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rt atti) ont I) con IBB 8UMTEK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let allTthe Ends thou Aims't at, he thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.1' THE TRUE SO?THKON, Established Jone, 1366 Consolidated lag. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1894. Sew Series-Yoi. XIII. No. 35. Published Every TSTeines?ay, KT. Gt. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per anoum-io advance. ADTSBTISKMUT: One Square first insertion....**..-.00 Every subs?quent i user ti on........ ~. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. TBS RANK OF SUNTU, SUMTER, S. C. CITY- AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business Also has A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cen?, per annum, parable quarterly. W.F.B. BAYNSWORTB, W. F. RHA??, President. Cashier*. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK OP SUMTER. STATE; CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTE*, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund 12,500 00 Liabilities of Stockholders to depositors acccordiog to the ' law governing National Banks, in excess of their stock . . $75,000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, Julv and October. R M. WALLACE, L. S. CAB8OK, President. Aug 7. Cashier._"_ NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Monuments, Moues, Ste., And doing a General Business in that line. A complete workshop bas been St ted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness ail orders consigned to us. Satis? faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jane 16. H. A. HOYT, MA1J? STREET, SUMTER, S. C. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, FINE DIAMONDS, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb. 1_ JOS. F. RH AME. WM. C. DAVIS. RHAME & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. Attend to business in any part of the State Practice in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21-x._ GK W. DICK, D. D. ST Office over Levi Bros.' Store, E5TBASCB 09 MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. Office flours-9 to 1 ; 2.30 to 5.30. DR.B. ALVA SIMMONS. DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN ft BROWN'S STORE, Eat rao ce cn Main Street Between Brown ft Brown and Duraut ft Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2_ WRIGHT'S HOTEL COLUMBIA, S. C. -o 3. L. WRIGHT ft SON, ? Proprietor?. The Middle-of May. Date for the State Nominating Conven tion. The latest information in regard to the holding of the convention for the purpose of nominating some Reformer for Governor, is that the convention will not be held before the middle of May. The rank and file of the Re form movement, representing both factions, are uow hard at work carry? ing out the "Oolleton Fea," which was some time ago settled upon as the plan for the securing of the con? vention which the Alliance-Reformers demanded so earnestly. Up to date, nine of these meetings, as mentioned from time to time, have been held and members of the State Reform executive committee, which is to issue the call for the convention, have been elected. Up to date, every member of the committee elected is considered to be in favor of holding of tbe proposed early nominating con? vention. This week, on Saturday, the big meeting at Spartanburg is to be held and the meetings in Aiken and Fair? field are also to be held. Next week, on the 29th, the Rich? land meeting will be held. Or? the 30th, the Berkeley meeting. On the 31 st, the meetings at Kershaw, Darlington; Orangeburg, Clarendon and Sumter will be held. On April 2, two days before the assembling of the State "committee, the meetings in the counties of Anderson, Edgefield, Lancaster, Barnwell, Union and Williamsburg are billed to come off. Including the meetings already held, calls have been issued in twenty-eight of the thirty-five counties of the State. The counties in which no calls have yet been issued, so far as known, are Charleston, Georgetown, Horry, Beaufort, Chester, Marlboro and Florence. The leaders, when asked yesterday what date was contemplated for the holding of the convention, said that the convention could hardly be held before the second week in May. It is understood that the State committee will issue a call directed to the Re? formers of the various counties to hold meetings of the Reformers of those counties on sales day in May, for the purpose of electing delegates j to the State convention It seems j that this date will be selected in order that the attendance at the meetings can be representative of the whole county-in other words, that the attendance can be larger than it would otherwise be. The Alliance-Reform? ers say that they are not particular about the convention being held before the middle of May. And that settles it.-The State, 2lst. --mmJm>-*m>m?