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Telegraphic Briefe. April 27. Two white mea aod eight colored men were drowned io the Rappahanuock River Monday. The Bank of Willimaotic, Conn., was robbed of more than $200,000 by the late cashier, Ris ely. The bank had a capital of $100.000 and a sur? plus fand of $26,000. No marines had been landed at Corinto, Nicaragua, up to yesterdy noon. i Dispensary Constable Davis seized a case of beer shipped from Augusta to D. H. Goble of Columbia. He acted under instructions from Gov. Evans. A receipt was given the Southern Ex? press Company. A case will be made under the injunction issued by Judge Goff. Hebert Owen, a stockman of flous- j toa, Texas, shot and killed Dr J. T. j Simmons and himself and dangerously wounded bis wife. ! Five iiiicit whiskey sellers have been | arrested in Greenwood. 'Greenwood Cotton Milt will pay a semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent, this year. The mill will make doable that amount, but pots the other i oto a j reserve fund to increase its capital. Sam Hagain killed Ed Gray and j Henry Dacey in self defense yesterday near Gainsville, Fla. He used a double-barreled shot gun and killed his man with each barrel. All were negroes. Florence will build another tobacco warehouse, a company having been organized for that purpose. Gen. M. C. Butler delivered a Memo? rial address in Augusta yesterday to 1,000 people. He took for his theme "The Evacuation of Yorktown." April 2S. Ex Judge James F. Izlar, of Orangeburg, is one of six applicants for the position of Assistant Comp? troller of the treasury. The salary is $5,000 per annum. The} French bicyclist, Med inger, was shot and killed by his wife on Saturday. New Orleans is making an effort to have one or both the national nomi? nating conventions meet in that city. W. T. Jones, cashier of the Rox boro, N. C., Farmers' Bank, has sur? rendered himself and confessed that be had loaned money without authori? ty of the directors, and that a short? age existed in his accounts. Irish and German sailors have been landed in Formosa to protect foreigners who are in danger from rioting Chinese. ^ Secretary Herbert has decided in favor of keeping up a homing pigeon service in conaection with the navy. J. B. Mitchenor, a prominent law? yer of Canton, O., has been arrested for passing counterfeit money. The latest news from Nicaragua is that such feeling against the govern? ment is arising that there is danger of a revolution. The government has declined to continue the prosecution of Debs on the charge of conspiracy, and the case has been indefinitely postponed. April 30. . Mayor Strong of New York has made public the census returns gathered by the police department. The officiai figures show the number of males in New York city to be 925.310 and the number of females 924,556, a grand total of 1,849,866. The increased population of the city from October, 1890, (police census.) to April, 1895. (police census,) is 139,151, making the annual increase 30,966. George Gould's yacht, the Vigilant, reached New York, from England yesterday. The Florida Athletic Club bas post? ed ?5,000 as a forfeit if the club does not have the prize fight between Cor? bett and Fitzsimmons. Hannibal Kimball, the man who was the moving spirit in the growth of At? lanta, died in Boston on Saturday night. Ex-Cashier J. R. Holland, of the Charlotte. N. C, Farmers' and Mer? chants' National bank h^s surrendered himself. Three men were burned to death in a fire in Pittsburg, Pa., Sunday night. One of them was a sick man and the others attempted to rescue him. A riot occurred in the St. Lou"i9, Mo. Jail Sunday night. Five prisonors and four officers were injured. Honorable Satisfaction. MADRID, April 28.-The report that the Allianca affair bas been settled by Spain's conceding the American claims is confirmed officially. The Spanish government will give honorable satis? faction for the mistake and admits that the AlliaDca was outside her territorial waters when the Conde de Veo ad i to fired upon ber. Commanders of war? ships in Caban waters have been in? structed precisely not to fire on vessels outside the three mile limit. - nuil - - Tbe leadiDg book makers have vied with eacb other in publishiDg handsome editiousof ;he standard authors. H. G. Osteen & Co., have the latest and handsomest st the lowest prices. i After Twenty Years The Coming Anniversary the State Press Associatic COLUMBIA, April 25 -If indicai count for auythiug the meeting of State Press Asssociatioo this yea; Sumter will be the most successful ! has been held. It will be the ti I tieth anniversary of an organiza ! which was started largely through j instrumentality of Air. J. C. Hi I hill, then of the Abbeville Medium I the improvement of the newspaper j the State and to afford their publis j the opportunity of more frieudly i I tioo8hip. Mr. E. H. Aull, the en ? 