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MARCHING ON WASHINGTON. Some in Rags, Some in Tags, Some in Velvet Gowns. Corty and Bis Beggars, Mounted and Afoot, Beach Camp Lexington-Snow Cooli Their Ardor-Substitute For the Goddess of Peace. CANTOS, 0., March 25.-Coxey's Army of Commonweal moved ont of Massiilon to-day OD schedule time. There were perhaps seventy-five strag? glers in line at the start and twenty five less when Canton, eight miles away was reached. Carl Browne, ebief marshal, who headed the precession was moan ted on a white horse and was fol? lowed by half a dozen aides, all mount? ed oo horses belonging to Cosey who rode io a carriage drawn by a pair of spirited steeds.. The procession consis? ted of the marshals, Coxey, his wife and sister, a bugler, fonr covered wagons containing camping outfits, baled straw and several quarters of beef; a brass bead that pta ved all kinds of m ocie at once and the sod ie rs of the common? weal oo foot. They marched single file sod two abreast, as pleased their fan? cy, and, with very few exceptions, were hard looking citizens. This they claim? ed, was not their fanlt, bat the fault of oar system of government. The weather was pleasant when the * start was made, bat the procession was soo a o verla? en by a serve snowstorm. This bad a depressing tendency, and a number of desertions were reported be? fore Reeduburn, the- first stop, was reached. After a brief stay at Reedu burn, the army resumed its onward march, and reached Canton shortly af? ter 4 o'clock, where Camp Lexington was pitched. Coxey is enthusiastic and claims that the movement thus far ex? ceeds bis most sanguine expectations, but this is hardly in keeping with is former declarations. On the march from Massilloo to Canton, the army was followed by a mob of nearly a thousand people io carriages, OD horse? back and afoot. They made the welkin riog with their cheers and kept Coxey constantly bowing and lifting bis hat. On reaching Canton, tbe army was greeted by fully 10,000 people, who were crowded on the sidewalks and in windows and in balconies along the street. Every one regarded the affair aa a huge joke and good humor pre? vailed on all sides. Camp Lexington was pitched on a vacant lot near the work house shortly after 4 o'clock and the tramps, constituting the Army of Commonweal, at once began building bonfires, scattering straw upon the ground and making other preparations to keep comfortable during the night. The army has had to start on its march without a goddess of peace, as oo maiden could be found to assume that role. Instead of a goddess, how? ever, a burly negro bas been enlisted to carry the banner, thus giving the African race representation io the movement. One group of five soldiers deserted in a body before Canton was reached Their marshal thought the celestial powers were not exercising proper discretion in sending a snow storm upon the advancing hosts and advised his men to break for a passing freight train. They heeded his advice and have not been beard from since. It is feared by some of Coxey's lient tenants that there will be more deser? tions before morning unless the weath? er moderates owing to tbe prevalence of comfortable hay mews in these parts. Coxey's life insurance policy, it was learned to-day has been re? voked, the officials of the company fearing he may meet with a violent end before finishing bis present enter? prise. MasBillon and Canton have been crowded all day with people who have j come io from surrounding towns te see the "passing of Coxey." New York, March 25-A special to I a morning paper from M assn Ion, 0 , signed by Hugh O'Donn el, the labor leader, says : Unless Coxey can man- j age to raise ?24.000 by next Wednes? day, be is probably a ruined man He still owes that amount on the cele? brated stallion Acolyte, and the for? mer owner of the horse, Coi James E. Pepper, bolds a mortgage on the horse and otber property of Coxey to pro? tect that amount. Coxey purchased the stallion for ?40.000 and gave notes for that amount. He paid off $16,000 and owes $24,000. The former owner, alarmed by the reports of Coxey's in- j sane movement, sent bis son here this ! week to take a survey of the situation. ! The result is that attorneys were in- j structed to proceed against Coxey to ? day, but after a long conference, it was agreed to give the president of the Good Road Association until Wednes? day to settle. Coxey's entire property is heavily j mortgaged, and this move of the Pep- j pers, it is thought, is calculated to start ) ap bis other creditors, and if they come ! in force, Coxey is done for, as his first wife bas predicted, and as bis second j wife feared he would be. San Antonio, Tex., March 25 -The j Southern Pacific railroad officials here received word tonight that the United States Industrial Army of