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Pope out for Governor. He ApolgiZ9S for his Coonee tion With the Reform Party and Promises to Make Amends. To the Republicans of South Caro? lina, and all other persons who desire an honest government as the result of an honest ballot and a fair count : We have reached a crisis iii the affairs of State, anarchy, brutality and fraud reigus, where formerly the opposite condition of affairs pre? vailed. Believing that in 1390 that a change was needed, and not dreaming that behind the promise, of leaders other ?things were intended. I assisted in j the overthrow of the then govern- j ment. As soon as the cloven foot was i -shown-the true intent ; the sansfae-1 tion of an individual ambition, coup j led with hate and revenge, I left j the gang. For the part that 1 took ! in this crusade against decency, I j beg pardon of the people of this State, and promise in the future to do j anything honorable in rny power to ando what has been done. Senator Tillman announced as one of his reasons for desiring a Coustitu j tional convention, the desire to make it possible for two parties to exist j amcjr^ihe white people in this State. ? fhorder\ that it might not appear j' bereafter\that the convention was 1 called and the Constitution made by ; J Reformers alone, he invited certain j c leading white men of the Conserva- ! c tives iobeqome "particeps cr?m?Hi??!.,, i s Poor, unsuspecting creatures, they j 1 swallowed the bait and assisted him : ' in disfranchising one hundred and ]3 twenty-five thousand colored voters j53 and possibly ten thousand whites. | J He fooled them simply to prevent the i * negroes from assisting the Conserva-1 c tWes to throw off his yoke ?Jow, J e that he has accomplished his purpose, j ^ fae {i-rO?FS off his mask and is trying i ? to destroy the national Democratic j S . party, but says', it mus-, be preserved ? " jn State affairs- "Consistency thou jfc art a jewel." And to preserve Isis.'0 power in the State, he talks loudly ! ? about "people going to the negroes " !11 Thus adding insult io Injury ile j f' has disfranchised the negro to gratify j11 his own mean ambition a.id he knows I t! it, and yet talks as if he thought that I e the negroes had not been disfran-1 r< chised. I wonder if he tells his j P larger audiences that he say she has j had in other States, of his fraudulent ' y ~.-..> . - .-J ? . counting in of the Ball fo? ? cOhV?h ? jj tion in this State in 1804 ? ? t) ? had hoped that those men who j r were delegates to the late Democratic j convention, who were true Demo- i crats, would bolt it when a resolution j to abide the action of the national j convention was voted down, come ; 1 out, caH a new convention and fight j Tillmanism, which is Populism and ; J anarchy, but the one who could have j done so, did not possess the morai i courage t* do it. ile Could speak ; of ''poor old Pope/7 who need? none; of his sympathy, and who, thaak! Ged, has the morai courage to do anything that he thinks is right,, j whether it be popular or unpopular ; Ah, he feels the thrust of the knife : of the marj for whom he instructed ^ ! is henchmen to stab. "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but surely.77 . But for all this and other things of bygone days I forgive him and could I help him to overcome his puny , adversary ? would cheerfully do so. ? But I am digressing There isl work ?o be done. The opposition ; forces of this State must come to- ; gether and act as one man. The ? Reformers are no longer a unit, al? though the henchmen howl as loud as ever m convention, the rank and ? file are disconcerted Promises of j reform have not been kept : offices have increased-kinsmen of the . powers that be have been given the fattest of them. Taxes have in? creased, although the debt has been j changed from a 6 per cent to a 1- 1-2 per cent The dispensary has been foisted upon the peop?p, when by a vote of 13,000 majority, the sale of liquor was