The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 03, 1895, Image 4
Cljc iSaftJjmaii aub ^outljroii.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1895.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. j
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sumter
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Tillman has had his say, and so bas j
Irby Now it is time for John Gary I
Evans te blow his fqoeedook.
If the dispensary does not succeed in
wiping out that $19,000 deficit by
keeping open extra hours, what will be
the next move ?
The Parliamentary situation in Eng?
land ?9 very complicated, otherwise
Lord Salisbury would not appeal to the
Liberals for support.
The interest of Emperor William io
the United States cruisers present at '
the Kiel fetes is very flattering to the
navy of America.
The Commissioner of internal Keve
oue, of Georgia, " states that the im?
mense fruit crop in that State bas
causbd a rush oi applications from per?
sons who propooe to establish fruit dis?
tilleries. (
The Uoited States government is
becoming over-zealous in the effort to j
prevent assistance being sent to the
Cubans The present policy will pre- i
elude the possibility of a union with
this country should Cuba succeed in
gaining her independence.
The lynching in Colleton County was 1
an outrageous piece of lawless brutal- .
Hy ; and so was the murder of the old .
negro at Branchville. The men who ;
committed these crimes should be <
banged io accordance with the law. <
Uuntil a few men are banged for such :
crimes we may expect no decrease in
lawlessness, i
The treatment Col. Dargan re- '
ceived in Edgefield last week was 1
outrageous, and disgraceful to the town, j 1
county and State alike. Few people *
crh ?id the views entertained by Col. 1
Dargan, but that is no reason for refus- '
itjg to permit bim to speak or for mob- (
bi?j?' bias.
!
The Conservatives should hear and
heed the call to organize. In union j
there is strength, and as the Conserva- j
rives hold the balance of power, with a j i
solid front they can whip any ring that <
dares to show its head in Sont;. Caro- i
lina. Tney can whip the ring, but j :
with the election machinery against j
them we doubt if the ring eau be out- !
counted.-Edgefield Monitor. (
It is all stuf to say that the organi- 1
zation of Conservatives will prevent 1
political peace and make impossible an
equal division of delegates. That is
Irby's argument, and he uses it simply j
because he desire* neither peaco nor an
equal division.
The State has been leased by The
State Compaoy, a newly organized com? I
p&ny, and the friends of that excellent
journal will be gratified to know that j
paper is cow in a better financial coudi- j
tion than it ever was. It deserves to
grow iu popularity and prosperity.
The Democrats of Kentucky have
nominated a free silver man for Govern?
or on a sound money platform. Politi?
cal oddities are the oddest of all curios?
ities.
The Charleston lJost makes the es- j
ceilent suggestion that all the State
Press Associations that in lend visiting i
Atlanta during the Exposition, arrange :
to meet there on the same day. If
this is dooe Atlanta will be turned into
an editorial pi for the time being.
Several ot the Conservative papers j
of the State are taking a mistaken view
of the spirit of the address issued by
the recent Columbia conference and
the purposes of the organization
advised in that address. We do
not understand that a fight is to
be precipitated throughout the State
whether or not the Reformers dis?
play a spirit of fairness and indicate a ?
desire for peace. Our construction of
the address was that the Conservatives
should proceed :o organize throughout
the State to the end that they might
present a determined stand against
further fraud and oppression by thc
ring ; to demand fair representation in
thc Constitutional Convention, and fail- ;
in<* to obtain it to fight for it : to bc !
!
able to systematically bring before thc
noonie cf the State the necessity of!
r - r
framing a constitution or a non-par?
tisan character, that will insure fair,
honest and just election methods guard-1
ing the purity of the ballot, and at the
same time rende? impossible the rule of
the ignorant and vicious, and also the
importance of incorporating in the Con?
stitution provisions that will provide an
absolute guarantee for the support of
tue public schools. \a we understand
it. the Conservative organization ia for
the purpose of maintaining the rights
to which citizens are entitled, and in
the interest of good government, which
we cannot have unless the new Coosti
j
tutiou is framed wisely by honest men. ;
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ?
