The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 21, 1895, Image 3
Telegraphic Briefs.
August 14.
Hamlet Swing, of Davidson county.
N. Qit was drowned oo Monday while
attempting to save a young lady who
bad fallen into a stream. Another man
saved the girl justas she was sinking
for the last time.
Jim Corbett pounded his sparring
partner all over the riDg at ao exhibi
tion i ?Buffalo, . Y., last night.
The Maryland Republicans have
split.
The Spanish- Government has de
cided to pay the Mora claims in Sep
tember.
Hon. A. J. McLaurin, Democratic
nominee for governor of Mississippi, is
being severly criticised for undertaking
the defense of Dabney Marshall and the
other men who bad a part in the murder
of Diokins. It is said that if he per
sists in defending Marshall his chances
of election. will be diminished.
A negro shot four negro roustabouts
oc a steamer at ?he St Louis wharf
and escaped.
Samuel McCarney and R. McVeil ;
were killed by a girder on which the*y
were working, falling a distance of |
150 feet. They were at work on the;
Coliseum in Chicago.
A band of Bulgarians attacked the
town of Janckli. Turkey, destroyed
290 bouees and killed 25 persons.
The women of Georgia are making j
an effort to induce Gov. Northen to
commute ?he sentence of Mrs. Nobles,
who hired a negro to kill her hus
band. She is sentenced to hang on the
16th.
The London Times prints a dispatch I
from Tien Tsin saying that the Chinese
government is io a state of helpless con- ;
fusion and incapable of any decisive j
action or of exercising effective author- j
\ly The results, the correspondent j
adds, will probably be serious, unless
the powers take precautions.
To the ukase ?y.whi?'h Czar Nich-1
olas II. guarantees the payment of the ?
interest on the Chinese loan of 400,
000,000 francs ($80,000,000), he
"commands" his minister of finance to
pay the coupons whenever, for what
ever reason, China fails to do so.
A dispatch from Yakoma, Washing
ington, says : Without intaoding to
shoot either of them, Charles McGoni
gle last night shot and killed his fa
ther, a ranch owner, near this city, and
fatally wounded an Anteoum black
smith named Eaves He surrendered
and was brought befe by th? neighbors.
The mnrderer had slandered Eaves's
daughter, and that caused the tragedy.
Eaves, his wife and daughter, drove to
the McGonigle ranch to force bim to
retract. Young McGonigle first shot at
Eaves, but killed his own father, and
he then fired at Eaves' daughter,
wounding her father.
Henry Young and Joe Jones, color
ed, were killed by a cave-in oo the
cana! embankment near the Peniten
tiary in Columbia. Several others were
injured.
August 15.
There are nearly fifteen thousand i
tailors ont on a strike in New York.
The Southern Bibical Association,
lately in session at Asheville, N. C,
adjourned sine die yesterday.
The indictment against President!
O. P. Huntington, of the Southern i
Pacific Railway, has been with- ;
drawn
A boiler of a steam thresher at
work near Oakland, I. T., exploded ;
yesterday, killing three men and
wounding ten others.
The old and new board of police ;
commissioners of Omaha, Neb., have
asked the State Supremo Court to |
meet and decide between them at,
once.
The queen's speech will be read to
Parliament to-dav.
The tax collector and the superin
tendent of schools ?n Je ?rson
county, Teun., have been arrested
on the charge of raising' school war
rants.
Marshall, Fox. Coleman aud Villars
have all been indicted for the murder
of Dinkins in Mississippi. The trial
will come up next week
Ex-Mayor Van Horn of Denver,
Col , fell from a Window of the Grand
Central Hotel yesterday morning arid
was kilied
Baron Christian Bernard Von Tau
chintz, the celebrateli publisher of
Greek and Latin classics, died yes
terday, at Leipsic, aged T'j years.
Gov Atkinson, of Georgia, has
granted a sixty day respite to Mrs.
Nobles, sentenced to b<' hatiged t<
morrow for instigating the murdei :
ber husband.
The Whiskey Trust property was
sold yesterday to the re-organization
committee for ?9,800,009.
Ex-united States Senator Ij. Maxey
is lying at the point of death at his
home in Paris. Texas. Ho was
major-general i:i the Confederai?;
army and also fought in the Mexie.
war. He represented Texas in the
United States Senate from l$*?4 till
1886.
