The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 13, 1895, Image 4

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ilk Mzkfaw nub fau??jroiL VBT.BD3S - ?DAY, MARCH 13, 1895 The Sunder Watchman was foucdea in 1850 and the True Southron in The Waterman a??<? Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in j Sumter. EDITORIAL NOTES. Worth made more royal figures than any mao who lived in Europe. The announcement that the dispen? sary will sell cocktails bas been receiv? ed with pleasurable expectations by the half famished mixed drinkers it has been predicted that Senator Irby and Shell will make friends and pull together in the campaign this Sum? mer. Strange aod more improbable things have happened. Alas, and is it true ! Cocktails are Dot for common dispensaries? Only the tourist hotels can tickle the palates of their patrons with the seductive mixture. The forty plan seems to be gaining a followiog in some parts of the State, and there is a prospect that there will be more compromises than any one will know what ta do with. Gov. Evan: is rather severe on the Sumter Notary Publics whom be has removed from office. He says they had made themselves obnoxious to re? spectable people. GOT. Evans bas contributed his quota to the current campaign literature. But without! pr ed j ad ice to bim, we must say that he has thrown very little addi? tional light on the situation. The wine makers of California are making money on wines at 7 to 12J cents per gallon. South Carolina can raise grapes and wine for which better prices can be realized, and there would be money in it. A few minutes spent in the Super? visor's office renders the need of an educational requirement for suffrage paio'utly apparent. Many who apply for registration do not know either the State, county nor township in which they live. The tactios 1>eiog used to prevent the registration of negroes will undoubt? edly create much more trouble than the Administration imagines. The negsaoj and the white men who are now lead? ing them are determined to fight the matter. The dispensary system is not yet through with the courts. The last case, which was sprung in Charleston, bids fair to prese the system harder thao any of the cases previously brought. The fight was not finished by Gov. Tillman, as many imagined, and Gov Evans will be called upon to defend the system which he had so much to do with inaugurating. The Neicberry Observer is authority for the statement that the fraud com? mitted in the last election will be brought to light after all. it says : "We have heard that a case io the Circuit Court of the United States is being prepared by two lawyers of New? berry charging fraud in the election last fall as to the Constitutional convection, aod charging B. R. Till? man, the theo Governor, with partici? pation io it ; charging a conspiracy be? tween Governor Evans, B.R. Tillman, John Calvin Hemphiil, Joseph YV. Barnwell, Daniel Henderson, Jno. T. Sloan and others to deprive certain citize?s of their right of suffrage, and charging that all of the election laws of this State are unconstitutional, null and void, aod asking that a special Master be appointed to take testimony and report to the Court as to the frauds of last fall and the conspiracy, and also charging A. E. P. Bedenbaugh, Super? visor of Registration, and other citi? zen? of Newberry, with conspiracy to deprive the colored voters io this coun? ty of their suffrage, and Bedenbaugh with obstructing and preventing regis; tration by delay, etc., etc. They rely on the Constitution of the United States and of South Carolina, thc Act of Congress of June 25th, 1868, and various decisions of the t?rreme Court of tho United States, together with its general equity powers. This, if successful, will pevent a constitutional convention from being held, as they will ask that Governor Evaos be eDioiced from issuei?g the writ of election. Cleveland has come South to shoot ducks, while Carlisle remains in Washington to fight the gold bugs. Mint Julep and straws to drink it withal is not too much to expect of the great, flexible dispensary sys? tem. The new silver party may obtain a following, if one of the old parties does *>t adopt the silver side of the ! financial question pretty soon. The financial situation is a cloud with the black side turned toward the mas'- of the people, while the millionaires are scraping] out the golden lining in fifty million dollar chunks. ? The last vestige of the claim that the dispensary is a temperance measure has been knocked into a cocked hat by the cocktail scheme of i Dispenser Mixson. Cracked ice next, j Farmers will make money by using ! little or no fertilizers this year. Home production should include the major part of fertilizers, as well as provisions. The State imagines that it hears the thunder of Irby?s home com? ing. Perhaps it is only John L M. raising high jinks in a Pullman as he did once before. One day Miss Gould acquires a husband, consideration ?3,000,000 ; next day Mr. Vanderbilt gets rid of a wife, consideration $3,000,000 This is American high life. The number of negroes on trial at this court for hog stealing is a sign of two tbiug8, the large number of hogs in the county to be stolen, and the desti? tute condition of the negroes who have