Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pitchfork and Rapier. Tillman and Hill Cross Wea pons in the Senate. Washington, May 1.-The session of the SeGate to-day was enlivened by two characteristic speeches-a fiery and ? impetuous one from Senator Tillman, Democrat, of South Carolina, and a temperate and suggestive one from Sen? ator Hill, Democrat, of New York Senator Tillman, wearing in his neck tie au emblem of his last speech in the Senate, a miniature gold pitchfork, strode up and down in the rear of the back seats on the Democratic side of the chamber, gesticulating forcibly and inveighing against the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the bankers and money lenders of Wall street aGd threatening the withdrawal of his State from the Democratic col? umn if the Chicago Convention should not declare in favor of free silver-16 to 1. Senator Hill's reply to him was dig- | nified, but sarcastic. He too spoke of the Chicago Convention, declaring that he did not believe that Mr. Cleveland was a candidate for the nomination, say- ' ing that he was not pledged to him or to any member of his Cabinet; eulo? gized Mr. Carlisle for bis public ser? vices, while criticising him for bis inter ferenc seat gaiostbe reelection of Sen? ator Blackburn, and closed a long speech with declaring that the policy of the Democratic party should be "in es- j seotials, Doily ; io non-essentials, liber? ty : ia all things, charity " The bill pending before the Senate ., was the naval appropriation bill, and it was thought that general debate had practically ended. Senator Tillman, however, coocluded be would throw a "few bricks" into the back yard of the sound money men on both sides of the chamber. After a brief allusion to the naval bill be launched out into one of his characteristic tirades against Presi sident Cleveland, Secretary Carlisle and Senator Sherman. He endeavored to provoke a' personal discussion with Senator Sherman, but the latter de .declined to be drawo into a colloquy with the reckless and sensation-loving South Carolinian and ignored bis direct questions. Tillman was looking for material to toss on his pitchfork, so be turned his. attention to Senator Hill and proceeded to arraign bim as the de? fender of Grover Cleveland's financial policy and the gold bugs of Wali street. In the meantime word was passed through thc Capitol that Tillman and Hill were having a ''scrap" in the Sen- j ate. Instantly the galleries filled up ! and members from the House came j hurrying over to the Senate chamber. Conspicuous among the visitors on the j back seats were Representatives Stokes, Elliott, Latiaier, Strait and Talbert, of South Carolina, and Lester, Tate Bart- j lett and Russel, or Georgia. There ! was no point to the discussion, but it was intensely exciting to those who | listened. Tillman was coarse and rough in the choice of language, and he regarded no: the ordinary rules of j Senatorial courtesy either in his inter- j ruptions or the language he employed j to express his one idea, "free coinage j at 16 to 1 or bust.'' .On the other hand. Hill was at bis j . best, and while he kept within the ? rules, he deft'.-: turned every statement Tillman made either ridicule or used j Tillman's own wcrd> .<. convict bim of being almost anything but a JefTer- j sciiiao. So scarp were the passages i between the two Senators and so abrupt ? were Tillman's interruptions that Seo- j ator Frey, who was presiding, invoked i the rules of the Senate against the \ unparliamentary language and iuterrup- : dons. Although no names were used, Till mau felt the rebuke momentarily and j apologized for transgressing the rules. ! rs c rs j A moment later he forgot the repri- j luand and broke out again, causing | general laughter through the chamber, j As if he regretted having disobeyed i the injunction of the presiding officer, j "*ith mock modesty, he buried his face io his bands upon his desk, and like a i shy school girl unwillingly kissed at a picnic, threw ins head back, but covered his face with his hands. Whet) it become evident that Hill . was outpointing Tillman at every turn Ailen, the Populist of Nebraska, rushed to the assistance of his friend. Hill turned upon the leader of the Populist party and cave him a severe drubbing for daring to interfere in what he called a Democratic iarnily ?gb*. The discussion demonstrated but two things, thar Tillman, after displaying a tera! ignorance of the money question anu being convicted bv bis own lang Huge of being a greenback Populist, and ' a believer in the theory that the farmer through favorable legislation may be came rich without working, finally de- ? dared be is "for free silver or bust." ] That Hill proposes to abide by the de- j cisi?n of the Democratic Convention, i wau. .ver it may be.