Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,1895. The Sunder Watchnui?t was foanded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. Tbe Watchman and Southron now bas the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the beit advertising mediate in Samrer EDITOBIAL NOTES. A three weeks Constitutional Con vention meaos a cat and dried Constitu tion. Got. Evans is showing his band early in the game. James E. Campbell has a wonderful hold on the Democrats of Ohio, as bis nomination for the Governorship proves. He will be ao incontrovertible argument against a third term for Cleveland, if elected. What would Dr. Hawthorne, of Atlanta do, should Dr. Mary Walker's proposition to pose at the Exposition as tbe beet dressed woman be accepted ? Dr Mary's costume is more advanced than bloomers. The State Dispensary will have an j extensive exhibit at the Atlanta Expo- j eitioo. Why not have a mock consta- j ' ble raid and sham battle to illustrate j how the law, is eoforced ? Tbe dis-1 peosary without th? constabulary is not ; a complete system. Some of the up-country papers are predicting that Senator Irby will an tagonize Senator Tillmao and exert himself to destroy him politically This prediction is to be received with a large mental reservation. When a three year old colt can win j more than fifty thousand dollars in a few minutes ao impeconious mortal is apt to conclude that .horse heels arel better than ordinary human iutelli- j gence. Mr. Thomas Hardy first called his latest novel "The Simpletons," but changed tbe title to "Hearts Iasur-1 gent ** Mr. Hardy's first idea was his j best. Id this book be has assetobisd a j rao<! remarkable collection of simple- ' Clemsoo College must be in a much worse condition thau imagined. An investigation by the board of trust?es or a Legislative committee is absolutely necessary and the necessity is made more urgeot by (he foolish action of the students io rushing into print. The populist headquarters in Wash ington has been takiog a ballot to as certain the choice of tbe party for President. Tbe result is given as fol lows : "Sibley leads for first place, and is followed by Allen, Wa i te and Stew art." What we would like to ask is, where does Senator TiUman come in ? The Methodist ministers of Atlanta at their regular weekly meeting oo Mooday suggested the starting of a pro bibivico crusade with ao election on November let. The Constitution is dowo oo the suggestion and states that a majority of the good citizens dis approve of a prohibition campaign. Wbeo a majority of the ";ood people dis approve what have tbe Methodist minis ters to hope for ? the bad people of Atlanta, aod there are maoy of tbem, will ail disapprove of prohibition. Tbe Chinese are agaio murdering missionaries, aod the missionarie** are complaining bitterly that the European and American governments arc not tak ing energetic measures to punish the murderers and protect the surviving missionaries. The missionaries should be protected and the Chinese punished for the outrages cooimitted, but we do act believe that it is the duty of the goveromeotf? to keep up missionary sta tions by means of military and naval force. Such procedure would not be in accord with ioternational usage nor tbe spirit of Christianity itself. The delegation that Sumter county will have in the Constitutional Conven tion will be one of the Ntroogest, ablest and safest that will bit in the Conven tion. .Judge Fraser is known through out the State and respected wherever known for his high personal character aod legal attainments. Coi. II. D. Lee is scarcely less well-known than Judge Fraser. He will be a tower of strength around which the friends of honest government and just laws may rally. There is no more able lawyer at tbe bar of the State, nor a more public spirited citizen. He stands flat-footed upoo the platform of principles set forth wheo the joiot ticket was oomi oated and be will advocate these prin ciples on the floor of the Convention. The other delegates, Messrs. Masb, Scarborough, Stackhouse aod McKagen ? all stand for the same principles and I will maintaiu fhecu in the Convention, These gentlemen are not as well known ? in public life as Judge Fraser and Col. i Lee, but they are worthy associates and I in their bends the interests and honor of Sumter county are safe. If all the j j counties were but represented by such j men as Sumter county has elected, we j j would have no misgiving as to the out- : I come of the Convention. The new constitution would be an instrument, j broad, clear and just in its bearing upon i all