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IBB 8UMTEK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
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Consolidated lag. 2,1881.
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1894.
Sew Series-Yoi. XIII. No. 35.
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Also has
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Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received.
Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cen?,
per annum, parable quarterly.
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Cashier*.
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OP SUMTER.
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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.
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Jane 16.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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