Charles Vincent and his father
were lynched at Eilenburg, Washing
ton, yesterday morning fer the mur
der of Mike Kololiopp on Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Williams, of Crown
Point, Ind., has been arrested foi
putting strychnin*.* ir? a buckel ol
water at a dance on Monday night. ]
She says she wanted to kill a crowd j
of girls to whom lier husband was
paying too much attention
Ex-Trea?urer Taylor, of South Da
kota, who absconded with over
$100,000 state funds, has been sen
tenced to five years in the peniten
tiary.
Rev Dr. William T. Richardson,
senior editor of the Central Presbyte
rian, died last night in Richmond.
August 16.
Messrs. W. Mills Moouey, P. D.
Huff and R. W. Anderson have an- j
nounced themselves as independent ;
candidates for tbe Constitutional Con- j
vention in Greeville County, in con- ;
junction with Editor A. B. Williams.
The negroes of Mississippi will make ;
a creditable exhibit at the Atlanta Es
posi tisn.
The Southern coal miuers have ;
formed a trust aud have entered into an \
agreement to regulate prices io the ;
South
Small pox has broken out at the j
New York quarantine station.
Ex-Congressman Sible^, of Penn- \
sylvaoia, and a free silver candidate for j
President, is speaking in North Caro- j
lina under the chaparonage of Senator
Marion Butler.
General John D. Imboden, C. S. A., j
died at his home near Abiugdoo, Va.,
yesterday.
Pugilist Jim Corbett got married ?
yesterday to Vera Stanwood, notwith
standing the order of the court, in tbe
divorce case, prohibited him from marry- j
iog while his wife lived.
August 17.
TweDty-three of the Italian miners j
who participated in the riots in Spring \
Valley, III., have been arrested and
lodged in jail.
Gen. Samuel B. Maxey, of Paris, i
Texas, died at Eureka, Springs, Arkan
sas. yesterday.
Returns from Kentucky indicate that
Senator Blackbourn wili be re-elected
to the Senate, having already received
a sufficient number of pledges to insure
bis re-election.
. A negro answering the description of!
Railroad Bill, tbe notorious desparado, I
nf South Alabama, was killed on
Wednesday at Chipley, Ga., by Willis
Garner, a member of the sheriff's
posse pursuing Bill. Garner was shot
through the abaodomen.
Miss Caroline Adams, of Springfield,
Tenu., became "heartsick because her
lover ceased his attentions. Yesterday
she saturated her clothing with coal oil,
applied a torch and burned to death.
A bomb was exploded at the French
Consulate in Rome yesterday by
anarchists. The building was wrecked,
but as the consul and family were away
from home, no one was injured.
Hon. Matt W. Ransom who has been
minister to Mexico since his term in the
U. S. Senate expired last March is
without a job again. The post was
declared vacant yesterday by a deci- j
sion of Solicitor General Conrad, on the j
ground that the incumbency of Mr. j
Ransom was contrary to the Federal
Constitution, which declares that '*
Senator or Representative shall, dor- j
ing tbe time for which he was elected, j
be appointed to any oivil offibe uuder [
the authority of the United States, \
which shall bave been created, or the i
emoluments whereof shall have been !
increased, during such time " Mr.
Ransom was in the Senate when the
salary of tbe Mexican minister was in- ?
creased from ?12,500 to ?17,500 per |
year, and was still a member when he !
was nominated for the Mexican mission j
by President Cleveland and confirmed ':
by the Senate. It is thought that Mr. :
Ransom will be re-appointed by Presi- j
dent Cleveland.
ftabney Marshall, Harry Colecuao
and R. C. Fox were committed to the
Mississippi penitentiary for life yester
day for the murder of Diokins. There
is said to be uo hope of a pardon at
present.
August 13.
A special to tbe Times-Union from
Newberry, Fla., dated August lS:b,
says : "A shooting affray occurred yes
terday in the court room of a justice
of the peiee at that place, in which
four men were wounded, two fatally.
The wounded are : Wiley Bailey, shot
in the mouth and back, will die ; J.
Harry Harold, shot \u the left lung will
probably die.
A man by tbe name of Williamsoa
wa< shot in fin; right arm and James
Bailey w?> .shot in the huno.
The trouble was caused by a law suit
brought by tbe Baileys agcirist th.?
