The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 27, 1889, Image 2
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.
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OF
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Your attention is invited to a choice,
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in colors and fabrics? Many exclusive
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Give us a call and we are sure that it
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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.
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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.. ^