMONS, DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN k BROWN'S STORE, Entrance on Main Street Between Brown k Brown and Durant k Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2 A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y., LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb. 12 18907 "1894. A. C. PHELPS & CO., General Insurance Apis, Sumter, ?. C. Fire, Life, Accident, Steam Boiler, Plate Glass, Bonds of Surety for persons in posi? tions of trust, and Liability Insurance in every branch, written in the very best Amer? ican and Foreign Companies. Over sixty-five millions cf capiial repre? sented. Office at Messrs. J. Rytteoberg & Sons, 2d Floor, Front. Mch 14-0 Farley on the Situation. The following interview wit? Gen. Hugh Farley is taken from the Green? ville Mountaineer ; "General, it seems that some of the newspapers are trying to make it ap? pear that there was antagonism between yourself and Governor Tillman, with reference to the conduct of affairs at Darlington and Florence during the recent troubles. Would you object to giving the true inwardness of the whole matter ?" "OD the contrary, I am anxious that the matter shall be put perfectly right, out of justice to both Governor Tillman and myself. Let us at least attempt to be fair to Governor Tillman, because there is so much partizanship and mis? representation at this time that every occurrence is made use of for some one or other political purpose. From the beginning of this trouble there was au attempt made to make me say thing* that I did not say. For instance, that I bad said and telegraphed to Governor Tillman from Darlington soon after my arrival that there was no insurrection, no need for martial law and no use for troops, which I did not say at all. I am too old and experienced an officer to be guilty of tbe presumption of volunteering my opinions to my superior coleas asked for them. ?ny one read? ing my report will see that Governor Tillman simply instructed mc to keep him advised as to the true situation, and it will also be seen that these instructions were strictly complied with. Knowiog my duty I kept my mouth closed and awaited orders, giving no information to any one. If Governor Tillman had asked my advice in regard to such matters I would have given it frankly and cordially, but I was only told to remain at Darlington and take command of ?any troops, that might be ordered to that point. When I received the information that troops were on their way, I communicated that fact to the mayor and citizens of Darlington, as I was instructed to do by the Governor's telegram, and then took steps to secure a proper and orderly reception of General Rich bou rg's command. I have never intended to give public expres? sion to my opinion as to the necessity of sending troops to Darlington, because it is- not consistent with my position as Adjutant General to critcise the actions of my superior officer, the chief execu? tive of the State. I deemed it quite sufficient to keep him posted as to the situation so that be could exercise bis own discretion, because the responsi? bility rested upen him. Since it has been made lo appear, however, that I did these things, and since I am re? lieved from the official obligation of keeping silent, out of justice to both Governor Tillman and myself, I do not hesitate to say what would have been my advice if he had sought it. "Whets the riot occurred ia Darling? ton, the information received by the Governor was necessarily meagre, and during the riot there was of course a total suspension of all law. If the troops in Colombia had been allowed to obey orders, ? am satisfied that the power of the civil law would been restored within twenty-four or thirty hours. While ? found peace and quiet in the town of Darlington, it was the calm after the storm. I do not hesitate to say that some military force, in addition to the local militia, was necessary for the restoration of the status existing prior to the outbreak. Governor Tillman may have beeo mis? taken as to the exact measures or amount of force necessary to restore the statu"., but I do not think that any '^partial observer would blame him for taking ample steps to bring the com? munity back to its normal condition. Indeed, after we had been thwarted in our first efforts to secure troops, he could uot relinquish his purpose of restoring order without sacrificing the dignity of the State and apparently surrendering the prerogatives of ?is office. Any other course would have made it appear to the outside world that his bands were tied and bis official power was paralyzed, and the moral effect would have been irremediable. The fact that Constable McLendon had to be taken from the jail and carried to a place of safety in order to escape lynching, (much to the relief of the good citizens of Darlington, as I happen to know,) is conclusive evidence that the civil law was not deemed sufficient to control the situation. Without sufficient force the investigations that were necessary in Darlington, more particularly the inquest, which was and ought to have been held, could not have been ajade with safety, because it was imperatively necessary that the con? stables should be present to testify. The necessity was not so great at Flor? ence, but the presence of the troops at either or both places did no harm, and gave assurance to the world that South Carolina was capable of restoring order and maintaining peace within its own borders." "Was there any clash between your? self and the Governor, and are there any differences betwixt you?" "There are no personal differences except of political opinion on some minor matters. I see that strenuous efforts are being made to create such an impression by putting a forced con struc?ion upon the telegram which pass? ed in regard to my course at Florence. The matter was very easily explained and settled between us. and it ought to be clear from my report that there was a misapprehension on his part as to the course I was pursuing. This is evideat, too, from the marked contrast of his last telegram to me with those which preceded, io which he cautions roe to soothe rather than aggravate the situation, ace with vigor where [ thought it was safe, and entrusted everything to my own discretion in accordance with his general orders." "General, would you raiod saying what you think as to the riot being accidental or did it have a political bearing ?" "The personal fight or beginning was purely accidental, but the riot which followed it arose out of the ex? citement produced by the enforcement of. the dispensary law. The public mind was evidently in an inflammable state, or the thing would have been impossible." '.Is there anything of political signi? ficance in the response made by the people and a part of the militia after Colombia and Charleston has refused to obey ?" "Of course, there are always some partisans on such occasions, but a large majority of those who responded and of those who were ready to respond were influenced by a patriotic purpose to restore good order, support the existing laws of the State, and to pre? vent the overthrow of the constituted authorities of the State, it would oot do to ascribe their conduct to a desire for the promotion of the r'litical ends of any faction or to the endorsement of any special law. They bad ? higher aims and purposes in their support of the State government.*' 44Is the danger over, and will there be any further trouble arising from the execution of the dispensary law ? Or what is the real cause of the present agitation in South Carolina ?" "I have said as much as I intended, but since'you ask the question will add that I fear it is not, unless the methods of enforcing the dispensary law are very carefully handled. As to the real caase of the trouble, I would say it is money, money, money, instead of liquor, liquor, liquor It is the profit feature of the law which will eventually have to go. One hundred per cent is too great a temptation for the average 'blind tiger' to resist, even though he may risk his life in yielding to it. Besides, the 'tiger1 is blind to any moral wrong on his part in selling liquor for profit when he sees the State engaged in the same business. Legalizing it in his mind does not change the moral aspect. Kill thc profit feature and yon kill the blind tiger. Let the profits remain in the pockets of the people, which is the best treasury the State can have. The remedy would seem to be a modification and simplification of the law, by the abolishment of the State dispensary, the substitution of asimple purchasing and auditing agent, relegating control of the local dispensaries to the counties and boldiog the right of local option invio? lable." "General, is there anything to be specially dreaded io the coming cam? paign ?" "Weil, yon know that I sounded a note of warning in my 'Christmas Reflections* of last year, when I appeal? ed to all parties for greater moderation in political action and discussion. That warning has since been repeated by me, and I must confess that I look with great anxiety to tho immediate future. I see no real cause for conflict if the right spirit prevailed in the State, because all of the reforms wc have advocated are accomplished facts and dead issues. The dispensary law is not a reform measure of itself, nor has it been adopted by the Reform party. It must be made one before they feel bound hy it. Outside of the desire for office, the dispensary seems to be the sole cause of dissension. I know our people that, they are brave and fearless, and they are not even afraid of each other. We may well ask the ques? tion, if this is the beginning of the campaign, what wiil be the end of it? Surely we can come down to the discus? sion of so small a matter in a dispas? sionate way, and it behooves every right thinking citizen of either faction to consider well the abyss that lies before us. If this excitement is allow? ed to increase, there is great danger that South Carolina will soon become an armed camp of doubting, hating dis? trustful factions which at any moment may be brought into bloody, riotous conflict. The result would be doubtful, and no one would bo benfited, while the masses of our people would have only ruin and desolation staring them in the face, and the United States government alone could restore peace aod good order Much will depend upon the courage and self-control of thc moderate mcu in both factions. They are the only hope of the State io such an emergency. They are largely in the niaj'irity, and their highest interest and patriotism demand that they control thc situatiou." The Southern Baptist Convention this year will be held at Dallas, Texas, May 11th to 15th. Democrats, Do Your Duty ! The President of the National Leagu of Democratic Clubs Urge% You Action-Wade Hampton Colls Yo - Organize ! To the Editor of The State : The following letter was addressed t me recently by the Hon. Caancey F Black, the presideot of the "Nationa Association of Democratic Clubs,7' am as it is so forcible a plea for the organ ization of these clubs throughout th country, I deem its publication impor tant. As vice president of the Icagui for South Carolina, it is my duty to re spond to the call of the president, am as my views on the subject he has s< j ably presented, are in full accord wit! his, that duty becomes in this case ? pleasure. In my judgment if there ever was : time when the great Democratic part' depended for its permanence, its ver existence, on the unity of its members it is now, when false creeds and fa,si prophets threateo to destroy it. Thi; I regard as eminently the case in Soutl Carolina, where many of our trues men have been led astray by the pro mulgation of political heresies, claimec by their advocates to be true "Jeffer sonian Democratic principles " The vast majority of the whites it South Carolina are at heart staunet and loyal Democrats, and they woulc not knowingly imperil their party, sc when warned as they are in sa 3t stroog and truthful language by one 0 the ablest leaders of the Democracy as Governor Black has always been, 0 the dangers threatening the party. 1 have faith that they will rally to thc support of the only party which prom ises peace, prosperity and protection tc the South. My function as vice president of th* National League is to present to thc people of South Carolin^ the views anc wishes of the President. If they are it accord with him as to the dangen ahead of us, and the vital importance of prompt action in order to avoic them, 1 shall gladly give all aid in rn] power to the formation of Democratic clubs. I therefore urge all Democrats wb( stand on the natiooal platform to or? ganize promptly these clubs, ic whict every true Democrat will be eligible ai a member. WADE HAMPTON, Vice President, National Association 0 Democratic Clubs. Gov. BLACK'S LETTER. YORK, Pa., March 1, 1894. My Dear Sir: At the recent meeting of the executive committee of the Na? tional Association of Democratic Clubs, at which, you were good enough to ap? pear as vice president for South Caro? lina, it was resolved to putb the organ? ization of Democratic societies through? out the Union, with all the energy al our command. We believe that this is especially nee essary in the South, not only for thc reasons heretofore given publicly bj you, and personally to the committee, but for similar reasons advanced by many distinguished leaders of the De mocracy in that section. The really great interests of the South, that is to say, unhindered by auy intermeddling central power at Washington, freedom of elections and the development of her vast agricultural possibilities, unvexed by adverse and oppressive Federal tax? ation, depend entirely, it appears to me upon the continuance of the Dem? ocratic party in national power, and that, again, upon the intimate and cor? dial association of the Democracy in Southern States with the Democracy North and West. We should koow but a single platform of principles and we should be animated by but a single purpose. Our interests are not diver gent, but complementary. Whatever injures you, injures us, whether the?in juries be to your liberties, as citizens of our common country, or to your com? merce, or to your agriculture, or to any other industry. But unfortunately Southern Democrats, since reconstruc? tion, forgetting to some extent the hid? eous perils they had passed, and rely? ing upon their great natural majorities, have, in some places, neglected their organization, allowing strange heresies to arise and fatal divisions to threaten the party. I am not intending to say that this is peculiar to the South. It is too frequent elsewhere. Is there a remedy ? It seem to me plain. With the sagacity of aa expe? rienced and enlightened statesman, you have very clearly pointed it out, and so have many other devoted Southern men. You need to maintain the closest political relations with your Democratic brethren in thc Union. You want to embody your people upon distinct Dem? ocratic principles in a distinct Dem eratic organization, which cuibraces the entire country, and moves with a common impulse. Heretofore we have met only ic the natioual campaigns, ! but there our relations cease. There is no further inter-communication. But a system of Democratic societies, em? bracing the whole Union, active every year, and all the year, uniting the great multitude of primary societies in State and national associations, io constant fraternal correspondence and in warm? est sympathetic touch one with an? other, is, it seems to me, the ideal prac? tical relationship which should prevail between us. Such an organization is presented by the National Association of Democratic Club?. Its principles are thus formulated in the second article of its Constitution : The objects of this association are as follows : To foster the formation of permanent Democratic clubs and societies through? out the United States, and insure their active co-operation io disseminating Jeffersonian principles of government. To preserve the Constitution of the United States, the autonomy of the States, local self government, and free doni of elections To resist revolutionary changes and the centralization of power. To oppose imposition of taxes be? yond the necessities of government economically administered. To promote economy in all branches of the public service. To oppose unnecessary commercial restrictions for the benefit Of the few at rhe expense of the many. To oppose class legislation, which de? spoils labor and builds up monopoly. To maintain inviolate, the fundamen? tal principles of Democracy-"Equality before the law." To co-operate with the regular organ? ization of the Democratic party in sup? port of Democratic ineu and Demo? cratic measures. Thes3 propositions embody only in? disputable Democratic doctrines. They are in general terms, the faith of the founders of the party, and all true Democrats of this, as of preceding gen? erations. That statement of them was not only adopted by the first national convention of Democratic clubs at Bal? timore in 1888, aod readopted by the second national convention at New York io 1892, but it has been formally adopted by maoy State Democratic so? cieties from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and by thousands of primary societies, members of the State societies, and of the National Association. Can you sup? pose a more perfect guarantee of futc.re harmony upon sound principles than such a mighty brotherhood of Demo? crats, North, South, East, and West, ready to encourage and defend the party, in whatever section assailed? Such an organization, holding to the letter of the Constitution and the strict construction commandments of our fathers, as the indispensable conditions of the continuance of our republican in? stigations, would, in a very few years, make this country permanently Demo? cratic, and in the meantime, it would, if generally adopted in the Southern States, secure them against the tem? porary inroads of third parties pro? voked bp momentary ills, and propos? ing, invariably, undemocratic and un? constitutional measures of relief. If, in addition, your people will re? member, that the Democratic society was the original organization of the entire Democratic party ; that it was only by means of Democratic socie? ties that Democrats addressed each other, or the world, in the earliest days of the republic ; that it was the expedi? ent of Jefferson and his compeers; that indeed, the popular club bas ever been the most efficient engine of popular agitation ; that the thunders of the Dem? ocratic societies of the Soath were heard from end to end of the laud in the Erst struggle between Democracy and Federalism, and that the societies of Virginia and South Carolina were specially conspicuous in those times, when the everlasting foundations of our deathless party were laid, they will accept the proposition tc institute them anew with the greater alacrity. I suggest that you consider this sub? ject, at your earliest convenience, and that you ask, in the way you deem best, the co-operatino of the Democrats of South Carolina in the institution of a system of Democratic societies, which shall embrace every election district in your State. Each of them should be enrolled with the National Association, Lawrence Gardner, secretary, Wash? ington. D C., and at the proper time, you will doubtless consider it advisable to call a State convention of deputies from the several societies to form the Democratic society of South Carolina. I remain with great respect, very truly yours, CHAUNCEY F. BLACK. Hon. Wade Hampton. For Over Fifty Years. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP bas been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diar? rhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Highest of all in Leavening Po^ ABSOLU Hard on "Monterey." Prof. H. C. White of Athens. Ga , has, at the request of the chief of police of that city analyzed a sample of "Monterey" and, in a letter, gave his conclusions as follows : Dear Sir : "I find the sample of I 'Monterey' handed me by you yester ! day to be an alcoholic liquor contain? ing 26.40 alcohol sweetened with sugar and caramel, of which the liquor contains 8 10 per cent, of its weight and flavored with a small quanity of the oil of bitter almonds, probably the artificial oil adulterated with nitr benzine, small quanities of this latter substaoce being detected. This is an alcoholic intoxicating I liquor. The flavoring matter which is evi? dently intended to mask by its own powerful odor, the odf r of the alcohol, is a dangerous and poisonous substance. Very truly yours, H. C. WHITE. ?II ll - II Port Royal's Record. AUGUSTA, April 17.-A represen? tative delegation of merchants and manufacturers from Atlanta and Augusta spent to-day at Port Royal inspecting the wharves, warehouses and loading vessels The direct trade movement* between Port Royal and Liverpool may be said to be fairly and safely inaugurated. The Mexican, which will sail for Liverpool Monday, is the twelfth ship, and the cargo for the next, which will sai! ten days later, is already here. Eighty-one thousand bales of cotton, besides train loads of corn and flour, and thousands of tons of phosphate rock, have been hauled. To-.day's visit of merchants and mill men was in the ioterst of providing cargoes of grain, meat, cotton goods and merchandise during the summer months till the beginning of the next . cotton season Gov. Tillman will never realize to what extent he is indebted to Gen, H. L. Farley for a proper, manly digni? fied settlement of the Darlington trouble. Gen Farley was not able to prevent the reckless display of bluster and waste of money in massing troops upon a community as quiet as the grave, but he did all in his power towards that end. And by bis firm but manly course io Darlington and Florence General Farley has won the esteem and respect of every true patriot in the state. Blood will tell, and in times, of real dauger the old soldier who has seen ac? tive service and did not then shirk his duty, may be depended upon. They are the men for emergencies.-Spartan burg Herald. ----??- - Governor Tillman lives and thrives upon a policy which continually keeps up bitterness, division and dissension between the white people of this State, and he bas shrewdness ta know this. Realizing this, says one of our exchanges, it looks like bis whole purpose since has has gone into office has been to get hold of something to enrage his political opponents and instill prejudice into his own friends? His several speeches to the militia were not calculated to restore peace and good feeling amoog the people.-Georgetown Times. Governor Tillman's rushing the spies through to Darlington on a special train, and a cornoner's inquest at night behind closed doors was the height of absurdity. He has deservedly won the ridicule of the country for his comical exhibition of timidity. His releasing the spies, bloody-banded, without the issue of bond is an insult to law and aa insult to the people of Darlington, stictly in a line with bis previous acts that roused the people to take the lair io their own hands If there is out? lawry in the state, if is nearer to Gov? ernor Tillman's home than Darlington. -Florence Times. We need not say that The State .fully and cordially endorses the views of Gen. Hampton and Gov. Black, and with theoi urges the immediate organ? ization of clubs under the call of the former. To the clubs thus formed Tillmanif.es and Conservatives, Cleve? land and anti-Cleveland men, Ailiance men and non-Alliaocemen will be admitted, provided only that they pledge loyalty to the Democratic prin? ciples as well as name, and take the platform of the national Democracy as their guide, with the resolution to hold this old State to the only doctrines and the only allies having power to aid her. -The State. iver.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking? Pomler issy PURE