The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 12, 1895, Image 3
Telegraphic Briefs.
Juue 6
The fir6t car load of peaches to
leave Georgia Shis season was ship?
ped from Tifton yesterday.
In honor of his father, Geo. L. .
Harrison, L. L D., Mr. Charles C.
Harrison, of Philadelphia, has dona
ted $600,000 to the Universitiy of
Pennsylvania*
The Atlanta and Florida Railroad, j
104 miles long, was yesterday bid in
at public sale for $275,000 by the
Central Trust Co:, of New York.
The report of a committee to the
Illinois Senate is very unfavorable to
the moral and commercial value of
Chicago's department stores.
Phil Fitzpatrick, proprietor of the
Gaiety theatre, Savannah, was killed
yesterday at Thunderbolt by Col. C.
D, Loud. Miss Helen Stockton, a
former performer in Fitzpatrick's
resort, and a handsome' girl, with
whom he was in love, was the canse.
Loud and the young woman were in
the former's room, when Fitzpatrick,
crazed with jealousy and liquor broke
in and attacked them. Loud surren?
dered.
A severe wind-storm did consider?
able damage in Columbus, O., yester?
day afternoon.
At Betkelehem, Pa., yesterday,
Jacob Lucky murdered John MnllocK
and then banged himself. Mullock
gave protection to Lucky's abused
wife.
It is estimated that there will be
8S0 free silver votes out of 1,070
delegates in the silver convention at
Springfield, III., to-day.
In an address yesterday to gradu?
ates of the University of Mississippi*
on the theme, "American citizenship'
its duties, privileges and responsibil?
ities," by Postmaster General Wil?
son, the sentiment most loudly ap?
plauded was, "I long to see the
Sonth agaia in national leadership."
As a result of the policemen and
firemen's parade in Philadelphia, in
the glaring gun of yesterday, thirty
five policemen are off duty to-day
.and three of the number will die.
Oscar Wilde is going crazy. The
Patt Mall Gazette says it has been
found necessary to confine Wilde in
a paded room.
F. L. Reddish was shot dead while
plowing in Appling County, Ga.,
yesterday. There is no clue to the
assassin's motive or identity.
Ben Blackwell, of Augusta, was
shot through the heart at ll o'clock
last night by Ed Connors at the
electric light power house and in?
stantly killed. Family affairs are
said to be at the bottom of it. Both
are white.
Jane 7
The express office at Hampton, S. C.,
was robbed Wednesday night of a val?
uable C O. P. paekage. . The thief
also carried away other articles of value.
By an explosion of gas io a sewer
io Columbas, Ga., William Brown and
Charles MoFoy, prisoners, were terri?
bly bumed.
China has succeeded in borrowing
?16,000,000 through brokers in Paris,
upon a guarantee from Russia.
LONDON, June 6.-The Times will
to-morrow publish a dispatch from
Madrid, saying the news of Captain
General Campos request for more
troops for service io Cuba, is perhaps
the most serious since the outbreak
It is evident that the agitation is ex?
tending, and that the insurgents are
not so barren of resources as they were
believed to be. A long and important
oonferenee was held Thursday afternoon
between Prime Minister Cauovas del
Castillo, Geo. Azcarraga, minister of
war. Admiral Beranger, mininer of
marine, and Senor Castellanos, colonial
minister.
June 8.
Three men were banged in San
Francisco yesterday and one in Mobil?
town, Ark.
Lee Harris and Abe Mitchell, two
negroes who made murder a business,
and confessed to having killed twenty
men, were hanged at Birmingham,
Ala , yestorday.
I |A Spanish man of war is lying off
the coast of Florida watching for fili?
bustering expeditions.
lt is learned that the Chinese 4 per
cent, loan of ?16,000,000, which has
jus) been concluded by Paris bankers,
was guaranted by Russia in conse?
quence of China's concession to Rus
Bia, enabling ber to extend the Siberian
Railway into Manchuria.
Police Inspector William W. Mc?
Laughlin, of New York, acoased of
extortion, was convioted last night.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
daily Neics says that a joint note will
probably be presented to the Ports by
Great gr i tai o, Russia and France for?
mally reviewing the demands for re?
forms in the administration of
Armenian affairs and intimating that
grave consequences will result from a
failure to grant the demands.
Alice Mitchell, who killed Freda
Ward, an intimate friend in Memphis,
two years ago, attempted to commit
suicide io the West Tennessee Insane
Asylum, where she is confined, a few
nights ago.