The division of delegates to the Con
8titutionai Convention bas caused poli* j
tician8 more or less worry in every |
county in the State, and it is still an
unsettled question in a majority of the
counties. In Edgefield, Aiken and
Chester steps have been taken to divide
the delegates equally between the fae- ;
tions, and some action has been taken j
in that direction in Richland, but we
believe that nothing definite has been
dene in that county as yet. ID Abbe j
ville the Reformers have proposed to
give the Conservatives two of the six
delegates, and in Orangeburg the same
proposition bas been made. But to
Abbeville the Conservatives are bold- j
lng out for an equal division, while the j
Orangeburg Conservatives appear to be J
willing to accept the terms offered
The other counties, as far as our in- j
formation goes, have done nothing, and j
in these counties, where no action has ?
been taken will be tbe field where the i
Conservative organization will have
work to do, and can do effective work,
[t was for work in such counties that it !
was proposed to organize the Conserva?
tive Democrats Those people who ?
could see no reason for organizing the
conservatives will have much light shed
around their beclouded political under?
standings before they are two months
sider. If things are allowed to drift ;
alone:, the Constitutional Convention
will be absolutely controlled, and a cut
iud dried instrument carried to Coium- ;
bia in some mao's pocket will be rail
roaded through, regardless of proresta :
ind in disregard of right, justice, hon- :
5st elections, the future of public edu?
ction and decency. It will be a tissue ;
jf political schemes on a par with the
dispensary law.
It will need au organized effort to
prevent ?be adoption of such a Consti?
tution, therefore we say orgauize !
The question is asked frequently and
with considerable interest by men who
reside iu Sumter county and in other
counties as well, "What are you going
to do in Sumter County in reference to
selecting delegates to the Constitutional
Convention V1 Thus far we have
heard of no positive answer being giv?
en, and we do not believe that any man !
or dozen men could give such an an?
swer. We know, however, that not
less than seven-tenths of the white peo- j
pie of the county, irrespective of fae
tioo, desire a cessation of partisan
strife and political turmoil, and are out- ?
spokeu in expressing their determina ;
tioo to do anything in reason to bring
about this highly desirable couditiou of
affairs. With this state of public opin?
ion as a ground-work we eau advise
what should be done, while not able to
foretell what action will be taken.
Since Sumter is a Conservative couuty
by a safe majority, having been so
proven in hotly contested elections dur?
ing the last five years, the Conserva?
tives should take the initiative and offer
to divide the delegates with the Re
former?. Each side should select three
men. and the consolidated ticket should
be supported at the general election.
This would be fair and just and we do j
uot see how the men who say that they
want peace could refuse to agree to the
proposition.
The Conservative Convention which j
will be held on July 12th, will have
thc power to speak for the Conserva- I
tive faction in Sumter oouuty, and we !
trust that it will be attended by full
delegations from every club, and that
the question of a divinion of delegates
will be fully discussed and such action
taken that the Reform faction can meet
us on a common platform whose prin?
cipal planks shall be peace justice and
unity.
"But suppose," tiny? an inquirer,
"that the radical men among the Ke
formers shall dominate that faction,
and, not desiring peace and justice and
unity, should refu.-c to accept the over?
tures of the Conservatives for an ami?
cable division of the delegation to the
Constitutional Convention V To this
we would reply that thc Conservatives
will have lost nothing, but will have
gained Instead, for, having exhibited
the most indisputable evidence of a
willingness to give their opponents
more than their just share of thc dele
gates, reckoning on their oumercial
strength, in the fntherauce of peace,
they can go into the fight, that will
re8alt from tbe Reformers' refusal of
the terms of peace, with a clean record
and a determination to win. If thc
Reformers should refuse the offer of
equal division comiog from a Conser?
vative County Convention, then the i
consequences would be upon their own
heads. If there should be greater
bitterness and greater turmoil than at
any time in thc past, the Reformers,
not the Conservatives would be respon?
sible for it.
