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The Sumter Watchman was founded in 18t0 and the True Southron io 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence . of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter- . EDITORIAL NOTES. The presentment of the Grand Jory is rather longer than usual, but is worth reading. It is to be honed that the movement to build an oil mill in Bishopville will not come to naught. An oil mill in Bishopville would be the next best thing to aa oil mill io Sumter. Sumter should have a first class base ball team this sommer. There will be 00 difficulty to organising a circa:t of six places. For iossaoce: Columbia, Florence, Darlington, Georgetown, Orangeborg and Sumter. The re-election of the -officers of the Sumter Light Infantry last night was well done. The Company is' improving rapidly sod any change would have been a mistake Phelps, Cuttioo,, Wilder aod Perrin SH the bili. The attempt of Sam LaFar, dispen? sary spy, to seise aod break open at the ?. C. L. Depot a box addressed to a lady of this city, the box having ' been sent by hand from Florence by j the father of the lady, shows how these gentlemen bave to labor for $2.00 per day. The indictment against John T. Green, Esq., late School Commissioner - of this County, is an occurrence that surprised maoy persons and caused all of his friends great regret. He claims to be able to vindicate himself as soon as the case is brought to trial. We propose to suspend judgment until he is proveo guilty, and this is what all who have been his friends should do. We hope tho murderer? of postmaster Gayden, of Eastover,will be apprehend? ed and hanged by doe process of law ; bot we are more than thankful that they were not captured oo last Saturday or Sunday, for we greatly fear, judging from reports, ?hat Judge Lynch would have decided their fate, and another outrage would have been added to tbe already too long list. Railroad Commissioner H. R. Thomas will undoubtedly, be the life of the Reform faction in this county during j the approaching campaign. He is j already in the field-opening the fight as it were-and cao be counted on to be on deck tc the last. He led the fight two years ago, and his ability as a leader is too well recognized by his faction to make probable his displace? ment, as suggested by the Freeman. Senator Irby is thinking of resigning the chairmanship of the Democratic Executive Committeee. and will stump the State io defense of his record. This is the latest, political rumor. There may be troth io it, and there may cot Bot io case be does stump the State, the campaign will be more interest- i iog to Conservatives especially if Hon. ; G. Wash Shell cao be induced to deliver j his lecture on "The One Blade Knife," I at suitable plaoes and dates Columbra is iu the midst of the most ioterestiog municipal campaign expe? rienced in that city in years. There is j one feature that we particularly like. The candidates for Mayor are stating ! their platforms, so that the people know for what, as well as for whom they are voting. The candidates for Mayor of ' Sumter would not be going amiss to declare their platforms. Personal merit is well enough as far as it goes, but a broad platform of public measures i and principles will strengthen any can- ! didate. i The Refawmers of Newberry County are in a quandary, or at least they seem j to think so. The prosperity Press and Reporter, which has been a Pharisee of | the Pharisees, as far as refawm goes, until the stockholders recently made in j change in editors, is not now an orean for Rev. Sligh, Dr. Pope and like refawmers. Hence Dr. Pope, Rev. Sligh and.others are now raising fonds to establish an organ that will famish 1 refawm arguments. Refawm must have organs, even if it is not always possible support them by Public Printing. If Sampson* Pope should go forth into the land and slay all the unbe- j lievers with his ass's jaw bone, what need would there he for John Gary Evans's persuasive eloquence, Timmer man's pacifying statesmanship, Tiodal's harmonizing essays, Ellcrbe's soothing syrup, Hemphill's effeminate flatterii o; the display of Gan it's talent? J the "antis" would be dead, a serenity, security and brotherly lo should prevail 'io the re fa win cam] There would be no discordant factio to persuade bamboozle or harmon?2 There would be no cause then foi Print i Dg Steal, for an organ would needed no longer. Such a settleme of the political turmoil is open to b one objection-it would be rather ha oo the unbelieving antis, but then the wishes and feelings are slight conside ations. Mr. Chas. A. Smith, of . Timmon ville, writes that there bas been