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~WJ?D S" SSD A Y, APRIL 3, 1395 The Sumter Watchman was found* in 1850 and the True Southron in 186 The Watchman and Southron now h; the combined circulation and -influent of both of the old papers, and is man festly the best advertising medium i Samter. EDITORIAL NOTES. . The streogth of the iosurrectioo i Coba begins to make the revolt respec table in the world's eye, which contain the germ of ultimate success. There is not mach use to talk abou the bine bird singing bis song c spring ; the English sparrow has it al his own way here. The people of Sooth Carolina ar anxious for peace in political circles, bu the politicians are apparently detei mined to briog about a fight over th attempt of the people to obtain peaoe. Senator Tillman still wishes to ral Sooth Carolina and gets insulted whet the people attempt to take any indepen dene action. His period of dictator ship has unfitted him for the duties o citizenship. The conditions are on favorable it the grain States of the West, aod then may be aoother short crop io that sec tioo. Io view of this the Sooth shook plant enough grain for home consump? tion and some to spare. Japan has the knack of doiog tb? tight thing &t toe right ?time* The armistice .graoted on sccoant of th? assault oo Li Hong Chang isas mach tc the credit of the Japanese as any of the victories on land. Senator Tillman aod Gov. Evans did oot grace toe conf?rence with their presence yesterday afternoon, but Lieutenant Governor Tim merman was on hand, aod they were not seriously missed. That Gov. Evans gets aweary with tba importunities of the applicants for one office, shows that he is a mao of less calibre than Grover Cleveland, w ho baa stood the test of thousands. The tobacco warehouse should not be dropped, and there is cot too much time now to get things io working shape for the season. A first-class warehouse well managed aod thorough? ly advertised will briog many thousand dollars io trade to Sumter that will otherwise go elsewhere. It will be foolishness to oeglect this matter. A mao named Wilson bas discovered bow to make a gas by combining lime aod carbon at soco small cost that the gas companies can sopply consumers at less that tbao 10 cents per 1,000 feet. If Gov. Evaos coo ld have stored ihe gas supplied gratis by the candidates from Sumter County be could make big money at 5 ceots per thousaod bushels. The shipment of a car load of hogs from Sumter is attracting attention io other parts of the State. Sumter County did not figure in the big hog record compiled by the News and Cou? rier last fall, bot this shipment of a car load downs every other coonty and en? titles Sumter, to the first place on the list. The Southern Railway is setting an example that other systems interested ic the South would do well to follow. This system is advertising the advan? tages of the country through which the road runs aod is using its great in? fluence to induce capitalists to make investments there. The South is the coming section of the country and the rairoads will do well to assist io devel? oping its resources aod indaciog a de? sirable class of meo from the other states to settle here. The State Press Association will assemble io, this city oo May 29th and continue tn session for three days. From here it is the present intention to go oo ao excursion to Norfolk and Washington. The success of the out? ing will depend, however, oo the num? ber of editors who will go oo the ex? cursion, bat the oatlook is that the meetiog here will be one of the most successful, io every respect, that has ? been held. An interesting programme j has beeo arranged, oo which appear the eames of tba brightest meo en? gaged in oewspaper work io the State, and ao unusually large number of the j members of the Associatioo have sig nified their intention to be present at ' the meetiog. Sumter can be depended on ; to give the press a hearty welcome, j and the larger the attendance, the j warmer the welcome. The interview, given out by Gov. Tillman gives both peace aod harmony black eyes. He has showo his hand, the only conclusion that we can draw from it is that be not only does not desire peace aod harmony, but never had any idea that the Reform majority in a great many counties would agree to an ecjujal division of the delegates to Convention. He also declares io favor of the Mississippi plao. In this interview the old Ben Till mao is recognizable. He throws off that mild and broad view be has at? tempted to assume recently and goes back to his old style and maooer. In this guise we recogoize the man aod koow what to expect of bim. If he does oot meao war to the knife, unless he cac dictate terms absolutely, then we are mistaken. The law-makers of the State should make it a misdemeaoor to leave chil? dren locked up io bouses. There is scarcely a week that negro children are not buroed to death through the crimi? nal carelessness of their parents. The penalty should be made as severe as possible, and then when children are burned to death in houses where they have been confioed by their