The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 01, 1893, Image 2
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The Sunder Watchman was founded
B 18**0 and the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron new has
be combined circulation ?nd influence
of both of the oM papers, and is mani
featly the best advertising medium in
Sumter
EDITORIAL NOTES
lt will be no!ed, as a fact, that the tax
returns of Sumter Count j for the year show
H decrease of nearly $200,000, from last year.
Tbe fever at Brunswick, Ga., is abating,
and the worst is thought to be orer although
tbe danger is not yet past. The people of
Brunswick have spent a terrible and trying
sommer.
Of all the phosphate companies formely
mining in Coosaw river and vicinity only
one baa recommenced work since tbe storm ;
and it is not koowa whether tbe others will
recosa men re work at all or not. Th- octopus
is crushed.
Judge Hodson, wno has been mentioned
as a possible Senatorial candidate, has stated
positively 'sat be has no such ambition. We
are glad that be is determined to remain on
the bench, ?hieb he so highly honors, unless
removed by political partisanship.
Toe railroads are suffering along with
other industries in consequence of the bard
times. The report of earnings for August
shows a loss of orer $70,000 in comparison
witb.the yreceeding year. The earnings of the
roads have been steadily decreasing for a year
or more.
Tbe cotton crop is cut off and tbe corn
crop is aborter than expected, but the fall has
been later than usual and the country has
been blessed with the most abundant hay
crop io y en rs, therefore there should be no
outlay for western bay next year.
Senator Butler, has introduced a bill
appropriating $5,000,000, for the establish?
ment of * government telegraph system. His
bill ?9 8*14 to be quite lengthy, going into
details. It does not propose a government
monopoly o? the telegraph.
Tbe Bampton Guardian speaks of a lady in
s that county who sells tee pounds of butter
per week at thirty cents a pound and thus
dears more money than ber husband does
on two large cotton plantations. Her bus
boas most be a poor farmer.
Not so long since Judge Wallace was
severely criticised in the Governor's message
aa "presuming over-much" when be differed
from tbe Governor ; yet, within tbe past few
weeks, be baa bees held up as an example to
the other judges, merely because be happened
to construe the dispensary law to suit this
same executive.
Admiral Stanton, U. S. N., bas gotten
himself into a pickle bv saluting the flag of
the Brazilian revolutionists. The Secretary
of tbe Navy bas cabled bim orders to turn
over his ship to bis second officer and report
at once in Washington. The State Depart?
ment bas also apologized to the Brazilian
Government for bis act.
Gen. Farley is oe t in an open letter ad v ising
the remodeling of the Dispensary law so as to
do away with the profit feature. This would
remove tbe ear mark of refawm and obliterate
tbe one feature that commends the law to
its strongest supporters. Gen. Farley was
slightly rash when be tackled Senator Irby,
bot when be beards Tillman in bis dispen?
sary des, be xs real foolhardy.
Tho 'Spartaoberg Uerald in its last issue
had an editorial on tbe Dispensary btw tbv ?
was as full of sense as the egg is of meat.
One paragraph is especially striking: "But
oos thing is certain. Whether the profit
feature is held or not, the infam?os spy sys?
tem most go. This ts the most revoIutioLary
sod tho most infam?os measure that was ever
attempted ia a free country/'
An epidemic of cranks has broken out.
Carter Harrison was killed by one on Satur?
day; another fatally wounded, F. S. Mathias,
So perin tendent of the Postal Telegraph
Office, Kew York, en Monday ; and still
another weat to George Goold on Monday
and demanded $5,000. Gould humored his
man until be could telepbooe for police who
arrested him. '
Some weeks since the Sumter correspondent
of tbs Columbia Journal stated in bis letter
that there were blind tiger liquor sellers in
Sumter. Since that time there have been one
or two indirect statements to the same effect.
Such charges do the pince no good. If there
are ksown illicit whiskey sellers in Sumter,
have them indicted and ric the piare of the
nuisance, sod do not talk so much about it.
Tbe Rimaos, a Moorish tribe are giving
the Spanish troops stationed at M eil la,
Morocco, more than they bargained for and
they are clamoring for reiief. Spain has long
bsd the desire to seise upon Morocco, and
this outbreak will doubtless furnish the
opportunity, unless other European powers
interfere. Tbe Riffiaos are a fierce and
warlike tribe and will make a bloody resis?
tance.
Tbe old jail is now of no nw to tbe county,
sod it bas been mentioned to us more than
osee that it might bs possible for it to be
repaired and used for the hospital, that so
many people desire to have established. We
do not know whether the suggestion is
practical or not, bot it would bear investiga?
tion at least. If tbe old building could be so
used, there could be found no better disposi?
tion for it.
Gen. W. L. T. Prince, who died at Gheraw
on Oct. 25, was one of the truest men in the
State; * sound and consistent Democrat, and
a citizen of high character aod moral courage.
He belonged to the order of mea latterly shut
oat from influence in the affairs of the State,
but neceessary to tbe purification of its
politics and the restoration of its hip h
renown. loa time like this tbe death of such
a man is an especial loss to South Carolina.
The case of Miss Sadie Means, of Columbia,
who was-turned out of tbe First Presbyterian
Church of that city, because abe was forced to
work on Sunday in the Telephone Exchange,
will come up on appeal from the Charleston
Presbytery before the Synod of South Caro?
lina, now in session in Clinton. Dr. J W.
Flinn, of Colombia, appears on behalf of Miss
Means, and Dr. Btsckbourn, of Columbia, has
charge of the case for tbe Presbytery.
