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atei) m a ano 8UJ?TKK WATCHMAN, Established April?lS50. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, IS66 Consolidated Ang. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1895. New Series?Vol. XV. No. . C?rt ^Eatc?ramn at?* Sff#m Published Shrery Wednesday, JNT. C3r. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. terms : Two Dollars per annum?in advance. ADVERTISEMENT' One Square first insertion..$1 00 Every subsequent insertion-.... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Called up For Contempt, Constables and Police Again Ordered to Show Canse. Judge Simonton Issues a Bule Upon the Petition of Mr. N. G. Gonzales, Whose Liquor Was Taken at the Club Said* Judge Simon too has issued another rale to show cause why they sball not be attached for contempt, directed to the State constables and the city po licemen who raided the Colombia Club recently, the role being returnable Greenville on Wednesday next. It was issued apon the following petition on 3Ir N. G. Gonzales, and the papers were served 'upon the parties concern ed by U. S. Deputy Marshal Thortoo last evening : the petition. United States of America, District of Sooth Carolina, in the Circuit Court. ?Fourth Circuit. In Equity. Ex-Parte : N. G. Gonzales Petitioner. In Re: James Donald vs. J. M. Scott et al. To the Honorable Charles H. Simon ton, Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina : The petition of your petitioner, N. G. Gonzales, respectfully shows : 1. That he is a citizen of the State of South Carolina ; and resides in the City of Colombia, in the said State. 2 That since the 8th day of May. 1895. jour petitioner had shipped to him* from the State of North Carolina a package of liquor for bis own persona! use, and not for sale or barter, distri bution or division, to wit : one keg, con taining between four and five gallons, not quite ?ve gallons, of wbiskey. and marked and shipped and received with the consigne?V name' on it and the words "For Personal Use," as also the business card of the consignor, a manu facturer of liquors, and the label of the express office- from which it was shipped. 3 The said package was shipped per the Southern Express Company, a com mon carrier, and was delivered to yonr petitioner by saidJExpress Company at bis place of business, and wad ou the next succeeding day sent by your peti tioner to the rooms of the Columbia Club, a social organization of which your petitioner is, and bas bee? since its establishment, more than te o years ago. a member, for'his own personal use. and not for barter or sale, distri bution or division, directly or indirect ly ; and while there your petitioner drew off and consumed a part of the contents of said package, leaving about two gallons in the keg, to which he caused to be added cherries, etc , to make what is known as "cherry bounce/' the same being for his own use and consumption. 4. That your petitioner is the editor of "The Siate" newspaper, and is well known as sncb, and as never having been engaged in the sale of liquor or having even the most remote connec tion with such a traffic ; that he, being unmarried and having no residence but a sleeping apartment, has beeo ac customed to regard the rooms of the said Columbia Club as his home during the hours in which they were opeo, aod it was for ?hc express purpose of providing for himself the facilities and freedoo of a home that bejoiued in 1 the creation of said Club in the year 1894, that, your petitioner has ever since the establishment of the said Club paid j a fixed monthly sum toward defraying ! the expends of providing for the rental j of the rooms of said Club and the at- j tendance thereon, and that the ser- j vants employed in said Club are io j fact and effect his servants and sub- J ject to his instructions, and that in j holding the said liquor for him and j adding iogredieuts fcr the making of said "cherry bounce." the butler of the Columbia Club was actiu? as bis ! persona! agect and employe, without j the intervention, the instruction or ; even the knowledge of the management j of the said Club, and without tbo co- j operation or agreement of any other of j its members ; that the said package : liquor was openly received by your I petitioner, arri as opcn*y sent to t:. rooms of the Columbia Club, wirb re- i iiar.ee upon your Bonor's order it: the ? case of Jame* Donald vs. J. M S cou j er. al-, such order enjoiniog interfer- ? enee wirb liquors imported into the j State of South Carolina from other States while in the hands of the con signees, and the said Honor remaining, as hereinbefore stated, in the original package of importation, and in the hands of the consignee, your petitioner. That on Saturday, the 17th day of AugU3t, 1895, J. E. Moreherd and F. S Strickland, policemen of the City of Columbia, and S. G. LaFar, J. T. Speed and . T. Davis. State Consta- j bles, raided the rooms of the Columbia Club aforesaid, and notwithstanding your HonorTs order of the 8th of May, 1895, in said case of Donald ve Scott et a!., and in direct violation thereof, seized and took and carried away