mo drunkenness and disorderly conduct that towu since the dispensary w established than' in years. Yet tl dispensary is a "step towards tempe apee !" He says, also, that the dispel gary was forced opon Timmonsville t negro votes, the negroes out-uumbe tog the whites by a large majority Timmonsville has been free from liqu< for a Dumber of years, and the esta! lishment of a dispensary there was f< no other purpose than to increase tl sales of the State Dispensary. The railroads in the State have bee defeated io the test case made by D. E Chamberlain, Receiver of tbe S C R.E., claiming that thc State's ase si ment on the railroads, as raised by th Board of Equalization, was arbitrar and unconstitutional. The railroad tendered the amount of taxes due unde the original assessment, which the Stat refused. Judge Simonton in a lon and learned opinion decides that th assessment was not nncoostitutional, an orders the Receiver to pay to the Statt the balance due, and also the costs c this action. The election yesterday in the Firs District for Congressman, between ex I Judge Izlar and Dr. J. William Stokes j is io doubt at this writing. The Stat j reports that Stokes coocedes Izlar'; eleotion, Charleston having given bia a majority of nearly 2,000. The Neta and Courier reports that "if Colletor bas given Stokes as large a majority ai he received in Lexington and Orange burg, Judge Izlar is defeated. If not he is elected, lt all the democrats ic Charleston who could vote had voted for Gen. Izlar, his election would have been assured." This leaves the matter in profound uncertainty. Gen. Rudolph Seigling, of Charles? ton, aud principal proprietor of the Nines and Courier Company, died sud? deo ly from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy, this morning about 1 o'clock. He was stricken while in the Treas? urer's office in the City Hall about 9.40 o'clock, and lingered unconscious until death. He was removed to hts home about eleven o'clock yesterday Since suffering from an attack of meningitis two years ago. Gen. Seigling's health has not been good. He was a prominent man in Charleston, and the tidings of bis death will be everywhere received with regret. The call for a public meeting of Reformers io this city to elect a dele gate to a convention io Columbia, in pursuance of what is known as the "Colleton Plan" is published to-day Mr. H. R Thomas, by virtue of his leadership of the Reform faction of Sumter County, is&ues the call. We presume that Mr. Thomas, wili convince those who attend the meeting that to elect a delegate to Columbia is a sacred duty, aud that the delegate will be elected. We presume, also, that the delegate will go to Columbia prepared to vote for suggested candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. There will be no suggestion for the other offices-these place will be left blank, so that the many others who feel like they are called to hold office may live in hope until the campaign is ended and danger of discord is past. It seems that the civil war in Brazil is about over. Admiral De Gama, who has been the reai backbone, of the rebellion, has, it is said, offered to surrender on coudition that safety be 1 guaranteed to himself and his followers, j The commander of the Portuguese man bf war in the harbor of Rio, bore the message to President Peixoto, and De Gama has gone on board that vessel as an asylum. Peixoto's reply is uot : given, but it is believed that the terms j have been favorably received. Dis- j patches to this effect have been sent by I Minister Thompson to our Government, j Secretary Gresham understands from the dispatches that the war is virtually j i ended. This is the first severe ordeal that the young republic of Brazil has I 1 passed through, and all lovciS of ! \ republican government will rejoice that! she has successfully stood the test. ! ID Washington City last Thorsdt Robert E. Lee, Jr., son and nan sake of Gen. Lee, and Juliette Cart were married. The Rev. Dr. Ri dolph H. McKim performed \ ceremony, at the residence of M Dulany, the sister of ?the bride, who a distant relative of the groom. ? Lee has be?n a widower many yea ir is said, aid lives most of the time Washington, though his home is t famous White House near Romaneo! Va. He is a member of a firm of r< estate brokers in Washington. ? resemblance to his father is said to very strong The wedding was ve quiet, on! 7 the relatives of t two families being present, and i formal invitations were sent nut. T groom's sister Miss Mildred Lee w present. She has speut the wint at the capital. One lint in the chain of eviden connecting man with the monkey th should not be omitted by the