8iastic president of the Association, j in the city yesterday afternoon loo! i after the arrangements for the meet I and he is bubbling over with eui ! siasm and hope for the meeting. I says that .all of the editors who b been requested to read papers on \ question have signified their inten of accepting the invitations. Presic j Aull says that he wants every mee i of the. Association, as well as e* editor who is not a member to be at meeting in Sumter on the 29tb of M With the authority of the execu committee President Aull has in duced a new feature in the com meeting. In celebration of the tw tieth anniversary of the organization wishes every one of the surving mi bers of the original organization attend the meeting in Sumter. 1 Aull says that they must all come to gathering and that he wants the ne paper invitations to be accepted newspaper men and not wait on fori invitations, as he is not certain of postoffice addresses of all of the origi members, of which the following ii list : 1. Abbeville Medium-R R Hen bill. J C Hemphill. 2. Aiken Courier-Journal-John McRae, dead. 3. Anderson Conservator-E B M ray, dead. 4. Anderson Intelligencer-Jas Hoyt. 5. Barnwell Sentinel-E A Bn son, dead. 6. Beaufort Tribune-Thos. White. 7. Charleston Rural Carolinian Roswell T Logan. 8. Charleston News and Courier W Dawson, dead, B R Riordan, J Moroso. 9. Charleston Zeitung-F.Melche 10. Greenville Daily News-W Whitsett. 11. Georgetown Times-B H W son, dead. 12. Kershaw Gazette-F P Beard. 13. Camden Journal- W D Tra tham. 14. Lancaster Ledger-D J Carte dead. 15. Lexington Dispatch-W D H'< man. lo. Laurensville Herald - T Crews. 17. Marion Star- W J McKerra dead. \ 18. Marion.Merchant and Farmer j J D McLucas. j 18. Newberry Herald-T F Gren j ker, dead. j 20. Newberry Progressive Ase j S Fair. ! 21. Keowee Courier-R A Thom son. 22. Carolina Spartan-H L Farle, j 23. Spartanburg Herald-T Stoi j Farrow. j 24. Sumter Watchman-A A Gi : bert, dead. j 25. Union Times-R M Stokes, j 26. Kingstree Star-S W Maurie : dead. j The officers cf the Association for tl j first y ear were: President, Col Jas A Hoyt. First vice president, F W Dawson. Second vice president, T Stobo Fai : row. Third vice president, S W Maurice, i Fourth vice president, R R Hemt ) hill. Fifth vice president, E A Bronson. Recording secretary, A A Gilbert. Corresponding secretary, E B Alui j ray j Treasurer, T F Greneker. j President Anil considers the Associa . tion particularly fortunate in bavin j secured the promise of Mr. Clark How ! ell, of the Atlanta Constitution, tha ; he will attend the session of the Asso ciatioo and deliver an address. Presi ; dent Aull is very anxious that all wb ! contemplate taking tho delightful "trii that has been mapoed out would signi j fy their intention at the very earlies i opportunity, as this is of the utmost im j portance in securing the transportation I All members can obtain transportatioi i to Sumter, and from tbere Mr. Aul has arranged for the transportation o ; all who wish to go to Norfolk, Washing ton aod the other points of inter?s which it is proposed to visit. President Aull had the fortune ol . seeing Vice President St. John, of thc Seaboard Air Line, in person and Mr. St. John offered every attention bis line could extend, i The Atlantic Coast Line has also : kin ply offered to Mr. Aull to make the arrangements for the transportation ol delegates going north co the pleasure trip. It may be decided that the dele? gates avail themselves of thc offer of this line as it will givo the editors an opportunity of spending several hours in Richmond on their way to Washing? ton. Mr. Aull, himself anxous to get . everything settled before the last min ? ute, says that it is important that there J should be no delay in advising the I officers how large the party will be. ? News and Courier. A Lesson of The Gold Standard. The Constitution has received the official figures from forty-three states and territories. Of these only twelve show an increase of property values The remaining thirty-one show an al? most uniform decrease. The