the said package aforesaid ; that at the time of the taking of said keg by the said parties, they were informed by the butler of the said Club that the same belonged to your petitioner, and was kept there for his own personal use, and were shown the address and label on said original package, and said parties were fully cognizant of the fact that the same was imported into this State, and had no reason to believe or sus pect that the same was being sold or disposed of contrary to any law of this State; but notwithstanding sach knowledge, and acting apparently on the principle of "seizing everything in eight," they took possession of the same and carried it out of and away from the Club, and, as your petitoner is informed, delivered it to one F. M. Mixson, State Liquor Commissioner, who holds the same now in his posses sion against the consent of your peti tioner, and has made no offer to return the same into the possession of your petitioner Wherefore, your petitioner asks the protection of this Court in his rights under your Honor's order aforesaid, forbidding the seizure nf imported liq uors in any place in the hands of the consignee,, and that, the liquor be re turned to him. That a rule do issue of this Honora ble Court requiring the said F. M. Mixson, S. G. LaFar, J. Speed, J E. Morebead, A. T. Davis and F. S. Strickland to show cause before yoor Honor on a day certain why they should not be attached for contempt of this Court in violating said order of injunc tion, and for such order and further relief as may be just. H. C Patton, Petitioner's Attorney. United States of America State of South Oarolina. G. Gonzales, the petitioner above named, being duly sworn, saitb on oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing petition are true to his knowledge, ex cept as to those matters thereic stated, which are derived from the information of others, and as to tl^sr* matters he believes them true. N. G. Gonzales Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of August. 1995. Henry F. Jennings, Notary Public of S. C. the rule issued. Judge Simonton issued the following rule to show cause : The United States of America Dis trict of South Carolina ?In United States Circuit Court. In Re: James Donald, Complainant, vs. J. M. Scott et. al., Defendants. Ex Parte : . G. Gonzales. Rule to Show Cause On hearing the sworn petition of N. G. Gonzales in the above-entitled canse, and on motion of H. C. Patton, Esq , Petitioner's Attorney : It \r Ordered. That F. M. Mixson, S. G. LaFar, J. T. Speed. A. T. Davis, 3. E. Morebead and F. S. Strickland do show cause before this Court at. 10 o'clook a. m .on the 4th day of Sep tember, 1895, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, at Greenville. S. C . why the said liquor so seized should not be delivered to said peti tioner as prayed for, and why they should not be attached for contempt in violating the order of this Court. Let copies of this order be forthwith served on the partie" named. Charles II Simonton 29 August. 1895. Circuit Judge the hearing The hearing of this case, and the similar cause brought by Messrs A. E. and W. E Gonzales, is to take place in Greenville on Wednesday morning next. Attorney General Berber states that hi1 will be on hand to appear in belaif of the constables City Attorney j Thomas will doubtless be on hand to represent ex-Police Sergeaot Morebeed and Officer Strickland ?Columbia State Mexico's First Hanging. ! St Louis, Auc -?.?A special to I the Chronicle from Jeminese. Mex , I says that Estanisiaus Tamarez, a not- J ed chief, who for the past ten years j committed robberies and murders in ? the mountains west of there, and who ] was recently captured by government troops, was hanged ;? Parra le vest er- ! day . This is the first execution by ? hanging that i?:?s occurred in Mexico, the usual manner o? ? ?<j:? t :: being by sii noting. ?-rut- -? ? ?vr??~ Tiie y at eh Defender i tas been ! formally selected to sail against the | Valkyrie Iii J Charleston and Railroads. The Port Royal and Western Carolina railroad is to be sold, and it is admitted that a great benefit would result to Charleston could it be controlled and operated in the interest of that city. Charleston could buy the road, but ehe won't. Charleston could do a great many thing* that she don't, and therefore the dry rot has all bnt taken the city. The humidity of the climate has bad a saving effect, perhaps, otherwise we are at a loss to under stand the partial 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 ? Sumter Item. The Sumter Item has read noth ing of this kind in the Charleston Post. There are croakers in Charles ton, but the Item does Charleston an injustice to quote them or form an opinion from them. We do not know that Charleston will obtain control of the Port Royal and Western Carolina rail road, but this we do know : that Charleston will have better railroad facilities, that the need of them is appreciated, and that a company has been organized by many of the business men in Charleston who are determined that the city shall have them. The Post earnestly hopes that its suggestions for the purchase of the