The Conservatives in Sumter County
are already organized, this work having !
been accomplished in past years, there?
fore the only thing for them to do is to
act. Let each club meet promptly and
elect delegates to the Convention to be j
held on the 21th iostaut, and seo that j
the delegates elected attend the Coo- !
veotion This is an important matter
and there is no time for dilly-dallying
nor negligence.
The above article was written seve- :
rai days ago; before the reactionary
movement was inaugurated in Edge- '.
field by Senator Tillman, and when we ;
believed that the men who desired ;
peace would prevail in that county, j
But now that the leaders of the ring i
seem bent on controlling the Constitu- j
tional convention at all hazards, we
doubt the advisability of a divisiou.
There is a greater necessity now for a J
compact and determined Conservative !
organization than ever. We are for j
peace and unity on condition that our j
rights be guaranteed, but we do not !
propose to surrender to the dictation of
the ring.
The convention on fht; 12th can de-j
cide the policy of the Conservatives of
Sumter.
_i
IBBY'S BLUSTER.
Senator Irby may abase the Oonser- j
vatives as much as he pleases, and we j
r i
shall think the more of them, for Irby !
is a sworn enemy of decency, honesty
and justice in matters'politicaL His
record as chairman of the Esecutive
Committee, as Senator and as * man,
i
do not entitle him to the respect, noe to
mention confidence of the State, and we
should much rather be enlisted in a
movement that he abased than to be
affiliated with anything whatsoever j
that he approved. When a division of!
the delegates to the Constitutional Con?
vention was first proposed ard then J
when the division was proposed to be ;
carried out by the Tillman-Barnwell- :
Hemphill plan he poured out the vials
of his wrath against everv n;an coo- :
ri m I
nected with the plan. He bas steadily
refused to hear of peace and unity for '\
the welfare of the State, even though
it was an established fact that a large
majority of the people were sick of
strife and enmity and desired peace in j
politics. It was he who whipped Till?
man and Evans back into line and ,
forced them to repudiate their compact. ;
It was he who did more than aoy other :
man to defeat the consummation of the
division plan by exerting his influence
in Laurens and Spartanburg to prevent
a division of delegates. It is like the
devil preaching against deceit for Irby
to rant about the Conservatives break?
ing faith with the organization, mis?
called the Democratic party, of which
he is the head, and it is but another
proof of the tremendous audacity of fhe !
man. And for him to talk of going :
to the negro ! Does he imagine we have i
all forgotten the coalition he engineered !
in Beaufort County to defeat the Con- '
servLtive candidates, or the negro votes
he solicited in the Legislature when
they were needed to assist him to carry
out his schemes? If hs does, he is mis?
taken. Perhaps the negro is a moral
institution, like thc dispensary to he
used to pull the Irby gang out of a
bole, and it is all right when Mr. Irby
uses bim, but the mere idea that a Con?
servative might get a negro voto ?9 so
outrageous as uot to be tolerated. Mr.
Irby overdoes the negro business. He
was the first man to seek the negro in
the past atid he stands ready to-day to
use the negro against, the Conservatives
if he can In additi >n to the h:trr; <1
Mr. Irby bears all democrats who do
not wear his collar, be has an abiding
contempt for his own followers ami in
their honesty lu- reposes the very mini
mum of confide-no:- Note wlierc he
says thal thc Reformers would
not bc safe with :i majority of
twenty-five in the Convention for
so many meu change their views
after taking the oath ot oifice.
However, it is not to be wondered at
that Mr. Irby should have such little
confidence in thc honesty of his own
followers, for he kuows hts own meth?
ods and thc methods of bis party. Like j
leader, like party, is probably his lin
of argument.