Harolds. Bach faction attended court
hea7?ly armed and when ::.? Baileys
won the run. the shooting i>"-??.u. The
j latice of the peace trit?i to -./op the
battle by shouting t? the combatants
:h*t they were m contempt
A special from the '"try nf Mexicu
says: A boy named Gsrcia who twice
placed stones on the track of t!:e
Hidalgo Railway, the second tin:"
causing the wr-oh of the trait', was <\\
ecuted to day at Pachuca, under the
new law against obstructing the public
mails or railway trios. Garcia's father
has committed suicide by throwing
himself in front of a train on fho same
railroad, being frantic with gii- :' over
the fate of his .^n. The new law is
being universally enforced and th<
penalty is about to be inflicted in the
Sraf" f>{ Jalisco {or obstructing the
Mack of a : ail way.
Forest S res are still raging in Wash
ington, atri immense damage is being
done.
James Hurd, a negro employed at
tbe Birmingham Rolling Mills, was
killed in front of his door in Birming
ham, A!a , Saturday night, by a white
boy about twenty years old. The white
boy with a companion was cursiog in
front of Hurd's house. Hurd a.-ked
them to stop cursing. One of them
said: "Come out and stop us." Hurd
went to tbe door and was shot in tbe
left breast aud expired almost instantly.
No arrests have been made, as the
white boys got away.
The Japanese have completed the
conquest of the Formosa, by the cap
ture of the city of Shincheku, the
stronghold of the Black Flags.
Tom Halman, a barber, of Dayton,
Tenu , was shot and instantly killed by
his wife oo Sunday afternoon.
Lord Dunraven's yatch, Valkyrie S
III, the challenger for the America cup
has arrived in New York harbor.
August 20.
Associate Justice, William Strong of
the United States Supreme Court, who
was appointed by President Grant in.
1870 and retired in 1830, died of pa
ralysis yesterday.
The Pall Mall Gazette bas a dispatch
from Shanghai saying that the French
gunboat has left Hankow for tbc pur
pose of opening up the province of Hou
nan. The gunboat, will proceed up the
Yaug-tse-Kiaog River as far as Tieg
Hoo Lake, over one thousand miles
north of the district by the Franco-Chi
nese treaty.
The Times will to-morrow publish a
dispatch from Hong Kong, confirming
the report of the refusal of the Chinese
government to allow the British and
American consuls to inquire in;o tbe
Kucheog massacre. The dispatch adds
that the Chinese soldiers are plundering
the people, who feel that tbe foreigners
are the cause' of their sufferings and
believe that it is necessary to destroy
them Further incendiary placards
have been posted in Canton.
The Port Roy-i Dry Dock bas been
pronounced a success by the board ap
pointed to examine and test it.
Col. James Kitterburn has declined
to permit the democrats to nemicate
him for Governor of Ohio.
Bingbam, Utah, was burned yester
day. Loss $200,000.
The Liberty Bell will be sent to At
lanta on October 6th.
Mrs. John I. Young, of Madison,
Mo., hanged herself and four year old
child.
Tbe natives of Madagascar are fight
ing the French with Maxim machine
guns.
The Democrats of Nebraska are al
most unanimously in favor of the coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
John Hopkins University was dam
aged by fire yesterday.
Tbe Atlanta City Council has denied
tbe petition of tbe saloon keepers to
keep open -until 12 o'clock at night
during the Exposition. They will have
to close at 10 o'clock, as heretofore.
That Red Lane Road Again?
Committee of Investigation
Called For.
Mr. Editor: In your issue of the 14'h
August, Mr. J. R Phillips attempts to vindi
cate himself, the members of the Red Lane
Committee and the members of the o!d
board. can not ser* why he should bring
the old board into ibis controversy, as they
have no more to do with the Red Lane thar.
Judge Goff s injunction in the registration
cases has. Mr. Phillips stated to his investi
gating committee that 153 days work hftd
been performed by hinds liable to road duty,
and that SI04 43 had been paid. This
statement was made to a committee appointed
at the rtquest of Mr. Phillips, as complaint
had been made against the managers of s-iid
road. i have seen several of tbe^arties who
were present at s?id meeting, aod they say
that he did make tbe above statement to said
committee. Mr. Phillips says now, that he
could not state the exact number of hands
reported by overseer at that time. In mak
ing this statement the committee he
should have been exact, as this meeting was
for tbe purpose of vindicating himself mid
Mr. Spann. He also stated to them that he
had an itemized statement, but be failed to
exhibit th*1 same for examination! After
more than a month has elapsed, be says that
he did not know the ex :'-t number of bands
who had worked said rond, although having
a statement of the same. He says now, that
.',0 hands have been reported to him by the
overseer as having worked six days. This
would br- '2.?A days?at ~/> cents per day would
give3167.00., to which add S104 4'.: (which
he claims has been ;.*;d labor, &c .) and we
will have $27I.0G paid tor working one mile
of road, and the ?*me not compiei*?. Had
tiiis work been advertised ind put out to ;;:??
