The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 15, 1896, Image 1

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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1350. "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 SOUTKKON, Established Jane,l2G6 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1898. New Series-Yoi. XV. No 38 Published Every "STc?nes?ay, -BY IST. CS-. Osteeiij SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : 9,1 50 Der nanum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion..SI 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made Kt reduced rates. Ali communications which 3ubsevT-i> private interests will beebareed foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect wili be charged for. . BESE Toe the Mark. A Letter Which Seems to Mean Busiis-ess. The circular letter seat out. by the "State board of control to "che county dis? pensers will prove interesting to those who&eep track of the irciskey business . iu this "State It is as follows : "The dispensary law under which (you have hitherto worked became a nullity on the 31st of March, and you -are now operating under a new law en? acted by the recent legislature, and un? der that act you are amenable solely to the State board of co?itrol. The board is composed of five oternbers, who are charged with a general management of the dispensary business, und from whom you wili hereafter receive all orders aud instructions. You must .send to the State board of control (and not to the commissioner or State treas? urer) the following-: AU orders for liquors, beers and wines; all invoice? of empty bottles shipped by "you. with bill lading attached; all claims for short? age on invoices needing correction. "Your weekly statement ot sales and . cash account and ^url'cate remittance to StatV treasurer, your monthly, re? ports on forms "A'1'' and "B" and your quarterly reports os-ust also' be seot to the State board of control. You must remit on Monday of each week to the 1 State treasurer. To no one else must you send any reports, save the original weekly remittance blank to the Siate treasurer When your orders for ship? ments are received hy the State bosrd of control, they wifl be turned over to the commissioner, whose duty it will be to ship them and ^end you invoice for same. But it acy corrections are to fee made o?- shortages on any invoice claim? ed-you must report the same to the ^State board of contre!, and not to the commissioner. "Ship no more ensipty cases and also refrain from shippicg empty bottles un? til further orders fro*? the board. Yoi: cause not speculate cn your bottle pur? chases, as the rule allowing you to pur? chase is for the benefit of the parties -selling, and not for your profit. This rule will be strictly enforced.'' 4*The State board of control are un? alterable in their determination to rig? idly enforce the dispensary law, and they expect you to live <qp to every fea? ture cootera plated io the act. Their administration of the law will be doue .fearlessly and without favor, aod, we ifaope, always tempered with justice. The trust reposed io yo? is a most im? portant one. and you are charged with ihe-sacred-task of preserving the mor? ality of that class of your community t&at is addicted to as interoperate use of intoxicant-s >by rigidly enforcing the provisions of* a law which elearly con? testates a betterment of t&e morals ol the people by arioimiziug tfce use ol iotozicants by gil, and absolutely plac? ing them, so far as ts in yosr power, beyond the reach of inebriates aod mi? nors fi "Yo<a must not ?.How any ioaing cr driokiag on your premises, and your hearty co operatioa in our efforts tc faithfully carry out the true spirit and intention of the dispensary law wiU re? ceive our approbation."-The State. Po Oust Elliott. Washington, April 8 -House com? mittee on elections No. 3, Mr. Call, of Massachusetts chairman, to-cav decided four contested election cases The case ot Murray against Eiiiott, from the First South Carolina district, was decided in favor o Murray, colored Republican, thc con? testant. In the case of Johnston vs Stokes, from the Seventh South Caro? lina district, it is recommended that Mr. Stokes retain his seat. In the case of Kearly (Pop.) against Abbott, (Dem ) from the Sixth Texas district, was decided io favor of Mr. Abbott, the sitting mem? ber. Tn the case of Ratcliffe, (-fop.) against Williams (Dem.) from the Fifth Mississippi district, the con? testant failed to appear ?ind the com? mittee unanimously recommended that Mr. Williams retain the seat. Li Hung Chang, Viceroy of China, who will shortly visit Europe, has aban? doned his intention of touring the United States. k Cabans Encouraged The Resolutions Will Have a Good Moral Effect. Habana, April S. via Key West. April S.