Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?caga:--1 <? a (Tor llMt|i????i! :?? j&Bt&nnt WSD??ESDAY, MARCH 27,1895. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the Tru<t Southron in 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. Georgia is to have another Tom Watson campaign io the Tenth District. This is almost as bad as a Tillman campaign in South Carolina. . Mr. Cleveland sticks to his friends. When they are retired to private life by their constituents he provides for them by appointing them to a good office. What will Senator Butler get? Li Hung Chang's wound may save China several million dollars and a - big j ? slice of territory, as Japan is said to be willing to be more lenient on account of the occurrence. The latest thing out is a band-book j io Trilby. In this all the French PX pressions are translated and the appli cation explained. Pepper and GaiHard are dead, and Swan has been pardoned for entering the house of Cantini in Charleston. His Excellency, the Governor of South Carolina, could not commute the death sentence of two of bis pets, as there are laws that he cannot over-ride. i The Forty's State Conference will be a representative body of the Conserva? tive elements of both factions, and Sum? ter County should send some of her best meo to participate in its delibera? tions. When the Atlanta Exposition gets well under way there will be no lack of accommodations, as the hotel boom has been started already. Atlanta will be a city of boarding houses while the Ex? position lasts. The expenditure of ?5,000 in re? fining the Court House and building a fireproof vault for the safe-keeping of tire va uabie records of the county would he thc part of wisdom. If the ; records should be burned the loss ! would be a great deal more than ?5,000. The horoscope of President Cleveland published in the Arena several months ago is beginning to have the. appear? ance of a prophecy. The development of events is in line with the predictions of tiie horoscope, and if the events of the future follow the horoscope this j country has not yet seen the worst. Senator Tillman refused to attend the Forty meeting in Spartaaburg County, as be does not desire to make any speeches until next summer. '.Then," he says, "the iron will be hot, now it is cold.'' In view of this declaration we feel safe io predicting a hot summer. Tue discovery of the new element argon, which is present in the atmos? phere, and has remained unknown to chemists until a few months ago, may j be the beginning of greater and still j more unexpected discoveries in chem is-1 try. Some chemists claim even at pres- j ent that the primary elements of matter * have not yet been discovered, and the substances now classed as elements are really compounds of other elements. i The daughter of Bishop Gregg who j lives io Austin, Texas, has said ber fa- j ther expended a great deal more money ? in publishing bis History of the Old' Cheraws than he received from the sale j of the book. It is said also that a num her of copies of the first edition of the book still remain io the bands of Bish op Gregg's family. It is strange that j there was so little appreciation of a ! work so valuable and interesting to all j persons in South Carolina and those in all sections who are students of history. I The Southern States Magazine has a i collection of facts in the last issue that proves that the Northern immigration movement to the South is a substantial reality and not talk. Large bodies of land in various Southern States have been bought and cut up in farms by Northern colonies. Substantial citi? zens from the North-west are coming South, and coming to stay, for they are buying homes and investing ail their money in the South. There is one feature of the report io the Southern States Magazine that is not very grati? fying to a resident of this State, and that is that none of the settlers are coming to South Carolina. Farmers are taking considerable interest in the cultivation of the Span? ish pindera, and there is a greater demand for seed than eau be supplied ? at present. Those who have grown the pincers for several years recom? mend them very high.ly. They are more srolific than the common pinder and a much more certain crop. Stock eat them greedily and thrive oo them. They are * easily cultivated, easily gathered and easily kept through the winter. Such are the recommendations of the farmers who have planted them. Senator Tillman proposes to lead the new party that is to be organized him self, and al! other leaders may as well clear the track. He has the call in the game of politics in South Carolina, and can command a- larger following than any two others. He has toe prestige of success behind him and the dissatis? fied in both factions are ready to go into any new movement that promises any relief. It makes little difference by what name the new party is called, it will be a Tillman party in South Carolina, as Senator Tillman sees that his hope of further preferment lies in the success of the new movement. Tbe question the people of the State will have to settle for them? selves is whether they will go into the uew party with Tillman as a leader, re? main in the Democratic party or go over to the Republicans. The Hues will be drawn in this manner ai d a