Tie Manchester Ship Canal which will be
open for business by January 1st. is thirty
five miles long, one hundred and sevenly-two
feet in width and twenty-six feet in depth.
It is said that an energetic effort will be made
to boes all cotton consumed in the Manchester
district shipped iirect instead of to Liverpool.
If this can be accomplished Liverpool will
soon loose th* pre-eminent position as a cotton
mort which she has so long held.
Tbs trial of J. Miras Sullivan for the
murder of B. G. Gilreath io Green ville mere
than a year ago, was held ie Asdersoo on a
change of venue, last week. Sullivan was con?
victed of murder in the first degree, bot has
appealed to the Supreme Court. The case
has attracted great interest throughout the up
country, a* both parties were prom i nen t men
of Green ville. Tbs killing was a cold-blooded
affair from tbs testimony, and should
Sullivan ?rentnolly escape the gallows by
some technicality it will be an outrage.
Sullivan should follow Turner.
The Democratic platform pledged the
party to the repeal of the Sherman law.
This pledge bas been redeemed. The same
platform pledged the party to reform the
financial system, so as to give relief, to the
repeal of the McKinley tariff law, to the
enactment of a tariff law for revenue only,
and to the honest and economical administra?
tion of the government. We shall wait a
time to see how the party redeems these
pledges, before joining in the populistic
clamor condemning the parly for abolishing
the artificial market for silver created by the
Sherman law, and redeeming o?ie of its
pledges.
The record of arrests for drunkeness in this
city during September ?nd October 1892 and
during the same months this year has been
made up for Governor Tillman, lt shows
there have been less drunks this year than
last. Last year, however, was election year ;
and by reference to our local column it will be
noted that during the same months ot 1891
the drunks were not only fever than in 1892
bot even less than in this year of grace under
the dispensary. What will be proven hythe
comparison? if the city records of previous
years had not been destroyed ?hen the Towu
Hall was burned last winter, the comparison
would have been pursued further hack than
1891
The Brazilian government has purchased
the Morgan Line steamship, Kl Cid, a large
and very fa3t boat, and she is now being
fitted up at New York as a war ship for ser?
vice against the Brazilian insurgents who
have control of the Brazilian navy. The El
Cid will carry a number of I he latest and most
improved rapid-firing guns, but her main re?
liance wit! he a pneumatic dynamite gun
somewhat similar to those of the U. S. cruiser
Vesuvius, but larger, more powerful and more
accurate. This gun can throw fifty pounds
of dynamite three mites, or two hundred aud
fifty pounds two and a-half miles, or five
hundred pounds two thousand yards. When
the ?i Cid reaches Brazilian waters there will
be an interesting time, and the whole naval
world will watch with unrivalled interest the
first test of dynamite guns in actual warfare.
One of our exchanges, we cannot recollect
which just now, has exactly expressed our
position as to Senator Butler. We do not
join in the general condemnation on account
of his position on the financial question ; he
has a right to bis views on this matter, as all
of us have, and no one has the right 'o im?
pugn bis honesty ; but we do condemn him
for taking up with such men as Cal Caugh
inan, Ben Perry, 4c, and pushing them for
important offices, when there are good men
of both factions, meu whom both factious re?
spect, who desire the offices and who would
fill the offices honestly and acceptably. Perry,
Caughman, and the like, are political free?
booters, who found others of the reform fac?
tion ahead of them in the grab for offices, so
they have gone over to Butler, who seems to
imagine that he can buy his way back to the
Senate with patronage.
W. A. Ennis, who died at Bruns wi k, Ga.
of yellow, fever ou Monday night, merits all
honor as a true hero. The press report
speaks thus of him: To-night about 7
o'clock W. A. Ennis, day operator in the
Western Union office died from the effects
of yellow fever. The death of Mr Ennis
strikes with pecular sadness the people of
Brunswick, aud expecially the newspaper
co-respondents He was a young man and
had a loving and lovely wife. When the fever
broke out be remained ut his post of duty,
for be knew tb?t few could be rilled to do his
work He knew that the press of the country
depended on the office in which he worked to
get the news their reader* so eagerly sought.
He knew that his services were needed
and he did the best he could. One morning
be came down and sat at his key. His co?
worker, night-operator Calor, saw his condi?
tion and sent him home. All that day Ennis7
fever ra?ed and Calor doubled to do bis
work The fever grew worse, but at
last a change for the better came. The
fever left Ennis, but following in its wake
came rheumatism, which finally reached his
heat t and ended hts life. The word "hero"
placed over Ennis' grave would, fittingly de?
scribe the kind of man he was.
The assassination of Carter Harrison,
Mayor of Chicago, by a crazy letter carrier
named Prendergast, on Saturday evening last,
is only another evidvnee of the danger to
which meu in high positions are exposed, and
the criminal ry of allowing socalled harmless
lunatics to run at large. Prendergast's only
reason for killing Mr. Harrison was that be
bad not made bim Corporation Counsel as be
bad promised He rang the ooor bell of tbe
Mayor's house and inquired for Mr. Harrison,
who hearing himself asked for came out into j
the hall and advanced towards Prendergast.
The latter, without a word, drew his pistol
and fip>d three shots at Mr. Harrison, each of
which took effect, two being mortal wounds
He then escaped from the bouse, but went
straight to a police station and delivered
himself up, saying be had done the shooting
and giving the reason stated as bis motive.