R. and W. C. will be adopted. It is meeting with the approbation of business men. But it may be that the terms under which this road is to be sold will greatly embarrass bid ders, and it may not be to the inter est of Charleston to endeavor to buy it. However we can assure The Item that the matter will be the sub ject of careful investigation and that if the road can be had on advanta geous or even reasonable terms it will become Charleston's property. We trust that the Sumter Item and other papers in the State will cease to mourn for Charleston. Charleston is all right. Charleston is doing splendidly. We have had no failures, no fires, and no calamities lately in Charleston, and the Item should not listen to the howlers. When Sumter people or. Abbeville people or the people of any other part of the State want money for a bank or a mill they will of course, and as usual, come to Charleston for it And they will go away pleased and "healed." The Item ought to know that to the assistance of Charleston the financial prosperity of the State is largely at tributable. The Item ought to appre ciate it And further : The Item ought to discourage people from com ing to this prosperous city for capital for banks and mills so long as they ship their cotton to Norfolk and Wil mington ?Charleston Post Editorial of The Item, ia Reply. The Charleston Post takes the Item severely to task for what was said con cerning the improbability of the pur chase of the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railroad by Charleston capi talists and the general neglect of oppor tunities for increasing the business of the city that has characterized Charles ton for 60 long a period of rime. We will exonerate the Post at the outeet. That paper has been like a voice crying ?perhaps bawling would be a better word?in the wilderness, and its cry has been "Progress" always. The Post deserves all praise for its attempts awake the sleepers, znd we are satisfied that the praise will be well bestowed, for we think there are signs that its cry is beginning to be heard and there are signs of an ; awakening. The Post is all right and we hope it wili succeed in making Charlestoo*all right, io time. The part that Charleston capital has taken in developing the State we know | and admit, but this is not a case in point. What we were talking about | was what. Charleston fails to da for her- ! self And the shipment of cotton to Wil- : miogton and Norfolk illustrates the j point excellently weil. Why does cot- 1 :?>:; go to those points from Sumter and other places in thi* State instead :>: Charleston, notwithstanding Charleston ; is much nearer? Why ? Simply be cause Wilmington ar.:? Norfolk make ; greater efforts to get the cotton. The) : ave a force of buyers in th^ M wh ire t}i re to get the cotton and they oh- ? ain what they arc out tor Charleston s ?li ? natural port t-f this en tir?: e*:-:i ?cd e! one time had the ?' Li * : r ?* *. -i ?. ri chid i o ? co'tcn ari'! evcry.th::!?*? el^e. ? :? with changing conditions?, r-vilroad . 'omt?:nations, 1 .?:.?.; and ; : haul reicht rares and di for?a ti ?i tariffs, :!:.?. . orraohicai locativo s?f ;?. place cet?sea ' o be omnipotent, and trade no long? r had to go to Charleston whether Charleston exerted herself to get it or sat complacently on Oyster Point dangling her gentle toes in the lapping waves of the deep blue sea Charles ton seemed to think that bustling was incompatible with dignity, therefore she did not bastle; and while she was sitting around clothed in dignity other towns, Wilmington and Norfolk for instance, were hustling and hustling all day long all the year round. Consequence? Charleston lost a large part of the trade that was tier's naturally, but which she did not exert herself to keep. We do not criticise Charleston with ill will or malice ; on the contrary we have nothing save the best feeling for Charleston and her people and no one, not even a Cbarlestonian, would be more gratified to see the city prosper and grow through the exertions of her peo ple rod the utilization of the advantages and opportunities that are the rich heritage of the place. But even the best of friends sometimes grow impa tieut from waiting and disappointed ex pectations. A Road That Would Pay. To the Editor of TJte State : In an editorial to-day, discussing the probable purchase of the Roaooke and Southern, and the Cape Fear and Yad kin Valley railways by the Baltimore and Ohio, you say that the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley now extends to Cheraw, and the Palmetto line from Cheraw to Columbia, might then be built as a link in the great Baltimore and Ohio system. As a matter of face the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley does not extend to Cheraw, but it has a branch to Bennettsville. A railway from the latter point to Columbia, however, would have many advantages over the other route; and moreover, would be much more likely to be built. Instead of running through an expen sive, almost barren, and sparsely set tled sand hill country, touching only ooe town between its terminal points, it would traverse the best farraiog sec