classe? of citizen. Clemson College has been a bone of contention in this State since long be fore the corner stone was laid, and present prospects are that it ! will continue to furnish cause of dis pute for sometime to come. The stu dente are dissatisfied, the faculty quar rei I among themselves and the trustees I bave a stormy time at each meeting. Why Clemson is beset by so many diffi-1 co 1 ties is an unanswerable question, un less it be that the experimental stage i has not yet been passed. Perhaps there I may be some political driftwood mixed op in it, and this will bave to be gotten ! rid of before the college will give satis- j faction. A searching investigation J should be speedily made?and the cause of the trouble located. Very frequently we have people come to us and ask why we do not stir up i chis or that thins, and tell us how it i ought to be done. The case in point is | the appointment of a cotton weigher. We have expressed ourselves on the j subject at sufficient length already j and cad see no use in nagging at one thing continually without saying any- i thing new. The proper course to be ; pursued by those who would have the ? newspapers stirring the cotton weigher I incessantly is to get together and induce j the other business men who are inter ested in cotton to agree to the appoint- ? ment of a weigher. A newspaper can br?o g a subject before the public, and when this has been done it has dis- j charged its doty. A cotton weigher j for Sumter would be a great advantage j to the market and would be a source of j satisfacci?n and a great convenience to . all parties who buy or sell cotton, but j all the papers in Sumter cannot appoint j ono. This is a matter that rests with the cotton men. I The Port Royal and Western Caro- | ! lina Pi. R. is to be sold, and it is ad- ! mitted that a great benefit would result j to Charleston could it be controlled and operated in the interest of that city. Charleston could buy the road, but she won't. Charleston could do a great ! many thing* that she don't, and there fore the dry rot has all but taken the j city. The humidity of the climate has bad a saving effect, perhaps, otherwise we are ai a loss to understand the par j tial preservation of the city. We form our opinions from what we have read at various times in the Charleston papers which we believe is reliable information. The Atlanta Exposition will interfere seriously with all local fairs and other j attractions of the same character j throughout this section of the South. I It is not to be expected that local fairs, j carnivals, festivals, or whatever they j may be called, will receive the patron-, ! age they are accustomed to receive I ! while the Exposition is so near at hand, i and when the expense of spending a ! week in Atlanta will not be very much I greater than to spend the same time attending some one of the minor at tractions. Atlanta wiH attract all the I sight-f-eers who can afford to spend a ; I week or more on a pleasure trip this fali. j j The enforcement of the registration I law according to the strict letter of the : statute is not fraud no matter bow great ; hardships it may work the individual I voter, and it is useless to attempt to ; prove that fraud was committed where | the tnauagers exercised the power that the 1* placed in their hands. The j law was framed for a definiti: purpose, j and way filled with technicalities to facilitate the accomplishment of that . purpose. The law was framed and en- j acted to disfranchise the large element of negro voters, aud a? enforced it has served the desired cud excellently. If j the number ou a certificate did not correspond with the uumber ou the | registration book a negro was never ; allowed to vote. If his place of resi- : deuce was not as stated iu the ccrtifi cate be was never allowed to vote, although his charge of domicil may have been recent. These technicalities were ?be life of the law, aud unless they had been enforced against the negro the law would bave failed of its pur- ; pose. Now that white men who have ? an inordinate desire for office have begun to make use of the law to dis franchise their white political opponents the law does not become fraudulent?