Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Legislature at Work. A Session of Only Three Quarters of an Hour's Duration. Last year somebody remarked that it would be a cold day when the house held a session of only an hour's duration. Yesterday the cold day came and the house fu filled the prophecy and broke its ow? record by holding a session of less than an hour's duration It was rainy, cold and dreary on the outside and the members didn't seem to have much of a desire for work anyway. At one time it looked very much as if the fight over the bill to abolish the South Carolina Military academy was going to take place, but a ruling of the speaker on a point of order made by Mr Mellett sent the matter over to some later day-maybe to? day. Yesterday's was one of the most uneventful sessions the present house has ever held, though a good start was made by the killing ot one bill, and the passage of another to a third reading, it being ordered sent to the senate. The provision in the new Constitu tion, barring all kinds of special bills is beginning to get in its work The same day of the last session there were upwards of 40 new bil's intro? duced ; yesterday's record was only eight, and none of them weiu of very general interest. To day the house will very likely get down to work, for the committees are losing no time in considering and reporting upon the bills referred to them. The following was the most im portant bill introduced : By Mr. Hammett: To authorize and provide for the changing of the besti?n of the public roads, etc. This bill provides that the couuty boards of commissioners of the sev? eral counties of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to change the location of any of the public roads in any of the counties of this State, where in their judgment, steep hills and rough places in said roads can be avoided by so doing For the purpose of relocating such roads they shall have the power to call to their assistance a surveyor, who shall snrvey and lay off such roads under their direction. The said commie stoners shall have the power to con? demn the land so laid off where the .owner of said land will not give the right of way for such purposes Lost to Democracy. To the Editor of The State : The writer while being with you in all your struggles must now leave you and move his membership into the Republican camp and in doing so would like to give some reasons for the same, hoping they may induce other to do likewise. First, the . National Democratic party has proven itself utterly in? competent to run the government This must be admitted by all think? ing men. As soon as they got jnto power the entire business of the United States waned and the South suffered very seriously in every de? partment of business. Many farmers and merchants tc-day are bankrupt by their unwise legislation and thou? sands of men are out of employment. The manufacturing interests also suf? fered seriously ail over the United States, and there was no sign of improvement in the industries of our country UDtil it was seen that the Republican party would soon get into power. Second, this same old Democratic party brought on the war between the States by claiming to bs neutral and as soon as the war was fairly started the war Democrats went into the Union army and caused our de? feat The same party after the war was over, held out promises to the South and made her solid, which forced the Republicans to pass unwise legisla? tion, which did them no good and re? sulted in great harm to the South, and when the same old Democratic party got into power it did nothing for the South, save putting a few of her men into office. Third, the fear of negro rule is removed by the disfranchisement of 70,000 of them and white men can and will honestly differ. Fouth, the Republican party be? lieves in protection and no country needs it more than the South. Fifth, because the Republican party is the party of progress, which we need in the South. Sixth, because the Republican party is the party for good money and a plenty of it, hence, is the party for the farmer and laborer. Seventh, because the Republican party is greatly interested in the railroads of the South and should the intelligent people join in with them they will assist us by legislating 4to build up the waterpowere of the South and make their roads more profitable. These and many other reasons cause me to go into the Republican camp and the writer can't see how our Southern people can do other wise. Democrat of 1876. Sumter, Jan. 14. In going to get a drink stop and tkink what bargains in F?anos, Organs and SewiDg Machines are to be had at the Sumter Music House, in the Masonic Temple building. Hangs Over Charleston. The Metropolitan Police Sword Once More. Quite a stir was occasioned about the capitol yesterday when it became noised around tba* the governor had practically made op his mind to put Charleston under tbe control of metropolitan police. For several days it has been known that something < f this kind was liable to de? velop in a short time Yesterday morn? ing Mr. St. Julian Yates came up from Charleston in response to a summons, it is surmised, in