-The Cabans are greatly encourager} by the action of con? gress. They fray it is certain to have a good moral effect, and hope for practical benefit also. Members of good families are leaving the towns and cities in great ; numbers to join tho insurgents. The severe enforcement of Weyler's de? crees is drivirjg many to take the Meld. The soverncient has Btiil failed to crush Maceo in the western province. He is west of the strong line between Martel and Majana, but several parties ! have crossed sod entered Habana pro? vince. Lacret with 3,000 raen has en? tered from the east. All the wires west and sooth are cut and no accurate Dews of the movements of the insur? gents is obtainable. The government, has been silent four days, although it is known here that several important engagements "have been fought. The hospitals are crowded with wounded and sick soldiers. Now that the yel? low fever season is beginning, there is no room for v?3tims. The prisons ?re also "Siled with political suspects. Tbe j government was obliged to transfer \7G from Cabanas fortress to the city j prisons. ? Gomez was last reported in St-nta ??lara province, moving in the direction j C? Signanca vaiiey. His forces eoter j ed the important town of San Juan do j Ins Yeras, taking supplies and amrpuni j tion The troops shut themselves in forts and allowed the town hall and sev? eral other, buildings to be burned Refugees from the town have arrived in Hanchueio. The small Spanish gunboat Alvara? do was badly damaged by tho rebel fire in attempting to enter the port of Marabi, near Baracoa. The balls shut? tered the rudder, penetrated the deck? house plating and traversed the sides. The gunboat returned the attack three times, but finally went to Baracoa for repairs The official report says one ?sailor was wounded Dering a night attack upon the town of Hoyo Colorado, about 15 miles west of Habaua, the Spanish troops-shot and killed four women and two children and wounded others. The troops occupied four forts. The insurgents entered the town, crawling on bands and knees, fired-upoo the forts, burned a number of houses and retired The troops later seeing a group of people on the princi? pal street, fired a volley from the fort., .mistaking the women and children for insurgents, owing to the darkness. The accident is greatly depior-ed. Seven prisoners of war onde mn ed to be short io Cabanas fortress last ? Monday morning have been respired., j pendingthe vote of the houee* Their ' j lives will probably be saved, a? I can j learn no date has been set for ibe exe ' j.cation. The general belief is that j since the.action of congress co more j insurgents will be publicly shot under .j the bandit decree. There is nothing j new in the cases of Walter Dygert and j other American citizens imprisoned. mmr> ? i - - j Habana's Bad Snowiag, j iQaarantine, S. I., April 8.-Health Officer Doty arrived this morning from Habana and Mexico on the Ward line ' steamer Orizabo, Al Mexico, Presi? dent Diaz afforded Dr. Doty every op? portunity to inspect the sanitary ar_ 1 j raegemeots of the city. The doetor \ retrained in the city five days and visi? ted the hospital??, .the board of health and inspected the sewers and other sanitary arrangements. He says no typhus fever existe, 'but that there are many cases cf small pox, which dis eas is cot restricted la any way. The sewer sr/stem is extremely inefficient, but President Diaz has made every ef? fort to ieaprov the system. All the new sanitary works are piaced in the hands of Dr. Edward Licea^a. who was a fermer vice president of the American Health association. Dr. Liceaga and President Dias are very much interested io these improvements j and believe that they will add to thc security of public h jahn, j Dr. Doty arr-ived in Habana on Aprii j 2 Habana in an extremely bad saoi j ta ry condition. The sewers ali ?ead j tc the bay, which is almost land locked i with but a slight rise und fal! of the j tide, and receives the sewage, which fills the harbor. Thc wharves are infected and thc vessel loading and discharging there are liable to the in? fection. Although at present the number of cases of yellow fever \u Habana is small, the season has hardly begun. There is very little doubt that the num? ber cf cases will increase, owing to the political conditions which necessitates the presence of a large force of fresh j troops from Spain. These are unac ! climated, and a large percentage of them ! will probably succumb to tho disease While in Habana, Dr. Doty wa.