-News and Cou- i rier. Strawberry Whipped Cream. j Rub two pounds and a half of straw- ? berries through a seive, and add half a 1 pound of powdered sugar and one quart of whipped cream. Place a layer of macaroons or any small sweet bis-1 cuit in a dish, add a layer of the straw? berry whip, theu another layer of bis? cuit, and continue alternately until the cream is U3ed up. Set aside in a very c -1 place, or on ice, and serve in the dish in which it is prepared.-May 'es Home Journal $ Low Water Mark. Prices Reach The Lowest Point Ever Known New York, May 1 -R. G. Dun & Co say tomorrow in ?heir weekly re? view of trade: Failures for the week have been 238 in the United States against 231 last year, and 31 in Canada against. 34 last year As the season advances there is more business, but advices indicate that on the whole the prenaient feel? ing is that the gain is lesa than there was reason to expect. While retail trade has been active enough to ma? terially lessen stocks and obligations, and thus to prevent a great many threatened embarrassments it has not yet brought enough new business to mills or factories to prevent de? crease of unfilled orders and closing j of some works. Substantially the same state of things exists in ali the great indus? tries notwithstanding the strong com? binations in some, and evidence of inadequate consumption appears in the fact that the general range of prices for commodities, farm and mine as well as manufactured pro? ducts, is nearly 1 per cent lower than it was April 1st. and the lowest ever knowD, the decline since Octo? ber, 1S92, being 16 7 per cent. Nor can this be attributed to scarcity of money, which is easier and more abundant as the liquidation of many dealers lessens outstanding obliga? tions. Foreign operations have been of no influence in American securi tiies, but shipments of silver have again been large Stocks have re mained practically without change. Some cotton mills have ceased pro duclion, including one large printing establishment, and stocks on hand still increase, though for brown goods there has been a better legiti? mate demand, and great quantities of ginghams have been moved by drives at prices low beyond all precedent. Large purchasers of lake ore by the principal consumers, contracts secur? ing control of low phosphorus ore and lower rail rates to Chicago for Connellsville coke in order to com? pete with Pocahontas coke, are the main features in the iron industry, but the revival of demand is yet de? ferred. Higher prices for nails have caused active buying for the week, but large consumers declined to con- ; tract as yet for bars, and ^he rod combination has fallen through. Middlemen still sell steel billets at ?19 at Pittsburg against $20 asked by the pool, but the stock available is said to be only 30,000 tons. Structural prospects are good, but in other branches the demand ?K less active and Bessemer pig is weak at ?13 at Pittsburg. - MB -nain Means More Money. Yesterday morning: Judge Ernest Gary rendered a decision in the court of common pieas, which mellis { that the railroad property within the corpora'e limits of the city of C'?Mun bia, will pay taxes to the city on : about ?105,000 more titan heret"fore -that is to say that the valuation ! will be increased by so much It was a test case brought np by the railroads io test the right of the city to impose a greater assessment than the State. The railroad compa? nies claimed that the city could not assess their property higher than the . State, that it had to accept the assessed value fixed by the State i Board of Equalization of railroad | property. The city claimed the right to increase the State valuation, j and also to assess the side-track mile- j age within the corporate limits Judgfi Gary decided that, while the general railroad laws of the State controlled the matter of railroad tax? ation generally, they did not in case ! of Columbia, as the special act of 1893 relating to the powers of the j city of Columbia was passed stibse- j quent to the general laws and gave the city the right not only to raise ? the Siate assessment, but to assess! the side-track mileage if it so de-j sired. The matter was fully argued before 1 Judge Gary on Thursday evening, ; Mr. B. L Abney of the Southern I railway arguing the railroad's side of the case and City Attorney Ono. P. Thomas, jr.. appearing for the city. T?e National Debt. Washington, May 1.