choice will have to be made. The new party will draw its greatest strength from the Democratic party, and will probably succeed in electing a Republi? can President. The foreign complications io which the government is becoming involved will be sufficient to distract attention from domestic affairs if they grow much more serious. With a possibility of conflict with Spain, England, France and Belgium this country will have much more than she can attend to with any degree of satisfaction. The "vig? orous foreign policy'7 folks should be in a high state of glee at present if there bas been any sincerity io tbeir profes? sion in the past. The Monroe Doctrine is to be subjected to a severe test and it depends upon Cleveland and his Cabi? net whether it shall be sustained and enforced or over-ridden and made of no effect hy England. Thc position taken by Secretary Gresham and sustained by j the President and Cabinet is firm and will have the support of the mass of tbe American people irrespective of party affiliation. Of course it is to i be expected that certain party leaders, partisan papers and the soreheads of all parties will criticise and object to the i policy of the admit?". Gration, but this i does not signify anything. Sn long as ! President Cleveland maintains the j rights of the country in a firm, digni- | fied and decided manner he will have the people of the country at his back no matter what they may think of his financial policy. Gov. McKinley, of Ohio and the coterie of Republican politicians who have been in consultation in Thomas ville, Ga., for the past two weeks are said to have succeeded in outlining a plau of campaign in the interest of McKinley's Presidential aspirations. Thc plan is as follows: "The negro is to be laid aside and a I white Republican party built up in the South. Editor Medili will not sell the ? Chicago Tribune to Mr. Kohlsaat or anybody else, but will run it iu the in- i terest of Governor McKinley Mr. J Kohlsaat will publish a big Repub? lican paper in the South, probably at New Orleans. The tariff question will be the main issue. Force bills and elec? tion laws wili be eschewed entirely.'' So much for the McKinley Presiden? tial boom. McKinley will need South? ern sopport and he and his friends will go about securing it in a business-like manner. They will pander to what they deem Southern prejudice and will endeavor to work up a sentiment iu favor of a protective tariff, which is the backbone of Republicanism. New Or? leans will be selected as the seat of the tariff agitatiou. as it is in Louisiana that a few sugar bounty Democrats have gone over to Republicanism, tn hope of obtaining a re-grant of the bounty from the incoming Republican congress. The spoils system of political campaign? ing will be pushed iu the South with all the vigor that has been characteristic of the Republican party in the north, ar-J if Gov. McKinley does not succeed in building up a following it will be sur? prising, as money and boodle is pat? ent in the South as elsewhere. Rut it is futile for Mr. KcKinley to hope that he will create a landslide and carry the South in a gale. 1 It is quite remarkable how little i hear nowadays of the great temp j ance question. The dispensary s^ ! tem deems to have killed the tempi : ance question beyond hope of , earl}- resurrection. ! Would a foreign war be ben efl c I to this country ? Some people thi i so, but how or why they do not sa ; Perhaps they expect the Americ j soldiers to confiscate all the silv j spoons and such things they can fi in the country they invade. ! When Gov. Evans vents his wra j by abusing the Charleston juries, \ j think of McLaurin's letter-"prau j ing around, squinting one eye, cw ! ing, playing Ben Tillman." Wheo the Populist party is formed South Carolina (here will be mai changes-in leaders most especiall Col. Dargan maj start with the mov meat, but some Tillman will lead and get thc offices. Watch Sumter County has sent foor men the State Conference of the Forty, ai stands prepared to accept what is goi tbat results from the Conference, b will not be bound by any action th the Conference may take. The peop J of Sumter are thoroughly independan ! and ?ill rifiver again be so foolish as I tie their, hands in advance. We star j ready to accept what appears to be fi j our best interests, or to reject what ! repugnant to us. That is the seotimei j in Sumter County in a nut-shell. The rapid advance itt the price < cotton within the past ten day should not induce any farmer to ir crease his cotton acreage, for we ar satisfied that the price of cotton i controlled absolutely by speculator? within certain limits. By combina tions they can depress the cotto market from one to two cents pe pound or cause it to advance at thei pleasure. As long as there is a over production of cotton the specu lators have the producers at thei j mercy and can manipulate the marke j with greater facility, therefore it i j to the interest of t be speculator I that there be no material reductioi ? in the acreage. In consequence i j is the custom to advance the price o I cotton at the planting season and ty j every other means seek to indue* the planters to increase their acreage ! rather than curtail it. The presen j advance is believed by a great man} I of the best informed