> ir, consultation with Dr. Burges?, thc United Stares marine hospital inspector, who is ssident of that city. Ile visited { ? various hospitals and saw a few cases of yellow fever. He ru ie; arrangement with Dr. Burgess to ct!- ! force cr rr nin regulations similar to ? those in force I ?st season to prevent the introduction nf that disease into the j pnrr of 2sV.? York 0:? May I, nest, j all passengers from Habana who fail to ? present certificates of acclimation from j Dr Burgess will be required to stay j io quarantine until the expiration of J the usual incubation period of yellow fever, five days That is, five days after leaving Habana. - SENATOR IRBY'S VIEWS, At an early hour this morning, Sen? ator Irby was seen in his room Wfcat do you think of the result of thc committee meeting '! lt seems to be a drawn hattie. ? made the best fight I could for the Democracy of the State. I made a speech favoring the resolutions offered by General Gray, pledging participants in the primaries to abide the result as to the platform and nominees of the national Democratic coovention. Mr. Sligh urged vigorously the adop? tion of his resolution, and it seemed a contest between these two, but the com? mittee was unwilling to make a choice, if then; had been any way by which a test vote could have been forced be ! twee bolting and anti-bolting the latter ! would have won, because there was an unmistakable opposition to bolting the national ticker. I don't think there was a member cf the committee who favored boliiog. There was only one Conservative on the committee-Mr. Gadsden of Ch artes ton. He made a pceniiarly attractive and impressive speech. Sever:.! of the members have since spoken to mc in re Terence to it. The sentiment of rho committee seemed to be that' it was a contest among leaders and they were unwilling to take any sides. In fact, one of the speakers said, "if you adopt Mr Sligo's resolution it. wiil be construed as a victory for Senator Tillman ; if Gen. Gray's resolution is adopted, it will be Irby's victory ;" hence they com? promised upon the resolution of Senator Efird, which in effect, provides for a re? organization, subject, to the provisions of the Democratic constitution, viz : that no white man shall participate in the primary clubs who is not a known Democrat, or a negro who has not voted the Democratic ticket continuously since 1876. This must be taken in con? nection with, the rules of the party, that are of full effect since their adoption in 139-i The effect of such rules is to require a pledge on the parr, of the ap? plicant for membership to abide the result of the convention. The reso? lution of Mr. ESrd does not say so in so many words, but. as the chairman of the party, { say that, thes?' rules are still of force at)d have not been abro? gated by the action of the last State convention or by the action cf the com? mittee to-night, and the Democrats of of the State ought to see to it that none but Democrats participate in the election of delegates to the county conventions. Any voter, I don't care whether he is white or black, who is not willing to abide the result, accord? ing to my interpretation, is not a "known Democrat" as contemplated, by the constitution of the Democratic party of this State. This thing of white men "bullying around" and theatening to bolt the party ought to be rebuked, and now is just about as good a time for it as I know. I am sick and tired of tempor? izing with whiners and men who arc jj not satisfied with the management ajjd leadership cf the party. ? know this is pretty strong talk, but ?he sooner we know who we are it will be the better for all parties concerned and the Demo? cracy of the State. ? If we badi not have temporized, in '92 and '9-i you would not see all these kickers or hear so much about Jeffer? sonian Democracy now. Do you think the negroes wili make any opposition to the Democratic ticket j ii; this State this fall ? ? do. There is very grear, danger, and who could blame them with ali this treasonable talk going on among men who should in all consciences bc loyal to the party. There are very able men who are leading tho negroes to this State ; Miller, Smalls, Wigg cod many other?, to say nothing of their white allies, are abie men and are watching for and will take all the chances in sight. ? understand ?hey passed a resolution in convention to? day looking to this