-The debt statement issued this afternoon shows a net increase in the public debt less : cash in the treasury duriug April of j ?5.945,416 62 The interest, hearing ? debt increased $513.071. and cash in the treasury decreased SI,551.087 02 ' The balances of the sevetal classes of! debt at the close of business April 30 i were : interest bearing debt, 3^42, 312.140; debt on which interest has ? ceased since maturity ?1,651,790 ;' debt bearing no interest 8374,414,- 1 400; total ?1,218.378,330. Unwarranted Interference. ? The postmaster general has ordered : that the name of the town of Rock Hill ; be changed to "Rockhill." The Herald ; is indignant about the matter and justly ; so. Though the change is but slight, it is simply not a matter of the postmaster general's business. A CASE OF INFANTICIDE. A Female Infant Found in an Old Weli in the Suburbs of this City. Daily Item, April 3G. Yesterday afternoon n negro boy who WHS minding eows on the lot known > s the Mose Beil place. situated on Liberty stieet in the western suburb of the citv, discoven-d a negro baby ia an old well. He did not at? tempt to remove the baby from the well, but made b?ste to come un town and inform the police. Chief Bradford accompanied the hoy to the scene of his f?ii. >.= ' I v dise?very, and obtaining assistance removed the baby fr. m the well. It WHS lound to be a tu 1 i y de? veloped female infant, and hud been wrapped in the skirt of an old dress before it w?s thrown into the well. The poison who m-?de away with the unfortunate child H<tempted to conceal tbe crime by breaking brunched from a near-by tree and throwing them into the well on top of the dead child There WHS every indication that the child had been d<'nd hut a short time, twenty-four to thirty-six hours, for decomposition bad notsetin ; and, besides, the leaves on the tree brmicbes were perfectly fresh ar d unwilled Dr. Mood, who was called in to examine the child, stated that in his opinion the child hud lived but a short time after birth, and was either smothered and thrown into the well or thrown into the well immediately after birth. Coroner Commander summoned a jury of inquest and the body was viewed this morn? ing. As there was no evidence to he sub? mitted to the jury, the coroner adjourned the sitting until 4 30 o'clock this afternoon Since the jury adjourned several important facts have been brought to light that seem to fix the crime on a negro girl known as Caro? line Sumter. She lived in a house two hun? dred yards from the well in which the chrld was found, and is said to havegiven birth to j a child a few days ago She disappeared yes- | terday afternoon soon after the dead child was discovered and hus not yet be n appre? hended. The shirt which was wrapped around the dead infant has been identified by Rppie Howell, a woman, who lived in the house with Caroline Sumter, as one that the latter nemed woman had been in the habit of wearing. These circumstances seem to indi? cate that Caroline Sumter is both the mother and murderers of the child, and it is proba? ble that stronger evidence will be brought out at the inquest There is also some probability that other parties will be implicated as acces? sories. The Crinia Fixed on Carolina Sumter. Theinvestigation of thecaseof infanticide was coucluded by the jury of inquest this morning after a thorough and exhaustive sifting of the obtainable evidence. There is * strong chato of circumstantial evidence that points I to the guilt of Carolina Sumter, who has not yet been found, but is known to be still in/hiding either in this ci'y or in the im? mediate vicinity. There is strong evidence that connects both Peter Howell and Affie Howell as accessories to the crime The ver? dict of the jury was that the infant came to its earth ar the hands of Caro ine Sumter and that Peter Howell and Affie Howell were ac? cessories before and after the commission of the crime. Artesian Wells. Local amateur geologists are advancing the ' theory that Sumter is on the dividing lines i between the sections in which flowing arte- ! sian we?3 may be obtained by borinsr to the I depth of 150 to -Ou feet and the section where i a much greater depth will be necessary. They say that any where in the territorv hing be? tween Sumter on the west and Florence on the east fiowiner wells may he obtained by j boring to a depth of 100 ?o 200 feat, but that fast and west of a line