The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 14, 1895, Image 6
MAKE YOUR CHOICE!
Vote the Joint Ticket Straight.
By Spliting the Ticket You Will
Defeat Good Men, and Per
haps Hake the Election
of Negroes Possibl e.
The following address to ' the
Straightout D?mocrate has been is
sued. It is Worth a careful reading :
To the Straightout Democrats of Sum
ter County.
The undersigned have been, are,
and intend to be Straightouts, believ
ing that the time will soon come when
the Conservatives, joined by many
Reformers, will be organized through
out the State upon the. principles we
hold, and crush to atoms the Tiilman
Irby-Ring. We are not. in anywise
responsible for the fusion ticket put
out in this couuty, contending as. we j
have done for a full Conservative j
ticket to go directly to the election,!
and believing, as we do, that it could ?
J)? -elected by a good, round majority ; !
but even if this were doubtful, it was j
the duty of the anti-Ring faction to j
stand by their colors and fearlessly
make the effort.
Still we are environed by political
conditions which, though not brought
about by us, we must calmly consider
and firmly act on, as we shall deem
for the best welfare of our beloved
State, now trodden in the dust. We
are dealing with practical politics?
a condition, not a theory. It is truly
a momentous crisis, and no man has
a right simply to fold his arms and
do nothing, but must do the best 1.3
cas under the circumstances forced
upon him, however personally dis
tasteful. This is his duty, "the
sublimest word in the English land,"
aa0eo Lee called it. Duty done,
he will not be responsible for any
consequences ; but left nndone, he
will be fearfully responsible.
Under this general statement, let
p? consider these conditions and how
to act well ottf part The Conserva
tive Convention, under a regular
call and with full attendance, by more
than a three-fourths vote, decided =
upo? an equal division ; unwisely,
we think?bat that is not now the
question for consideration ; it has
been fiually settled against us and we
have only to face the result as a bald, J
unalterable fact A mass meeting ofj
Reformers, under a call for its con \
vention, about one-third of their rep -
resentatives, and more than one-third !
of their clubs, unanimously?and we j
say wisely from their standpoint, but j
tnis is not now- for consideration? j
agreed to such equal division. Each '
nominated three oersons, and the six ?
]
nominees were confirmed as the fu
sion ticket by the two bodies united.
Whether a majority of the Conserva
tive Convention did or did not wisii
to go into the Irby primary, is not now
ascertainable, nor for consideration,
for the actual fact is that they did
not go in, and it makes no practical
difference what was their reason or
cause.
Xow it will not be denied, except
by the most bitter partisan, that the
six nominees are all honest, intelli
gent, reliable citizens. We firmly be
lieve that all of them conscientiously
have at heart the best interest and
welfare of the State, and that no one
of them can be lead by the nose by
the Ringsters, uor be swayed by the
dictates of the Ring, nor will either
of them go into the Ring caucus.
Now let as look at another picture
?Mr. D. E. Keels and three other
Reformers (two having withdrawn)
were duly announced as caadidates,
in due time nled that most solemn
Irby pledge, and were elected unani
mously (whether duly or not is a
question) in that farcical so-called
primary, by the enormous, over
whelming vote of 48 ballots put into
segar boxes at three doubtful polling
places. For all this they are up to
the arm pits in whatever there is
of the Irby machine in these parts,
and cannot, nor would not get out if
they could No one, not eveu them
selves, will deny that all four are !
rabid, ultra, radical Tillmanites, and !
the more dangerous because consist
I
I ent. Who will believe that they
would, if they could, resist the temp
tations and threats of the Ring caucus
cus *nd-woalcl not willingly obey all
of its beokonings, behests or orders ?
They are strict, consistent, earnest
party men, who literally pulled the
ropes in 1S90 and have been in bar- j
ness without wincing or kicking
ever since.
Now another picture : The negroes I
have foolishly nominated two candi-j
dates. Why not six ? Why do two
Reformers, pledged and nominated
by the so-called primary, withdraw j
within two days after nomination?
can it be for a combine of the four
and two? It seems so; and this
seeming is confirmed by the rumors
that several Keelites have said so.
The negroes have appealed in vain to j
Straightouts to make some sort of i
combine, it is idle to talk about j
running a Straightout ticket or j
scratch off the three Reformers and
put on three Straightouts. If such
ticket could be elected it would be j
a "consummation devoutly to be
wished"?but it cannot be. The re
sult would probably be to elect three
of the rabid Keelites in place of the
three moderate Reformers on the
fusion ticket, which would be actual
ly giving the Ring caucus six votes
on the floor of the Convention
Another, and the last picture?