to bc stopped. Spies have : been put over the people, protected, too, from suit for injury to persons or : property. The people of Charleston | have been selected as victims to have the metropolitan police put over them, thus destroying the great priv i?edge of local self-government. These area part of the iniquities that ! have been heaped upon a free people. Will you ibid your anns and submit to it without a trial to overcome it at the polls ? Remember that 10,000 votes of the Reformers added to the Conservative strength will overcome ?hem, and remember, too, that there are 15,000 white Republicans who have not heretofore voted, and 10. 00? negroes not disfranchised, who will vote for good men for the legislature and other offices if tiley wi!! consent tc run. To save the j civilization of Lue State it is your duty to respond to the cali. The Reformers say that the State 1 is prospering ; that during their ad? ministration the cotton spindles of! the State have been more than doub? led. Yes, but net with their money ; : not one dollar in one hundred has j been subscribed by them. The aus? picious time had come and the mills could not wait. The flood tide was on in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina It was not due to Tillmanism. When South Carolina is represented at the exposition in j Cbicage, the Reformers will do the j shouting and the Conservatives wiil j put ap the money necessary to re- | present this State. I shall be a candidate for governor j in November! I will stand upon the Republican platform, which shall be put forth by the St. Louis conven tion In State matters I shall fight , for honest elections I shall right the dispensary, the metropolitan police ; bill, for lower taxes, for fewer offices and for justice before the law for j every citizen. I shall call for a full | investigation of the Port Royal railroad matter, what committee visited Columbia from Augusta ; whether or not chat committee was interested m i Port Royal lands and everything cou- j nected with it. I shall call for light i upon the funding of the State debt. I including the law case on the consti- ! tutionatity of the funding act. the lawyers engaged, who paid them, the employment of Mr. Rhind and what was paid him and others, and who the others were, both in Angus ta and Columbia "Public office is a public trust " Resoectfullv. Sampson Pope. Newberry, S C., May 20, 1S96. THE LEADING CANDI? DATE. Mr. W. H. Eiierbeis rho leading candi- j iare among the Fill mao ites for the post- j >f goveruer, cow io some disrepute. Mr j ' ^ilerbe is supposed to be in :be "ring'' ? ( >r Joho Gary E?eos-Ben Tillman j ?and?dats. if so. he can't, help ir. Our es- j 1 imate of Mr. Elierbe is tbat a coalition ! ( >n bis part with the '.ring" is posible. \ t is, poseibie that be nosy be badgered j i md driven into a narrow vindictiveness j * [gainst the anti-Tilimaoites. At the j * ame time, we are satisfied that Mr. j Sllerbe has as yet made any compro-j ' oisiog pledges to anybody. There are {e ertaiu strong elements of .manhood io i f iaj. fje is incapable of the s-e-rvi lit j j F rhich ii is possible for some Tiilmanite j t orern-srs to czhiiit. ir. is oof: unlikely j ? ast Mr, Kiterbe iriU have a Sae oppor UDtty. If hs >iar,d squarely oo his wn merit, making humiliating eoi?ces eesloos to uo faction or party, reojai.: ig oofc less faithful to Tiilmaoism ti?. Ii he was jg th? saoje self-assertive j jdepeudeaee, lc is more th?a possible 1 bat he will not only be elected gov- I s(! ruor but will enter the office with the j fcl =spect and good will cf the whole peo- j le of the srate. jr A better mar. than Mr. Elierbe may ?i] et be ap^oo?pd, but with the prosent I P el 1 ?fci] at the present time our persoD?l ! ? onSdscce ia him 1? ft CUSkiS I 3 to ssv. i ti sptU <?'( th'S fact tu&i ne j k as been Ubeilcc. the 4-rios candidate/' hat he is. thc best mao who has been amed. Whether late? on ??- can say this, is another and very different mat j cr.