very end. The people of the State will be surprised when they realize the number of regis? tered negro voters in thc Stufe. A ne? gro can be taught lo write mechani? cally, his name, io a night. There are hundreds of then) who own s800 worth of property. This is a right that cannot be taken away from them by manipulation or fraud, because it was supposed to be an adjustment of the suffrage in the State. If they have 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 or 40,000 reg? is! red vote--, however, distasteful ir may be, how are you going to keep them from being counted. ] suppose, senator, yo?? w??] fcc found o tba stump when tue eampaign opens ' I v, III be round there and nothing l<\ss rh au r h o verdict of :!;<: people will satisfrae. I know thai politicians don't i i lc o me, bur I don't hold their c mn:lesion. I am not a tool of anv one and ara swinging on nobody's coat? tails. A primary ejection is what I want, ir; which Jill thc Democrats of the Slate can participate, and whatever their verdie'' may be ? shaii be satisfied. - i ne totara, a'r.. Anti-Lynchmg in Oliio. Columbus, 0 , April S.-The sen? ate to-day concurred in the Smith anti-lynching bili, and it is a law. The bill wa? written by Judge Albion W. Tourgee. It makes any county whose officials permit a lynching to occur liable to the family of the victim for damages. The bill takes its name from II. C. Smith, a colored representative from Cleve? land, who championed the measure, and is the result of several lynchings of colored men in Ohio in the last three years. -uTO- -Cl ?? - Bebels Everywhere. Habana, April ?0.-Insurgents at? tacked the town of Guir de Melena, province of Havaua, in considerable uurabers last night. They attempted to deceive thc garrison with cries of "Viva Espa?a," and ibo bugle calls employed by the Spani-h troops. The ruse did nor '.vor!:, however, and thc rebels V7cre repulsed with some losses. The insurgents burned the Victoria esta'-: near the town. They are be? lieved to belong to thc party of Nunez The alcalde of Guira reports that the rebels arc moving west towards Alqui zar Another party of rebels burned the town of San Matias, situated near the coast, east of Habana. There are said to be 3.000 insurgents in the vicinity of San Miguel, between Habana and Matanzas The leader of this force is not known. Guayabal, near ihe western line of the province of Habana, has been bum? ed by the insurgents. The official report of the fight on the Fermina ranch, near Jovellanos, states that -Le rebels lost eight killed. The troops lost seven wounded. The Span? iards pursued the rebels, and ?D skir? mishes killed 18, without ioss to them? selves. Thirty-four volunteer?, while forag? es near Camajuani. were attacked by 140 rebels, who used machetes. A lieutenant and four volun-teers were killed and a lieutenant was wounded. A band of rebels, commanded by In glesito and others, entered the town of Bermija, province of Matanzas, and de? spite the heroic resistance of the troops in the fort, sacked some and burned a few houses. The rebels numbered OOO and were well mounted. Large numbers of rebels arc coming j West. The cohimn commanded by General Oliver attacked a rebel camp near Ramedio on Sunday last. The enemy was ambushed fifty metres from the camp The rebels threw dynamite bombs and fired explosive shells. The Spaniards lost a captain and four sol? diers killed and one lieutenant and 25 soldiers wounded. * THE TROCHA THREATENED. Habana, April 10.-According to reports received here, there have been a Dumber of engagements between the insurgents and Spanish forces at differ? ent parts of the Spanish torcha, and a decisive encounter between the rebels under Maceo and Spanish troops is ex? pected to occur very soon Twenty five thousand troops are stationed along the linc between Mariel and Majana, and are kept underarms night and day. The troops forming the garrison at Guanajay expected that an attack would bc made by the rebels last night, aud in anticipation of sueh an event the stores in ?he place were all closed, and thc troops remained on duty all night. Col. Hernandez reports a battle be? tween his command and parties of reb? els under Masso and Acea, near thc trocha in the vicinity of Las Oaoas. The insurgents lost four killed. Ti:e Spanish gunboat Alerta and the fort of Cabanas, on the north eoasr of J the province of Pinar del Rio, have had a battle with thc enemy's forces. GOMI:Z ALIVE: Madrid. April 10. - A dispatch from Habana, to the [mparei! says that Cap? tain Genera! We vier, in discussing trie Cuban reform movement wiri: some leaders of reformist party, declared that cl pair: reaffirmed the impossibility of even thinking of reform until the island shouid bo pociSed by force of arms. Thc dispatch alf o says that i- is now definitely known that the rebe! loader Gomez is alive, despite the many recent reports of his death. Tin: PEARL NOT CAPTURED. Key West, Fia., April 10.