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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27. The Sumter Watchman was fonud* # i? 1850 and the True Southron in 186 JLVj Watchman and Southron new b th* combined circulation and influe? of both of tbe 'o?d papers, and is ?ac featly tbe fees* advertising medium Sumter. EDITORIAL ITEMS. Justice Stanley Matthews of tl United States Supreme Court is dea< sod was buried is Cincinnati ott Tue day. He was a relict of the Hay administration which can be east spared from our museum of politic curiosities at Washington. He was bad mao, sod. while we cao not rejoit at the death of any man, we fee! tb; Mr. Matthews' removal acts as a di infectant of the Supreme Court. We know very little about jello fever in this country. Tbe inhabitant at Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazi ure dying off at the rate of 2,000 month in a city of 300,000, large! depleted by the Sight of every on able to take refoge in the highland.? The official return? of death from yel low fever from the commencement c the year sum up 15,000 victims froz that form of fever alone, sod mortalit from other types is unusually great. Kansas City, Kansas, a city of 40, 000 people just over the line from Kan sas City, Mo., has long been noted ai place of refuge for gamblers and fo open defiance of the prohibition law Anew Commonwealth's Attorney, ha gone to work, however, and literally cleaned out the town. Kvery gambling room is closed and forty liquor dealen are io jail. Many have been convicted The law in Kansas provides ?2.00( fine and thirty days in jail for each sah of liquor, and several men have beet convicted on twenty counts apiece. Arrangements were completed last Saturday by which the sale of Bartholo way, Rochester and Genesee breweries will be effected. The new company is the Bartholoway Brewing Co. (limited.) An English syndicate pay nearly ?4, 000,000 for these breweries. Negotia? tions have been going on for some time, looking to tho purchase, by English capitalists, of all the brewery plants in this country. England is glutted with money and percentage, is there about one third what is demanded here. Hence the disposition to invest in American property. Aa election was held on Friday in the Gorton division of Lancashire to fill a seat in the House of Commons made vacant by the death of Robert Peacock, Liberal. The election was hotly con? tested, and a largely increased vote was brought ont on both sides. The result of the poll was declared this morning as follows : Maher, liberal, 5,155 ; Hatch, conservative, 4,409 ; liberal majority, 846. This nearly doubles Mr. Peacocks majority of 1886, and shows how rapid!* and surely Mr. Gladstone's appeals for justice and good government are taking effect upon the English people. A Northern Republican writing from this State, says : "There really is but one sido to the question here. 1 have had my eyes opened. The frauds which nobody denies appear virtues. There ts nothing to apologise for. Why, if the disheartening penalty nf negro local rule and bankruptcy were not constant ly threatened by Northern politicians j half the whites in Charleston would I openly avow their belief in protection j and vote the Republican ticket, it is j only a handful of politicians down in hers who care a rap which side has a 1 majority in congress." It appears that ! just as soon as we have put ourselves j in a position to make election frauds | unnecessary, the saints of New England j propose to make virtues of such frauds. ! Somehow we always miss the proper | kind of virtue. . i I HAVE SAID, BUT I DO. The New York Herald has unearthed : and published, fae simile, the following j letter : IN I> IA S A POLIS, Frh. 1, 1889. j My DEAR MR BLAINE-Your letter of the j 31st was received some days ago, and was I both in its tone and in its conclusion vtry j gratifying to me ! ara sure you have rtad tn \ the Dewspapi-rs accounts of i:?y life since-a j sufficien? excuse for the delay in acknowledg- j ing it. * * * Yours of the 20th has now ! been received, and 1 hasten to thank you for : your expressed willingness lo relieve Mrs. ii. , and myself in any way yon can. * * * As to myself, I do not think of any matter in which I can now avail mysvlf of your! kindly proffered help. The mad ? now u?e I sparingly fur several reasons, and ns 1 will be j io Washington Iorg enm^l: before the inaugu- j ration toeoablemeto talk fully with you 1 will j not subject you to the ri*k of a journey here ; unless it should be absolutely necessary. If' anything should requite it, however, 1 will j not hesitate to avail rayseif of *.our friend!) j offer. I thought I had nearly every tiling set- j tle?l in my own mind that required attention ! before I reached Washington, il the news- j paper reports to-day as to Mr. Allisons! position are correct it U:HV unsettle some of j my pinn*. I Sa-.d to a friend to-daj that if all j ? seven