scieotis who delight in finding their an ces to in zoological gardens rather than in tl garden of -Eden, is bis un COD querab propensity to ape whatever he con side worth apin g in others. As for instanc io reading about our republican cou at Washington, we are informed th the attempt will be made to have fashionable drive in the White Hou? lot at 4 o'clock io the afternoon . Tuesdays and Thursdays for the ne: two montlis, thus aping the custon of European Capitals ?here simih parades occur, as in the Bois de Bot logne at Paris, Hyde Park and Rotte Row, at London, the Pratter ? Vienna, and Unter der Linden J Berlin. Our "republican simplicity seems to be giving way somewhat to tb customs of "effete monarchies." Governor Tillman has raised tw issues with the representatives of tb Federal Government. The first come about by reason of the seizure c certain liquors found in the store of I Elias in Charleston, by the Interna Revenue oificers, after seizure by th State authorities under the provision of the Dispensary Act. Gov. Tillmai denies the right of the U. S. authorise to take euch action, and proposes t make a test case of it, unless the Com missioner at Washington shall decid right that bis construction of the law i the one. The second issue is raised in tbi way : Up to this time the State ha bought io all the liquor seized and soli by the U. S. Inc Rev. Department fo violation of law, but a few days ago a a sale in Columbia of such liquor, cer tain parties outbid the representative o the dispensary and the liquor wai knocked down to them, but not delivered because the Governor caused warrant! to be issued for the seizure of the goods and the arrest of the purchasers, charg. ing them with violating section 1 of the dispensary law. The point is that thc U. S. Government is bound to delivei the goods sold, aud should protect the purchasers. If not, the Government should not undertake to sell if the pur? chase shall involve the loss of the liquor and the arrest of the purchaser. Every bodv will watch the fight with interest. He speaks of his constables as "my hawks, and of the Government officers as buzzards," and threateus to "dump into the street'' the liquor seized here? after, if the Federal Government is to come in and get it after seizure by the State constables. Supreme Court Decisions. J. A. Mood vs. the Western Union Tele? graph Company. Judgment of the Circuit Court reversed, and the cause remanded to the Circuit Court for a new trial, witt) leave to the plaintiff to amend his complaint as he rnav be advised. Opinion bv McGowan, A. J. Alfred L. Davis vs. Levander Elmore. Judgment of the Circuit Court affirmed. Opinion by Mciver, C. J. - - ?*?*>?-.?.?-Hmm "F. J" Cesto." Several of our exchanges have published a letter from the Bishop of* the Diocese of Ches? ter, England, to Gov. Tillman, making in? quiries respecting the dispensary system, and signed **F. J. Cesto," as if tbHt was the Bishop's name. For the information of all concerned we will state that it is the custom of the English bishops tu sign the initials of their Christian name and the Latin name of their Diocese, to a letter or other document, not adding their family name. This js what the Bishop of Chester has done in this in? stance. "Cesto" is the abbreviation ot" the latin nam? of his diocese, and F. J. are his initials. His name in full is Francis John Jayne, D.D -~ mmmt .?? . -*mm~ Mr. F. A. Sullivan, ol Chicago. 111., writes, that he has used Dr. Bull's Cough Sprup for bronchitis and found it to be as repr?sent?e:, "a great remedy and a good friend." BOARD Of EQUALIZATION. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR OF SUMTER COUNTY, j i SUMTER, S. C., March 13, 1894. j rHE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZ?- i TION will meet at the Auditor's Office \ JN THE ::3d INSTANT, to hear appeals not i i'ready heard and attend to other business j )f the board. A. H. STUCKEY, Auditor Sumter Co. Mehi;. ! Murder of J. E. Gayden. On last Friday night Mr. J. E. Garden, postmaster at Eastover io Richland County, WAS shot and killed within a few. hundred feet of the depot at Wedgefield. The circum? stances of the killing, so far as they have been developed, are as follows: Mr. Gayden bad driven a lady friend from Eastover to her j home, she having arrived on the 9.20 train of the Atlantic Coast Line, and was returning homeward when, a? be passed the depot, he saw therein a light. Thinking that the per? son carrying it was the night watchman, Mr. Gayden hailed, and the person ran out, pursued by Mr. Gayden, who failed to over? take him. Mr. Gayden gave the alarm, and aroused the town, purposing io follow the thief, who