seven hun? dred men were put off the trains at a siding near Finlay Station on the El Paso division, and that trains were run through without stopping. The so called army broke the lock oo the switch and threw it opeo, causing the oezt east-bound train to take the-siding. The meo climbed opoo the cars sod Conductor Martin polled them to Fin? lay, where he tied np the train, pending the arrival of orders from General Soperintendent Van Vlick. The order -cane forbin to keep the train tsed up | as the compaoy bad decided uot to carry the men. Several other trains have arrived at Finlay since and all are tied op, as the army shows uo disposition to let any of the trains depart without them. Finley is an isolated station and the army will starve out if they remain here a few days. WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, March 27, 1894. President Cleveland probably never did a harder or more wearing week's work than that which has just closed. Last Monday Vice President Stevenson signed the Bland bill for the coinage of the seigniorage and it was at once placed in the hands of the president. Since that time he bas devoted his entire time to the bill, and although no announcement has been made to that effect, the opinion seems to be gaining ground here that he will veto the bill. If he neither vetoes nor signs j the bill by Thursday of this week it it will become a law without any action on the president's part. The veto of the bill will be a great disap poinment to democrats from the south and west in Congress, bot if it be vetoed no attempt will be made to pass it over the veto. Secretary Gresham smashed some precedents when he made public the new treaty with China in advance of the action of the Senate upon it, but it was the sensible thing to do, even if garbled extracts from the treaty had not leaked out and been printed in papers unfriendly towards the admin? istration. Of course Secretary Gres? ham would have preferred that the making public of this treaty should have been deferred until i? could have been accompanied by the commercial- tteaty, to which it was the steppiug stone, which bas been negotiated and is now awaiting the approval of the Chinese government. The present treaty relates entirely to the rights of the citizens of the two countries when living in either, and contains several marked conces? sions concerning the coming of Chinese to America. For that reason it is objectionable^ to some of Senators and Representatives from the Pacific coast, but in view of the advantages to bc gained by the commercial treaty, to come later, it 'is not thought that the opposition will be strong enough to endanger the ratification of this treaty, but the Senate may decide, on accouut of the slipperyness jf Chinese diplo? macy, to withhold ratification until it is known that the commercial treaty has been approved by China. Nothing is easier than to build up absurd stories by accepting wrong constructions of an act as a foundation upon which to build, and nothing is apparently more enjoyable to' those Washington correspodents who furnish imaginary matter for the sensational republican press than to put a wrong construction upou every act of Presi- j dent Cleveland's. A case in point * was the designation by the President of Rear Admiral Walker for the com? mand of Pacific Station. Although it was officially stated that Admiral Walker was given this command be cause the administration bad decided to extend an appropriation made in 1892, by Congress, in fitting up a coat ! and naval station at Pearl Harbor, j Hawaii, the right to do so having exist- ! ed since thc ratification of the treaty of j 1887, and lie was thoroughly familiar i with the harbor and its surroundings, i but putting a wrong construction upon i it, these correspondents built up stories I showing tbat the selection was made because of an iutention to interfere with the provisional government of Hawaii. These stories were not only false and known by their concocters to be false, but they ware a positive insult to the President of the United States, who had months ago formally and officially | turned all matters relating to the government of Hawaii over to Congress ; yet they were primed. Legitimate criticism is all right in its proper place, but lies and misrepresen- j tations are always cowardly and always contemptible no matter who make use i of them. General Wade Hampton knows as j well bow to saab impertinence as any ? man in public life. Thc other day be ! called on a Senator who has a private secretary who is a victim of the imper- ! tinent habit. As the General after leaving the Senator was passing through j the room occupied by the private Secretary that individual stopped him and said : You asked for half a minute and have stayed in half an hour: you ougbt to get a medal." "Young man," replied General Hampton without a moment's hesitation, "you remind me of what Mrs. Partington told Ike when he said be was going to get a medal !" "What was that?" asked the smart Aleck with a grin. 