drawn through these places Mowing wells cannot be obtained without sinking pipes to at least 3?0 to 5C0 feet The opinions of these geologists may be ? rorreet in every particular, nevertheless ! it will not tte weil to accept them as final j without proving *ne theory to be true by ' practical tes's Tin- leading authorities on the geological formation of this country hive | stated that artesian wells are practicable I throughout this entire section, and that ? Sowing wells c-iD be obtained by boring to a j reasonable dent!:. At present a '.veil is being bored at Wedge- | Seid, nr;d if it is a Succ?SS the unsoundness l ot' thf conclusions of the local geologists j will be established If it is a failure, th-j theory that flowine wells cannot be obtained i west of Sumter will still remain unproven for ii will have been_ confirmed by bot ? striae instance. It is well known that in the : sections of this county and Clarendon county, ns wei!, where 'he greatest number of wells have ticen sunk, there have been a number ot wells noted ?hal wete total failures-the , water not rising to the surface. And yet in ! the imm?diat.;' vicinity of those unsuccessful ' wells there ?ire numbers of wells 'hat give! abondant and constant streams of pure ! water --?aa^-o?^p?ii - Jn gointr to get a drink stop and tkink ! what bargains :n Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines are to be had at the Sumter Music j House, in the Masonic Temple building. The New Passenger Rates. To-day the ;?ew passenger rates fixed by : the railroad commission ut.tier the new act of ; th<- g?nerai assembly will o0 i:? to effect on ail ! the loa?.s in tbe State. On many roads there, will be a considerable reduction. Yesterday the Southern railway system filed its new passenger ran; sheets tor i*s several icads j with the commission as required by law. | This is the lirst road to compty with the new ?aw in thisfyarticufar. The railroad commission h?< acte ] in re gaid to tbe request of Traill : Mat.ager Cuiji of the Southern lo be allowed 'o operate :he . old rates on the Spartanburg, Union und Co? lumbia, and Columbia and Greenville di vi- ? ?Mons ot liv- system Toe commission has refused 'o make ti:-' char.gc asked for and the reduce-i rains will have to be operated on these.roads.-The Stale, May 1 Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Hov. .!. Gunderman, j of Dim-mdale. Mich., we ?ire uti mit ted :<> m:ii;e i this extract : "I have no ne.?i ta eton in recom? mending Dr. King's New Discovery, as thc re. suits v?ne almost marvelous in ilse case of my wife. While 1 was pastor of ihe Baptist . Church at Hives Junction she was brought ; down with Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe. ! i Terrible paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seemed as I if she could not survive them. A friend | recommended Dr. King's New Discovery ; it was quick in its work and highly satisfactory in results.'' Triai bottles free at J. F. De | Lorine's Drug Store. Regular size 5tic. and $1 00. I What would summer be without a ham? mock ? H. G. Usteen & Co. have a full sup- ; ply at the lowest prices. Something new and original in tabletc at I H.G. Osteen & Co.'s Book Store. Tablets | with paper doll covers for 5 cents. THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE TS HAPPY, FRUITFUL MARRIAGE." 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A despairing: mar., who had applied to ur, soon after wrote: "Well, I tell you that first dav is one l il never forget. I jua bubbled with joy. I wanted to hue: everybody and tell them my old self had died yesterday, and my new self was born to-day. Why didn't you tell mc when I first wrote that 1 would lind it this way?" And another thus : "If you dumped a cart load of gold at my feet it would m >t brirfg such gladness into my life as your method has done." Write to the EPLTE MEDICAL COMPACT, Buffalo, IS". Y~ and ask for the little book calle I "COMPLETE MANHOOD." Refer to this paper, and the company promises to send the book, in scaled envelope, without any marks, and entirely free, until it is well intro? duced. THE PLACE TO GO. F. H. WARREN, Hanufaturer of all kinds of Harness and Saddlery and Dealer in HORSE BLANKETS, LAP ROBES. TURF GOODS AND GENERAL STABLE SUPPLIES. First Class Work and Satisfaction j Guaranteed. SEND FOR PRICES. 