always depended on getting a lien. There is a little too much Pick wickianism in the press of South Carolina, otherwise it will compare favorably with the press of any state. And the editors themselves are al jolly good fellows when you know them, ?umler will have the pleasure of meeting them in May, when the Association meets. A number of counties have held meetings aud selected delegates to the State conference called by the Forty, and several others are to have meetings shortly. It would be well if every county had representatives in the State conference. Mr. H. Lee Scarborough will soon enter upon the discharge of bin duties as Treasurer of Sumter, and he has the best wishes of a majority of tho people of Sumter County, who did him the compliment of selecting bim over the present iocumbent, who is not only an influential member of a strong faction and a shrewd politician, but an officer that bas been courteous and accommodating in the discbarge of bis duties to political friends and foes alike. Treasurer Keels has not let partisanship enter in or bias him io the discharge of his duties as Treasurer. The new party, with the financial question as thc central plank in the platform, will find a strong followiog io the South and West and will be a factor \ that will have to be considered in mak? ing up estimates for the next campaign, provided that it does not take aboard too many isms and cranks. The peo pie are demanding a change, and the ! fioancial condition is such that it is perforce the most promi- j neut question before the country. There is not a busioess nor j an individual, unless it be a bank or banker that does not feel the pressure ! of hard times, and no one sees any hope of relief, without some radical change. Thousands will go into the new party, without having any cle?r : idea of what the party promises, but 1 simply because they desire* a change. j We observe that several Northern j writers have been unstinted in their i praise of George W. Cable's latest novel, John March, Southerner. One, Mr. Boysen, goes so far as to say that this book will be a mine of information to future historians, who seek for in? formation concerning the re-construc? tion period in the South. Ile pro? nounces the characters true to life and the book, as a whole, a picture of certain phases of life io the South. This is from a Northern point of view and is not sumrisiuir. for the book i* at best but a vilque and distorted caricature of the South. It is tiresome as well as untruthful. Southern people should read the book, however, if they can find time, as it! is au example of the sort of stuff concerning the South that the North accepts and commends Under the heading "A Timely Warning,will bo found in this paper, a letter from Mr. W. T. Ay cock, con? taining ao ex'ract from inc New York Mailand Express, wi h timely com? ment thereon, beariug upon the politi? cal questioo now attracting tho atten? tion of South Caroliua. Mr. Aycock is from this couoty, and understands and appreciates the force of what he writes Gov. Pavane is makiog a mistake in his handling of the notary public busi? ness. If he has valid reasons for re? voking the commissions of notary pub? lics be should state them. His course is furnishiog the Republicans with campaign material of the best sort, and disgusts a large element of the white population at the same time. The Tillman-Irby situation remains in statu quo and until tbiDgs take aoother turn no one knows which will back down. It is generally predicted that Senator Tillman will be tbs one. to bend to the storm, but we do not be lie^e*he will do so this time. He has already gained everything possible from the Irby riog and be is now working for the right to claim, with some semblance of truth, the title of a patriotic and far? seeing statesman. The members of the County Board of Commissioners are exhibiting great interest io the administration of the affairs of the county under the new' County Government law, aDd if the system does not prove a success io this county it will not be chargeable to the commissioners. The law bas been found crude in many particulars and will have to undergo extensive amend ment before it will accomplish all that its framers intended. Coxey's scheme for the National Government to undertake road build? ing on au extensive scale for the pur? pose of furnishing employment for the thousands of unemployed workmen would prove more popular this year than last, simply because there are more men out of employment now than last year wheo he undertook bis famous march to Washington. Coxey's idea is j nothing more novel than another phase j of the same spirit that supports the protection, system. It is ali paternal ism, and Coxey claimed to represent elements of the population that had never enjoyed any of the benefits of protection, and demanded in the name of those elements that the government exteod its paternalism to include them. From this point of view the demand was not only rational but just, since the work accomplished would be a lasting benefit to the entire community, while furnishing a large class pf citizens with honest employment which they cannot obtain otherwise. But from another point of view the whole scheme is wrong, because anything that is founded upon or