-Charleston Post, ?ayor of Sot Slings Kills j 5 ? Drummer. [ 'HOT SPRINGS, Mav 2V-One of the \: nost sensational murders that ever oe- 1 ;urred in this city iook place last night j 1 it 8 o'clock oi? Whittington avenue, ' ! apposite the Catholic church. The J principals were W. W Waters, may- j >r of Hot Springs, and ll K. Mar- j ! iin. a drummer employed by doctors ' ; Waters, since taking the office of j mayor, has made a bold stand against j the disreputable doctor drumming ele- ! meut in this city, and has had many L/f the drummers arrested and heavily j fined by the city court Martin, who ! was the recognized king of drum mers, was arrested several days ago j for drumming without wearing a j badge, and heavily fined by the po- i lice judge. Meeting Mayor Waters I on the street last evening, Martin j stopped him and endeavored to get j him to remit the fine This, the ! mayor positively refused to do and ! started toward his home. Martin j followed and koot abusing him and ; finally caught him by the shoulder. ! A scuffle ensued, during which the; mayor drew a knife from his pocket ! and cut Martin in the neck, severing I the jugular vein. The latter died in ten : minutes. Mayor Waters immediately ; gave himself up to the officers and is j now under arrest. Tom Matthus, a j nephew of Waters, endeavored to : separate the combatants and was sev- j ereiy eut in several places Only on Inspection, II A HANA. May 2? -Captain G coora I Weyler, who with tho vic:; governor genera!. Marquis De Ahucsada-arid 'he chief of the gc? lierai s?u?T, Gen. Ochando, left hore OG Friday for Maries and Bahia Hondo oa a, tour i.-f Inspec? tion, retornad i's-duv oo rh;- sunbost e n '.( Eoseuda. on which they i elabana, grounded wheo attempt??;?: t? ?cavo tho port, of Cabanas. (ion M olio *-? reports aa ccgagernen! with rebels under Bermudes and -thor leaders at Guacanar Dear Consolaci?n. Tho rebels were 'iriv- u from th^;r posi (..)':>!, ledv.OjJ i _ UC&? Ot: ; ii O uSi-? carrying other dead wiri; them. Th troops lost ?2 wounded, including Co! Geiabert, whose wounds are serious. ii*.? .*o- -Ww \?r. D. P. Davis, H prominent liveryman : and merchant of Goshen, V*., has mis to say on thesu'f-jectof rheum?tisni: ;JI take pleas-? ur? in recommending Chamberlain's Pain j Balm ;"jr rheumatism, as I know from per- i sorial experience that ir wiil do all tba: is i claimed for it. A ypar ajjo this spring my brother was Ir.id np in hed with inflammatory j rheumatism ana suffered intensely. The first j application of Chamberlain's Palm Balm j eased the pain and the use of one bottle com- j pieteiy cured him. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. I -X J. V-/i J.-A.? J--~ \ ----\ -?_- PW ? A Bill of Impeachment. Populist Howard Introduces Charges Against Cleveland. WASHINGTON, May 23.-Mr. How? ard (Pop.) ot' Alabama, introduced H series of chargea against President Cleveland, upon winch he impeached bini of high, crime* and misdemeanors and called upon the committee on the judiciary to inquire into t.be truth of them. I>ai by an overwhelming th?- house refused ro consider tiiem Ttie f a i I o w i ti g is the biii of impeach? ment proposed : I do impeach Grocer Cleveland. President ot' the Haired States, of b?sh crimes and misdemeanors on the fel? lowing grounds : ^ rr 1 That he has sold cr directed the ' sale of bonds without authority of law. I 2. That he s^id or aided io the .?ale I of bonds at. ?ess than their market ; value. 3 Thar he directed ?he misappropria- j tion of the proceeds of said bond sales. 