Conservatives should not be d?terre
from organizing by Irby's bluster. I
is a perfect organization of Conserva
tives that Irby most dread*, aud he wil
do anything and say anything that h
can to defeat the tactics that he know
will ultimately encompass his defeat
There is nothiog undemocratic or im
moral in the Conservatives organizinj
as a means of seK-protection, and foi
the purpose of forcing from a corrup
ring of office-holders justice and hon
esty iu government, and honesty anf
fairness in elections A Conservative
organization is wrong only to the de
gree that it will defeat the sch?mas o
the Irby ilk, and for this reason aloof
does it arouse bis enmity. A Conserv?
ative organization will not prevent at;
equal divinion of delegates ; to the con
trary, we believe that it will make pcs
sible acd insure such division, and with
this idea always in mind, we have ad?
vocated organization io season and out
of season. We still say, organize and
demand an equal division. Organiza?
tion is right io principle and in politics,
and an equal division of the delegates
in the convention is th? only way to se?
cure a just and non-partisan constitu?
tion, fair elections and the permanency
of the free 6chool system.
Therefore stand for organization,
first and an equal division afterward.
The increase in the prices of all
classes of manufactured goods is one
indication of better times that. \s not
ve/y encouraging to cotton planters,
while che price of cotton remains so
low.
Those Oregon highwaymen were
small fellow?, for they robbed the only
passenger on the stag'? coach of all the
money he had-?2-after securing all
the registered mail mutter.
Thc Kentucky plac of nominating a
free silver mau for GDvernor on a gold
standard platform appears to give the
greatest satisfaction to the greatest
number. The free sUver papers claim
a victory and the gold-bug papers do
likewise. It appears to us as a most
melancholy straddle that ought to give
satisfaction to neither side.
The interest in the railroad situation
is increasing in this city, and rhere is a
growing demand for another outlet for
Sumter. Three out of four business
men that you meet vnll tell you that a
competing road is the thing of prime im?
portance to Sumter at thi-j. time, and
they display more than u-ual interest
in any plan to secure --. other road.
From the information .<ow in our
possession we are couvincad that before
the end of the year a strongly backed
movement will be surted LO give Sum?
ter another railroad connection that wilt
insure competition in the freight and
passenger business to and from all
outside points.
I Thu killing of men by constables
I goes merrily on. The constables have
little reason to restrain their blood?
letting proclivities as they are backed
by the Stat?3 authorities, who provide
lawyers to defend them, and, in case of i
conviction, a pardoo is guaranteed.
The Georgia fruit growers hsve nor
let the grass grow under their f?er.
They have organized and are demand?
ing, as a body, that rbe railroads give
them lower rates. The railroads have
I
so far nor acceded to the demand, ;
pleading instead that they have been |
losing m<?ney af the precut rate
The Directors of the Sumter Tobacco j
i warehouse company held a meeting ar the [
j Simonds National Bink yesterday morning j
I and completed arrangements for opening the .
i warehouse for the present crop. All the fix- i
tures have been ordered and will be received
i;i a short time, and Manager Brogdon will
have everything in readiness for business be?
fore the tobacco reason opens. He was pres?
ent >u the mee'ing this morning and the j
plans were discussed with him. It was de- ?
; cided that Mr Brogdon should make a trip I
through territory tributary to Sumter for the j
purpose of seeing the tobacco plant rs ?nd j
interesting them in Sumter as a tobacco mar- I
ker He will start on the trip next week, j
and will make a thorough canv?s? of the !
country that should market irs tobacco if?
Sumter. As Mr. Brogdon is thoroughly up j
on the tobncco business much is expected
from his trip i
Public Sales.
Sheriff Sanders sold the following lots of
I land for State taxes:
j Aaron Montgomerv, four acres ; boagbt bv
j M Moise
j E.-r. of Jack Thigpen, thirty nctes; bought
I t>v M. Moise
Est. of Rachael Moses, fifty-two acres;
: bought by Neil O'Donnell.
Sale under foreclosure of M . Drake ? Son
: and Locken Vaughan & Co.. vs R. M. & L.
j W. Jenkins, one ?ot and house on New
j Street; bought by R. 0. Purdy for $126.