connected with pater? nalism is in disaccord with the true function of this government. It makes no difference in what form this pater? nalistic spirit exhibits itself, be be it in protection, extravagant pensions, the dispensary or Coxeyism, it is all wrong and tends to destroy the democratic form of governmeot and degenerate into communism. Dargan Did Not Speak. A Misunderstanding Made it Im? possible to Secure a Hall. Cel. J. J\ Dargan, of the Sumter Freeman, who was scheduled to speak here last night at the County Court House, did not deliver his address on the comiug Constitutional Convention. Col. Dargan arrived during the mom ing, but weut to a private boarding house, aod it was not known that he was in the city. In fact, up to about 8 o'clock, it was thought that he had not come. It was not thought that the Court House would be occupied last night, but the coroner's jury had it and was locked up therein. When the jory was asked to go to some other room io the building they declined, saying that they had too many witnesses to be ex? amined for them to make use of any smaller room. In the meantime a crowd of about two or three hundred persons had gathered in front of the Court House, a great many of whom were negroes. Col. Dargan after a brief consultation with several gentle? men, having previously declined the offer made by some one in the crowd of the use of the Wesley colored church building or thc Carolina Hall, turned to the crowd and said that he would speak here on Friday night uext : that, it a hall cou'd not be secured, they would take it out of doors, provided the weather was good ; and that "it eau be depended upon ; I am determined to speak m the ci ty of Column a on the coming Constitutional Convention, whether 1 can secure a hall herc ?r not.''- The S<<it,. Hood's pills have wou hif.''1 praise !ur their prompt und ctlicient yel easy action. Native Red Rust Proof Seed Oats for sale by W. M. Graham. Several of ihe hug ?ness men >,: th:s '>v.n have been inVHSiigaling the pork pa-.k^ng hu?iriPSs with a vie.v of e.-tanlisVp t pack ing house in Sumter if it is practicable 'o ov? eree y small plant ut a f-*ir profit ori the (.. .; ital invested. The investigation i.as nor hem pursued to a sufficient pxtent to erin o it them to arrive a' H ny (infinite conclusion. ai d it is not probable that any move for the or? ganization of a company to puck poik wi i i be made immediately. The establishment of this incusiry in Soulii Carolina would t>p a great advance in the right direction, for jt wou!<i stimulate ho_' raisin? und would keep a great deal of moupy at home thai has here? tofore been sent West to pay for meat, and along with the growth of hog raising would become a d i versification of crops and a re? duction of the cotton acreage, for a large amount of grain, potatoes, turnips ro feed the hogs. Only one more day remain in which un? registered voters may qualify themselves to vote for delegates to the Constitutional Con? vention, it is the duty of every man to exer? cise the right of voting'and the first essernial in this connection is registration. It may necessitate some slight neglect of business, but this is a matter of small moment in com? parison with thc grave issues at stake that will come before the Constitutional Con*en ? lion. Democrats should neglect the mutter no louger. j Sam Howard who was on Monday founc not guilty of obtaining money under false pre ! teDCes was immediately arrested on another ; charge. It is said that Sam has been through ! tbe court seventeen times and has escaped ! conviction each time. If this be true Sara is : a dandy and should hang out his shingle as j an expert cousulting witness. Since the exercises of the Graded Schoo! j have tieen resumed in the school building, i there has been considerable anxiety in the j minds of parent lest the water that has been ' j in the eellar will create sickness among the school children ""he writer has inquired of ; several men whose opinion should carn j ; weight, and they all are of tne opinion that i ' there is no reason to appprebend any sickness ; from the presence of wa'er in the cellar. The water bas bteu pumped out as rapidly ?9 it ! rose in the cellar and has not become stag? nant at any time. The furnacs kepp the ? school rooms dry and comfortable, and then? j is no reason to believe thar the water io the j cellar willttfect the heaith of the childret. The heavy rains and revere weather of th i winter have left the bicycle track in bad con j dition and, considerable work, in the way j of repairs, will have to he done before the , track is in condition for the spring races. ! Tbe wheelmeu of the city nre a unit in de.