Carter Henry Harrison was born in Fayette
County, Ky., 15th February, 1825. He was
graduated from Yale io 1845, read law, en?
gaged in farming, travelled for two years in
foreign countries, and after receiving bis de?
gree from Transylvania Law School, Lexing?
ton, Ky , settled in Chicago, where be
engaged in real estate speculations. After
the great fire of 1871 bc served as County
Commissioner for three years. After return?
ing from a second European journey in 1874
be was elected to Congress as a Democrat by
a small majority. He was re-elected, and
when his second term was ended in 1879 was
chosen Mayor of Chicago, in which office be
was continued for four biennial terms.
IN FAVOR OF AN INCOME TAX
- i
Advices from Washington indicate the
growing popularity of au income tax.
Congressman Warner, of New York,
declares that be favors such a tax rather tbao
the retention of high tariff* duties involving
au inordinate proportion of protection. If
the tariff' is reduced io a re?eouc basis, the
deficiency thus created in the treasury must
be supplied by another tax, and one imposed
on iarge incomes would not meet any greater
degree of opposition, says the Atlanta Consti?
tution than would greet any new tax. The
J machinery for its collection need not be any
j more elaborate than for the collection of other
j taxes.
Mr. George Gould, who controls bis late
j fait father's immense interests, isa strong
' advocate of this proposed t?x, and many
wealthy men all over the country admit that
it is eminently fair aud just. Heretofore our
system of taxation has burdened the masses
by forcing them to pay high duties on all the i
luxuries and most ot the necessaries of life, j
Under the new system they would find the cost
of living greatly lessened and the. Wealth of j
the country would bear its proportionate j
share of the expenses of the government.
The idea of a graded tax on large incomes
is thoroughly democratic. It was first
championed in this country by Thomas
Jefferson. Aaa method of raising revenue it
has been tried very satisfactorily in Eogland
for the past fifty years, and the American
objection that it is expensive to collect and is j
dodged by rjch men does not appear to have '
any weight io that coan try.
Unless we 1er j aa income in oar govern- i
merit will fiad it difficult and perhaps
impossible to make up tbe deficiency that will
be caused by tbe coming reduction of our
tariff duties.
THE REAL ISSUE.
There has been a great deal that WHS
unnecessary, and more that was misleading,
said about the speeches made at the Sumter
Light Infantry Banquet.
In the beginning we had intended having
little to say about the matter, for two reasons.
First, because we knew the facts vould be
distorted for political purposes, to the injury
of the company. Second because, while
believing, and we still so believe,
that the sentiments of the speakers but
reflected the general opinion of the com?
munity, we thought that the advertise
nient of this feeling would do no good, as
such things are more effective when put to
the actual test than when talked about. But
wheo the matter was seized upon, with
aridity, by the factional, town-hating and
Tillm&ri-:-erviti? press, and the charge made
that the Sumter Light Infantry WAS tn insur?
rection and should be disbanded, we
deemed it best to openly declitre ihnt HOI the
Sumter Lieht Infantry, ns a part of the
State Militia, but the people of Suinter
entertained these sentiments and would ?nain
tain them
No on* has disputed the power of the
State Government to disband the S.
L. I , should those in authority see
fit to follow the advice of the org&us
But when the S L. I should have kee ri
disbanded, what would have "een accom?
plished? Nothing, for what is there to pre?
vent a people from organizing and arming
themselves, if they so desire. There is no
power that can prevent them It was at?
tempted in Radical days and foiled. The S.
L 1.,itself had its first existence in those du j 3,
in defiance of the State government and
Federal garrisons* and should misrule and
attempted tyranny force they peoj>le to arm
themselves again, in defiance of the Govern?
ment, as a meatis of self-protection, does any?
one doubt but that they would again do as
they did in reconstruction times? We do not
doubt it, therefore we said, "Ask any ten
intelligent men what would be the result of
an order disbanding the S.L.I." Disband
the Sumter Light Infantry and the people o'
Sumter, can organtz* and arm themselves for
protection, whenever they deem it necessary ;
and their past history is proof that they will
do it.
It is not supposed that th? commissioned
officers of the company would call out the
company to resist the execution of Slate laws,
and the assertion was not made that'they
would, nor did the speakers at the bauquet
so declare. They said that the company
would be a rallying poiut for the people
whenever the attempt was made to deprive
them of the rights to which they are entitled.
The interviews tepublished from the Herald
contain nothing new, and nothing more nor
less than we would have expected the gentle?
men to have said. As commissioned officers
of the State militia, we expect them to obey
the rules they have sworn to respect; and
should the time come when they should re?
ceive orders thal as men and citizens they
could not execute conscientiously, they have
the right to leave the service.
The whole question under d scussion hinges
on the attempt of the Herald and Register to
manufacture political capital out of the inci?
dent of the bauquet, and the opposition there
expressed to the pet scheme of Gov. Tillman to
take charge of the police system of this place.
This is shown plainly by the bri ging in . f
the dispensary law as a question at issue,
when no' a single reference was made to lha'
law by Maj. Moise, whose speech has been
made the text. This dispensary question was
dragged in and dressed up for- the occasion
without rhyme, reason, or eveu alleged facts,
to serve as a prop, ll was merely t. political
dodge, and a dirty one at that. The disp-n
sary law is the law of the State, hut a bad
one we believe ; nevertheless when we found
that it was impossible to prevent, by legal
menus, the establishment of a dispensary in
this city, we ceased opposing it and said, let
it be enforced. But this has not one thing to
do with the "u?stion.and we have tueatioued it
merely to show the ai. i mu s of those drag?irg
il in. The majority of the property holders
of Sumter were in favor of baringa dispen?
sary or there would have been noue establish?
ed, and this fact settles that part of the
question raised by the Tillman organs.