lowest bidder, a? reo aire i by taw, ir couid
h a v.; f?f r. dont- for :; good deui less. A re
sponsible party c tiered to '.the work foi
$225.00 Deduct ti;i? ?rom the amount paid,
and there will ne a difference of Siti.OO
Add to tir?3 about S!*> 00 0? OVer
?eej ?od we have lost $61.00 order h:s
management.
.Mr. Phillips d irs not Attempt to explain
what was dort?- with the other hands liable
to road duty. Will he explain why h?- ap
proved the overseer's accodot t ;r hauling
tools and tor building bridge before the work
had been perfoi tr.'-d ? Why i id he, when ob
jection was made by h member ot Count
;:<.:?'; to paying account of .Mr. Spann for
hauling tools, state u, the board *har the
hands would 1 ?r? the tools on :.?.' roadside
leave thorn, after finishing th** dav's
work? I atri prepared to prove that M:
spann did no! haul ' ??"???1 tools to and ?rom
the ruad. Why d id Mr. P.. allow the over
- rr on the Red Lane to giv the bauds tasks
that tbey would complete ?? ab-> it one
half of a day, instead of requiring tbem to
perform a full day's labor? Why was a
1 young and active man not appointed to take
: charge of this road? There were several
liable to road duty. Why were Messrs.
Pbillip3 and Spano so anxious to convict one
boy who failed to work road, while the
hands on Mr. 's place have not been re
quired to work at ail? Why did Mr. P.
allow the overseer on the Queen's Chapel
road to work 8 or 9 hands for rive days when
! he could have employed as many hands a3
I needed at that time? The said overseer was
j paid $1.00 per day for services.
I The hands on a certaio plantation on the
j said road were due 12 days labor. The over
j seer assigned the employer of said bands a
? certain piece of road which he worked in one
i half of a day with 9 hands, thereby requir
[ ing the county to hire Ih days's labor
I through his ignorance or incapacity.
Mr. Phillips says that ali claims against
the countv must be itemized and annroved
! by the local board before being presented to
tne County Board. Is tbe board in this
township compose ? of three members, us in
I the other townships, or dees the chairman
j constitute the board, as hi5 name only is
! signed to certain accounts which have been
pass'd upon, and according to his statement
; have been paid.
The hand? on 'he Red Lane complain that
! they were promised 50 cents per day, and re
: ceived but 40 cents. Who pro: the bene?: or
; this unjust discount, thereby depririr.g these
i poor men of their just dues?
j I have no persoH'il feeiings in this matter:
I only desire to call tbe attention or" the
board to these fact? and to show that there
is something wrong in the management of
the toads in this section. I: seems to me
? that those in authority have prostituted their
offices, and are using tbeir influence and tbe
? funds of the county for the benefit of their
' friends, kinsmen and understrappers to f':;e
: financial ruin of Sumter County.
Will Mr. .Ph?iips stite how the County
' Board can give, information in regard to the
! affairs of this township, when the facts are
: misrepresented to them?
; How will they be able to arrive at a coa
' elusion when ;':;e statements made on tbe Stb
. of July a ?3 attempted to be made to have
I another meaning o:; tbe 14th of August ?
On behalf of- the taxpayers of Sumrer
I County 1 respectfully ask that the County
; Board appoint a committee to investigate tbis
: matter, and that justice may be given 'hose
: interested. J. B. Ra?u-ueld.
; Ihrnld will please copy.
Wedgefield Letter.
Wedukkisld, August 20, i893.
A game of ball took place on last Satur
day between Brickbats of Privateer and
W'edgefield's second nine, on ihe grounds of
the former. Result, 14 to 15, in favor of the
! "kids." This is tbe second game between
libera. Privateer should do about, as she is
! getting badly left.
I Mr. Frean Mellett lost his 11 month's old
! infant with whooping cough on last Satur
! day.
i Cotton bas began to open, corn is curing
j and sorgum mills are running. Very e -
couraging.
Election passed off very quiet with a light
! vote. Compromise ticket, 61 ; Republican
j ticket, 86; Keels ticket, 1.