The Straightouts have and control
from a fourth to one-third of the j
Conservative vote, probably about I
the same number the Reformers will
bring to the fusion ticket.
The two factions, considered as a j
whole, are about equally divided?
not a hundred votes difference. If
we withhold our votes from the Re
formers, or vote three ' Straight
outs, in their places, the negro votes
toh ich Mr. Keels may procure may
elect thiee of hie ticket in place of
Messrs. Nash, Stackhouse and Mc
Kagen. And the negroes will be left
out, as even the Keelites- will fool.
!
them by scratching- their names if
we give the Fusion Reformers
our votes, ? they will neutralize the.
negro votes fot the four Keelites and j
defeat them. A practical common j
Sense view has n&rrowed the issue to ?
the election of three rabid Ring Re
formers or three reliable, moderate j
Reformers. Can there be any doubt j
as to the choice ? Certainly not It j
will be a crying evil, nay, a political j
crime against the State, to aid either
' j
directly or indirectly any one ol the j
Keels Brothers' ticket, and we should
not take any such responsibility.
I Our duty, as we see it, is plain ; to
vote and give hearty support to the
I fusion ticket, and we urge all
; Straightouts so to do.
j J. D Blandino,
E. C. Haynsworth,
E. I. Reardon,
W. O Cain,
II. D TlNDALL,
H. W Cuttino,
F. M. Dwight,
J. C. Singleton,
W. J. Rees,
J. R. Phillips,
W. E Dics,
J. E. Gaillard,
W. J. Pringle,
R. C. Blani>!.v<;,
J. M. Bro<;do.v,
T. Brunson
On Sunday afternoon between five
j and six o'clock Spartanburg county
I was visited by a severe wind and
rain storm accompanied by thunder
1 and lightning. At Fairmount, four
! miles from the city, Miss Jaiiie
Fowler, and her biother William,
: were 3truck by lightning and instant
ly killed. Two other members of
! the Fowler family were also struck,
! and their recovery is hardly possible.
The Fowler house, in which were at
least a dozen people, was shattered
completely, and those who were not
killed were knocked prostrate on the
flour. An old negro woman living
near Glenn Springs was struck and
? killed outright.
Winston Under Arms.
Negroes Riot in North Caro
lina.
A Company Returning the Fire of
Riotous Negroes Demonstrate
Their Inability to Hit a
House?The Town Un
der Arms.
Winston, N. C, Aug. 12 ?A riot
between whites aod blacks, which came
near terminating seriously, occurred
here last night. The trouble origina
ted over a report given out at about
9 o'clock at all tbe colored churches to
the effect that a crowd- of whites were
going to lynch Arthur Tutrle, who is
being tried here for the murder of Po
liceman Vick ers last May. The ne
groes, to tbe number of 300, marched
to the jaii, where they remained for
several hours. They went armed with
pistols and guns. Mayor Gray address
ed tbe negroes, assuring them that
there wa9 no danger of lynching and
begging them to disperse. Sheriff Mc
Artbur aud two Winston lawyers also
urged the band to go away, telling ;
them there was no occasioo for their
conduct. Judge Brown, who is holding \
court, notified the negro?s that they
were violating tbe law ; that Tuttle
was getting a fair trial, and that be
would be responsible for his protection. ;
The negroes told bis honor they would
disperse if tbe sheriff would place i
twenty officers on guard around the jail.
This wag done, but many of the mob j
refused to leave.
Sheriff McArthur, in response to or-1
ders from Judge Brown, called out the
Forsytbe Riflemeu and a number of;
deputies. His honor also instructed tbe j
sheriff to arrest all negroe? who re- ?
fused to disperse. The mob then be- j
gan firing on the whites, several offi- j
cers being struck with small bird shot, !
but none were hurt seriously. About
150 shots were fired by the riflemen and
negroes, but uo one was killed. Tbe j
negroes broke and ran when the mili-!
tia began shooting. Fourteen of the
rioters are in jail -
Upon the assembling of court Judge
Brown summond tbe grand jury be- !
fore him aud instructed tbem to in
vestigata who was responsible for last j
night's riot and see that they were
punished.