total de? crease for the thirty-one states amounts to the tremendous sum of $500,185, 790. This falling off is general. There is no overwhelmingly large change in any state-such as is shown ' io the great gain made in New York but the decrease is widespread and general. The total increase of property values for the twelve states is $337,800,753. Of this amount $235,883,482 comes from New York-this being a fraction less than 70 per cent of the whole increase. Seventy per cent of the re-1 mainder comes from the two states of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Thus the total increase in nine of the twelve states is $30,822,092, while the in? crease in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts amounts to $306,978, 661. We are of the opinion that this extra? ordin?r? showing ought to open the eyes of the people of the country at large to the unwholesome and disas? trous effects of the single gold stan? dard. Look at the official figures and study them. The only large increases in wealth and in the volume of property during the year 1894 were io the neighborhood of the big money centers -New York, Boston and Philadelphia -where the money of the country has been congested, where the stringency in the currency has not been felt, and where the shrinkage in values due to the single gold standard has been more than over-balanced by the increase of those forms of property that fatten on i the results of panics. Thus, while the farm lands of Pennsylvania have de? creased in value more than $200,000, 000-as shown by the Philadelphia Manufacturer-this loss has been over? balanced by a gain of $46,793,702. Let us analyze'the remarkable results shown by the table a little further. Of the New England and middle Atlantic States, New Hampshire and Vermont show slight decreases. Maine, Massa? chusetts, New York, "New Jersey and Pennsylvania show large increases. Two states in this group-Rhode Island and Connecticut-do not make returns for taxation that aro available for oar table. In ligures, New York, New England and the middle Atlantic States show a net increase in the value of their prop? erty of $312.110,555. Io the southern group of states, we find slight increases in North Carolioa, South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. In the rest-Alabama, Arkansas, Geor? gia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia there have been heavy decreases, the net decrease for the section being $90, 284,580. In the central and western groups of states and territories, but two--Minne? sota and Missouri-show an increase. These both belong to the central group with Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, and despite the gains ?D these two, the net decrease for this group is ?111,655,252. In the western group there is uniform decrease. California, Colorado. Arizo? na, Idaho, Kansas, Mootana, Nebraska New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Ore? gon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, show a net decrease in the value of their property of $210, 671,153, This showing could have been made still more startling if The Constitution I had compared the returns of 1894 with j those of 1892, which was a year ofcom ? parative prosperity. But we have com ! pared the returns of 1894 with those of the panic year of 1893, aod the result is that $500,185,790 in property values has disappeared. The people have been compelled to sacrifice five hundred mil? lions of dollars in ooe year to satisfy I the demands made upon their re i sources by the British gold standard. This immense sum refers to property values alone. What the people have lost by the depreciation of the products of their labor and by the depression in business and the waste of labor com i pelled to remain idle can never be esti ! mated. A thousand millions would not j cover all the losses that were occasion i ed in 1894 alone by the operations of I the British gold standard. It should bo borne in mind that tbesu j tremendous losses occurred after the j leveling processes of the panic. The j Sherman law had been unce dtionally ' repealed in accordance ' the de ; mands of those who predicu-d that the I event would restore prosperity, aod yet, in one year, thc property values of the south decreased more than ninety mil? lions of dollars, while the decrease of property values throughout the country was more than five hundred millions of dollars! These figures ought to set the peo? ple to thinking. They