^mmmMm JSBB?RMflMP* What the Gayden Searching! Parties Have to Say. To the Editor of The State : I have been requested by those who were ac? tive in the unselfish and contiued* pur suit of the murderers of Mr, John E. Gayden, to express their thanks to those people who were so kind ta offering j them their assistance and io showing j them such great hospitality. Proprietor Jervey of Sumter opened his hospitable hotel to ta eui. The au? thorities of the C., S. & N- railroad put cars at their disposal twice, and Mr. j Roland of the W., C. & A. railroad at road at Sumter, and other officers of the road, also showed them every atteotion. To the good people who rendered them ' such kindness they feel under lasting obligations which they will readily discbarge when the opportunity presents itself. Those who were actively io the party were: J.'Rofet. Seay, John and James. Williams, Marion and Wilber Seay, Jessie Stack, Harry Bates, Oscar and Ross McKenzie, Samuel Joyner, Julius Harbort, H. B. Love, John S. Scott, William Kohler, D. B- Cotton, J. B. James, Hugo Krause. Houston Joyner. H. W. Adams and Robt. A School- j bred. All these, Mr Editor, will appreciate your giving space in your valuable pa? per for this expression of their thanks and appreciation of all the kindness shown them, FRANOIS A. WESTON. P. W. Wagener & Co. Win the Celebrated 'Grange" Cases. DARLINGTON, March 20.- The well known cases of F. W. Wagener.& Co,, of Charleston, against members of the Grange here, dating back to 1887, were at last decided here to-day, Messrs. Wagener & Co., winning these last two cases. For years these cases have excited a great deal of interest here, and are familiarly known as -The Grange cases." .Several notes have been previously sued aud two were tried to? gether this week, une against the Stokes Bridge Grange, amounting with interest to $2,180 06. The other against the Cypress Grange for $1.750,06. These amounts made a total of $3,930 62, and the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plantiffs for tbe full amount. These cases apparently "would not down," and have eogaged the attention of the Court ou several previous occasioos? As far as the lower Court is concerned the last ones are now finally disposed of. Messrs Geo W. Dargau and W. F. Dargan represented the plaintiffs; Messrs. R VV. Boyd and E. K Dar? gan appeared for the defendants, i- mm The W, a & A. Loses. CHARLESTON, March 21.-Judge Simonton today filed a decree dismiss? ing the suit brought by the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad against the sheriffs and treasurers of Florence, Horry, Marion, Richland and Sumter counties. The decree says the allega? tions contained in the complaint and the issues raised are almost, if not. ioden tical with those in the case of the receiver of the South Corolina railway which has already been decided in favor of the State. lu these cases, after the tender and payment of so much of the taxes as are admitted to have been the result of lawful assessment, there is due the county of Florence $2,734. Horry $328, Marion $1,685. Richland $2,724 and Sumter ?1,683 The suit is dis? missed, and the railroad will have to pay the balances given above. - i i mmm The E. & D. Officials not Wor? ried by the Railroad Tax Decision. Yesterday a representative of The State was talking with a prominent Richmond and Danville Railroad offi? cial when the matter of the decision of Judge Simonton in the South Caro? lina Railway taz case was mentioned. The official was asked what he thought of the decision and how it would affect the cases of the Richmond and Dan? ville road. Be stated that, so far as he koew, the decision in this particular case would have no effect at all upon the pending cases in which the Rich? mond and Danville road was interested. Hesays the South Carolina did not allege that the assessment placed upon ii was more than the road was worth to rebuild, which was the essence of the whole fight. The Richmond and Danville people, on the other hand, he says, did so allege. He says that Judge Simon? ton in bis decision, called particular attention in the South Carolina Railway case to this very fact and drew the distinction.