of the Cabinet officers could have ???.et? . found in Alaska it would have promoted j harmony tn tbe party in the State. Maine, I ; 1 believe, is the ouly State that has had no ' i protest to otfer. My health is good. I get j ont twice a (i*y for a walk-a hurried run to ; , be sure-but it givrs me air ?nd exem>c 1 You must not forget, jourself, that you will ; ' need nil your strength. With kind regards j ; to Mrs. Blaine, very sincerely yours, ; . BEXJAMIN HARRISON. : i Once upon a time, a man of au ac- , eommodat?Dg disposition saw a small _ ( dog outside a fence, barking furiously ; ? At a large canine who was placidly 1 watching the performance from the iu- 5 .ide. Thinking to satisfy all parties, 1 the man pitched the small dog over 'ne j 1 fence and was surprised to see that upon ; reaching the ground, he was the worst j ] scared dog io the State, and ran away < yelping. Mr. Harrison is the small I dog. Mr. Blaine the large canine, the 1 fence is the distance from Indianapolis ! j to Maine, and the accommodating man i j si is that paige? res ti b sie tram which bore Mr. H. tc Washington, the Srst two yelps are ?he appointment of Walker Blaine to be Assistant Secretary of State, and of Col. Fred. Grant to ba minister to Austria. Mr. Walker Blaine has for some years been the free loneh Send of the Chicago Stoek Ex? change, while Col. Grant has taken np his time emphasizing the fact that he is bis father's son. Bat these gentle? men are followers of Lord Decirnos ? Tite Barnacle, alias Jingo B. sir, and the padding is theirs. The Herald will please read this ocr last dream and the interpretation thereof before getting off any more like this ; "White this letter will be regarded as an important contribution to political history and will create something of a sensation in political circles it will set at rest any rumors aboot Mr. Harrison not being the real Presi? dent. This letter, taken with some of the events that hare occurred since the inaugura? tion, will be taken as proof positive that Mr. Harrison means to be President with all the word implies, and that he will act regardless of the wishes of bis Secretary of State or any one eise when hs thinks it best to do so." I CONSTABLES AND PBISON EES. Little Bo-peep has Tost ber sheep And don't know where to find them. The escape of Robert Moses on Sun : day last set ns to thinking on the sub? ject of escapes, and here are a few samples of our reminiscences in that line. If we mistake not, Sumter has had three jail deliveries within the past six years. Sometime since a con? ductor on the W. C. & A railroad was attacked and Dearly killed by negroes OD his train in this county. After labo? rious search, the principal offender was taken in Florence after stabbing the railroad detective and being himself shot down. He was placed in the care of a Sumter constable and escaped from him, wounded as he was, in the main street of this city. He is said to be a bad mao and should have received special attention. There is a black man named Dubliu Montgomery, who lives bot four miles from the city who has been an outlaw for years and is a household terror from Springhill to lower Salem. Numbers of warrants lie in the office against bim, and Seve? ral men have been seit to fetch him. One of them brought his hat, and be came the nearest success that has yet been attained. It is said that another got the man but declined for a money consideration, to deliver him. This statement has, however, not beeu proven, and we hope it is without foun? dation. Now Dublin is a man who simply runs away. He does not pre? tend to fight because experience has taught him that fleetness of foot is all that is necessary to escape an officer in this county. Several cases occur to ns in which prisoners escaped by being allowed to go for a coat or some other article of clothing. These are but a few of the escapee which have occurred among us of late, and our object in recalling them, is to remind the people of two things : First, nothing can be more demoralizing to thc criminal classes than apparent fa? cility of escape. When a constabulary acts in such a manner as to bring upon it the ridicule of evil-doers it adds to the innate desire to commit crime, the ele- ! - 1 ment of adventure which is sought in ! escaping from officers who are Dot rc- j garded with fear. Second, the habit of j appointing special deputies and starting ! men out in the name of the State to ! seize the bodies of others, without giv- | tog them any idea of what is expected j of them, in such emergencies as are likely to arise, has well-nigh robbed us of that necessary creature, the consta? ble. Some men are born constables, ind therefore need no instructions. Some become constables, and do seed them, while the large majority of those who make arrests, have the position thrust upon them by the want of bread. The last named should be eliminated from the force or required to memorize the