The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 01, 1896, Image 6
"To Make Angels Weep."
The Spectacle of the Cruelly
Deserted Armenians.
London, Dec. 29 -Dr. Henry S
Lunn, editor of The Review of the
Churches, and Percy W. Banting,
editor of The Contemporary Review,
have addressed the following communi
otation to ali editors in England and
America :
"We enclose extracts from a letter
from a private friend who spent several
months of this year in Armenia and
who is one of the first authorities on
the question, as you would admit were
we at liberty to publish bis name. May
we beg you to insert these in the next
issue of your paper. Yours faithfully,
"Henry S. Lunn,
"Editor of The Review of Churches.
"Percey W. Bunting.
"Editor of the Contemporary Re
vie w.r
Any allusion to Armenia upsets me.
I am ashamed, excited, indignant when
I think of what I saw in that country
and of Che confidence with which Icon
soled qualing women, weeping men,
with hopes that England wou!d see them
through their difficulties, and the words
of heartfelt thicks they uttered, often
upon their kuees in the fields or on the
hillsides and the childlike messages of
anticipatory gratitude which they asked
me to deliver to the English people now
burn and rankle within mc like ac
evenomed wound.
The European powers are playing a
farcical representation round the graves
of a Christian people. If conduct
similar to theirs were to be pursued by
an individual in private life, it would
be visited with social ostracism and
wocld brand bim with an indelible
Cain's mark of infamy. Fancy a man's
neighbors parading about the doors of
his house while he and his children
run frantically from room to room and
from window to window, imploring
them to save them from the devonring
flames. We have pity on a rat if we
hear of its protracted and hopeless ef?
forts to escape from burning, but men
and women, boys and girls are killed
pecemeal, are laughed at-that is what
it has come to.
The governments of Europe are a
speoecaole to make angles weep. They
guard the gates of Turkey, so to say,
solemnly declaring that whatever may
happen to the Christians, however dia?
b?lica'! ly they may be tortured to death,
nothing shall happen to the Turks
they, at any rate, must and will be pre?
served from barm. Is it a wonder,
then, that the Turks should set about
fulfilling their threat of wiping out
Armenia in Armenian blood ? Every
one knew that the threat would be ful?
filled. Consuls reported to their gov?
ernments that the departure of the
European delegates from Moush would
mark the begsnning of the blood bath,
and newspapers gave the propheoy
publicity. Appeals to the public to
iBsist on precautionary measures were
multiplied, and at last mere verbal
warning gave place to unmistakable
signs and preparations. But diplomacy
turned a deaf ear (the Armenians are
. nobody's kith and kio) Were they
Greeks or Bu?gariacs, Magars or Servs,
they would have high aod powerful
protectors, who tellingly talk of the
primary duty of protecting brothers and
Christians. Even Abyssinians are
brethren, and orthordox when political
calculations come in. But Armenians !
And so none of these governments in?
sisted on the execution or even dis?
missal of Zekki Pasha and the authors
of the Sa8souo savagery. Nay, they
were decorated and honored by the
sultan as an encouragement to others to
go and do likewise. And now others
have gone out and out Ileroded Herod,
and no one seems shocked. * People are
only interested to get the latest news of
Sivas or Trezibond, or wherever the lat?
est massacre bas occurred, at their break
fast table early. Few persons take
even a remote interest in the Armenian
question on the continent, aL? those
few are the advocates of Turkey The
Austrain press, said to be paid by the
Turkish government, impudently denies
the Sa8S0un massacre, and accuses the
Armenians of having attempted to
butcher the Kurds and Turks. The
German press is the bearer of the same
kind of culture to its readers, and in
both these countries the public knows
positively nothing about the Armenian
question. The Russian papers, be?
ginning with the Novoya Vremya,
cracks jokes at the Armenians,and in the
last number which I have read, asks :
"Why should we Russians sacrifice a
single soldier for the sake of Armenian
bankers and millionaires, who are much
better eff than we are ourselves, to say
nothing of British and American alli?
gators who have so cleverly got up the
Armenian comedy ?"
A couple of regiments of soldiers
or Cossacks is what is wanted. They
wouid set matters right in a few days.