'Well, Ike, you deserve a medal, for you are the most ! meddlesome cuss I ever saw." Good I morning Mr. Secretary.1" Representative Bland, of Mo., takes a sensible view of the Coxey army busi? ness, which is being talked about in Washington, more because of the space given it by the newspapers than because anybody believes that it is actually coming. He says: "The Coxey army has as much right to come to Washington as the lobbies who oome in behalf of protection- aird other private interests. As long.as they pay their own expenses and commit no depreda? tion they have a perfect right to come. But if tbey violate law and become a mob of pillagers they should be sup? pressed." "I have used your Salvation Oil and can say it if the finest thing I ever saw for all kinds of pains or sprains and can recommend it to any one. N. L. Adams, 231 16th St., Cairo, Ills." If Cleanliness is next to Godliness, PURE WATER Must be a Means of Grace. Certainly Pure Drinking Water is necessary to good health. It is generally koowa as a fact tbat the water around town is unfit for domestic use, especially drinking. Then why use impure water wheo the Sumter Water Company delivers the pure article cool, fresh and sparkling, at your door, at low rates,? This water is pronounced delicious by all of our customers. C ?me now, be? fore the sickly spring season and the hot KU miner, and settle the heretofore vexed question of a pure water supply for your house. The following analysis by Booth, Garret & Blair, the eminent chemists of Philadelphia, shows that our water is the purest to be had : Solid matter, 0.467 grains, or about one-half grain per gallon, chiefly sulphate and muriate of magnesia and smaller amount of lime. Ammonia, 0.05 part in ooe million. Hardness, 1.35 grains carbonate of lime in one hundred thousand.J Rates cheerfully famished apon application to H. B. BLOOM, Superintendent. Mch 15 * Trade Mark. GRAND HG OPENING AT iThe ! Palace! fDry ! Goods ? Emporium,! Was Pronounced a Grand Success. * OUR DISPLAY OF v Dress Goods, Trimmings and Millinery, :--:-: Surpassed all previous attempts. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR LINE OF IMPORTED PATTERN HATS AND BONNETS, Which for beauty and perfection of style cannot be surpassed. "Watch Our Ad. Next Week. SCHWA Mch 14. This season awakens ail the aesthetic emotions io one's nature, and creates a demand for something new. Ail vegetatioo will 6O0D be ar? rayed io their prettiest and best, and YOU caooot resist the demand. You have been preparing for weeks already for your Easter Snit, bot that suit will count for naught without A Pair of Nice Shoes, -AND .4 LS H & LOMPAN Y, THE LEADERS, Desiring to allow everybody to be able to gratify their desires, have opened op their Spring Goods, and have them in prices to snit all in style and quality, the latest and best, and as to COMFORT UNEXCELLED. I A 111 EC-^ou oan?t aff?rd to buy a pair of Oxford LA ll I C 0 Ties> or Evening Slippers until you have seen their stock. I* CM Tl?-You will do yourselves injustice if you do not ||CPI I 3 at their Russett Patent Leather, Kanga? roo and Cordovan Shoes before purchasing. WALSH & CO., Monaghan Block - Sumter, S. C. Mch. 21. HARDWARE. I now have a complete stock of -Dixie Plows, Guano Distributers And everything the farmer will need to cultivate his crop. Call and get prices. BICYCLES. If you are thinking of purchasing a wheel it will pay you to call and see my line. W. B. BURNS. Mch 21. I wish to ?tate to tjie Farmer? of Sumter and Clarendon Counties that I have gotten in a car load of McCORUIC REAPERS. SELF-BINDERS, MOWERS and HAY RAKES. It is a settled fact that the Mr Cor mic Co , makes the lightest draft and most durable Grain and Grass cutting: tnichinery made :n this or any other country. Our prices ure very low nnd tenn3 easy Write to me for catalogue, which will be mailed to voa free of rhar?re. It contains cuts of ai) machines and gives full descriptions of them. G-EO. F. EPPERSON, Agent. SUMTER, S. C. Mch 21 Office at Epperson's Livery Stable. 1894. SPRING & CLOTHING For Men, Boys and Children. A Large Stock Just Received i And ready to be j exchanged for i Gold, Silver or Green ? backs at extremely low j prices. 1894. 1894. Straw Hats In all the ? different ? shapes For Men, Boys M and Children. -ALSO STIFF AND SOFT FUR HATS) In the most popular styles. SPRING AND SUMMER. Children's Good Durable Knee Pants Suits, as low as One Dollar. 1894. Knee Pants from 25c up. Neckwear, Underwear, Negligee Shirts and a, Full Line of Men's and Boys' Furnishing Goods. Suits or Pants made to order and fits guaranteed. , Mch 21. D. J. CHANDLER, the Clothier.