^ the oppressiveness of its provisions are simply made apparent by practical experience. The law was enforced at mort; thau one precinct in this county to disfran chise white men, and in that respect it was a fair election, for negrees and white men were treated alike. There has been no charge of fraud on this score, however, for the uieu who had ueglected to be armed against dis franchisement by unfriendly aud par tisan managers had the good sense to take their medicine like men and ab stain from making a spectacle of them selves. They knew that by the exer cise of a little care and forethought they could have complied with the letter of tbe law aod no one could have then deuied them the right to vote. The lesson to be drawn from tbe experiences of the election on Tuesday is that in future the power of election managers should be curtailed rather than increased. The Mississippi plan is objectiouable because it places too much power in ?be hands of election managers and will enable tbe party in power to dominate the polines of the State and retain indefinite control of the offices?. Mr. David Hopkins, of Hopkins, Ricblaud County, was stricken with apoplexy in Columbia Monday after noon, while attending a legal hear- j ing. His conditiou ^'ae slightly im proved sever ' uo: after he was I etricken. Mr. ^_pkius has family | connections in this county who will 1 regret to hear of his illness. CHANGE THE NAME. For several years there has been more or j less objection to tbe official name of the I Lunatic Asylum and on more than one oc-j casion the Legislature has been asked to change tbe namt. Bills have been iulro duced, but for various reasons have failed to ' pass, although there has never been any de- J cided objection to tbe change of name. I Those who are advocating tbe cbangre of j name have decided to ask the Constitutional Convention 10 make the desired change, aud the Sumter County Medical Association bas j taken the initiative as the following letter, j which the secretary of the association, Dr. S. C. Baker, has sect to each of the delegates- I elect 10 the Constitutional Convention, shews : "At the la?t regular meeting of the Sumter County Medical Association held August 9th instant, tbe following were unanimously adopted : Whereas, Persons committed to tbe South Carolina State Lunatic Asylum, as it is now called, for care and treatment, are really in almost every instance persons who are broken down in bodily health and requiring general hospital treatment, and Whereas, all persons sent there so long as they are denominated "Lunatics." are under a lasting stigma, which attaches not only to tbe patient himself but to the patient's family and relatives as well, even for two or three generations, therefore beit Resolved, 1st. That The Sumter County Medical Association request the delegates from this! county to the coming Constitutional Convention to use tbeir influence and votes to have tbe name of the said S. C. State Lunatic Asylum changed to that of the S. C. State Hospital or to some other more suitable and less opprobrious name than the one it now bears. Resolved, 2d. That tbe secretary of this association be instructed to foward a copy of these resolutions to each member of tbe delegation for Sumter County a9 soon as elected.7' Very respectfully submitted, S. C. Baxkk, M.D., Sec. Sumter Count Medical Association. About the Firemen's Tournament. The Florence Times of Saturday, in speak ing of the State fireraer/s tournament to be held there on Labor Day. has these two para graphs of interest : "The Columbia Independent reel team has declined the invitation to assist in the races riere L?bor day, saying lhat the time tor j practicing was too short. It appears thai ! they tear to face tht Delgar team of Sumter.1' j "It is reported thai a foot race will be run j between Pittman, of Columbia, and Stack- I house, nf Marien, at this place on September j . These gentlemen ure famous for their ' speed and will be quit* an addition to the ru?es on that day." -itat- ? 4- 4> ? a? -? Subscription lists for the capital stock of j the Southern Development Corporation nave . been placed with Mr. T. F>. Ricbarson, and I be will take pleasure in furnishing all de- ; sired information to interested parties. Tbe j Corporation promises to do a great work for ? the South and will nndoubfedly redeem every promise and at the same time pay large prof- ! its to those who take stock now. Th" men who w*nt into watermelon grow- ! iug on a inryt scale are ritt-e- sick at pre- : seni, and some of" tbem at least are of the opinion that cotton is better than melons as a ; money crop Th*- bottom of the melon rsar ket dropped aiucn farther out u! sight than the bottom of the cotton market was ever | known to do and the experience of the melon growers who shipped carloads to the northern ; markets would be ludicrous, if the matter were . not so serious. Some plautersshipped car loads i ot as fine melons as were ever grown and