The Clifton and Glendale cotton mills
of Spartaoburg have refused to allow
the Southern Railway to handle their
goods, and have made a contract with
the Seaboard Air Line. This means a
loss of $150.000 a year to the South?
ern.
Meteorological Becord.
The following is a report of observntioos
of the wither i*ken nt ?tatebure, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the p*st fo ir iveeka coding
June 9. IS95 :
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67.
68.
69.
84.
66.
67.
74.
80.
81.
66.
68.
64.
69.
'78.
80.
83.
87.
87.
93.
97.
97.
96.
94.
92.
78.
83.
82.
86.
46.
54.
46.
57.
51.
52.
56.
62.
63.
50.
47.
59.
59.
63.
64.
63.
66.
69.
71.
74.
74.
78.
74.
75.
68.
65.
62.
59.
56.5
61.
57.
70.
58.
59
65.
71.
72.
58.
57.5
61.5
64.
70.5
72.
73.
76.5
78.
82.
85.5
85.5
87.
84.
83.5
73.
74.
72.
72.5
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00 Clear.
00 ?Clear.
iCIoudy.
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Clear.
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Cloudy.
Cloudv.
.56 'Cloudy.
.16 ?Cloudy.
.00 (Clear.
.00 jClear.
00 Clear.
.00 ?Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
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?Cloudy.
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Clear.
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Light frost reported in some farorable
spots OR low grounds on the 13tb and 15th.
Cool nights seriously affected cotton causing
much replanting to be necessary. Up to May
26th weather was unfavorable for cotton, but
since that time has been favorable and the
plant has come out wonderfully.
Peaches have dropped in large numbers
but a sufficiency still remains on the trees for
a full crop.
Fail oats are being harvested and yielded
better than expected. Spring oats near be?
hind.
Rain on the nights of the 5th and 6th was
very beneficial to crops. Sioce then the
nights have been rather cool for colton.
Privateer Personals.
PBIVATEEB TOWNSHIP, June 10, 1895.
On a beautiful moonlight night last week
a jolly party, composed of several young folks
of both sexes, went around and serenaded
several places io the community. The party
was singularly free from any boisterousness,
and the serenade was moen appreciated and
enjoyed. The music was both instrumental
abd vocal, and sounded sweet as it gently
floated on the soft moonlit air.
Mr. if iou has organized a weekly prayer
meeting at Bethel Church, which will meet
again next Thursday at 6 in the afternoon.
Next Sunday forenoon Mr. Hiott will preach
a special sermon at Bethel ; bis subject will
be "God as our Father, Heavea as our
Home."
Tb? recent meeting of the Southern Bap
Convention makes that body half a century
old. Among the delegates from South Caro?
lina at its organizion io Augusta 6a., May
8, 1895, were three which are buried in one
lot of the Bethel bury icg ground. They were
the Rev. Samuel Furusaa, D. D., the Rev.
I W. E. fiugbson, and Col. John B. Miller.
In the roll of delegates Dr. Furman is put
down from the Welch Neck Association, Mr.
Hughsoo from the High Hills Church, and
Col. Miller from Bethel Church. Mr. Hugh
son had not entered the ministry at that time.
Perhaps there is not another burial lot io the
State which contains the remains of three
mea who were delegates to the first meeting ol*
the Southern Baptist Convention.
There is aa arrangement on foot for the
Sunday Schools of the Bethel aad Wed? held
Baptist Churches to have a joint pic nie.
A jack fish jumped into Mr. Richard Tis
dale's buggy last Thursday night as he was
crossing the branch Bear Bethel on his way
to prayer meeting. He bad the fish for break?
fast next morning. This is certainly a
unique way of catching fish.
Messrs. Drane Tindal and Harry Cuttino,
will engage in an industry which so far as I
know is new in this county-shipping huckle?
berries to northern markets.
Mis? Susie Bradford, who has been attend?
ing tbe Jordon School, is home again.
Mr. Jim Griffin is one of the champion base
ball players of Privateer. This year be has
beeo invited to join several clubs.
Last week Mr. John Alabrook caught a
jack fish from one of Privateer's streams which
j lacket, only two ounces of weighing three
; pounds.
j Mr. Duke Lackey, one of Privateer's vet
j eran citizens, bas not fished in about 30
! years.
j
! Mr. Tom Geddings, one of our working
I young farmers, is 27 years old, has a wife
jane three children, and bas never danced.
? This is a rather remarkable record.
McD. F.
The Japs in Formosa.
LONDON*. June 9.-A dispatch to j
the Central News from Tokio says that
Admiral Viscount Kabayama, Gover
nor of Formosa, reports uoder date of
JuDe 5, that the Imperial Guards
! arranged to attack Kee Lung oo June
I 3. They met with frequent resistance
I en roate. The weather aod the roads
j were abominable. The field pieces bad
j to be carried by the men. The enemy
> were repulsed at Zacho with the loss
I of 100 killed. The Japanese loss was
I 18 killed aod wounded. Oo the 3d
; the Japaoese advaoced oo Kee Lung,
! where all the forts were occupied by
; the eoemy. At 2 o'clock in the after
: noon the Japanese strongly attacked
the south aod west forts, bot were met
by a concentrated aod obstinate resist
: ance. At 5 o'clock, however, the
: eoemy were forced to withdraw, and
they slowly retreated oo Tai Peh.
Great quantities of arms, ammunition
and provisions were taken by the Ja?
paoese Thirty persons were killed in
the town of Kee Lung. All the forts
are now in possession of the Japaoese
Prisoners report, that 8,000 troops
under G eu. Chans, who was wounded,
havii fled to Tai Peh The Japanese
vanguard is advancing.
Will Kitnhrell was shot to dvath by
another negro ar Ft. Mill Thursday.
WEDGEFIELD LETTEB.
WEDGEFIELD, S. C., Jure ll, 1895.
The fair weather has eonhi- d farmers to
clean their crop9, nod ether u.tt i teing small,
they are very good. Oats are teing housed
und very much more bus been made than was
expected even one month ago. Spring oats
have done remarkably well.
A few days ago a very prominent Tili
maaite sent his buggy harness around to
one, who bas for his business to make and
repair shoes, harness, etc. On inquiry as to
wbo the harness belonged to, the response
came Mr.-. Then take them out of my
shop, the colored cobbler eaid, for Mr.
is a TiHmaoite and bates tbe "nigger," there?
fore I will not work for him. The harnees,
we are told, was taken to Columbia to be re?
paired.
I have made it my business to find out bow
the white voters of Wedgefield stood on the
question of the primary, and find that we are
not in it. So if Sumter County should go,
aod we trust she may not,.for primary, she
may expect practically nothing from Wedge?
field, unless things change more than we now
think it possible to do.
Miss Eloise Singleton, daughter of Mr. R.
SiBgleton, who has been teaching school in
Mrs. Dr. Miller's School in Pompton, N. J.,
for several years, bas written home that she
expects to sail for Europe with a party of
friends on the 15th inst. As they will cot
return till jest io time for the opening of ber
school in tbe Fall, Miss Singleton will not
visit Wedgefield, ber home, this summer, as
usual.
Miss Julia Guerry, of Waccamaw, after
spending some time with ber friend, Miss
Lucy Singleton, has gone to Sumter where she
will visit friends before going to Pawley's
Island where she spends ber summers.
Miss Davis, after a short visit to ber cousin,
Miss Julia DuPont, has returned to ber borne,
Manning.
Miss Cora Keels, of Summerton, is visiting
relatives io town.
Phil Kirkland, colored, was so unfortunate
ss to have his store room broken into B few
nights ago and a large amount of bacon,
lour, sugar, etc., stolen therefrom Suspi?
cion does not rest on any one sufficiently to
cause any arrests to be made.
Providence Crop Notes.
Oats are getting ripe and other crops are
looking well, considering the unfavorable
spring.
Capt. C. L. Williamson bas the finest wheat
crop in the community.
Mr. Thoa. N. Sh i nab also has a fine crop.
THE MEN WHO WORE THE
GREY.
At thc re-union nt Houston, T*-x., Mr. ?nd
I Mrs. J. D. Har!?y tendered a reception to the
Veterans of Camp Sumter.
Mrs. Lee C. Harby, tbe well known Lite
rateur, ts a daughter of Mrs. Marz E. Coben
of our city.
"She and ber estimable husband are fre?
quent visitors here, and only last year cele?
brated their Silver Weddiag in our city. At
the reception the most interesting feature of
the entertainment was tbe reading by Mrs.
Harby of tbe following verses which she had
written for the occasion.
Oh ! the Men who Wore tbe Grey,
Oh 1 tbe Men who dared the fray,
Upholding those grand principles for which
our fathers fought:
Fame's resounding voice will tell
How they strove and bow they fell
A monument of glory their high sacrifice
hath wrought!
Let inspired pens portray
How those Men wbo Wore the Grey
Came back, tbe struggle ended, every hope of
justice fled !
All the future dark and void,
Maimed and poor, their bornes destroyed,
Their wives and children weeping o'er tbe
memories of their dead !
But affliction could not stay
Those brave Men who Wore the Grey
From gathering up courageously their brok?
en ends of life;
As they battled, so thsy worked
Never yet has Southron shirked
The field where love and honor gave com?
mand to face the strife.
They are victors in that fray 1
Now these Men who Wore the Grey
Exult in tbeir achievemen ts for the land they
love so well;
It bas vanquished many foes
It has blossomed like the rose -
The story of their proud success its smiling
bornes can tell.
May God's mercy day by day
Bless the Men who Wore the Grey
Those fearless, peerless heroes, who waxed
Btronger as they strove;
While the people, heart and soul,
Grant to their decreasing roll
A Patriot's best recompense-the Country's
reverent love 1
With the blood full of humors, the heated
term is all the more oppre9ive. Give the sys?
tem a through cleansing with A ye-'s Sarsapa?
rilla and a dose or two of Ayer's Pille, aDd
you will enjoy Summer as never before in
your life. Just try this for once, and you'll
not repent it.
Bicycle Oil, Lanterns, Graphite,
Bells, Fonts Guards, etc., for sale
E. G. Osteen Ss Co's.
Dr. Miles' Nervine.
Worth Its Weight in Gold.
Thc digestive organs fail to fully perform their functions, tlic Lc: rt's actioi
is painful and irregular, the blood bscomeirimia and water? and tho entire
system is threatened with collapse. Under these conditions there is nothing
like Dr. Hiles Nervine to restore heaJth.
'.I feel it my duty to inform yo J what yod: Nervine has ("ono for me. .'
have been an invalid and dec;"ria;' for nine years. I lest my dca
motlier last March, and just after ? tras taken down with a very severe uer
vous trouble, which gradually grew worse, notwithstanding I was unde
the care of a physician. I finally became discouraged and gave up, thinkln}
I never would be better. I cannot t< ll you how great a sulTerer I was. I hat
hysterical fits, sometimes two or three a day, an oppressed feeling througt
! my chest. I was troubled with palpitation, and could scarcely stand on nr
J feet, and was totally unable to wall: alone. Not even the lightest kind o
! food would digest. My nerves were in such condition that 1 could not write
' and I v as reduced to but the ghost ci my former self.
1 saw an advertisement and purchased a bottle cf Dr. Miles' I\estorativ<
Nervine ami from the first I noticed a change for thc better. In a month':
time lhere was a great improvement, in n y koks ns weil as my feelings. Tin
oppressed feeling in my chest entirely disappeared, my food digested mucl
; better and I could walk a short distance. I' is over two mouths now and
[ can v.ail: a hali mile. and 1 am happy 1<> say i am better than 1 have beet
for two years ami aa- just beginning to feel i?ko myoid self: and I owe al
this to you for Dr. Mil? -' llestoralive Nervine. It is ray best friend. I oftei
' make the remark that it is worth itsweigh* in gold.*"
?(j Plaini'eld .St., Olney ville, li. L, ISov. LO. "9-L ANW l-l. RATHBUKX.
Restores
Health
TVhere Are You Going This Summer?
To The Most Beautiful Spot on Earth.
CHIMNEY ROCK, N. C.
I II/ IF 2 because it is not only the most beautiful spot on earth
j fl 111 I ? with its grand water falls, pretty little glenns, tower
! ing mountains and magnificent views, but it is the most pleasant
place in the mountains.
It is away from the bustle and noise of railroads, and is,
therefore, the best place to gain health and see real pleasure.
How do you get there from Atlanta, Ga., Norfolk, Va.,
Wilmington, N. C., or intermediate points ? Parties going to
Chimney Rock take the Seaboaed Air Line Trains, which are
the best equipped of any line of Road in the South. The Sea?
board Air Line carries Chimney Rock visitors to Rutherfordton,
from which point a connecting line of stages carries them over
a splendid mountain road, through valleys, and by a beautiful
river with its ever changing scenery.
What Hotel Shall I Stop At ?
By all means stop at the Mountain View Inn, conducted by
Mr. George P. Horton and his estimable wife. The hotel is
new, the furniture and fittings of the best, and the surroundings
well kept. From the hotel is a grand view of the most wonder?
ful waterfalls in the United States, the famous Chimney Rock
towering hundreds of feet into space.
Mrs. Horton is an estimable lady, making every one feel at
home as soon as they arrive. She gives her personal attention
to her house-work, and superintends the cooking department,
which insures the most perfect cleanliness. The kitchen is kept
as clean and neat as the parlor under her management. Mi.
Horton is a hustler and believes in having everything fixed to
please his guests. He has lawn tennis and croquet grounds,
quoit-pitching grounds, a marble yard, [that is, a yard nicely
graded, where the boys, men and ladies can play the old, but
ever new games of marble, "roll-hole, knuckle down, &c."] He
has swings, joggling boards, turning boards, and many amuse
I ments for the children. He has rustic seats over the beautiful
grounds. Nowhere else can visitors find a place where they can
get the comforts and pleasures that they do at Mr Horton's hotel,
But Is Not The Price Too High ?
No ! It is really a puzzle to the visitors how Mr. Horton fur?
nishes the excellent fare and the amusements to visitors that he
does for the small charges. Some of his visitors have insisted
on paying him more, and this is the reverse of most cases, for it
it usual to have visitors growl at high rates. He only charges
seven dollars per week, or twenty-four dollars for a full calendar .
j month.
This is valuable information to me, and a number of my
! friends who are going to take a vacation this summer, and I am
j certainly under obligations to you, and will see you during July
and August at Mr. Horton's. By the way, how far is it from
Asheville ?
Only twenty miles. A three hour's drive with a good spann
of horses will take you to or from the beautiful mountain city,
and to Vanderbilt's elegant summer home. In fact it is said
that Vanderbilt is going to have a cottage built ut a point near
Chimney Rock. As to all these points you can write Mr.
George P. Horton, Chimney Rock, N. C.
By-the-way, a party of promineut editors visited the place and selected
the locution as the best place to build an Editorial Club House, and they
wrote many words of praise concerning the place and section. ? will quote
from the following papers:
RA LE IG El NTWS AND OBSERVER.
"Here with lofty mountains on each side the most picturesque scenery
I east of the Rockies, we, a party of editors, have met to see for ourselves
and tell the world something of the real grandeur and sublimity. * * It
is a revelation and yet how many are wi ?ling to live and die without putting
forth one effort to view this wondrous scenery. * * The view
from the dome of Chimney Rock is superb, lt must be seen to be thorough?
ly understood. "
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.
"The shades of night weie falling as we drew near our destination. The
harvest moon hung in the sky as we rounded Chimney Rock. At our right
was Old Baldy, under whose gigantic cliffs we insignificant mortals weie
creeping along. The river sang a vesper hymn, and it seemed as if nature
was offering her eveuing prayer to the Creator. The view from Chimney
Rock is glorious. * * But it is useless to describe the beauties of
this region. Go and see them for your8elf.,,
WILMINGTON REVIEW.
"It was up hill and down dale ; now in the valley shut in by high hills,
an anon sk'rting the brow of a precipice hundreds of feet above the plain
beneath. The country between Rutheifordton and Asheville is beautiful,
rich, prosperous and happy. * * We stood upon the summit of
the rugged and picturesque Chimney and gazed abroad for sixty miles, the
eye taking in almost at one glance the peaks of a hundred magnificent
mountains. The view is simply sublime."
RICHMOND DISPTCH.
''There is not a missing element in this beautiful mountain scenery. There
is a succession of grand views all the way for six miles. No language can
depict the grandeur of the scenery all along the route. The Broad River
certainly is as picturesque as the famed Swanoanoa ; and larger and much
more turbulent ,?
NORFOLK VIRGINIAN.
"At every turn of the road as we approach, the mountains unfold, pan
oram like displaying wild grandeur almost and yet fascinating in the ex?
treme. Peak after peak seemingly reaching skyward aiter supremacy as
though spurning the placidity of the valley, and defying the arts of the
city builders of the plains. * * It is only a few years since man
first stood upon the summit of Chimney Rock. The outlook was superb be?
yond description."
RICHMOND TIMES
"Hickory Nut Gap is the most picturesque section of country to be
found throughout the Appalachian chain. The Broad River, a restless
crystal stream, divides the great gorge, leaving a towering, rugged height
on either side. Members of our party were vieing with each other in the
use of adjectives over the glorious landscape. To attempt a description cf
the great gray peaks, overlooking roaring cataracts and smiling valets below
would ho but sacrilege when once a glimpse has been obtained."
A stay at Chimney Roefc will cure malarial diseases. Blood Pois m, Indi?
gestion and Dyspepsia. Without doubt Chimney Rock has tie4 finest air
and scenery to be found Write to Geo. P. Horton, Chimney Rock, X C.
and get any further information desired.