parents with no means of escape the law shoold be enforced with the utmost rigidity. A spirit of peace and unity now pre? vails in the State, for the white people are beginning to seriously realize that they must come together and stand as a ooit if they wish to seoure good govern? ment aod guard against a return of scalawag role, heavy taxatioo aod cor? ruption and thievery in high places. The Tiilman-Hempbiil-Evans confer? ence aod the Conference of the Forty, as well, were bot indications of the strength and generality of this spirit aod may be said to have beep held io obedience to the demand of toe people who are actuated by the desire for a cessation of strife and a guarantee of future good government. The basis of agreement laid dowo by both con? ferences are substantially identical, aod there is no excuse for quarrelling over how we shall have peace. All people, cr Dearly all, appear to desire peace and white unity aod the two conferences have outlined plans for securing peace that are so essentially alike that the men who were the mov? ing spirits io the respective conferences should get together and agree to work io harmony for the accomplishment of the end desired ; that is a non-partisan Constitutional Convention that will be composed of honest, patriotic aod able men. The coofereoce held yester? day was marked by good sense aod au almost eutire absence of that factional feeling that has been the most marked feature of every convention or conference held with? in the past four years. The personnel of the conference was excellent; io it were numbers of the ablest and best meo in the State and it would be impossible to convince a major-. ity of the citizens of the State ! that these men bad assembled with \ i anything but the best motives. The j work that they did was well and promptly done, and it remains with the Executive Committee, that is to be ap? pointed, whether the intentions of the conference shall be carried out or fail of accomplishment. This Execu? tive Committee has a large and impor? tant task to discharge and the men who will be members of the committee should realize this fact from the very begio- | oing. We earnestly hope that the final j results of this conference will be a re union of the honest and intelligent white people of the State, the retire? ment to obscurity and contempt of the j political fakirs and place hunters, and the enactment of a Constitution that will give ali men justice aod secure the State against the danger of the rule of the ignorant aod vicious. It hes always been a clearly defined theory of the writer that an editor goes j beyond hts rightful province wheo he ! attempts to be a political leader or a direct aod practical power io political circles AD editor who is or essays to be a politician is nine times out of ten, a time-server and without principle enough to entitle his journal to respect. We make a wide distinction between a politician editor aod aa editor with poli? tical principles. A moment's thought will satisfy a reasonable man of thc correctness of the theory, and instauces where editors, who were politicians, or j would-be politicians, have done much : more harm than good to the public, j will be recalled to mind in support of ? the theory. The law covering the foreclosure of j mortgages and thc settlement of debts | should be amended io the interest of; justice and the unfortunate debtor class. If the law is not changed and the present financial stringency continues tbe result will be that a few sharks will be enabled to grind the faces of the poor, tabing what property they have for little or oothing, and securing judg? ments against any property they may acquire by future industry. An example will best illustrate the injustice of the present laws, which permit practices that are more respect? able than highway robbery or burglary only in (bat the protection of the law is thrown around those who are guilty of such crime. For instance we will cite a case that occurred not long since. A few years ago a man owning five hundred acres of land, desired to make some needed improvements on his place and to obtain the money gave a mort? gage for ?500 on the entire place. The place was worth then, at the very lowest estimate, five dollars per acre. We do not know positively, but sup? pose that the interest at eight per cent was paid in advance, and that therefore the man had the use of not more than $435 or $443 after paying attorneys fees and other expenses of the law. After paying the interest promptly in advance for some two or three years he failed to do so one year nince this finan? cial depression bas prevailed. The holder of the mortgage pressed for a settlement of interest and principal, and failing to obtain it foreclosed the mortgage and had the property sold ar auction At the sale the creditor bid io the property for less than one hundred dollars, and now holds a judg? ment for more than four hundred dol? lars against the man who lost the place that was worth ?2,500 when the mort? gage was given, and in actual value is worth not less to-day, although it would be impossible