The real point ot issue is the metropolitan
police scheme and the feeling of the people of
this city towards it ; and ibis point bas been
ebied around and a lot of personal reminis?
cences, parasitical flattery, strife-stirring
partisanship and like twaddle offered instead.
Such stuff may- carry on the work of
refatrot and office-getting, but it baa no
general interest or utility.
No long argument is needed to satisfy any
reasonable man that this metropolitan police
pian, as devised by Gov. Tillman, though
shrewdly and plausibly formulated, is wrong
in principle, incompatible with the scheme of
our government, and a fit instrument for
vicious oppression in a demagogue's hand
Our government is dependent entirely upon
the consent of those governed, and ail officials
are directly responsive to those whom, they
serve by enforcing the laws enacted by
mutual couse-1 This is local government,
this is self-government, and this is the
essence of liberty. Yet Gov Tillman would
brush the whole system away because, in this
case, it snits his purpose. It is nothing more
nor less with him, than a case of, "I will it
so, and it shall be so." But we must see
more substantial reasons for such an innova?
tion than has yet been offered, before we
could conceive it to be good.
The commission to be appointed by the
Governor, which shall, in turn appoint the
police, is in nowise local in nature, even
though it should consist of citizens of the
city, for the people of the city would have no
voice iii selecting if, and the members of the
commission would be in do*, ise responsible
to the people of the city for the manner in
which they discharged their duties. They
are independent of the people in whose govern?
ment they have a large part, and are depen?
dent for a continuance m office upon the
favor of an outsider, who may t>e both vicious
and tyrannical. Thi: thing smacks to strong?
ly of that old heresy of the divine right to
misrule, with jut redress on the part of those
who are misruled ; and we wan I none of it.
When we gel to the stage (lott we are not
capable of self-government and not fit to
select our ow? officers, we may as well aban?
don the whole of the American scheme as a
farce and import some outsider lo take charge
and rule us as Lett suits his whims and
fancies.
Two South Carolinians Appointed.
WA SH i HUTON, October 30 - At last the Pre?
sident and the Secretary of State have found
two South C?:olini?ns whom they deem
worthy of appointment to the consular ser?
vice. There were several Executive commu?
nications transmitted io the Senate to-day,
and tbe last message contained the following
nominations: To be consuls, J. Edward
Nettles, of Darlington, at Trieste, Austria,
and Robert J. Kirk, of Mount Pleasant, at
Copenhagen. Denmark The position to
which Mr. Nettles has been nominated pays a
salary of $2,000. with fees amounting to
$1,000 per annum. Mr. Kirk will receive for
bis service? $1.500 and about $600 fees.
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The Senate Passes the Voorbees
Bill.
WASHINGTON Oe?. 30 -The galleries were
crowded this morning when the Senate met.
and ?he roll call showed the presence of fifty
two Senators.
As soon as th>* Vice President entered the
Chamber at 11 o'clock a.m. he announced
that the Senate resumed its session and that
House ttill No. 1 (the Silver Purchase Repeal
bill) was now before the Senate.
The time from 11 a.m. until 7:40 p. m.
was consumed by various Senators in defin
inf their position before casting their votes
Senator Stewart was the last to speak aod
began with the prefatory remark that "the
die is cast "
Senator S'ewart closed at 7:40 o'clock, and
then the Vice President stated ihat if no
further amendment was offered the vote would
now betaken on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill. That was agreed to
without a division, and then the vote was
taken by yeas and nays on the passage of the
bill as amended, and it was passed-yeas, 43 ;
nays, 32, as follows :
Yeas-Senators Aldriih, Brice, Cafcery,
Camden, Carey, Collum, Davis, Dixon, Dolph,
Faulkner, Frye. Gallinger, Gibson, Gorman,
Gray, Hale, Hawley, Higgins, Hill, Hoar,
Hunton, Lindsay, Lodge, McMillan, McPher?
son, Mander-on, Mills, Mitchell, of Wisconsin,
Morrill, Murphy, Platt, Proctor. Quay, Ran?
som, Sherman. .Smith, Squire, Stockbridge,
Turpie, Vila?, Voorhees, Wa-'rburn and White
pf Louisiana-43.
Nays-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, But?
ler, Call, f Jock rel I, Cameron, Coke, Daniel,
Dubois, George. Harris, Irby, Jones, of Ar?
kansas, Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Martin. Pasco,
Pe tier. Perkins, Pettigrew, Power, Pugh,
Roach, Sboup, Stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest,
Walthalland Wolcott-32.
The following were the pairs : Senators
Mitchell o' Oregon and Allison, Chandler
and White of California, Colquitt and
Wilson, Palmer and Hansbrough, Gordon and
Morgan.
As 'he hone (2 o'clock) suggested for taking
the final vote approached, many of the mem?
bers of the other House (including Messts.
Springer, Bland, Fellows, and Geissenheimer)
entered the Chamber and either took seats,
which happened to be vacant, or stood
around at the rear of the Democratic side.
Thc galleries were so crowded that the outer
doors were besieged hy the women watching
their chance of admission. And so the
diplomatic gallery had to yield up its
ordinary exclusiveness and to admit favored
personage?, including Mrs Carlisle. The
two rows tn the lady's gallery, which are set
apart fur the use of the Presidents family,
were also full.
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 1893.