Winston's city fathers to-day instruct
ed Mayor Gray to order a Gatling guo
from Charlotte and ask the authorities
there to furnish a man to operate it
Tbe mayor, chief of police and sheriff
were also instructed to make all ueces
sary arrangements for tbe protection of
tbe city to-night and to procure all arms
and ammunition needed. j
a gatling gcn goes. j
Charlottb, Aug. 12.?A Gatling
gun under a detachment of men left
here this evening for Winston. So far
as is known bere ata late hour to-night,
all is quiet there. Tbe sheriff believes
that the trouble is under control. A
large force of special policemen has
been sworn in for tbe nigbt. It is re
ported that 3,000 negroes are massed
near the town to-night, but the report
is doubtless sensational.
Diabolical Crimes of a Band
of Indians.
After a Desperate Fight the Out
laws Captured by Marshals and
Indiao Police.
W?uoN?r, t. T., Aug. 11 ?With
the exception of one, the gang of In-,
dians. who have committed a series of
diabolical crimes since July 30 in tbe
territory were captured near Okomuigee
last Thursday after a desperate fight,
and started for the Fort Smith (Ark.)
Jail to avoid bein<; lynched. News has
been received here that a mob of Mus
kogee citizens has gpne across the
I country to Forr- Gibson to intercept
: tbe Missouri Pacific train carrying
: the fiends and their captors, for the
I purpose of dealing out summary jus
tice
The gang?which began its heinous
operations by murdering Deputy
United "fates Marshal John Garratt
at Okotnulgee and escaping to the hills
: of the Creek Nation?wae led by Rufos
: Buck, an Indian His followers were
Samuel Sampson, Meorna July, Bud
Lucky, alias Lucky Davis, Albert
Stake and Levy Davis. The day after
murdering Garratt the gang met a
white man and his daughter in a wa
gon. Covering the men with their
guus>, the Indians took the girl from
the wagon and each assaulted her with
in sight of her father.
Their next victims were Ben Calla
ban and a negro boy. whom the gang
met on the road. They murdered the
boy and beat Callaban so that they
believed him to be dead, when they
left the scene, after robbing tbe man
of money, boots and saddle. At the
couoty stores of West and J Norr
burg, at Orket, the murderers and
robbers held up the owners and took
away everything they could carry.
Next in their path of crime tbey met
two white women aod a girl 14 years
old. All were repeatedly assaulted by
the fiends, who added another murder
to their list. The girPs feet aud hands
were tied, and the unfortunate crea
ture was assaulted until life was ex
tinct.
By this time, the country in the vi
cinity of these crimes bad become
aroused. Federal and Indian posses,
including the Creek Light Horse
Guards, in command of Capt. Edward
j Harry and Deputy Marshals Jesse
! Jones, M. D. Irwio, Samuel Hayes and
] other determined officers, started at
' first to capture or kill the murderers of
Garr%tt, that beiog the first crime
j beard of. Thursday afternoon the pur
i euers came up with the gang twelve
! miles of Okomulgee aod divided, ooe
! half goiog to a place of ambush, into
I which the other party drove tbe gang
j from the summit of a hill. A fight
! with rifles and revolvers followed, in
, which Capt Harry fell from hie horse,
I a bullet grazing bis head, and three
horses were killed. Five of the gang
were captured alive and tbe sixth,
Lucky Davis, escaped. In the posses
! sion of the murderers were 1,000 rounds
j of ammunition and a great quantity of
; stolen property. They were taken to
j Okomulgee, where a m?b of citizens,
j bent oo lyncbing tbem, surrounded the j
I officers, but the officers escaped with ;
1 their prisoners to Muskogee Another
! mob with revolvers and rifles awaited
; their arrival, but again the posse
cheated tbe mob of its prey by getting
sufficient warning to land the gang in i
jail This was last night and the town
was kept in an uproar all night by the j
attempt to lynch the Indians and the
efforts of the business men to prevent
mob violence. The mob was finally
quieted long enough to allow of a
third escape of the posse and prisoners ?
od a train for Fort Smith.
Christians in China.
Measures For Their Protection
Belief In Heathen Promises.