to find a purchaser at that figure now, simply becanee the money is noft in the country. It is granted that this is an extreme case, though we baye beard of worse, and so have our readers. But the point we desire to make clear and im? press upon the mind of the public is tbe injustice of a law that permits such robbery in the present and gives the greedy shylock the power to reach forward into the future and grasp what his victim may acquire. There should be some provision for an equitable settlement, in which tho creditor would be protected io all bis rights, but which would at the same time give justice to the debtor. Let the shylock j have his pound of flesh if he will, but i do not permit him to spill bis victim's blood, take bis life, and, as it were, stretch put a hand niter his soul. A law could be enacted that would provide for appraising the property under mortgage at a fair and reason- j able value and requiring a settlement of the debt on this basis, and not on the basis of a chilled sale, as at present obtains. Folks talk about money more these hard times than when il was a great deal more tangible article. Murdered His Mistress. JASPER, Ga., April 1.-About 8| o'clock this morning, near the Georgia Southern & Florida depot, in what is j known as the Cox quarters, and in plain view of a number of people, white and black, one Walden Mitchell, j shot and killed his mistress, Ililla ! Beaumon, a nice looking mulatto girl. He put three pistol bullets about ber} neck and shoulder. Mitchell, armed with two pistols, j and a chum of bis, armed with a double-barreled gun, made for the ! woods. Deputy Sheriff Jones and Town Marshal Dennis Cannon, with a oouple of trained bloophounds, are after him, with a goodly crowd of | citizens, all on horseback. Mitchell is a bad negro, and the j officers think somebody will have to be killed when they come up with him. Mascagni has written another opera, j soon to be brought out at Milan. It is called "Silvano," has no chorous and j only three characters, Signor de Luoia i will sing the tenor part. Employees of the Union Pacific Rail? road have resolved to dispense with the walking delegate, and will hereafter1 conduct their negotiations and business with the oompany directly. Germany is far ahead of other ! countries in the number of telephones. J In the whole of France there arc not so j many telephones as there are in Beriin ] alone. In the empire at large there are 378 places with telephone commu? nication, with a total of 84.920 instru? ments. A little German principality, Wal? deck, has promulgated a unique pro? hibition law. A decree has been pro? claimed that a license to marry will not ? be granted to any individual who has the habit of getting drunk ; and if one who has been a drunkard apply for such license he must produce sufficient proof of reformation to warrant his re? ceiving it. I The County Board of Commis? sioners. ! The County Board of Commissioners wa9 io : 8?SS?OD last Monday. I The Board was occupied during the morn" , ing session in considering bids for road and j bridge work, and io approving claims of j various kinds. I The expense for caring for paupers at the j Poor House during the month of March was $190, and there ia no probnbiliry that the ex? pense will decrease during th* year. One pau? per died last night, and there are DOW 32 paupers in the Poor House. The contract for building the bridges on the Graham's Crossing on Pocataligo swamp was awarded to Mr. 8. D. Richardson, the lowest bidder. His bid wa? Si 10 per hun? dred feet for the lumber used. This price in? cludes al! necessary material aad work. He gives bond in the sun of ?300 for the faith? ful performance of the work according to specifications. The recommendations of the Grand Jury in regard to the jail were taken up and con? sidered. It was decided to put in water works to supply drinking water to the pris? oners and for the use of the Jailor's family. Mr. H. B. Bloom contracted to put in the piping, faucet and 9ink for $25, and to sup? ply the water from the mains for $24 per year, and for fifty cents additional, one year to keep the pipes and faucet io repair. A claim of Sheriff Sanders for arresting B A. Hussey and A. J. Hussey wasnotallowed, as such claims ?re debarred by the act passed at the last session of the Legislature requir? ing trial justice constables to serve warrants themselves. Permission was granted for opening a pub? lic road from C. 0. Wbeelers's Mill to Mt. Sinai, colored church. The residents of th?t neighborhood offer to open the road without cost to the county. Supervisor Dinkins received bis first quar? ters salary, $200, and he now know? how it I feels to he Supervisor of Sumter County and to receive the emoluments thereof. --??*-??? Bank Statement. The statement of the couditioo of the Bank of Sumter for the quarter ending March 31, is published in this paper, and shows that the bank hus deposits to the amount of $83,033.93 and $19,164 40 of undivided profits. The Loans and Discounts account snow that the Bank is doing a large business tn that line. Murdered Her Children. COLUMBUS, O , April 1.