Senator Gordian's explanation of the sud?
den change which without warning swept
away all chance of the adoption of democratic
silver compromise and made the passage of
the Voorhees hill for the unconditional tepeal
of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law a
certainty, just when it seemed an utter impos
sibility, is timely as well as interesting. It
was made in the Senate Saturday afternoon
and has since formed the principal topic of
conversation wherever two or three democrats
are gathered together. It was in the course
of a few remarks made i:i reply to a speech of
Senator Sherman in favor of theissueot $200,
000,000 in bonds and attacking the democrats
for not providing therefor, that Mr. Gorman
told why there was no dt mocratic compro?
mise. Ile started tn hy scoring Senator Sher?
man for trying to mike party capital out of
the present condition of affairs, and then said
that Sherman, as the republican leader, and
thc leader of a majority of those Senators who
represented the repeal sentiment, held the key
to the situation and dictated terms to the ad?
ministration and the Senate; that a better
measure, one doing justice to all interests and
at the s ?me time furnishing the relief wanted
by the a ..otnistration. could hare beeu agreed
upon and passed had the republicans been
more patriotic and less devoted to partisan?
ship He s:<id that democrats had been ob?
liged lo set aside lifetime convictions to meet
the emergency, forced by the rcpunlicans, and
save the administration Mr. Gorman said in
conclusion that he would not repeat confi?
dential conversations, hut that it was exceed?
ingly unfortunate ihat democrats had been
.'misunderstood; that he expected further
? n auctal trouble for the Treasury. It would
???. c.iu3ed by extravagant appropriations by
. ?cent Congresses; nut the democratic party,
now controlling rhe entirego'- .*rnment, would
assume the responsibility of meeting it. In
addition to being an ex donation Senator Gor?
man's remarks were a fitting rebuke to John
Sherman for his audacity in aitemptiug to
pose before the country as the financial director
of thc democratic administration. Past repub?
lican extravagance' may make an issue of
bonds necessary in the n*ar future, out if thev
are issued it will not he under a hill fathered
or introduced by John Sherman. There is
sufficient financial talent in the democratic
majority to prepare all of the financial mea?
sures ?hat will be pissed ny this Congress
Speaking of bonds, Senator Blackburn
settled a controversy that has been open a
long time, when Senator Sherman in reply to
a question denied any knowledge of the
Harrison administration having hud the
plates engraved for au issue of bonds under
the act of 1875, by stating that the pla es
were prepared and that it it were necessary
to substantiate his statement he could in nu
hour produce them in the ?Senate.
The Senate has already made considerable
progress in disposing of the amendments
offered to the Voorhee3 bill, aud unless
something unexpected shall occur to delay
matters the rest of them will be disposed of
and the hill itself passed and sent to the
House before the raid Ile of the week That
it will be speedily disposed of by the House
is considered certain.
If Congress takes a recess at all after the
silver question is disposed of it is not now
expected that it will be longer than to about
the 20:h of November, as Chairman Wilson
expects to have the new tariff' i-ill ready to
report to the House about that time. Before
the bili is reported to the House it will he
submitted to a democratic caucus for its
formal approval as a party measure.
In view of the pledges of the democratic
party and the record of the democratic Con?
gress thus far in favor of economy in public
expenditures Hie scheme of the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia to increase
the value of the suburban property around
Washington, which ts largely owned by a
ring of real estate speculators, by asking
Cougress for authority to issue $5 000,000 in
bonds, ?he money to be spent iu opening and
improving streets and building sewers, ?8
to say the least a rather cheeky proceeding,
j The District of Columbia already carries an
enormous indebtedness, in the shape of nonds
issued under the old form of government, the
interest upon which Congress has guaran?
teed Even if this scheme was really iu the
interest of all the people residing in the dis?
trict, which everybody knows it isn't, thu
would t>e no time to increase the District's
indebtedness by issuing new bonds Your
correspondent cannot believe that the influ?
ence of the Washington teal estate ring,
great as it is known to he, wil! be sufficient?
ly powerful to control the votes of a suffi*
j dent number of democrats lo get this job
through either House or Senate.
The Close of the World's Fair.
CHICAGO, October, 30.-The World's Fair
has ended. This evening was to haye
been one of gayety and dazzliug brilliancy,
hut the death of Mayor Harrison changed
all that. The meeting at festival hall
duiing the afternoon was brief The au?
dience was detained just long enough to
hear an earnest prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Barrows, a few explanatory remarks re?
garding the change of programme by
President Painter, the reading of an ;?,?
piopriate speech by President Higgin
botham and the resolutions f f sympathy con?
cerning Carter H. Harrison's end.
The resolutions were read by H. N.
Higginbotham, who began in a clear, firm
voice, which grew husky and ti cm bled for
a moment with emotion when a certaiu
passage in the resolution was reached. Mr.
Harrison and Mr. Higginbotham had been
long associated
The Fair was declared closed by Thomas
W. Palmer, president of the national com?
mission, in the following works: "lt was
'.ileuded to close this Fair simultaneously
with the sound of this gave!, the firing of
artillery, and the lowering of the flag. All
that hus ticen changed by the sad circumstance
which bring us together now. I announce
that when the sun sets the closing will l e
marked only by a salute and the hauling
down of the flag. When thai tak?s place I
declare in obedience to the Act of Congiess.
the Exposition is officially closed."
Before giving the benediction the Kev. Mr.
Barrows announced that he h ?d t een re?
quested by the committee to read the speech
President Higginbotham lind written for this
day prior to Mr. Harrison's demise
The ?ot.'il paid attendance at the Fair from
the opening day and including to day was
21,458.910, divided as follows: May, i,()5Q,
037 : Jone 2,675,113; July, 2,760,263:
August, 3r515,493 ; September, 4,658,902;
October, 6,799,102.