law of constables and j ibide by it. We have in mind a man j who belongs to the first class. Ile I Hikes it a rule to bring any man he j joes for, dead or alive, provided he can ! >oce see him. lie will risk Iiis life to irrest a man and he will kill a man to 1 prevent escape. It is needless for us to ! jay that those who commit crime know lim and when he calls, they come. Escapes are generally inexcusable, j That which occurred last Sunday was tl together inexcusable, and it will not j JQ a week before some one must suffer brough the fact that an outlaw is at | ibcrty. Since the above was put iu type, we i earn that SlicriiF Carson has just made j i determined but ineffectual effort to ? ay hands-on Dubliu Montgomery. We : lave known a shotgun to t;rovc efficient : * i u such cases. (From (Mir Regular O?rre?-poui1cnt.) WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHISGTOK. D. G:, March 22 1880. '. President Harrison doubtless fvHs that lavin*; bern etected solelv because be was a . grandson be is obliged to recognize tilt- claims ; >f the sons of eminent fathers. It was for hat reason probably tl.at li? garv \V:tlkcr ; Jlaine his present prominent position ann1 ?as now nominated Fred Grunt to he I'ni ted ?tate? Minister to Austria, liol uo mailer that tuSuenrcs caused him to make th?se ' .ppointmeutt? it i? trnty to be hr?|te?l . hat !?c ? rill make no more of the -Hm? sort. Neither ? if these yoting men have ever suec^-eded itt uaking a 1 i v ? ri jr for themselves, and while ; here would be little objection to giving them ; >1,200 positions, there is a very decided i il jc'ctton to Seeing theta given positions out ] >f all propotion to any ability ever displayed : >y them. Mr. John C. New, Dudley's partner in the adiana steal, has gotten bis reward. He has >een appointed Consul General of the (Jutted ; States at London, a position which is said to : i?y better than any other under this Govern li e n t. And Whitelaw Reid, the editor of the New fork Tribune, has obtained the wi??h of his . leart. He has been nominated Minister to r'lauce. His appointment has stirred up ? considerable feeling among a certain class ol Republicans wbt> have never forgiven bim or the Tribune for supporting Greelj in 1872. It is also remembered that in 1876 Reid io bia fight oo Blaine printed the Mulligan letters and everything else discreditable to Blaine that he ?mid get bold of. However, if Blaine can forgive bim, all others may hold their peace. Wanamaker poses ns bead of the Post Office Department but Clarkson is expected lo do ike work. The office of the Postmaster General rs no thing more than the private office of John Wanamaker's Philadelphia store. The two are connected by a private telegraph wire so that "cheap John" may be kept in? formed as to the state of business nt the "fire cent counter," and other bargain departments of his establishment. A gentleman who bas known Wanamaker intimately for many years says of bis appointment to the Cabinet : "Jobo Wanamaker knows the value of newspaper advertising better tban any man living, witb probably the single exception of P. T. Bar? num, and the whole business from the $100, 000 campaign contribution to the present is, 1 am satisfied, regarded by him as a strictly business transaction whereby be pays out so much money and obtains io return an un? limited amoont of valuable advertising in every newspaper in the United States. He don't care a soap about being Postmaster General except for the newspaper advertising it gives bim. When his name begins to drop out of the papers during the coming dull season, ? expect to see bim create a big sensa? tion by having some sort of a row in tbe Cabinet and then resigning, thns giving him? self another boom in the advertising line." Wanamaker's first appointments were ex Postmaster General Tyoer, of Indiana, to be Assistant Attorney-General for the Post Office Department and J. Lowrie Bell, of Pennsylvania, to ba Superintendent of tbe Railway Mail Service. The Republican "clean sweepers1' are al? ready disgusted with Harrison for bis slow? ness in making appointments. They are particular as to where they do their complain? ing as they are not anxious to have them get back to the White House just yet. They still hope. The latest Republican scheme for reducing f the Treasury surplus is to double the salaries I of Senators and Representatives. The Senate I bas been already sounded on this question, I and it is io favor of it, as might be expected. The employees of the Agricultural Depart? ment have presented ex-Secretary Coleman with a handsome antique oak hall clock, eight feet high, as a token of the esteem in which he is held hy them. Harrison and Blaine are, in the language of the street urchin, "in the soup." Tbe tronble came through tbe nomination of Eugene Schuyler to be Assistant Secretary of State. A more objectionable man to the Sen? ate it would have been bard to find, and it is