tion in South Carolina, and pass through the thriving towns of Society Hill, Hartsvi?le, Biahopviile and Cam den, and without encountering any construction difficulties This line should be built whether there is any prospects of its becoming a through line or not. it would be of great value to its territory, and to Columbia in particular, as a local road only. But, if through future deals, it should be come a link in the Baltimore and Ohio system, or even one terminating at Roanoke, the distribution point of the great Virginia coai fields, its value to the State would be incalculable. It is not likely, however, that the construction of the road will be under taken by the Baltimore and Ohio or any other railway system ; but if com menced by local capital, it might find substantial assistance in that quarter and finally be operated by them. The doctrine thai you have been preacbiog so ably, that "self help is the best help" finds application bere. In spite of some recent indications to the contrary, I cannot help thinking tbar. the Cheraw-Columbia extension of the Palmetto Railway will ney,er be built ; but that the Seaboard Air Line will eventually extend it's line from Cheraw to Sumtcr, and thence, possi bly, to a connection with the Plant System at Yemassee, with a line also into Port Royal, ' W. August. 26.. Ransom Reappointed. Washington, Aug. 27.?The un certainty concerning the case of Hon. Matt. W Ransom of North Carolina, was ended to-day by the announcement of the ex-Senator's reappointment to the position of minister to Mexico, which was declared vacant by the decision of Acting Attorney General Conrad that Mr. Ransom's nomination to the mis sion during his Senatorial term was un constitutional, it wa? known pretty generally in official circles that the com- ! mission of Mr. Ransom would be re- j ceived at. the-White House yesterday, j ano some surprise was expressed by j those cognizant of the facts that ir had ; nor then been receive.!, because their information was that the commission had been signed on Saturday. That this understanding is correct is borne oat by the dato of the document, which came in to-day's White House mail, and is dated August 24. If is stated at the Treasury that Mr. I Ransom wsil lost: one month's pay as ? minister to Mexico ai ?17,500 a year, j hat being the period intervening be tween Auditor H o Ico tub's ? iiwon in his j case to the date of his reappointment ; Auditor o l co rube would no; pass his July account, holding that while be ! ?a- defacto minister to Mexico he was iisq?alified fr*-in holding the posi ?"ti ?y r> 'V!::;{ been a member ?>t ?hti saine ' :.;;-. s- 'haj increased the pay ni ;!??? ?extca?i mission to vb'.zl he was sub- : equeotiy appointed. Mr Ransom will j ave to lock <?> Congress for h i- salary : ad expenses during the interim. The Dignity of Travel. There was just one seat ?o the pas senger coach not occupied by two per sons, and the man who was holding that down gave me my legal half so grudgiogly that I determined to totally ignore his existence during the after ; noon, says the Detroit Free Press. As near as I could make out he figured that I ought to have taken another train or gooe in the baggage car, and was therefore determined to make it un pleasant for me. For the first hour we crowded each other to show our spite. During the second we let up a little and each one was busy with a news paper. At the beginning of the third hour we threw our newspapers away, and sat there looking at the bald bead of a man in front of us. At the end of the sixty minutes we had begun to for give each other, but pride kept us from making any advances. The fifth hour was thirty-five minutes old when my fellow-traveler yawned and pretended to go to sleep. Not to be outdone by a mean man io playing a mean game, I followed suit. Ten min-" , later he woke up, hunted around foi ^encil and paper, and wrote and passed over to me the ioquiry : "Were you born that way V' "Yes; were vou?" I wrote and handed back. "You make me tired V was his next message. "Ditto!" was mine in answer Then he looked out of the wiodow at the fadiog day, and I looked at the cow hide boots of a farmer thrust out in the aisle. Five hours and twenty minutes had passed since I sat down when he suddenly turned and held out his hand, and said : "Say, I have to ride a hundred aod fifty !" "Then, let's talk. " Aod we talked, and talked, and I found him so well posted and intelligent and entertaining that when be finally got 'off I took him by the hand and said : "Come down and stay a week with me this summer ,; And he made my whole arm ache as he squoze my hand and heartily re replied : "Come up with your whole family and cat and dog and put io a month with us." ? ? -?