-Mrs W. H. Williams, wife of a real estate mao of Grove City,0., registered at the Park Hotel with her three children. The two youngest, aged 3 and 6, were found with their throats cut from ear to ear." The woman told the older child that she was going to drown herself in the river. Nothing has since been seen or heard of her The police found Mrs. Williams at 10 o'clock to-nigbt at the house of Mrs. Lester, a friend cf her family, at 116 South High street. She had gone di? rectly there from the Park Hotel, and had told nothing of what she bad done. Mrs. Lester said she had chatted plea? santly during her stay, as if nothing had happened. When asked about the murder, she admitted that she had killed the chil? dren and calmly related the story of it. evidently not realizing the seriousness of her deed. She said she concluid to^do it last Wednesday, and cam^ rn this city to oarry out ber plan F <e first went, to the Davidson House. l-?it could get no room to suit her. St?*? bought the razor in this city last Saturday. She bought a quaotiry of opium on Sun? day and administered some to each of the children, but they all rejected it except Annie, the pider child, who slept for several hours and then came from under its influence. She fully intended to kill Annie this morning, but she pleaded so hard and showed such "length of resistance that she disisted. Maud, she says, died from the morphioe, but this can? not be true. When she left the hotel this afternoon she started for the river, intending to drown herself, but she re? flected that Annie might be suspected of killing the children and so she aban? doned the notion of suicide in that way. She says she will kill herself yet. From her rambling talk about her home life it is evident that she was lonesome living in the little village, and, fancying her husband was grow? ing cold toward her, brooded over her lot until her mind became unbalanced. She is locked up in the city prison now. Annie, the surviving child, is 13 years old. W. H. Willians, the husband and father, is an insurance agent and oil salesman, with offices in the Clinton building, this city. The family home was at Grove City, twelve miles from Columbus. - - ? ? mmm A Torpedo Boat Being Con? structed for the Cubans. WASHINGTON, April 2.-Information of a somewhat sensational oharacter baa been received in Washington with? in the past twenty-four hours with re? spect to the rebellion in Cuba. The of? ficials interested have been informed from sources which they deem entirely reliable that a prominent Eastern ship? building firm has agreed to furnish the insurgents with a torpedo boat at an early day, which will be used to de? stroy tbe Spanish war vessel? now cruising in Cuban waters. Whether the firm in question will build the boat or furnish a steam launch which can be utilized as a torpedo boat is not known, but it is asserted that a swift boat of some character which can be used for torpedo purposes will soon be in the hands of Cuban sympathizers in j this country. It is then proposed to equip this craft with a full supply of torpedo tubes aDd start her immediately to the Cuban shores. The Spanish government is said to be aware of this expedition and to have notiaed the State Department of- j ficials. What action the latter will ' take cannot at this time bc stated, in? asmuch as no information bearing upon i thc matter will bc given out at thc j department. A vessel 9ucb as that re ferred to above would possibly destroy several Spanish cruisers before she was ; captured, even though r-he should be ! fiually uulucky enough to tall into the hands of the Spaniards. In such an j event, it is said, short shift would be made of the officers and crew, who j would be treated as pirates and executed without mercy or delay. " - IM I 1 - Latest Facts From Cuba. TAMPA, FLA., April 1.-In an inter? view with the Times-Uniou correspond- i ent to-night, Col. F. Figueredo, leaderof I the Cuban patriots in Tampa and the recognized head of the movement in ! this section, said : "The latest news I have received from Cuba is that General Maceo has lauded a large force of men on the isiand to? gether with 3,000 rifles, ammunition and army stores. But at what point the landing was effected I am not informed He bas a large force with thirty-seven officers and bia men are well drilled and disciplined. General Maceo captured a couvoy, taking several hundred men prisoners, besides securing one hundred mules and a large lot of valuable muni- ! tions of war. These are the latest facts. ', I know there are all sorts of rumors flying about, but what I have stated ; are the simple facts as they esist ac? cording to our best information. I would advise very little credence to be pUced in highly ooloted and seosa tioual newspaper reports, tfe shall learn more fully just what is being done ! upon the arrival of the steamer from | Havana to-morrow " Gonzales de Queseda, secretary of the Cuban movement io the United States, who is the gue-t of Col. Figueredo, aud Enrique Coilazo, a Cuban leader from New York, also here, express the sams f opinions substantially as Col. Figue? redo. Col. Figueredo, Secretary Gon? zales de Queseda Enrique Collazo and Dr. Domiogues will go to Jacksooville Wedue.