surprising that the President and Mr. Blaine should not bave known this. Schuyler's principal offense was a book called "Ameri? can Diplomacy" written by him some years ago, in which he took occasion to criticise Gen. Grant then President in a very severe manner, also Mr. Wasbbnrne, at that time Minister to France, and also the Senate of tbe United States. The President was informed that the nomination would be rejected unless withdrawn. Blaine cabled tbe fact to Schuy? ler who is in Europe, and the latter declined the nomination. Why let the little ones suffer with rheuma? tism, when 25 cents will buy a bottle of Sal? vation Oil? Of far greater value than rooney is health ; therefore, for coughs, and colds use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, the infallible remedy. Price 25 cents. Our Little Men and Women. A charming number of a charming magazine-such must be the general opinion of the April issue of Our Little Men and Women. The magazine is as admirably adapted for school supple? mentary reading as for borne use. It is a treasure box of pictures and stories for tbe little ones beginning to read. Send 5 cents to the publishers D. Lothrop Company, Bos? ton, for a sample back cumber. Subscription price ?1.00 a year. -- - -. PROMPTNESS. Firxt a cold, then a sough, then consumption, then death. "I took ?>r. Aokor'i English Remedy for Consumption the moment I begaa to cough, and I believe it enved my life/' Waiter N. Wallace, Washington. Sold by J. F. W. DeLornoe. TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION. OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER j FOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C.. March 22, 1889. THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF j the white teachers of Sumter County on Saturday, the 13th day of April. )8g9, at tbe public school building in Sumter, at ll o'clock A. M. Also, at the Lincoln school building on Saturday, the 20th day of April, 1889, at ll o'clock. A. M., will ba held a meeting of the colored teachers of"said county. All teachers, both male and female, are earnestly requested to attend these meetings, as they are called directly in the interest of teachers. JOHN T. GREEN, Mar. 27-3t. S. Com. S. C. NOTICE. OFFICE OF County Coard of Examiners FOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., March 27, 1889. IT HAVING BEEN BROUGHT TO THE attention of the County Board of Exam? iners by John T. Creon. School Commis? sioner, that on 25th inst., he received a letter from J. McKenzie Harrihon, a colored school teacher of Stateburg Township, in which he offered to bribe the said School Commissioner to send him a copy of the "questions to be used at the examination of teachers'' in April, prow, it was resolved by the Board that his certificate given las! fall be and thc same is hareby revoked ; that this Board declines to aliow bim again to appear for examination as a teacher in the schools of this County; and j that the Trustees of the Stateburg School | District be immediately notified of this action. By order of the Board. JOHN T. GREEN, S C. S. C., Mch 27. Cik. Bd. of Examin-TS. FOR SALE. Hp WO DESIRABLE RESIDENCES ON X Washington, near Calhoun Street. For particulars apply to T. S. JOVE, At.-tare of Mr. A. A. Solomons. Sumter, S. (.V. March 27-tf. ??J \ SPRING MEDICINE. CH I PM AX'S UV KR PILLS A .Sure Cure for Sick Headache, MALARIA, AND ALL BILIOUS TROUBLES. Sold by all druggists. March 27-Jin f SPRING OF We have started this season with the determination to outdo all previous efforts. Our matchless assortment of goods is now open, all of whieh is marked at our well known .Low Prices. Your attention is invited to a choice, complete, and carefully selected stock of the newest and most charming effects in colors and fabrics? Many exclusive Novelties of both foreign and domestic manufacture in Bress Goods, Laces, Trimmings, Ribbons, Hosiery, Para? sols, &c. Give us a call and we are sure that it will be both pleasant and profitable. Respectfully, J. RYTTENBERG & SONS. fc?* Look out for our next week's Advertisement. March 27. Are now Opening and Displaying a Large Line of p Hats and Furnishing Goods for Men, Boys and Children. ALL THE LATEST STYLES AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. A lovely display of Neckwear, Bicycle Shirts and Belts, Novelties, &c, &c> iii the Furnishing Goods Department. We now have a TAILORING DEPARTMENT on second floor, where satisfactory work will be done on short notice. And we also carry a full line of samples from the Order Department of thc well known house of Browning, King & Co., of New York, and will have suits made to order and guarantee a fit every time. % For anything in the Clothing, Hat, or Furnishing Goods line go to Brown & Chandler's, March 27 North-East Corner Main and Liberty Streets, Sumter, S. C. New Advertisements^ TO ADVERTISERS A list of 1000 newspapers divided into STATES AND SECTIONS will be sent on implication-FREE. * To those who want their ad vertising to pay, we can offer no better medium for thorough and effective work than the varions section? of our Select Local List. GEO. P. ROWELL & CO-, Newspaper Advertising Burean, Mar. 6 10 Spruce street. New York. LENTEN DELICACIES -AT non & ran?n GEOCERY. FISH ROE, BONELESS CODFISH, :;0. 