*-The re- j ported capture of the schooner Pearl ' by a Spanish cruiser, was a mistake. 1 Tiie schooner is now ashore near Turtie i harbor. The steamer Geo. W Childs, of ? filibustering fame, has bien chartered j co go to her assistance, and left to-day j for that purpose. The Veto and its Effect Have the Magistrates any Actual Powers Now? The vetoing by the governor of the act entitled, "To provide for the ap? pointment of magistrates and to define their jurisdiction, powers and duties," '.viii probably sesult in trouble before the matter can be finaiiy adjust? ed. That act was passed in obedience to sections '20 and 21 Gr article 5 of the constitution, which reads as follows: Sec. 20. A suf?cieot number of magistrates shall be appointed and commissioned by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the sen? ate, for each county, who shall hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. p]ach magistrate shall have the power, under such regulations as may now or hereafter be provided by law, to apopint one or more consta? bles to execute writs and processes is? sued by him. The present triai justi? ces are declared magistrates as herein created, and shall exercise the powers : and duties of said office of magistrate until their successors shall be appointed I and qualified. Each magistrate shall receive a salary, to be fixed by the gen- ! eral assembly, in lieu of ali fees in j criminal cases. Sec. 21. Magistrates shall have ju- 1 risdiction in such ea^es as the general i assembly may prescribe : provided, : sr:ch jurisdiction :-hall nor extend to ' cases whe?e the value of property in ; controversy, or trie1 amount claimed, j exceeds 3100. or to cases where the ; title to reai estate is in question, or to cases in chancery. They sha!! have j exclusive i urisdictioo in such criminal r ... ! cases as tue general assembly may pre? scribe; provided, furrier, such jurisdic- | tion shall not extend to cases where the punishment exceeds a ?ne of ?100 or j imprisonment; for 30 days. Io criminal ; matters beyond their jurisdiction to try, they shall sit as examining courts and commit, discharge or (except in capi? tal cases) recognize persons charged ; with such offences, subject to such re- ; gulations as the general assembly may ; orovide. They shall also have the power to bind over to keep the peace | and for good behavior for a time not to : exceed 12 months A prominent 'lawyer of the Columbia bar was seen by a representative of j The State and his views on thc subject ; were obtained. "Since the governor has vetoed this bill." said the lawyer, "I hardly think the magistrates now have any authority. Section 20 -tates, 'the present trial jus? tices are declared magistrates as herein created, and shaii exercise the poweis ; and duties o? said office of magistrate ; until their successors shall be appointed j and qualified.' This you, see, creates I the trial justices magistrates but does lot say thac their powers shall be the I same as the powers of a trial justice were. "They shaii simply exercise tbe powers and duties of said magistrate. But what are these Dowers ? Clearlv uot the powers of the trial justices, but tbe powers of magistrates, and since section 21 leaves the duties, jurisdiction and powers of magistrates to be fixed by the general assembly, I do not now see where they have under the constitu? tion, any-power whatever, except to bind persons over to keep the peace as sectiou 21 states." The attorney general was called on, but Judge Townsend, who was the only one present, would not give his views The governor was not in the city, and could not be seen. It will be remembered by those who read the proceedings of the senate, that Senator. Barnweii of Charleston made a speech when the bill was going through the upper house, in which he made the poiot that under thc constitu? tion, magistrates could cot be removed execept by impeachment;, as they '.vere j on the same footing as other ministerial ; officers of tiie State This view waa ! concurred in by the lawyers on both | sides ;;f the bous". ? The decision that is reached on this i question will be interesting. -Ino. A. Cockerill Dead. NEW YORK, April 1?