-day night aod will addre?s a mass meeting ou Thursday night. Felicia D. Kiernans said that when she bad finished ''Bernardo del Carpi?'' she was better satisfied with herself than at the conclusion of any other work. The article on chivalry io the ..Eocyclopedia Britannica" was written by Sir Walter Scott, aod is perhaps the best resume of the subject ever given to the public. The price of a wife in Zululand twenty years ago was six cows w!th their calves The manufacture of razors by ma? chinery has become ao important iodus try in Germany --?Ma? .... - - It may save you time and money to be in? formed that, when you needed a blood-puri? fier, Ayer'8 Sarsaparilla ?9 the kind mo9t in tnror with the medical profession. It is the standard and, as such, the only hloorj-puri- j fier admitted at the Chicago World'9 Fair. TAKE AVER'S the Only Sarsaparilla AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. IT LEADS ALL OTHER * BLOOD Purifiers. QUARTER^ OK TKK CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF Tie "Bani of Sunter," Suter, S C. For the quarter ending March 31, 1395, published inconformity with the Act ot* the j General Assembly. ASSETS. Loaos and Discounts, $162,171 94 ! Bills Receivable, 615 67 I Furniture and Fixtures, and Vault 1,975 91 Over Dmfts secured, 2,724 6S Cash on hand and in other Banks, 41,677 6C j Total, $209.165 SO LIABILITIES. Capital stock, S75.000 00 Deposits, 83,033 98 Undivided profits, 19.164 23 Rediscounts, 31,152 3S Due to other Banks, 815 21 Total, $209,165 80 STATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) gg SUMTER COUNTY. J I, W. F.RHAME, Cashier of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above; statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. F. RH A ME, Cashier. Subscribed aod sworn to before this 2d dav of April, 1895. (Signed) M. REYNOLDS, [i.s.J a Notary Public S. C. Correct-Attest. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, 1 President, I Directors R. P. MONAGHAN, ^rectors. MARION MOISE, J April 2. OFFICE OF SI SUMTER COU>* . SUMTER, S. C., March 25, 1S95. rpHE REGULAR SPRING EXAM IN A 1 TION tor teachers, for Sumter County, will be held on FRIDAY, 19TH OF APRIL, commencing At lo a. m., sharp. For whites, at Graded School. For color? ed, at Lincoln School. W. J. DURANT, March 26. -2t. School Commissioner. County papers please copy. S?/ WE AMERICAN TOBACCW co.^r(r S par D'JPHAM. N.e. u.g.A. .V.AOE FROM High Sfaada Tobacco A2TD ABSOLUTELY PURE FANCY BOY, IS NOW AT J. W EPPERSON & CO 'S Stables. LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C., Where he will make the Season of 1895 March 15-v. GRIST MILL. ON TUESDAY next, March 12i.h, I will start a Grist Mill at the lumter mill of CR. HarTin (formerly Carr's mill) near the C. S. & N R R. Junction, and will give prompt attention to grinding Meal and Grits. The patronage of the community solicited, and first-class work guaranteed. A. D. HOLLAND. March. 13, -4t. JTIOIfEY LOANED. Do you want to borrow money on equita? ble terms? Do you desire to pay off a mortgage and re-borrow the money at 5 per ceo:, interest annually ?' Would you care to be so situated that you could reduce the mortgage against your home by paying off a small amount moothly and at the end of each year receive credit for all paid? With interest being charged only on remaining portion of loan. Would yon like to buy your family a home? If ho read the following : I represent a Company that has embodied, in its plan ail the features enumerated above and many more. Can you see a ay reason why yon should pay a large interest for money when you have good security? Can you present any good reason wbr .t is not as well to receive profits yearly as to wait from 7 to 10 years as one does in many of the Associations? I3 not the reduction of interest yearly better than waiting many years tor profits? Borrowers under the plan represented by me assume absolutely 00 risk as every dollar paid on the loan is credited on the mortgage, thereby reducing it in pro? portion to the amount paid. Building Associations have benefitted 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 c.irs are to the old antiquated horse car system. My time is too mud: occupied to answer questions for the curious, but those seeking information for the Det erment of their condition will receive full information promptly. We offer an investment to those who have a small amount to sav> monthly that bas no superior as to safety and seldom equaled for profits. Call or write. HENRY L. B. WELLS, Jan 30. Attorney, Sumter, C. H. S. C. So Simple. Nine times out of ten j| when we are out ofsorts our trou? bles can be removed by that re? liable old medicine, Brown's Iron Bitter?, which for more than 20 years has been curing many people of Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Ma? laria, Impure Blood, Neural? gia, Headache, Liver ar.d Kid? ney troubles. 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