Washington, Aug 12.?Appre
hension at the State and Navy De
partments over the safety of Ameri- I
can missionaries in China has been
greatly allayed through the receipt of ?
several dispatches containing reassu
ring information, leading to the be
lief among those officially concerned,
that the native outbreakes against the 1
foreigners have ceased, for the pres
? ent, at least. Minister Denby has
secured a promise of redress for out- |
rages in the past, and future protec
tion of American missioaries ; and
Rear Admiral Carpenter, command- ;
i ing the United States naval forces in j
China, has taken action looking to the !
relief of the anxiety in the Chinese j
seaports by providing adequate j
means of suppressing any further out- j
breakea Several cablegrams relative i
to the situation were received to day !
by Acting Secretary Adee, of tbe
State Departmnt, and Acting Secre- '
tary McAdoo, of the Navy Depart
meat. Commander Newell, of the j
cruiser Detroit, cabled fion Foo Chow i
I to-day on his way to the latter place, j
j the nearest port to the scene of the j
late outrages at Kucheng and its j
j vicinity. Admiral Carpenter also j
: cabled that he sailed to-day from Na
gasaki for Chee Foo. The guuboat
Machias, one of the smallest vessels
j in the navjT, weich, by reason of her
I lesser draught, can do better service
i in these waters than the greater
; Baltimore, is not at Chee Foo, and |
will probably go elsewhere on the j
. Baltimore's ?rival. The other ves
sels of the Atlantic station are distri
buted in this way : The Yor.ktown !
at Shanghai, the Concord at Chemul
po. Corea, the Petrel at Yokahama
and the Monocacy at Port Arthur.
The State Department has received a'
reply ?rom Minister Denby to the in
. structious cabled him on the 7th inst. '
relative lo the reported looting of j
American missionary property at
Yungfuh, near Foo Chow Mr.
Denby says he urgently represented ,
: the facts to the Tsung-Li-Yamen, or
: to the board of foreign affairs on the
\0th, and obtained instant promise of
protection and redress
Yungfuh is believed by the officers
of the State Department to be the
same asSungfuh, Fuypak and Inghok,
mentioned in the press telegrams, the
variations iti the name being doubt
less due to erroneous transmission j
over the trans-Siberian cable, in -the
course of which many transcriptions
and repetitions are necessary.
The department has again to day
cabled Admiral Carpenter regarding
matters in China, advising him to
keep in close and constant communi
cation with Minister Denby.
Mississippi Murderers.
Sentiment Strongly Against tb.3
the Slayer of R. T. Dinkins.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 12 ?The at
tention of all Mississippians is now di
rected on Brandon, the little town 12 :
miles east of here, where oo Thursday J
last, Senator Daboey Marshall and ;
three other Vicksburgers shot and ,
killed R T. Dinkius. There is but i
one sentiment about tbe matter here or (
at Brandon and the impression is that '
the grand jury now io sessioo. will in
dict the four murderers in short order.
The men who used the guns to such
purpose are evidently impressed with ;
the idea that they are in serious trouble '
aod that it is going to take some big
talk to get themselves out of prison.
They have, therefore, employed the
finest legat talent in the Stare, among ;
others being Hon. A. J. McLaurin,
Democratic nominee for Governor ;
Congressman Tom Catchiogs, Major
L \V. Magruder, aoc M Daboey, of
Vicksburg, and Judge Sol. Calhoun.
of Jackson, to defend them. The pros
ecution has as yet only engaged one
lawyer, Hon. j L McCaskill, of Bran
don, to assist the district attorney, hut
will engage others, so that the trial is
destined to be the hottest kind of a con
test of legal force*.
The Richiami Political Out
look is Reversed.
The Election Commissioners Re
scind Their Action Giving
Representation to Republi
cans on the Boards of
Election Managers.
Wheo the announcement was made
that tbe Richland county commission
ers of election had given the Republi
cans representation upou the boards of
managers of election in this county,
there was great surprise and it did not
take long for it to be seen that this
action was the part of a scheme to re
taliate upon the people of Richland for
not voting in the primary election. The
thing was plain on its face, aud it was j
funny to see the agreement caudidates
realize that it meant that a Republican
delegation wouid represent Richland j
in the convention if the members of j
the dominaut element remained away
from the polls io tbe general elec
tion.
But the indignation of the members
of the agreement ticket and their
friends was two strong to allow the
action of the board to stand. Several !
of tbe nominees of the agreement |
ticket who were away from the city,
came in yesterday, and it was whis
pered around tbat all the members of,
tbe ticket bad agreed that if the ac
tion of the board was uot rescinded,
then they would all withdraw from the
ticket as caoditates. And so, presto,
change, some magic wand waved ever
tbe eyes of tbe commissioners ; tbey !
could not withstand tbe pressure, and, .
behold tbe wheel has made another !
revolution, presenting the picture in
directly tbe opposite light. Has there '
ever been such a lightning political
change iu South Carolina before?