4. That he directed the secretary of the treasury ro disregard che ?aw which makes United Stares oort's and treas- j ury notes redeemable in com. ; 5. Thar, he has ignored and refused i c J to have enforced the anri-rmst law. ti. Thar he has sent United States troops into the Sra^e of liliocis wirb- ! mt authority of law. and in violation '' -ir / ^ I :-r me Uonstitarton 7. Thar be bas corrupted oolitic* j through the interference of Federal jfticeooiders b Tbar ho bas u=od r??o appointing i jowcf to iofiaence legislation detrimen- j al to the welfare of the people ; there j 'ore be it Resolved by the house of representa- j ives, Thar, the committee OD rhe judi- ! :iary be directed to ascertain whether j hese charges ars true, sad if so io rc- j lort to the house such action by im- I >eacbmer.? or otherwise as shall be j ?roper io the premises. I? And said committee shall have au- j honey lo send for pers is aod paper?, j Mr. Howard bad risen to address the j ouse ss the clerk finished reading tho ?caoerrr, but Mr. Dingley of Maine, ad leader pf thc- (ziinrlt'y, took bun or? i?f ?"0r by raising the quotion of coo- j [deration. The speaker promptly pu: ! bc question acd only two or th;'?* ? *3vrs'; were hp5rd. Mr. Horrar? arma* ! mf ? tri c-ntiy not votto* for hts own propos?* ;, ion. The result ?ii not eeeru to Ydr- i rise Mr. Howard, who took his ser-11 nth a smile on bis (ace. Section of Iowa Swept by a : Terribie Cyclone, _ ? DES Mois?*, l? ? May 2?.-The : scat alarming reports ave being re- i reived here this morning respecting ! he cyclone which swept over Polk J Story and Jasper counties shortly 1 liter midnight. Owing to the al- i nest total prostration of telegraph j iud telephone wires it is not possible ;o veriiv the reoorts that have been : received, but indications are thal tue , casualties will reach 50 killed or in - ? (tired. Fourteen persons are reported : Killed in the three towns of Valeria' ? Bocdurant and Ankeny. The two j latter towns are in this (Polk) county, j while Valeria i1* in Jasper county, directly oast. So far as heard from, Slater is the only town in Story coun? ty which suffered, but as there is no i means of communications with that ? section this morning, there is every ; probability that tho restoration of] telegraph communication will bring '? news of disasters as }'et unreported j Xo details have been received from i Slater further than the bare statement? that the whole town was destroyed j The same report conies from Polk City, this county. A telephone message from Ber? wick says that a courier just in says that 24 persons 'were killed at Bondu rant, rive at Valeria and three at An keny. The situation grows 'verse as authentic news comes from the cy? clone district At Valeria it is known that 15 persons were killed, the number be? ing first placed at but five. Most of those killed were in the depot of the Chicago Great Western road, some of them having jest alighted from a train and others having taken refuge there from tho rai o Tho depot was literally blown to pieces Tho west? bound passenger train escaped the cyclone but a few minutes. Had if remained at -he station live minutes longer the list of ki tied would un? doubtedly have numbered scores A dispatch from Santiago, iii:;-: county, says the storm was unpre? cedented io its fury in that section Three miles west the town a uouse was lilted bodily ?*om the .earth, cai. ried som;* distance south ano thrown to the ground and shattered "a wreck The entire family of occupants were killed. The roads are almost impas? sable from debris-lances, outbuild? ings and brandies of trees being swept together in piles Nothing has feec-n heard from tho northeastern end "if the county, where it is feared the storm caused thc greatest dam? age. ROCKFORD, III., May 25.?-Several people were killed and many thousand dollars worth of property destroyed by a storm ol' wind, hail and rain, which swept over this region last night Four persons were injured, some fatally. The storm was most severe southeast ot the city. At midnight a cyclone struck one mile ? south o? Egan City7, wrecking the residence o? Mrs. loora Bird and kill? ing lier instantly. Dr. ?lilderbrandt, his wife and daughter were killed near Monroe . Center, the wile being beheaded by a flying beam, and Miss Rhinehart lost her life at Leaf river. Davis June . tion was also a victim of the storm to a serious