in- : stead o? receiving satisfactory remittance ' from the commission merchants, had to pay drafts to <;over balances on the freight charges. It is uo> surprising that men who were forced to pay out good hard <? for j the privilege ot raising line melons and shipping them North are disgusted with the melon business. Tbe writer has heard of ' men who had to pay balances on freight ihat j ranged between 60 tents and $10 on melons raised aud shipped. The men who did not ship melons were much better off than those j who did, even though thougt. tb??y sold two large melons for five cents. KNOW THAT I WAS RIGHT." So Says Mr. James E. DuPre? Self Complacency Soars Above the Result of the Election? Negro Support, Self No minatici!, Etc. Editor Watcianan -jnd Southron : As you bave alluded to civ political course in tbe recent campaign, ;> ^.?.;: : ? von will J be fair enough to give ms reply through your paper, care no more for the un warranted political dislikes, and attempted criticisms of any one, than i do tor the wriggling of a fly on tbe Capi toi at Wash ington, but I dislike to be placed in a false light by implication before my fe? lo v.--ci ti zeos, in any public capacity I may occupy any more than you would, know of co trade, bargain, combination or onders-and ing in any shape or form, that may bave I been made with tbe Republicans to support ; my ticket or a part of it. If such was done I never heard of it, nor do I now know. The support given me by the negroes was of their own volition so far as 1 am concerned, and if I am disgraced by it I stand in the same line with Wade Rarapton, who received ten thousand negro votes in 1870. With this exception ! Hampton appealed the negroes to support him in preference to j Chamberlain, just like thr combination : ticket appealed to the voters hrre, j and did not to them, nor any one ! else. My candidacy embraced a principle, ; and it was endorsed at ;h>- polis by white | men, ?od I am fully satisfied. It is remark- j ably strange if ? trade was made, that th? \ colored leaders con id diri; ver the goods at J certain polls and not at others, when any sensible person knows they have absolute ? control of tbe colored vote. Whit did they; mean by such conduct anyway? I will n^r ; remain at home of necessity, for it was, and is my personal wish to do so out of veriou? rsMSons. If I was so anxious to be elected I would have stood for election in the Re form nominating mass meeting when urged to do so by some of the ah'test and bes' men of this county, in that meeting, and this is your answer to my wanting to ?: . 1 took no part in the nomination of the joiot ticket, and therefore my candidacy was tre?- and un trammeled and my political course consis tent. I helped order the primary in commit tee meeting, July the 13th, and was therefore committed to its support, irregular ar:d small as it was. "Be sure you are right, then go forward," and I know that I was righi. J. E DuPaK. Pi9gab, August 2i. Asldep on the Track. Grand Wilson, a negro laborer, whs :ouod in an unconscious condition Sunday morn ing at ? o'clock, lying bj the side of the Wil mington, Columbia and Augusta railroad ! track at the Liberty Street crojsing. One ! arm was broken in several places between tbe j wrist aud elbow and his bead wa? badly j bruised on one side just above tbe eye. He did Dot regain consc;ousnes3 and it was there fore impossible to ascertain in what manner ! tbe injuries were received. Vrom the charac- ! ter of the wounds and the osition of Wil son's body when found, it ? supposed that he, was sitting by the side or ie track on tbe end of a cross tie, perhaps, ?od was struck by tbe 4 o'clock passenger train. Tbe railroad track is a dangerous place for sleeping, but tbe frequent deaths from this species of suicidai carelessnes? do not seem to deter otberi from trying the experiment. There is one thing to be said in favor o? go ing to sleep on tbe railroad track about sche dule time and that is that it is a certain rem edy for insomnia. If a victim of insomnia can but get to sleep on the track and not wake when the passeoger train approaches he will be troubled no more. Wilson was seriously injured and although be received prompt attention when found,, be did not regain consciousness during the day. Grand Wilson, the negro injured at the Liberty Street crossiug of the W C. & A. road on Sunday morning is still alive, but has not yet regained consciousness. His chance of recovery are slightly better, but it is not thought by Dr. Archie China who is attend ing him, that it is possible for him to live. Gm, Grist