-The State, March 21st. Clearing Liquor Muddles. State March 23. Governor Tillman is home from Washington, and he came chock full of information. The Governor denied emphatically that his visit to Washington had any political significance He went there to have a full understanding with United States Revenue Commissioner Miller? in regard to the liquor tro bles, and he had it. He says that the commissioner has ordered the release of the liquor that the collec? tor has been trying to take away from the State which liquor the State first seized. He says the matter was adjusted in the pleasantes and most satisfactory way possible. He says he does not think that Mr. Townes tried to make the United States laws obnoxious, but was simply carrying out the instructions he uadjiom head? quarters as he understood them. They agreed that both the State and the United States government had a right to seize contraband liquor, and the State dispensary officers being a portion of the State court, when they got upon the ground first, were entitled to what seizures they could make. The matter of others, besides the State authorities, bidding: at govern? ment sales of confiscated liquors, was also discussed and an agreement reached. The Governor says that both he and the commissioner were desirous of reaching an amicable adjustment of this puzzling question. He told the commissioner that while the State law gave lum the authority to destroy competition by the power ii gave him to seize liquors found in the possession of any one, he had no desire to destroy any competition that might exist. Ile has therefore agreed, he says, to furnish all patties ! who purchase liquors at such sales certificates to ship them outside thc State. This applies to buyers who come into the State and local buyers, too. The Governor will permit pur? chasers of all retail packages thus sold, to retain possessio:: of them, furnishing them certificates, provided they certify that the liquor is for their own use and they pay the State an advance of 25 per cent, on the pur? chasing price. The commissioner asked the Governor to fix some arbitrary figure of this kind, and that is the figure agreed to. This, he says, ivas the only way he saw out of th i 8 trouble. "We both desired to have it adjusted on a friendly basis, and this was the only plan we could discover." Governor Tillman stated that he spoke to the commission about the matter of the contemplated removal of the collector's office to Greenville The commissioner said he had as yet j received no formal application for] such removal. Said the Governor : "I discouraged the removal I told him it was far more convenient to us to have the office in Columbia The State has to advance morie}' to the distillers within the State and pay the tax upon home manufactured whiskey before we can use it, and thus we have a great deal of business with the office." He added : "You might say for the benefit of the whiskey men who sell the State whiskey, that we fully discussed the question of'outs' also." Thc general public perhaps does not know what this term means When a barrel of whiskey is stored in a warehouse, if it remains there for two years, about three gallons evaporates in that time # If it remains there five years, about five gallons evaporates This shortage on account of age is termed "outs" by the whiskey manu? facturers. lt seems that all the liquor seized by the United States authori? ties 80 far, as contraband, has been in barrels marked all right, but which when guaged were shown to be full, thus proving that the same barrels had iu some way been used twice, and were filled with raw liquor on which no tax had been paid. At the request of the commissioner, Gov? ernor Tillman promised not to have any of the whiskey purchased by the State emptied out of the barrels until it has been inspected and guaged by the United States revenue officers. Mr. Traxler will be instructed also not to pay any one for liquor until it has passed through such guaging. The Governor stated, too, that he had promised the commissioner to turn over to him all contraband liquor seized, which has no stamp upon it, when the packages contain more than five gallons. Governor Tillman says he never had a more pleasant or satisfactory con? ference with any one than he did with the commissioner. Stokes5 Contest. Columbia Journal, March 22. The State Board of Canvasssers met this morning for the purpose of re? ceiving and tabulating the returns of the election in First Congressional election. J. Billy Stokes, unsuccessful can? didate, is making a contest and he was represented at the meeting by John Gary Evans and W. Gibbes Whalev of Charleston. Judge Izlar was represented by Mr. Dibble, J. P. K. Bryan of Charleston, and Mr. Raysor, of Orangeburg. Owing to the fact that the Orange burg returns had not been received the board could not do much. The Orangeburg board adjourned over to Saturday, whereas the law requires them to have their returns in the Secre? tary of State's office by 12 o'clock to-day. The board had no right to delay matters this way, but what action if any will be taken is not known. The boawi organized by electing State Treasurer Bates chairman, and Mr. N. W. Brooker. Secretary. On motion of Mr. Tindal the board pro? ceeded to consider the votes. Mr. Whaley then read protest from Charleston, Berkeley and Orangeburg, charging illegal voting at various pre? cincts. He filed, at the proper time, a general protest against the vote of Charleston being counted an account of alleged irregularities, and filed affi davits to sustain the protest. In all the