to be purel} : speculative and the farmers an ! warned not to be deceived. A large I cotton crop will still further depres; j the cotton market and will next fal j lea\e the country in even worse con ; dition than at present; while a re j duced acreage and a much larger pro I vision crop will place the cotton market on better footing and leave the country more independent of cot ! ton than at any time since the war, j The Charleston bar has ceased tc j be a barrier to commerce, but the city does not regain the position she j once held in the world of trade. What Charleston will be in future depends upon the business men of the city. Ii they do not make a greater effort to build up a larger importing and ex? porting trade, and secure better rail? road connections with the interior, the future of the city wili be but a re? petition of the present-a bare hold? ing on to what they got in the past, j The movement, originating in Knox I ville, Tenn , to build a road from the west direct to Charleston should be met more than half way by Charles? ton. Charleston claims to have plenty of idle money in her banks and .her capitalists are said to be j seeking investments for their wealth. The road from the west is what Charleston needs and it will afford au opportunity for the investment of the idle money in Charleston. The completion of either the road from Knoxville or the Three C's wiH be the opening of a new era to Charles? ton as it will make that city the port nearest the West on a direct line to South America and the West lodes. The city's trade would multiply ;md the harbor would once again be filled with ships The question of where our lumber is to come from has not worried us, but within ten years we will feel the difference, for the timber is being ; devoured by the saw mills at a rapid rate Within ten years all the avail? able timber ol' this section will have been cut and the lumber will have to be brought from elsewhere Already j the question of timber has? bec ... " a ! serious one in some sections ol the j country and the stares are undertak j ing to renew the timber growth by a i systematic planting of trees A few years ago lhere were thousand.* of acres of oiiginal forest in every sec lion of the South, but to-day there are few places that have- not been invaded by tint saw mill. When the saw mill has done its woifc the State will, perhaps begin to think of re? newing the forests by tree planting. It would be a bettor plan and a more Sensible plan, if the land owners would take the tree planting into their own hands, for the improvement will be their private gain. (Boston Education .Magazine.) A Remarkable History. v Some Account of the Federal Officer Who Engrossed General Grant's Terms of Surrender at Appomattox. MT DOXA LD FUP.MAX, RAMSEY, S C During the last few years, I have had some most pleasant correspon? dence with a gentleman who, during a portion of the Confederate war, was General Grant's military secre tary. Early in 1863 he entered the volunteer service, and was mustered out a breve! brigadier general at the close of the war Besides being General Grant's military secretary, he ; was also assistant Adjutant General on his staff When General Leo ? surrendered, at Appomattox, this gentleman engrossed General Grant's ! terms of surrender These facts alone would make him a person of much inteiest, but lhere are other facts connected with him which double the interest, for he is not only : a full blooded Indian, but is also a celebrated Indian Sachem. Doubt? less, most of my readers will start with surprise at this statement and | exclaim "impossible," but it is true. The English name of this chief is Ely S.Parker; his Indian name is Do-ne ho-ga-wa, which signifies "Keeper of the Door." Ile is the Chief Sachem of the remnants of the Six Nations or Iroquois iii New York State, of which interesting: people there are 6ome five thousand ; living in that commonwealth. General Parker is ot the Wolf; clan of the Senecas,-the same clan and nation which produced the illus- . trious orator, Ked Jacket. His birth occurred on the Tonawanda Reser? vation, Genesee County, N Y. After the close of the Confederate war, he : entered the regular army as second Lieutenant in the Second United States cavalry and rose to the ! position of Brigadier General. From 1869 to 18T2. he filled the important position of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, stationed at Washington [ Ile is the first and, ie ?act, the only full blooded Indian, ? ? far as I am aware, who has ever lilied a political office in the United Si.des. In 1S72, he served his connection with I governmental affairs. Ile has been Chief Sachem cf the New York Iroquois since 1852, and succeeded John Blacksmith in that office Not only is General Parker an authority i on Indians matters, but is also one of i the foremost Indian in the United States. Ile is a gentleman of culture and wide experience, not ? only in Indianand military matters, ; but also as a civil engineer In ; 18T3, he married the daughter of Colonel Sacket of the New York Cavalry, and resides (or did a yTear or so ago) in New York City. The General comes from au Indian family of which the historic Seneca nation can justly be proud. The late | Nicholson H. Parker of the Cattarau- j gus