There will be a competitive examination ?
j held ou the 23rd, day of August, in this
j county, under the charge of the County
I School Commissioner, for a Scholarship in
I Furman University, worth fifty dollars ($50),
j an amount sufficient to cover tuition for one
year. The appointee is to enter the lowest
j colieg? class. For further information,
! Catalogues etc.. address Chas. L. Durham,
I Sec'y of Faculty, Greenville, S. C
A Columbia Cadet Wins.
Mr. John A. Willis last night received the
j following telegram from Col. John P.
Thomas tu Camden : "Cadet John C Dial
. has just won the Star of the West Medal HS
the nest drilled soldier of the corps of
I cadets." .Mr Dial b?3'heen at *he Cnadel
', for only two yenrs, and oeside his t?]ent3
I from an intellectual standpoint, he i? well
trained physically, and all Columbia should
'eel proud of 'he honors won hy the young
, soldier. Mr Dial is a member of the j
"picked squad."
Oak Ridge Institute.
Weare in receipt of the catalogue of Uak j
Ridge Institute for the year '93 and '94 It !
, is, perhaps, the handsomest catalogue ever
issued hy a Southern fitting school It is
j profuselv illustrated with full page phcto
! engravings, lt is written in a racy style, ?
j out of the beaten tr nek of catalogue litera- |
j ture It show j a toral enrollment of 340 j
; counted ny departments 53 diplomas we.-e !
; conferred at commencement '95. The Insti
; tuuon is highly ?od heartily recommended
; b}' the colleges, the univer.-ity, and business
j men all over the State; and the educating
: public shows its endorsement by the largest
i patronage given to a school of this ciass in
I the South See ad. in another column.
Success in Life
j depends on little things. A RipansTabule isa
I little thing, nut taking one occasionally gives
i good digestion, and that means good blood,
I and that means good brain and brawn, and
i that means success 7-25-o
of Bees, Wasps, Hornets, Centipedes or
Scorpions-bites of animals, reptiles or
insects, are instantly soothed and quickly
cured with Pain-Killer. It counteracts
the effect of the poison, allays the irrita?
tion, reduces the swelling and stops the
pain. When you go fishing, on a picnic
or on any outing trip, be sure and take a bottle of
For all pain-internal or external-it has no equal, and
for Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea and Dysentery, it is almost
a specific. Sold everywhere at 25c. a bottle. (Quantity
lias been doubled.) Accept no imitation or substitute.
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Sundries Usually Kepi in a
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Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, (jarden Seeds, Sec., also Paints, Oils, Varnishes
Glass, l'utty, Sec., Dye Statis.
Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with
care and dispatch. Thc public will find my stock of Medicines complete,
warranted genuine, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves.
Night Calls Promptly Attended To.
SUMTER, S. C , June 27.
rpHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the
I Sirnorids National Bank have ?his day
declared a Semi-Annual Dividend of 3 per
cent., javable Julv 1st
L. S. CARSON, Cashier.
July 3.
HOLIDAY NOTICE.
THURSDAY, JULY 4TH, being a Legal
Hobday, THE Si MONDS NATIONAL
BANK will ne closed on that dav.
L. S. CARSON. Cashier.
July 3.
HOLIDAY NOTICE.
THURSDAY, JULY 4TH, being a Legal
Holiday, THE BANK OF SUMTER
will be closed on that dav.
\V. F. RH AME, Cashier.
Jnlv 3.
WANTS.
A DVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less
J\_ will be inserted under this head for 25
seots for each insertion. Additional lines
5 cents per fine.
TT'RANTED-Beeswax in any quantity.
VV Highest cash price will be paid Ap?
ply to B C Wallace *t B J. Barnett's store.
June 12 -tf. Sumter, S. C.
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S Nine times
|j. out of ten
whenweare
otd of sorts
our trou?
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removed
by that re
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iron Bitters,
which for more than 20 years
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combination of vron, the great
strcngth-givcr, with selected
vegetable remedies of true
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It is soecialiv good for women
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i.ro..ii's iron Bitters ts pleasant to tr'.: .
and ii v.ill not stain thc teeth nor ca
cot'.st-pation. See the crossed red li?
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Mar 29.
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