had fled in the direction of the YVateree river, taking the railraad. No one would accompany bira, it being then near on to midnight, but Mr. Gayden determined, very unwisely, to go alone in pursuit. Boarding a freight train he go off at Cam? den Crossing, and there all trace of him was lost until Saturday morning when his dead body was found by the side of the railroad, a short distance froru Wedgefield station, with a 38 calibre pistol ball through bis neck, and a wouud oo his forehead appareotly inflicted hy a heavy implement, as a club or stick. A laotero be had carried was lying near bim still alight, and bis pistol, undischarged, was tn his band. Evidently be had been shot from ao ambuscade. Shots, seven in num? ber, were heard by some of the people of Wedgefield and five empty shells were found at a certain point in an adjoining field, where the murderer bad emptied and reloaded bis pistol. It was in a cut that the shooting occurred, and the tracks of the assassin were found leading to the point in the field as mentioned, from which they led back again lo where bis victim lay. He had evidently returned to see what effect bis shots bad had, and had taken the railroad, after viewing the result. Here the trial ended. It is conjectured that Mr. Gayden had pro? bably arrested one or more of the robbers, and had been shot by them, or by the third, for, as will appear, there were probably three persons concerned. WHO DID THE KILLING. The man who was in the depot at Eastover at the lime Mr Gayden hailed, was endeavor? ing to break opeu the agent's safe. He lefthis coat on the floor when he ran This coat was indentified by the colored pump minder at Eastover as the property of John McCIoud, who is a Sumter negro, though living at Eastover lately. McCIoud bas disappeared from Eastover and is not in Sumter, which is suspicious. It is said that two white men i and a negro were seen nt the Camden Cross? ing on friday, who stated that they were going to Eastover, but would return that night. It is surmised that these may be the guilty parties. These three men were Robert Weelis, Robert Andrews and John McCh-ud. They went towards Eastover on Friday evening, but they have none of them returned home, and none or their relations know where they are. j Since then, as stated below, Robert Weeks j has turned up in Charleston, and is now held I by Chief Martin. These circumstances, taken in connection with the finding of .McCIoud's j coat in the depot at Eastover, are, certainly, j very suspicious, nnd indicate the probability ; that the officers of the law are on the right1 track. In addition to the above, it ! ?3 said that John McCIoud. who is an old j penitentiary bird, had in his possession a 38 I calibre pistol. j When the body was discovered at Wedge- j field, telegrams were sent to Eastover stating the fact of the killiog, which produced great! excitement, and brought to Wedgefield, Satur- ! day morning, a number of Mr. Gayden's I frieuds heavily armed, whose plain purpose it j was to lynch the guilty party or parties, had he or they been apprehended. After remain- j ing several hours, and ascertaining the state ; of the case, this party returned to Eastover on ] the train which left here at 8.30 Saturday | night for Columbia. It is a subject of sincere congratulation that no lynching occurred, ! for however foully Mr. Gayden was murdered, that fact furnishes nu excuse whatever for a further violation of law in a civilized commu? nity wherein adequate machinery exist for ad? ministering justice. On Sunday, Mr. Ben Weeks, so long a fore? man at the Sumter Cotton Mills, but for some? time past a resident of Charleston, took his nephew, Robert Weeks, who had arrived in thai city early Sunday morning, and had ? gone to his uncle's house, and delivered him j to Chief of Police Martin, stating that as the young man had been suspected of being im plicated in the murder of Mr. Gayden, he preferred to place him in Chief Martin's care. This fact was communicated to Trial . Justice Moseley, at Wedgefield, who had been : conducting the inquest, and he replied, re- ; questi'" Cap t Martin to hold Weeks inj safety and seclusion. .j PARTIES IN PURSUIT. i Sunday evening a party of gentlemen came j here from Eastover, having heard that per- I softs on the Government dredge in Wateree, j had seen three men io a boat going down the river on Sunday morning answering the* de? scription of the parties wanted. Genera! ! Manager Millard of the C. S. & N. gave them an engine and coach to go as far as the Saut?e bridge on bis road, with & view to intercept ing them. Several men from Sumter accom panted this party, arriving at the