But even if the whole English-speaking
people should rise and demand these,
would it be accomplished ?
The Japenese parliament was opened
at Yokohama with the reading of the
speech from the throne by the emperor.
His majesty expressed joy at the glo?
rious ending of the war with China.
The empire had already made striking
progress, he said, but it still badja long
and arduous task to perform. The em?
peror concluded by saying that meas?
ures would be introduced to increase the
empire's defenses.
Cotton Acreage for 1896.
A Timely Circular to Farmers by
the Memphis Cotton
Exchange.
Memphis, Tenn. Dec 24.-At a
general meeting of the Memphis cot?
ton exchange, held Dec. 23,1895, the
following resolutions were unani?
mously adopted :
The cotton crop of 1894 95 aggre?
gated the enormous total of 9,901,
251 bales, and greatly exceeded the
requirements of the world's manu?
facturers The marketing of this
enormous crop deptessci prices to
such an extent that values were the
lowest known in the past 50 years
The commercial value of the total
crop was $297,037,530, and only ex?
ceeded the short crop of 1892 93
?12,272,081, although the production
was 3,200,886 bale greater This
enormous crop with its proportion?
ately low price, netted the producer
less money than will the present crop
with a smaller acreage and a produc?
tion of nearly one-third less in bales.
It having been practically demon
strated by the results of the present
season that a small crop of cotton
actually brings to the producer more
money than an extremely large crop,
and that the southern cotton pro?
ducers having grown their supplies
at home, thereby making cotton the
. surplus, or money crop, are generally
in better financial condition than they
have been in years, it. is unquestion?
ably to the interest of farmers not to
produce a crop greater than the re?
quirements of manufacturers. The
growing of a large crop of cotton
entails proportionately greater ex?
penses than a small crop. The culti?
vating, ginning, freight, etc., in
marketing the additional hale is an
immense item, especially so when
prices are depreciated by the fact that
the crop is a large one. Experience
of the past has demonstrated that in
a large crop year, with depreciated
prices of cotton, rental and realty
values also depreciate, whereas, with
a small crop and better prices, rental
and realty values improve proportion?
ately. The high rang'* of prices
which have prevailed this season as
compared to last season has been, we
fear, the means of stimulating on the
part of planters a desire to increase
the acreage of cotton for the com?
ing year, and consumers are now
holding off in laying in a supply of
the staple under the belief that an in?
crease in the acreage will depreciate
present prices and enable them to
get what they need at lower values
Another matter for the farmers to
bear in mind, is that at the present
time when there is a remote possibil?
ity of a war, if such should occur,
the inevitable result thereof would be
to depreciate the value of cotton and
appreciate the value of all food crops;
therefore be it.
Resolved, That the Memphis Cot?
ton Exchange urgently recommends
to the producers that the production
of home' supplies be made the first
consideration in planting operations
for the coming year, and the acreage
of cotton be not increased over that
of last year
Resolved, That we approve and
indorse the American Cotton Grow?
ers' association for bringing about
the reduction in the acreage of the
crop now being marketed, and we
respectfully ur?e the Hon. Hector D
Lane, the president, and his coad?
jutors, the presidents of the various
cotton States of said association, to
urge it again upon the attention of
the cotton producers of the south
Resolved, That the various cotton
exchanges throughout the south be
and are hereby requested to co-ope?
rate with this exchange in this matter
and that the southern newspapers are
also requested to publish these resolu?
tions.
I. McD. Massey, President.
Henry Hotter, Secretary
Canning for Home Use.
H. E. Johnson, Esq , of Bethel
township, has handed the Enquirer a
can of tomatoes put up by himself
and his brother, Mr. S. N. Johnson,
for home use. It was taken at ran?
dom out of a lot of about 500 cans
and a practical test has shown it to
be in every respect up to the highest
standard. Esquire Johnson explains
that he and his brother went into the
canning business last summer as
very green amateurs. They invest?
ed not exceeding $15 for an outfit,
and the balance of the expense was
for cans They followed directions,
and put up tomatoes beans, damsons,
grapes, and even apples. The ap.
pies, of course, were only as a mat?
ter of experiment. Everything ex?
cept the corn has saved as nicely as
could be desired. The loss on to?
matoes has not averaged 2 per cent,
and the loss on the ether vegetables
mentioned has been but a little
greater. As the result, at a very
small outla}*, the Messrs. Johnson
hare had all the vegetable they de?
sired for home consumption, still
have more than enough on hand to
last them during the winter, and they
are confidently looking forward to
canning operations next summer, on
a larger, scale, as a profitable busi?
ness.- YorkviUe Enquirer.
