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IHE S?MTE? WATCHMAN. Established April..iSS?. "Be Just and Fear not-Let ai? the Ends then Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy Gee;':-, ana Truth's." THE TKUE SDUTHKON. Established Jene, izw Consolidated Au?. 2. ISSI. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24. 1895. New Series-Vol. XIV. So.52. P^blisiied S very Wednesday, -BY 1*0*. Gr. ?steen, SUMTER, S. G. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-io advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Scaare first insertion.SI 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will 1 be made at reduced rates. All commoaication8 which subserve private j interests will be charged for as advertisements, j Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Charleston Conservatism Draws the Line. The County Convention, With Pull Evidence of Till mamte Trickery Re? fused a Division and Nominates Nine Straight out Men. Special to The State. CHARLESTON', July 16.-in pursu? ance of a call issued by the execu? tive committee, tbe Democratic con? vention of Charleston county assem? bled to-day and refused to stultify it? self and worship at the brazen statue of so-called expediency. The recent recommendation of the executive committee that the county's delega tion should be divided _ between Straightouto and Reformers was com? pletely snowed under, as was tobe expected. Open disavowal of divi? sion was expressed quietly at the time, but to-day true and tried Dem? ocrats put their feet down and final ly declared against division under the present circumstances. This deter? mination was evident from the con? vening of the convention. The fact tbat Reform counties were not acting in the proper spirit accounted for the refusal to divide J oseph W. Barnwell made a gallant fight for a division, affirming that he was for peace The convention gave attentive ears to his appeals, but re? fused to accede to them. Later, when delegates were being named, Mr. Barnwell refused to serve, say? ing he was a peace man and not in ior a fight. He lead the division side of the convention, while Kirby S. Tupper, F. C. Fisbburne, A. S. Far? row and others opposed him. The oppositionists were unexpectedly mild in their speeches. The convention, which was a re? presentative one, met at noon and unanimously elected Philip Gadsden, chairman, and Jos. H Perrine secre? tary. Mr. Farrow offered a resolution to appoint a committee to consider the advisability of a division of delegates between the two factions of the party in the interest of harmony. After K much squabbling it was defeated. Mr. Tupper offered the following resolutions : Whereas, Senator B.'R. Tillman and Governor J. G. Evans have each repudiated the arrangement entered into with Messrs. Barnwell, Hemp* '1 and others whereby an equal division of delegates to the constitutional con? vention should be given to the Con? servative Democrats of the State ; and Whereas, Senator Tiilraan and Governor Evans have both used their influence to prevent such equal di? vision of delegates, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that a primary be held for the election of nine delegates io the constitutional convention and that no agreement be entered into for a division ot delegates between the regular and Reform factions of the Democratic party in this county Mr. Tupper, speaking to his reso lution, criticized the four delegates -the Reformers had submitted as their representatives if a division ol" dele? gates was agreed upon. The first one, W. Gibbes Whaley, be said he could not stomach The others were more acceptable to him He con? tended that the Conservatives could gain nothing by a division ; that Re? formers intended to control the con? vention if they had to do it by fraud. It was here that Mr Barnwell plead eloquently for an hour for a di? vision, but to no use An amendment to Mr. Tupper's resolution, that the convention elect delegates, was carried amid great confusion by at least three to one. Delegates were named but finally withdrew and a committee appointed to select them. At 3.30 the convention adjourned, j but assembled again at 4.30, when ! the following Straightouts were j named to represent this county : ; Theo. G. Barker, J. P. K. Bryan-; J. N. Nathans, A. S. P'arrow, Julian ! Mitchell, Sr., Geo. F. VonKoluitz, ! Jr , W. M. Fitch, Jos L Obrer and : \V St. J J?rvey ? resolution was passet! empower- , in<r tijy executive committee to ?il | o any vacancy that may occur. All thc delegates arc lawyers ex- . cept Mr. Oliver, who is connected with the Oliver & Co., blind and sash j manufactory. All are men of ability j and conservatism, and will give uni- | versal satisfaction. Delegates will j be required to file their pledge by j the 20th inst. The executive com mittee will meet on Friday and make arrangements for the primary. There are No Millions in lt. The Dispensary Falls Far Snort of Expectations . COLUMBIA, July 16.