> ? ? He was from Macon. He bad beard that there wa9 to be an exposition in Atlanta and dropped over a day to see what was going on. When he stepped from the car at the main entrance his mouth dropped wide open in wonder ment, for there were a few things about the place not dreamed of in his philos ophy. He wandered into the grounds and strolled about in reckless amaze ment. At the scenic railway he was overjoyed aod declared that he would like to ride all day, it felt so good. He bad inspected the various build ings and was standing in front of the classical structure of fine arts, along the ledges of which are carved the names of the world's great artists Ooly one name on the corner seemed to have caught his eye. He read it over care fully. "Funny name," he said, spelling it over; "funny name Must bea for eigner. Was be the architect for all these 'buildings out here ? Michael Angelo?pretty good fellow, ain't be?" And the wind sighed lugubriously through the empty chime tower?At lanta Constitution. Violent Quakes in Mexico. Mexico'City, Aug. 29.?Four vio oot earthquake shocks are reported from Pinotpa and Nacional, in Oaxaca, caus ing widespread terror. Each shock had a violent effect, upon buildings. Walls were rent and roofs caved in. The in habitants of the stricken towns have *akeo refuge in the open country in fear of other formidable shocks, as a com- j paratively slight trembling continues. ! The severe shocks were preceded by a ; loud roar, coming from the sea. and it 1 is believed in the stricken locality that a subterranean volcano is on the point of eruption. News from Cuba confirms the report of the landing of two, - :pe<litions for the : insurgen. . The village of Barajagua was entirly destroyed by fire caused by the retreating rebels setting fire to build ing* after a u^ht at that place it! which they were defeated. i?nrklfMi'* Areica Salve? Without a Parallel. At West Point, Va , the other day a negro was hanged for attempting to feloniously assault a six-year-old white girl. We have no hesitation in declaring it the most remarkable case that ever occurred in this country, or perhaps in any other. The negro's guilt was undoubted. He offered to pay the girl's two older brothers if they would not report his crime, which they had discovered, to their father, but the two boys made the fact known. Then the father, who is a deputy sheriff, ?nd also jailer of the county, made the arrest, and on his way to the jail protected the prisoner from the threatened violence of the mob. The Richmond Dispatch states that this singular father is an old Confed erate soldier, and says he roust have had a high sense of honor and duty under such extraordinary circumstan - ces to protect the villain who had sought to ruin his child. He warded off the would-be lynchers, and told them that as an officer of the law it was his duty to see that the law took its course. We read of such stern devotion to public duty among the old Romans, but never before was such an in stance recorded in our annals. It would be interesting to know more about the personalty of this wonder ful deputy sheriff. From the lofty standpoint of the law this man did his duty, but it is hard to see how he could have for gotten that he was the girl's father and remembered only that he was an office'. . Ninety-nine men out of a hundred would have slain the brute with their own hands, or they would at least have allowed the mob to wreak vengeance upon the prisoner. Roman virtue is a rare thing in our day, but this Virginian seems to have it.?Atlanta Constitution. Deadly Weapons. In North Carolina the judges of the [superior courts "rotate"?i. e., ride each circuit of the whole state in regu lar succession, says the Argonaut. When Judge Shipp of one of the mountain circuits, in regular rotation, ; came to ride a circuit on the ser. coast I he was much pleased with clams, which ! were new to him. He had a claim sup ! per with the result thar he had a most ; violent illness, and could not hold court I for two or :hrec days. When able to i sit on the bench the ?rst ease tried was ac affray in which one man used a pistol and the other knocked him down with a clam (in a shell). Manly, appearing for ! the state, introduced a witness to prove i thai one clam, so used, was a deadly wea i pon. ''Stop there. Manly'' said the ! judge, earnestly, "the court will hear ! evidence whether or not a pistol is a ! deadly weapon, but the court knows ' without further evidence that a clam ! is M -llll The Southern Record. j Jacksonville:,Fla., Aug. 27?At the I meet of the Jacksonville wheelmen j held here to-day, the Southern record I was broken by R. V. Connerat of ? Savannah. Not only was the South I ei n record, which was held by George j N. Adams, of this city broken, but i the track record as well, which wae j also held by Adams. Three years ago j Adams made a record for the South i and track of 2:19 4 i> on the Jack ! sonville track. Two weeks ago he ; lowered the Southern record at New j berry, S. C , to 2:14 2 5 The record ? made by Connerat to day was 2:10 ! 3-5. In the first halt Connerat was j paced tandem by Mixson, of Colum i bia, and Maxwell, of Anderson, S. C. and on the last half by Gross and Williams, of Savannah A race between Georg?? . Adams and W. I. Ilufl'stetter, of Orlando, for the State championship was won by Adams It was a five mile race, paced by tandem for four and a half miles. Adams won by a good half wheel in the excellent time of 12:59 2 5 Fully 2,000 persons wit nessed the races The Discovery Saved SEi* Life.