Last night the election commission- j
ers met again, and Mr. McCoy, who <
was absent from tbe first meetiog, was j
present. After the meeting, it was I
said that "owing to the pressure
brought to bear on the board/' it bav- !
ing beeu the only one in the State !
granting representation to the Repub
licans, tbe action whereby Republicans :
had been given representation, bad j
been been rescinded.? The State.
No Desire for a Negro Repub
lic--What They Want is
Home Rule Under
Spanish Protec
tion.
Quarantine, L I , August 12.?
The Ward Line steamer Seneca, from
Mexican aud Cuban ports, arrived !
early this morning at quarantine.
One of the Havana passengers, in j
speaking of affairs at that place, says j
that on August 7, the day before the :
Seneca sailed. Capt. Gen. Martinez j
Campos called together all of the
volunteer organizations and demanded
the transfer to the regular armv of
one hundred men from each camp.
General indignation prevails among
these organizatinS; but the order will
be enforced. The insurrection is
more widespread than the peuple of
Havana are allowed to believe, aud
Campos will not last long. He was
caugut in a bad trap at Bayarao. and '
but for 'the impulsive action of the
Cuban general, Maceo, who precipi-:
tated his attack, Campos would cer-Jj
taiuly have been captured. The in- ?
eurgents win in every light. In the;
past four months the Span isti forces
have lost by disease, drunkenness.
and killed in battle fully 15,000 men. :
No reports are allowed to be circu
lated concerning the losses in battle, .
but the authorities admit that in this
period 10,000 have died from disease
or excessive indulgence in food or
drink.
Thirty thousand insurgents are
known to be in the iield, over-running
the country and making their camps
in mountain fastnesses, from which
they sally to strike a blow and return
to camp, depending on their rapid
movements to disconcert the enemy.
They have been asked by sympa
thizeis of the revolution, of whom
there ate about 3,000 in the city and
suburbs of Havana, why they do not
capture and occupy Santiago or some !
other important city. This they
claim they could do, but their plans
as to the future would not ?
permit. That is to say. a
large majority of the inhabi
tants of Cuba are negroes, and inde
pendence would mean negro govern
ment. If independence could be
secured with the establishment of a
protectorate under the United States, :
or some other strong Government, |
then the question would soon be set- j
tied Failing in this the general de
sire is to secure home rule from the
mother cuntry. The capture of an
important seacoast town would be fol
lowed by the recognition of their
rights as belligerents. Until some
definite plan can be settled the guer
illa warfare will be continued. A
large majority of the peoyle are hop
ing for concession from Spain in
preference to independdnce, as the
feasibility of a republic without negro
domimation would be difficult to
obtain
A Good Appetite nod refreshing sleep At
this sen so indiente a condition o? t'o?iiy
health. These a;v given by Hoodrs Sarsapa
rille. It makes pure blood undgood health
follows.
Bloodshed at Blacksburg.
Blacksburg, Aog. 11.?Last night
at 9 o'clock Logan Gibson shot Rufus
Hardio io the stomach with a pistoi and
cut and stabbed him in the back several
times with a knife. The difficulty oc
curred at tbe electric light house near
where Gibson lives. Hardiu did net
make any resistence as the pistol shot
wound completely prostrated tiim, and
he is now io a very critical condition.
The cau*e of the trag<?<:y was too
much intimacy on the paie of Hardio
with Gibson's wife. Tu? latter and a
negro wtre the only witnesses to tbe
dreadful act. The sworn statement of
Hardio is that he was in the building
for the purpose of meetiog a negro
whom he had sent for >ome wbi>key,
but Gibson found biai and his wife to
gether alone. Gibsou has not been ar
rested yet ?The State.
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Well, we should say so. Those
clocks and watches are too badly
out of fix to be of any use.
They've lost their time entirely
You'll lose your time too. if
yourre unprovided with good .!
clocks and watches. We have
a full supply of both, all accu
rate time keepers and in perfect
order. Better watches than
ours are not manufactured.
They run so well that they're
always right. So are our clocks.
Whatever the price of any
watch we carrv. it's the best of
its kind and a full value. Get
a timepiece, get the best, get
our
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