The record of remarkable cures effected
enables us truthfully to say that Hood's
Sarsaparilla is the ODly true blood puri?er
prominently io the public eye today.
A Horrible Case.
Story of Crime, a Woman's
Degradation and a Mob's
Fiendish Vengeance.
-
; LEBANON, Ky., Dec 29.-A mob in?
flicted bombie vengeance on a faithless
; womau and her paramour last night
! when they burned Mrs. T. J. West,
alive aod killed W. A. Dever, her
paramour, al Mrs. West's house on
: Cartwright's creek, on the Springfield
I pike, three miles north of this city.
I The mob is said to have numbered
I about 75 and it was about 12 o'clock
j when they appeared at Mrs. West's
! house. Mrs. West, Dever and his
I little daughter were the only persons io
j the house and when the mob called
I Dever to come out, Mrs West and the
i little girl responded, but Dever remain
; ed inside. Just as Mrs. West reached
I the door several shots were fired at ber
j and she ran back in the house, but the
! child remained on the outside. The
j mob then fired several shots in the
; house, none of which took effect, aod
: after several attempts to get Dever to
I come cur, the mob fired the building.
I The intense heat fioally furced Dever
i to ruo out, and with pistol in hand he
j started to a cornfield a few steps from
i the bouse, where he took shelter be
i hiud a corn shock and was shot to
I death. Mrs. West perished io tue
; burning house and this morning her re
j malos were found in the chimney, where
j she had taken refuge. The legs and the
! upper portion of the body were almost
; entirely burned off.
i The little girl gave the aiarru this
! mcroing, but only meagre information
i can be gained from her.
W. A. Dever is the man who shot
; and killed T. J. West, husband of the
burned woman at Beaver Green, on
\ Cartwright's creek, December 7. Dever
i had a preliminary hearing and was re
j leased on the ground of self-defense
' Thc kiiiing is thought to have beeo
caused by intimacy on the pirt of Dever
and West's wife. After Dever was re?
leased he was charged with living with
the women. It is said Dever had been
warned that he would be killed if he
did not leave. He is from Knoxville
and leaves a wife and several children.
Mrs. West also leaves a large family.
The coroner's jury has so far failed to
return a verdict. West acid bis wife
had been living apart for some time and
bis wife bad instituted divorce pro?
ceedings. She had been induced to
withdraw suit, however, and West was
on his way to town to see about the
matter wheo he saw Dever. He snap?
ped a pistol twice at Dever after accus?
ing him of adultery with Mrs. West,
when Dever drew his gun and despite
West's plea for mercy, shot and killed
him and ran away, but returned when
j the coroner returned a verdict; of justi
! fiable homicide, and renewed his rela
! tions with Mrs. West.
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Bandits in Mississippi.
j JACKSON, Miss , Dec. 22.-J. F.
j Smith, a prosperous merchant doing
I a family grocery business in the
western suburbs of Jackson, was
; murderously assaulted last night by
! three negroes and left for dead.
They called at thc store about 10
o'clock for some tobacco on credit.
