Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w I THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thcu Aims't at, be tay,Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SODTHKO??, Established Jane, 13CG SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOTEEBER 6, 1895. New Series-Vol. XV. No 13. OS p Published E7cpy Wedii.esaay, f JSP. CS-, Osteen, 1 SUMTER, S, C. I Two ?o?afs per ??h?m-iii advance. J ADVERTISEMENT: , One Square Srst insertion.$1 CO Everv subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, cr longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests w?ll be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes cf respect will be charged for. ?- 11111 m? m H i ? ? ?.---OMaw ^^Tietting in Shape. The State Fair Work is Pro : greasing Finely. SECRETARY HOLLOWAY A BUSY MAN. c Getting the Exhibits in Shape Fire Works and kaloon Aseen sloe-Blooded Racers With Low Records. # Secretary Holloway, of the State fair association, has established his headquarters at Stenographer Mac feat's office on Plain Street, where he is busy answering hundreds of letters and getting everything in proper shape for the opeuiug ot the fair. Mr. Bruce is assisting him iu the work, but an extra mau will be put in tu .morrow. To oue who doubts that the fair ?this year will not be a success a visit .to Col. Holloway's office will cou vice him that it will be a great one and a nice line of exhibits will be on baud. Every kind of article for the house? hold, fancy work, art, and other ex? hibits, besides the stock and farm ex? hibits, will be here in full time, borne i- of the stock is of the finest blood and some exceptional Sue races will be * rjut on the track. - There will be a very fine display 01 fireworks ou the grounds at night aud will be so arranged as almost the en? tire city eau witness it. With this cold weather and the fireworks it will remitid one of Christmas and the small boys. The display will be given at considerable cost, which is a good sign that it will be a fine oue. Another ?triking feature about the fair,-will be the balloon ascension. The date for this ascension has not beeu fixed as yet. A mau will.go up for a great distance and then descend by means of his parachute. ?Balloon ascensions have always been dauget our though novel attractions aud it is seldom mat they are seen here. The Trustees of Clemson College I some time ago ' authorized several I hundred dollars to be spent lu gui - i ting up a good exhibit fron? the coi 1 lege, for the Atlant? Exposition, but .-there was some hitch about seudiug this* exhibit to Atlauta aud the col? lege authorities have decided to seud it hereto the fair. A good idea of what is being done at Clemsou can be gotten from this exhibit. The student? iii the mechanical depart? ment have completed several electric motors, which du their work as well as those made by the .big electrical houses at the North. Specimens of work done at the dairy and farm, garden and other ptoducts will be brought here along with the exhibit Prof. Harrison was in the city yes? terday to see Colonel Holloway and make arrangements to have au exhi? bit of the work done at his business college and especially fine penman? ship work. He will also open a business college in Columbia in a few days. The exhibits in the art and fancy work department will be -better thau for some years. Special <;are is be? ing given to this line as it is always admired by the lady visitors. Good premiums are being offered in the stock department aud mauy blooded animals will be here. '%Lr. S. W. Vance is superintendent " of this departmeut and he has been making every effort to make it a suc? cess. lu the swine department the lovers offiue fat hogs of all varieties will have an opportunity o? seeing some of the fattest hogs in South Carolina The poultry departmeut this year wili be up lo the standard and it is sure to be a success under the able management of Mr. A. H White, who is now in the city attending the Constitutional Convention Mr. White has succeeded in getting a rery fine exhibit fur his department. This year the grounds will be open j ay and night and the city will be owded with visitors from all parts i t;4fl lBfc>^l'"ery letter that Col y8 that a good rep here, and, judging every corner of ted. iut in good in splen |very one ithe fair ! and make arrangements for that week. 