The total admission on passes, including
the employees of all kinds, exhibitors, con?
cessionaires, etc, has been 5,953,818. To-day
admissions reached a total of 242,575, of
which 208.173 paid.
When Chairman Peek, of the finance com?
mittee of the World's Fair, figured up with
; Treasurer Seeberger to-day he found the
Exposition bad just $2,515,000 in bank and
in the souvenir coin fund. Estimating the
receipts at $150,000 more than he cost of
administration fur the day, the balance on hand
at midnight October 30 was nearly $2,750,
000. Ofthissutn nearly $1,000,000is30UTenir
coin, counted at its face value.
The total revenue from concessions for the
six months was io the neigborhood of $3,
750.000, from which reductions were allowed
amounting to about $250,000 for improve?
ments paid by the concessionaires. Receipts
from admissions and minor sources aggregate
$10,500,000, not including salvage. Alto?
gether the treasury has received over $24,000,
000, since the first of May from gate receipts,
concessions, and incidental sources of
revenue.
Against the income from all sources, in?
cluding $4,500,000 of bonds and $5,500,000 of
stocks, there has been a charge of $19,000,
000 for construction and the operating ex?
penses have been annul $7,000,000. to
and including the closing day the -*ck
h old era have a prospect of between 15 ? id
20 per cent of their subscriptions. Whether
th* dividend will be paid in the end depends
upon the cost of removal of the buildings and
closing up the affairs of the corporation.
---
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a cure. Being a powerful alterative, it cleanses
the blood of all impurities, destroys die germs
of scrofula, mid imparts new life a nc vigor to
every fibre of the body.
Why undergo terrible sufferings and endan?
ger your life when jon can be cured ??y Jap?
anese Pile Cure; guranteed by Dr. A. J.
Chin*.
STOLEN.
ASMALL DARK BAY MARE MULE, in
6ne order, about ten or twelve years
old, compactly built. Also Buggy and Har?
ness The Ha rr. eis nearly new ; but only one
line of the set was taken The Buggy has
red wheels and blackbody; the padding to
tack was of oil cloth and worn, giving (he
buggy an old appearance, but it is in good
tunning order.
Above were taken on Right of Oci. 31st,
from ray place near Cane Savannah, and tracks
went in direction of Wedgefield, until lost
A strange, light colored mulatto, about 16
or 18 years old who has been seen in the
vicinity a day or two, wa? on the premises
that evening late, and may have stolen the
property.
Anv information will be appreciated, ii
addressed io J H CU BB A GB,
Nov I-* Sumter. S C
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER
By T. V. Walsn, Esquire, Prolate Judge.
WU KKK AS, J. M. MOSELEY, made
suit t<> me to grant Dim Letters of Ad?
ministration, ut (he Estate nf and effect* ol
WM. II. ATT WA TEX. deceased,
These ar? therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and credit rs of th?
said WILLIAM ll. ATTWATKK late of .?nid coun
ty and J?tate, deceased, that they be and
appear before me. in the Court ot' Probate, to
be held at Sumter C. li, <>n November 16
1893, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock
in the forenoon, to *hew cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration should nol
be granted.
Given under my hand, this l?t day ol
November, A D , 1?'J3
?1I0S. V. WALSH
Judge of Probate.
Nov. I -2t
How
To Invest
Small Amounts.
This isa problem that puzzles more
than one man who saves a portion
of his salary. The following letter
gives the result of an investment
in a loutine Policy of the
EQUITA BLE LIFE:
0*10?, S. C , Dec. 20. 1892.
W. J. ROOOKV. Esq , Agent.
DKAB SIB :-Your favor enclosing
check of the Equitable Life Assur?
ance Society in settlement of my
policy, No. 209,310, came duly to
baud The- settlement is a liberal
one, exceeding my expectations, and
I an>pleased with it.
Yours truly, WILLIAM MUNRO.
There is no form of investment
to-day that offers such absolute
security ami such liberal dividends
as i he pioper for?i of life assur?
ance It's a matter on which every
man should be posted \Ye send
you figures and particulars without
charge
W. J. B0DDE7, Manager, .
Department of the Carolinas,
_ROCK HILL, S. C.
BUSINESS NOTICE.
THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
beiwen W. J. HERRON ar.d W. J
McKAIN, in the Livery aud Draying business
has been dissolved by mu'ual consent, and
the Draying and Livery business will here?
after be conducted by each separably, with
headquarters at the samestand-W. j. Herron
conducting the Draying a d W. J. McKain
the Livery, each ou his own account. All
debts due the old firm will be collected by
W. J. McKain. who assumes all liabilities ol
said firm.
The patronage of the public is solicited io
both lines, and prompt attention will be given
lo all orders left at the stable, oti Liberty
Street.
W.J HERRON,
Oct 25. W.J McKAIN.
ANNUAL MEETING
-OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
OF SUMTER COUNTY
SUMTKK, S C., Oct. IO, 1893
TH K A N S (J A L M E ET ING of i he Cou n ty
Commissioners of Sumter County will t*
held on November 9 h, prox All persons
holding bills, accounts, or demands of any
kind against Sumter County, which have not
Leen nlready presented, will please deposit
same with Clerk of Board on or before No?
vember 1st. 1893.