extent. In this city, the storm raged more than an hour, iiliing the air with balls of electric fire and dashes of light? ning, following with frightful rapid ty. The city, however, escaped the estructive force of the storm, the chief damage being to houses struck by lightning, ?irst il o o rs and base? ments flooded and telephone wires broken. The ra .. >ads into the city are obstructed by washouts The tracks are strewn for miles with the wreckage of the storm. The entire Sawyer family, consisting of father, mother and grown up soo were fouud murdered in their home near Ava. Mu., on Snturd-.y. A friend of young Sawyer is missing and is .sus? pected of toe crime. The Ducker <v Bultman Co. has the largest and mos; comp eie rf friirerator ever brought to th;.* city. it "-vas put up yesterday atv) any of the attentive clerks of this firm will trtke prreat pieasure in showing it to anyone who cires to stv how a progressive and push? ing firm enters to the wanta of the pur-He. Tbe reir'geia'or was built to order and is of the ?ates' at:d most perfect design made. An idea or the amour.: r.f frigid coldness that will be stored up '.he refrigerator can best j be conveyed by the simple statement that ; tour hundred pounds cf ic-: are put i:i ir. a: a time. If strength is what you want, you should Study what CU;I???, your weakness. it i? practically lack or' food. But you eur three menis n day. .-.nd ai] you can ear at a time. Yes, but do you digest it ? Food undigested, :s cot roo-i. It is not nourishment. it doesrrt create strength. To digest your food taka Shaker Digestive Cordial at me-tis After a whiie you wtli digest ?our food without ir. Then you you will get well, tine strong and healthy. . .Shaker Digestive Cordial cures ir.digesti?n and ali its symptoms, such as UH asea, head- i ache, eructations, nuin :n the ?to;nach. gid--1 dines?, los? of appetite, ere. It makes youri food nourish you, ?nd muke you streng and . fit and heany. Druggists sell if. Trial bottle 10 cents ' ? Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines sold on easy terms, and exchanged for old ones at th? gaK?er S?j!? MS*??( i:. Masonic Temple Fer every quarter in a man's pocket there are ?. jc2an '?se;- : nr.d to use each on? lp SUth - g?v as to derive the greatest benefit i p. question erer-f env ouc: Sv'.ye fer bitcself. We believe, hoover, that tQ bettor useeouia ha made ot one of these quarters than to ex? change it for a bettie of Chamberlain's Colic. Choler?, f::.d Diarrhoea Remedy, a medicine that every family should *e provided with, Fer sale by Dr. A. J. China. Ifs. Anna gage, wife of Ex Deputy il. S. HMM Ool?maugi Km,, says s ^m?? mm DTD NOT StTSTSE AprSIlvTAIliD. KfSentbv Expressor*.::r.i?. orrrocsii't '.- price, pe:- bottle. BOOK "TO MOT? IE Hi" nailed free. BRADFIELD BEGX&?TOS CO., ATLANTA, CA. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Cfcamberisin's liyo and Silt: Ointment ls unequalled for Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rhcum. Sadd Mead, Hore Nipples, Champed Hands itching Files, Barns, Frost Bites, Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids. For sale by druggists ai -."> cc?u ; per box. TC- KOESE OTTKSES. For put tina: a horse in a imo healthy con? dition try Iv. (\vr's Condition Powders. They tone up thc system, aid digestion, cure loss ci np??etite. relieve constipaiwn. correct kidney disorders und destroy worms, uiving ?V.Y life io an old or over-worked horse, cent.: i.e-r p?cbtgc For cuie by druggists. For -.:?!<. in Sumter, ?>v Dr. A. J China ' I'M T E Lil i ad ? FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PR?CSSOc?s. G ?.I.ATIA, Ei.I-S., Nov. IC, 1SG3. Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:-Wo sold ixist year, 600 bottles o? GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have bought three t:i\>-.-> already ihi> year. In al! '.>Kr t>x perience of l-l years, in thc drug business, have never sold an irti.