- A great many plans have been used to relieve the competition of the''blind tigers" to the dispensary Some of the plans have met with some degree of sue cess, while others have signally failed It is a notorious fact that the dis pensary is not making the money that it was expected to make It bas not yet reached the $200,000 mark, and perhaps after it has been shown that there are not "millions in it" it may be decided to run the dis pensary more on the moral scale than heretofore, as it may be that it is pro? posed to cut off as much of the opposition as possible. Whatever may be the case it is announced that the dispensary will, after the 1st of August, sell its liquor cheaper than at present. The new schedule of prices has not yet been published, but it is understood, on the quiet, to be about a 10 per cent reduction. Commissioner Mixson has gone North on a little trip, and when he returns to Columbia will be ready for the expected rush of fall business. News and Courier. Politics in Greenville. Reformers in the Saddle. The Primary Endorsed. The county Democratic convention met in Greenville yesterday. Only a few scattering Conservatives, be? sides the forty of Central club, elected by 800 voters, were present, and they took no active part in the proceed? ings. The chief business was the adoption of resolutions accepting and endorsing the primary and calling ou all white citizens to take part in it. Gen. J. W. Gray was elected chair? man, and in a speech of acceptance, said (hat the Reformers were respon? sible for calling the convention and ought to control it. H. B. Buist offered resolutions of a general conciliatory character, which were adopted No mention was made of any division, but indi? cations are that Judge J. H. Eade and H. J. Haynsworth will be voted for by the Reformers Resolutions endorsing Judge Earle were adopted by the convention to? day. Judge Earle said he would probably be unable to 6erve in the convention, but it seemed to be the disposition to elect him anyhow. The rank and file of the Conserva? tives are awaiting developments be? fore decidiug whether to go into the primary. They have been somewhat staggered in their determination to stay out by the action of Richland, Darlington and Spartanburg counties. Stahlman Resigns. ATLANTA, July 18.-A special to the Constitution from Asheville Kays that 'yommissioner E. B. Stahlman, of the Southern Railway and Steam? ship Association, announced that he would not accept another term. Con? siderable opposition has been mani? fested against Stahlman for the past three years. Major Stahlman says that he wants to get out of the posi? tion because it is full of worry and annoyances, lie adds that he can make more money by looking after his private affairs than the railroads pay him. His salarv is ?15,000 a year. His announcement caused a sensation, lt is possible that Com? missioner Finley, of the Passenger Association, may be put in chaige of the Freight Association Charleston is not io have the trolley, after all. Charleston bas available capital enough to build a trolley line half across the continent, probably, j But Charleston's monied meo declioe to make investments at home. They may i be caught by a Birmingham boom, or an Auuiston boom, cr some other boom away fro., borne, but they religiously 1 avoid a Charleston boom. If they can- ? uot invest their mouey ina bank, or i some such institution, they will let it j rust iu the vaults. Charlestouians are j proverbially conservative. lu thc ca^e | of the capitalists of Charleston it seems j that conservatism has merged ioto apathy, in so far ag their city is con? cerned.-Sa va ii n a h Ne irs. \ Only Seven W eeks More. And Then Che Constitutional Convention Meets. Ti)?' StHte. A good many people in this State who have not been keeping up with the flight of time will no doubt be very much surprised to know that the State constitutional convention, about which so much talk has been indulged in, is only seven weeks off. The date for the convention to assemble and begin its work is September 10. Every one seems to be talking of the convention as if it were at least four or Ave months before it will assemble. The necessity for acting promptly in everything that is proposed to be done pteliminary to the holding of the convention is therefore obvious to all. There is no time to be lost by any one. The appropriation for the holding of the convention is only $30,000. The expenses per day. not including printing or anything of that charac? ter, will amount to over ?400 If the convention sits any length of time it will be absolutely necessary to go beyond the appropriation. It was thought that the convention would be powerless to appropriate any more money, but it seems that, being a supreme body, it has the right to do anything in that line by passing an ordinance And this will doubtless be necessary, for it is thought that the convention will 6i't for a longer period than was first supposed. It will likely be in ses? sion till the time for the assembling of the Legislature. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. Preparatory to the general election which will decide who shall be the delegates sitting in the convention will come the primary election ordered to be held by the Irby State committee on the 30th instant This election is now only eleven days off and the preparations for its holding are being rapidly concluded. Secre? tary Tompkins, of the Irby commit? tee, is now busy having bundled up the copies of the order published be? low, the blank tally sheets and poll Mets, and copies of the new "Con? stitution of the Democratic p%rty of South Carolina," adopted last Sep? tember The following is the paper to be sent out. referred to above : A primary election is hereby ordered to be held in every county in this State on the 30th day of July next, at which every white voter in this State shall be entitled to vote, who shall make pledge to the man? agers conducting the election that he will support the nominees of such election on the day of the election to be held on the third Tuesday in August for the delegates to the State Constitutional convention. Each county executive committee shall appoint three managers and one clerk to hold such election : two of the managers shall be Reformers and one manager and the clerk shall be Conservatives, or vice versa. The pulls shall be open from S a m. to 4 p. m. Each candidate for the Constitu? tional convention shall at least ten days before the said primary election file his pledge with the chairman or secretary of the county Democratic executive that he will abide by the result of the election and support the nominees of the party, and no vote for any candidate who has failed to sign such pledge shall be counted. To prevent the single popping of candidates no vote for delegates shall be counted which does not contain the names of delegates who have signed the pledge of the same num? ber as the delegates to which said county is. entitled to under the act calling the convention. The second primary shall be held on August 13, if necessary, accord? ing to the rules of the party, and the same managers shall serve. All existing rules of this committee here? tofore adopted are hereby ailirrned, when not inconsistent with the fore? going. The State Democratic executive committee, recognizing the fact that there are factional differences exist? ing in the Democratic party, earnest? ly suggests to the Democrats of the State to ignore such factional dil?er ences in the election of delegates tu the Constitutional convention and let each candidate stand on his merits J. L M. IRBY, Chairman State Democratic Execu? tive Committee D. H TOMPKINS, Secretary. -?? - mmm - The Exposition Sovenir. ATLANTA, July l?.--The design of ? thc o?hcial so?veuir medal which is to ! be minted on the exposition ground* by the United States government, was for? warded ou tu Washington to-day by President Collier to have th" die* made, j Ou the obverse Mdt? of the medal isl ?.hown a bale of cotton. ? phoenix ris in its bill streamers of "lii'j?." Around the edges cf this side of the medal are olive h-ra:ich''j? and the worri-. "Gorr?n j .S rare ?i ar. i international Exposition, j ArI:?nr.a,'* azul r?^r:r .tbovc * ' Atlanta,?' it:i the face of the :;?edal, foe 'inion ct ! hands On thc reverse side of rhe j medal is sho wn s bast of Hen rv . ; I Grady. Around the edges on tb ts? side I cf tiie medal are the words, '"Official Souvenir Medal. Henry W. Grady." -111 ir -*tT^ How Chinese Have Been Suc? cessfully Crossing The Line. DETROIT, MICH., July IT.-Herbert Johnson, of Windsor, who was re? leased only two months ago, after serving a term for smuggling Chinese into tins country, was arrested late last night at Fort Street Union depot by Special Treasurer Agent E.'0. Wood and Inspector Kennard. Ile was caught in the act of smuggling four Chinamen over in a Wagner sleeping car. Conductor Frederick R. Lincoln, of Buffalo, and Porter Charles McLain, of Chicago, and the four Chinamen, Lee Sing, Lee Shook, Lee Hung and Lee Ping, none of whom can speak a word of English, were also arrested and locked up in the county jail. The capture was the result of con? tinued diligent work on the part of Wood and Kennard, who had been trying to fathom the peculiar manner in which Chinese were being smug? gled into the country. They finally determined it was by the sleeping car route, but were hampered in a thorough search of the cars as they could not insist on looking into berths which the conductor assured them were occupied by ladies When the officers went through the car last night the porter locked the state room door, saying it was occu? pied by ladies. The conductor affirmed this statement. The officers insisted on entering, and found Johnson and the four Chinamen occupying the berths. The arrests followed. Thirteen Firemen Killed and Injured. CINCINNATI, July 17.-A. fatal fire this afternoon in the main part of the shipping quarter of the city resulted in the instant deatb of two firemen and the probable fatal injury of a half dozen others. The fatalities were caus? ed by the falling of the walls of the burning buildings. The dead are : Capt Healey, Pipeman Jack Wisby. The injared are : Pipeman Ed Jew man, Capt. Neal, Fireman Grove, Capt. Purcell, Driver Bart Thompson, Mike >IcNally. Joho Millen. Lenn Westcott. Fred Cunniogham, Wm. Beebe, Victor Ennis and Edward An thony. It is impossible to tell at this hour how many of the firemen will die. They are aU unconscious at midnight. Property to the amount of ?250,000 was destroyed. - i- ?"m^ The true and patriotic Conservatives of Richland, Sumter, Darlington, Flor? ence and Charleston have started the peace and unity ball afresh, and now, let the Reformers of this county stretch their hands "across the bloody chasm" and declare that there shall no longer be strife and contention within the bor? ders of this State. Let the Democratic clubs which are to meet Saturday do the grand act and send the ball bounding on its mission by instructing their dele? gates to the county nominating conven? tion to give those Conservaties who refused to go over to the negro one acceptable delegate.