constitute thc object lesson of the single gold stand? ard and thar lesson ought to sink deep down into the minds of those who caro anything for the prosperity of the coun? try. While this tremendous rubbery of the people has been going on, the eastern goldbugs have been prospering at a great rate. In New York alone, the gain was more thau two huudred and tbirty-five millions ! Is it any wonder that those who are profiting to this ex? tent by the result of the single gold standard should be opposed to the re? lief that the people are demandiog ? We waro the hooesr voters of the country that they have a hard struggle before them-as bard as that which the people bad when they undertook to throttle the old United Slates Bank. All the power of wealth-all the poten? cy of hard cash-all the influence of the hoodholders and rich creditor class will be arrayed against them. They cannot succeed unless they get together and stand together !-Atlanta Constitution. To the Insurgents' Camp. Cubans Quietly Stealing Away Prom the Cities. From the Staff Correspondent of the United Press. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, April 19, via Tampa, April 29,-Since it has become evident that Gen. Campos came here for war and not for a settlement of the rebellion by the institution of reforms in the administration of Cubans affairs, there have been quiet disappearances from this city of some well known men who belong to good Cuban families. They had hopes that Spain would grant home rule, or at least take a step in that direction upon the landing of Cam? pos, who has absolute powers. When they read his proclamation and saw that he promised no reforms until the island was quiet and then only those which were passed by the Cortes three months ago and are of little value, tbey took Winchesters which they had se? creted and in little groups cf a dozen or more, went to the interior. Forty men left town on the day after Campos arrived and others are leaving daily. At the clubs, the cafes and other places where Cubans meet here, it is said that good men are leaving ail the cities and towns of the eastern district to join the insurgents and that Martinez Campos has not enough soldiers here to put down the rebellion. On the other hand, the Spanish offi? cials from Campos down, say the war will be short-lived. They claim that they have only to push active meas? ures which have been held back up to this time and the rebels will surrender or be killed like sheep in the moun? tains, as they have not sufficient arms to go around and many with rifles have no ammunition. News reached here yesterday that Miximo Gomez, his two sons and several other Cubans have landed on the south coast between Guantanamo and Cape Maysi.. They came from Inagua Island and Port An j tonio, Hayti, on the German steamer j Nordstrand. They Conde De Venadito I tried to head them off, but failed. ! It is reported at Guantanamo that j Flor Crombet is certainly dead and ithai ; of Maceo's band only two or three have ? escaped death or capture. Wednesday i a band of 150 insurgents attacked Dos i Camillas, a station of the railway near j San Luis and in a fight with the troops ' which ensued three rebels were reported I killed and one Spanish soldier wounded. ! Small bands of insurgents are reported i within two or three miles of this city, ' but no serious encounters have occurred Perez is said to have had an engage ment with the government trooDS near Guantanamo bat no casualties are re? ported. Yesterday a committee of the leadiog citizens headed by the arch I bishop, waited upon Campos and asked the pardon of some twenty soldiers who were insubordinate two years ago and were sentenced to ten years imprison ? ment. Gen. Campos replied that it was out of his power to grant the request, i but that he would use his influence with the court of pardon in Spain The explosion in the artillery bar? racks here last night, in which one man, i Juan Lopez Castilla, was instantly kill ; ed and five others seriously injured, was j inastone's throw of the Plazede Armas, ; where tables were spread in the park I for a banquet to 1,000 soldiers. The 1 chamber of commerce furnished the banquet and the soup was being pre : pared over open fires on the stone floor ! iegs of the cuarto or barracks. The . intelligent Spanish soldiers utilized a i couple of old shells to supp?t the soup i kettle. They did not know the shells were loaded. One of them exploded and : that a dozen others did not follow is a 1 mystery. Gen. Campos after dispatching Gen. La Chambra with orders to push active ; operations in the vicinity of Bayamo, ! sailed on the Villaverde to instruct J generals at other points along the coast ; and probably visit Havana before his j return here. This will, however, be : the base of operations as Gen. Garricb, : the civil and military governor of the province, has headquarters here and to I him Gen. Halcedo, La Chambre and Valdcs will report. S. FRANK CLARKE. --? - Shau..on Letter Files a:?d Filing Cases at H. G. Us teen & Co'3. Lead Pencils from 5 cts per dozen up, ai H. G. i ?steen & Co's. Two Lives S;tve?l. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, lil ..va- told by her doctors .-he hal Consumption ?ml that there was hope fur her. but two bottles IT. King's New Discovery completely ??.ired her and she says it saved ker life. Th<?s. Eagers, 133 Florida St. Smi Francisco, suiiercd from a dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried w i : : i --ti r n-<!iir everything e sc then bought one bottle "I Dr. King's New Disc ?very and ia two weeks was cured, ile is naturally thankful, lt is such results ot which these are .-ample.-, that prove the wonderful efficacy "'. this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial Bottle-' at J. F. VF DeLorme's Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1 00. 5 liOVE'S POWER. Though the storms above it beat, Love shall make lbj dwelling sweet ; Though the winier falfeth gray, There shall bloom a rose of .Maj ; And beneath the darkest night Thou &nalt rest io peace and light. Kind and sweet shall be thy rest, With Love's rose3 on thy breast ; In the dark or in the day He shall kiss thy tears away. Sweeter heaven may not be Than the heaven Love makes for thee ! -F. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. A Southern President. The Post Nominates our Present Minister to France. Not loDg ago the Post propounded to the Democratic party a few interroga? tories : Why not nominate a Southern man Dext year-why reject nine-tenths of the Presidential timber at the party's disposal and give to an insignificant minority the monopoly of honor and promotion ? What has the South done within the past thirty years that it .should be treated as one in disgrace? It has fought the Democracy's battles, furnished its armies, won all its victo? ries-why should it be forbidden a place at the feast and a share in the fruits of triumphs which its own valor and de I votion have made possible? To These ' interrogs-tories we have received a great number of replies, most of them inteili ? gent and frank, some lacking in those i respects and a few too foolish to be I worthy of mention. It is gratifying, j however, to note that the overwhelm? ing majority of newspapers in all parts of the country alike recognize the ; justice of the Post's position, and admit that there is neither reason nor pro? priety in the arrangement of which the South has for so maoy years been the victim. Several of the contemporaries, how? ever, have asked us, and strangely enough ail these queries have come from the South, where there is to be found a Southern man big enough, broad enough, strong enough to meet the expectations'of the party and the requirements of the position. Just why Southern newspapers should be so dis? trustful of Southern men or just what they have Been in Democratic leader? ship of late years to lead them to the erection of very lofty standards of pa? triotism, we do not know and cannot imagine. The fact remains that these expostulations and misgivings have proceeded wholly from the South, while Northern utterances have been, almost ; without exception, favorable to the idea I advanced by the Post. We shall not j stop to argue this very strage condi ! tion of things. A much more inter i esting question presents itself-that of ! Daming a Southern Democrat who, at . this juncture;, would represent the deep : est feeling and meet the most pressing ! needs of the American people. We have been challenged to do this, aoi we accept the challenge by asking ; whether aDy fault is to be found with 1 James B. Eustis, our present ambassa i dor to France? .We should like some : one to tell us in what respect of patriot? ism, statesmanship, courage, culture, experience, information, and sympathy , with popular thought and feeling. Jas. : B. Eustis of Louisiana falls short of I the very highest and most exacting re? quirement. j Mr. Eustis has been in public