A Party at Oswego.
? A party was given at the residence cf Mr.
j W.J.Andrews, of Oswego, last Thursday
! evening in honor of Miss Lottie Scctr, ofEast
: over, who has h??en the guest o.' Miss Mamie
; Andrews during the past week. The evening
was one of pleasure and enjoyment to every
one of tbe large number of invited guests.
To whiie away the time, voting cootest
for the prettiest young lady and ugliest man
was instituted.
Miss Mary Alice Michau was voted to be the
prettiest of the bevy or fair and charming
maidens who were present. Mr. W. D.
McLeod received tbe pj;ze as tbe bachelor of
exteme ugliness?he received his degree cum
supra lude, as it were ; yet he Dore his bonurs
with becoming modesty.
It is said that a certain young man received
the prize as the handsomest man, and a young
lady was declared, not the ugliest, but a whit
less handrome than tbe others, Out tbese Were
matters of such delicwcy that nothing will be
said about them.
Nervous Prostration
Cured by Dr. Miles* Nervine.
Prolonged derangement o? the nervous
system not only affects the brain and men
tal powers, bui. develops disease in some of
the vital orpins. Tin- most dangerous of
tbese indirect results is when the bear: is
affected; This was the case <;f the Rev. N.
F. Suri.uv, Fawn River, Mich., who writes
under date of Feb. ! i. ISO?:
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\ ' '???? ?? , -y x/^y/? ^ /?' /.-'
?fffl// i
"Fourteen years ace ! bad a slight stroke of
paralysis. Overwork brought on nervous
prostration. ? was i xccedin?rly nervous and
the exertion of public sneaking caused
>:.-:;:t palpitation that threatened '.:,?/ life.
! :cd two iotties of l>r Miles' >"??.?.? Lie irt
C'ivi- for r.-.y heart trouble, and tuo oi i?r.
y.lU-? Restorative Nvrvine my nervoa^
riess ano* fee i better thar; ? < va ex >? ???; ?? ? ? ?
fed a^a?? I C'iti speak ft;r hours without
'.i:-.}:: <-r hav.fi my hoar: :!u:t-r as ir for
rivrly did. and 1 have you to thank that ?
am alive today. '
Or, !?? by ili dru:r?ists. F>r. ??liles' Ui'?.k
on rieart an? Nervous i>:<.>r.i.'r- :?' Sy
mail. Dr. Miles M?M?cal Co., Eikhart, Ind.
9r. Miles' Remedies Restore Health.
The Opening Sale of
"Of in QTTMTTT.R
Will be Held at their Warehouse
m Sumtes, s. a,
ON
August 5 8
3
We will have present Tobacco Buyers
from all the principal markets in Virgin
ia and North Carolina.
The Tobacco Planters of Suinter and
surrounding counties are requested to be
present, and especially to bring some of
their good grades of Tobacco.
R. M. WALLACE,
Presiden'
??E RYTTENBERG,
Secretary & Treas.
J. A. Brogdo>~, Manager.
The Glenn Springs Motel
Glenn Springs, 8. C,
You can't afford to miss a season at GLENN'S.
Everybody goes there,
The Winter season with its rush of business, is near at hand
; and now is the time to get your system cleansed so that you can
! stand your Winter work.
We haw- just added and furnished twenty more rooms, in
f?rder that we might have ample a ceo m io da t i s for the
increasing crowd.
ixo to ( ^ > criiiK the best mineral watei on the
continent, i' i? a ?.*uicx and efu<
remeav ior
Ali forms o? indigestion ano Dyspepsia. <?:: r?r
men talion, Amte and Chronic Gastritis; intestina! trou
bles, sudi as Constipation, (vriiieh is a frequent cause of
e ? I i ? ? i t i s. ) i ) \ ' s e t e r and Diarrlnea (bv remo in*: ila
cause of irritation, and subse-juent local eilect of the water)
and Hemorrhoids ; Ali Functional Liver troubles, and
General Debility following upon Malarial aileerions:
Dysmenorrhea and other Uterine troubles: Rheumatism.
Dropsy, and all Renal and Cystic troubles. AS A SAFE
AND EFFICIENT DIURETIC IT HAS NO EQUAL.
Write for special rates for September.
Address.
Glenn Springs Hotel,
SIMPSON & SIMPSON MANAGER
GKrEIV-.l SFJRIiWS HIAKMAL WAT S?R.
PAUL SIMPSON, Manager Mineral Department