-ie taut gave such universal satis* laciion as your Tonic Yours truly, AiJXKV, CAKR JC CO? SOLD-No Cure. No Pav, hy A. J. China J. F. W. DeLorme,' J. S. Hughson k Co. SUMTER RESTAURANT. MEALS TO CEDER AT ALL HOURS OYSTERS AND GAME IN SEASON. Speciai attention to Lunches ;;->r Ladies. Prices ??oderale, i our parronagf? solicited. Liberty Sfe-t ne*r Watchman and Southron OiSce. Oct. 2. HARB Y Ss CO., WHOLESALE BROKER 'Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. CP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, .500 Tons Aminouiated Guano 500 Tons Acid Phosphate. .500 Tons German Kainit. COTTON SEED MEAL, A X D M EAT SALT FOR SALE GET OUR PRICES. We '-i?ep 0:1 IH?III a tall lias :>i heart groceries. FEED AND SEED OATS, DRY SALT MEATS, LARD, MEAL, GRIST. FLOUR, SUGAR. RICE, COFFEE, POTTED MEATS, &c , ?c. j:?r* Correspondence solicited Ncr. 27 I Just Opened, ALL FRESH ???QS, LOW PRICES. j. ?. FOXWORTH informs hhs friends and the public generally thar he ba> opened a choice ?tock cf Family Groceries, YE&ET?BLES ?ni FRUITS, io thc Toomey Block -fourth store North. Ile invites -iii to give bim a cai!, and * * will fry hy offering the, bess goods at bottom prices, to give satisfaction. J. A. Foxworth. Oct. 16-v. SOY NONE BUT THE GENUINE. 8,000 Merchants sell Hawkes' Spectacles successfully. Half of them handle other Spectacles without success, Showing the (?rvst Popularity or HAW? KES' GLASSES over others. The?v Famous Glasses are ?tted to the eye at A. J. China's Drug Store, Sumter. S. C. Dec. : I-o ~J. F. W. DeLORJHE, PHARMACIST. Prescription Specialist. Prescription department in charge of graduate of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. List of Soda Water Drinks for this Season : 'Oar Oo:n': Lemon Phosphate-over 5.000 glasses dispensed last season. Apricot,- Frail Phosphate. Banana, Change Phosphate, Blood Orange Raspberry Phosphate, Cherry Ripe, \V i i d Cherry Phosphate. Pineapple, Grape Phosphate, aod other?. Plum, Iee Cream ?oda, Quince. Milk 8h?ke, Ke-.i Messina Orange.. ? Egg Phosphate*, Red Corras*. ! L?$9B*<fej . Tail Pratt:. ? Lemonade, Pe?cb, Chocolate. Lsaiyn, Lime, Vanilla, Ginger, Rasberry, Coca Cola. Wine Cocoa. St rasberry. $0J1E THING XE WE YE RY FE W The Above Flavors in Ices or Soda DAYS DUR ix G THE SEASON. Water, ! Prices sanie as last season^. "TROP???L ^gOTT B^^^ mm r- "- -' X 7 % .>? /./ \ \^^- / \X - / ' \ \ / NOT?C ES. I have got itt stock a fail line of Buggies, Ladies' Phaetons, Surrey?, Car? riages, one and two-horse Farm Wagons, which I offer for sale at Low Prices I represent several of the largest wholesale manufacturing companies in the United States and can compete in quality and price with any dealer in the country. Call and examine my stock and get my prices. I will savefveu money. GEO- P. EPPERSON Office at Epperson's Livery Stables. FOB THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS WILL SELL AT IO per cent. ABOYE COST Ai; of ai* stock of China, Glassware, W'illoware? Wooclenware. Also entire Stock of Toys. iSilizer Flated "Weo??. A mugni?eeDtassortt?en? ar25 aenrs p^r piece. This U a leader. I The Poer!-':? Oil Cookies; Stove U the Utest mode! and b:>t m a wa kc-ur ed. Toe Wilson Trash Burner is the mes; ?: uiv mient md economical ?.^at.-r ever ia vee ted. As in tho past, i full sleek of the 0*5.* STOVES A WD BARGES Always on haili. Housekeeper:! can be salted, no matter vrha* they seed in any the h n?s handled hy Seit::: The Workshop is hatter cquirpo-i iban ever und every variety et' Sheet iron -ind Tin Werk turned o?:f promptly, ?.rovo Piping and Tobacco Flues manufactured co order or" rho very best toate riai. Piping made by ScafrV guaranteed to last longer than any other. A ni prepared to estimate on Tobacco Fisses, Furnaces-' Doors and Frames. All sizes of Iron for Flues-Xos. 16 ro 28 DK IV KN WELLS put down in any parr of the county. Best pumps and ma? terial used, thirty inch points. Guarantee 0 good dow cf water. Remember the old reliable and stive him a call. T. c. SCAFF: Dec 4.