papers counter affidavits were filed on the part of Geu. Izlar. The affidavits were received without comment on either side and were placed in the hands of the secretary. Ou oiotiou of Mr. Blease it was re? solved that the secretary file the re? turns and the protests and that all bc taken up at a future meeting and that all parties concerned and their counsel be allowed to examine ail papers in the hauds of the secretary. Owing to the fact that the Orange burg returns were net in Mr. Blease moved that the board adjourn. Secretary Tindal made a motion that it meet again on Wednesday at 12 o'clock. Mr. Evans said that he would have to be in Baltimore on Tuesday, and asked that the date be postponed. After some discussion as to what time suited diff?rent counsel it was finally agreed that the board would meet again Thursday night next week at 10 o'clock. According to the law the board has to meet from day to day and on motion of Mr. Blease the board will have a formal and legal meeting to-morrow at 10 o'clock, but that will be-all. Mr. Whaley's contest in Charleston I while general, has more particular ref? eree to the vote of two precincts in Ward 4. He claims that a number of irregularities occurred in that ward and that Stokes' friends were denied any admission or accession to the poll lists and talley sheets. The managers of election in the city, however, decided against Stokes Mr. A. C. Kaufman, one of the managers, while agreeing generally with the other managers en? dorsed on the returns that in his opin? ion "some irregularities bad occurred in Ward 4 which I think are sufficient to satisfy me in making this excep? tion." It was said by a member of tbe board to-day that, even admitting ali Dr. Stokes' charges of specific fraud, Geo. Izlar would still have a safe majority The exact official figures as received could not be obtained to-day for the reason that they had not been couDted. Tbrowiog out all thc boxes io contest, however, it is probable that Judge Izlar will have over a hundred major ity. - -- - Corn Stalk Molasses. WAYCROSS, Ga., March 15.-A farmer, who lives near here,. tells an interesting story of his experiment in making corn stalk molasses. He says : "I planted two acres of rich land in corn about April 1st, last year, fertilizing it heavily with home made compost twice during its after growth, which, of course, made large and heavy stalks and ears full of sweet juice, like the juice from the old china I or sorghum cane. I did not plant it I with that intention, but after observ? ing this I immediately pulled the corn ears while green and shipped them in barrels to Boston, which alone doubly paid my expenses of planting, fertilizing and gathering I then pulled the blades off, leaving them on the ground to be plowed under, and hastily proceeded to cut down the stalks, cut off the tops and haul to my furace. I ground the stalks to pieces and boiled the juice in the usual way that we do sugar cane-about three hours with a moderately hot fire under the boiler, which held eighty gallons It pro? duced, after the process was com? pleted, nine gallons of the whitest, purest and most fragrant syrup that I have ever tasted. It was thick and full of sweetness and did not have the burning belonging to sorghum and sugar cane molasses. Granulated sugar could not be melted and made into clearer syrup than this. There are many advantages in grinding corn? stalks over that of sugar cane. Us? ing the old-fashioned roller mill, I filled it with five or six stalks at once and one small pony pulled them through with no strain at all. The two acres made three barrels of the syrup of which I speak, and it was not necessary for me to ship it in order to dispose of it, as two barrels retail? ed at $1 a gallon, right here in this county, and 1 could have sold much more at the same price if I had made it. This year I have planted twenty, acres in corn and I shall go through the same process of planting, manur? ing and gathering as I did last year, and there are many of my neighbors engaging in the production of corn principally for the cornstalk molas? ses.-Atlanta Constitution. How to get to Congress. Perhaps it will become the under? stood fact after a while that the election of a man for congress in South Caroliua does not depend ou the number of votes he gets from the people of his district, but upon the number of "votes he gets from the State returning board ; and that if be is the favorite of the board bis election is assured. The negro Geo. W. Murray was elected that way ; and it looks like there may be soooe more of this 'Liza Pinkston busioess io Dr. Stokes' inter? est.