1 MACKEREL, WHITE FISH, Great variety of CANNED FISH, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES* Canned Shrimp. Fresh Lobster. Fresh Salmon. Fresh Mackerel. Sugar Corn. Early June Peas. . Keeker's Wheat Granules and Oatmeal. Bakers Chocolate, Cocoa and Broma. The best Tea. The Freshest and Nicest Crackers, always at t ran?n March 20. __( MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, Ix THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Dundee Mortgage ai$d Trust /* vestment Company. Plaintiff, against Mary Henrietta Coopejf, Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above entitled causfe and dated Feb. 26tb, 1889, I will sell at/public auction ia front of the Court House in/ the City of Sum? ter in said State, on tooday, April lit, 1889-being Salesday-between the hours of 11 o'clock in the forenoon ?.nd 5 o'clock in th? afternoon, the following promises, to wit: All that plantation or tratet of land with the dwelling-house and othftr improvement! thereon, situate, lying andi being in Mayes ville Township, in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina, vcontainiag three hundred and twelve acres,Ngoore or less, bounded on the North, East afiad West by lands of Mrs. Sophronia A. McBriae>lhaud on the South by lands now or formerlyxsf *? Hazell Dick, said plantation being known as the "Home Place'' of Mrs. Mary Henrietta Cooper. Terms of sale-Cash. To be paid on day of sale. Purchaser to par for papers. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Mch. 6. Master for Sumter Co. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER". IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Richard C Richardson, lylaintijf, against Henry G. Scarborough, Henry W. Scarborough, Hattie P. Scarborough and otJters, -Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above entitled cause and dated Jan. 14th, 1889, I will sell at public auction in front of the Court ilouscin the City of Sum? ter in said State, on Monday, April 1st, 1S89,-being Salesday-between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situated near Bt>hoj>ville, in the County and State aforesaid, containing ninety-two (92) acres, nuire or tess, bounded on the North by lands of Pr. It. Y. McLeod; on the East by lands of Mrs. L. J. Dixon : on the South by lands of Dr. R. E. Dennis, and on the West by lands of Dr. R. E. Dennis and lands now or formerly of Dr. I. E. Dennis. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for Titles. JOHN S. RICHARDSON. Mch. 4. 18S9. Master for Sumter Co. SHERIFFS SALEST BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on th? first MONDA Y and day following in APRIL next, 1889, and as many day? thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for sash, the following property : All that trnct or parcel of land, situate is the County of Sumter, in Bishopville Town? ship, containing ninety-eight and one-half [98$) acres more or less, bounded on the North by lands of A. C. Durant, East by Dthtr hinds of estate of Dora A. Barrett, on the South by the Camden road leading by Arratt's Crossing on Sc?pe O'er Swamp, and West by lands of Mary L. Barrett, levied upon as the property of George M. Barrett, in his own right, and as administrator of the Estate of Dora A. Barrett, under the execu? tion of Elizabeth J. Janies against George M. Barrett in his own right and as administrator >f the Estate of Dora A. Barrett, deceased. One tract of land in Bishopville Township, ?ontainin- eighty-six (86) acres more or h-ss^ rounded on the North by road to Cousar's Will and lands of R. O. Dixon, on the East by .oad to Cousar's Mill, on the West by lands ?f R. O. Dixon, public road to Bishopville, md W. D. Scarborough's land, and on tho South by lands of J. \Y. Stuckey, Mill branch and high water roark of mill pond, evied upon as the property of W. H. Dixon ander the execution of Altantic and Virginia Fertilizing Company against W. H. Dixon. E. SCOTT CARSON, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, March 9, 1889. L. W. FOLSOM, Successor to F. H. Folsom & Bro. SUMTER, S. C. Dealer io * BATCHES, CLOCKS, J2V2L&T Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Stepliog Silver and finest Piated Bridal Presents, tich Jewelry in Gold and Plata. Glocks, Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses, ?old Pens. Machine Needles and Oil for &U Machines, Fishing Tackle, &c. &c. The celebrated Royal St. John Sewing ?fe bine and finest Razor in America always on land. Repairing promptly and neatly exe? rted by skilled workmen. Orders by mail will receive careful aften l9a- Sept.. ^