'The State ball alone will draw a good crowd. The citizens who have been rather slow in helping the fair are be ginning to go to work as the cime draws near. Columbia will vet do her part to i make the fair a great success and can then share in the glory of having done her part The crowd will be here and they will see a good show and can return their homes well pleased with their trip, with Columbia and with the fair. So far Richland County has made the largest number of entries iu the household and needlework depart? ment. Lexington a;?d Laurens Coun? ties will also make large exhibits About thirty head of fine cattle have been entered by Mr. John Mobley of Fairfield. The electric light company will put in a number of electric lights to-day in the Fair building and on the grounds.-Register Oct 81. -- Some Pertinent Queries Re? garding the Dispensary. Governor Evans has issued the fol? lowing circular letter to the mayors of cities and intendants of towns, making inquiries as to the increase or decrease of drunkenness since the dispensaries were reopened in Au gust, 1894. OFFICE OF STATE BOARD OF CONTROL COLUMBIA, S. 0., Oct. 29, 1895. Mr. Mayor : Dear Sir : Yon witt great!}7 obliges me by answering the following ques? tions at your earliest convenience. This is important : First Has drunkenness and crime decreased in your town ai county since August I, 1894, to the present time. If so, by what per cent ? Second Has the number of plain cases of drunkenness tried before your mayor or intendant increased or decreased -since August 1, 1894, and if so, by wbat per cent ? Third. Has the consumption of whiskey increased or decreased since the establishment of tfee dispensary, and if so, by what per -cent ? Fourth. What has %een the effect of the dispensary law upon the gen? eral good order and peace of yo?r tow? or city ? Some time ago we had replies to these questions from your board of control, but the letters have been-dis? posed of and it is important that we hear from you Please number your answers to conform :to the number of the^questions abov-e. Jons GARY EVA?:S Governor. Biggest Pears in the World. To the Editor of The Newe and : Gcurier : &o far as I have been abie to find out the heaviest pear on reoord and one grown io California, whick claims te be the laod of fruit, is one which weighed 26 1-2 ounces. Two years ago Mr. J. W. Cooper, of this place, raised a pear which weighed 2? ounces. ; At the same tisueDr. J. W. 'Hudson raised ooe which weighed 28 ounces, j This year Dr Kedson raise done which j veished 28 1-2 ounces. A ht*? bushel of these pears were sent to the Atlaota Exposition, the fealf bushel holding six? teen pears, an? four of the sixteen . weighed six psnnds ten aa-s ,a half ounces. These weights can be estab? lished by respostfible parties ?ho saw the pears weighed. So you see South Caiolina has twice beat the world, so for as ? can find out, on pears as she bas twice beat the world on com. X. Mavesviile, October 28. 3895. Csban Leader Gomes Re? signs. HAVANA, Oct. 30 -A dispatch from Puerto Principe says it is reported that Gen. Maximo Gomez, the com? mander-in-chief erf the insurgents, lias resinged his command and will leave the island for the purpose of havi?g the wounds in his legs oared. It is-said that he is ?ow taking leave of hi-6 followers prior to departing, but hi? destination is no! mentioned. The rebels placed a bomb on the track of the Neuveitas Railroad yes? terday which exploded while a train loaded with troops was passing. One soldier was seriously wounded. --may- v- - -exam Filibusters Land in Cuba. i NEW YORK, Ocr. 29.-Word has been received at Cubao headquarters here nf f???> safe lauding in Cuba of a. expedition under Carlos M. C?spedes, j which left Philadelphia on October 20. The expedition Kfrivo? on r ii o east coast of Cuba ou ibo 2Gtb nvd disem? barked without accident. The party .d said to be composed of 1U7 mr-;;. Their cotnfltander, C?spedes, is a son of Gen. C?spedes, thc: hero of lara, and first Pr?sidons of rhe Republic. The ex? pedition carried 500 Winchester rifles. 