connection with the mat? ter. The present stir seems to have been created by the failure of the new ad? ministration to retain Chief of Police Martin, and a good many other mat? ters bearing upon the enforcement of the dispensary*law in Charleston. When Governor Evans was asked about the matter yesterday he deolined to have anything to say for publication. It was ascertained, however, that the governor, while it. has been practically decided to give Charleston the metro? politan police, has held the matter in statu quo, io response to a telegram from the Charleston authorities asking for a conference in regard to the mat? ter. It may be only another scare, but Governor Evans seems to have con hiderable information of some kind, upon which he is about to act. To understand the matter fully, one would have to be familiar with the intricacies of Charleston municipal matters -The S:ate. - mt t i - On the 29th Ballot. Chicago Wins the Democratic Convention. Washington, Jan. 16 -The Demo? cratic uational convention will be held at Chicago on July 7. Such was the decision reached on the 29th ballot by the national committee to-day after a spirited contest io which Chicago won by a bare majority with St .Louis only two votes behind. It was practically a fight between the free silver forces OD the one hand and the hard money meo on the other. This statement cannot be taken as literally correct, for several silver men finally voted for Chicago, while other votes were cast for St. Louis by hard money men. As a mat? ter of fact, the vote which Chicago re? ceived was. as Mr. Smally of Vermont expressed it, "a natural one" inasmuch as it was cast by the States lying within the group known as the middle and west and east. St. Louis' vote might also be called equally natural since it came mainly from the southwest aud thc west. The free silver men who were bitterly hostile to New York, made St. Louis their rallying point and throughout the entire 29 ballots they were loyal to the oity of their choice. The splendid showing made by St. Louis surprised the best posted politicians at the Arlington hotel as it was believed last night and this morn? ing that she could not rally to exceed 15 or 18 votes ; that she whould then drop out of the race and that the fight vould narrow down to Chicago and Cincinnati. That she did stay in the race and io the concluding ballots steadily increased ber strength shows how admirably her forces, were dis? ciplined. New York's poor showing did not surpise any one who is familiar with the situation. It was not that the New York campaign was not cleverly man? aged, for ber delegation neglected no argument that could secure her the support of the committee. It was ob? vious yesterday afternoon that she could Dot win, but her representatives pluckily continued the fight io the face of certaio defeat. It was thought that Cincinnati might be the secood choice of a sufficient number of members to secure the prize, bot this hope was not realized At oo time duriog the day was Cincinnati a serious competitor aod at oo time did she secure more than 12 votes. Chicago begao with 6 votes aod it was oot uotil the 14th ballot that she increased them to 10. She re? mained practically at that figure until the 20th ballot wheo ber strength was iocreased to 13. Agaio she stood practically still uotil tbe 27th ballot, wheo her vote of 16 io the preoediog ballot was iocreased to 20. At that time St. Louis, which had begun with 19, had 21 votes. New York had falleo to 3 aod Ciociooati to 6, It was theo manifest that oot only had the fight narrowed down to Chicago aod St. Louis, but that Chicago's steadily io oreasiog gains iodicated her ultimate victory. This oame on the 29th ballot, wheo her vote of 21 io the 28th ballot was iocreased by 5, thus giving her a bare majority aod leaviog St. Louis a daogeroa8seoood with 24, while Ciocio? oati was reduoed to 1. New York's 4 votes on this ballot went to Chicago, as did also 1 of Cincinnati's. Venezuela Again. LONDON, JaD. 16.-In an article commenting upon the speech at Man? chester last night by Mr. A. J. Bal? four, first lord of the treasury, the St. James Gazette, this afternoon says : "Mr. Balfour does not give encour? agement to the diplomatic amateurs who are trying to get the Americans to believe that we are wrong and will end by knuckling down. "Those who have been led to believe that the Marquis of Salisbury intends to apply to Washington, askiDg it to be good enough to arbitrate or conciliate, are mistaken, and we certainly hope they have not been ^blc to lead Amer? ican opinion to share their errors. There is au increasing disposition both in London and in Washington to be? lieve that the dispute can be arranged by negotiations between the only gen? uine parties thereto, Great Britain aad Venezuela. "We have no quarrel with the old Monroeism, but if the senate insists upon setting up a new Monroeism which will render the United States absolute arbitrator of the affairs of the continent of which one third beloogs to Grent Britain, we certaioly cannot avert thc consequences by yielding. The issue, peace or war, lies with tbe Americans " The same view of the matter is