life ; for many years. He bas served in the ; Legislature of his own State and in the ' United States Senate. He is a student, I a traveler, a man of elegant culture, and at the same time a mau of the peo ? pie in his sympathies and leanings. As ; a party man he is stalwart. He sets no ! value on the lilie-handed loiterers of the ! worid, he takes counsel with co carping Mugwump, he loves not the cuckoo's feeble chirp. He believes in men of brawn aud brains and self-respect. He believes in party organization, in fair fighting in the field of politics, in re? wards to the victor, in the people's right to govern themselves, in the peo? ple's wisdom and sincerity and justice He understands the questions now agitating the public mind-questioos of domestic or international import. His speeches on the silver question during the first Cleveland administration show that he is in touch with popular feeling on that His speech in London the other night, on the occa? sion of the American Society banquet, shows that he shares the deepest con? victions and the most vivid and intense aspirations of the American people as regards our relations with foreign ccun tries, aud our proper attitude toward them. In what particular does Eustis fail? Of what standard of the Democratic availability and official equipment does he fall short? We have been asked to name a man, and we have done so. Now let some caviling critic say where our nominee is ]acking-Washington Post. Blairs pen and pencil tablet?, Stationen ci all kinds, ?pk. pen?, pencils, blank books, typewriter supplies, etc., at ii. <>. ?s.'?ee ? Co*?.. Liberty Street, next :o Watchman and Southron olfice. A Pencil and a Pencil Sharpener for ten cents at H. G. Osteen Sc Co's. Choice writing Paper ten cents per box at E. Qc. 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Ziegler Bros. and Krippendorf & Ditman, Ladies and Misses Shoes. ALSO 30 pairs Misses High Cut Shoes Reduced From $2.50 to $1.25. BULTMAN & BRO. Mch 19-1-52 HARB Y # CO. , \ (Successors to H. J. Barby.) Brokers, COURT HOUSE SQUARE. SUMTER. S. C. : OATS-Car, Choice Tc-x?s. just arrived. I FEED OATS-Ctr j-:?- receiver. WHEAT BRAN. COTTON SEED MEAL-Car just re . ceived. FLOUR-Car jost received. LARD. MEAL-bolted-on hand. GRITS AND CORN-Constantly received. HAY-2 car loads No. I. home raised. (10<j lb. bales) S13 per toa. ORDERS BY SAMPLE FOR I COFFEE, SUGARS, SYRUPS? ; BUTTER. CHEESE, RICE, TOBACCO, ?c.. SOLICITED. STRICTLY WHOLESALE. J*n. 2._ T. C. Scaffe i Would inform his friends at.d customers ! that be is prepared tc manufacture TOBACCO FLUES, ' Any dimension or thickness, more reasonable than any cf his competitors ; having many advantages over them ; having '20 years experience it? this kind of sheet metal work. HONEY LOADED. Do you want to oorru-w monuy on equita? ble terms? Do you desire ro pay off a mortcace ar.d re-borrow the money at 5 per t/t-r,:. interest annually ? Woull you care to be so situated that you could reduce the mortice against your home by paying off a small amount monthly and at the end of each year receive credit tor all paid? With interest being charged cr.1}' on remaining portion ot ?can. Would you ?ike to buy your family a b< me? If so read the following : I represeot a Company that ha? embodied in its plan all the features enumerated abovi and many more. Can you ste *ny rcs-;-: why you should pay a iarje interest for money when you have good security? Car; you present any good reason why it is not ?U-J well to receive profits yearly as to wait fre?a 7 to I'.' years as o:ie tio~s ir; many ot ike Associations? ls not the reduction of interest yearly better than waiting many years ?or profits? Borrowers under the ; ian rei resented by me assume absolutely no risk aseyery dollar paid on 'he loan is credited on the mortgage, thereby reducing it fa t rb portion to the amount pai ;. Building Association? hav-> bene?tted hundreds of thousands, so dui the old cars that wer* propelled by horses. Our; lit; i.? as '.tr superior to Building A.~so?- a'i. r.s :?s t: trolley cars are to the old antiquated horse carsystem. My time is too much occupied to answer questions tor il e curious, but those seeking information for ;:;<? betterment of their condition will receive full information promptly. We offer an investment to ;hr>s< who have a stun!! uruount to sive monthly that has no supr ior ?s to safety aud seldom equaled for profits ('iii or write. HENRY L. B. WELLS, Jan 30. Attorney, Sumter, C. H. S. C.