Mill and Rice Huiler. Messrs. W. E. and J. I. Hrun^oo have put up at their foundry and machine shop a cot ton gin, grist mill and Rice Huiler, and after September 1st will be prepared to turn out first-class work from each machine. Charges reasonable, and prompt dispatch given. Try ' hem. The baseball fever is becoming prevalt-nt, but the season is too far advanced lor the epidemic to become serious. Do Voti See the testimonials written by people who have been cured of various dis eases by Hood's Sxrsapariila ? They point the way for you if you neeed a good medicioe. Mr. Dave We?s, o? Privateer brought the first hale of new cotton to town yesterday. It wpiiihed 540 pounds and was graded as middling. It w?s bought by Trie A. C. Phelps Co., for 7* cents per pound. This bale is exactly or.i- week Inter than the first bak- brought to this market iast year. lu a long article on the Catawbas a corres pondent of The K&C9 and Courier writing from Union, urges that the traditions and customs of these Indians be collected a?d pre- , preserved, and adds. "For this task there is probably do one in the State better fitted than Mr. McDonald Furman. who has ioDg been making the tribe a study." The candidates for county offices will find it an up-hill business talking next year poli tics to the people or" Sumter during th? next : severa! months. Nearly every man to he , met is talking business and is averse to think- ? ing of politics, not to mention talking about ; who will fill the offices after the election in 1896. ! Don't forget our big closicg out sale of the 1 Hammond slock, on August 31st. Wingate k Delgar. A nine from the Rope Reel and the third nine of the city played a game of ball at the J park Thursday afternoon. The game result ed in a victory for the latter by a score of ? to 5. The third nine want to tackle the ntne from Delgar Reel Squad. A tobi.ceo drummer who travels on a "hike" arrived in town last Friday. He; makes all of his points by this means of !o- j coraotion and is independent of railroads. ! There, were several bales of cotton sold j here last week. Cotton of last year's crop j and some even older is Stil! in the possession j of Sumter County farmers, who have been holding it for heiter prices. Those who were able to hold their cotton last fail when the market was at the bottom figures have made : ny :ne operation. I The sidewalks on Main Street are in place* j very tixdly dilapidated and in need of repair. ' The bricks ate loose and out of place, form ing puddles of water after every rain. Bagocd will be quite a business center this fail. Mr. Spann Vinson will open a general merchandise stor? about Septemner 1st. Mr. J. S. Booth will also open a store at the same place, and it is rumored that other parties j will open one or two stores there A little girl went through on the Monday j truin waybiiicd to Greenwood. She was too | small to fnke care of herself, so she had beer. | tagged with her name and destination, and ; the tag sewed on the fron t of her dress. A young man who started :o Providence on his wheel a few days ago was a novice and unacquainted with the peculiarities of his stead, otherwise he would not have walk ed home, a distance of seven miles, leading 'he wheel afrer the valve slipped and allowed the air to escape from one of the tires. A party of young men went to Bishopvillr Suoday to spend the day. A part of the crowd tvent by carriage, whiie others went on their wheels. The local column i:i the Daily Telegraph, of Launcester, New South Wales, Australia, of June 19th, is headed with the statement that the weather is intensely cold. What a differ ence Rev. Timothy Sumter, ooiored, of State burg, was iti town yesterday id pursuit of a tbiet who broke into his chicken house on Sunday night and stole four turkeys?one old hen and three young gobblers He re ported the matter to the police, who will be \ on the look-out for the thieves. The Young Bostons of Cnmden and the j Sumter Second Nine, colored, played a match ! game of ball Monday afternoon. Tbe j Sumter Club won by a score of 21 to 7. It is reported that the Atlantic Coast Line j will put on a vestibule tiain to Atlanta via the M. & A. at an early date, and will run it ! during tjie winter season. Sumter County Interdenomination al Sunday School Convention. Will hold hold its aunual meeting in ; Bishopville August 29th and 30th. The programme will consist of addresses ; by prominent Sunday school workers, Bible reading, question box, etc. Delegates are expected from all our schools, aod we earn I esily hope every superintendent will attend, j