Smith declined to sell that way, and
they knocked him in the head with a
coupling pin, cut hip throat and
threw him off the gallery. Re-enter?
ing the store they ransacked the
cash drawer, but got nothing, and
then went to his bed room, where
Mrs. Smith was sleeping, choked her
into insensibility, stole a pistol and
left. Smith regained consciousness,
gave the alarm, told the names of
his assailants, and the police had two
well-known negro toughs bj' morn?
ing, but one scaled the jail yard and
escaped in five minute s after com
mitment. The excitement in the
neighborhood is intense and hun?
dreds have visited the scene. Physi?
cians say Smith's skull is cracked
i and that the gap in the throat is
i serious, so that recovery is doubtful,
j This is the second assault of this
i nature within a month.
j We saw a statement some time ago
I that a farmer in Forsyth county had
I shipped thirty-five bushels of hickory
i nuts to the Vanderbilt est?tes near
! Asheville, where they were to be
! planted. Thirty-five bushels of nuts
; will plant a pretty large tract of ground
\ and give in time a royal forest. The
fact, that Mr. Vaoderbilt shows such a
1 peference for the hickory tree indicates
that he carries a pretty level head on
; the tree question, for the hickory is ?
; very handsome tree, aside fro^i its val?
ue as timber or a nut bearer, either of
which commends it, and either of
which makes it a tree worth cultivat?
ing Mr. Vanderbilt's idea is doubt?
less to add to tba beauty and attrac?
tiveness of bis*grounds by growing this
hickory forest, rather than to make it a
source of revenue, but the man who
plants these trees io sufficiedt number
will find them a very profitable invest?
ment when large enough to yield either
nuts or timber, for there is always sale
for the nuts, if properly selected, and
with the decreasing supply there is an
increasing demand for the timber. The
hickory, the walnut and the pecan are
trees that the North Carlina farmer
should nurse.- Wilmington Star.
Hood's Pills are the best family cathartic
and lirer medicine. Harmless, reliable,
sure.
FIRS AT BISHOP VILLE.
The Stables of Mr. W. L. Parrott
Burned.
BISHOPVILLE, Dec. 26.-The barn and sta?
bles of Air. W. L. Parrott were burned yes?
terday. The fire originated from fire work?,
which bad been set off in the vicinity HS a
part of the Christmas celebration. At least
this ?3 the supposition, as there was no known
cause, and this appears to t?e the only reason
able theory.
Mr. Ptirrott's loss will amount to about
two to three hundred do'lars. The ex-?ct
loss is not known and the figures given above
are but a rough estimate.
?gi-?- -
! THE WAREHOUSE COLLAPSED
A Small Wind Does Great Damage
At Lamar.
Special to Daily [tem :
LAMAR, S. C., Dec. 27.-The tobacco ware
; house here was blown down yesterday after
! noon. The house wis not sufficiently braced
I and it did not take much wind to make it
I collapse. It was not a surprise to those that
knew how the house wa3 constructed.
G. W. Morris, Esq.. and sons, Chas, and
Robt., are spending this week in Atlanta.
Dr. J T. Watson and wife returned last
night from Marion where they had gone to
I attend the funeral of the father of tue fortn
I er. E. B.T.
1
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When a person is losing flesh and wasting
j away there is cause for alarm. Nothing so
j worries a physician. Consumptives would
never die if they could regain their usual
; weight. In fact there would be no consmp
1 tion if there were no wasting of the system.
! Thc cause of this loss of flesh isa failure to
j properly digest the food eaten. Nine-tenths
; of all cur diseases date back to some derange?
ment of the stomach.
I The Shaker Digestive Cordial will stop this
j wasting of the body. It acts by causing the
: food we eat to be digested so as to do good,
? for undigested food does more harm than
; good. The Cordial contains food already
digested and a digester of foods as well.
j Every mother^hates to make her children
: take Castor Oil. Laso! is sweet Castor Oil.
- I US" -?I>o-^.lLIII?? -
God give us men ! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, turo faith and
ready bands.
Men whom the lust of office does not kill ;
Men whom the spoils of office cao not buy ;
Men who possess opinion and a wiil ;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without
wicking ;
Tall men, sun-crwned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking.
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn
creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, lo ! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice
sleeps.
The Berlin Boersen says that the
American government is negotiating
with leading banka io Berlin for a loan
of ?200,000,000.
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long und perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medi?
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freeing the system from mu!ari;U poison. Head?
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to Electr e Tatters. 50c. and $1.00 per bottle
at J - V?'. DcLurme's Drug Store. !
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The norn, entitled ''The Hand of Fate,'
hy Miss Krtte Lilly Blue, cf Marion. C.. is i
or sale hy H G. Osteen & Co.
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