Reservation, New York, was his brother, and a man of force and influence among the Iroquois of that State. He died in May, 1892. His Indian name, Gi-an twa ka, whiqo signified the "planter," was the name borne bj* Cornplanter, and Mr. Parker held tiie Sachemship filled by that distinguished warrior. He was also, for several years, United States interpreter. Miss Caroline Parker, the Gen? eral's sister, married the late John Mountpleasant, the head Chief of the Tuscaroras. Mrs. Mountpleas? ant, whose death occurred in March, 1892, was a lady of superior attain? ments, and it has been 6aid of her, that she was the "most remarkable woman of thc Iroquois Indians." ? Chief Mountpleasant's Indian ?ame ? was Dah-gah-yah-dent, which means "Falling Woods": that of Mrs. Mountpleasant was Ge go sa-seh, which signifies "Wild Cat." In a letter to me, General Parker gives an j interesting account of this name : he ! says it "was once borne by the last i rtiler of the Neuter Nation, who was a woman. It was during her reign that the Hurons proposed to violate the neutrality7 of her territory in their wars with the Iroquois Confederacy. She disclosed the conspiracy to the Senecas, who punished the Neuter Nation by exterminating them Wild Cat they adopted and made her the (.?jual of their sachems and chiefs, and when she died they retained her name among them. I have, however, never heard of its being borne by any woman since her day, until it was bestowed upon my sister by the sachems and chief's of the Seneca nation on account of her conspicuous character, connections and abilities." The Parker family has shown to the world that thc Seneca nation can still produce distinguished people. A history of this remarkable family would prove an interesting volume, and we may hope that Some author will yt write such a work. ATTENTION CONFEDERATE VETERANS. HEADQUARTERS CAM? DICK ANDERSON, 1 UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS, j SUMTER, S. C., .March 2tf, 1895. All cora rades of the above ex rup will meet ai the Court House in SouifPr, S C , a? 1 o'clock p.-m on Monday, April 1st, 1695. A full attendance is earnestly requested as tiiisi?ie?s r,f great importance wii] t,e brought before the camp ?.nd a commander to be elected to succeed the lamented James. D. G raham By order J. D. Blaodicg, Sr. Vice Com? mander . P. P. GAILLARD, Ad ju tan t All Sjmter papers are requested !o copy Privateer Personals PRIVATEER, S. C., March 23. '95. A rainbow party will take place next Thursday nieht Mt ihe residence of ex-Repre- ; sen ta ti ve W. U- Cain. A small admittance; iee will he charged. and the proceeds of ?he evening wili be sent as a contribution from; the Bethel Hud Wedgefield churches to tn* i Come Maxwell Orphanage. Mtss Mertie Hiott has been visiting in Wedgefield. A citizen of Privateer says that h- believes in an educational qualification for voting, ! a:id ?Iso let every voter be required to take i a newspaper. Mr. Henry Geddings is building a large and neat workshop at the Privateer station. Mc'D F. ! Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives the br?! satisfaction of any cough medicine I ; bundie, mid HS a sel'er leno's ail other pijepa- ; rations in this rn ri rk et. ? recommend it be cause i' is the best medicine I ever, bandied for coughs, colds and croup. A. W. Bald-: ridge, Mi?ersville, III. For Sale by Dr. A. J. | China. The matter most discus . on the streets for the past few day has been the ! scramble that is being made for the vacant Clerkship. There are not less i thau ten persons who are announced ! as candidates for the position made vacant by tbe death of Col. Graham, while there are 1 rumors of still other candidates who will enter the race. All of the candidates are | working, and their friends are working, for them with sn earnestness that would ; lead a disinterested on-looker to imagine : that rauch more than an office, that pays a j very nice salary, depended upon the euc- 1 cess or failure of some particular candidate, i There were several of the candidates | in Columbra Friday, say the Columbia pa- j pers, pressing their claims before Gov. Evans. ; The old saying, that it is good to be sooo seems to be fully appreciated by the candi dates for tbe clerkship, and they are ..ot giv- ! ing the grass time to grow under their feet in ' the effort to step into Col. Graham's shoes. | There was a large crowd in town to-day and j the unseemly haste displayed by the whole crowd of candidates to be early io the field j was freely condemned in all sides, and if it was left to a vote it is doubtful if some ot ; the "soon" candidates would be in the race ?t all. But it id Useless to become wroth ? witn humanity, for of clay it is made and the j scramble for office is characteristic of poli- ! tics Toa porr?n that is interested in observing j the vagaries of human nature Sumter isa; most fertile field for observation. The candi- j dates, each and every one have the mos^ ; plausible reasons why they will be appointed ? and they are satisfied io their minds that ; Gov. Evans cannot f .il to be impressed with i th>-se reasons iii such a forcible manner Mi^t he will, perfore^, appoint the particular candi? date at unce when ihe application is laid be- | fore bim. One candidate is rcorallv certain, he will get the coveted plum because be has i alwavs been a rank Reformer and hns been j an unsuccessful candidate for every office in ; sight, always, of course, for the good of the j movement with no ulterior design.