bridge by 9 : o'clock, and remaining all night, the parties sought not having passed that point. The Eastover and ?uniter men returned on Mon- ' day, having spent a wretched night in the . storm, unprotected from the rain and wind. They left a guard ai the bridge and others | have gone out on both sides of the river to j look for the supposed assassins. Mr. F. H. i Weston, of the Eastover party, before leaving for home Monday night, received a dispatch saying that three men had passed the new bridge on the M. & A. railroad late that after- j noon, going down stream in a boat. If these : are the guilty parttes, it is evident that Robert j Weeks has been wrongly suspected, for be j turned up in Charleston, early Sunday morn- j ing. A deputy seni down yesterday evening, < for Weeks bas not yet returned. Agent Penny has stated that Weeks, An- , drews and McLeod were at that point on ! Friday, engaged in close conversation for j several hours, and that ihe two white men boarded the freight as it passed and went j across the river, while McLeod afterwards ' walked off in the same direction. These three were afterwards seen together at East over. It also appears that McLeod took the new coat of the agent at Eastover, and left his own. lt is also said that Weeks and Andrews told several persons that they were going to Eastover on Friday. It is not Strange that these three should have been sus- : peeled, when these circumstances are consid- ? ered in connection with the others given : above. It is more than probable lhat we will j soou h.-ive news of the capture of the murder- ; ers. Mr. Gayden's remains were taken to East over Saturday night and buried there on Sun- ; day morning. He leaves a. widow and seven . children. .--^-m>- . ? ? . mm* Reform Clubs, Attention ! The Reform Democratic clubs of Sumter County are respectful ly requested to send | delegates to meet in court house in Sumter on Saturday,^the 31st of March, at 12 o'clock , to elect one member of the State Reform ; campaign committee, and to discuss the mode of selecting and placing before the I people the candidates to lil! the State offices; the delegates to be elected on a basis of ODe delegate for every twenty-five members and one delegate for every majority fraction. * Respectfully, H. R. THOMAS, President Reform Faction Democratic Party. . Use Excelsior Baking Powder, prepared only by_ Dr. A.J.China. Guaranteed tobe! chemically pure. Price 35 cents per pound.! 2 ounces for 5 cents, etc. e.o.w-tf j 189?! ?894.1 A. G. PHELPS & CO., Sumter, S. C. Fire, Life, Accident, Steam ?Boiler, Plate j Glass, Bonds of Surety for persons in posi-, tions of trust, and Liability Insurance in j every branch, written in the very best Amer ?can and Foreign Companies. Uver sixty-five millions cf capiial repre- I sen ted. Office at Messrs. J. Ryttenberg & Sons, -2d Floor, Front. M ch 14-0 OK THE CONDITION OF MONDS NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER. AT SUMTER, S. C., At the close of business, Feb. 28, 1893. RESOURCES Loans and discounts, $139,960 65 Overdrafts secured 2,797 03 U. S. Bonds, to secure circulation 18,750 00 Premium on U. S. Bonds, 1,750 00 Banking House Furniture and Fixtures, 779 00 Other real estate and mortgages owned, 1.454 03 Due from National Banks, (not Reserve Agents) 317 69 Due from State Banks and bankers, 4:951 07 Due from appioved reserve agents, 19,146 71 Notes of other National Banks, 155 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 238 60 LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK, VJZ; Specie, 14,690 80 *{ Legal-tender notes, 13 395 00 j Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circu? lation), 843 75 2?.085 80 Total, $219,229 33 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 75,000 00 Surplus fund, 12,300 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid, 1,500 48 Nation?! Bank Notes outstanding 15.200 00 Due to other National Banks, 2,005 54 Due to State Banks and Bmkers, 2,297 99 Individual deposits, subject to check, 110,925 32 Total, $219,229 33 STATE CK SOUTH CAROLINA, "I I COUNTY CF SUMTER, |?O. I, L. S. CARSON. Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. L. S. CARSON, Cashier, j Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th dav of March, 1894. J. E. GAILLARD, Notary Pub Correct-Attest : R. M. WALLACE, ) J NO REID, [ Directors. R D. LEE, J March 14 AND Below Cost. Intending to close out my mer? cantile business, I offer, com? mencing on Thursday MARCH I5TH, my entire stock At and Below Cost, FOR CASH OWJLY. Under no circumstance will any goods be charged. ALTAMONT MOSES. Mch 14. Just Received ! 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