By order of Board
THOS. V. WALSH,
Od. ll. Gletk
Notice of Incorporation.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thirty
days from tins date the undersigned
will apply to James D. Graham Clerk of
Court for Sutnt.r County, Sitte of South
Carolina, for H charter of incorporation under
the name of the Ladies' Union Society of
Mount Zion M. K Church, as provided by
Ad of Leglislature.
RACHAL SPENCER,
AMANDA O W ENS,
MINNIE McFARLlN,
ANNIE CON VERS,
PENNEY COA KLEY,
MARTHA SUMTER,
CHARLOTTE GREEN,
MARY McFARLlN,
HATTIE ZON,
(MILLY SPENCER
L. ARTHUR, Sec'y.
Oct. ll.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY VIRTUE of sundry Executioos, to me
directed, I will offer fur sale at Public
Auc';on io front of the Court House in the
City of Sumter, on the first MONDAY in
NOVEMBER next and as many days thereafter
as may be ?ceasary, within the legal hours
of sale, the following property :
400 pounds seed cotton, more or less :
1200 pounds fodder, more or less: 3100
pounds seed cotton, more or less in field;
90 bushels corn, more or less, in fiel d ; 90
bushels cotton seed, more or less; 1 bale
cotton; one-half acre sugar cane; and one
half acre of potatoes; levied upon and to be
sold as the property of Samuel Howard ui.der
a warrant of attachment to seize crop under
Hen of Ducker & Bultman against the said
Samuel Howard.
All of the crops of Horace B. Mitchell
grown on the rarm occupied by him during
the present year, consisting chiefly of cotton
in bales, corn which has been gathered, cotton
seed, and hay. Seized under warrant of
attachment in favor of John D Craig against
Horace B. Mitchell, for rent.
MARION SANDERS.
Sheriff Sumter Co.
Sept. 13.
MASTER'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER
IN THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS.
James M. Seignous-Plaintiff, against
D S Pate and T. A. Wilbur
Defendants
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in
che above entitled cause and ?atediaren
24th 1893, I will sell at pubile auction
in front of the Court House in the city ot
Sumter, in said State, on Monday, the 6th day
of November. 1893, being Salesday, between
.he hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and
5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following
property to-wit;
"Ai! thar store house lot together with the
buildings thereon, situate in the Village of
B?8hopviUe, measuring thirty nine feet io
width and two hundred and ten feet in depth,
and bounded as follows (now or formerly)
to-wit: North by lot of Dr. R. E Dennis,
South by the public road leading from Sum?
ter to Bshopvill?, East ny lot of A. f.
Cotiser and West by lot of J. L. Parrolt."
Terms-Ca9h. Purchaser to pay for all
necessary papers.
W. H. INGRAM.
Master for Sumter Count/.
Oct. ll, 1893.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUiMTER.
?N THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
R. F. Hoyt-Plaintiff, against Leory
Johnson and Tena Johnson, sole
heirs at law and Distributees of John
Capell. deceased-Defendants.
r T5Y VIRTlJS of H Pretal order made in the
jj above entitled cause and dated Jone
23th, 1893, I will sell at public auction in
front of the Court House in the City of Sumter
in said State, on Monday, the Ijtb day of
November, 1893, being Salesday, between the
hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5
o'clock rn the afternoon, the following
, property to-wit:
I "All that parcel or plantation of land
situate in Sumter County io the State afore
f said containing thirty acres, more or less,
and being a part of the tract of sixty acres,
more or less, conveyed to me by T J.
Coghlan, Sheriff of Sumter County, S. C., by
h is deed, dated 26th May, 187!, recorded in
the office of the Register of Mesne Convey?
ance for Sumter County, S. C., ic Book T.
T., page 319 The thirty acres, more or
less, hereby conveyed being the ?balance of
said tract of 6o acres above mentioned after
deducting thirty acres, namely fifteen acres
sold to Robert Bentley, deed dated 31sr May,
1884 and recorded in said Register's office in
Book "Z ," page 534, and 15 acres more or
less, sold to R. P. Monaghan, deed dated 7th
January, I?86. recorded in Register Mesne
Conveyance office, Book "Z."page 251 "
Terms : One-half cash, balance on a credit
of one year, secured by Bond and Mortgage
of the purchaser-with privilege to purchaser
to pay all cash. W. H. INGRAM,
Master for Sumter Count v.
Oct. ll. 1893.
MASTER^ SALE.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
IN TUE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Frank Af. Spinn, Guardian, Assignee.
-Plaintiff, against Catherine W.
Sumter-Defendant.
BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in
the above entitled cause and dated 16th
June, 1893, I will sell at public auction in
front ol' the Court House, in the City of
Sumter, in said State, on Monday, November
6?h, 1893, being Salesday, between the
hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5
o'clock in the afternoon, the following
property to-wit :
"All those two tracts or parcels of land
situate, lying and being in the County of
Sumter and S ate aforesaid, being lots No. 6
and No. 6a, allotted and assigned to the
said Callie: i ne W Sumter under the Decree
made in the case of Caroline K. Boll and C.
WT. Sumter against Franci> C. Rees, Wm J.
Rees and others, as her portion of the Estate
of W. W Rees under said Decree; and par?
ticularly represented on a plat made he J. D.