> -A special j caolegram to thc Evening Telegram from Cairo says: "Col. John A.! Cockerill, :he well-known newspaper i correspondent died at -is minutes past; I 10 o'clock. .?> > An elegant assortment ot strr?np ??iver mounted Gard Cases und Pocket Books for j by H. G. Ost??n & Co Al! kind? of Sewing Machine Needles a Sumter Music Rouse. . ' ? General Gray's Views. GREENVILLE, April LO.-The News will publish an interview hud with Get: 3ral Gray to-day concerning the meet? ing of the executive committee on the 7th. General Gray said: '"After s foll discussion, lasting several hour?, i; be? same quite evident that a majority of the committee considered the advice volunteered by Senator Tillman to the State Democracy, however, treasonable it might be, was only the opinion of an individual and beneath the officiai notice of the committee ; further, that the ESrd resolution ratified the consti? tution of the Democratic party, which provides, or should provide a remedy against all forms of treason against the party, and if it does not, then it was not in the province of the committee to supplement, the constitution.7' "Was a majority of the committee ia favor of bolting the Democratic party ?" "I answer that question with pleas? ure and emphasis : No. I believe a large majority of the committee regret exceedingly that Senator Tillman ever wrote the Reed letter. Indeed, I think the senator himself regrets having done so since he sees bow fiat it has fallen upon the State Democracy. From a factional standpoint he made a mistake similar to the one he made when he agreed to an equal divide of delegates to the State convention. Irby opposed him the'" and he backed down, irby is opposing iiirn now, and he will back down again Col. M. L. Donaldson of the na? tional Democratic executive committee received the following telegram from The Journal, New York, to-day : "What, in your opinion, is thc rela? tive strength in your State cf the prom? inent possibilities for the Democratic candidacy such as Cleveland, Carlisle, Whitney, Campbell, etc. ? is the third term prejudice sufficiently strong in your State to operate effectively against Cleveland's chances for tue nomination ?" Colonel Donaldson sent the following reply : "Strong prejudice against a third term, Cleveland, Carlisle nor any other man of their way of thinking on the financial quesvi?u can ge; the sup? port of .South Qareiina for the Presi? dency. Hog Cholera Remedy. To the Editor of Thc Dal J j hem : In connection with the present great interest in hog raising will you say ii word for us to tho farmers ? We have a prescription that is said to be an infallible cure for hog chol? era. If this be true no one can esti? mate thc amount of money that its use would save tc our people We are so anxious to have it thoroughly tested that we offer to send enough of the treatment for ten cases 0^ cholera to the first farmer fro~, eacj, post office in South Callina, whe during the month of April sends to us for it and encloses ten cents in stamps to pay the cost of postage. We send the medicine without charge upon the condition that the recipient will advise us of the results he secures from its usc. If ?5 remedy will successfully pass the test of a trial by a different man at each post office in the State we think its efficacy will have been proved. It has already been used by a few of our acquaintances, and without a single failure to cure, so far as we have been advised. We are not satisfied, however, with a few trials, but whichever may be the result, whether it be proved to be infallible or not, we wis!) it speedily and thoroughly tested. We can not de? vise any other plan that will do this so successfully as the one we here propose. We trust that you T I regard Vf as within tho scope of your paper to bring tins oiler to the attention of your readers. Yours very trulv, W. 0. Brice ? Co. Columbia, S. C , April ?), 1896. Mrs. Wreakhark (tho landlady) How is it that you are taking your medicine after dinner t I thought the doctor told you to ?_:!:.> it before meals '{ Mr. Old boarder - lie saul it didn't make any difference, as long ns I took it on an empty stomach. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La Grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will care you ia one day. Does'no: produce the rinding ia t[;e bead like Sulphate of Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient for taking Guaran teed to care, or mooer refunded. Price. 25 Cents. For sale by A J. China. Nor. 20-6m. Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896. New Series-Yol. XV. No 27