400,000, cartridges, 250 machetes ?nd ten boxes of war material, including a large supply of medicines. Of Interest to Methodists, ? A Correspondent Who Finds a Rut-1 ing Applicable to an Important: j Cb.sri?ston Oase. i To the Etfitcr of Thc News and Cou? rier : Will you kindly give space to the fo ? i o w i EI 2: cxiract. from the St. Lov.is Advance of a late date : Tb*1 cpar'.c-ly Conference of the First Church, Sr. Lous district, appealed from I the ruling of the presiding elder to the Bishc r-residi^- at this session, of tbc St. LJU?3 annual ???f?i?nc?, on a questbc of law, as follows : VoAiv Question 10, cn call of a name of a iocil elder, the report of his labors having been submitted and read, the following question of kw was sub? mited to the presiding elder for decis? ion and hif, answer make : Question : [? ii improper asd illegal for a local preacher to adopt and devote himself to the work of a general evan? gelia ? Answer : ?t surely is ; involving both neglect, cf the discipline, prescrib? ed duties of tile local preacher and in? subordination to the General Confer? ence, which has so unequivocally re? fused to recognize the office and work of the evangelist in the Church. To this appeal ? make answer as fol? lows : The ruling is not sustained, with the understanding that the local preach? er has not failed or refused 'o perform the service required by his pastor, whose duty it is to draw up a plan by which his ('heir) labors shall be regu? lated. CHAS. B. G ALLA WAY, Pres. St. ?aouis Annual Conference. This decision of Bishop Gallaway is of special interest to Charleston Meth? odists at this lime, as it not only effect? ually disposes of the ruling of the Rev. W P. Meadors against the Rev. T. ??. Leitch, in your issue ot April'9, but as he tr?ll preside at the ensuing Confer? ence of Sourh Carolina, December 4, thc 'Charleston basiness -will be thor? oughly ventilated. ?A Methodist who Loves the Church. -* ? 'gr* A War Over the Mails. It i? probable that the Atlantic Coast Line system 'proposes to com? pete with the Southern for the con? tract to carry the last United Statics mail from New "Sork to New Orleans In former years the Southern was worded ll?e Coast Line not a little j trying *o ti.ke from the first named line the West indian mail, and now the Coast Line say? it is going to make tb? Southern do some hustling if it retains the New Orleans branch of tlie service. Should the fight be started in dead earnest it will be a mighty pretty struggle, with nobody as a favorite The Southern has the advantage of possession, but ihe postoffice department pretends tobe governed in awarding the contract solely by the time records of the itp plying routes The line ?which takes the stuff quickest will get the job These are conditions after the Coast Luve's own heart, as the -system prices itself on its rapid runuirg. A ?preliminary struggle took place with the t<wo excursion trains, one over each of the competing systems that carried the Connecticut (people to the 3E<xposition, and each line claimed the victory, it is said that each of them is now preparing for the official test run. The distance in time from New York to Macon via the Atlantic Coast Line is now about twenty-seven ho?rs, and the official? of the system say they will reduce this by about three hours. If they can do so they will stand # mighty good chance of getting tho Government contract. The SoutheT will also cut its sched? ule <?own very materially Florida's Small Oraage Orop. JA-cssotfVfiLE, Fla , Oct. 29.-Capt. J. A. Enslow, jr , who makes regular business touro through the State, has just returned from the extreme south? ern part of Florida, where there are orange groves which were not hart by the freeze. He says the crop will not exceed 60,>@00 boxes, all of which are far be?ow the line of Tampa a?d Bartow. Nearly the entire crop nae been sold on the trees at $2.50 io ?2 75 per box, a?d several have been. resold at a profit beyond that basiis. \ To "deliver" these at Jacksonville gi more mus? be added for hauling, wrapping, boxing and freight. Capt. Ensiow knows of several lots sold at ?3 50 to $o 75, delivered at Jackson? ville. Ile is of the opinion that mont of this crop wi'! go North and West. I Ile knows of several carload orders ! already executed for Western points j for November and December del iv j eries. There have been very few j transactions in January deliveries. - .i-?aneo- .? ?. ().::.'