-Lexington Dis? patch. AU the Conservative counties in the State having acted in a highly creditable manner in providing for a dividion of their delegates with the Reformers, the Columbia Evening X'ivs, the ablest. Reform paper in the State, says "it is to be expected that Senator Tillman will now see that he j made an incorrect diagnosis, and that in order to be just, he must be gen? erous. The Conservatives of these counties have accepted his terms, and the next thing in order is for Senator Tillman to stand by them himself.'* Orangehnrg Times Democrat. Judge Townsend ruled in Columbia the other day while a jury was being empanelled to try a defendant for a violation of the Dispensary law. that no juror was competent who was oppos ! ed to the law. Jurors on their oaths who said that they were opposed to the law but could render a fair and impar? tial verdict from the evidence adduced were made to stand aside. Wfas ever such a ruling heard of before't The defendant is guaranteed a fair and im? partial jury trial Those opposed to the law are rejected, tho?e favoring the law are accepted. By what process of reasoniog an impartial judge can con? clude that those favoring a iaw are more capable of giving a defendant justice than those opposing the law are capable of giving the State justice is beyond our power of compr?hension. His ruling as he did is against law. equity, justino and reason.-St Mat? thews Herald. Sheriff f Miz?s Explains. His reply to Col. Dargan and Editor Bacon. Having reid rr,r: uccouor given by Coi. Dargan io the daily paper9 of the treatment he received in EI^e?eld and the comments of thar paper thereupon, ? feel ir my duty to make the following statement of facts, in justice to myself and the committee appointed by the citizens of the town and couQty to acr, with me in interviewing Col. Dargan, notice having been given by the Edge field Chronicle that be would deliver an address in Edgefield: The people had heard and read of Col. Dargan's utterances elsewhere, such as : "I for ooe have gone to the negro." "That I aaj neither ashamed nor afraid, nor in any degree reluctant, but rather glory ia going to 'he ne? gro." "I favor piac?Dg negro repre? sentatives, according to competency, on each county ticket. This will give mi? nority representation to that race and thus enable us to make a Constitution by all the people for all the people." "Universal suffrage for women and and men, rich and poor, black and white, now and always." The committee submitted the above quoted remarks to Col. Dargan and desired to know of him through the committee if these utterances em? bodied bis views and if it was on that line he proposed to speak in Edge field. The committee, in the discharge of the duty imposed, immediately repaired to the Chronicle office where we met Col. Dargan alooe, except the employ? ees of the Chronicle offiee. I introduced myself and the commit? tee to Col. Dargan, who said he was glad to see us. I told him we had been appointed to call on him and ask him if he had come to make a speech. He said be had. I inquired upon whose invitation he bad come. He de? clined to say. I theo called bis attention to the above alleged utterances, and asked bim if they were his, and if he in? tended to speak on that line. He answer? ed, "Yes." Wethen, as a committee, requested him not to attempt to speak, as we did not think he would be heard, inasmuch as the people of Edgefield were not yet prepared to hear him or or anyone else talk on that line, and that we thought it best for him and for the town that he decline to speak. He said he was sorry; that he once thought as our people did, but if he were allowed to speak he thought he could convince them of the error of their way. He was told that nothing that he could say would, in our judgment, convince Edgtfield people of error on that lino; that he had no following here, and that, while we did net believe he would be treated roughly or receive bodily harm if be should attempt to speak, we thought it best to advise him to save himself the mortification of being hissed down and perhaps arousiog the indignation of the people not to make the attempt He replied that be would consult with-aod would soon give us a reply. The interview was not ac ali an unpleasant affair, and I am sure I am expressing the truth when ? say there was not in the mind and heart of auy member of the committee any ill-feeling towards Col. Dargan, and what we did was in his interest and prompted by the kindest feelings. Our committee retired and reported to oar body what had traospired. T. in making the report, assured them that our interview with Col. Dargan thoroughly convinced mc and the other committeemen that no speech would be attempted, ana that it would