*ir ! iog that the track will be put in good condi? tion aod that the Track Association will ar ? range for aseries of cycling events during the spring and summer. The Confederate Mon_ ->t has become an uosiehtly object on account of the mould or discoloration which encrusts it. This could he prevented to a great extent if a litttle judgment and care wpre exercised. Every spring, on Memorial Day, the monument is j decorated with flowers and festoons of ever I greens, and these are left on the monument I to decay and engender mould which dis ! colors the monument. Tr* mould should be ! removed from the monument, and some care exercised in future. It is not to be wondered at that Ayer'e Pills are in such universal demand. For the cure of constipation, biliousness, or any other com? plaint needing a laxative, these pills are un? surpassed. They are sugar-coated, easy to take and every dose is effective. mum ? * mmm A Fast Florida Flyer Derail? ed in Georgia. MACON, GA , Marci) 8 -Advices from McRae, Ga., say : The Florida vestibuled train, No. 31 southbound, Conductor Hubbard, gineer Dave Moore, was wrecked at scotland. Ga., j about 5 o'clock this morning by a tampered switch, the staple being broken. The train consisted of three Pullmans, first and second class coaches, mail and express car, every one of which was derailed, the Pull? man, first and second-class coaches j being thrown on their sides One of j the coaches was occupied by the Ro ! land Reed Company and the others ! having a full complement of passen I gera. That there was no greater j damage is miraculous. The schedule j i untiing time is fifty miles an hour and j the engine crashed into some cars on j the side track, telescoping itself in a i box car. Mrs. C.. II. Suber?, of Pickens, j M168 , with a ticket to Ocala, Fla,, j was killed. A five-year-old da ugh - j ter of Mrs. Subers was also killed The injured are : Roland Reed, , badly injured leg and back ; Mrs '. Mary Myers, of New York, severely ; wrenched back and shoulders ; James ; Douglass, Brooklyn, slightly injured ; i Miss Isadore Rush, New York, slight? ly injured; Julian Reed, Philadel? phia, slightly injured ; W. R. Ber ; nan, New York, slightly injured. All i of the above are of the Roland Reed Company, who cancel their dates and . return to Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Hoff uer Elvia, of Ohio, and Mrs. P. H. ! Morton, of Cincinnati, are slightly Injured. Mr. Roland Reed distin? guished himself by a great risk, res? cuing three of the ladies from the up I turned car. Mrs Saber's nursing babe escaped uninjured. It has developed that the schedule time of the train was thirty-two miles an hour and that the train was run? ning on time The switch was changed by drawing the spikes out of the track, making the rails of the track fit the rails of the siding. The nick of the switch had been tampered with, but was not broken. While no physician or pharmacist can con? scientiously warrant a curt', the J C. Ayer Co. guarantee the purity, strength, ano medicinal virtues of Ayer s Sarsaparilla. It was the only blood-purifier admitted ul the great World's Fair in Chicago, 18D3. Mzav . iii-i See the Worin*.?. Fair for fife ecu Cent?* l p'.n receipt "t your address; and fifteen cent* in postage .-tamp.-, ive will mail you pre? paid ..ur Souvenir Portfolio ot thc W..rl.i"? Columbian Exposition, the regular price is r'iftv cents, but as; wc want you o have i?nc? wc make thc price nominal, i'ou will find it a work art and a thing tu bc prized, lt cm. wins l'u?i page views ol the great buildings, with descriptions ot .-ame. an.1 is execute! in highest style of art. It not satisfied with it, wc will refund thc stamps and let you keep thc bouk. Address 4 H. E. BUCKLES & CO., Chicago, Ul. Privateer Personals. PRIVATERE, March ll, I $95 There are h?: ;. c tue:, of cu r towns! ip who ?re truing :<? joh; oi c'l'si-ie the countt : Cadet Whildt-n Ne1::- - at th- Ciemron Col? lege, and Messrs. Hampton Ranger and Richard and Dwight Cain at the Willigon High School in Barnwell County. Miss Marv White Netties is going to school in WedgefWd aid Miss Susie Bradford is attending the Jordan School, in an adjoining township. Sunday was an idea! dav find th?* large ciowd at B-the! Churcii almost reminded cut of an association nii-etitg. McD. F. Beholding as in a Giass. Review tn Arena Magazine. "Beholdine as ia a Gtass." bj Virginia D. Young, is a story of a South Carolina girl who went West, 'ravelling alone on her first little journey in the world, and encoun? tered an experience that was to inf3ueo.ee her whole future life. The story truly holds the mirror up to mittue and contains many clever and vividly-drawn pictures ot' life in the middle West. The mannerisms and pro? vincialisms of the people are touched with a fidelity and sympathy that is something new in American fiction. We have already had New England and the Soul!] in our i fiction until th^ir eh?racteristi?*s are perfectly familiar, and, indeed a little stereotyped, io ! the minds of most readers in the English : speaking worid. But Arkansas is new j ground in this respect, and Mrs. Young., has given us some character sketches or rural life in Arkansas that show something of the i skill wuh which Mr. Garland has depicted i si m i liar social conditions in Iowa. Mrs. Young gives negro lingo and negro ! peculiar ines with a fidelity to nature as ofoue I to the unan-er koro : the scene in the cotton fie!d is pai-'ted wirha realism that rn.