. has been restored ::t Tiffin, I Obi?, and the troops withdrawn from | the ?ail The funerals nf the two mem? bers of the lynching party who were killed by deputy sheriffs guarding the jail took place yesterday and attracted little atteo'ion. , 1 i The Georgia Rebellion. SAVANNAH, Ga. October 28-A special to the Morning Neics from Syl- j vania, coun'y seat or Sereveo County, j ?sy* there i-: LO ch?Ttgc in the situation j growing cut Of the assassicatioo of Sheriff Brooker hy the Z^ig?er boys. The Z.Mglcr boys are at their borne. The sheriff has attempted to get a po:=sc to arrest them, but. bas thus far uot succeeded, The Zsiglers are Populists and ii is said that a great majority of tbs Populists sympathize with them SQ do some Democrats. They thiok Sheriff Brooker' should have been indict? ed ar;d tried for killing old man Zeigler, thc father of the Z??g?er brothers. The sheriff feels that he cannot arrest tho Z2igitr hyp, that if he should attempt j tc do so vriih a poss? a, a ny i i vos wouid be lost and a feud started that would last fjr ycar'j. S-iii it is admitted that if the Z.'iglers are not arressted thc country is likely to bo given over to crime* of violence and it will be imops sible to enforce the law. There is a feeling cf intense suspense throughout the county and the opinion is expressed that the conditions are such as to call for the active interference of the Gov? ernor. There ??SS never before such a state of affairs in Georgia. A Solution Pound. The Boston Traveller says that a few weeks ago a Maine young man bought a pair of socks containing a note saying the writer was an em? ployee of the Kenosha (Wis.) knit? ting works and wanted a good hus? band. She gave her name and re? quested the buyer, if an unmarried man, to write with a view to matri? mony. The young rna? who found the note consideied the matter in all its phases and decided to write to the girl He did. Awaiting the answer with considerable anxiety he wa? at last rewarded with a curt letter stat? ing that the girl v/as now the mother of two children and had been married four years, and the letter be had answered had been written ever eo long ago. It was a "sock doUager," and the young man hunted for a so? lution He found it. The merchant of whom he bought the socks doesn't advertise. ? Two Skirmishes in Cuba. HAVANA, October 28 -Gen Oasco reports from Bayamo that Kating been advised that the rebeis wider Maceo and Rabi in forcejad strongly fortified Los Negros, ordered Lieut. Col. Redo?- will? five hundred and fifty soldiers of all arms on October 26 to attack them. The rebeis attemp j ted to prevent the column from crossing, but after charges executed with great gallantry were made by the Spanish troops, the rebels were driven off The Spanish column continued its march toward Jiguani and again met the ?ame bands of rebels at Cruz Del Yarey and a fight ensued which lasted an hour, with the result that the rebels were com? pletely dispersed, leaving on the field twenty killed and sixty wounded The Government had one killed and twelve wounded, including four offi? cers. The condition of the director of tfce Diario de ta Marina, who was seriously wounded by ? negro who attacked kim on the street with a? ir<?? bar Saturday night is improving. The War In Cuba. ?ACS&esrmtE, Oct. SI.-? cable? gram to the Tvmes Uni<m from Key West. Fla., ?ays: Private letters re? ceived in this city by the steamer Mas? cotte last-aight. state that it is reported in Havana that a battle was fought on Monday in the ea-stem part of the isl? and between Autouio Maceo and the Spanish troops under Colonel Camelas in which th<e latter was wounded *nd made priseaer. The Spanish forces were completely routed. Oa the 23th a band of 400 insur? gents appeared at Matanzas. Ia the early part of this week a quan? tity of arms was captured in the city of I Havana, said to belong to one Armen- ; teros, a resident of Tampa, ria. A desperate hattie is reported from Cardenas in the province of Matanzas, The insurgents drove the troops into the cemetery situated about a mile and a half from the city and killed and j wounded many of them. The Spaniards report the hattie, bur. allege that the insurgent werr' repulsed. A Churchman Steals Cora. RALEIGH, N. C , Ocr. 31. - A day or j two :-go a quantity of corn was stoics | {'rot?) ?? mii? in Orango county, and pur-] sui? of thc thieves was made. This h>-j resulted ir tho startling discovery t;:-r ! J-:rvi>. Williamson, .". white man of ti:-;' j county, v.-'::.) posed as an earnest church . member, was the head of an organized I gsog of thieves, the operations ot which ? he had conducted fur fifteen yrars. All j other members of the gang are negroes, j and Williamson and seven of tbem^ in j-ii! at Hillsboro,. Thursday's Earthquake. Feit From Canada to the Gulf-Shaky in Washington. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Thc seismo? graph at weather bureau headquarters recorded ao earthquake shock of at least 45 seconds duration here this morning, commencing at 3 minutes and 15 seconds after 6 o'clock. The instru? ment is Dot sufficiently elaborate to in? dicate the extent of the vibrations or their directions and makes no distinc? tion between tremors in vertical and horizontal planes, but Professor Mar? ven, tbe expert in charge, S'-^ys there is co doubt from the duration cf the shocks as shown by the instrument that they were cf sufficient magnitude to have been plainly perceptible to resi? dents in this vicinity. This is borne out by the fact that a number of Wash? ingtonians discussed the novel sensa- j tions they experienced early this morn? ing long before it was generally knowu that a seismic wave had traversed a considerable area of the United States. ID many houses, dishes were broken and pictures fell from the walls, but as far as can be ascertained, no damage bas occurred to any public or private property. Tho scientists cf tbe naval observa- j tory find that no magnetic variations ! accompanied the earthquake this morn? ing. The exceedingly delicate instru? ments of the magnetic laboratory, which io times of solar disturbances show minute details of the disturb? ances, have been unaffected by any un? usual influence in the past 24 hour?. The observatory being designed solely for securing accurate time for nautical purposes, bas no means invest igating terrestial phenomena. FROM LAKES TO GULF. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Midnight Reports received here up to this hour show that this morning's earthquake was felt in some degree tn all of that section of country between the Alle? gheny mounties io Pennsylvania and New York on the east and the States of Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Ar? kansas and Louisiana on the wc^. All I of the southern States except Texas and Florida note the presecce of the disturbance. Nothing has been heard of it ia eastern Pennsylvania or New York nor New England and nothing west of Kansas. No reports have beeu received of it thus far ia Maryland or Delaware, al thought if, was observed in Washington. Rain is reported nearly as universally to-day as the earthquake and a heavy gale prevails tonight on tbe middle and north Atlantic coast IN SOUTH CAROLINA GRANVILLE, Oct. 21.-This rcorn vng between 4 and 5 o'clock there was [a very decided earthquake shock felt ir. she city and is also reported from several sections of the country A gentleman .who .sras up ar, tho time said that there ?was the peculiar grinding and rumbling t noise and the straining of timbers of hi? house. 'WALHALLA, Oct. 31.-A shock o earthquake was feit here this morning abf?at 5 o'clock. The vibrations were .quite noticeable hy those who wen y.wake at that early hour. No ??amage .was done.. P?JSSPERITT, Oct. 31.-There was ; ? very distant earthquake shock here a I about 5 o'clock 5 it was from east t< :-west and lasted for 30 or 40 seconds A great many felt it here, ir cara< ; very near turning; over a wardrobe at Dr Ranter's. j| "SENECA, Oct. 31.-Several of onr I citizens report feeing a decided earth {.?quake this morr^lng, while a greai i tn a ny others <?ay they didn't notice ir. I ?VOCG th? best information I can ger, t if. must have been a little after o' ! .Relock. War of Turks and Ar? menians. GONSTACTINOPLE, October 29 -Ad? vices frog) Aleppo say there bas been continuous fighting in Marash, ninety miles northwest of Aleppo, for the last iii ree days between Turks and Armenians. No details of the disturbances are yet obtainable. The situation in the Asiatic provinces is generally one of great uneasiness A number of railway ?officials at I!g?i), on the Angora Railway, in? cluding German and British subjects have been captured by brigands. The number of captives and the amount of ransom demanded for 1 shem is! unknown t mesas.. xofwcamiaBaawaBaemKmssscJSBtsaaxxxmaaiaat Highest cf ali in Leavening Pcv, 4k JLL I w I THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thcu Aims't at, be tay,Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SODTHKO??, Established Jane, 13CG SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOTEEBER 6, 1895. New Series-Vol. XV. No 13.