not be ne? cessary to take further steps to thwart the Colonel, as we were pretty sure he would leave on the firs: out-bound train. The committee then dispersed, I going to my ofiice and attending to my du:ies, and not thinking further of Dargan. After some lapse of time a good citi? zen of our county, not a resident of our town, but living very near, came over and reported that there was a crowd near Penn's drug store cursing and abusing Dargan and he thought it. wrong to take that advan'age of aoy man under such circumstances. I fully agreed with him, and our worthy in? tendant. Mr. Kennedy,, said to me im? mediately upoo hearing the statemenr, "Sheriff, let's go and '.top such con? duct." I said, "Ves, of course." We looked in the direction iudicated and saw that the crowd had dispersed and Dargan gone on. Col. Dargan, perhaps, drew ro some extent on his imagination as to the | number that composed thc so-called I mob. Possibly the Colonel was think-J ing of the prophecy in Acts, when old Highest cf all in Leavening Pov ?t country daring thc lay. The News and C inrier ir; ir? edito rmi >a;u i "ibu sherif? was in ezceed I ingly bad company : for be is che high : esl law and peace officer ot the c.?unty. I and ir. need hardly be said bears the ; largest measure of responsibility for ? the lawlessness in which be took so ; prominent a part." That was the very object I had io view-to preserve the . peace of the town and protect the per i son of Coi. Dargan from probable j harm j Had Col. Dargan taken the advice of i the committee there would not have oc ; curred any unpleasantness. There are j not in this, or any other county, five j more reputable, law-abiding citizens than are those five men that were on that committee with myself, and if they had not been actuated by tue best of motives-the desire to preserve the peace and harmony of the county and ! State, and prevent- violence to an oer j son-I would not have acted with tuem. i No mao deprecates more than ? do : the treatment Col. Dargan received en I route to the depot. I feel sure it is re? gretted by the entire committee and a ; large majority of the people ot the ! couoty. It was a parallel case, as you i intimated, with the downfall vf Cham j berlaiu and his crew in 1876. The ! same identical issues were agitated, ! with this difference as I see ?t: They then had us by the throats, with their feet on our necks, and it. took a tre? mendous effort to extricate ourselves j when placed at such a disadvantage, j But you say it was permissible then I and endorsed by a large majority of the j people and the press of the State, j among them the News and Courier. j This movement is being brought, it j seems to me, for the same purpose, j with this exception, that this movement is being agitated by disappointed office seekers, who know that they have no chance in this Government, which they are seeking to overthrow through the suffrage of the oegro. In 1876 these men were called "scallawags" and "in? dependents." They are now called the "true blue Democracy of the State." God deliver us from such Democracy ! i for one am not willing to quietly submit, to have the shackles placed upon me. and I don't thiok a majority of the people are any more willing than I. I am for wbite supremacy first, last and all the time, anything to the contrary notwithstanding -W. H. Ouzts io Edgefield Advertiser. - m -mm For Sheppard's Release. Shortly after the arrest and im? prisonment of William Sheppard, a few days ago, a popular subscription was begun by some of Sheppard's friends in this city for the purpose cf raising sufficient funds to carry his case up before some judge of the United States Supreme Court on ha? beas corpus proceedings looking tc Sheppard's release. Those in charge of the matter fin? ished their labors yesterday after get? ting up the necessary amount of money. Sheppard's attorney; Mr. John McMaster, who has worked so diligently on the case, was busy yes? terday preparing all the papers and I as soon as this is finished, Mr. j McMaster will go before Chief Justice ! Fuller, very likely at his summer ] home in Maine, and get a hearing for j his client.- The State j Consummating An Outrage. William Sheppard, who was ssot to ; the Penitentiary by Judge Townsend i tn roe dispensary contempt proceedings, ! has been put in stripes and had his ! hair clipped The prison authorities ,: say rbis had to be done according to j the prison rules. Constable Duncan Acquitted. , Special to T? P State. i LAURENS, July lt!.-Samuel Dun ' can, State constable, was to-day ac? quitted of the murder ol Woikman, ; the ex-State constable, at Clinton in 1 June. A Household Tress-ure. I>. W. Fuller, ot Canajobarie. 2%. V.. saja i ; that he always kn.; ? Dr. King's .W.v Discovery in tlie boase and Li* fnmi?y has always found the Very.best results follow n-?- : that lewould not -'C without ":. if procurable. <>. A- Dyke man I'ru^vi-r. Catskill. N. V.. says that Dr* King's New Disc very is undoubtedTy the best Cough remedy : that be has u^eil ir in his family for eight y ?a rs. an : it h..s never tuile*] to >i? all that i? claimed for it. Why n^t try a remedy .*<> long trie ! sn 1 tested. 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