* cn the \ salaries and perquisites of the offices tried I for; another candidate is satisfied that he j will hear of his appointment becaase he bas j been such an active supporter of ibe movement j that he has succeeded in obtaining office in the p*st notwithstanding that this is a j straightout county-such success meriting, of course, a continuance in office ; another bas | been a Reformer for years but has never been i a candidate, even though entreated to lead a forlorne hope against the , straightout hosts, hence his patriotic for- ! bearance in the past gives him a gas-pipe , cinch on the appointment; still another has' labored to cultivate in the unfavorable soil of : the city of Sumter the plant reform, and has, for so doing, imagined himself the victim of ; a species of social ostracism, therefore day of 1 reward is at hand, theyear ofjubilee is come; ' yet another is a reformer who has long suf? fered in secret the torture of posing as a straightout whiie h is swelling bosom was all but bursting with adoration of the principles of reform-such martyrdom will now be re? warded; another has run fer elective offices when the campaigns were on and for ap- ; poinnve when the campaigns ended ID defeat, sometimes getting the latter, which encourages the fond belief that once again ; will the Executive mark him as the chosen one; and so on ."d nauseum, almost ad infini? tum. The movement to induce Gov. Evans to ap? point Mr W. M. Graham C-erk of Court tor the unexpired term to which the people of tne county elected Col. J. D. Graham is growing in favor with the people of this city und county. The influtnee of this senti? ment has become so great that several of the candidates have expressed a willingness to withdraw m favor or Mr. Graham, [t would be a graceful '.hing for Gov. Evans ' to do, and there is no reason why he should not, for the once, lay aside the question of poli? tical expediency and make an appointment thit would give more general satisfaction than any other he could make. Of course tlie politicians ot the Reform faction and the candidates who are eager for the office would be dissatisfied and would protest that Gov. Evans had betrayed his friends, but niwe-tenths of the citizens of Sumter County, irrespective of faction, would be pleased, and this should have weight vitba Governor who has the le. "t desire to be tue Chief Executive of a people rather than the leader of a ring of politicians. World's Fair MEDAL And Diploma Awarded AVER'S FOR THROAT /Sfzf> LUNG COMPLAINTS FANCY BOY, IS NOW AT J. W EPPERSON & CO 'S Stables-.. LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C., Where he will make the Season cf 1895 March 15-v. GRIST MILL. C\N TFBSDAY nest, March 12th, I will J start a Grist Mill at the lumber mill of C. R. Harvjn (formerly Carr's mill) near the C. S. & S R R. Junction, and will give prompt attention to grinding Meal and Grits. The patronage of the eorurrunity solicited, and first-class work guaranteed. A. D. HOLLAND. March. 33, - 4t. MT LOANED. Do you wat-.t to borrow money on equita? ble terras ? Do voa desire to pay off a mortgage ana re-borrow the money at 5 per cent, interest annually ? Wo old you care to t>e so si mated that you could reduce the mortgage against your home by raying off a small amount monthly and at the end of each year receive credit tor all paid:"' With interest being charged only on rem a i Dine: portion of loan. Would y (JU like to buy your family a borne? If ho read? the. following : I represent a Company thai bas embodied in its pla* all the features enumerated above and many more. Can you see any reason why yoa should pay a large interest for money wloen you have good security ? Can yo? present any good reason why it is not as well to receive pro6ts year'y os to wait from 7 to IO-years as one doto ia many of the Associa irons? Is not the reduction of interest yearly better than waiting many years tor profits? Borrowers under the plan re?resen?ed by me assume absciutely no risk as every dollar paid on tbe loan is credited on. the mortgage, thereby reducing it in pro? portion ?o the amount paid. Building Associations lave benefitted "N hundreds of thousands, so did the old cars that were propelled by horses. Our pian is as far superior to Building Associations as the trolley cars are to the old antiquated horse ear system. My time is too much occupied to answer questions for the curious, but those seeking information for the betterment o? their condition will receive full information promptly. We offer ao investment to those who have a small amount to save monthly that has no superior as to safety and seldom equaled for nrofits. Call or write. HENRY L. ti. WELLS, Jan 30. Attorney, Sumter, C. H. S. C. |^^^^^^^?5? Nine rimes whenweare llS^SmBwfiBii'i' eui cf sorts ^'.ff?^l^^l ^ our trou- ? iflffBSMpj liable old 1^g=g^te5ssJq|l'y medicine, rown's Iron Bitters, which for more thar. 20 years has been curing many people of Dyspepsia, Bilious ness, Ma? laria, Impure Blood, Neural? gia, Headache, Liverand Kid? ney troubles. 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