-Newberry Observer. He Lost Twenty-three Sons in the War. [St. Louis Globe- Democrat.] UAGERSTOWX, Md., March 9,-Up io tbe mouutaius near Casey's Knob : lives Jerry Reese, a man of roany brothers and half-brothers. His father bad three wives, each of whoai had eight scos. Twelve of these sons were io the Union army during the war of rebellion, eleveu of whom were killed some at the battle of Bull Ruo and Antietam. Jerry was also wounded at Antietam. The remaining brothers were in the Confederate army and were never beard from, and are supposed to be numbered among tbe unknown dead. Col. Breckinridge's son Bob is row- ! dyisb. He got on a spree some years . back, had several fights and bis father telegraphed to a friend to have him | jailed uotil he came, ft was deter- i mined to send boy Bob on a long cruise. . When he got to San Francisco and just ! as he was boardiog a vessel he read an ! account of his father's doings with Miss j Pollard, and wired his brother, Desba, "Put the old mau in jail and keep him until I return, three years | hence." Bob is a mao now and may j be the better of the two. Items. The Senate bas confirmed A. H. dowry as postmaster at Charleston. At Edgefield an electric light plant rill be built for street and house light ?g A company of eighty workingmen ias left San Antonio ander A. F. Mor? ell, captain, for Washington, to join the 'Industrial Army." Next to the Bible, Moody and 5ankey's hymns have bad a larger em? ulation than any work in twenty-five rears. Anderson bas already marketed more han 25,000 bales of cotton this eason, and the receipts will probably xceed 26,000 before the end of the eason. Col W. B. Utsey, at one time a ?rominent citizen of St. Georges, baa teen convicted in Philadelphia of for? gery and attempt to defraud and entenced to six years imprisonment. The greatest flood in the history if South Central Arkansas is DOW on, tod that part of the State is rapidly ipproacbiog the condition ci an inland icean. Railway communication has >een almost entirely cut off from the South. An Orangeburg man name Garr?s rent to Denmark, Barnwell! county, and jought one pint of one X dispensary iquor and next day was paralyzed and iied. There is something rotten in Denmark and they do say it is the dis? pensary.-Spartanburg Herald. Miss Clara Barton, of the Red Cross Society, bas written a letter in which be Society declares its intention hence? forth to carry on the work of relief among the sea islands unaided by the public and suggests that generous people make their donations to other worthy causes. A Chinese treaty, negotiated by the new Chinese minister and Secre-. tary Gresham, bas been sent to the Senate and referred and will be reported Favorably. It renders nugatory the exclusion act. China will restrict emi? gration of laborers, and Uncle Sam will protect Chinese in this country. Western Senators will fight it. The Columbia Mill will have looms which will be the ?quivalent of 1,500 ordinary looms. Its 30,000' spindles turn out yarns equal in weight to the production of 45,000 ordinary spindles. This is owing to the character of the goods to be manufactured-duck.-The State. The Bank of Chapter, with a paid up capital of ?58,000 made an assign? ment Monday of last week. Messrs. John J. Hemphill and J. L. Glenn are the assignees The depositors will lose nothing, but the s'ock holders may lose heavily Tightness of thc money market aod inability to collect loans made last year rendered the bank uoabie to meet its demands, and hence the assignment The board of trustee of the Woman's College of Rock Hill has decided to have the ceremonies incident to the laying of the corner stone of the col? lege building take place on May I2? which is the anniversary of the birth of the Hon. Robt ?. "Winthrop ?, whose honor thc institution was named. The board expects to make the ?ccasion one of the most notable of the kin* the State has ever known. Some noted educator, or other prominent man, will be invited to deliver the oration. Sam Jones has a rather poor opinion of the members of the present Congress He gives his opinion in his character? istic style, coarse, harab and pointed : "Of all the box-ank?ed, bandy-shanked,, flea-bitten, bobtail, lop-eared. maog$;, courageless, brainless jack-wes th** ever assembled 6ince God inVe tne world, I think, for pure downright cusseduess, tba present gang in Con? gress, headed by Hill io ?he Senate, and tailed by *no quorum' in the House, beats them all." Thc recent escapade of one J. C. Elliott in Lancaster goes far towards showing that when Governor Tillman said be knew him to be a gentleman, he was mistaken. He walked into the office of editor Carter and cursed him for a mat? ter in which Carter had no concern. After raving like a madman, he was cam ly forced to apologize by Carter's uncle. It is much eaisier for the public to conclude now that the Charleston jury who after ?he investigation re? turned on oath that constable Elliott slapped a defenceless woman were right than to think the governor did right in pardoning him.-Spartanburg Herald. Highest of all ir "leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE