Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1895. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southro?i DOW has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter EDITORIAL NOTES. Wheu Japan undertakes to thrash Kessia she wiil have a big job on her hands. Senator Tillman and Gov. Evans did not create much of a sensation in Memphis. There were a number of big tuen and real statesmen present, in that meeting. See the point V The sudden and serious illness of Gov. AtkinH)^. of Georgia, bas cast a gloom over the entire State. The last reports indicate that his recovery is extremely doubtfol Oar sympathies are all with Coba. It would be more becoming ito this country, and its past history, if the in? surgent Cubans ?ere to be recognized as belligerents, instead of assisting Spain io catting off outside aid The people of Colombia are showing tbe Citadel Cadets every -attention while they arc encamped io that city and if they do oot enjoy themselves while there and leave with regret it will be passing strange. The town* io tbe up-country con? tinue to build factories, and factories are going ap ii: some of the towns . io the low country, it is time for Sum? ter to begin active work .OD her oew factory. The Grand Jory recommends with each term of court that the Court House be repaired and adequate pro? vision be made for the safe keep ?og of the county records. Yet nothing is dooe. Wheo the records have been barned and ao irreparable loss inflicted upon the county, a fire proof vault will be built, perhaps. Stator Tillman shocked and dis ?u. .cd a great maoy decent people by bis impious declaration io Memphis that the people of Sooth Carolina woold nor vote for Christ if he were oomioated OD a gold standard platform. That he should make such a declaration created DO surprise io Sooth Carolina, and we were disgusted sufficiently al? ready. The conference of the Forty which j was held io Colombia Thursday night issued a very well tempered address, bat as far as we cao see did nothing of any importance. The Forty move? ment was well intended and some good men took part io it, bat it has failed to unify the pe-pie, and has to all intents fallen flat. We hoped that something would be accomplished, bat bad little I faith that the hooe would be realized. j It does oot seem to occur to anyone as remarkable that the great specula- ! tive firm of Inman, Swao & Co., dis-' i charged Albert S. Moore as soon as ; they discovered that he was speculating. ; The firm and John H. loman, io par? ticular, speculate to ao enormous es- j tent bat it is ao iron clad rule of the j firm that no employee may speculate | aod retain his position. They proceed on the theory that a speculating cm plovee is apt to be a dishooest em- ; ployee. The people of South Carolina are evincing such little interest io the mat- . ter of having a representative exhibit j of the resources of the State at the j Atlanta Exposition that one might imagine that the Exposition could oot j have acy effect opon the future of j Sooth Carolioa, ooe way or the other. South Carolioa is more directly io ter- i ested in the Exposition 'ban any other state with the exception of Georgia, and it will he the greatest set-back the State coold have should there be DO i exhibit or ooly ao incomplete exhibit. A well arranged aod attractive exhibit1 of the resoarces of South Carolioa will cause maoy visitors to Atlaota to stop io the State OD their return trip, aod il ! goes without saying that some of them at least will make investments here. The Memphis convention in the in? terest of the silver movement proves that the South has become strongly in favor of silver within the past year. This rapid growth of thc free silver sentiment is due almost wholly to the failure of the last congress to grant the financial relief demanded and needed by the eighty or ninety pc. cent of thc American people who are feeling the oppression of the capitalist class. There are thousands of men in the South who have regarded the free s ver proposition with suspicion, h faiii?g to obtaio relief by aoy oth > mean?, men nf divers ideas have ? i united vt'vh the free silver advocate j who have all the time been the me numerous and powerful opponents of t 'present financial system, and w make common cause iu the effort to g ! relief. If disaster and panic befalls t j country from a too sudden and too rac cal change in the financial system, ti ? meu who have refused obstinately ?? assist iu conservative and gradual a terations, as demanded by the exige? cies of the times, will be respousibl The people have been forced to ado radical measures, and we have i doubt the capitalists who have been tc i greedy and oppressive will suffer si j verely bef?te the contest i.-< settled. ; is true that the people, as a who!< j must necessarily .suffer too at the gan j time, but their burdeos will not be an ? greater nor more oppressive thau ? i present. Besides, the future will hoi j out a prospect nf relief and bett? times, under better conditions and ju; laws. Senator Tillman's deliverance on th political situation comes in very goo time. ;.nd we trust it will serve to em pbasize the fact in the minda o Straightout Democrats that they wil have to fight for whatever representa tion they obtain in the Constituriona Convention. We are not at all ?ur prised at the change of front by Sena tor Tillman, not at all surprised tba he repudiates his agreement witl Hemphill, Barnwell and others, for w< never expected him to keep it. He anc Irby and Evans are working in unison and one or two of them cac safely agree to any sort of scheme or plan for the purpose of throwing dust into the eye? of their opponents, so long as the third remains outside of the compact to kick it to pieces when the proper time ar? rives. It has become a settled convic? tion, after close observation during the past four years, that compromise is but another name for surrender and hum buggery. We would much raiher get fairly and ^uarely whipped while fight? ing to accomplish an end, which we believed to be based on true princi? ples thau to get half a loaf by a surrender, called iu courtesy, a com? promise. We think that the straightout democrats have had enough of this com? promise talk to teach them at least one or two thtogs ; and the first of these is that the dominant element, doe. not compromise unless it obtains the long share of the bargain; and the t?ecood is like onto thc first, the dominant ele? ment will not keep any bargain to com? promise, if it is found that more is to be gained by breaking it. The reversal of Judge GofTs decis? ion bas the appearance of re-establish? ing the principle that a State is pos? sessed of certain rights that not even the National Government nor its courts can set aside at will. For this we are grateful, for it has been a belief of long standing, despite the results of thc war and the experiences of recon? struction days, that there does exist such a principle. Judge Hughe's decision is the strongest aud most ex? plicit deliverance on the side of State's rights that has appeared in a public document in recent years. Ha makes out a strong case, and we do not see bow his conclusion eau be set aside or over-ruled. The effect of the decision of the Court of Appeals is to restore the Con? stitutional Convention question to exactly the status prevailing prior to the Goff decision. Thc election of delegates Viii be held under the re? stricted suffrage as planned by those who were instrumental in forcing the Constitutional Convention upon the State against the will of the people. The j original pla^s can be carried out, and we have not the slightest doubt but; that the effort will be made to do so. j But not withstanding this and all the ; odds against which wc must contend we hold that it is the duty of the Straightout Democrats of thc State to organize and fight for an equal division of delegates in thc Convention, and ! failing to obtaiu a positive guarantee of th is to prepare to carry the fight to the general election. There is no use in hesitating and delaying in hope that something will turn up. We should have been organized before and h:-.rd at work, and when the test comes we will realize to cur sorrow how much valuable finie has been wasted. The sooner thc strai^thout democrats get to gether and organize for a decided and straightout fight agaiu.-t fraud And dis? honesty in political circles, with the one purpose of preventing ;!:<. enactmcDt of a constitution that will perpetuate mis- j i rule and oppression, the better prospect . there is of success. The Goff decision und its repeal are of small moment and can have hut com paratively little effect upon thc final re suit if the fight is made along the lines we would have it mad? We would not think of going into a 6ght depend? ing upon the negro vote for success We would make a straigbtout 6ght for good government, with an or? ganization controlled and directed by white men and democrats. But we would invite all men. whites and ne? groes, who desire an honest govern? ment and just laws, to co-operate in the effort to obtaiu these things. NOTES BY THE WAY Leaving Richmond on Monday morn? ing in a special coach attached ?o the regular train, our party was hurried to Washington. There wc were quarter? ed at the Metropolitan Hotel, that long time headquarters for South Carolinians. Here we were scarcely settled before South Carolinians, DOW residents of WashiogtoD, begao to c*ll and extend the hand of welcome. Some of these were old frieods, others were strangers in all save that they claimed South Carolina as home, but this made a vast diffsreoce and all proved their friendship for the news? paper meo before we had been many boura in the city. None were more j zealous io our service and to oooe were ! we more indebted than to Capt. Jobo ! G Capers, of the Departmeot of Jus? tice, formerly a vice presideot of the A8sociatioo. Mr. R. M. Lamer, Washington correspoodebt of 4be News j and Courier, aod Messrs. Iogra'ham, j Braotly, Bradley, Wannamaker and j others were exceedingly kind and at tentive to the wandering editors. The first afternoon was devoted to a i visit to Mt. Vernon. The trip was! made by boat to Alexandria and thence ; by electric railway to Mt. Vernon. The party reached Alexandria too late j for the last regular car for Mt. Vernon but Mr. Holden, the Superintendent of j the electric railway very kindly placed . a special car at our disposal and took charge himself. The run of eight miles to Mt. VerooD was made in re cord breaking time in order to reach ! the destination before the gates were closed. Unfortunately we arrived a I few minutes late and found the gates i closed, and this proved the occasion, of the single unpleasant incident of the j entire trip. The gate-keeper could not admit the party, as it was positively against orders, but after a time Mr. Harrison; Dodge, tbe superintendent of tbe place was summoned, aod he con? descended in a very ungracious and un? mannerly way to permit the party to enter the precincts. A polite but de cided refusal to allow the party to visit the home and tomb of Washington OD that afternoon would have beeo less un? pleasant than the admission so snarl- ! ingly graoted by Mr. Dodge, who from j appearances one would take to be al gentlemau Nevertheless, the points j of interest around the place were visit ed, under the guidance of Mr. Dodge ! and an old negro, the latter as polite j and attentive as the former was the ? contrary. Too much bas been writteu about Mt. Vernon of tbe past and Mt j Veroon as restored in recent years for I the writer to undertake to add any thing. A visit to Washington should ; include a half-day spent at the old home of Washington ; this place is so filled with historic associations that one is^ampiy repaid for the time aod trou? ble reouired to visit it. The remaioder of the time iu Wash? ington was spent io "doing the sights" as the saying goes. And it must be said that the editors were a hard work- j ing and paiostakiug set. The zeal j with which they rushed from one place to aoother, beoeath that torrid SUD, ! with lava-like asphalt pavemeots under i foot was worthy of all emulation. | They went everywhere possible iu the time at their command. The Capitol, I Arlington, The Treasury, Smithsonian j Institute, National Museum, Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Pension ; Office, Washington Monument, etc, i etc., uutil all were mind-weary and foot-worn. But Done grew weary of j the effort and none gave up while they remained in Washington. President Cleveland gave thc party a special audience on cabinet day, which we were informed was an un? usual mark of consid?ration Capt. John (i. Capers presented President Aull of thc Association aod Mrs. Aull to President Cleveland, aod they pre? sented thc other members of thc party. President Cleveland has a friendly, cordial manner aod voice that it is wonderful for him to retain, when the thousands he is called upon to greet are remembered. After the introduction to the President tl:o ushers conduced the party through the public rooms nf the house and made such explanations as were neces.-ary. Two of the most pleasant occasions of the trip are connected with thc Potomac. A trip down the river on Tuesday evening to Marshall Hall, when we fell in with the Democratic Association of Virginia, an organiza tion composed of Virginians resident in Washington, but retaining th>*ir citizen ship at their old homes. The other was the trip down the river and Che-a peake Bay to Norfolk homeward bound. Both were night journeys beneath a moon almost full, and both were delightful. At Marshall Hall the Vir? ginians demanded a speech from the Carolinians, and Col. Dargan was selecfed to speak for (he parry. He did so with more of the old time happi? ness and eloquence than we have known him to exhibit in several years Of all the beautiful places visited. Arlington, th?- old home of Robert E. Lee, now a National Cemetery, is the loveliest of them all. Here, iudeed, the place seems to breathe the thought that, "On Fames eternal camping pround Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards wit" solemn round* The bivouac of (he dead." It is all a temple of fame and the loveliest mound that covers the hones of an unknown Confederate is as hon? orable as the mightiest granite monolith marking the resting place of a far famed General or Admiral The success of !:be annual excursion of the South Carolina State Press Association and the enjoyment of all the members thereof was due to the care and unwearied efforts of Presiderf Aull, Secretary Langston, and Mr. J. VV. Morris, District Passenger Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line. To Mr Morris, the Association was especially indebted, for he assumed the personal direction of all the arrangements for transportation both going to and return? ing from Washington. As a testimo? nial of the appreciation of the Asso? ciation, Mr. Morris was presented with ? gold beaded ebooy cane. < -ol. James T. Bacon speakiug for the Association. The Atlantic Coast Line contributed much to the pleasure of the South Carolina editors, but by committing them to tbe care of Mr. Morris, their comfort and pleasure w*s assured. Next year we shall feel lo?f without Mr. Morris . - -m^mm>-+ ? - -? Mr. A. C. Durant has a tb ii een ?ere field of wheat on his Bishopvilie place that is nearly ready to be harvested,that will yield not less than twenty-.rlve husbels per acre, the best judges say. A Virginian who was io Biehopville a few days since expressed him? self as thoroughly surprised that such wheat could be produced in this section. He esti? mated the yield at thirty husbels per acre Tn i rteen lunatics ;o?ve been s^nt rn ri.* Asv?um from ?his connfv this year. This i; a had record. Mr V.'. G Chandler had three finger: crushed between the ??unvers of two nos mrs nt the old C. S ? X. vari yesterday. The itijury wns not serious Thirty hands were put on Ht th* ?ate C S. ? N. depot Monday morning, <?ettintr the car* ready for shipment at the end of rhn week, which is the limit ?g eed upon for their re? moval. The Pythian Journal contains a long letter from Mr. Wilson J. Harvey, in whicn Sum? ter and Sumter people are highly spoken ol for the enterraioment extended the Grand Lodge. K. of P. Mr. Henry Solomons brought to ?his cffict \e?iit rdrty >i ?ot of the finest Irish potatoes thal we have seen this Season. The potatoe: ! are not onlv rinn but Mr. Solomon i has j raised H most abundant crop on n sma'l plat j ot ?round. j The reside-ce of Dr. W. VV. Anderson, ; Jr., of tbe S'atehurg section, WHS srruck nv j lightning Thursday nighr. One window was j bud ly shattered, om no great damage was j done the house, and no one was Injured Mr C. T. Mh?on starred up the machinery ? in his rele?.hone shop on Tuesday HUG is now j running full time *o caleb up with accumu : lated ordeis. His r?ew model telephone is Said ro tie rhe t>esr and handsomest thing in the telephone line on tne market. Another 'sense for 'zeruptroo from street duty has been discovered. One able bodied citizen thought he ought to "oe 'zernpt 'cause 'e done loss a jint of 'e big toe." Aihert DcBlain. who is in jail for killing Peter Blair, will have a long, hot season to mediate over his crime, MS his case was con? tinued ?nul October. He can console him? self, howpver, with the reflection that there are more uncomfortable places tn which to spend the summer vacation than the Sumter jail Mr. B. J.Barwick, who is a Ashman of soro? note, but has not made for himself any remarkable reputation as a reconteaur of fish stories, has recently made a beginning that will win thar reputation, if he continues to tell stories in the samp line. A few days since he relared ro a friend an incident thal occurred while he was fishing at TindAl's pond. Clarendon County. To gi?e the cor? rect coloring to the story the bare tacts must be premised by the statement that a great many persons have been shooting fish io this pond during the season, and that all the fish in the pond have learned to fear the report of a gun. So much so thet if a gun is discharged on the bank, fish can be 9een to jump ont of the water ail up the pond. On the day in question, when Mr. Harwick wai fishing nt this pond, he had met with some succss. and had caught several fine fish which he placed in a puddle of water a few fee? from the bank. The? were swim? ming around in the puddle at lively rate, ap? parently in the best health until Mr. Bar wick took a notion to smoke. Wjen he struck a match to light his pipe, the match ignited with a reporr rather louder than usual Instantly all of the fish in the pud? dle jumped out of the water, and one of them landed high and dry on land, from whence it was picked up dead-frightened to death by the fl.ish and report of a lncifier ! match. Who can match is for a fish j Storv ? -- -- -- Excursion Rates The At'antic Coast Line will place on sale j on Saturday next, round trip tickets to Sul I hvan's Island, good to return on Monday. ?for S3.00. The ticket includes boat fare to ! the Island and return. This arrangement j will enable the people of Sumte;: and vicinity i to spend Sundav hy the seaside without neg I leering rhpir business duties. Leaving Snm j ter at ?Af) p.m. Saturday, they go at once ; ro rhe Island and spend the night. Retnrn I ing Monday morning they will reach Sumter ; a? 9.40 o'clock. The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip ickers lo Denver, Col., July 4th, 5rh and j 6th for $46 50 on account of National Educa? tional Association. These tickets will be ; good for return passage until July 15tb, but j an extension runy be obtained until Sept. 1st, ! provided tickets are deposited with agent at j Denver, Colorado Springs. Manetau or I Pueblo, before JHIV 16th. One fare round trip tickets will be sold to J Boston on July 10th to 14th good to return ; not later than July 31st, on account of meet ? ing of Christian Endeavor and National I Young People's Christian Union. One fare round trip tickets will be sold to j Boston on accouut of Triennial Conclave of j Knights Templars, on August 23d to 25tb, j with return limit September 1 Otb. f and aches of an annoying nature, a torturous nature, a danger- ? ous nature, can be quickly and surely cured with Pain-Killer, ? As no one is proof against pain, no one should be without ? Pain-Killer. This good old remedy kept at hand, will save ? much suffering and many calls on the doctor. For all sum- ? n>^i complaints of grown folks or children it has stood with? out an equal for over half a century. No time like the present to jet a bottle of Pain-Killer Sold everywhere. The quantity has been doubled but the price remains the same, 25c. Look out for worthless Imitations. Buy only tne genuine, bearing the name-PEBRY DAVIS & SON. Jf. W. P. De LOK JIB DEALER IN \ -\ i W Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kimi* of Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a First Class Store, Tobacco, S nu ti ami Cigars, Harden Seeds, &c, also Paints. (J i Is, Varnishes Glass, Putty, &.c.f Dye Stulls. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock ol Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of best ijuality. Call and see for yourselves. Night Calls Promptly Attended To. There, ?s a negro hoy ia town who rti.<s that tie p*vs hoare and has hi? laundry "ore on an income of thirty cents per week. How is ?hst fer economy? MAD- FHOM High iradi Tobacco ASH ABSOLUTELY PURE CHEAPEST Safe Insurance KNOWN ! THE FARMERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION of Sumter was organ? ized March 23d, 1895, under Charter granted bv the Legislature of South Carolina in the fall of 1894. This Association is duly authorized to insure property against los9 by fire, wind Storm cr lightning, and is made responsible by act of the Legislature, and the provisions of its by-laws, for its contracts with mem? bers. For proper reasons this Association has settled the claims of creditors, for losses, who held policies issued by the Association which operated in Sumter and adjoining couoties for the past two years or more, and known as the ' Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance As? sociation of Chester " Therefore, the ''Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association of SUMTER owes nothing, actually or hy im? plication ; and will soon be ready to issue policies-the form of which is being prepared hy competent lawyers-to all members in good standing, without additional cost. And will issue plicies to applicants for mem? bership, on property not situated in Milages, towns or cities, for fifty cents on eich one hundred dollars of insurance taken J. A. RHAME, President. A. G. WARREN. June 5-2t. Agent. So Simple. 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