taken by The Globe, which is skeptical as to the formation of a court of arbitration whose decisions would be sure to com? mand equal respect on both sides. -To this day," adds The Globe," "the Americans have not carried out the Bering sea award, and the arbitra? tors have no means of enforciog it.'' Newspaper Files. (From the Chicago Tribune.) A complete file of each of the news? papers that have been published in Chi? cago eioce the fire, in fact more com? plete than is to be found io many of the newspaper offices, is one-of the features of the Chicago Public Library When the editors of the various newspapers are appealed to io regard to articles that have appeared in their papers they with one accord refer the appli? cant to the Public Library. In addi? tion to persons so referred, there are a large number of people who, knowing of these files, are constantly wanting either the whole or a portion of the articles they have read, but failed to preserve Mauy of these requests are for articles of very recent date, and the area from which they come is only limited by the circulation of the Chica? go papers, together with such papers as make excerpts from them. There is probably nothing in the library that iii tbe source of more requests than these files of Chicago newspapers, and there is certainly nothing more closely guard? ed. This latter fact accounts for the file in the Public Library being more perfect than are many of those in the offices where tbe paper is published. It is not quite easy to understand why a person who would not think of tear? ing a page from a book will ruthlessly mutilate a newspaper file that is far more valuable. But the fact remains, and for this reason the newspaper fileii at the Public Library are constantlj guarded. Mo one is permitted to ex? amine them save under the surveillance of the guard. THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1900. Everything Will Be Done Upon a Grand and Immense Scale. In the Revue des Deux Mondes is a preliminary survey of thfc forthcoming* fcosmopolitan exhibition of 1900. It will be held on the Champs de Mars, a gTeat open space on the south? west extremity of Paris, already con? secrated by the presence of many simi? lar fairs. The French government sent ont their first announcement of the scheme on July 13, 1S92, and last summer the chamber of deputies voted a prelim? inary grant for tho expenses connected with a "best plan competition." The Champs Elysees will be considered part of the exhibition, and there is even a talk of including the immense square 'n front of the Invalides. Indeed, the scheme of construction provides- for a bread bridge which will join in per? manent fashion the Champs Elysees to the quay which runs on the river side of Napoleon's historic resting place. Architects, artists and builders were invited to send in plans and ideas. Every kind of liberty, in theory, was allowed to those who took part in this curious competition. Thus the best scheme did not necessarily require the retention pf the Eiffel tower or any other of the old exhibition buildings, with the notable exception, however, of the Trocadero. Everything will be done on an immense scale and if the ideas which at present prevail among* its promoters are carried . out the exhibition of 1900 will gradually absorb the whole of Paris, and even far off Vincennes will be utilized for all that concerns athletic sports, interna? tional-matches and Olympian games. As is natural, a great point will be made of anything relating to the past cen? tury, and the exhibition will be in more senses than one a centennial exposition. The army and navy sections will be of very great interest. After a period of four months those who had entered their names as being willing and anxious to enter the exhi? bition plan competition were told to send in their schemes. No one compet? itor fulfilled all thc conditions, so something will be taken from each of the eighteen best sets of plans and sug? gestions sent in. The Seine will play a prominent role in the esthetic side of th? exhibition, for it is proposed to recon? stitute on its left bank a portion of the Grand canal, Venice. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. ff. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C. -Agents for MOTT'S CIDER BED SEAL CIGARS, AND DOVE HAMS IMPROVE YOUR STOCK. rpHE THOROUGH BRED REGISTERED Jersey Bull formerly in the possession of Messrs. Jones & Bradford c?n now he found by all per? ?ons needing his services at ray Stables, Sumter, S. C. Sept. 18, 1895. H. H A RBY. ML I!. ???U DENTIST. office OVER STORE OF SUMTER DRY. GOODS COMPANY, Entrance on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2 Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUS TA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Nov. 17- 1895 Leave Wilmington Leave Marion)* Arrive Florence Leave Florence) Arrive Sumterjj Leave Sumter" Arrive Columbia No.55. P. M. *3 30 6 29 7 10 P. M. *7 45 8 53 P.M. 8 53 10 15 No 51 A.M. *3 29 4 33 No.52. A.M. *9 48 ll 05 No. 52 run9 through from. Charleston vii Central R. R., leaving Lanes 8 38 a. m., Man? ning 9 15 a. m., TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter g Leave rfumcer Arrive Florence? Leave Florence 2 Leave Marion Arrive Wilmington; No.54 AM. *5 20 6 43 A. M. 6 43 7 55 A. M. 8 25 9 06 ll 50 No.53. P.M. *4 40 5 58 No.50 P.M. *6 05 1 7 20 ?Daily. "{"Daily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C via Central R. R., arriving Manning 6 35p m., Lanes 7 12 p m., Charleston 8 52 p. m. Trains on Wilmington & Conway R. R, ieave Cbadbourn 10 20 a. m., arrive at Con? way 12 35 p. m., returning leave Conway at 2 30 p. m., ar-'ve Cbadbourn 5 00 p. m.. leave Cbadbourn . 