See to it that at ieast one delegate comes from your school. Other couDties are re porting enthusiastic meetings. Let Sumter not be in tbe rear io so important an interest. B. F. Joxks, Chairman Ex. Com. CM. Hurst, Secty. Struck Dead by Lightning. A passenger who came in from Florence last night brought tbe intelligence of a sad event tvhich occurred in Florence at noon yesterday. A heavy bolt of lightning ran down the chimney of the residence of Mr. Eagerton, a well known carpenter of Flor I enee, and passing out, struck and instantly killed his attractive and lovable daughter, Miss Lily Eagerton, a youog lady of about seventeen summers. Two small ebildren who were near the young lady on tbe rear piazza of the house, were stunned. Tbe young I lady's back was badly burned by the electric | current. Life was extinct in a few moments. ? The State. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. (Jersey k Co., Props, Toedo, o. We the undeisigned, have known F. J. j Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac-j tions Httd financially able to curry out any ; obligations made by their rirm West&Truax, W bolesale Druggists, Toledo.O. i Walding, Kliman k Marvin, Wholesale Drug- j gisis, Toledo, 0. Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blond and mucous *ur- ! aces ol the system. Price, 75c. per bottle, j Sold bv all Druggists. Testimonials free. ; _*_I 0 and aches of an annoying nature, a torturous nature, a danger ous nature, can be quickly and surely cured with Pain-Killer. As no omo is proof against pain, no one should be without Pain-Killer. This good old remedy kept at hand, will save much suffering and many calls on the doctor. Kor all sum met complaints of grown folks or children it his stood with out an exilai for over halfa century. No time like the present to iret a bottle of ?un*- Killer Sold everywhere. The quantity has been doubled !>ut ihr, price remains t!!>?- same, Look out lor worthless imitations. Buy only the genuine, bearing the name?Perry Davis & Soy. __5ST W. Duke Sors t- Zz.XTr^ H?5:/thea:<?S?c;n tc2/.ccc cc-if . Egf SL'SHAK. tH.C. U.S.A. gj^? ;<1 A 3 ? FSOM High Ira?g Tobacco ABSOLUTELY PURE HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, AND PROPRIETORS OF Cotton and General Storage Warehouse. HP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, Keep on consignment? FEED OATS, SEED OATS, CORN, HAY, COTTON SEED MEAL, DRV SALT MEATS. HAMS. LARD. GRIST, FLOUR, SUGAR. MEAL. fcc. BAGGING, SUGAR BAG CLOTH. COTTON IRoN TIES Orders by sample for all goods ib the grocery line. Mav 29.__ So Simple. S$ Nine times out of ten \ whenweare ? out of sorts our trou ? bles can be removed by that re ju liable old V medicine, ?fS?i? W??? il Iii Brown's Iron Bitters, which for more than 20 years has been curing many people of Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Ma laria, impure Blood, Neural gia, Headache, Liver and Kid ney troubles. It's the peculiar combination of iron, the great strength-giver, with selected vegetable remedies of true value that makes Brown's Iron Bitters so good for strengthen ing and purifying the system. It is specially good for women and children?it makes them strong and rosy. Crowd's Iron Bitters is pleasant to tt&e. a-ul it will not stain the teeth nor cn. coronation. See the crosned red Ji: on the wrapper. Our book. 4 ?. Live .t Hundred Years,1* tells all abou; \ .cLr 2v. ttar.-.p. B*o\?>: Chimica- Co., Baltimore, V MONEY TO LEND. THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES HAVE authorized us to resume th? business of lending money on improved farming lands, and we are now prepared to consider applica tions. LEE & MOISB. June 2b\ '95?3 mo?. WHAT IS IT? FRESH DRUGS. GARDEN SEED, TOILET ARTICLES. -Best Havana Cigars. Graduate in Pharmacy always in attendance. Pyeicians Prescriptions a Specialty. Nicht e dis courteously answered. Elec tric be?l button just above the door latch. Call ami see ue. Rest yourself ? minute Ask for RED MESSINA ORANGE SODA WATER. J. S. HUGHSON & GO. Aug. 21. NOTICE FOR CHARTERT " VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT thirty days ?rom dale application will be made by the undersigned to rbe Clerk of !he Court of Sumier County as provided bv the Act of the Legislature, for a charter of incorporation of the Laborers' Union of Con cord Township, Sumter Coutv - ROBERT FERRY, CHARLES PLOW DEN JOE SEYMOUR DAVID ToMLIN. JOHNSON RICHARDSON A HR A M PLOW DEN U* PRINGLE, JOHN LADSON W. M MACK. A M. MACK. ASH McFADDIN, HAMPTi 'N GREG< ?RY. August i4 ? lm. Blank books or all kinds at H G Otiten 4 Co.'a i_L?__J