-vkes it alive At one point in the story Vivia seems ahout to achieve a great sneers-1 in her chosen I j line of tffort, when a call of love induces i her to sacrifice the fruits of h-i hard tabor, i ! and again take up the yoke (rom which she j ; had heeo freed. This piece of selr sacrifice i I leads to a new discipline of greater suffering ? ! than any ?he had ever dreamed of in her j I highest flights of romance, winding up in a j ; most original and cruel climax. Relief j . comes, however, and the tears which the j woman's anguish had wrung from us, are j d?ed in joy over ber deliverance There is not a particle of affectation in the! : author's sty le. It is all as straightforward, j I sincere and simple as a transcript from a j ; letter written merely for friends. Mrs. | Young's strongest traits as a writer are in ! tbe realm of humor and pathos, but she does no', fail to touch the fountain of tears Her oegro dialect is so absolutely true to life I that we can almost fancy ber taking down i the talk as it was uttered. There is a good 1 deal of originality iu her writing, and "Be j holding as in a Glass" is altogether a pleas* ? iug and satisfactory story. CLARENCE PERCIVAL SMITH. I Ayer's ? PILLS j Received I Highest Awards AT THE World's Fair AS THE BEST Family PHYSIC j Pharfflacentical Examination. THE next meeting of the Pharmaceutical Examining Board of South Carolina, will be held at Sumter, S. C., on the 20th and 21st inst. Applicants must app ly by letter not later than the loth inst. By order of the President H. W. HUMMEL, Secretary of Board of Examiners, j March 13, 2-t. Charleston, S. C. TO LEASE OR RENT FOR ONE i YEAR OR A TERM OF YEARS. CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE, V SUMTER, S. C., March 7, '95. ( THE OPERA HOUSE DEPARTEENT IN New City Hall building, Sumter, S. C. Haodsomely furnished, with Scenery, Chairs, I etc Proposals will be received until 15tb day of April, 1895. Lessee will be required : to give bond, with satisfactory security for performance of Contract. ' Apply to City Council of City of Sumter, i S. C., or to C M. HURST, March S-eod. Clerk and Treasurer. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of sundry Executions, to me directed, I will offer for sale at Public Auction in front ot the Court House in the City of Sumter, on the first MONDAY in APRIL next, and ns many days thereafter as may he necessary, within the legal hours of sale, the following property : Ail that piece, parcel or tract of la?d, situate, lying and being in Middleton Town? ship, Sumter County, State of South Caro? lina, containing one thousaud, six hundred and fifty acres, more or less, and bounded North by lands of Gallups, formerly of Clarkson, East by Beecn Creek, South by lands formerly of Col. Blanding and West by Wateree River, levied upon and to be sold as the property of John Moore at the suit of the State for taxes. MARION SAN DEUS. Sheriff for Sumter County. March 9-16-23-30. THE ViNELESS YAM. \rERY PRODUCTIVE, easily cultivate^ and the best Potato in the world. Seed tor sale by March G-3t. JAS. ti. WH ?TH. KAVANAUGH & AMMONS, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, OFFER THEIR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC; Estimates furnished on ail classes of work. Satisfaction guaranteed. Only ti rsl class work done. Workshop at Harvin's Mill. KAVANAUGH & AMMONS. Feb. 9-::" Tie Mufft BM Stallion FANCY BOY, IS NOW AT J. W EPPERSON & CO.'S Stables. LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C.: Where he will make the Season cf 1S95 March 15-v. GRIST MILL. ON TUFSDAY next, March 12th, I will start a Grist Mill at the lumber mill cf C. R. Harvin (formerly Carr's mill) near the C. S. & N. R.R. Juuction, and will give prompt attention- to grinding Mea! and Grits. The patronage of the community solicited, a- d first-class work guaranteed. A. D. HOLLAND. March. 13, -4t. i i MONEY LO WO). -1-: j Do yon want to borrow money on equita ! ble terms ? ; Do you desire ro pay off a mortgage and j re-borrow the money at 5 per cent. interest ! annually ? Would you care to he so situated that you could reduce the mortgage against your home by paying/)!? a small amount monthly and at ihe end of each year receive credit for all paid? Witb interest being charged only on remaining portion of loan. Would you like to buy your family a borne? If no read 'he following: I represent a Company that baa embodied in its plan all the features enumerated above and many more. Cao you see ??ny reason why you should pay a large interest for raooey when you bave good security? Cac you present any good reason why i'. is not as well to receive profits yearly as to vrait from 7 to 10 years as one does in many of tke Associations? Is not tbe reduction of interest yearly better than whiting many years tor profits? Borrowers under the plan ? represented by me assume absolutely no risk ! HS every dollar paid on the lonn i.'? credited i on the mortgage, thereby reducing it in pro I portion to the amount paid. Building Associations have benefitted ? hundreds of thousands, so did tbe old cars j that were propelled by horses. Oar pian is as j far superior to Building Associations as the trolley cars are to the old antiquated horse car system. My time is too mucb occupied to answer questions for the curious, but those seeking information for the betterment of their condition will receive full information promptly. We offer an investment to those who have a small amount to save monthly that has no superior as to safety and seldom equaled for profits. Call or write. HENRY L. B. WFLLS, Jan 30. Attorney, Sumter, C. H. S. C. So Simple. 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