35 p. m., arrive at Hub at 6 20 p. m., returni .ir ieave Hub 8 15 a. m , arrive at Cbadbourn 9.00 a. m. Daily ex? cept Sunday. JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen'! Supt. J. R KENLY, Gen'] Manager. T. M. ?-MERSON, Traffic Manager. Atlantic Coast Line, Manchester \k Augusta Railroad. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In effect November 17, 1895. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. fl5 No. *51. No. f57. Lv Bennettsville. Lv Darlington, Lv Elliott, Ar Sumter, Lv Sumter, Ar Creston, Ar Pregnalls, Ar Orangeburg, Ar Denmark, ?. M. 10 00 12 10 5 40 P. M. A. M. A. M. 6 16 7 25 8 12 8 55 33 22 5 47 6 20 A. M. A. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. f56 P. M. Lv Denmark, Lv Orangeburg, Lv Pregnuls, Lv Creston, Ar Sumter, Lv Sumter, 6 25 Ar Elliott, 7 08 Ar Darlington, 7 55 Ar Bennettsville, 8 54 P. M. No. *50 No.fl6 P. M. 4 17 4 51 b 16 6 05 P. M. A. M. 8 50 1 00 3 05 p. ?Daily. fPaily except Sunday. Trains 50 and 51 carry through Pullman Palnce Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta via Augusta. T. M. EMERSON, H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Ass't Gen. Pass. Agt J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. Atlantic Coast Line. North-Eastern R. R. of S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Nov. 17th. 1895. Le. Florence " Kingstree Ar. Lanes Le. Lanes Ar.Cbarl't'n NO.35 A. M. 3 24 33 33 25 M. NO 23 K. 45 50 09 09 ll 13 P. M. NO.53 * NO 61 * P. M. 7 05 8 40 P. M. A. M 8 20 9 38 10 00? 10 00 11 59 A. M TRAINS GOING NORTH. Le. Charl't'n Ar. Lanes Le. Lanes 11 Kingstree Ar. Florence NO.78 * 7 55 A. M. NO.32 * 7 20 'P. M NO.52 NO.60 * A. M. 7 00 8 35 ' A. M. ?Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Cen? tral R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. J. R. KENLY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager, Gen'l Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. TO ARRIVE DURING THE WEER, Say, on January 15th, One Car Load Horses. -llo|| AND One Car Load Horses. AND One Car Load Mules. About January 18th. H. BARBY. Jan. 15,1896. HEADQUARTERS FOR Bargains IS AT T. C. SCAFFE S, FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS WILL SELL AT 10 per cent. ABOVE COST All of his stock of China, Glassware, Willoware & Woodenware. Also entire Stock of Toys. -l|o|| {Silver JPlctteci Ware. A magnificent assortment at 25 cents per piece. This ia a leader. The Peerless Oil Cookiog Stove is the "latest model and best manufactured. The Wilson Trash Burner is the most convenieot and economical heater ever invented. As in the past, a full stock of the heft STOYES AMD RANGES Always on hand. Housekeepers can be suited, no matter what they may need in any of the lines handled by Scaffe. The Workshop is better equipped thau ever and every variety of Sheet Iron and Tin Work fumed out promptly. Stove Piping aod Tobacoo Flues manufactured to order of the very best mate riai. Piping made by Scaffe guaranteed to last longer than any other. Am prepared to estimate on Tobacco Flues, Furnaces, Doors and Frames. All sizes of Iron for Flues-Nos. 16 to 28. DRIVEN WELLS put down in any part of the county. Be9t pumps and ma? terial used, thirty inch points. Guarantee a good flow of water. Remember the old reliable and give him a call. T. C. SCAFFE. Dec 4 _ Webster's Unabridged FOR $2. Zn Full Leather Binding. For $1.50, In Heavy Cloth Binding. These prices are offered only to Subscribers to the Watchman and Southron Who pay one year in advance. It is an unprecedented offer and was never approached in this section. $3 -FOR K^fe You obtain the best weekly paper in the .^^^ State-eight pages of the latest news and miscellaneous reading and a Leather Bound Webster's Una? bridged Dictionary, former price of Dictionary $10. I have bought a lot of them at a reduced price and offer them at a still greater reduction as a premium. Remember that it is the UNABRIDGED WEBSTER and not a cut edition.. Come at once before the stock of Dictionaries is exhausted. Clubbing Rates : The Watchman and Southron has been able to make special Club Rates with the following named, well known papers and periodicals. The prices enumerated are in addition to the reg? ular subscription (?1.50 a year) of The Watchman & Southron: Home and Farm, 30c. Washington Post, 30c. Womankind, 15c. Cosmopolitan, 85c. Farm News, 15c. Munsey's Magazine, 85c. Atlanta Constitution, 55c. Standard Delineator, 85c. N. Y. Thrice-a-Week World, 60c. These prices are strictly cash in advance in conjunction with subscription to the Watchman & Southron. Send remittances to A. G. OSTEEA, SUMTER, S. C.