Mcilwaine, D. S., dated 29?b June, A. D.,
1888 under survey in said case aiad mote
fully described as follows : Lot No. 6 contain
ing one hundred and seventy-seven arres and
bounded North-east by the public road
leading from Sumter to Stateburg, South?
east and South by lauds formerly of the
Estate of Dr M.S. Mooie, West and North?
west by lot No. 5 on said plat assigned to
MarytW. Rees, lot No 6a, contait ing seventy
five and one-half Meres, and bounded North
and North-west hy lands of estate of Mark
Reynols, East by lauds of the estate of Mark
Reynolds and lot No. 5a on said plat assigned
to Mary W. Rees, South by lot No. 4a on said
plat assigned to Chas. M. Rees and land o
Wi!,is Brown and bv lut No. 3a on said plat
assigned to C. K Bull "
Terms of sale-Cash Purchaser to pav for
papers. W. H INGRAM."
Master Sumter County.
Oct. ll, IS93
Estate of Mrs. 'Elizabeth M.
Bradley, Deceased.
A LL PERSONS having demands against
J\_ aforesaid estate, will present same
duly attested, and all persons in any way in?
debted to s>-.id estate will make paym- t with?
out delay to GO RD JN BRADLEY,
Oct 28-3t. Qualified Ad'm'r
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
Jig T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
VX7HEREAS, JAMES D. GRAHAM,
W as CLERK COURT C. P. made suit
to me, to giant him Letters of Administration
of the estate of and effects of SAMUKL JAMKS
LAWKKNCK, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and Creditors of the
said Samuel James Lawrence, late of said Coun?
ty and State, deceased, that they be and appear
before me, in the Court of Prohate, to be held
at Sumter, C H., on November 20th, 1893,
next, alter publication thereof, at ll o'clock io
the forenoon,to show cause, if acy they have,
why the said Admiuisttalion should uot be
granted.
Given under my hand, this 1 Ith day of
October, Anno Domini, 1893.
T. V. WALSH,
October ll - 6t Judge of Probate.
NEW LUMBER YAM.
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
th? public generally that my Saw Mill
located on the C. S A N. R. R., just back of
my residence, is now in full operation, and I j
am prepared to furnish all grades of Y?How
Pine Lumber from un hied timber, at prices
according to grades.
Yard accessible on North side of residence.
J. B. ROACH.
Feb 18.
Miss McDonald
Would an DOUG ce her usual
Well Selected Stock of millinery
is DOW ready for exhibition and sale.
HATS AND BONNETS in FELT, VELVET AND SATIN w;!l be show*.
-ALSO
RIBBONS in variety of prices and colors, some of which are rich in quality and severely
plain. A full line of
Ostrich Feathers in the very latest make up, together with Aigrettes, Quills,
Bird fancies in Slack and White Parrots, small Black birds,
Mercury Wings, Ste.? Ste,
-PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS
wow
Is your chance to buy
FRUIT JARS.
We are selling Mason's best Jars at the
following prices :
1 qt. Jars 80c. per dozen.
1-2 gallon Jars fl 10 per dozen.
KINGMAN & CO.
Aug 30
Money is Scarce,
Therefore, you want to spend what you have where
it will do you the most good. If you will bring along
a little cash, we will show you how far it will go in
OUR STORE. WE HAVE SOME
Special Bargains il. In Hats.
Hats worth $2.50 to $3.50-you
can have your choice for $1.00.
_ _ ?
Why pay 15c. for linen collars-we sell them to you for 10c.
A beautiful line of
four - in - hands and
bows for 25c.
Best assortment of
ft ECK WS! AR
in Sumter,
We can sell you anything you want in underwear, gloves,
handkerchiefs, collars, cuffs, hosiery, (men and boys,) at
PRICES THAT WILL PLEASE.
Tours anxious to please,
GUTTINO & DELGAR,
UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE,
P. S-Suits and Pants made to order.
Levi Bros'.
We Need no Introduction to the Trading
-Public.
So only call attention to a few special lines in our immense stock.
We have purchased this season
The HandsomestuT Clothing
Ever offered in this market.
WE VAS FIT YOU
in a Prince Albert for $18 lo We have Square Cut suits
$20-usually sold at $25. braided and unbranded i"
In a Cutaway snit for $17 to extra length (latest shapes)
$22-worth 25 pr. ct more. price-$16 to f?5- fcxtra
7 T " . , .4 pants from i5c. w $7.
im Long Cut sack suits, r
(latest fad) for $15 to S20. Good line of Mackintoshes
Overcoats in great variety and Gum Coate-Price re
-cheaper than the cheapest. duced to reduce stock.
BOYS' DEPARTMENT.
Boys' Overcoats-sizes 5 to
Boys'Knee Suits a special- j8* Big drive in Overalls
ty-sizes 4 to 14-extra ^ ^ Yont||8< & Bo>V
knee pants, priced 35c. to Suits, priced from $1 25
75c. per pair. j to $16
CHEAP.
FUNNISHINGr DEPARTMENT.
BEST LINE OF
TIES, BOWS, TOCKS FOUR-IN-HANDS, WINDSORS,
and everything that's made in neckwear.
WE KEEP THE
'.GOLD," "SILVER"
Ami several other special brands of Shirts, which would induce you to
buy it you would only come in and see them.
Good Line of
COLLARS) CUFFS, SUSPENDERS, &C, AT LOWEST PRICES.
Don't buy your
Until yon have seen our stock. White and Scarlet Flannels at surprisingly
low Bgures. To those whom it may concern-We have
Celluloid Collars at lOc.-Just think of it! and
Cuffs to match at 25c. per pair.
JOB L.OT OF HATS
FROM fOc to $1.50. TO SEE THEM IS TO BUY THEM.
Our regular stock of Hats is surpassed by none in the city for style and
lower than any in price.
LOOKOUT FOR OUR NEXT AD.
Levi Bros9.
Oct 25