223 Meeting Street, Charleston, S, C, Oct. 16-0 j BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash-i ionable jewelry for this season. : Jewels like these would en-j liance the charms of the most i fascinating belle, and surely no 1 fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they] conquer admiration on sight:: they score new victories at ev- j ery inspection. Those who j look over our stock do not: willingly stop with examina- ; tioii. Beauty may now be; made easily irresistible by a few judicious purchases from j our display of up to date jew-, elry. L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician. SION OF TUE DIG WATCH, Oct. 16. i Tile Sumter NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. j Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines . of the best grade sold cheap for cash j or on easy terms. Old ones taken in exchange for new ones. CLEANING AND REPAIRING j DONE PROMPTLY. We HISO keep NEEDLES, OILS, Aod parts of every Sewing Machine. We have some rare bargains in j Pianos, Organs and:Sewing Machines, j M. B. RANDLE, Jan's. Manage?. HARB Y # CO., j WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. HP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 500 Tons Ammonialed Guano j ! j 500 Tons Acid Phosphate. 500 Tons German Kainit. ? i COTTON SEED MEAL. AND MEAT SALT ! FOR SALE. GET OUR PRICES. We keep on hand a fu!] line of heavy pro cf rie?. FEED AND SEED OATS, DRY SALT M EATS. LARD, MEAL, GRIST, FLOUR, SUGAR. RICE, COFFEE, POTTED MEATS, sc, &c. i ?Sf Correspondence solicited Nov. 27. ! SUITER RESTAURANT. I MEALS TO OEDER AT ALL H0?JBS OYSTERS AND GAME IN SEASON. Special attention to Lunches for Ladies. Prices Moderate, Your patronage solicited. Liberty Street near Watchman and Southron Office. Oct. 2. Just Opened, ?LL FRESH GOODS, LOW PKIC?S. J. A. FOXWQRTH Informs his friends and the public generally tbar he has opened a choice stock of Family Groceries, ! VEGETABLES Ei FR?H, In the Tuomey Block -fourth store North. He invites all to give bim a call, and will try by offering the best goods at bottom prices, to give satisfaction. J. A. Foxworth. Oe. If.-v. BUY NONE BUT THE GENUINE, 8,000 Merchants seil Hawkes' Spectacles successfully. Half of them handle other Spectacles without success, Showing the Great Popularity of HAVT ? KES* GLASSES over all others. These Famous Glasses are fitted to the eye ; at A. J. China's Drug Store, Sumter. S- C. i Dec. ll-o. J. F. W. DeLORME, PHARMACIST. Prescription Specialist, Prescription department in charge of graduate of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. List of Soda Water Drinks for this Season: "Our Oicn'' Lemon Phosphate-over 5,000 glasses dispensed last season. Apricot, Fruit Phosphate, Banana, Ojange Phosphate, Blood Orange, . Raspberry Phosphate, Cherry Ripe, Wild Cherry Phosphate, Pineapple, Gripe Phosphate, and others. Plum, iee Cream Soda, Quince. Milk Sb?ke. Red Messina Orange, E?g Phosphate, Red Currant, E22 Lemonade. Tuti Frurti, Lemonade, Peach. Chocolate, Lemon, Lime, Vanilla. Ginger. Rasberry, Coca Cola. Wine Cocoa. Strawberry. j SOMETHING NEW EVERY FEW The Above Flavors in Ices or Soda ! DAYS DURING THE SEASON. Water. j Pnces same as last season. ^TEOPICAL FRUIT BLE?sTIV NOT1C 33. 1 have got in stock a fail line of Buggies, Ladies' Phaetons, Surreys, Car? riages, one and two-horse Farm Wagons, which I offer for sale at Low Prices. I represent several cf the largest wholesale manufacturing companies iu the United States and can compote in quality and price with any dealer in the country. Call and examine my stock and get my prices. 1 will save you money. G KO. P. EPPE* Office at Epperson's Livery Stables. Be-a--Wjg mai 'iwtiimsgnr -?g-a HEADQUARTERS IS AT FOR THE NEXT SIXTY BAYS WILL SELL AT IO percent. ABOVE COST Al! of his stock of China. Glassware, \YilIoware& Woodenware. Also entire Stork of Toys. -!???l-1 A magnificent; assortment at 25 cents per piece. This is a leader. Thc Pecriess Oil Cooking Stove is tho lutes', model and best manufactured. The Wilsen Trash Burner is the mes', convenient and economical heater ever invented. As in the past, a full stock of the best STOVES A?lD KA.WE3 Always on baud. Housekeepers can be suited, no matter what they may need in any of the lines handled by ScafTe. The Workshop is better equipped than ever and every variety of Sheet Iron and Tin Work turned out promptly. Stove Piping and Tobacco Flues manufactured to order of the very best mate? rial. Piping made by Searle guaranteed to last longer than aDy 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. Best pumps and ia terial used, thirty inch points. Guarantee a good Mow of water. Remember the old reliable and give him a call. T. C SC AFFE. ?-1 Dec 4.